Did Billboard settle most of ATRL arguments?

[stevyy]

1 hour ago, PaloSanto said:

The list rollout was messy as hell but it's a decent list. A case for each of them to be #1 can be argued and that alone is proof that that is undoubtly the top 5.

 

It's strange to me though that they called it the 21st century list and included Brit and Bey even though they debuted in the 90s and completely discarded Madonna and Mariah even though they had massive eras in the 00s. Madonna held the recors for the biggest tour for 14 years, number one singles and albums, just had the biggest solo show in history in may. Mariah had blockbuster success too so the criteria is strange.

 

But it's whatever, the list is fine and Im glad Taylor is #2 cause Im not strong enough to read through the thinkpieces if she had ben crowned ngl and this is coming from a swiftie hag

The Mariah omission is crude tbh. 

 

The woman had massive BB hits:

2000 - #1 - x1 - TGIFY

2001 - #2 - Loverboy

2003 - #3 - I know what you want

2005 - #1 - x14 - WBT

2005 - #2 - SIO

2005 - #1 - x2 - DFAU

2008 - #1 - x2 - TMB

2019 - #1 - x14 - AIWFCIY

 

+ 

#20 - 11 weeks - #1's

#8 - 29 weeks - Rainbow

#7 - 12 weeks - Glitter

#52 - 12 weeks - GH

#3 - 22 weeks - CB

#26 - 5 weeks - Remixes

#1 - 72 weeks - TEOM
#1 - 27 weeks - E=MC²

#10 - 9 weeks - Ballads

#3 - 27 weeks - Memoirs

#12 - 15 weeks - MCIIY

#3 - 8 weeks - Me. I am Mariah

#29 - 5 weeks - Infinity

#5 - 3 weeks - Caution

#4 - 114 weeks - Merry Christmas

 #legendary BB charts behaviour.

 

 

[Dante Silva]

I'm not a swiftie and I don't agree with this. Without doubt Lana is the most influential MPG of the 21st century.

 

Not everyone in that list has proven they know how to deliver bop filled/ filler free albums any time recently.

 

[Robyn.]

7 minutes ago, americanshameless said:

This didn't include Baby or Oops?  

 

So Britney top 3 overall

 

2 minutes ago, Rev8 said:

Damn  ..

 

So her 2 biggest eras (2 of the biggest/impactful eras overall), weren't included for her?!

crazy to think where she would rank with them

(even tho she is underrated when put in lists like these (which is probably a fault of her pr team))

I'm assuming that yes, if we go by release dates?

 

Both of these albums' peak in sales were most definitely before 2001 began.

[Erreur2 La Nature]

2 hours ago, OrbitNumber1 said:

I think so. Even the complaints I saw are very minor like "Britney should be on top 5 instead of #6" (like, really? What difference would that make?)

Britney's 2 biggest eras are not counted in their ranking, girl. She's ranked at #6 only counting her eras from Britney to Glory 

 

OT: No because it's completely subjective and to be fair the whole list is a mess.

Edited 2 hours ago by Erreur2 La Nature

[Pop Art]

The order can be argued, but yeah this is a pretty spot on list of the five biggest and most impactful women in music this century and you'd have be delusional or extremely biased to deny it.

[chaklux]

1 hour ago, Dante Silva said:

I'm not a swiftie and I don't agree with this. Without doubt Lana is the most influential MPG of the 21st century.

 

Not everyone in that list has proven they know how to deliver bop filled/ filler free albums any time recently.

 

Filler filled album can be subjective . To me Renaissance, Beyoncé and Lemonade are filler free albums , just because you don't like the albums or some songs in it doesn't make them full of filler 

[Plastic]

Oh, so Britney's 2 biggest eras weren't even included in this list and she still made #6? That's incredible.. She would definitely be #1 if they were included!

[Dante Silva]

29 minutes ago, chaklux said:

Filler filled album can be subjective . To me Renaissance, Beyoncé and Lemonade are filler free albums , just because you don't like the albums or some songs in it doesn't make them full of filler 

Interesting that out of five artists you honed in on one in particular 🤔 
 

If I were to (and it was her), even though I'm not American, I'd say this (and the fact it has 26 million views) is a key indicator she lost a key demographic after "4".

 

Edited 47 minutes ago by Dante Silva

[duybeeGAshantiGA]

It's actually veru accurate

 

The list is very spot-on.

 

Swifties really think Taylor should be #1 over Beyoncé. This is the whole century. Bey smashed evem before thí century started (2000-2024) and she is still here til this day. Britney disappeared for the latter part. Taylor started around 2006-2007 and truly started to make real noise after the first decade ended. 

 

I am no longer a Bey stan but she deserves the #1 spot.

[Richie.Valdez]

2 hours ago, Robyn. said:

Doesn't the 21st century starts on January 1, 2001?

 

Both "...Baby One More Time" and "Oops!..." came out on January 12th, 1999 and May 3rd, 2000.

 

In that case if we count Oops and BOMT and their 55 million copies then she is minimun Top 3. Britney her power 

[Mostar]

2 hours ago, Into The Void said:

Jan 1, 2000

 

Edit: You are right it's 2001. I looked it up i never knew that

Don't worry: Billboard doesn't know either! They included Oops! (single and album) when they made the list. Check their podcast if you wanna know more about what motivated their decisions for each artists in the ranking!

[Mostar]

2 hours ago, Erreur2 La Nature said:

Britney's 2 biggest eras are not counted in their ranking, girl. She's ranked at #6 only counting her eras from Britney to Glory 

 

OT: No because it's completely subjective and to be fair the whole list is a mess.

They included Oops. They detail that in their podcast.