Name artists that were on the verge of becoming the next big thing but failed

[Into The Void]

I feel some names mentioned did become a big thing. Maybe not huge but relevant enough to be known. 

[Sad Serenade]

Dove Cameron

Hailee Steinfeld

 

[Iceland]

The tumblr racist girl 

[Lady Claire]

Zara unfortunately. So Good was massive and PG was her make it or break it moment... RML and DWBM were underwhelming and then her terrible label just pulled the plug. I still love her and her music but everything went wrong after that.

 

Hailee Steinfeld also was very promising but she kept releasing EPs and was more focused on acting. 

 

Kim Petras was never on the verge of becoming a MPG but i wish Republic did her better after Unholy. Releasing IJWAR was... a choice  but she kinda won for having historic achievements for a trans artist and won a Grammy after all.

[JoeAg]

Alessia Cara (Scars to Your Beautiful was cute but Kelly Clarkson would've done it way better like 3 years prior lol)

Eliza Doolittle (was supposed to be a fresher Lily Allen vibe)

La Roux (girl… In for the Kill should've been just as big as Bulletproof!)

JoJo 

Sara Bareilles (though I'm glad she found her niche with Ingrid Michaelson and Anna Nalick!)

Rina Sawayama

Kat DeLuna

Carly Rae Jepsen

Leona Lewis

Dev (she was hatin' though so I, too, said "who she?")

Sky Ferreira 

Azealia Banks

Jordin Sparks (UGHHHH she deserved to be the second biggest Idol alum after Kelly like !!)

Christina Grimmie (RIP queen  that golden timbre alone could've gotten her even farther)

KT Tunstall (I still think that if she admitted that Suddenly I See was a lesbian love song it would've solidified her a larger fanbase lol)

Cassie 

Tinashe 

Tove Lo

MØ

Bridgit Mendler

Ava Max

Natalia Kills

Rye Rye

Gayle

Hayley Kiyoko

[Mariya Takeuchi]

The Body Party bathroom wailer  

[TiaTamera]

Chance The Rapper

Lil Nas X (I think he still has a chance but he needs a COMPLETE rebranding)

[OrbitNumber1]

3 pages in and not a single mention of Nelly Furtado? I mean, how do you go from one of the best selling albums of the century to basically not charting??

 

 

 

 

Edited November 27 by OrbitNumber1

[kataraqueen]

3 hours ago, Mariano said:

Meghan Trainor? She was quite big/popular for a few years and I'm not trying to undermine that, I just think she could've remained as big for longer and establish herself as a proper MPG. 

 

Also some of her hits didn't get to smash cuz she was releasing too many things like EP then Album etc.  I still think Dear future husband could've been much bigger if it was released properly right after AATB smashed etc.  

Lips are moving could've also been bigger but it was released when DFH was trying to Dark Horse its way into a single. 

 

Queen deserved better    In the end >>> 

she failed to pivot into a new sound

[Strawberry Bubble]

camila cabello

[kataraqueen]

3 hours ago, Mariano said:

Meghan Trainor? She was quite big/popular for a few years and I'm not trying to undermine that, I just think she could've remained as big for longer and establish herself as a proper MPG. 

 

Also some of her hits didn't get to smash cuz she was releasing too many things like EP then Album etc.  I still think Dear future husband could've been much bigger if it was released properly right after AATB smashed etc.  

Lips are moving could've also been bigger but it was released when DFH was trying to Dark Horse its way into a single. 

 

Queen deserved better    In the end >>> 

she failed to pivot into a new sound

[DanyelP23]

2 hours ago, TiaTamera said:

Chance The Rapper

Lil Nas X (I think he still has a chance but he needs a COMPLETE rebranding)

Lil Nas X kinda became the next big thing (2 Grammys, 5 hits with over 1B+ streams each on Spotify, 3 number 1 songs and all his hits had at least 32 weeks on the chart). He just didn't last because the GP got tired of his stunts, his talent was kinda elusive (what's he good at besides marketing & stunts?) and I guess it's up to the next album to see if he really has a fanbase or not (last album had 22k pure sales but was carried by streaming hits)

[alestevens]

8 hours ago, B-Luke said:

Kim Petras

Becky G

Natalie La Rose

I think Becky G actually succeeded. She ended up being a huge superstar accross Latin America, which is more than we could have guessed from her initial run post-Shower

[toast]

Ruann 

[dumbsparce]

Nick Jonas came to mibd first. He had the built-in audience and the hits early on in his solo career but then he completely flatlined.

[ReH2o]

Tori kelly 

[HarajukuPrincess]

Amerie 

[Funnyfatty]

10 hours ago, OrbitNumber1 said:

3 pages in and not a single mention of Nelly Furtado? I mean, how do you go from one of the best selling albums of the century to basically not charting??

 

 

 

 

She became the NEXT BIG THING already with this but she didn't want to continue as far as i remember. 

[Broken]

Sara Larzen

Normandi

 

 

12 hours ago, alestevens said:

I think Becky G actually succeeded. She ended up being a huge superstar accross Latin America, which is more than we could have guessed from her initial run post-Shower

Sí. Queen Becky lo logró. Me alegro por ella, yo creía que iba a quedar en el olvido y que su único "hit" iba a ser Shower .

 

Lemme stream her best song Sola.

 

 

[thatsmydemi]

Demi during the Tell Me You Love Me era seemed like she was finally about to blow up on the charts with SNS smashing, global hits and an arena tour selling out. Then we all know what happened. 

[Alldeezy]

TRS Love Like Woe and Killer got into billboard Hot 100 but idk after that he kinda faded still dropping quality music but not to the public eye. 

The Veronicas the way untouched became HUGE outside Australia to the point everyone knew the song but then idk what happened?  They are still quite big here but worldwide not so much

[theKritik]

Ashlee Simpson

[Devin]

vanessa williams, she had so much potential. 

[BigBangStan]

Rina Sawayama during her Sawayama era

[prézli]

Rita Ora is the correct answer.

 

She was supposed to be the next Rihanna. Jay Z went with her to promote her first radio single.