Best selling female artists in 2024 so far (US): #1 Taylor, #15 Charli

[Papi Juancho]

It seems that "cultural impact" can't be translated into real success 
 

 

[visions]

Success is relative. 

 

Being an annoying f** is not  

[Popboi.]

Rihanna top 10

[trainsskyscrapers]

 

5 minutes ago, Papi Juancho said:

It seems that "cultural impact" can't be translated into real success 

Beyonce is #5 with no music videos or live performances, threw out an amazing album (second-highest first-week sales all year) with not another word or single release, somehow makes it into an exclusive group of streaming-heavy ladies that can chart an entire album on the Hot 100 (for the THIRD time), racks up 3 Hot 100 Top 10s and a multi-week #1 on top of an unprecedented 7-9 top 10s on the Country Songs chart... and you want me to believe that cultural impact and her past reputation for good music hasn't influenced her chart placement here?   

[Raver]

"Cultural impact" exclusive to WEHO & atrl 

[Attaboy]

Bey still top five after letting the era fade into oblivion is excellent 

[itshyolee]

Y'all do stuff like this but then wanna play victim when other fanbases start jumping on you guys.

 

Anyways, Rih being in the top 10 despite not releasing music in nearly a decade

[itshyolee]

5 minutes ago, trainsskyscrapers said:

 

Beyonce is #5 with no music videos or live performances, threw out an amazing album (second-highest first-week sales all year) with not another word or single release, somehow makes it into an exclusive group of streaming-heavy ladies that can chart an entire album on the Hot 100 (for the THIRD time), racks up 3 Hot 100 Top 10s and a multi-week #1 on top of an unprecedented 7-9 top 10s on the Country Songs chart... and you want me to believe that cultural impact and her past reputation for good music hasn't influenced her chart placement here?   

Now bb you spilled, but I don't think they were throwing shade at Bey.

 

The title of the thread emphasizes Taylor being at #1 and Charli being #15.

[bad guy]

Billie and SZA with the shortest discographies in the Top 5 

 

Rihanna's comeback is going to be record breaking if it ever actually happens 

[trainsskyscrapers]

4 minutes ago, itshyolee said:

Now bb you spilled, but I don't think they were throwing shade at Bey.

 

The title of the thread emphasizes Taylor being at #1 and Charli being #15.

Usually I'd agree, but the "cultural impact" phrase was being tossed around HEAVY this week when the Taylor #2 ranking came out from Billboard.

Edited 6 hours ago by trainsskyscrapers

[Colmillo]

Gaga I don't see her "boat mate" Katy tho? What happened? 

[whatyouwant_]

Billie SZA 

 

[Papi Juancho]

14 minutes ago, trainsskyscrapers said:

 

Beyonce is #5 with no music videos or live performances, threw out an amazing album (second-highest first-week sales all year) with not another word or single release, somehow makes it into an exclusive group of streaming-heavy ladies that can chart an entire album on the Hot 100 (for the THIRD time), racks up 3 Hot 100 Top 10s and a multi-week #1 on top of an unprecedented 7-9 top 10s on the Country Songs chart... and you want me to believe that cultural impact and her past reputation for good music hasn't influenced her chart placement here?   

Where did I say that? 

[Burn]

Beyoncé the only artist from the 90s still here (and the oldest artist in terms of age). If that's not impressive idk what is. 

Now I wonder if any of the other girls (apart from Rihanna and Taylor) will still be on lists like this in a couple of decades. 

Edited 5 hours ago by Burn

[aotearoa]

I think the apples rotten right to the core

[dumbsparce]

Rihanna top 10  

 

Wasn't Charli's cultural impact just the meme though? Outside of stan circles, whoever became aware of it just thought it was "what the kids say nowadays". I doubt they even know where it originated from

Edited 5 hours ago by dumbsparce

[Bimbo]

It's still insane to me that y'all are literally fighting an alt artist that has seen the charts like 3 times  stop being threatened by QUALITY challenge.

[Brikenbur]

That Billboard ranking seems to have infected @Papi Juancho too!
 

If you or someone you know is struggling with accepting Billboard's Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century ranking, please reach out for help by emailing [email protected]  

[Sazare]

#15… Show more
 

my fave Show More has some of you bothered I see

[Sazare]

But yes #2-#3 #5-#7 #10-#14

[Blue Monday]

And a year ago she wouldn't have even seen the top 20 or 30 of this chart; BRAT was definitely a level up for Charlene, but what's interesting to me is that a supposed "underperforming album" has y'all hot and bothered enough to keep making threads to insist it didn't hit when by all accounts it did 

 

[Papi Juancho]

ngl I didn't expect the second bird with this shot 

[byzantium]

Multiple things can be true at once.

 

1) being in the top 15 for an artist like Charli XCX is a fantastic result and evidence that she had an incredibly successful year.  
 

2) cultural impact is a crutch stans use to defend artists with less commercial success or attack artists with more commercial success.  

[BloodLuster]

oh Billie what a smash year

 

Mother Lana top 10

[TheArgonaut]

poppers, vomit and coke won (kinda)