Pop girls bombed in the US this year, why?

[Feanor]

The most streamed artists in the US this year, from Spotify Wrapped:

 

 

Only 1 female artist in the top 10…

Not like the global performance is much better with only 3 women in the top 10, but it's still shocking to see how male dominated the biggest market in the world is.

 

Why do you think do pop girls perform worse in the US than they do worldwide?

 

[St. Charles]

But hasn't this always been the case, especially with Spotify USA? Hip-hop and male artists usually do so much better and it's been that way since 2016.

[shookspeare]

men won't listen to female artists but women listen to male artists all the time

[Gerardo]

Im surprised Chappel and Sabrina aren't here, their streams were very US-centric

[UnusualBoy]

I mean US is mostly hip-hop and country oriented so the top 10 being infested by them isn't really shocking, Sabrina, Billie, Chappell and SZA had an amazing year nonetheless.

[glitch]

1 minute ago, Gerardo said:

Im surprised Chappel and Sabrina aren't here, their streams were very US-centric

Their albums were the 5th and 3rd most streamed in the US but I guess they suffer from not really having many recurrent streams from previous eras since this is their breakout year

[By the Water]

It's actually surprising considering how they still dominated the albums top 10 even in the US. I guess male artists have stronger catalog streams in general while female artists rely more on recent hits

[Bhabylon]

it's not a woman's world and we're not lucky to be living in it

[Gladiator]

Country and rap are bigger than dance pop in the United States.

[Wicked]

Zach outstreamed Morgan? Is this the case on AM and Amazon Music too? Lemme go to r/Country and cause problems.

[unclefloprry]

Countries now just listen their local acts, just see the Top 10 in Colombia, Mexico, France, Brazil, the UK and more.

An international act being Top 50/100 is amazing for them

[Romova99]

 

[Nefertiti0]

Billie was close to the top 10

#11 Billie Eilish
#14 SZA
#18 Sabrina Carpenter
#22 Ariana Grande
#26 Lana Del Rey
#28 Olivia Rodrigo
#30 Chappell Roan
#35 Rihanna 
#37 Beyonce
#44 Doja Cat
#46 Karol G
#49 Nicki Minaj
spotify

[Gorjesspazze9]

Funny cuz earlier this year people said Hip hop was dying in the U.S. lol

i think it was declining but not dying. Kendrick and Drake kinda proved that. 
 

intresting how massive country has came back tho, wonder if Rock music will ever get a real revival. 
 

Pop girls still are what the people stream tho. 

Edited 5 hours ago by Gorjesspazze9

[Popboi.]

52 minutes ago, By the Water said:

male artists have stronger catalog streams in general while female artists rely more on recent hits

Exactly this, Taylor is an anomaly within the pop girls.

[Moonlight Nation]

Besides what @shookspeare highlighted about straight men typically not listening to any female artists due to insufferable toxic stigmas while other demographics will listen to everyone, there's also the fact that hip hop and country are the most popular genres stateside, both of which are still frustratingly male-dominated and whose communities are frequently unfriendly, if not outright hostile, to women in the industry. There's no female equivalent to Zach Bryan, Luke Combs, or Morgan Wallen, while even with more and more female rappers achieving big commercial success, they're never fully embraced by the industry unless they take the pop route (see Nicki Minaj and Doja Cat, and even then they struggled to achieve respect from rap audiences because of this). GloRilla is getting commendable success on US Apple Music and Doechii has been getting some important co-signs from the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Tyler The Creator, which are promising developments, but we still have a long way to go.

Edited 5 hours ago by Moonlight Nation

[Rotunda]

1 hour ago, Gerardo said:

Im surprised Chappel and Sabrina aren't here, their streams were very US-centric

They have big albums but Chappell doesn't really have a catalog and Sabrina's catalog isn't really used by many.

[applestar]

Chapstick, Sabrina, and Olivia = untalented fads

Taytay, ari, fadga = no academy awards

Charli = Kamala lost 

 

 

[Into The Void]

Odd considering how big Sabrina's songs were

[chiliam]

imagine if Taylor doesnt come back to Spotify.....

 

we need Billie/Olivia/Sabrina/Doja Cat/ Chappell  to build their catalouge faster