base talk Singers that lasted longer than you expected?

[prézli]

Olly Murs for me. He's like poor man's Robbie Williams. No idea how all of his albums went Top 2 in the UK.

[Popboi.]

SZA considering RCA basically had to steal her hard drive so CTRL could be freed from her gatekeeping. Imagine telling someone then that nearly a decade later she would be one of the A-lists.

[LustSpell]

Olivia Rodrigo screamed one hit wonder to me (she still does), but she has two of the most streamed female albums of all time and a SOLID pure buying base from her two debut weeks. I think her music is simply waaaay too immature for me to like her. Screams angsty teenagers who are upset they didn't get what they wanted.

[Pheromosa]

ana. 

abel. ari. josef. björk. caroline.

tinashe. miguel.  jhené.  florence. alunageorge. chappell.

dua. cruel youth. tove lo. allie. say lou lou. blackpink. red velvet.

[Into The Void]

28 minutes ago, prézli said:

Olly Murs for me. He's like poor man's Robbie Williams. No idea how all of his albums went Top 2 in the UK.

Interesting I actually like his music

[prézli]

2 minutes ago, Into The Void said:

Interesting I actually like his music

He has 0 personality. A boy-band type of singer. 

[toast]

Addison Rae 

[Esb200713]

Rihanna. I thought after the pon de replay that I'd never hear her again yes she is still here. 20 years later.

[Saint James]

Meghan Trainor, i thought she would get dropped from her label but she had a new hit, several tiktok hits and a successful tour

 

i didn't expect Maroon 5 to still be going in the 2020s.

 

it makes sense that Kylie still releases music, but i didn't expect her to still be doing the popstar cycle of single -> press -> album -> tour etc

[Space Cowboy]

Christina Aguilera. She never had the x factor. Surprised she lasted 3 ish eras

[Peroxide]

Dua for me.

 

I really didn't connect with her around DL1 and found her sound incredibly annoying and faceless.

 

Future Nostalgia shut me up real quick.

[GrandeVersace]

Olivia Rodrigo (never listened to her music tbh)

Camilla Cabello lasted longer than I thought 

 

[Bussea]

Dua Lipa

[The7thStranger]

Rihanna. I did not expect the artist who started with "Pon de Replay" to have such a successful career. Given where pop music was at the time, I thought her time in the spotlight would end quickly, like it did for Lumidee, Lil' Mama, Nina Sky, or (regrettably) Kat DeLuna.

[JustHoran]

Meghan Trainor (I am shocked she is still even somewhat around and can sometimes get a hit)

The Weeknd (I didn't expect him to smash, I thought he'd be forgotten after that hit song with Ariana)

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[JustHoran]

38 minutes ago, Esb200713 said:

Rihanna. I thought after the pon de replay that I'd never hear her again yes she is still here. 20 years later.

I remember I hated that song and thought for sure she would be a one hit wonder  I literally love her now though and her music 

[l3disko]

Nicki Minaj

 

she felt like a joke that would fade away

 

now she's a joke that won't go away.

[CoolNebraskaGuy]

I was convinced Gaga's mainstream music career was over in 2014. Pretty thrilled to be proven wrong

[Minto]

H.E.R & megan trainor

[Truth Teller]

50 minutes ago, Saint James said:

Meghan Trainor, i thought she would get dropped from her label but she had a new hit, several tiktok hits and a successful tour

 

i didn't expect Maroon 5 to still be going in the 2020s.

 

it makes sense that Kylie still releases music, but i didn't expect her to still be doing the popstar cycle of single -> press -> album -> tour etc

I wouldn't say they're still going, most of their releases after Memories flopped. But their 2011 resurgence being a full fledged second wind lasting nearly a decade and being bigger than their original peak was indeed surprising.

[Alldeezy]

Carly 

 

Call me maybe was huge but other songs on thaf album weren't so thought she was gonna be a one hit wonder back then but then we got many more albums from her afterwards 

[Maneater]

33 minutes ago, The7thStranger said:

Rihanna. I did not expect the artist who started with "Pon de Replay" to have such a successful career. Given where pop music was at the time, I thought her time in the spotlight would end quickly, like it did for Lumidee, Lil' Mama, Nina Sky, or (regrettably) Kat DeLuna.

I honestly thought she would be a one hit wonder

[itshyolee]

Post Malone.

 

I remember when this song came out and was popular for a little bit

 

Thought he was gonna fizzle away afterwards but here we are almost 10 years later

[Oktober Knight]

I really thought Billie Eilish would only last one era.

[gab00]

Katy perry. Dua lipa and Jason DeeeeRuuLoo