base talk Is Britney is the biggest "vibes" artist of the century.

[UseYourIllusion2002]

Because she didn't do that great on the Hot 100, which isn't her fault. Her record label wouldn't release CD Singles for any of her songs, hence their weak charting performance. For example, Oops! (single) "only" peaked at #9 due to the strength of radio points only. Her label focused on album sales instead, giving her two diamond albums, and two other albums that are around 4-5x platinum.

 

Another example, here is part of Christina Aguilera's "Come on Over" Hot 100 chart run:

18-11-11-9-9-9-11-1-1-1-1

 

The song originally peaked at #9 and fell out of the top 10. But then, her record label released a CD single prompting the song to jump from #11-#1, where it stayed for a month. So at the end of the day, Jive not releasing CD singles for Britney helped her gain multiple Diamond albums, but her Billboard success was then hindered. 

[Tropez]

15 minutes ago, Fitzswiftie said:

Alongside Prince and Princess of Smoke and Mirrors, Gaga and Kanye.

Monarchs of deceit and payola.

 

Prince is literally one of the most successful artists. What are you even talking about? He's legacy is massive. He has one of the biggest albums in history. 
 

Like this thread, and your replies actually prove the point that Britney, Beyoncé, Prince, Gaga and Kanye transcend numbers. It's very clear that they've managed to influence other artists and left a legacy. Artistry is bigger and more important than sales. 

[futuresuperstar2023]

28 minutes ago, heckinglovato said:

No, Beyoncé is 

 

Edit: because to be number ONE then end up at #7 is actually crazier 

Ariana grande pure sales and album sales are low AF lmfao. I like ari and find her talented but Y'all have to stop the bullshit. Look at Ari album Certifications lmfao!

[futuresuperstar2023]

28 minutes ago, heckinglovato said:

No, Beyoncé is 

 

Edit: because to be number ONE then end up at #7 is actually crazier 

Ariana grande pure sales and album sales are low AF lmfao. I like ari and find her talented but Y'all have to stop the bullshit. Look at Ari album Certifications lmfao!

[futuresuperstar2023]

28 minutes ago, heckinglovato said:

No, Beyoncé is 

 

Edit: because to be number ONE then end up at #7 is actually crazier 

Ariana grande pure sales and album sales are low AF lmfao. I like ari and find her talented but Y'all have to stop the bullshit. Look at Ari album Certifications lmfao!

[futuresuperstar2023]

28 minutes ago, heckinglovato said:

No, Beyoncé is 

 

Edit: because to be number ONE then end up at #7 is actually crazier 

Ariana grande pure sales and album sales are low AF lmfao. I like ari and find her talented but Y'all have to stop the bullshit. Look at Ari album Certifications lmfao!

[futuresuperstar2023]

28 minutes ago, heckinglovato said:

No, Beyoncé is 

 

Edit: because to be number ONE then end up at #7 is actually crazier 

Ariana grande pure sales and album sales are low AF lmfao. I like ari and find her talented but Y'all have to stop the bullshit. Look at Ari album Certifications lmfao!

[ChooseyLover]

Could you explain what these "vibes" are?

 

Chart obsessed Swifties are the most insufferable stans to come across. Just drop the act because some of y'all are not even fans or music lovers like that, you just love pretending her success is your success for some online kiis.

 

Britney is a very beloved icon with cultural impact and an undeniable successful career and whatever some Billboard lists say is not going to change that.

[byzantium]

I think the vibes list rolls the vibes of 1999 into the 21st century which makes her placement seem less dissonant.  Her biggest year was in the 90s.  

[futuresuperstar2023]

What's up with stans that stay lying on Beyonce sales? Just because you Pop tart fans don't deem Beyonce music as worthy because she isn't making pop bubblegum **** doesn't mean it's true that her sales are low lmao. It's just not believable. You can always smell a Chartmaster  stan. Also Britney Spears always did better on the billboard 200 Charts. Britney sold a lot of pure album records. 

[CandleGuy]

It's not rocket science. Billboard Hot 100 was not calculated based on actual consumption in the pre-digital era when Britney peaked. It was mostly based on radio airplay, which who gives a ****.

 

Hold It Against Me is a Billboard #1 (digital era). Toxic and Oops are not (pre-digital). Every single Britney released from 98-05 would have gone #1 if iTunes or Spotify existed back then.

 

That's before you even talk about all the album tracks that would have charted in the streaming era, now that the biggest artists basically have their entire albums chart.

Edited Wednesday at 11:00 PM by CandleGuy

[heckinglovato]

8 minutes ago, futuresuperstar2023 said:

Ariana grande pure sales and album sales are low AF lmfao. I like ari and find her talented but Y'all have to stop the bullshit. Look at Ari album Certifications lmfao!

 

8 minutes ago, futuresuperstar2023 said:

Ariana grande pure sales and album sales are low AF lmfao. I like ari and find her talented but Y'all have to stop the bullshit. Look at Ari album Certifications lmfao!

 

8 minutes ago, futuresuperstar2023 said:

Ariana grande pure sales and album sales are low AF lmfao. I like ari and find her talented but Y'all have to stop the bullshit. Look at Ari album Certifications lmfao!

 

8 minutes ago, futuresuperstar2023 said:

Ariana grande pure sales and album sales are low AF lmfao. I like ari and find her talented but Y'all have to stop the bullshit. Look at Ari album Certifications lmfao!

 

8 minutes ago, futuresuperstar2023 said:

Ariana grande pure sales and album sales are low AF lmfao. I like ari and find her talented but Y'all have to stop the bullshit. Look at Ari album Certifications lmfao!

 

8 minutes ago, futuresuperstar2023 said:

Ariana grande pure sales and album sales are low AF lmfao. I like ari and find her talented but Y'all have to stop the bullshit. Look at Ari album Certifications lmfao!

now breathe 🧘‍♂️ 

[futuresuperstar2023]

1 minute ago, heckinglovato said:

 

 

 

 

 

now breathe 🧘‍♂️ 

Atrl function is shitty. That was an accident 

[Erreur2 La Nature]

This has to be the most random list I ve ever seen lol

[A-V-XYZ]

33 minutes ago, John Slayne said:

she has two Diamond albums 

Where are those albums now? Yeah, in bargain bins lol. I know Britney's your fave but be realistic.

[SinnerCity]

1 hour ago, A-V-XYZ said:

Her success is very overrated. She's only spent 6 weeks at #1 in total on the Hot 100 out of 5 #1's and she hasn't had a top 20 Billboard YE Hot 100 hit since 1999 lmao haha lol. 🤭😛

Mama where's Christina???   

[BnPac]

The BB list is heavily relying on Hot 100 and since now BB200 is almost like the Hot 100, it makes sense. 

 

Frankly I don't find their top so representative. There's no way people here actually believe that Post Malone and The Weekend are bigger than Eminem and Britney. 

 

The whole top 10, at the exception of Beyoncé and Usher, is full of artists who had either a huge era with extreme longevity in the single department during the streaming era or reached their peak during the streaming era. 

It is just not realistic. 

[BnPac]

21 minutes ago, Tropez said:

Prince is literally one of the most successful artists.

He wasn't talking about Prince, the artist but prince as the noun, the masculine version of princess. 

But I agree with your assessment of Prince.

Edited Wednesday at 09:51 PM by BnPac

[IsidoraMarí]

34 minutes ago, Fitzswiftie said:

Who is then? Nobody else in that top ten had a bigger decline when it comes actual facts and data. 
 

#6 - #34.

 

Ouch.

 

And as we were repeating told when #1 was announced, it's only facts, numbers and data that matters. Not legacy or impact.

If you were cognisant in the early 2000s you wouldn't be asking why. They media frenzy Britney had in those days makes Taylor's current run look bland. 

 

We can call it vibes if you want but if the media frenzy that her stardom caused hadn't driven her into a dark depression Britney very well could've and should've been one of the best selling artists of all time. 

[Proseductice]

58 minutes ago, A-V-XYZ said:

Numbers and awards >>>>>>>>>> Fake influence

Britney's a 😎 artist! Deal with it! 🙅🤝

To stan twitter, maybe. Until I knew this website existed, I enjoyed good music from huge hitmakers of the 2000s growing up because they were good, not because they charted or had multiple awards. The Hot 100 and every other chart didn't even exist in my head, and I still knew plenty of artists biggest songs, didn't matter where they charted. 

 

As for influence, there's objectively nothing fake about hers. One look at some of the more fresh pop girls or a listen in their interviews immediately rejects the idea of Britney Spears having zero impact. You can see it in music videos, on red carpets, in music samplings, or hear it straight from their mouths. 

 

Many people grew up, love, and respect her in the industry. Not a single one of them care that she didn't have 10 multi week #1's. 

 

It gets better when you realize there's life beyond data in music. 

[hallucinate]

morgan wallen being at #13 should tell you everything you need to know about this list 

OT: NO

Edited Wednesday at 10:05 PM by hallucinate

[ABeyBraith]

I actually cannot take people on this site serious. BRITNEY SPEARS a vibe artist? She's a pop icon ffs 

[Mariano]

BB have the worst charts and someone spending a lot of weeks on their charts doesn't mean they also sold a lot. 

Easy example is that Britney has an album that sold 1M in 1 week, there's other albums that sell 1M in 100 or even 200 weeks.  Theoretically they sold equal amount, but the Britney album would have only 1 chart point and the other album will have 100 or even more chart points. Just to show how flawed their charts "all time" lists are. 

With that said Britney's success and impact has definitely been overrated on ATRL, but outside of atrl she is still one of the most iconic female artists of all time, it's just that she is kinda over and I don't mean it in a shady way, I mean she literally retired and doesn't want to do anything anymore (understandably), but even before that she was flopping and was kinda becoming irrelevant. I get that there was the whole conservatorship and all ofc. and maybe otherwise it would be different, but it is what it is. 

[AvadaKedavra]

I lived in the 2000s and Britney-Avril Lavigne were far more relevant than the rest of pop girls of that time and so many american male singers. 
But im talkin from a Global Perspective. 

That list is very USA centric. They have weird taste there in America, So while the whole planet was enjoying britney...they were playin their local singers thinkin they were huge superstars. An Asereje situation.

I honestly dont take american or british all-time singers list seriously. Theyre centered too much in their own country charts and act like their taste is the taste of the whole planet.

Theyre also racist against latinos, asians, middle eastern and we rarely appear or we are relegated to the last positions.
So nope. Britney is definitely one of the top pop artist all-time  She's le creme de le creme. 

Edited Wednesday at 10:17 PM by AvadaKedavra

[MattieB]

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