hear me out... Balkan pop divas rate. Chalga, manele, tallava, laiko, turbofolk, whatever you wanna call it. Same genre with the same origins

Jelena Karleuša or Ceca (Serbia)

Galena (Bulgaria)

Despoina Vandi (Greece)

Loredana (Romania)

Genta Ismajli or Elvana Gjata (Albania)

maybe Gülşen for Turkey

Edited September 19Sep 19 by Pendulum

On 9/17/2026 at 4:24 PM, Florence Belch said:

Thank you once again, see you for the nickname contest at the end of September!

On 9/18/2026 at 7:36 AM, OrbitNumber1 said:

Please, do! I'm on 11 groups so far, but I'd like to do it with 12.

Okay, so @Indie Go Mind suggested me BINI for the 12th slot, which certainly earns the title of Spice Girls of Philipines. BUT, as you guys can tell, all the other groups in the line-up are from the 90s and 00s (despite that not being a rule at all) and BINI is from the 2020s, clearly more influenced by K-pop rather than the Spice Girls. I like that they'd bring a more current sound to the rate, but I'm not sure... thoughts?

Edited September 27Sep 27 by OrbitNumber1

2 minutes ago, OrbitNumber1 said:

Okay, so @Indie Go Mind suggested me BINI for the 12th slot, which certainly earns the title of Spice Girls of Philipines. BUT, as you guys can tell, all the other groups in the line-up are from the 90s and 00s (despite that not being a rule at all) and BINI is from the 2020s, clearly more influenced by K-pop rather than the Spice Girls. I like that they'd bring a more current sound to the rate, but I'm not sure... thoughts?

waitttt I'm moving a little to Cherry on Top

plus they say "spice" in the chorus so I'd take that as a sign

Edited September 22Sep 22 by conatus

hey, could one of the mods managing rates update the ongoing rates section in the OP so we don't get lost? Pretty please

We need a profile's cover photos/gifs rate

9 hours ago, Kabrona said:

We need a profile's cover photos/gifs rate

When the top 5 is just Christina gifs, with this evergreen winning the whole thing

9 hours ago, Kabrona said:

We need a profile's cover photos/gifs rate

the bottom 10 is yours queen

2026 Pop Madness: Audacity vs Popstar vs Detour vs Worst Girl in America

Worst Girl in America and others

2 minutes ago, Eeveelution said:

Audacity vs Popstar

I have a better idea for these two

2 minutes ago, conatus said:

I have a better idea for these two

You have done enough

Recycle Pop 2026: COADF vs Confessions II vs Worst Girl in America vs Worst Man in America

Bonus: Ellie Goulding I Know Too Much vs We Know Too Much so we have someone to pan

5 minutes ago, California said:

Recycle Pop 2026:

Oh the crown is hers

On 9/26/2026 at 11:43 AM, Eeveelution said:

You have done enough

It begins

Tried to make a playlist for the Final Fantasy Vocal Songs rate and it's completely impossible on Spotify because these songs are just not on there! Then ran into a problem with what is considered vocals (is "la la la" over and over vocals??? how about chanting??) so f all that...

The universe is pushing me to do a Dido Discography Rate but that's way too big for my first rate. I'll find something smaller and less serious in scale first...

I was just wondering if it was finally Tinashe's time to be in a This Was rate for 2026 and then remembering how Ace is and how she'll be kicked out for Ella Langley or some ****

I think this would be a perfect line up for a rate. Either a revisit of the 2010s albums (just change Kelela's to Take Me Apart) or a rate for the 2026 albums.

2 hours ago, Album Leak said:

Tried to make a playlist for the Final Fantasy Vocal Songs rate and it's completely impossible on Spotify because these songs are just not on there! Then ran into a problem with what is considered vocals (is "la la la" over and over vocals??? how about chanting??) so f all that...

The universe is pushing me to do a Dido Discography Rate but that's way too big for my first rate. I'll find something smaller and less serious in scale first...

How about hosting the first flash rate people were talking about back then.

Think of a lineup of >50 songs that match a certain concept. Maybe top 50 of the greatest vocal gaming songs or something.

I'll be giving this work of art my 11s

8 hours ago, Album Leak said:

Tried to make a playlist for the Final Fantasy Vocal Songs rate and it's completely impossible on Spotify because these songs are just not on there! Then ran into a problem with what is considered vocals (is "la la la" over and over vocals??? how about chanting??) so f all that...

The universe is pushing me to do a Dido Discography Rate but that's way too big for my first rate. I'll find something smaller and less serious in scale first...

How about a YouTube playlist? In some cases I have prefer it to the Spotify one, even though the latter is much easier to handle!

If you think a whole discography rate is too much, you could opt for a Classics rate (although it's safe to say that she only has 6 studio albums, so it wouldn't make much sense with her ). Maybe you could start with a Finnish Divas mini-rate to get used to being a host?

10 hours ago, conatus said:

It begins

Society when twitter discovers music can be both pop and r&b:

1 hour ago, Florence Belch said:

How about a YouTube playlist? In some cases I have prefer it to the Spotify one, even though the latter is much easier to handle!

If you think a whole discography rate is too much, you could opt for a Classics rate (although it's safe to say that she only has 6 studio albums, so it wouldn't make much sense with her ). Maybe you could start with a Finnish Divas mini-rate to get used to being a host?

I started building a Youtube playlist alongside the Spotify one and got annoyed because
1) there were no HQ official uploads for most of them..
2) still the problem of "what is considered a vocal song" persisted in my mind

Overall I want to do something low key in the Entertainment section first before I jump into the Dido rate.. and I do have something planned and a playlist ready for it actually, as long as TV/Animation related music rates go to the Entertainment section so I can jump into it whenever I'm ready.

Edited Thursday at 09:29 AM4 days by Album Leak

49 minutes ago, Album Leak said:

and I do have something planned and a playlist ready for it actually, as long as TV/Animation related music rates go to the Entertainment section so I can jump into it whenever I'm ready.

I was about to say "Pixar movies rate when, so that I can bomb all the sequels", but then read 'related music rates' and now I have idea nnn

We are still gonna support you babe

24 minutes ago, Florence Belch said:

I was about to say "Pixar movies rate when, so that I can bomb all the sequels", but then read 'related music rates' and now I have idea nnn

We are still gonna support you babe

You're not going to bomb Toy Story 2, Monsters University and Inside Out 2 babe, I won't let you.

Edited Thursday at 10:50 AM3 days by Album Leak