Incandescent Glow

Taylor, Beyoncé, Rihanna and Gaga would remain in 2026's list. Maybe Adele too but she is a wildcard, I guess we'll have to see how 38 performs. Shakira remains very relevant too, she has ups and downs but is never the top dog, yet the longevity speaks for itself. Then Britney is a retired legend. Pink and Katy became legacy artists. A few faces are forgotten. I wonder how it'd look if they made it today. I guess we would keep Tay, Bey, Rih, Gaga, Adele and Shakira. And then add in Ariana, Billie, Olivia, Sabrina, SZA and Dua I guess. Maybe Tate, Charli and Chappell too.

Oh there's a "real" interview that isn't just the couple minutes talking with the radio host?

Ngl, I was hoping this interview would be a bit more interesting (and especially something longer). But keep reconnecting with the country scene/country radio queen because you'll need their support for country TS13.

Miley the public persona is very much beloved overall I feel like. It's just that she took re-inventing herself a bit too far to the point there's no artistic cohesion whatsoever in her catalogue. That combined with her tendency to always drag her previous work because "it wasn't really her" leads to people not really knowing who Miley the artist is and therefore it becomes really hard to form any sort of long term interest/following.

Is that a new album? Damn

What do you mean bribing? Let's threaten them! Jokes aside, I think it'll get to #1 anyway. The song is blowing up and she has yet to do that interview with iHeart Country Radio which I guess is gonna keep her momentum going (especially after she announces Debut TV).

TTPD is easily the better album. Ariana gets the better singles though. Fortnight/ICDIWABH are in the bottom 7/8 on TTPD for me, while htimylm/petal are both in the top 3 on petal.

More than anything, she's smart enough to know she is way way way too big to control what's happening on the internet. Close those subs and they are just gonna migrate somewhere else and become even worse because they'll feel like they're being censored.

Don't know what it is about Midnights today but the album is album-ing

The way @Dear Reader just keeps getting better with time. Oh Midnights the wine that you are (also I was listening to a playlist the other day and a clean transition between Dear Reader and Maroon is just soooo smooth) And since we're on the topic of the 3AM edition, let's not forget the stone-cold masterpiece that we got out of it

It's for IKIIKY.

I mean, Ophelia received better radio support on the formats it was played on unless I'm mistaken. Like IKIIKY is kinda struggling on pop radio. It's just that IKIIKY benefits from both pop AND country (+HAC and AC like Ophelia), which leads to much bigger totals. And of course Ophelia also had to deal with the other songs on the album being played during the first few weeks and then had to deal with Opalite of course, meanwhile IKIIKY has no competition from Taylor herself.

Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness (masterpiece) Britney Spears - Toxic (classic) Adele - Someone Like You (probably the biggest stone-cold classic on this list) Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer (future classic, and carries the memories of the Eras tour for me) Rihanna - We Found Love (classic, a moment, but I'm not the biggest fan, she's got so so so many better songs) Beyoncé - Halo (classic, but I can't believe a song that isn't in Bey's top 50 is her most streamed song) Katy Perry - Dark Horse (meh, but benefits from nostalgia for me, hoping TOTGA will surpass it so she can have a much better song as her most streamed) Lady Gaga - Die with a Smile (too recent to have nostalgia bias, and not even that great to begin with, could pass DH with time) Ariana Grande - 7 rings (this was everything back then but the song aged poorly)

Also I want her to do the Superbowl as much as anyone, but ngl, I'd rather she wait until the public opinion gets back in her favors. I really don't want this huge milestone to be ruined by the braindead rot that is constantly on her ass day in day out. She also doesn't need it yet tbh. Maybe by 2030 or something.

I refuse. You are wrong. This is sacrilegious to say.