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No, the artist who this thread is clearly referring to, is more of a teen girl phenomenon like the Backstreet Boys or One Direction and no one calls them legends.

Eh, Garth Brooks is definitely not a global legend, but he is in the US, which is his primary market after all. Country artists and audiences absolutely worship the ground he walks on.

Imo if it's indeed Jay himself who's going to headline the Halftime Show, then the delay can be explained away easily. His career anniversary tour ends on Oct. 24 in Los Angeles at the very same stadium that is going to host the Super Bowl in February, so that's definitely a date to watch out for cause it'd be perfect for an announcement. But if it's someone else, then it could mean that they struggled a bit to lock down a name this year.

Super Bowl Headliner announcement dates since Jay-Z took over: Bad Bunny: Sep. 28 Kendrick Lamar: Sep. 8 Usher: Sep. 27 Rihanna: Sep. 25 Dr. Dre & Co.: Sep. 30 The Weeknd: Nov. 12 (Covid year) Shakira & JLo: Sep. 26 So yeah, it is quite unusual that we still haven't gotten the announcement.

Number #1 weeks don't mean **** anymore, as we can see right now with Taylor's recent #1 that is getting outstreamed by non-#1s left and right,

. Give me that new Brinty album.

Yes, spiritually. Dua, Doja, Zara, Charli kinda are honorary members of the Gen Z girls, cause they definitely don't fit with the haggard millennial pop girl crowd

If Billie plays her cards right, she'll have the biggest year by an artist since probably Adele's 2011.

Because it's "cringe". Just how people lash pop girls (especially black female artists) for being "too extra", "too sexual", "too much".

Beyoncé then Lady Gaga then Billie. There's literally no other possible answer.

It's becoming clearer every day that her sudden streaming revival in 2022/23 really was just one elaborate and fraudulent ruse, there was always doubt about the validity of her streaming numbers, but there's no doubt now that it was one big bot and payola driven campaign to boost her numbers.

And people still doubt that he or she isn't MAGA

Olivia won the moment SOUR became bigger than any Taylor Swift album and drivers license bigger than any Taylor Swift hit.

Sabrina and Chappell are fads. Gaga will slow down in terms of pop music and do way more acting projects and music outside of pop. Taylor Swift will continue to be irrelevant to the world and pop culture outside of her cult fanbase. Billie and Olivia will dominate as they're doing this decade.

Half the thread not reading the OP

Wait for BE4…

Yes.

She's so desperate for fame

We are [2]. Taylor Swift is MAGA.

the free fall

The joke of the industry.

Someone tell her she has no chance against La Bola Negra

Not at all. When people look back at the music & pop culture scene of the 2020s in future, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish will the male and female faces who have defined and spearheaded the music culture of the decade. Taylor Swift will be noted as a pop figure who still achieved success during the decade, but who apart from a successful tour in 2023, didn't matter that much to the cultural foundations of the 2020s. One close comparison that seems reasonable is Madonna in the 2010s. Also successful, especially in touring, but not really relevant to the decade at large.

Olivia Rodrigo is the bigger artist in 2026.

Everything is lining up for 2027 to be a new all-time peak for Billie. New album, massive new tour, new feature film with Oscar buzz… next year could cement her as the defining artist of the 20s