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Where is Karol G? Si Antes de hubiera conocido is such a bop!

No, people not paying for music ruined the music industry such that there is no longer any infrastructure to support artists. To make it you basically need to be independently wealthy.

I am sure Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Party are on the phone right now with the CEO of comcast universal, demanding an apology to Israel.

The "random Friday" in question being the day it was included in "New Music Friday" playlists and a lot of people learned it was released. Come on now, let's use some reasoning for once.

Personally, I hate all three of these countries. I say Dua Lipa gets it and all three countries owe her reparations for trying to take it from her.

Billie?, Karol G?, Lana? SZA?

Look, I am rarely defending Gaga here. I would argue that Ariana has been bigger than Gaga every year since her debut in 2013. However, Gaga's debut era/eras, were truly massive and gave her a notable head start. Ariana has the momentum though and I bet in 10 years it will be a forgone conclusion she has the bigger legacy.

Rihanna - No Taylor - No Adele - No Katy - Yes Kesha - Yes Gaga - about tied Demi - yes Selena - yes Miley - yes

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Wow, it keeps gaining!

You listed two Anglo countries, a country that thinks it's European, and Japan. If that is the best evidence of rosalia's global appeal then I guess it's a weak argument. And congratulations to Lux for having the biggest Spanish language debut by a female artist. Too bad it did not hang on and still has less than 1/3rd the streams as tropicoquetta .

Rosalía, a European, doing better than a South American in European markets. How groundbreaking. Meanwhile Rosalía is a bit of a non factor in the Americas. Her tour will gross mere fractions of Karol's and Rosalia has never had a global Spotify number one.

I think Ireland beat out the anglos in that regard. Unless you make the distinction based on "head of government" as opposed to "head of state".

Thanks for reminding everyone that Karol has another solo billion streamed hit. Not everyone has that. Much less multiple.

She consistently has some of the biggest hits of each decade. So no, she is fine. Can't say the same about the OP.