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My original winner of season 3! 20 years later, she's an EGOT winner, a talk show host, and still thriving! Share your special moments of this Black Butterfly!

I was listening to my Discovery Weekly playlist and this song popped out. At first I though it was a new Lana's song but nope. Not gonna lie, her original songs are kinda amazing and Lana definitely inspires her

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/arts/music/pop-musics-middle-class.html What Happens When a Pop Star Isn’t That Popular?

Celine is not necessarily know as a political activist, but in the early 90s while Aids was still killing more men than any other condition, Celine recorded her own version of "Ziggy" that tells a story of a woman in love with her gay friend and released a MV that feels like a vintage porn intro. Should we have applauded Miss Dion more vigorously?

She raised to #6 with vampire she debut another top 10 She just can’t lose , are you pressed ATRL? I feel you get him back is coming , be prepared

Planet Her 3M Say So 7M Boss ***** 3M Like That 3M Streets 6M Kiss Me More 7M Best Friend 2M You Right 4M Need to Know 5M Woman 4M Get Into It 3M Aint **** 2M Vegas 2M Paint the Town Red (currently #1 on US Spotify) = sub 50M in singles so far for the first 4 years of the decade (this is without her like 5+ album tracks that are Platinum). She may not have plenty of global hits but stateside her run is INSANE

inteleon's impact?

i remember hearing this song in 2015 no joke. it was on some alternative playlist who else remembers when initially, dua was kinda marketed as an indie girl? i cant! 8 years since “New Love” dropped… what a career that followed!

Can't think of a better one tbh.

"This is the part about Taylor Swift’s career that is unprecedented. She has, rather brilliantly, convinced the public that her past and present coexist right now. She’s dismantled the former “new work vs. old work” binary for artists and replaced it with the “Eras” paradigm, where her songs are parceled into different concurrent channels that are equally accessible. It’s the same logic that streaming platforms have taught us, where all of music history exists in the same bucket. And Taylor Swift has figured out how to reprogram the public’s internal algorithm better than any of her competitors, so that her historical fame doesn’t count against her contemporary fame. She gets to be a “legacy act” and a “relevant pop act” simultaneously. Which is why I don’t expect her to fade anytime soon" https://uproxx.com/indie/ask-a-music-critic-when-will-taylor-swift-popularity-fade/

50 years ago, in August of 1973, former Supreme, Diana Ross scored her second solo #1 song with the Michael Masser Ballad "Touch Me In The Morning". The parent album was a return to form for her after kick starting her movie career the year earlier. Lady Sings The Blues was a critical and commercial success that won her a Golden Globe and garnered her an Oscar nomination. The song was a million selling single in the US, becoming the #10 best performing single of 1973 according to Billboard, and went top 10 in the UK, Australia and Canada.

Both respected songs from male rappers that have the women and gays also stan. Was Roddy Ricch in his A$ap bag with this hit? Shawty made that ass clap, she don't need no applause High fashion like Goyard G-Wagon or the Rover? I put some ice on you 'cause you got a cold heart I know I gotta keep my shawty on go, go, go Drop that ass to the floor-floor, yeah Ahh, woah You ain't gotta deal with none of these niggas no more If we hop in the Benz is that okay? Is it okay if I call you my Prada bae? I ain't no player, I just got a lot of baes But let me tell you, I like you a lot, bae I wanna start at the top and the bottom, bae Know you want the shoe with the red on the bottom, bae You know I like when you ride at the top, bae

https://kworb.net/radio/ This is ridiculous

Like... wheww. Mindblown. Look at the material yall !!!

Which pop artist will have the biggest smash of the late 2023 ?

Taylor Swift has reached a scary new level of fame The perfect storm of Taylor Swift's peaking fame and poor fan behavior coalesced at Jack Antonoff's rehearsal dinner Plenty of ink has been spilled on the persistence, the obsessiveness, the slavish devotion of Swifties. “Swifties” here means a particular kind of Taylor Swift fan, the ones who monitor her every move and track every broken record intently on social media, who follow clues down the rabbit hole in a manner reminiscent of QAnon, who police each other and the culture at large to make sure that everyone is paying proper respect to their god-queen. Occasionally, these super fans use their powers for good. But all too often, their obsession serves as an ugly reflection of stan culture as a whole. Full article

1. Dua Lipa — Dua Lipa (2017): 11.27B 2. Olivia Rodrigo — SOUR (2021): 10.23B 3. Billie Eilish — WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? (2019): 10.05B 4. Lana Del Rey — Born To Die (2012): 5.89B 5. Anne-Marie — Speak Your Mind (2018): 5.34B 6. Cardi B — Invasion of Privacy (2018): 4.34B 7. Melanie Martinez — Cry Baby (2015): 4.31B 8. Ava Max — Heaven & Hell (2020): 4.19B 9. Tones and I — Welcome to the Madhouse (2021): 3.97B 10. Camila Cabello — Camila (2018): 3.76B 11. Lorde — Pure Heroine (2013): 3.68B 12. SZA — Ctrl (2017): 3.57B 13. Alessia Cara — Know-It-All (2015): 3.53B 14. Lady Gaga — The Fame (2008): 2.96B† 15. BLACKPINK — THE ALBUM (2020): 2.93B 16. Jess Glynne — I Cry When I Laugh (2015): 2.89B 17. Tove Lo — Queen of the Clouds (2014): 2.87B 18. Bebe Rexha — Expectations (2018): 2.6B 19. Mabel — High Expectations (2019): 2.54B 20. Halsey — BADLANDS (2015): 2.48B 21. Adele — 19 (2008): 2.45B 22. Becky G — Mala Santa (2019): 2.41B 23. Ruth B. — Safe Haven (2017): 2.29B 24. Summer Walker — Over It (2019): 2.03B 25. Nicki Minaj — Pink Friday (2010): 1.87B 26. Beyoncé — Dangerously In Love (2003): 1.87B 27. Katy Perry — One of the Boys (2008): 1.74B 28. Fifth Harmony — Reflection (2015): 1.73B 29. Kesha — Animal (2010): 1.72B 30. Avril Lavigne — Let Go (2002): 1.66B 31. Iggy Azalea — The New Classic (2014): 1.66B 32. Cyndi Lauper — She's So Unusual (1983): 1.65B 33. Fergie — The Dutchess (2006): 1.62B 34. Ariana Grande — Yours Truly (2013): 1.52B 35. Megan Thee Stallion — Good News (2020): 1.49B 36. Becky Hill — Only Honest On the Weekend (2021): 1.45B 37. Jessie J — Who You Are (2011): 1.43B 38. Kim Petras — Feed the Beast (2023): 1.39B 39. Norah Jones — Come Away With Me (2002): 1.39B 40. Kali Uchis — Isolation (2018): 1.38B 41. The Pussycat Dolls — PCD (2005): 1.33B 42. Spice Girls — Spice (1996): 1.33B 43. Tracy Chapman — Tracy Chapman (1988): 1.3B 44. Doja Cat — Amala (2018): 1.28B 45. AURORA — All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend (2016): 1.28B 46. Gwen Stefani — Love. Angel. Music. Baby (2004): 1.26B 47. Leona Lewis — Spirit (2007): 1.26B 48. Birdy — Birdy (2011): 1.21B 49. Ella Mai — Ella Mai (2018): 1.2B 50. Emeli Sandé — Our Version of Events (2012): 1.19B Extras Lauyn Hill — The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998): 1.14B Taylor Swift — Taylor Swift (2006): 1.06B Britney Spears — ...Baby One More Time (1999): 1.03B MARINA — The Family Jewels (2010): 808M Ellie Goulding — Lights (2010): 801M Selena Gomez — Stars Dance (2013): 766M Rihanna — Music of the Sun (2005): 740M Whitney Houston — Whitney Houston (1985): 684M Christina Aguilera — Christina Aguilera (1999): 631M H.E.R. — Back of My Mind (2021): 590M Zara Larsson — 1 (2014): 187M Demi Lovato — Don't Forget (2008): 181M Madonna — Madonna (1983): 174M Miley Cyrus — Meet Miley Cyrus (2007): 151M Mariah Carey — Mariah Carey (1990): 142M P!nk — Can't Take Me Home (2000): 108M Charli XCX — True Romance (2013): 65M Janet Jackson — Janet Jackson (1982): 2M This was compiled using Chartmasters (for the most part), so if you see an error or omission‡, please let me know and I'll be happy to correct it. Notes †The Fame Monster (Deluxe) has 5.22B streams and would be #6 on this list if included in lieu of The Fame. ‡Before anyone asks Meghan Trainor and a few others are not included because their debut albums are not on their Spotify page. For reference, Title is technically not her debut album.

The battle for the UK number one seems to between Barbie girls Billie and Dua. Looks like the girls are fighting And they said Taylor has no impact.

Now that Pain the Town Red got more positive reception I notice the threads about Doja Cat being over are no more while some atrleres are even praising the new single. Does it mean we forgave her for Attention and all the twitter antics?

She delivered SOTY with Crumbs, had a great debut with Let Her Burn, was a good sport with her Friday remix, and her Rebecca Black Was Here EP had some great songs as well. What’s not connecting with the GP?

After the muddy waters of the late 2010s and early 2020s where girls like Halsey and Camila might’ve been able to establish themselves but faltered, are we out of the woods and have the Gen Z MPG’s finally shown themselves clearly? Are Doja, Dua, Billie and Olivia this Gen’s Gaga, Rih, Katy and Taylor? And are they here to stay? And where does all of that leave Ariana? Is she the Queen Mother for ushering in a post-late 2000s popgirl era?