“[The] Era of Pop is Now Over”

[Bling 31,400]

While looking for receipts on the claim “Joanne is the #1 selling album for a female artist in 2016” (anyone?), I came across a VERY interesting discussion about current music trends, specifically looking at Demi, Miley, and Shania’s new releases, and women in the music industry in general. 

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/10/demi-lovato-miley-cyrus-shania-twain-pop-women-2017-cardi-b/541482/ (Full Article)

“Until recently, a mystery loomed over the 2017 pop landscape: Where have all the female blockbusters gone? When Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” took the No. 1 spot on the September 16 Billboard Hot 100, it marked the first song featuring a female singer to top the charts since November 19, 2016, the first song released by a female artist to do so since August 27, 2016, and the first No. 1 entirely unaccompanied by a male artist since January 16, 2016. To find comparable stretches of gender shutouts on the charts, you’d have to go back decades. Yes, it has been noted that this rough patch for women in pop eerily coincides with the Trump era.

By some signs, the boys’ club would now appear broken up: Last week, Cardi B’s delicious intimidation-by-footware effort “Bodak Yellow” succeeded Swift’s single’s three-week reign in the top spot, becoming the first No. 1 by a solo female rapper in nearly 20 years. Yet it’s too soon to declare parity. Given the immense popularity of Swift’s previous album, No. 1 status for her comeback single was virtually assured. The rise of the Bronx-raised exotic-dancer-turned-media-phenomenon Cardi B is a genuinely miraculous story—but is the kind of exception that proves the new rules of the pop landscape. In early September, Billboard tallied that only 14 percent of 2017’s top singles had been by women....” end excerpt. 

 

So...WHY are our Pop divas not a “thing” anymore? I grew up with Britney, Christina, Jessica, Mandy, Pink, etc. is it just a change in the times?

Discuss sistren. 

[Lokiy 1,118]

It is over, just look at the receipts. And gays are screaming because they don't know what to do now. 

Buuttt it is a cycle tho. Pop is going to make a comeback in 3-5 years or something like that. The only thing we need is another Gaga to revive it just like she did it the first time. Hang in there. 

[GeeYewWhai 2,382]

11 minutes ago, Acsnpdx8 said:

rough patch for women in pop eerily coincides with the Trump era.

Girlllll

[Xoxo Adriana 15,040]

The music industry over the last few years have been nothing but depression, and with the helps of the Chainsmokers, 5H, etc the industry has already proved that just like the old Taylor, they're also dead  

[Lokiy 1,118]

1 minute ago, GeeYewWhai said:

Girlllll

The Trump era is toxic masculinity so they're kind of right. 

[Drin Lon 7,875]

It'll come back in 1-2 years 

1999 - 2009 - 2019 maybe 

[GeeYewWhai 2,382]

2 minutes ago, Lokiy said:

The Trump era is toxic masculinity so they're kind of right. 

ok I hate trump but I'm pretty sure people don't stream or buy more music from male artists more than female artists just cause they hate females. 

 

[TheCureinMalibu 45,913]

The Females are back tho 

Demi,Taylor,P!nk,Kesha is still doing good

[Lokiy 1,118]

5 minutes ago, GeeYewWhai said:

ok I hate trump but I'm pretty sure people don't stream or buy more music from male artists more than female artists just cause they hate females. 

 

They don't "hate" females. Toxic masculinity is real so they don't even look at them. They don't exist in terms of entertainment. The way radio stations act towards women is the best example.

It's a cultural thing and a reflection of the times we're living in.

But things will get better. Like I said, it's a natural cycle. 

[Debithius 5,853]

Uh, dance pop is dead yes but pop will never die since pop literally means popular music. RnB, rap and hip-hop is the new pop.

[Addison Rae 16,716]

The prophecy is coming.

Within the next year, one male or female (preferably female ) will change the music landscape once more with an innovative pop sound. 

[LateToCult 40,903]

I hope Gaga catches her second wind soon. If Britney did it so can she.  

[FameHookah 4,608]

19 minutes ago, LateToCult2k17 said:

I hope Gaga catches her second wind soon. If Britney did it so can she.  

 yaaaas blackout and circus slayed me, even femme fatale was amazing 

[WitnessEye 306]

Trump and social media domination. Believe me.

[tthen 4,621]

3 hours ago, Acsnpdx8 said:

So...WHY are our Pop divas not a “thing” anymore? I grew up with Britney, Christina, Jessica, Mandy, Pink, etc. is it just a change in the times?

Just like the early 00s, R&B/Hip Hop took over. The late 90s and very early 00s had Britney Christina and all of them, but hip hop/R&B took over. Then there was the whole alt rock/emo phase of the mid 00s before a new gen of pop girls showed up in the late 00s/early 10s (Gaga/Kety/Kesha etc.). Gaga has since moved away from pop () and has been embracing other types of music. Kesha has been doing something while Kety is just flopping around. I expect a new wave of generic pop girls to show up in the next 3 years and define something.