Beyoncé or Taylor?

[Anderson123 36,439]

I like them both and even if I can't sit through an album from start to finish from either of them, I'm going for Beyoncé. As a performer and vocalist, those are easily some of her strongest skills. Her albums are usually concept stuff so well planned, especially everything since Self Titled and you can really tell there's a lot of people involved in those projects, great quality.

Taylor is a great songwriter and she's really good at pleasing the fans with constant content, easter eggs, etc. but her music as a whole is a bit "vanilla" to me and yes I've liked some stuff from 1989, Reputation, Folklore/Evermore but it's music I'll be listening to for a bit once it's new and then weeks / a couple of months later move to something else.

[Controversiaga 9,852]

1 hour ago, Teletubby said:

Rira Ora

Hi I didn’t put Rira Ota because we all already know she is the inevitable undefeated monarch of music.  I’m considering Beyoncé or Taylor as the next in line

[WhiteWitch 720]

I’ll abstain from voting. I adore both and refuse to perpetuate pitting female or queer artists against each other. Both are incredible and creating monumental shifts in the industry regardless of how anyone feels about their music in comparison to their taste. I just don’t see this even being a productive question. If I can have room for over 1900 artists in my library, and still find new music/artists to enjoy, there’s no reason to entertain the idea of even implying that any are better or worse. Especially artists that are part of marginalized communities. 

[StrawberryBlond 14,331]

I admire Taylor for the fact that she is the primary songwriter on all her work and can play multiple instruments. But her music, for the most part, I find to be pretty middle of the road and musical output is the thing most important to me. Beyonce's music on the whole is far more appealing to me, with 4 of her albums being quite decent and she has a few really good songs per album. She also is a better vocalist and performer, so she picks up the areas that Taylor lacks (though, to her credit, she has got better of late, as befits someone on a massive stadium tour). Beyonce also has major star power. She's one of the few singers today that I'm sure would have me starstruck if I met her. Beyonce experiments more and is more musically interesting, so it's her I'll pick. But both of them are still overrated to me whose appeal I'll never truly get. 

[McQueenAddict 17]

beyoncé. how is this even a question?

Edited April 1, 2024 by McQueenAddict

[Borislshere 52,712]

That ratio… oh it was bad for her 

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Voted Beyoncé though 

 

[The Wolf 3,948]

Taylor is extremely safe and boring compared to Beyonce 

[waterfall 793]

i dont stream either that much

liked taylor speak now and 1989 era. liked some singles by beyonce like if i was a boy, crazy in love, beautiful liar, mine, etc.

i will say tho in 6th grade i had a taylor phase but then i grew out of it real quick

whats funny tho is my little sis is in 6th grade rn and shes going through a taylor phase too. whenever i see her, she goes on and on about how she went to the eras tour movie with her friends. 

i wonder why little kids gravitate so much to her tho

[nATAH 44,770]

beyonce

didnt even read the op

[holy scheisse 21,809]

Ariana Grande 

[nATAH 44,770]

oh its personal favourite, not who's factually better in every way

[holy scheisse 21,809]

Taylor bc she actually writes her own music and I can feel her emotions in it even if it’s immature and stupid as hell at times 

Beyoncé feels like she just performs beautiful music.
 

we all care about certain things in artists we love and something that I care about is that it feels genuine. Even if cringe and not as talented vocally or performance wise as Beyoncé, Taylor feels genuine in her songs. 

[Bling 31,284]

Beyonce because she IS the total package as a musician.

Vocals ✅

Visuals ✅

Production ✅

Concept ✅

Performer ✅

Original ✅

Risk-taker ✅

Some may argue "but but but she doesn't write her own music". Ok sure. But when you see how she performs AND SINGS LIVE while doing choreo, you really dgaf!

Name one other artist alive that has as much energy and stage presence as Beyonce, I'll wait 

Yeah she uses samples but she is very creative and masterful with how she uses the samples. Creating something new, fresh, and unexpected.

(I say all of this as someone who really did not enjoy her Cowboy Carter album)

It remains a mystery to me HOW Taylor Swift can be so successful. Sure she is a good (not great, Lana is great) songwriter. Sure she can write catchy music.

But Henny, I watched the first 10 min of the Eras Tour film and damn she was off key as soon as she started. The backing track is turned up SO LOUD. Is the stage production and dancers and flashing lights to distract from her voice? The good sis is 34yo, why is she still writing and acting like a teenager?

Edited April 2, 2024 by BlingNotTheMusic

[misha4ever 1,195]

I don't listen to local US artists.

[huttont 5,072]

I love them both but Taylor is my second fave after Gaga. Beyoncé doesn’t miss though