sexy 3,100 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 (edited) Thinking about this following the ongoing Drake/Kendrick beef – for anyone not up to speed, there's established consensus in the rap community that Drake, Kanye, and J. Cole are the industry's "Big 3" of the last decade. Who are pop's Big 3, and who has it been for each decade past? I think right now there's no doubt that Taylor and Beyoncé occupy the two top spots, but who's the third? As far as music goes, as much as I'd love for that to be Gaga, I just can't see it being her on musical output alone (and it changes the conversation a bit if we take into consideration her acting career) but I can't totally see an obvious third choice. The Weeknd? Ariana? Had Rihanna continued on the trajectory she was on through the end of the 2010s, I think it'd clearly be her. What do y'all think? Edited May 11 by sexy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 88,639 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 As of May 11th 2024, Taylor, Beyoncé and Billie (yes sue me) If you see me posting like crazy, I'm either bored or procrastinating. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 137,416 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, and The Weeknd are the most commercially successful at the moment, apparently. So there's your "current top 3". You wanna talk about impact though? Beyonce and Gaga are absolutely two of them. 💚 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 67,482 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 (edited) If J. Cole is part of the "big 3," and maybe even Kanye, then it's definitely not about success in the last decade... I would say Drake, Future, and Cardi B for that metric. If we're talking culturally, for pop music, I would say Billie, Charli XCX, and Ariana. If we're talking about success, then it's Taylor, The Weeknd, and Ariana (or potentially Billie, 2x Oscar winner, won all 4 big Grammys in one night, huge on streaming) Edited May 11 by weed Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenegAde 16,414 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Taylor Ariana and Beyonce. Are the only three that I can see maintaining their current steam. Reinnesance did wonders for Beyonce, ariana has been able to somewhat keep the same pace since thank you next scoring at least 2 big hits a year. And we all know taylor I'm not counting the men because im petty. they never count female rappers when they make their own tier lists. There's no reason why nicki, cardi or Megan isnt part of the "big 3" of hip pop. How many mainstream successes have kanye and j cole within the last 5 years ? 4 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agunimon 20,558 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 I agree with Ariana, Taylor and Beyoncé. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEANUS 11,310 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 I still think our big four (sorrrrrryyyy) icons are Gaga, Bey, Katy and Rihanna. I’m refusing to put current pop girls at any similar level yet. Gaga had the discussion/controversy, Bey had the acclaim, and Rih and Katy had the numbers British social ladies with upturned pinkies, glasses clinking // xoxoTEANUS 3 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelusionalGaga 29,257 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Taylor, Beyoncé, Ariana Or Taylor, Beyoncé, Drake Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 137,416 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 4 minutes ago, TEANUS said: I still think our big four (sorrrrrryyyy) icons are Gaga, Bey, Katy and Rihanna. I’m refusing to put current pop girls at any similar level yet. Gaga had the discussion/controversy, Bey had the acclaim, and Rih and Katy had the numbers Yeah honestly this. "Your fave's fave" is literally Gaga's description Beyonce is undeniably one of the most influential artists of the last 20 years, Rihanna remains at the top of the game despite her most recent album being a decade old, and Katy's Katy! 💚 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 88,639 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 6 minutes ago, TEANUS said: I still think our big four (sorrrrrryyyy) icons are Gaga, Bey, Katy and Rihanna. I’m refusing to put current pop girls at any similar level yet. Gaga had the discussion/controversy, Bey had the acclaim, and Rih and Katy had the numbers You sound like the Madonna fans when Gaga came out If you see me posting like crazy, I'm either bored or procrastinating. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackpink 13,945 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Gaga Khia Addison Rae 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlingNotTheMusic 27,290 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Gaga Stefani Germanotta Ally Maine 2 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenegAde 16,414 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 If Gaga had released more music post ASIB she'd definitely be up there too. I mean she's not far behind anyway. She's definitely top 5 if we're talking just females and top 10 if we're adding men. She has decent daily streams. Her 10 year old song randomly go viral and there's still some demand for new music even though she lowkey ignores her music career for long periods. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah 25,909 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 I do think Dua is up there, she has 2 of the 3 most streamed Albums of all time by a female Artist. ⟡ ⋆ ˚｡⋆🦢⋆ ˚｡⋆⟡ 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson123 32,040 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Taylor, Beyoncé and The Weeknd I think. Gaga, Billie, Adele, Rihanna and Ariana are quite high up there in some way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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