#3 Rihanna: Billboard's The 25 Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century

[A Very Gaga Holida 20,362]

On 10/8/2024 at 7:25 PM, Mister G said:

4 out of 6. Born This Way, ARTPOP, Joanne and Chromatica. I know a lot of outlets don't consider The Fame Monster as a standalone album. The Fame I think only peaked at 12 on the Hot 200 and TFM only peaked at #2. Still pretty impressive in the end because The Fame is still charting to this day. 

The Fame peaked at #2, The Fame Monster peaked at #5

[James Gibson 3,438]

14 minutes ago, LateToCult said:

I don’t think Ariana deserves anything past #9 simply because her career is younger than everyone else’s. 

And also Thank U Next was her only true rulling year as a pop star, tho she had respectable success and acclaim through all her career. I agree #9 is perfect for her.

[Teletubby 133,815]

#9 Arianka

[Adrenaliner 3,688]

deserved

future legend

[SlaeUrAnus 15,550]

8. Rihanna

7. Taylor

6. Justin (Bieber)

5. Billie

4. Kanye

3. Gaga

2. Britney

1. Beyonce

Britney deserves top 2 - even #1.

[darkgaga 2,744]

I am really curious how they decided this top. It is clearly not just billboard stats, seeing Gaga is above quite some people with more #1 songs and albums

[HelloHangoverz 15,542]

8 minutes ago, SlaeUrAnus said:

8. Rihanna

7. Taylor

6. Justin (Bieber)

5. Billie

4. Kanye

3. Gaga

2. Britney

1. Beyonce

Britney deserves top 2 - even #1.

Taylor must be higher than that surely. She will be higher than Billie at least

[julz 5,503]

The time Gaga is announced here...is the time we here about LG7 lead 

[Biagio2103 5,351]

9 minutes ago, SlaeUrAnus said:

8. Rihanna

7. Taylor

6. Justin (Bieber)

5. Billie

4. Kanye

3. Gaga

2. Britney

1. Beyonce

Britney deserves top 2 - even #1.

Billie was already on the Honorable Mentions, she didn't make it to top 25. I don't see Taylor being that low, and no Drake?

[Anderson123 35,455]

14 minutes ago, SlaeUrAnus said:

8. Rihanna

7. Taylor

6. Justin (Bieber)

5. Billie

4. Kanye

3. Gaga

2. Britney

1. Beyonce

Britney deserves top 2 - even #1.

Billie is not there. Too early and she was part of Honorable Mentions already along with Christina, P!nk and many others. 

Beyoncé, Britney, Gaga, Taylor and Rihanna are for sure there and rest is most likely Bieber, Drake and Kanye. 
 

 

Edited October 17 by Anderson123

[BlondeQueenOfGGD 25,454]

I’m predicting

#8. Taylor Swift

#7. Rihanna

#6. Justin Bieber

#5. Britney Spears

#4. Kanye West

#3. Beyoncé

#2. Drake

#1. Lady Gaga

[ThisGuyTony 29,000]

At least Gaga is guaranteed Top 10 at this point 

Unless they decide to snub her 

[nodandsmile 9,758]

yall putting Taylor really low on your predictions, I'll be shocked of she's not top 3

hell she could be #1 

[OliviaRodrigoStan 4,383]

I don't know why anyone cares about the list, Rolling Stones has absolutely zero impact in pop culture right now, and no influence in the conversation either . Is not like anyone will care about the results after a week anyways, lol. 

Even during Lady Gaga's peak, they already were like a vintage thing. And that was a decade ago. They are even less influential now . 

This will ONLY mean a thing for stan Twitter, for like... a week, and the everyone will collectively forget about it. If I had to take a guess... they did named Lady Gaga as "the new Queen of Pop" back in the days, and their criteria seemed heavily sales/chart based. 

Number one now will probably be Taylor Swift, and deservingly so, she is a cultural fenomenon whether or not we find her to be boring. Taylor is, as of now, that girl, and will most likely take the #1 spot. 

If absolutely everything you release goes number 1, it means you're doing something right. She deserves it too, IMO, even if I don't like her .

[BlondeQueenOfGGD 25,454]

6 minutes ago, OliviaRodrigoStan said:

I don't know why anyone cares about the list, Rolling Stones has absolutely zero impact in pop culture right now, and no influence in the conversation either . Is not like anyone will care about the results after a week anyways, lol. 

Even during Lady Gaga's peak, they already were like a vintage thing. And that was a decade ago. They are even less influential now . 

This will ONLY mean a thing for stan Twitter, for like... a week, and the everyone will collectively forget about it. If I had to take a guess... they did named Lady Gaga as "the new Queen of Pop" back in the days, and their criteria seemed heavily sales/chart based. 

Number one now will probably be Taylor Swift, and deservingly so, she is a cultural fenomenon whether or not we find her to be boring. Taylor is, as of now, that girl, and will most likely take the #1 spot. 

If absolutely everything you release goes number 1, it means you're doing something right. She deserves it too, IMO, even if I don't like her .

I can’t see Taylor in the Top 5