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

[chromaticainmyhead 6,326]

5 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

#5 

it's still underrated tbh

[Delulu Rogers 6,895]

So is this based on sales or cultural impact? I don’t see how Rihanna or drake had more cultural influence than gaga 

[jacs vs looser 3,451]

Yaaasss! No 5 is great!! I was worried they might put her above either Beyonce or Taylor, because their stan bases are ruthless and would've rip her to shreds online.

[Wet Fire 6,613]

Should've been top 3. The list is clearly not based on sales only. Otherwise Adele would've easily been top 5. Drake and Rihanna haven't had more cultural impact than Gaga 

[andy232000 9,870]

Top 5 is quite great honestly. I never expected her to be this high

[Juanlittlem 41,414]

They were waiting to update the post if she got the #1 for DWAS

[weed 70,889]

Love that she's top 5 but I would put her #4 or #3 xox 

Taylor #1

2, 3, 4 can't decide

[chromaticainmyhead 6,326]

When people look back she's either going to be erased and diminished by woman-hating historians or she's going to be emphasized as being ahead of her time and one of those frontrunners in the fight for visibility for a female empowerment who always where 'just good enough' to stay in the spotlight that she so hard fought for all the time but 'never as good' as her male counterparts. I hope people will see that chart and think, 'even for 2024 it was somehow normal to diminish the legacy of that woman'.

[StarstruckIllusion 49,290]

Okay, now shut this thread DOWN. 

[WhiteHotForever 296]

#5 is awesome, but I mean, she kind of reinvented the concept of a popstar, her music, her outfit, all of her huge performances. She deserved at least #3.

[Davidsdaze 139]

The photos the used are so full of range and power and magnitude. God I love this woman. 

[fede ARTPOP 6,198]

The only real artist, composer, musician, voice, dancer, producer, actress, fashionist, activist, the ultimate Pop Star of the 2000’s and still. A Queen  

 

[thisboyisamonster 741]

Gaga's legacy is that she represents an inflection point in pop music history which brought in the showmanship, Avant Garde pop music with a message, visuals etc. but TBF Taylor, Drake Rihanna and Beyonce had much more consistent impact over the years. 

[Monstermilo 3,652]

gaga should be top 3 but clearly theyre only going by billboard points and numbers so traylor will be 1 and drake will be number two 

but lets be for real here, traylor has not influenced a single artist except maybe olivia rodrigo. gaga is the reason all these girls stepped their games up and she has done more in her time than most of her contemporaries could dream of. 

if it was based on impact it would be gaga, bey, and britney top 3 

but theyre solely basing it on charts 

but thats not fair considering traylor has released her entire discography twice LOL

[BornAsUnic0rn 1,926]

I’m telling you Billboard dropped her 2 spots bc of Illness flopping