JoeMo 3,730 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 No Britney? Not even a big fan but we cannot forget britney. www.youtube.com/jmremixes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblebee 2,528 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Sorry to keep going on about this but Adele and Gaga released their first albums in the same year. Adele has sold an estimated 32 million worldwide across two albums while Gaga has sold an estimated 23 million across three. Adele has eight Grammys while Gaga has five. In the US, 21 has sold more copies than Michael Jackson's Thriller while in the UK, it has sold more than Oasis' (What's the Story) Morning Glory. It is also the first album since Thriller to sell more than any other album in the world over two consecutive years. Add to this the fact that she will be performing at this years Academy Awards and is also very likely to walk away with her first Oscar and the questioning of her merit becomes increasingly bizarre. Of course we can't rely on sales and accolades as the only factor but if Gaga's statistics read like this and people were disputing her position on this list there would be an uproar on this very forum - rightfully so at that. Nicely said! Applause :clap: But we also should mention radio airplay (Gaga was the most played UK radio artist in 2010 and the second most played radio artist in 2011, and on the whole has more radio hits), single sales and touring, where Gaga seems to be far ahead, I guess Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagalovesme 2 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 omg gaga beat so many of the greats :eek: this is amazing, she's hardly even been in the business! in another 30 or so years she'll be no.1 on that list, just you wait and see Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyMetalGAGA 65 Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 Glad to see someone is finally smart enough to notice that musically Gaga can't be compared to Madonna often! Gaga is just the first prominent female figure since 80s who is using dem tools to get her name known not only because of her musical/singing talent and commercial success, but also thanks to contributions to the pop culture, messages, extravagant fashion sense and artistic bravery! So speaking simple words, in the marketing they do seem to have some strong similarities. Musically Gaga is much more influenced by Elton John, Bowie and Springsteen. But from all those legends alive, the press only constantly milks Madonna comparisons. :clap: They're both very s-xual though. That's the only similarity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxthewonderdog 300 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Awesome! And Debbie Harry is #4! Unfortunately, the #1 pick kind of makes the list questionable, in my opinion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagaSlayedYou 2 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 adele is a pop singer? this remind me when she got that grammy nomination for the best coreography tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo 326 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Yas at my two favs snatching wigs. :legend: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonry 3 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Damn right. Whacha gonna do about it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Keith 27 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 This list is bull****, GaGa is top 5 material. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Mess 1,393 Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Britney and Mariah should be on the list instead of Adele and Amy... Adele didn't really make an impact on pop culture and Amy didn't last long enough, unfortunately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlond 14,213 Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Clearly, the author doesn't understand what a popstar is, because most of the woman on this list are soul and rock artists. If these women were omited from the list and it was a list of actual POP artists, Gaga would be at #4. Makes me wonder if the author had focused on proper pop stars, if they would have included the likes of Katy, Rihanna, Kesha, Taylor? Well, any "greatest women in music" lists without those four on it gets a definite thumbs up from me. Kinda surprised that Mariah Carey and Pink didn't get a mention considering that The Spice Girls did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Muse Tumblr 1 Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Clearly, the author doesn't understand what a popstar is, because most of the woman on this list are soul and rock artists. If these women were omited from the list and it was a list of actual POP artists, Gaga would be at #4. Makes me wonder if the author had focused on proper pop stars, if they would have included the likes of Katy, Rihanna, Kesha, Taylor? Well, any "greatest women in music" lists without those four on it gets a definite thumbs up from me. Kinda surprised that Mariah Carey and Pink didn't get a mention considering that The Spice Girls did. yes! for example, i love tina turner but she's a ROCK star, filling stadiums all around europe and latin america, not a pop star. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millennial 0 Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Wow. Didn't expect Gaga to be bigger than Joplin and Smith, but I'm very pleased with the list. Only, Adele and Winehouse on 8 and 7? That's a joke to me. They didn't achieve anything. Yeah I guess making truly amazing songs and getting Grammys means nothing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Monster 0 Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Yeah I guess making truly amazing songs and getting Grammys means nothing Apparently Gaga can explore as many different genres as she likes and will still be considered "pop". Adele and Amy on the other hand made the mistake of working with someone other than RedOne on Back to Black and 21... By the majority of people in this threads standards - pop music was invented in 2008. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,379 Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Yeah I guess making truly amazing songs and getting Grammys means nothing Apparently Gaga can explore as many different genres as she likes and will still be considered "pop". Adele and Amy on the other hand made the mistake of working with someone other than RedOne on Back to Black and 21... By the majority of people in this threads standards - pop music was invented in 2008. Oh come on, you know what I mean (even though Adele and Winehouse are both soul artists..)! They wrote amazing, chart-topping songs but when we'll actually talk about which artists were pivotal in the evolution of pop music in about 100 years or so, Adele and Winehouse will not be in the list, I'm sorry, but that's just a logical conclusion. And for the record, I think Gaga is way too high up on the list as well. Don't think I know nothing about music. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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