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[Nasser]

Except, you know, pretty much every significant media outlet's lists of the best albums of 2015.


I tried looking for Britney Jean on any critics' lists for 2013, but no results found. Imagine that!

Spoiler

I voted for Blackout too, but fuck Lorde.

Britney Jean went #1 in my heart even though the album was horrible

 

[rhandino]

Bjork sucks.

Not you too!!! I will have you all in my prayers tonight.

 

[Soulscribe]

RULES:
Round 2 will work similarly to round 1. Four albums enter, two win out. After this round, we'll be moving to traditional 1v1 match-ups.


Second ballot up for vote:

VOTE HERE:
http://goo.gl/forms/wlBSRMel5ltew3dp1

VOTING CLOSES:

 

[Blood Diamonds]

Bjork is racist

 

[rhandino]

Kanye West is also racist and a misogynist mess.

 

[Fix-It Felix. Jr.]

A vote for Gaga is a vote for equality.

 

[Leona Lewis]

So Happy I Could Die is this millennium's most lyrically impacTful song

Vote for heartbreaking rawness and honesTEA

Vote for the track that effortlessly reveals better than any interview could what Gaga means to Steffi

Vote for gay tears, self-love, and self-discovery

 

[MANUELF]

Britney Jean went #1 in my heart even though the album was horrible

Also in Mexico where it went gold, something that a lot of other albums cant say

 

[Blood Diamonds]

didn't know mexico had such absolutely shitty and awful taste :x

 

[You Know Nothing]

Also in Mexico where it went gold, something that a lot of other albums cant say

Aren't Mexican gold certifications for like 30k?

Keep lowering the bar like your fave.

 

[MANUELF]

didn't know mexico had such absolutely shitty and awful taste :x

Oh the opposite my sis, we have rejected Lana after Paradise

Aren't Mexican gold certifications for like 30k?

Keep lowering the bar like your fave.

Yes they are and even then Beyonce, Rihanna or Kanye cant reach them

 

[Blood Diamonds]

lol don't act like the pasivos in mexico don't love lana's music

 

[MANUELF]

lol don't act like the pasivos in mexico don't love lana's music

If they do they either dont use her after paradise or dont buy her albums

 

[You Know Nothing]

O @ the Mexican certifications also being based on shipments and not sales.

Bye.

 

[MANUELF]

O @ the Mexican certifications also being based on shipments and not sales.

Bye.

Just like 90 % of the album certifications out there, your point is?

 

[You Know Nothing]

Just like 90 % of the album certifications out there, your point is?

Just that if ur fave is such a "global icon" she should be able to do more than 30k shipped in Mexico.

 

[rhandino]

lol don't act like the pasivos in mexico don't love lana's music

I thought they used Belinda or Thalia tbh

 

[Leona Lewis]

All that cocaine probably isn't helping ha chronic anxiety.

Maybe she should go back to playing third string in a boy band to mask her nonexistent stage presence.

 

[Vazra]

All that cocaine probably isn't helping ha chronic anxiety.

Maybe she should go back to playing third string in a boy band to mask her nonexistent stage presence.

He should work with Biaggi videos.

 

[You Know Nothing]

All that cocaine probably isn't helping ha chronic anxiety.

Maybe she should go back to playing third string in a boy band to mask her nonexistent stage presence.

End it.

 

[MANUELF]

Just that if ur fave is such a "global icon" she should be able to do more than 30k shipped in Mexico.

Oh please the only pop girls that have sold more since Britney Jean are Adele, Taylor and Ariana so if you dont stan for one of them sorry but Britney has you beat

 

[Deleted member 465307]

One of my faves, Sara Bareilles, has been having a pretty good "off" year:

• She spent 2014 and 2015 working on writing the music for a new Broadway musical, Waitress, which not only made history as the first Broadway musical to have all four creative leads individually filled by women but is also now nominated for 4 Tony's (including one for Sara Bareilles's original score!)
  Spoiler

  of which it will win none because of Hamilton
• She released a book of essays about her songs and life, Sounds Like Me, in October 2015, which debuted on the New York Times Best Seller List for its category (hardcover nonfiction)
• She released a cover album of some of the music she wrote for Waitress in November 2015, a quality (if not chart-topping) release
• Disney recently chose her to perform in the role of Ariel in their sold-out Hollywood Bowl live performance of The Little Mermaid, which I think was a bit of a dream of hers

She's never really hit the highs as most people's faves, peaking with "Love Song" at 4 on Billboard

Spoiler

and "Roar" completely stealing the thunder (and song?) of "Brave"

, and I know she's not a star like some others. However, she's always served quality, talent, and authenticity, so I'll always recommend her to those who like a singer-songwriter with acoustic roots.

Huh, you'd think most people with serious performance anxiety would end up choosing different careers. I wonder how he ended up where he is. I hope he finds a way of managing it...

 

[Leona Lewis]

Oh please the only pop girls that have sold more since Britney Jean are Adele, Taylor and Ariana so if you dont stan for one of them sorry but Britney has you beat

Deport it fat

 

[Meowster]

Voted for Monster and Homogenic.

 

[royalan]

He should work with Biaggi videos.

Zayn will NEVER be good enough to be blessed by Biaggi's stick.

 

[Vazra]

Zayn will NEVER be good enough to be blessed by Biaggi's stick.

Are you good enough for it? PM the evidence 💅🏽

 

[Leona Lewis]

Just Googled this Biaggi nonsense

 

[Little Mons†er]

VOTE FOR GAGA

VOTE THE REAL QUEEN OF POPGAF

VOTE FOR QUALITY

VOTE FOR THE ALBUM THAT BLESSED US WITH ICONIC BOPS LIKE 'Bad Romance' and 'Alejandro'

VOTE FOR THE ALBUM THAT GAVE US THE BEST FEMALE COLLABORATION OF ALL TIME

The choice is clear, VOTE THE FAME MONSTER

 

[Frodo]

Best female colab is Whitney and Mariah. Don't even try.

 

[Blood Diamonds]

vote for emotion instead

 

[MrV4ltor]

Dragonette produce a lot of bops

The Laidback Luke Remix of Let it Go

Live In This City

Outlines

Pretty much all of Fixin To Thrill

 

[Neptune]

Only a few hours left. You know what to do.

Vote for quality.

Vote for iconic music videos.

Vote for a legend 40 years in the game.

Vote for one of the best albums of all time.

Vote for one of the world's most influential people.

Vote for one of the most cutting post-breakup diss tracks of all time.

Vote for the album containing Thom Yorke's favourite song of all time.

Vote for the artist and fashion icon Lady Gaga wishes she could be if she had a shred of originality in her.

 

[MrV4ltor]

Only a few hours left. You know what to do.

Vote for quality.

Vote for iconic music videos.

Vote for a legend 40 years in the game.

Vote for one of the best albums of all time.

Vote for one of the world's most influential people.

Vote for one of the most cutting post-breakup diss tracks of all time.

Vote for the album containing Thom Yorke's favourite song of all time.

Vote for the artist and fashion icon Lady Gaga wishes she could be if she had a shred of originality in her.

You forgot to mention:

Vote for a racist!

 

[Neptune]

You forgot to mention:

Vote for a racist!

Not this accusation coming from someone who supports the woman who thought it'd be a good idea to both use and rhyme "Chola descent" with "Orient" in her lead single, plus later record an entire song titled after a racial slur on her most recent solo album.

 

[Soulscribe]

Is Donatella considered a racial slur now? :0

We have a tie for second place right now. Don't miss out on this round! VOTÉ!

 

[Little Mons†er]

Is Donatella considered a racial slur now? :0

We have a tie for second place right now. Don't miss out on this round! VOTÉ!

Is Gaga in the lead? That's all that relevant this round

Along with Kanye

 

[Soulscribe]

Is Gaga in the lead? That's all that relevant this round

Along with Kanye

Nope and nope

 

[Frodo]

Can someone, please, fill me up on the Bjork being racist thing? I don't know how to use Google.

 

[Little Mons†er]

Nope and nope

ooooooo this is interesting!

VOTE GAGA PEOPLE!

AND KANYE!

 

[Little Mons†er]

Can someone, please, fill me up on the Bjork being racist thing? I don't know how to use Google.

something about her saying

"sound is the nigger of music"

 

[MrV4ltor]

something about her saying

"sound is the nigger of music"

Twice.
And never apologizing for it.

 

[Mau ®]

Dumb whores!

Kanye West's MY BEAUTIFUL DARK FANTASY is the only real, correct choice. Vote for real art ffs.

 

[Neptune]

Of course, there's no excuse for what she said those two times across her 40 year career. Meanwhile, Lady Gaga has managed to rack up a good amount of receipts during her relatively brief career.

But really, who honestly cares. Everyone's faves are problematic. Beyoncé? Racist. Madonna? Racist. Lana? Racist. Katy? Racist. Rihanna? Racist. Christina? Racist. Grimes? Racist. Miley? Racist. Selena? Racist. Nicki? Racist. Shakira? Racist. Taylor? Racist. Kanye? Racist. I could keep going.

Clearly, the only solution is to vote for squeaky clean queen Carly Rae first and then let musical quality determine the second pick, in which the answer is still Homogenic.

 

[Floridian]

Dumb whores!

Kanye West's MY BEAUTIFUL DARK FANTASY is only real, correct choice. Vote for real art ffs.

The way Kanye did an Art film better than Gags/Bjorkie could ever do.

They're a bit misguided.

 

[Matt_]

Of course, there's no excuse for what she said those two times across her 40 year career. Meanwhile, Lady Gaga has managed to rack up a good amount of receipts during her relatively brief career.

But really, who honestly cares. Everyone's faves are problematic. Beyoncé? Racist. Madonna? Racist. Lana? Racist. Katy? Racist. Rihanna? Racist. Christina? Racist. Grimes? Racist. Miley? Racist. Selena? Racist. Nicki? Racist. Shakira? Racist. Taylor? Racist. Kanye? Racist. I could keep going.

Clearly, the only solution is to vote for squeaky clean queen Carly Rae first and then let musical quality determine the second pick, in which the answer is still Homogenic.

I mean other than posing with people that were in black face that gaga link is all a crock of a shit

 

[Garrett Hawke]

yourfaveisproblematic is a known mess lmao

 

[Neptune]

It depends on how you feel about cultural appropriation, since that's what most (though not all, by any means) of the examples are. I think it's mostly bullshit, but I can see why others disagree. I don't really care about what Lady Gaga has or hasn't done either, but the point is don't selectively come for an artist for their supposed racism when literally every other major artist can be painted the same way!

 

[MrV4ltor]

It depends on how you feel about cultural appropriation, since that's what most (though not all, by any means) of the examples are. I think it's mostly bullshit, but I can see why others disagree. I don't really care about what Lady Gaga has or hasn't done either, but the point is don't selectively come for an artist for their supposed racism when literally every other major artist can be painted the same way!

But did any of them ever go as far as to use the n-word to describe something as being bad/terrible and never aplogize for it? I don't think so.

 

[Blood Diamonds]

Bjork is a racist and It sounds like an enraged chimpanzee

 

[Mau ®]

I mean Gaga just used the biggest American tragedy to push her Clinton agenda:

Yet ya'll here trying to defend her? smh.