sis it will only end when the pressed stans of lessers learn to deal with the bum hand god dealt their faves
there is a tier above all the others that it fab four tier
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sis it will only end when the pressed stans of lessers learn to deal with the bum hand god dealt their faves
there is a tier above all the others that it fab four tier
Apparently PUSH AND SHOVE will be streaming on iTunes UK in less than 2 hours!
Legend
Madonna
Iconic
Adele
Rihanna
Flop
The rest
actually most would say britney but whatever.
pop contemporaries would never admit to calling one another iconic; the point in this industry is to compete against your contemporaries, not to admit that they are iconic
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Baffling/Embarrassing Success.
I'm so happy over my Queen's newest single being poised to slay radio that I'm going to let that desperate attempt at #TRYINGIT slide.
Personally, I've always considered Icon and Flop to be poles of the success/influence scale. I usually reserve Legendary for acts who are dead or are so outside of their careers that they're no longer a factor.
shes coming for those 2012 most illegally downloaded album AND lead single accoladesI'm so happy over my Queen's newest single being poised to slay radio that I'm going to let that desperate attempt at #TRYINGIT slide.
Christina could have been there if she wanted to, but she lost her drive.
Also, she made Bionic.
xaosslug
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when you take songs that are ingrained into the greater social consciousness, sing them YOUR WAY/make 'em your own. And pretty much all subsequent performances by other peeps TRY to do it the way YOU done did it THAT is legendary/iconic.
It's not so much that she lost her drive (in her recent interviews she seems more fired up to get back out there and promote a new era than she EVER did with Bionic).
I've said before that this is my biggest issue with Christina: she could be there but her output is way too low.
She's just not as visible and active as a star of her caliber or an icon should be. It's the ONE reason I'm glad Bionic flopped. If it were successful we wouldn't be getting another Christina album until late 2014, based on history. ;__;
Hey, Mariah has Glitter. ;__;
Majmun
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I usually use these categories:
- Legendary
- Icon
- Almost icon
- No opinion (yet)
- 15 minutes almost over
- Flops
I think Xtina still wants it. Brit is clearly not interested lol.
She was recently asked if she had thought about the new album concept or sound and she replied with a straight no. It was awesome lol.
I think it's a symptom of the time they came up in the music industry.
Brit and Christina were the leading princesses of the late 90s/early 2000s Pop Explosion, and I honestly can't think of a time in the US when pop music was more derided and bashed. Pop stars got shit on daily by the rest of the entertainment industry (largely because they RAN said industry). And Britney got the worst of it.
So I could see them being over it at times.
The only thing that springs to mind when drawing comparisons between MJ and Xtina is that they have both changed their skin to unnatural colours using products.
Majmun
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They don't really have much to prove, though. Especially not Britney. Both have achieved a lot of success over the years.
Christina released a flop album, but her fans are still here for her.
It'd be a shame if they both lose any motivation, though. It's definitely starting to show on Britney's part.
That's what differentiates Beyonce from those two. She still seems to have the drive and hasn't lost anything over the years. Sure, 4 was a commercial flop. But it got reviewed well and managed to sell almost 3mln copies ww.
The problem with Beyonce is that she lacks the music and the impact.
Kylie's just too gay
People are still doubting Gaga's longevity?
I guess she needs to do more than having multi platinum albums, a ww soldout concert, and an already successful fragrance
I could go on forever listing her achievements but the pressed would never understand
Aren't these stadiums too?
Crumpet Trumpet
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Yeah, Lady Gaga isn't going anywhere any time soon.
yeah some are, but since we are talking about legends this recent photo seems fitting
The Queen wearing the King's outfit
Rihanus gets hits like no one else.
People are still doubting Gaga's longevity?
I guess she needs to do more than having multi platinum albums, a ww soldout concert, and an already successful fragrance
I could go on forever listing her achievements but the pressed would never understand
I'll be honest sis: If ARTPOP comes out and slays, I'll be a believer in Gaga's longevity. If she can continue slaying after the initial WOW factor of her debut has worn off, I'll be a believer.
Because now it's pretty safe to say that the initial "OMG LADY GAGA SHE'S SO WEIRD AND PROGRESSIVE" phase has worn off. People no longer flock to her idiosyncrasies like they used to. She's not as untouchable as she once was to the public.
And I'm not saying that none of that counts, because it does. But every generation has that artist that just EXPLODES onto the scene and slays so hard that people think they're here to stay, only for them to fade into obscurity almost as quickly. I mean, it's easy to shade Paula Abdul now, but that's because it's so hard to remember that when she popped onto the scene she was legitimately SLAYING pretty much EVERYONE.
EDIT: Lets not forget Olivia Newton John and Jody Watley. Hell, this entire parody article at Stan Wars is pretty spot on.
Majmun
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1. Green Valley
2. Bounce (feat. Kelis)
3. Feel So Close
4. We Found Love (feat. Rihanna)
5. We'll Be Coming Back (feat. Example)
6. Mansion
7. Iron w/ Nicky Romero
8. I Need Your Love (feat. Ellie Goulding)
9. Drinking From The Bottle (feat. Tinie Tempah)
10. Sweet Nothing (feat. Florence Welch)
11. School
12. Here 2 China (feat. Dizzee Rascal)
13. Let's Go (feat. Ne-Yo)
14. Awooga
15. Thinking About You (feat. Ayah)
But Born This Way sold like 10 Million worlwide, and would have been the highest selling album of the year had it not been for Adele, who far and away surpassed everyone by twice that number. Sure, BTW wasn't the cultural zeitgeist it was promised to be, but she didn't exactly flop.
If we're going by those metrics, you can say Christina doesn't have longevity because she peaked commercially at Stripped.
Crumpet Trumpet
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I feel like that Calvin Harris album is gonna sound like the longest song ever.
I'm not talking about album sales, tho. Heck, Paula Abdul has 4 #1s off of one album. And yet where is she now?
I agree.
Souldriver
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But it's gonna be a good song at least. Shame we basically heard half of the songs already though.
I'm jamming to this right now:
Very funky.
But it's gonna be a good song at least. Shame we basically heard half of the songs already though.
I'm jamming to this right now:
Chromeo - Don't turns the lights on (aeroplane remix)
Very funky.
I am HERE for some CHROMEO!
Love that Electofunk.
"Fancy Footwork" had me slayed for MONTHS when I first heard it.
"Bonafide Lovin" is another great one from them.
Their entire Fancy Footwork album is full of timeless BOPS.
GURRRRLLLLL!!!
Fancy Footwork doesn't just make you want to dance; it makes you want to do fucking 8-Counts!
Love that Randy is CLEAR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE from his "dear friend" Mariah.
As per
this twink gif
Isn't that the dude from Leona's video?
Look at Colton Haynes pretending like his cheeks are not often graced by the lips of a man.
Yes.
What metric are you going by then? Because an artist's perceptual appeal is something you can't really quantify, but sales you can. If we're going by "shock factor" alone, of course she's going to reach a plateau where no one's really surprised, but the key is that people are still checking on her.
Messiah is looking FAB.
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