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Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey...Beyonce?
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Huh? Unapolagetic has lower sales than Beyoncé where I've just looked.
I think she's just somehow managing to employ the vestibular folds at the same time as her vocal folds, so she's singing two notes simultaneously, sort of like a much less impressive version of what throat singers do.
It's a cool trick, honestly, but it's not nearly as impressive as singing with the sort of resonance and control that Beyonce does.
If sales didn't matter none of those three ladies should be up there
What is your criteria, then?
Why, thank you. Was this topic my birthday present? :O
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Maybe Adele would be better placed than Beyonce?
I mean she just started her music career (My Everything was her second album) and as fellow Ariana fan botty linked, she's already accomplishing major feats like having 3 singles in the Billboard top 10 simultaneously.
It's safe to say that as long as she keeps releasing bops, breaks up with Big Sean and starts refining her sound, she'll be up there with the holy trinity in no time.
AyaisMUsikWhore
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It's not comparable. Rihanna's album had a full year start before Beyonce came out. That metric is irrelevant. But she did sell more than Unapologetic did in a week in 3 days breaking a record. Unapologetic was Rihanna's first best selling album and debut album week ever in her whole career. That's it.
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You don't know what "flavor of the month" means.
Fixed that for you.
As I pointed out in the OP, Bey hasn't had a hit since Single Ladies. Years ago.
Even Beyonce, for all it's hype, came and went like a gentle fart in the wind. No impact to speak of.
Grande is not even on Perry's and Gaga's level, atleast saleswise. They had huge worldwide hits.
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We all chipped in and sponsored a music video for Rebecca Black's next hit. We hope you like it.
Actually, I did think it would make you chuckle. <3<3
Too early in her career. Maybe if she has sustained relevance for over a decade, while reinventing the artist's relationship with the listener and putting out one of the top 5 albums of the year...then she will be ready to play with Beyoncé.
Ariana has huge worldwide hits. She is the #1 Artist on iTunes, globally. She is the #1 streaming Artist.
She also is really big in Japan.
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Since when is beyonce a pop artist? Rnb is what she is?
computers putin'
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Beyonce is better than Celine Dion. I don't know if people try to downplay Beyonce's vocal abilities on purpose or not, but she really is a great singer.
AyaisMUsikWhore
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Sis, she ran the media while not even being apart of it for a complete year since Beyoncé dropped. She won the VMAs vanguard award. She had BET pressed to the point they had to make a whack joke about her child to get ratings. She just finished a huge tour in Paris which HBO paid the rights just to show. Saturday Night Live made a skit about her power. Her impact is real. Kim Kardashian can't even go on national television to talk about her wedding without everyone asking her if someone more popular than her came to her wedding.
Also when did having a power ballad made someone a legend? How is that metric even being used to compare her fairly. That basically is saying that Whitney, Mariah, Celine and whomever didn't become who they are if it wasn't for one song... Not their actual talent. I don't get this.
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suddenly everything makes sense
Stop.
Patty will and has outsung everyone, but let's not act like Whitney was mediocre.
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vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
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Ariana knew to conquer the word's most valuable music market. Poor others that have not and cannot.Ariana has huge worldwide hits. She is the #1 Artist on iTunes, globally. She is the #1 streaming Artist.
She also is really big in Japan.
Stopped. Was just being cheeky, didn't mean to offend.
rondre sleaze
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After them ri ri pix she is the queen.
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Ariana has huge worldwide hits. She is the #1 Artist on iTunes, globally. She is the #1 streaming Artist.
She also is really big in Japan.
She is known here for being successful in UK and US. Didn't know about Japan, thanks. The point still stands, I Kissed a Girl, Hotn Cold, Poker Face etc. were way bigger. But she is on her starting point, everything could happen.
Elton John? Not so active anymore, but some of his songs are still extremely huge.
One of these things is not like the others.
But Brian McKnight and Luther Vandross say hello.
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AyaisMUsikWhore
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Lol, of course you wouldn't. You live in a entirely different dimension where Celine dion is apart of the Holy Trinity but Patti Labelle, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Diane Warwick, Anita Baker, Chaka Khan is not.
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Could you back up this subjective, dismissive nonsense?
I don't even know what this means, kids today make no sense. I'm going back to the porch to yell at clouds
LOL wut? No. Not even close. There is no trinity, there is only Freddie.
The Chosen One
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Arianna also has an over reliance on guest artists. It's why I wasn't too familiar with her as a solo artist because I just figured she was hook girl. All the other major artist on this thread had several hits where they were the sole performer. You couldn't accuse them having to ride the coat-tails of other artists to have hits and reach a wide audience.
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Great question. What about Alicia Keys?
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Don't forget, Christina Aguilera is a legend. Good sis Royalan stans for losers. It was a revelation.
Supermanisdead
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simply on another level imo
I know, but it's just annoying when every PopGAF topic has people coming in making "clever" comments to that effect, or else making complaints about how incomprehensible PopGAF is (it isn't; you just can't read). It gets old.
Patti*
And Whitney is amazing. I Am Changing in 1986 is astonishingly good.
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