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I wouldn't call Mariah's music "pure R&B". Especially her early music. She's more on the pop side of R&B but it certainly became more R&B ...

The top 20 is mostly legacy artists, not ones that peaked during the streaming era.

It could be that she is more global since she peaked during the streaming age which gives her an advantage in some ways over the people you mentioned....

Apologies, I just realized you were talking about Selena Gomez, not Selena. Oops!

Bigger than Shakira? No. More global? Based on the info in this article, yes. Selena streams incredibly well on youtube considering she's been dead fo...

How can a list be overrated?

Horrendous. From A list to shitty commercials lol.

I think this is unfair to Taylor (who I don't even like). Katy Perry hasn't had a huge hit since Dark Horse and her older hits still stream very well....

Madonna took a huge hits in America with 1992 (the Sex book) and 2003 (American Life). Truthfully, I think those things impacted her catalogue sales t...

I am a Madonna fan actually (I don't even like Taylor). Yes, I know that Madonna has outsold Taylor so far.But given the performance of Taylor's catal...

I agree with you actually. Regarding Taylor's popularity, I have to admit that if you told me two years ago that Taylor could possibly overtake Ma...

It looks like Taylor may end up overtaking Madonna as the most successful female artist ever. Anyway to calculate how long that would take based on th...

Like a Prayer sold much more than I'm Your Baby Tonight using the EAS method.

Yes, it all comes down to how you define them. Early Beatles were/are definitely considered pop as were The Supremes and 60s Marvin Gaye and 60s Stevi...

I think that is the title lol

Would you say pop music in general is taken more seriously now than it was back in the 80s and 90s? TBH, I think the "poptimism" movement really began...

Definitely. Aretha was notoriously competitive with other female singers but I read that she considered Barbra her equal and admired her.

She did? I thought Celine destroyed Madonna in Asia. Especially considering her peak was the mid to late 90s when the Asian market was much bigger tha...

In Barbra's case, I'm not surprised. But Janet's lack of appeal among younger people today is disappointing.

Material Girl also became the most shared 80s song on tik tok, beating out Bad by Michael Jackson. That was about a year ago not sure if that is still...

You need to be more objective. Nobody is saying Garth was a bigger global star than Madonna or MJ. What everyone here is saying is that Garth sold an...

But Brooks wasn't just "successful" in America, he is one of the highest selling artists in America ever. Artists like Madonna and Michael Jackson did...

That's true, it's still referred to in those terms to this day. But it's popularity endures (just like Stairway).

The youtube stats for November Rain are just insane. 2 billion views? There are popular acts now that would kill for those kind of views. I wonder how...

Great data, thank you!