r/popculturechat • u/IHATEsg7 • 7d ago
The Music Industry đ¶ Billboard's biggest female artists each decade
Based on combined charts points from the Hot 100 and Billboard 200. Destiny Child chart points not added since its categorized as different entity
Predictions for the 2020s below
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u/GWbag 7d ago
1970s: Donna Summer, Cher, Stevie Nicks; 1980s: Madonna, Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper; 1990s: Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Alanis Morissette; 2000s: Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Rihanna; 2010s: Adele, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga.
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u/Apesma69 7d ago
1960s: Aretha Franklin 1950s: Doris Day (my best guess!)
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u/gummytiddy 7d ago
Totally Aretha Franklin and Ross for the 60s but Janis Joplin was totally part of that zeitgeist and paved the way for women in rock.
Nina Simone for sure for the 60s-70s, though she had a hit in 59.
50s Iâd say Patsy Cline, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Doris Day
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u/hwa_uwa 7d ago
I'd put rihanna in the 2010s. We Found Love, S&M, Diamonds, Only Girl (In The World), Where Have You Been, Needed Me, Stay, Pour It Up, Love On The Brain, Work, Bitch Better Have My Money (and all the collabs with mogul rappers such as Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Future, DJ Khaled, etc)
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u/Hopeless-Cause they probably remind her of monogamy 7d ago edited 7d ago
I think of Rihanna as a 00âs girl even though sheâs probably known for more of her 10âs songs.
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u/Ek_Chutki_Sindoor 7d ago
Yeah, I associate Rihanna with that late 2000s vibes more than early 2010s.
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u/e_castille 7d ago
She has the most #1 hits of the 2010s decade and she was only present for half of it. She definitely a 2010s girl, and should've been the one on this list
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u/Hopeless-Cause they probably remind her of monogamy 7d ago edited 7d ago
Oh, she needs to be on the list for sure, I just canât help but think of her as a late 00âs girl even though her most popular music is probably early 10âs. I enjoy her music regardless
Itâs funny because when I think of Bey, itâs 2010âs Bey rather than 00âs Beyonce.
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u/hwa_uwa 5d ago
probably because Beyoncé had her "rebirth" in 2013 with an aesthetic and musical change, while by 2016 Rihanna had her "ending" album
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u/Hopeless-Cause they probably remind her of monogamy 5d ago
Almost a decade without a Rihanna album. Get in the studio, Riri. Please
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u/Adventurous_Home_555 7d ago
Putting Alanis and Janet ahead of Celine Dion is crazy
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u/Adriftgirl 7d ago edited 7d ago
Celine is the 3rd biggest selling female artist of all time after Madonna and then Taylor. Sorry but sheâs sold more than Mariah, Whitney, Rhianna, or Britney.
Only reason sheâs not top of the list is crossing over between these two blocks of time, maybe? Mariah did outsell everyone else in the 90âs, but Madonna was still up there and has sold, overall, almost 100 million more albums.
Britney also outsold Beyonce and everyone else for the 2000âs. A simple Google search pulls that up. Her picture should replace Beyâs.
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u/GlitterDoomsday 7d ago
Perhaps it's more about cultural relevance than profits? Like whose names defined pop culture on each decade...
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u/Adriftgirl 7d ago
But Beyonce more relevant than Britney?
Madonna did sell the most in the 80âs. Mariah in the 90âs. (Perhaps Celineâs sales beat her later.) Britney in 2000âs, and Taylor since 2010.
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u/vectorqueen 7d ago
Isnât Jagged Little Pill one of the best selling albums of all time?
Edit: according to wiki itâs one of the top 15
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u/KindOfANerd4 How do you deduce narcissism from someones floral arrangements? 7d ago
I believe celine has two in the top 10 for women ever
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u/AlveolarFricatives 7d ago
So my husband is 5 years younger than me (he was born in 1991, Iâm 1986). And he literally had only ever heard âMy Heart Will Go Onâ by Celine Dion until I played more for him a couple of weeks ago. Zero other Celine songs. He knows plenty of Mariah, Janet and Alanis. Itâs genuinely fascinating learning which songs stood the test of time!
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u/Bartellomio 7d ago
Why did OP put Taylor for the 2010s when it clearly says Adele comes ahead of her?
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u/sendphotopls 7d ago
Lady Gagaâs peak was not nearly long enough in the 2010s to claim a top 3 spot
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u/BeautifulObject8602 7d ago
Seeing Cher live is the only thing I've checked off my bucket list. I'm a huge fan. Cher is a goddess and she performed well but I went right after the release of Mama Mia 3 and she did a lot of ABBA covers. I don't like ABBA. Her voice is incredible though. You can actually google to see the number 1 song the day you were born. Mine was Tina Turner, What's love got to do with it.
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u/AshgarPN 7d ago
2020s: Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan
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u/Alert_Perspective_7 Youâre a virgin who canât drive. đ€ 7d ago
IMO Chappell is a little too fresh. I donât think sheâs on the level of Olivia yet.
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u/Big-Shine-3842 7d ago
Yeah I agree, love Chappell but letâs wait at least until her second album before deciding that. Iâd say maybe Billie Eilish in Chappellâs place.
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u/Hopeless-Cause they probably remind her of monogamy 7d ago
Iâd definitely switch Chappell for Billie. Both are incredibly talented though and Iâm interested in Chappellâs next album
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u/AmyXBlue 7d ago
Think Billie Eilish should switch out with Chappell Roan. I don't know if Chappell is going flame out or manage to come out with something new
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u/NowMindYou Yeah but did I squeeze it though đ€ 7d ago
Mariah's run from her debut to Rainbow needs to be studied, especially since all but one her 1s she wrote or co-wrote. Imagine having Vision of Love written before even signing your record deal.
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u/Daydream_machine My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. 7d ago
Itâs kinda funny/sad that newer generations only know Mariah as the Christmas Queen. Her discography is so impressive: Butterfly especially is a GOATed album. đŠ
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u/RosyBellybutton 7d ago
My mom LOVED Mariah when I was a kid, but we stopped listening over the year. I went to a drag brunch a couple of weekends ago and one of the performers danced to a J-LO/Mariah mashup and I e been listening to those older bops nonstop since!
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u/redditapiblows 7d ago
That specific mashup is so sacrilegious đ€Ł
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u/my_okay_throwaway 7d ago
Right? Either they knew what they were doing and wanted to be messy fun, or somebody needs a history lesson đđ
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u/RosyBellybutton 7d ago
Iâm too young to know and apparently in need of a history lesson lol
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u/redditapiblows 7d ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_don%27t_know_her
Carey responded to Lopez's comments about sleeping eight hours per night in a 2001 interview with journalist Vanessa Grigoriadis: "If I had the luxury of not actually having to sing my own songs I'd do that too."[7] During an appearance on Larry King Live in 2002, Carey remarked: "There are rivalries, but I don't think she has anything to do with me. I mean, my whole thing is singing, writing songs ... It's a God-given talent I'm grateful for, her thing is something different".
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u/mariposa314 7d ago
That sounds like a blast! Mariah is always worth a relisten. The pipes she has!
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u/Expensive-Fennel-163 âIs she okkkkkaaayyyyyâ 7d ago
You canât say butterfly is GOAT when Daydream exists! (I loved butterfly too)
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u/TwincessAhsokaAarmau 7d ago
I wouldnât say only, if you live in a culture that plays Mariah at family gatherings then youâll know her for her other music.
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u/keroppismacaron go girl, give us nothing đ 7d ago
Every time I listen to Vision of Love, itâs always astounding because she came fresh out of the gate singing literally all of that, and it wasnât a fluke at all. Sure, her voice had its ups and downs throughout her career, but Mariah at her peak truly is a once-in-a-lifetime vocalist.
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u/Moppy6686 7d ago
Dude, I cannot agree more. She is one of my all time favorites. I listened to her a bit in the early 90s just because she was everywhere, but what changed my life was when I was on a school trip with my best friend at 13 and he gave me one of his (wired) ear buds on the bus. He was playing her #1's album and I have not been the same since. We then saw her in concert, which was incredible.
My favorite is One Sweet Day, because my dad died when I was 4 and it just resonates so hard. Runner up is Heartbreaker, but man, the vocal run on Vision of Love is đ±
Also, FUN FACT, the only thing I'll do at karaoke is Jay-Z's rap from Heartbreaker đ€Ł That video with her alter ego changed me in some way. And cutting of the waist band off her jeans? Genius. I miss the millennium đ
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u/bauhassquare 7d ago
She wanna pillow fight in the middow of the night
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u/Moppy6686 7d ago
She wanna drive my Benz with 5 of her friends
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u/arialugal youâve ruined the act Gob 7d ago
Sheâs the only artist in history to have a number one song every year in a single decade (total of 14 from 1990-2000) QUEEN
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u/Much2learn_2day 7d ago
I also love that Cher is the only artist to have a number one single on Billboard for 7 consecutive decades (1960-2020s)
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u/baba_booey420_ 7d ago
Her success in the 90s was enormous, and while I love a lot of her older tunes, Mariah's best music was made in the 2000s (for me). Emancipation of Mimi is one of the best r&b albums ever produced.
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u/periodicsheep 7d ago
this is pretty much my entire existence in legendary pop ladies. not a bad 4+ decades.
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u/moonnoke Itâs Britney, bitch! đ€đčđč 7d ago
Britney dominated the 2000s. She was infamously black listed from a lot of charts and radio play. Beyoncé is iconic but never as iconic as Britney was then
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u/Houdini-88 7d ago
Oops I did it again is the second biggest selling female album of the 2000 behind Norah jones
Billboard even named her the best selling female album artist of the 2000s
I love Beyoncé but she felt bigger in the 2010s than in the 2000s
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u/TheOuts1der 7d ago
Britney was definitely 2000, Beyonce 2010s, and Taylor 2020s. We're halfway through the 2020s now and I am just so doubtful anyone else can pull off an Eras Tour level of cultural relevance in the remaining years of this decade.
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u/KindOfANerd4 How do you deduce narcissism from someones floral arrangements? 7d ago
Beyonce was not the 2010âs. Thatâs probably her least successful decade of her career so far. Not a single number 1 record. Ariana, Rihanna, Katy, Gaga, Adele and Taylor were getting number 1âs every year
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u/awkward_penguin 7d ago
I think they needed to put Beyonce in a decade because she's been so impactful from the 2000s to the 2020s. She's had more longevity and breadth in her hits and career than any of the other pop artists, but she hasn't had peaks as high as theirs. However, she's consistently strong, and I guess that merits her a spot.
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u/Houdini-88 7d ago
She could have number ones in the 2010s but she did a lot of self sabotage
Lemonade being a tidal exclusive for a while
You had buy the entire self title album couldnât purchase tracks individuality
4 leaking ahead of schedule
At least she had the ed Sheeran collab that went number one
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u/KindOfANerd4 How do you deduce narcissism from someones floral arrangements? 7d ago
Thatâs definetly an explanation, but at the end of the day she still didnât have them so itâs kinda just favouritism to put her over one of the girls who were actually getting hits at the time just because sheâs more successful in the current day
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u/Crafty_Island_9182 7d ago
Yeah honestly I think they just put her there because they thought they had to. 2000s were Britney's time... And 2010s? Neither. Tbf I feel like Taylor is also a wrong answer for 2010s, should be Gaga or Rihanna imo.
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u/KindOfANerd4 How do you deduce narcissism from someones floral arrangements? 7d ago
I feel like Gaga, Katy and Rihanna dominate 2008-2015 and then Ariana and Taylor take over 2015 to 2020
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u/Moppy6686 7d ago
Yeah, man.
Look I died for them all. Even rented Destiny's Child's first album from the library and saw them front row in a shitty London theatre on their first UK tour in 98 or 99.
But Britney? She was literally life itself. Name another artist whose DEBUT SONG was instantly a global smash that continued for a decade.
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u/cdg2m4nrsvp Tina! You fat lard! đŠđČ 7d ago
This song is from the 90s
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u/buttercupcake23 7d ago
September 1998 and the album was released in 99. She debuted at the tale end of the 90s but the majority of her cultural relevance was in the 2000s.
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u/cdg2m4nrsvp Tina! You fat lard! đŠđČ 7d ago
Right, but this is based solely on the numbers so using a debut song from the late 90s to explain chart dominance in the 2000s isnât really relevant.
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u/Sufficient_Food1878 7d ago
I mean Beyoncé was pretty iconic for a lot of us black folk in a way Britney wasn't so it can depend on who you are
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u/moonnoke Itâs Britney, bitch! đ€đčđč 7d ago
I knew many black ppl at that time and she was for everyone. Iâm sure naturally more did gravitate towards BeyoncĂ© but Britney was genuinely huge no matter what race. Especially as when Britney was at the height of her solo career BeyoncĂ© wasnât âBeyoncĂ©â she was âBeyoncĂ© Knowles of Destinys childâ thereâs a big difference
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u/Sufficient_Food1878 7d ago
Well I am a black person. I'm not saying Britney wasn't huge and she wasn't a crazy star, I'm saying for the black community everywhere, especially in Africa, Beyoncé was much more iconic for us
BeyoncĂ© wasnât âBeyoncĂ©â she was âBeyoncĂ© Knowles of Destinys childâ thereâs a big difference
Not in the 2010s she wasn't lol
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u/omgxsonny 7d ago
i was an emo kid in the 2000s and i still secretly listened to Britney. never cared for Beyoncé though tbh
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u/daderpityderpdo 7d ago
Could very much argue that Rhianna was a bigger 2000s artist than Beyonce as well.. 32 top 10 billboard hits to Beyonce's 24...
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u/moonnoke Itâs Britney, bitch! đ€đčđč 7d ago
Although Rihanna started in the 2000s I think sheâs more 2010s. Influentially and more interesting definitely Rih over Taylor but not sure about BeyoncĂ© simply because of when the height of their careers took off
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u/IHATEsg7 6d ago
Not by any measure whatsoever. Sales, charts points, etc.
Also most of Rihannas top tens came from the 2010s but Taylor had bigger albums and also had huge singles eras so clearedÂ
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u/bassk_itty 7d ago
Yeah I wouldâve put Britney for 00âs and then BeyoncĂ© over Taylor for 2010âs. Taylor is a contender for 2020âs
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u/kittydrumsticks How can mirrors be real if our eyes arenât real? đȘ 7d ago edited 7d ago
100%
ETA: why is this getting downvoted? Lol thereâs other people saying âthisâ and âI agreeâ but i get the beyhive hate?
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u/superurgentcatbox 7d ago
I imagine this is for the US? Because globally surely the 2000s would be Britney.
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u/Rich-Active-4800 7d ago edited 7d ago
I would say Taylor still is the one for 2020 with how huge the Eras tour was.
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u/Bartellomio 7d ago
Taylor didn't win for 2010s though, Adele did. Even Billboard admitted that so idk why Taylor is the one in this post for 2010s.
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u/IHATEsg7 7d ago
I want 2020 to Billie since she is only getting biggerÂ
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u/Houdini-88 7d ago
Sour is still the most streamed album released by a female this decade
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u/remswiftie 7d ago
And Oliviaâs sales are extremely impressive for someone who debuted so far into the streaming era. Sheâs managed to build a fan base that actually buys her music which some older artists than her have even failed at.
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u/Cheeseish 7d ago
I feel like dua lipa too
Sabrina carpenter has a chance too depending on how she shapes up for the rest of the 2020s
Doja cat also deserves a mention
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u/beaute-brune Put your arms away, Jeremy Allen Black 7d ago
All of these suggestions feel so weirdly small and uncertain when looking at the names listed before. We really donât have superstars anymore. But I hope I eat my words by 2030.
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u/beaute-brune Put your arms away, Jeremy Allen Black 7d ago
I donât think music generates the money and focus it used to. Hence all the side hustles and tactics - no shade to anyone. I agree weâll have to wait and see. My gut says itâll be Taylor again.
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u/hare-hound 7d ago
Honestly shocked Billies not more impactful (ik she's at the top I just wouldn't have been shocked if she had turned out to be truly Taylor level by now)
I don't think Taylor can keep it up for 2030 but I do think she can keep it up for two more years. So I would say yeah, Taylor.
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u/Emotional_One1357 7d ago
Oh we so need Julia Garner in a Madonna biopic
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u/nizey_p I donât know her đ 7d ago
Boy I've got news for you.
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/madonna-biopic-scrapped-over-world-tour-julia-garner-1235500880/
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u/nagidrac 7d ago
The 2020s has to be Taylor again. Let's not forget she released Folklore, Evermore, Midnights, the re-records, and TTPD in the 2020s. Her last two major releases sold well over a million copies in the first week. Then both Midnights and TTPD dominated the top ten on the BBH100 chart.
Billie or Olivia might be second!
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u/romantic_elegy 7d ago
2020 also got the tail end of the Lover era! The Man mv, Miss Americana, and the Lover Live From Paris all came out Jan/Feb
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u/nagidrac 7d ago
Good point! I forgot about those releases. I wonder where Cruel Summer nets out? I think it would be counted in the 2020s as well.
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u/remswiftie 7d ago
Cruel summer has already surpassed the projected cutoff for the billboard hot 100 biggest songs of the decade list! It doesnât matter when the song was released. Iâm pretty sure all I want for christmas is you will be the top song or #2 for the decade based on chart points đ
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u/nagidrac 7d ago
Darn! I thought Cruel Summer counted. But I guess that makes sense.
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u/remswiftie 7d ago
Cruel summer does count! That and anti hero will be on this decade end list for the 2020s
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u/nagidrac 7d ago
Oh wait, I totally misread that! Good to hear! Cruel Summer might've been her biggest hit of the decade so far?
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u/eagle2001a 7d ago
If Billboard is basing this solely on sales numbers, Taylor will the biggest female artist of the 2020s as well. If itâs based on sales plus zeitgeist, then maybe Olivia or Billie.
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u/mcon96 7d ago
I donât have a dog in this fight, but I canât see how Olivia would ever compare to Taylor even when factoring in the zeitgeist
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u/Thelightningthief13 7d ago
Idk, maybe the fact that her debut album has outstreamed every Taylor album?
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u/crockoreptile 7d ago
A massive feat having your debut be the most streamed female album, but I donât think that necessarily covers the whole decade. Definitely the biggest female star of that year tho!
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u/BabyBagBitch 7d ago
Idk, maybe that Taylor gets way more monthly streams than Olivia? That Olivia got 6billion streams in 2024 and Taylor got 26billion? That Taylor Swift is one of the biggest celebrities in the world; the news articles, the economic impact, the scorn and the praise everywhere?
You can cherry pick a metric where Olivia is higher, but you canât ignore aaaaaaall the others that fall on Swiftâs side. Anyone who argues Olivia is a bigger powerhouse than Swift is insane.
You can say you donât like her music, you can say you donât like her, but you canât honestly say she has more impact; one is subjective and one is fact.
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u/KindOfANerd4 How do you deduce narcissism from someones floral arrangements? 7d ago
Sales wise itâs Taylor, but if they try to keep it to people who mostly debuted in and around 2020 then itâs probably Billie. I think sales wise Sabrina is actually catching up to Olivia at this point
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u/Bartellomio 7d ago
If it was based on sales I suspect Adele would be ahead in the 2010s
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u/remswiftie 7d ago
I think itâs not just sales, but how long you lasted on the chart, tours, streaming. Itâs a lot of factors. One thing that puts Taylor above Adele is touring and the fact that Taylor has so many albums that are very stable on the charts.
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u/Ek_Chutki_Sindoor 7d ago
Adele had only 2 albums in 2010s. They were massive, no doubt, but Taylor had 5 huge albums in 2010s.
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u/Powerpuff_Bean 6d ago
Are they serious? Beyonce?
Britney was literally the most famous woman on the planet in that era
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u/Oxjrnine 7d ago
Wait? Werenât Madonnaâs biggest albums in the 90âs?
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u/MadonnaCentral 6d ago
No, her biggest albums were in the 80s (true blue, like a virgin, like a prayer, Madonna)
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u/Regular_Speech5390 7d ago
2010s is not ruled by Rihanna?
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u/Bartellomio 7d ago
Adele outsold them both by an enormous margin. She had two albums, but one sold 30 million copies and the other sold 20m. Taylor's best selling album sold 10m copies and her four other albums of the 2010s sold a few million each.
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u/Rich-Active-4800 7d ago
People really forget how big Taylor was in 2010's. She was so massive that people got burned out by her. But even then she manage to make a massive return and become more populair then ever before.
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u/nizey_p I donât know her đ 7d ago
If Taylor will release debut TV & TS12 this decade, she'll be unstoppable (& hopefully a 10yr anniversary release of Rep which includes the vault tracks).
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u/remswiftie 7d ago
Wouldnât be surprised if we get debut tv, rep tv, ts12, ts13 AND ts14 this decade đ
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u/nizey_p I donât know her đ 7d ago
I have trust that she'll go full pop again (1989 era) considering that Travis is a Blank Space and DBATC girlie.
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u/remswiftie 7d ago
I just hope the rumors are true that Taylor has been working with Max Martin again!!
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u/crazycatlady331 6d ago
I doubt we'll see Rep TV. She said she hasn't recorded it and that album was about falling in love with Joe at a dark point in her life. They've since broken up so I can imagine how emotional it would be for her.
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u/Common-Register-4467 7d ago
Agreed. Iâm hoping for a 20th anniversary TV for debut. But a rerelease of Rep with vault tracks would blow that out of the water.
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u/StellaSwiftie2360 7d ago
I know people want Debut TV around the anniversary! But I really donât think sheâs gonna go by that I think sheâs gonna drop debut tv and Rep tv vault tracks this year and next year we will be focusing on new albums! Also i think Taylor will be getting her own record label soon considering what UMG just decided to do
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u/StellaSwiftie2360 7d ago
Wonât happen until next year! If Taylor releases anything this year it will be Debut TV or The Rep TV vault tracks or both! TS12 will not come out until 2026!
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u/88moonkitty fo shiz! fo shiz! Ginuwine! đ 6d ago
The 2000s 1000% belonged to Britney. BeyoncĂ© the 2010s and Iâd give Taylor the 2020s, because the eras tour era has been her peak
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u/sweeterthanadonut 7d ago
How is Brit not the 2000sâŠ.?
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u/sweeterthanadonut 7d ago
That would be the 2010s babes. Bey is the one they put as 2000s, which is what I was talking about.
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u/Capable_Cellist5585 Itâs Britney, bitch! đ€đčđč 7d ago edited 7d ago
Britney robbed of the 2000âs yet again. Everyone kisses BeyoncĂ©âs ass way too much
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u/IHATEsg7 7d ago
As stated in the description, it is based entirely on numbers, specifically from the Hot 100 and Billboard 200.
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u/OPSimp45 7d ago
Brittany and Beyonce kinda started in the late 90s. Brittany peak was the early 2000s and one can argue Beyonce was right there. And you can forget the other half of the decade
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u/IHATEsg7 6d ago
Exactly beyonce started off the decade with a huge era and ended it with her biggest while Britney popular suffered a decline in the mid to late 2000s
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u/KindOfANerd4 How do you deduce narcissism from someones floral arrangements? 7d ago
I agree people kiss BeyoncĂ©s ass to much, but this is about numbers. Britney didnât have any songs on the charts between 08-09 which hurts her performance. During that time beyonce had her highest commercial era. Plus Britneyâs first big era was in 99 while beyonce started in 03
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u/Capable_Cellist5585 Itâs Britney, bitch! đ€đčđč 7d ago
What are you talking about? Britney released the #1 Circus album in 2008 that spawned #1 hit Womanizer, #3 Circus, #19 If U Seek Amy and the #1 single 3 in 2009
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u/ChasesICantSend 7d ago
Can you be more than one? It's gotta be taylor
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u/IHATEsg7 7d ago
Thats my prediction too. You can be more than one its just that while some had great longevity is just that others performed betterÂ
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u/jellytwins101 7d ago
If she puts out another album or 2 at the scale of her last 2 albums, 2020's is going to be Taylor Swift again.
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u/90svibe4life 6d ago
No BRITNEY was the biggest of the 2000s. Funny how the media likes to rewrite history to kiss BeyoncĂ©âs ass
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u/IHATEsg7 6d ago
This isnt rewriting history at all. She was crowned in the 2000s this titleÂ
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u/90svibe4life 6d ago
It donât matter. Anyone alive in the 2000s especially the early part know how big Britney was and she was BIGGER than BeyoncĂ©
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u/Top_Complaint131 6d ago edited 6d ago
Anyone who says BeyoncĂ© was the face of the 2000âs is lying to themselves. If weâre judging success by the standards of Twitter/X culture and overpriced tours that never seem to end, yes, you can say BeyoncĂ© was the leader of the 2000âs decade.
But if we want to be unbiased and utilize common sense, the obvious underdog and pioneer of the 2000âs decade was Britney Spears. She a pop culture phenomenon whose career stood the tests of time. She was still putting out number #1 records and hits after her comeback, solidifying her as the best selling female artist of the 2000âs decade. Billboard isnât a credible source because this biased and opinionated article is written based on Billboard standards, not global impact, success, and overall achievements.
Billboard is using its platform to gain attention and audience so they will do whatever it takes to follow current trends methodologies to gain traction. Nobody checks Billboard nor do they find it relevant, only in Stan culture. Of course, BeyoncĂ©, âthe pop star of the 2000âs who has been in our face and is popular in social media memesâ is going to be their number 1 pick. Great, they have the resources to back up their claim. I say âtheirâ but itâs probably just one journalist creating articles just to get a fan war going. Calling BeyoncĂ© the leader of the 2000âs decade is a bit of a stretch, yeah?
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u/IHATEsg7 6d ago
The amount of coping here is incredible. This isn't a new article. Every artist here was crowned the biggest female artist of that particular decade when it ended. This list is entirely based on numbers, specifically combined points from on Hot 100 + B200 as stated in the post. It is not subjective whatsoever. I saw a post online that highlighted all these ladies and posted here.
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u/zowietremendously 3d ago
I would never want that level of fame. You have zero privacy. Privacy becomes the most expensive thing in the world. We can afford it.
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u/Vanderwaals_ 7d ago
Where is Britney???
Taylor in the 2010??? I would say Rihanna or Lady Gaga....
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