It's too early in the decade for this list. Regardless,
@ Kanye and Gaga.
Don't hate me Barbz, but I don't get why Nicki is so high - I feel like she's hasn't quite peaked in quality, she needs that one great, big album, and I don't feel like she's delivered it yet. Also, Taylor is cute, but I feel her impact is more commercial than artistically ground breaking.
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Another thing. One Direction does NOT belong on this list. Heartthrobs are just that. Getting a bunch of teenage girls to fall in love with you (the only reason they sell out stadiums; anyone with a brain knows it) doesn't define a generation. It's funny when people say certain artists in the list are overrated when One direction is the epitome of no talent, no musicianship, pretty faces packaged and plastered all over to pander to hormonal brats all over the world, sell garbage music, and make money for all who are along for the ride. They are the epitome of dumb luck and overrated. The same goes for most boy bands since New Kids on The Block.
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lol @ anyone thinking of 1D (and Beiber too) and their music as "defining" of this decade. Like, you don't see people putting New Kids on "defining artists and music of the 80s." Filling the teen idol role doesn't automatically make their music impactful. I'd understand if they were a Britney-level phenomena, but they aren't.