2009-2011 wouldn't have happened but Adele still would have emerged and dominated the scene.

A lot of the the pop girls we have now would be non existent

I think 2009-2011 would've been a lot more boring

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A boring mess.

Nothing would've changed other than her absence. Dance-pop was re-popularized back in 2006 by Rihanna with SOS and again with Don't Stop the Music, and BEP solidified the trend with The E.N.D, so....

Carly Rae would have smashed and become a main pop girl, along with Selena and Demi. Bubblegum Pop would be dominating.

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Adele started slaying in 2008 anyway.
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The electronic music scene would be back to being a not-so-popular genre but still welcomed. Wigs wouldn't be much of a thing. Crazy outfits would've been only for Bjork. A bunch of other artists would be nothing. Madonna would have another big hit.

Generic music would've been harder to distinguish.

The lies

Pop would be tragic

An era of boring music videos

Nicki wouldnt have dressed like a clown throughout all of 2011

The E.N.D. came after GaGa. They wore futuristic costumes too. It's not like we were hearing news that BEP was making electronic music in 2008.

As for Rihanna, it's not like they were known for the genre they fell into. It wasn't re-popularized per se. If there was anything re-popularized, it was the sampling of songs from the past decades (Tainted Love for SOS, Michael Jackson for DSTM).

You are a special one

I'd disagree because B'Day's videos were all amazing.

I'd rather say that the expectations for music videos have become higher since GaGa came.

But Disturbia slayed and went #1 half a year before Gaga did with Just Dance too?