Taylor was brought up by the OP, nothing I said was aimed at her specifically. Max and Joseph are like the go to people for pop girls who want hits, that is why I named them. My point was that not caring about charts and releasing music you want is far more risky and will land you way more backlash then releasing music that you know people will like. Worst thing happens when releasing trendy, radio friendly PG 13 song is that it gets overlooked in favour of another. It will never result in being banned from different countries or massive hate

What we should be concerned about is not popstars caring or not about charts, but popstars caring or not about their musicianship, artistry and passion

Ikr. It's ridiculous that they want people to hear and appreciate something they put their heart and soul into. In fact, they should just not release that music if they don't care about the charts and keep it locked in their basement.

Which is why using those people is not indicative of challenging yourself. You're going with the flow.

You don't need the charts for people to hear your music though.

why do you care

Cheap excuses for anybody who is flopping

Unless u Madonna, Mariah, Janet, Celine, Cher, or any legend in da business for over 25 years, this excuse doesn't apply

Bitch u make music so it can be a hit and u can continue to make music
8 years in and u wanna use dat excuse, na ma u pressed cuz its a flop, step ur dick game up and make da hits dat u r known for

No, but you need to perform it in front of people and you need it to be played on radio. Hate to break this to you but nobody will call these artists home numbers and ask them if they recorded some material

Thank youuu.

They're so far down the rabbit hole they can't even comprehend the notion of creating from a point of passion and wanting to share the results as many people as possible. By their logic, no one should share their creations with the world.

I mean, what reason would a chef want you to try their food if there's no possibility of a Michelin star involved..... right?

This is such a shallow view of music.

That's because she was being fake when she claimed not to care about charts and that was beyond transparent. Only a selected few artists can be above chart success and pull it off.

And they lack the ability to even ponder such a concept, which is much sadder.

That's what touring is for. I said what I said. Don't pretend you don't care or check for the charts while playing all the industry politics to get your music in heavy rotation.

no it isn't

u wanna keep makin music right? labels will drop u with da quickness if u flop or flop over and over again

i mean if cher can so can most pop girls this day in age. Gaga, Beyonce, britney, taylor, rihanna, katy etc etc etc have all had much more successful music careers than cher,

You only say this if you're not doing well. Who doesn't want their music to be appreciated by the masses? Especially when you've gotten a taste of what it's like?

And have you heard artists who are absolutely dominating the charts ever go, "lol idgaf about the charts "

edit: Yeah and like dabunique said below, have you heard stans of artists who are doing well on the charts go, "lol who cares about how it's selling??"

what's sad here is all the cheap excuses u will come up with to defend her

If this was a huge hit, would y'all be like i kno its a hit but I could care less its about da music

no lol

y'all be rubbin it in da Army's KatyCats, Navy, Hive, and Madonna stans faces

Wanting to get your song played on the radio is NOT synonymous with caring about charts. It's just that you can't separate the two.

Thinks about it this way: If all of a sudden billboard went under and no charts replaced them, and music was just a free for all without stats, would many artists still want to be played on the radio? According to you, they wouldn't, because, according to you, radio is solely for the charts.

God forbid a musician just actually want people to jam out to their music. Such a novel, foreign concept I guess.

Take these off-topic, inaccurate assumptions elsewhere

My faves literally do not chart (Lana + a slew of DJ's), nor do I care who charts.