How many people there have access to the internet, radio, TV? Maybe that contributes to why Madonna [and most likely others] allegedly "isn't known there" ?
A lot. Which is why we know who Whitney, Mariah, Janet and Celine are. Funny that.
I'm sure Madonna must lose sleep at night knowing that she wasn't able to shake that ever-elusive South African chart to its very foundation. God, can't you feel the shame? What a travesty.
Anyway, back to our topic at hand, yes, of course the greatest female star to have ever lived will always be the Queen of Pop.
This doesn't disprove our point. It says Internet users, not the percentage of those who have access to it. This also still doesn't mention the supposed lack of T.V or radio as you suggested. Nice try, tho.
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Looks like Janet toured in Africa and Whitney did a concert for South Africa. Madonna's never toured there it appears
Not surprising considering the small issue of "lack of success" she has here.
Anyway, despite a negligible music industry, Madonna's perception of and contribution to Africa is much stronger than any other girls' mentioned here. She doesn't hold a grudge, and neither do Africans.
How many people there have access to the internet, radio, TV? Maybe that contributes to why Madonna [and most likely others] allegedly "isn't known there" ?
An understanding of context would have done you a great service before you posted this, not limited to music, but to culture as well. We're discussing artists whose avenues for reaching an audience were limited to television, radio, and print media. And I'm not sure if you took a gander lately, but all of Africa isn't safari, people living in huts, and zebras coming up to the window while you're in the drive thru at McDonald's (believe it or not, yes, we have McDonald's here! ).
Not having access to internet, radio, and TV doesn't contribute to why Madonna isn't popular here because several artists were popular here without those mediums. Madonna just isn't one of them.
The fact that you felt the need to call Whitney out over the multitude of women that have been called The Queen of Pop over the years
Anyway I think Whitney's estate and fans are more than pleased with "The Voice." You know a title that wasn't created just so the media could have a "female equivalent" to the already established King of Pop.
You know a title that wasn't created just so the media could have a "female equivalent" to the already established King of Pop.
Michael wasn't referred to as the King of Pop until the Dangerous era, actually...and he facilitated it.
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Larry Stessel, an executive at Epic Records at the time, explains the origin of the name:
Michael called me one day and said, “I want to have a nickname, like ‘The Boss’ or ‘The King.’” I said, “Well, Bruce Springsteen is ‘The Boss,’ and Elvis Presley is ‘The King.’ You can’t be the King because you’ll never live it down. The press will rip you apart.” But Michael would not let this go. He hired his own personal publicist, Bob Jones. And one day, Bob issued a press release announcing that Michael Jackson was the King of Pop. Michael went rogue on us.
Madonna's honorific title happened more organically, and she's never insisted to be called it.
do people still waste time arguing with these dupes? like, they say the same thing over and over in every Madge thread, just ignore them.
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yes, no one will ever come remotely close to her.
Isn't mentioning us "dupes, then proceeding to tell other posters to ignore us hypocritical on your part? FYI, for future reference, I would look up the definition to the word "dupes" before applying it to others in a thread such as this.
Michael wasn't referred to as the King of Pop until the Dangerous era, actually...and he facilitated it.
Madonna's honorific title happened more organically, and she's never insisted to be called it.
Not this story again.
Elizabeth Taylor first called him The King of Pop, Rock, and Soul in 1989.
He and his team ran with it as a great marketing tool.
Wether Madonna or any other female that has been called The Queen of Pop organically or not doesn't matter. It has and will always be just a play off of The King of Pop as the media felt it needed a female equivalent.
He and his team ran with it as a great marketing tool.
Right, which is when it caught on. He wanted it.
Madonna's never cared about her QOP title, she rejected it back in 2012. "Don't confuse art with aristocracy." It was given to her naturally and not by her team.
The fact that you felt the need to call Whitney out over the multitude of women that have been called The Queen of Pop over the years
Don't engage that person. He's always grasping for our attention.
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Anyway I think Whitney's estate and fans are more than pleased with "The Voice." You know a title that wasn't created just so the media could have a "female equivalent" to the already established King of Pop.
And it's a title that's never in contention. Just like The King of Pop, The Queen of Soul, The Godfather of Soul etc. The Queen of Pop is literally the only title in music that's always in contention.
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