Vocally-skilled artists like Beyonce, Christina, Usher (with his R&B singles) have struggled to even reach the Top 10 in a Dr. Luke, auto-tuned, "Complete Confection"-dominated industry.
Even Christina is questionable. He’s a better vocalist than the three you mentioned combined anyway.
JT's 1 of the many people who call X the voice of our generation, and a legend so take his word, and stop lying to yourself about her legendary singing ability.
Really, shut the **** up. Some people can't stand Xtina's voice, does that make her a bad singer? No. It just means people have different vocal preference. I, for one, would rather listen to Justin sing than Bey, simply because Justin puts on a smooth show, Bey just screams all over the mother****in' microphone, not my cup of tea. Period, stop this "you think J better sing than B? you stupid " ignorance. Sickens me.
How did it revolutionize pop? Were you not listening to the radio in 2006? It's quite obvious. Everything is RnB dominated, and then suddenly this gets to #1:
Without this song (and a few others from that time period), would Party Rock Anthem, Give Me Everything, Bad Romance, I Gotta Feeling, Tik Tok, etc. have been hits, or even existed? Probably not.
I thought Nelly Furtado put her stamp on the r&b pop that spilled over into 2006-2007 early 2008 time.
How I remember pop?
1996-1998 girl/boy bands
1999-2000 teenybopper bubblegum pop
2000-2001 cheesy (trying to be edgy) pop
2001-2003 urban/hip hop pop
2004-2006 toxic and matm were underground dance pop and then gwen did her dance album other than that urban...very little pop/some pop/rock kelly clarkson/pink . Rap and R&b Usher/Mariah were huge. Britney had babies so
2006-early 2008 r&b pop/urban pop. Nelly, Fergie, Justin etc.
2008-euro dance pop and girl anthems
2009-more dance pop
2010-more pop still some dance pop
2011-present still dance (different styles)
2012...WAITING FOR SOMETHING NEW.
Team Boomer on this one.
I'm a fan of beyonce's not a stan but she has the best pop voice because she has a technically good voice and she has control. Her power is nothing like a Whitney, Mariah, or Kelly C but her control is excellent unlike a Christina type singer.
Justin is good but I think Usher has more versatility in his vocals and I do hear the woe is me feel sorry for me in Justin's voice alot. Very, well I'll let britney's chaotic outtake answer that.
I thought Nelly Furtado put her stamp on the r&b pop that spilled over into 2006-2007 early 2008 time.
How I remember pop?
1996-1998 girl/boy bands
1999-2000 teenybopper bubblegum pop
2000-2001 cheesy (trying to be edgy) pop
2001-2003 urban/hip hop pop
2004-2006 toxic and matm were underground dance pop and then gwen did her dance album other than that urban...very little pop/some pop/rock kelly clarkson/pink . Rap and R&b Usher/Mariah were huge. Britney had babies so
2006-early 2008 r&b pop/urban pop. Nelly, Fergie, Justin etc.
2008-euro dance pop and girl anthems
2009-more dance pop
2010-more pop still some dance pop
2011-present still dance (different styles)
2012...WAITING FOR SOMETHING NEW.
Yeah, pretty much. I think the 2005-2007 period was also when electro music started getting more popular, because downloads got included in the Hot 100.
I agree about the "wating for something new" part too. I think we are getting something new looking at the charts at the moment, but I won't get my hopes up. I'm sure in the summer T-Pain, LMFAO, Pitbull, Taio Cruz and Flo Rida will all come out of nowhere with more massive dance anthems and 2012 will be another year of dance music.
Yeah, pretty much. I think the 2005-2007 period was also when electro music started getting more popular, because downloads got included in the Hot 100.
I agree about the "wating for something new" part too. I think we are getting something new looking at the charts at the moment, but I won't get my hopes up. I'm sure in the summer T-Pain, LMFAO, Pitbull, Taio Cruz and Flo Rida will all come out of nowhere with more massive dance anthems and 2012 will be another year of dance music.
I need something...I actually wouldn't mind dance taking a back seat for a couple of years...I wish adele's success inspired more soulful, storytelling over the next few years but we will probably still be all about paint by numbers basic dance tunes.
No, he won't have to pull an Usher to be successful, nor will he necessarily have to stick to his old sound. I think it's pretty guaranteed that regardless of what he does he will succeed - he's just one of those artists.
It would need to be a game changer, which is why I believe that he stopped doing music. He doesn't know where to go after FS/LS and he is waiting for the market to change again. Timberlake was lucky in that he was at the right moment in time when the music climate was susceptible to change with dance elements being added to songs. If he were to do that again he would be lambasted for doing the same formula over again, and if he were to try something different and do a risk and audiences weren't ready for it, it could wind up failing. He did himself a favor by going on hiatus, he wouldn't fit in this current dance market because he helped build it.
He did a similar thing with N'sync starting out with bubble gum songs and slowly drifting to the urban/r&b market and then drifting into dance-synth-electro powered music.
He's like the only true male pop star so he can come back with garbage (he wouldn't, though) and still succeed. There is nobody even remotely close to challenging. Bieber is still way too young to be taken seriously.
Christina obviously, but Beyonce?
I think we are getting something new looking at the charts at the moment, but I won't get my hopes up. I'm sure in the summer T-Pain, LMFAO, Pitbull, Taio Cruz and Flo Rida will all come out of nowhere with more massive dance anthems and 2012 will be another year of dance music. 
