Who’s the greatest pop star in the world today?
There are tons of places to find half-answers, from the sometimes bizarre fluctuations of the Billboard charts to the ever-present squealing of fanbases. Everyone has an opinion, but here at Popdust, opinions just weren’t cutting it. We wanted a definitive answer.
To that end, Popdust undertook an exhaustive pseudo-scientific survey of the pop landscape, from its volcanic bubbles like LMFAO and Tyler, the Creator to the vast expanses occupied by the likes of Lady Gaga and Katy Perry.
We factored in artists’ current success, their back catalogue, and their music videos, as well as glossier criteria like their haircuts, their love lives, and their incessant output of drama. We rated artists in eleven separate categories, and tallied those scores to determine the final rankings (no one achieved a perfect, Thriller-era-Michael-Jackson score of 100). So who’s perched atop pop’s highest throne? Click on to see how your favorite pop star fared in the inaugural Popdust 40.
THE TOP 10:
#10 Lil Wayne
#9 Rihanna
#8 Eminem
#7 Britney Spears
#6 Beyonce
#5 Katy Perry
#4 Taylor Swift
#3 Kanye West
#2 Justin Bieber
#1 Lady Gaga
And the honors for biggest pop star in the world right now go to…who else? Since her emergence in 2007,
no one has better embodied the ideals of pop than Lady Gaga, who has been responsible for more memorable hit songs, iconic pop culture moments and shifts in the Top 40 landscape than any other artist in recent memory. She creates more headlines than anyone else, but only because
she has the songwriting abilities, studio savvy and performance mastery to back up the hype, and she might be the greatest case example of why pop music deserves to be taken seriously since the heyday of Michael, Prince and Madonna in the ‘80s. It’s never a given that the biggest pop artist of any point in time will also be the best, so for being both simultaneously over the last few years, Gaga is an obvious choice for No. 1 on our list.
Other's listed: Dr. Luke [#35], The Glee Cast [#18], Ke$ha [#15], Christina Aguilera [#25], Madonna [#22],
FULL List w/ breakdown:
http://popdust.com/list/popdust-40-l...-rihanna-list/
