forget how 'iconic' your fav supposedly is. forget how many records they've sold. answer this simple question:

has your fav actually changed music? have they had an impact on how music sounds nowadays/the direction music is going for future years?

and lets try to keep this as delusion-free as possible. no stupid answers.

Yes.

1. Gaga - Not sure. I say yes but people might try to scalp me.
2. Madonna - Duh.

Gaga - I'm not answering this. Like RDF said, people will come for my neck.
Madonna - Yes
Björk - Debatable
The Beatles - Of Course.

Yes.

Gaga may, on occasion, draw heavily from the music and iconography of her heroes, but her influence on her own peers is even more obvious: Miley Cyrus and Christina Aguilera practically destroyed their careers trying to copy her; Rihanna and Katy Perry keep getting weirder (see Perry's "E.T." video); Ke$ha is allowed to be famous.

Not to mention the now-inescapable four-on-the-floor dance beats that Gaga reintroduced to pop radio – a sound she's now trying to reinvent.

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...#ixzz23T1hEkzK

Yes. Price Tag and Do It Like A Dude paved the way for pop music to break into mainstream.

I suppose GaGa has made a bit of an impact, although I think ARTPOP will be her Like A Prayer

Gaga has influenced the pop scene and how people market themselves in the entertainment industry and beyond.

Of course.

Yes, Madonna has.

Yes

Gaga - Arguably, but probably not.
JLO - No.
Amy - Debatable.

What

Rihanna: No
Beyonce: Not Sure?

Now I KNOW you're a troll.