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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
The only one I can think that was arguably affected by the rise of Beyonce is Ashanti. Ashanti and Beyonce were constantly compared, and Ashanti had just come off a hugely successful debut era and even had a better head start than Beyonce, then WHAM!
All of those others were already fading into the new millennium (Monica, Mya, etc.) or was never really big to begin with.
If Beyonceitis was that strong, it would have ended Alicia Keys, who didn't even hit a brick wall until recently.
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Alicia had something the other girls lacked:
Her own style and her own work. The others needed a hundred writers and producers to even challenge Beyoncé.
Plus Alicia is Half white, that also helped her appeal to more than just the R&B world (Unfortunately, it's true)
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