Let's not use the 'she's more active on those platforms' excuse. Madonna has double the Instagram photos of Mariah, so I'm gonna assume that's just as applicable to why she's more popular there if we'e going to do that!
Before BIM even hit VEVO, she had under 500M views. If you added all her videos not on VEVO, they wouldn't equate to 350M+ views to have a higher total than Mariah. Truth is, Mariah was simply more popular on video streaming.
The same way she has the bigger catalog in popularity on Spotify (which Madonna isn't 'blocked in certain countries'). You brought up social media, so let's not 'exclude' other social medias in which Madonna isn't more popular.
Let's not use the 'she's more active on those platforms' excuse. Madonna has double the Instagram photos of Mariah, so I'm gonna assume that's just as applicable to why she's more popular there if we'e going to do that!
Before BIM even hit VEVO, she had under 500M views. If you added all her videos not on VEVO, they wouldn't equate to 350M+ views to have a higher total than Mariah. Truth is, Mariah was simply more popular on video streaming.
The same way she has the bigger catalog in popularity on Spotify (which Madonna isn't 'blocked in certain countries'). You brought up social media, so let's not 'exclude' other social medias in which Madonna isn't more popular.
You know what my dear? Go out to the streets, to the schools and take a poll...Ask kids around who's more relevant....
Madonna still dominates at least one aspect of the music industry (touring), while Mariah doesn't really dominate any aspect anymore. I love both artists, and both aren't doing well in the single and album departments, but Madonna is at least kept afloat by her untouchable touring stats.
Madonna still dominates at least one aspect of the music industry (touring), while Mariah doesn't really dominate any aspect anymore. I love both artists, and both aren't doing well in the single and album departments, but Madonna is at least kept afloat by her untouchable touring stats.
Madonna still dominates at least one aspect of the music industry (touring), while Mariah doesn't really dominate any aspect anymore. I love both artists, and both aren't doing well in the single and album departments, but Madonna is at least kept afloat by her untouchable touring stats.
I'm going to go on a limb and say Mariah since she's a bit younger and still has a shred of top 40 currency Plus the 90s are in right now and she's so heavily associated with that era. Plus, she always has *that song* to fall back on.
Madonna has bonded with A LOT of the younger generation popstars, while Mariah has literally CLASHED with AT LEAST ONE popstar from each generation after her.
Mariah is much more popular with millennials considering she has had multiple hits in the past decade and partially because of the 90s nostalgia wave that has been going on for years. Plus Mariah is everywhere during Christmas and has been in the media more the past few years