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Originally posted by Sazare
As I said, not even Pink's singles fare well with critics. Often critics will throw a bone to pop stars who they like but can't bring themselves to put on their year-end albums lists (this trend has diminished in recent years as the critical acceptability of pop has risen), but the last and only song of Pink's to make the aggregate year-end was Get the Party Started, outside the top 50. Pink hasn't made even the "bubbling under" albums list, a feat Britney and Mariah have both managed.
The only prominent contemporary pop artists you listed with more meager track records as far as year-end lists go are Fergie (who only has one album) and Avril. And neither has a particularly good scoring history on MC, which was my whole point.
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The singles chart is similarly skewed toward phenomena, but more so for pop females because huge singles are more common than huge albums with multiple huge singles. None of Pink's songs strikes me as being one of the defining pop hits of its calendar year, so the results don't surprise me. Elsewhere, you see artists who have little traction on the albums list prosper with major singles: Rihanna, Carly Rae Jepsen, Gwen Stefani, Kelly Clarkson.
It's kind of funny that Katy Perry hasn't managed much success on that front, though.
. Blurred Lines is forgotten imo