[Eternium]

Originally posted by WeFoundTrouble

Meghan Trainor will never be on the level of the names of Beyonce, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, or Katy Perry. Like, that's the definition of delusion.

OT: 2019, look out for the new Katy/Kesha/Gaga

But those names aren't all on the same level

Meghan's on her second era and has a top 3 and seems to be pretty consistent. Ariana's already had strings of hits and is coming with a dance smash and a third #1 album. They're both top tier rn.

[slobro]

Lana Del Rey tho

Almost 9 million albums sold, which is really not that far from Katy. That's fairly major for an artist that debuted in 2012

[Cherry]

Originally posted by slobro

Lana Del Rey tho

Almost 9 million albums sold, which is really not that far from Katy

But on top of having sold more albums, Katy has also sold way more singles and is a household name. Really not even a close comparison.

Nice try, though!

[Tristan]

Ariana 3 yrs ago

[NOW]

Originally posted by Cherry

But on top of having sold more albums, Katy has also sold way more singles and is a household name. Really not even a close comparison.

Nice try, though!

Lana also hasn't done 10% of the promo Katy's done or come close to the singles success she's had. Queen of streaming and album sales without relentless promo.

[GhostHaus]

Lana says hi

[Cherry]

Originally posted by NOW

Lana also hasn't done 10% of the promo Katy's done or come close to the singles success she's had. Queen of streaming and album sales without relentless promo.

"hasn't done promo" isn't a good excuse

Businesses (including record labels) delegate budgets based on ROI (return on income). If they don't think that spending money to promote Lana is going to provide them with a good ROI then the promo won't be booked.

Her albums success despite not having hit singles is impressive, but she's not a major pop girl

[cancer]

True.

EDIT: To be fair, no main pop girl was considered a main pop girl immediately. They usually had to work really hard for a number of years and produce consistent stats in order to be viewed as a main pop girl. I'm sure some of the pop girls today will eventually reach "main pop-girl" status one day.

[NOW]

Originally posted by Cherry

"hasn't done promo" isn't a good excuse

Businesses (including record labels) delegate budgets based on ROI (return on income). If they don't think that spending money to promote Lana is going to provide them with a good ROI then the promo won't be booked.

Her albums success despite not having hit singles is impressive, but she's not a major pop girl

Fine, won't argue with you on that. I still consider her a special anomaly though.

[Notorious K.E.N]

Meghan is actually on the brink of being a main pop girl since her second era started and she is kinda smashing

[hellocory]

Originally posted by Colton Haynes

Exactly. You can't be a MAJOR POP GURL if you aren't globally "huge".

And no one is saying that Taylor wasn't huge, but she wasn't a major pop girl until 1989 (maybe RED).

Taylor has been famous everywhere since Fearless. The era was a hit in Japan, the UK, Australia, etc. Speak Now wasn't that big overseas, but RED was. She was already a major pop girl before 1989. Ffs WANEGBT is diamond in Japan and is still #138 on iTunes there

[hellocory]

Originally posted by ℐℯίɓℴу

Title went platinum in pure sales. 1 of the 7 albums who went platinum in 2015 based on sales alone..Sorry the GP consumes her music and finds it appealing obviously

The GP also consumes Maroon 5 music so congrats to Meghan I guess

[Jeiboy]

Originally posted by hellocory

The GP also consumes Maroon 5 music so congrats to Meghan I guess

Glad you acknowledged it

[hellocory]

Originally posted by slobro

Lana Del Rey tho

Almost 9 million albums sold, which is really not that far from Katy. That's fairly major for an artist that debuted in 2012

Literally where? Katy has almost doubled her in albums sales according to the receipts threads

[hellocory]

Originally posted by ℐℯίɓℴу

Glad you acknowledged it

Her album sold fine, but her music is still bland and boring. I applaud her for doing something different with her sound this era even if it is unfitting and the video is cringeworthy as hell.

[Notorious K.E.N]

Originally posted by slobro

Lana Del Rey tho

Almost 9 million albums sold, which is really not that far from Katy. That's fairly major for an artist that debuted in 2012

I LOVE Lana but this is so inflated

[Amoeba]

Meghan and Ariana say bye

[Jeiboy]

Originally posted by hellocory

Her album sold fine, but her music is still bland and boring. I applaud her for doing something different with her sound this era even if it is unfitting and the video is cringeworthy as hell.

Lets face it..shes not your cup of tea obviously..but theres lots of people out there that find it appealing in contrast with your views towards her and her music

[hellocory]

Originally posted by GhostHaus

Lana says hi

The world said "bye" during Ultraviolence

[PoisonPill]

Nicki and Lana are the only true major enduring female pop forces to debut this decade. Meghan just isn't a main pop girl and I don't even know what territory Ariana is in right now. It seemed like Lorde might be the next Gaga but she went a different path.