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Originally posted by BTrisc0392
You can throw any artist's work "in a blender" and recreate their other works. It's just part of their iconicity. Artists are allowed to deviate from their signature sound slightly, but popstars become icons because their sound is so iconic.
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This isn't true at all.
You don't
need to have a drastic musical rebirth with every album to maintain your place as a pop star (or to become an icon, as you say), but some of the most iconic female artists of all-time are the ones who
did reinvent themselves. Their status was cemented simply because their songs and visuals and concepts were GREAT, not because they were "signature." In fact, people who stick to signature sounds, like Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and the like, tend not to be remembered for specific moments in their careers at all.