P!nk not even a year of "it girl"? Queen of longevity, then.
2012 didn't have a legit pop girl, maybe Ellie Goulding because she broke into US unlike Lana and sold more albums than Carly and had Lights and another top 50 unlike her
WTF, this was all correct until you called Lana the it girl of 2012.
But where did OP lie? Lana sold about 3 or 4 million copies WW of her debut LP. Her videos remain conversation pieces. She's a media staple, covered all types of prestigious glossies, and snagged an H&M campaign. No new artist in 2012 made the type of splash that Lana did on so many fronts.
No she wasn't. She had no cultural impact or chart success. Most of the US still doesn't know who she is. Just because she has a Tumblr following and a small amount of overseas success doesn't mean she's the it girl, especially not when Carly had the second biggest hit of the year.
It is sad that we didn't have an "it" girl last year.
Bonnie McKee has this year on lock.
Well, yeah. Considering that BTD outsold Ke$ha's whole discography I'd say so.
So BTD has outsold Animal. Hmm . . . interesting. So, K$ gets to be 2010 it girl because of the success of her singles, but people are doubting Lana as 2012 "it girl" because she didn't have any hits on US radio, even though she sold more albums than K$?
No she wasn't. She had no cultural impact or chart success. Most of the US still doesn't know who she is. Just because she has a Tumblr following and a small amount of overseas success doesn't mean she's the it girl, especially not when Carly had the second biggest hit of the year.
Nope, Carly had THE biggest song of the year. Call Me Maybe sold more than Somebody That I Used To Know on a global scale, according to IFPI.