2012 was worse, this year has been great so far. I was so sick of generic dance music. Finally radios are now open to play different genres. The fall season will be better.
Agree.
Yeezus, Random Access Memories, Magna Carta Holy Grail, Blurred Lines, Bey's snippets and leaks, Pharrell's slayage, #Beautiful >>> 2012
Oh and The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs released great records. Arctic Monkeys, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and Kings of Leon are coming.
The thing is, even if we were to look strictly at pop girls, there is still Demi, Miley, Selena, Bonnie McKee, Beyonce, Britney, Mariah, Jessie J, Jessica Sanchez, A*M*E, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Lopez, Samantha Jade...
All these girls have released new material this year.
So I don't know why people act like females disappeared from the industry just because a selective group of six or so females haven't released properly yet.
The biggest and hottest acts had or are releasing music this year.
Female
Britney Spears
Beyonce
Lady Gaga
*Rihanna
Katy Perry
Demi Lovato
Selena Gomez
Miley Cyrus
Ashanti
Mariah Carey
Ciara
Cher
Avril Lavigne
Celine Dion
Jessie J
Nelly Furtado
Shakira
Kesha (with the Flaming Lips)
Kylie Minogue
Hilary Duff
Sara Bareilles
Male
Justin Timberlake
David Bowie
Eric Clapton
John Mayer
John Legend
Elton John
R. Kelly
Chris Brown
Rap
Jay-Z
Kanye West
Eminem
Kid Cudi
Drake
J. Cole
Talib Kweli
50 Cent
MIA
Nicki Minaj
Nelly
Bands/Duos
Vampire Weekend
The National
Daft Punk
Coldplay (late 2013/early 2014)
Third Eye Blind (Last album)
Arcade Fire
The Arctic Monkeys
Radiohead (late 2013/early 2014)
Depeche Mode
Nine Inch Nails
Paramore
Fall Out Boy
Phoenix
The Barenaked Ladies
Black Sabbath
Jimmy Eat World
Editors
Pet Shop Boys
MGMT
Switchfoot
AC/DC
The Black Keys
Broken Bells
Foster the People
Guns N Roses
Iron Maiden
Panic! at the Disco
Pearl Jam
Jonas Brothers
One Direction
Daughtry
Kings of Leon
Goldfrapp
Franz Ferdinand
Backstreet Boys
...and a whole lot more. The list consists of legends, the mainstays and the hottest celebrities of music right now. Talk about variety and clashing of age brackets. You might have not yet felt it but right now I'm feeling the diversity in 2013 and within the last two quarters of 2013, we will probably be witness to one of the biggest years in music since 2007. Just look at those people listed.
It seems our Disney girls have been taking over such as Selena, Miley, Demi.The latter two bringing out generic and tasteless pop music.
Most stupid thread of the year so far. This year has been GREAT, and with the new releases it will be even better! Blurred Lines, Come & Get It, We Can't Stop, Radioactive, Cups, Heart Attack, Thrift Shop, Can't Hold Us etc. are all absolute pop perfection and better than 80% of the songs that smashed in 2011 & 2012.
Actually, this year has been great for music! It's switching up from the electro dance craze with diversity. Rnb is somewhat on the rise..and indie artists are getting some shine. I'm excited to see what the 3rd and 4th quarter brings!
I wasn't referring only to pop girls, It was just an example.
I quite like generic pop music and I know a lot of other users here do too.
I appreciate that other genres of music have had radio support and are gaining recognition. I am just disappointed by the lack of musicians who dominated the last few years not making an their appearance back in the music scene
I actually love 2013! There were so many good songs, many great new artists and I really liked the absence of the big pop girls from the music scene the last few months!
JT, Daft Punk, P!nk, Imagine Dragons, the Disney gurls, Macklemore and so many others did a great job on their new work!
And there are so many new albums/songs coming later this year... Katy, Lady Gaga, JT, Rihanna (?), Beyonce, Coldplay, Miley Cyrus etc...
This year changed somehow the music scene and I loved it! I'm so excited for what's coming next!!!
You need to erm... branch out a little more. I myself have been loving the big returns of acts like My Bloody Valentine, Daft Punk, Justin Timberlake, etc.
Some of you have much wider music knowledge than me, so please don't be harsh as I am expressing my views on this years releases. I don't want this thread to create too much drama.
Maybe some of you could suggest some albums to encourage my wider listening.
THIS is the year that music died? Look back in the mid 2000's where every other week a song like "Ay Bay Bay" or "This is why I'm Hot" would be number one.
It's been a great year for music. Daft Punk, JT, Pharrell all made good comebacks. WCS may have cringeworthy lyrics but it's still a bop. And we have Yeezus out, JT coming soon, with new Britney and Beyonce hopefully coming Q4.
And R&B this year especially Body Party and Dirty Laundry >>>
I'd personally recommend you these albums: Foxygen's We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic, Disclosure's Settle, No Joy's Wait To Pleasure, Youth Lagoon's Wondrous Bughouse, Vampire Weekend's Modern Vampires of the City, Jon Hopkins' Immunity, Charli XCX's True Romance.
Some of you have much wider music knowledge than me, so please don't be harsh as I am expressing my views on this years releases. I don't want this thread to create too much drama.
Maybe some of you could suggest some albums to encourage my wider listening.
These are a few songs from my favourite albums this year.