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Originally posted by Eternium
Britney by miles. Shakira has not touched her peak and is still playing catch up despite having 7 years more of a career.
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lol. Call me up when any of the American-born Pop girls legitimately learn Spanish, single-handedly write their own song lyrics in Spanish, and release a crossover album with their own material.
It's not an easy task.
Don't try to make it seem like Shakira spent the early years of her career on a level playing field as other Pop artists.
I know you're trying to be sneaky, but let's not.
Yes, Shakira started her career earlier. But she also had the major burden of not knowing the language that the rest of the popular music world gave preference to (English). It's not her fault that the world prefers English language songs while she was born in a Spanish-speaking country (which impacts the potential reach of her Spanish material). She had to learn English in order to compete with the rest of the major Pop artists in the music industry.
Frankly, Britney already had an advantage in simply being born in America.
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To answer the question: Britney had a more explosive entrance with a bigger peak, while Shakira spent about 10 years progressively getting bigger and bigger. The distribution of impact is different. Even now, despite Shakira being 37, she still has the potential to continue going and increasing her impact.