It wasn't until about 6 months ago, when I realised I have all her songs, b-sides, acoustic, covers and demo's from before she was even discovered that I realised, damn, Pixie Lott is my favourite artist.
I think that you get this feeling when you stan for that one artist. Its corny but, you just know.
Aaliyah:
The day I listened to Age Ain't Nothing But A Number so it was July 15th,1994..... or around that day.
It was like 4 pm in the last week of May of 1994 and I was sitting on my porch with the radio playing and it BAF came on.I was in love with the song, but I didn't know who it was by. Then a few days later I saw the video on some channel, might've been BET.For some reason I wasn't allowed to buy that CD (maybe it was the title ) but my older sister was, so I asked her to buy it for me. I was 6 and OBSESSED with her, or so i thought.
Then she slayed me AGAIN with One in A Million.
It was August 27th 1996, 6:37 pm, and I had just got home from Wal-Mart to buy her CD. I put it in my CD player and i've been seriously obsessed ever since.
*Cuts to 2000 whe stanning itself was actually created*
It had been a long time. Aaliyah left us without some dope beats to step to.
ENOUGH. ****ING. SAID.
Don't even MENTION The Aaliyah era.
Got the album the weekend it came out.
Highest debut sales of her career.
700k sold in less than a month, well on it's way to being platinum in a matter of a few more weeks.
Then, five years to the DAY of me buying her second album, may favorite singer in the whole world ........
was killed. In a plane crash. At age 22. From shooting another video of a song that used to get me in trouble for singing it.
Needless to say I was pissed, heartbroken, and bawling uncontrollably for the next few months (a lot of stuff started happening soon after she died that I won't go into detail about. )
I thought I would never get over it.
Then I heard SOS about 4.5 years later.
Unlike Aaliyah, it took me 3 singles to be a fan of Rihanna. Then Unfaithful and Break it Off followed and I told myself, "Rihanna is going to BLOW."
Then she followed up with Umbrella, and i'll admit, I HATED IT. In the video she didn't even LOOK like the RIhanna I was used to. Then once I listened to it enough I bought GGGB. Loved EVERY SONG , but LIKED HTILY. Even THAT wasn't enough for me to stan.
BUM BUM BE-DUM BUM BUM BE-DUM BUM.
I was hooked like a special ed fish on a stupid fishing pole. I literally felt like Rihanna was the second coming of Aaliyah.
Then the CB stuff happened. I'll admit it, I was dissapointed in her for going back, so I put my love for her aside until she came back out. Then on June 18, 2009 I was shifting through Rihanna Demos on YouTube and Te Amo leaked. I was back.
J/K-Pop faves:
WIth Meisa it was August 12, 2010 after I listened to FIVE. A few weeks later I blasted the song and it's been my favorite J-Pop song ever since Thanks again, Music.
With Taeyang it was a rough ride. My girl on twitter was bat-**** cracy in love with him because of how sexy he was and I ignored her first calling. Then I got the Asian Invasion fever and watched I'll Be There on YouTube.
The I watched Big Bang videos and got into Turn it Up by TOP, and at first I wasn't into it, then, BOOM.
I'm starting to like G-Dragon as well, although his hair changing antics gives every bit of Rihanna tease.
Other Artists I like:
Britney is admittedly the Queen of Pop.
Beyonce is boring at times but a great artist, nontheless.
Once I heard Poker Face I knew Gaga would snatch wigs. You're welcome, Gaga stans.
Pink is everything but I don't stan for her.
Se7en's okay.
Ke$ha is..... well, i'll put it this way. Like her music, HATE her personality.
U:Nee gets my respect as the first K-Pop artist I ever listened to.
Ashlee Simpson is cute.
Gwen Stefani has slayed me ever since I heard Hella Good by No Doubt.
Alicia Keys is one soulful high yellow bish.
R.Kelly may be a pedophile but he's a talented musician.
Toni Braxton, love ya.
I'll edit in more later. :Yay3:
I was always a fan of Britney's, but I wouldn't say I really knew anything about scanning until I came to ATRL. Sometimes was the single that sold me on Britney, I followed her and jammed to her singles throughout the years, but around Blackout I really stated investigating the girl behind the songs and albums I already loved and fell in live with her as a person. And I'm pretty certain it was that investigating that brought me to ATRL.
For the longest time I was only here for Rihanna's singles, but Rated R made me a stan and caused me to go back into her career and pay attention to some of the stuff I missed.
I loved Tik Tok, but I dismissed Ke$ha and never thought she would become the hitmaker and amazing celebrity personality that she has. I bought Animal the week it came out and everything changed. I'm always impressed by how true her music is to her personality and experiences. She's very candid, whether she's telling us stories of her wild behavior or the details of a messy relationship, and I really enjoy that about her.
It started when I saw the name "Destiny's Child" on a billboard in the sky and they all looked beautiful so I looked up all their songs and I fell in love with them! I cried when they split up for good, but I started to follow both Kelly & Beyonce when they went solo. I am way more interested in Beyonce, but I do not know what happened to Michelle.
Summer 2005.
Heard Pon De Replay for the first time on a family trip (on Radio Disney ).
Bought MOTS the week it came out (at that time I was young and didnt know when albums were released but figured it out that it was every week, I still didnt know tuesday though, and one day I was looking and I was like OMG! the Pon De Replay Girl!)
I have receipts if people dont believe me
Pon De Replay was my jam of Summer 2005 along with Let Me, That La La La & If Its Lovin That You Want.
Then bought AGLM, GGGB, GGGB:R, GGGB Tour DVD, GGGB:R Remixed, Rated R, Loud, saw the Good Girl Gone Bad tour, saw the Last Girl on Earth Tour, own two t-shirts (each from one tour, but the GGGB one is too small now) and own one poster.
I was actually a BEP stan before Rihanna.
My friend gave me a burned CD of Elephunk (it was my first the first time of Hip Hop/Rap more adult/explicit music I liked/listened to). I love it.
I bought Monkey Business. I was obsessed with Fergie.
I bought The Dutchess & Clumsy is one of my all time fav songs ever.
I then saw then once in concert, and then bought The END & saw the END tour.
I also own the Sidney To Vegas Concert DVD, Two T-shirts, and one big poster.
I bought The Beginning, but that album made me not stan for them anymore.
I still like them, but I only stan for Fergie.
Jennifer Hudson I liked since I cried when she got voted off in Idol.
I saw Dreamgirls for her, bought the CD & the DVD, bought her CD the first day, and have supported her other Film & Music releases since.
Alicia I liked since I heard Karma on the radio.
I bought Karma & Heartburn.
I then bought Unplugged, but didnt really listen to it much.
I bought As I Am when it came out, but really only liked No One.
2009 I really got into her, bought all her past albums, and TEOF and became a stan.
Also Ive seen all her movies, and supported all her work that she does.
Shes amazing.
Kelly: Watching her on AI and seeing how she dominated the competition while having a humble personality. Then releasing AMLT, I died and became a Kelly angel for life.
Bey: It doesn't even need explanation, but DC first then CIL and everything else was history.
Ke$hu$: Heard the demo of "Tik Tok" months before it was actually released and loved it. Afterwards, watching her nonchalant attitude and hearing songs like "Hungover", "TIO", "Animal", well actually all of 'Animal' basically and now 'Cannibal' just solidifies my opinion of she can do no wrong.
I became a fan with Baby Boy...
then each song Beyonce released I fell in love with - Naughty Girl, Lose My Breath, Soldier, Girl, Cater 2 U ...Check on it!
It was then when I started being interested in her career, videos, biography... little by little I was becoming a stan! When B'Day came out I started being Beyonbsessed!
I've got the feeling that even though I'm growing up, my love for her is getting stronger. Thankfully to her I have met some of my best friends!
I ADORE this woman! When I look at her, she makes me feel proud!
When I listen to her EPIC Performances she makes me cry!
I LOVE HER FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!
One of my biggest dreams - to see her live!
On December 17, 1998, on a cold ass day in Louisiana the words, "Oh baby, baby" belted from television screen. I had seen a girl with pigtails dancing around in a naughty schoolgirl outfit and remember immediately becoming entranced. The dancing, the chorus, the flips, the outfits, and dancers all had me sold. I waited to see the name of the musician at the end of the music video and "Britney Spears" appeared. From that day forward I became obsessed with the song and music video, recording it on cassette tapes every time it played on the radio and recorded the video on VHS every time it played on television. I would always convince my parents to buy me any magazine she was on the cover of or had a centerfold spread about her. She adorned my wall with poster of TLC, Aaliyah and the Spice Girls.
By the time her next album came around, I held possession of all the awards she attended, tv performances, interviews, tv specials, etc...on VHS. I requested her songs on Radio Disney religiously every morning and night, even more if it was summer time. The Oops era brought me into SUPER FAN mode in regards to her. At Midnight, I waited in line to purchase the Oops!...I Did It Again album with my Auntie and cousin at Wal*Mart. I purchase my first album every that evening with my own money...and bough a few singles as well. When she began her to come public with her childhood friend, Justin Timberlake, I immediately was so happy for them and absolutely loved the idea of my favorite artists dating my one of my favorite members from N'SYNC. I read fanfiction about their relationship way back in the gap and they were so good, but fanfiction.net removed the artists section years later for some reason and all those masterpieces were lost. All I have is "Matters of the Heart."
The Britney era brought me from a super fan to a "stan." The girl was just EVERYTHING this era. I felt like I was transitioning and growing up alongside her. The new album, AMAZING TOUR, and commercial blitz were all amazing during this era, but nothing topped me MEETING her in person. She was sooooooooooooooooooo sweet and kind to me and I see exactly why people always call her a sweetheart and kind when talking about their experiences meeting her. I met her in the summer of 2001 at a McDonald's joint in Los Angeles when I was visiting family there. She was with Justin and Big Rob, waiting in line right behind me. I completely was starstruck and all she could do was chuckle lightly at my astonishment. I expressed to her calmly after getting my brain to work again how much a big fan of hers I was. She thanked me for the support and I got her autograph on a McDonald's napkin. She noticed my accent and asked if I was from the south and I mentioned I was from Louisiana like her. She was like, "OMG.....I can so go for some crawfish right now." I asked for Justin autograph, but he seemed to be annoyed with me and was quite rude. On their way out she apologized for his rudeness and blamed it on being tired. Big Rob was nice too, but he kept me at a distance in the beginning. Since that day I will never forget my meeting BRITNEY SPEARS. The kindness, down-to-earth personality, and generosity of hers toward me will NEVER be forgotten. I was really sad to see her personal relationship with Justin fall apart because no matter how much my views of him changed, they truly were great together. She ended up partying and made some not so great choices, but I defended her because she is human and I have seen a lot worse done by family and friends, so when they tried to diss her I shoved their mistakes in their faces as well.
In The Zone, just gave me such life with it's creative and diverse tracklisting. Her dancing had stepped up, her writing had stepped up, she produced, and composed music on her piano. She was giving me all I needed to effectively stan for. I was sad to hear about her knee and eventually her marriage to Kevin, who I was skeptical about from the very beginning. I stood by her because I knew she just wanted a family at that point and quite frankly it's her decision to make, not mine or anyone else.
Her divorce and downward spiral into her breakdown was heartbreaking to watch. The Blackout era produced such great music, but so many drama and problems as well. I felt so bad for her because she seemed to have lost her way and was making all types of bad decisions, then only to find out she's suffering a breakdown. People took advantage of her state, kicked her while she was down, and dragged her through the mud. I defended her relentlessly through late 06-mid 08 religiously, while others jumped off the bandwagon or dissed her. A TRUE STAN sticks by their fave through the not just the good, but the VERY BAD as well and I did that. That night where she was wheeled off in the stretcher and placed in the 51/50 hold was sold incredibly sad. I couldn't stop thinking about, how did this all happen? She wasn't the same sweet and bubbly girl who was ambitious to be mega popstar like her idol growing up, Madonna. Instead I seen a lost girl who had fell and everyone around her all kicked her while she was down to the point of unconsciousness.
Soon her family fought to rid her of the leeches and enablers that suffocated her. Slowly, i started to see the old Britney, but much more timid and a shadow of her old self (personality-wise). The Circus era started up and I began to feel giddy again at the opportunity to hear more music and get a new tour. I just couldn't help but feel inspired by her. It takes a big person to comeback from all that she has went through in front of the entire world. She hit rock bottom for everyone to see and criticize, yet she got back up started to work her way back up. She's not fully there yet, but she has made tremendous progress and I continue to be proud of her for all she has overcome.
That's my stan history. There are a lot of errors to be fixed (proofreading, but I don't feel like doing it...so I will leave all as is).
This caught my eye, interest. So weird, sexy cool, how is she moving like that? Special effects?
Basically sold at this point, dancing my life away.
This banger right here, let me not get started. Wow. I was no doubt I was a hadcore fan at this point.
I was blown away from the intricate choreo, the breakdown, never seen a recent artist do what she did. Keep earning major points!
She did not. Ear candy. Never gets old to me. This is what made me a stan. The girl was unpredictable.
The wordplay,instrumental, her visuals- such a visionary but yet still paying homage to the greats.
This lullaby, amazing.
Funkied groovy pop tune was nice, enjoy it so much, even til this day.
Extra bonus points, incredible, incredible, incredible.
Add points, this couldn't have went without saying, this song is just wow. Who takes an approach to an record like this? Only Ciara.
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Took it all the way back, classic.
Futuristic, production is madness. Marveled by her intricate moves.
Currently most listened joint from her, incredible. I love Ciara for her vision,humbleness,meekness, genuine soft aurora, versatility, she is a hardworker, extreme dancer and is unpredictable. No other artist can do it for me like her. What more can I say? I enjoy her everyday all day. There will never be another.
2000: Madonna's "Music" is the first album I ever bought.
2001-2004: I mainly listened to stuff like Evanescense and The White Stripes.
2005: I discovered Mariah Carey, my French teacher told me that she was a big 90s artist who made a comeback so I bought her GH.
2005-2007: I was a huge Mariah Carey stan. I loved her. I still listened to other genres & I never stopped liking Madonna.
2007-2008: I always loved Britney & my sister is crazy about her, but when she released Blackout I became a true Britney stan and I was crazy about her. She was my obsession!
2008-present: MADONNA stan. Basically, I always LOVED Madonna, but I was not a "stan" for her until mid-2008. She will be my #1 fave forever now because I think I have stabilized in terms of my musical tastes.
Janet was always my #2 fave. Like ever since 2005! I just turned 18 btw I'm not 5 lol!
Currently most listened joint from her, incredible. I love Ciara for her vision,humbleness,meekness, genuine soft aurora, versatility, she is a hardworker, extreme dancer and is unpredictable. No other artist can do it for me like her. What more can I say? I enjoy her everyday all day. There will never be another.[/font]
This is so much better than the original. SO MUCH BETTER. Might make my year-end good.