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Originally posted by Eternium
She's sold well over 100M albums, she's the third best selling female artist and her career is still ongoing, she's sold over 250M records, she has the longest and second longest running #1s in the U.S., she had the biggest song of the 90s and 2000s in the U.S., she has a single that recharts every year, she has a net worth over $500M, she impacted all of our faves with melisma and rent-a-rappers, etc. What is she missing?
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That's all great and true, hence why I said she's a music icon. But I already said why I don't think she's a legend. She doesn't have that legendary presence like Prince (eg. when the reaction when he presented at the GG the other week), or that type of influence on music and popular culture.
She doesn't have a "Purple Rain", a "Thriller", a "Like A Prayer" or a "The Bodyguard" moment(s) either. All those artists came out and changed the game, whereas Mariah came out as a result of someone else changing up the game (Whitney).