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Originally posted by Johnny Cash
Not really, most artists peak within their first 5 albums. MJ remains the King of Pop despite his last album was released 13 years ago.
Artists like Pink for example who keeps having great success with each album yet she goes almost unnoticed by the media and she doesn't really have a legacy. So its not just a matter of "prove themselves each time"
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Her last albums have basically the same sound, and although they are good in their genre, she isn't evolving much as an artist. She's just staying in what made her popular.
That's what I meant. She may have been successful with her last album, it doesn't change the fact that she didn't bring anything new to her own table, so she has to prove (to me) that she can evolve.
I'm gonna take another example. Madonna was on the top of the world in the 80s, with very poppy songs, radio fitting, then took a different path in her pop discography, experimenting new sounds, as jazz, electronics. And that's pretty what made her "queen of pop" in late 90s/early 00s. She proved that she could evolve. She proved herself each time.