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Originally posted by Satellites
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#88 on Mediabase, actually
Does this really matter, though? I mean, half of the people listed aren't even FULLY BLACK!
Also, white people don't cross over because white people don't make songs that crossover very easily. Seriously, look at songs done by Britney and ask yourself "does this really fit in with songs made by Beyonce and Mariah Carey"? No, they don't. They are straight up pop music, while songs Mariah Carey and Beyonce do have a r&b/hip-hop feel to them. You can't deny it, either.
Look at the most successful crossover white artists. Right now, those are Ke$ha, Lady GaGa, and Katy Perry. Even they struggle to cross over to urban simply because their music does not sound like music urban would play very much. They crossover in rhythmic a lot better because rhythmic is r&b music with major pop influences, which sounds a lot like the type of music those artists do. Britney doesn't crossover well simply because her music isn't the type that crosses over. "Circus" is strictly pop. "TiK ToK" isn't. It has some r&b influences in it that "Circus," "Womanizer," etc. does not.
Stop trying to blame this on race.