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Poll: Who had to overcome the most obstacles to reach the top?
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Britney Spears
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21 |
13.04% |
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Christina Aguilera
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23 |
14.29% |
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Beyonce Knowles
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8 |
4.97% |
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Rihanna
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25 |
15.53% |
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Katy Perry
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28 |
17.39% |
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Lady Gaga
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39 |
24.22% |
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Taylor Swift
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7 |
4.35% |
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Selena Gomez
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4 |
2.48% |
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Demi Lovato
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11 |
6.83% |
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Mariah Carey
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19 |
11.80% |
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Whitney Houston
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7 |
4.35% |
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Madonna
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54 |
33.54% |
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Janet Jackon
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15 |
9.32% |
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Justin Bieber
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1 |
0.62% |
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Other
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26 |
16.15% |
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Originally posted by Scuba_Dive
How is it stupid? Being beautiful is basically all that matters in the entertainment industry.
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no sis it's not about u,but it's because "people" choose gaga cause she isn't pretty...lol
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It is kinda stupid, it's like listing Madonna not shaving under her arms as her main obstacle. Eh. Lady Gaga isn't so ugly that you could consider her making it despite her looks a great accomplishment. She's regular looking. It's a little alarming and funny that some of Gaga's own fans are using "she's not pretty" for her to win this poll too.
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Originally posted by Scuba_Dive
I would say Madonna because you grew up poor and lost her mother, Rihanna because her dad was on crack and Gaga because she isn't "pretty"
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Now sis 
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Originally posted by Scuba_Dive
Gaga isn't pretty.
That's why people are voting for her. Duh.
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"Oh, mommy, boo hoo, I'm not pretty! Me not being pretty must be so much harder than people living in poverty, eating out of trash cans, having an abusive parent, dealing with drugs, and being homeless! Being ugly is a bigger obstacle than all of those!"
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Technically being 'ugly' would be an obstacle if you're trying to be a successful popstar. Even though Gaga isn't ugly 
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Janet because of Joe
Actually all of them tbh except for Justin Bieber
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MADONNA
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So now Monsters are saying that she has had it hard because she isn't Pretty......
Im done 
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I voted Madonna.
Gaga's not ugly, but in a hyper-sexualized female pop industry it's very rare for an fairly average looking girl to succeed when so much of ones success is based on beauty and sex appeal. Gaga made it to the top with her natural talent and tremendous work ethic, which are both rare for many pop stars these days. In that sense, her not being stunningly gorgeous is an obstacle, but certainly I don't think it compares to some of the things Madonna went through.
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Madonna.
Her mother died when she was a young child.
She has said that she always felt trapped in her conservative childhood.
Her family wasn't very well off.
She went to NYC with $30, and lived in ****** places for years before she found any kind of success.
While she was there, she was raped.
All of her musical equipment was stolen when she really got serious into music, and she didn't have money to buy more.
She was forced to pose nude for photographers and did some "adult films" for money (she turned that one around in the future though).
She was spotted by talent scouts and was taken to Paris to be a star, but she said she felt like a prisoner and had no control over anything, so she lied to them about her father being really sick and ran back to NYC.
She hunted down Seymour Stein to his hospital room, played him her demo and talked him into signing her. 
Not to mention all the **** she's gone through since then; sexism, domestic abuse, losing several friends to AIDs (such as Keith Haring), people criticising her for adopting, her brother writing a humiliating book about her, etc.
****. 
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Nicki's dad was on crack and almost burned down her house with her in it, but besides Nicki, probably Madonna.
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Madonna because she has minimal talent but stellar ambition. She was a critical joke in the 1980s yet eventually she became the most successful female recording artist of all time. She has a remarkable discography and has broken records. She now is the Queen of Pop. Victory is sweet.
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Originally posted by Nippy'sReceipts
She was a critical joke in the 1980s yet eventually she became the most successful female recording artist of all time. She has a remarkable discography and has broken records. She now is the Queen of Pop. Victory is sweet.
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Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989)
http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/dmarsh_1001.htm
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1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made - 1989
Part 1. Nos 1 to 500
1. I Heard It Through the Grapevine - "Gaye, Marvin" 1968
2. Johnny B. Goode - "Berry, Chuck" 1958
3. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag -"Brown, James" 1965
4. Reach Out I'll Be There - "Four Tops, The" 1966
5. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - "Righteous Brothers, The" 1964
6. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - "Rolling Stones, The" 1965
7. Like a Rolling Stone - "Dylan, Bob" 1965
8. Respect - "Franklin, Aretha" 1967
9. Tutti-Frutti - Little Richard 1956
10. Nowhere to Run - "Martha & Vandellas, The" 1965
11. Louie Louie - Kingsmen, The" 1963
12. Mystery Train - "Presley, Elvis" 1955
13. Shake Rattle & Roll - Turner, Big Joe" 1954
14. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - "Lewis, Jerry Lee" 1957
15. (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - "Redding, Otis" 1968
16. Everyday People - Sly & Family Stone, The" 1968
17. Only the Lonely - "Orbison, Roy" 1960
18. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - "Franklin,Aretha" 1967
19. Do You Love Me - "Contours, The" 1962
20. Be My Baby - "Ronettes, The" 1963
21. Da Doo Ron Ron - "Crystals, The" 1963
22. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - "Love, Darlene" 1963
23. Hold On I'm Comin' - Sam & Dave 1966
24. Born to Run - "Springsteen, Bruce" 1975
25. What's Going On - "Gaye, Marvin" 1971
26. Who'll Stop the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival 1970
27. My Girl - "Temptations, The" 1965
28. Jump - Van Halen 1984
29. Ticket to Ride - "Beatles, The" 1965
30. There Goes My Baby - "Drifters, The" 1959
31. When a Man Loves a Woman - "Sledge, Percy" 1966
32. "Change Is Gonna Come, A" - "Cooke, Sam" 1965
33. That'll Be the Day - "Holly, Buddy & Crickets, The" 1957
34. Stay - "Williams, Maurice & Zodiacs, The" 1960
35. I've Been Loving You Too Long - "Redding, Otis" 1965
36. Since I Don't Have You - Skyliners 1959
37. Bernadette - "Four Tops, The" 1967
38. She Loves You - "Beatles, The" 1964
39. Oh Pretty Woman - "Orbison, Roy" 1964
40. I Can See for Miles - "Who, The" 1967
41. "What'd I Say, Part 1" - "Charles, Ray" 1959
42. Lonely Teardrops - "Wilson, Jackie" 1958
43. One Fine Day - "Chiffons, The" 1963
44. Uptight (Everything's Alright) - "Wonder, Stevie" 1965
45. Little Red Corvette - Prince 1983
46. "Tracks of My Tears, The" - "Miracles, The" 1965
47. Blueberry Hill - "Domino, Fats" 1956
48. Live to Tell - Madonna 1986
49. Need Your Love So Bad - Little Willie John 1956
50. Heat Wave - "Martha and Vandellas, The" 1963
51. Back in the U.S.A. - "Berry, Chuck" 1959
52. Chain of Fools - "Franklin, Aretha" 1967
53. Since I Lost My Baby - "Temptations, The" 1965
54. Hit the Road Jack - "Charles, Ray" 1961
55. "Loco-Motion, The" - Little Eva 1962
56. Get Off Of My Cloud - "Rolling Stones, The" 1965
57. Dance to the Music - "Sly & Family Stone, The" 1968
58. He's So Fine - "Chiffons, The" 1963
59. Then He Kissed Me - "Crystals, The" 1963
60. Roll Over Beethoven - "Berry, Chuck" 1956
61. Making Love (At the Dark End of the...) - "Carter, Clarence" 1969
62. Rave On - "Holly, Buddy" 1958
63. Good Rockin' Tonight - "Presley, Elvis" 1954
64. I Saw Her Standing There - "Beatles, The" 1964
65. When Something Is Wrong with My Baby - Sam & Dave 1967
66. In Dreams - "Orbison, Roy" 1963
67. "Wind, The" - "Strong, Nolan & Diablos, The" 1954
68. On Broadway - "Drifters, The" 1963
69. Gloria - Them 1965
70. Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard 1958
71. Every Breath You Take - "Police, The" 1983
72. Stand By Me - "King, Ben E" 1961
73. Party Lights - "Clark, Claudine" 1962
74. Good Times - Chic 1979
75. Don't Worry Baby - Beach Boys, The" 1964
76. 54 46 (Was My Number) - "Toots & Maytals, The" 1972
77. White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) - Grandmaster Melle Mel 1983
78. Wooly Bully - "Sham, Sam & Pharoahs, The" 1965
79. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - "Gaye, Marvin & Terrell,Tammi" 1967
80. When Doves Cry - Prince 1984
81. Pipeline - "Chantays, The" 1963
82. Ain't Nothin' You Can Do - "Bland, Bobby" 1964
83. Disco Inferno - "Trammps, The" 1977
84. I Want You Back - "Jackson Five, The" 1969
85. Billie Jean - "Jackson, Michael" 1983
86. Cold Sweat (Parts I&II) {CD Ver. 7:30} - "Brown, James" 1967
87. "Message, The" - "Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five,The" 1982
88. Yakety Yak - "Coasters, The" 1958
89. Only the Strong Survive - "Butler, Jerry" 1969
90. Love Is Strange - Mickey & Sylvia 1957
91. "House of the Rising Sun, The" - "Animals, The" 1964
92. La Bamba - "Valens, Ritchie" 1958
93. Blue Suede Shoes - "Perkins, Carl" 1956
94. I Want You - "Dylan, Bob" 1966
95. Tramp - "Redding, Otis and Thomas, Carla" 1967
96. 96 Tears - "? & Mysterians, the" 1966
97. "Fine Fine Boy, A" - "Love, Darlene" 1963
98. Girls Just Want to Have Fun - "Lauper, Cyndi" 1983
99. Rank Strangers - "Stanley Brothers, The" 1960
100. Anarchy in the U.K. - "Sex Pistols, The" 1976
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Beyonce.
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Originally posted by Willy.
Nicki's dad was on crack and almost burned down her house with her in it, but besides Nicki, probably Madonna.
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Neither Nicki nor her lil brother was home at the time, they spent the night at a neighbor’s house. It still was a terrible act of violence no matter how you look at it.
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Originally posted by IWasHere
Beyonce.
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Beyonce, really? How?
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Gaga wasn't even "ugly" before fame for normal standard and even in "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "Hey Hey" & "Paparazzi" she was pretty/cute. She would have never made it in the first place if she really was that horrible looking, the pop world being a very superficial business.
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Originally posted by Blur
Gaga wasn't even "ugly" before fame for normal standard and even in "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "Hey Hey" & "Paparazzi" she was pretty/cute. She would have never made it in the first place if she really was that horrible looking, the pop world being a very superficial business. |
THIS.
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