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Originally posted by Eternium
This is one of those moments where I have to wonder if you know that 2008 was also in the past and just sit back and pray for you.
It's really not. It may be Beyonce's second biggest video, but I wouldn't even place it top 15 WW. Maybe top 20 ATRL really overrates it.
"Hung Up" just the year after was influenced by it. Madonna made sure to use Bloodshy & Avant on her album COADF. Notably, Britney popularized them (they had done one top 40 single prior to Brit, but it didn't make them major producers). Kylie went from rejecting B&A to asking them to be on her album afterwards. It affected the dance pop craze that came afterwards.
Would NPR lie?
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Of course NPR wouldn't lie but the discussion at hand is not the effects it has on music or the song itself. That is an entire different discussion to be had and if anything I don't know why.
OP is stating which music video is more iconic. And that title aoutomatically goes to single ladies due to the dance craze that is still memorable, and especially it's visual cultural impact.
I think toxic is a foot note in Brintey's career and iconic in it's own right. But I wouldn't call it more iconic when we can like for say go to Wikipedia. And the discussion on both's impact visually well one is much longer than the other. Even the multiple imitations of the choreography on youtube from single ladies far outweighs the recreations of toxic.
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As far as it's contributions to dance pop is grossly over exaggerated. The predominant sound at the time during and after it's release for years was still urban in influence. While there were a couple artists who found success with some form of dance pop, it was very few in comparison and still had mainly urban influences.