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Poll: More Iconic Hits: Madonna or Mariah
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Madonna
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65.71% |
Mariah
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Originally posted by GlitterfiedCyrus
All I Want For Christmas Is You >>> Madonna's iconic hits >>> Mariah's other iconic hits
Overall, I'll go with Madonna.
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Originally posted by idkher
Well it's a good thing those "multiple discounted singles" rumors are made up by stans of other artists and have no factual evidence, because Mariah only had one discounted single in her entire career and that song peaked at #2. You can keep making excuses to yourself as to why she has more #1's though if it makes you feel better!
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The only reason i like you is Rih.There are no other.
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Depends...
All I want for christmas is TIMELESS and will be played for atleast the next 100 years, in my opinion.
We belong together is probably the most iconic song of the 00's or atleast upthere. so for the new age, Mariah
But in the old age, madonna wins. I could name 15 iconic Madonna songs... And madonna is more big worldwide...
I would say Madonna because she has so much big songs, but Mariah has 2 HUGE hits that madonna could never get, ever.
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Originally posted by HausofNiko
Depends...
All I want for christmas is TIMELESS and will be played for atleast the next 100 years, in my opinion.
We belong together is probably the most iconic song of the 00's or atleast upthere. so for the new age, Mariah
But in the old age, madonna wins. I could name 15 iconic Madonna songs... And madonna is more big worldwide...
I would say Madonna because she has so much big songs, but Mariah has 2 HUGE hits that madonna could never get, ever.
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What two hits? Like A Virgin, Like A Prayer, and Vogue are bigger than any Mariah song sans AIWFCIY.
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Originally posted by Lightspeed-
Madonna, her number of iconic hits is countless. Like a Prayer, Express Yourself, Vogue, Like a Virgin, Holiday, Music, Hung Up, Papa Don't Preach etc can't be matched by Mariah in terms of iconicness. Maybe Hero and AIWFCIY
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I'm from the US and I don't know Holiday or Papa Don't Preach lol
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All I Want For Christmas Is You is more iconic than any Madonna song.
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Madonna has Vogue, Like a Prayer, Like a Virgin, Material Girl and maybe Hung Up.
Mariah Idk, I only know the Christmas song thanks to that JB duet
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Objectively:
Madonna
Like a Virgin
Like a Prayer
Express Yourself
Vogue
Hung Up (still a toss up)
Mariah
Hero
All I Want For Christmas is You
Always Be My Baby
We Belong Together
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People are so stupid. Mariah discounted ONE single (Loverboy) and she has even had ANOTHER single taken off shelves to sell an album (Can't Let Go - or else it would have gone number one) so stop with the "she's only so big cuz of discounts!" Excuse.
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Quite Frankly I hear Mariah music all the time. Emotions, Vision of Love, Can't Let Go, Someday, Honey...these songs are always playing at grocery stores, restaurants, etc.
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AIWFC >>> Madonna's most iconic song
I love them both so i'm a little biased towards both (Mariah more) but i'd honestly say they are equal
Mariah:
AIWFC
Vision Of Love
Hero
Without You
Always Be My Baby
Heartbreaker
We Belong Together
Touch My Body
Obsessed
Madonna:
Holiday
Into The Groove
Material Girl
Like A Virgin
La Isla Bonita
Papa Don't Preach
Like A Prayer
Vogue
Hung Up
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From the perspective of a 16yo in America: Mariah
These are the songs mentioned in here that I knew before getting into pop culture: (And I was vehemently against listening to any popular music of any genre then, lol.)
Like A Prayer
Vogue
Holiday
Like A Virgin
Papa Don't Preach
Express Yourself
Music
Erotica
Frozen
Sorry
Hung Up
4 Minutes
Into The Groove
Material Girl
Open Your Heart
Take A Bow
All I Want For Christmas Is You
Hero
Emotions
Without You
My All
Fantasy
When You Believe
Always Be My Baby
Dreamlover
One Sweet Day
Vision of Love
Touch My Body
Obsessed
We Belong Together
Anything not striked out but not bolded is a song I knew existed, but I never actually had listened to it. Mariah 5/5, Madonna 2/4. Amittedly, it's pretty even, but Mariah's songs were a lot more ingrained in the American consciousness, I believe.
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You liking a song doesn't make it iconic.
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Originally posted by Alongoria13
Madonna has Vogue, Like a Prayer, Like a Virgin, Material Girl and maybe Hung Up.
Mariah Idk, I only know the Christmas song thanks to that JB duet
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I have to say it's not really played here. It's kinda a US only xmas song.
George Michael's Last Christmas is bigger I reckon.
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Originally posted by Anubis
You liking a song doesn't make it iconic.
I have to say it's not really played here. It's kinda a US only xmas song.
George Michael's Last Christmas is bigger I reckon.
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I didn't say anything about songs being iconic I didn't bold songs because I liked them, those were truly the only songs I had heard from both artists before getting pop culture.
And AIWFCY is big in Japan and SK.
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Originally posted by 8thPrince
I didn't say anything about songs being iconic I didn't bold songs because I liked them, those were truly the only songs I had heard from both artists before getting pop culture.
And AIWFCY is big in Japan and SK.
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I was referring to 'you' in the generic. Sorry for the confusion.
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The GP knows more MC songs than Madonna. This is fact!
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Originally posted by Anubis
I was referring to 'you' in the generic. Sorry for the confusion.
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oops. Sorry
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Originally posted by BrooklynBoy
The GP knows more MC songs than Madonna. This is fact!
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