[BritneyFatale]

Madonna, Britney and Mariah are the only correct answers. 3 legends

[Alejandrawrrr]

Madonna, Whitney, Aretha/Mariah/Janet (The first two are the only ones I'm certain of).

[QueenB4]

Originally posted by liberalmusiclover

Madonna, Whitney Houston, and Rihanna. Three legends.

Rihanna is not a legend. She's an icon but she aint a legend.

[Floyd Mayweather]

Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin & Madonna

[CandyBling]

Originally posted by Materialboy215

I'd have to say Madonna, Britney & Mariah Carey

All 3 have influenced an entire generation of artists!!!!

i have to agree here!

although wh can replace madge

[CandyBling]

Legend of Europe Mariah Carey with her Bambi Award from Germany.

[Eternium]

Aretha, Tina Turner and Madonna. My list will change in the future, I'm sure, but they're all old enough to have had their impact realized.

Originally posted by Rivington Reject

Are you talking about hits or album sales? If its album sales, that's irrelevant because literally no one in the world is going to be selling 30 million albums any time in the distant future. Gaga has eclipsed Britney in every department (singles, tours, acclaim, awards, etc) but album sales and cultural impact (she's not far off).

Sis

Gaga's career is only half the size of Rihanna's. She's only a fourth of the way to Britney's. Stop.

[MissedTheTrain]

Madonna, Mariah, and Janet.

Honorable mentions to Whitney and Tina Turner, who are both very very close (almost interchangeable).

Madonna - Shock value/performance art
Mariah - Vocals
Janet - Hardcore choreography

[Floyd Mayweather]

Originally posted by Eternium

Aretha, Tina Turner and Madonna. My list will change in the future, I'm sure, but they're all old enough to have had their impact realized.
Sis

Gaga's career is only half the size of Rihanna's. She's only a fourth of the way to Britney's. Stop.

I was gonna say those three

I feel that Tina inspired the performers, Aretha inspired the vocalist and Madonna inspired the pure pop acts

[Chimier]

Originally posted by Nemo

People saying Britney are either unaware or just saying her because she's their fave. Especially if they don't include Janet and Madonna with her, because Britney's entire career and image are almost completely just a compilation of Janet and Madonna inspiration.

Very true. And at a much lower level. Britney is a pop phenom. That's really where it ends.

Originally posted by Chimier

Of the past three decades:

Madonna- Reinvented and revitalized the female pop artist and the expectations that go along with such a position via image and sexuality, business and industry power, and what kind of subjects people sing about.

Janet- Provided the blueprint for the female pop performer through her combination of dance prowess, performance aesthetic, video art creativity, social consciousness and sexual freedom; influenced much of R&B and pop today through her cultivating and pioneering the New Jackswing sound.

Whitney- The most influential female vocalist of the past three decades due to her unique combination of gospel virtuosity and pop sensibility; pioneered the modern pop diva image via glossy, commercial presentation and soaring, sweeping pop-soul ballads and virtuosic dance numbers.

EDIT: Madonna also fused all these aspects together in performance.

[Shaliydah88]

Madonna, Whitney and Janet.

[Citrus]

Cher, Madonna, and Janet.

[EthaneFenty]

Janet, Mariah and Madonna I guess

[TikiMiss]

It goes:

Madonna
Janet
Whitney
Mariah
Britney

[Rayaine]

Madonna whitney & mariah

[Remixed]

madonna, janet and gaga

[idkher]

Aretha, Cher, Tina

Cher is more influential than Madonna

[TikiMiss]

Originally posted by idkher

Aretha, Cher, Tina

Cher is more influential than Madonna

Where is Cher's influence?

[Icarus]

Madonna, Mariah, Gaga I guess?

[idkher]

Originally posted by TikiMiss

Where is Cher's influence?

Madonna's entire career