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Discussion: Will there ever be another pop star as big as Britney?
Member Since: 8/19/2013
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ATRL's obsession with Britney is insane. The fact that we have a thread like this 2 times a week speaks volumes.
People LOVE Britney. She is always in the media and has a sold out concert series. She was/is everywhere.Heck, you go to Walgreens and you see her face all over the perfume aisle (go see it with you own eyes). So PLEASE, just accept she was, is, & will continue to be the huge star that she is.
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Gaga, Katy, Beyonce, and Miley are all bigger.
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Member Since: 6/5/2011
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Never ever ever ...like ever
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Lady Gaga was just as big from 2009 to 2011. Beyonce from 2013 to present is just as big if not bigger.
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Member Since: 6/5/2011
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Originally posted by kingmichael
Lady Gaga was just as big from 2009 to 2011. Beyonce from 2013 to present is just as big if not bigger.
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Gaga was big but her peak can't compete with Britney's.
Beyonce wasn't half as big as Britney during her peak.
But both were big.
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Member Since: 8/17/2013
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Member Since: 8/1/2012
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Originally posted by kingmichael
Lady Gaga was just as big from 2009 to 2011. Beyonce from 2013 to present is just as big if not bigger.
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Why from 2013? Id say a lot before then...
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by BambooBanga
Why from 2013? Id say a lot before then...
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She was big other years. But 2013 to now I would say is her peak cuz of the Superbowl, 2 sold out world tours,endorsements, the Beyonce album which was a game changer and constant media coverage.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by Bie
Gaga was big but her peak can't compete with Britney's.
Beyonce wasn't half as big as Britney during her peak.
But both were big.
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What makes Britney bigger? Lady gaga and Beyonce were just as famous during their peak and generated more revenue than she ever did.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Katy, Rihanna, Gaga, and Beyoncé say hello.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by ThirdWardBey
Katy, Rihanna, Gaga, and Beyoncé say hello.
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And Britney says goodbye to all their underperforming asses.
Just for comparison in the U.S. (which is all of their biggest markets):
Britney Spears:
Nielsen Soundscan Albums Sold - 32.8 million
Other Albums Sold - 3,398,000+ (Sony BMG)
Singles Sold - 40+ million = 4 million TEAs (or albums sold)
Total: 40,198,000 albums sold
Beyonce:
Nielsen Soundscan Albums Sold - 14,812,759
Singles Sold - 43,240,496 = 4.3 million TEAs (or albums sold)
Total: 19,112,759 albums sold
Rihanna:
Nielsen Soundscan Albums Sold - 10.4 million
Singles Sold - 80 million = 8 million TEAs (or albums sold)
Total: 18,400,000 albums sold
Katy:
Nielsen Soundscan Albums Sold: 5.8 million
Singles Sold - 70 million = 7 million TEAs (or albums sold)
Total: 12,800,000 albums sold
Now you tell me how any of these girls are close to Britney when their WW careers are even worse in comparison and none of them have had a tenth of the impact Britney has had. Actually, they've all had their careers heavily impacted BY Britney
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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No.
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Member Since: 9/1/2013
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Originally posted by AriNikoBradshaw
But Gaga's last album sold twice as much as Britneys..? I think Katy and Gaga are bigger than Britney ever was tbh.
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Anyway, a pop star as massive as Britney comes only once in a long while. Beyonce as of 2013 is closest.
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Originally posted by AriNikoBradshaw
Did Britney have 5 #1s from a single album and some of the best selling songs of all time? I think not. Sit down. And ARTPOP has sold twice as much as BJ. Not false.
Name a single Britney song with more sales than "Bad Romance"or a single album with more #1s than 'Teenage Dream'
Hell, what are Britney's tour numbers? I bet Gaga's have a higher average
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okay but this is the tea
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Member Since: 9/1/2013
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Originally posted by blasianlove
Gaga, Katy, Beyonce, and Miley are all bigger.
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Originally posted by Eternium
And Britney says goodbye to all their underperforming asses.
Just for comparison in the U.S. (which is all of their biggest markets):
Britney Spears:
Nielsen Soundscan Albums Sold - 32.8 million
Other Albums Sold - 3,398,000+ (Sony BMG)
Singles Sold - 40+ million = 4 million TEAs (or albums sold)
Total: 40,198,000 albums sold
Beyonce:
Nielsen Soundscan Albums Sold - 14,812,759
Singles Sold - 43,240,496 = 4.3 million TEAs (or albums sold)
Total: 19,112,759 albums sold
Rihanna:
Nielsen Soundscan Albums Sold - 10.4 million
Singles Sold - 80 million = 8 million TEAs (or albums sold)
Total: 18,400,000 albums sold
Katy:
Nielsen Soundscan Albums Sold: 5.8 million
Singles Sold - 70 million = 7 million TEAs (or albums sold)
Total: 12,800,000 albums sold
Now you tell me how any of these girls are close to Britney when their WW careers are even worse in comparison and none of them have had a tenth of the impact Britney has had. Actually, they've all had their careers heavily impacted BY Britney
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not you comparing Brit's sales receipts from the Stone Age to those of artists whose careers started during the digital era and are now in the advent of streaming. u sure tried it tho
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by lightstheyblindme
not you comparing Brit's sales receipts from the Stone Age to those of artists whose careers started during the digital era and are now in the advent of streaming. u sure tried it tho
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I'm feeling so much secondhand embarrassment from this post.
First, let's point out that you cosigned this post:
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Did Britney have 5 #1s from a single album and some of the best selling songs of all time? I think not. Sit down. And ARTPOP has sold twice as much as BJ. Not false.
Name a single Britney song with more sales than "Bad Romance"or a single album with more #1s than 'Teenage Dream'
Hell, what are Britney's tour numbers? I bet Gaga's have a higher average
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Do I even need to mention that touring receipts are the most inflated they've ever been as are single sales? How can album sales be defunct because they're from "the stone age" and "albums sold better back then" but then then touring numbers and single sales from today count despite them being more inflated than album sales ever have been? Talk about blatant bias
Second of all, Britney's "...Baby One More Time" was more successful than any and all of Katy Perry's, Lady Gaga's and Beyonce's singles.
Third, welcome to the ****ing 21st century. IFPI and Billboard even use TEAs now so get with the program and learn to do a little math. 10 digital track sales are equivalent to one album sale. Nobody's going to change the program just because it's not inflating faves' sales receipts.
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Originally posted by Swim
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Beyonce was bigger in 2004 than she was in 2013
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Member Since: 4/3/2014
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Britney's peak was at a different time in pop music history. Being a pop star in 2000 was completely different to being a pop star in 2014.
There was no social media, so they couldn't interact with fans. There were no gossip sites, so what they wore on a day-to-day basis wasn't really a big deal. They'd just appear in weekly tabloids. Also there was less competition. When Gaga came out in 2008, she really made everyone up their game because everyone saw the sky was the limit. And everyone has upped their game. They've seen how big the industry could be and now everyone's going harder than they ever have before. Everyone is raising the bar and there's also so much competition nowadays. When Britney was at her peak, there was always a bit of a "Britney vs. Christina" argument going on, but it wasn't like "Britney vs. Christina vs. Gaga vs. Katy vs. Rihanna vs. Beyonce vs. Ariana vs. Miley vs. Pink vs. Lil Mama."
But Britney kind of owned the world's stage for a while there. And now, because the music industry and the celebrity industry have become so huge and just keep growing, all female pop stars (now and forever) will have to share the stage with a lot of competitors.
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Member Since: 3/6/2014
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Yes, every few years an artist comes around and causes a media storm. In the 80s it was Madonna, the 2000s it was Britney, it was briefly Gaga during the late 2000s, and it was briefly Miley last year.
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