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Greatest artist of all time?
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Da Shins Kelly wrote: »I don't doubt Britney's influence on pop music, particularly female popstars, and she's made a couple of great tunes in her day, but greatest artist ever?
In my opinion, yes.
Obviously that is influenced by the fact that the only genre of music I listen to is pop (bar a few exceptions like Lana Del Rey who is more "alternative/ indie pop"- who by the way also cited Britney as one of her main influences despite the fact that her style and genre seems to be very different!) I'm not saying she "technically" has the greatest voice but to my ears she has the best singing voice I have ever heard, she is also a undeniably amazing dancer, performer and has even wrote/ co-wrote some massive songs. She wrote and composed "Everytime" for example. I can't name another artists who has had so many hits- Baby One More Time, Oops I Did It Again, I'm a Slave 4 U, Toxic, Gimme More, Womanizer, Hold It Against Me.. the list goes on and on 
On the Billboard Hot 100 she and Mariah Carey are the only artists to have had more than one number one debuts ( they both had 2- Britney's were 3 and Hold It Against Me) and Britney has had other hits rapidly jump to number one e.g. Womanizer went from 96 to 1 in a week (the biggest jump to number one ever). She has has more number one albums than any artist in the 21st century.
In fact in 2001 Britney became the first female artist in history to have her first three albums debut at number one. She broke this record two years later with a fourth number one debut. With the number one debut of her Circus album in 2008, Britney also became the youngest female artist in history to have five number one albums. She later beat the record when her 7th studio album, Femme Fatale debuted at number one on April, 2011.
With all these massive achievements you must also take Britney's age into account! She has records supposed "legends" 30-60 years older than her couldn't dream of! Given the sheer size of her fan base there is no doubt but that she is going to be around for decades and decades to come, where she will continue to shatter her own records.0 -
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Oh also Britney has sold 100 million albums (not including singles!)
... whoops, my mistake...105! :P
Edit: I know popularity isn't a necessary indicator of how great of an artist you are but it certainly is a massive factor- so I thought I'd just add that Britney has been named the most searched person since the conception of the internet!! Plus she was the highest earning musician in 2012 despite not releasing any albums or touring at all this year! 0 -
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Greatest artist/most influental artist, such a subjective opinion. The huge sellers like Jackson, the beatles, pink floyd, elvis etc,there can be no argument all quality artists.
Then you have the likes lou reed, kraftwerk, joy division,sex pistols, all hugely influental without selling quite as many as the "superstars".
For me ,Neil young, Pink Floyd and The Beatles i could listen to these 3 all day long and always hear something new in one of their tracks. 0 -
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funnights74 wrote: »Greatest artist/most influental artist, such a subjective opinion. The huge sellers like Jackson, the beatles, pink floyd, elvis etc,there can be no argument all quality artists.
Then you have the likes lou reed, kraftwerk, joy division,sex pistols, all hugely influental without selling quite as many as the "superstars".
For me ,Neil young, Pink Floyd and The Beatles i could listen to these 3 all day long and always hear something new in one of their tracks.
I'm gutted - couldn't get tickets for Kraftwerk; all sold out and website kept crashing. A huge influence on Depeche Mode, New Order, Gary Numan, OMD and house and hip hop.0 -
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Da Shins Kelly wrote: »Definitely not indie or alternative. She's as manufactured as any of them.
I was just saying that's what iTunes and Wikipedia say. I don't care personally. In fact, I'd nearly rather iTunes started classifying her as "pop" because then she'd be in with all the other singers I like. I only like pop really. I'd say she's the only non-autotuned/ manufactured singer that's actually worth listening to IMO 0 -
Michael Jackson was exceptional at everything he put his mind to. Songwriting, dancing, singing, producing, choreographing. The ultimate all-rounder. I think even though his success was monumental it was well-earned and I'd certainly call him the greatest of all time.In my opinion, yes. Obviously that is influenced by the fact that the only genre of music I listen to is pop (bar a few exceptions like Lana Del Rey who is more "alternative/ indie pop"- who by the way also cited Britney as one of her main influences despite the fact that her style and genre seems to be very different!) I'm not saying she "technically" has the greatest voice but to my ears she has the best singing voice I have ever heard, she is also a undeniably amazing dancer, performer and has even wrote/ co-wrote some massive songs. She wrote and composed "Everytime" for example. I can't name another artists who has had so many hits- Baby One More Time, Oops I Did It Again, I'm a Slave 4 U, Toxic, Gimme More, Womanizer, Hold It Against Me.. the list goes on and on On the Billboard Hot 100 she and Mariah Carey are the only artists to have had more than one number one debuts ( they both had 2- Britney's were 3 and Hold It Against Me) and Britney has had other hits rapidly jump to number one e.g. Womanizer went from 96 to 1 in a week (the biggest jump to number one ever). She has has more number one albums than any artist in the 21st century.
In fact in 2001 Britney became the first female artist in history to have her first three albums debut at number one. She broke this record two years later with a fourth number one debut. With the number one debut of her Circus album in 2008, Britney also became the youngest female artist in history to have five number one albums. She later beat the record when her 7th studio album, Femme Fatale debuted at number one on April, 2011.
With all these massive achievements you must also take Britney's age into account! She has records supposed "legends" 30-60 years older than her couldn't dream of! Given the sheer size of her fan base there is no doubt but that she is going to be around for decades and decades to come, where she will continue to shatter her own records.
I'm sorry but I have to address this. I'm actually a huge fan of Britney's music but putting her out there as a suggestion for greatest artist of all time is fairly absurd. She's the ultimate example of a human being that has been used as a puppet her whole life by a big record label. She never wrote any of her own songs, she CO-wrote 'Everytime' and I'm very skeptical as to what sort of contribution was involved there. Her voice has a nice quality to it but she completely falls apart when trying to sing live. Any credit to the quality of her music since In the Zone can be attributed to the songwriters and producers who mould her sound. She hasn't done a good tour or music video since that era because she had a nervous breakdown, yet the people surrounding her keep pushing her to get stuff out every couple of years. She's so insecure with her success that she's blatantly fed her own lines through an earpiece on American X-Factor, and cringes whenever one of her music videos is shown on the big screen.0 -
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karaokeman wrote: »Was Britney not the executive producer on that album?
Yeah you're right, she was!Some people should do their research first! :P 0 -
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