In some portions of this post, I will sound like a bigot but my bigotry is justified by the fact that I feel I have sufficient enough knowledge to delve into the topic. I am not a mindless celebrity junkie and unlike some fans, I do research on the topics and often, back up my arguments well. Now, studying Philosophy in my sophomore year of University has taught me logic and that all arguments need to be backed by logically deductive conclusions. First of all, to assume that Lady Gaga is the Queen of Pop is a fallible argument because the only justification, at present, would be her major popularity. She has only been in the game for about 4 years maximum....by calling Lady Gaga the Queen of Pop, we're eliminating other artists who have been in the industry for much longer and definitely sold much more than she did. Furthermore, it would take her another 5 years to reach those sales as other artists like Madonna, Janet Jackson and even Britney Spears.
Speaking of Britney Spears, the feud or the Pop war between her and Lady Gaga is probably the most superfluous thing that has ever happened in the music industry. Their music might be similar in some regards but as artists, they present themselves in different lights. In contrasting the two artists, there are an array of differences that make them unique and different from each other. To call Lady Gaga better than Britney Spears is to call Motorola better than BlackBerry...really? Are we going to go down that road?
Britney has been in the industry for over a decade (Yes that's more than 10 years). She is the most successful female artist of all time, amongst others and could be termed: Legend. Even in her not-so-good days she had our attention and her album Blackout debuted at Number 2....Do we not consider these things when we call someone like Lady Gaga queen of pop? Besides, I think that Lady Gaga would have been a one-hit-wonder if she had presented herself as Stefani Germanotta without all the crazy outfits and tongue-in-cheek music videos. She has built a cult around herself (I am not calling her the illuminati) and has found an intelligent way to survive amongst other artists who are already big in the industry. Yes, her Born This Way album sold like a million copies in its first week but when will she finally outdo Madonna? (The actual Queen of Pop)...I think never. The fact is, she will probably find herself on par with someone like Britney Spears one day but then, Britney releases another album and what happens? Lady Gaga is pushed down...This is true.
Britney's Femme Fatale album went platinum this year but didn't have the best first week sales, yet it still managed to debut at number one on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart. Again, such things are left out of perspective. Remember that Britney is ranked as the eighth best selling female artist of all time, remember that she is the only female artist EVER to have all her albums debut, consecutively at the number one spot on the billboard chart. Remember that she received her star in the Hollywood walk of fame long before she even turned 25. Remember that her album Baby One More Time is the only album by a female, debut artist to debut at number one with first week sales of over a million copies?
If we're calling Lady Gaga the Queen of Pop then we're forgetting Mariah Carey too...She's even more of a legend and a DIVA in every sense of the word. She has celebrated many years in the music industry with continued success. Don't get me wrong, I like Lady Gaga....She makes good music and her songs are catchy and as much as people call Britney manufactured, we can't deny that Lady Gaga is somewhat manufactured too, much as her little monsters would like to deny this. The mere fact that she relies on antics to remain revelant is a sign of her being "manufactured", in fact, she is manufacturing herself but continuously engaging in methods of secular culturalism. Her music from the lips of another artist wouldn't sell at all. So what is her claim to fame? What makes the Queen of Pop? Her claim to fame is her antics and nothing makes her the Queen of Pop. Let's wait for another 10 years to pass, in which Britney would have another 4 albums come in at number, giving her total of 10 number one albums and then, how many would the supposed Queen of Pop have?
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