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Originally Posted by Euronomus
Dude that's like saying that when people look back at the 70's they define that generation by the Carpenters and Abba or looking to the 90's and saying that Celine Dion is the pinnacle of what was happening in music at the time
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That is actually pretty true but along with Celine for that dreadful Titanic Theme song boy bands will be heavily remembered and so will gangster rap from the early 90s.
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Originally Posted by Euronomus
Record sales have almost nothing to do with artistic relevancy, they mostly reflect marketing and the size of the audience, and more often than not the ones with the potential to sell a lot of records are either a)the lowest common denominator or b)the most bland and mediocre/inoffensive. Sometimes good artist do sell a lot of records, but more often than not what's popular is entirely forgettable. I mean really Garth Brooks is the third highest selling musician in US history and how relevant is he in the history of music? Popularity is probably the worst metric of determining what has real relevancy because to most of the people buying the most popular stuff music isn't really important.
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Record sales have everything to do with how relevant an artist to a specific period of time. You might like the music or think it's disposable but when people look back at the great pop acts of certain decades they stay in their mind because of the popularity. Are you going to say that 20 years from now you aren't going to look back and think about how much boy bands and Britney Spears ruled the late 90s and mid 00s?
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Originally Posted by Euronomus
The ability to hit a high note doesn't make someone a good singer, putting your heart and soul into what your singing is the mark of a great singer and I don't hear that in her music at all.
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You are blinded by your hatred for her as an artist to even recognize when she's putting her heart and soul into what she is singing because you just don't like her at all.
Tell me there is no heart or soul in that performance.