Billboard Names Top Pop Artist of 21st Century

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
You're waking up with fifth in the morning time kiss
one one. Do you think this would be more engaging
if I had clips of the songs for you? Because
I didn't pull them, and I am immediately regretting it.
But we're already here, so if I can manage two
things at once, maybe I will. But we're talking about
the greatest pop stars of the twenty first century. I
had just covered that one through five in three things

(00:23):
you need to know. We're coming in at number one, Beyonce,
number two, Taylor Swift, number three, Rihanna, number four Drake,
and number five Lady Gaga.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
How do you feel about that?

Speaker 1 (00:35):
I had already explained the reason why Billboard chose Beyonce
over Taylor, although I'm sure neither one of them are
bothered by it.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
They both support each other very much.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Was because of the longevity of Beyonce's career and how
impactful it has been over the entire time. Rihanna clocked
in above Drake just because.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
She's shot so many number ones.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
They called Drake a simp, not funny, like this is
a banger of me?

Speaker 2 (01:12):
All right.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
I can't get caught up in this. I want to
filter through the rest of the list, though. Right below
Lady Gaga at number six is Britney Spears. These are
the greatest pop stars of the twenty first century. She's
trending a ton right now because she called herself five
years old and she was spotted on her way to Mexico,
and I'm sending her the most well wishes. Someone could
send the kindest of regards. The woman needs it. Coming

(01:34):
in at number seven Kanye West, Number eight Justin Bieber,
although Haley Bieber believed that Justin should have racked up
higher in the list. I don't know if that was
the right phrase I was looking for. I think eight
pretty much suits him. Yeah, maybe maybe above Lady I
don't know.

Speaker 2 (01:55):
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (01:55):
Again, these are always so controversial because they cost so
much conversation. Coming in at number two nine Ariana Grande,
ten Adele, eleven, Asher, twelve, Eminem. He's come up a
bunch in conversation today. Rest in peace to his mother.
I know that that was a difficult relationship. Number thirteen
Nicki Minaj, fourteen was Justin Timberlake. Fifteen was Miley Cyrus sixteen,

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jay Z seventeen, Shakira eighteen, The Weekend nineteen, BTS twenty,
Bruno Mars twenty one, Lil Wayne twenty two, one Direction
twenty three, Bad Bunny, twenty four Ed Sheeran, and number
twenty five was Katy Perry.

Speaker 2 (02:34):
The end of the list gets a little dicey for me.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
I'm sure they're looking at number one's album sales, streams,
overall popularity, but I would feel that Katy Perry would
fall higher on the list than Shakira and potentially BTS,
Bad Bunny, though I'm glad he.

Speaker 2 (02:54):
Made the list. One of my favorite artists at the moment. Okay,
those are.

Speaker 1 (02:57):
The greatest pop stars of the twenty first century. I'll
retweet it and repost it so you can look at it.
I just love this conversation. I don't know, I'm obsessed.
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