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Post by fabtastique on Mar 20, 2019 1:59:38 GMT -5
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Post by germancanadian on Mar 20, 2019 10:08:57 GMT -5
Great to see Linda on the list but she should have been in the top 10. She was by far one of the most popular and successful female singers of the 70s. I think Streisand and Carole King were the only ones who sold more albums than her.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Mar 20, 2019 18:26:56 GMT -5
Supposedly Linda is the biggest selling female of the 70's. Streisand was probably close behind for the decade and she sold more albums in the 60's than Linda. Carole King had Tapestry but she was not above Linda overall for the 70's TMK. eddiejinfl
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Post by RobGNYC on Mar 20, 2019 18:43:05 GMT -5
This came up in an earlier thread. Here is how Billboard explained the methodology at www.billboard.com/articles/events/greatest-of-all-time/8053982/madonna-barbra-streisand-leann-rimes-adele-greatest-of-all-time-charts-hot-100-billboard-200:Barbra Streisand is the all-time queen of the Billboard 200 (since Aug. 17, 1963, when separate stereo and mono listings were combined into one weekly survey). She has logged 34 top 10 albums, the most among soloists, including 11 No. 1s, the most among women. Taylor Swift is the No. 2 Billboard 200 female artist. Billboard's woman of the year for 2011 and 2014 arrived on the chart in 2006 and has posted twin 11-week leaders (2008's Fearless and 2014's 1989) among her dominant discography, which includes her newest and fifth topper, Reputation. Rounding out the top five, Swift is followed by, in order, Carey, Houston (the woman with the most total weeks atop the Billboard 200: 46) and Madonna. Adele (the No. 6 female artist) reigns with the top Billboard 200 album by a woman: 21, which topped the tally for 24 weeks beginning March 12, 2011, the longest rule for an album by a solo female in the chart's history. The rest of the Billboard 200's all-time top five among women: Swift's Fearless (No. 2); Alanis Morissette's 1995 alt-rock opus Jagged Little Pill (No. 3); Carole King's signature 1971 set Tapestry (No. 4); and Swift's 1989 (No. 5). Methodology: The Greatest of All-Time Hot 100 Songs by Women & Billboard 200 Albums by Women, as well as their respective Artists rankings, are based on weekly performance on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart (from its Aug. 4, 1958, inception through Nov. 4, 2017) & Billboard 200 albums chart (from Aug. 17, 1963, through Nov. 4, 2017). Songs & Albums are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value & weeks at lower spots earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates over various periods. Artists are ranked based on a formula blending performance, as outlined above, of all their respective chart entries. Songs included are sung entirely by a female credited as a lead artist or are duets in which a solo female is credited. Albums included are by solo females or groups in which vocals are primarily female. Artists include female soloists, as well as duos or groups in which vocals are primarily female. Read more: ronstadt.proboards.com/thread/5981/greatest-time-billboard-women-artists#ixzz5il5vwnko
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Post by fabtastique on Mar 21, 2019 16:00:04 GMT -5
I still believe it’s quality over quantity that matters .... Linda is no 1 in that respect and most of the others shouldn’t be on the chart by that standard !
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Post by germancanadian on Mar 21, 2019 16:49:51 GMT -5
I still believe it’s quality over quantity that matters .... Linda is no 1 in that respect and most of the others shouldn’t be on the chart by that standard ! Linda definitely should have been higher. There were also some glaring omissions. Janis Joplin, Dolly, Emmylou, Stevie Nicks should have been there. Putting Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Britney, Carrie Underwood above Linda is just wrong. Adele is really good though, one of the few really talented modern singers.
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Post by erik on Jun 6, 2019 19:05:46 GMT -5
Quote by germancanadian:
Clearly it is skewed towards who is "hot" right now, and not for anything resembling prestige. There's nothing in Miley Cyrus' career that stands out in my opinion (at least not the stuff that wouldn't embarrass anyone else). Beyoncé's "black power" stance is becoming quite grating. Britney...well, God only knows what she's supposed to be about on any given day. Taylor--well, she's almost thirty years old, and her voice still isn't anything to write home about.
You could probably make a case for Carrie, though I'd still dock her for having become a star as the result of American Idol, a show for which Linda believes she'd be admitted into heaven for not watching. And you certainly could for Adele, who is probably this era's Dusty Springfield.
But to omit Dolly, Emmy, and Stevie. and to lower Linda's status as almost a footnote, is a great example of historical amnesia on the part of Billboard Magazine (IMHO).
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Post by RobGNYC on Jun 6, 2019 21:00:53 GMT -5
Questionable methodology--Carpenters are included because Karen sang lead but Diana Ross is split between solo and Supremes. I would argue that Diana should have had one (higher) entry including both.
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