Billboard names Drake as the 4th greatest pop star of the 21st century

[HimmyHendrix]

Beyonce was the only one who was an artist at the beginning of the 21st century to now. I would be surprised if she isn't #1 and Taylor Swift #2. Drake should be ahead of Rihanna though.

How? Rihanna debut in 2005 and had huge #1s before Drake even dropped

SOS
Umbrella
Take A Bow
Disturbia
Live Your Life
Rude Boy

all happened before anybody knew who Drake was

and then she added 8 more during Drakes run.

 

[itsyoung!!]

What? She had irreplaceable, check on it, single ladies, crazy in love all to number one in the world before he ben dropped an album. not to mention her Destiny’s child work.

all that and still nothing sales wise compared to Adele, Pink, Lady Gaga, etc

 

[mundL]

I like Pop music so I occasionally listen to Drake

He is currently in a deep Depression I think so he prolly wont care too much for this

 

[23Barrettcity]

im a kendrick fan, yes.

im also old. i didnt hear about kendrick until GKMC. backseat freestyle. 2012.

ive hated drake since 2007.

his entire sound was stolen and built on kanyes 808s and his songs are interchangeable. not that he writes them anyway

if he doesnt make the beats, doesnt play anything, and doesnt write his lyrics, what is he? hes a performer

he is an actor

lol so you never heard of big brother right

 

[23Barrettcity]

How? Rihanna debut in 2005 and had huge #1s before Drake even dropped

SOS
Umbrella
Take A Bow
Disturbia
Live Your Life
Rude Boy

all happened before anybody knew who Drake was

and then she added 8 more during Drakes run.

She hasn’t droppedi music in how long

 

[King Harlem]

How? Rihanna debut in 2005 and had huge #1s before Drake even dropped

SOS
Umbrella
Take A Bow
Disturbia
Live Your Life
Rude Boy

all happened before anybody knew who Drake was

and then she added 8 more during Drakes run.

Rihanna hasn't dropped an album since 2016. Otherwise, she would be ahead.
Drake has been flooding the market with albums for the last decade.

 

[Solo_87]

beyonce shouldnt even be top 10

she barely a top 10 selling female artist let alone female + male of the 21st century

She's in top 10 for best selling female artist of all time

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And top 3 for female artist in touring

 

[Clark Wayne]

beyonce shouldnt even be top 10

she barely a top 10 selling female artist let alone female + male of the 21st century

Nah, I can’t roll with this one. Beyoncé went on a 6 album run that’s hard to beat.

Dangerously in Love
B Day
I am Sasha Fierce
4
Beyoncé
Lemonade.

Taking Grammys into consideration she has 32 which is the most out of everybody.

Sales wise she is at 200 million, up there with some of the all time best.

 

[Goat poster]

Beyonce and rih have writers as well

Because all 3 of them are pop stars

 

[Kings County]

His writers did too

u discussing a nikka who actually writes maybe 70% of the time
vs the people above him who never write at all

 

[Da_Eggman]

Kendrick was named the 4th best mc from Compton

 

[Woodrow]

Think Beys touring numbers in addition to everything else puts her in top 2

fair. i dont think it's possible for aubrey not to be top 3 though. someone's gotta move, lol. and rihanna is still a bigger POP star than beyonce imo. always has been.

 

[itsyoung!!]

She's in top 10 for best selling female artist of all time

Top artists (daily update) - ChartMasters

The CSPC list is quite simply the most accurate, up to date list of best selling artists of all time available online. Click and enjoy!

chartmasters.org

And top 3 for female artist in touring

this list includes male and female.

 

[itsyoung!!]

Nah, I can’t roll with this one. Beyoncé went on a 6 album run that’s hard to beat.

Dangerously in Love
B Day
I am Sasha Fierce
4
Beyoncé
Lemonade.

Taking Grammys into consideration she has 32 which is the most out of everybody.

Sales wise she is at 200 million, up there with some of the all time best.

not one of those albums was best selling albums of the year they released

all hype

Always starts strong then tapers off because none of her albums are classics

Lemonade #7 - 2016:

Best-selling albums of 2016

Best-selling albums of 2016

bestsellingalbums.org

Beyonce #3 - 2013:

Best-selling albums of 2013

Best-selling albums of 2013

bestsellingalbums.org

4 #8 - 2011

Best-selling albums of 2011

Best-selling albums of 2011

bestsellingalbums.org

Sasha Fierce #4 - 2008

Best-selling albums of 2008

Best-selling albums of 2008

bestsellingalbums.org

B Day #8 - 2006

Best-selling albums of 2006

Best-selling albums of 2006

bestsellingalbums.org

Dangerously In Love #5

Best-selling albums of 2003

Best-selling albums of 2003

bestsellingalbums.org

Taylor Swift , Lady Gaga and Adele always kill beyonce sales wise

how they say you the biggest artist in the world, but you never had the biggest album of any year, ever

 

[Solo_87]

fair. i dont think it's possible for aubrey not to be top 3 though. someone's gotta move, lol. and rihanna is still a bigger POP star than beyonce imo. always has been.

If it was just based on streaming I would agree

this list includes male and female.

What male popstars that were considered have outsold her? Believe it's Drake, Em and Kanye

She's sold more records than Weeknd, Bruno, Pink, Gaga, etc overall

In addition to her touring numbers she's in the top 3 at the very least