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BuzzJack Music Forum _ UK Charts _ Females artists who achieved a top 10 hit in streaming era
Posted by: Rob S Sep 5 2016, 11:16 AM
This thought popped into my head after seeing that the charts top 10 has been mainly more male artists dominant along with dance tracks dominating over solo female artists who I've seen hasn't had as much of a advantage than guys do. Ie someone said that it's been ages since a female has topped the charts (there's been none this year so far) & as far as I could see only a small amount of female artists have actually reached the top 10.
So can you mention any female artists who have managed to successfully achieve a top 10 hit since streaming got included in the Official Charts. Not including female groups like Little Mix/Fifth Harmony etc or features on dance tracks. Tove Lo would be included if were the case 
For me i can think of some
Adele
Taylor Swift
Ellie Goulding
Zara Larrson
Cheryl
Ella Henderson
Sia
Why do you think female artists struggle to get top 10 hits more regularly than male artists when it comes to the streaming portion of things?
Posted by: travis Sep 5 2016, 11:19 AM
i'm not as familiar with the UK charts, but wasn't Carly Rae Jepsen #1 there once or twice?
Posted by: gooddelta Sep 5 2016, 11:20 AM
Rachel Platten
Carly Rae Jepsen
Louisa Johnson
It's much harder for female artists to gain traction on streaming though as the main streaming demographic is teenage girls, who evidently prefer streaming male artists.
Posted by: travis Sep 5 2016, 11:27 AM
Miley Cyrus
Ariana Grande
Iggy Azalea
Lily Allen
Jessie J
Nicki Minaj
(unless you don't think features count, then axe iggy and nicki)
Posted by: danG Sep 5 2016, 11:30 AM
Jess Glynne, Queen of Music
Posted by: Rob S Sep 5 2016, 11:42 AM
She achieved a top 10 with I Really Like You last year so yep she would count.
It'll be interesting to see if GaGa & Emeli can get a top 10 with streaming, the former most likely but not necessarily straight away and if the hype translates but with the latter I'm not so sure it'll be a big chart presence. I guess we'll see!
Posted by: danG Sep 5 2016, 11:45 AM
With GaGa it depends on the song. No way will it initially go top ten (except on sales) but if it appeals outside of the fan base and to streaming appeal then it could easily climb there. If she does another Applause, she'll flop. (No shade intended, I do like Applause)
Posted by: AcerBen Sep 5 2016, 11:55 AM
Doesn't seem to be any harder for female artists than male. It's just fewer singles are making the top 10 in the first place isn't it?
Posted by: awardinary Sep 5 2016, 12:05 PM
Fleur East had a major hit with Sax only a few months ago.
Posted by: PeteFromLeeds Sep 5 2016, 12:26 PM
I think it is harder, there are only 8 female artists as lead singers in the current Top 40 at the moment (compared to 15 male)
Posted by: gooddelta Sep 5 2016, 12:34 PM
It's WAY harder for females to have huge hits than males I think, particularly right at the top, where we've had probably less than (or around) 10 solo female top three hits in the last two years.
Posted by: Rob S Sep 5 2016, 12:58 PM
With the exception of tracks like 'Sax', 'Lush Life', 'I Really Like You' & all of Adele' s tracks to name a few because they sound like popular big hits in the first place. For other artists it isn't that easy to release songs and for them to go top 10 especially with streaming being more of an disadvantage unless they are hyped up to the max. Look at Dua Lipa for example with Hotter than Hell could have easily been a top 3/5 smash if someone like Bieber sang it but for some reason didn't quite get enough streams to make it a top 10 hit.
Another thing is when did Rihanna last get a top 10 hit on her own? Pre streaming era with 'diamonds'. Even she can only get a top 10 hit with someone like Drake who is known to have a huge advantage with being a streaming favourite. Without a feature it's being proven that Rihanna wouldn't necessarily get a top 10 rn.
Posted by: gooddelta Sep 5 2016, 01:00 PM
Another thing is when did Rihanna last get a top 10 hit on her own? Pre streaming era with 'Stay'. Even she can only get a top 10 hit especially in the streaming era with someone like Drake who is known to guaranteed to dominate and hence have a huge advantage with being a hit. Without a feature it's being proven that Rihanna wouldn't necessarily get a top 10 rn.
That featured Mikky Ekko, her last true solo top ten was Diamonds.
Posted by: Rob S Sep 5 2016, 01:09 PM
Edited as Talking Body wasn't a good example lmao!
Posted by: vidcapper Sep 5 2016, 02:03 PM
In Adele's case, her sales are so massive that they override the streaming benefit of other artists!
Posted by: Eva_coco_may Sep 5 2016, 05:08 PM
Fleur East and her Sax,
Louisa Johnson
Rihanna
Zara Larsson
Grace - You Don't Own Me
Posted by: The Hit Parade Sep 5 2016, 06:42 PM
Rita Ora
Posted by: cqmerqn Sep 5 2016, 06:43 PM
Tove Lo
Posted by: Rob S Sep 5 2016, 07:06 PM
Top 10 before Streaming counted towards the chart doesn't count
Posted by: danG Sep 5 2016, 07:10 PM
She had a top 10 as featured artist on 'Heroes (We Could Be)' in the streaming era.
Posted by: Rob S Sep 5 2016, 07:36 PM
Yeah I know that 
the thread title was referring to just solo female artists (not as featured on dance tracks either). If that were the case I'd have included other dance tracks with female vocalists.
I'll edit that in as I probably wasn't totally clear
Another one that springs to mind is Kelly Clarkson. I remember being impressed she managed to get a top 10 with streaming last year. Even if was one of her weakest tracks!
Posted by: Hadji Sep 30 2016, 12:25 AM
Lily Allen
Lily Allen's last top 10 single was "Air Balloon" and that was before the streaming era and Miley Cyrus hasn't had a top 10 since "Wrecking Ball"
Posted by: jafetsigfinns Sep 30 2016, 10:27 AM
Scrolling through the old Streaming Chart (the one pre-July 2014) I was shocked to find that both Primadonna by Marina & The Diamonds and Euphoria by Loreen made the Top 10 and had nice Top 40 runs 
(the chart only started sometime mid-May so I can only assume Primadonna had some weeks before that as well in the Top 40)
Euphoria -> 8-22-13-14-19-25-27-32-33-37
Primadonna -> 9-8-9-10-10-14-22-29
I'm especially shocked about Euphoria because it only spent 4 weeks in the official top 40 but here it's present for some 10 weeks.
I know it's not quite what this thread is about but I found it fitting to post here since this thread inspired me to go scroll through those archives.
Posted by: Jonjo Sep 30 2016, 11:48 AM
It's amazing how we all think it's Rihanna's name that brings the guaranteed smashes haha. Maybe not so much anymore. </3 'Love On The Brain' to end this dry spell of solo Rihanna top 10 singles, please. (the chart only started sometime mid-May so I can only assume Primadonna had some weeks before that as well in the Top 40)Euphoria -> 8-22-13-14-19-25-27-32-33-37
Primadonna -> 9-8-9-10-10-14-22-29
I'm especially shocked about Euphoria because it only spent 4 weeks in the official top 40 but here it's present for some 10 weeks.
I know it's not quite what this thread is about but I found it fitting to post here since this thread inspired me to go scroll through those archives.
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