Clearly none of those are the worst singers on the planet, but to be fair, if they weren't attractive, they wouldn't be successful singers. Cheryl Cole, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Kesha etc.. are known for doing poor live vocal performances, but they are deemed attractive enough to garner record deals. There are so many singers on YouTube (for example) that are absolutely incredible, but haven't even been signed. So I think it's fair for people to slate artists like that when they have record deals and are making millions, but aren't actually that talented.

 

Appearance is EVERYTHING in the music business, there are exceptions yes, but on the whole image and sex sells. That's why Record labels seem to value image over talent. It's sad really.

 

Fourthly, some of the poor vocalists are good at other things in music. For example, you've got Ke$ha and Katy Perry who are good song-writers.

 

:o "Do you ever feel like a plastic bag" :kink: Still think she's good now?!

:o "Do you ever feel like a plastic bag" :kink: Still think she's good now?!

 

Yeah. :lol: Seriously, I'm sure even artists like Adele and Eminem have a cringe line somewhere, in one of the songs they've written. :lol: Just, luckily for them, not the very first line of their most popular song!!

 

No, but seriously, if I like a song, I like it. I'm not going to stop thinking Firework is a brilliant song just because the female in the music video is attractive. And I won't like a song just because the artist is ugly. Ugly artists need to make good songs for me to like them, just like everybody else.

Edited July 19, 201114 yr by Eric_Blob

I've seen Katy Perry live. No she's not on the same level as Adele or Beyonce but she's not awful. I was quite surprised. Then she goes and pulls out dross like her XF performance last year. Rihanna has improved drastically as well imo. Just the way she sounds on her records is not as irritating as her earlier material. Ke$ha I reserve judgement, mainly because I dislike the woman and find her quite fake, but I wouldn't call her talentless, she's clearly a very good writer. I don't even think Cheryl Cole is that bad either. Again, not a worldclass vocal talent and even though I'd class her as being a poor vocalist, she's not dreadful. 'Fight For This Love' is one of my favourite pop songs of recent years, yet even that makes me cringe towards the end when she tries to add some 'shouty' vocals to the background.

 

All that said I think it's unfair to mention said artists in the same category as Rebecca Black. I wasn't saying she is the worst sounding person to ever open their mouth and release a record. If anything she needs decent material to disguise her lack of vocal ability. That if anything as others have said works for the artists that are being thrown around.

I've seen Katy Perry live. No she's not on the same level as Adele or Beyonce but she's not awful. I was quite surprised. Then she goes and pulls out dross like her XF performance last year. Rihanna has improved drastically as well imo. Just the way she sounds on her records is not as irritating as her earlier material. Ke$ha I reserve judgement, mainly because I dislike the woman and find her quite fake, but I wouldn't call her talentless, she's clearly a very good writer. I don't even think Cheryl Cole is that bad either. Again, not a worldclass vocal talent and even though I'd class her as being a poor vocalist, she's not dreadful. 'Fight For This Love' is one of my favourite pop songs of recent years, yet even that makes me cringe towards the end when she tries to add some 'shouty' vocals to the background.

 

All that said I think it's unfair to mention said artists in the same category as Rebecca Black. I wasn't saying she is the worst sounding person to ever open their mouth and release a record. If anything she needs decent material to disguise her lack of vocal ability. That if anything as others have said works for the artists that are being thrown around.

 

Yeah, my thoughts exactly. Some of them aren't very good singers tbh, but at the same time, they can get waaaaay more criticism than they deserve, I think.

Appearance is really everything, I agree. In the top 40 I'd say The Wanted (well, Max only tbh), Jason DeRulo, Example, Calvin Harris, Roy off Scouting for Girls (:blush:), Chris Brown and Enrique Iglesias (sex god :heart:) are 'attractive' (to me anyway) from the guys. Of the women, Beyonce (STUNNING :heart:), Kelis, Katy Perry, Adele (she is really pretty despite the 'fat' jibes - she isn't even that fat :(), Nicki Minaj, Alexandra Stan, Rihanna, Nicole Scherzinger, Jennifer Lopez, all of The Saturdays and Wynter Gordon are attractive to me. Jessie J is pretty as well, she's just not attractive to me.

 

As a '70/80% gay and 20/30% straight' bisexual, I find the above quite odd. I think appearance is basically all for females, but a few males can get away with being more 'average' looking (Ed Sheeran being a prime example), whereas Adele and Jessie J are really the only women who break the 'stereotype' by being more 'normal' looking.

Edited July 19, 201114 yr by Liаm

Appearance is really everything, I agree. In the top 40 I'd say The Wanted (well, Max only tbh), Jason DeRulo, Example, Calvin Harris, Roy off Scouting for Girls (:blush:), Chris Brown and Enrique Iglesias (sex god :heart:) are 'attractive' (to me anyway) from the guys. Of the women, Beyonce (STUNNING :heart:), Kelis, Katy Perry, Adele (she is really pretty despite the 'fat' jibes - she isn't even that fat :(), Nicki Minaj, Alexandra Stan, Rihanna, Nicole Scherzinger, Jennifer Lopez, all of The Saturdays and Wynter Gordon are attractive to me. Jessie J is pretty as well, she's just not attractive to me.

 

As a '70/80% gay and 20/30% straight' bisexual, I find the above quite odd. I think appearance is basically all for females, but a few males can get away with being more 'average' looking (Ed Sheeran being a prime example), whereas Adele and Jessie J are really the only women who break the 'stereotype' by being more 'normal' looking.

 

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showb...Ed-Sheeran.html http://www.moopy.org.uk/forums/images/smilies/disco.gif

 

 

Come to think of it, I can't think of many male artists in the charts that I've seen girls lust after really. There's all the boybands (JLS, etc.), and then Enrique Iglesias, Drake and Chris Brown, who girls are always going on about how great they look. Also, a lot of girls seem to like Loick Essien, although I don't really know what he looks like. :lol:

 

I agree about the women. All of them are stunning tbh. :wub: I think when you become a famous pop star though, you get the best make-up artists in the world. You get edited to look good in a lot of the photo shoots and videos. You have the money to afford the very best products and surgery, etc. I doubt a lot of them would be so good-looking in real life, but I won't complain about that. :heart:

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:o Lots of girls in my school fancy him though :lol: You can't deny he's pretty 'normal' looking though, compared to, say, Enrique.

I can't imagine your average teen girl finding Example, Calvin Harris or any of SFG attractive :lol: I think the attractiveness is more important for female artists.

I've seen Katy Perry live. No she's not on the same level as Adele or Beyonce but she's not awful. I was quite surprised. Then she goes and pulls out dross like her XF performance last year. Rihanna has improved drastically as well imo. Just the way she sounds on her records is not as irritating as her earlier material.

I definitely agree with the improving thing. Rihanna has come on leaps and bounds, her vocal performance of "California King Bed" on American Idol was surprisingly very good and I've seen good performances from Katy Perry too. I wouldn't label any of the women I mentioned as talentless, as some of them are strong songwriters, but I can definitely see where people are coming from when they slate artists for not being able to sing live. It frustrates me that talented vocalists aren't as successful despite having more vocal talent than some of today's pop stars.

:o Lots of girls in my school fancy him though :lol: You can't deny he's pretty 'normal' looking though, compared to, say, Enrique.

 

I agree with you. Ed Sheeran is good-looking, but not on Enrique's level! He's practically a super model tbh. I remember I was sitting next to a massive poster of him in an airport once, and all the females would stare at it as they walked past. :lol: I like to imagine they were all staring at me, but probably not. :lol:

:o Lots of girls in my school fancy him though :lol: You can't deny he's pretty 'normal' looking though, compared to, say, Enrique.

 

I'd say that most popular British male acts are 'normal' looking, Calvin Harris and Example certainly are too imo not to mention all of Take That, yet they all still have their female fans! The big international stars have so much money every day spent on their appearance, Enrique even had his trademark mole removed for cosmetic reasons!

I can't imagine your average teen girl finding Example, Calvin Harris or any of SFG attractive :lol: I think the attractiveness is more important for female artists.

Loads of girls in my school fancy Example :lol: Haven't heard any labelling of 'fit', 'hot' or 'peng' for Calvin or SFG though. And as I said in my above post, I also think males can get away with looks a bit more than females.

Loads of girls in my school fancy Example :lol: Haven't heard any labelling of 'fit', 'hot' or 'peng' for Calvin or SFG though. And as I said in my above post, I also think males can get away with looks a bit more than females.

 

lol. "Peng"? :lol: Never heard that one before! :o

 

Males can definitely get away with it more (also, I think the males themselves care less about looking good). Snoop Dogg for example. Coolest guy on the planet, without a doubt, but he's pretty ugly imo. :lol: Although he's almost 40 I guess, but still. :lol:

:o "Do you ever feel like a plastic bag" :kink: Still think she's good now?!

 

She single-handedly wrote 'Thinking Of You' - therefore she's incredible.

Today's top 100 update

 

Two new entries today. Red Hot Chili Peppers go straight in at #22 with 'The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie', the first single from their upcoming 10th studio album 'I'm With You'. The album version of 'Party Rock Anthem' by LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett (spelled correctly) and GoonRock from their second studio album 'Sorry For Party Rocking' enters at #89. A bit of a resurgence of the 59p songs has led to re-entries from The Kooks (Naïve, #74), Florence + The Machine (Dog Days Are Over, #79), Beyoncé (If I Were A Boy, #88), Biffy Clyro (Many Of Horror, #91) and Pulp (Common People, #96). The Black Eyed Peas, Lady GaGa, Linkin Park, Beady Eye, Jessie J, Take That and Wretch 32 each have an entry drop out to accommodate the 7 top 100 entries.

 

[1] 1. Glad You Came - The Wanted

[2] 2. Louder (Radio Edit) - DJ Fresh

[3] 3. The A Team - Ed Sheeran

[4] 4. Best Thing I Never Had - Beyoncé

[5] 5. How We Roll (feat. Tanya Lacey) - Loick Essien

[7] 6. Bounce (Radio Edit) [feat. Kelis] - Calvin Harris

[6] 7. Don't Wanna Go Home - Jason Derülo

[10] 8. Give Me Everything (feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer) - Pitbull

[9] 9. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) - Katy Perry

[8] 10. Changed the Way You Kiss Me (Radio Edit) - Example

[12] 11. Super Bass - Nicki Minaj

[11] 12. Set Fire to the Rain - ADELE [Album Version]

[13] 13. Where Them Girls At (feat. Nicki Minaj & Flo Rida) - David Guetta

[19] 14. Mr Saxobeat (UK Radio Edit) - Alexandra Stan

[14] 15. Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall - Coldplay [EP Version]

[26] 16. Dirty Dancer (with Usher) [feat. Lil Wayne] - Enrique Iglesias, Usher & Lil Wayne

[16] 17. Next to You (feat. Justin Bieber) - Chris Brown

[15] 18. Little Bad Girl (feat. Taio Cruz & Ludacris) - David Guetta

[18] 19. The Edge of Glory - Lady GaGa [Deluxe Album Version]

[17] 20. Party Rock Anthem (feat. Lauren Bennet & GoonRock) - LMFAO

[21] 21. Down With the Trumpets - Rizzle Kicks

[**] 22. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie - Red Hot Chili Peppers

[25] 23. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People

[22] 24. Love How It Hurts - Scouting for Girls

[20] 25. California King Bed - Rihanna

[24] 26. I Need a Dollar - Aloe Blacc [Album Version]

[23] 27. The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars

[28] 28. The Mack (feat. Snoop Dogg & Iyaz) - Mann

[30] 29. Right There - Nicole Scherzinger [Album Version]

[29] 30. Someone Like You - ADELE

[33] 31. Till I'm Gone (feat. Wiz Khalifa) - Tinie Tempah & Wiz Khalifa

[27] 32. Up All Night - Blink-182

[37] 33. Notorious - The Saturdays

[32] 34. Badman Riddim (Jump) [Radio Edit] - Vato Gonzalez

[31] 35. On the Floor (Radio Edit) - Jennifer Lopez

[34] 36. I'm Into You (feat. Lil Wayne) - Jennifer Lopez

[38] 37. Dirty Talk - Wynter Gordon

[35] 38. Champagne Showers (feat. Natalia Kills) - LMFAO

[39] 39. Jar of Hearts - Christina Perri

[36] 40. Sweat (Snoop Dogg vs. David Guetta) [Remix] - Snoop Dogg & David Guetta

[40] 41. Rolling In the Deep - ADELE

[41] 42. Beautiful People (feat. Benny Benassi) [Main Version] - Chris Brown [Album Version]

[59] 43. Shelter - Birdy

[43] 44. Spaceship (Explicit Radio Edit) - Tinchy Stryder & Dappy

[42] 45. Nobody's Perfect - Jessie J [Album Version]

[46] 46. Lighters (feat. Bruno Mars) - Bad Meets Evil

[44] 47. Save the World (Radio Mix) - Swedish House Mafia

[47] 48. Run the World (Girls) - Beyoncé [Album Version]

[49] 49. Space Bound - Eminem

[48] 50. Don’t Stop the Party - The Black Eyed Peas

[65] 51. Skinny Love - Birdy

[50] 52. Beat of My Drum - Nicola Roberts

[70] 53. Easy Please Me - Katy B

[90] 54. Sexy and I Know It - LMFAO

[58] 55. Fix You - Coldplay

[52] 56. Hitz - Chase & Status & Tinie Tempah

[45] 57. One Big Family - Templecloud

[55] 58. Love You Like a Love Song - Selena Gomez & The Scene

[67] 59. Bring Me to Life - Evanescence

[51] 60. Bass Down Low (Tinie Tempah Remix) - Dev

[61] 61. Busy - Olly Murs

[57] 62. Man Down - Rihanna

[56] 63. Sun Is Up (UK Radio Edit) - Inna [Clubland 19 Version]

[64] 64. Boom (feat. T-Pain) - Snoop Dogg & T-Pain

[53] 65. Louder (Club Mix) - DJ Fresh

[60] 66. Still Life - The Horrors

[54] 67. Price Tag (feat. B.o.B) - Jessie J

[63] 68. Fast Car - Tracy Chapman

[62] 69. Make You Feel My Love - ADELE

[77] 70. Turbulence (Radio Edit) - Laidback Luke & Steve Aoki

[80] 71. The Scientist - Coldplay

[69] 72. Walk - Foo Fighters

[72] 73. I'm On One (feat. Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne) - DJ Khaled

[RE] 74. Naive - The Kooks

[66] 75. Firework - Katy Perry

[79] 76. Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars

[76] 77. Don't Hold Your Breath - Nicole Scherzinger

[78] 78. Blind Faith - Chase & Status & Liam Bailey

[RE] 79. Dog Days Are Over - Florence + The Machine

[87] 80. Hawaiian Air - Friendly Fires

[86] 81. Take Off (feat. Trey Songz) - Chipmunk

[68] 82. I Can't Make You Love Me (Live) - ADELE

[74] 83. Judas - Lady GaGa

[85] 84. Call Your Girlfriend - Robyn

[73] 85. Born This Way - Lady GaGa

[81] 86. Grenade - Bruno Mars

[71] 87. S&M - Rihanna

[RE] 88. If I Were a Boy - Beyoncé

[**] 89. Party Rock Anthem (feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock) - LMFAO [Album Version]

[75] 90. Buzzin (Remix) [feat. 50 Cent] - Mann

[RE] 91. Many of Horror - Biffy Clyro

[88] 92. Viva la Vida - Coldplay

[98] 93. That Man - Caro Emerald

[82] 94. Only Girl (In the World) - Rihanna

[84] 95. Hold On - Wilson Phillips

[RE] 96. Common People - Pulp

[91] 97. Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) [The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Song] {feat. Freshlyground} - Shakira

[89] 98. Who's That Chick? (feat. Rihanna) - David Guetta & Rihanna

[95] 99. Gold Dust (Radio Edit) - DJ Fresh

[83] 100. Yeah 3X - Chris Brown

 

Dropping out:

92. I Gotta Feeling - The Black Eyed Peas

93. The Edge of Glory - Lady GaGa

94. Rolling in the Deep (Live from iTunes Festival: London 2011) - Linkin Park

96. In the Bubble With a Bullet - Beady Eye

97. Price Tag - Jessie J & B.o.B [Album Version]

99. Love Love - Take That [Album Version]

100. Unorthodox (Radio Edit) [feat. Example] - Wretch 32

She single-handedly wrote 'Thinking Of You' - therefore she's incredible.

 

Yep my comment was tongue in cheek, she is actually quite good at writing. Love that song :wub:

Then again, there's also Peacock. :lol: But overall she's good. :lol:

Yep my comment was tongue in cheek, she is actually quite good at writing. Love that song :wub:

 

Yeah I gathered. :P Tbh even those similies in 'Firework' are pretty good despite how weird they sound. :lol:

 

'Peacock' is not that good but it's better than the likes of 'Friday' and 'Baby'. But, then, what isn't?

Edited July 19, 201114 yr by SceneofSIXCrimes

iTunes Update:

 

[01] 01| The Wanted - Glad You Came

[02] 02| DJ Fresh - Louder

[03] 03| Ed Sheeran - The A Team

[04] 04| Beyoncé - Best Thing I Never Had

[05] 05| Loick Essein ft. Tanya Lacey - How We Roll

[07] 06| Calvin Harris ft. Kelis - Bounce

[06] 07| Jason DeRulo - Don't Wanna Go Home

[08] 08| Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)

[09] 09| Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer - Give Me Everything

[10] 10| Example - Changed The Way You Kiss Me

 

[12] 11| Adele - Set Fire To The Rain

[11] 12| Nicki Minaj - Super Bass

[13] 13| David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj & Flo Rida - Where Them Girls At

[19] 14| Alexandra Stan - Mr Saxobeat

[26] 15| Enrique Iglesias, Usher & Lil Wayne - Dirty Dancer

[14] 16| Coldplay - Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall

[16] 17| Chris Brown ft. Justin Bieber - Next To You

[15] 18| David Guetta ft. Taio Cruz & Ludacris - Little Bad Girl

[18] 19| Lady GaGa - The Edge Of Glory

[17] 20| LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem

 

[21] 21| Rizzle Kicks - Down With The Trumpets

[**] 22| Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie

[25] 23| Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks

[23] 24| Scouting For Girls - Love How It Hurts

[20] 25| Rihanna - California King Bed

[24] 26| Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar

[22] 27| Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song

[28] 28| Mann ft. Snoop Dogg & Iyaz - The Mack

[30] 29| Nicole Scherzinger - Right There

[29] 30| Adele - Someone Like You

 

[27] 31| Blink-182 - Up All Night

[33] 32| Tinie Tempah & Wiz Khalifa - Till I'm Gone

[37] 33| The Saturdays - Notorious

[32] 34| Vato Gonzalez - Badman Riddim (Jump)

[31] 35| Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor

[34] 36| Jennifer Lopez ft. Lil Wayne - I'm Into You

[38] 37| Wynter Gordon - Dirty Talk

[35] 38| LMFAO ft. Natalia Kills - Champagne Showers

[39] 39| Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts

[36] 40| Snoop Dogg & David Guetta - Sweat

 

Selected Others

 

[69] 43| Birdy - Shelter

[49] 49| Eminem - Space Bound

[92] 53| LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It

[52] 56| Chase & Status & Tinie Tempah - Hitz

[55] 57| Selena Gomez & The Scene - Love You Like A Love Song

[64] 64| Snoop Dogg & T-Pain - Boom

[87] 77| Chipmunk ft. Trey Songz - Take Off

[85] 85| Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend

 

[103] 106| Britney Spears - I Wanna Go

[***] 153| Björk - Cosmogony (Serban Ghenea Mix)

[176] 174| Chase & Status & Tinie Tempah - Hitz (Wretch 32 Remix)

[255] 188| Chase & Status & Tinie Tempah - Hitz (Single Version)

 

[***] 201| Birdy - Shelter (Photek Remix)

[176] 214| 2010's Karaoke Band - Swagger Jagger

[***] 217| Rebecca Black - My Moment

[234] 260| Avril Lavigne - Smile

[***] 266| LMFAO - One Day

[285] 282| Lady GaGa - The Edge Of Glory (Cahill Club Mix)

[***] 285| Lights ft. Shad - Everybody Breaks A Glass (With Holy f***)