Posted May 30, 201312 yr So since I did the 'Ultimate Reality Popstar' countdown a couple of months ago (glad you all enjoyed it BTW) I've been trying to think of a similar countdown to follow it up with for Buzzjackers to vote on. Anyway, I got to thinking after watching a similar countdown to this new one on the music channels about a week ago and basically this is where we are now! This time it's all about debut singles - tracks that have launched the careers of pop legends past and present, from the early 90's right up until the present day. Below is a long list of artists and their respective debuts from 1992 right up until 2012, with one criteria only - to be gloriously, 100% pop. Voting is pretty much the same as it was for the last countdown, only this time you need to pick your top 20 from the long list - your first choice at number 1 is awarded 20 points, your second 19 points, your third 18 points and so on until your 20th choice which is awarded one solitary point. Voting is open for two weeks and will close on Friday, 14th June. Your votes will then be added up and the top 50 will start counting down on this very same page after that time. Happy voting! THE ULTIMATE POP DEBUT TOP 50 - THE LONGLIST Take That - Do What You Like East 17 - House of Love Eternal - Stay Ace of Base - All That She Wants Boyzone - Love Me for a Reason Backstreet Boys - We've Got It Goin' On Peter Andre - Mysterious Girl Spice Girls - Wannabe Robbie Williams - Freedom '96 Gary Barlow - Forever Love Louise - Light of My Life Mark Owen - Child 911 - A Night to Remember Aqua - Barbie Girl All Saints - I Know Where It's At 5ive - Slam Dunk (Da Funk) Steps - 5, 6, 7, 8 Hanson - MMMBop Natalie Imbruglia - Torn Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply Cleopatra - Cleopatra's Theme Robyn - Show Me Love The Corrs - Dreams B*Witched - C'est La Vie Billie Piper - Because We Want To Melanie B - I Want You Back Another Level - Be Alone No More Honeyz - Finally Found Vengaboys - Up & Down Destiny's Child - No, No, No Britney Spears - Baby One More Time *NSYNC - I Want You Back Martine McCutcheon - Perfect Moment Westlife - Swear It Again Geri Halliwell - Look at Me S Club 7 - Bring It All Back A1 - Be the First to Believe Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All Melanie C - Goin' Down Christina Aguilera - Genie in a Bottle Atomic Kitten - Right Now Craig David - Fill Me In Samantha Mumba - Gotta Tell You Victoria Beckham - Out of Your Mind Sugababes - Overload Pink - There You Go Anastacia - I'm Outta Love Dido - Here With Me Hear'Say - Pure & Simple Blue - All Rise Emma Bunton - What Took You So Long? Nelly Furtado - I'm Like a Bird Mis-Teeq - Why? Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Take Me Home Liberty X - Thinking it Over Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This Shakira - Whenever, Wherever Will Young - Evergreen/Anything is Possible Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody S Club Juniors - One Step Closer Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss Darius - Colourblind Busted - What I Go To School For Avril Lavigne - Complicated Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground tATu - All The Things She Said Kelly Rowland - Stole Beyonce - Crazy in Love Lemar - Dance (With U) Kelly Clarkson - Miss Independent Rachel Stevens - Sweet Dreams My L.A Ex Scissor Sisters - Laura McFly - 5 Colours in Her Hair Natasha Bedingfield - Single Maroon 5 - Harder to Breathe Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For? Charlotte Church - Crazy Chick Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha Shayne Ward - That's My Goal Rihanna - Pon De Replay The Feeling - Sewn James Morrison - You Give Me Something Lily Allen - Smile Mika - Grace Kelly Calvin Harris - Acceptable in the 80s Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love Duffy - Mercy Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name The Script - We Cry The Saturdays - If This is Love Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl Lady GaGa - Just Dance Pixie Lott - Mama Do (uh oh, uh oh) JLS - Beat Again Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love Alexandra Burke - Bad Boys Justin Bieber - Baby Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed The Wanted - All Time Low Olly Murs - Please Don't Let Me Go Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (Amazing) Nicole Scherzinger - Poison Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude Cher Lloyd - Swagger Jagger Rizzle Kicks - Down with the Trumpets Ed Sheeran - The 'A' Team One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful Lawson - When She Was Mine Little Mix - Wings Edited July 3, 201312 yr by ThePensmith
May 30, 201312 yr 01. Pixie Lott - Mama Do (This was quite a simple choice, I'm not overly a fan of the song.... Pixie managed to come from nowhere and grab herself a number one single and she wasn't known compared to 99.9% of this list before she released her single) 02. Lady Gaga - Just Dance 03. Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl 04. The Saturdays - If This Is Love 05. Lawson - When She Was Mine 06. t.A.T.u - All The things She Said 07. Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude 08. The Wanted - All Time Low 09. S Club Juniors - One Step Closer 10. Ed Sheeran - A Team.
May 30, 201312 yr Author Lovely...but you do know it's a top 20 you're selecting, right? You can have more this time! :)
May 30, 201312 yr Actual LOL at Lee's S Club Juniors inclusion. :basil: 01 Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are 02 Girls Aloud - Sound Of The Underground 03 t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said 04 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 05 Ed Sheeran - The A Team 06 Britney Spears - Baby One More Time 07 Lady Gaga - Just Dance 08 Lily Allen - Smile 09 Avril Lavigne - Complicated 10 Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You The Pensmith, I think that Comfortably Numb was the Scissor Sisters' first release...
May 30, 201312 yr 01. Natasha Bedingfield - Single 02. Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love 03. Lawson - When She Was Mine 04. Dido - Here With Me 05. Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss 06. Anastacia - I'm Outta Love 07. Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude 08. Shakira - Whenever, Wherever 09. Lady GaGa - Just Dance 10. Alexandra Burke - Bad Boys 11. Shayne Ward - That's My Goal 12. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Take Me Home 13. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn 14. Steps - 5, 6, 7, 8 15. Christina Aguilera - Genie in a Bottle 16. The Wanted - All Time Low 17. Nicole Scherzinger - Poison 18. Rachel Stevens - Sweet Dreams My L.A Ex 19. Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl 20. Pink - There You Go No I'm Outta Love by Anastacia? :snif: Edited June 5, 201312 yr by Regina
May 30, 201312 yr Actual LOL at Lee's S Club Juniors inclusion. :basil: 01 Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are 02 Girls Aloud - Sound Of The Underground 03 t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said 04 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 05 Ed Sheeran - The A Team 06 Britney Spears - Baby One More Time 07 Lady Gaga - Just Dance 08 Lily Allen - Smile 09 Avril Lavigne - Complicated 10 Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You The Pensmith, I think that Comfortably Numb was the Scissor Sisters' first release... No S Club Juniors shading, I used to adore them, at least including them is more credible than Leona Lewis (xFactor winner)
May 30, 201312 yr Author I must admit Wall I am partial myself to a bit of 'Automatic High' and 'New Direction'...thanks for your votes so far everyone!
May 30, 201312 yr I must admit Wall I am partial myself to a bit of 'Automatic High' and 'New Direction'...thanks for your votes so far everyone! Automatic High, New Direction and Fool No More are fantastic!
May 30, 201312 yr 1. Little Mix - Wings (The greatest pop anthem I have ever heard) 2. Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude (A perfect debut for an amazing artist) 3. Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed (I fell in love with this song the first time I heard it, it should have reached No.1) 4. Spice Girls - Wannabe (Annoyingly good) 5. Steps - 5, 6, 7, 8 (Why is this the only Steps song in this chart, there's many more that could have been here) 6. Beyoncé - Crazy in Love (She became the Queen of RNB the moment this song came out) 7. The Saturdays - If This is Love (This song was a wake-up call for UK girl bands) 8. Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love (The song that introduced us to the female side of Latino Pop) 9. Kelly Rowland - Stole (A superb ballad) 10. Duffy - Mercy (A good song for dad-dancing!) 11. Destiny's Child - No, No, No (Introduced me to Girlband and harmonies) 12. Nelly Furtado - I'm Like a Bird (A fresh sound to begin the 2000's) 13. Melanie B - I Want You Back (Proved there's more Spice in Mel B than when she was in the group) 14. Mika - Grace Kelly (Rock and roll pop!) 15. Shakira - Whenever, Wherever ( 16. Pixie Lott - Mama Do (uh oh, uh oh) 17. Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This 18. Nicole Scherzinger - Poison 19. Rizzle Kicks - Down with the Trumpets 20. Lady GaGa - Just Dance
May 30, 201312 yr 01. t.A.T.u. - All the Things She Said 02. Ace of Base - All That She Wants 03. Craig David - Fill Me In 04. Christina Aguilera - Genie in a Bottle 05. Sugababes - Overload 06. Darius - Colorblind 07. Dido - Here with Me 08. Robyn - Show Me Love 09. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Take Me Home 10. Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground 11. Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You 12. Maroon 5 - Harder to Breathe 13. Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Through This 14. Mis-Teeq - Why? 15. Rihanna - Pon de Replay 16. Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha 17. Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl 18. Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply 19. Natasha Bedingfield - Single 20. Avril Lavigne - Complicated
May 30, 201312 yr 01 Alexandra Burke - Bad Boys 02 Beyonce - Crazy in Love 03 Vengaboys - Up & Down 04 Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love 05 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 06 Britney Spears - Baby One More Time 07 Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha 08 The Saturdays - If This is Love 09 Christina Aguilera - Genie in a Bottle 10 Aqua - Barbie Girl 11 Spice Girls - Wannabe 12 Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground 13 Shakira - Whenever, Wherever 14 The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name 15 Rihanna - Pon De Replay 16 Duffy - Mercy 17 Lady GaGa - Just Dance 18 Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love 19 Kelly Clarkson - Miss Independent 20 Little Mix - Wings
May 30, 201312 yr #01 Calvin Harris - Acceptable in the 80s #02 Rihanna - Pon De Replay #03 Lady GaGa - Just Dance #04 Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For? #05 Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl #06 Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground #07 Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love #08 Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha #09 The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name #10 Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude #11 Little Mix - Wings #12 Rizzle Kicks - Down with the Trumpets #13 Alexandra Burke - Bad Boys #14 Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed #15 Christina Aguilera - Genie in a Bottle #16 Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You #17 Lily Allen - Smile #18 Pixie Lott - Mama Do (uh oh, uh oh) #19 Spice Girls - Wannabe #20 Mika - Grace Kelly
May 30, 201312 yr 01 Beyonce 'Crazy In Love' 02 Spice Girls 'Wannabe' 03 Girls Aloud 'Sound Of The Underground' 04 Britney Spears 'Baby One More Time' 05 Natalie Imbruglia 'Torn' 06 Shakira 'Whenever, Wherever' 07 Rachel Stevens 'Sweet Dreams My LA Ex' 08 Christina Aguilera 'Genie In A Bottle' 09 Gwen Stefani 'What You Waiting For?' 10 Sugababes 'Overload' 11 Justin Timberlake 'Like I Love You' 12 All Saints 'I Know Where It's At' 13 Holly Valance 'Kiss Kiss' 14 Robyn 'Show Me Love' 15 Samantha Mumba 'Gotta Tell You' 16 Liberty X 'Thinking It Over' 17 Kelly Rowland 'Stole' 18 Alexandra Burke 'Bad Boys' 19 Pussycat Dolls 'Don't Cha' 20 Leona Lewis 'Bleeding Love'
May 30, 201312 yr 1. Beyonce - Crazy in Love [best] 2. Shakira - Whenever, Wherever 3. Nelly Furtado - I'm Like a Bird 4. Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground 5. Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love 6. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 7. Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This 8. tATu - All The Things She Said 9. Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For? 10. Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love 11. B*Witched - C'est La Vie 12. Steps - 5, 6, 7, 8 13. Britney Spears - Baby One More Time 14. Alexandra Burke - Bad Boys 15. Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl 16. Christina Aguilera - Genie in a Bottle 17. Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha 18. Spice Girls - Wannabe 19. Emma Bunton - What Took You So Long? 20. Charlotte Church - Crazy Chick
May 30, 201312 yr 01 Britney Spears - Baby One More Time 02 Spice Girls - Wannabe 03 Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love 04 Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle 05 Lady GaGa - Just Dance 06 Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You 07 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 08 Pussycat Dolls - Dont Cha 09 Rihanna - Pon De Replay 10 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn 11 S Club 7 - Bring It All Back 12 B*Witched - Cest La Vie 13 Samantha Mumba - Gotta Tell You 14 Beyoncé - Crazy In Love 15 Kelly Rowland - Stole 16 Alexandra Burke - Bad Boys 17 Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl 18 Liberty X - Thinking It Over 19 Avril Lavigne - Complicated 20 Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For? Very tough! :o Also wasnt Baby Love Nicoles debut?! Sorry if it has already been mentioned, too lazy too look.
May 30, 201312 yr 01 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 02 tATu - All The Things She Said 03 Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For? 04 Beyonce - Crazy in Love 05 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn 06 Shakira - Whenever, Wherever 07 Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl 08 Rihanna - Pon De Replay 09 Lady GaGa - Just Dance 10 Kelly Rowland - Stole 11 Rizzle Kicks - Down with the Trumpets 12 Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (Amazing) 13 Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love 14 All Saints - I Know Where It's At 15 Aqua - Barbie Girl 16 Christina Aguilera - Genie in a Bottle 17 Rachel Stevens - Sweet Dreams My L.A Ex 18 Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me I do find it odd how the likes of Ne-Yo and Chris Brown etc aren't featured when the likes of Beyonce and Kelly are. They're as pop as each other - i.e. not "100% pop". :unsure: Edited May 30, 201312 yr by SceneofSIXCrimes
May 30, 201312 yr Author RE: a few queries to the longlist. As a general rule of thumb I've picked artists that have managed (or managed in the past tense) to sustain their careers past one year and their first hit. Hence why Allstars aren't on this list as they were...how should I put this - clever but not quite big! Ne-Yo and Chris Brown are more R&B and dance orientated hence their no-show on here. I can put Anastacia on if people would like me to, she totally slipped my mind!
May 30, 201312 yr 01 tATu - All The Things She Said 02 Avril Lavigne - Complicated 03 Shakira - Whenever, Wherever 04 Mika - Grace Kelly 05 Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me 06 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn 07 Beyonce - Crazy in Love 08 Nicole Scherzinger - Poison 09 Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground 10 Rizzle Kicks - Down with the Trumpets 11 Lady GaGa - Just Dance 12 Kelly Rowland - Stole 13 Spice Girls - Wannabe 14 Rihanna - Pon De Replay 15 Lily Allen - Smile 16 Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed 17 Little Mix - Wings 18 The Wanted - All Time Low 19 Olly Murs - Please Don't Let Me Go 20 Britney Spears - Baby One More Time Not a bad list really.
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