May 17, 20178 yr Author 35. SHAKIRA (2,831,000) 11 HITS 2002-2012 BIGGEST HIT: HIPS DON’T LIE Gyrating her way to international success in the early 00s, Shakira had been a major star in Latin America by the end of the 90s but her decision to record in English really broke the UK market with debut “Whenever Wherever” unlucky to hit No 2 behind Will Young’s Pop Idol coronation single. She finally got a chart topper in 2006 with “Hips Don’t Lie” which was one of the songs of the year and teaming up with Beyonce saw her back at the top within a year. Discography nz6_4aNM64k Personal highlight uwBwKcQ1k84
May 17, 20178 yr Author 34. KELLY ROWLAND (2,851,000) 17 HITS 2002-13 BIGGEST HIT: DILEMMA Not the highest placed former Destiny’s Child singer (Michelle Williams fab career is yet to feature) but Rowland was the first one to grab a chart topper (“Dilemma”) and a No 1 album “Simply Deep” but was soon eclipsed. It took seven years for her to return to the top courtesy of David Guetta though her move into dance music had begun prior to that. “Dilemma” remains however the best selling release by a former band member for all that. Discography A4Zvj0o7qsM Personal highlight py_PavqqOao
May 17, 20178 yr Author 33. NELLY FURTADO (2,937,000) http://images.nymag.com/daily/food/11_nelly_lgl.jpg 17 HITS 2001-2012 BIGGEST HIT: BROKEN STRINGS Starting out in a world music/ country/pop vein Furtado’s career was looking like it was on the slide before getting a Timbaland overall in 2006 revitalised it and chart toppers followed on both sides of the Atlantic. Teaming up with James Morrison gave her the biggest selling single of her career but her 2012 comeback met with a cooler response. Discography 2fHk11N8Wx4 Personal highlight 3--1Kw2UHDQ
May 17, 20178 yr 3 of my favourites artists (though still surprised to see Kelly so high). Shakira was really unlucky to get stuck behind Will Young with Whenever, Wherever. Its a shame things just haven't gone well for Nelly since the Loose era, not that she has really helped herself keep the momentum going. Really love Mi Plan and The Spirit Indestructible. The Ride is ok but not quite to the standard I expect from Nelly at this point in her career.
May 17, 20178 yr Nice Michelle Williams reference (When Jesus Say Yes is an absolute jam if you can ignore the godliness of it :lol: )
May 17, 20178 yr Shakira = Definitely one of my fave artists 'Hips Don't Lie' was my song of 2006, and still ranks as her best and she's had some amazing stuff 'Whenever, Wherever', 'Underneath Your Clothes', 'Don't Bother', 'She Wolf', 'Gypsy' & 'Waka, Waka' are all fantastic, shame none of her Spanish stuff makes a dent on the UK charts, but she's still amazing and hope she starts doing English language again in the near future. Kelly Rowland = She'll forever be in the shadow of Beyoncé, that's not to say that she hasn't had some decent songs, 'Dilemma', 'Stole', 'Work' & 'When Love Takes Over' are all great. But to me she's always seems to not know who she is as an artist, going from soulful diva to R&B diva, dance and now back to R&B. She's an okay artist, but never found her consistent enough. Nelly Furtado = Really enjoyed her folksy stuff back in the day, her 2nd album 'Folklore' was incredibly underrated and had some fantastic stuff 'Powerless (Say What You Want)' & 'Try' both are fantastic, and even liked her transition phase with 'Loose' which was where she really made it big, with some fantastic songs 'Maneater' & 'Say It Right', but I think she made the mistake of taking too long to follow up on her massive success and switching gears again in 2012 with 'Spirit Indestructible' didn't help matters and plus coming back with that awful 'Big Hoops' song didn't do her any favours. It seems now that her time in the sun has passed and will never be on that level of success again.
May 18, 20178 yr Shakira, Kelly Rowland (more dance than R&B), and Nelly are all great in their own ways. :wub:
May 18, 20178 yr Such a great list with so many amazing artists! Was susprised at how low some were, but then realised the 1980 start date. Will be interesting to see who makes up the top 10.
May 18, 20178 yr Kelly Rowland has a great catalogue , very happy for her . Stole may have even have been a number 1 jt if released earlier ? Was in the charts for weeks on import sales alone.
May 18, 20178 yr Author 32. ALEXANDRA BURKE (3,042,000) 8 HITS 2008-2012 BIGGEST HIT: HALLELUJAH You rarely match the high or the sales of your coronation X Factor winning single, and certainly it proved so for Alexandra Burke who sold 576k in her first week and a million copies in total of “Hallelujah”. Two more chart toppers followed in quick succession but a flop of a second album pretty much killed her career dead. B0HZf3hsXrU
May 18, 20178 yr Author 31. LILY ALLEN (3,063,000) 16 HITS 2006-2013 BIGGEST HIT: THE FEAR Remember when Myspace could launch pop careers? That’s what happened back in 2006 when Allen became a chart topper with “Smile”, her mix of forthright opinions and catchy tunes made her ideal fodder for the press and a second album proved just as popular with “The Fear” spending a month at the top. Four years later her version of “Somewhere Only We Know” gave her a third No 1 before she was back to controversy with “Hard Out There”. Discography tIW97lFQFcs Personal highlight nD-G5XMMVGc
May 18, 20178 yr Author 30. KE$HA (3,143,000) http://a1.cdn.whatstrending.com/post_items/images/000/035/223/original/kesha.png 12 HITS 2009-2013 BIGGEST HIT: TIK TOK It started out so well, signed by Dr Luke at 18 she broke as a feature artist on Flo Rida’s 2009 No 1 “Right Round” before the mighty “Tik Tok” became a massive hit. Her overtly sexual and let’s be honest, slightly trashy, image didn’t endear her to everyone but 4 more top 10 singles before the end of 2013 don’t lie. In early 2014 she went into rehab and then promptly filed a lawsuit against Dr Luke making various allegations that were eventually dismissed by the courts. Discography 5KG4Nk6fWiQ Personal highlight ubd6-quDjVQ
May 18, 20178 yr Gezza, out of curiosity's sake, are you planning a girl group list anytime soon (though it probably won't be 100)?
May 19, 20178 yr Author 29. GABRIELLE (3,177,000) http://starsingers.net/wp-content/uploads/images/Gabrielle_5392.jpg 18 HITS 1993-2007 BIGGEST HIT: IF YOU EVER Who thought Gabrielle would be in the top 30? Creating chart history when “Dreams” became the first debut single to debut as high as No 2 and she spent the rest of the 90s accumulating another 9 top 30 hits. Come the new decade and her Bob Dylan sampling “Rise” returned her to the top and was followed in 2001 by a million selling GH compilation and then it went downhill rather rapidly. gLwquvp-mF4
May 19, 20178 yr Author 28. TAYLOR SWIFT (3,282,000) http://www.lyricsmode.com/i/bpictures/10381.png 18 HITS 2009-2013 BIGGEST HIT: I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE She’s gone on to sell another couple of million since 2013 obviously, but without the whole “1989” era Swift still makes the top 30 on our list. From country star to international popstar her transformation has been remarkable and she’s probably the biggest female popstar at the moment. The album “Red” was the album that broke her as a major star here in the UK where a high profile relationship with a certain Harry Styles helped her to become tabloid fodder. Discography JtvQ44_9AIU Personal highlight -CmadmM5cOk
May 19, 20178 yr Author 27. TINA TURNER (3,285,000) 38 HITS 1983-2010 BIGGEST HIT: WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT From the theme to “Mad Max” to a bond theme, a perennial favourite in “The Best”, and even a dance overall in the late 90s, Turner’s career has it all. After charting with husband Ike in the 60s and 70s Turner went solo picking herself up after walking out on Ike and her existing career after suffering domestic violence. She proved she could do it all on her own with a string of highly successful singles and albums well into the 90s. Discography cpV3UDKfycI personal highlight RFz3llHuoXo
May 19, 20178 yr Alexandra Burke = So much potential and if it wasn't for that major falling out with Simon Cowell and switching labels, then her career would have lasted longer (or at least got past her 2nd album), Plus it didn't help that 'HOH' was awful, doubt she'll ever comeback now, career totally dead in the water. But she did have some decent tunes back in the day 'Bad Boys' & 'All Night Long' are both still great. Lily Allen = Her first 2 albums were amazing and loved the singles such as 'Smile', 'LDN', 'The Fear' & 'Who'd Have Known' are some of my faves from her, and always liked her quirky style that made her stand out amongst the rest. It was a shame things went wrong with the 3rd album 'Sheezus' and it's awful singles choices apart from the criminally underrated 'Hard Out There' which was awesome. I know it was down to record label meddling as to why the better tracks didn't get released as they were deemed not commercial enough. But gladly she's making a comeback this year and hopefully it will be great. Kesha = I actually like her 'Tik Tok' was and still is awesome and her 2nd album 'Warrior' was really underrated as there were much better tracks that could have been made singles, but again label meddling stunted her potential and that whole terrible business with the court case that's hindered her career for the time being. Hope she can bounce back from all this and make something great again.
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