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Originally Posted by Ayumi27
I don't really pay attention to the tittle... But gotta admit that in terms of fame, sales, popularity, longevity, creativity, shows, re inventions and everything else, there's only one "queen", MADONNA
Then you can talk about "regional queens"
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As I see... Madonna is HUGE worldwide, but she is not huge when you take local sales in any place of the world... It's like... she sells good in a lot of countries, but she doesn't sells amazingly well in any. But there are those female singers that afect regions just like her, they are not huge worldwide, but they have staying power and are praised for almost the same things where they act^^ To me, Madonna is without any doubt the Pop Queen, and any other singer that is a "regional queen" is aways compared to her like "brazilian Madonna", "japanese Madonna", "french Madonna". And to me, while Mariah is huge, her career is more music oriented than anything... She is trying nowadays to use her image and stuff like that to stay in the bussiness, but let's be honest: in the end, what really works for her is her music... not videos, fashion, concerts, controversies... pretty much like Utada^^
I would not put Koda as a pop queen cuz her fame is somewhat recent, I think that she needs some more time... Seiko's fame is very past oriented... I watched a concert from her, and everyone in the audience seens to be on their 40 or older...
Namie vs Ayu is a very old discussion... I think that Ayu had and has a bigger cultural impact (in more aspectd than Namie, as I see her more as a fashion leader and speakperson... while I can see Ayu affecting Japan with her videos, concerts, music, lyrics, attitude, themes, etc) and a more steady fame... But I can't deny Namie's staying power and cultural impact either^^