and these are token black picks, you know full and well you don’t care about Aretha or Sade, you’re literally picking them to take away from Beyonce, you most likely don’t even listen to their damned music

you’re just picking any artists that represent anti-Beyonce you literally were in here bigging up Rihanna go somewhere man

people got triggered over Kate Bush and Adele because neither of them remotely compare to Beyonce vocally, you’re just being a weirdo man

exactly these niggas be name dropping Aretha and Nina like they regularly listen to their music when they know full and well they’re just regurgitating what other people have said/going for the safest picks possible they don’t play any of them regularly

s*** is virtue signaling cap

List is so western oriented that it's worthless

bruh Sade is the queen. You don't listen to Sade?! I listen to Sade for sure lol not Nina or Whitney but all I needed to hear is the national anthem Whitney did before the SB and Strange Fruit from Nina to know they are lightyears ahead of her, singing wise. That's all you need to hear to know they are better singers lol Why you so pressed, talking like Beyonce is a god level singer lmao that's your opinion, and that's fine. Agree to disagree.

Now I gotta be listening to albums all the time for an artist to be worth a mention--I don't listen to Pac albums every day yet he's a rap GOAT. See? Easy peasy lol There is a reason Beyonce being in the top 10 is one of the most controversial parts of the list. And "Token black picks" sounds more racist than anything I've said ffs If we really wanna get racist up in here---she ain't even better than Shakira ducks

And yes....Kate Bush is above Beyonce--- in all aspects except maybe choreography. Zero question imo. But I'm glad you enjoy her

Ironic af response

Aretha Franklin’s music is entirely accessible, transcendent do not involve her in whatever point you’re tryna make here

not ironic at all, lana don’t belong on the list at all, but she’s certainly a better singer than iver, it’s not even a contest

where are you getting from this post im saying she’s inaccessible? im saying they’re capping about actually listening to her s***

They both don’t deserve a spot but you gotta be smoking the pipe on that one

is this a list about choreography/live performances or just singing? don't move the goal post. Beyonce is not on their level, just plainly taking about singing voice. Not songs, not performances, not albums, not "I listen to this artist so I can have an opinion"...just plain ole "how good does her voice sound" singing lol I'll give you above Rihanna, none of the others. Hell I just looked up "Beautiful Liar" on YT and Shakira is renegading her on her own s***, in her own language. FOH holding Beyonce at some untouchable level lmao agree to disagree haha

you find it hard to believe younger people would gravitate toward her music? more specifically people into music? idk I don’t

no, she’s a token pick that people throw out there without actually consuming their s*** and enjoying it to look sophisticated and knowledgeable

it’s similar to how people will say they wish women didn’t rap about shaking their ass and their pussies, and they’ll be talking about how amazing Noname and Tierra Whack are when in reality they don’t listen to that s*** and are only bringing them up to push their agenda

it happens all the time on here and it’s annoying as f***

yall see them protesting the list 😭😭

sidelining this Beyoncé discourse because I don't want to get into it more and I think that the main point, expression, is completely lost in response so I would give a counter example of how it's done much better.

#55 is way too low. swap her for Mariah or Beyoncé and I'm fine.

I can’t pretend I’m not offended by this sort of comparison you’re going for here as someone who loves her music, but I see the larger point you’re trying to make

When Beyonce caught heat for disregarding Aretha and declaring Tina the queen of soul a few years ago I was kinda along with everybody else but now I get it. Tina was wiping the floor with everybody when Aretha was still in church.

Rolling Stones list aside.. we all have our different opinions..

How’d you think Beyonce fare as a 60s singer a la..

Although she’s a contemporary vocalist.. she’s a real student.. she understands pacing.. how to extrapolate melodic sensibilities that expresses an idea or specific feeling. She uses everything in her arsenal not in an arbitrary or indulgent way, but to progress compositional properties in a song. Every curl, hiss, growl, spin has a certain intention..
Only a masterful storyteller is capable of knowing when and where create tension and resolve the way she does.. I think had she lived in a different time she’d be seen in a different way. A true chameleon

They put in the blurb that details about his life make it hard to enjoy his music now…

Jesus Christ. This man was always a phenomenon.

Funnily enough there was no similar disclaimer for John Lennon the abuser, Elvis the teenage girl groomer

Good that we got one for the 14x acquitted black hero though.

Beyoncé got dudes ITT getting the strap and calling they OGs