Pop Queens

[Andrenekoi]

I’m very interested in the “Pop Queen” kind of singer... I would like even to write an essay about it some years in the future... To me the “Pop Queen” image is a female solo singer who can more than produce good music, turn into a cultural icon of a country or a langague with the years... They are multimidea divas that even being bashed by critics and media, have great creative control over their careers, are recognized as top performers and as symbols of how na entire era works and how people on this era thinks and see the world. I could recognize some artists that IMO have done it into their own cultures (they usually have a great amount of their own culture influencing their pop music, concerts and vídeos), but I don’t know enough singers in the world to complete my list... So I think that would be nice to post it here and ask you if you know any other singers from all around the world that afforded that over the years^^ Hopes the text didn’t bored anyone xD

I would love to know some african, mid-eastern, etc. singers that play this role on their own cultures! So, this is a topic where we can change impressions about this kind of artist!^^

My personal list:

Ayumi Hamasaki – Japanese Queen of Pop... with influence on all the countries around Japan... 11 years career

Biggest Hit – M (or Seasons, depends on the source :B)
Main themes – Self doubt, love, women

Albums and biggest hit of each one:
1999 A Song for XX – A Song for XX
1999 LOVEppears – Boys & Girls (?)
2000 Duty – Seasons
2002 I am... – M
2003 Rainbow – Voyage
2004 My Story – Inspire (?)
2006 (miss)understood – STEP you (?)
2006 Secret – Blue Bird
2008 GUILTY – Together When... (?)
2009 NEXT LEVEL – Days


Madonna – American/ English Language/ World Queen of Pop... 27 years career

Biggest Hit – Vogue (or Like a Virgin)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQDFEv72e3U
Main themes – Love, religion, politics

Albums and biggest hit of each one:
1983 Madonna – Holiday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uasqO2Zj0Gg
1984 Like a Virgin – Like a Virgin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1k7tvBnmc8
1986 True Blue – La Isla Bonita
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-YWmcvisBU
1989 Like a Prayer – Like a Prayer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qevu6QgDSQ
1992 Erotica – Erótica
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5LZRUZoVDc
1994 Bedtime Stories – Take a Bow (?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI_Q2L-bLs8
1998 Ray of Light – Frozen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6SDMCLN5oM
2000 Music – Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X98PGtNXYWc
2003 American Life – Die Another Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp66uTya7M0
2005 Confessions on a Dance Floor – Hung Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ00O6GL8Rg
2008 Hard Candy – 4 Minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X62tuLIWi2c


Mylène Farmer – French Queen of Pop... also famous in Frech speaking countries and Rússia – 25 years career

Biggest Hit – Désenchantée
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGxPrIhs4Lo
Main themes – Death, Sex, Love, Sadness

Albums and biggest hit of each one:
1986 Cendres de Lune – Libertine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arVKwaW2CwA
1988 Ainsi soit je... - Pourvu qu'elles soient douces
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLPn2lhmUD0
1991 L’Autre – Désenchantée
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGxPrIhs4Lo
1995 Anamorphosée – XXL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9lhMq_VBGI
1999 Innamoramento – L'Âme-stram-gram
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnqKuXa9yMw
2005 Avant que l’ombre... – ***** Them All
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aWYYW4hkCs
2008 Point de Suture – Dégénération
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96LSDygPJnk


Thalía – Mexican Queen of Pop... Huge in Spanish speaking countries and Philippines (I know there is Shakira, but I don’t see her image as a Pop Queen... her career is very music oriented IMO). 19 years career.

Biggest Hit – Amor a la mexicana (?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqt93vRkuCU&feature=fvst
Main themes – Love, Sex

Albums and biggest hit of each one:
1990 Thalía - Un pacto entre los dos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEbQczCazco
1991 Mundo de Cristal – Me Matas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgo4IPZapMY
1992 Love – Maria Mercedes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HLjV...eature=related
1995 En Éxtasis – Piel Morena
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB6SYO2yhdY
1997 Amor a la mexicana – Amor a la mexicana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqt93vRkuCU&feature=fvst
2000 Arrasando – Entre el mar y una estrella
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kit9W0J4cA
2002 Thalía – No me enseñaste
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek4Z_bwbAmc
2003 Thalía (English album) – I want you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDPqb3CiB5w
2005 El Sexto Sentido – Amar sin ser amada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A12nxwFwmdM&feature=fvst
2008 Lunada – Ten Paciência
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvl5e...eature=related


Ivete Sangalo – Brazilian Queen of Pop... Huge portuguese speaking countries and some considerable following on entire Latin América. 16 years career (10 years solo).

Biggest Hit – Sorte Grande
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvB3Ssv4Om4
Main themes – Love, Party, Happiness, Carnival

Albums and biggest hit of each one:
1999 Ivete Sangalo – Se eu não te amasse tanto assim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77J7cGT0Ikk
2000 Beat Beleza – Pererê
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkHGrmxN_rk
2001 Festa – Festa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZhbcRafk_o
2003 Clube Carnavalesco Inocentes em Progresso – Sorte Grande
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvB3Ssv4Om4
2005 As Super Novas – Quando a chuva passar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBfu8f5pesM
2009 Pode Entrar – Cadê Dalila (but it can change, the album is being promoted)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPIQsFT1qPI




Hope someones gets interested in it^^

BTW1: Mylene’s first 2 hits from her first 2 albums have MVs, but they are very sexual (they both have frontal nudity for example), so I didn’t post them

BTW2: Ivete has almost no mvs