Most successful song of the 21st century by a female?

by **Mike_54** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:08 pm

Mariah Carey - We Belong Thogeter

by **Crazy4Brit** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:23 pm

The ones who said "We Belong Together" must live either in the US or Philippines

No other explanation :lol:

by **CrazyCrazy** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:24 pm

Crazy4Brit wrote:The ones who said "We Belong Together" must live either in the US or Philippines

No other explanation

Or they are a Mariah stan. :lol:

by **jpguy** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:30 pm

LMAOOOO @ WE BELONG TOGETHER being the most succesful single or most iconic... it was obviously, the most succesful in the USA in the last decade... but I don't kow if people even remember that hit from 2005... Worldwide, it was a hit, not an iconic or mega hit, specially in Latin america and Africa, that song was nowhere close to being a mega highly succesful hit...
I see it as, if your song is succesful in Africa, the forgotten continent, it's because it clearly is a HUGE HIT.
"HipsDon't Lie" was an extremely succesful single in Africa and India, and the middle east... I doubt that happned with songs mentioned here...

by **toni_pest** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:31 pm

Yeah, We Belong Together was only huge in US, it was a minor hit in Europe, only Mariah stans rememeber that shit.

by **denise** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:32 pm

^ With all the due respect I would prefer a hit in Usa than in S.Africa tbh.

by **toni_pest** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:33 pm

denise wrote:^ With all the due respect I would prefer a hit in Usa than in S.Africa tbh.

Who wouldn't, but all the other songs mentioned were huge in US as well as in the rest of the world, WBT wasn't.

by **Timmy94** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:35 pm

denise wrote:^ With all the due respect I would prefer a hit in Usa than in S.Africa tbh.

That's OK but then we can't call it the "Most successful song of the 21st century by a female".

by **Danzo** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:39 pm

We Belong Together ? :lol:

That song was nothing special outside US...

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What about Hung Up ?

by **denise** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:39 pm

toni_pest wrote:Yeah, We Belong Together was only huge in US, it was a minor hit in Europe, only Mariah stans rememeber that shit.

That shit: what a shade.lol
Btw I never heard WBT even once ...I listened to it, to repair my fault, few months ago for curiosity because of the big talk in some Mariah thread....but I honestly do not remember it.

by **CrazyCrazy** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:42 pm

Nah to be fair WBT was a big UK it was even #1 if I remember correctly but it's not iconic or one of the biggest yadayada...

by **denise** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:43 pm

Danzo wrote:We Belong Together ?

That song was nothing special outside US...

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What about Hung Up ?

It wasn't a big hit in Usa.

by **toni_pest** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:44 pm

crazycrazy wrote:Nah to be fair WBT was a big UK it was even #1 if I remember correctly but it's not iconic or one of the biggest yadayada...

had to check, it was #2 in UK

by **CrazyCrazy** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:46 pm

toni_pest wrote:
crazycrazy wrote:Nah to be fair WBT was a big UK it was even #1 if I remember correctly but it's not iconic or one of the biggest yadayada...
had to check, it was #2 in UK

Oh ok I remember the video being played to death on TV.

by **toni_pest** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:47 pm

^ my condolences :cry:

by **WolfSpear** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:48 pm

Hung Up is another notable that should be up there. It was a modest hit in the States but I like it more than a lot of the releases from '05.

by **denise** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:49 pm

crazycrazy wrote:Nah to be fair WBT was a big UK it was even #1 if I remember correctly but it's not iconic or one of the biggest yadayada...

Unfortunately the only place in europe where Mariah still count something is in UkMix only: sacary Lambs :lol:

by **biscuits** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:49 pm

toni_pest wrote:^ my condolences

LOL.

It would have easily reached #1, but they released it soooo late (to help album sales) and by the time it was out, it was already old.

by **Danzo** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:49 pm

toni_pest wrote:^ my condolences

by **stevyy** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:52 pm

crazycrazy wrote:
toni_pest wrote:
crazycrazy wrote:Nah to be fair WBT was a big UK it was even #1 if I remember correctly but it's not iconic or one of the biggest yadayada...
had to check, it was #2 in UK
Oh ok I remember the video being played to death on TV.

yes.. 300 something copies prevented it from debuting at #1. people tend to forget that 2005 cannot be compared to 2012 in terms of sales since the market evolved and shifted completely to downloads.

wbt however was indeed a decent hit.. only doing fabulously in the us and canada.. hung up was clearly the bigger hit ... everywhere else but the US.. which however accounted for 33% of the global music market in 2005. the song simply revived one of the biggest careers in music history.. that's all it did. songs like rolling in the deep..or hips don't lie or i gotta feeling have been much bigger.

every mariah stan can admit that.. and there are even more hits that did better.. by bands like moves like jagger..

by **CrazyCrazy** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:53 pm

toni_pest wrote:^ my condolences

Thanks, I'm still scarred by the overplay to this day.

Last FM <3 · by **nickf1** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:54 pm

It's between those songs

Adele [Someone Like You + Rolling In The Deep]
Lady Gaga [Bad Romance + Poker Face + Just Dance]
Shakira [Whenever, Wherever + Hips Don't Lie]
Jennifer Lopez [On The Floor]
Ke$ha [Tik Tok]
Britney Spears [Toxic + Oops...! I Did It Again + Womanizer]
Beyonce [Single Ladies + Crazy In Love + Halo]
Madonna [Hung Up]
Kylie Minogue [Can't Get You Out Of My Head]
Rihanna [Umbrella + Don't Stop the Music + Disturbia]
Katy Perry [Hot n' Cold + I Kissed A Girl]
Christina Aguilera [Beautiful]

by **Muzikritik** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:55 pm

I would probably throw my vote for "Umbrella" by Rihanna to be honest.

But I suppose it depends on where you're from.

by **CrazyCrazy** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:55 pm

I wish Anastacia achieved a #1.

by **stevyy** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:57 pm

denise wrote:
crazycrazy wrote:Nah to be fair WBT was a big UK it was even #1 if I remember correctly but it's not iconic or one of the biggest yadayada...
Unfortunately the only place in europe where Mariah still count something is in UkMix only: sacary Lambs

a huge crowd in morocco.. singapore and other places where she quite recently did concerts might see it differently. it's so annoying to read something like that. there's nothing left to prove.

the only female of Mariah's generation (yes i count the queen, madonna to Mariah's generation) that was able to pull an equal return to dominance more than a decade into her career was Madonna with COADF.. (prior to that Cher made a pretty massive comeback as well.. and prior to that Tina Turner is to name..)..

but there are really only a handful of females that experienced such a resurrection.. and in the US.. Mariah's was clearly the biggest of them all.. internationally.. i cannot say.. cause Believe was pretty massive too.. so maybe it was Believe or COADF..