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Artists who peaked with their debuts Who are the artists that reached their commercial (and often, critical) zenith with their first album?
SOLO albums only. Some that come to mind are Cyndi Lauper and Terence Trent D'Arby. [Edited 1/15/22 13:02pm] | |
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Mya | |
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Cyndi Lauper | |
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I would argue lady Gaga too, cause she didn’t sell more than fame monster afterwards | |
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Vanilla Ice "Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends" | |
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Milli Vanilli "Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends" | |
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Alanis Morissette Boy did she leave people scratching their heads with Supposed Former......... | |
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Fiona Apple, too. "Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends" | |
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" don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r." | |
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" don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r." | |
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Miley Cyrus. " don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r." | |
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Lauryn Hill. | |
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macy gray. May U Live 2 See The Release of Parade SDE | |
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Paula Abdul | |
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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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TrivialPursuit said:
Even though she's a better actor than Madonna (something I hate to admit), when she's singing, she never sounds real. She's more convincing playing a part than being herself. But you're wrong about Cyndi. She's So Unusual was her Thriller, and nothing's gonna beat that, not even a gay anthem and a Tony-winning musical. (And fuck Celine Dion. If she covers your song, that just means soccer moms will think you're cool.) | |
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TrivialPursuit said:
Didn’t know her fans were that way, but I did like her and went to her concert, but I fell asleep during it lol I mostly went cause my friend was going and asked me to join [Edited 1/15/22 15:12pm] | |
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" don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r." | |
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Madonna's best acting job IMO was in "Desparately Seeking Susan," in which she pretty much played a character that was not too far away from herself at the time... BTW still love that movie. "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Not a fan of Madonna’s acting either though I liked her in desperately seeking Susan and found her very charming. Musically, she’s one of the best though | |
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Agreed. Loved her music since the early 80s up until Confessions on the Dance Floor and then hit or miss after that. Madame X was a good recent album. "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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TrivialPursuit said:
The latter album had four Top 5 singles (the first by a woman to ever do that), one of which was a #1 hit that would go on to be something of a standard, another song which is considered a feminist anthem and a vast improvement/definitive version of the song that it "covers" (many people don't even know it's a cover) and another which sparked enough controversy to be put on the Filthy 15 list. It's worth noting that in a year as jam-packed with starpower and as competitive as 1984, there were a handful of albums that year which hit their peak twice or more. She's So Unusual is not one of them but it peaked at #4 and after a while, fell out of the Top 20 only to return to the Top 10 months later. If you're not convinced that the album was her Thriller then look no further than that factoid. Also, at the time, Cyndi was viewed as becoming the star that Madonna would eventually become herself; that was due in part to her superior singing ability and charisma but also due to the record-setting success of her debut. That theory would be proven wrong by the time of True Colors, which... ...in comparison, only had two Top 5 hits, the obvious one being the title track which is the only other song outside of Cyndi's debut's singles to still be a pop culture staple. Her third album only yielded one Top 10 single (her last one to date). Céline Dion's cover doesn't elevate the song's stature and it's not even Cyndi's first song to be covered. Miles Davis covered "Time After Time" on his 1985 album; not earth-shattering but much more remarkable than a Céline Dion cover (no disrespect to her). In saying all that, Cyndi still had plenty of success post-SSU. She was far, far, far from being a one-hit wonder but the biggest impact she made in the world of music, the time she shone brightest was with that album, easily. [Edited 1/16/22 0:18am] | |
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purplethunder3121 said:
Agreed. Loved her music since the early 80s up until Confessions on the Dance Floor and then hit or miss after that. Madame X was a good recent album. Yes I also really enjoyed madame x | |
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yeah,Cyndi Lauper was HUGE in 1984/85 because of her She's So Unusual album,but she never reached those same heights again.Sure,she had a few more hits but her debut album was massively successful...her own 'Thriller',like another poster said. | |
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Christopher Cross 1999 | |
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yeah,her debut album was a nice surprise.So different from what most other female artists were doing at the time.She was like a breath of fresh air. | |
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Noarah Jones! Loved the album and she got a lot of Grammies. | |
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Edit: [Edited 1/16/22 9:15am] | |
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Kate Bush surely does not count. The Kick Inside (1978) was a hit, but her biggest album was Hounds of Love from 1985. If you take any of this seriously, you're a bigger fool than I am. | |
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Relish by Joan Osborne. We all remember One of Us, don't we? Never heard much from her since. If you take any of this seriously, you're a bigger fool than I am. | |
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