The Week's Billboard Hot 100 #1

They tried to sell her as your average tropical beach beauty for her first two albums and those are fairly unanimously considered to be her worst, she went completely urban on her third, promptly smashed into legit superstardom and she's never looked back since.

Pon de Replay is quite fun, though.

It is, actually. I also like "Hate That I Love You", possibly because Ne-Yo is on it as well.

Speaking of Ne-Yo, Non-Fiction comes out today!

Peace is the only battle worth waging.

Yeah, "Toxic" is considered another of those pop songs that are liked by hipsters trying to be poptimist.

(But I like Umbrella...3:)

Another green world.

"Toxic" is the only Britney Spears song that I can say that I truly like...the rest are anywhere from severely meh to aw hell naw.

For me, Rihanna has a great voice but hasn't had a song that I actually like (in my admittedly limited exposure). I hate "What's My Name"...everything about it is like nails on a chalkboard to me. "Umbrella" is just completely meh.

edited 27th Jan '15 7:35:34 AM by Willbyr

I totally totally agree with everything you said.

Actually as far as Toxic goes I like the song, not even the original interpretation. Britney is an awful awful, laughably terrible singer (just try to find the "non-playback" footage of her concerts, it's a hoot. I may not like Rihanna's music but at least she's a competent vocalist) but the song itself is really really good. One version on top of my head at the moment is one sung by Yael Naïm at the Victoires de la Musique (kind of like the French Grammies, to give you an idea) which was the first time where I realized how good that song really is.

You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.

Akalabth already finds "Umbrella" terrible and "Disturbia" generic. Imagine exposing him to "S&M" and "Rude Boy".

That Rihanna song in "Samba de Amigo" is "Pon De Replay".

I didn't get into pop music before 2005. Correct me if I'm wrong, but can someone tell me whether it's true that the "average tropical beach beauty" is trendy for Caribbean female pop stars in the early 2000s. I can only remember Baha Men, Sean Paul and Daddy Yankee. No women from the Caribbean pop music circle. However, I seem to associate the "average tropical beach beauty" to the early 2000s.

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In my opinion....(not in any order)
Rihanna's best

• Unfaithful
• Cheers (Drink to That)
• Hate That I Love You
• Umbrella
• Take A Bow

Rihanna's worst

• Pour It Up
• S&M
• Rude Boy
• Birthday Cake (featuring Chris Brown)
• Rockstar 101 (featuring Slash)

edited 27th Jan '15 8:50:37 AM by tropeslave

Among her best are Umbrella, Rude Boy, S&M and Don't Stop The Music.

Among her worst are Unfaithful, Birthday Cake and Take a Bow.

Another green world.

I feel like most of the non-popheads who like "Toxic" only really like it because it was used in Doctor Who.

Fun fact about the song "Umbrella": Those Illuminati conspiracy theory nutcase have a field day with that song. You can easily find rants about it along those lines just by googling the song.

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But isn't that the case with any Rihanna song, though? Along with Jay-Z, Beyonce, and Lady Gaga, Rihanna is one of the most commonly alleged musicians in the Illuminati.

Illuminati nuts always jump to conclusions whenever they see one ostensibly subliminal message in a film or a music video. And don't even get me started on the whole Tupac mess...

Call me Willy Whistle 'cause I can't speak, baby. Something in TV Tropes really drove me crazy.

What the ... What ?

Granted I have stopped trying to make sense out of what these guys are saying a long time ago but this is stupid even for them.

You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.

I like how both of us can agree that "Birthday Cake" is among her worst despite having different opinions on most of her other songs.

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I'd like to remind everyone that Katy Perry will perform at the halftime show of Super Bowl this Sunday. Lenny Kravitz will be featured at the halftime show. For the pregame, Idina Menzel will perform the national anthem whereas John Legend will perform "America The Beautiful".

edited 27th Jan '15 3:57:58 PM by tropeslave

This week, Fall Out Boy's "Centuries" enters the Top 10 at #10. Meanwhile, "Only One "FourFiveSeconds debuts at #54 after being out for two days last charting week.

Oh, and "Uptown Funk" is still #1.

edited 29th Jan '15 4:05:41 AM by chihuahua0

Huh, that's surprising. I guess I don't follow the charts as often as I did the previous year, but I remember "Centuries" entering the Hot 100 in the top 30 before dropping pretty rapidly.

At least "All About That Bass" is finally gone, though.

Call me Willy Whistle 'cause I can't speak, baby. Something in TV Tropes really drove me crazy.

Where's "FourFiveSeconds"?

Peace is the only battle worth waging.

Actually, "Only One" departs the chart this week. "FourFiveSeconds" is the one that debuts at #54.

My God, the only redeeming matter of "Centuries" is its "Tom's Diner" vocal sample. When the only decent part of your song is a sample, you know you're not writing the song smart. You know what? At least the song isn't boring. Just don't go berserk when you hear the song for the 5th time in one week. This is also Fall Out Boy's first Top 10 single in 8 years. I think this is definitely an undeserving comeback.

Sorry for the rant, fellas. I thought we would deserve something better after seeing Maroon 5's "Animals" on the Top 10. I was wrong. I listened to Fall Out Boy and Maroon 5 when I was a pre-teen in the mid 2000s. Both bands wrote pleasantly addictive pop rock songs at that time. This explains my vitriolic reaction when America decides to welcome both bands when their songwriting skills have already been degraded so much.

I really need to relax.

edited 29th Jan '15 3:48:53 AM by tropeslave

Hmmmph. I like neither Fall Out Boy nor Maroon 5. I liked one Maroon 5 song, actually, but that's the extent.

Another green world.

I've more or less liked every Fall Out Boy song I've heard so far... except "Centuries". It sounds like them, but sort of watered down.

"Centuries" is annoying as hell to me. Maroon 5 is one of many groups that I like most of what I've heard from them but have no desire to actually buy their albums.

edited 29th Jan '15 6:12:55 AM by Willbyr

More or less the only Maroon 5 I actually like is from Songs About Jane, and even those probably aren't as great as I once thought.

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The Maroon 5 songs I actually like are "Makes Me Wonder" and "This Love", in that order. Everything else ranges from bland to ear-grating, with their later releases heavily leaning towards the latter.

Adam Levine, honestly, skeeves me the fuck out. Can't imagine how he got to be the Sexiest Man Alive.

Another green world.

Don't expect some highly circulated magazine like People Magazine to give an honor, which even has a vague title, to someone who deserves it. They don't even actually give someone the award for his good looks, let alone his talent. The title holder is always some A-list It Boy who happens to be in great need of publicity to hype their upcoming project.

Adam Levine is also the only musician to receive the "Sexiest Man Alive" honor. Other men that receive the honor are actors except Adam and JFK Jr.. In other words, in the year the editors decided to give the honor to a musician for the first time, they thought Adam was the right choice. WTF?

I don't have any celeb crushes, but I can think of a lot better choices than him.

Another green world.

My only celeb crush is an actress who's about my age (we're both 17), and so can I.

edited 29th Jan '15 12:55:29 PM by Spinosegnosaurus77

Peace is the only battle worth waging.

My celeb crush is and always will be Amanda Bynes, even in spite of her less than stellar moments in the past couple years.

edited 29th Jan '15 11:57:40 AM by Odd1

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