In reply to iSpeakTruthNoFallacy.

@ISpeakTruth

I have to agree with certain points you're making (that some people may not want to give you credit for). Madonna wasn't recognized as the leading Pop Queen until the 00's! She was in a neck-and-neck tight race with Whitney in the 80's and lagging behind all of the other divas in the 90's (Janet, Whitney, Celine, Mariah, Shania, etc). It wasn't until the mid-to-late 00's where she had the PRIVILEGE of pulling ahead to the forefront with her touring stadiums and mediocre sales (although average, it still was more consistent than all the other women within the last 10 years, probably due to her receiving the most positive hype). Overall, this was well over a 20 year process to determine who was the reigning queen because it wasn't clearly established even going into the year 2000. SEVERAL divas had something over the other!

Now I do also agree with Suicide and John, simply because the level of success of many divas from the 80's/90's can be measured in so many ways (sales, hits, touring, even influence). It's hard to really see more than a handful of women in this decade rivaling that of what was done in the past. Those names: Beyonce, Rihanna, Taylor, Adele definitely deserve a mention ... I'm being objective! Still, there's some corners being cut on the charts today IMO (ex: streaming - don't get mad), but at the same time today's artists are at a disadvantage (ex: album leaks), so there are a few factors that need to be considered in analyzing all of this.