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Most Important Debut Albums by A Female Artist?

Which is most important?  

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  1. 1. ?

    • Dangerously in Love-Beyonce
      1
    • Songs in A Minor-Alicia Keys
      1
    • Mariah Carey-Mariah Carey
      4
    • The Fame-Lady Gaga
      10
    • Christina Aguilera-Christina Aguilera
      4
    • ...Baby One More Time-Britney Spears
      8
    • Whitney Houston-Whitney Houston
      3


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Songs in a Minor really slayed yall better digest that album for REAL. And this is coming from someone that is not really here for Alicia Keys in general and hates her recent albums. aretha1

 

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On 25.3.2017. at 2:53 PM, ajp said:

Madonna's debut had little impact. It was her second album that was iconic.

The sales of her debut album really took off after Like A Virgin became a hit.

Lol not true.

Holiday, Lucky Star and Borderline are among her most loved and memorable songs in US, her fashion from last 2 videos is what started trend "Madonna wannabe", it's her signature look that is still referenced today.

 

And album was 2xP by the time LAV was released (so it already had its life) and keep in mind that in 1985 when LAV was certified 5xP it was the most certified female album at the time (and debut was pushed to 3xP in 1985 meaning that it was one of the biggest female albums at the time and debuts overall)

 

 

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1 hour ago, Angelus said:

Lol not true.

Holiday, Lucky Star and Borderline are among her most loved and memorable songs in US, her fashion from last 2 videos is what started trend "Madonna wannabe", it's her signature look that is still referenced today.

 

And album was 2xP by the time LAV was released (so it already had its life) and keep in mind that in 1985 when LAV was certified 5xP it was the most certified female album at the time (and debut was pushed to 3xP in 1985 meaning that it was one of the biggest female albums at the time and debuts overall)

 

 

Don't Lol me. aretha1

You can not compare an album that had had 5 songs released from it, none of which hit #1 and an album peaking at #8 with no awards with say Whitney Houston's - multi level awarded album. As much as fans love the album, it just was not important to the General Public in 1983/84.

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1 hour ago, ajp said:

Don't Lol me. aretha1

You can not compare an album that had had 5 songs released from it, none of which hit #1 and an album peaking at #8 with no awards with say Whitney Houston's - multi level awarded album. As much as fans love the album, it just was not important to the General Public in 1983/84.

Lol what a bullshit.

 

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Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that with the album, Madonna began her career as a disco diva, in an era that did not have any such divas to speak of. In the beginning of the 80s, disco was an anathema to the mainstream pop, and according to him, Madonna had a huge role in popularizing dance music as mainstream music, utilizing her charisma, chutzpah and sex appeal. Erlewine claimed that Madonna "launched dance-pop" and set the standard for the genre for the next two decades. The staff of Vice magazine stated that the album "drew the blueprint for future dance-pop." Rolling Stone ranked the album at number 50 on "The 100 Best Albums of the Eighties" list, writing: "Indeed, initial response to Madonna gave no indication of the mania to follow. It took a year and a half for the album to go gold. But its assured style and sound, as well as Madonna's savvy approach to videos, helped the singer make the leap from dance diva to pop phenom, and it pointed the direction for a host of female vocalists from Janet Jackson to Debbie Gibson."

According to biographer Andrew Morton, the album made Madonna a household name, and was instrumental in introducing her star power. Martin Charles Strong, author of The Great Rock Discography felt that the album's unprecedented dance-pop and naive appeal served Madonna in establishing her base as an artist. Kyle Anderson from Entertainment Weekly commented: "Madonna's sound, and of course her look, would be heavily copied for years to come, but Madonna heralded something much bigger: the arrival of the pop diva as a singular force who put personality above all else." According to author Santiago Fouz-Hernández, the songs on Madonna reveal several key trends that have continued to define her success, including a strong dance-based idiom, catchy hooks, highly polished arrangement and Madonna's own vocal style. In songs such as "Lucky Star" and "Burning Up", Madonna introduced a style of upbeat dance music that would prove particularly appealing to future gay audiences.

Music critics Bob Batchelor and Scott Stoddart, commented in their book The 1980s that "the music videos for the singles off the album, was more effective in introducing Madonna to the rest of the world." Author Carol Clerk said that the music videos of "Burning Up", "Borderline" and "Lucky Star" established Madonna, not as the girl-next-door, but as a sassy and smart, tough funny woman. Her clothes worn in the videos were later used by designers like Karl Lagerfeld and Christian Lacroix, in Paris Fashion week of the same year. Professor Douglas Kellner, in his book Media Culture: Cultural Studies, Identity, and Politics Between the Modern and the Postmodern, commented that the videos depicted motifs and strategies which helped Madonna in her journey to become a star. With the "Borderline" music video, Madonna was credited for breaking the taboo of interracial relationships, and it was considered one of her career-making moments. MTV played the video in heavy rotation, increasing Madonna's popularity further.

 

 

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I couldn't come up with a really impactful female album rip2

The closest idea I had was SPICE by Spice Girls.

 

Really classic, iconic female singers (and male!) had pretty basic debuts, which showcased their ability but didn't have bombass songs. Janis Joplin's first album (with her band Big Brother) was pretty standart hippy shit; Aretha mostly did covers on Columbia, and only started doing her own stuff on another label, forgot what it was.

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Madonna's debut had little impact. It was her second album that was iconic. The sales of her debut album really took off after Like A Virgin became a hit.

Not an FOTP fave, but The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. I'm also appalled that Whitney has so few votes.


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