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She did it 👏👏👏

posted 4 years ago by [deleted]
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With her DISCO album hitting number one on the UK charts, Kylie is now the first female artist to have number one albums in five consecutive decades. Also, she has now overtaken the likes of Elton John and George Michael in her overall number one albums tally (8 in total).

Other impressive stats include the album also hitting number one in Australia (her 7th chart topper here) and cracking the US Billboard Top 100 albums at 26. It also hit number one on the US dance album charts, making it her first number one album on any US chart.

What a remarkable effort! Congrats to Kylie for hitting these heights a good 30+ years into her music career. A true superstar ⭐️

[–] TimMC (9143) 4 years ago

That's impressive.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Yeah, I thought so! 🙂

[–] bigbadwolf666 (4707) 4 years ago

Overrated artist.
No way you can compared to the above.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Well, I was only comparing the stats and they are what they are!

I would argue Kylie has been continually UNDERESTIMATED throughout her career. The perfect example of someone who keeps proving her doubters wrong.

[–] bigbadwolf666 (4707) 4 years ago

I’ve heard her music and followed her career. She is the equivalent of A Euro Britney Spears. She doesnt write her music and it’s mostly pop garbage for mindless idiots.
If you want to compare. Dont compare decades since Elton and Michaels never cared about stats and had more money than God to even care about popping out more albums. How bout you compare voice, class, originality, than just stupid paper numbers of decades years old. Are you going to say she’s better than Madonna?

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

She co wrote every song on her last two albums and has been songwriting since 1990’s Rhythm of Love. That’s another popular misconception about her which I’m sure you’d be aware of if you actually have followed her career.

I wasn’t actually comparing at all, just pointing out that it’s a good effort to surpass chart milestones by those two legends I mentioned. And no, I will certainly not be saying she’s “better than Madonna” go to YouTube if you want to see pathetic squabbles between Kylie and Madonna fans, there are thousands of them. I love Madonna too. Do I enjoy Kylie more? Yes, but that’s purely personal taste and I don’t expect anyone must feel the same way.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Another thing that gets me about that attitude, even though Kylie does write a majority of her own stuff now, would it make her less of an artist if she didn’t? Would anyone seriously suggest that Elvis Presley isn’t an important artist because he wrote NONE of his own songs? I think there’s something to be said for being a performer who can interpret other people’s songs and make them completely their own. The whole “they don’t write their own music” argument has always seemed like music snobbery to me.

But again, it hardly applies to Kylie anymore.

[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 4 years ago

Way to go Kylie! Never in a million years would I have thought little Charlene from Ramsey Street would outshine and outsell so many 80's pop stars when she had her first hit!

God I was still at school back then!

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Yeah almost everyone thought she would be a “one hit wonder” back in 1988. I guess you could call her a 52 hit wonder these days 😉

Anyway, chart and sales achievements aside, DISCO is a top-shelf pop album. The universal critical praise it has received is well deserved, IMO. I still think no one does pop quite like Kylie.

[–] chilone (18328) 4 years ago

Crap music though. Dumb enough for the masses.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Well that’s an opinion and good on you for sharing it!

She has made many people happy at the end of a depressing year with something extremely fun and uplifting. I don’t see much reason to be negative about that. But haters will hate, as they say 🤷‍♂️

I guess all the major music press is wrong in their universal acclaim of the album too. Dumb bitches. What were they thinking praising a pop artist?

[–] chilone (18328) 4 years ago

You are correct. One man's trash is another man's treasure. I personally can't stand that stuff but if it brings some people happiness, great.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Yeah well you’re not alone there. I’ve been bucking the trend in my appreciation for Kylie since the 80s. It’s only ever briefly been “cool” to admit you’re a fan. As an Aussie though I’m proud of our most successful recording artist. She’s put a smile on my dial for decades.

[–] chilone (18328) 4 years ago

I don't begrudge you that. 🙂

[–] samoanjoes (58601) 4 years ago

Interesting. I thought it would be someone like Joni Mitchell or Aretha.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Personally I would have expected Madonna to get there first but they do love them some Kylie in the UK.

[–] samoanjoes (58601) 4 years ago

Her too. But I was thinking more about Aretha and Joni because they started their careers a lot earlier.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Yeah fair enough. Those two are both legends but I suppose pop charts are always going to favour pop artists.

[–] cyguration (3951) 4 years ago

What's the song that hit number one?

(Sorry, I don't keep up with pop music)

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

It was her album Disco. Those stats were for the album charts.

[–] cyguration (3951) 4 years ago

Oh okay, thanks.

[–] BourbonKing (5788) 4 years ago

Meh.

You can take any artists nobody in the English speaking world has heard of and make the same boast. Pop music exists outside of the UK, the commonwealth, and the USA/Canada

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Sure, I guess. I suppose the achievement is more impressive to a fan of the artist in question, particularly when that artist has often been underestimated by a lot of people who have never taken her seriously.

I didn’t post this to convince anyone that Kylie is the greatest. I’m just proud of her for staying the distance and for her continuing success. I know it won’t be great news to everyone. I’m more than ok with that 🙂

[–] BourbonKing (5788) 4 years ago

I'm glad she beat cancer and happy for her, but as a regular listener of pop music I can't really recall her having any big presence in the USA after her last hit single from the early 2000s.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

No, you’re absolutely right. American success has always kind of alluded her other than the Fever era. She’s been very successful on the US club charts, but that’s pretty niche I admit.

I guess that’s why her last album cracking the Top 30 in the US is impressive, to me anyway. You don’t see the likes of her 80s contemporaries like Tiffany or Debbie Gibson still landing albums on that end of the charts.