Taylor Swift loses to Beyoncé, BTS surpasses Bruno Mars in top 25 greatest stars

Billboard's list of the 25 greatest stars of the 21st century continues to cause controversy due to the unusual rankings of Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, BTS.

Beyoncé and Taylor Swift top list of greatest stars of the century - Photo: Rolling Stone

After a period of teasing, on the morning of December 4, Billboard officially announced the list of 25 greatest stars of the 21st century.

Taylor Swift lost to Beyoncé

According to the chart, Beyoncé took the top spot, becoming the greatest star of the century. Debuting in 1997, with only 7 studio albums, the Break my soul singer quickly became a global cultural icon.

She is known by the nickname "Queen bee", named the highest position in the list of most influential female musicians of the 21st century voted by National Public Radio.

Beyoncé is the greatest star of the 21st century - Photo: Billboard

Following "queen bee" Beyoncé is Taylor Swift. Recovering from the noise related to Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, the Cruel Summer singer has had a successful transition.

Taylor Swift's three consecutive studio albums Lover, Folklore and Evermore all quickly took the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart.

Notably, Lover became the world's best-selling album by a solo artist in 2019.

In 2023, the "snake queen" will launch the global tour The Eras Tour .

Taylor Swift's tour includes hundreds of shows, traveling through North, South America, and Asia. According to Pollstar, by the end of 2023, The Eras Tour will have earned more than 1.04 billion USD (about 25,000 billion VND).

Taylor Swift sets records continuously but still can't compete with Beyoncé - Photo: Reuters

However, Taylor Swift still lost to Beyoncé. Explaining this, Billboard said: "Taylor Swift is currently dominating the charts with album sales, digital music and tour success.

However, our team decided to choose Beyoncé because of her profound influence and powerful impact over the past 25 years."

However, Billboard 's explanation was still not enough to satisfy the audience. Before announcing the entire list, Billboard encountered a wave of controversy between the top and second place positions of this chart.

BTS unexpectedly surpasses Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran

The remaining 23 artists on Billboard 's list include Rihanna, Drake, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Adele, Usher, Eminem, Nicki Minaj, Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus, Jay Z, Shakira, The Weeknd, BTS, Bruno Mars, Lil Wayne, One Direction, Bad Bunny, Ed Sheeran and Katy Perry.

Notably, among US-UK artists, BTS is the only K-pop group to become the greatest star of the 21st century.

BTS is the only Asian artist on the list - Photo: Big Hit Music

The achievements of HYBE's boy group make fans proud. On social networks, fans left comments: "BTS is the only Asian representative. So cool"; "Proud of the 7"; "BTS is ranked before Bruno Mars and Ed Sheenran"...

However, many viewers expressed surprise and confusion when Katy Perry, Ed Sheenran, and even Grammy-winning Bruno Mars ranked behind BTS. They said that with the achievements of the 7 members, BTS is still not "qualified" enough to be on this list.

Despite 15 Grammy Awards, Bruno Mars still ranks behind BTS - Photo: Hyundai Card

In addition, Billboard 's ranking of the 25 greatest stars of the 21st century also raised big questions among the public due to the absence of many famous stars such as Kendrick Lamar, Justin Bieber, Charlie Puth...

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