Taylor Swift lost the title of "Great Pop Star of the 21st Century" to Beyoncé

Over the past few months, Billboard magazine's selection of the 25 greatest pop stars of the 21st century has attracted great attention. In the end, Beyoncé was honored, beating runner-up Taylor Swift.

According to a source from Page Six, Taylor Swift read Billboard's list of the Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century and was absolutely thrilled to know that Beyoncé was at the top of the list. The singer also knows how outraged her fans were when she was only honored as the runner-up, but she didn't feel sad or self-pitying.

"Taylor will always support strong female artists. She thinks Beyoncé deserves this title," the source revealed, "Taylor appreciates all the support of her fans but she also knows Beyoncé is a legend in the music industry. She feels honored to be placed second and proud of what she has achieved, no matter where she stands."

Previously, Billboard's ranking caused a lot of controversy when "Queen Bee" took the lead, surpassing even the Lover singer to win this title. Explaining their decision, Billboard said: "While Taylor Swift is the biggest pop star of the century by the numbers – from album sales to streaming volume to tour dominance – our editorial team decided to choose Beyoncé based on influence, her development and impact over the past 25 years."

Billboard argues that few artists in this period can match Beyoncé in any of the key basic categories of a pop star — commercial success, performance, critical acclaim and praise, industry influence, iconic cultural moments.

"Even Taylor Swift, the only artist who has really challenged Beyoncé, and is the clear statistically leader in many key categories... However, Taylor Swift simply hasn't been active long enough to match Beyoncé's major career during a quarter of a century of dominance," Billboard wrote.

Beyoncé's achievements listed by this magazine include: 12 Top 1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, 32 Top 10 Hot 100 songs, 10 Top 1 albums on the Billboard 200, the artist who won the most Grammy Awards in history with 32 awards, won 30 MTV Video Music Awards and won 27 Billboard Music Awards.

Previously, Beyoncé was voted the best pop star by Billboard in 2003 and 2014.

On the side of Taylor Swift, reviving after the noise involving Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, the Cruel summer singer had a successful transformation.

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

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

In 2023, the "snake king" kicked off the global tour The Eras Tour.

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

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

The achievements of the boy group HYBE make fans proud. On social networks, fans left comments: "BTS is the only Asian representative. The peak is too much"; "Proud of 7 people"; "BTS is ahead of Bruno Mars, Ed Sheenran is always there"...

However, many viewers expressed surprise and confusion when Katy Perry, Ed Sheenran, and even Bruno Mars - a Grammy Award winner - were behind BTS. They think that with the achievements that 7 members have achieved, BTS is still not enough to "submit" to this list.

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