If there is one thing that will never change about music, it’s that people will spend non-trivial amounts of time ranking the best artists, albums, and songs and then debating those rankings. It seems like every other day, somebody makes headlines because they ranked the best rappers or the best artists in another style. Now Lizzo has decided to enter the conversation, doing so by declaring the “king,” “queen,” “prince,” and “princess” of various genres.
She began by declaring in a tweet that Usher is the “king of R&B,” and from there, she decided to hand out similar superlatives in subsequent tweets. Her picks include Beyonce, Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, and others:
“King of Pop- Michael Jackson
Queen of Pop- Janet Jackson
Prince of pop- Bieber
Princess of Pop- Britney Spears
The Pop princess- Rihanna
Queen of music- Beyonce
Queen of soul- Aretha
Queen of R&B- Mariah
Queen of hip hop soul- Mary J
Queen of rock & roll- Tina Turner.”
Notably, she didn’t touch on rap. She responded to a fan asking why she did that, writing, “Pop is easier to speak on rap got too many variables– I have my opinions tho…. But Ima mind my business.”
Find Lizzo’s tweets below.
Usher the king of r&b
THANK U USHER
— ALL THE RUMORS ARE TRUE (@lizzo) August 29, 2021
King of Pop- Michael Jackson
Queen of Pop- Janet JacksonPrince of pop- Bieber
Princess of Pop- Britney Spears
The Pop princess- RihannaQueen of music- Beyonce https://t.co/98Zq8ZOH25
— ALL THE RUMORS ARE TRUE (@lizzo) August 29, 2021
Queen of soul- Aretha
Queen of R&B- Mariah
Queen of hip hop soul- Mary J
Queen of rock & roll- Tina Turner https://t.co/ecbkd1yf3t— ALL THE RUMORS ARE TRUE (@lizzo) August 29, 2021
Obviously there’s a new school coming… but these are the greats . This is the standard https://t.co/1zb7MH4ktF
— ALL THE RUMORS ARE TRUE (@lizzo) August 29, 2021
Pop is easier to speak on rap got too many variables— I have my opinions tho…. But Ima mind my business https://t.co/Pmojm0ygYR
— ALL THE RUMORS ARE TRUE (@lizzo) August 29, 2021
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