10 Artists That Blew Up…But Shouldn’t Have

January 13th, 2012 - By IndigoBlack

If you haven’t seen our story “9 Artists Who Should Have Blown Up…But Didn’t,” you’re missing out on a great list of super talented people who deserve more success. But obviously, by the title above, today’s list is more dedicated to the people whose talents are a bit on the questionable side, but whose success is a bit more than they probably should be getting. While all of these people have had a few songs that had us wopping out in the club, I’m pretty sure we’ve all seen people on the train who can sing and perform better for a dollar. But to each their own.

Ashanti

I’m not going to lie, this chick had a few bangers that I was bouncing my head to in the car (“Rain on Me,” “Baby”), but still, we all know her voice was a bit too paper thin. However, when homegirl first dropped, her album was #1 on the Billboard 200, going triple platinum selling six million copies (that’s huge by today’s industry sales), she was awarded the Soul Train Aretha Franklin “Entertainer of the Year” award in 2002, and won a Grammy for her self-titled album. But still…I mean, if the video for “Happy” doesn’t justify why she was highly overrated, I just don’t know what would.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/angela.floydingram Angela Floyd Ingram

    I disagree with Taylor Swift, Rihanna, and Total. They can really sing. All the others I agree.

  • http://www.facebook.com/christinadanielle.thompson Christina Danielle

    #1 and #9 were RIGHT on the money!!

  • maria

    I enjoyed this slideshow until it got to Rihanna. Whoever wrote this is probably a fat ugly charcoal skinned mammy with no friends.

  • Splash

    Taylor Swift is terrible and I don’t understand why people keep making excuses for her. I agree with everyone on here. It’s like people just don’t want talented singers anymore. People get mad at beyonce for just waking up in the morning, Yet Beyonce,Gaga, Justin, JHud and a couple of more that people constantly hate on have way more talent than the ones people constantly defend. Ashanti has a terrible and week voice, Justin biber is talented and can sing? Who comments on here children? I mean come on…!!!SMH

  • toussuite

    Umm, Total was THE BUSINESS in the 90s! Totally disagree.

  • Tommysan

    You forgot John Legend, he pains me to hear him sing, bad form.

  • Insurrextion

    Ke$ha has hot feet.

  • Ethan

    Sure, I’ll give ya Ashanti, Soulja Boy, even Ke$ha, but putting Rihanna on this list is ridiculous.  She just passed her 11th #1 – most artists never dream of doing that.  You cited that she was the #1 selling digital artist of all time, are all of her fans wrong?  Yeah, she doesn’t have a Whitney/Mariah voice, but that’s not why she’s famous – she’s a pop star and excels at making pop records and being a star.  Plus you must just not enjoy dance music at all if you’ve never found yourself dancing to “We Found Love,” “Disturbia,” or “S/M.”  Her inclusion on this list only convinced me that your taste is different from the rest of the world’s, and that doesn’t at all mean these artists “shouldn’t have blown up,” only that you personally resent a certain type of music that appeals to a lot of people.

  • Toni

    Love this list, but you could have added Drake and Nikki Manaj.  He can’t flow.  That’s all there is to it, and she sounds like she’s having a stroke when she’s rapping.  Cannot believe these two are as big as they are.  

  • cyphi1

    Ashanti was fine, that’s all it takes for fame nowadays.  The people who can sang rarely make it to the limelight.

  • Elis Isle

    Taylor sings about being an adultorer… what kind of f’d up person then works with kids?!
    Shes too fake for me. Sorry.

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