Pop DNA in the 21st century: six successors of Madonna

Beyond having revolutionized pop music since the 80s, Madonna consolidated a legacy that transcends genres and generations.

His ability to break schemes, his provocative attitude and constant reinvention marked a before and after in popular culture.

Today, that spirit is still alive in five female figures that, in its own way, have inherited and transformed its legacy.

Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Beyoncé and Katy Perry have not only conquered global scenarios. They have also molded fashion, visual narrative and social debates about gender, identity, empowerment and creative freedom.

Through their careers, they have become influential voices of the 21st century, and referents of a new era of artistic expression.

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga is the image of performative rebellion, raising difference as a flag and promoting the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights and mental health.

In his speech, art and activism are melt with theatricality and provocation, following the path that Madonna drew decades ago.

Lady Gaga has remained among the most active artists of the century. Even in these days his song “Die with a Smile” in collaboration with Bruno Mars is among the 10 most listened to the week in Spotify.

Last Saturday, the powerful singer went crazy to her fans in Rio de Janeiro with a show marked by theatricality and exuberance that hypnotized 2.1 million attendees who gathered on the beach of Copacabana to venerate her diva, the EFE agency said.

The free show, the most massive in the artist’s career, came after his acclaimed presentations in Coachella and Mexico, in April.

The winner of 14 Grammy Awards offered in Rio a show connected to the ‘chaotic’ Mayhem ‘energy, her most recent album and with whom she travels the fight with her alter egos until her rebirth.

BEYONCE

Beyonce, with a voice that transcends the stage, was consolidated as a symbol of Afro -descendant empowerment.

His conceptual projects, loaded with cultural and social references, redefined pop as a protest vehicle, memory and identity pride. The interpreter of “Deja Vu” just began its ‘Cowboy Carter’ tour. Armed with a powerful dancers arsenal, showing her love for her homeland and accompanied at all times of her daughter Blue Ivy, she began her new scenic proposal in the city of Inglewood (California).

Beyonce will travel several US states before jumping to the United Kingdom and France. With almost three hours of show, ‘Queen Bee’ stars in a show with which he starts dressed in white.

TAYLOR SWIFT

Taylor Swift transformed vulnerability into strength. From country nostalgia to the great indie productions, its personal narrative became an emblem of creative independence. Firmly, he has questioned the rules of the industry and has regained control over his own work. And its influence on new generations is a constant in their permanence and presence on the stage.

rihanna

Rihanna broke molds by merging music, fashion and businesses. His firm Fenty not only challenged traditional beauty canons, but opened space for a more inclusive and representative aesthetic.

Business, singer and symbol of diversity, has expanded the limits of success in entertainment.

KATTY PERRY

Katy Perry is an artist emerged in this century that represents everything that entails a new era in the music industry.

Although it was preceded by a constant discography, it was from the album “Teenage Dream” (2010), with which he managed to repeat Michael Jackson’s record with five numbers 1 in the United States extracted from the same album, when his career took off at transcendent levels in the world.

Among their successes are “Firework”, “Roar”, “Hot N ‘Cold”, “I Kissed A Girl” and many others with which the number of copies in the world sold more than 70 million.

BRITNEY SPEARS

Britney Spears, 2000 teenage icon, lived the lights and shadows of fame. Its public evolution, marked by media exposure and legal battles, positioned it as a symbol of the struggle for personal autonomy, resonating in a generation that grew with it.

Britney Spears is actively involved in the production of her biopic authorized by Universal Pictures, even in the development stage.

Following the rumors about the possible cast, director Jon M. Chu denied having considered actresses such as Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter, Millie Bobby Brown or Florence Pugh for the leading role.

Each has interpreted the values ​​that Madonna He embodied in his journey: freedom, constant reinvention and respect for others.

In her careers, we find flashes of the road she forged. Lady Gaga It is directly inspired by the visual and performative.

Britney Spears Encarna the pop star archetype created by the industry, facing its consequences.

Taylor Swift Follow the line of narrative control and artistic independence.

Rihanna It represents the multidimensional expansion of art towards business, while Beyoncé adopts conceptual ambition and political discourse, consolidating itself as a cultural figure.

Instead, Katy Perry herself He said that Madonna is “one of his main inspirations to continue creating music and considers her the greatest in the music industry.”

Although its styles and strategies are different, its impact is collective. Not only do the lists of successes and the call for crowds in world stages dominate, but they mark agenda, inspire movements and redefine what it means to be an artist in the 21st century.

If something is clear is that, as Madonna did, these six women have turned authenticity, rebellion and freedom in their greatest acts of art. And at every step they remind us that showing themselves as one is, it is still the most powerful statement.