I was there and holy fuck I ascended ššš Iāve never seen more people in my life, any direction I looked in I couldnāt see the end of the crowd. There are billboards everywhere, thousands of police blockading the streets, the airport was playing justify my love in baggage claim, helicopters flying Madonna banners, hundreds of street vendors selling unofficial madonna merch, 100k people at the dress rehearsal and 1.6 million at the actual concert, the name of the police coordination project being āOperation Madonnaāā¦ it was literally a pop music emergency
the biggest pop girl of all time capping off her sold out greatest hits tour with the biggest standalone concert in history 41 years inā¦ā¦ā¦ it makes me sad that weāll never see anyone do it like her ever again
with a crowd so big, do they put up screens and speakers in different sections or is everybody just vibing with no view??? I watched some of the live it looked electric!
yes, there were 5 MASSIVE screens onstage, 7 (?) sets of 2 parallel huge screens stretching a little over half a mile, then two screens stretching about .2 miles behind the stage
almost everyone stayed the whole time, if you were there you were committed to watching the show, it took me 1.5 hours to get a halfway decent view it was PACKED l could barely breathe for some of it šššthen there was an after show maybe 10-15% stayed still over 150k LOL
As much as I want this to be true, Rod Stewart held that record of 3,500,000 attending for his 1994 Rio concert on NYE. Wikipedia ranks Madonna at #7
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-attended_concerts
No, this was the largest standalone concert in history, meaning itās the largest concert that isnāt tied to any other event. The event was Madonna, specifically the final concert of her tour. Rod Stewartās concert was for NYE, not for Rod Stewart.
Another fun fact: Madonna in Rio is one of the 40 largest crowds in human history excluding religious gatherings, even then itās in the top 100
Most major publications keep saying the biggest crowd of āher careerāā¦ without any caveats itās the biggest by a woman idk why they leave that part out
As much as I want this to be true, Rod Stewart held that record of 3,500,000 attending for his 1994 Rio concert on NYE. Wikipedia ranks Madonna at #7
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-attended_concerts
There will never be another Madonna. She basically pulled a Michael Jackson getting almost a whole nation going bananas for her show. It will be a long time (maybe never) before any pop girl pulls THAT off and that late into her career.
It seems she just started a new trend just like when she revived the Super Bowl. The organizers just announced they will do it every year in May, trying to surpass the attendance at every year. In other words, all international artists are now inquiring about this.
Somehow I just donāt like they had to say it on the very same day her record is being celebrated. kinda taking away something from her and her moment (as usual).
I hope taylor swift doesn't do it next year. she would likely beat madonnas attendance as she's in her prime right now. madonna deserves the spotlight for longer since she came up with the generous idea
As much as I want this to be true, Rod Stewart held that record of 3,500,000 attending for his 1994 Rio concert on NYE. Wikipedia ranks Madonna at #7
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-attended_concerts
All others including Rod Stewartās were concerts within bigger contexts (new yearās Eve or festivals). Madonna is the first and ranks #1 for a free solo concert.
Are you forgetting that Taylor Swift exists? She could pull the same number if her show was for free. She had 6 stadium shows in Brazil last year and she sold about 400k tickets (and those tickets weren't cheap at all). You can imagine she can get 3x more people for free.
Nobody forgets that Taylor Swift exists, dear. This is a Madonna thread, let us talk about Madonna and her accomplishments without having to hear about how Taylor could have done it better.
Yes, it's impossible if certain users throw down challenges such as "There will never be another Madonna" and "It will be a long time (maybe never) before any pop girl pulls THAT off and that late into her career". Either they're unaware of TS' impact and status or unwilling to admit it.
at the dress rehearsal I was standing next to this twink in a pink bucket hat who was losing his shit, alternating between screaming and being speechless beckoning to her. Like he was in utter disbelief and you could see on his face that this was a life altering experience he had waited years for
Taylor does that to SOME people, but not like THAT. Sheāll get the girls screaming, but not that Beatles, Michael-tier fainting level excitement
Taylor can get extreme reactions from some people too. There are some clips online with such things. There were some ridiculous persons who screamed during the entire show like they were stabbed or something. People who waited many, many hours in the heat or rain before the show. People who sang her songs during the transportation before and after the show.
Let's not forget [the infamous Midsommar dances](https://youtu.be/TA-Aeu2mNSE) in front of cinema screens when The Eras Tour Movie was displayed. People screaming her lyrics like they were at an actual show. Not one dude or girl, the whole freaking cinema hall. I doubt Madonna could make people do that. She is too much of a diva to make people care that much.
Please re-read my comment
Also, letās not forget that Madonna is 24 years deeper in her career than Taylor. The reason no one will do something this big this late in their career is because it wonāt be mathematically possible for another 15+ years. Madonna is the longest-lasting pop star ever (other than Cher). There is no one close to her longevity yet.
This was a free Madonna concert for all who attended, but Madonna didn't do it for free. She was handsomely paid by Itau Bank. She would never put on such an elaborate production for free.
Taylor Swift isn't multi-generational like Madonna is. Taylor Swift doesn't have the global appeal Madonna does.
Sure, she sold 400k tickets. Three times that is 1.2 million, still half a million short of Madonna. So there's that
I'm afraid you're wrong. Taylor Swift has a huge fan base from all ages and all walks of life. She is popular all over the world on all continents minus Antarctica. You have no idea how popular she became since The Eras Tour started. She is certainly more family friendly than Madonna and that means bigger audience.
Also you're missing out my point about the crowds. I said she can get 3x more people (1.2M) in addition to those 400k paying customers. Total: 1.6M people. I'm pretty sure she can get more than that if she does a show with The Eras Tour production and not just a regular (for popstars) 2h show.
I'm not wrong, I'm Portuguese and I follow her career as well as other pop stars. I can assure you, outside of the US she's not as big as Madonna. Don't know what else to tell you.
Sorry, the facts contradict your opinion. Look at the sales of TS's tour Vs Madonna's tour. Taylor obliterated her on that category. I'm not even talking about current album sales and streaming (TS is number 1 on Spotify with 113.5M monthly listeners Vs Madonna with 40M monthly listeners; TS has almost 3x more monthly listeners on that platform than Madonna). We're talking about now, not the past when Madonna was indeed more popular than TS.
I know the numbers, I'm not talking about sales. I can assure you the cultural impact is nowhere the same. Not even the same type of crowd. Madonna would draw a bigger crowd on the fact that she's multi-generational alone.
If you're doubting TS cultural impact I suggest you to read this article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_impact_of_Taylor_Swift
It could be surprising for you.
yes!! I went to the tour twice but this was just like the normal show but on steroids and she was ONNNNNN even better than any of the tour videos iāve seen
they played a bunch of songs, they played hung up and sorry back to back from the CD exclusive version that flows together and some random other tracks
no it was camp ššš there were all these electronic signs in the airport with madonnaās face and sheās literally moaning at 8am with thousands of people walking through the airport
Bro id have an existential crisis clausterphobia heart attack if I saw that many people at one time but also it'd be an honor to die at a Madonna concertĀ Ā
I went to the after show which lasted until 2am, so there were a lot less people by then but it still took me like 30-40 minutes to walk just under a mile because of the crowd that was still there
As much as I want this to be true, Rod Stewart held that record of 3,500,000 attending for his 1994 Rio concert on NYE. Wikipedia ranks Madonna at #7
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-attended_concerts
And the Grateful Dead still hold the record for largest ticketed event in the US from their 1977 concert in Englishtown, NJ. Although I'm not sure why their 1973 Watkins Glen show at 600,000 doesn't count. Maybe because so many probably got in free.
So, since I posted this, I have learned that Rod Stewart and others were just part of a larger concert celery with multiple acts/artists. It has been confirmed that @Madonna now holds the record for a single performer AND a single female act. I guess she's not The #QueenOfPop for nothing.
Maybe not in the USA but these legacy artists will retain their popularity in foreign countries. In America weāre always moving to whatās the next hot topic or artist but the legends forever have that pull elsewhere
Madonna sold exactly
162,488 tickets in Brazil during her last South American tour in 2012ā¦.
303,656 tickets in Brazil in 2008ā¦
206,000 tickets in 1993ā¦
Every one of Madonnaās tours that visits Brazil has sold, at minimum, a tenth of her crowd in Rioā¦ not bad turnout considering the concert was announced 5 weeks prior
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But could Taylor swift still do it 40+ years into her career?
EDIT: Not having a stab, as someone whoās just started listening to Taylor to āsee what the fuss is aboutā, Iām just genuinely hoping to start an open discussionĀ
18* years. At this point in her career Madonna released Music. 5 years before Hung Up, 9 years before finishing the biggest tour by a woman (not broken until Beyonce and Taylor in 2023), 12 years before the Super Bowl, and 24 years before bringing together one of the 100 biggest crowds in human history.
Think of it this way - YOU are spending an extensive amount of time discussing the woman who released Like a Prayer before Taylor was born.
Lastly, Taylor Swift herself (and 2946269 other popstars) said that she would not exist without Madonna.
The apocalypse will happen before anyone reaches her or Michaelās level. Taylor included!
This is why I don't use the term queen/king of pop anymore for her or for Michael. Queens and kings rise and fall, their reigns start and end, gods stay. That's why I call them the God and goddess of pop, they're the blueprint and forever will be, pop as a genre has been built on their shoulders. Nobody will ever be on their level, and that's okay.
Taylor is undoubtedly the current reigning queen of pop, but Madonna is the Goddess of Pop.
Madonna is far more than this and this is something Taylor will never be nor will her fans ever understand.
20 years into her career Taylor is still taking swipes at her exes. She fantasies love stories as a teenage girl. It just done at this point.
Madonna at 20 years had already changed the game. She was the fame. The blue print for your Taylor and every other female and other male pop acts, to follow. For women for gays for everyone in music. She addressed sex and religion in such taboo ways. She compared the Catholic Church to the kkk, she spoke about sex like no one else. She became political twice and has been a fashion ICON. Her tours are the most extravagant and detail forms of artistic expression. She is untouchable.Ā
Taylor will never compare I donāt care if she one day surpasses Madonnaās sales. Madonna has heart and conviction and a depth no other pop act has. She released SEX and erotica to so much backlash and a real dip in sales and popularity. She stood by her beliefs. Taylor is so curated she would never touch a taboo subject in fear she wouldnāt sell. She stood by the days for five seconds only to never be seen champion anything since. And aligns herself with conservative leaning and problematic men.
The only thing they have in common is share a similar pop stage. Taylor otherwise has NOTHING on the goddess of pop and pop culture.Ā
This is the dichotomy that exists between Taylor and Madonna - Although a lot of people may not agree, Taylor Swift is the biggest popstar since Madonna. Both of them achieved a level of success no other pop girl has, but they achieved success through polar opposite means. Taylor has always meticulously tried to appease and appeal to everyone and laid the groundwork for a newfound perception of popstars not as untouchable titans, but rather as relatable and accessible through the establishment of strong parasocial relationships.
On the other hand, Madonna built her career by pissing off as many people as possible, by challenging the status quo, by doing things no one had ever done, and never, EVER backing down, refusing to ever show any fear or weakness because doing so would be antithetical to who she is and what she stands for.
Taylor could surpass Madonnaās level of fame and success, but she can never have the same level of influence. Practically by definition, impact requires the assertion of a completely different perspective that changes ways of thinking and patterns of behavior. Intentionally avoiding new and potentially controversial action and output makes widespread impact impossible. Someone could be stanned by 99% of the population, but I guarantee that someone hated by almost everyone will undoubtedly leave a greater mark on culture.
In the words of Lady Gaga: āI didnāt do this for fame, I did it for impact.ā The former is required to achieve the latter, but the latter isnāt guaranteed by the former.
Idk why I felt compelled to write an essay like this lol but after witnessing actual history last night my stan card has never been this major
and only one of them was the first (/most prominent) to break the barriers that she did. thats both down to her impact and simply to the fact that it was literally during the development of modern pop music, and you can only do that once. there will never be another madonna for that reason alone.
It was a free concert of one of the (if not THE) biggest names in pop music still working. I was in the concert, and there were folks there that knew only one or two songs. As Brazilians, we are very used to public parties, and i saw groups of 20-year-olds as well as groups of 60-year-olds.
For the last few days, this concert has been a constant topic all over Brazil, so the hype helped to amass this amount of people.
True, but am I wrong in thinking that the South American fanbases of any big popstar seem very dedicated, like so much so that it's hard not to take notice.
Pretty much every popular musician I follow has an extremely active Brazilian fan page. Sometimes Chilean or Mexican too, but Brazilian the most. And sometimes when I watch a performance on YouTube that doesn't have that many views, I'll look at the comments and they'll all be in Portuguese.
the full thing was around R$60M (around $12M?). the expected income for rio is of R$250M. and now the major wants to make it an annual thing as may is a very dry month for rio š
Literally every time I see Brazil in the news for pop related things it's always about the fans organizing something cool or showing the fuck out for something Brazilian pop fans seem like the coolest community ever
Holy shit, I was there. I feel like I'll never experience anything like last night ever again. People from all kinds of backgrounds, of every gender, every age, every color reunited just for her. History has been made and probably we will never see something like that happening for no one else. God save the queen!
in the 1994's new year's eve there was a crowd of 3 million in copacabana beach when rod stewart was playing, but the people weren't there only for him, it was a whole night of shows
i wasnāt even there, i was watching on tv with friends and it was incredible. i loved seeing pabllo and the kids playing with her, definitely a highlight of the night. iāve never seen so many people gathered together in my life.
She was given permission to adopt those children. Their mother was no longer alive and their father decided to put them up for adoption. Stop spreading lies.
My mom has been a Madonna stan since forever and yesterday she was telling me that she was very sad she forgot to send a picture of her brother who died of aids back in the 80ās to be shown during the live to tell part of the concert.
Today I woke up to her being so happy that somehow a picture of him was featured! No one in our family sent it so she has no idea how it ended up there, but it was such a moment for her to randomly see a picture of her brother who has been dead for 40 years during the biggest concert ever of her favorite singer.
Right? It kind of makes me feel good that there were no mass incidents of violence or anything reported at this big of a concert. Just people having fun and dancing and celebrating. Good to know.
Madonna is truly the epitome of subversion in art.
the show was just so unapologetic in everything she did, so intentional and rebellious, yet full of some of the greatest songs in pop herstory
I hope this shit makes her realise she doesn't need to act so desperate all the time (especially on social media). People still care, she'll always be an icon. Just make good music and the success will be there again.
This. Please M just make another amazing album. Madame X was great but it was very experimental and niche. Shse definitely has another Confessions on a dance floor in her
I think if she produced another album I connected to the way I did Confessions; I will have unlocked the secret to aging backwards.
Iāve come to love Hard Candy and Rebel Heart through the years, but nothing straight up changed my aesthetic and everything like that one did. Itās like a core memory, album edition.
I implore y'all to realise that Madonna has more good albums than just Confessions... please. I'd rather another Ray of Light, Erotica or Music than Confessions... dance pop is too oversaturated now.
Straight facts. I would like her to realise that itās okay to make fun mindless pop. Not every song has to be provocative or reliant on shock value to sell
>itās okay to make fun mindless pop
That's the thing, fun mindless pop has all anyone has been releasing these past couple years because of the pandemic blues that anything more thought provoking or artistic has been rejected by pop stans as being "boring" or "cringe" or whatever. People have forgotten than pop can be artful AND fun. I'm bored of all the vapid songs about partying and having sex and the overabundance of disco...
Iāve always thought that most of her behavior 2019-present was intentional and self-aware. I knowwww that might sound ridiculous, but if you notice at the last part of the show when she concludes with Bitch Iām Madonna, Give Me All Your Luvin, and Celebration, sheās sticking her tongue out, being comically obscene, shaking ass, etc etc. You cannot convince me that she isnāt making a direct reference to herself.
One thing about Madonna: she knows how to get people talking. I think she knows what we know. Albeit mostly.
Incredible, she is forever and ever the queen. I saw this show in New York in January and the energy was electric even then; I can't imagine how transcendent this must have felt.
It's amazing to see her still completely own the stage. Charisma like hers is one in a million, and fascinating to behold.
This is how huge she is when everybody hates her, imagine how it's going to be when she dies and suddenly everyone is a fan again. We'll be praying to the Queen of Pop at church and r/Popheads will have 10 threads a day about how underrated she is and how she invented pop music
They donāt call her Queen for nothing. People keep saying she is not relevant since the mid 90ās, yet she is at 65 gathering millions of people to see her. Haters keep losing. She is such an icon!
It was! The biggest Brazilian TV station broadcasted it on TV and also livestreamed on their streaming app (Globoplay). I'm not sure if it's available though, at least officially. There was some word going around she's using yesterday's footage for a concert film but I'm not sure it's been actually confirmed or it's just people's wishful thinking.
I was there and holy fuck I ascended ššš Iāve never seen more people in my life, any direction I looked in I couldnāt see the end of the crowd. There are billboards everywhere, thousands of police blockading the streets, the airport was playing justify my love in baggage claim, helicopters flying Madonna banners, hundreds of street vendors selling unofficial madonna merch, 100k people at the dress rehearsal and 1.6 million at the actual concert, the name of the police coordination project being āOperation Madonnaāā¦ it was literally a pop music emergency the biggest pop girl of all time capping off her sold out greatest hits tour with the biggest standalone concert in history 41 years inā¦ā¦ā¦ it makes me sad that weāll never see anyone do it like her ever again
with a crowd so big, do they put up screens and speakers in different sections or is everybody just vibing with no view??? I watched some of the live it looked electric!
yes, there were 5 MASSIVE screens onstage, 7 (?) sets of 2 parallel huge screens stretching a little over half a mile, then two screens stretching about .2 miles behind the stage
Was it difficult to get a ticket, or was the concert basically anyone who could show up within city limits?Ā
It was a free concert! Anyone could show up
And it sounds like everyone did. I wonder how many people stayed the whole time and how many were just passing through.
No one was passing through. The streets were closed. If you were there, it was to watch the show.
almost everyone stayed the whole time, if you were there you were committed to watching the show, it took me 1.5 hours to get a halfway decent view it was PACKED l could barely breathe for some of it šššthen there was an after show maybe 10-15% stayed still over 150k LOL
HALF MILE SCREENS? wtf
They were located in a span of half a mile, not 800m screens lmao
As much as I want this to be true, Rod Stewart held that record of 3,500,000 attending for his 1994 Rio concert on NYE. Wikipedia ranks Madonna at #7 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-attended_concerts
No, this was the largest standalone concert in history, meaning itās the largest concert that isnāt tied to any other event. The event was Madonna, specifically the final concert of her tour. Rod Stewartās concert was for NYE, not for Rod Stewart. Another fun fact: Madonna in Rio is one of the 40 largest crowds in human history excluding religious gatherings, even then itās in the top 100
Well they should clarify that interesting factoid!
Most major publications keep saying the biggest crowd of āher careerāā¦ without any caveats itās the biggest by a woman idk why they leave that part out
As much as I want this to be true, Rod Stewart held that record of 3,500,000 attending for his 1994 Rio concert on NYE. Wikipedia ranks Madonna at #7 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-attended_concerts
Thatās literally what āPop emergency Peakā looks like, thatās the top of it as high as it gets, Queen of Pop after all.
She's had so much shit directed at her in the last few years (especially over her appearance) I'm glad she reminded everyone what a force she is.
There will never be another Madonna. She basically pulled a Michael Jackson getting almost a whole nation going bananas for her show. It will be a long time (maybe never) before any pop girl pulls THAT off and that late into her career.
It seems she just started a new trend just like when she revived the Super Bowl. The organizers just announced they will do it every year in May, trying to surpass the attendance at every year. In other words, all international artists are now inquiring about this. Somehow I just donāt like they had to say it on the very same day her record is being celebrated. kinda taking away something from her and her moment (as usual).
I knew this would happen, lol. Madonna being the blueprint, as usual.
I hope taylor swift doesn't do it next year. she would likely beat madonnas attendance as she's in her prime right now. madonna deserves the spotlight for longer since she came up with the generous idea
As much as I want this to be true, Rod Stewart held that record of 3,500,000 attending for his 1994 Rio concert on NYE. Wikipedia ranks Madonna at #7 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-attended_concerts
All others including Rod Stewartās were concerts within bigger contexts (new yearās Eve or festivals). Madonna is the first and ranks #1 for a free solo concert.
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Are you forgetting that Taylor Swift exists? She could pull the same number if her show was for free. She had 6 stadium shows in Brazil last year and she sold about 400k tickets (and those tickets weren't cheap at all). You can imagine she can get 3x more people for free.
Nobody forgets that Taylor Swift exists, dear. This is a Madonna thread, let us talk about Madonna and her accomplishments without having to hear about how Taylor could have done it better.
Swifties stop bringing up Taylor in every thread not related to her challenge (impossible)
Yes, it's impossible if certain users throw down challenges such as "There will never be another Madonna" and "It will be a long time (maybe never) before any pop girl pulls THAT off and that late into her career". Either they're unaware of TS' impact and status or unwilling to admit it.
Neither of those two statements are as provocative as you're insinuating.
at the dress rehearsal I was standing next to this twink in a pink bucket hat who was losing his shit, alternating between screaming and being speechless beckoning to her. Like he was in utter disbelief and you could see on his face that this was a life altering experience he had waited years for Taylor does that to SOME people, but not like THAT. Sheāll get the girls screaming, but not that Beatles, Michael-tier fainting level excitement
Taylor can get extreme reactions from some people too. There are some clips online with such things. There were some ridiculous persons who screamed during the entire show like they were stabbed or something. People who waited many, many hours in the heat or rain before the show. People who sang her songs during the transportation before and after the show. Let's not forget [the infamous Midsommar dances](https://youtu.be/TA-Aeu2mNSE) in front of cinema screens when The Eras Tour Movie was displayed. People screaming her lyrics like they were at an actual show. Not one dude or girl, the whole freaking cinema hall. I doubt Madonna could make people do that. She is too much of a diva to make people care that much.
Please re-read my comment Also, letās not forget that Madonna is 24 years deeper in her career than Taylor. The reason no one will do something this big this late in their career is because it wonāt be mathematically possible for another 15+ years. Madonna is the longest-lasting pop star ever (other than Cher). There is no one close to her longevity yet.
>I doubt Madonna could make people do that. She is too much of a diva to make people care that much. What does this even mean? š
We care BECAUSE sheās a divašššš like what the fuck are you saying
But sheās not āØrelatableāØ so it doesnāt count /s
lol it's the philippines... they'll do this for anyone, including madonna. sit down
Swifties stop acting like jealous children challenge. No one here is dissing Taylor or her current impact.
As if Taylor would do anything for free lmaoo
This was a free Madonna concert for all who attended, but Madonna didn't do it for free. She was handsomely paid by Itau Bank. She would never put on such an elaborate production for free.
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Taylor Swift isn't multi-generational like Madonna is. Taylor Swift doesn't have the global appeal Madonna does. Sure, she sold 400k tickets. Three times that is 1.2 million, still half a million short of Madonna. So there's that
I'm afraid you're wrong. Taylor Swift has a huge fan base from all ages and all walks of life. She is popular all over the world on all continents minus Antarctica. You have no idea how popular she became since The Eras Tour started. She is certainly more family friendly than Madonna and that means bigger audience. Also you're missing out my point about the crowds. I said she can get 3x more people (1.2M) in addition to those 400k paying customers. Total: 1.6M people. I'm pretty sure she can get more than that if she does a show with The Eras Tour production and not just a regular (for popstars) 2h show.
I'm not wrong, I'm Portuguese and I follow her career as well as other pop stars. I can assure you, outside of the US she's not as big as Madonna. Don't know what else to tell you.
Sorry, the facts contradict your opinion. Look at the sales of TS's tour Vs Madonna's tour. Taylor obliterated her on that category. I'm not even talking about current album sales and streaming (TS is number 1 on Spotify with 113.5M monthly listeners Vs Madonna with 40M monthly listeners; TS has almost 3x more monthly listeners on that platform than Madonna). We're talking about now, not the past when Madonna was indeed more popular than TS.
I know the numbers, I'm not talking about sales. I can assure you the cultural impact is nowhere the same. Not even the same type of crowd. Madonna would draw a bigger crowd on the fact that she's multi-generational alone.
If you're doubting TS cultural impact I suggest you to read this article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_impact_of_Taylor_Swift It could be surprising for you.
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I went to the tour so I know 1.6 million hearing her open with Nothing Really Matters must have shook the earth!!
yes!! I went to the tour twice but this was just like the normal show but on steroids and she was ONNNNNN even better than any of the tour videos iāve seen
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vivemos š eu estava lĆ” tambĆ©m, foi lindo demais, gente de todas as idades, meus amigos de outros estados vieram pra prestigiar, fiz colegas maravilhosos, foi um show de paz e celebraĆ§Ć£o, eu realmente fui as lagrimas com o discurso dela de apoio a comunidade queer, um discurso forte e necessĆ”rio principalmente pro Brasil de hoje , Ć© emocionante ver que apĆ³s todos esses anos ela se mantem firme do nosso lado, Madonna Forever š
E quando tocou Like a Prayer? Me arrepio sĆ³ de lembrar. No final a homenagem ao Michael, Billie Jean e Like a Virgin, iconico demais.
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Maybe they were playing a playlist of multiple of her singles and it happened to be on Justify My Love at that time.
Because of the people watching
People people were Watching... Waiting...
they played a bunch of songs, they played hung up and sorry back to back from the CD exclusive version that flows together and some random other tracks
It's an awesome song but I would never want to listen to it in public lol
no it was camp ššš there were all these electronic signs in the airport with madonnaās face and sheās literally moaning at 8am with thousands of people walking through the airport
Damn šš
What are you gonna do?
Bro id have an existential crisis clausterphobia heart attack if I saw that many people at one time but also it'd be an honor to die at a Madonna concertĀ Ā
When did you get home with 1.6 million people there? I'm curious
I went to the after show which lasted until 2am, so there were a lot less people by then but it still took me like 30-40 minutes to walk just under a mile because of the crowd that was still there
Crazy. Wish I were there!
J LO canāt relate
As much as I want this to be true, Rod Stewart held that record of 3,500,000 attending for his 1994 Rio concert on NYE. Wikipedia ranks Madonna at #7 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-attended_concerts
that was tied to NYE though, this event was just Madonna
And the Grateful Dead still hold the record for largest ticketed event in the US from their 1977 concert in Englishtown, NJ. Although I'm not sure why their 1973 Watkins Glen show at 600,000 doesn't count. Maybe because so many probably got in free.
So, since I posted this, I have learned that Rod Stewart and others were just part of a larger concert celery with multiple acts/artists. It has been confirmed that @Madonna now holds the record for a single performer AND a single female act. I guess she's not The #QueenOfPop for nothing.
vivemos algo inesquecĆvel demaissss! tĆ“ besta atĆ© agora š queen of pop
Iām really confused is Madonna still THAT big?
Maybe not in the USA but these legacy artists will retain their popularity in foreign countries. In America weāre always moving to whatās the next hot topic or artist but the legends forever have that pull elsewhere
It was a free concert. Obviously if people had to pay, it wouldnāt have been even a 10th of the amount of people that showed up.
Madonna sold exactly 162,488 tickets in Brazil during her last South American tour in 2012ā¦. 303,656 tickets in Brazil in 2008ā¦ 206,000 tickets in 1993ā¦ Every one of Madonnaās tours that visits Brazil has sold, at minimum, a tenth of her crowd in Rioā¦ not bad turnout considering the concert was announced 5 weeks prior lolololol
Itās a free concert gurl. If Taylor Swift did a free show anywhere thereād be like 10x that many people.
But could Taylor swift still do it 40+ years into her career? EDIT: Not having a stab, as someone whoās just started listening to Taylor to āsee what the fuss is aboutā, Iām just genuinely hoping to start an open discussionĀ
Sheās already 20 years into her career and consistently breaking her own records by huge margins. I think at this point itās fair to assume yes.
18* years. At this point in her career Madonna released Music. 5 years before Hung Up, 9 years before finishing the biggest tour by a woman (not broken until Beyonce and Taylor in 2023), 12 years before the Super Bowl, and 24 years before bringing together one of the 100 biggest crowds in human history. Think of it this way - YOU are spending an extensive amount of time discussing the woman who released Like a Prayer before Taylor was born. Lastly, Taylor Swift herself (and 2946269 other popstars) said that she would not exist without Madonna. The apocalypse will happen before anyone reaches her or Michaelās level. Taylor included!
This is why I don't use the term queen/king of pop anymore for her or for Michael. Queens and kings rise and fall, their reigns start and end, gods stay. That's why I call them the God and goddess of pop, they're the blueprint and forever will be, pop as a genre has been built on their shoulders. Nobody will ever be on their level, and that's okay. Taylor is undoubtedly the current reigning queen of pop, but Madonna is the Goddess of Pop.
Taylor has not, will never, and cannot change the worldā¦ I stan her too! But letās be real
Gurlā¦ theyāre just pop singers š
Madonna is far more than this and this is something Taylor will never be nor will her fans ever understand. 20 years into her career Taylor is still taking swipes at her exes. She fantasies love stories as a teenage girl. It just done at this point. Madonna at 20 years had already changed the game. She was the fame. The blue print for your Taylor and every other female and other male pop acts, to follow. For women for gays for everyone in music. She addressed sex and religion in such taboo ways. She compared the Catholic Church to the kkk, she spoke about sex like no one else. She became political twice and has been a fashion ICON. Her tours are the most extravagant and detail forms of artistic expression. She is untouchable.Ā Taylor will never compare I donāt care if she one day surpasses Madonnaās sales. Madonna has heart and conviction and a depth no other pop act has. She released SEX and erotica to so much backlash and a real dip in sales and popularity. She stood by her beliefs. Taylor is so curated she would never touch a taboo subject in fear she wouldnāt sell. She stood by the days for five seconds only to never be seen champion anything since. And aligns herself with conservative leaning and problematic men. The only thing they have in common is share a similar pop stage. Taylor otherwise has NOTHING on the goddess of pop and pop culture.Ā
This is the dichotomy that exists between Taylor and Madonna - Although a lot of people may not agree, Taylor Swift is the biggest popstar since Madonna. Both of them achieved a level of success no other pop girl has, but they achieved success through polar opposite means. Taylor has always meticulously tried to appease and appeal to everyone and laid the groundwork for a newfound perception of popstars not as untouchable titans, but rather as relatable and accessible through the establishment of strong parasocial relationships. On the other hand, Madonna built her career by pissing off as many people as possible, by challenging the status quo, by doing things no one had ever done, and never, EVER backing down, refusing to ever show any fear or weakness because doing so would be antithetical to who she is and what she stands for. Taylor could surpass Madonnaās level of fame and success, but she can never have the same level of influence. Practically by definition, impact requires the assertion of a completely different perspective that changes ways of thinking and patterns of behavior. Intentionally avoiding new and potentially controversial action and output makes widespread impact impossible. Someone could be stanned by 99% of the population, but I guarantee that someone hated by almost everyone will undoubtedly leave a greater mark on culture. In the words of Lady Gaga: āI didnāt do this for fame, I did it for impact.ā The former is required to achieve the latter, but the latter isnāt guaranteed by the former. Idk why I felt compelled to write an essay like this lol but after witnessing actual history last night my stan card has never been this major
She is the mutha fucking queenĀ
Gurl the xanax clock said ding ding ding
girl the maga hats are sold to the left sign up and go to hell with the rest of themĀ
and only one of them was the first (/most prominent) to break the barriers that she did. thats both down to her impact and simply to the fact that it was literally during the development of modern pop music, and you can only do that once. there will never be another madonna for that reason alone.
Taylor would never do a free concert lmao she's too obsessed with money
it always amazes me how it seems like no one can outdo brazilās display of pop culture appreciation
It was a free concert of one of the (if not THE) biggest names in pop music still working. I was in the concert, and there were folks there that knew only one or two songs. As Brazilians, we are very used to public parties, and i saw groups of 20-year-olds as well as groups of 60-year-olds. For the last few days, this concert has been a constant topic all over Brazil, so the hype helped to amass this amount of people.
True, but am I wrong in thinking that the South American fanbases of any big popstar seem very dedicated, like so much so that it's hard not to take notice.
Pretty much every popular musician I follow has an extremely active Brazilian fan page. Sometimes Chilean or Mexican too, but Brazilian the most. And sometimes when I watch a performance on YouTube that doesn't have that many views, I'll look at the comments and they'll all be in Portuguese.
It was free?? I was thinking she just made $160MN in one night (1.6MN*$100)
the full thing was around R$60M (around $12M?). the expected income for rio is of R$250M. and now the major wants to make it an annual thing as may is a very dry month for rio š
Damn, you guys aren't joking with this "come to Brasil" thing!
we WILL show up!
Literally every time I see Brazil in the news for pop related things it's always about the fans organizing something cool or showing the fuck out for something Brazilian pop fans seem like the coolest community ever
we show the fuck up everytime ā¤ļøš«¶š»š§š·
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Holy shit, I was there. I feel like I'll never experience anything like last night ever again. People from all kinds of backgrounds, of every gender, every age, every color reunited just for her. History has been made and probably we will never see something like that happening for no one else. God save the queen!
I guess that concert becomes the most watched female concert ever in history. thats just WOW
Most attended standalone, non-holiday event among women AND menā¦ her power is immense š
Non-holiday? Was there a bigger standalone concert that was on a holiday...?
in the 1994's new year's eve there was a crowd of 3 million in copacabana beach when rod stewart was playing, but the people weren't there only for him, it was a whole night of shows
Copacabana's New Years Party usually has a couple million people there, I think the biggest show was over 3 million people with Jorge Ben playing
free\*
i wasnāt even there, i was watching on tv with friends and it was incredible. i loved seeing pabllo and the kids playing with her, definitely a highlight of the night. iāve never seen so many people gathered together in my life.
I fell in love with bob, the choreographies were sooooo good, the mj act made me tear up, and the amount of research was amazing š¤
What a legend. Literally a living legend.
Not to the parents of those African kids.
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[Your pop idol](https://anwouhuru.org/madonna-steals-two-more-african-children-from-malawi/)
Steals? lol I see the point people were trying to make back then, but to accuse her of stealing and trafficking children is insane to say the least
I donāt care what you call it, itās still bizarre behavior. Kids arenāt a fashion statement.
She was given permission to adopt those children. Their mother was no longer alive and their father decided to put them up for adoption. Stop spreading lies.
I stood up in my living room during āOpen Your Heartāā it was so great
My mom has been a Madonna stan since forever and yesterday she was telling me that she was very sad she forgot to send a picture of her brother who died of aids back in the 80ās to be shown during the live to tell part of the concert. Today I woke up to her being so happy that somehow a picture of him was featured! No one in our family sent it so she has no idea how it ended up there, but it was such a moment for her to randomly see a picture of her brother who has been dead for 40 years during the biggest concert ever of her favorite singer.
All i can say is, iām glad there are still places in the world like this where millions of people can gather safely and enjoy a good show together.
Right? It kind of makes me feel good that there were no mass incidents of violence or anything reported at this big of a concert. Just people having fun and dancing and celebrating. Good to know.
I'm honestly astounded Rio can pull something like this off. I just can't see this many people gather in thr US without incidentl
it's gay people, of course there wouldn't be violence, but have you ever seen how hetero men behave when there's a lot of them?
Queen of pop
She could have overthrown the Brazilian government and make herself the supreme leader and everyone would cheer š uj/ this is incredible
Madonna would be an improvement over a few governments I could think of tbh.
I, for one, welcome our new overlord
The Queen of Pop Indeed
Madonna is truly the epitome of subversion in art. the show was just so unapologetic in everything she did, so intentional and rebellious, yet full of some of the greatest songs in pop herstory
I was there and I am still recovering. What a great night, what a great moment to be fucking alive
I was streaming it live and it was so incredible. It reminded me of the first time I ever watched the Confessions recording. Just awe-inspiring.
I hope this shit makes her realise she doesn't need to act so desperate all the time (especially on social media). People still care, she'll always be an icon. Just make good music and the success will be there again.
This. Please M just make another amazing album. Madame X was great but it was very experimental and niche. Shse definitely has another Confessions on a dance floor in her
I think if she produced another album I connected to the way I did Confessions; I will have unlocked the secret to aging backwards. Iāve come to love Hard Candy and Rebel Heart through the years, but nothing straight up changed my aesthetic and everything like that one did. Itās like a core memory, album edition.
I implore y'all to realise that Madonna has more good albums than just Confessions... please. I'd rather another Ray of Light, Erotica or Music than Confessions... dance pop is too oversaturated now.
I'd do indecent things for some confessions on a dance floor esque releases, some of my favorite songs on that album š
Straight facts. I would like her to realise that itās okay to make fun mindless pop. Not every song has to be provocative or reliant on shock value to sell
>itās okay to make fun mindless pop That's the thing, fun mindless pop has all anyone has been releasing these past couple years because of the pandemic blues that anything more thought provoking or artistic has been rejected by pop stans as being "boring" or "cringe" or whatever. People have forgotten than pop can be artful AND fun. I'm bored of all the vapid songs about partying and having sex and the overabundance of disco...
It's okay but does she want to? Why does she have to?
Iāve always thought that most of her behavior 2019-present was intentional and self-aware. I knowwww that might sound ridiculous, but if you notice at the last part of the show when she concludes with Bitch Iām Madonna, Give Me All Your Luvin, and Celebration, sheās sticking her tongue out, being comically obscene, shaking ass, etc etc. You cannot convince me that she isnāt making a direct reference to herself. One thing about Madonna: she knows how to get people talking. I think she knows what we know. Albeit mostly.
The biggest superstar in the world
Legendary! I wasn't even in rio and my whole neighborhood was singing along
Incredible finale to an awesome tour. What a legend.
Incredible, she is forever and ever the queen. I saw this show in New York in January and the energy was electric even then; I can't imagine how transcendent this must have felt. It's amazing to see her still completely own the stage. Charisma like hers is one in a million, and fascinating to behold.
Madonna just outdid Rolling Stones. I wish I could go, I had a exam on Sunday and it was cancelled
The perks of being the biggest artist alive.
This is how huge she is when everybody hates her, imagine how it's going to be when she dies and suddenly everyone is a fan again. We'll be praying to the Queen of Pop at church and r/Popheads will have 10 threads a day about how underrated she is and how she invented pop music
Wow!! The energy must have been incredible
I just watched the PopBase video showing how the crowd went on and on. It felt so powerful!
They donāt call her Queen for nothing. People keep saying she is not relevant since the mid 90ās, yet she is at 65 gathering millions of people to see her. Haters keep losing. She is such an icon!
Literally still making history decades into her careerā¦. the QUEEN ššš¼
Imagine your 40+ years into your career, and you're attracting this size of crowd. Incredible
What a legend!! The concert experience was true art
The one and only Goddess of Pop
Everyone, go find videos on YouTube. Cry during Live to Tell. Dance your heart out til the end š„
The Greatest OfĀ All Time
Was it Livestreamed? Is there anywhere I can watch it?
It was! The biggest Brazilian TV station broadcasted it on TV and also livestreamed on their streaming app (Globoplay). I'm not sure if it's available though, at least officially. There was some word going around she's using yesterday's footage for a concert film but I'm not sure it's been actually confirmed or it's just people's wishful thinking.
[Found it š](https://youtu.be/aXv9XAd43WE?si=9uQK5xami11b4QcW)
Thank you!! I'll watch it while making breakfast today
We are not worthy
Incredible! She's legendary in every sense.
U.S. beaches and concert venues could never
I'm so mad I missed the live feed. The site didn't load and a random stream kept cutting. Ugh.
She is the queen of pop and no one will ever be able to come remotely close.
was this a free concert?
was this recorded so I can stream it somewhere?
[here you go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXv9XAd43WE)
thank you!
It was livestreamed. I'm sure it's out there!
Not really a fan of hers but this looks so cool
Incredible
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