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The 2011 Pop Girls Chart.

Online, people always have arguments about who sells more, who’s more popular, who tours better, etc. However, personal bias and factors like promo always result in circular arguments where nothing is achieved after hours of fighting. Therefore, here are the irrefutable numbers, which cannot be argued against, to show us who the baddest bitch really is. The most successful artist in each department gets a 100% and other girls are judged based on how well they did compared to her.

Singles: The numbers are taken from Mediatraffic’s 2011 year-end totals for each artist, since their points system represents the most reliable source for overall performances of singles on charts.

  1. Rihanna 100%
  2. Katy Perry 73%
  3. Lady Gaga 67%
  4. Britney Spears 44%
  5. Jennifer Lopez 34%
  6. Jessie J 20%
  7. Beyoncé 13%
  8. Avril Lavigne 12%
  9. Kelly Clarkson 7%

Rihanna takes the cake with 23,352,000 points overall.

Albums: The numbers are taken from Mediatraffic 2011 year-end sales report.

  1. Lady Gaga 100%
  2. Rihanna 74%
  3. Katy Perry 61%
  4. Beyoncé 60%
  5. Britney Spears 44%
  6. Jessie J 38%
  7. Avril Lavigne 37%
  8. Jennifer Lopez 26%
  9. Kelly Clarkson 16%

Gaga’s ‘Born This Way,’ the biggest mainstream 2011 release, wins this one.

Touring: The numbers are taken from Pollstar’s year-end charts/reports. Beyoncé, J. Lo, and Kelly are missing because they didn’t tour.

  1. Lady Gaga 100%
  2. Rihanna 56%
  3. Britney Spears 53%
  4. Katy Perry 31%
  5. Avril Lavigne 31%
  6. Jessie J 9%
  7. Beyoncé n/a
  8. Jennifer Lopez n/a
  9. Kelly Clarkson n/a

Gaga reigns again with an impressive almost $2 million average per show.

Critical Reception: Based on Metacritic scores for each album.

  1. Beyoncé 100%
  2. Lady Gaga 97%
  3. Britney Spears 92%
  4. Rihanna 88%
  5. Kelly Clarkson 85%
  6. Avril Lavigne 79%
  7. Katy Perry 71%
  8. Jessie J 70%
  9. Jennifer Lopez 63%

Beyoncé reigns here.

Media: Google Insight helps us see who the most searched popgirl of 2011 was.

  1. Lady Gaga 100%
  2. Rihanna 91%
  3. Katy Perry 57%
  4. Britney Spears 54%
  5. Beyoncé 53%
  6. Jennifer Lopez 36%
  7. Avril Lavigne 25%
  8. Jessie J 11%
  9. Kelly Clarkson 6%

Gaga reigns once again.

Overall: Regardless of how you feel about Lady Gaga, you cannot deny that Gaga dominated 2011.

  1. Lady Gaga 100%
  2. Rihanna 88%
  3. Katy Perry 63%
  4. Britney Spears 63%
  5. Beyoncé 60%
  6. Jennifer Lopez 43%
  7. Avril Lavigne 40%
  8. Jessie J 32%
  9. Kelly Clarkson 30%
Due to overwhelming demand, Gaga has added several more BTW Ball dates.

  • June 8 – Auckland, NZ (Vector Arena. On Sale on February 17th, 9 am)
  • June 10 – Auckland, New Zealand (Vector Arena)
  • June 14 – Brisbane, Australia (Brisbane Ent. Center. On Sale on February 17th, 9 am)
  • June 16 – Brisbane, Australia (Brisbane Entertainment Centre)
  • June 23 – Sydney, Australia (Allphones Arena)
  • June 24 – Sydney, Australia (Allphones Arena. Presale February 29th, 6 pm)
  • June 30 – Melbourne, Australia (Rod Laver Arena)
  • July 01 – Melbourne, Australia (Rod Laver Arena. Presale February 29th, 6 pm)
  • July 08 – Perth, Australia (Burswood Dome)
  • TBA – Bangkok, Thailand

ladyxgaga:

She’s currently losing this round but not by much, so make sure you reblog and spread the word. :)