The Top 10 Most Controversial Music Artists... Part 1.
The Top 10 Most Controversial Music Artists.
Last Sunday on NCBRadio.co.uk we counted down the most outrageous names in music that are notoriously well known for their dangerous music lyrics and actions in the public eye. But the question was ‘who was the biggest trouble maker selling all the hits?’
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The American rapper is well known for his hits Gold Digger, Stronger and Bound 2.
But what has Kanye done to earn himself a spot on our most controversial list?
In the 2009 MTV Music Video Awards (VMAs), Taylor Swift had just won the award for best female music video for her newest single ‘You belong to me.’
It clearly was history in the making here as Taylor Swift was the first country singer to ever win this type of award at the annual VMA’s.
But it wasn’t until mid-way through Taylor’s speech that the hip-hop superstar stormed onto the stage and protested, “Taylor, imma really happy for you and all. But Beyoncé has one of the best music videos of all time!”
Afterwards when Kanye West left the stage, he received a room full of echoing boo’s with disgust at his actions. People still haven’t forgiven the Runaway hit-maker for his honesty even to this day.
As soon as the young Canadian sweet heart stepped into the music world in 2008, everyone knew Justin was going to worldwide phenomenon.
But just like all teenage stars, people will wonder when they start to self-destruct. And why is the One Time singer on our list?
Over the past six years of his career, Justin Bieber has probably been one of the most talked about artists of the decade. All through his career he was featured in the press for his developing bad-boy behaviour.
Justin has broken Belieber’s hearts, lashed at paparazzi and been caught drag racing along the American streets whilst being intoxicated. Not to mention the 20 year old superstar has allegedly been photographed with hookers and drugs that quickly surfaced onto the internet.
So many of us right now are probably thinking; what hasn’t the teenager done?
The Hit Me Baby One More Time hit maker has been named one of the sexiest women of all time. She’s even got her own star on the walk of fame in Hollywood for her never ending list of achievements.
But where did it all go wrong for her?
From shaving her hair off, to becoming addicted to drugs and attacking paparazzi with umbrellas, Britney is another example of how top celebrities can cause really big trouble by their actions.
May we remind you of the ‘Leave Britney Alone!’ fan? It’s clear that Britney’s fanbase remains strong and loyal to her, despite her downfalls. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc
Prince has earned a spot on our list at number 7.
Its so cool that the singer even has an album called ‘Controversy’ (1981). But the album we are going to discuss is called ‘Dirty Mind.’
Everyone was blown away by the choice of lyrics in some of Prince’s songs. The featured language that promoted incest, swearing, masturbation and sex, which back in the 80s, was classed as pretty outrageous.
The type of language used for example was: “You sexy mother f….” And this was said over 20 times in the song ‘Sexy MF.’
Over the past three decades of her career, Madonna has always been on top of her game and she is the one with the knowledge when it comes to business, wealth, fame and controversy.
The 56 year old singer has been named the most successful solo female artist in history, by selling over 350 million albums across the globe.
After having two music videos being banned on MTV and VH1 (What it feels like for a girl and Justify my love) the Queen of Pop knows no boundaries in terms of expressing herself.
The Material Girl has promoted provocative pop hits with her albums and has offended people all across the world for her sexual actions on stage during concerts (the most famous case was The Blonde Ambition Tour in 1900).
That was our first wave of controversial artists in the music industry. Stay tuned for the second half of the countdown to find out who is king or queen! Comment below if you think you know can guess who they are! Or tweet me on @AnnaleighBenn on twitter.
