Forgotten #1s from the big divas

[leoapp]

These 5 successful big divas had so many hits, but these 5 are probably the most forgotten Hot 100 #1s from each diva. Even the artists rarely perform this song anymore. Which one do you still like today? :)

[Glove Slap]

Madonna's easily, but I enjoy all of them. Well I haven't listened to I'm Your Angel in years and don't feel like it now, but I liked it for what it was the last time I did.

[Wolfy]

Whitney

[Focus]

Whitney Houston - So Emotional

[Deleted]

I actually don't really care for any of these but "So Emotional" is the most memorable one in my opinion.

[Robert J]

"So Emotional" is the only one of these I can recall, and I quite like it, so it's a pretty easy vote for me.

[MikeCheck12]

When I Think of You
So Emotional
This Used to Be My Playground




I'm Your Angel
Thank God I Found You

[divasummer]

I don't think "So Emotional", "When I Think Of You" or "This Used To Be My Playground" are forgotten at all.

[.indulgecountry]

This Used to Be My Playground

[ILLUSION]

So Emotional is one of Whitney's BEST songs. Idk how it could be "forgotten" haha

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

Apr 19, 2015 11:08:46 GMT -5 MikeCheck12 said:

When I Think of You
So Emotional
This Used to Be My Playground




I'm Your Angel
Thank God I Found You

This.

[collegedropout]

I don't agree that "When I Think Of You" and "So Emotional" are their most forgotten #1s.

Janet is probably "Doesn't Really Matter" and Whitney is probably "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"

"When I Think of You" is the best song here though.

[mkarns]

Apr 19, 2015 23:34:56 GMT -5 divasummer said:

I don't think "So Emotional", "When I Think Of You" or "This Used To Be My Playground" are forgotten at all.

Same. In fact I heard "So Emotional" on the radio just yesterday; it certainly gets more recurrent play than "Didn't We Almost Have It All" or "Where Do Broken Hearts Go", both #1's from the same album, though that speaks to the general tendency of radio to prefer replaying older uptempo hits and to skimp on the ballads.

Of these listed, I'd say probably "Thank God I Found You". That wasn't played on the radio like a #1 hit even when new (it only peaked at #28 on the Radio & Records pop chart, for instance), and Mariah has plenty of better remembered hits, both ballads and uptempo songs (oh yes, and a Christmas number that gets annual saturation play, which is its own special case.) "I'm Your Angel" isn't far behind, as Celine's other big hits are almost all more remembered (without getting into the R. Kelly issue--talk about an unlikely pairing.)

[B-Boy]

01 So Emotional
02 When I Think Of You
03 Thank God I Found You (I prefer the Make It Last remix though)

[Exclusive]

Whitney & Celine

[divasummer]

Jan 1, 2019 21:36:19 GMT -5 mkarns said:

Apr 19, 2015 23:34:56 GMT -5 divasummer said:

I don't think "So Emotional", "When I Think Of You" or "This Used To Be My Playground" are forgotten at all.

Same. In fact I heard "So Emotional" on the radio just yesterday; it certainly gets more recurrent play than "Didn't We Almost Have It All" or "Where Do Broken Hearts Go", both #1's from the same album, though that speaks to the general tendency of radio to prefer replaying older uptempo hits and to skimp on the ballads.

Of these listed, I'd say probably "Thank God I Found You". That wasn't played on the radio like a #1 hit even when new (it only peaked at #28 on the Radio & Records pop chart, for instance), and Mariah has plenty of better remembered hits, both ballads and uptempo songs (oh yes, and a Christmas number that gets annual saturation play, which is its own special case.) "I'm Your Angel" isn't far behind, as Celine's other big hits are almost all more remembered (without getting into the R. Kelly issue--talk about an unlikely pairing.)

When MiMi's "Thank God I Found You" hit num.1 it was at a time when many artists stopped releasing singles or they were cut short physically.
If all the songs that were out at the time were released physically or their single hadn't been deleted from the stores I'm 99.9% positive my top 3 favorite artist off all time wouldn't have been num.1 that 1 week.
I COULD be wrong. I don't remember if the num.2 songs single had been deleted from the stores yet. It went back to num.1 for a week after "TGIFY" interrupted it's run.
I remember the time period and "TGIFY" did not feel like a num.1.
Her casual fans were starting to dwindle some but she was still huge so maybe if it was a complete even playing field at the time "TGIFY" could have reached num.1 for that week on it's own. It's been years now but to me it didn't feel like a num.1.
Neither did "I'm Your Angel" but I think it did more than "TGIFY" lol

[leoapp]

Im Your Angel is sooo weak.
So Emotional is a bit boring, much prefer the other 3 no. 1s from. Whitney album.

TUTBMP is okay, good vocal, but can be boring sometimes. Crazy how Madonna have never performed it live.

When I Think Of You is underrated i guess, very good video and imo the best single from Control era. Even The Pleasure Principle which didnt hit top 10 seems more remembered.

TGIFY is extremely underrated, one if Mariah best ballads imo. In wish she performed the full original version, not just the short acapella rendition like on her recent tours.