Will "Halo" go down as Beyonce's signature hit?

[#brayden]

It's her most streamed song on Spotify and her most viewed video on YouTube.

It (obviously) wasn't her biggest hit on the charts, but will it go down as the song most people associate with Beyonce?

Discuss.

[Deleted]

No

[kimberly]

Hmm. For a hot minute, it looked like it. She would perform "Halo" as part of her encore for quite a while.

I think right now, it's between "Love on Top" and "Formation." I'd give the edge to the latter because of its big super bowl moment and all, but then again, she opened her 2013 SB performance with an acapella version of "Love on Top."

[🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾]

"Crazy In Love" is the only answer. When them horns start, everyone knows it and goes crazy for it.

[#brayden]

I feel the need to give my opinion as the OP - right and/or wrong as it may be.

When I think of Beyonce songs, "Halo" isn't the first that comes to mind. On the flip side, it probably does for many others.

"Crazy in Love" and "Single Ladies" are the songs that first come to mind for me. "Irreplaceable" sort of reminds me of "One Sweet Day" in that, while it was very popular and successful at the time, it hasn't endured the test of time as well as some of her other songs.

Which brings me back to "Halo" - a song that clearly seems to be standing the test of time better than her other hits. I don't think it's unreasonable to think it could go down as her signature hit even if it's, in my opinion, not one of her most iconic songs.

Forgive me if that doesn't make sense. I've had a little wine tonight :)

[kimberly]

Dec 22, 2019 5:07:54 GMT -5 #brayden said:

I feel the need to give my opinion as the OP - right and/or wrong as it may be.

When I think of Beyonce songs, "Halo" isn't the first that comes to mind. On the flip side, it probably does for many others.

"Crazy in Love" and "Single Ladies" are the songs that first come to mind for me. "Irreplaceable" sort of reminds me of "One Sweet Day" in that, while it was very popular and successful at the time, it hasn't endured the test of time as well as some of her other songs.

Which brings me back to "Halo" - a song that clearly seems to be standing the test of time better than her other hits. I don't think it's unreasonable to think it could go down as her signature hit even if it's, in my opinion, not one of her most iconic songs.

Forgive me if that doesn't make sense. I've had a little wine tonight

She's very iconic, it's really hard to pick a single thing. I'm pretty sure most everyone will remember her music video for "Single Ladies," for example, it was viral before viral music videos were a thing. A lot of people still make references to "to the left, to the left" and know the song. "Crazy in Love" horns are iconic, it was in a soundtrack 13 years after it was released and just became the inspiration behind one of the best music videos of 2019. "Listen" is the song everyone tries to cover for auditions. "Partition" and "Flawless" are both quoted A TON to this day. I saw two viral tweets about the "Feeling Myself" music video this past week.

It's hard being a legend.

[jamatthews83]

No. I'd go with Single Ladies, I can see the argument for Crazy In Love  but I think that's mostly due to the horns.

[Jay D83]

What's a Halo? Seriously though the only correct answers are "Crazy In Love" and "Single Ladies". "Formation"? "Love On Top"? Nah it can't be a signature hit if the pop gerls don't know ha.

[annoymous1]

No but halo is still that song. Like Others have said Crazy in Love/Single Ladies this might be a stretch but Irreplaceable could be a candidate for one of Beyonce's signature hit.

[ClevelandRox]

As a non-stan looking in, I'd say her signature is still Crazy in Love... or possibly Single Ladies. Halo is one of the few of hers I really like though.

[Deleted]

Crazy In Love, Irreplaceable, or Single Ladies will always be the signature for her

[weirdo]

Single Ladies definitely her signature. Followed by "Crazy In Love". I tjink Halo would be her third most well-known song

[Deleted]

That is pretty surprising that Halo has the most YT views of any of her songs. Beyonce is such a visual artist, but Halo isn't one of her more memorable videos. You would think CIL and SL would be the ones getting the most clicks after all this time.

There is something to be said for having a signature ballad though - every vocally proficient diva should have at least one, separate from the overall 'signature' hit - and Halo is the closest Bey will ever have to this. It kind of has Mariah/Hero like qualities in that it's a solid love song but its lyrics can be interpreted to fit any type of relationship. The broad appeal probably lends itself to being played on more occasions than her other hits do, even though the others 'feel' bigger.

Overall, I would say it is one of her top 4 four signature songs along with CIL, Irreplaceable, and SL. Her most signature is a toss-up between CIL and SL but for now I'm going to give the edge to CIL since we're finally starting to see some of the influence that specific song/vid had on another generation of artists (Normani's Motivation video).

[Love Plastic Love]

It depends on what fanbase you are talking to. Many of my friends and family would absolutely say Halo is one of her signature songs, followed or equal with Crazy in Love/Single Ladies. It hits the sappy, more mainstream, pop ballad, still hear it on hot ac or easy listening pop stations fairly regular area of being remembered and I wouldn't be surprised if it gets decent recurrent play too.

[rainie]

oh wow, i had no idea it was streamed that much. honestly, i kind of figured it had been forgotten like everything else from I Am...Sasha Fierce minus Single Ladies.

anyways, i'll second everyone saying Single Ladies followed closely by Crazy in Love. maybe Irreplaceable/Formation/Drunk In Love after that. for a star of her size, many of her hits have been quickly forgotten (with SL and CIL being big exceptions ofc).

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

imo

1.Crazy In Love
2.Single Ladies

3.Halo

[Positive Tension]

Her signature song is either "Crazy In Love" or "Single Ladies" - I'm giving the edge to "Crazy In Love." "Halo" might be in the top five, but "Crazy In Love" and "Single Ladies" pretty much tower over the rest of her catalogue in terms of being hits/videos of memorable, long-lasting impact.

[Okay]

Halo has definitely aged the best. I personally return to it at least 5x more than her other iconic hits.

[collegedropout]

If you do a poll and ask the general public, the majority will think of "Single Ladies" when they think of Beyonce. "Crazy In Love" will get some mentions too. Nobody will mention "Halo".

[leonagwen]

Single Ladies

[woods]

It's most likely "Crazy in Love" or "Irreplaceable".

[Deleted]

Maybe in Europe

[shayonce]

single ladies and crazy in love is more iconic from image to dance to the lyric.
and single ladies is most known beyonce song. so it is her signature song.

Halo's number is really crazy tho.. lol

Spotify plays for pre-streaming era. (12/13)
1. Halo - 709,202,511
2. Crazy in Love - 431,286,172
3. Love On Top - 313,724,204
4. Run The World - 310,937,665
5. Irreplaceable - 287,229,256
6. If I Were A Boy - 273,982,834
7. Single Ladies - 273,494,933
8. Best Thing I Never Had - 211,398,882
9. Baby Boy - 125,847,932
10. Countdown - 122,755,148
11. Sweet Dreams - 104,204,365
12. Broken-Hearted Girl - 90,898,504
13. End of Time - 90,425,527
14. Dance For You - 81,717,774
15. Upgrade U - 76,046,466
16. Listen - 71,659,767
17. Diva - 71,528,481
18. Me,Myself and I - 70,287,035
19. Beautiful Liar - 70,270,758
20. I Was Here - 63,892,441
21. Naughty Girl - 63,628,510

her catalog streams are really big.

[BB🌕]

Crazy In Love is iconic

[House Lannister]

One person's opinion:

Crazy in Love
Single Ladies

Halo
Irreplaceable



Formation

[Ty]

Dec 23, 2019 6:47:27 GMT -5 shayonce said:

Spotify plays for pre-streaming era. (12/13)
1. Halo - 709,202,511
2. Crazy in Love - 431,286,172
3. Love On Top - 313,724,204
4. Run The World - 310,937,665
5. Irreplaceable - 287,229,256
6. If I Were A Boy - 273,982,834
7. Single Ladies - 273,494,933
8. Best Thing I Never Had - 211,398,882
9. Baby Boy - 125,847,932
10. Countdown - 122,755,148
11. Sweet Dreams - 104,204,365
12. Broken-Hearted Girl - 90,898,504
13. End of Time - 90,425,527
14. Dance For You - 81,717,774
15. Upgrade U - 76,046,466
16. Listen - 71,659,767
17. Diva - 71,528,481
18. Me,Myself and I - 70,287,035
19. Beautiful Liar - 70,270,758
20. I Was Here - 63,892,441
21. Naughty Girl - 63,628,510

The surprisingly huge streaming numbers for her less-significant pop ballads pretty much proved these two theories. Heck, even "Best Thing I Never Had" and "Broken-hearted Girl" did huge numbers.

Dec 22, 2019 14:48:04 GMT -5 @antigonerising said:

There is something to be said for having a signature ballad though - every vocally proficient diva should have at least one, separate from the overall 'signature' hit - and Halo is the closest Bey will ever have to this.

Dec 22, 2019 15:13:12 GMT -5 Love Plastic Love said:

It depends on what fanbase you are talking to. Many of my friends and family would absolutely say Halo is one of her signature songs, followed or equal with Crazy in Love/Single Ladies. It hits the sappy, more mainstream, pop ballad, still hear it on hot ac or easy listening pop stations fairly regular area of being remembered and I wouldn't be surprised if it gets decent recurrent play too.

[thirddegree50123]

Single Ladies or Crazy In Love. None of her others are even close but I would probably put Irreplaceable and Drunk In Love above Halo.

[cking33]

Good question, but I think when people of all ages think Beyonce, they think "Single Ladies." "Crazy in Love" probably second. "Love on Top" didn't have the mainstream success to put it ahead of SL, IMO. "Halo" comes close but it's not SL. That song had soccer moms twirling their hands around saying put a ring on it. That's her signature hit.

[¤ Matthea ¤]

I'm from Europe and my perception is that 'Crazy in Love', 'If I were a Boy' and 'Halo' stood the test of time. CiL is Bey's first solo hit and you recognise it the moment the intro starts playing. But the two ballads are really beloved and if 'Halo' outstreams the other songs, that tells us that 'Halo' is Bey's most enduring hit.

'Single Ladies' is just too gimmicky. I'm sure it was popular for a hot second, especially in the US and the dance was certainly viral. But the song can't compete with the three songs I mentioned before.

[divasummer]

I didn't read through the comments yet and my first instinct is to say No.
As musch as it seems she wants it to be I don't think it is.
"Crazy In Love and Single Ladies" are the two songs people are going to remember Beyonce by.
Those were two songs that showed her fierceness that most fell in love with.
I know she's falling into or wants to be known for her "art" but those 2 songs are her signatures in my opinion.

My Mother, Aunt etc who only casually care about Beyonce wants to hear those songs when Beyonce performs not "Halo".
Beyonce is known for GIVING It. Even though she wants to be known for an emotional ballad..
They have Celine, Whitney, Kelly C for those types of songs.
I like "Halo" but it's not B's top signature song in my opinion.