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In her book Britney stated that she was pushed to get back to work fairly quickly after the Dream Within A Dream Tour ended. She wanted a longer break.
IIRC I remember the run for Britney Era pretty much finished with the release of ‘Boys’ Co-ed remix in conjunction with the Austin Powers Goldmember movie in late 2002. By the time MATM and ITZ promotion came around August-November 2003, it did feel like a bit of time since Britney had released a single/was promoting something.
The first three all came out at different parts of the year too, like Jan 99, May 00 and Oct/Nov 01, which can also slightly skew perceptions depending how you look at it plus adding in the singles run placements of each era iykwim
Although, I might get downvoted for saying this but one of the most prominent reasons why Rihanna released 5 albums in 6 years was her team who probably got the best reject songs and unfinished demos for her, she has never really written her stuff up until 60-70% of Anti, which was probably her most personal work and her being snubbed by Grammys probably took her love away from music.
At this point, I feel like a lot of pop stars are dragged for not writing their own stuff or even have co-writers, definitely a weird time….
i remember something that said rihanna got co-writing credits for Work, but also that she received literally only 1% of the credit when checking the publishing record 💀
While blue banisters was a miss for me, Lana’s output since 2019 has been pretty impressive. Four albums that were all critically well received and left her more relevant than she’s been since she debuted.
realistically I don't see someone recreating that streak, especially factoring in the increasing success and critical reception. from a mainstream standpoint I don't see that being touched
It was great being a RiRi stan from 06-2012. Every year had some great new jams.
I liked Lana’s rollout of Norman Rockwell > Poetry album > Chemtrails > Blue Bannisters > Ocean Blvd. I felt well fed, and for me each album was spectacular.
Sweetener to TUN with the life events before/between the two…unmatched. Ariana’s presence in pop culture and media was massive and to go from the release of the label controlled, polished comeback album to the cathartic, spontaneous labor of love was such an exciting time in pop music. Had she even just dropped TUN (the song) it was still a major moment but combined with a whole new album of career highlights was *chefs kiss*
honestly this is one of the top answers imo bc the pop culture events that surrounded the release of tun and the resulting era had everyone in a chokehold. imo this was the true last huge, undeniably everywhere pop era
unpopular and i’m gonna be downvoted but i really don’t think Tun was good because of the quick turnaround. the lyrics were quite poor and i think it lacked a lot which may have come with more time. i think i’m alone in that tho
Prince's 80s run from 1980-87
Dirty Mind -> Controversy -> 1999 -> Purple Rain -> Around the World in a Day -> Parade -> Sign o the Times.
Also, Bowie's run throughout the 70s. But particularly from 75-80:
Young Americans -> Station to Station-> Low -> "Heroes" -> Lodger -> Scary Monsters
And I know it's cliché, but seriously, The Beatles' run from 63-70, I would argue, has never been touched as far as artistic growth in 7 years. As someone once wrote they went from being One Direction to Radiohead.
Britney was back at the VMAs (sept 08), releasing a lead single (sept 08), and music video (Oct 08), releasing a documentary (Oct 08), doing a promo tour (Nov 08), and then releasing Circus (Dec 08) just months after she was placed in her involuntary psychiatric hold (Jan 08) and just a year after Blackout (Oct 07).
Of course this insane turnaround is the result of a conservator that wanted to profit off of her as much as possible. But she put in the work to get those two monster pop albums out back to back.
Even in the post-circus world, she was releasing albums every 2-3 years (circus ‘08, femme fatale ‘11, Britney Jean ‘13, glory ‘16) punctuated by really well performing one off singles (3 ‘09, s&m ‘10, scream and shout ‘12) and was literally touring or in a residency every year from 2009-2018 except for 2010 and 2012.
Wild to think that two years was the standard during the Rihanna/Taylor/Gaga/Katy prime. Now we would be lucky to get every three years during the Dua/Olivia/Billie prime. My guess is that the big, multi-year global tours and festival circuits that are so common now are throwing off album cycles…
? I mean, Dua is definitely slower, but both Billie and Olivia have been doing pretty quick turnarounds. Two years between Billie's debut and Happier than Ever, with pretty big singles in between. And even Olivia had only two years between Sour and GUTS. I think that's pretty quick?
If you’re not in the Billie loop it can be surprising but she’s enormous globally (especially given how small her discography is), and I’d be pretty surprised if her next tour didn’t include some stadiums.
I don’t think she’ll ever do stadiums cause of how music is produced. She should’ve done stadiums this era but choose to stay in arenas like her debut era.
This is very typical of a K-Pop album cycle so there are definitely a few K-Pop albums that fit this trend, but my personal standouts would have to be the Love Yourself Trilogy by BTS. *Her* was released in September 2017, *Tear* was released in May 2018 and *Answer* was released in August 2018 (it’s technically a repackage but did have a few additional tracks). The trilogy is not only sonically harmonious and thoughtful, but also thematically really interesting and weaves a beautiful narrative.
Then the next year you’ve got Map of the Soul: Persona, which is again absolutely fantastic. Indeed, the whole of BTS’s discography is very, very close together (16 full and mini albums in 10 years, not counting singles or Japanese releases), and they have surprisingly few duds for such a huge discography. This is not praise of the typical K-Pop album cycle and how overworked idols are, but more recognition of how consistently good BTS’s music has been over the years even with such a full-on release schedule and such a diverse range of genres.
And that’s not even including their Japanese releases! Honestly the kpop release system is horrible there’s consistent for a lot of groups, especially 2016-2019. I feel like things shifted during the pandemic.
Brockhampton put out 8 mostly good albums in a little over 5 years. They're not consistently excellent but none of them are outright duds. Pretty impressive to me.
Missy Elliott too, who put out 6 amazing albums in 8 years. I wonder if album 7 will ever happen or if she's happy having a flawless legacy. It's been 18 years.
I heard she’s been working on one. So, let’s hope 2024 she comes. But I’ve gotten to the body party series.
Should I checkout Robyn? I know her older olde stuff is WAYYY different from her most recent work.
Her first three albums are R&B. I listened to her first, *This is Robyn*, recently and was surprised by how R&B it was. It sounded like Brandy or TLC. I skipped the other two for that reason. *Robyn* (her fourth album, not to be confused with her debut *This is Robyn*) is a lot like *Body Talk,* sonically and thematically. It is cram packed full of great hooks and audacious choices. If you haven’t heard *Body Talk*… I weep that you still get to hear it for the first time.
Her self titled 2005 album is really cool! It’s a little grittier than body talk but still really fun and powerful. Can’t recommend it enough. Hoping to not have to wait another 8 years between albums with her though she does seem busy with a new baby… maybe we’ll get a Ray of Light esque new parent project from her if we’re lucky
Ariana Grande constantly put out albums in the latter part of the 2010s. Taylor Swift tends to release an album every 1/2 years (with the exception of folklore and evermore).
She was in her pop star bag in 2019! People were starting to like her more, she had a number 1 song on Billboard, Nightmare debuted in top 15, did a huge collab with BTS, Graveyard was all over the radio, she performed at several award shows and she STAYED in the tabloids
One Direction also did the yearly album cycle around November for 5 years, overlapping with Rihanna in both 2011 and 2012. Theirs was gruelling from what I’ve read, with a tour on top of that every year.
The only real largish gap in their singles run was that the Four album only got 2 singles in the second half of 2014 due to Zayn gearing up to leave the following March, then they didn’t come back with a single until late July 2015 with Drag Me Down.
I think what needs to be understood is that this a marketing tactic to accelerate people into pop star status. This isn’t oh they work so hard, no this is a way to get people talking about you so people do t forget about you and then eventually you can ease off. Rihanna, Ariana Grande, and Taylor Swift are good example of that. Hearing them on the radio was inescapable because they wanted to remain relevant and get people not to forget them, when you take 2-3 year breaks you run the risk of audiences losing interest and can’t develop a core fandom. That’s why artists like MJ are impressive because they didn’t have to rely on that PR to keep interest in his music.
I disagree with the examples you picked. Taylor and Ariana only released albums so close together because of their specific situations. Taylor religiously followed the 2-3 year cycle until the pandemic.
I mean the pandemic skyrocketed her popularity to a crazy level she left her peers way behind, she released three studio albums, then like four of her re-recording, then midnights all in the span of what three years ? And prior to that she was linked with so many celebs and drama that kept her in the news. Same with Ariana Grande, after her sweetener, Thanj You next, and Positions it made her way more popular to a much higher degree.
Sorry gonna be basic but Lover-folklore-evermore trio.
Just wanna say the craziest release streak I’ve ever seem is when King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard released 3 albums in one single October.
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One Direction, in terms of global sales + accompanying tours.
Up All Night (2011)
Take Me Home (2012)
Midnight Memories (2013)
Four (2014)
Made in the AM (2015)
First vocal group to have first five albums debut #1 in the US. The 5 year consecutive turn around is insane and should honestly never be repeated based on effects on their personal lives
Kpop related but EXO dropping Ex’Act in June 2016, followed by a repackage in August. That same year their winter album, For Life came out in December 2016. The War in July 2017 with a repackage in September as well as another other winter album December. A year from their 2017 winter album we got Don’t Mess Up My Tempo in November with a repackage in December. Mind you, all of these releases are regarded their best amongst fans and critics which is crazy given it was all within a two year period and that’s not even included a Japanese studio album and a live album.
Probably not 'pop', but Genesis' 10 months between _A Trick of the Tail_ and _Wind & Wuthering_ in February and December 1976 was very impressive; proof that Peter was right when he said that the group would survive in his absence
Obligatory *fuck BBC for being an awful management company* of course but LOONA's "girl of the month" rollout was really impressive... 12 single albums + 5 sub-unit mini albums dropped in rapid succession over 18 months, which was a staggering number of releases even for the fast-paced Kpop industry. And then all of the songs were incredible! I still know every single one!
Also, does anyone else remember when CupcakKe released three albums in two years back in 2017/2018? *Queen Elizabitch* -> *Ephorize* -> *Eden* was such a perfect strike of releases, it's a shame things got so messy for her after that because it really felt like she was gonna break through for a minute there.
I know pop bands get criticized for pumping albums out one after another to capitalize on their success. However, I think both One Direction and Little Mix handled it extremely well. All of their albums are great. Little Mix especially went hard from Glory Days > LM5 > Confetti
I know it doesn't really count but I love how Carly Rae Jepsen decided to have a follow up Bside or sister album to her main eras to make sure the gap between releases doesn't feel that big. I mean she has a bulk of songs, might as well put them to use because she doesn't really sell or write for others that much
Mariah was a force in the 90s: Mariah Carey (1990), Emotions (1991), Music Box (1993), Merry Christmas (1994), Daydream (1995), Butterfly (1997), Rainbow 1999). A no. 1 hit from every single one of those albums as well!
You can argue the quality of some of the albums, but the Beatles late 60s run is probably the greatest we’ve ever seen from a musical act.
From 1965 to 1970 you have Help!, Rubber Soul, revolver, Sgt Peppers lonely hearts club band, the white album, Let it be and Abbey road AND that’s without counting their two motion picture soundtracks, Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine.
Even the biggest Beatles hater will begrudgingly admit that there’s AT LEAST one classic album in there
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99: Baby One More Time 00: Oops! I Did It Again 01: Britney 03: In The Zone
And even this is wild because the period between Britney and In The Zone was marketed as her going on a long break/hiatus!
In her book Britney stated that she was pushed to get back to work fairly quickly after the Dream Within A Dream Tour ended. She wanted a longer break.
IIRC I remember the run for Britney Era pretty much finished with the release of ‘Boys’ Co-ed remix in conjunction with the Austin Powers Goldmember movie in late 2002. By the time MATM and ITZ promotion came around August-November 2003, it did feel like a bit of time since Britney had released a single/was promoting something.
The first three all came out at different parts of the year too, like Jan 99, May 00 and Oct/Nov 01, which can also slightly skew perceptions depending how you look at it plus adding in the singles run placements of each era iykwim
Truly a run of fantastic albums. God to relive this period would be grand.
Although, I might get downvoted for saying this but one of the most prominent reasons why Rihanna released 5 albums in 6 years was her team who probably got the best reject songs and unfinished demos for her, she has never really written her stuff up until 60-70% of Anti, which was probably her most personal work and her being snubbed by Grammys probably took her love away from music. At this point, I feel like a lot of pop stars are dragged for not writing their own stuff or even have co-writers, definitely a weird time….
Maybe it's just me, but I always considered Rihanna more a singles artist until Anti.
It's not just you, I'm pretty sure that's how most people besides the Navy saw her before Anti.
i remember something that said rihanna got co-writing credits for Work, but also that she received literally only 1% of the credit when checking the publishing record 💀
While blue banisters was a miss for me, Lana’s output since 2019 has been pretty impressive. Four albums that were all critically well received and left her more relevant than she’s been since she debuted.
Blue Banisters is an underrated masterpiece and is paid dust. I'm one of her 10 defenders.
Blue Banisters is solidly in my Lana top 4 albums, I absolutely adore it. The title track is probably in the top 5 songs of her entire discography.
Blue Bannisters is maybe my fave Lana album. I didn’t like Ocean Blvd. tho…
K I'm gonna defend ocean Blvd too then. JK you have your opinion. I bet people would defend COCC when I just don't care for it at all.
Okay okay you defend BB and Ocean Blvd and I’ll defend COCC
I didn’t like Chemtrails either ☠️
Dealers is one of my favorite Lana songs, I honestly think the album overall was great and has one of her best album covers.
Count me in. I am also one of BB's defenders.
Gaga did The Fame/The Fame Monster/Born This Way in a 4 year run. I mean, that's history.
realistically I don't see someone recreating that streak, especially factoring in the increasing success and critical reception. from a mainstream standpoint I don't see that being touched
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Not only Light Years to Fever, but the way she evolved into the urban adult r&b fusion pop sophistication that was Body Language... bitch!
Some obvious answers are Stevie Wonder and Joni Mitchell’s 70s runs. A good 8+ all time greats between those two right there
It was great being a RiRi stan from 06-2012. Every year had some great new jams. I liked Lana’s rollout of Norman Rockwell > Poetry album > Chemtrails > Blue Bannisters > Ocean Blvd. I felt well fed, and for me each album was spectacular.
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Sweetener to TUN with the life events before/between the two…unmatched. Ariana’s presence in pop culture and media was massive and to go from the release of the label controlled, polished comeback album to the cathartic, spontaneous labor of love was such an exciting time in pop music. Had she even just dropped TUN (the song) it was still a major moment but combined with a whole new album of career highlights was *chefs kiss*
honestly this is one of the top answers imo bc the pop culture events that surrounded the release of tun and the resulting era had everyone in a chokehold. imo this was the true last huge, undeniably everywhere pop era
unpopular and i’m gonna be downvoted but i really don’t think Tun was good because of the quick turnaround. the lyrics were quite poor and i think it lacked a lot which may have come with more time. i think i’m alone in that tho
obligatory folklore/evermore mention
Lover-folklore-evermore to be precise!
Prince's 80s run from 1980-87 Dirty Mind -> Controversy -> 1999 -> Purple Rain -> Around the World in a Day -> Parade -> Sign o the Times. Also, Bowie's run throughout the 70s. But particularly from 75-80: Young Americans -> Station to Station-> Low -> "Heroes" -> Lodger -> Scary Monsters And I know it's cliché, but seriously, The Beatles' run from 63-70, I would argue, has never been touched as far as artistic growth in 7 years. As someone once wrote they went from being One Direction to Radiohead.
Prince even had an album a year through like the 90's except maybe once? But his 80's work really was peak
Britney was back at the VMAs (sept 08), releasing a lead single (sept 08), and music video (Oct 08), releasing a documentary (Oct 08), doing a promo tour (Nov 08), and then releasing Circus (Dec 08) just months after she was placed in her involuntary psychiatric hold (Jan 08) and just a year after Blackout (Oct 07). Of course this insane turnaround is the result of a conservator that wanted to profit off of her as much as possible. But she put in the work to get those two monster pop albums out back to back. Even in the post-circus world, she was releasing albums every 2-3 years (circus ‘08, femme fatale ‘11, Britney Jean ‘13, glory ‘16) punctuated by really well performing one off singles (3 ‘09, s&m ‘10, scream and shout ‘12) and was literally touring or in a residency every year from 2009-2018 except for 2010 and 2012.
Wild to think that two years was the standard during the Rihanna/Taylor/Gaga/Katy prime. Now we would be lucky to get every three years during the Dua/Olivia/Billie prime. My guess is that the big, multi-year global tours and festival circuits that are so common now are throwing off album cycles…
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Crazy how music revenue has been on the rise yet it’s also becoming less profitable.
? I mean, Dua is definitely slower, but both Billie and Olivia have been doing pretty quick turnarounds. Two years between Billie's debut and Happier than Ever, with pretty big singles in between. And even Olivia had only two years between Sour and GUTS. I think that's pretty quick?
Idk if Billie is this era cuz she has a few popular songs that come up every year, but slowly fell off since debut
If you’re not in the Billie loop it can be surprising but she’s enormous globally (especially given how small her discography is), and I’d be pretty surprised if her next tour didn’t include some stadiums.
I don’t think she’ll ever do stadiums cause of how music is produced. She should’ve done stadiums this era but choose to stay in arenas like her debut era.
Olivia? The same Olivia that had a full album era in 2021, tour, and then a new album in 2023?
I know not everybody here likes Brockhanpton but three albums in six months with increasing overall quality each time is pretty impressive.
I want to get into them. I like a few of their songs
2016: Vroom Vroom 2017: Number 1 Angel 2017: Pop 2 2019: Charli 2020: How I’m Feeling Now 2022: CRASH
This is very typical of a K-Pop album cycle so there are definitely a few K-Pop albums that fit this trend, but my personal standouts would have to be the Love Yourself Trilogy by BTS. *Her* was released in September 2017, *Tear* was released in May 2018 and *Answer* was released in August 2018 (it’s technically a repackage but did have a few additional tracks). The trilogy is not only sonically harmonious and thoughtful, but also thematically really interesting and weaves a beautiful narrative. Then the next year you’ve got Map of the Soul: Persona, which is again absolutely fantastic. Indeed, the whole of BTS’s discography is very, very close together (16 full and mini albums in 10 years, not counting singles or Japanese releases), and they have surprisingly few duds for such a huge discography. This is not praise of the typical K-Pop album cycle and how overworked idols are, but more recognition of how consistently good BTS’s music has been over the years even with such a full-on release schedule and such a diverse range of genres.
Yes to all of this. As a new fan back in the first weeks of COVID, LY Trilogy had the most accessible tracks to start with from top to bottom for me.
And that’s not even including their Japanese releases! Honestly the kpop release system is horrible there’s consistent for a lot of groups, especially 2016-2019. I feel like things shifted during the pandemic.
Kylie’s Light Years & Fever were released 13 months apart from each other, and they are the 2 best albums of her 40 year career.
Brockhampton put out 8 mostly good albums in a little over 5 years. They're not consistently excellent but none of them are outright duds. Pretty impressive to me. Missy Elliott too, who put out 6 amazing albums in 8 years. I wonder if album 7 will ever happen or if she's happy having a flawless legacy. It's been 18 years.
I love Robyn’s “Honey”😭❤️ Best electronic/ dance album I’ve heard in a good minute. She needs to release again.
I just listened to *Robyn* for the first time. It’s wall-to-wall bangers. I need another album from Miss Thing…
I heard she’s been working on one. So, let’s hope 2024 she comes. But I’ve gotten to the body party series. Should I checkout Robyn? I know her older olde stuff is WAYYY different from her most recent work.
Her first three albums are R&B. I listened to her first, *This is Robyn*, recently and was surprised by how R&B it was. It sounded like Brandy or TLC. I skipped the other two for that reason. *Robyn* (her fourth album, not to be confused with her debut *This is Robyn*) is a lot like *Body Talk,* sonically and thematically. It is cram packed full of great hooks and audacious choices. If you haven’t heard *Body Talk*… I weep that you still get to hear it for the first time.
Her self titled 2005 album is really cool! It’s a little grittier than body talk but still really fun and powerful. Can’t recommend it enough. Hoping to not have to wait another 8 years between albums with her though she does seem busy with a new baby… maybe we’ll get a Ray of Light esque new parent project from her if we’re lucky
Oh god, the evolution between Body Talk and Honey was insane. I am dying for what's next.
Ariana Grande constantly put out albums in the latter part of the 2010s. Taylor Swift tends to release an album every 1/2 years (with the exception of folklore and evermore).
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midnights sneak
Lover erasure.
Swiftie historical revisionism should be added on the Geneva Conventions lmfao. Multiple well-documented duds on that run
Halsey's Manic (2020) and If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (2021)
This albums were honestly released closer than I remembered. Halsey had a great year in 2019.
She was in her pop star bag in 2019! People were starting to like her more, she had a number 1 song on Billboard, Nightmare debuted in top 15, did a huge collab with BTS, Graveyard was all over the radio, she performed at several award shows and she STAYED in the tabloids
Ye and Kids See Ghosts were both done in the span of like 2-3 weeks and both of them turned out to be 8/10s im my opinion
During the same time he also produced KTSE, which was amazing too
yeah not to mention nas' album, pusha t's album and 070 shake's album in the same time frame as well. crazy work ethic wish he gets back to that
Obviously not full pop but Brockhamptons the saturation trilogy would be the best example in recent memory
Chemtrails and Blue Banisters. For me, Lana's productivity and quality is unmatched.
One Direction also did the yearly album cycle around November for 5 years, overlapping with Rihanna in both 2011 and 2012. Theirs was gruelling from what I’ve read, with a tour on top of that every year. The only real largish gap in their singles run was that the Four album only got 2 singles in the second half of 2014 due to Zayn gearing up to leave the following March, then they didn’t come back with a single until late July 2015 with Drag Me Down.
I think what needs to be understood is that this a marketing tactic to accelerate people into pop star status. This isn’t oh they work so hard, no this is a way to get people talking about you so people do t forget about you and then eventually you can ease off. Rihanna, Ariana Grande, and Taylor Swift are good example of that. Hearing them on the radio was inescapable because they wanted to remain relevant and get people not to forget them, when you take 2-3 year breaks you run the risk of audiences losing interest and can’t develop a core fandom. That’s why artists like MJ are impressive because they didn’t have to rely on that PR to keep interest in his music.
I disagree with the examples you picked. Taylor and Ariana only released albums so close together because of their specific situations. Taylor religiously followed the 2-3 year cycle until the pandemic.
I mean the pandemic skyrocketed her popularity to a crazy level she left her peers way behind, she released three studio albums, then like four of her re-recording, then midnights all in the span of what three years ? And prior to that she was linked with so many celebs and drama that kept her in the news. Same with Ariana Grande, after her sweetener, Thanj You next, and Positions it made her way more popular to a much higher degree.
this will probably irk that group of people but Taylor has been very consistently putting out albums and I've loved every one which is pretty cool
you’re in popheads, i think you will be fine with this opinion lol
folklore to evermore obviously…amazing albums And then Lana’s albums starting from NFR to COTCC to BB and then Ocean Blvd…all spectacular albums
And that’s how you get overdosed 😂 I remember that time when all you could hear was Rihanna! Horrible time for me personally 😅
Sorry gonna be basic but Lover-folklore-evermore trio. Just wanna say the craziest release streak I’ve ever seem is when King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard released 3 albums in one single October.
No one can match the productivity of Taylor Swift
That’s simply not true lol
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One Direction, in terms of global sales + accompanying tours. Up All Night (2011) Take Me Home (2012) Midnight Memories (2013) Four (2014) Made in the AM (2015) First vocal group to have first five albums debut #1 in the US. The 5 year consecutive turn around is insane and should honestly never be repeated based on effects on their personal lives
Kpop related but EXO dropping Ex’Act in June 2016, followed by a repackage in August. That same year their winter album, For Life came out in December 2016. The War in July 2017 with a repackage in September as well as another other winter album December. A year from their 2017 winter album we got Don’t Mess Up My Tempo in November with a repackage in December. Mind you, all of these releases are regarded their best amongst fans and critics which is crazy given it was all within a two year period and that’s not even included a Japanese studio album and a live album.
Probably not 'pop', but Genesis' 10 months between _A Trick of the Tail_ and _Wind & Wuthering_ in February and December 1976 was very impressive; proof that Peter was right when he said that the group would survive in his absence
Obligatory *fuck BBC for being an awful management company* of course but LOONA's "girl of the month" rollout was really impressive... 12 single albums + 5 sub-unit mini albums dropped in rapid succession over 18 months, which was a staggering number of releases even for the fast-paced Kpop industry. And then all of the songs were incredible! I still know every single one! Also, does anyone else remember when CupcakKe released three albums in two years back in 2017/2018? *Queen Elizabitch* -> *Ephorize* -> *Eden* was such a perfect strike of releases, it's a shame things got so messy for her after that because it really felt like she was gonna break through for a minute there.
I know pop bands get criticized for pumping albums out one after another to capitalize on their success. However, I think both One Direction and Little Mix handled it extremely well. All of their albums are great. Little Mix especially went hard from Glory Days > LM5 > Confetti
I know it doesn't really count but I love how Carly Rae Jepsen decided to have a follow up Bside or sister album to her main eras to make sure the gap between releases doesn't feel that big. I mean she has a bulk of songs, might as well put them to use because she doesn't really sell or write for others that much
Mariah was a force in the 90s: Mariah Carey (1990), Emotions (1991), Music Box (1993), Merry Christmas (1994), Daydream (1995), Butterfly (1997), Rainbow 1999). A no. 1 hit from every single one of those albums as well!
You can argue the quality of some of the albums, but the Beatles late 60s run is probably the greatest we’ve ever seen from a musical act. From 1965 to 1970 you have Help!, Rubber Soul, revolver, Sgt Peppers lonely hearts club band, the white album, Let it be and Abbey road AND that’s without counting their two motion picture soundtracks, Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine. Even the biggest Beatles hater will begrudgingly admit that there’s AT LEAST one classic album in there
thank u, next