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Baetrone Means. @GeeDee215
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finally saw that "Whitney" doc, and it was a over the place. But can y'all music heads answer a probably very obvious question that I wanted more context for/around? @naima

Prior to the 1980s, was there even a template for a "Whitney Houston"-type pop star?
*all over the place
i mean, we take for granted *today* that there is a Biggest Pop Star In The World position that someone in the culture is occupying at any given time – Whitney, Michael, Madonna, Janet, Mariah, Bey...but was that even a thing before then?
And Clive Davis was basically like, this skinny Black girl from Newark with the massive voice is basically going to become a blueprint for modern musical celebrity?
at a time when MTV was brand new and wasn't really playing Black artists?

i mean, Whitney Houston is an icon and a big deal but is it possible that we don't fully appreciate the wildness of the fact of her big dealness?
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