I'm a huge fan of hers, and I think she is in fact one of the greatest acts of her generation. But I feel like there's been this industry agenda to force her onto this level with acts like Whitney and MJ and it just doesn't seem organic. Like people in real life never actually acknowledge her as someone as popular as they ever were.
I know she's been caught stealing in music on just about every album. Then she's been caught stealing choreography for music videos and tv and tour performances from YouTube videos and famous theatre productions. (Don't steal so obviously, at least be smart with it lmao). And then when she started saying she transitioned to an "albums artist" her sales took a pretty steep turn south. She's obviously a huge name, but it's just weird how the industry pushes her as this larger than life celebrity when during her peaks acts like Britney, Eminem, Usher, Justin, Ashanti, Alicia were outselling her or selling just as much as her. Then as she continued as a lot of those acts stayed just as strong as her, and newer acts like Drake, Adele (she's special but she does fit the bill), Justin, have been outdoing her in just about every metric too.
I'm not saying she's an industry plant or a fully manufactured artist, I just think at least 50% of the hype surrounding her name is... fake. Idk if fake is the right term, but you get it. Like the industry is telling us her music is revolutionary and she's this once in a lifetime artist and has reached heights no one else has when her own peers have outdone her, not to mention older acts like Tina, MJ, Janet, Whitney, Madonna, Prince... it just feels like it's being crammed down our throats instead of the public and us common people ourselves hyping her.