Fortunately, the newspaper's intellectual honesty publishes the 'very much poisoned' comments (here is the link)
Since launching her legendary career with “Everybody” on Oct. 6, 1982, Madonna has delivered hit song after hit song. She has no equal when it comes to her colossal catalog of singles. Even The Beatles don’t justify as much love as Madonna.
Sure, the Fab Four had an extraordinary run from their first US No. 1 hit, “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” in 1964 to their final one, “The Long and Winding Road,” in 1970. And yes, they amassed 20 chart-toppers to Madonna’s relatively mere 12. But those numbers hardly tell the whole story.
In the three decades after “Everybody,” Madge racked up 38 Top 10 singles, with her last one, “Give Me All Your Luvin,’” coming 10 years ago in 2012. While that’s a number that has since been surpassed by a streaming-boosted Drake — who, let’s face it, nobody is trying to compare with the Beatles — it’s a testament to both her longevity, her songcraft and her continuous evolution as an artist.
And — from vinyl to cassettes to CDs to downloads to streams — she did it all with there being only one Madonna, as opposed to those four Liverpudlian lads.
1 She's good and certainly has influence, not only in music, but also in fashion, particularly with solo female pop singers. You could arguably place her in the pop-music top 5. But to actually claim she's better than the Beatles is willfully ignoring the Beatles place in music history.
2 So, she's better than the Beatles because she shaped shifted styles for thirty years in a producer-centric recording era? You can get co-writing credit simply for suggesting word changes.
3 As a kid I remember hearing jazz covers of songs such as Eleanor Rigby, A Day in the Life and She's Leaving Home and only learning they were Beatles songs much, much later.
