# Singers Wrongly Predicted To Become Huge Stars? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 1, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-wrongly-predicted-to-become-huge-stars/694539 "2014-08-01T00:34:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-wrongly-predicted-to-become-huge-stars/694539/121 "2015-02-17T22:53:29Z")
O man, people give Madonna way too much credit for her lack of talent. She’s a great marketer of herself, one thing for her legacy, she spawned all the other talentless hacks we have nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Winkler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@The\_Winkler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Winkler)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-wrongly-predicted-to-become-huge-stars/694539/122 "2015-02-18T06:44:03Z")
I’m going to say Trevor Rabin. Incredibly talented at many different instruments (including vocals), great songwriter, and he was incredibly handsome. After he left Yes he stuck to scoring film soundtracks and faded into obscurity. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-wrongly-predicted-to-become-huge-stars/694539/123 "2015-02-20T20:57:27Z")
> [@Andiethewestie](#): > > O man, people give Madonna way too much credit for her lack of talent. She’s a great marketer of herself, one thing for her legacy, she spawned all the other talentless hacks we have nowadays. Madonna is among the greats of the past 30 some years. There are more talented artists but it’s not like she has no talent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-wrongly-predicted-to-become-huge-stars/694539.md?page=6)