# Where do all these pop stars come from?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 15, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-all-these-pop-stars-come-from/564200 "2010-12-15T04:23:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-all-these-pop-stars-come-from/564200/41 "2010-12-21T01:40:11Z")

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Because we’re talking about singers.

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**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-all-these-pop-stars-come-from/564200/42 "2010-12-21T03:13:22Z")

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> [@EllisDee](#):
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> Because we’re talking about singers.

There’s the rub, though: pop stars aren’t just singers. To bring in another thread, Madonna isn’t more famous than Cyndi Lauper because she’s a better singer.

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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-all-these-pop-stars-come-from/564200/43 "2010-12-21T03:19:15Z")

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Madonna is a terrible dancer.

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