In the musical film "The High Note", Tracee Ellis Ross, who played the veteran pop diva Grace Davis, was pressured by the top of the record to think that the benefits of female singers reaching a certain age to make new works on the charts were not as good as the income earned by concerts and singing old songs, so the heroine could only compromise with reality and angrily say an impressive line: "In the history of pop music, There are only five female singers over the age of 40 who have the number one single, and only one is black. This piece of unevenness about gender and age discrimination in the pop music industry can't help but make people wonder, which five female singers in history can achieve this difficult task and stay in history?
In fact, in real life, there are 6 female singers who won the billboard number one single when they were over 40 years old, including 2 black women. Who they are, and at what age did they complete this milestone, let KKBOX take you to see.
玛丽亚·凯莉（Mariah Carey）-《All I Want For Christmas Is You》
Maybe when the filming of "Little Assistant of the Queen of Heaven" was completed, the song was just moving towards the championship throne, so it was not counted, but can you expect an old song to finally win the championship 25 years after its release? Mariah Carey did it! The Christmas divine comedy "All I Want For Christmas Is You" came out in 1994 and did not receive much attention at first, but in recent years, the competition for Christmas music business opportunities has become more and more fierce, and Maria has finally won the championship in 2019 with her enduring super-brainwashing melody and the strong broadcast of radio broadcasts, breaking the top 7 records in the music world, and making Maria the second oldest billboard champion female singer after Cher.
Sia Kate Isobelle Furler - > < Chip Thrills (2016/40 years old)
Many people may be shocked to see the name of Sia Fuller, but they will be even more surprised to see the name of the song, yes, with < Chandelier> the world's most popular Thea, who was already a 39-year-old mature girl when she became popular, and only won the 8th place on the billboard, which was not as good as the > of the champion song < Thehead Thrills. < Therap Thrills> is the first title of Sia's career and her only current number one song, with a tropical reggae-style synthetic electric sound, < the brainwashing melody of the > of Therap Thrills, coupled with the singer's own high popularity, and indeed took the noticeboard throne, and the mixed version with Sean Paul was also shortlisted for the Grammys "Best Pop Group/Group", consolidating Thea's diva status.
Madonna Cicconey - Music (2000/42 years old)
Madonna, who has long been the eldest sister of the music industry, according to her activity in the music world, it is not surprising that she won a song at the age of 40. As the debut hit for her eighth album, Music became Madonna Ciccone's 12th billboard title of her career and her only first-place debut in the 21st century. With the style of Disco, electronic dance music, "Music" was released by the major nightclubs as soon as it was released, and it was only a matter of time before it rose to the championship, this song was nominated for the Grammys " Production of the Year" and "Best Pop Female Singer" by Madonna Sikoni, and was also listed by major music critics as one of the best singles of her career, when the 42-year-old Madonna Sicony still led the trend, it is definitely a must-hear classic divine song!
Cher Cher - "Believe" (1999/52)
"Do you believe in life after love" this dance classic "Believe" that spread throughout the streets and alleys of the year, the music career of Cher once again rushed to the peak, not only opened the use of Auto-Tune indiscriminately, derived into the "Cher effect", but also let the Queen of Heaven win a Guinness World Record, at the age of 52, became the oldest female singer in history to win the billboard title, and the defendant sign was listed as the 1999 hit single champion. It also took away a Grammy "Best Dance Recording" to consolidate Cher's irreplaceable Diva status in the pop music scene.
蒂娜·特纳 （Tina Turner）-《What's Love Got To Do With It》（1984/44岁）
In 1984, at the age of 44, Tina Turner released the third wave of the main hit "What's Love Got To Do With It", which became the first and current number one single of her career! "What's Love Got To Do With It" has achieved a lot of success, as the billboard listed it as the 1984 runner-up single, and the Rolling Stones named it the 309th place in the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The song won three awards in 1985, including Grammy Song of the Year and "Production of the Year", and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2012. With such a good record at the age of 44, Tina Turner has long been a legend.
Bate Midler – "Wind Beneath My Wings"
(Aged 1989/43)
Bette Midler's 1989 cover of Kamahl's "Wind Beneath My Wings", the most well-known and successful version at present, and starring in the blockbuster movie "Beaches", Betty won the first single of her career at the age of 43 and is the only single to date, and also took away the 1990 Grammy "Song of the Year" and "Production of the Year" two awards. Because of its touching lyrics, it once became the most popular track at British funerals, and it is definitely a classic among classics.