r/decadeology • u/slow-saturn • Jun 15 '26

Discussion 💭🗯️ Musicians whose careers stalled after Covid

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Camila Cabello was huge 2017-2019, but her popularity really dwindled post Covid. What other musicians were popular in the 2010s but fizzled after 2020s? 

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u/mel-06 Early 2010s were the best Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

Charlie Puth
Halsey
Chain smokers
Alissa Cara
Roddy Rich (I really thought he was going to have his minute of fame have longevity after “The Box” but I was wrong)
Travis Scott ( a bit)

noah cyrus

lil xan

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u/StanIsHorizontal Jun 15 '26

This makes me think which artists from the late 2010s actually survived covid. A lot of the older artists that are still around I think were already well established.

Covid really flattened the landscape by putting a lot of young careers on ice and then they had to compete with all these new acts and the established ones, who were somewhat insulated but also had more reason to make sure they got everything they could out of their careers

Come to think of it, I think this same phenomenon happened in a lot of job markets

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u/tangointhenight24 Jun 16 '26

Billie Eilish is probably the best example of an artist that survived and thrived after Covid.