Adam Lambert: First Openly-Gay Male Artist to Score #1 U.S. Album?

I don't think he's the first openly gay artist to have a number one album in the U.S.

What about people like Van Cliburn, Johnny Mathis, Elton John and Freddie Mercury ?

FaFoxy wrote:

I don't think he's the first openly gay artist to have a number one album in the U.S.
What about people like Van Cliburn, Johnny Mathis, Elton John and Freddie Mercury ?

All of these people had their No. 1's before they came out. As where Adam was out before the No.1 album.

Michael DeSelms wrote:

<quoted text>All of these people had their No. 1's before they came out. As where Adam was out before the No.1 album.

I think with everyone I named, it was an open secret if they weren't offically out. I read today that Jim Parsons came out, but I thought he came out a couple of years ago. If he didn't come out ffically a few years ago then it was an open secret anyways.

Boy George from culture club too

is the Lambert kid doing any original music yet ... or is he still taking other peoples' bows?

snyper wrote:

is the Lambert kid doing any original music yet ... or is he still taking other peoples' bows?

Would you say that about Tony Bennet?

snyper wrote:

is the Lambert kid doing any original music yet ... or is he still taking other peoples' bows?

Anne Murray, Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, Sheena Easton, Karen Carpenter, Reba, the whole operatic and musical theatre world... a lot of the best voices have songs written for them...

He is NOT an 'artist' of any kind. He is only a mediocre pop 'singer.' The closest he will ever get to being an artist is if he draws flies in the summer!

Sheik Yerbouti wrote:

He is NOT an 'artist' of any kind. He is only a mediocre pop 'singer.' The closest he will ever get to being an artist is if he draws flies in the summer!

Sounds like envy to me..........

Mona Lott wrote:

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Sounds like envy to me..........

Yeah, he's enough of an artist that we all know who he is! Can't say the same about Mona. LOL!!

Ooops!! Can't say the same about Sheik.

Mona Lott wrote:

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Would you say that about Tony Bennet?

Yeah.

Leftatalbuquerque wrote:

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Anne Murray, Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, Sheena Easton, Karen Carpenter, Reba, the whole operatic and musical theatre world... a lot of the best voices have songs written for them...

I meant covers.

The kid's got pipes, that's for sure.

snyper wrote:

is the Lambert kid doing any original music yet ... or is he still taking other peoples' bows?

I think he's pretty good for one of those corporate-reality show performer factories. And he came out at considerable risk...not four decades later and after everyone knew anyway like R. Martin.

I think he is very talented. I like that his music sounds a little old school and not all hip-hoppy and rappy.

FaFoxy wrote:

I don't think he's the first openly gay artist to have a number one album in the U.S.
What about people like Van Cliburn, Johnny Mathis, Elton John and Freddie Mercury ?

Well they are talking about albums not songs I believe. Elton John wasn't always openly gay I don't think. I think he said later he was bisexual and then came out as gay but I'm sure he had several number ones before that.