Among them,  Lady Gaga , Beyoncé and  Britney Spears  were all “dumped with cold water” by Simon, bluntly criticizing their singing ability. However, when looking at the careers of those whom he commented blandly, they were all famous names and possessed a series of unprecedented achievements. Perhaps, if he wants to continue to judge someone, Simon needs to really wake up and curl his tongue seven times!

Beyoncé

Although Beyoncé is considered the most powerful queen in the world of music, she still cannot “escape” Simon Cowell. Many years ago, the father of X Factor did not hesitate to criticize Beyoncé, saying, “The truth is that Beyoncé is just trying to be mysterious. She is not sexy at all, her body cannot be called great.” and not even a good singer” .

It wasn’t until 2008, when her third studio album titled “I Am… Sasha Fierce” was successful beyond imagination, that Beyoncé truly reached the peak of her career, when the person who once criticized her so harshly suddenly turned around. 360 degrees and longing for her to appear at the final night of The X Factor UK.

Of course, if Simon Cowell had treated him so badly, the “queen bee” wouldn’t easily let it go. It can be said that convincing Beyoncé to perform at the final of The X Factor was an arduous journey for Simon. He had to personally call and apologize to Beyoncé, but unfortunately, the father of X Factor could only meet Mathew Knowles – the singer’s father. 

An insider revealed the phone call that year as follows  : “While Mathew was silent throughout the conversation, Simon was mostly monologuing to himself. After that, Beyoncé’s dad was like ‘Okay. Thank you for calling. give it to me’!” .

In the end, after all, Beyoncé still agreed to appear on The X Factor that year. Accordingly, the “Formation” singer sang a duet with contestant Alexandra Burke in the song “Listen”. Right from the moment she stepped onto the stage, the “queen bee” made everyone admire her goddess-like hourglass figure.

Not stopping there, Beyoncé’s voice almost “swallowed” the entire auditorium and overwhelmed the contestants. Most notably, the person who once severely criticized Beyoncé now has to bow in admiration and applaud endlessly at her talent.

Immediately afterwards, Simon Cowell also shared with the press about the above story as follows:  “I used to criticize Beyoncé. So, meeting her was really difficult. Fortunately, she agreed to participate. on my show. I apologized, I was really wrong. She sang better than anyone I’ve ever heard in my life. During the performance, it seemed like she looked at me and wanted to say ‘Try criticizing me. Let’s see again’. Oh no! That look. I will never forget it . “

Just looking at Beyoncé’s huge musical legacy spanning over two decades, we dare to firmly affirm that Simon Cowell’s comment last year was a serious mistake. It’s obviously miserable when a person is criticized for being less sexy, but every time he appears on stage, the audience has to gasp at his fiery body and his performance charisma is cut off from the table. 

And yet, even though she is said to not be a good singer, that female artist also possesses… 24 Grammys and 6 hits that reached the top of the Hot 100 chart, Simon!

Lady Gaga and Katy Perry

Needless to say, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry are always praised by the audience as two outstanding names in the 5 Main Pop Girls of the 10s generation (The most popular female Pop stars of the decade). However, Simon Cowell also “threw cold water” directly on the two female singers. 

Accordingly, the father of X Factor once shared with the Mirror as follows : “If you only listen to Lady Gaga sing, she is the most boring singer in the world. Even Beyoncé or Katy Perry are the same. They are all heavy on music. formality. What they lack is ‘X factor’ (referring to the X Factor program)” . 

Thus, the “X factor” that Simon is referring to is the quality of a true star. This is also the way to find contestants for The X Factor contest, which he hosts.

Immediately, Simon Cowell’s comments made the audience extremely angry, especially the fandom of these three female artists. Faced with an increasingly tense situation, he quickly “turned over like a rice paper”. Specifically, Simon Cowell’s representative shared with Radar Online as follows : “This is not true and the truth is completely contrary to the above information. Simon is actually a fan of both Gaga and Beyoncé, they are artists he admires most” . 

Besides, Simon Cowell also did not hesitate to give compliments that “Beyoncé is the most popular star in the last 20 years… As for Lady Gaga, she is an influential Pop singer.” today. She’s really smart and I really like her . “

However, the demanding judge did not mention Katy Perry, a character also listed on the bland list above. I don’t know if Simon Cowell is tired or not, but everyone is so tired of this level of confusion!

It’s a fact that whenever Simon criticizes someone’s ability, it means that person is an artist with a huge global reach. Specifically, “monster mother” Lady Gaga has pocketed a top musical legacy, becoming the first female artist to win all four major award ceremonies in the same year. Accordingly, in 2019, the “Poker Face” singer suddenly caused a worldwide media storm when collecting a series of wins at Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA and Golden Globe Awards.

More than 10 years ago, Lady Gaga hit the music scene with an “eccentric” album called “The Fame”, which suddenly shocked the whole world. From here, the name Lady Gaga officially flashed to become a famous star with a powerful music empire.

As for Katy Perry, whom Simon is not afraid to criticize, she is not inferior to anyone when her excellent album “Teenage Dream” brought 5 singles to take turns dominating the throne of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. At that time, she was also the only female artist to set great achievements during more than 60 years of recording on this famous chart. 

And yet, the “Roar” singer still holds the record for the performance with the highest TV viewership in Super Bowl history. Specifically, Katy’s 2015 Halftime Show super stage attracted 118.5 million viewers.

Britney Spears

A female artist who was once poorly evaluated by Simon Cowell suddenly suddenly became the “Princess of Pop” one day, none other than Britney Spears. Accordingly, before coming to Britney Spears, the super hit “…Baby One More Time” was Simon’s desire because he really wanted to own this potential song for his group – Five. However, all of Simon’s efforts failed, “…Baby One More Time” was officially given to an unknown singer who was only 17 years old: Britney Spears.

That’s why Simon was extremely angry, he bluntly declared, “No one can succeed with the name Britney Spears” . But no, Britney proved his statement completely wrong.

When the song “…Baby One More Time” was officially released to the public, it truly became an “atomic bomb” that hit the American music industry, creating a stepping stone for the golden age of Teen pop music and bringing to a shining genius named Britney Spears. 

This song has achieved many unimaginable achievements such as reaching No.1 in any country it visits, selling more than 10 million copies worldwide and being in the Top 5 best-selling singles of all time. age.

From here, Britney’s debut album also swept all major and small charts, with more than 14 million copies sold in the United States and 25 million copies sold worldwide, “…Baby One More Time” became an excellent best-selling album by a teenage solo artist. I wonder what Simon is doing while Britney is being praised all over the newspapers?

In more than 20 years of working in music, Britney Spears has released 9 albums and had 10 tours around the world where tickets kept selling out. Not only that, once her name appears in the media, it will certainly attract a lot of attention.

That’s not all, in 2012, “tycoon” Simon Cowell also had to spend millions of dollars to invite Britney Spears to be a judge on his talent show. Specifically, The X Factor US season 2 had to spend up to 15 million USD for the judge position of “Pop Princess”. This was also considered the highest salary for the hot seat at that time. It is true that karma does not spare anyone!

BTS

Few people know that the group BTS also became the object of Simon Cowell’s disrespectful criticism. Accordingly, at the end of 2019, when sharing with The Sun newspaper about a new show called “X Factor: The Band”, Simon said he wanted to introduce a new music genre called “UK-pop”. aiming to compete with Kpop groups whose target representative is BTS.

Specifically, when talking about “X Factor: The Band”, Simon shared the following: “Kpop is dominating the world. And this is the program that searches for new bands to launch a music genre called ‘ UK-pop’. Not only will they have a recording contract, they will officially start a new wave of music. Each group will be combined like One Direction, Little Mix and Fifth Harmony. They will be who represent a British version of Kpop. That’s always been the plan we’ve always aimed for .  “

Is this a challenge from Simon when he really wants to compete directly with BTS and Kpop?

Whatever you say, we don’t know how Simon’s plan to invade the music industry with a new genre has progressed, but from the beginning of the year until now, we can see that BTS has continued to reap a series of unprecedented records. album “Map of the Soul: 7”. From the famous charts of Billboard, YouTube to the 8 largest music markets in the world, they all witnessed a terrible sweep by the Big Hit boys.