LETHABO your right that’s literally what they do to almost all the celebrities e.g. Nipsey Hustle died and he won awards after his death 🤦🏿‍♀️

@@nataliecampbell675 Aaliyah as well

Donna was always honored. Even before she passed. She is referred to as an ICON...always. Maybe some people are new to her? But most older people know she was the Queen of disco.

LETHABO Unfortunately that’s the same story of many many incredible talents in music.

Nothing new!

ANÍBAL EDUARDO FAÚNDEZ OSORIO 10000% agree

Hell, the Confessions track "Future Lovers" samples "I Feel Love".

THANK YOU!!!!!

No need to compare female artists, hun. But yes, Donna definitely was an inspiration and is acknowledged!

ANÍBAL EDUARDO FAÚNDEZ OSORIO period. ! These bitches would have NO blueprint ! The summer print has guided these blind mice through the maze !

Even after bad girls, the wanderer is a BOP!

Plus... She wrote some of her hit songs too.

Amber Adamez Donna inspired everyone including me! She is a Queen that will never be forgotten and will forever live on through her music!

Yeah especially since Selena covered her music on her last concert

Nah...whitney was....i can name only one song

@@ebonix33 Whitney was not the Queen of Disco, it is hilariously ignorant to say that. Whitney is a fantastically talented singer no doubt. She is "The Voice" and the best selling female artist of all time. I love Whitney. HOWEVER: Whitney is NOT the Queen of Disco. Her music DOES NOT infuse denotative Disco elements. Donna's whole career was built upon disco music and her music ACTUALLY reflects the style of disco. The word "Disco" doesn't even show up on Whitney's Wikipedia page, for example. See for yourself: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Houston

@@ebonix33 On the list of honorific names in popular music, Donna Summer is listed as the Queen of Disco: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorific_nicknames_in_popular_music Also, if you can only name one song by Donna Summer you clearly do not have enough exposure and knowledge of her to make an informed opinion.

@@ebonix33 Donna also has sold over 100 million records and had four number one hits within a 12 month period. You should at least know more than one song, especially since you are watching this video in this first place.

She died free of scandal. That was a major reason for the lack of press coverage. But all the people who mattered, including then President Obama and Aretha Franklin, acknowledged her passing and wonderful life contributions.

Honeymoon Globe her and Giorgio moroder were a fucking powerhouse duo in disco

Her gloria gaynor and thelma Houston yes

Brent Waters YES! Not enough people mention Thelma, "Dont leave me this way" is a fuckin bop

Definitely one of its founding mothers after Gloria Gaynor.

It’s not even close. She actually made her career singing disco. The other two have one song each that you probably know.

Her daughter is just as amazing and a talented musician

She's not overlooked to music fans. A limited edition CD box set containing THIRTY THREE (33) CDs just released on 27 March 2020 was sold out months before it was released. People pre-ordered the whole 1,500 box sets!!

Ken Lee exactly! I still get chills listening to her music. “Last Dance” is so beautiful and full of life. Only great performers can make you truly feel a song even decades later!

She is overlooked because most of her hit songs are from the 70's. Most or 95% of people hate music from the 70's. I'm one of the few people that loves music from the 70's. Everyone says how great 80's music is, which I don't really care about. I prefer music from the 70's, any day over music from the 80's. Example: Donna Summer co-wrote most of her songs, Bad Girls is one of the songs that she wrote. It came out in 1979.

@@josephvalenzuela311 It really depends on which groups one looks at. Can safely say that over 75% of Baby Boomer and early Gen-X (born ~1963-1966) music fans are crazy about music from the 1960s-1970s. They don't much like the synth and formulaic pop sounds of the 1980s. As for disco, many/(most?) music fans turn their noses down on this music genre and dismiss it totally. Which makes it all the more remarkable that with this factor and today's scenario of very little physical product is sold, Donna's massive and quite pricey CD box set was sold out well before release. Shows that there is a dedicated fan base out there - not quite as large as the fan bases of 1980s pop 'divas' of course but it's there. Plus, Donna has had exposure to the young audiences, such as being a guest artist/judge on the highly popular show American Idol (finale season 3, 2008).

Way better than Beyonce.

She is the Blue Print. Too many forget😊❤❤

mar compared to other artists , yes she is underrated.

@mar how often do we here about Donna Summer in mainstream media or pop culture? Hardly ever.

it's true...when Brian Eno was in the studio producing Bowie, he told him it was the sound of the future. Did he nail it or what?

Yes please!!

Sully Sullivan yes!!

Yes please.

I got my middle name from her.

💙💙💙

Idk, maybe it’s because she’s one of the most popular disco artists, but disco as a whole lead to stuff like Hip Hop, EDM, House, Rap, Techno, etc

Damn, good shit. What concert was if?

Wait that's Donna's daughter?!?! I had no idea!

@Eseercam amanda, i think she is the youngest. She is so talented and beautiful and so are her other two sisters

I love JOHNNYSWIM

Some would say she worked hard for the money.

Sad.

She was known as the Disco Queen and she never really got away from that monicker. And music moved on. She just never had that same level of fame and success again. And I don’t think it’s really because of anything she may or may not have said. Like he left out that there was a huge backlash against disco music and people who sang disco.

Red Velvet I’m old so I know all about the disco backlash. I also know how much this country doesn’t like people who are openly religious. And they like their women sexy. She had moved past disco to pop and had success. That lie is what kept her out of the Hall until she passed. And that when the same people who blacklisted her “loved” her again. We can agree to disagree but even mark twain said “the lie makes its way round the world before the truth has a chance to put its pants on”

KtG I don’t think being openly religious is a problem. I also think thats very different than what they say she said. I was religious but i wouldn’t consider anything like that she was accused of saying as part of my religion or any religion . I do think it’s understated how much music trends moving on did her in cause she never had the same success.

KtG But I guess agree to disagree. But ive never not liked her and I didn’t know anyone else had any strong negative feelings toward her.

I agree, Donna was definitely underrated very much like La Lupe, Queen of Latin soul before her, both were Icons and both were legends in their musical genres and divas in their own right. R.I.P to the Queens🎼🎶🎤🌹👑👑💖

And all powerful women!

It’s not crazy, people actually had to buy records then. Now they dont

@@karmicobsession1636 still impressive though.

It was a double album so she really just moved a million but in those days you didn’t have many formats in music. For her, it was LPs and 8 tracks. The inclusion of CDs and cassette tapes in the early 80s led to a big sales explosion in which albums such as Whitney Houston’s debut took great advantage of.

Preston Calhoun period, but it’s head voice, something that can be healthily done :) it’s a connected register, while whistles are a disconnected register, basically controlled squeaks. Therefor, it’s even more impressive, as the G6 she hits is kinda whistle note territory :)

Sam Smith is annoying!

Right.

Jovan Vujičić embarrassing...

It's ingratiating, isn't it?

People are crazy.

So different than her claiming she couldn’t do it cause it didn’t fit with her religious beliefs.

Sade!! Yeees

Insert Name Here I live Kylie too

go look up 'Now i need you/working the midnight shift' pure trance heaven

You got homework to do in this dire times of need

Even the wanderer from 1980.

Listen to the wanderer & donna summer (1982) you won't be disappointed.