Episode 5: Songs That Almost Went To Other Artists

What if "We Can't Stop" went to Rihanna? Would Ariana be as big of a star as she is if "Dangerous Woman" went to Carrie Underwood? Songwriting in the pop music industry is FASCINATING. Songs are constantly shopped to other artists before landing with the artists who cut the versions we know and love. So today, we talk about songs that ALMOST went to other artists, and speculate wildly about what the world would look like if:

-We Can't Stop went to Rihanna

-Dangerous Woman went to Carrie Underwood

-How Will I Know went to Janet Jackson

-Telephone went to Britney Spears instead of Beyoncé on the feature

-Umbrella went to Britney Spears

-Chandelier went to Rihanna

-Since U Been Gone went to P!nk or Hilary Duff ...and some more.

A-Sides: Jonas Brothers album and documentary review

B-Sides: Song Counterfactuals

U-Sides: A lovely note