shyt is too formulaic and basic, like a white paper and a boring standard swag person.
there is only 1 spot (maybe 2) in mainstream music for a super successful black female artist
that spot is occupied by beyonce (and maybe rihanna)
try your luck in 5 years time when beyonce is over 40 and rihanna is pregnant out of wedlock!!

AFRICA-DAMUS IS CORRECT 50% OF THE TIME!!
Eh, no? There's been other artists who came and went during their time.
It's cause their shyt isn't John Blaze enough. Rihanna works with the best producers and writers out and Beyonce has gone insane with her two latest albums dropping styles no one has heard before. Plus she's been accumulating people for the past 20 years.
If you wanna exist in that space you need fresh shyt, not just "nice voice, nice ass". I don't listen to commercial music a lot, a few rappers and a few singers. 90% is indie-type and I don't hear any black female singer out here, who has the ambition to be a pop-star, actually drop the music to back it up. Those Fifth Harmony girls are successful, they took that Mustard-esque pop/hiphop sound and dropped club bangers. Let's see if they can do it again, which often is the problem.
Sevyn dropped one banger, she needs a much bigger banger and more of them. Or she needs to connect with the people and drop great and fresh music. Like Kehlani could've been close she just feels too indie. All tatted out, weed everywhere, bars and on. She might be too real for little girls who usually are the ones who make these women blow up, so she'll probably need real hits.