The first monthly article I wrote was all about movies, easily my biggest passion and most beloved hobby. I figured for my second article, I would move onto another media format, music. Although, I don\u2019t care for music as much as I do movies. While I\u2019m subscribed to Netflix, Hulu, and some other video streaming services, so I can watch as many movies as I possibly can within my lifetime, I\u2019m not subscribed to any music streaming services. Sure, I have an account with I Heart Radio, but it\u2019s the free version, and honestly, I only listen to throwback channels like \u201cI Heart 80s\u201d and \u201cI Heart 90s\u201d. Yeah, I\u2019m a retro kind of guy. Please don\u2019t judge me, I\u2019m much closer to age 40 than I am to age 20!<\/p>\n
Much like with movies, I find music (or at least music videos) even sweeter when bare bellied women are involved. However, unlike my list of favorite movies featuring bare midriff attire, or navel centric scenes, I\u2019m not going to make a list of my all-time favorite music videos featuring bare midriff or navel centric scenes, because that list would take forever to put together. Instead, I\u2019ll do the simpler task of listing my favorite female music artists who are known for their bellybutton baring style choices!<\/p>\n
There will be ground rules though. First, if the musical artist in question ever pierced her bellybutton at any point in her career, she is instantly disqualified. In other words, Britney Spears doesn’t make the list! Unfortunately, this also disqualifies girl groups like Girls Aloud and The Saturdays, who had numerous members with navel rings at one point or another. Second, I actually have to enjoy the music that the artist made. And I mean music that I honestly enjoy and I\u2019m unashamed to listen to, or sing along to. So that again disqualifies Britney, and it also disqualifies The Spice Girls, who I only like in the \u201cguilty pleasure\u201d sort of way. I\u2019ll only sing along to their songs if I\u2019m alone and there\u2019s no witnesses.<\/p>\n
And while I\u2019m piling onto Britney, I might as well get this off of my chest while I\u2019m at it. I feel the navel fetishism community as a whole puts Britney on a pedestal WAY too often. Yes, I understand why you give her credit for cropped tops being all the rage of the fashion world back in the late 90s and early 2000s. However, no one woman should be solely credited for that fashion. There were several women who wore that same style at the same time, it was the media who decided to give Britney all the credit. Most of these other said women will appear on this list. I also understand that for young navel fetishists who were born around the height of Britney\u2019s fame would view her as a goddess among mortal navel bearers, but I\u2019m sorry, I think that\u2019s giving her too much credit.<\/p>\n
I have other reasons for not caring for Britney. Along with never caring at all for her music, as mentioned above. In fact, auto-tune is the second most important credit to all of her fame, after her naked midriff. And then there\u2019s the navel ring, which is a high crime of fashion, as far as I\u2019m concerned, with high-waisted bikini bottoms and pants being the second highest fashion crime. And lastly, the image of Britney during 2007, when she seemingly lost her mind, shaved her head bald, and attacked a car with an umbrella will forever be burned into my brain. It was way too haunting to forget. Her drunken performance at the MTV Music Awards from that same year didn\u2019t help matters either. So yeah, it\u2019s time for the navel fetishist community to move onto someone else as their bare navel idol, and worship her instead. There are plenty to choose from, Victoria Justice, Selena Gomez, Bella Thorne, and even Ariel Winter, just to name a few. Pick one of them instead. Britney is the distant past (and wasn\u2019t that good to begin with), let\u2019s leave her there, and look to the future.<\/p>\n
Okay, with that little soapbox rant out of the way, onto the actual list. Keep in mind that there is no set order to this list, I\u2019m just naming artists off as they come to my mind. And I\u2019ll include my favorite songs of that artist, and the best navel gazing music videos that she was featured it.<\/p>\n
The List:<\/strong><\/p>\n Shania Twain<\/strong><\/p>\n Long before the time of Taylor Swift (who seems to be the antichrist of belly baring), Shania Twain was the queen of crossover music genres. She was a mix of country and pop music during 1995, and she skyrocketed to fame as a result. Oh, and she also loved wearing cropped tops, much to all of our delight. In fact, the media made the whole bare navel style that she wore a huge deal, and a gimmick that Shaina made her own. As far as I\u2019m concerned, Shania, not Britney, deserves more credit for the cropped top fashion boom. Two decades later, Shania is still gorgeous, even though she only comes back into the spotlight every now and then.<\/p>\n My Favorite Songs:<\/em> \u201cYou\u2019re Still The One\u201d, \u201cThat Don\u2019t Impress Me Much\u201d, \u201cFrom This Moment On\u201d, \u201cMan! I Feel Like A Woman!\u201d, \u201cI\u2019m Going to Getcha Good!\u201d, \u201cForever and for Always\u201d.<\/p>\n Best Navel Gazing Music Videos:<\/em> \u201cForever and for Always\u201d, \u201cThat Don\u2019t Impress Me Much\u201d, \u201cI\u2019m Outta Here\u201d, \u201cAny Man of Mine\u201d.<\/p>\n Shakira<\/strong><\/p>\n How could she not be on this list? Bellydancing is part of her act, even if it means she has to lift her shirt up to do said bellydancing. Yeah, I\u2019m a sucker for deliberate shirt lifting. She didn\u2019t become popular in America and english speaking countries until 2001, but what a treasure she was, once we discovered her. She has since has become a mother of two, resulting in her deep innie becoming a ball outie. I\u2019m looking forward to her doing bellydancing with her new outie; that newly formed ball of flesh popping out further with each bellyroll. Her stomach is so famous, she was a spokesmodel for an Activia ad!<\/p>\n My Favorite Songs:<\/em> \u201cHips Don\u2019t Lie\u201d, \u201cShe Wolf\u201d, \u201cLoca\u201d, \u201cWhenever, Wherever\u201d, \u201cCan\u2019t Remember to Forget You\u201d.<\/p>\n Best Navel Gazing Music Videos:<\/em> \u201cHips Don\u2019t Lie\u201d, \u201cShe Wolf\u201d, \u201cLoca\u201d, \u201cWhenever, Wherever\u201d, \u201cLoca\u201d, \u201cUnderneath Your Clothes\u201d, \u201cLa Tortura\u201d, \u201cGypsy\u201d, \u201cChantaje\u201d (the debut of her new outie).<\/p>\n Rihanna<\/strong><\/p>\n What can I say, I\u2019m a sucker for dazzling green eyes (Jennifer Connelly, anyone?). Although, I am more partial to Rihanna during her island girl days of her career than her current career. She was cute, she fit right in with the late 90s\/early 2000s pop princesses, and most importantly, she was without tattoos. Yes, I have a seething hatred for all kinds of body art on women. Granted, I don\u2019t hate tattoos around navels as much as I hate navel rings, because at least the tattoo doesn\u2019t scar or block the bellybutton from view. But as much as I hate most of her body art, some of her fashion choices, and all of choices in boyfriends, Rihanna\u2019s still beautiful, and her music is fun to listen to. At the time of this writing, she is the second most successful female musician in America, with 14 hit singles.<\/p>\n My Favorite Songs:<\/em> \u201cUmbrella\u201d, \u201cDon\u2019t Stop The Music\u201d, \u201cOnly Girl In The World\u201d, \u201cMan Down\u201d, \u201cWe Found Love\u201d, \u201cDiamonds\u201d, \u201cStay\u201d.<\/p>\n Best Navel Gazing Music Videos:<\/em> \u201cPon de Replay\u201d, \u201cIf It\u2019s Lovin\u2019 That You Want\u201d, \u201cUmbrella\u201d, \u201cOnly Girl In The World\u201d, \u201cStay\u201d (including a bellybutton close-up).<\/p>\n Gwen Stefani<\/strong><\/p>\n The former frontwoman for No Doubt. Nowadays, she\u2019s best known as judge for the singing contest show, \u201cThe Voice\u201d. Like Shania Twain, No Doubt\u2019s fame came around 1995, and yes, Gwen lived in her cropped tops back then, too. So along with Shania, Gwen should be getting credit for starting the bare navel fashion trend. Both women were rocking out with their bellybuttons out, two or three years before Britney did! I need to stop bringing my hatred of Britney up. I must be honest, I prefer Gwen as a member of No Doubt than I do as a solo act.<\/p>\n My Favorite Songs:<\/em> \u201cJust A Girl\u201d, \u201cSpiderwebs\u201d, \u201cDon\u2019t Speak\u201d, \u201cHey Baby\u201d, \u201cIt\u2019s My Life\u201d. Honorable Mention: Hollaback Girl (counts as a guilty pleasure).<\/p>\n Best Navel Gazing Music Videos:<\/em> \u201cExcuse Me, Mr.\u201d, \u201cSpiderwebs\u201d, \u201cJust A Girl\u201d, \u201cDon\u2019t Speak\u201d, \u201cHey Baby\u201d, \u201cHollaback Girl\u201d, \u201cNow That You Got It\u201d.<\/p>\n Toni Braxton<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh, here we go. The singer who left the biggest impact on me, in terms of navel fetishism. I mentioned Raquel Welch in my last article about being the first non-innie that I became aware of. Well, Toni was the first time I became aware of ball outies, my favorite type of bellybutton to look upon. The sheer size of Toni\u2019s outie blew my mind, not to mention how willing she was to show it off! Much like with Julia Voth in the movie, B*tch Slap, Toni\u2019s outie is like she took a pingpong ball, placed it on her stomach, and her skin absorbed it, making it part of her body. Even though Toni\u2019s well into her 50s, and she\u2019s past the prime of her career, she still bares her bellybutton from time to time. And I love her for it!<\/p>\n My Favorite Songs:<\/em> \u201cAnother Sad Love Song\u201d, \u201cBreathe Again\u201d, \u201cUn-Break My Heart\u201d.<\/p>\n Best Navel Gazing Music Videos:<\/em> \u201cI Don\u2019t Want To\u201d, \u201cYou Mean The World To Me\u201d, \u201cHe Wasn\u2019t Man Enough\u201d, \u201cJust Be A Man About It\u201d, \u201cUn-Break My Heart\u201d, \u201cSpanish Guitar\u201d.<\/p>\n TLC<\/strong><\/p>\n Here we go, a whole girl group. And yes, while they were a three-for-one deal, I was the most interested in the two members, Tionne \u201cT-Boz\u201d Watkins and Rozonda \u201cChilli\u201d Thomas, due to them having outies. This band was like a spiritual successor to Toni Braxton, in terms of their navels and their sheer amount of navel exposure. Granted, Toni does have four sisters who formed a girl group of their own, but they never found the same fame that Toni reached (at least not without using a reality show). During the height of their fame, TLC became the best selling girl group of all time in America. Sadly, the only member of the group with an innie, Lisa \u201cLeft Eye\u201d Lopes, died in a tragic accident two decades ago. The remaining members still make music, but the height of their fame is far behind them. Oh, and the made-for-TV movie, \u201cCrazySexyCool: The TLC Story\u201d was a guilty pleasure of mine.<\/p>\n My Favorite Songs:<\/em> \u201cCreep\u201d, \u201cWaterfalls\u201d, \u201cNo Scrubs\u201d.<\/p>\n Best Navel Gazing Music Videos:<\/em> \u201cCreep\u201d, \u201cRed Light Special\u201d, \u201cWaterfalls\u201d, \u201cNo Scrubs\u201d, \u201cUnpretty\u201d, \u201cDamaged\u201d, \u201cDear Lie\u201d, \u201cDiggin\u2019 On You\u201d, \u201cGirl Talk\u201d.<\/p>\n Mariah Carey<\/strong><\/p>\n I feel I have to clarify this one. When I talk about Mariah Carey, I mean the Mariah Carey from the 90s. That is when I personally think she was at her best. I don\u2019t know, but I think her watchable movie, \u201cGlitter\u201d left such a negative impression on me, I can\u2019t in good faith say that I like her current music and songs. Her recent performance during New Year\u2019s that went horribly wrong doesn\u2019t help matter either. Granted, I found Mariah interesting because she seemed like too much a \u201cgood girl\u201d to show any skin, which just made it all the better then she did end up baring her bellybutton. But I haven\u2019t given her much thought after the turn of the century, even if she\u2019s the most successful female singer in America, with 18 hit singles.<\/p>\n My Favorite Songs:<\/em> \u201cSomeday\u201d, \u201cEmotions\u201d, \u201cDreamlover\u201d, \u201cHero\u201d, \u201cAll I Want For Christmas Is You\u201d, \u201cFantasy\u201d, \u201cAlways Be My Baby\u201d, \u201cHoney\u201d, \u201cButterfly\u201d.<\/p>\n Best Navel Gazing Music Videos:<\/em> \u201cAlways Be My Baby\u201d, \u201cHoney\u201d, \u201cFantasy\u201d, \u201cDreamlover\u201d.<\/p>\n Christina Aguilera<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, as far as I\u2019m concerned, in the battle of Britney vs Christina, it\u2019s no contest. Christina won. She can actually sing, she won a Grammy first, and while I didn\u2019t care for her \u201cTwisted Sister\u201d phase that she had in the early 2000s, at least she never went crazy in public. And most importantly, she never pierced her bellybutton, and that gets you far in my opinion. Granted, after becoming a wife and mother, her body weight is all over the place, and these days, she\u2019s best known as a judge for \u201cThe Voice\u201d. But hey, I\u2019ll give her credit for popularizing bare belly style over Britney anyday. Seriously, I need to stop throwing Britney under the bus, but it\u2019s just so fun!<\/p>\n My Favorite Songs:<\/em> \u201cGenie In A Bottle\u201d, \u201cWhat A Girl Wants\u201d, \u201cI Turn To You\u201d, \u201cCome On Over\u201d.<\/p>\n Best Navel Gazing Music Videos:<\/em> \u201cGenie In A Bottle\u201d, \u201cWhat A Girl Wants\u201d, \u201cI Turn To You\u201d, \u201cCome On Over\u201d, \u201cDirrty\u201d, \u201cCan\u2019t Hold Us Down\u201d, \u201cCandyman\u201d, \u201cLady Marmalade\u201d, \u201cNot Myself Tonight\u201d.<\/p>\n Jennifer Lopez<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019m a little bias with this one. After all, the cover to her album, \u201cJ.Lo\u201d, was a close-up of her bellybutton! I mean, if that\u2019s not pandering, I don\u2019t know what is! So yeah, she won me over there. But as for her songs, they are quite catchy. And as an actress, she\u2019s given us plenty of movies with her in bare midriff attire, like \u201cSelena\u201d and \u201cAnaconda\u201d. Oh, and at over 40 years old, she\u2019s still as hot as she was in her 20s!<\/p>\n My Favorite Songs:<\/em> \u201cIf You Had My Love\u201d, \u201cWaiting For Tonight\u201d, \u201cLove Don\u2019t Cost a Thing\u201d, \u201cJenny From The Block\u201d.<\/p>\n Best Navel Gazing Music Videos:<\/em> \u201cIf You Had My Love\u201d, \u201cPlay\u201d, \u201cAin\u2019t It Funny\u201d, \u201cGet Right\u201d, \u201cJenny From The Block\u201d, \u201cWaiting For Tonight\u201d, \u201cLove Don\u2019t Cost a Thing\u201d, \u201cI\u2019m Glad\u201d, \u201cI\u2019m Real\u201d.<\/p>\n Aaliyah<\/strong><\/p>\n I never said the musical artist in question had to be living. I mean, how would this list count as an \u201call-time\u201d list, if I didn\u2019t include artists who happened to be no longer with us? Yes, the untimely death of Aaliyah was wholly depressing, as we lost a truly beautiful and talented woman. And she was in the prime of her career at the time of her fatal plane crash. Not to mention she had a budding movie career in the works. It\u2019s a textbook case of gone too soon. Oh, and call me crazy if you will, but I swear Aaliyah was probably a navel fetishist, as it seemed she was always deliberately drawing attention to her bellybutton. How could I not include someone who was one of us?<\/p>\n My Favorite Songs:<\/em> \u201cOne In a Million\u201d, \u201cAre You That Somebody?\u201d, \u201cTry Again\u201d, \u201cCome Back In One Piece\u201d, \u201cRock The Boat\u201d.<\/p>\n Best Navel Gazing Music Videos:<\/em> \u201cTry Again\u201d, \u201cWe Need a Resolution\u201d, \u201cOne In a Million\u201d, \u201c4 Page Letter\u201d, \u201cAre You That Somebody?\u201d, \u201cRock The Boat\u201d.<\/p>\n Honorable Mentions:<\/strong><\/p>\n Kelly Rowland<\/strong><\/p>\n Okay, this is a cheat. I don\u2019t like any of Kelly\u2019s solo songs. This is my way of name dropping her, without giving credit to Beyonce, who I can\u2019t stand and who goes against my anti-navel ring stance. So I\u2019m giving credit to Kelly, even though most of the songs I like by her were from when she was part of Destiny’s Child. That being said, I find Kelly vastly superior than Beyonce in terms of beauty. Yeah, it has everything to do with I being bias towards dark skinned girls and ball shaped outie bellybuttons. In that way, she\u2019s another spiritual successor of Toni Braxton. And Kelly also did a workout video, so you can watch her do sit-up exercises, too!<\/p>\n My Favorite Songs:<\/em> \u201cSay My Name\u201d, \u201cJumpin\u2019, Jumpin\u2019\u201d, \u201cSurvivor\u201d.<\/p>\n Best Navel Gazing Music Videos:<\/em> \u201cSurvivor\u201d, \u201cSay My Name\u201d, \u201cBootylicious\u201d, \u201cNo, No, No\u201d, \u201cLose My Breath\u201d, \u201cSoldier\u201d.<\/p>\n Janet Jackson<\/strong><\/p>\n She would make the main list, if it weren\u2019t for that damn navel ring! But also, like Mariah Carey, I\u2019m focusing entirely on her work from the 90s, before she got that ring. And if she had an outie bellybutton that rivaled Toni Braxton, I would be willing to overlook any body art she might have. There was even a time she had quite impressive abs, but also that ring. However, a rule is a rule, and Miss Jackson broke the #1 rule.<\/p>\n My Favorite Songs:<\/em> \u201cEscapade\u201d, \u201cThat\u2019s the Way Love Goes\u201d, \u201cRunaway\u201d.<\/p>\n Best Navel Gazing Music Videos:<\/em> \u201cThat\u2019s the Way Love Goes\u201d, \u201cAny Time, Any Place\u201d, \u201cRunway\u201d, \u201cScream\u201d.<\/p>\n Ciara<\/strong><\/p>\n This is a case of me liking the artist, but not loving her music all that much. She\u2019s a beautiful and talented girl. And I will not lie, she melts me every time she does the whole no hands backbend trick. The way she arches her back is just magical to watch. But yeah, other than her looks, I don\u2019t care much for her music. But based on the pure amount of bare bellied music videos she has made (and the fact that she\u2019s gorgeous), I have to include her.<\/p>\n My Favorite Songs:<\/em> \u201cGoodies\u201d, \u201c1, 2 Step\u201d, \u201cOh\u201d.<\/p>\n Best Navel Gazing Music Videos:<\/em> \u201c1, 2 Step\u201d, \u201cNever Ever\u201d, \u201cGet Up\u201d, \u201cAnd I\u201d, \u201cGoodies\u201d, \u201cCan\u2019t Leave \u2018Em Alone\u201d, \u201cRide\u201d, \u201cSpeechless\u201d, \u201cGimmie Dat\u201d, \u201cOh\u201d.<\/p>\n Nicole Scherzinger<\/strong><\/p>\n Much like Ciara, Nicole doesn\u2019t make the main list, because as beautiful and sexy as she is, I don\u2019t like her music all that much. And 90% of the Pussycat Dolls had their navels pierced, so that disqualifies most of them! And Eden\u2019s Crush was a flash in the pan, so they don\u2019t count either. When forced between a rock and hard place, I can\u2019t put her on the list. However, given how proud she is to show off her slender and fit torso in the past two decades, I have to put her somewhere, so I\u2019ll put it here.<\/p>\n My Favorite Song:<\/em> \u201cWhatever U Like\u201d.<\/p>\n Best Navel Gazing Music Videos:<\/em> \u201cWhatever U Like\u201d, \u201cBaby Love\u201d, \u201cRight There\u201d, \u201cWet\u201d, \u201cYour Love\u201d, \u201cBang\u201d.<\/p>\n Girls\u2019 Generation<\/strong><\/p>\n How could I not include a K-pop or J-pop act somewhere? I mean, assemble a group of cute Korean or Japanese girls, have them all wear cropped tops, and then watch them sing and dance to fun and catchy songs. What\u2019s not to like? Well, there is the problem that their songs will be in Korean or Japanese, so unless you\u2019re fluent in those two languages, it\u2019s kinda hard to understand what they are singing about, let alone be able to sing along with them! Based on that factor, I\u2019ll give the honor of this spot to Girls\u2019 Generation, who I only chose because they did a tour in America and released an english language album. That\u2019s enough to qualify them for an honorable mention, and here they are.<\/p>\n My Favorite Song:<\/em> \u201cThe Boys\u201d (because it\u2019s in english).<\/p>\n Best Navel Gazing Music Videos:<\/em> \u201cOh!\u201d, \u201cI Got a Boy\u201d, \u201cCatch Me If You Can\u201d, \u201cYou Think\u201d, \u201cGalaxy Supernova\u201d, \u201cChocolate Love\u201d.<\/p>\n Conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n And there you have it. Once again, I gave you more than enough research to do. Almost all these videos I mentioned can be found on YouTube or Vevo. And for those of you who think I have horrible taste in music, hey, I never said this was a list about great music. Like the movie list that I made last time, this was about bare midriffs, not quality music. And if you want to know what I think is the sexiest music video ever made, it\u2019s \u201cWicked Game\u201d, by Chris Issak. I mean, Helena Christensen prancing around in her underwear, what\u2019s not to love about that?! That\u2019s all I have to say. Next time, I\u2019ll make a television themed list. Or maybe I won\u2019t. You\u2019ll just have to wait and see.<\/p>\n Article thumbnail: Shakira – Loca Music Video.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The first monthly article I wrote was all about movies, easily my biggest passion and most beloved hobby. I figured for my second article, I would move onto another media format, music. Although, I don\u2019t care for music as much as I do movies. 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