How Does Janet Jackson Impact On Pop Culture

Micheal Jackson and Madonna were one of the best artists to take advantage of the emerging video age. Micheal Jackson’s music videos changed the dimenision of pop music in the 1980s and earned the title King of Pop. His energy and highly ambitious dance was the main aspect of his dance music videos. The first of his music videos was the extended twelve-minute video “Thriller” directed by Hollywood’s John Landies. Like Micheal Jackson, Madonna’s music is usually plays by dance beat. She has dance-club background. Her first recordings were success in New York dance-club scene.

“You can't get around pain and opposition, but you can try to be joyful in the trial, and thank yourself for the trial, and thank God for the strength to get through it.” In this quote, Mary J. Blige talks about even though she was in pain, she still smiles, and she was happy. If it wasn’t for God giving her the strength she wouldn’t have made through her bad times. Mary J. Blige is a “ Game Changer” because even though she faced a lot of struggles in her life, she refused to give up.

Everybody knows who Carly Rae Jepsen is. She is one of the world famous singer and song writer. There is a story that Carly has told many times in interviews. She wanted to be an artist since she was a child. She went to the Canadian College of Performing Arts and studied musical theatre.

The foundations of today’s popular music were built by an unlikely source: a poor white

Beyoncé is a goddess. Lady Gaga is an artist. But after Katy Perry’s eighth number-one single, Katy is officially the biggest pop star of our time. She has arched a niche for herself for her standout performances, catchy songs, and over-the-top fashions she presents in all her public events. The pop diva had produced several songs and albums under her name since 2001 debut.

I believe Kelly Rowland is a leader in hip hop community because she was a member of the top-selling American R&B girl group Destiny’s Child. Kelly Rowland a.k.a Kelendria Rowland, Kelly was born on February 11, 1981(age34). Kelly has has won multiple Grammy Awards and has sold more than 50million records worldwide, in the early ‘90s Kelly Rowland and Beyonce performed as a part of Girls Tyme. At 7 Rowlands mother left he daddy because of domestic violence and they moved to Texas. That’s where Kelly met Beyonce. Kelly mother felt it was better that she will live with beyonce parts so they took her in. Rowland would provide lead and background vocals successful albums:

On the other hand, Kehlani makes you feel her painful story through her lyrics and her voice. The

to music critics Jackson’s album Thriller seemed to be inspired by “a mixture of several genres

Some of the biggest things that caught people's eyes were Jackson’s music videos and dancing. His music clearly started to take a huge impact on pop music. As a result, Jackson was in the top 10 for over a year and he created the 2nd best selling album of all time (Woog). Michael started to become known as the “King of Pop” around the world, and he still is considered that today. Michael had been a part of setting high standards for today's pop music. “During the 1980’s, artists like Michael Jackson and Madonna set the bar for the level of performance” (Marcovitz). Even after his death, people still loved and appreciated all of his work. In fact, his music video “Thriller” was inducted into the “National Film Registry of the Liberty of Congress” (Vincent). Michael Jackson is still considered a legend and an icon in the pop music industry and his work will never be

singer of this song and Abigail both share the same type of jealousy due to love.

Opera music prominently influenced music in the trying times of the 1960’s. An example of this is Elvis Presley’s hit single, “It’s Now or Never.” What is unknown about this famous song is that it is heavily influenced by the renowned Italian opera song, “O Sole Mio” by Giovanni Capurro, Eduardo di Capua, and Alfredo Mazzucchi. Presley also borrowed many other musical themes and elements from historical music such as melodies, chord progressions, themes of lyrics, harmonies, and more. In brief, these two pieces, despite being written 62 years apart, have much in common, and prove the withstanding effect of influence in music throughout the years.

All three of these songs had a significant part popular culture and helped make Michael Jackson's mark in the music industry. Below, I will analyze the song's musical characteristics based on why the songs had become such tremendous hits, the history and song meaning behind the lyric, and how the song performed on the charts in the past and present. Michael is not just a leader, but the leader, and by analyzing the songs Thriller, Beat It, and Billie Jean, it is very easy to tell how he became such an international superstar and forever musical legend.

The hit song “Halo” was performed by Beyoncé Knowles. Ryan Tedder (lead vocalist of OneRepublic), Evan Bogart and Beyoncé composed it. “Halo” will always be one of my favorite Beyoncé songs because she sings it with such a powerful voice that fits with the song and the lyrics, also not to mention the deep meaning behind the song. The great storyline and bold lyrics was a huge factor in choosing to analyze this song. I like to listen to Beyoncé songs and some of my favorites are: 7/11, If I were a Boy, Flawless, Love on Top and Lemonade. In my opinion, Beyoncé is and always will be a music legend.

Throughout her music career she was inspired by many of music’s greats. “I watched people like Dolly Parton. Dolly knows who she is. She’s smart. She’s not just a blonde with (a big bust), she is a genius under there. She literally came from nothing, and now you go anywhere in the world, and they know Dolly Parton” (Miley, Entertainment interview) Dolly

Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston were two of the biggest music acts in the world, selling hundreds upon thousands of records between them. Both acts rose to fame at an early age eventually earning the titles ‘The King of Pop’ (The Guardian, 2009) and ‘The Voice’ (IMDB, 2012) as well as earning plentiful awards in their careers; It is claimed that Whitney Houston is the most awarded female artist of all time. As well as preforming at some of the biggest and most prestigious venues around the world we can only dream about visiting and gaining world-wide fame they ended up meeting an untimely death due to addiction.