Superstardom In Popular Music Empirical Evidence Analysis

Every music artist begins somewhere. Every artist had to do something to get their music out there. No one just automatically becomes famous. Then everyone wants to listen to your music. You start out new and anonymous and become more popular over time. Artist become famous by advertising. Every music artist should be able to advertise.

Lady Gaga entered the music scene in early 2008 and made big in 2009 with her album the The Fame Monster. Although many of the fans believe that Lady Gaga has a lot of talent, much of the success of her music career can be attributed to factors other than the music itself. In today's music environment, promotion of the music is a major factor that must be accompanying talent for an artist to be a success. Marketing has become one of the driving forces that can help an artist get there music in front of audiences and help them promote their music on a national level. Even though Gaga was an initial success and most of her shows were sold out, she still went bankrupt because of the expenses associated with the marketing budget.

Blonde Ambition: How the Similar Careers of Madonna and Britney Spears Created Two Different Pop Icons

Her music seems to express some of our own experiences and thoughts, which differs from the methods employed in rock. As Leach (2001) states, authentic rock bands speak for their audience, while pop artists such as Taylor Swift and The Spice Girls speak as and with their

In the battle of pop music superstars, millions of people are aware of how Katy Perry and Lady Gaga are so similar in ways that fans would even start a war on who is actually the fake one. Katy Perry music videos, with meaningful and creative lyrics, touches many young teens to young adults' hearts as they listen to her. Meanwhile, Lady Gaga fans are stunned about her music videos and how they are unique even though it doesn't make sense. These two are the biggest stars in the music industry, today, but if one starts to talk about the other, it a raging war. Lady Gaga disses Katy Perry is a huge story that hit the music industries and fans for days, even weeks. Many fans are thinking about what was going to happen with those two. Tabloid magazines exploded with rumors spreading around on Katy Perry copying Lady Gaga or vice versa. One thing that fans should know is that not all news articles are the same. Tabloid magazines go against the odds with gossip and try to make outrageous claims about famous people which leaves the readers confused. However, Credible magazines such as Time or People simply talk about the same stories, but in a professional way to get the news out and that the National Enquirer is different from the writing style, headlines and photos.

Madonna has distinguished herself as one of the most creative stars of the 1980’s. She emerges as a cultural icon as she continuously reinvents herself as an artist. She has the ability to adapt to time periods and remain relevant. While doing so, Madonna is not only the Pop Queen but she is also a fashion Icon. The Guinness book of World records lists her as the most successful artist of all time.

Among the many demonstrations of women's empowerment we have witnessed since the feminist movement boomed in the country and the world over the past two years, certainly the most visible are women artists, especially in music. Whether it's the size of world fame or reach, or the appeal and transgression of seeing pop artists assuming a political stance, or even knowing that these women are as affected as we are with sexism of every day.Our attention is always hooked to see that more and more artists are talking about feminism as a fundamental part of who they are and the work they do.

The music industry offers a multitude of jobs, but they all seem to preform as one. The music industry can seem as if it is a extraordinarily complex system with many different functions, but if one area does not function properly then the whole industry could fall to shambles. Even though the jobs may seem as if their functions are easy to perform they all still need to be taken into great consideration. The array of jobs within this industry can range anywhere from the responsibility of composing a song, as the songwriter to the job of insuring that the song is marketed properly. Music is a source of entertainment that is used in most peoples every day life, even though it may not be recognized for its complexity there are many careers that are necessary for the music industry to preform properly. Lets begin with the essential backbone of the music. First a song has to be composed by a Songwriter. Songwriters are responsible for the lyrics and melody within a piece of music. Songwriters work on a schedule that is unpredictable and can become demanding at times. Then a Manager needs to be in the picture to handle financial business and negotiate with Agents and/or Representatives during certain appearances and recording opportunities. They may also be responsible for searching for businesses that are looking to endorse their client. Making the industry earn a greater income is an area in which a Marketing Executive specializes in. Working as an overseer for the recording portion of music

I learned a great deal this week about the music industry and the various events and innovations that over time contributed toward the shaping of American music into the “business” that it is today. The chapter “The Six Life Stages of the Music Industry” allowed me to gain a broader understanding of how and why such events occurred, and what underlying factors precipitated them. In particular, I found the impact of MTV on the music industry enlightening, as while I was aware of the profound effect it had on dance, I had never really considered the impact that it had on music in that it essentially ushered in today's trend of “making” stars based on looks and appearance as opposed to genuine talent. The experiment performed in the documentary

In today’s society, many women’s music make the radio but there is still a larger majority of male music being broadcasted. This ratio of female to male music not only impacts people but the culture that those people believe in. Since more male artists have their music broadcasted this shows society that women may not be as talented while makes people change their beliefs about women. A quote from The Washington Post that helps show this is “At the moment, female singers have an extraordinarily tough time breaking through in Nashville, as radio and sales are regularly dominated by male artists, save for rare exceptions like Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert”. This quote shows that most female music is covered up by male artists. This also

At the age of 19, Gaga was originally signed to Def Jam Records after the labels CEO heard her singing in a hallway of its New York Office. There she recorded and produced one song, with producer Red One titled “Boys, Boys, Boys”. After 3 months she was dropped as an artist from the label. After being dropped, Gaga formed an indie rock band titled The Stefani Germanotta Band. She recorded one album with them, and performed in Underground New Jersey clubs. While performing with the band, she began writing with music producer Rob Fusari. He compared her musical style to Freddie Mercury, and came up with the name “Lady Gaga”, naming her after the song “Radio Gaga.”

As I was exploring for an exciting thesis statement, I came across a great article that talks about the music industry and the gender gap that we still face and that some individuals are not fully aware off. Despite the fact that not all females portray themselves in a lecherous manner to make money and garner attention in the music industry, the fact still stands that they cannot gain true respect

Lady Gaga represents herself expressively in the styles of clothing she wears. She is very unique and outstanding. Gaga has a very imaginative and open mind. Her style of how she wants to represent herself is that she is very free spirited and an emotional performer. In his book, Looking for Fame. The Life of a Pop Princess: Lady Gaga, Paul Lester quotes Lady Gaga: “I was always an entertainer. I was a ham as a little girl and I’m a ham today” (9). Lady Gaga struggled to get where she is today and with the help and support of her family and friends she became one of the biggest Pop Stars in such a short time in history. Lady Gaga is the

McClary’s book “Feminine Endings: Music, Gender and Sexuality” gives great insights into why female artists have a real struggle in the music world. Her first few pages directly approach the problem that seems to push women to the stereotypical behavior that is associated with them. Women are assumed to be inferior to men. From the beginning of time, there have always been jobs and activities that were thought to hard for women to achieve; however, Madonna strives to prove these people wrong.

4) Gaga’s launch as an artist up to 2009 was a success. Her talent and unique personality opened doors for her. Since it was hard to get new artist music on radio, Gaga began touring in small venues so as to gain popularity. She gained a huge fan base as well through optimizing social media cites and Gaga’s team organized some interviews with about 50 popular music bloggers. As a result the interviews reached