Pop Music

The term Pop comes from the word ‘popular’. This genre is a combination of different musical and popular styles.

This kind of music is highly marketed.

Historically, the Pop music was not recognized like a musical genre, beacause this had not own characters.

Also, the Pop was recognized like a genre for people with a limited musical culture.

The objective of this music is attract all people, and not just a subculture or an ideology.

The pop have enphasis on the recording, production and technology, and not in the live shows. Also, this genre have a inclination to reflect existing trends.

Normally, the singles are not very long, not exceeding 4  minutes.

The rhythm and the melody of this songs are simples and with limited harmonic accompaniment.

Popular singers

The pop music had and have numerous popular singers, mainly in the United States.

These singers are recognized for his trajectory in all world, and for his successful singles

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson (1958 - 2009) is a singer and composer famous all over the world to his choreography and music videos. For these reasons, it is considered the king of pop.

Madonna

Madonna is a popular singer in all the world. She's considered to be Queen of Pop for her long career in the music and her talent like pop singer.

She's one of the artists with more songs on the Top Ten on Billboard Hot 100, with a total of 37 songs.

Britney Spears

Britney Spears is a famous singer in all the world, and she is considered the  Princess of Pop for all her successful singles and musical videos.

 

Another singers

His Childhood and education

His father, Joseph Germanotta, is an Internet entrepreneur, and his mother, Cynthia Bissett, works as a telecommunications assistant.Having learned to play the piano for four years, Stefani wrote his first ballad at thirteen and began to participate in open mic nights at fourteen. At the age of eleven, Stefani joined the private Catholic school called Sacred Heart Convent, located in Manhattan.However, the singer said he does not come from a wealthy family despite having gone to private school.Gaga said in an interview that during high school she was "very studious, dedicated and disciplined but it was very unsafe".With seventeen years, resulted in premature entry into the Tisch School of Arts at the University of New York. He studied music and improved his skills as a composer to compose essays and analysis of subjects such as art, religion, social issues and the política.4 29 In the second semester of their sophomore year, Stefani left school to begin her career musical.30 Gaga's father agreed to pay the rent for an apartment for a year with the condition that if it failed would have to re-enroll in art school.






2005-2007: Early career
GaGa in the first contract signed with Def Jam when he was 19, after the record executive LA Reid hear his voice in their own executions. But Reid says GaGa never met her:"I was waiting outside his office for a few hours, hoping that the meetings take with me on my singing, but never happened."After three months, resigned GaGa Reid of the label, the main reason for neglect.
Returning years later, being discovered by the executive Vincent Herbert and finally signing with Interscope in January 2008.Impressed by her musical ear and his ability to compose was hired as composer by Akon's Konvict label, who would be the boost later in his career, and was also involved in the compositions from other artists such as Fergie, Pussycat Dolls, Britney Spears and New Kids on the Block. Stefani, also aroused the interest of the president of Interscope, Jimmy Iovine, who made the label to be associated with singer-songwriter Akon.

His name "Lady GaGa" according to an interview with Ron Slomowicz, emerged as a reference to the song "Radio Ga Ga" by English rock band Queen, the singer did not much like what his name legally changed it , and had his parents and everyone called Lady GaGa.

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, her artistic name is Lady Gaga . she was born in New York City on March 28, 1986. She is a  singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and pianist. Stefani grew up listening to bands like Queen, Michael Jackson, and Madonna who would later become major influences for her. In August 2008, she released her first album  that was called "the fame", managed to sell over 12 million copies worldwide between 2008 and 2010, the first two singles from the album, "Just Dance" and "Poker Face" had a global impact, to promote the album, the singer embarked on her first world tour, called The Fame Ball Tour.

In late November 2009, Lady Gaga released their second album titled The Fame Monster. The three singles from the album released for the promotion of the world were very successful, achieving digitally sell over 8.4 million units Gaga what makes the best selling artist digitales.15 Four days after the release of the album, the singer began his second world tour called The Monster Ball Tour.

To date, the singer sold 15 million albums and singles forty million. In May 2010, Time magazine included the singer in the annual "Time 100" most influential people in the world. A month later, Forbes magazine named the singer as the fourth most powerful and influential celebrity in the world, being the second most powerful music. Among his biggest hits include "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "LoveGame", "Paparazzi", "Bad Romance", "Telephone" and "Alejandro".
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