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In his video he defends her to the point of tears, while telling everyone to leave Britney alone. His video went viral and resulted in many people making fun of it and creating parodies of it. “Rickrolling” is considerably one of the most famous and longest running memes, involving Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” This meme has been popular for almost as long as the video has been released. This meme involves sending people the link to Rick Astley’s music video, making them believe it’s a really interesting and exciting video then disappointing them when they find out it’s not, resulting in them being “Rickroll’d.” “Bad Luck Brian” is exactly what it sounds like, a guy with bad luck, although his name isn’t actually Brian, the internet just nicknamed his this. This meme just consists of adding text on top of “Brian’s” unfortunate yearbook picture. This meme became so popular it was sold on t-shirts and other random collectible items throughout many…

American Pop Icons. Even though, both stars started from the same place, they both evolved at different times, and took different chances in their musical career. Brittney Jean Spears was born on December 2, 1981 in McComb, Mississippi. However, she was raised in Kentwood, Louisiana. In 1997, she signed with her first record label, Jive Records. As a result, in 1999 she came out with an album called Baby One More Time. In time, she became the best-selling teen artist of all time. For this…

It comes without surprise that Lara Fabian is an ultimate diva of contemporary music society. The incredible musician has over 1.2 million followers on Facebook and more that 69.7 k fans of Twitter. Over a year ago her songs on YouTube had reached over 312 million views, and all these explain her exemplary popularity. I have chosen to write about Lara Fabian because she is one of those superstars who have made significant strides in transforming the lives of their music fans. Fabian is my…

When we think of major music events that are viewed by many young adults, the MTV Video Music Awards comes to mind. But who could have imagined that in 2013 roughly 10.1 million people would tune in the watch the “public sexual blossoming of Miley Cyrus”. (Deadline, 2013) “About five million of these viewer ages ranged from 12 to 34” which is a time when many people are still forming their identity. (Deadline, 2013) This was not the only shocking display from a female artist. Singers Lady Gaga…

After her stardom in Mickeys show she just kept getting bigger. She then started opening up for *NSYNC at the age of thirteen. In 1999 at the age of 18, Britney released her first hit …Baby one more time. That same year Britney received Female artist of the year at the Billboard Music Awards. That next January she won favorite pop/rock new artist. In February she was nominated for two awards at the Grammys. Later that year “Oops…I did it again” hit the radios and broke the record for most…

The world we currently live in is based on an amalgamation of ideas, where some achieve exponential success whilst others fade into obscurity. Malcolm Gladwell, through his book “Tipping Point” addresses the magic moment when these ideas cross the threshold and spread like wildfire (Gladwell, Preface). Moreover, he asserts that there are a number of factors that are at play in virtually every influential trend, ranging from the rise and decline of Airwalk shoes to an alarming escalation in…

America's Pop Princess is back. Britney Spears Glory is her ninth studio album. It's definitely more mature and surprisingly more polished and sophisticated. The tracks are all good, and while some are album filler, most are exceptional and five can easily become big hits. When I look at an album and half of the tracks are single worthy, it means thumbs up for sure. Spears fans will be gushing with delight, this is her best album since “Femme Fatale.” The best tracks here are Make Me, Just Luv…

lilkimzone.net lilkimzone.net Welcome back to part two of our article about Lil Kim. I am sure you learned a couple of things with the last article. Here are seven more interesting things you probably didn’t know about The Queen B. Number Seven: She Won A Grammy in 2002. Lil Kim won Best Pop Collaboration. in a remake of Patti Labelle's hit "Lady Marmalade" she featured singers Mya, Pink, and Christina Aguilera. The single won them the Grammy in 2002 for Best Pop Collaboration. Number Six: She…

The Taylor Swift Instagram account hit a huge milestone that even Kim Kardashian hasn’t made history for yet. The country singer is now a social media powerhouse with 50 million fans on Instagram. The entertainer has been gradually gaining followers and people are wanting to be friends with the star to know exactly what she is doing and catch a quick pictures. According to People Magazine on Thursday, Taylor Swift beat out Kim Kardashian and Beyoncé who have 48.4 and 47.5 million followers,…

is Kim Kardashian versus Taylor Swift: Snapchat Gate. Snapchat Gate gave a worldwide audience an answer to the infamous question- did Taylor Swift give Kanye West permission to use the two lines referencing her in his song “Famous”? The answer to the question is an inconclusive “sort of,” however the repercussions of these snapchat videos provide an interesting peek into the social culture of the United States and how social media is used as a new rhetorical device. The feud between Kim…