her music, last heard on her debut solo album in 2013, Half About Being a Woman. Since then, the Minneapolis-based Pop and R&B artist returns to Los Angeles with her latest single “Trying Not to Love You” and once again displays honesty in her pop-blend approach. The contemporary splash of these genres becomes a signature style for Smith, and this time around relies more so on pop. “Trying Not to Love You” is fresh, light, and reminiscent with dreamy textures that follows Smith’s adaptable…
Not only bands acheived popularity. Singers also became very popular in this time period. Whether it was Disney singers or pop idols, many solo artists became very popular in the 2000's. Let's go through the list of som of the best or most iconic! 1) Pink She released her debut album in 2000 called 'Can’t Take Me Home' which included a single called 'Get the Party Started'. Pink's 'I’m Not Dead' album was released next featuring 'Stupid Girls' and 'Who Knew'.Her next album, 'Funhouse,' was…
movement known as Pop Art had begun. Pop art was meant to be simple to aid the audience in creating their own interpretations of the pieces. Two of the leading artists were Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Warhol was a fan of women, unlike Warhol, Lichtenstein was inspired by culture; their paintings are both Pop Art but they are different because Warhol’s paintings are mostly of women and Lichtenstein’s are of famous cartoon characters. Warhol and Lichtenstein were both phenomenal artists in…
beginning of Elvis Presley’s career. Elvis Presley is known as the “King of Rock and Roll.” Presley is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century. Commercially successful in many genres, including pop, blues and gospel, he is the best-selling solo artist in the history of recorded music. Elvis was a sex symbol for this era of music. With his provocative dance moves and boyish good…
genres that are different but somewhat similar is Pop and Rap. If you were to sit down and listen to one another; you’ll notice the difference between the two.On the other hand, also may notice some similarities that they share. Such as, the producers, year founded, and etc. To begin with, as anyone should already know that Pop is the older musical genre. Being derived from rock and roll music; Pop began in the middle portion of the 1950s. Early pop music drew on the sentimental ballad for…
saw a big change in society, as well as in the constant growing music industry. In the States and the Uk, people were still holding onto many aspects of the past: -World War 2 for example, and the crisis that many people went through, which many artists in future decades used and were inspired by different social and cultural events which gave inspiration to make some of the most well known songs in classic rock in the 80’s: for example: the song “one” by Metallica- which is about a ww2 soldier…
time in every generation where a pop star icon emergis. A true pop icon will be someone who is very influential to the music industry and to the culture. This individual will also be someone who has the potential to go down in history as one of the greatest. Among the list of influential artists in our generation today; a name that stands out the most and may even be underestimated would be Bruno Mars. Bruno’s unique genre that is often compared to the king of pop, Michael Jackson, brings about…
3 Reasons Why Beyonce is Overlooked at the Grammy’s At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards held last February 2017, there were a number of categories where Beyonce and Adele went head to head. Both artists were nominated for song of the year, best solo pop performance, record of the year, and album of the year. However, out of four categories Adele took home the Grammy. Although Adele’s voice and talent is undeniably great, Beyonce’s Lemonade is certainly one of the most artistic albums of all time.…
What is the difference between Abstract Art and Pop Art? Abstract Art does not necessarily mean anything or is supposed to represent anything. Artists who were a part of this movement, were free to create anything they wanted, including any kinds of shapes, colors, and lines. At first, people thought Abstract Art was ugly and that art should have…
My love for K-Pop began years before Psy ever erupted onto the American pop music scene with his ever so popular song “Gangnam Style”. To be exact, I have been a long time fan of the genre for roughly seven years now and am still to this very day an avid listener and fan of K-Pop. As a young fourteen-year-old at the time, I remember wanting to search for new music to listen to and had discovered K-Pop music videos largely by accident by simply clicking on recommended videos on YouTube. One of…