Rebecca Black

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Rebecca Black (2014)
Rebecca Black (2014)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Friday
  UK 60 04/02/2011 (4 weeks)
  US 58 04/02/2011 (6 weeks)
Saturday (with Dave Days )
  US 55 12/28/2013 (1 week)

Rebecca Renee Black (born June 21, 1997 in Anaheim , California ) is an American singer . She became famous in 2011 at the age of 13 when she published the pop song Friday on the video platform YouTube . In a few days, the music video was viewed millions of times.

biography

Rebecca Black lives in Anaheim , her parents are veterinarians . She was given ballet lessons at the age of two. Since 2008 she has been a member of a choir called Celebration USA , which sings the US national anthem at various events and on various occasions. This sparked her interest in singing, and Black took part in talent competitions and summer camps at Orange County High School of the Arts .

Songs and story

Statistical overview of Rebecca Black's music videos on YouTube as of August 14, 2020
title length Upload
date 		Calls reviews link
positive negative
number proportion of number proportion of
Friday 3:47 Feb 10, 2011 167.0 million 0.462 thousand 12.28% 3,300 thousand 87.72% - 1
My moment 3:25 July 18, 2011 042.0 million 0.465 thousand 38.59% 0.740 thousand 61.41% YouTube
Friday 3:47 16 Sep 2011 145.2 million 1,190 thousand 23.92% 3,784 thousand 76.08% YouTube
Person Of Interest 3:20 Nov 15, 2011 008.7 million 0.089 thousand 37.87% 0.146 thousand 62.13% YouTube
Sing it 2:52 May 8, 2012 003.7 million 0.066 thousand 67.35% 0.032 thousand 32.65% YouTube
In Your Words 3:05 Nov 23, 2012 002.8 million 0.061 thousand 82.43% 0.013 Th. 17.57% YouTube
Saturday 4:08 Dec 7, 2013 034.3 million 0.450 thousand 66.47% 0.227 thousand 33.53% YouTube
The Great Divide 2 3:51 3rd Sep 2016 004.2 million 0.116 Th. 94.31% 0.007 thousand 05.69% YouTube
Foolish 3:12 29 Apr 2017 001.9 million 0.060 thousand 93.75% 0.004 thousand 06.25% YouTube
Heart full of scars 4:01 16 Sep 2017 000.5 million 0.019 thousand 95.00% 0.001 thousand 05.00% YouTube
Satellite 3:27 4th June 2018 001.1 million 0.042 thousand 93.33% 0.003 thousand 06.67% YouTube
Anyway 3:55 Feb. 14, 2019 001.4 million 0.053 thousand 92.98% 0.004 thousand 07.02% YouTube
Do you? 3:29 June 28, 2019 000.9 million 0.059 thousand 98.33% 0.001 thousand 01.67% YouTube
Sweetheart 4:05 Oct. 26, 2019 000.8 million 0.033 thousand 94.29% 0.002 thousand 05.71% YouTube
Self sabotage 3 3:55 March 12, 2020 < 00.1 million 0.002 thousand 97.12% < 0.01 thousand 02.88% YouTube
Closer 3 2:53 March 12, 2020 < 00.1 million 0.002 thousand 94.68% < 0.01 thousand 05.34% YouTube
total - - 416.6 million 3.169 million 27.71% 8.264 million 72.29% -

A friend drew her attention to the record label ARK Music in autumn 2010 . Black did a couple of screen tests, Friday of which she liked the most. Although her mother doubted the quality of the text, she gave in to her daughter's will.

At the beginning of January 2011 a music video was shot about it. The production costs were partially covered by Black's parents to secure the rights to the song for their daughter. The finished video was posted by the label on the online network YouTube , where it caught the attention of comedian Daniel Tosh , who reported negative about the video on his blog Tosh.0 on March 11, 2011 . Within a few hours, the number of hits rose to over 100,000 and ARK Music received requests from TV stations for the song. Friday's popularity grew rapidly, with it being viewed nearly 167 million times by June 16, 2011. By the time it was finally removed on June 16, 2011, the video had received approximately 3.3 million negative ratings on YouTube and over 462,000 positive ratings. At this point in time, the video was number one in the world with the most negative reviews. Most of the reviews were negative, too, with Friday being described as the "worst song of all time", "bizarre" and "awkward".

The track was downloaded for a fee around 43,000 times via iTunes and other platforms in the first week, and the music magazine Billboard estimates Black's earnings from it at around 25,000 US dollars. In the chart week starting March 28, 2011, the song debuted at number 72 on the Billboard Hot 100 . In the meantime, the song has been offered as a ringtone, it was in the iTunes charts at number 13. In addition, some cover versions and many parodies of the piece were published on YouTube. The song was also covered in the series Glee (season 2, episode 20).

On March 25, Black hired a manager who, according to him, had been contacted by several songwriters and labels with ideas for further releases and albums. In an interview with the British daily The Sun , Black announced that he would record a new song entitled LOL , which would also be included in an album being prepared by the Flying Pig Productions studio . This album is supposed to contain songs similar to Friday in structure and content , which Black says should be "appropriate and clean".

On June 16, 2011, her music video was removed from YouTube on the grounds that “This video is no longer available due to Rebecca Black's copyright claim”. The reason are disputes with the Ark Music label, which only wanted to make the video available for a fee (for a price of 2.99 US dollars).

As a tribute to her song Friday Black was able to in the music video Last Friday Night (TGIF) by Katy Perry to play.

On July 18, 2011, a new song called My Moment and its video was released on a new channel on YouTube, which had already received over two million views within 24 hours. As with Friday , there was a real "appeal craze", which however subsided after a week. On August 30, 2011, she announced in another video on YouTube that her first album would be released soon. On September 16, 2011, Black re- uploaded their first Friday music video on YouTube.

On November 23, 2012, she released her song In Your Words as usual with video on YouTube. The style of music and the processing of the video can no longer be compared with Black's musical beginnings. On December 7, 2013, she released her song Saturday , which, like the previous songs, is available as a music video on YouTube and achieved 3.7 million views in the first 24 hours. Allegedly it should be a not seriously meant sequel to Friday .

In 2016 she released a single again after almost three years with The Great Divide . In 2017 she released her first EP called RE / BL in addition to the songs Foolish and Heart Full of Scars .

Remarks

1 Video deleted on June 16, 2011
2Video only as Crash Cove Remix published
3 audio only

Discography (selection)

EPs

  • 2017: RE / BL

Singles

  • 2011: Friday
  • 2011: My Moment
  • 2011: Person of Interest
  • 2012: Sing It
  • 2012: In Your Words
  • 2013: Saturday
  • 2016: The Great Divide
  • 2017: Foolish
  • 2018: Satellite
  • 2019: Anyway

Web links

Commons : Rebecca Black  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: UK US
  2. ^ A b Frank Patalong: Web anti-pop star Rebecca Black. Hello, I am your hate figure. In: Spiegel Online . March 22, 2011, accessed March 23, 2011 .
  3. ^ Peter Larsen: OC's Rebecca Black talks about 'Friday' (Page 2 of 6). The Orange County Register, March 17, 2011, archived from the original March 22, 2011 ; accessed on March 23, 2011 (English).
  4. ↑ Chris Lee: Rebecca Black: 'I'm Being Cyberbullied'. In: The Daily Beast. March 17, 2011, accessed March 27, 2011 .
  5. ^ Peter Larsen: OC's Rebecca Black talks about 'Friday'. The Orange County Register, March 17, 2011, accessed March 23, 2011 .
  6. ↑ Tosh. 0 Blog: Songwriting Isn't For Everyone
  7. ^ A b Glenn Peoples: Rebecca Black's 'Friday' First-Week Sales High But Not in Millions. In: billboard.com. March 22, 2011, accessed March 23, 2011 .
  8. ↑ Lyndsey Parker: Is YouTube Sensation Rebecca Black's "Friday" The Worst Song Ever? In: Yahoo! Music . March 14, 2011, accessed March 19, 2011 .
  9. ↑ Joseph Brannigan Lynch: Rebecca Black's 'Friday': The Internet's latest bizarre music video obsession. Entertainment Weekly , March 14, 2011, accessed March 14, 2011 .
  10. ↑ Megan Gibson: Rebecca Black's Bizarrely Bad Video for 'Friday': Is This For Real? In: Time .com. March 14, 2011, accessed March 14, 2011 .
  11. ↑ Mitchell Gail: Rebecca Black Looks To Move Beyond 'Friday'. In: Billboard.com. March 25, 2011, accessed March 27, 2011 .
  12. ↑ a b Rebecca Black following 'Friday' with 'LOL' single and album. In: New Musical Express . March 26, 2011, accessed March 28, 2011 .
  13. ↑ Rebecca Black YANKS 'Friday' Off YouTube. tmz.com
  14. ↑ Rebecca Black in the music video for Last Friday Night (TGIF). billboard.com
  15. ↑ Album announcement
personal data
SURNAME Black, Rebecca
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Black, Rebecca Renee (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH Anaheim , California, United States