Teen pop

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Teen Pop is a musical sub-genre of pop music that is primarily aimed at teenagers and young people .

style

Teen Pop fuses different elements and genres from pop , synthpop , dance , R&B , hip-hop , country and rock . Teen pop is often grouped together with bubblegum pop under a musical subgenre of pop music.

history

Youth-oriented pop music had its beginnings at the end of the swing era in the 1940s with Frank Sinatra as an early teen idol. In the 1960s, teen pop artists like Paul Anka , Ricky Nelson and Frankie Avalon came along . During the 1970s, artists like The Osmonds , Donny and Marie continued the genre with further success. Other successful representatives of the direction were Olivia Newton-John , The Partridge Family , Shaun Cassidy and the Bee Gees before their disco era .

From 1980 the wave of teen pop music began with artists like Michael Jackson , Madonna , Cyndi Lauper , Pat Benatar , Wham! , George Michael , Debbie Gibson , Tiffany , Samantha Fox , Kylie Minogue and New Kids on the Block , who celebrated numerous number one hits with their teen pop pieces. There were also music producers like Stock Aitken Waterman , who mostly produced teen pop hits. Due to the huge success of the teen pop wave, teen pop became the main genre of pop music alongside synth pop in the 80s .

1990s

In the early 1990s, other genres such as grunge and gangster rap mixed with teen pop and dominated the mainstream in North America since 1991. At the same time, teen pop became even more popular in the UK, with boy groups like Take That and bands like Oasis , which were the founders of Britpop . The Britpop genre, which also includes teen pop influences, became the most popular genre in the UK in the 90s.

In 1996 the British girl group Spice Girls released their first and most successful teen pop hit Wannabe , which became a number one hit worldwide and influenced the new generation of teen pop music. At the same time, the style re-emerged as the main genre of pop music with groups and artists such as Hanson , Backstreet Boys , * NSYNC , Robyn and All Saints . In 1999 teen pop peaked with the likes of Britney Spears , Christina Aguilera , Jessica Simpson , Savage Garden , Jennifer Lopez, and Mandy Moore , all of whom had global number one hits, but teen pop one hit also developed. Wonder like Willa Ford ' Jamie-Lynn Sigler , Kaci , Aaron Carter and Dream Street . At the turn of the millennium, other successful artists such as Hoku , Shakira , Nelly Furtado , Avril Lavigne , Hilary Duff , Atomic Kitten and Billie Piper joined them. The most successful girl groups at the time were Destiny's Child and the Spice Girls, who mixed teen pop elements into their music.

From 2000

Almost every genre mixed teen pop elements into their music, such as post-grunge rock (including Nickelback , Puddle of Mudd , Three Days Grace , Creed, and Seether ), as well as hip-hop (including 50 Cent , Eminem , Kanye West , Lil Wayne and Lil Jon ). Around 2005, many artists such as Hilary Duff , Lindsay Lohan , JoJo , Jesse McCartney , Rihanna , Mariah Carey , Beyoncé Knowles , Usher , Katy Perry , Gwen Stefani and Chris Brown were using teen pop music and enjoyed worldwide success. Disney and young stars like Vanessa Hudgens , Ashley Tisdale , Corbin Bleu , Miley Cyrus , Drake Bell , Miranda Cosgrove , Victoria Justice , Emily Osment , Demi Lovato , the Jonas Brothers , The Cheetah Girls , Selena Gomez also developed at this time and Justin Bieber , who enjoyed worldwide success with their teen pop music.

Individual evidence

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  2. a b c d e f All Music Staff. "Teen Pop" . Allmusic . Retrieved October 26, 2007.
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