Musical Fame Research Paper

Musical Fame

Corrine Palmer

Upon many great musicians there are more that have fame just because of publicity. [Publicity is a deliberate attempt to manage the public’s perception of the musician (“Publicity,” 2012, “Definition”). Usually in publicity they look at people such as politicians and performing artists, goods and services, organizations of all kinds, and works of art or entertainment. Publicity draws on to several key themes including birth, love, and death, this is important to them because it focuses on heavy times in important people’s lives. Publicists do this as a publicity stunt. Publicists are people or one person that generate and manage publicity for a product (“Publicity,”
In 1997, she signed with Jive Records and released her debut album …Baby One More Time in 1999, which became the best-selling album by the teenage solo artist. Spears became an international pop culture icon immediately after launching her recording career. Throughout Spears has drawn frequent comparisons to Madonna and Janet Jackson, in terms of vocals, choreography and stage presence, citing both as influences in her work. Madonna is an American singer, songwriter, actress, director, dancer, and entrepreneur (“Madonna (entertainer),” 2012, “Madonna”). Madonna is considered to be one of the “25 Most Powerful Women of the Past Century” by Time for being an influential figure in contemporary music. She is also known for continuously reinventing both her music and image, and for retaining a standard of autonomy within the recording industry. Madonna’s music has been the subject of much analysis and scrutiny by critics (“Madonna (entertainer),” 2012, “Musical Style”). In The Madonna Companion, biographers Allen Metz and Carol Benson noted that more than any other recent pop artist, Madonna had used MTV and music videos to establish her popularity and enhance her recorded work (“Madonna (entertainer,” 2012, “Music videos and performances”). Madonna has sometimes been considered to be one of the greatest figures in contemporary popular music (“Madonna (entertainer),” 2012, “Legacy”). As were moving from the pop culture and moving into the hip-hop cultural music. The Black Eyed Peas are an American hip-hop group (“Black Eyed Peas,” 2012, “The Black Eyed Peas”). Their first major hit was the 2003 single “Where is the Love?” from Elephunk, which topped 13 international charts. The Black Eyed Peas had many great ideas for charity events, one of their ideas was to cover a John Lennon classic “Power to the People”, which was mostly recorded on the John Lennon Educational