Pop Music Daily

I’m an avid follower of pop music and I like it whether it is American pop, Korean pop, Japanese pop or Taiwanese pop. I really don’t care. As long as I hear great music from pop artists, then I’m fine with it. Meanwhile let us explore pop music not just from United States but from other parts of the world as well. Let me share with you some pop artists that I find really interesting and talented.

• Rain
• BOA
• Shinwa
• Rainie Yang
• Angela Zhang

Hope you’ll like them as much as I do.

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I believe that pop music has been very phenomenal and with artists such as Kelly Clarkson, Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Britney Spears and Justine Timberlake on the spotlight, pop music is sure to grow even more. I have been a fan of pop music myself and I can say that this type of music is very easy to relate with. It covers songs which commonly talks about love, loss, emotion or dancing. I bet everyone can easily relate to these themes. But what attracted me most to pop music is the fact that it really touches my souls and sometimes make me wanna groove to its rhythm. I also have my favorites but of course I’m still open to other artists. As long as the music is great, I guess I can’t help but fall in love with it.

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Guess, who’s back on the pop music scene and top 10 charts? She is no other than Janet Jackson, one of the top recording artists of all time. Over two decades in the business, she has released ten #1 pop singles. Despite of her last two albums that were “relative commercial disappointments”, she’s back to rock the pop music world yet again with her new single “Feedback.”

“Feedback” is a hot preview of her upcoming album Discipline and it made it’s way to the ninth spot in the Top 10 Pop Songs of 2007. Watch out for Janet Jackson revitalized and in fine form. Discipline’s anticipated release date is February 26, 2008. Surely, this will be one of 2008’s best.

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Pop culture has this funny way of taking elements from different subcultures and clumping them into what we have come to know as the mainstream. As a subset of pop culture, pop music is no different. Allow me to explain using hip hop as an example. Before hip hop as we know it today came into being (Kanye West, et al), hip hop was (and still is) a thriving subculture with an ethic centred on what they call the “four elements of hip hop”, one of which rapping.

Over the years, pop music has come to assimilate rap and is now an indispensable element in the pop music landscape.
Despite the naysayers, this process can actually be a positive thing. Without the constant assimilation, pop music would end up becoming stagnant. Without the constant assimilation, there would be no innovation in the form. Without the constant assimilation, pop music would lose its universal appeal. In short, without the constant assimilation, there would be no pop music.

Tune in next week when I contradict myself and tell you all why pop music as assimilation sucks.

Before, Britney Spears is one of the great names in the world of pop. Her music is always on the top hit charts. But now, everything she established before, like career, riches, fame and also beauty are all gone. Why Britney? Why?

It is true that your name wouldn’t shine forever in the lime light. Though Britney contributed a lot in the world of pop, people still continue to rebuke her. How bad isn’t it? Though she is already trying to regain the people’s support, she ends up being criticized with her every move. This just tells that a big star today can be a small star tomorrow.

It is more meaningful to be remembered for the good things done today and tomorrow than be popular today but not anymore tomorrow.

John Mayer likes his ‘Js’ – Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Jennifer Aniston – and while people may have an issue with his behavior towards the girls he dates, his music speaks different tones.

Mayer started his musical career as a member of the duo LoFi Masters, along with band mate Clay Cook. This was after he dropped out of Berklee College of Music. LoFi Masters disbanded due to musical differences, as Mayer wanted to pursue making pop songs. He was successful at this with hits like “Your Body is a Wonderland”, “No Such Thing”, “Why Georgia”, “Back to You”, and “My Stupid Mouth”.

Mayer has also slowly made a transition into blues forming an eponymous trio, the John Mayer Trio. He has also collaborated with artists outside his genre, like Kanye West and Herbie Hancock.

I know… a lot of you’ll be shakin’ your head or clicking on the back button for sure but hear me out. He may be a star from the past but Michael Jackson is still the King of Pop and might even be the world’s best selling artist of all time, even if he is now bankrupt and accused of many a crimes. Want to disagree, then check out the charts and his album keeps on top as one of the best selling albums of all time. “The essential Michael Jackson”, has repeatedly been on top than most other artist. He may have made a lot of wrong decisions in life but the pure talent and life he brought to the stage and music was something to behold indeed. Go around and ask anybody about Beyonce Knowles and somebody will surely have not heard of her, ask about Michael, well everybody knows Michael. Like Madonna who has actually manages to surpass the glory of the king of pop by still being in the groove of the industry as one of the longest music careers of all time.
His music, energy and should we call it flair for the stage with his elaborate music videos and stage sets that involved hundreds of performers and artists all doing the same thing, bring his music to life as he delivers his songs over and over again. Listening to the radio, you would surely rock your head from side to side when you hear Beat It or some other of his many hits. Now ridiculed by many but secretly loved by most, he remains as the pop star he truly is, the star that is Michael Jackson.

A star is a star though many would disagree, you have to give credit to all the hard work she has put into reviving her career and getting back on top of the POP scene she oh so loves. Almost 10 years after the release of her controversial “One More time” MTV, she does it again with “Womanizer” and the many other songs on her new album. Considering she started the year in the hospital and the next few months under psychiatric observation, she’s done good. She’s appeared on TV facing the criticism and intrigue fearlessly, laughing them off as mere parts of a diva’s life. Now, after many court appearances and disappearances, restraining orders and hospital visits, she gets back on track with “Circus“. What she’s done is close to impossible, resurrecting a career left in shambles in just 12 months. Whether she does a complete comeback, nobody knows but her.

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なんて素晴らしい世界だろう：ルイス・アームストロング
すばらしい恩恵：民謡
世界への喜び：スリードッグ・ナイト
私達が属する天国：ジョイ・コッカー＆ジェニファーワーンズ
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虹を超えて：ジュディ・ガーランド
私は信じる人だ：ザ・モンキース
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