While many of Lady Gaga’s songs are about typical things that are found as the meaning of most contemporary pop songs such as sex, drugs and clubbing, Lady Gaga found a way to make her music get across the message to spread love to all, no matter what their differences were. Her sophomore album ‘Born This Way’ has many songs reflecting on modern society and problems such as marriage equality, bullying and immigration laws. As Lady Gaga mainly writes dance-pop and electronic music, she keeps a continuous beat through all her songs to keep them eclectic from start to finish to keep the interest going. She often uses a range of synths and catchy hooks and riffs to keep interest. Azealia Banks is a female rapper from Harlem, New York.
But the artist who draws everyone’s attention, everyone has heard of and makes many want to constantly be listening to her and be like her, someone who is a key element of my generation has to be Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga has been making a name for herself as soon as her pop music hit the radio. Her first hit was “Just Dance” release in 2008. Hitting #1 in the billboard charts in 2009 followed by the release of her first album, The Fame. This really got people listening and earned her 8 Grammy nomination and 2 wins.
Nadine Zaiour Sarah Stewart ENC 1101 23 October 2012 Bad Romance Lady Gaga’s single Bad Romance shares the main message that expresses that she would be willing to do anything and everything, even self-sacrifice, in order to acquire fame. Throughout the music video, Gaga is shown as a disposed victim in today’s music and media’s sketchy industry. According to the lyrics, Lady Gaga’s dream is to live in a ‘bad romance’ world with the satanic and devilish effects of the music industry. Even though she knows it has it flaws and defects, she still wishes to be part of this elite group no matter what. In a way, the correct term to describe her would be a fame devourer; she lives off of the fame.
She’s known at her shows for her impromptu style; she’ll perform a brand new song at random, or do a call-and-response section in the middle of her song unbeknownst to her band and/or back-up singers. What I like about her is her resistance to the status quo, her sounds has been to her original style for over ten years. Badu’s fifth studio album, New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) will be released on March 30, 2010. While it is important to know all about my favorite singer, I cannot say she is the first to have such a diverse style. She was heavily influenced by no other than the late, great, “Lady of Song,” Ms. Ella Fitzgerald.
Better remembered as Hannah Montana, Miley continued her acting and singing career away from The Disney Channel. Although Miley Cyrus maintains the same singing and acting abilities; her image has dramatically changed over the years influencing today’s society. Hannah Montana was a popular show in which a normal teenager girl, Miley, would transform into world renown pop-sensation Hannah Montana by night. Miley played Hannah Montana on and off the air, traveling across the globe wearing a blonde wig, performing in front of millions of young girls who were crazy for her. Miley sang songs which related to girls ages 12 and younger.
She has a great impact on American pop culture and the lives of women with her empowering music by planting a message in the society that being a female means she is in control and aiming to success comes with hard work. Beyonce Knowles is an influential icon in popular culture with her award-winning songs and top quality performances while at the same time, managing her million dollars businesses and playing the role of a wife and mother. She marks her place as a female artist that will be remembered over many years to come because she sets the standard of perfection in the music industry and she has inspired fellow singers and performers to follow her footsteps. British singer Leona Lewis commented, “Beyonce is great, so lovely and down to earth and talented. She’s inspiring”.
Lady Gaga’s team understood that imagery was a large element of her brand and utilized the platform that YouTube offered. The social media strategy also included setting up personal interviews with influential music bloggers, which generated over 10 million impressions, and recording "webisodes" with flip-cams that captured her behind the scenes intimate moments. Lady Gaga’s brand can be described as authentic and passionate; passionate because the bond between Gaga and her fans is genuine as she is in charge of her social media activities. While the shock value of her character can be blinding, the talent she possesses outweighs and lends itself to her long-term brand authenticity. The key brand attributes for the brand are her artistic/eccentric sense of style and meticulous
Sometimes, there is a relation beeween the a style and the next one and sometimes not but this change is allways smartly made : either she wants to shoc, either she wants to keep a continuity in what she is doing and that dépend from his succès at this moment or from the évolution of the music and the world. To illustrate this, we just have to look at the number of album she has done and her style changing : she launched 11 albums and changed her style 9 times. 2.2. Allways staying in the medias Another fact that can explain the compétitive strategy from Madonna can be the fact that she trys to allways stay in the peoples mind. In fact, when she isn’t promoting a new CD, people talk about herslef beacause she is performing live all around the world.
The concerned expression on her face in the image reinforces her mood about the issue of porn in pop videos, and the simple declarative quote in the caption sums the article up. The main body of the article starts off with nouns in apposition “singer Annie Lennox”. This ensures that anyone who may be unsure as to who Lennox is, is made aware that she is in the music business and again emphasises her authority on the topic. There is then a quote from her, saying that music videos have become “highly styled pornography with musical accompaniment”. The adverb ‘highly’ intensifies her point that the ‘pornography’ is styled as to be hidden by a layer of entertainment unlike regular porn, and the noun “accompaniment”
There were also upcoming artist, like number one UK Band One Direction. The Spice Girls' performance was particularly popular and fans can look forward to a brand new musical - Viva Forever - premiering in London in November. The ceremony also celebrated fashion with appearance of top models including Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell. You can find many top British designers in London along with some of the world best shopping districts. Fashionistas should also head to the V&A and Fashion and Textile Museum.