In the age of YouTube and streaming services like Spotify, music album sales have crashed, with absolutely no platinum albums this year besides the Frozen soundtrack, which was released in 2013. When an album sells a million copies, it is certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. However, the only hope for a …
From the beginning notes of “Intro”, the first track on her latest album, Ariana Grande treats listeners to her powerful and melodic voice through a simple, harmony-filled 1:20 minute song. Immediately, they are invited to join in her album. My Everything, the songstress’ sophomore album, was released on Tuesday, August 26. Often compared to Mariah …
In June 2014, Massachusetts native and singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor released her single “All About That Bass.” It currently sits at Number 4 on the Billboard 100. Since its release, Trainor’s single has received criticism from audiences for “skinny-shaming,” which literally means shaming women for being skinny. The “All About That Bass” music video on YouTube …
Here is my rundown of the top five worst pop songs that came out in 2013. The following list is based on two criteria: the message or influence of the song, and the overall musicality. 5. "Harlem Shake" by Baauer and "The Fox" by Ylvis. These two songs tied for fifth because they both started …
In September, Miley Cyrus released the music video to her newest single “Wrecking Ball”. The video broke the VEVO 24 hour Record for views with an astounding 19.3 million. If Miley was looking for some attention, she got it. What probably made people flock to watch the video was news that Miley was naked for …
If you looked at all the pop songs from the 19th century to today, a huge majority of those songs are about one thing: love. Then, if one took the time to analyze the lyrics of love songs by women and love songs by men, there’s a distinct difference. Most songs performed by women are …
I always knew Pentatonix was going to do well. In 2011, the group of five won the acapella TV competition Sing Off on the NBC network, and since then, the group has experienced a lot of success with the release of their second EP (extended play) PTX vol. 2. A few weeks, the group released a video on …
“Video Killed the Radio Star” is a song by The Buggles, a British band, that came out in 1979. It depicts the fall of radio musicians due to the rise of television, which became very popular during this time period, or at least, many people finally had the money to buy one. Thirty years later, …
Demi Lovato is absolutely my favorite music artist. Her stunning vocals with powerful lyrics make for amazing songs. While I seriously love just about all of her songs, my top favorites of hers are “Skyscraper”, “Shouldn’t Come Back”, and “Give Your Heart a Break”. Perhaps my favorite part of Demi is her story. Years of …
