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The document discusses the phenomenon of "plastic pop" which emerged in the 1950s. Plastic pop refers to the less serious, less emotional genre of pop music where artists or bands often have only one major hit song. These artists are known as "one hit wonders." While some reality television music competition winners like Leona Lewis and Kelly Clarkson had successful careers, others like Will Young only had one major hit. The document also notes criticism of these shows for how they may negatively impact the pop music genre. It identifies a book called "Bubblegum: The History of Plastic Pop" as providing more information on the history and rise of plastic pop music.

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Plastic Pop Industry Muhammad Zeeshan Zafraan Mahrban Judah Chandra
? ¡°Plastic Pop¡± is a phenomenon which took place in the 1950¡¯s; this phenomenon speaks for itself as the word ¡°Plastic¡± describes the reality of the Pop genre. This idea sums up the pop genre in a less emotional and serious form, thus the word plastic perfectly describes this. Through my research and information gathered, we were able to determine that this phenomenon has been around since the 1950s working its way in the modern 21st century. ? It is an idea of an industry of ¡®One Hit Wonders¡¯. One Hit Wonder is when an artist or a band creates an amazing song and wins a music reality shows, such as Britain¡¯s Got Talent, American Idol or Pop Idol, and are then offered a record deal as they ¡®win¡¯ the show, only to find that after the first promotion and advertisement, everything is a lot more quite.
? The first to endorse this idea were the Pop Idol. Winners from this show are called ¡®One Hit Wonders¡¯ as we have mentioned before. However in contrast to this, some successful acts have raised from Reality TVs such as Leona Lewis, Spice girls, Kelly Clarkson and Girls Aloud. Yet some acts such as Will Young, Leon Jackson are just the first two on a list of winners who have had unsuccessful careers within the plastic pop ? However a lot of criticism is given to such shows as some people believe that such endorsement and promotion ruins the ideology and phenomenon of Pop genre itself while some other might disagree and say that such phenomenon took the genre of pop into a new dimension with new opportunities.
? While this is all the information, we were able to procure, the first and most interesting result of my research was pretty interesting. We were able to find this book: "Bubblegum: The History of Plastic Pop.¡± Which is quite a read as this is one of the few traces of information able to be found on the internet. ? This Book: ¡°Bubblegum: The History of Pop¡± is written by Nick Brownlee. More information can be procured about this book at this and only this web address: ? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bubblegum-History- Plastic-Nick-Brownlee/dp/1860745121

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Plastic pop industry

  • 1. Plastic Pop Industry Muhammad Zeeshan Zafraan Mahrban Judah Chandra
  • 2. ? ¡°Plastic Pop¡± is a phenomenon which took place in the 1950¡¯s; this phenomenon speaks for itself as the word ¡°Plastic¡± describes the reality of the Pop genre. This idea sums up the pop genre in a less emotional and serious form, thus the word plastic perfectly describes this. Through my research and information gathered, we were able to determine that this phenomenon has been around since the 1950s working its way in the modern 21st century. ? It is an idea of an industry of ¡®One Hit Wonders¡¯. One Hit Wonder is when an artist or a band creates an amazing song and wins a music reality shows, such as Britain¡¯s Got Talent, American Idol or Pop Idol, and are then offered a record deal as they ¡®win¡¯ the show, only to find that after the first promotion and advertisement, everything is a lot more quite.
  • 3. ? The first to endorse this idea were the Pop Idol. Winners from this show are called ¡®One Hit Wonders¡¯ as we have mentioned before. However in contrast to this, some successful acts have raised from Reality TVs such as Leona Lewis, Spice girls, Kelly Clarkson and Girls Aloud. Yet some acts such as Will Young, Leon Jackson are just the first two on a list of winners who have had unsuccessful careers within the plastic pop ? However a lot of criticism is given to such shows as some people believe that such endorsement and promotion ruins the ideology and phenomenon of Pop genre itself while some other might disagree and say that such phenomenon took the genre of pop into a new dimension with new opportunities.
  • 4. ? While this is all the information, we were able to procure, the first and most interesting result of my research was pretty interesting. We were able to find this book: "Bubblegum: The History of Plastic Pop.¡± Which is quite a read as this is one of the few traces of information able to be found on the internet. ? This Book: ¡°Bubblegum: The History of Pop¡± is written by Nick Brownlee. More information can be procured about this book at this and only this web address: ? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bubblegum-History- Plastic-Nick-Brownlee/dp/1860745121