Research into PopRuth Brady

History of Pop

Pop music is a genre of music that originated in the United States during the 1950’s. The genre came about after deriving from rock and roll. The terms "popular music" and "pop music" are often used interchangeably, even though the former is a description of music, which is popular (and can include any style). Pop is a genre that gets it elements from many different other genres. These genres include urban, dance, rock, Latin and country.

Example of a pop magazine This is an example of a Billboard front cover. It is for a very mature audience and this aimed at adults aged 25. According to the media pack of Billboard. Their demographic is for adults both female and male and try to cater to both genders in all of their magazines. They pride themselves in being the “best in music”. They use social media to reach a wide audience and this is one of the ways they get to their audience. The magazine covers a wide range of topic. These topics include billboard, radio and top 20. This magazine look very different to other pop magazines because it looks dark and dull but this is because it is targeting its audience at a completely different age group.

Subgenres of Pop

• Bubblegum pop

• Baroque pop

• Dance-pop

• Christian Pop

• Soundtrack

• Power pop

• Operatic Pop

• Europop

• Sophisti-pop

• Synthpop

• Space age pop

• Sunshine pop

• Traditional pop

• Teen pop

• Electropop

Example of a pop magazine This is a very conventional pop magazine and has the target audience we would expect for a magazine of this genre. This magazine has an average of 12 year old girls and this is why there is bright and bold colouring. They don’t use social media to reach their audience because they are under the age of being able to have the sorts of sites they would use. They publish on paper and on a website. They pride themselves as being biggest selling teen lifestyle magazine on the market. This means, they focus on different things as well as pop. They focus on fashion and beauty as well as music. Magazines like this would include free items including beauty products and posters. The magazine tries to come across as “We’re the friend our readers can rely on to give them confidence, make them laugh, and share all the juiciest gossip”.

Analysis of Bubble and Teen pop

Bubble pop is a sub-genre of pop that is produced to appeal to preteens and teens. It has originated from the United States in the late 1960’s. Teen pop is very similar to Bubble pop as they are both produced to appeal to a young preteen and teen audience. It has an earlier origination date between 1940 in the United States. From researching into each of the subgenres, my magazine will follow the convention of teen pop and bubblegum pop. They are a mixture of some other genres and this will allow me to make the magazine the way I want to. The magazine I will create will follow the codes and conventions of these types of magazines. Both these genres are published for preteens and teens between the ages of 11-19.

My magazine will be aimed teenagers, of a slightly older age group, so I will be incorporating elements from the different magazines I have looked at.

Example of a teenage magazineAlthough seventeen is not a music magazine, it will allow me to see what a mature teenage audience likes in their magazine. I can use the layout of their front covers and stories for a basic idea of the way my magazine should be. Seventeen magazine has a average age of 16 year old female. This is the age in between the other 2 magazines I have researched and will allow me to use elements from all the magazines to have a magazine that fulfills all the conventions of pop but is aimed and produced for a slightly older age group. They have an idea of what the reader of seventeen is like. This is “the Seventeen reader is involved and passionate. From style to entertainment , her future and her community, she is fully committed. She turns to Seventeen to her look her best and succeed”.

Pop Artists

• Katy Perry

(https://www.youtube.com/user/KatyPerryVEVO)

• Britney Spears

(https://www.youtube.com/user/BritneySpearsVEVO)

• Taylor Swift

(https://www.youtube.com/user/TaylorSwiftVEVO)

• Justin Bieber

(https://www.youtube.com/user/JustinBieberVEVO)

• Rihanna

(https://www.youtube.com/user/RihannaVEVO)

• Chris Brown

(https://www.youtube.com/user/ChrisBrownVEVO)

• Ellie Goulding

(https://www.youtube.com/user/EllieGouldingVEVO)

• Kelly Clarkson

(https://www.youtube.com/user/kellyclarksonVEVO)

These link to the sort of artists that would feature in my magazine. The age groups that these artists appeal to would range from young to older teenagers.