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Another hit-making machine to start her pop era off the heel of the Mickey Mouse Club (holla at Brit-Brit and JT!), Christina Aguilera is the next PYT to takeover MTV and excite teen hormones in 1999. She had already gained some attention with her song “Reflection,” featured in Disney’s Mulan, which highlighted her vocal talents [...]
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The Song: It’s hard to ignore how pretty young Ricky Martin is in his debut. The blinding smile, slicked-back hair, chiseled face. The exotic version of the Ken doll had already done the boy band thing (shout out to Menudo!) and was ready to bring the sex factor into American pop music. Okay, so the [...]
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Earlier this week–April 27 to be precise–marked the 10-year anniversary of the release of “I Want It That Way.” Easily the Backstreet Boys’ greatest pop anthem, the song is an important marker to an era in popular American music. The release of the boy band’s second album marks a golden age in American pop (though [...]
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It seems as if there is nothing more predictable in modern music than a song decrying the morally dubious actions of men (the best of which still remains this timeless classic). Britney Spears’ “Womanizer” is just the latest hit in pop’s own version of “Point Counterpoint.”
In Britney’s latest comeback attempt, the former Mrs. Federline attacks [...]
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Chris Barth of Pretty Much Amazing does a… well, pretty much amazing job of summarizing the Year-End List phenomenon in music blogs. Specifically, he muses about how something he loves about music can turn out so wrong, making some astute observations along the way:
How can Paste Magazine’s top two albums – the best two records [...]
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