Believe it or not, two men named Louis have been responsible for some of the most successful pop bands in the last twenty years. Their success, however, has been at the expense of originality. Both are masters in creating what the music world calls “boy bands.” Boy bands are all-male groups that typically are created by recording producers, and cleverly targeted at the lucrative teen market.
Louis Pearlman was born in the USA. He created ’N sync and the Back street Boys, two boy bands who collectively have sold over 30 million CD worldwide. Pearlman’s bands have been topping the charts since the 1980s. Before he created a recording label, Pearlman owned a transportation company that leased airplanes. He realized that he could make a fortune in pop music when he leased a private jet to a boy band.
Where does Pearlman get his songs? Originality is not important. He has been successful in re-recording old songs—and making them new. The members of the band are chosen mostly for their looks, rather than for their musical talents. Many can’t play an instrument, write lyrics, compose music, or even sing. Usually, however, there is at least one band member who has some level of musical ability.
What group has had more number-one recordings in the UK? The Beatles? The Rolling Stones? The Beatles had seven UK number ones. Westlife, created by another Louis—Louis Walsh—has had more than twelve. Formed in 1999. Westlife has been topping the charts all over the world. Walsh has been successful with a formula similar to Pearlman’s. He only records cover versions, and he selects good-looking, outgoing—but not necessarily musically talented—young men.
Whether created by Louis Walsh or Louis Pearlman, the boy bands are very similar. The members of the band represent diverse personality types. Typically, each band has the “boy next door” type, the “rebellious” type, and the intellectual. In this way, each band can appeal to a large number of fans, who are mainly teenage girls.
What is the future for boy bands? Most experts will agree that as long as teenage girls continue to spend so much on pop music, the boy bands phenomenon will be with us.
Believe it or not, two men named Louis have been responsible for some of the most successful pop bands in the last twenty years. Their success, however, has been at the expense of originality. Both are masters in creating what the music world calls “boy bands.” Boy bands are all-male groups that typically are created by recording producers, and cleverly targeted at the lucrative teen market.
Louis Pearlman was born in the USA. He created ’N sync and the Back street Boys, two boy bands who collectively have sold over 30 million CD worldwide. Pearlman’s bands have been topping the charts since the 1980s. Before he created a recording label, Pearlman owned a transportation company that leased airplanes. He realized that he could make a fortune in pop music when he leased a private jet to a boy band.
Where does Pearlman get his songs? Originality is not important. He has been successful in re-recording old songs—and making them new. The members of the band are chosen mostly for their looks, rather than for their musical talents. Many can’t play an instrument, write lyrics, compose music, or even sing. Usually, however, there is at least one band member who has some level of musical ability.
What group has had more number-one recordings in the UK? The Beatles? The Rolling Stones? The Beatles had seven UK number ones. Westlife, created by another Louis—Louis Walsh—has had more than twelve. Formed in 1999. Westlife has been topping the charts all over the world. Walsh has been successful with a formula similar to Pearlman’s. He only records cover versions, and he selects good-looking, outgoing—but not necessarily musically talented—young men.
Whether created by Louis Walsh or Louis Pearlman, the boy bands are very similar. The members of the band represent diverse personality types. Typically, each band has the “boy next door” type, the “rebellious” type, and the intellectual. In this way, each band can appeal to a large number of fans, who are mainly teenage girls.
What is the future for boy bands? Most experts will agree that as long as teenage girls continue to spend so much on pop music, the boy bands phenomenon will be with us.
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