This is an article from Jonathan McKee at TheSource4YM.com with some very good thoughts and information on current music pop culture…
As my daughter was making a break across the field with the soccer ball, a ringtone went off from the soccer mom’s chair next to me. It’s T.I.’s new #1 song, “Whatever you Like.” I guess it’s not surprising to hear it as a ringtone. It is the #1 downloaded ringtone on iTunes right now, as well as the #1 song from his #1 album. An hour later at Wal Mart I hear Rihanna being played in the store speakers, at least until I got to the audio video section, where a Britney Spears video was playing on the big plasma screens mounted throughout the section. One more stop-the grocery store. Christina Aguilera’s song “Keeps Getting’ Better” is playing, a song currently at the #2 spot on iTunes.
Who are these artists whose tunes are being heard ubiquitously throughout our grocery stores and soccer fields… yes, even heard by our homeschooled kids!
MTV keeps a list they boast as the MOST POPULAR ARTISTS, the hottest of the hot. If you check iTunes, Billboard… and your kids’ iPods, you’ll find that MTV’s list is right on the money. These are the artists that are capturing our kids’ attention.
Curious to know a little more about them? Here’s some history… along with Jonathan McKee’s two cents:
