Britney Spears. Backstreet Boys. NSYNC, Christina Aguilera. 10 years ago, they owned the music world. They smashed sales records with every album. They shut down New York's Times Square every time they appeared on MTV's TRL. Their music videos became world-premiere events. Back before iTunes, iPods, and YouTube, they were music.
10 years later?
Britney Spears has become a tabloid disaster, Christina Aguilera has found moderate success with her latest album, the Backstreet Boys are shells of their former selves, and NSYNC has disbanded (Lance came out of the closet, Chris voices Nickelodeon cartoons, Joey hosts red carpet events, JC is doing whatever, and Justin has become a global megastar). By the end of 2002, the teen pop movement was effectively over.
Is it time for a new one?
This special feature will examine the burgeoning "Disney pop" movement, equipped with its own ready-made superstars. From Hannah and Miley to Aly and AJ, I pose the question that people asked 10 years ago:
Is this a phase or will it change music forever?
1 comment:
Here's to hoping it's just a phase.
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