Pop Music Stars
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Their songs are everywhere, and the next hit to drop is always right around the corner. Today's Pop Music Stars have skyrocketed to fame as those catchy songs become part of the soundtrack to life. From their early days to their climb to the top, this series brings today's popular music superstars into focus. Each volume spotlights the breakthrough moment that propelled each star from musical unknown to household name. Learn what goes into making a chart-topping hit, and peek behind the curtain of a massive concert tour. Big stars are a big business, and these stars have some of the best-known brands in entertainment. Pop Music Stars gives readers a front row seat to learn all they want to know about their favorite singers.
Pop Music Stars - Booklist
These additions to the Pop Music Stars series spotlight three strong, creative, and uniquely talented women who have wide appeal among young readers. Filled with graphics, sidebars, and numerous color— often full-page—photos, the books share the same format. Introductory “Breakthrough” sections provide career overviews, and subsequent chapters (“A Star Is Born,” “Greatest Moments,” “Behind the Curtain,” “Brand,” and “Modern Megastar”) fill in details about personal and professional lives. Vocabulary words are defined before each chapter, and the sophisticated, descriptive text is both accessible and engaging. While there’s plenty of material devoted to songs, costumes and staging, musical influences, awards, and public personas, more space is devoted to each star’s activism and philanthropy. Dua Lipa relates how this London-born singer-songwriter’s parents fled Kosovo as refugees and how she has won humanitarian awards for her work as an international human rights advocate. Written prior to the recent lawsuits against the singer, Lizzo emphasizes the performer’s promotion of self-love and body positivity as well as her fundraising charity concerts. Megan Thee Stallion covers the rapper-songwriter’s scholarship program to help women of color obtain college educations and creation of a charitable foundation in honor of her parents. Whether collaborating with fellow megastars or hosting Saturday Night Live, these contemporary musical role models will be popular picks on the biographies shelf. —Kathleen McBroom