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Chapter 1: What defines a pop star and their journey to stardom?
Why do some artists feel iconic when others have been trapped at the same level for years? Why do some go 10 years releasing music before they finally have that massive breakthrough moment? And what makes somebody truly a legend to build a legacy that lasts beyond just the music they create but impacts others? Maybe introduces film. Maybe they start brands or businesses.
Well, I have a theory that there are seven levels of pop star. I have been absolutely loving this sort of seven levels of format recently. I've been seeing a few of them pop up on my YouTube. And then I saw this with all just do one about like the seven levels of pop girls. And I absolutely loved that format. I thought it was so interesting.
It was one of those things that really made me think about how would I classify this? How would I do this? And I think it's interesting because I think the way I've thought about it is a bit differently.
You know, when I was really trying to think of criteria for breaking things down into these seven levels, definitely a big emphasis is, you know, obviously commercial success and the scale of what they have done. But two is something that I really thought and weigh pretty heavily into this is longevity. how long they have been doing it.
And also by default, I think a lot of newer artists lower on this list for me, just because I think it's not just about, are you capable of having big moments? Are you capable of having big moments over time? Are you capable with evolving as the industry or tastes around popular culture or popular music have changed? Like that is a very impressive thing to me.
And then last, I really put a lot of emphasis on these cultural factors outside of music, you know, are they able to star in movies? Have they built businesses? Have they, done things that have given them creative autonomy, that have built these things that have recognition even outside of who they are as an artist. With that, welcome back to Nicky at Night.
I couldn't be more excited to talk to you all about this this week. And again, loving this format. So I wanted to randomly just jump in and do a bonus episode talking about it. Before I break down all seven levels, quick caveat. There are a certain type of artists that I felt hard to really difficult to categorize.
Like the two that three that kind of dropped to my mind were Selena Gomez, Pharrell, and like a Rihanna, right? Like I would put them in this sort of list, but we're at a point where I'm not even sure that they would say music is like, their main thing anymore. You know what I mean? Like even Selena Gomez like released an album this past year, but she's not touring it at all.
You know what I mean? Like she's just, it's just like a fun thing for her. I think she probably views herself as more of an actress. I think Pharrell is like a creative director now. You know what I mean? Rihanna is a business woman now. So like for that sake, it felt hard to rank them. You know what I mean? It's also when, again, with something like
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Chapter 2: What are the criteria for categorizing pop stars into levels?
The way I define this category is everyone knows they're going to be a star, but they haven't had the longevity yet to prove that. They have a defined brand and defined narrative and an image starting to mold. They are masters of their niche and highly respected in the circle of music that they operate in. We are just kind of waiting for that mainstream, main popular type of moment.
I also think with these artists, you'll see people either love them or hate them at this stage in their career. All of your friends know who they are, but probably your mom doesn't yet. You know what I mean? These are people like Zara Larson, Pink Pantheress, Role Model, Somber, Dochi, Ray, Ethel Kane, Addison Rae, to name a few.
You know, like Ethel Kane was an interesting example to me because I think she so sits perfectly in her niche of music.
And if you love Lana Del Rey and you love sad girl pop, you are obsessed with her or you don't know who she is at all. You know what I mean? I think Addison Rae has like a very similar perception right now.
Zara Warsa is another example to me and Pink Pantherous of like where I really think we're starting to see these pieces starting to click for them in terms of branding, in terms of the music, in terms of design. just direction of where they want to go in the space they're going to take up in pop. We see it.
We all know they're going to be amazing and think they're going to be amazing, but they still need to do more to prove that this wasn't a one hit wonder, but they are going to have legs and continue to grow at the rate that they're growing now. Number two is what I call the hit makers. These are artists like Meghan Trainor, Katy Perry, Charlie Puth.
These are artists who I say have massive, massive commercial success, mainstream appeal and moments. People in your family probably know who they are. However, what defines this sort of hitmaker tier is that they were never really able to capitalize on those hits necessarily.
into some lasting brand or maybe they did but it didn't hold as the state of culture and music changed they are people who i think are very much like defined by the era of music that they came up in and are so good at making that specific sound and have really great musical talent i believe but have not figured out how to evolve past what they were doing again
These are artists who I think where they probably outsell a lot of people in the tier below them. You know, it wouldn't surprise me at all if Katy Perry's sales more tour tickets than Addison Rae. But these people in tier two, you're not going to their concert because of the most recent album. A lot of the time you're going for some song that you absolutely loved.
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Chapter 3: Who are the emerging artists in the first level of pop stardom?
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