Saturday, October 9, 2010

Media Mediation #3




So I'm actually a huge backstreet boys fan I hate to admit.What I think really makes them appealing is first of all there a nineties iconic boyband that despite there retroglam look they actually can produce some qualitive music without the use of a voice enhancer or autotune . There the only boy band band that has been together for over twenty years while there competition NSYNC broke it off back in 2002. There still recording music and there music is  played  in  over seventeen different countries.Impressive much?They really do represent not only an entire genre of music but a whole generation of listeners.  When I was nine I bought their album Millenium which have sold over 11 million copies worldwide. They have sold over 130 million records collectively worldwide making them one of the biggest selling groups of all time. The band comprises of none other than A.J Mclean, Howie Dourough,Brian Littrell, Kevin Richardson, and Nick Carter. Who can ever forget Nick Carters blond curtained hair and blue eyes? Even though there had been boybands before them think New Kids on the Block, the backstreet boys have sold more cds then them and brought in more revenue. It might even be safe to say that they could be one of the most successful boy bands in history. However I would like to bring up the fact that just because they are successful does not mean that there music overall is good or even awe-insiring. Sure they can sing without a voice enhancer but that that doesn't inspire me to protest in the streets, at the end of the day they are just a boy band that has had entreprenuerial success. 





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