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http://top40.about.com/od/top10lists

/tp/top40popartistsalltime.02.htm

1. Aretha Franklin

2. Whitney Houston

3. Bruce Springsteen

4. Billy Joel

5. Prince

6. Bee Gees

7. ABBA8. The Beach Boys

9. Britney Spears

10. Janet Jackson

11. Mariah Carey

12. Stevie Wonder

13. Michael Jackson

14. The Rolling Stones

15. Barbra Streisand

16. Frank Sinatra

17. Madonna

18. Elton John

19. Elvis Presley

20. The Beatles

I simply typed in to Google most successful pop videos and this website came up with the top 20 pop

artists of all time, these are the artists listed:

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Britney SpearsBritney was the biggest of the teen pop stars

to emerge in the late 1990s. However, by themiddle of the following decade it seemed her

musical career may have drowned in a mass of

bad publicity and personal difficulties. Britney

Spears then put together one of the most

phenomenal comebacks in pop music history

and is more commercially and critically

successful than ever before. In the past decade

she has released 16 top 40 pop singles, five #1

albums and is, at the age of 27, a pop icon.

"...Baby One More Time"

"Toxic""Womanizer"

"Oops!...I Did It Again"

"Piece of Me"

She landed a contract with Jive Records. In

December 1998, Spears released her firstsingle, "...Baby One More Time." The catchy

pop tune reached the top of the pop charts at

the end of January 1999, propelled in part by

its music video

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MadonnaMadonna has released 37 top 10 pop hits in the US, more than

any other artist. She also ranks as the top dance artist of alltime. Seven of her albums have debuted at #1 in the US. She is

a member of the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame.

"Like a Prayer"

"Vogue"

"Music"

"Like a Virgin"

"Ray of Light"

In 1981, Madonna decided to go solo and hired manager

Camille Barbone ofGotham Records to help her get her

singing career on track. Camille showed Madonna how to

navigate the male-dominated world of the music business,

and helped put together a studio band that accentuated the

budding star's hip style. Stephen Bray, a musician in her

band, wrote her first hit, "Everybody", and Madonna used

her brash business style to get the recordings to New York

music producer Mark Kamins. Kamins then helped Madonnascore a record deal with Sire Records. "Everybody" hit

number one on the dance charts in 1982.

Her next single "Crazy for You", which she performed for the

1985 film Vision Quest, also became an instant No. 1 hit. She

then started her first music tour, The Virgin Tourand watched

17 consecutive songs climb into the Top 10 on the BillboardChart.

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POP MUSIC VIDEO

FEATURES

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Location

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Locations

Establishing shots have been used frequently throughout

pop music videos to establish the location/setting of the

video. Most of these shots include a large group of

people (dancers). They allow you to be aware of where

the music video was filmed so you get the feel of the

setting.Using establishing

shots can be hard

as you have to take

out all unnecessary

objects that would

be there otherwisethat you wouldnt

want there. Mise

En Scene would be

highly important

when using this

type of shot.

Beaches, fields, empty car park, flat open areas (large

areas would be more effective)

Weather

conditions

would have to

suit the theme

of the song,most

establishing

shots are in

bright sunshine

or pouring

down rain so

that you see all

aspects of that

weather

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Extreme Close-ups

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Extreme close-up

shots

Need to include: good hair and make-

up, lighting to compliment their face,

macro lens (good camera), good

composition.

Eye contact with the camera, up close and

personal, creating a relationship with the camera

(with the audience).

Lip synching has to

be perfection, we

can see this more

noticeable than any

other shot,

performance and

editing have to be

professional so the

shots look decent

and doesnt show

any flaws.

Variety of angles,

have the model

looking at different

sides of the room

to get a varied shot

of the person. It

adds something

new to look at,

having these

extreme close-upsevery other shot

mixes up the music

video and makes it

interesting.