I have been looking at America's Billboard charts on www.billboard.com and decided to finally voice my thoughts on Justin Bieber's seemingly astronomic rise to approval, fame and fortune. According to Wiki, he was discovered on Youtube in 2008 and now he must be the most famous and iconic teenager since Macauley Culkin (comment if you disagree). In America, they have the 'American Dream' philosophy. People who believe in it believe that in America, anyone can be anything they want. It's also about working your way up from being poor to having a nice house and a loving family but that the more old-fashioned, maybe heart-warming, philosophy. Anyway, it seems that Justin is taking full advantage of the opportunities the American Dream brings.
You look at Justin Bieber and listen to his music and wonder why he has done so well. Of course, he's cute and his songs are sometimes fairly catchy. I think it says more about his fans than his own limited talent. Young girls desperately need a boy to dream of, one they can imagine making their own, especially girls who might not be very popular with boys who they know in their everyday lives. There was obviously a gap in the market for a cute, young singer. It's not really the same with boys though, is it? Young boys don't fantasize about girls their age. If they have fantasy girls, they usually dote over women in their twenties, like Megan Fox, for example, which seems more of an issue of approaching sexual maturity.
Notwithstanding, there are so many artists with limited talent, doing well in America especially, but also in Europe, that it seems any sly promoter with an eye for potential, could strike gold in music today. It should be the most talented who become the most successful but we all know that isn't the case and the argument about manufactured bands and singers became boring a long time ago. Having said that, the talent will usually still get through and Amen to that.
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