Kidz Bop
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Kidz Bop is a brand of compilation album
s featuring child session musician
s performing contemporary music. The series was developed by Razor & Tie
co-founders Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam in 2001. The albums are composed of "kid-friendly" versions of the latest songs on Top 40 radio and are sung by young children.
Each year, Kidz Bop releases two volume CDs, as well of four "music compilations".
According to Billboard
, three Kidz Bop albums were among the top ten children's albums sold in 2010, including both of the top two albums. Kidz Bop 18
was the number one kids' album of 2010, Kidz Bop 17
ranked in at number two, and Kidz Bop 16
was number ten.
In addition to music, the brand also has a social networking and content sharing website, KidzBop.com.
According to Billboard
magazine, Kidz Bop Kids were the #1 kids’ artists of 2010 (above Miley Cyrus
, Jonas Brothers
and Big Time Rush
)
In the summer of 2010, the ensemble appeared in a nationwide back-to-school ad campaign for Macy's
, which launched a mini-tour around the country.
In 2011, they released a new line of Kidz Bop Kids, named Steffan, Charisma, Eva, Elijah, and Hanna.
After more than 40,000 entiries, Kiana Brown won the 2011 Kidz Star USA. She won against the other 3 finalists; Josh, Taylor, and Timara-Joi.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
s featuring child session musician
Session musician
Session musicians are instrumental and vocal performers, musicians, who are available to work with others at live performances or recording sessions. Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders...
s performing contemporary music. The series was developed by Razor & Tie
Razor & Tie
Razor & Tie is a New York-based corporation founded in 1990 by Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam. The company encompasses a record label with major label distribution , a home video company, a media buying company, a music publishing business, a marketing, promotion and sales team, and a direct...
co-founders Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam in 2001. The albums are composed of "kid-friendly" versions of the latest songs on Top 40 radio and are sung by young children.
Each year, Kidz Bop releases two volume CDs, as well of four "music compilations".
According to Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
, three Kidz Bop albums were among the top ten children's albums sold in 2010, including both of the top two albums. Kidz Bop 18
Kidz Bop 18
-Track listing:All songs are performed by the Kidz Bop Kids. The artist indicated in parentheses after each song title is the original artist with whom the song is associated.# "Telephone"* – 3:27...
was the number one kids' album of 2010, Kidz Bop 17
Kidz Bop 17
Kidz Bop 17 is the 17th edition to the Kidz Bop series and was released on February 26, 2010.-Track listing:All songs are performed by the Kidz Bop Kids...
ranked in at number two, and Kidz Bop 16
Kidz Bop 16
Kidz Bop 16 is the 16th edition to the Kidz Bop series and was released on August 4, 2009.-Track listing:All songs are performed by the Kidz Bop Kids...
was number ten.
In addition to music, the brand also has a social networking and content sharing website, KidzBop.com.
Album
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds) |
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| BB 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
BB Kids Kid Albums Kid Albums is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top selling children's music albums in the United States. The chart debuted on the issue dated September 9, 1995. It originally began as, and still is, a 15-position chart... |
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| 2002 | Kidz Bop 2 Kidz Bop 2 Kidz Bop 2 is the second album in the Kidz Bop series. The album was released on August 20, 2002 and was certified Gold by the RIAA on December 13, 2002.-Track listing:#"Kryptonite" – 3:53#"Get the Party Started" – 3:18#"Survivor" – 4:05... |
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| 2003 | Kidz Bop 3 Kidz Bop 3 Kidz Bop 3 is the third album in the Kidz Bop series. The album was released on March 4, 2003. The Kidz Bop Kids performing the songs on this version are Deanna Adams, Falyn Grainger, Mallory Gliko, Kaleb Gliko, Wendell Hullett and Beth Hullett.... |
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| Kidz Bop 4 Kidz Bop 4 Kidz Bop 4 is the fourth album in the Kidz Bop series. The album was released on August 12, 2003, and certified Gold by the RIAA on November 12, 2003.-Track listing:#"Sk8er Boi" – 3:16#"Jenny from the Block" – 2:39#"Miss Independent" – 3:25... |
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| 2004 | Kidz Bop 5 Kidz bop 5 Kidz Bop 5 is the fifth album in the Kidz Bop series, released on February 24, 2004.-Track listing:#"Crazy in Love" – 3:32#"Hey Ya!" – 3:51#"Are You Happy Now?" – 3:48#"Invisible" – 3:51#"It's My Life" – 3:46#"Here Without You" – 3:51... |
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| Kidz Bop 6 Kidz Bop 6 Kidz Bop 6 is the sixth album in the Kidz Bop series, released on August 10, 2004.-Track listing:#Jessica Simpson - With You – 3:12#Maroon 5 - This Love – 3:37#Hilary Duff - Come Clean – 3:31#Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl – 3:34... |
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| 2005 | Kidz Bop 7 Kidz Bop 7 Kidz Bop 7 is the seventh album in the Kidz Bop series. The album was released on February 22, 2005 and was certified Gold on November 7, 2005.-Track listing:#"Ashlee Simpson- Pieces of Me" – 3:33#"The Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started" – 3:36... |
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| Kidz Bop 8 Kidz Bop 8 Kidz Bop 8 is the eighth album in the Kidz Bop series. The album was released August 2, 2005 and was certified Gold on January 3, 2006.-Track listing:All songs are performed by the Kidz Bop Kids... |
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| 2006 | Kidz Bop 9 Kidz Bop 9 This is the 9th CD in the popular kids' series, Kidz Bop. It contains 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit, We Belong Together. Kidz Bop 9 peaked at number 2 in the Billboard 200.-Track listing:# Kelly Clarkson - Behind These Hazel Eyes – 3:16#Weezer - Beverly Hills – 3:18... |
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| Kidz Bop 10 Kidz Bop 10 Kidz Bop 10 is the tenth album in the Kidz Bop series. Kidz Bop 10 is the first Kidz Bop album to contain enhanced content. The song "Dance, Dance" was originally to be included on the album, but was removed after Fall Out Boy frontman Pete Wentz voiced concern about the song's sexual lyrics.-Track... |
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| 2007 | Kidz Bop 11 Kidz Bop 11 Kidz Bop 11 is the 11th edition of Kidz Bop, released on February 20, 2007. As of July 11, 2007, it has sold 276,132 copies in the United States. This is also the first album since Kidz Bop 5 to include more than 18 covers... |
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| Kidz Bop 12 Kidz Bop 12 Kidz Bop 12 is the 12th edition of Kidz Bop. The album was released on July 31, 2007.The album debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200 with sales of about 71,000 copies.. It sold about 137,000 copies in its first three weeks of release.-Track listing:... |
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| 2008 | Kidz Bop 13 Kidz Bop 13 Kidz Bop 13 is the 13th edition of the Kidz Bop series. This album was released on February 19, 2008.-Track listing:All songs are performed by the Kidz Bop Kids... |
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| Kidz Bop 14 Kidz Bop 14 Kidz Bop 14 is the 14th edition of the Kidz Bop series. The album was released on July 29, 2008.-Track listing:All songs are performed by the Kidz Bop Kids... |
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| 2009 | Kidz Bop 15 Kidz Bop 15 Kidz Bop 15 is the 15th edition to the Kidz Bop series and was released on February 3, 2009. It debuted and peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200 albums chart. This is the third Kidz Bop album in a row to include an iTunes Bonus Track... |
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| Kidz Bop 16 Kidz Bop 16 Kidz Bop 16 is the 16th edition to the Kidz Bop series and was released on August 4, 2009.-Track listing:All songs are performed by the Kidz Bop Kids... |
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| 2010 | Kidz Bop 17 Kidz Bop 17 Kidz Bop 17 is the 17th edition to the Kidz Bop series and was released on February 26, 2010.-Track listing:All songs are performed by the Kidz Bop Kids... |
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| Kidz Bop 18 Kidz Bop 18 -Track listing:All songs are performed by the Kidz Bop Kids. The artist indicated in parentheses after each song title is the original artist with whom the song is associated.# "Telephone"* – 3:27... |
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| 2011 | Kidz Bop 19 Kidz Bop 19 Kidz Bop 19 is an album in the Kidz Bop series. It was released on January 18, 2011. The album eventually debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100.-Track listing :All songs are performed by the Kidz Bop Kids... |
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| Kidz Bop 20 Kidz Bop 20 Kidz Bop 20 is the latest album in the Kidz Bop series. It was released on July 19, 2011. This CD celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Kidz Bop Kids.-Track listing :All songs are performed by the Kidz Bop Kids... |
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| 2012 | Kidz Bop 21 Kidz Bop 21 Kidz Bop 21 is the latest album in the Kidz Bop series. It will be released in 2012.-Track listing :All songs are performed by the Kidz Bop Kids... |
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Special collections
- Kidz Bop ChristmasKidz Bop ChristmasKidz Bop Christmas is the third album in the Kidz Bop series with the Kidz Bop Kids singing popular Christmas tunes.-Track listing:#Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – 2:36#Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – 3:02#Frosty the Snowman – 2:53...
– Released 2002 - Kidz Bop: All New 5 Cool Songs – Released 2002
- Kidz Bop Karaoke - Released 2004
- Kidz Bop GoldKidz Bop GoldKidz Bop Gold is an album in the Kidz Bop series released in 2004, featuring children singing popular songs from the 1960s and 1970s.-Track listing:#"Here Comes the Sun" – 3:10#"Dancing in the Street" – 3:09...
– Released 2004 - Kidz Bop HalloweenKidz Bop HalloweenKidz Bop Halloween is an album in the Kidz Bop series.-Track listing:#Ghostbusters#Monster Mash#Addams Family#Witch Doctor#Nightmare on My Street#Thriller#Werewolves of London#The Purple People Eater#Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!# Haunted House...
– Released 2004 - Kidz Bop Hanukkah - Released 2005
- Los Kidz BopLos Kidz Bop-Track listing:#Livin' la Vida Loca: Ricky Martín#Whenever, Wherever: Shakira#Bailamos: Enrique Iglesias#Waiting for Tonight: Jennifer Lopez#A Dios le Pido: Juanes#Come on Over Baby: Christina Aguilera#Dimelo : Marc Anthony...
- Released 2005 - More Kidz Bop GoldMore Kidz Bop GoldMore Kidz Bop Gold is an album in the Kidz Bop series featuring songs from '60s, '70s and '80s.-Track listing:#Walking on Sunshine 3:48#Sugar, Sugar 2:50#Don't Worry, Be Happy 3:37#Celebration 3:38#Jump 3:58#We Got the Beat 2:31...
- Released 2006 - Kidz Bop Sports Jamz - Released 2007
- A Kidz Bop Valentine - Released 2007
- Kidz Bop CountryKidz Bop CountryKidz Bop Country is an album in the Kidz Bop series featuring country music.-Track listing:The disc features cover versions of the following songs#"Life Is a Highway" - Rascal Flatts, originally by Tom Cochrane - 3:43#"Baby Girl" - Sugarland - 3:57...
– Released 2007 - Kidz Bop 80s Gold – Released 2008
- Kidz Bop American Starz - Released 2009
- Kidz Bop Greatest HitsKidz Bop Greatest HitsKidz Bop Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation in the Kidz Bop series. It was released June 9, 2009.-Track listing:#"All Star" #"Get the Party Started" #"Pocketful of Sunshine"...
– Released 2009 - Kidz Bop Car Songs - Released 2009
- Kidz Bop Sings The BeatlesKidz Bop Sings The BeatlesKidz Bop Sings The Beatles is a special collection in the Kidz Bop series, consisting entirely of cover versions of songs by The Beatles sung by children...
– Released 2009 - The Kidz Bop Anthology: Vols. 1–17 – Released 2010
- Kidz Bop Dance Party! - Released 2010
- Kidz Bop Halloween Party - Released 2010
- Kidz Bop Christmas Party - Released 2010
- Kidz Bop Spectacular Hits - Released 2011
- Kidz Bop Sings Monster Ballads - Released 2011
Kidz Bop World Tour
The Kidz Bop World Tour was a nationwide rock concert for kids featuring child and adult performers backed by a full rock band which kicked off in the fall of 2007 in Minneapolis, MN at the Target Center. The ensemblists were chosen from a nationwide talent search and featured Mary Sarah Gross, Markelle Gay, David Schiavone, Elizabeth Bashian and Brianna Komadina. The tour traveled the upper midwest and east coast comprising some 29 shows during a 6 month run.McDonalds Happy Meal
In early 2009, Kidz Bop released the Kidz Bop CDs from the original and gold albums in their McDonalds Happy Meals. This only includes 8 albums.Kidz Bop Kids
The Kidz Bop Kids ensemble was formed in 2009 after a nationwide talent search. Harrison, Becca, Kyra, Dana and Valerie became the first faces of the KIDZ BOP brand, and often appear on the albums, in the music videos, and TV commercials.According to Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
magazine, Kidz Bop Kids were the #1 kids’ artists of 2010 (above Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus is an American actress and pop singer-songwriter. She achieved wide fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana....
, Jonas Brothers
Jonas Brothers
The Jonas Brothers are an American boy band. The band gained its popularity from the Disney Channel children's television network. From the shore region of New Jersey, the band consists of three brothers: Paul Kevin Jonas II , Joseph Adam Jonas , and Nicholas Jerry Jonas...
and Big Time Rush
Big Time Rush
Big Time Rush is a Nickelodeon television series created by Scott Fellows about the Hollywood misadventures of four hockey players from Minnesota—Kendall, Logan, James, and Carlos, after they are selected to form a boy band. The series premiered with an hour-long pilot episode, "Big Time...
)
In the summer of 2010, the ensemble appeared in a nationwide back-to-school ad campaign for Macy's
Macy's
Macy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...
, which launched a mini-tour around the country.
In 2011, they released a new line of Kidz Bop Kids, named Steffan, Charisma, Eva, Elijah, and Hanna.
Kidz Star USA Talent Search
Kidz Star USA is an online talent search for kids and tweens, and premiered in the summer of 2010 and 2011 on www.KidzBop.com. After 35,000 entries, and nearly half a million votes, Hunter Pecunia was announced as the first annual winner of the contest in 2010.After more than 40,000 entiries, Kiana Brown won the 2011 Kidz Star USA. She won against the other 3 finalists; Josh, Taylor, and Timara-Joi.