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50-480: Kidz Bop is an American children's music group that produces family-friendly covers of pop songs and related media. Kidz Bop releases compilation albums that feature children covering songs that chart high on the Billboard Hot 100 and/or receive heavy airplay from contemporary hit radio stations several months ahead of each album's release. Their cover versions sometimes contain lyrics with substitutes for

100-512: A 24/7 channel dedicated to playing Kidz Bop music (Channel 79). Children%27s music Class singing became compulsory in England with the passing of the Education Act (1870) . By the early 1900s, demand for choral works for educational use had resulted in more than 50 school operettas in the catalogue of Novello , England's leading publisher of educational music. These were mostly modelled on

150-570: A children-oriented comedy synthpop duo, made a successful crossover from performing children's events into touring with adult rock and punk bands such as Reel Big Fish and Frank Turner . In Canada, artists such as The Kerplunks and The Oot n' Oots have paved modern pathways to the genre following in the footsteps of Raffi, Fred Penner and Sharon, Lois & Bram . Sanitized versions of earthy songs like Harry McClintock 's " The Big Rock Candy Mountains " have regularly been adapted for younger audiences. The 2008 version by Gil McLachlan re-tells

200-504: A medium. The first words ever recorded (in 1860 by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville ) was the first verse of the French folk/children's song " Au Clair de la Lune ". In 1888, the first recorded discs (called "plates") offered for sale included Mother Goose nursery rhymes. The earliest record catalogues of several seminal figures in the recording industry such as Edison, Berliner, and Victor all contained separate children's sections. Throughout

250-611: A mixed summer season. Under his management the Greek Theatre introduced Los Angeles to many of the celebrated dance, opera and foreign theatre companies of the world and was credited at the time with enhancing Los Angeles's cultural image. Some of these foreign visitors came to America for the first time at the instigation of Doolittle and the Greek Theatre Association, and continued their successful tours in New York City --

300-776: A mixture of Ska, Reggae, calypso and Hip-Hop while Secret Agent 23 Skidoo infuses hip-hop with family friendly messages and imaginative stories and is known as "The King of Kid-Hop". Also recently, traditionally rock-oriented acts like They Might Be Giants have released albums marketed directly to children, such as No! and Here Come the ABCs . Jimmy Buffett simply remade his " Cheeseburger in Paradise " song into children's music with cleaned up lyrics ("Root Beer" instead of "Draft Beer"). His songs were already kid friendly with catchy lyrics and simple melodies punctuated with penny whistles and ship bell sound effects. Conversely, Koo Koo Kanga Roo ,

350-725: A national talent search for kids aged 15 and under. In 2011, Kiana Brown from Phoenix, Arizona , became the second winner and received a recording contract from RCA Records . American Idol (Season 8) winner, Kris Allen , was a celebrity judge and mentor for the competition. Dallas Wayde was the 2012 Winner with Gavin DeGraw as his celebrity mentor. Isabel Lacatus was the 2013 winner with Jennette McCurdy as her celebrity mentor. In January 2012, Kidz Bop launched its first radio show on SiriusXM Radio. Kidz Bop Block Party airs every Friday at 6pm est on Kids Place Live (Channel 69). In January 2014, Kidz Bop and SiriusXM Launched Kidz Bop Radio,

400-534: A reversal of the traditional route of importation at the time. Between 1975 and 2015, the theatre was managed by the Nederlander Organization , which further improved it and continued a regular rotation of contemporary and classical productions and concerts. The theatre underwent an earthquake retrofit in 1995. In 2006 the facade was renovated in celebration of the venue's 75th anniversary. In 2015, Live Nation attempted to replace Nederlander in operating

450-634: The COVID-19 pandemic . It ran from July 19 to September 14, 2022. In January 2023, Kidz Bop announced the Kidz Bop Never Stop Live Tour. It ran from June 21 to September 14, 2023. In February 2017, Kidz Bop announced it was launching outside America for the first time and expanding to the UK. There was a new lineup of British Kidz Bop Kids. Kidz Bop partnered with Universal Music Group , ITV , Crown Talent and Media Group and Creative Artists Agency for

500-591: The TV show's ) theme song. Kidz Bop partnered with kids' clothing brand, Crazy 8 to launch the Kidz Bop clothing line. The line was designed by Crazy 8. The collection is made for babies, children and early adolescents. The line officially went on sale on November 7, 2016, in Crazy 8 stores and online. The Kidz Bop performers wore the collection on stage during their 2016 Life Of The Party tour. In 2010, Kidz Bop launched Kidz Star USA,

550-527: The 1930s meant that it gained a unique place in the production of children's music. The first popular Disney song was 'Minnie's Yoo Hoo' (1930) the theme song from a Mickey Mouse cartoon. After the production of their first feature-length animation Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, with its highly successful score by Frank Churchill and Larry Morey, which included the songs " Whistle While You Work ", " Some Day My Prince Will Come " and " Heigh-Ho ",

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600-453: The 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s record companies continued to produce albums for children. Such companies as RCA Victor , Decca Records , Capitol Records , and Columbia Records (among others) published albums based on popular cartoons or nursery rhymes. Recordings based on Disney films and cartoons were released at that time by RCA Victor and Capitol Records, and beginning in the late 1950s by Disneyland Records and Buena Vista Records . Often

650-733: The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , 1968) and Joseph Horovitz ( Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo , 1970). Chappell himself followed up with a series of his own, including The Christmas Jazz , The Goliath Jazz , The Noah Jazz and The Jericho Jazz . Children's music gained an even wider audience in the 1970s when musical features such as Schoolhouse Rock! and the original Letter People were featured on network and public television, respectively. These represented an effort to make music that taught specific lessons about different subjects (math, history, and English) to youngsters through

700-749: The KIDZ BOP Kids are the top streamed artist in the US on the Spotify Kids app. The KIDZ BOP Kids were included in Billboard's Top 100 Artist of the Decade for the 2010s (#75). Kidz Bop 26, released on July 15, 2014, marked the franchise's 40th charting album on the Billboard 200. Since the brand's debut in 2001, more than 20 million Kidz Bop albums have been sold worldwide. In November 2015, Billboard Magazine announced that

750-601: The Kidz Bop Kids rank #4 on their list of artists with the Most Billboard 200 Top 10 Albums of all time. The Kidz Bop Kids rank higher than iconic artists such as Madonna and Bruce Springsteen , with 22 top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 Chart. In 2015, Kidz Bop 29 debuted at No. 3 on the Top 200 chart. In the same year, the franchise moved 1.15 million units, or 23% of the entire kids music album category. Kidz Bop has released

800-780: The Oscars. In the United States, children's music continues to be a force in the commercial music industry . At one point in early 2006, the top three albums on the Billboard charts were all children's music: Disney 's High School Musical soundtrack, the Kidz Bop series, and the Curious George film soundtrack. Most albums targeted nationally to children are soundtracks for motion pictures or symbiotic marketing projects involving mass-marketed acts such as The Wiggles or VeggieTales (Christian). The 21st century has also seen an increase in

850-524: The Red-Nosed Reindeer " (a Montgomery Ward jingle that became a book and later a Christmas special in 1964) and the fictional music group, The Chipmunks , were among the most commercially successful music ventures of the time ("The Chipmunk Song" was a No. 1 hit single in 1958). TV personality Bob Keeshan ( Captain Kangaroo ) recorded several children's albums, as did Shari Lewis . In the 1960s, as

900-412: The UK launch, with ITV featuring the group in an episode of its star search programme The Big Audition . The first two albums, Kidz Bop and Kidz Bop 2018 , were released in the UK on March 31 and November 10 of 2017 respectively. The third and fourth albums, Kidz Bop Summer '18 and Kidz Bop 2019 , were released in the UK on 23 March and 7 December 2018 respectively. The fifth album, Kidz Bop 2020 ,

950-457: The albums were read-alongs that contained booklets that children could follow along with. Many of the biggest names in theater, radio, and motion pictures were featured on these albums, such as: Bing Crosby , Harold Peary ("The Great Gildersleeve"), Orson Welles , Jeanette MacDonald , Roy Rogers , Fanny Brice , William Boyd ("Hopalong Cassidy"), Ingrid Bergman , Danny Kaye , and Fredric March . The role of Disney in children's cinema from

1000-665: The all-new North American Tour launch, "Kidz Bop Live 2018". The tour announcement coincided with the release of Kidz Bop 37 . The summer leg kicked off in Toronto on June 1, 2018, and hit more than 50 cities, including Chicago, New York ( Jones Beach ), Los Angeles ( Greek Theatre ) and Boston ( Leader Bank Pavilion ). Four Kidz Bop Kids perform live at each concert, which were produced by SRae Productions. The creative team behind "Kidz Bop Live 2018" has previously produced tours for Imagine Dragons , The Weeknd , Rascal Flatts and Pentatonix . In December 2018, Kidz Bop and Live Nation announced

1050-531: The baby boomers matured and became more politically aware, they embraced both the substance and politics of folk ("the people's") music. Peter, Paul, and Mary , The Limeliters , and Tom Paxton were acclaimed folk artists who wrote albums for children. In 1969, the Children's Television Workshop in the U.S. launched Sesame Street . The quality of Sesame Street ' s children's music, much of it created by noted composers Joe Raposo and Jeff Moss , has dominated

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1100-607: The best-selling children's albums for several years; Kidz Bop 25 in 2014, Kidz Bop 27 in 2015, and Kidz Bop 31 in 2016. The Kidz Bop World Tour was a nationwide rock concert for kids featuring kids and an adult MC backed by a full rock band which kicked off in the fall of 2007 in Minneapolis at Target Center . It was funded (in part) by Karen Zerby . The ensembles were chosen from a nationwide talent search and featured Mary Sarah , Markelle Gay, Kristian Real, Davide Schiavone, Elizabeth Bashian and Brianna Komadina. The tour traveled

1150-440: The children's music landscape to this day - the show has won 11 Grammy Awards . At the same time jazz and pop styles began finding their way into school operas and musicals. Herbert Chappell 's children's cantata The Daniel Jazz (1963) was an early example. Spurred on by its success, Novello commissioned a series of "pop cantatas" along the same lines by Michael Hurd ( Jonah-Man Jazz, 1966), Andrew Lloyd Webber ( Joseph and

1200-421: The city of Los Angeles in 1896 to create Griffith Park. In his will he left money for the construction of a Greek theatre. A canyon site was chosen because of its good acoustics. The cornerstone was laid in 1928 and the building was dedicated on September 25, 1930. The first performance took place on June 26, 1931, attended by a capacity crowd of 4,000. During its first decades the theatre was rarely used, and it

1250-467: The creation of a number of songs aimed at children. These included 'Ten little fingers and ten little toes' by Ira Shuster and Edward G. Nelson and ' School Days ' (1907) by Gus Edwards and Will Cobb. Perhaps the best remembered now is " Teddy Bears' Picnic ", with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy in 1932 and the tune by British composer John William Bratton was from 1907. Recordings for children were intertwined with recorded music for as long as it has existed as

1300-516: The early 1930s . Today, the theatre is owned by the City of Los Angeles and operated by ASM Global (AEG Ogden). Designed by architects Samuel Tilden Norton , Frederick Hastings Wallisand, and Tacoma firm Heath, Gove, & Bell , the main stage and seating layout were inspired by Ancient Greek -style amphitheaters. The idea for the Greek Theatre originated with wealthy landowner Griffith J. Griffith , who donated 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) of land to

1350-611: The early 2000s. The use of children's music, to educate, as well as entertain, continued to grow, as evidenced in February 2009, when Bobby Susser 's young children's series surpassed five million CD sales. In September 2016, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label acquired the Bobby Susser series, to further the exposure of children's music that teaches as well as entertains, throughout the world. As more children are using smartphones, tablets, laptops and smart TVs, kids' songs have entered

1400-461: The fully branded "Kidz Bop Experience" at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana. They opened a Kidz Bop experience at Hard Rock Riviera Maya in August 2019. In 2016 Legoland Florida appointed Kidz Bop as its official music partner, coinciding with the launch of Lego Ninjago World, on January 12, 2017. To celebrate the park's expansion, the Kidz Bop Kids recorded an original version of the park's (and

1450-498: The high-quality, award-winning music. The classic PBS children's show Mister Rogers ' Neighborhood had music heavily featured as well. In the late 1970s, Canadian artist Raffi , coincided with the rise of children's music as a distinct music industry genre. Musical duo Greg & Steve have focused on the positive reaction children have to music. And former Limeliter Red Grammer has performed his children's music in every state as well as 22 other countries. Disney also re-entered

1500-567: The launch of Kidz Bop World Tour 2019. The 2019 tour visited more than 50 cities across the United States, Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Mexico. The tour was sponsored by Subway Fresh Fit For Kids and kicked off April 20 at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London. In January 2020, Kidz Bop announced they would be doing a national tour. The tour was rescheduled to 2022 due to

1550-484: The launch of the "Best Time Ever" tour. The 2017 live tour visited more than 50 cities across the U.S. and include stops at BOK Center LegoLand, Greek Theatre (Los Angeles) , Boardwalk Hall , Honda Center , Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island and many more. The tour was sponsored by Juicy Juice Splashers, and kicked off in April 2017. Following the success of 2017's "Best Time Ever" tour, Kidz Bop and Live Nation announced

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1600-630: The lyrics' original profanity. The concept was developed by Razor & Tie founders Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam and released its first entry on October 9, 2001. Since its debut, Kidz Bop has sold over 21 million albums and has generated over 4.5 billion streams. Kidz Bop has expanded to include merchandise, music videos, a live touring division, and seeking talent search competitions. The Kidz Bop Kids have been named Billboard's No. 1 Kids' Album Artist for ten consecutive years, including 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. In December 2020, Spotify announced that

1650-577: The market for animated musical features, beginning with The Little Mermaid (1989) from which the song " Under the Sea " won an Oscar for best song. This was followed by successful features including Beauty and the Beast (1991, with Peabo Bryson) Aladdin (1992, with Regina Belle), and The Lion King (1994), the last of which had music by British singer Elton John and Tim Rice , and Pocahontas (1995, with Judy Kuhn), all of which were awarded best song at

1700-590: The mould for a combination of animation, fairy tale and distinctive songs was set that would carry through to the 1970s with songs from films such as Pinocchio (1940) and Song of the South (1946). The mid-20th-century arrival of the baby boomers provided a growing market for children's music as a separate genre. Woody Guthrie , Pete Seeger and Ella Jenkins were among a cadre of politically progressive and socially conscious performers who aimed albums to this group. During this time, such novelty recordings as " Rudolph

1750-503: The number of independent children's music artists, with acts like The Dirty Sock Funtime Band , Dan Zanes , Parachute Express , Cathy Bollinger, Laurie Berkner and Lah-Lah getting wide exposure on cable TV channels targeted to children. Trout Fishing in America has achieved much acclaim continuing the tradition of merging sophisticated folk music with family-friendly lyrics. Father Goose Music known as The King Of The Dance Party gives

1800-472: The on-demand streaming content era. On YouTube, some children's songs have surpassed 1 billion views, easily becoming some of the most viewed YouTube videos of all time. Greek Theatre (Los Angeles) Greek Theatre is an amphitheatre and performance venue located in Griffith Park , Los Angeles, California , which has been hosting various live performances and music concerts since its opening in

1850-534: The online tracklist was revealed to feature a cover of Fall Out Boy 's " Dance, Dance ". After finding out that Kidz Bop can use a song without the original artist's permission but needs their approval to change the lyrics, bassist Pete Wentz responded by requesting the removal of the cover due to the song's sexual overtones, to which Razor & Tie obliged and re-released the tracklist, eliminating "Dance, Dance". A 2017 study on censorship in Kidz Bop found that replacing words and phrases in songs does not disassociate

1900-485: The original in the minds of young listeners who have heard the uncensored song, and that "repackaging adult music as kids' music" does not remove the adult themes even when words or phrases are substituted. Christopher Bell, an associate professor of media studies at the University of Colorado has called Kidz Bop "an abomination" because it censors language but not content, altering specific words without changing or obscuring

1950-618: The story as a child's dream, the last stanza being: In the Big Rock Candy Mountains you're going on a holiday Your birthday comes around once a week and it's Christmas every day You never have to clean your room or put your toys away There's a little white horse you can ride of course You can jump so high you can touch the sky In the Big Rock Candy Mountains. Many children's stores and sometimes music outlets sell covers of pop songs, performed by adults for children, especially Christmas songs. These were especially popular during

2000-458: The theater. Several live recordings and televised concert specials have been recorded and filmed at the Greek, including shows by The Go-Go's , Ringo Starr , Joe Bonamassa and Chicago . Movies that have been filmed at the theatre include Bye Bye Birdie (1963) and Get Him to the Greek (2010). The live concert scene of the song " Shallow ", as performed by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in

2050-463: The theatre, leading to a joint venture with Live Nation and Nederlander, along with Goldenvoice , programming shows while SMG managed the venue. The venue cancelled its season in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic which would have been its 90th anniversary and also put up for sale their red chairs that were replaced for renovation in the terrace sections. In 1983, the Greek Theatre's seating capacity

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2100-475: The tuneful, humorous and morally safe operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan . Gustav Holst 's Indra (1903) is an example, and other composers of reputation - such as Frederic Cowen , Arthur Somervell , Walford Davies and Percy Fletcher - also contributed to the genre. The growth of the popular music publishing industry, associated with New York's Tin Pan Alley in the late 19th and early 20th centuries led to

2150-509: The underlying tone or meaning. He explained: "I don't need a sanitized version of ' Despacito ' — I need 8-year-olds not to be singing 'Despacito' because that [song] is super dirty. And Kidz Bop doesn't always make that distinction." US: Gold US: Gold US: Gold US: Gold US: Gold US: Gold US: Gold US: Gold In August 2023, Chuck E. Cheese announced Kidz Bop as its official music partner, after using Kidz Bop music in their fun centers for several years. In 2018, Kidz Bop announced

2200-609: The upper Midwest and east coast comprising some 29 shows during a 6-month run. The Kidz Bop Kids' nationwide tour promoted Kidz Bop 26 in over 40 cities in 2014. Major markets included New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta and more. The final stop of their 2014 tour was at Radio City Music Hall , where the Kidz Bop Kids performed live to open for the Radio City Christmas . The national live tour hit over 50 cities in 2015, including New York, Boston, Dallas, Washington, Nashville, Baltimore, Seattle and Los Angeles. The tour

2250-536: Was celebrating its 15th birthday with the "Life of the Party" tour. In March 2016, Kidz Bop announced a partnership with Live Nation to add summer amphitheater dates to the "Life of the Party" Tour. In Connecticut, the Kidz Bop Kids kicked off the summer shows on July 16 at the Toyota Oakdale Theater . Additional cities included Brooklyn, Charlotte, and Chicago. In February 2017, Kidz Bop and Live Nation announced

2300-609: Was expanded to 6,187, but renovations brought the Greek Theatre's capacity down to 6,162 in 1995 and to 5,700 in 2004. In 2009 the Los Angeles Fire Marshal permitted the addition of two more rows in the pit, bringing full capacity at the Greek to 5,870 seated and 5,900 general admission. The Greek Theatre is used for concerts, stage shows, and graduation ceremonies for Thomas Starr King Middle School and John Marshall High School , among others. The annual Bell-Jeff Invitational cross country running event starts adjacent to

2350-760: Was released in the UK on 15 November 2019. The sixth and seventh albums, Kidz Bop Party Playlist and Kidz Bop 2021 , were released in the UK in June and October 2020 respectively. The eighth album, Kidz Bop All-Time Greatest Hits was released in the UK on 26 March 2021. The ninth album, Kidz Bop 2022 , was released in the UK on 22 October 2021. Kidz Bop Germany and Kidz Bop Germany 2 were released in Germany on March 29 and September 6 of 2019 respectively. The third and fourth albums, Kidz Bop Party Playlist! and Kidz Bop 2021 , were released on April 3 and October 23 of 2020 respectively. The fifth album, Kidz Bop All-Time Greatest Hits

2400-522: Was released on March 26, 2021. The sixth album, Kidz Bop 2022 , was released on October 22, 2021. Kidz Bop 2022 was released in France on October 22, 2021, and was performed by the first lineup of French Kidz Bop kids. Kidz Bop 2022 was released in Mexico on October 22, 2021, and was performed by the first lineup of Spanish-speaking Kidz Bop kids. Three months preceding the release of Kidz Bop 10 in 2006,

2450-495: Was sponsored by Build-A-Bear Workshop 's Honey Girls. Audience members at the Kidz Bop tour saw a special preview of the Honey Girls' debut music video at each show. In August 2015, Kidz Bop announced that it was extending the "Make Some Noise" tour to include nine holiday performances. The holiday shows were added following the success of the "Make Some Noise" tour's spring and summer dates. In February 2016, Kidz Bop announced it

2500-399: Was used as a barracks during World War II. In the late 1940s a San Francisco producer brought touring shows to the venue. In 1952 (and for the next 23 years) James A. Doolittle, a Los Angeles dance impresario, leased the theatre and upgraded it with better seating and backstage equipment. Over time, Doolittle brought classical productions, entertainers and popular music concerts to the venue in

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