Sounds like a fake name to me.
Can you believe that this month, two of the biggest entertainment icons in the world, Madonna and Michael Jackson, are turning 50? Celebrating nearly a century of musical genius between the two of them, they reach an age where most would plan for retirement, and yet they stay immortal in popular culture.Yipes. How does one respond?
With thousands of one-hit wonders, trends and gimmicks rising and falling in the last 50 years, MJ and Madge have transcended every "phase,” continuously reinvented themselves and have managed to not fit into, but shape the entertainment scene. Their music stays in heavy rotation, their many "looks” are continuously emulated, and their influence is apparent in the chart-toppers less than half their age. How?
Yahoo! Music senior musicologist, Billy Johnson can discuss the source and impact of these icons' tremendous impact on music and culture, what led to their overwhelming global success, what might be next – and who might be capable of following in their footsteps.
Billy Johnson can discuss:
- What have they contributed to the music industry?
- What did they do right over the years to overcome the volatility of the music business?
- What specific hits were lynchpins of their success and why?
- What were their biggest mis-steps and controversies, and how did those affect their staying power?
- Are they done?
- Is anyone poised to be the next MJ or Madonna?
Billy has more than 15 years of experience covering all aspects of the music industry and his blog "Hip-Hop Media Training” is one of the most popular on Yahoo!
Option 1: "Billy Johnson is not my interviewee. He's just a blogger who claims that I am the producer..."
Option 2: "Don't cry for me, Billy Johnson, the truth is I'll never interview you..."
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