Kidz Bop
Kidz Bop is the name of a series of popular music albums recorded for children, sold by Razor & Tie Direct, L.L.C. and frequently marketed through television commercials.
Advertising
Kidz Bop is often advertised on television channels popular with young audiences, such as Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. The commercials also have run frequently during the evening network-news broadcasts. The commercials typically show the Kidz Bop Kids singing and dancing to songs featured on the album. Although the albums are primarily sold through direct mail-order for the first few months of availability, they are typically sold in stores as well, even though the commercials say they are not.
The album cover follows the footsteps of the art for the original album in the Now That's What I Call Music series in the American market.
Audiences
Kidz Bop is intended for kids; popular songs are recorded with kids singing them, and lyrics considered inappropriate for young audiences are changed. Hit songs with considerable mature content are often bypassed; for example, Fall Out Boy's Dance, Dance was not recorded by the Kidz Bop Kidz due to sexual references in the lyrics. Criticism stems from Kidz Bop's covering of songs about death, sex, or drugs, subjects considered unsuitable for the young; examples include Jet's "Are You Gonna Be My Girl", covered on Kidz Bop 6, and Justin Timberlake's "My Love", covered on the forthcoming Kidz Bop 11.
Another common complaint is that Kidz Bop Kidz ruin the songs they sing, as the kids' voices are not matured or professional. Some of the singers in Kidz Bop do not match up to the pitch and timing of the original song.
Albums
- Kidz Bop 1 (simply titled "Kidz Bop"): Released on October 9, 2001 but wasn't certified Gold until October 13, 2002.
- Kidz Bop 2: Released on August 20, 2002; certified Gold on December 13, 2002.
- Kidz Bop 3: Released on March 4, 2003; certified Gold on April 9, 2003.
- Kidz Bop 4: Released on August 12, 2003; certified Gold on November 12, 2003.
- Kidz Bop 5: Released on February 24, 2004; uncertified
- Kidz Bop 6: Released on August 13, 2004; uncertified
- Kidz Bop 7: Released on February 22, 2005; certified Gold on November 7, 2005.
- Kidz Bop 8: Released August 2, 2005; certified Gold on January 3, 2006.
- Kidz Bop 9: Released on February 21, 2006; yet to be certified
- Kidz Bop 10: Released on August 1, 2006; certified Gold on August 29, 2006.
- Kidz Bop 11: To be released on February 20, 2007; yet to be certified
- Kidz Bop 12: To be released by June 2007; yet to be certified. Available for pre-order here -> [[1]]
- Kidz Bop 13: Easy to see from past releases, it will be released in February 2008; yet to be certified
The Kidz Bop Kids have managed to make many albums including Kidz Bop Christmas, which was released on October 22, 2002 and was certified Gold in 2004. Kidz Bop 10 is the fastest Kidz Bop to hit gold, and have the highest peak postion at #3.
See also