Kidz Bop
Kidz Bop is the name of a series of popular music albums recorded for children, sold by Razor and Tie Direct, L.L.C. and frequently marketed through television commercials.
Albums
Nine Kidz Bop albums have been released to date. Each album features different pop music songs, played with music similar to the original, and with the "Kidz Bop Kids" singing instead of the original artist. Albums are typically released within a few months of each other and thus the songs included tend to be the hit songs of the current time, including such songs such as "Behind These Hazel Eyes" (Kelly Clarkson), "Beverly Hills" (Weezer), and "Wake Up" (Hilary Duff).
A DVD containing music videos has been released as well, featuring the Kidz Bop Kids acting out several of the more popular songs featured on the albums.
Advertising
Kidz Bop is often advertised on television channels such as Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon that are known to be popular with younger audiences. Their commercials typically show the Kidz Bop Kids singing and dancing to each song that is featured. The album is sold through the advertisement, though it can be found in stores as well.
Controversy
Although the albums are marketed as being "sanitised" versions of popular songs for children, many of the songs featured on the Kidz Bop albums still contain explicit sexual material, such as Rob Thomas's "Lonely No More," which some people consider inappropriate for younger audiences. Some listeners object to the fact that some of the original songs upon which the Kidz Bop versions are based, such as Boulevard of Broken Dreams, contain profanity and complain that although the Kidz Bop albums censor the actual words from the song, the context of the profanity remains.
Additionally, The Kidz Bop video for their cover of Avril Lavigne's "Sk8r Boi", features the song being sung by a pre-teen girl in heavy make-up, fishnet stockings, and a Sex Pistols T-shirt, obviously contradicting the ‘‘sanitised’’ image.
Top Kidz Bop
Kidz Bop 9 is Kidz Bop's most successful CD so far. It debuted on Billboard Top 200 at #2. Its trajectory is presented below.
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