Are any of the more recent pop stars household names?
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Ones that have come out in the last 5/6 years. I'd say:
Rihanna: Due to her never ending exposure over here and she's a definite for a guest slot on the X Factor each year which is watched by millions. Plus, the whole Chris Brown incident
Lady Gaga: Due to her being eccentric and perceived as odd, also probably the overwhelming success she had here in 2009/2010 (4 #1's in 14 months is pretty amazing)
Katy Perry: She's been very sucessfull and had the failed marriage to Russel Brand
Chris Brown: For unfortunate reasons I grant you but he definitely is one IMO though most seem to recognize him as the guy who beat up Rihanna rather than an actual music artist
Justin Bieber: Don't really know why in terms of success he's never been much in the UK but most people seem to know who he is. I'm not sure whether to add Selena Gomez as well but she could be
One Direction and Adele: Do I really need to explain?
Taylor Swift: Maybe not yet but I'd say she's well on her way, as is Jessie J
Rihanna: Due to her never ending exposure over here and she's a definite for a guest slot on the X Factor each year which is watched by millions. Plus, the whole Chris Brown incident
Lady Gaga: Due to her being eccentric and perceived as odd, also probably the overwhelming success she had here in 2009/2010 (4 #1's in 14 months is pretty amazing)
Katy Perry: She's been very sucessfull and had the failed marriage to Russel Brand
Chris Brown: For unfortunate reasons I grant you but he definitely is one IMO though most seem to recognize him as the guy who beat up Rihanna rather than an actual music artist
Justin Bieber: Don't really know why in terms of success he's never been much in the UK but most people seem to know who he is. I'm not sure whether to add Selena Gomez as well but she could be
One Direction and Adele: Do I really need to explain?
Taylor Swift: Maybe not yet but I'd say she's well on her way, as is Jessie J
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Of those, only Lady Gaga, Adele and One Direction are known by everybody I speak to. Even the people who take no particular interest in music.
I'd add Katy Perry too most people i speak to know who she is, again same with Rihanna.
I think many people (outside of the music sphere) might know chris Brown more for beating Rihanna to a pulp more than anything else
People used to say the same of Britney Spears you just never know.
Also on their way is Nicki Minaj and Ke$ha but the older crowd probably don't know/care to know who they are.
I wouldn't say any of these are household names (Lady gaga maybe the closest)
I doubt my nan has heard of any of them...
If your nan and grandad haven't heard of them, they're not a household name.
This. A household name means someone who everyone across the board has heard of, grans etc are a good litmus for this. I can confidently say that Ke$ha is not and will never be a 'household' name in the UK, unless she does something very very controversial that makes front page news. Personally I would question Katy Perry as well. Being very popular to a certain age group doesn't necessarily equal household status.
I'd have to agree with that. I don't have a nan, but my mother wouldn't know Ke$ha, Katy Perry, Jessie J, Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown or Taylor Swift if she fell over them in the street. I don't think she'd know Rihanna or Justin Bieber either, but she'd recognise the others at least as singers/someone famous I think.
One Direction, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry (possibly) and Rihanna (definitely Rihanna) are on the cusp of becoming household names though, in my opinion at least.
It depends on what country you live in. Taylor Swift is most certainly not a household name here in Ireland but she probably is in the US.
I really don't think that Jessie J, Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown or Ke$ha are anywhere near becoming household names.
Though having said all this, I don't think my grandmother would know the likes of Adele or Rihanna as she is very old and not interested in pop culture. She probably wouldn't even know Madonna or Britney Spears! :eek:
People will still remember them though.
But out of those in the OP I think only One Direction and Adele are household names to be honest.
And I don't think Chris Brown is a household name. If we're talking male urban-pop singers then Justin Bieber, Usher and Justin Timberlake are moreso.
With all the business with her ex, her (few) hit singles, the X-Factor, the L'Oréal sponsorship, her malaria, Girls Aloud, her presence in magazines etc...
Definitely, she's one of the most famous women in the country
I recon Emeli Sande could be after her Olympics exposure as well. She performed infront of 25 million TV viewers (damn near half the population)
(You don't have to be good to become a household name.)
Probably Cheryl Cole deserves a nod, enough people watched the X Factor at its peak for people to know who she is.
I don't think Katy Perry is well-known a name enough in the UK, a LOT of people dont like Russell Brand after the whole BBC scandal a couple years back and she does NOT come across well on tv either. Justin Bieber or Chris Brown, a lot of older people don't know who they are, knowing someone's famous for beating up Rihanna assumes a knowledge of who Rihanna even is first haha.
Not these days it's not. back in the day yeah having 4 number 1s in that space of time would have been big (I.e. That was part of the Spice Girls phenomena) but these days anyone can have number ones and as many. I don't think having a number 1 is necessarily a big thing anymore, nd I definitely don't think that's why Lady Gaga is big or a household name. I think it's more to do with her genuine out there fashion and wacky behavioyr. You never hear people say oh she has had four number ones, in fact I can only name two of her songs for definite that I knew were number one. anyway sorry to ramble hahaha gosh I really go on a bit lol
Is Selena Gomez a household name? Maybe I suppose all the teens know who she is?
really?I don't think anyone over 40 would have a clue who she is or any of her song. She's been kind of quiet for a bit has she not? Not really had overwhelming success where the whole country knows who she is
To use the "granny test", my grandparents in their 80s/90s knew enough about Gaga to dissaprove of me seeing her live. I think they'd know Adele, too, but the rest...I doubt it. They only know Kylie because they watched Neighbours.
I would have thought Beyonce, Bieber and Adele were pretty universally known...but I don't know whether they're as big in Asia etc.?