YouTube: Anyone Can Be A Star!
Thirteen year old Rebecca Black has become an overnight sensation with her hit song ‘Friday’. Her song has been viewed on YouTube more than 57 million times, surpassing Lady Gaga whose song ‘Born This Way’ has 24 million views!
Why did Black’s song become a hit? Believe it or not, it started getting passed around the web as a ‘cheesy’ song that had poor lyrics! The songs were written and produced by Ark Music Factory, a company that helps anyone who is talented and willing to pay $2000. While others may be laughing at the song, Rebecca is laughing her way to the bank! At 70 cents for each iTunes download, Rebecca is earning $27,000 per week. Not bad for a 13 year old, who was initially upset at the reviews, but is now enjoying her new found stardom. She now has a webpage and has even hired a manager.
So, what is this YouTube phenomenon that takes relatively unknown people and makes them a star? From babies that cannot stop laughing, to artists like 10 year old Maria Aragon who was recently invited by Lady Gaga to sing on stage, it seems anyone with talent can become famous these days.
A Marketing Genius
YouTube was an idea born out of a need. It was started in 2005 by three co-workers who were frustrated trying to email a video clip. Within a couple of hours, they had sketched a rough plan for a video sharing platform.
What makes the YouTube story particularly fascinating is that the company did not know how to make money, and did not spend any on advertising either. They relied on people to spread the word -- a term known as viral marketing. YouTube had made it easy for anyone to upload a video and e-mail a link to share with family and friends. They allowed other websites to embed their video, which is how Youngzine is able to bring you videos in our articles.
Millions started using YouTube, and it soon became a part of our culture, just as Facebook has done more recently. Google bought the company in 2006 for a staggering $1.65 billion!
YouTube Phenomenon
YouTube has changed the way people view videos. It has made videos more social, allowing anyone to upload and share. Gone are the days when the smallest video clips were at least 30 minutes long - now, one minute clips are equally acceptable! Lastly, the ability to reach millions of people has changed how videos are distributed, no longer controlled by Hollywood and its distributors.
Companies and news organizations are using YouTube for storing and sharing their videos these days. Many others like Ark Music Factory are producing videos to be solely distributed on YouTube. It is hard to imagine that just a decade ago, artists were struggling to showcase their talents.
We leave you with another all time great, a video that has been viewed 168 million times -- 'Dance Evolution' by comedian Judson Laipply, who acts out the history of 20th century dance.
i think its funny
At gym we did that stupid dance
WOW THAT WAS A LUCKY MOVE!!
they are very lucky to be discovered by such famous people.
She is one of da best singers i know. Dont talk bad about her Adin
she is not that good
She was on America's Got Talent (not to audition, to perform. they hired her to sing at a results show.) and she was HORRIBLE. She may sound good in the videos but that's because they have auto-tune on. Since you can't have auto-tune on at a live show, she didn't sound as good as she did in the videos. And the only reason America's Got Talent showed HER of all people was because she was a "Youtube sensation" and it was the results for their Youtube auditions.
I think she`s a good singer, but the part where she sings yesterday was Thursday, and stuff, I thought was really annoying because I already know that. My opinion.
She is horrible!
i absolutely despise this girl!!!!!! AHHH! so didnt know shes 13! i know she sounds awful on the video and she made a new one prom night which is 327% worst!!!!
I heard that Rebecca Black has become a big hit. But truly this is the first time I've heard "Friday".
Rebecca Black is a good singer. And before you start ranting at me, let me explain. On the video she sounds awful! But in real life and on other songs, she has a really good voice.
That other Baby GaGa girl is amazing. How could a girl that young have that strong of a voice? :O
lol! That Evolution Of Dance vid was funny. My mom looked like she wanted to start dancing when she heard 'Can't Touch This' By MCHammer and 'Ice Ice Baby' by Vanilla Ice. :P
The main idea of this article is that anyone can be a star no matter how horrible their performance. In my own opinion, I don't think the song "Friday" is good. I think it is just a repeat of "Baby" by Justin Bieber.
The main idea is that Rebbeca Black made a lot of hits with her new song,Friday.
Anyone can become famous. A normal thirteen-year-old is a hit, just by putting her song, Friday, on Youtube!
In 2005, three co-workers made a plan for a place where everyone could post their own videos, because they were having trouble e-mailing a video clip. This is how youtube started.13 year-old Rebecca Black became famous overnight by posting a video online.
13 year old named Rebecca Black has a new song that some people think is bad but others like it.
Rebecca Black sang a song called Friday and it became a hit song.
This is about a girl named Rebbeca Black who becomes a star. Rebbeca is so talented and thoughtful of others.
I can not believe that Rebecca got more views than Lady Gaga who a ton of people like. I think that youtube had a great idea letting people send 1 minuite videos. It is great that you can upload videos even if you don't have an account on youtube. I hope that the come up with more great ideas.
I can't believe Rebbeca Black has a hit song just over night! I am not a fan of the song, but many other people are. I never thought her song could beat Born This Way either. She is very fortunate to be so popular at age 13.
The main idea is anyone can be a star if they work hard.
How did she get so many hits? I have never even heard her song before.
I personally think the song is ok but it is amazing how she got tens of millions of views in that amount of time.
I personally dont think she can sing, no hard feelings but it is just an opinion otherwise the man that came next in the video, he was hilarious to me.
She does not sing very well.
I know, right? she dosen't sound good at all.
Rebecce Black is awesome! It is cool how she became famous over the web.
57 million views that is a lot she must be a very good singer.
It is about a 13 year old girl that made a youtube video and became popular.
yeah shes a great singer prolly better than.. me lol, maybe?
youtube is great ican do anything in youtube
i like the song friday awesome
At the beginning of the song when she was sleeping, she had makeup on who would wear it at 7 a.m.???????
the last one was funny the first one was stupid :):>
I love that Song Friday!!!!!:)
Everybody at school is singing about this...so annoying
I loved it!!!!!!
My mom told me that Simon Cowell, the former American Idol judge, who was really strict and critical, said that she was a genius. I thought it was horrible, and thought that it was a parody of some other song and that she was lip singing very badly, but she actually was seriously singing her own song! Even I outsmarted Simon Cowell on the decision that he made!!
it is really crazy
youtube has more and more fans than anything
i may c if i can record one of my songs i wrote and maybe post it on youtube if my mom will let me. i love to sing. some people say i cant sing, other people say im really really good i hope more people think im good than think im bad :D :D :D D: D: :D :D
a lot of people get famous on youtube. i mean jb did
The clock goes backwards at some time.
Do Youngzines views count towards Youtube?
Good question. Yes, they DO count. So do any views on any website that embeds YouTube videos. Because YouTube allows other websites to embed their videos, they grew really popular..
Interesting...
i think it s so ocool that she did that and its also cool that she has 57 million veiwers that watch her
i know almost all the songs the guy did even the older ones. Coni Jo is one of my faves because i'm a country gal
I think her song was ok but, it kind of sounded like the other teenage songs so, it wasn't the best song. I just couldn't believe how much money she got.