Hey everyone,
This is one area of American Society that's interesting and different from other societies around the world. I will point out to Drake Bell, now he has been shrouded in controversy, however, the whole, "Has been" happened to him before his controversy.
Drake Bell is a actor and singer from California who became famous with a children's show Drake and Josh.
In Mexico and Latin America: Young kids watched his show and became fans. He obviously toured there.
In the US: Young kids also watched and became fans of his. He toured all throughout America.
However, it seems in Latin America most people who "grew up" kept listening to his music and eventually he made it to #4 in the Billboard Mexico charts. Meanwhile, in the US he became less and less popular, his top charting album was #81. Moreover, it seems that as life went his original fans, "Moved on." And the new generation likes other artists.
I think there's a lot going on, but I'd like to hear your take. This is just one example but I have many others.
When I asked people they told me, "His fans moved from the big city like LA to the suburbs" and became "adults." Thereby no longer interested in his products.
I'd like to add that even in the UK which is also protestant and English speaking it seems artists are able to keep their popularity once they become popular while in America this isn't the case. For instance, bands from the 90's like Mercury Rev and Pavement are still able to be somewhat popular there. Since Rock music remains popular, while it America it seems people moved on to the next trend/fad.
This is one area of American Society that's interesting and different from other societies around the world. I will point out to Drake Bell, now he has been shrouded in controversy, however, the whole, "Has been" happened to him before his controversy.
Drake Bell is a actor and singer from California who became famous with a children's show Drake and Josh.
In Mexico and Latin America: Young kids watched his show and became fans. He obviously toured there.
In the US: Young kids also watched and became fans of his. He toured all throughout America.
However, it seems in Latin America most people who "grew up" kept listening to his music and eventually he made it to #4 in the Billboard Mexico charts. Meanwhile, in the US he became less and less popular, his top charting album was #81. Moreover, it seems that as life went his original fans, "Moved on." And the new generation likes other artists.
I think there's a lot going on, but I'd like to hear your take. This is just one example but I have many others.
When I asked people they told me, "His fans moved from the big city like LA to the suburbs" and became "adults." Thereby no longer interested in his products.
I'd like to add that even in the UK which is also protestant and English speaking it seems artists are able to keep their popularity once they become popular while in America this isn't the case. For instance, bands from the 90's like Mercury Rev and Pavement are still able to be somewhat popular there. Since Rock music remains popular, while it America it seems people moved on to the next trend/fad.