Sincethe1950s,mostofthestarsofpopmusichavecomefromBritainandAmerica.However,inthelasttenyears,whenmanydifferentkindsofmusichaveestablishedthemselvesonthepopscene,moreandmorestarshavecomefromothercountries.Popmusicchangesallthetimeandnewstarsappearandbecomefamous.
Manyoftoday’sstarsstartedoutinthe1960sandhavechangedtheirmusictosuitthetime.Althoughmoststarstakemanyyearstobecomefamous,theirfamedoesnotusuallylastlong.Foramusiciantostaypopularandstillproducegood,originalmusicoveralongperiodoftime,isasignoftruestar.Moststarsstarttheircareersinasimpleway—playinginunknownnightclubsordancehallswherepeoplewanttodancetothemusic,notlistentoit.
Theymayhavecontinueddoingthisformanyyearsuntiltheygeta“break”—achancetoperforminawell-knownplaceorgetarecordingcontract.Tobecomeastaristheaimofeverysingerormusicianandthedreamofmanyapop-crazyteenager.Howeveragrouporstarmakesittothetop,theycanbesurethattheirliveswillchangeoncetheyaresuccessful.
Ordinaryteenagerslivingathomewiththeirparentsmaysuddenlyfindthemselvesrichenoughtobuytheirownhouses.Anestablishedsuperstarmaybeabletobuyseveral.Despitethelargeamountsofmoneythatareearned,lifeatthetopisnoteasyformanystars.Thepopsceneishardworkandmanystarsneedtospendalotoftimeawayfromhome.
Foralotofthem,thismeanstheyhavenohomelifeandtheirpersonalrelationshipssuffer.Inspiteofgreatpublicsuccess,lifeatthetopcanbeverylonely.