#Nicky Kelly

[itsallmadonnasfault]

Audience reactions at the 2003 MTV VMAs performance of Like A Virgin/Hollywood by Madonna, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Missy Elliott

[thena0315]

Restaurant Scene

*Shout out to Munch 😢

[iminmypeace]

[browngoblin]

📷:leahtak

[simonetingz]

Kelly Rowland (2000s).

[hit-song-showdown]

Year-End Poll #63: 2012

[Image description: a collage of photos of the 10 musicians and musical groups featured in this poll. In order from left to right, top to bottom: Gotye, Carly Rae Jepsen, Fun, Maroon 5, Ellie Goulding, The Wanted, Kelly Clarkson, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, One Direction. End description]

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We're starting to see the sound of the 2010's differentiating itself from the 2000's. EDM and dance pop is still big, especially that "festival sound". Nicki Minaj's Starships and Rihanna's We Found Love are notable examples of the "wordless chorus" (where the song builds up to a drop or some other kind of musical phrase instead of a traditional chorus) that will continue to shape the decade's musical landscape. We'll also start to see more examples of songs being attributed to the producer in addition to, or in some cases instead of, the vocalist.

But what's especially interesting this year are the new ways artists are being able to grow an audience. Traditional methods of promotion like TV are still present, with Fun's We Are Young gaining widespread popularity from its cover on Glee and One Direction gaining their initial popularity off of The X Factor. But this is the year we're starting to see the trends shifting. While Carly Rae Jepsen was already making a name for herself in the Canadian music scene through her appearance on Canadian Idol, her debut hit Call Me Maybe, started to take off in the States after Justin Bieber tweeted about it. This wasn't the first time a song blew up online, and it wasn't even the biggest this year.

I won't bury the lead: this was the year Psy's Gangnam Style took off worldwide. However, the song is not featured on this poll, because it only made it to number 47 on the Billboard Year-End chart. This is notable for any Korean language song (especially at the time), but for a song that was so universally known and parodied, if feels odd that it wasn't bigger than it was. The reason for that is Gangnam Style became popular through its music video, and Billboard didn't factor YouTube views into their charts at the time. Billboard changed their data collection to include YouTube views later this year. Was it because of Psy? Maybe. But after this year, we'll start to see a lot more instances of songs taking off in part to the performance of their music videos -- even more than the peak of MTV in the 80's.

[bbyclnrbnsn]

They're the same to me

[onikasbarbie]

[sgftxtinajb]

[your-blorbos-are-queer]

character pride icons pt. 48: musicals (again again!)

queer headcanons

davey jacobs (newsies) - transgender + gay

jack kelly (newsies) - bisexual | nicky (avenue q) - bisexual + non-binary

princeton + kate monster (avenue q) - transgender + bisexual

rod (avenue q) - gay (canon) + genderqueer

feel free to use these for any non-commercial purpose, as long as proper credit is given!

if you'd like to see a different combination of character + flag, my ask box is always open for requests

[onikaswardrobe]

[December 11, 2023]

Nicki spotted in NYC [for her appearance on Live with Kelly and Mark] wearing a Chanel scarf with a Dolce & Gabbana metallic trench coat ($6,095), a Vivienne Westwood corset top ($612), Tom Ford crystal leggings ($8,980) with a Chanel chain belt ($4,150), Schiaparelli trompe-l’oeil mules (€3300), Schiaparelli teardrop chandelier earrings (€2950) and carried a vintage Louis Vuitton monogram miroir speedy handbag.

[nexttopbadbitch]

golden girl

[thena0315]

I feel complete now 😍

[iminmypeace]

[thejaguartour]

Victoria Monét • The Jaguar Tour • FillmoreNC

Credit to @aaronknowlescarter on Instagram.

[conniesmlb]

Random MLB collage #1