Kidz Bop

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Kidz Bop is a brand of compilation albums featuring kids performing contemporary popular songs. The series was developed by Razor & Tie co-founders Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam in September 2001. The albums are composed of popular songs that chart high on the Billboard Hot 100 and/or receive heavy airplay from contemporary hit radio stations several months ahead of each album's release. The songs are performed by the KIDZ BOP Kids.

The franchise has sold more than 16 million albums. Since its debut in 2001, KIDZ BOP has expanded significantly to include merchandise, music videos, a live touring division, talent search competitions and the KIDZ BOP Kids who are the face of the brand. The KIDZ BOP Kids are chosen by audition. There are 31 main albums. The latest release, KIDZ BOP 31, marked the brand’s 23rd Top 10 debut.

Albums

Compilation albums

Kidz Bop (album)

! Kidz Bop (occasionally known as Kidz Bop 1) is the first album in the Kidz Bop series in which children sing popular songs of the time. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA. Nicholas Scala of New York was involved with the production of the album. The album contains 30 newly recorded songs from the late 90's and 2000. A The fan favorite "All Star" kicks off the first album with powerful lead vocals by Brian Guymon, who delivers one of the best solos recorded in Kidz Bop history. Second recording, More Kidz Bop, was released later in 2000 and features an additional 10 songs.m

Track listing

1 CD Edition

Kidz Bop 13

Kidz Bop 13 is the 13th edition of the Kidz Bop series. This album was released on February 19, 2008.

Track listing

All songs are performed by the Kidz Bop Kids. The artist indicated in parentheses after each song title is the original artist with whom the song is associated.

Far Away (3+2 song)

"Far Away" is a song composed by Leonid Shirin and Yury Vaschuk and performed by the band 3+2, and was to represent Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, having been chosen internally by Belarusian broadcaster BTRC. The song had previously taken part in the ONT contest "Musical Court", which was planned to be used to select the Belarusian entry for the Contest before ONT's application to join the European Broadcasting Union, the contest's organisers, was rejected.

On 19 March 2010, it was announced that 3+2 had changed their song for the contest, and will now perform the song "Butterflies" at the contest, written by Maxim Fadeev and Malka Chaplin.

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Far Away (Tyga song)

"Far Away" is a song by American rapper Tyga featuring American Idol finalist Chris Richardson. The song was first released on May 17, 2011 as the lead single from the rapper's debut studio album, Careless World: Rise of the Last King (2012). The song, which was produced by British producer Jess Jackson, debuted at number ninety-eight on the Billboard Hot 100 for the chart dated August 20, 2011, reaching a peak of number eighty-six for the chart dated October 1, 2011. The track also peaked at number ninety-three on the R&B/hip-hop chart and number sixteen on the rap chart. As of January 25, 2012, "Far Away" has sold approximately 303,000 copies in the US.

Artwork

The cover depicts Tyga with a field and a railroad pictured in the background implying that he is travelling to the one who is described in the song as being "Far Away". Ology commented on the official artwork for the single by saying that it was reminiscent of Eminem's Recovery album cover released last year.

Riff Raff (album)

Riff Raff is a 1984 album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds. The album was his third release for Arista Records (in the UK) and Columbia Records (in the US), following 1983's Information.

Riff Raff continued Edmunds' collaboration with Electric Light Orchestra frontman Jeff Lynne; Lynne produced six tracks on the albums, and wrote three of the songs as well. However, compared to the pair's success with Information (which hit #51 on the Billboard 200 album chart and spawned a top-40 single in "Slipping Away"), Riff Raff was a commercial flop. The album made it to only #140, and the single "Something About You" failed to crack the Billboard Hot 100 at all (although it did hit #18 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart).

Riff Raff was the last time Edmunds and Lynne would collaborate on record; meanwhile, Edmunds wouldn't make another studio album for six years (although he would release a live album in the interim).

The majority of the tracks on Riff Raff are originals by Lynne, Edmunds, and bandmember John David. The most notable cover is the aforementioned "Something About You", originally a top-20 hit for the Four Tops in 1965.

Far`

Far` is a village in Al Madinah Province, in western Saudi Arabia.

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