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

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1 CD Edition

Kidz Bop 7

Kidz Bop 7 is the seventh album in the Kidz Bop series. The album was released on February 22, 2005 and was certified Gold by the RIAA on November 7, 2005.

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Reception

Heather Phares of Allmusic says the album is "one of the better volumes in the series" with "a decent collection of songs, and the odder moments on it are mostly pleasantly surprising instead of questionable." The "Kidz Bop-ified cover of Modest Mouse's 'Float On' ... is pretty much in keeping with the entire series' slightly surreal feel," and "the version of 'Lose My Breath' is nearly as odd, and oddly exhilarating."

Tick tock

Tick tock, ticktock, tik tok, or tic toc may refer to:

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Tik and Tok

Tik and Tok are the robotic mime and music duo of Tim Dry and Sean Crawford. They began performing together with Shock, a rock/mime/burlesque/music troupe in the early 1980s with Barbie Wilde, Robert Pereno, L.A. Richards and Carole Caplin.

Shock's first record "Angel Face", with production by Rusty Egan and Richard James Burgess, was a modest dance floor hit. In 1981, Shock co-starred with Ultravox at the 'People's Palace Valentine's Ball' at the Rainbow Theatre.

Shock went on to support Gary Numan at his Wembley Arena shows in April, 1981. They eventually broke up and reformed as a foursome with Wilde, Dry, Crawford and Caplin and released the single, "Dynamo Beat", on RCA Records. However, soon after Dry and Crawford left to form Tik and Tok.

Tik and Tok, having perfected a form of mime movement called 'robotics', appeared on television programmes including The Royal Variety Show in 1983 and The Tube. They supported Duran Duran at the Birmingham Odeon in 1982, worked with Vangelis at his home studio, and were themselves supported by a fledgling Depeche Mode. They released five singles and an album on the Survival label in the UK, Germany and Japan. Three of these singles were hits on the UK Indie Chart, "Screen Me I'm Yours" being the most successful, reaching #17. Their second single, "Cool Running", peaked at #69 in the UK Singles Chart.