The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory

The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory
Author: John Seabrook
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2015-10-05
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0393241939

"An utterly satisfying examination of the business of popular music." —Nathaniel Rich, The Atlantic There’s a reason today’s ubiquitous pop hits are so hard to ignore—they’re designed that way. The Song Machine goes behind the scenes to offer an insider’s look at the global hit factories manufacturing the songs that have everyone hooked. Full of vivid, unexpected characters—alongside industry heavy-hitters like Katy Perry, Rihanna, Max Martin, and Ester Dean—this fascinating journey into the strange world of pop music reveals how a new approach to crafting smash hits is transforming marketing, technology, and even listeners’ brains. You’ll never think about music the same way again. A Wall Street Journal Best Business Book

Date Me, Baby, One More Time

Date Me, Baby, One More Time
Author: Stephanie Rowe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2014-07-01
Genre: FICTION
ISBN: 9780446596923

This delightful and witty paranormal romance debut features pretzel-eating dragons, cursed mathematicians, and a guardian of the Fountain of Youth in desperate need of a date. Original.

Kiss Me, Baby, One More Time

Kiss Me, Baby, One More Time
Author: Cindy Ray Hale
Publisher: Cindy Ray Hale
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2020-12-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Fake dating is easy until opposites attract! Eccentric hippie, Onyx Sharp, is the maid of honor in her best friend’s wedding. But she's not happy about having to spend so much time with the best man, Taylor. Not only does she distrust men, but being around him annoys her. The last thing she expects is for him to kiss her impulsively at a party before the wedding. And the main problem is, she wants him to kiss her one more time, but she’s not sure she can let her heart trust again. Straight-laced surgeon Taylor Roberts is tired of being teased about being eternally single by the other groomsmen. He makes a bet that he can get the beautiful maid of honor to date him before the wedding is over. The problem is, she can’t stand him! He promises he’ll give up his booth in the Maple Creek Fall Festival to her mom’s store if she’ll pretend to date him, an offer he knows she can’t pass up. The longer Onyx is around Taylor the more she feels drawn to him, despite being his polar opposite. Can she continue the facade of dating him when her heart gets involved? If you enjoy sweet romantic comedy set in a small town where opposites attract, then you’ll love this book!

The Official Britney Spears Coloring Book

The Official Britney Spears Coloring Book
Author: Ulysses Press
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2021-11-09
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1646043081

Celebrate your favorite songs, performances, and music video moments with this official Britney Spears coloring book. From “...Baby One More Time” to the Las Vegas stage, there’s no shortage of iconic Britney Spears moments. Now, color your way through the late 1990s to today with these gorgeous coloring pages based on the best of Britney. This book includes classic song lyrics, unforgettable album covers, stunning performance looks, and more! The Official Britney Spears Coloring Book is the ultimate way to pay tribute to the Princess of Pop and the perfect gift for any Britney fan. So hit that Britney playlist one more time, grab your pens, and get coloring! © 2021 Britney Brands, Inc. Under License to Epic Rights.

True Brit

True Brit
Author: Sheryl Berk
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2007-12-18
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 030741759X

POP PRINCESS Britney Spears is putting girls back on the map in the pop music world. With the effervescent and intoxicating sounds of her first album, ...Baby One More Time, Britney shot straight to the top of the charts--in just the first week of the album's release. Her ripe style and smart lyrics have captured the hearts of millions of fans, young and old. But Britney didn't just come out of nowhere: she is a multitalented entertainment sensation who can't remember a time in her life when she wasn't singing, acting, or dancing. She broke into the biz at the tender age of eight, and it wasn't long before she made her mark. TRUE BRIT gives you all the backstage info, from her first audition for The New Mickey Mouse Club to her exciting decision to go solo. You'll also find out what it was like for Brit to work with the boys of 'N Sync, the rumors of romance, and her dazzling life beyond the stage. Britney is more than just a singer--she's a performing phenomenon. And TRUE BRIT is your ticket into her amazing world.

Being Britney

Being Britney
Author: Jennifer Otter Bickerdike
Publisher: Permuted Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2022-07-19
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1637584814

“A wild read.” —The Guardian Part biography, part social history, Being Britney pieces together a collage of stories, interviews, legends, and fan experiences to construct a definitive portrait of one of the biggest stars in recent history. In her unique narrative, acclaimed music author Jennifer Otter Bickerdike provides a sympathetic yet objective reexamination of Britney’s trajectory from girl next door to woman trapped by fame. Being Britney is the compelling account of a talented, troubled, and much-discussed modern icon whose life, work, and individual significance will be recognized for many decades to come. “Britney is blessed to have such a talented writer and perceptive mind broaching the complexities of her story thus far.” —Shirley Manson, Garbage

Britney Spears' Heart to Heart

Britney Spears' Heart to Heart
Author: Britney Spears
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Singers
ISBN: 9780609807019

Published to coincide with the release of Britney's new album, this inspiring, heavily illustrated book gives the singer's personal account of how she became the superstar performer she is today. Two 8-page color inserts. Photos.

One More Time

One More Time
Author: Carol Burnett
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2003-08-12
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0812969723

Carol Burnett spent most of her childhood in a Depression-scarred Hollywood neighborhood, where she lived in a single-room apartment with her endearingly batty grandmother, Nanny, a hypochondriacal Christian Scientist with a buried past. The child of two alcoholic parents, Burnett presents a sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking coming-of-age: from her sadly hopeful mother, who was hooked on Tinseltown fantasy, to the first signs of her own comic gift; from happy weekends spent with her father, to their last tragic meeting in a public sanatorium. Featuring a new Afterword by the author, about teaming up with her daughter to bring this story to Broadway, One More Time is an intimate, touching, and astonishing narrative of a financially desperate but emotionally rich childhood on the wrong side of Hollywood’s tracks.

Switched on Pop

Switched on Pop
Author: Nate Sloan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2020
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0190056657

Based on the critically acclaimed podcast that has broken down hundreds of Top 40 songs, Switched On Pop dives in into eighteen hit songs drawn from pop of the last twenty years--ranging from Britney to Beyoncé, Kelly Clarkson to Kendrick Lamar--uncovering the musical explanations for why and how certain tracks climb to the top of the charts. In the process, authors Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan reveal the timeless techniques that animate music across time and space.

Britney Spears: An Unauthorized Biography

Britney Spears: An Unauthorized Biography
Author: Alix Strauss
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2014-05-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1466870370

Smart, spunky, and pretty, Britney Spears is a teenage singing sensation People called "a mix of Debbie Gibson's wholesomeness and Alanis Morissette's grit." Her Baby One More Time album hit #1 on the Billboard chart right out of the starting gate. It may seem like success came overnight for this brown-eyed beauty, but she's been working at it since childhood: before joining The Mickey Mouse Club at 11, Britney was acting in commercials and in an Off-Broadway show. And at 15, the singing bug bit--and there was no stopping Britney. But behind the fame, Britney's just an ordinary teen--she loves shopping, going to the beach, eating pizza, and talking about boys. She's close to her family and is in no rush to grow up. Find out all about Britney--from her career plans to her personal life, how she gets her cool look, who she spends her time with, what it was like on the road opening for 'N Sync and much, much more. With eight pages of awesome photos!