The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory
The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory

Author: John Seabrook

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2015-10-05

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 0393241939

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"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:

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780446596923

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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

Published: 2020-12-30

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13:

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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!

True Brit
True Brit

Author: Sheryl Berk

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2007-12-18

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 030741759X

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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

Published: 2022-07-19

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1637584814

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“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

Text Me Baby One More Time (Special Edition)
Text Me Baby One More Time (Special Edition)

Author: Teagan Hunter

Publisher: Text

Published: 2023-10-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781959194194

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From the author of the hit romcom Let's Get Textual comes a hilarious, entertaining, standalone second-chance romance that's sure to make you laugh and swoon...and root for the jerk.I love you, he said.Forever, he said.Turns out, he lied.When he leaves me high and dry after a cross-country move, I push him out of my life as much as I can, which is hard to do when the guy who broke your heart also happens to be the most famous dude in town.After a disastrous year, he's aiming to rehab his reputation, and I just so happen to be aiming for a promotion at the paper.So, we strike a deal, and it's a win-win all around.Besides, what's the harm in a few dates to charity galas anyway?He's arrogant, a total jerk. There's no way I'll fall for him...again.I used to love him. Now I hate him...I think.Text Me Baby One More Time is a full-length standalone romcom with an HEA.

Britney Spears' Heart to Heart
Britney Spears' Heart to Heart

Author: Britney Spears

Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780609807019

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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

Published: 2003-08-12

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 0812969723

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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.

This Day in Music
This Day in Music

Author: Neil Cossar

Publisher:

Published: 2014-08

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9781783055104

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Births, deaths and marriages, No1 singles, drug busts and arrests, famous gigs and awards... all these and much more appear in this fascinating 50 year almanac.Using a page for every day of the calendar year, the author records a variety of rock and pop events that took place on a given day of the month across the years.This Day in Music is fully illustrated with hundreds of pictures, cuttings and album covers, making this the must-have book for any pop music fan.

Switched on Pop
Switched on Pop

Author: Nate Sloan

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0190056657

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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.