But you don’t have to win The X Factor to become famous: One Direction, the massively popular British boy band, competed in 2010 but they didn’t win, they came third! What kind of music?
Many winners then go on to get a UK number-one single. After the performance the audience at home can vote by phone for their favourite acts. X Factor singers perform on a stage in front of the judges and a live audience. The show began in 2004 and is still popular. The 'X Factor' of the title refers to the difficult-to-define quality that makes a star. The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new talented singers. Last year there were 900 performances in total including local bands as well as music from all over the world. Last year more than 150,000 people went to the Tramlines free music festival in Sheffield in the north of England.
What about free live music? There are music festivals across Britain every year that are completely free of charge. You can pay more than £50 to see a concert at The O2. It also has 548 toilets! Tickets are not cheap. This massive stadium has space for 20,000 people. There you can see world-famous bands such as One Direction, Justin Bieber, Scissor Sisters, Prince, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, and Take That. The O2 in London is the second largest live music arena in Europe. Record companies and many musicians are very unhappy that people can listen to their music without paying for it. Using file-sharing websites to download music is often illegal of course but some people still continue to get their music this way. In the UK you can download a single for about £1 and an album for around £10. The BPI (an organisation which promotes the interests of British music) says that people in the UK prefer downloading singles rather than albums.
Things can change quickly on YouTube! Downloading musicĭownloading music is a popular choice for young Brits. Now, it’s quite common for videos to pass the billion mark. Then, PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style’ became the first video to get a billion views. Justin Bieber’s song ‘Baby’ was the most watched music video on YouTube until 2012. Popular videos can quickly become extremely popular internationally. Watching music on video streaming sites on the internet is now more popular than listening to the radio with young British people. Do you download music? Do you buy CDs? Do you listen to music on your phone? Do you prefer to watch music or just to listen? What about the old-fashioned radio? Have you ever seen your favourite band or singer perform live? There are so many ways to discover, buy and listen to music! Music videosīritish teenagers like to watch their music online.
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