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Hit Parade: The Give Me a Sign Edition
FromSlate Culture
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Length:
75 minutes
Released:
Nov 30, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
From a very young age, Britney Spears seemed destined for stardom. The kid from Louisiana had landed a role on the revived Mickey Mouse Club and styled herself as a belter of power ballads. But to score her first No. 1 hit, Spears would team up with an introverted Swedish songwriter named Max Martin. He was trying to write American R&B and instead, through Britney and her high-school dance formations, created a new template for über–American teen-pop. This month, we go inside the Stockholm music factory—and its decades-long history, from ABBA to Ace of Base—that gave rise to a new generation of millennial pop, from the Backstreet Boys and *N Sync to Robyn and Taylor Swift. Email: hitparade@slate.com This episode is brought to you by the following advertisers: Slack, the collaboration hub for work. Learn more at Slack.com.I Travel For, a new podcast that explores what inspires us to travel. Listen and subscribe today at https://apple.co/2DPEWJE.American Express. Don’t do business without it.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Nov 30, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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