Teenage Wasteland

We published this poll last week, but we didn't spend a lot of time on it. In fact, we barely did a lot on EdgeMusic last week. Not a lot of updates or anything like that. So we decided to go on a week-long hiatus, and then we would turn our full attention. The poll was pushed back, and now this contest has officially began. Here's the lowdown on this week's EdgeMusic Artist of the Week contest.

Teen pop has existed for four decades now, and it has went through many changes of form. The 70s brought us teen idols through musical sitcoms. The 80s have seen its teen idols come from shopping malls. Teen pop's most successful form came in the 90s with the heyday of MTV's "TRL". In this decade, when everyone thought teen pop was done, teenage superstar machine was handed down from MTV to Disney Channel. Throughout all decades, the teen idols were recognized through magazines like Teen Beat, Tiger Beat, J-14, Bop!, and Popstar! Magazine.

EdgeMusic has done contests on the teen pop genre before in diferent forms. The first one was "Boyz II Men", which nominated boy bands still active long after their peak. The Backstreet Boys were the Artist of the Week from May 4th to the 11th of 2008. Two of their competitors, New Kids on the Block and Hanson, later become Artist of the Week through different nominations. Then, we covered on Disney Channel's music superstars in the "Wonderful World of Disney" contest in August of 2008. The Jonas Brothers were featured on EdgeMusic from August 31st to September 7th of 2008. Then earlier this year, we did the "Popstar! Magazine" contest with nominees featured on Popstar! Magazine. The winner of that contest was Varsity Fanclub. Other teen idols that have won the chance to be featured on EdgeMusic are Jimmy Robbins, David Archuleta, and Demi Lovato.

This week, we are nominating five young artists that are popular in the teen pop genre. The winner will be featured on EdgeMusic from June 21st to the 28th of 2009. The nominees are:

*Mitchel Musso

*Kristinia DeBarge

*Ashley Tisdale

* School Boy Humor

*KSM

Voting is now open, and it will end Saturday June 20th at 11 PM EST. To vote, go to our official MySpace profile, or you can vote right here:

EdgeMusic Artist of the Week Poll (Week 74)

This Week's Theme: Teenage Wasteland

Who should be the EdgeMusic Artist of the Week from June 14 - 21?

Mitchel Musso
Kristinia DeBarge
Ashley Tisdale
School Boy Humor
KSM

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