Influential Performers Under 30

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Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/10/04 at 8:51pm

Hey guys...I'm doing a presentation for school where I talk about 30 influential performers under the age of 30. The reason I posted this on the offtopic board was because I would like a majority of the people to be from the hollywood/ pop/hiphop/ rap scene. So PLEASE name who you think are the most influential performers under 30! thanks!
ps: any ideas of bway people as well are also appreciated! Thanks SOOOO much!

#2

re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/10/04 at 8:54pm

Sutton Foster

#3

re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/10/04 at 9:03pm

Influential doesn't mean good, right? So Britney Spears qualifies easily.

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re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/10/04 at 9:04pm

Beyonce Knowles
Alicia Keyes
Norah Jones
Hugh Jackman (oops he's over 30...)

http://www.teenpeople.com/teenpeople/25hottest/cg2/0,20255,614157_1,00.html

Try looking there for some big names, not sure if it will help.

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re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/10/04 at 9:04pm

i don't think i want to include britney lol...i think i should change the tital to "mind-blowingly talented performers who will make a difference"

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re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/10/04 at 9:05pm

Well, true, Britney Spears helped pave the way for other pop sensations...Jessica Simpson, Christina Aguilera...I didn't hear of those people until after her CD was released.

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#7

re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/10/04 at 9:06pm

Joss Stone
Amber Tamblyn

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re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/10/04 at 9:07pm

Ah, okay. Because she's influenced a lot of things. Do you want performers who are currently under 30, or ones who had a lot of influence before they reached 30?

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re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/10/04 at 9:08pm

ooo! thanks, millie!

but i think some of those people are so..."overused."
im looking more for the people like joss stone, and norah jones, etc.

any more ideas, come on, yall!

#10

re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/10/04 at 9:08pm

Eminem....is he under 30? lol
Avril Lavigne

#11

re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/10/04 at 9:08pm

plum-those who made a difference by the time they were 30 :)

#12

re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/10/04 at 9:10pm

John Mayer - One time I heard that song "No Such Thing" (or whatever the name of his first hit was) 7 or 8 times in a day on the radio and in stores.

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re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/10/04 at 9:56pm

As much as I hate to say it... Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton (who has decided to start singing and acting. uhg), & Hilary Duff. I don't care for any of them but most of my peers love them and idolize them.

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#14

re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/10/04 at 9:59pm

Well, you're kind of implying modern people, but you might want to include prodigies like Mozart, who composed a crapload of music before he was 30.

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re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/10/04 at 10:48pm

I'm being very predictable, but if you're talking any performer in any genre who made a difference *by the time* they're 30, then the Beatles should be included, too

Updated On: 11/10/04 at 10:48 PM

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re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/11/04 at 9:01am

From the past, you gotta include James Dean.

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re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/11/04 at 9:45am

If we're going back in time, then Shirley Temple, Annette Funicello, and Patty Duke.

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re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/11/04 at 1:18pm

Andrea McArdle.

#19

re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/11/04 at 1:24pm

Ms. McArdle certainly had a huge impact on ME before she was 30, but I daresay she didn't influence an entire generation of kids/teens. Hers was a small niche audience.

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re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/11/04 at 1:29pm

If you are going back in time, you absolutely CANNOT leave out Orson Welles, made the best film ever made at age 26.

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re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/11/04 at 4:50pm

REESE WITHERSPOON:
Career and motherhood plus is now producing her own movies.

HILARY DUFF:
TV, movies music and a clothing line.

USHER:
24 and a real music mogul.

MARY-KATE & ASHLEY OLSON:
A multi-media force, now fashion icons (go figure!)

JOSH GROBAN: Cross over megastar

MICHAEL BUBLE:
The next Sinatra?

ASHTON KUTCHER:
Success both in front and behind the camera

#22

re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/11/04 at 6:01pm

Alanis Morisette

#23

re: Influential Performers Under 30

Posted: 11/12/04 at 10:16am

I had the pleasure of performing with Andrea McArdle in the early '90s and she's a joy to work with. got a set of lungs on her, that one does. And, at the time, she had recently done Starlight Express and her body was fierce - in better shape than just about any woman I've ever seen...hard as a rock. She's adorable.
I love her rendition of Look for the Silver Lining.

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