Before moving forward, let’s first know what pop music is. Basically, pop music is “popular music.” Any music which appeals to fans the most is pop music.
And the one who is associated with pop music is known as a pop singer. These pop artists mostly make sure the songs they release are easy to understand.
You may have observed that some songs’ lyrics are full of meaning and pretty easy to understand, and you keep singing and humming those songs in your head.
Some of my favorite pop songs are Lovely by Billie Eilish, Sorry by Justin Bieber, One Day by ARASH (feat Helena), and Let Me Down Slowly by Alec Benjamin. Let’s know about some of the best pop singers.
The one thing that I have observed while writing about a lot of musical artists is that their parents got divorced when those artists were young.
The pop singers on this list, like Demi Lovato, who is among the most famous pop singers of all time, also had to see their folks getting divorced.
Read till the end to find out more about these pop singers, their professional and personal life. Let’s begin, shall we?
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Demi Lovato
I’ll start things off with this 29-years-old pop singer, Demi Lovato. Demi has such a great fan following on many social media platforms.
Her birthday falls on the 20th of August, and her birth year is 1992. Demi belongs to Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Demetria Devonne Lovato is her complete name. Besides singing, she has also made her presence known in songwriting and acting.
She was born to a cheerleader and an engineer and musician. Her mom (Dianna) used to be a cheerleader, and her dad (Patrick) was an engineer and music.
When she was just two years old, she had to witness her folks getting divorced. Her dad had Mexican ancestry, and her mom had English-Irish ancestry.
Now I’m certain that becoming a singer is some kind of a curse. As if you’re going to become a singer, be prepared to witness your parents’ divorce as Demi did when she was two.
Her folks’ divorce made a huge impact on this pop singer’s mind, and she took her dad responsible for all this. This event weakened their dad/daughter relationship a lot.
But, surprisingly, she never hated her dad. During an interview, she said that it is true he was not the ideal father and used to be abusive sometimes, but he tried to become a good man.
Apparently, it took a lot of time for him to heal or change, as Demi’s mom was just fed up with him and married someone else.
Later, Demi’s dad died due to cancer. Apart from these tragic and traumatizing events, she was learning to play guitar and piano.
This learning was going to shape her future, and it did. She started taking music classes, and, yes, she was interested in acting too.
I never knew until now that this pop singer also acted in the famous show Prison Break. Did you know that? Let me know in the comments.
However, she was pretty good at what does; some people still didn’t like her, or, should I say, they were jealous of her? Because of that, she couldn’t go to school and was homeschooled.
At the age of ten, in 2002, she made her debut in the singing/acting industry as a pop singer and actor. Then, after six years, she gave out her 1st album in 2008, named “Don’t Forget.”
One year later, “Here We Go Again” came out in 2009. Her 3rd studio album was “Unbroken,” “Demi” was her fourth, and “Confident” was her fifth album, coming out in 2011, 2013, and 2015, respectively.
Among many of Demi’s songs, “Solo” is THE most successful and favorite one.
Demi’s Instagram following: 130 million+
Spotify monthly listeners: 31.5 milllion+
SoundCloud following: 127,000+
YouTube following: 17.7 million+
Rihanna
And, now I present to you the Barbadian queen, Rihanna, who is among the most influential pop singers and individuals of all time.
Rihanna was born on the 20th of February 1988 in Saint Michael, Barbados. She is 34 years old. Robyn Rihanna Fenty is her complete name.
As much as she is great at singing, she also does pretty well at fashion designing and other business ventures. It was Evan Rogers who saw her true potential and offered to come to the USA.
She was born in a middle-class family, and they didn’t struggle with finances, as his mom was an accountant and her dad was a warehouse manager.
Her family used to live in a bungalow. She also had to go through a lot when she was young. And, and, and, yes, if you think that her parents lived happily together, you are WRONG!
In an interview, she recalled seeing her father in a drunken and narcotized state and also seeing him beating his mom in front of her eyes.
Rihanna often used to break their fighting. This was not something that a 14-year-old kid is supposed to go through, don’t you think?
At first, her health deteriorated rapidly, and she had to take many CT Scans, but luckily, the doctors found nothing like a tumor or something.
This pop singer was also a bright student and used to do pretty well in her exams, but instead of pursuing higher studies, she chose to become a pop singer.
In 2007, she began dating the famous singer Chris Brown, but their relationship ended in 2009; they continued their relationship again in 2012 but got separated again in 2013.
Then, seven years later, in 2020, ASAP Rocky and Rihanna got into a relationship, and they are still together. She became a pop singer in 2003.
After two years, “Music of the Sun,” her 1st album, came out in 2005 by working with Def Jam Recordings. Then the next year, in 2006, “A Girl Like Me” was released.
The most famous of Rihanna’s song is “We Found Love.”
Rihanna’s Instagram following: 127 million+
Spotify monthly listeners: 49.3 million+
SoundCloud following: Almost 2 million.
YouTube following: 39.1 million+
Madison Beer
This pop singer was born on the 5th of March 1999 in Jericho, New York, USA. She is 23 years old. Madison Elle Beer is her real name.
Just like many pop singers such as Shawn Mendes and Rihanna, she and her family were middle-class. Beer’s dad’s profession is real-estate development, and her mom’s profession was interior design at first.
But she had to leave her profession to help Rihanna’s dad in his work. At the age of four, she was featured on the cover of the famous magazine Child Magazine.
Yet again, this pop singer had to see her folks getting divorced at a pretty young age. She belongs to a Jewish family.
At first, she started posting her music videos on YouTube, and, yes, her songs and covers were pretty good, and that is the reason why Justin Bieber, himself, reached out to her to offer a contract from Island Records.
She gladly accepted it, and you can pretty much guess where that decision has brought her. Justin even asked his own manager to manage Madison also.
Beer joined the industry as a pop singer in 2012. During her career, she has released just one studio album, named “Life Support,” and in that album, she has given out some of her best singles/songs.
Until now, she has been in a relationship with three guys. All of her three relationships didn’t work out; to this, people started speculating that this pop singer might be lesbian.
Madison refuted these claims and said that she is not a lesbian, but she did like to be with girls. Later, in a video on TikTok, she announced she is bisexual.
Madison Beer’s most famous song is “Reckless.”
Beer’s Instagram following: 30.7 million+
Spotify monthly listeners: 11.6 million+
SoundCloud following: 86,800+
YouTube following: 2.77 million+
Halsey
Halsey is 27 years old. She was born on the 29th of September 1994 in Edison, New Jersey, New York, USA. Her real name is Ashley Nicolette Frangipane.
She is a self-made superstar and became famous by releasing music and music videos on several social media platforms.
Her birth was pretty different from a normal one, as her mom got pregnant at a very early age or more clearly during the college years.
Giving birth to a child while still being in college was not something that society would’ve accepted. Not at all!
What do you think she did then? She had to quit her studies and leave college. Then, Halsey was born eventually. For what it’s worth, her mom is an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician).
Her dad has African ancestry, and her mom has European (Italian and Hungarian) ancestry. When she was in her teens, she learned to play the violin and guitar.
Singers like Justin Bieber and Alanis Morissette were her inspiration, and they were the reason Halsey decided to become a pop singer.
Due to excessive bullying, she tried to kill herself but couldn’t. Because of this attempt, she had to stay in hospital for around a month.
While she was in the hospital, it was confirmed that she also had the manic depression which her mom also used to have.
She also became a drug addict at an early age. Anyways, while facing all of these troubles, she decided to join the industry as a pop singer in 2012.
“Badlands” was her 1st album, which was released in 2015. Two years later, she released “Hopeless Fountain Kingdom” in 2017.
“Manic” was her third, and “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power” was her fifth and, by far, her latest studio album. “Manic” was released in 2020, and “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power” was released in 2021.
Her most popular song is “Nightmare.”
Halsey’s Instagram following: 29.2 million+
Spotify monthly listeners: 37.6 million+
SoundCloud following: 264,000+
YouTube following: 11.4 million+
Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Isabel Rodrigo is her complete name. Her birthday falls on the 20th of February, and her birth year is 2003. Olivia Rodrigo is just nineteen years old.
This pop singer hails from Murrieta, California, USA. There’s a term known as “biracial,” which is referred to a person who has more than one ethnicity.
Olivia also has more than one ethnicity, as her mom finds her ancestral roots in Europe and her father finds her roots in Asia.
Like many other pop singers on this list, she belongs to a middle-class family, as her mom is a teacher and her dad is a therapist.
When she was in kindergarten, she developed an interest in music and singing and began to learn to play the piano.
Besides singing, she also liked acting, and at a young age, she began acting too. Now the interesting thing here is that she was in her early teens during all this.
Her parents also liked music, and that is how she was initially exposed to pop music. Taylor Swift became her inspiration to become a pop singer.
Initially, she began working with Interscope Records and Geffen Records. From there, her singing career skyrocketed.
“Drivers License” was the first song that she recorded by working with Interscope Records and Geffen Records. While working with Geffen Records, she gave out “Sour,” her 1st studio album.
“Sour” was released on the 21st of May 2021. Some other of her hit songs are “Deja Vu,” “Good 4 U,” “Traitor,” and “Brutal.”
“good 4 u” is her best and most famous song.
Olivia’s Instagram following: 24.7 million+
Spotify monthly listeners: 44.7 million+
SoundCloud following: 144,000+
YouTube following: 9.11 million+
Mariah Carey
This pop singer used her own name as her stage name, Mariah Carey. She is 53 years old. Her birth date is the 27th of March.
Carey’s birth year is 1969, and she hails from Huntington, New York, USA. Our “Queen Of Christmas” has two kids.
She has married twice, by far. First, she married Tommy Mottola in 1993, and five years later, in 1998, they got divorced.
Ten years after her 1st divorce, she tied the knot with Nick Cannon, who is a famous rapper and TV host.
The neighborhood they used to live in had no soft corner for Mariah Carey or her family. Her neighbors even killed their dog out of hatred for them.
In simpler words, Mariah Carey and her family were victims of racism. And, yes, her parents’ marriage didn’t work out, and they got divorced.
After her parents’ separation, her connection with her dad weakened, and all the responsibility to feed the family fell on her divorced mother.
She began working in several places to make ends meet. This pop singer didn’t have much of things to do or toys to play with when she was little.
For that reason, she began liking music and got interested in singing. Seeing the financial crisis, their family was going through, her sister went to live with her dad, but she and her brother stayed.
Her interest in singing led her to the music industry, and in 1998, she became a pop singer. After two years of her debut, in 1990, “Mariah Carey” was released.
“Emotions,” “Music Box,” “Merry Christmas,” “Day Dream,” and “Butterfly” are his 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th albums, which came out in 1991, 1993, and 1994, 1995, and 1997, respectively.
Mariah’s most famous and best song so far is “Fantasy.”
Mariah’s Instagram following: 10.7 million+
Spotify monthly listeners: 18.7 million+
SoundCloud following: 626,000+
YouTube following: 8.61 million+
P!nk
She has a pretty unique stage name, by the way, and, if that makes things any better, her real name is Alecia Beth Moore.
This pop singer’s birthday falls on the 8th of September, and her birth year is 1979. She was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA.
As much as she is great at singing, she also does exceptionally well at songwriting. She is 42 years old. Surprisingly, her marriage has been successful till today, as she has been married to Carey Hart since 2006, and they both have two beautiful kids.
Her mom was a nurse, her dad was a salesman, and she belonged to a Jewish family. However, everything looked fine at first.
She was cute and healthy when she was born. But after some time, she developed asthma that haunted her for many years.
Once, unsurprisingly, she also witnessed the divorce of her parents. 1995 was the year when she stepped into the music industry as a pop singer.
Moore has given out some of the best and best-selling albums and songs since her debut. She released “Can’t Take Me Home” as her 1st album in 2000.
Her 2nd album was “Missundaztood,” which came out in 2001. “Try This” is her third, “I’m Not Dead” is her fourth, and “Funhouse” is her fifth album, coming out in 2001, 2003, 2006, and 2008, respectively.
This pop singer’s top song is “Family Portrait.”
P!nk’s Instagram following: 8.7 million+
Spotify monthly listeners: 27.2 million+
SoundCloud following: 6.33 million+
YouTube following: 11.4 million+
Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson is her birth name. She was born on the 16th of May 1966 in Gary, Indiana, USA. She is 55 years old.
She is also a famous actress, songwriter, and, yes, a dancer. And the interesting thing is that Janet Jackson has a major role in bringing it wherever MTV is today.
By far, she has been in four relationships. James DeBarge was this pop singer’s first husband, whom she married in 1984 and divorced in 1985.
Secondly, René Elizondo Jr. and Jackson tied the knot in 1991, and nine years later, in 2000, they also got divorced.
Thirdly, she began dating Jermaine Dupri in 2002. It is pertinent to mention here that she did not marry Jermaine; they were only dating up until getting separated in 2009.
And lastly, Wissam Al Mana and Jackson tied the knot in 2012, and they got separated, not divorced, in 2017. Janet has one kid.
Janet became a pop singer in 1974, and it took her eight years to release her debut album, “Janet Jackson,” in 1982.
Her other hit albums are “Control,” “Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814,” “Janet,” “The Velvet Rope,” “All Of You,” and some others.
“Escapade” is by far her most famous song.
Jackson’s Instagram following: 6.5 million+
Spotify monthly listeners: 5.8 million+
SoundCloud following: 22,400+
YouTube following: 1 million+
Cher
The “Goddess of Pop” is 75 years old, and she has been at it for almost six decades (around 59 years). You can also call her one of the oldest pop singers in the industry.
Cherilyn Sarkisian is her real name. Cher’s birth date is the 20th of May 1946, just a year after the end of World War II.
Her birthplace is El Centro, California, USA. She has married twice so far. First, she tied the knot with Sonny Bono in 1969, and they got divorced in 1975.
Then, she married Gregg Allman in 1975, and they also got divorced in 1979. She has two kids. She is also a great actress.
1963 was the year she became a singer. “All I Really Want To Do” was her first album, which came out in 1965. “The Sonny Side of Chér” was her second album.
Cher’s top song is “Gypsys Tramps And Thieves.”
Cher’s Instagram following: 2.1 million+
Spotify monthly listeners: 7.8 million+
SoundCloud following: 15,300+
YouTube following: 713,000+
Barbra Streisand
Barbra is the oldest pop singer on this list; she is 80 years old. Barbara Joan “Barbra” Streisand is her birth name.
Her birth year is 1942, and her birth date is the 24th of April. She hails from New York City, USA. She has one kid.
She has been in four relationships. Her 1st relationship/marriage was with Elliott Gould, whom she married in 1963, and she divorced him in 1971.
Jon Peters and Barbra began dating in 1973, and they got separated in 1982. After the separation, she got into a relationship with Richard Baskin in 1983, and they got separated in 1987.
And finally, she married James Brolin in 1998, and surprisingly, it has been 24 years, and they’re still together.
She joined the industry in 1960, and three years later, “The Barbra Streisand Album” came out in 1963. “The Second Barbra Streisand Album” is obviously her second album.
“Woman In Love” is her top song.
Barbra’s Instagram following: 1.4 million+
Spotify monthly listeners: 3.9 million+
SoundCloud following: 6,700+
YouTube following: 382,000+
Conclusion
Let me tell you something if you haven’t noticed yet; all the pop singers listed here are female, and to be very honest, I didn’t notice that myself until I was writing about the last singer on this list.
Alright, this one goes to our bold women. Among them, my favorite is Rihanna. Let me know in the comments about your favorite pop singer. Thank You.
