Pop Icons of Gen Y
My parents didn’t let me listen to Michael Jackson while growing up. Nor did I watch much of Farrah.
I think I was a bit young for them.
However, I do realize that Jackson and Fawcet were icons to the younger side of GenX and maybe some of the older people in GenY. Although I think they were more geared toward GenX.
I’m a GenY who is near the upper middle, so I missed it.
However, here are a few pop icons who GenY associates with:
-John Mayer
-Britney Spears
-Coldplay and Chris Martin
-Eminem
-Backstreet Boys
-Spice Girls
-Christina Aguilera
It’ll be weird when these icons start dying. Not sure why it’s such a big deal to a generation of people. Maybe because when you grow up idolizing someone, you start to associate yourself with them. And when they die, it freaks you out because you realize, “I’m getting old!” Maybe?
Who are some icons I left out that you’d add to the list? Come on, you can think of some. It’s as “easy as 1-2-3. Just like counting, baby.”
C’mon Jake, that’s very whi… non-R&B list of gen y musical idols. You’ve got to include Beyonce, Usher, Kanye West, Alicia Keyes and I’m sure several others who sell as many or more records in the R&B industry. Just tryin’ to be a blessing…
Right. You know when I ask for people to list others, that means I am well aware that there are others. Which means you shouldn’t be upset when I don’t list all of them, as if that’s some big disgrace to Beyonce or something.
Wow I just realized how sarcastic that was. I’m sorry Alan. Really.