Rebecca Black

Rebecca Black (born June 21, 1997) is an American pop singer who gained worldwide attention with her 2011 single "Friday". Her mother paid $4,000 to have the single and an accompanying music video put out as a vanity release through the record label ARK Music Factory. The song was co-written and produced by Clarence Jey and Patrice Wilson of ARK Music Factory. After the video went viral on YouTube and other social media sites, "Friday" was derided by many music critics and viewers, who dubbed it "the worst song ever." The music video, uploaded to YouTube, has received more than 160 million views, causing Black to gain international attention as a "viral star".

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Early life

Rebecca Black was born on June 21, 1997,[5][6] in Anaheim, California.[6] She is the daughter of John Jeffery Black and Georgina Marquez Kelly, both veterinarians,[1][7] and is of Spanish, Italian, Polish, and English descent.[8] An honor student,[6] Black studied dance, auditioned for school shows, attended music summer camps, and began singing publicly in 2008 after joining the patriotic group Celebration USA.[6]
Music career

In late 2010, a classmate of Black and music-video client of ARK Music Factory, a Los Angeles label, told her about the company.[9] Black's mother paid $4,000 for Ark Music to produce her daughter's music video while the Blacks retained ownership of the master.[1] The single, "Friday", written entirely by Ark, was released on YouTube and iTunes. The song's video was uploaded to YouTube on February 10, 2011, and received approximately 1,000 views in the first month.[6] The video went viral on March 11, 2011, acquiring millions of views on YouTube in a matter of days, becoming the most-talked-about topic on social networking site Twitter,[10] and garnering mostly negative media coverage.[11] As of June 14, 2011, the video had received more than 3,190,000 "dislikes" on YouTube compared to more than 451,000 "likes".[12] As of March 22, 2011, first-week sales of her digital single were estimated to be around 40,000 by Billboard.[13] Black appeared on the March 22, 2011 episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, during which she performed the single and discussed the negative reaction to it.[14] The song has peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 and the New Zealand Singles Chart at number 58 and 33, respectively.[15][16] In the UK, the song debuted at number 61 on the UK Singles Chart.[17]
In an interview with The Sun, Black said that she is recording a new song for possible release as a single. She is currently working without a record deal. She also said that she is preparing materials for her debut album at Flying Pig Productions studio in Los Angeles containing songs with themes similar to that of "Friday", as she wants it to be "appropriate and clean."[18] Black teamed up with Funny or Die on April Fools Day (the site was renamed Friday or Die) for a series of videos, including one which addresses the controversy about the driving kids in her music video, stating "We so excited about safety."[19] She has also stated that she is a fan of Justin Bieber, and expressed interest in performing a duet with him.[20]
In response to the YouTube video of "Friday", Black began to receive death threats in late February 2011, specifically by phone and email.[21] These threats are being investigated by the Anaheim Police Department.[22]
In March 2011, Ryan Seacrest reportedly helped sign Rebecca to manager Debra Baum's DB Entertainment.[23]
MTV selected Rebecca to host its first online awards show, the O Music Awards Fan Army Party in April 2011.[24]
As a homage to "Friday", Black appears in the music video for Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)",[25] in which Black plays alongside Perry as the hostess of a party Perry attends.
"Friday" was also performed on the second season of Glee in the episode, "Prom Queen," which originally aired May 10, 2011. When asked about why the song was covered on Glee, show creator Ryan Murphy replied, "The show pays tribute to pop culture and, love it or hate it, that song is pop culture."[26]
Black is set to release a self-produced single called My Moment on July 18, with an accompanying music video, as well as a digital 5-track EP in August.[27]
Discography

Singles
Title Year Peak chart positions
AUS
Digital
[28] CAN
[29] IRL
[30] NZ
[16] UK
[17] US
[31]
"Friday" 2011 40 61 46 33 60 58
Other releases
It was reported the follow up single of Rebecca Black would be "LOL". Parts of the song appeared on YouTube with part of the lyrics as: "BFF / You make me LOL / When I get your text / I ROTFL". It was recorded in a music production house in Los Angeles called Flying Pigs. However the release of the follow-up single was postponed.[32]
Awards and nominations

In April 2011, the MTV O Music Awards, one of the annual awards established by MTV to honor the art, creativity, personality and technology of music into the digital space nominated "Which Seat Can I Take?" for "Favorite Animated GIF" that included footage by Rebecca Black featuring 50 Cent and Bert.
Year Nominated work Award Result
2011 "Which Seat Can I Take?"
(50 Cent, Rebecca Black, Bert) Favorite Animated GIF Nominated
Popular culture

Black appears as herself in the music video of Katy Perry's single "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)". She appears as the host of a party in the house next door to that of "Kathy Beth Terry". At the end of the video Perry attempts to blame the excesses of the party (which had subsequently moved to her own house) on Black, only for her parents (Corey Feldman and Debbie Gibson) to disbelieve her.
She has since been repeatedly mentioned on the fictional Terry's facebook and twitter pages, as well as during an in-character interview with DigitalSpy.
References from Wikipedia.com

Rebecca Black's Death Threats Under Investigation

YouTube sensation Rebecca Black has recently received death threats serious enough that the police are looking into them.

Reuters is reporting that the Anaheim police are investigating two death threats made against Black, 13, who is best known for her much-maligned internet hit 'Friday.'

A spokesman for the Anaheim Police is quoted saying, "In essence the threats were related to getting the music off the Internet or they were going to kill her."

The spokesmen continued, "We can't validate how serious they are, but we do take it seriously."

It was reported that one death threat came by phone and the other by email.

Officers are keeping an extra eye out on Black as they investigated the messages which were made through her production and management companies.

Black's song 'Friday' has generated more than 110 million views on YouTube

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Rebecca Black: Get Ready for 'Smashin’ Beats' and Less “Auto-tune”

 

Rebecca Black is busy getting her next “hit” ready. The 13-year-old Internet sensation who went viral with her debut single “Friday” wants the world to know there is more genius to come. And “no auto tune” to boot!

Rebecca turned to Twitter to fill fans in on some exciting news.

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She added: “Also get ready to hear what I actually sound like…without a ton of autotune.”

“Friday” was heavily auto-tuned making it the subject of much criticism.

The singer also has reason to celebrate as she was nominated for an O Music Awards — MTV’s first annual award show dedicated to Web-based nominees and being promoted as “a celebration of digital music.”

Her fans Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga were also nominated!

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Snoop Dogg on Rebecca Black: (I Love Sensations Like That)

 

Rebecca Black’s sudden hit single “Friday” recently took the web world by storm. And, while celebrities have mixed opinions on the overnight internet sensation, Snoop Dogg is on the 13-year-old artist’s side.

“I thought it was dope,” Snoop told OK! exclusively at the 2011 Kid’s Choice Awards in L.A. on Saturday of Rebecca’s unexpected hit song, “I love sensations like that, you know, things that become hot.”

The seasoned rapper even had some advice for the young new star on what she should be working on for the future.

“Make another one! Call it “Saturday” come on back!” Snoop joked to OK! at USC’s Galen Center of what Rebecca should call her next song.

Rebecca recently spoofed herself on April Fool’s day, taking over the site Funny or Die.

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Rebecca Black Spoofs 'Friday' Success in Funny or Die Clip

 

In an acquisition that will go down in corporate finance history, 'Friday' singer Rebecca Black has bought FunnyOrDie.com and is now the chief executive officer of the entertainment website,

according to a Funny Or Die press release.

Although this April Fools' Day announcement puts Black on top of the Funny or Die totem pole just today, we wouldn't put it past the ambitious 13-year-old to make similar moves in the future.

But for today only, Black hasn't wasted any time putting her stamp on the comedic empire, already renaming the site to FridayOrDie.com.

"Friday belongs to me, and now Funny Or Die belongs to me," CEO Black said. "I can't be any more clear about this other than this -- yesterday was Thursday, Thursday, today is Friday or Die-Day, tomorrow is Saturday."

Part of the release joked that after AOL's reported $306 million offer of acquisition, executives agreed that they were holding out for a buyer who could really take the site to the next level, someone who could speak to a younger audience.

They found their answer in the young and talented Black, who managed to take a non-existent career to the top of the charts in roughly the amount of time it takes to weasel your way out of gym class.

Of her deep desire to make music a part of her life before her 'Friday' success, Black explained, "I would just do whatever I could to make music. I'd play 'Rock Band' with my friends or hum a song in the school hallway."

We can only imagine what this Internet phenom turned business mogul will accomplish before her 14th birthday.

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Miley Cyrus Slams Rebecca Black and said : ( She Is Not Single)

 

Miley Cyrus was once a burgeoning 13-year-old star herself, so why is she hating on young Rebecca Black?

"It should be harder to be an artist," Cyrus pined to Australia's Daily Telegraph when asked about

the rising viral sensation and her new song, 'Friday.' "You shouldn't just be able to put a song on YouTube and go out on tour."

Cyrus is no stranger to controversy, but to be fair, she has held it together better than most child-turned-adult stars. Upon turning 18 she's had to face the near-divorce of her parents, racy photos being leaked, the cancellation of 'Hannah Montana' and, of course, the whole salvia bong-smoking incident. But don't look for her to take to the social airwaves to complain about it.

"I do not tweet, I do not social network, I try to stay out of it," she admitted. "For me, I complain enough about people knowing too much about my private life, so to go out there and exploit myself would be silly and hypocritical of what I stand for."

Cyrus is dealing with it the way she was raised by her father Billy Ray Cyrus to deal with it: by singing. "I don't lip-sync," she said proudly. "I would rather someone say I sang like crap than have people see me lip-sync."

Scaling back her stage performance, Cyrus was interviewed by The Daily Telegraph in advance of the Australian leg of her 'Gypsy Heart' tour, and she was excited to share that this set of shows features fewer costume changes, some acoustic songs and a set list influenced by shout-outs from the crowd -- all for a ticket price under $100. But will she be traveling alone?

"I don't want to cross out the Australian boys, but I may or may not be single ... I'm definitely not coming to Australia single."

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Miley Cyrus on Rebecca Black: (It Should Be Harder to Be An Artist)

 

While Simon Cowell, Lady Gaga, Chris Brown, Nick Jonas and Justin Bieber may support Rebecca Black, you won’t find Miley Cyrus covering or praising her catchy ditty “Friday.” The 18-year-old

singer voiced her opinion on the 13-year-old Internet sensation in a recent interview, and she didn’t have anything nice to say.

From her salvia bong incident to family drama and relationship scandals, the 18-year-old singer is now remaining very focused on her singing career, which she has no regrets about.

“It should be harder to be an artist,” Miley told Australia’s Daily Telegraph, via the New York Daily News. “You shouldn’t just be able to put a song on YouTube and go out on tour.”

Rebecca, who gained more than 16 million YouTube views in less than a week after debuting the heavily auto-tuned song “Friday” which has now reached over 65 million views, is on track to make hundreds of thousands of dollars from her catchy song.

Even Lady Gaga praised Rebecca’s work, Tweeting recently: “I say Rebecca Black is a genius and that anybody telling her she’s cheesy is full of s**t.”

But Miley is far from impressed.

“I would rather someone say I sang like crap, than have people see me lip-sync,” she said. “There’ll be acoustic things, songs I’ve never done on tour before.”

Looks like the former Disney star won’t be following the path of ex Nick Jonas or JB when it comes to covering “Friday.”

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Rebecca Black is a Belieber She Has a 'Mini Shrine' of Justin Bieber in Her Room: (I’m So Dorky)

 

If you hadn’t heard Rebecca Black is Belieber, don’t worry, she will keep reminding you! The 13-year-old Internet sensation is a huge fan of Justin Bieber and continues to endorse the 17-year-old

singing heartthrob during interviews. She also has begged him to do a duet with her, but no bite from The Biebs yet. But maybe if she keeps paying homage to her “mini shrine” of the star, some magic will happen!

In a recent interview, via The Gossip Girls blog, “I am so dorky when it comes to Justin Bieber. I have a little mini shrine in my room.”

She also revealed that if Justin said yes to her duet request, “I would scream at the top of my lungs and possibly not be able to sing again.”

Rebecca also told Entertainment Weekly recently that she hopes her career emulates that of The Biebes and/or his girlfriend’s Selena Gomez.

“I would love to be like Justin Bieber or Selena Gomez. They were catapulted into stardom when they were so young — like I was — and they still haven’t gone down the wrong path and I hope neither or them will. I find that really inspiring.”

“Justin Bieber I find an inspiration overall: I love his music, he’s adorable and I love that he’s so young and so big,” she added.

She also Tweeted over the weekend: “3wordstoliveby: wesoexcited …or… 'neversaynever” in regards to now famous lyrics from her hit “Friday” and JB’s movie Never Say Never.

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Rebecca Black Responds to Lady Gaga’s ‘Genius’ Compliment: (It’s So Surreal)

 

Rebecca Black’s “Friday” is at 46,974,057 and climbing. She has interviewed on Good Morning America, performed on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and at only 13, she is stretching her

philanthropic arm, donating most of her YouTube and iTunes proceeds from her hit single to earthquake and tsunami disasters in Japan. With celebrities like Lady Gaga, Simon Cowell and Nicole Richie at her side, seems like the sky’s the limit. So how does she feel?

Excited. Crazy. Surreal. Every adjective you would use to describe a a 13-year-old singer who was launched to super stardom thanks to a viral music video.

Entertainment Weekly interviewed the internet sensation from Orange County yesterday who only made the video for fun with her friends with some help from a production company. And she still remains unsigned.

In response to Lady Gaga’s compliment, “I say Rebecca Black is a genius and anyone telling her she’s cheesy is full of it,” Rebecca gushed to, “That’s so cool! I feel so star-struck, even though I haven’t met her. It’s so surreal, it’s so crazy. I was just listening to ‘Born this Way.’ I really love all of her songs, I have almost every song of hers on my iPod and I think she’s really a lyrical genius. Her songs are just so upbeat and fun and catchy.”

With the success of her video on YouTube, how is Rebecca handling the incoming cash flow with Ark Music, the company that wrote and produced the smash hit?

“I own the song. I have full rights to the song, so they really don’t get anything. I’m pretty sure it’s a 100 to 0 situation. The only thing we paid for was to buy full rights.

But Rebecca is putting her income to good use, donating most of the proceeds to the devastation in Japan.

“I felt really bad about [the disaster in Japan]. I’ve always wanted to do something about all natural disasters, and I realized now is my big opportunity where I can really help.”

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Rebecca Black : I Would Love to Be Like Justin Bieber or Selena Gomez in Five Years

 

Rebecca Black is not giving up the dream of doing a duet with Justin Bieber, and she also plans to follow The Biebs’ track to success. The 13-year-old singer will not be a one hit wonder and reveals

that she hopes her career reaches the same level of superstardom as JB and his girlfriend Selena Gomez.

When Entertainment Weekly asked the young singer which celebrity she wants to be like in five years, can you guess what she responded?

“I would love to be like Justin Bieber or Selena Gomez. They were catapulted into stardom when they were so young — like I was — and they still haven’t gone down the wrong path and I hope neither or them will. I find that really inspiring.”

We hope Rebecca gets her wish!

As for her other favorite singers, Rebecca shared, “Well, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Rihanna — those are my favorites, definitely.”

“Justin Bieber I find an inspiration overall: I love his music, he’s adorable and I love that he’s so young and so big,” she added.

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Rebecca Black Respects Rihanna for (How She Came Out of The Chris Brown Thing)

 

Justin Bieber isn’t the only artist Rebecca Black looks up to! The 13-year-old Internet singing sensation also loves Rihanna, and not only for her powerhouse singing chops.

Rebecca respects Rihanna for how she handled herself after the 2009 assault involving her then-boyfriend Chris Brown.

“Rihanna, how she came out of the Chris Brown thing so strong, that is amazing to me,”Rebecca told Entertainment Weekly when asked what artists she looks up to.

Both artists have worked hard to but the past behind them, Chris struggling the most with trying to move on. The 22-year-old singer had a meltdown Tuesday after an interview with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America where  he was asked about legal issues stemming from the 2009 assault case.

He has issued his apologies and is trying to focus on promoting his latest album F.A.M.E.

While on his promotional tour, Chris was asked about Rebecca’s viral hit, and at first he mocked the ditty, but then ended up endorsing it.

“Honest opinion? It was great. I’ll be jammin’ to it on Friday, Friday,” he sang on Washington’s Hot 99.5 radio station during an interview last week.

So what does the future of Rebecca’s career have in store?

“That’s not a question you should ask me,”  she told EW. “My parents just throw song ideas at me, and I’ve been listening to a billion different songs.”

And her goal is to get people moving with future hits.

“Dance anthem-like stuff, very teen-like pop songs, stuff like that,” Rebecca said of future songs she is planning.

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Rebecca Black Biography,Rebecca Black Bio

 

Rebecca Black loves to sing, dance and act, and she is always looking to try something new. Now in 8th grade, she landed the lead role in her school musical, Oklahoma!  She started dance classes

when she was three years old and has continued studying dance since. She studied Jazz, Ballet, Hip Hop, and Tap. She starred in a local commercial when she was 7 for the building toy Puzzlecraft. She participated in a patriotic performing group. performing at over 50 locations including singing the Star Spangled Banner at the Angels Stadium. At age 11, she signed with a modeling management company. She started vocal lessons at 10 years old, and she’s continued with it ever since. Singing is her passion, and it’s what she loves to do.  In the summers of 2008 and 2009 she participated in a musical theatre summer camp. When she started going to her local public school, she immediately auditioned for musical theatre, and now succeeds with flying colors. She starred in the school’s rendition of Guys and Dolls, and their variety shows such as Showtime America, Broadway, USA, and Star Search. This past summer, she visited New York and participated in various workshops with cast members of West Side Story, Memphis, and In the Heights.

Fun Facts

Full Name: Rebecca Black

Age: 13

Stays away from fast food, but likes McChicken

Likes the show Parks & Recreation

Favorite Song is “Always” by Panic! at the Disco

The phrase “Black Plague” was coined describing the fever of her fans.

Her Video “Friday” rocketed to 15,000,000 views in the first couple of days it was released 

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Lady Gaga: (Rebecca Black Is a Genius)

 

Lady Gaga's mission to create a more tolerant culture extends to everyone, even much-maligned YouTube sensation Rebecca Black.

Black, a 13-year-old whose heavily Auto-Tuned single, 'Friday,' has generated an overwhelmingly negative response from Internet users across the world, is getting some unlikely support from Mother Monster herself.

During the Q+A section of 'Google Goes Gaga,' the 'Born This Way' singer said, "I say Rebecca Black is a genius and that anybody telling her she's cheesy is full of s**t."

Countless critics have panned 'Friday,' penned by Ark Music Factory, calling it everything from the "worst song ever" to "the most appalling thing on the Internet," leaving Black feeling "cyber-bullied."

Gaga, who has been outspoken in her anti-bullying efforts, admitting that she herself was bullied at school, said of the dangers of our highly critical and tech-savvy culture, "I, too, am a child of the dot-com era... That's the thing about fame that is difficult because if you screw up ... Google. It's there."

Above style or shock value, Gaga says that if she could choose what people would remember about her decades from now, it would be, "Her music gave me an identity when I didn't belong."

Watch 'Google Goes Gaga.'

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Willow Smith to Rebecca Black on twitter : (NO More Bieber fever)

 

Willow Smith is jumping on the Rebecca Black bandwagon. Justin Bieber’s “lil sis” — and opening act on his tour — turned to her Twitter this weekend to give a special shout-out to the Internet

sensation, who has been begging to do a duet with The Biebs!

Willow took to her Twitter and recognized the 13-year-old singer with the following message:

Rebecca was so flattered that she re-Tweeted Willow’s message on her new official Twitter account which was created last Friday with the help of Ryan Seacrest.

Rebecca also received a Tweet from JB himself, a semi-response after she asked him last week on GMA: “Justin, if you’re watching this right now, would you do a duet with me?” she asked the teen heartthrob. “That would be just unreal — it would make my life!”

Justin Tweeted on Saturday, “sunday comes after saturday? weird.”

Doesn’t seem like Justin is on board with the “Rebecca Black Plague.” Maybe Willow will win him over.

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Justin Bieber Tweets About Rebecca Black: (Sunday Comes After Saturday?)

 

While appearing on Good Morning America, Rebecca Black asked Justin Bieber if he would sing a duet with her. Well, there’s been no official response from The Biebs just yet, but he didn’t Tweet

about Rebecca over the weekend.

Rebecca not only has Bieber Fever, but she’s also been compared to the singer after her song “Friday” and YouTube music video went viral.

Despite her viral status, not everyone is a fan of Rebecca’s music. The 13 year old appeared on GMA last week to defend her singing talents and also had the opportunity to send a message to her idol.

“Justin, if you’re watching this right now, would you do a duet with me?” she asked the teen heartthrob. “That would be just unreal — it would make my life!”

She even then encouraged her Twitter followers to spread the word to Justin. So what did he have to say?

Justin Tweeted on Saturday, “sunday comes after saturday? weird.”

Not sure about you, but it sounds to us like Justin’s kind of making fun of Rebecca’s “Friday” song lyrics?

What do you make out of Justin’s Tweet? Do you think that’s pretty much a “no” to singing a duet with her?

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Rebecca Black Asks Justin Bieber (Would You Sing a Duet With Me) VIDEO

 

Not only did Rebecca Black have the opportunity to defend her song “Friday” on Good Morning America this morning, but she also got the chance to ask Justin Bieber a question.

Love her or hate her, it’s possible you may have one thing in common with 13-year-old Rebecca Black — Bieber Fever.

Rebecca has even beat Bieber on the iTunes Top 100 chart now!

“Do you have a message for Justin right now,” Good Morning America asked Rebecca.

“Justin, if you’re watching this right now, would you do a duet with me?” she asked The Biebs. “That would be just unreal — it would make my life!”

So far Justin hasn’t given Rebecca an answer, but we’ll keep you posted!

Watch Rebecca’s message to Bieber below!

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Rebecca Black New Single (PROM NIGHT)

 

Rebecca Black New Single (PROM NIGHT)

Rebecca Black - Friday (Music VIDEO)

 

Rebecca Black - Friday (Music VIDEO)