What's the difference between a star and a superstar?
Sept 18, 2018 2:04:14 GMT
Post by Soul Pinata on Sept 18, 2018 2:04:14 GMT
dmiller458 really wants to know.
dmiller458:
What separates the professional musician from the rock star? And what separates the star from the superstar? Is it huge hits?
What separates the professional musician from the rock star? And what separates the star from the superstar? Is it huge hits?
dmiller458:
Then help me out here. What separates the star from the superstar?
Then help me out here. What separates the star from the superstar?
dmiller458:
One smash hit/signature song can make a star, but what separates the star from the superstar?
One smash hit/signature song can make a star, but what separates the star from the superstar?
dmiller458:
But you had to qualify it by saying "within their young demographic". Two gold albums doesn't make the 1975 into superstars by anyone's definition.
But you had to qualify it by saying "within their young demographic". Two gold albums doesn't make the 1975 into superstars by anyone's definition.
dmiller458:
I think we might have different definitions for what constitutes a superstar band. KISS doesn't have 19 US number one albums (Beatles). Aerosmith doesn't have nine number ones (Stones). Nirvana and Pearl Jam don't have seven (Zeppelin, U2)
I think we might have different definitions for what constitutes a superstar band. KISS doesn't have 19 US number one albums (Beatles). Aerosmith doesn't have nine number ones (Stones). Nirvana and Pearl Jam don't have seven (Zeppelin, U2)
dmiller458:
Hall & Oates is regarded as a pop act because they are a pop act. Comparing them or almost any act to Pink Floyd is kind of unfair though. They were stars, not superstars. And the 80s was an era of superstars.
Hall & Oates is regarded as a pop act because they are a pop act. Comparing them or almost any act to Pink Floyd is kind of unfair though. They were stars, not superstars. And the 80s was an era of superstars.
dmiller458:
What separates the pop star from the superstar? Is it Diamond Certification (10 million in the US)? To take the rest of the world into account, do we double that?
What separates the pop star from the superstar? Is it Diamond Certification (10 million in the US)? To take the rest of the world into account, do we double that?
dmiller458:
One last question and I promise to quit annoying you. Based the numbers that you seen so far, is there a number that you can reasonably say that separates the star from the superstar?
One last question and I promise to quit annoying you. Based the numbers that you seen so far, is there a number that you can reasonably say that separates the star from the superstar?
dmiller458:
I've always wondered what the difference is between a star and a superstar. To me, the difference is diamond certification
I've always wondered what the difference is between a star and a superstar. To me, the difference is diamond certification
dmiller458:
And international success marks the difference between the star and the superstar
And international success marks the difference between the star and the superstar
dmiller458:
I guess anyone can make up their own definition of superstar.
I guess anyone can make up their own definition of superstar.
