What is a girl group?
Q: What is a girl group?
A: A girl group is a music group with a group of female singers who normally harmonise together.
Q: When did the popularity of girl groups peak?
A: The popularity of girl groups peaked in the late 1950s and early 1960s, between the decline of early rock and roll and the British Invasion.
Q: How were earlier American girl groups formed?
A: Earlier American girl groups were mostly self-organised, made up of girls who knew each other and often grew up together.
Q: Who was America's most successful vocal group of all time?
A: The Supremes were America's most successful vocal group of all time.
Q: How did later pop music groups form?
A: Later pop music groups were usually created by public relations professionals to meet a market need.
Q: What was different about earlier and later pop music groups?
A: Earlier pop music groups had usually sung together and socialised together before they formed up as a group, while later pop music groups were deliberately chosen for variety so that all sections of the audience would have at least one member they could identify with.
Q: What are digital sales in popular music?
A: Digital sales are now the most important way to measure success in popular music in many parts of the world.
