Pop music CD suitable for an 8 year old?

Abbafan1972

Now Albums are a good option. My 7 year old likes JLS. HMV are doing a special edition of "Jukebox", with cardboard slip cases with individual members on, I've bought my daughter the one with Marvin on.

MaggieBaking

I saw the name of the last poster and was sure you'd be suggesting Abba! :rotfl:

rosalie-lavender

MaggieBaking wrote: »

I saw the name of the last poster and was sure you'd be suggesting Abba! :rotfl:

My daughter who is now 17 has loved Abba since she was about the age of 8.

She also has a big collection of the Now albums so they could be a good choice, to be something that will stay in favour as the op's Niece gets older.

MaggieBaking

Of course! I know my nieces regularly dance to Abba on Spotify

Thanks for the Now recommendations

eamon

But maybe your niece is a budding rock chick or could get into other music forms. Get a cheap DAB radio instead.

alyssajones37

After a long time lurking I logged in, because finally I found a subject I can offer advice with.

How non-suggestive would you like the CD to be? For a lot of children, lyrics will completely go over their heads, but from an adults perspective there are many modern songs that 'could' be deemed unsuitable.

I wouldn't have second thoughts over buying the latest 'now album' - However, although the language is sensored the content isn't. If you are happy with the content in "moves like jagger" (google the lyrics) then it's probably your best bet: It's certainly 'cleaner' than previous Now albums.

It's also best to be aware that a lot of modern songs include sensored language, which means there can be a lot of edits in tracks, but I gave Now 80 a cursory glance and I don't think it'll will be too bad.

If you are unhappy, then your best bet (and forgive me at this point because I love cd's I can't help with the technical details) is to make a mixed cd using MP3 downloads and to check each song individually. JLS, Wanted and Justin Bieber are all marketed towards the younger market and you'll be safe with most things simon cowell related (unless you notice that Matt Cardle's When We Collide is about domestic violence) and they would probably be the best place to start. I would avoid Lady Gaga & Rihanna.

Not an easy task in the noughties, I never thought I'd look back on the westlife/boyzone/blue/backstreet boys era and think what a shame they're not about anymore.

Abbafan1972

MaggieBaking wrote: »

I saw the name of the last poster and was sure you'd be suggesting Abba! :rotfl:

My 7 year old does love Abba too! We have loads of ABBA stuff anyway, so don't need to buy anything. Although I would like the ABBA dancing game for the Wii!

fuzzybear01

alyssajones37 wrote: »

After a long time lurking I logged in, because finally I found a subject I can offer advice with.

How non-suggestive would you like the CD to be? For a lot of children, lyrics will completely go over their heads, but from an adults perspective there are many modern songs that 'could' be deemed unsuitable.

I wouldn't have second thoughts over buying the latest 'now album' - However, although the language is sensored the content isn't. If you are happy with the content in "moves like jagger" (google the lyrics) then it's probably your best bet: It's certainly 'cleaner' than previous Now albums.

It's also best to be aware that a lot of modern songs include sensored language, which means there can be a lot of edits in tracks, but I gave Now 80 a cursory glance and I don't think it'll will be too bad.

If you are unhappy, then your best bet (and forgive me at this point because I love cd's I can't help with the technical details) is to make a mixed cd using MP3 downloads and to check each song individually. JLS, Wanted and Justin Bieber are all marketed towards the younger market and you'll be safe with most things simon cowell related (unless you notice that Matt Cardle's When We Collide is about domestic violence) and they would probably be the best place to start. I would avoid Lady Gaga & Rihanna.

Not an easy task in the noughties, I never thought I'd look back on the westlife/boyzone/blue/backstreet boys era and think what a shame they're not about anymore.

I echo this completely. Also, Steps have reformed and have a greatest hits album out. I doubt there is anything offensive on there

MaggieBaking

alyssajones37 wrote: »

After a long time lurking I logged in, because finally I found a subject I can offer advice with.

How non-suggestive would you like the CD to be? For a lot of children, lyrics will completely go over their heads, but from an adults perspective there are many modern songs that 'could' be deemed unsuitable.

I wouldn't have second thoughts over buying the latest 'now album' - However, although the language is sensored the content isn't. If you are happy with the content in "moves like jagger" (google the lyrics) then it's probably your best bet: It's certainly 'cleaner' than previous Now albums.

It's also best to be aware that a lot of modern songs include sensored language, which means there can be a lot of edits in tracks, but I gave Now 80 a cursory glance and I don't think it'll will be too bad.

If you are unhappy, then your best bet (and forgive me at this point because I love cd's I can't help with the technical details) is to make a mixed cd using MP3 downloads and to check each song individually. JLS, Wanted and Justin Bieber are all marketed towards the younger market and you'll be safe with most things simon cowell related (unless you notice that Matt Cardle's When We Collide is about domestic violence) and they would probably be the best place to start. I would avoid Lady Gaga & Rihanna.

Not an easy task in the noughties, I never thought I'd look back on the westlife/boyzone/blue/backstreet boys era and think what a shame they're not about anymore.

Thank you for this

I had a listen to all of the songs in the "Ultimate Pop Princesses" album http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultimate-Pop-Princesses-Various-Artists/dp/B005C8VQUI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1323426908&sr=8-2 and I was ok with them. I'm sure some of the sentiments her Dad wont appreciate it - but hell, my niece told me 2 or 3 years ago that she wanted to be like Barbie when she grew up because she could look pretty and it didn't matter if she wasn't clever :eek: (something like that, I was so appalled I forgot the exact words!)

Now 80 was a close second, but I've noticed from her Spotify tastes that she seems more into Cheryl Cole and Lady Gaga than boys singing. I quite like the UPPs album as it's songs from the past 3 years or so - which often gives you a better collection than 1 year.

After a lot of suggestions I did consider buying her a JLS album too as she's pretty much at that age - but she hasn't shown any interest in boy bands (yet) and I didn't want to push her into her first crush.

As for all the boy bands you mention, I was a 5ive fan thank you very much - and they were VERY suggestive! :rotfl:

I had a secret love of Steps too, so thanks Fuzzybear, a good album choice too.

And it's ooonnnnnnnneeeee for soorrrrroooowww............

pinkie_pie

My 5yo dd had the pop princess cd for her birthday and Ive bought her the princess christmas cd for christmas (think its disney princess from memory as opposed to pop princess!)

My oh didn't entirely like some of the sentiments behind the lyrics on the pop princess cd however I'm not too worried, she likes the music and the language at least is clean.

I'm wondering what cd to buy my son for christmas, he's 7. I'm not keen on the now CDs as previously said they seem to have a lot of 'fillers' on them. He too is a big fan of Abba, he has the mamma mia soundtrack