“Bark” (Singer on Kidz Bop “W.A.P.”): Alvin sent this beautiful gift basket after the song hit big. Raffi (Canadian Singer): No one wanted to hear me play “Baby Beluga” after that. I’m never recording again.” Alvin purposefully smoked cigarettes afterwards to ruin his beautiful falsetto voice. Also Cartoon Anthropomorphic Chipmunks): Alvin said that? Not surprised. There was no way we could go on.Īnd The Chipmunks (Alvin’s former backing group. And it absolutely ruined me.Īnthony Field (“Blue Wiggle” of The Wiggles): I remember exactly where we were when we first witnessed Kidz Bop “W.A.P.” It was right before we went on stage. The Effect on the Children’s Song-Writing CommunityĪlvin (Cartoon Anthropomorphic Chipmunk): I’ve always felt the same about that song. Leave the rain jacket to dry so it’s not wet, just plushy

The only remnant of their work is the registered domain “ /ChildrenzBangers“īring a bucket and a mop for this wet and plushy This spurred Spotify to create their own Kidz Bop-like division before mysteriously abandoning the project. Ryan Schreiber (CEO of, and 7.1 on, Pitchfork): Tidal won the rights. The huge sales numbers resulted in a bidding war for exclusive streaming rights. Todd Boehly (Non-Bill CEO of Billboard): The song was a success for multiple reasons: it was a certified bop, Kidz Bop had their top three singers on it, and the x-factor–scores of millennials bought the song as a novelty.

I couldn’t go anywhere without being hounded. Sierra M (Singer on Kidz Bop “W.A.P.”): That first week was crazy. The song quickly shot up the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, selling ten million records in one week. With the anniversary of Kidz Bop 42 coming up next week, we here at Vulture decided to take a closer look at the album’s smash hit, their version of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “W.A.P.”

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