Female Recording Artist Questions

1. What other kinds of demographic factors such as age, ethnicity, or class shape their fan base?

Britney Spears has a wide range of fans that have supported her throughout the years, additionally there has been a large portion of fans that have drifted from her as time elapsed and her image changed. For instance, initially, Britney targeted young teeny bopper girls who were looking for a talented role model, yet as her fame grew some of her fans dropped due to her racy image. Britney targets most ethnicities, possibly primarily young white girls from upper- upper-middle class families. As Britney's image matured, her fan base transformed into young males who found her "sexy" and attractive.

2. Is the Britney Spears audience seem to be male dominated or female dominated? Rock n roll audience? What difference emerge between male and female fans?

It seems that many of Britney's top supporters and fans are dominantly female, yet there is a great portion of male supporters, mainly because she can be considered by some as "hot" or "sexy." There is a certain aura of rock n roll that the Britney Spears name embodies, but in a much different way than U2. It seems that U2 has bee timeless, and around much longer than Spears, therefore they have sculpted their name into something much different. She represents youth and rock n roll, a mainstream pop culture rock n roll. Furthermore, there are some very strong differences that exist between her male and female fans. It seems the girls are listening because they like the beat to her songs and like to learn more in depth about who she is whereas the male audience simple watches and idolizes Spears for tangible reasons, because as noted before, she is attractive and desirable.