What is a pop star? The question sounds simple until you try to answer it. A pop star is not just a singer — plenty of singers are not pop stars. They are not just famous, either. So how do we recognize one? Are they performers? Entertainers? Songwriters? Industry plants or marketing pawns? The definition of a pop star has been built, and continues to be built, by those who have been given that title. Anyone can be an artist, a singer, an interpreter. Not anyone can be a pop
