The online revolution has had a huge impact on every artist all over the world, in some cases it being an advantage, but in others it also having its down sides.
The online revolution meant that artists could now become more well known as they were able to sign up to social networking websites and also upload videos onto posting websites such as YouTube.com, for people to watch all over the world. But with this came its down sides, illegal downloading has hit all artists hard. Illegal downloading on software such as Limewire has cost many artists lots of money as more and more people are beginning to spend less money for the music that they now listen to.
It is not only the illegal downloading that has lost the artists sales on the internet, it has also lots them sales in the shops.
An artist that has used the online revolution to their advantage is the Arctic Monkeys. They started off by just posting their music onto a social networking site, myspace.com where they gained popularity. After having many listeners they began to hold gigs and each week they would see more and more people turn out in their numbers. Eventually they were scouted by a major record label "the domino effect" and have had success since then.
Other artist that has made it huge (and is still on the up) is sixteen year old Justin Bieber who started off by posting videos onto YouTube.com. After receiving millions of views he was approached by Global popstar Usher who asked him if he would collaborate with him, an offer he could not refuse, and from then on Justin hasn't looked back.
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