论文信息 - Superstardom in the US popular music industry revisited

Superstardom in the US popular music industry revisited

We provide empirical tests of the hypothesis that there were ‘superstars’ in the U.S. popular music industry between 1955 and 2003. Using different measures of artists’ successes, we reject a particular version of the superstar hypothesis. This contradicts earlier findings and indicates the sensitivity of the conclusions to the choice of ‘stardom’ measure.

D. Giles | David E. A. Giles

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