Although image in the music industry is known for having a lot of positive effects, it has also negatively affected the careers of some popular music artist. When a music artist has created a certain image for themselves, society becomes familiar with that image. If an artist decides to change their image they may be ridiculed or harassed by the paparazzi and their fans may be disappointed. Miley Cyrus is a great pop singer who became famous from the old television show known as “Hannah Montana.” Miley Cyrus was able to start a great career in the music industry as a pop singer. Most of her fans were teenage girls that looked up to Miley Cyrus and her television character, Hannah Montana. As Miley grew older she started experimenting with things that were outside of the image that society had placed on her. As a result, Hannah Montana wasn’t being viewed on Disney Channel and the media turned Miley’s image into something that needed to be looked down upon. In reality, Miley was only being a teenager, but society wasn’t willing to consider the fact that all humans make mistakes. Eventually, Miley continued to rebel against the innocent image that everyone expected her to have. She began to change her image by hanging around with a different crowd, cutting her hair and doing the opposite of what society expected. Miley brought attention to herself by “twerking” on stage with a few hip hop artists. This bold move captured the attention of the media and Miley became noticed for a completely different image. A lot of her fans were turned away, but Miley gained a new group of fans who appreciated the new image she had created for herself. As she gained a new fan base, she began to release new music. She started working on a new album and worked her way back into the spotlight with a more bizarre image. A lot of people from her culture are still against how she portrays herself in the music industry, but Miley’s career is finally back on the rise. Image has become important in the music industry because it influences your career.

I created a survey to get more opinions from different people on Facebook. After posting my survey online, ten people decided to participate. I wanted to know what people thought was valued more in our world between talent and image. Fifty percent of the participants believed that talent is valued more. Forty percent felt that both talent and imaged have equal value, but only ten percent of the participant said that imaged was valued more than talent. These percentages seemed to be what I expected from the general question because there are a lot of industries in our world that seem to be focused on both the talent and image of those in their specific industry. There are also a lot of industries that focus more on talent while others focus on the images of others. About eighty percent of my participants are people who listen to music very often, the other twenty percent is considered to listen to music some but not often. Seven out of ten people who took my survey said that the appearance or image of a music artist is important. In the music industry a lot of music artist may seem to change their image after they become famous. Ninety percent of my participants agree that the artist do change their image while ten percent chose to disagree. Fashion has also become a big part of the music industry. Most music artists are shown wearing designer clothes, or creating unique or bizarre fashion trends. I asked my participants if they thought that music artists get more attention when they are more fashionable; Ninety percent of the participants believe that this was true about music artist while ten percent agreed that it happens sometimes. Finally I decided to ask them what they believed the music industry valued more between talent and image. Ninety percent of the participants believe that image is valued more in the music industry while ten percent believe that talent is valued more than image.