*A great body. Sorry if I sound mean, but I'm telling the honest truth. Unless you have an almost superhuman talent, they'll never hire you if you're not pretty.
*Charming performance qualities. You have to be fun to watch, and connect with your audience.
*The look. You have to have that confident, star-quality persona about you.
*You must have connections to somebody who can offer you a record deal.
Don't listen to those people below---it's not at all easy to become a famous singer. It's not like you can just go to a bar, do some karaoke and expect to be an American sensation. It has happened, but those are total exceptions. And even if you win American Idol, who says that you're going to be famous? The only American Idol winner that has made any albums not related to American Idol is Kelly Clarkson. There are hundreds of thousands of very talented singers who spend their whole life as waitresses in futile hopes that they will get discovered. And I hate to break it to you, but if you are planning on becoming a famous singer, you might as well give up now unless you have all of the qualities I've mentioned above, because if you don't, it's probably not gonna happen. [ TheHeadHonchoPoncho57's advice column | Ask TheHeadHonchoPoncho57 A Question ]
lilly_pads79 answered Sunday July 9 2006, 1:20 pm: There are many ways, one way is to hire a talent agent and he will book you some work. Another way is American Idol but that steals most of your profit. Oh and also if by some random chance of luck you can get noticed by a scout or you could try out for contests! In order to do all of this though you first off have to have a good singing voice. Hope for the best!
mrbrodie answered Friday July 7 2006, 4:47 pm: If your a talented singer you should do well. But whether nor not you'll become famous or not is based strongly on luck (i.e. if your seen by a certain scout at a certain time)...work hard and it will increase your chances though. Good luck :) [ mrbrodie's advice column | Ask mrbrodie A Question ]
Lola answered Friday July 7 2006, 4:26 pm: First of all, real singers have to have a talent in singing, meaning that they should have a good voice and i hope you have one. Second of all,you can go to centers and take singing lesssons, and try to sign up for auditions anywhere, or go sing for charity concerts, and then you'd know people's reactions, and who knows, mabye you'd turn out to be a famous singer. You could also try to play an instrument , because it kind of attracts people more to a singer. For example, the lead singer of coldplay, he sings and he plays the piano in the same time. Moreover,most of the rock lead singers sing and play the guitar in the same time. So i think i have clarified my point, which is to practise singing and take lessons and stuff,plus to try to learn using an instrument. [ Lola's advice column | Ask Lola A Question ]
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