Mainstream Music for Graduating Teens

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Mainstream Music for Graduating Teens

So I am actually starting to acquire gigs! :tada:

I have 2 coming up and another 2 still deciding. I will have an audience of 17 - 19 year old teens at those parties and not all of them listen to strictly EDM. Maybe only 10% even know what EDM isā€¦ :scream:

I have downloaded several ā€œRadio Songsā€ and remixes to them, such as Justin Beiber, Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, but other suggestions would be great!

Thanks for the help! I donā€™t think I would have gotten this far with out the help of DJ TechTools! :thumbsup:

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brostep
bubblegum trap
rihanna
anything pitbull
Bong-ra

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Where are you from? That heavily affects what music is suggested. Word of advice on two things, when I play popular music, none of the songs I play would also be on the playlist of a 10 year old girl, never had a complaint about that eitherā€¦popular does not = only super girly/wussy, some remixes that are done well and donā€™t ruin the original flavor of the song, can be good, but even so, most people really just want to hear the original un-molested song. Best of luck with your upcoming gigs :slight_smile:

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I live in New Jersey, USA (East Coast)

So mostly Pop & Hip-Hop in my area, at least whatā€™s on the radio :slight_smile: but people are slowly (Very Slowly) getting into the EDM scene.

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Bad as it sounds get those ā€œNow thatā€™s what I call Musicā€ samplers, theyā€™ll have most of what you need. Fill the set out by looking at your local top 40 radio stationā€™s playlist online to get the regional hits. If you have the connections, ask the students for requests in advance!

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Billboard.com to see the top 100 and top hip hop/rnb tracksā€¦ Put aside what you do have and download the rest directly through billboard or itunes

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Just find house remixes of top 40 songs and make it even more interesting

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+100000000! A mate of mine had collected every single one up to 2010 from the first one and kindly gifted me a hardrive of CD rips. Always good to have.

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I think these are listened to by 14-year-old girls, so playing them might not be the best idea.

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Same, Iā€™ve recently gone out and bought all of them from 35 onwards (Before that they get a bit pricey/arenā€™t on CD). Use them all the time when djing weddings/parties, along with a load of compilations cdā€™s from various decades/genres.

Probably only need to get the most recent 10 or so for a graduation party, plus the latest top chart hits.