Teen pop is a subgenre of pop music that is created, marketed and oriented towards teenagers.^[1][2] Teen pop copies genres and styles such as pop, dance, R&B, hip hop, country and rock.^[2] Typical characteristics of teen pop music include auto-tuned vocals, choreographed dancing, emphasis on visual appeal (photogenic faces, unique body physiques, immaculately attended hair and designer clothes), lyrics focused on teenage issues such as love/relationships, finding yourself, friendships, coming of age, fitting in, and growing up, regardless of the artists' age and repeated chorus lines.

History[link]

20th century[link]

Teen-oriented popular music had become common by the end of the Swing Era, in the late 1940s, with Frank Sinatra being an early teen idol. However, it was the early 1960s that became known as the "Golden Age" for pop teen idols, who included Paul Anka, Fabian, Ricky Nelson and Frankie Avalon.^[1] During the 1970s, one of the most popular tween and teen-oriented acts was The Osmonds,^[1] where family members Donny and Marie both enjoyed individual success as well as success as a duo apart from the main family (Donny also recorded with his brothers as The Osmonds). Other successful singers and bands appealing to tweens and teens were Bobby Sherman, The DeFranco Family, The Partridge Family, Shaun Cassidy, David Cassidy and a pre-disco Bee Gees.

The first major wave of teen pop after the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s occurred in the mid to late 1980s, with artists such as Menudo, New Edition, Debbie Gibson, Tiffany and New Kids on the Block.^[1][2] In the early 1990s, teen pop dominated the charts until grunge and gangsta rap crossed over into the mainstream in North America by late 1991. Teen pop remained popular in the United Kingdom with the boy band Take That during this period, until the mid 1990s when Britpop became the next major wave in the UK, eclipsing the style similar to how grunge did in North America.^[2]

In 1996 the girl group Spice Girls released their single "Wannabe", which made them major pop stars in the UK, as well as in the US the following year. In their wake, other teen pop groups and singers came to prominence, including Hanson, the Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, Robyn and All Saints.^[1][2] In 1999, the success of teenaged pop-singers Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Jessica Simpson, and Mandy Moore marked the development of what Allmusic refers to as the "pop Lolita" trend,^[1][2] sparking the short careers of future pop singers such as Willa Ford, Brooke Allison, Svala, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Mikaila, and Kaci. In 2001 artists like Aaron Carter, Swedish group A-Teens, girl group 3LW and boy band Dream Street were teen pop artists and hits. Alternate "looks" for female teen pop stars include Hoku, Lindsay Lohan, Hilary Duff and girl group No Secrets. Another popular girl group was Play. Britpop surged with Atomic Kitten and Billie Piper.

The "Carter legacy" continued with the failed pop career of Leslie Carter, whose only single was a song titled "Like Wow".

According to Gayle Ward, the demise of this late 1990s teen pop was due to:

• promotional oversaturation of teen pop music in 2000 and 2001;
• the public's changing attitude toward it, deeming teen pop as unauthentic and corporate-produced;
• the transition of the pre-teen and teenage fanbase of these teen pop artists during 1997–1999 to young adulthood (and the accompanying changes in musical interests);
• a growing young adult male base classifying the music, especially boy band music, as effeminate, and
• other musical genres such as post-grunge rock (like Nickelback, Puddle of Mudd, Three Days Grace, Creed, Seether and Linkin Park) and hip hop (such as 50 Cent, Eminem, Lil' Wayne and Lil' Jon) began increasing in popularity.^[3]

1990s teen pop artists entered hiatuses and semi-retirements (*NSYNC, Destiny's Child) or changed their musical style (Backstreet Boys, Hanson).^[1] Around 2005, teenaged singers such as Hilary Duff, Lindsay Lohan, JoJo, Jesse McCartney, Rihanna and Chris Brown achieved success, indicating new relevance of teen-oriented pop music.^[1]

21st century[link]

Since the mid-2000s, but some did many years before that, many teen stars have developed careers through their involvement with Disney. Although Disney has been involved with early pop stars before, which were shown on the Mickey Mouse Club in the 1950s and again in the late 1980s, a comeback of Disney pop took place at the turn of the millennium. The cast of the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical (such as Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and Corbin Bleu) have had success since starring in the film, and Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Meaghan Jette Martin and the Jonas Brothers have developed large fanbases since working with Disney on the Hannah Montana, Camp Rock and Sonny With a Chance franchises respectively. The Cheetah Girls were an American multicultural group with Disney, being involved in international movies by the same name. They are credited for being the first ones to have a musical movie act on the Disney Channel setting the stage for all of the other musical acts. The Jonas Brothers hold a record for biggest opening week for Disney release in the United States and worldwide with over half a million copies.

Alongside Disney, other teen pop stars emerged by 2007, among them American Idol winner Jordin Sparks and Nickelodeon star Miranda Cosgrove. Meanwhile, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift emerged as a major star on both the country and pop music scene, scoring major hits with songs such as "Teardrops on My Guitar," "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me."

The introduction of Canadian singer Justin Bieber, a protégé of Usher, created a resurgence of interest in teen pop. At the time of debut album's release, Bieber set rechttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Teen_pop&action=edit&section=3ords as the only four songs in to the top forty of the Billboard Hot 100, the first artist to send all songs from an album in the Billboard Hot 100.^[4] Teen pop is also popular on Nickelodeon with artists such as Big Time Rush,^[5] Keke Palmer, Miranda Cosgrove, Ariana Grande, and Victoria Justice. In 2010, the creation of Ark Music Factory helped contributed a new generation of teen pop artists via the internet, such as Rebecca Black and Jenna Rose, despite major criticism with these artists due to the excessive use of auto-tune.

See also[link]

• Preteen
• Generation Z
• Bobby soxer
• Teen drama - (List of teen dramas)
• Teen film - (List of teen films)
• Teen Idol
• Teen magazine - (List of teen magazines)
• Teen sitcom - (List of teen situation comedies)
• Teenybopper
• Youth culture

References[link]

External links[link]

• Teen pop at Allmusic

Look up pop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Pop may refer to:

Music and dance[link]

• Pop music, a musical genre
• Pop!, a UK pop group
• Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
• PoP!, the fictional band in Music and Lyrics
• Pop (U2 album)
• Pop (Mao Abe album)
• Pop (Gas album)
• Pop (Same Difference album)
• Pop (Joachim Witt album)
• "Pop" (song), by 'N Sync
• Popping, a style of dance

People[link]

• Iggy Pop, musician
• Iulian Pop, Romanian mayor of Cluj
• Gregg Popovich, National Basketball Association head coach
• Pop Chalee, also known as Merina Lujan (1906–1993), American painter, muralist, performer and singer
• Pop Corkhill (1858-1921), American Major League Baseball (MLB) player
• Pop Dillon (1873-1931), American MLB player
• Pop Foster (1878-1944), American MLB player
• Pop Gates (1917-1999), American basketball player and Harlem Globetrotters coach
• Pop Ivy (1916-2003), American football player and coach
• Pop Levi, English singer, musician, record producer and filmmaker
• Pop Robson (born 1945), English footballer
• Pop Schriver (1865-1932), American MLB catcher
• Pop Smith (1856-1927), Canadian MLB player
• Pop Snyder (1854-1924), American MLB player, manager and umpire
• Pop Tate (baseball) (1860-1932), American MLB player
• Glenn Scobey Warner (1871-1954), American football player and coach better known as Pop Warner
• Pop Williams (1874-1959), American MLB pitcher

Sports and games[link]

• Pop (professional wrestling)
• Pop (video game)
• Pokémon Organized Play, a trading card and figure organization
• Prince of Persia

Computing and technology[link]

• Package on package, a circuit packaging technique
• Parallel Ocean Program, an ocean circulation model
• Partial-order planning, an algorithm
• Point of Presence, a demarcation point between communications entities
• Post Office Protocol, an Internet e-mail protocol
• An operation of a stack data structure

Media and publications[link]

• Pop (UK TV channel), a UK channel
• Pop (fashion magazine), a British fashion magazine
• Pop Magazine (Australia), a sports magazine
• Pop (Swedish magazine)
• POP TV, a Slovenian television network
• Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, a medical journal

Places[link]

• Pop River (Jijia), Romania
• Pop River (Sadu), Romania
• Puerto Plata Airport, IATA code POP
• Poppleton railway station, station code POP
• Pacific Ocean Park, an amusement park

Other uses[link]

• Eton Society, an organization at Eton College, nicknamed "Pop"
• Pay on production
• Plaster of Paris
• Persistent organic pollutant, an organic compound resistant to degradation
• Pop art, a visual art movement
• Pop culture, the mainstream phenomena of a society
• Pop, another term for soft drinks
• Population, the collection of humans or organisms in a given area
• Probability of precipitation, a weather forecasting measure
• Problem-oriented policing, a policing strategy
• Process Oriented Psychology
• Progestogen only pill, a contraceptive
• Point of Purchase used often in retail
• Proof-of-payment, a fare collection approach

See also[link]

• Pops (disambiguation)
• PoP (disambiguation)
• Popping (disambiguation)

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Britt Nicole
Nicole at the Dove Awards of 2008
Background information
Birth name	Brittany Nicole Waddell
Born	(1985-08-02) August 2, 1985 (age 26)
Origin	Kannapolis, North Carolina
Genres	CCM, Christian rock, hip hop
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2004 - present
Labels	EMI CMG/Sparrow
Website	brittnicole.com

Brittany Nicole Waddell (born August 2, 1985), better known by her stage name as Britt Nicole is a Christian pop artist. She is signed to EMI CMG/Sparrow.

Childhood[link]

Britt Nicole was born on August 2, 1985. Waddell began singing at the age of three in her home church, Truth Temple of (Kannapolis, North Carolina). She, along with her brother and cousin, eventually became involved with the church's daily program on Charlotte TV station WAXN. She was a very gifted dancer, taking ballet, jazz, hip hop, and lyrical. At South Rowan High School, she was a member of the school's advanced chorus group, and had the opportunity to perform with them at Carnegie Hall in New York. Waddell is also an alumna of Duke University's Brightleaf Music Workshop.

Career[link]

Early career (2004-2006)[link]

Waddell turned down a scholarship from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a full-time music career. She felt that God was calling her to concentrate on music instead of going to college. In 2004, she signed a management deal with Vertical Entertainment, and then signed a development deal with Word Records. Sparrow Records signed her in 2006, and her first album Say It was released on May 22, 2007. Britt Nicole was the opening act on the Winter Jam Tour with Sanctus Real, Hawk Nelson, Jeremy Camp, Steven Curtis Chapman, and Newsong.^[1]

Her song "Indestructible" was featured on the WOW Next 2007 compilation CD, and her summer festival plans include Creation East/West, Spirit West Coast Monterey/Del Mar, and Celebrate Freedom. She was featured on Christian hip-hop group GRITS' 2006 release, Redemption, on the song Right Back (credited as "Brittany Waddell".)^[2] she also performed at the ALIVE 11 Festival in Mineral City Ohio.

[edit] Say It, Holiday Trio (2007-2008)

On May 22, 2007 she released her debut album Say It. It peaked at No. 40 on Billboard's Christian Albums ^[3]

The debut single from the album, "You", was released on March 27, 2007.^[4] It hit the Top 10 on the R&R chart.^[5] It was the 12th most played song on Christian Hit Radio stations in 2007, according to R&R magazine.^[6] It also peaked at No. 6 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs, her highest charting song to date.^[7]

Britt Nicole's song "Sunshine Girl" was featured on MTV's teen reality show Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County on September 5, 2007.^[8]

Britt's first music video, for the song "Believe", premiered on the Gospel Music Channel on September 22, 2007. The song was later released as the album's second single on October 30, 2007.^[9] It was the 21st most-played song of 2008 on U.S. Contemporary Christian music radio stations according to R&R magazine's Christian CHR chart.^[10]

On November 20, 2007, Britt released her first extended play titled Holiday Trio.^[11] The EP Christmas-themed and was only released digitally. It featured her song "Holiday", plus two never before released songs; one is an original titled "Come What May", and the other is a cover song of the holiday hit "Last Christmas".

"Set the World On Fire" was released as Say It's third and final United States single in early 2008. The song peaked at No. 11 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs.^[7] In 2007 and 2008, "Holiday" and "When She Cries" were both released as UK singles, while "Don't Worry Now" was serviced to radio in Australia.^[12]

[edit] The Lost Get Found, Acoustic (2009-2011)

In 2009, Britt Nicole released her new song "The Lost Get Found" to promote her second album by the same name. The song debuted on the Top 20 of Billboard Hot Christian Songs, entered as No. 20, and has since peaked at No. 8.^[13] It peaked at No. 1 on Christian radio.^[14] The music video for the song was released as a single on iTunes on November 17, 2009. The single also included a remix and karaoke version of the track.^[15]

The Lost Get Found was released on August 11, 2009 and peaked at No. 1 on Billboard's Christian Albums Chart and No. 62 on the Billboard 200.^[16] The same month, a music video for her song "Holiday" (from Say It) surfaced on the internet.^[17]

Her second United States single from The Lost Get Found, "Walk On The Water", peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs and No. 1 on Christian radio.^[14] It was further promoted on the NBC television show "The Biggest Loser". Overseas, the song "Headphones" was promoted as her second single in the UK. It peaked at no. 2 on the country's Christian CHR chart.^[18]

On January 1, 2010, a compilation titled Acoustic Playlist: Bold was released under StarSong Records. It featured an acoustic remix of Britt Nicole's single "Believe".^[19]

Her second extended play Acoustic was released August 24, 2010 to stores and digital outlets. It includes 5 acoustic versions of previous hits and a brand new song, "Found By You". The album debuted at No. 22 on the Hot Christian Albums chart.^[20] Her third single from The Lost Get Found, "Hanging On", was released in July to coincide with the release of the album. It peaked at no. 19 on on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart.^[14]

In early 2010, "Welcome to the Show" was released to radio stations in the UK. It peaked at no. 4 on the country's Christian CHR chart. Later, during the middle of the year, the song "Safe" was released to radio stations in the UK. It peaked at no. 3 on the country's Christian CHR chart.^[18] A music video for the song "Headphones" was released on November 9, 2010.^[21] In December 2010, "Have Your Way" was released to radio stations in the UK. It has so far peaked at no. 4 on the country's Christian CHR chart.^[18]

[edit] Gold (2012-present)

On December 21, 2011, Britt Nicole announced the release of her third studio album which will be preceded by the January release of "All This Time", the album's lead single. It was the No. 1 song on Christian contemporary hit radio for eight continuous weeks,^{[citation needed]} after which "Where I Belong" by Building 429 took over the No. 1 position. The album, titled Gold, was released on March 26, 2012.^[22]

Discography[link]

Studio Albums[link]

Extended Plays[link]

Singles[link]

Music videos[link]

• "Believe" (2007)
• "Holiday" (2009)
• "The Lost Get Found" (2009)
• "Headphones" (2010)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website

Krystal Meyers
Background information
Born	(1988-07-31) July 31, 1988 (age 23)
Origin	Orange County, California
Genres	Christian rock, contemporary Christian music, alternative rock, pop, dance-pop, electro
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Years active	2005–2009
Labels	Essential Records
Website	krystalmeyers.com

Krystal Meyers (born July 31, 1988 in Orange County, California) was an American Christian rock / Contemporary Christian singer-songwriter and musician. She has released three albums under Essential Records: Krystal Meyers, Dying for a Heart, and Make Some Noise and is known best for her songs: "The Way to Begin", "The Beauty of Grace" and "Hallelujah" and for her international crossover singles "Anticonformity" and "Make Some Noise".

Personal life[link]

Krystal Meyers started singing at home at the age of two; sang her first solo in church at the age of five; started writing songs by age ten ^[1] and was playing the acoustic guitar by thirteen, later releasing her self titled first album "Krystal Meyers" at age sixteen in 2005. Her second album, "Dying For A Heart", was released on September 19, 2006 and her third "Make Some Noise" was released on September 9, 2008 ^[2] and was later used by NBC in promoting its fall 2008 line-up.^[3] and a sampling of her music was used on ABC's high-impact Sunday-Night Lineup.^[4]

Born in California, she and her family later moved to Eugene, Oregon and when she was six they moved from there to Nashville, Tennessee. ^[5]

While at Barefoot Republic youth camp,^[6] at the age of fourteen, before entering the ninth grade, she wrote "Anticonformity" (the song she says got her started) ^[1] with a friend, Hannah Dwinell.^[7] When she entered the ninth grade she says she saw her peers falling into drugs and sex and then "anticonformity" became "really real" to her: [What's important is] "becoming the person God wants you to be and refusing to become the person that the world wants you to be...and to pursue the plan that God has for you... I know exactly what you're going through... I just want to encourage you." ^[1]

Faith[link]

Krystal stated that she knew she would be in music ministry from the time she could talk: "A lady in our church told my mom 'Your daughter is going to travel the world and be a missionary.' That’s what this is—a mission field and music is the outlet... My faith means everything to me," she says. "It's who I am. It's the basis of everything I do. Jesus Christ is everything. He's given me peace and joy that is so unreal that I just have to sing about it. It comes out in my music. I have to share what I believe! ...I want[ed] God to be speaking through my music. So I stepped back and prayed about it. I surrendered the whole writing process to God." ^[7]

Magazine covers and modeling[link]

In Japan, where Krystal's first record went gold, she has been on the cover of Nylon Japan,^[8] AERA English magazine, twice (their second issue in 2007 ^[9] and their eleventh issue in 2008 ^[10] ) and Tower Records' Bounce magazine. Krystal has also been on the cover of In Roc which is Japan's version of Rolling Ston magazine,^[5] and in the United States she has been on the cover of Vision magazine ^[11] and ONCOURSE magazine ^[12] and she has done worldwide modeling for UNIQLO: One of their Television commercials which was also used on the Internet and she did print and Internet modeling for UNIQLO's Style Book.

Music[link]

Krystal Meyers[link]

Krystal signed with Essential Records ^[13] for her self-titled album, "Krystal Meyers", from which came four top ten singles on the U.S. Christian charts. Working with CCM artist and producer Ian Eskelin and the Wizardz of Oz production team, her song, "Anticonformity" became the number one pop single in Japan, taking that number one spot from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. ^[14]

The album's lead single "The Way to Begin" charted at No. 1 on the Christian CHR Charts. Other singles "My Savior" and "Anticonformity" peaked at No. 8 and "Fire" peaked at No. 9. The album peaked at No. 48 on Top Heatseekers and went Gold in Japan.

The album was a Pop/Rock album comparable to Ashlee Simpson or Avril Lavigne. It was released on June 7, 2005 in the US and on May 30, 2006 worldwide.

Dying for a Heart[link]

Krystal's second album, "Dying For A Heart", was released on September 19, 2006 in the US and on October 24, 2006 worldwide.

"One cut on the album is "The Situation," (which openly opposes premarital sex) a song about temptation and having the strength to make the right choice when a relationship begins to take a more physical turn. "We wanted to write a controversial kind of song that would totally challenge the youth of this generation," she says of the song she crafted with her guitarist Brian Hitt. "With 'The Situation' being about premarital sex, we wanted to make it more challenging and in-your-face. This is a real subject and it's serious."" ^[15]

The album peaked at No. 19 on Top Heatseekers. Its first single "Collide" hit No. 6 on the Christian Rock Charts. The second single "The Beauty Of Grace" hit No. 4 on the Christian CHR Charts and No. 2 in Japan. The third single, "Hallelujah", peaked at No. 28 on the Christian Rock Charts.

[edit] Make Some Noise

Make Some Noise is Meyers' third studio album released September 9, 2008 in the US and July 9, 2008 in Japan; making its world-wide Internet video premier on Yahoo Music on July 10, 2008.^[16] The album is very different from her first two albums as she moves more into a pop dance realm with her songs. Krystal's lead single is called "Shine" and it charted well in the Christian CHR charts, as well as charting at No. 13 on the iTunes top Christian/Gospel songs chart. Other songs released from the album are "Make Some Noise", the title track, "Love it Away", and "My Freedom".

The Make Some Noise album is also available in an iTunes Worldwide Deluxe Edition with eleven individual songs (including "Sweet Dreams", a bonus song) and three additional versions of "Make Some Noise" (song) where the chorus is in Indonesian, Mandarin and Thai (for a total of fourteen songs). Also included is a Make Some Noise (Video) Digital Booklet.

When asked about the album Krystal said, "It's a fun album. It's new. It's different... stylistically from what I had been doing before. It's kind of more of a... 80's pop, disco esque, European dance kind of album." ^[17]

Discography[link]

• Krystal Meyers (2005)
• Dying for a Heart (2006)
• Make Some Noise (2008)

Awards / nominations and notable mentions[link]

Krystal Meyers' song "Make Some Noise" was selected to be included in the Official 2008 Olympics Album: Olympics 2008 - One World, One Dream.^[18][19]

Krystal has received four Dove Award nominations: two at the 37th GMA Dove Awards (New Artist of the Year and Special Event Album), one for the 38th GMA Dove Awards (Female Vocalist of the Year) ^[20] and one for the 39th GMA Dove Awards for Female Vocalist of the Year." ^[21]

References[link]

Official websites[link]

• Official website
• Krystal Meyers' Official Sony Music Japan Japanese

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Donnie Wahlberg
Wahlberg in 2010
Background information
Birth name	Donald Edmond Wahlberg, Jr.
Born	(1969-08-17) August 17, 1969 (age 42)
Origin	Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, record producer, actor
Years active	1984–94(with NKOTB) 1995–present(solo and acting career) 2008–present(with NKOTB)
Associated acts	New Kids on the Block

Donald Edmond "Donnie" Wahlberg, Jr.^[1] (born August 17, 1969) is an American singer, actor and film producer. He is a member of the popular 1980s and 1990s boy band New Kids on the Block. His work background includes music, feature films, and television. Donnie has had featured roles in the Saw films, The Sixth Sense, Dreamcatcher, Boomtown and Righteous Kill, also appearing in the award-winning World War II miniseries Band of Brothers. He is also known for currently starring in the critically acclaimed drama series Blue Bloods. Donnie was nominated for Choice Scream at the 2008 Teen Choice Awards for his work on the Saw films.

Early life[link]

Wahlberg was born in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, as the eighth of nine children, with older siblings Arthur, Jim, Paul, Robert, Tracey, Michelle, Debbie (died 2003) and younger brother Mark. He also has three half-siblings from his father's first marriage- Donna, Scott and Buddy. His mother, Alma Elaine (née Donnelly), was a bank clerk and nurse's aide, and his father, Donald Edmond Wahlberg, Sr. (died February 14, 2008) was a teamster who worked as a delivery driver; the couple divorced in 1982.^[2][3] He is of Swedish, Irish, English, and French Canadian ancestry.^[4]

Career[link]

New Kids on the Block[link]

Wahlberg in 1990

As a recording artist, Wahlberg is known as an original member of boy band New Kids on the Block.

Acting career[link]

Wahlberg's first film acting role was in the 1996 film Bullet with Mickey Rourke and Tupac Shakur. Also in 1996, he appeared as a kidnapper in Ransom with Mel Gibson. Wahlberg received attention for his role in the 1999 film The Sixth Sense, playing the patient of Bruce Willis's character in the opening sequence. This role was originally intended for a 13-year-old boy until Wahlberg met with writer and director M. Night Shyamalan to inquire about obtaining the rights for a theatre production, and ended up getting the role.

In 2001, Wahlberg co-starred as Second Lieutenant C. Carwood Lipton in the television miniseries Band of Brothers. Wahlberg also starred in the 2002–2003 NBC drama series Boomtown as Joel Stevens, a Los Angeles police detective. Graham Yost, executive producer and writer of Boomtown, had worked with Wahlberg in Band of Brothers and was so impressed by his performance that he wrote the role of Joel Stevens specifically for him.

2003 was the year that Wahlberg starred alongside Timothy Olyphant, Jason Lee, and his Band of Brothers co-star Damian Lewis as the mentally challenged Duddits in William Goldman and Lawrence Kasdan's adaptation of the Stephen King alien-invasion thriller, Dreamcatcher. In 2005, Wahlberg starred as Detective Eric Matthews in the second installment of the Saw series. He reprised the role in Saw III in 2006 and Saw IV in 2007, also appearing in Saw V in 2008 via archive footage from the previous films.^[5]

In 2006, Wahlberg also played Lieutenant Commander Burton in the military/boxing drama, Annapolis. In September 2006, he played the lead role in the short-lived television drama Runaway on The CW. The show was cancelled in October 2006 due to poor ratings. In 2007, he starred alongside Jason Gedrick, Ricardo Chavira, and Nadine Velazquez in the television film Kings of South Beach on A&E. Also in 2007, he starred opposite John Leguizamo on the TV series The Kill Point.

In 2008, he appeared in Righteous Kill co-starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. He also co-starred in What Doesn't Kill You with Ethan Hawke, Mark Ruffalo and Amanda Peet.

Wahlberg currently stars as a detective on CBS's Blue Bloods, a police drama set in New York City. The show, which also stars Tom Selleck and Bridget Moynahan, airs Fridays at 10 pm EST.^[6]

Currently, Donnie is the host of an internet radio show on Friday nights at 8 pm PST called "DDUB's R&B Back Rub" on Cherry Tree Radio.^[7] Donnie also appeared in the 2011 comedy, The Zookeeper.

Personal life[link]

Wahlberg married Kim Fey on August 20, 1999. He has two children with Fey, Xavier Alexander Wahlberg (born March 4, 1993) and Elijah Hendrix Wahlberg (born August 20, 2001). Wahlberg and Fey filed for divorce on August 13, 2008 citing "irreconcilable differences".^[8] He is one of the "famous faces"^[9] due to being a regular player on the online poker website Hollywood Poker which is run in conjunction with Ongame Network.

Wahlberg is a passionate fan of the Boston Celtics and has been seen attending many of their games. He will be narrating a documentary called "The Association: Boston Celtics" about the team's 2010–11 season, which is set to air on ESPN between 2010 and 2011.^[10]

Filmography[link]

• Bullet (1996) as "Big Balls" (street name) Shelby Horne
• Ransom (1996) as Cubby Barnes
• Black Circle Boys (1996) as Greggo
• Body Count (1996) as Booker
• Butter (1998) as Rick Damon
• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998) (TV) as Mr. Grey
• Southie (1998) as Danny Quinn
• Purgatory (1999), as Deputy Glen/Billy The Kid
• The Sixth Sense (1999), as Vincent Grey
• The Practice (2000) (TV) (1 episode, "Settling") as Patrick Rooney
• Bullfighter (2000), as Chollo
• Diamond Men (2000), as Bobby Walker
• Big Apple (2001) (TV) (7 episodes) as Chris Scott
• Triggermen (2002), as Hitman Terry Mulloy
• Band of Brothers (2001), television miniseries, as 101st Airborne second lieutenant Carwood Lipton
• Dreamcatcher (2003), as Douglas "Duddits" Cavell
• Boomtown (2002–2003), television series, as Detective Joel Stevens
• 50 First Dates (2004) as Vincent Grey (cameo)
• Saw II (2005), as Detective Eric Matthews
• Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2005), as Randall Ipswitch
• Annapolis (2006), as Burton
• Runaway (2006), (TV series), as Paul Rader
• The Path to 9/11 (2006), television miniseries, as Detective Kirk
• Saw III (2006), as Detective Eric Matthews
• Kings of South Beach (2007), as Detective Andy
• Dead Silence (2007), as Detective Jim Lipton
• Saw IV (2007), as Detective Eric Matthews
• The Kill Point (2007), (TV series), as Detective Horst Cali
• Turok (video game) (2008), as Shepherd
• Righteous Kill (2008), as Detective Ted Reily
• What Doesn't Kill You (2008), as Detective Moran
• 1 1/2 Ritter (2008), as singer
• In Plain Sight (episode one, season 3) (TV series) (2010)
• Rizzoli & Isles (2 episodes) (TV Series) (2010)
• Zookeeper (2011) as Shane
• Blue Bloods (TV Series) (2010 – present), as Detective Daniel "Danny" Reagan

References[link]

External links[link]

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