40 Fun Facts About Kidz Bop

Which future Disney Channel star performed in the 2009 Kidz Bop video for 'Hot n Cold'?

Zendaya made that Kidz Bop video the same year she was one of 200 girls auditioning for her first Disney sitcom. She had started out as a child model for department stores.

Which band's 'Dance, Dance' was dropped from Kidz Bop 10 after its bassist objected?

Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz blogged that he could not picture young children singing its suggestive words, and within days the track was off the album's list.

Kidz Bop's 22 top 10 albums on Billboard's 2015 all-time list edged out which pop star's 21?

Madonna had 21 top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 when the list was compiled, one fewer than the children's series. Only three acts in the chart's history ranked higher.

Which family fun-center chain named Kidz Bop its official music partner in 2023?

Chuck E. Cheese put Kidz Bop music videos on a closed-circuit network of more than 5,000 screens across its American fun centers, and hosted nightly dance parties that summer.

A Kidz Bop label executive joked that the series was the new version of which star-making TV show?

Mickey Mouse Club graduates include Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, and the executive pointed to Kidz Bop singers who had already moved on to modelling and boy bands.

Which Guinness World Records title did Kidz Bop receive at a London show in 2025?

Youngest group to headline an arena is the title an official adjudicator handed over at OVO Arena Wembley, during a 90-minute show that opened the year's tour.

Which boy band's 'Bye Bye Bye' was among the hits covered on the first Kidz Bop album in 2001?

NSYNC released the original in January 2000 as the lead single from No Strings Attached, so the song was less than two years old when the series covered it.

Which band got an entire Kidz Bop tribute album in 2009, a break from current chart hits?

The Beatles were the subject of Kidz Bop Sings The Beatles, released that November. It reached number one on Billboard's Kid Albums chart, nearly 40 years after the band split.

Whose 'Good Luck, Babe!' got a Kidz Bop rewrite in 2024 that the magazine Them criticized?

Chappell Roan wrote the original about a woman who denies her feelings for another woman, a storyline the children's version replaced altogether.

Kidz Bop sold more albums in the US in 2016 than which pop star, 818,000 copies to 745,000?

Rihanna's albums sold 745,000 copies that year against 818,000 for the children's series, which also outsold Justin Bieber and The Weeknd.

A Kidz Bop executive said the albums filled a gap between Britney Spears and which TV character?

Barney and Britney were the only choices on offer in 2001, the label's operations chief recalled, with nothing in between for middle schoolers.

Which country became the first outside the US to get its own Kidz Bop Kids lineup, in 2017?

Britain was the obvious first stop because of its standing in pop music, the brand's president said. A nine-month nationwide hunt found four singers aged 11 and 12.

Which streaming service named the Kidz Bop Kids its top US artist of 2020 on its app for children?

Spotify announced it when it first revealed the year's favourites on Spotify Kids, its stand-alone app for children aged three and up.

Which Taylor Swift hit, covered on Kidz Bop 27, earned the Kidz Bop Kids a platinum single?

Shake It Off shared Kidz Bop 27 with a Meghan Trainor cover, and the album climbed to number three on the Billboard 200.

Which future star of Disney's Austin & Ally appeared in a 2009 Kidz Bop video as a child?

Ross Lynch went on to play overnight singing sensation Austin Moon and to front the pop rock band R5.

Which 2013 chart-topper did a Kidz Bop label executive call too suggestive for the series to cover?

Blurred Lines stayed off limits even though the series had already reworked racier hits such as Moves Like Jagger with cleaner words.

Which Florida theme park struck a 2016 partnership with Kidz Bop and named a theater after it?

Legoland in Winter Haven created the Kidz Bop Theater for yearly shows, and physical copies of Kidz Bop 34 carried a coupon for a free child's admission.

Which broadcaster launched a 24-hour Kidz Bop Radio channel in 2014, hosted by the Kidz Bop Kids?

SiriusXM had aired a weekly two-hour show, Kidz Bop Block Party, since 2012 before giving the brand a channel of its own.

Which Lady Gaga hit did Kidz Bop cover with some of its words cut, drawing criticism from two opposite camps?

Born This Way lost its LGBTQ references in the Kidz Bop version. Some listeners objected to the cuts, while others objected to the series covering Lady Gaga at all.

Kidz Bop albums mostly cover songs that ranked high on which Billboard chart a few months earlier?

The Hot 100 supplies most of the track lists, along with songs in heavy rotation on hit radio, so each album is a snapshot of one pop season.

Which rapper publicly acknowledged a Kidz Bop cover of his own song by tweeting a screenshot of it?

Lil Nas X posted the cleaned-up 'Montero', one of the few times an original artist has publicly reacted to a Kidz Bop version.

What did Kidz Bop bring to US cinemas for four days in January 2026 to open its 25th birthday year?

A concert film shot at the Honda Center in Anaheim during the 2025 tour, it was the brand's first trip to the big screen.

Which US sales certification did the first Kidz Bop album earn, an early sign the idea would last?

Gold certification also went to the next three albums, and in 2005 Kidz Bop 7 gave the series its first top 10 placing on the Billboard 200.

What was Kidz Star USA, which Kidz Bop launched in 2010 for children aged 15 and under?

A national talent search, it handed 2011 winner Kiana Brown of Phoenix a recording contract with RCA Records.

The two founders of Kidz Bop worked in which profession before starting their record label in 1990?

Lawyers at big corporate firms, the pair had met at NYU's law school and kept writing songs together until music won out.

Which future Latin pop star recorded with Kidz Bop as a child?

Becky G later recorded herself singing and rapping on GarageBand and posted covers on YouTube, where a pop producer discovered her.

What did Kidz Bop launch with children's retailer Crazy 8 in 2016, after a tour sponsorship?

A clothing collection of bomber jackets, jogger pants and faux fur coats, it was partly based on what the singers already wore on stage.

The first Spanish-speaking lineup of Kidz Bop Kids recorded Kidz Bop 2022 for which country?

Mexico got its edition in October 2021, on the same day a first French lineup released an album of its own.

According to the label in 2016, how are the Kidz Bop Kids paid for their recording and touring work?

A salary, no royalties: the label keeps the recording income, and the songwriters behind the original hits collect the publishing money.

Which hotel brand opened a Kidz Bop Experience for young guests at its Punta Cana resort in 2018?

Hard Rock built the program into its all-inclusive rate: children aged 4 to 12 could invent a band name, learn dance moves and perform on stage.

Which concert promoter signed a three-year deal in 2024 to present Kidz Bop's North American tours?

Live Nation extended the partnership after a run of more than 60 dates the year before, with Atlanta, Boston and Dallas on the new schedule.

Kidz Bop's first world tour opened in 2019 with a televised performance in which country?

Australia hosted the January kickoff, and the tour went on to more than 50 cities across the United States and Canada.

How did Kidz Bop's label first push the albums in 2001, alongside shelves at Target and Walmart?

Direct response marketing, which asks buyers to order straight from an advert, was the label's speciality: it had sold 1970s compilations through late-night TV spots.

Which New York independent label, which began with 1970s compilations in 1990, created Kidz Bop?

Razor & Tie created Kidz Bop in 2001 and later built a rock roster that included The Pretty Reckless and All That Remains.

Which household brand backed a line of musical toothbrushes carrying the Kidz Bop name?

Arm & Hammer toothbrushes were one of the side products on sale by 2016, a year in which the four singers also played 60 cities.

Which singer guested on the Kidz Bop Kids' cover of his own 2007 hit 'Take You There'?

Sean Kingston is credited as the featured artist on the Kidz Bop 14 track, a rare case of the original singer joining the children's version.

Which music company took a stake in Kidz Bop's parent label in 2015 and bought it outright in 2018?

Concord said it would fold the label into its wider operations while developing its established properties, Kidz Bop in particular.

Which former Kidz Bop member played Zach Sobiech in the Disney+ musical drama Clouds?

Fin Argus plays guitar, piano and several other instruments, has modelled for Yves Saint Laurent and released an EP called Lost at Sea.

Former Kidz Bop singer Elijah Johnson joined which boy band that had toured with Justin Bieber?

Mindless Behavior, an R&B group, made him its lead singer after its original frontman left; it had also toured with Janet Jackson.

Which pop-punk band's 'All the Small Things' was covered on the first Kidz Bop album in 2001?

Blink-182 had made the original famous with a video that poked fun at the era's boy bands, whose own hits also filled that first Kidz Bop track list.