Star Appearances In Music Videos

A guest appearance is a participation of an outsider performer usually called guest artist. Guest appearances are often described with the words featuring, with, or and. It is abbreviated in credit lists as Feat., Ft., f. The terms guest role or guest star are also common, the latter term specifically indicating the guest appearance of a celebrity.

In the early days of the music industry the bands were relatively stable units, and while guests were not uncommon, they were seldom given credits on album covers. For example, Eric Clapton was not credited in print for his guitar in the release of While My Guitar Gently Weeps of The Beatles. Still the term "featuring" was used as early as in the July 1954 UK Singles Chart by "The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts" with "Three Coins In The Fountain" at 5th place. Gradually guest appearances have become a fully credited staple of music industry. The custom of guest appearance has become especially prominent in rap music, and this influenced rock musicians as well.
To have a guest star on a record, the production coordinator must obtain permission from the record label of the guest and make sure that proper credits are delivered to the host record label to be printed on the album cover, often in the form "Artist name, courtesy of Record Label name." The permission is not always guaranteed or negotiations may take a long time.

 

This is artist B.o.B, an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. "Airplanes" which is the song chosen here, reached No. one in the United Kingdom, and also in New Zealand, as well as the top three in Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland and the United States.

This song features artist Hayley Williams who is the lead singer of the rock band Paramore. This is a good example of songs featuring other artists because the genres of the two different musicians are completely different. The collaboration is used to attract fans from both artists, from the ones that listen to the music and others who are just fans of the celebrity. This will not only boost the popularity of the song but also enhance the career diversity of each artists.