In an age when Rihanna dominates the airwaves with praise for the tenets of sado-masochism, Kidz Bop satisfies a need for strict parents and their kids. But theirs is by nature an ephemeral audience; at some point, every kid that was ever into Kidz Bop comes to the harsh realization that it is just not very cool.

"At the time that I did it, I was at the age where Kidz Bop was not cool," says Amanda LaMotte, a New York-based actress and Kidz Bop veteran. "I didn't want my friends to know, and I didn't want to tell anyone. There were infomercials all the time for the DVDs, and my friends would be over and we'd be watching something on TV and I'd be like, 'We gotta change the channel.'"