European Acapella

The New Glee

Kate Swanson & Gabbi Kates

 Rajaton
 Rajaton II
 Founded in 1997
 Professional acapella group with six singers – 3
women, 3 men
 Most of the singers have studied singing either at
the Sibelius-Academy or at the Pop/Jazz
Conservatory in Helsinki, Finland
 Rajaton III
 Performs in their home city of Helsinki, Finland
› Mostly perform for private occasions
› Weddings and private parties
 First place at the Tampere Choir Festival
 “Nova” named “album of the week” in one of
the shows on the Irish national classical radio
station, Lyric FM
 The Real Group
 The Real Group II
 The Real Group is a professional a cappella ensemble from
Sweden that has lasted for 24 years!
 Made up of 2 women, 3 men
 Concert performances, events, CD/DVD-recordings, song-
writing, arranging, score publishing, CD-production for other
artists, master-classes/workshops, seminars, etc.
 Undiscovered
 The top five songs on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart cater to
the trend towards mediocre rappers whose tracks are held
together by bass alone

 Unlike acapella groups, another reason these artists are so

successful is because they utilize auto-tuning

 This means that acapella singers need to work even harder to

make it into the music industry than the U.S. Billboard Chart
artists
 Promoting Listenership
 Call into radio stations and suggesting for the DJs
to listen to the songs
 Feature in background music in commercials
 Having Glee do covers of several European
acapella songs
 Bibliography
 “Autotune.” Dictionary.com. HarperCollins, n.d. Web. 26 Aug. 2010.
 
 “‘Glee’ notches the most watched series finale for 2009-10 TV season.” HollywoodNews.com. 2010
Hollywood Entertainment Network. 09 Jun. 2010. Web. 26 Aug. 2010.

 “Top 100 Music Hits.” Billboard.com. Billboard. 21 Aug. 2010. Web. 26 Aug. 2010.
 
 “Rajaton.” Singers.com. United Singers International. n.d. Web. 26 Aug. 2010.

 “The Real Group.” The Real Site. The Real Group Official Website. n.d. Web. 26 Aug. 2010.