This is my artist research that I did in order to understand that the artist that I create must hold these characteristics to be a great artist.

1. What makes a great artist?
To me a great artist is:
Someone who aspires to be an inspiration their target audience to be who
they are. For example Beyoncé is an inspiration to many women as she
stands for women’s rights being equal to that if a man.
Someone who shows determinationand dedication to strive for their
goal of being successful no matter what. For example there are many
people that do not like Lady Gaga, whether it is her music or personality,
but she still tries hard to shock her audience time and time again by
working hard on her music, costume, set design and performance.
A great artist needs to be able to entertain whatever personal or media
related issues are surrounding them. For example Miley Cyrus, she may
have multiple personal issues displayed in the media but never fails to
entertain her audience in one form or another.
One of the most important qualities of a great artist is that they
acknowledge their fans and know that their success is in the hands of
them. For example when on tour The Wanted like to pick one person each
from the crowd and get them on stage to sing with/to them.
They need to be relatable – if they’re relatable then fans will be willing
to give the artist a chance knowing that they aren’t so different from each
other if they have things in common. For example contestants from The
X-Factor may have a relative amount of success due to the fact that when
on the show their story and background is shared with the world, this
means that fans feel closer to the artist.
Another attribute a great artist should have is being ambitious – this is
because if they do not have goals to reach in the industry then they won’t
work as hard to become successful.
Being the same person on and off camera is important because then
fans will believe the artists lyrics when they release music, it shows that
they aren’t fake and are genuine. An example of an artist that is the same
on and off camera is Ariana Grande because she is very genuine to her
fans and is relatively new to worldwide fame.