History Music / KidzBop

** In Kidz Bop's version of Music/{{Coldplay}}'s "Viva la Vida", a song told from the perspective of a fallen king, the line "Revolutionaries wait / For my head on a silver plate" is changed to "Revolutionaries wait / For my food on a silver plate" which... what? It almost implies the revolutionaries care about the king being well fed.

** In Kidz Bop's version of Music/{{Coldplay}}'s "Viva la Vida", a song told from the perspective of a fallen king, the line "Revolutionaries wait / For my head on a silver plate" is changed to "Revolutionaries wait / For my food on a silver plate" which... what?

* AdaptationalContextChange: In Kidz Bop's version of Music/{{Coldplay}}'s "Viva la Vida", a song told from the perspective of a fallen king, the line "Revolutionaries wait / For my head on a silver plate" is changed to "Revolutionaries wait / For my food on a silver plate" which... what?

* PuppyLove: Despite young children being deemed too young to go on legitimate dates, they still cover songs about romance.

* LongRunner: They've released 40 [=CDs=] since first starting in 2001.

* ParentalBonus: If the original song contains a ShoutOut, Kidz Bop usually leaves it alone if it's clean enough, even if it's referencing something their target audience likely has never heard of. (e.g. Mr. Mister in Music/{{Train}}'s "Hey, Soul Sister")

** The rules are inconsistent. In "Jealous" from ''28'', "protective or possessive" was changed to "possessive or obsessive", but "call me obsessed" was changed to "call me a mess". On ''24'', "Can't Hold Us" changes "fight 'till it's over" to "dance 'till it's over", even though the reference is metaphorical, but on ''25'', "Brave"'s reference to a weapon which was ''not'' metaphorical was kept in, along with "Bad Blood" and "Fight Song"'s titles and some of the references, like "Did you have to hurt me?" and "The wrecking balls inside my brain", both from ''30''. All of the GettingCrapPastTheRadar examples count as well.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Despite being aimed towards children, some inappropriate lyrics remain unaltered here and there. While it's possibly on accident or due to Kidz Bop's misinterpretation of the lyrics, what slips by is quite surprising to say the least.
** In 2009, when UsefulNotes/McDonalds put Kidz Bop [=CDs=] in their Happy Meals, one of the [=CDs=] featured a cover of Gavin Degraw's "I Don't Want to Be", with the line "I'm tired of lookin' round rooms" misheard as "I'm tired of [[PrecisionFStrike fuckin']] round rooms". [[http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/Parents-Not-Happy-With-Spicy-Happy-Meal.html This resulted in controversy and complaints surrounding McDonald's.]]
** The Kidz Bop edit of Justin Timberlake's "Suit and Tie" is still very suggestive - the chorus includes the promise of "leaving it all on the floor tonight" among other references.
** Their cover of Music/BarenakedLadies' "One Week" leaves the line "Gotta get in tune with ''Manga/SailorMoon'', cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes [[SomethingElseAlsoRises that make me think the wrong thing]]" intact.
** Their cover of Elle King's "Ex's and Oh's" doesn't change the line "Like ghosts they want me to make them O", which is a reference to an orgasm.
** They literally get "crap" past the radar in their cover of Music/{{Train}}'s "50 Ways to Say Goodbye" by leaving the "crappy purple Scion" line intact.
** In their cover of Flo Rida's "Wild Ones", every alcoholic beverage reference is removed, but a bizarre aversion is the word "vodka" in the line "Gotta move over like too much vodka".[[note]]The original lyric is "Got a hangover like too much vodka", and given that the term "hangover" wouldn't be appropriate in a Kidz Bop cover, it makes sense for the word to be changed, and being asked to "move over" after excessive vodka consumption also makes sense in context, but the mystery that remains is why the reference to vodka is left intact whereas every other drinking reference is modified[[/note]].
** In their cover of Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk!", the term "white gold", which is a street term for cocaine, remains intact.
** "Me, Myself & I" has the line "We don't take L's, we just make M's" kept in, despite the L being a term for a line (of cocaine).
** "This Love" has its sexual and drug-based lyrics kept fully intact, complete with the adult singer placing an inappropriate clear emphasis on the line "keep her ''coming'' every night."
** Their cover of "RITMO" has the word "puta" intact. Considering the word is well-known as a Spanish vulgarity even to non-Spanish speakers, how this managed to slip by the very tight Kidz Bop radar is unknown.
** Their version of [[Music/LilNasX "Old Town Road"]] changes "Lean all in my bladder" to "Ridin' on my bladder" "Bull ridin' and boobies" to "Bull ridin' and bougie" and "Wrangler on my booty" to "Wrangler like on TV" but surprisingly and bizarrely leaves "Cheated on my baby/You can go and ask her" intact.

''Kidz Bop'' is a CD series of pop song covers performed by kids. Currently on the [[LongRunner 40th CD]] of their main series, Kidz Bop has also released several special collection [=CDs=]. Kidz Bop releases albums every six months; it changed to a quarterly release schedule in 2015, shifted to a triannual release schedule, returned to its traditional semiannual release by 2018, and moved to once-a-year releases in 2019.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: Kidz Bop does this to songs that originally have profanity or anything relating to substance abuse, alcohol, violence or sex in their lyrics in order to make them more kid-friendly. [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids This makes their song choices interesting, to say the least.]] Even lyrics of more innocent forms of love are edited in more than a few situations.

* ChildPopstar: The best-known example in 21st century America.

** DNCE's "Cake by the Ocean", in the original version, uses cake as a metaphor for sex on the beach, whereas the Kidz Bop version is about eating literal cake.

** Once upon a time, Kidz Bop would not lay their hands on any PG-13 rated song. Nowadays, having a huge pop hit and being passed over by Kidz Bop is seen as the music industry's equivalent of dodging a bullet. Proof of Kidz Bop's increasingly liberal approach to song selection can be seen in its track record of covering ''Hot 100'' number-one singles. For example, out of 18 #1 singles in 2000, only seven ("Smooth", "What A Girl Wants", "Amazed", "Try Again", "Be with You", "Everything You Want", and "Come On Over Baby") appeared on a Kidz Bop album. Flash-forward to 2015, and "Cheerleader" is the ''thirteenth'' consecutive Hot 100 #1 single to have made it onto a Kidz Bop album.[[note]]Let's count: "Timber", "Dark Horse", "Happy" and "All of Me" on ''26'', "Fancy", "Rude", "Shake It Off", and "All About That Bass" on ''27'', "Blank Space" and "Uptown Funk" on ''28'', "See You Again" on ''29'', and "Bad Blood" and "Cheerleader" on ''30''. The streak was finally broken when neither "Can't Feel My Face" nor "The Hills", The Weeknd's #1 hits, appeared on any Kidz Bop album. However, the remaining #1 hits of the year, "What Do You Mean?", "Hello", and "Sorry", the first #1 of 2016, made it onto ''31'' with hardly any issues. "Work" (surprisingly enough), "Love Yourself", and "One Dance" (but not "Pillowtalk" or "Panda") made it onto ''32''. "Can't Stop the Feeling!" and "Cheap Thrills" made it onto ''33''. "Closer" made ''34'', but "Black Beatles" and "Starboy" didn't. "That's What I Like" made ''35'', but "Bad and Boujee", "Humble", and (most surprisingly) "Shape of You" didn't; "I'm the One" made ''36'', while "Despacito" missed the boat. "Look What You Made Me Do", "Havana" and "Perfect" made it on ''37'', but "Bodak Yellow" and "Rockstar" didn't. "God's Plan" made it on ''38'', but not "Nice for What” or "Psycho". "I Like It", "Girls Like You" and "In My Feelings" made it on ''39'' but "This is America" and "Sad!" were obviously snubbed. "Thank U, Next", "7 Rings", "Without Me", "Old Town Road", "Shallow", "Sucker", and "Sunflower" have all been released as singles, but the ship has likely sailed for "Sicko Mode". Time will tell if "Circles", "The Box", "Someone You Loved", "Highest in the Room", and "Lose You to Love Me" will get on ''41''.[[/note]] This is inverted with "Locked Away", which is inexplicably absent from the series despite being a perfectly clean and massive hit.

** "Born This Way" went from being an LGBT rights anthem to being about differing opinions

** Their cover of Music/BarenakedLadies' "One Week" leaves intact with the line "Gotta get in tune with ''Manga/SailorMoon'', cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes [[SomethingElseAlsoRises that make me think the wrong thing]]."

* {{Bowdlerize}}: Kidz Bop does this to songs that originally have profanity or anything relating to substance abuse, alcohol, violence or sex in their lyrics in order to make them more kid-friendly. [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids This makes their song choices interesting, to say the least.]] Even lyrics of more innocent forms of love are edited in more than a few situations. The rules are inconsistent. In "Jealous" from ''28'', "protective or possessive" was changed to "possessive or obsessive", but "call me obsessed" was changed to "call me a mess". On ''24'', "Can't Hold Us" changes "fight 'till it's over" to "dance 'till it's over", even though the reference is metaphorical, but on ''25'', "Brave"'s reference to a weapon which was ''not'' metaphorical was kept in, along with "Bad Blood" and "Fight Song"'s titles and some of the references, like "Did you have to hurt me?" and "The wrecking balls inside my brain", both from ''30''. All of the GettingCrapPastTheRadar examples count as well.

** Once upon a time, Kidz Bop would not lay their hands on any PG-13 rated song. Nowadays, having a huge pop hit and being passed over by Kidz Bop is seen as the music industry's equivalent of dodging a bullet. Proof of Kidz Bop's increasingly liberal approach to song selection can be seen in its track record of covering ''Hot 100'' number-one singles. For example, out of 18 #1 singles in 2000, only seven ("Smooth", "What A Girl Wants", "Amazed", "Try Again", "Be with You", "Everything You Want", and "Come On Over Baby") appeared on a Kidz Bop album. Flash-forward to 2015, and "Cheerleader" is the ''thirteenth'' consecutive Hot 100 #1 single to have made it onto a Kidz Bop album.[[note]]Let's count: "Timber", "Dark Horse", "Happy" and "All of Me" on ''26'', "Fancy", "Rude", "Shake It Off", and "All About That Bass" on ''27'', "Blank Space" and "Uptown Funk" on ''28'', "See You Again" on ''29'', and "Bad Blood" and "Cheerleader" on ''30''. The streak was finally broken when neither "Can't Feel My Face" nor "The Hills", The Weeknd's #1 hits, appeared on any Kidz Bop album, for the The Weeknd himself is often seen drunk or high, and "The Hills" is highly inappropriate for kids. However, the remaining #1 hits of the year, "What Do You Mean?", "Hello", and "Sorry", the first #1 of 2016, made it onto ''31'' with hardly any issues. "Work" (surprisingly enough), "Love Yourself", and "One Dance" (but not "Pillowtalk" or "Panda") made it onto ''32''. "Can't Stop the Feeling!" and "Cheap Thrills" made it onto ''33''. "Closer" made ''34'', but "Black Beatles" and "Starboy" didn't. "That's What I Like" made ''35'', but "Bad and Boujee", "Humble", and (most surprisingly) "Shape of You" didn't; "I'm the One" made ''36'', while "Despacito" missed the boat. "Look What You Made Me Do", "Havana" and "Perfect" made it on ''37'', but "Bodak Yellow" and "Rockstar" didn't. "God's Plan" made it on ''38'', but not "Nice for What” or "Psycho". "I Like It", "Girls Like You" and "In My Feelings" made it on ''39'' but "This is America" and "Sad!" were obviously snubbed. "Thank U, Next", "7 Rings", "Without Me", "Old Town Road", "Shallow", "Sucker", and "Sunflower" have all been released as singles, but the ship has likely sailed for "Sicko Mode". Time will tell if "Circles", "The Box", "Someone You Loved", "Highest in the Room", and "Lose You to Love Me" will get on ''41''.[[/note]] This is inverted with "Locked Away", which is inexplicably absent from the series despite being a perfectly clean and massive hit.

** In 2009, when UsefulNotes/McDonalds put Kidz Bop [=CDs=] in their Happy Meals, one of the [=CDs=] featured a cover of Gavin Degraw's "I Don't Want to Be", with the line "I'm tired of lookin' round rooms" possibly missung or misheard as "I'm tired of [[PrecisionFStrike fuckin']] round rooms". [[http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/Parents-Not-Happy-With-Spicy-Happy-Meal.html This resulted in controversy and complaints surronding McDonald's.]]

** In their cover of Flo Rida's "Wild Ones", every alcoholic beverage reference is removed, but a bizarre aversion is the word "vodka" in the line "Gotta move over like too much vodka".[[note]]The original lyric is "Got a hangover like too much vodka", and given that the term "hangover" wouldn't be appropriate in a Kidz Bop cover, it makes sense for the word to be changed, and being asked to "move over" after excessive vodka consumption also makes sense in context, but the mystery that remains is why the reference to vodka is left intact (whereas every other drinking reference is modified)[[/note]].

* LongRunner: They've released 37 [=CDs=] since first starting in 2001.

* NamesTheSame: For several songs:
** "Beautiful": There's the Music/ChristinaAguilera one from ''4'', the Music/MariahCarey one from ''25'', and the Bazzi one from ''39''.
** "Burn": Music/{{Usher}}'s 2004 smash was on ''6'', and Music/EllieGoulding's was on ''25'' as a bonus track.
** "Happy": Music/{{Ashanti}}'s second solo hit appeared on ''3'' and the Music/PharrellWilliams smash was on ''26''
** "Hello": The 2011 EDM hit by Martin Solveig was part of ''20''. The lead single to Music/{{Adele}}'s "25" was on ''31''.
** "Higher": Music/{{Creed}}'s hit song was on the mail-order version of ''2'', while Taio Cruz's 2011 song was a bonus track on ''20''.
** "The Middle": Music/JimmyEatWorld's SignatureSong was on the mail-order version of ''3'' and store-bought version of ''4''. Music/{{Zedd}}'s collaboration with Music/MarenMorris was on ''38''.
** "Photograph": The lead single of Music/{{Nickelback}}'s "All The Right Reasons" was on ''9'', while the Music/EdSheeran song was on ''30''.
** "Replay": The Iyaz song from 2009 was on ''17'' while the Music/{{Zendaya}} song from 2014 was on ''26''.
** "See You Again": Music/MileyCyrus's BreakthroughHit was on ''14'', the megahit from ''Music/Furious7Soundtrack'' appeared on ''29''.
** "Sing": Music/MyChemicalRomance's on the ''20'' bonus tracks, Music/EdSheeran's on ''26''.
** "Sorry": Music/{{Buckcherry}}'s only crossover hit was on ''14'' and Music/JustinBieber's second #1 was on ''31''.
** "Stay": Music/{{Rihanna}}'s song from 2013 was on ''24'' as a bonus track, Music/{{Zedd}}'s hit with Music/AlessiaCara was on ''35''.
** "Sugar": Music/Maroon5's 2015 hit appeared on ''29'' and the Robin Schulz dance track was on ''32'' as a bonus track.

''Kidz Bop'' is a CD series of pop song covers performed by kids. Currently on the [[LongRunner 40th CD]] of their main series, Kidz Bop has also released several special collection [=CDs=]. Kidz Bop releases albums every six months; it changed to a quarterly release schedule in 2015, shifted to a triannual release schedule, and returned to its traditional semiannual release by 2018.

** Older albums were more-or-less reluctant to include rap verses on mainly pop songs. Even the cleaner verses on "Baby", "Umbrellas", and "Cruise (remix)" were all removed. Newer albums have been more welcoming to rap verses on mainly pop songs.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Once upon a time, Kidz Bop would not lay their hands on any PG-13 rated song. Nowadays, having a huge pop hit and being passed over by Kidz Bop is seen as the music industry's equivalent of dodging a bullet. Proof of Kidz Bop's increasingly liberal approach to song selection can be seen in its track record of covering ''Hot 100'' number-one singles. For example, out of 18 #1 singles in 2000, only seven ("Smooth", "What A Girl Wants", "Amazed", "Try Again", "Be with You", "Everything You Want", and "Come On Over Baby") appeared on a Kidz Bop album. Flash-forward to 2015, and "Cheerleader" is the ''thirteenth'' consecutive Hot 100 #1 single to have made it onto a Kidz Bop album.[[note]]Let's count: "Timber", "Dark Horse", "Happy" and "All of Me" on ''26'', "Fancy", "Rude", "Shake It Off", and "All About That Bass" on ''27'', "Blank Space" and "Uptown Funk" on ''28'', "See You Again" on ''29'', and "Bad Blood" and "Cheerleader" on ''30''. The streak was finally broken when neither "Can't Feel My Face" nor "The Hills", The Weeknd's #1 hits, appeared on any Kidz Bop album, for the The Weeknd himself is often seen drunk or high, and "The Hills" is highly inappropriate for kids. However, the remaining #1 hits of the year, "What Do You Mean?", "Hello", and "Sorry", the first #1 of 2016, made it onto ''31'' with hardly any issues. "Work" (surprisingly enough), "Love Yourself", and "One Dance" (but not "Pillowtalk" or "Panda") made it onto ''32''. "Can't Stop the Feeling!" and "Cheap Thrills" made it onto ''33''. "Closer" made ''34'', but "Black Beatles" and "Starboy" didn't. "That's What I Like" made ''35'', but "Bad and Boujee", "Humble", and (most surprisingly) "Shape of You" didn't; "I'm the One" made ''36'', while "Despacito" missed the boat. "Look What You Made Me Do", "Havana" and "Perfect" made it on ''37'', but "Bodak Yellow" and "Rockstar" didn't. "God's Plan" made it on ''38'', but not "Nice for What” or "Psycho". "I Like It", "Girls Like You" and "In My Feelings" made it on ''39'' but "This is America" and "Sad!" were obviously snubbed. "Thank U, Next", "7 Rings", "Without Me", "Old Town Road", "Shallow", "Sucker", and "Sunflower" have all been released as singles, but the ship has likely sailed for "Sicko Mode".[[/note]] This is inverted with "Locked Away", which is inexplicably absent from the series despite being a perfectly clean and massive hit.

''Kidz Bop'' is a CD series of pop song covers performed by kids. Currently on the [[LongRunner 39th CD]] of their main series, Kidz Bop has also released several special collection [=CDs=]. Kidz Bop releases albums every six months; it changed to a quarterly release schedule in 2015, shifted to a triannual release schedule, and returned to its traditional semiannual release by 2018.

** "What Do You Mean" has the line "You wanna argue all day, make love all night", Kidz Bop made no effort to censor that part.

** "Sing" by Ed Sheeran was originally about a guy who met a girl at a bar after getting drunk. The Kidz Bop cover is implied to take place at a school social event and not involve any alcohol.

** The original "Love Me Like You Do" is a song about Ana and Christian's erotic relationship from ''Fifty Shades of Grey''. Kidz Bop's version is an innocent teenage love song.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Once upon a time, Kidz Bop would not lay their hands on any PG-13 rated song. Nowadays, having a huge pop hit and being passed over by Kidz Bop is seen as the music industry's equivalent of dodging a bullet. Proof of Kidz Bop's increasingly liberal approach to song selection can be seen in its track record of covering ''Hot 100'' number-one singles. For example, out of 18 #1 singles in 2000, only seven ("Smooth", "What A Girl Wants", "Amazed", "Try Again", "Be with You", "Everything You Want", and "Come On Over Baby") appeared on a Kidz Bop album. Flash-forward to 2015, and "Cheerleader" is the ''thirteenth'' consecutive Hot 100 #1 single to have made it onto a Kidz Bop album.[[note]]Let's count: "Timber", "Dark Horse", "Happy" and "All of Me" on ''26'', "Fancy", "Rude", "Shake It Off", and "All About That Bass" on ''27'', "Blank Space" and "Uptown Funk" on ''28'', "See You Again" on ''29'', and "Bad Blood" and "Cheerleader" on ''30''. The streak was finally broken when neither "Can't Feel My Face" nor "The Hills", The Weeknd's #1 hits, appeared on any Kidz Bop album, for the The Weeknd himself is often seen drunk or high, and "The Hills" is highly inappropriate for kids. However, the remaining #1 hits of the year, "What Do You Mean?", "Hello", and "Sorry", the first #1 of 2016, made it onto ''31'' with hardly any issues. "Work" (surprisingly enough), "Love Yourself", and "One Dance" (but not "Pillowtalk" or "Panda") made it onto ''32''. "Can't Stop the Feeling!" and "Cheap Thrills" made it onto ''33''. "Closer" made ''34'', but "Black Beatles" and "Starboy" didn't. "That's What I Like" made ''35'', but "Bad and Boujee", "Humble", and (most surprisingly) "Shape of You" didn't; "I'm the One" made ''36'', while "Despacito" missed the boat. "Look What You Made Me Do", "Havana" and "Perfect" made it on ''37'', but "Bodak Yellow" and "Rockstar" didn't. "God's Plan" made it on ''38'', but not "Nice for What” or "Psycho". "I Like It", "Girls Like You" and "In My Feelings" made it on ''39'' but "This is America" and "Sad!" were obviously snubbed. "Thank U, Next" and "7 Rings" only have each other possibly blocking their inclusion to ''40''. "Without Me", “Old Town Road”, “Shallow” and "Sunflower" will likely be on, but the ship has likely sailed for “Sicko Mode”.[[/note]] This is inverted with "Locked Away", which is inexplicably absent from the series despite being a perfectly clean and massive hit.

''Kidz Bop'' is a CD series of pop song covers performed by kids. Currently on the [[LongRunner 39th CD]] of their main series, Kidz Bop has also released several special collection [=CDs=]. Kidz Bop releases albums every six months; it changed to a quarterly release schedule in 2015, shifted to a triannual release schedule, and returned to its traditional biannual release by 2018.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Early Kidz Bop albums were more or less unedited, with only explicit language censored. This was due to the fact older/adult singers mainly sang the songs, with the kids chiming in during chorus lines or appropriate lyrics. This is notable since songs like Toxic and Crazy in Love were included ''without any editing.''

* DarkerAndEdgier: Once upon a time, Kidz Bop would not lay their hands on any PG-13 rated song. Nowadays, having a huge pop hit and being passed over by Kidz Bop is seen as the music industry's equivalent of dodging a bullet. Proof of Kidz Bop's increasingly liberal approach to song selection can be seen in its track record of covering ''Hot 100'' number-one singles. For example, out of 18 #1 singles in 2000, only seven ("Smooth", "What A Girl Wants", "Amazed", "Try Again", "Be with You", "Everything You Want", and "Come On Over Baby") appeared on a Kidz Bop album. Flash-forward to 2015, and "Cheerleader" is the ''thirteenth'' consecutive Hot 100 #1 single to have made it onto a Kidz Bop album.[[note]]Let's count: "Timber", "Dark Horse", "Happy" and "All of Me" on ''26'', "Fancy", "Rude", "Shake It Off", and "All About That Bass" on ''27'', "Blank Space" and "Uptown Funk" on ''28'', "See You Again" on ''29'', and "Bad Blood" and "Cheerleader" on ''30''. The streak was finally broken when neither "Can't Feel My Face" nor "The Hills", The Weeknd's #1 hits, appeared on any Kidz Bop album, for the The Weeknd himself is often seen drunk or high, and "The Hills" is highly inappropriate for kids. However, the remaining #1 hits of the year, "What Do You Mean?", "Hello", and "Sorry", the first #1 of 2016, made it onto ''31'' with hardly any issues. "Work" (surprisingly enough), "Love Yourself", and "One Dance" (but not "Pillowtalk" or "Panda") made it onto ''32''. "Can't Stop the Feeling!" and "Cheap Thrills" made it onto ''33''. "Closer" made ''34'', but "Black Beatles" and "Starboy" didn't. "That's What I Like" made ''35'', but "Bad and Boujee", "Humble", and (most surprisingly) "Shape of You" didn't; "I'm the One" made ''36'', while "Despacito" missed the boat. "Look What You Made Me Do", "Havana" and "Perfect" made it on ''37'', but "Bodak Yellow" and "Rockstar" didn't. "God's Plan" made it on ''38'', but not "Nice for What” or "Psycho". "I Like It", "Girls Like You" and "In My Feelings" made it on ''39'' but "This is America" and "Sad!" were obviously snubbed. "Thank U, Next" and "7 Rings" only have each other possibly blocking their inclusion to ''40''. "Without Me", “Shallow” and "Sunflower" will likely be on, but the ship has likely sailed for “Sicko Mode”.[[/note]] This is inverted with "Locked Away", which is inexplicably absent from the series despite being a perfectly clean and massive hit.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Once upon a time, Kidz Bop would not lay their hands on any PG-13 rated song. Nowadays, having a huge pop hit and being passed over by Kidz Bop is seen as the music industry's equivalent of dodging a bullet. Proof of Kidz Bop's increasingly liberal approach to song selection can be seen in its track record of covering ''Hot 100'' number-one singles. For example, out of 18 #1 singles in 2000, only seven ("Smooth", "What A Girl Wants", "Amazed", "Try Again", "Be with You", "Everything You Want", and "Come On Over Baby") appeared on a Kidz Bop album. Flash-forward to 2015, and "Cheerleader" is the ''thirteenth'' consecutive Hot 100 #1 single to have made it onto a Kidz Bop album.[[note]]Let's count: "Timber", "Dark Horse", "Happy" and "All of Me" on ''26'', "Fancy", "Rude", "Shake It Off", and "All About That Bass" on ''27'', "Blank Space" and "Uptown Funk" on ''28'', "See You Again" on ''29'', and "Bad Blood" and "Cheerleader" on ''30''. The streak was finally broken when neither "Can't Feel My Face" nor "The Hills", The Weeknd's #1 hits, appeared on any Kidz Bop album, for the The Weeknd himself is often seen drunk or high, and "The Hills" is highly inappropriate for kids. However, the remaining #1 hits of the year, "What Do You Mean?", "Hello", and "Sorry", the first #1 of 2016, made it onto ''31'' with hardly any issues. "Work" (surprisingly enough), "Love Yourself", and "One Dance" (but not "Pillowtalk" or "Panda") made it onto ''32''. "Can't Stop the Feeling!" and "Cheap Thrills" made it onto ''33''. "Closer" made ''34'', but "Black Beatles" and "Starboy" didn't. "That's What I Like" made ''35'', but "Bad and Boujee", "Humble", and (most surprisingly) "Shape of You" didn't; "I'm the One" made ''36'', while "Despacito" missed the boat. "Look What You Made Me Do", "Havana" and "Perfect" made it on ''37'', but "Bodak Yellow" and "Rockstar" didn't. "God's Plan" made it on ''38'', but not "Nice for What” or "Psycho". "I Like It", "Girls Like You" and "In My Feelings" made it on ''39'' but "This is America" and "Sad!" were obviously snubbed. "Thank U, Next" and "7 Rings" only have each other possibly blocking their inclusion to ''40''. "Without Me" and "Sunflower" will likely be on, but the ship has likely sailed for “Sicko Mode”.[[/note]] This is inverted with "Locked Away", which is inexplicably absent from the series despite being a perfectly clean and massive hit.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Once upon a time, Kidz Bop would not lay their hands on any PG-13 rated song. Nowadays, having a huge pop hit and being passed over by Kidz Bop is seen as the music industry's equivalent of dodging a bullet. Proof of Kidz Bop's increasingly liberal approach to song selection can be seen in its track record of covering ''Hot 100'' number-one singles. For example, out of 18 #1 singles in 2000, only seven ("Smooth", "What A Girl Wants", "Amazed", "Try Again", "Be with You", "Everything You Want", and "Come On Over Baby") appeared on a Kidz Bop album. Flash-forward to 2015, and "Cheerleader" is the ''thirteenth'' consecutive Hot 100 #1 single to have made it onto a Kidz Bop album.[[note]]Let's count: "Timber", "Dark Horse", "Happy" and "All of Me" on ''26'', "Fancy", "Rude", "Shake It Off", and "All About That Bass" on ''27'', "Blank Space" and "Uptown Funk" on ''28'', "See You Again" on ''29'', and "Bad Blood" and "Cheerleader" on ''30''. The streak was finally broken when neither "Can't Feel My Face" nor "The Hills", The Weeknd's #1 hits, appeared on any Kidz Bop album, for the The Weeknd himself is often seen drunk or high, and "The Hills" is highly inappropriate for kids. However, the remaining #1 hits of the year, "What Do You Mean?", "Hello", and "Sorry", the first #1 of 2016, made it onto ''31'' with hardly any issues. "Work" (surprisingly enough), "Love Yourself", and "One Dance" (but not "Pillowtalk" or "Panda") made it onto ''32''. "Can't Stop the Feeling!" and "Cheap Thrills" made it onto ''33''. "Closer" made ''34'', but "Black Beatles" and "Starboy" didn't. "That's What I Like" made ''35'', but "Bad and Boujee", "Humble", and (most surprisingly) "Shape of You" didn't; "I'm the One" made ''36'', while "Despacito" missed the boat. "Look What You Made Me Do", "Havana" and "Perfect" made it on ''37'', but "Bodak Yellow" and "Rockstar" didn't. "God's Plan" made it on ''38'', but not "Nice for What” or "Psycho". "I Like It", "Girls Like You" and "In My Feelings" made it on ''39'' but "This is America" and "Sad!" were obviously snubbed. "Thank U, Next" and "7 Rings" only have each other possibly blocking their inclusion to ''40''. "Without Me" and "Sunflower" will likely be on, but "Sicko Mode" almost certainly will not.[[/note]] This is inverted with "Locked Away", which is inexplicably absent from the series despite being a perfectly clean and massive hit.