History Main / ChildPopstar

* Puerto Rican boy band Menudo used to be, with their members being less than 15 when they became a sensation all over Latin America. Music/RickyMartin, their most successful ex-member, joined the group at the age of 12.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/BabyLooneyTunes'' saw the cast form a band for Granny. It went as well as could be expected of a gang of infants.

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* Music/XOMGPOP was formed with the help of Jojo Siwa, whom also stared as a Child Popstar

* ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' Kids
* It is implied that the incomplete ending version of "Dreams Dreams" on ''VideoGame/NiGHTSJourneyOfDreams'' is sung by either Helen or Will, depending on who you clear the game as. Even before that, Helen herself is revealed to be good at the violin.
* Exaggerated in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', in which Stewie Griffin tries to get an appearance on Meg Griffin's album.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/BabyLooneyTunes'' saw the cast form a band for Granny. It went as well as could be expected of a gang of infants.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' does this for a sizeable portion of its numbers. The episode "Flop Starz" is even dedicated to the boys deliberately becoming one-hit wonders in a single day.

* ''Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi'' portrayed Chun-Li as a ChildProdigy at the piano.
* ''Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie'': featured a rather shoehorned-in musical number courtesy of the titular tykes.
* ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'' - in an episode highlighting guitar genius Dwayne's fretting over a competition, Brendon, Melissa and Jason start a band - and they are ''awful!''
* Dani from ''Webcomic/CampWeedonwantcha'' was this trope, until his fame was superseded by another singer, eventually leading to his parents abandoning him at the titular camp.
* ''Series/KidsIncorporated''
* In life, Lily Hoshikawa from ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'' was a child actor who died young of a heart attack caused by the stress of her job, her strained relationship with her father, and [[spoiler: [[TransTribulations a dysphoric episode]] caused by her first facial hair coming in]]. [[OurZombiesAreDifferent In death]], she's the youngest member of Saga prefecture's hottest new [[IdolSinger idol group]], Franchouchou.
* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': Jet often writes and performs his own original songs throughout the series. In "Potatoes on Mars", it's shown that Jet is the lead singer of the band, with Sydney on piano, Sean on drums, Mindy on flugelhorn, and Sunspot on electric guitar.

* Lil' Kunt, actually a puppet employed by British musican Kunt And The Gang.

* The Jackson Five started as young children. Music/{{Michael|Jackson}}, the youngest of them, was only six when the band was formed (while Randy is three years younger than Michael, he was 14 when he replaced Jermaine).

* Willow Smith
* Stevie Wonder, back when he was credited as "the twelve year old genius" -- from the beginning, he played the piano, harmonica and percussion and he was about seven in the beginning.

Child popstar may join a BoyBand as they mature, assuming they can bear to give up the instrument. Indeed, several boy bands initially fit here. Others become {{Teen Idol}}s.

* Music/TheLindaLindas, a RiotGrrrl-inspired punk band whose members currently range from 10 to 16.

* Music/TheLindaLindas, a RiotGrrl-inspired punk band whose members currently range from 10 to 16.