Mr. Leonard says the group has a large enough following now that music is a living, but a breakthrough into pop stardom remains elusive.

Nonetheless over the last year or two he has redoubled his efforts to achieve pop stardom, even if he's not well suited for it.

I've yet to taste the trappings of pop stardom.

The high visibility of pop stardom soon lost its charms.

The result of all this exposure is a peculiar, inside-out kind of pop stardom.

And they have all studied the "Behind the Music" pitfalls of pop stardom.

Even before Huckapoo began its camp tour, the group had already managed to wedge a toe into the world of pop stardom.

But the real Hollywood twist is that four years after shelving their dreams of pop stardom, these three are about to get another chance.

For the family, she said, her pop stardom has been difficult.

Their own pop stardom became an unbreachable barrier to the raw experience that might provide them with new material.

Mr. Wilson, 58, who had a well-documented battle with mental illness, was the driving creative force that brought the Beach Boys to pop stardom.

Nonetheless, Mr. Martin, despite having leaped to pop stardom after his performance at the Grammys last year, was not shown much love by Grammy voters.

Tchaikovsky & Beethoven Violin Concertos consist of three conventional classical albums recorded by classical musician Vanessa-Mae before her rise to pop stardom.

He was particularly excited about last weekend's appearance on "Saturday Night Live," further proof that he has crossed over to pop stardom.

Bobby Sherman and David Soul were propelled to pop stardom as Jason's brothers, Jeremy and Joshua.

That album, 1992 - The Love Album, went straight to number one in the UK charts, propelling the band to pop stardom.

The success of the song inspires Ricky Nelson to begin a musical career that led to pop stardom.

That patience seems evident in the trajectory of your career: you've steadily built an audience instead of making the easy concessions to pop stardom.

The road to pop stardom is a perilous one that is famously littered with the carcasses of the burned out and long forgotten.

Ms. Spears, 25, a "Mickey Mouse Club" alumna, rose to pop stardom as the virginal singer of hits including "Oops!