Kidz Bop is a brand of compilation albums featuring kids performing current pop hits. The series was developed by Razor & Tie co-founders Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam in 2001. The albums are composed of popular songs that charted high on the Billboard Hot 100 and/or received heavy airplay from contemporary hit radio stations several months ahead of each album's release, and are performed by teens and younger children with lyrical edits to make songs more appropriate for children to listen to. The Kidz Bop Kids are chosen by audition.