Big Block SingSong explained

Creator:Warren Brown
Adam Goddard
Director:Warren Brown
Voices:Adam Goddard
Stacey Kay
Composer:Adam Goddard
Country:Canada
Language:English
Num Series:4
Num Episodes:89
Animator:Warren Brown
Runtime:2 minutes
Company:Goddard/Brown
Network:CBC Kids

Big Block Singsong is a Canadian children's animated musical television series and group created by Warren Brown and Adam Goddard.[1] They are best known for their regular series of animated music videos which have aired as interstitial programming on channels such as Disney Junior in the United States, Nick Jr. in the UK, ABC Kids in Australia and CBC Kids in Canada since 2012[2] and as the winners of the Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2020 for their album Greatest Hits, Vol. 4.[3] It is directed, designed, and animated by Brown and composed and sung by Goddard.

They received two previous Juno Award nominations at the Juno Awards of 2016 for Greatest Hits[4] and at the Juno Awards of 2018 for Greatest Hits, Vol. 3.[5]

The duo has also produced songs about letters and numbers for TVO Kids under the name ABC Singsong, under which they received two more Juno nominations at the Juno Awards of 2021 for Letters and Numbers[6] and at the Juno Awards of 2022 for Words Words Words.[7]

Plot

Each episode features a different block shaped character, based on a real life thing, (e.g. an animal, a person, or even a concept or idea) singing a song, either about themselves, or what they do. They sing original songs in many different musical genres.

Episodes

In total, the show ran for 4 series with 89 episodes.

Series 4 (2016-2017)

Notes and References

  1. Vish Khanna, "The best music for all ages". Now, October 5, 2016.
  2. Jeremy Dickson, "Disney Junior snaps up Big Block SingSong". KidScreen, December 17, 2012.
  3. Shakhiel Mahjouri, "2020 Juno Awards Winners List: Find Out Who Came Out On Top". ET Canada, June 29, 2020.
  4. https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/juno-nominees-list-2016-1.3430406 "Junos 2016: Complete list of Juno Award nominees"
  5. Sarah Murphy, "Juno Awards Reveal 2018 Nominees". Exclaim!, February 6, 2018.
  6. Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
  7. https://sorstu.ca/gala-des-prix-juno-2022-charlotte-cardin-devance-justin-bieber-et-the-weeknd-dans-les-nominations/ "Gala des prix JUNO 2022 | Charlotte Cardin devance Justin Bieber et The Weeknd dans les nominations!"