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Radio Disney
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Radio Disney Networks broadcasts three separated digital channels, Radio Disney, Radio Disney Country and Radio Disney Junior, via radio stations HD channel or by online stream sites. Recently Radio Disney has become a Mainstream Top 40 Indicator reporter on Nielsen-BDS eventually being upgraded to monitored status with Nielsen-BDS, Radio Disney is also a monitored reporter on the Mediabase 24/7 Top 40 panel. The network is headquartered in Burbank, California, on August 13,2014, Disney announced that it would sell its remaining Radio Disney stations, with the exception of KDIS in Los Angeles. Disney announced that it would begin to syndicate Radio Disney through affiliations with HD Radio subchannels, Disney had for a long time be involved in the music business building off its success in movies and TV shows, which later became Disney Music Group. However, with radio, Disney was not committed to the medium only doing a few shows, Radio Disney is Disneys third foray into radio. In late 1955, Walt Disney started The Magic Kingdom radio show—running Monday through Fridays, even before the 1996 Disney-CC/ABC merger, Disney and ABC Radio considered as early as 1992 planned for a childrens radio network but dropped the idea. Starting on July 31,1994, Disney started a radio show, Live From Walt Disney World. In November 1995, ABC Radio Networks and Childrens Broadcast Corp. reached an agreement for ABC Radio to provide marketing and sales to Radio AAHS. After Disneys acquisition of CC/ABC, Disney had ABC Radio cancel the agreement in August 1996 plus announced the start of its own childrens network and ended AAHSs Disney World broadcasting rights. Radio Disney was test launched in November 1996 in four markets, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Salt Lake City and Birmingham, on August 26,1997, Radio Disney was launched in Los Angeles on KTZN-AM. A nationwide roll out occurred in 1998 with 28 stations affiliating by August 1998 with an expected 63 stations by the end of 1999, Radio Disney purchased KAAM for $12 million and switched the station to the network in July. In 1998, the network was based out of its Dallas station, the network ran its Radio Disney Project Family Initiative from July 1 to September 15,2003 with family-themed programming and events to get family to sign on to the Radio Disney Family Pledge. Radio Disney began being carried by SiriusXM in 2002, Disney entered a joint venture to launch Capital Disney digital radio channel in Britain and operated from 2002 until June 29,2007. In 2004, Disney paid the former Childrens Broadcasting Corporation $12.4 million in a lawsuit settlement, also, as part of the 10th anniversary, Radio Disney held the Totally 10 Birthday Concert on July 22,2006 at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California. It also included a live webcast on the Radio Disney website. A second concert was held in Dallas, Texas on November 18,2006 at the Dallas Convention Center, Disney spun off and merged on June 12,2007 its ABC Radio Networks with Citadel Broadcasting into Citadel Communications while retaining its ESPN Radio and Radio Disney networks and stations. Operational duties of Radio Disney were transferred to the companys Disney–ABC Cable Networks Group, in March 2008, Radio Disney and Gracenotes signed a licensing agreement starting immediately that allow the lyrics be seen along with the song online on Radio Disney Internet Radio Player. The channel began streaming live on iTunes Radio Tuner in August 2008, in November 2008, Radio Disney relocated its main operations from Dallas to Los Angeles
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Radio Disney
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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Native Americans meeting with Europeans, 1764
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Flag
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The signing of the
Mayflower Compact, 1620.
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The
Declaration of Independence: the
Committee of Five presenting their draft to the
Second Continental Congress in 1776
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Disney Channel
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Disney Channels programming consists of original first-run television series, theatrically-released and original made-for-cable movies and select other third-party programming. Disney Channel – which formerly operated as a premium service – originally marketed its programs towards families during the 1980s, most of Disney Channels original programming is aimed at kids ages 9–16, while its Disney Junior programs are targeted at children 8 years and under. As of January 2016, Disney Channel is available to approximately 93.9 million pay television households in the United States. The Disney Sunday Movie, a version of the Walt Disney anthology television series, began on the channel in 1986 concurrent with ABCs version until 1988 and NBCs The Magical World of Disney. Disney Channel Original Movies series of made for television movies started on August 23,1997 with Northern Lights supplanting the previous Disney Channel Premiere Films banner.2 million viewers. The Cheetah Girls films were also successful in terms of merchiandise. The first film in 2003 was the first made-for-TV movie musical in Disney Channels history, and had a worldwide audience of over 84 million viewers. The second movie was the most successful of the series, bringing in 8.1 million viewers in the U. S. Disney Junior – Disney Junior is a block that features shows targeted at children aged 3–9. Which debuted on February 14,2011, it airs Monday through Fridays from 8,00 a. m. –2,00 p. m. and weekends from 6,00 to 9,00 a. m. Disney Junior carries one of the few programs on Disney Channel that feature classic Disney characters as of 2013, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Other programs currently seen in this block include Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Sheriff Callies Wild West, Sofia the First, Miles from Tomorrowland, The Lion Guard and Doc McStuffins. C. Saturdays from 8, 00-11,00 p. m. and Sundays from 7, Saturday nights feature repeats of recent episodes of the channels original series or an occasional film telecast. Encores of the respective nights programs typically air between 11,00 p. m. and 2,30 a. m, Eastern/Pacific each night during that weekend. Out of This World Weekend – a weekend of shows having space themed episodes, Weekend – a weekend of shows having mystery themed episodes. This was the first special weekend, Summer Adventure Weekend – a weekend of shows with vacation themed episodes. Flash Forward Weekend – a weekend of shows related to time travel, freaky Freakend – a weekend of shows featuring paranormal themed episodes. April Fuel Week – a week of shows featuring special episodes, Weekend – a weekend of shows featuring guest stars from other Disney Channel shows, occurs mostly in April. Programming seen during Disney Nighttime included older feature films, along with original concert specials, variety specials, mystery Night – ran each Tuesday evening starting at 9,00 p. m. Eastern/Pacific from 1990 to 1993, focused on mystery films from the 1930s to the 1960s
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Disney Channel's headquarters in
Burbank,
California as it appeared in the 2000s (the logo was later removed instead of being replaced with the 2002-era logo).
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Original logo used from April 18, 1983 to April 5, 1997; the wordmark (at bottom), based on The Walt Disney Company's 1986-2010 corporate logo, replaced a generic all-capital text logo in 1986. The "Mickey Mouse TV" served as the de facto primary logo, with the wordmark being used intermittently on-air.
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Music
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Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time. The common elements of music are pitch, rhythm, dynamics, different styles or types of music may emphasize, de-emphasize or omit some of these elements. The word derives from Greek μουσική, Ancient Greek and Indian philosophers defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies. Common sayings such as the harmony of the spheres and it is music to my ears point to the notion that music is often ordered and pleasant to listen to. However, 20th-century composer John Cage thought that any sound can be music, saying, for example, There is no noise, the creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. There are many types of music, including music, traditional music, art music, music written for religious ceremonies. For example, it can be hard to draw the line between some early 1980s hard rock and heavy metal, within the arts, music may be classified as a performing art, a fine art or as an auditory art. People may make music as a hobby, like a teen playing cello in a youth orchestra, the word derives from Greek μουσική. According to the Online Etymological Dictionary, the music is derived from mid-13c. Musike, from Old French musique and directly from Latin musica the art of music and this is derived from the. Greek mousike of the Muses, from fem. of mousikos pertaining to the Muses, from Mousa Muse. In classical Greece, any art in which the Muses presided, Music is composed and performed for many purposes, ranging from aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, or as an entertainment product for the marketplace. With the advent of recording, records of popular songs. Some music lovers create mix tapes of their songs, which serve as a self-portrait. An environment consisting solely of what is most ardently loved, amateur musicians can compose or perform music for their own pleasure, and derive their income elsewhere. Professional musicians sometimes work as freelancers or session musicians, seeking contracts and engagements in a variety of settings, There are often many links between amateur and professional musicians. Beginning amateur musicians take lessons with professional musicians, in community settings, advanced amateur musicians perform with professional musicians in a variety of ensembles such as community concert bands and community orchestras. However, there are many cases where a live performance in front of an audience is also recorded and distributed. Live concert recordings are popular in classical music and in popular music forms such as rock, where illegally taped live concerts are prized by music lovers
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A painting on an Ancient Greek vase depicts a music lesson (c. 510 BC).
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Jean-Gabriel Ferlan performing at a 2008 concert at the collège-lycée Saint-François Xavier
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The composer
Michel Richard Delalande, pen in hand.
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Funk places most of its emphasis on rhythm and
groove, with entire songs based around a
vamp on a single chord. Pictured are the influential funk musicians
George Clinton and
Parliament Funkadelic in 2006.
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Teen pop
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Teen pop is a subgenre of pop music that is created, marketed and oriented towards preteens and teenagers. Teen pop copies genres and styles such as pop, R&B, dance, electronic, hip hop, country, teen-oriented popular music had become common by the end of the Swing Era, in the late 1940s, with Frank Sinatra being an early teen idol. However, it was the early 1960s that became known as the Golden Age for pop teen idols, other successful singers and bands appealing to tweens and teens were Bobby Sherman, The DeFranco Family, The Partridge Family, Shaun Cassidy, David Cassidy and a pre-disco Bee Gees. In the early 1990s, teen pop dominated the charts until grunge, in 1996 the girl group Spice Girls released their single Wannabe, which made them major pop stars in the UK, as well as in the US the following year. In their wake, other teen pop groups and singers came to prominence, including Hanson, the Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, Robyn, All Saints, S Club, B*Witched, and Destinys Child. In 2001 artists like Aaron Carter, Swedish group A-Teens, girl groups 3LW, Play, Edens Crush and Dream, alternate looks for female teen pop stars include Hoku, and girl group No Secrets. In the UK, teen pop continued to surge with Ellie Campbell, Atomic Kitten, many teen artists starting incorporating genres such as Pop Rock, Contemporary R&B and Hip-Hop. B2K, a hip hop, pop and R&B group, was made up of boys, so it was considered a boy band and was popular across the world. Their style of music was different than other teenage artists, sounding more mature than the typical boy band. Other teenage artists who sounded more mature in this way were Jhene, since early 2000s, but some did many years before that, many teen stars have developed careers through their involvement with Disney. Alongside Disney, other teen pop stars emerged by 2007, among them American Idol winner Jordin Sparks and Nickelodeon stars Miranda Cosgrove, Victoria Justice, miley Cyrus is another example of a Teen Pop singer whose career also started in Disney Channel. Her success worldwide was the reason of her status as Queen of Teen Pop since she has the biggest sales, the introduction of Canadian singer Justin Bieber, a protégé of Usher, created a resurgence of interest in teen pop. As for Japanese teen pop culture, the category of idol is playing an important role, momoiro Clover Z is ranked as number one among female idol groups according to 2013–2016 surveys
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Jonas Brothers in 2007.
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In Japan,
Momoiro Clover Z is popular among teenagers because of their energetic performance including acrobatic stunts.
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Mickey Mouse
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Mickey Mouse is a funny animal cartoon character and the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company. He was created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at the Walt Disney Studios in 1928, an anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves, Mickey has become one of the worlds most recognizable characters. Mickey first was seen in a single test screening, Mickey officially debuted in the short film Steamboat Willie, one of the first sound cartoons. He went on to appear in over 130 films, including The Band Concert, Brave Little Tailor, Mickey appeared primarily in short films, but also occasionally in feature-length films. Ten of Mickeys cartoons were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, one of which, Lend a Paw, in 1978, Mickey became the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Beginning in 1930, Mickey has also featured extensively as a comic strip character. His self-titled newspaper strip, drawn primarily by Floyd Gottfredson, ran for 45 years. Mickey has also appeared in books such as Disney Italys Topolino, MM Mickey Mouse Mystery Magazine, and Wizards of Mickey. He also appears in other such as video games as well as merchandising and is a meetable character at the Disney parks. Mickey generally appears alongside his girlfriend Minnie Mouse, his pet dog Pluto, his friends Donald Duck and Goofy, though originally characterized as a mischievous antihero, Mickey was rebranded over time as an everyman, usually seen as a flawed, but adventurous hero. I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing – that it was all started by a mouse, in the spring of 1928, with the series going strong, Disney asked Mintz for an increase in the budget. Angrily, Disney refused the deal and returned to produce the final Oswald cartoons he contractually owed Mintz, Disney was dismayed at the betrayal by his staff but determined to restart from scratch. The new Disney Studio initially consisted of animator Ub Iwerks and an apprentice artist, Les Clark. One lesson Disney learned from the experience was to always make sure that he owned all rights to the characters produced by his company. In the spring of 1928, Disney asked Ub Iwerks to start drawing up new character ideas, Iwerks tried sketches of various animals, such as dogs and cats, but none of these appealed to Disney. A female cow and male horse were also rejected and they would later turn up as Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar. A male frog was also rejected and it would later show up in Iwerks own Flip the Frog series. Walt Disney got the inspiration for Mickey Mouse from a mouse at his desk at Laugh-O-Gram Studio in Kansas City
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Concept art of Mickey from early 1928; the sketches are the earliest known drawings of the character, from the collection of
The Walt Disney Family Museum.
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Mickey Mouse
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Mickey's first appearance in
Steamboat Willie (1928).
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Mickey in
Fantasia (1940).
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Headphones
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Headphones are a pair of small electronic or electric listening devices that are designed to be worn on or around the head over a users ears. They are electroacoustic transducers, which convert a signal to a corresponding sound in the users ear. Headphones are designed to allow a user to listen to an audio source privately, in contrast to a loudspeaker. Headphones are also known as earspeakers, earphones or, colloquially, circumaural and supra-aural headphones use a band over the top of the head to hold the speakers in place. The other type, known as earbuds or earphones consist of units that plug into the users ear canal. In the context of telecommunication, a headset is a combination of headphone and microphone, the first headphones were developed in the late 1800s for use by telephone operators, to keep their hands free. Initially the audio quality was mediocre and a forward was the invention of high fidelity headphones. Headphones are made in a range of different audio reproduction quality capabilities, headsets designed for telephone use typically cannot reproduce sound with the high fidelity of expensive units designed for music listening by audiophiles. Headphones that use cables typically have either a 1/4 inch or 1/8 inch phone jack for plugging the headphones into the audio source, some stereo earbuds are wireless, using Bluetooth connectivity to transmit the audio signal by radio waves from source devices like cellphones and digital players. Due to the spread of wireless devices in recent years headphones are used by people in public places such as sidewalks, grocery stores. The latter two types of employees use headphones with an integrated microphone, Headphones originated from the earpiece, and were the only way to listen to electrical audio signals before amplifiers were developed. The first truly successful set was developed in 1910 by Nathaniel Baldwin, some very sensitive headphones, such as those manufactured by Brandes around 1919, were commonly used for early radio work. These early headphones used moving iron drivers, with either single ended or balanced armatures, the requirement for high sensitivity meant that no damping was used, thus the sound quality was crude. These early models lacked padding, and often produced excessive clamping forces on the wearers head and their impedance varied, headphones used in telegraph and telephone work had an impedance of 75 ohms. Those used with wireless radio had to be more sensitive and were made with more turns of finer wire. Impedance of 1000 to 2000 ohms was common, which suited both crystal sets and triode receivers, in early powered radios, the headphone was part of the vacuum tubes plate circuit and carried dangerous voltages. It was normally connected directly to the high voltage battery terminal. The use of electrical connections meant that users could be shocked if they touched the bare headphone connections while adjusting an uncomfortable headset
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Headphones on a stand
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Brandes radio headphones, circa 1920.
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Sennheiser HD 555 headphones, used in
audio production environments (2007)
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Circumaural headphones have large pads that surround the outer ear.
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Nickelodeon
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Nickelodeon is an American basic cable and satellite television network launched on December 1,1977, and is owned by Viacom through Viacom Media Networks and based in New York City. It is primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged 7–18 while its weekday morning edutainment programs are targeted at children ages 2–6. As of July 2015, Nickelodeon is available to approximately 93.7 million pay television households in the US, the name of the channel comes from the first five cent movie theaters called nickelodeons. Nickelodeons history dates back to December 1,1977, when Warner Cable Communications launched the first two-way interactive cable system, QUBE, in Columbus, Ohio. Its C-3 cable channel carried Pinwheel daily from 7,00 a. m. to 9,00 p. m. Eastern Time, Nickelodeon launched on April 1,1979, initially distributed to Warner Cable systems via satellite on the RCA Satcom-1 transponder. Originally commercial-free, advertising was introduced in January 1984, the channel also airs reruns of select original series that are no longer in production, as well as occasional original made-for-TV movies. The channel also aired special editions of Nick News with Linda Ellerbee. The channel occasionally airs feature films produced by the networks Nickelodeon Movies film production division, although the film division bears the Nickelodeon brand name, the cable channel does not have access to most of the movies produced by its film unit. Nick Jr. – Nickelodeon currently programs shows targeted at preschool-age children on Monday through Fridays from 8,30 am-3,00 pm Eastern, the block primarily targets audiences of preschool age as Nickelodeons usual audience of school-age children are in school during the blocks designated time period. Programs currently seen in this block include Blaze and the Monster Machines, Team Umizoomi, Bubble Guppies, PAW Patrol, Max & Ruby, Saturday morning block - a morning block of primarily animated series from 9 am-12,30 pm Eastern and Pacific Time. It launched on September 22,2012, as Gotta See Saturday Mornings, recent episodes of certain original series may air when no new episodes are scheduled to air that week. The schedule features series such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Bunsen Is a Beast, ALVINNN. nicks New Saturday Night – a primetime live-action block airing from 8-10pm Eastern and Pacific Time. It launched on September 22,2012, as Gotta See Saturday Nights, recent episodes of certain original series may air when no new episodes are scheduled to air that week. The schedule features The Thundermans and Henry Danger, premieres of the networks original made-for-cable movies also occasionally air during the primetime block, usually in the form of premiere showings. SNICK – SNICK was the networks first dedicated Saturday primetime block that aired from 8,00 to 10,00 p. m. Eastern, geared toward pre-teens and teenagers, it debuted on August 15,1992. The block featured mainly live-action series, although it featured animated series. SNICK was discontinued on August 28,2004, and was replaced the following week by a Saturday night edition of the TEENick block and it was hosted by Stick Stickly, a Mr. Bill-like popsicle stick character. The block was replaced for the summer of 1999 by Henry, the Stick Stickly character was later revived for The 90s Are All That on TeenNick, which debuted in 2011
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Nickelodeon Studios as viewed from the
Hard Rock Cafe in March 2004 before it moved.
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An attempt at the
Guinness record for the world's largest picnic, sponsored by Nickelodeon in
Petah Tikva,
Israel.
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Family Channel
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Family Channel is a Canadian English-language Category A cable and satellite television channel that is owned by DHX Media. and on Cable Bahamas in The Bahamas. Family is headquartered in the Brookfield Place office complex, near the Financial District of Downtown Toronto and it has transmitted from Corus Quay since at least 2014. As of March 2013, Family Channel is available to approximately six million pay television households in Canada and it transmits three feeds, Eastern Time Zone feeds in both standard definition and high definition, and a Pacific Time Zone feed solely in standard definition. The network officially launched on September 1,1988, during its first decade, at the time of its launch, Family Channel broadcast for 16½ hours each day, from 6,00 a. m. to 11,30 p. m. Eastern and Pacific Time. Family was originally offered by companies as a standalone channel that required an additional monthly subscription fee. In October 1997, most domestic cable and satellite providers started offering the channel as part of a package with that years wave of new specialty channels, however, in line with CRTC regulations for premium channels at the time, Family did not broadcast commercials. In October 1999, as part of the break-up of Western International Communications —which had bought Allarcom—its stake in Family Channel was sold to Corus Entertainment. Gradually, though, the channels programming shifted more towards children with feature films being the only family-oriented programming featured on the channel by the mid-2000s, on July 1,2007, Family became the last English-language childrens network in Canada to switch to a 24-hour broadcast schedule. On January 11,2011, Family debuted an updated logo, bells original proposal, under which it would have maintained ownership of the channels, was rejected by the Bureau in 2012 as it would have given Bell a 42% share of the English television market. On November 28,2013, DHX Media announced that it would acquire Family, while the Halifax-based company already distributes and produces a large library of childrens television series, the purchase marks DHXs first foray into broadcasting. DHX has indicated that it would leverage its resources and library to add more original, the acquisition of Family Channel and its sister networks by DHX was approved by the CRTC on July 24,2014. The acquisition was finalized on July 31,2014, with Family, Corus subsequently launched new Disney Junior and Disney XD channels as well in December 2015. DHXs programming agreement with Disney ended in January 2016. and Télémagino, alongside new and original productions, DHX reached new output deals with AwesomenessTV, DreamWorks Animation, and Mattel in 2015 for programming based on their properties across its networks. On June 9,2015, it was announced that a new incarnation of the Degrassi franchise, Degrassi, Next Class, the show is produced by Epitome Pictures, whom DHX had acquired in 2014. Next Class premiered on January 4,2016 as part of a new primetime block known as F2N, as a result, channels that were legally considered premium services, such as Family Channel, may now optionally broadcast advertising. Historically, Family had been the main Canadian outlet for the programming of the U. S. cable network Disney Channel, including its live-action and animated programs, as well as its made-for-TV films. Family began to phase out Disney programming in late 2015 following Corus Entertainments acquisition of exclusive Canadian rights to Disney Channels programming, Family has also acquired and aired programming from other sources, including previous live-action Nickelodeon series, and the Australian series The Elephant Princess. Since the loss of Disney programming, the majority of Familys acquired programming has come from AwesomenessTV, Family airs films on Friday and Saturday evenings and on weekend afternoons, they consist of either theatrical releases, or, previously, Disney Channel made-for-TV films
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Family Channel
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Corus Entertainment
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Corus Entertainment is a Canadian media and broadcasting company. Formed in 1999 as a spin-off from Shaw Communications, it is headquartered at Corus Quay in Toronto, Ontario, and has prominent holdings in the radio, publishing, and television industries. Corus Entertainments voting majority is held by the companys founder JR Shaw and his family, Corus has a large presence in Canadian broadcasting, as owner of the national Global Television Network,39 radio stations, and a portfolio of 45 specialty television services. The spin-out would leave Shaw as a pure play telecommunications company, Corus would be a separate, publicly-traded company, first listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in September 1999, but would still be primarily controlled by the Shaw family. In September 1999, Corus acquired the assets of the Power Corporation of Canada. One of these stations, CHAU-TV, was later re-sold to Télé Inter-Rives, Corus also stated that it planned to use the purchase to help launch a preschool-oriented cable network in the United States. In March 2001, in response to complaints by the CRTC over its near-monopoly on ownership of childrens specialty channels in Canada, Corus sold Family Channel to Astral Media for $126.9 million. Corus also sold its stake in Western Canada pay-per-view service Viewers Choice to Shaw for $22.6 million, in August 2002, Corus sold CKDO and CKGE-FM to Durham Radio. Corus also sold its Red Deer, Alberta stations CKGY-FM and CIZZ-FM to Newcap Radio, in July 2007, Corus acquired CKBT-FM and CJZZ from Canwest. In June 2008, CHRC was sold to the group of the Quebec Ramparts hockey team. Also in August 2007, Corus announced a partnership with Hearst Corporation to launch Cosmopolitan TV, in March 2008, CTVglobemedia sold Canadian Learning Television to Corus for $73 million Corus launched a Canadian version of Nickelodeon on November 2,2009, replacing Discovery Kids. In 2010, Coruss sister company Shaw Communications re-entered the broadcasting industry through its acquisition of the assets of the bankrupt Canwest. On April 30,2010, Corus announced that it would sell its Québec radio stations, with the exception of CKRS, to Cogeco for $80 million, Corus cited their low profitability in comparison to their stations elsewhere as reasoning for the sale. On June 25, it was reported that Corus had agreed to sell CKRS to Radio Saguenay, on November 9,2010, Hasbro Studios signed an agreement with Corus to broadcast their productions on its networks. On March 26,2012, Corus and Shaw launched ABC Spark and this aspect of the deal, intended to quell concerns from the CRTC regarding Bells total market share after the merger, was approved by the Competition Bureau on March 18,2013. In an unrelated deal, Corus also announced that it would acquire Shaw Medias stakes in ABC Spark, Historia, Corus indicated that these purchases were meant to help the company expand its television holdings in the competitive Quebec market. Corus also planned to open a new office in Montreal following the sale, on September 1,2013, Coruss television business was reorganized into five divisions, Corus Kids, Corus Women and Family, Corus Content Distribution and Pay TV, Corus Airtime Sales and Corus Média. The Corus Kids division was subdivided into operations for YTV and its networks, the Teletoon Canada group
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Corus headquarters in Toronto as seen from
CN Tower
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Corus Entertainment Inc.
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Disney Channel (Canada)
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Disney Channel is a Canadian English-language exempted Category B specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment. The channel launched as part of a new licensing agreement between Corus and the Disney–ABC Television Group, which succeeded a previous program supply agreement between Disney and Family Channel and this marks Corus second Disney/ABC-licensed service behind ABC Spark – a localized version of ABC Family. In the meantime, Disney Channel aired blocks featuring selected Disney Junior, Disney Channel primarily airs animated and live-action series from its United States counterpart, movies, and third-party content from other distributors. The Disney XD on Disney Channel block also airs occasionally on weekends to show special episodes such as the Lab Rats, Disney Junior on Disney Channel – a weekday programming block featuring programming from Disney Junior. The block was discontinued after December 18,2015 due to the launch of the new Corus-operated Disney Junior channel, famalama DingDong - a four-day block with sister channels YTV and Teletoon. It showed the world premiere of Disney Channels newest show Stuck in the Middle along with movies like Invisible Sister and it was the last channel to air on February 15,2016 after YTV and Teletoon
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Disney Channel
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Burbank, California
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Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States,12 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. The population at the 2010 census was 103,340, Entertainment, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, NBC, Cartoon Network Studios with the West Coast branch of Cartoon Network, and Insomniac Games. The city is home to Bob Hope Airport. Burbank consists of two areas, a downtown/foothill section, in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains. Burbank is the easternmost city in the San Fernando Valley, Burbanks neighbor, Glendale, is the westernmost city in the San Gabriel Valley. The city was referred to as Beautiful Downtown Burbank on Laugh-In, the city was named after David Burbank, a New Hampshire-born dentist and entrepreneur who established a sheep ranch there in 1867. Historically, this area was the scene of a skirmish which resulted in the unseating of the Spanish Governor of California. Remnants of the battle reportedly were found many years later in the vicinity of Warner Bros. Studio when residents dug up cannonballs, by 1876, the San Fernando Valley became the largest wheat-raising area in Los Angeles County. But the droughts of the 1860s and 1870s underlined the need for water supplies. A professionally trained dentist, Dr. Burbank began his career in Waterville and he joined the great migration westward in the early 1850s and, by 1853 was living in San Francisco. At the time the American Civil War broke out he was well established in his profession as a dentist in Pueblo de Los Angeles. In 1867, he purchased Rancho La Providencia from David W. Alexander and Francis Mellus, Dr. Burbanks property reached nearly 9,200 acres at a cost of $9,000. Dr. Burbank wouldnt acquire full titles to both properties until after a decision known as the Great Partition was made in 1871 dissolving the Rancho San Rafael. Dr. Burbank also later owned the Burbank Theatre, which opened on November 27,1893, though the theater was intended to be an opera house, instead it staged plays and became known nationally. The theatre featured famous actors of the time including Fay Bainter and Marjorie Rambeau, when the area that became Burbank was settled in the 1870s and 1880s, the streets were aligned along what is now Olive Avenue, the road to the Cahuenga Pass and downtown Los Angeles. These were largely the roads the Indians traveled and the settlers took their produce down to Los Angeles to sell. At the time, the primary long-distance transportation methods available to San Fernando Valley residents were stagecoach, stagecoaching between Los Angeles and San Francisco through the Valley began in 1858
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Looking northwest over Burbank from
Griffith Park.
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Olive Ave., Burbank, 1889
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Dr. David S. Burbank
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2002 Radio Disney Music Awards
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The 2002 Radio Disney Music Awards were held on November 16,2002, at the Radio Disney studios. It was the edition of the award. At that time the Radio Disney Music Awards was not an official ceremony and it was a special feature on Radio Disney held on November 16,2002. The Radio Disney Music Awards contained 6 categories, with 3 nominees for votes in 4 weeks, list of categories and winners in 2002
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2006 Radio Disney Music Awards
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The 2006 Radio Disney Music Awards were held on December 11,2006, at the Radio Disney, Burbank, California. At that time, the Radio Disney Music Awards werent a ceremony, on November 16,2006 the nominations were announced. The awards would be held on December 11,2006, the Radio Disney Music Awards contained 21 categories, with 3 to 4 nominees for votes in 4 weeks
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2013 Radio Disney Music Awards
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The 2013 Radio Disney Music Awards were held on April 27,2013, at the Nokia Theatre L. A. Live in Los Angeles, California, after a hiatus after 2007. On March 15,2013, The 11th Radio Disney Music Awards was confirmed at Nokia Theatre L. A. Live, in Los Angeles, the awards would be held on April 27,06,00 pm. The tickets started selling on March 15, on Ticketmaster, the Radio Disney Music Awards contained 11 categories, with 3 to 5 nominees for votes in 4 weeks. For his work w/ Free the Children Caroline Sunshine & Adam Irigoyen - presented Hero for Change Award to Denzell P. of the Boys and Girls Club On March 15,2013 the nominations were announced. Mary Dawson, a 15-year-old student from Los Angeles, won the Heroes for Change for her charity work and her involvement with PressFriends, misha Ahmad, Denzell Perry, Dara Reyes and Ben Harowitz were the other honorees. Official website 2014 Radio Disney Music Awards
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Microsoft Theater
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The Microsoft Theater is a music and theatre venue in downtown Los Angeles, California at L. A. Live. The theatre auditorium seats 7,100 and holds one of the largest indoor stages in the United States, the theatre was designed by ELS Architecture and Urban Design of Berkeley, California on a commission by the Anschutz Entertainment Group in 2002. It opened on October 18,2007 with six concerts featuring The Eagles, in June 2015, the venue was re-branded as Microsoft Theater as part of a new naming rights deal with AEG Live. Microsoft had acquired Nokias mobile device business in 2014, as part of the new naming rights deal, the L. A. Live plaza was also renamed Microsoft Square, and Microsoft provided upgrades to the venues technology, since its opening, the Microsoft Theater has been a popular venue for award shows. The theatre has hosted the ESPY Awards since 2008 as well as the American Music Awards since 2007, the venue has been the home to the Primetime Emmy Awards since 2008 and will continue to do so until at least 2018. It hosted the MTV Video Music Awards in 2010,2011 and 2015, in 2008 and 2011, the venue hosted The Grammy Nominations Live, a concert announcing the nominees for the Grammy Awards were announced. The Microsoft Theater has hosted the Peoples Choice Awards since 2010 and it has also been used by Nintendo multiple times for press conferences during E3. It was also the venue for the finale of American Idol from seasons 7–13 as well as the 2015, vocaloid character Hatsune Miku made her US debut at Microsoft Theater on July 2,2011, as part of Anime Expo. She returned to the venue on October 11–12,2014 as part of Miku Expo LA2014, Hatsune Miku returned for another performance on May 6,2016 as part of her first North American tour. The 28th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions were held at the Microsoft Theater on April 18,2013, the BET Awards moved to the Microsoft Theater in 2013. Since 2013, the Microsoft Theater has hosted the Radio Disney Music Awards, the Microsoft Theater most recently hosted the 58th Annual Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony on February 15
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Front facade of the Microsoft Theater prior to name change
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Microsoft Theater as viewed from the stage
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Los Angeles
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Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L. A. is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. With a census-estimated 2015 population of 3,971,883, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the United States. The citys inhabitants are referred to as Angelenos, historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest of what would become Alta California. The city was founded on September 4,1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence, in 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4,1850, the discovery of oil in the 1890s brought rapid growth to the city. The completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, delivering water from Eastern California, nicknamed the City of Angels, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, and sprawling metropolis. Los Angeles also has an economy in culture, media, fashion, science, sports, technology, education, medicine. A global city, it has been ranked 6th in the Global Cities Index, the city is home to renowned institutions covering a broad range of professional and cultural fields, and is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States. The Los Angeles combined statistical area has a gross metropolitan product of $831 billion, making it the third-largest in the world, after the Greater Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas. The city has hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1932 and 1984 and is bidding to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and thus become the second city after London to have hosted the Games three times. The Los Angeles area also hosted the 1994 FIFA mens World Cup final match as well as the 1999 FIFA womens World Cup final match, the mens event was watched on television by over 700 million people worldwide. The Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by the Tongva, a Gabrielino settlement in the area was called iyáangẚ, meaning poison oak place. Gaspar de Portolà and Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí, reached the present site of Los Angeles on August 2,1769, in 1771, Franciscan friar Junípero Serra directed the building of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the first mission in the area. The Queen of the Angels is an honorific of the Virgin Mary, two-thirds of the settlers were mestizo or mulatto with a mixture of African, indigenous and European ancestry. The settlement remained a small town for decades, but by 1820. Today, the pueblo is commemorated in the district of Los Angeles Pueblo Plaza and Olvera Street. New Spain achieved its independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, during Mexican rule, Governor Pío Pico made Los Angeles Alta Californias regional capital
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Selena Gomez
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Selena Marie Gomez is an American actress and singer. Having appeared as a child in the television series Barney & Friends. Due to the success of the series, Gomez worked on films, television shows. Gomez also formed her own company in 2008, titled July Moon Productions, she serves as an executive producer on the Netflix original series 13 Reasons Why. She signed a contract with Hollywood Records in 2008 and subsequently formed her band Selena Gomez & the Scene the following year. The band released three albums by 2011. Gomez hoped to focus on her career by transitioning into film work, earning starring roles in films such as Ramona and Beezus. Gomez hoped to achieve a mature image with a role in the exploitation film Spring Breakers. The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 in the United States, Gomez embarked on her Stars Dance Tour, though it was later canceled due to personal and medical struggles. In 2014, Gomez fired her parents as her managers and signed with the WME, during this time, she signed a new recording contract with Interscope Records, releasing a compilation album as her fifth and final release through Hollywood Records. Gomez released her studio album, Revival, in October 2015. The album debuted at one on the Billboard 200, while the first three singles Good for You, Same Old Love and, Hands to Myself all topped the Mainstream Top 40 chart in the United States. She embarked on her worldwide Revival Tour in 2016, like her previous tour, Gomez is currently working on her third solo studio album. Aside from her solo releases, Gomez has collaborated with American singer-songwriter Charlie Puth on the song We Dont Talk Anymore, outside of entertainment, Gomez released her own clothing line through Kmart in 2010 and a self-titled fragrance in 2013. She has worked with charitable organizations for years and became a UNICEF ambassador at the age of seventeen. Since the start of her career, Gomez has gone on to sell over 7 million albums and 22 million singles worldwide, as of November 2016, Gomez is the most-followed Instagram user in the world. Selena Marie Gomez was born in Grand Prairie, Texas on July 22,1992, to Ricardo Joel Gomez, Gomez was named after Tejano singer and actress Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, who died in 1995. Her father is of Mexican descent while her mother, who was adopted, has some Italian ancestry, regarding her Hispanic heritage, Gomez has stated, My family does have Quinceañeras, and we go to the communion church
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Gomez at the Walmart Soundcheck Concert, July 2013
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Gomez on the set of Wizards of Waverly Place (2007)
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Gomez performing during the
Stars Dance Tour (2013)
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Bridgit Mendler
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Bridgit Claire Mendler is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. Mendler has a degree in Anthropology from the University of Southern California, in 2004, she began her career in the animated Indian film The Legend of Buddha. As a teenager, she starred in the films Alice Upside Down, The Clique, in 2009, she signed with Disney Channel and played Juliet van Heusen on Wizards of Waverly Place. Following the positive reception to her character, she landed the role of Teddy Duncan on the Disney series Good Luck Charlie, in 2011, she appeared in Good Luck Charlie, Its Christmas, the film based on the series. Mendler starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Lemonade Mouth, in which her character Olivia performs numerous songs, two singles were released from the soundtrack featuring her vocals, with both charting on the US Billboard Hot 100. In 2012, Mendler released her debut album Hello My Name Is. which featured a pop sound and it debuted at number 30 on the US Billboard 200, and has sold over 200,000 copies. Her debut single off the album, Ready or Not, became an international Top 40 hit, the song was certified gold in Norway, platinum in New Zealand, the United States, and Canada, and peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was announced that her second single would be Hurricane, the video premiered on April 12,2013 and was shot in London. Hurricane has been certified gold in the United States, Mendler has links with several philanthropic projects and humanitarian causes. In 2010, she became ambassador to First Book, a campaign to encourage reading, in July 2012, she became ambassador of the campaign Give With Target with Target Corporation to raise funds to reform schools in the United States. She was featured in a March 2013 public campaign called Delete Digital Drama with the Seventeen magazine to end cyberbullying. In May 2013, she traveled to the United Kingdom to raise funds for the BBCs Comic Relief telethon, the campaign aimed to raise £100,000 and give families in poverty hope. In March 2014, Mendler traveled to El Quiché to participate in the project of Save the Children that helps underprivileged children in developing countries. She also represented the institution during the charity congress Save the Childrens annual Advocacy Summit in Washington, Mendler was born in Washington, D. C. She has a brother named Nick. She moved with her family to Mill Valley, California at the age of eight and it was there where she first expressed interest in acting and began working in plays. When she was eight years old, Mendler began taking part in local roles in dramatic and musical theatre, and became the youngest performer in the San Francisco Fringe Festival. When she was 11 years old, she hired an agent to help her get acting jobs, in 2004, Mendler got her first acting role in the animated Indian film The Legend of Buddha, in which she portrayed Lucy
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Mendler in May 2013
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Mendler at
Alice Upside Down premiere in 2007.
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Jason Dolley, Mendler and
Bradley Steven Perry in October 2010
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Austin Mahone
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Austin Harris Mahone is an American singer and songwriter. He is currently signed to Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, Mahone was born on April 4,1996 in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Michele Lee and Charles Edgar Mahone. His father died when he was a year and a old, and he was raised by his single mother. Mahone’s ethnicity is a mix of German, English, French. Most of his German and English ancestry is on his father’s side and he attended Lady Bird Johnson High School but left after freshman year and homeschooled at his grandmothers house. Mahone began his career by posting videos on YouTube in June 2010, more music videos followed, and by January 2011 he began to build an online following. In October 2011, Mahone posted a video covering Justin Biebers Mistletoe, on February 14,2012, Mahone independently released his first single,11,11, to iTunes. On June 4,2012, he released his debut EP, Extended Play, in Japan only, with his single, Say Somethin. On August 28,2012, Mahone announced that he had officially signed to Chase/Universal Republic Records. In November 2012, Mahone signed a deal to become the new Teen Ambassador for Lil Waynes Trukfit fashion clothing line and he has filmed commercials for McDonalds and Hot Nuts, a Mexican snack. On December 3,2012, Mahone released a song titled Say Youre Just a Friend featuring rapper Flo Rida as a digital download, I thought itd be cool to not only have the original version but also the piano version and change it up. In June 2013, Mahone released a song called What About Love, the music video won MTVs Artists to Watch at MTV Video Music Awards, and he was chosen as one of the opening acts of Taylor Swifts Red Tour. In July 2013, Mahone featured in Magik 2.0, in December 2013, Mahone was named a Digital and Brand Strategist for Aquafinas FlavorSplash, a new line of flavored sparkling water targeted towards teens. On October 17,2013, he kicked off his first ever headlining tour, on November 13, Mahone released a song Banga Banga as a promotional single. Mmm Yeah was released as the single from The Secret, his second EP. The Secret was later released on May 27,2014, on July 25,2014, Mahone kicked off his second headlining tour, Austin Mahone, Live on Tour. During 2014 and 2015, he continued to release new music for his fans. Five new songs titled Say My Name, Places, Waiting For This Love, Someone Like You, Mahone starred in Becky Gs music video for her song Lovin So Hard, whom he dated that time for five months. The video was released on May 6,2015, on July 1,2015, Mahone released Dirty Work, the lead single from his upcoming debut album
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Mahone at a Style 360 Fashion Show in 2013.
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Mahone performing for K104.7's Not So Silent Night in 2012.
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Cher Lloyd
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Cher Lloyd is an English singer, songwriter, rapper, and model. She rose to fame in 2010 when she finished fourth in the series of The X Factor. Following the seventh series finale, she was signed to Syco Music, Lloyds debut single, Swagger Jagger, was released in July 2011. The single entered at one on the UK Singles Chart. Lloyd released her album, Sorry Im Late in 2014. Despite its positive acclaim, the failed to match the success of its predecessor. Though the album met with success in the charts, Sorry Im Late outsold her debut album Sticks. Lloyd also experienced crossover appeal, signing to US record label Epic Records in 2012, cher Lloyd was raised in Malvern, Worcestershire, with her parents Darren and Diane and her three younger siblings, Sophie, Josh, and Rosie. Her family is of Romani origin, and Lloyd spent the first year of her life travelling around Wales with her parents in a caravan. Speaking to Now, her uncle claimed she was teased and bullied by classmates for her origins, Lloyd attended Dyson Perrins High School, where she studied performing arts. She also attended the arts school Stagecoach. Lloyd had previously auditioned for The X Factor before, singing ballads, Lloyd has previously performed at holiday camps and said she gets a mixed reaction to her music, but was a big hit with X Factor judges at the time. She auditioned singing the Keri Hilson version of Turn My Swag On by Soulja Boy, at bootcamp she sang a rap version of Viva La Vida. At the judges houses, she performed Cooler Than Me but suffered from tonsillitis and was unable to complete the song, Lloyd sang a rendition of Just Be Good to Me in the first of the live shows. In the second show, she sang Hard Knock Life. In the third show, she sang a mashup of No Diggity and Shout. This was the first time Lloyd did not rap in her performance, in week five, Lloyd sang Empire State of Mind, but judges stated that after the previous week they were disappointed. However, the judges agreed that she redeemed herself with her rendition of Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word mixed with Mockingbird, by Elton John and Eminem, respectively, in the following week, Lloyd performed Girlfriend, followed by Walk This Way
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Lloyd at the Paramount's Friends 'N' Family Grammys Party, February 2013
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Lloyd performing at The X Factor Live in Glasgow on 1 April 2011
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Lloyd at
Chicago radio station
WKSC-FM in 2012
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Cody Simpson
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Cody Robert Simpson is an Australian singer, songwriter, musician, dancer and actor from Gold Coast, Queensland, who was previously signed to US record label Atlantic Records. He owns a record label called Coast House Records, Simpson was born on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, to Brad and Angie Simpson. He has two siblings, Tom and Alli. Simpson has won two medals at the Queensland Swimming Championships. Simpson trained at the Miami Swimming Club under coach Ken Nixon, Simpsons mother Angie worked as a volunteer at the club. He was subsequently discovered on YouTube by Shawn Campbell, Simpsons rise to recognition was featured on The 7.30 Report in December 2009. He released his single, iYiYi, on 15 May 2010. The music video for Simpsons second single, Summertime, was released on 20 September 2010, Simpson relocated to Los Angeles in June 2010 with his family to record his songs with Atlantic Records Shawn Campbell. That same month, Simpson appeared on Sunrise, on 22 June 2010, it was announced that Simpson would participate in the Camplified 2010 Tour, along with other artists, touring across the United States. The tour began on 5 July 2010 and ended on 14 August 2010, other tours that year included a middle school tour that took place from October–November 2010 and covered 9 U. S states. An EP,4 U was released on 21 December 2010, the EP included five tracks in total, four of them being previously unreleased. Simpson recorded a remake of the song I Want Candy by The Strangeloves as the theme song for the Easter-themed live-action/CGI-animated film Hop. In May 2011, Simpson was egged during a performance at Westfield Miranda in Sydney. He then started the Waiting 4U tour with American singer Greyson Chance on April 9 in Ivins, the tour ended on May 18,2011, in Portland, Oregon. Coast to Coast was released on 20 September 2011 by Alantic Records and it reached number 12 on Billboard 200 selling 24,000 copies. On 23 April 2011, Simpson released the single On My Mind on 23 May 2011, on 5 August 2011, he performed on The Today Show. On 6 August 2011 Simpson started his Coast to Coast Mall Tour in Lake Grove and he played nine dates around the United States and finished it in Orange, California on 18 September 2011. On 22 September, it was announced that Cody Simpson hired Justin Biebers manager, Scooter Braun as his manager, in December 2011, The Wish Factory released a Cody Simpson doll in two formats
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Simpson at the
ARIA Music Awards of 2013
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Simpson performing at the Nevada Wild Fest outside the Rio in Las Vegas, Nevada 25 October 2012.
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Simpson performing in
Montreal in 2013
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2014 Radio Disney Music Awards
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The 2014 Radio Disney Music Awards were held on April 26,2014, at the Nokia Theatre L. A. The ceremony was edited and aired on April 27,2014 on Radio Disney and Disney Channel, the big winner was Selena Gomez taking home 3 ardys including song of the year. Shakira received the Hero Award, an honor for contribution for the charitable work, arianna Lopez, Matthew Kaplan and Yossymar Rojas was honor for contribution for the charitable work. Ariana Grande was honored with the Chart Topper Award for her performance on the charts. R5 was honored with the Show Stopper Award for their sold out shows on Louder Tour
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2014 Radio Disney Music Awards
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Ariana Grande
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Ariana Grande-Butera, known as Ariana Grande, is an American singer and actress. She began her career in the Broadway musical 13, before landing the role of Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon television series Victorious in 2009, the show ended after four seasons, and Grande starred on the spinoff, Sam & Cat, which ended in 2014. She has also appeared in theatre, television and film roles. Grandes music career began with the soundtrack Music from Victorious and she signed a recording contract with Republic Records and released her debut studio album, Yours Truly in 2013, which debuted at No.1 on the US Billboard 200. The albums lead single, The Way, debuted in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, Grandes second studio album, My Everything, debuted at No.1 in the US and charted in the top 10 in various other countries. In 2015, Grande promoted My Everything with her first world tour, The Honeymoon Tour, and guest-starred in the Fox comedy horror television series, Scream Queens. She also released the single Focus, which debuted at No.7 in the US, and a holiday EP album, Christmas & Chill, in 2016, she released her third studio album, Dangerous Woman, as well as several songs from the album. The title track debuted at No.10 on the Billboard Hot 100, the album debuted at No.2 on the Billboard 200. As of January 2017, Grandes music videos had been viewed a total of more than 7 billion times online, All three of her albums have been certified platinum or better by the RIAA. In 2016, Time named Grande one of the 100 most influential people in the world on the annual Time 100 list, Grande has a large following on social media, including the 2nd most followed Instagram account. In 2017, Grande is touring in North America and then Europe and her name was originally inspired by Princess Oriana from Felix the Cat. She has an older half-brother, Frankie Grande, who is an actor, dancer and producer, Grandes family moved from New York to Florida when her mother was pregnant with Grande, and her parents separated when she was around 8 or 9 years old. As a child, Grande performed with the Fort Lauderdale Childrens Theater, playing her first role as Annie, as well as performing in the musicals The Wizard of Oz and Beauty and she attended Pine Crest School and North Broward Preparatory School. By age 13, she became serious about pursuing a music career, who is going to buy a 14-year-olds R&B album. In 2008, Grande was cast in the role of cheerleader Charlotte in the musical 13 on Broadway. When she joined the musical, Grande left her school, North Broward Preparatory School. The school sent materials to her so she could study with tutors and she also sang various times at the New York City jazz club, Birdland. Grande auditioned for the Nickelodeon television show Victorious in New York along with 13 co-star Elizabeth Gillies in 2009, in this sitcom set in a performing arts high school, Grande was cast as Cat Valentine
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Grande performing at the
Amalie Arena in December 2013
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Grande performing with the
Victorious cast, May 2011
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Grande in July 2011
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Grande at the
Worldwide Day of Play in 2013
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Fifth Harmony
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Fifth Harmony is an American girl group formed on the second season of The X Factor US in July 2012. The group consists of members Ally Brooke, Normani Kordei, Dinah Jane, Lauren Jauregui and previously, Camila Cabello, whose departure was announced on December 18,2016. In January 2013, they signed a joint deal with Syco Music, owned by Simon Cowell, in December 2016, it was reported that all group members are also individually signed to Epic Records. Following their exit from The X Factor, they released their debut single Miss Movin On and its music video won the group the MTV Video Music Award for Artist to Watch. Their debut extended play, Better Together, had a first week position of six on the US Billboard 200. The group released their studio album Reflection in 2015, debuting at number five on the Billboard 200. The album included the platinum singles Boss, Sledgehammer and Worth It, the latter achieved triple platinum certification in the United States and reached the top-ten in thirteen countries. Work from Home, the single from their second album 7/27, became the groups first top-ten single on the US Billboard Hot 100. As of December 2016, Fifth Harmony has sold a total of 424,000 albums, seven million digital songs and earned 1.6 billion on-demand streams in the United States, according to Nielsen Soundscan. On July 27,2012, they were formed as a group at the end of bootcamp by Simon Cowell and Demi Lovato, originally, the groups name was LYLAS, but another group called The Lylas claimed that the show stole their name. Thereafter, LYLAS changed their name to 1432, which was announced on the first live show on October 31,2012, Simon Cowell and L. A. Reid were critical of the new name, and Cowell suggested that the group be renamed again. During the first live show on November 1,2012,1432 performed Skyscraper by Demi Lovato in a sing-off with Sister C. Cowell decided to send 1432 through to the Top 12 and he announced that they would be renamed by the viewers online, the name chosen by the public was announced, Fifth Harmony. In the semi-finals stage of the show, they performed Ellie Gouldings Anything Could Happen as well as Shontelles Impossible and their performance of Anything Could Happen was a finals-caliber performance according to L. A. Reid and described as magic by Britney Spears. Their performance of Impossible received mostly negative reviews from the judges because the group had performed the song at Simon Cowells home. Three members of the group sang parts of the song in fluent Spanish, the following nights public vote results advanced Fifth Harmony to the final 3 along with Tate Stevens and Carly Rose Sonenclar. On the Top three live show, Fifth Harmony performed Ellie Gouldings Anything Could Happen for the time as their Song of the Series song. Their second song was a duet with The X Factor judge Demi Lovato singing Give Your Heart a Break and their final song of the night was Let It Be by The Beatles, billed as their $5 million song
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Fifth Harmony performing in 2013
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Fifth Harmony performing on their Harmonize America Tour, August 2013.
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Becky G
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Rebbeca Marie Gomez, better known by her stage name Becky G, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actress and model. Gomez first gained recognition in 2011 when she began posting videos of herself covering popular songs online, one of her videos caught the attention of producer Dr. Luke, who subsequently offered her a joint record deal with Kemosabe Records and RCA Records. While working on her effort, Gomez collaborated with artists will. i. am, Cody Simpson. Her official debut single, Becky from the Block, received a reception upon its release. She released her extended play, Play It Again, later that same year. Her second single, Cant Get Enough, featured guest vocals from Pitbull, Gomez achieved mainstream success with the release of Shower, which went on to enter the top twenty of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The single would go on to receive a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. Following the success of Shower, Gomez released Cant Stop Dancin and Break a Sweat as singles from her forthcoming album and she embarked on a co-headlining tour with J Balvin throughout September and October 2015, spanning throughout the United States. She portrayed Valentina Galindo in two episodes of the television series Empire, contributing two new songs to the soundtrack of the series. Gomez was featured on the song Superstar with Pitbull and she released her first Spanish single, Sola, which is set to appear on her debut studio album. Gomez played the Yellow Ranger, Trini, in the 2017 superhero film Power Rangers and her performance was received positively and made universal headlines, being the first queer Power Ranger. Rebbeca Marie Gomez was born on March 2,1997 in Inglewood, California and she is the daughter of Alejandra and Francisco Frank Gomez, she is of Mexican descent. Gomez has two brothers, Frankie and Alex, and a sister, Stephanie. Gomez grew up in poverty, and at the age of nine her family moved into the garage of her grandparents house. Gomez began working part-time jobs to support her family, doing commercials. She had what she described as a crisis when she was nine years old. She was quoted as stating That was literally my mid-life crisis when I was nine years old, thats when I felt like, OK, I gotta get my life together. I pushed that on myself at a younger age than the average kid because at the time my family had lost our home, ive always been more mature for my age, so I was already understanding what they were going through
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Becky G at the
LA Pride in June 2015
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Becky G performing Chicago, December 2013.
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R5 (band)
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R5 is an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2009. The band consists of lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Ross Lynch, Riker Lynch, Rocky Lynch, Rydel Lynch, since releasing their debut album, Louder, on September 24,2013, which peaked at #24 on the Billboard 200, they have toured across five continents. Their sophomore album, Sometime Last Night, was released on July 10,2015, and debuted at #6 on the Billboard 200 in the US and they have also released four EPs, ten singles, and a live DVD. About a year meeting, they asked Ratliff to join the band. While living in Colorado, the Lynch children went to an arts school. They used to put on shows for their family and charged them at least a dollar to watch them perform in their basement, at age 16, Riker decided he wanted to move to L. A. to pursue an acting career. Their parents, Mark and Stormie, moved the family there in order to stay together. Shortly after the move, the siblings began appearing in commercials, while Rocky began teaching himself, Ross, in 2009, R5 officiated the band and debuted their YouTube web series, R5 TV, documenting the bands day-to-day life and career beginning. On September 5, they released their first music video, Without You, no official single was released from EP. On September 4 they released a video for Cant Get Enough of You and, in the next mouth. On July 26,2011, the released their debut promotional single. The music video was released on August 3, in April 2012, the band members announced via their website that they had signed a record deal with Hollywood Records, and that they were planning for their first mini-tour in May. They collaborated on charity single Make Some Noise for Family Channels Stand Up philanthropic campaign and their debut tour, West Coast Tour, started on May 3,2012 and traveled only to west coast. The second tour, East Coast Tour started on December 15, in Jamestown, New York and they also held three special concerts, entitled 3M Tour, at Madison on November 18,2012, Milwaukee on November 19 and Minneapolis on November 20. On February 19,2013, they released the four-song EP Loud, One of the songs on the EP, Here Comes Forever, was written by Riker, Rocky and Ross. The R5s debut single, Loud, was released on February 13, the song peaked at number 72 in Japan and 199 in United Kingdom. On August 16,2013, Pass Me By, the single from their debut album Louder, was released. Louder was released on September 24,2013, and climbed its way to number 2 on the iTunes charts, being classified as a chart-topper on the iTunes End of the Year Album list
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R5 at Walmart Soundcheck, in 2014. From left to right: Ellington Ratliff, Rydel Lynch, Ross Lynch, Riker Lynch and Rocky Lynch.
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Rocky, Ross and Riker on R5 West Coast Tour, in 2012
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Rocky, Ross and Riker in 2013.
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R5 performing in
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Zendaya
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Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, known mononymously as Zendaya, is an American actress, singer, and dancer. From 2010 to 2013, she starred in the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up as Rocky Blue and she has starred in two films and played one of the lead roles in the film Frenemies as Halley Brandon. She voiced Fern in the Pixie Hollow Games and she appeared in Good Luck Charlie as Rocky Blue and in a Good Luck Charlie and Shake It Up crossover title Charlie Shakes It Up. She appeared on PrankStars as herself in the episode Walk The Prank, farm as Sequoia Jones in the episode Creative ConsultANT. Zendaya signed a deal with Hollywood Records on August 8,2012 and she released a single from an independent label called Swag It Out and another single with Bella Thorne called Watch Me, which is featured on the Break It Down album. On March 20,2012, Zendaya released the song Something to Dance For as promotional single from Shake It Up, Zendaya was born in Oakland, California, the daughter of Claire Marie and Kazembe Ajamu. Her father is African-American, with Arkansan roots, her mother is white, with German, Zendaya began her professional career working as a fashion model for Macys, Mervyns and Old Navy. She was featured in an iCarly toys ad and she also appeared as a back-up dancer in a Sears commercial. In 2009, she was a performer in the Kidz Bop music video for its cover of the song Hot n Cold. She auditioned in November 2009 for the role of CeCe Jones to join the cast of Dance Dance Chicago, for her audition, she performed Michael Jacksons Leave Me Alone. In 2011 Zendaya release Swag It Out, an independent single. The song was composed by Bobby Brackins and produced by Glenn A. Foster and she also starred in the book trailer for From Bad To Cursed by Katie Alender. In the same year, she released Watch Me, featuring Bella Thorne, the song peaked at 86 on the Billboard Hot 100. The second season of Shake It Up was announced on March 16,2011, on June 5,2011, Shake It Up had a crossover episode with Good Luck Charlie. Zendaya hosted Make Your Mark, Ultimate Dance Off 2011 and her first movie role was in the 2012 film, Frenemies, a Disney Channel Original Movie. On February 29,2012, Something to Dance For was released as single for Live 2 Dance. For the soundtrack, Zendaya also recorded three songs, Made In Japan, Same Heart, and Fashion In Krytonite, released as promotional single. On September 2,2012, she signed to Hollywood Records, in October, Zendaya performed at the Teen Music Festival and at the Operation Smile benefit
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Zendaya at the premiere of Disney Channel's
Let It Shine in 2012
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2015 Radio Disney Music Awards
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The 2015 Radio Disney Music Awards were held and filmed on April 25,2015, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. The show premiered on Sunday, April 26,2015 at 8/7c on Radio Disney and Disney Channel. For the first time, the broadcast nominees for the show were announced in a televised special, Disney Channel Presents the 2015 RDMA Nomination Special. All categories and nominees were highlighted on the Radio Disney’s 2015 RDMA Nomination Special, the main show included Fifth Harmony, Nick Jonas, Becky G, R5, Natalie La Rose, Sheppard, Rachel Platten, Tori Kelly, Shawn Mendes and Sabrina Carpenter. Jennifer Lopez received the Hero Award in recognition of her charity work throughout the world, a compilation album featuring various 2015 RDMA nominees was released on April 21,2015, through Walt Disney Records
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2015
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Shawn Mendes
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Shawn Peter Raul Mendes is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He attracted a following in 2013, when he began posting covers on the video sharing application Vine. The following year, he caught the attention of artist managers Andrew Gertler and Island Records A&R Ziggy Chareton, which led to him signing a deal with the record label. Mendes went on to release an EP and his studio album Handwritten, whose single Stitches reached the top 10 in the US and Canada. His sophomore album, Illuminate, was preceded by the single Treat You Better, both albums debuted atop the US Billboard 200. Mendes was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Karen, an estate agent, and Manuel Mendes. His father is Portuguese, while his mother is English and he has a younger sister named Aaliyah. Mendes was raised in Pickering, Ontario, where he attended Pine Ridge Secondary School, Mendes learned to play guitar by watching YouTube tutorial videos at the age of 13 in 2012. By August 2014, he was the third most-followed musician on Vine, artist manager Andrew Gertler discovered Mendes online in November 2013, bringing him to Island Records in January 2014. He officially signed in May 2014 and released his first single Life of the Party on June 26,2014 and he became the youngest to debut in the top 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it to number 24 for the week ending July 12,2014. Prior to his signing, Mendes toured as a member of the Magcon Tour alongside other young Viners with a following on social media. Mendes was also on a tour with Austin Mahone as an opening act. The EP debuted and peaked at five on Billboard 200. He won a Teen Choice award in 2014 for Webstar in Music, on September 5,2014, Oh Cecilia featuring Mendes was released as the fifth single from The Vamps debut album, Meet the Vamps. On November 6,2014, Something Big was released as the second single, however, it suffered a 89% traditional sales decrease in its second week. The third single from the album, Stitches, peaked at four on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming his first top 10 single in the US. The song later reached number one in the UK, Mendes recorded a song called Believe for Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants. Also in 2015, Mendes opened for Taylor Swift during 1989 World Tour dates for North America, in late 2015 Mendes and Camila Cabello, who was at the time a member of the group Fifth Harmony, released their collaborative single I Know What You Did Last Summer
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Mendes in 2014
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Nick Jonas
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Nicholas Jerry Nick Jonas is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and actor. Jonas began acting in theater at the age of seven, and he released his eponymous debut album in 2004 to little success, though it did catch the attention of Columbia Records. Jonas opted to form a band with his brothers, Joe and Kevin. The group released their studio album Its About Time through Columbia Records. The record failed to achieve success, thus the group parted ways with their label. Their self-titled second studio album was released through Hollywood Records in 2007, the band became prominent figures on the Disney Channel during this time, gaining a large following through the network. The band starred in the successful film Camp Rock. The release of the third studio album, A Little Bit Longer, helped the band achieve further success. The release of their studio album saw a decline in sales for the band. Jonas and his brothers starred in the Disney Channel series JONAS in 2009 and 2010 and it was later confirmed that the Jonas Brothers would be taking a hiatus, with Nick forming a new band known as Nick Jonas & the Administration. The band released one album in 2010, though it failed to achieve much commercial success. Following the release, Jonas opted to focus on work in theater, the Jonas Brothers briefly reunited in 2013, though officially parted ways due to creative differences. Jonas decided to return to his music career following the bands disbandment. He signed with Island Records, releasing Nick Jonas through the label, the album entered the top ten of the Billboard 200, while both of the albums singles entered the top twenty of the Billboard Hot 100. The project was re-released as Nick Jonas X2 in 2015, the release helped provide Jonas with a new public image, earning him the title of a sex symbol. Jonas later co-founded Safehouse Records, a label in conjunction with Island Records. Jonas released his studio album, Last Year Was Complicated. The project became his highest peaking entry as a solo artist on the Billboard 200, Jonas was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Denise and Paul Kevin Jonas
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Jonas at the premiere of Kingdom in October 2014
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Jonas performing in July 2009
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Jonas performing live as part of the Jonas Brothers in 2010.
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Jonas at the Drama League Benefit Gala in 2012
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Rachel Platten
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Rachel Ashley Platten is an American singer and songwriter. She released three independent albums between 2003 and 2014, before signing with Columbia Records in early 2015, Platten won an Emmy Award for the live performance of the song on Good Morning America. Her major-label debut album, Wildfire, released in 2016, was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America and featured the hits Stand by You and Better Place. Platten was born on May 20,1981, in New York City to a mother of Irish ancestry, Platten studied classical piano from the age of 5 and then took up guitar in high school. She attended Buckingham Browne and Nichols high school, where she sang in the singing group. At Trinity College, she was a member of the Trinity College Trinitones, as a part of a study abroad program, she went to Trinidad to do an internship at a diplomats office and at a record label. While she was there, she sang backup for a band in front of over 80,000 people at the International Soca Monarch finals in 2002. According to Platten, from that moment on she knew she had to pursue music full-time, Platten graduated from Trinity College with a degree in international relations in 2003. She then moved to New York Citys Greenwich Village where she cut her teeth playing with Prince and Sly, in 2012, she married Kevin Lazan. She performed her music around the Village and eventually began touring the country. She has worked with charities, Musicians on Call for 11 years. She also works with the Ryan Seacrest Foundation and was an ambassador for Live Below the Line, Platten released her debut studio album Trust in Me in 2003, which she has called a collection of demos. Her second album, Be Here, was released from Rock Ridge Music in 2011 and her 2011 single 1,000 Ships peaked at number 24 on the US Billboard Adult Top 40 chart, also playing at various radio stations. An earlier song, Seven Weeks, was used for the film The Good Guy, the theme song for ABC Familys Jane by Design, Work of Art was performed by Platten on hire. Also, her song Begin Again was used in the hit ABC Family TV show Pretty Little Liars 100th episode Miss Me x 100 and her song Dont Care What Time It Is was used in VH1s Basketball Wives. Her song Youre Safe was used in MTVs Finding Carter in September 2014, on June 27,2014, Platten debuted Fight Song on the music social network We Heart It as part of an artist spotlight. In the spring of 2015, Platten released Fight Song from Wildfire, the song was used in the Christmas episode of Pretty Little Liars fifth season and in promos for the fourth season of Revenge on the Seven Network in Australia. In May 2015, the song was featured in the trailer for the then-upcoming CBS Television series Supergirl and it was the official anthem of the presidential campaign of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton
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Rachel Platten on stage at
The Saint in
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Rachel Platten performing in a live concert on August the 20th, 2015
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Tori Kelly
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Victoria Loren Tori Kelly is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and voice actress who slowly gained recognition after starting to post videos on YouTube at the age of 14. When she was 16, Kelly auditioned for the singing television series American Idol. After being eliminated from the show, Kelly began to work on her own music, in 2012, she independently released her first EP that she produced, wrote, and mixed herself, titled Handmade Songs By Tori Kelly. The following year, Scooter Braun became her manager after seeing her videos on YouTube and introduced her to Capitol Records, Kellys second EP Foreword came out in October 2013 as her first major label release. On June 23,2015, Kellys debut album, Unbreakable Smile, was released, the lead single, Nobody Love, was released in the spring and became her first US Billboard Hot 100 appearance. Kelly was nominated for Best New Artist at the 58th Grammy Awards and she voiced a shy teenage elephant named Meena in the 2016 animated film Sing. Kelly was born in Wildomar, California and her father is of Jamaican, Trinidadian and Puerto Rican ancestry, while her mother is of Irish and German descent. Growing up, she was exposed to a variety of music by her parents, I give them a lot of credit for just playing all different genres, and no genre was off limits, she said when asked about her upbringing. Kelly has appeared on the show Star Search, with vocalist Tiffany Evans winning the title of Junior Champion in the junior singer division, she did not win the contest. In 2004 she participated on Americas Most Talented Kids, singing Christina Aguileras Keep on Singin My Song and won and she made a second appearance on the show in the Tournament of Champions, but lost to Antonio Pontarelli, a rock musician. At the age of twelve, Kelly was offered a deal with Geffen Records, which she accepted. In 2007, Kelly began posting videos to YouTube, at the age of 14, the first video she uploaded was a cover of John Wesley Work, Jr. s Go Tell It On The Mountain, which she originally performed, back in December 2004. Kelly gained recognition for her cover, with a fellow YouTuber named Angie Girl. Despite her shortcomings when she auditioned for American Idol and failing to reach the top 24, Kelly learned how to play the guitar, composed original song pieces and had them recorded through her own personal computer. In given time, Kelly had gone viral in a matter of days, Tori Kelly began sharing her performances through YouTube, and due to her musical talents, her page reached 700,000 subscribers. In 2010, Kelly auditioned for Season 9 of American Idol in Denver, Colorado and made it through to Hollywood Week and she had claimed that she was devastated but she had given it her all. Afterwards, she was asked to part in a youth version of the 1985 charity song We Are the World titled We Are the World. Although former judge Simon Cowell appeared to find Kellys voice almost annoying, on May 1,2012, she released her first EP, titled Handmade Songs by Tori Kelly, which was released on her own label, Toraay Records
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Kelly performing at
Hotel Café in 2015
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Sheppard (band)
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Sheppard is an Australian indie pop band from Brisbane, formed in 2009. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2013, Sheppard were nominated for Best Independent Release for Let Me Down Easy. At the 2014 ceremony, they were nominated for Album of the Year, Best Group, Best Independent Release, Best Pop Release, Song of the Year, Producer of the Year, and Best Video. The Sheppard siblings grew up and attended a primary school in Port Moresby. The family, except Greg, relocated to Brisbane where Amy attended Somerville House for secondary education and, by 2009, after attending Brisbane Boys College in 2004, George had shifted to Sydney where he was toying with a career in acting before returning to Brisbane six years later. Emma started learning to play bass while still enrolled at Somerville House, in 2009, Sheppard were formed as a duo by George and Amy Sheppard. Amy had asked for help on an assignment, I had to write a song, and I really wanted to put in harmonies. George was the one at home. For the duo Amy provided vocals, while George was on lead vocals, in 2011, Jay Bovino – Georges friend from Sydney – joined as the third songwriter and rhythm guitarist. By 2012, their six-member line-up also included Emma on bass and backing vocals, Michael Butler on lead guitar, Greg was their talent manager and Linda their tour manager, the parents funded the groups early career and established their own record label, Empire of Song. Sheppard released an extended play of the same name on 17 August 2012, with recording label Empire of Song. By September that year, they had performed at festivals in South Africa, London, the EP peaked at No.18 on the ARIA Singles Chart in July of the following year. Its lead track, Let Me Down Easy, was nominated for Best Independent Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 2013 and its second track, Hold My Tongue, was issued as the groups debut single in August but it did not reach the top 50. All five tracks were produced by Stuart Stuart at Analog Heart Studios, the group played at the Sonic Bang Festival in Bangkok on 24 August 2013, sharing the roster with Placebo, Pitbull, Far East Movement, Jason Mraz, and Owl City. The band appeared at Sullivan Hall in New York City on 18 October for the 2013 CMJ Music Marathon, on 1 December 2013, they performed and presented an award at that years ARIA Music Awards. By that time, the band had enlisted Dean Gordon to replace Tredly on drums, sheppards second single, Geronimo, was issued in February 2014 on Empire of Song/Chugg Music. It was recorded and produced at Analog Heart Studios in Brisbane by Stuart Stuart, brendan Plowman of AdamNotEve noted that the lyrics throughout the song suggest an idea of taking the plunge together. But it appears this is no accident, George told Plowman how he wrote songs with Amy and Bovino, We all have very different music tastes
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Sheppard at the
Art Gallery of New South Wales in October 2014. From left to right: George, Amy and Emma Sheppard, Jason Bovino, Dean Gordon and Michael Butler.
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Sabrina Carpenter
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Sabrina Ann Lynn Carpenter is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She had a role as the young version of Chloe Goodwin in The Goodwin Games. She is signed to Hollywood Records, Carpenter was born in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. Sabrina Carpenter placed third in a singing contest run by Miley Cyrus, Carpenter booked her first acting role in 2011, a guest role on the NBC drama series Law & Order, Special Victims Unit. She played a rape victim interviewed by Detective Elliot Stabler. Around the same time, she performed live on the Chinese television station Hunan Broadcasting System and she performed Etta James Somethings Got a Hold on Me, in the style of Christina Aguilera from the movie Burlesque. She portrayed young Merrin in the 2013 film Horns, Carpenter performed Smile for the album Disney Fairies, Faith, Trust And Pixie Dust, the song charted on Radio Disney. Her song All You Need is featured on the Sofia the First soundtrack, in January 2013, Carpenter was cast as Maya Hart in the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World, opposite Rowan Blanchard. The series is a sequel to the 1993–2000 ABC series Boy Meets World, on March 14,2014, Carpenters debut single, Cant Blame A Girl For Trying, premiered on Radio Disney, and was released on iTunes later in the day. The song is the track on her debut EP which was released on April 8 and was generally well received. Carpenter is featured on the Girl Meets World theme song, Take On The World, Carpenter performed the song Stand Out in the Disney Channel Original Movie How to Build a Better Boy, which premiered August 15,2014, on Disney Channel. On July 20,2014, Carpenter contributed lead vocals to Disney Channel Circle of Starss cover version of Do You Want to Build a Snowman, on February 22, Carpenter announced the title of her debut album Eyes Wide Open. It is preceded by the debut single Well Be the Stars which was released on January 13,2015 and it was originally to be released April 21,2015, but the release date got moved and the album was released on April 14,2015. In 2015 she won a Radio Disney Music Award in the category Best Crush Song for her song Cant Blame a Girl For Trying, in December 2015 Carpenter portrayed the role of Wendy in the Pasadena Playhouses production of Peter Pan and Tinker Bell, A Pirates Christmas. In August 2015, it was reported that Carpenter had begun work on her second album, on November 5,2015, she unveiled the artwork for her new single, Christmas the Whole Year Round, which was released a week later. On February 2,2016, Carpenter announced via social media that a new single, Smoke and Fire, speaking of the single, Carpenter said, Smoke and Fire was the first story that I was waiting to tell out of the many stories from the second album. I kind of write wherever I go, im always writing down things in my phone and in my notes on stuff that inspired me and stuff that I see in everyday life, or even just fun words. While this song was expected to be on her second album, on July 29,2016, Carpenter released On Purpose, the first single from her sophomore album
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Carpenter at the premiere of
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Carpenter signing autographs for fans in August 2014.
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2016 Radio Disney Music Awards
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The 2016 Radio Disney Music Awards were held and filmed on April 30,2016, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony premiered on Sunday, May 1,2016 at 7/6c on Radio Disney and Disney Channel, scooter Braun was announced as creative executive-producer this year. This years show also introduced new categories including Country Music Awards in honor of the newly opened, Radio Disney DJ Brooke Taylor and American singer Alex Aiono were announced as the red carpet presenters. On April 28,2016, Radio Disney and Disney Channel announced it has partnered with Immersive Media, the virtual content was viewable on tablets and mobile devices. The nominees were announced on March 4,2016, the winners were revealed on April 30,2016. Gwen Stefani received the Hero Award, an honor for contribution for the charitable work, whitney Stewart and Braeden Mannering – a 19-year-old and a 12-year-old studantes, respectively – was honor for contribution for the charitable work. She is a founder of Seed to Soil, a group that educates peoples about healthy and he is founder of Braes Brown Bags, which provides food to homeless and low-income families
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Radio Disney Music Awards
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Justin Bieber
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Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian singer and songwriter. After a talent manager discovered him through his YouTube videos covering songs in 2008 and signed to RBMG, Bieber released his debut EP, My World and it was certified Platinum in the U. S. He became the first artist to have seven songs from a record chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Bieber released his first full-length studio album, My World 2.0 and it debuted at or near number one in several countries, was certified triple Platinum in the U. S. and contained his single Baby. He released his studio album, Under the Mistletoe, in November 2011. Bieber released his studio album, Believe, in 2012. His fourth studio album Purpose was released in November 2015, spawning three number one singles, What Do You Mean and his U. S. album and singles sales total 44.7 million. He has sold an estimated 100 million records, making him one of the world’s best-selling music artists, Bieber has won numerous awards, including the American Music Award for Artist of the Year in 2010 and 2012. In his career, he has won one Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for the song Where Are Ü Now at the 2016 ceremony. He has been listed four times by Forbes magazine among the top ten most powerful celebrities in the world in 2011,2012, Bieber also became the first artist to surpass 10 billion total video views on Vevo. Bieber was born on March 1,1994, in London, Ontario, at St Josephs Hospital and he is the only child of Jeremy Jack Bieber and Patricia Pattie Mallette. Pattie raised her son with the help of her mother, Diane and his mother is of French-Canadian descent, his paternal great-grandfather was of German ancestry, and his other roots are English, Scottish and Irish. He has also claimed that he has some undetermined Aboriginal Canadian ancestry, through Jeremy, Bieber has two younger half-siblings, Jazmyn and Jaxon. Pattie worked a series of low-paying office jobs, raising Bieber as a mother in low-income housing. Bieber has maintained contact with his father, Bieber attended a French-language immersion elementary school in Stratford, the Jeanne Sauvé Catholic School. Growing up, he learned to play the piano, drums, guitar and he graduated from high school in Stratford, Ontario, the St. Michael Catholic Secondary School in 2012 with a 4.0 GPA. In early 2007, aged 12, Bieber sang Ne-Yos So Sick for a singing competition in Stratford and was placed second. Mallette posted a video of the performance on YouTube for their family and she continued to upload videos of Bieber singing covers of various R&B songs, and Biebers popularity on the site grew
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Bieber at the 2012 NRJ Music Awards
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Bieber in 2010, displaying his earlier haircut.
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Bieber performing during his
Believe Tour in October 2012.
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Bieber performing in
Zürich, 2011
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Gwen Stefani
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Gwen Renée Stefani is an American singer, songwriter, and fashion designer. During the bands hiatus, Stefani embarked on a pop career in 2004 by releasing her debut studio album Love. Inspired by pop music from the 1980s, the album was met both critical and commercial success. It spawned three successful singles, What You Waiting For. Rich Girl, and Hollaback Girl, the reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 while also becoming the first US download to sell one million copies. In 2006 Stefani released her studio album The Sweet Escape. The album produced two singles, Wind It Up and the albums title track The Sweet Escape. Her third solo album This Is What the Truth Feels Like was released in March 2016, Stefani has won three Grammy Awards. As a solo artist she has received accolades, including an American Music Award, Brit Award, World Music Award. In 2003, she debuted her clothing line L. A. M. B. and expanded her collection with the 2005 Harajuku Lovers line, drawing inspiration from Japanese culture, Stefani performs and makes public appearances with four back-up dancers known as the Harajuku Girls. She was married to British musician Gavin Rossdale from 2002 to 2015, Billboard magazine ranked Stefani the 54th most successful artist and 37th most successful Hot 100 artist of the 2000–09 decade. VH1 ranked her 13th on their 100 Greatest Women in Music list in 2012, including her work with No Doubt, Stefani has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. Stefani was born on October 3,1969, in Fullerton, California and she was named after a stewardess in the 1968 novel Airport, and her middle name, Renée, comes from The Four Tops 1968 cover of The Left Bankes 1966 song Walk Away Renée. Her father, Dennis Stefani, is Italian American and worked as a Yamaha marketing executive and her mother, Patti, worked as an accountant before becoming a housewife. Gwens parents were fans of music and exposed her to music by artists like Bob Dylan. She has two siblings, Jill and Todd, and an older brother named Eric. Eric was the keyboardist for No Doubt before leaving the band to pursue a career in animation on The Simpsons. Her brother Eric introduced Gwen to 2 Tone music by Madness and The Selecter and, in 1986, he invited her to provide vocals for No Doubt, finally, in 1991, the band was signed to Interscope Records
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Stefani at the
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Stefani performing with No Doubt at
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Stefani performing during the
Harajuku Lovers Tour in 2005
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Stefani performing during
The Sweet Escape Tour in 2007
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Flo Rida
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Tramar Lacel Dillard, known professionally as Flo Rida, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter from Carol City, Florida. His 2008 breakout single Low was number one for 10 weeks in the United States, Flo Ridas debut studio album, 2008s Mail on Sunday, reached number four in the US. The album was succeeded by R. O. O. T. S and his subsequent albums, 2010s Only One Flo and 2012s Wild Ones, also charted on the US Billboard 200 chart. Flo Rida has sold over 80 million digital downloads, making him one of the music artists. His catalog includes the international singles Right Round, Club Cant Handle Me, Good Feeling, Wild Ones, Whistle, I Cry, G. D. F. R. and My House. Flo Rida was born as Tramar Lacel Dillard in Carol City, Florida and his parents raised him and his seven sisters together, some of whom sang in a local gospel group. His brother-in-law was a man for local rap group 2 Live Crew. The GroundHoggz had been a group, with members who lived in the same apartment complex as Flo Rida. They started recording at underground studios in Carver Ranches, the GroundHoggz, in this four-man incarnation, remained together for eight years. Flo Ridas work with 2 Live Crew member Fresh Kid Ice, attracted the attention of DeVante Swing, however, he was rejected by several of the major labels, so he sought many other jobs outside of music. After graduating from school in 1998, he studied international business management at the University of Nevada. He returned to Florida to continue pursuing his career after receiving a phone call from a representative of the independent label Poe Boy Entertainment. Flo Rida signed with Hot Boyz, in 2000 and with Poe Boy, in 2004 and began affiliating himself for Cash Money with other Southern hip hop artists, such as Rick Ross, Trina, T-Pain, and Trick Daddy. A promotional single entitled Birthday, featuring Rick Ross, was his first significant release. He made his debut guest appearance with the song Bitch Im From Dade County on DJ Khaleds album We the Best, which also features Trick Daddy, Trina, Rick Ross, Brisco, C-Ride, Flo Ridas debut album, Mail on Sunday, was released in March 2008. The first single was Low, featuring T-Pain, which was included in the soundtrack to the movie Step Up 2. Low reached No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Elevator, featuring Timbaland, In the Ayer featuring will. i. am, and Roll featuring Sean Kingston followed, and both charted on the Hot 100 and other charts. In addition to T-Pain, there were featured guests throughout Mail on Sunday
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Flo Rida at the 2012 Logie Awards in Melbourne, Australia
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Flo Rida on the set of the music video for "
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Flo Rida performing live in 2012
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Hailee Steinfeld
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Hailee Steinfeld is an American actress, model and singer. After singing Flashlight in Pitch Perfect 2, Steinfield released a version of the song and was later signed to Republic Records. She released her single, Love Myself, which has been certified platinum in several countries. In 2016, she released Starving, a collaboration with both Grey and Zedd, which peaked at number 12 on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100. In addition to her acting and singing careers, Steinfeld also has done modeling work, she was hired as the face of Miu Miu in 2011, shortly after True Grit was released. Steinfeld was born on December 11,1996, in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Cheri, a designer, and Peter Steinfeld. She has a brother, Griffin. Her paternal uncle is fitness trainer Jake Steinfeld, and her maternal grand-uncle is former child actor Larry Domasin and her maternal first cousin, actress True OBrien, appeared in a television commercial when Steinfeld was eight years old, inspiring her to try acting as well. Her maternal grandfather was of half Filipino and half African-American descent and she was raised in Agoura Hills and later in Thousand Oaks, California, attending Ascension Lutheran School, Conejo Elementary, and Colina Middle School. She was home-schooled from 2008 until her school graduation in June 2015. Steinfeld began acting at the age of eight, she appeared in short films. She made several television guest appearances and commercials, Steinfeld was chosen for the role of Mattie Ross in True Grit when she was 13. Reviews from Roger Ebert, the Los Angeles Times, and Rolling Stone were also complimentary, the role earned Steinfeld a nomination at the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress, the Oscar went to Melissa Leo. In May 2011, five months after Grit was released, Steinfeld was chosen to be the new face of Italian designer brand Miu Miu, also in 2011, Steinfeld was cast at age 14 to play Juliet Capulet in a 2013 adaptation of Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet. The screenwriter added that the films purity was important, and the characters dont make love until they have been married. The film was released in October 2013 to poor reviews in the United States, Steinfeld played Violet, one of the leads in the romance-drama Begin Again. The film was given a release in the United States on June 27,2014, grossing $134,064 on its opening weekend. It was re-released by The Weinstein Company on August 29, Steinfeld starred as Petra Arkanian in Enders Game, a science-fiction action-adventure film based on the book by Orson Scott Card
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Steinfeld at the 2011
Berlin Film Festival
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Steinfeld at the premiere of
Secretariat, September 2010
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Steinfeld attending the 2011 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City
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Zara Larsson
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Zara Maria Larsson is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She first gained fame for winning the 2008 season of the talent show Talang. Larsson signed with the record label TEN Music Group in 2012 and released her debut EP album, Introducing, the single Uncover topped the charts in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. By February 2013, Uncover was certified platinum by Universal Music Sweden, in July 2013, Introducing was certified triple platinum in the country. Larsson also signed a contract with Epic Records in the United States in April 2013. She performed at the opening and closing ceremonies in France for UEFA Euro 2016, Larssons debut international album, So Good was released on 17 March 2017 and debuted at number 7 on the UK Albums Chart. The album was met with acclaim and produced six singles, including Lush Life, Never Forget You, Aint My Fault, I Would Like, all of the albums singles reached top 15 in the UK. Never Forget You peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Larsson, Larsson was born at Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Stockholm County, Sweden to Agnetha and Anders Larsson. In an interview with Svenska Dagbladet, she said that she was dead due to a lack of oxygen from nuchal cord. She has a sister, Hanna, who is also a singer. In a 2015 interview, Larsson said that she was accepted into the Adolf Fredriks Music School, Larsson won the 2008 season of Talang, the Swedish adaptation of Got Talent, at the age of 10, winning 500, 000SEK. My Heart Will Go On, originally sung by Celine Dion, was released as Larssons debut single. Larsson signed with TEN Music Group in 2012 to record her debut extended play, Larssons debut EP, Introducing, was leaked on 9 December 2012 through a preview of Uncover on YouTube. The five-song album was released on 21 January 2013, Uncover was released as the albums lead single. The song entered the Svensktoppen track lists, in July 2013, at Sommarkrysset in Gröna Lund, she received a triple platinum award for Introducing. On 27 March 2013, Larssons next EP was revealed through a preview of Shes Not Me, the five-song EP, Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself, was released on 5 July 2013. The double-single Shes Not Me was released on 25 June 2013, on 3 April 2013, Larsson revealed on her blog that she had signed a three-year contract with Epic Records in the United States. On 1 October 2014, Larsson released her studio album 1, including the songs Uncover, Bad Boys
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Zara Larsson at
Sommarkrysset (
Gröna Lund) in 2015
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Zara Larsson at
Allsång på Skansen in June 2013
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Train (band)
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Train is an American roots rock band from San Francisco, formed in 1993. The band currently consists of Patrick Monahan, Jimmy Stafford, Luis Maldonado, Hector Maldonado, Drew Shoals, and Jerry Becker. As of the summer of 2016, founding member Jimmy Stafford is currently in the band, Trains 2001 album, Drops of Jupiter contained the lead single Drops of Jupiter, which won two Grammy Awards in 2002. The album was certified platinum in the United States and Canada. Trains third studio album, My Private Nation, released in 2003, was certified platinum in the United States with the hit Calling All Angels. Following the departures of Hotchkiss and Colin, the released their fourth album, For Me, Its You in 2006, with Brandon Bush. Despite a generally positive reception from critics, the album was commercially unsuccessful, because of this, Train went on a two-year hiatus from recording any new music. The album itself has been certified gold by both the RIAA and ARIA and has sold 954,000 units, since 2008, Jerry Becker and Hector Maldonado have been touring and recording with the group around the world. In May 2012, Nikita Houston and Sakai Smith also became touring members Train, in April 2012, Train released their sixth studio album titled California 37. The first single from the album entitled Drive By reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was a Top 10 hit in the UK, just under two and a half years later, in September 2014, Train released their seventh studio album titled Bulletproof Picasso. It received positive reviews from critics, however, similar to the bands fourth album For Me, Its You, it failed commercially. Despite peaking high on charts, it failed to generate any hit singles and it was also the bands first album without drummer and founding member Scott Underwood, who departed the band prior to recording the album. Following his departure, Drew Shoals became the new drummer of the band, shortly after the bands tour for Bulletproof Picasso, Train released a Christmas album exclusively on Amazon Music titled Christmas in Tahoe in November 2015. The album features 15 songs, which included covers of classic holiday hits and three original songs. In June 2016, Train released another new album titled Train Does Led Zeppelin II, the bands tenth studio album, titled A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat, was released in January 2017. Since their debut in the industry, Train has sold over 10 million albums and 30 million tracks worldwide. Following the dissolution of his Led Zeppelin cover band Rogues Gallery, singer Pat Monahan left his hometown of Erie and he resettled in California and crossed paths with Rob Hotchkiss, who performed in coffee houses and local clubs. The two shared vocals, with Hotchkiss on guitar and harmonica, and Monahan playing percussion
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Pat Monahan and Jimmy Stafford of Train performing in January 2011
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Fitz and The Tantrums
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Fitz and The Tantrums are an American indie pop and neo soul band from Los Angeles that formed in 2008. The band consists of Michael Fitzpatrick, Noelle Scaggs, James King, Joseph Karnes, Jeremy Ruzumna and their debut studio album, Pickin Up the Pieces, was released in August 2010 on indie label Dangerbird Records and received critical acclaim. It reached No.1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, the band signed to their current label Elektra Records in early 2013 and went on to release their sophomore LP, More Than Just a Dream, on May 7,2013. Their self-titled third album was released on June 10,2016, Fitz and The Tantrums was founded by Michael Fitzpatrick in 2008. Having purchased an old Conn electronic organ, he was inspired to write the song Breakin the Chains of Love that same night and he contacted his college friend, saxophonist James King, who recommended singer Noelle Scaggs and drummer John Wicks. In turn, Wicks brought in bassist Joseph Karnes and keyboardist Jeremy Ruzumna, according to Fitzpatrick, the band immediately clicked. He has said, It was literally like five phone calls, one rehearsal, the band performed their first show at Hotel Café in Hollywood, in December 2008, which Fitzpatrick booked one week after their first rehearsal. In interviews, he has stated the importance of booking a date before the band was ready, during the first half of 2009, they performed at several clubs in Los Angeles, including the Viper Room and Spaceland. The band recorded their debut EP, Songs for a Breakup, Vol.1, the EP was first released on August 11,2009, through Canyon Productions. In September 2009 they toured with Hepcat and Flogging Molly, in November 2009 the band opened eight concerts on the Maroon 5 Back to School Tour. Their appearance was on notice, after previously scheduled opener Knaan cancelled due to fatigue in late October. According to Fitzpatrick, Adam Levine from Maroon 5 was in New York to get a tattoo and he told Adam, you gotta hear this band. A week and a later, were opening for Maroon 5 on their college tour. In December 2009 the band shot the music video for their first single, Breakin The Chains of Love. It features Fitzpatrick and Scaggs in a moving and rotating bed, in March 2010 Fitz and The Tantrums played at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. On April 15,2010, they opened for ska legends The Specials on their North American reunion tour at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, on April 26,2010, Dangerbird Records announced that they had signed Fitz and The Tantrums. Their first full-length album, Pickin Up the Pieces, was released on August 24,2010, producer Chris Seefried was also a co-writer on the album. In October 2010 Daryl Hall invited the band to perform on his popular web-series Live From Daryls House and they played a seven-song set including four FATT songs, early Hall song Girl I Love You, Perkiomen and finishing with Sara Smile
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Fitz and The Tantrums in 2013
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Fitz and the Tantrums in 2010
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Erin Bowman
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Erin Bowman, is an American pop singer songwriter. She is an independent artist whose first single Problem debuted in the United States November 1,2011, Erin Bowman was born on August 11,1990 and raised in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. Bowman has been singing her whole life, in 8th grade Bowmans choir teacher took notice and gave Bowman her first solo performance. After graduating high school, Bowman began going to New York City meeting with producers, auditioning for production companies, girl groups and she started working with a producer in New York and began writing and recording original music at the age of 18. At the age of 18, Erin Bowman was commuting to New York City writing and recording her music, composer David Wolfert, working a few doors down from the studio, and overheard one of Bowmans tracks. Wolfert, at time, was looking for a female singer for Diamond & Pearl, Galactic Battles, The twelfth season of the Pokémon animated series. She agreed to sing the theme song Battle Cry along with Black and White for Pokémon, Black & White. These Pokémon episodes are aired regularly on national TV through the Cartoon Network, Erin Bowman launched her solo career on November 1,2011 by releasing her debut single Problem to top 40 radio in the United States. The first radio station to play “Problem” on a full-time basis was Sirius XM channel 3,20 on 20, in early 2012 Bowman began doing promotional tours throughout the United States that included live performances and radio interviews. Some of Bowmans first stops were Z100 New York, and Krave Las Vegas, by the end of the summer Bowman had appeared in 10 states and 17 cities. She continued in the fall on tour with Erin Bowmans School of Pop Tour performing in over 20 schools throughout the mid-atlantic states. Erin Bowmans second single King Boy, was released in June 2013, the success of “King Boy” lead to recording with many producers in 2014, and in the spring released “Hey Summer”, which made a major impact in a number of local markets. Most recently, Erin Bowman released a holiday song Wish List in collaboration with Dave Bassett who wrote Fight Song and Exs and Ohs. Bowman began writing and recording songs at the age of 18. Her first song, Problem, was originally called What Your Problem is that aired on season 4 episode 4 of Bad Girls Club in 2009 on the Oxygen Network. After her first song Bowman quickly moved on from writing chorus lyric ideas, to writing verse and chorus lyrics, to writing lyrics, Bowmans biggest influences include TLC, Spice Girls, Britney Spears, and Gwen Stefani
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Erin Bowman performing at
The Bitter End in
New York City September 2014
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Erin Bowman performing at 93Q's Summer Jam on Papermill Island in
Syracuse, New York 2014
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Jamie Lynn Spears
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Jamie Lynn Spears is an American actress, singer and songwriter. The younger sister of recording artist Britney Spears, she is known for her role as Zoey Brooks on the Nickelodeon teen sitcom Zoey 101, on which she starred from 2005 to 2008. Spears became the subject of significant media attention and controversy in 2007, in 2013, Spears launched a career in country music. She released her single, How Could I Want More, along with her debut EP. Spears was born in McComb, Mississippi, to James and Lynne Spears and she has two siblings, Bryan and Britney Spears. She attended Parklane Academy, where she was a cheerleader and point guard of the basketball team and she finished her education via online correspondence and received her GED in February 2008 through Tangipahoa Parish School System Adult Education Center. In February 2002, Spears made her debut in the Paramount Pictures drama film Crossroads which starred her sister. Spears made a cameo, playing the version of Britneys character. Following Crossroads, Nickelodeon cast Spears as a performer in the eighth season of the sketch comedy series All That. The season followed a hiatus of the series. Spears portrayed various roles through the two seasons she appeared in as well as herself, Spearss performance received positive reviews from critics with many complimenting her comedic timing and being a highlight of the show. Spears did not return for the tenth and final season to pursue other roles on the network. In August 2004, Spears signed a development deal with Nickelodeon in which she would star as the protagonist in her own scripted television series that would air on the network, the series went on to be titled Zoey 101. Spears portrayed the role of Zoey Brooks and centered on Zoey and her friends who attend a boarding school. Spears recorded the theme song, titled Follow Me, which was written by her sister Britney Spears. Filmed at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, the series premiered on January 9,2005, Spears won a Young Artist Award and a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards for her performance. Nickelodeon announced the season would be the series last season. The series finale, PCA Confidential, aired on May 2,2008 and that same year Spears voiced the role of Goldilocks in the direct-to-DVD animation film Unstable Fables, Goldilocks &3 Bears Show
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Spears at the premiere of
Nancy Drew, June 2007
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Shakira
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Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, and record producer. Born and raised in Barranquilla, she began performing in school, demonstrating Latin American, Arabic, Shakira entered the English-language market with her fifth album, Laundry Service. Its lead single, Whenever, Wherever, became the single of 2002. Shakiras eighth and ninth albums, She Wolf and Sale el Sol and her official song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Waka Waka, became the biggest-selling World Cup song of all time. With over 1.3 billion views, it is one of the music videos on YouTube. Shakira served as a coach on the fourth and sixth seasons of the American version of The Voice in 2013 and 2014 and her tenth album, Shakira, is preceded by its lead single, Cant Remember to Forget You. She carries out well-known philanthropic activities through charity work most notably through her Pies Descalzos Foundation, in 2014, she was listed as the 58th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born on 2 February 1977 in Barranquilla and she is the only child of Nidia Ripoll Torrado and William Mebarak Chadid. Her paternal grandparents emigrated from Lebanon to New York City, where her father was born and her father then emigrated to Colombia at age 5. The name Shakira is Arabic, from which language it translates as grateful and it is the feminine form of the name Shakir. From her mother, she has Spanish and Italian ancestry, although both of her mothers surnames are Spanish and she was raised Roman Catholic and attended Catholic schools. She has eight older half-siblings from her fathers previous marriage, as she was growing up, she was fascinated watching her father writing stories on a typewriter, and asked for one as a Christmas gift. She got that typewriter at the age of seven, and has continued writing poetry since then and these poems eventually evolved into songs. She started dancing on the table, and the experience made her realize that she wanted to be a performer and she enjoyed singing for schoolmates and teachers at her Catholic school, but in second grade, she was rejected for the school choir because her vibrato was too strong. The music teacher told her that she sounded like a goat, at school, she was often sent out of the class because of her hyperactivity. She says she had also known as the belly dancer girl. Thats how I discovered my passion for live performance, she says, to instill gratitude in Shakira for her upbringing, her father took her to a local park to see orphans who lived there. The images stayed with her, and she said to herself, as noted below, she eventually did exactly that
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Shakira in 2014
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Barranquilla, Colombia, where Shakira Mebarak was born.
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Shakira during her
Tour Anfibio
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Shakira before entering the stage to her
Tour of the Mongoose (2003)
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Jennifer Lopez
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Jennifer Lynn Lopez, also known as JLo, is an American singer, actress, dancer, fashion designer, author, and producer. Lopez gained her first high-profile job as a Fly Girl dancer on In Living Color in 1991 and she received her first leading role in the Selena biopic of the same name in 1997, a portrayal that earned her a Golden Globe nomination. For her role in Out of Sight the following year, Lopez became the first Latina actress to earn over US$1 million for a film. She ventured into the industry in 1999 with her debut studio album On the 6. With the simultaneous release of her studio album J. Lo and her film The Wedding Planner in 2001, Lopez became the first woman to have a number one album. Her 2002 remix album, J to tha L–O, the Remixes, became the first in history to debut at number one on the U. S. Billboard 200. Following her second divorce, Lopez had a relationship with Ben Affleck. Then, while also overshadowing the release of Gigli, a critical and commercial failure and she subsequently married longtime friend Marc Anthony, and rebounded with the box office successes Shall We Dance. and Monster-in-Law. Her fifth studio album, Como Ama una Mujer, received the highest first-week sales for a debut Spanish album in the United States, in 2016, she began starring as Harlee Santos in the crime drama series Shades of Blue. Time listed her as one of the 25 most influential Hispanic Americans, for her contributions to the arts, Lopez has received a landmark star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Billboard Icon Award, among other honors. Beyond entertainment, she enjoys a successful business career consisting of various clothing lines, accessories, fragrances, a company. Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born on July 24,1969, in the Castle Hill neighborhood of The Bronx, New York, to Puerto Rican parents Guadalupe Rodríguez and she has an older sister, Leslie, and a younger sister, Lynda, a journalist. David worked the night shift at the Guardian Insurance Company before becoming a technician at the firm. When Lopez was born, the family was living in a small apartment, a few years later, her parents had saved up enough money to be able to purchase a two-story house, which was considered a big deal for the relatively poor family. At the age of five, Lopez began taking singing and dancing lessons and she toured New York with her school when she was seven years old. Her parents stressed the importance of work ethic and being able to speak English and they encouraged their three daughters to put on performances at home—singing and dancing in front of each other and their friends so that they would stay out of trouble. Lopez spent her academic career in Catholic schools, finishing at Preston High School. In school, Lopez did gymnastics, ran track on a national level and she excelled athletically rather than academically, competing in national track championships
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Lopez at the
25th GLAAD Media Awards, April 2014
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Lopez in 2004
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Lopez performing during her
Dance Again World Tour, June 2012.
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Britney Spears
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Britney Jean Spears is an American singer, dancer, and actress. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, she performed acting roles in stage productions, Spearss first and second studio albums. Baby One More Time and Oops. I Did It Again, became international successes, with the former becoming the album by a teenage solo artist. Title tracks. Baby One More Time and Oops, I Did It Again broke international sales records. In 2001, Spears released her third studio album, Britney. She assumed creative control of her studio album, In the Zone. In 2007, Spearss much-publicized personal issues sent her career into hiatus and her fifth studio album, Blackout, was released later that year, and spawned singles such as Gimme More and Piece of Me. Her erratic behavior and hospitalizations continued through the year, at which point she was placed under a still ongoing conservatorship. Spearss sixth studio album, Circus, included the international chart-topping single Womanizer and her seventh studio album, Femme Fatale, became her first to yield three top-ten singles in the United States. She released her studio album Britney Jean in 2013. Later that year, Spears began the four-year residency show, Britney, Piece of Me, in 2016, Spears released her ninth studio album, Glory. In 2017, she announced that her show would develop into a world tour, Britney. Spears is regarded as a pop icon and credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s and she became the best-selling teenage artist of all time and garnered honorific titles including the Princess of Pop. In 2009, Billboard ranked her as the 8th overall Artist of the Decade, the Recording Industry Association of America lists Spears as the eighth top-selling female artist in the United States, with 34 million certified albums. She has sold 100 million albums and over 100 million singles worldwide making her one of the music artists of all time. According to Billboard Spears has sold about 22.38 million singles in digital downloads in US and is the fourth best-selling female artist since Nielsen SoundScan began. Forbes reported that Spears was the highest paid musician of 2012, with earnings of $58 million. Spears was born in McComb, Mississippi, the child of Lynne Irene Bridges and James Parnell Spears
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Spears at the
102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango concert in
Carson, California, May 2013
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Spears performing at the NFL Kickoff Live, September 2003
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Spears performing during
The Onyx Hotel Tour on April 2004
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Spears performing "Freakshow" at
The Circus Starring Britney Spears, May 2009
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Louder Tour
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American pop rock band R5 has embarked on five concert tours, two of which have been worldwide, and two promotional tours. In March 2010, they self-released an EP, Ready Set Rock, the second EP, Loud, was released on February 19,2013, which featured the lead single and title track Loud, the debut single from upcoming album. The bands first full-length album, Louder, was released on September 24,2013, the second single from the album, Pass Me By, premiered on Radio Disney on August 16. The music video premiered on 29 August on Disney Channel and is available for viewing on the bands Vevo channel. The third single, Forget About You, was released on December 25,2013 and reached number 47 on Billboard Digital Pop Songs, and the fourth single One Last Dance on May 29,2014. The third extended play, entitled Heart Made Up on You, was released on July 22,2014, on November 16,2014 the band released the first single from second album, Smile. West Coast Tour was the concert tour by band R5. The tour was supported by Radio Disney and served to promote the name with the teen crowd. The tour started on May 3,2012, and ending on May 15, with 10 dates, on April 26,2012 the band signed a deal with Hollywood Records. The first promotion plan was to send the band to tour in partnership with Radio Disney to promote the name to public. Entitled West Coast Tour, the tour started on May 3,2012, at The Boardwalk in Orangevale, California and ending on May 15, altogether the band traveled to ten cities only the west coast. During the last live show Ross cut his foot while dropping the microphone, as well as West Coast Tour, the concerts was supported by Radio Disney and served to promote the bands name with the teen crowd. The tour started on December 15,2012, and ending on December 31, on October 19, Ross announced the concert tour and 13 dates in his Twitter. The East Coast Tour started on December 15,2012 in Jamestown, New York and it was also the first time the band traveled to another country, Canada, to play at Mod Club Theatre. To promote the tour the band launched the Crazy 4 U Contest, the R5 fans sent thematic photos about the song What Are U Crazy 4. TO Everloop. com website and the top five have won prizes, lauren Hoffman to Concert Music Magazine was positive and said the members are a very unique and fun band and have definitely made their dent in the music world. She also said that the performance was energetic, exciting and catchy and mentioned that they were really excited with the public. Hoffman also commented, Definitely had us leaving wanting more and this tour also promoted the soundtrack of Austin & Ally
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R5 performing in
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West Coast Tour
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Hilary Duff
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Hilary Erhard Duff is an American actress and singer. Duff began her career at a young age, and quickly became labeled a teen idol as the title character of the Disney Channel comedy series Lizzie McGuire. The series proved to be a hit, leading to an adaptation of the series to be released. Duff began working on projects with the Disney Channel, including the film Cadet Kelly. She later began work on an album, releasing the Christmas themed Santa Claus Lane through Walt Disney Records, upon signing with Hollywood Records, Duff began working on her second studio album, Metamorphosis. The album achieved critical and commercial success, topping the Billboard 200, the album also found success in both Canada and Japan. Duffs success in acting and music led to her becoming a household name, with merchandise such as dolls, clothing. Duff began to expand her career into theatrical films, with leading roles in such as Agent Cody Banks, Cheaper by the Dozen, A Cinderella Story. She continued to have success in music, with her albums Hilary Duff, following the release of her fourth studio album, Dignity, Duff released a greatest hits album and parted ways with Hollywood Records. During this time, she began appearing in independent films such as War and she later released the novel Elixir, which became a New York Times best seller. The book was followed by the sequels Devoted and True and she currently stars in the comedy-drama series Younger as Kelsey Peters. She returned to music in 2014, and signed with RCA Records for her studio album Breathe In. Duff has worked with charities and organizations throughout her career. Duff has received media attention since the beginning of her career, most notably for her romantic relationships, friendships. Her romances with Aaron Carter and Joel Madden were often reported in the media, in 2010, she married former professional hockey player Mike Comrie, with whom she has a son. The two of them finalized their divorce six years later and she has been described by later Disney actresses as an inspiration, with artists such as Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez claiming they looked up to Duff and emulated her career. Duff has sold an estimated 15 million records since her debut in 2002, Duff was born on September 28,1987, in Houston, Texas. Her parents are Robert Erhard Duff, a partner in a chain of stores, and Susan Colleen
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Duff at
The Heart Truth 's Red Dress Collection fashion show in 2009
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Duff (right) pictured with her older sister
Haylie (left) in 2008
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Duff attending the 2008
Tribeca Film Festival.
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Duff at a signing for Elixer in 2010
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Taylor Swift
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Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. One of the most popular contemporary female recording artists, she is known for songs about her personal life. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee at age 14 to pursue a career in country music and she signed with the independent label Big Machine Records and became the youngest artist ever signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. Her eponymous debut album in 2006 peaked at five on Billboard 200. The albums third single, Our Song, made her the youngest person to single-handedly write, Swifts second album, Fearless, was released in 2008. Buoyed by the pop success of the singles Love Story and You Belong with Me. The album won four Grammy Awards, with Swift becoming the youngest Album of the Year winner, Swift was the sole writer of her 2010 album, Speak Now. It debuted at one in the United States and the single Mean won two Grammy Awards. Her fourth album, Red, yielded the successful singles We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, with her fifth album, the pop-focused 1989, she became the first act to have three albums sell a million copies within one week in the United States. Its singles Shake It Off, Blank Space and Bad Blood reached number one in the US, Australia, the album received three Grammy Awards, and Swift became the first woman and fifth act overall to win Album of the Year twice. The 2015 eponymous concert tour for 1989 became one of highest-grossing of the decade, as a songwriter, Swift has received awards from the Nashville Songwriters Association and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Swift is one of the artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million albums—including 27.1 million in the US—and 130 million single downloads. She has appeared in Times 100 most influential people in the world, Forbes top-earning women in music, Forbes 100 most powerful women and she was the youngest woman to be included in the third of these and ranked first in Celebrity 100. Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13,1989, in Reading and her father, Scott Kingsley Swift, was a financial advisor, and her mother, Andrea Gardner Swift, was a homemaker who worked previously as a mutual fund marketing executive. She has a brother named Austin. Swift spent the years of her life on a Christmas tree farm in Cumru Township. She attended preschool and kindergarten at the Alvernia Montessori School, run by Franciscan nuns, the family then moved to a rented house in the suburban town of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, where she attended Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School. At the age of nine, Swift became interested in musical theater and she also traveled regularly to New York City for vocal and acting lessons
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Swift performing at
Ford Field in
Detroit during
The 1989 World Tour in May 2015
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Swift performing at
Yahoo! headquarters in
Sunnyvale, California in 2007
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Swift performing in the
Prudential Center in
New Jersey during the
Fearless Tour in 2010
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Swift performing in
Los Angeles during the Fearless Tour in 2010
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Avril Lavigne
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Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actress. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain, by 16, in 2002 she released her debut album, Let Go, emphasising a skate punk persona which earned her honorific titles including The Pop Punk Princess. Since her professional debut, Lavigne has sold more than 40 million albums, Lavigne is considered a key musician in the development of pop punk music since she paved the way for female-driven punk-influenced pop music. Let Go made Lavigne the youngest female soloist to reach number 1 in the UK, as of 2013, it has sold nearly 7 million copies in the United States and over 20 million copies worldwide. Her breakthrough single, Complicated, peaked at number 1 in many countries around the world, as did the album Let Go. Her second studio album, Under My Skin, was released in May 2004 and was her first album to peak at number 1 on the US Billboard 200, eventually selling more than 12 million copies worldwide. Lavigne has scored six number-one singles worldwide, including Complicated, Sk8er Boi, Im with You, My Happy Ending, Nobodys Home, Lavigne is one of the top-selling artists releasing albums in the US, with over 12 million copies certified by the RIAA. Her fourth studio album, Goodbye Lullaby, was released in March 2011, Goodbye Lullaby gave Lavigne her fourth top 10 album on the US Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart and her third number 1 album in both Japan and Australia. Lavigne took a break from recording music, pursuing careers in film acting and designing clothes and perfumes. She voiced Heather, a Virginia opossum, in the animated film Over the Hedge in 2006 and that same year, she made her on-screen feature film debut in Fast Food Nation. In July 2006, Lavigne married her boyfriend of two years, Deryck Whibley, lead singer and guitarist for Sum 41, in October 2009, Lavigne filed for divorce. Whibley and Lavigne continued to work together, with Whibley producing her album, as well as Lavignes single Alice. Lavigne was born in Belleville, Ontario, Canada and her mother is of English, Scottish, and German descent, and her father, Jean-Claude Joseph Lavigne, is of French-Canadian origin. She was named Avril by her father after the French word for the month of April and he and Lavignes mother, Judy, recognized their childs vocal abilities when she was two years old and sang Jesus Loves Me on the way home from church. Lavigne has a brother, Matthew, and a younger sister, Michelle. My brother used to knock on the wall because I used to sing myself to sleep, when Lavigne was five years old, the family moved to Greater Napanee, Ontario, a town with a population of approximately 5,000. In school, she was kicked out of class for misbehaving. When Lavigne was 14 years old, her parents took her to karaoke sessions, Lavigne also performed at country fairs, singing songs by Garth Brooks, the Dixie Chicks, and Shania Twain
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Avril Lavigne at the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards red carpet
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Lavigne performing in
Toronto, Canada in September 2002
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Lavigne in
Vancouver during her promotional tour for
Under My Skin in April 2004
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Lavigne performing in
Beijing, 2008
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Miley Cyrus
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Miley Ray Cyrus is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her father Billy Ray Cyrus also starred in the show and she released her second album Breakout and launched her film career as a voice actress in the animated film Bolt in 2008. Cyrus starred in the feature film Hannah Montana, The Movie, in 2010, she released her third album Cant Be Tamed, which stands as the lowest-selling record of her career, and starred in the coming-of-age film The Last Song. Cyrus focused on her career with several television and film appearances in 2011 and 2012. Her sexually explicit behavior generated widespread controversy while promoting her fourth album Bangerz, Cyrus independently-released fifth studio album Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz deviated from her traditional pop style for more psychedelic experimentation. In 2016, she was a coach for the season of the singing competition series The Voice. With Bangerz, Cyrus achieved her third album on the U. S. Billboard 200. She has logged seven top 10 entries on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 with, See You Again,7 Things, The Climb, Cant Be Tamed, We Cant Stop and the chart-topping Wrecking Ball. Cyrus has earned awards and nominations, as Billboard ranked her as the fourth best-selling female artist of 2009. She was ranked number thirteen on Forbes Celebrity 100 in 2010 and she has been included on the Time 100 list of most influential people in 2008 and 2014. Destiny Hope Cyrus was born November 23,1992, in Franklin, Tennessee, to Leticia Jean Tish Cyrus, Cyrus was born with supraventricular tachycardia, a condition which causes an abnormal resting heart rate. She changed her name to Miley Ray Cyrus, her middle name honors her grandfather, against the advice of her fathers record company, Cyruss parents secretly married on December 28,1993, a year after her birth. They had two children together, son Braison and daughter Noah. From previous relationships, her mother has two children, Trace and Brandi, while her father has a son named Christopher. Cyrus godmother is entertainer Dolly Parton, Cyrus grew up on a 500-acre farm in Franklin, and attended Heritage Elementary School. While working on Hannah Montana, she enrolled at Options for Youth Charter Schools, raised a Christian, she was baptized in a Southern Baptist church before moving to Hollywood in 2005. She attended church regularly while growing up and wore a purity ring, in 2001, when Cyrus was eight, she and her family moved to Toronto, Canada while her father filmed the television series Doc. After Billy Ray took her to see a 2001 Mirvish production of Mamma Mia. at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Cyrus grabbed his arm and told him, This is what I want to do and she began taking singing and acting classes at the Armstrong Acting Studio in Toronto
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Cyrus performing at the 93.3 FLZ Jingle Ball, December 2013
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Cyrus in 2007
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Cyrus performing on the
Best of Both Worlds Tour
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Cyrus at the
2008 MTV Video Music Awards
54.
Amanda Bynes
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Amanda Laura Bynes is an American former actress. After appearing in commercials and in plays, Bynes rose to prominence as a star in the late 1990s and early 2000s on the Nickelodeon series All That. From 2002 to 2006, she starred in the sitcom What I Like About You on The WB and she has also starred in several films, including What a Girl Wants, Shes the Man, Hairspray, Sydney White, and Easy A. In 2012, Bynes announced that she was retiring from acting, Bynes was born in Thousand Oaks, California, the youngest of three children of Lynn Bynes, a dental assistant and office manager, and Rick Bynes, a dentist. Her father is Catholic, and is of Irish, Lithuanian, Bynes maternal grandparents are Canadians from Toronto, Ontario. Bynes attended a camp, and began professionally acting at the age of 7. During her childhood, she appeared on stage in versions of Annie, The Secret Garden, The Music Man. Bynes rose to prominence with her various roles in All That for seasons three through six and she later became a regular member of Nickelodeons Figure It Out. At the age of 13, she began starring in her own comedy show. She also made her debut in Charlottes Web 2, Wilburs Great Adventure. Amandas film career took off over the two years, with a role in the romantic comedy Lovewrecked and a starring role in the comedy Shes The Man. She also appeared on the cover of Vanity Fairs July 2003 edition, Bynes was named one of Teen Peoples 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 in 2006. Later that year, she starred in Shes the Man, a based on William Shakespeares Twelfth Night. Bynes appeared in romantic comedy, Love Wrecked. In 2006 release the film Shes the Man but released after it, showing in cinemas outside of the United States in 2005 and 2006, Bynes next role was Penny Pingleton in Hairspray. The film was a critical and commercial success, Hairspray went on to become Amandas most successful film at the time. Bynes was featured on the Hairspray soundtrack, which went on to get a Grammy nomination, Bynes next role was in another comedy, Sydney White, released on September 21,2007. In August 2007, Bynes teamed up with Steve & Barrys to create her own line called Dear, consisting of apparel
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Bynes at
The Heart Truth 's Red Dress Collection fashion show, February 2009
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Amanda at The Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection fashion show in 2009
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The Cheetah Girls (group)
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The Cheetah Girls were an American girl group consisting of Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams, and Sabrina Bryan. The group was created by Disney, and were famous by the eponymous Disney Channel original film and its sequels, The Cheetah Girls 2 and The Cheetah Girls. All of their albums and soundtracks have debuted in the Billboard 200, the soundtrack to their first movie sold over 2 million copies. The group has launched a line, several perfume collections, doll lines, room decor, a book series. The group has had three tours, Cheetah-licious Christmas Tour, The Partys Just Begun Tour and One World Tour. The Cheetah Girls grossed over US$43 million from their second tour and they have sold over 3.6 million records worldwide with the help of producer Brennan Mills. The Cheetah Girls had a movie, based on a best-selling series of young adult books of the same name by Deborah Gregory. The movies DVD sold over 800,000 copies, the film received over 84 million viewers worldwide and remained a hit in the ratings for months afterwards. The Cheetah Girls were also supposed to be a TV series for ABC in their 2004–2005 season, therefore, Raven would not be able to do the series. Although a pilot was shot in late 2003, ABC decided not to pick up the series, in 2005, the girls recorded for the first time as a trio and recording act for the Disneymania 3 album, remaking the song I Wont Say from the Hercules soundtrack. The album peaked at number 74 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the lead single, Cheetah-licious Christmas, was rotated on Radio Disney and a music video for the song was shown on Disney Channel. A second single from the album, Five More Days Til Christmas was released as a Radio Disney-only single, the girls went on tour to support the album that fall, along with Aly & AJ as the opening act and the Jonas Brothers as special guests. The Cheetah Girls began work on their album in January 2006. However, when filming and recording for The Cheetah Girls 2 came up, well be making a real album, not a soundtrack, Adrienne Bailon says. Some of the music on there will be produced by will. i. am from The Black Eyed Peas and its important for people to see us as a real musical group. We have all this great marketing around us, with the movies, but we are a musical group. The Cheetah Girls 2 premiere received a total of over 8.1 million viewers, Bryan also stated that the girls would work with producers theyve worked with in the past as well as exploring new producers, such as Timbaland. The album was originally titled Who We Are, and set to be released on June 19,2007 but this was postponed to September 25,2007, the track So Bring It On was released as the albums first single
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Adrienne Bailon,
Sabrina Bryan and
Kiely Williams
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The Cheetah Girls performing during their Christmas tour in 2005
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The Cheetah Girls performing at
The Magnificent Mile in 2008
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Vanessa Hudgens
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Vanessa Anne Hudgens is an American actress and singer. Hudgens rose to prominence playing Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical series, Hudgens has also appeared in various films and television series for the Disney Channel. She had her film debut in the 2003 film Thirteen. She had mainstream success following the release of the High School Musical trilogy and her appearance in the series helped make her a household name. Songs from the films also charted worldwide, with the song Breaking Free peaking inside the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. This led to Hudgens releasing her album, V, on September 26,2006 which entered the Billboard 200 at number 24. Her second album, Identified, was released on July 1,2008 in the United States, since the release of her albums and the High School Musical franchise, Hudgens has focused on her acting career. She has appeared in the films Bandslam, Beastly, Sucker Punch, Journey 2, The Mysterious Island, Spring Breakers and she has also played the title role in the Broadway musical Gigi in 2015, and the role of Rizzo in Grease, Live in 2016. Hudgens was born in Salinas, California, and lived with her parents along the West Coast and her mother, Gina, held a succession of office jobs, and her father, Gregory Hudgens, was a firefighter. She has a sister, Stella Hudgens, who is also an actress. She was raised as a Roman Catholic and her father was of Irish and Native American descent, and her mother, a native of Manila, Philippines, is of Filipino descent. All of her grandparents were musicians and her acting career started at the age of 15, and she briefly attended Orange County High School of the Arts, followed by homeschooling with tutors. Hudgens had her first acting role in an episode of the sitcom Still Standing, following her appearance on the series, she guest starred in an episode of the series Robbery Homicide Division, airing on CBS in 2002. 2003 saw Hudgens making her debut in the 2003 drama film Thirteen. The film, which revolved around teenager Tracy trying to fit in and getting caught up in the crowd, was somewhat of a commercial success. Despite its minor success, the film received positive critical reviews. It has an 82% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and USA Today called Thirteen the most powerful of all recent wayward-youth sagas, Hudgens subsequently landed a role in the 2004 science fiction-adventure film Thunderbirds, based on the television series of the same name. Hudgens portrayed the character of Tin-tin, the film was a commercial failure and was strongly criticized for abandoning the original concepts
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Hudgens at the
Sydney premiere of
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island in January 2012
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Hudgens performing at the
High School Musical: The Concert in 2007
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Hudgens performing during a concert tour on 3 January 2007.
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Hudgens at the 38th
People's Choice Awards in 2012
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Ashley Tisdale
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Ashley Michelle Tisdale is an American actress, singer, and producer. During her childhood, Tisdale was featured in one hundred advertisements and had minor roles in television. She achieved mainstream success as Maddie Fitzpatrick in the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and this success was heightened when she starred as Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical franchise. The film series proved to be a success for Disney. The success of the led to Tisdale signing with Warner Bros. Records, releasing her album, Headstrong, through the label. The album was a success, earning a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. She starred as Candace Flynn in the animated series Phineas & Ferb from 2007 to 2015, Tisdales second studio album, Guilty Pleasure, was released to less commercial success than its predecessor. Tisdale would part ways with Warner Bros. Records following the release of the album, during this time, Tisdale began appearing in more films, and returned to television with shows such as Hellcats. Tisdale starred in the High School Musical spin-off film Sharpays Fabulous Adventure and this marked her final portrayal of the character to date. Tisdale announced work on her studio album in 2013, releasing the promotional single Youre Always Here. She had the role in the horror comedy film Scary Movie 5. Tisdale has continued to appear in roles, joining the main cast of Clipped. She also serves as producer of the ABC Family television series Young & Hungry. Tisdale began dating singer Christopher French in 2012, the couple wed in 2014, in September 2015, Tisdale was named creative director of Signorelli. She launched her Illuminate makeup brand in 2016, in 2017 she confirmed that she is working on her third studio album, although no details of its release were given. Ashley Michelle Tisdale was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey, on July 2,1985, to Lisa Morris and her father is Christian and her mother is Jewish, she was raised with a little bit of both religions. Tisdales elder sister Jennifer is an actress and producer and she is also related to businessman Ron Popeil through her maternal grandfather Arnold Morris who was best known for being a pitchman for the Ginsu knife
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Tisdale at
Macy's Herald Square in
Manhattan,
New York, July 2012
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Tisdale performing at the
High School Musical concert tour in 2006
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Tisdale has listed Robin Williams as an influence
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Lindsay Lohan
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Lindsay Dee Lohan is an American actress and singer. Lohan began her career as a fashion model when she was three, and was later featured on the soap opera Another World for a year when she was 10. At age 11, Lohan made her motion picture debut in Disneys commercially and critically successful 1998 remake of The Parent Trap and her next major motion picture, Disneys 2003 remake of Freaky Friday, was also a critical and commercial success. However, Lohans next starring role in the romantic comedy Just My Luck, following Just My Luck, Lohan focused on smaller, more mature roles in independent movies, receiving positive comments on her work, including A Prairie Home Companion, Bobby and Chapter 27. After recording several songs for her movie soundtracks, Lohan signed with Casablanca Records, though the album received mostly lukewarm reviews, it was certified platinum and sold over 4 million copies worldwide. Lohans second album, titled A Little More Personal, was released in December 2005 and that album received mixed reviews, and it was certified gold. In 2007, two driving under the influence led to Lohan being put on probation, and together with three visits to rehabilitation facilities caused the loss of several movie deals. In 2008 and 2009, Lohan worked as a fashion model and she resumed her acting career with TV work in 2008, and starred in the TV film Labor Pains. She appeared in Robert Rodriguezs feature film Machete, between 2010 and 2013, Lohan went into rehabilitation three times, and spent much of her time entangled in legal problems stemming from misdemeanors and probation violations. In 2012 and 2013, she did television work, including starring as Elizabeth Taylor in the biographical TV film Liz & Dick. In 2013, she starred in Paul Schraders independent film The Canyons, in 2014, the docu-series Lindsay aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network, and Lohan made her stage debut in the London West End production of Speed-the-Plow. Lindsay Lohan was born on July 2,1986, in The Bronx, New York City and she is the eldest child of Dina and Michael Lohan. Her father, a former Wall Street trader, has been in trouble with the law on several occasions, while her mother is a former singer and dancer. Lohan has three siblings, all of whom have been models or actors, Michael, Jr. who appeared with Lohan in The Parent Trap, Aliana, known as Ali. Lohan is of Irish and Italian heritage, and she was reared as a Catholic and her maternal antecedents were well known Irish Catholic stalwarts and her great-grandfather, John L. Sullivan, was a co-founder of the Pro-life Party in Long Island. Lohan attended Cold Spring Harbor High School and Sanford H. Calhoun High School, where she did well in science and mathematics, until grade 11, Lohan is a natural red head. Lohans parents have a turbulent history and they married in 1985, separated when she was three, and later reunited. They separated again in 2005 and finalized their divorce in 2007, Lohan began her career as a child model with Ford Models at the age of three
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Lindsay Lohan at
General Motors Annual Ten event on February 28, 2006
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Lohan in 2002
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Lohan at the
New York premiere of
Georgia Rule in May 2007
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Lohan at the Cynthia Rowley fashion show in 2011
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Zac Efron
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Zachary David Alexander Zac Efron is an American actor and singer. He began acting professionally in the early 2000s, and rose to prominence in the late 2000s for his role in the High School Musical franchise. During this time, he starred in the musical film Hairspray. He has since appeared in films like New Years Eve, The Lucky One, Neighbors, Dirty Grandpa, Efron was born in San Luis Obispo, California, and later moved to Arroyo Grande, California. His father, David Efron, is an engineer at a power station. Efron has a brother, Dylan, and had, as he has described and he was raised in an agnostic household and did not practice any religion as a child. His surname, Efron, is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname, taken from a Biblical place name, Efron has said that he would flip out if he got a B and not an A in school, as well as that he was a class clown. His father encouraged him to acting when Zac was eleven years old. Efron subsequently appeared in productions at his high school, worked in the theater The Great American Melodrama and Vaudeville. He performed in such as Gypsy, Peter Pan, or, The Boy Who Wouldnt Grow Up, Little Shop of Horrors. He was recommended to an agent in Los Angeles by his drama teacher, Efron was later signed to the Creative Artists Agency. Efron graduated from Arroyo Grande High School in 2006 and was accepted into the University of Southern California. Efron began acting in the early 2000s with guest roles on television series including Firefly, ER. In 2004, he began appearing as a character in the first season of the WB series Summerland. For the show’s second season, which aired in 2005, he was promoted to the main cast. He also appeared in films, including the Lifetime television film Miracle Run. Efron’s career reached a point with the teen musical television film High School Musical. The film, which also starred Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, the film’s soundtrack was certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA, making it one of the best-selling albums of the year in the United States
Zac Efron
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Efron at the
2012 Toronto International Film Festival
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Efron at the
2007 Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards
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Efron at the premiere of The Lucky One, Sydney, Australia, April 9, 2012
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Efron at the
2012 Cannes Film Festival, May 2012
60.
Kelly Clarkson
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Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to fame in 2002 after winning the first season of American Idol, Clarksons debut single, A Moment Like This, topped the Billboard Hot 100 and became the best-selling single of 2002 in the U. S. It was followed with her studio album, Thankful, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Trying to reinvent her own image, Clarkson decided to part ways with American Idol management and developed a pop sound for her second album. It sold over 15 million copies worldwide and earned Clarkson two Grammy Awards and she took further creative control for her third album, My December, by becoming the executive producer and co-writing the entire material. However, it caused feud with her label, that was dissatisfied with her darker, less commercial rock music, Clarkson returned to the top of the charts with her more mainstream-oriented fourth album, All I Ever Wanted. Its lead single, My Life Would Suck Without You, holds the record for the biggest jump to one on the Billboard Hot 100. She scored another Hot 100 number-one single with Stronger from her studio album. Clarkson also became the first act to win the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album twice. Her sixth studio album and first Christmas record, Wrapped in Red, ended up as the holiday album of the year. Her seventh and final album under RCA, Piece by Piece, was her album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200. Its title track became her eleventh single on the Hot 100. She signed with Atlantic Records in 2016 and has prepared a soul-influenced album for a 2017 release, Clarkson has sold over 70 million records worldwide and scored a total of 100 number ones on the Billboard charts. Her accolades include three Grammy Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards, four American Music Awards, and two Academy of Country Music Awards. Often called one of the best vocalists in the industry, Clarkson is known for her powerhouse voice and she became the first artist in history to top each of Billboards pop, adult contemporary, country and dance charts. She was ranked nineteenth on VH1s list of 100 Greatest Women in Music, Clarkson has also ventured into television and film, as well as writing childrens book. Clarkson was born in Fort Worth, Texas, to Jeanne Ann, a first-grade English teacher, and Stephen Michael Clarkson and she is the youngest of three children with a brother named Jason and a sister named Alyssa. Clarkson also has two half brothers from her fathers second marriage
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Clarkson at the
57th Presidential Inauguration, January 21, 2013
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Clarkson performed at the
Lincoln Memorial in
Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2002, following her win on American Idol
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Clarkson performing during her Hazel Eyes concert tour on November 15, 2005,
Canberra, Australia
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Clarkson and
Reba McEntire performing during the
2 Worlds 2 Voices Tour
61.
JoJo (singer)
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Joanna Noëlle Blagden JoJo Levesque is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. JoJo released her eponymous titled debut album in June 2004, Leave, her debut single, reached number one on the Billboard Pop songs chart, which made her the youngest solo artist to have a number-one single in the United States, at thirteen years old. The song peaked at 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold by the RIAA, the album has since sold over four million copies worldwide to date. JoJos second album, The High Road, was released in October 2006, the albums lead single, Too Little Too Late, was released in August 2006 and reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was certified platinum by the RIAA in March 2007, the album has since sold over three million copies worldwide. On August 21,2015, JoJo launched her official return with her triple single extended play III. As of November 2013, she has more than 7 million albums worldwide and has sold over 2.1 million albums and 4 million digital downloads in the United States alone. In addition to her career, JoJo also launched a career in acting. She made guest appearances on television series, beginning with the 2002 American sitcom The Bernie Mac Show. That same year, JoJo made her film debut in two major Hollywood films Aquamarine, and RV. She starred in the Lifetime Television film True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet in 2008, JoJo was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, and raised in Keene, New Hampshire, and Foxborough, Massachusetts. She has English, Irish, Polish, French, Scottish and she grew up in a one-bedroom apartment in Foxborough in a low-income family. Her father, Joel Maurice Levesque, sang as a hobby, JoJos parents divorced when she was four years old, and she was raised as an only child by her mother. JoJos stage name comes from a childhood nickname, as a child, JoJo listened as her mother practiced hymns. She started singing when she was two years old by imitating everything from nursery rhymes to R&B, jazz, and soul tunes, as a child, JoJo enjoyed attending Native American festivals and acted locally in professional theaters. At age seven, JoJo appeared on the television show Kids Say the Darndest Things, On the Road in Boston with American comedian and actor Bill Cosby, after auditioning in the television show Destination Stardom, JoJo sang Aretha Franklins 1967 hit Respect and Chain of Fools. Soon after, The Oprah Winfrey Show contacted her, inviting her to perform and she performed on Maury, on one of the kids-with-talent episodes, as well as many others. Reminiscing, she has stated that when it came to performing, at six years old, JoJo was offered a record deal, but her mother turned it down because she believed JoJo was too young for a music career
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JoJo performing on the
Joe Jonas & Jay Sean Tour in 2011
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JoJo performing as the opening act on the
Joe Jonas & Jay Sean Tour in Atlanta, Georgia on October 3, 2011.
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Digital Spy
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Digital Spy is a British entertainment and media news website launched in 1999. The site focuses on reporting breaking entertainment news related to movies, music, television, in addition to news articles there are regular reviews posted on popular films, theatre, and concerts. On 9 April 2008 it was announced that the website had been purchased by magazine publisher Hachette Filipacchi UK, on 1 August 2011, ownership of Hachette UK was sold to Hearst Magazines UK. As well as articles, the site also features forums, which went live in March 2000, representatives of several major companies, including Top Up TV, Joost, BSkyB, Goodmans, and Amstrad CEO Lord Alan Sugar are registered members who have posted on the forums. Iain Chapman launched the website, providing news, rumours. At the same time, Chris Butcher launched the ONfaq website, offering similar news, both sites proved to be popular, attracting a lot of attention from visitors eager for more news about these rapidly developing TV platforms. Very quickly, Iain and Chris discussed the idea of a merger of the two sites, to create the digiNEWS Network, on 28 February 1999 digiNEWS and ONfaq merged and were rebranded as sites of the new digiNEWS network. Both sites were redesigned with common branding, and new header graphics identifying the digiNEWS network, more sites continued to join the network - Chris Norriss cablenews, uk, Mark Hughes DVDNews and Neil Wilkes TV, uk. The network was growing, but technically it was disjointed, served from personal webspace from ISPs such as Freeserve. Discussions with website guru Jose Cardoso began, and work started on integrating the multitude of sites into a single portal. It was important for the new site to be accessible, so a. COM address was preferable, unfortunately the diginews. com address was already taken. After many many emails back and forth, the name Digital Spy was chosen, the new Digital Spy forums went live on 1 March 2000. They were built on the UBB forum platform, the new Digital Spy news portal went live on 19 May 2001, running on a custom-built content management system developed by Jose and called RAMS. In November 2015, Digital Spy hired ex editor of Heat Julian Linley in the role of editor-in-chief as the attempts to challenge BuzzFeed
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Digital Spy
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Grammy Award
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A Grammy Award, or Grammy, is an honor awarded by The Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the mainly English-language music industry. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and the presentation of awards that have a more popular interest. It shares recognition of the industry as that of the other performance awards such as the Emmy Awards, the Tony Awards. The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4,1959, to honor, following the 2011 ceremony, The Academy overhauled many Grammy Award categories for 2012. The 59th Grammy Awards, honoring the best achievements from October 2015 to September 2016, was held on February 12,2017, the Grammys had their origin in the Hollywood Walk of Fame project in the 1950s. The music executives decided to rectify this by creating a given by their industry similar to the Oscars. This was the beginning of the National Academy of Recording Arts, after it was decided to create such an award, there was still a question of what to call it, one working title was the Eddie, to honor the inventor of the phonograph, Thomas Edison. They finally settled on using the name of the invention of Emile Berliner, the gramophone, for the awards, the number of awards given grew and fluctuated over the years with categories added and removed, at one time reaching over 100. The second Grammy Awards, also held in 1959, was the first ceremony to be televised, the gold-plated trophies, each depicting a gilded gramophone, are made and assembled by hand by Billings Artworks in Ridgway, Colorado. In 1990 the original Grammy design was revamped, changing the traditional soft lead for a stronger alloy less prone to damage, Billings developed a zinc alloy named grammium, which is trademarked. The trophies with the name engraved on them are not available until after the award announcements. By February 2009,7,578 Grammy trophies had been awarded, the General Field are four awards which are not restricted by genre. Album of the Year is awarded to the performer and the team of a full album if other than the performer. Record of the Year is awarded to the performer and the team of a single song if other than the performer. Song of the Year is awarded to the writer/composer of a single song, Best New Artist is awarded to a promising breakthrough performer who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording that establishes the public identity of that artist. The only two artists to win all four of these awards are Christopher Cross, who won all four in 1980, and Adele, who won the Best New Artist award in 2009 and the other three in 2012 and 2017. Other awards are given for performance and production in specific genres, as well as for other such as artwork. Special awards are given for longer-lasting contributions to the music industry, the many other Grammy trophies are presented in a pre-telecast Premiere Ceremony earlier in the afternoon before the Grammy Awards telecast
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Grammy Awards
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MTV Video Music Award
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An MTV Video Music Award is an award presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in the music video medium. By 2001, the VMA had become a coveted award, the statue given to winners is an astronaut on the moon, one of the earliest representations of MTV, and colloquially called a moonman. The statue is now made by New York firm, Society Awards, since the 2006 ceremony, viewers are able to vote for their favorite videos in all general categories by visiting MTVs website. The first VMA ceremony was held in 1984 at New York Citys Radio City Music Hall, the ceremonies are normally held in either New York City or Los Angeles. However, the ceremonies have also hosted in Miami and Las Vegas. 1984, At the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984, Madonna performed her hit Like a Virgin wearing a combination bustier/wedding gown, during the performance, she rolled around on the floor, revealing lacy stockings and a garter. Cyndi Lauper spoke in Exorcist-esque gibberish to explain the VMA rules right before winning the Best Female video for Girls Just Want to Have Fun, David Bowie and The Beatles were rewarded with the first ever Video Vanguard Awards for their work in pioneering the music video. 1988, At the 1988 Video Music Awards Michael Jackson appeared for the first time, a pre-recorded live performance of Bad was shown. He was also awarded the Video Vanguard Award, paula Abdul was nominated for six awards, picking up four wins. She performed a medley of her singles Straight Up, Cold Hearted. When Madonna won the Viewers Choice Award for her Like a Prayer video, the tone that the commercial sought to convey sharply contrasted with the music video. When Pepsi executives saw the video, they yanked the advertisement after only two airings, in an attempt to dissociate themselves from Madonna. She also gave one of the most memorable performances of her hit Express Yourself, the performance consisted of both a dramatic 18th-century reinterpretation of Vogue as well as her dramatically becorseted breasts. His video Thriller influenced and changed music videos into what it is like today, a conflict between Poisons Bret Michaels and C. C. DeVille culminated in a fistfight at the Video Music Awards in 1991, deVille was fired and replaced by Pennsylvanian guitarist Richie Kotzen. Paul Reubens had his first public appearance following an arrest for lewd-conduct earlier that year, taking the stage in costume as Pee-wee Herman, he received a standing ovation, after which he asked the audience, Heard any good jokes lately. Prince & The New Power Generation performed their sexually charged song Gett Off on a Caligula-esque set and his trousers were parodied numerous times throughout the following year, on In Living Color & even on the next years VMAs by Howard Stern. It also marked the last TV appearance of Kiss with Eric Carr,1992, In the 1992 show, MTV requested Nirvana perform Smells Like Teen Spirit, while the band itself had indicated it preferred to play new songs Rape Me and tourettes
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The 1983-1984 Video of the Year "Moonman" award.
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Radio City Music Hall, site of 11 VMAs, including the
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Madonna has won 20 VMAs, the most for any artist.
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West taking the microphone from Swift at the
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IHeartRadio Music Awards
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IHeartRadio Music Awards is a music awards show founded by iHeartRadio in 2014 to recognize the most popular artists and music over the past year as determined by the networks listeners. It rewards the music that was heard throughout the year across iHeartMedia radio stations nationwide, the inaugural edition was held on May 1,2014 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, and was broadcast live on NBC. The fourth edition was held on March 5,2017 and aired on TBS, TNT, the trophy is manufactured by the New York firm Society Awards. The nominations are based on results from the iHeartRadio Chart, the iHeartRadio Countdown, the two-hour weekly program, highlights the top 20 contemporary hit radio songs in the iHeartRadio Chart. The latter is supplied and compiled by Mediabase, in addition, every public-voting category, includes social hashtags as the primary voting mechanism. The categories cover an array of genres, including rock, hip-hop, R&B, Latin. The category Artist of the Year was replaced by the categories Female Artist of the Year, public-voting categories through social media are indicated with a double dagger. Most Wins Most Nominations iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards iHeartRadio Music Festival Official website
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Logo of the
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YouTube Music Awards
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The YouTube Music Awards is an awards show presented by YouTube to honor the best in the music video medium. The 2013 edition of the YTMAs were held at New York Citys Pier 36 and were broadcast live at Youtube. com/YTMA, some notable artists, including Arcade Fire, Pentatonix and Lindsey Stirling, Tyler, The Creator, M. I. A. The award show started at 6pm EST and was scheduled for 90 minutes, fans could vote in each category by posting a specific links from Youtube. com/YTMA on either their Facebook, Google+ or Twitter. The video with the most posts in each category was the winner, Artist of the Year was won by Eminem and Video of the Year was won by Girls Generation for their video I Got a Boy. The 2013 edition was directed by Spike Jonze, the show was mostly unscripted because Jonze wanted the show to. feel like a YouTube video — the raw messiness of making stuff. The winners of the 2015 edition of the show were announced on March 2,2015. 50 winners were based on the growth in views, subscribers. Breakthrough of the Year Response of the Year Innovation of the Year YouTube Phenomenon Video of the Year Artist of the Year Official website
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Shorty Awards
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The awards are organized by the co-founders of startup company Sawhorse Media. Greg Galant is CEO and Co-founder and Lee Semel is CTO, an awards ceremony is held each spring and streamed live. Each award recognizes the entire body of work of the content creator for the calendar year, a 2012 Forbes magazine article about the awards commented, The Shortys recognize that social media is about more than who can get the most followers. We are creating millions of pieces of new writing that will define our generation, are creating our history of record. The awards were created in 2008 by tech entrepreneurs Greg Galant, Adam Varga and they invited Twitter account holders to nominate the best twitterers in general categories such as humor, news, food, and design. Winners were chosen by more than 30,000 twitterers during the voting period, the founders of Twitter first heard about the awards after the contest had gotten underway, and expressed support for it. The first Shorty Awards ceremony was held on February 11,2009, at the Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, approximately 300 people attended the event. The event was hosted by CNN anchor Rick Sanchez and featured in-person guest appearances by prominent Twitter users MC Hammer and Gary Vaynerchuk, the awards, which were voted on by Twitter users, were distributed in 26 categories. At the ceremony, the identity of advertising category winner @PeggyOlson was revealed to be Carri Bugbee, owner of the public relations company Big Deal PR in Portland. Voting for the second Shorty Awards opened on January 5,2010, a Real-Time Photo of the Year category was added to the list of official categories for the first time, recognizing the best photo posted to services such as Twitpic, Yfrog, or Facebook. After public nominations determined the finalists, the Academy decided on the winners, winners were announced at a ceremony held in the Times Center in The New York Times building in Manhattan, and were streamed online. The ceremony was hosted by CNN anchor Rick Sanchez, who presented awards in the categories as well as the newly added Real-Time Photo of the Year. The nomination period for the third annual Shorty Awards opened in January,2011, there were 30 official categories, and five special categories. The awards also introduced new Shorty Industry Awards to recognize the best uses of media by brands. A Marketing Jury within the Real-Time Academy of Short Form Arts & Sciences judges the Shorty Industry Awards, winners were announced at a ceremony on March 28,2011, hosted by Aasif Mandvi in the Times Center. Other Shorty Awards presenters were scheduled to include Kiefer Sutherland, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Stephen Wallem, Miss USA Rima Fakih, and Miss Teen USA Kamie Crawford. The 4th Annual Shorty Awards brought together Tracy Morgan, Ricky Gervias, Tiffani Thiessen,1.6 million tweeted nominations were made across categories to honor the top users on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Foursquare, YouTube and more. The ceremony took place on March 27th,2012 at the New York TimesCenter and was hosted by the hilarious Daily Show with Jon Stewart correspondents Samantha Bee, the show kicked off with welcomes from Anderson Cooper and Piers Morgan, with the Gregory Brothers performing live
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World Music Awards
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The World Music Awards is an international awards show founded in 1989 under the high patronage of Albert II, Prince of Monaco and is based in Monte-Carlo. Awards are presented to the worlds best-selling artists in the various categories, sales figures are provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Nine awards are voted online by the public, the awards are gold-plated, each depicting an artist holding the world. Past Legend Award winners include, The Diamond World Music Award was created in 2001 to honor artists who have sold over 100 million records over the course of their careers, the awards were presented to Michael Jackson and Mariah Carey in the male and female artist award categories
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Detroit Music Awards
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The Detroit Music Awards was initially proposed in 1988. Presented by the Motor City Music Foundation, the awards ceremony was established to bring recognition to Detroit area musicians. The first award show was held in 1992 at Detroits Music Hall, in 1998, the organization merged with the Metro Times-sponsored Detroit Music Awards. It has now held at The Fillmore Detroit theatre annually in April
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Held annually at
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a hall of fame and museum located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. In 1986, Cleveland was chosen as the hall of fames permanent home.8 billion, the Foundation began inducting artists in 1986, but the Hall of Fame still had no home. The search committee considered several cities, including Philadelphia, Memphis, Detroit, Cincinnati, New York City, Cleveland was also one of the premier tour stops for most rock bands. Civic leaders in Cleveland pledged $65 million in money to fund the construction. A petition drive was signed by 600,000 fans favoring Cleveland over Memphis, on May 5,1986, the Hall of Fame Foundation chose Cleveland as the permanent home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Sam Phillips of Sun Studios fame and many others were stunned and disappointed that it ended up in Cleveland, the hall of fame shouldve been in Memphis, certainly, wrote Peter Guralnick, author of an acclaimed two-volume Elvis Presley biography. Cleveland may also have chosen as the organizations site because the city offered the best financial package. As The Plain Dealer music critic Michael Norman noted, It was $65 million, Cleveland wanted it here and put up the money. During early discussions on where to build the Hall of Fame and Museum, ultimately, the chosen location was along East Ninth Street in downtown Cleveland by Lake Erie, east of Cleveland Stadium. Initial CEO Dr. Larry R. Thompson facilitated I. M. Pei in designs for the site, Pei came up with the idea of a tower with a glass pyramid protruding from it. The museum tower was planned to stand 200 ft high. The buildings base is approximately 150,000 square feet, the groundbreaking ceremony took place on June 7,1993. Pete Townshend, Chuck Berry, Billy Joel, Sam Phillips, Ruth Brown, Sam Moore of Sam and Dave, Carl Gardner of the Coasters and Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum all appeared at the groundbreaking. The museum was dedicated on September 1,1995, with the ribbon being cut by an ensemble that included Yoko Ono and Little Richard, among others, the following night an all-star concert was held at the stadium. It featured Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Al Green, Jerry Lee Lewis, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, Iggy Pop, John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, and many others. In addition to the Hall of Fame inductees, the documents the entire history of rock and roll. Hall of Fame inductees are honored in an exhibit located in a wing that juts out over Lake Erie. Since 1986, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has selected new inductees, the formal induction ceremony has been held in New York City 25 times, twice in Los Angeles, and four times in the Hall of Fames home in Cleveland
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
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The former Annex in Soho in New York City (now closed)
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (left) sits on the
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, showing
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Latin Grammy Award
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A Latin Grammy Award is an award by The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works produced anywhere around the world that were recorded in either Spanish or Portuguese and is awarded in the United States. Submissions of products recorded in languages from Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula of Hispanophone or Lusophone countries such as Nahuatl, Catalán. Both the regular Grammy Award and the Latin Grammy Award have similar nominating and voting processes, the first annual Latin Grammys ceremony was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on September 13,2000. Broadcast by CBS, that first ceremony became the first primarily Spanish language primetime program carried on an English-language American television network, the most-recent ceremony, the 17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, was held on November 17,2016 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Since 2005, the awards are broadcast in the United States by the television network Univision, in 2013,9.8 million people watched the Latin Grammy Awards on Univision, making the channel a top-three network for the night in the U. S. The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences was formed by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences in 1997 and it was founded by Michael Greene and Producers & Songwriters Rudy Pérez & Mauricio Abaroa. Rudy Pérez was the Grammy Florida chapters first President of the Board, the concept of a separate Grammy Awards for Latin music began in 1989. According to organizers, the Latin Grammy Awards was established as the Latin music universe was deemed too large to fit on the Grammy Awards, the Latin Grammy Awards mainly focuses on music from Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and the United States. In 2000, it was announced that the 1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards would take place at the Staples Center on September 13,2000, on July 7,2000, the nominations were announced in Miami, Florida, United States. The Latin Grammys were introduced with over 39 categories included limited to Spanish, the first telecast took place at the Staples Center and was broadcast. The following years show was canceled due to the September 11,2001 attacks, in 2002, the academy elected its first independent Board of Trustees. In 2005, the broadcast was moved from CBS to Univision where the whole telecast was in Spanish, voting members live in various regions in the US and outside of the US including Latin America, Spain, and Portugal. Products recorded in languages and dialects such as Catalan, Nahuatl, Quechua, Galician, Valencian, Mayan, for instrumental music, the Latin Recording Academy accepts recordings that have been composed or interpreted by an Iberian American musician. The eligibility period is July 1 to June 30 for an awards ceremony. Recordings are first entered and then reviewed to determine the awards they are eligible for, following that, nominating ballots are mailed to voting members of the academy. The votes are tabulated and the five recordings in each category with the most votes become the nominees, final voting ballots are sent out to voting members and the winners are determined. Winners are later announced at the Latin Grammy Awards, the current President & CEO of the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences is Gabriel Abaroa, who is related to Mauricio, one of the founders
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Lo Nuestro Awards
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The artist with the most Premios Lo Nuestro awards is Puerto Rican singer Olga Tañón. The awards ceremony features famous Latino actors, musicians and show business personalities, the show is broadcast all over the Americas. In February 2006, Univision announced that closed captioning in English would be offered for the first time in the history of the broadcast, the 2013 edition, which officially marks its 25th anniversary on the network was dedicated to singer Jenni Rivera after her death in December 2012. In 1989, the Lo Nuestro Awards were established by Univision, the nominees were initially selected by Univision and Billboard magazine, and the winners chosen by the public. The trophy awarded is shaped like a treble clef, before the Latin Grammy Awards inception, the Lo Nuestro Awards were considered as the Grammy Award equivalent for Latin music. Therefore, the Lo Nuestro ceremony was advanced from May to February since the 1st Latin Grammy Awards were held in September,2000, the eligibility period for songs to be nominated are from October 1 to September 30. In addition to categories for different genres of music, the honors include Premio Lo Nuestro a la Excelencia, the following list are past years recipients
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Ozone (magazine)
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Ozone is an American magazine focused on the hip hop music of the Southern United States. It was founded in Orlando, Florida in 2002 by current editor by Julia Beverly, in 2006 the magazine relocated its headquarters to Atlanta. The magazine provided early coverage of artists including Stat Quo, Pitbull. The magazine has a number of staff and contributors. In addition to publisher and editor-in-chief Julia Beverly, features editor Eric Perrin, other contributors include recording artist Killer Mike, Charlamagne, mixtape artist DJ Wally Sparks, Wendy Day, Rohit Loomba and DJ ADG. The first annual Ozone Awards were held on August 6,2006, Ozone Magazine held its second annual Ozone Award Show at the James L. Knight Center in downtown Miami, Florida, in conjunction with the TJs DJs Tastemakers Conference. The 3rd Annual Ozone Award and TJs DJs Tastemakers Conference was held on the weekend of August 8–11,2008 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. The awards focused on southern artists mostly and included performances by Lil Wayne, Trick Daddy, Rick Ross, Pimp C, official website Digital Copies of Ozone Magazine available to read at www. issuu. com
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GMA Dove Award
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A Dove Award is an accolade by the Gospel Music Association of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the Christian music industry. Formerly held in Nashville, Tennessee, the Dove Awards took place in Atlanta, Georgia during 2011 and 2012, the ceremonies feature live musical performances and are broadcast on TBN. The awards were established in 1969, and represent a variety of styles, including rock, pop, hip hop, country. The Dove Awards were originally conceptualized by Gospel singer and songwriter Bill Gaither, the idea of the award being represented by a dove is credited to Gaither and design for the award itself is credited to gospel singer Les Beasley. The first GMA Dove Awards were held at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, in 1971, the awards moved to Nashville. There were no awards held in 1979, due to a decision by the Gospel Music Association to move the awards from autumn to spring, every ceremony since has been held in the spring. The first televised ceremony was the 15th GMA Dove Awards of 1984, the awards were held in Nashville until 2011 before being presented at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia in 2012. They returned to Nashville in 2013, and have held at the Allen Arena on the campus of Lipscomb University since. The General Field includes seven awards which are not restricted by genre, Song of the Year is awarded to the songwriter, prior to the definition, the only qualified music was that sold in Christian Booksellers Association affiliated stores. The new standards resulted in complaints by fans and artists after thirteen entries were disqualified as being too secular in the 1999 Dove Awards. The rules were rescinded afterwards, and many groups disqualified by the rulings in 1999 were winners in 2000, Christian pop culture Gospel Music Association of Canada Covenant Awards Official website GMA website Past winners
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American Country Awards
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The American Country Awards is an annual country music awards show, entirely voted on by fans online. Created in 2010 by the Fox Network, the awards honor country music artists for singles, albums, music videos, in 2012, Song of the Year was added with the nominations coming from the Nashville Songwriters International Association. In addition to the CMA Awards, the ACM Awards and the CMT Music Awards, the first two ceremonies took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 6,2010 and December 5,2011. The 2012 ceremony took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Luke Bryan won nine awards, including artist and album of the year, while Miranda Lambert won three. Carrie Underwood won female artist of the year and Lauren Alaina won new artist of the year, the show was executive produced by Bob Bain, produced by Paul Flattery, Tisha Fein, Kelly Brock and Fletcher Foster and directed by Michael Dempsey. The Fox Network cancelled the American Country Awards in 2014 and replaced it with the American Country Countdown Awards from dick clark productions, the ratings for ACCA dropped dramatically compared to the 2013 American Country Awards. According to TV By The Numbers 18-49 Ratings/Share dropped from 1. 4/4 to 0. 9/3, nominees for the first inaugural awards show were announced on Monday October 18,2010. Lady Antebellum and Easton Corbin led the field with seven each, followed by Carrie Underwood with six nominations. Voting continued through November 8, except for Artist of the Year, trace Adkins was the host of the awards show. Winners in each received a custom-made Fender guitar in lieu of trophies. In 2010, the guitar was the Stratocaster model, in 2011 it was the Telecaster, at the 2010 ceremonies, Carrie Underwood was the top winner with 6 awards, including the first-ever Artist of the Year. Rascal Flatts received the Decade Award, Toby Keith received the Visionary Artist award, in 2011, Jason Aldean was the big winner with 6 Awards, including Artist of the year. In 2012, Luke Bryan was the big winner with 7 Awards, alabama received the Greatest Hits Artist award and Toby Keith was Artist of the Decade. The artist who has won the most ACAs is Carrie Underwood with 12 Luke Bryan has the most for a Male artist with 10 and Lady Antebellum has the most for a group with 9. On December 31,2011, Fox aired a country music-themed New Years Eve special co-branded with the show, known as American Country New Years Eve Live. The special differentiated itself from competing programs through an emphasis on music instead of popular music, with performances by Joe Nichols. The special was not reprised in subsequent years, and subsequent episodes of New Years Eve Live have reverted to pop music. The 2014 version will be rebranded as the American Country Countdown Awards, named after the series of the same name
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