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Radio City Music Hall
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Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its nickname is the Showplace of the Nation, and it was for a time the leading tourist destination in the city and its interior was declared a city landmark in 1978. It is notable as being the headquarters for the dance company. The 12-acre complex in Midtown Manhattan known as Rockefeller Center was developed between 1929 and 1940 by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. on land leased from Columbia University. The Radio City Music Hall was designed by architect Edward Durell Stone and its originally planned name was International Music Hall. The names Radio City and Radio City Music Hall derive from one of the complexs first tenants, Radio City Music Hall was a project of Rockefeller, Samuel Roxy Rothafel, who previously opened the Roxy Theatre in 1927, and RCA chairman David Sarnoff. The Music Hall opened to the public on December 27,1932 with a stage show featuring Ray Bolger, Doc Rockwell. The opening was meant to be a return to high-class variety entertainment, the new format was not a success. The program was long, and individual acts were lost in the cavernous hall. On January 11,1933, the Music Hall converted to the format of a feature film. The film-plus-stage-spectacle format continued at the Music Hall until 1979, with four complete performances presented every day, plans for alternate uses for the structure included converting the theater into tennis courts, a shopping mall or the American Stock Exchange. Joining forces with the media and political allies, including New York Lt. Gov. Mary Anne Krupsak, they challenged the Rockefeller establishment, against all odds, to save The Showplace of the Nation. On March 28,1978 New York Citys Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the interior of Radio City Music Hall a landmark guaranteeing that the building would remain a theatre, on May 12,1978, Radio City Music Hall was placed on The National Register of Historic Places. Regular film showings at Radio City ended in 1979 and in 1980, after a renovation, Radio City Music Hall is currently leased to and managed by The Madison Square Garden Company. Movie premieres and feature runs have occasionally taken place such as the Harry Potter film series. The Radio City Christmas Spectacular continues to be an important annual event, starting in 2013, however, the Tony Awards will be the only major televised awards ceremony at Radio City, as the Video Music Awards relocated permanently to the Barclays Center that year. Radio City has 5,933 seats for spectators, and additional seating can be placed on the pit elevator during events that do not require that space bringing the capacity to over 6,000. Designed by Edward Durell Stone, the interior of the theater with its austere Art Deco lines represented a break with the ornate rococo ornament associated with movie palaces at the time
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New York City
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The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2015 population of 8,550,405 distributed over an area of about 302.6 square miles. Located at the tip of the state of New York. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has described as the cultural and financial capital of the world. Situated on one of the worlds largest natural harbors, New York City consists of five boroughs, the five boroughs – Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island – were consolidated into a single city in 1898. In 2013, the MSA produced a gross metropolitan product of nearly US$1.39 trillion, in 2012, the CSA generated a GMP of over US$1.55 trillion. NYCs MSA and CSA GDP are higher than all but 11 and 12 countries, New York City traces its origin to its 1624 founding in Lower Manhattan as a trading post by colonists of the Dutch Republic and was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, New York served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790. It has been the countrys largest city since 1790, the Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to the Americas by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is a symbol of the United States and its democracy. In the 21st century, New York has emerged as a node of creativity and entrepreneurship, social tolerance. Several sources have ranked New York the most photographed city in the world, the names of many of the citys bridges, tapered skyscrapers, and parks are known around the world. Manhattans real estate market is among the most expensive in the world, Manhattans Chinatown incorporates the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere, with multiple signature Chinatowns developing across the city. Providing continuous 24/7 service, the New York City Subway is one of the most extensive metro systems worldwide, with 472 stations in operation. Over 120 colleges and universities are located in New York City, including Columbia University, New York University, and Rockefeller University, during the Wisconsinan glaciation, the New York City region was situated at the edge of a large ice sheet over 1,000 feet in depth. The ice sheet scraped away large amounts of soil, leaving the bedrock that serves as the foundation for much of New York City today. Later on, movement of the ice sheet would contribute to the separation of what are now Long Island and Staten Island. The first documented visit by a European was in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano, a Florentine explorer in the service of the French crown and he claimed the area for France and named it Nouvelle Angoulême. Heavy ice kept him from further exploration, and he returned to Spain in August and he proceeded to sail up what the Dutch would name the North River, named first by Hudson as the Mauritius after Maurice, Prince of Orange
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Russell Brand
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Russell Edward Brand is an English comedian, actor, radio host, author, and activist. Beginning his career as a comedian and later becoming an MTV presenter, Brand first achieved notoriety in 2004 as the host of Big Brothers Big Mouth. He also worked as an actor in the animated films Despicable Me in 2010, Hop in 2011, and Despicable Me 2 in 2013. In 2013, he released the successful stand-up special Messiah Complex, in 2014, Brand launched his political-comedy web series The Trews, released a book entitled Revolution, and began work on a documentary about financial inequality with Michael Winterbottom. He has incorporated many of his public antics into his comedic material. In 2015 a biographical documentary called Brand, A Second Coming was released, Russell Edward Brand was born in Orsett Hospital in Grays, Essex, England. He is the child of Barbara Elizabeth and photographer Ronald Henry Brand. Brands parents split up when he was six months old, when he was 7, a tutor sexually abused him. When Brand was 8, his mother contracted uterine cancer and then breast cancer one year later, while she underwent treatment, Brand lived with relatives. When he was 14, he suffered from bulimia nervosa, when he was 16, he left home because of disagreements with his mothers partner. Brand then started to use drugs such as cannabis, amphetamines, LSD. Brand says he had a relationship with his father, whom he saw sporadically. He made his debut at the age of 15 in a school production of Bugsy Malone. Brand attended Grays School Media Arts College and in 1991, he was accepted to the Italia Conti Academy and had his first year of tuition funded by Essex County Council, after his first year at Italia Conti Academy, Brand was expelled for illegal drug use and poor attendance. Brand performed stand-up at the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year final in 2000, although he finished fourth, his performance attracted the attention of Gagged and Bound Comedy Ltd agent Nigel Klarfeld. That year, he made his Edinburgh debut as one-third of the stand-up show Pablo Diablos Cryptic Triptych, alongside ventriloquist Mark Felgate. In 2004, he took his first one-man show, the confessional Better Now, to the Edinburgh Festival and he returned the following year with Eroticised Humour. He launched his first nationwide tour, Shame, in 2006, Brand drew on embarrassing incidents in his own life and the coverage about him in the tabloid press
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Green Day
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Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1986 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist Mike Dirnt. For much of the career, the band has been a trio with drummer Tré Cool. Guitarist Jason White, who has worked with the band as a member since 1999, was an official member from 2012 to 2016. Green Day was originally part of the scene at the DIY924 Gilman Street club in Berkeley. The bands early releases were with the independent record label Lookout, in 1994, its major label debut Dookie became a breakout success and eventually shipped over 10 million copies in the U. S. The bands rock opera, American Idiot, reignited the bands popularity with a younger generation, the bands eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown, was released in 2009 and achieved the bands best chart performance to date. 21st Century Breakdown was followed up by a trilogy of albums called ¡Uno, ¡Dos. and ¡Tré. which were released in September, November and December 2012 respectively. The bands twelfth album, Revolution Radio was released on October 7,2016 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Green Day has sold more than 85 million records worldwide, in 2010, a stage adaptation of American Idiot debuted on Broadway. The musical was nominated for three Tony Awards, Best Musical, Best Scenic Design and Best Lighting Design, losing only the first, also in 2010, Green Day was ranked no.91 in the VH1 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. On April 18,2015, the band was inducted into the Rock, in 1986, friends Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt,14 years old at the time, formed a band called Sweet Children. The groups first live performance took place on October 17,1987, at Rods Hickory Pit in Vallejo, in 1988, Armstrong and Dirnt began working with former Isocracy drummer John Kiffmeyer, also known as Al Sobrante. As said in the film Punks Not Dead, Armstrong cites the band Operation Ivy as an influence. In 1988, Larry Livermore, owner of Lookout, Records, saw the band play an early show and signed the group to his label. In 1989, the band recorded its debut extended play,1,000 Hours, before 1,000 Hours was released, the group dropped the name Sweet Children, according to Livermore, this was done to avoid confusion with another local band Sweet Baby. The band adopted the name Green Day, due to the fondness for cannabis. Released Green Days debut studio album, 39/Smooth in early 1990, Records re-released 39/Smooth under the name 1, 039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, and added the songs from the bands first two EPs, Slappy, and 1,000 Hours. In late 1990, shortly after the bands first nationwide tour, Kiffmeyer left the East Bay area to attend Humboldt State University in Arcata, California
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Lady Gaga
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Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She performed initially in theater, appearing in school plays. From there, Akon noticed her vocal abilities and helped her to sign a joint deal with Interscope Records and her debut album The Fame was a critical and commercial success that produced international chart-topping singles such as Just Dance and Poker Face. A follow-up EP, The Fame Monster, was met with a reception and Bad Romance, Telephone. Her second full-length album Born This Way was released in 2011, topping the charts in more than 20 countries, including the United States, the album produced the number-one single Born This Way. Her third album Artpop, released in 2013, topped the US charts, in 2014, Gaga released a collaborative jazz album with Tony Bennett titled Cheek to Cheek, which became her third consecutive number one in the United States. For her work in the television series American Horror Story, Hotel, with her fifth studio album Joanne, she became the first woman to have four US number one albums in the 2010s. In February 2017, Gaga headlined the Super Bowl LI halftime show which had an audience of over 150 million across various platforms worldwide. With global album and single sales of 27 million and 146 million respectively, as of January 2016 and her achievements include twelve Guinness World Records, three Brit Awards, and six Grammy Awards. She is also the first artist to win the Songwriters Hall of Fames Contemporary Icon Award, in 2013, Gaga finished second on Times readers poll of the most influential people of the past ten years, while in 2015, she was named Billboards Woman of the Year. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born on March 28,1986 and she is the elder daughter of Cynthia Louise Cindy and Internet entrepreneur Joseph Joe Germanotta. Gaga has three Italian grandparents and one American grandparent, as well as French Canadian ancestry, Gagas sister Natali is a fashion student. From age 11, she attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart and she described her academic life in high school as very dedicated, very studious, very disciplined but also a bit insecure. I used to get made fun of for being too provocative or too eccentric. I didnt fit in, and I felt like a freak, in 2014, Gaga said she was raped at the age of 19. She stated, I went through some things that Im able to laugh now, because Ive gone through a lot of mental and physical therapy. Gaga later said that she suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder because of the rape, and that support from doctors, family, and friends really saved my life. Gaga began playing the piano at the age of four, wrote her first piano ballad at 13 and she performed lead roles in high school productions, including Adelaide in Guys and Dolls and Philia in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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MTV
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MTV is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks and headquartered in New York City. Launched on August 1,1981, the originally aired music videos as guided by television personalities known as video jockeys. In its early years, MTVs main target demographic was young adults and it has received criticism towards this change of focus, both by certain segments of its audience and musicians. MTVs influence on its audience, including issues involving censorship and social activism, has also been a subject of debate for several years, in recent years, MTV had struggled with the secular decline of music-related cable media. In April 2016, MTV announced it would start to return to its original music roots with the reintroduction of the classic MTV series MTV Unplugged. It was also reported that the series MTV Cribs would be making a return on Snapchat, MTV has spawned numerous sister channels in the US and affiliated channels internationally, some of which have gone independent. As of July 2015, approximately 92,188,000 US households have received MTV, several earlier concepts for music video-based television programming had been around since the early 1960s. The Beatles had used music videos to promote their records starting in the mid-1960s, CBS rejected the idea, but Williams premiered his own musical composition Classical Gas on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, where he was head writer. The series featured clips from various popular artists, but was canceled by its distributor in 1971. The channel, which featured video disc jockeys, signed a deal with US Cable in 1978 to expand its audience from retail to cable television, the service was no longer active by the time MTV launched in 1981. The QUBE system offered many specialized channels, One of these specialized channels was Sight on Sound, a music channel that featured concert footage and music-oriented television programs. With the interactive QUBE service, viewers could vote for their favorite songs, the original programming format of MTV was created by media executive Robert W. Pittman, who later became president and chief executive officer of MTV Networks. Pittman had test-driven the music format by producing and hosting a 15-minute show, Album Tracks, the inspiration for PopClips came from a similar program on New Zealands TVNZ network named Radio with Pictures, which premiered in 1976. The concept itself had been in the works since 1966, when record companies began supplying the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation with promotional music clips to play on the air at no charge. Few artists made the trip to New Zealand to appear live. A shortened version of the shuttle launch ID ran at the top of hour in various forms. The first music video shown on MTV was The Buggles Video Killed the Radio Star and this was followed by the video for Pat Benatars You Better Run. Sporadically, the screen would go black when an employee at MTV inserted a tape into a VCR, MTVs lower third graphics that appeared near the beginning and end of music videos would eventually use the recognizable Kabel typeface for about 25 years
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VH1
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VH1 is an American cable television network based in New York City that is owned by the Viacom Global Entertainment Group, a unit of Viacom Media Networks. The channel was first launched on January 1,1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting Systems short-lived Cable Music Channel and it was originally created by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and the original owner of MTV. As of February 2015, approximately 92.6 million US households receive VH1, also frequently featured in the networks early years were videos for Motown and other 60s oldies consisting of newsreel and concert footage. It was introduced on January 1,1985 with the performance of The Star-Spangled Banner by Marvin Gaye. From the start, Video Hits One was branded as a version of its sister/parent channel. It played more jazz and R&B artists than MTV and had a rotation of urban-contemporary performers. Its early on-camera personalities were New York radio veterans Don Imus, Frankie Crocker, Scott Shannon, Jon Bauman, Bobby Rivers, later VJs included Tim Byrd of WPIX-FM, a station whose eclectic ballad-and-R&B oriented format mirrored that of VH-1, and Alison Steele. Rosie ODonnell later joined the outlets veejay lineup, ODonnell would also host a comedy show featuring various comedians each episode. The format left room for occasional ad-libs by the VJ, a godsend for emcees such as Imus, in true Imus style, he used a 1985 segment of his VH-1 show to jokingly call smooth-jazz icon Sade Adu a grape for her oval-shaped head. At first many different musicians guest-hosted the program, but eventually musician/songwriter Ben Sidran became the permanent host, new-Age music videos continued to play on the channel into the 1990s. They would be seen on the Sunday morning 2-hour music video block titled Sunday Brunch, once VH1 established itself a few years later, they catered to Top 40, adult contemporary, classic rock, and 1980s mainstream pop. For a time, even music videos aired in a one-hour block during the afternoons. They started out using MTVs famous Kabel typeface font for their music video credit tags and it was later replaced in 1991 by a larger font, with the year the video was made added to the lower column that identified the label on which the album was released. In 1993, the name of the director was included at the bottom of the credits. Every week, the Top 21 Video Countdown usually had a different guest host, occasionally, they had themed countdowns as well, such as Elvira hosting scary videos for Halloween in 1991. Long blocks of videos by a particular artist or band, theme. One popular weekend program was called Video Rewind, in blocks of 1980s videos from one particular year would play for an hour. There was also a short-lived hour-long program called By Request in which viewers could call a 1–900 hotline number to request their videos, also in 1991, a popular morning program was introduced called Hits News & Weather that ran from 7 AM to 9 AM ET
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2008 MTV Video Music Awards
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The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards took place on September 7,2008, live from Paramount Pictures Studios, honoring the best music videos from the previous year. Nominations for a majority of the categories were announced on the MTV program FNMTV after being selected through viewer online voting at MTV. com, the remaining, professional categories were chosen by a panel of music industry professionals. Unlike previous editions of the show, MTV announced the winners to the professional categories three days before the ceremony via a release, rather than on the pre-show or main show. The rest of the winners were announced during the ceremony, comedian Russell Brand hosted the event. This years awards were a huge improvement ratings-wise, seeing a 19% rise on last year with 8.4 million viewers and it was also a 23% advance over the 5.76 million who saw the 2006 ceremony. Although ratings improved, this years video music awards was hosted at its smallest venue of its 25-year history. Britney Spears became the winner of the night, walking away with her first three Moonmen, Video of the Year, Best Female Video, and Best Pop Video all for Piece of Me. – Whatever You Like/Live Your Life Christina Aguilera – Genie 2. 0/Keeps Gettin Better Kid Rock – All Summer Long Kanye West – Love Lockdown Jonas Brothers – Lovebug Pink – So What T. I, oasis – Wonderwall a-ha – Take on Me M. I. A. He urged Americans to vote for Barack Obama and referred to President George W. Bush as that retard, additionally, one of Brands jokes during the night centered around purity rings, specifically those worn by the Jonas Brothers. Jordin Sparks, who wears a purity ring, began her introduction of T. I. and Rihanna by saying, Its not bad to wear a promise ring because not everybody, guy or girl. Sparks was criticized for implying that those who do not wear purity rings or do not abstain are promiscuous, Brand later described the experience, and aftermath, during his 2009 comedy special Scandalous - Live At The O2. In repeat airings all references to John McCain and George W. Bush were removed from Russell Brands opening monologue. Several Promos were made that featured host Russell Brand and MTV regulars Britney Spears, Pete Wentz, there was also a promotion that appeared on Nickelodeon, featuring the cast of iCarly. During the VMA commercial breaks, VH1 also carried regular advertising,2008 MTV Video Music Awards website
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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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2010 MTV Video Music Awards
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The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards took place on September 12,2010 at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, honoring the best music videos from the previous year. Chelsea Handler hosted the event, the first woman in sixteen years – since the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards – to do so. She was also the top winner of the night when Telephone won Best Collaboration and Bad Romance won seven awards including Video of the Year. When she accepted her award for Video of the Year, she announced the title of her second studio album, Born This Way. She accepted the award wearing a dress complete with a hat, purse. Overall, the show grabbed 11.4 million viewers – the largest audience for a Video Music Awards show since 2002. After fans blasted the rapper online, he took to Twitter to defend the look as artistic expression, will. i. am responded to the backlash on his Twitter stating 1st. Just because I where all black including head mask as expression and emphasize my outfit, it shouldnt be looked at as racial, there are far more important things 2 bark about. Not a black man wearing all black everything, will. i. am insisted the face paint was a harmless costume choice and that fans concerned with the image Wills look projected should focus on larger issues. While accepting her award for Video of the Year, presented by singer and actress Cher. The dress bore a resemblance to an artwork, Vanitas, Flesh Dress for an Albino Anorectic, along with the dress, her hat, shoes, and purse were all made from meat as well. PETA president Ingrid Newkirk issued a statement concerning the controversial outfit, franc Fernandez, the designer of the meat dress, said later in an interview with MTV, “. its not a sticky meat. Its not a dress at all, surprisingly. Its actually very clean meat, very sturdy and strong and doesnt run at all, the meat dries out, rather than rotting. And I am not a piece of meat and she also commented on the outfits nature. it is certainly no disrespect to anyone that is vegan or vegetarian. As you know, I am the most judgment-free human being on the earth, afterwards, DeGeneres, who is a vegan, jokingly gave Gaga a bikini and skirt made from lettuce and other various vegetables. Official VMA2010 site 2010 MTV Video Music Awards at the Internet Movie Database
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Music video
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A music video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. There are also cases where songs are used in tie in marketing campaigns that allow them to more than just a song. Tie ins and merchandising could be used in toys or marketing campaigns for food, although the origins of music videos date back to musical short films that first appeared in the 1920s, they came into prominence in the 1980s when MTV based their format around the medium. Prior to the 1980s, these works were described by terms including illustrated song, filmed insert, promotional film, promotional clip, promotional video, song video. Music videos use a range of styles of contemporary videomaking techniques, including animation, live action filming, documentaries. Some music videos blend different styles, such as animation, music, combining these styles and techniques has become more popular because of the variation it presents to the audience. Many music videos interpret images and scenes from the songs lyrics, other music videos may be without a set concept, being merely a filmed version of the songs live performance. Product placement is a technique in music videos, exemplified by the appearance of the Beats Pill in numerous hip hop videos. In 1894, sheet music publishers Edward B, marks and Joe Stern hired electrician George Thomas and various performers to promote sales of their song The Little Lost Child. Using a magic lantern, Thomas projected a series of images on a screen simultaneous to live performances. This would become a form of entertainment known as the illustrated song. In 1926, with the arrival of many musical short films were produced. Vitaphone shorts featured many bands, vocalists and dancers, early 1930s cartoons featured popular musicians performing their hit songs on-camera in live-action segments during the cartoons. The early animated films by Walt Disney, such as the Silly Symphonies shorts and especially Fantasia, the Warner Brothers cartoons, even today billed as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, were initially fashioned around specific songs from upcoming Warner Brothers musical films. Live action musical shorts, featuring such performers as Cab Calloway, were also distributed to theaters. Blues singer Bessie Smith appeared in a short film called St. Louis Blues featuring a dramatized performance of the hit song. Numerous other musicians appeared in short musical subjects during this period, soundies, produced and released from 1940 to 1947, were musical films that often included short dance sequences, similar to later music videos
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Michael Jackson
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Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actor, and philanthropist. Called the King of Pop, his contributions to music, dance, the eighth child of the Jackson family, Michael made his professional debut in 1964 with his elder brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon as a member of the Jackson 5. He began his career in 1971. In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music, the popularity of these videos helped bring the television channel MTV to fame. Jacksons 1987 album Bad spawned the U. S and he continued to innovate with videos such as Black or White and Scream throughout the 1990s, and forged a reputation as a touring solo artist. Through stage and video performances, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and his distinctive sound and style has influenced numerous artists of various music genres. Thriller is the album of all time, with estimated sales of 65 million copies worldwide. Jacksons other albums, including Off the Wall, Bad, Dangerous and he is recognized as the Most Successful Entertainer of All Time by Guinness World Records. Jackson won hundreds of awards, making him the most awarded recording artist in the history of popular music. He became the first artist in history to have a top ten single in the Billboard Hot 100 in five different decades when Love Never Felt So Good reached number nine on May 21,2014. Jackson traveled the world attending events honoring his humanitarianism, and, in 2000, aspects of Jacksons personal life, including his changing appearance, personal relationships, and behavior, generated controversy. In 1993, he was accused of sexual abuse, but the civil case was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. In 2005, he was tried and acquitted of child sexual abuse allegations. While preparing for his concert series, This Is It, Jackson died of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication on June 25,2009. The Los Angeles County Coroner ruled his death a homicide, and his personal physician, Jacksons death triggered a global outpouring of grief, and a live broadcast of his public memorial service was viewed around the world. Forbes ranks Jackson as the dead celebrity with earnings of $825 million in 2016. Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29,1958 and his mother, Katherine Esther Scruse, was a devout Jehovahs Witness. She played clarinet and piano and once aspired to be a country-and-western performer, michaels father, Joseph Walter Joe Jackson, a former boxer, was a steelworker at U. S. Steel
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Death of Michael Jackson
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On June 25,2009, Michael Jackson died of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication at his home on North Carolwood Drive in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. His personal physician, Conrad Murray, said he had found Jackson in his room, not breathing and with a detectable pulse. After a call was placed to 9-1-1 at 12,21 p. m. local time, on the eve of Jacksons 51st birthday, the Los Angeles County Coroner concluded that his death was a homicide. Shortly before his death, Jackson had reportedly been administered propofol and his personal physician was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011 and served a two-year prison sentence. Jackson had also intended to perform a series of concerts to over one million people at Londons O2 Arena from July 2009 to March 2010. A public memorial service for Jackson was held on July 7,2009, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the service was broadcast live around the world, attracting a global audience of up to one billion people. Jacksons death is ranked No.1 on VH1/VH1 Classics list of 100 Most Shocking Moments in Music, Jackson arrived for rehearsal at Staples Center around 6,30 p. m. on Wednesday, June 24, according to Ed Alonzo, a magician who was there. The singer jokingly complained of laryngitis and did not rehearse until 9 p. m and he looked great and had great energy, Alonzo added. The next morning, Jackson did not come out of his bedroom, according to the attorney of Conrad Murray, Jacksons personal physician, Murray entered the room that afternoon and found Jackson in bed and not breathing. Jackson had a pulse, and his body was still warm. Murray tried to revive Jackson for five to 10 minutes, at which point he realized he needed to call for help, Murray stated that he was hindered because there was no landline in the house. Murray also stated that he could not use his phone to call 911 because he did not know the exact address. Murray stated that he also phoned security, but did not get any answer, finally, Murray ran downstairs, yelled for help, and told a chef to bring security up to the room. By the time security called 911, Murrays lawyer stated that at least 30 minutes had passed, statements described Murray as someone using a non-standard CPR technique on Jackson. The doctors attorney said that Murray placed one hand underneath Jackson and used the hand for chest compression. A Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson said the 911 call came in at 12,21,04 p. m. PDT, paramedics reached Jackson at 12,26 p. m. and found that he still was not breathing. Paramedics performed CPR for 42 minutes at the house, Murrays attorney stated that Jackson had a pulse when he was taken out of the house and put in the ambulance. An LAFD official gave a different account, stating that paramedics found Jackson in full cardiac arrest, LAFD transported Jackson to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
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Janet Jackson
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Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. After signing a contract with A&M Records in 1982, she became a pop icon following the release of her third studio album Control. Her collaborations with record producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis incorporated elements of rhythm and blues, funk, disco, rap, and industrial beats, which led to crossover success in popular music. In 1991 Jackson signed the first of two record-breaking multimillion-dollar contracts with Virgin Records, establishing her as one of the highest paid artists in the industry. Her debut album under the label, Janet, saw her develop an image as a sex symbol as she began to explore sexuality in her work. That same year, she appeared in her first starring role in Poetic Justice. By the end of the 1990s, she was the second most successful recording artist of the decade, the release of her seventh studio album All for You coincided with a celebration of her impact on popular music as the inaugural MTV Icon. After parting ways with Virgin she released her studio album, Discipline, her first. In 2015 she partnered with BMG Rights Management to launch her own label, Rhythm Nation. Having sold over 100 million records, Jackson is one of the artists in the history of contemporary music. In 2016, Billboard placed her number seven on its list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists, in December 2016, the magazine named her the second most successful dance artist of all-time. One of the worlds most awarded artists, her longevity, records and she has been cited as an inspiration among numerous performers. Janet Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana, the youngest of ten children, to Katherine Esther, the Jacksons were lower-middle class and devout Jehovahs Witnesses, although Jackson would later refrain from organized religion. At a young age, her brothers began performing as The Jackson 5 in the Chicago-Gary area, in March 1969, the group signed a record deal with Motown, and soon had their first number-one hit. The family then moved to the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles, Jackson had initially desired to become a horse racing jockey or entertainment lawyer, with plans to support herself through acting. Despite this, she was anticipated to pursue a career in entertainment, at age seven, Jackson performed at the Las Vegas Strip at the MGM Casino. A biography revealed her father, Joseph Jackson, was emotionally withdrawn and she began acting in the variety show The Jacksons in 1976. In 1977, she was selected to have a role as Penny Gordon Woods in the sitcom Good Times
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Scream/Childhood
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Scream/Childhood is the lead single from Michael Jacksons ninth studio album, HIStory, Past, Present and Future, Book I. The A-side of the single, Scream, is a duet with his younger sister Janet Jackson, while the corresponding B-side, the single was released on May 31,1995. Scream is cited primarily as an aggressive, retaliatory song directed at the tabloid media, Scream was written, composed and produced by Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson, Michael played many of the instruments. It incorporates elements of pop, R&B, electrorock, new jack swing, dance-pop, recording for Scream took place at the Hit Factory in New York City in October 1994 and at Flyte Tyme Studios in Edina, Minnesota in December 1994. The song was leaked to radio stations early, despite Epic Records attempt to keep it off air until the release date. Generally well received amongst critics, it has been compared favorably to other accomplished pieces by Michael Jackson and it went on to be nominated for a Grammy Award and an American Music Award. The corresponding music video one of his most critically acclaimed pieces, it won numerous MTV Video Music Awards. Childhood is a song written and composed by Michael Jackson. The theme of the track centers around his childhood experiences. It would become the theme song for Free Willy 2, The Adventure Home. The track appeared on compilation albums, but was met with a mixed reception amongst critics. The songs music video, which had little in common with the film, has been critically praised. Scream/Childhood would become the first single in the 37-year history of Billboard to debut at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and it was a worldwide hit, reaching the top five in the vast majority of major music markets. Michael performed Scream on his 1996–97 HIStory World Tour, following his death in 2009, Janet performed the song on her 2011 Number Ones, Up Close and Personal as a tribute to him as well as on her 2015-2016 Unbreakable World Tour. Scream is a song directed at the tabloid press. As far back as the late 1980s, Jackson and the press had a difficult relationship, in 1986, the tabloids ran a story claiming that Jackson slept in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber to slow the aging process, he was pictured lying down in a glass box. When Jackson bought a pet chimpanzee called Bubbles, it was reported as evidence of increasing detachment from reality and it was reported that Jackson had offered to buy the bones of Joseph Merrick. However, Jackson stated the story is untrue in both an interview with Oprah and an interview with Martin Bashir in Take Two - The Footage You Were Never Meant To See
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Michael Jackson's This Is It
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The film consists of Jackson rehearsing musical numbers, directing his team, and additional behind-the-scenes footage including dancer auditions and costume design. The films director Kenny Ortega confirmed that none of the footage was intended for release. The footage was filmed in Los Angeles at the Staples Center and The Forum, concert promoter AEG Live has faced criticism since the films confirmation, largely in the form of accusations that the film was made simply for profit. Multiple members of Jacksons family refused to support the film, in the same month, however, a judge approved a deal between Jacksons estate, AEG Live, and Columbia Pictures. The agreement allowed Columbia to edit the hundreds of hours of rehearsal footage needed to create the film, Columbia subsequently paid $60 million for the film rights. Despite originally being set for October 30, the release date was rescheduled for October 26,2009 due to a strong demand by Jacksons fans. The film was given a release and a limited two-week theatrical run from October 28 to November 10,2009. Tickets went on sale a month early to satisfy a high anticipated demand, despite some fans boycotting the film, and his family not endorsing it, the ticket sales for This Is It broke international records a month before its release. Records were also set in Japan, where more than $1 million in tickets were sold on the first day they were available, in London, fans bought more than 30,000 tickets on the first day. Record sales were reported in the Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, Brazil. In the first opening weekend it grossed $101 million worldwide, on its theatrical run, the films worldwide revenue gross was in total $261 million, making it the highest-grossing concert film of all time worldwide. The film begins with a text introduction stating the purpose of the footage and its intent. Immediately after this, Jackson begins Wanna Be Startin Somethin first solo, which pauses half-way through, Jackson is then joined by dancers and completes the first number. A short clip showing rehearsals of the mechanism is shown before rehearsal footage of Jam is played. This plays directly into the screen adaptation of soldiers dancers for Bad which are also used for They Dont Care About Us which is shown next. From here, the film shows Michael directing Ortega and his band for his solo performance of Human Nature which he performs a cappella, then acoustic. Green screen rehearsals for the vignette for Smooth Criminal come next. Jackson is seen next directing his team for the cues in his song The Way You Make Me Feel
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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. 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. Her maternal grandmother, Lillian Portell, was English, and one of Spearss maternal great-great-grandfathers was Maltese and her siblings are Bryan James and Jamie Lynn
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Kanye West
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Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur. Intent on pursuing a career as a rapper, West released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004 to widespread critical and commercial success. He went on to pursue a variety of different styles on subsequent albums Late Registration, Graduation, and 808s & Heartbreak. In 2010, he released his fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy to rave reviews from critics, West released his abrasive sixth album, Yeezus, to further critical praise in 2013. His seventh album, The Life of Pablo, was released in 2016, Wests outspoken views and life outside of music have received significant mainstream attention. He has been a frequent source of controversy for his conduct at award shows, on social media and he is the founder and head of the creative content company DONDA. His 2014 marriage to television personality Kim Kardashian has also been subject to media coverage. He has won a total of 21 Grammy Awards, making him one of the most awarded artists of all time, three of his albums have been included and ranked on Rolling Stones 2012 update of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. He has also included in a number of Forbes annual lists. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005 and 2015, West was born on June 8,1977 in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents divorced when he was three years old, after the divorce, he and his mother moved to Chicago, Illinois. His father, Ray West, is a former Black Panther and was one of the first black photojournalists at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Ray West was later a Christian counselor, and in 2006, opened the Good Water Store and Café in Lexington Park, Maryland with startup capital from his son. West, was a professor of English at Clark Atlanta University, West was raised in a middle-class background, attending Polaris High School in suburban Oak Lawn, Illinois after living in Chicago. At the age of 10, West moved with his mother to Nanjing, China, according to his mother, West was the only foreigner in his class, but settled in well and quickly picked up the language, although he has since forgotten most of it. When asked about his grades in school, West replied, I got As. West demonstrated an affinity for the arts at an early age and his mother recalled that she first took notice of Wests passion for drawing and music when he was in the third grade. Growing up in Chicago, West became deeply involved in its hip hop scene and he started rapping in the third grade and began making musical compositions in the seventh grade, eventually selling them to other artists
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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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You Belong with Me
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You Belong with Me is a song performed by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The song was co-written by Swift and Liz Rose and produced by Nathan Chapman with Swifts aid and it was released on April 18,2009, by Big Machine Records as the third single from Swifts second studio album, Fearless. Swift was inspired to write You Belong with Me after overhearing a male friend of hers arguing with his girlfriend through a phone call, the song contains many pop music elements and its lyrics have Swift desiring an out-of-reach love interest. The song won Favorite song at 2010 Kids Choice Awards, and received nominations for the Grammy Awards for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. You Belong with Me enjoyed commercial success as well, it became a top ten hit in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, in the United States, the song became Swifts highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 at the time and has become Swifts third best-selling single. It managed to gain the largest crossover radio audience since Faith Hills Breathe did in 2000, the single was certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The song is one of the singles worldwide, with worldwide sales of more than 5.1 million units. The songs accompanying video was directed by Roman White. The video featured Swift portraying two characters, a nerd and a girl, while American actor Lucas Till portrayed the male lead. The videos plot centers on the protagonist secretively loving the male lead, the video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, but during Swifts acceptance speech, rapper Kanye West interrupted, protesting in support of Beyoncé. The incident caused a reaction in the media, with most people coming to Swifts defense, the song was performed live at numerous venues, including the 2009–10 Fearless Tour, where it was the opening number. It was covered by artists, including Butch Walker and Selena Gomez & the Scene. Swift became inspired to write You Belong with Me after she overheard a friend of hers speaking to his girlfriend through a phone call. He acted defensive as his girlfriend yelled at him, and said to her, No, I tried to call you right back. Out of the sympathy she felt towards him in the situation, together, they developed a story line, which described Swift being in love with the male friend and her having the desire for him to break up with his current girlfriend for her. Swift described the concept as basically about wanting someone who is with this girl who doesnt appreciate him at all. You like this guy who you have known for your whole life, Swift recalled, It was really fun for us to write the line, She wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts. You Belong with Me is a Country pop song with a length of three minutes and 52 seconds, according to Kate Kiefer of Paste magazine, it is a straight-up pop song
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Internet meme
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An Internet meme is an activity, concept, catchphrase or piece of media which spreads, often as mimicry, from person to person via the Internet. Some examples include posting a photo of people lying down in public places, a meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture. An Internet meme may take the form of an image, hyperlink, video, website and it may be just a word or phrase, including an intentional misspelling. These small movements tend to spread person to person via social networks, blogs, direct email. They may relate to various existing Internet cultures or subcultures, often created or spread on various websites, or by Usenet boards, fads and sensations tend to grow rapidly on the Internet, because the instant communication facilitates word-of-mouth transmission. The concept of the Internet meme was first proposed by Mike Godwin in the June 1993 issue of Wired, dawkins explained that Internet memes are thus a hijacking of the original idea, the very idea of a meme having mutated and evolved in this new direction. Further, Internet memes carry an additional property that ordinary memes do not—Internet memes leave a footprint in the media through which they propagate that renders them traceable and analyzable, Internet memes are a subset that Susan Blackmore called temes—memes which live in technological artifacts instead of the human mind. Image macros are often confused with internet memes and are often miscited as such, however, there is a key distinction between the two. Primarily this distinction lies within the subjects recognizability in internet pop-culture, in the early days of the Internet, such content was primarily spread via email or Usenet discussion communities. Messageboards and newsgroups were also popular because they allowed a simple method for people to information or memes with a diverse population of internet users in a short period. They encourage communication between people, and thus between meme sets, that do not normally come in contact, furthermore, they actively promote meme-sharing within the messageboard or newsgroup population by asking for feedback, comments, opinions, etc. This format is what gave rise to internet memes, like the Hampster Dance. Another factor in the increased meme transmission observed over the internet is its interactive nature, many phenomena are also spread via web search engines, internet forums, social networking services, social news sites, and video hosting services. Much of the Internets ability to spread information is assisted from results found through search engines, an Internet meme may stay the same or may evolve over time, by chance or through commentary, imitations, parody, or by incorporating news accounts about itself. Internet memes can evolve and spread rapidly, sometimes reaching worldwide popularity within a few days. Internet memes usually are formed from some social interaction, pop culture reference and their rapid growth and impact has caught the attention of both researchers and industry. Academically, researchers model how they evolve and predict which memes will survive, commercially, they are used in viral marketing where they are an inexpensive form of mass advertising. One empirical approach studied meme characteristics and behavior independently from the networks in which they propagated, theoretical studies on media psychology and communication have aimed to characterise and analyse the concept and representations in order to make it accessible for the academic research
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This Is It (concerts)
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This Is It was a planned residency show of 50 concerts by Michael Jackson at the O2 Arena in London, scheduled to run from July 2009 to March 2010. The shows were to be Jacksons first major series of concerts since the HIStory World Tour finished in 1997, with all concerts sold out, Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest and died less than three weeks before the first concert was scheduled to begin. Jackson announced This Is It at a conference in the O2 Arena. AEG Live, the promoters, released a promotional video that took up an entire commercial break. Initially only 10 concerts were announced, but following public demand 40 more concerts were added, Ticket sales broke several records and Jacksons album sales increased following the announcement, AEG Live estimated that the first 10 dates alone would have earned Jackson approximately £50 million. In preparation for the series, Jackson had been collaborating with high-profile figures including fashion designer Christian Audigier, choreographer Kenny Ortega. Prior to Jacksons death, Allgood Entertainment sued Jackson for $40 million, after Jacksons death, AEG Live offered either refunds to ticket holders or a special souvenir ticket designed by Jackson. The cancelled shows, record-breaking ticket sales and potential for a world tour made This Is It the greatest concert that never happened. Columbia Pictures acquired the footage of the rehearsals and released a film, Michael Jacksons This Is It. The announcement of Jacksons first 10 performances was made by the singer himself, as many as 7,000 fans and 350 reporters awaited the singers arrival, many donning Jackson-related clothing. The singer commented at the conference, I just wanted to say that these will be my final show performances in London. When I say this is it, it means this is it, adding that it was his final curtain call. Organizers touted the residency as, dramatic shows promise an explosive return with a band of the highest calibre, hours before the press conference, promotional posters for the residency were displayed around London. Further promotion took up a commercial break period on ITV London during Dancing on Ice. The advert, which cost £1 million to air, was viewed by 11 million people, Randy Phillips, president and chief executive of AEG Live, stated that the first 10 dates would earn the singer approximately £50 million. Joe Cohen, chief executive of Seatwave, told BBC6 Music that the shows would generate £1 billion for the economy, some websites offered early tickets, which the Association of Secondary Ticket Agents warned were fake. We are warning people not to buy tickets that are not yet on sale because it is unlikely that they will receive those tickets, announced the organizations chief, Graham Burns. He concluded, Its impossible when the dates havent been announced to be selling tickets for something when there are no announced dates, Jacksons official website allowed fans to register early for a pre-sale draw
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Thriller (song)
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Thriller is a song recorded by American singer Michael Jackson, composed by Rod Temperton, and produced by Quincy Jones. It is the seventh and final single released by Epic Records from his 1982 studio album Thriller, a 14-minute video showing Jackson in a horror-themed performance premiered on November 14,1983. It was first shown on MTV on December 2,1983, the song was not released as a single until January 23,1984. The song has a voice-over from actor Vincent Price, in the song, sound effects such as a creaking door, thunder, feet walking on wooden planks, winds and howling dogs can be heard, and the lyrics contain frightening themes and elements. Thriller was adapted by director John Landis into a successful music video. At fourteen minutes the video is longer than the song. In the videos most iconic scene, Jackson leads other actors costumed as zombies in a dance routine. In 2009 it was added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, Thriller was written by Rod Temperton, and produced by Quincy Jones. An inspiration was the Jacksons hit This Place Hotel, early titles include Starlight, Starlight Sun and Give Me Some Starlight. The title was changed to Thriller after Michael told Temperton he wanted something that would appeal to kids, while still titled Starlight, the songs hook lyrics were Give me some starlight. But after the song was changed to Thriller the hook was rewritten to Cause this is thriller, Temperton commented, Originally, when I did my Thriller demo, I called it Starlight. Quincy said to me, You managed to come up with a title for the last album, I said, Oh great, so I went back to the hotel, wrote two or three hundred titles, and came up with the title Midnight Man. The next morning, I woke up, and I just said this word, something in my head just said, this is the title. You could visualize it on the top of the Billboard charts and you could see the merchandising for this one word, how it jumped off the page as Thriller. Jones then-wife, Peggy Lipton, who knew Vincent Price, suggested Price for the vocal part, Thriller is considered a disco-funk song. Set in the key of C♯ Modern Dorian, its instrumentation consists of synthesizer, guitar, trumpet, flugelhorn, saxophone, flute, the song has a moderate tempo of 120 beats per minute. The lyrics and sound effects on Thriller pertain to frightful elements, Thriller, along with other songs from Thriller, was recorded by Jackson over the course of eight weeks, in 1982. Jackson recorded the song at Westlake Recording Studios on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, Quincy turned to us and he said, OK guys, were here to save the recording industry
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Bad (Michael Jackson song)
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Bad is a song by an American artist Michael Jackson. Bad was released by Epic Records on September 7,1987, as the single from Jacksons third major-label. The song was written and composed by Jackson and co-produced by Quincy Jones, Jackson stated that the song was influenced by a real-life story he had read about. Bad was well received by music critics, with some critics noting that Bad helped Jacksons image become edgier during the Bad-era. The song also peaked at one on the Netherlands and European charts. The video portrays Michael Jackson and various backup dancers shown performing choreography in a subway station. Bad has been covered and parodied by many different artists since its release and has become a song used frequently in tributes to Jackson after his death in June 2009, the song is featured in the 2010 animated film Megamind. It is also featured in the first theatrical trailer for the 2016 animated film The Angry Birds Movie, Jackson plays a teenager named Darryl, who has just completed a term at an expensive private school. He returns to the city and takes the back to his neglected neighborhood. Darryl finds his home is empty where he is greeted by his old friends, the leader of the group is Mini Max. At first, relations are friendly but slightly awkward, then, the situation begins deteriorate as the gang starts to realize how much Darryl has changed. They especially notice how uncomfortable he has become with their criminal activities, Darryl takes the gang to the subway station In an attempt to show his friends he is still bad by robbing an elderly man. He has a change of heart at the last minute and Mini Max chastises him telling Darryl hes no longer bad, after more disrespect from Mini Max, the video cuts to Darryl and a group of street kids dancing while Jackson sings Bad. Darryl insists that Max is headed for a fall which is nearly Darryls undoing, eventually, Mini Max accepts that and after a final handshake, leaves Darryl in peace. At the end of the video Darryl is left alone watching his gang leave, Bad is a song that was written and recorded by Michael Jackson in January 1987 for his seventh studio album of the same name and produced by Quincy Jones. Bad was originally intended to be a duet between Jackson and musician Prince, although the plans were not fruitful, in Jacksons 1988 autobiography Moonwalk, Jackson discussed the concept of Bad, elaborating that, Bad is a song about the street. Its about this kid from a bad neighborhood who gets to go away to a private school and he comes back to the old neighborhood when hes on a break from school and the kids from the neighborhood start giving him trouble. He sings, Im bad, youre bad, whos bad, hes saying when youre strong and good, then youre bad
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Smooth Criminal
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Smooth Criminal is the seventh single from American recording artist Michael Jacksons 1987 Bad album. The song contains a fast-paced beat intertwined with Jacksons lyrics about a woman named Annie, first broadcast on television as a video in early October, it was released as a single on October 21,1988, and peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100. It was re-released on April 10,2006, as a part of the Visionary, the re-released Visionary single charted at number 19 in the UK. The song serves as the song to Jacksons 1988 film Moonwalker. Smooth Criminal is a written by Jackson and co-produced with Quincy Jones. Two early versions of the song were written in 1985 and the demo was recorded in 1986. The first song was called Chicago 1945 which evolved into Al Capone and this version did not make the album and was re-worked and re-written as Smooth Criminal. This song is played in the key of A minor, Jacksons vocal spans from G3 to E5. It has a tempo of 118 beats per minute. The refrain of the song contains the phrase Annie, are you OK and this is a phrase used in cardiopulmonary resuscitation training courses, and Michael Jackson is known to have taken a CPR course. Resusci Anne, otherwise known as Annie in English-speaking countries, is the name of a commonly used in CPR training. As part of the course, trainees are taught to say Annie, are you OK. to the dummy in order to check that the patient is conscious and responsive. Jason Elias of AllMusic called the one of Jacksons best, Despite the content Smooth Criminal is a gorgeous. The New York Times Jon Pareles wrote, in Smooth Criminal, the finds a bloodstained carpet and an unconscious body. Rolling Stones Davitt Sigerson wrote, Smooth Criminal may be the result of retiring too soon after a Brian de Palma picture. Jackson originally wanted to make the video in the western genre. Film was shot between mid-February and April 1987, jeffrey Daniel of the soul music group Shalamar co-choreographed the Smooth Criminal video with Jackson and Vincent Paterson, who was a back-up dancer in Beat It and Thriller. It was directed by special effects coordinator Colin Chilvers, the dance sequence of the video in the 1930s style lounge pays tribute to the Fred Astaire musical comedy film The Band Wagon
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Katy Perry
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Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer and songwriter. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in music as a teenager. Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her studio album Katy Hudson under her birth name in 2001. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke. After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, the album became the first by a female artist to produce five number-one songs in the U. S. and the second overall after Michael Jacksons album Bad. In March 2012, she re-issued the album as Teenage Dream, The Complete Confection and her fourth album, Prism, was released in 2013, and is influenced by pop and dance. She became the first artist with multiple videos to one billion views on Vevo with the videos for its songs Roar. Perry has received awards, including four Guinness World Records, a Brit Award, and a Juno Award. Her estimated net worth as of 2016 is $125 million and she is one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, having sold 100 million records globally throughout her career. In film, she released a documentary titled Katy Perry, Part of Me in 2012. Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson was born in Santa Barbara, California, to Pentecostal pastors Mary Christine and her parents are born again Christians, each having turned to religion after a wild youth. Perry has English, German, Irish, and Portuguese ancestry, through her mother, she is a niece of film director Frank Perry. She has a brother named David, who is a singer. From ages 3 to 11, Perry often moved across the country as her parents set up churches before settling again in Santa Barbara. Growing up, she attended schools and camps, including Paradise Valley Christian School in Arizona. Her family struggled financially, sometimes using food stamps and eating from the bank intended to feed the congregation at her parents church. Growing up, Perry and her siblings were not allowed to eat Lucky Charms as the term luck reminded their mother of Lucifer, Perry primarily listened to gospel music, as secular music was generally discouraged in the familys home. She discovered popular music through CDs she sneaked from her friends, while not strictly identifying as religious, Perry has stated, I pray all the time – for self-control, for humility
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Joe Perry (musician)
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Anthony Joseph Pereira, better known by his stage name Joe Perry, is the lead guitarist, backing and occasional lead vocalist, and contributing songwriter for the American rock band Aerosmith. He was ranked 84th in Rolling Stones list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, in October 2014, Simon & Schuster released Rocks, My Life In and Out of Aerosmith, written by Joe Perry with David Ritz. Anthony Joseph Pereira was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts and his father was an accountant and his mother a high school gym teacher. He said in 2014 that an early influence on his music was The Beatles, The night The Beatles first played The Ed Sullivan Show, boy. Seeing them on TV was akin to a national holiday, I never saw guys looking so cool. I had already some of their songs on the radio. I knew something was different in the world that night, during Perrys early years he formed a band with Tom Hamilton called The Jam Band. Steven Tyler, Joe, Tom, Brad Whitford and Joey Kramer eventually joined, while initially dismissed as The Rolling Stones knock-offs, the band came into its own during the mid-1970s with a string of hit records. Chief among these successes were Toys in the Attic and Rocks, thanks largely to the prevalence of free-form, album-oriented FM radio. The group also managed hit singles on the radio with songs like Dream On, Same Old Song and Dance, Sweet Emotion, Walk This Way, Back in the Saddle, and Last Child. During this time, Perry and vocalist Steven Tyler became known as the Toxic Twins for their notorious hard-partying, Aerosmiths crowd earned the nickname The Blue Army, so called by the band after the seemingly endless number of teenagers in the audience wearing blue denim jackets and blue jeans. The audience was abundantly male with long hair, following Rocks, the group began to stumble - drug use escalated and the creative process became hampered by strained relationships within the band. This was highlighted during the process for their next album. During their time there, Tyler and Perry would spend much of the time in their rooms, getting high, away from the rest of the band, Draw the Line, released in 1977, became a hit nonetheless, going double platinum. However, it was not as successful as their efforts, with the singles Draw the Line and Kings. On the album, Perry sang lead vocals on the track Bright Light Fright, the band toured throughout 1977 and 1978 in support of the album, but increasing violence at concerts as well as the bands heavy drug use began to mar the performances. In 1978, Aerosmith released the live collection Live, bootleg, released the stand-alone single Chip Away the Stone, and starred as The Future Villain Band in the film Sgt. For the film, the released a cover of The Beatles Come Together
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We Will Rock You
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We Will Rock You is a song written by Brian May and recorded by Queen for their 1977 album News of the World. Rolling Stone ranked it number 330 of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004, in 2009, We Will Rock You was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Other than the last 30 seconds containing a guitar solo by May, in 1977, We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions were issued together as a worldwide top 10 single. Soon after the album was released, many stations began playing the songs consecutively. Since its release, We Will Rock You has been covered, remixed, sampled, parodied, referenced and used by recording artists, TV shows, films. Since its release, the song has become a cliche at sports events around the world as a stadium anthem, both We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions were written in response to an event that occurred during their 1977 British Tour. One version was used as the track on their 1977 album News of the World. This version consists of a beat, and a power chorus. The stamping effects were created by the band overdubbing the sounds of themselves stomping and clapping many times, the durations of the delays were in the ratios of prime numbers, a technique now known as non-harmonic reverberation. A tape loop is used to repeat the last phrase of the guitar solo three times as opposed to Brian May playing it three times on the recording. The stomp, stomp, clap sounds were used in the Queen + Paul Rodgers song Still Burnin. When performed live, the song is followed by We Are the Champions. The songs are paired on the radio and at sporting events. They were the last two songs Queen performed at Live Aid in 1985, Queen also performed an alternate version We Will Rock You known as the fast version, featuring a faster-feeling tempo and a full band arrangement. A studio recording of this version is known to exist. It is part of a cut that starts with the original version. In 2002, the fast version was released on a promo single distributed by the tabloid The Sun. The fast BBC studio version can also be found on The Best of King Biscuit Live Volume 4, between the two versions, there is a brief cut of a woman discussing Brahmanism, used in a BBC Radio documentary
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Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)
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Poker Face is a song by American singer Lady Gaga from her debut studio album, The Fame. It was released on September 26,2008 as the second single. Poker Face is a song in the key of G♯ minor, following in the footsteps of her previous single Just Dance. The main idea behind the song is bisexuality and was a tribute by Gaga to her rock, the songs lyrics feature various sexual innuendos. Poker Face was acclaimed by most critics, who praised the robotic hook, the song attained worldwide success, topping the charts in twenty countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and many European countries. Poker Face is the single of 2009 worldwide, with over 9.5 million in sales. It is among the singles of all time, having sold over 14 million copies. The accompanying music video for the song portrays Gaga singing it in various costumes, Gaga performed the song for the eighth season of the television show American Idol as well as the Fame Ball and Monster Ball tours. The live performances included a version and an acoustic version. It was nominated for both Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the 52nd Grammy Awards, Poker Face was written by Gaga and RedOne, while production was handled also by RedOne. Gaga stated in an interview that Poker Face was written by her as a pop song and was a tribute to her rock n roll boyfriends and she also stated that the main idea behind the song was sex and gambling. In an interview with UKs Daily Star, Gaga noted of the song, I gamble but Ive also dated a lot of guys who are really into sex and booze and gambling, so I wanted to write a record my boyfriends would like too. In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, when asked about the meaning of the line bluffin with my muffin, obviously, its my pussys poker face. I took that line from another song I wrote but never released, called Blueberry Kisses and it was about a girl singing to her boyfriend about how she wants him to go down on her, and I used the lyric. Blueberry kisses, the muffin man misses them kisses, during her Fame Ball Tour performance at Palm Springs, California, on April 11,2009, Gaga explained to the crowd the true meaning behind the term Poker Face used in the song. She suggested that the song dealt with her experience with bisexuality. The idea behind the song was to be with a man but fantasizing about a woman, Poker Face is a synthpop song, and follows the footsteps of Gagas previous single Just Dance. According to Kerri Mason of Billboard, the composition carr the pleather-and-sequins vibe of the downtown New York scene out of the underground and onto the FM dial without losing its smut and sass
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Paparazzi (Lady Gaga song)
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Paparazzi is a song by American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga from her debut studio album, The Fame. It was released as the fifth and final single by Interscope Records, Gaga wrote and produced the song with Rob Fusari. The song portrays Gagas struggles in her quest for fame, as well as balancing success, musically, it is an up-tempo dance-pop song whose lyrics describe a stalker following somebody to grab attention and fame. Paparazzi was critically acclaimed for its fun-filled and club-friendly nature, the accompanying music video portrays Gaga as a doomed starlet, hounded by photographers, who is almost killed by her boyfriend. It shows her survival, comeback, revenge on her boyfriend, the video won two MTV Video Music Awards in 2009 for Best Art Direction and Best Special Effects. Gaga also performed the song at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in an art piece symbolizing the negative effect of fame leading to death. Additional live performances of the song include on The Fame Ball Tour, before she rose to fame, Lady Gaga met music producer Rob Fusari in March 2006 and began dating him in May. Gaga traveled daily to New Jersey to work on songs she had written, while working together, he compared some of her vocal harmonies to those of Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen. He also created the Lady Gaga moniker after the Queen song Radio Ga Ga, although the musical relationship between Fusari and Gaga was unsuccessful at first, the pair soon started writing more songs for Gaga. Towards the end of 2007, Gagas management company introduced her to songwriter and producer RedOne, whom they also managed. By 2008, Gaga relocated to Los Angeles in order to work extensively with her label to complete her debut album, The Fame. Paparazzi was one of the written by Gaga and Fusari who also produced the track. In a 2009 interview with Rolling Stone, Gaga recalled her relationship with a metal drummer called Luke. The song became a symbol for Gaga to escape her own narcissism and she was infatuated with Luke, calling him the love of her life, and ready to be his fan, to turn the camera around and photograph him. To the Australian Daily Telegraph, Gaga explained that Paparazzi was about struggling to balance success, further explanations said that the song was about trying to win the paparazzi and the media in ones favor. Its a love song for the cameras, but its also a song about fame or love – can you have both, or can you only have one, she concluded. Paparazzi was the third single in Ireland, Italy and the United Kingdom, the fourth in Canada and the United States. Paparazzi was recorded at 150 Studios in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, along with the production and songwriting of the track, Gaga also did the background vocals and played piano and synthesizer
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East Jesus Nowhere
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East Jesus Nowhere is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day. The single was released October 19,2009 and it was released as the third single from their eighth album 21st Century Breakdown. The title is derived from a phrase in the 2007 film Juno, the song rebukes fundamentalist religion and was written by singer/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong after he attended a church service where a friends baby was baptized. The music video was released on September 17,2009 and it shows a montage of live concert footage and pictures from their 21st Century Breakdown World Tour. The video is longer by about 30 seconds, because the bridge of the song is extended, the music video was directed by Chris Dugan and M. Douglas Silverstein. Billie Joe Armstrong - lead vocals, guitar Mike Dirnt - bass guitar, backing vocals Tré Cool - drums, percussion Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
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Single Ladies is a song from American singer Beyoncés third studio album, I Am. Columbia Records released Single Ladies as a single on October 13,2008 alongside If I Were a Boy and it explores mens unwillingness to propose or commit. In the song, the female protagonist is in a club to celebrate her single status, Single Ladies won three Grammy Awards in 2010, including Song of the Year, among other accolades. Several news media sources named it as one of the best songs of 2008 and it topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and has been certified quadruple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, with more than 5 million paid digital downloads. The song charted among the top ten within the category in several other countries. Globally, it was 2009s seventh best-selling digital single with 6.1 million units sold thus becoming one of the singles of all time. A black-and-white music video accompanied the singles release and it won several awards, including the Video of the Year at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. Beyoncé has performed Single Ladies on television and during her concert tours, the song and particularly its music video have been widely parodied and imitated. Several notable artists have performed cover versions, media usage has included placement in popular television shows. Single Ladies was written by Beyoncé, Terius The-Dream Nash, Thaddis Kuk Harrell, and Christopher Tricky Stewart, Nash conceptualized Single Ladies after Beyoncés secret marriage to hip hop recording artist Jay-Z in April 2008. Beyoncés marriage inspired Nash to compose a song about an issue that many peoples relationships. She stated that although Single Ladies is an uptempo song. In Single Ladies, Beyoncé portrays her alter ego Sasha Fierce, the song was released simultaneously with If I Were a Boy, as lead singles, they were meant to demonstrate the concept of the dueling personalities of the singer. This reinforced the theme of the album, which was created by placing its ballads, the singles debuted on US radio on October 8,2008, Single Ladies did so on mainstream urban New York radio station Power 105.1. The two songs were released as a double A-side single on November 7,2008, in Australia, New Zealand, Dance remixes of the song were made available in the US on February 10,2009, and in Europe on February 16,2009. Single Ladies was not originally released as a single in the UK, on February 16,2009, it was released as a CD single, and the dance remixes became available as a digital download. Single Ladies is an uptempo dance-pop and R&B song with dancehall, disco and it is set in common time, and makes use of staccato bounce-based hand claps, Morse code beeps, an ascending whistle in the background, and a punchy organic beat. According to the music published at Musicnotes. com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Single Ladies is written in the key of E major
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Muse (band)
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Muse are an English rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994. The band consists of Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard, Muse released their debut album, Showbiz, in 1999, showcasing Bellamys falsetto and a melancholic alternative rock style. Their second album, Origin of Symmetry, expanded their sound, incorporating wider instrumentation and romantic classical influences, Absolution saw further classical influence, with orchestra on tracks such as Butterflies and Hurricanes, and became the first of five consecutive UK number-one albums. Black Holes and Revelations incorporated electronic and pop elements, influenced by 1980s groups such as Depeche Mode, the album brought Muse wider international success. The Resistance and The 2nd Law explored themes of government oppression and civil uprising and their seventh album, Drones, was a concept album about drone warfare and returned to a harder rock sound. They have sold over 20 million albums worldwide, the members of Muse played in separate school bands during their stay at Teignmouth Community College in the early 1990s. Guitarist Matt Bellamy successfully auditioned for drummer Dominic Howards band, Carnage Mayhem and they renamed the band Gothic Plague. They asked Chris Wolstenholme – at that time the drummer for Fixed Penalty – to join as bassist, he agreed, the band was renamed Rocket Baby Dolls and adopted a goth-glam image. In 1994, Rocket Baby Dolls won a battle of the bands. Bellamy said, It was supposed to be a protest, a statement, so, when we won, it was a real shock. After that, we started taking ourselves seriously, the band quit their jobs, changed their name to Muse, and moved away from Teignmouth. The name Muse was supposedly inspired by Matthew Bellamys art teacher Samuel Theoun, the band liked that it was short and thought that it looked good on a poster. After a few years building a fanbase, Muse played their first gigs in London and they had a significant meeting with Dennis Smith, the owner of Sawmills Studio, situated in a converted water mill in Cornwall. He had seen the three boys grow up as he knew their parents, and had a company with their future manager Safta Jaffery. The meeting led to their first serious recordings and the release of the Muse EP on 11 May 1998 on Sawmills in-house Dangerous label and their second EP, the Muscle Museum EP, also produced by Reeve, was released on 11 January 1999. It reached number 3 in the singles chart and attracted the attention of British radio broadcaster Steve Lamacq. Later in 1999, Muse performed on the Emerging Artists stage at Woodstock 1999 and signed with Smith, despite the success of their second EP, British record companies were reluctant to sign Muse. After a trip to New Yorks CMJ Festival, Nanci Walker, director of A&R at Columbia Records, flew Muse to the US to showcase for Columbia Records then-Senior Vice-President of A&R, Tim Devine, as well as for American Recordings Rick Rubin
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Uprising (song)
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Uprising is a song by the English rock band Muse. It was released as the single from the bands fifth studio album, The Resistance. The song was written by band member Matthew Bellamy, produced by the band themselves, Uprising had a very positive commercial performance, peaking within the top ten in seven countries. It was certified silver in the United Kingdom, gold in four countries, in a pre-release review, French media source JudeBox described the song as follows, Matt Bellamy’s voice is more serious and academic than usual. However it is delivered in a vein, Conspiracy, Apocalypse … He announces a “union”, speaks of “victory” that “they do not control. ”Sound is still very heavy and dense. The structure of the song is simple for once, Uprising is a synth-rock and glam rock song. The song is considered to be partly inspired by the hit Blondie song Call Me, because of the thumping bass line. However, Uprising can be argued to have more in common with the Black Sabbath song Children of the Grave which Blondies Call Me may have based on. Many journalists have mentioned that Uprising is similar to the music for Doctor Who. The music video, directed by American collective Hydra, first aired on MTV2 on 17 September 2009, the band performs through a miniature city in the bed of an old, small truck, with a lit fuse following behind. At times, they are seen performing inside a trailer. Through the window of a store, the band at one point looks at TVs with teddy bears on the screens, Matt smashes the window and this is said to pay homage to the climactic scene in Ghostbusters, with one shot even mirroring the Stay Puft Marshmallow Mans introduction. The video won Best Special Effects in the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, while United States of Eurasia was initially thought by the Muse fan community to be the first single due for release, Muse revealed, via their Twitter page, that it would in fact be Uprising. It was revealed in July 2009 that the band would perform at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards and they played at the theatre across the street from where the VMAs were held, and were introduced by Gerard Butler. On 28 July 2009 Zane Lowe played a 32-second sample on BBC Radio 1 ahead of its first play in full on 3 August 2009, the song peaked at No.9 on the UK Singles Chart and is the bands fourth top 10 single on that chart. The song was a success in Poland, going up to number 1 on the Singles Chart. Uprising won the Best Single award at the 2010 Music Producers Guild Awards in London, — WEA458CD Uprising had a very positive commercial performance. It peaked within the top ten in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland,1, becoming the second longest running No.1 song ever on the chart
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Pink (singer)
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Alecia Beth Moore, known professionally as Pink, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. She was signed to her first record label with original R&B girl group Choice in 1995, the label, LaFace Records saw potential in only Pink, offering her a solo deal. Pink rose as an artist with her solo album, Cant Take Me Home. It was certified double-platinum in the United States and spawned two Billboard Hot 100 top-ten hits, There You Go and Most Girls and she gained further recognition with the Moulin Rouge. Soundtrack Lady Marmalade, which gave Pink her first Grammy Award as well as her first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, Pink took control in early 2001 insisting she wanted to work with her childhood hero, Linda Perry. Pink took more control and pursued a pop direction for her second album. It sold more than 15 million copies worldwide and yielded three United States top-ten singles, Get the Party Started, Dont Let Me Get Me, Pinks third album, Try This, generated considerably lower sales, but earned her the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Pink revived her popularity with her fourth and fifth albums, Im Not Dead and Funhouse, with the latter containing her second United States number-one hit. Pink concluded the first decade of her career with the compilation album Greatest Hits, so Far. which featured Fuckin Perfect and the chart-topping single Raise Your Glass. In 2014 Pink recorded an album, Rose Ave. with Canadian musician Dallas Green under a folk music duo named You+Me. Recognized for her signature vocals and acrobatic performances, Pink has sold over 60 million albums worldwide. Her career accolades include three Grammy Awards, a Brit Award, a Daytime Emmy Award and six MTV Video Music Awards, in 2009, Billboard named Pink the Pop Songs Artist of the Decade. Pink was also the second most-played female solo artist in the United Kingdom during the 2000s decade, vH1 ranked her number 10 on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music, while Billboard awarded her the Woman of the Year award in 2013. At the 63rd annual BMI Pop Awards, she received the BMI Presidents Award for her achievement in songwriting and global impact on pop culture. Alecia Beth Moore was born on September 8,1979, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, to nurse Judy and insurance salesman Jim Moore and she has described her background as Irish-German-Lithuanian-Jew. Although a healthy baby at birth, she developed asthma that plagued her through her early years. Pink attended Central Bucks High School West, when Moore was a toddler, her parents began having marital problems, and before she was 10 her parents had divorced. Pink developed her voice early in life, in high school, Pink joined her first band, Middleground, but it disbanded upon losing a battle of the bands competition
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Sober (Pink song)
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Sober is a song by the American singer-songwriter Pink, taken from her fifth studio album, Funhouse. It was written by Pink and Kara DioGuardi, with writing by Nate Danja Hills and Marcella Araica, while production was done by Danja, Tony Kanal. The song was released as the second single on October 31,2008, firstly through digital download. The power pop song talks about the sense of comfort in being sober. The song received favorable reviews from music critics, who commended the track for being a heartfelt track. However, few critics dismissed the track, calling it more of the same from her previous music, furthermore, the song received a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 2010. Commercially, Sober attained success on the charts, reaching the top-ten in over thirteen countries, a music video for the track was directed by Jonas Akerlund and it finds Pink at a party with her doppelgänger. In February 2008, Pink announced that she and her husband Carey Hart had separated and it was confirmed that she was working with many music producers such as Butch Walker, Billy Mann, Eg White and Danja. While working on the album, she penned a track called Sober with Kara DioGuardi and she added, I had this idea in my head, like how do I feel this good sober. So I brought that idea to Danja and with this awesome girl Kara DioGuardi and we wrote this song, Sober. And its a pretty telling song and then me and Tony Kanal and Jimmy Harry finished it, production-wise, threw some strings on it and made it a bit darker. Danja and Marcella Araica contributed to additional lyrics, with Danja, Kanal, Araica, Harry and Jake Davis recorded the track at Sha Recording,3,20 Studios and Henson Recording Studios. Jimmy Harry was also responsible for guitars and keyboards, while Tony Kanal provided bass, Sober was selected to be Funhouses second single, after the huge success of So What. It received airplay before release in Australia on Today Networks stations and it was first released as a digital download on iTunes, on October 31,2008, before being released to radio stations on December 1,2008. While announced its release on her website, Pink claimed, It’s just a really, really personal beautiful song. Slants Jonathan Keefe disagreed, calling it a second single. Sober is a pop song, featuring heavy guitars and booming snare. It is written in the key of E minor and set at a slow tempo of 91 beats per minute
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Jay-Z
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Shawn Corey Carter, known professionally as Jay Z, is an American rapper, businessman, and investor. He is one of the musicians of all time, having sold more than 100 million records. MTV ranked him the Greatest MC of all time in 2006, Rolling Stone ranked three of his albums—Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint, and The Black Album —among the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2014, Forbes estimated his net worth at nearly $520 million, Jay Z co-owns the New York 40/40 Club sports bar, and is the co-creator of the clothing line Rocawear. He is the president of Def Jam Recordings, co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records. He also founded the sports agency Roc Nation Sports and is a certified NBA, as an artist, he holds the record for most number one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200 with 13. He has also had four number ones on the Billboard Hot 100, in 2009, he was ranked the tenth-most successful artist of the 2000s by Billboard as well as the fifth top solo male artist and fourth top rapper behind Eminem, Nelly, and 50 Cent. He was also ranked the 88th-greatest artist of all time by Rolling Stone, Jay Z married Singer-Songwriter Beyoncé in 2008. Shawn Carter was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Marcy Houses and he and his three siblings were raised by their mother, Gloria Carter after their father, Adness Reeves abandoned the family. Reeves would later meet and reconcile with Jay Z before dying from liver failure in 2003, Jay Z claims in his lyrics that in 1982, at the age of 12, he shot his older brother in the shoulder for stealing his jewelry. Along with future rapper AZ, Carter attended Eli Whitney High School in Brooklyn until it was closed down, according to his interviews and lyrics, during this period he sold crack cocaine and was shot at three times. According to his mother, Carter used to wake up his siblings at night banging out drum patterns on the kitchen table and she bought him a boom box for his birthday, sparking his interest in music. He began freestyling and writing lyrics, known as Jazzy around the neighborhood, Carter later adopted the showbiz/stage name Jay-Z in homage to his mentor Jaz-O. He would drop the hyphen in 2013, Jay Z can be briefly heard on several of Jaz-Os early recordings in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including The Originators and Hawaiian Sophie. Jay Z became embroiled in several battles with rapper LL Cool J in the early 1990s and he first became known to a wide audience on the posse cut Show and Prove on the 1994 Big Daddy Kane album Daddys Home. When I would leave the stage to go change outfits, I would bring out Jay Z and Positive K and let them freestyle until I came back to the stage. The young Jay Z appeared on a song by Big L, Da Graveyard, and on Mic Geronimos Time to Build. His first official rap single was called In My Lifetime, for which he released a music video, an unreleased music video was also produced for the B-side I Cant Get with That
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Alicia Keys
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Alicia Augello Cook, known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, pianist and actress. Keys released her album with J Records, having had previous record deals first with Columbia. Keys debut album, Songs in A Minor was released in 2001, producing her first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single Fallin, the album earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002. Her sophomore album, The Diary of Alicia Keys, was released in 2003, spawning successful singles You Dont Know My Name, If I Aint Got You and Diary, the duet song My Boo with Usher scored her a second number-one single in 2004. The album garnered her an additional four Grammy Awards in 2005, later that year, she released her first live album, Unplugged, becoming the first woman to have an MTV Unplugged album debut at number one. As I Am was released in 2007, producing the Hot 100 number-one single No One, selling 5 million copies worldwide, the Element of Freedom was released in 2009, becoming her first chart-topping album in the UK, and selling 4 million copies worldwide. Keys additionally collaborated with Jay Z on Empire State of Mind as her fourth number-one single, Girl on Fire was released in 2012 as her fifth Billboard 200 topping album, spawning the successful title track. Her second live album, VH1 Storytellers was released in 2013, Here was released in 2016, becoming her seventh R&B/Hip-Hop chart topping album. Keys made her first television appearance on The Cosby Show in 1985 as a four year old child and she made her film debut in Smokin Aces and later in The Nanny Diaries in 2007. Keys then had a NAACP Image Award nominated appearance in The Secret Life of Bees in 2008, Keys also made an appearance on season 2 of Empire in 2015. She is currently a coach on The Voice as of 2016, Keys has won numerous awards such as 15 Grammy Awards and 17 NAACP Image Awards. She has sold over 35 million albums and 30 million singles worldwide, considered a pop icon, Billboard magazine named her the top R&B artist of the 2000s decade and placed her number 10 on their list of Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years. Time named her in their 100 list of most influential people in 2005, Keys was born Alicia Augello Cook on January 25,1981, in the Hells Kitchen area of Manhattan, New York City. She is the child of Teresa, a paralegal and part-time actress, and Craig Cook. Keys father is African American and her mother is of Italian, Scottish, Keys has expressed that she was comfortable with her multiracial heritage because she felt she was able to relate to different cultures. Her parents separated when she was two and she was raised by her mother during her formative years in Hells Kitchen. Keys has 2 younger half brothers, Clay Cook and Cole Cook, in 1985, Keys made an appearance on The Cosby Show at the age of four, where she and a group of girls played the parts of Rudy Huxtables sleepover guests in the episode Slumber Party. Throughout her childhood, Keys was sent to music and dance classes by her mother and she graduated in four years as valedictorian at the age of 16
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Empire State of Mind
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Empire State of Mind is a song performed by American rapper Jay-Z and featuring vocals by American singer Alicia Keys that was written by Angela Hunte and Janet Sewell-Ulepic. Produced by Al Shux, Angela Hunte and Janet Sewell-Ulepic, it was released as the single from Jay-Zs 11th studio album, The Blueprint 3. The following month they submitted the song to Jay-Zs Roc Nation, the single was supposed to feature Hunte on the songs hook, but when Hunte and Sewell-Ulepic were asked if they thought anyone else would be more appropriate for the chorus, Hunte suggested Keys. Mary J. Blige was also considered for the part, the song was viewed as being an orchestral rap ballad and has pop-rap musical styles. It contains references to locations in New York and its famous residents. Profanity is present throughout the song and, although it is included during live performances. A critical success, the song was included in multiple critics top 10 list for the best songs of 2009, including Rolling Stone magazine, the song was also nominated for three Grammy Awards, winning Best Rap Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. Empire State of Mind achieved commercial success worldwide, the track peaked within the top 10 in countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Italy and Sweden. It appeared in 2009 year-end charts in Italy, Australia and the US, as of June 2014, the single has sold over 5.5 million copies in the United States. In the songs video, which is primarily in black-and-white, Jay-Z. Empire State of Mind has been performed by Jay-Z and Keys multiple times, including during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, usually when the duo performs the song, an overhead screen shows images of places in New York. Keys has recorded a sequel entitled Empire State of Mind Broken Down and her version was positively received by critics and did well commercially, although it was not as successful as its predecessor. It was, however, Top 10 in the UK, the Netherlands and she said that she chose to record her own version of Empire State of Mind because she wanted to express her own personal feelings about New York. Empire State of Mind was created by singer-songwriter-producer Angela Hunte, a native of Brooklyn, Hunte grew up in the same building where rapper and hip hop artist Jay-Z lived—560 State Street, an address which is mentioned in the song. The tracks creation was inspired during an overseas trip Hunte and Sewell-Ulepic made to London in February 2009 when they were both feeling homesick, Hunte was ill during that summer, while Sewell-Ulepics mother was ill. Before we left the hotel that night, we knew we would write a song about our city. Although they wrote the song as a way to voice their feelings for their hometown, they sent it to the Roc Nation music label the following month in hope that Jay-Z would like it. When they received negative reviews about the track they were convinced it would never be recorded
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Wale (rapper)
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Olubowale Victor Akintimehin, better known by his stage name Wale, is an American rapper from Washington, D. C. He rose to prominence in 2006, when his song Dig Dug became popular in his hometown, Wale became locally recognized and continued recording music for the regional audience. Producer Mark Ronson discovered Wale in 2006 and signed him to Allido Records in 2007, while signed to that label, Wale released several mixtapes and appeared in national media including MTV and various Black-American-focused magazines. A song called Ridin in That Black Joint was featured in the video game Saints Row 2s soundtrack in 2008. In 2008, Wale signed with Interscope Records for $1.3 million, and his debut album Attention Deficit was released in 2009 with the singles Chillin, Pretty Girls, the album, although under-shipped, received positive reviews from critics. In early 2011, Wale signed with Rick Ross Maybach Music Group and his second studio album, Ambition was released November 1,2011, with mixed reviews. His third studio album, The Gifted, was released on June 25,2013, to positive reviews. His second Billboard number one album The Album About Nothing was released on March 31,2015, Wale was born Olubowale Victor Akintimehin on September 21,1984, in Northwest, Washington, D. C. His parents were from the Yoruba ethnic group of the southwestern Nigeria, Wales family were first began living in Northwest, Washington, D. C. and then moved to Montgomery County, when Wale was at the age of 10. In 2002, he graduated from the Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland, Wale attended Robert Morris University and Virginia State University on football scholarships, then transferred to Bowie State University. However, he dropped out due to academic reasons, Wales love of the game of football and the Washington Redskins has led to a longstanding rumor that Wale had a tattoo of tight end Chris Cooley. Hes also the cousin of an actor Gbenga Akinnagbe, who is best known as for playing Chris Partlow on HBOs The Wire, Wales first recorded the track, called Rhyme of the Century, which became his first song to ever played on the local radio. In 2006, he was featured in the Unsigned Hype column of The Source magazine, the track, called Dig Dug became popular in Washington, D. C. Maryland and Virginia, and was a tribute to Ronald Dig Dug Dixon, who was a percussion player for the go-go band Northeast Groovers. The song became the most requested song by a local artist in Washington D. C. radio history, the song was included in Wales first mixtape, Paint a Picture. In July 2006, Wale found representation in Daniel Weisman, whose a former club DJ and promoter, Weisman had been tipped off about the rapper by a friend in Washington, D. C and connected with him through Myspace, on September 14,2006, Uptown Roamers debuted on XM Radio Channel 66, where its been played twice in one day. Both Breakdown and Uptown Roamers were on Wales second mixtape, Hate Is the New Love, the song, Breakdown was featured on the video game Madden NFL2009
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Chillin (Wale song)
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Chillin is a song by American rapper Wale, featuring singer Lady Gaga. It was released as the single from his debut album, Attention Deficit, on April 14,2009. Wale had wanted to collaborate with Gaga, and were introduced to each other through the rappers mentor, Chillin was composed by a number of songwriters, including Wale and Gaga, while it was produced by Cool & Dre. Recorded in New York City, the song discusses Wales life in his hometown. It has musical influence of 1990s style rapping, and contains two samples from the 1969 song, Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye by Steam, the song received mixed reviews from contemporary critics. Some praised Wale and Gagas collaboration and composition, while others criticized it, Chillin reached number 12 on the UK Singles Chart, while in the United States it peaked at number 99 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also reached the regions of the record charts in some other nations. The accompanying music video features both Wale and Gaga in various locations in and around Washington D. C. and Boston, Wale had wanted to collaborate with Lady Gaga on the track since January 2009, believing that she embodied the party-record feel of the song. He explained, If music was a school, I feel like Ill be the dude on the football team. And you know all the bad girls are going to be out there, upon hearing that some were surprised by the collaboration, Wale went on to say, If Jay-Z can work with Coldplay, then Wale should be able to work with Gaga. Wales mentor, Mark Ronson, sent the track to Gaga and she commented that her portion of the song, which includes lyrics such as Lookin at, lookin at, lookin at me/ Eyes all stickin like honey on bees, is narcissistic, but in a positive way. The lyrics capture the life and image of Wales home areas Maryland and its one of those songs, one of those tracks and one of those videos that you cant stop listening to. Chillin has influence of 1990s style rapping, and samples from the 1969 song Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye by Steam, and the 1987 song Top Billin by Audio Two. The song is written in the signature of common time with a tempo of 100 beats per minute. Club called it a slab of electro-funk, with robotic new wave inspired vocals by Gaga. He also refers to fellow rapper M. I. A. with the line Im the same way, M. I. A. / Me, Cool and Dre get high like planes. Produced by Cool & Dre, the song was recorded at Allido Sound Studios in New York, by Derek Pacuk, Wale recalled in a 2011 interview with MTV News for Lady Gaga, Inside the Outside special, that the recording session did not go easy. He had traveled to the New York recording studio from Washington D. C. after a night of partying
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3OH!3
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3OH.3 is an American electronic music duo from Boulder, Colorado, made up of Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte. They are best known for their single Dont Trust Me from their album Want and their second single, a remix of Starstrukk featuring Katy Perry from Want, was a top ten hit in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Finland, Poland, and Australia. They gained further recognition by featuring Kesha on the song My First Kiss, the album later peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200. 3OH.3 consists of Sean Foreman, born August 27,1985, Foreman and Motte started their band in 2004 and named it after the 303 area code of Boulder, Colorado. They released their first self-titled album, 3OH.3 in 2007 and it spawned one successful single, 3OH.3 then signed to Photo Finish Records, a division of Atlantic Records and planned to start recording their second album. It is theorized that the two started dating after the album was released, 3OH. 3s second album, Want, was released on July 8,2008. It reached number 44 on the Billboard 200 and their song, Dont Trust Me reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100. The group contributed an original song titled Sex on the Beach for The Real World. 3OH.3 also wrote an anthem for Major League Baseballs Colorado Rockies, as they were getting started they performed at local venues around Colorado such as the Fox Theatre in Boulder, Colorado and the Aggie Theater in Ft. Collins, Colorado. After playing in Denver during the Warped Tour 2008, 3OH.3 signed on for all venues of Warped Tour 2008. The band later headlined the 2009 Alternative Press Tour across the U. S. 3OH.3 played at End Fest in Sacramento, California and they played at Kiss The Summer Hello 2009 at Coca-Cola Field in Buffalo, New York, June 3,2009. 3OH.3 joined the Warped Tour once again in 2009, in summer 2009 they appeared at the Reading/Leeds festivals in the UK. They performed between award presentations at the MTV Video Music Awards 2009 on September 13, the duo was featured in a 14-page photo spread in Cliché Magazines Green Issue in August 2009. They released a remix of their hit single, Starstrukk. It was a top ten hit in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Belgium, a new song, Follow Me Down, was written for the compilation album for the film Alice in Wonderland with Neon Hitch. The pair also supported All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, Third Eye Blind, prior to the release of Streets of Gold, 30H.3 was featured on the track Hey by Lil Jon on his album, Crunk Rock in 2010. They were also featured on the Kesha song Blah Blah Blah, on February 5,2010, it was announced that Cobra Starship and 3OH.3 would be embarking on a co-headlining tour called The Too Fast for Love Tour featuring labelmates I Fight Dragons. The two-month tour covered more than 25 cities, including a date in their state of Colorado
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Don't Trust Me
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Dont Trust Me is the second single by the band 3OH.3 and the third track from their second album Want. The single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in March 2009, Platinum in April 2009, 2x platinum in July 2009, Dont Trust Me was released on June 1,2008 as the lead single for the bands label debut. Dont Trust Me is also featured in the game, Tap Tap Revenge for the iPhone OS and it was also used on The Hills, The Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars. The official remix features Kid Cudi, the official video begins with words being typed on the screen stating A global virus of catastrophic proportions has attacked the entire male population. Only two male models from Colorado survive, the screen shifts to a shot of the band in briefs at a photo shoot. The set resembles that of a hotel, another photo shoot takes place at a set resembling a high school wrestling match, where they are dressed in neon-colored singlets. The last photo shoot is in the era, and the band is dressed as cavemen. The video ends with a shot of a cloud. The video received a nomination at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards for Best New Artist, Dont Trust Me became the bands breakout hit. It is their first top 10 hit in the U. S and it has also been a huge success on U. S. Mainstream Top 40 radio, reaching #1 there and it has gone top 40 on the Canadian Hot 100 as well, at #6. Dont Trust Me has done well in Oceania, where it has reached the top 3 in Australia. It has also reached #5 in Finland, on July 19,2009, the single entered the UK singles charts at #21. On April 26,2010 Dont Trust Me re-entered the UK top 40 at #22, as of June 2013, the single has sold 3,322,000 digital units in the United States. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Viva la Vida
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Viva la Vida is a song by the British alternative rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. On the album, this song segues directly into the next track, Viva la Vida is Spanish for Long Live Life or May Life Live. It can also mean Live Life, the song was released on 13 June 2008 as the albums second single, debuting to critical acclaim and commercial success. Viva la Vida reached the top spot of the UK Singles Chart and Billboard Hot 100, the song won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in 2009. The song became the song to reach the 4 million mark in paid downloads in the United States. It has sold over 7.1 million copies worldwide by 2014, the songs Spanish title, Viva la Vida, is taken from a painting by 20th-century Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. During the albums production, Viva la Vida was one of the songs that had polarised each members opinion over which version they should choose. In an interview, Martin recalled, We did quite a few different versions and went round the houses a bit, Martin has explained the song lyric I know Saint Peter wont call my name in an interview with Q magazine, Its about. All the strings are arranged and conducted by violinist Davide Rossi, the song is played in the key of A♭ major at a tempo of 138 beats per minute, while the vocal range spans E♭3–A♭4. It was released as a single on 25 May 2008. Viva la Vida was well-downloaded in the internet, becoming iTunes best-selling song of 2008, the song was used as part of Apple Inc. s iPod + iTunes advertisement campaign. Coldplay performed the song live for the first time at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards, in 2009, Solange Knowles covered the song. Lady Gaga also covered the song for BBC Radio 1, a live version of the song appeared on Coldplays 2009 live album LeftRightLeftRightLeft. Pet Shop Boys also performed the live on their 2009 Pandemonium Tour. It was also used in an episode entitled Million Dollar Maybe of The Simpsons, the song was covered in the seventh series of The X Factor by the boyband One Direction in 2010. The official music video for Viva la Vida was directed by Hype Williams, the video depicts the band performing against a blurry, warped version of Eugène Delacroixs painting La Liberté guidant le peuple. Since its release, the video has received over 370 million views on YouTube, a second, alternate video was shot in The Hague, the Netherlands, directed by Anton Corbijn and released alongside the first
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Pitbull (rapper)
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Armando Christian Pérez, known by the stage name Pitbull or Mr. Worldwide, is an American rapper. His first recorded performance was on a solo track from Lil Jons 2002 album Kings of Crunk. In 2004, Pitbull released his debut album M. I. A. M. I and it included production producers Lil Jon and Jim Jonsin. Pitbull later released his second album El Mariel, in 2006 and his third, The Boatlift and his fourth album, Rebelution, included the hit single I Know You Want Me, which peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100. Pitbulls 2011 album Planet Pit, featured the single Give Me Everything and his 2013 track Timber from his Meltdown EP topped the charts in twenty nations, including the US and UK. He performed the song We Are One along with Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte, Armando Christian Perez was born on January 15,1981 to Cuban expatriates in Miami, Florida. When he was 3, he could recite the works of Cubas national hero and poet, José Martí, growing up, he was influenced by the Miami bass genre of pop music and has cited Celia Cruz and Willy Chirino as sources of inspiration for his music. Pérezs parents separated when he was young, and he was raised by his mother, he spent time with a foster family in Roswell. He attended South Miami Senior High School before graduating from Miami Coral Park High School and he said he chose his stage name of Pitbull because the dogs bite to lock. The dog is too stupid to lose, and theyre outlawed in Dade County. Theyre basically everything that I am, after meeting Lil Jon in Miami, Pitbull was featured on Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz album Kings of Crunk in 2002. Pitbulls song Oye was featured on the soundtrack to the film 2 Fast 2 Furious the following year, in addition, Pitbull released several mixtapes, composed of freestyles and remixes of popular rap music. Campbell featured Pitbull in his single, Lollipop, together they focused on creating a more radio-friendly sound. Fernandez later told HitQuarters, At that time his music had a lot of verses and took a time to get into the hook. Fernandez introduced Pitbull to Lil Jon, hoping to secure the rapper a small guest intro spot on Lil Jons upcoming album Kings of Crunk. According to Fernandez, Jon took a liking to Pérez and offered him a track k on the album and this track helped raise the young rappers profile. In 2004, Pitbull released his debut album M. I. A. M. I, with the lead single being Culo produced by Lil Jon and the Diaz Brothers. It peaked at No.32 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, other singles included Dammit Man, Back Up, Toma, and Thats Nasty
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I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)
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I Know You Want Me is a song by American artist Pitbull released as the second single from the album, Rebelution. The song samples The Bomb. by Bucketheads and 75, Brazil Street by Nicola Fasano versus Pat Rich, the core is from a song by Dominican rappers El Cata and Omega. The title is a reference to Calle Ocho, a street in Miamis Little Havana neighborhood, the song premiered on the Miami radio station WPOW. It received a nomination a Latin Rhythm Airplay Song of the Year at the 2010 Latin Billboard Music Awards, the music video was first released on March 9,2009 by Ultra Music on YouTube and was directed by David Rousseau and Produced by Alexandra Sdoucos. It features Pitbull, Nayer and models Sagia Castañeda, Maria Milian and it has received over 240 million views even though this particular upload is not available for worldwide viewership due to licensing restrictions in certain countries. I Know You Want Me was the one most viewed music video on YouTube in 2009. The video received 82 million views, easily beating out the second, the official music video version was released onto Pitbulls official Vevo channel on May 25,2011. It has received over 1.5 million views even though this particular upload is not available for worldwide viewership due to licensing restrictions in certain countries. I Know You Want Me is an uptempo syncopated hip hop groove with clear vocals on the chorus, the song is set in common time with a moderate tempo of 128 beats per minute and is written in the key of D minor. Pitbulls vocal range spans from C4 to Bb4, the song is a vocal mix of 75, Brazil Street by Nicola Fasano Vs Pat-Rich, which itself samples Street Player by Chicago. For the release by Pitbull, the sample of Street Player was replayed by Mark Summers at Scorccio Sample Replays. The song received mixed reviews with Billboard. com editor Michael Menachem giving the single a favorable review, the clever meshing of reggaetón with Euro dance music signals what looks like a multiformat smash. Fraser McAlpine of the BBC also favored it, I Know You Want Me is Pitbulls first single to become an international hit. The single peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U. S for one week with the issue dated June 20,2009 behind The Black Eyed Peas Boom Boom Pow. The song became Pitbulls most highest-peaking single to date until Give Me Everything hit number one and it also reached number one on the French charts and number 4 on the Mainstream Top 40 radio. The following week it moved up again to number 7, peaking at number 4 a week later, in New Zealand, the song peaked at number 3 and was certified Platinum, selling over 15,000 copies. As of June 2011, I Know You Want Me has sold 3.2 million digital copies in the United States
