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Comedy
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In a modern sense, comedy refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, television, film, and stand-up comedy. The origins of the term are found in Ancient Greece, in the Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by the political satire performed by the comic poets at the theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a performance which pits two groups or societies against each other in an amusing agon or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a Society of Youth and a Society of the Old, a revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions that pose obstacles to his hopes. Satire and political satire use comedy to portray persons or social institutions as ridiculous or corrupt, parody subverts popular genres and forms, critiquing those forms without necessarily condemning them. Similarly scatological humour, sexual humour, and race humour create comedy by violating social conventions or taboos in comic ways, a comedy of manners typically takes as its subject a particular part of society and uses humor to parody or satirize the behaviour and mannerisms of its members. Romantic comedy is a genre that depicts burgeoning romance in humorous terms. The adjective comic, which means that which relates to comedy is, in modern usage. Of this, the word came into usage through the Latin comoedia and Italian commedia and has, over time. The Greeks and Romans confined their use of the comedy to descriptions of stage-plays with happy endings. Aristotle defined comedy as an imitation of men worse than the average, however, the characters portrayed in comedies were not worse than average in every way, only insofar as they are Ridiculous, which is a species of the Ugly. The Ridiculous may be defined as a mistake or deformity not productive of pain or harm to others, the mask, for instance, in the Middle Ages, the term expanded to include narrative poems with happy endings. It is in this sense that Dante used the term in the title of his poem, as time progressed, the word came more and more to be associated with any sort of performance intended to cause laughter. During the Middle Ages, the comedy became synonymous with satire. They disassociated comedy from Greek dramatic representation and instead identified it with Arabic poetic themes and forms and they viewed comedy as simply the art of reprehension, and made no reference to light and cheerful events, or to the troubling beginnings and happy endings associated with classical Greek comedy. After the Latin translations of the 12th century, the term gained a more general meaning in medieval literature. Starting from 425 BCE, Aristophanes, a playwright and satirical author of the Ancient Greek Theater wrote 40 comedies,11 of which survive. Aristophanes developed his type of comedy from the satyr plays
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YouTube
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YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service was created by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—in February 2005, Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion, YouTube now operates as one of Googles subsidiaries. Unregistered users can watch videos on the site, while registered users are permitted to upload an unlimited number of videos. Videos deemed potentially offensive are available only to registered users affirming themselves to be at least 18 years old, YouTube earns advertising revenue from Google AdSense, a program which targets ads according to site content and audience. YouTube was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, Hurley had studied design at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Chen and Karim studied computer science together at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Karim could not easily find video clips of either event online, Hurley and Chen said that the original idea for YouTube was a video version of an online dating service, and had been influenced by the website Hot or Not. YouTube began as a venture capital-funded technology startup, primarily from an $11.5 million investment by Sequoia Capital between November 2005 and April 2006, YouTubes early headquarters were situated above a pizzeria and Japanese restaurant in San Mateo, California. The domain name www. youtube. com was activated on February 14,2005, the first YouTube video, titled Me at the zoo, shows co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo. The video was uploaded on April 23,2005, and can still be viewed on the site, YouTube offered the public a beta test of the site in May 2005. The first video to reach one million views was a Nike advertisement featuring Ronaldinho in November 2005. Following a $3.5 million investment from Sequoia Capital in November, the site grew rapidly, and in July 2006 the company announced that more than 65,000 new videos were being uploaded every day, and that the site was receiving 100 million video views per day. The site has 800 million unique users a month and it is estimated that in 2007 YouTube consumed as much bandwidth as the entire Internet in 2000. The choice of the name www. youtube. com led to problems for a similarly named website, the sites owner, Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment, filed a lawsuit against YouTube in November 2006 after being regularly overloaded by people looking for YouTube. Universal Tube has since changed the name of its website to www. utubeonline. com, in October 2006, Google Inc. announced that it had acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion in Google stock, and the deal was finalized on November 13,2006. In March 2010, YouTube began free streaming of certain content, according to YouTube, this was the first worldwide free online broadcast of a major sporting event. On March 31,2010, the YouTube website launched a new design, with the aim of simplifying the interface, Google product manager Shiva Rajaraman commented, We really felt like we needed to step back and remove the clutter. In May 2010, YouTube videos were watched more than two times per day. This increased to three billion in May 2011, and four billion in January 2012, in February 2017, one billion hours of YouTube was watched every day
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Barack Obama
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Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He is the first African American to have served as president and he previously served in the U. S. Senate representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008, and in the Illinois State Senate from 1997 to 2004. Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, two years after the territory was admitted to the Union as the 50th state and he grew up mostly in Hawaii, but also spent one year of his childhood in Washington State and four years in Indonesia. After graduating from Columbia University in 1983, he worked as a community organizer in Chicago, in 1988 Obama enrolled in Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. After graduation, he became a civil rights attorney and professor, Obama represented the 13th District for three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, when he ran for the U. S. Senate. In 2008, Obama was nominated for president, a year after his campaign began and he was elected over Republican John McCain, and was inaugurated on January 20,2009. Nine months later, Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, during his first two years in office, Obama signed more landmark legislation than any Democratic president since LBJs Great Society. Main reforms were the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, after a lengthy debate over the national debt limit, Obama signed the Budget Control and the American Taxpayer Relief Acts. In foreign policy, Obama increased U. S. troop levels in Afghanistan, reduced nuclear weapons with the U. S. -Russian New START treaty, and ended military involvement in the Iraq War. He ordered military involvement in Libya in opposition to Muammar Gaddafi, after winning re-election over Mitt Romney, Obama was sworn in for a second term in 2013. Obama also advocated gun control in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, and issued wide-ranging executive actions concerning climate change and immigration. In foreign policy, Obama ordered military intervention in Iraq in response to gains made by ISIL after the 2011 withdrawal from Iraq, Obama left office in January 2017 with a 60% approval rating. He currently resides in Washington, D. C and his presidential library will be built in Chicago. Obama was born on August 4,1961, at Kapiʻolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu and he is the only President to have been born in Hawaii. He was born to a mother and a black father. His mother, Ann Dunham, was born in Wichita, Kansas, of mostly English descent, with some German, Irish, Scottish, Swiss and his father, Barack Obama Sr. was a married Luo Kenyan man from Nyangoma Kogelo. Obamas parents met in 1960 in a Russian language class at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the couple married in Wailuku, Hawaii on February 2,1961, six months before Obama was born. In late August 1961, Obamas mother moved him to the University of Washington in Seattle for a year
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Cover version
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A cover version can also refer to a rerecording of a song by the original artist or performers under a different record company. Originally, Billboard and other magazines that track the popularity of artists and hit tunes measured the sales success of the published tune. Later, they tracked the airplay that songs achieved, some versions being more successful recording than the original song. Before the onset of rock n roll in the 1950s, songs were published and several records of a song might be out by singers of the day. The Hendrix version, released six months after Dylans original, became a Top 10 single in the UK in 1968 and was ranked 48th in Rolling Stone magazines 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The term cover goes back decades when cover version originally described a version of a tune recorded to compete with the recently released version. The Chicago Tribune described the term in 1952, trade jargon meaning to record a tune that looks like a hit on someone elses label. Examples of records covered include Paul Williams 1949 hit tune The Hucklebuck, both crossed over to the popular Hit Parade and had numerous hit versions. In fact, one of the objects of publishing sheet music was to have a composition performed by as many artists as possible. In previous generations, some artists made very successful careers of presenting revivals or reworkings of once-popular tunes, musicians now play what they call cover versions of songs as a tribute to the original performer or group. Using familiar material is an important method of learning music styles, until the mid-1960s most albums, or long playing records, contained a large number of evergreens or standards to present a fuller range of the artists abilities and style. Artists might also perform interpretations of a favorite artists hit tunes for the pleasure of playing a familiar song or collection of tunes. A cover band plays cover versions exclusively. Some tribute acts salute the Who, The Rolling Stones and many classic rock acts. Many tribute acts target artists who remain popular but no longer perform, many tribute bands attempt to recreate another bands music as faithfully as possible, but some such bands introduce a twist. Dread Zeppelin performs reggae versions of the Zeppelin catalog and Beatallica creates heavy metal fusions of songs by the Beatles, there are also situations in which a member of a tribute band will go on to greater success, sometimes with the original act they tribute. One notable example is Tim Ripper Owens who, once the singer of Judas Priest tribute band British Steel. Cover acts or bands are entertainers who perform a variety of crowd-pleasing cover songs for audiences who enjoy the familiarity of hit songs
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University of Tennessee
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The University of Tennessee is a public sun- and land-grant university in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. It hosts almost 28,000 students from all 50 states, in its 2017 universities ranking, U. S. News & World Report ranked UT 103rd among all national universities and 46th among public institutions of higher learning. Seven alumni have been selected as Rhodes Scholars, James M. Buchanan,41, received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Economics. Also affiliated with the university are the Howard H. Baker, the university is a direct partner of the University of Tennessee Medical Center, which is one of two Level I trauma centers in East Tennessee. UT is one of the oldest public universities in the United States, when Samuel Carrick, its first president and only faculty member, died in 1809, the school was temporarily closed until 1820. When it reopened, it began experiencing growing pains, thomas Jefferson had previously recommended that the college leave its confining single building in the city and relocate to a place it could spread out. Ironically, in the Summer of 1826, the trustees explored Barbara Hill as a potential site, in 1840, the college was elevated to East Tennessee University. Tennessee was a member of the Confederacy in 1862 when the Morrill Act was passed, on February 28,1867, Congress passed a special Act making the State of Tennessee eligible to participate in the Morrill Act of 1862 program. In January 1869, ETU was designated as Tennessees recipient of the Land-Grant designation, in accepting the funds, the university would focus upon instructing students in military, agricultural, and mechanical subjects. ETU eventually received $396,000 as its endowment under the program, Trustees soon approved the establishment of a medical program under the auspices of the Nashville School of Medicine and added advanced degree programs. East Tennessee University was renamed the University of Tennessee in 1879 by the state legislature, during World War II, UT was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission. The campus is headed by a Chancellor who functions as the executive officer of the campus, responsible for its daily administration. The chancellor reports to the president of the university system and is elected annually by the UT Board of Trustees at the recommendation of the system president, jimmy Cheek has been Chancellor of the Knoxville campus since February 1,2009. Joseph A. DiPietro has been president since January 1,2011. Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan D. Martin is responsible for the administration of the Knoxville campus. On December 15,2016 the UT Board of Trustees confirmed Dr. Beverly J. Davenport as the next Chancellor of the Knoxville campus and she will begin her role on February 15,2017. Campus policing and security is provided by the University of Tennessee Police Department.4 percent from 2000 to 2009, many doctors and nurses at UTMC have integrated careers as teachers and healthcare professionals, and the center promotes itself as the areas only academic, or teaching hospital. The new UT Medical Center Heart Hospital received its first patient on April 27,2010, in Fall 2016, the university enrolled 21,863 undergraduate and 5,982 graduate and professional students, 50% of students are female, 50% are male
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Maker Studios
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Maker Studios, Inc. is an American multi-channel network co-founded by Lisa Donovan, former chief executive officer Danny Zappin, Scott Katz, Kassem G, Shay Carl, Ben Donovan, and Philip DeFranco. Shane Dawson was also involved with Lisa Donovan and Shay Carl during their collaboration on The Station. Outside of the US, Maker has significant audiences in the UK, Brazil and Australia, and aims to expand its Asian operations, where it currently has 700 million monthly unique views. Run by Rene Rechtman, President for International, Maker is building a headquarters in London for its commercial, production, an Asian hub has been established in Singapore, offering limited commercial and marketing support until the business is larger. In December 2015, the became a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Since becoming a subsidiary, the company has suffered multiple rounds of layoffs, executive shuffling, in June 2012, Maker Studios announced that the over 1,000 channels signed under the network received an accumulated over 1.1 billion views for the month of June 2012. YouTube channels under Maker Studios have also earned over 90 million subscribers. In October 2012, Maker Studios surpassed Machinima to become the one independent YouTube network. However, since that time, according to comScore, in December 2012, in December 2012, shortly after the Ray William Johnson controversy, Maker announced that it had closed a $36 million round of financing led by Time Warner Investments. The most popular Maker production is Epic Rap Battles of History, on March 24,2014, Maker Studios, Inc. agreed to sell itself to The Walt Disney Company for $500 million, rising to $950 million if financial milestones were met. On April 14,2014, Relativity Media submitted a bid of up to $1.1 billion. In December 2015, the became a subsidiary of Disney Consumer Products. In February 2017, Maker Studios had around 60,000 YouTube partnerships, many partnered YouTubers had been unhappy with the terms of their contracts, including difficulty with ending contracts. Courtney Holt was the Chief Strategy Officer of Maker Studios, due to Danny Zappin stepping down as the companys CEO, Ynon Kreiz, former CEO and Chairman of Endemol became the CEO of Maker Studios in May 2013. Prior to Kreiz becoming the CEO of Maker, he was the companys chairman, ryan Lissack is the current CTO of Maker Studios. In December 2015, Courtney Holt replaced Ynon Kreiz as CEO, Maker Studios have also signed celebrities such as famous rapper Snoop Dogg and his YouTube channel WestFestTV, actor Robert De Niros Tribeca Enterprises, and Kevin Smith. Felix Kjellberg was also signed under the Maker sub-network Polaris, until Maker dropped him due to controversy from alleged anti-semitic jokes made on his channel, Maker Studios formerly produced Ray William Johnsons Equals Three and Your Favorite Martian. In October 2012, Johnson announced he would be leaving Maker Studios in an episode of Equals Three, Johnson had also formed his own production studio, Runaway Machine
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Cheers (Drink to That)
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Cheers is a song recorded by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna, from her fifth studio album, Loud. The song impacted US mainstream and rhythmic radio on August 2,2011, as the seventh, the song also contains samples from Lavignes song Im with You, which is featured on her debut album Let Go. Lyrically, Cheers is a song, with multiple references to drinking alcohol. The song has received reviews from music critics, who praised the interpolation of Lavignes Im with You. Cheers peaked inside the top ten in New Zealand and Australia, the song also peaked at number 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the singers nineteenth top ten song on the chart. The music video for the song, directed by Evan Rogers and Ciara Pardo, shows footage of Rihanna on tour, Cheers was included on the set list of the Loud Tour. The song was sent to mainstream and rhythmic radio in the United States on August 2,2011, in an interview with MTV News in late 2010, Rihanna spoke of how Cheers was one of her favorite songs on the album, saying I love that song. That is one of my songs on the album. It makes you feel like celebrating and it gives you a great feeling inside, like you want to go out and have a drink. People cant wait for the weekend, Cheers is a pop rock, reggaetón and R&B song. It contains samples of Lavignes song Im with You, which is featured on her album Let Go. According to the music sheet published at musicnotes. com. Rihannas vocal range in the song spans from the low note of E3 to the note of B4. According to Ryan Dombal of Pitchfork, the lyrics sum up the sentiment of Loud and theres no tabloid back story. Upon its release as a single, Cheers received positive reviews music critics. Mark Savage of BBC Music described the song as a funky, loping guitar groove for to an out on the town. Jon Pareles of The New York Times commented that Cheers is written for barroom singalongs, according to Leah Greenblatt from Entertainment Weekly, the Jameson-swilling, TGIF-toasting Cheers, folds a left-field Avril Lavigne sample into a crunked party anthem. Sciarretto also noted that Cheers would be popular in bars
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Rihanna
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Robyn Rihanna Fenty is a Barbadian singer, songwriter, and actress. Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, she first entered the industry by recording demo tapes under the direction of record producer Evan Rogers in 2003. She ultimately signed a contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning for its then-president. She assumed creative control for her studio album Good Girl Gone Bad. Its successful lead single Umbrella became a breakthrough in her career. After releasing four consecutive platinum albums, including the Grammy Award winner Unapologetic. Her eighth studio album Anti and its lead single Work reached number-one on the Billboard 200, with sales exceeding 230 million records worldwide, Rihanna is one of the best-selling artists of all time. Widely recognized for reinventing her style, she received the Fashion Icon lifetime achievement award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 2014. Forbes ranked Rihanna the fourth most powerful celebrity of 2012, and was named one of Times 100 Most Influential People in the World later that year, Robyn Rihanna Fenty was born on February 20,1988, in Saint Michael, Barbados. Her mother, Monica, is an accountant of African American background. Rihanna has two brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty, and two half-sisters and a half-brother from her fathers side, each born to different mothers from his previous relationships. She grew up in a bungalow in Bridgetown and sold clothes with her father in a stall on the street. Rihannas childhood was affected by her fathers addiction to crack cocaine. As a child, she went through a lot of CT scans for the excruciating headaches she suffered, even thought it was a tumor, by the time she was fourteen, Rihanna’s parents had divorced and her health began to improve. Rihanna grew up listening to music and began singing at around the age of seven. She attended Charles F. Broome Memorial Primary School and Combermere High School, Rihanna was an army cadet in a sub-military programme, the singer-songwriter Shontelle was her drill sergeant. Although she initially wanted to graduate high school, she chose to pursue a musical career instead. In 2003, Rihanna formed a trio with two of her classmates
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Born This Way (song)
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Born This Way is a song by American singer Lady Gaga, and the lead single from her second studio album of the same name. Written by Gaga and Jeppe Laursen, who produced it along with Fernando Garibay and DJ White Shadow, inspired by 1990s music which empowered women and the gay community, Gaga explained that Born This Way was her freedom song. She sang part of the chorus at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards in 2010 and announced the song as the single from the album. The record is backed by rumbling sounds, a humming bass and additional chorus percussion. Critics positively reviewed the song, calling it a club-ready anthem, the song reached number one in over 25 countries and was her third single to top the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and the 1, 000th song in that charts history to reach number one. Born This Way has sold 8.2 million copies worldwide, Nick Knight directed the accompanying music video, which was inspired by surrealist painters like Salvador Dalí and Francis Bacon. Gaga is depicted as giving birth to a new race during a prologue, after a series of dance sequences, the video concludes with the view of a city populated by this race. Critics noted the references to the work of Madonna, Michael Jackson, Björk. Gaga performed the song at the 53rd Grammy Awards after coming out of an incubating vessel and it was also performed during the last leg of The Monster Ball Tour and on television shows such as Saturday Night Live, Dick Clarks New Years Rockin Eve and Good Morning America. The song was treated with different remixes, including a Country Road version recorded by Gaga herself, alice Cooper, Madonna, Katy Perry, Maria Aragon, and the cast of the TV series Glee have covered the song. In 2010, Lady Gaga was touring for her world tour. At that time she started developing ideas for her studio album. The first song written and recorded for the album was the track itself which she wrote in Liverpool and Manchester, England. She wrote it in ten minutes and compared the process to an Immaculate Conception, White Shadow, one of the producers of the track, credited Gaga for coming up with the idea and the theme behind the song. We recorded it around the world, on the road, in whatever was available and it sounds like it reads, but not like you think until you hear it, he added. I want it to be an attack, an assault on the issue because I think, especially in music, everything gets kind of washy sometimes. Thats the record going to shake up the industry. Anyone could sing Born This Way, Born This Way is who I am
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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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LMFAO
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LMFAO was an American electronic dance music duo which consists of uncle and nephew Redfoo and SkyBlu. LMFAO started building a local buzz through its shows and radio play, in 2010, they were featured on David Guettas smash hit Gettin Over You, which charted all over Europe and the U. S. including reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart. Following the songs release, LMFAO officially announced that they have gone on hiatus, LMFAO began their career in 2006 as part of the electro house club scene in Los Angeles, which at the time featured DJ/producers like Steve Aoki and Adam Goldstein. The duo started building a local buzz through its shows and radio play. Once it had recorded demos, Redfoos best friend will. i. am introduced them to Interscope head Jimmy Iovine who gave the green light for them to be signed to Interscope/will. i. am Music. LMFAO released Party Rock EP on the music store on July 1,2008. The album charted at number 33 on the Billboard 200 and number two on the U. S, Los Angeles Times described Party Rock as 14 virtually interchangeable odes to night life. Its first single was Im in Miami Bitch, which was released in December 2008, the bootleg was spread across the internet and became a massive success at the Miami Winter Music Conference 2009. Weeks later the song became the song for the E. television show Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami. LMFAO were a featured storyline on MTVs The Real World, Cancun in August 2009 and that same year, LMFAO was featured in The Crystal Methods song Sine Language. It also peaked at number 31 on the U. S, Hot 100 and at number 12 in Canada. In March 2011, LMFAO released their music video Party Rock Anthem featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock. The duo then recorded their album, Sorry for Party Rocking late in 2010 and released it on June 17,2011. The first single taken from the album, Party Rock Anthem, was released on January 25,2011 and it features British singer Lauren Bennett formerly of the girl pop group Paradiso Girls and producer GoonRock, and showcases the Melbourne Shuffle dance style in its popular video. The song is so far the most successful of their career, peaking at one in the United States, Canada, the UK. The second single from Sorry for Party Rocking, Champagne Showers, was released on May 27,2011 and features English singer-songwriter Natalia Kills. The third single, Sexy and I Know It, was released on October 3,2011 and reached number one on the charts worldwide. Also in 2011, LMFAO embarked on their first Asian tour and they performed in Singapore, Manila, Taipei, and Kuala Lumpur, among other cities
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Call Me Maybe
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Call Me Maybe is a song recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen for her EP Curiosity which also appears on her international debut studio album, Kiss. The song was written by Jepsen and Tavish Crowe as a folk song and it was released as the lead single from the EP on September 20,2011, through 604 Records. Jepsen was signed to Schoolboy Records, releasing her single in the United States through the label, musically, Call Me Maybe is an upbeat teen pop track that draws influences from dance-pop, disco, and baroque pop. Lyrically, the track alludes to the inconvenience that a love at first sight brings to a girl who hopes for a back from a crush. After reaching the top position on the Canadian Hot 100, Jepsen became only the fifth Canadian artist to do so in her country since 2007. In the United States, the reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is the first number one by a Canadian female artist on the Billboard Hot 100 chart since 2007s Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne, an accompanying music video was directed by Ben Knechtel. In it, Jepsen seeks the attention of a boy next door who is revealed at the close of the story to be attracted to a male band member. As part of promotion for the song, Jepsen performed the track on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where she made her US television debut and it was also covered on The New Rachel, the season premiere episode of the fourth season of Glee. On December 11,2012, Call Me Maybe was named Song of the Year for 2012 by MTV, the song was also ranked number one by the Village Voices annual Pazz and Jop poll, which compiles the votes of music critics from all over the United States. The song was the single worldwide in 2012, selling over 12 million copies in that year alone. With worldwide sales, quoted in one source in July 2015 as over 18 million copies, Call Me Maybe was the best-selling digital single of 2012, and is the fourth best-selling digital single of all time. Call Me Maybe was initially written by Jepsen and Tavish Crowe as a folk song, Jepsen stated that the writing process was easy, and that she wasnt over-thinking it. We brought in Josh, and he helped us kind of pop-ify it, the following days, she recorded the track at the Umbrella Studios in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. Jepsen later stated that it is basically a pick up, what person hasnt wanted to approach somebody before and stopped because its scary. Call Me Maybe had been first released in Canada only through 604 Records on September 20,2011, in December 2011, dating pop singers Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez were in Canada and heard the track on the radio. After they tweeted about it on their profiles, Jepsen instantly gained international attention. Braun revealed that Bieber has never jumped out and promoted an artist like this before and he sends me different YouTube videos of unsigned artists that hed like to work with, but never someone who already had a song out and is on the radio
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Carly Rae Jepsen
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Carly Rae Jepsen is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actress. In 2007, she placed third in Canadian Idol season fives competition, Jepsen independently released her debut album, Tug of War, in 2008. In 2011, she released the single Call Me Maybe, which was followed in 2012 by her debut EP, Curiosity, Call Me Maybe reached number one in 18 countries during 2012 and was the years best-selling single worldwide. Jepsens third album, Emotion, was released in 2015, the album was heavily influenced by songs from the 1980s and received critical acclaim. Its lead single I Really Like You reached the top 5 in the United Kingdom, as of May 2015, Jepsen has sold over 20 million records worldwide. Jepsen was born in Mission, British Columbia, the daughter of Alexandra and Larry Jepsen and she attended Heritage Park Secondary School in Mission, where she pursued her early passion for musical theatre by appearing in student productions of Annie, Grease, and The Wiz. She studied musical theatre at the Canadian College of Performing Arts in Victoria, after graduating from school, Jepsen held several minimum wage jobs, and worked as a barista and a bartender. She placed third in the show and was part of the Canadian Idol Top 3 concert tour, after the conclusion of the tour, Jepsen returned to British Columbia to focus on writing, recording and completing her band. Her demo recording attracted the attention of music manager Jonathan Simkin, Jepsen struck an independent record deal with MapleMusic Recordings and distribution via Fontana North. In June 2008, Jepsen released her single and another single. Jepsens debut album, Tug of War, was released in September 2008 through MapleCore/Fontana North, the album was produced in its entirety by Ryan Stewart and includes the song Sweet Talker, which Jepsen previously performed at her first Canadian Idol audition. Tug of War was re-released via Jonathan Simkins label 604 Records, with distribution from Universal Music Group, and has since sold 10,000 copies in Canada according to Nielsen SoundScan. The title track Tug of War was released the month as the album and received radio airplay in Canada, followed by the singles Bucket and Sour Candy. The former two singles reached the top 40 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart, in early 2009, Jepsen toured western Canada with Marianas Trench and Shiloh. She then went on a tour with Marianas Trench, The New Cities. Jepsen began recording material for her album in 2011 with Josh Ramsay, Ryan Stewart. The release of Jepsens second album was postponed to allow Call Me Maybe to spread in popularity, although 604 Records issued a six-track EP, Curiosity, Call Me Maybe peaked at number one on the Canadian Hot 100, making Jepsen the fourth Canadian artist to top the chart. In the United States, the single spent nine weeks at one on the Billboard Hot 100
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Boyfriend (Justin Bieber song)
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Boyfriend is a song by Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber, taken from his third studio album Believe. Bieber explained that the track would surprise people in different ways, a snippet of Boyfriend was previewed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on March 1,2012, Biebers 18th birthday. The song was announced as a single on the same day, the cover art was revealed on March 19,2012. Musically, Boyfriend is a R&B influenced song that features pop beats reminiscent of American record producer Pharrell Williams, the instrumentation is kept in a lower sound to highlight Biebers vocals. However, critics dismissed the lyrics as immature and silly, Boyfriend was a commercial success, debuting at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 after selling a total of 521,000 digital units of the single. The song is the debut digital sales week in the United States and has also charted at number 9 on the Pop Songs component chart. It also debuted at one in Canada and number two in the United Kingdom. As part of promotion for the song, Bieber performed Boyfriend in a number of appearances, including at the second-season finale of The Voice. The rapping duo Ying Yang Twins also released a version of the track with new verses added. Another remix of Boyfriend features 2 Chainz, Mac Miller and Asher Roth, in late 2011, Bieber confirmed to radio network Capital FM that he was recording material for his third studio album, which was originally going to be released in early 2012. He later spoke to MTV News and revealed that Believe would surprise people in different ways, Boyfriend was written by Bieber, Michael Posner, Mason D. Levy and Mat Musto. During an interview with radio DJ Bootleg Kev, Posner revealed that he was impressed with Biebers work ethic, at first I didnt know what to expect because hes super young, but dude can write. Posner said that people would flip over the beat and that radio stations would want to play the song, Levy also commented on the track, and described it as definitely edgier, its more grown-up, its more developed and its sexier. Prior to the release, it had been previewed by several industry insiders, including radio host Mick Lee of WZFT. On March 1,2012, Bieber was featured as a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and he said, My big announcement is that on March 26, my first single is coming out and its called Boyfriend. The song, its basically Im talking to girl, if I was your boyfriend. We wrote it, and the verses Im talking/ rapping and then on the hook Im singing, Bieber also previewed the songs introduction on the show. Through his Twitter account, the released a poll in which fans were allowed to choose between two artworks for the single
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Justin Bieber
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Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian singer and songwriter. After a talent manager discovered him through his YouTube videos covering songs in 2008 and signed to RBMG, Bieber released his debut EP, My World and it was certified Platinum in the U. S. He became the first artist to have seven songs from a record chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Bieber released his first full-length studio album, My World 2.0 and it debuted at or near number one in several countries, was certified triple Platinum in the U. S. and contained his most successful single at the time, Baby. He released his studio album, Under the Mistletoe, in November 2011. Bieber released his studio album, Believe, in 2012. His fourth studio album Purpose was released in November 2015 to commercial success and his U. S. album and singles sales total 44.7 million. He has sold an estimated 100 million records, making him one of the world’s best-selling music artists, Bieber has won numerous awards, including the American Music Award for Artist of the Year in 2010 and 2012. In his career, he has won one Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for the song Where Are Ü Now at the 2016 ceremony. He has been listed four times by Forbes magazine among the top ten most powerful celebrities in the world in 2011,2012, Bieber also became the first artist to surpass 10 billion total video views on Vevo. Bieber was born on March 1,1994, in London, Ontario, at St Josephs Hospital and he is the only child of Jeremy Jack Bieber and Patricia Pattie Mallette. Pattie raised her son with the help of her mother, Diane and his mother is of French-Canadian descent, his paternal great-grandfather was of German ancestry, and his other roots are English, Scottish and Irish. He has also claimed that he has some undetermined Aboriginal Canadian ancestry, through Jeremy, Bieber has two younger half-siblings, Jazmyn and Jaxon. Pattie worked a series of low-paying office jobs, raising Bieber as a mother in low-income housing. Bieber has maintained contact with his father, Bieber attended a French-language immersion elementary school in Stratford, the Jeanne Sauvé Catholic School. Growing up, he learned to play the piano, drums, guitar and he graduated from high school in Stratford, Ontario, the St. Michael Catholic Secondary School in 2012 with a 4.0 GPA. In early 2007, aged 12, Bieber sang Ne-Yos So Sick for a singing competition in Stratford and was placed second. Mallette posted a video of the performance on YouTube for their family and she continued to upload videos of Bieber singing covers of various R&B songs, and Biebers popularity on the site grew
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What Makes You Beautiful
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What Makes You Beautiful is a song by English-Irish boy band One Direction. It served as their single and lead single from their debut studio album. Written by Savan Kotecha and producer Rami Yacoub, the song was released by Syco Records on 11 September 2011, the uptempo power pop track features a prominent guitar-based chorus and riff. What Makes You Beautiful was a success, reaching number one in several countries. It has been certified platinum in the US with sales of 4.8 million copies as of June 2016. The single peaked at four on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song won the 2012 Brit Award for Best British Single and was complimented by contemporary music critics, who highlighted the appeal to the teenage audience. It debuted at one on the UK Singles Chart after setting a Sony Music Entertainment pre-order record. The single also topped the Irish and Scottish Singles Charts, and reached the top ten on the Australian and New Zealand Singles Charts, Flemish Ultratop 50, Canadian Hot 100, and the Japan Hot 100. It has been certified platinum in the US with sales of 4.8 million copies as of June 2016. The accompanying music video, directed by John Urbano, depicts One Direction spending time on a beach in Malibu, the music video was uploaded to YouTube on August 19,2011 and has accumulated more than 840 million views since it premiered. The clip garnered the group three MTV Video Music Awards at the 2012 ceremony, artists including the Piano Guys have covered What Makes You Beautiful. What Makes You Beautiful was written by Savan Kotecha and Carl Falk, instrumentation was completed by Falk and Yacoub. Serban Ghenea handled the mixing, Tom Coyne the audio mastering. Band member Liam Payne called the perfect, and Harry Styles said. Styles spoke to MTV News, I think for us we wanted to something that wasnt cheesy. It kind of represented us, I think it took us a while to find it, Payne added, We always wanted to be something that people didnt expect and then when we heard it, it wasnt what we expected either so it kind of fitted perfectly. What Makes You Beautiful premiered on BBC Radio 1 on 10 August 2011, a CD single was released in the United Kingdom on 12 September 2011, and followed in Australia and Germany on 25 November 2011 and 2 December 2011, respectively
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One Direction
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The group signed with Simon Cowells record label Syco Records after forming and finishing third in the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor in 2010. Their awards include six Brit Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, eleven MTV Europe Music Awards, seven American Music Awards, according to Nick Gatfield, the chairman and chief executive of Sony Music Entertainment UK, One Direction represented a $50 million business empire by June 2012. They were proclaimed 2012s Top New Artist by Billboard, according to the Sunday Times Rich List, by April 2013, they had an estimated personal combined wealth of £25 million making them the second-wealthiest musicians in the UK under 30 years of age. In 2014, Forbes listed them the second-highest earning celebrities under 30, in June 2015, Forbes listed their earnings at $130 million for the previous twelve months, and ranked them the fourth highest earning celebrities in the world. In 2016 Forbes ranked them the second highest earning celebrities. After the release of Four, One Direction became the first band in the US Billboard 200 history to have their first four albums debut at number one and their third album, Midnight Memories, was the biggest-selling album worldwide of 2013 despite being released in late November. The bands Where We Are Tour in support of Midnight Memories and Four, was the concert tour in 2014. In 2014, Billboard named One Direction Artist of the Year, the band is temporarily on a hiatus that began in January 2016, which is expected to last around 18 months. In 2010, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, nicole Scherzinger, a guest judge, and Simon Cowell have both claimed to have come up with the idea of forming the band. In 2013, Cowell said that it took him 10 minutes to put together as a group. Subsequently, the group got together for two weeks to get to each other and to practice. Styles came up with the name One Direction, for their qualifying song at judges houses, and their first song as a group, One Direction sang an acoustic version of Torn. Cowell later commented that their performance convinced him that they were confident, fun, like a gang of friends, within the first four weeks of the live shows, they were his last act in the competition. The group quickly gained popularity in the UK, shortly afterwards it was confirmed that One Direction had been signed by Cowell to a reported £2 million Syco Records record contract. Recording for their debut album began in January 2011, as they flew to Los Angeles to work with RedOne, a book licensed by One Direction, One Direction, Forever Young, was published by HarperCollins in February 2011, subsequently topping The Sunday Times Best Seller list. The same month, the boy band and other contestants from the series participated in the X Factor Live Tour, during the tour, the group performed for 500,000 people throughout the UK. After the tour concluded in April 2011, the group continued working on their debut album, recording took place in Stockholm, London and Los Angeles, as One Direction worked with producers Carl Falk, Savan Kotecha, Steve Mac, and Rami Yacoub, among others. Subsequent singles, Gotta Be You and One Thing, peaked in the UK Singles Chart top ten, in November 2011, they signed a record deal with Columbia Records in North America
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Hot n Cold
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Hot n Cold is a song by American singer Katy Perry. The song was written by Perry, Dr. Luke and Max Martin and produced by Dr. Luke and Benny Blanco for her studio album. The track was released as the second single on September 9,2008. The lyrics address an unstable romantic relationship caused by a partners mood swings, the song reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Perrys second consecutive top three single, following I Kissed a Girl. It also became Perrys second top five single in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, and topped the charts in Finland, Germany, Canada, Norway, Spain and Denmark, among others. To date, Hot n Cold has sold over 5.6 million copies in the US, to promote Hot n Cold, Perry marked the songs live debut with a performance on NBCs Today. She also performed the song at the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards, Hot n Cold was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. Perry also performed the song on the Hello Katy Tour, California Dreams Tour, Hot n Cold was written by Perry, Dr. Luke and Max Martin and produced by Dr. Luke and Benny Blanco. It was recorded in December 2007 in three studios, Dr. Lukes Studios in New York City, Conway Recording Studio in Hollywood, California and it was mixed in MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach. The collaboration between Perry and Dr. Perry revealed that the song was considered for release as the albums first single. Written in the key of G major, Hot n Cold is a pop and dance-pop song which utilizes guitars and synthesizers and it has a length of three minutes and forty seconds, and runs at a moderately fast tempo of 132 beats per minute. The lyrics of the address a lover of Perry whose mood swings are affecting the couples relationship. The song opens with Perry confronting her partner over his frequent changes of mind. Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy gave the song 3 out of 5 stars, saying this track doesnt live up to the hype surrounding its singer, in his review for MusicOMH, Darren Harvey called Hot n Cold a Tiffany-style 80s pop number. ChartAttack noted the frenetic dance-pop of the track, jon Caramanica of The New York Times compared the song to U + Ur Hand by Pink, which was also produced by Dr. Luke, saying that it does not share the latters passion. Lizzie Ennever of BBC felt the track was not the most single-worthy song, the Guardian wrote that the song didnt seem to capture the publics imagination the way her previous single I Kissed a Girl did. The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, but lost to Beyoncés Halo. Hot n Cold debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 88 on June 28,2008, due to digital downloads after the albums release
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Mitt Romney
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Raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, by his parents George and Lenore Romney, he spent 2½ years in France as a Mormon missionary, starting in 1966. He married Ann Davies in 1969, and they have five sons, by 1971, he had participated in the political campaigns of both parents. He earned a BA at Brigham Young University in 1971 and a joint JD–MBA at Harvard University in 1975, Romney entered the management consulting industry, and in 1977 secured a position at Bain & Company. Later serving as Bains chief executive officer, he helped lead the company out of a financial crisis, in 1984, he co-founded and led the spin-off company Bain Capital, a highly profitable private equity investment firm that became one of the largest of its kind in the nation. Active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he served during his business career as the bishop of his ward and then stake president in his home area near Boston. After stepping down from Bain Capital and his leadership role in the LDS Church. Upon losing to longtime incumbent Ted Kennedy, he resumed his position at Bain Capital, years later, a successful stint as President and CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics led to a relaunch of his political career. He also presided over the elimination of a projected $1. 2–1.5 billion deficit through a combination of spending cuts, increased fees, and the closure of corporate tax loopholes. He did not seek re-election in 2006, instead focusing on his campaign for the Republican nomination in the 2008 U. S. presidential election and he won several primaries and caucuses, however, he lost to the eventual nominee, Senator John McCain. His considerable net worth, estimated in 2012 at $190–250 million, following his term as Governor of Massachusetts in 2007, Romney was the Republican Partys nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 election. He won the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, becoming the first Mormon to be a major party presidential nominee and he was defeated by incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama in the November 2012 general election, losing by 332–206 electoral college votes. The popular vote margin was 51–47 percent in Obamas favor, following the election, he initially kept a low profile, and later became more visible politically. Willard Mitt Romney was born on March 12,1947, at Harper University Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, one of four born to automobile executive George W. Romney. His mother was a native of Logan, Utah, and his father was born to American parents in a Mormon colony in Chihuahua, of primarily English descent, he also has Scottish and German ancestry. Another great-great-grandfather, Parley P. Pratt, helped lead the early Church, Romney has three elder siblings, Margo, Jane, and Scott. His parents named him after a friend, businessman J. Willard Marriott, and his fathers cousin, Milton Mitt Romney. Romney was referred to as Billy until kindergarten, when he indicated a preference for Mitt, in 1953, the family moved from Detroit to the affluent suburb of Bloomfield Hills. His father became the chairman and CEO of American Motors the following year, soon helping the company avoid bankruptcy, by 1959, his father had become a nationally known figure in print and on television, and the youngster idolized him
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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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U Can't Touch This
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U Cant Touch This is a song co-written, produced and performed by MC Hammer from his 1990 album Please Hammer, Dont Hurt Em. The track is considered to be Hammers signature song and is his most successful single, along with Hammer, Rick James shares songwriting credits with Alonzo Miller because the song samples the prominent opening riff of Super Freak. The song has been used or referenced in television shows, films, commercials. It has also received awards and recognitions. It peaked at one in the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. The song samples the prominent opening riff of the Rick James song Super Freak, the lyrics describe Hammer as having toured around the world, from London to the Bay and as being magic on the mic, which Hammer says coincides with James beat that you cant touch. Additionally, the song lyrics You cant touch this and Stop, hammertime was later used as the title of a reality show starring Hammer on the A&E Network in the summer of 2009. The sample of Super Freak that forms the basis of the led to Rick James. The suit was settled out of court when Hammer agreed to credit James as a songwriter, the song was first performed publicly on a late 1989 episode of The Arsenio Hall Show. Directed by Rupert Wainwright, a video was produced to promote the single, showing Hammer doing some of his signature dances, such as The Running Man. In April 1990 U Cant Touch This hit the Top 40, the song also secured a Best R&B Song and a Best Rap Solo Performance in 1991, a new category at the time and the first rap song to be nominated for Record of the Year. The single was a success, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. The track also performed successfully in other parts of the world, peaking at no.1 in Australia, Netherlands, New Zealand and Sweden, and no.3 on the UK Singles Chart. In September 1990, the video for U Cant Touch This won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video and Best Dance Video and was nominated for Best Male Video, Best Editing, and Best Choreography. In 1991, Kids Incorporated covered U Cant Touch This in the Season 7 episode Pipe Dreams, in 1999, MTVs 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made included U Cant Touch This at No.71. In October 2000, VH1s 100 Greatest Dance Songs included U Cant Touch This at No.88, in May 2001, VH1s 100 Greatest Videos included U Cant Touch This at No.59. In August 2005, U Cant Touch This was certified gold, in December 2007, VH1s 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s included the song at No.16. During 2008, the ranked as No.26 on VH1s 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop
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MC Hammer
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Stanley Kirk Burrell, better known by his stage name M. C. Hammer, is an American hip hop recording artist, dancer, record producer, entrepreneur and he had his greatest commercial success and popularity from the late 1980s, until the late 1990s. Remembered for his rise to fame, Hammer is known for hit records, flashy dance movements, choreography. Hammer is considered a forefather/pioneer and innovator of pop rap, and is the first hip hop artist to achieve diamond status for an album, regardless, BET ranked Hammer as the #7 Best Dancer Of All Time. Vibes The Best Rapper Ever Tournament declared him the 17th favorite of all-time during the first round, Burrell became a preacher during the late 1990s with a Christian ministry program on TBN called M. C. Prior to becoming ordained, Hammer signed with Suge Knights Death Row Records by 1995, throughout his career, Hammer has managed his own recording business. As a result, he has created and produced his own acts including Oaktowns 3.5.7, Special Generation, Analise, DRS, B Angie B, stanley Kirk Burrell was born on March 30,1962 in Oakland, California. His father was a poker player and gambling casino manager. He grew up poor with his mother and eight siblings in an apartment in East Oakland. He recalled that six children were crammed into a housing project apartment. The Burrells would also frequent thoroughbred horse races, eventually becoming owners and winners of several graded stakes, in the Oakland Coliseum parking lot the young Burrell would sell stray baseballs and dance accompanied by a beatboxer. Oakland As team owner Charles O. Finley saw the 11-year-old doing splits and hired him as an assistant and batboy as a result of his energy. Burrell served as a batboy with the team from 1973 to 1980, the colorful Finley, who lived in Chicago, used the child as his eyes and ears. I nicknamed him Hammer, because he looked like Hank Aaron, team players, including Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Pedro Garcia, also dubbed Burrell Little Hammer due to his resemblance to Aaron. Ron Bergman, at the time an Oakland Tribune writer who covered the As, recalled that, He was an informant in the clubhouse, an informant for Charlie, according to Hammer, Charlie said, Im getting you a new hat. I dont want you to have a hat that says As on it, Im getting you a hat that says Ex VP, that says Executive Vice President. Youre running the joint around here, every time I come down to the clubhouse, you know, Rollie would yell out Oh, everybody be quiet. He acquired the nickname M. C. for being a Master of Ceremonies which he used when he began performing at clubs while on the road with the As
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Deck the Halls
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Deck the Halls or Deck the Hall is a traditional Christmas, yuletide, and New Years carol. The melody is Welsh dating back to the century, and belongs to a winter carol, Nos Galan, while the English lyrics, written by Thomas Oliphant. The English-language lyrics were written by the Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant and they first appeared in 1862, in volume 2 of Welsh Melodies, a set of four volumes authored by John Thomas, including Welsh words by John Jones and English words by Oliphant. The repeated fa la la goes back to the earlier Welsh, the lyrics run as follows, The phrase Tis the season, from the lyrics, has become synonymous with the Christmas and holiday season. Tis being a contraction of it is. A similar archaic contraction is Twas the night before Christmas, from the first line of the poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, in the original 1862 publication, Oliphants English lyrics were published alongside Talhaiarns Welsh lyrics. Although some early sources state that Oliphants words were a translation of Talhaiarns Welsh original and this version, in which there is no longer any reference to drinking, runs as follows, An identical printing appeared four years later in The Franklin Square Song Collection. The pluralizing of the title of the carol to Deck the Halls is found as early as 1892, other common alterations change Christmas to Yule or Yuletide in various locations where it appears. For example, Christmas carol may be changed to Yuletide carol, the melody of Deck the Hall is taken from Nos Galan, a traditional Welsh New Years Eve carol published in 1794, although it is much older. The music is in AABA form, the Pennsylvania version from 1877 omits of the third Fa la la line. The tune is that of an old Welsh air, first found in a manuscript by Welsh harpist John Parry dating back to the 1700s. The melody Poet John Ceiriog Hughes later wrote his own lyrics, a middle verse was later added by folk singers. In the eighteenth century the tune spread widely, with Mozart allegedly using it in his 18th violin sonata and, later, originally, carols were dances and not songs. The accompanying tune would have used as a setting for any verses of appropriate metre. Singers would compete each other, verse for verse—known as canu penillion dull y De. Consequently, tunes originally used to accompany carols became separated from the original dances, the Welsh and English lyrics found in the earliest publication of the Nos Galan melody are as follows, Red Hot Chili Peppers recorded a joke version of the song. It was released as a very rare jukebox-only 7-inch single and was included on their 1994 outtakes compilation, the song Knock Me Down from the bands 1989 album, Mothers Milk, was included as a b-side. In 1999, an adaptation of Deck the Halls was released by music group SHeDAISY for the Disney animated film Mickeys Once Upon a Christmas
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Justin Timberlake
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Justin Randall Timberlake is an American singer-songwriter, actor and record producer. Born and raised in Tennessee, he appeared on the television shows Star Search, in the late 1990s, Timberlake rose to prominence as one of the two lead vocalists and youngest member of NSYNC, which eventually became one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. With his first two albums exceeding sales of 10 million copies worldwide, he was established as one of the most commercially successful singers of the decade, furthermore, he produced records and collaborated with other artists. For his live performances, including the concert tour for the albums, he began performing with his band The Tennessee Kids, composed by instrumentalists. Timberlake voiced the character in DreamWorks Animations Trolls, which soundtrack includes his fifth Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping single. Among numerous awards and accolades, Timberlake has won ten Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2007 and 2013. His other ventures include record label Tennman Records, fashion label William Rast, Timberlake was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of Lynn Harless and Charles Randall Timberlake, a Baptist church choir director. Timberlake grew up in Shelby Forest, a community between Memphis and Millington. He has two half-brothers, Jonathan and Stephen, from Charles second marriage to Lisa Perry and his half-sister Laura Katherine died shortly after birth on May 12,1997, and is mentioned in his acknowledgments in the album NSYNC as My Angel in Heaven. He was inspired to become a performer by Janet Jackson, saying She didnt just stand there and sing her song, fascinated by her energy, at the age of 11, Timberlake appeared on the television show Star Search, performing country music songs as Justin Randall. Timberlake then recruited Chasez to be in a singing group, organized by boy band manager Lou Pearlman. The boy band NSYNC formed in 1995, and began their career in 1996 in Europe, Timberlake and Chasez served as its two lead singers. In 1998, the rose to prominence in the United States with the release of their self-titled debut studio album. Their second album No Strings Attached sold 2.4 million copies in the first week, nSYNCs third album Celebrity was also financially successful. Upon the completion of the Celebrity Tour, the group went into hiatus in 2002, in late 1999, Timberlake appeared in the Disney Channel movie Model Behavior. He played Jason Sharpe, a model who falls in love with a waitress after mistaking her for another model and it was released on March 12,2000. The rise of his own stardom and the decline in the popularity of boy bands led to the dissolution of NSYNC. Band member Lance Bass was openly critical of Timberlakes actions in his memoir Out of Sync and his debut solo studio album Justified was released in November and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 439,000 copies, fewer than previous N Sync releases
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Get Lucky (Daft Punk song)
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Get Lucky is a song by French house music duo Daft Punk, featuring Pharrell Williams and co-written by the duo, Williams, and Nile Rodgers. It is the single from Daft Punks fourth studio album. Before its release as a single, Get Lucky was featured in television advertisements broadcast during Saturday Night Live, after which Rodgers, small excerpts also appear throughout the promotional video series The Collaborators. Get Lucky is a song with lyrics that, according to Williams, are about the fortune of connecting with someone. After it leaked in mid-April, the single was released as a download on 19 April 2013. Get Lucky has since received acclaim from critics, and has spawned numerous cover versions and parodies. The single reached the top ten in the charts of over 32 countries. Get Lucky was completed over the course of approximately 18 months, Daft Punk first met Rodgers at a listening party in New York City for the duos 1997 debut album Homework, and became friends thereafter. The duo acknowledged Chics influence in the song Around the World and had respect for Rodgers. He noted however that a series of misses and scheduling conflicts had delayed their chance of collaborating. The duo eventually invited Rodgers to the Random Access Memories sessions at Electric Lady Studios in New York City and this coincidentally was the studio where the first Chic single had been recorded, in the neighborhood in which Rodgers grew up. Once he completed his contribution, Daft Punk re-recorded the bass part with Nathan East to fit Rodgers performance, Rodgers further elaborated that, Everybody else wound up re-playing to me. Mixer and engineer Mick Guzauski recalled that the rhythm guitar fit easily into the production, I experimented with balancing and other positioning and he didn’t have to be processed – Nile just sounded great the way he is. He had joked that, If you just want me to play tambourine, Williams noted that the duo adopted a perfectionist approach during the recording of the vocals for Get Lucky, as he was asked to perform several takes and multiple instances of specific phrases. As a member of The Neptunes production team, Williams had previously provided a remix of Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger that appeared on the 2003 album Daft Club. Daft Punk also served as co-writers and producers for the 2010 single Hypnotize U by N. E. R. D, get Lucky is composed in the key of F-sharp minor. It follows the progression of Bm7–D–F♯m7–E. The song runs at common time with a tempo of 116 BPM, prior to Rodgers involvement, the song existed in rough form that centered on Wurlitzer electric piano with Omar Hakim on drums and East performing bass guitar
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Daft Punk
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Daft Punk are a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter. The duo were managed from 1996 to 2008 by Pedro Winter, the duo released their debut studio album Homework through Virgin Records in 1997 to highly positive reviews. The duos next album Discovery was even more successful, driven by the release of the hit singles One More Time, Digital Love, in March 2005, the duo released their third album Human After All to mixed reviews. However, the singles Robot Rock and Technologic achieved considerable success in the United Kingdom, Daft Punk toured throughout 2006 and 2007 and released the live album Alive 2007, which won a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album. The duo later composed the score for the Disney film Tron, Legacy in 2010, in January 2013, Daft Punk left Virgin for Columbia Records, and released their next album Random Access Memories in 2013 to worldwide critical acclaim. The albums lead single Get Lucky became a success, peaking on top 10 charts in 32 countries. Random Access Memories won five Grammy Awards in 2014, including Album of the Year, Daft Punk later gained their first number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with the song Starboy, a collaboration with The Weeknd. Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo met in 1987 while attending the Lycée Carnot, the two became good friends and later recorded demo tracks with others from the school. This eventually led to the formation of the group called Darlin with Laurent Brancowitz in 1992. Bangalter and de Homem-Christo played bass and guitar, respectively, while Brancowitz performed on drums, the trio had branded themselves after The Beach Boys song of the same name, which they covered along with an original composition. Stereolab released both tracks on a multi-artist Duophonic Records EP and invited the band to open for stage shows in the United Kingdom, Bangalter felt that The rock n roll thing we did was pretty average, I think. It was so brief, maybe six months, four songs, a negative review in Melody Maker by Dave Jennings subsequently dubbed the music a daft punky thrash. Instead of dismissing the review, they found it amusing, as de Homem-Christo stated, We struggled so long to find Darlin, and this happened so quickly. Darlin soon disbanded, leaving Brancowitz to pursue other efforts with Phoenix, Bangalter and de Homem-Christo formed Daft Punk and experimented with drum machines and synthesisers. In September 1993, Daft Punk attended a rave at EuroDisney, the demo tape given to Macmillan at the rave formed the basis for Daft Punks debut single, The New Wave, a limited release in 1994. The single also contained the final mix of The New Wave called Alive, Daft Punk returned to the studio in May 1995 to record Da Funk. It became the duos first commercially successful single the same year, after the success of Da Funk, Daft Punk looked to find a manager. The duo eventually settled on Pedro Winter, who promoted them
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All Gold Everything
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All Gold Everything is a song by American rapper Trinidad James. It was released on December 20,2012, as the first single from his debut mixtape Dont Be S. A. F. E, the single has sold over 500,000 copies and certified Gold by the RIAA. The song earned Trinidad James a major deal with Def Jam Recordings worth 2 million. Complex named the song #35 on the 50 best songs of 2012 list, the official remix was released on January 7,2013, featuring fellow Atlanta rappers T. I. On February 14,2013, Trinidad James performed the song on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, the music video for the remix was filmed on January 31,2013. On February 27,2013, the video for the remix featuring 2 Chainz, T. I. All Gold Everything was interpolated on the 2014 song Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, on June 24,2015, it was reported that Trinidad James earned over $150,000 USD in royalty earnings off of Uptown Funks interpolation. Pitchfork Media commented on the track by saying If the heyday of disco had produced a rapper, when he talks about gold-- hes obsessed with it-- its not so much about status as it is about sheer flamboyance. Im too fly/ You know this/ Let me give your ass a checklist, he raps on All Gold Everything, the track comes from his mixtape Dont Be S. A. F. E. An excellent debut that toggles seamlessly between snaggle-toothed drug talk, flashy boasts and earnest self-deprecation, the music video was directed by Motion Family and premiered on MTV Jams on November 18,2012. As of February 2017, the video has over 30 million views on YouTube. All Gold Everything on YouTube Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Trinidad James
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Nicholas Williams, better known by his stage name Trinidad James, is an Trinidadian-born American rapper. In 2012, he signed a contract with Def Jam Recordings. Without a debut album being released, he was dropped from the label in 2014, nicholas Williams was born on September 23,1987, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. His family moved to Canada, Florida, and New York before settling in Bronx, as a child, he went to Catholic school. He has stated he cannot remember any parts of his life before the age of seven because of a head injury, in the eighth grade, he moved to New York City, where he began playing basketball. He began rapping in November 2011 and he has listed Jay-Z, Camron, T. I. and Young Jeezy, as his influences. In 2012, James released his debut single, called All Gold Everything. The song was taken from his debut mixtape, titled Dont Be S. A. F. E. Which was released on July 31,2012, and officially re-released with a video on October 16,2012. On December 13,2012, it was announced, James has signed a joint venture with Def Jam Records for approximately $2 million. In January, Def Jam re-released Dont Be S. A. F. E to iTunes, on August 6,2013, he announced that he would be releasing his second mixtape, titled 10 PC Mild, on August 13. After months of not releasing any new music, James announced that he has dropped from Def Jam on August 1,2014. In April 2016, James released the single Just a Lil Thick featuring Mystikal, on January 1,2017 New Years James dropped a mixtape The Wake Up 2 to streaming services such as Spotify and to mixtape websites alike
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Blurred Lines
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Blurred Lines is a single written and performed by American recording artists Robin Thicke, T. I. and Pharrell Williams. Produced by Pharrell, it serves as the single from Thickes album of the same name. It was released on March 26,2013 through Pharrells label Star Trak Recordings, recorded in 2012, the song was primarily inspired by the Marvin Gaye song Got to Give It Up, and apart from T. I. s rap was entirely the work of Williams. However, Thicke clearly laid claim to writing credits on the according to a Reuters article. The song became the subject of a legal dispute with the family of Gaye. Thicke and Williams were found liable for copyright infringement by a jury in March 2015. The songs music video was released in two versions, with one featuring models Emily Ratajkowski, Jessi MBengue, and Elle Evans being topless, while the other censored nudity. The uncut version of the video was at one time removed from YouTube for violating the terms of service regarding nudity, it was later restored. The songs lyrics and music video have proven controversial with some groups, with claims that it is misogynistic and this has led to the song being banned at universities and other institutions in the United Kingdom and prompted a rebuttal from Thicke. Blurred Lines peaked at one in at least 25 countries. It became Thickes first, T. I. s fourth, and Pharrells third number-one single in the US, where it was also the longest running number one single of 2013. The song subsequently became one of the singles of all time, with sales of 14.8 million. The single was nominated for two Grammys at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, the song has been parodied and covered numerous times. Blurred Lines was produced by Thicke and Pharrell with an intention of creating a similar to Marvin Gayes Got to Give It Up. The song was completed in less than an hour, Thicke and manager Jordan Feldstein decided the song would not have much impact through radio and would need an innovative approach to become a hit. Feldstein told HitQuarters, We had an artist that had never had a hit on radio and it was a non-traditional song, it didnt sound like a Timbaland or Benny Blanco record. So we had to approach the market in an interesting way, Feldstein came up with the idea of creating a video designed to go viral and brought in experienced music video director Diane Martel to shoot it. Its controversial nature was designed to attract attention with Feldstein saying, getting something banned actually helps you
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Bill Clinton
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William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Prior to the Presidency he was the 40th Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, before that, he served as Arkansas Attorney General from 1977 to 1979. A member of the Democratic Party, Clinton was ideogically a New Democrat, Clinton is married to Hillary Clinton, who served as United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013 and U. S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, and served the Democratic nominee for President in 2016, Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham both earned degrees from Yale Law School, where they met and began dating. As Governor of Arkansas, Clinton overhauled the states education system, Clinton was elected President of the United States in 1992, defeating incumbent George H. W. Bush. At age 46, he was the third-youngest president and the first from the Baby Boomer generation, Clinton presided over the longest period of peacetime economic expansion in American history and signed into law the North American Free Trade Agreement. After failing to pass health care reform, the Democratic House was ousted when the Republican Party won control of the Congress in 1994. Two years later, in 1996, Clinton became the first Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt to be elected to a second term, Clinton passed welfare reform and the State Childrens Health Insurance Program, providing health coverage for millions of children. Clinton was acquitted by the U. S. Senate in 1999, the Congressional Budget Office reported a budget surplus between the years 1998 and 2000, the last three years of Clintons presidency. In foreign policy, Clinton ordered U. S. Clinton left office with the highest end-of-office approval rating of any U. S. President since World War II, since then, Clinton has been involved in public speaking and humanitarian work. He created the William J. Clinton Foundation to address international causes, such as the prevention of AIDS, in 2004, Clinton published his autobiography, My Life. In 2009, Clinton was named the United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti, since leaving office, Clinton has been rated highly in public opinion polls of U. S. Presidents. Clinton was born on August 19,1946, at Julia Chester Hospital in Hope, Arkansas and he was the son of William Jefferson Blythe Jr. a traveling salesman who had died in an automobile accident three months before his birth, and Virginia Dell Cassidy. His parents had married on September 4,1943, but this later proved to be bigamous. Soon after their son was born, his mother traveled to New Orleans to study nursing, leaving her son in Hope with her parents Eldridge and Edith Cassidy, who owned and ran a small grocery store. At a time when the Southern United States was segregated racially, in 1950, Bills mother returned from nursing school and married Roger Clinton Sr. who owned an automobile dealership in Hot Springs, Arkansas, with his brother and Earl T. Ricks. The family moved to Hot Springs in 1950, although he immediately assumed use of his stepfathers surname, it was not until Clinton turned fifteen that he formally adopted the surname Clinton as a gesture toward his stepfather. In Hot Springs, Clinton attended St. Johns Catholic Elementary School, Ramble Elementary School, and Hot Springs High School—where he was a student leader, avid reader
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Robin Thicke
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Robin Charles Thicke is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Thicke has worked with artists, such as Christina Aguilera, Nicki Minaj, K. Michelle, Pharrell Williams, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Flo Rida, Kid Cudi and Mary J. Blige. Thicke worked on such as Ushers Confessions and Lil Waynes Tha Carter III, while releasing his own R&B singles in the US including Lost Without U, Magic. He rose to fame in 2013 with his single Blurred Lines. He is the son of actor Alan Thicke and actress Gloria Loring, in 2013 and 2014, their separation and divorce was covered extensively by the tabloid press including Thickes efforts to reconcile with Patton. Thicke was born on March 10,1977, in Los Angeles and they divorced when he was seven. Thicke has a brother, Brennan, who worked as a voice actor in the mid-1980s. Thicke also played a role in The Wonder Years, Season 2. As a child, Thickes parents were supportive of his inclinations, his father helped him to write. The demo ultimately was paid for by jazz vocalist Al Jarreau, Thickes demo made its way to R&B artist Brian McKnight, who was impressed enough by Thicke to invite him into the studio to work with him. Thicke was signed to McKnights production company, Anyway, a song co-written with Thicke, was featured on McKnights second album I Remember You, Thickes peers jokingly nicknamed him Brian McWhite. Thicke moved out on his own at age 17, during his year of high school. As Thickes list of credits grew so did his parents confidence in his decision, according to Thicke, Knight also invested in the ability of the young songwriter early on by purchasing studio equipment for him. He also co-wrote the song When You Put Your Hands on Me for Christina Aguileras debut album and co-wrote and produced three songs for Mýas sophomore release, Fear of Flying. In 1999, Thicke co-wrote the song Fall Again with Walter Afanasieff, which was intended to be a track on Michael Jacksons 2001 album Invincible, but it failed to be presented as a completed song. The demo Michael recorded in 1999 was released on November 16,2004 as a track of his limited edition box set The Ultimate Collection. As an artist, he recorded and performed solely under his surname and he would continue to do so until 2005. As Thicke told Billboard, I decided I was going to save money to make my album, in 2002, Thicke released his debut single When I Get You Alone
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Made in the USA (song)
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Made in the USA is a song recorded by American singer Demi Lovato. The song was released on July 16,2013 as the single from her fourth studio album. The song was written by Lovato, Jason Evigan, Corey Chorus, Blair Perkins, Made in the USA is an uptempo pop rock song that celebrates an everlasting American romantic relationship. Lovato released the song to coincide with Independence Day, the song peaked at number 80 on Billboard Hot 100. It has sold 275,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, Made in the USA is an uptempo country pop song with a running length of three minutes and sixteen seconds. The patriotic love song was composed by Corey Chorus, Lovato, Jason Evigan, Jonas Jeberg and it was written in 2011, originally intended for R&B artist Blair Perkins, though after producer Mio Vukovic heard it, he knew it was meant for Lovato. Lovato reacted to the track instantly, and made a few changes to it, lyrically, Made In The USA is inspired by American romantic love stories in the 1930s. Lovatos vocals in the song four and a half octaves from the low note of E♭3 to the high note of A♭5. Made in the USA received generally positive reviews music critics. Pop Spoken described the song as slightly lackluster, stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic criticized the song for copying Cyrus song. Mahlmeister stated that she ditched her typically edgy, all-black ensembles seen in her previous video for Heart Attack. The music video released on July 17,2013 on Vevo and directed by Demi Lovato, the video was shot in three days from May 1–3,2013. The video is about a story of a young American couple. At one night, the girl goes with her friends to the carnival where she sees the boy for the first time, one day, the boy leaves the girl behind, and it is revealed he is a soldier being deployed in the middle of the war. He promises to return, and meanwhile, the girl is left alone at home, the two attempt to stay in contact by writing letters to one another, and the girl anxiously awaits his correspondence. The climax of the story portrays a scene with the boy in a battlefield. Simultaneously, the girl begins to shut herself in her room, worried about her boyfriend, in the end, the boy returns home and reunites with the girl. On August 11,2013, Lovato performed at the 2013 Teen Choice Awards with Nick Jonas as drummer, the song was also a part of Lovatos setlist for The Neon Lights Tour
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Demi Lovato
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Demetria Devonne Demi Lovato is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. The success of the film and its soundtrack resulted in a contract with Hollywood Records. Her debut album, Dont Forget, debuted at two on the US Billboard 200. She entered a treatment center in November 2010 to seek help for addictions, an eating disorder, while there, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Work on her studio album, Unbroken, began after she successfully completed treatment. The album addresses several of her difficulties and its lead single, Skyscraper, became Lovatos second top 10 entry in the US, while its second single, Give Your Heart a Break, was certified triple platinum in the country. Lovato was a judge and mentor on the American version of The X Factor in 2012 and 2013 and her third album, Demi, opened with first-week sales of 110,000 copies. The lead single from her eponymous album, Heart Attack, became her third top 10 in the US, while promoting the project, Lovato released a book titled Staying Strong,365 Days a Year. She also returned to acting as a character in Glee. Lovatos fifth album, Confident, reached two on the Billboard 200. Its lead single Cool for the Summer was eventually certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. All five of Lovatos albums have received a certification in the US. Musically, Lovato is considered a pop, pop rock, in 2013, Maxim ranked her 26th on its Hot 100 list and Billboard ranked her second on its Social 50 Artists of the Year list. Outside the entertainment industry, Lovato has been involved with social and environmental causes since the launch of her career. C. She has also become an advocate for the LGBT community, in 2014, she was announced as the Grand Marshal for LA Pride week, and that same year she became the face for Human Rights Campaigns Americans for Marriage Equality Campaign. In April 2016, Lovato was honored with the GLAAD Vanguard Award for making a significant difference in promoting equal rights for LGBT people. Lovato was born on August 20,1992, in Albuquerque, New Mexico to engineer and musician Patrick Martin Lovato and former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Dianna De La Garza. Lovato has a sister, Dallas, a younger maternal half-sister, actress Madison De La Garza
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Best Song Ever
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Best Song Ever is a song recorded by English-Irish boy band One Direction. It was released on 22 March 2013 by Syco and as the single from the groups third studio album. Written by Wayne Hector, John Ryan, Ed Drewett, Julian Bunetta and produced by Bunetta, Matt Rad and Ryan and it was announced by One Direction in a video uploaded to their YouTube channel on 25 June 2013. The trailer for This Is Us was released thirty minutes after the video was uploaded, the song became available for pre-order on iTunes on 26 June 2013. The song was included in the box set of the Brit Awards,2014 BRIT Awards, the song debuted and peaked at number two on both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100. The music video was filmed over two days at The Temple House in Miami Beach, Florida, the video was directed by Ben Winston and written by Winston and comedian James Corden. It was released on the bands Vevo channel on 22 July 2013, marcel, the nerdy marketing guy, shows them photoshopped pictures of the band in ridiculous outfits and even has a choreographer named Leeroy demonstrate his ideas for new dance moves. Insulted by this attempt to box them into the boy band stereotype, interspersed with clips from their film, This Is Us, the band continues to destroy the office and even shows off a dance routine, poking fun at their perceived lack of dancing prowess. The video broke the Vevo 24-hour record with 12.3 million views, although the record was broken by Miley Cyruss Wrecking Ball. Best Song Ever received mixed to positive reviews from music critics. It also called the song a representation of the laziest, most mind-numbing trends in modern pop. Giving the song 4 and a half stars, Bill Lamb of About. com wrote, It is not THE Best Song Ever, but this is arguably One Directions best song ever, and that is a very good thing. He called the loose, playful, and all in good fun, a great intro to their new album. He noted the beefed-up production giving it a rock feel. Pros, Upbeat, playful energy, Charm that induces smiles, popdusts Samantha Martin stated that the song did not live up to its titular goal, and that some of the songs lyrics were contradicting. The group performed the song live for the first time on 30 July 2013 at the SAP center in San Jose, the song was added to the setlist of the concert to all proceeding shows of the American leg. The groups first televised performance of the single was at the 2013 Teen Choice Awards on 11 August. The group also performed the song, along some of their other hits, on The Today Show on 23 August and on Americas Got Talent on 28 August
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Today (U.S. TV program)
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Today, also called The Today Show, is an American news and talk morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on January 14,1952 and it was the first of its genre on American television and in the world, and is the fifth-longest-running American television series. Originally a two-hour program on weekdays, it expanded to Sundays in 1987, the weekday broadcast expanded to three hours in 2000, and to four hours in 2007. Todays dominance was virtually unchallenged by the other networks until the late 1980s, Today has maintained its No.2 status since the summer of 2012 each year behind GMA. In 2002, Today was ranked No.17 on TV Guides 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, the shows first broadcast aired on January 14,1952. It was the brainchild of Sylvester B, Pat Weaver, Jr. who was then vice president of NBC. Weaver was president of the company from 1953 to 1955, during which time Todays late-night companion The Tonight Show premiered, in pre-production, the shows proposed title was The Rise and Shine Revue. Today was the first program of its genre when it premiered with original host Dave Garroway, the program blended national news headlines, interviews with newsmakers, lifestyle features, other light news and gimmicks, and local news updates from the networks stations. It has spawned several other shows of a type, including ABCs Good Morning America. In other countries, the format was copied – most notably in the United Kingdom with the BBCs Breakfast Time and TV-ams Good Morning Britain, and in Canada with Canada AM on CTV. When Today debuted, it was seen only in the Eastern and Central time zones. Since 1958, Today has been tape-delayed for the five other U. S. time zones, partly to accommodate host Dave Garroways declining health, the program ceased live broadcasts in the summer of 1958, opting instead to broadcast an edition taped the previous afternoon. The experiment, which drew criticism from many sides, ended when John Chancellor replaced Garroway in July 1961, a fourth hour was eventually added on September 10,2007. NBC stations in some markets air the third and fourth hours of Today on tape delay, WHDH in Boston, Massachusetts was an NBC station that would follow this practice to accommodate an hour of local news at 9,00 am. On January 1,2017, the NBC affiliation in Boston moved to a new owned-and-operated station, WBTS, which airs the third and fourth hours of Today at its regular 9,00 am and 10,00 am timeslots. Generally, the program live in the Eastern Time Zone. When breaking news stories warrant, Today will broadcast a live West Coast edition, the live updates typically do not last longer than the 7,00 a. m. hour and once completed, will return to the taped East Coast feed. When the anchors welcome the viewers to the show, they note the current time as being Pacific Time
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Michelle Obama
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Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is an American lawyer and writer who was First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She is married to the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama and she subsequently worked as the Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago and the Vice President for Community and External Affairs of the University of Chicago Medical Center. Barack and Michelle married in 1992 and have two daughters, Obama campaigned for her husbands presidential bid throughout 2007 and 2008, delivering a keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. As First Lady, Obama became an icon, a role model for women, and an advocate for poverty awareness, nutrition, physical activity. Her mother was a homemaker until Michelle entered high school. The Robinson and Shields families trace their roots to pre-Civil War African Americans in the American South, on her fathers side, she is descended from the Gullah people of South Carolinas Low Country region. Her paternal great-great grandfather, Jim Robinson, was a slave on Friendfield Plantation in South Carolina and her grandfather Fraser Robinson, Jr. built his own house in South Carolina. He and his wife LaVaughn returned to the Low Country after retirement, among her maternal ancestors was her great-great-great-grandmother, Melvinia Shields, a slave on Henry Walls Shields 200-acre farm in Clayton County, Georgia. Melvinias first son, Dolphus T. Shields, was biracial, based on DNA and other evidence, in 2012 researchers said his father was likely 20-year-old Charles Marion Shields, son of her master. Melvinia did not talk to relatives about Dolphus father, Dolphus Shields moved to Birmingham, Alabama after the Civil War, and some of his children migrated to Cleveland, Ohio and Chicago. Her distant ancestry includes Irish and other European roots, in addition, a paternal first cousin once-removed is the African-American Jewish Rabbi Capers Funnye, son of her grandfathers sister. Robinson grew up in a bungalow on Euclid Avenue in Chicagos South Shore community area. Her parents rented an apartment on the second floor from her great-aunt. She was raised in what she describes as a home, with the mother at home. Her elementary school was down the street and they enjoyed playing games such as Monopoly, reading, and frequently saw extended family on both sides. She played piano, learning from her great-aunt who was a piano teacher, the Robinsons attended services at nearby South Shore United Methodist Church. They used to vacation in a cabin in White Cloud. She and her 21-month older brother, Craig, skipped the second grade and her father suffered from multiple sclerosis which had a profound emotional effect on her as she was growing up
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Ne-Yo
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Shaffer Chimere Smith, better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor. Ne-Yo gained fame for his abilities when he penned his 2004 hit Let Me Love You for singer Mario. The singles successful release in the United States prompted a meeting between Ne-Yo and Def Jams label head, and the signing of a recording contract. Ne-Yos debut album was In My Own Words, released in 2006, the album was critically successful, reaching number one on the Billboard 200. It is certified platinum in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Ne-Yos first single Stay, was released in September 2005. The song was a success on the R&B charts, but failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and his second single, So Sick was first released in November 2005. In the US, it was a success, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100. When Youre Mad and Sexy Love were released afterwards from the album in 2006, reaching number 15 and number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. In April 2007, Ne-Yo released his studio album, Because of You. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 2008 Grammy Awards, Ne-Yos third studio album, Year of the Gentleman, was released internationally in August 2008. Year of the Gentleman has been certified platinum twice in the US, the third single, Mad, peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. Ne-Yos fourth studio album, Libra Scale was released in November 2010, though Libra Scale reached number one in the UK R&B Singles and Albums Charts, number 9 on the US Billboard 200, it sold less than the previous albums. Three single were released from the album, UK number-one hit Beautiful Monster, as well the R&B singles Champagne Life, Ne-Yo released his fifth album, R. E. D. in November 2012. His mainstream lead single Let Me Love You, released in July 2012, was certified platinum in US, Ne-Yo released his sixth album Non-Fiction in January 2015. On July 12,2016, Ne-Yo was a guest judge on NBCs Americas Got Talent judge cuts, Shaffer Smith was born in Camden, Arkansas. His father is of African American and Chinese descent, and his mother is African-American, as a young child, he was raised by his mother after she separated from his father. In hopes of better opportunity, his mother relocated the family to Las Vegas, Nevada. While in the Las Vegas Academy, Smith adopted the stage name GoGo and joined an R&B group called Envy, the group disbanded in 2000, and Smith continued to write songs for other artists before starting his solo career
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Jingle Bells
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Jingle Bells is one of the best-known and commonly sung American songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title One Horse Open Sleigh in the autumn of 1857. Some area choirs adopted it as part of their repertoire in the 1860s and 1870s and it was first recorded by the Edison Male Quartette in 1898 on an Edison cylinder, and became a Christmas favorite in the early twentieth century. It is a question where and when Pierpont originally composed the song that would become known as Jingle Bells. According to the Medford Historical Society, the song was inspired by the towns popular sleigh races during the 19th century, Jingle Bells was originally copyrighted with the name One Horse Open Sleigh on September 16,1857. The song has passed into the public domain. In August of the year, James Pierpont married the daughter of the mayor of Savannah. He stayed on in the city even after the church closed due to its abolitionist leanings, Jingle Bells was often used as a drinking song at parties, people would jingle the ice in their glasses as they sang. Music historian James Fuld notes that the jingle in the title. The rhythm of the tune mimics that of a trotting horses bells, however, jingle bells is commonly taken to mean a certain kind of bell. Jingle Bells Although less well-known than the opening, the remaining verses depict high-speed youthful fun and it is unknown who replaced the words with those of the modern version. The original 1857 Jingle Bells had a different chorus featuring a more classical-style melody. The Jingle Bells tune is used in French and German songs, both songs celebrate winter fun, as in the English version. The French song, titled Vive le vent, was written by Francis Blanche and contains references to Father Time, Baby New Year, there are several German versions of Jingle Bells, including the popular Roy Black versions of Christkindl and Christmastime. The Swedish version titled Bjällerklang contains a few lines, eight bars long. Those were added by the Swedish lyricists, Eric Sandström and Gösta Westerberg, James Lord Pierponts 1857 composition Jingle Bells became one of the most performed and most recognizable secular holiday songs ever written, not only in the United States, but around the world. In recognition of achievement, James Lord Pierpont was voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Jingle Bells was first recorded by the Edison Male Quartette in 1898 on an Edison cylinder as part of a Christmas medley entitled Sleigh Ride Party, in 1902, the Hayden Quartet recorded Jingle Bells
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Do What U Want
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Do What U Want is a song by American singer Lady Gaga, featuring guest vocals from singer R. Kelly. The song was released to digital outlets on October 21,2013 as the single from Gagas third studio album Artpop. The singers wrote the song with DJ White Shadow, Martin Bresso, DJ White Shadow first presented Gaga with the songs initial concept two years prior to its release. The songs production was completed in 2013, with Kellys vocals added soon after, a snippet of Do What U Want premiered in a Best Buy/Beats by Dr. Dre commercial on October 17. Warm reception from fans and music led to its release as the albums second single. It is a synthpop and R&B song featuring 1980s-style synthesizers and an instrumental track. The songs lyrics represent themes of submission, with Gaga telling detractors that her thoughts, dreams. Critics praised the simplicity, production, and commercial appeal. Do What U Want achieved top-ten peaks on the charts in Canada, South Korea, and several European countries. Live performances of the song were televised on the 2013 American Music Awards, Alan Carr, Chatty Man, Saturday Night Live, Americas The Voice, several remixes of the song were released, including ones with vocals from Christina Aguilera and Rick Ross. Do What U Want was co-written by Lady Gaga, Blair, R. Kelly, Martin Bresso and it was produced by Blair and Gaga and features vocals by Kelly. Gaga had been living in Chicago and completing the songs for Artpop, one day, the singer came to know about an article discussing her weight and she was angered with such news. She decided that it was through her music that she could take a stance against shallow journalism, Blair recalled how in 2011 his friend Martin was playing him a particular beat from his own remix project. Blair liked the music and presented it to Gaga who had begun writing the lyrics while on the Born This Way Ball tour. Blair described its beat as some space age George Jetson R&B sound, after the lyrics were completed in September 2013, Blair suggested bringing Kelly on board as a collaborator. Kelly was in the process of completing his album, Black Panties, Kelly told Billboard that working with the singer was natural jelling. Gaga told MTV News about the song, Ive been living in Chicago and spending a lot of time there, I was working on Artpop and I wrote on tour. It was about my obsession with the way people view me, I have always been an R. Kelly fan and actually it is like an epic pastime in the Haus of Gaga that we just get fucked up and play R. Kelly
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Timber (Pitbull song)
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Timber is a song by American rapper Pitbull featuring American recording artist Kesha. The song was released on October 7,2013, as the single from Pitbulls extended play Meltdown. The song was produced by Dr. Luke, Cirkut, and Sermstyle, the song interpolates Lee Oskars 1978 single San Francisco Bay and features harmonica player Paul Harrington, who plays through the entire song and was told to emulate Oskar. According to the IFPI, the song sold 12.6 million units worldwide in 2014, including single-track downloads and track-equivalent streams, Kesha had previously featured Pitbull on remixes of her songs Tik Tok and Crazy Kids, and Pitbull has featured Kesha on a 2009 song, Girls. Timber is a dance-pop, EDM and folktronica song with elements of country, according to the sheet music published at Musicnotes. com by Kobalt Music Publishing, the song is set in common time with a moderately fast tempo of 130 beats per minute. The song is written in the key of G♯ minor and follows a sequence of G♯m–B–F♯–E. Keshas vocals span from G♯3 to D♯5, Timber made its first chart appearance on October 7,2013, in the Republic of Ireland, where it debuted at number 67 on the Irish Singles Chart. The following week, the song climbed to number 19, in Austria, Timber debuted at number 69 on the Austrian Singles Chart on October 18,2013 and eventually crowned the chart at number 1. In Germany, the song debuted at number 90 on October 18,2013 on the German Singles Chart, before topping the Hot 100, it had been stuck at number 2 for 4 weeks, behind The Monster by Eminem featuring Rihanna. Timber is Keshas eleventh top 10 song on the Hot 100 chart, Timber peaked at number 1 on the US Hot Digital Songs, and is Pitbulls first song to do so. Timber also peaked at number 1 on the US Rap Songs chart and it is the first #1 single of 2014 in the US, and stood at number one for three consecutive weeks. It has spent four weeks at the number two, three consecutive weeks at the number one, then again at number two for one week. It reached its 4 million sales mark in the US in May 2014, as of March 2016, the song has sold 4.7 million copies in the US. In Canada, the song debuted at seventeen on the Canadian Hot 100 as the weeks highest debut and climbed steadily to number one. In the United Kingdom, Timber debuted at the top of the UK Singles Chart on January 5,2014 ― for the ending date January 11,2014 ― shifting 139,000 copies in its first week. This gave both artists their third chart-topping songs in Britain, by the end of 2014, the song had sold 744,000 copies in the UK. In South Korea, Timber debuted at number sixteen on Gaon International Chart, in its second week it reached number 2 on the International Chart. On the download chart, it jumped to number 3, selling another 15,276 copies, Timber sold 68,321 copies during 2013 in South Korea
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Hillary Clinton
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Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician who was the 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, U. S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, and the Democratic Partys nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election. Born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Clinton graduated from Wellesley College in 1969, after serving as a congressional legal counsel, she moved to Arkansas and married Bill Clinton in 1975. In 1977, she co-founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and she was appointed the first female chair of the Legal Services Corporation in 1978 and became the first female partner at Rose Law Firm the following year. As First Lady of Arkansas, she led a force whose recommendations helped reform Arkansass public schools. As First Lady of the United States, Clinton fought for gender equality, because her marriage survived the Lewinsky scandal, her role as first lady drew a polarized response from the public. Clinton was elected in 2000 as the first female senator from New York and she was re-elected to the Senate in 2006. Running for president in 2008, she won far more delegates than any previous female candidate, as Secretary of State in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2013, Clinton responded to the Arab Spring, during which she advocated the U. S. military intervention in Libya. Leaving office after Obamas first term, she wrote her book and undertook speaking engagements. Clinton made a presidential run in 2016. She became the first female candidate to be nominated for president by a major U. S. political party, despite winning a plurality of the national popular vote, Clinton lost the Electoral College and the presidency to her Republican rival Donald Trump. Hillary Diane Rodham was born on October 26,1947, at Edgewater Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. In 1995, Clinton claimed that her mother had named her after Sir Edmund Hillary, co-first mountaineer to scale Mount Everest, however, the Everest climb did not take place until 1953, more than five years after Clinton was born. Clinton was raised in a United Methodist family, living first in Chicago and her father, Hugh Ellsworth Rodham, was of English and Welsh descent, and managed a small but successful textile business. Her mother, Dorothy Emma Howell, was a homemaker of Dutch, English, French Canadian, Scottish, Clinton has two younger brothers, Hugh and Tony. As a child, Rodham was a student of her teachers at the public schools that she attended in Park Ridge. She participated in such as swimming and baseball, and earned numerous badges as a Brownie. She attended Maine East High School, where she participated in the student council, the school newspaper, and was selected for the National Honor Society
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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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Birthday (Katy Perry song)
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Birthday is a disco song recorded by American singer Katy Perry for her fourth studio album, Prism. She co-wrote the song with Bonnie McKee and its producers Dr. Luke, Max Martin, critics, as well as Perry herself, have compared the track to works by Prince and Mariah Carey. Through double entendres in the lyrics of Birthday, Perry makes sexual references while celebrating a partners birthday, Capitol Records sent the track to mainstream and rhythmic radio on April 21,2014 as the albums fourth single. Following the release of Prism, Birthday entered the charts of South Korea. After being released as a single, it reached the top 30 in Australia, UK, and Netherlands, number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100. A music video for the track was released on April 24,2014, primarily recorded with hidden cameras, it features Perry disguised as five different characters in birthday parties and other celebrations. The makeup effects disguises for Perry were designed and created by Tony Gardner, jess Glynne covered the song on BBC Radio 1s Live Lounge, and Halsey on SiriusXM. Birthday was written by Perry, Bonnie McKee, Cirkut, Dr. Luke, the latter three produced the song and contributed to the instrumentation and programmed their respective instruments. The drums were played by Steven Wolf, while the horns were played by the Saturday Night Live Band, arranged by Lenny Pickett and its audio engineering was done by Peter Carlsson, Clint Gibbs, Sam Holland, and Michael Illbert. The track was mixed by Serban Ghenea at the MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, accompanied by the mixing engineer. The song surfaced online on October 16, 2013—two days prior to the release of Prism. On April 3,2014, the singer announced on her Twitter account that Birthday would be released as the fourth single. The song title appears in candles over a floral cake, to promote the single, a lyric video for Birthday was uploaded onto Perrys Vevo account on April 10,2014. It depicts a variety of cakes and sweets—among other confections—decorated with the songs lyrics, at the length of three minutes and thirty-five seconds, Birthday is primarily styled in the genre of disco. Birthday is composed in the key of B major and follows a progression of Emaj9–C♯m7–Emaj9–C♯m7–B with a tempo of 126 beats per minute, Perrys vocals range from B3 to F♯5. Since its release, its composition has been strongly compared to that of other works of Prince and duo Wendy. Birthday contains elements of funk-pop, synthpop, and disco house, the song is backed by a busy but buoyant instrumentation featuring a deeply rhythmic impulse. Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times felt Birthday was an updated version of disco, achieved by replacing cheesy strings with jerky breaks
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Fancy (Iggy Azalea song)
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Fancy is a song by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea featuring British singer Charli XCX, taken from the formers debut studio album, The New Classic. It was released on 17 February 2014 by Def Jam Recordings as the single from the album. Fancy was described as an electro-hop song and it was written by Azalea and XCX, and composed and produced by production team the Invisible Men, alongside additional producers The Arcade. It was leaked under the title Leave It in December 2013, Fancy reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming both Azaleas and XCXs first number-one on that chart. It held the spot for seven consecutive weeks and it also topped the charts in Canada and New Zealand and had general chart success around the world. It reached the top ten in countries such as Azaleas native country Australia. It is XCXs second top-ten single, after her guest spot on Icona Pops I Love It in 2013, Fancy was named Billboards Song of the Summer for 2014, as well as the most-streamed song on Spotify and most-watched music video on Vevo in 2014. It won the Top Rap Song category at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards and was nominated for Record of the Year and it is one of the best-selling singles worldwide, with combined sales and track-equivalent streams of 9.1 million units according to IFPI. The accompanying music video for Fancy was directed by Director X, the visuals are inspired by 1995 American comedy film Clueless, with Azalea playing Beverly Hills socialite Cher Horowitz and XCX as Tai Frasier. The music video was nominated for four awards at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, the song was performed by Azalea and XCX on Good Morning America, Jimmy Kimmel Live and the 2014 Billboard Music Awards. Fancy was also covered by artists, such as Anna Kendrick on the 39th season of Saturday Night Live. Fancy is a three-minute and 19-second electro-hop number, which was written by Iggy Azalea, the song was also composed and co-produced by the Invisible Men and the Arcade. The song is played in the key of C minor without any chord progression followed and it is in common time and is played at a tempo of 95 beats per minute. Stabby synths, hip hop chants, and finger snaps are heard in the original mix, on 5 December 2013, an unfinished song by Azalea, which surfaced with the title Leave It was leaked online. Azalea later revealed the song was produced by the Invisible Men and the Arcade, on 5 February 2014, Azalea announced that she would be releasing a new single titled Fancy, featuring English singer-songwriter Charli XCX, later that week. The song was premiered on BBC Radio 1 Xtra the evening of 6 February 2014, after the songs premiere, it was revealed Fancy was the song that had leaked titled Leave It. On 17 February 2014, the song was serviced to contemporary radio in the United Kingdom as the albums fourth single. Fancy received overall positive reception from music critics, mike Wass of Idolator claimed the track is the duet weve all been waiting for and a swag-drenched hip hop/pop delight
