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Single (music)
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In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats, in most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. Typically, these are the songs from albums that are released separately for promotional uses such as digital download or commercial radio airplay and are expected to be the most popular, in other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album. As digital downloading and audio streaming have become prevalent, it is often possible for every track on an album to also be available separately. Nevertheless, the concept of a single for an album has been retained as an identification of a heavily promoted or more popular song within an album collection. Despite being referred to as a single, singles can include up to as many as three tracks on them. The biggest digital music distributor, iTunes, accepts as many as three tracks less than ten minutes each as a single, as well as popular music player Spotify also following in this trend. Any more than three tracks on a release or longer than thirty minutes in total running time is either an Extended Play or if over six tracks long. The basic specifications of the single were made in the late 19th century. Gramophone discs were manufactured with a range of speeds and in several sizes. By about 1910, however, the 10-inch,78 rpm shellac disc had become the most commonly used format, the inherent technical limitations of the gramophone disc defined the standard format for commercial recordings in the early 20th century.26 rpm. With these factors applied to the 10-inch format, songwriters and performers increasingly tailored their output to fit the new medium, the breakthrough came with Bob Dylans Like a Rolling Stone. Singles have been issued in various formats, including 7-inch, 10-inch, other, less common, formats include singles on digital compact cassette, DVD, and LD, as well as many non-standard sizes of vinyl disc. Some artist release singles on records, a more common in musical subcultures. The most common form of the single is the 45 or 7-inch. The names are derived from its speed,45 rpm. The 7-inch 45 rpm record was released 31 March 1949 by RCA Victor as a smaller, more durable, the first 45 rpm records were monaural, with recordings on both sides of the disc. As stereo recordings became popular in the 1960s, almost all 45 rpm records were produced in stereo by the early 1970s
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2006
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2006 was designated as, International Year of Deserts and Desertification International Aspergers Year January 1 – Russia cuts the shipment of natural gas to Ukraine over a price dispute. January 12 – A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, January 15 – NASAs Stardust mission successfully ends, the first to return dust from a comet. January 19 – NASA launches the first space mission to Pluto as a rocket hurls the New Horizons spacecraft on a nine-year journey. February 3 – Egyptian passenger ferry, MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98, sinks in the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia, february 10–26 – The 2006 Winter Olympics are held in Turin, Italy. February 17 – A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines killing an estimated 1,126 people, march 9 – NASAs Cassini–Huygens spacecraft discovers geysers of a liquid substance shooting from Saturns moon Enceladus, signaling a possible presence of water. March 10 – NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters orbit around Mars, march 16 – The United Nations General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to establish the United Nations Human Rights Council. March 28 – A scramjet jet engine, HyShot III, designed to fly at seven times the speed of sound, is tested at Woomera. April 11 The European Space Agencys Venus Express spaceprobe enters Venus orbit, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confirms that Iran has successfully produced a few grams of low-grade enriched uranium. May – The Human Genome Project publishes the last chromosome sequence, may 27 – The 6.4 Mw Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of IX, leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured. June 3 – Montenegro declares independence after a May 21 referendum, the state union of Serbia and Montenegro is dissolved on June 5, leaving Serbia as the successor state. June 9 – July 9 – The 2006 FIFA World Cup begins in Germany, June 28 Israel launches an offensive in the Gaza Strip in response to rocketfire by Hamas into Israeli territory. The United States Armed Forces withdraws its forces in Iceland, thereby disbanding the Iceland Defense Force, July 1 – The Qinghai–Tibet Railway launches a trial operation, making Tibet the last province-level entity of China to have a conventional railway. July 6 – The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years, July 12 – Israeli troops invade Lebanon in response to Hezbollah kidnapping two Israeli soldiers and killing three others. Hezbollah declares open war against Israel two days later, august 22 – Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border in Ukraine, killing all 171 people on board. August 24 – The International Astronomical Union defines planet at its 26th General Assembly, september 19 – The Royal Thai Army overthrows the government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup détat. September 29 – Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collides with a jet over the Amazon rainforest. October 9 – North Korea claims to have conducted its nuclear test. October 13 – South Korean Ban Ki-moon is elected as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations,5,1948 by Jackson Pollock becomes the most expensive painting after it is sold privately for $140 million
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Bingo (Bela B. album)
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Bingo is the first solo album of the German singer Bela B. released in 2006. The song Lee Hazlewood & das erste Lied des Tages is also featured on the Lee Hazlewood album, B-Vertüre -1,22 Theme from Bingowings - hidden track before B-Vertüre, hearable by rewinding to -1,10. Gitarre runter -3,46 Tag mit Schutzumschlag -3,06 Irgendetwas bleibt -3,30 Traumfrau -3,07 Letzter Tag -4,13 Was ist nur los. -2,341. 2006, Sie hat was vermisst 2007, Gitarre runter Bela B
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1st Time (Yung Joc song)
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1st Time is a rap single by rapper Yung Joc. It is the single released off his debut album New Joc City. The single features Trey Songz and Marques Houston, the song failed to be as successful as Its Goin Down, I Know You See It, or Dope Boy Magic. It premiered on BETs Access Granted on Wednesday November 1,2006, the video features Eightball & MJG, Jody Breeze and Trey Songz. The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 93 in February 2007, on March 2, the song returned to the charts at number 97 and has thus far peaked at number 82
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4 Hot Wave
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4 Hot Wave is Japanese singer Koda Kumis 32nd single on the Rhythm Zone label. It charted at #2 on Oricon and stayed on the charts for seventeen weeks, the sales for the single became her highest selling single, even surpassing the total sales of real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba in less than three weeks. It became her highest debut single and reclaimed the title of Highest Debut Sales Female Artists,4 hot wave is singer-songwriter Kumi Kodas thirty-second single and is her first quadruple a-side, with each song containing a corresponding music video. It hit #2 on the Oricon Weekly charts and reclaimed the Highest Debut Sales Female Artists from Ayumi Hamasaki, the sales for 4 hot wave made it her highest selling single, even surpassing the total sales of real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba in less than three weeks. Within its first week, the single sold 207,484 copies, despite losing the number-one spot to KinKi Kids Natu Moyou,4 hot wave outsold them by over 80,000 copies. At the end of the year, the single ranked #2 on Highest Selling Single Female Artist, losing out to Naoru Amanes Taiyou no Uta, the single was Kumis first quadruple a-side, with each songs music video tying together into one story. The singles artwork was shot in Morocco while Kumi was in the shooting for her new photo-book Maroc. The videos for With your smile and Ill be there were shot in Australia, Ningyo-hime was certified gold for full-length cellphone downloads. Ill be there was featured in a advertisement for Sea Breeze. Juicy was featured as an advertisement for jewelry company GemCereys Binary Face necklace. With Your Smile was the song for NTVs Pride & Spirit 2006 Nippon Professional Baseball. Ningyo-hime was featured in a Vodafone 705T television advertisement, the music videos tie-in together to show a story about rival treasure hunters attempting to gain a triad treasure. Juicy is the first video in the story, showing Kumi with her crew seducing a group of men in a bar, in the end of the video, the men realize the women stole the map. With your smile is the video, in which Kumi is shown trying to outrun the men. The music video shows a race through the desert, Ill be there is the video showing where the map led. In the video, Kumi is seen on a beach in Morocco, the video ends with her finding the treasure. Ningyo-hime shows what the treasure led to and its theme is of Kumi being controlled by a doctor, who is notorious for fusing parts of dolls together. While ningyo hime can translate to mermaid princess, it can translate to doll princess
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Director (album)
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Director is the fourth studio album by American R&B singer Avant. The album reached number one on the Billboard magazines Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, willie Taylor co-wrote two of the songs on the album, So Many Ways and With You. Selling 600,456 copies in the U. S as of 2008, three singles were released, You Know What,4 Minutes and Lie About Us.4 Minutes describes a mans desperate attempt to mend a broken relationship
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8th of November (song)
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8th of November is a song written and recorded by American country music duo Big & Rich. It was released in May 2006 as the third and final single from their album Comin to Your City, the song became the duos seventh Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, where it peaked at No. 18, in addition to reaching No.94 on the Billboard Hot 100, the song is in a 6/8 time signature, and is in A mixolydian with a primary chord pattern of A–G–D–A. Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a positive rating and he said the song is the best war song since Travelin Soldier. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, in his review of the album for Allmusic, the music video was directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions and premiered in the week of June 12,2006. It first starts with Kristofferson saying the intro, and then cuts to the duo performing in front of a large screen, lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
