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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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Aaliyah
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Aaliyah Dana Haughton was an American singer, dancer, actress, and model. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Detroit, at the age of 10, she appeared on the television show Star Search and performed in concert alongside Gladys Knight. At age 12, Aaliyah signed with Jive Records and her uncle Barry Hankersons Blackground Records, Hankerson introduced her to R. Kelly, who became her mentor, as well as lead songwriter and producer of her debut album, Age Aint Nothing but a Number. The album sold three million copies in the United States and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. After facing allegations of a marriage with R. Kelly, Aaliyah ended her contract with Jive. Aaliyah worked with record producers Timbaland and Missy Elliott for her album, One in a Million. In 2000, Aaliyah appeared in her first film, Romeo Must Die and she contributed to the films soundtrack, which spawned the single Try Again. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 solely on airplay, making Aaliyah the first artist in Billboard history to achieve this goal, Try Again earned Aaliyah a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocalist. After completing Romeo Must Die, Aaliyah filmed her role in Queen of the Damned and she released her third and final album, Aaliyah, in July 2001. On August 25,2001, Aaliyah and eight others were killed in a crash in the Bahamas after filming the music video for the single Rock the Boat. The pilot, Luis Morales III, was unlicensed at the time of the accident and toxicology tests revealed that he had traces of cocaine, Aaliyahs family later filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Blackhawk International Airways, which was settled out of court. Aaliyahs music has continued to achieve success with several posthumous releases. Aaliyah has sold an estimated 24 to 32 million albums worldwide and she has been credited for helping redefine contemporary R&B, pop and hip hop, earning her the nicknames Princess of R&B and Queen of Urban Pop. She is listed by Billboard as the tenth most successful female R&B artist of the past 25 years, Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born on January 16,1979, in Brooklyn, New York, and was the younger child of Diane and Michael Miguel Haughton. She was African American, and had Native American heritage from a grandmother, at a young age, Aaliyah was enrolled in voice lessons by her mother. She started performing at weddings, church choir and charity events, when she was five years old, her family moved to Detroit, Michigan, where she was raised along with her older brother, Rashad. She attended a Catholic school, Gesu Elementary, where in first grade, from then on, she was determined to become an entertainer. In Detroit, her father working in the warehouse business
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Age Ain't Nothing but a Number
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Age Aint Nothing but a Number is the debut studio album by American R&B recording artist Aaliyah, released under Jive and Blackground Records on May 24,1994, in the United States. After being signed by her uncle Barry Hankerson, Aaliyah was introduced to recording artist and he became her mentor, as well as the lead songwriter and producer of the album. The duo recorded the album at the Chicago Recording Company in Chicago, the album featured two hit singles, including the top ten-charting Back & Forth and At Your Best, both singles were certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. One additional single followed in the US, Age Aint Nothing, two more singles were released internationally after Age Aint Nothing But a Number, Down with the Clique and The Thing I Like. Age Aint Nothing But a Number received generally favorable reviews from critics, many noted Aaliyahs vocal ability and praised the lyrical content. Aaliyah was credited for redefining R&B by blending her voice with Kellys new jack swing, the album peaked at number 18 on the Billboard 200 and sold over three million copies in the United States. The album was certified Gold in Canada by the Canadian Recording Industry Association, the album has sold over six million copies worldwide. After Barry Hankerson, Aaliyahs uncle, signed a deal with Jive Records. Hankerson then introduced her to recording artist and producer R. Kelly and he became Aaliyahs mentor, as well as lead songwriter and producer of the album. Aaliyah and Kelly began recording the album in 1993 when she was 14, the duo recorded the first song, Old School, at the Chicago Recording Company in Chicago, Illinois. While recording the album, Kelly coached her as they worked several hours in the studio and she often sang the songs multiple times in order to achieve excellence. He claimed that Aaliyah was one of the best young artists he had worked with, Aaliyah sang her songs in a falsetto. She felt that the songs came at you kind of tough, a bit edgy, hip-hop and she went on to say, lyrically I want things to be different. A month before the release of the single, Back & Forth, Aaliyah attended the Urban Networks Power Jam conference. Back & Forth peaked at five on the Billboard Hot 100 while topping the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for three weeks. The song was certified Gold by the RIAA, the second single, At Your Best, peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and was also certified Gold by the RIAA. Some writers noted that Aaliyahs silky vocals and sultry voice blended with Kellys new jack swing helped define R&B in the 1990s and her sound was also compared to that of female quartet En Vogue. Christopher John Farley of Time magazine described the album as a beautifully restrained work, noting that Aaliyahs girlish, stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic felt that the album had its share of filler, but described the singles as slyly seductive
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CD single
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This article is about the 12cm single. Not to be confused with 8cm single, the standard in the Red Book for the term CD single. A CD single is a single in the form of a standard size compact disc. It is not to be confused with the Mini CD single, the format was introduced in the mid-1980s but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s. With the rise in digital downloads in the early 2010s, sales of CD singles have decreased, commercially released CD singles can vary in length from two songs up to six songs like an EP. Some contain multiple mixes of one or more songs, in the tradition of 12 vinyl singles, depending on the nation, there may be limits on the number of songs and total length for sales to count in singles charts. Containing four tracks, it had a limited print run. CD singles were first made eligible for the UK Singles Chart in 1987, the Mini CD single format was originally created for use for singles in the late 1980s, but met with limited success, particularly in the US. The smaller CDs were more successful in Japan and have become more common in Europe. By 1989, the CD3 was in decline in the US and it was common in the 1990s for US record companies to release both a two-track CD and a multi-track maxi CD. In the UK, record companies would also release two CDs but, usually, these consisted of three tracks or more each. Pressure from record labels made singles charts in some countries become song charts, allowing album cuts to chart based only on airplay, without a single ever being released. At the end of the 1990s, the CD was the single format in the UK, but in the US. In Australia, the Herald Sun reported the CD single is set to become extinct, while CD singles no longer maintain their own section of the store, copies are still distributed but placed with the artists albums. That is predominantly the case for popular Australian artists such as Jessica Mauboy, Kylie Minogue and, most recently, Delta Goodrem, the ARIA Singles Chart are now predominantly compiled from legal downloads, and ARIA also stopped compiling their physical singles sales chart. On a Mission by Gabriella Cilmi was the last CD single to be stocked in Kmart, Target and Big W, sanity Entertainment, having resisted the decline for longer than the other major outlets, has also ceased selling CD singles. In Greece and Cyprus, the term CD single is used to describe a play in which there may be anywhere from three to six different tracks. These releases charted on the Greek Singles Chart with songs released as singles, in September 2003, there was talk of ringtones for mobile phones outstripping CD singles sales for the year 2004
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12-inch single
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The 12-inch single is a type of gramophone record that has wider groove spacing and shorter playing time compared to typical LPs. This allows for levels to be cut on the disc by the cutting engineer, which in turn gives a wider dynamic range. This record type is used in disco and dance music genres. They are played at either 33 1⁄3 or 45 rpm, 12-inch singles typically have much shorter playing time than full-length LPs, thus require fewer grooves per inch. This extra space permits a broader dynamic range or louder recording level as the grooves excursions can be greater in amplitude. Many record companies began producing 12-inch singles at 33 1⁄3 rpm, although 45 rpm gives better treble response and was used on many 12-inch singles, the gramophone records cut especially for dance-floor DJs came into existence with the advent of recorded Jamaican mento music in the 1950s. With the 1967 Jamaican invention of remix, called dub on the island, those specials became valuable items sold to allied sound system DJs, who could draw crowds with their exclusive hits. The popularity of sound engineer King Tubby, who singlehandedly invented and perfected dub remixes from as early as 1967. By then 10-inch records were used to cut those dubs, by 1971, most reggae singles issued in Jamaica included on their B-side a dub remix of the A-side, many of them first tested as exclusive dub plates on dances. Those dubs basically included drum and bass-oriented remixes used by sound system selecters, the 10-inch acetate specials would remain popular until at least the 2000s in Jamaica. Most likely, the use of exclusive dub acetates in Jamaica also led American DJs to do the same. In the United States, the 12-inch single gramophone record came into popularity with the advent of music in the 1970s after earlier market experiments. In early 1970, Cycle/Ampex Records test-marketed a 12-inch single by Buddy Fite, the experiment aimed to energize the struggling singles market, offering a new option for consumers who had stopped buying traditional singles. The record was pressed at 33 rpm, with run times to the 7-inch 45-rpm pressing of the single. Several hundred copies were available for sale for 98 cents each at two Tower Records stores. Another early 12-inch single was released in 1973 by soul/R&B musician/songwriter/producer Jerry Williams, 12-inch promotional copies of Straight From My Heart were released on his own Swamp Dogg Presents label, with distribution by Jamie/Guyden Distribution Corporation. It was manufactured by Jamie Record Co. of Philadelphia, PA, the B-side of the record is blank. The first 12-inch single made specifically for DJs was actually a 10-inch acetate used by a mix engineer in need of a Friday-night test copy for famed disco mixer Tom Moulton, the song was Ill be holding on by Al Downing
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Cassette single
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A cassette single is a music single in the form of a Compact Cassette. Bow Wow Wows C·30 C·60 C·90 Go was the first cassette single released in the U. K. in 1980, records released the first cassette single in the U. S. with the Go-Gos Vacation in 1982. The ZTT label made good use of the format by 1984, with singles by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Art of Noise, the format was used as a promotion in the 1990s, with Disney giving a cassingle to attendees of Hercules promotional events. Originally, most cassette singles were released in a sleeve that slipped over the outside of the release. This was then usually shrink wrapped in plastic, some singles contained one song on each side, much as 45s had done, but others repeated the songs on both sides. In some markets, cassette singles generally used the packaging as standard cassettes. As the cassette maxi-single was released, more intricate packaging was incorporated that looked similar to the packaging of a cassette release. These were placed in regular plastic cassette cases with a paper/cardstock insert, unlike a full-length cassette album, these were generally only one two-sided inlay instead of a fold-out. Maxi-singles usually contained four versions of a song, i. e. unique mixes & edits. In the U. S. cassette singles were completely phased out by the early 2000s, one reason for their lesser popularity was because they appeared to be an inefficient use of the media to consumers - a cassette single took up the same storage space as a full album
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Chicago Recording Company
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Chicago Recording Company, or CRC, is a recording studio in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1975. Boasting twelve studios, CRC is the largest recording company in the midwest, originally called Sound House Studios, CRC was founded by Alan Kubicka in Medinah, Illinois. In 1975 the studio moved to Michigan Ave in Chicago, IL, notably, The Smashing Pumpkins have used the studio numerous times since the mid-1990s. The video for their single Untitled features the recording in Chicago Recording Company. Kelly, Linkin Park, Alicia Keys, Garbage, Britney Spears, Aaliyah, Pharrell Williams, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, the Chicago Cubs anthem, Go, Cubs, Go was recorded at CRC in 1984. Official Website of Chicago Recording Company
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Chicago
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Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third-most populous city in the United States. With over 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois, and it is the county seat of Cook County. In 2012, Chicago was listed as a global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Chicago has the third-largest gross metropolitan product in the United States—about $640 billion according to 2015 estimates, the city has one of the worlds largest and most diversified economies with no single industry employing more than 14% of the workforce. In 2016, Chicago hosted over 54 million domestic and international visitors, landmarks in the city include Millennium Park, Navy Pier, the Magnificent Mile, Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Campus, the Willis Tower, Museum of Science and Industry, and Lincoln Park Zoo. Chicagos culture includes the arts, novels, film, theater, especially improvisational comedy. Chicago also has sports teams in each of the major professional leagues. The city has many nicknames, the best-known being the Windy City, the name Chicago is derived from a French rendering of the Native American word shikaakwa, known to botanists as Allium tricoccum, from the Miami-Illinois language. The first known reference to the site of the current city of Chicago as Checagou was by Robert de LaSalle around 1679 in a memoir, henri Joutel, in his journal of 1688, noted that the wild garlic, called chicagoua, grew abundantly in the area. In the mid-18th century, the area was inhabited by a Native American tribe known as the Potawatomi, the first known non-indigenous permanent settler in Chicago was Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. Du Sable was of African and French descent and arrived in the 1780s and he is commonly known as the Founder of Chicago. In 1803, the United States Army built Fort Dearborn, which was destroyed in 1812 in the Battle of Fort Dearborn, the Ottawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi tribes had ceded additional land to the United States in the 1816 Treaty of St. Louis. The Potawatomi were forcibly removed from their land after the Treaty of Chicago in 1833, on August 12,1833, the Town of Chicago was organized with a population of about 200. Within seven years it grew to more than 4,000 people, on June 15,1835, the first public land sales began with Edmund Dick Taylor as U. S. The City of Chicago was incorporated on Saturday, March 4,1837, as the site of the Chicago Portage, the city became an important transportation hub between the eastern and western United States. Chicagos first railway, Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, and the Illinois, the canal allowed steamboats and sailing ships on the Great Lakes to connect to the Mississippi River. A flourishing economy brought residents from rural communities and immigrants from abroad, manufacturing and retail and finance sectors became dominant, influencing the American economy. The Chicago Board of Trade listed the first ever standardized exchange traded forward contracts and these issues also helped propel another Illinoisan, Abraham Lincoln, to the national stage
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Illinois
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Illinois is a state in the midwestern region of the United States, achieving statehood in 1818. It is the 6th most populous state and 25th largest state in terms of land area, the word Illinois comes from a French rendering of a native Algonquin word. For decades, OHare International Airport has been ranked as one of the worlds busiest airports, Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and politics. With the War of 1812 Illinois growth slowed as both Native Americans and Canadian forces often raided the American Frontier, mineral finds and timber stands also had spurred immigration—by the 1810s, the Eastern U. S. Railroads arose and matured in the 1840s, and soon carried immigrants to new homes in Illinois, as well as being a resource to ship their commodity crops out to markets. Railroads freed most of the land of Illinois and other states from the tyranny of water transport. By 1900, the growth of jobs in the northern cities and coal mining in the central and southern areas attracted a new group of immigrants. Illinois was an important manufacturing center during both world wars, the Great Migration from the South established a large community of African Americans in Chicago, who created the citys famous jazz and blues cultures. Three U. S. presidents have been elected while living in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, additionally, Ronald Reagan, whose political career was based in California, was the only U. S. president born and raised in Illinois. Today, Illinois honors Lincoln with its official slogan, Land of Lincoln. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is located in the capital of Springfield. Illinois is the spelling for the early French Catholic missionaries and explorers name for the Illinois Native Americans. American scholars previously thought the name Illinois meant man or men in the Miami-Illinois language and this etymology is not supported by the Illinois language, as the word for man is ireniwa and plural men is ireniwaki. The name Illiniwek has also said to mean tribe of superior men. The name Illinois derives from the Miami-Illinois verb irenwe·wa he speaks the regular way and this was taken into the Ojibwe language, perhaps in the Ottawa dialect, and modified into ilinwe·. The French borrowed these forms, changing the ending to spell it as -ois. The current spelling form, Illinois, began to appear in the early 1670s, the Illinois name for themselves, as attested in all three of the French missionary-period dictionaries of Illinois, was Inoka, of unknown meaning and unrelated to the other terms. American Indians of successive cultures lived along the waterways of the Illinois area for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans, the Koster Site has been excavated and demonstrates 7,000 years of continuous habitation
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Contemporary R&B
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Contemporary R&B, also known as simply R&B, is a music genre that combines elements of rhythm and blues, soul, funk, pop, hip hop and dance. The genre features a record production style, drum machine-backed rhythms, an occasional saxophone-laced beat to give a jazz feel. Electronic influences are becoming a trend and the use of hip hop or dance-inspired beats are typical, although the roughness. Contemporary R&B vocalists are often known for their use of melisma, popularized by such as Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, Craig David, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston. That same year, Teddy Riley began producing R&B recordings that included hip hop influences and this combination of R&B style and hip hop rhythms was termed new jack swing and was applied to artists such as Bobby Brown, Keith Sweat, Al B. Guy, Jodeci and Bell Biv DeVoe, the style became less popular by the end of the 1990s, but later experienced a resurgence. In 1990 Mariah Carey released Vision of Love as her debut single and it was immensely popular peaking at number 1 in many worldwide charts including the Billboard Hot 100, and it propelled Mariahs carrier. The song is said to have popularized the use of melisma. During the mid-1990s, Whitney Houstons The Bodyguard, Original Soundtrack Album sold over 40 million copies becoming the best-selling soundtrack of all time. Janet Jacksons self-titled fifth studio album janet. which came after her historic multimillion-dollar contract with Virgin Records, sold over twenty million copies worldwide. Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey recorded several Billboard Hot 100 No.1 hits, including One Sweet Day, Carey also released a remix of her 1995 single Fantasy, with Ol Dirty Bastard as a feature, a collaboration format that was unheard of at this point. Carey, Boyz II Men and TLC released albums in 1994 and 1995—Daydream, II and CrazySexyCool. In the late 1990s, neo soul, which added 1970s soul influences to the hip hop soul blend, arose, led by such as DAngelo, Erykah Badu. Hill and Missy Elliott further blurred the line between R&B and hip hop by recording both styles, beginning in 1995, the Grammy Awards enacted the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album, with II by Boyz II Men becoming the first recipient. The award was received by TLC for CrazySexyCool in 1996, Tony Rich for Words in 1997, Erykah Badu for Baduizm in 1998. At the end of 1999, Billboard magazine ranked Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson as the first, simultaneously, in the second half of the 1990s, The Neptunes and Timbaland set influential precedence on contemporary R&B and hip hop music. R&B acts such as Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Usher, in 2001, Alicia Keys released Fallin as her debut single. It peaking at one on the Billboard Hot 100, Mainstream Top 40
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Hip hop music
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It developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements, MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching with turntables, break dancing, and graffiti writing. Other elements include sampling beats or bass lines from records, while often used to refer solely to rapping, hip hop more properly denotes the practice of the entire subculture. Hip hops early evolution occurred as sampling technology and drum machines became available and affordable. Turntablist techniques such as scratching and beatmatching developed along with the breaks and Jamaican toasting, rapping developed as a vocal style in which the artist speaks or chants along rhythmically with an instrumental or synthesized beat. The Sugarhill Gangs 1979 song Rappers Delight is widely regarded to be the first hip hop record to gain popularity in the mainstream. The 1980s marked the diversification of hip hop as the genre developed more complex styles, prior to the 1980s, hip hop music was largely confined within the United States. However, during the 1980s, it began to spread to scenes in dozens of countries. New school hip hop was the wave of hip hop music, originating in 1983–84 with the early records of Run-D. M. C. The Golden age hip hop period was a period between the mid-1980s and the early 1990s. Notable artists from this era include the Juice Crew, Public Enemy, & Rakim, Boogie Down Productions and KRS-One, EPMD, Slick Rick, Beastie Boys, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Ultramagnetic MCs, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest. Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop that often focuses on the violent lifestyles, in the West Coast hip hop style, G-funk dominated mainstream hip hop for several years during the 1990s. I. G. In the 1990s, hip hop began to diversify with other regional styles emerging, such as Southern rap, at the same time, hip hop continued to be assimilated into other genres of popular music, examples being Neo soul and nu metal. Hip hop became a pop music genre in the mid-1990s. The popularity of hip hop music continued through the 2000s, with hip hop influences also increasingly finding their way into mainstream pop, the United States also saw the success of regional styles such as crunk, a Southern genre that emphasized the beats and music more than the lyrics. Starting in 2005, sales of hip hop music in the United States began to severely wane, during the mid-2000s, alternative hip hop secured a place in the mainstream, due in part to the crossover success of artists such as OutKast and Kanye West. Creation of the hip hop is often credited to Keith Cowboy, rapper with Grandmaster Flash. However, Lovebug Starski, Keith Cowboy, and DJ Hollywood used the term when the music was known as disco rap. Cowboy later worked the hip hop cadence into a part of his stage performance, the first use of the term in print was in The Village Voice, by Steven Hager, later author of a 1984 history of hip hop
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Reggae fusion
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Reggae fusion is a fusion genre of reggae that mixes reggae or dancehall with other genres, such as pop, rock, R&B, jazz & drum and bass. Although artists have been mixing reggae with other genres from as early as the early 1970s, artists such as UB40 were described using terms that joined the various genres they performed. It was not until the late 1990s when the term was coined, the subgenre predominantly evolved from late 1980s and early 1990s dancehall music which instrumentals or riddims contained elements from the R&B and hip hop genres. Due to this, some consider dancehall artists such as Mad Cobra, Shabba Ranks, Super Cat, Buju Banton, for some of these artists, such as Buju Banton, reggae fusion became a staple throughout their careers. Therefore, Third World can be seen as arguably the original pioneers of reggae fusion leading the way for such as UB40. This led dancehall artists who were trying to break into the U. S, traditional dancehall acts, such as Shaggy and Beenie Man experienced commercial success in the American markets with the release of their albums in 2000. The early 2000s also saw Sean Paul achieve tremendous success internationally with singles such as Baby Boy, Breathe, Like Glue and Make It Clap, among many others. His albums Dutty Rock & The Trinity altogether spawned five top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits between 2002 and 2006, including number one hits, Get Busy & Temperature. In the early 90s, the evolution of reggae fusion reached another musical style in Europe with the worldwide #1 hits All That She Wants, The Sign, other Eurodance artists such as Dr. Alban, E-Rotic and the Vengaboys regularly fused their style with Reggae as well. The first reggae fusion-influenced riddim was produced in 2005 by Cordell Skatta Burrell, Reggae fusion is now a regular staple on Jamaican radio stations, especially Zip 103 FM, in the form of singles, mixes and remixes. This has led to more reggae fusion hits being produced as well as making waves on the Dancehall charts in Jamaica. One such single, Ramping Shop by Vybz Kartel and Spice, was one of the biggest reggae fusion hits in 2008, not to one of the top singles in Jamaica of that year. Holiday was also nominated and won for the Best Collaboration, in 2011, Shaggy established a reggae fusion record label called Ranch Entertainment. It is intended to be launched in the summer of 2012 and its growth locally, however, has not come without its criticisms as some feel that the subgenre only serves to dilute the raw sound of reggae and their musical culture. While On A Mission was recognized as the official song and was applauded by some. A popular dancehall artist, Mr. Vegas spoke out against the use of the song being quoted as saying It doesnt represent Jamaica 50, it doesnt reflect our culture or where our music is coming from. Stephens believed that due to ska not being at the forefront of Jamaican music for many years, combining it with something fresh could bring it back into the spotlight. Through other Caribbean-born artists such as Sean Paul, Damian Marley, Sean Kingston, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna who emerged during the mid-2000s, later in 2014, Canadian reggae fusion band, Magic
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Blackground Records
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Blackground Records, LLC was an American record label owned by former manager Barry Hankerson and his son Jomo Hankerson. Blackground was officially incorporated in 1995 in the corporate haven Delaware while operating out of New York, in 1996, Blackground obtained a lucrative distribution deal with Atlantic Records, just before the release of Aaliyahs second album, One in a Million. Often moving to different distributors, in 2000, Blackground switched over to Virgin Records, One year later, it moved, this time finding a home at Universal Motown Records Group. In 2001, after the death of Aaliyah her self-titled and final album Aaliyah rose to one on the Billboard 200 becoming Blackgrounds first number one. Aaliyah sold over 32 million albums worldwide, in 2003, JoJo was signed to Blackground. JoJo released her first self-titled album JoJo in 2004, went number four on the Billboard 200 and was certified with Platinum, in 2006, she released her second album The High Road, which debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and was certified with Gold. To date, JoJo sold over 7 million records worldwide and her singles Leave produced by Soulshock & Karlin and Too Little Too Late produced by Billy Steinberg were her huge hits worldwide. Their only release was the single Forget You as LAX/LAX Gurlz which premiered on MTVs TRL, in 2008 the group broke up when Brianna and Cristina went on strike, refusing to go on tour because they were not being paid enough by the label. In 2010, Blackground partnered with former Universal Motown Senior Vice President of Promotion Gary Marella to distribute his new label Roma Records and their first signing was Jordy Towers, formerly known as Optimus and discovered by Charlie Clouser of Nine Inch Nails. He is now in the band SomeKindaWonderful, in June 2011, Crystal released her first single Pinch Me, which was produced by Jermaine Dupri and Bryan Michael Cox. Other previously signed artists to the label who did not release anything were The Voice Season 4 contestant Jeff Lewis, Natalie La Rose and Howard Weitzmans daughter Brianna Tatiana. The latest album release was Timbalands Shock Value II in 2009, with single, Morning After Dark, Say Something, Carry Out and If We Ever Meet Again
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Jive Records
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Jive Records was an American record label under the RCA Music Group formed in 1981 by Zomba Records. Formerly headquartered in New York City, the label was best known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and also in teen pop and boy bands during the 1990s, jIVEs best-selling artists worldwide were the Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, and Britney Spears. Today, the Jive brand is being used under the Sony Music France division under the name JIVE Epic France. In 1971, South African musicians Clive Calder and Ralph Simon began a publishing and it was named Zomba Records and relocated to London, England, four years later, their first client was a young Robert Mutt Lange. Zomba originally wanted to record labels, choosing instead to focus on their songwriters and producers while allowing other established labels to release the material. Later that decade, the opened offices in the US. In 1981, Zomba formed JIVE Records, whose operations began with the release of British dance and pop music such as Q-Feel, A Flock of Seagulls and its name was inspired by township JIVE, a type of music that originated in South Africa. Davis had hoped that Zombas connection with Mutt Lange would help alleviate the difficulties Arista was having finding potentially successful rock acts. By 1982, Calder was introduced to Barry Weiss, a college graduate who took Calder out to hip-hop clubs in New York City for his job interview with Zomba. He was immediately impressed, Together, they began grooming musicians for what would eventually become Whodini, after two days, the group created and recorded its hit single Magics Wand. While the group would eventually leave JIVE, the success allowed the label to focus on hip-hop artists throughout the 1980s. In 1987, JIVE cut distribution ties with Arista, effectively separating them from Daviss authority, who eschewed hip-hop. As the 1980s drew to a close, the label entered a deal with RCA Records, by the late 1990s, JIVE began signing pop acts Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, and Britney Spears. All three achieved massive success as the 2000s dawned, becoming the three best-selling acts in the labels history, in 1991, Barry Weiss became CEO and president of JIVE Records. After two decades, he left JIVE in March 2011 for Universal Music Group, the company was later reorganized with some artists moving to a restructured Epic Records, while others stayed with JIVE as it moved under the RCA Music Group. In April 2011, it was reported that Jay-Z had outbid executives at JIVE to acquire independent record label Block Starz Music. On October 7,2011, it was announced that JIVE, along with Arista and J Records would be shut down to refresh, all artists on those labels were moved to RCA Records. JIVE Records remains active in France as JIVE Epic, serving as the label for international pop
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Songwriter
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A songwriter is an individual who writes the lyrics, melodies and chord progressions for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music. A songwriter can also be called a composer, although the term tends to be used mainly for individuals from the classical music genre. The pressure from the industry to produce popular hits means that songwriting is often an activity for which the tasks are distributed between a number of people. For example, a songwriter who excels at writing lyrics might be paired with a songwriter with a gift for creating original melodies, pop songs may be written by group members from the band or by staff writers – songwriters directly employed by music publishers. Some songwriters serve as their own publishers, while others have outside publishers. The old-style apprenticeship approach to learning how to write songs is being supplemented by university degrees and college diplomas, a knowledge of modern music technology, songwriting elements and business skills are necessary requirements to make a songwriting career in the 2010s. Several music colleges offer songwriting diplomas and degrees with music business modules, the legal power to grant these permissions may be bought, sold or transferred. This is governed by international copyright law, song pitching can be done on a songwriters behalf by their publisher or independently using tip sheets like RowFax, the MusicRow publication and SongQuarters. Skills associated with song-writing include entrepreneurism and creativity, songwriters who sign an exclusive songwriting agreement with a publisher are called staff writers. In the Nashville country music scene, there is a staff writer culture where contracted writers work normal 9-to-5 hours at the publishing office and are paid a regular salary. This salary is in effect the writers draw, an advance on future earnings, the publisher owns the copyright of songs written during the term of the agreement for a designated period, after which the songwriter can reclaim the copyright. In an interview with HitQuarters, songwriter Dave Berg extolled the benefits of the set-up, unlike contracted writers, some staff writers operate as employees for their respective publishers. Under the terms of work for hire agreements, the compositions created are fully owned by the publisher. In Nashville, young writers are often encouraged to avoid these types of contracts. Staff writers are common across the industry, but without the more office-like working arrangements favored in Nashville. All the major publishers employ writers under contract, songwriter Allan Eshuijs described his staff writer contract at Universal Music Publishing as a starter deal. His success under the arrangement eventually allowed him to found his own publishing company, so that he could. keep as much as possible, songwriters are also often skilled musicians. In addition to selling their songs and musical concepts for other artists to sing, songwriters need to create a number of elements for a song
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R. Kelly
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Robert Sylvester Kelly, known professionally as R. Kelly, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former professional basketball player. A native of Chicago, Illinois, Kelly began performing during the late 1980s, in 1993, Kelly went solo with the album 12 Play. In 1998, Kelly won three Grammy Awards for I Believe I Can Fly and his distinctive sound and style has influenced numerous hip hop and contemporary R&B artists. Kelly became the first musician to play basketball, when he was signed in 1997. Kelly has written, produced, and remixed songs and albums for artists, including Aaliyahs 1994 debut album Age Aint Nothing. In 1996, Kelly was nominated for a Grammy for writing Michael Jacksons song You Are Not Alone. In 2002 and 2004, Kelly released collaboration albums with rapper Jay-Z and has been a guest vocalist for other hip hop artists like Nas, Sean Combs, in March 2011, R. Kelly was named the most successful R&B artist of the last 25 years by Billboard. Kelly has released 12 solo studio albums, and sold over 100 million records worldwide making him the most successful R&B male artist of the 1990s and he has been credited for helping redefine R&B and hip hop, earning the nicknames King of R&B and King of Pop-Soul. He is listed by Billboard as the most successful R&B/Hip Hop artist of the past 25 years and also the most successful R&B artist in history. Throughout his career, Kelly has won awards, including a Guinness World Records as well as countless of other awards like Grammy, BET, Soul Train, Billboard, NAACP. Robert Sylvester Kelly was born on January 8,1967 at Chicago Lying-in Hospital in Hyde Park, Kelly is the third of four children. Kellys single mother, Joanne, was a singer, Kellys father was absent throughout his sons life. Kellys family lived in the Ida B, wells Homes public housing project in Chicagos Bronzeville neighborhood. Lena McLin described Kellys childhood home, It was bare, there was no father there, I knew that, and they had very little. Kelly began singing in the choir at age eight. Kelly grew up in a full of women, whom he said would act differently when his mother. At a young age Kelly was often abused by a woman who was at least ten years older than himself. I was too afraid and too ashamed, Kelly wrote in his autobiography about why he never told anyone, at age 11, he was shot in the shoulder while riding his bike home, the bullet is reportedly still lodged in his shoulder
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Record producer
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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performers music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process, the roles of a producer vary. The producer may perform these roles himself, or help select the engineer, the producer may also pay session musicians and engineers and ensure that the entire project is completed within the record companies budget. A record producer or music producer has a broad role in overseeing and managing the recording. Producers also often take on an entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, contracts. In the 2010s, the industry has two kinds of producers with different roles, executive producer and music producer. Executive producers oversee project finances while music producers oversee the process of recording songs or albums. In most cases the producer is also a competent arranger, composer. The producer will also liaise with the engineer who concentrates on the technical aspects of recording. Noted producer Phil Ek described his role as the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, indeed, in Bollywood music, the designation actually is music director. The music producers job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music, at the beginning of record industry, producer role was technically limited to record, in one shot, artists performing live. The role of producers changed progressively over the 1950s and 1960s due to technological developments, the development of multitrack recording caused a major change in the recording process. Before multitracking, all the elements of a song had to be performed simultaneously, all of these singers and musicians had to be assembled in a large studio and the performance had to be recorded. As well, for a song that used 20 instruments, it was no longer necessary to get all the players in the studio at the same time. Examples include the rock sound effects of the 1960s, e. g. playing back the sound of recorded instruments backwards or clanging the tape to produce unique sound effects. These new instruments were electric or electronic, and thus they used instrument amplifiers, new technologies like multitracking changed the goal of recording, A producer could blend together multiple takes and edit together different sections to create the desired sound. For example, in jazz fusion Bandleader-composer Miles Davis album Bitches Brew, producers like Phil Spector and George Martin were soon creating recordings that were, in practical terms, almost impossible to realise in live performance. Producers became creative figures in the studio, other examples of such engineers includes Joe Meek, Teo Macero, Brian Wilson, and Biddu
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Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (song)
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Age Aint Nothing but a Number is a song by American singer Aaliyah, written and produced by R. Kelly for her debut album of the same name. Its lyrics tell the story of a girl wanting to date an older man, the song begins with a short piano introduction in quintuple meter and Aaliyah looking up a page in her diary dated May 5,1993. Once she discovers it, the switches to the chorus. The line I got a thing for you and I cant let go is lifted directly from Bobby Caldwells What You Wont Do For Love. It was released as the single from the album and became her first single in the U. S. to miss the top 10, peaking at number 75 on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100. The music video was directed by Millicent Shelton and filmed in Detroit, Michigan in November 1994, mainly shot in black-and-white, it features cameo appearances by rappers Proof and Bizarre from D12 and Aaliyahs brother, Rashad Haughton. These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of Age Aint Nothing But a Number. U. S. /UK CD single Age Aint Nothing but a Number Age Aint Nothing but a Number Age Aint Nothing but a Number Im Down The Thing I Like U. S
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The Thing I Like
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The Thing I Like is a song recorded in 1993 by American singer Aaliyah. It was released on the soundtrack for the action-comedy film A Low Down Dirty Shame and it was released as the albums fifth single in Europe in 1995. Written and produced by R. Kelly, the features a rap verse from himself. Its lyrics are about a love for a man because of the one thing she likes about him. The Thing I Like was the sixth overall from Age Aint Nothing but a Number. The CD version of the single features various remixes produced by Paul Gotel, the song became Aaliyahs fifth single to reach the top-forty singles in the United Kingdom. A music video composed from previous Aaliyahs clips was produced to promote the single
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(At Your Best) You Are Love
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You Are Love is a song by The Isley Brothers, originally a radio hit in 1976. It was originally dedicated to their mother, the song was certified gold single by RIAA on October 25,1994. In 2010 Canadian rapper Drake sampled Aaliyahs version of the song in his song Unforgettable, the music video was shot back to back with R. Kellys Summer Bunnies and were both smash hits in fall 1994. The music video was directed by Millicent Shelton, the music video is for the remix not the original and R. Kelly, who produced the songs, is in the video. Aaliyah, lead and background vocals R. Kelly, multi-instrumentation Produced by R. Kelly These are the formats, Drake recently made a song with Young Jeezy called Unforgettable using the same beat. Swedish artist El Perro Del Mar covered the song in 2009 as a special Record Store Day release as well, Tamar Braxton sampled the song in her single with Future, Let Me Know. In 2015, Frank Ocean released a cover on his Tumblr account as a tribute to Aaliyah, a slightly different version was also included on his visual album Endless At Your Best music video on YouTube Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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United Kingdom
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain, is a sovereign country in western Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, the United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland, with an area of 242,500 square kilometres, the United Kingdom is the 78th-largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th-largest in Europe. It is also the 21st-most populous country, with an estimated 65.1 million inhabitants, together, this makes it the fourth-most densely populated country in the European Union. The United Kingdom is a monarchy with a parliamentary system of governance. The monarch is Queen Elizabeth II, who has reigned since 6 February 1952, other major urban areas in the United Kingdom include the regions of Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester. The United Kingdom consists of four countries—England, Scotland, Wales, the last three have devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in their capitals, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, respectively. The relationships among the countries of the UK have changed over time, Wales was annexed by the Kingdom of England under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. A treaty between England and Scotland resulted in 1707 in a unified Kingdom of Great Britain, which merged in 1801 with the Kingdom of Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Five-sixths of Ireland seceded from the UK in 1922, leaving the present formulation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, there are fourteen British Overseas Territories. These are the remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in the 1920s, British influence can be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former colonies. The United Kingdom is a country and has the worlds fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP. The UK is considered to have an economy and is categorised as very high in the Human Development Index. It was the worlds first industrialised country and the worlds foremost power during the 19th, the UK remains a great power with considerable economic, cultural, military, scientific and political influence internationally. It is a nuclear weapons state and its military expenditure ranks fourth or fifth in the world. The UK has been a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council since its first session in 1946 and it has been a leading member state of the EU and its predecessor, the European Economic Community, since 1973. However, on 23 June 2016, a referendum on the UKs membership of the EU resulted in a decision to leave. The Acts of Union 1800 united the Kingdom of Great Britain, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have devolved self-government
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1995 in music
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995. January 1 - Mo Ostin steps down as chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group, January 8 - Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder hosts Self-Pollution Radio, a four-and-a-half hour radio broadcast with live performances by Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, and others. Any station with a receiver could pick up and carry the program. January 14 - Perry Farrell is arrested for possession, being under the influence. January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a rail near Mill Valley, California, USA. January 27 - Live from the House of Blues premieres on TBS, february 1 – Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers band member Richey James Edwards goes missing after leaving the London Embassy Hotel, UK at 7 am. February 7 – Rapper Tupac Shakur is sentenced to one-and-a-half to four-and-a-half years in prison on a sexual abuse charge and he was later released on appeal. February 12 – Iron Butterfly bassist Philip Taylor Kramer disappeared from Highway 101 and he tried calling his family and 911 for help, but received none. February 14 – Richey Edwards Vauxhall Cavalier is found abandoned in a station on the Bristol side of the Severn Bridge in the UK. Although he was near a notorious suicide spot, there is no evidence to suggest he committed suicide. February 19 – Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee marries Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson on a beach in Cancún, february 25 – Lyle Lovett suffers a broken collarbone in an accident while riding his motorcycle in Mexico. The accident prevented Lovett from attending the Grammy Awards, drummer Bill Berry leaves the stage during a concert in Switzerland after suffering a brain aneurysm. He undergoes successful brain surgery two days later in Switzerland, march 8 – Former Helloween drummer, Ingo Schwichtenberg, commits suicide by jumping under a subway train. March 13 - Radiohead album The Bends is released, march 14 – With the release of Me Against the World, Tupac Shakur became the first male solo artist to have a number one album on the American Billboard 200 chart while in prison. The album remained at the top of the charts for four weeks, march 26 – Rapper Eric Lynn Wright, better known as Eazy-E, dies of complications from AIDS. March 28 – Lyle Lovett and actress Julia Roberts announce their separation after 21 months of marriage. March 31 Tejano singer Selena is shot and killed by Yolanda Saldivar, her personal assistant and former fan club president. The event was called Black Friday by Hispanics worldwide, during a performance in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA, Jimmy Page narrowly escapes being stabbed by a man who rushes the stage with a knife
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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UK Dance Chart
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The actual chart currently receives airplay on MTV Dance, and the chart can be viewed on the BBC Radio 1s and Official Charts Companys website. The archive on the Official Charts Company website goes back to 3 July 1994, digital downloads became eligible on the Dance Album and Singles Chart in June 2009. Prior to that, only vinyl and CD sales only were compiled into the chart, the Dance Singles and Album Charts contain 40 positions
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Official Charts Company
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The OCC is operated jointly by the British Phonographic Industry and the Entertainment Retailers Association. Since 1 July 1997, CIN and then the OCC have compiled the official charts, prior to this date, the charts were produced by a succession of market research companies, beginning with the British Market Research Bureau in 1969, and later by Gallup. All of the OCCs charts are published weekly on Friday nights, from 3 August 1969 until 5 July 2015, the chart week ran from Sunday to Saturday. Genre-specific charts include UK Dance Chart, UK Indie Chart, UK R&B Chart, UK Rock Chart, the Scottish Singles and Albums Charts ― and the former Welsh Singles and Albums Chart ― appears in listings within the Official Charts Company. It is a regional listing reflecting how sales towards the UK Singles Chart, the Welsh Singles and Album Chart served the same purpose in Wales. It also charts the UK DVD Chart and UK Budget Album Chart, while their music charts are now Friday to Thursday, their video charts remain Sunday to Saturday. On 5 September 2008, the Official UK Charts Company rebranded itself as the Official Charts Company and it later dropped the word Company and became just Official Charts. From May 2012, a new chart was launched – the Official Streaming Chart and this counts audio streams from streaming services Spotify, Deezer, Blinkbox Music, Napster, amongst others. In April 2015, the UKs first vinyl record chart was launched by the Official Charts Company due to the surge of interest in the sector. The chart was launched following the growth of the sector in the UK for the year in a row. Beginning in 2017 the Official Charts Company changed its methodology for calculating the Top 40, prior to January 2017,100 streams counted as one sale of a song. From January onward, the ratio became 150,1, UK Albums Chart UK Singles Chart UK Video Charts UK Singles Downloads Chart UK Album Downloads Chart British Phonographic Industry Official Charts Company website
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Aaliyah discography
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The discography of Aaliyah, an American singer, dancer, actress & model, contains three studio albums, two compilation albums and 26 singles. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Detroit, at age 10, she appeared on Star Search and performed in concert alongside Gladys Knight. At age 12, Aaliyah was signed to Jive Records and Blackground Records by her uncle and he introduced her to R. Kelly, who became her mentor, as well as lead songwriter and producer of her debut album. Age Aint Nothing but a Number sold three million copies in the United States and was certified double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, after facing allegations of an illegal marriage with Kelly, Aaliyah ended her contract with Jive and signed to Atlantic Records. During her short career, Aaliyah earned 13 top 40 singles in the U. S. as well as 18 top 40 singles in the UK. Aaliyah worked with record producers Timbaland and Missy Elliott for her album, One in a Million. In 2000, Aaliyah appeared in her first major film, Romeo Must Die and she also contributed to the films soundtrack, where Try Again was released as a single. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 solely on radio airplay, Try Again earned Aaliyah a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocalist. After completing Romeo Must Die, Aaliyah filmed her part in Queen of the Damned and she released her third and final album, Aaliyah, in July 2001. On August 25,2001, Aaliyah and eight others were killed in a crash in The Bahamas after filming the music video for the single Rock the Boat. The pilot, Luis Morales III, was unlicensed at the time of the accident and had traces of cocaine, aaliyahs family later filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Blackhawk International Airways, which was settled out of court. Since then, Aaliyah has achieved success with several posthumous releases. As of December 2008, she has sold 8.1 million albums in the United States, song of Brooklyn, An Oral History of Americas Favorite Borough. An R&B Princess in Words and Pictures, the Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars. Aaliyah discography discography, forum, and marketplace at Discogs
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One in a Million (Aaliyah album)
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One in a Million is the second studio album by American R&B recording artist Aaliyah, first released on August 27,1996 by Blackground Records and Atlantic Records. The album featured several guest vocalists, including Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Treach, Slick Rick, One in a Million was well received by most critics, including Rolling Stone, who named it the 90th best album of the 1990s. It was also listed as one of 33 hip hop/R&B albums in Rolling Stones Essential Recordings of the 90s. One in a Million debuted at twenty on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 40,500 copies in its week, twenty-two weeks later the album peaked at eighteen. Within a few months, the album proved Aaliyahs breakthrough and a milestone in the careers of Missy Elliott. It was certified double Platinum on June 16,1997, the album was also certified Gold by the Canadian recording industry for shipments of 50,000 copies. One in a Million has sold three million copies in the United States and 8 million copies worldwide. In 2004, the album was re-released in Germany with altered artwork, the disc is copy-protected, and therefore will not show up when placed in some PCs, but it will show up when inserted into a Mac, and it will play in most CD players. It included the standard 17 tracks, plus the bonus song Come Over, One in a Million was recorded from August 1995 to July 1996. Missy Elliott and Timbaland wrote and produced the majority of the album, other producers included Rodney Jerkins, Jermaine Dupri, and Kay Gee. The album was produced by Barry Hankerson and Jomo Hankerson. 57 songs were recorded for the album, but a majority of them were cut from the track list. Another track that was going to be included on the album was I Care 4 U and it was later included on Aaliyahs third studio album, Aaliyah. It reached the top of the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart for two weeks, If Your Girl Only Knew was also a hit in the UK, peaking in the top thirty of the UK Singles Chart at number 21 when it was originally released by itself. It was re-issued with One in a Million as a double A-side, the albums second single One in a Million was released December 10,1996, the song was a top twenty hit in the UK, reaching number fifteen. 4 Page Letter was released as the third single on March 11,1997. Hot Like Fire and The One I Gave My Heart To were released simultaneously on September 16,1997, in the same issue week, the song debuted on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at number 18 and went on to peak at number 7. The song was certified Gold by the RIAA on October 21,1997, connie Johnson of the Los Angeles Times found the albums material exceptional, including the teasingly witchy If Your Girl Only Knew
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Aaliyah (album)
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Aaliyah is the 2001 third and final studio album by American R&B singer Aaliyah. After raising her profile with hit singles during the late 1990s, Aaliyah started to work on the album in 1998. She resumed recording in 2000 at Sing Sing Studios in Australia, Aaliyah worked primarily with Blackground Records in-house crew of writers and producers, including Budda, J. Dub, Rapture, and Eric Seats, as well as longtime collaborator Timbaland. Aaliyah is an R&B and neo soul record with music drawing from funk, hip hop, alternative rock, the producers incorporated synthesizer melodies, fragmented beats, distorted guitar, and eccentrically manipulated vocals and song structures. Much of Aaliyah dealt with the complexities of love and different stages in a relationship. Most of the songs were written by lyricist Static Major, who shared a close friendship and she viewed the album as a reflection of herself as both a young adult and a matured vocalist. After her death, sales of the album skyrocketed and propelled it to one on the Billboard 200. Aaliyah was released during a period of activity in contemporary R&B and. Aaliyah released her second album One in a Million in 1996 and she gained further exposure with radio hits from film soundtracks, including her 1998 single Are You That Somebody. After it became the biggest hit of her career at point, Aaliyah wanted to keep a lower profile. A follow-up record was planned for February 1999, but she postponed its recording to develop an acting career, the film heightened her profile significantly, while the soundtracks single Try Again became her first number-one pop hit. Aaliyah began recording the album in 1998 and she recorded a few songs, including two with longtime collaborator Timbaland, before working on Romeo Must Die. In 1999, while working on the record in New York City, Aaliyah called and asked Trent Reznor, one of her idols, to produce a song. She said in an interview for Billboard, there were nights when I didnt go into the studio—I was too tired, on the weekends, I always made it. Jomo Hankerson, Blackground president and Aaliyahs cousin, said that he had to bribe the producers, but ultimately had a beautiful time. Most of the songs were recorded at either Sony Studios in New York City or Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne, including Loose Rap. She had first recorded I Care 4 U, written by past collaborator Missy Elliott, in 1996 for One in a Million, but scrapped it after that albums completion. Aaliyah worked with Blackground Records in-house crew of musicians, songwriters, and producers, including novice producers Budda, J. Dub, Rapture, and Eric Seats
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I Care 4 U
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I Care 4 U is a posthumous compilation album by American R&B recording artist Aaliyah. Following the release of Aaliyahs self-titled third album in July 2001, Blackground Records and Universal Music decided to release a posthumous record that included songs from her studio albums and previously unreleased tracks and demos, recorded between 1993 and 2001. It also included her hit singles and a number of recordings discarded from sessions for her third album. When I Care 4 U was released by Blackground and Universal on December 10,2002, critics were divided in their assessment of the unreleased songs. Commercially, the album was a success, debuting at number three on the Billboard 200 and being certified platinum and it also reached the top ten of record charts in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Switzerland. The compilation produced four singles—Miss You, I Care 4 U, Dont Know What to Tell Ya, after completing Romeo Must Die, Aaliyah filmed her part in Queen of the Damned. She released her third and final album, Aaliyah, in July 2001 which was met with positive reviews from critics. The album became a success debuting at number two on the Billboard 200 and sold 187,000 copies. And became her highest sales week of her career, Aaliyah spent 68 weeks on the Billboard 200 and, by December 2009, had sold 2.6 million copies. On August 25,2001, Aaliyah and eight others were killed in a crash in The Bahamas after filming the music video for the single Rock the Boat. The pilot, Luis Morales III, was unlicensed at the time of the accident and had traces of cocaine, Aaliyahs family later filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Blackhawk International Airways, which was settled out of court. The album features both album cuts and previously unreleased tracks and demos, recorded between 1993 and 2001, miss You was written by R&B singer Ginuwine, Johnta Austin and Teddy Bishop, while produced by the latter, and was originally crafted for Ginuwines second studio album 100% Ginuwine. Bishop later commented, She was like, I want to cut this record She got on the phone, called him and said Hey I know you cut this record already, but I would love to cut it. Ginuwine, who was a writer on the song, allowed her to cut her own version of it. Though she reportedly wanted to put the song out herself, Blackground Records, her label, felt the song was no record and thus. The title track was written by Missy Elliott and Timbaland, who produced the song. Aaliyah began to record the song for her 1996 album One in a Million, the song is a soft romantic R&B ballad whose female narrator, according to Aaliyah, says dont cry, Ill wipe your tears. I love you, just give me the chance to show you, in Europe, it charted at number 2
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Ultimate Aaliyah
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Ultimate Aaliyah is the second compilation album dedicated to late R&B singer Aaliyah. It was released on 10 May 2005 in the UK, Australia and it includes two CDs and one DVD video disc. The second disc is entitled Are You Feelin Me and it contains material from soundtracks and from studio albums by labelmate Timbaland. The title track was released as a single in the UK to promote the album, are You Feelin Me. was also made available as a standalone download, allowing purchasers to obtain the rarities without duplicating the Greatest Hits. Ultimate Aaliyah debuted at #32 on the UK Albums Chart, with 20,000 copies sold and it has sold over 1.4 million copies worldwide. The DVD contains the documentary as Ultimate Aaliyah.3 —4,30 Dont Know What to Tell Ya6 —5,01 Miss You6 —4,05 At Your Best 1 —4,52 The Aaliyah Story Photo gallery Are You Feelin Me. We Need a Resolution More Than a Woman Rock the Boat Miss You Photo gallery
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Back & Forth (Aaliyah song)
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Back & Forth is the debut single performed by singer Aaliyah for her debut studio album Age Aint Nothing but a Number. The song was written and produced by R&B singer R. Kelly, the music video for the song was shot in her hometown of Detroit and features Aaliyah and Kelly performing in a gym with her real-life friends from high school. Kelly performs the rap in the song, the song was released as the albums lead single in early 1994. It sold 700,000 copies domestically, earning a gold certification from the RIAA on June 9,1994. It spent three weeks at number-one on the U. S. Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart, and peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, the single was ranked second on the year-end chart of Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs. The single also went top-ten in Canada and these are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of Back & Forth. Back & Forth was filmed in February 1994 as Aaliyahs first music video and it opens with a male entering a gym, bouncing a basketball. When the song kicks in, there are cuts of people entering the gym, Aaliyah enters wearing baggy clothing, a bandana and shades. She sings the song by the gyms entrance, in other parts of the clip she is seen dancing in the middle of the gymnasium with a crowd moving around her, sitting with R. Kelly in the bleachers and performing on a stage to her fans. The original setting was chosen for the video in Los Angeles. R&B number-one hits of 1994 Back & Forth on YouTube Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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If Your Girl Only Knew
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If Your Girl Only Knew is a R&B/dance-pop and hip hop soul song written by Missy Elliott and Timbaland for Aaliyahs second studio album, One in a Million. It also was produced by Timbaland, and released as the lead single during the third quarter of 1996. The song was re-released in 1998 as a limited edition double A-side single with the single, notably, If Your Girl Only Knew was one of the earliest songs that showcased the production talent of Timbaland. Released as the lead single in August 1996, it peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week ending October 19,1996. It reached the top of the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart for two weeks, the single sold 600,000 copies domestically. If Your Girl Only Knew was also a hit in the UK and it was re-issued with One in a Million as a double A-side and reached a new peak position of number 15. If Your Girl Only Knew was also a hit in other countries. In the video, Aaliyah, her brother, and clique appear at a party and she wears a dark leather outfit with her trademark sunglasses and bandana. Scenes include Aaliyah sitting in a chair, at a party, Aaliyah and various others in an elevator. Color editing is used on her eyes here, and they change color towards the end of the video, cameos include Missy Elliott, Timbaland,702, Lil Kim, Ginuwine, and her brother Rashad. The video was directed by Joseph Kahn, master P interpolated If Your Girl Only Knew on the song Ghetto Prayer from his 1999 album Only God Can Judge Me. Rahzel also interpolated If Your Girl Only Knew on the track If Your Mother Only Knew, included on his 1999 album Make the Music 2000
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Got to Give It Up
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Got to Give It Up is a song by American music artist Marvin Gaye. Written by the singer and produced by Art Stewart as a response to a request from Gayes record label that he perform disco music, upon its release, it topped three different Billboard charts and also became a worldwide success. Gaye sometimes used the song to open up his live concert shows, the song has been covered by several acts. Throughout 1976, Marvin Gayes popularity was still at a high in America and abroad, divorce court proceedings between Gaye and first wife Anna Gordy had put a strain on him. Financial difficulties almost led to imprisonment for the singer when Gordy accused him of failing to pay child support payments for their only child, to relieve Gaye from his debt, his European concert promoter Jeffrey Kruger booked the singer on a lengthy European tour. Gaye began the tour in the United Kingdom where he had a fan base dating back to his early career in the 1960s. His performances there were rave reviews. One of the shows, filmed at Londons Palladium, was recorded for an album, later released as Live at the London Palladium. Around the same time, Gayes label Motown tried to get the artist to record in the current sound of the times, Gaye criticized the music, claiming it lacked substance and vowed against recording in the genre. His label mate Diana Ross had recorded her first disco song, the songs producer Hal Davis debated over giving that song to either Ross or Gaye. After working over the song, he went with Ross, Motown struggled to get Gaye in the studio as Gaye focused on work on an album. After months of holding off from recording anything resembling disco, the set upon writing a song parodying a disco setting. The first recording session for Got to Give It Up, originally titled Dancing Lady, was on December 13,1976, influenced by the Johnnie Taylor hit, Disco Lady, Gaye was inspired to create his answer song to Taylors hit. To help set up an atmosphere, Gaye hired Motown producer and engineer Art Stewart to oversee the songs production. Gaye and Stewart brought in musicians and Gayes friends, his brother Frankie and girlfriend Janis Hunter, to Gayes recording studio complex. From December 14 to 17,1976, Gaye performed the vocal track, instrumentation. In the song, Gaye added background vocals from his brother, during the second half of the song, the song introduces vocal layered doo-wop styled scatting from Gaye and produced a funk-influenced vamp. Fernando Harkness performs a saxophone solo in the second half of the song
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One in a Million (Aaliyah song)
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One in a Million is a song by American singer Aaliyah from her second studio album of the same name. One in a Million is a R&B song written by Missy Elliott and Timbaland, an R&B slow jam, One in a Million was considered quite atypical and innovative at the time of its release. The song was the first major display of Timbalands early drum-skitter-style of programming, though Timbaland, Missy Elliott and Aaliyah had been previously at work in the industry for some time, the song was a breakthrough moment for them. One in a Million was recorded at Pyramid Studios in Ithaca and it was also a top twenty hit in the UK, reaching number fifteen as part of a double A-side with the re-release of If Your Girl Only Knew. The music video for One in a Million was directed by Paul Hunter in the autumn of 1996, an extended version of the video was used for the remix which features Ginuwine, Timbaland, and Missy Elliott in 1997. The video starts with Aaliyah lying on top of a black Ford Mustang with Missy Elliott, soon, several reporters and fans rush to the car. Then the scene switches to a room where Aaliyah is sitting as Ginuwine approaches her. The scene bears a resemblance to the set of 12 Monkeys. In another scene she is watching him in an off white-colored room via security camera, the scene shifts to a completely white room where Aaliyah is dancing with another male and then to the scene where Ginuwine is looking at the security camera. In the latter scene, Aaliyah enters the room and reveals a tattoo of her name on Ginuwines arm, once again, the scene goes back to the dark room, but this time Aaliyah is standing up and performing in a white bodysuit. The video ends with Aaliyah riding in a motorcycle with eighteen-year-old DEALZ, in 2010, singer/songwriter The-Dream recorded a cover of the song and R&B artist Omarion covered the song for his mixtape as a tribute to Aaliyah. Also, Canadian singer/songwriter Keshia Chante who was set to play as Aaliyah in her biopic movie. On August 25,2012, hip hop artist Blizzy Ballard and former Aaliyah collaborator Smoke E. Digglera, lead singer of R&B group Playa, released a tribute cover of the song. Incorporated the drum pattern, as well as the crickets and ad-libs from Elliott. It is sampled on Iggy Azaleas Backseat Trill $hit, R&B and hip hop artist Tink released a song titled Million that samples the song with production done by Timbaland for her upcoming debut album titled, Think Tink. The song was released on May 11,2015, the music video was released on July 1,2015 and was directed by Benny Boom
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4 Page Letter
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4 Page Letter is a contemporary R&B song recorded by American singer Aaliyah. The song was written by producer Tim Timbaland Mosley and Missy Elliott, Mosley produced the song and Elliott provided background vocals. It is the single released from Aaliyahs second studio album. 4 Page Letter received little airplay on pop radio, instead receiving more airplay on urban. It peaked at number fifty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart, CD & 12-inch singles were issued in the UK one featured the radio edit and 2 Timbaland produced remixes of 4 Page Letter and the b-side. The other contained the radio edit backed with remixes of her previous single One In A Million, Aaliyah performed 4 Page Letter, along with some other songs, at the 1997 Superfest concert on October 6,1997 in San Diego, California. She also performed the song, along with others, at Summer Jam 1997, sponsored by New York City radio station Hot 97, the B-side for the song was Death of a Playa. The B-side features Aaliyahs brother, Rashad Haughton, and was produced by Timbaland, the song written by Aaliyah and Rashad. Death of a Playa would later be the B-side for the U. S, double A-Side single release of The One I Gave My Heart To & Hot Like Fire. The music video for 4 Page Letter was directed by Daniel Pearl, the concept for it was created by Rashad Haughton. The video takes place in a forest and shows Aaliyah secretly watching a man dance and then later perform in a Native American village. The video moves to modern time where a group of people watch two men dance outside and then back into the past where Aaliyah and the mysterious man dance in a large ring of fire
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Hot Like Fire
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Hot Like Fire is a song written by Missy Elliott and Tim Timbaland Mosley for Aaliyahs second album, One in a Million. It is the fifth overall and the official fourth single in North America. The song was released as part of a double A-side single with The One I Gave My Heart To, Hot Like Fire was originally recorded for Aaliyahs second studio album, One in a Million. When it was chosen to be the fourth and final single in the US. Hot Like Fire is R&B/hip hop soul Timbalands ad-lib is sampled from Suzanne Vegas Toms Diner, Aaliyah performs most of the song, while Timbaland contributes ad libs and Missy Elliott chants Ima make it hot like fire as the outro. Aaliyah performed Hot Like Fire at Summer Jam 1997 sponsored by New York City radio station Hot 97 on August 10,1997 and she also performed the song on the short-lived talk show, VIBE. The music video was directed by Lance Un Rivera, Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Playa, Changing Faces, Lil Kim, and Junior M. A. F. I. A. The video starts with a number of people in an urban neighborhood on a very hot summer day. Aaliyah drives a red car with a fire engine, the setting quickly changes to night as Aaliyah gets out of the car to perform the chorus on a steamy stage with sparks in the background. During the second verse, Aaliyah is seen dancing with the crowd, Aaliyah returns to the stage with the dancers to perform the chorus again. Timbaland performs his verse and Missy Elliott performs her verse, in 2015, Case claimed in an interview that he was supposed to be in the music video for the single but got distracted and didnt make it
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The One I Gave My Heart To
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The One I Gave My Heart To is a R&B/ pop song by American singer Aaliyah. The song is the sixth and final single from Aaliyahs second album One in a Million, the song was written by Diane Warren and the album version was produced by Daryl Simmons, while the single version was produced by Guy Roche. The song is a ballad where the protagonist asks how could the man she gave her heart to be the one who hurt her feelings so harshly. The song was released on September 16,1997 as a double A-side with Hot Like Fire, in the same issue week, the song debuted on the U. S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at number 18 and went on to peak at number 7, the song was certified Gold by the RIAA on October 21,1997. The song is composed in the key of G major and follows the form with Aaliyah doing improvisations at the ad-libbed last verse. Like Hot Like Fire, the song was remixed for its single release, Aaliyahs vocal range spans from F#3 to F5 in the single version of the song. The song is arguably Aaliyahs most powerful performance in which she showcased her belting range as she usually used her falsetto. Warren spoke highly of Aaliyahs vocal performance, stating that She could go where the Whitneys went and she wailed on that single I wrote for her. I write songs that challenge singers, and she rose to the occasion, the One I Gave My Heart To was first released as a double A-side single with Hot Like Fire in 1997 as a maxi CD single and regular sized CD single. The B-side for the single release was Death of a Playa. This song features Aaliyahs brother, Rashad Haughton and was written by the two siblings, earlier that year, Death of a Playa was used as the B-side for 4 Page Letter. Throughout the video there are two settings and another one at the end. In one setting, Aaliyah is inside a house with wooden floors, in the house, there is a room with nothing but a mirror on the floor. With this mirror Aaliyah is able to see other scenes of the video, the second shows Aaliyah sitting on wooden bench in a forest setting. In the final scene, Aaliyah performs outside during a rain shower. S
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Journey to the Past
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Journey to the Past is a song from the 1997 20th Century Fox animated feature film, Anastasia. A pop rendition recorded by American R&B recording artist Aaliyah is played over the end credits. Journey to the Past is a pop ballad that is influenced by contemporary R&B music. Journey to the Past has received mixed to positive reception, many praising Callaways version, the song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 70th Academy Awards in 1998, but lost to My Heart Will Go On from Titanic. The song was nominated alongside Once Upon a December for a Golden Globe Award in the same category. It became a successful pop hit in the UK. The song did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, it received minor adult contemporary airplay in the U. S. It stayed on the chart for only 4 weeks, the song was released to U. S. adult contemporary radio on March 31,1998 as the soundtracks second single. The song was dubbed into 28 languages for international release. In the Flemish version of the movie, only young and adult Anastasia, for the rest of the characters, the Dutch dub was used. Critical reception for Journey to the Past has been mixed to positive. Filmtracks called Callaways version of the song attractive, dVDTalk named the song the films best tune, and a prime example of songs that stick with you and beg to be repeated. The Stage wrote Somewhere Out There from An American Tail, cinematter said The songs are enjoyable, but only two have any lasting presence. McCartys review of Aaliyahs pop rendition of the song was more mixed. as is almost always the case with these animated musicals that produce radio hits, I prefer the in-movie version. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave a positive review of Aaliyahs rendition. The music video begins in a modern-day American neighborhood on a warm day. Aaliyah is seen singing in the windows of a grocery store. Tying in to the theme of going back to the past, Aaliyah goes back and forth from the real world to the animated world of Russia in the 1920s
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Are You That Somebody?
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Are You That Somebody. is a Grammy nominated single performed by American singer Aaliyah, recorded for the Dr. Dolittle soundtrack. The song was written and composed by Static Major, who sang backing vocals, and Timbaland. The song was sent to U. S, pop radio stations on September 29,1998. The song samples the sound of a baby cooing from Perrey, trains 1982 dance classic Youre the One for Me. The song was listed 387th on The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born, pitchfork Media included the song at number 8 on their Top 200 Tracks of the 90s. Slant Magazine ranked the song at number 19 on their 100 best singles of the 1990s list and this song earned Aaliyah a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. According to a Static Major article in Vibe magazine, when Timbaland first presented the song to Aaliyah, however, she eventually agreed to record it. In a behind the video featuring Timbaland, he reveals that the record was recorded in a couple of hours after a show. Many of the beats and loops used on the song were cut at the now defunct Hit Factory in New York City by Timbaland, NYLA. The music video for Are You That Somebody, was directed by Mark Gerard, and with choreography by Fatima Robinson. It begins with Timbaland and a crew of men riding motorcycles to a cave where Aaliyah, as Timbaland and the crew arrive, a hologram of a metal door seals the opening of the cave. The men notice that the seal is a hologram and drive through it, inside the underground cave clips of Dr. Dolittle are projected on several walls in the background. As Aaliyahs first verse starts she holds a bird on her arm. There are scenes with just the dancing, just the men dancing. There are no scenes with just the men and Aaliyah dancing, also shown is Timbaland rapping with the group Playa in the background. The video ends with Aaliyah and the dancers performing a flamenco dance, the video was retired on MTVs TRL and was the third most-played clip on MTV in 1998. There are two versions of the video, one incorporating footage from Dr. Dolittle on the wall, the video was shot in a real cave at Griffith Park in Los Angeles. In its album guide, Rolling Stone commented that the song one of 90s R&Bs most astounding moments
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Try Again (Aaliyah song)
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Try Again is a song by American recording artist Aaliyah. It was written by Static Major and Timothy Mosley, and produced by Timbaland, the song was released on February 22,2000, as the lead single for the soundtrack to the film Romeo Must Die, and was later included on international pressings of the singers self-titled album. Try Again features an intro in which Timbaland pays homage to Eric B, & Rakim by rapping the duos opening verse from I Know You Got Soul. In 1999, Aaliyah landed her first movie role in Romeo Must Die, a loose adaptation of William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet, Aaliyah starred opposite martial artist Jet Li, playing a couple who fall in love amid their warring families. It grossed US$18.6 million in its first weekend, ranking number two at the box office, in addition to acting, Aaliyah served as an executive producer of the film soundtrack, to which she contributed four songs. Aaliyah revealed that the team actually talked about the soundtrack before we even shot the movie. On February 18,2000, it was announced that Try Again would be released as the single of Romeo Must Die, The Album. It was physically released on February 22,2000, Try Again is a song written by Stephen Garrett and Timothy Mosley, and produced by Timbaland. Timbalands fuzzy, booming soundscape is influenced by acid house, music formally known as Launch mentioned that the songs sound is associated with Detroit techno. Aaliyahs sinuous singing comprises simple vocal riffs, which are repeated and refracted to echo the manipulated loops that produce the songs digital rhythm. The chorus line, If at first you dont succeed, then dust yourself off and try again, is repeated in a fashion similar to the sampling. In the songs intro, Timbaland pays homage to Eric B, & Rakim by rapping the duos opening verse from I Know You Got Soul. Try Again debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 on the week of March 18,2000 at number fifty-eight, reaching number one on the week of June 17,2000. It also peaked at one on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. On the Year-End chart for 2000, the reached number twelve. Try Again also achieved commercial success elsewhere in Europe, peaking within the top five on the charts in Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, in Germany, the song peaked at number five on the German Singles Chart. In Australia, the reached number eight on the ARIA Singles Chart. It became the countrys fifty-first best-selling song of 2000, the music video was filmed at Hollywood Center Studios on March 6,2000
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Come Back in One Piece
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Come Back in One Piece is the third official single from the Romeo Must Die soundtrack. The song was performed by Aaliyah and features a guest appearance by DMX, the song was not a Top 40 hit single in the U. S. though it was a minor urban contemporary hit. In Europe, Come Back in One Piece and I Dont Wanna were released together as double A-side single, the single was not successful on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100, but reached the top 40 on U. S. R&B charts. The song sampled Sir Nose DVoidoffunk by Parliament, from their 1977 LP Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome, the same song was sampled by N. W. A. in 1991 for their song Niggaz 4 Life from the album of the same name. No uncensored version of the song is very easily, as the album which it appeared on censored all profanities. Also, Aaliyahs discography in general has been free of explicit lyrics, all profanities were replaced with typical ad libs from DMX songs, such as what. The US promotional CD single features the version of the song. The video was filmed in Yonkers, New York, the video features Aaliyah and DMX in an urban setting. At the beginning the two pose for pictures against a wall, with Aaliyah mouthing DMXs opening intro. DMX appears at a convenience store fighting other men, Aaliyah appears in three scenes singing. In one she is laying on a bed with her dog, another walking down a sidewalk with a pit bull, in between cuts, the scene shifts to children sitting beside televisions with scenes from Romeo Must Die. At the end children and adults alike, stand in front of murals of Aaliyah, the Video landed at #10 on BET, Notarized Top 100 Videos of 2000
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We Need a Resolution
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We Need a Resolution is a song performed by American recording artist Aaliyah. It was written by Static Major and Timbaland, who produced and contributed a featured rap. The song was released on April 13,2001, as the single for Aaliyahs self-titled 2001 album Aaliyah. The song was a success internationally. We Need a Resolution reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart, in October 2011, NME placed it at number 119 on its list 150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years. It was placed 21st on Slant Magazines Best of the Aughts, Singles list and 30th on Stylus Magazines Top 50 Singles, the single and the music video was also ranked 8th and 6th, respectively, on Slant Magazines Best Singles and Music Videos of 2001 list. While this particular part of the song is in 10/8 time signature, the songs lyrics maturely present two perspectives in a passive-aggressive relationship. Aaliyahs sinuously sung concerns are dismissed in Timbalands featured rap. The song leaves its hook unresolved, plays backwards after Timbalands rap, and concludes with a loop of the vocal where were you last night. The music video for the song was directed by Paul Hunter from April 6–8,2001 and premiered on BETs 106 & Park, the video placed at #77 on the BET, Notarized top 100 videos of 2001, and at number 30 on MTVs top 50 videos of 2001. The video opens with Aaliyah sitting in a room in a black dress. She is also sitting on a large question mark as it moves through a blue tunnel. Leading up to the chorus Aaliyah can be seen laying on a bed with headphones on. During the second verse and the chorus she is in a scene with a snake around her neck in a snake pit. As Timbalands rap verse begins he can be seen in a room wearing shades. Aaliyah performs a routine with other dancers during Timbalands verse. The video closes with Aaliyah in the bedroom scene again. We Need a Resolution on YouTube Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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More Than a Woman (Aaliyah song)
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More Than a Woman is a song performed by American recording artist Aaliyah. It was written by Static Major and Timbaland, who produced the song for her self-titled 2001 album Aaliyah, More Than a Woman was released as a single in November 2001 in the United States and January 2002 in the United Kingdom. Aaliyah performed the song on Live with Regis & Kelly on July 18,2001 and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on July 25,2001, More Than a Woman was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in the 45th Annual Grammy Awards. The next day Static rewrote the song, Aaliyah wasn’t present at the studio at the time when Static did the first version. Complex journalist Lauren Nostro said More Than a Woman mixes pop, electro, and a mid tempo hip-hop feel. I-D Magazine journalist Emily Manning praised More Than a Woman for its blend of pop. According to WhoSampled, it includes a sample of Mayada El Hennawys 1993 song Alouli Ansa. Its lead single We Need a Resolution had been released on April 13, in August, Aaliyah shot a music video for More Than a Woman in Los Angeles and then travelled to the Bahamas to shoot a video for Rock the Boat. But after its completion, she and several members who were returning to the United States died in a plane crash on August 25. Blackground executives were uncertain when they would release the next single. In the United States, More Than a Woman entered at number seventy one on the Billboard Hot 100, dated issue February 2,2002. the song stayed in the chart for twenty-four weeks. The song ranked fifty-eighth on the 2002 year-end chart. In the United Kingdom, the entered and peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart on January 13,2002 ― for the week ending date January 19,2002 ― selling 32,081 copies for that week. All together, the single has sold 347,563 copies in the United Kingdom, elsewhere in Europe, the song reached the top twenty in Belgium, Ireland and Switzerland. The music video for More Than a Woman was directed by Dave Meyers and filmed in Los Angeles, between cuts she is riding the motorcycle and doing wheelies and in another scene standing in front of a headlight with her back against the camera. Later in the video, Aaliyah is dancing with co-ed dancers, wearing pants, gloves, and boots. At the end, a silhouette of Aaliyah on her motorcycle wearing Dainese Gear is placed in front of sunset with the words In Loving Memory of Aaliyah above. British music producer Mark Ronson appears in the video as a DJ, along with then girlfriend Rashida Jones and her sister, the video premiered on January 7,2002 and landed on top of BETs 106 & Park countdown right after Rock The Boat was retired from the countdown
