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Album
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Album, is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape, or another medium. Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century, first as books of individual 78rpm records, vinyl LPs are still issued, though in the 21st century album sales have mostly focused on compact disc and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl, an album may be recorded in a recording studio, in a concert venue, at home, in the field, or a mix of places. Recording may take a few hours to years to complete, usually in several takes with different parts recorded separately. Recordings that are done in one take without overdubbing are termed live, the majority of studio recordings contain an abundance of editing, sound effects, voice adjustments, etc. With modern recording technology, musicians can be recorded in separate rooms or at times while listening to the other parts using headphones. Album covers and liner notes are used, and sometimes additional information is provided, such as analysis of the recording, historically, the term album was applied to a collection of various items housed in a book format. In musical usage the word was used for collections of pieces of printed music from the early nineteenth century. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums, the LP record, or 33 1⁄3 rpm microgroove vinyl record, is a gramophone record format introduced by Columbia Records in 1948. It was adopted by the industry as a standard format for the album. Apart from relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound capability, the term album had been carried forward from the early nineteenth century when it had been used for collections of short pieces of music. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums, as part of a trend of shifting sales in the music industry, some commenters have declared that the early 21st century experienced the death of the album. Sometimes shorter albums are referred to as mini-albums or EPs, Albums such as Tubular Bells, Amarok, Hergest Ridge by Mike Oldfield, and Yess Close to the Edge, include fewer than four tracks. There are no rules against artists such as Pinhead Gunpowder referring to their own releases under thirty minutes as albums. These are known as box sets, material is stored on an album in sections termed tracks, normally 11 or 12 tracks. A music track is a song or instrumental recording. The term is associated with popular music where separate tracks are known as album tracks. When vinyl records were the medium for audio recordings a track could be identified visually from the grooves
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Extended play
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An extended play is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single, but is usually unqualified as an album or LP. EPs generally do not contain as many tracks as albums, and are considered less expensive, an EP originally referred to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play and LP, but it is now applied to mid-length CDs and downloads as well. Ricardo Baca of The Denver Post said, EPs—originally extended-play single releases that are shorter than traditional albums—have long been popular with punk, in the United Kingdom, the Official Chart Company defines a boundary between EP and album classification at 25 minutes of length or four tracks. EPs were released in various sizes in different eras, the earliest multi-track records, issued around 1919 by Grey Gull Records, were vertically cut 78 rpm discs known as 2-in-1 records. These had finer than usual grooves, like Edison Disc Records, by 1949, when the 45 rpm single and 33 1⁄3 rpm LP were competing formats, seven-inch 45 rpm singles had a maximum playing time of only about four minutes per side. Partly as an attempt to compete with the LP introduced in 1948 by rival Columbia, RCA Victor introduced Extended Play 45s during 1952. Their narrower grooves, achieved by lowering the levels and sound compression optionally. These were usually 10-inch LPs split onto two seven-inch EPs or 12-inch LPs split onto three seven-inch EPs, either separately or together in gatefold covers. This practice became less common with the advent of triple-speed-available phonographs. Some classical music albums released at the beginning of the LP era were distributed as EP albums—notably the seven operas that Arturo Toscanini conducted on radio between 1944 and 1954. These opera EPs, originally broadcast on the NBC Radio network and manufactured by RCA, in the 1990s, they began appearing on compact discs. During the 1950s, RCA published several EP albums of Walt Disney movies and these usually featured the original casts of actors and actresses. Each album contained two seven-inch records, plus an illustrated booklet containing the text of the recording, so that children could follow along by reading. Some of the titles included Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, and what was then a recent release, because of the popularity of 7 and other formats, SP records became less popular and the production of SPs in Japan was suspended in 1963. In the 1950s and 1960s, EPs were usually compilations of singles or album samplers and were played at 45 rpm on seven-inch discs. Record Retailer printed the first EP chart in 1960, the New Musical Express, Melody Maker, Disc and Music Echo and the Record Mirror continued to list EPs on their respective singles charts. The Beatles Twist and Shout outsold most singles for some weeks in 1963, when the BBC and Record Retailer commissioned the British Market Research Bureau to compile a chart it was restricted to singles and EPs disappeared from the listings. In the Philippines, seven-inch EPs marketed as mini-LPs were introduced in 1970, with tracks selected from an album and this mini-LP format also became popular in America in the early 1970s for promotional releases, and also for use in jukeboxes
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Billboard (magazine)
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Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events and it is also known for its music charts, including the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular singles and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows, Billboard was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegens interest in 1900 for $500, in the 1900s, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows. It also created a service for travelling entertainers. Billboard began focusing more on the industry as the jukebox, phonograph. Many topics it covered were spun-off into different magazines, including Amusement Business in 1961 to cover outdoor entertainment so that it could focus on music. After Donaldson died in 1925, Billboard was passed down to his children and Hennegans children, until it was sold to investors in 1985. The first issue of Billboard was published in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 1,1894 by William Donaldson, initially, it covered the advertising and bill posting industry and was called Billboard Advertising. At the time, billboards, posters and paper advertisements placed in public spaces were the means of advertising. Donaldson handled editorial and advertising, while Hennegan, who owned Hennegan Printing Co. managed magazine production, the first issues were just eight pages long. The paper had columns like The Bill Room Gossip and The Indefatigable, a department for agricultural fairs was established in 1896. The title was changed to The Billboard in 1897, after a brief departure over editorial differences, Donaldson purchased Hennegans interest in the business in 1900 for $500, to save it from bankruptcy. That May, Donaldson changed it from a monthly to a paper with a greater emphasis on breaking news. He improved editorial quality and opened new offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, London and he also re-focused the magazine on outdoor entertainment like fairs, carnivals, circuses, vaudeville and burlesque shows. A section devoted to circuses was introduced in 1900, followed by more prominent coverage of events in 1901. Billboard also covered topics including regulation, a lack of professionalism, economics and it had a stage gossip column covering the private lives of entertainers, a tent show section covering traveling shows and a sub-section called Freaks to order. According to The Seattle Times, Donaldson also published articles attacking censorship, praising productions exhibiting good taste
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Billboard 200
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The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists, often, a recording act will be remembered by its number ones, those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart is based mostly on sales of albums in the United States, the weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, tracking week begins on Friday and ends on Thursday. A new chart is published the following Tuesday with an issue post-dated to the Saturday of the following week, the charts streaming schedule is also tracked from Friday to Thursday. Example, Friday January 1 – sales tracking week begins Thursday January 7 – sales tracking week ends Tuesday January 12 – new chart published, New product is released to the American market on Fridays. Digital downloads of albums are included in Billboard 200 tabulation. Albums that are not licensed for sale in the United States are not eligible to chart. As of the issue dated April 15,2017, the album on the Billboard 200 is More Life by Drake. Billboard began an album chart in 1945, initially only five positions long, the album chart was not published on a weekly basis, sometimes three to seven weeks passing before it was updated. A biweekly, 15-position Best-Selling Popular Albums chart appeared in 1955, the position count varied anywhere from 10 to 30 albums. The first number-one album on the new weekly list was Belafonte by Harry Belafonte, the chart was renamed to Best-Selling Pop Albums later in 1956, and then to Best-Selling Pop LPs in 1957. Beginning on May 25,1959, Billboard split the ranking into two charts Best-Selling Stereophonic LPs for stereo albums and Best-Selling Monophonic LPs for mono albums and these were renamed to Stereo Action Charts and Mono Action Charts in 1960. In January 1961, they became Action Albums—Stereophonic and Action Albums—Monophonic, three months later, they became Top LPs—Stereo and Top LPs—Monaural. On August 17,1963 the stereo and mono charts were combined into a 150-position chart called Top LPs, on April 1,1967, the chart was expanded to 175 positions, then finally to 200 positions on May 13,1967. In 1960, Billboard began concurrently publishing album charts which ranked sales of older or mid-priced titles and these Essential Inventory charts were divided by stereo and mono albums, and featured titles that had already appeared on the main stereo and mono album charts. In January 1961, the Action Charts became Action Albums—Monophonic, Albums appeared on either chart for up to nine weeks, then were moved to an Essential Inventory list of approximately 200 titles, with no numerical ranking. This list continued to be published until the consolidated Top LPs chart debuted in 1963, in 1982, Billboard began publishing a Midline Albums chart which ranked older or mid-priced titles. The chart held 50 positions and was published on a bi-weekly basis, on May 25,1991, Billboard premiered the Top Pop Catalog Albums chart
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Who Let the Dogs Out (album)
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Who Let the Dogs Out is the sixth studio album by Bahamas-based musical group Baha Men. It was released by S-Curve Records and Edel Music in 2000, despite its title track being listed inside various worst songs ever lists, the album received generally positive reviews from critics. The title track was a Top 40 hit in the United States in 2000, -3,11 Bonus Tracks, You All Dat Burn The Noo Junk Bahama Baha Who Let The Dogs Out
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Baha Men
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Baha Men are a Bahamian band playing a modernized style of Bahamian music called junkanoo. They are best remembered for their Grammy Award-winning hit song Who Let the Dogs Out, the Baha Men formed in 1980 as High Voltage, initially playing disco and funk. They performed regularly in nightclubs and hotels in the Bahamas, and they released their first album under that name, Junkanoo, in 1992, the album including the local hit Back to the Island. Kalik followed in 1994, including the international hit Dancing in the Moonlight, the band moved with Greenberg to Polygram for the 1997 album I Like What I Like and Doong Spank, released the following year. The latter sold only 700 copies in the US and the band were dropped by the label, Greenberg then started his own S-Curve label and signed the band. Original vocalist Nehemiah Hield left in 1999, to be replaced by his nephew Omerit, the band were most popular in the 1990s in Japan, and their 1999 album 2 Zero 0-0 was initially only released in that country. They achieved great, but short-lived, popularity with 2000s remake of Who Let the Dogs Out. produced by Greenberg, the song was a chart success in many countries, and also became a popular song at US sporting events. In 2002, they won another Kids Choice Award for Favorite Band, in June 2008, Who Let the Dogs Out. was discussed on I Love the New Millennium. The Baha Mens most recent album was Ride With Me, released in 2015, after releasing Night & Day in the summer of 2014, the Baha Men released a Christmas Medley mixing The Little Drummer Boy with Silver Bells. Their single Off the Leash was released digitally on July 1,2015, on October 25,2015, the band performed the halftime show for the New York Giants/Dallas Cowboys football game at MetLife Stadium. The Baha Men were one of the artists to record a song on the album DisneyMania. On the first DisneyMania, they recorded Hakuna Matata from The Lion King, on DisneyMania 2, they recorded the song Its a Small World from the Disney park attraction of the same name. They were absent from DisneyMania 3, though they returned for DisneyMania 4, recording their take on the song Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride from Lilo and they also recorded the theme song to the Disney TV show, Stanley. A number of their songs have used in major motion pictures such as, Rugrats In Paris, Miss Congeniality, Rat Race, Around the World in 80 Days and Garfield. They also recorded a cover of Elton Johns hit Crocodile Rock for the film Crocodile Hunter, Collision Course starring Steve Irwin and family. The band has made an appearance on the big screen. The Baha Men also were featured in the soundtrack of Shrek with their hit song Best Years of Our Lives, who Let the Dogs Out. was also featured in the 2009 hit comedy The Hangover. The Baha Men appeared in a scene from Between the Lions where Leona meets them while reading some books inside the library
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Lil Jon
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Jonathan Smith, better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American record producer, rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur, DJ and actor from Atlanta, Georgia. He was the frontman of the group Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz, which he formed in 1997, after going solo, he released a new album in 2010 titled Crunk Rock. He was featured on Celebrity Apprentice during its 11th and 13th seasons, born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Smith graduated from Frederick Douglass High School in Atlanta. After working as a DJ for Atlanta night clubs, he worked for So So Def Recordings between 1993 and 2000, Smith took the stage name Lil Jon and formed musical group Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, with rappers Big Sam and Lil Bo. The group signed to the Atlanta-based Mirror Image Records and were distributed by Ichiban Records, in 1997, Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz debuted with Get Crunk, Who U Wit, Da Album. It included singles Who U Wit. and Shawty Freak a Lil Sumthin, both singles charted on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at No.70 and No. In 2000, Jon started up his own label, BME Recordings and he released his breakthrough album titled We Still Crunk. Among the tracks on that project was the hit single I Like Those Girls, Lil Jon was talked about as the new guy by street team people in the markets where he was attracting his biggest audiences – namely Atlanta, St. Louis, Memphis and Dallas. Bryan Leach, A&R at TVT, went to one of Lil Jons Atlanta shows and was blown away by its immense energy. Leach told HitQuarters, It was like early Beastie Boys, when they had the energy of a group but they were rapping. Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz signed to TVT Records in 2001 and debuted there with Put Yo Hood Up, the groups first nationally played single was Bia Bia, which featured rappers Ludacris, Too Short, Big Kapp, and Chyna Whyte. Bia Bia peaked at No.97 on the Billboard Hot 100, in 2002, the group released Kings of Crunk. I Dont Give A. was its first single, it featured Mystikal and Krayzie Bone and peaked at No.50 on the R&B chart. What U Gon Do peaked at No.22 on the Hot 100, No.13 on the R&B chart, Lil Jon has also produced many hit urban singles. From 2003 to 2005, while still with The East Side Boyz, Lil Jon produced hits such as Salt Shaker by Ying Yang Twins, Yeah. By Usher, Freek-a-Leek by Petey Pablo, Shorty Wanna Ride by Young Buck, Shake That Monkey by Too Short, Girlfight by Brooke Valentine, during that same year he produced a song called Go to Church for Ice Cube. In 2006, Lil Jon severed his negotiation with record label TVT and he vowed never to record for TVT Records again, alleging that TVT owner Steve Gottlieb was shortchanging him. He also began recording a music album, Crunk Rock
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Kings of Crunk
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Kings of Crunk is the fourth studio album by Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz. Based on the success of the second single Get Low. In the same year, Lil Jon put out a compilation CD and DVD called Part II, which included remixes of Get Low featuring Busta Rhymes, Elephant Man, and the Ying Yang Twins. The singles I Dont Give a Fuck and Nothins Free were released To Radio in 2002, while Play No Games, also, Nothins Free was released on Vinyl, while I Dont Give a Fuck and Get Low were released on CD. Play No Games was also released on vinyl and CD In 2003, the album was certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA in 2003 for Sales of Over 2,000,000 Copies. This album is seen by hip-hop fans as their best album. All lyrics written by Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz, except featured performers, all lyrics written by Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz, except featured performers, all music composed by Lil Jon. For the track Throw It Up, Lil Jon worked with the leitmotif of the movie Requiem For A Dream which was composed by Clint Mansell, the track Nothins Free is a remix, and samples Janet Jacksons hit Lets Wait Awhile. The original was on the album, Put Yo Hood Up
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Christmas Extraordinaire
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Christmas Extraordinaire is Mannheim Steamrollers sixth Christmas album overall and the groups fourth Christmas studio album. The album was released in 2001. The song O Tannenbaum features a vocal by Johnny Mathis. Five of the tracks were included in the groups 2004 compilation Christmas Celebration. On June 21,2004, Christmas Extraordinaire was certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of three million copies in the United States. Hallelujah –4,43 White Christmas –3,35 Away in a Manger –3,23 Faeries –2,29 Do You Hear What I Hear
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Crunk Juice
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Crunk Juice is the fifth and final studio album by American hip hop group Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, released in November 16,2004, on TVT/BME. The album contains collaborations from rappers and singers, like R. Kelly, Ludacris, Ice Cube, Usher, Bun B from UGK, Jadakiss, Nas, T. I. the Ying Yang Twins. Lil Jons next solo album, 2010s Crunk Rock, did not feature the East Side Boyz, three of four singles released from the album have music videos, What U Gon Do, Real Nigga Roll Call, and Lovers and Friends. The fourth single, Get Crunk, did not have a video, though it was released on vinyl. The album was certified 2x platinum by the RIAA in 2005 for sales of over 2 million copies less than 2 weeks after its initial release, Crunk Juice is also the name of a once popular flavored malt beverage launched by Gila Brew Co. It was made by 7th Street Brewing and they announced in 2011 they were going to relaunch the brand and have new package designs and a new flavors with a smoother taste. It is already available to buy in several major US cities like Philadelphia, notes Track 6 contains samples of the remix of Sippin & Spinnin, performed by Gangsta Boo, Playa Fly and Bun B. Track 10 contains samples of Mandatory Suicide and Raining Blood, performed by Slayer, Track 12 contains samples of Lovers and Friends, performed by Michael Sterling. Track 17 contains samples of Tonight, performed by Kleeer, & interpolation of Saturday Love performed by Alexander ONeal & Cherrelle, Early pressings of this album erroneously credited Fat Joe as one of the rappers in The Grand Finale
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Little Big Town
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Little Big Town is an American country music group. Founded in 1998, the group has comprised the four members since its foundation, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook. Their musical style relies heavily on vocal harmonies, with all four members alternating as lead singers, Westbrook. After a recording deal with the Mercury Nashville Records label which produced no singles or albums and it produced two minor country chart singles before the group left the label. By 2005, the group had signed to Equity Music Group. Their second album, The Road to Here, was released that year, a Place to Land, their third album, was released via Equity, then re-released via Capitol Nashville after Equity closed in 2008. Five more albums have followed for Capitol, The Reason Why, Tornado, Pain Killer, Wanderlust, in the mid-90s, Karen Fairchild sang with the Christian vocal group Truth and was featured as a lead singer in a few of their songs. She also formed a duo called KarenLeigh with Leigh Cappillino, KarenLeigh produced the singles, Save it For a Rainy Day and This Love Has. In 1997, while attending Samford University in Alabama, she met Kimberly Roads, eventually, they moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where they reunited and began singing together. Jimi Westbrook joined Roads and Fairchild in 1998, followed by Phillip Sweet, Little Big Towns first record deal was with Mercury Nashville Records, although the band was dropped from the labels roster without releasing a single or album. In 2001, they sang backing vocals on Collin Rayes album Cant Back Down, while Sweet, a second contract, this time with Monument Records Nashville, began in 2002. The bands first album, Little Big Town, was released that year and it produced the singles Dont Waste My Time and Everything Changes, which peaked at 33 and 42 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Westbrooks father died in 2002, just after the groups first album was released, Fairchild and Sweet both divorced their spouses shortly afterward, and the group exited Monument when the labels Nashville branch was dissolved. The four members all took up day jobs to earn additional money, in 2005, Little Big Town was signed to Equity Music Group, a label started and partially owned by country music singer Clint Black. Their third single, Boondocks, was released in May, peaking at No.9 on the charts in January 2006. It served as the first of four singles from the second album, The Road to Here. Bring It On Home, the single from the album. It was followed by Good as Gone and A Little More You, by the end of 2006, The Road to Here had been certified Platinum in the United States
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The Road to Here
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The Road to Here is the second studio album by the American country music group Little Big Town. The album was released on October 4,2005 on Equity Records and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA, the album was nominated for Best Country Album and Boondocks was nominated for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. Singles released from the album include Boondocks, Bring It On Home, Good as Gone, Bring It On Home was the highest, at number 4, and Boondocks reached number 9 in addition to achieving a gold certification as a single. Besides these songs, a rendition of Stay, a song from the groups self-titled debut, is included. According to the notes, Kimberly Roads was inspired to write Lost after her husband died
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Hairspray (2007 soundtrack)
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Hairspray, Soundtrack to the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album for the 2007 New Line Cinema musical film Hairspray. The film is an adaptation of the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, the album has sold upwards of 1,200,000 copies in the USA, and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. The soundtrack received positive reviews from critics, the soundtrack contains nineteen songs from the film written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, three of which were not included in the stage musical version. Shaiman, who produced the original cast album for the Broadway musical, hairsprays music is written and performed to conform to the storys 1962 setting, with influences spanning the genres of rock and roll, soul, and pop. Ladies Choice, a new song performed by Zac Efron, was the Hairspray soundtracks first single, iTunes released the single on May 15,2007. The soundtrack debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 20 and peaked at number two. Come So Far is played over the end credits, as are renditions of two songs from the stage musical which were not included in the film proper, Cooties and Mama. Cooties is performed on the soundtrack in a pop style by singer Aimee Allen. It was also played while the contestants, for Miss Teenage Hairspray, harvey Fierstein, who played Edna in the original Broadway production, also has a vocal cameo at the end of this track. Several of the songs from the Broadway musical had their lyrics altered and/or verses removed for use in the film version. These songs include Miss Baltimore Crabs, Welcome to the 60s, Big, Blonde and Beautiful, Without Love, Hairspray, You Cant Stop the Beat, et cetera. In 2016, an edition of the album was released. All tracks written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, a limited edition two-disc version of the Hairspray soundtrack was released on November 20,2007, the same day as the films DVD/Blu-Ray release. The album debuted at #90 on the Billboard 200 with sales of at least 20,000 copies sold, although included in the movie, The Nicest Kids in Town was not included on the motion picture soundtrack. The track included Tracy in the Roll Call with Corny and the Council Members, another such song was Tied Up in the Knots of Sin and the performers included Marc Shaiman and Adam Shankman
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Eagles (band)
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The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971 by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner. With five number-one singles, six Grammy Awards, five American Music Awards, and six number one albums, the Eagles were one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s. Hotel California is ranked 37th in Rolling Stones list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and their Greatest Hits was the best selling album of the 20th century in the U. S. They are the music act and the highest-selling American band in U. S. history. The band released their album, Eagles, in 1972. Their next album, Desperado, was successful than the first, only reaching number 41 on the charts. However, the album does contain what would go on to be two of the bands most popular tracks, Desperado and Tequila Sunrise, the band released On the Border in 1974, adding guitarist Don Felder as the fifth member midway through the recording of the album. The album generated two top 40 singles, Already Gone and their first number one, Best of My Love. Their 1975 album One of These Nights included three top 10 singles, One of These Nights, Lyin Eyes, and Take It to the Limit, guitarist and vocalist, Joe Walsh, also joined the band in 1975. The album yielded two singles, New Kid in Town and Hotel California. The Eagles disbanded in July 1980 but reunited in 1994 for the album Hell Freezes Over and they toured consistently and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2007, the Eagles released Long Road Out of Eden, their first full album in 28 years. The next year launched the Long Road Out of Eden Tour in support of the album. In 2013, they began the extended History of the Eagles Tour in conjunction with the bands documentary release, following the death of Frey in January 2016, Henley stated in several interviews that he didnt think the band would perform again. However, in March 2017 it was announced that the Eagles would be headlining two concerts in July 2017, the Eagles began in early 1971, when Linda Ronstadt and then-manager John Boylan recruited local musicians Glenn Frey and Don Henley for her band. While on the tour, Frey and Henley decided to form a band together, Frey later credited Ronstadt with suggesting Leadon for the band, and arranging for Leadon to play for her so Frey and Henley could approach him about forming a band together. They also pitched the idea to Meisner and brought him on board and these four played live together behind Ronstadt only once for a July concert at Disneyland, but all four appeared on her eponymous album. It was later proposed that J. D. Souther should join the band, the four were signed in September 1971 to Asylum Records, the new label started by David Geffen, who was introduced to Frey by Jackson Browne
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Long Road Out of Eden
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Long Road Out of Eden is the seventh and final studio album by American rock band the Eagles, released in 2007 on Lost Highway Records. Nearly six years in production, it is the bands first studio album since 1979s The Long Run and it is also the bands only album released following the dismissal of Don Felder in 2001. The album produced five straight hits on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts with How Long, Busy Being Fabulous, No More Cloudy Days, What Do I Do With My Heart, and I Dont Want to Hear Anymore. The album debuted at #1 in the U. S. the album became the bands sixth #1 album and was the highest selling album of the year. It has since sold 3.5 million copies in the U. S. alone, being a double album with length exceeding 90 minutes, the album was certified 7x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of 3.5 million discs. On August 20,2007, the song How Long, written by J. D, music and debuted on television on CMT during the Top 20 Countdown on August 23,2007. The band performed the song as part of their sets in the early to mid-1970s. The Deluxe Collectors Edition of Long Road Out of Eden was released on November 20,2007, No More Walks in the Wood is a song using the words from An Old-Fashioned Song, a 21-line poem by John Hollander. The song is in harmony with guitar chords, but mostly sung a cappella. In a 2007 interview with CNN, band member Don Henley declared, when questioned about the possibility of a follow-up album in November 2010, band member Timothy B. Schmit said, My first reaction would be, no way, but I said that before the last one, so you never really know. Bands are an entity and you never know whats going to happen. It took a time to do that last album, over a span of years, really. We took a year off at one point, im not sure if were able to do that again. I wouldnt close the door on it, but I dont know, in a 2010 interview with undercover. fm, Joe Walsh said that the band might be able to make one more album before the band wraps it up. Guilty of the Crime was previously recorded by The Bellamy Brothers on their 1997 album Over the Line, in 2009, they recorded a version with The Bacon Brothers and released it as a single, with a music video starring Shannen Doherty. In 2009 I Dont Want to Hear Any More was released as the single from the album. The songs writer Paul Carrack had already cut his own version, with Don Henley, schmit singing backing vocals, in 2007
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Jason Aldean
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Jason Aldine Williams, known professionally as Jason Aldean, is an American singer. Since 2005, Jason Aldean has been signed to Broken Bow Records and his 2010 album My Kinda Party is certified quadruple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Eight more of his singles have reached the top 10, Aldean was born as Jason Aldine Williams in Macon, Georgia, in the United States. His parents, Barry and Debbie, divorced when he was three and he was raised by his mother, in Macon, where he went to high school at Windsor Academy. During the summer, he would spend time with his father in Homestead, before going to work during the day, his dad would map out guitar chords on notebook paper to show Aldean where to place his fingers to play the chords. Aldean sat and practiced all day while his dad was at work, when his dad got home, he got out his own guitar and they played together. Soon, after hearing a song only a few times, he could play it and his early favorites included George Straits The Cowboy Rides Away, Hank Williams Jr. s The Blues Man, and Alabamas My Homes in Alabama. Both of his parents encouraged young Aldean as he progressed musically, from age 14, after watching the country-music awards on television, he wanted to perform on stage. With his mothers help, he performed at the local VFW hall in Macon and he sang John Andersons song Seminole Wind and Tracy Lawrences Sticks and Stones. He would later say that the entire audience – all ten – applauded, and he then began performing at area talent contests and local fairs. At 15, he joined the band at Georgia nightspot Nashville South. Aldean chose his name as there were already a number of people called Jason Williams including a well-known basketball player. In order to out, he changed the spelling of his middle name, Aldine. Aldean married his school sweetheart, Jessica Ussery, on August 4,2001. Together the couple have two daughters, Kendyl and Keeley, on April 25,2013, seven months after Aldean admitted to acting inappropriately with former American Idol contestant Brittany Kerr, news outlets reported Aldean and his wife had separated in January. Aldean filed for divorce on April 26, citing irreconcilable differences, the couple were married on March 21,2015. Aldean owns 1,300 acres of land just outside Nashville, Aldean is a Georgia Bulldogs fan and spends every Saturday he can watching games. In 2015, Forbes estimated Aldeans annual income at $43.5 million, after high school, with his fathers help, Aldean and his band performed at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri
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Wide Open (Jason Aldean album)
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Wide Open is the third studio album released by American country music artist Jason Aldean. It was released on April 7,2009 on Broken Bow Records, the album has thus far produced four singles, three of which have topped the Billboard country singles chart. Shes Country, the single, became his second number-one hit on the chart in May 2009. It was followed by the releases of Big Green Tractor and The Truth, crazy Town is the fourth single from the album, which peaked at number 2. As with his first two albums, Wide Open was produced by Michael Knox and this album debuted at #2 on the US Top Country Albums chart. The first single from Wide Open is Shes Country, which was co-written by former Western Flyer member Danny Myrick. This song reached number one on the U. S. country singles charts in May 2009, becoming Aldeans second number one, Big Green Tractor is the next single, released in May 2009 became Aldeans third number one in August 2009. This I Gotta See was previously recorded by Andy Griggs on his 2004 album of the same name, Griggs version of the song reached #58 on the country charts in mid-2005. Additionally, Trent Willmon previously recorded The Truth on his 2008 album Broken In
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My Kinda Party
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My Kinda Party is the fourth studio album released by American country music artist Jason Aldean. It was released on November 2,2010 on Broken Bow Records, the songs were written by various songwriters including Neil Thrasher, Brantley Gilbert and Michael Dulaney. Aldean said that he chose the name of the album because he thought it was representative of what my fans have come to expect. He also said that it has a unique sound because he recorded it with his touring band, on November 30,2011, the album received a nomination for the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Country Album. The first single from My Kinda Party is the title track, the song has become Aldeans tenth Top 10 hit on that chart, peaking at number two. The song also debuted at number 54 on the Hot 100 chart and my Kinda Party was written and originally recorded by country rock artist Brantley Gilbert for his 2009 album Modern Day Prodigal Son. Aldeans version was also certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, the second single Dont You Wanna Stay, a duet with pop rock singer Kelly Clarkson, debuted on the country charts from unsolicited airplay at number 59 for the week of November 20,2010. The song also debuted at number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Aldean and Clarkson performed the song at the 44th Annual CMA Awards on November 10,2010. Dont You Wanna Stay became Aldeans fifth number one hit on the Hot Country Songs chart and it was also his first release to AC and Hot AC radio, where it debuted at #15 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #39 on the Adult Top 40 chart. Dont You Wanna Stay was also certified Double Platinum by the RIAA, the third single is the country rap-themed Dirt Road Anthem, which was previously recorded separately by both of its writers, Brantley Gilbert and Colt Ford. It debuted as a cut on the Hot Country Songs chart from unsolicited airplay at number 57 for the week ending February 5,2011. Aldeans version of Dirt Road Anthem was certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA, Dirt Road Anthem became Aldeans sixth number one hit on the country chart the week of July 30,2011. The fourth single from My Kinda Party is Tattoos on This Town and it charted at number 18 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart before it was released as a single. It was released as a single to radio on September 5,2011. It debuted on the Hot Country Songs chart at number 59 for the week ending August 27,2011, on the week ending November 26,2011, it peaked at number two for six weeks, making it his thirteenth top ten hit to date on this chart. Also, it debuted at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending October 8,2011 and has peaked at number 38, most recently, it debuted at number 96 on the Canadian Hot 100 and has peaked at number 59. Tattoos on This Town has also been certified Platinum by the RIAA, the albums fifth and final single is Fly Over States, which was released as a single on February 6,2012. It debuted at number 59 on Billboards Hot Country Songs chart, in its second week of release, the album dropped to number six on the Billboard 200, selling 81,000 copies
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Mumford & Sons
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Mumford & Sons are an English rock band from London, formed in 2007. The band consists of Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall, Mumford & Sons have released three studio albums, Sigh No More, Babel and Wilder Mind. The band has issued two live albums, Live at Shepherds Bush Empire and The Road to Red Rocks. The band have won a number of awards throughout their career, with Sigh No More earning the band the Brit Award for Best British Album in 2011. The live performance at the 2011 Grammy ceremony with Bob Dylan, the band received eight total Grammy nominations for Babel and won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. The band also won the Brit Award for Best British Group in 2013, Mumford & Sons were formed in December 2007 by multi-instrumentalists Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall and Ted Dwane. Band members play acoustic guitar, drums, keyboard instruments, bass guitar, the band name originates from the fact that Marcus Mumford was the most visible member, organizing the band and their performances. Lovett indicated that the name was meant to invoke the sense of a family business name. A handful of bands were increasing their visibility in West London around the same time. Mumford downplays that characterisation as an exaggeration—Mumford & Sons and a few other folk acts just happened to be operating in the general area at the time. In an interview with the Herald Sun, Marcus Mumford said, well, some of it is, and its certainly not a scene. Someone got over-excited about a few bands who live in a hundred-mile radius and its a community, not a scene. In early 2008 the band working with manager Adam Tudhope. It was through Tudhopes connection that Mumford & Sons were exposed to their future A&R at Island, Louis Bloom, who began monitoring the band. Bloom told HitQuarters that they were still at a state and not yet ready for a label deal, There was no one there for it, just a few friends. Over the next six months I kept going to see them, in February 2008, the band completed an extensive UK tour with support from Alessis Ark, Sons of Noel and Adrian, Peggy Sue and others. June 2008 marked the bands first appearance at the Glastonbury Festival and they also toured Australia with Laura Marling, whose disinclination to interact with audiences encouraged Mumford into the spotlight. The experience helped inform his attitude towards Mumford & Sons audiences, Mumford & Sons first project was an EP entitled Love Your Ground which took a year to complete and was released in November 2008 on Chess Club Records
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Babel (album)
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Babel is the second studio album by British rock band Mumford & Sons. As with Sigh No More, the album was produced by Markus Dravs, the vinyl LP version of the record was pressed by United Record Pressing in Nashville, Tennessee. It was released on 21 September 2012 in Ireland, Germany, Belgium and it was released on 24 September 2012 in the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Spain, Italy, Eastern Europe, South America, and on 25 September 2012 in the United States and Canada. Upon its release, Babel debuted at one on both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. The album received positive reviews from music critics and was nominated in the category of Album of the Year for both a Brit Award and Grammy Award, winning the latter. In late 2010, Mumford & Sons had already begun road-testing new material that they had working on. Most of these songs, including Broken Crown and Below My Feet, had already played live on numerous occasions before the albums release. Mumford & Sons decided not to change their sound on Babel, which is the follow-up to 2009s highly successful Sigh No More and they did, however, admit that they purposely took their time in order to perfect the sound that they had already developed. A final track list and album art were revealed, as well as a 30-second promo. The albums official single is I Will Wait. The band premiered the song on Zane Lowes BBC Radio 1 show on 7 August 2012, on 29 August 2012, Mumford & Sons recorded their live performance of I Will Wait at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado. The performance was released on 9 September as the official video for the song. The albums second single is Lover of the Light, the music video was released on 7 November and stars actor Idris Elba who also directed the short film. The song was released on 3 December 2012. The third single from the album is Whispers in the Dark, the music video premiered on 11 March 2013. The title-track Babel is their fourth single off the album and it has already made it into the BBC Radio 1 Playlists A list. A music video for the song Hopeless Wanderer premiered on 4 August 2013 and it featured Jason Sudeikis, Jason Bateman, Ed Helms and Will Forte as Marcus Mumford, Winston Marshall, Ben Lovett and Ted Dwayne, respectively. The video was released on both Vevo and YouTube, within less than four days on the site, the video already had over 3 million views
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Garth Brooks
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Troyal Garth Brooks is an American country singer and songwriter. His integration of rock and roll elements into the genre has earned him immense popularity in the United States. Brooks has had success in the country single and album charts, with multi-platinum recordings and record-breaking live performances. He is also one of the worlds best-selling artists of all time, since 1989, Brooks has released 21 records in all, which include,12 studio albums,1 live album,3 compilation albums,3 Christmas albums and 4 box sets, along with 77 singles. He won several awards in his career, including 2 Grammy Awards,17 American Music Awards, troubled by conflicts between career and family, Brooks retired from recording and performing from 2001 until 2009. During this time, he sold millions of albums through a distribution deal with Walmart. In 2005, Brooks started a comeback, giving select performances. In 2009, he began Garth at Wynn, a periodic weekend residency show at Las Vegas Encore Theatre from December 2009 to January 2014, following the conclusion of the residency, Brooks announced his signing with Sony Music Nashville in July 2014. In September 2014, he began his tour, The Garth Brooks World Tour, with wife. His most recent album, Gunslinger, was released in November 2016, Brooks was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on October 21,2012. Troyal Garth Brooks was born on February 7,1962, in Tulsa and this was the second marriage for each of his parents, giving Brooks four older half-siblings. The couple had two children together, Kelly and Garth, at their home in Yukon, Oklahoma, the family hosted weekly talent nights. All of the children were required to participate, either by singing or doing skits, Brooks learned to play both the guitar and banjo. As a child, Brooks often sang in casual family settings, in high school, he played football and baseball and ran track and field. He received a scholarship to Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. Brooks graduated in 1984 with a degree in advertising and his roommate, Ty England, later played guitar in his road band until going solo in 1995. In 1985, Brooks began his music career, singing and playing guitar in Oklahoma clubs and bars. Through his elder siblings, Brooks was exposed to a range of music
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Old Boots, New Dirt
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Old Boots, New Dirt is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Jason Aldean. It was released on October 7,2014 via Broken Bow Records and its lead single, Burnin It Down, reached the top of the US Hot Country Songs chart during its second week of availability. The album was produced by Aldeans longtime producer Michael Knox, the albums second single, Just Gettin Started, was released on November 10,2014. Tonight Looks Good on You was released as the third single. Gonna Know We Were Here was released as the fourth single. The album received a score of 54, indicating mixed or average reviews. He judged the casual, almost steely, assurance of the album made it one of Aldeans best. Jon Caramanica of The New York Times felt that Aldean had fully emerged as a purveyor of love songs, and excelled at songs like Show You Off and Tryin’ to Love Me. Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone made the observation that the album had gone further into pop territory, while Jim Casey of Country Weekly also noted the R&B and pop overtones of some of the songs. Casey also thought that apart from a few songs and a hidden gem of a song in Two Night Town. Marc Hirsh of The Boston Globe considered the album to be all ambition and no boldness, the album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200. It is Aldeans second album to number one on the chart. The album was predicted to sell up to 400,000 in its first week in the US, however. On December 82014, the album was officially certified Platinum by the RIAA for shipping over 1 million copies, in July 2015, Old Boots, New Dirt reached its millionth sales mark in the United States. As of November 2016, the album has sold 1,150,200 copies in the US, in Canada, the album debuted at number 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 16,000 copies
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Radiohead
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Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed OBrien, Colin Greenwood and they have worked with producer Nigel Godrich and cover artist Stanley Donwood since 1994. After signing to EMI in 1991, Radiohead released their debut single Creep in 1992 and it became a worldwide hit after the release of their debut album, Pablo Honey. Their popularity and critical standing rose in the United Kingdom with the release of their second album, despite initially dividing listeners, Kid A was later named the best album of the decade by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and the Times. Radioheads sixth album, Hail to the Thief, mixed rock and electronic music with lyrics inspired by the War on Terror and their subsequent releases have pioneered alternative release platforms such as pay-what-you-want and BitTorrent. Radiohead self-released their seventh album, In Rainbows, as a download for which customers could set their own price, to critical and their eighth album, The King of Limbs, an exploration of rhythm, was developed using extensive looping and sampling. Their ninth album, A Moon Shaped Pool, prominently featured Jonny Greenwoods orchestral arrangements, Radiohead have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. Their work places highly in both polls and critics lists of the best music of the 1990s and 2000s. In 2009, Rolling Stone readers voted the group the second-best artist of the 2000s, the members of Radiohead met while attending Abingdon School, an independent school for boys in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. In 1985, they formed On a Friday, the name referring to the usual rehearsal day in the schools music room. At one point, On a Friday featured a saxophone section, the band disliked the schools strict atmosphere—the headmaster once charged the band for using a rehearsal room on a Sunday—and found solace in the schools music department. They credited their music teacher for introducing them to jazz, film scores, postwar avant-garde music, Oxfordshire and the Thames Valley had an active independent music scene in the late 1980s, but it centred on shoegazing bands such as Ride and Slowdive. Although all but Jonny had left Abingdon by 1987 to attend university, On a Friday continued to rehearse on weekends, in 1991, On a Friday regrouped, sharing a house on the corner of Magdalen Road and Ridgefield Road, Oxford. As On a Friday continued to perform in Oxford, including performances at the Jericho Tavern, record labels. Chris Hufford, Slowdives producer and co-owner of Oxfords Courtyard Studios, impressed, he and his partner Bryce Edge produced a demo tape and became On a Fridays managers, they remain Radioheads managers today. At the labels request, the changed their name, Radiohead was taken from the song Radio Head on the Talking Heads album True Stories. Radiohead recorded their debut release, the Drill EP, with Chris Hufford, released in May 1992, its chart performance was poor. The band enlisted Paul Kolderie and Sean Slade, who had worked with US indie bands Pixies and Dinosaur Jr. to produce their debut album, Radiohead released their debut album, Pablo Honey, in February 1993
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Metallica
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Metallica is an American heavy metal band based in San Rafael, California. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles when vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield responded to an advertisement posted by drummer Lars Ulrich in a local newspaper, Metallicas current line-up comprises founding members Hetfield and Ulrich, longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo. Guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassists Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted are former members of the band, the bands fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship placed them as one of the founding big four bands of thrash metal, alongside Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer. The band expanded its musical direction and achieved commercial success with its eponymous fifth album Metallica. The album was also their first to debut at number one on the Billboard 200, in 2000, Metallica joined with other artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the bands copyright-protected material without consent from the band. A settlement was reached and Napster became a pay-to-use service, the band returned to its original musical style with the release of Death Magnetic, and in 2009, Metallica was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Metallica has released ten albums, four live albums, five extended plays,26 music videos. The band has won eight Grammy Awards and six of its albums have debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. The bands eponymous 1991 album has sold over 16 million copies in the United States, Metallica ranks as one of the most commercially successful bands of all time, having sold over 110 million records worldwide. Metallica has been listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines, including Rolling Stone, in 2012, Metallica formed the independent record label Blackened Recordings and took full ownership of its albums and videos. The band is currently promoting Hardwired. to Self-Destruct, which was released on November 18,2016, guitarists James Hetfield and Hugh Tanner of Leather Charm answered the advertisement. Although he had not formed a band, Ulrich asked Metal Blade Records founder Brian Slagel if he could record a song for the upcoming compilation album Metal Massacre. Slagel accepted and Ulrich recruited Hetfield to sing and play rhythm guitar, the band was officially formed in October 1981, five months after Ulrich and Hetfield first met. Ulrich talked to his friend Ron Quintana, who was brainstorming names for a fanzine, Quintana had proposed the names MetalMania and Metallica. A second advertisement was placed in The Recycler for a position as lead guitarist, Dave Mustaine answered, Ulrich and Hetfield recruited him after seeing his expensive guitar equipment. In early 1982, Metallica recorded its first original song Hit the Lights for the Metal Massacre I compilation, Hetfield played bass on the song and Lloyd Grant was credited with a guitar solo. Metal Massacre I was released on June 14,1982, early pressings listed the band incorrectly as Mettallica, the bands first taste of live success came early, they were chosen to open for British heavy metal band Saxon at one gig of their 1982 US tour. Metallica recorded its first demo, Power Metal, an inspired by Quintanas early business cards in early 1982
