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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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London
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London /ˈlʌndən/ is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain and it was founded by the Romans, who named it Londinium. Londons ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its 1. 12-square-mile medieval boundaries. London is a global city in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism. It is crowned as the worlds largest financial centre and has the fifth- or sixth-largest metropolitan area GDP in the world, London is a world cultural capital. It is the worlds most-visited city as measured by international arrivals and has the worlds largest city airport system measured by passenger traffic, London is the worlds leading investment destination, hosting more international retailers and ultra high-net-worth individuals than any other city. Londons universities form the largest concentration of education institutes in Europe. In 2012, London became the first city to have hosted the modern Summer Olympic Games three times, London has a diverse range of people and cultures, and more than 300 languages are spoken in the region. Its estimated mid-2015 municipal population was 8,673,713, the largest of any city in the European Union, Londons urban area is the second most populous in the EU, after Paris, with 9,787,426 inhabitants at the 2011 census. The citys metropolitan area is the most populous in the EU with 13,879,757 inhabitants, the city-region therefore has a similar land area and population to that of the New York metropolitan area. London was the worlds most populous city from around 1831 to 1925, Other famous landmarks include Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St Pauls Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, and The Shard. The London Underground is the oldest underground railway network in the world, the etymology of London is uncertain. It is an ancient name, found in sources from the 2nd century and it is recorded c.121 as Londinium, which points to Romano-British origin, and hand-written Roman tablets recovered in the city originating from AD 65/70-80 include the word Londinio. The earliest attempted explanation, now disregarded, is attributed to Geoffrey of Monmouth in Historia Regum Britanniae and this had it that the name originated from a supposed King Lud, who had allegedly taken over the city and named it Kaerlud. From 1898, it was accepted that the name was of Celtic origin and meant place belonging to a man called *Londinos. The ultimate difficulty lies in reconciling the Latin form Londinium with the modern Welsh Llundain, which should demand a form *lōndinion, from earlier *loundiniom. The possibility cannot be ruled out that the Welsh name was borrowed back in from English at a later date, and thus cannot be used as a basis from which to reconstruct the original name. Until 1889, the name London officially applied only to the City of London, two recent discoveries indicate probable very early settlements near the Thames in the London area
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England
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England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west, the Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east, the country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain in its centre and south, and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly, and the Isle of Wight. England became a state in the 10th century, and since the Age of Discovery. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the worlds first industrialised nation, Englands terrain mostly comprises low hills and plains, especially in central and southern England. However, there are uplands in the north and in the southwest, the capital is London, which is the largest metropolitan area in both the United Kingdom and the European Union. In 1801, Great Britain was united with the Kingdom of Ireland through another Act of Union to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922 the Irish Free State seceded from the United Kingdom, leading to the latter being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain, the name England is derived from the Old English name Englaland, which means land of the Angles. The Angles were one of the Germanic tribes that settled in Great Britain during the Early Middle Ages, the Angles came from the Angeln peninsula in the Bay of Kiel area of the Baltic Sea. The earliest recorded use of the term, as Engla londe, is in the ninth century translation into Old English of Bedes Ecclesiastical History of the English People. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, its spelling was first used in 1538. The earliest attested reference to the Angles occurs in the 1st-century work by Tacitus, Germania, the etymology of the tribal name itself is disputed by scholars, it has been suggested that it derives from the shape of the Angeln peninsula, an angular shape. An alternative name for England is Albion, the name Albion originally referred to the entire island of Great Britain. The nominally earliest record of the name appears in the Aristotelian Corpus, specifically the 4th century BC De Mundo, in it are two very large islands called Britannia, these are Albion and Ierne. But modern scholarly consensus ascribes De Mundo not to Aristotle but to Pseudo-Aristotle, the word Albion or insula Albionum has two possible origins. Albion is now applied to England in a poetic capacity. Another romantic name for England is Loegria, related to the Welsh word for England, Lloegr, the earliest known evidence of human presence in the area now known as England was that of Homo antecessor, dating to approximately 780,000 years ago. The oldest proto-human bones discovered in England date from 500,000 years ago, Modern humans are known to have inhabited the area during the Upper Paleolithic period, though permanent settlements were only established within the last 6,000 years
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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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Pop music
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Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid 1950s. The terms popular music and pop music are used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular. Pop and rock were synonymous terms until the late 1960s, when they were used in opposition from each other. Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music. Pop music is eclectic, and often borrows elements from other such as urban, dance, rock, Latin. Identifying factors include generally short to medium-length songs written in a format, as well as the common use of repeated choruses, melodic tunes. David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop music as a body of music which is distinguishable from popular, jazz, according to Pete Seeger, pop music is professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music. Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music, the music charts contain songs from a variety of sources, including classical, jazz, rock, and novelty songs. Pop music, as a genre, is seen as existing and developing separately, pop music continuously evolves along with the terms definition. The term pop song was first recorded as being used in 1926, Hatch and Millward indicate that many events in the history of recording in the 1920s can be seen as the birth of the modern pop music industry, including in country, blues and hillbilly music. The Oxford Dictionary of Music states that while pops earlier meaning meant concerts appealing to a wide audience. Since the late 1950s, however, pop has had the meaning of non-classical mus, usually in the form of songs, performed by such artists as the Beatles. Grove Music Online also states that, in the early 1960s pop music competed terminologically with beat music, while in the USA its coverage overlapped with that of rock and roll. From about 1967, the term was used in opposition to the term rock music. Whereas rock aspired to authenticity and an expansion of the possibilities of music, pop was more commercial, ephemeral. It is not driven by any significant ambition except profit and commercial reward, and, in musical terms, it is essentially conservative. It is, provided from on high rather than being made from below, pop is not a do-it-yourself music but is professionally produced and packaged. The beat and the melodies tend to be simple, with limited harmonic accompaniment, the lyrics of modern pop songs typically focus on simple themes – often love and romantic relationships – although there are notable exceptions
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Dance-pop
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Dance-pop is a pop and dance subgenre that originated in the early 1980s. It is generally up-tempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable, the genre, on the whole, tends to be producer-driven, despite some notable exceptions. Dance-pop borrowed influences from other genres, which varied by producer, artist, such include contemporary R&B, house, trance, techno, new jack swing, funk, synthpop, electropop and some forms of europop. Dance-pop is a mainstream style of music and there have been numerous pop artists. As the term started to go out of fashion by the late 1970s to early 1980s, other terms were commonly used to describe disco-based music, such as post-disco, club. Dance-pop music emerged in the 1980s as a combination of dance and pop, or post-disco, Dance-pop music was usually created, composed and produced by record producers who would then hire singers to perform the songs. In the beginning of the 80s disco was an anathema to the mainstream pop, according to prominent Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Madonna had a huge role in popularizing dance music as mainstream music, utilizing her charisma, chutzpah and sex appeal. Erlewine claimed that Madonna launched dance-pop and set the standard for the genre for the two decades. The staff of Vice magazine stated that her debut album drew the blueprint for future dance-pop, in the 1980s dance-pop was closely aligned to other up-tempo electronic genres, such as Hi-NRG. Prominent producers in the 1980s included Stock, Aitken and Waterman, during the decade, dance-pop borrowed influences from funk, new jack swing, and contemporary R&B. Other prominent dance-pop artists and groups of the 1980s included the Pet Shop Boys, Mel and Kim, Samantha Fox, Debbie Gibson, by the 1990s, dance-pop had become a major genre in popular music. Several dance-pop groups and artists emerged during the 1990s, such as the Spice Girls, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Jessica Simpson, Backstreet Boys, during the early 1990s, dance-pop borrowed influences from house music, as well as contemporary R&B and new jack swing. Additionally, also in 1998, Cher released a song called Believe which made usage of a technological innovation of the time. An audio processor and a form of pitch modification software, Auto-Tune is commonly used as a way to correct pitch, since the late 1990s, the use of Auto-Tune processing has become a common feature of dance-pop music. Celine Dion also released a dance-pop song Thats the Way It Is by the end of 1999 and it has a moderately slow tempo but an up-beat song. At the beginning of the 2000s, dance-pop music was still prominent, nonetheless, as R&B and hip hop became extremely popular from the early part of the decade onwards, dance-pop often borrowed a lot of its influences from urban music. Dance-pop stars from the 1980s and 1990s such as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Janet Jackson, in Madonnas case, her album Music contained elements of Euro disco, especially the successful eponymous lead single. Britney Spears album Blackout contained influences of Euro disco, the mid-to-late 2000s saw the arrival of several new dance-pop artists, including Rihanna, Kesha, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry
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Epic Records
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Epic Records is an American record company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, Inc. Epic was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 and it later expanded its scope to include a more diverse range of musical genres, including pop, R&B, rock and hip hop. Historically, the label has housed popular acts such as Boston, ABBA, Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, Dave Clark Five, Gloria Estefan, Pearl Jam, Shakira, Anastacia, and Sly & the Family Stone. Along with Columbia and RCA Records, Epic is one of Sony Music Entertainments three main record labels, L. A. Reid has served as chairman and CEO of Epic since July 2011. Sylvia Rhone was appointed president in March 2014, Epic Records was launched in 1953 by Columbia Records for the purpose of marketing jazz, pop and classical music that did not fit the theme of its more mainstream Columbia Records label. Initial classical music releases were from Philips Records which distributed Columbia product in Europe, pop talent on co-owned Okeh Records were transferred to Epic which made Okeh a rhythm and blues label. Epics bright-yellow, black, and blue became a familiar trademark for many jazz. By 1960, the musical base had been expanded to include all genres. This was done in part to prevent the roster of Columbia Records from being overstuffed with newer artists, subsequently, Epic became better known for its signing of newer, fledgling acts. By the end of the 1960s, Epic earned its first gold records and had evolved into a formidable hit-making force in rock and roll, R&B and country music. Among its many acts, it included Roy Hamilton, Bobby Vinton, The Dave Clark Five, The Hollies, Tammy Wynette, Donovan, The Yardbirds, Lulu, July, Helen Shapiro and Jeff Beck. Also during the 1960s, Epic oversaw the smaller subsidiary CBS labels including Okeh Records, in 1968, Epic recordings began being distributed in the UK by CBS after the distribution deal with EMI expired that year, Epic itself launched in England around 1971. Epic was involved in a trade of artists. Graham Nash was signed to Epic because of his membership in The Hollies, when the newly formed Crosby, Stills & Nash wanted to sign with Atlantic Records, Ahmet Ertegün worked out a deal with Clive Davis whereby Richie Furays new band Poco would sign with Epic. Also contributing to the success was its distribution of Philadelphia International Records. Sony bought CBS Records in 1987, and the company was renamed Sony Music in 1991. In 2004, Sony merged with another powerhouse music distributor, BMG, bringing labels such as RCA, Arista, Columbia, Epic, Jive, in February 2009, singer and songwriter Amanda Ghost was appointed president of Epic Records. Later in the year, Sony BMG Music merged Epic and Columbias operations, Sony BMGs Legacy Recordings reissues the companys classic and catalog titles
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RCA Records
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RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, Inc. It is one of SMEs three flagship labels, alongside Columbia Records and Epic Records. The label has released multiple genres of music, including pop, rock, hip hop, R&B, blues, jazz, the companys name is derived from the initials of the labels former parent company, the Radio Corporation of America. It is the second oldest recording company in US history, after sister label Columbia Records, RCAs Canadian unit is Sonys oldest label in Canada. It was one of only two Canadian record companies to survive the Great Depression, kelly, Enrique Iglesias, Foo Fighters, Kings of Leon, Kesha, Miley Cyrus, Giorgio Moroder, Jennifer Hudson, DAngelo, Pink, Tinashe, G-Eazy, Pitbull, Zayn and Wizkid. In 1929, the Radio Corporation of America purchased the Victor Talking Machine Company, then the worlds largest manufacturer of phonographs and phonograph records. The company then became RCA Victor but retained use of the Victor Records name on their labels until the beginning of 1946 when the labels were finally switched over to RCA Victor. With Victor, RCA acquired New World rights to the famous Nipper His Masters Voice trademark, in Shanghai, China, in 1931, RCA Victors British affiliate the Gramophone Company merged with the Columbia Graphophone Company to form EMI. This gave RCA head David Sarnoff a seat on the EMI board, in September 1931, RCA Victor introduced the first 33⅓ rpm records sold to the public, calling them Program Transcriptions. In the depths of the Great Depression, the format was a commercial failure, during the early part of the depression, RCA made a number of attempts to produce a successful cheap label to compete with the dime store labels. The first was the short-lived Timely Tunes label in 1931 sold at Montgomery Ward, in 1932, Bluebird Records was created as a sub-label of RCA Victor. It was originally an 8-inch record with a blue label. In 1933, RCA reintroduced Bluebird and Electradisk as a standard 10-inch label, another cheap label, Sunrise, was produced. The same musical couplings were issued on all three labels and Bluebird Records still survives eight decades after Electradisk and Sunrise were discontinued, RCA also produced records for Montgomery Ward label during the 1930s. Besides manufacturing records for themselves, RCA Victor operated RCA Custom which was the leading record manufacturer for independent record labels, RCA Custom also pressed record compilations for The Readers Digest Association. RCA sold its interest in EMI in 1935, but EMI continued to distribute RCA recordings in the UK, RCA also manufactured and distributed HMV classical recordings on the RCA and HMV labels in North America. During World War II, ties between RCA and its Japanese affiliate JVC were severed, the Japanese record company is today called Victor Entertainment and is still a JVC subsidiary. From 1942 to 1944, RCA Victor was seriously impacted by the American Federation of Musicians recording ban, virtually all union musicians could not make recordings during that period
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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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J Records
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J Records was an American major record label owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment, and was distributed through the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 2000 and was dissolved into RCA Records in 2011, olivia was the first artist to sign to J Records, but was later dropped due to poor album sales. In 2001, the label found success with its multi-platinum record inaugural release, Songs in A Minor, the album of Alicia Keys. The same year, Lyric signed to the label and became the first female group act under J Records, by late 2001, J Records attained another success with the platinum-selling debut album by O-Town. Later, established artists like DAngelo, Luther Vandross, Jamie Foxx, and Monica would join the J roster, in 2002, BMG bought a majority stake in the label. The same year, J Records began functioning under the RCA Music Group, where Davis had been appointed president and CEO, in August 2005, J Records operations were merged with Arista Records, although both labels continued to release their own product. During the summer of 2011, RCA Music Group underwent a restructuring which shuttered J along with sister labels Jive, RCA Records will now start releasing all RCA Music Group releases under RCA Records. com Interview with J Records A&R Peter Edge
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Dev (singer)
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Devin Star Tailes, better known as Dev, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, model and radio host. She was discovered by the label, Indie-Pop, and The Cataracs via Myspace after her friend Shane Crislip. Devs song Booty Bounce was sampled in Far East Movements hit single Like a G6 which reached number 1 in the US, and sold over four million downloads in the country. Dev was signed to Universal Republic in October 2010, and released her debut single Bass Down Low in November 16,2010 which reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom and her debut album The Night the Sun Came Up was released on March 27,2012. The second single, In the Dark, peaked at number 11 in the US chart, Dev in 2014 released two EPs, Bittersweet July and the second part as a follow up to part one. Shes a radio host of the popular radio Beats 1 by Apple, in mid 2016, Dev started promoting her album with an opening single called #1 featuring Nef the Pharaoh which reached the top 15 on the Billboard Rhythmic songs chart. Dev was born to Lisa, an estate agent, and Riki Tailes. She has two sisters, Sierra Sol and Maezee Luna. Dev is of Portuguese and Mexican descent and she grew up in the city of Manteca. At the age of four, she started swimming and was part of the U. S Olympic development program and she attended Brock Elliott Elementary and graduated from Sierra High School in 2007, where she was a member of band and choir. She attended San Joaquin Delta College, studying English and art history and she went to her senior formal with Ryan Fisher, who is currently a professional baseball player for the Miami Marlins. In 2009 she made a cover of Amy Winehouse Blonde Trick and, after a friend posted the song into MySpace, to Fashion Indie Magazine she said, I decided to put up this song on MySpace. It was basically a track and I didnt expect anything out of it. She dropped out of college in her first year to pursue her career and was then signed by the Los Angeles-based record label and management team, Indie-Pop. Six months later, Dev and The Cataracs song 2Nite began to gain exposure on the radio, the television channel MtvU, in 2009, Dev moved to Los Angeles to produce music with the Cataracs and work directly with Indie-Pop. In 2010, the Cataracs produced Like a G6 with Far East Movement, the two songs were made in the same summer, at the time where Dev and the Cataracs were grinding it out in the studio pretty tough together, making a couple of simplistic random tracks. Like a G6, which features Far East Movement and Dev, was released in April 2010, the song went on to sell over four million downloads in the US. In August 2010, a video was made for Booty Bounce directed by Ethan Lader, and uploaded it onto YouTube
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Tinie Tempah
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Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu, better known by his stage name Tinie Tempah, is an English rapper, singer and songwriter. He has been signed to Parlophone Records since 2009, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group and he created his own record and fashion label Disturbing London Records in 2007 along with his cousin, Dumi Oburota. After releasing a number of mixtapes, he released his debut album, Disc-Overy. Preceded by two British number-one singles, Pass Out and Written in the Stars, the album charted at number one and was certified Platinum the next year, in February 2011, he won two Brit Awards for Best British Breakthrough Act and Best British Single. In November 2013, he released his album, entitled Demonstration. Preceded by top ten singles Trampoline and Children of the Sun, in June 2015, he released Not Letting Go, the first single from his upcoming third album Youth. This gave Tempah his sixth UK number one, passing out Dizzee Rascal as the most by any rap artist, Tempah was born in London, the son of Igbo parents from Nigeria. His middle name, Chukwuemeka, means God has done more in the Igbo language, until he was 12, Tempah lived on the Aylesbury Estate in southeast London with his parents and three younger siblings, Kelly, Kelvin, and Marian. The family later moved to Plumstead, with Tempah attending St. Pauls Catholic School in nearby Abbey Wood, after earning 10 GCSEs, he took A Levels in media studies, psychology, and religious studies at Saint Francis Xavier Sixth Form College. At 12 years old, Tempah conceived his stage name after viewing the video for So Solid Crews 21 Seconds. He used a thesaurus in class, juxtaposing tempah, which he saw under angry, with tinie, to ameliorate the aggressive sound of tempah. Regarding his London upbringing, Tempah states, London is one of the places in the world where you can live in a council block. Growing up around that was inspirational, it kept me motivated and he has said that he has considered furthering his education, stating, I definitely want to be in a financial position where I can head off to Cambridge or Oxford or somewhere. I would study something like music management or something extremely random like physics, tempahs music career began in 2005 when he joined the Aftershock Hooligans, recording hundreds of songs with the fellow Hooligans. His first mixtape, Chapter 1, Verse 22, was released via Aftershock Records in 2005, in 2006, Tempah gained a great deal of airplay on British music TV channel Channel AKA for his song Tears, and later on gained more recognition for Wifey. Later in the year, he collaborated on a track with grime artist Ultra and he released the mixtape Hood Economics Room 147, The 80 Minute Course in 2007 and left the label later that year. When asked why he left, he stated that he felt Aftershock didnt respect him as an artist, according to Dumi, We wanted to have a platform to put out our music and there wasnt any Def Jam or Roc-A-Fella label equivalent in England. I wanted to create an independent label with quality artists
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LuvBug
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LuvBug is an English electronic dance music trio consisting of London-born DJ & producer Marvin Humes, Manchester-based producer The White N3rd and producer/songwriter JKAY. Humes and JKAY grew up in Woolwich, East London with JKAY becoming part of the songwriting/producing duo Tracklacers and they worked with producers including Danja and Afrojack and also produced early material for JLS, the pop/R&B boy band Humes was formerly a part of. N3RD has produced remixes for Diplo and Azealia Banks and was introduced to Humes through songwriter Ali Tennant, in April 2013, the trio came together at a London-based studio and started working on material. The group released a string of remixes for the likes of Leah McFall & will. i. am, Inner City, an album was announced to be in the works. Its second single, Revive, featuring uncredited vocals from Mark Asari, was released on 15 February 2015, the third single, Best Is Yet to Come, featuring uncredited vocals from Scouting for Girls, was released on 15 April 2016. The audio video was released in February 2016 on YouTube and Vevo
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Boy band
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Being vocal groups, most boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on stage, making the term something of a misnomer. Many boy bands dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances, some such bands form on their own. They can evolve out of church choral or gospel music groups, due to this and their general commercial orientation towards a female audience of preteens, teenyboppers, or teens, the term may be used with negative connotations in music journalism. Boy bands are similar in concept to their counterparts, girl groups, the earliest forerunner of boy band music began in the late 19th century as a cappella barbershop quartets. They were usually a group of males and sang in four part harmonies, the popularity of barbershop quartets had been prominent into the earlier part of the 20th century. A revival of the vocal group took place in the late 1940s and 1950s with the use of doo-wop music. Doo-wop bands sang about topics such as love and other used in pop music. The earliest traces of boy bands were in the mid-1950s although the boy band was not used. African American vocal group The Ink Spots was one of the first of what would now be called boy bands, the term boy band was not established until the late 1980s as before that they were called male vocal groups or hep harmony singing groups. For instance, their music featured close harmonies from soul music and catchy pop hooks influenced as much as they were by Motown and acts like the Supremes. All members of the band sang, which is a convention of a boy band, as opposed to having a front man. Even so, the members conveniently fitted into the convention of having stereotypical personality types, the Beatles were a direct influence on the conception of the Monkees, as they used rock band instrumentation and played more rock oriented music. With music produced by Don Kirshner, The Monkees became eventually dissatisfied with Kirshners control over them and they became independent two years later, working on their own up to 1970, when the group first dissolved. Other antecedents exist throughout the history of pop music, the genre has been copied into languages and cultures other than the Anglo-American. The Puerto Rican boy band Menudo, appealing to young Latina audiences, was founded in 1977, Menudo had a convention unique among boy bands, when a member turned 16, became too tall, or their voice changed, they were replaced. The members of Menudo were generally aged 12–17, the Bay City Rollers were a Scottish pop band who were most popular in the mid-1970s. For a relatively brief but fervent period, they were worldwide teen idols, the group were one of the first bands like The Monkees before them to take the formula shown by The Beatles and apply it to a teen market. The group achieved the same amount of success but for a period of time
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Marvin Humes
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After a successful five years, JLS split in December 2013. Between 2014 and 2016, Humes hosted BBCs The Voice UK with Emma Willis, Humes was born on 18 March 1985, in Greenwich, London. He is the son of a Jamaican father and Anglo-Scottish mother and is the child of two brothers, Leon and Jackson. Humes started his career in a band called VS which was created by Blue member Simon Webbe, however shortly after being formed and releasing an album. Humes appeared in Holby City on the BBC for three years from 2000 to 2003 playing Robbie Waring for 14 episodes, at the age of 14, he starred in a childrens programme called K-Club, which helped people with computers and how they work. Oritsé Williams decided to get into the music business mainly, next to join was Aston Merrygold, who was once cast in the ITV childrens programme Fun Song Factory, because of his athletic ability. Last to join the group was JB Gill, for his musical ear and they bonded, became friends and together they were called UFO. They signed to Tracklacers developing a sound they then called Jack the Lad Swing, combining the phrase Jack the lad, king and Beautiful Girls by Sean Kingston. Shortly thereafter, they released their single, Slap Ya Elbow. The group give credit to DJ Triz who produced one of UFOs first songs and helped them write it. In 2008, UFO auditioned for the series of The X Factor. In week 7, JLS were in the two along with Rachel Hylton. However, they survived thanks to votes from Walsh, Cheryl Cole, Cowell stated when casting his deciding vote that JLS did not deserve to be in the bottom two. In week 9, JLS performed Umbrella and Im Already There, Cowell then predicted they would win the competition. They made it to the final and performed their own version of the song, Hallelujah. The public voted for the time that night and Burke won the competition. They were the band to make the final. Following their success on The X Factor, Cowells record company, Syco, the Sun later reported on 20 January 2009 that Cowell had revoked this offer, having instead decided to focus on Alexandra Burke
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JB Gill
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JLS were an English pop/R&B boy band, which consisted of members Aston Merrygold, Oritsé Williams, Marvin Humes, and JB Gill, originally formed by Oritsé Williams. Following their appearance on The X Factor, JLS signed to Epic Records and their first two singles Beat Again and Everybody in Love both went to number one on the UK Singles Chart. The bands self-titled debut album was released on 9 November 2009, JLS won the awards for British Breakthrough and British Single at the 2010 BRIT Awards. They also won awards at the MOBO Awards for Best song for Beat Again in 2009. In 2010 they won the MOBO Awards for Best UK act and they also went on to win their fifth MOBO in 2012 by winning Best Video for Do You Feel What I Feel. They won the title of the UKs hardest-working band for two years, in 2011 and 2012. In 2010, JLS signed a deal with the US record label Jive Records, and released Everybody in Love as their debut US single. The Club Is Alive, the single from their second studio album, was released in the UK on July 2010. Their single Love You More, was the single for Children in Need in 2010. Their single She Makes Me Wanna featuring Dev was their fifth UK number one, as of 2012, their debut album and single has been named one of The X Factors top ten biggest-selling debut singles and albums. As of 2013, they are the 16th richest reality TV stars in the UK, with a fortune of £6 million per member. JLS have sold over 6 million records in the UK alone, the group later split up in 2013 due to personal differences. Oritsé Jolomi Matthew Soloman Williams attended St Edwards School in West London and he has two brothers and one sister. When he was 12, his mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and he had to care for his brothers and sister whilst attending schools and clubs. He attended the British International School in Lagos, Nigeria, here he befriended English/Nigerian singer L Marshall and won his first talent show performing alongside L in his final year. He also attended Larmenier Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, Williams dreamed of being a solo artist from a very young age. He was recruited for many boy bands but believed that a boy band had to have a good bond between the members. He decided to put together his own boy band, UFO and he also wrote the song Wow Oh Wow for Jedward
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The X Factor (UK series 5)
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The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The fifth series was broadcast on ITV from 16 August 2008 until 13 December 2008, dermot OLeary returned to present the main show on ITV, while Fearne Cotton was replaced by Holly Willoughby as presenter of spin-off show The Xtra Factor on ITV2. Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Dannii Minogue returned to the judging panel, Sharon Osbourne left after four series and was replaced by Cheryl Cole. The fifth series was won by Alexandra Burke, with Cole emerging as the winning mentor, Auditions in front of producers were held in April/May, with callbacks in front of the judges in June. The number of applicants for series 5 reached a high with a reported 182,000 people auditioning. Burkes prize, as winner, was a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music and her debut single, Hallelujah, written by Leonard Cohen, was released for digital download at 00,01 on 14 December 2008, with the physical format following on 17 December. It was later announced that her single had become the fastest selling song of all time, in February 2008, it was reported that Sharon Osbourne would not return as a judge for series 5. On 6 June, six days filming was due to begin at the London auditions. Media speculation over the reasons for Osbournes departure alluded to rising tensions between her and fellow judge Dannii Minogue, as well as disputes over pay. When interviewed by Chris Moyles on BBC Radio 1, Osbourne said that it was the best four years of life and she later revealed that Minogue was 99. 9% of her reason for leaving, citing that the atmosphere was causing too much stress. Osbourne admitted that when she informed the producers of her decision to resign, much media coverage and speculation surrounded the question of who would replace Osbourne. Spice Girls singer Mel B revealed on 16 September 2008 in an interview for New, magazine that she, among others, was approached by Cowell as a possible replacement. However, on 10 June 2008, four days after Osbournes departure, ITV confirmed that Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole was the new judge and Osbournes replacement for series 5. Minogue praised the new judge, saying, She’s very knowledgeable about music, Cowell is reported by Minogue to feel that Coles voiced opinions are something which he loves. Dermot OLeary returned to present the main ITV show, choosing to leave other projects, including his role as the host of Big Brothers Little Brother. The Xtra Factor presenter Fearne Cotton left after series 4, having presented for one series. Brian Friedman returned as choreographer and performance coach, along with Yvie Burnett as vocal coach, a reported record-breaking 182,000 applied for series 5, with filming for auditions in front of judges taking place in June/July 2008. Auditions were held in the cities of London, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff, Due to her commitments with Australias Got Talent, Minogue was absent from some of the auditions in Birmingham and Cardiff, but was not replaced
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ITV (TV network)
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ITV is a commercial TV network in the United Kingdom. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990 its legal name has been Channel 3, to distinguish it from the analogue channels at the time, namely BBC1, BBC2. ITV is a network of channels that operate regional television services as well as sharing programmes between each other to be displayed on the entire network. In recent years, several of companies have merged so currently the fifteen franchises are in the hands of two companies. With the exception of Northern Ireland, the ITV brand is the used by ITV plc for the Channel 3 service in these areas. In Northern Ireland, ITV plc uses the brand name UTV, STV Group plc, uses the STV brand for its two franchises of central and northern Scotland. The origins of ITV lie in the passing of the Television Act 1954, the act created the Independent Television Authority to heavily regulate the industry and to award franchises. The first six franchises were awarded in 1954 for London, the Midlands, the first ITV network to launch was Londons Associated-Rediffusion on 22 September 1955, with the Midlands and North services launching in February 1956 and May 1956 respectively. Following these launches, the ITA awarded more franchises until the country was covered by fourteen regional stations. Following the 1993 changes, ITV as a network began to consolidate with several companies doing so to save money by ceasing the duplication of services present when they were all separate companies. The ITV Network is not owned or operated by one company, since 2016 the fifteen licences are held by two companies, with the majority held by ITV Broadcasting Limited, part of ITV plc. The network is regulated by the media regulator Ofcom who is responsible for awarding the broadcast licences, the last major review of the Channel 3 franchises was in 1991, with all operators licences having been renewed between 1999 and 2002 and again from 2014 without a further contest. However, due to amalgamation of several of companies since the creation of ITV Network Limited. Approved by Ofcom, this results in ITV plc commissioning and funding the network schedule, all licensees have the right to opt out of network programming, however many do not due to pressures from the parent company or because of limited resources. The network also needs to produce accessible output containing subtitles, signing, in exchange for this programming, the ITV network is available on all platforms free to air and can be found at the top of the EPG of all providers. Since the launch of the platform in 1998, all of the ITV licensees have received gifted capacity on the terrestrial television platform. At present, the companies are able to broadcast additional channels and all choose to broadcast the ITV plc owned ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and CITV in their region. UTV and STV previously broadcast their own services – UTV2 in Northern Ireland and S2 in central and northern Scotland – until 2002, the broadcasters all make use of the Digital 3&4 multiplex, shared with Channel 4
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The X Factor (UK TV series)
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The X Factor is a British reality television music competition to find new singing talent, contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. Created by Simon Cowell, the began in 2004 and has since aired annually from August/September until December. The show is produced by FremantleMedias Thames and Cowells production company Syco TV and it is broadcast on the ITV network in the UK and simulcast on TV3 in Ireland. The X Factor refers to the undefinable something that makes for star quality, the series consists of auditions, bootcamp, judges houses, several weeks of live shows, semi-finals and the final. The series had a spin-off behind-the-scenes show called The Xtra Factor and this lasted from series 1 until series 13 when it was cancelled by ITV in January 2017. The original judging panel consisted of Louis Walsh, Sharon Osbourne, in 2005 Paula Abdul joined the show as a guest judge whilst Osbourne was away then joined the panel in 2006 for three sets of auditions. Brian Friedman replaced Walsh in series 4, which also saw Dannii Minogue join the panel, Friedman left during the auditions and Walsh replaced Friedman. Cheryl Cole replaced Osbourne in series 5, gary Barlow, Kelly Rowland and Tulisa joined the panel in series 8 as replacements for Cowell, Minogue, and Cole. Rowland left before series 9 and was replaced by Nicole Scherzinger, Osbourne returned to the panel in series 10, replacing Tulisa. Cowell and Cole returned to replace Barlow and Osbourne in series 11, in series 12, Mel B and Walsh were replaced by Rita Ora and Nick Grimshaw. In series 13, Walsh, Osbourne and Scherzinger returned, replacing Grimshaw, Fernandez-Versini, the first three series were presented by Kate Thornton, then from the fourth to 11th series, the show was presented by Dermot OLeary, he then returned from the 13th series. In series 12, the show was presented by Caroline Flack, also, in series 10, Flack served as a backstage presenter during the Saturday night live shows. Roman Kemp will begin serving as the presenter of the show in series 13. The show is split into different stages, following the contestants from auditions through to the final, in series 10 and 11, both auditions formats were used. In series 12, the auditions were scrapped, leaving just the arena auditions. The room auditions were revived in series 13, and no arena auditions followed, Winners receive a recording contract with record label Syco Music with a stated value of £1 million. This includes a cash payment to the winner, but the majority is allocated to marketing and recording costs. As of November 2016,41 number-one singles have achieved by artists who have appeared on the show, such as Lewis, Burke, JLS, Olly Murs, Cher Lloyd, One Direction
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Alexandra Burke
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Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke is a British singer-songwriter and voice actor. Burke rose to fame after winning the series of British television series The X Factor in 2008. She has been signed to Epic Records, RCA Records and Syco Music, by January 2009, the single had sold over 1 million copies in the UK alone, a first for a British female soloist. The singles released from the album earned her three BRIT Award nominations, the album saw the release of UK top 10 hit, Broken Heels and The Silence. Elephant was released as Burkes comeback single in February 2012, and Let It Go served as the single and Burkes second album. In June 2014, Burke replaced Beverley Knight in the role of Rachel Marron in the West End musical The Bodyguard, at the Adelphi Theatre. In 2016, Burke commenced a 12-month residency in Sister Act The Musical, alexandria Burke was born in Islington, London, England on 25 August 1988, and is the daughter of Melissa Bell. Her mother was a soul and R&B singer, and was a member of band Soul II Soul and she is of Dougla, Jamaican, and Irish descent. Although her mother was in a band, she was under investigation of suspicion benefit fraud and her mother said that she had not done a professional gig for years, and had never claimed benefits when she had. Burke has three siblings, Sheneice, David, and Aaron. Burke attracted the names Cecelia Ewen as they are also her mothers middle names, her sister, Burkes parents broke up in 1992, while she was still young, but the pair remain close friends for their children. Burke began dance classes at an early age, and began singing when she was as young as five years old. She went on to sing on stage at the Bahrain when she was nine years old, where she sang with her mother. When she was aged twelve, Burke entered the talent show. Throughout the competition, she was the runner-up after she was beaten for the title by Joss Stone. Still at the age of twelve, her mother put her in contact with Stevie Wonder who rang Burke and she sang down the phone to him. Her mother, Bell, also asked her to sing to Jean Carne who was said to be impressed by Burkes vocals that she asked her to perform with her at one of her shows the next night. Burke attended Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School in Islington, Angel where she worked for her GCSEs, before Burke was successful on The X Factor she had been working as a singer, gigging at weekends in popular night clubs
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The X Factor
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The X Factor is a television music competition franchise created by Simon Cowell. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for Pop Idol and it is held in various countries. The programmes are produced by executive producer Simon Cowell and his company SYCOtv, the X Factor of the title refers to the undefinable something that makes for star quality. The similarities between The X Factor and Idols prompted Idol creator Simon Fuller, along with 19 Entertainment, to file a lawsuit against Cowell, SYCOtv, and FremantleMedia in 2004. An out-of-court settlement was reached in 2005 allowing Fuller to gain a 10% share in The X Factor format, not only Idol, but also new singing shows The Voice and Rising Star have become rival shows to The X Factor. There have been a total of 171 winners of The X Factor worldwide, note Since it was first broadcast in 2004, The X Factor has been the subject of much controversy and criticism in the United Kingdom and many other countries where it was broadcast. Simon Fuller, the creator of Pop Idol, claimed that the format of The X Factor was copied from his own show. Through his company 19 TV, Fuller filed a lawsuit against The X Factor producers FremantleMedia, The X Factor creator Simon Cowell, however, the hearing was quickly adjourned and an out-of-court settlement was reached at the end of the month. The Danish version has been criticised by Danish music contract expert and he also criticises that participants are obliged to travel at their own expense. Natalia Kills started off by accusing Faherty of having wallflower body language and you have the body language as youre trying to blend into the background behind you. The audience didnt appreciate what Kills had said and started booing her, Kills then said that Faherty was not invisible on the stage and that it was her time to change that. Judges Melanie Blatt and Stan Walker gave Faherty a Yes, whilst Willy Moon gave Faherty a No, the pressure was on Natalia Kills to make the final decision. The crowd got involved trying to persuade Kills to put Faherty through, Kills then snapped at the audience saying Stop, stop it right now, youre going to fuck this for her. Despite her comments, Kills decided to put Faherty through to Bootcamp by giving her a Yes, some members of the audience were shocked at the outburst and walked out. A TV3 spokeswoman said both the network and Kills apologised for the incident, the incident was featured in the final audition episode, with the profanity bleeped out. Faherty was also using the F word backstage which was bleeped out. In the episode Brider revealed that he had involved in a 2004 murder in Wanganui and had served six years in prison for manslaughter. Mediaworks also apologized for any distress the episode may have caused viewers, Brider later told media that he regretted appearing on the series and had not thought through the impact of his appearance
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Beat Again
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Beat Again is the debut single by English boy band JLS. It was released on 12 July 2009 as the single from their self-titled debut studio album JLS. The song was written by Wayne Hector and Steve Mac and produced by Mac, the songs B-side is a cover of Umbrella by Rihanna, which JLS covered during the semi-finals of the fifth series of The X Factor in December 2008. The song debuted at one on the UK Singles Chart. It also peaked at three in the Republic of Ireland. It has sold over 560,000 copies in the United Kingdom as of August 2014, after finishing as runners-up to Alexandra Burke on the fifth series of The X Factor in December 2008, JLS signed a record deal with Epic Records. Epic managing director Nick Raphael said, JLS are the best boy band to emerge from a TV talent show, the band already have an incredible fan base, and I look forward to launching their recording career. Beat Again was unusual for being a single from reality show contestant in that was not a cover version, following in the footsteps of Girls Aloud, Shayne Ward. Instead, this song especially for JLS by Wayne Hector. The song was originally titled No Beat and supposedly took only two hours to write, Mac himself had originally presented the song to Nick Raphael, JLS A&R at Epic Records, as a potential single. Beat Again is written in the key of A-flat minor, Raphael had originally been looking for a ballad in the vein of Boyz II Mens End of the Road and had in fact already asked Mac for another Flying Without Wings. However, according to co-writer Wayne Hector, Raphaels response upon hearing the new song was, Raphael had supposedly originally intended Everybody in Love to be the lead single but changed his mind at the last minute. To date, Beat Again has garnered mixed to positive reviews music critics. Giving the single three stars, Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy noted that JLS have at least broken with X Factor convention on their debut single, Fletcher also drew positive comparisons to work by American R&B artist Ne-Yo. However, the reviewer went on to say the single is cheesier than a Jennifer Aniston rom-com, another review, giving the single three stars out of five, said Beat Again seems to lack originality. It was included on the Popjustice song of the day, the Daily Record wrote that the single had the R&B electro sass of Justin Timberlake or Rihanna will surprise many. Beat Again made its debut on the Billboard Euro Digital Tracks chart at number 13. The song debuted on the Irish Singles Chart at number four, the song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart
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Everybody in Love
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Everybody in Love is the second single by English boyband JLS from their self-titled debut album. The song was released as a download on 1 November 2009. The song became the second number one single in the UK on 8 November 2009, with a total of 460,000 copies being sold so far in the UK. The song was released to U. S, mainstream Top 40 radio on 23 February 2010, but failed to chart on Billboard Hot 100. According to co-writer Wayne Hector, Everybody in Love was intended to be the single from JLS until A&R Nick Raphael changed his mind at the last minute. To date, Everybody in Love has garnered mixed to positive reviews, digital Spy said that, Groundbreaking it aint, but Everybody in Love is catchy, feelgood and thoroughly likable. Its also as mushy as the peas at your local shop, with the boys issuing this imperative at the start of the song and again towards the end, Everybody in love. If we could listen, type and wave our phone above our head all at the same time, believe us we would be. Popjustice also said Everybody In Love is so in need of its own HRNK - that international sound effect of the good pop tune - that it actually opens with the sound of a rave horn. You cannot say fairer than that, femaleFirst stated that the song was Pretty much what we all expected from this JLS single ‘Everybody in Love’. It follows the idea if you repeat a catchy chorus 100 times then it will become anthemic-a song to sing along to in a club after a few WKDs. They also stated that Despite it being uber-predictable, the works on a surface level and the catchy tune will prove a hit, especially with teenagers. It would be nice to hear something a bit less obvious for their next effort, the video for Everybody in Love was shot in August 2009 at Pico House in Los Angeles, and was the bands first music video to be shot there. The music video was released in the UK in late September 2009 and it shows JLS performing to a crowd of people on a purpose built stage, as well as solo shots of the individual members being accompanied by a love interest that they sing to. They would return later in the series to perform the song at the final with Alexandra Burke. Everybody in Love entered the Irish Singles Chart on 5 November 2009 at number 2, the song reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart on 9 November with over 100,000 copies sold in the first week, before dropping to number 3 on 15 November
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JLS (album)
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JLS is the debut studio album by English boy band JLS. It was released in the UK on 9 November 2009 by Epic Records and it was preceded by the lead single, Beat Again on 13 July 2009. The album debuted at number-one in the UK and Ireland and it has been certified four times platinum in the UK, where it was the sixth best-selling album of 2009. In the US, the album was issued as a six track EP featuring their three UK singles, their new single The Club Is Alive and two tracks from the UK version of the album. This version was released on 2 August 2010, but failed to chart, Beat Again was the debut release by the band, following their success on the fifth series of The X Factor in 2008. The song was successful on the UK Singles Chart, debuting at number. The single became the second fastest-selling single of 2009, behind Bonkers by Dizzee Rascal and it has sold over 500,000 copies in the UK. Everybody in Love was released as the single from the album. On 8 November 2009, the song topped the UK Singles Chart and it has sold over 400,000 copies in the UK, The single was released in February 2010 in the United States, but failed to chart. One Shot was released as the third and final single from the album on 22 February 2010, the song has peaked in the UK Singles Chart at number six. It has sold over 300,000 copies in the UK, the album debuted at number one on the Irish Albums Chart on 12 November 2009. In the UK, the band beat Robbie Williams to the spot on 15 November 2009. Both JLS and Williamss tenth solo album Reality Killed the Video Star sold over 200,000 copies, the album has been certified two times platinum in Ireland, while being certified four times Platinum in the UK, and was the sixth best-selling album of 2009 in the UK. The album was also the 35th best-selling album of 2010, selling 317,000 copies of the album in 2010, the album has sold 1.4 million copies in total in the UK as of December 2012. The album received negative reviews from critics on release. It scored an average of 2. 7/10 at aggregator website AnyDecentMusic, which is the single worst score in the history of the website
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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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2010 Brit Awards
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The 2010 Brit Awards took place on Tuesday 16 February 2010. It was the 30th edition of the British Phonographic Industrys annual pop music awards, the awards ceremony was held at Earls Court in London for the last time. The ceremony was broadcast live on ITV, hosted by Peter Kay with Fearne Cotton doing the side of stage coverage, ITV2 also broadcast an after show highlights programme immediately after the main broadcast. BBC Radio 1 had official radio coverage throughout the day in the run up to the show, with Scott Mills. The ceremony was broadcast live, but with a delay to enable any offensive language to be cut. The ITV show drew 5.8 million viewers between 8pm and 10pm, which was a 21. 9% share of the evening, topping the 5.18 million drawn in for the 2009 ceremony, but still down on the 6.07 million of 2008. The ITV2 Brits Encore show at 10pm drew 776,000 viewers, at the 2010 Brits, Liam Gallagher made a surprise appearance to accept his award for Best Brits album of the past 30 years. After walking off stage, host Peter Kay reacted to Liams actions by saying what a knobhead
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MOBO Awards
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The MOBO Awards stands for Music of Black Origin and was established in 1996 by Kanya King and Andy Ruffell. The MOBO Award show is annually in the United Kingdom to recognise artists of any ethnicity or nationality performing black music. In 2009, the ceremony was held for the first time in Glasgow. Prior to that, it had held in London. In 2011, the ceremony returned for a time to Scotland. The awards then moved to Leeds for 2015, the Music Of Black Origin Awards were established in 1996 to recognise and celebrate artists who create Black or urban music. The MOBOs may be the most prestigious but were not the first Black music awards show in the country, in Britain, the Black Music Awards show ran from 1992 to 1996 in various venues in London. For non-music shows, the Afro Hair and Beauty show was set up by Dyke and Dryden beauty company in 1982, the first MOBO award was presented to UK trio Baby D, in the Best Dance Act category. The MOBO Awards are seen as a UK equivalent to the BET Awards, the ceremony was first broadcast regionally on ITV and produced by Carlton Television from 1996 to 1997 before moving to Channel 4 from 1998 until 2003. Since 2004 the awards have been broadcast by the BBC, and in 2006 the show was aired live for the first time in its history on BBC Three, highlight shows were broadcast on BBC One in a late-night timeslot. In 2014, the show moved to ITV2 in a three-year partnership contract due to the BBC launching its own pop music awards. A full repeat is broadcast later the same evening on the main ITV channel, in the course of its history, the MOBO Awards show has witnessed performances from UK and international talent. In 2000, Sade came out of retirement to perform at the Awards, Kanya King launched the MOBO awards in 1996, aiming to establish a platform for music that, according to King, encompasses urban, hip hop, R&B and reggae. After failing to support for her plan, she raised funds by re-mortgaging her house. The 1997 award ceremony was held at Londons New Connaught Rooms on 10 November, the gala included performances by Mary J. Blige and Eternal. It was broadcast nationally by Channel 4, Contribution to Black Music went to Carl McIntosh and B. B. King won the Lifetime Achievement Award. International Hip-Hop Act Award went to Jay-Z, Best Album was awarded to Beverley Knight, International Act to Lauryn Hill and Lifetime Achievement Award to Tina Turner. Performers and presenters included Desree, Dru Hill, Tim Westwood, Lionel Richie, Lulu, Victoria Beckham, Chris Eubank, Another Level, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Destinys Child, and girl band Eternal
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Do You Feel What I Feel?
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Do You Feel What I Feel. is a song by British boy band JLS from their third studio album, Jukebox. It was released as the third and final single on 30 December 2011. The song was written by Gloria Shayne Baker, Tebey, Julian Bunetta, Noël Regney, John Ryan, the song samples Bing Crosbys classic festive hit Do You Hear What I Hear. The song charted at number 16 on the UK Singles Chart becoming their first single to miss the top 10, on 24 November 2011, the band announced on their website that the video for song will be live on 25 November. The preview pictures for the music video show the band in a winter setting and having a house party in the snow with Akai Osei, winner of Got To Dance. The video was uploaded to JLSs official VEVO channel on 25 November, the video was nominated for, and then later won Best Video at the 2012 MOBO Awards, giving the band their fifth MOBO award in four years. The video features radio presenter Eddie Nestor acting the part of Astons uncle, the group performed the song live for the first time on 18 November 2011 on the Children in Need 2011 telethon. The group once performed the song on 25 November on The Graham Norton Show. On 9 December, they performed the song with a band for the Live Lounge section of Fearne Cottons BBC Radio 1 show along with a cover of the Labrinth hit Earthquake. They also performed the single on the New Years Eve special of Alan Carr, on 18 February 2012, they performed the song on the first live show of Lets Dance for Sport Relief. For the bands Christmas special, A Very JLS Christmas, they recorded a new remix of the song, featuring Alesha Dixon. -3,13 Pieces of My Heart -3,54 Do You Feel What I Feel, -3,45 Digital download Do You Feel What I Feel. -3,13 Do You Feel What I Feel, -3,09 Pieces of My Heart -3,54 Do You Feel What I Feel
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The Club Is Alive
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The Club Is Alive is a song by British boyband JLS. It was released in the United Kingdom on 2 July 2010 as the single from their second studio album. It was written by Andrew Frampton, Savan Kotecha and Steve Mac, inspired by the musical film The Sound of Music, the song was originally intended for American rapper Flo Rida, but he declined. Robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the song a review stating that JLS had managed to successfully step outside their comfort zone. The video for the single was shot in May 2010 during the visit to Los Angeles, California. Directed by Frank Borin, it takes its inspiration from the popular US TV series Entourage, the video shows the band turn up to a party in a nightclub in downtown L. A. where they also perform their song on a revolving stage. JLS performed the song on the fifth live semi-final of series 4 of Britains Got Talent, on 11 July 2010, JLS performed the song on Alan Carr, Chatty Man and also gave an interview. The song was performed at the Radio 1s Big Weekend in Bangor, Wales and T4 on the Beach, as well as on GMTV, Magic Numbers, T4 Stars of 2010. The Club Is Alive debuted on the Irish Singles Chart on 9 July 2010 at number four where it remained for two weeks, marking the bands third top five hit in the country. On 11 July 2010, the song debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number one and it became their third number one single, selling 84,283 copies in its first week. Despite the initial success of the song, it dropped six places to seven the following week. On 1 August 2010, the song dropped a further seven places to number sixteen, the Club Is Alive –3,36 Only Tonight –3,42 List of number-one singles from the 2010s List of number-one R&B hits of 2010 Official music video on YouTube
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Love You More (JLS song)
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Love You More is a song by English boy band JLS from their second studio album, Outta This World. The band co-wrote the song with Toby Gad and Wayne Hector and it was released as the bands second single from the album on 12 November 2010. The track serves as the official Children in Need charity single for 2010, Love You More debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 21 November 2010, making it JLSs fourth number-one single. The video for the song premiered on the groups YouTube channel on 1 October 2010, JLS recorded the track for inclusion on their second studio album, Outta This World. The band officially announced the single following rumours that they would themselves be doing some fundraising for the event. The band have agreed to waive all royalties on the track, with 100% of profits and they describe the song as a soulful ballad, which involves us demonstrating smooth R&B vocals with tender, heartfelt lyrics. The video for Love You More was shot months in advance of its release, in August 2010 in Los Angeles, shot entirely in black and white, it shows the band dressed in winter clothes, singing to camera in a deserted bar and on Venice Beach at sunset. JLS performed the song live for the first time on BBC Radio 2, the bands first televised performance of the song was on 14 November 2010, on the Sunday-night results show of The X Factor. The song was performed on that years Christmas Day edition of Top of the Pops, T4 Stars of 2010, BBC Switch Live 2010, Loose Women. Now, after releasing the Marmitiest single of 2010, theyre finally having a bash at the old boyband ballad, but could this be the undoing of all their good work. Remember, this is JLS were talking about, Love You More may be the chalk to The Club Is Alives cheese – a soulful slowie with no Auto-Tune – but they carry it off with enough swagger and sincerity to avoid slipping into cliché. Speaking of which, this should make for a return performance. Love You More –3,48 You Got My Love –3,38 List of number-one singles from the 2010s List of number-one singles from the 2010s Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Children in Need
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BBC Children in Need is the BBCs UK charity. Since 1980 it has raised over £600 million for disabled children, One of the highlights is an annual telethon, held in November and televised on BBC One, BBC One HD, BBC Two, and BBC Two HD from 7,30 pm until 2 am. Pudsey Bear is BBC Children in Needs mascot, whilst Terry Wogan was a long-standing host, following the temporary closure of Television Centre, the telethon broadcasts now take place at the BBC Elstree Centre. BBC Children in Need will move back to its home of BBC Television Centre in 2017. The BBCs first broadcast charity appeal took place in 1927, in the form of a radio broadcast on Christmas Day. It raised about £1,143, which equates to about £27,150 by todays standards, the first televised appeal took place in 1955 and was called the Childrens Hour Christmas Appeal, with the yellow glove puppet Sooty Bear and Harry Corbett fronting it. The Christmas Day Appeals continued on TV and radio until 1979, during that time a total of £625,836 was raised. Terry Wogan first appeared during this five-minute appeal in 1978, sometimes cartoon characters such as Peter Pan and Tom and Jerry were used. In 1980, the first Children in Need telethon was broadcast and it was devoted to raising money exclusively destined for charities working with children in the United Kingdom. The new format, presented by Terry Wogan, Sue Lawley and Esther Rantzen, saw an increase in public donations. This format has grown in scope to incorporate further events broadcast on radio, as a regular presenter, Wogan has become firmly associated with the annual event, continuing to front the event until 2014 stepping down due to ill health. In 1988, BBC Children in Need became a charity in England and Wales. An award called the Sir Terry Wogan Fundraiser of the Year has been presented since 2016 to someone who has gone above and beyond to help raise money for Children in Need. The award was set up by Terrys family and was presented by Terrys son, Mark, featured celebrities often include those from programmes on rival network ITV, including some appearing in-character, and/or from the sets of their own programmes. A performance by BBC newsreaders became an annual fixture, stars of newly opened West End musicals regularly perform a number from their show later in the evening after curtain call in their respective theatres. Unlike the other BBC charity telethon Comic Relief, Children in Need relies a lot on the BBC regions for input into the telethon night, the BBC English regions all have around 5–8-minute round-ups every hour during the telethon. This does not interrupt the schedule of items shown from BBC Television Centre as presenter Terry Wogan usually hands over to the regions, giving those in the main network studio a short break. However BBC Scotland, BBC Wales and BBC Northern Ireland opted out of the schedule with a lot of local fundraising news
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She Makes Me Wanna
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She Makes Me Wanna is a single by English boyband JLS, from their third studio album Jukebox. The song was released as the lead single on 24 July 2011 by Epic Records. It features vocals from American recording artist Dev, the song was written by JLS, BeatGeek, Jimmy Joker, and Teddy Sky, and produced by BeatGeek, Jimmy Joker, Teddy Sky. JLS said that they hoped the song would bring them international success, the song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart with first-week sales of 98,000, becoming JLSs fifth UK number-one hit. The song was nominated for Best British Single at the 2012 BRIT Awards. The songs accompanying video features JLS and Dev performing at a beach party. A music video to accompany the release of She Makes Me Wanna was first released onto YouTube on 5 July 2011 at a length of 3 minutes and 39 seconds. As of March 2013, it has received over 15 million hits and it was shot in Miami, Florida in May 2011, and was directed by Colin Tilley. It shows JLS and Dev performing on a purpose built stage at a beach party, JLS were accused of plagiarising Jennifer Lopezs On the Floor, a claim they strongly denied. The first televised performance was instead on 23 July 2011. They have also performed the song on This Morning, Daybreak, the song contributed to JLSs medley whilst singing at the Diamond Jubilee Concert on 4 June 2012, outside of Buckingham Palace. Digital download She Makes Me Wanna –3,39 Nobody Knows –3,21 CD single She Makes Me Wanna –3,39 She Makes Me Wanna –3,38 Official website
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Lagos
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Lagos /ˈleɪɡɒs/ is a city in the Nigerian state of Lagos. The city, with its conurbation, is the largest in Nigeria. It is one of the fastest growing in the world, Lagos is a major financial centre in Africa, the megacity has the highest GDP, and also houses one of the largest and busiest ports on the continent. Due to rapid urbanization, the city expanded to the west of the lagoon to include areas in the present day Lagos Mainland, Ajeromi-Ifelodun and Surulere. This led to the classification of Lagos into two main areas - the Island, which was the city of Lagos, before it expanded into the area known as the Mainland. Lagos, the capital of Nigeria since its amalgamation in 1914, however, the state capital was later moved to Ikeja in 1976, while the federal capital also moved to Abuja in 1991. This conurbation makes up 37% of Lagos States total land area, the exact population of Metropolitan Lagos is disputed, In the 2006 federal census data, the conurbation had a population of about 8 million people. However, the figure was disputed by the Lagos State Government, Lagos was originally inhabited by the Awori subgroup of the Yoruba people in the 15th century, who called it Oko. Under the leadership of the Oloye Olofin, the Awori moved to an island now called Iddo and then to the larger Lagos Island. In the 16th century, the Awori settlement was conquered by the Benin Empire and the became a Benin war-camp called Eko under Oba Orhogba. Eko is still the name for Lagos. Lagos, which means lakes, was a given to the settlement by the Portuguese. The present-day Lagos state has a percentage of Awori, who migrated to the area from Isheri along the Ogun river. Throughout history, it was home to a number of warring ethnic groups who had settled in the area. Following its early settlement by the Awori nobility, and its conquest by the Bini warlords of Benin, Portuguese explorer Rui de Sequeira visited the area in 1472, naming the area around the city Lago de Curamo. Another explanation is that Lagos was named for Lagos, Portugal—a maritime town which, in 1849, Britain appointed John Beecroft Consul of the Bights of Benin and Biafra, a position he held until his death in 1854. John Duncan was appointed Vice Consul and was located at Wydah, at the time of Beecrofts appointment, the Kingdom of Lagos was in the western part of the Consulate of the Bights of Benin and Biafra and was a key slave trading port. Oba Akitoye then signed the Treaty between Great Britain and Lagos abolishing slavery, the signing of the 1852 treaty ushered in the Consular Period in Lagos history wherein Britain provided military protection to Lagos
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Wow Oh Wow
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Wow Oh Wow is a song by Irish hip pop duo Jedward. It is the single released from their second album, Victory. It was released as a download on 18 November 2011. The song is written by Oritsé Williams of boy band JLS, in September 2011, Wow Oh Wow was announced as the third single from Victory. Jedward debuted the song on Irish chat show The Late Late Show, the song was released as a digital-only single. The music video was directed by Dale Rage Resteghini and filmed in Los Angeles, the video stars actress Tara Reid, who Jedward had previously met as housemates on Celebrity Big Brother. Filmed on Venice Beach and at W Club in Hollywood, John and Edward are smitten by a girl, digital download Wow Oh Wow -3,20
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Jedward
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John and Edward Grimes, known professionally as Jedward, are an Irish singing and television presenting duo. They are identical twins and first appeared as John & Edward in the series of The X Factor in 2009. They finished sixth and were managed by Louis Walsh, who was their mentor during The X Factor, Jedward have released three albums, Planet Jedward, Victory, and Young Love. The first two went double platinum in Ireland, Jedward are also known for their television work, including presenting childrens series Jedwards Big Adventure and OMG. Jedwards Dream Factory, and for participating in Celebrity Big Brother 8, John and Edwards combined net worth was estimated at €6m in September 2013, and they have been ranked as the fifth most financially successful former X Factor UK contestants. Identical twin brothers John Paul Henry Daniel Richard Grimes and Edward Peter Anthony Kevin Patrick Grimes were born in Dublin, John and Edwards first school was Scoil Bhríde National School in Rathangan. They then attended Kings Hospital School for four years before being moved to the Dublin Institute of Education, the twins competed in school talent shows during their school years and were inspired by Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys. They were also members of the Lucan Harriers Athletic Club and Dundrum South Dublin athletics club and have competed in several Irish athletic tournaments, in addition, they briefly worked as games testers for Xbox 360 format holder Microsoft and support football clubs Newcastle United and Celtic. In 2008 John and Edward formed the duo, entitled Jedward and, in 2009 auditioned in Glasgow as a group for the series of The X Factor. The twins inclusion in the final 12 was a decision, due to their lack of experience. Theyve been edited really badly and come across as the people everyone loves to hate, but theyre just raw, naïve and innocent and they have the potential to be really good. John & Edward became known for their unpolished but enthusiastic performances, I Did It Again, during which they reenacted the Titanic monologue. After their departure from The X Factor, Jedward were signed to Modest, management, however it was later announced that Louis Walsh had reached an amicable agreement, which allowed him to take the twins on. From February until April 2010, they performed on the X Factor Live tour, where they were credited with the boost in demand for tickets and their debut single Under Pressure was a mashup of Under Pressure and Ice Ice Baby, with Vanilla Ice contributing guest vocals. In March Jedwards Sony contract ended, but the following day Universal Music Ireland signed them on a three-album contract, in April 2010, Jedward began their first solo tour, a 27-date tour of Ireland called the Planet Jedward Tour. Due to popular demand, it was extended with a second 43-date leg in the UK, the Irish Independent rated the tour positively, saying that Jedwardmania is right up there with Beatlemania. Jedwards second single, a cover of the Blink-182 song All the Small Things, was released in July 2010 and peaked at number 21 on the Irish charts, the same week, Jedward released their debut album Planet Jedward, consisting of cover versions. It which went straight to one on the Irish Albums Chart
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ITV (TV channel)
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ITV is a commercial television channel in the United Kingdom. Previously a network of regional television channels, ITV currently operates in England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man. From 2001 until 2013, the channel was called ITV1, in 2004, Granada Television acquired Carlton Communications to form ITV plc. ITV is the biggest and most popular television channel in the United Kingdom. ITV and its channels have contended with BBC One for the status of the UKs most watched television channel since the 1950s. However, in line with other channels, ITVs audience share has fallen in the era of multi-channel television. Following the creation of the Television Act 1954, the establishment of a television service in the UK began. The Independent Television service, or ITV, was made up of regions, the three largest regions were subdivided into weekday and weekend services, with a different company running each. ITV existed in a form from its inception to the 2000s. ITV1 became the generic brand name used by the twelve franchises of the ITV Network in the United Kingdom. The brand was introduced in 2001 by Carlton- and Granada-owned franchises, however, it became the sole on-air identity in 2002 when the two companies decided to create a single unified playout of the channel, with regional references only used prior to regional programming. Carlton and Granada went on to merge in 2004, creating ITV plc which now owns thirteen of the fifteen regional ITV licences. The ITV1 name was used in England, Wales, Southern Scotland and Isle of Man until Channel Television adopted the name in January 2006. It should be noted, however, that as national continuity is used on Channel Television. ITV Wales & West was the exception, using the name ITV1 Wales at all times for the Welsh part of its broadcast area as it has a higher regional commitment. Latterly the ITV1 Wales name was used on breakbumpers and regionally advertised programmes till 2013. Non ITV plc-owned licencees on the network generally did not refer to the ITV name, the network production arms of the ITV-plc owned licencees have been gradually combined since 1993 to eventually form ITV Studios. ITV was formed by the unification of eleven of the ITV licences, the Broadcasting Act 1990 changed many of the rules regulating the ITV Network, which most notably relaxed franchise ownership and hours of production
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Davina McCall
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Davina Lucy Pascale McCall is an English television presenter. She was the presenter of Big Brother during its run on Channel 4 between 2000 and 2010. She has also hosted Channel 4s The Million Pound Drop Live, Five Minutes to a Fortune and The Jump as well as Sky1s Got to Dance and ITVs Long Lost Family, McCall was most notably the presenter of Big Brother on Channel 4 between 2000 and 2010. She has also been a regular co-presenter of the Comic Relief annual telethons since 2005, McCall was born on 16 October 1967 in Wimbledon, London to a French mother, Florence and an English father, Andrew McCall. At the age of three she went to live with her grandparents in Surrey after the break-up of her parents marriage. Her mother Florence – whom McCall has described as something of a child and later, specifically as an alcoholic – returned to Paris. Her relationship with her mother was a one and she has said that her mother should never have had kids describing how she once left her, at the age of 12. She continued to see her father Andrew, a designer, at weekends before moving in with him. McCall attended St Catherines School, Bramley near Guildford, Surrey and Godolphin and Latymer Girls School, at secondary level, McCall studied for nine O levels and two A levels. McCall is fluent in French, due to her French mother, McCalls first career was as a singer. McCall had been performing in a band, Lazy Bear, while still at school, by age 19, she had decided to pursue a professional career as a solo artist, assisted by her then boyfriend Eric Clapton, who produced her demo music disc. Dissatisfied with near misses in the industry, McCall gave up singing. Later she ran a restaurant for two years before a spell in Paris as a Moulin Rouge style cabaret performer. On her return to London she worked on the scene as a hostess. Work in this also included an appearance as a dancer in the video for the 1991 Kylie Minogue single Word Is Out, wearing a striped sweater. In 1992, McCall was hired as a presenter on Ray Cokes Most Wanted on MTV Europe, in 1995, she went on to host the ITV late night game show Gods Gift and in 1998 to present the cult Channel 4 dating show Streetmate. McCall hosted the live eviction show, where one contestant would be removed from the house. McCall also hosted the celebrity version Celebrity Big Brother, whose first series ran for eight days in March 2001, McCalls performance on the final night of the sixth series in 2005 attracted press attention and some complaints for her treatment of housemate Makosi Musambasi
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Greenwich
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Greenwich is an early-established district of todays London, England, centred 5.5 miles east south-east of Charing Cross. The town lends its name to the Royal Borough of Greenwich, Greenwich is generally described as being part of South-east London and sometimes as being part of East London. Greenwich is notable for its history and for giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian. The town became the site of a palace, the Palace of Placentia from the 15th century. The palace fell into disrepair during the English Civil War and was rebuilt as the Royal Naval Hospital for Sailors by Sir Christopher Wren and his assistant Nicholas Hawksmoor. These buildings became the Royal Naval College in 1873, and they remained an establishment for military education until 1998 when they passed into the hands of the Greenwich Foundation. The historic rooms within these buildings remain open to the public, other buildings are used by University of Greenwich and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. The town became a resort in the 18th century and many grand houses were built there, such as Vanbrugh Castle established on Maze Hill. From the Georgian period estates of houses were constructed above the town centre, Greenwich formed part of Kent until 1889 when the County of London was created. The place-name Greenwich is first attested in a Saxon charter of 918 and it is recorded as Grenewic in 964, and as Grenawic in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for 1013. It is Grenviz in the Domesday Book of 1086, and Grenewych in the Taxatio Ecclesiastica of 1291, the name means green wic or settlement. An article in The Times of 13 October 1967 stated, East Greenwich, gateway to the Blackwall Tunnel, remains solidly working class, the manpower for one eighth of Londons heavy industry. West Greenwich is a hybrid, the spirit of Nelson, the Cutty Sark, the Maritime Museum, an industrial waterfront and a number of elegant houses, ripe for development. Royal charters granted to English colonists in North America, often used the name of the manor of East Greenwich for describing the tenure as that of free socage, New England charters provided that the grantees should hold their lands as of his Majesty’s manor of East Greenwich. Grants named the castle of Windsor, places in North America that have taken the name East Greenwich include a township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, a hamlet in Washington County, New York, and a town in Kent County, Rhode Island. Tumuli to the south-west of Flamsteed House, in Greenwich Park, are thought to be early Bronze Age barrows re-used by the Saxons in the 6th century as burial grounds, to the east between the Vanbrugh and Maze Hill Gates is the site of a Roman villa or temple. A small area of red paving tesserae protected by railings marks the spot and it was excavated in 1902 and 300 coins were found dating from the emperors Claudius and Honorius to the 5th century. This was excavated by the Channel 4 television programme Time Team in 1999, broadcast in 2000, the Roman road from London to Dover, Watling Street crossed the high ground to the south of Greenwich, through Blackheath
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Blue (English band)
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Blue are an English R&B group consisting of members Antony Costa, Duncan James, Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe. They released three albums, All Rise, One Love and Guilty that all peaked at number one in the United Kingdom alongside releasing 16 singles. The group also worked alongside such as Stevie Wonder, Elton John. In late 2004, the group announced a hiatus and released their first compilation album, Best of Blue, on 28 April 2009, Blue announced that they had reformed, and would return to the stage in the summer of that year. The band reunited again in January 2011 and represented the United Kingdom at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf with the song I Can. Blue released their studio album, Roulette on 25 January 2013 with Hurt Lovers as the lead single. The following month, it was confirmed that the group would be joining The Big Reunion, from May 2013, the group toured the UK and Ireland with the other groups in The Big Reunion concert series. On 27 March 2013, the announced they would embark on their first headlining tour later on in the year. As of 2013, Blue have sold 15 million records worldwide, in April 2015 Blue were dropped by their record label Sony due to the comparatively poor sales of their fifth album Colours, which sold 4,000 copies in its first week. In May 1999, Lee Ryan and Antony Costa met at the ages of 15 and 17, respectively, Ryan made it into the band, as did 21-year-old Will Young, although Costa was not chosen. The boy band never took off, but Ryan and Costa remained friends following their meeting, in 2000, Costa and another one of his friends, Duncan James, decided to form their own band, and they were soon joined by Ryan. Their manager Daniel Glatman said, Duncan came to see me with his friend, Antony Costa, who was also in the same position, and they told me that they wanted to do something together. When I asked them if they had anyone in mind to work with, they said they had a friend, Lee Ryan, the three of them came in a couple of days later and I was completely blown away by the incredibly talented stars that stood before me. Ryan, Costa, James and Glatman all felt that something was missing and so went on to audition for a fourth member. Blue started recording for their debut album following their new line-up and they released their debut single All Rise in May 2001 and it reached number four on the UK Singles Chart. Their follow-up single Too Close was released in August 2001 and peaked at number one, following this, the band went to New York City to film the Too Close music video, and while there, they witnessed the attacks on the World Trade Center. The following month, Blue were being interviewed by British newspaper The Sun and Ryan commented that This New York thing is being out of proportion. They are ignoring animals that are more important, animals need saving and thats more important
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Simon Webbe
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Simon Solomon Webbe is an English singer-songwriter, actor, rapper and music manager. He is best known as a member of the British boy band Blue, forming in 2000 before splitting in 2005 and reforming in 2009, Webbe released two solo studio albums in 2005 and 2006, sold over 700,000 records worldwide and had five UK Top 40 singles. Webbe was born on 30 March 1978 and his parents are of Saint Kitts and Nevis descent. The band released their debut single All Rise in May 2001, Blues second single was released in August with the chart-topping Too Close, a cover version of Nexts US number 1 hit produced by Ray Ruffin.8 million albums sold in the UK. Blue reached number six in March 2002 with their single, Fly By II — a remix of album track Fly By. Their second studio album One Love was released in 2002, the album entered at UK number 1, where it stayed for one week. Three singles were released from the album, One Love, Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word featuring Elton John, the group also performed the song Flexin at the 2003 MTV Asia Awards with the Philippines singer Kyla. Guilty was released in late 2003, the next singles were Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Im Yours, Breathe Easy, and Bubblin. The album Guilty sold more than one million copies in the UK, the band decided to split after Elton John suggested that their popularity was decreasing and that they should concentrate on their solo careers. Best of Blue greatest hits compilation was released in 2004, which contained all-time hits including new tracks such as Curtain Falls, Get Down on It, the album was No.2 on charts in Portugal with a double platinum certification. Webbe launched his career on 22 August 2005 with his first solo single Lay Your Hands which peaked at number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. His follow-up single No Worries reached No.4 in the UK, after the release of two singles, Webbe released his debut solo album Sanctuary which debuted at number 28 on the UK Albums Chart. Despite its relatively low debut it reached number 7 on the chart and has now gone double platinum. The third single from Sanctuary, After All This Time was released in February 2006, on 30 October 2006, came the first single from Webbes new album Coming Around Again. When released it reached number 12 in the UK Singles Chart and his second album Grace was released on 13 November 2006, and peaked at number 11 in the UK Albums Chart. The second single My Soul Pleads for You was released on 19 February 2007, on 21 May 2007, Webbe launched his first tour to support his second album Grace. The tour consisted of 18 dates through May and June, starting in Cambridge, in early June, it was announced that Webbe would be releasing the title track from his second studio album with the theme song from the upcoming film Fantastic Four, Rise of the Silver Surfer. The single was a double A-side release of Grace/Ride the Storm and it reached number 36 in the UK
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Holby City
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Holby City is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One. The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, since the shows initial development, it has become a weekly fixture in the schedule. Holby City airs once a week, all round. The show follows the lives of medical and ancillary staff at the fictional Holby City Hospital and it began with eleven main characters in its first series, all of whom have since left the show. New main characters have both written in and out of the series since, with a core of around fifteen main actors employed on the serial at any given time. Seventeen series of Holby City have aired, and the eighteenth began airing from 13 October 2015, the show has run for over 800 hour-long episodes. It is filmed at the BBC Elstree Centre in Hertfordshire, from October 2010, Holby City moved to high definition broadcasting. The series employs a team of researchers to ensure medical accuracy, cast members are taught to perform basic medical procedures, and given the opportunity to spend time on real hospital wards for research. The shows first series averaged 9.27 million viewers, but apart from a rise in its series, ratings declined year-on-year until 2009. The twelfth series saw a rise to 5.62 million. Later series have drawn over 4 million viewers per week. The show began with eleven main characters in its first series. New main characters have both written in and out of the series since, with a core of fifteen to twenty main actors employed on the serial at any given time. McHale was the lead writer for several years, and was the first British writer ever to become the showrunner of a major prime time drama. Seventeen complete series of Holby City have aired, and an eighteenth began airing in October 2015, the show has run for over 600-hour-long episodes. It is filmed in studios at the BBC Elstree Centre in Hertfordshire and it has occasionally featured special episodes filmed on location abroad. From October 2010, Holby City moved to high definition broadcasting, in September 2016, as part of the broadcasters Compete Or Compare Strategy, the BBC confirmed the show would be one of the first put up for tender. A decision on the tender was also confirmed for February or March 2017
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BBC
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The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. It is headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, the BBC is the worlds oldest national broadcasting organisation and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees. It employs over 20,950 staff in total,16,672 of whom are in public sector broadcasting, the total number of staff is 35,402 when part-time, flexible, and fixed contract staff are included. The BBC is established under a Royal Charter and operates under its Agreement with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The fee is set by the British Government, agreed by Parliament, and used to fund the BBCs radio, TV, britains first live public broadcast from the Marconi factory in Chelmsford took place in June 1920. It was sponsored by the Daily Mails Lord Northcliffe and featured the famous Australian Soprano Dame Nellie Melba, the Melba broadcast caught the peoples imagination and marked a turning point in the British publics attitude to radio. However, this public enthusiasm was not shared in official circles where such broadcasts were held to interfere with important military and civil communications. By late 1920, pressure from these quarters and uneasiness among the staff of the licensing authority, the General Post Office, was sufficient to lead to a ban on further Chelmsford broadcasts. But by 1922, the GPO had received nearly 100 broadcast licence requests, John Reith, a Scottish Calvinist, was appointed its General Manager in December 1922 a few weeks after the company made its first official broadcast. The company was to be financed by a royalty on the sale of BBC wireless receiving sets from approved manufacturers, to this day, the BBC aims to follow the Reithian directive to inform, educate and entertain. The financial arrangements soon proved inadequate, set sales were disappointing as amateurs made their own receivers and listeners bought rival unlicensed sets. By mid-1923, discussions between the GPO and the BBC had become deadlocked and the Postmaster-General commissioned a review of broadcasting by the Sykes Committee and this was to be followed by a simple 10 shillings licence fee with no royalty once the wireless manufactures protection expired. The BBCs broadcasting monopoly was made explicit for the duration of its current broadcast licence, the BBC was also banned from presenting news bulletins before 19.00, and required to source all news from external wire services. Mid-1925 found the future of broadcasting under further consideration, this time by the Crawford committee, by now the BBC under Reiths leadership had forged a consensus favouring a continuation of the unified broadcasting service, but more money was still required to finance rapid expansion. Wireless manufacturers were anxious to exit the loss making consortium with Reith keen that the BBC be seen as a service rather than a commercial enterprise. The recommendations of the Crawford Committee were published in March the following year and were still under consideration by the GPO when the 1926 general strike broke out in May. The strike temporarily interrupted newspaper production and with restrictions on news bulletins waived the BBC suddenly became the source of news for the duration of the crisis. The crisis placed the BBC in a delicate position, the Government was divided on how to handle the BBC but ended up trusting Reith, whose opposition to the strike mirrored the PMs own
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Rochelle Humes
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Rochelle Eulah Eileen Humes is an English singer and television presenter, best known for her work in pop groups S Club 8 and The Saturdays. Humes has achieved six Top 10 hits with S Club 8 and thirteen Top 10 hits with girl group The Saturdays and she currently co-presents ITV entertainment series Ninja Warrior UK and The Next Great Magician. She was also a captain on the BBC Three panel show Sweat the Small Stuff. Humes was born in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and she attended Coopers Company and Coborn School in Upminster, Havering, as well as Colins Performing Arts School. Her parents divorced when she was 3 years old and she was raised by her mother and her uncle Paul Ince, Humes is of Jamaican descent on her fathers side, and English on her mothers. S Club Juniors were formed in 2001 as part of a reality TV show, by the end of the tour, S Club Juniors had amassed a following and, with the encouragement of 19, Polydor Records signed the group. Their first single was called One Step Closer, the single was promoted by the TV series S Club Junior, The Story and was released in the UK on 22 April 2002 in a chart battle with the Sugababes who released their comeback single the same day. A second single was named Automatic High, filmed in Spain, while S Club 7 began their fourth TV series. Released on 22 July 2002, the reached number two in the UK charts selling 52,000 copies, and spent eight weeks inside the UK top 75. Their third single New Direction released on 7 October reached number two in the UK charts selling 55,000 copies in the first week and it became their third consecutive top ten hit, selling 130,000 copies in six weeks. The Juniors released their debut album Together on 21 October reaching number five in its first week of sale and their fourth single, Puppy Love/Sleigh Ride, was released on 9 December 2002. The single debuted at six in the UK charts, and sold 85,000 copies in the UK. The single released on 30 June reached number four in the UK chart, selling 26,000 copies in its first week, the album, Sundown, was released on 13 October 2003 to dismal reviews. It reached number 13 in the UK charts falling to 40 in the second week and it sold 60,000 copies in the UK and 315,859 worldwide. A sixth single, Dont Tell Me Youre Sorry, was released in the UK on 29 December 2003 and reached number 11 in the UK, S Club 8 went on to I Dream for 19 Entertainment as they had already agreed to do it. Unlike the S Club 7 shows which focused upon the fictional exploits. I Dream revolved around the summer school Avalon Heights, run by Professor Toone, the show featured many songs and dances, normally two songs per episode. S Club 8 split up in early 2005, between 2005 and 2006, following the split of S Club 8, Humes presented the BBC childrens TV programme Smile which was her first presenting role
