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Pop punk
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Pop punk is a punk rock music genre and a fusion genre that combines elements of punk rock with elements of pop music. Pop punk typically combines fast punk rock tempos, power chord changes and loud, distorted guitars with pop-influenced melodies. Pop-influenced punk rock emerged in the mid-1970s with a style that was stylistically similar to power pop. By the mid-1980s, several bands merged hardcore punk with pop music to create a new, faster pop punk sound such as Dag Nasty, Pop punk in the United States began to grow in popularity locally in California in the mid-to-late 1980s. Pop punk particularly thrived in California, where independent record labels adopted a do it approach to releasing music. By the mid-1990s, a few pop punk bands had started to sell millions of records and receive radio and television airplay. By 1994, pop punk was quickly growing in mainstream popularity, the late 1990s, exemplified by the 1999 release of Blink-182s Enema of the State, represented the genres mainstream peak, although some pop punk bands scored successful album chartings in the 2000s. In the mid-2000s, emo pop, a genre combining emo and pop punk. By the end of the 2000s, the pop sound of the 1990s had largely waned in mainstream popularity. Pop punk typically merges upbeat pop melodies with catchy hooks, catchy choruses, harmonies, speedy tempos, punk rock power chord changes and loud, distorted electric guitars. About. com has described second-wave pop punk bands as having a radio friendly sheen to their music, club, pop punk often pits sweet harmonies against bratty, rowdy riffs. Lyrical topics that are common in pop punk include love, lust, drunkenness, adolescence, cartoonish violence, some pop punk lyrics focus on jokes and humor. Some pop punk music features elements of rock, power pop. According to Ryan Cooper of About. com, pop punk is a style that more to the Beatles. It is not clear when the pop punk was first used. Protopunk and power pop bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s helped lay the groundwork for the pop punk sound, the Beatles, the Kinks and the Beach Boys all paved the way for pop punk. With their love of the Beach Boys and late 1960s bubblegum pop, the Ramones loud and fast melodic minimalism differentiated them from other bands in New York Citys budding art rock scene, but pop punk was not considered a separate subgenre until later. An early use of the pop punk appeared in a 1977 New York Times article, Cabaret
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Punk rock
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Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed in the early to mid-1970s in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in 1960s garage rock and other forms of what is now known as proto-punk music, Punk bands typically produced short or fast-paced songs, with hard-edged melodies and singing styles, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY ethic, many bands self-produce recordings and distribute them through informal channels, the term punk was first used in relation to rock music by some American critics in the early 1970s, to describe garage bands and their devotees. The following year saw punk rock spreading around the world, for the most part, punk took root in local scenes that tended to reject association with the mainstream. An associated punk subculture emerged, expressing youthful rebellion and characterized by distinctive styles of clothing and adornment, by the beginning of the 1980s, faster, more aggressive styles such as hardcore and street punk had become the predominant mode of punk rock. Musicians identifying with or inspired by punk also pursued a range of other variations, giving rise to post-punk. At the end of the 20th century, punk rock had been adopted by the mainstream, as pop punk and punk bands such as Green Day. The first wave of rock was aggressively modern, distancing itself from the bombast. According to Ramones drummer Tommy Ramone, In its initial form, unfortunately, what happens is that people who could not hold a candle to the likes of Hendrix started noodling away. Soon you had endless solos that went nowhere, by 1973, I knew that what was needed was some pure, stripped down, no bullshit rock n roll. In critic Robert Christgaus description, It was also a subculture that rejected the political idealism. Technical accessibility and a DIY spirit are prized in punk rock, in the early days of punk rock, this ethic stood in marked contrast to what those in the scene regarded as the ostentatious musical effects and technological demands of many mainstream rock bands. Musical virtuosity was often looked on with suspicion, according to Holmstrom, punk rock was rock and roll by people who didnt have very many skills as musicians but still felt the need to express themselves through music. In December 1976, the English fanzine Sideburns published an illustration of three chords, captioned This is a chord, this is another, this is a third. The title of a 1980 single by the New York punk band Stimulators, inscribed a catchphrase for punks basic musical approach. The previous year, when the rock revolution began in Great Britain, was to be both a musical and a cultural Year Zero. As a Clash associate describes singer Joe Strummers outlook, Punk rock is meant to be our freedom, were meant to be able to do what we want to do. Scholar Daniel S. Traber argues that attaining authenticity in the identity can be difficult, as the punk scene matured, he observes
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Alternative rock
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Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s and 2000s. In this instance, the word refers to the genres distinction from mainstream rock music. The terms original meaning was broader, referring to a generation of musicians unified by their debt to either the musical style or simply the independent. Ethos of punk rock, which in the late 1970s laid the groundwork for alternative music, Alternative rock is a broad umbrella term consisting of music that differs greatly in terms of its sound, its social context, and its regional roots. Most of these subgenres had achieved minor mainstream notice and a few bands representing them, such as Hüsker Dü, with the breakthrough of Nirvana and the popularity of the grunge and Britpop movements in the 1990s, alternative rock entered the musical mainstream and many alternative bands became successful. By the end of the decade, alternative rocks mainstream prominence declined due to a number of events that caused grunge and Britpop to fade, emo attracted attention in the larger alternative rock world, and the term was applied to a variety of artists, including multi-platinum acts. Post-punk revival artists such as Modest Mouse and The Killers had commercial success in the early, before the term alternative rock came into common usage around 1990, the sort of music to which it refers was known by a variety of terms. In 1979, Terry Tolkin used the term Alternative Music to describe the groups he was writing about, in 1979 Dallas radio station KZEW had a late night new wave show entitled Rock and Roll Alternative. College rock was used in the United States to describe the music during the 1980s due to its links to the radio circuit. In the United Kingdom, dozens of small do it yourself record labels emerged as a result of the punk subculture, according to the founder of one of these labels, Cherry Red, NME and Sounds magazines published charts based on small record stores called Alternative Charts. The first national chart based on distribution called the Indie Chart was published in January 1980, at the time, the term indie was used literally to describe independently distributed records. By 1985, indie had come to mean a particular genre, or group of subgenres, at first the term referred to intentionally non–mainstream rock acts that were not influenced by heavy metal ballads, rarefied new wave and high-energy dance anthems. The use of alternative gained further exposure due to the success of Lollapalooza, for which festival founder, in the late 1990s, the definition again became more specific. Defining music as alternative is often difficult because of two conflicting applications of the word, the name alternative rock essentially serves as an umbrella term for underground music that has emerged in the wake of punk rock since the mid-1980s. Alternative bands during the 1980s generally played in clubs, recorded for indie labels. Sounds range from the gloomy soundscapes of gothic rock to the guitars of indie pop to the dirty guitars of grunge to the 1960s/1970s revivalism of Britpop. This approach to lyrics developed as a reflection of the social and economic strains in the United States and United Kingdom of the 1980s, by 1984, a majority of groups signed to independent record labels mined from a variety of rock and particularly 1960s rock influences. This represented a break from the futuristic, hyper-rational post-punk years
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UNICEF
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The United Nations Childrens Fund is a United Nations programme headquartered in New York City that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries. It is a member of the United Nations Development Group, the Polish physician Ludwik Rajchman is widely regarded as the founder of UNICEF and served as its first chairman from 1946. On Rajchmans suggestion, the American Maurice Pate was appointed its first executive director, in 1950, UNICEFs mandate was extended to address the long-term needs of children and women in developing countries everywhere. UNICEF relies on contributions from governments and private donors, UNICEFs total income for 2008 was US$3,372,540,239, governments contribute two-thirds of the organizations resources. Private groups and some six million individuals contribute the rest through national committees and it is estimated that 92 per cent of UNICEF revenue is distributed to programme services. UNICEFs programmes emphasize developing community-level services to promote the health and well-being of children, UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 and the Prince of Asturias Award of Concord in 2006. Most of UNICEFs work is in the field, with staff in over 190 countries and territories, more than 200 country offices carry out UNICEFs mission through programmes developed with host governments. Seven regional offices provide technical assistance to country offices as needed, a 36-member executive board establishes policies, approves programmes and oversees administrative and financial plans. The executive board is made up of government representatives who are elected by the United Nations Economic and Social Council, there are national committees in 34 countries, each established as an independent local non-governmental organization. The national committees raise funds from the private sector, UNICEF is funded entirely by voluntary contributions, and the National Committees collectively raise around one-third of UNICEFs annual income. This comes through contributions from corporations, civil society organizations around six million individual donors worldwide, UNICEF is present in 191 countries and territories around the world, but not involved in nine others. Many people in developed countries first hear about UNICEFs work through the activities of one of the 36 National Committees for UNICEF, the US Fund for UNICEF is the oldest of the national committees, founded in 1947. On 19 April 2007, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg was appointed UNICEF Eminent Advocate for Children, in which role she has visited Brazil, China, and Burundi. In 2009, the British retailer Tesco used Change for Good as advertising and they went on to call on the public who have children’s welfare at heart, to consider carefully who they support when making consumer choices. As part of the agreement, FC Barcelona will wear the UNICEF logo on the front of their uniform and this was the first time a football club sponsored an organization rather than the other way around. It was also the first time in FC Barcelonas history that they have had another organizations name across the front of their uniform, in January 2007 UNICEF struck a partnership with Canadas national tent pegging team. The team was officially re-flagged as UNICEF Team Canada, its riders wear UNICEFs logo in competition, the Swedish club Hammarby IF followed the Spanish and Canadian lead on 14 April 2007, also raising funds for UNICEF and displaying the UNICEF name on their sportswear. The Danish football club Brøndby IF participated in an arrangement from 2008 to 2013
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We Are the World 25 for Haiti
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We Are the World 25 for Haiti is a charity single recorded by the supergroup Artists for Haiti in 2010. It is a remake of the 1985 hit song We Are the World, which was written by American musicians Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and was recorded by USA for Africa to benefit famine relief in Africa. Initially, in late 2009, it had suggested to Richie. The song was recorded in fourteen and a half hours by over eighty artists on February 1,2010 and it was produced by Quincy Jones, and executively produced by Lionel Richie, and Haitian-American musician Wyclef Jean. A music video directed by Paul Haggis was released to accompany, the song was also recorded in Spanish by a Latin supergroup and was named Somos el Mundo. The song was directed by Emilio Estefan and his wife, Gloria Estefan and we Are the World 25 for Haiti is musically structured similar to We Are the World, but includes a rap verse which was written by some of the songs hip hop artists. Michael Jackson died months before the release, but his material from the 1985 recording sessions was incorporated into the song and music video, as per the request of his mother. His sister Janet duets with him on the song, and his nephews Taj, TJ and we Are the World 25 for Haiti was released on February 12,2010, during the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics, as a CD single and a music download. However, the song was successful worldwide, charting within the top 20 in multiple countries. In 1985, We Are the World, a song and charity single recorded by USA for Africa was released. It was written by American musicians Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, the song was well received by music critics and was the recipient of several awards. We Are the World was the best selling pop single of all time until it was eclipsed by Elton Johns 1997 version of Candle in the Wind, on January 12,2010, Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake. It was the countrys most severe earthquake in over 200 years, the epicenter of the quake was just outside the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. It has been estimated that the toll could reach 200,000. Before the earthquake, Jones and Richie had planned to organize a re-recording of We Are the World on January 28,2010 — the 25th anniversary of the recording of the song. Randy Phillips, who was a key figure in the song being re-issued, said that We Are The World producer Ken Kragen had suggested to re-cut We Are the World, however, Lionel Richie and Jones were very lukewarm about the idea. Phillips commented that, that what happened 25 years ago was iconic and they did everything they could for Africa at that time, and they didnt feel re-cutting the song really made any sense. Basically, Lionel didnt really want to do it, and we kind of let it die by not issuing the license, because Lionel owns the copyright along with Michael Jacksons estate
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We Are the World
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We Are the World is a song and charity single originally recorded by the supergroup United Support of Artists for Africa in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and produced by Quincy Jones for the album We Are the World, with sales in excess of 20 million copies, it is one of the fewer than 30 all-time singles to have sold at least 10 million copies worldwide. Following Band Aids 1984 Do They Know Its Christmas, several musicians were contacted by the pair, before Jackson and Richie were assigned the task of writing the song. The duo completed the writing of We Are the World seven weeks after the release of Do They Know Its Christmas, and one night before the songs first recording session, on January 21,1985. The historic event brought some of the most famous artists in the music industry at the time. The song was released on March 7,1985, as the single from the album. A worldwide commercial success, it topped charts throughout the world. The first ever single to be certified multi-platinum, We Are the World received a Quadruple Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America, the promotion and merchandise aided the success of We Are the World and raised over $63 million for humanitarian aid in Africa and the US. Following the devastation caused by the magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake in Haiti on January 12,2010, a remake of the song by another all-star cast of singers was recorded on February 1,2010. Entitled We Are the World 25 for Haiti, it was released as a single on February 12,2010 and he planned to have the proceeds donated to a new organization called United Support of Artists for Africa. The non-profit foundation would then feed and relieve starving people in Africa, specifically Ethiopia, the idea followed Band Aids Do They Know Its Christmas project in the UK, which Belafonte had heard about. In the activists plans, money would also be set aside to help eliminate hunger in the United States of America, entertainment manager and fellow fundraiser Ken Kragen was contacted by Belafonte, who asked for singers Lionel Richie and Kenny Rogers—Kragens clients—to participate in Belafontes musical endeavor. Kragen and the two agreed to help with Belafontes mission, and in turn, enlisted the cooperation of Stevie Wonder. Quincy Jones was drafted to co-produce the song, taking out from his work on The Color Purple. Richie also telephoned Michael Jackson, who had just released the commercially successful Thriller album and had concluded a tour with his brothers, Jackson revealed to Richie that he not only wanted to sing the song, but to participate in its writing as well. To begin with, We Are the World was to be written by Jackson, Richie, as Wonder had limited time to work on the project, Jackson and Richie proceeded to write We Are the World themselves. They began creating the song at Hayvenhurst, the Jackson family home in Encino, for a week, the two spent every night working on lyrics and melodies in the singers bedroom. They knew that they wanted a song that would be easy to sing, the pair wanted to create an anthem
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Michael Jackson
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Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actor, and philanthropist. Called the King of Pop, his contributions to music, dance, the eighth child of the Jackson family, Michael made his professional debut in 1964 with his elder brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon as a member of the Jackson 5. He began his career in 1971. In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music, the popularity of these videos helped bring the television channel MTV to fame. Jacksons 1987 album Bad spawned the U. S and he continued to innovate with videos such as Black or White and Scream throughout the 1990s, and forged a reputation as a touring solo artist. Through stage and video performances, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and his distinctive sound and style has influenced numerous artists of various music genres. Thriller is the album of all time, with estimated sales of 65 million copies worldwide. Jacksons other albums, including Off the Wall, Bad, Dangerous and he is recognized as the Most Successful Entertainer of All Time by Guinness World Records. Jackson won hundreds of awards, making him the most awarded recording artist in the history of popular music. He became the first artist in history to have a top ten single in the Billboard Hot 100 in five different decades when Love Never Felt So Good reached number nine on May 21,2014. Jackson traveled the world attending events honoring his humanitarianism, and, in 2000, aspects of Jacksons personal life, including his changing appearance, personal relationships, and behavior, generated controversy. In 1993, he was accused of sexual abuse, but the civil case was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. In 2005, he was tried and acquitted of child sexual abuse allegations. While preparing for his concert series, This Is It, Jackson died of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication on June 25,2009. The Los Angeles County Coroner ruled his death a homicide, and his personal physician, Jacksons death triggered a global outpouring of grief, and a live broadcast of his public memorial service was viewed around the world. Forbes ranks Jackson as the dead celebrity with earnings of $825 million in 2016. Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29,1958 and his mother, Katherine Esther Scruse, was a devout Jehovahs Witness. She played clarinet and piano and once aspired to be a country-and-western performer, michaels father, Joseph Walter Joe Jackson, a former boxer, was a steelworker at U. S. Steel
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The Voice (Australian TV series)
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The Voice is an Australian reality talent show, based on the original Dutch version of the program created by John de Mol and is part of a wider international franchise. The show is hosted by Sonia Kruger, who debuted as host during the fifth season, the show is part of the television franchise The Voice and is structured as three phases, blind auditions, battle rounds and live performance shows. The winner receives a contract with Universal Music. Four judges/coaches, all noteworthy recording artists, choose teams of contestants through an audition process. Each team of singers is mentored and developed by its coach, once the coach has made a choice, the other coaches have an opportunity to use one of only two saves each to take the other act through to Super Battle round. In this round, each of the remaining 32 acts performs a solo on stage to compete with three others for a place in the Live Round, the coach can choose only one from each of these performances to progress to the final eight and the Live Round. In the final phase, the contestants competed against each other. The audience and coaches had equal say in deciding who moved on to the final 4 phase, with one team member remaining for each coach, the contestants competed in the finale with the outcome decided by public vote. In May 2011, The Daily Telegraph reported that the Nine Network would broadcast The Voice in late 2011, in September 2011, the Herald Sun reported that the Nine Network were planning to sign Australias Got Talent judge Dannii Minogue as one of the coaches. On signing the four coaches, Michael Healy, the Nine Networks Director of Television, said, To secure such world-class coaches has been a coup for this show, the mix of talent and unique format will, we truly believe, be a captivating experience for our viewers. Darren McMullen was announced as the host of the program in January 2012, additionally, Ricki-Lee Coulter, Darren Hayes, Megan Washington and Benji Madden were signed to pair up with the coaches as mentors for their contestants during the Battle Round. On 10 May 2012, Faustina Agolley was announced as the social media correspondent during the live shows. Filming for the auditions stage of the competition began on 19 February 2012 at Fox Studios in Sydney. The first day of filming resulted in hundreds of members being turned away from the studio due to overbooking of the event by an external booking agent. Filming for the battle started in late March. In response to the ratings success of the blind auditions. With Urban accepting an offer to join the American Idol judging panel it was announced in September 2012 that he would not be returning as a coach for the second season. Following an extensive search process by producers, and constant media speculation on who would replace Urban, in response to joining the series, Martin paid tribute to Urban saying he was humbled to be sitting in his chair
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5 Seconds of Summer
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5 Seconds of Summer are an Australian rock band from Sydney that formed in 2011. The group were originally YouTube celebrities, posting videos of themselves covering songs from various artists during 2011 and they rose to international fame while touring with One Direction on the Take Me Home Tour. The group have referred to as a pop punk band in the media, though the members reject this description. In early 2014, the band released She Looks So Perfect as its single, which topped the charts in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland. The self-titled debut studio album was released in June 2014, which peaked #1 in 11 countries, the band released their second album Sounds Good Feels Good in October 2015 and followed up with the release of a live / documentary DVD called How Did We End Up Here. Hemmings first video, a cover of Mike Posners Please Dont Go, was posted on 3 February 2011 and their cover of Chris Browns Next to You received over 600,000 hits. In December 2011, they were joined by drummer Ashton Irwin, the band attracted interest from major music labels and publishers, and signed a publishing deal with Sony ATV Music Publishing. Luke Hemmings the lead singer started dating an under age girl name Naomi Christmas, @nims. chr she was a young lady who lived down in Auckland. They are planning to get married at the end of 2017, however, he was diagnosed with testicular lung cancer. He is expected to die in about a week, the EP was also co-produced by Joel Chapman. 5 Seconds of Summer released their first single Out of My Limit on 19 November 2012, on 14 February 2013, it was announced that 5 Seconds of Summer would support One Direction on their worldwide Take Me Home Tour. Whilst on a break from the Take Me Home Tour,5 Seconds of Summer returned home to Australia where they played a National headlining tour and it was around this time when the band began to gain popularity and become more well-known. On 21 November 2013, the announced that they had signed to Capitol Records. On 5 February 2014,5 Seconds of Summer listed their debut major label single She Looks So Perfect for pre-order on the iTunes Store, the connection between 5SOS and One Direction extends to both artists being managed by London-based Modest Management. This has led to 5SOS being called a boy band in the media, members of the band have said the group is not a boy band. Unlike many boy bands, they write their own songs, play their own instruments, nevertheless, the band has attracted a fanatical following of girls much like other boy bands. Ashton Irwin has compared the female following to Fall Out Boy which also has a sizable female fanbase. In late March 2014, She Looks So Perfect was released in UK, on 5 March 2014, it was announced that 5 Seconds of Summer would join One Direction again, supporting them on their 2014 Where We Are Tour in the US, Canada, UK and Europe
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Hilary Duff
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Hilary Erhard Duff is an American actress and singer. Duff began her career at a young age, and quickly became labeled a teen idol as the title character of the Disney Channel comedy series Lizzie McGuire. The series proved to be a hit, leading to an adaptation of the series to be released. Duff began working on projects with the Disney Channel, including the film Cadet Kelly. She later began work on an album, releasing the Christmas themed Santa Claus Lane through Walt Disney Records, upon signing with Hollywood Records, Duff began working on her second studio album, Metamorphosis. The album achieved critical and commercial success, topping the Billboard 200, the album also found success in both Canada and Japan. Duffs success in acting and music led to her becoming a household name, with merchandise such as dolls, clothing. Duff began to expand her career into theatrical films, with leading roles in such as Agent Cody Banks, Cheaper by the Dozen, A Cinderella Story. She continued to have success in music, with her albums Hilary Duff, following the release of her fourth studio album, Dignity, Duff released a greatest hits album and parted ways with Hollywood Records. During this time, she began appearing in independent films such as War and she later released the novel Elixir, which became a New York Times best seller. The book was followed by the sequels Devoted and True and she currently stars in the comedy-drama series Younger as Kelsey Peters. She returned to music in 2014, and signed with RCA Records for her studio album Breathe In. Duff has worked with charities and organizations throughout her career. Duff has received media attention since the beginning of her career, most notably for her romantic relationships, friendships. Her romances with Aaron Carter and Joel Madden were often reported in the media, in 2010, she married former professional hockey player Mike Comrie, with whom she has a son. The two of them finalized their divorce six years later and she has been described by later Disney actresses as an inspiration, with artists such as Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez claiming they looked up to Duff and emulated her career. Duff has sold an estimated 15 million records since her debut in 2002, Duff was born on September 28,1987, in Houston, Texas. Her parents are Robert Erhard Duff, a partner in a chain of stores, and Susan Colleen
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