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Eros Ramazzotti
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Eros Walter Luciano Ramazzotti is an Italian musician and singer-songwriter. Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries, and throughout the Spanish-speaking world, since 1984, Ramazzotti he has released 11 studio albums, one EP, three compilation albums, three live albums, and 37 singles. He has sold over 60 million records in his 30-year career and this success led to a BMG International record contract in 1994. Ramazzotti was born on 28 October 1963 in Cinecittà Est, a suburb of Rome and he is the son of Rodolfo Ramazzotti, a construction worker and Raffaela Molina, a housewife. His father originated from the province of Viterbo in Lazio and his mother from the province of Vibo Valentia in Calabria and he was named after Eros, the Greek god of love. He began playing the guitar at age seven, as a teenager, he wrote songs with the help of his father who was a music lover and played piano. He wanted to attend a conservatory but failed the admission examination, and started training in bookkeeping. He occasionally appeared as an extra in films while dreaming of having a career as a pop-star, in 1981, Ramazzotti took part in a music contest, Voci Nuove di Castrocaro with the song Rock 80, which he wrote, performing in front of various record label representatives. DDD gave Eros his first contract and he moved to Milan with his brother Marco and his mother Raffaella, and they initially lived in the same building as the record label company. Ramazzottis first single, Ad un amico, was released in 1982, soon after, Eros met Renato Brioschi, who mentored the young artist toward his first success in 1984 at the highly regarded Sanremo Festival. His song, Terra promessa won the Newcomers category, and was released widely throughout Europe. In 1985, Ramazzotti took part in the Sanremo Festival again with the song Una storia importante, taken from his debut album Cuori agitati. While only placing sixth at the festival, Una storia importante was released as a single and became a hit in many European countries. His second album Nuovi eroi, released in 1986, earned two Platinum-awards in Switzerland with over 100,000 sales, and Gold status in Germany with over 250,000 sales. At his third Sanremo Festival appearance in 1986 his memorable single, in 1987, Ramazzotti went on a nine-month-long tour after releasing his third album In certi momenti, performing in front of more than a million people. In certi momenti went Gold in Germany with over 250,000 sales and Platinum in Switzerland with over 50,000 sales, and reached more than 3 million copies worldwide. As his career developed, he performed La Luce Buona Delle Stelle with Patsy Kensit on 22 November 1987 and his fifth album, In ogni senso, released in April 1990, attracted more than two hundred journalists from around the world to the albums press conference launch in Venice. However, he was disappointed to learn that most of his audience was of Italian descent
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Cher
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Cher is an American singer and actress. Commonly referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she is described as embodying female autonomy in a male-dominated industry. Cher gained popularity in 1965 as one-half of the folk rock husband-wife duo Sonny & Cher after their song I Got You Babe reached number one on the American and she began her solo career simultaneously, releasing in 1966 her first million-seller song, Bang Bang. She became a personality in the 1970s with her shows The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, watched by over 30 million viewers weekly during its three-year run. She emerged as a trendsetter by wearing elaborate outfits on her television shows. While working on television, she established herself as a solo artist with the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping singles Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves, Half-Breed, and Dark Lady. After her divorce from Sonny Bono in 1975, Cher launched a comeback in 1979 with the disco-oriented album Take Me Home and earned $300,000 a week for her 1980–82 residency show in Las Vegas. In 1982, Cher made her Broadway debut in the play Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean and starred in the film adaptation of the same title. She subsequently earned critical acclaim for her performances in such as Silkwood, Mask. She then revived her career by recording the rock-inflected albums Cher, Heart of Stone. She reached a new peak in 1998 with the album Believe. It also features the use of Auto-Tune, also known as the Cher effect. Her 2002–2005 Living Proof, The Farewell Tour became one of the concert tours of all time. In 2008, she signed a $180 million deal to headline the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for three years, after seven years of absence, she returned to film in the 2010 musical Burlesque. Chers first studio album in 12 years, Closer to the Truth, Cher has won a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and a special CFDA Fashion Award, among several other honors. Throughout her career, she has sold 100 million records worldwide and she is the only artist to date to have a number-one single on a Billboard chart in each decade from the 1960s to the 2010s. Outside of her music and acting, she is noted for her views, philanthropic endeavors and social activism, including LGBT rights. Cher was born Cherilyn Sarkisian in El Centro, California, on May 20,1946, Chers father was rarely home when she was an infant, and her parents divorced when Cher was ten months old
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Single (music)
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In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats, in most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. Typically, these are the songs from albums that are released separately for promotional uses such as digital download or commercial radio airplay and are expected to be the most popular, in other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album. As digital downloading and audio streaming have become prevalent, it is often possible for every track on an album to also be available separately. Nevertheless, the concept of a single for an album has been retained as an identification of a heavily promoted or more popular song within an album collection. Despite being referred to as a single, singles can include up to as many as three tracks on them. The biggest digital music distributor, iTunes, accepts as many as three tracks less than ten minutes each as a single, as well as popular music player Spotify also following in this trend. Any more than three tracks on a release or longer than thirty minutes in total running time is either an Extended Play or if over six tracks long. The basic specifications of the single were made in the late 19th century. Gramophone discs were manufactured with a range of speeds and in several sizes. By about 1910, however, the 10-inch,78 rpm shellac disc had become the most commonly used format, the inherent technical limitations of the gramophone disc defined the standard format for commercial recordings in the early 20th century.26 rpm. With these factors applied to the 10-inch format, songwriters and performers increasingly tailored their output to fit the new medium, the breakthrough came with Bob Dylans Like a Rolling Stone. Singles have been issued in various formats, including 7-inch, 10-inch, other, less common, formats include singles on digital compact cassette, DVD, and LD, as well as many non-standard sizes of vinyl disc. Some artist release singles on records, a more common in musical subcultures. The most common form of the single is the 45 or 7-inch. The names are derived from its speed,45 rpm. The 7-inch 45 rpm record was released 31 March 1949 by RCA Victor as a smaller, more durable, the first 45 rpm records were monaural, with recordings on both sides of the disc. As stereo recordings became popular in the 1960s, almost all 45 rpm records were produced in stereo by the early 1970s
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The Music's No Good Without You
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The Musics No Good Without You is a song recorded by American singer Cher for her twenty-fourth studio album, Living Proof. It was released on November 27,2001 by Warner Bros, the song reached the top 10 in many countries worldwide, expanding Chers chart success into five decades. com. mercial, in 2000, her first album not sold in stores but exclusively online. Later, in 2001, Cher reunited with the UK-rooted production team of Taylor and Brian Rawlings, Cher also collaborated with Rick Nowels, British musician/producer Chicane, and Norwegian team Stargate. Cher described the album, titled Living Proof, as a record with a positive lyrical tone. She further added, This had subconsciously become an album filled with love and it was a pleasant surprise, and its certainly an appropriate time to put some positive energy out into the world. The Musics No Good Without You was released as the albums first international single, the single was also released as a double A-side single, along with A Different Kind of Love Song, on August 13,2002. The Musics No Good Without You was written by Cher, James Thomas, Mark Taylor and Paul Barry, while production was done by Taylor, with co-production by Thomas, the song is drenched in hypnotic synth lines and computer-savvy vocal effects. The song received mixed reviews from music critics. The song managed to become a top ten hit in Canada, Italy, with a peak position of #8 in the UK Singles Chart, Cher became the only female recording artist to have top 10 hits in every decade, beginning in the 1960s. It was Chers 12th consecutive and 33rd overall top 40 single in the UK, in the United States the album Living Proof was not released until February 2002 and its lead single was Song for the Lonely. The Musics No Good Without You was exclusively released as a single only. The song peaked on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart at number nineteen, the accompanying music video for The Musics No Good Without You was directed by Nigel Dick, who had previously directed Chers music videos for Believe and Strong Enough. It was filmed on October 7–8,2001, on a sound stage with a spaced out design at Nikken Building, in Irvine. The video follows the concept of the lyrics of the song, in the music video Cher is an outer space queen who is sad because her lover has left her. Throughout the whole video she writes a letter claiming that she knows he doesnt need her anymore, in the end she places the letter in an empty bottle and sends it floating into space. It appears that this had not been the first letter that she had sent to him there are dozens of bottles floating in space. A remix video was made for the The Musics No Good Without You, the remix video was the entitled Almighty Edit and the remix used for the video was the radio edit of the Almighty mix. The video was released by Warner Bros. as a promo only
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Dark Lady (album)
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Dark Lady is the 11th studio album by American singer-actress Cher, released in May 1974 by MCA. Cher again collaborated with Snuff Garrett as a producer. Dark Lady was the third and final album for MCA. It was also the last record promoted on her successful The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour show, after its release, the album received positive reviews from critics but, unlike her previous record produced by Garrett, was only moderately successful. After the success of Half-Breed, Cher, for her final record under MCA, again chose Snuff Garrett to produce, during that same year, she divorced her first husband Sonny Bono, dissolving the Sonny & Cher couple. This ended their musical ties and television show for a while. Due to the success of albums produced by Garrett, Dark Lady followed the same narrative ballad style. She attracted many fans during this period of her career for her style of glamour pop. MCA released Greatest Hits with the letter E accented in Chér on the album cover, the next albums released by Warner Bros completely remove the stress. The opening track of the album is a written by Alan ODay Train of Thought that had moderate success on the pop charts. The album also two covers, The Great Gatsby theme song Whatll I Do and the 1965 Fontella Bass hit song Rescue Me. Cher also does a tribute to Bette Midler on the retro Miss Subway of 1952, Dark Lady had received positive reviews from music critics. Decades later, Peter Fawthrop of Allmusic gave it three stars and compared this album with the previous Half-Breed saying that is more upbeat. He also said that she was more wholesome and organic in the early 70s, about Cher, said that she is a personality as well as a singer, so display in rock, pop and on stepdowns. In August 1993, the album was combined with Half-Breed and issued on one CD titled Half Breed/Dark Lady. A CD of the original Dark Lady album in its entirety has not yet been produced, Dark Lady debuted on the Billboard 200 at #191 in early June 1974. The highest position it reached was #69, the album debuted at number ninety-eight on the Canadian Albums Chart in late June, eventually reaching its highest position at #33 in July. Like her previous albums, the album didnt make it to the UK album charts, Dark Lady, the albums first single release, reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the Canadian Singles
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Cher albums discography
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American entertainer Cher has released 25 studio albums, nine compilation albums, three soundtrack albums, and one live album. In 1964 Cher signed a contract with Imperial Records, a label owned by Liberty Records. After the success of her first major single, Bob Dylans All I Really Want to Do she, the album peaked at number sixteen on the Billboard 200 and at number seven on the UK Albums Chart. After the massive success of I Got You Babe the record label encouraged her to record the second album, the record peaked within the top 30 in several countries. Chér and With Love, Chér were less successful on the music charts, backstage and her first official compilation album Chers Golden Greats her last efforts with Imperial were critically and commercially unsuccessful. Cher entered the 1970s with the release of the album Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves, next year she followed it with her less successful eighth studio album Foxy Lady. In 1973 she released two records, Bittersweet White Light and Half-Breed her second album in the United States. Dark Lady was released as her studio album in 1974 and was less successful on the music charts. After the separation with Sonny she signed a new $2.5 million recording contract and business deal with Warner Bros. From 1975 to 1977 she released a string of critic and commercial failures, Stars, Id Rather Believe in You, Cherished, in 1979 she signed with Casablanca Records and released her fifteenth album, Take Me Home, which was certified gold in the United States. Prisoner was less successful than its predecessor, in the beginning of the 1980s, Cher formed a band called the Black Rose and released their first album Black Rose which was later re-released in Germany as Chers solo album. In 1982 Columbia Records released the album I Paralyze, with decreasing album sales, in 1987 Cher signed with Geffen Records and released her first album in five years, Cher proved to be successful on the music charts and was certified platinum by the RIAA. In 1991 Cher released her studio album Love Hurts, it became her first number-one in the United Kingdom. However, it was successful in North America. In 1995 she signed with Warner Bros. which became her record company. The first release with Warner was her twenty-first studio album Its a Mans World which was successful than its predecessors. Her twenty-second studio album Believe released at the end of 1998 was heralded as her album and became her best-selling studio album ever. 1999s compilation The Greatest Hits released outside the United States became an international chart-topper, Cher entered the 2000s with the release of the independent album not. com. mercial exclusively through her official website
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Cher singles discography
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American entertainer Cher has released seventy-nine official singles, fifteen promotional singles and appeared in eleven other songs. Cher is the female artist with the most Billboard Hot 100 charted singles. Cher has had a total of 15 number one hits and a total of 33 top ten hits on all Billboard charts combined. Chers career as a recording artist spans six decades and is the only artist to have a single on a Billboard chart in each of those past six decades. This feat was accomplished when You Havent Seen the Last of Me reached number one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart the week of January 19,2011, in the UK, she is the only female artist to have a top 40 hit in six consecutive decades. She has had a total of 34 top 40 hits, beginning with All I Really Want to Do in 1965 through I Hope You Find It in 2013. Notes, A ^ Mama did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, B ^ For What Its Worth did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 but entered the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number twenty-five. Did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 but entered the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number eleven, D ^ The I Got You Babe duet with Beavis and Butt-head did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 but entered the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number eight. E ^ Womans World did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 but entered the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number twenty five. S
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All I Really Want to Do (album)
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All I Really Want to Do is the debut solo studio album by American singer-actress Cher and was released on October 16,1965 by Imperial Records. The album was produced for Cher by her husband and singing partner, Sonny Bono. The album is by-and-large a collection of cover versions but does contain three songs written by Bono, upon its release, the album was well received by critics and garnered positive reviews. At the same time that the duo Sonny & Cher were debuting on Atco Records, after the success of Sonny & Chers I Got You Babe single, Bono decided to promote his wife as a solo act, producing her first full-length album himself. All I Really Want to Do, like the album by Sonny & Cher, Look at Us. The album includes recordings of contemporary, uptempo rock songs, but it also has a somewhat folky slant to it, in order to differentiate it from the musical style of Sonny & Chers records. On the album, Cher covered three songs written and performed by Bob Dylan, All I Really Want to Do, Blowin in the Wind and Dont Think Twice, Its All Right. The album contains the Bono-penned Needles and Pins, which was a hit for the British band, The Searchers, other covers on the album are She Thinks I Still Care, The Bells of Rhymney and Come and Stay With Me. The song was included on the 1967 Sonny & Cher soundtrack album. All I Really Want to Do has received reviews from music critics, with Tim Sendra, of the Allmusic website. Sendra went on to note that Cher isnt the most subtle singer, in 1992, All I Really Want to Do and Chers follow-up solo album, The Sonny Side of Chér, were reissued on one CD by EMI Records. Later, in 1995, EMI released a collection titled The Originals, the album was again reissued on one CD with The Sonny Side of Chér by BGO Records in 2005 in the UK only. The original twelve track All I Really Want to Do album has never issued on Compact Disc on its own. All I Really Want to Do was a success on the Billboard 200 album chart, the album entered the chart while the debut album by Sonny & Cher, Look at Us, was still at #2. The album also entered the UK Albums Chart, debuting at #20 in early October 1965, the album remained in the UK chart for nine weeks between early October and late November. Although All I Really Want to Do reached the UK Album Chart, the song All I Really Want to Do was the only single to be taken from the album and reached #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #9 on the UK singles chart. The song also entered the Canadian, Dutch and Swedish single charts, All I Really Want to Do was the first single to be released by Cher under that name and was also her first solo hit. The album also contained the Bono-penned song, Dream Baby, which had released as a single in 1964 by Cher, under the pseudonym of Cherylin
