1.
Los Angeles
–
Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L. A. is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. With a census-estimated 2015 population of 3,971,883, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the United States. The citys inhabitants are referred to as Angelenos, historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest of what would become Alta California. The city was founded on September 4,1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence, in 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4,1850, the discovery of oil in the 1890s brought rapid growth to the city. The completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, delivering water from Eastern California, nicknamed the City of Angels, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, and sprawling metropolis. Los Angeles also has an economy in culture, media, fashion, science, sports, technology, education, medicine. A global city, it has been ranked 6th in the Global Cities Index, the city is home to renowned institutions covering a broad range of professional and cultural fields, and is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States. The Los Angeles combined statistical area has a gross metropolitan product of $831 billion, making it the third-largest in the world, after the Greater Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas. The city has hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1932 and 1984 and is bidding to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and thus become the second city after London to have hosted the Games three times. The Los Angeles area also hosted the 1994 FIFA mens World Cup final match as well as the 1999 FIFA womens World Cup final match, the mens event was watched on television by over 700 million people worldwide. The Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by the Tongva, a Gabrielino settlement in the area was called iyáangẚ, meaning poison oak place. Gaspar de Portolà and Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí, reached the present site of Los Angeles on August 2,1769, in 1771, Franciscan friar Junípero Serra directed the building of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the first mission in the area. The Queen of the Angels is an honorific of the Virgin Mary, two-thirds of the settlers were mestizo or mulatto with a mixture of African, indigenous and European ancestry. The settlement remained a small town for decades, but by 1820. Today, the pueblo is commemorated in the district of Los Angeles Pueblo Plaza and Olvera Street. New Spain achieved its independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, during Mexican rule, Governor Pío Pico made Los Angeles Alta Californias regional capital
2.
California
–
California is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area. Located on the western coast of the U. S, California is bordered by the other U. S. states of Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California. Los Angeles is Californias most populous city, and the second largest after New York City. The Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nations second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, California also has the nations most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The Central Valley, an agricultural area, dominates the states center. What is now California was first settled by various Native American tribes before being explored by a number of European expeditions during the 16th and 17th centuries, the Spanish Empire then claimed it as part of Alta California in their New Spain colony. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821 following its war for independence. The western portion of Alta California then was organized as the State of California, the California Gold Rush starting in 1848 led to dramatic social and demographic changes, with large-scale emigration from the east and abroad with an accompanying economic boom. If it were a country, California would be the 6th largest economy in the world, fifty-eight percent of the states economy is centered on finance, government, real estate services, technology, and professional, scientific and technical business services. Although it accounts for only 1.5 percent of the states economy, the story of Calafia is recorded in a 1510 work The Adventures of Esplandián, written as a sequel to Amadis de Gaula by Spanish adventure writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. The kingdom of Queen Calafia, according to Montalvo, was said to be a land inhabited by griffins and other strange beasts. This conventional wisdom that California was an island, with maps drawn to reflect this belief, shortened forms of the states name include CA, Cal. Calif. and US-CA. Settled by successive waves of arrivals during the last 10,000 years, various estimates of the native population range from 100,000 to 300,000. The Indigenous peoples of California included more than 70 distinct groups of Native Americans, ranging from large, settled populations living on the coast to groups in the interior. California groups also were diverse in their organization with bands, tribes, villages. Trade, intermarriage and military alliances fostered many social and economic relationships among the diverse groups, the first European effort to explore the coast as far north as the Russian River was a Spanish sailing expedition, led by Portuguese captain Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, in 1542. Some 37 years later English explorer Francis Drake also explored and claimed a portion of the California coast in 1579. Spanish traders made unintended visits with the Manila galleons on their trips from the Philippines beginning in 1565
3.
United States
–
Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
4.
Pop music
–
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
5.
Rock music
–
It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by blues, rhythm and blues and country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of genres such as electric blues and folk. Musically, rock has centered on the guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar. Typically, rock is song-based music usually with a 4/4 time signature using a verse-chorus form, like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political in emphasis. Punk was an influence into the 1980s on the subsequent development of subgenres, including new wave, post-punk. From the 1990s alternative rock began to rock music and break through into the mainstream in the form of grunge, Britpop. Similarly, 1970s punk culture spawned the visually distinctive goth and emo subcultures and this trio of instruments has often been complemented by the inclusion of other instruments, particularly keyboards such as the piano, Hammond organ and synthesizers. The basic rock instrumentation was adapted from the blues band instrumentation. A group of musicians performing rock music is termed a rock band or rock group, Rock music is traditionally built on a foundation of simple unsyncopated rhythms in a 4/4 meter, with a repetitive snare drum back beat on beats two and four. Melodies are often derived from older musical modes, including the Dorian and Mixolydian, harmonies range from the common triad to parallel fourths and fifths and dissonant harmonic progressions. Critics have stressed the eclecticism and stylistic diversity of rock, because of its complex history and tendency to borrow from other musical and cultural forms, it has been argued that it is impossible to bind rock music to a rigidly delineated musical definition. These themes were inherited from a variety of sources, including the Tin Pan Alley pop tradition, folk music and rhythm, as a result, it has been seen as articulating the concerns of this group in both style and lyrics. Christgau, writing in 1972, said in spite of some exceptions, rock and roll usually implies an identification of male sexuality, according to Simon Frith rock was something more than pop, something more than rock and roll. Rock musicians combined an emphasis on skill and technique with the concept of art as artistic expression, original. The foundations of music are in rock and roll, which originated in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its immediate origins lay in a melding of various musical genres of the time, including rhythm and blues and gospel music, with country. In 1951, Cleveland, Ohio disc jockey Alan Freed began playing rhythm and blues music for a multi-racial audience, debate surrounds which record should be considered the first rock and roll record. Other artists with rock and roll hits included Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis
6.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
–
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC is an American music publishing company owned by Sony through Sony Entertainment. The company was founded as a division of Associated Television in 1955 by Lew Grade, in 1985, Michael Jackson acquired ATV Music Publishing for $47.5 million. In December 1995, Michael Jackson agreed to merge ATV Music Publishing with Sony Music Publishing, in 2012 an investor consortium led by Sony/ATV Music Publishing acquired EMI Music Publishing for approximately $2.2 billion. Sony/ATV Music Publishing and EMI Music Publishing now operate as one company, following the acquisition, the company became the largest music publisher in the world, with a library of over two million songs under its administration. On March 14,2016, Sony announced that it had reached a deal to acquire the Jackson estates stake in the company, the deal was completed on September 30,2016. Sony/ATV was founded as a subsidiary of the UKs Associated Television, ATV operated a commercial television company, broadcasting from 1955 in London and the English Midlands as part of the Independent Television network. Business tycoon Louis Benjamin was involved with Lew Grade as part of one of the four major companies in the UK at the time. The company was Pye Records which, along with EMI, Philips, in 1959, ATV acquired 50% of Pye Records. Between them, Grade and Benjamin held most of the shares, ATV Music Publishing was created to exploit the catalogue of songs written by artists on the Pye Record label, and for the themes to ITC and ATV television programmes. The UK rights to some of the rock n roll music from the US were also bought by ATV, Grade established ATVs headquarters alongside those of Pye Records, off Edgware Road, beside the Marble Arch in central London. The 1950s and 1960s was a period for Grade and his brothers, Bernard Delfont and Leslie Grade. Pye Records had major artists of the period under contract, the Searchers, The Kinks, Donovan, Mungo Jerry, and Petula Clark were some of the artists that recorded for Pye Records. Pye also had contracts with several US companies, allowing them to manufacture, chess Records was among those, and counted Chuck Berry as one of its top artists. ATV Music acquired the rights to the Lennon–McCartney song catalogue, Northern Songs, the catalog featured almost every song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney until The Beatles legal split in 1971. Northern Songs had been co-owned and administered by Brian Epstein and Dick James, following Epsteins death in 1967, James put the company up for sale. Lennon and McCartney, upset that the songs they had written were not theirs legally and their bid to gain control, part of a long and acrimonious fight, failed. The financial clout of Grade, their adversary in the bidding war, ATV Music Publishing remained a successful organization in the music industry throughout the 1970s. Len Beadle, the chief executive, signed up many songwriters
7.
Die a Happy Man
–
Die a Happy Man is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Thomas Rhett. It was released on September 28,2015 by Valory Music Group as the single from his second studio album. Rhett wrote the song with Sean Douglas and Joe Spargur, American singer Tori Kelly is featured on a pop remix included on the deluxe edition. The narrator addresses his wife, saying all he needs in his life is her love. Billy Dukes of Taste of Country reviewed the song favorably, saying that Thomas Rhett may have just released the song of the year. Die a Happy Man is a slow burner that melts like candle wax, with just a few pulls from a blues-soaked guitar, the mood is set for this increasingly dynamic singer to heat up any room. The second week, it rose to number 30 on the Country Airplay chart and it reached number one on the Country Digital Songs chart in its third week, selling 39,000 copies. The following week, it topped the Country Airplay chart for a sixth week and it peaked at number 21 on the Hot 100 for the week of January 2,2016. The single was certified 2x Platinum on May 18,2016, the single reached the one million download sales in February 2016. As of January 2017, Die a Happy Man had sold 1,758,000 downloads, the music video was directed by TK McKamy and premiered in June 2015. Rhetts wife, Lauren Gregory, appears in the video, Die a Happy Man was covered by American rapper Nelly in 2016 and released as a single on February 5,2016 by RECORDS and Epic Records. His version draws inspiration from hip hop music and dance music and his version debuted at number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 with first-week US sales of 35,000. Digital download Die a Happy Man —3,34 Travis Atreo released a version of the single in January 2016, barrett Baber covered Die A Happy Man during the live finals of The Voice on December 14,2015
8.
Thomas Rhett
–
Thomas Rhett Akins, Jr. better known by his stage name Thomas Rhett, is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is the son of American country music singer and songwriter Rhett Akins, Rhett has released two studio albums for Big Machine Records Valory Music imprint, It Goes Like This and Tangled Up. In addition to much of his own material, Rhett has also written singles for Jason Aldean, Lee Brice, growing up, Rhett was used to seeing country idols like Tim McGraw or Brooks & Dunn in his home because his father was famous country singer Rhett Akins. In junior high, Rhett learned how to play the drums, when he was old enough, he would go onstage with his father and play the drums for him. A band was put together in high school called The High Heeled Flip Flops. Besides music, he did not have a choice in mind. After high school, Rhett went to college at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Rhetts love for music grew throughout the years and as a result he failed to keep his promise to his mom and dropped out of college when he was 20 to pursue a career in music. One night while playing at a club, an executive from Big Machine Label Group approached him and he accepted and began writing many songs for the company. Rhett co-wrote the song I Aint Ready to Quit on Jason Aldeans 2010 album My Kinda Party, the albums first 21 weeks were spent in the top 40 of the Billboard 200, it also has sold 1.7 million in its first years of release. In early 2012, he released his single, Something to Do with My Hands. Both of these made top 30 on the Hot Country Songs charts and his third single, It Goes Like This, topped the Country Airplay chart and also peaked at number 2 on the Hot Country Songs. His debut album, also titled It Goes Like This, was released on October 29, the albums fourth single, Get Me Some of That, became Rhetts second number 1 single in early 2014. The albums fifth single, Make Me Wanna, was released to radio on August 4,2014. It reached number one on the Country Airplay chart on March 7,2015, in between the two singles, Rhett sang guest vocals along with Justin Moore on Brantley Gilberts Small Town Throwdown. On April 7,2015, Rhett released a new single titled Crash, the album, Tangled Up, was released on September 25. It reached at one on the Country Airplay chart in September 2015. The albums second single, Die a Happy Man released to radio on September 28,2015. It reached at one on the Country Airplay, Hot Country Songs and Canada Country chart in December 2015
9.
Akon
–
Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam, better known as Akon, is a Senegalese-American singer, rapper, songwriter, businessman, record producer and actor. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of Locked Up and he has since founded two successful record labels, Konvict Muzik and Kon Live Distribution. He is the first solo artist to hold both the one and two spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts twice. Akon has had four songs certified as 3× platinum, three songs certified as 2× platinum, more than ten songs certified as 1× platinum and more than ten songs certified as gold in digital sales, Akon has sung songs in other languages including Tamil, Hindi, and Spanish. He was listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the #1 selling artist for master ringtones in the world, Akon often provides vocals as a featured artist and is currently credited with over 300 guest appearances and more than 35 Billboard Hot 100 songs. He has worked with performers such as Michael Jackson, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Whitney Houston, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. He has had five Grammy Awards nominations and has produced songs for such as Lady Gaga, Colby ODonis, Kardinal Offishall, Leona Lewis. Forbes ranked Akon 80th in Forbes Celebrity 100 in 2010 and 5th in 40 Most Powerful Celebrities in Africa list, Billboard ranked Akon No.6 on the list of Top Digital Songs Artists of the decade. Akon was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and spent much of his childhood in the West African country Senegal, the child of a dancer mother and a percussionist father, Mor Thiam, Akon learned to play five instruments, including drums, guitar and djembe. At age 7, he moved with his family to Union City, New Jersey, growing up in New Jersey, Akon had difficulties getting along with other children. When he and his brother reached high school, his parents left them on their own in Jersey City and moved the rest of the family to Atlanta. In regards to his date, Akon is very protective of it. However, legal documents released by The Smoking Gun list his date of birth as April 16,1973, Akons alleged three years in jail saw him begin to recognize his music abilities and develop an appreciation for his musical background. The songs Akon recorded with Stephens were brought to the attention of Universals imprint SRC Records, in an interview with HitQuarters SRC A&R Jerome Foster said, What caught my attention right away was Lonely, and I said, this kid is official – this is a huge record. Foster and SRC CEO Steve Rifkind immediately boarded a plane to Atlanta to meet the young artist. Akon knew of Fosters work as producer Knobody and so there was a mutual respect for one another, Akon increased his exposure further by collaborating with overseas artists, including New Zealands rapper Savage and hip-hop producer P-Money, performing choruses as a featured vocalist. Akons solo debut album, Trouble was released on June 29,2004 and it spawned the singles Locked Up and Lonely, Belly Dancer, Pot Of Gold, and Ghetto. Locked Up reached 8th position in the U. S. Ghetto became a radio hit when it was remixed by DJ Green Lantern to include verses from rappers 2Pac and The Notorious B. I. G
10.
Andy Grammer
–
Andrew Charles Andy Grammer is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is signed to S-Curve Records and his debut album, Andy Grammer, was released in 2011 and spawned the hit singles Keep Your Head Up and Fine by Me. His second album Magazines or Novels was released in 2014, with Back Home as the first single, the albums second single, Honey, Im Good. is his most successful song to date, peaking at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. This single has been certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and was ranked one of the ten best-selling songs of 2015 by Nielsen SoundScan. Andrew Charles Grammer was born in Los Angeles, the son of Kathryn Willoughby and recording artist Robert Crane Red Grammer, He is of German and he grew up in Chester, New York, graduating from Monroe-Woodbury High School. As a child, he learned to play the trumpet and later the guitar and he began writing songs at 15. At 20, he left Binghamton University in Vestal, New York, after auditioning for the Binghamton Crosbys a cappella group and returned to Los Angeles. In 2007, he graduated from the California State University, Northridge, Grammer started as a busker on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica and later performed in the Viper Room. He was discovered by his manager Aeety in July 2009 and signed with label S-Curve Records in April 2010. Grammers popular songs include, Honey, Im Good, Keep Your Head Up, Fine By Me, Lunatic, Ladies, Biggest Man in L. A. Numbers, Stepping Stone, Couple More Sleeves, Fireflies, and The Pocket. He performed the song on The Rachael Ray Show on November 17,2010 and it has since debuted at No.94 on the Billboard Hot 100 Grammers debut album sales for the first week earned him the No.1 spot on the Billboard New Artist Chart. He opened for Plain White Ts for the leg of their Wonders of the Younger tour in the spring of 2011. In January 2011, he was named an Artist to Watch by Billboard magazine and he performed at SXSW2011, playing BMIs Acoustic Brunch, where he was one of the artists contributing to a recording produced by Hanson to benefit the victims of the 2011 Japan earthquake. He won MTVs O Music Awards for most innovative video for his Keep Your Head Up video on April 25,2011 and his debut album, Andy Grammer, was released on June 14,2011 on S-Curve Records. The self-titled album was produced by Matt Wallace from Maroon 5, Matt Radosevich, Dave Katz, and Sam Hollander of Gym Class Heroes. On the new album, Grammer says, He joined Natasha Bedingfield on her Less is More Tour, starting June 2011, Grammer opened shows with Kate Voegele and Kevin Hammond. The Grammy Museum, in Los Angeles, featured him for the museums first installment of its homegrown local artist series starting May 2011, on November 16,2011, Grammer announced his 2012 headlining tour. On May 21,2013, Grammer released a new EP, Crazy Beautiful, the new EP was released by S-Curve Records
11.
Bebe Rexha
–
Bleta Bebe Rexha is an American/Albanian singer-songwriter and record producer. She is best known as a featured guest vocalist on several Billboard Hot 100 charting songs, such as G-Eazys Me, Myself & I, David Guettas Hey Mama and she also co-wrote the chart-topping Eminem and Rihanna single The Monster, among others. In March 2016, she released the single, No Broken Hearts featuring Nicki Minaj, I Got You was released as the lead single from her EP All Your Fault, Pt.1, becoming her first Hot 100 entry as a lead artist. The EP was released on February 17,2017 and her father is from Debar and her mother is from Gostivar. Her first name, Bleta, means honey bee in Albanian, when Rexha was six years old, she and her family moved to Staten Island. At her elementary school, Rexha played trumpet for over nine years, while teaching herself to play guitar, Rexha attended Tottenville High School on Staten Island, where she took part in a variety of musicals. She also joined the choir, while still in high school, after joining the choir, she discovered that her voice was a coloratura soprano. As a teenager, Rexha submitted a song to be performed at the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences annual Grammy Day event, Rexha earned the Best Teen Songwriter award, beating around 700 other entrants. As a result, she signed a contract with the talent scout Samantha Cox, in 2010 Rexha met Fall Out Boys bassist Pete Wentz with whom she began working at a recording studio at New York City. She would eventually become a member and a lead vocalist of Wentzs new experimental project of a band, the band played a variety of live shows and released several singles and remixes. However, in January 2012, Wentz announced that Rexha left the band to other endeavors. In 2013, Rexha signed with Warner Bros. Records as a solo artist, Rexha had begun writing several songs, including Selena Gomez Like a Champion and Nikki Williams Glowing. Her most prominent songwriting effort of 2013 was Eminem and Rihannas song The Monster, the song went on to top the charts for the US Billboard Hot 100 and Billboards Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. That same year, Rexha also wrote and was featured on Cash Cashs single Take Me Home, on March 21,2014, Rexha released her debut single, I Cant Stop Drinking About You. The song peaked at number 22 on Billboards Top Heatseekers chart, the music video was released on August 12,2014. The video was inspired by imagery from such as Girl, Interrupted. In November 2014, Rexha was featured on rapper Pitbulls song This Is Not a Drill, in December 2014, Rexha released two more singles, Im Gonna Show You Crazy and Gone. On May 12,2015, she released her debut EP and she also co-wrote and was featured on David Guettas single Hey Mama, alongside Nicki Minaj and Afrojack
12.
Becky G
–
Rebbeca Marie Gomez, better known by her stage name Becky G, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actress and model. Gomez first gained recognition in 2011 when she began posting videos of herself covering popular songs online, one of her videos caught the attention of producer Dr. Luke, who subsequently offered her a joint record deal with Kemosabe Records and RCA Records. While working on her effort, Gomez collaborated with artists will. i. am, Cody Simpson. Her official debut single, Becky from the Block, received a reception upon its release. She released her extended play, Play It Again, later that same year. Her second single, Cant Get Enough, featured guest vocals from Pitbull, Gomez achieved mainstream success with the release of Shower, which went on to enter the top twenty of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The single would go on to receive a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. Following the success of Shower, Gomez released Cant Stop Dancin and Break a Sweat as singles from her forthcoming album and she embarked on a co-headlining tour with J Balvin throughout September and October 2015, spanning throughout the United States. She portrayed Valentina Galindo in two episodes of the television series Empire, contributing two new songs to the soundtrack of the series. Gomez was featured on the song Superstar with Pitbull and she released her first Spanish single, Sola, which is set to appear on her debut studio album. Gomez played the Yellow Ranger, Trini, in the 2017 superhero film Power Rangers and her performance was received positively and made universal headlines, being the first queer Power Ranger. Rebbeca Marie Gomez was born on March 2,1997 in Inglewood, California and she is the daughter of Alejandra and Francisco Frank Gomez, she is of Mexican descent. Gomez has two brothers, Frankie and Alex, and a sister, Stephanie. Gomez grew up in poverty, and at the age of nine her family moved into the garage of her grandparents house. Gomez began working part-time jobs to support her family, doing commercials. She had what she described as a crisis when she was nine years old. She was quoted as stating That was literally my mid-life crisis when I was nine years old, thats when I felt like, OK, I gotta get my life together. I pushed that on myself at a younger age than the average kid because at the time my family had lost our home, ive always been more mature for my age, so I was already understanding what they were going through
13.
B.o.B
–
Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr. better known by his stage name B. o. B, is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer from Decatur, Georgia. In 2006, B. o. B was discovered by Brian Richardson, who introduced him to TJ Chapman. After hearing his music, Jonsin signed B. o. B to his Rebel Rock Entertainment imprint, two years later, Jonsin and B. o. B signed a joint venture deal, with Atlantic Records and American rapper T. I. s Grand Hustle Records. B. o. B quickly rose to fame after his debut single Nothin on You. He would later release his third single Airplanes, which topped several major music charts. His fifth single Magic, became his third top 10 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, B. o. Bs debut studio album The Adventures of Bobby Ray, which was preceded by two extended plays and several mixtapes, was released in April 2010. The album reached number one on the US Billboard 200 and was eventually certified 2x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in 2016, B. o. B was named the ninth Hottest MC in the Game of 2010 by MTV, on their annual list. B. o. B released his studio album Strange Clouds. The album spawned six singles, four of which charted well internationally. The albums eponymous single became his fourth top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The singles So Good, Both of Us and Out of My Mind, followed behind, the album itself debuted at number five on the Billboard 200. His third album Underground Luxury, was released in December 2013, in August 2015, B. o. B unexpectedly released a new project Psycadelik Thoughtz, via digital distribution, with little-to-no promotion. In January 2016, B. o. B incited widespread ridicule for claiming that the earth is flat, B. o. B was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He played the trumpet in his band from elementary school through high school. Although his parents wanted him to continue his education, B. o. B decided in sixth grade that he wanted to pursue a music career. His father, a pastor, disapproved of his sons choices, until he realized B. o. B was using music as a form of therapy, B. o. B later reflected on his experience, saying, Theyve always supported me. They got my first keyboard to make beats on and they helped me out getting equipment here and there, but it was kind of hard for them to really understand what I was really trying to accomplish. B. o. B attended Columbia High School in Decatur, Georgia, where he played the trumpet in the school band, until he landed a record deal and decided to drop out of school in the ninth grade
14.
CeeLo Green
–
Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, better known by his stage name CeeLo Green, is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor, and businessman. Green came to prominence as a member of the Southern hip hop group Goodie Mob and later as part of the soul duo Gnarls Barkley. Subsequently he embarked on a career, partially spurred by YouTube popularity. Internationally, Green is best known for his work, his most popular was Gnarls Barkleys 2006 worldwide hit Crazy. In the United States, Crazy reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and its parent album St. Elsewhere, was also a hit, peaked at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart and number 4 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart. Gnarls Barkleys second album, The Odd Couple, charted at number 12 on the Billboard 200, in 2010, Green took a hiatus from working with Danger Mouse, and released a solo single titled Fuck You. on August 19. The song became a single, with the radio-edit version Forget You, reaching the top spot in the UK. His next two singles, Its OK and Bright Lights Bigger City were also hits in Europe, from 2011 to 2014, Green was a judge and coach on American reality television singing competition The Voice, appearing on four of its seasons. In 2013, Green reunited with the rest of Goodie Mob, in 2011 he did a concert with Prince in Madison Square Garden. He worked as an actor in the animated feature Hotel Transylvania. Green has endorsed 7 Up, Duracell, M&M’s, and sake brand TY KU and his work has earned numerous awards and accolades, including five Grammy Awards, a BET Award, a Billboard Award, and a Brit Award. Green was born in Atlanta, Georgia and he graduated from high school at Riverside Military Academy, a boarding school for boys in Gainesville, Georgia. Both of his parents were ordained ministers, and he started his career in church. His father died when Green was two years old and his mother, Sheila J. Tyler-Callaway, a firefighter, was paralyzed in a car crash and died two years after the accident when Green was 18. At the time of his mothers death, Greens career with Goodie Mob had just begun taking off, Green also wrote about his mother in the song Guess Who from Goodie Mobs album Soul Food. Along with Big Gipp, T-Mo, and Khujo, Green was an member of the Atlanta hip hop group Goodie Mob. He is the youngest of the four, the Goodie Mob was a part of the Atlanta rap collective the Dungeon Family, which also included Outkast. Goodie Mob appeared on two tracks on OutKasts 1994 debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, with Green providing vocals for Call of da Wild and Git Up, Goodie Mob released their debut album, Soul Food, in 1995
15.
Chris Brown
–
Christopher Maurice Chris Brown is an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. Born in Tappahannock, Virginia, he was involved in his church choir, having signed with Jive Records in 2004, Brown released his self-titled debut studio album the following year. It peaked at two on the US Billboard 200 and was later certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. With his first single Run It, peaking atop the US Billboard Hot 100, Brown became the first male artist as a lead since Diddy in 1997 to have his debut single top the chart. His second album Exclusive spawned his second Hot 100 number one Kiss Kiss, in addition to With You, the album was also certified double platinum by the RIAA. The songs have peaked at three, number nine and number ten on the US Billboard Hot 100 respectively. His third album Graffiti was released later that year, and included the top-twenty single I Can Transform Ya, became his first to top the Billboard 200, it spawned the singles Yeah 3x, Look at Me Now, and Beautiful People. Earned Brown his first Grammy Award for Best R&B Album at the 54th Grammy Awards and his fifth album Fortune was released in 2012. However, after the release of Exclusive, Browns albums have not been well received commercially or by critics, with the exception of X. Browns seventh studio album Royalty was released on December 18,2015, apart from his work in the music industry, Brown has pursued an acting career. In 2007, he made his feature film debut in Stomp the Yard. Other films Brown has appeared in, include This Christmas, Takers, Think Like a Man, throughout his career, Brown has won several awards, including 14 BET Awards,5 Billboard Music Awards, and 3 Soul Train Music Awards. According to Billboard, Brown has the seventh most Hot 100 entries on the chart with 82 and he has an older sister, Lytrell Bundy, who works in a bank. Music was always present in Browns life beginning in his childhood and he would listen to soul albums that his parents owned, and eventually began to show interest in the hip-hop scene. He is African American, and has said that he has Pamunkey Native American ancestry. Brown taught himself to sing and dance at a young age and he began to perform in his church choir and in several local talent shows. When he mimicked an Usher performance of My Way, his mother recognized his vocal talent, at the same time, Brown was going through personal issues. His parents had divorced, and his mothers boyfriend terrified him by subjecting her to domestic violence, at age 13, Brown was discovered by Hitmission Records, a local production team that visited his fathers gas station while searching for new talent
16.
Chris Daughtry
–
After his elimination from Idol, he was given a record deal by RCA Records and formed a band called Daughtry. Their self-titled debut album became the fastest selling rock album in Nielsen Soundscan history. The album was recorded before the band was formed, making Chris Daughtry the only official member present on the album. In its ninth week of release, Daughtry reached number one on the Billboard chart, Chris Daughtry is now the third most successful American Idol contestant in terms of record sales, behind only Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood, who both won their respective seasons. At the 50th Grammy Awards, the band was nominated for Best Rock Song for the single Its Not Over. Since the bands first album, Chris Daughtry has collaborated with artists, including Slash, Sevendust, Theory of a Deadman, Chad Kroeger, Brad Arnold, Vince Gill. He is known for his vocal belting technique and wide vocal range. Chris Daughtry was born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, and raised in Lasker and his parents, Sandra and James Pete Daughtry, reside in Palmyra, Virginia, where Daughtry grew up before he relocated to McLeansville, North Carolina, outside of Greensboro. His brother, Kenneth, lives in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, at age 16, Daughtry started taking singing seriously as a musician. He took guitar lessons from blues rock guitarist Matt Jagger at Stacys Music store in Charlottesville and Mark Ebert from Laurinburg and he sought advice from Andy Waldeck who is credited first on his debut album. He performed with rock bands during his time in school at local venues, opening for his future band mate Brian Craddocks band My Dog Lucy. During high school, he appeared in two productions, The Wiz and Peter Pan. Daughtrys high school went by the name of Cadence. He sang lead vocals and played rhythm guitar and they produced one album, All Eyes on You, a rare piece that can sometimes be found on eBay. Daughtry later sang lead vocals and played guitar for rock bands in Burlington such as Absent Element. The band Absent Element consisted of Daughtry on lead vocals and guitar, Mark Perry on lead guitar, Scott Crawford on drums, Absent Element released Uprooted in 2005. This CD contains the songs Conviction and Breakdown, which Daughtry would later combine, in 2005, Chris Daughtry auditioned for the CBS singing contest Rock Star, INXS. He did not make the cut for the filming of the show
17.
Christina Aguilera
–
Christina María Aguilera is an American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality. Born in Staten Island, New York and raised in Rochester and Wexford, Pennsylvania, she appeared on the television series Star Search, after recording Reflection, the theme for Disneys 1998 film Mulan, Aguilera signed with RCA Records. She rose to prominence with her 1999 self-titled debut album spawned the Billboard Hot 100 number one singles, Genie in a Bottle, What a Girl Wants. The following year, Aguilera released two albums, the Spanish-language album Mi Reflejo and the holiday album My Kind of Christmas. She assumed creative control for her studio album, Stripped, which produced Dirrty, Beautiful. Aguileras fifth studio album, Back to Basics, debuted at one on the album charts of ten countries and spawned the tracks Aint No Other Man. In 2010, Aguilera released her studio album Bionic and starred in the film Burlesque. The following year, she debuted as a coach on the reality television series The Voice. Her seventh studio album, Lotus, was released in 2012, Aguilera has also been featured on several successful collaborations during her career, including Lady Marmalade, Moves like Jagger, and Say Something. Aguilera has been recognized as a pop icon and earned the title Pop Princess in her early years and her work has earned her five Grammy Awards, one Latin Grammy Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has sold over 17.9 million albums in the United States as of 2014 and 50 million albums worldwide as of 2015. In 2009, she ranked at number 58 on Rolling Stones list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, thereby becoming the youngest and the only artist under 30 to be named. Billboard recognized her as the 20th most successful artist of the 2000s, aside from her work in the entertainment industry, Aguilera is involved in charitable activities through human rights, world issues, and her work as a UN ambassador for the World Food Programme. Christina María Aguilera was born in Staten Island, New York, on December 18,1980, to Shelly Loraine, a musician, and Fausto Xavier Aguilera and her father is Ecuadorian, while her mother has German, Irish, Welsh, and Dutch ancestry. Her family moved frequently because of her fathers service, and lived in places including New Jersey, Texas, New York. Aguilera and her mother alleged that her father was physically and emotionally abusive, claims which he denied, Aguilera used music as a form of escape from her turbulent household. Following her parents divorce when she was six years old, Aguilera, her younger sister Rachel, after several years of being estranged, Aguilera expressed interest in reconciling with her father in 2012. Growing up, Aguilera, known locally as the girl with the big voice, aspired to be a singer, singing in local talent shows
18.
Cobra Starship
–
Cobra Starship was an American dance-pop band created by former Midtown bassist and lead vocalist Gabe Saporta in 2006 in New York City, New York. Over ten years, Cobra Starship produced four albums and two Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles, the group released its debut album, While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets in 2006, which contained the single Snakes on a Plane. The band released its second album ¡Viva La Cobra. on October 23,2007 and their third album, Hot Mess, was released on August 11,2009. Their fourth and final album, Night Shades was released on August 30,2011 in the US, Cobra Starship officially announced its dissolution on November 10,2015. Cobra Starship was formed in 2005 after Midtown bassist Gabe Saporta took a trip to the deserts of Arizona, during this time, Saporta went on a vision quest, spending time with Native American tribes and smoking peyote. He began to create his vision for a new band, a style of music heavily influenced by synthpop while angels are singing in the background. Upon returning home, Saporta rented a house in the Catskill Mountains and began writing what would become the bands album, While the City Sleeps. He posted a response to Gwen Stefanis Hollaback Girl titled Hollaback Boy on Myspace. The song gained Saporta notoriety on the internet and he signed to Decaydance Records. Midtowns management company soon set Saporta up with an opportunity to record a song for the soundtrack to the 2006 Snakes on a Plane, along with members of The Academy Is. Gym Class Heroes, and The Sounds, Saporta recorded Snakes on a Plane, during the recording of While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets, Saporta began recruiting new members to complete the groups lineup. He first enlisted drummer Nate Novarro, whom he met on tour while Novarro sold merchandise for fellow touring act Hidden in Plain View, the lineup was completed by Victoria Asher. While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets, was released October 10,2006 and it featured the single Snakes on a Plane, of which a video had been featured during the closing credits of the film Snakes on a Plane earlier that summer. In October 2006, they supported Thirty Seconds to Mars on their Welcome to the Universe Tour, with the groups lineup solidified, Cobra Starship began touring across the United States. While on the 2007 Honda Civic Tour, the group began writing together for the first time. The members recorded their parts on their laptops in the bands bus. By the time Cobra Starship entered the studio to work on a new album, recorded in twenty days at Mission Sound Studios in Brooklyn, New York, ¡Viva la Cobra. was released on October 23,2007. It was produced by Patrick Stump, who was credited as singing some backup vocals
19.
David Guetta
–
Pierre David Guetta is a French DJ, record producer, remixer, and songwriter. He co-founded Gum Productions with Lisa Dodgson and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, later, he released Guetta Blaster and Pop Life. The 2011 follow-up album, Nothing but the Beat, continued this success, containing the hit singles Where Them Girls At, Little Bad Girl, Without You, Titanium, and Turn Me On. He is among the first DJs to get into the EDM scene and is known as the Grandfather of EDM, Guetta has sold over nine million albums and 30 million singles worldwide. In 2011 Guetta was voted as the number one DJ in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs fan poll, in 2013, Billboard crowned When Love Takes Over as the number one dance-pop collaboration of all time. Pierre David Guetta was born in Paris, France in 1967, to a Moroccan Jewish father, Guetta began to DJ at the Broad Club in Paris. He first played songs, and he discovered house music when he heard a Farley Jackmaster Funk track on French radio in 1987. The next year, he began hosting his own club nights, in 1990, he released Nation Rap, a hip-hop collaboration with French rapper Sidney Duteil. In the mid-1990s Guetta played in clubs including Le Centrale, the Rex, Le Boy, released in 1994 Guettas second single, a collaboration with American house vocalist Robert Owens titled Up & Away, was a minor club hit. In 1994, Guetta became the manager of Le Palace nightclub and he continued to organise parties there and in other clubs, such as the Scream parties in Les Bains Douches. In 2001, Guetta along with Joachim Garraud founded Gum Productions, Willis was vacationing in France when he met Guetta. Guettas debut album Just A Little More Love was released in 2002 on Virgin Records, the follow-up singles, were released in 2002. Guetta released a compilation, F*ck Me Im Famous, in 2003 and it included Just for One Day, a remix of David Bowies song Heroes. Later in his career, Guetta continued recording compilations under that title, Guettas second album, Guetta Blaster, was released in 2004. It released four singles, Money and Stay featuring Chris Willis and The World Is Mine, in 2006 the Just a Little More Love single Love Dont Let Me Go was re-released as a mash-up with the Tocadisco remix of Walking Away by The Egg. The mash-up single entitled Love Dont Let Me Go was charted higher than the release of the song. In 2007, Guettas third album Pop Life was released, the album was successful in the UK and Ireland as well as in mainland Europe. According to EMI in 2010, the album has sold a total of 530,000 copies worldwide, the lead single Love Is Gone reached Number 1 on the American Dance Chart and charted on the Billboard Hot 100
20.
Delta Goodrem
–
Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress. Born and raised in Sydney, New South Wales, she enrolled in dancing, acting, singing and she began her career as a child actress, starring in various television shows and rose to prominence in 2002 in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. This made Goodrem the first and only artist to have five singles from a debut album. Innocent Eyes is the album of the 2000s decade in Australia. Her second studio album, Mistaken Identity, was created while she was suffering from cancer and it became her second number-one album and brought her two more number-one singles, including Out of the Blue. In 2007, Goodrem released Delta, her third number-one album and her fourth studio album, Child of the Universe, produced the successful single Sitting on Top of the World. In 2016, her album, Wings of the Wild, became her fourth number-one album on the ARIA Albums Chart, while giving her another number-one single. Goodrem has a total of nine singles and 17 top-ten hits on the ARIA Singles Chart. She has sold eight million albums globally and won three World Music Awards,9 ARIA Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award and several other awards. From 2012 to 2013, she served as a coach on The Voice Australia and she returned to The Voice Australia in 2015. Goodrem was born on 9 November 1984, to Denis and Lea and she has a younger brother, Trent, who is an Australian rules football player with the Central District Football Club in the South Australian National Football League. Goodrems parents named her Delta after Joe Cockers song Delta Lady and she appeared in numerous commercials for companies such as Optus and Nesquik, and had several minor roles in episodes of successful Australian television shows including Hey Dad. A Country Practice, and Police Rescue, while residing at Glenhaven, a suburb of Sydney, Goodrem attended the Hills Grammar School in neighbouring Kenthurst, from kindergarten until Year 11. She is known to return to her alma mater for visits, at the age of thirteen, Goodrem recorded a five-song demo CD, financed through her television work. It was sent to the Sydney Swans and they passed it onto Glenn Wheatley, interested in Goodrems potential as a recording artist, Wheatley signed Goodrem to an artist development deal with independent label, Empire Records. The album has yet to surface, Goodrem preventing its release years later via civil action in 2004, the album and proposed second single A Year Ago Today were pushed aside as a result, allowing Goodrem and Sony to re-evaluate her future musical direction. In 2002, Goodrem took up the role as shy school girl and aspiring singer Nina Tucker in the popular soap Neighbours, which helped re-launch Goodrems music career. The piano-based ballad Born to Try, co-written by Audius Mtawarira, premiered on the show and reached number one on the ARIA Singles Chart, Born to Try was certified triple Platinum in Australia for sales of over 210,000 copies
21.
Demi Lovato
–
Demetria Devonne Demi Lovato is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. The success of the film and its soundtrack resulted in a contract with Hollywood Records. Her debut album, Dont Forget, debuted at two on the US Billboard 200. She entered a treatment center in November 2010 to seek help for addictions, an eating disorder, while there, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Work on her studio album, Unbroken, began after she successfully completed treatment. The album addresses several of her difficulties and its lead single, Skyscraper, became Lovatos second top 10 entry in the US, while its second single, Give Your Heart a Break, was certified triple platinum in the country. Lovato was a judge and mentor on the American version of The X Factor in 2012 and 2013 and her third album, Demi, opened with first-week sales of 110,000 copies. The lead single from her eponymous album, Heart Attack, became her third top 10 in the US, while promoting the project, Lovato released a book titled Staying Strong,365 Days a Year. She also returned to acting as a character in Glee. Lovatos fifth album, Confident, reached two on the Billboard 200. Its lead single Cool for the Summer was eventually certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. All five of Lovatos albums have received a certification in the US. Musically, Lovato is considered a pop, pop rock, in 2013, Maxim ranked her 26th on its Hot 100 list and Billboard ranked her second on its Social 50 Artists of the Year list. Outside the entertainment industry, Lovato has been involved with social and environmental causes since the launch of her career. C. She has also become an advocate for the LGBT community, in 2014, she was announced as the Grand Marshal for LA Pride week, and that same year she became the face for Human Rights Campaigns Americans for Marriage Equality Campaign. In April 2016, Lovato was honored with the GLAAD Vanguard Award for making a significant difference in promoting equal rights for LGBT people. Lovato was born on August 20,1992, in Albuquerque, New Mexico to engineer and musician Patrick Martin Lovato and former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Dianna De La Garza. Lovato has a sister, Dallas, a younger maternal half-sister, actress Madison De La Garza
22.
Fifth Harmony
–
Fifth Harmony is an American girl group formed on the second season of The X Factor US in July 2012. The group consists of members Ally Brooke, Normani Kordei, Dinah Jane, Lauren Jauregui and previously, Camila Cabello, whose departure was announced on December 18,2016. In January 2013, they signed a joint deal with Syco Music, owned by Simon Cowell, in December 2016, it was reported that all group members are also individually signed to Epic Records. Following their exit from The X Factor, they released their debut single Miss Movin On and its music video won the group the MTV Video Music Award for Artist to Watch. Their debut extended play, Better Together, had a first week position of six on the US Billboard 200. The group released their studio album Reflection in 2015, debuting at number five on the Billboard 200. The album included the platinum singles Boss, Sledgehammer and Worth It, the latter achieved triple platinum certification in the United States and reached the top-ten in thirteen countries. Work from Home, the single from their second album 7/27, became the groups first top-ten single on the US Billboard Hot 100. As of December 2016, Fifth Harmony has sold a total of 424,000 albums, seven million digital songs and earned 1.6 billion on-demand streams in the United States, according to Nielsen Soundscan. On July 27,2012, they were formed as a group at the end of bootcamp by Simon Cowell and Demi Lovato, originally, the groups name was LYLAS, but another group called The Lylas claimed that the show stole their name. Thereafter, LYLAS changed their name to 1432, which was announced on the first live show on October 31,2012, Simon Cowell and L. A. Reid were critical of the new name, and Cowell suggested that the group be renamed again. During the first live show on November 1,2012,1432 performed Skyscraper by Demi Lovato in a sing-off with Sister C. Cowell decided to send 1432 through to the Top 12 and he announced that they would be renamed by the viewers online, the name chosen by the public was announced, Fifth Harmony. In the semi-finals stage of the show, they performed Ellie Gouldings Anything Could Happen as well as Shontelles Impossible and their performance of Anything Could Happen was a finals-caliber performance according to L. A. Reid and described as magic by Britney Spears. Their performance of Impossible received mostly negative reviews from the judges because the group had performed the song at Simon Cowells home. Three members of the group sang parts of the song in fluent Spanish, the following nights public vote results advanced Fifth Harmony to the final 3 along with Tate Stevens and Carly Rose Sonenclar. On the Top three live show, Fifth Harmony performed Ellie Gouldings Anything Could Happen for the time as their Song of the Series song. Their second song was a duet with The X Factor judge Demi Lovato singing Give Your Heart a Break and their final song of the night was Let It Be by The Beatles, billed as their $5 million song
23.
Florida Georgia Line
–
Florida Georgia Line is an American country duo consisting of vocalists Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard. They have achieved major success since their inception and are one of the most successful music acts of the 2010s. The young band quickly emerged after several years starting their careers by making covers and their music has been tagged as bro-country, transitioning from the traditional country feel to their hybrid sounds and their lyrical focus about backroads, girls, drinking and trucks. Their 2012 single Cruise is the best-selling digital country song of all time in the United States as of January 2014 and it is the only country song to ever receive the Diamond Award - over 10 million copies sold. Florida Georgia Line was formed in 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee, in December 2011, they signed a publishing/ production/ management deal with Big Loud Mountain, Craig Wisemans, Joey Mois, and Kevin Chief Zaruks partnership. Their second EP, Itz Just What We Do, charted on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and they played on the 2012 Country Throwdown Tour, along with acts such as Josh Thompson, Corey Smith, Gary Allan, Justin Moore, and Rodney Atkins. They have also opened for Luke Bryan, Brantley Gilbert, Jake Owen, Jason Aldean, Colt Ford, on July 16,2012, they signed with Republic Nashville, part of the Big Machine Label Group. They released their album, Anything Goes on October 14,2014. Both members of Florida Georgia Line grew up and first gained interest in music through church worship services and he began learning to play guitar then began writing music inspired by Christian rock group Casting Crowns. Tyler Hubbard, a native of Monroe, Georgia, was a worship leader who formed a hip hop group, Ingenious Circuit. The two had a myriad of musical interests growing up, Me and my friends rode trucks, listened to Garth Brooks, Alabama, Lil Wayne and Eminem, said Kelley. The duo met at Belmont University in 2008 through a worship group. They moved in one another and began several odd jobs to pay bills. While independent, they recorded and digitally distributed their first EP and they were discovered by Nickelback producer Joey Moi at a county fair, and the three began entering the studio together. Unlike typical country music sessions, the group spent days polishing songs, in terms of production, the band modeled their sound on bands such as Nickelback, Shinedown, and Three Days Grace, while Moi aimed for each song to resemble hair metal group Def Leppard in structure. Kelley likes to think of his career not as a career, Country music is always evolving and will continue to evolve, he told FORBES magazine. Florida Georgia Lines first EP, released December 14,2010, is a 6-song EP produced with Wesley Walker, all of the songs were written by either Hubbard or Hubbard and Kelley. The EP consists of the songs Youre Country, Now That Shes Gone, Man I Am Today, Never Let Her Go, Black Tears, the song Black Tears was also on Jason Aldeans 2012 album Night Train
24.
Gavin DeGraw
–
Gavin Shane DeGraw is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He rose to fame with the single I Dont Want to Be from his debut album Chariot which became the song for the television drama series One Tree Hill. Other singles from the album included notably Chariot and Follow Through and his second self-titled album was released in 2008 and included the top-twenty single In Love with a Girl. In 2009, Degraw released his third album Free and his fourth album Sweeter spawned hit single Not Over You, as well as Soldier and Sweeter. His fifth album Make a Move was released in 2013, DeGraw has sold more than a million records in the US. Gavin released his sixth album Something Worth Saving on September 9,2016 and his first single from the album, She Sets the City on Fire was released on July 15,2016. His duet with Colbie Caillat on We Both Know for the film Safe Haven received a Grammy Award nomination, DeGraw grew up in South Fallsburg, New York. His mother, Lynne, was a detox specialist, and his father, Wayne DeGraw, was a prison guard and his father is of Irish descent and his mother is of Russian Jewish ancestry. He began singing and playing piano at the age of eight and he has two older siblings, a sister Neeka and a brother, Joey, also a musician. Growing up in a family, he was raised to regard music as part of the fabric of everyday life rather than a remote show-business ideal. As a teenager, Gavin experienced an epiphany when he discovered Ray Charles and Sam Cooke, whose combination of personal charm. As a teenager he played in a local Catskills group called The Peoples Band with fellow local musicians, Steven Levine on vocals, as well as his brother. The band played many of the hotels and clubs around the Monticello area. It was at his brothers advice that he began writing his own songs, Gavin attended Ithaca College on a music scholarship, but found himself spending more time in his dorm room writing songs than attending classes, and dropped out after one semester. He then moved to Boston, where he attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music for two semesters, while singing in a band and playing solo gigs on the side. I kept having small successes, he recalls, just things like applause from small audiences and those tiny bits of recognition were fuel for me to continue, and made me feel like I was on the right track. Within a few months of his arrival, Gavin made his way into the Ron Grant and Friends open-mic night at Wilsons, after wowing the audience, the next day the night manager and talent coordinator Shar Thompson introduced Degraw to the clubs owner, Debbie Wilson. Wilson signed on as his manager and almost immediately, word of the talented newcomer began to spread through New Yorks music community, and the quality of his performances lived up to the buzz
25.
Hilary Duff
–
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
26.
Icona Pop
–
Icona Pop is a Swedish electropop duo that formed in 2009, with electro house, punk and indie pop music influences. The two members Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo, who grew up in Stockholm, create music you can laugh and cry to at the same time. They signed to TEN Music Group in 2009 and their biggest hit to date has been I Love It. The duo received international attention following their debut single Manners, released by Neon Gold on French label Kitsuné, since September 2012, the duo have been based in the United States, in Los Angeles and New York City. Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo attended the music school in Stockholm. Four weeks later, they had songs for their very first performance as a duo. Two years later, the duo described their music as classical pop melodies with drums, the press, including NME, The Guardian, Rolling Stone and Pitchfork Media, have praised the duo. The Guardian described the debut single Manners as effortlessly cool, the duo has worked in the studio with producers including Style of Eye, Patrik Berger, Elof Loelv and Starsmith. In fall 2012, the duo released an extended play Iconic in the US, the duo have performed in Sweden, the US, the UK, Germany, Italy, Canada, and Hong Kong and have also been interviewed by Swedish and foreign press. I Love It, a pre-release of their debut album Icona Pop charted on Sverigetopplistan. The second single Ready for the Weekend was released on 11 September 2012, both tracks appear on their second extended-play album, released on 16 October 2012. I Love It was also used in the advert for the Samsung Galaxy S4 and their EP Iconic EP reached a peak height of 21 on the U. S. iTunes dance chart. In 2013, they embarked on a tour of the United States with Passion Pit, in January 2013, I Love It was featured in the third episode of the second season of Girls, an HBO show created by Lena Dunham. In March 2013, the duo was named one of Fuse televisions 30 must-see artists at the South by Southwest festival, in March 2013, I Love It was featured in the sixteenth episode of the fourth season, named Bring It On, of The Vampire Diaries. On 26 March 2013, I Love It was performed on the week 2 results show of Dancing with the Stars. On 3 May 2013, the duo performed I Love It on the talk show. On 6 May 2013, I Love It was featured in the FOX musical-comedy series, the song was performed by the New Directions in Glees twenty-second and final episode of season four, All or Nothing. This song is featured in a 2013 ShoeDazzle commercial, on 19 May 2013 the duo performed I Love It on the Billboard Music Awards, wearing custom light up garments by designer Geoffrey Mac
27.
Jason Derulo
–
Jason Joel Desrouleaux, known professionally as Jason Derulo, is an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. Since the start of his recording career in 2009, Derulo has sold over 30 million singles and has achieved eleven Platinum singles, including Wiggle, Talk Dirty, In My Head. After Beluga Heights became part of the Warner Music Group, Derulo released his debut single Whatcha Say in May 2009 and it sold over five million digital downloads, gaining an RIAA certification of triple Platinum, and reaching number 1 in the U. S. and New Zealand. Derulo released his single, In My Head, in December 2009. His debut album, Jason Derulo, was released on March 2,2010 and he released his second studio album, Future History, on September 16,2011, the album was preceded by the release of the UK number-one single Dont Wanna Go Home. Derulos third international album, Tattoos, was released on September 24,2013, in 2015, Derulo released his single Want to Want Me and announced his fourth studio album, Everything Is 4, which was released on June 2,2015. Derulo was born in Miramar, Florida, the son of Haitian parents and he started singing at a young age. He attended performing arts schools in Florida and made early attempts at music composition. His writing skills began attracting attention when he was a teenager and he also wrote Bossy for Birdman, a New Orleans-based rapper, and made a guest appearance on the song, highlighting his ability as a vocalist. Derulo has been writing songs for artists including Diddy, Danity Kane, Donnie Klang, Sean Kingston, Cassie, Derulo was discovered by music producer J. R. Rotem, who signed him to his record label Beluga Heights Records and Warner Bros. On August 4,2009, Jason released his debut single and it was produced by J. R. Rotem with additional production by Fuego. The track heavily samples the Imogen Heap song Hide and Seek, in late August 2009, the song debuted at number 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and hit number 1 in November 2009. It was Derulos first and only one hit. The singles music video was released in September 2009, after the single became successful and he released the second single from his album, In My Head, on December 8,2009. It debuted at number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100, Derulos debut album, Jason Derulo, stylised with an umlaut as Jason Derülo, was released on March 2,2010. Jason Derulo first charted within the top ten of the UK and he spent six weeks promoting the album in his appearances as one of the opening acts for Lady Gagas 2009–2010 The Monster Ball Tour. The third single of the album is Ridin Solo, which was released worldwide on April 26,2010, by July, the single had reached number nine in the Billboard Hot 100. Derulo has also featured in a song by new artist Will Roush called Turn it Up
28.
Kat Graham
–
Katerina Alexandre Hartford Kat Graham is a Swiss-born American actress, model, singer and dancer. Her film roles include The Parent Trap,17 Again, The Roommate and she is known for her role as Bonnie Bennett on The CW supernatural drama The Vampire Diaries. Graham was born in Geneva, Switzerland and raised in Los Angeles and her father, Joseph, is of Americo-Liberian descent, and her mother, Natasha, is Jewish. Grahams father was a executive and the godfather of two of Quincy Jones children. Her paternal grandfather was a UN Ambassador, serving for 40 years in the Netherlands, Sweden, Romania and her parents divorced when she was five. She has a half-brother, Yakov, born in Tel Aviv, Graham was raised in her mothers Jewish religion and attended Hebrew school. Graham began her career in the entertainment industry at age six, over the next eight years, she appeared in various commercials, including those for Barbie, K-Mart, Pop-Tarts and Edison. At the age of 15, Graham caught the eye of choreographer Fatima Robinson, Graham followed her BET Awards appearance with work as a background dancer for Missy Elliott, Pharrell, Jamie Foxx, and choreographers Hi-Hat and Michael Rooney. At age 17, Graham participated in a marketing campaign to advertise Coca-Colas soft drink Fanta. Graham appeared in the campaign as a member of the Fantanas, known as Capri, also known as Strawberry. U. D. D. Y. and Nellys Just A Dream. In 2002, Graham made her debut on the Disney Channel teen sitcom Lizzie McGuire. Graham went on to appear on television shows, including CSI, Crime Scene Investigation. Malcolm in the Middle, Joan of Arcadia, Grounded For Life, in 2008, she appeared in three episodes of the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana playing the role of a girlfriend to the character Jackson Stewart. Graham has also had supporting roles in films such as 17 Again. In December 2008, Graham began filming sci-fi dance film Boogie Town in Los Angeles, filming on the film was put on hold that same month due to payroll issues with background performers. In April 2009, principal photography was stopped due to conflicts with some of her cast mates. The film is set in a futuristic New York City in 2015 where dance battles are permanently banned, Graham plays the role of Ingrid. The film was set to be released in theaters worldwide October 2011, in March 2009, Graham was cast in The CW supernatural drama The Vampire Diaries based on the book series of the same name
29.
Mat Kearney
–
Mathew William Mat Kearney is an American musician born in Eugene, Oregon, now based in Nashville, Tennessee. Kearney has received acclaim and widespread recognition for his Columbia Records debut. So far, he has a total of 5 top 20 hits on the Adult Top 40 Chart and his most recent album, Just Kids, was released on February 24,2015. The albums first single, Heartbeat, was released on November 4,2014, Kearney was born on December 1,1978 and raised in Eugene, Oregon with his two brothers. At South Eugene High School, Kearney was a soccer player and he attended California State University, Chico in Chico, California on an athletic scholarship and majored in literature, playing soccer until his junior year. Kearney first became interested in music after traveling to Nashville with music producer Robert Marvin, using a roommates guitar, he tried covering songs by other artists, but realized he was not very good at it, and began writing his own. Though things were going well for Kearney at school, the atmosphere at Chico caught up to him. In an interview, Kearney said, I guess I lived it up, I discovered the depth of depravity, the bleakness of that lifestyle. I finally started understanding there must be more to life, Kearney began focusing on music fusing his simple guitar playing with spoken word or rap. He started to play at coffee shops and soon began to make small amounts of money, at this time, Kearney had met friend and future producer, Robert Marvin. The two began to make together, but Marvin had plans to move to Nashville, Tennessee. Marvin asked Kearney to help with the move and he accepted, Kearney says, I helped him pack up his trailer and we put a mattress on the back of his truck. We basically drove cross-country and slept in the back, when we pulled into Nashville we slept in a school parking lot for three days until we finally rented this apartment where the roof was caving in and mice were crawling all over. Kearney decided to stay in Nashville to record a few demos with Marvin and after a few months, by the end of the summer, we had three or four songs and I realized this is what I wanted to do. So I called home to Oregon and said, Im not coming back, on April 18,2006, Kearneys second album and major-label debut, titled Nothing Left to Lose, was released. It contains several reworked songs from Kearneys first album Bullet, as well as new material. The title track Nothing Left to Lose was the first single from the album, the single has sold over 500,000 copies and won numerous BMI awards. The track All I Need was featured on Greys Anatomy and NCIS and it peaked at No.94 on the Billboard Pop 100
30.
Meghan Trainor
–
Meghan Elizabeth Trainor is an American singer, songwriter, occasional rapper, musician and record producer. Born and raised in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Trainor wrote, recorded, performed, in 2011, she signed a publishing deal with Big Yellow Dog Music, and pursued a career in songwriting. After signing a deal with Epic Records in 2014, Trainor rose to fame with the release of her major-label debut studio album. Her second major release Thank You was released in 2016, preceded by its lead single No which peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, prominently influenced by the 1950s and 1960s eras in music, Trainors music has been noted for its retro style aesthetic. Common themes in her lyrics include subjects of modern womanhood, body image, Trainors work has been recognized with several awards and nominations, including a Grammy Award, Music Business Associations Breakthrough Artist of the Year accolade and two Billboard Music Awards. Meghan Elizabeth Trainor was born on December 22,1993 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Trainor has two brothers, Ryan and younger brother Justin. Trainor began singing at age six, initially singing with her father at church and she began writing music at age 11, starting with her own arrangement of the song Heart and Soul. Trainor attributes her early career progress to being born into a musical family, Trainors father was a music teacher and musician, and plays organ in a Methodist church. Her great-uncle Bob LaPalm was in a band with Al Anderson of the rock band NRBQ. At age 11, Trainor told her father that she wanted to become a recording artist and began writing songs and she did a lot by ear, her mother recalls. Her father encouraged her to various musical genres. At age 12, Trainor began performing as part of Island Fusion, a party band which performed covers, soca music. The band included her aunt, her brother, and her father. Trainor played piano, guitar, and bongo drum, and sang with the band for four years, by age 13, Trainor had written her first original song, Give Me a Chance. When she was in the grade, the family left Nantucket. They temporarily relocated to Orleans, Massachusetts before moving to North Eastham, Massachusetts, at Nauset Regional High, Trainor studied guitar and was a substitute cheerleader. Additionally, Trainor sang and played trumpet in a band for three years. At age 15, she took lessons from former NRBQ band member Johnny Spampinato
31.
Michael Bolton
–
Michael Bolotin, known professionally as Michael Bolton, is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton originally performed in the rock and heavy metal genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. He became better known for his series of pop rock ballads, Bolton was born Michael Bolotin in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Helen and George Bolotin. He has a brother, Orrin, and a sister, Sandra and his family was Jewish, and all of his grandparents had been immigrants from Russia. His parents were divorced when he was very young and this first album was self-titled using his original family name of Bolotin. Early in his career he focused on hard rock, with his band Blackjack once opening for heavy metal artist Ozzy Osbourne on tour. Indeed, in 1983, Bolton auditioned for, but was denied, narrowly missing the Top 10 on the US pop chart, Branigan took the song to number one on the Adult Contemporary chart for three weeks in 1983. The two sought to work each other again, and their next collaboration was when Bolton co-wrote I Found Someone for Branigan in 1985. Her version was only a hit, but two years later, Cher resurrected the song, and with it her own singing career. Bolton co-wrote several other songs for both singers, Bolton would achieve his greatest success in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a singer on the adult contemporary/easy listening charts. One of his first major hits was his 1987 interpretation of the Otis Redding classic the Dock of the Bay, reddings widow, Zelma Redding, said she was so moved by Boltons performance that it brought tears to my eyes. It reminded me so much of my husband that I know if he heard it, always interested in soul and Motown classics, Boltons success with that song encouraged him to tackle the standard Georgia on My Mind, with which he had another hit. In 1991, Bolton released the album Time, Love & Tenderness which featured his Grammy Award-winning cover version of When a Man Loves a Woman, as a songwriter, he has written and collaborated on several songs for other artists as well. Boltons last Top 40 single in the US in his own right was the 1997 hit Go the Distance and he hired conductor Larry Baird for his 2001 tour. In 2006, Bolton and his then fiancee Nicollette Sheridan sang a duet, The Second Time Around, in March 2007, Bolton toured South Africa for the first time. He was the act at Jacaranda 94.2 FMs two-day concert. For Over the Rainbow, an album which was recorded in five days, Bolton recorded the song New York, New York and this was for an episode of the TV series, Challenge Anneka. The proceeds from the album went to childrens hospices across the UK, Bolton performed a duet entitled Il Mio Amico with the Italian singer Anna Tatangelo at the Sanremo Music Festival 2008
32.
Olly Murs
–
Oliver Stanley Olly Murs is an English singer, songwriter, television presenter and actor. He rose to fame after finishing as the runner up in the series of The X Factor in 2009. He is currently signed to Epic Records in the United Kingdom, Columbia Records in the United States, in 2010, Murs released his debut single Please Dont Let Me Go, which debuted at number one on the UK Singles Charts and received a Gold certification by the BPI. It was Murs first number one single after You Are Not Alone with the other series 6 finalists and his second single from debut album Thinking of Me charted at number four on the UK Singles Charts and received a Silver certification by the BPI. Heart Skips a Beat was his second number-one single, Murs second single from his next album In Case You Didnt Know, Dance with Me Tonight, became his third to reach number one. The album went on to sell over 600,000 copies, in November 2011, Murs released his second album, In Case You Didnt Know, which entered the charts at number one and resulted in two number-one singles. As of December 2014, Murs has sold over 10 million records worldwide, in May 2011, it was announced that Murs would return to The X Factor to co-present the spin-off show The Xtra Factor with Caroline Flack. His autobiography, Happy Days, was published in October 2012, in November 2012, Murs released his third album Right Place Right Time, and released 6 singles from it, the first, Troublemaker, was his fourth number one. On 16 November 2014, Murs released his latest single, Wrapped Up featuring Gym Class Heroes Travie McCoy, Murs also announced that he would tour the UK in spring 2015. On 15 June, Murs released his fourth single Beautiful to Me in which the video included Game of Thrones actress Charlotte Hope. On 16 April 2015, it was announced that Murs would be reunited with Flack to replace Dermot OLeary as co-presenters of The X Factor from series 12, Murs hinted this at a concert in Dublin and also announced that he would be making a fifth album. Murs was born in Witham, Essex, the son of Vicky-Lynn and he has a twin brother, Ben Murs, and a sister, Fay Murs. His paternal great-grandparents were Latvian who moved to England after the Second World War and he attended Howbridge Junior School in Witham and Notley High School in Braintree, Essex where he was a striker in the schools football team. He also went to school with Next of Kin and played semi-professionally for Isthmian Division One North side Witham Town between 2006 and 2008 and he excelled for the clubs reserve team during the 2006/07 season, scoring 12 goals in 13 appearances and winning the Ridgeons Reserve Teams Cup. He made three first team appearances in the season, scoring once, but was forced to give up his football career following an injury. Prior to The X Factor, Murs worked as a recruitment consultant at Prime Appointments in Witham, and performed as part of a covers band called the Small Town Blaggers with a friend, Jon Goodey. He also appeared on the game show Deal or No Deal in 2007, where he won £10, he returned for a celebrity version of the show in 2012, which made him the only person to appear on it twice. Prior to his appearance on The X Factor, Murs was a part of a duo, The Small Town Blaggers, Goodey auditioned for the The X Factor in 2015, but was unsuccessful
33.
Pitbull (rapper)
–
Armando Christian Pérez, known by the stage name Pitbull or Mr. Worldwide, is an American rapper. His first recorded performance was on a solo track from Lil Jons 2002 album Kings of Crunk. In 2004, Pitbull released his debut album M. I. A. M. I and it included production producers Lil Jon and Jim Jonsin. Pitbull later released his second album El Mariel, in 2006 and his third, The Boatlift and his fourth album, Rebelution, included the hit single I Know You Want Me, which peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100. Pitbulls 2011 album Planet Pit, featured the single Give Me Everything and his 2013 track Timber from his Meltdown EP topped the charts in twenty nations, including the US and UK. He performed the song We Are One along with Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte, Armando Christian Perez was born on January 15,1981 to Cuban expatriates in Miami, Florida. When he was 3, he could recite the works of Cubas national hero and poet, José Martí, growing up, he was influenced by the Miami bass genre of pop music and has cited Celia Cruz and Willy Chirino as sources of inspiration for his music. Pérezs parents separated when he was young, and he was raised by his mother, he spent time with a foster family in Roswell. He attended South Miami Senior High School before graduating from Miami Coral Park High School and he said he chose his stage name of Pitbull because the dogs bite to lock. The dog is too stupid to lose, and theyre outlawed in Dade County. Theyre basically everything that I am, after meeting Lil Jon in Miami, Pitbull was featured on Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz album Kings of Crunk in 2002. Pitbulls song Oye was featured on the soundtrack to the film 2 Fast 2 Furious the following year, in addition, Pitbull released several mixtapes, composed of freestyles and remixes of popular rap music. Campbell featured Pitbull in his single, Lollipop, together they focused on creating a more radio-friendly sound. Fernandez later told HitQuarters, At that time his music had a lot of verses and took a time to get into the hook. Fernandez introduced Pitbull to Lil Jon, hoping to secure the rapper a small guest intro spot on Lil Jons upcoming album Kings of Crunk. According to Fernandez, Jon took a liking to Pérez and offered him a track k on the album and this track helped raise the young rappers profile. In 2004, Pitbull released his debut album M. I. A. M. I, with the lead single being Culo produced by Lil Jon and the Diaz Brothers. It peaked at No.32 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, other singles included Dammit Man, Back Up, Toma, and Thats Nasty
34.
RedOne
–
Nadir Khayat, better known by stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan-Swedish record producer, singer, songwriter and record executive. His production discography boasts many Billboard and international hits, which he produced, RedOne has established his own record label named RedOne Records. RedOne has been nominated for ten Grammy Awards, winning three and he was also awarded The Grammis Award for Producer of the Year, which is the Swedish equivalent to Grammy Awards. In 2009, he was the number one producer on the Billboard Hot 100, commonly, he produces pop, rock, dance, Eurodance and house genres. RedOne was born as Nadir Khayat in Tetouan, Morocco, in 1991, he immigrated to Sweden when he was 19, to pursue a career as a musician. Originally, he pursued his ambitions in Sweden by singing and playing guitar in various local rock bands for about four years from 1991 to 1995. He also acquired Swedish citizenship by naturalization, in 1995, he changed directions by opting to produce and write songs for other artists. Instrumental in helping him make this transition was Rami Yacoub, another fellow ex-rock musician, Yacoub, a Palestinian-Swedish songwriter/producer already enjoyed considerable success and was a well-established producer. Inviting RedOne to work him in the studio, he taught RedOne about programming and how the software works. During this period of cooperation, RedOne worked with the successful Swedish girl band Popsie writing their songs Funky and Joyful Life co-written and co-produced by Yacoub and he chose the alias RedOne, a pseudonym of the name of a friend of his, Redouan. RedOne then moved on to produce various Swedish and European pop acts, in 2001-2002, he co-produced, A*Teens, originally an ABBA teen tribute band that already had a huge hit with The ABBA Generation. After years of struggling, RedOne finally began to achieve recognition for his work in 2005 and he wrote two songs for Daniel Lindströms self-titled chart-topping album, Break Free and My Love Wont Let You Down. RedOne then had his first number one on Sverigetopplistan with Darin Zanyars Step Up, the song, co-written by RedOne, Darin, and RedOnes frequent collaborator Bilal Hajji, won them a Swedish Grammy and Scandinavian Song of the Year. He went on to co-produce Darins two albums The Anthem and self-titled album Darin alongside well-known producers like Ghost, Jörgen Elofsson, Arnthor Birgisson, RedOne had crossover success with the Canadian singer and Juno Award Carl Henry with hits I Wish and Little Mama. In the ensuing period, he went on to produce a number of Swedish and European pop acts. These included the Dutch pop band Ch. pz, Mexican teen group RBD, in 2006, RedOne produced the single Bamboo that was named an Official Melody for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In addition, The Fédération Internationale de Football Association made him the main producer and songwriter for the 2006 World Cup Official Music Program, RedOne also produced a mash-up remix of Shakiras Hips Dont Lie featuring Wyclef Jean and RedOnes Bamboo. The remix was performed by Shakira and Wyclef Jean at the World Cups Final in Berlin to a worldwide television audience of more than 1.2 billion
35.
Backstreet Boys
–
The Backstreet Boys are an American vocal group, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993. The group consists of AJ McLean, Howie D, Nick Carter, Kevin Richardson, and Brian Littrell. The group rose to fame with their international album, Backstreet Boys. In the following year released their second international album Backstreets Back. They rose to superstardom with their studio album Millennium and its follow-up album. After a two-year hiatus, they regrouped and released a comeback album Never Gone, after the conclusion of the Never Gone Tour in 2006, Richardson left the group to pursue other interests. The group then released two albums as a quartet, Unbreakable and This Is Us, in 2012, the group announced that Richardson had rejoined them permanently. In the following year they celebrated their 20th anniversary and released their first independent album, the group also released their first documentary movie, titled Backstreet Boys, Show Em What Youre Made Of in January 2015. The Backstreet Boys have sold over 130 million records worldwide, making them the boy band in history. They are the first group since Sade to have their first nine albums reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200, and they also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 22,2013. Howie Dorough and AJ McLean were natives of Orlando, Florida, the three, realizing that they could harmonize together, decided to form a trio. Cousins Kevin Richardson and Brian Littrell, both from Lexington, Kentucky, sang in church choirs and festivals when they were children. Richardson moved to Orlando in 1990, where he worked at Walt Disney World, eventually, he met Dorough, Carter, and McLean through a co-worker, and the four decided to form a group. In the course of all this, Lou Pearlman in 1992 placed an ad in the Orlando Sentinel to compose a vocal group, McLean, who was the first to audition for Pearlman in his living room, became the groups first member. In January 1993, Pearlman held a casting call and hundreds of young performers auditioned at his blimp hangar in Kissimmee. Eventually, Carter, Dorough, and Richardson were selected after meeting Pearlmans expectations, Littrell flew from Kentucky to Orlando to formally join the group on April 20,1993, a day after receiving a phone call from Richardson about it. Thus, April 20 became their anniversary date, Pearlman decided to call them Backstreet Boys, after Orlandos Backstreet Market, an outdoor flea market near International Drive which was also a teen hangout. The Backstreet Boys had their very first performance at SeaWorld Orlando on May 8,1993, the group then continued to perform in various venues during summer 1993, from shopping malls, restaurants, to a high-profile charity gala in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
36.
The Veronicas
–
The Veronicas are an Australian progressive pop, electropop, pop rock, pop punk and dance-pop duo from Brisbane, Australia. They were formed in 2004 by identical twin sisters Lisa and Jessica Origliasso, in addition to singing they are respectively a pianist and a guitarist. In 2005, The Veronicas released their studio album, titled The Secret Life of. Which peaked at two on the Australian Album Chart and was certified 4× platinum by Australian Recording Industry Association for selling over 280,000 copies. The album spawned five singles, led by 4ever, three of which were top ten singles in Australia. In 2007, the duo released their studio album, Hook Me Up. The album garnered four Australian top ten singles, the albums title track, Hook Me Up, was The Veronicas first number one single in Australia, while Untouched was an international top ten hit. Following a lengthy hiatus, in September 2014, The Veronicas released You Ruin Me, the song debuted at number one on the ARIA Charts, becoming the girls second chart topping single and their first to debut in the top spot. It also charted in United States and United Kingdom, the album was released both physically and digitally on 21 November 2014. In 2016, they hosted the ARIA Music Awards and their parents are of Italian and Australian heritage. In 2001, the twins made their first recordings with Brisbane producer. Stuart produced an EP in a electronic style, and a year later. In 2004, Lisa Origliasso and Jessica Origliasso were introduced to the Music Director of The Bell Hughes Music Group, Bell invited them to sign a publishing agreement with Excalibur Productions. Bell took them to meet the executives at Engine Room and they were signed to a production deal. Meetings were then arranged with Warner Bros. Records in the USA, seymour Stein and senior executives recognised that Bell had indeed discovered and developed a musical talent, signing them quickly to a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records/Sire America, for a sum of 2 million dollars. Regarding how they chose their name, Jess Origliasso stated, The name is something we thought about for a time and we wanted it to be a girls name. We were very conscious of not wanting to make it a twin thing and we didnt want it to be called the Lisas, either, singer Lisa Origliasso added
37.
Timbaland
–
Timothy Zachery Tim Mosley, known professionally as Timbaland, is an American record producer, singer, songwriter, rapper and DJ. Timbalands first full credit production work was in 1996 on Ginuwine. the Bachelor for R&B singer Ginuwine, after further work on Aaliyahs 1996 album One in a Million and Missy Elliotts 1997 album Supa Dupa Fly, Timbaland became a prominent producer for R&B and hip hop artists. As a rapper he released several albums with fellow rapper Magoo. A Timbaland-owned imprint label, Mosley Music Group, featured such as Nelly Furtado. In 2007, Timbaland released an album, Shock Value. As a songwriter he has written as of 2014,85 UK hits and 99 hits Stateside, Timbaland has received widespread acclaim for his production style. Timothy Zachery Mosley was born on March 10,1972 in Norfolk, Virginia, to Latrice, who ran a shelter, and Garland Mosley. He graduated from Salem High School of Virginia Beach, Virginia, during his time as a DJ, he was known as DJ Tim or DJ Timmy Tim. His brother, Sebastian, is reportedly around nine years younger and his sister Courtney Rashon is a makeup artist and author from New Jersey. While attending high school, Timbaland began a collaboration with rapper Melvin Barcliff. The teenage Mosley also joined the production ensemble S. B. I. which also featured Neptunes producer Pharrell, Mosley was also high school friends with brothers Terrence and Gene Thornton, who would become known as Pusha T and Malice of the rap group Clipse, respectively. In 1986, when Timbaland was 14 years old, he was shot by a co-worker at a local Red Lobster restaurant and was partially paralyzed for nine months. During this time, he began to learn how to DJ using his left hand, singer and rapper Missy Elliott heard his material and began working with him. She and her R&B group, Sista, auditioned for DeVante Swing, DeVante signed Sista to his Swing Mob record label and Elliott brought Mosley and Barcliff along with her to New York, where Swing Mob was based. It was DeVante who renamed the young producer Timbaland, after the Timberland brand of construction boots. He and Magoo became part of SCI Zakys School stable of Swing Mob signees known as Da Bassment crew, joining artists such as R&B singer Ginuwine, male vocal group Playa, and the girl group Sugah. Timbaland did production work on a number of projects with DeVante, including the 1995 Jodeci LP The Show, The After-Party, The Hotel, Elliott began receiving recognition as a songwriter for artists such as R&B girl group 702 and MC Lyte. Due to Timbalands connection with her, he was contacted to produce remixes of her songs
38.
Michael Keaton
–
Michael John Douglas, known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor, producer, and director. In 2017, Keaton will play the role of Marvel Comics supervillian the Vulture in Spider-Man and he previously received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance in Live from Baghdad and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for The Company. Keaton was awarded a Career Achievement Award from both the Hollywood Film Festival and Zurich Film Festivals, on January 18,2016, he was named Officer of Order of Arts and Letters in France. He is also a scholar at Carnegie Mellon University. Keaton, the youngest of seven children, was born in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania and his father, George A. Douglas, worked as a civil engineer and surveyor, and his mother, Leona Elizabeth, a homemaker, came from McKees Rocks. Keaton was raised in a Roman Catholic family and he is partly of Irish descent. He attended Montour High School in Pennsylvania, Keaton studied speech for two years at Kent State University, where he appeared in plays, before dropping out and returning to Pittsburgh. Keaton first appeared on TV in Pittsburgh public television programs, including Where the Heart Is and Mister Rogers Neighborhood and he also served as a full-time production assistant on the show. In 2004, following Fred Rogers death, Keaton hosted a PBS memorial tribute program, Fred Rogers, Keaton also worked as an actor in Pittsburgh theatre, he played the role of Rick in the Pittsburgh premiere of David Rabes Sticks and Bones with the Pittsburgh Poor Players. Keaton left Pittsburgh and moved to Los Angeles to begin auditioning for various TV parts and he popped up in various popular TV shows including Maude and The Mary Tyler Moore Hour. He decided to use a name to satisfy SAG rules, as there were already an actor. The claim that Keaton selected his new surname due to an attraction to actress Diane Keaton is incorrect and he chose Keaton because of an affinity for the physical comedy of Buster Keaton. Keatons film debut came in a small non-speaking role in Joan Rivers film Rabbit Test and his role as the fast-talking schemer Bill Blaze Blazejowski earned Keaton some critical acclaim, and he scored leads in the subsequent comedy hits Mr. Mom, Johnny Dangerously and Gung Ho. He played the character in Tim Burtons 1988 horror-comedy Beetlejuice, earned Keaton widespread acclaim. He originally turned down the role, then reconsidered like most of the cast and he now considers Beetlejuice his favorite of his own films. That same year, he gave an acclaimed dramatic performance as a drug-addicted businessman in Clean. Keatons career was another major boost when he was again cast by Tim Burton. Warner Bros. received thousands of letters of complaint by fans who believed Keaton was the choice to portray Batman
39.
Caroline McWilliams
–
Caroline Margaret McWilliams was an American actress best known for her portrayal of Marcy Hill in the television series Benson. Coincidentally, McWilliams had also appeared in its parent-series Soap as Sally and she was a regular on the CBS soap, Guiding Light for several years and appeared in a short-term role on the NBC soap Another World. She also had a role on Beverly Hills,90210 playing the mother of Jamie Walters character Ray Pruit. Although she was born in Seattle, McWilliams grew up in Rhode Island and she graduated in 1966 with a bachelors degree from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. She was married in 1982 to Michael Keaton, with whom she had a son, Sean, mcWilliamss television appearances spanned every decade from the 1960s through the 2000s. She was a player on Guiding Light as Janet Mason Norris from 1969 until 1975. She played a prostitute who helped an immigrant stay in the country on Barney Miller in 1977 and she was a semi-regular on Soap during the second season in 1978. She then appeared on Benson when that series premiered in 1979 and she remained on Benson until 1981, the storyline stated that her character was departing to get married. After this, she made a number of appearances in comedies. Caroline McWilliams at the Internet Movie Database
40.
Washington University in St. Louis
–
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1853, and named after George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all 50 U. S. states, twenty-five Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Washington University, nine having done the major part of their pioneering research at the university. Washington Universitys undergraduate program is ranked 19th by U. S. News & World Report, the university is ranked 23rd in the world in 2016 by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. Washington University is made up of seven graduate and undergraduate schools that encompass a range of academic fields. To prevent confusion over its location, the Board of Trustees added the phrase in St. Louis in 1976, Washington University was conceived by 17 St. Louis business, political, and religious leaders concerned by the lack of institutions of higher learning in the Midwest. Missouri State Senator Wayman Crow and Unitarian minister William Greenleaf Eliot, grandfather of the poet T. S. Eliot, the universitys first chancellor was Joseph Gibson Hoyt. Crow secured the university charter from the Missouri General Assembly in 1853, early on, Eliot solicited support from members of the local business community, including John OFallon, but Eliot failed to secure a permanent endowment. Washington University is unusual among major American universities in not having had a financial endowment. The institution had no backing of an organization, single wealthy patron. During the three following its inception, the university bore three different names. In 1854, the Board of Trustees changed the name to Washington Institute in honor of George Washington, naming the University after the nations first president, only seven years before the American Civil War and during a time of bitter national division, was no coincidence. During this time of conflict, Americans universally admired George Washington as the father of the United States, the Board of Trustees believed that the university should be a force of unity in a strongly divided Missouri. In 1856, the University amended its name to Washington University, although chartered as a university, for many years Washington University functioned primarily as a night school located on 17th Street and Washington Avenue in the heart of downtown St. Louis. Owing to limited resources, Washington University initially used public buildings. Classes began on October 22,1854, at the Benton School building, at first the university paid for the evening classes, but as their popularity grew, their funding was transferred to the St. Louis Public Schools. Eventually the board secured funds for the construction of Academic Hall, later the university divided into three departments, the Manual Training School, Smith Academy, and the Mary Institute. In 1867, the university opened the first private law school west of the Mississippi River. By 1882, Washington University had expanded to numerous departments, which were housed in buildings across St. Louis
41.
Cady Groves
–
Cady Groves is an American singer and songwriter from Marlow, Oklahoma. Some of her songs are Dreams, Crying Game, This Little Girl, Forget You. She has released four EPs since 2012 - A Month of Sundays, This Little Girl, Life of a Pirate and her latest effort Dreams was released in 2015 for free download in honor of her fans. Groves was born on July 30,1989, to Carol Pettit and her full siblings are Kevan Groves, Casey A. Groves, Cody W. Groves, Kyle Groves, Kelly D. Groves, and Kelsy Groves. She also has 3 more half-siblings, Adam Groves, Courtney Farmwald, one day, when her mother was outside cleaning the familys pool in the backyard, Groves marched outside and declared that she was going to be the next Britney Spears. Groves was inspired to follow her dreams after the death of her brother, another EP, The Life of a Pirate, followed in 2010, and as her social media pages began attracting impressive traffic, several major record labels began bidding for her services. In 2010, Groves signed with RCA, and set out on her first nationwide tour, opening a package show that featured Third Eye Blind, Good Charlotte. Groves eventually left RCA and signed with New York-based independent label Vel Records, in May 2015, Groves returned with a new self-released single and video for the song Crying Game, a dark, personal song inspired by her tumultuous childhood and strained family relationships. DreamsIhas been downloaded over 100,000 times via Soundcloud, and a video for the title track premiered at FUSE. tv in October 2015. Shortly after, Groves embarked on a 30-market High School Nation Tour, RCA paired Groves with several producers and songwriters as she began work on her first major-label album. She also collaborated with Stephen Jerzak on Better Than Better Could Ever Be, the song Oh Darling spent five weeks on the Billboard Rock Digital Songs Chart and peaked at #36. In 2011, Groves was featured on the single You and I by Secondhand Serenade, in 2015, a collaboration with Christian Burghardt took place, which led to the track Whiskey and Wine. Our Lady Peace Christina Aguilera Phil Collins Amy Grant Frank Sinatra Alanis Morissette Lynyrd Skynyrd Styx Groves has mentioned on multiple occasions that she had a rough childhood. Groves stated growing up was miserable, I was alone all the time. I had step dads in and out of my life constantly making promises, I had a brother who made my life a living hell. My whole family was miserable because of him, and its worse than any of you can even imagine. Groves lost her brother Casey Groves on October 23,2007, at the age of 28, Groves also lost her brother Kelly Groves on March 23,2014. He was also 28 years old, Groves covered the song Bring Back The Sun by Our Lady Peace on YouTube with the statement, My brother just died
42.
RCA Records
–
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
43.
In a World Like This
–
In a World Like This is the eighth studio album by the Backstreet Boys, released in 2013 through the bands own record label K-BAHN. A follow-up to 2009s This Is Us, it is the first album featuring all five original members since Kevin Richardson left the group in 2006 to focus on his family, Richardson rejoined the group in 2012. It was also their first independent album since leaving their old label Jive Records in 2010. The album debuted at five on the US Billboard 200, making the Backstreet Boys the first act since Sade to have nine US top 10 albums. On May 20,2013, the group released Permanent Stain as a promotional single, a free download of the song was offered with the purchase of a ticket for their In a World Like This Tour. The first single from the album, also titled In a World Like This premiered on Z100 New York on June 18,2013 and was released on June 25,2013, as of January 2015, the album has sold over 800,000 copies worldwide. On May 25th,2010, Backstreet Boys left their long-time label, the group then was looking to sign with Interscope Records, but the members couldnt agree on whether to take a one-album deal or a three-album deal. In March 2011, during a conference in Vietnam, the group stated that for the first time ever they have full creative control because they were no longer with Jive. In November 2011, after the US leg of NKOTBSB tour ended, Carter said in an interview that they were hoping to get an out in spring 2012. However, Carters sister Leslies unexpected death at the end of January 2012 made the once again postpone the recording until the end of February 2012 to give him time to cope with his loss. Howie Dorough stated later that month that they would not rush the album, on July 27,2012 the group held a lottery for fans to win a chance to hear rough mixes of their new album at their studio in London. On April 20,2013, during their 20th anniversary celebration event, the group previewed eight new songs, Soldier, In Your Arms, Show Em, Trust Me, Permanent Stain, Hot, Hot, Hot, Try, and Breathe. The following day, they posted a video containing the previews of six of the new songs on their YouTube channel, on May 15,2013, the group performed a song from the new album, Permanent Stain, for the very first time on Good Morning America. While on GMA they also announced that the purchase of each ticket for their In A World Like This Tour would include a download of Permanent Stain. They released a video of the song on their YouTube Channel the following day. In July 2012, Richardson stated in an interview that the album will be authentic and personal, and they also wrote a lot on it and a lot of the songs were based on their own life experiences. Carter said that the band didnt want to make a boy band album. Richardson also revealed that he wrote a song about his son and we want it to be a personal album about whats happening in our lives now
44.
The Game (rapper)
–
Jayceon Terrell Taylor, better known by his stage name The Game, is an American rapper and actor. The Game is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene and for being one of Dr. Dres signers under Aftermath Records. Born in Los Angeles, California, he released his first mixtape You Know What It Is Vol.1 in 2002, shortly after, he was signed to Dr. Dres Aftermath Entertainment label. He rose to fame in 2005 with the success of his debut album The Documentary. The Recording Industry Association of America certified The Documentary double platinum in March 2005. A rising artist in the 2000s, The Game was considered to be a force in bringing back the West Coast hip hop scene into the mainstream. The Game was placed into G-Unit by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, the Games second major label album Doctors Advocate was released on November 14,2006 and it became his second straight album to debut at number one on the U. S. Billboard 200 chart. Doctors Advocate did not feature any production from Dr. Dre, Pitchfork Media placed The Documentary at number 35 on their list of Top 50 Albums of 2005. The Game was nominated with a total of two nominations, including Grammy Award for Best Rap Song and Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for the smash single Hate It or Love It. The New York Times named Doctors Advocate best hip-hop album of 2006 and his next album LAX was released in 2008. With his eighth studio album The R. E. D, album, The Game again debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. In addition to music, The Game has starred in motion pictures, in September 2011, The Game started working on his ninth studio album, Jesus Piece, which was released on December 11,2012, his final album released by Interscope. After releasing a mixtape OKE, on October 12,2013, Birdman announced The Game had signed to Cash Money Records, however, The Game later refuted this claim. His latest album 1992 was released on October 14,2016, the Game was born Jayceon Terrell Taylor on November 29,1979, in Los Angeles, California. He grew up in Compton, a low-income crime-ridden city in Los Angeles County, in a primarily Crip gang neighborhood known as Santana Blocc, in an October 2006 interview with MTV News correspondent Sway Calloway, The Game described his family as dysfunctional. Taylor endured many hardships in his adolescence, at the age of 7, he was placed in foster care. At 13, one of his brothers, Jevon, was shot at a gas station. When he was 15, Taylor was removed from the care system and moved in with his mother
45.
Tattoos (album)
–
Tattoos is the third studio album by American singer Jason Derulo. The album was released on September 20,2013 through Beluga Heights Records and Atlantic Records and its important when someone thinks theyve figured you out to flip them. Derulo co-wrote every song on the album, also its production was handled by RedOne, Ricky Reed, DJ Frank E, Jonas Jeberg and Martin Johnson as well as others, to handle production for the album. This was the first album not to feature production from J. R. Rotem, in total Derulo had written over 300 songs and recorded between 100 and 120 songs for the album over a one-year period. Amongst those included are collaborations with rappers 2 Chainz, The Game and Pitbull, occasionally the album dips into other genres such adult contemporary and soul music. Tattoos was promoted with live renditions of the songs during The Tattoos World Tour. The album was preceded by the release of the lead single, a Joshua Ammo Coleman and Martin Johnson production called The Other Side. A second single, Talk Dirty, featuring American rapper 2 Chainz, was released on August 2,2013, stupid Love was released on March 24,2014, as the fifth overall single and is currently impacting charts. Upon its release, the album received mixed reviews from music critics. Tattoos debuted at five on the Australian Albums Chart and the UK Albums Chart. During that same week, an edition of Tattoos was released in the UK and Australia. I was not able to dance, I couldnt even really bop my head and its the simple things that you take for granted — not being able to perform for that amount of time, and also knowing that it could be gone in an instant. I wouldnt change the accident for anything because Ive grown so much from it, Derulo then decided to channel all of this creative energy into studio time, on writing and recording his third album. He had written over 300 songs, recorded between 100 and 120 of those songs for the album and had to narrow them down to 12. A very difficult process for him as he states I wanted to be sure that the album was a coaster ride. I wanted to be sure this album was far different from that one, I really wanted this album to be a direct representation of who I am. I didnt want to hide anything and this album, I wanted to tell a story. Tattoos was only released as a 5-track extended play, a full-length U. S. -exclusive version of the album titled Talk Dirty was released on April 15,2014, on July 23,2013, Derulo announced the title of third studio album would be Tattoos
46.
Beluga Heights Records
–
Beluga Heights Records is an American record label established by record producer J. R. Rotem. The label is known for working with musical artists such as Rihanna and Leona Lewis as well as discovering and developing new acts such as Sean Kingston, Jason Derulo. In August 2008, Beluga Heights moved to a new joint venture with Warner Bros, Records, where Jason Derulo, Auburn, and Iyaz were signed to the record label. The Beluga Heights phrase is found at the start of songs produced by the record label. Beluga Heights is also housed in the Chalice Recording Studios in Los Angeles, Sean Kingston Jason Derulo Iyaz Dawin J. R. R
