BRYAN ADAMS

Bryan Guy Adams, OC, OBC (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 18 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also had 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television in 1992. He has also won MTV, ASCAP, and American Music awards. In addition, he has won two Ivor Novello Awards for song composition and has been nominated for several Golden Globe Awards and three times forAcademy Awards for his songwriting for films. Bryan Adams has sold nearly 70 million albums worldwide.

Adams was awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia for contributions to popular music and philanthropic work via his own foundation, which helps improve education for people around the world. He is a well known photographer.

Adams was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 1998, and in April 2006 he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at Canada's Juno Awards. In 2008, Bryan was ranked 38 on the list of All-Time top artists by the Billboard Hot 100 50th Anniversary Charts. On 13 January 2010, he received the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award for his part in numerous charitable concerts and campaigns during his career, and on 1 May 2010 was given the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for his 30 years of contributions to the arts.

Adams was born in Kingston, Canada, to English parents. From his grandmother he also inherited a Maltese ancestry. As Adams's father was a diplomat, he grew up traveling around the world with his parents. Subsequently, most of his youth was spent growing up in his parents' native England, Israel, Portugal, and Austria, part of the time in Cascais, Portugal, situated close to Lisbon, where he attended St Julians School. In 1973, Adams's family returned to Canada and momentarily settled down in Vancouver, British Columbia. He washed dishes, sold pet food, and worked in record stores, and at the age of 15, Adams quit school to play in nightclubs with bands like Shock and Sweeney Todd, who released an album called If Wishes Were Horses with the fifteen year old Adams as lead singer.

In 1978, at the age of 18, Adams sent a few demo recordings to A&M Records in Toronto. Not long afterwards he signed with them for the sum of one dollar. Some of the first demos written in 1978 have surfaced over the years, most notably "I'm Ready" (recorded for both the album Cuts Like a Knife and later his release for MTV Unplugged) and "Remember," which was recorded on his first album. Both songs were covered by other artists even before his first album was released. Also recorded during this time was Adams's first single, "Let Me Take You Dancing," which made the Canadian RPM chart in March 1979 (the b-side was entitled "Don't Turn Me Away").

The Adams/Vallance partnership wrote songs for many other artists notably Kiss, Prism, Bonnie Raitt, Rod Stewart,  Neil Diamond, Joe Cocker, Carly Simon, and Loverboy to name a few.

Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (born May 8, 1975), better known as Enrique Iglesias, is a Spanish pop music singer-songwriter.

Iglesias started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa. This helped turn him into one of the most popular artists in Latin America and in the Hispanic or Latino market in the United States, and the biggest seller of Spanish language albums for a number of years. Before the turn of the millennium, he made a crossover into the mainstream English language market, signing a unique multi-album deal with Universal Music Group for an unprecedented US$48,000,000, with Universal Music Latino to release his Spanish albums and Interscope to release English albums. In 2010, he parted with Interscope and signed with another Universal Music Group label, Universal Republic.

Iglesias has had four Billboard Hot 100 top five singles including two #1s, and holds the record for producing 21 number 1 Spanish-language singles on theBillboard's Hot Latin Tracks. Up until the release of his latest album, Euphoria, in 2010, he had sold over 55 million albums in both English and Spanish.

 Iglesias was born in Madrid, Spain, the third and final child of singer Julio Iglesias and socialite and magazine journalist Isabel Preysler. His mother is a Spanish-Filipino and his father is of Galician Spanish and Jewish ancestry. His parents divorced in 1978, and the following year Julio moved to Miami,Florida, in the U.S. to continue with his musical career.

In 1985, Enrique Iglesias' grandfather, Dr. Julio Iglesias Puga was kidnapped by the terrorist group ETA. For their safety, Enrique and his brother Julio Iglesias Jr. were sent to live with their father in Miami. He also lived in Belgrade, Serbia, for one year with his mother, who worked as a journalist. As his father's career kept him on the road, the young Iglesias was raised by the family nanny. He attended Gulliver Preparatory School and went on to study business at the University of Miami.

Iglesias did not want his father to know about his plans for a musical career and did not want his famous surname to help advance his career. He borrowed money from his family nanny and he recorded a demo cassette tape which consisted of a Spanish song and two English songs. Approaching his father's former publicist, Fernan Martinez, the two promoted the songs under the stage name 'Enrique Martinez' with the backstory of being an unknown singer from Guatemala. Iglesias was signed by a record label called Fonovisa. After dropping out of college, he went to Toronto to record his first album

Nelly

Cornell Haynes, Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American hip hop recording artist.

He has performed with the rap group St. Lunatics since 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly made his solo debut in 2000 with Country Grammar, the title track of which was a top ten hit. The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 and went on to peak at #1. Country Grammaris Nelly's best-selling album to date, selling over 8.4 million copies in the United States. His following album, Nellyville, produced the number-one hits "Hot in Herre" and "Dilemma" featuring Kelly Rowland. Other singles included "Work It" featuring Justin Timberlake, "Air Force Ones" featuring Murphy Lee and the St. Lunatics, "Pimp Juice", and "#1".

With the same-day dual release Sweat and Suit (2004) and the compilation Sweatsuit (2006), Nelly continued to generate many chart-topping hits. Sweatdebuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 342,000 copies in its first week. On the same week of release, Suit debuted at number one selling around 396,000 copies in its first week on the same chart. Nelly's fifth studio album, Brass Knuckles, was released on September 16, 2008 after several delays. It produced the singles "Party People", featuring Fergie, "Stepped on My J'z" and "Body On Me", featuring Akon and Ashanti.

In 2010, Nelly released the album 5.0. The lead single, "Just a Dream", has appeared in the top ten of several singles charts and were certified platinum in the United States. The second single is "Move That Body" featuring T-Pain and Akon. "Gone" is the sequel to Nelly's 2002 worldwide number one single "Dilemma", also with Rowland, and serves as third single from Nelly's album.

He won Grammy Awards in 2003 and 2004 and had a supporting role in the 2005 remake film The Longest Yard with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock. He has two clothing lines, Vokal and Apple Bottoms. He has been referred to by Peter Shapiro as "one of the biggest stars of the new millennium", and the RIAA ranks Nelly as one of the best-selling male artists in American music history, with 21 million albums sold in the United States.On December 11, 2009, Billboard ranked Nelly the #3 Top Artist of the Decade.

 Nelly was born in Austin, Texas, where his father was serving in the military. When he was seven, his parents divorced. Nelly moved with his mother from inner city St. Louis to suburban University City, Missouri as a teenager. While still in high school, Nelly formed the St. Lunatics, who enjoyed local popularity with their single "Gimme What Ya Got". When a major record deal failed to appear, Nelly decided to go solo. He was soon signed to Universal Music Group, which released his major label debut Country Grammar in 2000. The success of its title track as a single (#7 on the Hot 100 and #1 Hot Rap Tracks) led to the album debuting at number three in the Billboard 200 in the U.S. Other singles from the album included "E.I.", "Ride Wit Me", and "Batter Up". The album was certified 9× platinum by the RIAA on April 27, 2004.

AC/DC

AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard rockand are considered a pioneer of heavy metal, they have always classified their music as rock and roll. To date they are one of the highest grossing bands of all time. AC/DC underwent several line-up changes before releasing their first album, High Voltage, in 1975. Membership remained stable until bassist Mark Evans was replaced by Cliff Williams in 1978 for the album Powerage. Within months of recording the album Highway to Hell, lead singer and co-songwriter Bon Scott died on 19 February 1980, after a night of heavy alcohol consumption. The group briefly considered disbanding, but Scott's parents urged them to continue and hire a new vocalist. Ex-Geordie singer Brian Johnson was auditioned and selected to replace Scott. Later that year, the band released their highest selling album, Back in Black.

The band's next album, For Those About to Rock We Salute You, was their first album to reach number one in the United States. AC/DC declined in popularity soon after drummer Phil Rudd was fired in 1983 and was replaced by future Dio drummer Simon Wright, though the band resurged in the early 1990s with the release of The Razors Edge. Phil Rudd returned in 1994 (after Chris Slade, who was with the band from 1990–1994, was asked to leave in favour of him) and contributed to the band's 1995 album Ballbreaker. Stiff Upper Lip was released in 2000 and was well received by critics. Since then, the band has stayed the same with the 1980–1983 lineup. The band's next album, Black Ice, was released on 20 October 2008. It was their biggest hit on the charts since For Those About to Rock, reaching #1 on all the charts eventually. AC/DC's newest album, Iron Man 2, soundtrack to the film, was released on 19 April 2010.

As of 2010, AC/DC have sold more than 200 million albums worldwide, as of the releases of their latest albums, Black Ice and the Iron Man 2soundtrack, including 71 million albums in the United States. Back in Black has sold an estimated 49 million units worldwide, making it the highest-selling album by any band and the second-highest-selling album in history, behind Thriller by Michael Jackson. The album has sold 22 million in the US alone, where it is the fifth-highest-selling album. AC/DC ranked fourth on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" and were named the seventh "Greatest Heavy Metal Band of All Time" by MTV. In 2004, AC/DC were ranked number 72 in the Rolling Stone list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".

Brothers Malcolm, Angus, and George Young were born in Glasgow, Scotland, and moved to Sydney with most of their family in 1963. George was the first to learn to play the guitar. He became a member of the Easybeats, one of Australia's most successful bands of the 1960s. In 1966, they became the first local rock act to have an international hit, with the song "Friday on My Mind".Malcolm followed in George's footsteps by playing with a Newcastle, New South Wales, band called the Velvet Underground (not to be confused with the New York–based Velvet Underground).

Malcolm and Angus Young developed the idea for the band's name after their older sister, Margaret Young, saw the initials "AC/DC" on a sewing machine. "AC/DC" is an abbreviation meaning "alternating current/direct current" electricity. The brothers felt that this name symbolised the band's raw energy, power-driven performances, and a love for their music. "AC/DC" is pronounced one letter at a time, though the band are popularly known as "Acca Dacca" in Australia

AVRIL LAVIGNE

Avril Ramona Lavigne (pronounced /ˈævrɨl ləˈviːn/; born 27 September 1984) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, fashion designer, actress and philanthropist. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent the majority of her youth in the small town, Napanee, Ontario. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain, and by 16, Lavigne had signed a recording contract with Arista, now RCA Records. Record executive Antonio "L.A." Reid offered her a two-album deal worth more than $2 million. When she was 17 years old, Lavigne broke onto the music scene with her debut album, Let Go, released in 2002.

Let Go made Lavigne the youngest female soloist to reach #1 in the UK, and the album was certified four-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. As of 2009, over 16 million copies had been sold worldwide, more than 6 million of which were sold in the United States. Her breakthrough single, "Complicated", peaked at #1 in many countries around the world, as did the album Let Go. Her second album, Under My Skin, was released in 2004 and was her first album to peak at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 , eventually selling more than 10 million copies worldwide. The Best Damn Thing, Lavigne’s third album, was released in 2007. This album gave Lavigne her third #1 album in the UK Albums Chart and featured her first U.S. Billboard Hot 100 single, "Girlfriend". Lavigne has scored a total of five #1 singles worldwide, including "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi", "I'm With You", "My Happy Ending" and "Girlfriend". Lavigne has sold more than 30 million copies of her albums worldwide[1] and is currently one of the top-selling artists releasing albums in the U.S., with over 10.25 million copies certified by the RIAA.[2] Billboard named Lavigne the #10 pop artist in the "Best of the 2000s" chart, and she was listed as the 28th overall best act of the decade based on album sales, chart success, and cultural relativity in the U.S.[3][4] Her fourth studio album, Goodbye Lullaby, will be released in March 2011, with the first single to be released in January.

Lavigne branched out from recording music, pursuing careers in feature film acting and designing clothes and perfumes. She voiced a character in the animated film, Over the Hedge, in 2006. That same year, she made her on-screen feature film debut in Fast Food Nation. In 2008, Lavigne introduced her clothing line, Abbey Dawn; and in 2009, she released her first perfume, Black Star, which was followed by her second perfume, Forbidden Rose, in 2010. Her third fragrance is due out in August 2011. In July 2006, Lavigne married her boyfriend of two years, Deryck Whibley, lead singer and guitarist for Sum 41. The marriage lasted a little over three years, and in October 2009, Lavigne filed for divorce. Whibley and Lavigne have continued to work together after the divorce, with Whibley producing her upcoming fourth album, as well as Lavigne's single, "Alice", written for Tim Burton's film Alice in Wonderland.

Early lifeAvril Ramona Lavigne was born in Belleville, Ontario, the daughter of Judith-Rosanne "Judy" (née Loshaw) and Jean-Claude Lavigne. Her father, who is of French Canadian descent,[5] named her Avril after the French word for the month of April.[6] She has an older brother, Matthew, and a younger sister, Michelle.[7] A daughter of a working-class family,[8] Lavigne, at the age of two, began singing church songs along with her mother. When Lavigne was five years old, the family moved to Napanee, Ontario,[6] a town with an approximate population of 5,000.[9][10][11] Although she struggled with paying attention in school, sometimes kicked out of class for misbehaving, her parents were supportive of her singing. Her father bought her a microphone, a drum kit, a keyboard, several guitars, and converted their basement into a studio. When Lavigne was 14, her parents would take her to karaoke sessions.[12] Lavigne also performed at country fairs, singing songs by Garth Brooks, The Dixie Chicks, and Shania Twain. She also began writing her own songs. Her first song was called "Can't Stop Thinking About You", about a teenage crush, which she described as "cheesy cute".[13]

“ I’ve known all my life that this is what I was supposed to do.... Visualizing like what it would be like to be famous with my music. And always just dreaming, always daydreaming. ” 

—Avril Lavigne, NBC News[12]

In 1998,[11] Lavigne won a radio contest to perform with fellow Canadian singer Shania Twain at the Corel Centre (now Scotiabank Place) in Ottawa, before an audience of 20,000 people.[6][9] Twain and Lavigne sang "What Made You Say That",[6] and Lavigne told Twain she was going to be "a famous singer".[9] During a performance with the Lennox Community Theatre, Lavigne was spotted by local folk singer Stephen Medd. He invited her to contribute vocals on his song, "Touch the Sky", for his 1999 album, Quinte Spirit. She later sang on "Temple of Life" and "Two Rivers" for his follow-up album, My Window to You, in 2000. In December 1999, Lavigne was discovered by her first professional manager, Cliff Fabri, while singing country covers at a Chapters bookstore in Kingston, Ontario.[6][9] Fabri sent out VHS tapes of Lavigne's home performances to several industry prospects, and Lavigne was visited by several executives.[14] Mark Jowett, co-founder of the Canadian management firm Nettwerk, received a copy of Lavigne's karaoke performances recorded in her parents' basement,[15] and arranged for Lavigne to work with Peter Zizzo in New York during the summer of 2000, where she wrote the song "Why?". It was on a subsequent trip to New York that Lavigne was noticed by Arista Records.

GRACE POTTER

Born in Waitsfield, VT, loveliness Potter grew up in a family tree with the intention of encouraged her artistic pursuits in areas from composition to acting, the latter of which she was studying by St. Lawrence University as drummer Matt Burr heard her singing by an open-mike night in 2002 and asked if she would form a belt with him. She declined, but as her high-school supporter and bass player Courtright Beard enrolled in their college, she reconsidered the challenge, and the three of them began to enter and go jazz-influenced songs, Potter furthermore taking duties on the Hammond B-3. Soon, guitarist Scott Tournet tied, and the bandmembers, calling themselves loveliness Potter & the Nocturnals -- thankfulness to their late-night practice lifestyle -- began to think sincerely in this area making composition their careers. When Burr graduated in 2003, they resolute to move back to Vermont to approximately ground with the intention of Potter's parents owned and dedicate themselves more fully to their craft, replacing Beard (who chose to stay by school) with Bryan Dondero in the process. Inside 2004 they self-released their introduction, Original Soul, receiving clear response and comparisons to artists like Norah Jones and ahead of schedule Bonnie Raitt. This in curve garnered major-label offers, but the belt preferred to build its fan corrupt by constant touring and festival appearances. Word of their thrilling performance apply, and shortly with their following baby book, Nothing But the Water -- furthermore self-released -- came made known in 2005, loveliness Potter & the Nocturnals signed to Hollywood Records, with their third full-length, This Is Somewhere, hitting shelves nationally in eminent 2007. Inside 2010, loveliness Potter & the Nocturnals was released; Hollywood pulled made known all the stops in order to break the belt globally. Marisa brunette, Rovi

 album: "Nothing But The Water" (2005)   

Toothbrush And My Table
Some Kind Of Ride
Ragged Company
Left Behind
Treat Me Right
Sweet Hands
Joey
2:22
All But One
Nothing But The Water (I)
Nothing But The Water (II)


"This Is Somewhere
Ah Mary
Stop The Bus
Apologies
Ain't No Time
Mr. Columbus
You May See Me
Lose Some Time
Mastermind
Here's To The Meantime
Falling Or Flying
Big White Gat

"Grace Potter & The Nocturnals"


Paris (Ooh La La)
Oasis
Medicine
Goodbye Kiss
Tiny Light
Colors
Only Love
Money
One Short Night
Low Road
That Phone
Hot Summer Night
Things I Never Needed

Rhydian

Rhydian Roberts (born 14 February 1983), popularly common as Rhydian, is a Welsh baritone and crossover artiste in the United Kingdom. Classically skilled, he rose to fame in 2007 as a runner-up on The X Factor. Since so therefore, he has released two bestselling albums, completed a UK tour (2009), and made gala and charity appearances in his native Wales and on the Royal Albert Hall, London. Dressed in in the wee small hours 2010, he embarks on a major Europe and UK arena tour of The War of the Worlds - Alive On Stage!. Projects in favor of 2011 include the UK tour of We spirit shake You and a up-to-the-minute recording wedding album in February.

Biography

Rhydian Roberts was born in Sennybridge,celebrateds, Wales and attended the Pontsenni Cylch Meithcomediand subsequently went on top of Ysgol y Bannau Welstaughtmediate drill in Brecon. He represented the drill and Powys in the UsubsequentlyGobaith Cymru Eisteddfod from the age of fthrough He maintained his relatives with the Urdd whilst next to Llandovery College (where he becnext toe head boy)[1] and as a universivoguish much-lamented-lamented. An accomplished sportsman and intense rugby union player, he played rugby union pro the Gwernyfed Rprocasino, nearby Brecon, as a junior adesirefterwardkepro his drill-fangled,albumnbaby bookcket pro Powys County Junior teams.[2] "My design was to be a trained player pro the Swansea RFC Ospreys (rugby team)," he says. "From the age of ten with the purpose of was all I might think something like – and I wasn't interested in singing whichever more." He embarked on a stringent implement programme and was "a leisure center extreme who might bench-press 386lbs next to 16."[3]

Birmingham Conservatoire
After principles in a small drill in South Africa at some stage in his gap day, Rhydian won a bursary to the Birmingham Conservatoire next to University of Central England (now celebrated as Birmingham City University). Director of Theatre Studies Michael Barry commented with the purpose of "Rhydian was a star pupil next to the Conservatoire from the very opening."[4] He to begin with taught with Adrian Clarke and subsequently with Christine Cairns. He beat 13 other second-year vocal students from UK composition colleges to grow to be the to begin with scholar from outside London to win the Kathleen Ferrier Society Bursary pro Young Singers. A judging panel of internationally-renowned singers hailed his "formidable talent" and his "immediate connection with the audience". Other awards incorporated the Reginald Vincent Lieder Prize, the 2007 Mario Lanza Educational Award,[5] and the Cecil Drew Oratorio Prize. Having been recommended in his instant day by Barry pro interview by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's (CBSO) Musical Director Sakari Oramo, Rhydian played Morales in the CBSO's semi-staged Carmen. He safe leading roles in in effect all of the Conservatoire's operas and musicals,[6] counting Charley in Merrily We Roll Along[7] and the title role in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde[8] After graduating in 2007 with first-class honours, Rhydian auditioned pro the BBC talent contest Any Dream desire Do.[9]

The X Factor (2007)

At his interview pro The X Factor, Rhydian was openly self-assured and ambitious. Judges found him both perplexing and talented. Ironically, it was his eventual adviser Dannii Minogue who gave the no more than "no" choose next to the while,[10] while Sharon Osbourne was reported to carry out found him arrogant, although these tensions softened in while.[11] Later in the chain, Simon Cowell averred: "[Rhydian] is incredibly polite and polite. He stands not at home as he has an incredible voice. But in attendance is veto arrogance or conceit. He's a very competent guy, and in truth I think he is very insecure."[12] Rhydian himself had allegedly been anxious with the purpose of film restriction might generate unfavourable municipal perception of him. He described his portrayal as with the purpose of of a "pantomime villain", and film clips of him often incorporated "The Phantom of the Opera" song singing in the background.[13]
Notwithstanding his fears, Rhydian eventually won greater than municipal outlook. Overhauling his image, he impressed as a spectacular and unpredictable perpetrator, and "his brand white beard and flamboyant dress good judgment made him an audience favourite immediately"[14] His appearances incorporated:
A thorough theatrical story of "The Phantom of the Opera", something like which consider Louis Walsh opined, "You've got star quality, you've got presence, and this show's available to vary your life."[15]
Shirley Bassey's version of Pink's "Get The Party Started" in a fur coat and sequin-covered suit[16]
The Village People's version of "Go West" in Navy Officer uniform surrounded by male back up singers in sailor outfits.[17]
At this purpose, judges expressed worry with the purpose of his camp theatrical presentation was opening to overshadow his vocal performances. Subsequently, while still counting dancers and pyrotechnics, Rhydian toned down his onstage actions.
Eventually, Rhydian became the favourite to win,[18] performing, amongst others, "You Raise Me Up, " "The Impossible Dream" (later the keynote track of his introduction baby book, Rhydian) and "I Vow to Thee, My Country." His rendition of "Somewhere" stirred consider Dannii Minogue to tears: "I can't even be fluent in, with the purpose of was so beautiful."[19] Of his "Bridge Over Troubled Water", Simon Cowell alleged "Rhydian, I ideas with the purpose of was bloody fantastic ... And I think probably your paramount performance, if not THE paramount performance of the competition so far."[20]
He duetted in the final with Katherine Jenkins, whom he had long all the rage.[21] Despite dying as runner-up,[22] Rhydian was free a recording contract with Sony BMG by Simon Cowell the after that date.

Career

Rhydian devoted much of 2008 to his introduction baby book, the eponymous Rhydian,[23] and performed next to not public functions worldwide. UK arrangements incorporated the Welsh Grand Slam celebrations and the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year Awards. He performed "Music of the Night" pro greater than 30,000 populate in Hyde Park to mark Andrew Lloyd Webber's 60th Birthday.[24] Having heard Rhydian sing, HRH Prince Charles invited him to grow to be a patron of The Prince's Trust. He sang next to the Children of Courage Awards Ceremony next to Westminster Abbey.[25] Guesting next to The X Factor finals, Rhydian performed "The Impossible Dream," the head track of Rhydian. The baby book was declared the highest advertising baby book by a male chart newcomer in 2008. [26] Rhydian duetted on "Have Yourself a Merry small Christmas" with Charlotte place of worship on the seasonal special of her chat musical.2009 motto more than 600,000 albums sold and the emit of Rhydian's instant baby book, O Fortuna.[28][29] He and fulfilled a 24-date solo tour of the UK.[30] For the BBC, he appeared on Songs of Praise; pro S4C he recorded his own television special, followed by the documentary Rhydian, One Year On.[31] Rhydian again entertained the Royal Family, next to "The Prince's Trust Celebrates Success" Awards,[32][33] and starred in the BBC's Children in Need charity telethon. At the 2009 Liverpool Summer Pops Festival, he headlined a concert pro 11,000 fans in the Echo Arena.[34][35] voguish December, he crooked on the Christmas light in Hull.

JUSTIN BIEBER

Justin Drew Bieber born evolution 1, 1994 is a Canadian  pop R&B singer. Bieber was exposed in 2008 by Scooter Braun , who happened to get nearer across Bieber's videos on YouTube  and afterward became his administrator. Braun arranged in favor of him to suffer with Usher  in Atlanta, Georgia , and Bieber was soon signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), a seam venture stuck between Braun and Usher, and so therefore to a recording contract with Island Records  presented by L.A. Reid

His introduction single, "One Time", was released worldwide at some stage in 2009, and charted contained by the top 30 in ended ten countries. It was followed by his introduction free, My World , on November 17, 2009, which was certified platinum in the United States, making him the to start with performer to control seven songs from a introduction photo album chart on the Billboard Hot 100 His to start with gorged studio free, My World 2.0 , was released on evolution 23, 2010 and has since usual related hit; it debuted next to numeral solitary and contained by the top ten of several countries and was certified platinum in the United States. It was preceded by the worldwide top-ten single, "Baby ," in January 2010.

 Early life

Bieber was born on evolution 1, 1994, in London, Ontario  and was raised in Stratford, Ontario. Bieber's tend, Pattie Mallette, was 18 years old while she became pregnant with her son. Mallette, who worked a string of low-paying agency jobs, raised Bieber as a single tend. However, Bieber maintains make contact with with his father, Jeremy Bieber.Like he grew, Bieber trained himself to performance the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet. Taking part in in the early hours 2007, while he was twelve, Bieber sang Ne-Yo's "So Sick" in support of a resident singing competition in Stratford and placed be with.  Mallette posted a film of the performance on YouTube in support of their personal and links to go to see. She continued to upload videos of Bieber singing covers of various R&B songs, and Bieber's popularity on the spot grew.

Career

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Eagles (band)

Eagles are an American rock strap formed in Los Angeles, California in 1971 by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner.
With five run to solitary singles, six Grammies, and six run to solitary albums, the Eagles were solitary of the a good number lucrative recording artists of the 1970s. At the end up of the 20th century, two of their albums, Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) and Hotel California, ranked in the midst of the 20 best-selling albums in the U.S. According to the Recording Industry Association of America. Hotel California is ranked 37th in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and the strap was ranked #75 on the magazine's 2004 register of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[2] They additionally own the paramount advertising cassette in the U.S. With Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975), which sold more than 29 million copies.
The Eagles broke up in July 1980, but reunited in 1994 in place of Hell Freezes Over, a mix of live and spanking studio tracks.They own toured now and then since followed by, and were inducted into the pitch and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Appearing in 2007, Eagles released stretched Road exposed of Eden, their to begin with broad studio cassette in 28 years. The cassette would top the cassette charts, statement five singles on the Adult Contemporary Charts and win the strap two Grammies. The subsequently day they launched The stretched Road exposed of Eden Tour in support of the cassette.



First incarnation

The crew began to form as Linda Ronstadt and then-manager John Boylan recruited session musicians Glenn Frey and Don Henley in the spring of 1971.[3] Randy Meisner and Bernie Leadon would join her band of performers by the summer tour.[3] The first Eagles would mess about simply a long time ago concurrently as a live group help Ronstadt (for a July concert by Disneyland),[3] but all four appeared on her eponymous 1971 photograph album.[4] After their tenure with Ronstadt and with her encouragement, they resolute to form their own crew, signing with Asylum Records, the original label ongoing by David Geffen. Geffen and partner Elliot Roberts plus at the start managed the crew.
[edit]Eagles (1972)


Eagles in 1972 (l-r) Leadon, Meisner, Henley, Frey.
The group's eponymous presentation photograph album was recorded in England in February 1972 with producer Glyn Johns[3] and released on June 17, 1972. Eagles was a breakthrough accomplishment, docile three Top 40 singles. The initially single and command track, "Take It Easy", was a song on paper by Glenn Frey and his national and fellow country-folk rocker Jackson Browne. Browne had on paper the majority of the song, up until the line "I'm station on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, such a fine sight to see", anywhere he was followed by hindered. Frey added the after that line, and Browne continued to buff the take a break of the song. The song reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and propelled the Eagles to glory. The single was followed by the bluesy "Witchy Woman" and the soft people rock ballad "Peaceful Easy Feeling", charting by #9 and #22 correspondingly.
The Eagles were a major force in popularizing the Southern California people rock sound. Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 make a list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" ranked Eagles by add up to 374.[5]
[edit]Desperado (1973)


Eagles on stage deceased on back cover of Desperado photographed by Henry Diltz. (The two extra "bodies" are J.D. Souther [far right] and Jackson Browne [far left].)
Their following photograph album, Desperado, was themed on Old West outlaws, drawing comparisons involving their lifestyles and the lifestyles of novel rock stars. This photograph album introduced the group's penchant pro conceptual songwriting. It was through the recording sessions so as to Don Henley and Glenn Frey began journalism with all other, co-writing 8 of the album's 11 songs, as well as two of the group's as a rule in style songs: "Tequila Sunrise" and "Desperado". The bluegrass songs "Twenty-One," "Doolin' Dalton" and the ballad "Saturday Night" showcased guitarist Bernie Leadon's abilities on the banjo, guitar and mandolin.
Throughout the photograph album, the story of the notorious Wild West "Doolin-Dalton" gang was the most important focus, featuring in the songs "Doolin-Dalton," "Bittercreek" and "Desperado". The photograph album was with a reduction of doing well than the initially, feat simply #41 on the US pop photograph album charts, and docile simply 2 singles, "Tequila Sunrise", which reached #61 on the Billboard charts, and "Outlaw Man", which peaked by #59.
The photograph album noticeable a major substitute to the crew, with Henley and Frey co-writing the bulk of the photograph album, a pattern so as to would maintain pro years to turn up. Subsequently, the match up began to dominate the crew in expressions of leadership and songwriting, whirling the focus of the crew away from Leadon and Meisner despite beforehand presumptions so as to it would be Leadon and Meisner who would steer the crew.[6]
[edit]On the Border (1974)
For their after that photograph album, On the Border, Henley and Frey wanted the crew to break away from the people tune chic they were acknowledged pro, heartbreaking more towards relentlessly rock. Initially, the Eagles ongoing rancid with Glyn Johns producing, but he tended to underscore the blossoming edge of their double-edged tune. After completing simply two songs, the crew twisted to document Szymczyk to food the take a break of the photograph album. Szymczyk brought in Don Felder to add slide guitar to a song called "Good Day in Hell", and the crew was so impressed so as to two days shortly they invited Felder to befall the fifth Eagle. He appeared on simply lone other song on the photograph album, the uptempo divide song "Already Gone", anywhere he performed the guitar twosome with Glenn Frey. On the Border yielded a No. 1 Billboard single ("Best of My Love"), which smack the top of the charts on progression 1, 1975, right the Eagles' initially of five chart toppers.
The crew plus played by the famous California Jam festival in Ontario, California on April 6, 1974. Attracting done 200,000 fans, appearing alongside 70's rock giants Black Sabbath, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Deep Purple, Earth, Wind & Fire, Seals & Crofts, Black Oak Arkansas, and Rare Earth. Portions of the demonstrate were broadcast on essentials Television in the US, exposing the crew to a wider audience.
[edit]One of These Nights (1975)

The Eagles released their fourth studio photograph album, One of These Nights, on June 10, 1975. It was their keep going photograph album to introduce founding affiliate Bernie Leadon, who would leave the band through the One of These Nights tour. Leadon was disenchanted with the direction the band's tune was free. Leadon co-wrote two songs on the photograph album, "I Wish You Peace," which he wrote with Patti Davis and sang command vocals on. He plus wrote the instrumental, "Journey of the Sorceror". Leadon would be replaced by guitarist Joe Walsh, who had previously been with the James Gang and Barnstorm bands, as well as a solo comedian in his own permission. With the departure of Leadon, the Eagles' beforehand people sound almost completely disappeared and the crew stimulated on to a harder sound with the addition of Felder and shortly Walsh. The photograph album would show to be a breakthrough photograph album pro the crew, making them international superstars. It would plus start in on a succession of four consecutive No. 1 albums. It plus extend displayed the dominant songwriting joint venture of Don Henley and Glenn Frey. The initially single from the photograph album was the title track, which became the following straight single pro the crew to top the charts. The song has been prominent by Frey as his all count favorite Eagles regulate. The following single would be "Lyin' Eyes", the single reached No. 2 on the charts and won the crew its initially Grammy pro "Best Pop Performance by a duo or band with vocal". The third and final single would be "Take It to the Limit," which was on paper by Randy Meisner, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey. It facial appearance Meisner on command vocals and reached No. 4 on the charts, it would plus befall the Eagles' initially single to be certified gold. The crew launched a enormous worldwide tour to support the photograph album. It would eventually be nominated pro photograph album of the time.