Bryan Adams: A Brief Introduction

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Birth name: Bryan Guy Adams
Born: 5 November 1959 (age 54)
Instruments: Vocals, guitar, piano, bass guitar, harmonica, dobro
Years active: 1976–present

Brief Introduction

Bryan Guy Adams, OC OBC (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, producer, actor, social activist, and photographer. As one of the world's best-selling music artists and the best-selling Canadian rock artist of all time, Adams has been one of the most successful figures of the world of popular music during last three decades and as a singer, he's known for his strong husky vocals and energetic live performances.

Adams rose to fame in North America with his album Cuts Like a Knife and turned into a global star with his 1984 album Reckless. In 1991, he released his popular Waking Up the Neighbours album which included "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You", one of the best-selling singles of all time.

For his contributions to music, Adams has garnered many awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations, 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, American Music awards, two Ivor Novello Awards for song composition and has been nominated five times for Golden Globe Awards and three times for Academy Awards for his songwriting for films.

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.

Adams was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in March 2011 and 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.

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Black Eyed Peas: A Brief Introduction

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Origin: Los Angeles, California, United States
Years active: 1995–present


Members 


Brief Introduction

The Black Eyed Peas are an American hip hop group, consisting of rappers will.i.am,apl.de.ap, Taboo, and singer Fergie. Originally an alternative hip hop group, they subsequently added R&B, pop and EDM/dance influences. Although the group was founded in Los Angelesin 1995, it was not until the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003 that they found widespread acclaim and achieved high record sales. Since that time, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the Black Eyed Peas were the second-best-selling artist/group of all time for downloaded tracks, with over 42 million sales as of the end of 2011.

Their first major hit was the 2003 single "Where Is the Love?" from Elephunk, which topped the charts in 13 countries, including the United Kingdom, where it spent seven weeks at number one and went on to become Britain's biggest selling single of 2003. Another European hit single from the album was "Shut Up". Their fourth album, Monkey Business, was an even bigger worldwide success, certified 4× Platinum in the U.S., and spawning four singles, "Don't Phunk with My Heart", "Don't Lie", "My Humps" and "Pump It". In 2009, the group became one of only 11 artists to have simultaneously held the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on the Billboard Hot 100, with their singles "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling", which topped the chart for an unprecedented 26 consecutive weeks. This album The E.N.D. later produced a third Hot 100 number-one placement with "Imma Be", making the group one of few to ever place three number one singles on the chart from the same album, before being followed with "Rock That Body" and "Meet Me Halfway", which peaked in the Top 10 of the Hot 100. "I Gotta Feeling" became the first single to sell more than one million downloads in the United Kingdom.

The Black Eyed Peas were ranked 12th on Billboard's Decade-End Chart Artist of the Decade, and 7th in the Hot 100 Artists of the Decade. At the 52nd Grammy Awards ceremony, held in January 2010, they won three awards out of six nominations. In November 2010, they released the album The Beginning. In February 2011, the group performed at the Super Bowl XLVhalftime show. The album's first two singles, "The Time (Dirty Bit)" and "Just Can't Get Enough", became international hits and topped the charts in many countries. The single "Don't Stop the Party" became an international hit too.

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Fergie: A Brief Introduction

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Birth name: Stacy Ann Ferguson
Born: March 27, 1975 (age 38)
Instruments: Vocals
Years active: 1984–present
Associated acts: Wild Orchid  The Black Eyed Peas

Brief Introduction

Fergie Duhamel (born Stacy Ann Ferguson; March 27, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, fashion designer, television host and actress. She is the female vocalist for the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas, with whom she has achieved chart success worldwide. Her debut solo album, The Dutchess(2006), spawned five Billboard Hot 100 top five singles, three of which went to number one.

Ferguson was a member of the children's television series Kids Incorporated and the girl group Wild Orchid. In 2001, she left the group and in the subsequent year began to team up with The Black Eyed Peas. With The Black Eyed Peas, she enjoyed a series of hits and albums before releasing her solo debut album in September 2006 to success. The Black Eyed Peas enjoyed further success with the release of their third album with Ferguson, The E.N.D. (2009); they attained their first string of Billboard Hot 100 number one songs. She began touring in 2009/2010 with her group and she launched her debut fragrance,Outspoken, under Avon in May 2010 and has since released three more fragrances.

She continued success with The Black Eyed Peas and they released the album The Beginning (2010), which featured three singles, including two number one songs. As Ferguson's five solo singles and six singles with The Black Eyed Peas have reached two million downloads in the United States, Ferguson was the artist with the most two-million sellers by the beginning of 2011.

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Madonna: A Brief Introduction

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Born: Madonna Louise Ciccone
August 16, 1958 (age 55)
Residence: New York City, U.S.
Other names: Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone (Catholic Confirmation name)
Occupation: Singer-songwriter; dancer; author; director; entrepreneur; record producer;
philanthropist; actress
Net worth:  US $500 million (estimate as of September 2013)
Religion: Catholicism
Spouse(s): Sean Penn (m. 1985–89; divorced);
Guy Ritchie (m. 2000–08; divorced)
Partner(s): Carlos Leon (1994–97)
Children: 4
Relatives: Christopher Ciccone (brother)

Musical career
Instruments: Drums; guitar; percussion; synthesizer; vocals
Years active: 1979–present
Associated acts: Breakfast Club; Emmy

Brief Introduction

Madonna Louise Ciccone (/tʃɪˈkoʊneɪ/ chi-koh-nay; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. One of the most prominent cultural icons for over three decades, she has achieved an unprecedented level of power and control for a woman in the entertainment industry. She attained immense popularity by pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery in her music videos, which became a fixture on MTV. Madonna is known for continuously reinventing both her music and image, and for retaining a standard of autonomy within the recording industry. Music critics have praised her diverse and innovative musical productions which have also been known to induce controversy. Cited as an influence among numerous artists around the world, she is often referred to as the "Queen of Pop".

Born in Bay City, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy in the late 1970s and early 1980s, she signed with Sire Records (an affiliate of Warner Bros. Records) in 1982 and released herself-titled debut album the following year. She followed it with a series of commercially successful albums, including the Grammy Award winners Ray of Light (1998) and Confessions on a Dance Floor(2005). Throughout her career, she has written and produced most of her songs, with many of them having hit number one on the record charts, including "Like a Virgin", "Into the Groove", "Papa Don't Preach", "Like a Prayer", "Vogue", "Frozen", "Music", "Hung Up", and "4 Minutes".

Madonna's popularity was further enhanced by her critically successful role in film Desperately Seeking Susan (1985). However, most of her film appearances received harsh feedback. She garnered critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Evita(1996). Her other ventures include: fashion design, writing children's books, and film directing and producing. She has been acclaimed as a businesswoman, most notably after she founded entertainment company Maverick (including the label Maverick Records) in 1992 as a joint venture with Time Warner. In 2007, she signed an unprecedented US $120 million 360 deal with Live Nation.

Madonna has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and is recognized as the best-selling female recording artist of all time by Guinness World Records. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century and the second best-selling female artist in the United States, with 64.5 million certified albums. Billboard ranked her at number two, behind only The Beatles, on the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists, making her the most successful solo artist in the history of American singles chart. The magazine also declared her as the top-touring female artist of all time. Madonna topped the VH1's list of "100 Greatest Women in Music" and was selected among the "25 Most Powerful Women of the Past Century" by Time. She became one of the five founding members of the UK Music Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in her first year of eligibility.

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Cheryl Cole- Stand Up [3 Words]

~*Stand Up*~


Cause I came here to dance
I'm gonna put up my hands
And stand up, stand up
Cause I came here to dance
I'm gonna put up my hands
And stand up, stand up
Get up, get up
When the music gets a hold of you
Get up, get up
When the music gets control of you
Get up, get up
When the music gets a hold of you
Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up

I can see the light calling me out
I can see the search light spinning around
I can feel the home where I belong
I can feel the music turning me on
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (on)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (turning me on)

Cause I came here to dance
I'm gonna put up my hands
And stand up, stand up
Cause I came here to dance
I'm gonna put up my hands
And stand up, stand up
Get up, get up
When the music gets a hold of you
Get up, get up
When the music gets control of you
Get up, get up
When the music gets a hold of you
Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up

I've got this emotion covering me
While moving in the fast lane taking the lead
There's nowhere to hide. feeling this strong
I can feel the music turning me on
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (on)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (turning me on)
Turning me on

Cause I came here to dance
I'm gonna put up my hands
And stand up, stand up
Cause I came here to dance
I'm gonna put up my hands
And stand up, stand up
Get up, get up
When the music gets a hold of you
Get up, get up
When the music gets control of you
Get up, get up
When the music gets a hold of you
Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up

Ok Cheryl let's dance, cause I just cut my advance
'So I can slide on my Louboutins'
And I'm gonna put on my brand new vans
And take it to the club
I don't give a what, and you don't give a what
We going while out like we just got paid
Looking so fresh in our Rockstarr shades

Cause I came here to dance
I'm gonna put up my hands
And stand up, stand up
Cause I came here to dance
I'm gonna put up my hands
And stand up, stand up
Get up, get up
When the music gets a hold of you
Get up, get up
When the music gets control of you
Get up, get up
When the music gets a hold of you
Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up


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Pitbull: A Brief Introduction

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Birth name: Armando Christian Pérez
Born: January 15, 1981 (age 33)
Occupations: recording artist; record producer
Instruments: Vocals
Years active: 2001–present

Brief Introduction

Armando Christian Pérez (born January 15, 1981), better known by his stage name Pitbull, is a Cuban–American recording artist and Latin Grammy winning rapper from Miami, Florida. He has released seven albums and one EP. His first recorded mainstream performance was on a solo track from Lil Jon's 2002 album Kings of Crunk, which featured Pitbull rapping over Jon's production. In 2004, Pitbull released his debut album titled M.I.A.M.I. (short for Money Is A Major Issue), under TVT Records; the album included production from high-profile producers Lil Jon and Jim Jonsin. Pitbull later released his second album El Mariel, in 2006 and his third, The Boatlift, in 2007. In 2009, his fourth album Rebelution, spawned the hit single "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)". Pitbull's 2011 album Planet Pit, featured the single "Give Me Everything", which was his first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. The song reached #1 worldwide and featured fellow artists Ne-Yo, Nayer, and Afrojack. Pitbull also released "Timber" in October 2013 from his EP album Meltdown and was a global hit, reaching #1 in many countries and making it to #1 in US Billboard Hot 100 and #1 in UK for a total of twenty #1 positions worldwide. The song has charted worldwide making it his second one to do so.He performed the song in different award show including American music awards in which he was the host. Pitbull has performed as a featured artist on there mixes of other hit singles such as "Tik Tok", "Scream & Shout", "Lo Hecho Esta Hecho", "Bad", "Papi", "Diamonds", "How Low", "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)", "Video Phone", "Over To You Now", "Bumpy Ride", and "Dark Horse".

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Rihanna: A Brief Introduction

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Born: Robyn Rihanna Fenty
February 20, 1988 (age 26)
Residence: New York City, U.S.
Occupation: Recording artist, songwriter, actress, fashion designer
Years active: 2004–present
Net worth:  US$ 90 million


Musical career

Instruments: Vocals
Associated acts: Chris Brown Drake Eminem Jay-Z Ne-Yo

Brief Indroduction

Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988), known by her stage name Rihanna (/riˈɑːnə/ ree-ah-nəor /riˈænə/ ree-an-ə), is a Barbadian recording artist, actress, and fashion designer. She was born inSaint Michael, Barbados, and her career began when she met record producer Evan Rogers through mutual friends in late 2003 and recorded demo tapes under Rogers's guidance. Her demo tape was sent to several record labels, and she subsequently signed a contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning for its president, rapper Jay-Z. Her debut album, Music of the Sun (2005) and its follow-up A Girl Like Me(2006) both peaked in the top ten on the Billboard 200 chart. The albums spawned the Billboard Hot 100top two hit single "Pon de Replay" and her first Hot 100 number-one "SOS".

Her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), and its chart-topping lead single "Umbrella" were major breakthroughs in her career that brought her to widespread prominence. The album and its Reloadedversion (2008) produced the worldwide hit singles "Don't Stop the Music", "Take a Bow", and "Disturbia". The record was nominated for nine Grammy Awards, winning Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Umbrella". Following a highly-publicized altercation with then-boyfriend Chris Brown, she released her fourth studio album, Rated R, in November 2009. It was followed by three more albums: Loud (2010), Talk That Talk(2011), and her first Billboard 200 number one album Unapologetic (2012). That same year, she appeared in her first theatrical feature film, Battleship. Many of her songs rank among the world's best-selling singlesof all time, such as "Umbrella", "Take a Bow", "Disturbia", "Only Girl (In the World)", "S&M", "We Found Love", and "Diamonds". In addition to her solo work, Rihanna has collaborated with numerous other artists, including being featured on the worldwide hits "Live Your Life" (with T.I.), "Run This Town" (with Jay-Z andKanye West), "Love the Way You Lie" and "The Monster" (both with Eminem).

Rihanna is known for consistently reinventing her style and image, most notably since her third albumGood Girl Gone Bad. Her work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including sevenGrammy Awards, eight American Music Awards, 22 Billboard Music Awards, and two BRIT Awards. She has sold over 30 million albums and 120 million singles worldwide, making her one of the best-selling artists of all time. She has achieved thirteen number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the youngest and fastest solo artist to achieve the feat. Billboard named her the Digital Songs Artist of the 2000s decade and the top Hot 100 artist of the 2010s decade. In 2012, Forbes ranked her the fourth most powerful celebrity of the year, with earnings of $53 million between May 2011 and May 2012. The same year, TIME named Rihanna one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. On November 24, 2013, Rihanna was presented with the first ever American Music "Icon" Award.

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