Showing posts with label songwriter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label songwriter. Show all posts

Friday, April 22, 2011

Carole King - American singer, songwriter, and pianist

http://the-american-history.blogspot.com/Carole King is an one of the American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen plan hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, several of which have become standards. As a singer, King's album Tapestry topped the U.S. album chart for 15 weeks, in 1971, and remain on the charts for further six years. She was most successful as an artist in the first half of the 1970s, although she was a winning songwriter long before and long after. She had her first No. 1 hit as a songwriter in 1961, at age 18, with "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", which she write down with Gerry Goffin. In 2000, Joel Whitburn, a Billboard Magazine pop music researcher, named her the most winning female songwriter of 1955-99, because she wrote or co-wrote 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100.

King has complete 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry. Her most current non-compilation album is Live at the Troubadour, teamwork with James Taylor, which reached #4 on the charts, in its first week, and has sold over 400,000 copies. She has won four Grammy Awards and was introduce into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her songwriting. In 2009, Carole King was inducted into the "Hit Parade" Hall of Fame. She holds the record for the greatest time for an album by a female to remain on the plan and the longest time for an album by a female to hold the #1 position, both for Tapestry.

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Birth name

Carol Klein

Date Of Birth

February 9, 1942

Place Of Birth

New York City, New York, United States

Genres

Folk rock Pop

Occupations

Singer-songwriter

Instruments

Piano, Vocals, Guitar

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Britney Spears - Singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, record producer

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Britney Spears is an American recording performer and entertainer. She began performing as a child, landing acting character in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her presentation album ...Baby One More Time in 1999. During her initial decade within the music industry, she became a famous figure in mainstream popular music and popular culture, followed by a much exposed personal life. Femme Fatale album was debuted at #1 on Billboard 200. This finished Spears the only female artist ever to have six number one debut albums, and have seven albums debut in the top two spots.

Spears have sold over 100 million records worldwide; make her one of the best selling music performer in the history of contemporary music. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the eighth top-selling female artist in the United States, with 32 million qualified albums. Spears is also known as the best selling female artist of the first decade of the 21st century, as well as the fifth overall. She was grade the 8th Artist of the 2000s by Billboard. In June 2010, Spears was ranked sixth on Forbes list of the 100 Most Powerful and powerful celebrities in the world; she is also the third most mention musician on the internet, according to Forbes.

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Birth name

Britney Jean Spears

Date of Birth

December 2, 1981

Place Of Birth

McComb, Mississippi, U.S.

Genres

Pop, dance-pop

Occupations

Singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, record producer, author, fashion designer, video director

Instruments

Vocals, piano

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Nicki Minaj - songwriter

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Onika Tanya Maraj, better recognized by her stage name Nicki Minaj, is a Trinidadian hip hop and R&B recording artist and songwriter. She first saw fame when she signed a record contract with Young Money Entertainment and then later Cash Money Records. She has successfully out her first debut album, which charted at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Minaj was exposed by fellow American rapper Lil Wayne, Minaj signed a deal with Young Money Entertainment. After signing the deal, Minaj began working on her debut album, titled Pink Friday, which chart at number-two on the US Billboard 200, kept off the top mark by Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

Minaj became the first artist forever to have seven songs within the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time. Her second single, "Your Love", reached number-one on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart, construction Minaj the first female artist to top the chart unaccompanied since 2002. Minaj became the first female performer to be included on MTV's Annual Hottest MC List One month after the release of Pink Friday, Minaj's album gained a Platinum qualifications in the United States. Minaj is recognized for collaborating with numerous artists and guest raps on many popular singles.

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Birth name

Onika Tanya Maraj

Origin

New York, New York, United States

Genres

Hip hop, R&B

Occupations

Rapper, singer-songwriter

Monday, February 21, 2011

Kesha - American pop singer and songwriter

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Kesha Rose Sebert, better recognized by the mononym Kesha, is an American pop singer and songwriter. In 2005, at eighteen, Kesha was sign to Dr. Luke's record label, Kemosabe Entertainment, and publish company. Although an active musician since then, singing background vocals and writing songs for further artists, her breakthrough only came in early 2009 after show on Flo Rida's number one single, "Right Round." Her entrance single, "Tik Tok", released in late 2009, attain number one in eleven countries. Her debut album, Animal, was out in January 2010 and debuted at number one in the US, Canada and Greece.

By September, Kesha had sold two million album worldwide and out three more top ten singles from Animal. The album was re-released with a companion extensive play, Cannibal, in November, precede by the chart topping guide single, "We R Who We R". Kesha has quote artists such as Madonna, Debbie Harry, Queen, Johnny Cash, Aaron Neville, Bob Dylan and Beastie Boys as musical power. Her music incorporates fundamentals of dance-pop, and she uses a spoken word rapping style on several songs.

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Birth name

Kesha Rose Sebert

Date Of Birth

March 1, 1987

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, United States

Genres

Electropop, dance-pop

Occupations

Singer, songwriter

Instruments

Vocals, piano, guitar