Adele
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, born on May 5, 1988 in Tottenham, North London. Started singing at the age of four, after heavily being inspired by the Spice Girls music group. Around the age of 14-15, Adele attended The Brit School of Performing Arts and Technology. One day while attending school, for a class project, Adele cut a Three-track demo. The demo eventually ended up being added to her Myspace page, where Xl recordings heard the track for the first time. Four months after Adele graduated in November 2006, XL Recordings called her up and she signed her first record deal (Biography.com). The Adele Adkins we know today, has received a boat load of awards, such as 10 Grammy Awards, 18 Billboard Awards, 8 Brit Awards, 3 Ivor Novello
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She was drawn to music with gospel, jazz, and blues influences. At the age of 16, Adele wrote her first song "Hometown Glory", premiered on her first album 19' in 2008. According to (axs.com), album 19' is classified as a seven times platinum in the UK, and double platinum in the united states. Alongside "Hometown Glory" there was another song that earned her a great deal of praise and success, which was "Chasing pavements", that really started her fame. After album 19' came out, Adele won the Brit Critic Choice award, and 6 Billboard awards alone for this album. "Chasing Pavements" was a big award winner as well, putting Adele at No.2 on the Uk boards in 2008 (Mic.com), and earning her 2 wins for the Grammys. One trophy for Best Female Pop Vocal performance and one for Best New Artist, both won in 2009 (Aceshowbiz.com). Soon after her first album in 2011, she presented yet another album, this one named 21' after her age. Album 21' featured songs such as "Rolling in the Deep", "Someone Like You", and "Set Fire To The Rain". "Rolling in the Deep" and "Chasing Pavements" earned Adele two top 5 singles and a pair of top 5 albums, all in one week (storify.com). According to (Aceshowbiz.com), Adele won several different awards, and received quite a few nominations for her hits, throughout years …show more content…
Her music has changed because over the years, she has grown and matured; meaning she has more to write about, more things to go on in her music. My favorite songs by Adele would have to be "Don’t you Remember", "Send My Love", "Chasing Pavements", and "Hello". I love these songs because she opens up In her songs, she allows people to feel what she's feeling or what she felt during that particular time in her life. Since she isn't public with her relationships, this is her way to show everyone what is really going on. Adele is an inspirational artist, who gives hope and advice through her songs, due to relationships. One song by Adele that I would say I disliked was "Skyfall". I couldn’t get the concept, of what the song actually meant. Even though it was written for a James Bond film, I still think that it should have had a meaning to
You might think that a woman with a pedigree and resume as impressive as this would have had a smooth ride all along. Not so. Says Janet, "I went through a great deal of pain from about sixteen to nineteen and a half… Pain that I really wouldn't wish upon anyone." During those years, challenging years for anyone, Janet released two albums, Janet Jackson (1982) and Dream Street (1984). She spent a difficult and lonely year away from her family in New York while appearing in "Fame," and by the time she was nineteen, had been through a divorce after a short-lived marriage to James DeBarge of another somewhat less famous singing family, the DeBarge Family.
In addition to her music career, Aiko has been nominated for three Grammy Awards, including for Best R&B song- ?The Worst? and for the Best Urban Contemporary Album- ?Sail Out?.
Named the most successful female music artist ever by the Guinness Book of World Records, Diana Ross has been one of the top RnB singers since the beginning of her career in 1959. Between her work with The Supremes and as a solo artist, she has released 53 studio albums and 70 singles. Ross continues to record and tour to this
Ella was born in Newport News, Virginia on April 25, 1917. When alled “The First Lady of Song” by some fans. She was known for having beautiful tone, extended range, and great intonation, and famous for her improvisational scat singing. Ella sang during the her most famous song was “A-tiscket A-tasket”. Fitzgerald sang in the period of swing, ballads, and bebop; she made some great albums with other great jazz artists such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Louis Armstrong. She influenced countless American popular singers of the post-swing period and also international performers such as the singer Miriam Makeba. She didn’t really write any of her own songs. Instead she sang songs by other people in a new and great way. The main exception
It’s no question that Janet Jackson is one of the most iconic and influential artist of all time. She has sold over 100 million albums; her tours have had some the highest selling debuts of all time, not to mention the chart topping hits she has created over the past 30 years. Janet’s presence alone is iconic. She has left an unforgettable impression on the music industry as a whole. Her music has affected fans and music lovers all around the world. Her influence is simply not a question it is a salutation to a musical icon that has embedded her legacy into musical history.
She is also known to the world as the “Queen of Soul”. She went on tour with her father’s traveling revival and later released her very first recording under the album, Spirituals, when she was 14 years old. Similar to Bessie Smith, Aretha Franklin was signed by Columbia Records. There she released several classics such as, I’ll Keep on Smiling and I Still Can’t Forget. Years later (1966) she signed to Atlantic Records where she recorded I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) and Respect which both sold millions. From the start of her career in 1961 she has had forty three top single and maybe more to come. Having won over eighteen Grammy awards in her career. In 1987, Ms. Franklin was the very first female artist to be inducted the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Grammys awarded her the Legend Award in 1991. In 1994 she was awarded the Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award and also received the Kennedy Center Honors. She has been nominated for nine American Music Award winning four out of her nine nominations. Aretha has performed at both Bill Clinton and Barack Obama presidential inaugurations. She has also been awarded different honorary degrees in music. There is no one who could manipulate the same sound that Aretha Franklin had into this new day
In terms of music, Demi Lovato has made an impact in the music industry. In 2017, she was ranked the #8 Top Female Artist (“Top Artists Female...”). She has released six albums, including her self-titled album which hit #1 on ITunes in over 50 countries during 2013. In 2016, her album Confident received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album (GRAMMY.com). Her song “Cool for the Summer” ranked #1 on ITunes in 37 countries within hours of its release. “Neon Lights” and
Then George, N. (2014) says The pop star, then 25, would take home eight Grammys for the album in February and break a Hot 10 o record for the most top 10 singles from the same album -- seven -- when the title track, buoyed by its groundbreaking John Landis-directed video, peaked at No. 4 on March 3.
...veral American Music Awards. Ross was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 as part of the Supremes” (Duckett, 2013). In 2007, she was also presented with an award for her hard work, when she received the BET Lifetime Achievement Award. Ross was honored by Michael Jackson in the year of 2009. He titled her as a possible caretaker for his children. The list goes on.
Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born on January 16, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York . Raised in Detroit , Michigan . Aaliyah Dana Haughton started voice lessons shortly after she learned to talk As a young actress/singer competed successfully on the television program Star Search at age 11. That same year, she performed with R&B legend Gladys Knight, the former wife of her uncle and manager, Barry Hankerson, at a five-night stand in Las Vegas.
Beyoncé born in September 4th 1981 is known for her fierce look and electrifying sound that has been present in the entertainment industry since she was 15 years of age. Beyoncé’s ability to perform with unparalleled confidence and exuberant passion has won her twenty Grammy awards, three world music awards, six American music awards, and eight billboard awards.
She quickly hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts, and sold 25 million copies of her album (“Britney Spears”). Spears received four awards at the 1999 Billboard Music Awards (“Britney Spears”). Next, she released her single, “Oops!... I Did It Again” in 2000, which was a huge hit (“Britney Spears”). She reached No. 1 insanely quick, and sold 1 million copies in one week (“Britney Spears”). Spears was beginning the path to an amazing career.
I need someone to let me be just who I am.” – Rihanna. Rihanna, from her very first music videos, has compelled public eyes as an effigy, an icon and a statement of music lifestyle. Her independent outlook, badass attitude mixed with a Caribbean accent has undoubtedly confined not only music but the whole popular culture of our time. Diamonds, We Found Love, Bitch Better, Have My Money and S&M are some of the top songs by this epic singer.
Britney was very successful from 1998 to 2000. During these years, things were changing for her. Britney was telling people about her “remaining a virgin until marriage” yet she was posing in pictures that convinced people to think otherwise. Her albums still continued to sell in the United States as well as in Europe. She embarked on many successful roads through 2003 (Wikipedia, 2011). Her public finally saw her as a woman not a girl.
Throughout her career, she has won many awards. Here is a list of the awards she has won. As you can see, she has been very successful in her career. (http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/taylor-swift/bio/285271)