terça-feira, 2 de junho de 2009

Goo Goo Dolls


Goo Goo Dolls is a rock band formed in the United States in 1986 in Buffalo. Its members are Johnny Rzeznik (vocals and guitar), Robby Takac (bass and vocals) and Mike Malinin (Tutuska substitute for George on drums). With a blend of alternative pop rock, the trio achieved success in the 1990s. His fifth album, A Boy Named Goo was the first commercial success of the band. Rzeznik, orphan who started to live alone 15 years, played in several local bands, and made a course for the aspiring plumber. In the past the band is not called Goo Goo Dolls, but Maggots Fri. The co-founder and drummer George Tutuska decided leave the band and was replaced by Mike Malinin. In the late 1990's the band has become well recognized by the song "Iris", soundtrack of the movie City of Angels and track of the album Dizzy Up the Girl.


domingo, 31 de maio de 2009

Coldplay


Coldplay is a rock band formed in 1998 in London, England, known for their melodic songs and lyrics retrospectives. The Coldplay has a sound close to other artists such as Radiohead, Oasis, Jeff Buckley and Travis. Other influences are a-ha, U2, REM, Pink Floyd, John Lennon, The Smiths, Sparklehorse, The Stone Roses, Tom Waits, The Flaming Lips, Neil Young, Echo and the Bunnymen and, more recently, Johnny Cash. Before his death, Cash was actually invited by the band to record a song before, but not had the opportunity to do so. The band's first album, Parachute, left in 2000 and gained notability by unique style melancholy and introspection that converge in the lyrics, guitar, violin and piano with drums and bass tone confessional discreet. The most popular track of the disk is Yellow, more explicit declaration of love from all of the disk. Since the release of A Rush of Blood to the Head, their second album, Coldplay have also supported the various political causes. They advocate for the campaign "Make Trade Fair" from Oxfam and Amnesty International. The band also participated in various charity projects such as "Band Aid 20", the "Live 8" and "Teenage Cancer Trust." Chris Martin also protested against the invasion of Iraq and supported John Kerry. In 2005, the third album X & Y is released after nearly a year of waiting. It was the best selling disc of that year, nearly 8 million copies. The disc name is the ups and downs of life, Martin said: "My whole day is a mixture of optimism and pessimism in its most extreme forms. And this is for me X & Y, are two sides. I like the fact that they are very strong letters, very clear. " The latest work released in 2008 is called "Viva La Vida, Chris Martin said in an interview that he chose this name based on their last tour in Latin America especially in Brazil. In "Viva La Vida" Coldplay the worked together with producer Brian Eno (legendary producer of Achtung Baby, U2's fourth disc). Some songs were left out of the album, including "Lhuna" written in partnership with austaliana Kylie Minogue. Other songs were released on a EP called Prospekt's March.

Chris Brown


Christopher Maurice Brown (Tappahannock, Virginia on May 5, 1989), better known as Chris Brown is a singer of pop, R & B and Hip hop, and great dancer and actor norte-americano. Chris Brown debuted as a singer with the single "Run It!", Produced by Scott Storch, and attended by Juelz Santana. His first album, titled Chris Brown, has sold 3 million copies around the world, with only 2 million in the United States. Currently, disclosure is working on the second album of his career, Exclusive, which had five singles so far: Wall to Wall, Kiss Kiss, With You, Take You Down and Forever. Son of Joyce Hawkins and Clinton Brown, has won fans of hip-hop, rap, funk and R & B around the world. In his first single, Run It, the boy from Virginia came to the top of the parade of the famous [[BInserir non-formatted text aquiillboard]]. Beyond, the success of another of his debut disc, Yo (Excuse Me Miss) is listed among the most played. One of those responsible for the boom of Chris is the famous producer Scott Storch, who has worked with 50 Cent, Lil Kim and Mario. Storch, really like to produce hits. Most of the songs that the big names in hip-hop pop world. There was no doubt that the kid would win the famous producer and rappers. In November 2005, Chris Brown, released his first album for Jive Records. In it, the rapper can display all your repertoire with 14 great songs and some shares. One is the singer: Juelz Santana, the singer's biggest hit, Run It. Your 4th of music work, Say Goodbye is totally different from the previous two, is romantic, is more of an R & B romantic which is another style of Chris, and Funk, Hip-Hop and Rap.

domingo, 24 de maio de 2009

Alanis Nadine Morissette


Alanis Nadine Morissette (Ottawa, June 1, 1974) influenced by the sound of Tori Amos and Sinéad O'Connor, released from the rock in 1995 with the release of Jagged Little Pill, classic album that had the cooperation of Flea the Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction. Songwriter confessional letters and visceral sound with oscillating between folk / pop and alternative rock, Alanis has become the spokesman of a youth who, in the late 90, not identified with the superficiality of dance music and not with aggressiveness of grunge. Morissette has a sound very similar to that of artists like Cranberries, Garbage and Fiona Apple. Tori Amos, Liz Phair, Barenaked Ladies, Garbage, Matchbox 20 and Alexi Murdoch already played together on tour with Alanis during his career. His first album after the adolescent stage, Jagged Little Pill was a tremendous success, almost all the tracks became hit: "You ought Know" - became his anthem - "Ironic," "You Learn", "Head Over Feet." Received six signs for the Grammy (for Best Rock Female Vocal, Best Performance, among others) and won three Video Music Awards on MTV, to the impressive mark of nearly 30 million copies sold. Jagged Little Pill is a disc of songs aggressive and heavy, where the singer opted for simple voice, guitar, bass, drums and lyrics autoanalíticas often pessimistic. After an extensive tour and talked, Alanis took holidays in India and then composed the album supposed Former Infatuation Junkie , Launched in 1998. The song "Thank U" was the highlight of the disc, produced more than the last, and exploring alternative rock songs with heavy as "Sympathetic Character", "Baba," "Can not Not" and "Joining You". It is considered the favorite album of fans. Also participated in 1999, the controversial film Dogma where he played the role of God. Lance still Jagged Little Pill Live, with scenes and excellent versions, a summary of his first tour film made from the various day-to-day banda, showing the raw side of living with a rock band. The following year recorded the MTV Unplugged-MTV in a special set of acoustic format. With this release, the singer came back on the list of most sold worldwide. A cover for the classic "King of Pain", from The Police, the track "uninvited", originally recorded in the track of the movie City of Angels, plus new versions of the biggest hits of his career, made of one of Alanis Morissette and more successful singers of all time. In this album, Alanis opts for a more complex range of sounds with percussion and strings, and their successes before heavy movements gain more melodic and delicate arrangements for guitar. Also launched the CD Under Rug Swept, with more mature compositions, which, however remember the feminist theme of his first album. The album has hits like "Hands Clean" and "Precious Illusions", and also contains the song "Utopia", released for free over the Internet in homage to the dead in the attacks of 11 September 2001. Dean De Leo of Stone Temple Pilots collaborated with Alanis on this album. Also launching later, the CD and DVD Feast on Scraps showing the album's tour earlier in the same style of your video Jagged Little Pill. The songs "Unprodigal Daughter," "Sister Blister", "Bent 4 U" and "Sorry To Myself" is the highlight of this EP / DVD. In 2004, Alanis launches the album So-Called Chaos, produced by itself: the less acclaimed album of his career regarding the fans. She says, again, faith, composing songs that summarize their efforts and after its maturity. But the disc is a collection of songs together to provide advice and save a few songs are: "8 Easy Steps", "doThis I Protest Too Much." "I really taking to explore both sides of an issue in some songs here," he confesses. "Each side interests me both as a person, and as author, or so I may be schizophrenic. Both cases may be true, of course. " On June 13, 2005 your most successful CD, Jagged Little Pill, completed 10 years of launch, and Alan takes the time to write commemorative Jagged Little Pill Acoustic, which combines 12 disk versions desplugadas and reflective of the album's most famous track music of singer. In the same year, Alanis Morissette recalls big hits of his career with the Collection The collection, which includes among the songs recorded before the cover of "Crazy", the singer Seal. The album also hit the stores in a special edition containing a DVD with a documentary about the singer. Also in 2005, Alanis composed the song "Wunderkind" for the soundtrack of the movie The Chronicles of Narnia, which gave an indication to the world of gold. "Flavors of Entanglement" launched in 2008 in collaboration with Guy Sigsworth Frou Frou's extinct, which produced for Imogen Heap and Björk, is an album of electronic rock, and different from the past in terms of sonority. Alanis following his confessional line, but this time, with beats and loops. Highlight for "Citizen Of The Planet", "Tapes" and "Versions Of Violence". In a deluxe edition of "Flavors", Alanis released b-sides precious as "Madness", "Orchid" among others. Alanis was on tour the U.S. opening the concerts of the band Matchbox 20 in the album release, and is in its own tour for North America. Alexi Murdoch opens the shows.

James Morrison


James Morrison released his debut album of "undiscovered" in 2006. This launched him to the spotlight with only 21 years. The success they achieved in their homeland, the United Kingdom, secured him the top position in the list of "Top Selling Hard" in the region, in the first week in which the work left. The critical praise for its voice earned him comparisons with names like Stevie Wonder. Otis Redding, Cat Stevens, Van Morrison and Al Green are part of their musical heritage, to which is added by the father's influence, influences of American folk by Leadbelly or Woody Guthrie. Nevertheless, the children of James Morrison, past the small English town of Rugby, was far from being happy, being marked by poverty and disease. Later when he started to compose their songs, the singer played all kinds of tasks to earn some money. Thanks to a representative of the publisher Polydor, who heard a demo that James Morrison has had the opportunity to record its debut album for. The production of "undiscovered" was borne by Martin Terefe and the disk left for escaparates in August 2006. In the autumn of that year, the musician Corinne Bailey Rae followed a series of concerts, acting in the first part. Ja did the duet with Nelly Furtado Broken Strings music. Themes such as' The Pieces Do not Fit Anymore 'and especially' You Give Me Something '- the single most publicized that their work - contributed to his worldwide recognition. This single won it in the beginning of 2007, the award for Best British Single in the Brit Awards.

terça-feira, 19 de maio de 2009

Sunrise Avenue


Sunrise Avenue play pure rock'n'roll with an unstoppable passion, and a dash of sunshine in their melodies. The vocalist Samu Haber started the band together with guitarist Janne Kärkkäinen in 2002. Bass player Raul Ruutu joined the gang soon after, and Sami Osala came on as the drummer in the fall of 2005. Producer Jukka Backlund got interested when he saw the band perform live, and with him Sunrise Avenue decided to make a record, even before they had a record deal. The first tracks Backlund and Sunrise Avenue did together also clinched the deal. Fantastic songs. That's the key element of Sunrise Avenue's music. Songs that sound good whether they're being played only with an acoustic guitar, or produced to sound massive. All four guys sing during gigs, so it's no surprise that singing in harmony and melodies that stick to your mind are important in the band's music. Sunrise Avenue want to connect with other people. The band members emphasizes the audiences Whenever possible. The fact that people came to the live shows even when things were not going that great gave the band faith. Sunrise Avenue prove again that rock can be played with a positive attitude, and without taking it too seriously. The band also shows that a rock band can look the audience into the eyes during their performance, and not just glance mysteriously from under tons of make-up. Sunrise Avenue will melt many hearts in the months to come with their open attitude.

Reamon


Reamonn é um alemão rock e pop banda que é bem conhecido por toda a Europa. They recorded six albums. São seis álbuns gravados.Em 1997, Rea Garvey deixou a banda A Irreflectida Peões e cidade natal de Tralee, Irlanda para ir para a Alemanha com muito dinheiro e não uma demo CD em seu bolso. Ele colocou um anúncio no jornal local afirmando Stockacher Anzeiger “, Singer requer banda para a gravação e shows ao vivo.” Mike Gommeringer (Gomezz) viu este anúncio e precisa assumiu ter sido Garvey, cuja banda original, uma vez que ele tinha visto tocar ao vivo. O casal reuniu-se e posteriormente recrutados Uwe, Sebi e Phil. O seu primeiro show foi reproduzido no Réveillon 1998 em Stockach. A fim de garantir uma gravação contrato, em que criaram uma montra em Logo, um pequeno clube, em Hamburgo, na frente de 16 representantes de várias gravadoras, em 1999. A banda foi rapidamente oferecidos vários contratos, com a resolução sobre a assinatura Virgin Records Alemanha. A partir de 2006 estão agora liberando suas músicas através da Universal Music.

domingo, 17 de maio de 2009

Iron Maiden


Iron Maiden is one of English heavy metal band, formed in 1975 by bassist Steve Harris, formerly of the bands of Gypsy's Kiss and Smile. Originally from London, was one of the main bands of the musical movement that became known as NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal). The name "Iron Maiden" was inspired by a medieval instrument of torture. This was also the nickname of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who appears on covers of compact "Women in Uniform" and "Sanctuary." With over three decades of existence, of fourteen studio albums, six live albums, fourteen videos and several compact, Iron Maiden is one of the most important and successful bands throughout the history of heavy metal, having sold over 100 million albums worldwide. His work influenced many bands, power metal, thrash metal, speed metal and death metal. They are cited as influence by bands such as Hazy Hamlet, Slayer, Metallica, Slipknot, Anthrax, Angra, Helloween, Death, Megadeth, Dream Theater and Umphrey's McGee. In March 2001 the band was awarded Ivor Novello Award in recognition of achievements in an international as a parameter of the most successful partnerships of the composition of England. During the American tour of 2005, was added to Calçada of Fame in Hollywood. The band is also present in the main lists of the greatest rock bands of all time. The Maiden has headed several major events, including Rock in Rio, in Donington Monsters of Rock, Ozzfest alongside Black Sabbath's, Wacken Open Air, Gods of Metal, Lollapalooza, Download Festival and the Festival of Reading and Leeds. The band has several songs based on legends, books, stories and films, including The Wicker Man, The Prisoner, Stranger in a Strange Land - a science fiction novel of 1961, Robert A. Heinlein, Murders In The Rue morgue, Flight of Icarus, Where Eagles Dare, rime of the Ancient Mariner - based on a poem by Samuel Coleridge -, To Tame a Land - in the series of science fiction Duna, from Frank Herbert - and The Trooper -- The song based on the novel Charge of The Light Brigade. Other recurring themes in much of banda songs are occultism, murder and the dark, for example in music Murders in the Rue morgue and Innocent Exile and the covers of albums Sanctuary, Women in Uniform, and Iron Maiden Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter. Iron Maiden is one of the most important and successful bands throughout the history of heavy metal.


Avril Lavigne


Born September 27, 1984 in the town of Napanee, Canada, from small Avril Ramona Lavigne was connected with the music, singing in choirs (mainly churches) and small festivals. At age 12 she composed the first chords on the guitar, at the age of 14 wrote his first song which was called Can not Stop Thinking About You. Although adolescence Avril won a competition to sing with the pop star Shania Twain. At 16 years he moved to New York at the request of the entrepreneur Cliff Fabri who has a hearing with one of the directors of the Artist. After a hearing of only 15 minutes Avril has a contract for the launch of his CD. It then began to work with some composers, but nothing was done because Avril wanted something more rock, country ballads and not expect the executives of the artist. She began to take influences from artists such as Alanis Morissette, Goo Goo Dolls and Blink 182. It is then moved to Los Angeles to work with a group of composers known as The Matrix and clif Magness. Let Go, her debut album was released in the June 2002 and days after the single was released that soon Complicated made success on MTV. In August Avril artist wins prize for disclosure on the Video Music Awards in 2002. In September Let Go won triple platinum disc and bassist leaves London for the entry of Charles Moniz. Sk8er Boy's second single is released. In early 2003 Lavigne alerts to receive 5 Grammy. In February the disc Let Go won five times platinum and is launched to name one single I'm With You Losing Grip in March and is also released as singles (the last of the album Let Go). In 2003 Lavigne releases her first DVD titled My World with many songs including some covers and Knockin 'On Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan and Metallica's Fuel, and begin recording his new CD entitled Under My Skin that was launched in 2004 and proved that Lavigne was not only a "summer hit" as many thought. Compositions worked better, more mature lyrics and a velvety voice of his show that Lavigne would pique very strong candidate and would be a pop icon for the beginning of the millennium. Songs like Take Me Away, Do not Tell Me (the first single cd) and together show that. Today we can say that Lavigne ensure more than its 15 minutes of fame of artists and creations generated by major record labels to sell cds pop can make sure from time to time.

domingo, 10 de maio de 2009

Paramore


"All We Know Is Falling" was the debut album from Paramore for the "Fueled By Ramen, which marked the arrival of a new and charming banda de rock. Suitable for flexible melodies that captured the attention, has become the premiere inapagável.Cantando and writing songs for talent contests and the local commercial, the singer at the time of 13 years, embarked on the tape when it moved from Mississippi to Tennessee, Farr then knowing the brothers - the guitarist Josh and drummer Zac - who opened their musical horizons. The band, now introduces the neighboring Hayley, Jason BYNUM, based on guitar and former colleague of banda, Jeremy Davis, on bass, took the name Paramore and started to play and record almost imediatamente.Tocaram in local meetings, concerts of talent in college and soon began playing in the rock points in Franklin and around from there. John Janick, founder of record label "Fueled By Ramen," said that you wanted to produce the CD of Paramore before they know the members. Depois desse encontro, em Março de 2005, a banda se mudou para Orlando, Florida, e se dedicou totalmente à música por alguns meses, trabalhando com os produtores James Wisner (“Dashboard Confessional”, “Further Seems Forever”, “Underoath”) and Mike Green (Yellowcard, The Black Maria "). The band also listed the bassist John Hembree to fill an empty position that Jeremy Davis had left. A little after the launch of the CD, John Hembree left the band and Jeremy Davis returned to his place of origin. Unfortunately, just after the clip of the song Pressure at the end of 2005, Jason left the band BYNUM. Thus, Lumb Hunter, an old friend came into his lugar.Por around the 13th of March 2007, at the time of recording the second CD, "RIOT!" Was posted in "Livejournal" banda of the loss of another member , Hunter Lumb, who left the band for family reasons. Until then, had not been officially replaced. Taylor York, guitarist and old friend of the band that help in the recording of "All We Know Is Falling", comes in its place only in the shows banda.Josh Farr started writing a song by chance and Hayley Williams thought the letter means that dark and helped with the development of music, combined their ideas and wrote a new song called "Decode" especially for the soundtrack of the movie "Twilight" ( "Twilight", in Portuguese) based on the first book in the series from Stephenie Meyer. With the understanding that all have about what is' dark ', found that music combine with the film, which is totally obscure, ui, vampires. Here in Brazil, the film is to debut on December 19 and also has a second song of the band, "I Caught Myself" which is scheduled for official release on November 4 and contains even less of substance than a day outside Paramore : a band of qualidade.No 1 October 2008, debuted the video for the song "Decode", based on the movie "Twilight" (as cited above) and by a forest, where the band is active with several scenes of the film.

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles


Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas) is an African-American R&B singer, actress, and chief songwriter and producer in the group Destiny's Child. In a Universal Music poll conducted earlier this year, Beyonce beat out Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera to be crowned the Princess of Pop.
She is usually referred to by only her first name, Beyoncé, which is her stage name, but has come to be called "Beyoncé Knowles" by many in the media. Her debut solo album, 2003's Dangerously In Love, topped both the R&B and pop charts in America, as well as the main album charts in Canada and the UK. The album has spawned four top ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100 including "Crazy In Love" featuring boyfriend [[Jay-Z], "Baby Boy" featuring Sean Paul, "Me Myself & I", and "Naughty Girl" all of which were back-to-back multi-week number ones on said chart during last summer and fall. Beyoncé has won five Grammy Awards for her solo work and three as a member of Destiny's Child. As a teen, she attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, where she honed her musical talents.


Destiny's Child


Beyoncé and Destiny's Child toured as an opening act for both Christina Aguilera and TLC before their first album, also called Destiny's Child. The band is managed by her father, Matthew Knowles, who is acknowledged as a strong force in Beyoncé's life. Beyoncé is the main songwriter for the group and is generally regarded as its leader. The group has currently returned from a hiatus since 2001, when its three current members, Beyoncé, Rowland, and Michelle Williams, each decided to temporarily pursue solo careers.The group's self-titled album, released in 1998, was produced by Wyclef Jean and Jermaine Dupri and featured the platinum-selling, number one Hot 100 single "No, No, No". The album itself also went platinum. Destiny Child's second album The Writing's On The Wall released in 1999 featured two number one hits in "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Say My Name". ("Bug-A-Boo" and "Jumpin' Jumpin'" were also popular singles off the album.) "Say My Name" won two awards at the 2001 Grammys for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best R&B Song, the latter of which was awarded to the songwriters, which included Beyoncé herself.The next album, Survivor, proved to be another smash, going to number one on both the American Billboard 200 and R&B Albums charts, and on the Canadian album chart, as well as being generally successful around the world. Two singles from the album went to the top of the Billboard Hot 100: "Independent Women" (Part 1) and "Bootylicious", with the album's title track reaching number 2. "Independent Women" (Part 1) had been the theme song for Charlie's Angels in late 2000, prior to the album's 2001 release. The title track "Survivor" would win the band their second Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The album's fourth and final single, "Emotions", was a cover of the Bee Gees hit of the same name; it continued the group's impressive string of top ten hits.In 2004 they have announced that they will release two more albums. The first, Destiny Fulfilled has been released, along with the first singles: "Lose My Breath", "Soldier" and "Girl". All of these reached the top 10 Billboard album and singles charts respectively.


Solo career


In 2001, Beyoncé won the Songwriter of the Year award, from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Pop Music Awards. She is the first African American woman and the second woman of any race to win the award.Beyonce then turned to acting, starring in MTV's "Carmen" without any previous training. In the summer of 2002, Beyoncé co-starred in the film Austin Powers in Goldmember opposite Mike Myers' role of Austin Powers, as Foxxy Cleopatra. She also recorded a song and produced a music video, called "Work It Out", for the movie soundtrack. "Work It Out" was a top 10 hit in the UK and a top 40 hit in the Netherlands, Australia, and Ireland, despite being Beyoncé's biggest flop to date in her home country; in America, radio barely played the song and the video received very minor exposure, only on digital video channels, MTV Jams and VH1 Soul.During the fall of 2002, Beyoncé was the featured vocalist on Jay-Z's smash single, "'03 Bonnie And Clyde". The couple are engaged, and current rumours say that they will marry soon.In the spring of 2003, Beyoncé remade a duet with Luther Vandross, called "The Closer I Get To You", originally performed by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway. In this version, the vocal parts are flipped around, with Luther taking Roberta's part and Beyoncé taking Donny's. The song was included both on her debut solo album and on Luther's Dance With My Father set, and they shared the Grammy for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals.In 2003, Beyoncé released her debut solo album Dangerously In Love. Its first single, "Crazy In Love", featured a guest rap from Jay-Z and rapidly became one of the biggest hits of that summer, staying at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for ten weeks. Dangerously In Love went to the top of the album charts in the UK and Canada, as well as on both the American pop (Billboard 200) and R&B charts. This album has sold in excess of 6 million copies worldwide. When single and album simultaneously topped the pop charts in both the US and the UK, she became the first act to achieve this feat since Men At Work in 1983 - in the '60s and '70s, it was performed by the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and Rod Stewart.On the televised celebration of July 4 in 2003, Beyoncé came under controversy from the Grant Memorial Association for her performance of "Crazy In Love", in which she danced in a "patently inappropriate" way on the steps of the tomb of President Ulysses S. Grant. President Grant's great-grandsons Ulysses Grant Dietz and Chapman Foster Grant, spoke up on Knowles' behalf. "The way the world is now, who cares?" said Chapman Grant, "who knows? If the old guy were alive, he might have enjoyed it."Towards the end of the summer, "Baby Boy", Dangerously In Love's second single, which featured reggae star Sean Paul, began to climb the charts. It, too, went on to become one of the biggest hits of 2003, dominating radio airplay for the fall of 2003.Around the same time, Beyoncé starred in the movie The Fighting Temptations opposite Cuba Gooding Jr. and recorded a song for it called "Fighting Temptation", with rappers Missy Elliott, Free, and MC Lyte. Unlike Beyoncé's own singles, the song did not become popular, although the movie was a moderate success.Fresh off the success of "Baby Boy", Beyoncé released her third solo single, "Me Myself And I" towards the end of 2003; Dangerously In Love's fourth single, "Naughty Girl", came out in mid-2004. Both have also made the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.Beyonce currently is in pre-production for The Pink Panther in the role of Xania, appearing opposite Steve Martin who plays Inspector Clouseau. The film is scheduled for release in 2005.


domingo, 3 de maio de 2009

Usher Raymond IV


Usher Raymond IV, known simply as Usher, (Dallas, Texas, 14 October 1978) is a singer, dancer and actor norte-americano. He began his career as a singer very young, has success in Brazil with singles such as Confessions, Burn, Yeah, also in duet with singer Alicia Keys on My Boo. All songs are from his last album Confessions. Usher is winner of five Grammys. The atmosphere of Atlanta in recent years exudes both R & B and hip-hop that artists from there begin to burn discs when they are kids. Usher The phenomenon was more of them. Discovered at a local party by a La Face record executive at the age of 14, he was brought to the company's boss, LA Reid, who hired the boy Usher Raymond, newly emerged from gospel choirs. Simply adopting the name Usher, he was presented to the world in 1994, with Usher on a disc that had a production executive of Sean Combs (aka Puff Daddy or puffy). Once the first single, Think Of You, he came to the radio throughout the U.S. and became national mania, recorded a jingle for Coca-Cola and the design of integrated R & B Black Men United, with several other singers, who released the single You Will know, the soundtrack of the film The Face of Truth (Jason's Lyric). Next to another phenomenon, Monica, he rewrite Let's Straighten It Out of Latimore. The second disc of Usher when he was released, finally, was formed in school, My Way, 1997, brings the boy showing skills of composer in six of the nine songs, and count on as producers Jermaine Dupri, Babyface and old friend Combs again. The disc's first single, You Make Me Want to, once again led him to the top of the stops of R & B, and promote the cross for the world of pop. The song Nice & Slow My Way and follow the same path. Meanwhile, Usher took the stage, appearing in The Faculty (in ca: The Final Test), a horror movie teen and urban drama A Cry for Justice. Do not forget the fans, he released a live disc, called simply Live in 1999. He returned the discs in 8701, 2001, which definitively established as the singer of soul, not as teenage prodigy. In the same year, Usher also made an appearance on the anniversary of 30-year career of his idol Michael Jackson, singing [Want to Be Startin 'Somethin'] next to Mya and Whitney Houston. In early 2004, the single Yeah, produced by Lil Jon, came to radio. The contagious song that the singer was a guest and friend Ludacris, rose like a rocket and I took the disc Confessions, which came shortly after. The disc of more mature Usher won a Grammy for best R & B disc of contemporary. In 2005 he won the Usher VMA 2005 (MTV Video Music Awards) as the best clip of singer of the year, with its success Caught Up With him, the singers 50 Cent, Beck, John Legend, Kanye West, also won the VMA, with the same category of Usher. On May 27, Usher released his new album of studio, Here I Stand. Usher was on U.S. TV show TRL (Total Request Live), when he was interviewed by the presenter, he confirmed that his album Here I Stand will involve the rapper Jay-Z and Beyoncé. On December 3, 2008 Usher had the honor of being the master of ceremonies of the Victoria Secret Fashion Show which had as central theme the "Return to Fashion."


Motorhead


Motorhead is a rock'n'roll band that, by its weight and speed, have influenced many bands, heavy metal, especially thrash metal, punk rock and hardcore. It was formed in 1975 by vocalist and bassist Lemmy Kilmister. The passion for music by Lemmy Kilmister (vocals and bass) led him to still in the 60's follow the band as roadie for Jimi Hendrix. His professional debut in the musical world would be with the band Hawkwind that has some small hits in the 70s. Lemmy was fired by the HawKwind have been barred at the airport in Canada by carrying drugs (actually it was amphetamine). Decides then assemble a band with the drummer Lucas Fox and Larry Wallis, calling this new band of Bastards, but then changed the name to Motorhead (an American slang used by addicted to amphetamines) which was the name of its latest contribution to the HawKwind . Lucas was replaced by Phil Fox ( "Philthy Animal") Taylor who was an amateur musician and childhood friend of Lemmy. After the recording of what would be the first album, On Parole, which is not now being launched by the record to be considered slightly trade, decide call a second guitarist for the band, "Fast" Eddie Clarke. Larry Wallis soon would the band, which then return to a trio. The first album (self titled) was launched in 1977 by a small record label. Overkill, the second album was the first launched by a major record label in 1978, creating the first hit of the band, the cover "Louie Louie." With Bomber (1979) and Ace Of Spades (1980) the band reached the general public and has relaunched a new recording of the principle of career, On Parole, which had been neglected when the record of his original recording. In 1982 the original guitarist Fast Eddie left the band, being replaced by Brian Robertson (who had played with Thin Lizzy), not warm place because of bad reception from fans (and by denying it to play some old songs) , being replaced by a pair of guitarists, Mick Wurzel and Phil Campbell. The original drummer Philty Taylor was replaced by Petter Gill in the same season. Philty would be outside the band for a short time, returning after the recording of the classic Orgasmatron 1986 (whose title track was rewritten by Sepultura). With their original drummer write the discs and 1916 Rock and Roll. In the tour of 1916 Philty again left the band, being replaced by Mickey Dee, drummer for the band King Diamond (vocals Mercyfull of Fate). Launched in 1992 March or Die, his greatest commercial success, with participation of guitarist Slash (of Guns N'Roses banda) on several songs and a partnership with the Ozzy Osbourne song "Hellraiser" (also released by Ozzy on the album No More Tears) galore and disclosed in radio and MTV. After disagreements with the record label Sony launched Bastards (1993) by a small German label, with little effect, and the discs that followed.


domingo, 26 de abril de 2009

Bullet For My Valentine


Bullet For My Valentine is a metalcore band from Bridgend, Wales, UK. The Bullet (or BFMV) released his first EP the Bullet For My Valentine on 15/11/04 in the UK and 30/11/04 in the U.S. According to the EP, the Hand of Blood came out in August 2005 in the U.S. It made a video of the song Hand of Blood to promote their two EP. the same year, in March, was released "4 Words (To Choke Upon)" which was limited to only one thousand copies The same has expired on the day of release, and no other copy was made. In October, they launched the first album The Poison of studio, his first single was "Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow (What Can I Do)" That album only came out in the U.S. in 2006 ... Also launched as single "Tears do not Fall" and "All the things i Hate" The song "4 Words (To Choke Upon)" was used in the game NHL'06 and Madden NFL'06 from EA Sports Hand of Blood was used in Need for Speed: Most Wanted and Burnout Revenge. in both the second verse of the song was edited for its content. The new CD, Scream Aim Fire was released in late January 2008, but some songs were released before the launch, and like Scream Aim Fire Eye Of The Storm. The Bullet has played at Warped Tour 2006 with Eighteen Visions, Avenged Sevenfold, Escape The Fate ... and then played with the legends of Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden In 2008, Bullet part of Taste Of Chaos tour throughout the United States, playing with bands like Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Saosin, and others!

Ne-yo


The singer of pop and R & B Ne-Yo, whose name of baptism is Chimère Shaffer Smith, was born in the U.S. state of Arkansas, on October 18, 1982. Ne-Yo released his first album in 2006 entitled "In My Own Words." The album emplacou success with nearly all the fifteen tracks. In Brazil, the singles were "So Sick" and "Sexy Love." In this work, Ne-Yo received the Platinum Disc, debuted in the first position of the Billboard 200 and sold around 300 thousand copies. In 2007, the U.S. launched the second album, calling it "Because of You." Imitating the success of the first, also debuted in first place in the Billboard 200, becoming the second number one album of the singer. Working with the songs "Because of You" and "Crazy", the latter with the participation of Jay-Z, Ne-Yo hit the top of pop up with no difficulties. As evidence of this effect, the disc sold around 250 thousand copies only the first week and over a million and a half in the world today. Also in 2007, Ne-Yo part of the film "Save the Last Dance 2" and "Stomp The Yard." In 2008, she had appearances in the "Las Vegas" and "All My Children." In the second half of this year, launched its third album called "Year of the Gentleman," whose songs work are "Closer," "Miss Independent" and "Mad". Besides singer, Ne-Yo is composer and dancer. Some of his compositions became successful in the voices of singers like Rihanna and Beyoncé. Furthermore, it is often compared to Michael Jackson by choreography that clips in place, and was invited to participate in the new album of the King of Pop.

domingo, 19 de abril de 2009

Jason Thomas Mraz


He studied at the University of Longwood for a short time and then a short passage by American Drama Academy (to study Musical Theater) in New York, moving to San Diego. Their first musical project was "A Jason Mraz Demonstration," in 1999, recorded independently and contains 8 tracks of their own making. After this came another 4 EPs. Only in 2002, Mraz signed by Elektra Records, returning to Virginia to work with producer John Alagar on your album launch, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which was certified platinum in July 2004 and reach the # 2 of Billboard's Chart. Their first single, "The Remedy (I Will not Worry)," was co-written by music production team The Matrix (who has written songs from Avril Lavigne to Korn, via Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera). Also in 2004 the singer released a CD / DVD of the concert recorded a year earlier, in Milwaukee in the American state of Wisconsin. The album, titled the "Tonight, not again: Jason Mraz Live at the Eagles Ballroom," was among the 50 best albums of the Billboard 200. In June and July 2005, Mraz opened shows all of Alanis Morissette during her Jagged Little Pill Acoustic tour. In 2005 he released his 2nd of some documents, Mr. AZ, for Atlantic Records, which would be # 55 on the Billboard 200 album chart. In December, the album also received a nomination for a Grammy for Best Engineered Album Non-Classical, while its producer was nominated for Producer of the Year Mraz began his tour for the album "Mr. AZ "on September 12 in San Diego Music Awards. That tour was the collaboration of various artists as Bushwalla and Tristan Prettyman, that Mraz was co-written the duet "Shy That Way" in 2002 and "All I Want For Christmas is Us". Mraz and Prettyman walked, ending the relationship in 2006. In November 2005, Mraz opened some of the Rolling Stones concerts in his world tour. Also in 2005, Mraz was one of several singers (and also included artists such as: Tristan Prettyman, Joss Stone, Keith Urban, Alanis Morissette and Michelle Williams) to appear in Gap's ad entitled "Favorites." In December 2005, Mraz launches the first part of your podcast. In March 2006, Mraz can for the first time a "sold out" (exhausted concert) with Touch (one of his best friends, and for percussion and voices of support in the band), as part of the Mosaic Music Festival in Singapore. In May 2006, Mraz makes a tour by the U.S. acting for music festivals mainly in the U.S. and some shows in Ireland and the UK. In December 2006 was launched Selections for Friends, an album of live performances available on the net, recorded during the Songs for Friends Tour. Jason Mraz in 2007 began developing their new single "The Beauty in Ugly," - a remake of his old single "Plain Jane" that he rewrote for the program Feia Betty (Ugly Betty in the original). In 2007, the competitor of American Idol Chris Richardson sings "Geek in the Pink", thus gaining the knowledge and interest the media and increasing the number of downloads on iTunes. In 2008, more precisely A13 May 2008, Jason launches another album "We sing. We dance. We steal things," whose name is a quote from David Shrigley (which caught the attention of Mraz in a trip to Scotland) and with the participation of Colbie Caillat (bubbly; Realize) the song "Lucky" and James Morrisson (You Give Me Something) on track "Details in the Fabric." The curious thing about this book is that it was first released in three parts as EP "We Sing." "We dance." and "We steal things.", each containing four songs. Through singles like "I'm yours," the Grammy winner in the category of Music of the Year, "Make it Mine" and "Lucky," the voice of the singer and overcome barriers Mraz won more fans with the softness, romanticism and joy of their work.

Craid David


Craig "Ashley" David, born in Southampton, Hampshire in England in May 1981, starting from very young to get involved in music. Adolescence composed his first song, inspired by hip-hop, the funk, and musical styles and artists as typically urban Terence Trent D'Arby, Sisqo and Donell Jones. Held its first concerts in night clubs, where he first met with Mark Hill, a member of the Artful Dodger. His big break occurs when the Artful Dodger to invite a mixture of a theme. Once the Human League requested the loan from the British musician, to a new mixture. Along with Hill, Craig becomes responsible for a radio program on Capital Radio, which takes place at the evidence and his musical genius. In 2000 launched the single "Fill Me In" and get huge success, quickly reaching the top of the tables. Craig then becomes the youngest British male artist to achieve a first place in the parades. Craig then launches his debut album to "Born To Do It", which joins the first stops in the UK, including the singles "Rewind" and "7 Days", coming to gold, platinum and multi platinum in twenty countries around the world. The disc, is an eclectic fusion of R & B, pop, soul and hip-hop. Added to this end, Craig achievement, yet in 2000, three MOBO awards (such as Revelation, Best R & B Performance and Best Single of Britain with "Fill Me In"). But not everything went well, as it came up empty handed in the Brit Awards in February 2001, being nominated for 6 awards including "Best British Solo Artist", "Best British Revelation," "Best UK Single" for "7days" among others. The music industry then do not like Elton John, U2 and Robbie Williams came in defense of Craig. Even without awards, their records continued to be successful selling. It is also with "Born To Do It" to Missy Elliott, Beyoncé and Usher fans take to be Craig. The following year, in November 2002 Craig arrives with "Slick Than Your Average" with the debut single from "What's Your Flava?" Which becomes one of the most exciting of the year.