Adele Research Paper

'If it is a mistake it is my mistake',Rihanna is a well know star from all over the world for about 12 years. Rihanna became a start because her unique singing. Although, this is not the only reason. She has made many songs that have became number 1 hits. She has the most like and followed pages. Also Rihanna knows what genre fits her voice type.In 2003 when Rihanna was 15 a teen one of her friends introduced her to a famous music producer. The music producers name was Evan Rogers.Evan noticed her talent and him and his partner Carl Sturken helped her record her first song.Her first son was sent to various companies. Jay z who is a famous rapper signed her to def jams. When Jay Z heard her sing, he was impressed. He noticed she had great potential he was extremely convinced she was a good singer.This is how she became extremely successful in the music industry. As of today Rihanna is still one of the most well known singers. She usually go by the name of RiRi or Caribbean Queen.She changed the world with her unique voice. Also she became well known for her signing and fashion.She donated money to charity and also helped the unprivileged.

She is a 10 time Grammy award winner, and among the five artists to ever win a Grammy for album of the year she is the only female to ever win more than once. Her hit song “You Belong with Me” resonated with millions of young girls many of which connected with the lines “If you could see/ That I’m the one /Who understands you/ Been here all along/ So why can’t you see/ You belong with me”. She turns ordinary teenage girl experiences into fresh country and pop songs. She grew up fascinated by music which led to her success as a Country/Pop artist. She constantly strives to make sure that her fame does not get in the way of her truly being herself. Taylor does not read into any of the articles about her in magazines to avoid getting caught up in all the gossip that publicity spreads about her. Taylor has made a huge impact on music industry, from selling out Madison Square Garden, to record breaking songs and albums. Award winning singer and song writer Taylor Swift, is still forming her legacy as she continues to make history in the music industry, while garnering a large fan base worldwide.

In 2001, she was featured on the remix of "Lady Marmalade". The single sold over 5 million copies. It got to #1 on the Billboard 100. The single also won 2 MTV Video Music Awards and a Grammy.

Not only was she doing all of this at the young age of 17, but Alicia also managed to graduate out of her high school a year early, and as the schools prized valedictorian. In late 1999, Alicia followed the renowned Clive Davis to his new company J Records, where she continued to show signs of success. Now, at the age of 20 in the year 2001, releasing her Debut CD “Songs in A Minor,” Alicia Keys is still rising. Her CD has already gone triple platinum, (the first number 1 album for her new label). She has also won the 2001 Best New Artist MTV video music award. Her music is incredible, with well-written and very wise lyrics. Her sound is very unique and different from many of the artists out there right now.

Ella's voice had a sweetness to it that was rarely accompanied by such a wide range as hers. Her style has been described as effortless, natural, flexible, ageless and accessible. Many call her "The First Lady of Song". She started as a swing singer, moved to bebop, perfected scat and jazz and could sing modern or classic songs. Artists whose songs she stylized included Louis Armstrong, Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington and the Gershwins.

Everybody knows who Carly Rae Jepsen is. She is one of the world famous singer and song writer. There is a story that Carly has told many times in interviews. She wanted to be an artist since she was a child. She went to the Canadian College of Performing Arts and studied musical theatre.

In Carrie Underwood’s career she broke many records and won many awards. In ‘05 Underwood won a Teen Choice award for best TV Reality/Variety Star- Female. Her song ‘Inside Your Heaven’ reached No. 1 and album ‘Some Hearts’ also reached No. 1 on Billboard Country Albums. Between ‘06 and ‘10 she won 10 Academy of Country Music Awards. In ‘07 she released single ‘Wasted’, she sold 1 million copies and the song received a Gold Certification from The Recording Industry Association of America. She also received a Grammy award for best new artist in ‘07.

Attention material: She is the most popular female artist since 2006 when she started as a country singer; she has won many Grammy Awards, Kids Choice Awards and People’s Choice Awards with her incredible talent. She is generous, creative and successful; this could be no other than our beloved Taylor Swift.

Beyoncé also known as the queen of pop received many awards some being Grammy awards and MTV video music award due to her amazing talents.Those were just 2 of the awards she has received ( Waters 58).Beyoncé was born on September 4,1981 Houston,Texas(Waters 19).Her fame has expanded worldwide because of her talent and entertaining skills that is not all she has accomplished she has also won many award and inspired many people. Beyoncé grew up in Houston,Texas with her parents Tina and Mathew Knowles.

However, her second album, Tapestry, charted at #1 and won Album of the Year in 1971 [1]. Tapestry stayed at #1 on the charts for a record-setting 15 weeks and stayed in the top-100 albums for the next 6 years [1]. King’s next 4 albums all went gold (500,000+ copies sold) with a couple #1 hits from them [1]. As her albums received less attention, King began to shift her focus from music for a while until she wrote “The Reason” for Celine Dion in 1997 [1]. Since then, King has expanded her audience by touring in Japan with Mary J. Blige and Fergie in 2007 and doing the Troubadour Reunion Tour with James Taylor in 2010

While Madonna was being compared to Janet Jackson and Whitney Houston, Spears was competing with her contemporaries like Christina Aguilera or even Jennifer Lopez. However, in 1987 Madonna’s Who’s That Girl tour earned her $25 Million in US ticket sales in comparison to Houston’s $20.1 Million earned for her Moment of Truth tour that same year. (Thakur 168) Madonna has also sold over 300 Million records worldwide and is has generated over $1.2 Billion in sales during the first half of her career. (Kramarae & Spender 459) Spears also came out on top throughout her early career as becoming the biggest female artist of the decade of the 21st century with over 150 million albums sold worldwide- heavily outselling Aguilera, Lopez, and other contemporaries. (Billboard) In fact, Guinness World Records has Spears’ debut album as the best-selling album by a teenager selling 25 Million records In 2001, Spears had

“On January 22, 2010 Madonna performed ‘Like a Prayer’ at ‘Hope for Haiti Now’ Telethon. The week before she endorsed the relief efforts of the charity organization ‘Partners in Health’, donating $250,000 toward their work with victims of the Haitian earthquake. ‘Partners in Health’ works to bring modern medical care to the world’s poorest communities and it has had a presence in Haiti for 20 yrs.” (MTV News Top Stories)

Being a touring singing and performer can become a very rough and tiring job. Being on the road traveling for many months, playing different shows every night would make you really realize if singing is what you love to do. Ella was a singer for more than 60 years. Ella Fitzgerald goes down in history as one of the greatest female singers proven by the many awards and respect she received.

On July 28th in the evening at home alone, I watched Adele live at Royal Albert Hall on YouTube, which can be found following this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ7bnkVbI88&t=0s.. Adele was born in 1988 in London, and is a well known British singer/songwriter. Adele has released three albums in her career: 19, 21, 25 and Adele has thirteen hits on the billboard top 100 chart as of 2017. Adele started her career in 2006 when a video of hers was discovered on myspace. An influence on Adele’s style of music is Etta James. This performance is before her last album was released and features more of her past relationships in her music, so this concert was not about happy party music, it was a deep soulful experience.

Unexpectedly, the fans caught on to her personal drug life. The media noticed she began to lose weight. She had dropped three whole dress sizes within months. She then explained to the public that “I’m a musician, not a model.” Amy cared little about what people thought of her, as long as she put out selling music that attracted fans. Delaying the drugs for a few weeks, she recorded and dropped her second album “Back to Black.” The album was released November 5, 2007. It won Best pop vocal album and was nominated album of the year. Amy also tied with five other artists as being the most awarded female for a single award ceremony. “Rehab”, which became her hit single on the album hit number seven on the charts in the U.K and was number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. The record alone won five grammys including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. The song was written about her refusing to attend an alcohol rehabilitation center.