Clive Davis Accomplishments

He is just 27 and still will achieve a lot in career till now he has got two noteworthy awards. He got the MTV Europe music award for Best US act in the year 2012 and the Radio Disney Music awards for Best Music for ‘Bad Things’, this

Otis Redding was one of the greatest singer in the U.S.A. He combined different music styles like jazz, funk and soul to create honest music. Using different style makes him one of the greatest singer and songwriter in the U.S.A. Otis was not one of the kids that was in nightclub or out late. Otis was inside writing songs and practicing the piano and guitar.

Berry Gordy was a visionary, entrepreneur and a teacher to become one of the, if not the most talented music producers of all time. Gordy paved the way for all African American producers and musicians to make history by being the first African American owned record label to reach national acclaim. Gordy fist recording studio was made from a converted garage with the control room from the kitchen in his home. His first artist was signed in 1959 with the Miracles, and first Billboard’s song was “That’s What I Want” which reach #2. Within that year Gordy sign the girl group the Marvelettes and reach No1 on the pop list. Then three years later he signed two more group the Supremets and Temptations that gave him five more No. 1 hits. By the late 1960’s Motown had five records on the Billboard charts.

In total, Basie won nine Grammy Awards, but his biggest one was the one he won in 1958. When he received that Grammy, he became the first African-American male to receive a Grammy. Besides his Grammys, a couple of Basie’s songs were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame such as “April in Paris” and “Everyday I have the blues”. He had recorded over 480 albums. Basie was often recognized for his understated yet captivating style of piano playing and his precise, impeccable musical leadership. Basie set high standards for future jazz artist.

then got him signed to Island Def Jam Recordings.  He then released his first album, and went platinum

Davis is a platinum selling rapper he began writing his remarkable music. His music altered the course of hip hop. Every success was followed by a setback. Incarceration, violence, rap beefs, and drug addiction all took place in Gucci’s life. But Gucci Mane has learned from his mistakes and is changing for his future. Throughout his life, he loved to rap with his friends and cousins but never actually tried to career in music since he was into all the bad stuff in Atlanta. One day, he decided to go check out the rap “game.” He feel in love with rap and made many mixtapes. Many people began to recognize him and started to listen to his music. His friends would help him out by selling drugs and giving the customers a free CD. Some of the Atlantic people would not want the CD but eventually ended up hearing it. Gucci has been nominated in the BET awards 3 times. In 2017, he collaborated with Fifth Harmony and won a VMA award for best pop video for the song “Down.” Gucci Mane has also collaborated with many other artists such as Migos. Migos is a trio; Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff. Gucci met them long before they were really famous. He really liked their vocals so Gucci invited them into his squad “The Brick Squad.” Gucci Mane had 11 albums and many mixtapes. His recent album came out on October 2017 “Mr. Davis.” Since then, Gucci has been a successful

Others interesting facts about him, is that he likes different types of music, for instance, he likes

His 2013-2014 tour “Cowboy Rides Away,” is his last tour but he's not done making music and earning awards yet. In November 2013, he received the ASCAP Founder's Award (Toczylowski), and won CMA's Entertainer of the Year Award for the second time (Jamik). He also accepted Billboard's highest accolade, the Legend of Live Award and was honored with the Country Radio Broadcasters Career Achievement Award (Billboard).

Honors: 7 Grammy Awards, 12 Juno Awards, 3 MTV Video Music Awards, and 2 American Music Awards

Soon after all of her accomplishments, she had signed with a record company named Arista Records. During this time, Alicia was also given a full ride scholarship to Columbia University. The beginning of Keys’ career was a journey that almost seems too good to be true. When she had first signed with Arista Records, she was working with a man named Clive Davis, musical musician.

Prince has always believed that machines have changed music into something that doesn't sound real (“The Artist Formerly Known,” 1997). He is an original, unique,and independent artist. Prince may also be one of the most influential artists in the music industry because of his whimsical stage performance and his one of a kind genre. Prince began in a musical family that ultimately led him to be a solo artist, and throughout his career he signed a contract with Warner Bros. where he had setbacks, accomplishments, and major success with records; he is still impacting music today with his unique genre. Prince was always interested in music and he followed in the footsteps of those around him.

Although, his 1994 “Loser” single from “Mellow Gold” album would be his first top hit, he cranked out 3 eclectic hits with “Devil’s Haircut”, “The New Pollution” and 1997’s Grammy-Winning “Where’s It At”, to outshine his previous album. In Addition, to winning the 1997 Grammy for Alternative Album of the year, “Odelay” has won numerous awards from publications like Rolling Stone Magazine which ranked #306 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time and #9 on its list of the 100 best albums of the

The moment when Berry Gordy signs away his record labels, he realizes that it can take a while to get to where you want to go, but eventually, you will get there. He was born on November 28, 1929 and grew up in a close-knit family. He loved music, but when he got kicked out of his music class, he decided to pursue a career of boxing. That plan ended when he was 20, and he wanted to return to songwriting. However, his planned return to music did not work as he was drafted into the army in 1951. Eventually finding his way to dedicating himself to his music once more, he started his own music publishing company, called Jobete, and formed Tamla Records using the $800 his family loaned him.

David Walter Foster is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, songwriter, and arranger guaranteed by his 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. He was starting with being musician in 70s and then turned to be the most commercially successful producers and composers in all of popular music since he has been a producer for notable musical artists. Foster is also the chairman of Verve Music Group.

Sony Music Entertainment Inc. is based in New York, United States. They provide a wide base of record labels (appendix 2), genres and have thousands of artists on their roster. The company operates under a hierarchy of authority (appendix 3), composed by many top executives and middle management players. Sitting at the top is Doug Morris, who has been the CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Inc. since 2011. Doug Morris started his career in the music industry as a songwriter in the 1960’s, and has since been a strong influence on the music industry. Morris is known as one of the “most successful executives in history”, and in 2014 he received the Songwriter Hall Of Fame Hitmaker Award (Trakin, 2014). The SME CEO has many credentials, including