Ed Sheeran Research Paper

contract in order to sign with Columbia Records, whom he would later go on to stay

His contract was cancelled with the record company because they didn’t think that was good influence on the company. (Marcovitz 25) He was shot again at again 3 years later but the shooter missed. (www.s9.com) Eminem heard his tapes and thought he was real good and signed him into a record deal with Eminem’s company “Shady Records” (Marcovitz 25)

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

It's a good chance that you'll quickly recall the name and talents of singer, actor Frankie Avalon, no matter your age. Frankie's stellar career embraced three generations of music, television and motion pictures and was an intrinsic fiber of American entertainment history. Frankie Avalon was born September 18, 1940 in "The City of Brotherly Love", Philadelphia, PA. He could light the flame and turn up the heat on nearly every love struck teen girl or adult woman in America!

The album was an instant success and was later certified

Aside from producing hit records, DJ Premier owns his own recording label, Year Round Records. One of

In 1973, he started a collaborative association with the record label ECM and that fruitful liaison was extended until the present time. In truth,

I chose Keith Urban because he continues to ‘rewrite the rules of contemporary country music. By embracing drum loops and elements of Top 40 pop, Urban wrote songs that appealed to a wide audience’ - Andrew Leahey, unknown. He has an incredible passion for music, uses it in a way to express his thought and makes it his own. Keith Urban is a grammy-winning country musician and songwriter. Urban was born on the 26th of October, 1967, in Whangarei New Zealand.

made a deal with Pac to release three albums under the Death Row Label and posted his 1.4

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.

Bruce Springsteen is known as a singer and song writer, a New Jersey local and is often called “The Boss.” He is known for his distinctive New Jersey vocals and poetic lyrics. This coming January 10, 2017, Springsteen is heading to New Jersey’s Monmouth University.

As president and the co-owner of the studio from 1976-1985 he continued his work with that legendary ensemble,Mixing and engineering Northern Lights album Southern Cross, considered a comeback and critically acclaimed as a disc that recaptured the Band's past glories.From 1985-1990, Rob Fraboni was then the corporate vice president of Island Records in New York. Contracted by Chris Blackwell, Island Records' founder. Then in April 1985 as music director of the Good to Go film project. He would then work closely with Blackwell in all creat live aspects of the company. Rob handled signings, A&R, artist development, quality control, product management, and remastering of artists' catalogs. During that time he was executive producer of Melissa Etheridge's first solo project. He then worked with Robert Palmer;he also helped remaster U2's Joshua Tree; produced Buckwheat Zydeco, Nick Tremulis, and John Martyn; signed Etta James to Island. The he went on and remastered all of Bob Marley's whole catalog for CD on Tuff Gong in 1989 Leaving Island just prior to its sale to Polygram, he worked with Phoebe Snow and Wendy Wall. Rob Fraboni then went to started Domino Records in the early '90s, which released recordings by Alvin Lee, John Mooney, Cowboy Mouth, and Rusty Kershaw. With new backing for Ardeo Records in the mid 90s. Then he released Ivan Neville's Thanks, Gary Nicholson's album The Sky's Not the Limit, and Bellevue Cadillac's Black and White. He then produced John Mooney again for the House of Blues release Against the Wall and in landmark sessions at Keith Richards' home in Jamaica during Thanksgiving in 1995. Then when he and Richards co-produced some of the only nyahbinghi recordings ever made in the outdoors. Mindless Records released these as The Wingless

The influence that the spotlight is on in this essay is not somebody that I have met before, but someone I’ve watched, listened to, heard of for years, and watched grow as I grow, Jacques Webster Jr, also known as Travis Scott. Travis is a person who has a mind just as wild as mine. He shows his emotions through music producing and mood of instrumentals he creates and shares with the world. People don’t even think of Travis as an artist they think of him as beyond that and on another level compared to the rest of the music community. I found Travis when I was a freshmen in High School ,after finding and learning to enjoy life and what truly makes me happy from Keith Cozart. When I found Travis he was just a quiet guy who just needed a push to be extroverted ,like he is to this day, but before the push Travis

In 2008, a friend by the name of Charles Harper also known as KIING CHUCK, introduced Eazy to Biggs, CEO of 365 Music Group. While at 365, Eazy used his time to develop as an artist, but grew weary after spending too much on the “bench.” So, in 2009, Eazy started his own label called P.M.E. and took his show on the road. He worked hard and got his songs spinning on local radio, but he was on probation so that limited his travels.

SoundCloud is a music sharing platform similar to Spotify and Pandora. He released his first couple songs Saved and Stuck On You to his SoundCloud page and also eventually wrote and shared Location which was his breakthrough song and has over 12.5 million streams on SoundCloud. The celebrity Kylie Jenner posted a Snapchat of her and her friends listening to Location on her story which also helped with the success of the song. On March 3rd, Khalid released his first album American Teen that has 15 songs including Location. Khalid soon hit the Billboard Top 10 list with his new