Quintuple Threat Of Lauryn Hill

Imagine standing among a crowd of adoring fans cheering on a famous singer that is dancing and twirling on stage. This is what many of Selena Quintanilla fans experienced at her lively concerts. Selena Quintanilla was a Mexican - American singer that was on the verge of stardom before being tragically shot. She inspired many people and was a beloved idol. Selena Quintanilla is an influential person because of her upbringing, her singing legacy, her humanitarian work, and her death.

Queen Latifah is one of the first successful female hip-hop artists of the late 1980’s; born Dana Elaine Owens on March 18, 1970, in Newark New Jersey. At age eight a cousin nicknamed her Latifah, meaning “delicate and sensitive” in Arabic (Editors). Latifah’s career started when she was just a teenager. Furthermore, she is one of the most successful black women in entertainment branching out into other types of music, music production, acting, and hosting talk shows. Latifah’s hip-hop song called “U.N.I.T.Y” earned her, her first Grammy Award (genius.com).

Over her 10 years of being in the music industry Taylor Swift has won 271 awards.

First of all, Carrie Underwood should receive this reward due to her large amount of major works. Across the world she has sold over fourteen million albums and has had fourteen number one singles. Winning five Grammys, Carrie has also “won 6 American Music Awards, 6 People Choice Awards, 7 CMT Music Awards, 9 American Country Awards, and 7 BMI Songwriter Awards.” The Country Music Association along side Academy of Country Music awarded Underwood Female of the Year three times each. In her career, she has also achieved Female Artist twice in the forty years they have had this award. Alongside these awards she also won an ACM Triple Crown Award (“Carrie Underwood Bio”).

One of the biggest country stars of the 90’s and 2000’s Faith Hill of course! Faith Hill’s movie star good looks surely helped her cause, and her much celebrated marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw gave her a career purists, but she had the star power of a diva even before her pop success.

Beyoncé Knowles is an American Singer, Dancer and Actress. She began her career in the R&B Girl group Destiny’s Child as the lead vocalist spanning over 11 years. They released songs such as ‘Say my Name’, ‘Independent woman part 1’ and ‘Lose my Breath’ in 2004 when they returned from their 2-year hiatus; to name just a few of the top 10 hits. Beyoncé went on to become a solo artist and released her debut ‘Dangerously in Love’ in 2003 which stayed at number one for five consecutive weeks. Since then Beyoncé has released five more albums, appeared in the eight movies one of which gave her an Oscar nomination; Dream girls. While being known for her vast accomplishments, Beyoncé has used her craft to highlight the achievements and struggles of the African- American Community.

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.

Honors: 258 awards, some of which include 5 Grammy Awards and 10 Billboard Music Awards; She was inducted into

Even the great Whitney Houston covered her song “I Will Always Love You.” Dolly Parton had many awards. She has Grammy awards for many of her songs; such as ‘9 to 5’, ‘Here You Come again’, and her album ‘Trio’, she has received 25 gold, platinum, and multi- platinum, has 153 awards and 413 nominations, she’s won 6 times female vocalist of the year, has won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, won 9 grammy awards and was nominated for 47, won 11 Country Music Awards and was nominated for 46, won 12 CMT Music Awards and was nominated 48 times, and much more (“Who is Dolly Parton?...”) (List of awards and nominations received by Dolly

Another reason she deserves to be honored is she was in the Egot club. There are only 12 in this club. She's in this club because she won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. According to Cat Buckley, The timeless legend was awarded the Emmy, Grammy,

Crowned as "The Queen of Soul", Aretha Franklin is one of the most honored female vocal artists of the last 50 years. She is an American soul singer, songwriter as well as a pianist. Her soulful, soaring voice has earned her mythic status over the years. It has been said that Aretha was a child prodigy of the golden age of gospel and was the anointed successor to gospel singers Clara Ward and Mahalia Jackson. Many idolize her and her musical intelligence to this day. She is said to be one of the most quintessential sounds of America alongside The Beetles, The Stones, and Louis Armstrong.

Ella earned many awards throughout the many years she was a singer. She received her first Grammy in 1958, for best female vocal performance. Not only at that Grammys shows was she awarded her first grammy she also became the first African American female to win a award. Along with the many Grammy she won, she also sold over 40 millions copies. Over her lifetime she recorded over 200 albums and about 2,000 songs. She was also awarded the image award for lifetime achievement and the presidential medal of freedom and The Kennedy Center for performing arts medal of honor. One of the highest honors she received was from president Ronald Reagan, The National Medal of art and the first Society of Singers Lifetime Achievement Award which was later named after Ella. Most people do not know that Ella did not always want to

For example, artist Lauryn Hill is known for some of her rap songs. In her songs, she writes about the social problems in her community and also strongly represents women and the uncertainty they face every day (Howard). This is what Lauryn Hill believes in. This is what she wants everyone else to know. Composing music is how she gets her voice out into the crowd to address unknown issues to others.

Rapper Nicki Minaj may have received two nominations for this year's MTV VMAs with her hit single "Anaconda," but she definitely felt that more were deserved. Earlier this morning (July 21) it was revealed that Minaj was in the running to receive Best Hip Hop Video or Best Female Video for her big booty anthem. Minaj hopped on social media to thank MTV for the honor, and she didn't stop there.

Sep 4 1981: Beyonce rose to fame she was an American singer and actress. She started to perform in many singing and dancing competitions when she was a child. She was the lead singer in an R&B girl group called Destiny’s Childs. Managed by her father Mathew Knowles. Destiny’s Child was the world’s best-selling girl group of all time. Their hiatus saw Beyonce's debut album, Dangerously in Love, this established her as a solo artist worldwide it sold 11 million copies and earned five grammy awards and also featured the billboard number one singles, “Crazy in Love” and “Baby Boy”. November 11, 1997, Destiny’s child releases their first hit single “No, No, No”. No No No, is an R&B song performed by an American group. January 19, 1998, destiny's