Grammy Award for Song of the Year

Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana on August 19, 1958. Michael 's father, Joe Jackson, worked as a crane operator at a steel mill and His mother, Katherine, took care of the family. The Jacksons were fairly poor and lived in a small house with just two bedrooms for eleven people. Michael had five brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Randy and three sisters Robbie, La Toya, and Janet. Michael was the third youngest with Randy and Janet both being younger. Both of his parents loved music

is known as a classic jazz and soul singer. He considers Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald as his main influences. Michael Bublé started as a seventeen year old boy searching for his musical career. He entered and won the British Columbia Youth Talent Search. He has been lucky enough to have several number one songs as well as albums. Bublé’s early life involved his mother Amber and his grandfather Demetrio Santanga. His grandfather introduced him to music of the swing era. While

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

while visiting her mother in St. Louis. “So traumatized by the experience, Angelou stopped talking. She returned to Arkansas and spent years as a virtual mute.” (Biography.com Editors 1). She was silent for 5 years. During World War 2, Angelou moved to San Francisco, and received a scholarship to the California Labor School for dance and acting. “But when she was 14 years old she dropped out of school to become San Francisco’s first African-American female cable car conductor.” (Yandoli,Carissimo 1)

Ed Sheeran is a pop sensation with ten Grammy nominations and two wins, along with three very successful albums. Ed Sheeran’s song “Eraser” is the first song on his newest album Divide. It includes many personal lines emphasizing how fame has affected his life negatively. While Ed Sheeran has many songs describing this pain such as “Take it Back”, “You Need me I Don’t Need you”, and “I’m a Mess,” the song “Eraser” uses rhyme scheme, imagery, and repetition to convey that fame and the music industry

has a discography of albums and singles second to none and is part of the fabric of American pop music. In fact, Lionel Richie and Irving Berlin are the only two songwriters in history to achieve the honor of having #1 records for nine consecutive years. The real story behind Lionel is essentially the American dream. Lionel was born in Tuskegee Alabama. He lived in a small, isolated, predominantly African American community in the original home of Booker T. Washington. His family home is situated

artist known for the group Frou Frou and her song “Hide and Seek”, meet my favorite author, Imogen Jennifer Heap. Born December 9, 1977 in Essex, Imogen Heap for the most part is self taught and is a huge success. Imogen defied the unwritten rule of solo acts by instead of making a name for herself in a group then leaving to do their own thing, Imogen did the opposite. She was born in the rural part of Essex to a businessman and a future art therapist. 12 years after Imogen was born, her parents divorced

Bruno Mars ' debut album which was released on the 4th of October, 2010. The album contains several hit tracks with varied arrangements from reggae to R&B. It garnered Grammy Award nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album in 2012 while Rolling Stone referred to it as "the year 's finest pop debut: 10 near-perfect songs." Although majority of the album tracks were composed by The Smeezingtons, of which Bruno Mars is also a member, some tracks were also products of collaboration with

Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana to Joe Jackson and Katherine Jackson. Jackson had a difficult relationship with his father. His father admitted that he regularly whipped Jackson as a kid. Michael Jackson was unphappy with his apperance, his nightmares and constant sleep problems, his liability to remain hyper-compliant, especially his father, and to remain childlike throughout his adult life, are stable with the effects of the abuse he abided as a young child.

is estimated that within the United States alone, 1.6 to 2.8 million children run away annually (National Runaway Safeline). “Runaway Love,” is Hip Hop/ Rap song by Ludacris featuring Mary J. Blige, and is directed by Jessy Terrero (IMVDb). In 2009, Ludacris released his third hit single on his fifth album, Release Therapy. This powerful song and music video captures victims’ hardships and provides a powerful message to its viewers. Within the music video, “Runaway Love,” Ludacris and Mary