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Dangerously in Love, in 2003. The single "Crazy in Love," featuring her boyfriend, rapper Jay-Z, was one of the biggest hits of the summer of 2003. The song got the album to

Mariam Traore Ms. Cordova Writing 111 – Section 51 7 May 2015 White is the New Black … in Music Vocativ, a media and technology new company, calculated that the 2015 Grammys is the “whitest” Grammys in 35 years. This data composes of the lack of people of color nominations and winners in the top four categories – best song, best album, best new artist, and best record. This is important due to the recent social media points about cultural appropriation of minority cultures by white artist in pop

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

Stevland Hardaway Morris is an American award-winning musician known all over the world by the name Stevie Wonder. Wonder was born on May 13, 1950, in a small city in Michigan state where he lived his first four years of his life before moving to Detroit. Wonder endured a harsh childhood. Blind since birth, he overcame difficult family situations such as poverty and an abusive father, but that did not stop him. Instead, it encouraged him, to develop his natural gifts and create the most renown and

new label (J Records) she put her first album out featuring songs she has written on the piano, including, "A Woman's Worth" and "Fallin'". After putting out her first album, she followed up with her sophomore album, “The Diary of Alicia Keys” which also included songs she wrote on the piano. These songs included, “You Don’t Know My Name.” With every album she put out, her songs has been composed on the piano by her and many other songs with different artists were composed by her as well. In 2006

likewise had memorable traits. For example, AC/DC was known for its hard rock music, and people remember Mick Jagger dancing on stage when they hear of the Rolling Stones. Sadly, the one-hit wonders of the time were able to make only a single successful song, but were quickly forgotten. Therefore, successful bands strive to be unique to impress their fans and become

also won 13 Grammy awards, but there was a few bumps in between. They broke up during an album. They said “ we would get back together if Hell froze over”. The Eagles had some of the best musicians. They also won many awards. This is why The Eagles are one of the best bands. The Eagles worked together at Linda Ronstadt’s backup band. They helped make a song called “Silk Purse”. After they released the song they decided to make their own band(Pareles,1983). The Eagles helped make a song. Then they

this essay i will be discussing how Kendrick Lamar Duckworth was inspired to create his album GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY. K.Dot a.k.a stage name Kendrick Lamar,is 30 years old and was born on (june 17 1987), Lamar was born in The United States of America in the city of Compton in California.Back then lamar was a nobody until his first released song that began his rapping career. Lamar's family was directly touched by the violence of the streets, and yet he remained thoughtful and soft-spoken, ever the keen

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. He has an older brother, Shane and his parents are Bob and Marienne Urban. His dad gave him a ukulele when he was only four years old and started to learn to play the guitar at six years old

the 80’s Before Beyonce or Rihanna, there were a lot of gorgeous ladies who sparkled in the eighties. During this era, they set the trend on make-up, hairstyle, and fashion. The eighties was definitely one of the most daring, colorful, and creative years with the hottest divas. Here’s our pick for the most beautiful singers of the eighties who are not just known for their pretty faces but have made an impact in the music culture as well. 1. Whitney Houston – This popular diva ruled the eighties with