MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video

for colored girls... tells the stories of seven women who have suffered oppression in a racist and sexist society. As a choreopoem, the piece is a series of 20 separate poems choreographed to music that weaves interconnected stories of love, empowerment, struggle and loss into a complex representation of sisterhood. The cast consists of seven nameless African-American women only identified by the colors they are assigned. They are the lady in

her. That is when she really got a taste of how celebrities live. Then in 1999, at the age of 18, “Britney Spears busted on to the pop scene with the release of her first album, ‘Baby One More Time’. With the title track of the album earning a teen choice award and a Grammy nomination” (NYDailyNews). At a young age Britney was already at the top. She was earning awards left and right for her first album. She continued to release new songs and albums which landed her at the top of Forbes’ 100 Most

People looked down on Britney for a long time, even though all she needed was moral support. Britney Spears was going through a disastrous phase in her life, but she quickly got into the right frame of mind and made the best of it. No matter how alone and miserable a person feels, they must always express who they really are, considering that nobody can take that away. Despite the attention that came from her actions, Britney Spears will always be viewed as an outcast

Celebrity Meltdowns: Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Lohan’s public descent into drug addiction is an extreme example of what happens when a child star grows up. Her series of arrests and stints in rehab created a national spectacle, and her dramatic series of arrests has rarely been matched by a celebrity. Here are some highlights from her extended meltdown. 2007: ● Goes to rehab for the first time at the Wonderland Center. ● Is arrested for drunk driving. ● Checks into Promises Treatment Center. ●

J.Cole : K.O.D “Kevin’s Heart” J.Cole just recently released his new album “K.O.D” which conveys his emotions through his real life experiences. In “Kevins Heart” he accurately paint pictures and makes the listeners feel his emotions by his natural play on words. The song “Kevin's Heart “portrays the message that he doesn't need another lover in his life because he already has the woman of his dreams.Although temptation is lurking in his life.He tries so hard to make things right, but at the end

At the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, Kanye West stormed the stage, and vehemently declared that Beyonce’s music video was better than winner Taylor Swifts. The two nominated videos for best music video by a female performer were: Taylor Swifts ‘You Belong With Me’, and Beyonce’s ‘Single Ladies.’ While the videos were nominated for the same award, they are significantly different. Mainly due to the fact that the genre’s of the two artists are varied. Taylor Swift being a country singer, and Beyonce

moved to Nashville, Tennessee at 14 for a career in country music. She was the youngest artist ever signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. She co-wrote songs and tried to land a recording contract. Fearless became the best-selling album of 2009 in the United States. Shake It Off, Blank Space, and Bad Blood reached number one in the US, Australia, and Canada. She is the recipient of 10 Grammy Awards. Swift is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, selling more than 40 million albums

Taylor Alison Swift is one of the most successful singers the history of music, but like many of the best performers, she started out small. On December 13, 1989 Taylor Swift was born. A fun fact about Taylor is that her favorite number is thirteen and her album is named 1989, both after her birthday. Swift was born in Reading, PA, and then later moved to Wyomissing, PA at age five, where she grew up on a Christmas tree farm. Swift was inspired to start singing by her grandmother who was an opera

TLC was one of the biggest-selling female R&B groups of all time, with a blend of pop, hip-hop, and urban soul music during the 90s. The members of the group are Rozonda “Chilli’ Thomas, Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, and Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes. The group was formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 1991. Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas was born on February 27, 1971 (“TLC”). She grew up in a fatherless home and was raised by her mother, Ava Linsey, 49, a retired keypunch operator and her grandmother. She didn't meet her

Despite their short lived time as a band, Nirvana remains the best band of all-time, even when compared to other successful bands of the same genre, such as Pearl Jam. II. Main Point 1: Nirvana is credited with bringing alternative music to mainstream radio. a. Pop music dominated radio airplay before the release of Nevermind in 1991. b. Nirvana struck a cord with Generation X and opened people's minds to a new kind of music. c. Other alternative bands were able to reach a wider audience