He was introduced to up-and-coming hip-hop artist Kanye West, and the two musicians work together on one another's demos. Legend's debut album, 2004's Get Lifted, went platinum thanks in part to the hit single "Ordinary People," a song that he originally penned for the Black Eyed Peas. He went home with three Grammy Awards for Get Lifted: for best R&B album, best R&B male vocal performance and best new artist. Legend's musical talent has made him a mainstream star. In 2006, he performed at Super Bowl XL in Detroit, the NBA All-Star Game, and the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Pittsburgh.
[8] He is one of two artists (the other being 50 Cent) that has simultaneously occupied the chart's top three positions.Drake, along with being a record producer under the pseudonym C. Papi, has also written songs for other artists, including Alicia Keys ("Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)"),Rita Ora ("R.I.P. "), Jamie Foxx and Trey Songz. He featured as a voice actor in Ice Age: Continental Drift as the mammoth Ethan. [9] Drake was tied with Rihanna for the most nominations at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards. [10] He was ranked No.
2. The album became the first of nine platinum albums Chesney would have through the winter of 2010. http://countrymusic.about.com/od/maleartistsal/a/KennyChesneyBiography.htm __________________________ 2002 ACM Award-winner for Best Male Vocalist. 2004 CMA Award-winner for Entertainer of the Year and Album of the Year. Is a die hard fan of the Boston Red Sox and the Tennessee Titans. In April of 2005 his song "Anything but Mine" hit number 1 on the Country charts after spending 17 weeks on the charts.
While living in Baltimore, he discovered rap and began performing as MC New York. In the late 1980s, Shakur and his family moved to the West Coast. He joined the Oakland, California-based hip-hop group Digital Underground, which earlier had scored a hit with the song "The Humpty Dance." Shakur appeared on two of the group's recordings—1990's This Is an EP and Sons of the P before going solo. Debut as 2Pac In 1991, Shakur emerged as a solo artist—using the name 2Pac—with his debut album 2Pacalypse Now.
Les Paul, A Music Revolutionary Les Paul played a key role in the innovation of modern day music. He was responsible for many inventions that are still used all around the world. His contribution to the music industry was a turning point for music. It was a leap in the right direction on the path to the current industry. The development of multi-track recording was one of Paul’s most successful projects, along with the invention of the first solid body electric guitar in 1941.
He died on September 13, 1996, Las Vegas, California. Tupac Amaru Shakur, known by his stage names 2Pac and Machiavelli, was an American rapper and actor. Shakur has sold over 75 million albums worldwide as of 2010, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. Aubrey Drake Graham is my favorite rapper. He was born October 24, 1986.
Starr played key roles in the Beatles' films and appeared in numerous others. After the band's break-up in 1970, he released "It Don't Come Easy", "Photograph" and "Back Off Boogaloo", followed by the 1973 top ten album Ringo. He narrated the first two seasons of the children's television series Thomas & Friends. Since 1989, he has successfully toured with twelve variations of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. In 2011 Rolling Stone readers named Starr the fifth-greatest drummer of all time.
One big reason is because even today Seeger is regarded as a 20th century iconic figure, as a pivotal part of the 1960s American folk music revival. According to the Encyclopedia of Folk, Country, and Western Music, Seeger was a "father figure whose contributions as an artist and writer were highly valued by people of all ages in and out of the music field." His use of repetition and borrowing songs that everyone already knew from their childhood were also a primary reason for his success as a folk artist and found of the movements that were spawned by him. His use of the banjo and guitar were also a big help in getting him the attention he needed to get his views and point across to the people. Even when black listed and not allowed on TV and radio he still was able to become a major influence on people as driving force for social change.
In 2011, Cohen received a Prince of Asturias Award for literature. The critic Bruce Eder assessed Cohen's overall career in popular music by asserting that "[he is] one of the most fascinating and enigmatic … singer/songwriters of the late '60s … [and] has retained an audience across four decades of music-making … Second only to Bob Dylan (and perhaps Paul Simon) [in terms of influence], he commands the attention of critics and younger musicians more firmly than any other musical figure from the 1960s who is still working at the outset of the 21st century. "[2]
After that, he signed with Def Jam and released his next album, "In My Lifetime, Volume 1." This album had much to do with Jay-Z's life in his earlier years. It won platinum status. A year later, he released "Volume 2, Hard Knock Life," which has sold over five million copies and is five times platinum. With continued success, Jay-Z's net worth is expected to reach $1 billion or more within his lifetime.