Aaliyah was raised by her father, mother and brother Rashad Haughton in Detroit. At age 9 she appeared on "Star Search" (1983), the TV program and sang "My Funny Valentine", a song which her mother had sung years earlier. At age 11, she sang with Gladys Knight in a five-night stint in Las Vegas. In 1992, she began to work on her debut album with the help of singer R. Kelly. The album, "Age Ain't Nothing But A Number" was released in 1994 and received heavy praise.
Roberta Flack Roberta Flack was born February 10, 1940, in the small town of Black Mountain, NC, but she grew up in Arlington, VA. She was the daughter of Loran and Irene Flack, who were both skilled musicians. Her father taught himself to play the piano and her mother had formal piano lessons, which had Roberta around music all the time. She started taking formal piano lessons at the age of nine. At the age of 13 she had won second place in a state-wide piano competition between the black students. By the age of 15 she had already graduated from high school and earned a piano scholarship to Howard University.
It was at number 4 on the bill bored top 200 album charts. The compilation has been certified double platinum and has sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide. In February of 2004 she received a Grammy Award nomination for best dance recording for her song “Love One Another” during the same year Sonny and Cher dvd was released with nine of there shows from the Sonny and
Joan Marie Larkin was born on 22 September 1958, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA. As Joan Jett, she is an American rock star, best known for being the front-woman of the band “Joan Jett and the Blackhearts”. The bands anthem of rock and roll, “I Love Rock `n` Roll” was no.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 from 20th March to 1st May 1982. During that time her net worth, and also her fame, gradually grew, as a result of platinum-selling records. Before the Blackhearts, the band with which Jett rose to international fame, she had been in a similar project called “The Runaways” in 1975; an all-girl punk-rock band which Jett co-founded with drummer Sandy West.
After six successful reprints of the Spanish-issue, "People" decided to release a Spanish-language version of their magazine, "People en Española" which became a popular selling magazine. Selena had many nicknames as a child including preciosa, and la Rena de tex-mex. Her trademarks were her sequin purple jumpsuit, silky pure black hair, and her shiny red lip-gloss. Selena was working on her first English album at the time she was killed. Sources say she was on her way to the studio when she was murdered.
Better remembered as Hannah Montana, Miley continued her acting and singing career away from The Disney Channel. Although Miley Cyrus maintains the same singing and acting abilities; her image has dramatically changed over the years influencing today’s society. Hannah Montana was a popular show in which a normal teenager girl, Miley, would transform into world renown pop-sensation Hannah Montana by night. Miley played Hannah Montana on and off the air, traveling across the globe wearing a blonde wig, performing in front of millions of young girls who were crazy for her. Miley sang songs which related to girls ages 12 and younger.
She released five single from the album, and won five Grammys. 2. After The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, she took a four year hiatus and then released an Unplugged album. After the album released she slipped out of the spotlight and started to focus more on raising a family. D. Even though it has been thirteen years since the release of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
She was heavily influenced by no other than the late, great, “Lady of Song,” Ms. Ella Fitzgerald. Ella Fitzgerald was born on April 25, 1918, in Newport News, Virginia, but she spent her youth just outside New York City in Yonkers, New York, and received her musical education in public schools. During elementary school she began singing at her local church, the Bethany African Methodist Episcopal Church. At fifteen her mother died and she was cared for by her aunt in Harlem, a black neighborhood in New York that was rich with jazz music. When only sixteen, she received her first big break at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, when she won an amateur-night contest and impressed saxophonist-bandleader Benny
His number one singles spent a total of 80 weeks at number one. i. These figures are only for the pop charts, and only in America. He was also a leading artist in the American country, R&B, and gospel fields, and his chart success in other countries was substantial. B. Elvis has also appeared on many television shows and in movies.
She followed this album with “The Fame Monster” and “Born this Way” both hitting the charts at high levels. Each song she produces just good or even better than the last. The song “Born this Way” broke a world record by selling more than 1 million copies in just 5 days. She’s also produced and performed with many famous and well-known artists. Including Akon, who signed her, Elton John, Cher, Nicki Minaj, and multiple singles with Beyoncé.