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Lady Gaga Biography

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Lady Gaga

(Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, New York, 1986) American singer. Great diva latest pop and queen at least eccentricity by aesthetic breakthrough that accompanies his concerts and public appearances, albums and singles of his still brief but original run have repeatedly topped the charts and won numerous awards and recognitions. In the 2010 edition of the MTV Video Music Awards, it was the big winner by taking eight of the thirteen awards to which he aspired.
Daughter of a businessman and a telecommunications assistant of Italian origin, after four years started playing the piano by hearsay, and the twelve and made his first steps as a composer. He studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Manhattan, an elite private Catholic school for females in which, at the same time, also studied other girls who would feed (although for other reasons) the pages of glossy paper: Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian. At seventeen he was admitted to the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University to study music, but left it after a few months. Plump and long dark hair, began his artistic career playing melodic piano in clubs and small theaters in New York songs. Nothing presaged that soon would be facing a global icon.
In 2006 Stefani acted on the Lower East Side with cover bands like Mackin Pulsifer and SGBand. Meanwhile he tried, unsuccessfully, to place their models in some record, and earned his living as a songwriter for established artists like Pussycat Dolls, New Kids on the Block, Fergie and Akon. Things change when he met the music producer Rob Fusari, with whom he began a working relationship and sentimental. It was Fusari who gave him the nickname of Lady Gaga, in honor of the song Radio Gaga of Queen , one of the groups Stefani header.
And then he gave a twist to his career. In the Lower East Side, where he lived between parties and drugs, created with performance artist Lady Starlight burlesque, modern and show dance titled Lady Gaga and the Starlight Revue , which already foreshadowed the new paths by which he would unwrap the artist, especially aesthetic. One day Akon, who knew his skills as a composer, heard her sing and decided to sign to his label, Kon Live Distribution. So Lady Gaga started to work in collaboration with Fusari and other producers such as RedOne or Martin Kierszenbaum, which would be their debut album, The Fame .
The album 's first single, Just Dance , appeared in April 2008, coinciding with his distance from Fusari, and soon was number one in countries like the United States (with over 400,000 digital downloads), Canada, Australia or the United Kingdom. For this work the flamboyant artist was nominated for a Grammy for the first time. The phenomenon Lady Gaga was born. The Fame hit the record stores in August, and the album 's second single, Poker Face , co - written and co - produced, as above, by RedOne, a month later. Again, the song was number one in twenty countries, including the United States, which again lifted her to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 (April 2009).

Lady Gaga in the video Poker Face
The Fame , a mix of electropop and synthpop eighties and sounds dance , was one of the biggest selling records of 2009 worldwide, with more than twelve million copies and reached number one in countries like United Kingdom, Canada and Ireland. Lady Gaga songs were heard on all radio and the artist began to be carried in the press. To this also they contributed his first tour, The Fame Ball Tour ;promotional videos, care to detail with an increasingly more in line with Lady Gaga we know today aesthetics, and nominated for five Grammys. In Just Dance blonde Gaga and platinum appears; with a flash on the cheek, pays tribute to David Bowiein Aladdin Sane , another of his references. And Poker Face incorporates her sexy and futuristic vein. Poker Face earned three nominations at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, including best video of the year award eventually went to Beyonce (Single Ladies ).
While her singles began to be number one and razed videos on television and especially the Internet, Lady Gaga was forging his character and his legend.impossible hairstyles, extreme makeovers, sidereal or cosmic costume or just breaking increasingly sophisticated scenery, bordering choreography in the pornographic, eccentricities thousand and explosive statements to the press (as when he declared hermaphrodite) made it increasingly popular, and began to be habitual to be the center of attention.
In the last quarter of 2009 Lady Gaga released her second studio album, The Fame Monster . He presented his first single, Bad Romance , in Fashion Week Spring / Summer 2010 Alexander McQueen, 25 October 2009. The impact could not be more spectacular. Bad Romance was number one in countries like Britain, Canada, Peru, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Austria and Denmark, and its promotional video, rated by critics for its innovative elements, exceeded two hundred million views on YouTube, becoming the most watched in history.
In this simple they followed Telephone (played as a duet with Beyoncé and accompanied by a video of ten minutes), Alejandro and Dancer in the Dark . To promote the album, Gaga embarked on his second world tour, The Monster Ball Tour , officially announced on October 15, 2009. Described by Gaga as " the first opera electropop", the tour would take five continents, to June 2011, and saturate in Spain in only two concerts in Barcelona and Madrid, on 7 and 12 December 2010. the tickets went on sale on May 5; three days later they were dead.
On September 12, 2010 Lady Gaga was the big star of the show of the MTV Video Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, by winning eight of the thirteen awards to which he aspired: best video of the year (by Bad Romance ), best pop video, best video by a female artist, best dance video, best choreography, best direction and best editing; by Telephone , which appears with Beyoncé, she was the best collaboration. Gaga, who was presented with eight different dresses (one for each award and including one made ​​with beef steaks that caused stupor), used the occasion to announce the title of his next album: Born This Way , which would see the light in May 2011 and again had an extraordinary acceptance, both in sales and in its assessment by music critics.
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MADONNA BIOGRAPHY

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Madonna

(Artistic name Louise Veronica Ciccone, Bay City, Michigan, 1958) Singer and actress. Considered the most important "pop phenomenon" of the eighties and nineties, Madonna has been able to break any records in his career, as the only soloist who has been in the top two positions of British lists of singles.

Madonna
Accustomed to the cover of magazines, both specialized and general information, his hits and his appearances on the big screen they have run parallel those scandals in which it has been involved, although their musical production gained solvency since its inception as a product for dancefloor, with albums that have been surrounded by excellent professional sound and production.
He entered the university in 1975 with a scholarship to continue her dance studies, which began in 1972 when he met Christopher Flynn, her teacher. In 1978 he settled in New York, against the opinion of his father, and began his unstoppable career. He began acting in modern dance companies with choreographer Pear Lang.Interested already own environments dancefloors, in 1979 he moved to Paris to join the corps de ballet of the then popular singer Patrick Hernandez.
Back in New York, he formed with Dan Gilray The Breakfast Club group, which came to be battery in the absence of someone who could do it better. In 1982 he signed with Sire Records and its theme Everybody , the first of his career, was released to go virtually unnoticed. The same happened with the next two until the last, Holiday , was produced by renowned DJ John "Jellybean" Benitez: entered the top 20 US in September 1983. That same month, with good reviews, released his first album, entitled Madonna. The First Album .
His big moment came in 1984: in November he took to the street album Like A Virgin . The eponymous single, produced by Nile Rogers (the former leader of Chic), it soon became his first number one, shooting like a star in his image of sex symbol had much significance. The international tour, which began in April 1985, ran through 27 cities and had a total of nearly three hundred and fifty thousand attendees. In addition, he also participated in Live Aid festival with the biggest stars of the moment.
Madonna's next album, True Blue , was selling in twenty five countries, with themes of success as Papa Don't Preach or La Isla Bonita (which reached number one in the UK charts four times, unprecedented circumstance that has not been repeated), his fame in ascension.
In this year he also made ​​his film debut as a professional actress in Desperately Seeking Susan , along with Rosanna Arquette, while the following year openedShanghai Surprise , produced by George Harrison, and in which Madonna plays the lead role of the film together her husband still at that time: Sean Penn . It premiered in 1987 Who's That Girl : Although the film received good reviews, the main theme of the soundtrack of the film was able to be selling in the United States, Japan and Europe. That same year he embarked on a major world tour that took the same name that began in Japan and finished in Italy.

Madonna in concert
In 1989 he returned completely to the music with the album Like A Prayer , promoted with a video-clip, rated as less irreverently in conservative circles and asource of new scandal, an aspect wisely exploited by the company responsible for maintaining always alive image Madonna. The deliberate mix of religious symbolism and eroticism velvet raised a considerable stir, worsened their already poor relations with the Catholic Church and led to the ban on video in Italy.
In the nineties, after starring alongside Warren Beatty movie Dick Tracy and publish the compilation of their hits and a new topic ( The Immaculate Collection ), scandals, censorship occurred in some countries of the video-clip promotional songjustify My Love (by explicitly sexual content of their images) and television interviews, or editing a book, sex (1992), full of erotic photographs with Madonna starring and texts in which he recounts his sexual fantasies , which aroused the indignation of American conservatives. They returned to make public their outrage at the documentary film Truth Or Dare ( In Bed with Madonna ), filmed during their world tour The Blonde Ambition Tour.
In 1991 there were renewed its contract with Warner for the not inconsiderable figure of sixty million dollars to release the album Erotica (1992) and embark on a new international tour under the name of "The Girlie Show". His albums Bedtime Stories (1994) and Something To Remember (compilation of ballads, published in November 1995) show a somewhat calmer, at least in his role as interpreter pop look.
Something To Remember went on to sell over six million copies before recording their next album, which would be the original soundtrack of the film Evita . This album went to number two in the US charts and sold over two million copies, but not enough Caló his followers, to clear away from his style.

 Madonna, mother of a daughter, transformed their way of life and offered a more refined image in their appearances. The year 1998 was one of the best for the life of this singer, he was born since Ray Of Light , perhaps the most important record of the long career of Madonna. Without being a radical turn to his musical style, he got rave reviews by all means. Frozen was the first single, remixed by British Stereo MC 's , which began a long list of successes. Then came the album, which debuted at number one in the UK and two in the United States; This was followed by a second single, Ray Of Light , which won awards for video clip and climbed to the top of the charts.
On December 22, 2000 he married in the Scottish Skibo Castle with Guy Ritchie, father of Rocco, the second son of the singer. In the 41st Grammy Award singer and actress, who opened the ceremony with the interpretation of the theme Nothing Matters , he won three awards, including best pop album by Ray of Light .
After presenting Music , his new work, the queen of pop began in Barcelona on July 9, 2001 his new world, The Drowes World Tour; the fifth in his career. After the resounding failure of Sweet away (2002), a new foray into film directed by her husband, her tenth studio album, American Life , went on sale worldwide in April 2003. That same year Madonna returned today with the launch of a series of books aimed at children and young people. The first volume, The English Roses , went on sale in 30 languages ​​and in a hundred countries.
In 2004 he embarked on a world tour, with the name Re-invention, started in May in Los Angeles. The show was attended by a hundred people, with twelve dancers and five musicians on stage. The tour ended in Lisbon, the night of September 14, 2004, the city where the singer had to repeat concert with the demand for tickets. Show that coincided with the recognition of their adherence to the Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism par excellence, and his desire to change her name to Esther.
In 2005 Madonna presented confessions on a dance floor , a job in which he returned to his roots with music specifically designed for the dance floor. His first single, Hung up , containing a "tribute" to ABBA and Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (a man after midnight) , was a resounding success, and the LP received rave reviews worldwide. Madonna also left the "serenity" of the latest albums and returned to show off an acid social criticism (including policy against the presidents of the United States and Britain) and a purely provocative attitude, palpable especially in assemblies the "Confessions" tour, which began in May 2006 and included, among other harsh scenes, a crucifixion of the singer herself.
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SAM SMITH BIOGRAPHY

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Samuel Frederick Smith (London, May 19, 1992), better known as Sam Smith is a British singer and songwriter.Born in London, he grew up in a rural town in England; He began attending singing lessons eight years while participating in works of musical theater. Throughout his teenage years , several artistic representatives tried tolaunch his career, but to no avail. At eighteen, inspired by the story of Lady Gaga, she moved to London to focus on his musical career. In October 2012, she rose to fame when she appeared on the single "Latch" Disclosure, which reached number 11 on the British singles. Their next collaboration, "La La La" Naughty Boy, was even more successful and stood at No. 1 on the list of British singles in early 2013. Subsequently, Steve Barnett of Capitol Records, impressed by her voice for a concert, offered him a record deal.
The following year, he won the Sound of 2014 poll conducted by BBC, and received the award Critics' Choice at the Brit Awards 2014. In February and April, launched its singles "Money on My Mind" and "Stay with Me" of their debut album In the Lonely Hour (2014), respectively. Both issues came at No. 1 singles list UK; the second one marked his entry into the American music market and entered the 2 position of Billboard Hot 100. Smith received good reviews, especially for his vocal prowess. In the 57th edition of the Grammy Awards she won best new artist awards, song of the year, record of the year and best pop vocal album. On the other hand, at the Brit Awards 2015 awards won the British artist revelation and overall success thanks to its international sales. It has sold over 8.5 million albums worldwide.

Biography and artistic career

1992-2011: early life

Samuel Frederick Smith was born on May 19, 1992 in London and grew up in the rural county of Cambridgeshire, England. He is the son of Frederick Smith and Kate Cassidy, one broker. His mother was one of the first women bankers in London and the source of household income, while his father was engaged in household chores. He has two sisters, Mabel and Lily Smith. He is third cousin of singer Lily Allen and actor Alfie Allen. It is also godfather to Jackson, the son of his best friend and collaborator Jimmy Napes. He studied at St Mary's Catholic School in Bishop's Stortford. He is a graduate of the Youth Music Theatre UK, the production of "Oh! Carol "starred in 2007. Smith was a member of associations Bishop's Stortford Junior operatics and Cantate Youth Choir.
During his childhood and adolescence he attended rehearsals of musical theater, and formed bands of jazz , acombination that "not only taught him discipline and technique to harness and control his voice, but also push his vocal range to the limit." He also argues that "had a passion for pop music." At age eight, he started taking singing lessons and composing songs with a singer of jazz in your area call Joanna Eden after his parents heard singing a song of Whitney Houston when delivered to the school. His singing instructor used to take him to a club where she sang to accompany her in the chorus. At eleven, an amplifier was purchased and used a small greenhouse in his house, which is accessed by steps, as makeshift stage; Smith sang at the request of his mother at dinner parties for friends and partners. Since he was twelve, he had six different artistic representatives, who encouraged illusions of fame that were never carried out. In 2008, he was the opening act Adele concert at the Shepherd's Bush Empire and met Elvin Smith, who would later become one of his managers. The following year, his mother lost his job because the company he worked for too long considered lost managing the career of his son. In order to pursue a musical career, and motivated by the story of Lady Gaga, she moved to London at eighteen, and worked as a waiter in several bars in the city for two years.

2012-2013: Early in his career with collaborations

At the end of 2012, even without signing a record deal, Smith met the duo Disclosure as coescribía "Lay Me Down" along with his manager Elvin Smith and Jim Napes. Those loved the subject, and as they were working on their debut album, invited him to collaborate on the composition of "Latch" for which he also lent his voice. Following its launch in October 2012 he entered position 11 of the popularity list British singles and marked the beginning of his musical career. "Lay Me Down" went on sale in February 2013 and caught the attention of both domestic and foreign criticism sincerity in its composition and the sound of the voice of Smith. According to Emily Tan, a reporter for The Line Of Best Fit , Smith "quickly showed he was on track to be the next big star." Nick Raphael and Jo Charrington, employees of London Records admired his vocal talent and proposed a contract for two months; in this regard, Raphael said he remembered "having heard" Latch "and thinking," No person may cover as many ranges vocal at a time without going through a computer "," meanwhile, Charrington said that "we have never heard a voice like in our twenty years of working together. " Smith also participated as a vocalist in "La La La" Naughty Boy. The subject became another commercial success and entered the position 1 of the British singles list, and proved that success with 'Latch' 'was no fluke. " At the end 2013, the issue ranked as the best selling of the year in the UK; however, Andrew Hampp of Billboard , said Smith remained "a mystery" because it did not appear in any movies.
In 2013 Smith released his first extended play (EP), Nirvana , consisting of four songs. The first, entitled "Safe with Me" it was produced by Two Inch Punch and premiered at the show BBC Radio 1Xtra of MistaJam on 24 July 2013. The second issue of the EP was produced by Craze & Hoax and Jonathan Creek; the singer Adele promoted the song through Twitter, calling it "very good". The play extended also includes an acoustic solo version of "Latch" and a live version of "I've Told You Now." In late November 2013, it took place the launch of "Together", a theme that Smith Disclosure collaborated with Nile Rodgers and Jimmy Napes. Mobo awards in 2013, was nominated for Best New Artist, and "La La La", a subject on which he collaborated with Naughty Boy, received the awards for Best Song and Best Video.
Smith was spotted at a club in West London by Steve Barnett, an employee of Capitol Records, who offered him a record deal with the label in 2013. According to the businessman, attended a concert by the artist in March of the same year and he noticing her vocal prowess, sent a text message to its partners where he said he was "seeing someone who could change the future of [Capitol]."

2014-2016: records and international success with In the Lonely Hour and "Writing's on the Wall"

Despite having begun his career between 2012 and 2013, Smith did not begin to be widely recognized until February 2014, when the video for his second single, "Money on My Mind", released his face and his own identity as soloist. So much success with his first two collaborations, even before the release of her debut studio album, caught the attention of critics and the British public by winning the Sound of 2014 poll conducted by the BBC. At thesame time, received the award Critics ' Choice at the Brit Awards 2014. To create interest among the American public, his label presented it at the 56th edition of the Grammy Awards. On January 20, 2014 Smith made ​​his debut on American television with "Latch" Disclosure on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon . She also played "Stay with Me" and an acoustic version of "Lay Me Down" on Saturday Night Live in late March, fully conquered the audience. In addition, it included the promotion of MTV Networks and VH1 to appear in their TV commercials as the "artist to watch" and "artist you should know 'respectively.
His debut album, titled In the Lonely Hour was put on sale in British music markets on May 26, 2014 through Capitol Records label. The content mixes pop genres, soul and R & B, and is inspired by an unrequited love. In the Lonely Hour reached No. 1 on the British album and the number 2 in the popularity list US Billboard 200. Overall, it received favorable reviews from critics. Attention focused on the vocal prowess of Smith and the magazine Rolling Stonecommented that it was positioning itself as a "male Adele". At the end 2014, the album was listed as the most sold in the United States with 1.21 million copies third, just behind the soundtrack Frozen and 1989 of the singer -songwriter Taylor Swift. He also became the second best - selling album in the UK in 2014, just behind x Ed Sheeran. In mid-2015, it was announced that In the Lonely Hour had lasted more than a year in the top five of the list of albums in the UK, a feat that had only managed The Beatles. In the report album sales 2015 UK, In the Lonely Hour is ranked third, with 893,000 copies, behind only 25 , Adele, and x of Sheeran, and the report of the United US 2015, ranked as the best selling 1.74 million units with eighth. in the Lonely Hour has sold 2.1 million copies in the UK and 2.9 million in the United States. In September 2015 it was announced that In the Lonely Hourhad exceeded 8.5 million copies worldwide. Smith initially promoted to In the Lonely Hour in various clubs in UK, Europe and the United States. At the same time, he starred with other artists like Taylor Swift and Mary J. Blige. In 2015, he embarked on his first musical tour, In the Lonely Hour Tour , North America, Europe, Oceania, Asia and South America. However, he had to postpone several shows due to problems in the vocal cords.
The single "Stay with Me" he entered the number 1 on the list of British singles and position 2 of the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, respectively. A new version duet with Mary J. Blige out the music market, supported by a music video that premiered in the program First Listen to NPR. In August, Variance Magazine named "Stay with Me" song of the summer. At the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, she was nominated for an artist to watch and best male video for "Stay with Me" and held a staging of the subject. In January 2015, an agreement was announced between Sam Smith, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne for which the first gave them 12.5% ​​of the royalties from "Stay with Me" because of similaritudes between the theme of Smith and "I Will not Back Down "(1989) Petty and Lynne, who also received credit as co - authors, despite manifest that the similarity between the songs was accidental.
In late August 2014, it took place the launch of the fourth single from the album, "I'm Not the Only One , " which reached number three in the UK and number five in the United States. In March 2015 he reissued the song "Lay Me Down" and put up for sale as the fifth single In the Lonely Hour ; the subject reached position 8 of the Billboard Hot 100, making him the third single from Smith to reach the top ten on the list. That same month, he recorded another version of the song with John Legend, for British charity Comic Relief telethon, and reached number one on the charts in the UK. Similarly, with several British and Irish artists he recorded a new version of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" To help those affected by the ebola epidemic in West Africa.
In June 2014 Smith first appeared on the cover of the magazine The Fader in its 92nd edition. After two months of dating, in January 2015 he broke away from the model and actor Jonathan Zeizel. At the 57th Grammy Awards, along with Mary J. Blige she sang "Stay With Me" and received awards best new artist, song of the year, record of the year and best pop vocal album. Also he opted for album of the year and best pop vocal performance soloist.Brit Awards in 2015 she sang "Lay Me Down" and won awards British artist revelation and overall success, and at the Billboard Music Awards 2015 was hailed as the best new artist and best male artist. In late July 2015, his second collaboration with Disclosure launched, "Omen", which was ranked 13 in the singles chart in the UK.
In early September 2015, In the Lonely Hour he broke the record for the longest LP among the top ten list of British albums, totaling sixty-seven consecutive weeks. On September 7, Smith confirmed that he had recorded a song titled "Writing's on the Wall" for the movie Spectre James Bond, in turn announced that it would be released at theend of the month. The issue came into the position 1 británicade simple list with more than 70,000 copies sold during its first week, which made ​​it the first song for the James Bond films that tops this list of British successes. He also became the fifth single number one of Smith in his home territory. In October, the Guinness World Recordsreported that Smith had established two records, being the first artist who plays a theme for James Bond and manages to get into position 1 on the list of British singles, and sixty-nine consecutive weeks in the Lonely Houramong the top ten list of UK, respectively albums.
On November 2, 2015 Smith published a "Drowning Shadows" as the lead single for the reissue of their debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour: The Drowning Shadows Edition , released music market 6 March. Smith was nominated for artist of the year awards, favorite male artist pop / rock and favorite album of pop / rock by In the Lonely Hour at the American Music Awards 2015 respectively. In early 2016 Smith won the Golden Globe for best original song for "Writing's on the Wall" of Spectre , which made ​​him the second artist who composes a song for Bond and gets an award at the ceremony, just behind Adele with "Skyfall." "Writing's on the Wall" is nominated for best original song in the 88 edition of the Oscars.

Art

influences

Whitney Houston and Lady Gaga are two of the artists who have influenced Smith.

From a young age , he was inspired by the R & B and soul that his mother used to listen in the car. Remember that the first song he sang was "My Love Is Your Love» Whitney Houston, whom he cites as one of his idols. In his own words, why singing at such a high record is that "I've spent my whole life imitating Whitney and Chaka Khan, and [...] it is natural to sing like me." The singer - songwriter Lady Gaga is also a significant influence, and its history motivated him to move to London. He also said "want to be Beyoncé" and make compositions like her. He named "My Love Is Your Love" Whitney Houston, "Through the Fire" by Chaka Khan, "I Say A Little Prayer" Aretha and "All I Could Do Was Cry" by Etta James as his "favorite songs of all the Times". He said: "I want to make music that no longer exists , " referring to Houston and Luther Vandross. In turn, Adele has been an inspiration for a long time, about it he said: "I admire how Adele retained his normal compared to stardom, and kept her honest and genuine music."

Voice

In 2014 much compared to Adele Smith with his ability as a singer, and a review in Rolling Stone he described it as " the male Adele". His vocal range "can rise baritone under" resulting in a "dramatic effect". According to critics, Smith "represents a return of virtuoso vocalist in popular music" as Whitney Houston and Luther Vandross. The singer says he's very passionate when he sings, and with his debut album, In the Lonely Hour (2014), tried to make his voice the main element. Caryn Ganz of Rolling Stone opined that has the "flexible falsetto of Barry Gibb and Mark Ronson's ear." Also Jim Farber of New York Daily News noted that in the strongest notes sounds like Mick Hucknall of Simply Red; the author argued that "there is something modern and courageous in a man who has no fear of sounding feminine."

Musical style

According to Jim Farber of New York Daily News , "Smith sings soul , but not in the usual way. Where most of the singers of this genre shout, he moans. While anger inspires many, Smith focuses on the pain. His is the sound of a wound, a lament without defenses or shields ". Jim also said that "there is something retrograde in the role of Smith. Its concentration in unrealizable love songs sad sad ballads reminiscent of the era of gay prerelease. The lyrics of the songs from their debut album, In the Lonely Hour (2014), dealt with stardom, love and the man who inspired it . He has been equated with the album 21 by Adele, both being based on "a broken relationship." Smith alleges that he was "brutally honest" when composing songs In the Lonely Hour . Despite receiving praise for his candor, it has also been criticized for the lack of diversity and monotony of the album. Sheldon Pierce, for example ,argues that "without a list of songs, it would be difficult to differentiate."

Other activities

Philanthropy

In addition to his musical career, Smith has devoted himself to philanthropy, helping various charitable projects and causes. In November 2014, he joined the charity group Band Aid 30 and with One Direction, Emeli Sandé, Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding, Rita Ora, Bono, among others, recorded a version of the song "Do They Know It's Christmas? "Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, to raise money for the purpose of donating it to those affected by the ebola epidemic in West Africa. Also in 2015, along with John Legend, he recorded a new version of its theme "Lay Me Down" to support the telethon British charity Comic Relief at the same time it was released in digital format as single of the Red Nose Day. It has also been declared for the rights of LGBT.
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Katy Perry history

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Katy Perry


Katy Perry was born Katheryn Elizabeth the name of Hudson, in the city of Santa Barbara California. It is the second daughter of two evangelical pastors; He has an older sister and a younger brother. His mother Mary Hudson, who is evangelical (born Mary Perry) grew up in Southern California, and had a "tempestuous first marriage in Zimbabwe. The father of Perry, Keith Hudson, was an actor on the West Coast of the 1960s. Perry is the mother niece Eleanor Perry, which was a writer, and Frank Perry, who was film director, film producer and screenwriter. surname Perry is of Portuguese origin and German being the family descent on the mother .
Perry joined the ministry of their parents; singing in church at the age of 9 to 17 years. She grew up listening to only gospel music and was not allowed to hear what his mother called music profane. Perry attended Christian schools and camps,  as a child, Perry learned how to dance in a recreation building in Santa Barbara, learned to dance by several dancers and started dancing with Swing , Lindy Hop  and Jitterbug .  After obtaining his cretificado as a student  in his first year in high school, he decided to leave school to start a musical career.  Perry initially started singing: "Because I was at that time in my childhood when I was copying my sister and everything she did" .  her sister practiced with cassette tapes , and Perry took those same tapes when her sister was not. He rehearsed the songs with her ​​parents, who suggested that it should take singing lessons, she seized the opportunity and began taking lessons from the age of nine to 16. She enrolled at the  Music Academy of the West  in Santa Barbara and studied Italian opera  for a short time.

Perry signed a contract with Columbia Records in 2004A age of 15, Perry was singing in the church and attracted the attention of rock veterans from Nashville, Tennessee, who brought her there to polish her ​​writing skills. In Nashville, Perry started recording demos and was taught by veterans of country music on creating songs and play guitarra.Perry signed with the record label of Christian music Red Hill  Records, where he recorded his first album at the años.Actuando age of 15 under the name Katy Hudson released its self - titled album genre evangelist in 2001. the album was not as successful, after the record stop working at the end of 2001 .  later, he changed the name by Perry, the name was the mother when she was single, because "Katy Hudson" was too close to the actress Kate Hudson .  at the age of 17, Perry left her home in Los Angeles , where she worked with Glen Ballard on an album for Island Records label  the album was released in 2005.  But, Billboard  reported it also went nowhere. Then Perry was fired by Island Def Jam Music Group .  Some songs of Perry in collaboration with Glen Ballard included "Box", "Diamonds" and "Long Shot", were posted on his official My Space page . "Simple", one of the songs she recorded with Ballard, was released on the soundtrack of the film The Sisterhood  of the Traveling Pants  2005
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Biography of Nicki Minaj

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Biography of Nicki Minaj















Onika Tanya Maraj (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, December 8, 1984), better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj is a Trinidadian singer and songwriter hip hop and rap.

In August 2009, Minaj signed a contract with the record label Young Money Entertainment with distribution from Universal Motown and began appearing in singles of other artists like Mariah Carey, Ludacris, Usher, Sean Garrett and Christina Aguilera among others, before launching their singles "Massive Attack", "your Love", "Check It Out", "Right Thru me" and "Moment 4 Life" detached from her debut album Pink Friday released on November 19, 2010. the album debuted in the US. UU. at number 2 on the Billboard 200 this marked her as the second female hip hop artist of higher sales in a week, behind Lauryn Hill album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill in 1998. In Canada , the album debuted at number 8, at 34 in the UK and 45 in Ireland. Early Nicki Minaj was born in St James a suburb in Port of Spain, capital of Trinidad and Tobago daughter of parents of Indian-Trinidadian and Afro-Trinidadian descent. He lived in St James with her ​​grandmother until eda


d five years because their parents were looking for a place to live in the Queens borough of New York. His mother occasionally came to visit, and one day, when Minaj was five, her mother picked her up to go to Queens. According to Minaj, her father drank alcohol, took drugs, and once tried to kill his mother to burn down his house. He attended Elizabeth Blackwell Middle School 210, where he played the clarinet. He graduated from LaGuardia High School. At La Guardia, a company specializing in music and visual and performing arts, Minaj participated in the school drama program. He had originally planned to sing at LaGuardia, but lost his voice in the audition day. She worked for a time at the Red Lobster restaurant in Bronx, New York. 2004-2009: Early career and mixtapes Minaj was discovered on MySpace by Dirty Money CEO Fendi, who signed her to his label Dirty Money. After appearing in the Carter DVD edition of Young Money's The Come Up, Minaj was contacted by Lil Wayne, the two collaborated on a series of mixed tracks. In April 2007, he released his first mixtape, Playtime Is Over, where it appears as a Barbie doll on the cover. Lil Wayne appeared on the song "Can not Stop, Will not Stop". In 2008, Minaj released her mixtape Sucka Free. She appeared in the July issue of XXL magazine, giving a brief account of his life so far. Later that year, Minaj won the Female Artist of the Year at the Underground Music Awards. Nicki Beam Me Up Scotty released another mixtape, in 2009. He received generally positive coverage on both BET and MTV. Minaj also appeared on the album Beauty Killer Jeffree Star on "Lollipop Luxury". 2010-present: Pink Fridaydebut album Nicki Pink Friday was released on November 19, 2010. A single, "Massive Attack" it was released months earlier. In August, Minaj released "Your Love" as the first official single from his debut album. The single reached # 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, 7 on the Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs topped the list of songs Rap Songs. Minaj became the first female artist not accompanied, at the top of the charts since 2002. In October 2010, Minaj became the first artist to have seven songs on the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time. Backed by its commercial success in the United States, in 2011 Nicki Minaj is the most important opening act of the musical tour Femme Fatale Tour American singer Britney Spears, which is intended to promote the seventh studio album of the latter, Femme Fatale. image in an interview with Vibe magazine, Minaj discussed her sexual image stating, "when I grew up I saw females doing certain things, and I thought I had to do exactly that. the female rappers of my day talk a lot about sex ... and thought that to have the success they got, I would have to represent the same thing when I actually had to do so ".. in an interview with interview magazine, she said again sexual image saying" I made ​​a conscious decision to try to lower the tone of sensuality, i want people to know that especially young in life, nothing will be based on sex appeal. You have to have something else to go with that. " Conflict with Lil 'Kim Lil' Kim lunged Nicki Minaj stating that the rapper has not granted due respect and copied his image ... It all started in early June 2010 during a concert in Buffalo, New York, where Kim alluded to Minaj wearing a wig neon Carmelo, equal to that Nicki used on the cover of Vibe Magazine, which wassubsequently removed and threw to the crowd saying "Everyone knows who is I like tocreate trends. I'm on another level, I like wigs and all but I'm over it. "After these statements, the fight continued and Lil 'Kim released a song in response to the debut album by Nicki, called Black Friday Alter egos While he grew Nicki, was surrounded by problems and the constant struggle between their parents. to escape their problems of real life she created characters and lived his life through them. in an interview with New York, said, "to get away from all his fights, I imagined as a new person. "Cookie" was my first identity, which stayed with me for a while. I was a "Harajuku Barbie", then "Nicki Minaj". Fantasy was my reality. " For their debut album, Minaj created another alter ego named" Roman Zolanski. "She said that in songs like" Bottoms Up "with Trey Songz was not Nicki rapping, but Zolanski, and claims that Roman is his "twin sister." Roman has been compared to the alter ego of Eminem, "Slim Shady" and the song "Roman's Revenge" Pink Friday, Minaj and Eminem collaborated, using these alter egos. on songs like "All I Do is Win (Remix) "is Nicki rapping. Minaj stated that on her debut album, fans can get to" meet "Nicki, Roman and Onika. on November 18, 2010 Nicki Minaj is another alter ego called" Nicki Teresa ". I wearing a colorful scarf around her head, was presented as the "healer his fans" when he visited in the Garden of Dreams Foundation at Fuse Studios in New York City. Personal life While some songs and interviews suggest that Minaj it is bisexual, has said she so far has not had sex with women, but also added in an interview with Out magazine, "I do not date men either." In an interview with Vibe she commented, "I tolerate people from all walks of life and not tell them that they are bad people. I tell women who are beautiful and girls are sexy because I think they need it and sometimes not have anyone to do it. I feel like people always want to define and do not want them to . " He reiterated his displeasure at being labeled in an interview, saying, "The point is that everyone is not black and white, there are many shades in between, have to let people feel comfortable to say what they want to say when they want speak. "During an interview in May 2010 with Details, Minaj was asked if he felt that hip-hop was becoming more gay friendly. She replied: "I think the world is getting more gay-friendly time, therefore the hip-hop so is But it's hard to imagine that a gay male rapper can be easily assimilated, people view gay men as people. who has no experience on the streets. However, I think it 'll catch up to see one in my life. "
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