Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album

and that he asked to sing with a homophobic. He even has taken a decade off with only producing 1 album each year. John has made his main part in life of helping people with AIDS (Schlesinger, 2008). The journey of Elton John is identified by his outrageous style of clothes, controlling his very own AIDS foundation, having the fastest-selling single ever produced, and simply being one of the best Pop/Rock singer to ever take the stage. John’s career started when he won a piano scholarship. He…

and awards. Michael Jackson should be considered one of popular music 's…

written songs for rock groups. Nilsson wrote the song “One” made popular by The Three Dog Night. Two of his recordings have received Grammys: Best Male Contemporary Vocal for “Everybody’s Talkin’” which was a prominent song in the movie “Midnight Cowboy” which won an Academy Award in 1969 and Best Male Pop Vocal for “Without You” in 1972. His most notable album which included both of his greatest hits “Without You” and “Coconut” came out in 1971 called Nilsson Schmilsson. It also included a…

teenager when singing with the group the Primettes. After losing a member in 1960 the R&B and pop trio change their name to the Supremes and signed to Motown records. In 1961 Supremes scored their first number one record with “Where Did Love Go” and broke musical records by having a streak of four additional singles on the charts. The group scored a monumental 12 number one hit making them Americas first vocal group with the most Billboard toppers in history. Ross left the Supremes for a solo…

INTRODUCTION The daughter of housewife Avie Lee Parton and tobacco farmer Robert Lee Parton, Dolly Rebecca Parton, came into this world on January 19, 1946, in Pittman Center, Tennessee. She spent her childhood in Sevierville, Tennessee. Beginning her television career at the tender age of twelve, she went on to perform at the Grand Ole Opry and record for a tiny label by the time she was thirteen years old. She relocated to Nashville to begin her career as a country singer in 1964, after…

songwriting at age 14. She signed with Big Machine Records in 2005 and achieved prominence as a country pop singer with the albums Taylor Swift (2006) and Fearless (2008). Their singles "Teardrops on My Guitar", "Love Story", and "You Belong with Me" were crossover successes on country and pop radio formats and brought Swift mainstream fame. She experimented with rock and electronic styles on her next albums, Speak Now (2010) and Red (2012), respectively, with the latter featuring her first…

stage, the music begins to play and the roaring of the crowd grows louder and louder. The lights shining as bright as the sun and all of a sudden, it goes pitch black. The whole stadium is dark except for one spotlight and there he is “ The King of Pop”. Michael Jackson was known for his great singing career, especially starting at such a young age with his family. He was a part of his family Motown group called, Jackson 5 before becoming a very successful solo artist. When people think of…

both women have become American Pop Icons. Even though, both stars started from the same place, they both evolved at different times, and took different chances in their musical career. Brittney Jean Spears was born on December 2, 1981 in McComb, Mississippi. However, she was raised in Kentwood, Louisiana. In 1997, she signed with her first record label, Jive Records. As a result, in 1999 she came out with an album called Baby One More Time. In time, she became the best-selling teen artist of…

easily are Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana, however these three comprise Latin America as well. Because there are many places associated with Latin America one can see how cultures and people blend. People are exposed to many different types of pop culture, music, media and learning. These elements influence how they think and live. One Latin American musician who was exposed to many different cultures and genres of music was Shakira. Shakira is a singer and dancer…

Will Always Love You, Here You Come Again, and Islands in the Stream. Her distinctive voice and insightful lyrics have garnered her several accolades, including ten Grammys, and in 1999 she was welcomed into the Country Music Hall of Fame. She is a phenomenally talented singer-songwriter. On the big screen, she has been in 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and Steel Magnolias, among others. Part of a larger chain of attractions, her Dollywood theme…