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Twenty One Pilots began in 2009 by high school friends Tyler Joseph, Nick Thomas, and Chris Salih. Thomas and Salih left the band in 2011, before they left the band self-released the album Twenty One Pilots. Joseph carried on the band with Josh Dun (current drummer). They toured around the mid-west for a little and self-released album Regional At Best. In 2012 the duo signed with record label Fueled by Ramen. This label also produced bands like Green Day and Paramore. Throughout the next few…

Stevie Wonder started creating music when he was 12 years old. He made some of the greatest music of all time while being blind.Stevie created joyful music while showing persistence and overcoming being blind and at the same time illuminating/inspiring the world. Stevie Wonder was a music sensation who changed the world. Stevie created lots of merry music for everyone to enjoy. He was a songwriter, pianist, singer and more. People could not get enough of Stevie as he was growing as a musician.…

Selena Quintanilla Pérez was a Mexican-American singer who was very influential in spreading Tejano music. She was very popular in the 90’s. Selena’s career was very successful. Her father was afraid of discrimination, but it wasn't really a problem. Throughout her career, Selena was very successful. Selena won 67 awards total. She also had 86 nominations. In 1986 Selena won “Female Vocalist of the Year” at the Tejano Music Awards. Selena would go on to win this award seven more times.…

Once again, Marc Anthony gave pride to every Latino as he landed another Guinness World Record. The 47-year-old star was awarded for having the “most year-end bestselling albums in the tropical albums chart by a solo artist.” A judge named Amanda Mochan said that the pleasure was hers for giving the recognition to an icon of Latin community and even called him an “amazing” person, Latin Times reported. “I cannot think of a better way of celebrating my return to Madison Square Garden and be…

You know who should listen to Soulja Boy? YOOUUU! Soulja Boy was only 17 when he made “Crank That”, which was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks in 2007. At one point, “Crank That” was the highest selling digital song in history!. The song “Superman” by Soulja Boy makes you feel energetic because of it’s lyrics and the rhythm of the beat making you want to “hit that soulja boy”. The song, “Superman” by Soulja Boy makes you feel energetic because of it’s lyrics and the rhythm of…

For this paper I decided to choose a song that is very popular right now called “Closer,” the song is performed by The Chainsmokers and features the up and coming singer Halsey. This song falls under the dance genre and is very popular with the younger crowds right now and held number one on Billboards Hot 100 and many other music top charts around the world. “Closer” also helped the Chainsmokers surpass Calvin Harris’ record by becoming The Chainsmokers fourth number one dance hit on the…

Michael Jackson's career took an even bigger turn when he started working with music producer Quincy Jones. Jones and Jackson met on the set of The Wiz, movie in which Michael started working on because his brothers and himself weren’t as popular as they used to be when they first signed up to Motown (Herbert, 2009). Michael wanted to be in the scene for a long time had no idea how to do it, so he contacted his new friend Quincy Jones for some advice. The Off the Wall Era (1978-1981) began with…

The Fabulous Life of Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter Beyoncé was born on September 4, 1981, in Houston, Texas. She performed in numerous dancing and singing competitions and talent shows as a child. Beyoncé rose to fame and first captured the public’s eye in the late 1990s as lead singer of the R&B girl-group Destiny’s Child. Mathew Knowles was Beyoncé father and manager of the group which became one of the world’s best-selling girl groups in history. Beyoncé is an American songwriter, singer,…

Commonly, children are an exact copy of their parents whether in their matching personality and the way they look and sometimes personality and looks both. With the biological set of parents it is not easy to match the children with just their looks. The believed is that a single human have 7 identical in the world. And you may take it strange that there are babies who look like world-famous celebrities with whom they have never met in their past. And not only children, there are animals who…

Jackson. Born in 1958, the eighth child of the Jackson family started his professional music career at the age of six as a member of the Jackson 5. The Motown ensemble attained a crossover following, scoring seventeen top forty singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including I Want You Back and I’ll Be There. While still maintaining close ties with the Jackson 5, in 1971 Jackson began to focus on his solo career. Between 1972 and 1975, Jackson released four solo albums. In 1978, while filming the…