Grammy Award for Album of the Year

fashion illustration and advertising for various department stores. She then started teaching art at the elementary school level and there is where John began his love for art. Growing up he remembers always doing some sort of art from my earliest years, and eventually went on to college to study Fine Art in Buffalo, New York. After he graduated he worked as a photo-realist painter and had his work exhibited in the Albright Knox Art Gallery also known as the Burchfield Penney Art Center. With…

Toby Mac Toby Mac is a Christian artist and producer of music. His name goes with many genres of Contemporary Christian music of the modern times. Christian music has changed through the last few years, and Toby Mac has gone through the changes as time moves forward. The reason for choosing Toby Mac is due to the total influence a person has and the impact he has had on the world. Not as just a Christian artist and singer, but he changes the way music sticks in people’s minds and hearts. Toby…

big success from every part of her early life,the many awards she has earned to her life now. The beginning of Franklin’s childhood is March 25, 1942. He is the daughter of a very skilled Baptist preacher ,C. L. Franklin. Aretha first moved to Detroit, Motor City, known for its many blues stars, in 1948. She was just six when she went to Detroit. Here she recorded her first album. Then moving to New York…

people outside of Texas and Mexico knew about Tejano. For many years, Tejano fans thought their own this genre…

they earn their way up with efforts; breaking records, creating mesmerizing beats, and in this instance developing the “chipmunk soul” sound. While, breaking social barriers and being oppressed by the music industry. The self-conscious, big ego, Grammy award winner, and fashion mogul; Kanye Omari West, became everything he had ever dreamed of. His true non-conformist character led him to developed his own swagger, opposing the normal trends from the early 21st century. Through the development of…

composers of all time. Born on January 21, 1941, in Madrid, Spain, Domingo grew up in a very music oriented family. Both of his parents were singers of Spanish operas, and toured all around Spain with a troupe. When he was around the age of eight years old, he received his first piano lessons. He moved with his parents down to Mexico so they could start up their own zarzuela group, which helped him learn all the basics of musical theatre. There are rumors that Domingo also made some of his first…

her character. From the years 2005 to 2006 Julie Andrews served as the Official Ambassador for Disneyland's 18-month-long, 50th-anniversary celebration, the "Happiest Homecoming on Earth", travelling to promote the celebration, and recording narration and appearing at several events at the park. Along with this achievement, throughout the years of her life she has won Academy Award for best actress, The Golden Globe award for best actress, and Grammy award for Best Album for children along with…

Saskatoon, she was able to take piano lessons when she had begged her parents to allow her to take piano lessons. Joni was motivated to learn because of her friend Frankie McKitrick who had introduced her to Mozart and Schubert. Later on in her teenage years she had self-taught herself how to play the baritone, ukulele and guitar from a Peele Seeger instruction book. Being a child at such a young age Joni was engaged in music and art. In high school she was known the “school artist.” However as…

known as "The First Lady of Song," was perhaps the popular female jazz singer in the United States for over 50 years. Over her career , she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. Ella was born on April 25, 1917 into a somewhat broken home. Her father left shortly after she was born and her mother moved in with her boyfriend a few years later. While Ella's early childhood years were happy, they took a turn for the worse after her mother died in 1932. Ella's life began to spin out…

During his earlier years life was rough, After Cosby’s father began excessive drinking, the family began to run into financial difficulties. Eventually, Cosby’s father enlisted in the military and as a result of this Cosby became the “man” of the house and had to work multiple jobs in order to assist his mother with any financial troubles. Regardless of their troubles, Cosby’s mother still wanted her children to focus on their education. However during his high school years, Cosby dropped out…