Grammy Award for Album of the Year

One women. That has helped shaped country forever. The lady from Idol that rose to fame. This women is commonly picked to host the CMA Awards. She has won 7 Grammys and been nominated 14 times out of her 11 years of singing professionally. She grew up in a small town of Checotah, Oklahoma. This woman's name is Carrie Underwood. Underwood is one that almost everyone knows of because of her popularity in the country music world. Carrie is a very talented artist that was taken to fame on the hit TV…

big band that had many hits, for example: “Blue Skies” and “One O’Clock Jump.” Basie’s band and music helped to define the ‘swing’ era. He became the first African American male to receive a Grammy Award. Throughout his years he’d worked with a variety of different artists and had won countless other Grammys. Unfortunately, his life came to an end in Florida on April 26th, 1984. To begin with, Count Basie was born to Harvey Lee, a mellophonist and Lillian Basie, a pianist…

Evaluation Paper #2 The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize “ artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to the album sales or chart position.” Album of the year is easily the most prestigious award category at the Grammy’s and has been since 1959. Kendrick Lamar, a West Coast rapper, was recently nominated for 11 Grammys; almost…

Oklahoma. During college he joined a bluegrass band called, Special Edition. In 1982, Joe got married to Janise Parker, his college sweetheart. As a married couple they welcomed two children together. However this married life dissolved in 1986. Two years later after being dissolved with his first wife, Joe got married to Debbie Jones. Debbie Jones is a nurse technician. They also became parents twice after being married. They got divorced in 1996. In 1993 he began his love affairs with Liz…

musician. Now, he is a saved Christian. This is part of the life of a well-known artist by many Christians. He has even won three Grammy awards. Michael W. Smith has done all of this and more. Have you ever thought that you were so far away from ever reaching your goal that you were ready to give up? Well, Michael felt about that same way when he was abusing drugs for four years! Michael W. Smith was born in West Virginia on October 7, 1957. He was born to two loving Christian parents but soon…

psychedelic rock, pop rock and other genre. In 1962, it released the first single "Love Me Do". In 1963, it issued the first album "Please Me", a record for 30 consecutive weeks ranked British pop album charts of the top of the record. April 4, 1964, set the sweep of the billboard Hot…

that would soon change his life forever. According to Eminembase.com, Eminem is worth $210 million dollars. Biography.com states that a year after Eminem began dating Kim Scott he released his first album in 1996. All of his songs mean something to him because they relate to his life. In addition to this, Biography.com informs us that Eminem starred in a grammy award winning movie call 8 Mile, which is semi-autobiographical. Even though he has a lot of gaps to fill with his money, Eminem is not…

favorite artist, Taylor Swift, has paved the way from original country music to country with a touch of pop. This young artist has achieved so much in her years as an artist, than some can’t even dream about accomplishing. I like Taylor Swift because even though she is known for writing break up songs and making them into top chart records, her many awards show how truly talented she is. I first discovered her in the radio back in 2008 when I heard “Our Song” and “Tear Drops on My Guitar”. These…

Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born August 9th, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey. She was the youngest of 3. Her parents are John Houston and Emily "Cissy" Houston. Her mom was a Grammy-award-winning gospel singer and her godmother was Aretha Franklin and her cousins Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick were also singers, as well as her other godmother, Darlene Love so she knew singing and was born for it . At age 11 she started performing in her church’s gospel choir as a soloist and learned to play the piano.…

first rap album, Will Smith fell into a large debt. An actor, a rapper, and a producer, Will Smith is one of the most successful people in the entertainment business. II. Childhood A. Smith was born on September 26, 1968 to Caroline Bright and Willard Christopher Smith, Sr. B. He attended Overbrook High School and Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School . III. Rap Career He frequently rapped as a hobby. Smith met DJ Jazzy Jeff and they decided to pair up. Their first album Rock the…