Grammy Award for Best R&B Album

their neighbors. He then grew dramatically, getting many hits. Later in his life, one of his songs, Thriller, won eight grammy awards and was one of the best selling records of all time. The first song that he performed as a solo artist was “Off the Wall,” in efforts to have a solo career in addition to his band, The Jackson 5. He received his first grammy award for Best R&B Male Vocal Performance in 1980. Now extremely famous, the Jackson 5 continuously were touring and were…

Jon Bellion is a Grammy Award winning producer, songwriter, singer and rapper. Jon was born on December 26, 1990 in Long Island, New York. Started playing piano when he was six and has stuck with music ever since then. In high school, he was torn between playing basketball, and making music. Finally in his junior year he decided to focus fully on music. After high school Bellion attended Five Towns College, but eventually dropped out with his band Beautiful Mind. With the promise to always have…

for R&B singer D'Angelo, Badu caught the attention of his manager Kedson Massenberg, who would soon sign her for Universal and begin transforming her debut demo Baduizm. Baduizm exploded onto the music scene in 1997 with soulful hits such as "On & On", "Next Lifetime", and "Appletree". The album marked a shift in the music of its time and began on what was the neo-soul movement. Baduizm won critical acclaim and won Badu two Grammy Awards , for best female R&B vocal performance and best R&B…

singles spot. "ABC", "The Love You Save" and "I'll Be There" follow suit (Npr Music). He had a voice with a performance style because he didn’t sing like a little kid. By age 11, Jackson was appearing on TV, and by age 14 he had released his first solo album. A Jackson 5 TV cartoon series appeared in the early ’70s, and in 1976 the Jackson family, including sister Janet Jackson, launched a TV variety show called The Jacksons that ran for one season. Throughout the 70s, media attention focused on…

I Remember Me I Remember Me is the second studio album by American R&B recording artist Jennifer Hudson. Jennifer Hudson is a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, Academy Award-winning actor, and best-selling author. In 2007 she received the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for her performance in “Dreamgirls”. The title song from the album was “I Remember Me” which was co-written with Ryan Tedder who is also a Grammy Award-winning recording artist. Along with co-writing this song with Jennifer…

known for his work, brilliant stage presence, extravagant costumes and a wide vocal range. His music had a wide variety of styles, including rock, funk, soul, R&B, and pop. He has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artist of all time. He has won seven Grammy awards, a Golden Globe award and an Academy award for the film Purple Rain. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. A few weeks before, Prince had cancelled a show because…

famous R&B group, Destiny’s Child. He was left with numerous gun woods and had to be hospitalized for a few months, while in hospital, he signed to Columbia records where he recorded an album that was never released. The record label and music industry blacklisted him because of the controversial track called Ghetto Qur’an forcing him to go to Canada where he began building his reputation (Emery…

While hymns originate before the legalization of Christianity by the Holy Roman Empire, contemporary Christian music is part of a movement created around the peak of Beatlemania. Originally referred to at “Jesus Music”, Christian Rock, Pop, and R&B had expanded into a multimillion-dollar business by the 1980s. This takeover of the music business was not without controversy, with contemporary Christian music being criticized for simple lyrics, repetitious chords, and having disingenuous motives…

published the best-selling album in the history and spent millions of dollars for charity. Michael Jackson influenced music industry with his music videos and skillful shows. Michael Jackson is very significant person in the world of entertainment, and the legacy he left is truly phenomenal. Michael Jackson, in his relatively short life, left a great legacy. He influenced the development of the modern music. Michael Jackson was one of the artists who popularized…

I agree with the author of Hip Hop Fashion, Masculine Anxiety, and the discourse of Americana, Nicole R. Fleetwood. Although I don’t regularly listen to hip-hop, it’s evident to even me that within the community there are several unspoken rules that must be followed to make it in the industry. In regards to fashion, the author discusses the way in which style and aesthetics are presented in hip-hop. The author goes on to write how an obsession to keep up this aesthetic is then brought forth, so…