Grammy Award for Record of the Year

Artist Carrie Underwood Carrie Underwood was born on March 10, 1983 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She is the daughter of Carole and Stephen Underwood. She was raised on her parents' farm in Checotah, Oklahoma, near Muskogee. Both of her parents worked. Her mother taught elementary school and her father worked in a sawmill. She is the youngest of three girls. Her sisters’ names are Shanna and Stephanie. She starting singing at the age of 3 and during her childhood, Underwood performed at Robbins…

The Mystery of the slaying of The Notorious B.I.G “Every hustler knows you can’t hustle forever”. Christopher Wallace, or The Notorious B.I.G, was a Brooklyn based rapper who made Sean “Puffy” Combs and Bad Boy records a success. He was described as ‘“A mountain of a man , 6ft 3in, 280 lb, black as tar, with a W.C. Fields scowl and a lazy eye”’ (History). But Wallace’s life was short lived. He was shot at a red light in Los Angeles by an unknown shooter. Many people place the blame on the blood…

diseases, do positive things and be a positive influence on the younger children. The 1980s number one hit in the United States, “We Didn’t Start The Fire” by Billy Joel reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100, was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and was a huge commercial success. He got criticism for the song as well. Blender ranked it forty one on its list of the “Worst Songs Ever”, said that it resembled “a term paper scribbled the night before it’s due.” Joel said he…

imagery, which perfectly complimented the music. The music video for “Vogue” was shot in black-and-white containing style inspiration from the 1920’s with dancers vogueing. It has been performed in 6 different tours and at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards and the Super Bowl’s halftime show. Madonna popularized this style of dancing into mainstream culture and “Vogue” became the number 1 hit the summer it was…

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…

holding people together. Writing at first was to record, so people could have records to fall back on. Because of this, laws were written down, they no longer needed to be reliant on people’s word; that could be twisted any way they liked it. Writing then moved on to more subtle and serious subjects. Such as; fighting for just causes and helping others. Eventually, people would write about everyday things. People wrote about their precipitation records, and never thought twice about it. People…

Most people will tell you that that R&B stands for ‘rhythm and blues,’ but some will still argue that it stands for Ruth Brown. A talented R&B singer throughout the 1950s and later in life a successful theater actress, Ruth Brown reshaped the music industry with her bluesy, storytelling ballads and her signature squeaks. Nicknamed “Miss Rhythm” by “Mr. Rhythm” Frankie Laine and called the original diva, Ruth Brown was influential in bridging the gap between the blues and R&B. Ruth Brown faced…

If you were to ask someone whether winning an Academy Award or a Nobel prize is better, a lot of people would be divided and a lot of people would be confused, and would go on to decide based on their own personal preference as opposed to actually analyzing it. That’s why asking this question is near impossible to figure out. What is the greatest honor? Let’s begin by looking at challenges and achievements a human being can achieve that are worthy of honor. First, the physical ones. Being…

they can become great leaders. All praisable leadership is built upon many exceptional qualities in one person, such as determination, humility, and honesty. Rosa Park’s attitude of determination made her an admirable leader. When she was forty two years old she took her seat on the bus like any other person but she did not realize that day she would change the future for African Americans forever. In an interview she states “ I felt I had a right to be treated as any other passenger.” After…

and clubs. Following college, he moved to Nashville and eventually was signed onto Capitol Records. Brooks is the biggest-selling solo recording artist in American music history. He is the only artist to have four albums achieve Diamond status, each of them have sales with an excess of ten million units. Thus far in his career, Garth has received two Grammys, six Emmy nominations, sixteen American Music Awards, eighteen…