My friend and I look up to her and we always listen to her music. We always say how she encourages us to have more confidence and want to follow our dreams. Beyoncé has been very influential for a while, she’s donated to 33 charities, and she is 36 years old. Beyoncé has produced 28 albums, and sold 17.2 billion in very little time. Beyoncé is a mother of 3 beautiful children. Their names are Rumi Carter, Blue Ivy Carter, and Sir Carter. Jay Z is the father of all three of them and also…
first hit …Baby one more time. That same year Britney received Female artist of the year at the Billboard Music Awards. That next January she won favorite pop/rock new artist. In February she was nominated for two awards at the Grammys. Later that year “Oops…I did it again” hit the radios and broke the record for most radio adds in one day. That very song also sold 1.3 million copies sold within the first week. Her next awards show was the MTV music awards where she performed. Her…
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…
three decades now, that is why she is considered to be one of the highest-paid musicians of today. She actually sold more than 300 million albums in the past 30 years. The most famous single that actually made her reach the top of the charts is the song “Like A Virgin”, which debuted in 1984. She also won not just one, but seven Grammys. She also signed a $120 million record deal with Live Nation Entertainment and the ticket sales from her latest tour were around $1.3 billion. PAUL MCCARTNEY…
One song in particular, Glory by John Legend and Common, won multiple awards with an Oscar for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song, a Golden Globe for Best Original Song, as well as winning a Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media. Music has a huge impact viewers because it helps to draw out specific emotions that the director wants the…
There are those that argue that Taylor Swift has successfully reached self-actualization. This argument was made strong by her already completing her fundamental needs, currently achieving her psychological needs and taking the right steps on finalizing her self-actualization needs. Taylor Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in Reading Pennsylvania. Her full name is Taylor Alison Swift and is surrounded by her immediate family, consisting of her loving father and mother, Scott and Andrea, and…
day. During this time period, the world has experienced some unforgettable historical events that have shaped most of the world we live in today. One of these historical events was the Cold War. The Cold War was an incredibly long war that lasted 45 years. It began on March 12, 1947 and ended on December 25, 1991. The Cold War according to The National WWII Museum was started because of the increase in “ an ideological and political rivalry between the United States and the USSR” ( nationalww 2…
one of the producers and gave her a chance to become a star by recommending her to audition for Ciro Vargas. She impressed the talent scouts and won a contract for three albums right after her thirteenth birthday. It sounds amazing that a thirteen year old could accomplish the types of dreams every girl would fantasize about. But, she made her dreams real. Her first two albums did not turn out as well as Shakira hoped for. She claimed that they were poorly produced and designed out of her own…
Their works include songs for movies such as ‘La La Land’ and ‘The Greatest Showman’. Benj got the idea for ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ from an incident when he was in high school. A classmate tragically died and “Benj, a sophomore, had to watch as a fellow student who had barely known…
In the years between 1940 and 1960 country music got a pretty big overhaul. In the 1950’s and 1960’s Country music brought in other genres like Rock and Soul. Country music has always been the most respected form of music due to its evolution over time. In the years leading up to it country music was starting to be played by African Americans who were starting to put their own feel, emotions…