TAYLOR SWIFT
Taylor Swift | |
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Swift at the 2010 Time 100 Gala, where she was honored | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Taylor Alison Swift |
Born | December 13, 1989 Reading, Pennsylvania, United States[1] |
Genres | Country pop,[2] pop,[3] country |
Occupations | Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, actress |
Instruments | Vocals, guitar, ganjo, piano,[4]ukulele[5] |
Years active | 2006–present |
Labels | Big Machine |
Associated acts | Nathan Chapman, Liz Rose |
Website | taylorswift.com thetaylornation.com |
PROFILE :
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.
In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. In November 2008, Swift released her second album, Fearless, and the recording earned Swift four Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year, at the 52nd Grammy Awards. Fearless and Taylor Swift finished 2008 at number-three and number-six respectively, with sales of 2.1 and 1.5 million.[6] Fearless topped the Billboard 200 for 11 non-consecutive weeks.[7] Swift was named Artist of the Year by Billboard Magazine in 2009.[8] Swift released her third album Speak Now on October 25, 2010, which sold 1,047,000 copies in its first week.[1]
In 2008, her albums sold a combined four million copies, making her the best-selling musician of the year in the United States, according toNielsen SoundScan. Forbes ranked Swift 2009's 69th-most powerful celebrity with earnings of $18 million,[9] 2010's 12th-most powerful celebrity with earnings of $45 million[10] and 2011's 7th-most powerful celebrity with earnings of $45 million, too.[11] Swift was ranked the 38th Best Artist of the 2000s by Billboard.[12] In January 2010 Nielsen SoundScan listed Swift as the most successful digital artist in music history with over 34.3 million digital tracks sold.[13] On June 2011, renowned site The Boot named Swift and Carrie Underwood The Country Royalty, as they were the only female country artists to be ranked on Rolling Stone's Queens of Pop list.[14] As of March 2011, she has sold over 20 million albums and 34.3 million singles worldwide.[13][15] She has been listed in the 2012 Guinness Book Of World Records as the Fastest Selling Digital Album by a Female Artist for her album Speak Now, and Most Simultaneous U.S. Hot 100 Hits by a Female Artist.[16]In 2011, Billboard named her woman of the year.
Songwriting style
Swift's lyrics are highly autobiographical; she has said that "If you listen to my albums, it’s like reading my diary."[112] For example, the song "Forever & Always" was inspired by her relationship with Joe Jonas,[61][62] while the song "Hey Stephen" was written about a boy whom she toured with in the past.[112] "Fifteen" was written about her freshman year of high school. It has been said that her lyrics "can be tinged with acid: the quiet loner girl getting one over on the cheerleaders, or a caustic payback for the boy who dumped her."[113] She has also indicated that she tries to write so her fans can relate to the lyrics, saying "My goal is to never write songs that my fans can't relate to."[114] She parodied her confrontational style of songwriting during her appearance on Saturday Night Live; during her opening monologue, she performed an original song that featured lines such as "You might think I'd bring up Joe, that guy who broke up with me on the phone/ Hey, Joe, I'm doing real well, tonight I'm hosting 'SNL'" referring to her highly publicized relationship with Joe Jonas.[115]
The intensely personal nature of the songs has drawn her attention in the music industry. Swift once said, "I thought people might find them hard to relate to, but it turned out that the more personal my songs were, the more closely people could relate to them."[116] Due to the autobiographical nature of her songs, some fans have researched the songs' origins. Swift once said, "Every single one of the guys that I’ve written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans."[117] The New York Times described Swift as "one of pop's finest songwriters, country’s foremost pragmatist and more in touch with her inner life than most adults.
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JUSTIN BIEBER
Justin Bieber | |
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Bieber performing in Indonesia in April 2011 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Justin Drew Bieber |
Born | March 1, 1994 [1] London, Ontario, Canada |
Origin | Stratford, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | Pop, R&B, teen pop[2][3][4] |
Occupations | Singer, musician, actor |
Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano, percussion,[5] trumpet[6] |
Years active | 2009–present |
Labels | Island, RBMG |
Associated acts | Usher |
Website | justinbiebermusic.com |
Justin Drew Bieber[7] ( /ˈbiːbər/ bee-bər, born March 1, 1994)[1] is a Canadian pop/R&B singer, songwriter and actor.[2][4] Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun,[8] who came across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager. Braun arranged for him to meet with Usher in Atlanta, Georgia, and Bieber was soon signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), a joint venture between Braun and Usher,[9] and then to a recording contract with Island Records offered by L.A. Reid.[5][10]
Bieber's debut single, "One Time", was released in 2009 and peaked in the top ten in Canada and charted in the top thirty in several international markets. His debut album, My World, followed in November 2009, and was later certified platinum in the United States. He became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut album chart on the Billboard Hot 100.[11] Bieber's first full studio release, My World 2.0, was released in March 2010 and debuted at number one and within the top ten of several countries, and was certified platinum in the United States. It was preceded by the worldwide top-ten single, "Baby". The music video of "Baby" is currently ranked as the most viewed and most discussed YouTube video.[12] Bieber followed-up the release of his debut album with his first headlining tour, the My World Tour, the remix albums My Worlds Acoustic and Never Say Never – The Remixes, and the 3D biopic-concert film Justin Bieber: Never Say Never – which had an opening weekend gross that nearly matched the record for the biggest opening weekend for a concert-film. Bieber released his second studio album, Under the Mistletoe in November 2011, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.
Bieber has been nominated and awarded numerous accolades, winning Artist of the Year at the 2010 American Music Awards, and being nominated for Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 53rd Grammy Awards. Bieber is considered a teen idol.
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