Sissel Kyrkjebø, known as Sissel, is a Norwegian soprano. A child star since the age of 11, she is now a national figure in Norway and has performed all across the globe, selling six million solo albums since her recording debut at the age of only 16 and is a featured vocalist on the biggest selling soundtrack recording in history, Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture (30 million sold)
After taking part of some local bands, she was only 19 when she joined the cult progressive doom metal band The 3rd and the Mortal with whom she recorded the demo The 3rd And The Mortal in 1993, the EP Sorrow in 1993 and the full-length album Tears Laid in Earth in 1994 through the record label Voices of Wonder. The music was strongly atmospheric mixing progressive and metal elements. She left the band to join the project Storm and recorded Nordavind and her first solo release Demo Recordings, both being Nordic-folk-music styled.
Spindelsinn, her first official solo album came out in 1997 through Sony Norway, sung entirely in the Norwegian language making honour to the folk style shown before. She was also nominated for best vocal artist in the Norwegian Grammy Awards as best female artist at the Norwegian Hit-Awards. The Following year the second release Mesmerised came out. A mellower album, with more personal lyrics in which she left the folk-acoustic style in favour of exploring more modern sounds. The singing style is reminiscent in some parts of Tori Amos mixed with her own style.
Tired of relying on producers to get the sounds she wanted for her songs, she decided to study production and went to London, England for a couple of years. After joining the Swedish label GMR Music Group Kari released a comeback album, the experimental Pilot which contains a lot of modern sounds. It bears some resemblance to Björk, but with the more passionate feel which has always characterized Kari's music. In January 2005, Other People's Stories was issued, showing a simpler side of her music but without losing the modern feel, quality and passion in her performance.
Rueslåtten has also been featured in a handful of drum 'n' bass tracks by the Norwegian duo Rawthang. Her vocals of "Hør Min Sang" (Hear My Song) is also featured on a hardcore record, by Art of Fighters, called "Artwork". This track was included on Dutch Hardstyle DJ, The Prophet´s Dj Mix, "Hard 3"
At the end of 2005, after performing live (mostly in Norway, with one date in Sweden to conclude) in support of her last album, she took a break from her artistic career to focus on her married life, and gave birth to a girl named Agnes in march 2007. Since 2005, she's also been working as a professor of Psychology (she holds a Master of Science in Leadership and Organizational Psychology at the Norwegian School of Management and BA in Psychology from the University of Oslo).
She's been reported to work again on producing music material, albeit not necessarily in the process of actually making a new album in the near future.
This song is awesome!!! Her voice is wonderful. She is shouting is this song !!!
WOW
You Are My Rock
Electric Storm
Cancer
On 8 July 2003, at the age of 18, Goodrem was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of cancer which attacks the body's immune system.
Extraordinary Day
is about the day (July 8, 2003) when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.
The Analyst
tells the story of the hours of self-analysis she dealt with.
The Last Night On Earth
She was forced to put all working commitments on hold while undertaking treatment for the disease. In an exclusive interview with the Australian Women's Weekly, Goodrem revealed that her body had been giving warning signs since 2002. Symptoms included a head to toe rash, fatigue, weight loss, night sweats, and the appearance of a lump on her neck. "I was doing sit-ups when I felt something pop in my neck. I reached down and I felt a small lump at the base of my throat. It wasn't sore, it wasn't visible, but I could feel it." As part of her treatment, Goodrem undertook chemotherapy, which resulted in the loss of her hair, and radiation therapy.
The news of her diagnosis made newspaper and television headlines and an outpouring of support was shown by fans and the general public alike, Goodrem thanking them during The Visualise Tour for all the letters and well wishes she received. Much of Goodrem's 2004 album Mistaken Identity, in particular "Extraordinary Day", is inspired by her battle. Reflecting on that period of her life, Goodrem says,“ It's weird to see pictures of that time. In some ways the fact that I was so sick was so out there, and yet I kept it really private. No-one saw me on the days I was really sick...I was 18 when I was diagnosed and I had a number one album and single in the country. And in the UK, I was number two. It was such a bipolar year.”
In 2007 it was revealed that Delta's mother, Lea, had been diagnosed with breast cancer. On 27 October, she told News Limited that she had been diagnosed 8 weeks earlier.
Late Night Heartbroken Blues is the debut studio album. It was released on November 22, 2006, and reached #60 on the Swedish albums chart, where it charted for one single week.
Late Night Heartbroken Blues
Oh Boy
Backstabber Lady
God Put a Rainbow in the Sky is the second studio album. It was released on May 2, 2007, and debuted at #42 on the Swedish albums chart, yet reached its peak position of #29, when it reentered the chart in July the same year.
All I Need Is You
Songs of a Rag Doll is the third studio album. It was released on October 17, 2007. The album debuted and peaked at #23 on the Swedish albums chart.
Dancing the Whole Way Home is the fourth studio album. The album debuted and peaked at #8 on the Swedish Albums Chart on April 10, 2009. It is Li's most successful studio album to date, and her only album to enter the top ten. The song Bourgeois Shangri-la was featured in the 2009 Apple iPod commcercial, and the song contains a sample from "Count Me In" by Gary Lewis and the Playboys.
They are an American pop/R&B girl group and dance ensemble founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995 as a burlesque troupe based in Los Angeles.
Nicole Scherzinger alongside Carmit Bachar, Melody Thornton, Jessica Sutta, Ashley Roberts and Kimberly Wyatt.
Success as a music group came in 2005 with their first album PCD which debuted at number five in the US producing three successful singles "Don't Cha", "Buttons", and "Stickwitu"; the latter earned the group a Grammy Award nomination. Following the departure of Carmit Bachar in February 2008, the group continued as a quintet and in September of that year they released their second album, Doll Domination, spawning singles "When I Grow Up", "I Hate This Part" and "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)".
Christina María Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994. Aguilera signed to RCA Records after recording "Reflection", the theme song for the animated film Mulan (1998).
In 1999, Aguilera came to prominence following her debut album Christina Aguilera, which was a commercial success spawning three number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100—"Genie in a Bottle", "What a Girl Wants", and "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)."
What a Girl Wants
Somebody's somebody
Love Will Find a Way
Love for all seasons
Obvious
Her sophomore and her debut Latin-pop album, Mi Reflejo (2000), a Christmas third studio album, My Kind of Christmas (2000), and several collaborations followed which garnered Aguilera worldwide success, though she was displeased with her lack of input in her music and image.
Christmas Time (live)
After parting from her management, Aguilera took creative control over her fourth studio album, Stripped (2002). The album's second single, "Beautiful," was a commercial success and helped the album's commercial performance amidst controversy over Aguilera's image.
Cruz
Soar
Keep on Singin' My Song
Fighter
Aguilera followed up Stripped with the soul, jazz and blues inspired, Back to Basics (2006), released to positive critical acclaim.
Makes Me Wanna Pray
Four years later Aguilera released her sixth studio album, Bionic (2010), which incorporated aspects of R&B, electropop, and synthpop and was met with mixed reviews and poor sales.
You Lost Me
Lift me up
Burlesque: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack album by Christina Aguilera and Cher from the film of the same name. It was released in 2010. The singles were "Express", "Show Me How You Burlesque", and "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me". The album features ten tracks, with eight done by Aguilera and two by Cher, which are Cher's first original recordings in seven years. The album was met with positive reviews from critics with many praising Cher’s return to music. Diane Warren won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for Cher's "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me", while Christina Aguilera's "Bound to You" was nominated in the same category too. Thanks to the album, Christina Aguilera received the Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Visual Media nomination for the 54th Grammy Awards and Cher's "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" was nominated in the "Best Song Written For Visual Media" category.
Express
Show Me How You Burlesque
But I Am a Good Girl
Lotus is the seventh studio album, released on November 9, 2012
She is a Colombian singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, and philanthropist who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s. Born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, Shakira revealed many of her talents in school as a live performer, demonstrating her vocal ability with rock and roll, Latin and Middle Eastern influences with her own original twist on belly dancing. Shakira is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent English and Portuguese.
I admire her dancing. Her movements are sexy and feminine. Thanks to her I became interested in Arabic dance
Waka waka
"Waka Waka" is based upon a traditional African soldiers' song named Zangalewa, a 1986 makossa hit for Cameroonian group Golden Sounds. The song was officially chosen as the anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. About this, Shakira said, "I am honored that 'Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)' was chosen to be part of the excitement and the legacy of the 2010 FIFA World Cup."
"Waka Waka" was written by Shakira and John Hill and co-produced by Hill. The track features Afro-Colombian instrumentation, Soca beat and South African guitars.The song consists of rhythmical African sounds, and represents the vitality and energy of the host continent.
Chirag Sutar from Radio and Music gave the song a very positive review with 4 of 5 stars and said "Shakira's version is great with positive lyrics that can appeal to a universal audience, and at the same time also has the African ingredient intact. The song has brilliant African percussion lines, that can get you grooving instantly. Plus, it also scores for the way it builds up into a celebratory vibe with the chorus line."
According to Entertainment Weekly's Simon Vozick-Levinson, "the hooks here are nowhere near as indelible or inventive as those on last year's awesome She Wolf, but they'll do."
Robert Copsey from Digital Spy gave the song his recommendation with 3 stars out of 5 and said "[...] she sings over beats as fat and bouncy as a well-fed baby. Thankfully, 'Waka Waka' also has a ludicrously catchy chorus cribbed from an old Cameroonian tune and plenty of hip-swingable moments, ensuring it never quite dissolves into an all-out cheese-fest."
Indrajit Hazra from Hindustan Times said "Shakira reminded everyone why football and her frenetic rhythms have been a winning team. [...] Waka Waka is the perfect cheering-on song. As far as Shakira goes, her infectious Waka Waka totally works."
Martin Caballero from Boston Herald said that "With its catchy hook and breezy summer vibe, 'Waka Waka' sounds more like a song for a South African tourism advertisement, not the world’s biggest sports event."
Spy
La tortura
The single is a duet between Shakira and Spanish balladeer Alejandro Sanz, both of whom also composed it along with Luis Fernando Ochoa. It was mixed by Gustavo Celis.
It tells the story of a woman who has been emotionally "tortured" because her boyfriend cheated and eventually left her for another, and has now returned begging forgiveness. He apologises extravagantly, but is ultimately thinking that some infidelity is natural for men and that for the woman not to forgive him would be tiresome and unreasonable. However, at the end of the song, Shakira's character humiliates him and says that she is not going to shed a single tear over him.
She Wolf
Shakira talked to Rolling Stone about the song: "She Wolf" came to me very mysteriously, I was in the studio in a bad mood that day, then I got inspired and went to a corner and I wrote the lyrics and the melody in 10 minutes. The image of the she wolf just came to my head, and when I least expected it I was howling and panting". Shakira talked further about the song to Access Hollywood: "I think 'She Wolf' has a lot to do with the moment in which I feel I am. I feel much freer now as a woman, a little more in touch with my own desires, and I tend to listen to myself a little more. ‘What does Shakira want?’. Not what everybody else wants, but what do I really want? And I think that the song deep inside is about that. [It’s] like a more animalistic side of you, a more primitive side ... an animal person in a way, So when you understand these things you forgive yourself every time you screw up, you say, It wasn’t me, that was the she wolf ... that was the animal in me, that wasn’t me, I have nothing to do with that".
The song was used in a promo campaign for the new season of ABC's Desperate Housewives. The campaign features Shakira's video cut together with scenes from the new season of the show. A chyron with the song and album title are also on the promo. A Second promo was also released featuring a 30 second snippet of She Wolf playing to the video of the Housewives in various moving pictures.
Hips don't lie
"Hips Don't Lie" is a Latin pop song based in a salsa and cumbia performed by Colombian singer Shakira and Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean. The song is a remake of Jean's 2004 song "Dance Like This" (which featured Claudette Ortiz and appeared on the soundtrack to Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights) and takes some of its instrumentation from Jerry Rivera's "Amores Como El Nuestro" (which was also used for Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz's hit single "Déjà Vu (Uptown Baby)"), and lyrics from Dominican composer Luis Dias' "Carnaval (Baila en la Calle)".
Shakira wrote some parts of the new version, and co-produced the song. The song was released as the second single from Shakira's second English album Oral Fixation Vol. 2 in 2006. "Hips Don't Lie" became a global success, reaching the number one spot on the charts in at least 55 countries.
Loca
"Loca" is an interpretation of the artist El Cata's song "Loca Con Su Tiguere". Shakira changed some instrumental melodies, gave the song a different beat and changed the lyrics. The song is heavily Latin influenced as it consists of contemporary merengue music with pop lyrics and rap over it. About the collaboration Dizzee Rascal said that "I know it sounds a bit mad now, but you'll see it and see what's going on", he said. "It's me doing something different man, on a merengue tip." Dizzee also talks to Billboard.com and said about collaboration that "She's a bit of a trendsetter -- she does loads of different things on a major scale". He added "You'd expect her to use an American rapper [for the song], but she chose me. It meant a lot." He continue "I'd like to be in that Spanish market. I got into the whole reggaeton thing when it came out, so I always wanted to get around to something like that"
Objection (Tango)
"Objection" is the first song written by Shakira purely in English. "Te Aviso, Te Anuncio", on the other hand, is sung in Spanish. Both songs share the same rhythm, which is quite similar to the Uruguayan-Argentine tango "La Cumparsita". This tango is sampled in the intro, only modulated.
Her debut album, Not That Kind, released in 2000, achieved multi-platinum sales in Australia, New Zealand and much of Europe.
Made for Lovin' You
Yo Trippin
Wishing Well
Her second album, Freak of Nature achieved respectable sales although it did match the level of international success of Not That Kind.
Don't Stop (Doin' It)
Anastacia entered record studios in September 2003 to begin recording her next album, working with Glen Ballard, Dallas Austin, and David A. Stewart for release in 2004. On the album, Anastacia also collaborated with P.O.D. lead singer Sonny Sandoval on the socially conscious track "I Do".
I do
Sexy single
Left Outside Alone
The first single, released in March, was "Left Outside Alone", which saw a change in direction for Anastacia. It was one of the biggest songs in Europe of 2004, and has become one of her biggest hits.
In late 2005, she released her first greatest hits collection, called Pieces of a Dream, named after a track of the same name. The album spawned the hit singles "Pieces of a Dream" and the duet with Eros Ramazzotti, "I Belong to You (Il Ritmo Della Passione)", which was a huge hit in Europe.
Seasons Change
Rearview
On July 24, Anastacia announced that her fourth studio album Heavy Rotation would be released
The track emerged as one of Mýa's biggest U.S. hits.
Case Of The Ex (Whatcha Gonna Do)
"Mya did a great job with her vocals; she truly brought the song to life," said Stewart.
The single was a critical and commercial success.
"Case of the Ex" was a dominant radio hit, featuring its unmistakable, keyboard hook and its unique, lyric theme (about a strong woman who will not tolerate her man returning to his ex-girlfriend).
Ridin
It's a ballad.
Free
It's a Dance Pop song. The single failed to achieve success on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart peaking at a moderately low fifty-two and spending thirteen non consecutive weeks on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart.
Fallen
the track contains excerpts and elements of Brazilian musician Luiz Bonfá's 1963 song "Saudade Vem Correndo".
My First Night With You
Ghetto Supastar
It's a Hip-Hop song by American rapper Pras and features Ol' Dirty Bastard and introduces recording artist Mýa.
Natalia Oreiro starred in the Argentinian film Un Argentino en New York (1998). After the movie, Natalia launched her first album, Natalia Oreiro and the single "Cambio dolor" became the opening theme for her next acting project, the prime time show Muñeca Brava (1998–1999).
Overall there were about 1.600.000 CDs sold and the disc got 10 times platinum award. (album Natalia Oreiro)
Que Si, Que Si
Huracán
Sabrosito Y Dulzón
She pursued her musical career with the next album Tu Veneno. aThe album scored a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Pop Female Vocal Album, but lost to Christina Aguilera's Mi Reflejo.
Caliente (Hot)
Tu veneno (Your poison)
Her third album, Turmalina, was released in 2002 along with her new telenovela "Kachorra".
