TVXQ, an acronym for Tong Vfang Xien Qi stylized as TVXQ, is a South Korean pop group formed in 2003 under SM Entertainment. It is based on the experience of H.O.T, and focus on Asia area. In South Korea they are known as Dong Bang Shin Ki(Korean: 동방신기), often abbreviated as DBSK; and in Japan as Tohoshinki (Japanese: 東方神起). Their name translates to "The Rising Gods of the East".
The group debuted in 2003 as a 5 members boy band consisting of leader U-Know Yunho, Max Changmin, Hero Jaejoong, Micky Yoochun and Xiah Junsu. In July 2009, the latter three filed for an injunction against their Korean agency SM Entertainment. This led to TVXQ ceasing all public activities and appearances after 2009. After a hiatus of 2 years and 3 months, TVXQ returned as a duo consisting of Yunho and Changmin.
TVXQ is one of Asia's most successful acts and they have been labelled as "Asia's Stars" and "King of K-pop" as certified by their Tone Tour in Japan for their immense success and contributions to Korean pop.
Aliaune Damala
Badara Akon Thiam，people
usually call him Akon. When he was 7 years old, he moved to New Jersey with his
father. He successfully got the award for basketball to afford him go to
college. However, he broken his knees, he had no choices but live in the
street. Because the arrest of stealing cars, he had a three-year prison life, which
mad him desired restart his new life. Consequently, he started playing music;
he used music to record and present the feelings in the daily life.
He raised to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked up", the first single from his debut album Trouble. I would like to introduce the popular song, Mr. Lonely. Mr. longley kept maintaining at the top of UK charts for approximately 2 weeks. BY the New York times as " Senegal surprise", Mr. LONELY Akon. unique SAO spirit voice let each song is full of new life, whether it be gentle rap songs, or part pop all have their own style, like heard a most primitive African soul to you kiss, sound sings sections of street story. But may in the future he will run for President of the Senegal Ken, will be out of the lonely, sing for you.
“Because of you” is from Kelly Clarkson second studio album Breakaway (2004). She is an American pop rock singer-songwriter. This song has been saved in my music collection for a long time period, it just like a timeless classic song.
This song can be interpreted in many ways, one of interpretation is referring to parents. It is written by Kelly when she was 16 years old as away of coping with her parent’s separation. “Because of you” explores the painof a deteriorating relationship, about the negative effects of a failed familyto child. Kelly gets hurt and has made a commitment to herself to not make the same mistakes as her parents did in herown love life, it is shown as “I will not make the same mistakes that you did, I will not letmyself cause my heart so much misery ”
Kelly sings “because of you” twice to end, the voice is exploring subtle feelings and giving an impressive ending to everyone. Kelly’s performance is perfect in this song.
“Love theway you lie” is performed by Eminem and Rihanna from Eminem’s seventh studio album Recovery. They are the best selling pop artists in the world.
Eminem isan American rapper, is one of the most infulence rappers who has been listed and ranked as one of the greatestsinger of all time by many magazines and awards. He is the first rap artistever won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Rihannais a Barbadian recording artist and actress. She has achieved a total of twelve number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the youngest solo artist to achieve the feat. People refer to Rihanna as a “bubblegum queen” andher music to “teen pop”. Rihanna’s music feature contains hip hop, R&B,dancehall and dubstep genres.
“Love the way you lie” is one of the biggest hits of the 2010s song. It brings out an abusive romantic relationship. Eminem takes the role of a man who cannot controlhis anger around his equally volatile partner—“You get to watch her leave out the window / Guess that’s why they call it window pane”—that remain totally unforgivable. Rihanna portrays a woman who’s not goingto leave despite the danger as lyrics “Just gonna stand there and watch meburn. Well, that’s alright because I like the way it hurts”.
“Love the Way You Lie” reached number one on many singles charts worldwide,it is inarguable success.
H.O.T. was a popular five-member South Korean boy band in the mid to late 1990s. They were formed by SM Entertainment in 1996 and disbanded in 2001. Often credited as the forerunners of the "idol group" trend in the Korean music industry[, H.O.T. successfully turned mainstream Korean music into music for the younger generation. Made up of five teenagers at the time of their debut, they were formed to specifically target teenagers, hence their name "High-five Of Teenagers".
SM Entertainment created many K-POP stars (Dong Bang Shin Ki , super junior and Girls' Generation), but H.O.T is the first "idol group" in K-POP. They changed the traditional view of band, every tream member has own style which attract more fans.
They made the foundation of K-POP idol group, such as the position setting, dance style and interaction with fans. Their dance, dress style and hair style influenced huge number of teenagers about 12 years ago. At that time, K-POP is belong to H.O.T.
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins(born 5 May 1988), better known simply as Adele, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Adele was offered a recording contract from XL Recordings after a friend posted her demo on Myspace in 2006. The next year she received the Brit Awards "Critics' Choice" award and won the BBC Sound of 2008. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008 to much commercial and critical success. It certified four times platinum in the UK, and double platinum in the US. Her career in the US was boosted by a Saturday Night Live appearance in late 2008. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, Adele received the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Adele released her second album, 21, in early 2011. The album was well received critically and surpassed the success of her debut,earning the singer six Grammy Awards in 2012 including Album of the Year, equaling the record for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in one night. The album has also helped her receive numerous other awards, including two Brit Awards and three American Music Awards. The album has been certified 16 times platinum in the UK; in the US the album has held the top position longer than any other album since 1985, and is certified diamond.The album has sold 25 million copies worldwide.
The success of 21 earned Adele numerous mentions in the Guinness World Records. She is the first artist to sell more than 3 million copies of an album in a year in the UK.With her two albums and the first two singles from 21, "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You", she became the first living artist to achieve the feat of having two top-five hits in both the UK Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since the Beatles in 1964.With her third release from the album, "Set Fire to the Rain", which became her third number one single in the US, Adele became the first artist in history to lead the Billboard 200 concurrently with three Billboard Hot 100 number-ones.
Adele is the first female in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three singles in the top 10 at the same time as a lead artist, and the first female artist to have two albums in the top five of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously. 21 is the longest running number one album by a female solo artist on the UK and US Albums Chart.In 2011 and 2012, Billboard named Adele artist of the year.In 2012, Adele was listed at number five on VH1′s 100 Greatest Women In Music,and the American magazine Time named Adele one of the most influential people in the world.
AshleyTisdale, Tayler Switt and M2M are sweet pop stars, who just wanted to love and be loved by you. Lady Gaga is not one of them obviously. She has her own crazy fashion sense and style, but she still has amazed audiences all over the world.She has created so many great songs, such as Poker Face, Paparazzi. Today, let’s talk about my favouritesGaga’s song—“Bad romance”!“Bad romance”is written by Lady Gaga from her third extended play “The Fame Monster”. It achieved worldwide success by selling 9.7 million copies worldwide at the end of 2010,thus becomingone of the best-selling singles of all time.The song premiered at the fashion designer Alexander McQueen’s show at the Paris Fashion Week in 2009, it wascertainly a performance on par with McQueen’s imagination and creativity. Gaga explained that she generally felt lonely when she was involved in a relationship, and concluded that she was allured by men with whom the romance never works out. "Bad Romance" is an infectiously catchy dance song about all of the crazy, messed-up feelings people have for one another." The centralinspiration of “Bad romance” is lover monster, and Lady Gaga is called Mama monster.Lady Gaga’s fans are known as little monster, we couldn’t help but jump on Gaga‘s train, so I guess that is what we are lol.
Westlife were an lrish boy band found in 1998, with the members Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, Nicky Byrne, and Brian Mcfadden. The style of group has evolved from teen pop to pop sound and emphasis on ballads.
The first single to be released was “Swear it again “which went in straight to number one in the UK. Their self-titled debut album met with similar chart-topping success and quickly went platinum in their homeland. And in Ireland, it then went to the top spot in numerous other countries. They followed it with “if I Let You Go” which also went to number one in those countries. They have released nine singles altogether off their two albums, ”Westlife” and “Coast To Coast”. The group is the only act in British and Irish history to have their thirst seven singles peak at number one. They were signed by Simon Cowell and are currently managed by Louis Walsh. They garnered 14 number one singles in the United Kingdom, the third-highest in UK history. The band has also won a lot of awards such as the “Best Irish Pop Act” at the annual Ireland Meteor Awards. It is also noted that westlife are the most successful boy band to originate from Ireland.
The Beatles were England Rock band founded in Liverpool in 1960. They became the most commercially successful and more acclaimed band in the history of popular music. The members of the band have consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. The style of band was Rock and pop that was often incorporating classical and other elements in innovative ways.
In the United Kingdom, The Beatles released more than 40 different singles, album, and EPs that reached number one. This commercial success was repeated in many other countries. Their record company, EMI, estimated that by 1985, they had sold over one billion discs and tapes worldwide. The Beatles are the best-selling musical act of all time in the United states, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
The Beatles led the mid- 1960s musical “British Invasion” into the United States. Although their initial musical style was rooted in 1950s rock and roll and homegrown sniffle, the group explored genres ranging from Tin Pan Alley to psychedelic rock. Their clothes, styles and statements made them trend-setters, while their growing social awareness saw their influence extend into the social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s.
When Avril was young, she was living in
Napanee, nobody expected that she will be famous in the following a few years.
Maybe since she took exercises to sign her names, she can see there will
becoming a day which only belongs to herself. By her age of 16, she had signed
a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more than $2 million. When
she was 17 years old, Lavigne broke onto the music scene with her debut album
Let Go, Lockley, Avril reached NO.1 in the UK with the help of Let Go. Around
2009, more than 16 million copies had been sold worldwide.
The Best Damn Thing, Lavigne's third album, was released in 2007, becoming her third NO.1 album in the UK Albums Chart and featuring her first U.S. Billboard Hot 100 NO.1 single. "Girlfriend". Lavigne has scored six number-one singles worldwide, including "complicated", "Skeber Boi", "I'm with you", "My Happy Ending", "Nobody's Home", and "Girlfriend".
Today, I would like to introduce Girlfriend to you. It introduced a girl who desires a boy's love, the whole song states the mentional thinking of a girl struggling whether or not tell the truth to the boy she loves.
"Beat It" is a song written and performed by
American recording artist Michael Jackson. Actually, this song is older than
me, haha.......Thanks to MJ, he brought many music like "beat it". It
changed my view about pop music and dance once I watch this MV, and I was 6 at
that time. In other words, "beat it" shows me a new world of music,
and it helps me touch pop music culture.
MJ also affected a large number of people to dance,
whatever, he is the father or leader of pop music during his life, and even it is
not long enough. Most of current dancers around the world started to dance
because of the music of Michael Jackson, and their dream were dancing like
Michael. Nowaday, Michael's music are still popular in street dances for old
school dance style. Thus , it is a story about how culture make life longer.
Beyond was well-known rock band which are
formed in Hong Kong in 1983. It is a famous stand out band of Hong Kong in that
period of years. The entire World was been affected. And it became prominent in
Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia. Especially, the members of
the bands were also very famous in mainland of China.
Because of their influential and successful
Cantonese music group from Hong Kong, they always were keeping in the top of
pop music board. However, after Ka-Kui’s death, other members of the band
decided to disband and pursued individual career.
The song’s name is Under a Vast Skywhich
was mad when the band was super-hot. It won the Best Original Song award in
Hong Kong. The song was been translated into several kinds of language to make
sure more countries’ populations can enjoy the wonderful music. This song was
mad for a celebration for their 10 years record. It perfectly present the
talent and smartness of Ka-Kui, he desired to remind people there will be both
prosperity and adversity in people’s life. It is written to cheer them up and
encourage them to keep struggling to fight for what they want.
Queen is a Britishrockband formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of the lateFreddie Mercury,Brian May,John Deacon, andRoger Taylor. Queen's earliest works were influenced byprogressive rock, but the band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly works, incorporating more diverse and innovative styles in their music.
Before joining Queen, Brian May and Roger Taylor had been playing together in a band named Smile with bassist Tim Falstaff. Freddie Mercury (then known as Farrakhan/Freddie Bulgar was a fan of Smile, and encouraged them to experiment with more elaborate stage and recording techniques after Falstaff's departure in 1970. Mercury himself joined the band shortly thereafter, changed the name of the band to "Queen", and adopted his familiar stage name. John Deacon was recruited prior to recording their eponymous debut album (1973). Queen enjoyed success in the UK with their debut and its follow-up, Queen II (1974), but it was the release of Sheer Heart Attack (1974) and A Night at the Opera (1975) that gained the band international success. The latter featured "Bohemian Rhapsody", which stayed at number one in the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks; it charted at number one in several other territories, and gave the band their first top ten hit on the US Billboard Hot 100. Their 1977 album, News of the World, contained two of rock's most recognizable anthems, "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions". By the early 1980s, Queen were one of the biggest stadium rock bands in the world, and their performance at 1985's Live Aid is regarded as one of the greatest in rock history. In 1991, Mercury died of bronchopneumonia, a complication of AIDS, and Deacon retired in 1997. Since then, May and Taylor have infrequently performed together, including a collaboration with Paul Rodgers under the name Queen + Paul Rodgers which ended in May 2009.The band have released a total of 18 number one albums, 18 number one singles, and 10 number one DVDs. Estimates of their album sales generally range from 150 million to 300 million albums, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists. They received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Phonographic Industry in 1990, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.
Madonna is an American singer, songwriter, actress, director, dancer and entrepreneur. She has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and is recognized as the best-selling female recording artist of all time by Guinness World Records. Born in Bay City, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her self-titled debut album in 1983. She followed it with a series of albums that attained immense popularity by pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery in her music videos, which became a fixture on MTV. Throughout her career, many of her songs have hit number one on the record charts, including "Like a Virgin", "Papa Don't Preach", "Into the Groove" "Like a Prayer", "Vogue", "Frozen", "Music", "Hung Up", and "4 Minutes".
"Miles Away" has received positive appreciation from music critics for being a harmonious and meaningful ballad. It reached the top forty in most countries, while peaking inside the top ten in Czech Republic, Netherlands, Hungary, Japan, Slovakia and Spain. It became the best-selling digital single of 2008 in Japan and won three trophies at the 23rd Japan Gold Disc Awards. In the United States, the song did not appear on the Billboard Hot 100, but became Madonna's seventh consecutive number-one song on the Hot Dance Airplay chart, the most for any artist. The song has been performed by Madonna in the promotional tour for the Hard Candy album and the 2008–09 Sticky & Sweet Tour, during the gypsy segment of the show.
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