(Vocals, b. 1978) Portuguese/Canadian singer Furtado is a shining exponent of feelgood modern pop. After a musical youth spent with DJs and rappers instead of musicians per se, her debut album from 2000, Whoa, Nelly!, accordingly fused the more palatable ingredients of music of the streets with an upbeat pop approach that garnered success for singles ...
(Rapper, b. 1974) Nelly’s first album Country Grammar was released in 2000 and went platinum nine times over. Although housing four hit singles, he is best remembered today for his sublime, smoothly produced and utterly sexy ‘Hot In Herre’ single (2002), a track that began a run of 17 weeks at the top of the US Billboard Hot ...
(Vocal/instrumental group, 2002–present) Piano-driven rock band The Fray, formed by schoolmates Isaac Slade and Joe King, earned international recognition in 2006 with their second single. ‘How To Save A Life’ was also the title track of their debut album, which reached No. 4 in the UK and No. 14 on the Billboard 200. The quartet from Denver ...
(Vocals, b. 1971) Timbaland, alias Timothy Mosley, is a successful hip hop and R&B producer who had worked with such artists as Missy Elliott, Jay-Z and Aaliyah before releasing his first solo album in 1998; second LP, Timbaland Presents Shock Value went platinum in America in 2007, and narrowly missed out on the No. 1 ...
While more and more of the mainstream is occupied by heavily manufactured and stylized rock, pop and R&B acts, the emergence of less-demonstrative artists – often from a self-financing small-scale independent background – represents a quiet form of rebellion from the pop norm. The success of mavericks such as Björk and Sinéad O’Connor in the 1990s continues to foster ...
(Vocal/instrumental group, 2001–present) This melodic yet heavy emo-rock band from New Jersey led by singer Gerald Way found success and controversy in equal measure. The quintet made little impact with 2002 debut I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, but reached the US/UK Top 40 with 2004’s Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge. Their third LP ...
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