Rihanna

Rihanna

Name: Robyn Rihanna Fenty

DOB: February 20, 1988

Where: Saint Michael, Barbados

Genres: R&B, pop, dancehall, reggae, hip hop, dance

Occupations: Actress, recording artist

Years Active: 2005-present

Website: http://www.rihanna.com/

-Known famously as just Rihanna, she is a Barbadian recording artist.
-Moved to the US at age 16 to pursue a career in music.

-In 2005, she released her debut album, Music of the Sun. This album features the #1 hit "Pon de Replay". I love this song!!

-In 2006, she released A Girl Like Me, featuring the track "S.O.S"













-In May 2007, she released her Good Girl Gone Bad album, which included the tracks "Umbrella", "Don't Stop the Music", "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia".

-In 2010, she released her Loud album, which featured the tracks "Only Girl(In the World)", "What's My Name?", "S&M", "We Found Love".

Bio
-Born to Monica Braithwaite, a retired accountant and Ronald Fenty, a warehouse supervisor for a clothing factory.
-Her mother, a native of Guyana, is Afro-Guyanese, and her father is Barbadian and Irish descent
-She is the oldest of 3 siblings, 2 brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty. Also has 2 half sisters, and a half brother from her father's side.

-Rihanna grew up listening to reggae and began with music at age 7.
-Her childhood was deeply scarred by her father's addiction to crack cocaine, alcohol and marijuana. Her parents divorced when she was 14.
-She grew up in a 3 bedroom house in Bridgetown and sold clothes with her father at a street stall
-When she attended the Combermere High School, she and 2 of her classmates formed a trio. She was an army cadet in a sub-military programme that trained with military of Barbados and fellow Barbadian singer Shontelle was her drill sergeant.

-Rihanna was found in her home by Def Jam Records producer Evan Rogers. He asked Rihanna to come to his hotel room, where she performed versions of Destiny's Child's "Emotion" and Mariah Carey's "Hero".
-On August 22, 2005, her single, Pon de Replay, hit #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles.
-Because of her Caribbean accent, her music was marketed with reggae music
-In 2007, she wanted to head in a new direction after 3rd studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad. This album has tracks on it such as: "Umbrella", featuring Jay-Z. Her other singles, such as "Don't Stop the Music", "Shut Up and Drive", "Hate That I Love You" were able to be as successful as "Umbrella".

-Her single "Disturbia" managed to get to #1 in the United States and New Zealand.
-In 2011, Rihanna was the highest selling singles artist, overtaking British soul musician Adele by a sales number of 6,000 units.

-With songs like "Shut Up and Drive", her music got more into the world of rock music. Her music is a variety of things. "S.O.S" is similar to Soft Cell's "Tainted Love"

-She listed Madonna as her music influence, and she said she wants to be the "black Madonna". Her other music influences are Bob Marley, Alicia Keys, Celine Dion, Gwen Stefani, and Brandy.

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Chris Jagger

Chris Jagger
This last name should tell you who he's related to!

Name: Christopher Jagger
DOB: Dec. 19, 1947
Where: Dartford, Kent, England
Genres: Cajun, folk, zydeco, country, blues, rock
Occupations: singer, actor, producer
Instruments: guitar, harmonica, washboard
Website: http://www.chrisjaggeronline.com/

IMDb
-Uncle of Jade Jagger, Karis Jagger, Gabriel Jagger, Jim Jagger, Georgia May Jagger, Elizabeth Jagger and Lucas Jagger
-Former brother in law of Bianca Macias-Jagger and Jerry Hall
-Also a musician, brother of Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger

-Christopher Jagger is an English-born musician born on Dec. 19, 1947 in Dartford, Kent, England
-He is 4 and a half years younger than his 68 year old older brother Mick

-Released his first 2 albums in 1973 and 1974
-He remains in the shade of his elder brother, this caused his music career to hardly make a move; despite his many contributions to being a singer, musician, songwriter, alot of journalists often compare him(usually in a very unfavorable light) to his older brother Mick instead of accepting that Christoper Jagger and Mick Jagger have 2 different styles of music

Bio
-After studying in dramatic art, this allowed Jagger to work in various fields, such as theatre, cinema, clothing design and decoration

-In the 1970s, he had a project for recording with The Flying Burrito Brothers, but it stopped. In the 1980s, he helped on 2 of The Rolling Stones albums, specifically Dirty Work(1986) and Steel Wheels(1989)

-Also has worked as a journalist for The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Mail on Sunday, The Independent on Sunday and Rolling Stone.
-Chris and partner Pat Townshend created a guitar company in the mid 1980s. Chris designed a magnesium alloy guitar called The Staccato. The guitar featured a bridge and neck system that could be switched out. The user could switch between a bass neck for 6 string neck.

-A prototype bass was built in Norfolk England in 1983 and a business was started. The partners included Pat Townshend, Bill Wyman, Chris and Mick Jagger. This comapny went under in 1987. During KISS' Crazy Nights tour, Gene Simmons can be seen playing a Staccato guitar.

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60s Music

This is my generation, it seems! :D I wish I grew up in this decade!!!!




British Invasion

The Beatles

The Rolling Stones

The Dave Clark Five

The Small Faces

The Kinks

Petula Clark

Dusty Springfield

The Who

The Animals

Gerry and the Pacemakers

Pink Floyd

David Bowie

The Moody Blues

Rod Stewart

Motown
The Temptations

Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

The Supremes

The Isley Brothers

Aretha Franklin

Classic Rock
Jimi Hendrix

Steppenwolf

Other
The Beach Boys

The Monkees

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Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys

Birth Name: Alicia Augello Cook
DOB: January 25, 1981, age 30
Where: New York City, New York, USA
Genres: Soul, R&B, pop, hip hop, jazz, neo soul
Occcupations: singer/songwriter, record producer, actress
Instruments: Vocals, piano, keyboards, cello, synthesizer, vocoder, guitar, bass guitar

Years Active: 1997-present
Website: http://www.aliciakeys.com

-Raised by a single mom in Hell's Kitchen, New York
-Became the first female to have an MTV Unplugged album reach #1 since Nirvana in 1994

Life and Career
-Only child of Terese Augello, a paralegal and part time actress and Craig Cook, a flight attendant. Her mother is of Italian, Scottish, Irish descent while her father is African American.
-She has expressed her comfort with her biracial heritage
-In 1985, she appeared on The Cosby Show at age 4 where she and a group of girls played the parts of Rudy Huxtable's sleepover guests in the episode Slumber Party.

-In 2002, she won 5 awards at the 2002 Grammy Awards. She won Song of the Year, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Song for "Fallin'", Best new Artist, Best R&B Album.
-She mad eher film debut in Smokin' Aces, playing an assassin named Georgia Sykes. Another movie she starred in was The Nanny Diaries, and most recently, The Secret Life of Bees, along with Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson. Her role in the movie earned her a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture at the NAACP Image Awards in 2008

-She collaborated with record producer Swizz Beats to write and make Million dollar Bill for Whitney Houston's 7th ablum I Look to You.
-In May 2009, her and singer Ben Jones were romantically involved and during the time of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, they took part in a union and had the unborn child blessed in a Zulu ceremony in Illovo suburb of South Africa. She ended up marrying Swizz Beats in France on the island of Corsica on July 31, 2010. She gave birth to son Egypt Daoud Ibarr Dean in NYC.

Music Style
-Her musical inspirations include Barbra Streisand, Prince, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Quincy Jones, Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder
-Her music is deepluy rooted in gospel, vintage soul, and she heavily incorporates classical piano with R&B, soul, and jazz.

Philanthropist
-She is the co-founder and Global Ambassador to Keep a Child Alive, which is a non profit organization to help provide medicine to families with HIV and AIDS in Africa.

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