AudioFeels es un grupo musical independiente de origen polaco. Su estilo musical es el "Vocal Play" o "a cappella", en el cual utilizan únicamente la voz para imitar los sonidos de instrumentos musicales ya sean de cuerda, de percusión, teclados e instrumentos electrónicos entre otros.
Los integrantes de la banda fueron inspirados por la música a cappella, el estilo Vocal Play y músicos como Bobby McFerrin, Urszula Dudziak, Take 6, Naturally 7 , Manhattan Transfer, Cosmos. Esta agrupación de ocho amigos se conocieron mientras estudiaban en The Academic Choir Of Adam Inkiewicz University en Poznan, Polonia, y la banda fue creada en abril de 2007.
AudioFeels se dio a conocer a un público más amplio después de una actuación en la primera edición polaca de "Got Talent" (Mam Talent 2008), ocupando el tercer lugar.
En octubre de 2009 lanzaron su álbum debut titulado "Uncovered". Este álbum contiene doce interpretaciones de temas originales de canciones conocidas como: Nothing Else Mathers, Sounds of Silence y Tragedy entre otras. Uncovered rápidamente se convirtió en disco de oro.
The Wilson sisters and Phillips grew up together in the Los Angeles area in the 1970s and 1980s. The three shared a love of music, and developed their singing and vocal harmonies. In 1989, the trio landed a deal with SBK Records. All three are the offspring of prominent musicians; Chynna is the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, and Carnie and Wendy are the daughters of Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys and Marilyn Rovell of The Honeys. Wilson Phillips released their debut album, Wilson Phillips, in 1990. Their debut single, "Hold On," hit number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on June 9, 1990. The single was also number one on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary and became a hit in several other countries; peaking at number two in Australia, number six in the UK, number seven in Ireland, number 10 in Sweden, and number 15 in the Netherlands, Germany, and Switzerland. The single also won Wilson Phillips the Billboard Music Award for Hot 100 Single of the Year for 1990. The second single, "Release Me", spent two weeks at number one. Their third single, "Impulsive, became another top ten hit, peaking at number four on the Hot 100, while fourth single "You're in Love" hit number one in the US for one week. The fifth single, "The Dream Is Still Alive", peaked at number twelve on the Hot 100.
In 1991, the group contributed a version of the song "Daniel" to the tribute album Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin. While not released as a single, it peaked at number seven on the US Adult Contemporary chart due to strong airplay. Their single "You're in Love" was released that same year, which scored as a number one (and to date, their last top ten) pop single. In 1992, Wilson Phillips also made history as Billboard declared their debut album, at that time, the best-selling album of all time by an all female act; the album peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 album chart, while it had sales of 5 million copies in the US, with a total of 8 million copies sold worldwide. That achievement, however, was later surpassed with the 1996 album Spice by the Spice Girls.
In June 1992, Wilson Phillips released their second album, Shadows and Light. The album was deeply personal and adopted a more serious tone, with tracks exploring issues such as child abuse ("Where Are You") and their estrangement from their fathers ("Flesh and Blood", "All the Way From New York"). The first single, "You Won't See Me Cry," peaked at number 20 in the US and number 18 in the UK, the first time they had a higher-ranking single in the UK than in the US. The single gave them a hit in the US and the UK, and saw the album peak at number four on the US Billboard 200, and it was eventually certified platinum in the US. However, the second single "Give It up" became a moderate hit, peaking at number thirty, and third single "Flesh and Blood" failed to crack the Hot 100. Shortly after, the group decided to break up, departing just after their second album. Chynna Phillips announced plans for a solo career,[9] however, the group performed the US national anthem in a baseball stadium.[10]
Less than a year after the release of their second album, the group had gone their separate ways. In 1993, Wendy and Carnie Wilson released the Christmas album Hey Santa!, a collection of classic Christmas songs which included an original song, "Hey Santa". In 1995, Chynna Phillips released a solo album, Naked and Sacred. Also in 1995, Carnie went on to host her own short-lived syndicated television talk show titled Carnie! In 1997, Carnie and Wendy, along with their father Brian Wilson, released the album The Wilsons and the single "Monday Without You." Capitol Records released a Wilson Phillips Greatest Hits album in 2000.
On March 29, 2001, the group reunited to perform The Beach Boys' song "You're So Good to Me" at a tribute show to Brian Wilson held at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Chynna Phillips also dedicated the performance to her father John Phillips, who had died a few days earlier.
Wilson Phillips reunited in 2004 to release a new album, California, a collection of cover songs. A single, "Go Your Own Way," a song originally recorded by Fleetwood Mac, peaked at number 13 on the US BillboardAdult Contemporary chart. The album fared moderately well on the charts, debuting and peaking at number 35 on the US Billboard 200 chart with 31,000 copies sold in its first week of release. In New Zealand, the album reached the top 10 and amassed gold status after "Go Your Own Way" topped the country's adult contemporary radio chart. The group departed once again.
On October 12, 2010, Wilson Phillips released a Christmas album, Christmas in Harmony. The album yielded a single, "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday," a cover of the popular seasonal tune that first was a hit in 1973 for English glam-rock band Wizzard. The group had a cameo appearance in the film Bridesmaids (2011) and performed "Hold On". Bandmember Chynna was a contestant on season 13 of ABC's Dancing With the Stars and explained that "Hold On" was written by herself, Carnie, and Wendy about Chynna's recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. Chynna made it to week four of the competition.
On March 20, 2012, the group appeared on QVC to promote their release Dedicated, a studio album composed of covers of songs by both The Beach Boys and The Mamas and the Papas. On April 3, 2012, the group released Dedicated, which peaked at number 29 on the US Billboard 200 chart. The trio appeared in their own reality show, Wilson Phillips: Still Holding On, which debuted on TV Guide Network in April 2012. In 2015, Wilson Phillips contributed backup vocals to the song "FourFiveSeconds" by Rihanna, Paul McCartney, and Kanye West for Rihanna's eighth studio album.
In July 2016, Wilson Phillips reunited and performed on ABC's Greatest Hits. In 2017, the group performed on the season finale of NBC's The New Celebrity Apprentice.
In 2022, Wilson Phillips competed in season eight of The Masked Singer as the "Lambs". Chynna portrayed the Lamb with the name "Blueberry", Carnie portrayed the Lamb with the name "Rose", and Wendy portrayed the Lamb with the name "Lilac". They became the first group act to advance to the finale and finished as the runners-up to Amber Riley as "Harp". As an encore, they performed "Hold On".
In November 2022, the group released a cover version of Harry Styles’s song “Boyfriends”.
Marlisa Ann Punzalan (born 1 October 1999), also known simply asMarlisa, is an Australian singer. She won the sixth season of The X Factor Australia in 2014, aged 15, the youngest contestant to have won the show. Punzalan subsequently received a recording contract with Sony Music Australia and released her debut single "Stand by You", which debuted at number two on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association. This was followed by the release of her self-titled debut album Marlisa, which debuted at number six the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified gold. "Stand by You" was nominated for the ARIA Award for Song of the Year in 2015.
Renaud Hantson, nacido el 29 de marzo de 1963, es un cantante, bateria, autor, compositor e intérprete francés. Obtuvo un premio a la excelencia en la batería a los dieciséis años cuando abandonó el conservatorio, instrumento cuya práctica suele inspirarse en Phil Collins. Influenciado por artistas como Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott, Marc Bolan, John Martyn, su carrera comenzó con el grupo de heavy metal Satan Jokers, grupo que formó en 1983 y del cual es bateria y cantante. Sin embargo, comenzó una carrera en solitario en 1986 en un registro de variedades francesas, también influenciado por Joe Cocker o su mentor Michel Berger, quienes lo identificaron por su voz. Participará así en las dos óperas rock de Michel Berger y Luc Plamondon: Starmania de 1988 a 1990 y La Légende de Jimmy de 1990 a 1991, y también formará parte de la 2ª compañía francesa de Notre Dame de París de 1999 a 2001. de Richard Cocciante y Luc Plamondon. También es miembro de Furious Zoo, Judas Feast y Superhuit Liveband.
Jacobus Frederick Jersichbetter known by hisstage nameRay Dylan(born inOdendaalsrus,South Africa, on 15 August 1978) is aSouth Africansinger who sings inAfrikaansand English. Dylan recorded his debut albumNew Kid In Townin 2002, but his breakthrough came with the 2006 Afrikaans albumHokaai Stoppie Lorriefollowed byBreek Die Ysand the CD / DVD releaseHier Binne (Klop ´n Boerehart). In 2010, he received the SAMA (South African Music Award) for the category "Best Country Album of the Year" for his 2009 albumGoeie Ou Country.
BruceFrederick Joseph Springsteen(Long Branch,Nueva Jersey,23 de septiembrede1949) es uncantante,músicoycompositorestadounidense. Apodado a menudothe Boss—enespañol:El jefe—, Springsteen es ampliamente conocido por su trabajo con el grupoE Street Bandy considerado uno de los artistas más exitosos de lamúsica rock, con ventas que superan los 64,5 millones de álbumes en los Estados Unidos y más de 120 millones a nivel mundial, y un total de diez discos números uno, un registro solo superado porThe BeatlesyJay-Z.
Springsteen comenzó su carrera musical a finales de la década de 1960 tocando con grupos como Steel Mill y Dr. Zoom & the Sonic Boom. En 1972 firmó un contrato discográfico con Columbia Records y publicó Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., su primer álbum de estudio con el respaldo de E Street Band, su principal grupo de apoyo en sucesivos trabajos. A lo largo de su trayectoria musical, que abarca más de cinco décadas hasta la actualidad, ha publicado trabajos como Born to Run (1975), Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) y The River (1980), valorados por la crítica musical como tres de los mejores álbumes de rock de todos los tiempos.
Su popularidad se consolidó con el lanzamiento de Born in the U.S.A. (1984), un álbum que vendió más de quince millones de copias en los Estados Unidos y alcanzó el primer puesto en varios países, incluyendo Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido. Desde entonces, y a pesar de no trabajar con la E Street Band en trabajos como Human Touch y Lucky Town, la mayoría de sus discos han obtenido un elevado respaldo comercial, con un total de seis números uno en su país natal entre el lanzamiento de Tunnel of Love (1987) y de Wrecking Ball (2012).
En general, las canciones de Springsteen reflejan letras con aspectos autobiográficos, principalmente sentimientos centrados en Asbury Park o Nueva Jersey, o relatos de personajes ficticios o novelescos que se enfrentan a retos o a puntos de inflexión en sus vidas. También suele incluir preocupaciones económicas, sociales y políticas en composiciones como «Born in the U.S.A.», «American Skin (41 Shots)», «Devils & Dust» y «Jack of All Trades», entre otras. Ha sido además uno de los artistas más críticos con la política exterior de su país en relación con la invasión y posterior guerra de Irak, y participó en la gira Vote for Change para pedir el voto por John Kerry.
La trayectoria musical de Springsteen ha sido reconocida con varios premios, incluyendo 20 premios Grammy, dos Globos de Oro y un Óscar, y en 1999, entró en el Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll. En 2004 la revista Rolling Stone lo situó en el puesto 23 de la lista de los mejores artistas de todos los tiempos, y cuatro años más tarde, en la posición 36 de la lista de mejores cantantes de todos los tiempos.
Su trabajo más reciente, Letter to You, fue publicado el 23 de octubre de 2020, y supuso su primer trabajo con la E Street Band desde 2014 tras varios años de proyectos en solitario.
The Christiansare a musical ensemble from Liverpool, England. They had the highest selling debut album of any artist at Island Records and international charthits in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The name of the band refers to the surname of the three brothers that were originally in the line-up, and is also coincidentally guitarist Henry Priestman's middle name.
Garry Christian (born 27 February 1955, Liverpool) (lead vocals), Roger Christian (born 13 February 1950; died 1998 from brain tumour) (vocals, instrumentalist), Russell Christian (born 8 July 1956) (keyboards, saxophone, vocals), and Henry Priestman (born Henry Christian Priestman, 21 June 1955, in Kingston upon Hull, brought up in Liverpool) (keyboards, guitars, vocals) formed the band in 1985. Paul Barlow (drums), Mike Bulger (guitar/vocals) and Tony Jones on bass were also early members. Because of a reluctance to tour, Roger left in 1987.
In Rock: The Rough Guide, critic Charles Bottomley, described them as "The Temptations in ripped jeans, producing gritty-centred songs in a sugary vocal shell".
Their first five singles all made the top 40 in Britain, and their debut album The Christians (1987) entered the UK Albums Chart at number 2. It eventually sold over a million copies. The highest-placed single from this album was "Ideal World", which reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart.
In 1988, they released a cover of the Isley Brothers' "Harvest for the World", with all proceeds going to charity. The video for the track was an animation, created by four leading animation companies, including Aardman Animations. The video won several awards, and the single reached number 8 in the UK singles chart,[5] their sixth consecutive British top 40 hit.
1989 saw another charity single success, this time as performers on a version of "Ferry Cross the Mersey", released in aid of those affected by the Hillsborough disaster. The single stayed at number one for several weeks (No. 5 in Germany).
Their second album, Colour, released in 1990, reached number one in the UK Albums Chart and the top 20 in several other countries; it yielded the international hit "Words", which was No. 18 in the UK](including the Hillsborough charity single, their eighth consecutive UK top 40 hit) and Sweden, No. 5 in the Netherlands (for two weeks), and No. 1 in France (also for two weeks). The second single from the album, "I Found Out", reached No. 22 in France (No. 56 in the UK).
In 1992, the following LP, Happy in Hell, charted at number 18. Two songs from the album reached the UK top 40, "What's in a Word" (the first single), which also was a top 20 hit in France (with a total chart run of 19 weeks) and entered the top 40 in the Netherlands and the German top 75, reaching No. 60, and "The Bottle", a cover of the Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson song.
Garry Christian moved to Paris in 1995 to record a solo album Your Cool Mystery effectively breaking up the band, although no formal announcement was made, and the door was open to future reformation. In 1998 founding member Roger Christian died from a brain tumour. In 1997 The Christians began to perform together again in an "unplugged" acoustic format. They carried out a thirty-six date tour of the UK, with a similar tour undertaken in 2000, with guitarist and songwriter Paul Campbell, who accompanied them on all of their tours until 2003.
By 2001, The Christians began to write songs for Prodigal Sons, which was released in 2003. This was supported by a UK tour in October 2003, and further promotion in France, Spain and UK throughout 2004.
In 2005, Russell Christian decided he no longer wished to tour, and a decision was made to return to a full band format, rather than the four-man "unplugged" line-up that had been touring since 1999. This new "band" comprising Garry Christian (lead vocals), Joey Ankrah (singer, guitar), Neil Griffiths (singer and acoustic guitar), Cliff Watson (bass guitar), Lionel Duke (drums), Mike Triggs (keyboards) was unveiled on the 2009 tour. A download single (released on download on 5 March 2010) was a cover of Cat Stevens' "Where Do the Children Play?"
2012 was the 25th anniversary for the band, who celebrated with a re-release of The Christians and Colour. A new album called Speed of Life was released in September, with the title track the first single. In August they embarked on a tour of the UK and, on 16 December, they played at Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre. They were briefly joined on stage by former band member, Henry Priestman.
Between September 2013 and January 2014, the Christians toured with Go West and Hue & Cry on a 32 date tour of the UK. Their most recent single, "Inner City Blues", was released in September 2013.
In December 2021, the band released a version of their hit "Man Don't Cry", renaming it "Naz Don't Cry" in reference to the plight of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, an Iranian-British dual citizen who was detained in Iran from 3 April 2016 to 16 March 2022 on charges of espionage for the British government.[12][13] The video for the single features her daughter with Richard Ratcliffe, Gabriella.
BYU Vocal Pointis a nine-member, malea cappellagroup atBrigham Young University(BYU). Founded by two students, Bob Ahlander & Dave Boyce, in 1991, Vocal Point is under the direction of Emmy award-winning director and former member, McKay Crockett. However in December 2022, Crockett decided to leave as director for a new job opportunity. He is replaced by former member Carson Trautman.
Vocal Point was founded in 1991 by two students at BYU, Dave Boyce and Bob Ahlander. Boyce and Ahlander became introduced to modern a capella while visiting the Eastern United States, where a capella had become popular among colleges. Jill Petersen-Lex became the group's first Artistic Director as the group hoped to introduce the Western United States to contemporary a capella. The three held auditions in the fall of 1991. Although the group intended to have eight members, a double-quartet, they could not choose between two singers so they accepted both and became a group of nine. In 1992, the group recorded its first album, "If Rocks Could Sing" on cassette. In 1994, Vocal Point was absorbed into BYU's School of Music.
The group won the ICCA semifinals for the 2003–04 and 2004-05 competitions, but the group chose to not participate in the finals in New York, because they took place on Sundays. In 2004, Vocal Point performed eighteen shows in Nauvoo, Illinois, for three weeks at the Joseph Smith Academy Theater. James Stevens became the group's director in 2004, directing the group until 2012. In 2006, Vocal Point received three Pearl Awards from the Faith Centered Music Association for "Best Sacred Recorded Song of the Year", "Best Group Recording Artist of the Year", and "Best Performing Artist of the Year" for their newest album "Standing Room Only".
Vocal Point performed at BYU's Homecoming Spectacular in 2006. The same year, they hosted a reunion concert for Vocal Point's 15th anniversary. Competing in the 2006 ICCA competition, the group was awarded first place in the quarterfinals and semifinals before winning first place at the ICCA finals in the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York
Directed by the group's former beatboxer, Buck Mangum, in early 2011, Vocal Point again competed in the ICCA. They placed first at quarter finals in Eugene, Oregon. At the semi-finals in Los Angeles, Vocal Point again placed first. At finals in New York, Vocal Point received awards for "best vocal percussionist" to Tanner Nilsson, again "best soloist" to Jake Hunsaker, and second place in the entire competition. The songs they competed with in their set were Michael Jackson's "Beat It," Michael Buble's "Meglio Stassera," a Polish hymn entitled "Infant Holy," and Louis Prima's "Jump Jive an' Wail."
In 2011, Vocal Point competed as part of season 3 of NBC's reality TV series, The Sing Off. The members of the group that competed in the show were Michael "Mike" Christensen, McKay Crockett, Keith Evans, Jake Hunsaker, Ben Murphy, Tanner Nilsson, Robert Seely, Tyler Sterling, and Ross Welch. They were accompanied by Stevens. As a result of their participation in the show, the group was featured in a CNN article discussing how the group represented BYU and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[16] From 2012 to 2022, previous member of Vocal Point, McKay Crockett, has served as the group's producer and artistic director. Vocal Point has performed the United States national anthem at Utah Jazz games. On tour in the United States, their concerts frequently sell out.[3] In 2018, Vocal Point won several CASA A Capella Video Awards including Outstanding Collaborative Video and Best Show Tunes/Soundtrack/Theme Song for "Beauty and the Beast A Capella Medley" featuring Lexi Walker and the award for Best Religious Video for "It Is Well With My Soul".
In 2022, they made an all Disney album called Magic: Disney Through Time. They collaborated with many singers to make this album including Adassa, Anthem Lights, Laura Osnes, & former member Yaphet Bustos.
