miércoles, 15 de febrero de 2023

Az Yet - Kiss from a Rose

 Az Yet es un grupo de R&B formado en 1989 con origen en Philadelphia sus integrantes originales fueron Marc Nelson, Kenny Terry, Shawn Rivera y Dion Allen, debutan con un álbum homónimo Az Yet (1996) bajo el sello LaFace Records y con la colaboración de algunos de lo pesos Pesados en la escena musical como David Foster, Babyface, Sheila E., y Brian McKnight. Editan el single Last Night que alcanza el puesto #9 en la lista US Hot 100, el #1 en listas de R&B, el #2 en la lista ARIA charts y el #1 durante 2 semanas en la lista  RIANZ en Nueva Zelanda. Lanzan como segundo single la versión del tema Hard to Say I'm Sorry de Chicago que llega al #3 en la US Hot 100 y nominado al premio Grammy a la mejor actuación de un grupo vocal y que gracias a estos dos singles consigue la categoría de disco de Platino.

martes, 14 de febrero de 2023

Lainey Wilson - What’s Up

 Lainey Denay Wilson (born May 19, 1992) is an American country music singer–songwriter and actress. Wilson performed from an early age, before going to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a career as a country performer. In 2014, she released her first album, followed by a second on the Lone Chief label in 2016. Wilson secured a publishing deal and later released an extended play (EP) in 2019, which included the song "Things a Man Oughta Know". In 2020, it was issued as a single through the BBR Music Group and eventually reached number one on the American country songs chart.

Wilson was raised in Baskin, Louisiana, a town of only 250 people. Her father Brian was a farmer while her mother Michelle was a schoolteacher. She became interested in music at a young age. Her family often listened to classic country music by Buck Owens and Glen Campbell. "Country music for me and my family, it was more than music. We lived the words to those songs," she told The Advocate. At age nine, she attended a performance of the Grand Ole Opry and was drawn to the music. "I just remember looking up there, being like, ‘Man, I wanna do that'," she recalled. Wilson's father taught her a couple of chords and she was soon writing songs by her preteen years. In 2006, she released an extended play (EP) on Myspace titled Country Girls Rule. In high school, Wilson took a job impersonating Hannah Montana. Often booking her own shows, she performed as Hannah Montana at birthday parties, fairs, and festivals across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas, even once performing for child cancer patients at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Wilson finished high school and moved to Nashville, Tennessee in August 2011. She first lived in a camper trailer outside of a recording studio in Nashville. The studio owner paid for Wilson's water and electricity to help make ends meet. In 2021, Wilson explained that her early years in Nashville were difficult: "It taught me that this thing was not going to be easy. It taught me perseverance." For several years, Wilson played a variety of small shows and worked on her songwriting. In 2014, Wilson released a self-titled album on the Cupit label. It was followed in 2016 by her second album Tougher. The disc was released on the Lone Chief label. The project garnered an audience and charted the Billboard Top Country Albums list in 2016. In 2018, she issued her second EP, a self-titled collection that was self-released. This led to Wilson signing a publishing deal with SONY/ATV in 2018. The same year, she also signed a management deal.

In 2018, Wilson signed a major-label recording contract with the BBR Music Group. Her first major-label release was her third EP Redneck Hollywood (2019). Her debut major label single was also released in 2019 called "Dirty Looks".Off the Record UK praised the EP, highlighting Wilson's songwriting and the production from producer Jay Joyce. The publication concluded by saying, "The EP is raw and real, pushing the country music genre wider than ever and bringing it back to the traditional while still reinventing it to its modern surroundings." Wilson then received attention from Country Music Television, who included her in their "Listen Up" Class of 2019[ and on their "2019 CMT Next Women of Country" tour.[ She also toured with Morgan Wallen in 2019. During this same period, several of her songs were featured in the Paramount Network show Yellowstone.

In August 2020, the BBR label issued Wilson's next single to radio titled "Things a Man Oughta Know". The track gained heavy media attention from sites like Apple MusiciHeart RadioSpotify and Pandora. By 2021, "Things a Man Oughta Know" became her breakout single, reaching number three on the Billboard Country Airplay chart and number one on the Country Songs chart. It was included on her third studio album Sayin' What I'm Thinkin' (2021). The disc was her first full-length album collection issued on the BBR label and contained 12 tracks. It was her second to reach the Billboard country albums list, peaking at number 40. The disc received positive reviews. "Beyond writing and recording songs that satisfy country music fans, she succeeds at introducing her whole self through the music," concluded Taste of Country's Billy Dukes. Entertainment Focus commented, "The rising star knocks it out of the park with her new album."

Wilson appeared as a supporting act on Jason Aldean's "Back in the Saddle Tour" in 2021. In 2021, Wilson collaborated with Cole Swindell on his single "Never Say Never".The duet was released as the second single from Swindell's fourth studio album Stereotype, and became Wilson's second single to top the Billboard country chart. It was followed by her 2022 solo single titled "Heart Like a Truck", then the album Bell Bottom Country. Wilson received a leading six nominations at the 56th Annual Country Music Association Awards, becoming the fourth artist to receive six or more nominations as a first-time nominee. Wilson also joined the cast of Yellowstone in 2022.


lunes, 13 de febrero de 2023

S.O.A.P. - Abracadabra

 S.O.A.P. were a Danish pop music duo made up of the two sisters Heidi "Suriya" Sørensen (born 18 October 1979) and Saseline "Line" Sørensen (born 26 July 1982). Their music was primarily written by Remee and produced by Holger Lagerfeldt for Sony Music Entertainment Denmark. They released two albums before they disbanded in 2002. They are best known for their single "This Is How We Party", and sold almost 2 million albums worldwide.

Heidi and Saseline were born in the state of Perak in Malaysia though were raised in Næstved, along with their younger brother Daniel. Their father is Danish and their mother is Malaysian. Heidi met Remee when she interviewed him for the youth magazine she worked for. Her father, who had accompanied her to the interview, mentioned to Remee that Heidi was a singer. Remee asked Heidi to sing on a solo album with him, however, she stated that she would not do anything without her sister. Remee subsequently withdrew his offer, though approached the girls a year later stating he wanted to produce an album with both of them. The sisters chose the name S.O.A.P. because they thought it was fun, although it did not stand for anything. Heidi and Saseline once held a competition for their fans to come up with a backronym. "Sisters Organising A Party" was one of their favourite choices, though they were unimpressed by the "countless unsavoury submissions".

Their first album, Not Like Other Girls, was released on 18 March 1998 in Denmark for Sony Music Entertainment. It was released in the US on 5 May, as a self-titled album on Crave Records, with a European release under Sony held around the same time. Remee wrote the lyrics for the album, which was produced by Holger Lagerfeldt. The album was certified gold in Finland and Denmark, and had sold over 15,000 copies in the US by July 1998. By August 2000, it had sold 1.5 million copies worldwide. It featured the successful debut single, This Is How We Party, which spent ten weeks in the top five in Denmark, reached No.1 in Sweden where it achieved gold status, and was also certified platinum in Australia, where it reached No. 7. The song found significant radio coverage in the US, and S.O.A.P. were described in Billboard as "looking to be the biggest thing out of Denmark since Aqua." The second single from the album, Ladidi Ladida, was certified gold in Australia, where it reached No. 15. In the US, Stand By You was chosen as the second single from the album and was released in late June; the song was later recorded by S Club 7 on their album 7. S.O.A.P. won two of their four nominations at the 1999 Danish Music Awards: best new act and best pop album for Not Like Other Girls.

S.O.A.P. opened for the Backstreet Boys on their Backstreet's Back Tour in 1998 at 25 venues in the US between 8 July and 14 August. In 1999 they recorded the Christmas song Let Love Be Love alongside Juice and Christina featuring Remee. The song remains popular at Christmas time in Denmark, where it charted in 2007 and again in 2011 at No. 20 and No. 34 respectively. The song was certified gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in December 2013. They were also selected by Australian duo Savage Garden to be the opening act on their 2000 European tour. In 2000 they released their second and final album, Miracle. The album was less successful than their debut, with its lead single, S.O.A.P. Is In The Air, only charting in Denmark and Sweden, where it reached No. 3 and No. 25 respectively. S.O.A.P. sold nearly two million albums worldwide. In 2012 they were described by Eurovision as one of Denmark's most successful musical exports.

In 2002, S.O.A.P. disbanded. From 2002 till 2003, Saseline was a TV presenter, hosting the Danish music program Boogie. In 2005, she featured on the charity single "Hvor små vi er" and was also a contestant on the show Expedition Robinson 2005 (VIP), the Danish version of Survivor. She had a son with tennis player Frederik Fetterlein in 2008, though the couple separated during her pregnancy. In 2010, she released a solo album, Restart. In 2012, she was a contestant on Vild med dans, the Danish version of Dancing with the Stars. In 2014, she had another son with her boyfriend Michael Dreyer. In 2016, Saseline Sørensen changed her name to Saszeline Emanuelle Dreyer after visiting a numerologist. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Saszeline drew controversy for spreading misinformation regarding COVID-19 and its vaccines, leading to her being banned from Instagram.

Heidi took a break from the music industry after S.O.A.P. disbanded, and trained to become a tattoo artist while learning to write her own music. She later recorded as a solo artist under the name Suriya, releasing her first single "My Desire" in 2008 and second single "Louis Bag" in 2011. Her song "Forever I B Young" was chosen as a wildcard entry for the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012, the danish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest.




domingo, 12 de febrero de 2023

Bryan Adams - I Fought the Law

 Bryan Guy Adams (Kingston, Ontario; 5 de noviembre de 1959) es un guitarrista, cantante, compositor, fotógrafo y filántropo canadiense.​ En sus estilos musicales destaca el Arena rock. En más de cuarenta años de carrera ha vendido más de 100 millones de copias, incluyendo álbumes y sencillos en todo el mundo.

                                

sábado, 11 de febrero de 2023

Scorpions - Love of My Life

Scorpions es una banda alemana de hard rock​ y heavy metal​ fundada en Hannover en 1965.​ A lo largo de sus más de cincuenta años de carrera, han publicado decenas de álbumes de estudio, sencillos, álbumes en directo, recopilaciones y DVD en vivo. Además, han recibido varios premios y condecoraciones, que los convierte en la banda de rock más exitosa de Alemania.

En sus inicios se denominaban Nameless —los sin nombre, en español— luego cambiaron a The Scorpions, y posteriormente a finales de 1969 decidieron denominarse simplemente Scorpions. Su primera producción discográfica fue Lonesome Crow (1972), con Klaus Meine en la voz, Rudolf Schenker y Michael Schenker en las guitarras, Lothar Heimberg en el bajo y Wolfgang Dziony en la batería. Sin embargo, durante su gira promocional, Michael anunció su retiro de la banda para unirse a los británicos UFO, que provocó una breve ruptura en 1973. A mediados del mismo año, Rudolf y Klaus reformaron la banda con algunos integrantes de Dawn Road, entre ellos Uli Jon Roth y Francis Buchholz, con los cuales publicaron los álbumes Fly to the Rainbow (1974), In Trance (1975), Virgin Killer (1976) y Taken by Force (1977), con los que obtuvieron gran reconocimiento en Europa y Japón.

En 1978 lanzaron su primer disco en vivo, Tokyo Tapes, que fue el último con Roth ya que renunció al grupo para iniciar una carrera solista. Al año siguiente ingresó Matthias Jabs, con quien iniciaron el camino hacia el mercado estadounidense con Lovedrive, que contó además con la participación de Michael Schenker en tres de sus canciones. Durante los ochenta, con Animal Magnetism (1980), Blackout (1982), Love at First Sting (1984) y Savage Amusement (1988) obtuvieron un gran éxito comercial en gran parte del mundo, ubicándose en los primeros puestos de las listas musicales y logrando varios discos de oro y de platino.

Con la llegada de los años noventa publicaron Crazy World, que contenía el tema «Wind of Change», que se convertiría en un ícono de las revoluciones políticas-sociales que vivía el mundo por aquel entonces. En 1993 pusieron a la venta Face the Heat, el primer trabajo con el bajista Ralph Rieckermann que entró en reemplazo de Francis, que salió de la banda a mediados de 1992. En la última parte de la década publicaron Pure Instinct (1996) y Eye II Eye (1999), con James Kottak como nuevo baterista en reemplazo de Herman Rarebell, que demostraron un sonido renovado con toques más suaves y electrónicos —sobre todo en el último mencionado— y que trajo consigo una serie de críticas de la prensa especializada y de sus propios fanáticos.

Durante el primer decenio del nuevo milenio, publicaron el proyecto sinfónico Moment of Glory (2000) y el unplugged Acoustica (2001), que los volvió a posicionar en las listas musicales. Más tarde con Unbreakable (2004) y Humanity: Hour I (2007), que fueron los primeros con el bajista polaco Paweł Mąciwoda, retornaron en gran medida a su sonido clásico.​ En 2010 iniciaron su «gira de despedida» con lo que sería su último disco de estudio, Sting in the Tail, la que anunciaron en su sitio web como el inicio del final del camino y que los llevó a los cinco continentes durante los siguientes años.​ Sin embargo, en algunas entrevistas dadas en 2011 y 2012 informaron que continuarían con su carrera, enfocándose en la celebración de sus cincuenta años con el lanzamiento del nuevo álbum Return to Forever (2015).

Scorpions es reconocida como la banda de rock más importante y exitosa de Alemania y de Europa continental, cuyas ventas se estima que supera los 100 millones de álbumes en el mundo,​ de los cuales 10,5 millones han sido vendidos solo en los Estados Unidos.​ Aun así, en el 2011 la prensa especializada alemana estimó que las ventas del grupo alcanzaban los 160 millones de discos alrededor del mundo.​ Por otro lado, durante la presentación oficial de los premios Echo de 2009, se mencionó que habían dado, hasta ese entonces, más de 5000 conciertos en vivo en más de ochenta países. Además, hasta el 2015, sus álbumes habían sido certificados con más de treinta y cinco discos de platino y con más de cien discos de oro.



viernes, 10 de febrero de 2023

Calli Malpas - Piece of My Heart

 Calli Malpas es una Cantante y Compositora que actúa con OCD, una banda de covers de Rock/Pop/Soul con sede en Kent. La variedad de géneros que cubre la banda le permite a Calli aprovechar al máximo sus raíces de rock y blues, pero igualmente ofrece la oportunidad de disfrutar la diversidad que ofrece trabajar con músicos tan talentosos. Hacia fines de 2010, Calli se lanzó a la maestría musical a tiempo completo y comenzó a desarrollar un acto acústico en solitario muy singular con la esperanza de llenar un nicho en el mercado local. Interpretando versiones junto con la pista original ocasional, Calli aporta la misma energía y emoción a su acto en solitario que a la formación de la banda, con la adición de un sonido crudo distintivo junto con un gusto desenfrenado por un trabajo que adora abiertamente y cuando el buen clima británico lo permite, nada le gusta más que volver a lo básico trabajando como animadora callejera en sus ciudades natales.



jueves, 9 de febrero de 2023

Jordan Knight - Waiting for a Girl Like You

 Jordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight (Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, 17 de mayo de 1970), más conocido como Jordan Knight, es un cantautor estadounidense, reconocido por ser el líder vocalista del grupo New Kids on the Block (NKOTB) y actor que llegó a la fama entre fines de la década de 1980 y comienzos de la de 1990.

Es conocido por su distintivo falsetto, influenciado por The Stylistics. Después de que los New Kids on the Block se separaran, Jordan continuó su carrera como solista y ha lanzado siete sencillos. Su sencillo más famoso es «Give It To You» (#10 en las listas del Hot 100), pero desde entonces no ha vuelto a alcanzar el Hot 100. Tiene 4 álbumes de estudio, un álbum de remixes y un álbum de extended play. En 2011, lanzó un nuevo álbum de estudio titulado Unfinished.​ Como compositor, en 1990 escribió «I'll Be Your Everything» para Tommy Page, sencillo que alcanzó la posición #1 en el Billboard Hot 100 y alcanzó la certificación de oro por la RIAA. Es el hermano menor de Jonathan Knight, también miembro de NKOTB.