Tras firmar un contrato musical con A&M Records en 1982, se convirtió en un icono del R&B y del pop con el lanzamiento de su tercer álbum de estudio, Control, en 1986. Sus trabajos con los productores musicales Jimmy Jam y Terry Lewis incorporaron elementos de R&B, funk, disco, rap y música industrial, que la llevaron a marcar un estilo en la música popular. Además de recibir reconocimiento por la innovación en su música, coreografías y videos musicales y por su prominencia en las radios y en MTV, también ha sido reconocida por su conciencia social.
En 1991, firmó el primero de dos contratos multimillonarios con Virgin Records, estableciéndose como una de las artistas mejor pagadas de la industria. Su primer álbum bajo esta compañía, janet. (1993), la encontró desarrollando una imagen pública de sex symbol, al tiempo que empezaba a introducir la sexualidad en su trabajo. Ese mismo año realizó su primer papel protagónico en una película, Poetic Justice. Desde entonces, ha realizado varias películas más. Hacia fines de los años 1990, fue nombrada como la segunda cantante más exitosa de la década, detrás de Mariah Carey. Ha logrado un extenso catálogo de éxitos con sencillos como «Nasty», «Rhythm Nation», «That's the Way Love Goes», «Together Again», «All for You» y «Feedback».
Con más de 100 millones de producciones musicales vendidas, es una de las artistas musicales con mayores ventas de la historia. La Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) la ubica como la decimotercera solista femenina con mayores ventas en Estados Unidos, con más de 26 millones de álbumes certificados. En 2008, la revista Billboard realizó una lista de los 100 artistas musicales más exitosos de Estados Unidos, ubicando a Jackson en el número 7. En 2010, la misma revista realizó una lista de los 50 artistas más importantes del R&B de los últimos 25 años, ubicándola en el número 5. Una de las artistas más premiadas de la historia, su permanencia, éxitos y logros reflejan su influencia en la formación y redefinición del concepto de música popular. Ha sido citada como inspiración por muchísimos artistas nuevos.
En 2009, Strong grabó su álbum debut: Guaranteed!, escrito junto a Guy Mathers y Jamie Pullen y presentando ocho canciones originales y una versión de "I Won't Dance", con participaciones de la cantante Natalie Williams, el vibrafonista Lewis Wright y el baterista Tom Farmer de Empirical. El álbum fue alabado por Sir Michael Parkinson en la BBC Radio 2 ("Pienso que tiene verdadero talento, este chico…") y por Bob Sinfield en Jazz FM.
En 2012 Strong lanzó Laughing in Rhythm (un duo con la actriz Jessica Hynes para la ONG "Children in Need"), realizó una gira por 25 ciudades europeas y actuó en el programa de la televisión alemana Harald Schmidt Show. Se le asocia especialmente con la ciudad de París, donde tocó junto a BB King en Le Grand Rex y realizó doce actuaciones en Le Duc des Lombards.
En enero de 2013, se anunció que había firmado un contrato con el sello parisino Naïve Records, y publicó Stepping Out en primavera de 2013. Tras el lanzamiento en Londres, el periódico británico Metro alabó a Strong como "un nuevo gran talento" y, en Francia, apareció en el diario nacional Le Figaro. Tras una actuación en el programa matutino MorgenMagazin, Stepping Out alcanzó el Número 1 en los listados de jazz en iTunes y Amazon en Alemania.
Emmaline Campbell, known professionally as Emmaline, is an American singer-songwriter, violinist and YouTuber. Emmaline launched her music career in 2017 with the creation of her YouTube page. In 2018, Emmaline's following grew following her appearance on Scott Bradley’s YouTube channel, Postmodern Jukebox. The YouTube video went viral with over one-million views. In 2019, she produced her debut EP All My Sweetest Dreams which was funded by her fans through a Kickstarter campaign. Shortly after the release of her EP, Emmaline opened at a sold-out show for Chaka Khan at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. She received her Bachelors of Arts in Jazz Studies from the University of Cincinnati - Conservatory of Music. During her years in College, Emmaline had begun her music career by publishing her own singles and EPs, being featured on other artists tracks, making appearances and going on tour. She performed with the Cincinnati Symphony orchestra, lending her vocals in "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing."
Guitar Center contracted the young artist in 2017 to do a Christmas promotional video. Filmed in the guitar studio at a Guitar Center location, the video featured Emmaline and guitarist, Ryan Mondak, performing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". The video was posted on the company's twitter account Christmas morning. In 2018, the attention of Emmaline's career was elevated her performance of the song "Domino" with Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox received over one million views. During her time in Cincinnati, she met Funk musician and producer Bootsy Collins who invited Emmaline to collaborate on his rendition of hit Halloween song, "Monster Mash". In 2019, Emmaline went on tour during a college break to promote her recently released EP All My Sweetest Dreams. During this tour, she opened for a sold-out audience at a Chaka Khan concert in New Jersey. Emmaline released her first single, "Shy(Demo)", on Spotify in 2018. She released a cover of hit Christmas song "Winter Wonderland" on November 27, 2020.
Charles Randolph Goodrum(born July 7, 1947) is an American songwriter, pianist, and producer. Goodrum has written number one songs in each of the four decades since his first number one hit, 1978's "You Needed Me".
Goodrum's songs have appeared on the country, pop, jazz, rock, R&B and adult contemporary charts. An accomplished pianist, his music has been used extensively in film and television.
Goodrum joined the US Army following his college graduation, where he played in the army band. During his off hours, he wrote songs and decided to pursue a career as a songwriter. Following his 1972 discharge from the army, Goodrum went to Los Angeles to meet with music publishers. Although he was unable to place any of the dozen songs he presented, he was encouraged to continue writing. He returned to Little Rock and planned to move to Los Angeles. Instead, at the suggestion of a friend, Bob Millsap, he moved to Nashville, where he could finance his songwriting endeavors as a pianist-for-hire for session work and live performances. Millsap signed Goodrum to his publishing company, Ironside, and would go on to pitch Goodrum's first major hit, "You Needed Me", with the persistence it required. "The word would come back that song didn't have a chorus, was too pop, didn't fit the Nashville mould, wasn't sing-a-long, that kind of thing," Millsap's co-writer Jerry Flowers said in 2003.
As a pianist during his early years in Nashville, Goodrum played live and in the studio with artists including Roy Orbison and Jerry Reed. Most significantly, he performed with Chet Atkins, who became both a collaborator and a mentor. With Atkins, Goodrum wrote, "To B or Not to B" and "Waltz for the Lonely", among other songs. Goodrum's composition "So Soft Your Goodbye" won a 1991 Grammy award for Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler.
In 1979, Dottie West released Special Delivery. Goodrum co-produced the album with Brett Maher, and together they wrote 6 of the album's 10 songs. In early 1980, the Goodrum/Maher song "A Lesson in Leavin'" was released. Her first hit as a solo artist, it went to #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in April; in 1981, West had another #1 with Goodrum's "What Are We Doin' In Love", a duet with Kenny Rogers. Over the next two years, Goodrum wrote songs which were performed by artists including Michael McDonald, Kenny Rogers, Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty and Tammy Wynette, among others. In 1981, he won six ASCAP Awards.
In 1982, Goodrum signed a worldwide publishing deal with New York-based CBS Songs. He moved briefly to nearby Westport, Connecticut, before relocating to Los Angeles. Although no longer in Nashville, he continued to work with country artists, writing a hit for Sylvia. His credits expanded to include best-selling records in genres including R&B (Patti Austin, El DeBarge), jazz (George Benson, Al Jarreau) and rock (Michael McDonald, Chicago, Toto). In 1984, Goodrum worked with Steve Perry on his solo debut, Street Talk. He partnered with Perry to write five songs for the album and wrote four additional songs in collaboration with others. "Oh Sherrie", written with Perry, Craig Krampf, and Bill Cuomo was #1 on the Billboard Rock Charts and the biggest hit of Perry's career as a solo artist. "Now and Forever (You and Me)", co-written with David Foster and Jim Vallance, was a major hit for Anne Murray in 1986, appearing on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks. In the mid-90s, he returned to Nashville, and later wrote hit songs for artists including Ronan Keating and John Berry. In 1999, Boyzone had success with a cover version of "You Needed Me" and Jo Dee Messina's cover of "A Lesson in Leavin'" appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 year-end charts.
Goodrum wrote songs for each of the Clinton/Gore presidential campaigns, including "A Circle of Friends", which was the closing theme for the 1992 Democratic Convention and "Reunion," and performed the theme live on television for Clinton's first Inaugural Gala. "Together as One", written for Kenny Rogers and Trisha Yearwood, was featured during the 1997 Clinton inauguration. Goodrum performed on the CBS television special which aired that night. His film and television credits include Prancer Returns, Snowden on Ice, Back to School and Stir Crazy. He co-wrote the theme for the long-running daytime drama One Life to Live with Dave Grusin.
Goodrum was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000. In addition to his work as a songwriter, session player, and producer, he has released six solo albums. He also performs together with Jay Graydon as JaR. They released their first album, Scene 29, in 2008.
Together with Dave Innis and Bruce Gaitsch Goodrum formed the group GIG, named after the first letters of their surnames. The group has released 2 albums so far: "Brave New World" was released in 2018,[17] followed by "Wisdom and Madness" in 2022.
Nacido en Londres, Jamiroquai fue uno de los principales grupos de referencia en el panorama funk internacional, a la cabeza del movimiento denominado acid jazz, en el que militaban bandas como Brand New Heavies, Incognito, Galliano y Corduroy. Desde su primer disco grabado en 1992, Jamiroquai supuso una actualización y puesta al día del funk en los años noventa del s. XX.vs
El nombre "Jamiroquai" surge de la unión del nombre de la tribu indígena norteamericana de los iroqueses, con la cual Kay dice identificarse mentalmente, y el término Jam, proveniente de la palabra jamming, improvisación musical. Entre otras cosas, la banda ha logrado vender más de cuarenta millones de álbumes en todo el mundo y ha ganado numerosos premios como el Grammy, Brit award y MTV Video Music Award
Emprendió su carrera discográfica a principio de los años 2000, tras firmar un contrato con la compañía Epic Records. Se popularizó en las listas de ventas de todo el continente europeo y Oceanía, vendiendo más de 10 millones de copias con sus tres primeros álbumes en Europa, de las cuales más de tres millones corresponden al Reino Unido y más de dos millones a Alemania, convirtiéndose en una de las principales cantantes de esa década. Sus canciones de mayor popularidad incluyen «I'm Outta Love», «Paid My Dues», «One Day In Your Life», «Left Outside Alone», «Sick and Tired» y «I Belong to You» junto a Eros Ramazzotti, «Stupid Little Things». A lo largo de los años, se ha visto respaldada por múltiples reconocimientos profesionales, los cuales han consolidado su música. Ha vendido, en total, más de 20 millones de producciones musicales en el mundo.
Sershen & Zarítskaya es un dúo musical de electrónica ruso, formado por Maria Sershen y Daria Zaritskayaen 2016. Daria Zaritskaya es una cantante y artista musical ucraniana. Es conocida por su voz melodiosa y su estilo de canto único. Gracias a su arduo trabajo y consistencia, se las ha arreglado para seguir siendo la favorita de la mayoría en la industria. Daria se ha ganado una inmensa popularidad y una amplia base de fans en todo el mundo. Aparte de esto, dirige un canal de YouTube colaborativo con su compañero cantante Sershen. El canal ha acumulado más de 531 mil suscriptores.
Albert Cummings(born Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States) is an American blues musician who has recorded under Blind Pig Records. He has played alongside B.B. King, Johnny Winter, and Buddy Guy.Cummings first began playing the five-string banjoat the age of twelve. He started to learn basicchordsandprogressions, and went on to become a fan of bluegrass music. In his late teens, he encountered the early recordings ofStevie Ray Vaughan. While in college, in 1987, he saw Vaughan perform. His first public guitar performance was in 1997 when he played at his friend'swedding reception.[3]In Cummings' late twenties, he formed a band, Swamp Yankee. In 1999, he released an independently producedalbum,The Long Way. The trio spent two hours in arecording studioto record the nine songs for the album.
After the release, the band went on the Northeast blues circuit. In 1998, he walked into a Northeast Blues Society open jam. In 1999, the musician competed in the Blues Foundation's International Blues Challenge, in Memphis. The following year, he released his debut recording.
He later worked with Double Trouble, the late Stevie Ray Vaughan's rhythm section. Bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton volunteered to play on and produce Cummings' solo debut recording, 2003’s self-released From the Heart. Recorded in Austin, Texas, it featured Cummings fronting Double Trouble (including Reese Wynans) in their first recording project since Stevie Ray’s passing.
Cummings was signed to Blind Pig Records in 2004 with a multi-album deal. Only Shannon remained as the bassist for Cummings' next album, True To Yourself in 2004.
In 2006, Cummings recorded a fourth album Working Man, with new band members.
In 2011, Cummings released an instructional DVD for the Hal Leonard Corporation entitled, Working Man Blues Guitar. His 2012 album No Regrets debuted at No. 1 in the U.S., Canada and France on the iTunes Blues Charts and at No. 5 on the Billboard blues charts. In a 2012 interview, he called No Regrets his "best album yet".
In July 2015, Cummings released Someone Like You, a 12-track Blind Pig album produced by David Z.
In February 2020, Cummings released his 11-track Provogue Records debut titled Believe, produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Jim Gaines. Recorded at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Cummings notes the influence the location had on the process of creating this project, “If I had recorded those same songs anywhere else, then Believe would have sounded like a completely different album.” Arguably one of the most notable tracks on the album is a cover of the song Hold On by legendary soul duo Sam & Dave.
On April 8, 2022, Cummings released 10, a 13-track Ivy Music Company album produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Chuck Ainlay. Simply described as "the blues rocker's gone country", it features discovered depth and complexity within a new style, according to a review published by Blues Rock Review.
