Will Champlin alcanzó cierto éxito como compositor antes de su participación en The Voice. También colaboró con Michael Caruso y proporcionó coros para Ace Young. Él tocaba el piano en el primer álbum póstumo de temas inéditos del cantante estadounidense Michael JacksonMichael. Actualmente, Champlin dirige una banda de rock alternativo llamada Valley of Wolves, la cual ha lanzado su primer álbum, Out for Blood, a comienzos del año 2018.
En el cuarto episodio de las audiciones ciegas emitido el 1 de octubre de 2013, él cantó Not Over You de Gavin DeGraw. Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green y Blake Shelton giraron sus sillas, y optó por unirse a Levine.
Tauren Gabriel Wellsis an American singer, songwriter, and multi instrumentalist from Houston, Texas who is known for making contemporary Christian music.
Wells was a founding member of Royal Tailor along with DJ Cox and Blake Hubbard while they were attending Indiana Bible College in 2004. Jarred Ingram later joined.
In 2016, Wells signed to Provident Label Group - Reunion Records as a solo artist, and he released his first solo single, "Undefeated", in May 2016. It marked a distinct shift from the glossy pop rock sound of Royal Tailor to a more electronic sound.[citation needed] It also featured Reach Records rapper KB and served as the soundtrack for Dude Perfect's "World Records Edition" video on YouTube.[citation needed] Wells released his second solo single, "Love Is Action", in August 2016 and his first solo EP, Undefeated EP, on September 12, 2016. "Love Is Action" was No. 1 on Christian Hot AC/CHR Radio for nine weeks.
In January 2017, Wells released "Hills and Valleys", which reached No. 8 on the Christian Airplay Chart and No. 3 on the Hot Christian Songs chart. The full-length Hills and Valleys was released digitally on June 23 and was released physically on July 21. The fourth single, "When We Pray", was released on October 20, 2017; it peaked at No. 7. He was featured on Crowder's "All My Hope". The single peaked at No. 3 on the Christian Songs chart and No. 1 on the Christian Airplay chart, becoming his first number one.
In 2018, Wells received Grammy nominations for Best Contemporary Christian Performance/Song and Contemporary Christian Album of the Year, but did not win either.
The fifth single, "Known", was released on June 23, 2018. The song peaked at No. 3 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart, becoming his fourth Top 10 single from that chart. It was a huge success on Christian radio, reaching number one on multiple charts including Christian Airplay and Christian AC Songs. It was nominated for the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song. It was also nominated for Top Christian Song at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards.
In late 2019, he released "Miracle", "Perfect Peace", and "Like You Love Me" leading up to Citizen of Heaven, which was released in 2020. It also featured the songs "Famous for (I Believe)", "Millionaire (Good Like That)", and "Close".
In early 2022, he released "Fake It", "Empty", and "Come Home" which were all singles leading up to the release of his 3rd studio album, titled Joy in the Morning.
In April 2023, Wells announced that he and his family were launching a new church in Georgetown, Texas called Church of Whitestone in 2024.
Inhyeok Yeois an a cappella singer who is best known for singing each part of a music score using only his own voice. In 2013, he started making cover versions of music videos on YouTube, including a quick succession of the covers of Michael Jackson's "Thriller", "BAD",Stevie Wonder's "I Wish",Christopher Cross's "Sailing" andEric Clapton's "Change the World". These cover songs became hits worldwideand gained over three million views. His current goal is to win aGrammy Award.
Robyn Rihanna Fenty(Saint Michael; 20 de febrero de 1988),conocida simplementecomoRihanna, es unacantante,actriz,diseñadorayempresariabarbadense. Es conocida por fusionar algunos géneros caribeños con músicapopy por reinventar su imagen a través de los años. Su impacto en lacultura popularla ha llevado a convertirse en un icono de la música yde la moda, por lo que se refieren a ella como la «Princesa del R&B» y «Reina de la Moda».
Nacida en Saint Michael y criada en Bridgetown, Barbados, Rihanna hizo una audición para el productor de discos estadounidense Evan Rogers en 2003, quien la invitó a los Estados Unidos para grabar cintas de demostración. Después de firmar con Def Jam en 2005, pronto obtuvo reconocimiento con el lanzamiento de sus dos primeros álbumes de estudio, Music of the Sun (2005) y A Girl Like Me (2006), ambos influenciados por la música caribeña y alcanzaron su punto máximo dentro de los diez primeros puestos de la lista Billboard 200 de Estados Unidos.
El tercer álbum de Rihanna, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), incorporó elementos de dance pop y estableció su estatus como símbolo sexual en la industria de la música. El sencillo «Umbrella», que encabezó las listas de éxitos, le valió a Rihanna su primer premio Grammy y la catapultó al estrellato mundial. Continuó mezclando géneros pop, dance y R&B en sus siguientes álbumes de estudio, Rated R (2009), Loud (2010), Talk That Talk (2011) y Unapologetic (2012), el último de los cuales se convirtió en su primer número uno en Billboard 200. Los álbumes generaron una serie de sencillos que encabezaron las listas de éxitos, incluidos «Rude Boy», «Only Girl (In the World)», «What's My Name?», «S&M», «We Found Love», «Where Have You Been» y «Diamonds». Su octavo álbum, Anti (2016), mostró un nuevo control creativo tras su salida de Def Jam. Se convirtió en su segundo álbum número uno en los Estados Unidos y contó con el sencillo «Work» que encabezó las listas de éxitos. Durante su carrera musical, Rihanna ha colaborado con muchos artistas, como Drake, Britney Spears, Eminem, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Adam Levine, Paul McCartney, Ne-Yo y Shakira.
Con ventas de más de 250 millones de discos en todo el mundo, Rihanna es la segunda artista musical femenina con mayores ventas de todos los tiempos. Ha obtenido 14 números uno y 31 sencillos entre los diez primeros en los Estados Unidos y 30 entradas entre los diez primeros en el Reino Unido. Sus elogios incluyen nueve premios Grammy, 13 American Music Awards (incluido el Icon Award, por su trayectoria y contribución al mundo de la música), 12 Billboard Music Awards, siete MTV Video Music Awards (incluido el Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, un reconocimiento entregado a músicos que han tenido un profundo impacto en la denominada «cultura MTV», a través de su discografía y videografía) seis Guinness World Records y el premio del presidente de la NAACP. Spotify le otorgó el título de la artista femenina más escuchada de todos los tiempos. La revista Billboard la nombró «artista digital» de la década de 2000, «artista Hot 100» de la década de 2010 y «artista mainstream» más importante de los últimos 20 años. En 2023, fue incluida en el puesto número 68 de la lista «Los 200 mejores cantantes de todos los tiempos» de la revista Rolling Stone. Es considerada por dos medios de comunicación estadounidense como la artista musical más influyente y exitosa del siglo xxi. Time la nombró una de las 100 personas más influyentes del mundo en 2012 y 2018. Forbes la ubicó entre las diez celebridades mejor pagadas en 2012 y 2014. A partir de 2022, es la música femenina más rica, con un patrimonio neto estimado de $1.4 mil millones.
Aparte de la música, Rihanna es conocida por su participación en causas humanitarias, proyectos empresariales y la industria de la moda. Es la fundadora de la organización sin fines de lucro Clara Lionel Foundation, la marca de cosméticos Fenty Beauty y la casa de moda Fenty bajo LVMH; ella es la primera mujer negra en encabezar una marca de lujo para LVMH.22 Rihanna también se ha aventurado en la actuación, apareciendo en papeles importantes en Battleship (2012), Home (2015), Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) y Ocean's 8 (2018). Fue nombrada embajadora de educación, turismo e inversión por el Gobierno de Barbados en 2018, y fue declarada Héroe Nacional de Barbados el primer día de la república parlamentaria del país en 2021, lo que le da derecho al estilo de «The Right Excelente» de por vida. Rihanna encabezó el espectáculo de medio tiempo del Super Bowl LVII el 12 de febrero de 2023.
Peter James Hollens (born March 4, 1982)is an American singer-songwriter, producer and entrepreneur. He has been involved with a cappella music since 1999 when he and Leo da Silva founded the University of Oregon's a cappella group, On The Rocks, known as the first official collegiatea cappella group in Oregon. He regularly releases new music videos to his YouTube channel. With over 5 million followers and over 3 million subscribers, his content has received over a billion total views since 2011.
Hollens was born in Ashland, Oregon to James and Deborah (Melone) Hollens. He graduated from the University of Oregon with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal performance. Since his graduation from the University of Oregon, Hollens has become involved with collegiate a cappella, including recording, producing, and judging a cappella competitions throughout the United States. In 2010, he participated in NBC's The Sing Off, working with music director Deke Sharon and receiving acclaim from The Sing-Off judges Shawn Stockman, Nicole Scherzinger and Ben Folds for solo performances leading his group, On The Rocks – the first official collegiatea cappella group in Oregon. They were eliminated 6th out of the 10 groups performing.
Hollens records and produces from his home studio in Eugene, Oregon, and also has recorded for Sony and Epic Records. Hollens's recordings include tracks for "The Sing-Off Season 2-Greatest Hits" as well as many collegiate a cappella albums for such groups as On the Rocks, Divisi, Cornell's Chordials, the Duke's Men of Yale and the Whiffenpoofs. He has also recorded Sing-Off Season 2 winners, Committed, the Backbeats, and the Grammy Award-winning group The Swingle Singers.
In 2011, he started his own YouTube channel, mostly posting music videos with multi-tracked a cappella covers. Repeatedly teaming up with other artists, he frequently collaborates with Lindsey Stirling and Taylor Davis. As of April 13, 2023, his channel has over 2.95 million subscribers. To support his musical endeavors, Hollens joined the newly founded crowdfunding platform Patreon in 2013. In an interview in March 2017 he mentions he's become an adviser for Patreon. In 2012 he released his first album.
In 2014 he signed a deal with Sony Masterworks; later he considered this a mistake and cut ties with the label in 2015. Hollens released a self-titled album on October 27 of that year.
In 2015, he performed guest lead vocals for Brian Wilson's album No Pier Pressure on the song "Our Special Love".
In 2016, Hollens teamed up with Home Free, the winners of The Sing-Off Season 4, to record an all-vocal arrangement of the hymn "Amazing Grace". "I had the absolute honor of working withHome Freeon this one," Hollens states in a video message at the close of the song's YouTube release. "I love these guys, they are so talented and fun. We have worked together once before on a video called "19 You + Me".
Hollens debuted on Broadway in the show "Home For the Holidays, Live on Broadway" which was presented November 17 to December 30, 2017, at the August Wilson Theatre. On December 12, 2017, he was a guest on The Piano Guys live stream called 'Light The World Christmas Concert with The Piano Guys and Friends', in which he made a comment that he is in "Home For the Holidays, Live on Broadway" and would be getting a cab to the theatre.
Sagi Rei (nacido el 24 de noviembre de 1972) es un músico italiano nacido en Israel. Interesado por la música desde pequeño, aprendió a cantar y tocar la guitarra, centrándose principalmente en escuchar música negra y soul de Motown Records, con artistas como Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder y Michael Jackson. A principios de los años noventa se instaló en Bérgamo donde estudió medicina en la Universidad de Brescia. Se unió a un coro de gospel en Milán, con el que recorrió Italia, y comenzó a actuar con pequeñas formaciones en los clubes como intérprete de canciones ya conocidas. Fue notado por el productor Cristian Piccinelli, quien quería que en algunos de sus proyectos lo introdujera también en el mundo de la música dance presentándolo a DJs / productores como Mario Fargetta, para quien interpretó la parte vocal de la canción People on the Beat, y a las compañías discográficas Mauro Marcolin y Diego Abaribi. En 2005 comenzó un proyecto de reinterpretación acústica de algunos de los éxitos de baile más famosos de los noventa, titulado Emotional Songs, un disco publicado a lo largo de los años en quince países diferentes, incluidos Estados Unidos, Canadá, Alemania y España. El álbum fue apoyado por la popularidad del remake de la canción L'amour toujours (I'll Fly with You) de Gigi D'Agostino, que fue lanzado como sencillo y fue elegido en 2009 como acompañamiento musical de un comercial. La canción gana el Disco de Oro por el número de copias vendidas. Al mismo tiempo continuó su actividad como cantante de canciones de baile, como Shining Star (de Mario Fargetta acreditado como Get Far).
En 2007 lanzó Emotional Songs Part 2, la segunda parte del trabajo comenzó con el primer álbum implementado con sonidos más variados que también incluyen el piano, mientras que en 2008 se lanzó Trilogy, que consta de tres canciones inéditas.En 2010 lanzó con Universal Music el álbum Sagi Sings Michael Jackson; el álbum, un homenaje a Michael Jackson, fue una colección de las canciones más conocidas del artista reinterpretadas por el cantante israelí. Al año siguiente colaboró con Mario Biondi participando en la grabación de la canción Won't You Come Back contenida en el álbum Duets, lanzado el 15 de noviembre de 2011. En marzo de 2012 también realizó la banda sonora de Area Paradiso, una película de Diego Abatantuono. El 4 de febrero de 2014 Self Distribuzione lanzó el álbum Diamonds, Jade & Pearls, producido por Umberto Iervolino y dedicado a la música de los años ochenta. El 4 de octubre del año siguiente renovó la colaboración con Mario Fargetta con el single Sing It Loud, emitido en rotación por las principales radios italianas. El 25 de noviembre de 2016 actuó en una doble velada en Blue Note en Milán, donde grabó su primer álbum en vivo Emotional Songs Live From Blue Note Milano lanzado el 30 de marzo de 2017 para DIY / Sony.
James Taylor-Watts (born 27 October 1997), better known as James TW, is an English singer-songwriter. His single "When You Love Someone" peaked at number 28 on the Billboard Adult Pop Songs chart.
Taylor-Watts was born in England, the son of Sarah and Richard Taylor-Watts.He was named after James Taylor, one of his parents' favourite musicians.
Taylor-Watts' father, who played guitar in a wedding band as a hobby, once found a young James playing on the drum kit at home. Shortly thereafter, the band's drummer wasn't able to make it to a gig. So the band had a decision to make: either let 10 year-old Taylor-Watts play or cancel the gig. Taylor-Watts played that evening and has been performing on a regular basis ever since. He picked up guitar at 12 years old and started playing piano the following year. In 2010, Taylor-Watts started his YouTube channel at 12 years old.
In 2014, Taylor-Watts self-released the EP Just a Number, which rose to number 6 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter chart. In early 2015, Shawn Mendes, an artist discovered on social media, found Taylor-Watts on YouTube and praised him on Twitter. Mendes' label, Island Records, then noticed Taylor-Watts and he signed with them shortly thereafter. On 30 October 2015, Taylor-Watts released his debut single "Black & Blue". On 19 February 2016, he released a music video for his single, "When You Love Someone", through Universal Music. The song reached over 60 million Spotify streams and peaked at No. 28 on Billboard's Adult Pop Songs chart.
On 15 April 2016, Taylor-Watts released his debut EP titled First Impressions, featuring five original songs as well as a cover of "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia, which earned 17 million Spotify streams[9] and peaked at 15 on the Spotify Viral 50 chart.[12] Taylor-Watts was the sole opening act on the sold out Shawn Mendes World Tour. On 9 September 2016, he released a cover of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy".
On 23 January 2017, Taylor-Watts performed "When You Love Someone" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. He released the single "Ex" on 17 February 2017 while premiering the video via Billboard on the same day.[14] In February, he was named the opening act on the European leg of Shawn Mendes' Illuminate World Tour with dates from April to June 2017.
Taylor-Watts released a new single called "You & Me" on 18 January 2019. The song, alongside "When You Love Someone", "Say Love" and "Soldier", was included on his debut album Chapters, which was released the following April.
Taylor-Watts announced in March 2021 that he would be releasing the single "Butterflies" on 19 March 2021. In September, he released the EP Heartbeat Changes (Part 1),[19] followed by his second full-length album Heartbeat Changes on 10 June 2022. The album comprises the songs from the EP plus seven new tracks.
