Caro Emerald (Ámsterdam, Países Bajos, 26 de abril de 1981), es una cantante de jazzholandesa. Hizo su debut musical como solista el 6 de julio de 2009, con el sencillo "Back It Up"
Con su música, inspirada en Michael Jackson, Prince, Eva Cassidy, Amy Winehouse, Aretha Franklin y otras estrellas, Caro Emerald saltó a la fama con su primer sencillo, titulado "Back It Up". Este sencillo fue escrito por los productores y escritores holandeses Jan van Wieringen y David Schreurs, además del afamado escritor canadiense Vince Degiorgio, quien previamente trabajó con grupos como A-Teens, 'N Sync y Atomic Kitten. Emerald fue invitada a grabar el demo en mayo del 2007, y posteriormente añadió la canción a su propio repertorio, y finalmente la dio a conocer en un programa transmitido por el canal holandés AT5.
La presentación oficial de este primer sencillo ("Back it up") por parte de Grandmono Records fue el 6 de julio de 2009. La canción alcanzó el Top 40 dentro de las listas holandesas (Dutch Top 40), lugar donde se mantuvo 12 semanas consecutivas y llegó a alcanzar el puesto número 12. Posteriormente, en diciembre de ese mismo año, Caro Emerald presentó el segundo sencillo, titulado "A Night like this". El sencillo llegó a colocarse en la segunda posición del Dutch Top 40 durante tres semanas, además de mantenerse en la lista 26 semanas; a la postre, este sería el tema oficial de la campaña publicitaria 2009-2010 de la afamada marca de vermúMartini
Después de haber lanzado con éxito los sencillos "Back it up" y "A Night like this", Grandmono Records sacó a la venta el álbum debut de Caro Emerald, titulado Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor. El 29 de enero de 2010, el disco fue un rotundo éxito y llegó rápidamente a las listas de los discos más vendidos en los Países Bajos,2 y se colocó en el primer lugar en ventas.
Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor fue galardonado como disco de platino en los Países Bajos, tras haber vendido más de 50.000 ejemplares en menos de seis semanas, y doble disco de platino después de haber vendido más de 100.000 copias hasta junio de 2010. Este material discográfico se lanzó al mercado en la primavera del 2010 en Francia por medio de Sony Music Entertainment France, y en Escandinavia lo estrenó la discografica Bonnier Amigo
Ringmasters is a Swedish barbershop quartet affiliated with the Society of Nordic Barbershop Singers (SNOBS). The quartet received first place gold medals at the Nordic Barbershop Quartet Contest in Stockholm (April 2008), and won the Barbershop Harmony Society International Collegiate Championship in July 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee. On July 8, 2012, at the Society's International Convention in Portland, Oregon, they became the first quartet from outside North America to win the prestigious gold medal as International Quartet Champions. The quartet sings non-traditional barbershop harmonies with a contemporary touch.
As a competing barbershop quartet, Ringmasters has earned several awards and accolades, the most prestigious being the Barbershop Harmony Society International Quartet Championship Gold Medal in Portland, Oregon on July 8, 2012. Their other accomplishments include the Society's International Collegiate Quartet Championship in 2008 and first place at IABS barbershop contest in 2007, and SNOBS gold in 2008.
Some members of Ringmasters are also members of zero8, the SNOBS 2008 Champion Chorus led by Doug Harrington of Second Edition.
Stan Walker (born 23 October 1990), is an Australian born New Zealand R&B/soul recording artist who rose to fame in 2009 as a contestant on Australian Idol, becoming the winner of that season. Walker's debut single, "Black Box" was available for digital download immediately following his win on Idol, on 22 November 2009. The single peaked at number 2 on the ARIA Charts, and on 5 December 2009 debuted at number 5 on the RIANZ Charts in New Zealand, climbing to number 1 the next week. His debut albumIntroducingpeaked at number 3 on the ARIA Charts, and number 2 on the New Zealand RIANZ Chart. So far, Walker has achieved three Australian platinum accreditations, one from his debut album and two for his debut single, "Black Box". He has also received a gold certification for his single, "Unbroken". His album also reached triple platinum in New Zealand with his debut single gaining double platinum accreditation there.
On April 13, 2010, Walker released his second single in New Zealand titled, "Unbroken" and later in Australia on April 20, 2010. The single was written and produced by Ryan Tedder and is the lead single from his second studio album, From the Inside Out. The album is set to be released on August 20, 2010
Walker was born on 23 October 1990 in Melbourne, Australia, but Walker and his family moved back and forth from Australia to New Zealand, spending relatively equal periods of his life in both countries. He is of Māori descent. In New Zealand, Walker's heritage tribes is Nga Potiki (a sub tribe of Maunga-Pohatu and Ngāi Te Rangi from the city of Tauranga). During Walker's childhood his father was often abusive, which led to him smoking marijuana and thieving. Walker says his passion for music and his church made him a "good boy" again. Before Walker had entered Australian Idol in 2009, he was a shop assistant at a menswear shop in Coolangatta, Queensland where his family currently lives.
In 2009, Walker auditioned for the seventh season of Australian Idol, singing "Ordinary People" by John Legend at his Brisbane audition. He received praise from the judges with Marcia Hines applauding him and stating: "You've got a beautifully house cat voice… it resonates this whole room was captivated by your voice. You coulda heard a penny drop and that to me is what a great artist is.".He progressed through to the theatre rounds receiving more recognition from the judges with Kyle Sandilands saying, after his second round performance of Kings of Leon's song Use Somebody, "You're the only person after the auditions that I ever told anyone about; family, friends other people that I run into. I only told them about you."After all three theatre rounds were over, it was announced that Walker made it into the top-twenty four. In the top twenty-four semi-finals Walker was part of the first group of performers and sang "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys. The judges were impressed with his performance with all three judges praising his vocal skills but Marcia and Dicko told him not to get side-tracked while singing but letting it flow naturally. The following evening they announced the first two contestants to be put through to the top twelve according to viewer votes. The first contestant through was Walker who praised God for making it through alongside fellow contestant Kate Cook. The judges were pleased with the result with Springbett telling them to get ready for the hard work.
Throughout the season Walker was praised continually for his voice and for the daring choices he took with his song choices. During the season the contestants were mentored by established artists including Suzi Quatro, Liza Minnelli, Joel Madden, Benji Madden, Michael Bublé and Pete Wentz. After his performance of Miley Cyrus' "The Climb" the judges including Joel and Benji Madden were left speechless. Joel stated that listening to Walker sing made him want to sing R&B music and Benji stating that he would watch him perform whether he won the competition or not. After his R&B influenced performance of "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor guest judge Pete Wentz stated that he had heard about him from Joel Madden and that if he had no where to go after Idol to give him a call. While being mentored by Michael Bublé, after being put through to the final 2, the singer compared his voice to Walker stating: "When he sang to me I wanted to kick him a little bit! Really, I just thought why am I here… 'cause I'm gonna sound like crap singing next to Stan… that voice is like God kissed throat… it's hard when you're a singer and you meet… a better singer than you and you have to come up and mentor them…" Additionally he told Walker that he would like to introduce him to his producers because his voice would blow them away.That night he also performed his winner's single "Black Box" live for the first time. One of his most highly praised performances was of the Prince song Purple Rain which received a standing ovation from the judging panel and the audience. Marcia Hines praised him for his choice to sing accapella at the end of the song while Jay Dee Springbett said that "… it was a moment and you know, I didn't hear it, I felt it brother…" On November 22, 2009 Walker and fellow finalist Hayley Warner took to the stage at the Sydney Opera House for the Australian Idol grand final. During the night he performed with the top twelve singing Take Back the City by Snow Patrol, as well as a solo of It's a Man's Man's Man's World and did a special performance with Michael Bublé and Warner of Feeling Good. After the viewer votes had been tallied it had been announced that the winner of Australian Idol 2009 was Stan Walker. A shocked and emotional Walker gave a speech saying: "I just want to thank God, man. Hey, I want to thank my family for coming and supporting me. My family they came from New Zealand…" Only a day after winning the competition, Walker stated that he was ready to take the music industry by storm. Stan said that, "I'm ready to make music, and I'm ready to start my career and just give it everything I've got".
After coming out of Australian Idol as the winner he was signed to Sony Music as well as an artist's development fund worth AUD$200,000. During this time he established his own company called Stan Walker Music Pty Ltd, which is run by his mother April. The company was set up in order to negotiate his contract with Sony Music and not end up like past Idol contestant Damien Leith who claimed he didn't make any money from from his "Winners Journey" release. Walker's debut album was recorded in just two days and released on December 9, 2009 three days ahead of its original release date. The album featured all the songs which he performed during Australian Idol as well as his winner's single "Black Box" and a new song called "Think of Me" which was produced by Guy Sebastian. The first single from the album, "Black Box", was officially released on 25 November 2009. It debuted and peaked at #2 on the ARIA Charts, and peaked at #1 on the New Zealand Singles Chart with double platinum certification in Australia and New Zealand. "Introducing… Stan Walker" was received well so far peaking at number-three on the Australian albums chart and number-two on the New Zealand albums chart for seven weeks, also achieving platinum status in Australia and double platinum in New Zealand.
During the last few stages of 2009, Walker began working on his second studio album. "Unbroken", the lead single from Walker's second studio album, From the Inside Out, was written and produced by Ryan Tedder and was released in New Zealand on April 13, and released in Australia on April 20. Walker performed the new single in Pukekohe, New Zealand. The single debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart on 19 April 2010, a week after its release, at number 29. It later peaked at number 9. On 2 May 2010, "Unbroken" entered the Australian ARIA Charts at number 27 and has since then peaked at number 23 on the Australian Singles Charts which only include Australian artist singles it peaked at number 3, and also reached number 7 on the Australian Urban Charts. The single received a gold certification in Australia for sales of over 35,000 copies. Walker has also once again worked with Lucas Secon and the team who wrote Black Box on a new track called "FaithFool". On June 15 2010, New Zealand rapper, Young Sid released a single titled, "Stuck In A Box" which features Walker. On June 29 2010, Walker released an exclusive video message on his official YouTube channel to his fans, announcing that the album would be released on August 20 and the second single to be released from the album is titled, "Choose You", which was written by Australian singer, Cassie Davis. On 26 July 2010, "Choose You" debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number seven.
Michael McDonald(born February 12, 1952) is an American singer, keyboardist and songwriter known for his distinctive, soulful voice and as a member of the bandsthe Doobie Brothers(1975–1982, 1987, 2019–present) andSteely Dan(1974). McDonald wrote and sang several hit singles with the Doobie Brothers, including "What a Fool Believes", "Minute by Minute", and "Takin' It to the Streets." McDonald has also performed as a prominent backing vocalist on numerous recordings by artists includingSteely Dan,Christopher Cross, andKenny Loggins.
M.Y.M.P. (abreviatura en inglés de Orgullece a tu mamá (Make your momma proud) es una banda acústica originaria de Filipinas, integrada por 5 miembros. Su carrera comenzó cuando Raymond Ryan, director de una estación de ifm, los escuchó en uno de sus shows y se reunió con un productor para preparar su álbum debut, Soulful Acoustic, lanzado en 2003, que más adelante fue certificado como disco de platino. En 2005, M.Y.M.P. lanzó su segundo álbum titulado Beyond Acoustic y un tercer álbum llamado Versions, a través de Ivory Music. El éxito de ambos álbumes impulsó la reedición de ambos en un set de 2 discos ese mismo año. En 2006, lanzaron su cuarto álbum, New Horizon, y el DVD de su concierto en el Music Museum. En 2008 lanzaron su último álbum en Ivory Music, titulado Now, ya que luego el grupo firmó un contrato con Star Records
Manic Street Preachers son una banda derockprocedente deGales. Son conocidos por sus letras inteligentes y habitualmente políticas y filosóficas. A pesar de que se los caracterizaba por haber sido una bandaglam punkdurante la primera etapa de su carrera, actualmente su música es considerada comorock alternativo, debido a importantes cambios en su sonido.
La banda proclamó inicialmente que su álbum debut, Generation Terrorists, sería el "mejor álbum de rock de la historia" y vendería "16 millones de copias" en todo el mundo, o de lo contrario la agrupación se separaría. Aunque el álbum no pudo obtener semejante nivel de éxito, la banda continuó con su carrera, convirtiéndose en un trío tras la salida de Richey Edwards en 1995. Edwards, quien prefería ser conocido como Richey James, desapareció misteriosamente en febrero de ese año. En el 2008 fue presumido legalmente muerto, aunque nunca se encontró su cuerpo.
After Idol, the three formed E.M.D. releasing three albums and had a number of singles, including four consecutive #1s in 2007–2009 for "All for Love", "A State of Mind", "Jennie Let Me Love You" and "Baby Goodbye". In January 2009, the band won a Swedish Grammy for Song of The Year with "Jennie Let Me Love You".
In late 2010, the band announced an indefinite hiatus and broke up. The three members reunited in 2019 with a cover of the song "Hon är min", a song by GES
Erik Segerstedt (born 20 April 1983 in Uddevalla) was the runner-up on the third season of Swedish version of Idol 2006. Soon after, he got signed at Sony BMG and on 21 February 2007 his debut album A Different Shade was released. The album debuted at No. 2 on the Swedish albums chart and stayed at this position for a second week. The first single "I Can't say I'm Sorry", written by Andreas Carlsson, peaked at No. 1 on the Swedish singles chart.
Danny Saucedo (born Daniel Gabriel Alessandro Saucedo Grzechowski on 25 February 1986 in Stockholm, Stockholms Län, Sweden) is a Swedish singer, often presented just as Danny, who competed as one of the finalists in Idol 2006 – the Swedish version of Idol where he got to the top 6 before being eliminated. His mother is from Bolivia and his father is from Poland. In 2006, he released his first single, a cover of "Öppna din dörr" by Tommy Nilsson which charted at No. 24 on the Swedish singles chart. Danny is also a songwriter, composing songs for Alcazar and Pulse.
After both Erik Segerstedt and Danny Saucedo had released successful solo albums, the first with his A Different Shade and the second with his album Heart Beats, during the Autumn of 2007, they formed alongside Mattias Andréasson the Swedish trio E.M.D.. Their first single, a cover of Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting's hit "All For Love",[4] rose to 3rd place on Hitlistan on December 20 of the same year. "All for Love" charted on Swedish national record chart immediately.
Based on the success of "All for Love", E.M.D. released their debut album, A State of Mind, in May 2008. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Swedish Album Chart and produced three additional domestic chart topping singles after "All for Love", being "Jennie Let Me Love You", "Alone" and, after the deluxe album edition, the single Baby Goodbye.
E.M.D had participated in the 2009 Melodifestivalen with the track "Baby Goodbye". being one of the four wildcards and having performed during the third semi-final in Leksand, on 21 February 2009. E.M.D. made it to the final, where they finished third.
Due to the success of "Baby Goodbye", the album was re-released as a deluxe edition with "Baby Goodbye" and the two new additional songs "Youngblood" (later released as a digital download single) and "I'm No Romeo".
On 9 November 2009 E.M.D. released their second album and first holiday album Välkommen hem, containing Swedish Christmas music and the album's first and only single Välkommen Hem originally sung by Magnus Carlsson) was released on 13 November 2009. The album was sold exclusively at ICAretail stores. The Christmas single charted at third place on Sverigetopplistan.
E.M.D. finished the studio recording of their second studio album and third album overall entitled Rewind in 2010. The band released the first single from the album, "Save Tonight" a cover of a song by Eagle-Eye Cherry), digitally on 28 May 2010. It charted on Sverigetopplistan at fifth place.The single was physically released on 16 June 2010. The album was released on 3 December 2010. The second single from the album "What Is Love", a cover of a song by Haddaway was released digitally on 19 October 2010.[11] The album was released on 3 December 2010 with the release of the "There's a Place for Us" third single and second music video for the album on 5 December 2010, after the music video was released on 26 November. In late 2010, the band announced an indefinite breakup.
