Linkin Park
Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album,
Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries.
Its following studio album,
Meteora, continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world.
In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth greatest band of the music video era and the third best of the new millennium behind Oasis and Coldplay.
Having adapted the nu metal and rap metal genres to a radio-friendly yet densely-layered style in
Hybrid Theory and
Meteora the band explored other genres in their next studio album,
Minutes to Midnight, which was released in 2007.
The album topped the Billboard charts and had the third best debut week of any album that year.
The band has collaborated with several other artists, most notably with rapper Jay-Z in their mashup EP
Collision Course, and many others included on
Reanimation.
The band's next studio album,
A Thousand Suns, is scheduled to be released on September 14, 2010
Linkin Park has sold over 50 million albums worldwide and has won two Grammy Awards.
Muse
Muse are an English alternative rock band from Teignmouth, Devon. Since their inception in 1994, the band has comprised of Matthew Bellamy (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Christopher Wolstenholme (bass guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), and Dominic Howard (drums, percussion, synthesizers). After the release of the album
Black Holes and Revelations, Morgan Nicholls (keyboards, percussion, bass guitar) has performed live with the band. Muse are known for their energetic and extravagant live performances and their fusion of many music genres, including progressive rock, alternative rock, classical music, heavy metal, and electronica with recurring themes of revolution.
Muse have released five studio albums:
Showbiz (1999),
Origin of Symmetry (2001),
Absolution (2003),
Black Holes and Revelations (2006), and
The Resistance (2009). The band have also issued three live albums,
HAARP (2008),
Absolution Tour (2005), and a compilation of B-sides,
Hullabaloo Soundtrack (2002).
Black Holes and Revelations earned the band a Mercury Prize nomination and a third place finish in the
NME Albums of the Year list for 2006. Muse have won many other music awards throughout their career, including five MTV Europe Music Awards, five Q Awards, eight NME Awards, two BRIT awards and four Kerrang! Awards. Before the release of
The Resistance, Muse had sold over ten million albums worldwide.
Ne-Yo
Shaffer Chimere Smith (born October 18, 1982), better known by his stage name
Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, and occasional rapper. Since his debut, Ne-Yo has had five top ten songs on the
Billboard Hot 100 as a lead artist and two number-one albums on the
Billboard 200. Ne-Yo has also amassed a catalog of chart-topping songs that he has written for other artists.
Ne-Yo broke into the recording industry as a songwriter, penning the hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Mario. The single's successful release in the United States prompted an informal meeting between Ne-Yo and Def Jam's label head, and signing a recording contract.
In 2006, he released his debut album,
In My Own Words, which contained the US number one hit "So Sick". Then in 2007, he released his sophomore album,
Because of You which contained the US top 3 hit, "Because of You". In 2008, he released his third album,
Year of the Gentleman, which contained the top 10 hits "Closer" and "Miss Independent". His fourth studio album "Libra Scale" is set to be released on October 19. Ne-Yo has so far released three singles of the upcoming album, "Beautiful Monster", "Champagne Life" and "One In A Million".
Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai (pronounced /dʒəˈmirəˌkwaj/) are a British jazz funk and acid jazz band. Jamiroquai were initially the most prominent component in the early-1990s London-based acid jazz movement, alongside groups such as Incognito, the James Taylor Quartet, the Brand New Heavies, Galliano, and Corduroy. Subsequent albums have explored other musical directions such as pop, rock and electronica. Jamiroquai have sold more than 35 million albums worldwide and won a Grammy Award in 1997.
Westlife
Westlife is an Irish pop group formed on 3 July 1998. The group's original lineup comprised Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan and Brian McFadden (departed from the band in 2004). The group is the only act in UK history to have their first seven singles go straight to Number 1, and they have gone on to sell over 44 million records worldwide
which includes their studio, single, video, and compilation albums
Despite the group's worldwide success, they've only had one U.S. hit on the
Billboard Hot 100 charts: "Swear It Again," which made it to #20 in 2000.
Westlife were originally signed by Simon Cowell and are currently managed by Louis Walsh. They garnered 14 number one singles in the United Kingdom, the third-highest in UK history, tying with Cliff Richard and trailing behind only Elvis Presley and The Beatles. The group has also broken a few top records, including "Music artist with most consecutive number 1's in the UK". It was officially announced by the Official Charts Company that they are the "2nd biggest selling artist" (trailing behind Robbie Williams) and "Biggest selling band of the decade" (beating Coldplay) in UK with 11 million album sales.
At the same time, their very own song "Evergreen" was hailed as the top selling single in the UK of the decade (2000–2010). (See
Westlife records)
On 1 June 2008, Westlife marked their 10th anniversary with a concert in Croke Park, Dublin which saw more than 83,000 fans attending the special occasion.
Music Week revealed on their website that Westlife is the official third top touring act within the years 2005–2008, while they were 7th top touring act of 2008.
Also in 2008, they were declared as Ireland's ninth-richest celebrities under 30 years old and 13th in general with 36 million euros as a group. In 2009, they dropped as 16th richest Irish with estimated 8 million euros each.
Jason Mraz
Jason Thomas Mraz (pronounced
/məˈræz/;
born June 23, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter, born and raised in Mechanicsville, Virginia. Mraz's stylistic influences include reggae, pop, rock, folk, jazz, bossa nova and hip hop.
Mraz released his debut album,
Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the hit single "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)", in 2002, but it was not until the release of his second album,
Mr. A-Z that Mraz achieved commercial success. The album peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 200 and sold over one hundred thousand copies in the US. In 2008, Mraz released his third studio album,
We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and was a commercial success worldwide, peaking in the top ten of many international charts. Mraz's international breakthrough came with the release of the first single from the album, "I'm Yours". The single peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Mraz his first top ten single. The song was on the Hot 100 for 76 weeks, beating the previous record of 69 weeks held by LeAnn Rimes' "How Do I Live". The song was a huge commercial success in the US, receiving a 5x platinum certification from the RIAA for sales of over five million.
The song was successful internationally, topping the charts in New Zealand and Norway and peaking in the top ten of multiple international charts.
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