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...a chance to reconnect with Beyonce and her sister Solange, "another reunion. Of course we met up and talked. And I talked to Estelle. I thoroughly enjoy her music," adds Michelle, who has her own critically hailed "Unexpected" album in release. She was so...
Warner Music Group (WMG) is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal. ~Wikipedia
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Alicia J. Augello-Cook (born January 25, 1981), better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American R&B, soul and neo soul singer-songwriter, pianist and actress, who has sold over 25 million albums worldwide as of 2007,[citation needed] a... ~Wikipedia
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Christina María Aguilera (born December 18, 1980) is an American pop singer and songwriter. She was signed to RCA Records after recording "Reflection" for the film Mulan. She came to prominence following her debut album Christina Agu... ~Wikipedia
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Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry. With a 25.5% market share, it is one of the Big Four record labels. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vivendi; Universal Studios, the mo... ~Wikipedia
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Chris Brown is the self-titled debut album by American pop/R&B singer Chris Brown, released on November 29, 2005 (see 2005 in music) on Jive Records. It entered the U.S. Billboard 200 chart at number two, selling more than 155,000 copies. Within ... ~Wikipedia
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Rihanna (pronounced /riːˈɑːnə/; born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer and model. She is the second artist, and first female, from Barbados to have received a Grammy Award (the first being Jimmy ... ~Wikipedia
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Kanye Omari West (pronounced /ˈkɑnjɛj/) (born June 8, 1977) is an American rap artist and hip hop producer. He released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004, his second album Late Registration in 2005, and his third album Gradua... ~Wikipedia
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Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Signed to the independent Big Machine Records label in 2006, Taylor made her debut on the U.S. Billboard country charts with the release of her debut single ... ~Wikipedia
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The Jonas Brothers are an American pop-rock band from Wyckoff, New Jersey made up of three brothers: Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas. They have released two albums - It's About Time in 2006, and Jonas Brothers in 2007, and will release A Little Bit Longer... ~Wikipedia
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Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her... ~Wikipedia
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Annie Lennox (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish musician, vocalist, and Academy Award-winning songwriter. She is both a solo artist and the lead singer of the musical duo Eurythmics, hailed as "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" by me... ~Wikipedia
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James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American comedian, writer, talk show host, game show host, and producer. ~Wikipedia
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Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992), is an American child actress, singer, and songwriter. She is known for starring as Miley Stewart, "Hannah Montana" on the Disney Channel Original Series, Hannah Montana. ~Wikipedia
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Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), better known for his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. He met the Cash Money Records collective as a teenager and eventually recorded for the label. He was a member of the rap group, Ho... ~Wikipedia
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Leona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is an English singer-songwriter and winner of the third series of UK television talent show The X Factor. Her UK debut single, "A Moment Like This", was released in December 2006, breaking a world reco... ~Wikipedia
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Jordin Brianna Sparks (born December 22, 1989) is an American pop/R&B singer, songwriter and plus-size model. On May 23, 2007, she was declared the winner of the sixth season of the reality television show American Idol. Sparks won at the age of ... ~Wikipedia
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Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus 25 August 1954) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. Costello came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s, and later became associated with the punk rock... ~Wikipedia
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Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley OM (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) was a Jamaican musician, singer-songwriter, and Rastafarian. He was the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the ska, rocksteady and reggae bands: The Wailers (1964 &... ~Wikipedia
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Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), also known by his stage name Bono, is the main vocalist of the Irish rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his wife, Ali Hewson, an... ~Wikipedia
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The Pussycat Dolls are an American pop/R&B quintet, and dance and burlesque ensemble founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995. The group began as a dance troupe based in Los Angeles, before being "re-cast" as a music group in 2003. ... ~Wikipedia
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New Kids on the Block (also known as NKOTB by their fans) is an award-winning American pop group that enjoyed success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They won two American Music Awards in 1990 for Favourite Pop/Rock Band, Duo, or Group and Favouri... ~Wikipedia
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Brad Douglas Paisley (born October 28, 1972 in Glen Dale, West Virginia) is a Grammy Award-winning American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist. Starting with the release of his 1999 album Who Needs Pictures, Brad has recorded five studio a... ~Wikipedia
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Metallica is an American heavy metal band that formed in 1981 in Los Angeles, California. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a Los Angeles newspaper, Metallica's original line-up consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and voca... ~Wikipedia
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Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967, New Zealand), is a New Zealand-born Australian Grammy- and ARIA-winning country music singer. Urban began his career in Australia, having moved there at an early age; in 1991, Urban released a self-titled deb... ~Wikipedia
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John Stephens (born December 25, 1978) better known by his stage name John Legend, is an American Soul singer, songwriter, and pianist. His debut studio album, the multiplatinum-selling Get Lifted, was released in late 2004, and features collaboratio... ~Wikipedia
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Rascal Flatts is an American Grammy Award-winning country music group founded in Nashville, Tennessee. Since its inception, Rascal Flatts has been composed of three members: Gary LeVox (lead vocals); LeVox's second cousin, Jay DeMarcus (bass guitar, ... ~Wikipedia
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The Beatles were a pop and rock group from Liverpool, England formed in 1960. Primarily consisting of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals) thr... ~Wikipedia
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Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress and singer. After appearing in several television roles during the late 1990s and early 2000s, she became known to young audiences for playing Maddie Fitzpatrick on the Disney Channel... ~Wikipedia
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Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983 in Muskogee, Oklahoma) is a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer. She has become a multi-platinum selling recording artist. Her debut album, Some Hearts, was certified seven times platinum and is the fast... ~Wikipedia
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Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4, 1981), commonly known as Beyoncé (pronounced /biːɒnˈseɪ/), is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enr... ~Wikipedia
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Julianne Hough (born July 20, 1988) is an American professional country music singer, ballroom dancer, and television celebrity. The television newsmagazine 20/20 describes as one of the "very best dancers on the planet." She has won severa... ~Wikipedia
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Scott Weiland (born Scott Richard Kline on October 27, 1967) is an American musician, lyricist, and vocalist, most notably known for his work with Grammy Award-winning American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, and also for his four-year career with Vel... ~Wikipedia
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Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by one critic as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few ... ~Wikipedia
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The Beatles were a pop and rock group from Liverpool, England formed in 1960. Primarily consisting of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals) thr... ~Wikipedia
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Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English rock singer, bass guitarist, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer and animal-rights activist. He gained worldwide fame as a member of... ~Wikipedia
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Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963) is a Grammy Award-winning American pop and R&B singer, actress, film producer, record producer, songwriter, and former fashion model. Her crossover success opened doors for other African American wo... ~Wikipedia
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Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American pop singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. He has won six Grammy Awards as well as an Emmy Award. ~Wikipedia
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Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus on June 17, 1943) is an American artist best known for such recordings as "I Write the Songs," "Mandy," "Weekend in New England" and "Copacabana." ~Wikipedia
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Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935–August 16, 1977), sometimes written Aron,a was an American singer, musician and actor. He is considered a cultural icon, sometimes referred to as "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", or simply "The Ki... ~Wikipedia
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Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and a poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. Much of Dylan's most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when he beca... ~Wikipedia
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Willie Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the most beloved and notorious country music singers. He reached his greatest fame during the so-called "outlaw country" movemen... ~Wikipedia
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Johnny Cash, born J. R. Cash, (February 26, 1932 - September 12, 2003) was a Grammy Award-winning American country singer-songwriter. Cash is widely considered to be one of the most influential American musicians of the 20th century. ~Wikipedia
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Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an award-winning American rapper, singer and actress. Latifah's work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe award, three Screen Actors Guil... ~Wikipedia
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Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ~Wikipedia
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Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) and The Massacre (2005). Both albums achieved multi-platinum suc... ~Wikipedia
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James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix and known as Jimi Hendrix) (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing was influential on rock music. After initial success in ... ~Wikipedia
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Christopher Anthony John Martin (born 2 March 1977) is the lead singer, pianist and occasional rhythm guitarist of the popular rock band Coldplay. He has a baritone voice and is known for his frequent use of falsetto. He is married to actress Gwyneth... ~Wikipedia
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American Idol is an American reality-competition show airing on Fox. It debuted on June 11, 2002, and it has since become one of the most popular shows on American television[citation needed]. Part of the Idol franchise, it originated from the realit... ~Wikipedia
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Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), known artistically as Madonna, is an American pop singer-songwriter, record producer, actress and author. Raised in Detroit, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City to pursue a career in ballet.... ~Wikipedia
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Linkin Park is a rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Since their formation in 1996, the band has sold more than fifty million albums and won two Grammy Awards. They achieved mainstream success with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was cer... ~Wikipedia
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Brian Eno (pronounced /ˈiːnoʊ/) (born on 15 May 1948, in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England), with full name Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, is an English electronic musician, music theorist and record producer. As a... ~Wikipedia
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MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos. Today, MTV plays a limited selection of music videos but primarily broadc... ~Wikipedia
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George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an award-winning English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, author and sitarist best known as the lead guitarist for The Beatles. Following the band's breakup, Harrison had a succes... ~Wikipedia
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Michael Richard Jackson (born February 11, 1958) is a British television producer and executive. He is notable for being one of only three people to have been Controller of both BBC One and BBC Two, the main television channels of the British Broadca... ~Wikipedia
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Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Her music blends rock, country, pop, folk, and blues into one mainstream sound, and she has won nine Grammy Awards. Crow is also a noted political activist. ~Wikipedia
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Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) is one of the six divisions of Bertelsmann. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann. It consists of the BMG Music Publishing company, the world's third largest music publisher and ... ~Wikipedia
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Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC (born January 28, 1968) is a Grammy-winning Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. ~Wikipedia
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Jamie Foxx (born Eric Marlon Bishop; December 13, 1967) is an American actor, singer, and stand-up comic. Foxx is possibly best known for his portrayal of musician Ray Charles in Ray. With Ray, he became one of the few African Americans to win the Ac... ~Wikipedia
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Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. (born December 11, 1908) is an American composer from New York City. He studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris in the 1930s, and then returned to the United States. After a neoclassical phase, he went on to write atonal, rhyth... ~Wikipedia
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Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull(born 29 December 1946) is an English singer, songwriter, actress and diarist whose career spans over four decades. Her early work in pop and rock music in the 1960s was overshadowed by her struggle with drug abuse in... ~Wikipedia
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Audrey Faith Perry McGraw, known professionally as Faith Hill (born September 21, 1967), is an American country and pop singer, known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw. Hill's voice, described as both ... ~Wikipedia
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Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. A prominent figure of 20th century popular music, Wonder has ... ~Wikipedia
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Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American pop singer. Spears released her debut album ...Baby One More Time in 1999, resulting in an international success. It spawned the Billboard magazine-topping single "…Baby One More ... ~Wikipedia
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Allah Rakha Rahman (Tamil: ஏ.ஆர்.ரஹ்மான்), born on January 6, 1966 as A. S. Dileep Kumar in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, is a critically acclaimed award-winning composer, record produce... ~Wikipedia
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Céline Marie Claudette Dion (/seɪlɪn dɪɒn/ (help·info)), Légion d’honneur, OC, OQ (born March 30, 1968 in Charlemagne, Quebec) is a Canadian singer, and occasional songwriter and actress. Born to a ... ~Wikipedia
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David Bowie (pronounced /ˈboʊiː/) (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English musician, actor, producer, arranger, and audio engineer. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, B... ~Wikipedia
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Nicole Elikolani Prescovia Scherzinger (also known as Nicole Kea) (born June 29, 1978) is an American pop/R&B singer, songwriter, dancer, and occasional actress best known for her role as the lead vocalist for the Pussycat Dolls. ~Wikipedia
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Kathleen Battle is an American soprano, born August 13, 1948, in Portsmouth, Ohio, the youngest of seven children. Awarded a scholarship to the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, she majored in music education rather than perform... ~Wikipedia
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Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (born May 8, 1975) is a Spanish pop singer-songwriter. His career started in Mexico on Indie label Fonovisa who helped turn him into one of the most popular artists in Latin America and in the Latin market in the Unit... ~Wikipedia
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Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917-February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. ~Wikipedia
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader, recognized during his life as one of the most influential figures in jazz, if not in all American music. Ellington's re... ~Wikipedia
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