Can you imagine being one of the hundred most powerful people in the world at the age of twenty-eight? My favorite artist, Adele, is the singular daughter of Penny Adkins and Mark Evans. Born in North London, England, Adele celebrates her birthday on May 5, 1988. She is an English vocalist and composer. Today, her crowd-pleasing personality, compelling music, and many accomplishments make her notable in the R&B, soul, and pop music industry. Numerous celebrities are notorious for having a horrendous persona. Adele is the exact opposite. She is extremely reverent, hardworking, and compassionate. There are many situations where Adele demonstrates how kind and caring she really is. She summons her admirers on stage, stands up for other superstars, and gives away tickets to her performances. Recently, Adele summons a sixteen-year-old autistic girl to vocalize with her on stage. She also summons a newly betrothed duo on stage to congratulate them. When Kesha mentions that she is a victim of sexual assault, Adele defends and supports her against those who blame Kesha. Adele concerns herself with the condition of humankind. She bestows an abundance of her salary, time, and liveliness for a greater society. …show more content…
It has a very low vocal range. Not many feminine singers have a vocal range like Adele. Globally, an innumerable amount of people cherishes her music. Vocalists such as Etta James and Lauryn Hill influence Adele. Adele shows her passion when she sings. Her music is dissimilar to most of the music today. It includes many different genres. Some of those genres encompass soul, R&B, and pop. Adele composes and co-writes most of her music with the assistance of other composers. The integers on her albums portray how old she is when she composes the
Ella was born in Newport News, Virginia on April 25, 1917. When alled “The First Lady of Song” by some fans. She was known for having beautiful tone, extended range, and great intonation, and famous for her improvisational scat singing. Ella sang during the her most famous song was “A-tiscket A-tasket”. Fitzgerald sang in the period of swing, ballads, and bebop; she made some great albums with other great jazz artists such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Louis Armstrong. She influenced countless American popular singers of the post-swing period and also international performers such as the singer Miriam Makeba. She didn’t really write any of her own songs. Instead she sang songs by other people in a new and great way. The main exception
Named the most successful female music artist ever by the Guinness Book of World Records, Diana Ross has been one of the top RnB singers since the beginning of her career in 1959. Between her work with The Supremes and as a solo artist, she has released 53 studio albums and 70 singles. Ross continues to record and tour to this
“You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try”-Dolly Parton. Most people only know her because of her music, which is very inspirational, however she has done so much more. She is always looking for ways to give back because she knows what it like to not have much. She loves to help kids in need. Dolly Parton is one of the most inspirational people in the world, and her influence has affected so many people that her legacy will live on long after she's gone.
Lena Horne was born on June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents were Teddy and Edna Scottron Horne. After her father left her at the age of two in order to pursue his gambling career; her mother leaving soon after that to pursue her acting career; she went to live with her grandparents. Through her grandparents influence she became involved with organizations like the NAACP, at an early age.
In her songs, she is often changing between hip-hop and pop that no other rapper is capable of, or
Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born on August 9th, 1963, she sadly passed away February 11th, 2012. Whitney Houston ‘Queen Of Pop’ was born into a talented family the youngest of three, her mother Cissy was a successful backing singer her cousin Dionne Warwick a singing star and her godmother Aretha Franklin a soul legend. Whitney began her career singing in the gospel choir at her church, The New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey. At the age of fifteen Whitney was singing backing vocals with her mother on Chaka Khan’s 1978 hit ‘I’m every Woman’.
Ella Blake was born on May 4th, 2004 ( also known as Star Wars Day, May the Forth be with you.) in Rensselaer, Indiana. She first realized she had a gift for music when her sister, Ruby Blake, was in 6th grade and joined band. Ruby joined band and started playing the clarinet. Ella was only 7 or 8 at the time due to her sister being 4 years older, but Ruby introduced Ella to the instrumental world. She would ask Ella's opinion on how she was doing on a song and Ella would have to listen to her sister play and try to find sounds she didn't think we're supposed to be there. Around 3 years later Ruby entered high school and quit band, instead of doing marching band, but Ella's Older brother joined band that year. He plays
Whitney Houston to most was a very amazing and talented person who allowed life and its mishaps break her down. As a young girl she grew up in the church where she felt like it was a sign from God that she should be singing. Freud believes that religion is an illusion, an attempt to gain control over the external world. In his eyes saying that anything is a sign from God depends on how you vision life. There were times in her life where she would produce more music just to get thru the thing that she would be going through. She would use her music as a defense mechanism to get away from all of the abuse, problems with her marriage, neglect, and drugs. Defense mechanisms are ways to distort reality to reduce anxiety: Rationalization is giving a positive reason to a stressor and regression is withdrawing from reality and going to pastime.
Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born on January 16, 1979. She was a singer, dancer, actor and model. Her parents are Diane and Michael Haughton. When Aaliyah was young, she appeared on a television show called “Star Search”. She did her performance on the show alongside Gladys Knight. Aaliyah’s music career was a big success. She released her first album at age 14, It was titled “Age Ain't Nothing But A Number”. The first song on the album “Back and Forth” was the number 1 R&B song. Singing and dancing was only half of her talents. In 2000 Aaliyah showed the world that she had a thing for the camera too. Her action packed hit movie “Romeo Must Die” shocked the world. Starring martial arts professional Jet Li. The next big hit movie Aaliyah had was her main role in the film “Queen Of The Damned”.
When Gloria Estefan was immortalized a few years ago with her own wax figure at Madame Tussaud's museum, the honor was yet another vote in favor of the Cuban singer/songwriter's lasting contributions to global pop culture.
On the day of January 11, 2001, the legendary Maria Colobong was born. She was born in the Philippines, where she only spent 3 years there before her parents decided to immigrate to Winnipeg, Manitoba. When her family first arrived to Canada they spent a couple of months in family friend’s house, before her parents found an apartment and settled down. Maria grew up with both of her parents being nurses but before that, her mom had to complete her education of nursing in Red River College. She had to deal with 3 brothers, one older and two younger.
Since her first album, 19, she has come a strong, yet sensitive icon in pop culture. Her career had a small start in early 2008, but she quickly shot to the top. In October of 2008, Adele was on Saturday Night Live, after which her music made the Top 40 list immediately and the #1 spot by the following day (Biography.com). Adele was a key artist and figure when her album 21 debuted. Over the years Adele has shown that her music tells a story of her background, along with her present and future. The song, “Rolling in the Deep”, holds a meaning that describes not only her own life, but also the life of her audience. The essence of the song is accessible for all of the generations, including future ones. “Rolling in the Deep” could be a modern
Miley Cyrus is an American singer and actress. She was born in Nashville, Tennessee. Her father is a famous country singer, Billy Ray Cyrus, known for his smash hit "achy breaky heart," in the 90's. Her mother is Tish Cyrus. She is currently 22 years old and throughout her childhood she was a part of a hit show "Hannah Montana" on Disney Channel. Since then she has gone on to sell several successful albums and go on world tours. She is currently in the process of shedding her Disney channel image and focusing on a more adult career. Miley has been surrounded by the showbiz lifestyle her whole life which has had a great impact on who she is as a person.
Adele may be an addict, but she has the eyes of an angel and she sees right into Davian's heart. She knows him. Gets him. Sees him.
Ellen was born on January 26, 1958 on Metaire, Louisiana. Ellen DeGeneres was born in Ochsner Foundation Hospital only weighing 9 pounds and 13 ounces. Her father, Elliot DeGeneres, works as an insurance agent since 1988. Betty Jane, mother of Ellen, worked as a writer and a speech therapist. Ellen’s brother, Vance DeGeneres, is a film producer, musician, screenwriter, and an actor.