I chose to use Alicia and Rihanna for my compare and contrasting report. I use them because they are both beautiful and amazing artist that people need to know more about them. Alicia and Rihanna are both known for being music artists but there is more that made them who they really are.
First, comparing Rihanna and Alicia can be hard due to the fact that they are both totally different people but they do got some things in common. Rihanna and Alicia both have in common that they were both young ladies starting in music, and they either got the help from a school or a small time recording studio producer. In turn, help them met even bigger people that gave them chances to exceed their talents. Rihanna with the help of Evan Rogers help her
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get audition for Def Jam Recording president then Jay-z, who sign her with them. As for Alicia keys who got the help of her long term manager Jeff Robinson who helped her met with Peter Edge who sign a recording contract. After both Rihanna and Alicia sign recording contracting them both blew up the charts and got many awards, such grammys, top 10 billboard, top 200 billboard and 100 billboard awards. Although one started earlier than the other and is quite older they both nearly come in the same pace as a music artist and actress, songwriter, and selling makeup. Rihanna and Alicia keys also play roles in movies as well. Next, contrasting the two artist isn’t as hard as comparing the two together.
Alicia was born and raised in Hell’s kitchen, Manhattan, New York City. As for Rihanna who was born in Saint Michael, Barbados but was raised in Bridgetown. Alicia got was educated with music and dance growing up in New york as a young girl, with the help of music and dance classes that her mom sent her too. Rihanna got educated in music at the school Combermere School that taught mostly music and dance, the school has the reputation of having one guidance counselor, and fifty-four teachers that teach there. Rihanna does more than act, sing, rap, she also models and sells her own brand of makeup. Alicia keys, she does indeed does more than act, and sing, she’s also a record producer, and pianist. They both clearly got different types of bodys, as they both are beautiful ladies in the industry of music and movies. Rihanna’s body contrast to Alicia, she’s a bit slimmer than her, Alicia is thicker and has more of an upper body than Rihanna. Rihanna sure is thicker with the lower half of her body. As you can tell from both of their music videos and showing casting ads for either makeup or other products. Another thing difference from the two is one is married, Alicia and the other isn’t Rihanna. More to than to the differences Rihanna is more publicly out there than Alicia keys, especially with her being a model and expressing her own makeup
brand. In conclusion both Alicia and Rihanna have some things in commons but have way more in contrast with each other.
With nearly 60 years in the music industry, Tina Turner is one of the most prolific RnB singers of all time. For two decades, she released hit after hit with ex-husband Ike, then transitioned into an extremely successful solo career. On her own, she released nine studio albums, five of which went multi-platinum. To date, she has sold more than 200 million albums worldwide and remains the Guinness World Record holder for most concert tickets ever sold.
R&B singer and actress Aaliyah died after a small plane that was to carry her and eight others back to the United States crashed after takeoff in the Bahamas, authorities said.
The life of Joan Baez starts in Staten Island, New York City, NY. She was born on January 9, 1941. Baez was part Mexican and Scottish and thus no stranger to racism. Bob Dylan’s story begins in Duluth, Minnesota on May 24th, 1941. However, Dylan’s real name was Robert Allen Zimmerman. Dylan and Baez were both Folk singers and rose to stardom in their respective ways. Baez started her musical career as a vocalist in the Folk genre and was an integral part in keeping the genre alive in the 1960’s. Because of the discrimination and racism that Baez faced growing up, a lot of her songs were devoted to social and political reform. Not only a singer and songwriter, Baez was well known as a social activist. Dylan, also a folk singer and songwriter
genre of music. Nicki Minaj leaves a mark on you that many female rappers on this generation
The reason that I picked Paula is because I remember growing up watching So You Think You Can Dance, and American Idol with my family. Paula did many different things in her life time and still is doing a lot of new things. Abdul is a very talented singer, song writer choreographer, performer, designer, dancer, actor and business woman. She also has a lot of different awards. She is a two-time Emmy Award winner, Grammy Award winner, American Music Award winner, and multi-platinum recording artist. She has gotten these achievements over a span of twenty five years. Not many people notice that Paula Abdul is a choreographer. When you hear the name Paula Abdul you may think of her as a singer, performer,
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.
On the 11th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Mariah Carey was given the chance to induct Gladys Knight and the Pips who were a soul and R&B family group into this Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She gave a heartwarming speech on how Ms. Knight was a huge impact. Some words she said were, “ thank you so much for being a constant influence on me.” Mariah Carey was also inspired by different genres of music like Jazz, Gospel, R&B, Soul, Pop, Dance, soft rock, hip hop, and country. To add on, Mariah Carey was blessed with the opportunity to perform with the queen of soul, Aretha Franklin. They performed on live television singing Aretha Franklin’s hit song, “Chain of Fools.” Aretha and her met at the Grammy’s and became good friends. Mariah Carey is often referred to as our generation Aretha Franklin and is often compared to Whitney Houston and Celine
Robyn Rihanna Fenty, known as Rihanna, was born on February 20,1988. She was born in St. Michael Parish on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Her mothers name is Monica Fenty, who is an accountant, and she is a mother of three, Rihanna being the oldest. Rihanna’s father, Ronald Fenty, a warehouse supervisor, is the father of Monica’s three children....
Hip-hop and rap music are commonly criticized for its anti-feminist lyrics and degrading exploitation of women in music and music videos. (Sharpley-Whiting ) Many feminists have taken action against the music industry, which produces these messages in the music they release. However, in the hip-hop genre there are plenty of successful female rappers promoting feminist views, artist such as Queen Latifah and Mary J. Blige have made the choice to condemn the derogatory culture towards women. (Oliver, 382–384) However others female hip-hop artist, such as Lil Kim or Rihanna, have decided to provide no resistance towards the deleterious depictions of women in their music and in turn sometimes exploit themselves. Due to her extreme fame, success, and controversial image, at the front of this discussion is female rapper Nicki Minaj. Nicki Minaj is challenging the common view of women in hip-hop by proclaiming feminist ideologies through the art of reclaiming the genres negative undertones towards women and by providing an opportunity for women to be seen as equals rather than objects.
Born on February 20, 1988, in St. Michael Parish on the Caribbean island of Barbados, Robyn Rihanna Fenty was the eldest child of the three children of Monica Fenty and Ronald
Robert was born on April 16, 1945 in St. Ann Jamaica (Stambler 442). When Robert was four, his father told his mother that they both were going to live with his nephew in Kingston. Eighteen months later, his mother found out that Robert was not going to school and he was living with an elderly couple. His worried mother went and got him. His mother moved on and married a more stable man named Edward Booker and had to leave Robert behind. Robert was homeless when he was eighteen years old. In 1963, he started living with his friend, Vincent Ford. Both were very poor. They would sing so their minds wouldn’t be on food (Bob Marley).
“Like I said, Nikki was confused when I abandoned her. Rad, on the other hand was angry.” (Blake, 12) You look at Rad and see she was always more popular, constantly taking to guys, buying the latest, “just in” lipstick and being just Radical. When you see Anna walk down the halls you can just tell people are just constantly judging her. “...and the whole world remembered that i’m socially irrelevant.” (Blake, 1) Rad in everyone’s eyes, is the stereotypical perfect high school girl. Anna on the other side with her antisocialness, not always being the ideal her, and constantly stressing herself out, makes more room for the difference between them. They start off cold, and warm up in the end, soemthing many do not take note of.
Madonna and Maria Callas are both singers whose personality and presence are often given more weight than the strength of their technical performance. Madonna's vocal ability, Jones tells us, was largely considered "the weakest aspect of her performance" (Jones, 2008 p.165). This is evident throughout Material Girl (The Diva, 2008, track 1), where the singing quality is weak, and shows little of the vocal agility one might expect from an operatic diva. Madonna's voice, as Jones puts it, is "lacking in power and resonance" (Jones, 2008 p.165). Similarly, Callas, "battled throughout her career against vocal problems" (Philip, 2008, p.178), although Philip admits Callas' considered technical ability varied between commentators. Philip mentions an "aggressive warble" (Philip, 2008, p.178) in th...
The reputations of Maria Callas and Madonna as divas have both been earned for different reasons and yet, both can easily place their titles next to each other. All their musical performances have and are adapted to suit the public eye and sheltered by each singer’s creative influence, in order to improve their labels as divas. √ you give your reader a sense of the discussion that will follow, which is good.
Taylor Swift was born Taylor Alison Swift (Rawson). She was born on December 13, 1989 (Higgins). She was born in Reading, Pennsylvania (http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Swift__Taylor.html). “ She grew up in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania”(Rawson). Her mom’s name is Andrea Swift . She is a successful businesswoman. Her dad’s name is Scott Swift. He is a stockbroker. They named her Taylor because her parents did not want discriminated by her gender before anybody met her (Spencer). “ She grew up on a Christmas-tree farm” (http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Swift__Taylor.html). On the farm, there were” several cats and 7 horses” (Spencer). She rode horses competitively (Spencer). She has a brother, Austin, who is 2 years younger than her (Schartwtz ). Her grandmother was an opera singer (Spencer). That is where Taylor got her talent (Spencer).