Have you ever wanted to pursue more than one career or degree? Ever wondered why everyone usually only goes after one occupation; what’s stopping you not to do the same? Pop-star, Christina Aguilera, pursued a multitude of professions as an actress, American singer, songwriter, and television personality. The following helped Christina Aguilera to achieve the good-life: her rough early life before her fame, the right genre to fame, as well as her unique high pitch voice. First, Christina Aguilera’s childhood before her fame, was troubled. Daughter of Fausto Xavier Aguilera(father) and Shelly Loraine Fidler(mother); born on December 18, 1980 Fausto, was an Ecuadorian immigrant as well as in the U.S. Army. Christina’s parents were married for …show more content…
As stated previously, her voice in Star Search, The Mickey Mouse Club, “All I wanna do”, as well as “Reflection”; was the start to her peak of fame. Thus, she began her pop genre in the late 1990’s, moreover, teen pop. In 1999, Christian Aguilera album was released, which sold more than 8 million copies, reaching top charts like the Billboard 200. Her hit songs in the album were, “What a Girl Wants” and “Gennie in a Bottle”. In fact, Christian Aguilera alum, won a Grammy Award for “Best New Artist”, in the year 2000. Also, in 2000, Christina released her second as well as her first Spanish album called, Mi Reflejo, which showed her Latin side to her. Later, the album won a Latin Grammy for ‘Best Female Pop Vocal Album’. She also released an album, My Kind of Christmas, selling 3.2 million worldwide copies. (Contactmusic, 2017). Two years later, Aguilera’s album, Stripped, was released after working with PINK, Mya, and Lil’ Kim on “Lady Marmalade” for the film Moulin Rouge. Her album, Stripped, followed up with a darker side to Aguilera, including her songs: “Dirrty”, “Beautiful”, and “Make Over”. Nevertheless, her album sold 4 million copies. (Biography, 2017). Most of the album was written from Christian; Linda Perry as well as Alicia Keys took part in the album too. She signed for global publishing with BMG. Aguilera told The New York Times, “I knew it was a bold move, and I knew a lot of people …show more content…
Since then, she was able to show her talent on tv and even act on shows and movies. Her high voice, unique styles for every album, and her experience; has made her a pop star. Christian’s net worth, is now $130 million as of 2017. Aguilera, went on one of Justin Timberlake’s Justified tour, which later was named ‘Stripped World Tour’. (Contactmusic, 2017). In 2005, her songs in her ‘Back to Basic’ album: ‘Ain’t No Other Man’, ‘Fighter’, etc.; won her a Grammy for ‘Ain’t No Other Man’. The year 2008, a documentary, ‘Shine a Light’, showed Aguilera performing with Mick Jagger, live. (THEFAMOUSPEOPLE, 2017). She has been working her talent since 1993 and now is known for abounding professions for her lovely voice: playing recent movies like The Emoji Movie, commercials for companies such as Pepsi, a judge on a tv show called The Voice, even her songs from years ago are still popular today, plus the way she dressed in unique style always seems to catch the eyes of her
sold to her father and never released. Selena was the Hot Latin Tracks artist of the year in 1995. Selena has had seven number one singles on the Billboard’s Hot Latin chart. Only three other Latin artists have had more. The “Dreaming of You” album was the second fastest selling album by a female artist in history next to Janet Jackson. Although Selena improvised and created her own dance moves on stage, she used to watch “Soul Train” to get ideas for her dance steps.3 Once a man brought his sister who was dying of cancer and ...
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
To start with, Rosie Perez or Rosa Marie Perez was born on September 6, 1964 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, United States. She is a actress, dancer, choreographer, director, and community activist. Her parents are Lydia Perez, a singer and Ismael Serrano, a merchant marine seaman. Her aunt had been raising and catering her until her mother, Lydia Perez took her away and put her in Foster Care when she was 3. It wouldn't be much of a surprise if Rosie was to detest her parents after all they put her through. Rosie stayed there until she moved in with another aunt when she was 12. Later on she joined a high school in Rightwood, Grover Cleveland High School. Now most of the confusion and sadness had culminate.
From a young age, Lohan was constantly starring in ads such as Gap and Pizza Hut, and modeling for Magazines like Vogue and Elle. She continued to go on, securing a role in Another World, an opera that previously starred Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. Later, she earned roles in big movies, such as Freaky Friday, Herbie Fully Loaded and Just my Luck. She got her first breakthrough in the movie, The Parent Trap, which earned 84 million worldwide. The hit movie, Mean Girls, marked the peak of Lohan’s career. The film earned 129 million and earned her multiple awards from places like MTV Movie Awards and Teen Choice Awards. For a limited amount of time, she became the highest paid actress of her generation. Lohan then began to launch a singing career, releasing an album calling, Speak, which generated loads of money due to her high celebrity
Demi Lovato is more than just a famous actress and singer. She has dedicated much of her time to her fans. Everyone faces their own battles and have their own insecurities, yet she inspires her fans to embrace and overpower them. She not only uses her vocals for singing, she uses it to reach out to her fans. In terms of sales (music and concert), advocating mental health, and philanthropy, Demi Lovato has changed the meaning of the music industry.
Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born on January 16, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York . Raised in Detroit , Michigan . Aaliyah Dana Haughton started voice lessons shortly after she learned to talk As a young actress/singer competed successfully on the television program Star Search at age 11. That same year, she performed with R&B legend Gladys Knight, the former wife of her uncle and manager, Barry Hankerson, at a five-night stand in Las Vegas.
began, there were hardly any female rappers well known. She is a quite recent rapper but it did
Jennifer Lopez was born in the Bronx, New York on July 24, 1970. She was born in the United States to Puerto Rican Parents, Jennifer considers herself to be a Puerto Rican and she is very proud of her Hispanic heritage and culture. Her father is David Lopez, a computer specialist, and her mother Guadalupe Lopez, a Kindergarten teacher. Her parents recognized Jennifer’s talent and enthusiasm for performing and at the age of five the enrolled her in dance classes. Her mother said “Jennifer always loved to sing, but she was also a great actress and knew that she would have a bright future ahead of her.” With the support of her parents Jennifer grew up to be a very sensible girl, who is still very close to her family. When Jennifer earned her million-dollar paycheck for playing the role in the movie Selena, she bought her mom a Cadillac. Even though they saw Jennifer’s talent at the age of five, their relationship was not always understandable. Jennifer made a major decision and that was not to go to College. That decision was very disappointing to her parents who wanted her to go to law school. Her parents supported her pursuit of a career in show business, they did not wanted to be in the expense of her education. When Jennifer told her parents that she was not going to College and law school, they thought it was really stupid to go off and try to be a movie star.
Demi Lovato is a famous singer, songwriter, and actor born in 1992 in New Mexico. Although she was on “Barney & Friends” as a child, most people know her from her years as an actress and an occasional singer on disney channel. She co-starred in the famous movie series “Camp Rock” and also in the television series “Sonny with a Chance.” After these acting positions, Lovato began a career in singing. She has released many albums and has had many hit songs such as “Heart Attack” and “Cool for the Summer.” In 2012 and 2013, Lovato was a judge on “The X Factor” (Wikipedia). Singing is a huge part of Lovato’s life, and she pours her heart and should into her lyrics.
Mariah Carey was born March 27, 1970 in Huntington, Long Island, New York. Her parents are Alfred Roy Carey and Patricia Carey who was a voice coach and opera singer. Mariah Carey shocked her family when she inherited her mother's vocals so she began singing lessons at age four. Today she is one of the most known artist but is also a film actress, music producer, songwriter, and she has won many awards. The day after she graduated high school she moved to New York City to pursue her music career. She started her career as a backing vocalist for Brenda K. Starr who gave columbia records Mariah’s demo tape at a party thrown by CBS records. The goal was to give the demo to a man named Jimmy Greenberg but it ended up in the hands of the president of Columbia records, after that her career took off.
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....
This study demonstrated that pop music influences happiness mood. As hypothesized participants in the pop music category were influence by the music and seem happier. The analysis revealed that participants in the rock and classical music categories didn’t have an effect in their mood. The results for rock and classical music did not supported the hypothesis, which rock music causes a person to have an aggressive mood, and classical music will lead to a calmer mood. The data support the primacy effect pop music results supported the hypothesis that pop music leads to a happier mood. The results from this data support from previous literature research such as the pop category. The results could also interpret as support for (Hargreaves, 1999). People make their music preferences based on the emotional state they are in (Hargreaves, 1999). The analysis revealed that pop music scored higher than students who had rock or classical. The implications for this study are to examine if music influence mood in a negative or positive aspect). As an outcome happiness mood correlated with pop music . There wasn’t no effect between rock music and aggressive mood. Classical music didn’t have a relationship between classic music and calm mood. The results of this study wouldn’t be able to support (Jordana Mena, 2007). This consists of classical music being composed with different emotions based on the key and time signature it is on. If the classical piece is written in a higher key then they saw different mood responses than the classical pieces written in a low key (Jordan Mena, 2007). This study has provided that music is more than just a piece, of a lyric, beat, or instrument it has been proven that music can help people ...
In 2015 she was announced as a judge for ninth season of the TV music show The Voice. Besides singing Rihanna has done notable charity work with organizations like Clara Lionel Foundation, collaborated in songs with Coldplay, Eminem and Beatle Paul McCartney while also voice-acting in the animated movie Home
Popular music is any music since industrialization in the mid-1800’s and is preferred by the middle class. It covers many genres such as rock, country, R&B, hip-hop, and rap.
At the young age of just twenty-four, singer/songwriter Taylor Swift has already made her mark on the world. With four platinum records, several hit singles, and seven Grammy Awards, the young songwriter has been a source of both entertainment and inspiration for people of all ages. Unlike other artists, Taylor Swift is completely fearless with her songwriting. Whether she’s singing about her first day of school, falling in love, or breaking up with a boyfriend, Swift always shares intimate details about her personal life in her lyrics. Many people love this quality about her, but others think Swift gives women a bad reputation by appearing to be a flawless and blameless victim in her songs. Regardless of the negative thoughts some people have about her, Taylor Swift is undoubtedly a huge success and a role model for teenage girls all over the world.