LeAnn Rimes The journey of LeAnn Rimes and her rise to stardom have influenced music today. Rimes said, “I’ve always told myself since I was a little girl that if there’s one thing I wanted, it was for everyone around the world to know who I was” (Tucker). LeAnn has certainly lived up to these expectations, and she serves as a role model to young artists. LeAnn Rimes was born in Jackson, Mississippi and is the only child of Wilbur and Belinda Rimes. She was born on August 28, 1982. Her real name is Margaret LeAnn Rimes. “At age six LeAnn wins her first talent contest performing “Getting to Know You” (Wang). LeAnn was raised in Dallas, Texas as a child. On February 23,2002, Rimes married a dance named Dean Sheremet. They divorced, …show more content…
and Rimes current husband is Eddie Cibrian. Later LeAnn’s parents Belinda and Wilbur separated. LeAnn says “It was hell on her” (Wang). Today Rimes shares a Nashville home with her husband Dean, four cats, and their four dogs. LeAnn also serves as the voice of Children’s Miracle Network. It is a charity devoted to raising funds for sick children. All through out LeAnn’s music career she has struggled with her dad as her manager. “Rimes filed a lawsuit saying that her father and former co-manager took more than seven million dollars from her” (Wang). In another lawsuit, Rimes sued the record label wanting to be released from the contract. Today, Rimes says, “I have a struggle with my father as a manager. I know have a great relationship with my dad—I had a struggle with the record company” (Tucker). LeAnn Rimes started in the music industry at age eight by becoming a finalist on Star Search.
“In 1994, at eleven years old Rimes recorded her first album All That” (“LeAnn Rimes”). Rimes signed with Curb records to record her album Blue in 1996. Her album Blue sold more than 123,000 copies withing the first week. “Rimes made a big motion picturing action debut in the film Coyote Ugly” (“LeAnn Rimes”). Rimes says one of her greatest accomplishments was the song, This Woman. “Rimes got 1996 Best New Artist Grammy that a country musician has never achieved before” (“LeAnn Rimes”). LeAnn also won five Billboard awards. LeAnn Rimes song, Blue, was named song of the year by the Academy of Country Music. In 1997, Rimes starred in a television movie called Holiday in Your Heart. When LeAnn Rimes released the song, You Light Up My Life, this helped her to be the biggest- selling recording artist. Even today Rimes plays a big role in the music industry. She performed the national anthem at the Dallas Cowboy football game, and she also traveled to Europe for a Thanksgiving concert for Pope John Paul II. “Rimes and her husband have written two successful children books, Jags and Jag’s New Friend” (Siegler). “Her books are about a young jaguar with problems at school” (Siegler). In 2009, Rimes sang the national anthem at the Kentucky Derby. “LeAnn also played singer, Connie Francis on the television drama American Dreams” (“LeAnn
Rimes”). “Rimes was described as country musics sweetheart” (Sieglar). She has also been called the “possessor of some of the most powerful pipes” (Sieglar). LeAnn loves listening to older music and finds her inspiration from older songs. Rimes said, “As a songwriter I loved to listening to Bright Eyes and David Gray and Tracey Chapman and Bob Dylan.” LeAnn also says that she has learned vocally from Patsy Cline and Judy Garland. She also finds inspiration from Reba. LeAnn rimes loves to express herself and put her soul in her music. Her song, This Woman is about what rimes says “her celebrating womanhood and ten years in business. It captures her all grown up and everything that comes with it” (Siegler). Young girls love listening to Leann because they can relate to her struggles with life as a woman. Rimes said, “The music is changing, the times are changing, and its hard to keep the attention of the record buyer” (Tucker). She also said, “Her god has been around and she is still surprised people buy her music” (Tucker). Rimes faith and personality have helped lead her to the top, and her music has never gone out of style. She continues to work in the music industry and acting. All together rimes albums have sold more than 19.3 million in the United States. Rimes said, “Music is a definite comfort to me and it doesn’t have to be Judy Garland or Fiona Apple. I love Prince because it’s so upbeat” (Siegler). LeAnn Rimes life and personality have changed the music industry by becoming the first country artist to win Best New Artist Grammy. Rimes has definitely made everyone around the world know who she is. Music comes from the soul, and LeAnn Rimes continues to make music from the soul.
she had in the coming years with many great songs being recorded in the sixties. Lynn soon became best friends with Pasty Cline, another female country singer who helped Lynn navigate the music world. Cline would tragically die in a plane crash leaving Lynn heartbroken and lost with no one there to help her. Lynn songs were influenced by the world around her singing about the struggles of motherhood and wives in her songs “Blue Kentucky Girl” and “Wine, Women, and Song”. Lynn felt what every woman at the time was feeling and that was the suffocation of being stuck in a role and not being able to break out and accomplish what you want, but soon that would change. Lynn also wrote about the Vietnam War with her song “Dear Uncle Sam” she was not afraid to tackle issues of the period. In 1967 Lynn be the first to win Female Vocalist of the Year.
Mary Wade, born on the 5th of October 1777 was the youngest convict to be sent to Australia. Before her life as a convict, she would sweep and beg on the streets of London to make her living.
Rachel Dein is a London Based artist, who studied Fine Arts at Middlesex University . She is most famously known for her tiles made of cement and plaster featuring molds of flowers. She currently runs and owns the Tactile Studio in North London to support herself and her three children. Before setting up her own studio, but after going to art school, she decided to take up an apprenticeship at The Royal Opera House and later branched out to other theaters to continue her prop making career including The English National Opera, The West End Theaters, London Transport Museum and Selfridges Christmas windows. Her time in prop making allowed her to explore her love of theatre, film, and opera while expanding her knowledge of 3d design. She also enjoys gardening, which is where she has gotten some of the materials for her craft.
Her influence is simply not a question; it is a salutation to a musical icon that has embedded her legacy into musical history. When I think of the word artist, I think of someone who is innovative, original and someone who has style and a sound all their own. One artist that comes to mind is Janet Jackson. They simply don’t make artists like Janet anymore. Unfortunately, she was the last of her kind.
She is also known to the world as the “Queen of Soul”. She went on tour with her father’s traveling revival and later released her very first recording under the album, Spirituals, when she was 14 years old. Similar to Bessie Smith, Aretha Franklin was signed by Columbia Records. There she released several classics such as, I’ll Keep on Smiling and I Still Can’t Forget. Years later (1966) she signed to Atlantic Records where she recorded I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) and Respect which both sold millions. From the start of her career in 1961 she has had forty three top single and maybe more to come. Having won over eighteen Grammy awards in her career. In 1987, Ms. Franklin was the very first female artist to be inducted the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Grammys awarded her the Legend Award in 1991. In 1994 she was awarded the Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award and also received the Kennedy Center Honors. She has been nominated for nine American Music Award winning four out of her nine nominations. Aretha has performed at both Bill Clinton and Barack Obama presidential inaugurations. She has also been awarded different honorary degrees in music. There is no one who could manipulate the same sound that Aretha Franklin had into this new day
Most of us know Miss Diana Ross, an African American performer. Her acting and singing career is what lead her to fame. She goes by the nickname of Miss Ross. Here is something you may not know, her birth name is Diane Ernestine Earle Ross. However her birth certificate says Diana. She was born and raised here in Detroit, Michigan. Where most babies in Detroit are delivered so was she, Hutzel Women’s Hospital. On March 26, 1944 a star entered the city with much more potential than anyone would have ever expected. She lived near the North End area of Detroit (woodward) and later moved to the Brewster projects. Miss Diana Ross attended a high school all Detroit citizens are familiar with, Cass Technical HS. She discovered her talent at a very young age as she began to sing in the choir at church. It was shortly after this when her career started to grow.
In terms of music, Demi Lovato has made an impact in the music industry. In 2017, she was ranked the #8 Top Female Artist (“Top Artists Female...”). She has released six albums, including her self-titled album which hit #1 on ITunes in over 50 countries during 2013. In 2016, her album Confident received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album (GRAMMY.com). Her song “Cool for the Summer” ranked #1 on ITunes in 37 countries within hours of its release. “Neon Lights” and
Deanna was born December 1968 in Kiln, Mississippi. She was born to Ann, a single mother. When Deanna was young her mother married a man named Kerry Tynes. Deanna was later adopted by Kerry and acquired two siblings, a half-sister Christie and a half-brother Casey.
In 1994, at the age of 15, Aaliyah catapulted onto the R&B charts herself with her debut album, Age Ain't Nothing But a Number. Produced by the successful singer R. Kelly, the album quickly sold a million copies and eventually earned platinum status based largely on the success of two hit singles, "Back and Forth" and "At Your Best (You Are Love)." Later that year, tabloid reports surfaced claiming that the sultry teen singer had married the 27-year-old Kelly, but Aaliyah denied the union and the marriage was reportedly annulled.
Aretha Franklin is a well known pop, R&B, and gospel singer. She has been nicknamed “The Queen of Soul” and is an internationally known artist and a symbol of pride in the African American community. Her popularity soared in 1967 when she released an album containing songs “I Never Loved a Man”, “Respect”, and “Baby I Love You.” Throughout her career she has achieved fifteen Grammy Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Legend Awards, and many Grammy Hall of Fame Awards. In 1987 she became the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Time magazine chose her as one of the most influential artists and entertainers of the 20th century. She sang at Dr. Martin Luther King’s funeral and at former President Bill Clinton’s inaugural party. Although she has all these accomplishments and awards there are other reasons that have driven Franklin to fame and landed her on the front cover of Time magazine on June 28, 1968. The reasons I believe allowed Aretha Franklin to become so successful are the following: Her family’s involvement with religion, the inspiring people that surrounded her, and the pain she suffered.
and impact on society. What is most amazing is how far her reach extends beyond hip-hop and
Without a doubt there is one major performer that certainly stands out within our pop culture world. The name of this very famous American icon is, Dolly Parton. Dolly has surpassed any rags to riches story that ever lived. She has touched the lives of so many individuals over many decades through her many talents. Dolly started her career at a very young age and continued fulfilling her life endeavors through country music, pop music, and even acting. This American icon didn’t stop with just her talents, she also gave back to our society through charity, fundraising, and establishing her own theme park. Dolly Parton was brought up in a very poor family, however through much dedication she became the famous icon everyone idolized today.
Whitney Houston is considered one of the greatest singers of our generation. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, she holds the record of being the most rewarded female artist of all time. I chose her as my topic, because she represents resiliency and tenacity, despite her troubled experiences with drugs and her personal life. Whitney Houston comes from a family with an amazing, musical pedigree; her mother, Cissy Houston, was a successful back-up singer for Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley. Dionne Warwick is her first cousin, and Aretha Franklin is her godmother.
Taylor Swift deserves to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame for her outstanding awards and achievements she has received. One of the criteria to be inducted in the the Country Music Hall of Fame is that the person has to have a scope of activity. The criteria also states that the musician being inducted must have outstanding awards in the country music field. Swift has received many awards and achievements for various categories that set her away from other artists in the industry. “Taylor Swift became the youngest recipient ever of the entertainer of the year award at the 2009 Country Music Awards” is one of the best awards that she has received (“All The Awards”). Swift has also been very successful at the Grammy’s. She has won the Best New Artist, Album of the Year and Best Country Album. She has also won several awards at the American Mu...
Taylor’s grandmother was a famous opera singer. Her name was Marjorie Finaly. She was Taylor’s inspiration for music. She would sing during family parties. She was the center of attention. She performed in many different countries. She performed in many operas and musicals. Taylor could memor...