RIHANNA

Born in Barbados in 1988, Robyn Rihanna Fenty better known by his stage name Rihanna, is making a trip. From the birthplace for top tables selling record, through the fashion shows in Paris and Milan, as well as stepping some of the biggest stages in the world, this artist with only 23 years is already a superstar. After releasing the album "A Girl Like Me" to the worldwide success of "Good Girl Gone Bad," in just a few years, Rihanna has helped redefine pop music to a new generation.It is hard to imagine that a few years ago Rihanna was just a young man with a quiet life in the islands Barbados, specifically in Saint Michael. His big break came when a U.S. producer named Evan Rogers was spend a vacation to this island.After meeting Rihanna and after hearing a bit improvised, he was with the certainty that one day that girl who was in front would make history in the music world. Shortly after, both were traveling to New York in search of a recording contract. It only took one meeting with Jay-Z and Antonio "LA" Reid for Rihanna got what many artists take a few years to reach: their record contract! Jay-Z (who had just been appointed President of Def Jam Records) was so excited about this natural talent that signed the contract immediately.In 2005, Def Jam Records released Rihanna's debut album. "Music of the Sun" drew a lot of media attention due to the growing popularity of the dance single "Pon de Replay". A year later, in 2006, she launched her second album "A Girl Like Me, containing hits like" SOS "and" Unfaithful, "the latter being a composition of Ne-Yo, his co-editor.With two hit records in the curriculum in just two years, Rihanna released her third record "Good Girl Gone Bad" in 2007. The first single from this album was the mega-hit "Umbrella", with the participation of Jay-Z, who became one of the themes touched that summer and was on top of the Billboard charts for 252 weeks in a row. It was also No. 1 in the British singles top for 11 consecutive weeks, in addition to winning the "Video of the Year" and "Monster Single of the Year" at the MTV Video Music Awards. The achievements for this song include one Grammy for Best Collaboration Rap / Song and still 6 more nominations for Grammy Awards, Teen Choice Award 1, singer Favorite Pop / Rock and Soul / R & B female in American music Awards 2 Awards Billboard, 4 nominations for MTV Europe Music Awards including "Album of the Year" and also "Best International Act" at the MOBO Awards.The album "Good Girl Gone Bad" showed various facets of Rihanna. The singer, a performer and songwriter. With a collection of songs coherent and technically innovative by the hand of established producers Timbaland and Tricky Stewart and compositions of Justin Timberlake and Ne-Yo did that with this release, Rihanna solidify its position within the restricted elite of North American music industry.To support and promote the album, the young singer embarked on an extensive tour starting in the U.S. and then coming to Europe. "Good Girl Gone Bad" contains an impressive number of singles: "Umbrella" (with special guest Jay-Z), which had its start in MTV VMA, followed then "Shut Up and Drive," "Hate That I Love You "(featuring Ne-Yo), and" Do not Stop the Music "getting a total of 98 weeks on the singles charts, generating a cumulative 36 platinums over 20 territories worldwide and was the subject of a reissue January 2009: "Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded" CD + DVD, perpetuating the release of hit singles for the market, with the unpublished "Take A Bow" and "Disturbia," which they also achieved great success."Rated R" was the album the end of 2009. Released after a personal drama with her then boyfriend, Chris Brown, this disc reflects a more aggressive tone in lyrical terms, with elements of hip-hop, rock and dubstep, as well as some experiences of Jamaican dancehall theme in "Rude Boy "and Latin in" Te Amo ". As special guests on this record, there Will.I.Am (Black Eyed Peas) and Slash, who recorded guitars in the song "Rockstar 101". Despite having a little less projection than the previous album, "Rated R" spawned five singles: "Russian Roulette", "Rude Boy" and "Te Amo" among the most relevant. In the United States, the themes of "Hard Rain" and "Wait Your Turn" were promotional singles.Reaching the fifth studio album "Loud" was released in November 2010 and was recorded from February to August of that year, among the commitments Tour "Last Girl On Earth" and his first participation in a fiction film (with debut scheduled for 2012 "Battleship)". Rihanna was executive producer of this album and worked with names like StarGate, The Runners, Polow da Don, Tricky Stewart, and Alex da Kid. As guest vocalists, we find Drake, Nicki Minaj and Eminem, the sequel "Love The Way You Lie" and "Love The Way You Lie" (Part II). Britney Spears appears on the remix version of S & M, despite not being in the studio version. As regards the level and music genre, unlike "Rated R", this CD 2010 is more pop-dance electro-R & B and reggae with something, such as the theme "Man Down".The album spawned no more than 7 singles, including the hits planetary "Only Girl (In The World)," What's My Name? "And" S & M ". These 3 singles reached the # 1 spot of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "S & M" is the 10th single from Rihanna to achieve 1st place in the United States thus surpassing a record held until then by Mariah Carey. In the UK "Only Girl (In the World)" and "What's My Name?" reached number 1 and "S & M" reached the 3rd place of the singles chart. "Only Girl (In the World)" won the Grammy for "Best Dance Recording" in February 2011. Followed the third world tour to promote this release.The end of 2011 marked the release of Rihanna's sixth album, titled "Talk That Talk". The breakthrough single was "We Found Love" featuring Calvin Harris, which went directly to Portugal in the 1st position of the top downloads. Strong choruses, good melodies and production bold aesthetics denounced this disc.Rihanna's impressive discography and a growing number of prizes, awards, distinctions achieved by this young singer, proves to us that the journey is still being made and that the future of this artist will be full of surprises. With its beauty, humanitarian facet supporter of worthy causes, links to fashion and sense of opportunity for business, the girl from the islands "transformed" into superstar will continue to make music for many more generations.In September 2012, the global superstar unveiled the new chapter of your domain as queen of topes, with the single "Diamonds", taken from their latest album "Unapologetic", which was released on November 19, 2012.The victory in Rihanna VMA awards this year is the culmination of an unforgettable journey: his sixth album, "Talk That Talk", was released in November 2011 and became a huge success worldwide, thanks to the incredible 'We Found Love ', the song that the singer from Barbados shared with Calvin Harris and spent over 10 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 - surpassing the staff of Rihanna before set with' Umbrella ', which remained in paragraph 1 of that counts for seven weeks in 2007. But 'We Found Love' became a landmark for other reasons: it was the 11th No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart Rihanna and her 20th single to enter the Top 10. At the same time, no other artist has achieved so quickly, the two dozen Top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 - before him, at this point, has only the Beatles and Rihanna is only the fifth artist to achieve such a feat!Winning six Grammy Awards and seven Billboard Music Awards, worldwide, Rihanna has sold over 37 million albums and 146 million digital songs, being at present the artist with the most digital sales ever. Considered by Time magazine one of the 100 most influential people on the planet, Rihanna was identified by Forbes as the star No. 1 social media, with over 2.7 billion views on YouTube / VEVO - what makes the female artist most popular of these channels - More than 60 million Facebook fans and over 26 million followers on Twitter.

ALBUNS:

·         MUSIC OF THE SUN-2005

·         A GIRL LIKE ME-2006

·         GOOD GIRL GONE BAD-2007

·         GOOD GIRL GONE BAD-2007

·         RATED R-2009

·         LOUD-2010

·         TALK THAT TALK-2011

·         UNAPOLOGETIC-2012

COMPILAÇÕES:

·         GOOD GIRL GONE BAD REMIXES-2009

·         DISTURBIA-2008

SINGLES:

·         PON DE REPLAY-2008

·         SOS-2006

·         UNTAFAIL-2006

·         WE RIDE-2006

·         UMBRELA FEAT .JAY Z-2007

·         SHUT UP AND DRIVE-2007

·         DON`T STOP THE MUSIC-2007

·         HATE THAT I LOVE YOU FEAT. NE-YO -2007

·         HATE THAT I LOVE YOU FEAT.DAVID BISBAL-2007

·         TAKE A BOW-2008

·         DISTURBIA-2008

·         RUSSIAN RULETE-2009

·         HARD FEAT.JEZZY-2009

·         RUDE BVOY-2010

·         TE AMO-2010

·         ONLY GIRL THE WORLD-2010

·         S€M-2011

·         CALIFORNIA KING BED-2011

·         MAN DONW-2011

·         CHEERS [DRINK TO THAT]-2011

·         WE FOND LOVE FEAT. CALVIN HARRIS-2011

·         WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN-2011

·         DIMONS-2012

AMY WINEHOUSE

As a child, his dream was to be a waitress on skates. At 13, and after receiving his first guitar, Amy decides to make a nose. Shortly after, makes his first tattoo (a small Betty Boop on the back), stating later that by doing it at age 15, his parents began to realize that the artist would do well to him sprang from quite early. Over the years, the singer drew on her body over 25 tattoos, ranging from the name of her former husband, pinups, thunder, until his latest, an American eagle.According to own their hair lush beehive can reach about 15 cm, depending on the day. Below you can see two videos that explain how you can get the hair and makeup of the British artist:

Fan taken alcohol, Amy does not hide your favorite cocktail, the Rickstasy. A drink comprising three doses of Vodka, a dose of Southern Comfort (whiskey), a dose of banana liqueur and a dose Bailey's. This problem with alcohol, which also extends to drugs, leads her to be arrested with her husband in 2007, for possession of marijuana. In 2008, Bryan Adams wrote a song to inspire overcome this addiction, titled Flower Grown Wild.In the famous song Rehab, Amy mentions the names Ray and Mr. Hathaway - reference to soul singers Ray Charles and Donny Hathaway, who also encountered problems with drug dependence. Below you can watch the first recording artist in the video:

 From birth to stardom:Amy Jade Winehouse was born in London on September 14, 1983, within a Jewish family with her father Mitchell, a taxi driver by profession, mother Janis, pharmaceutical, and her older brother Alex.The artist begins a new still taking its first steps in music, singing some themes of Frank Sinatra, influence would be some years later honored with the title of his first album, "Frank."At age 10 Amy forms the hip-hop group Sweet'n'Sour, inspired by Salt-n-Pepa (female band hip-hop of the decade 80) with childhood friend Juliette Ashby. However, since his parents had separated and Amy lived with his brother in his mother's house in a suburb of London.His rebellious nature takes its first signs in mid-97 to be expelled from the Sylvia Young Theatre School, by not apply. Before that, participates in the British TV show "The Fast Show". After the expulsion, Amy joins The London School for Performing Arts & Technology in Selhurst, Croydon.With 16 years gets a contract with producer Simon Fullers, responsible for creating the contest "American Idol," which is later adopted in Portugal named "Idols".Like many teenagers, Amy spends his days between boyfriends and school, without which the world had yet realized the artist's unique vocal ability. Prior to 2003, is expelled from his school and, through his friend singer Tyler James, gets a recording contract with Island Records.At the end of that year released his first album, "Frank." The artist was only 20 years.