Simply Red were never the coolest band around, but in the late ’80 and early ’90s, they dominated the charts with their brand of blue-eyed soul. Fronted by the charismatic Mick Hucknall, the band’s memorable…

In 1967, a little-known band called Big Brother and the Holding Company took to the stage at the Monterey Pop Festival and blew the world away. Or rather, their singer, Janis Joplin, did. With her…

Singer, songwriter, and music producer Anthony Hamilton may have managed to stay under the radar all these years, but it doesn’t mean he’s not successful. Considered by many to be one of soul and R&B’s…

For a while in the 1980s, no one was hotter than Billy Ocean. His smooth, funky dance tracks and elegant ballads were chart gold, earning him three US No.1s, countless top ten singles, and three…

Alanis Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter who has been in the business for three decades and counting. She started out making pop music. However, Morissette tends to be much better-known because of her eventual turn…

Back in the early 2000s, rap stars didn’t get much bigger than Ja Rule. After breaking through with his platinum-selling debut album, Venni Vetti Vecci, he ruled the charts with top 20 hits like Between…

The Backstreet Boys were formed by Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean, Brian Littrell, and Kevin Richardson in 1993 in Orlando, Florida. Three years later, they were catapulted into the limelight with the release of…

No matter how somber and romantic the rest of the ceremony is, the bouquet toss is the perfect point in a wedding to let your hair down and have some fun. It’s the moment when…

Eccentric. Soulquarian. The Queen of Neo-Soul. There can only by one Erykah Badu. Since the talented singer-songwriter first debuted in the late 90s, Badu has only blessed the world with 5 studio albums. Yet she’s…