In 1974, ABBA became the first Swedish group to win the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo. Their victory catapulted them into the limelight; over the next decade, they grew to become one of the biggest bands in the world. The group separated in 1982, but this year, surprised us all with the release of their…
The Killers are a rock band formed in 2001 in Las Vegas. The founding members of the band are Brandon Flowers and Dave Keuning. While Flowers is the lead vocalist, keyboardist, and bassist, Keuning plays the lead guitar and provides backing vocals. A year after the band was formed, Mark Stoermer joined the band as…
John Lennon first rose to fame as part of the Beatles, alongside Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison. However, after the Beatles, Lennon went on to have a solo career and to release music with his wife, Yoko Ono. As a solo artist and with Ono, John Lennon released a total of 11 studio…
Joni Mitchell once said “I’m a painter first. I sing my sorrow and I paint my joy.” Considering her status as one of the most respected singer-songwriters of the 20th century, it might seem strange that she considers herself a visual artist before a musical one. But then again, Mitchell has never been easy to…
In 1997, when Sugar Ray released the pop-influenced single, “Fly,” they were destined to be one of the best pop-rock acts of their time. However, their decline was quick and happened all at once, and by the early 2000s, the band could barely sell a thousand albums. The band, which featured members who grew together…
Melanie Martinez is an American singer, actress, songwriter, photographer born in Astoria, Queens, on April 28, 1995. Raised in Baldwin, New York, Melanie Martinez came into the limelight after appearing on the American television vocal show, The Voice in 2012. With the recognition Melanie Martinez gained after the show, she released her debut single, “Dollhouse,”…
Meek Mill is an American rapper who entered the music business in 2003. It took him five years to sign his first record deal. Since that time, he has released five studio albums. He’s a native of Philadelphia and got into battle rapping, also joining g a group called the Bloodhoundz but only stayed a…
Country singer Cody Johnson has been singing and playing guitar since he was twelve years old. Although he always dreamt of making it big in the music business, success didn’t come to him overnight. It took six self-released albums and years of graft before he finally started attracting attention. In 2019, he hit the big…
In 1994, Usher released his self-titled debut album. At the time, he was just 15 years old. It didn’t exactly set the charts on fire, but three years later, he returned with a bang with the hugely popular My Way. Since then, he’s become one of the best selling music artists of all time, shifting…