Born in Sydney, Australia, Iggy Azalea has worked his way up to become one of the best female rappers of the last decade. Iggy relocated to the US from Australia after two of her songs, gained massive popularity on YouTube. It wouldn’t take long for T.I. to notice her talents and sign her to his…
Jennifer Lopez’s first brush with fame came as a Fly Girl dancer on the TV sketch show, “In Living Color.” She quit to become an actress and by the end of the 1990s, she was the highest-paid Latin actress in Hollywood. But Lopez’s ambitions ran beyond the silver screen. In 1999, she dipped her toes…
In 1993, Toni Braxton exploded onto the scene with her self-titled debut studio album. It was a major hit, taking her to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, earning 3 Grammy Awards, and selling over 10 million copies worldwide. Over the next decade, her career went from strength to strength, with songs like Breathe Again…
Michael Bolton’s musical career initially started in the mid-1970s where he recorded music as the lead singer for the American rock band Blackjack. In the late 1980s, Michael Bolton had a stylistic change in music and became more famous for the pop-rock ballads that he released after that. Over the course of his incredible career,…
Adele grew up listening to soul music, which later led her to become one herself with help from artists like Bob Dylan. After graduating high school at 18 years old, she signed onto XL Recordings. They gave her complete creative control over 19 album projects that would become certified 8x platinum after one year. Adele…
Katy Perry is one of the most notable musicians to emerge in the late 2000s. Her success can be seen in a number of things. For example, Katy Perry has sold more than 143 million records around the world. Similarly, every single one of her studio albums released under Capitol have exceeded one billion streams…
Snoop Dogg has a massive fanbase, and it’s no surprise. Few artists have eighteen studio albums, and in addition to that impressive resume, Snoop also has four soundtrack albums, a video album, and sixteen compilation albums. If he’d stopped there, it would be a remarkable career, but Snoop also does television, a podcast, movies, and…
Some people call AC/DC’s music hard rock. Others call it blues-rock. Still others claim it’s heavy metal. The band themselves call it rock and roll. Whatever it is, it sells records. Over the past 5 decades, AC/DC have sold more than 200 million albums worldwide, including a staggering 75 million in the US alone. Their…
Of all the artists to pass thrown the Motown star-making machine, Marvin Gaye was one of the most versatile, and unquestionably one of the most talented. From songs infused with carnal desire to ones that demanded social justice, his ability to connect with his audience was peerless. It’s impossible to know what would have come…