There aren’t a lot of American Idol winners that can match Kelly Clarkson’s success. After all, she has since sold more than 25 million records on a worldwide basis. Furthermore, Clarkson has been involved in a wide range of other projects, with an excellent example being how she has been hosting her own talk show…
Melissa Etheridge released her self-titled debut album in 1988. An underground success, it peaked at No. 22 on the charts and picked up a Grammy nomination for its lead single, Bring Me Water. Three albums down the line, Etheridge went from an underground success to a mainstream one with her fourth album, Yes I Am….
A Tribe Called Quest was a hip hop group that started up in Queens, New York. From 1985 to 1998, they built a formidable reputation for themselves before announcing that they were going their separate ways just a bit before the release of their fifth studio album in September of 1998. However, that wasn’t the…
In the early 1990s, boy bands were dominating the UK charts. Determined to give them a run for their money, Bob and Chris Herbert of Heart Management decided to create a girl group consisting of five drastically different characters that would each appeal to a different segment of the audience. The result was the Spice…
Among the traits that set Wu-Tang Clan apart in the ’90s and 2000s, the hip-hop scene is their incredible lyricism and showmanship, which set the bar for many other hip-hop acts to follow. They are often referred to as the pioneers of East Coast hip hop and hardcore hip hop. Wu-Tang Clan was ranked as…
Over the course of the last several years, contemporary Christian singer Jeremy Camp has released more than 10 albums, nine studio albums and two live albums, with the overwhelming majority of them reaching critical acclaim. Part of his appeal is the fact that his songs are typically positive in nature with an upbeat tempo. Furthermore,…
Gerald Maxwell Rivera, more commonly known as Maxwell, is known for his exceptional neo-soul music began singing as a child. By the time he was in his mid-teens, Maxwell was performing as a professional musician. Despite some long breaks between albums, the now forty-eight year old singer continues to bring the heat and passion fans…
Starting in 1967 was the American rock band from Champaign, Illinois, called REO Speedwagon. During the 1970s, as a group, they developed for themselves a devoted collection of fans that idolized the band and its music. Going into the 1980s, the height of commercial success for REO Speedwagon was at its best. When founders Neal…
Jimmie Allen is one of the greatest new generation country musicians. Jimmie has come a long way since he was an impoverished artist who slept in his car to make ends meet. Allen, who was born in Delaware in 1986, moved to Nashville in 2007 to make a living while pursuing his musical goals. He…