Billie Holiday was a singer known for performing jazz and swing music. She was born Eleanora Fagan in Philadelphia in 1915 and earned the nickname ‘Lady Day.’ The singer began her career in 1930, and she became an innovative influence on jazz and pop music genres. Holiday was also known for both her improvisational musical…
Not every album Celine Dion has made has been greeted warmly by the critics. In fact, most have received mixed reviews. It hasn’t stopped her from selling them by the boatload though. After releasing several French-language albums in her native Canada, she released her English-speaking debut, Unison, in 1990. It sent her career stratospheric, and…
Born to Albanian refugees, Ava Max grew up listening to Mariah Carey’s pop hits, and her mother sang opera. After living in Paris for one year, her parents moved to Wisconsin, where a good Samaritan helped them acquire passports. Ava Max’s parents supported her decision to pursue music and always accompanied her to singing competitions…
Jack Johnson is an American celebrity personality. He is a multi-talented singer and songwriter who plays a lot of different musical instruments. The list of his talents goes into record producing, documentary, filmmaking, acting, and even professional surfing for a period. He’s currently best known for his singing and songwriting, although he is still active…
After coming to fame with the Faces, Rod Stewart branched off as a solo artist. His first couple of solo projects were overlooked, but eventually, people began to embrace the riffs, the rasp, and that signature mullet. Over 50 years later, he’s one of the best-selling artists of all time, with a massive 250 million…
Peter Gabriel rose to prominence as the original lead singer of Genesis in the late 60s and early 70s. He began his solo career after leaving Genesis in 1975. “Solsbury Hill” was his first single from his album, So. The album was a huge commercial success and was certified triple platinum in the UK. The…
John Mayer is one of the more notable names to emerge in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In spite of some controversies, his career has continued to the present time, as shown by the release of his eighth studio album Sob Rock in 2021. Besides his solo career, Mayer has been known to play…
By any measure, Garth Brooks is one of the most popular music artists of all time. After making his debut in 1989, the country singer went on to dominate the 1990s before retiring in 2000. In the process, Garth not only changed the perception of country music, he transformed the recording industry as a whole….
There are a lot of people out there who would consider Whitney Houston to be one of the greatest singers of the 20th century. Certainly, she was one of the most successful in a commercial sense, seeing as how she still holds the record for the female solo artist who sold the most physical singles….