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Best of the 2000's: Top Singers
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Date of Birth : 2 October 1951, Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK add a comment | add a media | flag
Birth Name : Gordon Matthew Sumner Height : 6' (1.83 m) |
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French singer. Born : 13/05/1981. add a comment | 2 media | flag
Singer, musician and composer, he lived in Canada for 3 years and played with the groups "lost smile" and "Ouija". At present, he plays Salieri in the rock opera Mozart. |
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Thomas Edward "Thom" Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician who is the lead singer and principal songwriter of the alternative rock group Radiohead. He mainly plays guitar and piano, but he has also played drums and bass guitar (notably during the Kid A and Amnesiac sessions). In July 2006, he released his debut solo album, The Eraser. add a comment | add a media | flag
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Kanye Omari West (pronounced /ˈkɑːnjeɪ/; born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, record producer, and actor. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Janet Jackson. His style of production originally used pitched-up vocal samples from soul songs incorporated with his own drums and instruments. However, subsequent productions saw him broadening his musical palette and expressing influences encompassing '70s R&B, baroque pop, trip hop, arena rock, folk, alternative, electronica, synth-pop, and classical music. add a comment | add a media | flag
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Paul Julian Banks (born 3 May 1978) is an English-American musician best known as the lead singer, lyricist and guitarist of the band Interpol. He is also a solo artist under the name Julian Plenti. As a singer, Banks' voice lies in the baritone range. add a comment | add a media | flag
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Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (born 18 July 1975), better known by her stage name M.I.A., is an English songwriter, record producer, singer, rapper, fashion designer, and artist of Tamil Sri Lankan origin. add a comment | add a media | flag
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Christopher Anthony John "Chris" Martin (born 2 March 1977) is an English singer-songwriter and instrumentalist, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Coldplay. He is married to Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow, with whom he has fathered two children. add a comment | add a media | flag
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Antony Hegarty (born 1971) (often referred to by first name alone ie. "Antony") is an English born singer-songwriter, composer, and visual artist, known best as the lead singer of the band Antony and the Johnsons. add a comment | add a media | flag
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Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969),[ better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper and businessman. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over USD$150 million, selling over 30 million copies of his albums in the United States alone and receiving several Grammy Awards for his musical work. add a comment | add a media | flag
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Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American Grammy Award-winning rapper. add a comment | add a media | flag
After gaining fame with two other albums in the early 2000s, Lil Wayne reached higher popularity with 2004's Tha Carter and its two subsequent albums Tha Carter II (2005) and Tha Carter III (2008). He earned various accolades following Tha Carter III, including eight Grammy Awards nominations. He has had two number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 ("Lollipop" featuring Static Major and "Down" with Jay Sean). He will release a rock album titled Rebirth in 2010. |
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Jón “Jónsi” Þór Birgisson (born April 23, 1975) is the guitarist and vocalist for the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. He is known for his use of a cello bow on guitar and his falsetto voice. Jónsi is blind in his right eye. He is also openly gay , and his boyfriend Alex Somers has done much of the graphic design for Sigur Rós. They also perform together as an art collaboration called Jónsi & Alex. They released their self-titled first book in November 2006, which was an embossed hardcover limited to 1000 copies. Jónsi is also a vegetarian. add a comment | add a media | flag
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Zacarías Manuel de la Rocha (born January 12, 1970, in Long Beach, California) is an American rapper, musician, poet, and activist of Mexican, German, and Irish descent. He is best known as the vocalist and lyricist of Rage Against the Machine and is currently the frontman of the music duo One Day as a Lion. add a comment | add a media | flag
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Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known by his stage name Eminem, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album The Slim Shady LP, which won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The following album, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the fastest-selling hip hop album in history. It brought Eminem increased popularity, including his own record label, Shady Records, and brought his group project D12 to mainstream recognition. Eminem has won a total of 9 Grammy Awards. add a comment | add a media | flag
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Beth Gibbons (born 4 January 1965, Exeter, Devon, England) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist for English band Portishead. add a comment | add a media | flag
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Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4, 1981), often referred to mononymously as Beyoncé , is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, actress and model. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child. add a comment | add a media | flag
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Leslie Feist (born 13 February 1976) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She performs as a solo artist under the name Feist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene. At the 2008 Juno Awards in Calgary, she was the top winner with five awards, including Songwriter of the Year, Artist of the Year, Pop Album of the Year, Album of the Year and Single of the Year. add a comment | add a media | flag
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Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American musician, dancer, and entertainer. Referred to as the King of Pop, he is the most commercially successful and one of the most influential entertainers of all time. His unique contributions to music, dance, and fashion, along with a highly publicized personal life, made him a prominent figure in popular culture for over four decades. add a comment | add a media | flag
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Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988), known as Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist and model. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers. She subsequently signed a contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning for then-label head Jay-Z. add a comment | add a media | flag
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Mary Beth Patterson, known by her stage name Beth Ditto (born February 19, 1981, in Searcy, Arkansas), is an American singer-songwriter, most famous for her work with the indie rock band Gossip. add a comment | add a media | flag
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Amy Jade Winehouse (born 14 September 1983) is an English singer and songwriter, known for her eclectic mix of various musical genres including R&B, soul, jazz, rock & roll, and ska. Winehouse is best known for her soulful, powerful contralto vocals. add a comment | add a media | flag
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Anthony Caleb Followill (born January 14, 1982), also known as Caleb Followill, is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the Grammy Award-winning American alternative rock band, Kings of Leon. He is the brother to fellow band members, bass guitarist Jared Followill, drummer Nathan Followill, and cousin to lead guitarist Matthew Followill. add a comment | add a media | flag
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Alex Kapranos is an English musician who is the lead singer and the guitarist of the Glasgow band Franz Ferdinand. add a comment | add a media | flag
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Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American pop musician and actor. He has won six Grammy Awards as well as two Emmy Awards. He got his big break when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez. Timberlake became famous in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the boy band 'N Sync, whose launch was financed by Lou Pearlman. add a comment | add a media | flag
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Matthew James Bellamy, D.A. (born 9 June 1978) is an English musician and composer, who is best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Muse. add a comment | add a media | flag
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by smokintops on January 02, 2010
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