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Shakira

Singer, songwriter. Born Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll on February 2, 1977, in Barranquilla, Colombia. With a Lebanese father and Colombian mother, Shakira honors her Latino and Arabic heritage in her music. She wrote her first song at the age of 8 and signed her first record deal at 13. After her first two albums flopped, Shakira took the reins of her third album, becoming involved in every aspect of its production. Released in 1996, Pies Descalzos, meaning “bare feet,” sold more than three million copies. The album featured her trademark sound, a blending of Latin, rock, and Arabic musical styles. It sold more than three million copies and the follow-up record, Dónde Están Los Ladrones? (1998)—which translates as “Where are the thieves?”—reached the top of Billboard’s Latin charts. Based on the success of her albums, Shakira became a music superstar in the Spanish-language markets, known for her strong vocals and incredible hip-shaking belly dance moves.

While hugely popular in much of the rest of the world, Shakira had not yet achieved a major record on the U.S. pop charts. She moved to Miami with her family to further her goal and taught herself to write songs in English. She enlisted Emilio Estefan—of Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine fame—to act as her manager and producer. Her first English-language album, Laundry Service (2001), provided Shakira with the success in the United States that she longed for—the album was number three on the charts, selling more than 200,000 copies in the first week. The songs “Whenever, Wherever” and “Underneath Your Clothes” were both big hits.

Shakira returned to the top 10 of the albums chart in 2005 twice. She first released the Spanish-language Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 in June, which was followed in November by English-language Oral Fixation, Vol. 2. She received the Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album for Fijación Oral, Vol. 1, her second time winning such an honor. Previously, she had won a Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album for 2000′s Shakira: MTV Unplugged.

Besides her busy career, Shakira created the Pies Descalzos Foundation to help children in her native Colombia in 1997.

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Alicia Keys

This bright and accomplished performer was born January 25, 1981, in Manhattan, New York. Alicia began her career at the age of four with a role in the “Wizard of Oz”. She is a true musical prodigy whose multi-dimensional gifts emerged at a very early age. Her wit and intelligence are almost too hard to perceive. Alicia recognizes a number of influences, including her ultra supportive mother, who told her, “You can quit anything else but you can never give up on your piano lessons”. Alicia also sites a teacher at the Professional Performance Arts School in Manhattan, who, while she was majoring in Choir, gave her valuable instruction on her voice.

Alicia will take modern R&B soul to a whole new level of entertainment and ambition. Highly sought after by record labels, Alicia’s celebrity talent has caused old-fashioned bidding wars in her honor. Completing high school at 16, she entered Columbia University, and continued her studies in music, writing and performing. In 1999, Alicia went to work with Cleve Davis at J Records and cut ‘Songs in A Minor’. This release sent Alicia to the top of the charts and her star status was confirmed. Alicia’s soulful sound can be attributed to a variety of natural talents. She is a skilled songwriter, boasts years of expertise as a classically trained pianist, and possesses a powerful set of vocal cords. By combining these talents, she is destined to become a superstar.

To say that Keys is a female D’Angelo would do this star a disservice, as she’s an original. Alicia confidently states, “I was born in Hell’s Kitchen and spent a lot of time in Harlem and was exposed to a lot of different types of music, from Biggie to Nirvana to Miles Davis to Nina Simone and back to classical. I think it was inevitable that I would merge all of them in what I do now. Aretha Franklin and James Brown had real things to talk about and feel in their hearts and that’s the kind of music that flows through me.” Clearly, at such a young age, a long and ground breaking career looms ahead of her. This is the real deal, a bona fide superstar. This bi-racial beauty has been blessed from above in more ways than one, Alicia is a good looking, talented, sexy woman.

Beyoncé Knowles

Beyoncé Knowles, born September 4, 1981, at Houston, Texas, is an R&B singer, song writer, record producer and American actress. Beyoncé Knowles family has some French origins: Beyoncé Knowles father, Matthew, is her manager. Beyoncé Knowles mother, Tina, is her stylist. Beyoncé Knowles little sister, Solange, is a singer as well.

Beyoncé Knowles has started dancing and singing at the age of 4. When Beyoncé Knowles was 8 years, Beyoncé Knowles met LaTavia Roberson during a casting. The two girls formed a music band, called “Girl Tymes”. Kelly Rowland and LeToya Luckett joins them in 1992 to form the music band “Destiny’s Child”.

In 1997, the music band Destiny’s Child signs with Columbia Records. The music band Destiny’s Child first single, “Killing Time”, appears in original movie soundtrack of “Men In Black”. The singles No no no, With me, Get on the bus, Bills bills bills, Bug a boo, Say my name and Jumpin Jumpin follow, and the music band Destiny’s Child sells a total of over 80 millions cds worldwide.

In 2000, LeToya and LaTavia leave the music band Destiny’s Child and are replaced by Farrah Franklin and Michelle Williams. Farrah only stays for 5 months; having become trio, music band Destiny’s Child continue their success with album “Survivor” (Apple Pie A La Mode, Bootylicious, Brown Eyes, Dangerously In Love, Emotion, Fancy, Gospel Medley, Happy Face, Independent Women Part I, Independent Women Part II, Nasty Girl, Outro (DC-3) Thank You, Sexy Daddy, Survivor, The Story Of Beauty).

Leader of the music band Destiny’s Child, Beyoncé Knowles sings and co-composes the songs. In 2002, Beyoncé Knowles wins the ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) title of “Pop Songwriter of the Year”; Beyoncé Knowles is the first black female to win it, and the second woman.

In 2003, Beyoncé Knowles starts her solo music career with album “Dangerously in Love” (Baby Boy, Be With You, Beyonce Interlude, Bonnie And Clyde, Crazy In Love, Daddy, Dangerously In Love 2, Gift From Virgo, Hip Hop Star, Me Myself And I, Naughty Girl, Signs, Speechless, Thats How You Like It, The Closer I Get To You, Work It Out, Yes); Beyoncé Knowles album wins a record of 5 Grammy Awards. Beyoncé Knowles begins her film career with major roles in Austin Powers in Goldmember and The Fighting Temptations, all both in 2002.

In 2006, Beyoncé Knowles releases her own line of clothes under the name “House of Déreon”. Beyoncé Knowles is also an emblematic figure of Loreal and Pepsi and Tommi Hilfiger with perfumes “True Star”.

In 2006, Beyoncé Knowles begins to work on movie Dreamgirls, while The Pink Panther where Beyoncé Knowles belongs to the cast is released.

Then during 2006 summer holidays, Beyoncé Knowles records in secret an album in only 3 weeks while Beyoncé Knowles promised herself a break. The movie Dreamgirls, according to Beyoncé Knowles, inspired her a lot for the album, called “B-Day” (Deja Vu, Freakum Dress, Get Me Bodied, Green Light, Irreplaceable, Kitty Kat, Resentment, Ring the Alarm, Suga Mama, Upgrade U). The Beyoncé Knowles CD has been released the same day as Beyoncé Knowles birthday, September 4th. The day of the release, Beyoncé Knowles album enter number 1 in sales chart with over 530000 copies in the US within only 1 week.

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Paris Hilton

An American Celebrity and Socialite, Paris Whitney Hilton was born on 17th of February in the year 1981. Her father Richard Hilton runs a real estate business for which she is the heiress. She also holds a share in the Hilton Hotel fortune.Early Family Background: Paris Hilton was born in New York to Richard Hilton and Kathy Richards. She was the oldest of the four children. Her other siblings are Nicky Hilton, Barron Hilton II and Conrad Hilton III. She also got related to Elizabeth Taylor through her marriage. She is supposed to be the niece of two famous child artists namely Kim Richards and Kyle Richards. The founder of Hilton Hotels, Conrad Hilton and his first wife Mary Barron are the great grand parents of Paris Hilton. The total estimated wealth that is inherited by this celebrity is about $30 to $50 millions. Her schooling was initially carried out at the Marry-wood Palm Valley School in Rancho Mirage, California. Her junior schooling was done at Dwight School in New York but got dropped very soon. She started her career as a child model and started appearing in charity events. Later, at the age of 19, she signed with a model agency named Donald Triumph’s, T management. Her career progressed as she worked as a model with a number of famous model agencies namely, Ford Models Management, New York, Models 1 Agency, London etc. Some of the products for which she did ad campaigns include Iceberg Vodka, Tommy Hilfiger, Christian Dior and Marcia no. At the same age itself, Hilton created a reputation for herself as a young socialite and was identified as “New York’s leading It Girl.” This fame also began to extend beyond the New York City. Media Career: Sex video fame – A home-made sex-video of Hilton with her then boyfriend Rick Salomon was released out one week before the Premiere of her The Simple Life of the Fox Reality Series. The Paris Hilton video attracted worldwide attention of the model, late in the year 2003. The Paris Hilton Video was believed to be a publicity stunt which Hilton denied to be not and she ended up in ‘humiliation’ and ‘embarrassment’. The Paris Hilton video was subsequently released by name “one night in Paris” as a DVD and the directorial credit was given to Hilton herself. Paris Hilton video also had the credit of gaining the AVN Award in the year 2005. As an Actress – After succeeding in her first film ‘The Sample Life’, she also did tow films. She also appeared in supporting roles in a number of films. She also had many upcoming theatrical releases in which she played the lead role. Hilton also did many guest roles. Recording artist – She worked on a self-titled debut album ‘Paris’ which was released in 2006 and it was ranked at number 6 on the Billboard 200. She also founded a music company by name Heiress Records, in the year 2004 which is claimed to be a sub-label of Warner Bros. Records. The only released made by that company till date was “Paris”. Hilton says that she is in a plan to sign new artists.

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Jessica Simpson

Born on 10th of July, 1980, Jessica Ann Simpson is known to be a well know pop singer and actress. Jessica Simpson rose to fame through her pop hits and acting late in the years of 1990s. Jessica Simpson has to her credit seven Billboard Top 40 Hits, and also three gold and two platinum rated albums. Jessica Simpson starred in a reality show hosted by MTV along with her then husband Nick Lachey. The show was named as Newlyweds: Jessica & Nick.

Gained Fame: 1999-2001

In the year 1999, Jessica Simpson released her first album “I wanna love you forever”. This album hit the Billboard Hot 100 in the no.3 position. Very soon after this, Jessica Simpson released her second album by name “Sweet Kisses”. Jessica’s second album won the double platinum rating and made her successful for the second time successfully. Jessica Simpson was given a chance to feature in the music video of 98 degrees. It was during this time, Jessica Simpson fell in love with Nick Lachey and began to date with him. After dating with Nick for almost two years the couple cooled their relationship with each other.

In the year 2001, Jessica Simpson did a follow-up album named Irresistible with Columbia Records. This album was recorded with a new sound and a different image which made it one of the biggest hits of Jessica Simpson’s career.

Marriage to Nick Lachey and TV Success: 2001

During the year 2003, the reality show aired by the MTV, Newlyweds: Jessica & Nick was showed on the MTV. At the same time, third album of Jessica Simpson by name “In this Skin” was released and it was considered to be a co-incidence with the reality show of MTV. It was because of this Jessica Simpson became a popular household name for people who even do not follow pop music or MTV.

Jessica Simpson was chosen to sing the National Anthem at the Indianapolis 500 in the month of May, 2004.

Jessica Simpson and Nick together starred in another TV show named The Nick and Jessica Variety Hour which was aired in the year 2004. In the same time, Jessica Simpson released a Christmas Album: Re Joyce. In the year 2005, the TV show “Newlyweds” won the People’s Choice Award.

Into Films

At the age of 25, Jessica Simpson made her debut into films as a Daisy Duke, in a motion picture that was a remake of the dukes of Hazards. This was in the year 2005. In the opening weekend itself the film hit the box office at a #1 position. In the meantime of working in the film, Jessica Simpson also appeared in a song track of the film. That song won the People Choice Award for favorite song. The song featured Jessica Simpson cleaning her car wearing a pink bikini. Some countries even banned the videos as they show Jessica Simpson in bikini.

2006-2007: Music and Movies

In the year 2006, Nick and Jessica Simpson separated and their divorce was finalized. Simpson also hosted the Teen Choice Awards in the year 2006. She later appeared in The View in the same year

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Britney Spears

 Britney Spears was born Britney Jane Spears. She is a well known American pop singer and performer. Her talents also include song writing, acting and dancing. Some of her biggest hits are Baby One More Time, Oops! I did it again etc. Her more recent album “Toxic” has received a Grammy Award. Britney Spears was born on December 2, 1981 at McComb, Mississippi. Britney’s dad James is in construction and her mom Lynne Irene is a school teacher. Her brother is managing the merchandising part of the “Britney Spears Empire.” Britney Spears trained a gymnast at an early age and even competed on the state level. She also often performed in her church’s choir. When she first auditioned for the Mickey Mouse Club (Disney Channel), she was rejected on account of being young. It was then that one of the Disney Channel producers referred her to an agent in New York. Britney Spears latter attended the Professional Performing Arts School for three years. Britney Spears’ debut music album “Baby One More” was released in the year of 1998. The title song soon hit number one both in the U.S. and in the U.K. The success of the song and the album itself was greatly due to the popularity of the music video of “… Baby One More Time.” Britney Spears was wearing a shortened school uniform and danced provocatively. The album proved to be a major hit and went on to sell more than 1.5 million copies in the first week, and the total came in at over 9 million. She soon released her second album “Oops! I did it again” which became a similar success selling millions of copies. By this time she had become a pop icon. Pepsi signed her for a multimillion dollar deal. Britney Spears’ third album was released in the year 2001. The pressure to keep up with the success of the past was enormous. For the first time, she was listed as co-author of several songs on the CD. This album also did well on the charts. In the Zone was the title of the fourth album of Britney Spear that was released in the year 2003. In her fourth album, Britney co-wrote eight out of the thirteen songs which the album contained. She also co-produced some of the materials which were the first time to be done. In recent years, the diva spent most of her time producing plenty to write about for the tabloids and not so much in the studio. she married a former school mate in 2004 as a spur-of-the-moment decision in Las Vegas. The marriage was annulled after 55 hours. Later that year, she married Kevin Federline and gave birth to two children. In January 2007, after Britney Spears lost an aunt after which she reportedly check into rehab. The following day, Britney Spears went to a haircutting salon in California where she shaved her hair off and became Britney Spears bald. This act of Britney Spears becoming bald caused a media frenzy. Despite, the request of her manager to the media not to publicize Britney Spears Bald, many pictures were released.

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