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Christopher Adam Daughtry (born December 26, 1979 in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States) is a Grammy nominated American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist of Daughtry, a band he formed in 2006. He was the fourth-place finalist on the highly publicized fifth season of American Idol, eliminated from the competition on May 10, 2006.

After his fallout from Idol, he was given a record deal by RCA Records, along with 19 Entertainment. His band’s self-titled debut album sold more than 1 million copies after just 5 weeks of release, becoming the fastest selling debut rock album in Soundscan history. In its ninth week of release, the album reached number one on the Billboard charts, edging out the Dreamgirls soundtrack. Daughtry is the fourth most successful American Idol contestant in history, behind Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, and Clay Aiken, as well as the most successful person who did not finish in the top two.

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Buckcherry: Los Angeles hard rockers Buckcherry formed in mid-1995 after singer Joshua Todd and guitarist Keith Nelson were introduced through their tattoo artist; after cutting their earliest demos, the duo recruited bassist Jonathan “J.B.” Brightman and drummer Devon Glenn and began performing live, quickly earning a major following on the L.A. club scene. Following the subsequent addition of second guitarist Yogi, Buckcherry signed to DreamWorks Records, issuing their self-titled debut LP in 1999. Singles such as “Check Your Head” and “For the Movies” were modern rock hits for Buckcherry, allowing them to raise their profile by summer 2000.

The following year, Buckcherry released their second album, Time Bomb. It wasn’t widely noticed by critics, but dates opening for heroes AC/DC proved prominent for the band. In July 2002, founding member Joshua Todd unexpectedly left Buckcherry, which led to the band taking a hiatus. They regrouped in 2005 with original members Todd and Nelson recruiting new members Xavier Muriel (Drums), bassist Jimmy Ashhurst and guitarist Steven Dacanay into the fold. Later that year they began recording songs that eventually would become the album 15, which was released in early 2006.

Jordin Brianna Sparks (born December 22, 1989) is an American pop singer. On May 23, 2007, she was declared the winner of the sixth season of the reality television show American Idol. Sparks won at the age of 17, making her the youngest winner in American Idol history.

Daughter of former Dallas Cowboys left cornerback Phillippi Sparks, 18-year old Jordin Sparks is the youngest female to make it to the Top 24 in American Idol, season 6. A native of Glendale, Arizona and the winner of “Arizona Idol,” she auditioned for the reality show in Seattle and pleasantly surprised the judges with her powerful singing voice. She had an early start in singing, already showing her talent at the very young age of 18 months. Another talent that Jordin has boasted of is her ability to speak with different accents. Aside from making it to the Top 24, Jordin is also proud to have been deemed the “Overall Spotlight Winner” in 2004 by the GMA Academy.
Although Jordin’s talent for singing is apparent, she struggles when it comes to studying math.

Jordin Sparks was declared winner of the sixth season of American Idol with her rendition of “Fighter” (Christina Aguilera) and “A Broken Wing” (Martina McBride). In addition to being the youngest winner in American Idol history, she also conquered the contest without ever being in the bottom 2 or 3, joining Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, and Taylor Hicks.

Life after American Idol proved to be very fruitful for Jordin Sparks as lingered in the limelight, making several appearances on television shows like The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, The Today Show, Live with Regis and Kelly, The Early Show and The View. Along with television and radio invites, she graced the covers of Entertainment Weekly and World, and was featured in VIBE, TV Guide, Glamour and other publications.

At present, Sparks continues to perform on tours and concerts to promote her self-titled extended play album, which is a compilation of her most downloaded songs, including “I (Who Have Nothing),” “Wishing On A Star,” “To Love Somebody,” “A Broken Wing,” and “This Is My Now,” which was the winning song of the first American Idol Songwriting contest.

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Janet Damita Jo Jackson : (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. Born and raised in Gary, Indiana, she is the youngest member of the Jackson family of musicians. Initially performing on stage with her family at the age of seven, Jackson began her career as an actress with the variety television series The Jacksons. She went on to star in other television shows including Good Times, A New Kind of Family, Diff’rent Strokes, and Fame. After launching her recording career in 1982, Jackson found record-breaking success. She produced five consecutive number one studio albums, beginning with the release of Control (1986) followed by Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989), janet. (1993), The Velvet Rope (1997), and All for You (2001).

Jackson’s Control, Rhythm Nation 1814, and janet. made her the only recording artist ever to score five or more top ten singles from three consecutive albums. Rhythm Nation 1814 also enabled Jackson to become the first recording artist to ever achieve seven top five hit singles from a single album. Rolling Stone magazine named Rhythm Nation 1814 and The Velvet Rope as two of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time; Control and janet. were listed by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as two of the Definitive 200 Albums of All Time.

Though Jackson is listed by the Recording Industry Association of America as the eleventh top-selling female artist in the United States with 26 million certified albums, Billboard named her one of the top-ten selling artists in the history of contemporary music. She is also ranked as the ninth most successful act in the history of rock and roll and the second most successful female artist in pop music history, having sold over 100 million albums worldwide. Tyler Perry’s feature film Why Did I Get Married? (2007), for which Jackson won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, became her third consecutive film to open at number one at the box office, following Poetic Justice (1993) and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000).

Leona Louise Lewis
(born 3 April 1985) is an English singer-songwriter, and winner of the third series of The X Factor UK television talent show. Her UK debut single, “A Moment like This”, was released in December 2006, breaking a world record after it was downloaded over 50,000 times within 30 minutes,

Her second single, “Bleeding Love,” was the biggest-selling single of 2007 in the United Kingdom, topped several other national singles charts and became a US number one single on April 5, 2008. Her debut album, Spirit, was released in Europe in November 2007, and became the fastest-selling debut album ever in both the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Released in North America in April 2008, Spirit debuted at number one in the US Billboard 200 chart and made Lewis the first British artist to reach the top of the chart with a debut album.

It is claimed that Lewis is the first winner to be given a major global launch with the release of her debut album.

Lil Wayne : Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr (born September 27, 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States), better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. He met the Cash Money Records collective as a teenager and eventually recorded for the label. He was a member of the rap group, Hot Boys.

In 1997, Wayne formed the group Hot Boys along with rappers Juvenile, Turk, and B.G., who released their debut CD Get It How You Live that year. In 1998, the group’s major-label debut Guerrilla Warfare was released; it was followed in 2003 by Let Em Burn.

His solo career began with The Block is Hot in 1999. After releasing the albums Lights Out in 2000 and 500 Degreez in 2002 to little success, in 2004 he released the bestseller Tha Carter and eventually was featured in the popular song “Soldier” by the R&B group Destiny’s Child. Tha Carter II followed in 2005.

In 2006, he collaborated with rapper Birdman for the album Like Father, Like Son. He later featured on Fat Joe’s single “Make it Rain” that year. In 2007, he also appeared on the R&B single “You” by singer Lloyd, among 864 recording appearances and verses he recorded that year alone.

In 2007, an MTV poll selected Lil Wayne as ‘Hottest MC in the Game.’ The same year, he was named one of the “Men Of The Year” for Workaholic by GQ Magazine, and in 2008 he was named “Best Rock Star Alive” by Blender Magazine. In Rolling Stone’s Best of Rock 2008 issue, Wayne was named the “Best MC”.

In 2008, he released the first single from his upcoming Tha Carter III album, entitled “Lollipop”, which would bring him a level of commercial success he had never before seen: going on to become his first number one single on the Billboard Hot 100.

Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is a multi-award winning, and critically acclaimed American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993, a series of hit records established her position as Columbia’s highest-selling act. According to Billboard magazine, she was the most successful artist of the 1990s in the United States.

Following her separation from Mottola in 1997 Carey introduced elements of hip hop into her album work. Her popularity was in decline when she left Columbia in 2001, and she was dropped by Virgin Records the following year after a highly publicized physical and emotional breakdown, as well as the poor reception given to Glitter, her film and soundtrack project. In 2002, Carey signed with Island Records, and after a relatively unsuccessful period, she returned to the forefront of pop music in 2005.

Carey was named the best-selling female pop artist of the millennium at the 2000 World Music Awards. She has recorded the most number-one singles—eighteen—for a solo artist in the United States, where, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, she is the third best-selling female recording artist. In addition to her commercial accomplishments, Carey has earned five Grammy Awards, and is well-known for her vocal range, power, melismatic style, and use of the whistle register.

Ray J : Willam Ray Norwood, Jr. (born January 17, 1981), better known by his stage name Ray J, is an American actor, songwriter, record producer, singer and occasional rapper. He is the son of gospel singer Willie Norwood and the younger brother of R&B singer Brandy.

In 2007 he was seen in videos such as Fabolous’ “Make Me Better”, Tyrese’ “One”, US5’s “In the Club” and Yung Berg’s “Sexy Lady”. He also was featured on the single “Beds” by B2K-rapper Lil’ Fizz as well as Tha Realest’s second single “Let’s Get It in,” taken from his debut album Witness tha Realest.

More recently, Knockout Entertainment announced a multi-million dollar album deal with Koch Records and Shaquille O’Neal’s “Deja 34″ entertainment company. The first album for this deal is Ray J’s upcoming fourth album All I Feel, which will feature guest appearances by Snoop Dogg, Lil’ Wayne, The Game among others, and is scheduled for an April 2008 release. The album’s first single is Sexy Can I featuring rapper Yung Berg. A video for the track, directed by R. Malcolm Jones, was shot in December 2007.

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