Posted by scxrl3t on Jul 4, 2011 in
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Far East Movement 
Far⋆East Movement is an American electro hop quartet based in Los Angeles. The group formed in 2003 and consists of Kev Nish, Prohgress, J-Splif, and DJ Virman. They put together the first multicultural live music event in Downtown, Los Angeles to benefit a drug rehabilitation center in the community called "Movementality". FM's first claim to fame was their song "Round Round" featured in the Hollywood movie, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, and its subsequent soundtrack, video game and DVD.
Since "Round Round", the group has been featured on various network shows including CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, HBO’s hit show Entourage, Gossip Girl, and Finishing the Game (a featured film at Sundance 2007). They were invited to perform on Power 106's Powerhouse 2009, one of the biggest hip-hop concerts on the U.S. West Coast, performing with the line-up including Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, Sean Paul, New Boyz, Pitbull, Lil Jon, LMFAO, Ya Boy, Flo Rida, and The Black Eyed Peas. Their single "Like a G6" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and on iTunes as well in late October 2010. Far East Movement also has the distinction of being the first Asian-American group to earn a top ten hit on the Mainstream Pop charts in the United States.
Tags: Electro hop, hip hop, pop
Posted by scxrl3t on Jul 4, 2011 in
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Kudai 
Kudai was a Latin Grammy Award-Nominated Chilean pop group was founded in Santiago, Chile. Its original members were Tomás Cañas Manzi, Pablo Holman Concha, Nicole Natalino and Bárbara Sepúlveda Labra. In 2006 Nicole Natalino left the group citing personal reasons, and was replaced by Ecuadorian Gabriela Villalba. They released three albums in latinoamerica Vuelo in 2004, Sobrevive in 2006 and Nadha in 2008, this is the first album of the band released in the United States. The group is hugely popular mostly among teenagers in South America, the Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico, and has sold approximately 1 million records worldwide.
With their debut single, Sin Despertar, which reached #15 at the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks, they received radio airplay in all of South America and Spain. Sin Despertar was included in their album Vuelo, which was a worldwide success, reaching 3x Platinum status in Chile, Platinum status in Mexico, and selling just over 500,000 copies worldwide.
They are well-known for hit songs, such as Sin Despertar, Ya Nada Queda, Escapar, Déjame Gritar, Llévame, Tal Vez, Lejos De Aquí and Nada Es Igual.
They also performed the theme song for Quiero Mis Quinces, a show for MTV Latinoamérica. Quiero Mis Quinces was also a hit in Mexico, reaching #7 there.
Tags: pop, pop punk, Rock
Posted by scxrl3t on Jun 30, 2011 in
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Enrique Iglesias 
Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer-songwriter. Iglesias started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa. This helped turn him into one of the most popular artists in Latin America and in the Hispanic or Latino market in the United States, and the biggest seller of Spanish language albums of the 1990s. Before the turn of the millennium, he made a crossover into the mainstream English language market, signing a unique multi-album deal with Universal Music Group for an unprecedented US$48,000,000, with Universal Music Latino to release his Spanish albums and Interscope to release English albums. In 2010, he parted with Interscope and signed with another Universal Music Group label, Universal Republic.
Iglesias has sold over 60 million albums worldwide and 40 million singles with a total of 100 million records worldwide, making him one of best selling music artist of all time. Iglesias has had five Billboard Hot 100 top five singles, including two #1s, and holds the record for producing 22 number 1 Spanish-language singles on the Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks. He has also had eight #1 songs on Billboard's Dance charts, more than any other single male artist (tied with Michael Jackson). Altogether, Iglesias has amassed 52 #1 hits on the various Billboard charts. He has sold over 12 million albums in the US.
Tags: dance-pop, pop, R&B
Posted by scxrl3t on Jun 24, 2011 in
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Lou Bega 
Lou Bega is a German musician of Italian and Ugandan descent, and is famous for his song "Mambo No. 5". This song is a remake of the Perez Prado instrumental from 1949. Bega added his own words to the song and sampled the original version extensively. He has released four albums: A Little Bit Of Mambo in 1999, Ladies and Gentlemen in 2001, Lounatic in 2005 and Free Again in 2010.
Tags: Cha-cha-cha, hip hop, Jazz, mambo, pop
Posted by scxrl3t on Jun 22, 2011 in
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Rachel Stevens
Rachel Stevens is an English singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, television personality and model. She is a former member of the successful pop group S Club, and launched a solo recording career in 2003, releasing seven singles and two albums in the UK, Funky Dory and Come & Get It. In 2008, she came second in the sixth series of the BBC One series Strictly Come Dancing with her dance partner Vincent Simone.
Tags: dance, pop
