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Shaggy
It Wasn’t Me
Shaggy
Some people just love a challenge. Grammy-winning
reggae/pop superstar Shaggy is one of those
people. Like the time he hit #1 around the world with
his first major label single ("Oh Carolina"), or the
time he walked unnoticed through a crowded arena
before a concert, then required an escort on the way
out because of the mob of newly-won fans.
Shaggy's favorite challenge, however, is one he
poses to himself every time he enters the studio and
draws on his limitless hit-making talent...
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Fergie
Clumsy
Fergie
Stacy Ann Ferguson (born March 27, 1975),
professionally known as Fergie, is a Grammy
Award-winning American pop and R&B singer. She
is a former member of Kids Incorporated, Wild
Orchid and current vocalist of the The Black Eyed
Peas. She is currently pursuing a solo career and
has released her first solo album, The Dutchess, in
2006.
Stacy Ferguson was born in Whittier, California to
parents Pat Ferguson and Terri Gore. She is of Irish
and Scottish descent.
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Shaggy
Angel
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Nickelback
Someday
Nickelback
Few bands did more than Nickelback to establish the force
of slick, commercially minded post-grunge in the
2000s. Led by vocalist Chad Kroeger, the band initially
emerged in the late '90s as Canada's answer to Creed,
prizing a blend of gruff vocals and distorted (yet radiofriendly) guitars. After a handful of singles failed to gain
much traction in Canada, "How You Remind Me"
caught hold in 2001, eventually topping the charts in
several countries while gathering four Grammy
nominations and four Juno Awards. Creed imploded
several years later, but Nickelback's popularity only
grew as the decade progressed, effectively eclipsing
those acts that had once informed the band's sound.
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Black Eyed Peas
I Got a Feeling
Black Eyed Peas
Positive messages and breakdancing are integral parts of hip-hop
culture, but by 1990 those elements had been temporarily eclipsed
by the tough gangsta image and bleak but compelling lyrics of West
Coast groups like N.W.A. However, despite sharing a zip code,
Black Eyed Peas' vision goes beyond the cracked-sidewalk
vignettes and sampled gunfire of Los Angeles' gangsta style. The
socially conscious group's earliest connections go back to high
school, when will.i.am and apl.de.ap were part of Tribal Nation, a
breakdancing crew. Eventually the pair focused more on music -hip-hop, specifically -- and split off into their own as Atban Klann,
their esoteric name an acronym for A Tribe Beyond a Nation. EazyE's Ruthless Records signed the group in 1992, but many in the
Ruthless camp were puzzled by the group and the enthusiasm of
Eazy, who had no problem reconciling his own gangsta style with
the peace-minded breakdancing of Atban. Although an album was
recorded, Ruthless shelved it, unsure how to market a group whose
style wasn't dependent on violent braggadocio like N.W.A.
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Ne-Yo
Mad
Ne-Yo
Songwriter, arranger, and vocalist Ne-Yo was born Shaffer Smith in
Arkansas and raised in Las Vegas, NV. His start in the music industry
came as a songwriter. Prior to exiting his teenage years, he penned
material for Youngstown and broke through in 2004 with Mario's "Let
Me Love You," one of the most-played songs on urban radio stations
across the U.S. In My Own Words, the second album he recorded but
the first one to be released, came out in early 2006 and reached the top
of the charts, supported by the number one hit "So Sick." During the
same year, he appeared on Remy Ma's There's Something About Remy
and Ghostface Killah's Fishscale, and he had a hand in writing a pair of
Top Ten hits: Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable" and Rihanna's "Unfaithful."
Because of You, his second album, followed in May 2007. It went to
number one on the Billboard 200 and Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
charts as well, with its upbeat title track topping out at number two on
the Hot 100. Year of the Gentleman was issued in September 2008, but
not before another series of songwriting triumphs, including Rihanna's
"Take a Bow" and Jennifer Hudson's "Spotlight." He has also written for
Marques Houston, Cassidy, Heather Headley, Mary J. Blige, Musiq
Soulchild, Janet Jackson, and Leona Lewis. Andy Kellman, All Music
Guide
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Black Eyed Peas
Where Is the Love