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Bad Bunny, BlackPink, BTS, Psy, Falco, and even Nena have proven one doesn't need to sing in English to have a massive global hit.
In 1963, right before the British Invasion, a 30-year-old Belgian singer named Jeanne-Paule Marie Deckers took the world by storm with "Dominique," the first single from her debut album.
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Never tempt Usher with a good time.
A touch more than 20 years ago, BBC host Trevor Nelson told a then-24 year old Usher, "promise me you'll never be a Las Vegas [scoffs] resident in 20 years time."
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How should a successful tour be judged?
By how much tickets cost? By how many friends were made?
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From the day samplers became affordable to rappers and producers, hip-hop artists have been taking bits of their favorite music and dropping a beat on it.
Artis Leon Ivey Jr., better known as Coolio followed in those footsteps when he took Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise" and the 23rd psalm of the Bible and made a number one hit.
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For much of the '80s and '90s, Los Angeles' alternative FM radio station, KROQ set the tone for the rest of the nation in regards to "college" music.
The station, which was based in nearby Pasadena, was one of the first to introduce US audiences to bands like Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, and Jane's Addiction thanks to the radio programs of influential DJs like Rodney Bingenheimer and Richard Blade.
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The feedback and confetti had yet to settle at the end of the End of the Road World Tour in New York City on Saturday when the lights dimmed and virtual avatar likenesses of KISS appeared on screens at Madison Square Garden.
As a recording of "God Gave Rock & Roll To You" blasted through the same speakers that had just delivered the last live performance of "Rock N' Roll Every Night," giant animated versions of Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer introduced themselves to the capacity crowd in Manhattan.
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"Who are you?" Canadian music journalist Nardwuar asked Jay-Z at the Pemberton Music Festival in Canada in 2008.
"I'm a young man from the Marcy Projects who really made that thing that they say 'The American Dream' come true. Because I'm not supposed to be here speaking to you," the rapper said. "You know, there's a lot of people who come from where I come from-- there are a lot of skilled people who were I come from-- who are not here right now,"
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Elvis Presley's granddaughter unlocked the gates of Graceland last week to allow some of her favorite artists to unchain the melodies for the first time ever at the most famous home in Memphis.
Lana Del Rey, John Legend, Kacey Musgraves, Post Malone and others performed at Elvis' house to honor The King and celebrate the holidays in the show titled "Christmas at Graceland."
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Miley Cyrus entertained a small room of a very lucky few at the swanky Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood last week to celebrate her birthday.
The 31-year-old singer had a gift for the fortunate souls inside the Sunset Strip five-star hotel, with a performance of "Flowers," which no other audience had been blessed with before.
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Kenny G has always been a sight to behold. The curly-haired horn player has outsold every jazz musician in history by moving over 75 million units, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Sorry Miles, Bird, Coltrane, and Ella.
They noted in 2011 that Kenneth Bruce Gorelick was then responsible for 15 gold, 11 platinum and 8 multi-platinum albums, meaning his tally has only increased.
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