Jennifer Hudson
It is rare for any actor to receive critical acclaim and awards buzz long before their film’s nationwide theatrical release. Jennifer Hudson joined that elite league in 2006, when her performance in the big screen adaptation of the stage musical, “Dreamgirls” was touted as a shoe-in for all major acting awards – even before the […]
Jennifer Paige
It has been a long and painful journey for singer songwriter, Jennifer Paige, since her heady international fame of the late 1990s. At that point, she was touring the world and topping the charts in 16 different countries with her timeless single, Crush. Three successful albums, Jennifer Paige, Positively Somewhere and Best Kept Secret, soon […]
Jessie J
She first saw fame when she began writing songs for American singers Chris Brown and Miley Cyrus. The most successful track she co-wrote is “Party in the U.S.A.”, which gained platinum certification in many countries. On 7 January 2011, Jessie J came top of the BBC’s Sound of 2011 list. She followed this in February […]
Engelbert Humperdinck
Romance serves as the core of Engelbert Humperdinck’s music and lasting success. He knows how to pick songs with eternal themes of love and longing, and lovers always want to hear them sung. Whether he sings a sweeping exultation of happiness or a weeping lament of love lost, the reigning King Of Romance pours his […]
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias is the best selling Latin recording artist in the world. He has sold more than ten million copies of his first two albums, entitled “Enrique Iglesias” and “Vivor”. Never before has any performer achieved so much in so little time. Winner of the Grammy award for the Best Latin Pop Performance, Enrique Iglesias […]
Five Star
Five Star (also styled as 5 Star) are a British pop group, formed in 1983 and comprising siblings Stedman, Lorraine, Denise, Doris and Delroy Pearson. Between 1985 and 1988, Five Star had four Top 20 albums and 15 Top 40 singles in the UK, including the Top 10 hits “System Addict” (1986), “Can’t Wait Another […]
Florence + The Machine
Florence and the Machine (stylised as Florence + the Machine) are an English indie rock band, consisting of lead singer Florence Welch, Isabella “Machine” Summers, and a collaboration of other artists. The band’s music received praise across the music media, especially from the BBC, before they gained mainstream success. Specifically, the BBC played a large […]
Gabriella Cilmi
Gabriella Lucia Cilmi (born 10 October 1991) is an Australian singer-songwriter. In 2008, Cilmi was awarded six ARIA awards including Single of the Year and Best Female Artist. Her debut album, Lessons to Be Learned was released in 2008, and was a moderate international success. Then, she recorded in 2010 her second album, Ten. As […]
Gipsy Kings
The Gipsy Kings are a group of musicians from Arles and Montpellier, France, who perform in Spanish with accent from Andalucía. Although group members were born in France, their parents were mostly gitanos, Spanish Romani people who fled Catalonia during the 1930s Spanish Civil War, with the exception of Chico Bouchikhi who is of Moroccan […]
Gloria Estefan
As one of the biggest new stars to emerge during the mid 80s, singer Gloria Estefan pre-dated the coming Latin pop explosion by a decade, scoring a series of propulsive dance hits rooted in the rhythms of her native Cuba before shifting her focus to softer, more ballad-oriented fare.
