Events

1025 – Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.

1506 – The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid.

1518 – Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland.

1738 – ''Real Academia de la Historia'' ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid.

1775 – American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.

1797 – The Battle of Neuwied – French victory against the Austrians.

1831 – The University of Alabama is founded.

1848 – American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.

1857 – "The Spirits Book" by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France.

1864 – Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.

1880 – An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100.

1881 – Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.

1897 – The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.

1899 – The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.

1902 – Quetzaltenango, the second largest city of Guatemala, is destroyed by an earthquake.

1906 – An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.

1909 – Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.

1912 – The Cunard liner brings 705 survivors from the to New York City.

1915 – French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.

1923 – Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built", opens.

1924 – Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book.

1936 – The first Champions Day is celebrated in Detroit, Michigan.

1930 – BBC Radio announces that there is no news on that day.

1942 – World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan. Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.

1942 – Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.

1943 – World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.

1945 – Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.

1946 – The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.

1949 – The aircraft carrier is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.

1954 – Gamal Abdal Nasser seizes power in Egypt.

1955 – 29 nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.

1958 – A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum.

1961 – The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, is adopted.

1961 – CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule.

1974 – The Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore dry port.

1980 – The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwe Dollar replaces the Rhodesian Dollar as the official currency.

1981 – The longest professional baseball game is begun in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The game is suspended at 4:00 the next morning and finally completed on June 23.

1983 – A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people.

1988 – The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.

1992 – General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolts against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allies with Ahmed Shah Massoud to capture Kabul.

1996 – In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the UN compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.

2007 – The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-4 decision.

2007 – A series of bombings, two of them being suicides, occur in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251.

Births

1480 – Lucrezia Borgia, Florentine ruler and daughter of Pope Alexander VI (d. 1519)

1580 – Thomas Middleton, English dramatist (d. 1627)

1590 – Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)

1605 – Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (d. 1674)

1740 – Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English merchant banker (d. 1810)

1771 – Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1820)

1797 – Adolphe Thiers, French statesman (d. 1877)

1813 – James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (d. 1865)

1819 – Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban Revolutionary (d. 1874)

1819 – Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (d. 1895)

1838 – Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French scientist (d. 1912)

1857 – Clarence Darrow, American attorney (d. 1938)

1857 – Alexander Shirvanzade, Armenian playwright and novelist (d. 1935)

1863 – Leopold Graf Berchtold, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister (d. 1942)

1864 – Richard Harding Davis, American author (d. 1916)

1874 – Oskar Ernst Bernhardt, German author (d. 1941)

1874 – Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic, Croatian writer (d. 1938)

1877 – Vicente Sotto, Filipino patriot, author (d. 1950)

1879 – Korneli Kekelidze, Georgian philologist (d. 1962)

1880 – Sam Crawford, baseball player (d. 1968)

1882 – Leopold Stokowski, Polish conductor (d. 1977)

1888 – Duffy Lewis, American baseball player (d. 1979)

1889 – Jessie Street, Australian suffragette, feminist, and human rights activist (d. 1970)

1893 – Violette Morris, French athlete (d. 1944)

1897 – Ardito Desio, Italian topographer (d. 2001)

1901 – Al Lewis, American lyricist (d. 1967)

1901 – László Németh, Hungarian writer (d. 1975)

1901 – Elene Akhvlediani, Georgian artist (d. 1975)

1902 – Giuseppe Pella, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1981)

1902 – Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Hasidic Judaism leader (d. 1994)

1904 – Pigmeat Markham, American comedian (d. 1981)

1905 – George H. Hitchings, American scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)

1907 – Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-born composer (d. 1995)

1911 – Maurice Goldhaber, Austrian-born American physicist

1915 – Joy Gresham Lewis, American writer, wife of C. S. Lewis (d. 1960)

1917 – Ty LaForest, Canadian baseball player (d. 1947)

1917 – Frederika of Hanover, Queen Consort of Greece (d. 1981)

1918 – Clifton Hillegass, American publisher (d. 2001)

1918 – Tony Mottola, American guitarist (d. 2004)

1918 – Gabriel Axel, Danish film director

1918 – Shinobu Hashimoto, Japanese screenwriter

1919 – Virginia O'Brien, American singer and actress (d. 2001)

1921 – Jean Richard, French actor (d. 2001)

1922 – Barbara Hale, American actress

1924 – Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American musician (d. 2005)

1924 – Henry Hyde, American politician (d. 2007)

1925 – Bob Hastings, American actor

1925 – Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (d. 2005)

1927 – Samuel P. Huntington, American political scientist (d. 2008)

1930 – Clive Revill, New Zealand born actor

1934 – George Shirley, American tenor

1935 – Costas Ferris, Greek director

1936 – Tommy Ivo, American race car driver

1937 – Jan Kaplický, British architect of Czech origin

1939 – Thomas J. Moyer, American judge

1940 – Joseph L. Goldstein, American scientist, Nobel laureate

1940 – Mike Vickers, British guitarist and saxophonist (Manfred Mann)

1942 – Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian racer and F1 (posthumous) world champion (d. 1970)

1942 – Steve Blass, American professional baseball player

1942 – Robert Christgau, American music critic

1944 – Robert Hanssen, American spy

1945 – Margaret Hassan, Irish-born aid worker (d. 2004)

1946 – Hayley Mills, English actress

1946 – Skip Spence, Canadian-born guitarist, singer and songwriter (Jefferson Airplane) (d. 1999)

1947 – Kathy Acker, American author (d. 1997)

1947 – Dorothy Lyman, American actress

1947 – Herbert Mullin, American serial killer

1947 – Cindy Pickett, American actress

1947 – James Woods, American actor

1947 – Jerzy Stuhr, Polish film director and actor

1949 – Geoff Bodine, American race car driver

1950 – Kenny Ortega, American film and TV producer and choreographer

1950 – Paul Callery, football player

1951 – Ricardo Fortaleza, Australian-Filipino boxer

1951 – Pierre Pettigrew, Canadian politician

1953 – Rick Moranis, Canadian comedian

1956 – Anna Kathryn Holbrook, American actress

1956 – Eric Roberts, American actor

1956 – Melody Thomas Scott, American actress

1956 – Poonam Dhillon, Indian actress

1958 – Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian West Indies cricketer (d. 1999)

1961 – Jane Leeves, British actress

1961 – Steve Lombardi, American wrestler

1961 – John Podhoretz, American columnist and political pundit

1962 – Jeff Dunham, American comedian

1963 – Eric McCormack, Canadian actor

1963 – Conan O'Brien, American comedian

1964 – Niall Ferguson, British historian

1964 – Rithy Panh, Cambodian film director

1964 – Jim Ellison, musician (d. 1996)

1964 – Mark Berry, aka Bez, dancer in Happy Mondays

1965 – Rob Stenders, Dutch radio discjockey

1966 – Trine Hattestad, Norwegian athlete

1966 – Valeri Kamensky, Russian ice hockey player

1967 – Maria Bello, American actress

1968 – Mary Birdsong, American actress

1968 – David Hewlett, English born Canadian actor

1969 – Princess Sayako of Japan

1969 – Keith R.A. DeCandido, American author

1970 – Rico Brogna, American baseball player

1970 – Saad Hariri, Prime Minister of Lebanon

1970 – Greg Eklund, American musician

1970 – Esther Schweins, German actress and comedienne

1970 – Tatiana Stefanidou, Greek television host

1971 – Tamara Braun, American actress

1971 – Russell Payne, English writer

1971 – Samantha Cameron, business executive; wife of UK Prime Minister David Cameron

1971 – David Tennant, Scottish actor

1971 – Oleg Petrov, Russian ice hockey player

1972 – Rosa Clemente, American activist and hip-hop artist

1972 – Eli Roth, American film director

1973 – Derrick Brooks, American football player

1973 – Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian athlete

1973 – Brady Clark, American baseball player

1973 – Jad Abumrad, American radio host and producer

1974 – Mark Tremonti, American musician

1974 – Millie Corretjer, Puerto Rican singer

1974 – Edgar Wright, British director

1976 – Fayray, Japanese singer

1976 – Jo Gibb, Scottish Actress

1976 – Melissa Joan Hart, American actress

1976 – Sean Maguire, British actor

1976 – Justin Ross, American politician

1977 – Dan Lacouture, NHL hockey player

1977 – Cindy Taylor, Paraguayan supermodel and actress

1979 – Michael Bradley, American basketball player

1979 – Anthony Davidson, British Formula One driver

1979 – Nuria Fergó, Spanish singer

1979 – Matthew Upson, English footballer

1979 – Kourtney Kardashian, American reality television star

1980 – Robyn Regehr, Canadian ice hockey player

1981 – Brian Buscher, American baseball player

1981 – Milan Jovanović, Serbian footballer

1982 – Simone Farina, Italian footballer

1982 – Scott Hartnell, NHL hockey player

1982 – Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (d. 2009)

1982 – Marie-Élaine Thibert, Canadian singer

1983 – Miguel Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player

1983 – Fodil Hadjadj, Algerian footballer

1984 – America Ferrera, American actress

1985 – Łukasz Fabiański, Polish footballer

1985 – Karl Reindler, Australian racing driver

1985 – Elena Temnikova, Russian singer (Serebro)

1986 – Maurice Edu, American soccer player

1986 – Billy Butler, American baseball player

1986 – Conrad Logan, Irish footballer

1987 – Brett Deledio, Australian Rules football player

1987 – Danny Guthrie, English footballer

1987 – Sandra Lyng Haugen, Norwegian singer

1987 – Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, British model

1988 – Alexander Hauck, South African-born German rugby player

1989 – Alia Shawkat, American actress

1989 – Jessica (Jessica Jung), American-born South Korean singer (Girls' Generation)

1989 – Simas Buterlevičius, Lithuanian basketball player

1990 – Wojciech Szczęsny, Polish footballer

1993 – Nathan Sykes, British singer (The Wanted)

1994 – Moises Arias, American actor

2007 – Hayah bint Hamzah, Princess of Jordan

Deaths

1161 – Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury

1552 – John Leland, English antiquarian (b. 1502)

1556 – Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (b. 1495)

1567 – Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (b. 1503)

1558 – Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent

1636 – Julius Caesar, English judge

1650 – Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian (b. 1602)

1674 – John Graunt, English statistician (b. 1620)

1689 – George Jeffreys, British Chief Justice (b. 1648)

1732 – Louis Feuillée, French explorer (b. 1660)

1794 – Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)

1796 – Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist (b. 1732)

1802 – Erasmus Darwin, English physician and botanist (b. 1731)

1859 – Tantya Tope, Indian Revolutionary & General (b. 1814)

1873 – Justus von Liebig, German chemist (b. 1803)

1898 – Gustave Moreau, French painter (b. 1826)

1906 – Luis Martín, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846)

1917 – Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist (b. 1858)

1935 – Panait Istrati, Romanian writer (b. 1884)

1936 – Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (b. 1879)

1942 – Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (b. 1903)

1942 – Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (b. 1875)

1943 – Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral. (b. 1884)

1945 – John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer (b. 1849)

1945 – Ernie Pyle, American journalist (b. 1900)

1945 – Prince William of Wied, sovereign Prince of Albania (b. 1876)

1947 – Jozef Tiso, Slovakian leader (b. 1887), Nazi collaborator and puppet ruler

1949 – Will Hay, English comedian and actor (b. 1888)

1951 – António Óscar Carmona, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal and 11th President of Portugal (b. 1869)

1955 – Albert Einstein, German physicist (b. 1879)

1958 – Maurice Gamelin, French general (b. 1872)

1963 – Meyer Jacobstein, American politician (b. 1880)

1964 – Ben Hecht, American writer (b. 1894)

1965 – Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor (b. 1917)

1967 – Karl Miller, German footballer (b. 1913)

1974 – Marcel Pagnol, French novelist, playwright and filmmaker (b. 1895)

1976 – Mahmoud Younis, Suez Canal nationalization engineer (b. 1911)

1986 – Marcel Dassault, French aircraft industrialist (b.1892)

1988 – Pierre Desproges, French humorist (b. 1939)

1990 – Gory Guerrero, professional wrestler (b. 1921)

1990 – Victoria O'Keefe, British actress (b. 1969)

1992 – Frankie Howerd, English comedian and comic actor (b. 1917)

1993 – Masahiko Kimura, Japanese judoka (b. 1917)

1995 – Arturo Frondizi, President of Argentina (b. 1908)

1995 – Roza Makagonova, Russian actress (b. 1927)

1996 – Brook Berringer, American football player (b. 1973)

1996 – Bernard Edwards, American record producer (b. 1952)

1998 – Terry Sanford, American politician (b. 1917)

2002 – Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (b. 1914)

2002 – Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and professional wrestler (b. 1938)

2003 – Edgar F. Codd, English computer scientist (b. 1923)

2004 – Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, first Prime Minister of Fiji and President of Fiji (b. 1920)

2005 – Sam Mills, American football player (b. 1959)

2007 – Iccho Itoh, mayor of Nagasaki (b. 1945)

2009 – Stephanie Parker, Welsh actress (b. 1987)

2011 – Olubayo Adefemi, Nigerian footballer (b. 1985)

Holidays and observances

Army Day (Iran)

Christian Feast Day:

*Corebus

*Galdino della Sala

*Eleutherius and Antia

*Perfectus

*Molaise of Leighlin

*April 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Zimbabwe from United Kingdom in 1980.

External links

BBC: On This Day

On This Day in Canada

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Name	Vybz Kartel
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Adidja Palmer
Alias	Addi Di Teacha, Gaza Emperor, World Boss
Born	January 07, 1976Kingston, Jamaica
Origin	Portmore, Jamaica
Genre	ReggaeDancehallReggae fusion
Occupation	Deejay, Songwriter, Entrepreneur, Lyricist, Producer
Years active	2000–present
Label	Adidjaheim Records, NotNice Production
Associated acts	Bounty Killer, Beenie Man, Aidonia Elephant Man, Ninjaman, Alliance, Portmore Empire, Major Lazer & Popcaan, Kano, Vanessa Bling
Website	Vybz Kartel's MySpace

Adidja Palmer (born January 7, 1976), better known as Vybz Kartel, is a Jamaican dancehall artist, songwriter and businessman. He has many nicknames, including Addi the Teacher and Gaza Emperor.

Biography

Adidja Palmer (Addi Teacha) began his career as a teenager in 1993, with his first recording "Love Fat Woman", his first single, released on Alvin Reid's label "One Heart", using the moniker "Adi Banton", a homage to Buju Banton. Palmer was later part of the three-member group "Vybez Cartel", keeping the slightly altered name after group split up, and became a protege of Bounty Killer, for whom he claims to have written nearly 30 songs, including "Gal Clown".

Vybz Kartel rose to prominence in 2003 after a string of hits in Jamaica. The year culminated in a pre-planned on-stage clash with Ninjaman at the annual dancehall festival Sting in Kartel's hometown of Portmore. The clash turned violent when Kartel's crewmembers, as well as Kartel himself, threw punches and assaulted Ninjaman onstage. While Kartel's manager initially blamed Ninjaman for the fracas, Kartel himself quickly apologised to Ninjaman and Sting organizers for the fracas. Four days after the incident, the two artists appeared before the press to announce a settlement of their differences and to end any animosity.

He established his own label Adidjahiem/Notnice Records with his business partner and producer Ainsley "Notnice" Morris. In 2010, he released his album ''Pon Di Gaza 2.0'' on Adidjahiem/Notnice Records in collaboration with Tads Record Inc. In Spring 2011, Kartel is scheduled to release a still-unnamed album with Brooklyn Hip Hop/Electro producer Dre Skull.

Kartel has worked on collaborations and remixes with Hip Hop and R&B; musicians Jay-Z, Rihanna, Missy Elliot, Busta Rhymes, M.I.A, Pharrell, Kardinal Offishal, Akon, Jim Jones and Eminem.

In 2009 he had two international hits with “Ramping Shop” debuting on the Billboard Top 100 Singles charts, and “Dollar Sign” being in regular rotation on urban radio stations in the US. His 2010 single "Clarks" was one of his biggest international successes, remaining in the top 3 Reggae Singles gaining the most radio plays in North America for 40 weeks. "Clarks" was also featured on the TV series ''So You Think You Can Dance Canada'', and on a CNN segment on Dancehall dance. MTV's ''Vice Guide to Dancehall'' featured Kartel at his weekly dance party, Street Vybz Thursday.

After splitting with Bounty Killer-led Alliance in 2006, Kartel founded the Portmore Empire, a group of Dancehall deejays and singers from his Portmore neighborhood that he signed to his newly founded Adidjahiem/Notnice Records. Current members of the group are: Popcaan, Shawn Storm, Sheba, Indu, Tommy Lee, Singing Maxwell, Singa Blinga, Lenny Mattic. Former members include Lisa Hype, Gaza Kim, Black Ryno, Jah Vinci, Deejay Spice, Doza Medicine and Merital.

Feud with Mavado

Towards the end of 2006, Vybz Kartel left the Alliance. Tensions arose following Kartel's continued association with Bounty Killer's longtime enemy, Beenie Man, including Kartel attending Beenie Man's wedding to Bounty Killer's ex-girlfriend, D'Angel. Vybz Kartel cited his departure as being due to his desire to be a more independent artist. It was reported that Vybz and Bounty Killer performed together ahead of the annual Sting show. Due to Kartel's defection from the Alliance and his 'parring' (fraternising) with Beenie Man, a series of songs and counteraction songs ensued - the main proponents being Kartel and Mavado.

A very public feud between Vybz Kartel and former collaborator Mavado arose towards the end of 2006, stemming from Vybz' much publicized departure from the dancehall conglomerate group, The Alliance. The feud resulted in numerous diss-tracks released, in which each artist dissed the other and their associates over popular dancehall rhythms. In a police-overseen press conference in March 2007, both Mavado and Vybz Kartel publicly announced an end to hostilities and apologized to fans.

However, by the summer of 2008, tensions flared with a renewal of "diss tracks" from each artist, and a lyrical clash between the two at Sting 2008 left mixed views as to the "winner". Most of 2009 saw a continuation of the public feud, which dominated Jamaican media and, to a certain extent, Jamaican culture, with the two artists' factions, ''Gaza'' (Kartel) and ''Gully'' (Mavado), being adopted by Jamaican youth, in some cases leading to street violence.

On December 8, 2009, Kartel and Mavado met with Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding in an attempt to end the feud, which had by that time fueled mob attacks in some of the inner-city neighborhoods of Kingston. The two had performed together on-stage the previous night in a sign of goodwill at the West Kingston Jamboree, a concert promoted by area leader Christopher "Dudus" Coke. After the truce in December 2009, the two artists were scheduled to perform a unity concert March 2010 in Barbados, which was later cancelled by the prime minister of that country.

Business

In 2008, Vybz Kartel launched his own liquor line Street Vybz Rum. He hosts a weekly dance party Street Vybz Thursday, at the Building, Kingston nightclub he manages with Street Vybz Rum business partner Corey Todd. The rum is officially distributed by Vybz Distillers Limited. The same year, he also released his own condom line, Daggering Condoms. Kartel's goal for 2011 is to release his own shoe line named Addi's, as well as his own line of "cake soap".

When his singles "Clarks", "Clarks 2 (Clarks Again)" and "Clarks 3 (Wear Weh Yuh Have)" featured the British shoe brand Clarks in 2010, its sales numbers and prices in Jamaica increased considerably.

Controversy

Kartel has come under controversy over perceived skin whitening, or "bleaching", leading him to claim to the use of "cake soap" to lighten his skin. The Blue Power Group, Jamaican manufacturer of the popular cake soap (or "blue soap") has refuted claims it changes skin colour. Kartel then stated the soap used to lighten his skin was his own brand, which he intends to release on the local market.

Awards

Kartel has had several collaborations with international hip hop and pop stars. He has released two albums for the UK/US based label Greensleeves Records. He was also nominated for the Source, VIBE and UK MOBO awards, although his 2004 UK MOBO award nomination was withdrawn amidst controversy over allegedly homophobic content of his lyrics.

2003

* Stone Love's 30th Anniversary

** DJ of the Year

2008

* CUMA (Caribbean Urban Music Awards)

2009

EME Awards

** Male DJ of the Year

** Lyricist/Songwriter of the Year

** Song of the Year (Romping Shop ft. Spice)

2010

EME Awards

** Male DJ of the Year

** Lyricist/Songwriter of the Year

** Recording Artist of the Year

WBLS Caribbean Artiste of the Year

Nominated by the MOBO Awards and Soul Train Awards for Reggae Artist of the Year.

References

External links

The Kartel Business - A look at Vybz Kartel as an Entrepreneur

Vybz Kartel, one of the baddest DJs

Vibes Kartel| Vybz Kartel| Fastest Growing Dancehall Artist in the Caribbean

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Peter Kostis (born December 23, 1946 in Sanford, Maine) is an American golf analyst and instructor.

Kostis is a world-renowned golf instructor and has been a member of the ''Golf Digest'' teaching staff for over 20 years. Among his many students are Paul Casey, Chez Reavie, Bernhard Langer, Steve Elkington, Dan Marino, Maury Povich, and Mike Schmidt. He and Gary McCord are partners in the Grayhawk Learning Center in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Kostis got his big break when fellow golf pro Mac O'Grady got him a consulting job for the 1996 movie ''Tin Cup''.

In 1992, Kostis joined CBS Sports as an on-course reporter. In addition to his CBS duties, he was from 1989-2004, the lead golf analyst for the USA Network.

He lives with his wife, Sandy, and their two children in Paradise Valley, Arizona.

External links

Grayhawk Learning Center

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name	Luis Miguel
alias	El Sol de México, "Luismi", "Micky"
background	solo_singer
birth name	Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri
born	April 19, 1970San Juan, Puerto Rico
origin	Mexico
instrument	Vocal, piano
genre	Latin pop, pop music, bolero, mariachi
occupation	Singer, songwriter, record producer
years active	1981–present
label	EMI LatinWarner Music
website	Official website
associated acts	Frank SinatraArmando ManzaneroManuel AlejandroSheena Easton}}

Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born April 19, 1970) is a singer of Spanish nationality who has resided almost his entire life in Mexico and is generally considered to be Mexican despite not being a Mexican citizen. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México" (The Sun of Mexico). Beginning his musical career in his childhood, Luis Miguel has won four Latin Grammy Awards and five Grammy Awards.

At the age of fifteen, Luis Miguel received a Grammy Award for his duet "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres" (I Like You Just The Way You Are) with Sheena Easton. According to data from the Mexican government, Luis Miguel is a Spanish citizen and still lives in Mexico on migratory documents. Luis Miguel has two younger brothers. His father was from Cadiz, a city in southwestern Spain. During his child years, his father, who was also his manager, encouraged him to watch and analyze nearly every movie, recording, and concert performance of Elvis Presley. Two years later, he started touring Latin American countries including Colombia, Venezuela, Chile and Argentina.

In 1985, at age of 15, he took part at the Sanremo Music Festival, where he won the second place award with his song "Noi Ragazzi Di Oggi".

In 1991, Luis Miguel's career went to even greater heights and earned him the respect of a wider audience with the release of ''Romance'', an album of romantic boleros, most of them from the 1940s and 1950s. He has been credited with reinventing the bolero for modern audiences. The album ''Romance'', which became his most successful material ever eventually sold 15 million units worldwide.

In 1996, Luis became one of the first Latin musical artists to receive a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He launched his ''Mexico En La Piel Tour'' in 2005. In 2006, Luis Miguel performed thirty sold out shows between January 18 and February 27 at the National Auditorium in Mexico City. The album released two singles "Santa Claus Llegó A La Ciudad" ("Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"), and "Mi Humilde Oración" ("My Grown-up Christmas List").

On May 6, 2008, Luis Miguel released ''Cómplices'', produced by him and written by Spanish composer Manuel Alejandro. It sold almost 350,000 copies in the first 24 hours. The first single, "Si Tú Te Atreves" was released on April 7, 2008, the second single of the album was "Te Desean". His ''Complices Tour'' began in Seattle, Washington on September 3, 2008.

Luis Miguel released his new self-titled studio album on September 14, 2010. Its first single "Labios de Miel" is a smooth Latin pop song. His new world tour started on November 4, 2010 in the city of Lima, Peru and will go through the United States, South America, Mexico and Spain among other countries.

Summary of Distinctions

At the age of fifteen, Luis Miguel received a Grammy Award for his duet "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres" (I Like You Just The Way You Are) with Sheena Easton.

Cultural impact

Luis Miguel is considered as one of the top male pop singers worldwide today. In a career that has spanned over twenty-five years, he has become the main singer from Latin America, having performed successfully pop music, bolero, mariachi and romantic ballads. In the late 1980s, Luis Miguel made the transition from child star to consolidated international singer, and since then, he became one of the most revered and popular Latin American artists ever. His wide vocal range and performance has been praised by critics and other artists all over the world.

Frank Sinatra personally invited Luis Miguel to participate on a duet in the album ''Duets II''. Luis Miguel has been dubbed several times by the press and the media as the "Latin Frank Sinatra". He became the first Latin artist to receive a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame (1996).

Awards and recognitions

In 1984, received the Grammy Award for Best Mexican American Performance for his duet "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres" (I Like You Just The Way You Are) with Sheena Easton. Due to his secrecy he has become one of the most pursued Latin American artist.

He is recognized for his taste for haute cuisine and for being a self-taught sommelier. He released his own vintage of wine, "Unico. Luis Miguel", a Cabernet Sauvignon. He is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent English, Italian and Portuguese.

Luis Miguel is father of three: Michelle, born on June 13 of 1989, from his relationship with Stephanie Salas; Miguel, born on January 1, 2007 and Daniel, born on December 18, 2008, both from his relationship with actress Aracely Arámbula. His numerous relationships are widely covered by the Latin media.

In April 2010, he was briefly hospitalized at the Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. The cause of the hospitalization was not disclosed.

Discography

1982: ''Un Sol''

1982: ''Directo Al Corazón''

1983: ''Decídete''

1984: ''Ya Nunca Más''

1984: ''Palabra De Honor''

1984: ''Meu Sonho Perdido''

1985: ''Fiebre de amor''

1986: ''Canta in italiano''

1986: ''Tambien es Rock''

1987: ''Soy Como Quiero Ser''

1988: ''Busca Una Mujer''

1990: ''20 Años''

1991: ''Romance''

1992: ''América & En Vivo''

1993: ''Aries''

1994: ''Segundo Romance''

1995: ''El Concierto''

1996: ''Nada Es Igual''

1997: ''Romances''

1998: ''Todos Los Romances''

1999: ''Amarte Es Un Placer''

2000: ''Vivo''

2001: ''Mis Romances''

2002: ''Mis Boleros Favoritos''

2003: ''33''

2004: ''Mexico En La Piel''

2005: ''Mexico En La Piel: Edición Diamante''

2005: ''Grandes Éxitos''

2006: ''Navidades''

2008: ''Cómplices''*2009: ''Cómplices: Edición Especial''

2009: ''No Culpes a La Noche''

2010: ''Luis Miguel''

Videography

1989: ''Un Año De Conciertos''

1991: ''Luis Miguel: 20 Años''*2002: ''Mis Boleros Favoritos''

1992: ''Romance: En Vivo''

1995: ''El Concierto''

1996: ''Los Videos''

2000: ''Vivo''

2001: ''Romances (DVD Audio)''

2005: ''Mexico En La Piel: Edición Diamante''

2005: ''Grandes Exitos Videos''

Billboard No. 1 Hot Latin Tracks

1987: "Ahora Te Puedes Marchar" (''Soy Como Quiero Ser'')

Tours

(1990–1991) Gira 20 Años

(1991–1992) Romance Tour

(1993–1994) Aries Tour

(1994–1995) Segundo Romance Tour

(1995) El Concierto Tour

(1996) America Tour

(1997–1998) Romances Tour

(1999–2000) Amarte Es Un Placer Tour

(2002) Mis Romances Tour

(2003–2004) 33 Tour

(2005–2007) Mexico En La Piel Tour

(2008–2009) Complices Tour

(2010–2011) Luis Miguel Tour

References

External links

Official Site

Official Facebook

Mundo Luis Miguel

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