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  • Published: 01 Aug 2008
  • Duration: 10:58
  • Updated: 04 Apr 2012
Author: EnglishMeeting
Free pronunciation lesson (North American English). Pronunciation of the voiced & voiceless "TH" sound. EnglishMeeting.com video with Dave Sconda. I hope you find this lesson helpful & enjoyable! North American English Pronunciation EnglishMeeting.com pronunciation video...
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Fall Out Boy - Thnks fr th Mmrs
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  • Published: 16 Jun 2009
  • Duration: 4:13
  • Updated: 04 Apr 2012
Author: FallOutBoyVEVO
Music video by Fall Out Boy performing Thnks fr th Mmrs. (C) 2007 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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Lesson 1a - TH - English Pronunciation
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  • Published: 29 Jul 2007
  • Duration: 6:50
  • Updated: 04 Apr 2012
Author: JenniferESL
A copy of this lesson with better formatting is available at www.youtube.com Lesson 1a Topic: unvoiced "th".
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Lesson 1b - TH - English Pronunciation
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  • Published: 30 Jul 2007
  • Duration: 5:19
  • Updated: 04 Apr 2012
Author: JenniferESL
A copy of this lesson with better formatting is available at www.youtube.com Lesson 1b Topic: unvoiced "th".
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Lesson 2 - TH - English Pronunciation
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  • Published: 26 Jul 2007
  • Duration: 7:40
  • Updated: 04 Apr 2012
Author: JenniferESL
A copy of this lesson with better formatting is available at www.youtube.com Lesson 2 topic: voiced "th".
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Th' Legendary Shack*Shakers
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  • Published: 05 Jun 2006
  • Duration: 3:13
  • Updated: 04 Apr 2012
Author: yeproc
Ladies and Gentlemen, With \"Pandelirium\", th\' Legendary Shack*Shakers continue their relentless tough-love affair with America\'s musical demons...this time enlisting the services of the great Jello Biafra and the right Reverend Horton Heat. Implementing field hollers, funeral marches and murder ballads along with spaghetti western, polkas & punk, th' Shack*Shakers rebuild these rudiments into their own monstrous, agri-dustrial abomination. Simply put, this is the sound of the NEW AMERICAN GOTHIC...Steely eyes, white knuckles, pitchforks and all.
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The most dangerous traffic light in th world ( Russia)
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  • Published: 16 Jul 2007
  • Duration: 1:13
  • Updated: 04 Apr 2012
Author: NAWAF66
a hiden camera shows us the most dangerous traffic light in the world. u would'nt wanna miss watching that...beleive me
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Pronunciation: ɪ, ɚ r, d, ð TH, f, æ, n, t, k & icebreaker
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  • Published: 16 Nov 2010
  • Duration: 12:06
  • Updated: 03 Apr 2012
Author: EnglishMeeting
North American pronunciation of the sounds: ɪ, ɚ r, d, ð TH, f, æ, n, t, & k while using the sentence "I heard the fish here is fantastic" as an icebreaker.
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Th' Legendary Shack Shakers: Help Me
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  • Published: 30 Aug 2006
  • Duration: 4:23
  • Updated: 03 Apr 2012
Author: bottledmilk
Live music video for the Shack Shakers. a milk product.
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It's Ellen's 1400th Show!
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  • Published: 03 Nov 2011
  • Duration: 5:37
  • Updated: 04 Apr 2012
Author: TheEllenShow
For this landmark occasion, Ellen celebrated by looking back at some of the most hilarious and heartwarming moments from the past 1400 shows. It's been an amazing adventure, and there's more to come! To see photos from the show's most memorable moments, click here!
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what th hell Avril lavigen
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  • Published: 26 Mar 2011
  • Duration: 3:39
  • Updated: 02 Apr 2012
Author: 32keewee
great music
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TH - Who's Chasing Who?
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  • Published: 13 Aug 2009
  • Duration: 1:15
  • Updated: 21 Nov 2011
Author: HulaBunee
Both parents of the Two Harbors nest and a juvenile fly in & out of the nest. Is it over the fish in Dad's talons or something else? And who's chasing who? To see a longer version of this event.....with sound....check out Pat/Cumbrian's video.These eagles are part of the ongoing restoration project by IWS. You can read about the struggle to reintroduce America's symbol, the Bald Eagle, to the Channel Islands as well as watch this miracle of nature via live eagle-cam by going to www.iws.org and clicking first on 'interactive' and then choosing one of the nests to view on Catalina Island and Santa Cruz Island or go to z7.invisionfree.com
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Ich bin fan von... Tokio Hotel
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  • Published: 08 Feb 2007
  • Duration: 3:16
  • Updated: 02 Apr 2012
Author: delphTH
Music : Thema nr.1 - Tokio Hotel nur-reden.skyblog.com http
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Free pronunciation lesson (North American English). Pronunciation of the voiced & voiceless "TH" sound. EnglishMeeting.com video with Dave Sconda. I hope you find this lesson helpful & enjoyable! North American English Pronunciation EnglishMeeting.com pronunciation video...
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"TH" Pro­nun­ci­a­tion En­glish Meet­ing ESL Les­son
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Fall Out Boy - Thnks fr th Mmrs
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Les­son 1a - TH - En­glish Pro­nun­ci­a­tion
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Les­son 1b - TH - En­glish Pro­nun­ci­a­tion
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Les­son 2 - TH - En­glish Pro­nun­ci­a­tion
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Th' Leg­endary Shack*Shak­ers "Ich­a­bod"
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The most dan­ger­ous traf­fic light in th world ( Rus­sia)
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Pro­nun­ci­a­tion: ɪ, ɚ r, d, ð TH, f, æ, n, t, k & ice­break­er
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Th' Leg­endary Shack Shak­ers: Help Me
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It's Ellen's 1400th Show!
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[FAN­CAM] "Adams TH": "We Fell in Love" MBC s 50th An­niver­sary Ko­re­an Music Wave Live In Bangkok
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what th hell Avril lav­i­gen
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TH - Who's Chas­ing Who?
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Ich bin fan von... Tokio Hotel
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Hal­loween Bat­tle! The Key Of Awe­some #49
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De­struc­to Box - De­struc­to Box - Com­pa­ny For The Hol­i­days
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TH TV (Nokia) - Hu­manoid Cover Shoot­ing Part 1 (sub­ti­tles en - fr)
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Scot­ty Mc­Creery - The Trou­ble With Girls Lyrics
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Crit­ics' Picks - 'The Last Pic­ture Show'
4:54
Back to the Fu­ture Meets Metal
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Maze & Frankie Bev­er­ly Feel That You're Feel­in (Live)


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Coordinates28°36′36″N77°13′48″N
nameThe New York Times
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typeDaily newspaper
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priceUS$1.25 Monday-SaturdayUS$4.00 SundayUS$4.00/5.00 Special Editions
ownersThe New York Times Company
foundersHenry Jarvis RaymondGeorge Jones
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publisherArthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.
editorBill Keller
maneditorJill AbramsonJohn M. Geddes
newseditorRichard L. Berke
opeditorAndrew Rosenthal
sportseditorTom Jolly
photoeditorMichele McNally
staff1,150 news department staff
circulation876,638 daily1,352,358 Sunday
headquartersThe New York Times Building620 Eighth AvenueManhattan, New York
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''The New York Times'' is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. ''The New York Times'' has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization. Its website is the most popular American online newspaper website, receiving more than 30 million unique visitors per month.

Although the print version of the paper remains both the largest local metropolitan newspaper in the United States, as well the third largest newspaper overall, behind ''The Wall Street Journal'' and ''USA Today'', its weekday circulation has fallen since 1990 (not unlike other newspapers) to fewer than one million copies daily, for the first time since the 1980s. Nicknamed "the Gray Lady", and long regarded within the industry as a national "newspaper of record", ''The New York Times'' is owned by The New York Times Company, which also publishes 18 other newspapers including the ''International Herald Tribune'' and ''The Boston Globe''. The company's chairman is Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., whose family has controlled the paper since 1896.

The paper's motto, printed in the upper left-hand corner of the front page, is "All the News That's Fit to Print." It is organized into sections: News, Opinions, Business, Arts, Science, Sports, Style, Home, and Features. ''The New York Times'' stayed with the eight-column format for several years after most papers switched to six columns, and it was one of the last newspapers to adopt color photography.

Access to the newspaper's online content is through a metered paywall. Frequent users (over 20 articles per month) have to purchase digital subscriptions, but access remains free for light users. There are apps to access content for various mobile devices, such as the iPhone and Android devices.

History

''The New York Times'' was founded on September 18, 1851, by journalist and politician Henry Jarvis Raymond, who was then a Whig and who would later be the second chairman of the Republican National Committee, and former banker George Jones as the ''New-York Daily Times''. Sold at an original price of one cent per copy, the inaugural edition attempted to address the various speculations on its purpose and positions that preceded its release:

The paper changed its name to ''The New York Times'' in 1857. The newspaper was originally published every day except Sunday, but on April 21, 1861, due to the demand for daily coverage of the Civil War, ''The New York Times,'' along with other major dailies, started publishing Sunday issues. One of the earliest public controversies in which the paper was involved was the Mortara Affair, an affair that was the object of 20 editorials in ''The New York Times'' alone.

The paper's influence grew during 1870–71, when it published a series of exposés of Boss Tweed that led to the end of the Tweed Ring's domination of New York's City Hall. In the 1880s, ''The New York Times'' transitioned from supporting Republican candidates to becoming politically independent; in 1884, the paper supported Democrat Grover Cleveland in his first presidential election. While this move hurt ''The New York Times'' readership, the paper regained most of its lost ground within a few years. ''The New York Times'' was acquired by Adolph Ochs, publisher of the ''Chattanooga Times'', in 1896. The following year, he coined the paper's slogan, "All The News That's Fit To Print"; this was a jab at competing papers such as Joseph Pulitzer's ''New York World'' and William Randolph Hearst's ''New York Journal'' which were known for lurid yellow journalism. Under his guidance, ''The New York Times'' achieved international scope, circulation, and reputation. In 1904, ''The New York Times'' received the first on-the-spot wireless transmission from a naval battle, a report of the destruction of the Russian fleet at the Battle of Port Arthur in the Yellow Sea from the press-boat ''Haimun'' during the Russo-Japanese war. In 1910, the first air delivery of ''The New York Times'' to Philadelphia began. ''The New York Times'' first trans-Atlantic delivery to London occurred in 1919. In 1920, a "4 A.M. Airplane Edition" was sent by plane to Chicago so it could be in the hands of Republican convention delegates by evening.

In the 1940s, the paper extended its breadth and reach. The crossword began appearing regularly in 1942, and the fashion section in 1946. ''The New York Times'' began an international edition in 1946. The international edition stopped publishing in 1967, when ''The New York Times'' joined the owners of the ''New York Herald Tribune'' and ''The Washington Post'' to publish the ''International Herald Tribune'' in Paris. The paper bought a classical radio station (WQXR) in 1946. In addition to owning WQXR, the newspaper also formerly owned its AM sister, WQEW (1560 AM). The classical music radio format was simulcast on both frequencies until the early 1990s, when the big-band and standards music format of WNEW-AM (now WBBR) moved from 1130 AM to 1560. The AM radio station changed its call letters from WQXR to WQEW. By the beginning of the 21st century, ''The New York Times'' was leasing WQEW to ABC Radio for its Radio Disney format, which continues on 1560 AM. Disney became the owner of WQEW in 2007. On July 14, 2009 it was announced that WQXR was to be sold to WNYC, who on October 8, 2009 moved the station to 105.9 FM and began to operate the station as a non-commercial. ''The New York Times'' is third in national circulation, after ''USA Today'' and ''The Wall Street Journal''. The newspaper is owned by The New York Times Company, in which descendants of Adolph Ochs, principally the Sulzberger family, maintain a dominant role. , the paper reported a circulation of 906,100 copies on weekdays and 1,356,800 copies on Sundays. According to a 2009 ''The New York Times'' article circulation has dropped 7.3 percent to about 928,000; this is the first time since the 1980s that it has fallen under one million. In the New York City metropolitan area, the paper costs $2 Monday through Saturday and $5 on Sunday. ''The New York Times'' has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper.

In 2009, ''The New York Times'' began production of local inserts in regions outside of the New York area. Beginning October 16, 2009, a two-page "Bay Area" insert was added to copies of the Northern California edition on Fridays and Sundays. ''The New York Times'' commenced production of a similar Friday and Sunday insert to the Chicago edition on November 20, 2009. The inserts consist of local news, policy, sports, and culture pieces, usually supported by local advertisements.

In addition to its New York City headquarters, ''The New York Times'' has 10 news bureaus in New York State, 11 national news bureaus and 26 foreign news bureaus. ''The New York Times'' reduced its page width to from on August 6, 2007, adopting the width that has become the U.S. newspaper industry standard.

Because of its steadily declining sales attributed to the rise of online alternative media and social media, ''The New York Times'' has been going through a downsizing for several years, offering buyouts to workers and cutting expenses, in common with a general trend among print newsmedia.

The newspaper's first building was located at 113 Nassau Street in New York City. In 1854, it moved to 138 Nassau Street, and in 1858 it moved to 41 Park Row, making it the first newspaper in New York City housed in a building built specifically for its use. The paper moved its headquarters to 1475 Broadway in 1904, in an area called Long Acre Square, that was renamed to Times Square. The top of the building is the site of the New Year's Eve tradition of lowering a lighted ball, that was started by the paper. The building is also notable for its electronic news ticker, where headlines crawled around the outside of the building. It is still in use, but is not operated by ''The New York Times''. After nine years in Times Square, an Annex was built at 229 West 43rd Street. After several expansions, it became the company's headquarters in 1913, and the building on Broadway was sold in 1961. Until June 2007, ''The New York Times'', from which Times Square gets its name, was published at offices at West 43rd Street. It stopped printing papers there on June 15, 1997.

The newspaper remained at that location until June 2007, when it moved three blocks south to 620 Eighth Avenue between West 40th and 41st Streets, in Manhattan. The new headquarters for the newspaper, The New York Times Building, is a skyscraper designed by Renzo Piano.

''Times v. Sullivan''

The paper's involvement in a 1964 libel case helped bring one of the key United States Supreme Court decisions supporting freedom of the press, ''New York Times Co. v. Sullivan''. In it, the United States Supreme Court established the "actual malice" standard for press reports about public officials or public figures to be considered defamatory or libelous. The malice standard requires the plaintiff in a defamation or libel case prove the publisher of the statement knew the statement was false or acted in reckless disregard of its truth or falsity. Because of the high burden of proof on the plaintiff, and difficulty in proving what is inside a person's head, such cases by public figures rarely succeed.

The Pentagon Papers

In 1971, the Pentagon Papers, a secret United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political and military involvement in the Vietnam War from 1945 to 1971, were given ("leaked") to Neil Sheehan of ''The New York Times'' by former State Department official Daniel Ellsberg, with his friend Anthony Russo assisting in copying them. ''The New York Times'' began publishing excerpts as a series of articles on June 13. Controversy and lawsuits followed. The papers revealed, among other things, that the government had deliberately expanded its role in the war by conducting air strikes over Laos, raids along the coast of North Vietnam, and offensive actions taken by U.S. Marines well before the public was told about the actions, and while President Lyndon B. Johnson had been promising not to expand the war. The document increased the credibility gap for the U.S. government, and hurt efforts by the Nixon administration to fight the on-going war.

When ''The New York Times'' began publishing its series, President Richard Nixon became incensed. His words to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger included "people have gotta be put to the torch for this sort of thing..." and "let's get the son-of-a-bitch in jail." After failing to get ''The New York Times'' to stop publishing, Attorney General John Mitchell and President Nixon obtained a federal court injunction that ''The New York Times'' cease publication of excerpts. The newspaper appealed and the case began working through the court system. On June 18, 1971, ''The Washington Post'' began publishing its own series. Ben Bagdikian, a ''Post'' editor, had obtained portions of the papers from Ellsberg. That day the ''Post'' received a call from the Assistant Attorney General, William Rehnquist, asking them to stop publishing. When the ''Post'' refused, the U.S. Justice Department sought another injunction. The U.S. District court judge refused, and the government appealed. On June 26, 1971 the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take both cases, merging them into ''New York Times Co. v. United States'' 403 US 713. On June 30, 1971, the Supreme Court held in a 6–3 decision that the injunctions were unconstitutional prior restraints and that the government had not met the burden of proof required. The justices wrote nine separate opinions, disagreeing on significant substantive issues. While it was generally seen as a victory for those who claim the First Amendment enshrines an absolute right to free speech, many felt it a lukewarm victory, offering little protection for future publishers when claims of national security were at stake.

Discrimination in employment

Discriminatory practices restricting women in editorial positions were part of the history, correlating with effects on the journalism published at the time. The newspaper's first general woman reporter was Jane Grant, who described her experience afterwards. She wrote, "In the beginning I was charged not to reveal the fact that a female had been hired". Other reporters nicknamed her Fluff and she was subjected to considerable hazing. Because of her gender, promotions were out of the question, according to the then-managing editor. She was there for fifteen years, interrupted by World War I.

In 1935, Anne McCormick wrote to Arthur Hays Sulzberger, "I hope you won't expect me to revert to 'woman's-point-of-view' stuff." Later, she interviewed major political leaders and appears to have had easier access than her colleagues did. "Even those who witnessed her in action were unable to explain how she got the interviews she did." Said Clifton Daniel, "[After World War II,] I'm sure [chancellor of West Germany Konrad] Adenauer called her up and invited her to lunch. She never had to grovel for an appointment." Covering world leaders' speeches after World War II at the National Press Club was limited to men, by a Club rule. When women were eventually allowed in to hear the speeches, they still were not allowed to ask the speakers questions, although men were allowed and did ask, even though some of the women had won Pulitzer Prizes for prior work. ''Times'' reporter Maggie Hunter refused to return to the Club after covering one speech on assignment. Nan Robertson's article on the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, was read aloud as anonymous by a professor, who then said, "'It will come as a surprise to you, perhaps, that the reporter is a ''girl,''' he began... [G]asps; amazement in the ranks. 'She had used all her senses, not just her eyes, to convey the smell and feel of the stockyards. She chose a difficult subject, an offensive subject. Her imagery was strong enough to revolt you.'" ''The New York Times'' hired Kathleen McLaughlin after ten years at the Chicago Tribune, where "[s]he did a series on maids, going out herself to apply for housekeeping jobs."

Ownership

The Ochs-Sulzberger family, one of the United States' newspaper dynasties, has owned ''The New York Times'' since 1896. After the publisher went public in the 1960s, the family continued to exert control through its ownership of the vast majority of Class B voting shares. Class A shareholders are permitted restrictive voting rights while Class B shareholders are allowed open voting rights. Dual-class structures caught on in the mid-20th century as families such as the Grahams of The Washington Post Company sought to gain access to public capital without losing control. Dow Jones & Co., publisher of ''The Wall Street Journal'', had a similar structure and was controlled by the Bancroft family; the company was later bought by the News Corporation in 2007.

The Ochs-Sulzberger family trust controls roughly 88 percent of the company's class B shares. Any alteration to the dual-class structure must be ratified by six of eight directors who sit on the board of the Ochs-Sulzberger family trust. The Trust board members are Daniel H. Cohen, James M. Cohen, Lynn G. Dolnick, Susan W. Dryfoos, Michael Golden, Eric M. A. Lax, Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr. and Cathy J. Sulzberger.

Turner Catledge, the top editor at ''The New York Times'' for almost two decades, wanted to hide the ownership influence. Sulzberger routinely wrote memos to his editor, each containing suggestions, instructions, complaints, and orders. When Catledge would receive these memos he would erase the publisher's identity before passing them to his subordinates. Catledge thought that if he removed the publisher's name from the memos it would protect reporters from feeling pressured by the owner.

Content

Sections

The newspaper is organized in three sections, including the magazine. # News: Includes International, National, Washington, Business, Technology, Science, Health, Sports, The Metro Section, Education, Weather, and Obituaries. # Opinion: Includes Editorials, Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor. # Features: Includes Arts, Movies, Theatre, Travel, NYC Guide, Dining & Wine, Home & Garden, Fashion & Style, Crossword, ''The New York Times Book Review'', ''The New York Times Magazine'', and Sunday Review.

Some sections, such as Metro, are only found in the editions of the paper distributed in the New York–New Jersey–Connecticut Tri-State Area and not in the national or Washington, D.C. editions. Aside from a weekly roundup of reprints of editorial cartoons from other newspapers, ''The New York Times'' does not have its own staff editorial cartoonist, nor does it feature a comics page or Sunday comics section. In September 2008, ''The New York Times'' announced that it would be combining certain sections effective October 6, 2008, in editions printed in the New York metropolitan area. The changes folded the Metro Section into the main International / National news section and combined Sports and Business (except Saturday through Monday, when Sports is still printed as a standalone section). This change also included having the name of the Metro section be called New York outside of the Tri-State Area. The presses used by ''The New York Times'' allow four sections to be printed simultaneously; as the paper had included more than four sections all days except Saturday, the sections had to be printed separately in an early press run and collated together. The changes will allow ''The New York Times'' to print in four sections Monday through Wednesday, in addition to Saturday. ''The New York Times'' announcement stated that the number of news pages and employee positions will remain unchanged, with the paper realizing cost savings by cutting overtime expenses. According to Russ Stanton, editor of the ''Los Angeles Times'', a competitor, the newsroom of ''The New York Times'' is twice the size of the ''Los Angeles Times'', which currently has a newsroom of 600.

Style

When referring to people, ''The New York Times'' generally uses honorifics, rather than unadorned last names (except in the sports pages, Book Review and Magazine). It stayed with an eight-column format until September 1976, years after other papers had switched to six, and it was one of the last newspapers to adopt color photography, with the first color photograph on the front page appearing on October 16, 1997. In the absence of a major headline, the day's most important story generally appears in the top-right hand column, on the main page. The typefaces used for the headlines are custom variations of Cheltenham. The running text is set at 8.7 point Imperial.

Joining a roster of other major American newspapers in recent years, including ''USA Today'', ''The Wall Street Journal'' and ''The Washington Post'', ''The New York Times'' announced on July 18, 2006, that it would be narrowing the size of its paper by one and a half inches. In an era of dwindling circulation and significant advertising revenue losses for most print versions of American newspapers, the move, which was also announced would result in a 5 percent reduction in news coverage, would have a target savings of $12 million a year for the paper. The change from the traditional broadsheet style to a more compact 48-inch web width was addressed by both Executive Editor Bill Keller and ''The New York Times'' President Scott Heekin-Canedy in memos to the staff. Keller defended the "more reader-friendly" move indicating that in cutting out the "flabby or redundant prose in longer pieces" the reduction would make for a better paper. Similarly, Keller confronted the challenges of covering news with "less room" by proposing more "rigorous editing" and promised an ongoing commitment to "hard-hitting, ground-breaking journalism". The official change went into effect on August 6, 2007.

''The New York Times'' printed a display advertisement on its first page on January 6, 2009, breaking tradition at the paper. The advertisement for CBS was in color and was the entire width of the page. The newspaper promised it would place first-page advertisements on only the lower half of the page.

Reputation and awards

It maintains bureaus across a large platform of politically and socially important locations. ''The New York Times'' has established links regionally with 16 bureaus in New York State, nationally, with 11 bureaus within the United States, and globally, with 26 foreign news bureaus.

The recipient of 106 Pulitzer Prizes, ''The New York Times'' won three awards in the 2010 version of the proceedings. Sheri Fink was awarded the best investigative report; given for her piece on the reaction and dedication of a hospital after Hurricane Katrina. Michael Moss was recognised for his contribution to explanatory reporting and ensuing policy, given for his coverage of the trials experienced a young salmonella victim paralysed by ''E. coli''. His article led to significant changes in federal regulation on the matter. Matt Richtel was also credited for his article on the dangerous effects of using a cellphone while driving.

Web presence

''The New York Times'' has had a strong presence on the Web since 1996, and has been ranked one of the top Web sites. Accessing some articles requires registration, though this could be bypassed in some cases through ''Times'' RSS feeds. The website had 555 million pageviews in March 2005. The domain ''nytimes.com'' attracted at least 146 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com study. ''The New York Times'' Web site ranks 59th by number of unique visitors, with over 20 million unique visitors in March 2009 making it the most visited newspaper site with more than twice the number of unique visitors as the next most popular site. Also, , nytimes.com produced 22 of the 50 most popular newspaper blogs.

In September 2005, the paper decided to begin subscription-based service for daily columns in a program known as ''TimesSelect'', which encompassed many previously free columns. Until being discontinued two years later, ''TimesSelect'' cost $7.95 per month or $49.95 per year, though it was free for print copy subscribers and university students and faculty. To work around this, bloggers often reposted TimesSelect material, and at least one site once compiled links of reprinted material. On September 17, 2007, ''The New York Times'' announced that it would stop charging for access to parts of its Web site, effective at midnight the following day, reflecting a growing view in the industry that subscription fees cannot outweigh the potential ad revenue from increased traffic on a free site. In addition to opening almost the entire site to all readers, ''The New York Times'' news archives from 1987 to the present are available at no charge, as well as those from 1851 to 1922, which are in the public domain. Access to the ''Premium Crosswords'' section continues to require either home delivery or a subscription for $6.95 per month or $39.95 per year. ''Times'' columnists including Nicholas Kristof and Thomas Friedman had criticized ''TimesSelect'', with Friedman going so far as to say "I hate it. It pains me enormously because it's cut me off from a lot, a lot of people, especially because I have a lot of people reading me overseas, like in India ... I feel totally cut off from my audience."

The newspaper's publisher announced on March 17, 2011, that starting on March 28, 2011 (March 17, 2011 for Canada), it would charge frequent readers for access to its online content. "Visitors can enjoy 20 free articles (including blog posts, slide shows, video and other multimedia features) each calendar month on NYTimes.com, as well as unrestricted access to browse the home page, section fronts, blog fronts and classifieds." The paywall and digital subscriptions started globally on March 28, 2011 (Canada on March 17), and cost from $15 to $35 per four weeks depending on the package selected. Home delivery subscribers to the print edition of ''The New York Times'' or ''The International Herald Tribune'' receive full and free access to online content without any added charge.

''The New York Times'' was made available on the iPhone and iPod Touch in 2008, and on the iPad mobile devices in 2010.

''The New York Times'' is also the first newspaper to offer a video game as part of its editorial content, ''Food Import Folly'' by Persuasive Games.

reCAPTCHA is currently helping to digitize old editions of ''The New York Times''.

Mobile presence

The ''Times Reader'' is a digital version of ''The New York Times''. It was created via a collaboration between the newspaper and Microsoft. ''Times Reader'' takes the principles of print journalism and applies them to the technique of online reporting. ''Times Reader'' uses a series of technologies developed by Microsoft and their Windows Presentation Foundation team. It was announced in Seattle in April 2006 by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., Bill Gates, and Tom Bodkin. In 2009 the ''Times Reader'' 2.0 was rewritten in Adobe Air.

In 2008, ''The New York Times'' created an app for the iPhone and iPod touch which allowed users to download articles to their mobile device enabling them to read the paper even when they were unable to receive a signal. In April 2010, ''The New York Times'' announced it will begin publishing daily content through an iPad app. , ''The New York Times'' iPad app is ad-supported and available for free without a paid subscription, but will transition to a subscription-based model in 2011.

In 2010, the New York Times also launched an App for Android smartphones.

In Moscow

Communication with its Russian readers is a special project of ''The New York Times'' launched in February 2008, guided by Clifford J. Levy. Some ''Times'' articles covering the broad spectrum of political and social topics in Russia are being translated into Russian and offered for the attention of Russia's bloggers in ''The New York Times'' community blog. After that, selected responses of Russian bloggers are being translated into English and published at ''The New York Times'' site among comments from English readers.

Pricing

The newspaper's publisher announced on March 17, 2011, that starting on March 28, 2011 (March 17, 2011 for Canada), it would charge frequent readers for access to its online content. Readers would be able to access up to 20 articles each month without charge. However any reader that wanted to access more would have to pay for a digital subscription. This plan would allow free access for occasional readers, but produce revenue from heavy readers. Depending on the package selected, digital subscriptions rates for four weeks range from $15 to $35. Subscribers to the print edition of the newspaper would get full access without any additional fee. Some content, such as the front page and the section fronts will remain free, as well as the Top News page on mobile apps.

The NYTimes.com paywall, which reportedly required millions of dollars to design, was dismissed by some sources as "plain vanilla" and easily circumvented. Soon after it was announced, a Canadian developer announced the creation of a bookmarklet, NYTClean, featuring four lines of code that would allow unlimited access to the website. Subsequently, the New York Times threatened legal action on the grounds that the bookmarklet's name was a trademark violation.

Missed print dates

Due to strikes, the regular edition of ''The New York Times'' was not printed during the following periods:
  • December 9, 1962 to March 31, 1963. Only a western edition was printed.
  • September 17, 1965 to October 10, 1965. An international edition was printed, and a weekend edition replaced the Saturday and Sunday papers.
  • August 10, 1978 to November 5, 1978. A multi-union strike shut down the three major New York City newspapers. No editions of ''The New York Times'' were printed. Two months into the strike, a parody of ''The New York Times'' called ''Not The New York Times'' was given out in New York, with contributors such as Carl Bernstein, Christopher Cerf, Tony Hendra and George Plimpton.
  • No editions were printed on January 2 of 1852–1853 and of 1862–1867. No editions were printed on July 5 of 1861–1865.

    Issues over coverage

    Political persuasion overall

    ''The New York Times'' has been variously described as having a liberal bias or described as being a liberal newspaper.

    According to a 2007 survey by Rasmussen Reports of public perceptions of major media outlets, 40% believe ''The New York Times'' has a liberal slant and 11% believe it has a conservative slant. In December 2004 a University of California, Los Angeles study gave ''The New York Times'' a score of 73.7 on a 100 point scale, with 0 being most conservative and 100 being most liberal. The validity of the study has been questioned by various organizations, including the liberal media watchdog group Media Matters for America. In mid-2004, the newspaper's then public editor (ombudsman), Daniel Okrent, wrote a piece in which he concluded that ''The New York Times'' did have a liberal bias in coverage of certain social issues such as gay marriage. He stated that this bias reflected the paper's cosmopolitanism, which arose naturally from its roots as a hometown paper of New York City. Okrent did not comment at length on the issue of bias in coverage of "hard news", such as fiscal policy, foreign policy, or civil liberties, but did state that the paper's coverage of the Iraq war was insufficiently critical of the George W. Bush administration.

    On nations and ethnicities

    Iraq War

    Reporter Judith Miller retired after criticisms that her reporting of the lead-up to the Iraq War was factually inaccurate and overtly favorable to the Bush administration's position, for which ''The New York Times'' was forced to apologize. One of Miller's prime sources was Ahmed Chalabi, who after the U.S. occupation became the interim oil minister of Iraq and is now head of the Iraqi Services Committee. However, reporter Michael R. Gordon, who shared byline credit with Miller on some of the early Iraq stories, continues to report on military affairs for ''The New York Times''

    Israel and the Palestinians

    For its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, some have claimed that the paper is pro-Palestinian; and others have claimed that it is pro-Israel. A controversial book, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, by political science professors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, alleges that ''The New York Times'' sometimes criticizes Israeli policies but is not even-handed and is generally pro-Israel. On the other hand, the Simon Wiesenthal Center has criticized ''The New York Times'' for printing cartoons regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that were claimed to be anti-Semitic.

    ''The New York Times'' public editor Clark Hoyt concluded in his January 10, 2009, column, "Though the most vociferous supporters of Israel and the Palestinians do not agree, I think ''The New York Times'', largely barred from the battlefield and reporting amid the chaos of war, has tried its best to do a fair, balanced and complete job — and has largely succeeded."

    Central America in 1980s

    Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, a progressive media criticism organization, has accused ''The New York Times'' of following the "Reagan administration's PR strategy" in the 1980s by "emphasizing repressive measures in Nicaragua [by the leftist Sandinista government] and downplaying or ignoring more serious human rights abuses elsewhere in Central America" (namely in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, countries with governments backed by the Reagan administration).

    World War II

    On November 14, 2001, in ''The New York Times'' 150th anniversary issue, former executive editor Max Frankel wrote that before and during World War II, the ''Times'' had maintained a consistent policy to minimize reports on the Holocaust in their news pages. Laurel Leff, associate professor of journalism at Northeastern University, concluded that the newspaper had downplayed the Third Reich targeting of Jews for genocide. Her 2005 book "''Buried by the Times''" documents the NYT's tendency before, during and after World War II to place deep inside its daily editions the news stories about the ongoing persecution and extermination of Jews, while obscuring in those stories the special impact of the Nazis' crimes on Jews in particular. Professor Leff attributes this dearth in part to the complex personal and political views of the newspaper's Jewish publisher, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, concerning jewishness, anti-semitism, and zionism.

    During the war, ''Times'' journalist William L. Laurence was "on the payroll of the War Department". Another serious charge is the accusation that ''The New York Times'', through its coverage of the Soviet Union by correspondent Walter Duranty, intentionally downplayed the Ukrainian famine of the 1930s.

    Ethics incidents

    In May 2003, ''Times'' reporter Jayson Blair was forced to resign from the newspaper after he was caught plagiarizing and fabricating elements of his stories. Some critics contended that Blair's race was a major factor in ''The New York Times'' initial reluctance to fire him.

    Suzanne Smalley of ''Newsweek'' criticized The ''Times'' for its "credulous" coverage of the charges of rape against Duke lacrosse players. Stuart Taylor, Jr. and KC Johnson, in their book ''Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case'', write: "at the head of the guilt-presuming pack, ''The New York Times'' vied in a race to the journalistic bottom with trash-TV talk shows."

    In the mid to late 1950s, "fashion writer[s]... were required to come up every month with articles whose total column-inches reflected the relative advertising strength of every ["department" or "specialty"] store ["assigned" to a writer]... The monitor of all this was... the advertising director [of the ''Times'']... " However, within this requirement, story ideas may have been the reporters' and editors' own.

    In February 2009, a ''Village Voice'' music blogger accused the newspaper of using "chintzy, ad-hominem allegations" in an article on British Tamil music artist M.I.A. concerning her activism against the Sinhala-Tamil conflict in Sri Lanka. M.I.A. criticized the paper in January 2010 after a travel piece rated post-conflict Sri Lanka the "#1 place to go in 2010". In June 2010, ''The New York Times Magazine'' published a correction on its cover article of M.I.A., acknowledging that the interview conducted by current ''W'' editor and then ''Times Magazine'' contributor Lynn Hirschberg contained a recontextualization of two quotes. In response to the piece, M.I.A. broadcasted Hirschberg's phone number and secret audio recordings from the interview via her Twitter and website.

    See also

  • List of newspapers in the United States
  • List of Pulitzer Prizes awarded to The New York Times
  • List of The New York Times employees
  • Periodical publication
  • The New York Times Best Seller list
  • New York Times Index
  • References

    External links

  • New York Times Timeline 2001 – present at The New York Times Company
  • "Talk to the Newsroom: Executive Editor", ''The New York Times'', January 28, 2009
  • The New York Times Index 1915
  • The New York Times Index Vol 6 Issues 1-2 Jan-Mar 1918
  • The New York Times Index Vol 8 Issue 4 Oct-Dec 1920
  • The New York Times Index Vol 9 Issue 2 Apr-June 1921
  • The New York Times Index Vol 10 Issue 1 Jan-Mar 1922
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    Coordinates28°36′36″N77°13′48″N
    nameTokio Hotel
    backgroundgroup_or_band
    originMagdeburg, Germany
    years active2001–present
    genreAlternative rock, electronic rock, pop rock, teen pop emo, pop punk (early)
    labelUniversal Music GermanyCherrytree, Interscope (US)
    websitewww.tokiohotel.com
    current membersBill KaulitzTom Kaulitz Georg ListingGustav Schäfer
    past members}}

    Tokio Hotel is a pop rock band from Germany, founded in 2001 by singer Bill Kaulitz, guitarist Tom Kaulitz, drummer Gustav Schäfer and bassist Georg Listing. The quartet have scored four number one singles and have released three number one albums in their native country, selling nearly 5 million CDs and DVDs there. After recording an unreleased demo-CD under the name "Devilish" and having their contract with Sony BMG Germany terminated, the band released their first German-language album, ''Schrei'', as Tokio Hotel on Universal Music Germany in 2005. ''Schrei'' sold more than half a million copies worldwide and spawned four top five singles in both Germany and Austria. In 2007, the band released their second German album ''Zimmer 483'' and their first English album ''Scream'' which have combined album sales of over one million copies worldwide and helped win the band their first MTV Europe Music Award for Best InterAct. The former, ''Zimmer 483'', spawned three top five singles in Germany while the latter, ''Scream'', spawned two singles that reached the top twenty in new territories such as France, Portugal, Spain and Italy. In September 2008, they won in the US their first MTV Video Music Award (VMA) for Best New Artist. In October 2008, they won four awards including Best International Artist and Song of the year at Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica (MTV Video Music Awards Latin America) held in Mexico. Tokio Hotel became the first German band ever to win an award at the MTV VMAs and also at the MTV Latin America Awards. They also picked up the Headliner award at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008 held in Liverpool on November 6, 2008 and the Award for Best Group on November 5, 2009 at the MTV Europe Music Award (EMA) held in Berlin. They won an Award for Best World Stage Performance on November 7, 2010 at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Madrid. In July 2011, they became the first German band to win an MTV Video Music Awards Japan (VMAJ).

    History

    Founding

    Tokio Hotel by vocalist Bill Kaulitz and guitarist Tom Kaulitz, who are identical twin brothers, drummer Gustav Schäfer and bass-guitarist Georg Listing. The four met in 2001 after a live show in a Magdeburg-Club, where Listing and Schäfer, who knew each other from music school, watched from the audience while Bill and Tom Kaulitz played on the stage. Under the name Devilish, the band soon began playing in talent shows and small concerts. After Bill Kaulitz's participation in a children's Star Search in 2003 at age thirteen (which he lost in the quarter-final), he was discovered by music producer Peter Hoffmann. Devilish changed their name to Tokio Hotel: "Tokio", the German spelling of the Japanese city Tokyo, due to a love of the city, and "Hotel" due to their constant touring and living in hotels. In 2006, a third and fourth single, "Rette mich" ("Rescue Me") and "Der letzte Tag" ("The Final Day"), were released; both reached #1 as well. "Der letzte Tag" contained a B-side called "Wir schließen uns ein", which was also accompanied by a music video.

    ''Zimmer 483''

    The first single off their second album ''Zimmer 483'' (''Room 483''), called "Übers Ende der Welt" (later re-released in English under the name "Ready, Set, Go!"), was released on January 26, 2007 and quickly reached #1 in Germany and Austria, and #2 in France. ''Zimmer 483'' was released in Germany on February 23, 2007, along with a deluxe edition of the album containing a DVD. The album's second single, "Spring nicht" ("Don't Jump") was released on April 7. The tour accompanying the release of the album, The Zimmer 483 Tour, was scheduled to start in March 2007, but was delayed by two weeks because the band members wished to have a different stage design. A third single, "An deiner Seite (Ich bin da)" ("By Your Side"), was released on November 16. The single contains the B-side "1000 Meere" ("1000 Oceans"), for which a music video was also produced. On April 28, 2008 Tokio Hotel released their single "Heilig" but no music video for the single was released, because of the tight schedule they had.

    ''Scream''

    Tokio Hotel's first English language album, ''Scream'', was released on June 4, 2007 throughout Europe. In Germany, the album was released as ''Room 483'' in order to emphasize the continuity with their last German album ''Zimmer 483''. ''Scream'' contains English versions of a selection of songs from their German-language albums ''Scream'' and ''Zimmer 483''. "Monsoon", the English-language version of "Durch den Monsun", was the first single from the album. "Ready, Set, Go!" (the translation of "Übers Ende der Welt") was released as the album's second single and "Don't Jump" (the translation of "Spring nicht") as the third single. A video for "Scream", the English-language version of their 2005 hit "Schrei", was also recorded, and was released to the iTunes Store in early March 2008.

    Tokio Hotel gave their first concert in the United Kingdom on June 19, 2007. "Ready, Set, Go!" was released in the UK as the band's first single on August 27, 2007. The song reached #77 in the UK Singles Chart.

    Tokio Hotel won an MTV Europe Music Award for Best InterAct on November 1, 2007 and were also nominated for Best Band. They performed "Monsoon" at the event.

    Tokio Hotel released their first US single, simply called "Tokio Hotel", in late 2007. The single contains the tracks "Scream" and "Ready, Set, Go!", and was available exclusively at Hot Topic stores. Their second US single, "Scream America", was released on December 11, 2007. The single contains the track "Scream" and a remix of "Ready, Set, Go!" by AFI's Jade Puget. In February 2008, the band toured North America for five dates starting in Canada and finishing up in New York. After appearing and performing live on MuchMusic, while touring in Canada, "Ready, Set, Go!" entered the MuchOnDemand Daily 10, a countdown of videos chosen by viewers. It remained there for over a week, then returned to the top of the MOD Daily 10 chart on April 8. "Scream" was released in Canada on March 25 and in the US on May. 6

    1000 Hotels Tour

    The "1000 Hotels" European Tour began on March 3, 2008 in Brussels and continued to locations including The Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Scandinavia, and was scheduled to finish on April 9; during the concert in Marseille, France on March 14, Bill started to experience vocal problems. He let the audience sing more frequently than normal and instead of the original 21 songs that were on the set list, they only played 16 songs. Bill apologized, in German, for his bad singing and explained that he was sick. Two days later, the band canceled Lisbon, Portugal concert minutes before it was supposed to commence. The rest of the "1000 Hotels" Tour and a scheduled North American Tour were cancelled following an announcement in Bild by the band's manager that Bill Kaulitz had to undergo surgery to remove a cyst on his vocal cords.

    Bill Kaulitz had been putting strain on his voice after playing 43 concerts in the 1000 Hotels tour without vacation. He had to undergo Larynx surgery on March 30 to remove a cyst that had formed on his vocal cords. The cyst was the result of a throat infection that went untreated. Following his surgery, Bill was unable to speak for twelve days, and had four weeks of vocal rehabilitation. If Bill had continued singing the rest of the tour, his voice would have eventually been permanently damaged. Tokio Hotel started performing again in May 2008 and after that they embarked on a 2nd part of their 1000 Hotels European Tour adding many Open Air concerts and wrapping up the tour on July 13 in Werchter, Belgium.

    North American Tours and ''Humanoid''

    Tokio Hotel embarked on a second tour of North America in August 2008, which included a performance at the Bamboozled festival in New Jersey. The band's music video for "Ready Set Go!" was nominated for Best Pop Video at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, where they also won the award for Best New Artist. They returned to North America again in October 2008 for a month long tour of concerts and record store signings. In December 2008, a behind-the scenes DVD called ''Tokio Hotel TV – Caught on Camera'' was released. It contains footage from Tokio Hotel TV and backstage feature stories of the previous year on disc one entitled "History – The very best of Tokio Hotel TV!". A deluxe edition contains a second disc entitled "Future – The road to the new Album!" which features footage of the band on promotion tours and preparing for their third studio album.

    In between the North American tours, the band returned to their record studio in Hamburg to record their third studio album, ''Humanoid'', which, according to their producer David Jost, is currently set for release on October 2 in Germany & October 6, 2009 in the U.S. This is despite earlier statements predicting a March/April 2009 release or a May/June 2009 release. The album was recorded in both German and English with both versions were released simultaneously worldwide. Nevertheless, the video for the single was released on September 3.

    On November 2, it was announced on Tom's Blog that the second English single would be "World Behind My Wall" and its German counterpart, "Lass uns laufen", would be the second German single. The music videos for both versions were released on December 14 and December 15.

    On June 24, the live music video for their single, "Dark Side of the Sun" was released on the band website.

    On July 20, 2010 they released their second live album Humanoid City Live from Milan, Italy On November 22, 2010, their new song "Hurricanes and Suns," premiered on the Greek radio station Mad Radio. It was included in the bonus track on all versions of "Tokio Hotel: Best Of," a compilation album of their most successful songs. As well as the single for the 'Best of' release. The album will also include "Mädchen aus dem All", the first song the band recorded in a studio.

    On December 14, 2010 their 'Best of' was released. December 2 was the World Premiere of the video for "Hurricanes and Suns" on their Official Website. On April 28, 2011 they received the "Fan Army FTW" award at the MTV O Music Awards, the networks first online award show. A clip of Bill and Tom thanking their fans was played after the winner was announced.

    Asian performances

    Tokio Hotel performed their first concert in Asia (excluding their concert in Israel) at the Audi Showcase in Singapore, followed shortly by the TM Connects With Tokio Hotel event in Malaysia, promoting the sales of their album Humanoid. They concluded the series of mini-concerts with Taiwan. They returned to Malaysia a couple of months later to perform at MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia 2010. They performed in Tokyo on December 15, 2010, after their South American Tour concluded in Distrito Federal, Mexico on December 2, 2010. In February, 2011 Tokio Hotel travelled to Japan to complete a second promo tour. A number of TV appearances and media interviews took place between February 8 and February 11.

    On June 24, 2011 Tokio Hotel performed in Japan at “The Next Premium Night Tokio Hotel in Tokyo". The event was presented by Audi A1 and 150 fans were chosen to win tickets to attend the show. The event was the bands first acoustic performance in Japan. On June 25, 2011 the band performed live at the MTV Video Music Aid Japan in Tokyo. The show, which was formerly called the Video Music Awards Japan, was used as a music benefit to raise money for the Japanese Red Cross in order to help those who were affected by the recent earthquake.

    Modeling and commercials

    On January 19, 2010, lead singer Bill Kaulitz teamed up with twins Dean and Dan Caten of DSquared to walk the runway at a fashion event in Milan. Kaulitz made two appearances, as he opened and closed DSquared's Menswear Autumn/Winter 2010 show to Tokio Hotel song "Screamin".

    Car maker Audi hired the two frontmen to star in their new advertising campaign to attract the younger generation. They were featured in an episode of Tokio Hotel TV (on Tokio Hotel's website) and also in a commercial.

    On August 4, 2010, Tom Kaulitz got his own Reebok shoe commercial. Reebok signed the 20-year-old Tokio Hotel guitarist and sneaker addict to model shoes for the company. "At home, I created a little room like a little storage room," he said of his sneakers. He also said that he gets 10 new pairs a week. That's 520 sneakers a year.

    Band members

    Bill Kaulitz

    Bill Kaulitz was born on September 1, 1989, in Leipzig ten minutes after his identical twin brother, Tom.

    Tom Kaulitz

    Tom Kaulitz (born 1 September 1989 in Leipzig, German Democratic Republic) is a German guitarist singer, songwriter and model from Tokio Hotel. He is the twin brother of Bill Kaulitz, and Tom was born 10 minutes before Bill.

    Early life

    Tom Kaulitz was born 1 September 1989 in Leipzig. His parents, Simone and Jörg Kaulitz, separated when Kaulitz and his brother were seven years old.His mother began dating Gordon Trumper, and married him in August 2009. Tom's guitar playing and his brother's singing showed their natural aptitude for music, and gave an early indication of their possibility of fame. Trumper helped the twins to start their own band. He and Bill began writing music at the age of seven years old. Due to their great desire to create a band, his twin brother Bill entered and became renowned on the reality TV talent show "Star Search." They met Georg Listing (then 14) and Gustav Schäfer (then 13), in the audience of one of their shows. Listing and Schäfer were friends and after the show, having liked what they heard and saw, made an offer to join. The band was promptly re-named "Devilish" due to an article published at the time that referred to their "devilishly great"[citation needed] sound. This continued until 2005 when Jost arranged a meeting between the band and Universal Music Group's Interscope Records and Tokio Hotel was signed. They began working immediately, releasing their debut LP Schrei ("Scream") later that year. Their first single from the album Schrei was "Durch den Monsun" ("Through The Monsoon"), which reached #1 in Germany within a month of its release. He then continued his dream with 3 members of the group.

    Stalking incident

    More trouble came for Kaulitz when in late 2008/early 2009 several female stalkers pursued the band relentlessly, even following his twin brother Bill Kaulitz to his parents' home in Germany and attacked the twins' mother. The issue seemed to end after Tom allegedly hit one of the stalkers at a gas station in April 2009 and drove off. However, a recent article in Bild stated that the issue had resurfaced and that Tom Kaulitz may stand trial for assault. In late December 2009, the charges against Tom were lifted and he is pressing charges himself — against the girl he allegedly hit — on grounds of stalking.

    Personal life

    Tom Kaulitz and his identical twin brother, Bill, used to live in Hamburg but have recently moved to Los Angeles in response to an incident involving stalkers and a robbery. They have also stated that it is easier for them to work on their new album, as it is closer to their manager David Jost. They are currently living in Los Angeles but also have a second home in Hamburg. Tom and Bill, have modeled for a PETA.de photoshoot. He models for Reebok for sneakers and shoes. Tom is friends with Nicole Scherzinger. Tom prefers to listen to hip-hop music. His favorite rapper is Samy Deluxe. As of September 2007, Tom uses Gibson guitars and Mesa/Boogie Rectifier Heads with Mesa Boogie Rectifier 4x12 cabinets. Tom currently has his hair in cornrows, which he had done in early 2009. Tom had allegedly been dating Chantelle Paige after the stalker incident, but later it was said that they had been going out to better publicise Tom and his band, as well as Chantelle’s band, Flipsyde. In an interview with her, Chantelle had said : "I think Tom is quite nice, actually he is my dream boy. But my friends have warned me about him".

    Georg Listing

    Georg (Moritz Hagen) Listing was born on March 31, 1987. His hometown is Halle. He began playing bass when he was thirteen years old, He has said that his playing style was heavily influenced by Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers, and other musical influences include Die Ärzte and Oasis.

    Awards

    Since the release of the "Durch den Monsun" single in 2005, Tokio Hotel have gone on to win 102 awards in various categories and countries.

    ;2005

    ! Category !Award ! Date
    Best Newcomer Comet Awards (Germany) October 6
    Super Comet Comet Awards (Germany) October 6
    Best Newcomer Eins Live Krone November 24
    Best Pop National Act Bambi Awards December 1
    Best Single Golden Penguin (Austria) ...2005
    Best Pop Golden Penguin (Austria) ...2005
    Rock Band 2005 Golden Penguin (Austria) ...2005

    ;2006

    ! Category ! Award ! Date
    Album of the year Golden Penguin (Austria) February 8
    Band of the year Golden Penguin (Austria) February 8
    Song of the year – ‘Der Letzte Tag’ Golden Penguin (Austria) February 8
    Best Newcomer Golden Penguin (Austria) February 8
    Ausverkaufte Tourhalle Sold-out-Award of Königpilsener Arena March 11
    Best Newcomer March 12
    Best Newcomer Steiger Awards March 25
    Pop National Radio Regenbogen (Germany) March 31
    SuperBand Rock – Golden Otto Bravo Otto May 6
    Music Award Bild OSGAR May 22
    Best Newcomer International Popcorn Awards (Hungary) May 26
    Best Newcomer Bravo Otto (Hungary) June 24
    Best International Band Bravo Otto (Hungary) June 24
    Best Newcomer Band Popkomm Bavarian Music Lion September 21
    Best German Pop Band Goldene Stimmgabel September 24
    Best Selling German Artist World Music Awards November 15
    Best Pop National Act Bambi Awards November 30
    Best Live Act Eins Live Krone December 7
    Best Rock band MTV France

    ;2007

    ! Category ! Award ! Date
    Single of the Year – Durch Den Monsun Golden Penguin
    Best Selling German Act – Album Schrei European Border Breakers Award January 21
    European Border Breakers Award NRJ Awards January 21
    Rock Award BZ-Kulturpreis January 23
    Best Video National ECHO Awards (Germany) March 25
    SuperBand Rock – Golden otto Bravo Otto April 28
    Best Video Comet Awards (Germany) May 3
    Best Band Comet Awards (Germany) May 3
    Supercomet Comet Awards (Germany) May 3
    Best Band Jabra Music July 2007
    Digital prize Festivalbar (Italy) September 7
    Most Successful Group Rock International Goldene Stimmgabel September 22
    Most Successful Popgroup International Goldene Stimmgabel Awards October 3
    Best Album TMF Awards (Belgium) October 14
    Best Video TMF Awards (Belgium) October 14
    Best New Artist TMF Awards (Belgium) October 14
    Best Pop TMF Awards (Belgium) October 14
    Best International Act MTV Europe Music Awards (Germany) November 1
    Best band of the Year MTV Italy Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award December 1

    ;2008

    ! Category ! Award ! Date
    Band of the Year 2007 Golden Penguin (Austria) January
    Best International Band Rockbjörnen Award (Sweden) January 24
    Best Music National Goldene Kamera (Germany) February 6
    Best Music Video Echo Awards (Germany) February 15
    Best International Artist Emma Gala Awards (Finland) March 8
    Best International Group Disney Channel Kids Award (Italy) March 28
    Best Concert Hitkrant (Netherlands) May 2008
    Best Mood Song – Monsoon Hitkrant (Netherlands) May 2008
    Song that Satys in your Head – Monsoon Hitkrant (Netherlands) May 2008
    Superband Rock – Silver Otto Bravo Otto May 3
    Best Band MTV TRL Awards (Italy) May 17
    Best Number 1 of the Year with Monsoon MTV TRL Awards (Italy) May 17
    Best Band Comet Awards (Germany) May 23
    Best Video – An Deiner Seite Comet Awards (Germany) May 23
    Best Live Act Comet Awards (Germany) May 23
    Super Comet Comet Awards (Germany) May 23
    Best New Artist MTV VMA Music Awards (USA) September 7
    Fan Choice Best Entrance MTV VMA Music Awards (USA) September 7
    Best Male Artist International (Bill Kaulitz) TMF Awards (Belgium) October 11
    Best Video International – Don't Jump TMF Awards MTV Europe Music Awards (Germany) November 5
    Best International Rock Band Telehit Awards (Mexico) November 12

    ;2010

    ! Category !Award ! Date
    Band of the Year Golden Penguin (Austria) January 29
    Album of the Year Golden Penguin (Austria) January 29
    Band of the Year Bravoora Awards (Poland) February 1
    Best International Artist Emma Gala Awards (Finland) February 4
    Walk of Fame König-Pilsener Arena (Germany) February 26
    Best International Band Radio Regenbogen Awards (Germany) March 19
    Favorite Music Star Kids Choice Awards 2010 (Germany) April 10
    Best Live Act Comet Awards (Germany) May 21
    Foreign Song of the Year - World Behind My Wall Rockbjörnen Award (Sweden) September 1
    Concert of the Year Rockbjörnen Award (Sweden) September 1
    Best World Stage Performance MTV Europe Music Awards (Spain) November 7
    Best Band National CMA Awards (Germany) December 12
    Best Single National - World Behind My Wall CMA Awards (Germany) December 12

    ;2011

    ! Category !Award ! Date
    Band of the Year Bravoora Awards (Poland) March
    Star of the 20th Anniversary March
    Best Fan Army (Fan Army FTW) MTV O Music Awards (USA) April 28
    Best Rock Video MTV Video Music Awards Japan July 2

    References

    External links

  • Official site
  • Official Youtube channel
  • Interscope records profile
  • Tokio Hotel on MTV
  • Category:German musical groups Category:German rock music groups Category:German pop music groups Category:German-language singers Category:English-language singers Category:People from Leipzig Category:Musical groups established in 2001 Category:Pop rock groups

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    Coordinates28°36′36″N77°13′48″N
    nameThe Holidays
    Backgroundgroup_or_band
    originSydney, Australia
    genreIndie rock, Pop rock, Soul
    labelLiberation (Australia), Rallye Label (Japan)
    years active2006 - present
    websiteOfficial WebsiteMyspace
    Current membersSimon JonesWill MagnusAlex KorttAndrew Kerridge }}

    The Holidays are an Australian indie pop band. Formed in Sydney in 2006, the band consists of Simon Jones, Will Magnus, Alex Kortt and Andrew Kerridge. The band often has additional musicians, including percussionists for their live shows.

    Biography

    Emerging in late 2006, The Holidays quickly established themselves in the Sydney music scene as an upbeat, energetic addition. Within their first year as a band together, The Holidays toured with Jamie T, with The View, with Ben Kweller, and recorded an EP of demos which quickly sold out at gigs and received regular airplay on radio stations both in Australia and in the USA. In November 2007, The Holidays were featured on the Next Crop segment of national youth radio station Triple J.

    The Holidays announced their signing with independent Australian record label Liberation Music in early 2008.

    The Holidays released their debut EP on 19 April 2008 to positive reviews, which was followed by a substantial national tour to promote the release.

    They released their second EP "When The Ship Goes Down" in October 2008, which showed the band's natural progression with song-writing. Recorded with Wayne Connolly of The Vines and Josh Pyke fame, this EP was followed by a 20 date national tour, co-headlining with Brisbane band Yves Klein Blue.

    Originally a classic guitar rock band recalling influences such as Teenage Fanclub and Television, The Holidays took some time off after the release of their second EP to work on their debut album.

    "Moonlight Hours", the first single from their debut album was taken to radio in November 2009, and added to high rotation on national youth radio station Triple J. "Golden Sky" was the second single from The Holidays debut album, released in May 2010, which was followed by an east coast tour of Australia to promote the release. There is a music video for both these singles, made by Melbourne company Moop Jaw.

    The Holidays debut album, entitled "Post Paradise" was released in Australia on 24 September 2010, in conjunction with third single, Broken Bones, which was added to radio nationally. The album has received very positive reviews since its release, including "Album of the Week" in Drum Media, Beat Magazine, BMA Mag & The Brag, 4.5 stars in The Herald Sun, The Daily Telegraph & The Courier Mail, as well as positive reviews in The Age & The Sydney Morning Herald. Post Paradise won The Age Readers Choice Best Album of 2010, and was the Triple J Feature Album for the week commencing 26 December 2010. Post Paradise was shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize and won the Red Bull Award for Best Debut Album.

    The Holidays current live show incorporates a fifth touring member, David Zucker as percussionist, as well occasional backing vocalist Evelyn Duprai.

    Members

  • Simon Jones - Vocals, Guitar, Keys, Production
  • Will Magnus - Lead Guitar, Keys
  • Alex Kortt - Bass Guitar
  • Andrew Kerridge - Drums, Percussion
  • Touring

  • Toured with Jamie T in May 2007
  • Toured with The View in June 2007
  • Toured with Ben Kweller in October 2007
  • Played nationally at the 2008 St Jerome's Laneway Festival
  • Toured with The Wombats in March 2008
  • Toured with Lightspeed Champion in July 2008
  • Played at Homebake 2008
  • Played at Falls Festival 2008
  • Toured with Bluejuice in April 2010
  • Played at St Jerome's Laneway Festival 2011 across Australia
  • Played at SXSW in Austin, Texas in March 2011
  • Played at the Groovin' the Moo Festival across Australia in May 2011
  • Toured with Cut Copy in Australia in May 2011
  • Played at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton, and Dot to Dot Festival across the UK in May 2011
  • Are playing at Splendour In The Grass in 2011.
  • Discography

  • The Holidays EP (release date 19 April 2008)
  • When The Ship Goes Down EP (release date 11 October 2008)
  • Golden Sky EP (released May 2010 Australia & August 2010 UK)
  • Debut Album Post Paradise (released 24 September 2010 Australia & January 2011 Japan)
  • Further information

  • The Holidays song 'Telephone' was featured on an Australian television advertising campaign for Clearasil in late 2007.
  • The Holidays song 'Golden Sky' was used in the Channel 7 summer 2010/2011 advertising campaign.
  • Simon Jones collaborated & sung vocals with Australian dance duo Bag Raiders on the track 'Not Over' from their eponymous debut album.
  • References

    Category:Australian indie pop groups

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    Coordinates28°36′36″N77°13′48″N
    nameScotty McCreery
    backgroundsolo_singer
    altYoung brown-haired man, wearing a red plaid shirt and singing.
    Birth nameScott Cooke McCreery
    birth dateOctober 09, 1993
    birth placeGarner, North Carolina, U.S.
    genreCountry
    instrumentVocals, guitar
    occupationSinger
    label19/Interscope/Mercury Nashville
    years active2010–present
    WebsiteOfficial Site }}

    Scott Cooke "Scotty" McCreery (born October 9, 1993) is an American country singer from Garner, North Carolina, who won the tenth season of ''American Idol'' on May 25, 2011.

    Early life

    McCreery was born in 1993 to Judy (née Cooke) and Michael McCreery in Garner, North Carolina. His mother works as a realtor, and his father works as a manufacturing systems analyst. His father was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico to a Puerto Rican mother from San Juan and an American father. McCreery used to impersonate Elvis as a child, and started learning guitar at age ten. He attended West Lake Middle School and sang at his graduation. He also attended Garner Magnet High School where he joined a vocal ensemble, Die Meistersingers, that performs across the United States. He started out singing tenor but switched to bass when his voice turned lower in his sophomore year. He won a singing contest called "Clayton Idol" at the Clayton Harvest Festival in Clayton, North Carolina, and was one of 36 finalists in a "Rip the Hallways" contest featuring teenage vocalists in North Carolina. He has performed at various local events. Scotty often states that his faith plays a big role in his life and that God helps him get through the things he has to face He openly tells others that he loves Jesus Christ with all of his heart and that he needs to stand by him all the time because God is the only way he can get through the competition. He also states that Sunday is his favorite day of the week because he gets to go to the First Baptist Church in Garner and helps his mother cook. He also attended Caswell Youth Retreat in the summer of 2009. He participated in the talent show there singing Long Black Train by Josh Turner.

    ''American Idol''

    Overview

    McCreery auditioned for the tenth season of ''American Idol'' in Milwaukee. The judges were struck by his deep bass voice unusual for his age. In the Hollywood group round, he joined the "Guaps" and became embroiled in the drama when fellow group member Clint Jun Gamboa expelled Jacee Badeaux from the group. He later expressed regret for not standing up for Jacee. He was one of the five male vote getters in the semi-final round to advance to the Top 13. In an interview with Ryan Seacrest, McCreery confirmed that he has Puerto Rican ancestry. "Yes, I'm Puerto Rican," said McCreery with a smile. "I have a little bit of J.Lo in me." McCreery was never in the bottom 2 or 3 during the season joining past winners Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, and Lee DeWyze. During Scotty's top 3 homecoming day, Garner Mayor Ronnie Williams gave Scotty the key to the town of Garner and officially made May 14 "Scotty McCreery Day." McCreery won the tenth season of American Idol on May 25, 2011. At age 17, he is the second youngest ''Idol'' winner behind season 6 winner Jordin Sparks.

    Performances/Results

    {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" !Episode !Theme !Song choice !Original artist !Order # !Result |- |rowspan="2"|Audition |rowspan="2"|Auditioner's Choice |"Your Man" |Josh Turner |rowspan="2"|N/A |rowspan="2"|Advanced |- |"Put Some Drive in Your Country" |Travis Tritt |- |Hollywood Round, Part 1 |First Solo |"Your Man" |Josh Turner |N/A |Advanced |- |Hollywood Round, Part 2 |Group Performance |"Get Ready" |The Temptations |N/A |Advanced |- |Hollywood Round, Part 3 |Second Solo |"I Hope You Dance" |Lee Ann Womack |N/A |Advanced |- |Las Vegas Round |Songs of The Beatles Group Performance |"Hello, Goodbye" |The Beatles |N/A |Advanced |- |Hollywood Round Final |Final Solo |"Long Black Train" |Josh Turner |N/A |Advanced |- |Top 24 (12 Men) |Personal Choice |"Letters from Home" |John Michael Montgomery |8 |Advanced |- |Top 13 |Your Personal Idol |"The River" |Garth Brooks |12 |Safe |- |Top 12 |Year You Were Born |"Can I Trust You with My Heart" |Travis Tritt |8 |Safe |- |Top 11 |Motown |"For Once in My Life" |Stevie Wonder |7 |Safe |- |Top 11 |Elton John |"Country Comfort" |Elton John |1 |Safe |- |Top 9 |Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |"That's All Right" |Arthur Crudup |6 |Safe |- |Top 8 |Songs from the Movies |"I Cross My Heart" — ''Pure Country'' |George Strait |4 |Safe |- |Top 7 |Songs from the 21st Century |"Swingin'" |John Anderson |1 |Safe |- |rowspan="2"|Top 6 |rowspan="2"|Carole King |Solo "You've Got a Friend" |Carole King |4 |rowspan="2"|Safe |- |Duet "Up on the Roof" with Lauren Alaina |The Drifters |6 |- |rowspan="2"|Top 5 |rowspan="2"|Songs from Now and Then |"Gone" |Montgomery Gentry |4 |rowspan="2"|Safe |- |"Always on My Mind" |Brenda Lee |9 |- |rowspan="2"|Top 4 |Songs That Inspire |"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" |Alan Jackson |3 |rowspan="2"|Safe |- |Leiber & Stoller Songbook |"Young Blood" |The Coasters |7 |- |rowspan="3"|Top 3 |Contestant's Choice |"Amazed" |Lonestar |1 |rowspan="3"|Safe |- |Jimmy Iovine's Choice |"Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" |Thompson Square |4 |- |Judges' Choice |"She Believes in Me" |Kenny Rogers |7 |- |rowspan="3"|Finale |Favorite Performance |"Gone" |Montgomery Gentry |1 |rowspan="3"|Winner |- |George Strait's Choice |"Check Yes or No" |George Strait |3 |- |Coronation Song |"I Love You This Big" |Scotty McCreery |5 |} Due to the judges using their one save on Casey Abrams, the Top 11 remained intact for another week, when two contestants were eliminated.

    Post-''Idol''

    Scotty released his coronation single "I Love You This Big" immediately after winning the tenth season of ''American Idol''. The song entered the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart at number 32, becoming the highest debut for a debut single since the chart converted to BDS data the week of January 20, 1990. The song sold 171,404 units in its first week, and was certified gold on August 25, 2011. A music video for the song, shot on Angels Point near Dodger Stadium, was released on August 9 2011.

    He signed with Mercury Nashville, earning a contract that gave him over $250,000 in advances for recording the first album.

    Both Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina were invited to present at the CMT Music Awards on June 8, 2011, and they also both performed on the Grand Ole Opry on June 10. McCreery performed "I Love You This Big" and a George Strait's song "Check Yes or No." Their trip to Nashville was also featured later in an ABC Special ''CMA Music Fest: Country’s Night to Rock'' where McCreery performed "Your Man" with Josh Turner at the CMA Music Festival.

    McCreery is currently touring with the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2011, which began in West Valley City, Utah on July 6, 2011 and will end in Rochester, New York on September 10, 2011.

    A special on Scotty McCreery will be aired on GAC on Oct 3 2011 to coincide with his debut album released the next day.

    ''Clear as Day'' (2011)

    McCreery's first album, titled ''Clear as Day'', is scheduled to be released on October 4, 2011. Tracks from the album include a song from Keith Urban, and the title track "Clear as Day". A single from this album, "The Trouble With Girls" was premiered on radio on August 30, 2011, and released onto iTunes on September 1, 2011. An exclusive pre-order package on the album was offered in his website on August 8, 2011.

    Discography

    Studio albums

    Title Details
    ! scope="row" * Release date: October 4, 2011 * Label:
    Title Details Peak chart positions Sales
    ! width="40" ! width="40" ! width="40" ! width="40"
    ''American Idol Season 10:Scotty McCreery'' * Release date: May 24, 2011 * Label: 19/Interscope Records Digital download">19 Entertainment

    Compilation albums

    Title Details Peak chart positions Sales
    ! width="40" ! width="40" ! width="40" ! width="40"
    ''American Idol Season 10:Scotty McCreery'' * Release date: May 24, 2011 * Label: 19/Interscope Records Digital download 3 12 3 25 * US sales: 37,000

    Extended plays

    Title Details Peak chart positions Sales
    ! width="45" ! width="45" ! width="45"
    ''American Idol Season 10Highlights: Scotty McCreery'' *Released: June 28, 2011 *Label: 19/Interscope Records/Mercury Nashville *Formats: CD, digital download 2 10 26 * US: 156,000

    Singles

    Year Single Peak chart positions Sales ! rowspan="2" Album
    ! width="45" ! width="45" ! width="45"
    "I Love You This Big"A 15 11 21 *US: 546,000 Recording Industry Association of America>US: Gold
    "The Trouble with Girls"B

  • A Current single.
  • B To be released.

    Music videos

    ! Year Video ! Director
    2011 "I Love You This Big" Shane Drake

    Personal life

    Scotty McCreery is a practicing Christian.

    Awards and nominations

    ! Year ! Association ! Category ! Result
    2011 Choice Music: Breakout Artist

    References

    External links

  • Official Site on Scotty McCreery
  • Scotty McCreery on ''American Idol''
  • Scotty McCreery on IMDb.com
  • {{s-ttl| title=''American Idol'' winner's singles| years= I Love You This Big (2011)}}

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    Coordinates28°36′36″N77°13′48″N
    nameFrankie Beverly
    backgroundsolo_singer
    birth nameHoward Beverly
    bornDecember 06, 1946Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
    instrumentVocals, Guitar, Piano
    genreR&B;, soul, funk
    occupationSinger, songwriter, record producer
    associated actsThe Blenders, The Butlers, Maze
    notable instruments}}

    Frankie Beverly (born Howard Beverly, December 6, 1946, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and producer, known primarily for his recordings with the soul and funk band, Maze.

    Early life and career

    Beverly started out singing gospel music in church as a schoolboy in Philadelphia. He has claimed that his first professional concert was a tour with The Silhouettes (famous for their 1958 hit single, "Get a Job") when he was only twelve years old. However, this is disputed by those associated with the group, whose members were never known to mention him while they were alive.

    As a teenager he formed The Blenders, a short-lived a cappella, doo-wop group that were influenced by The Dells, The Moonglows, and The Del Vikings. After that outfit dissolved, he founded The Butlers, which would be the first group he recorded with in 1963. As time passed, they caught the attention of the record producer Kenny Gamble, who eventually released recordings by the group.

    It turned out that music performed by The Butlers did not fit into the "Philly Sound", and after some heavy touring, the group relocated to California. The unit was re-christened as Raw Soul and caught the attention of a sister-in-law to Marvin Gaye. Gaye had them as an opening act at his shows, and also convinced Beverly to have the band's name changed to Maze.

    The group's popularity was enhanced considerably in the UK by DJ Greg Edwards in the late 1970s and early 1980s when they would perform live at London's Lyceum Ballroom for broadcast on Capital Radio. They are best known there for their UK #57 hit single, "Joy and Pain".

    Style

    Beverly's onstage attire (all-white casual clothing, including slacks, long-sleeved shirt, and a baseball cap) has become his signature dress style over the years.

    His son, Anthony, who has toured as a drummer with Maze, recently organized a tribute to his father, founding the record label Brantera as an homage to the work of Maze.

    References

    External links

  • MazeMuze biography
  • NPR audio feature: Frankie Beverly, the Soul of Maze with Ed Gordon
  • PBS audio feature: Frankie Beverly with Tavis Smiley
  • 75 minute audio mix of Maze songs with dialogue from Frankie Beverly
  • Category:African American record producers Category:African American singers Category:African American male singers Category:American rhythm and blues singers Category:American soul musicians Category:Songwriters from Pennsylvania Category:Musicians from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Category:1946 births Category:Living people Category:Northern soul musicians

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    Except as otherwise disclosed in this Privacy Policy, we will use the information you provide us only for the purpose of responding to your inquiry or in connection with the service for which you provided such information. We may forward your contact information and inquiry to our affiliates and other divisions of our company that we feel can best address your inquiry or provide you with the requested service. We may also use the information you provide in aggregate form for internal business purposes, such as generating statistics and developing marketing plans. We may share or transfer such non-personally identifiable information with or to our affiliates, licensees, agents and partners.

    We may retain other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Such third parties may be provided with access to personally identifiable information needed to perform their functions, but may not use such information for any other purpose.

    In addition, we may disclose any information, including personally identifiable information, we deem necessary, in our sole discretion, to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal proceeding or governmental request.

    2. E-mail addresses

    We do not want you to receive unwanted e-mail from us. We try to make it easy to opt-out of any service you have asked to receive. If you sign-up to our e-mail newsletters we do not sell, exchange or give your e-mail address to a third party.

    E-mail addresses are collected via the wn.com web site. Users have to physically opt-in to receive the wn.com newsletter and a verification e-mail is sent. wn.com is clearly and conspicuously named at the point of

    collection.

    If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional communications, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each newsletter or communication or by e-mailing us at michaelw(at)wn.com

    The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during registration and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100 percent secure, however. Therefore, though we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

    If we decide to change our e-mail practices, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we think appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

    If we make material changes to our e-mail practices, we will notify you here, by e-mail, and by means of a notice on our home page.

    3. Third Party Advertisers

    The advertising banners and other forms of advertising appearing on this Web site are sometimes delivered to you, on our behalf, by a third party. In the course of serving advertisements to this site, the third party may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser. For more information on cookies, you can visit www.cookiecentral.com.

    4. Business Transfers

    As we continue to develop our business, we might sell certain aspects of our entities or assets. In such transactions, user information, including personally identifiable information, generally is one of the transferred business assets, and by submitting your personal information on Wn.com you agree that your data may be transferred to such parties in these circumstances.