__NOTOC__ 2010 (MMX) was a common year that started on a Friday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2010th year of the Common Era or the ''Anno Domini'' designation; the 10th year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century; and the 1st of the 2010s decade.

2010 was designated the:

International Year of Biodiversity

International Year of Youth.

Pronouncing 2010 and subsequent years

Among experts and the general public, there is a debate as to how specific years of the 21st century should be pronounced in English. The year 2010 is pronounced either "twenty ten" or "two thousand (and) ten". 2010 was the first year to have a wide variation in pronunciation, as the years 2000-2009 were generally pronounced "two thousand (and)..." as opposed to the less common "twenty oh...."

Events

January

January 4 – The tallest man-made structure to date, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is officially opened. January 8 – The Togo national football team is involved in an attack in Angola, and as a result withdraws from the Africa Cup of Nations. January 12 – A 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in Haiti, devastating the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince. With a confirmed death toll over 230,000 it is one of the deadliest on record.

January 15 – The longest annular solar eclipse of the 3rd millennium occurs.

January 25 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after take-off from Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, killing all 90 people on-board.

February

February 3 – The sculpture ''L'Homme qui marche I'' by Alberto Giacometti sells in London for £65 million (US$103.7 million), setting a new world record for a work of art sold at auction.

February 12–February 28 – The 2010 Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.

February 18 – The President of Niger, Tandja Mamadou, is overthrown after a group of soldiers storms the presidential palace and form a ruling junta, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy headed by ''chef d'escadron'' Salou Djibo. February 27 – An 8.8-magnitude earthquake occurs in Chile, triggering a tsunami over the Pacific and killing 497. The earthquake is one of the largest in recorded history.

March

March 16 – The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed by fire. March 26 – The ''ROKS Cheonan'', a South Korean Navy ship carrying 104 personnel, sinks off the country's west coast, killing 46. In May, an independent investigation blames North Korea, which denies the allegations.

April

April 7 – Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev flees Bishkek amid fierce rioting, sparking a sociopolitical crisis. Former foreign minister Roza Otunbayeva is placed at the head of an interim government as the opposition seizes control. April 10 – The President of Poland, Lech KaczyÅ„ski, is among 96 killed when their airplane crashes in western Russia. April 13 – A 6.9-magnitude earthquake occurs in Qinghai, China, killing at least 2,000 and injuring more than 10,000. April 14 – Volcanic ash from one of several eruptions beneath Eyjafjallajökull, an ice cap in Iceland, begins to disrupt air traffic across northern and western Europe. April 20 – The Deepwater Horizon oil platform explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers. The resulting Horizon oil spill, one of the largest in history, spreads for several months, damaging the waters and the United States coastline, and prompting international debate and doubt about the practice and procedures of offshore drilling. April 27 – Standard & Poor's downgrades Greece's sovereign credit rating to junk four days after the activation of a €45-billion EU–IMF bailout, triggering the decline of stock markets worldwide and of the Euro's value, and furthering a European sovereign debt crisis.

May

May 2 – The Eurozone and the International Monetary Fund agree to a €110 billion bailout package for Greece. The package involves sharp Greek austerity measures. May 4 – ''Nude, Green Leaves and Bust'' by Pablo Picasso sells in New York for US$106.5 million, setting another new world record for a work of art sold at auction. May 7 – Scientists conducting the Neanderthal genome project announce that they have sequenced enough of the Neanderthal genome to suggest that Neanderthals and humans may have interbred. May 12 – Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes at runway at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, killing 103 of the 104 people on board. May 19 – Protests in Bangkok, Thailand ends with a bloody military crackdown, killing 91 and more than 2,100 injured.

May 20

Scientists announce that they have created a functional synthetic genome.

Five paintings worth €100 million are stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.

May 22 – Air India Express Flight 812 overshoots the runway at Mangalore International Airport in India, killing 158 and leaving 8 survivors. May 31 – Nine activists are killed in a clash with soldiers when Israeli Navy forces raid and capture a flotilla of ships attempting to break the Gaza blockade.

June

June 9 – Ethnic riots in Kyrgyzstan between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks results in the deaths of hundreds.

June 11–July 11 – The 2010 FIFA World Cup is held in South Africa, and is won by Spain.

July

July 8 – The first 24-hour flight by a solar powered plane is completed by the Solar Impulse. July 25 – Wikileaks, an online publisher of anonymous, covert, and classified material, leaks to the public over 90,000 internal reports about the United States-led involvement in the War in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010. July 29 – Heavy monsoon rains begin to cause widespread flooding (pictured) in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Over 1,600 are killed, and more than one million are displaced by the floods.

August

August 10 – The World Health Organization declares the H1N1 influenza pandemic over, saying worldwide flu activity has returned to typical seasonal patterns.

September

October

October 10 – The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved, with the islands being split up and given a new constitutional status. October 13 – Thirty-three miners near Copiapó, Chile, trapped 700 metres underground in a mining accident in San José Mine, are brought back to the surface after surviving for a record 69 days. October 22 – The International Space Station surpasses the record for the longest continuous human occupation of space, having been continuously inhabited since November 2, 2000 (3641 days). October 23 – In preparation for the Seoul summit, finance ministers of the G-20 agree to reform the International Monetary Fund and shift 6% of the voting shares to developing nations and countries with emerging markets. October 25 – An earthquake and consequent tsunami off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, kills over 400 people and leave hundreds missing. October 26–ongoing – Repeated eruptions of Mount Merapi volcano in Central Java, Indonesia, and accompanying pyroclastic flows of scalding gas, pumice, and volcanic ash descending the erupting volcano kill three hundred people and forced hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate.

November

November 4 – Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes in central Cuba, killing all 68 people on board. November 11–November 12 – The G-20 summit is held in Seoul, South Korea. Korea becomes the first non-G8 nation to host a G-20 leaders summit. November 13 – Burmese opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi is released from her house arrest. November 17 – Researchers at CERN trap 38 antihydrogen atoms for a sixth of a second, marking the first time in history that humans have trapped antimatter.

November 20 – Participants of the 2010 NATO Lisbon summit issued the Lisbon Summit Declaration.

November 21 – Eurozone countries agree to a rescue package for the Republic of Ireland from the European Financial Stability Facility in response to the country's financial crisis. November 22 – A stampede during Bon Om Thook (Khmer Water Festival) celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, kills 347. November 23 – North Korea shells Yeonpyeong Island, prompting a military response by South Korea. The incident caused an escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula and prompted widespread international condemnation. The United Nations declared it to be one of the most serious incidents since the end of the Korean War. November 28 – WikiLeaks releases a collection of more than 250,000 American diplomatic cables, including 100,000 marked "secret" or "confidential". November 29 – The European Union agree to an €85 billion rescue deal for Ireland from the European Financial Stability Facility, the International Monetary Fund and bilateral loans from the United Kingdom, Denmark and Sweden. November 29–December 10 – The 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference is held in Cancún, Mexico. Also referred to as the 16th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 16), it served too as the 6th meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 6).

December

December 21 – The first total lunar eclipse to occur on the day of the Northern winter solstice and Southern summer solstice since 1638 takes place.

Deaths

January

January 4

* Johan Ferrier, 1st President of Suriname (b. 1910)

* Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese dual atomic bomb survivor (b. 1916)

January 9 – Armand Razafindratandra, Malagasy cardinal (b. 1925)

January 11

* Miep Gies, Dutch humanitarian (b. 1909)

* Éric Rohmer, French film director (b. 1920)

January 12 – Zilda Arns, Brazilian pediatrician and aid worker (b. 1934)

January 13 – Teddy Pendergrass, American R&B; and soul singer (b. 1950)

January 15 – Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American biologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)

January 17

* Jyoti Basu, Indian politician (b. 1914)

* Erich Segal, American author, screenwriter, and educator (b. 1937)

January 18 – Kate McGarrigle, Canadian folk singer (b. 1946)

January 19 – Panajot Pano, Albanian footballer (b. 1939)

January 22

* Iskandar of Johor, 8th King of Malaysia (b. 1932)

* Jean Simmons, British actress (b. 1929)

January 25 – Ali Hassan al-Majid, Iraqi politician and military commander (b. 1941)

January 27

* Zelda Rubinstein, American actress and human rights activist (b. 1933)

* J. D. Salinger, American author (b. 1919)

* Howard Zinn, American historian (b. 1922)

February

February 1 – Steingrímur Hermannsson, 19th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1928)

February 6 – John Dankworth, British jazz musician and composer (b. 1927)

February 7 РAndr̩ Kolingba, 4th President of the Central African Republic (b. 1936)

February 10 – Charlie Wilson, American politician (b. 1933)

February 11 – Alexander McQueen, British fashion designer (b. 1969)

February 14 – Dick Francis, British author and jockey (b. 1920)

February 17 – Kathryn Grayson, American singer (b. 1922)

February 18 – Ariel Ramírez, Argentine composer (b. 1921)

February 20 – Alexander Haig, 59th United States Secretary of State (b. 1924)

March

March 3 – Michael Foot, British politician (b. 1913)

March 4 – Vladislav Ardzinba, Soviet-born politician (b. 1945)

March 10

* Corey Haim, Canadian actor (b. 1971)

* Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egyptian Muslim cleric (b. 1928)

March 12 – Miguel Delibes, Spanish author and journalist (b. 1920)

March 14 – Peter Graves, American actor (b. 1926)

March 20 – Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepalese politician (b. 1925)

March 21 – Wolfgang Wagner, German festival director (b. 1919)

March 22

* James Black, British pharmacologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)

* Valentina Tolkunova, Soviet and Russian singer (b. 1946)

March 24 – Robert Culp, American actor, screenwriter and director (b. 1930)

March 27 – Vasily Smyslov, Soviet-Russian chess grandmaster (b. 1921)

March 28

* Herb Ellis, American jazz guitarist (b. 1921)

* June Havoc, Canadian-born American actress (b. 1912)

March 30 – Martin Sandberger, German army officer (b. 1911)

April

April 1 – John Forsythe, American actor (b. 1918)

April 3 – Eugene Terre'Blanche, South African politician and white supremacist (b. 1941)

April 5 – Vitali Sevastyanov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935)

April 6 – Corin Redgrave, British actor and political activist (b. 1939)

April 8

* Malcolm McLaren, British musician and manager (b. 1946)

* Abel Muzorewa, Zimbabwean politician (b. 1925)

April 10

* Ryszard Kaczorowski, Polish statesman (b. 1919)

* Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland (b. 1949)

April 14 – Peter Steele, American musician (b. 1962)

April 16 – Tomáš Å pidlík, Czech cardinal (b. 1919)

April 19 – Guru, American rapper (b. 1966)

April 21 – Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish sports official (b. 1920)

April 25 – Alan Sillitoe, British writer (b. 1928)

April 30 – Paul Mayer, German cardinal (b. 1911)

May

May 2 – Lynn Redgrave, British actress (b. 1943)

May 4 – Luigi Poggi, Italian cardinal (b. 1917)

May 5

* Giulietta Simionato, Italian opera singer (b. 1910)

* Umaru Yar'Adua, President of Nigeria (b. 1951)

May 8 – Andor Lilienthal, Hungarian chess grandmaster (b. 1911)

May 9 – Lena Horne, American singer and actress (b. 1917)

May 10 – Frank Frazetta, American artist (b. 1928)

May 15 – Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer (b. 1987)

May 16

* Ronnie James Dio, American musician (b. 1942)

* Oswaldo López Arellano, Honduran two-time former president (b. 1921)

* Hank Jones, American pianist (b. 1918)

May 17

* Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian singer (b. 1925)

* Khattiya Sawasdipol, Thai army general (b. 1951)

* Yvonne Loriod, French pianist (b. 1924)

May 18 – Edoardo Sanguineti, Italian writer (b. 1930)

May 22 – Martin Gardner, American science author (b. 1914)

May 24 – Paul Gray, American musician (b. 1972)

May 28 – Gary Coleman, American actor (b. 1968)

May 29 – Dennis Hopper, American actor and film director (b. 1936)

May 31 – Louise Bourgeois, French-born American sculptor (b. 1911)

June

June 1 – Andrey Voznesensky, Soviet-Russian poet (b. 1933)

June 2 – Giuseppe Taddei, Italian baritone (b. 1916)

June 3

* Vladimir Arnold, Soviet-Russian mathematician (b. 1937)

* Rue McClanahan, American actress (b. 1934)

June 9 – Marina Semyonova, Russian ballerina (b. 1908)

June 10 – Sigmar Polke, German painter and photographer (b. 1941)

June 14 – Leonid Kizim, Soviet-Ukrainian cosmonaut (b. 1941)

June 16 – Ronald Neame, British cinematographer, producer and director (b. 1911)

June 18

* Marcel Bigeard, French military officer (b. 1916)

* José Saramago, Portuguese writer and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)

June 19 – Manute Bol, Sudanese basketball player (b. 1962)

June 23 – Mohammed Mzali, former Prime Minister of Tunisia (b. 1925)

June 26 – Algirdas Brazauskas, 9th President of Lithuania (b. 1932)

June 28 – Robert Byrd, American politician (b. 1917)

July

July 2 – Beryl Bainbridge, British novelist (b. 1934)

July 3 – Abu Daoud, Palestinian militia commander (b. 1937)

July 4 – Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Lebanese spiritual leader (b. 1935)

July 5

* Cesare Siepi, Italian opera singer (b. 1923)

* Nasr Abu Zayd, Egyptian Qur'anic theologian (b. 1943)

July 12 – Harvey Pekar, American comic book writer (b. 1939)

July 14 – Charles Mackerras, Australian conductor (b. 1925)

July 17 – Bernard Giraudeau, French actor and film director (b. 1947)

July 21 – Luis Corvalán, Chilean politician (b. 1916)

July 24 – Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player (b. 1949)

August

August 5 – Godfrey Binaisa, 5th President of Uganda (b. 1920)

August 6 – Tony Judt, British historian (b. 1948)

August 7 – Bruno Cremer, French actor (b. 1929)

August 8 – Patricia Neal, American actress (b. 1926)

August 9 – Ted Stevens, American politician (b. 1923)

August 10 – Antonio Pettigrew, American athlete (b. 1967)

August 12 – Guido de Marco, 6th President of Malta (b. 1931)

August 16 – Nicola Cabibbo, Italian physicist (b. 1935)

August 17 – Francesco Cossiga, 63rd Prime Minister and 8th President of Italy (b. 1928)

August 18 – Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, Spanish aristrocrat (b. 1930)

August 22 – Stjepan Bobek, Yugoslav footballer (b. 1923)

August 23 – Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime film director (b. 1963)

August 26 – Raimon Panikkar, Spanish theologian (b. 1918)

August 27 – Anton Geesink, Dutch judoka (b. 1934)

August 28 – Sinan Hasani, 10th President of Yugoslavia (b. 1922)

August 30

* Alain Corneau, French filmmaker (b. 1943)

* Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer (b. 1910)

August 31 – Laurent Fignon, French road bicycle racer (b. 1960)

September

September 9 – Bent Larsen, Danish chess grandmaster (b. 1935)

September 11 – Kevin McCarthy, American actor (b. 1914)

September 12 – Claude Chabrol, French film director (b. 1930)

September 22 – Eddie Fisher, American entertainer and singer (b. 1928)

September 24 – Gennady Yanayev, Soviet politician (b. 1937)

September 26 – Gloria Stuart, American actress (b. 1910)

September 28 – Arthur Penn, American film director (b. 1922)

September 29

* Georges Charpak, French physicist (b. 1924)

* Tony Curtis, American actor (b. 1925)

September 30 – Stephen J. Cannell, American writer and television producer (b. 1941)

October

October 4 – Norman Wisdom, British actor and comedian (b. 1915)

October 7 – Milka Planinc, former Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1924)

October 9 – Maurice Allais, French economist (b. 1911)

October 10

* Solomon Burke, American soul musician (b. 1940)

* Hwang Jang-yop, North Korean politician and defector (b. 1923)

October 11 – Joan Sutherland, Australian opera singer (b. 1926)

October 14 РBenǫt Mandelbrot, French-American mathematician (b. 1924)

October 19 – Tom Bosley, American actor (b. 1927)

October 20 – Farooq Leghari, 9th President of Pakistan (b. 1940)

October 23 – David Thompson, 6th Prime Minister of Barbados (b. 1961)

October 25 – Gregory Issacs, Jamaican musician (b. 1951)

October 27 РN̩stor Kirchner, 54th President of Argentina (b. 1950)

October 28 – Jonathan Motzfeldt, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (b. 1938)

October 30 – Harry Mulisch, Dutch writer (b. 1927)

November

November 2 – Rudolf Barshai, Soviet-Russian conductor and violist (b. 1924)

November 3 – Viktor Chernomyrdin, 31st Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1938)

November 5

* Jill Clayburgh, American actress (b. 1944)

* Hajo Herrmann, German fighter pilot and lawyer (b. 1913)

November 10 – Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer (b. 1919)

November 12 – Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (b. 1933)

November 13 – Luis García Berlanga, Spanish film director (b. 1921)

November 27 – Irvin Kershner, American film director (b. 1923)

November 28 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor (b. 1926)

November 29 – Bella Akhmadulina, Soviet-Russian poet (b. 1937)

December

December 12 – Tom Walkinshaw, British racing car driver and team owner (b. 1946)

December 13 – Richard Holbrooke, American diplomat (b. 1941)

December 15 – Blake Edwards, American film director (b. 1922)

December 17 – Captain Beefheart, American musician (b. 1941)

December 21 – Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1927)

December 25 РCarlos Andr̩s P̩rez, 55th President of Venezuela (b. 1922)

December 26

* Salvador Jorge Blanco, 48th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1926)

* Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter (b. 1956)

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry – Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki

Economics – Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides

Literature – Mario Vargas Llosa

Peace – Liu Xiaobo

Physics – Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov

Physiology or Medicine – Robert G. Edwards

Major religious holidays

January 7 (January 6 in Armenia) – Orthodox Christmas.

February 1 – Imbolc, a Cross-quarter day (Celebrated on February 2 in some places).

February 2 – Candlemas commemorating the Purification of the Virgin. It marks the liturgical end of the Christmas season.

February 16 – Shrove Tuesday / Mardi Gras, end of Mardi Gras / Carnival season.

February 17 – Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent).

March 1 – Holi.

March 20 (March 21 in the Far East) – Vernal Equinox, also known as Nowruz.

March 24 – Rama Navami.

March 29 (evening) – Passover.

March 30 – Hanuman Jayanti.

April 4 – Easter (''Western'' and ''Orthodox'').

May 1 – Beltane, a Cross-quarter day.

May 18–May 19 – Shavuot.

August 1 – Lammas, a Cross-quarter day.

August 11 – Ramadan begins.

August 24 – Raksha Bandhan.

September 2 – Krishna Janmashtami.

September 8–September 10 – Rosh Hashanah.

September 10 – Eid ul-Fitr.

September 17–September 18 – Yom Kippur.

September 22–September 29/September 30 – Sukkot.

September 23 – Autumnal Equinox, also known as Mabon.

November 5 – Diwali.

November 16–November 19 – Eid al-Adha.

December 25 – Western Christmas.

In fiction

References

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Damien Walters (born April 6, 1982) is a former British gymnast of Derbyshire specialising in tumbling. He participated in four Trampoline World Championships. In 2003, he was one of four members of the British team winning the World Title in the team competition. In the years 2001 and 2007 he ranked 4th with the team. Besides, he finished 5th in singles competition in 2003 and 2005. In addition he won the European Title with the British team in 2006, just after he placed 2nd in team and 8th in singles competition two years earlier. Since then he has not participated in further tournaments and has focused on his other projects, mainly his career as a stuntman, but he also appeared in a few commercials and performed in acrobatic shows.

Walters has had the role of stuntman in the films ''Hellboy II'', ''Kick-Ass'', ''Ninja Assassin'' and ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World''. In 2010, he won the Taurus World Stunt Awards for "Best Fight" in the film Ninja Assassin'. He will also appear in the upcoming films ''Blitz'', ''The Eagle'', ''Colombiana'' and Steven Spielberg's ''I Am Number Four''.

Damien Walters also has a passion for Parkour and Freerunning where he incorporates his gymnastic skills as well as his stuntman abilities. On YouTube he is one of the most watched Freerunners with his videos having a total of over 30 million views.

Currently he is running his own gym in Derbyshire and shooting films.

References

Further reading

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Jordan Roseman (aka DJ Earworm) is a San Francisco/London-based mashup artist who has achieved recognition for his technically sophisticated, songwriting oriented music and video mashups. His annual “United State of Pop� mashups, short mixes featuring the top 25 songs of the year according to Billboard magazine, have reached the Top 100 for national radio play.

Biography

Roseman was born into a big family of musicians and raised in eastern Iowa and Evanston, Illinois. In his early life, he played piano and produced original electronic music on a computer, later majoring in music theory and computer science at the University of Illinois. He began making mashups recreationally in 2003 using ACID. After encouragement from DJ Adrian at Club Bootie, Roseman created the moniker DJ Earworm ("earworm" referencing a song that repeats uncontrollably in one's mind) and began releasing mashups via a website.

DJ Earworm has a unique mashup style that consists of a compositional, songwriting approach. He gradually layers samples on top of one another, matching keys and subtly altering melodies. His mashups often convey an entirely new meaning than the original material, such as a political message in “No More Gas�. He has been contrasted with mashup artist Girl Talk, who has a more DJ-oriented style.

He is the author of ''Audio Mashup Construction Kit'' (Wiley, 2006), a how-to manual for creating mashups.

At the 2008 IDEA conference, he revealed that he has made mashups using Ableton Live₨, and now DJs live with the same software.

"United State of Pop" series

2007

Earworm's 2007 mashup, "United State of Pop� consisted of the top 25 songs of 2007 according to ''Billboard''. The song crossed beyond the online download market, reaching the Top 100 for national radio play in February 2008. Earworm is the first mashup artist to have a bootleg mashup enter Billboard’s charts. As of August 12, 2011, the song has surpassed 4.5 million views on YouTube, and it has peaked at number 71 on the CHR/Top 40 Mediabase radio chart.

Mix Includes:

"Irreplaceable"- Beyonce

" Umbrella"- Rihanna ft. Jay-z

"The Sweet Escape"- Gwen Stefani ft. Akon

"Big Girls Don't Cry"- Fergie

"Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')"- T-Pain ft. Young Joc

"Before He Cheats"- Carrie Underwood

"Hey There Delilah"- Plain White T's

" I Wanna Love You"- Akon ft. Snoop Dogg

"Say It Right"- Nelly Furtado

" Glamorous"- Fergie ft. Ludacris

"Don't Matter"- Akon

" Girlfriend"- Avril Lavigne

"Makes Me Wonder"- Maroon 5

"Party Like a Rockstar"- Shop Boyz

"Smack That"- Akon ft. Eminem

"This Is Why I'm Hot"- Mims

" It's Not Over"- Daughtry

"The Way I Are"- Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson

"Fergalicious"- Fergie

"Crank That (Soulja Boy)*- Soulja Boy Tell 'Em

" Give It to Me"- Timbaland with Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado

"What Goes Around... Comes Around"- Justin Timberlake

"Cupid's Chokehold"- Gym Class Heroes ft. Patrick Stump

" How to Save a Life"- The Fray

" Home"- Daughtry

2008

On December 25, 2008 he released another mashup called "United State of Pop 2008 (Viva la Pop)", prominently featuring Coldplay's song "Viva la Vida" as the backing track, and an intro by Natasha Bedingfield's Pocketful of Sunshine beat. The official YouTube video of the song had 200,000 views within the first two weeks of release. The mashup peaked at number 58 on ''Billboard'''s Pop Airplay chart, and entered the Pop 100 chart. As of August 12, 2011, the video has received over 9.2 million views on YouTube, and it has peaked at number 81 on the CHR/Top 40 Mediabase radio chart.

Mix Includes:

" Low"- Flo Rida ft. T-Pain

"Bleeding Love"- Leona Lewis

" No One"- Alicia Keys

" Lollipop"- Lil Wayne ft. Static Major

" Apologize"- One Republic ft. Timbaland

"No Air"- Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown

" Love Song"- Sara Bareilles

"Love in This Club"- Usher ft.Young Jeezy

" With You"- Chris Brown

" Forever"- Chris Brown

"Sexy Can I"- Ray J ft. Young Berg

" Take a Bow"- Rihanna

"Viva La Vida"- Coldplay

"I Kissed a Girl"- Katy Perry

" Whatever You Like"-T.I.

"Disturbia"- Rihanna

" Don't Stop the Music"- Rihanna

" Pocketful of Sunshine"- Natasha Bedingfield

" Kiss Kiss"- Chris Brown ft. T-pain

" Closer"- Ne-Yo

"Bubbly"- Colbie Caillat

"Touch My Body"- Mariah Carey

" 4 Minutes "- Madonna ft. Justin Timberlake

" So What"- Pink

"Paralyzer"- Finger Eleven

2009

On December 27, 2009 he released a third year-end mashup, "United State of Pop 2009 (Blame it on the Pop)". The music video has reached over 38.5 million views as of August 17, 2011.

Mix Includes:

"Boom Boom Pow"- The Black Eyed Peas

" Poker Face"- Lady Gaga

"Just Dance"- Lady Gaga ft.Colby O'Donis

"I Gotta Feeling"- Black Eyed Peas

" Love Story"- Taylor Swift

"Right Round"- Flo Rida ft. Kesha

" I'm Yours"- Jason Mraz

"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it)"- Beyonce

" Heartless"- Kanye West

"Gives You Hell"- All-American Rejects

"You Belong with Me"- Taylor Swift

"Dead and Gone"- T.I ft. Justin Timberlake

"You Found Me"- The Fray

"Use Somebody"- Kings of Leon

"Knock You Down"- Keri Hilson ft. Kanye West & Ne-Yo

"Blame It"- Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain

"I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)"- Pitbull

"Live Your Life"- T.I ft. Rihanna

"Kiss Me Thru the Phone"- Soulja Boy Tell 'Em ft. Sammie

" Down"- Jay Sean ft. Lil Wayne

"The Climb"- Miley Cyrus

" Best I Ever Had"- Drake

"My Life Would Suck Without You"- Kelly Clarkson

" Halo"- Beyonce

"Hot n Cold"- Katy Perry

2010

On December 28, 2010 he released the fourth year-end mashup, "United State of Pop 2010 (Don't Stop the Pop) includes the top 25 singles of 2010. The music video has reached over 12.7 million views as of August 17, 2011.

Mix Includes:

"Tik Tok"- Kesha

"Need You Now"- Lady Antebellum

"Hey, Soul Sister"- Train

"California Gurls"- Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg

" OMG"-Usher ft. Will.I.Am

"Airplanes"-B.o.B ft. Hayley Williams

"Love the Way You Lie"- Eminem ft. Rihanna

"Bad Romance"-Lady Gaga

" Dynamite"- Taio Cruz

"Break Your Heart"- Taio Cruz ft. Ludacris

"Nothin' on You"- B.o.B ft. Bruno Mars

" I Like It"- Enrique Iglesias ft. Pitbull

"BedRock"-Young Money Entertainment ft. Lloyd

" In My Head"- Jason Derülo

"Rude Boy"- Rihanna

" Telephone"- Lady Gaga ft. Beyonce

"Teenage Dream"- Katy Perry

"Just The Way You Are"- Bruno Mars

"Cooler Than Me"- Mike Posner

"Imma Be"- The Black Eyed Peas

"Empire State of Mind"- Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys

"DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love"- Usher ft. Pitbull

"Billionaire"- Travie McCoy ft. Bruno Mars

"Not Afraid"-Eminem

"Replay"- Iyaz

2011

The fifth year-end mashup is set to be released in December 2011.*The Billboard Hot 100 Chart contacted DJ Earworm early, due to his mashups coming out so late. They gave him the official top 25 songs of 2011:

" Rolling In The Deep"- Adele "Firework"- Katy Perry "Party Rock Anthem"- LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoodRock "Grenade"- Bruno Mars "E.T"-Katy Perry ft. Kanye West "Give Me Everything"-Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo & Nayer "Born This Way"- Lady Gaga "F**k You"-Cee Lo Green "F**king Perfect"- P!nk "S&M;"- Rihanna "Raise Your Glass"- P!nk "Tonight(I'm Lovin'You)"- Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris "The Edge Of Glory"-Lady Gaga "Lighters"- Bad Meets Evil ft. Bruno Mars "What's My Name"- Rihanna ft. Drake "Just Can't Get Enough"- The Black Eyed Peas "Till The World Ends"- Britney Spears "Last Friday Night(T.G.I.F)"- Katy Perry "On The Floor"- Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull "Black & Yellow"- Wiz Khalifa "Super Bass"- Nicki Minaj "The Lazy Song"- Bruno Mars "We R Who We R"- Kesha "How To Love"- Lil Wayne "Only Girl(In The World)"- Rihanna

Official Mashups

While most mashup artists must rely on bootleg samples and public releases to make mashups, Earworm has been contacted by prominent musicians to make mashups from their source material. DJ Earworm was given multitracks by Annie Lennox to create a unique mashup piece called "Backwards/Forwards," which contains nine of her songs.

On September 12, 2009, Earworm released an official Sean Kingston mashup called "A Beautiful Mashup."

Like OMG, Baby

"Like OMG, Baby", released in the summer of 2010, was shown as part of a concert at Wembley Stadium in London for Capital FM's Summertime Ball, where all fifteen of the featured artists performed. The mashup is Earworm's fourth song to chart on the CHR/Top 40 ''Mediabase'' radio chart, where it peaked at number 83. As of August 8, 2011, the video has received 10.2 million views and counting on YouTube, making it by far his most popular non-United State of Pop mashup and surpassing the 2008 year-end video. In 2011 the song was honored with two Sony Radio Academy Awards. Here is the list of songs used: #Alexandra Burke - All Night Long #Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love #Chipmunk feat. Esmee Denters - Until You Were Gone #Dizzee Rascal - Bonkers #Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed #Jason Derulo - In My Head #JLS - One Shot #Justin Bieber - Baby #Ke$ha - Tik Tok #Pixie Lott - Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh) #Rihanna - Rude Boy #Scouting For Girls - This Ain't a Love Song #Tinie Tempah - Pass Out #Usher feat. Will.I.Am - OMG #The Wanted - All Time Low

Free At Night

On December 10, 2010, Earworm released a Nelly Furtado mashup titled "Free At Night", composed of 13 songs from Furtado's recent greatest hits album, The Best of Nelly Furtado. The music video has over 541,000 views as of August 8, 2011. Here is the list of songs used: #I'm Like a Bird #Turn Off the Light #Powerless (Say What You Want) #Try #Força #Promiscuous #Maneater #Say It Right #All Good Things (Come To An End) #Girlfriend in This City #Night Is Young #Stars #Manos al Aire

The Only Time is Tonight

To promote YouTube's Android app, Earworm released a mashup called "The Only Time is Tonight". The mashup heavily used Enrique Iglesias's "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" instrumental and vocals. It was released on May 31, 2011 on YouTube's official account. As of August 22, 2011, the video has reached over 1.5 million views. Here is the list of songs used: #Avril Lavigne - What the Hell #Black Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit) #Chris Brown - Yeah 3x #Enrique Iglesias - Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) #Kesha - We R Who We R #Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World) #Willow Smith - Whip My Hair

Party on the Floor

After 2010's "Like OMG, Baby", Earworm released the 2011 version. He released it on June 12, 2011. It is entitled, "Party On The Floor". As of August 23, 2011, the music video has reached over 3 million views. This mash up was used at the start of the Capital FM summertime ball 2011 at Wembley Stadium. Here are the songs used: #Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull - On the Floor #Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude #Jessie J feat. B.o.B.- Price Tag #LMFAO feat. Lauren Barrett & GoonRock - Party Rock Anthem #Nicole Scherzinger - Don't Hold Your Breath #Example - Changed the Way You Kiss Me #Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me #Ne-Yo - Beautiful Monster #The Wanted - Glad You Came #Far East Movement feat. The Cataracs & Dev - Like A G6 #JLS feat. Tinie Tempah - Eyes Wide Shut #JLS - Love You More #Katy B - Katy on a Mission #Katy B feat. Ms. Dynamite - Lights On #Cee-Lo Green - Forget You #Cee-Lo Green feat. Wiz Khalifa - Bright Lights, Bigger City #Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull - I Like It #Wretch 32 - Traktor #Mann - Buzzin'

References

External links

DJ Earworm Homepage

Category:American DJs Category:Living people

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Vaughn Donald Gittin, Jr. (born September 20, 1980), commonly known as JR, is an American self-taught professional drifter from Annapolis, Maryland who currently competes in the Formula D series in his 2011 Falken Tire Ford Racing Mustang. When he's not competing, Vaughn performs drifting demonstrations for Ford in his personal Ford Mustang RTR at events all over the nation. He also performs drifting demonstrations worldwide with his fellow members of Drift Alliance.

Quick Facts

Vaughn Gittin Jr.

Nickname - JR

Age – 30

Height – 6’ 2�

Weight – 210

Car Number – 25

Hometown – Joppa, Maryland

Team – Falken Tire Motorsports, Drift Alliance

Crew Members – Ian Stewart, Dean Steele

2011 Falken Tire Ford Mustang GT Specs

Engine: 5.0L V8 with Ford Racing Supercharger

Tires: Front: 255/40-18 Azenis RT615 Rear: 295/40-18 Azenis RT615

Filtration: K&N; Air, Oil & Breather Filters

Clutch: Exedy Twin Plate

Suspension: Tein coilovers

Brakes: Wildwood front and rear big brake kit

HP/Torque: 650 horsepower, 650 ft.lbs of torque

Sponsors

Falken Tires

Monster Energy

Ford Racing

K&N; Filters

Bosch Auto Parts

Alpinestars

Genius Tools

Exedy Cluches

Go Pro

Speedhunters.com

Mobil 1

Autosport Dynamics

HRE Wheels

Tein

Wilwood

Mothers

Percy’s Speed Glass,

Sites

Official Website – VaughnGittin.com

MySpace - Myspace.com/vaughngittin

Facebook - Facebook.com/officialvaughngittinjr

Twitter - Twitter.com/vaughngittinjr

YouTube - Youtube.com/vgittin

History

Based on having spent a quarter of his life drifting, one might say Vaughn Gittin, Jr.'s name is synonymous with the popular sport. Indeed, Vaughn has enjoyed a strong relationship with both Falken and Ford, showing the world the capabilities of his powerful Mustang, crushing the throttle to reach maximum power while keeping his car in control on his Falken Azenis RT-615 tires.

In late 2008, Vaughn drifted the streets of downtown Los Angeles for the Bosch performance art promotions, and just recently jetted off to Japan, where he drove a Falken Tire Shod 2010 Mustang across the country, making key stops at world renowned tracks such as Ebisu and the YZ circuit.

The combination of Team Falken, Vaughn and Ford has realized many epic moments including two historic D1 Grand Prix wins. First, at U.S.A vs. Japan and a repeat at D1's World Championship

In addition to his international travels, Vaughn recently treated NHRA drag racing legend John Force to the "drift of his life" (some witnesses went so far as to say "ride of his life") as part of Barrett-Jackson's drifting experience at the auctioneer's recent event in Scottsdale, AZ, and took multiple road racing champion Tommy Kendall on a "test drive" for SpeedTV, both riding in his brand new 2010 Falken Tire Ford Mustang.

While drifting is just the latest talent Vaughn has developed behind the wheel, he's had the speed sensation for a long time. "Since I was born, I have lived and breathed cars," he declares, asking his namesake to do "fishtails" and "burnouts" the way other dads drive their children around the block to soothe them. "I have always loved the feeling of the back end skating around, engine screaming and tires smoking," he adds, which ultimately led him to choose a career in motorsports. Moving from motocross to drifting paid off quickly, and Vaughn rose to the top of the field. He caught the eye of Falken Tire who in 2004, was eager to expand their drifting efforts and take the U.S. drifting scene by storm. The rest, as one says, is history, and Vaughn has become a key part of Falken's extensive commitment to this exciting sport, both in the U.S. and internationally. His new 2010 Ford Mustang featuring state-of-the-art technology, is set for an exciting 2009 schedule as the centerpoint of Team Falken, ready to meet and once again, conquer the competition.

Achievements

2010

Placed 1st at Formula Drift Round 1, Streets of Long Beach Raceway.

Placed 2nd at Formula Drift Round 2, Road Atlanta Raceway.

Placed 2nd at Formula Drift Round 3, Wall Speedway, New Jersey

Placed a podium finish in 6 of 7 events

Won the 2010 Formula D Championship

2009

Placed 2nd at Formula Drift Round 3, Wall Speedway, New Jersey

2008

Placed 1st at Formula Drift Round 7, Irwindale Speedway

Placed 8th place overall in the Formula D series (356.5 points)

2007

Placed 1st at D1 Grand Prix USA All-Star World Championship, Irwindale Speedway

Placed 2nd at Formula D Round 5, Infineon Raceway

Placed 2nd at Formula D Round 4, Evergreen Speedway

Finished 6th place overall in the Formula D series (376.50 points)

2006

Finished 4th place overall in the Formula D series

2005

Placed 1st in the D1 Grand Prix America vs. Japan Competition

Placed 3rd at Formula D Round 4, Infineon Raceway

Finished 4th place overall in the Formula D series

2004

Finished 10th place overall in the Formula D series

References

External links

Vaughn Gittin Jr. Official page

Falken Tire profile

Formula D profile

Wrecked Magazine - Drifting Publication's Section for Vaughn Gittin Jr.

Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:American racecar drivers Category:Drifting drivers Category:D1 Grand Prix drivers Category:Formula D drivers