Name	Far East Movement
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Background	group_or_band
Genre	Hip hop, electropop, electro hop, hip house, alternative hip hop, pop rap
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Years active	2003–present
Label	Cherrytree (US), Delicious Deli (JP)
Associated acts	Stereotypes, Jin, Frankmusik, Cherry Cherry Boom Boom,
Website
Current members	Kev Nish Prohgress J-SplifDJ Virman }}

Far East Movement (stylized Far⋆East Movement or abbreviated FM) is an American electro hop quartet based in Los Angeles. The group formed in 2003 and consists of Kev Nish (Kevin Nishimura), Prohgress (James Roh), J-Splif (Jae Choung), and DJ Virman (Virman Coquia). Far East Movement's first claim to fame was their song "Round Round" featured in the Hollywood movie, ''The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'', and its subsequent soundtrack, video game and DVD.

Since "Round Round", the group has been featured on various network shows including ''CSI: Miami'', ''CSI: NY'', ''Entourage'', Gossip Girl, and ''Finishing the Game'' (a featured film at Sundance 2007). They were invited to perform on Power 106's Powerhouse 2009, the Disney show So Random, and one of the biggest hip-hop concerts on the U.S. West Coast, performing with the line-up including Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, Sean Paul, Pitbull, Lil Jon, LMFAO, Ya Boy, Flo Rida,and The Black Eyed Peas. Their single "Like a G6" hit number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Chart and on iTunes as well in late October 2010. Far East Movement also has the distinction of being the first Asian-American group to earn a top ten hit on the Mainstream Pop charts in the United States.

Musical career[link]

2003–2007: ''Folk Music''[link]

The three original members of Far East Movement, Kevin Nishimura (Kev Nish), James Roh (Prohgress), and Jae Choung (J-Splif), grew up in Downtown, Los Angeles. They were close companions in high school and shared a passion for music together. The trio promoted their music online and began performing at local clubs and events in Los Angeles; soon, they began their musical career with the name "Emcees Anonymous" by 2001. However, they later changed it to Far East Movement or FM, originating from a song that they produced with the same name. In 2003, they organized an event called "Movementality" in Koreatown, Los Angeles, featuring ten different performances with all the proceeds sent to a local youth drug rehabilitation center.

In 2005, Far East Movement released a mixtape called "Audio-Bio," which was one of their first CDs and contained many of their earliest songs and many songs not available anywhere else.Their first album called ''Folk Music'' was released in early 2006. The single "Round Round" was featured in the film, ''The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'', appearing both on the self-titled soundtrack ''The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'' and video game. This critical breakout was the catalyst that cemented their decision to pursue music as a full-time career. Their songs "Get Offa Me" and "Make Ya Self" were featured in The Fast and the Furious video game. They proceeded to perform on two world tours (including USA, South America, Canada, and Asia), and they signed distribution deals in Japan and Korea with Avex Network and JF Productions for their album. Their songs continued to be shown in the media and TV networks including VH1, MTV and E!.

In 2007, they were featured in the Sundance Film Festival film called ''Finishing the Game'', making the song "Satisfaction" for the film. They also released the single "You've Got A Friend" featuring Lil Rob and Baby Bash, which became their first song on major national radio.

2008–2009: DJ Virman and ''Animal''[link]

LA's radio station Power 106 DJ, DJ Virman, came to the group as their official DJ. They released another single titled "Lowridin" that received heavy airplay in 2008. Soon after, they planned on showcasing a second album, releasing ''Animal'' later on in the same year. ''Animal'' featured three hit singles that frequently won national radio play: “You’ve Got A Friend�, “Lowridin�, and the successful “Girls On The Dance Floor.� "Girls on the Dance Floor" reached 27th on the Billboard chart for the Latin Rhythm Airplay, which marked their debut on the Billboard's charts.

There were several collaborations on the ''Animal'' Album, including The Stereotypes, Lil Rob, Baby Bash, Bruno Mars, Wiz Khalifa, Bionik, 24/8, IZ, DB Tonik, and Jah Free. Their songs from the ''Animal'' album were featured in major film and television on multiple occasions. FM's single "Girls on the Dance Floor" has been played on MTV's ''America's Best Dance Crew'' on the Season 4 Finale during a performance with Artistry In Motion, Vogue Evolution and We Are Heroes. It was also featured on ''Get Him to the Greek'', FOX's ''So You Think You Can Dance'' and on the 7th episode of ''CSI: Miami'' Season 8. In addition, "Dance Like Michael Jackson" was aired on ABC Family's ''Lincoln Heights'' on November 10, 2009 and on the ''Gossip Girl'' episode, "Dan de Fleurette". "I Party" was highlighted on FOX's TV series ''Lie To Me'' and "Fetish" was on Spike TV's Guy's Choice Awards 2009. "Girls on the Dance Floor" has attained over 5 million hits on Myspace while attracting over 8 million views on YouTube.

In 2009, they were one of the prominent acts in L.A.'s Powerhouse 106 concert with well-known artists such as Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, Sean Paul, New Boyz, Pitbull, Lil Jon, LMFAO, Ya Boy, Flo Rida, and The Black Eyed Peas. Popular streetwear company, Orisue, had teamed up with Far East Movement and helped shoot a music video for "Lowridin". In May 2009, Far East Movement joined the well-known hip hop group from Korea, Epik High, on their "Map the Soul" tour throughout the U.S. Then they held their first headlining concert at the Roxy Theater in Hollywood by July 2009, which resulted in a sold-out show. Together with Wong Fu Productions, FM has established another three sold-out "International Secret Agents" concerts titled as "ISA", hosted in San Francisco, L.A., and New York in order to promote Asian American artists in the media with performances by Quest Crew, Poreotics, Jay Park and others.

FM's new mixtape named ''Party Animal'' was released on the first date of the Party Rock Tour (featuring FM, LMFAO, Shwayze, Paradiso Girls, Space Cowboy and more). Their two singles, "Girls on the Dance Floor" and "2 is Better w/ Ya Boy", have been garnering successful radio airplay. They later announced that they are working on a new album with Grammy nominated producers, The Stereotypes, who had produced their hit track, "Girls on the Dance Floor".

2010–2011: Cherrytree/Interscope Records and ''Free Wired''[link]

In February 2010, Far East Movement signed a major record deal with Cherrytree Records, a subsidiary of Interscope Records. They are currently managed by Ted Chung of Stampede Management, who is also the President of Doggystyle Records.

Progressing further along in the same year, the group supported Robyn and Kelis on their double headlining tour along with Dan Black, in addition to being announced as the opening act of Lady Gaga's tour on the Japanese leg of The Monster Ball Tour. Furthermore, their previous hit track, "Girls on the Dancefloor" & "Fetish", was featured in ''Piranha 3D'', yet it was not slotted into the film's soundtrack.

Their 2010 "ISA" shows in LA and New York were held on September 5 and August 28 respectively. They performed their songs alongside acts by AJ Rafael, Jay Park, Wong Fu Productions, Poreotics and Quest Crew (both winners from America's Best Dance Crew), David Choi, Jennifer Chung, David Garibaldi, Lydia Paek, and more. Both of the shows were hosted by Lydia Paek, Kevin Wu and Ryan Higa.

From September 13 until mid-October, the group was one of the opening acts for the Up In The Air Tour with Mike Posner, which spans across various cities in North America.

''Free Wired'' is the title of their first major debut album from Cherrytree/Interscope Records and was released on October 12, 2010. The album was made available in both the U.S. and Canada. Their tracks include popular artists such as Keri Hilson, Lil Jon, Snoop Dogg (their song co-written by Bruno Mars), Mohombi, Colette Carr, Natalia Kills, Koda Kumi, and Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic. Their second single to be released for airplay as a follow up to "Like A G6" is called "Rocketeer", which will exclusively feature Ryan Tedder.

In the October 30, 2010 edition of Billboard Magazine, their single featuring The Cataracs and Dev titled "Like a G6" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as iTunes. While gathering success for both their album and single, they were featured in a series of tour dates with their Cherrytree/Interscope Record label mate, La Roux, from early November to mid-way of the month.

On November 20, it was confirmed that the group had reached the double platinum status for "Like a G6", collecting two million in sales and counting.

The group was awarded Best International Artist in the 2010 M.net Asian Music Awards.

The group toured with Rihanna and Calvin Harris from late February to early March, as part of Rihanna's Last Girl on Earth Tour. Right after the tour ended, the group began headlinging their own tour, The Free Wired World Tour. The group visited Manila, Philippines; Jakarta, Indonesia; Taipei, Taiwan; Hong Kong, Singapore, and Seoul. The tour will continue in Hamburg, Germany later this month and Bangkok in April. The group were due to tour selected venues in the UK early July but have since cancelled these dates due to recording commitments. However, they are still confirmed to perform at the Barclaycard Wireless Festival on July 1 in London.

Far East Movement are set to tour with Lil Wayne on the I Am Still Music tour. On tour, the group took out a second tour bus to work on their second album under the Cherrytree Records label, which is scheduled to release in early 2012.

2012–Present: Dirty Bass[link]

The lead single of their upcoming 2012 studio album ''Dirty Bass'' is named "Jello". The second single is named "Live My Life" and was more successful than their last single. The single was released on February 28, 2012, with the release of the music video nearly a month after, on March 23, 2012. The visual was shot on the streets of Amsterdam, and directed by Mickey Finnegan. "Dirty Bass" is due for release on May 8, 2012.

On February 12, 2012 Martin Kierszenbaum confirmed a collaboration between Far East Movement and Bill Kaulitz of Tokio Hotel for their new album. The song is called "If I Die Tomorrow". Far East Movement is also to work with producers such as David Guetta, Bangladesh, Cherry Cherry Boom Boom (aka Cherrytree founder/president Martin Kierszenbaum), will.i.am and RedOne.

Members[link]

Kev Nish - Main Rapper, Songwriter, Producer

Prohgress - Lead Rapper, Songwriter

Jae Choung - Rapper, Songwriter

DJ Virman - Producer, Songwriter

Discography[link]

Studio albums [link]

''Folk Music'' (2006) ''Animal'' (2009)

''Free Wired'' (2010)

''Dirty Bass'' (2012)

Extended plays [link]

''For the Folks n' Family'' (2006) ''FM Radio Singles'' (2008)

Mixtapes [link]

''Audio-Bio'' (2005) ''Flavored Animal Droppings'' (2007)

''PARTY ANIMAL'' (2009)

''Bump from the Trunk Vol.1'' (2011)

Singles [link]

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Music videos[link]

! Year	! Music Video	! Director	! Video Link(YouTube)
	"Round Round" (featuring Storm)	Arowana Films/Evolution Jackson	Far East Movement Round Round Tokyo Drift arowanafilms
"Western" (featuring Mike-C)	Arowana Films	FAR EAST MOVEMENT – Western arowanafilms
"Satisfaction"	Arowana Films	FAR EAST MOVEMENT – SATISFACTION arowanafilms
"Eyes Never Lie" (featuring Mary Jane)	Hosanna Wong	FAR EAST MOVEMENT "Eyes Never Lie" gen2films
"Holla Hey"	Todd Angkasuwan	HOLLA HEY by FAR EAST MOVEMENT CarlChoi
	Todd Angkasuwan	"Smile" music video by Far-East Movement tangkasu
2007	"You Got a Friend" (featuring Baby Bash and Lil Rob)	Todd Angkasuwan
	"I Party" (featuring IZ and DB Tonik)	Choz Belen	The Far*East Movement – I Party f. IZ and DB Tonik (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO Directed by Choz Belen) chozbelen
"Dance Like Michael Jackson"	Wong Fu Productions	Far East Movement – Dance Like Michael Jackson – Official MV – Wong Fu Produdctions ft. Quest WongFuProductions
2009	"Fetish"	Iron Brothers Entertainment	"FETISH" – FAR EAST MOVEMENT (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) IronBrotherEnt
	"F**k The Robots"	Arowana Films	FAR EAST MOVEMENT - F*CK the ROBOTS arowanafilms
		Far East Movement – Girls On the Dance Floor ft. Stereotypes FarEastMovementVEVO
	Matt Alonzo	Far East Movement – Like A G6 ft. The Cataracs, DEV FarEastMovementVEVO
	Marc Klasfeld	Far East Movement – Rocketeer ft. Ryan Tedder FarEastMovementVEVO
		Roger Sanchez & Far *East Movement ft. Kanobby – 2Gether (Official Video HD) SpinninRec
	"2 Is Better" (featuring Natalia Kills)	Guillaume Doubet	Far East Movement – 2 Is Better ft. Natalia Kills, Ya Boy FarEastMovementVEVO
"If I Was You (OMG)" (featuring Snoop Dogg)	Guillaume Doubet	Far East Movement – If I Was You (OMG) ft Snoop Dogg FarEastMovementVEVO
"So What?"	Guillaume Doubet	Far East Movement – So What? FarEastMovementVEVO
"If I Was You (OMG) (On Campus Remix)" (featuring Snoop Dogg)		If I Was You (OMG) (On Campus Remix) FarEastMovementVEVO
	"Jello" (featuring Rye Rye)	Matt Alonzo	Far East Movement - Jello ft. Rye Rye FarEastMovementVEVO
	Mickey Finnegan	Live My Life (Party Rock Remix) FarEastMovementVEVO
"Live My Life" (featuring Justin Bieber)	Mickey Finnegan	Far East Movement - Live My Life ft. Justin Bieber FarEastMovementVEVO

In 2004/2005, Far East Movement and Jin made a quick Music video for "Food Fight". The video was made during the recording of Jin's song "Senorita" in Jin's trailer and was directed by Todd Angkasuwan. {WATCH}.

In December 2009, Far East Movement appears in Snoop Dogg's music video "I Wanna Rock"

Filmography[link]

The group appears in Episode 3 of Natalia Kills' mini-series "Love Kills xx".

The group appears in the Music video for KevJumbas' and Wong Fu Productions' "Dance to this Song".

The group appears on the Disney Channel sketch comedy TV series So Random as Themselves and Musical Guest performing ''Rocketeer''

Year	! TV/Movie	! Role	! Director
	"Far East Movement FUTURA"	Themselves	Evan Jackson Leong
	"Love Kills xx: Episode 3"	Mobsters	Natalia Kills
Free Wired Episode 1 – Downtown L.A is Home	Themselves	DPD, Casey Chan
	2011	"So Random"	Musical Guest (Themselves)

Awards[link]

Year !! Organization !! Award !! Nominated Work !! Result
	2010	Mnet Asian Music Awards	Best International Artist
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Music: Group
MTV Video Music Awards Japan	Best Hip-Hop Video
MuchMusic Video Awards	International Video of The Year - Group
Billboard Music Awards	Top Rap Song
	Best New Act
Best Push Act

Members[link]

Current members[link]

Kev Nish (Kevin Nishimura) ''(member from 2003 – present)''

Prohgress (James Roh) ''(member from 2003 – present)''

J-Splif (Jae Choung) ''(member from 2003 – present)''

DJ Virman (Virman Coquia) ''(member from 2008 – present)''

Frequent appearances and Frequent Live Performers[link]

DJ Brass Monkey

Kayla Kai

Storm

Bionik

Frankmusik (Vincent James Turner)

Jin The Emcee (Jin Au-Yeung)

Colette Carr

Rye Rye (Ryeisha Berrain)

Official Producers[link]

Stereotypes

*Jon Street (Jonathan Yip)

*Ray Ro (Ray Romulus)

*Jerm Beats (Jeremy Reeves)

Various/Alternative Names[link]

! Name	! Used
Far East Movement	official used name
Far*East Movement	very regularly used by themselves, music channels, people and many others. stylized name.
FM	very regularly used by themselves, music channels, people and many others. short abbreviation.
The Far East Movement	regularly used by many
FM is Far*East Movement	on "Flavoured Animal Droppings[mixtape]" album cover
FaR*eAst MOVEMENT!	on "Audio-Bio[mixtape]" album cover
Far Eastie Boys Crew	in lyrics to "For The City" reference to Beastie Boys
Far East Movement FM	one used name on iTunes
FMonyourdial	official YouTube channel
FM On Yo' Dial	regularly used by Far East Movement on their YouTube channel
Far-east Movement	regularly used by others
Fareast Movement	common use
F.E.M.	common used abbreviation

See also[link]

List of artists who reached number one in the United States

References[link]

External links[link]

(USA) (Japan)

FM is Far*east Movement(Group) on Facebook

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The ''Far East'' is an English term (with equivalents in various other languages of Europe and Asia, Chinese '''' literally translating to "far east") mostly describing East Asia (including the Russian Far East) and Southeast Asia, with South Asia sometimes also included for economic and cultural reasons.

The term came into use in European geopolitical discourse in the 19th century, denoting East Asia as the "farthest" of the three "easts", beyond the Near East and the Middle East. For the same reason, ancient Chinese people called Western countries "Tàixī ()"—i.e. anything further west than the Indian subcontinent. The term is no longer commonly used as it connotes the "orientalism" of the 19th century as described by Edward Said. From the 1960s onward, terms like East Asia and the Orient had become more common. East Asia remains the common term for the region today.

Popularisation[link]

The term ''Far East'' was popularized during the period of the British Empire as a blanket term for lands to the east of British India. In pre-World War I European geopolitics, the ''Near East'' referred to the relatively nearby lands of the Ottoman Empire, the ''Middle East'' denoted northwestern South Asia and Central Asia, and the ''Far East'' meant countries along the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean. Many European languages have analogous terms, such as the French ''Extrême-Orient'', Spanish ''Extremo Oriente'', Portuguese ''Extremo Oriente'', German ''Ferner Osten'', Italian ''Estremo Oriente'', Polish ''Daleki Wschód'', and Dutch ''Verre Oosten''.

Cultural as well as geographic meaning[link]

Significantly, the term evokes cultural as well as geographic separation; the ''Far East'' is not just geographically distant, but also culturally exotic. It never refers, for instance, to the culturally Western nations of Australia and New Zealand, which lie even farther to the east of Europe than East Asia itself. This combination of cultural and geographic subjectivity was well illustrated in 1939 by Robert Menzies, the Prime Minister of Australia. Reflecting upon his country's geopolitical concerns with the onset of war, Menzies commented that:

"The problems of the Pacific are different. What Great Britain calls the Far East is to us the near north."

''Far East'' in its usual sense is comparable to terms such as ''the Orient'', which means East; the ''Eastern world''; or simply the ''East''. Southeast Asia and the Russian Far East might now be included in the Far East to some extent.

Concerning the term, John K. Fairbank and Edwin O. Reischauer, professors of East Asian Studies at Harvard University, wrote (in East Asia: The Great Tradition): "When Europeans traveled far to the east to reach Cathay, Japan and the Indies, they naturally gave those distant regions the general name 'Far East.' Americans who reached China, Japan and Southeast Asia by sail and steam across the Pacific could, with equal logic, have called that area the 'Far West.' For the people who live in that part of the world, however, it is neither 'East' nor 'West' and certainly not 'Far.' A more generally acceptable term for the area is 'East Asia,' which is geographically more precise and does not imply the outdated notion that Europe is the center of the civilized world."

Today, the term remains in the names of some longstanding institutions, including the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok, Far Eastern University in Manila, and the Far East University in South Korea. Furthermore, the United Kingdom and United States have historically used ''Far East'' for several military units and commands in the region:

British Far East Command

RAF Far East Air Force

U.S. Far East Air Force

The U.S. Far East Network

Territories and regions conventionally included under the term ''Far East''[link]

andterritory, with flag ! Area(km²) ! Population(2008 est.) ! Population density(per km²) ! Capital ! Government ! Currency ! Official languages |- !colspan="8" align="center" bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|East Asia |- | | align="right" | 9,598,094 | align="right" | 1,370,536,875 | align="right" | 161.0 | Beijing | Single-party led state,Socialist republic | Yuan (Renminbi) | Chinese (Mandarin) |- bgcolor=lightblue | | align="right" | 1,104 | align="right" | 6,985,200 | align="right" | 6,352.0 | ''Hong Kong'' | Special Administrative Regionof the People's Republic of China. | Hong Kong dollar | Chinese (Cantonese), English |- bgcolor=lightblue | | align="right" | 28.6 | align="right" | 520,400 | align="right" | 17,310.0 | ''Macau'' | Special Administrative Regionof the People's Republic of China | Pataca | Chinese (Cantonese), Portuguese |- | | align="right" | 377,873 | align="right" | 127,433,494 | align="right" | 337.0 | Tokyo | Parliamentary democracy,Constitutional monarchy | Yen | None(Japanese as ''de facto'') |- | | align="right" | 1,564,116 | align="right" | 2,951,786 | align="right" | 1.7 | Ulaanbaatar | Parliamentary republic | Tögrög | Mongolian |- | | align="right" | 120,540 | align="right" | 23,301,725 | align="right" | 190.0 | Pyongyang | Juche,Socialist Republic | North Korean won | Korean |- | | align="right" | 100,032 | align="right" | 49,044,790 | align="right" | 493.0 | Seoul | Presidential republic | Won | Korean |- | | align="right" | 36,188 | align="right" | 22,911,292 | align="right" | 633.12 | Taipei | Semi-presidential system | New Taiwan dollar | Chinese (Mandarin) |- !colspan="8" align="center" bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|Southeast Asia |- | | align="right" | 5,765 | align="right" | 381,371 | align="right" | 66.0 | Bandar Seri Begawan | Absolute Islamic Sultanate | Brunei dollar | Malay, Bruneian |- | | align="right" | 181,035 | align="right" | 14,241,640 | align="right" | 78.0 | Phnom Penh | Constitutional monarchy | Riel | Khmer |- | | align="right" | 15,410 | align="right" | 1,115,000 | align="right" | 64.0 | Dili | Parliamentary republic | U.S. Dollar / Centavo coins | Tetum and Portuguese |- | | align="right" | 1,919,588 | align="right" | 237,512,355 | align="right" | 123.8 | Jakarta | Presidential republic | Rupiah | Indonesian |- | | align="right" | 236,800 | align="right" | 6,521,998 | align="right" | 25.0 | Vientiane | Socialist Republic | Kip | Lao |- | | align="right" | 329,847 | align="right" | 27,730,000 | align="right" | 83.0 | Kuala Lumpur | Federal constitutional monarchy, Parliamentary democracy | Ringgit | Malay, English, Chinese (Mandarin), and Tamil |- | | align="right" | 676,578 | align="right" | 55,390,000 | align="right" | 75.0 | Naypyidaw | Military junta | Kyat | Burmese |- | | align="right" | 462,840 | align="right" | 6,732,000 | align="right" | 14.5 | Port Morseby | Unitary parliamentaryconstitutional monarchy | Kina | Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin, and English |- | | align="right" | 300,000 | align="right" | 90,500,000 | align="right" | 295.0 | Manila | Unitary presidentialconstitutional republic | Peso (Piso) | Filipino and English |- | | align="right" | 707.1 | align="right" | 4,588,600 | align="right" | 6,489.0 | Singapore | Parliamentary republic | Singapore dollar | Malay, English, Chinese (Mandarin), and Tamil |- | | align="right" | 513,115 | align="right" | 63,038,247 | align="right" | 122.0 | Bangkok | Parliamentary democracy, Constitutional monarchy | Baht | Thai |- | | align="right" | 331,690 | align="right" | 86,116,559 | align="right" | 253.0 | Hanoi | Socialist Republic | đồng | Vietnamese |- !colspan="8" align="center" bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|North Asia |- | Russian Far East (Russia) | align="right" | 6,215,900 | align="right" | 6,692,865 | align="right" | 3.0 | Moscow | Federal semi-presidential republic | Ruble | Russian and 27 other co-official languages |}

Cities[link]

See also[link]

Sinosphere

Indosphere

Four Asian Tigers

East Asia

South Asia

Southeast Asia

Russian Far East

Spanish East Indies

Far Eastern Economic Review

Y-DNA haplogroups by populations of East and Southeast Asia

Notes [link]

References [link]

Ankerl, Guy (2000). ''Coexisting Contemporary Civilizations: Arabo-Muslim, Bharati, Chinese, and Western''. Geneva: INU Press. ISBN 2-88155-004-5.

Whitaker, Brian (February 23, 2004). "From Turkey to Tibet". ''The Guardian''.

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name	Ryan Tedder
background	solo_singer
birth name	Ryan Benjamin Tedder
alias	AliasRyan "Alias" Tedder
born	June 26, 1979
origin	Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
genre	Pop rock, R&B;, alternative rock, teen pop, cello rock
occupation	Singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist
instrument	Vocals, guitar, piano, organ, bass, drums, synthesizers, clarinet, glockenspiel, vibraphone
years active	1999 – present
label	Columbia RecordsInterscope Records(2007–present)
associated acts	OneRepublic, Far East Movement, Adele
website	}}

Ryan Benjamin Tedder (born June 26, 1979) is a Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the frontman of the pop rock band, OneRepublic, though he has an independent career as songwriter and producer for various artists such as Adele, Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé, Kelly Clarkson, Far East Movement, Adam Lambert, Jordin Sparks, Leona Lewis, Gavin DeGraw, Demi Lovato, Sebastian Ingrosso, Maroon 5, and Paul Oakenfold.

Early life and education[link]

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was raised by an extended family of missionaries and pastors. He began learning to play the piano at the age of three via the Suzuki method. His early interest in music was prompted by his musician father and school-teacher mother, who coaxed their young son into practicing piano in exchange for candy corn. Tedder started singing at the age of seven. A self-taught vocalist, Tedder began honing this skill at the age of twelve by imitating his favorite artists, who ranged from The Beatles to acts as diverse as Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder and Sting. He has commented, "I sang for two hours a day every day of my life until I was eighteen." He continued to perform musically during his adolescence through church, school, and personally formed groups.

In his senior year, he moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado. There he met and became friends with future OneRepublic band-mate Zach Filkins on their soccer team at the Colorado Springs Christian School. He attended Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma and began to showcase his own material there. Tedder completed his college education and graduated from ORU in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Relations and Advertising.

Career[link]

Early musical career[link]

For years Tedder worked as a waiter, and also as a shop assistant at Pottery Barn, before securing an internship at DreamWorks SKG in Nashville, singing on demos to break into the music scene. He produced demos for songwriters and labels, charging $300 to $400 a track. Tedder claims that DreamWorks offered him his first publishing deal shortly after his arrival; however, he was intent on pursuing a career as an artist and his first venture in that arena came via a different route all together.

At the age of twenty-one, Tedder competed in a singer-songwriter competition and was selected by 'N Sync singer Lance Bass as one of five finalists to perform on a one-hour special on MTV, performing original material in front of millions of viewers. The prize for the winner was a music contract with Bass's now-defunct management company, Free Lance Entertainment. The contestants performed live and were then rated by judges and the audience; the highest scoring artist winning the contract. Tedder's performance of one of his songs, "The Look", received the most votes from the judges and fans, and he won the competition; however, a contract with a recording label was not finalized and no album was released. Tedder later revealed the record and publishing deal he was offered "wasn't real. It was just a bunch of hype that didn't turn into anything."

Producing and writing[link]

One year after winning the MTV competition, Tedder caught the attention of the hip hop producer Timbaland. Tedder commented that he was with Timbaland from 2002-2004 to develop as an artist while producing for other artists at the time. Tedder's work crossed many musical genres (ranging from hip hop, R&B;, rock, pop to dance/techno) and he has had many chart successes both in America and the United Kingdom with a number of artists. In June 2007, Tedder signed a worldwide publishing administration deal with ''Kobalt Music Publishing''. The deal included Tedder's new works and all songs not performed by OneRepublic.

Tedder is the writer of the worldwide smash hit, "Apologize", performed by his band OneRepublic, which as of 2008 is the best-selling and charting single of the decade. The song broke the US Top 40 Radio Airplay Record with 10,331 spins in one week. It was the number-one most played song for five months until May 7, 2008 when Leona Lewis's "Bleeding Love" (a song that Tedder co-wrote and produced), broke the record previously set by "Apologize", with 10,665 spins in one week. "Bleeding Love" was the best-selling single of 2007 in the United Kingdom, topping the UK charts for seven weeks and was the fastest selling CD of 2007 receiving the most radio airplay worldwide prior to its US debut. The song also earned a ''Best British Single'' award nomination at the Brit Awards in February 2008 and reached number one in over 35 countries. Tedder and co-writer Jesse McCartney received an ASCAP award for writing the song. Tedder is also credited for writing the treatment for the second music video that was filmed for the US release of "Bleeding Love". It also earned a Record Of The Year nomination at the February 2009 Grammy awards.

Tedder has written and produced singles with artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Adele, Carrie Underwood, Leona Lewis, Jennifer Hudson, Alexandra Burke, Backstreet Boys, Beyoncé, Monrose, David Cook, Jordin Sparks, AJ McLean, Chris Cornell, Ashley Tisdale, Ludacris, Gavin Degraw, James Blunt, James Morrison, Paula DeAnda, Hilary Duff, Timbaland, Bubba Sparxxx, Dima Bilan, Shayne Ward, Lemar, Esmee Denters, Clay Aiken, t.A.T.u., Menudo, Ashanti, Natasha Bedingfield, Whitney Houston, Westlife, Charice, Varsity Fanclub, Sugababes, Daughtry, Mario, DJ Tiesto and a number of songs with various rock acts in the US and abroad. He worked with Jennifer Lopez on her 2007 single ''Do It Well'' from her album Brave, then worked with Kelly Clarkson on her 2009 album ''All I Ever Wanted'', penning the songs "If I Can't Have You", "Impossible", "Save You", "Tip Of My Tongue" and "Already Gone", which features vocals from Ryan. He also worked with Beyoncé on her album ''I Am… Sasha Fierce'', penning the song "Halo." The similarity between the songs "Already Gone" and "Halo" prompted Clarkson to publicly state that she did not know about "Halo" and that both songs were co-written by Tedder. Tedder's work with Beyoncé also earned him two Grammy nominations with Record Of The Year for "Halo" and Album Of The Year for I Am...Sasha Fierce at the January 2010 Grammy Awards. Tedder worked extensively on Leona Lewis's second album ''Echo,'' writing and producing many songs with her, three of which have made the album, including the first single "Happy", "You Don't Care" which features vocals from Ryan and "Lost Then Found", which features OneRepublic. Tedder co-wrote and produced Jordin Sparks' lead single "Battlefield" from her second album of the same name. Tedder worked on ''American Idol'' Season 8 runner up, Adam Lambert's debut album ''For Your Entertainment''.

More recently, Ryan is credited with writing and producing hits from some of 2011's most anticipated albums, including Adele's "21," Beyoncé's "4," Colbie Caillat's "All Of You," Gavin Degraw's "Sweeter," among others.

In late 2009 Tedder launched his own record company, Patriot Records. Recently signed buzz artist My Name Is Kay, will release her debut EP through Interscope in 2012. Nikki Flores' single "City Lights" was released in the Fall of 2010 on Universal/Republic Records. Tedder also formed his own publishing company, Patriot Games Publishing, in 2009 in alliance with Kobalt Music Publishing Worldwide. To date he has a stable of top notch writers and producers, (Inflo, Noel Zancanella, and Brent Kutzle of OneRepublic) all of whom have upcoming songs by themselves with major artists and alongside Tedder himself.

Tedder is currently working with Jennifer Lopez, Maroon 5, Ellie Goulding, Trey Songz, The Wanted, K'Naan, Jason Derulo, Lady Antebellum, B.o.B., Carrie Underwood, Marina and the Diamonds, Dan Black, and Lights (musician) on their forthcoming studio albums. He was featured in Far East Movement's hit single "Rocketeer," as well as the current Gym Class Heroes single, "The Fighter (song)."

In 2011 he composed a new song for Vanness Wu, "Is this All" in Taiwan.

Tedder was also a judge for the 10th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.

OneRepublic[link]

As well as producing, Tedder also sings lead vocals and plays guitar and piano for the band, OneRepublic. The five member band consisting of Tedder, Filkins, Eddie Fisher, Drew Brown, and Brent Kutzle was formed in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2002 by Tedder and his high school classmate Zach Filkins. Tedder has since revealed that the band was formed at a "crossroads" in his life: "I was offered two publishing deals within two months of being in Nashville…I could have just written songs and lived a carefree life, but I knew that I had to be an artist. I wanted to form a rock band and create my own sound." Based in Los Angeles, OneRepublic started out as an unsigned act on the social networking website, MySpace. Since June 2004, they have accumulated over fifty million plays for their music on the site. As of 2009, they are the number-one band on MySpace and have been in the MySpace Music's Top Artists since the summer of 2006.

The band gained further exposure when their 2007 single, "Apologize", was re-mixed and re-released on Timbaland's compilation album, ''Timbaland Presents Shock Value''. The remix became an international chart hit in the fall of 2007. The song broke records after gaining 10,331 spins in one week. According to SoundScan, "Apologize" is the most legally downloaded song in US digital history with sales of over 4.3 million digital downloads in the US alone. It is also the second best-selling song of the decade. OneRepublic's debut album, ''Dreaming Out Loud'', includes both the song's original version and version with Timbaland, and was released on November 20, 2007 on Timbaland's Mosley Music Group imprint via Interscope Records. The band had previously been signed to Columbia Records, and their album was due to be released in 2006, but this did not occur. Tedder explained, "Crap happened. People got fired. Labels merged and politics abounded". Subsequently, the band was released from their deal with Columbia, and they were signed by Timbaland in the summer of 2006 becoming the first rock band to be signed to Mosley Music Group. Tedder has commented on the success of his band's hit single, "Apologize": "The toughest thing to do is write a hit song, but we had a hit song before we had an album… What has happened has been really strange and really great."

Tedder is a multi-instrumentalist. During OneRepublic's performances, he often switches from singing lead vocals to playing guitar, bass guitar, glockenspiel, tambourine or piano. On rare occasions, he plays drums alongside the band's main percussionist, Eddie Fisher.

The band finished recording their second album, titled "Waking Up" on August 25, 2009, and released their lead single, "All the Right Moves" to radio and iTunes everywhere except Germany and Austria, where "Secrets" was released instead. The album was released on November 17, 2009 in the United States. To date, the second US single, "Secrets" has reached over 2M digital downloads, and third single "Good Life" continues to climb the charts, breaking into the Top 10 on iTunes and radio everywhere.

Other projects[link]

Patriot Records and Patriot Games Publishing/Kobalt were both founded by Tedder. Artist signings at the label include Nikki Flores and newcomer buzz artist, My Name Is Kay. Kay's debut EP is set for release through Interscope in 2012. Nikki Flores' single "City Lights" was released in the Fall of 2010 through Universal/Republic. The Patriot Games Publishing roster includes Noel Zancanella, OneRepublic cellist/bassist, Brent Kutzle, and Inflo. The Patriot team of writers and producers are credited with "I Was Here" by Beyoncé, "Good Life" by OneRepublic, "I Just Had Sex" by The Lonely Island featuring Akon, "Lost Then Found" by Leona Lewis and OneRepublic, "Just a Guy" by BC Jean, "Count on You" by Big Time Rush featuring Jordin Sparks, and "And Then We Dance," the #1 hit single from Australia's Got Talent winners Justice Crew. Patriot Games songs will also be featured on upcoming releases by, Leona Lewis, Cody Simpson, K'naan, Demi Lovato, and B.o.B, among others.

About working with Lovato, Tedder commented, "Demi blew me out of the water vocally! I had no idea how good her voice is. She's one of the best singers I've ever worked with. Literally, that good... I mean, she's a Kelly Clarkson-level vocalist. And Kelly has a set of pipes". He is currently working with Lovato on her third album, ''Unbroken''.

Upon an interview from the 2012 Grammys, Ryan announced that he was half way through working on a third album with his band OneRepublic.

Tedder has also recorded vocal tracks for Sebastian Ingrosso and Alesso's dance music track he also co-wrote, titled "Calling."

Tedder has also produced tracks for Maroon 5's new album ''Overexposed''.

Tedder has also working on tracks for Jennifer Lopez's new untitled 2012 album, one of the songs it's "Clothes Off".

Personal life[link]

Ryan Tedder is married. He openly acknowledged and thanked his wife, Genevieve, in the liner notes of OneRepublic's debut album ''Dreaming Out Loud''. Ryan and Genevieve have a son, Copeland Cruz Tedder, born on August 2, 2010 in Denver, Colorado. He was raised as a born-again Christian. Tedder's cousins, Adam, Ashley and Austin Clark comprise the band Sons of Sylvia and were formerly in The Clark Family Experience. He co-wrote their song "Love Left to Lose".

Writing and production credits[link]

References[link]

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name	Justin Bieber
background	solo_singer
birth name	Justin Drew Bieber
birth date	March 01, 1994
birth place	London, Ontario, Canada
origin	Stratford, Ontario, Canada
instrument	Vocals, guitar, piano, percussion, trumpet
genre	Pop, R&B;, teen pop
occupation	Singer-songwriter, musician, actor
years active	2008–present
label	Island, RBMG
associated acts	Usher
website	justinbiebermusic.com }}

Justin Drew Bieber ( , born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian pop/R&B; singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who came across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager. Braun arranged for him to meet with Usher in Atlanta, Georgia, and Bieber was soon signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), a joint venture between Braun and Usher, and then to a recording contract with Island Records offered by L.A. Reid. Bieber's debut single, "One Time", was released in 2009 and peaked in the top twenty in Canada and charted in the top thirty in several international markets. His debut album, the seven-track EP ''My World'', followed in November 2009, and was soon certified platinum in the United States. He became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut album chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Bieber's first full-length studio album, ''My World 2.0'', was released in March 2010. It debuted at number one or within the top ten in several countries and was certified platinum in the United States. It was preceded by the worldwide top-ten single, "Baby". The music video of "Baby" is currently ranked as the most viewed and most discussed YouTube video. Bieber followed-up the release of his debut album with his first headlining tour, the My World Tour, the remix albums ''My Worlds Acoustic'' and ''Never Say Never – The Remixes'', and the 3D biopic-concert film ''Justin Bieber: Never Say Never'' – which had an opening weekend gross that nearly matched the record for the biggest opening weekend for a concert-film. Bieber released his second studio album, ''Under the Mistletoe'' in November 2011, which debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200. Bieber has received numerous awards, including Artist of the Year at the 2010 American Music Awards – and has been nominated for numerous awards, including Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 53rd Grammy Awards. To date Bieber has sold more than 8 million albums worldwide.

Life and career[link]

1994–2007: Childhood and youth [link]

Bieber was born on March 1, 1994, in London, Ontario in St Joseph's Hospital, and was raised in Stratford, Ontario. Bieber's mother, Patricia Lynn "Pattie" Mallette, was 18 years old when she became pregnant. Mallette, originally from Stratford, raised her son with the help of her parents, Bruce and Diane. Mallette worked a series of low-paying office jobs, raising Bieber as a single mother in low-income housing. Bieber has maintained contact with his father, Jeremy Jack Bieber, who married another woman and had two children. Bieber's great-grandfather was from Germany. Bieber's mother's ancestry is French Canadian. Bieber attended a French immersion school called the Stratford school Jean Sauve.

During his childhood, Bieber was interested in hockey, soccer, and chess; he often kept his musical aspirations to himself. As he grew up, Bieber taught himself to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet. In early 2007, when he was twelve, Bieber sang Ne-Yo's "So Sick" for a local singing competition in Stratford and was placed second. Mallette posted a video of the performance on YouTube for their family and friends to see. She continued to upload videos of Bieber singing covers of various R&B; songs, and Bieber's popularity on the site grew. Chris Hicks, Bieber's A&R; at Island/Def Jam, explained the young artist's huge online following to HitQuarters by saying:

"He was doing something different. He was an attractive white kid singing very soulful R&B; hits. That set him apart immediately from anyone in his range because no one was covering or singing these kind of records. But equally important was that you believed in these songs – it was real. And you wanted to hear more."

2008–09: Discovery and ''My World''[link]

While searching for videos of a different singer, Scooter Braun, a former marketing executive of So So Def, clicked on one of Bieber's 2007 videos by accident. Impressed, Braun tracked down the theater Bieber was performing in, located Bieber's school, and finally contacted Mallette. Mallette was reluctant because of Braun's Jewish religion; she remembered praying, "God, I gave him to you. You could send me a Christian man, a Christian label! ... you don’t want this Jewish kid to be Justin’s man, do you?" However, after praying with her church elders and receiving their encouragement, she permitted Braun to fly Bieber, then 13, to Atlanta, Georgia, to record demo tapes. A week after arriving, Bieber sang for R&B; singer/songwriter Usher. Bieber was soon signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), a joint venture between Braun and Usher. Justin Timberlake was also reportedly in the running to sign Bieber, but lost the bidding war to Usher. Usher then sought assistance in finding a label home for the artist from then manager Chris Hicks, who helped engineer an audition with his contact Antonio L.A. Reid of Island Def Jam Music Group. Reid signed Bieber to Island Records in October 2008 (resulting in a joint venture between RBMG and Island Records) and appointed Hicks as executive Vice-President of Def Jam where he would be able manage Bieber's career at the label. At that point, Bieber and his mother moved to Atlanta temporarily, also the home of Usher and Braun, to record and get counseling from Braun. Braun became Bieber's manager.

Bieber's first single, "One Time", was released to radio while Bieber was still recording his debut album. The song reached number 12 on the Canadian Hot 100 during its first week of release in July 2009, and later peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100. During fall 2009 it had success in international markets. The song was certified Platinum in Canada and the US and Gold in Australia and New Zealand. Bieber's first release, an extended play entitled ''My World'', was released on November 17, 2009. The album's second single, "One Less Lonely Girl", and two promo singles, "Love Me", and "Favorite Girl", were released exclusively on the iTunes store and charted within the top forty of the Billboard Hot 100. "One Less Lonely Girl" was later also released to radio and peaked within the top fifteen in Canada and the US, being certified Gold in the latter. ''My World'' was eventually certified Platinum in the US and Double Platinum in both Canada and the UK. To promote the album, Bieber performed on several live shows such as mtvU's VMA 09 Tour, European program ''The Dome'', YTV's ''The Next Star'', ''The Today Show'', ''The Wendy Williams Show'', ''Lopez Tonight'', ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'', ''It's On with Alexa Chung'', ''Good Morning America'', ''Chelsea Lately'', and BET's ''106 & Park'' with Rihanna. Bieber also guest starred in an episode of ''True Jackson, VP'' in late 2009.

Bieber performed Stevie Wonder's "Someday at Christmas" for U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the White House for ''Christmas in Washington'', which was broadcast on December 20, 2009, on U.S. television broadcaster TNT. Bieber was also one of the performers at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest on December 31, 2009. Bieber was a presenter at the 52nd Grammy Awards on January 31, 2010. He was invited to be a vocalist for the remake of We Are The World (a song written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie) for its 25th anniversary to benefit Haiti after the earthquake. Bieber sings the opening line, which was sung by Lionel Richie in the original version. On March 12, 2010, a version of K'naan's "Wavin' Flag" recorded by a collective of Canadian musicians known as Young Artists for Haiti was released. Bieber is featured in the song, performing the closing lines.

2010−11: ''My World 2.0'' and ''Never Say Never'' film[link]

"Baby", the lead single from his debut album, ''My World 2.0'', which features Ludacris, was released in January 2010 and became his biggest hit thus far, charting at number five in the U.S. and reaching the top ten in seven other countries. Two promo singles "Never Let You Go", and "U Smile" were top thirty hits on the U.S. Hot 100, and top twenty hits in Canada. According to review aggregator Metacritic, the album has received "generally favorable reviews". It debuted at number one on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200, making Bieber the youngest solo male act to top the chart since Stevie Wonder in 1963. ''My World 2.0'' also debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, Irish Albums Chart, Australian Albums Chart, and the New Zealand Albums Chart and reached the top ten of fifteen other countries. To promote the album, Bieber appeared on several live programs including ''The View'', the 2010 Kids Choice Awards, ''Nightline'', ''The Late Show with David Letterman'', ''The Dome'' and ''106 and Park''. Bieber collaborated with Sean Kingston on his single "Eenie Meenie" which also appeared on Bieber's debut album. The song reached the top ten in the United Kingdom and Australia, and the top-twenty of most other markets. thumb|left|Bieber performing at the Conseco Fieldhouse, in August 2010 On April 10, 2010, Bieber was the musical guest on ''Saturday Night Live''. On July 4, 2010, Bieber performed at the Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular in New York City. The second single from ''My World 2.0'', "Somebody to Love", was released in April 2010, and a remix was released featuring Bieber's mentor Usher. The single reached number ten in Canada, number fifteen in the United States, and the top twenty in multiple international countries.

On June 23, 2010, Bieber went on his first official headlining tour, the My World Tour, starting in Hartford, Connecticut, to promote ''My World'' and ''My World 2.0''. In July 2010, it was reported that Bieber was the most searched for celebrity on the Internet. That same month his music video, "Baby", surpassed Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" to become the most viewed, and most disliked YouTube video ever. In September 2010, it was reported that Bieber accounted for three percent of all traffic on Twitter, according to an employee of the social-networking site.

Bieber began recording his second album in July 2010 in New York City. At this point, because of puberty, his voice was deeper than it was when he recorded his first album. In April 2010, the singer discussing his vocals remarked, "It cracks. Like every teenage boy, I'm dealing with it and I have the best vocal coach in the world. [...] Some of the notes I hit on "Baby" I can't hit anymore. We have to lower the key when I sing live."

Bieber guest-starred in the season premiere of the CBS crime drama ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', which aired on September 23, 2010. He played a "troubled teen who is faced with a difficult decision regarding his only brother", who is also a serial bomber. Bieber was also in a subsequent episode which aired on February 17, 2011, in which his character is killed. Bieber performed a medley of "U Smile", "Baby", and "Somebody to Love" and briefly played the drums at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010. Bieber announced in October 2010 that he would release an acoustic album, called ''My Worlds Acoustic''. It was released on Black Friday in the United States and featured acoustic versions of songs from his previous albums, and accompanied the release of a completely new song titled "Pray".

A 3-D part-biopic, part-concert film starring Bieber entitled ''Justin Bieber: Never Say Never'', was released on February 11, 2011, directed by ''Step Up 3D'' director Jon Chu. It topped the box office with an estimated grossing of $12.4 million on its opening day from 3,105 theaters. It grossed $30.3 million for the weekend and was narrowly beaten by the romantic comedy ''Just Go With It'', which grossed $31 million. ''Never Say Never'' is said to have exceeded industry expectations, nearly matching the $31.1 million grossed by Miley Cyrus's 2008 3-D concert film, Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, which holds the record for the top debut for a music-documentary. The film is accompanied by his second remix album, ''Never Say Never – The Remixes'', released February 14, 2011, and features remixes of songs from his debut album, with guest appearances from Miley Cyrus, Chris Brown, and Kanye West, among others.

2011–present: ''Under The Mistletoe'' and ''Believe''[link]

On February 27, 2011, Bieber attended the 2011 Vanity Fair Oscar Party with American actress and singer Selena Gomez, confirming several months of media speculation about a romantic relationship between the pair.

In June 2011, Bieber was ranked number 2 on the Forbes list of Best-Paid Celebrities under 30. He is the youngest star and 1 of 7 musicians on the list raking in with $53 million earned in a 12 month period. On November 1, 2011, Bieber released ''Under the Mistletoe'', his second studio album. It debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 210,000 copies in its first week of release.

In late 2011, Bieber began recording his third studio album, entitled ''Believe''. Kanye West and Drake are confirmed to be featured on the album. On February 22, 2012, Bieber announced via Twitter that the first single off ''Believe'' will be released in March 2012. The following week, Bieber appeared on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' to announce that the first single will be called "Boyfriend" and was released on March 26, 2012. The song was co-written by Mike Posner.

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Justin Bieber has a higher score on the Klout online "influence" scale than Barack Obama or The Dalai Lama. According to Jan Hoffman of ''The New York Times'', part of Bieber's appeal stems from his YouTube channel. Long before he released his EP, ''My World'', in mid-November, the YouTube videos attracted millions of views. Braun recognized the appeal. Prior to flying him to Atlanta, Braun wanted to "build him up more on YouTube first" and had Bieber record more home videos for the channel. "I said: 'Justin, sing like there’s no one in the room. But let's not use expensive cameras.' We'll give it to kids, let them do the work, so that they feel like it's theirs", recalled Braun. Bieber continues to upload videos to the same channel and has opened a Twitter account, from which he interacts with fans regularly; his account was reported in November 2010 to have over 6 million followers. Since then he has been consistently gaining followers at an average of 24,000 per day. The accounts also serve marketing purposes; for example, Bieber's music video for "One Time" only began selling quickly after it was uploaded to YouTube. Usher comments that while he and Bieber were both signed at the same age, "I had the chance to ramp up my success, where this has happened to Bieber abruptly." As a result, Usher, Braun, Bieber's bodyguard Kenny, and other adults surrounding Bieber constantly coach him on handling fame and his public image. After signing Bieber, Usher appointed one of his former assistants, Ryan Good, to be Bieber's road manager and stylist. Good, once nicknamed Bieber's "swagger coach", created a "streetwise look" for the singer which consisted of baseball caps, hoodies, dog chains and flashy sneakers. Amy Kaufman of ''The Los Angeles Times'' comments, "Though a product of a middle-class suburban upbringing in Stratford, Ontario, Bieber's manner of dress and speech ("Wassup man, how you doin'?" or "It's like, you know, whateva' ") suggest he's mimicking his favorite rappers."

Bieber is often featured in teen magazines such as ''Tiger Beat'', and has been labeled as a "teen heartthrob". Bieber has released a collection of nail varnishes to raise awareness for charity. Wax statues of Bieber are on display at Madame Tussauds wax museums in New York, Amsterdam and London. His change of hairstyle in 2010, and the consequent alterations to Bieber products, led to it being called 'the most expensive musical haircut of all time; one company spent $100,000 to fix its dolls for the 2011 Christmas season.

Bieber has been criticized for looking and sounding younger than his age, his teen-pop music, image, and frequent media attention. He has been a frequent target of Internet bloggers and message board posters, notably by users of Internet message board 4chan and users of YouTube. Nick Collins of ''The Daily Telegraph'' speculated that "Bieber's character also appears to strike a particularly sour note with his Internet critics, with many remarks commenting on his youthful appearance, his teen-pop songs, his image as a heart-throb to young teenage girls and his manner of speech".

Personal views[link]

Bieber is a Christian, and said he has a relationship with Jesus, talks to him and that "he's the reason I'm here".

Bieber's comments in a February 2011 profile in ''Rolling Stone'' sparked controversy. Asked about abstinence, Bieber responded, "I don't think you should have sex with anyone unless you love them." He said he does not "believe in abortion" and that it is "like killing a baby". He described sexual orientation as "everyone's own decision." Bieber has contributed to the It Gets Better Project, which aims to prevent suicide among LGBT youth.

Bieber has said he is not interested in obtaining United States citizenship and then he criticized America's health care system. Praising Canada as being "the best country in the world", citing its health care system as an example.

Twitter[link]

, Bieber's Twitter account (@justinbieber) is the second most popular celebrity account behind that of Lady Gaga. By mid-April 2012, he had over 20 million followers. His follower acquisition is one new follower every other second. His popularity on Twitter at one point accounted for three percent of all Twitter related traffic, with a Twitter employee commenting that "racks of servers are dedicated" to Bieber. This resulted in over 180 million page views for the service each month. Bieber was frequently a trending topic on Twitter when the feature first launched because his fans frequently discussed him on the network. and was named the top trending star on Twitter in 2010; Klout gave his account a score of 100.

The size of Bieber's and Gaga's follower bases are cited as a reason why marketers should pay attention to Twitter: with an ability to reach millions of people with a single tweet. 8.3% of tweets mentioning "bieber" were semi-automated and probably Twitter related spam. Research done about Twitter and the 2011 Egyptian revolution includes Bieber as he made tweets about the topic at a time when he had roughly 8 million followers. His multiple tweets resulted in 32,000 responses each, which made Bieber's Twitter account one of the single largest nodes for discussion about the the uprising one of the largest on Twitter.

In March 2012, Bieber fans launched an unsuccessful attempt to unseat Lady Gaga as the most popular celebrity on Twitter. Neither Bieber nor Lady Gaga discussed their mutual fanbase's campaigns on Twitter.

Discography[link]

''My World 2.0'' (2010)

''Under the Mistletoe'' (2011)

''Believe'' (2012)

Tours [link]

2009: Urban Behavior Tour

2010–2011: My World Tour

Filmography[link]

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Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
rowspan="2"	2009	''True Jackson, VP''	>rowspan="3"| Guest star
''My Date With...''
	Silent Library (MTV series)>Silent Library''
''School Gyrls (film)	School Gyrls''	Cameo
''Saturday Night Live''
''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''	Jason McCann
''Hubworld''	Guest star
''The X Factor (UK)''	Performer
rowspan="9"	2011	|	Guest star
''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''	Jason McCann
''Khloé & Lamar''	|Episode:The Father In Law (uncredited) Himself playing the NBA Celebrity All Star Game
''Saturday Night Live''
''Justin Bieber: Never Say Never''	Himself
''Dancing With The Stars''	Guest star
''So Random!''	Himself
''Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade''	Guest star
''The X Factor (UK)''	Performer

Awards and nominations[link]

References[link]

Further reading [link]

External links[link]

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name	Rye Rye
background	solo_singer
birth name	Ryeisha Berrain
alias	Rye Rye
origin	Baltimore, Maryland, US
genre	Hip hop, Electrohop
occupation	Rapper, Dancer
years active	2000s
label	N.E.E.T./Interscope
associated acts	M.I.A., Blaqstarr, Diplo, Robyn, Crookers, The Count & Sinden
website	Rye Rye Myspace Rye Rye official website }}

Ryeisha Berrain (born November 25, 1990), known by her stage name Rye Rye, is an American rapper, dancer and actress from Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Signed to N.E.E.T. Recordings, she is currently finishing work on her debut album, ''Go! Pop! Bang!'' to be released in May 2012. In 2011, she was named one of ''Billboard'' 's "21 Under 21". Rye Rye made her acting debut in the 2012 film ''21 Jump Street''.

Career[link]

Early career[link]

Rye Rye began performing at the age of 16. She wanted to join the music industry because she felt there was potential there, adding "I love performing, singing, dancing, all of that and I felt that given the opportunity I would destroy it."

She met the musician Blaqstarr, a friend of her sister's, and worked with him on her early material after leaving a rap verse on his answering machine. On this process she notes "I used to like to write poetry and stories. One day I was home, bored, and started to compose songs."

Her song "Shake It To The Ground," produced in collaboration with Blaqstarr, was a club hit in 2006, leading to local speculation that Rye Rye could be a fresh, new female success within hip hop music. A meeting between Rye Rye, M.I.A. and Diplo in a studio in 2006/2007 was arranged by Blaqstarr after the song caught M.I.A.'s attention. Blaqstarr had told Rye Rye somebody wanted to meet her, but refused to say more. Although upon meeting them Rye Rye did not know who they were, M.I.A. told the rapper that she had been looking for her. At the time, Rye Rye was in her junior year at Dr. Samuel L. Banks High School. She toured with M.I.A. during the KALA Tour in fall and winter of 2007, which included opening for her during the CMJ Music Marathon and dates in the United Kingdom in 2007, the People Vs. Money Tour in early 2008 and briefly with Afrikan Boy. They both appeared in M.I.A.'s 2007 music video for the song "Paper Planes."

''Go! Pop! Bang!''[link]

Rye Rye is the first artist signed to M.I.A.'s record label N.E.E.T., imprint of Interscope Records. Her debut album, titled ''Go! Pop! Bang!'' was set to come out in March 2009, but its release was delayed. In the interim, she recorded guest verses for other songs. She performed the song "Get it from my Mama" with Blaqstarr and M.I.A. in live performances; other recordings completed but not confirmed for her album included "Gangsta Girl" with Zakee, "Bang" with M.I.A., "Wassup Wassup" with DJ Diplo, "Hardcore Girls" with The Count & Sinden and "Reasons" as well as "Older Man", a song about falling in love with someone twice your age, and "Quit Swinging." A music video for "Shake It To The Ground" was made. Rye Rye appears on M.I.A.'s remix of Busy Signal's "Tic Toc" and she performed in Sweden in summer of 2008, featuring on the rapclash remix of Adrian Lux's single "Strawberry". She features on a remix of M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" with Afrikan Boy, which she performed during her 2007 live dates on the Kala Tour and appears on the ''Paper Planes - Homeland Security Remixes EP''. In an interview with ''Nylon'' during the making of "Bang", M.I.A. described Rye Rye as "the voice of Baltimore". Rye Rye also worked with The Neptunes while recording her debut. In October 2008, she performed the song "Paper Planes" with Pharrel Williams and a pregnant M.I.A. at the Diesel XXX party at Pier 3 in Brooklyn.

Rye Rye is featured on the Crookers debut album, ''Tons of Friends'', rapping on the track, "Hip Hop Changed". Rye Rye also appears on a track by Tel-aviv based Soulico called "Exotic On The Speaker". Rye Rye is featured on the track "Have You Heard?" by Ceci Bastida. She song "X Girl" for the electro-duo Teenage Bad Girl's second album "Backwash". Rye Rye's single "Bang" (featuring M.I.A.) appeared on the ''Fast & Furious'' motion picture soundtrack, and she released her M.I.A.-directed video for the track in 2009. ''Rolling Stone'' called the track "gloriously showoffy". Rye Rye's performance at SXSW in 2010 was well received by critics and festival goers. She performed at the Winter Music Conference in Miami before opening for indie rock band The Gossip in April 2010.

On February 9, 2011 at midnight, Rye Rye put up her highly anticipated pre-album mixtape, "RYEot PowRR" for download, along with a video to her remix of Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A.." After several date changes, an official release date for ''Go! Pop! Bang!'' was announced for February 22, 2011. However, the album did not come out and is presently slated for a Fall 2011 release. Rye Rye performed at the 2010 Alexander Wang fashion week after party. The first single to be lifted from her debut album ''Go! Pop! Bang!'' entitled "Sunshine", was released on October 5 and leaked online a day earlier. A music video with M.I.A. was shot in September 2010, and released on October 8. Rye Rye has recently joined M.I.A. to perform on her tour of international shows in 2010.

On June 7, 2011, she released a second single "Never Will Be Mine" featuring Robyn. The video featuring the two artists premiered on June 15, 2011 and after two days, had been viewed 2,740,998 times. The song reached number 12 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Songs.

Rye Rye released her single "New Thing" in 2011, which showcases and soundtracks fashion designer Prabal Gurung's collection and the 2011 "Women Go All In" Adidas advert. In April 2012, her single "Boom Boom" reached number 17 on US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Songs.

Acting[link]

Rye Rye appeared in the film ''21 Jump Street'' and co-wrote its main theme with Esthero .

Artistry[link]

Style and inspiration[link]

The ''LA Times'' described her music as a "hardcore club sound." Rye Rye collaborated on the album with executive producer, co-writer and stylist M.I.A., whom Rye Rye described as her fashion icon. ''Rolling Stone'' described ''Go! Pop! Bang!'' as "the hip-hop album most likely to set the club on fire" while ''Paper'' stated the album "will take over car stereos one impossibly ear-catching kinetic party jam at a time." ''Bust'' described her debut album as "Baltimore grime at its best." She told ''Rap-Up TV'' that she was also a fan of clothing designer Jeremy Scott.

Speaking of the ease at which writing her lyrics comes to her, Rye Rye notes that listening to her songs' beats repeatedly in the studio helps her to focus. Rye Rye has spoken of her intention to work with Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Rihanna and Jay Z as well as a Disney Channel artist to reach out to child audiences. She says, "Of course I want to work with artists that can dance so in saying that I have to say that Ciara is someone I really want to work with, as that girl have moves. Not forgetting Ms. Missy Elliott of course as I think her videos are crazy."

Influence[link]

Rye Rye is the muse of fashion designer Prabal Gurung. Music critics have noted similarities between the style of the music video in the song "What You Talking About!?" by Redlight, featuring Ms. Dynamite, with that of M.I.A. and Rye Rye.

Personal life[link]

Pursuing her music career, Rye Rye has also expressed interest in attending college to study child care. Although Rye Rye was slated be part of the A-Trak tour, she had to pull out as she was expecting her first child. She had a baby girl, Kennidi Malaysia Battle, with boyfriend Evan Battle on September 30, 2009.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

''Go! Pop! Bang!'' (2012)

Mixtapes[link]

''RYEot PowRR'' (2011)

Singles[link]

"Bang" (featuring M.I.A.) (2009)

"Sunshine" (featuring M.I.A.) (2010)

"Never Will Be Mine" (featuring Robyn) (2011)

"New Thing" (2011)

"Boom Boom" (2012)

As featured artist[link]

"Shake It To The Ground" (2007) (Blaqstarr featuring Rye Rye)

"Paper Planes (Blaqstarr remix)"(M.I.A. featuring Rye Rye and Afrikan Boy)

"Hardcore Girls" (2008) (The Count & Sinden featuring Rye Rye)

"Wassup Wassup" (2008) (Diplo featuring Rye Rye)

"Lovely" (2009) (Johnny Spanish featuring Rye Rye)

"Exotic On The Speaker" (2009) (Soulico featuring Rye Rye)

"Hip Hop Changed" (2010) (Crookers featuring Rye Rye)

"Kawaii" (2011) (Missill featuring Rye Rye)

"X Girl" (2011) (Teenage Bad Girl featuring Rye Rye)

"Jello" (2011) (Far East Movement featuring Rye Rye)

References[link]

External links[link]

Rye Rye official website

Rye Rye at Interscope

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