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- Whitney Houston
- Shaola Ama
- Three Dog Night
- Mika
- Embrace
- Outlawz
- The Levellers
- Simple Minds
- Bleach
- Kendall Schmidt
- Howard Jones
- Hezekiah Walker
- No Motiv
- Roll Deep
- Horse
- The Hippos
- RuPaul
- Earth Wind And Fire
- Fields Of The Nephilim
- Wyclef Jean
- Talib Kweli
- Shola Ama
- Uriah Heep
- Walt Whitman
- Wilmington Chester Mass Choir
- Lil' Wayne
- Billy Redfield
- Cassidy
- Common
- Badly Drawn Boy
- Bonnie Tyler
- Ducky Boys
- Grade 8
- Bootleg
- Levellers
- Ben Cantelon
- Smokie Norful
- Rose Cousins
- Unity Klan
- New Life Community Choir
- Oslo Gospel Choir
- Phoenix Foundation
- Paddy Goes To Holyhead
- Maino
- Midnight Panic
- Mitchel Musso
- Ama Shola
- Avias
- An Emotional Fish
- Daria
- DJ Bobo
karaoke
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh
Everybody's been so uptight
And forgetting to live the life
Let all the problems get them down
Till they make you wanna shout
See everybody's been down in luck
Now finally things are looking up
The sun is chased all the rain away
No more obstacles in our away
It's time to celebrate (come on, yeah)
Come on and celebrate (that's what I want)
I wanna celebrate (because it's so right)
I celebrate you (I celebrate you, yeah)
There is oh so many of us (that underestimate the power of love)
So much hate going round and i've had enough
I've invited you for the love
Though we been going through changes
Just trying to make it from day to day
Tonight don't you worry about a thing
Just cast your cares away
It's time to celebrate (come on, yeah)
Come on and celebrate (it is what I want)
I wanna celebrate (it's time to celebrate)
I celebrate you, I celebrate you
It's time to celebrate (come on, come on)
Come on and celebrate (don't matter what color you are)
I wanna celebrate (tonight everyone is a star)
I celebrate you, I celebrate you
I'm gonna give you a reason
Why you should clap your hands and jump for joy
There's something we can believe in
Now that the rain is gone we're gonna dance in o a rainbow
It's time to celebrate (come on, yeah)
Come on and celebrate (time to celebrate)
I wanna celebrate (because it's so right)
I celebrate you (I celebrate you)
Celebrate me, celebrate me
It's time to celebrate (time to bring you and me)
Come on and celebrate (don't matter what color you are)
I wanna celebrate (tonight everyone is a star)
I celebrate you, you celebrate me
It's time to celebrate
Come on and celebrate
I wanna celebrate
I celebrate you, you celebrate me
It's time to celebrate
Come on and celebrate
I wanna celebrate
I celebrate you, you celebrate me
It's time to celebrate
Come on and celebrate
I wanna celebrate
Celebrate, celebrate our love tonight
Celebrate our love tonight
Celebrate, celebrate our love tonight
Celebrate our love tonight
I've been looking for a way, boy
To let you know
What You mean to me. oh
I wanna let you know
That we don't need a reason
To let love flow
Hold me tight every night
Never let me go
(*Repeat with ad lib)
And I know
That we don't need a reason. no
You're the only one for me, boy I can't deny
I know you feel the same, boy It's in Your eyes
And every time I'm with you
Time just flies
Hold me tight every night
Never let me go
(* Repeat 2 times with ad lib)
Oh baby, don't let me go
Oh baby, hold me in your arms
And oh baby, don't let me go
Hold me tight, so right
Never let me go
(* Repeat with ad lib)
Let's celebrate love
(Celebrate)
Let's celebrate us
Celebrate our love tonight)
Let's celebrate tonight
Celebrate our love tonight)
Celebrate our love
Let's get this party swinging
(Celebrate our love tonight)
Celebrate our love
Let's get this party swinging
(Our love tonight)
Celebrate our love
Let's get this party swinging
Celebrate our love
Let's get this party swinging
Slippin' away, sittin' on a pillow
Waitin' for night to fall
A girl and a dream, sittin' on a pillow
This is the night to go to the celebrity ball
Satin and lace, isn't it a pity
Didn't find time to call
Ready or not, gonna make it to the city
This is the night to go to the celebrity ball
Dress up tonight, why be lonely?
You'll stay at home and you'll be alone
So why be lonely?
Sittin' alone, sittin' on a pillow
Waitin' to climb the walls
Maybe tonight, depending how your dream goes
She'll open her eyes when he goes to the celebrity ball
Celebrate, celebrate, dance to the music
Celebrate, celebrate, dance to the music
TI want the whole world to celebrate
Let's go
I wanna come home
To the only place I know
Where the trees I planted grow
I wanna come home
Once I get up I feel better
Then I pull myself together
I remember those two letters
It will be OK
Everyone says now or never
I say only if it's better
Being hurt like this forever
Will be no way
I want the whole world to celebrate
I want the whole world to celebrate
I want the whole world to celebrate
I want the whole world to celebrate
I'll be just fine
When I see you at the finish line
Doesn't matter if I take my time
I'm coming home
Once I get up I feel better
And I pull myself together
I remember those two letters
It will be OK
Everyone says now or never
I say only if it's better
Being hurt like this forever
Will be no way
I want the whole world to celebrate
I want the whole world to celebrate
I want the whole world to celebrate
I want the whole world to celebrate
I'm not mad at you at all
But I want the whole world to celebrate
Yeah
Mmmm
Right about now it's time for everybody to stand up
stand up
stand up
and have fun
'cause we just begun
I want the whole world to celebrate
Let's go
Once again if I feel better
Then I pull myself together
I remember those two letters
It will be OK
Everyone says now or never
I say only if it's better
Being hurt like this forever
I want the whole world to celebrate
I wanna go home
I wanna go home
I wanna go home
And celebrate
I'll get the whole world to celebrate
Birds end their song
Only you compare, Only you know where they're gone
Clutch the final straw
Break it in your hand, no-one understands it's yours
Now don't let go, never let it go again
Now cause if you must go, won't you go down in flames
Celebrate and everything will change
You're swimming with the hook
that's why everybody looks your way
Celebrate and let those demons race
You were never fake, nobody could take your place
Can't make time stand still
But you can make it runm You can make it bend at will
Sparks will light your trail
You were never lost, You were only off the scale
Now don't let go, never let it go again
Now cause if you must go, won't you go down in flames
Celebrate and everything will change
You're swimming with the hook
that's why everybody looks your way
Celebrate and let those demons race
You were never fake, nobody could take your place
You were never fake, nobody could take your place
[Young Noble]
stearing to this tunnel of life
it ain't a far sight
in the dark
searching for god's light
so cold I got frost bite
lost kite from the prison
this system got these young niggaz lost like
mice in a maze
rollin dice to the grave
some say it's just the price of the fame
reality strike, repeat the same tragedy twice
all I'm thinkin man
it had to be life
when the casualties rise
plan plotting 'til your strategy dies
black cotton till i've gotten what's mine
I don't travel the globe
stood firm with an average of 4
I was almost cut down like a half of a stole
but you know that ain't how we roll
from a soldier to a general
go leadin' still do what I'm told
I got the soul of a old head
in the young niggaz bodies
we don't put this gun in nobody
you don't wanna know no homie
what is really goin on
shit is real
couldn't tell you everything in a song
man the pain is so personal
so deep I couldn't explain it in words for ya
I don't sleep
I can rest when I'm dead
cause I'm blessed while I'm here
through the rain, pain
blood, sweat and tears
dedicated to underdogs
that wanna see us make it
we make it, they make it
this calls for celebration
[hook: TQ]
all around the world
we about to celebrate
the mamas ain't crying no mo
my niggaz ain't dying no mo
tell me do you wanna go
I mean it's kinda like a holiday
kinda like a white tray on silver day
kinda like jamaica in may
when all my people celebrate
[Kastro]
I wasn't born with a silver spoon
my mama was poor in the delivery room
but we gon make it
look done made it
cops still goin strong
mom poppin the greatest
life been good to a nigga
I remember bout the hood
and how I could do a nigga
but not me
I been good to a nigga
I support not no more
i'm a hood rich nigga now
and I'm hangin like wet clothes
the fresh white frisbee tee
countin bank rows
I ain't botherin with you stank hoes
another problem bit©h
I got enough for those
me, myself
I don't need nothin else
but a good mind
and some good health
that's all I got on my wish list
pop a bottle
what's the celebration bit©hes
[hook]
[E.D.I.]
we ain't sayin that it's all good now
any hood USA
man it still goes down
but despite of all that
we gon still have a good time
toss a few back
celebrate the fact
that my kids still eatin
man I'm glad I'm still breathin
glad I got my ratchet cause the snakes still creapin
man I got a lawyer cause the law still cheatin
listen, big bottles of drank
big weed in my pocket
nigga I got stanks
we gon drank, we gon smoke
till we damn near faint
and after all that
we gon do it again
this is for the good time
so we get some mo
if we don't we gon smile
on the ones before
if you got real ones
man hug your folks
cause you never know
when it gon go
so celebrate
Amid the Sound and Lights
On a table with friends
Everybody's fine
They're all drinking wine, yeah
Was there you fell in love
In a crowded room
Not for the first
But for the thousandth time, yeah
So you Celebrate, you celebrate
you celebrate your Love
With a little house
Just made for two
With all the lovely things
You can buy brand new
You gonna settle down
Just the both of you
You gonna be a good soul
From now on, yea
And when the sap first rose
Back in the day
You thought you'd play it smart
The trail of broken hearts, yeah
You said they won't find you
They won't find you
They won't find you
Just living in a box for two
But now you Celebrate, you celebrate
you celebrate your love
With a little house
Just made for two
With all the lovely things
You can buy brand new
You gonna settle down
Just the both of you
So when you catch an eye
And your dancing heart
Starts telling you the lies
You're doing it to survive
What else could hurt
So much it makes you cry
Yes, you Celebrate, you celebrate
you celebrate your love
With a little house
Just made for two
With all the lovely things
You can buy brand new
You gonna settle down
Just the both of you
You gonna be a good soul
From now on, yeah
Act of love
Is a luxury
The suit he wears
Belongs to me
The road is long
Seven thousand miles
Soldier talk
And uniform
We can live
I can live
Celebrate
Celebrate
We can live
I can live
Celebrate
Celebrate
She rag doll
Keeps him warm
This negative
Shows no form
He salutes the crowd
"Go west young man"
Run run run
The hollow man
We can live
I can live
Celebrate
Celebrate
We can live
I can live
Celebrate
Celebrate
To a distant land
Sand and sand
Touch to touch
A marble man
The house is glass
Furniture's chrome
Soldier talk
And uniform
We can live
I can live
Celebrate
Celebrate
We can live
I can live
Celebrate
Es ist Zeit, dir alles zu geben,
es ist Wahr, es zieht mich zu dir.
Ich lach dich an, es tut so gut.
Was so einfach scheint, braucht so viel Mut.
Es ist Zeit, dir Liebe zu zeigen,
es ist wahr, ich will dir vertrauen.
Ich lach dich an, gib zu verstehen,
wenn wir ehrlich sind, wird alles gehen.
Refrain:
Einfach wahr, ich liebe dich total
Und mehr brauch ich nicht,
es ist einfach gut und gibt mir wieder Mut.
Einfach wahr, ich brauche dich total
Und ich steh dazu,
ich hab keine Wahl, zum allerersten Mal.
Einfach wahr.
Es ist Zeit, dir W
Throw it up, woo hoo!
Woo hoo! [x2] Yeah, yeah.
Woo hoo! Yeah, yeah.
You're pretty baby, but you know that
Wish I could bring ya, across the map
I can feel it in the air that it's on tonight
I don't really care if it's wrong or right
Petal to the metal baby hold me tight
Anything you want I can get that girl
If you're with that girl
Everybody knows that I want ya
If you want me baby show me
Roll the windows down let your hair flow
Let it all go tonight
Party people!
Woo hoo, all the windows down
Woo hoo, when I'm rolling through your town (Woo hoo)
Saying yeah yeah, Woo hoo
Saying yeah yeah
You drive me crazy but you know that
Feel the breeze girl let's take a lap (lap) Yeah (yeah)
I can feel it in the air that it's on tonight
I don't really care if it's wrong or right
Petal to the metal baby holds me tight
Anything you want I can get that girl
If you're with that girl
Everybody knows that I want ya
If you want me baby show me
Roll the windows down let your hair flow
Let it all go tonight
Party people!
Woo hoo, all the windows down
Woo hoo, when I'm rolling through your town (Woo hoo)
Saying yeah yeah, Woo hoo
Saying yeah yeah
Stop!
[Beat break]
It's on tonight, it's on tonight
It's on-on-on-on-on tonight
Woo hoo, all the windows down
Woo hoo, when I'm rolling through your town (Woo hoo)
Saying yeah yeah, Woo hoo
Saying yeah yeah
Let's go!
Woo hoo, all the windows down
Woo hoo, when I'm rolling through your town (Woo hoo)
Saying yeah yeah, Woo hoo
We have got to get ourselves in rhythm
Wake up the heart that seems to have fallen asleep
Send a wave of joy across the planet
Synchronize 6 billion lives to one beat
‘Cos you know that I’ll come runnin’
To help you get right through this day
‘Cos you know whatever’s coming
We’re gonna celebrate our love this way
Verse:
Jehovah Jireh, my provider,
my strong tower, my everything.
Through the hurt and pain, He's my relief;
celebrate His name.
Chorus:
Let's all celebrate,
let's all celebrate,
let's all celebrate, Jesus, our Lord and King.
Let's all celebrate,
let's all celebrate, celebrate His name.
Vamp 1:
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,
Jesus, our Lord and King.
Jesus, Jesus,
celebrate His name.
Vamp 2:
Let's all celebrate, let's all celebrate.
Let's all celebrate, let's all celebrate.
Let's all celebrate, let's all celebrate,
celebrate His name.
Vamp 1
Vamp 3:
Let's all celebrate, let's all celebrate.
What's the problem here now?
there's more to life than dragged down days
Let's turn around the mood of you today
and celebrate the century
Get off your feet, why don't you get off your feet now?
It's time to get off your feet now and celebrate the century
It's time to celebrate this day,
celebrate another day, celebrate the century
Celebrate a holiday, celebrate the century now
Let's see some progress here now
I want you to get it right this time
Yell at the top of your lungs tonight
and celebrate the grandeur of life now
Let's get off our feet can we get off our feet now?
Skepta, Roll Deep, yeh E16, N17, E3, SW9, E14, N13
We do dis ting. Rules and regulations.
I've been a skuller doing ching chang walla.
Real life, not no sci-fi horror.
Walk by today, drive-by tomorrow.
Talk out, get blazed, why do you bother?
You've been wally since Tim Tam Tommy
Go raves, get paid, but they don't wanna do it proper.
Rep my crew Roll Deep, since Ip Dip Do, And I always have something to offer
Brand new clobber, paid top well I, plus I aint no shotter or robber.
If you bare good at grime n ting then don't bother-get smacked up today, get smacked up tomorrow.
If you wanna take the piss then you're gonna hear something else holla.
See that girl over there- she's mine, I'm on her, so family don't bother.
Non-stop gash, penetrate that, the album went silver, celebrate that.
Anybody get rude to the roll deep crew, then no longting we regulate that
Non-stop gash, penetrate that, the album went silver, celebrate that.
Anybody get rude to the roll deep crew, then no longting we regulate that
Yo, my name is Skepta, I'm in Roll Deep but I live in North London so sometimes I don't see them.
More time I see Wiley and Matt Scratchy and Danny and Scratch, Flow Dan and Karnage on the weekend.
No G's in trouble, my nigga, that's why I'm sellin boydem to freedem.
Some man don't know that I'm in roll deep, coz they never heard me on In At The Deep End.
I rep roll deep but I'm not from E3, don't hate me coz you see me on the TV, talk about what you gonna do when you see me, and when you see me you say Skepta, wah gwan, easy.
That's how I know you ain't greezy.
I lick a shot and disappear like a genie, everybody in the country knows me.
I'm a soul survivor like young jeezy.
Non-stop gash, penetrate that, the album went silver, celebrate that.
Anybody get rude to the roll deep crew, then no longting we regulate that
Non-stop gash, penetrate that, the album went silver, celebrate that.
Anybody get rude to the roll deep crew, then no longting we regulate that
Ok, I don't know what them man are on
Buss, man are gone, gone with the old argument, time to move on.
Dem man are hiding, let them carry on. The studios' built, now nuff more songs.
Non stop bars, non stop beats, non stop heat I mean non stop bombs.
Non stop cash when I got my gat, too many can't flock that.
Become a non stop gonner.
I mean non stop acting, non stop tactics, man I practice on your spastics.
See, say I topple and iron like lying in a Zion.
Check that, deep, dem man are French plastic.
Biggin em again them man are just matchsticks. I aint playin games, them are not match-fit.
Although they chat shit, we've been doin dis ting and you can't chuck a ting from this.
Non-stop gash, penetrate that, the album went silver, celebrate that.
Anybody get rude to the roll deep crew, then no longting we regulate that
Non-stop gash, penetrate that, the album went silver, celebrate that.
Anybody get rude to the roll deep crew, then no longting we regulate that
Non-stop gash, penetrate that, the album went silver, celebrate that.
Anybody get rude to the roll deep crew, then no longting we regulate that
Non-stop gash, penetrate that, the album went silver, celebrate that.
Anybody get rude to the roll deep crew, then no longting we regulate that
Yeh man. Look, all I wanna do is celebrate, play nice games like chess; checkmate.
Separate the rude from the fake-are you one of them?
Real recognize real game that's the bullet and Jet Le that's me I boogie, come to the dance in a blacked out buggy, leave out the dance with a girl in a mini.
When I get come home gonna show her my buddy.
Money, funny how it changes the plot, the UK's on the block, yeh that's a lot.
Take times so you take times say please. This country's system aint designed for me.
So I gotta move up how I move up, been through the hard times. Heartbreak, Of. Jet be humble but Jet was quick. Celebrate life coz the hoodies see the blick.
Non-stop gash, penetrate that, the album went silver, celebrate that.
Anybody get rude to the roll deep crew, then no longting we regulate that
Non-stop gash, penetrate that, the album went silver, celebrate that.
(McDonald / McAlinden)
Building brave new worlds and living great white hopes.
Narrow-eyed and lean, a fearless legionnaire.
I have never found the strength of my desire.
You lived through extremes and struggled to survive.
New leaves are turning. New days are coming.
Celebrate, celebrate.. careless and light, aimless and free.
Celebrate, celebrate.. weightless and high, happy as air.
Holy joy, holy joy.. live and be damned, live and be damned.
Celebrate, celebrate.. surrender yourself, come alive.
Up above the roof, the sky is brilliant blue.
Past the threshold lights, nothing confines you.
Now the storm has gone -- no need to batten down.
There's another life slowly melting you.
You think that you could walk out on me. You think that I'll be there when you're in need. I celebrate my days of hate 'cause now I see that you're nothing to me. So go out and get with any guy you find. Don't come crawling back when you're in need. (Chorus)
Act of love
Is a luxury
The suit he wears
Belongs to me
The road is long
Seven thousand miles
Soldier talk
And uniform
[Chorus]
We can live
I can live
Celebrate
Celebrate
We can live
I can live
Celebrate
Celebrate
She rag doll
Keeps him warm
This negative
Shows no form
He salutes the crowd
"Go west young man"
Run run run
The hollow man
[Chorus]
To a distant land
Sand and sand
Touch to touch
A marble man
The house is glass
Furniture's chrome
Soldier talk
And uniform
Maurice White, Charles Stepney & Philip Bailey
Seasons change, they rearrange
So why can't you and I--say why
Thoughts we find, are so unkind
We often have to cry--but why
Chorus:
Celebrate, change your thoughts to love
Celebrate, what you're thinking of
Time ain't long, soon we'll be moving on,
Moving on...
Nature's way for her to say in perfect harmony
Find your place, your past erased
For life's new destiny.
Chorus:
Celebrate, change your thoughts to love
Celebrate, what you're thinking of
Time ain't long, soon we'll be moving on,
Moving on...
When the moment's right
Only moments rise
For the lesser blessed
It's all promises
When the daughters rise
From their comas rise
For a lesser blessed
It seems honest here
Celebrate give love and praise
Celebrate
For our lesser days
Obsessions in your eyes
The peril of my life
Where others fall
You came back again
With no grace in mind
For the magan blind
To a lesser god we'd seem honest here
And you'll turn
You'll find new highways
And you'll turn
But lady you'll burn
This moment's all you have it there
This moment hangs like your ragged hair
Celebrate
Give love and praise
Celebrate
For our lesser days
When the moment's right
Only moments rise
The eternal sea of silence
The shadows of mankind
And you'll turn
You'll find new highways
And you'll turn
You find new highways
Celebrate here
Celebrate here please
For all you've changed me
Celebrate here
Celebrate here
Celebrate for our lesser days
Ladies and gentleman, the preacher's son
Patti LaBelle is in the building
Let's celebrate, have a basement party
A barbeque how we used to do
On the avenue, have a family reunion
Man, how I miss those days
When the kids was kids, no knives on the street
When the ice cream man came around the way
Lord, Miss Patti, won't you help me sing
Lord knows how I miss those days
Dressing up for church on Easter Sunday (how I miss those days)
Doing the electric slide at every party (how I miss those days)
Oh, if only you knew, what I've been through (you would celebrate)
You would celebrate (everybody just celebrate, how I miss those days)
Get up, you would celebrate (celebrate, everything's gonna be ok, how I miss those days)
I came in this game through the back door (get up)
I know LaBelle, we were so much more (get up)
We worked it, and earned it, God knows we deserved it (get up)
Keep on striving, I know you'll make it
Let's celebrate, have a basement party
A barbeque how we used to do (yeah, get up)
On the avenue, have a family reunion
Man, how I miss those days
When the kids was kids, no knives on the street
When the ice cream man came around the way
Lord, Miss Patti, won't you help me sing
Lord knows how I miss those days
Dressing up for church on Easter Sunday (how I miss those days), get up
Doing the electric slide at every party (how I miss those days)
Oh, if only you knew, what I've been through (you would celebrate)
You would celebrate (everybody just celebrate, how I miss those days)
Get up, you would celebrate (celebrate, everything's gonna be ok, how I miss those days), get up
I'm gon' box these niggaz
Take home on a number one belt (get up)
We gonna pop that thug, oh no, to celebrate the wealth (get up)
See, I'm a take that hay and turn it into loot
Cause who ever God blessed no man can test (get up)
Who ever God blessed, no man can test
What goes up must surely come down, yes
So watch who you hurt on your way up
Cause they'll be laughing at you on your way down
Tell the judge we don't want incarceration
Cause we came for the celebration, hey
So let the women and the children eat first
Cause it's been so long since a celebration, Cassidy
This Cassidy, let's celebrate (oh)
I'm selling weed and got hella cake
And I still got the dog in my backyard
It's hamburgers, hot dogs in the back row (get up)
On the grill we cooking it all up
My mom got skills, she hooking it all up
Man, it feels like back in the days
When cats wasn't clapping to K's
And hood rats was acting they age (get up)
Clef and the rest of the game with me
And me and Miss LaBelle, we rep the same city (get up)
Philly, home of the blunts and the cheese steaks
And I cannot be stopped, like I need breaks (get up)
Let's celebrate, have a basement party
A barbeque how we used to do (yeah)
On the avenue, have a family reunion
Man, how I miss those days
When the kids was kids, no knives on the street
When the ice cream man came around the way
Lord, Miss Patti, won't you help me sing
Lord knows how I miss those days
Dressing up for church on Easter Sunday (how I miss those days)
Doing the electric slide at every party (how I miss those days)
Oh, if only you knew, what I've been through (you would celebrate)
You would celebrate (everybody just celebrate, how I miss those days)
Get up, you would celebrate (celebrate, everything's gonna be ok, how I miss those days), get up
Celebrate (you would celebrate), everything's gonna be ok, how I miss those days (get up)
[Intro]
Young Moolah baby x 4
Happy music, happy people
Happy people
Everything’s alright
Everything is alright
Hook:
Pop a bottle and celebrate
We made it to a new day
Pop a bottle and celebrate
We done made it to a new day
Oh I take a hit and just elevate
Cause today will be a good day
I got my mind right money right, ready for war
Workin’ hard today for a better tomorrow
[Verse 1: Talib Kweli]
Hey! blow the horns on ‘em
The sun is out, it’s a brand new day and it just dawned on ‘em
The smoke in here got ‘em floating just like in salt water
And break is fast, we got it cooking just like a short order
Feed the hands with them birds cover the cheetah print
A jungle out there and the jail is the zoo that keep us in
Players in gators is crazy, we feel the need to rock ‘em
Furs coming in all different colors like Peter got ‘em
Killing yourself for a salary
Look ya line flatter than stomachs of the women that’s running, watching
them calories
Hope that we linking, we smoking and drinking casually
Cause life without living ain’t nothing but a fallacy
[Hook:]
[Verse 2: Lil Wayne]
Say, who’s that peekin’ in my window?
Is that sunshine? Is that one time?
Let that sun shine through my living room
my hospitality is what I’m giving you
Harsh reality is what I’ve been through
But I’m not alone, ask her and him too
And they shall tell ya, ain’t nothin’ better
Than the smell of a new day
And I know the ocean runs dry and the sky gets dark
And ya don’t see what he’s trying to show ya
And I know the wall may seem tall
But if we help each other I guarantee that he get over
And once I’m over, I’ll reach back for my brother
And pull him over as well
Keep our heads high and our noses wide open
Hopin’ for that new day smell
Love live life
[Hook:]
[Verse 3: Mack Maine]
Yeah homie, I been away since I was 16
To tell ‘em what I’m ’bout to tell ‘em
So I need more than a 16
See I’m the only son of Mary and Joe
So I gotta fulfill my purpose ‘fore I’m buried, ya know
My momma say she having visions of me being a missionary
And the hood looking at me as a walking visionary
So I sit back and wonder will I ever have my time to shine
And die like Pac in his prime
Or will I go out like Len Bias and OD before the tryouts
No tell a reaper, no buyout
I’m good, I pray for a head to protect ya
And I gotta walk the streets with the heat as my protection
Still gotta watch my back, still watch my front home
Cause I seen a lot of niggas die with they gun on
So with that in mind, I just get higher
And pray to the higher Messiah, I’m no liar
And they say that puffing the fire fucks with your memory
But I got a lot of stuff that I don’t wan’ remember see
Like when my homie ? died
I like how I never seen a man cry ’til I seen Lance died
Never seen my pops cry ’til I seen my Grams died
And I’m here to tell him that I miss my Grams too
And I wish that I could hug her for mothers day too
And I feel the same way that you do
But we still gotta move on so she can just smile down on us
And I don’t want the Lord to ever frown down on us
I know that they really got power in a gun
But I also know that they got power in a tongue
So every time I speak, look I try to speak life
Y’all tweaking for broads, I tweak life
They said I was posed to die as a fetus
My momma said I ? that Devil in the name of Jesus
So now I’m here just to talk to y’all
Come and stroll with me homie, let me walk wit’ y’all
Ten million ways to die so I chose
To get my life right by the end of the road
'fore my body in a casket and I’m stiff and froze
'fore I’m laying in a morgue with a tag on my toes
I’m here to tell you take heed to the warnings
School shootings, hurricanes, and global warming
Open ya Bibles up with no hesitation
BC was the Genesis, this is Revelations
So you better pick your destination
Tomorrow ain’t promised, better pick your destination
Rest in peace B Spencer, rest in peace Bipsy
Shit could be worse so I’m feeling like Weezy
I wake up in the morning, take a piss, and wash my hands
Take a knee and thank the Man and leave my life in God’s hands, yea!
Celebrate, celebrate our love tonight
Celebrate our love tonight
Celebrate, celebrate our love tonight
Celebrate our love tonight
I've been looking for a way, boy
To let you know
What You mean to me. oh
I wanna let you know
That we don't need a reason
To let love flow
Hold me tight every night
Never let me go
(*Repeat with ad lib)
And I know
That we don't need a reason. no
You're the only one for me, boy I can't deny
I know you feel the same, boy It's in Your eyes
And every time I'm with you
Time just flies
Hold me tight every night
Never let me go
(* Repeat 2 times with ad lib)
Oh baby, don't let me go
Oh baby, hold me in your arms
And oh baby, don't let me go
Hold me tight, so right
Never let me go
(* Repeat with ad lib)
Let's celebrate love
(Celebrate)
Let's celebrate us
Celebrate our love tonight)
Let's celebrate tonight
Celebrate our love tonight)
Celebrate our love
Let's get this party swinging
(Celebrate our love tonight)
Celebrate our love
Let's get this party swinging
(Our love tonight)
Celebrate our love
Let's get this party swinging
Celebrate our love
Celebrate, celebrate
Dance to the music ...
Slippin' away, sittin' on a pillow
Waitin' for night to fall
Girl in a dream, sittin' on a pillow
This is the night
We're going to the celebrity ball
Satin and lace, isn't it a pity
Didn't find time to call
Ready or not
Gonna make it to the city
This is the night
We're going to the celebrity ball
Dress up tonight, why be lonely
You'll stay at home
And you'll be alone
So why be lonely
Celebrate, celebrate
Dance to the music ...
Sittin' alone, sittin' on a pillow
Waitin' to climb the wall
Maybe tonight
Wherever your dream goes
Woman alive
We're going to the celebrity ball
Dress up tonight, why be lonely
You'll stay at home
And you'll be alone
So why be lonely
Celebrate, celebrate
This is the day of thanksgiving,
blessed be the name of the righteous One.
This is the day of rejoicing
for all the things that He has done.
He reigns supreme over everything,
but yet He listens to the birds that sing;
celebrate, celebrate,
celebrate Jesus Christ.
Verse
Celebrate the righteous One,
Celebrate the Holy One,
celebrate the Lamb of God,
celebrate Jesus.
Celebrate the righteous One,
Celebrate the Holy One,
celebrate the Lamb of God,
celebrate Jesus.
Bridge
Everybody praise Him, oh shout!
Clap your hands and praise Him,
let everybody know what it's all about.
Vamp 1
Celebrate Jesus.
Vamp 2
(Who got the praise') We've got the praise.
(Who you give the praise to') Jesus.
(Who got the praise') We've got the praise.
(Who you give the praise to') Jesus.
Vamp 3
Celebrate
Ending
I will make a joyful noise
Unto the Lord for He's worthy
Yes He's worthy to be praised
Lift up holy hands unto
The Lord for He's worthy
Yes He's worthy to be praised
Chorus:
I will celebrate
His goodness and mercy
I will celebrate
His goodness and mercy
I will celebrate
His goodness and mercy
I will give Him all the praise
I will give Him all the praise
I will come before
His presence with singing
For He's worthy
Yes He's worthy to be praised
Enter into His gates
With thanksgiving
For He's worthy
yes He's worthy to be praised
Chorus
I will bless the Lord at all times
And His praises shall continually
Be in my mouth
When I think of all His goodness
And all He's done for me
My soul cries out hallelujah!
Chorus
Sopranos/Altos: I will give Him all the praise
Tenors: All the praise
All the praise belongs to Him
All the praise belongs to Him
Young Mula
Happy Music
Happy People
Happy People
Everythings alright
Everything is alright
[Chorus]
Pop a bottle and celebrate
We made it to a new day
Pop a bottle and celebrate
We done made it to a new day
Oooh I take a look and just elevate
Cause today will be a good day
I got my mind right, money right
Ready for more, work hard today for a better tomorrow
I said who's that peeking in my window
Is that sunshine, is that one time
Let that sunshine through my living room
Hospitality is what I'm giving you
Harsh reality is what I've been through
But I'm not alone, ask her and him too
And they sure tell ya even better then the smell of a new day
And I know the ocean runs dry and the sky get dark
Then you don't see what he's trying to show ya
And I know the wall will seem tall but if we help eachother I guarantee we get over
And once I'm over, I'll reach back for my brother and pull him over aswell
Keep our heads high and our noses wide open
Hoping for that new day smell
Love live life
[Chorus x2]
Pop a bottle and celebrate
We made it to a new day
Pop a bottle and celebrate
We done made it to a new day
Oooh I take a look and just elevate
Cause today will be a good day
I got my mind right, money right
Ready for more, working hard today for a better tomorrow
Ain't it good to be young
Ain't it a pleasure to have so much fun
We dance around the world
Wandering endlessly to be happy
'Cause these days are the best days of our lives
And we say ain't it funny we all die
So celebrate all those sunny days
All the times you get laid
Celebrate
Ain't it unusual to feel this way
Ain't it something to be tied down all the same
We should all take a timeout
For a while and throw on a smile
'Cause these days are the best days of our lives
And we say ain't it funny we all die
So celebrate all those sunny days
All the times you get laid
Celebrate
This blessed gift of life
Fills my soul just right
Look again
Look again
It's raining love tonight
Look again
Look again
It's raining love tonight
'Cause these days are the best days of our lives
And we say ain't it funny we all die
So celebrate all those sunny days
All the times you get laid
I used to pump dimes, now I spit punchlines
I'm tired of cats tryin' to rap cus they want shine
I be writing to enlighten those that was once blind
this political warfare, and I'm on the front line
I'm a soldier who grew to be a general, but generals is soldiers too (true)
And I'm willing to do what soldiers do, but you know an animal can't control a zoo (uh uh)
And I always been a leader, I control my crew. You gotta school other dudes tryin' to roll with you.
And I'm getting more mature, I'm gettin' older too, but I'mma rock till it's over like Hova do.
And I don't tell lies like most of you, I really did sell piles, held toasters too.
I might exaggerate a little but it's mostly true, and the truth come to the light like its supposed to do.
Get the obituary ready, get the Reverend, my old style died, and went to punchline heaven.
You cats know that thats my flow, I'm a legend, big up John Legend for doing the song.
Ay, wanwan Kayne, I ain't a Juvenile, but I been on the grind-yee, I had a murder case,
I was facin some time-yee, but thats somethin' small to a giant like Andre,
and they was talkin' 'bout givin' me life, ya'll but I knew I was leavin' for belivin' in Christ,
ya'll, you could live it up, but don't give up the fight, ya'll, we elevatin, so we celebratin the night, ya'll.
Hang on lil' girl, soon all your troubles will be gone lil' girl, sometimes you probably wish you wasn't born lil' girl,
but God know what he doin', lil' girl (uh huh), so keep fightin.
And hang on lil' man, you can't quit now, keep goin' lil' man, sometimes you probably wish you wasn't born lil' man,
[hook]
everybody home, ain't nobody gone
and i got all my niggas around
it feel good, don't it? getting hood on it
and i got all my niggas around
i got a couple minutes in town
a couple hundred bitches around
so baby gonna get us a round
cause i got all my niggas around
celebrate
[verse 1]
we partying, yeah got body in
exotic broads lobbying, spanish, somalian
fly, we live it 'til we die
we living in the night, toast looking in her eye
on our paper 'til we get it like dubai
chi niggas stand up, plastic cups
girls with the drastic butts, that ask for bucks
it don't stop here
bottles of veuve pop here
and we gonna get around like 2pac's here
celebrate like it's new year
some bomb rocks coming, type nuclear
yeah, it's so ridiculo
lit the medicinal, passed it give-and-go
backwards liquor store
celebrate
[hook]
[verse 2]
in my paul smith like an alcoholic
my guys i used to hoop with, is now who i ball with
this raw bitch came in looking flawless
tonight she'll be giving conscious, headlights!
beaming from the beemer that her momma bought her
i got to act right for her like i'm an author
look where drama brought us, look where karma brought us
married to the game, like usher we was caught up
now we got some r&b; broads we can call up
you niggas come around keep the wall up
smoke blowing out thinking of tomorrow and the simple things
hustlas from the go, how far we done came
celebrate
[hook]
[verse 3]
ah, another night, we love the night
for the life, getting bugged tonight
wait 'til i get my money right
told you it's gonna be on like the benzes that we lean on
put my team on, get our heat on
ah, i knew her when she strip, her name was chardonnay
my niggas move work even on a holiday
we come from porches and alleyways
i'm the big ticket, don't need no one to validate
you celebrate
[bridge]
we ain't gotta wait
it's a toast to you and me
bills aint so bad, celebrate that
party in the yard 'til the lights come on
ain't nobody crying
we've come so far, been climbing
know the clouds they passed us by
c'mon and raise your glass up high
As we meet
Watching the really good ground?
Washing the memories away
There's something we shine its a feel?
There's something we care about
We're having a real good time
I guess this is the time of our lives
It's a pleasure to see u again
With nothing to care about
We're having a real good time
I guess this is the time of our lives
It's a pleasure to see u again
With nothing to care about
And soon, a pulley will float through the sky
A sight that nobody can deny
It's a pleasure to see him again
There's something we care about
We're having a real good time
I guess this is the time of our lives
It's a pleasure to see u again
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na nana na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na nana na na na na
Let's celebrate and have a good time
We got the power
We can be one
Let us celebrate, you know the party's begun
Yes I can feel you
Gettin' on down
Just take these good vibes
And spread them around
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Let's celebrate and have a good time
Everybody laugh (celebrate)
Everybody dance (good times, yeah)
What a celebration, good times and romance
I gotta love
I wanna play
I wanna know if I can go all the way
I gotta sing, yeah
Really gonna live
I've got so much inside that I've got to give
Na na na na na (celebrate)
Na na na na na (with me) (oh yeah)
Everybody dance (good times, yeah) (oh, yeah)
What a celebration, good times and romance
[Ad lib:]
All the world
Will feel it
Can you feel it?
We got the power
Gettin' on down
Come on and sing it
Really gonna live
A mother's eyes, they've been crying the president
sent her boy half a world away
he lays dying never sure why he's even there
there's a blood red moon tonight
a couple sits counting loose change wondering
how the ends are gonna meet up on beacon hill
they've got cars and money
caviar and hypocrisy
there's an unfair world tonight
while we celebrate mourn your fortune
I cry a bloody tear tonight
these days I can't look in the mirror
without wondering what's become of me
the lines on my face are getting clearer
and I've said goodbye to my hopes and dreams
we shuffle to our graves tonight
while we celebrate mourn your future
there's a blood red moon tonight
while we celebrate rise up die I cry
1, 2, 3, 4!
Another day to celebrate,
Another, Another day.
Another day in the life we're living
We're never forgotten, never forgiven.
Two more thousand faces I'm taking with us.
When I should really thank em' for every time they lied and played,
Obeyed and stayed for just another day to celebrate!
One day for everything and who we compensate,
For every mistake and every precious thing we break!
Just one more day...
Cause' I just want to celebrate another day of living,
And I just want celebrate another day of life.
Watch it all go away!
Cause' I just want to celebrate another day of living,
And I just want celebrate another day of life.
From across this, promise all this,
All the sons and all the daughters.
And remember watching face and to just stand up straight,
Clean your plate, clean up all the floors,
Do whatever I tell you to do.
And tell the truth,
Baby I got news for all of you,
Keep the faith,
Do whatever it takes
Cause tonight we're staying up late and celebrate for you that lit the fuse.
I just want to celebrate another day of living,
Find the culprit who's snitching me out (all right)
Follow that bastard and learn his route (uh-huh)
I wanna know who imparticuler he's talking to
Kill 'em all and kill the bitch who let him in my crew
Type a letter to the bureau of investigation
Tell them hoes that they can't infiltrate my operation
Keep C-4 mounted under my establishment
Wait for you hoes come inside with no evidence
This shit is bigger than Mafia hits
Dapper don with the ensemble of killers and shit
Leer jet ready to take off to the Costa Rica
Blunt smoking and Dom sipping when my hookers seat ya'
Soldiers quiet, but I'm still angry when the plane lands
Members greet me Italian suits with a light tan
Goddamn!
I know it's time to see the big shot whose got
Buildings and yay yo and guerilla armies on the spot
Moments later we pull up into a secluded jungle
My crew was behind us but got lost when we turned in a tunnel
Sunshine, sea breeze, golf tee's, palm trees
This shit's unreal but my man is living it with ease
Waiter brings me cappuccino
His name is Nino
Retired enforcer for the New York based Gambino
Godfather comes out and takes a seat across from me
5 foot 9, medium build, look about 63
He said I heard you catchin' pressure
J'oo feeling the heat
We hear you're mobbin' in the streets
You got to set it off!!!
(Telephone conversation)
Boss: Hello?!
Bootleg: Hello boss I hope I'm not disturbing you
Members of d'cappo told me to notify you this morning about a shipment that's
coming in.
Boss: J'yea, I heard there's a drought out there in Michigan where j'oo at
I'm gonna send j'oo a thousand kilo's of cocaine
I want j'oo to sell it all
And j'oo send me my money
Bootleg: Well lets get paid
(conversation ends)
Fuck what you doin' now I'm boss!!!
Sippin' on Remi
Making reservations for the weekend Korea
Drug keeping over see a
Dedication and loyalty
Is the key if you wanna get paid like a G
Promotions cross oceans
Big bank keeping up with dope policy
Now when we
Step off the plane
Keep cool and don't offend me
Never speak unless you're spoken to
This man has keys to send me
Take a wolf pack
Stay strapped and ready to attack on these coast guards
No mishaps!
Perhaps
You'd rather take a train with the 'caine I'll arrange that
Are you with that?
When you get back
Contact Texas and our L.A. staff
Never let that
Cocaine get out of your sight
Whole keys don't fuck with halfs
Now if you get stopped at the gate
Theres one thing you must promise me
Before you cross me
Just think about death before dishonesty
Don't call me
Unless theres an emergency to attend to
I'll send you 10 niggas with fully automatics
To defend you
In a few days that shipment should arrive
Better send some scouts out
Keep a look out
Send two or three niggas on the coast
Standing post with they glocks out
No problems
Just follow instructions everything comes out lavishly
We'll solve 'em
Our mission is to make money fast
And to make money flawlessly
Start stashing
When the coc's all home
Contact money paid workers and separate
Pimp action
20 steps from the club
And we cool, bring cheese to
Amid the sound and lights on a table with friends
Everybody's fine, they're all drinking wine, yeah
Was there you fell in love, in a crowded room
Not for the first but for the thousandth time, yeah
So you celebrate, you celebrate, you celebrate your love
With a little house just made for two
With all the lovely things you can buy brand new
You gonna settle down just the both of you
You gonna be a good soul from now on, yeah
And when the sap first rose back in the day
You thought you'd play it smart the trail of broken hearts, yeah
You said, they won't find you, they won't find you
They won't find you just living in a box for two
But now you celebrate, you celebrate, you celebrate your love
With a little house just made for two
With all the lovely things you can buy brand new
You gonna settle down just the both of you
So when you catch an eye
And your dancing heart starts telling you the lies
You're doing it to survive
What else could hurt so much it makes you cry
Yes, you celebrate, you celebrate, you celebrate your love
With a little house just made for two
With all the lovely things you can buy brand new
You gonna settle down just the both of you
Verse 1
D G A D
Theres a song thats rising up inside
G A4 A
Its the overflow of praise
Bm A G D/F#
Your Joy has filled this heart again
Em7 Bm7 A
No, I am not the same
Em Bm A4 A
You have turned sorrow into praise
Refrão -------------
D G Bm A
We celebrate, You've put dancing on hearts
D G Bm A
We celebrate for all You've done and who you are
D/F# G Bm A4
We lift your name high above all other names
D/F# G A4 A
You are Lord of heaven and earth
--------------------
Verse 2
For the battle has already been won,
Even death You overcame.
We crown You King of Glory now.
You reign victoriously;
We declare your majesty
Bridge
D/F# G Bm A
I'll dance, I'll sing, giving glory to the King
D/F# G A
I'll praise Your name, for You reign
D/F# G Bm A
We'll dance, we'll sing, giving glory to King
D/F# G A
Chorus
Celebrate, for the day of the Lord
Give thanks, for all that he has done
Your struggle, is now finished
The battle is fought and the victory is won
Chorus
Verse 1
I'm a winner I'm no longer in the dark
No more will I walk around in defeat
I will rejoice at all times
For I know that my God is with me
Chorus
Verse 2
I win cause I'm on the Lord's side
And I shout for the victory he provides
There's nothing that can turn me back now
For I know that my God is with me
Chorus
Special
For I wrestle not with weapons of this world
But against, principalities
For God has overcome and delivered me
Victory
Vamp
Celebrate, Celebrate, Celebrate, Celebrate
Modulate (2x)
Well hook me up and call me fish bait
You threw your line I didn’t hesitate
I was looking for a clean slate
Ways to uncomplicate my love
Then you took my on our first date
We started early and we stayed up late
You and I now we can hardly wait
It’s time to celebrate our love
I love you loving me when I wanna be in bed by eight
I love you making stupid faces when I take your
portrait
I’m sorry in advance for times I might frustrate
Probably just one of my father’s or my mother’s traits
Against the walls our hearts reverberate
And everyone will want to imitate
Cause they can see that we don’t fabricate the happy
state
Of our love
I love you loving me when I clean my plate
Love like this has been so worth the wait
Loneliness I will not reinstate
Cause you’re my soulmate
My soulmate
I will love you til the pearly gates
We don’t need to get our stories straight
Everyone has come to congregate and
[Big J]
My Chirst was slain, so I'll never forget
Never quit never forfeit my benefit
Makin it a permit desicion for my flesh to submit
When you got 5 I got the whole kingdom on it
You can bet on it Im gonna celebrate
Worship him right through pearly gates
No matter what you or they have to say
you cant stop the UK for praisin all through the day
What yall think we was just gonna sit on Christ
Keep him hush hush and live our life
A personal encounter changed my life
so I have to give praise to the Prince of Life
Yo hands up put em up yo never give up
We came wit the anointin to get my stuff
We kings of the house we celebrate out
Gideon through the nation yall a victory shout
[Jaz]
Hear the celebration roar throughout the kingdom
my shackles broken so we got the freedom
its that time from jubilee 50 sabactically
all hail Isreal lion on Zion reigns
generates the light from my eye
call down the fire like Elijah from the sky
And celebrate let the praise penetrate the gate
we came to rejoice halleluiah, one voice
praise the one that rides above the clouds and the sun
march around the wall seven times Jerusalem
when its all said and done, tell me who's I
So I hoped you learned your lesson
And confession with the Son
[Big J and Jaz]
I see Joseph in jail with adoration on his lips
sold as a slave to the nation of Egypt
equipt with celebration in the bottom of his soul
holdin on to patience his dreams soon unfold
and when it unfolds behold promotion comes
even when you grow up in the bottom of the slump
God gives and takes but through it all we celebrate
It brings you back to an old story of faith
[Jaz]
Like Abraham he still God's friend
Adam and Eve before time began
David was his next of kin
God golry shown through Solomon
His grace and mercy we cant comprehend
My praises they will never bend
[Big J]
Like Daniel and the lion's den
Im going to keep on pressin in
No matter where a brothers been
Yo through his his blood I have been cleansed
Im a soldier ready to fight
Keep my spirit in Christ real tight
One day, soon we take fight
[Chorus]
Let us rejoice, let's celebrate
For our King has come and He lives today
The Anointed One is to be praised
Sing hallelujah
Let's Celebrate
[Repeat]
[Bridge:]
The Virgin Mary did conceive
A Son that would bring us sweet peace
He would bring joy to all mankind
That's why it's celebration time!
[Chorus]
Special
Rejoice
For our King has come He lives today
Rejoice
The Anointed One is to be praised
Rejoice
Something so wonderful is in my hearth today
Seeing just how far we've come, Thanking God for what he've done
There is so well deep in my hearth that overflow
We've been missing through the years, overcommings doubts and fears
Our spirits is sent
reaching through the thrown of glory
Singing Praise to the King
Chorus:
C'mon let's celebrate and give God all the Glory
He is worthy of my praise
Let's make our joyful noise to the rock of our salvation
All creations singing praises
We want to share a joy with friends and family
giving love that means so much
knowing that the master's turn
it's the reflection of the Father's love and shine
we must let the whole world know and to generation show
The Gospel of Christ
is the power that gives us salvation
out of darkness to the light
Chorus:
C'mon let's celebrate and give God all the Glory
He is worthy of my praise
Let's make our joyful noise to the rock of our salvation
All creations singing praises
We celebrate the mystery
Christ abides us the hope of glory
This is the kingdom's key
We have tried on victory
And the world will know us by our love
That sets the captives free
Chorus:
C'mon and celebrate and give God all the Glory
He is worthy of my praise
Let's make our joyful noise to the rock of our salvation
All creations're singing praises
C'mon Let's celebrate and give God all the Glory
He is worthy of my praise
Let's make our joyful noise to the rock of our salvation
All creations give him praise
Celebrate | my girlfriend’s great
She makes me wait | and I sit and | suffocate
No way to fake | these | feelings | cause she knows me
Knows me | knows | where I live
Is in her heart
She knows me | knows me | where I live
I don´t need a new car i´m happy with my crate
I don´t need to show off just want to celebrate
I don´t need a holiday don´t even need a pool
´cause there´s one place in town where i´m always keeping cool
I don´t need advice; of how i should live my life
I don´t need a fake smile; it cuts me like a knife
I don´t need no luxury to be satisfied
´cause all i need´s a celebration ´til the morning light
We sing and dance for the rest of our days
We don´t need a cause we celebrate in any case
Pina coladas to gain our fun
When the day is gone we´ll be back to carry on
I don´t need no caviar and i don´t need champagne
Need no stimulantia, viagra or cocaine
I don´t need a closing time and i don´t need no rules
Just when I started to feel like there was no more hope-is when hope presented it self. And just like that my life changed. Man, so I guess tomorrow really did come. Yeah, tomorrow’s here
Ohhh!
Yea, look at me now!
That’s right
I’m happy baby
Lets celebrate
Hook:
Stand up now
Hands up now
Look at me baby
I dun came up now
We dun came too far to give up now
Pop more bottles lets do it up now
Celebrate it!
Celebrate it!
It’s a holiday nigga I made it!
Celebrate it!
Celebrate it!
It’s a holiday nigga I made it!
Verse 1:
Yea, feel the wind breeze
See the palm trees
I could feel the clouds in a drop GT
Who would ever think I would make it out the street?
My whole life around drugs and the Police
Remember nights I was stuck in a jail yard
When I couldn’t see the sun through the cell bars
Now my whole world changed and it feels odd
Can’t believe it, this is what I tell God
I made it, upgraded, man I found me a dream and I chased it
I was wasting time in and out of cages
Now I’m in that S6, feels like a spaceship
We gon drink for my homies cuz they ain’t here
One more for my niggaz in the pen, yea
I coulda been a ghost but I’m still here
Can’t forget where I come from, hell yea
Hook:
Stand up now
Hands up now
Look at me baby
I dun came up now
We dun came too far to give up now
Pop more bottles lets do it up now
Celebrate it!
Celebrate it!
It’s a holiday nigga I made it!
Celebrate it!
Celebrate it!
It’s a holiday nigga I made it!
Verse 2:
To the top now
Im a pop now
I got both feet planted
Can’t stop now
Mo’ money, fast women is my lifestyle
Look at me buying everything I like now
Never thought that I would turn my life round
It’s like a crap game, couldn’t put the dice down
I was hopeless, heart broke, and guilty
I was raised off of oatmeal and grilled cheese
If you been where I been you gotta feel me
An example of what a street dream means
Man I made something out of nothing
Started out hand to hand on the block pumping
Look at me now CO, you see me now PO?
I dun came up, now I’m CEO
Career criminal, against all odds
I climbed out the dirt, now I glow with the stars
Hook:
Stand up now
Hands up now
Look at me baby
I dun came up now
We dun came too far to give up now
Pop more bottles lets do it up now
Celebrate it!
Celebrate it!
It’s a holiday nigga I made it!
Celebrate it!
Celebrate it!
It’s a holiday nigga I made it!
Verse 3:
You wanna eat Duke?
Nigga me too
I cant preach to you if I can’t feed you
I’ll tell you what though
I hope these words reach you
Cuz you never know where life’ll lead you
We gon party for my niggaz that died young
Too soon, never seen the other side son
I got homies that been locked up since 9-1
And I’m thinking man, that could’ve been my life son
Floatin in that big body Benz
Starin at the stars
Look how lucky I am
I could’ve been dead
I could’ve been gone
I guess I am blessed, look at where I came from
Hook:
Stand up now
Hands up now
Look at me baby
I dun came up now
We dun came too far to give up now
Pop more bottles lets do it up now
Celebrate it!
Celebrate it!
It’s a holiday nigga I made it!
Celebrate it!
Celebrate it!
It’s a holiday nigga I made it! (Repeat)
Thank Yous:
Yea I see you nigga, whats poppin?
Ay! Don’t even turn the beat off man, let this bitch breathe
Let me ride out with this for a minute, you knawmean?
I want to talk to a couple of people man
Victory smells so good from here man!
Dyko! We talked about this for a long time homie.
Don’t it feel good?
We told these niggas we was comin man
Hustle Hard! Yea!
This for all my homies locked up, you nawmean?
Cino Mike, all my niggaz that might not be coming back home for a long time man
All my dead homies, ya’ll with me in spirit you feel me?
You gotta put a G in office, I told em, vote for me!
Mouse, wussup nigga! 3-80! Yea!
We told em man, you knawmean?
That black flag.. I see you killa, I see you watchin me nigga
Karl what up! I see you over there reading your shit nigga.
Thank you my nigga! you feel me?
It’s been a ride, it’s been a ride man you knawmean?
Yea.. Brian Berger. Brian Berger!
Yea.. I see you man
Ay! Check this out, I’m a dedicate this right here to all the jails I been in
All the years I was locked up, you knawmean?
Look at me CO, you see me now PO?
Yea nigga!
92A5456, that was my number right there, ya heard? Haha
Now I be getting head from all kinds of motherfuckin industry bitches now
Nigga what’s poppin?
Victory nigga! we made it
This right here is for my future, man
Zane! Zane, my future
I love you too Z, I aint forget you
Yea, my momma, look, hey mommy listen check this out
You never thought your boy was even gonna get here did you?
You never know whats in store in life you knawmean?
But this is for my family, all my family, Buddha I see you man
Cam what’s happening? I see you man
Yea, N.A. Not, look at Fats
Brooklyn! Bed-Stuy all day man
Yea, uh-huh
Let me holla at Atlantic Records real quick
Management Inc.
Jean, what up!
Marsha
I see you D, you thought I forgot you nigga?
Yea, look at baby bang bang
Don’t turn this motherfuckin beat off man
It feel too good, you don’t understand what it took to get here man!
Yea, haha, aww man, word.
Leon JD
Ay, feels like im forgetting a few people, huh
I just want to say to all my niggas, everybody that I love
My nieces, my nephews, all my niggaz in the struggle
Getting money, getting shot, goin to jail, comin home
On parole, running from the law, running from the police
All that, right Fats? All that nigga! Yea!
We gon dedicate this to every police officer that ever arrested me
Wassup! Wassup police officer? Look at me now nigga
We shinin now man! Yea!
If I forgot somebody, I love you, please don’t.. please man
I’m doin this off the top of my head, I love you though. For real
We celebratin nigga, we poppin bottles for this.
This is to my dead nigga, on my dead they cant stop us!
I’ll tell you what though man, we just getting started my nigga
We just getting started, I am the future!
When you look at me you see where the game is going you feel me?
We gon pop up on these motherfuckaz man
They thought we was playin huh?
Ay Jean! They thought we was playin when you told em I was the future
Yea! Plenty more to come nigga! Plenty!
I speak for the hood, I am the voice of the street.
Yea, it’s a black flag city all over.
Maino!
Get used to me!
What you think man?
What you think?
What you think? When they face to face with a real nigga huh?
You face to face with a real nigga now!
Yea! I am the truest! Haha
Ohh!
Big shoutout to New York City! If it wasn’t for you I wouldn’t be here man.
Yea, Uh-huh
I dedicate this to my father, has gone away
Uh-huh. All my dead, all my people man.
Let’s get it!
I’ll be in here all night!
I’ll be in here all night!
Haha, come on man!
Come on man, you gotta stop playin man, I’m gone man.
I’ll be in here all night
Good times are what you make of them
My friends are tight like family
I've started to see
We walked on all these busy streets
Looking for something we can do
I'm feeling bored again
One wrong turn, and you're cruising out on a stretcher
Why is life this way?
I can't say that one day we'll try and celebrate
The time we share together
I'm dealing more and more each day
I've tried to find a little peace
Inside out of me
Try giving one good reason why
I shouldn't end it all tonight
I won't be out
One wrong turn, and you're cruising out on a stretcher
Why is life this way?
I can't say that one day we'll try and celebrate
The time we share together
Time flies by, Can't rewind
The good times that we made
Hold on and celebrate
Your time's too short
For you to look back
Your time's too short
For you to look back
Quit looking back, quit looking back, quit looking back before you're dead
I can't say that one day we'll try and celebrate
The time we share together
Time flies by, Can't rewind
The good times that we played
Hold on and celebrate
Hold on and celebrate (Hold on and celebrate)
I see you and me cruisin' down the freeway in my AMG
Top back with my muffler screamin' look at me
I like my subs to hit that high velocity
Tonight's gonna be, tonight you're gonna see
Lovin' and lovin', this night isn't over
Let's keep on dancin' and when we get older we could be
That's what I see, I see you and me
Tonight's gonna be, tonight you're gonna see
Let's celebrate and throw our cares away
Let's celebrate, celebrate today
Let's celebrate and throw our cares away
Let's celebrate, let's celebrate
Me and you, doing whatever that's what we want to do
Hands on the wheel, baby, just keep me close to you
No matter which way we go, we can't lose
Tonight's gonna be, tonight you're gonna see
Lovin' and lovin', this night isn't over
Let's keep on dancin' and when we get older we could be
That's what I see, I see you and me
Tonight's gonna be, tonight you're gonna see
Let's celebrate and throw our cares away
Let's celebrate, celebrate today
Let's celebrate and throw our cares away
Let's celebrate, celebrate
Let's celebrate and throw our cares away
Let's celebrate, celebrate today
Let's celebrate, throw our cares away
Let's celebrate, celebrate
It doesn't stop, no it's never gonna stop
No feeling doesn't stop
No it's never gonna stop, no
Yep, right now it's goin' down
Let me tell you what we're all about
Dance, dance it's your chance
Shake those pants, do that dance
Jump, jump, move that junk
Change that sound and make it funk
If you want to jump, jump
We'll keep goin' 'til the sun comes up
Let's celebrate and throw our cares away
Let's celebrate, celebrate today
Let's celebrate, throw our cares away
Let's celebrate, we'll celebrate
Let's celebrate and throw our cares away
Let's celebrate, celebrate today
Let's celebrate, throw our cares away
Celebrate, celebrate our love tonight
Celebrate our love tonight
Celebrate, celebrate our love tonight
Celebrate our love tonight
I've been looking for a way, boy
To let you know
What You mean to me. oh
I wanna let you know
That we don't need a reason
To let love flow
Hold me tight every night
Never let me go
(*Repeat with ad lib)
And I know
That we don't need a reason. no
You're the only one for me, boy I can't deny
I know you feel the same, boy It's in Your eyes
And every time I'm with you
Time just flies
Hold me tight every night
Never let me go
(* Repeat 2 times with ad lib)
Oh baby, don't let me go
Oh baby, hold me in your arms
And oh baby, don't let me go
Hold me tight, so right
Never let me go
(* Repeat with ad lib)
Let's celebrate love
(Celebrate)
Let's celebrate us
Celebrate our love tonight)
Let's celebrate tonight
Celebrate our love tonight)
Celebrate our love
Let's get this party swinging
(Celebrate our love tonight)
Celebrate our love
Let's get this party swinging
(Our love tonight)
Celebrate our love
Let's get this party swinging
Celebrate our love
verse1:
right now its that time for everyone to feel good
have a couple of fish frys seafood in the hood
wanna step out in my finest haters knew i could
to the bootlegger for a drink i think that i should
cause today the sun is bright and im feeling aight
wanna breeze to gulf and step back from the mic
fly away like jamaicans when they smoking a sak
see my dreams com-ing to life like im a soaring a kite
chorus:
i want to celebrate my victorys
you want to celebrate your victorys
can we just both celebrate our victorys
i want to celebrate our victorys
verse2:
its time gas up the whip grab the chip and dip
aint no stressful scenarios to make ya flip
baby mama stack with groceries and the milk
mama so happy to see ya aint giving ya lip
aint worried bout a thing cause the bills are paid
just left barbershop with a brand new fade
ladies got your hair done in them sexy braids
happy you became, rich from a working maid
little girls with they barbies little boys they trucks
everyone happy no shoots outs in the hood to duck
throw ya hands up in the air like you dont give a BLEEP
champagne bottles exploding like fireworks leave ya stuck
its a celebration so turn ya radio stations
aint no sad adele but lauren miseducation
so in love with my money its an infatuation
on cloud 9 a nigga deported to cyber stations
chorus:
i want to celebrate my victorys
you want to celebrate your victorys
can we just both celebrate our victorys
She insists that she's a lunatic, closer to the bone
She hardly ever visits upstairs, ride the telephone
Well I guess beauty does what beauty does best
It's beautiful
See that's the trouble with reality, it's taken far too seriously
I do hope God is good to me and Santa Claus to the children
Celebrate
This party's over
I'm going home
Celebrate
This party's over
I'm going home
His essential complications are hung up and confused
It's a planet full of traffic lights and traffic light abusers
But that's no stranger than strange
Or any other stranger
He claims it's dangerous to be innocent 'cause you're the victim every time
Histories of insanity intruding on the sane
Celebrate
This party's over
I'm going home
Celebrate
This party's over
I'm going home
Histories of insanity intruding on the sane
Even if your problem is the problem do we have to play those games?
But all these dizzy numb
For anyone to shoulder
See that's the trouble with reality, it's taken far too seriously
I do hope God is good to me and Santa Claus to the children
Celebrate
This party's over
I'm going home
Celebrate
This party's over
I'm going home
Celebrate
This party's over
I'm going home
Celebrate
This party's over
Friday, my night
Flashing street lights
Let's get this old town dancing
Leave your troubles behind
Put your hands up
Let the magic take over your heart
Join us you'll have a good time, love is here to stay
Celebrate every single step you take
Stop the world for a moment
Shine like a comet
Nothing can stop you now
Celebrate every single step you take
Stop the world for a moment
Shine like a comet
In our musical galaxy
Friday, late night
We are all just shadows in the moonlight
A thousand drums are beating
Till the break of day
Put your hands up
Let the magic take over your heart
Join us you'll have a good time, the party of your life
Celebrate every single step you take
Stop the world for a moment
Shine like a comet
Nothing can stop you now
Celebrate every single step you take
Stop the world for a moment
Shine like a comet
In our musical galaxy
Just keep moving and dancing and dancing and dancing
Music will heal your soul
Let's move to the rhythms and beats all around
Celebrate - never run away
Celebrate - wake up it's not a dream
Celebrate - this life is for free
Don't give up, stay alive
Let's celebrate
Don't give up, all your dreams come true
Let's celebrate
Can you see all this people walking through the streets of life
Without a smile in their faces how can they survive ?
It's a dangerous world they are living in
Between imagination and expectations
On their way to the point of no return
They only live once and they have to learn
Your life is too brief to waste your time for hate
It's never too late to celebrate.
Celebrate - every night and day
Celebrate - never run away
Celebrate - wake up it's not a dream
Celebrate - this life is for free
When you've got the key to reality,
Let's celebrate
All the dreams come true just for me and you
Let's celebrate
Don't give up, stay alive
Let's celebrate
Don't give up, all your dreams come true
Let's celebrate
Reality - is what they're looking for
Love - is what they all adore
Feel like a bird in a cage
Covered by your curtain, flying into a rage
Reaching the point of no return let it burn, let it burn
They only live once and they have to learn
Your life is too brief to waste your time for hate
It's never too late to celebrate.
Celebrate - every night and day
Celebrate - never run away
Celebrate - wake up it's not a dream
Celebrate - this life is for free
When you've got the key to reality,
Let's celebrate
All the dreams come true just for me and you
Let's celebrate
Be yourself and you'll see
The best things in your life are free
Don't give up, stay alive
Honesty can make you survive
Celebrate, celebrate
Celebrate - every night and day
Celebrate - never run away
Celebrate - wake up it's not a dream
Celebrate - this life is for free
When you've got the key to reality,
Let's celebrate
All the dreams come true just for me and you
Let's celebrate
Celebrate
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Kool & The Gang - Celebration
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- Duration: 4:19
- Updated: 11 Nov 2012
Music video by Kool & The Gang performing Celebration. (C) 1980 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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MIKA - Celebrate ft. Pharrell
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- Duration: 3:47
- Updated: 11 Nov 2012
MIKA's new album 'The Origin Of Love is OUT NOW, featuring new single 'Celebrate': bit.ly Order the album on ITunes here: bit.ly Follow MIKA: Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com Website: mikasounds.com YouTube: www.youtube.com
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Roll Deep - Celebrate That
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- Duration: 3:37
- Updated: 04 Nov 2012
Skepta, Roll Deep, yeh E16, N17, E3, SW9, E14, N13 We do dis ting. Rules and regulations. I've been a skuller doing ching chang walla. Real life, not no sci-fi horror. Walk by today, drive-by tomorrow. Talk out, get blazed, why do you bother? You've been wally since Tim Tam Tommy Go raves, get paid, but they don't wanna do it proper. Rep my crew Roll Deep, since Ip Dip Do, And I always have something to offer Brand new clobber, paid top dollar, flosser, plus I aint no shotter or robber. If you bare good at grime n ting then don't bother-get smacked up today, get smacked up tomorrow. If you wanna take the piss then you're gonna hear something else holla. See that girl over there- she's mine, I'm on her, so family don't bother. Non-stop gash, penetrate that, the album went silver, celebrate that. Anybody get rude to the roll deep crew, then no longting we regulate that Non-stop gash, penetrate that, the album went silver, celebrate that. Anybody get rude to the roll deep crew, then no longting we regulate that Yo, my name is Skepta, I'm in Roll Deep but I live in North London so sometimes I don't see them. More time I see Wiley and Matt Scratchy and Danny and Scratch, Flow Dan and Karnage on the weekend. Rochie's in Jail my nigga, that's why I'm sellin boydem to freedem, Some man don't know that I'm in roll deep, coz they never heard me on In At The Deep End. I rep roll deep but I'm not from E3, don't hate me coz you see me on the TV, talk about what you gonna do when you ...
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Celebrate (From the Motion Picture "Sparkle")
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- Duration: 3:39
- Updated: 11 Nov 2012
Music video by Whitney Houston & Jordin Sparks performing Celebrate. (C) 2012 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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Mika - Celebrate (feat. Pharrell Williams)
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- Duration: 3:07
- Updated: 11 Nov 2012
"Celebrate" nouveau single de Mika feat. Pharrell Williams. Extrait de son album "The Origin Of Love" (sortie septembre 2012). Disponible maintenant en digital : itunes.apple.com Mika is back with a brand new single 'Celebrate' featuring Pharrell Williams. Taken from Mika's forthcoming album 'The Origin Of Love' to be released in September 2012. Celebrate was written by Mika, Pharrell Williams and FrYars. And produced by Nick Littlemore from Empire of the Sun and Peter Mayes. mikasounds.com
http://wn.com/Mika_Celebrate_feat_Pharrell_Williams
Whitney Houston feat. Jordin Sparks - Celebrate
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- Duration: 3:36
- Updated: 10 Nov 2012
Whitney Houston feat. Jordin Sparks - Celebrate Here we go with the Last Song Whitney recorded. The Song features Jordin Sparks and is written by nobody else than R.Kelly, enjoy! LIKE on Facebook for exclusive content: www.facebook.com For more Whitney's News join us : www.facebook.com/WhitneyLove4ever Twitter.com/WHnippy
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Common - Celebrate (Official Video)
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- Duration: 4:53
- Updated: 11 Nov 2012
© 2011 WMG Download Common's new album The Dreamer/The Believer on iTunes now: bit.ly Common's official video for the hit song "Celebrate" off The Dreamer/The Believer album - In stores now! Keep up with Common on www.ThinkCommon.com!
http://wn.com/Common_Celebrate_Official_Video
Waconzy - I celebrate [Oficial Video]
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- Duration: 4:20
- Updated: 10 Nov 2012
Buy the album "I celebrate" on iTunes - bit.ly Buy this track (I Celebrate) on iTunes - bit.ly Visit Me at iroking.com A smash hit from Dv8 Records,produced by waconzy.
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Kool and The Gang - Celebration 1980
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- Duration: 2:53
- Updated: 11 Nov 2012
Kool and The Gang - Celebration 1980 Yahoo! This is your celebration! Yahoo! This is your celebration! Celebrate good times, come on, lets celebrate. Celebrate good times, come on, lets celebrate. Theres a party going on right here A celebration to last throughout the years So bring your good times and your laughter, too We gonna celebrate your party with you, come on. Celebration, Lets all celebrate and have a good time Celebration, We gonna celebrate and have a good time Its time to come together, Its up to you Whats your pleasure, everyone around the world, come on. Yahoo! This is your celebration! Yahoo! This is your celebration! Celebrate good times, come on, its a celebration Celebrate good times, come on, Lets celebrate Were gonna have a good time tonight Lets celebrate, its alright Were gonna have a good time tonight Lets celebrate, its alright, baby Were gonna have a good time tonight (Celebration) Lets celebrate, its alright Were gonna have a good time tonight (Celebration) Lets celebrate, its alright Yahoo Yahoo Celebrate good times, come on Celebrate good times, come on
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Madonna - Celebration
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- Duration: 3:50
- Updated: 11 Nov 2012
© 2009 WMG Celebration
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Kool & the Gang - Celebration
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- Duration: 5:01
- Updated: 11 Nov 2012
Funk
http://wn.com/Kool_the_Gang_Celebration
Celebration by Kool and the Gang with lyrics
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- Updated: 10 Nov 2012
haha i saw that like no one had their version of celebration soooooooooo i decided to make a lyric video for it!!! hope you like it!!!! rate, comment and subscibe please!!!! --and i take requests too!!!
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Celebrate (1975) - Three Dog Night
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on Soundstage in 1975
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Mika - Celebrate ft. Pharrell Williams
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FANMADE! IF U KNOW WHAT DOES IT MEAN - well guys, we're back with another video by mika, as always. this time we have made a coreography, cause in the last video there was someone who said that 'your coreography sucks' even if in 'elle me dit' there wasn't a coreography lool we hope you like it guys, like always it's just a video to have fun, I personally love mika so so much and I trust in 'the origin of love', I'm really proud of my man and I hope so much beautiful things for him, so you have to understand that in this video we don't want to tease him, absolutly! If you like we're happy, if you don't like it I'm sorry that you don't understand the happiness (;
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Mitchel Musso - "Celebrate" Music Video
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Check out the brand new music video from Mitchel Musso "Celebrate." The album "Brainstorm" is out now exclusively at Walmart!!!
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Lil Wayne - Celebrate (New 2012)
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Lil Wayne - Celebrate Lil Wayne - Celebrate (New 2012) Lil Wayne - Celebrate Lil Wayne - Celebrate Lil Wayne - Celebrate Lil Wayne - Celebrate (New 2012) Lil Wayne - Celebrate (New 2012) Lil Wayne - Celebrate (New 2012) Lil Wayne - Celebrate (New 2012) Lil Wayne - Celebrate (New 2012)...
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Celebration
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Game "Celebration" ft. Chris Brown, Tyga, Wiz Khalifa & Lil Wayne © 2012 Interscope Buy Now! smarturl.it
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Obama supporters celebrate no more Israel
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Obama supporters celebrating his election night win discuss Israel and Netanyahu.
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KOOL AND THE GANG-CELEBRATION
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dhroa65.blogspot.com Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate) Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate) There's a party goin' on right here A celebration to last throughout the years So bring your good times And your laughter too We gonna celebrate your party with you Come on now (Celebration) Let's all celebrate and have a good time (Celebration) We gonna celebrate and have a good time It's time to come together It's up to you What's your pleasure Everyone around the world Come on (Yahoo) It's a celebration (Yahoo) Celebrate good times, come on It's a celebration Celebrate good times, come on Let's celebrate We're gonna have a good time tonight Let's celebrate, it's all right We're gonna have a good time tonight Let's celebrate, it's all right Baby We're gonna have a good time tonight (Ce-le-bra-tion) Let's celebrate, it's all right We're gonna have a good time tonight (Ce-le-bra-tion) Let's celebrate, it's all right (Yahoo) (Yahoo) Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate) Celebrate good times, come on It's a celebration Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate) (Ad lib) Come on and celebrate, good times, tonight (Celebrate good times, come on) 'Cause everything's gonna be all right Let's celebrate (Celebrate good times, come on) (Let's celebrate)...
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An Emotional Fish - Celebrate
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Great song a dumb Italian rockstar called Vasco Rossi made a lot money with
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How to celebrate after a sack
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Aldon Smith is the real deal.- sorry no sound on this video.
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Lake's "Celebrate"
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I discovered this album while searching for some 80's vinyl records in a good will store one summer. And then I happened to stumble upon this record and I took a chance and bought it based entirely on it's interesting album cover(oh and maybe because it only cost 60 cents). And I'm glad I did end up buying it, because as soon as I heard the first song on the album "Celebrate" I knew the album was going to be good. I listened to this album probably a million times over that summer. I hope you liked it as much as I did.
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Best Goal Celebrations
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Music: Cosa Nostra - Jet Coaster
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- Celebrate (album), a 2002 album by American pop group Triple Image
- "Celebrate" (Piero Esteriore & The MusicStars song), the Swiss entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004
- Celebrate – Live, a 1980 live album by American Christian musical group The Archers
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| Pharrell Williams | |
|---|---|
 Pharrell Williams performing with N.E.R.D in Pori Jazz 2010. |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Skateboard P, Pharrell, Sk8brd (mononym), Auto Goon |
| Born | (1973-04-05) April 5, 1973 (age 39) |
| Origin | Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States |
| Genres | Various |
| Occupations | Producer, musician, songwriter, singer, rapper, fashion designer |
| Instruments | Piano, keyboards, guitar, drums |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | Star Trak, Interscope, i am Other |
| Associated acts | N.E.R.D, Chad Hugo, Clipse, Kelis, Snoop Dogg, Justin Timberlake, T.I, Lupe Fiasco, N.O.R.E., Child Rebel Soldier |
| Website | pharrellwilliams.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Piano, keyboards, drums | |
Pharrell Williams (born April 5, 1973), commonly known simply as Pharrell, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, composer, and fashion designer. Williams and Chad Hugo make up the record production duo The Neptunes, producing hip hop and R&B music. He is also the lead vocalist and drummer of hip-hop band N.E.R.D, which he formed with Hugo and childhood friend Shay Haley. He released his first single "Frontin'" in 2003 and followed up with his first album In My Mind in 2006.[1]
As part of The Neptunes, Williams has produced numerous hit singles for various musicians.[2] The two have earned three Grammy Awards amongst ten nominations. He is also the co-founder of the clothing brands Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream Clothing. He is a member of the supergroup V.A. Playaz with Fam-Lay, Clipse, Skillz, Missy Elliott, and Timbaland & Magoo.
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Early life[link]
Pharrell Williams was born on April 5, 1973, in Virginia Beach, Virginia,[3][4] the eldest of three sons of Carolyn, a teacher, and Pharaoh Williams, a handyman.[5] He met Chad Hugo in a seventh-grade summer band camp where Williams played the keyboards and drums and Hugo played tenor saxophone. They were also both members of a marching band; Williams played the snare drum while Chad was student conductor.[6][7] With Hugo, Williams attended Princess Anne High School where they played in the school band; there he got the name Skateboard P.[8]
In the 1990s, Hugo and Williams formed a four-piece "R&B type" group, The Neptunes, with friends Shay Haley and Mike Etheridge. They later entered a high school talent show where they were discovered by Teddy Riley, whose studio was next to Princess Anne High School.[9] After graduating from high school, the group signed with Riley.[10]
Career[link]
1992–1997: Career beginnings[link]
Through working with Maddison Harper, Williams went on to write a verse for Wreckx-N-Effect's 1992 hit "Rump Shaker".[11] That same year, he also performed a small rap solo on SWV's second hit, "Right Here (UK Remix)". In 1994, Hugo and Williams had established themselves as a production duo under their old name "The Neptunes", and produced "Tonight's The Night" from Blackstreet's self-titled album. Over the next three years they continued to produce occasionally. Some of the results had little resemblance to the Neptunes sound of today. However, some like Mase's 1997 song "Lookin' at Me" from his album Harlem World, and the most definite beginning of the distinctive "Neptunes sound", came with N.E.R.D's "Superthug" in 1998, reaching number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, and gaining them widespread attention for the first time. In 1999, a friend introduced Pharrell to Kelis, they really vibed so the beginning result was producing her first album Kaleidoscope.
1998–2004: The Neptunes[link]
At this point The Neptunes were gaining a wide fanbase and audience. In 2001, The Neptunes produced Britney Spears' single, "I'm a Slave 4 U" gaining their first worldwide number one.[12] The same year, N.E.R.D, consisting of Williams, Hugo and Haley, released their first album, In Search of..., in Europe, where the first Kelis album was better received. The album sounded very much like their previous production work; the group decided that they should make their work as N.E.R.D sound different, and re-recorded the album with the rock band Spymob. Williams and Hugo met rap duo Clipse in Virginia Beach in 1993, where they were signed to Arista Records through Williams' Star Trak Entertainment imprint.[13][14]
Then in 2002 their re-produced album was released worldwide, and The Neptunes reached number one in the U.S. with Nelly's single, "Hot in Herre". In August of the same year, The Neptunes were named "Producers of the Year" at both The Source Awards and the Billboard Music Awards. Clipse released their commercial debut album Lord Willin' in August 2002. The album started at number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number four on the Billboard 200, fueled by its first two singles, "Grindin'" and "When the Last Time", which peaked at number 34 and number 19 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Neptunes released a self-credited album called The Neptunes Present... Clones in 2003, with songs and remixes from various artists. This topped the U.S. Billboard 200 Albums Chart. The Neptunes and Williams specifically were also kept in public eye largely due to ties with Jay-Z, producing several hit singles for him and two tracks on his The Black Album. The track "Frontin'" was a big hit (the 34th biggest of 2003 according to Billboard). A survey in August 2003 found the Neptunes produced almost 20 percent of songs played on British radio at the time, a survey in the US had them at 43 percent.[6] The same year, The Neptunes remixed the Daft Punk song Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger for the duo's poorly-received remix album Daft Club. The track also had a brief rap section performed by Williams.[15]
N.E.R.D's second funk rock-oriented album, Fly or Die, released in March 2004. Williams' rock credentials were further bolstered by his appearance at the 2004 Grammy Awards, performing The Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There" on drums with Sting, Dave Matthews, and Vince Gill. Williams received two Grammy Awards that night, one for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical, and another for Best Pop Vocal Album for his work on Justin Timberlake's hit album Justified. They also gained their first UK number one, again with Nelly, and Flap Your Wings.
2005–2009: First album and collaborations[link]
On September 9, 2005, Williams performed the opening single from his first solo album In My Mind, "Can I Have It Like That", featuring Gwen Stefani. The single did poorly in the US, reaching only number 48. It fared better in the UK, reaching number three. Between then and the July 25, 2006 release of "In My Mind", he released "Angel" (in Europe only), and later "Number One" with Kanye West. Several songs leaked to the internet before the album release, most notably "Mamacita" featuring Daddy Yankee, which was subsequently cut from the final version. "That Girl" featuring Snoop Dogg was the final single.
In 2006, Williams, with Chad Hugo, produced Clipse's second album Hell Hath No Fury. Most critics labeled the album Williams's best production in years, and put the duo back in the charts.[16] A year later, Williams collaborated with Madonna, on the song "Hey You", which was available for download on the MSN website. 25 cents for each of the first one million downloads was donated to the Alliance for Climate Protection, in support of Live Earth.[17] Later that year, Williams performed songs at the Concert for Diana on July 1, 2007. Then, on July 7, 2007, he performed at the Brazilian leg of Live Earth in Rio de Janeiro.
A second album, titled Out of My Mind, was recorded with his newly formed band "The Yessirs" featuring Questlove of The Roots. However, Williams' record label did not think that a companion album to the first would sell well.[18] He also produced Beyoncé's version of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend". He then wrote and produced "Why Should I Be Sad" on Britney Spears' fifth studio album, Blackout. He also produced two songs from The Hives album, The Black and White Album, titled "Well All Right!" and "T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S.".
In April 2008, Madonna released her eleventh album, Hard Candy, which featured vocals from Williams and production from The Neptunes on several tracks. In June, an article in NME revealed that Williams was very interested in producing The Strokes' fourth album.[19] Later that year, Williams worked on a remix album for Maroon 5's Call & Response.[20]
Williams continued working with a variety of artists, including Shakira on the songs 'Did It Again', 'Why Wait', 'Good Stuff' and 'Long Time' for her sixth studio album, She Wolf. [21] In September 2009, Williams was credited as a co-writer and producer of the song "Fresh Out the Oven" for Jennifer Lopez.[22] It was released as a buzz single from Lopez's seventh studio album Love? The following month, Williams made a guest appearance on French indie/electronic rapper Uffie's first album, which arrived in early 2010.[23] In late 2009, Williams worked with the rapper Game on his fourth studio album, The R.E.D. Album.
2010–present[link]
In July 2010, Williams composed one of the soundtracks[dubious – discuss] in the movie Despicable Me at the Hollywood Studio Symphony.[citation needed] In October 2010, Williams and his group N.E.R.D supported Gorillaz on their Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour. On the tour, Damon Albarn recorded a song on his iPad with Williams but this was not featured on Gorillaz's album, The Fall, but it may appear on a future album.[15] In late 2011, Williams worked on three tracks for Mike Posner's second album Sky High.[24] In 2011, Williams collaborated with singer/composer Adam Lambert, co-writing two tracks for Lambert's album "Trespassing", which was released in May of 2012, including the title track and "Kickin' In".
In 2012, It was announced on Lupe Fiasco's website that he and Lupe will work on a collaborative album and work on Waka Flocka Flame's album Triple F Life: Friends, Fans and Family.[citation needed]
Williams composed and produced the music for the 84th Academy Awards with composer Hans Zimmer.[25]
2012: Pharrell is now collaborating with teen pop sensation, Miley Cyrus on her new album which is set for a release this year, with a single dropping this summer. Miley's new album has a slick genre of pop/hip-hop and R&B.
Musical style[link]
Pharrell did music for the Universal film Despicable Me. The film makers liked his genre of music for the movie. Williams has encompassed a broad range of genres, including hip hop, R&B, pop, rock, and funk.[3][26] His lyrics often pertain to his childhood, family, religious faith and sexuality.[27] In the review of Seeing Sounds by N.E.R.D, Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone said he learned nothing from his lyrics except that Williams was sexually aroused.[28]
Williams has stated that he does not have any direct influences,[29] but has expressed his admiration of several musicians, including Michael Jackson, J Dilla, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, Rakim and Q-Tip.[29][30] Williams explained that A Tribe Called Quest's 1990 album, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, caused a "turning point" in his life, which "made me see that music was art".[30] His style of production includes very unusual sounds, which give a feeling of being extra terrestrial. His beats have heavy percussions and synths.
Business ventures[link]
Williams met Nigo, a Japanese record producer and creator of the clothing line A Bathing Ape, in Japan and bonded[vague] through similar interests, where they began working together on their fashion lines.[4] Williams later co-founded the clothing brands Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream Footwear. He has a store in New York City. In 2008, he co-designed a series of jewelry ("Blason") and glasses for Louis Vuitton.[31] He has also worked on furniture with Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin and a French manufacturer, Domeau & Pérès. One of his works, a molded plastic seat with human legs, was created because he "wanted to know what it was like to be in love." The chair depicts a sexual scene with a pair of female legs and male legs.[32]
In 2009 Williams unveiled a collaborative sculpture with Takashi Murakami at Art Basel, which spoke to the metaphor of value.[33]
In 2010 Williams founded Kidult, a news and entertainment website for teens. Inspired by his young fans, Williams believed they deserved a website that respected their intelligence and covered their diverse interests—from science to fashion.
In May 2011 it was announced that Williams would serve as Creative Director of Karmaloop TV alongside founder and CEO Greg Selkoe and former AMC (TV channel) president Katie McEnroe.[34]
On August 1, 2011, Williams launched his new record label, i am Other.[35]
Personal life[link]
In 2005 Williams was voted "Best Dressed Man in the World" by Esquire.[36] He is a fan of the science fiction series Star Trek,[37] as indicated by his consistent use of the Vulcan salute to signify his label name, Star Trak. He also enjoys the works of the late astronomer and science lecturer Carl Sagan, whom he calls "a genius".[38] Williams is a skateboarder and has a half-pipe inside his home.[39] In April 2009, Williams underwent a skin procedure for tattoo removal.[40]
Discography[link]
Pharrell and Lupe Fiasco are currently working on a collaboration album set to be released sometime in 2012.[41]
TBA (with Lupe Fiasco) (2012)
Awards and nominations[link]
Further information: The Neptunes
| Grammy Awards | ||||
| Year | Category | Genre | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Producer of the Year (with Chad Hugo) | N/A | — | Won |
| Best Pop Vocal Album (with Justin Timberlake) | Pop | Justified | Won | |
| Best Rap/Sung Collaboration | Rap | "Frontin'" (with Jay-Z) | Nominated | |
| Best Rap/Sung Collaboration | Rap | "Beautiful" (with Snoop Dogg) featuring Terrence Campbell | Nominated | |
| Best Rap Song | Rap | "Beautiful" (with Snoop Dogg) | Nominated | |
| Best Rap Song | Rap | "Excuse Me Miss" (with Jay-Z) | Nominated | |
| 2005 | Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group | Rap | "Drop It Like It's Hot" (with Snoop Dogg) | Nominated |
| Best Rap Song | Rap | "Drop It Like It's Hot" (with Snoop Dogg) | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Best Rap Song | Rap | "Money Maker" (with Ludacris) | Won |
| Best Rap Album | Rap | In My Mind | Nominated | |
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| Birth name | Whitney Elizabeth Houston |
| Born | (1963-08-09)August 9, 1963 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Genres | R&B, soul, pop, dance, gospel |
| Occupations | Singer, actress, model, film producer, record producer, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano |
| Years active | 1977–2012 |
| Labels | Arista, RCA |
| Associated acts | Cissy Houston, Dionne Warwick, Dee Dee Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Jermaine Jackson, Mariah Carey, Enrique Iglesias, Bobby Brown |
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Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American recording artist, actress, producer, and model. In 2009, the Guinness World Records cited her as the most-awarded female act of all-time.[1] Houston was one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 170 million albums, singles and videos worldwide.[2][3] She released seven studio albums and three movie soundtrack albums, all of which have diamond, multi-platinum, platinum or gold certification. Houston's crossover appeal on the popular music charts, as well as her prominence on MTV, starting with her video for "How Will I Know",[4] influenced several African American female artists to follow in her footsteps.[5][6]
Houston is the only artist to chart seven consecutive No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits.[7] She is the second artist behind Elton John and the only female artist to have two number-one Billboard 200 Album awards (formerly "Top Pop Album") on the Billboard magazine year-end charts.[8] Houston's 1985 debut album Whitney Houston became the best-selling debut album by a female act at the time of its release. The album was named Rolling Stone's best album of 1986, and was ranked at number 254 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[9] Her second studio album Whitney (1987) became the first album by a female artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart.[9]
Houston's first acting role was as the star of the feature film The Bodyguard (1992). The film's original soundtrack won the 1994 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Its lead single "I Will Always Love You", became the best-selling single by a female artist in music history. With the album, Houston became the first act (solo or group, male or female) to sell more than a million copies of an album within a single week period under Nielsen SoundScan system.[9] The album makes her the top female act in the top 10 list of the best-selling albums of all time, at number four. Houston continued to star in movies and contribute to their soundtracks, including the films Waiting to Exhale (1995) and The Preacher's Wife (1996). The Preacher's Wife soundtrack became the best-selling gospel album in history.[10]
Life and career[link]
1963–1976: Early life[link]
Whitney Houston was born in what was then a middle-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey, the second child of Army serviceman and entertainment executive John Russell Houston, Jr. (September 13, 1920 – February 2, 2003), and gospel singer Cissy Houston (née Emily Drinkard).[11] She was of African American, Native American and Dutch descent.[12] Her mother, along with cousins Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, godmother Darlene Love[13] and honorary aunt Aretha Franklin[14] were all notable figures in the gospel, rhythm and blues, pop, and soul genres.[15] She met her honorary aunt at age 8, or 9, when her mother took her to a recording studio.[16] Houston was raised a Baptist, but was also exposed to the Pentecostal church. After the 1967 Newark riots, the family moved to a middle-class area in East Orange, New Jersey, when she was four.[17]
At the age of 11, Houston began to follow in her mother's footsteps and started performing as a soloist in the junior gospel choir at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, where she also learned to play the piano.[18] Her first solo performance in the church was "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah".[19] When Houston was a teenager, she attended Mount Saint Dominic Academy, a Catholic girls' high school in Caldwell, New Jersey, where she met her best friend Robyn Crawford, whom she described as the "sister she never had".[20] While Houston was still in school, her mother continued to teach her how to sing.[5] In addition to her mother, Franklin, and Warwick, Houston was also exposed to the music of Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, and Roberta Flack, most of whom would have an impact on her as a singer and performer.[21]
1977–1984: Early career[link]
Houston spent some of her teenage years touring nightclubs where her mother Cissy was performing, and she would occasionally get on stage and perform with her. In 1977, at age 14, she became a backup singer on the Michael Zager Band's single "Life's a Party".[22] In 1978, at age 15, Houston sang background vocals on Chaka Khan's hit single "I'm Every Woman", a song she would later turn into a larger hit for herself on her monster-selling The Bodyguard soundtrack album.[23][24] She also sang back-up on albums by Lou Rawls and Jermaine Jackson.[23]
In the early 1980s, Houston started working as a fashion model after a photographer saw her at Carnegie Hall singing with her mother. She appeared in Seventeen[25] and became one of the first women of color to grace the cover of the magazine.[26] She was also featured in layouts in the pages of Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Young Miss, and appeared in a Canada Dry soft drink TV commercial.[27] Her striking looks and girl-next-door charm made her one of the most sought after teen models of that time.[27] While modeling, she continued her burgeoning recording career by working with producers Michael Beinhorn, Bill Laswell and Martin Bisi on an album they were spearheading called One Down, which was credited to the group Material. For that project, Houston contributed the ballad "Memories", a cover of a song by Hugh Hopper of Soft Machine. Robert Christgau of The Village Voice called her contribution "one of the most gorgeous ballads you've ever heard".[28] She also appeared as a lead vocalist on one track on a Paul Jabara album, entitled Paul Jabara and Friends, released by Columbia Records in 1983.[29]
Houston had previously been offered several recording agencies (Michael Zager in 1980, and Elektra Records in 1981), however her mother declined the offers stating her daughter must first complete high school.[22][30] In 1983, Gerry Griffith, an A&R representative from Arista Records, saw her performing with her mother in a New York City nightclub and was impressed. He convinced Arista's head Clive Davis to make time to see Houston perform. Davis too was impressed and offered a worldwide recording contract which Houston signed. Later that year, she made her national televised debut alongside Davis on The Merv Griffin Show.[31]
Houston signed with Arista in 1983, but did not begin work on her album immediately.[1] The label wanted to make sure no other label signed the singer away. Davis wanted to ensure he had the right material and producers for Houston's debut album. Some producers had to pass on the project due to prior commitments.[32] Houston first recorded a duet with Teddy Pendergrass entitled "Hold Me" which appeared on his album, Love Language.[33] The single was released in 1984 and gave Houston her first taste of success, becoming a Top 5 R&B hit.[34] It would also appear on her debut album in 1985.
1985–1986: Rise to international prominence[link]
With production from Michael Masser, Kashif, Jermaine Jackson, and Narada Michael Walden, Houston's debut album Whitney Houston was released in February 1985. Rolling Stone magazine praised Houston, calling her "one of the most exciting new voices in years" while The New York Times called the album "an impressive, musically conservative showcase for an exceptional vocal talent".[35][36] Arista Records promoted Houston's album with three different singles from the album in the US, UK and other European countries. In the UK, the dance-funk "Someone for Me", which failed to chart in the country, was the first single while "All at Once" was in such European countries as the Netherlands and Belgium, where the song reached the top 5 on the singles charts, respectively.[37]
In the US, the soulful ballad "You Give Good Love" was chosen as the lead single from Houston's debut to establish her in the black marketplace first.[38] Outside the US, the song failed to get enough attention to become a hit, but in the US, it gave the album its first major hit as it peaked at No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and No. 1 on the Hot R&B chart.[32] As a result, the album began to sell strongly, and Houston continued promotion by touring nightclubs in the US. She also began performing on late-night television talk shows, which were not usually accessible to unestablished black acts. The jazzy ballad "Saving All My Love for You" was released next and it would become Houston's first No. 1 single in both the US and the UK. She was then an opening act for singer Jeffrey Osborne on his nationwide tour. "Thinking About You" was released as the promo single only to R&B-oriented radio stations, which peaked at number ten on the US R&B Chart. At the time, MTV had received harsh criticism for not playing enough videos by black, Latino, and other racial minorities while favoring white acts.[39] The third US single, "How Will I Know", peaked at No. 1 and introduced Houston to the MTV audience thanks to its video. Houston's subsequent singles from this, and future albums, would make her the first African-American female artist to receive consistent heavy rotation on MTV.[26]
By 1986, a year after its initial release, Whitney Houston topped the Billboard 200 albums chart and stayed there for 14 non-consecutive weeks.[40] The final single, "Greatest Love of All", became Houston's biggest hit at the time after peaking No. 1 and remaining there for three weeks on the Hot 100 chart, which made her debut the first album by a female artist to yield three No. 1 hits. Houston was No. 1 artist of the year and Whitney Houston was the No. 1 album of the year on the 1986 Billboard year-end charts, making her the first female artist to earn that distinction.[40] At the time, Houston released the best-selling debut album by a solo artist.[41] Houston then embarked on her world tour, Greatest Love Tour. The album had become an international success, and was certified 13× platinum (diamond) in the United States alone, and has sold a total of 25 million copies worldwide.[42]
At the 1986 Grammy Awards, Houston was nominated for three awards including Album of the Year.[43] She was not eligible for the Best New Artist category due to her previous hit R&B duet recording with Teddy Pendergrass in 1984.[44] She won her first Grammy award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for "Saving All My Love for You".[45] Houston's performance of the song during the Grammy telecast later earned her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program.[46]
Houston won seven American Music Awards in total in 1986 and 1987, and an MTV Video Music Award.[47][48] The album's popularity would also carry over to the 1987 Grammy Awards when "Greatest Love of All" would receive a Record of the Year nomination. Houston's debut album is listed as one of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and on The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's Definitive 200 list.[49][50] Houston's grand entrance into the music industry is considered one of the 25 musical milestones of the last 25 years, according to USA Today.[51] Following Houston's breakthrough, doors were opened for other African-American female artists such as Janet Jackson and Anita Baker to find notable success in popular music and on MTV.[52][53]
[edit] 1987–1991: Whitney, I'm Your Baby Tonight and "The Star Spangled Banner"
With many expectations, Houston's second album, Whitney, was released in June 1987. The album again featured production from Masser, Kashif and Walden as well as Jellybean Benitez. Many critics complained that the material was too similar to her previous album. Rolling Stone said, "the narrow channel through which this talent has been directed is frustrating".[54] Still, the album enjoyed commercial success. Houston became the first female artist in music history to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and the first artist to enter the albums chart at number one in both the US and UK, while also hitting number one or top ten in dozens of other countries around the world. The album's first single, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)", was also a massive hit worldwide, peaking at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and topping the singles chart in many countries such as Australia, Germany and the UK. The next three singles, "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "So Emotional", and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" all peaked at number one on the US Hot 100 chart, which gave her a total of seven consecutive number one hits, breaking the record of six previously shared by The Beatles and The Bee Gees.[55][56] Houston became the first female artist to generate four number-one singles from one album. Whitney has been certified 9× Platinum in the US for shipments of over 9 million copies, and has sold a total of 20 million copies worldwide.[57]
At the 30th Grammy Awards in 1988, Houston was nominated for three awards, including Album of the Year, winning her second Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)".[58][59] Houston also won two American Music Awards in 1988 and 1989, respectively, and a Soul Train Music Award.[60][61][62] Following the release of the album, Houston embarked on the Moment of Truth World Tour, which was one of the ten highest grossing concert tours of 1987.[63] The success of the tours during 1986–87 and her two studio albums ranked Houston No. 8 for the highest earning entertainers list according to Forbes magazine.[64] She was the highest earning African-American woman overall and the third highest entertainer after Bill Cosby and Eddie Murphy.[64]
Houston was a supporter of Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid movement. During her modeling days, the singer refused to work with any agencies who did business with the then-apartheid South Africa.[65][66] On June 11, 1988, during the European leg of her tour, Houston joined other musicians to perform a set at Wembley Stadium in London to celebrate a then-imprisoned Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday.[65] Over 72,000 people attended Wembley Stadium, and over a billion people tuned in worldwide as the rock concert raised over $1 million for charities while bringing awareness to apartheid.[67] Houston then flew back to the US for a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City in August. The show was a benefit concert that raised a quarter of a million dollars for the United Negro College Fund.[68] In the same year, she recorded a song for NBC's coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics, "One Moment in Time", which became a Top 5 hit in the US, while reaching number one in the UK and Germany.[69][70][71] With her world tour continuing overseas, Houston was still one of the top 20 highest earning entertainers for 1987–88 according to Forbes magazine.[72][73]
In 1989, Houston formed The Whitney Houston Foundation For Children, a non-profit organization that has raised funds for the needs of children around the world. The organization cares for homelessness, children with cancer or AIDS, and other issues of self-empowerment.[74] With the success of her first two albums, Houston was undoubtedly an international crossover superstar, the most prominent since Michael Jackson, appealing to all demographics. However, some black critics believed she was "selling out".[6] They felt her singing on record lacked the soul that was present during her live concerts.[25]
At the 1989 Soul Train Music Awards, when Houston's name was called out for a nomination, a few in the audience jeered.[75][76] Houston defended herself against the criticism, stating, "If you're gonna have a long career, there's a certain way to do it, and I did it that way. I'm not ashamed of it".[25] Houston took a more urban direction with her third studio album, I'm Your Baby Tonight, released in November 1990. She produced and chose producers for this album and as a result, it featured production and collaborations with L.A. Reid and Babyface, Luther Vandross, and Stevie Wonder. The album showed Houston's versatility on a new batch of tough rhythmic grooves, soulful ballads and up-tempo dance tracks. Reviews were mixed. Rolling Stone felt it was her "best and most integrated album".[77] while Entertainment Weekly, at the time thought Houston's shift towards an urban direction was "superficial".[78]
The album contained several hits: the first two singles, "I'm Your Baby Tonight" and "All the Man That I Need" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart; "Miracle" peaked at number nine; "My Name Is Not Susan" peaked in the top twenty; "I Belong to You" reached the top ten of the US R&B chart and garnered Houston a Grammy nomination; and the sixth single, the Stevie Wonder duet "We Didn't Know", reached the R&B top twenty. The album peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and went on to be certified 4× platinum in the US while selling twelve million total worldwide.
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Houston met with President George H. W. Bush in the Oval Office in 1990, while in Washington, D.C., to participate in the Youth Leadership Forum
In 1990, Houston was the spokesperson for a youth leadership conference hosted in Washington, D.C. She had a private audience with President George H. W. Bush in the Oval Office to discuss the associated challenges.
With America entangled in the Persian Gulf War, Houston performed "The Star Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV at Tampa Stadium on January 27, 1991.[79] Due to overwhelming response to her rendition, it was released as a commercial single and video of her performance, and reached the Top 20 on the US Hot 100, making her the only act to turn the national anthem into a pop hit of that magnitude (Jose Feliciano's version reached No. 50 in November 1968).[80][81] Houston donated all her share of the proceeds to the American Red Cross Gulf Crisis Fund. As a result, the singer was named to the Red Cross Board of Governors.[79][82][83]
Her rendition was considered the benchmark for singers and critically acclaimed.[84] Rolling Stone commented that "her singing stirs such strong patriotism. Unforgettable", and the performance ranked No. 1 on the 25 most memorable music moments in NFL history list. VH1 listed the performance as one of the greatest moments that rocked TV.[85][86] Following the attacks on 9/11, it was released again by Arista Records, all profits going towards the firefighters and victims of the attacks. This time it peaked at No. 6 in the Hot 100 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[87]
Later in 1991, Houston put together her Welcome Home Heroes concert with HBO for the soldiers fighting in the Persian Gulf War and their families. The free concert took place at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia in front of 3,500 servicemen and women. HBO descrambled the concert so that it was free for everyone to watch.[88] Houston's concert gave HBO its highest ratings ever.[89] She then embarked on the I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour.
[edit] 1992–1994: Marriage to Bobby Brown and The Bodyguard
Throughout the 1980s, Houston was romantically linked to American football star Randall Cunningham and actor Eddie Murphy, whom she dated.[90] She then met R&B singer Bobby Brown at the 1989 Soul Train Music Awards. After a three-year courtship, the two were married on July 18, 1992.[91] On March 4, 1993, Houston gave birth to their daughter Bobbi Kristina Houston Brown, her only child, and his fourth. Brown would go on to have several run-ins with the law, including some jail time.[91]
With the commercial success of her albums, movie offers poured in, including offers to work with Robert De Niro, Quincy Jones, and Spike Lee; but Houston felt the time wasn't right.[90] Houston's first film role was in The Bodyguard, released in 1992 and co-starring Kevin Costner. Houston played Rachel Marron, a star who is stalked by a crazed fan and hires a bodyguard to protect her. USA Today listed it as one of the 25 most memorable movie moments of the last 25 years in 2007.[92] Houston's mainstream appeal allowed people to look at the movie color-blind.[93]
Still, controversy arose as some felt the film's advertising intentionally hid Houston's face to hide the film's interracial relationship. In an interview with Rolling Stone in 1993, the singer commented that "people know who Whitney Houston is – I'm black. You can't hide that fact."[21] Houston received a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Actress. The Washington Post said Houston is "doing nothing more than playing Houston, comes out largely unscathed if that is possible in so cockamamie an undertaking",[94] and The New York Times commented that she lacked passion with her co-star.[95] Despite the film's mixed reviews, it was hugely successful at the box office, grossing more than $121 million in the U.S. and $410 million worldwide, making it one of the top 100 grossing films in film history at its time of release, though it is no longer in the top 100 due to rising ticket prices since the time the film was released.[96]
The film's soundtrack also enjoyed big success. Houston executive produced and contributed six songs for the motion picture's adjoining soundtrack album. Rolling Stone said it is "nothing more than pleasant, tasteful and urbane".[97] The soundtrack's lead single was "I Will Always Love You", written and originally recorded by Dolly Parton in 1974. Houston's version of the song was acclaimed by many critics, regarding it as her "signature song" or "iconic performance". Rolling Stone and USA Today called her rendition "the tour-de-force".[98][99] The single peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for a then-record-breaking 14 weeks, number one on the R&B chart for a then-record-breaking 11 weeks, and number one on the Adult Contemporary charts for five weeks, thus becoming the first single to top those three charts simultaneously for five weeks.[100]
The single was certified 4× platinum by the RIAA, making Houston the first female artist with a single to reach that level in the RIAA history and becoming the best-selling single by a female artist in the US.[101][102][103] The song also became a global success, hitting number-one in almost all countries, and one of the best-selling singles of all time with 12 million copies sold.[104] The soundtrack topped the Billboard 200 chart and remained there for 20 non-consecutive weeks, the longest tenure by any album on the chart in the Nielsen SoundScan era, and became one of the fastest selling albums ever.[105] During Christmas week of 1992, the soundtrack sold over a million copies within a week, becoming the first album to achieve that feat under Nielsen SoundScan system.[106][107] With the follow-up singles "I'm Every Woman", a Chaka Khan cover, and "I Have Nothing" both reaching the top five, Houston became the first female artist to ever have three singles in the Top 11 simultaneously.[108][109][110] The album was certified 17× platinum in the US alone,[111] with worldwide sales of 44 million,[112] making The Bodyguard the biggest-selling album by a female act on the list of the world's Top 10 best-selling albums, topping Shania Twain's 40 million sold for Come On Over.[113]
Houston won three Grammys for the album in 1994, including two of the Academy's highest honors, Album of the Year and Record of the Year. In addition, she won a record 8 American Music Awards at that year's ceremony including the Award of Merit,[114] 11 Billboard Music Awards, 3 Soul Train Music Awards in 1993–94 including Sammy Davis, Jr. Award as Entertainer of the Year,[115] 5 NAACP Image Awards including Entertainer of the Year,[116][117][118] a record 5 World Music Awards,[119] and a BRIT award.[120] Following the success of the project, Houston embarked on another expansive global tour, The Bodyguard World Tour, in 1993–94. Her concerts, movie, and recording grosses made her the third highest earning female entertainer of 1993–94, just behind Oprah Winfrey and Barbra Streisand according to Forbes magazine.[121] Houston placed in the top five of Entertainment Weekly's annual "Entertainer of the Year" ranking[122] and was labeled by Premiere magazine as one of the 100 most powerful people in Hollywood.[123]
In October 1994, Houston attended and performed at a state dinner in the White House honoring newly elected South African president Nelson Mandela.[124][125] At the end of her world tour, Houston performed three concerts in South Africa to honor President Mandela, playing to over 200,000 people. This would make the singer the first major musician to visit the newly unified and apartheid free nation following Mandela's winning election.[126] The concert was broadcast live on HBO with funds of the concerts being donated to various charities in South Africa. The event was considered the nation's "biggest media event since the inauguration of Nelson Mandela".[127]
[edit] 1995–1997: Waiting to Exhale, The Preacher's Wife, and Cinderella
In 1995, Houston starred alongside Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, and Lela Rochon in her second film Waiting to Exhale, a motion picture about four African-American women struggling with relationships. Houston played the lead character Savannah Jackson, a TV producer in love with a married man. She chose the role because she saw the film as "a breakthrough for the image of black women because it presents them both as professionals and as caring mothers".[128] After opening at number one and grossing $67 million in the US at the box office and $81 million worldwide,[129] it proved that a movie primarily targeting a black audience can cross over to success, while paving the way for other all-black movies such as How Stella Got Her Groove Back and the Tyler Perry movies that have become popular in the 2000s.[130][131][132] The film is also notable for its portrayal of black women as strong middle class citizens as opposed to stereotypes.[133] The reviews were mainly positive for the ensemble cast. The New York Times said "Ms. Houston has shed the defensive hauteur that made her portrayal of a pop star in 'The Bodyguard' seem so distant."[134] Houston was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for "Outstanding Actress In A Motion Picture", but lost to her co-star Bassett.
The film's accompanying soundtrack, Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album, was produced by Houston and Babyface. Though Babyface originally wanted Houston to record the entire album, she declined. Instead, she "wanted it to be an album of women with vocal distinction", and thus gathered several African-American female artists for the soundtrack, to go along with the film's strong women message.[128] As a result, the album featured a range of contemporary R&B female recording artists along with Houston, such as Mary J Blige, Aretha Franklin, Toni Braxton, Patti Labelle, and Brandy. Houston's "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" peaked at No. 1, and then spent a record eleven weeks at the No. 2 spot and eight weeks on top of the R&B Charts. "Count On Me", a duet with CeCe Winans, hit the US Top 10; and Houston's third contribution, "Why Does It Hurt So Bad", made the Top 30. The album debuted at No. 1, and was certified 7× Platinum in the United States, denoting shipments of seven million copies.[57] The soundtrack received strong reviews as Entertainment Weekly said "the album goes down easy, just as you'd expect from a package framed by Whitney Houston tracks.... the soundtrack waits to exhale, hovering in sensuous suspense"[135] and has since ranked it as one of the 100 Best Movie Soundtracks.[136] Later that year, Houston's children's charity organization was awarded a VH1 Honor for all the charitable work.[137]
In 1996, Houston starred in the holiday comedy The Preacher's Wife, with Denzel Washington. She plays a gospel-singing wife of a pastor (Courtney B. Vance). It was largely an updated remake of the 1948 film "The Bishop's Wife" which starred Loretta Young, David Niven and Cary Grant. Houston earned $10 million for the role, making her one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood at the time and the highest earning African American actress in Hollywood.[138] The movie, with its all African-American cast, was a moderate success, earning approximately $50 million at the U.S. box offices.[139] The movie gave Houston her strongest reviews so far. The San Francisco Chronicle said Houston "is rather angelic herself, displaying a divine talent for being virtuous and flirtatious at the same time" and that she "exudes gentle yet spirited warmth, especially when praising the Lord in her gorgeous singing voice".[140] Houston was again nominated for an NAACP Image Award and won for Outstanding Actress In A Motion Picture.
Houston recorded and co-produced, with Mervyn Warren, the film's accompanying gospel soundtrack. The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album included six gospel songs with Georgia Mass Choir that were recorded at the Great Star Rising Baptist Church in Atlanta. Houston also duetted with gospel legend Shirley Caesar. The album sold six million copies worldwide and scored hit singles with "I Believe in You and Me" and "Step by Step", becoming the largest selling gospel album of all time. The album received mainly positive reviews. Some critics, such as that of USA Today, noted the presence of her emotional depth,[141] while The Times said "To hear Houston going at full throttle with the 35 piece Georgia Mass Choir struggling to keep up is to realise what her phenomenal voice was made for".[142]
In 1997, Houston's production company changed its name to BrownHouse Productions and was joined by Debra Martin Chase. Their goal was "to show aspects of the lives of African-Americans that have not been brought to the screen before" while improving how African-Americans are portrayed in film and television.[143] Their first project was a made-for-television remake of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella. In addition to co-producing, Houston starred in the movie as the Fairy Godmother along with Brandy, Jason Alexander, Whoopi Goldberg, and Bernadette Peters. Houston was initially offered the role of Cinderella in 1993, but other projects intervened.[144] The film is notable for its multi-racial cast and nonstereotypical message.[145] An estimated 60 million viewers tuned into the special giving ABC its highest TV ratings in 16 years.[146] The movie received seven Emmy nominations including Outstanding Variety, Musical or Comedy, while winning Outstanding Art Direction in a Variety, Musical or Comedy Special.[147]
Houston and Chase then obtained the rights to the story of Dorothy Dandridge. Houston was to play Dandridge, who was the first African American actress to be nominated for an Oscar. She wanted the story told with dignity and honor.[143] However, Halle Berry also had rights to the project and she got her version going first.[148] Later that year, Houston paid tribute to her idols such as Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, and Dionne Warwick by performing their hits during the three-night HBO Concert Classic Whitney, live from Washington, D.C. The special raised over $300,000 for the Children's Defense Fund.[149] Houston received The Quincy Jones Award for outstanding career achievements in the field of entertainment at the 12th Soul Train Music Awards.[150][151]
[edit] 1998–2000: My Love Is Your Love and Whitney: The Greatest Hits
After spending much of the early and mid 1990s working on motion pictures and their soundtrack albums, Houston's first studio album in eight years, the critically acclaimed My Love Is Your Love, was released in November 1998. Though originally slated to be a greatest hits album with a handful of new songs, recording sessions were so fruitful that a new full-length studio album was released. Recorded and mixed in only six weeks, it featured production from Rodney Jerkins, Wyclef Jean and Missy Elliott. The album debuted at number thirteen, its peak position, on the Billboard 200 chart.[152] It had a funkier and edgier sound than past releases and saw Houston handling urban dance, hip hop, mid-tempo R&B, reggae, torch songs, and ballads all with great dexterity.[153]
From late 1998 to early 2000, the album spawned several hit singles: "When You Believe" (US No. 15, UK No. 4), a duet with Mariah Carey for 1998's The Prince of Egypt soundtrack, which also became an international hit as it peaked in the Top 10 in several countries and won an Academy Award for Best Original Song;[154] "Heartbreak Hotel" (US No. 2, UK No. 25) featured Faith Evans and Kelly Price, received a 1999 MTV VMA nomination for Best R&B Video,[155] and number one on the US R&B chart for seven weeks; "It's Not Right But It's Okay" (US No. 4, UK No. 3) won Houston her sixth Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance;[156] "My Love Is Your Love" (US No. 4, UK No. 2) with 3 million copies sold worldwide;[157] and "I Learned from the Best" (US No. 27, UK No. 19).[158][159] These singles became international hits as well, and all the singles, except "When You Believe", became number one hits on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart. The album sold four million copies in America, making it certified 4× platinum, and a total of eleven million copies worldwide.[42]
The album gave Houston some of her strongest reviews ever. Rolling Stone said Houston was singing "with a bite in her voice"[160] and The Village Voice called it "Whitney's sharpest and most satisfying so far".[161] In 1999, Houston participated in VH-1's Divas Live '99, alongside Brandy, Mary J. Blige, Tina Turner, and Cher. The same year, Houston hit the road with her 70 date My Love Is Your Love World Tour. The European leg of the tour was Europe's highest grossing arena tour of the year.[162] In November 1999, Houston was named Top-selling R&B Female Artist of the Century with certified US sales of 51 million copies at the time and The Bodyguard Soundtrack was named the Top-selling Soundtrack Album of the Century by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[163] She also won The Artist of the Decade, Female award for extraordinary artistic contributions during the 1990s at the 14th Soul Train Music Awards, and an MTV Europe Music Award for Best R&B.[164][165][166][167][168]
In May 2000, Whitney: The Greatest Hits was released worldwide. The double disc set peaked at number five in the United States, reaching number one in the United Kingdom.[159][169] In addition, the album reached the Top 10 in many other countries.[170] While ballad songs were left unchanged, the album features house/club remixes of many of Houston's up-tempo hits. Included on the album were four new songs: "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" (a duet with Enrique Iglesias), "Same Script, Different Cast" (a duet with Deborah Cox), "If I Told You That" (a duet with George Michael), and "Fine", and three hits that had never appeared on a Houston album: "One Moment in Time", "The Star Spangled Banner", and "If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful", a duet with Jermaine Jackson from his 1986 Precious Moments album.[171] Along with the album, an accompanying VHS and DVD was released featuring the music videos to Houston's greatest hits, as well as several hard-to-find live performances including her 1983 debut on The Merv Griffin Show, and interviews.[172] The greatest hits album was certified 3× platinum in the US, with worldwide sales of 10 million.[173][174]
[edit] 2000–2005: Just Whitney, and personal struggles
Though Houston was seen as a "good girl" with a perfect image in the 1980s and early 1990s, by the late 1990s, her behavior changed. She was often hours late for interviews, photo shoots and rehearsals, and canceling concerts and talk-show appearances.[175][176] With the missed performances and weight loss, rumors about Houston using drugs with her husband circulated. On January 11, 2000, airport security guards discovered marijuana in both Houston's and husband Bobby Brown's luggage at a Hawaii airport, but the two boarded the plane and departed before authorities could arrive. Charges were later dropped against them,[177] but rumors of drug usage between the couple would continue to surface. Two months later, Clive Davis was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Houston had been scheduled to perform at the event, but failed to show up.[178]
Shortly thereafter, Houston was scheduled to perform at the Academy Awards but was fired from the event by musical director and longtime friend Burt Bacharach. Her publicist cited throat problems as the reason for the cancellation. In his book The Big Show: High Times and Dirty Dealings Backstage at the Academy Awards, author Steve Pond revealed that "Houston's voice was shaky, she seemed distracted and jittery, and her attitude was casual, almost defiant", and that while Houston was to sing "Over the Rainbow", she would start singing a different song.[179] Houston later admitted to having been fired.[180] Later that year, Houston's long-time executive assistant and friend, Robyn Crawford, resigned from Houston's management company.[178]
In August 2001, Houston signed the biggest record deal in music history with Arista/BMG. She renewed her contract for $100 million to deliver six new albums, on which she would also earn royalties.[181][182][183] She later made an appearance on Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special. Her extremely thin frame further spurred rumors of drug use. Houston's publicist said, "Whitney has been under stress due to family matters, and when she is under stress she doesn't eat."[184] The singer was scheduled for a second performance the following night but canceled.[185] Within weeks, Houston's rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" would be re-released after the September 11 attacks, with the proceeds donated to the New York Firefighters 9/11 Disaster Relief Fund and the New York Fraternal Order of Police.[186] The song peaked at No. 6 this time on the US Hot 100, topping its previous position.[158]
In 2002, Houston became involved in a legal dispute with John Houston Enterprise. Although the company was started by her father to manage her career, it was actually run by company president Kevin Skinner. Skinner filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit and sued for $100 million (but lost), stating that Houston owed the company previously unpaid compensation for helping to negotiate her $100 million contract with Arista Records and for sorting out legal matters.[187] Houston stated that her 81-year-old father had nothing to do with the lawsuit. Although Skinner tried to claim otherwise, John Houston never appeared in court.[188] Houston's father later died in February 2003.[189] The lawsuit was dismissed on April 5, 2004, and Skinner was awarded nothing.[190]
Also in 2002, Houston did an interview with Diane Sawyer to promote her then-upcoming album. The interview was the highest-rated television interview in history.[citation needed] During the prime-time special, Houston spoke on topics including rumored drug use and marriage. She was asked about the ongoing drug rumors and replied, "First of all, let's get one thing straight. Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Let's get that straight. Okay? We don't do crack. We don't do that. Crack is wack."[180] The line was from Keith Haring's mural which was painted in 1986 on the handball court at 128th Street and 2nd Avenue.[191] Houston did, however, admit to using other substances at times, including cocaine.[180]
In December 2002, Houston released her fifth studio album, Just Whitney.... The album included productions from then-husband Bobby Brown, as well as Missy Elliott and Babyface, and marked the first time that Houston did not produce with Clive Davis as Davis had been released by top management at BMG. Upon its release, Just Whitney... received mixed reviews.[192] The album debuted at number 9 on the Billboard 200 chart and it had the highest first week sales of any album Houston had ever released.[193] The four singles released from the album, didn't fare well on the Billboard Hot 100, but became Hot Dance Club Play hits. Just Whitney... was certified platinum in the United States, and sold approximately three million worldwide.[194]
On a June 2003 trip to Israel, Houston said of her visit, "I've never felt like this in any other country. I feel at home, I feel wonderful."[195]
In late 2003, Houston released her first Christmas album One Wish: The Holiday Album, with a collection of traditional holiday songs. Houston produced the album with Mervyn Warren and Gordon Chambers. A single titled "One Wish (for Christmas)" reached the Top 20 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and the album was certified gold in the US. Having always been a touring artist, Houston spent most of 2004 touring and performing in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Russia. In September 2004, she gave a surprise performance at the World Music Awards in a tribute to long time friend Clive Davis. After the show, Davis and Houston announced plans to go into studio to work on her new album.[196]
In early 2004, husband Bobby Brown starred in his own reality TV program, Being Bobby Brown (on the Bravo network), which provided a view into the domestic goings-on in the Brown household. Though it was Brown's vehicle, Houston was a prominent figure throughout the show, receiving as much screen time as Brown. The series aired in 2005 and featured Houston in, what some would say, not her most flattering moments. The Hollywood Reporter said it was "undoubtedly the most disgusting and execrable series ever to ooze its way onto television."[197] Despite the perceived train-wreck nature of the show, the series gave Bravo its highest ratings in its time slot and continued Houston's successful forays into film and television.[198] The show was not renewed for a second season after Houston stated that she would no longer appear in it, and Brown and Bravo could not come to an agreement for another season.[199]
[edit] 2006–2012: Return to music, I Look to You, tour and film comeback
After years of controversy and turmoil, Houston separated from Bobby Brown in September 2006, filing for divorce the following month.[200] On February 1, 2007, Houston asked the court to fast track their divorce.[201] The divorce was finalized on April 24, 2007, with Houston granted custody of the couple's daughter.[202] On May 4, Houston sold the suburban Atlanta home featured in Being Bobby Brown for $1.19 million.[203] A few days later, Brown sued Houston in Orange County, California court in an attempt to change the terms of their custody agreement. Brown also sought child and spousal support from Houston. In the lawsuit, Brown claimed that financial and emotional problems prevented him from properly responding to Houston's divorce petition.[204] Brown lost at his court hearing as the judge dismissed his appeal to overrule the custody terms, leaving Houston with full custody and Brown with no spousal support.[205] In March 2007, Clive Davis of Arista Records announced that Houston would begin recording a new album.[206] In October 2007, Arista released another compilation The Ultimate Collection outside the United States.[207]
Houston gave her first interview in seven years in September 2009, appearing on Oprah Winfrey's season premiere. The interview was billed as "the most anticipated music interview of the decade".[208] Whitney admitted on the show to using drugs with former husband Bobby Brown, who "laced marijuana with rock cocaine".[209] By 1996, she told Oprah, "[doing drugs] was an everyday thing... I wasn't happy by that point in time. I was losing myself."[210]
Houston released her new album, I Look to You, in August 2009.[211] The album's first two singles are "I Look to You" and "Million Dollar Bill". The album entered the Billboard 200 at No. 1, with Houston's best opening-week sales of 305,000 copies, marking Houston's first number one album since The Bodyguard, and Houston's first studio album to reach number one since 1987's Whitney. Houston also appeared on European television programs to promote the album. She performed the song "I Look to You" on the German television show Wetten, dass..?. Three days later, she performed the worldwide first single from I Look To You, Million Dollar Bill, on the French television show Le Grand Journal. Houston appeared as guest mentor on The X Factor in the United Kingdom. She performed "Million Dollar Bill" on the following day's results show, completing the song even as a strap in the back of her dress popped open two minutes into the performance. She later commented that she "sang [herself] out of [her] clothes".
The performance was poorly received by the British media, and was variously described as "weird" and "ungracious",[212] "shambolic"[213] and a "flop". Despite this reception, "Million Dollar Bill" jumped to its peak from 14 to number 5 (her first UK top 5 for over a decade), and three weeks after release "I Look to You" went gold. Houston appeared on the Italian version of The X Factor, performing the same song "Million Dollar Bill" to excellent reviews.[214] She was awarded the Gold Certificate for achieving over 50,000 CD sales of "I Look To You" in Italy.[215] In November, Houston performed "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" at the 2009 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California. Two days later, Houston performed both songs on the Dancing With The Stars season 9 finale. As of December 2009, "I Look to You" has been certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of more than one million copies in the United States.[216] On January 26, 2010, her debut album was re-released in a special edition entitled Whitney Houston – The Deluxe Anniversary Edition.[217]
Houston later embarked on a world tour, entitled the Nothing but Love World Tour. It was her first world tour in over ten years and was announced as a triumphant comeback. However, some poor reviews and rescheduled concerts brought some negative media attention.[218][219] Houston canceled some concerts due to illness and received widespread negative reviews from fans who were disappointed in the quality of her voice and performance. Some fans reportedly walked out of her concerts.[220]
In January 2010, Houston was nominated for two NAACP Image Awards, one for Best Female Artist and one for Best Music Video. She won the award for Best Music Video for her single "I Look to You". On January 16, she received The BET Honors Award for Entertainer citing her lifetime achievements spanning over 25 years in the industry. The 2010 BET Honors award was held at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C. and aired on February 1, 2010. Jennifer Hudson and Kim Burrell performed in honor of her, garnering positive reviews. Houston also received a nomination from the Echo Awards, Germany's version of the Grammys, for Best International Artist. In April 2010, the UK newspaper The Mirror reported that Houston was thinking about recording her eighth studio album and wanted to collaborate with will.i.am (of The Black Eyed Peas), her first choice for a collaboration.[221]
Houston also performed the song "I Look to You" on the 2011 BET Celebration of Gospel, with gospel–jazz singer Kim Burrell, held at the Staples Center, Los Angeles. The performance aired on January 30, 2011. Early in 2011, she gave an uneven performance in tribute to cousin Dionne Warwick at music mogul Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy gala. In May 2011, Houston enrolled in a rehabilitation center again, as an out-patient, citing drug and alcohol problems. A representative for Houston said that it was a part of Houston's "longstanding recovery process".[222]
In September 2011, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Houston would produce and star alongside Jordin Sparks and Mike Epps in the remake of the 1976 film Sparkle. In the film, Houston portrays Sparks' "not-so encouraging mother". Houston would have executive producer credits on top of acting credits according to Debra Martin Chase, producer of Sparkle. She stated that Houston deserved the title considering she had been there from the beginning in 2001, when Houston obtained Sparkle production rights. R&B singer Aaliyah – originally tapped to star as Sparkle – died in a 2001 plane crash. Her death derailed production, which would have begun in 2002.[223][224][225] Houston's remake of Sparkle was filmed in the fall of 2011,[226] and is set for release by TriStar Pictures in August 2012.[227]
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On February 9, 2012, Houston visited singers Brandy and Monica, together with Clive Davis, at their rehearsals for Davis' pre-Grammy Awards party at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.[228][229] That same day, she made her last public performance, when she joined Kelly Price on stage in Hollywood, California, and sang "Jesus Loves Me".[230][231]
On February 11, 2012, Houston was found dead in suite 434 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, submerged in the bathtub.[232][233] The cause of death was not immediately known.[234][235] It was later ruled by the coroner to have been an "accidental drowning".[236] Beverly Hills paramedics arrived at approximately 3:30 p.m. and found the singer unresponsive and performed CPR. Houston was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. PST.[234][237] Local police said there were "no obvious signs of criminal intent."[238] On March 22, 2012, the Los Angeles County coroner's office reported the cause of Houston's death was drowning and the "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use".[239] The office stated the amount of cocaine found in Houston's body indicated that she used the substance shortly before her death.[240] Toxicology results revealed additional drugs in her system: Benadryl, Xanax, marijuana and Flexiril.[241] The manner of death was listed as an "accident".[242]
Houston had an invitation-only memorial on Saturday, February 18, 2012, at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey. The service was scheduled for two hours, but lasted for four hours.[243] Among those who performed at the funeral were Stevie Wonder (rewritten version of "Ribbon in the Sky," and "Love's in Need of Love Today"), CeCe Winans ("Don't Cry" and "Jesus Loves Me"), Alicia Keys ("Send Me an Angel"), Kim Burrell (rewritten version of "A Change Is Gonna Come") and R. Kelly ("I Look to You"), interspersed with hymns by the church choir and remarks by Clive Davis, Houston’s record producer; Kevin Costner; Ricky Minor her music director; her cousin Dionne Warwick and Ray Watson, her security guard for the past 11 years. Aretha Franklin was listed on the program and was expected to sing, but was unable to attend the service.[244][245] Bobby Brown, Houston's ex-husband, was also invited to the funeral but he left before the service began.[246] Houston was buried on Sunday, February 19, 2012, in Fairview Cemetery, in Westfield, New Jersey next to her father, John Russell Houston, who died in 2003.[247]
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The Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party that Houston was expected to attend, and that featured many of the biggest names in music and movies, went on as scheduled although it was quickly turned into a tribute to Houston. Davis spoke about Houston's death at the evening's start: "By now you have all learned of the unspeakably tragic news of our beloved Whitney's passing. I don't have to mask my emotion in front of a room full of so many dear friends. I am personally devastated by the loss of someone who has meant so much to me for so many years. Whitney was so full of life. She was so looking forward to tonight even though she wasn't scheduled to perform. Whitney was a beautiful person and a talent beyond compare. She graced this stage with her regal presence and gave so many memorable performances here over the years. Simply put, Whitney would have wanted the music to go on and her family asked that we carry on."[248]
Tony Bennett spoke of Houston's death before performing at Davis' party. He said, "First, it was Michael Jackson, then Amy Winehouse, now, the magnificent Whitney Houston". Bennett sang "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" and said of Houston, "When I first heard her, I called Clive Davis and said, 'You finally found the greatest singer I've ever heard in my life.'"[249]
Some celebrities opposed Davis' decision to continue on the party while a police investigation was being conducted in Houston's hotel room and her body was still in the building. Chaka Khan, in an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan on February 13, 2012, shared that she felt the party should have been canceled, saying "I thought that was complete insanity. And knowing Whitney I don't believe that she would have said 'the show must go on.' She's the kind of woman that would've said 'Stop everything! Un-unh. I'm not going to be there.' [...] I don't know what could motivate a person to have a party in a building where the person whose life he had influenced so enormously and whose life had been affected by hers. They were like... I don't understand how that party went on."[250] Sharon Osbourne condemned the Davis party, declaring "I think it was disgraceful that the party went on. I don't want to be in a hotel room when there's someone you admire who's tragically lost their life four floors up. I'm not interested in being in that environment and I think when you grieve someone, you do it privately, you do it with people who understand you. I thought it was so wrong."[251]
Several other celebrities released statements responding to Houston's death. Dolly Parton, whose song "I Will Always Love You" was covered by Houston, said, "I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song and I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, 'Whitney, I will always love you. You will be missed'." Aretha Franklin said, "It's so stunning and unbelievable. I couldn't believe what I was reading coming across the TV screen."[252] Mariah Carey said, "Heartbroken and in tears over the shocking death of my friend ... She will never be forgotten as one of the greatest voices to ever grace the earth."[253] Oprah Winfrey, who did an in-depth interview with Houston in 2009, wrote on Twitter "To me Whitney was THE VOICE. We got to hear a part of God every time she sang. Heart is heavy, spirit grateful for the GIFT of her."[254] Quincy Jones said, "I am absolutely heartbroken at the news of Whitney’s passing. Ashford & Simpson first made me aware of Whitney when she was just sixteen, and I always regretted not having had the opportunity to work with her. She was a true original and a talent beyond compare. I will miss her terribly."[253]
Moments after news of her death emerged, CNN, MSNBC and Fox News all broke from their regularly scheduled programming to dedicate time to non-stop coverage of Houston's death. All three featured live interviews with people who knew Houston including those that have worked with her, interviewed her along with some of her peers in the music industry. Saturday Night Live displayed a photo of a smiling Houston, alongside Molly Shannon, from her 1996 appearance.[255][256] MTV and VH-1 interrupted their regularly scheduled programming on Sunday February 12 to air many of Houston's classic videos with MTV often airing news segments in between and featuring various reactions from fans and celebrities.
Houston's former husband, Bobby Brown, was reported to be "in and out of crying fits" since receiving the news. He did not cancel a scheduled performance and within hours of his ex-wife's sudden death, an audience in Mississippi observed as Brown blew kisses skyward, tearfully saying: "I love you, Whitney".[257]
Ken Ehrlich, executive producer of the 54th Grammy Awards, announced that Jennifer Hudson would perform a tribute to Houston at the February 12, 2012, awards. He said "event organizers believed Hudson – an Academy Award-winning actress and Grammy Award-winning artist – could perform a respectful musical tribute to Houston". Ehrlich went on to say: "It's too fresh in everyone's memory to do more at this time, but we would be remiss if we didn't recognize Whitney's remarkable contribution to music fans in general, and in particular her close ties with the Grammy telecast and her Grammy wins and nominations over the years".[258] At the start of the awards ceremony, a footage of Houston performing "I Will Always Love You" from 1994 Grammys was shown following a prayer read by host, LL Cool J. Later in the program following a montage of photos of musicians who died in 2011 with Houston singing "Saving All My Love for You" at the 1986 Grammys, Hudson paid tribute to Houston and the other artists by performing "I Will Always Love You".[259][260]
Houston was honored in the form of various tributes at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards, held on February 17. A image montage of Houston and important black figures who died in 2011 was followed by video footage from the 1994 ceremony, which depicted her accepting two Image Awards for outstanding female artist and entertainer of the year. Following the video tribute, Yolanda Adams delivered a rendition of "I Love the Lord" from The Preacher's Wife Soundtrack. In the finale of the ceremony, Kirk Franklin and The Family started their performance with "Greatest Love of All."[261] The 2012 BRIT Awards, which took place at London's O2 Arena on February 21, also paid tribute to Houston by playing a 30-second-video montage of her music videos with a snippet of "One Moment in Time" as the background music in the ceremony's first segment.[262] New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said that all New Jersey state flags would be flown at half-staff on Tuesday, February 21 to honor Houston.[263] Accompanied by Esperanza Spalding belting out "What a Wonderful World" along with the Southern California Children's Choir, Houston was featured in the In Memoriam montage alongside other cinema greats at the 84th Academy Awards, held at the Hollywood and Highland Center on February 26, 2012.[264][265]
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Houston was a mezzo-soprano,[266][267] and was commonly referred to as "The Voice" in reference to her exceptional vocal talent.[268] Her vocal range extended from G below middle C (G3) to high B-flat (B♭5); she could belt out to treble F (F5).[269] She was third in MTV's list of 22 Greatest Voices,[270] and sixth on Online Magazine COVE's list of the 100 Best Pop Vocalists with a score of 48.5/50.[271] In 2008, Rolling Stone listed Houston as the thirty-fourth of the 100 greatest singers of all time, stating, "Her voice is a mammoth, coruscating cry: Few vocalists could get away with opening a song with 45 unaccompanied seconds of singing, but Houston's powerhouse version of Dolly Parton's 'I Will Always Love You' is a tour de force."[98] Matthew Perpetua from Rolling Stone also eulogized Houston's vocal, enumerating ten performances, including "How Will I Know" from the 1986 MTV VMAs and "The Star Spangled Banner" at the 1991 Super Bowl. "Whitney Houston was blessed with an astonishing vocal range and extraordinary technical skill, but what truly made her a great singer was her ability to connect with a song and drive home its drama and emotion with incredible precision," he stated. "She was a brilliant performer, and her live shows often eclipsed her studio recordings."[272]
Jon Caramanica of The New York Times commented, "Her voice was clean and strong, with barely any grit, well suited to the songs of love and aspiration. [...] Hers was a voice of triumph and achievement, and it made for any number of stunning, time-stopping vocal performances."[273] Mariah Carey stated, "She [Whitney] has a really rich, strong mid-belt that very few people have. She sounds really good, really strong."[274] While in her review of I Look to You, music critic Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times writes, "[Houston's voice] stands like monuments upon the landscape of 20th century pop, defining the architecture of their times, sheltering the dreams of millions and inspiring the climbing careers of countless imitators", adding "When she was at her best, nothing could match her huge, clean, cool mezzo-soprano".[267]
Lauren Everitt from BBC News Magazine commented on melisma used in Houston's recording and its influence. "An early 'I' in Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' takes nearly six seconds to sing. In those seconds the former gospel singer-turned-pop star packs a series of different notes into the single syllable," stated Everitt. "The technique is repeated throughout the song, most pronouncedly on every 'I' and 'you'. The vocal technique is called melisma, and it has inspired a host of imitators. Other artists may have used it before Houston, but it was her rendition of Dolly Parton's love song that pushed the technique into the mainstream in the 90s. [...] But perhaps what Houston nailed best was moderation." Everitt said that "[i]n a climate of reality shows ripe with 'oversinging', it's easy to appreciate Houston's ability to save melisma for just the right moment".[275]
Houston's vocal stylings have had a significant impact on the music industry. She has been called the "Queen of Pop" for her influence during the 1990s, commercially rivaling Mariah Carey and Celine Dion.[276] Stephen Holden from The New York Times, in his review of Houston's Radio City Music Hall concert on July 20, 1993, praised her attitude as a singer, writing, "Whitney Houston is one of the few contemporary pop stars of whom it might be said: the voice suffices. While almost every performer whose albums sell in the millions calls upon an entertainer's bag of tricks, from telling jokes to dancing to circus pyrotechnics, Ms. Houston would rather just stand there and sing." With regard to her singing style, he added: "Her [Houston's] stylistic trademarks – shivery melismas that ripple up in the middle of a song, twirling embellishments at the ends of phrases that suggest an almost breathless exhilaration – infuse her interpretations with flashes of musical and emotional lightning."[277]
Elysa Gardner of the Los Angeles Times in her review for The Preacher's Wife Soundtrack praised Houston's vocal ability highly, commenting, "She is first and foremost a pop diva – at that, the best one we have. No other female pop star – not Mariah Carey, not Celine Dion, not Barbra Streisand – quite rivals Houston in her exquisite vocal fluidity and purity of tone, and her ability to infuse a lyric with mesmerizing melodrama."[278]
Influence[link]
During the 1980s, MTV was coming into its own and received criticism for not playing enough videos by black artists. With Michael Jackson breaking down the color barrier for black male artists, Houston did the same for black female artists. She became the first black female artist to receive heavy rotation on the network following the success of the "How Will I Know" video.[279] Following Houston's breakthrough, other African-American female artists, such as Janet Jackson and Anita Baker, were successful in popular music.[52][53] Baker commented that "Because of what Whitney and Sade did, there was an opening for me... For radio stations, black women singers aren't taboo anymore."[280]
Allmusic noted her contribution to the success of black artists on the pop scene, commenting, "Houston was able to handle big adult contemporary ballads, effervescent, stylish dance-pop, and slick urban contemporary soul with equal dexterity" and that "the result was an across-the-board appeal that was matched by scant few artists of her era, and helped her become one of the first black artists to find success on MTV in Michael Jackson's wake".[281] The New York Times stated that "Houston was a major catalyst for a movement within black music that recognized the continuity of soul, pop, jazz and gospel vocal traditions".[282] Richard Corliss of Time magazine commented on her initial success breaking various barriers:
Of her first album's ten cuts, six were ballads. This chanteuse [Houston] had to fight for air play with hard rockers. The young lady had to stand uncowed in the locker room of macho rock. The soul strutter had to seduce a music audience that anointed few black artists with superstardom. [...] She was a phenomenon waiting to happen, a canny tapping of the listener's yen for a return to the musical middle. And because every new star creates her own genre, her success has helped other blacks, other women, other smooth singers find an avid reception in the pop marketplace.[283]
Stephen Holden of The New York Times said that Houston "revitalized the tradition of strong gospel-oriented pop-soul singing".[284] Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times referred to the singer as a "national treasure".[267] Jon Caramanica, other music critic of The New York Times, called Houston "R&B's great modernizer," adding "slowly but surely reconciling the ambition and praise of the church with the movements and needs of the body and the glow of the mainstream".[273] He also drew comparisons between Houston's influence and other big names' on 1980s pop:
She was, alongside Michael Jackson and Madonna, one of the crucial figures to hybridize pop in the 1980s, though her strategy was far less radical than that of her peers. Jackson and Madonna were by turns lascivious and brutish and, crucially, willing to let their production speak more loudly than their voices, an option Ms. Houston never went for. Also, she was less prolific than either of them, achieving most of her renown on the strength of her first three solo albums and one soundtrack, released from 1985 to 1992. If she was less influential than they were in the years since, it was only because her gift was so rare, so impossible to mimic. Jackson and Madonna built worldviews around their voices; Ms. Houston’s voice was the worldview. She was someone more to be admired, like a museum piece, than to be emulated.[273]
The Independent's music critic Andy Gill also wrote about Houston's influence on modern R&B and singing competitions, comparing it to Michael Jackson's. "Because Whitney, more than any other single artist ― Michael Jackson included ― effectively mapped out the course of modern R&B, setting the bar for standards of soul vocalese, and creating the original template for what we now routinely refer to as the 'soul diva'," stated Gill. "Jackson was a hugely talented icon, certainly, but he will be as well remembered (probably more so) for his presentational skills, his dazzling dance moves, as for his musical innovations. Whitney, on the other hand, just sang, and the ripples from her voice continue to dominate the pop landscape." Gill said that there "are few, if any, Jackson imitators on today's TV talent shows, but every other contestant is a Whitney wannabe, desperately attempting to emulate that wondrous combination of vocal effects – the flowing melisma, the soaring mezzo-soprano confidence, the tremulous fluttering that carried the ends of lines into realms of higher yearning".[285]
Houston was considered by many to be a "singer's singer", who had an influence on countless other vocalists, both female and male.[98][286] Similarly, Steve Huey from Allmusic wrote that the shadow of Houston's prodigious technique still looms large over nearly every pop diva and smooth urban soul singer – male or female – in her wake, and spawned a legion of imitators.[281] Rolling Stone, on her biography, stated that Houston "redefined the image of a female soul icon and inspired singers ranging from Mariah Carey to Rihanna".[287] Essence ranked Houston the fifth on their list of 50 Most Influential R&B Stars of all time, calling her "the diva to end all divas".[288]
A number of artists have acknowledged Houston as an influence, including Celine Dion,[289] Mariah Carey,[98] Toni Braxton,[290] Christina Aguilera,[291] LeAnn Rimes,[292] Jessica Simpson,[293] Nelly Furtado,[294][295] Kelly Clarkson, Britney Spears,[296] Ciara,[297] P!nk,[296] Ashanti,[298] Robin Thicke,[299] Jennifer Hudson, Stacie Orrico, Amerie,[300] and Destiny's Child.[296][301] Mariah Carey, who was often compared to Houston, said, "She [Houston] has been a big influence on me."[302] She later told USA Today that "none of us would sound the same if Aretha Franklin hadn't ever put out a record, or Whitney Houston hadn't."[303] Celine Dion who was the third member of the troika that dominated female pop singing in the 1990s, did a telephone interview with Good Morning America on February 13, 2012, telling "Whitney's been an amazing inspiration for me. I've been singing with her my whole career, actually. I wanted to have a career like hers, sing like her, look beautiful like her."[304] Beyoncé told the Globe and Mail that Houston "inspired [her] to get up there and do what [she] did".[305] She also wrote on her website on the day after Houston's death, "I, like every singer, always wanted to be just like [Houston]. Her voice was perfect. Strong but soothing. Soulful and classic. Her vibrato, her cadence, her control. So many of my life's memories are attached to a Whitney Houston song. She is our queen and she opened doors and provided a blueprint for all of us."[306]
Mary J. Blige said that Houston inviting her onstage during VH1's Divas Live show in 1999 "opened doors for [her] all over the world".[307] Brandy stated, "The first Whitney Houston CD was genius. That CD introduced the world to her angelic yet powerful voice. Without Whitney, half of this generation of singers wouldn't be singing."[308] Kelly Rowland, in an Ebony's feature article celebrating black music in June 2006, recalled that "[I] wanted to be a singer after I saw Whitney Houston on TV singing 'Greatest Love of All'. I wanted to sing like Whitney Houston in that red dress." She added that "And I have never, ever forgotten that song [Greatest Love of All]. I learned it backward, forward, sideways. The video still brings chills to me. When you wish and pray for something as a kid, you never know what blessings God will give you."[309]
Alicia Keys said "Whitney is an artist who inspired me from [the time I was] a little girl".[310] Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson cites Houston as her biggest musical influence. She told Newsday that she learned from Houston the "difference between being able to sing and knowing how to sing".[311] Leona Lewis, who has been called "the new Whitney Houston", also cites her as an influence. Lewis stated that she idolized her as a little girl.[312][313]
Awards and achievements[link]
Further information: List of awards and nominations received by Whitney Houston and Whitney Houston chart records and achievements
Houston was the most awarded female artist of all time, according to Guinness World Records,[1] with two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among a total of 415 career awards as of 2010. She held the all-time record for the most American Music Awards of any female solo artist and shared the record with Michael Jackson for the most AMAs ever won in a single year with eight wins in 1994.[314] Houston won a record 11 Billboard Music Awards at its fourth ceremony in 1993.[315] She also had the record for the most WMAs won in a single year, winning five awards at the 6th World Music Awards in 1994.[316]
In May 2003, Houston placed at number three on VH1's list of "50 Greatest Women of the Video Era", behind Madonna and Janet Jackson.[317] She was also ranked at number 116 on their list of the "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons of All Time".[318] In 2008, Billboard magazine released a list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists to celebrate the US singles chart's 50th anniversary, ranking Houston at number nine.[319][320] Similarly, she was ranked as one of the "Top 100 Greatest Artists of All Time" by VH1 in September 2010.[321] In November 2010, Billboard released its "Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years" list and ranked Houston at number three whom not only went on to earn eight number one singles on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but also landed five number ones on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.[322]
Houston's debut album is listed as one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine[49] and is on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Definitive 200 list.[50] In 2004, Billboard picked the success of her first release on the charts as one of 110 Musical Milestones in its history.[323] Houston's entrance into the music industry is considered one of the 25 musical milestones of the last 25 years, according to USA Today in 2007. It stated that she paved the way for Mariah Carey's chart-topping vocal gymnastics.[51] In 1997, the Franklin School in East Orange, New Jersey was renamed to The Whitney E. Houston Academy School of Creative and Performing Arts. In 2001, Houston was the first artist to be given a BET Lifetime Achievement Award.[324]
Houston was one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 200 million albums and singles worldwide.[2][3] She was ranked as the fourth best-selling female artist in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with 55 million certified albums sold in the US.[216][325]
She held an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities from Grambling State University, Louisiana.[326]
Discography[link]
Main articles: Whitney Houston discography and Whitney Houston videography
- Studio Albums
- 1985: Whitney Houston
- 1987: Whitney
- 1990: I'm Your Baby Tonight
- 1998: My Love Is Your Love
- 2002: Just Whitney
- 2009: I Look to You
- Holiday Albums
Filmography[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes and awards |
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| 1992 | The Bodyguard | Rachel Marron | Feature film
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| 1995 | Waiting to Exhale | Savannah Jackson | Feature film
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| 1996 | The Preacher's Wife | Julia Biggs | Feature film
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| 1997 | Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella | Fairy Godmother | Made-for-television film, part of a revival of the Wonderful World of Disney.[335]
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| 2012 | Sparkle | Emma | Posthumous release |
| Year | Title | Network | Role | Notes |
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| 1984 | Gimme a Break! | NBC | Rita | "Katie's College" (Season 3, Episode 20, air date: March 15, 1984)[338] |
| As the World Turns | CBS | Herself | Houston appeared on the soap on August 1–2, 1984, with Jermaine Jackson singing two duets off a new album he was releasing at the time: "Take Good Care of My Heart" and "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do." They taped their appearance on July 25 at CBS Studios in New York City. | |
| 1985 | Silver Spoons | NBC | Herself | "Head Over Heels" (Season 4, Episode 1, air date: September 15, 1985)[338] She performed the edited version of "Saving All My Love for You", changing some of the words. |
| 2002 | Boston Public | Fox | Herself | She performed "Try It On My Own" from the 2002 studio album Just Whitney. |
| Year | Company | Promoting | Country | Notes |
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| 1983 | Dr Pepper/Seven Up | Canada Dry (soft drink beverage) |
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| 1986 | Coca-Cola | Diet Coke (soft drink beverage) |
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| 1988 | Coca-Cola | Diet Coke (soft drink beverage) |
United States |
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| 1989 | Sanyo | Electronics (the stereo, TV) |
Japan |
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| 1994/ 1995 |
AT&T | Telephone services | United States | |
| 1999 | Nissin | Consumer credit business | Japan |
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| Year | Title | Director | Notes and awards |
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| 1997 | Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella | Robert Iscove | Executive producer[350]
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| 2001 | The Princess Diaries | Garry Marshall | Producer[351]
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| 2003 | The Cheetah Girls | Oz Scott | Producer[356] |
| 2004 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | Garry Marshall | Producer[357] |
| 2006 | The Cheetah Girls 2: When in Spain | Kenny Ortega | Co-executive producer[358] |
Tours[link]
Main article: List of Whitney Houston tours and concerts
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This article is about the singer. For the singer's self-titled album, see Jordin Sparks (album).
| Jordin Sparks | |
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 Sparks in the American Idol Experience motorcade at Walt Disney World in 2009. |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jordin Brianna Sparks |
| Born | (1989-12-22) December 22, 1989 (age 22) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Origin | Glendale, Arizona |
| Genres | R&B, pop, pop rock, dance-pop |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, actress |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | Jive/19 (2007-2011) RCA/19 (2011-Present) |
| Website | jordinsparks.com |
Jordin Brianna Sparks (born December 22, 1989)[1] is an American pop / R&B recording artist, songwriter and actress who rose to fame as the winner of the sixth season of American Idol. She hails from Glendale, Arizona. Sparks won when she was 17 years old, making her the youngest winner in Idol history and remains the last female to win American Idol. She followed her American Idol victory with the release of her self-titled debut album in 2007, which has gone platinum in the U.S. and has sold over 2 million copies worldwide.[2] Sparks' single, "No Air" is the highest-selling single by any American Idol contestant, selling over 3 million digital copies in the U.S. and Canada.[3] Due to the success of her debut album and its four top 20 singles, she has received numerous awards and nominations including an American Music Award in 2008 and her first Grammy nomination in 2009. In 2009, Billboard magazine's 91st-best-selling music artist of the 2000–2009 decade.[4]
Sparks made guest appearances on several television series in the following years, beginning with The Suite Life On Deck. Sparks' second album Battlefield was released in July 2009 worldwide and debuted at number seven in the U.S., three spots higher than her first album. The album's lead single, also titled "Battlefield", peaked in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it her third top 10 single and fifth consecutive top 20 single. Sparks is the only Idol contestant to have their first five singles reach the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Battlefield" has sold almost 2 million copies worldwide. Battlefield's second single, "S.O.S. (Let the Music Play)", was her first song to top the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play making it her first U.S. number one single.[5] Sparks followed her success in 2010 by making her debut on Broadway. Sparks starred as Nina Rosario in the Tony Award winning broadway musical, In The Heights. She will make her film debut in the remake of Sparkle, co-starring Grammy Award/Emmy Award-winner Whitney Houston, Derek Luke, Carmen Ejogo and Tika Sumpter. According to Billboard.com, Sparks has sold 1,300,000 albums and 9,883,000 tracks in the United States as of February 2012, making her one of the most successful idol winners.[6] In 2012, VH1 included Sparks in its list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music and ranked her at #92.[7] People named her one of 2012 Most Beautiful at Every Age.[8]
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Biography[link]
Early life and career beginnings[link]
Sparks was born in Phoenix, Arizona to Jodi Weidmann Sparks and former professional football player Phillippi Sparks. Sparks has a younger brother, Phillippi "PJ" Sparks, Jr., who plays football for the Fighting Sioux at the University of North Dakota. She grew up in the suburbs of Ridgewood, New Jersey, while her father played as a defensive back for the New York Giants. After living in New Jersey, Sparks attended Northwest Community Christian School in Phoenix through the eighth grade. Sparks attended Sandra Day O'Connor High School until 2006, when she was homeschooled to better concentrate on her singing.[9] Sparks is an evangelical Christian and attends Calvary Community Church in Phoenix. On her American Idol biography, she thanks her parents and God for her win.[10] She won an award for best young artist of the year in Arizona for three years.
Before appearing on American Idol, Sparks participated in and won such talent competitions as Coca-Cola's Rising Star, the Gospel Music Association Academy's Overall Spotlight Award, America's Most Talented Kids, Colgate Country Showdown, and the 2006 Drug Free AZ Superstar Search. Prior to Idol, Sparks frequently performed the national anthem at various local sporting events, notably for the Phoenix Suns, Arizona Cardinals, and Arizona Diamondbacks. Sparks also appeared with Alice Cooper in his 2004 Christmas show and toured with Christian contemporary singer Michael W. Smith in 2006. In 2006, Sparks was one of six winners of the Phoenix Torrid search for the "Next Plus Size Model". She was flown to California, where she was used in a number of Torrid ads and promotional pieces.[11] A full-page ad for Torrid featuring Sparks ran in the December 2006 issue of Seventeen magazine.
On June 16, 2011, Sparks had her first-ever bikini shoot for the cover of People's Most Amazing Bodies issue. When speaking about her weight loss and diet to Access Hollywood, Sparks said, "My diet has pretty much remained the same, like if I want a piece of bread, I’m gonna have a piece of bread, but I’m making healthier decisions like instead of a bag of chips for a snack, I’ll see if I can find an apple. I’ve also upped my intake of vegetables and I’m drinking a lot more water."[12][13][14]
[edit] 2006: American Idol
In the summer of 2006, Sparks auditioned twice for the sixth season of American Idol: once in Los Angeles but failed to make it past the first round,[15] and again in Seattle after winning Arizona Idol, a talent competition conducted by Phoenix Fox station KSAZ-TV. The Seattle audition is the one seen in the January 17, 2007, broadcast of American Idol, in which she earned a "gold ticket" and the right to appear in the Hollywood Round. American Idol judge Randy Jackson made the offhand prediction that, "Curly hair will win this year."[16] While on the show, Sparks gained a loyal fan base known as "Sparkplugs". On May 23, 2007, Sparks was crowned the winner of the sixth season of American Idol. She remains the youngest winner in American Idol history. Cowell said, "Jordin was the most improved over the whole season – didn't start the best, but midway through this was the girl who suddenly got momentum." He included that "Young girl, likeable, and the singer won over the entertainer [Lewis]."[17] Four selected songs Sparks had performed on American Idol, including the season's coronation song, "This Is My Now", were made available on her self-titled EP, released on May 22, 2007, the day before the grand finale.[18] The coronation song, "This Is My Now" peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Sparks' first top fifteen hit on the chart.[19] The following summer, Sparks took part in the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2007 from July 6 to September 23, 2007, along with other contestants in the top ten.
Since her win in 2007, Sparks has returned to Idol five times. She performed twice on the seventh season of American Idol, once on the Idol Gives Back results show singing "No Air" with Chris Brown and again with "One Step at a Time" on May 21, 2008, for the finale. She performed "Battlefield" on the May 13, 2009, episode of American Idol. The following year, Sparks took part in a tribute to Simon Cowell with other former contestants at the Season 9 finale on May 26, 2010. Most recently, during Season 10, Sparks performed her new song "I Am Woman" on the Top 4 results show.
Performances/results
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| Hollywood | N/A | "Some Kind of Wonderful" | Soul Brothers Six | N/A | Advanced | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top 24 (12 Women) | N/A | "Give Me One Reason" | Tracy Chapman | 6 | Safe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top 20 (10 Women) | Dedication Week | "Reflection" | Christina Aguilera | 6 | Safe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top 16 (8 Women) | N/A | "Heartbreaker" | Pat Benatar | 1 | Safe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top 12 | Diana Ross | "If We Hold On Together" | Diana Ross | 12 | Safe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top 11 | British Invasion | "I (Who Have Nothing)" | Ben E. King | 7 | Safe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top 10 | No Doubt/artists who inspire Gwen Stefani | "Hey Baby" | No Doubt | 9 | Safe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top 9 | American Classics | "On a Clear Day" | Tony Bennett | 5 | Safe Top 3 |
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| Top 8 | Latin | "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" | Gloria Estefan | 6 | Safe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top 7 | Country | "A Broken Wing" | Martina McBride | 2 | Safe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top 6 | Inspirational | "You'll Never Walk Alone" | Rodgers and Hammerstein | 6 | Safe Non-Elimination Week |
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| Top 6 | Bon Jovi | "Livin' on a Prayer" | Bon Jovi | 2 | Safe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top 4 | Barry Gibb | "To Love Somebody" "Woman in Love" |
Bee Gees Barbra Streisand |
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| Top 3 | Judge's Choice (Simon Cowell) Producer's Choice Contestant's Choice |
"Wishing on a Star" "She Works Hard for the Money" "I (Who Have Nothing)" |
Rose Royce Donna Summer Ben E. King |
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| Finale | New Song Previous Song Coronation Song |
"Fighter" "A Broken Wing" "This Is My Now" |
Christina Aguilera Martina McBride Jordin Sparks |
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[edit] 2007–2008: Jordin Sparks
Main article: Jordin Sparks (album)
After winning American Idol, Sparks signed to 19 Recordings/Jive Records, becoming the first Idol winner to join the label.[20] On August 27, 2007, she released her debut single, "Tattoo",[21] which peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Sparks' first top ten hit on the chart.[19] The song certified platinum in the United States[22] and Australia.[23] To date, "Tattoo" has sold over two million copies in the U.S.[24]
Sparks released her self-titled debut studio album on November 20, 2007,[25] which debuted at number ten on the Billboard 200. To date, it has sold over a million copies in the U.S[26] and was certified platinum by the RIAA.[22] "No Air", a duet with Chris Brown, was released as the second single from the album in February 2008. In the United States, the song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming Sparks' best-charting single to date.[19] It was also her first song to appear on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, where it reached number four.[19] To date, the song has sold over three million copies in the U.S, making Sparks the first American Idol contestant to reach the three million mark.[3] It also became Brown's first song to hit three million. "No Air" also charted in Australia[27] and New Zealand,[28] where it reached number one, receiving platinum certifications in both countries.[23][29]
On February 3, 2008, Sparks sang the National Anthem at Super Bowl XLII.[30] She performed in a tribute to Aretha Franklin at the NAACP Awards in February, as well. She had previously performed in a tribute to Diana Ross in December 2007.
In support of the album, Sparks opened for Alicia Keys on the North America leg of her As I Am Tour, starting on April 19, 2008.[31] Before the tour, a career-threatening throat injury forced Sparks to cancel a few weeks of the shows. Officials revealed she was suffering an acute vocal cord hemorrhage and was ordered strict vocal rest until the condition improved.[32] Sparks was back on the road by April 30, 2008 and remained on the tour until June 18, 2008. Sparks later joined Keys for the tour leg in Australia and New Zealand in December 2008.[33][34]
The album's third single, "One Step at a Time", was released in June 2008. It peaked at number seventeen on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Sparks her fourth top twenty hit on the chart.[19] This makes Sparks the only American Idol contestant to have her first four singles reach the top twenty of the Hot 100. It also charted in the top twenty in Australia,[27] Canada,[19] and the United Kingdom.[35] In New Zealand, the song reached number two[28] and was certified gold by the RIANZ.[29] In August 2008, Sparks co-headlined the Jesse & Jordin LIVE Tour with Jesse McCartney in the United States.[36]
Sparks received two MTV Video Music Award nominations for Best Female Video for "No Air" and Best New Artist at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.[37] While at the awards show, Sparks caused controversy by responding to a joke made by host Russell Brand during his opening monologue, in which he held up a silver ring, claiming to have relieved one of the Jonas Brothers of their virginity,[38] saying he would "take them more seriously if they wore it (the ring) around their genitals". Sparks who also wears a promise ring, began her introduction of T.I. and Rihanna by saying "It's not bad to wear a promise ring because not everybody, guy or girl, wants to be a slut." In response to the controversy over her "slut" remark, Sparks told Entertainment Weekly that she doesn't regret the remark, commenting that "I wish I would've worded it differently – that somebody who doesn't wear a promise ring isn't necessarily a slut – but I can't take it back now."[39] At the 2008 American Music Awards, Sparks won the award for Favorite Artist in the Adult Contemporary Category.[40]
[edit] 2009–2010: Battlefield
Main article: Battlefield (album)
On January 20, 2009, Sparks performed "Faith" at the Commander-in-Chief's Inaugural Ball, hosted by President Barack Obama.[41] Her second studio album, Battlefield was released in the United States on July 21, 2009.[42] The album's title track was released as the lead single on May 25, 2009, and reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100.[19] The song peaked in the top five in Australia,[27] Canada,[19] and New Zealand.[28] In the United States, Battlefield debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200, peaking higher than her debut album's position of number ten. However, the album was notably unsuccessful compared to her debut, only selling 177,000 copies in the U.S[26] and having failed to earn any chart certificates.
In support of the album, Sparks opened for The Jonas Brothers on the North America leg of the Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009, starting on June 20, 2009.[43] She also opened for Britney Spears on the second leg of her Circus Tour in North America, beginning on August 24, 2009.[44] Sparks served as a replacement for Ciara.
"S.O.S. (Let the Music Play)", was released as the second single from Battlefield on September 15, 2009.[45] The song topped the U.S Hot Dance Club Songs chart, becoming Sparks' first number one on the chart[19] and peaked in the top fifteen in the United Kingdom.[35] During this time, she recorded the duet, "Art of Love", with Australian artist Guy Sebastian for his fifth studio album, Like It Like That. The song reached the top ten in Australia[27] and New Zealand[28] and was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association.[46] The third single from Battlefield, "Don't Let It Go to Your Head", was released in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2010.[47] The song reached a peak of number sixteen on the UK Singles Chart despite no physical release.[citation needed]
In May 2010, Sparks embarked on her first headlining tour in the United States, the Battlefield Tour.[48] It began on May 1, 2010, and ended on July 18, 2010, stopping in over 35 major cities in the United States. In support of the DVD/Blu-ray re-release of the Disney animated film, Beauty and the Beast, Sparks recorded a cover of the film's title track for the soundtrack.[49] A music video for the song was released on October 18, 2010.[50]
2010–present: Third studio album & film debut[link]
In a October 2010 interview, Sparks revealed she had begun working on her third studio album.[51] During an interview with Good Day New York in November 2010, Sparks confirmed she would be recording the album in New York and Arizona.[52] In January 2011, it was reported that Sparks and John Legend were working on songs together in the studio.[53] In March 2011, Sparks recorded a music video for a song called "The World I Knew" for the film, African Cats, which was released on April 22, 2011.[54] To support her new single, Sparks served as an opening act for the NKOTBSB summer tour.[55] On May 5, 2011, it was revealed that Sparks' lead single for her forthcoming album is titled "I Am Woman".[56] On May 12, 2011, Sparks performed "I Am Woman" on the American Idol Top 4 results show.[57] "I Am Woman" debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number eighty-two with 33,000 downloads sold.[58][59] It also debuted on the US Billboard Digital Songs at number fifty-seven.[60] Sparks performed "I Am Woman" on Regis and Kelly on June 14.[61][62][63] Sparks also contributed background vocals to Demi Lovato's lead single "Skyscraper" from her third studio album. Sparks stated in an August 2011 interview there is no scheduled release date yet.[64] A song titled "You Gotta Want It" will be part of an NFL compilation album entitled Official Gameday Music of the NFL Vol. 2. According to reports, the song will be available to download on iTunes and Amazon next week on September 27. The song is co-written by Chris Weaver and Matthew J. Rogers, while being produced by Cash Money Records’ Cool & Dre.[65] On November 14, 2011, it was announced that Sparks recorded a original song called "Angels Are Singing" as a part of ABC Family's "12 Dates of Christmas".[66]
On September 12, 2011, it was announced that Sparks will be making her film debut playing the lead role in the music-themed pic Sparkle, a remake of the 1976 film inspired by the story of The Supremes. The remake will be set in 1968 Detroit, during the rise of Motown. The story will focus on the youngest sister, a music prodigy named Sparkle Williams (Sparks), and her struggle to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart.[67][68]
On October 7, RCA Music Group announced it was disbanding Jive Records along with Arista Records and J Records. With the shutdown, Sparks (and all other artists previously signed to these three labels) will release her future material (including her upcoming third studio album) on the RCA Records brand.[69][70] On February 29, 2012 Sparks' boyfriend Jason Derulo took to twitter announcing the official remix of his single "It Girl" featuring Sparks. There was a video released with the remix, which shows home videos, of Jason and Jordin together as well as pictures.[71][72]
On May 21, 2012, "Celebrate", the last song Whitney Houston recorded with Sparks, will premiere at RyanSeacrest.com. The song will be featured on the Sparkle soundtrack.[73] The movie, starring both Sparks and Houston, will be released on August 17 in the United States. It is scheduled for digital download on iTunes on June 5th.[74]
Other ventures[link]
Clothing line[link]
In April 2008, it was announced that Sparks would team up with cosmetics company, Avon, to become a spokesperson for the teen-focused line Mark. In November 2008, Sparks teamed up with Wet Seal to create her own clothing line. The collection, appropriately named 'Sparks', began with an assortment of holiday dresses delivering to stores just in time for the busy Thanksgiving weekend. The line launched on November 19, 2008 and comes in sizes XS to XL. Sparks said, "I am so excited that Wet Seal and I have been able to create a line of clothing that will appeal to more girls than ever before."[75]
Acting[link]
In 2009, she made her acting debut on Disney's The Suite Life on Deck, guest starring as herself in the "Crossing Jordin" episode. The episode aired on October 23, 2009.[76][77] Sparks also guest starred on the hit Nickelodeon show, Big Time Rush. The episode aired on June 18, 2010.[78] In addition, Sparks did a voice over on Team Umizoomi as the Blue Mermaid. The episode aired on May 13, 2011.[79]
Broadway[link]
On May 3, 2010, it was announced that Sparks would join the cast of the Tony Award-winning Broadway show "In the Heights" as Nina Rosario. Sparks took part in the production from August 19 through November 14 for a consecutive 12 weeks.[80]
Fragrance[link]
In October 2010, Sparks released her debut fragrance "Because of You...." This fragrance is currently being exclusively distributed at Dots, but by November will spread to other retail stores. The perfume is described as a "fruity floriental perfume" consisting of notes of "clementine, white imperial currant and orange blossom; a heart of nectarine, sharry baby orchid and coral charm peony; and a drydown of sheer musks, vanilla bean, Baltic amber and blond woods." Sparks wanted this product to be affordable for her fans, yet still high end. "When I was starting this project, I really wanted it to be affordable. I looked at some other celebrity fragrances, and they were like $80. Even now, I look at a fragrance that's $80, and I can't bring myself to spend that much."[81] In March 2012, due To the success of her first fragrance, Because of You..., Sparks' released her second fragrance 'Fascinate' exclusively with Dots Fashions.[82][83]
Philanthropy[link]
In 2007, Sparks was asked by a relative who works for SOS Children's Villages USA in Florida to design a denim jacket festooned with Swarovski Crystal to support orphans.[84] In February 2008, Sparks traveled to Ghana. She was part of the delegation of former U.S. President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush to help with Malaria No More, an organization with a goal to end malaria deaths in Africa by 2015. Sparks joined Mrs. Bush at the Maamobi Polyclinic, where the First Lady donated a number of treated bed nets to some local female traders in order to help combat the scourge of malaria in Ghana. While there, Sparks sang "Amazing Grace" to the durbar of chiefs who had gathered at the venue to give audience to Laura Bush. Sparks said, "Traveling to Ghana with Malaria No More gives me the incredible opportunity to see for myself what a difference a simple mosquito net can make in the life of a child."[85]
In 2008, Sparks supported Dosomething.org's Do Something 101 campaign by filming a public service announcement explaining the nationwide school supplies drive project.[86] She further supported the campaign by helping out at the Do Something 101 School Supply Volunteer Event held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.[87]
On May 20, 2009, Sparks became an endorser for the Got Milk? campaign, an American advertising campaign encouraging the consumption of cow's milk.[88][89] On September 17, 2009, Sparks took part in the VH1 Divas special, a concert created to support the channel's Save The Music Foundation.[90] The concert was held at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York where Sparks performed the second single from her Battlefield album, S.O.S. (Let the Music Play), as well as "A Broken Wing" with Martina McBride. In February 2010, Sparks was one of the many artists who contributed to "We Are the World 25 for Haiti", a charity single for the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[91] Sparks teamed up with Pennyroyal Silver creator and designer, Tim Foster, to create her very own necklace design for the company's signature collection. Proceeds of the necklace funded medical units in Haiti.[92]
On February 3, 2010, Sparks and David Archuleta performed at the "X the TXT" event, held at the Eden Roc Renaissance Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. All proceeds raised by the event went to a number of charities, including the Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation. The following day both Sparks and Archuleta delivered teddy bears to children at the hospital.[93] In June 2010, the "Thumbs Up to X the TXT" pledge campaign, established by "The Allstate Corporation", made its way to Sparks' Battlefield Tour, presented by Mike & Ike to encourage teens and their families not to text while driving. Fans at Sparks' concerts made a pledge not to text and drive by adding their thumbprint to a traveling banner at each of her shows. The campaign began at Sparks' Battlefield Tour on June 3, 2010 and ended on July 18, 2010.[94] Sparks is the main spokesperson for the "I’m M.A.D., Are You?" campaign. She also supports Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, which helps to raise money for children with cancer.[95] Sparks traveled to Louisiana in June 2010 to visit the Gulf Coast oil spill with the Audubon Society to view the effects of the oil spill on the wildlife and marshes.[96] Sparks is also is a member of the National Youth Leadership Committee for the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration, along with Nick Jonas, Genevieve Ryan, and Brodi Conover.
On July 28, 2011, Sparks performed a live surprise concert in Times Square. Sparks was named the "VH1 Save The Music Foundation Ambassador" in 2011.[97][98] It was announced on November 9, 2011, that Sparks would be titled as a 'Vh1 Save the Music Ambassador' again for 2012. Sparks is joined by fellow American Idol contestant Chris Daughtry, Lupe Fiasco, Katy Perry and others.[99]
Discography[link]
Main article: Jordin Sparks discography
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| 2007 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Female Reality/Variety Star[100] | Won |
| 2008 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding New Artist[101] | Won |
| BET Pre-Awards | Best Heartbreak Video ("No Air")[102] | Won | |
| BET Awards | Viewer's Choice ("No Air")[103] | Nominated | |
| Beautiful Face Award[104] | Won | ||
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Hook-Up ("No Air")[105] | Won | |
| Choice Love Song ("No Air")[105] | Nominated | ||
| Choice Breakout Artist[105] | Nominated | ||
| MTV Video Music Awards | Best Female Video ("No Air") | Nominated | |
| Best New Artist | Nominated | ||
| American Music Awards | Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist[106] | Won | |
| 2009 | Grammy Awards | Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals ("No Air")[107] | Nominated |
| People's Choice Awards | Favorite Pop Song ("No Air")[108] | Nominated | |
| Favorite Combined Forces ("No Air")[108] | Won | ||
| NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration ("No Air")[109] | Nominated | |
| MTV Australia Awards | Best Collaboration ("No Air")[110] | Nominated | |
| 2010 | ARIA Music Awards | Most Popular Australian Single ("Art of Love" with Guy Sebastian)[111] | Nominated |
Filmography[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | American Idol | Herself/Contestant | Season 6; Winner |
| 2009 | The Suite Life On Deck | Herself | Episode: "Crossing Jordin" |
| 2010 | Big Time Rush | Herself | Episode: "Big Time Sparks" |
| When I Was 17 | Herself | Episode: 16 | |
| In the Heights | Nina Rosario | Broadway Musical | |
| 2011 | BrainSurge | Herself | Guest Star |
| Team Umizoomi | Blue Mermaid | Voiceover | |
| Majors & Minors | Herself | Mentor | |
| 2012 | Sparkle | Sparkle Williams | Lead Role for Remake |
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| Mitchel Musso | |
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 Musso in 2010 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mitchel Tate Musso |
| Born | (1991-07-09) July 9, 1991 (age 20) |
| Origin | Garland, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | Pop rock, teen pop, dance-pop[1] |
| Occupations | Actor, voice actor, singer-songwriter, |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano, guitar, drums |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | Walt Disney (2008–2009) 717 (2010–present) |
| Website | Mitch-Musso.com |
Mitchel Tate Musso (born July 9, 1991) is an American actor, singer-songwriter and musician. Musso is best known for his three Disney Channel roles as Oliver Oken in the Disney Channel sitcom, Hannah Montana, Jeremy Johnson in the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb and his role as King Brady in the Disney XD series Pair of Kings. He is also the host of Disney Channel's latest reality series, PrankStars.[2]
In some of his other works, he provided his voice of DJ for the computer animated/motion capture film, Monster House and also starred as Raymond Figg in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Life Is Ruff, released in 2005. Musso's self-titled debut album was released on June 2, 2009 on Walt Disney Records. The album debuted at number 19 on the Billboard 200.[3]
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Early life[link]
Musso was born in Garland, Texas, the son of Katherine (née Moore) and Samuel Musso, who were involved in community theater in Dallas, Texas.[4] He has two siblings – Mason Musso, who sings lead vocals in the band Metro Station, and Marc Musso, an actor.[5] He has a golden labrador named Stitch.[6]
Career[link]
Acting career[link]
In 2004, Mitchel made his Hollywood film debut in Secondhand Lions, alongside his brother Marc. Before Musso was cast in Secondhand Lions, he had been in several films beforehand: Am I Cursed? as Richie and The Keyman as a cub scout both in 2002. Musso also starred in three episodes of King of the Hill as the voice of Bobby Hill's friend Curt in the episodes "The Powder Puff Boys" and "Bobby Rae" as well as the surfer kid in "Four Wave Intersection" in 2007.
In addition to his role as Oliver Oken in Disney Channel's Hannah Montana, Musso also voices Jeremy Johnson in Phineas and Ferb, a boy whom Phineas's sister, Candace (Ashley Tisdale) has a crush on. Other acting credits include Raymond Figg in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Life Is Ruff, the voice of Aang in the unaired version of the pilot episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender, the voice of DJ in the film, Monster House, and Hannah Montana: The Movie, which was released on April 10, 2009. Musso was in the first Disney Channel Games in 2006 on the Green Team, and appeared on the Red Team in 2007 and 2008. He also appeared in the TV movie Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire alongside Chuck Norris and Selena Gomez. On June 2, 2008, Musso was a surprise guest at the Spotlight Awards at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts. He presented awards to the Best Actor and Best Actress of the 2007–2008 theatrical year. In 2008 Musso, Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus all made "family" guest appearances in Metro Station's music video for Seventeen Forever.
In late 2009, Musso was cast, along side The Suite Life on Deck and House of Payne's Doc Shaw, in a new television series for Disney XD titled Pair of Kings. The series began production in March 2010, following the production of the final season of Hannah Montana in which Musso does not star in this season he will only be a guest. The series premiered on September 10, 2010. It was announced that Musso would be the host of Disney Channel's latest hidden camera reality series, PrankStars, which premiered on July 15, 2011.
On December 12, 2011, Disney XD renewed the series Pair of Kings for a third season. Musso will not return for the new season, and is instead being replaced by a new character played by Adam Hicks.[7]
Music career[link]
Musso sang a remixed remake of the song "Lean on Me" for the Disney film, Snow Buddies; the music video is included on the DVD and the song is included on the Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 10 CD. Musso also sang the song "If I Didn't Have You" with Hannah Montana co-star Emily Osment for the DisneyMania 6 CD in 2008 and sang the song Stand Out for the Disneymania 7 CD in 2010. For their 2009 Disney Channel Original Movie, Hatching Pete, Musso teamed up with co-star Tiffany Thornton, from Sonny with a Chance, to record a song called "Let It Go" that was used in the film. The two also worked on a music video for the song which was released to Disney Channel. Musso also recorded a song called "The Girl Can't Help It" for another Disney Channel Original Movie, Princess Protection Program. "Let it Go" and "The Girl Can't Help It" was featured on the Disney compilation album, Disney Channel Playlist, which was released on June 23, 2008. And sang "Live like Kings" on Disney XD's Pair of Kings on Disney Channel.
In a studio effort, Musso released his self-titled debut album on June 2, 2009.[8] His debut single, "The In Crowd," a cover of a John Hampson song, premiered on Radio Disney on December 5, 2008. The song is also featured on Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 11. His second single, "Hey", was released on May 15, 2009 on Radio Disney with an accompanying music video that premiered on Disney Channel. He was the host of the Disney Channel series "Prank Stars" and sang the theme song.
In July and August 2009, Musso opened for Metro Station. He also launched a headlining tour in August, with KSM, as his opening act. The tour concluded September 24 in New Orleans, Louisiana. On Saturday, September 4, 2010 he put on a free concert at the Great New York State Fair's Chevy Court.[9] One week later he put on another free show at the Utah State Fair. Musso's second release, "Brainstorm" was released on November 23, 2010.[10] He made a video for each one of his songs on the album to "Tell the whole story." His song Celebrate was in the radio Disney Top 3.[11]
Musso has also released two singles via YouTube ("Rollin'" and 'Crystal Ball") both featuring KyleE. He is to release a new album called "Lonely".
Legal issues[link]
On October 17, 2011 at 3:40 in the morning, Musso was pulled over, failed to slow down for traffic cops, and charged with a DUI suspicion. He was approached by the police who then smelled alcohol and proceeded to give him a field sobriety test and breathalyzer. Musso blew above the legal limit of .08. His bail was set at $5,000, but he was released on account of no outstanding warrants.[12] Musso told E! Online, that, "In becoming an adult, I have learned first hand that stepping up and taking responsibility is the best way to move forward. I am especially thankful to my family and fans for their unwavering support and encouragement. I am glad to now put this in the past."[13]
Filmography[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Am I Cursed? | Richie | Film debut |
| The Keyman | Cub Scout | ||
| 2003 | Secondhand Lions | Boy | |
| 2004 | Oliver Beene | One Nad aka Walter | Episode: "Soup to Nuts" |
| 2005 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Aang | Lead Role (Unaired Pilot) |
| Life Is Ruff | Raymond Figg | Disney Channel Original Movie | |
| Walker Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire | Josh Whitley | Television movie | |
| 2006 | Monster House | DJ Walters | Voice/motion capture |
| 2006–2011 | Hannah Montana | Oliver Oken/Mike Standley III | 85 episodes, Season 1-3 Main Character - Season 4 Recurring |
| 2007 | Shorty McShorts' Shorts | Kevin | 1 episode |
| 2007–present | Phineas and Ferb | Jeremy Johnson (voice) | 51 episodes |
| 2009 | Hatching Pete | Cleatus Poole | Main role Disney Channel Original Movie |
| Yin Yang Yo! | Himself (Voice) | Episode: "Yin! Yang! You!" | |
| Hannah Montana: The Movie | Oliver Oken | ||
| 2010–2012 | Pair of Kings | King Brady | Co-Lead Role, 44 Episodes |
| 2010 | The Search for Santa Paws | Adult Santa Paws | Voice |
| 2011 | So Random! | Himself | Musical guest/various roles ("Mitchel Musso") |
| PrankStars | Host/ Himself | 6 Episodes | |
| Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension | Jeremy Johnson | Disney Channel Original Movie
Based on Phineas and Ferb |
Discography[link]
Main article: Mitchel Musso discography
- Studio albums
- Mitchel Musso (2009)
- Lonely (album)- Upcoming (2012)
- Extended plays
- Brainstorm (2010)
References[link]
- ^ "Mitchell Musso". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitchel-musso-p1026614. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- ^ Martin, Lara (June 22, 2011). "Selena Gomez for Disney reality show 'PrankStars'". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a326191/selena-gomez-for-disney-reality-show-prankstars.html. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
- ^ "Billboard: Mitchel Musso- Mitchel Musso". Billboard.com. 2009-06-20. http://www.billboard.com/#/album/mitchel-musso/mitchel-musso/1217991. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ^ Mitchel Musso is Disney's latest pop idol – Isthmus | The Daily Page. Isthmus (2009-08-14). Retrieved on 2011-01-11.
- ^ Gray Streeter, Leslie (2009-10-09). "Musso of ‘Hannah Montana’ is a Musician, Too". pbpulse.com. http://www.pbpulse.com/tv/2009/10/09/musso-of-hannah-montana-is-a-musician-too/. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
- ^ http://www.peoplepets.com/people/pets/article/0,,20492437,00.html
- ^ Disney XD's Sitcom 'Pair of King' To Resume Production for Third Season, Adam Hicks Joins Cast
- ^ Jessica, Herndon (2009-06-03). "Hannah Montana's Mitchel Musso Releases Debut Album". people.com. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20283005,00.html. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "Classic rock legend Styx to perform at Chevy Court 2010-06-22". nysfair.org. http://www.nysfair.org/news/detail/176. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
- ^ "Brainstorm (Walmart Exclusive)". walmart.com. http://www.walmart.com/ip/15230226. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
- ^ "News on Mitchel Musso's New Album Brainstorm!". seventeen.com. 2010-10-26. http://www.seventeen.com/teenmag/mitchel-musso-brainstorm. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
- ^ "Underage Hannah Montana Star Mitchel Musso Busted for DUI". eonline.com. 2011-10-18. http://au.eonline.com/news/underage_hannah_montana_star_mitchel/269798. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ "Hannah Montana Star Mitchel Musso Cops Plea in DUI Case: "I'm Stepping Up and Taking Responsibility"". eonline.com. 2012-2-10. http://au.eonline.com/news/hannah_montana_star_mitchel_musso_cops/293340. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
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| Name | Musso, Mitchel |
| Alternative names | Musso, Mitchel Tate |
| Short description | Actor, singer, rapper |
| Date of birth | July 9, 1991 |
| Place of birth | Garland, Texas, United States |
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