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K-Ci & JoJo are an American R&B duo, consisting of brothers Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey (born September 2, 1969^[1]) and Joel "JoJo" Hailey (born June 10, 1971^[1]), Natives of Monroe, North Carolina, they were also members of the chart-topping R&B group Jodeci with the DeGrate brothers—Donald (better known as DeVante Swing) and Dalvin.

On their own[link]

K-Ci and JoJo's first sign of independence came in 1994 when K-Ci covered Bobby Womack's hit "If You Think You're Lonely Now" for the movie Jason's Lyric.

In late 2006, K-Ci released his debut solo album entitled My Book.

JoJo is planning to release a self-titled solo debut in 2011 or 2012 with Interscope or Def Jam and it will feature a comeback by Playa (without Static).^{[citation needed]}

Together[link]

Early years[link]

Early in 1996, K-Ci and JoJo teamed up for the song "How Could You" for the movie Bulletproof starring Damon Wayans and Adam Sandler. By July 1996, K-Ci and JoJo finally had a hit on their hands as guest artists in 2Pac's number-one R&B hit "How Do U Want It". It also topped the Billboard Hot 100.

[edit] Love Always and Life

The brothers made their side projects into a full album, Love Always. Released on June 17, 1997, the album spawned two top-ten R&B hits: "You Bring Me Up" (Pop #26) and "Last Night's Letter" (Pop #46). The minor success of those singles, however, paled in comparison to the success of the album's third single, "All My Life" (which was dedicated to JoJo's daughter). A supple, lush ballad far removed from the Jodeci material of the early 1990s, "All My Life" was the number-one song on the Hot 100 for three weeks, a feat that K-Ci and JoJo had never achieved with Jodeci. It features a piano melody very similar to that of the electric piano found backing "Dancing In The Moonlight" by King Harvest. Future singles and albums would be crafted in the vein of "All My Life", which was the duo's only number-one hit, though many consider it one of the greatest jazz pop melodies of all time. Love Always went on to sell four million copies, and the success of the album put Jodeci's reunion on hold indefinitely. During the recording of Love Always they also appeared in the song "I Care 'Bout You" as a member of the R&B Supergroup Milestone along with After 7 which appeared on the soundtrack for the movie, Soul Food that was written and produced by Babyface.

In 1999, K-Ci & JoJo recorded "Life", which was written and produced by R. Kelly, for the soundtrack to the Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence movie Life.

[edit] It's Real (1999)

K-Ci & JoJo's second studio album, It's Real was released on June 22, 1999. It peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200,^[2] peaked at number two on the R&B/Hip Hop Albums,^[2] and was certified platinum by the RIAA. Outside of the US, the album reached top 20 on the Dutch Mega Album Top 100, the Canadian Albums Chart, and appeared on the New Zealand Top 40 Albums and the ARIA Charts. The album spawned four singles, including the number-two Billboard song, "Tell Me It's Real".

It's Real received a three star rating from Allmusic.^[3]

[edit] X

K-Ci and JoJo returned with X on December 5, 2000. X, the Roman numeral for ten, was picked as the album title to celebrate the Haileys' tenth anniversary in the music business. They made a strong return to the Billboard Hot 100 early in 2001 with the song "Crazy", also included on the Save the Last Dance soundtrack. "Crazy" peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. The album also features a hidden Jodeci track entitled "Slip And Fall".

[edit] Emotional and Greatest Hits

The fourth K-Ci and JoJo album, Emotional, was released on November 26, 2002, but did not find commercial success. The CD consisted of one single, "This Very Moment." and also their personal favourite "How Long" written by Steve Vaughn and Jojo Hailey.

K-Ci and JoJo released a greatest hits album on February 8, 2005.

[edit] Love

On February 6, 2008, they released their fifth album called Love, which was released only in Japan.

New signing deal[link]

In 2010, they signed an exclusive deal with R&B crooner Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds' upstart Soda Pop Records, distributed through Capitol Records.

Media[link]

In 2010, they appeared in a 'T.V. ONE' reality show called K-Ci and JoJo Come Clean about the brothers' struggles with alcohol.

Family ties[link]

• Music runs in K-Ci and JoJo's family, with vocalist Dave Hollister^[4] and Fantasia Barrino as cousins of the duo.

Discography[link]

Studio

• Love Always (1997)
• It's Real (1999)
• X(2000)
• Emotional (2002)
• Love (2008)

Compilation

• All My Life: Their Greatest Hits (2005)
• 20th Century Masters - Millennium Collection: The Best of K-Ci & Jojo (2006)
• Ballad Collection for Lovers (2007)
• Playlist Your Way (2008)

Awards and nominations[link]

American Music Awards[link]

Blockbuster Awards[link]

Grammy Awards[link]

MTV Video Music Awards[link]

NAACP Awards[link]

Soul Train Awards[link]

References[link]

1. ^ ^{a b} Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 339. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "It's Real – K-Ci & JoJo > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://allmusic.com/album/its-real-r421420/charts-awards. Retrieved July 26, 2011. 
3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "It's Real – K-Ci & JoJo > Review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://allmusic.com/album/its-real-r421420/review. Retrieved July 26, 2011. 
4. ^ "Dave Hollister: One Woman Man". Findarticles.com. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_8_56/ai_75247874. Retrieved 2011-11-16. 
5. ^ "27th American Music Awards (presented in 2000)". Rock On The Net. 2000-01-17. http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/amas.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-16. 

External links[link]

• Official Site
• RockOnTheNet - Jodeci
• K-Ci & Jojo on Soulrnb.com French group

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KC and the Sunshine Band is an American musical group. Founded in 1973 in Miami, Florida, their style has included funk, R&B, and disco. Their most well known songs include the disco hits "That's the Way (I Like It)", "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty", "I'm Your Boogie Man", "Keep It Comin' Love", "Get Down Tonight", "Give It Up", and "Please Don't Go". They took their name from lead vocalist Harry Wayne Casey's last name ("KC") and the "Sunshine Band" from KC's home state of Florida ('The Sunshine State').

1970s[link]

The group was formed in 1973 by Harry Wayne Casey (KC), a record store employee and part-timer at TK Records in Miami. KC originally called the band KC & The Sunshine Junkanoo Band, as he used studio musicians from TK and a local Junkanoo band called the Miami Junkanoo Band. He was then introduced to Richard Finch, who was doing engineering work on records for TK. This was the beginning of the Casey-Finch musical collaboration. The initial members were just Casey and Finch, but they soon added guitarist Jerome Smith (June 18, 1953 - July 28, 2000^[1]) and drummer Robert Johnson, both TK studio musicians.

The first few songs, "Blow Your Whistle" (September 1973) and "Sound Your Funky Horn" (February 1974), were released as singles, and did well enough on the U.S. R&B chart and overseas that TK wanted a follow up single and album. However, while working on demos for KC & the Sunshine Band the song, "Rock Your Baby" (George McCrae) was created featuring Smith on guitar, and became a number one hit in 51 countries in mid 1974. The band's "Queen of Clubs", which featured uncredited vocals by McCrae, was a hit in the UK, peaking at #7, and they went on tour there in 1975.

With the release of the self titled triple platinum second album KC and the Sunshine Band in 1975 came the group's first major U.S. hit with "Get Down Tonight". It topped the R&B chart in April and the Billboard Hot 100 in August. "That's the Way (I Like It)" also became a number one hit in November 1975 and the group did well at the 1976 Grammy Awards. The 1976 album Part 3 yielded two number one singles: "I'm Your Boogie Man", "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" and "Keep It Comin' Love" peaked at number two. Their success lasted until the fifth album; their last chart topping hit was "Please Don't Go" in December 1979, hitting #1 for one week in January 1980, and becoming the first #1 hit of the 1980s. With the explosion of new wave music and the declining popularity of disco, the group explored other styles and changed labels, joining Epic Records in 1980 after TK Records went bankrupt.

1980s[link]

In 1981, the partnership between Finch and Casey came to an acrimonious end. Two years after the release of the previous album, the group released two solo albums with new material, geared toward pop: The Painter and Space Cadet. These albums generated little success, but in 1982, a hit track called "Give It Up" on the album All in a Night's Work (recorded before Casey and Finch split partnership) brought a return to success in the UK, and appeared two years later in the U.S. Top 40. The song was also featured on the band's next album, 1984's KC Ten. Epic Records, however, refused to issue the song as a single due to its prior failure in the U.S. Because of this, a frustrated Casey formed Meca Records, releasing the single himself on this label in a final attempt to garner the song some success in America. It worked, but the album still failed to surpass expectations. This led to the group falling into stasis around 1985 with Casey's retirement.

1990s and beyond[link]

A revival in the interest of disco music in 1991 brought Casey out of retirement. He reformed the group with entirely new members except for the percussionist and began touring once again. Some of the original members of the band are now deceased. The new band has released a large number of compilation albums through Rhino Records, along with some newly recorded material. The album Oh Yeah! was released in 1993 after a ten-year gap between new albums (excluding compilations).

On July 28, 2000, Jerome Smith (rhythm guitar) died accidentally while working as a bulldozer operator.^[2]

In 2001, the band made a brief comeback into the music scene after an eight-year lull with the release of a new album titled I'll Be There For You. The album was praised by critics, but it failed to generate any impact on the charts or in sales. More recently, the group had an appearance in the 2003 remake of the movie The In-Laws.

Several KC/Finch songs have been included in the Dance Dance Revolution series of dance video games. "That's the Way (I Like It)" was included in the original Dance Dance Revolution, "Shake Your Booty" was in Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix and "Get Down Tonight" was in DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution. The song "Keep It Comin' Love" was on the soundtrack of the movie, Blow, about 1970s and 1980s cocaine smuggler George Jung. Additionally, many KC/Finch songs, most frequently "I Get Lifted," have been sampled for hip hop songs. In 2005, "I'm Your Boogie Man", was featured in a rollerskating sequence in the movie, Roll Bounce.

After a lengthy hiatus, Finch re-entered the music industry in 2006, producing numerous Indie artists out of his "Production Kitchen" studios in Ohio, including 2008 "Top 35" contestants from America's Got Talent, The Memphis Rascals who, in addition to original songs, rerecorded the Casey/Finch hit, Boogie Shoes - and Hawthorn, NV band "Nevada" - who, along with Finch were included on the first round submission ballot for the 2010 Grammy Awards. Richard Finch had legal troubles beginning in 2010.

Casey sang "Get Down Tonight" on American Idol on April 22, 2009 and, with his band, performed many of his greatest hits for the IBM Impact Smart SOA Conference on May 6, 2009 at The Venetian, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Discography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

	Book: KC and the Sunshine Band
Wikipedia books are collections of articles that can be downloaded or ordered in print.

• Official website
• Music Legends Part 1: KC & The Sunshine Band
• Band history at Classicbands.com
• KC and the Sunshine Band at Allmusic

v t e KC and the Sunshine Band Members Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey Richard Finch Jerome Smith Eugene Timmons Studio albums Do It Good (1974) KC and the Sunshine Band (1975) The Sound of Sunshine (1975) Part 3 (1976) Who Do Ya (Love) (1978) Do You Wanna Go Party (1979) Space Cadet: Solo Flight (1981) The Painter (1981) All in a Night's Work (1982) KC Ten (1984) Oh Yeah! (1993) I'll Be There for You (2001) Yummy (2007) Live albums Get Down Live! (1995) Compilation albums Greatest Hits (1980) The Best of KC and the Sunshine Band (1990) 25th Anniversary Collection (1999) In A Mellow Mood (2005) Singles "Get Down Tonight" "That's the Way (I Like It)" "Rock Your Baby" "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" "I'm Your Boogie Man" "Keep It Comin' Love" "Boogie Shoes" "It's the Same Old Song" "Please Don't Go" "Give It Up" Related articles Discography Book · Category

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KC Concepcion (born Maria Kristina Cassandra Cuneta Concepcion on April 7, 1985) is a Filipina actress and singer and who is currently a National Ambassador Against Hunger of the UN's World Food Programme.^{[citation needed]}

Biography[link]

Personal life[link]

Concepcion is the daughter of 80's heartthrob Gabby Concepcion(whom she calls papa) and Philippine singer-actress Sharon Cuneta. She was estranged from her father for thirteen years following her parents annulment and his immigration to the United States in 1995.^[1] Senator Kiko Pangilinan (whom she calls daddy) became her step-father following his marriage to her mother.

She graduated Grade school in Poveda. In 2003, she graduated from the International School Manila, and in 2007, graduated with a bachelor's degree in International Corporate Communications with a minor in Theatre Arts from the American University of Paris.

Career[link]

Concepcion made several guest appearances in her mother's concerts and television shows. In 2003, she became a product endorser both on television and in print ads. She also became an MTV Asia VJ.

In 2008, she was appointed by the United Nations World Food Program as National Ambassador Against Hunger, won the Nickelodeon Philippines Kids' Choice Awards for Pinoy Wannabe, and made her acting debut in Maalaala Mo Kaya entitled "Mansyon". She made her first movie via Star Cinema movie For the First Time. The movie grossed PHP 78,982,290 on its first week making it the highest grossing opening weekend of a Filipino movie for the year 2008, the film ended up as the years third highest grossing movie with PHP 133,916,349.^{[citation needed]}. She won the best performance by an actress award for her role in the film. In 2009, she starred in the movie When I Met U under GMA Films and Regal Films.

In 2009, she played the lead in the remake of the Koreanovela, Lovers in Paris with Philippines ultimate heartthrob Piolo Pascual. ABS-CBN re-ran the pilot week in a marathon showing on October 3, 2009.

The April 11, 2010 episode of The Buzz announced that Concepcion had been chosen to be the replacement co-host after Ruffa Gutierrez's departure.^[2]

In her 2010 studio album, titled KC, she sings "Girl Most Likely To" by Skye Sweetnam from the soundtrack of Mattel's 2006 movie The Barbie Diaries.

In 2011, she was to transfer at TV5 but still she remain as a Kapamilya and renew her contract at ABS-CBN. She also switch her management form Star Magic into Viva.

In January 8, 2012, KC bids to say goodbye to her talk show The Buzz. KC will also be the host of the reality franchised show The X Factor Philippines at ABS-CBN.

Acting[link]

Theater[link]

Television[link]

Year	Title	Role	Network
2003–2005	MTV Philippines	Herself / VJ	MTV Philippines
2006–2010	Sharon[disambiguation needed ]	Guest Co-Host / Herself	ABS-CBN
2008	I am KC	Host / Herself	ABS-CBN
2008	Maalaala Mo Kaya: Mansyon	Darlene	ABS-CBN
2009	May Bukas Pa	Abby Cruz	ABS-CBN
2009	Lovers in Paris	Vivian Vizcarra	ABS-CBN
2009	Family Feud	Herself as Contestant	GMA Network
2010–2011	The Buzz[7]	Host/Herself	ABS-CBN
2010–Present	ASAP	herself/host	ABS-CBN
2010	Wowowee	herself/guest co-host	ABS-CBN
2010	Simply KC	herself/host	ABS-CBN
2010	Star Circle Quest for the Next Kiddie Superstars (Season 4)	herself/host	ABS-CBN
2011	Maalaala Mo Kaya: Piyesa	Angeline Quinto	ABS-CBN
2011	Binibining Pilipinas 2011	herself/co-host	ABS-CBN
2011	Gandang Gabi, Vice!	Guest / Herself	ABS-CBN
2011	100 Days to Heaven	Special Participation	ABS-CBN
2011	Maalaala Mo Kaya: Liham	Auring	ABS-CBN
2011	Wansapanataym: Christmas Caroline	Caroline	ABS-CBN
2012	The X Factor Philippines	Host	ABS-CBN
2012	The KC Concepcion Show	Host	ABS-CBN
2012	pinoy teen singer	Host	ABS-CBN

Movies[link]

Awards[link]

Film (acting)[link]

Entertainment[link]

Music[link]

Nominations[link]

Entertainment[link]

Music[link]

Discography[link]

Singles[link]

• Imposible

  For the First Time (OST - For the First Time)

  Doo Be Doo

  When I Met You (OST - When I Met U)

  Wag Na Wag Mong Sasabihin (OST - Lovers In Paris)

  Not Like The Movies (written and produced by Muller and Patton)

  An Updated Version of Me

References[link]

External links[link]

• KC Concepcion on IMDb
• KC Concepcion on Twitter

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Piolo Jose Pascual
Born	Piolo José Norkis Pascual (1977-01-12) January 12, 1977 (age 35) Manila, Philippines
Other names	PJ
Occupation	Actor, musician, model and producer
Years active	1994-present
Height	5'10½
Religion	Born-Again Christian

Piolo José Norkis Pascual (born January 12, 1977, Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino film and television actor, musician, model, and producer.

Career[link]

In 2003, Pascual played the role of Jules in Dekada '70. He collected eight awards in the Best Supporting Actor category.^[vague] Dekada '70 was the Philippine entry for the Best Foreign Film Language category in the 76th Academy Awards in 2004. In addition, Dekada '70 was exhibited in the New Cinema of the World section of the Cannes Film Festival in May 2005.

Pascual is a member of ABS-CBN's Star Magic. He celebrated his 10th year anniversary in 2007 with a coffee table book (Piolo: Believing), a fifth solo album (Timeless), and a solo concert at the Araneta Coliseum.

Pascual turned producer with Manila, an independent twinbill film. After its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2009,^[1] Manila had its official Philippines premiere on cinemas in July 2009 as the opening film of the 5th Cinemalaya Film Festival.^[2][3]

There are several Piolo Pascual fan clubs such as I-Love-You-Forever founded and headed by P. Valdez, The Solid Piolo, The Piolo Addiks , The KrisPiBerks(Supporters of KC Concepcion and Piolo Pascual) and The Pasionistas(Friends of Piolo Pascual and Kc Concepcion)

Personal life[link]

He has a son Iñigo Lazaro who was born in 1997. He currently lives in California with his mother. Pascual says that he also works in the Philippines to support his son.

He had a relationship with TV host and actress KC Concepcion. The couple broke-up on November 27, 2011.^[4]

Filmography[link]

Awards[link]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Compilation albums[link]

Other appearances[link]

|- |2009 |"Wag Na Wag Mong Sasabihin(with KC Concepcion) |}

References[link]

External links[link]

• Piolo Pascual Official website
• Piolo Pascual at WN
• Angel Locsin and Piolo Pascual Collections
• ABS-CBNnews.com - Piolo Pascual
• Angel Locsin and Piolo Pascual at Guam Beach Resort
• Piolo Pascual at the Internet Movie Database

Farid Bang and Kollegah

Farid El Abdellaoui (born June 4, 1986),^[1] better known as Farid Bang, is a Düsseldorf-based rapper of Moroccan descent.

Early life and youth[link]

Farid Bang was born in Melilla, Spain, and grew up in the Spanish city of Malaga, before he moved with his family to Düsseldorf, Germany at the age of eight. He is signed to record label German Dream Entertainment ^[2]

Career[link]

Early career[link]

Farid Bang began to rap, at the age of 19, together with his friend called "Tekken". Through Summer Cem he met Eko Fresh, who signed him to his label German Dream Entertainment.^[3] In 2005 Farid Bang was featured on three songs appeared Eko Fresh's mixtape Fick immer noch deine Story. During that time, he used the pseudonym "Farid Urlaub" (based on German rock artist Farin Urlaub). In 2006, an album was planned to be released, entitled Ghetto Kodex, which however never got published.

[edit] 2009-2010: Jung, brutal, gutaussehend and Asphalt Massaka 2

After the release of his debut album, Farid Bang stated that he won't record an album in 2009. As well as his fellow rapper Kollegah confirmed to not record for his own.

On March 2009, Farid Bang was featured on the song "Westdeutschlands Kings" from Chronik 2, an album that features the artists of Düsseldorf hip hop label Selfmade Records. The song features also Kollegah and Favorite, and leaked online as free "pre-single".^[4]

In July released Farid Bang together with Kollegah the collaboration album Jung, brutal, gutaussehend, over Selfmade Records. In the German Charts it reached #30 and for the only single "Mitternacht" was a video shot in the Serbian capital Belgrade. The video leaked online on May 26, 2009.^[5]. Before the album's release date Kollegah and Farid Bang leaked two tracks online for free downloading. The tracks were "Wir ficken die Szene" (on May 19) and "Ghettosuperstars" (at the beginning of June).^[6] In additional, an snippet of the album has been placed at the disposal.^[7]The release of Jung, brutal, gutaussehend was celebrated on June 19 in Rheingold.

On March 12, 2010, released Farid Bang his second album Asphalt Massaka 2, which ranked #56 in the German Album Charts. The song "Wer will Beef" has been put online on Farid Bang's homepage, on February 5, for free downloading. A snippet for the album as been released as well. The first single "Teufelskreis", released on February 11, inclusive the track "König der Nacht" for downloading. To both songs was a video shot and put online on January 11 or February 9. However "Teufelskreis" could not enter the charts. A video for "Es ist soweit" has been shot and released on February 25. It features appearance of his mentor Eko Fresh and football player Kevin Kurányi. The single to that song released the following day. On March 10, released the video to the song "Gangsta Musik", featuring Bass Sultan Hengzt. In addition, the release party toke place on March 12 in the club called "Noir" in Düsseldorf, where all the guest artists from the album were represented.^[8]

[edit] 2011-presents: Banger leben kürzer and Der letzte Tag deines Lebens

On 18 February 2011, released Fraid Bang's third album Banger leben kürzer which ranked #11 in the German album charts, in Switzerland #25 and in Austria #32.^[9] With this album reached Farid Bang the highest chart entrance for himself and his label German Dream. Ahead of the albums, Farid Bang put an 10 video part-videoblog on YouTube, where he gave informations to his album. Two videos has been shot to the intro and the song "Bitte Spitte 5000". According to some informations the album has sold over 10.000 times.^[10]

Before the release of his album Der letzte Tag deines Lebens (released in January 2012), were videos shot to following songs: "Keine Träne", "Alemania", "Irgendwann" and "Pusher". A snippet has been additional put on the internet (on January 18). Like on the last release of Banger leben kürzer, he made a videoblog on YouTube, with 9 videos.

On January 27, released Der letzte Tag deines Lebens.

Discography[link]

Studio albums

• 2008: Asphalt Massaka
• 2010: Asphalt Massaka 2
• 2011: Banger leben kürzer
• 2012: Der letzte Tag deines Lebens

Collaborations

• 2009: Jung, brutal, gutaussehend (with Kollegah)

References[link]

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