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Myers, Montana
Myers is an unincorporated community in central Treasure County, Montana, United States, along the Yellowstone River. It lies along local roads west of the town of Hysham, the county seat of Treasure County. Its elevation is 2,680 feet (817 m). Myers' post office opened on October 31, 1911 and closed November 7, 1975.
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Adele (singer)
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born 5 May 1988), better known simply as Adele, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Adele was offered a recording contract from XL Recordings after a friend posted her demo on MySpace in 2006. The next year she received the Brit Awards "Critics' Choice" award and won the BBC Sound of 2008. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008 to much commercial and critical success. The album is certified four times platinum in the UK, and double platinum in the US. Her career in the US was boosted by a Saturday Night Live appearance in late 2008. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, Adele received the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Adele released her second album, 21, in early 2011. The album was well received critically and surpassed the success of her debut.21 helped Adele earn six Grammy Awards in 2012 including Album of the Year, equalling the record for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in one night. The album has also helped her receive numerous other awards, including two Brit Awards and three American Music Awards. The album has been certified 16 times platinum in the UK; in the US the album has held the top position longer than any other album since 1985.
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Alex Christensen
Alex Christensen (born 7 April 1967 in Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg, Germany), Jasper Forks or Alex C. as he is known, is a German dance music composer, producer, and DJ, generally known as the face, and one of the founding members, of U96. Since 2002, he has been collaborating with Yasmin K. also known as Y-ass.
Christensen started in 1991 as a music producer and DJ, and had his first success in 1992 as U96 with a techno version of Das Boot. In several countries this song was the first techno song to obtain a number one position. Since 2002 Christensen also works under the name Alex C. and frequently collaborates with Yasmin K. whom he met as a judge on the second season of Popstars.
As a producer and/or composer Christensen worked for big artists as Right Said Fred, Tom Jones, *NSYNC, Rollergirl, Marianne Rosenberg, Sarah Brightman, and ATC.
Christensen represented Germany at the Final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow together with Oscar Loya, performing the song "Miss Kiss Kiss Bang" finishing in 20th place.
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Alexander Rybak
Alexander Igoryevich Rybak (Russian: Алекса́ндр И́горевич Рыба́к) or in Belarusian Alyaxandr Igaravich Rybak (Аляксандр І́гаравіч Рыбак), born 13 May 1986 in Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union is a Norwegian singer-composer, violinist, pianist, writer, and actor. Representing Norway in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, Russia, Rybak won the contest with 387 points—the highest tally any country has achieved in the history of Eurovision—with "Fairytale", a song he wrote and composed. His debut album, Fairytales, charted in the top 20 in nine European countries, including a No. 1 position in Norway and Russia.
Rybak was born on 13 May 1986, in Minsk, Belarus—which at that time was the Belarusian SSR in the Soviet Union. When he was 4 years old, he and his family moved to Norway. Rybak was baptized and raised in the Orthodox religion. At the age of five, Rybak began to play the piano and the violin. His parents are Natalia Valentinovna Rybak, a classical pianist, and Igor Alexandrovich Rybak, a well-known classical violinist who performs alongside Pinchas Zukerman. He stated "I always liked to entertain and somehow that is my vocation". Rybak bought a new apartment and lives now at Aker Brygge (Oslo, Norway).
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André Claveau
André Claveau (17 December 1915, Paris – 4 July 2003, Brassac) was a popular singer in France from the 1940s to the 1960s.
He won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958 singing "Dors, mon amour" (Sleep my love) with music composed by Pierre Delanoë and lyrics by Hubert Giraud.
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Anne-Marie David
Anne-Marie David (born 23 May 1952, Arles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France) is a French singer. She represented two different countries at the Eurovision Song Contest.
David was born and raised in Arles in the south of France. She started her musical career at age 18 when she moved to Paris and became involved with musical theatre. In 1972, she was cast in the role of Mary Magdalene in the French production of Jesus Christ Superstar. 1972 also saw her submit the song "Un peu romantique" to the French selection committee for the Eurovision Song Contest. It made the final shortlist of ten songs.
In 1973, she was selected to represent Luxembourg as the Grand Duchy sought to repeat its previous year's triumph on home soil in the Eurovision Song Contest. She thus joined the long list of non-native performers to have represented the country in the contest, which also includes France Gall and Vicky Leandros. The 1973 contest crystallised into a three-way battle between songs that have since established themselves as Eurovision classics: David's "Tu te reconnaîtras", the Spanish entry "Eres tú", and the United Kingdom's "Power to All Our Friends", performed by Cliff Richard. Ultimately six points separated the third place from the David, securing the second successive triumph for Luxembourg.
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Austria
Austria (
i/ˈɒstriə/ or /ˈɔːstriə/; German: Österreich [ˈøːstɐˌʁaɪç] (
listen)), officially the Republic of Austria (German: 
Republik Österreich (help·info)), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.47 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers 83,855 square kilometres (32,377 sq mi) and has a temperate and alpine climate. Austria's terrain is highly mountainous due to the presence of the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 metres (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,798 metres (12,461 ft). The majority of the population speak local Austro-Bavarian dialects of German as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other local official languages are Burgenland Croatian, Hungarian and Slovene.
The origins of modern-day Austria date back to the time of the Habsburg dynasty when the vast majority of the country was a part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Austria became one of the great powers of Europe and, in response to the coronation of Napoleon I as the Emperor of the French, the Austrian Empire was officially proclaimed in 1804. In 1867, the Austrian Empire was reformed into Austria-Hungary.
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Carola Häggkvist
Carola Maria Häggkvist[pronunciation?][needs IPA] (born 8 September 1966), better known as simply Carola, is a Swedish singer and occasional songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s, and has released albums ranging from pop and disco to hymns and folk music. Her debut album, Främling, sold around one million copies and remains the biggest-selling album in Swedish music history. She has also worked as a songwriter. During her 25-year long career, she has recorded many top-selling albums and singles and is referred to as Sweden's most prominent female singer. Some of her biggest hits include Främling (English: Stranger) from 1983, Tommy tycker om mig (Tommy likes me) from 1984, Fångad av en stormvind (Captured by a Lovestorm) from 1991, All the Reasons to Live from 1992, I Believe in Love from 2001, Genom allt (Through it all) from 2005 and Evighet (Eternity) from 2006.
Häggkvist has represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest on three occasions: in 1983, finishing third; in 1991, winning the contest; and in 2006, finishing fifth.
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Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, CC OQ, (French pronunciation: [selin djɔ̃] ( listen); born March 30, 1968), is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record. In 1990, she released the English-language album Unison, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world.
Dion had first gained international recognition in the 1980s by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. Following a series of French albums in the early 1980s, she signed on to CBS Records Canada in 1986. During the 1990s, with the help of Angélil, she achieved worldwide fame after signing with Epic Records and releasing several English albums along with additional French albums, becoming one of the most successful artists in pop music history. However, in 1999 at the height of her success, Dion announced a hiatus from entertainment in order to start a family and spend time with her husband, who had been diagnosed with cancer. She returned to the top of pop music in 2002 and signed a three-year (later extended to almost five years) contract to perform nightly in a five-star theatrical show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada.
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Charlie McGettigan
Charles (Charlie) McGettigan is an Irish singer born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal on 7 December 1950, but he lives today in Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim.
Performing with Paul Harrington he won the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 with the song "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" (words and music by Brendan Graham). He made an appearance as a guest singer at Congratulations, the 50th anniversary concert of the Eurovision.
You can hear an interview with Charlie recorded in February 2010 and exclusive recordings of "Feet of a dancer" "Lullaby" and more at http://www.podcasts.ie/featured-musicians/charlie-mcgettigan/
This website also contains excerpts from an interview with Charlie recorded in October 2006 following the release of "Stolen Monents" in which he performs "The Phoenix" live in studio by visiting http://www.podcasts.ie/weekly-shows/the-artbeat-archive,then select Artbeat Archive Week 9
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Charlotte Perrelli
Charlotte Perrelli (born Anna Jenny Charlotte Nilsson on October 7, 1974, in Hovmantorp, Kronobergs län, Sweden) is a Swedish singer and occasional television host, perhaps most famous for winning the 1999 Melodifestivalen and subsequently that year's Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven."
Since then she has released seven albums and multiple singles. Perrelli once again won Melodifestivalen 2008 and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with her disco song "Hero", this time she placed 18.
She is one of Sweden's most popular female singers, often performing at Sweden's top shows. Throughout her career, she has worked with different types of music, ranging from dansband and schlager, via modern pop, to soulful ballads and jazz melodies.
At thirteen Perrelli joined a local dansband in Hovmantorp in the Småland-province in southern Sweden. The band Bengt Ingvars became "Bengt Ingvars med Charlotte". After finishing her compulsory school education, Perrelli moved from Hovmantorp to the neighbouring town of Växjö where she attended the High School of Performing Arts. She also became the lead singer of the band Kendix.
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Clueso
Clueso (pronounced [klyˈzo]; born April 9, 1980 as Thomas Hübner in Erfurt) is a German singer, rapper, songwriter and producer.
Clueso, named after Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther, started making music in 1995. In 1998 he got to know his future manager Andreas Welskop and gave up his hairdressing apprenticeship. His first vinyl Clüsolo was released on BMG Ufa the same year. In 1999 he moved to the 10vor10-Studios in Köln with Welskop. A year later he signed a label contract at Four Music and released Text und Ton in 2001. Around that time he performed with Curfew at the MTV HipHop Open in Stuttgart and at Beats for Life in Köln.
In 2002, Clueso moved back to Erfurt and recorded the Rowdy-Club-Tape 2002. One year later, he started producing his second album Gute Musik, which translates to "good music"(featuring Blumentopf, Steer M, Tilmann Jarmer, Delhia, Tim Neuhaus and Jürgen Kerth), which will be finished by 2004. It does not contain any English tracks and concentrates on singing rather than rapping. In 2005, Clueso represented Thuringia with the song Kein Bock zu geh'n at the Bundesvision Song Contest. The same year he was the partner of Start Ab, the 'biggest non-commercial remix contest in Europe'.
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Corinne Hermès
Corinne Hermès (born Corinne Miller on 16 November 1961 in Lagny-sur-Marne) is a French singer.
She represented Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 where she won with "Si la vie est cadeau" ("If life is a gift") with music by Jean-Pierre Millers and words by Alain Garcia.
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Corry Brokken
Corry Brokken (born 3 December 1932, Breda) is a former Dutch singer.
Brokken won the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest, representing the Netherlands singing "Net als toen" ("Like it used to be"). The melody was composed by Guus Jansen and the lyrics were written by Willy van Hemert.
She participated in the 1956 contest (performing eighth out of field of fourteen) singing "Voorgoed voorbij" ("Over for good"), with music and lyrics by Jelle de Vries, and in the 1958 contest (where she tied for last place) singing "Heel de wereld" ("The Whole World"), with music and lyrics by Benny Vreden. John Kennedy O'Connor's book, The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, notes that Corry is the only singer ever to have finished both first and last in the contest.
In 1976, Brokken served as the presenter of the contest, and in 1997 she announced the results of the Dutch vote for that year's contest. By that time she was no longer active as a singer: she ended her musical career in 1976 to study Law and in 1988 she became a judge.
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Dana International
Sharon Cohen (Hebrew: שרון כהן), professionally known as Dana International (דנה אינטרנשיונל; born Yaron Cohen ירון כהן; February 2, 1972) is an Israeli pop singer of Yemenite Jewish ancestry. She has released eight albums and three additional compilation albums, positioning herself as one of Israel's most successful musical acts ever. She is most famous for having won the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham with the song "Diva".
Born male, Dana discovered that she was transsexual at an early age, coming out when she was 13. Undergoing sex reassignment surgery in 1993, it was that year that she released her first album, Danna International, upon which she based her stage name. Consolidating her initial commercial success with the albums Umpatampa (1994) and Maganuna (1996), in 1998 she was selected to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Diva"; subsequently winning the international competition, Dana came to public attention throughout Europe.
Following this up with the albums Free (1999), Yoter VeYoter (2001), HaHalom HaEfshari (2002) and Hakol Ze Letova (2008), in 2011 she once more represented Israel in Eurovision, this time with the song "Ding Dong", although failed to make it into the final. That same year she also became a judge on the Israeli television music talent contest Kokhav Nolad.
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Dave Benton
Dave Benton (born 31 January 1951, real name Efrén Eugene Benita) is a pop musician and 2001 winner of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Benton was born on the Caribbean island of Aruba in 1951 and in his 20s moved to the United States. As a drummer and a backing vocalist, he worked with The Drifters, Tom Jones, Billy Ocean, José Feliciano and the Platters.
While living in the Netherlands in the 1980s, he met his future Estonian wife Maris on a cruise ship, then settled in Estonia in 1997. He has had a varied musical career in Northern European countries. He now lives in Estonia with his wife and two daughters, Sissi and Lisa. He performed in the German production of the musical 'City Lights' after which he was asked to replace Engelbert Humperdinck on his Australian tour.
Though he has released and produced quite a few albums already, one of which in his native tongue, Papiamento, his career to date shows him to be more of a performing artist rather than a recording one.
In 2001 he performed with budding Estonian rock singer Tanel Padar and boyband 2XL to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with their song "Everybody".
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Dima Bilan
Díma Bilán (Russian: Ди́ма Била́н, IPA: [ˈdʲimə bʲɪˈlan]; born Ви́ктор Никола́евич Бела́н, Víktor Nikoláevich Belán, 24 December 1981 in Ust-Dzheguta, Karachay–Cherkessia) is a Russian actor and pop singer-songwriter . Bilan represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with "Never Let You Go", finishing second, and he won the contest in 2008 in Belgrade, with the song "Believe". He has had several Russian no. 1 hits.
When Bilan was two years old, his family moved to his grandmother’s place in the city of Naberezhnye Chelny in Tatarstan and then to the greek island Santorini, where he lived for 3 years. When he was six years old, his family moved back to the Soviet Union, to Kabardino-Balkaria where he went to school with his sister. He took part in morning performances, recited poems and sang songs.
Bilan graduated from Gnesins Musical College as a classical vocal performer. He made his debut when he reached fourth place at the Russian/Latvian festival "New Wave" in 2002. In 2003, Bilan released his debut album titled Nochnoy Huligan (Night Hooligan). In 2004, the reissue of the album came out including 20 songs, 16 of the original + four new tracks: Бессердечная (Heartless), В последний раз (The last time), Остановите музыку (Stop the music), Тёмная ночь (Dark Night). Also in 2004 he released his successful single "Na beregu neba" ("At The Sky's Shore") which was also the title of his second album.
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Eimear Quinn
Eimear Quinn (Irish: Eimear Ní Chuinn, IPA: [ˈɪmʲəɾˠ ˈnʲiː ˈxiːn̪ʲ]; born 1973)[citation needed] is an Irish singer. Dublin born Eimear joined her first choir at four years of age and at fifteen she started formal vocal training at the College of Music under the tutelage of Jody Beggan. Eimear later graduated with a degree in Music from National University of Ireland Maynooth. While studying for her degree she developed an interest in early music and was a founder member of the ensemble Zefiro.
In 1995 she joined the choir Anúna, Ireland's National Choir. She recorded two albums Omnis(1996) and Deep Dead Blue (1996), featuring as a soloist on a number of tracks. She also toured internationally with the choir participating in performances in Spain, France and the U.K.. It was while singing with Anúna in St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin at Christmas 1995 that songwriter Brendan Graham heard her and invited her to sing his composition 'The Voice' as Ireland's entry for the Irish Eurosong competition. Her performance won, and she then travelled to Oslo and was victorious in the Eurovision Song Contest of that year. She left Anúna after her victory.
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Elena Paparizou
Eleni "Elena" Paparizou (Greek: Έλενα Παπαρίζου, pronounced [ˈelena papaˈrizu]; born 31 January 1982), usually referred to abroad as Helena Paparizou, is a Greek–Swedish singer and occasional songwriter and television personality. Born and raised in Sweden to Greek immigrant parents, she enrolled in various arts schools before launching a career there in 1999 as a member of the laïko and Eurodance duo Antique, whose rise to fame in Greece was preceded by its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001.
Antique disbanded in 2003 and Paparizou signed a solo recording contract with Sony Music, releasing the chart-topping debut single "Anapandites Kliseis" and album Protereotita (2004), with emphasis on laïko, pop, and dance sounds, but had modest sales, initially. She then represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, giving the country its only win in contest history with the song "My Number One", an achievement which significantly transformed her career. Her album was subsequently certified double platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry of Greece, while she also briefly attempted a career beyond Greece with English-language material, charting in a few countries abroad. Her three subsequent albums Iparhi Logos (2006), The Game of Love (2006) and Vrisko To Logo Na Zo (2008) all peaked at number one in Greece and reached platinum sales. Her fifth studio album, Giro Apo T' Oneiro (2010), was also certified platinum. Greatest Hits & More was released in 2011 and spawned her biggest hit "Baby It's Over".
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France Gall
France Gall (born Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall on 9 October 1947 in Paris, France) is a popular French yé-yé singer.
Gall was married to, and had a successful singing career in partnership with, French singer-songwriter Michel Berger.
Gall's father was lyricist Robert Gall, and her mother, Cécile Berthier, was the daughter of Paul Berthier, co-founder of Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois. (This made her cousin to the guitarist Denys Lable and the composer Vincent Berthier de Lioncourt, as well as niece to Jacques Berthier.) She was the sole daughter in the family and had two brothers named Patrice and Claude.
In spring 1963, Robert Gall encouraged his daughter to record songs and send the demos to a musical publisher, Denis Bourgeois. That July, she auditioned for Bourgeois at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, after which Bourgeois wanted to sign her immediately. France was subsequently signed to Philips.
At the time, Bourgeois was working for the label as Artistic Director for Serge Gainsbourg and assumed this role for Gall as well. He encouraged her to record four tracks with French jazz musician, arranger and composer Alain Goraguer.
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Gali Atari
Avigail "Gali" Atari (born December 29, 1953, in Rehovot, Israel) is an Israeli actress and singer.
She first appeared on the international scene in 1971, when she represented Israel at the World Popular Song Festival in Japan with the songs "All free" and "Give love away". Atari participated in the contest again in 1976, this time with the song "The same old game".
In 1978, Atari performed the song "Nesich hachlomot" (נסיך החלומות, Dream Prince), along with Zvi Bums and Udi Spielman, at the Festival Hazemer Ha'ivri, the Israeli qualification heat for the Eurovision Song Contest. She placed third but, undeterred, entered again in 1979, this time as female vocalist with the group Milk and Honey. They won, and their song, Hallelujah represented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest, staged in Jerusalem on March 31. The song was voted the winner, and was a success in the European charts. Atari did not remain with the group for long though, and returned to her solo career.
Also in 1979, she starred in the Israeli film Dizengoff 99.
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Gigliola Cinquetti
Gigliola Cinquetti (born 20 December 1947, Verona, Veneto) is an Italian singer, TV presenter and journalist.
At the age of 16 she won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1964 singing "Non ho l'età" ("I'm Not Old Enough"), with music composed by Nicola Salerno and lyrics by Mario Panzeri. Her victory enabled her to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 with the same song, and she went on to claim her country's first ever victory in the event. This became an international success, even entering UK Singles Chart, traditionally unusual for Italian material. It sold over three million copies, and was awarded a platinum disc in August 1964. In 1966, she recorded "Dio, come ti amo" ("God, How I Love You"), which became another worldwide hit.[citation needed]
In 1974 Gigliola Cinquetti entered the Eurovision Song Contest again, which was held in Brighton, Sussex, England. The song was called "Go [Before You Break My Heart]", which came 2nd, only to Swedish foursome Abba with their song "Waterloo". Gigliola Cinquetti scored an even bigger UK hit single than she had ten years earlier, with "Go" peaking at #8.
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Isabelle Aubret
Isabelle Aubret (27 July 1938) is a French singer.
Born as Thérèse Coquerelle in Lille, France, Aubret won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962 representing France and singing "Un premier amour" (A first love) with music composed by Claude-Henri Vic and lyrics by Roland Stephane Valade. In 1968, she returned to the contest, again representing France, finishing third, and singing "La source" (The Spring) with music by Daniel Faure and lyrics by Henri Dijan, and Guy Bonnet.
Aubret was a participant in the French national heats for Eurovision in other years. Her first attempt was in 1961 with the song "Le gars de n'importe où". She was awarded second place. Another runner-up spot came Aubret's way in 1970 when she teamed up with Daniel Bératta for the song "Olivier, Olivia". She was not as successful with her 1976 effort, "Je te connais déjà" which finished sixth out of seven songs in the second semi-final. Her final challenge for Eurovision was in 1983 with the patriotic "France, France" which took her to third place.
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Isabelle Fuhrman
Isabelle Fuhrman (born February 25, 1997) is an American actress. Fuhrman is best known for playing Esther in the 2009 horror film Orphan, and Clove, the female tribute from District Two, in The Hunger Games.
Fuhrman was born in Washington, D.C. on February 25, 1997 and raised in Atlanta. Her mother, Elina Fuhrman (née Kozmits), is a journalist who immigrated from Soviet Russia and has worked for CNN. Her father, Nick Fuhrman, is a former political candidate and business consultant. She has an older sister, Madeline Fuhrman, who is a singer and songwriter.
Fuhrman's acting career began at the age of seven, when a casting director from Cartoon Network spotted her waiting for her sister and cast her for one of the shows, Cartoon Fridays. Fuhrman made her big screen debut just a few years later in the 2007 drama Hounddog. The same year, Fuhrman was chosen to star in the movie Orphan alongside Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard. Fuhrman was cast through an exhaustive nationwide search of young actresses to portray the lead in the Warner Bros. collaboration between Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way and Joel Silver's Dark Castle Entertainment.
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Izhar Cohen
Izhar Cohen (Hebrew: יזהר כהן, born March 13, 1951, Giv'atayim, Israel) is an Israeli singer who won the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest.
Cohen was born in Tel Aviv and raised in Giv'atayim in a Yemeni singers' family - Shlomo Cohen (the Great Soliman), Sarah Cohen, and Hofni, Pini, and Vardina Cohen.
Cohen started to sing when he was a young child and joined his father in his performances. At 18, Cohen joined the IDF's "Nachal" singers group. During the 70's Cohen was one of the most played singers in Israel. Representing Israel, he won the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest with the group Alphabeta performing "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" with music by Nurit Hirsh and words by Ehud Manor. The title of the song is the Hebrew word "ani" (first person singular pronoun) expressed in the popular children's code "Bet language".
Cohen later represented Israel again (this time with an unnamed group of backing singers) at the 1985 contest performing "Olé, Olé" (music - Kobi Oshrat, words - Hamutal Ben-Ze'ev) where he finished 5th. He attempted to represent Israel again in 1987 and 1996 but did not win the national final.
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Jacqueline Boyer
Jacqueline Boyer (born Jacqueline Ducos, 23 April 1941 in Paris) is a French singer and actress, the daughter of performers Jacques Pills and Lucienne Boyer.
In 1960 she won the Eurovision Song Contest for France singing "Tom Pillibi", with music composed by André Popp and lyrics by Pierre Cour. The resulting single reached #33 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1960.
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Jason Mraz
Jason Mraz ( /məˈræz/; born June 23, 1977 in Mechanicsville, Virginia) is an American singer-songwriter. Mraz released his debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the hit single "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)", in 2002, but it was not until the release of his second album, Mr. A-Z, in 2005, that Mraz achieved major commercial success. The album peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 and sold over 100,000 copies in the US. In 2008, Mraz released his third studio album, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and was a commercial success worldwide, peaking in the top ten of many international charts.
Mraz's international breakthrough came with the release of the single "I'm Yours" from the album We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. The single peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Mraz his first top ten single. The song was on the Hot 100 for 76 weeks, beating the previous record of 69 weeks held by LeAnn Rimes' "How Do I Live". The song was a huge commercial success in the US, receiving a 5x platinum certification from the RIAA for sales of over five million. The song was successful internationally, topping the charts in New Zealand and Norway and peaking in the top ten of multiple international charts.
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Jean-Claude Pascal
Jean-Claude Pascal (b. 24 October 1927 in Paris, France as Jean-Claude Villeminot. d. 5 May 1992) was a French comedian and singer.
After surviving the Second World War in Straßburg, Pascal first studied at the Sorbonne-university and then turned to fashion-designing for Christian Dior. On his work for costumes for the theatre-play Don Juan he came into contact with acting and made his first cinema-movie in 1949 with Quattro rose rosse. Many movies should follow, among them La Belle et l'empereur ("Die schöne Lügnerin", 1959) (aside to Romy Schneider) or Angelique and the Sultan (Angélique et le sultan, 1968) aside to Michèle Mercier.
Pascal won the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg singing "Nous les amoureux" (We the lovers) with music composed by Jacques Datin and lyrics by Maurice Vidalin. He later represented Luxembourg again in the 1981 contest and finished 11th of 20 singing "C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique" (It may not be America) with words and music he composed along with Sophie Makhno and Jean-Claude Petit.
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Jennifer Braun
Jennifer Braun (born 28 April 1991) is a German singer. She was runner-up at the talent show Unser Star für Oslo, Germany’s national pre-selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. Her first hit single was "I Care for You".
Jennifer Braun was born on 28 April 1991 in Rüdesheim am Rhein and lives in Eltville, Germany. Her father works in industrial asset liquidation and her mother is a saleslady. Braun attends the Obermayr high school in Wiesbaden-Erbenheim. Until 2010, she had her most notable appearances as a singer with her band Rewind at town festivals and at the Wiesbaden wine festival. She took part in the seventh season's castings of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German edition of Pop Idol, however, she was eliminated after the first recall round.
In 2010, Braun applied for the talent show Unser Star für Oslo (Our Star for Oslo), a newly created national television programme to select the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo. The show was organised by public broadcaster ARD and private television channel ProSieben, as well as entertainer and music producer Stefan Raab. Among 4,500 entrants, Braun was picked as one of the 20 contestants for the show.
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Kate Nash
Kate Marie Nash (born 6 July 1987) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. She had a UK number-2 hit "Foundations" in 2007, followed by the platinum-selling UK number-1 album Made of Bricks. She was named Best Female Artist at the 2008 BRIT Awards.
Her second studio album, entitled My Best Friend Is You, was released in the United Kingdom on 19 April 2010 and in the U.S. on 11 May 2010. It spawned her second biggest chart hit to date, the single "Do-Wah-Doo".
Nash is currently signed to The Island Def Jam Motown Ireland Group.
Nash was born on 6 July 1987 in Harrow, London to an English father, Steven Nash, and an Irish mother, Marie (née Walsh). Marie is a nurse in a hospice. Nash learned to play the piano while at at Sandbach School. She was raised as a Roman Catholic and attended St. John Fisher School, Pinner, before moving onto the St Joan of Arc Catholic School, Rickmansworth. She was also taught guitar by Saskia van Berkel and studied Theatre at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in South London. She auditioned at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, but was rejected. Soon afterward, she fell down a flight of stairs, breaking her foot. During her recovery, she was housebound and unable to move, so her mother bought her an electric guitar. Nash used this time to focus on her songwriting: she began to write some new songs, finish old ones and decided that she would book a gig at a local bar ("Trinity") in Harrow to showcase her songs.[citation needed]
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Lena Meyer-Landrut
Lena Meyer-Landrut (born 23 May 1991), known professionally as Lena, is a German singer-songwriter. She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, Norway, and won the contest with the song "Satellite". With her three entries from the German national final Unser Star für Oslo (Our Star for Oslo), Meyer-Landrut set an all-time chart record in her home country by debuting with three songs in the top five of the German singles chart. Both "Satellite" and her first album My Cassette Player debuted at number one in Germany, while the former has been certified double Platinum since, the album has been certified five times Gold for sales of over 500,000 units. Meyer-Landrut represented Germany, for the second consecutive time, in the Eurovision Song Contest at Düsseldorf in 2011 with the song "Taken by a Stranger".
Lena Meyer-Landrut was born in Hanover, Germany. She is the granddaughter of Andreas Meyer-Landrut, the Estonian-born West German ambassador to the Soviet Union in Moscow from 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989. She grew up as an only child, and started taking dancing lessons at the age of five; initially doing ballet and later practising various modern styles, including hip-hop and jazz dance. Meyer-Landrut grew fond of singing and appeared as an extra in a number of German television series; however she never received any formal acting or vocal training. In June 2010 she graduated from IGS Roderbruch Hannover, a comprehensive school, receiving her Abitur diploma.
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Lenny Kuhr
Lenny Kuhr (born 22 February 1950 in Eindhoven) is a Dutch singer-songwriter.
In 1967 she started a singing career in the Netherlands, performing songs in the French chanson tradition. In 1969 she represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest with her own composition De Troubadour (lyrics by David Hartsema; orchestra conducted by Franz de Kok). She was one of the four winners that year.
In the early seventies Kuhr was more successful in France than in her home country. She topped the French charts in 1972 with the song Jesus Christo and performed in the shows of Georges Brassens.
In 1980 she had her biggest hit in the Netherlands: Visite, a song she performed together with the French group les Poppys. She has been releasing records ever since, though without major chart success.
1982 saw Kuhr host the Nationaal Songfestival, the Dutch national heat for Eurovision.
Lenny Kuhr converted to Judaism. She is married to Rob Frank and has two daughters from an earlier marriage, who live in Israel. For a while, she lived in Israel herself. [dead link]
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Linda Martin
Linda Martin (born 17 April 1947) is an Irish singer and television presenter. She is best known in Europe as the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992, with the song "Why Me?", and in Ireland as a member of the 1970s/1980s band, Chips.
Martin was born in Omagh, County Tyrone on 17 April 1947. She is of Irish, Scottish and Italian ancestry. Her surname was originally Martini. Her paternal great-grandfather Francis Martin was born in Dublin to immigrants from Lombardy, Italy. Martin's maternal great-grandparents, William Green and Elizabeth Nangle had a coal-mining background; they had transferred to Belfast from Larkhall, Scotland.
Martin started off her musical career when she joined the band Chips in Omagh in 1969. They quickly became one of the top bands in Ireland on the live circuit and released hit singles "Love Matters", "Twice a Week" and "Goodbye Goodbye" during the mid to late 1970s. In 1972, Martin broke away from Chips to be a vocalist with new band Lyttle People, but rejoined Chips the following year. The group appeared on Opportunity Knocks in 1974 and appeared a number of times on British television promoting their singles, but never scored a UK hit. With multiple entries to the Irish National finals of the Eurovision Song Contest, the band carried on into the 1980s. They scored a final Irish hit in 1982 with "David's Song", after which Martin broke away when she won the Castlebar Song Contest with "Edge of the Universe" in 1983. From this point she concentrated on a solo career as well as occasional live appearances with Chips until they recruited a new lead singer (Valerie Roe) in the late 1980s.
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Lisa Mitchell
Lisa Helen Mitchell (born 22 March 1990 in Canterbury, England) is an Australian singer-songwriter who grew up in Albury, New South Wales. Her debut EP, Said One To The Other topped iTunes in Australia and this success brought her to the attention of boutique London-based publisher, Little Victories [7], a subsidiary of Sony/ATV, with whom she signed in 2007. In 2008 Mitchell relocated to the UK where she spent the summer working on songs for her debut studio album, Wonder. Mitchell finished sixth in the 2006 season of Australian Idol.
Born to parents Angus and Ruth and with one sister Nicola, Mitchell moved to Australia at age 3, growing up in Albury, New South Wales. She attended The Scots School Albury. Beginning guitar lessons at 12 and leaning towards the folk and rock genres, she played in local cafes and events as well as with the cover band Chrome, taking inspiration from artists like Clare Bowditch and Joanna Newsom. She is now based in Melbourne, Victoria.
From August to September 2006 Mitchell rose to national prominence as a contestant on Australian Idol Season 4, performing cover versions, and two of her own compositions. She made the top 6 before being eliminated.
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Lys Assia
Lys Assia (born Rosa Mina Schärer on 3 March 1926, Rupperswil, Aargau, Switzerland) is a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. When Lys Assia was a young girl she was a dancer. In 1940, however, she stood in for a female singer. People who heard her singing liked it, so she changed from dancing to singing.
In 1956 she was the winner of the very first Eurovision Song Contest, in which she sang for Switzerland. She had also been in the German national final of that year and returned to the contest again for Switzerland in 1957 and 1958.
In September 2011, Assia entered her song "C'était ma vie" written by Ralph Siegel and Jean Paul Cara into the Swiss national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The song, however, only came eighth in a closely fought national selection.
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Marco Mengoni
Marco Mengoni (born December 25, 1988) is an Italian singer. He rose to fame in 2009, after winning the third season of Italian talent show The X Factor. The following year he ranked third in the 60th Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Credimi ancora". As of January 2011, he has sold a total of 220,000 copies in Italy with his first two EPs and his live album Re matto live. In 2010 he became the first Italian artist to win the Best European Act award at the MTV Europe Music Awards. His first full-length studio album, Solo 2.0, was released in September 2011.
Marco Mengoni was born in Ronciglione (Viterbo, Italy). Before starting his singing career, he graduated in industrial design and he started studying Languages in Rome, occasionally working as a barman.
He started singing at the age of 16 and two years later he funded his first band.
In 2009 he auditioned for the third series of the Italian talent-show X Factor. His category (16-24 year olds) was mentored by Morgan, and Mengoni was chosen to be among Morgan's top 4 contestants and perform on the live shows.
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Marie Myriam
Marie Myriam (born Myriam Lopes, May 8, 1957, Luluabourg/Kananga, Belgian Congo, now Democratic Republic of the Congo) is a French singer of Portuguese origins. She has a daughter Laureen born in 1982 and a son Rick born in 1990.
Representing France, she won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1977 with " L'oiseau et l'enfant" ("The bird and the child") with music by Jean Paul Cara and words by Joe Gracy. The single reached #42 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1977.In 1981, Myriam also represented France in the Yamaha Music Festival with the song "Sentimentale"; she came in ninth place. In recent years, she has read out the votes of the French Jury at the Eurovision Song Contest.
She made an appearance at the 50th anniversary concert in Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2005 as a guest presenter and performer. The same year, Myriam wrote the introduction to the French edition of The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History by John Kennedy O'Connor.
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Marija Naumova
Marija Naumova (born 23 June 1973 in Latvia) is a Latvian singer. Under the stage name Marie N, she sings a broad range of music ranging from pop to musical theatre and jazz, and has recorded several albums, with songs in Latvian, French, English, Russian and Portuguese. In 2002 she won the Eurovision Song Contest for Latvia with her song "I Wanna".
Naumova was discovered by famous Latvian musician Raimonds Pauls in 1994 and after a year she performed on TV in searches for talent. She never won, but was noticed by the audience.
In 1998, she performed in a concert celebrating the 100 years jubilee of George Gershwin. In March 1998 she performed on stage in concerts with famous Latvian musicians, and one of those concerts was recorded on CD. That gave her career a boost and she began to participate in several music events, television and radio shows, and give interviews for Latvian newspapers.
Naumova's first solo album, which was completely in Russian, was released in 1999. In 2000 Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time. Naumova was in the national finals but she became second behind Brainstorm. In 2001 she participated in the Latvian preselection again, singing "Hey Boy Follow Me", which was voted public favourite but wasn't chosen by the expert jury. Naumova had to wait another year before she finally was chosen to represent Latvia with "I Wanna", for which she also wrote the music and co-wrote the lyrics.
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Massiel
María de los Ángeles Felisa Santamaría Espinoza (b August 2, 1947, Madrid, Spain), professionally known as Massiel, is a Hebrew Spanish pop singer. She won the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 with the song "La, la, la", beating the famous British pop singer Cliff Richard's "Congratulations".
She decided to abandon her music career in 1996, but released another album a year later and a further one in 2007, along with two new editions of 1970s albums.
Massiel had contact with singers and groups from her early days because her father, Emilio Santamaria, was an artistic manager. At a young age she decided to become a singer, actress and a songwriter. Her first recordings were released in 1966: Di que no, No sé porqué, Llueve, No comprendo, Y sabes qué vi, Rufo el pescador, Aleluya and El era mi amigo. The song Rosas en el mar, written by her friend Luis Eduardo Aute in 1967, established her as a singer in Spain and Latin America. In 1967, she acted in the movie Vestida de novia.
On March 29, 1968, Massiel was asked to replace singer-songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat as Spain's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. Joan Manuel Serrat, the artist originally chosen to perform Spain's entry, intended to sing in Catalan. However, the Franco dictatorship would not allow this – and insisted that the entry be performed in the Spanish language imposed by the Franco dictatorship, Castilian, as part of Franco's fascist language system - hence the last-minute substitution of Massiel as singer.
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Niamh Kavanagh
Niamh Kavanagh ( /ˈniːv ˈkævənɔː/ NEEV KAV-ə-naw; born 13 February 1968) is an Irish singer and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1993.
Kavanagh is perhaps best known for winning Eurovision Song Contest 1993, held in Millstreet, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. She sang "In Your Eyes" to clinch a second consecutive win for Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest; the country went on to win Eurovision Song Contest 1994 and Eurovision Song Contest 1996. Since then she has given numerous televised performances on The Late Late Show.
The singer represented Ireland again in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, with the song "It's for You". She performed at the semi-final on 27 May 2010, finishing 9th in a field of 17 contestants, thus qualifying for the Grand Final on 29 May 2010. In the final, she finished 23rd in a field of 25 contestants, having received 25 points.
Kavanagh is highly regarded among fans of the Eurovision Song Contest, and the OGAE Ireland (official Eurovision fan club) president, Diarmuid Furlong, said: "A lot of us would regard Niamh as one of the best vocalists who's ever won [the Eurovision Song Contest]". While she has enjoyed success in Europe Kavanagh remains relatively unknown in the United States. However, the singer recorded an album in that country following her initial Eurovision success.
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Paolo Nutini
Paolo Giovanni Nutini (born 9 January 1987) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and musician from Paisley.
Paolo Nutini's debut album, These Streets, was released by Atlantic Records in the United Kingdom in July 2006 and included the singles "Last Request", "Jenny Don't Be Hasty", "Rewind" and "New Shoes". "Last Request", the most successful, reached number five on the UK Singles Chart. The album peaked at number three on the UK Album Chart and was certified 4× platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It has been in the album charts for a record-breaking 196 weeks.
In May 2009 Nutini released his second album, Sunny Side Up, which debuted at number one in the UK and has produced four singles; "Candy", "Coming Up Easy", "Pencil Full of Lead" and "10/10". It has so far been certified 4x platinum by the BPI. On 19 February 2010, it scooped "Best International Album" at the 2010 Meteor Awards.
Nutini's father is of Italian descent, from Barga, Tuscany, although both his parents are third-generation Scottish.
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Ruslana
Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko (Ukrainian: Руслана Степанівна Лижичко, Ruslana Stepanivna Lyžyčko; born on 24 May 1973) is a World Music Award winning and MTV Europe Music Award nominated artist, and the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.
She is a singer, songwriter, producer, conductor, and pianist. She writes, composes and produces her own songs and music videos. Since 28 December 1995 she has been married to Oleksandr Ksenofontov, a Ukrainian record producer. Together they have run the company LuxenBourg Studio since 1993, producing radio and film trailers.
She won the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Wild Dances" receiving points from 34 of the 35 countries participating in the contest.
In 2009 she was invited as a Special Guest Star to the 6th annual Asia Song Festival, where she received two trophies. The first of them was the golden statue of The Best Artist Award of The Asia Song Festival (which was awarded to each participant), the main award of the festival and the second special award was for the contribution to the cultural exchange between Ukraine and Asia in music.
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Safura Alizadeh
Safura Alizadeh (Azerbaijani: Səfurə Əlizadə; born: 20 September 1992; Baku, Azerbaijan) is an Azerbaijani singer and saxophonist. Alizadeh took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, where she brought Azerbaijan on 5th place, with song "Drip Drop". She later released her debut album It's My War, which made its way into several European countries. Her second debut single "March On" was released in September.
Safura Alizadeh's father is a professional painter and her mother is a pianist and a fashion designer. Alizadeh began singing when she was very young and made her first stage appearance at age 6. In the course of her career, she sang in children's bands Sharg Ulduzlari and Bulbullar. Alizadeh took up violin lessons at the Baku Musical School No 2 but later also learned to play the piano and the saxophone. She became the winner of the national contest Yeni Ulduz (Season 8). Since the eighth grade Safura has been studying at the school no. 23 in Baku.
Safura's saxophone playing was praised by composer Farhad Badalbeyli, who described it as brilliant.
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Sandie Shaw
Sandie Shaw (born 26 February 1947) is an English pop singer, who was one of the most successful British female singers of the 1960s. In 1967 she was the first UK act to win the Eurovision Song Contest. She has been described as "the barefoot pop princess of the 1960s".
Sandra Ann Goodrich was born and brought up in Dagenham, Essex, England. On leaving school, she worked at the nearby Ford Dagenham factory, and did some part-time modelling before coming second as a singer in a local talent contest. As a prize, she appeared at a charity concert in London, where her potential was spotted by singer Adam Faith. He introduced her to his manager, Eve Taylor, who won her a contract with Pye Records in 1964 and gave her the stage name of "Sandie Shaw".
Taylor teamed Shaw with songwriter Chris Andrews, who wrote her first single, "As Long as You're Happy Baby", which failed to make the charts. However, for her second single Taylor gave her the Bacharach and David song "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me", which had been a #49 US pop hit for singer Lou Johnson. Shaw's version rose quickly to #1 in the UK Singles Chart in the autumn of 1964, and also charted in the United States at #52 on the Billboard Hot 100 early the following year. "I’d Be Far Better Off Without You" was issued as the follow-up, but DJs preferred its B-side, "Girl Don't Come", also written by Andrews, and the sides were switched. "Girl Don't Come" reached #3 in the UK and became her biggest US hit, reaching #42. It was followed by further hits in the UK including "I'll Stop at Nothing", "Long Live Love", her second UK #1 in 1965, and "Message Understood". The singles were produced by Taylor, Andrews and Shaw herself (though she was never credited), with help from Pye Records arranger Ken Woodman.[citation needed]
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Sandra Kim
Sandra Caldarone (born 15 October 1972), better known as Sandra Kim, is a Belgian singer of Italian descent who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 held in Bergen, Norway, on 3 May 1986.
She was born in Montegnée, near Liège, and started singing when she was seven. According to author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor's 2007 book The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, at the time of her Eurovision win, she was only 13 years old, even though the lyrics of her song "J'aime la vie" ("I love life") claim her to be 15. He notes that the Swiss petitioned to have the song disqualified after her real age was revealed. Sandra also represented Belgium at the Yamaha Music Festival in Tokyo during the autumn of 1986.
Sandra's new pop/rock CD "Make Up" has been released on May 12th, 2011. The CD contains songs written by famous Belgian artists like Salvatore Adamo, Dani Klein (Vaya Con dios), Ozark Henry, Anthony Sinatra (Piano Club), Jacques Duval and David Bartholomé (Sharko).
In 1994 she married and in 1995 divorced Olivier Gerard. She has been married to Jurgen Delanghe since 2001.
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Sertab Erener
Sertab Erener (born 4 December 1964 in Istanbul) is a Turkish pop music singer and also a cross-over soprano with a vocal range that extends to high F. She is one of the most successful female Turkish pop singers in her homeland, and is considered one of the divas of Turkish pop music. In Europe, she is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with her hit song "Every Way That I Can", although she has had many other achievements outside Turkey.
A native of Istanbul, Erener studied history of music in a university in the city before beginning her musical career working with Turkish music icon Sezen Aksu.
She released her first album, Sakin Ol, in 1992, and followed it with four more Turkish-language albums over the next decade. Her album Lâ'l was included by Sony Music in its "Soundtrack For A Century" collection.
After competing unsuccessfully in two national Eurovision Song Contest finals in 1989 and 1990, she was internally selected in 2003 and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, representing Turkey with the song "Every Way That I Can", co-written by Demir Demirkan. The song went on to top charts in countries all over Europe, including Sweden and Greece.
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Stefan Raab
Stefan Konrad Raab (born 20 October 1966) is a German entertainer, television host, comedian and musician. Raab began his television career hosting the comedy show Vivasion in 1993 and has been hosting the late-night comedy show TV total since 1999. He became well known in 1994 after composing a hit single spoofing national football coach Berti Vogts in 1994. Raab has also been the creator of a number of other television shows, such as Schlag den Raab and Bundesvision Song Contest. He is considered the "most powerful man in German entertainment television".
Raab is also known for his recurring role as producer, writer and performer of German entries to the Eurovision Song Contest. He was involved in the organisation of the national pre-selection show Unser Star für Oslo (Our Star for Oslo), in which Germany's winning entry at the 2010 contest in Oslo was determined.
Raab attended Jesuit boarding school Aloisiuskolleg in Bonn. Before entering the entertainment business, he worked as a butcher and studied law before dropping-out of university after five semesters. Other than this, there is little known about Raab's private life, which he deliberately keeps hidden from the media. He has a girlfriend, Nike and two daughters (born 2004 and 2006).
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Séverine (singer)
Séverine (born Josiane Grizeau, 10 October 1948, Paris) is a female French singer.
Séverine won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971 for Monaco, performing "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" (A bench, a tree, a street), with music by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre and words by Yves Dessca. It was also recorded in English as "Chance In Time", in German as "Mach die Augen zu (und wünsch dir einen Traum)" and Italian as "Il posto". The original French version made #9 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1971, whereas the English version, released on CBS rather than Philips, did not chart. The song charted highly in most other European markets. Séverine had further success in France and Germany, but never again on an international scale.
Séverine made two further attempts at winning the Eurovision Song Contest, participating in the German national finals of 1975 and 1982. Neither song won. She accompanied Monaco's delegation to the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens, Greece.
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Tanel Padar
Tanel Padar (born 27 October 1980) is an Estonian singer. He is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. Padar became famous by winning the Kaks takti ette, a biennial televised competition for young Estonian singers, in 1999. In 2000, he was one of the backing vocalists for Ines – who at the time was also his girlfriend – at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000.
In 2001, Padar along with the boyband 2XL and Aruba born Dave Benton claimed the spotlight by winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song "Everybody".
Padar performs in a band called Tanel Padar & The Sun, one of the most popular bands in Estonia. In 2006, Tanel Padar & The Sun had the following positions in the Estonian 2006 chart (top 40): #1, #4, #12, #23, #29, #31. One of their songs also claimed the R2 Hit of the Year prize. The song "Hopelessness You" made it to the MTV World Chart Express.
Tanel Padar was married to Katarina Kalda, a former model. He dated Evely Ventsli until August 2007. Tanel's sister Gerli Padar is also a famous singer in Estonia, who became well-known years before Tanel did.
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Teddy Scholten
Dorothea Margaretha "Teddy" Scholten (née Van Zwieteren; 11 May 1926 – 8 April 2010) was a Dutch singer from Rijswijk, close to The Hague, Netherlands.
In 1959, Teddy Scholten won the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 for the Netherlands singing "Een beetje" (A little bit), with music composed by Dick Schallies and lyrics by Willy van Hemert. Also she commentated for the Netherlands in the Contest for the 1966 Eurovision.
With her husband, Henk Scholten, she recorded several albums, many of them containing songs for children. In the 1950s and 1960s she appeared in popular television shows in The Netherlands. In 1965 and 1966, she presented the National Song Festival. In the history of Dutch copyright law she is commemorated for her lawsuit in 1959-1960 against a cigarette manufacturer over the use of her portrait in a newspaper advertisement.[citation needed]
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The Bird and the Bee
The Bird and the Bee is an American indie pop musical duo from Los Angeles, California, consisting of musicians Inara George ("the bird") and Greg Kurstin ("the bee"). Kurstin, a producer and keyboardist who has worked with artists such as Lily Allen, Kylie Minogue, Little Boots, Ladyhawke, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Beck, Barenaked Ladies, The Flaming Lips and Red Hot Chili Peppers, is also a member of the band Geggy Tah. George and Kurstin met while the two were working on her debut album and they decided to collaborate on a jazz-influenced electropop project. Their debut EP, Again and Again and Again and Again, was released on October 31, 2006, followed by their self-titled debut album on January 23, 2007.
According to their Myspace page, "Greg and Inara met a few years ago. Discovered a common love of jazz standards... nerded out for a couple of hours playing every song they knew... and then wrote and recorded a record together." That record was the four-track EP Again and Again and Again and Again, released on October 31, 2006 by Blue Note Records. The EP includes the single "Fucking Boyfriend", which topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart on the issue dated December 2, 2006.
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The Cure
The Cure are an English alternative rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member. The Cure first began releasing music in the late 1970s with its debut album Three Imaginary Boys (1979); this, along with several early singles, placed the band as part of the post-punk and New Wave movements that had sprung up in the wake of the punk rock revolution in the United Kingdom. During the early 1980s, the band's increasingly dark and tormented music helped form the gothic rock genre.
After the release of Pornography (1982), the band's future was uncertain and Smith was keen to move past the gloomy reputation his band had acquired. With the 1982 single "Let's Go to Bed" Smith began to place a pop sensibility into the band's music (as well as a unique stage look). The Cure's popularity increased as the decade wore on, especially in the United States where the songs "Just Like Heaven", "Lovesong" and "Friday I'm in Love" entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart. By the start of the 1990s, The Cure were one of the most popular alternative rock bands in the world. The band is estimated to have sold 27 million albums as of 2004. The Cure have released thirteen studio albums, 10 EPs and over thirty singles during the course of their career. Since 2010, they have been working on a fourteenth studio album.
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Toto Cutugno
Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno (born July 7, 1943) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician.
Toto Cutugno was born in Fosdinovo, Tuscany, to a Sicilian father and a Tuscan mother. Shortly after his birth the family moved to La Spezia (Liguria).
He began his musical career as a drummer, but later formed a band that performed his own songs. He also had cowritten for popular French-American singer Joe Dassin, contributing some of his most famous songs, including "L'été indien" ("Africa"), "Et si tu n'existais pas" and "Le Jardin du Luxembourg" (written with Vito Pallavicini). He also co-wrote Dalida's "Laissez moi danser" (Voglio l'anima"), which became a Platinum record shortly after its release.
In 1976 Cutugno participated for the first time in the Sanremo Music Festival coming up with 3rd place with his band Albatros with the song, Volo 504. He then won in 1980 with the song "Solo noi", and subsequently finished second in six editions: in 1984 with the song "Serenata" ("Serenade"), in 1987 with "Figli" ("Sons" or "Children"), in 1988 with "Emozioni" ("Emotions"), in 1989 with the song "Le mamme" ("The Mamas"), in 1990 with Ray Charles with the song "Gli amori" ("Loves", but entitled "Good Love Gone Bad" in Charles' version) and in 2005 with Annalisa Minetti with the song "Come noi nessuno al mondo" ("No One Else in the World Like Us"). Toto Cutugno participated in the festival a total of 13 times.
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Udo Jürgens
Udo Jürgens (born Udo Jürgen Bockelmann, 30 September 1934, Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria) is an Austrian composer and singer of popular music whose career spans over fifty years. He has written more than 800 songs and sold over 100 million records.
He is credited with broadening German-language pop music beyond the traditional postwar schlager in the 1960s by infusing it with a modern pop appeal; his exceptionally tuneful compositions and sophisticated arrangements attract fans of all ages, and even in his 70s he continues to fill the largest concert venues in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.[citation needed]
In 1950, he won a composer contest organized by Austria's public broadcasting channel ORF with the song "Je t'aime". He wrote the 1961 worldwide hit "Reach for the Stars", sung by Shirley Bassey.
In 1964, he represented Austria for the first time at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Warum nur warum?", finishing sixth. The UK participant, Matt Monro, was impressed with the melody and covered the song (with English lyrics by his manager Don Black) as "Walk Away", which reached number four in the UK Singles Chart and number 23 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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Vicky Leandros
Vicky Leandros (born Vassiliki Papathanasiou, Greek: Βασιλική Παπαθανασίου, 23 August 1949, now legally Vassiliki, Baroness von Ruffin) is a Greek singer with a long international career. She is the daughter of singer, musician and composer Leandros Papathanasiou (known as Leo Leandros – composer pseudonym Mario Panas). She achieved worldwide fame after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1972 with the song "Après Toi" (representing Luxembourg).
Leandros was born in Palaiokastritsa, a resort on the island of Corfu in the Ionian Sea. Her father wanted to expand his career and went to Germany while she grew up at her grandmother's house until the age of eight. In 1958 her parents took her to Germany where she stayed with her father permanently after her parents' divorce. She revealed her talent at a young age while taking guitar, music, dance, ballet and voice lessons.
In 1965 Leandros released her first single "Messer, Gabel, Schere, Licht". This was the beginning of a successful career for her with her father as composer, manager and producer. In 1967 she received an offer to sing for Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "L'amour est bleu". She finished in fourth place but the song became one of the biggest worldwide hits of the year and was covered by many artists. She was shortly singing in eight languages with her albums, singles and EPs being sold all over the world. She became particularly successful in Japan and Canada.
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Wir sind Helden
Wir sind Helden (German pronunciation: [viːɐ̯ zɪnd̥ ˈhɛldn̩], German for "We are heroes") was a German Alternative Rock band from Berlin, established in 2000 in Hamburg. The quartet was composed of lead singer Judith Holofernes and musicians Pola Roy, Mark Tavassol, and Jean-Michel Tourette. The group's style has often been considered similar to that of the Neue Deutsche Welle, with songs such as "Denkmal" and "Nur ein Wort" evoking New Order. The group's name is partly inspired by the German version of David Bowie's "Heroes". On April 4, 2012, the band informed its fans that it was going on indefinite hiatus.
In 2002, Wir sind Helden broke onto the German music scene with their first song "Guten Tag", which reached #53 on the German singles charts and got significant airplay on MTV Europe, even though the band did not have a record deal. The band's debut album Die Reklamation (2003) entered the German album charts at number six and eventually reached number two. Their popularity was significantly increased when Judith Holofernes appeared on television on the Harald Schmidt Show, which led their small club tour to sell out immediately. Their second album Von hier an blind (2005) entered at the top of German and Austrian charts and remained in the top ten for twenty weeks.
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Russ Meyer's Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
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Stan Meyers water powered Buggy
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Pamela Meyer: How to spot a liar
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- Updated: 27 Oct 2012
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Lena - Satellite (Germany)
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C-SPAN: Seth Meyers remarks at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner
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b song - Edgar Meyer Bela Fleck
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Lena Meyer-Landrut - Taken By A Stranger (official music video)
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Edgar Meyer - BACH & friends - Michael Lawrence Films
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Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover
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Joyce Meyer: A sátán fegyvere
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Joyce. Meyer: Új élet
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Joyce Meyer - Szeresd az életed.flv
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Original Meyer Water Fuel Cell c.1990
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Los Sentimientos Negativos - Joyce Meyer
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AIDS is a hoax! Biologist Christl Meyer explodes the HIV/AIDS conspiracy
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J. Meyer: viselkedési formák
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The Dark Meyer Rises
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J Meyer: Változás 1
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Anita Meyer - Why Tell Me Why
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CURA EMOCIONAL - Joyce Meyer - parte 1/4
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HAPPY SONG / EMI MEYER
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JOYCE MEYER - RELAXE E RECEBA DE DEUS - 1/5
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23 Nov 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. I was fortunate to have been raised near an American Indian archaeological spot located on the Great Plains. In elementary school, a fellow classmate would periodically bring and show grinding stones, arrow- and spearheads, stone farming implements, and pictures of what the excavated site may have...(size: 7.1Kb)
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22 Nov 2012
A new battle is underway in Pakistan with its powerful military front-and-centre, but the fight is not against armed insurgents or ideological extremists - this opponent is a muscle-flexing Supreme Court. For the first time in decades, the military's iron grip over the South Asian country has been challenged, and it remains to be seen if it will...(size: 23.7Kb)
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23 Nov 2012
Opposition groups in Egypt have called for mass protests on Friday against President Mohammed Mursi's decree that gives him sweeping powers. They have described his move as a "coup against legitimacy" and accused the president of appointing himself Egypt's "new pharaoh". The decree states that the president's decisions cannot be revoked by any...(size: 4.6Kb)
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23 Nov 2012
Israel and Hamas are seeking to solidify an Egyptian and US-brokered cease-fire halting eight days of aerial assaults that ravaged the Gaza Strip and made Tel Aviv a missile target. Announcing the truce in Cairo last night alongside Egypt's foreign minister, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised U.S. assistance in seeking to "improve...(size: 5.4Kb)
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24 Nov 2012
Cairo. President Mohamed Morsi insisted on Friday that Egypt is on the path to “freedom and democracy” after granting himself sweeping powers, which sparked clashes between his supporters and foes and raised concerns abroad. “Political stability, social stability and economic stability are what I want and that is what I am working for,” he told a...(size: 4.8Kb)
The Charlotte Observer
25 Nov 2012
Ironically, a coach was hoisted to the shoulders of his Ohio State players, and it was not the one who completed a 12-0 season Saturday. There seemed something inherently wrong with that. Jim Tressel received the triumphant ride from his 2002 national champions when their group of more than 60 players was feted after the first quarter of OSU's...(size: 5.3Kb)
Ohio
25 Nov 2012
COLUMBUS: Ironically, a coach was hoisted to the shoulders of his Ohio State players, and it was not the one who completed a 12-0 season Saturday. There seemed something inherently wrong with that. Jim Tressel received the triumphant ride from his 2002 national champions when their group of over 60 was feted after the first quarter of OSU’s...(size: 5.5Kb)
The Independent
25 Nov 2012
Not that it would be any consolation to England's beaten captain, Chris Robshaw, but the Springboks' coach, Heyneke Meyer, sympathised with him up to a point over the debatable late decision to kick for the posts and leave themselves a point behind rather than go for the try they needed to win the match. Meyer called the choice that faced Robshaw...(size: 2.6Kb)
The Guardian
25 Nov 2012
What made film-maker Judd Apatow want to be be funny? Or inspired novelist Stephenie Meyer to create a world of vampires? In My Ideal Bookshelf, more than 100 writers and other cultural figures were asked to share the literary journeys that helped them realise their ambitions and find success. Here are...(size: 2.0Kb)
Detroit news
25 Nov 2012
By Angelique S. Chengelis The Detroit News Comments Columbus, Ohio â Michigan coach Brady Hoke and Ohio State coach Urban Meyer didn't speak to each other before or after Saturday's game, which ended in a 26-21 Buckeyes victory before 105,899, an Ohio Stadium record for the matchup. Opposing coaches frequently chat for a few moments before games,...(size: 10.8Kb)
The Charlotte Observer
25 Nov 2012
Urban Meyer's first season as Ohio State's football coach ended with an incomplete grade Saturday, even though the Buckeyes defeated archrival Michigan, 26-21. It is not Meyer's fault that his team was barred by the NCAA from playing in the Big Ten Championship Game and a noteworthy bowl. The indiscretions that led to punitive action occurred under...(size: 4.7Kb)
Ohio
25 Nov 2012
COLUMBUS: Urban Meyer’s first season as Ohio State’s football coach ended with an incomplete grade Saturday, even though the Buckeyes defeated archrival Michigan 26-21. It is not Meyer’s fault that his team was barred by the NCAA from playing in the Big Ten Championship Game and a noteworthy bowl. The indiscretions that led to...(size: 4.8Kb)
Sun Sentinel
25 Nov 2012
FORT LAUDERDALE— Seventeen-year-old Kevin sits in his purple wheelchair, in his purple shirt and shorts, humming to the "Aladdin" soundtrack. His 4-year-old brother Alejandro hides in the corner of the house, mischieviously playing with a pair of sunglasses. Five-month-old Gianni bounces on mom's knee. She calls him her "happy jack" or...(size: 3.4Kb)
The Leaf Chronicle
25 Nov 2012
COLUMBUS, OHIO â The only thing Urban Meyer lost during his first season at Ohio State was his cool  at the end of the last game. Carlos Hyde ran for 146 yards and the fourth-ranked Buckeyes defense shut out No. 20 Michigan in the second half to grab a bruising 26-21 win on Saturday, completing an...(size: 2.0Kb)
Springfield News-Sun
25 Nov 2012
The Ohio State Buckeyes did so many wondrous things this season: • They overcame doubters and injuries and the disappointment of knowing they’d be denied postseason play because of transgressions not of their doing. • Saturday, they pushed aside Michigan, 26-21, in front of a crowd of 105,899, an Ohio Stadium record for this long...(size: 6.4Kb)
The State
25 Nov 2012
The Kershaw County animal shelter is bursting at the seams with homeless dogs and cats. Now, a Columbia software developer with a soft spot for animals is coming to the rescue. Austin Meyer, who created the X-Plane flight simulator, and his family are sponsoring a âDouble the Loveâ campaign on behalf of the Walter Crowe Animal Shelter in...(size: 3.5Kb)
The News Tribune
25 Nov 2012
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The only thing Urban Meyer lost during his first season at Ohio State was his cool — at the end of the last game. Carlos Hyde ran for 146 yards and the fourth-ranked Buckeyes’ defense shut out No. 20 Michigan in the second half to grab a bruising 26-21 victory on Saturday, completing a 12-0 season for the...(size: 3.3Kb)
Detroit news
25 Nov 2012
Bob Wojnowski Comments Columbus, Ohio â When the action was wild and the plays were wide open, the Wolverines were right in it. For a while, it even had the feel of a classic. But when it came time to line up and hammer away, they got knocked right out of it. And when the pain subsides, that's the mark that remains. Ohio State slugged when it...(size: 13.7Kb)
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- Meyer Corporation
- Fred Meyer, Inc., American hypermarket chain; currently a subsidiary of Kroger
- Meyer Sound Laboratories
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- Meyer Township, Michigan
- Meyer, Illinois, unincorporated community in Adams County, Illinois, USA
- Meyer, Iowa, in Mitchell County
- Myers, Montana (also spelled Meyer), unincorporated community in Treasure County, USA
Other[link]
- USS Meyer (DD-279), Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy
- Meyer locomotive
- Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, major German encyclopedia that existed from 1839 until 1984
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- Von Meyer (disambiguation), Myer (disambiguation), Meyr, Meier, Meijer (disambiguation), Meir (disambiguation), Mayer (disambiguation), Maier, Mayr, Mair
- Meyers, Myers
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| Seth Meyers | |
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 Meyers at the Time 100 Gala, May 4, 2010. |
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| Birth name | Seth Adam Meyers |
| Born | (1973-12-28) December 28, 1973 (age 38) Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Medium | Television, film |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Genres | Satire/political satire/news satire, improvisational comedy, sketch comedy |
| Subject(s) | American politics, American culture, current events, pop culture, mass media/news media |
| Notable works and roles | Weekend Update anchor on Saturday Night Live |
Seth Adam Meyers (born December 28, 1973) is an American actor and comedian. He currently serves as head writer for Saturday Night Live and hosts its news parody segment Weekend Update.
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Early life[link]
Meyers was born in Evanston, Illinois,[1] the son of Hilary Claire (née Olson), a middle school French teacher, and Laurence Meyers, Jr.[2][3] He attended Manchester High School West in Manchester, New Hampshire. He went on to graduate from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he was a member of the fraternity Phi Gamma Delta. Meyers is the older brother of Josh Meyers, who was best known as a cast member of MADtv.
Career[link]
Before SNL, Meyers got his improv comedy start as a member of the Northwestern University improv sketch group Mee-Ow, created by Paul Warshauer and Josh Lazar. He continued his career at ImprovOlympic with the group Preponderate as well as overseas as a cast member of Boom Chicago, an English language improv troupe based in Amsterdam,[4] where his brother was also a cast member.[5]
Meyers appeared with Brendan Fraser and Anita Briem in the 2008 3D film Journey to the Center of the Earth. He also makes a cameo in the 2008 film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist as a drunk man who mistakes the main character's Yugo for a taxi. Meyers is currently writing and will star in a movie called Key Party. He also starred in the 2004 comedy See This Movie with John Cho.[6][7] In July 2008, Meyers directed the web series The Line on Crackle.[8] Meyers has hosted the Webby Awards twice, in 2008 and 2009. In 2009, Meyers hosted the Microsoft Company Meeting at Safeco Field in Seattle, WA.[9] Meyers hosted the 2010 and 2011 ESPY Awards on ESPN.[10] In 2011, Seth Meyers was the keynote speaker at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner on April 30; during his introductory remarks, he made a joke about Osama bin Laden's actions while in hiding,[11] unaware that US intelligence had found bin Laden and he would be dead within hours.
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Meyers joined the SNL cast in 2001.[5] In 2005, he was promoted to writing supervisor,[citation needed] and in January 2006 he became co-head writer, sharing the role with Tina Fey and Andrew Steele.[12] In 2004, he auditioned to co-anchor "Weekend Update" with Fey, but lost out to Amy Poehler.[13] With Fey's departure, Meyers became head writer for the 2006–2007 season and also took on the role of Weekend Update co-anchor with Amy Poehler.[14][15] Since Poehler left the show during the 2008–2009 season, Meyers has anchored solo. In fall 2009, Meyers co-anchored two episodes of Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday with Poehler.[citation needed]
During the 2008 United States presidential election,[16] while appearing on The Late Show with David Letterman, former SNL cast member Fey credited Meyers with writing the sketches involving Fey's impression of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
On SNL, Meyers has impersonated such figures as John Kerry,[5] Michael Caine, Anderson Cooper, Carrot Top, Prince Charles, Ryan Seacrest, Sean Penn,[5] Stone Phillips,[5] Tobey Maguire, Peyton Manning, Ben Curtis (also known as the Dell Dude), Ty Pennington, Bill Cowher, Brian Williams, Nicollette Sheridan, Wade Robson, Donald Trump, Jr., Tom Cruise, and Kevin Federline. His recurring characters include Zach Ricky, host of the kids' hidden camera show "Pranksters"; Nerod, the receptionist in the recurring sketch "Appalachian Emergency Room"; David Zinger, a scientist who often insults his fellow workers; DJ Johnathan Feinstein, the DJ on the webcam show "Jarett's Room"; Dan Needler, half of a married couple "that should be divorced," (opposite Amy Poehler); William Fitzpatrick, from the Irish talk show "Top o' the Morning," and Boston Powers (one of the comedians in the "Original Kings of Catchphrase Comedy" series). In the season 29 episode hosted by Lindsay Lohan, he did an impression of Ron Weasley in a parody of Harry Potter.
Meyers supported and picketed during the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. When interviewed he said, "We all know how lucky we are to have the jobs we have. We're not asking for much. You have to change the rules because people are watching TV in a different way."[17] Even so, he mentioned in interviews that he regretted missing much of the presidential election primary season.[18][19]
Meyers is currently the longest tenured Saturday Night Live cast member, having been a member since Season 27.
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Meyers won the third season of Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown and donated the $100,000 prize to the Boston-based Jimmy Fund.[20][21] In 2008, Meyers donated over $4,000 to Barack Obama's presidential campaign.[22] Meyers and SNL castmate Bill Hader penned a Spider-Man one-shot entitled "The Short Halloween". It was illustrated by Kevin Maguire and came out May 29, 2009, to positive reviews. Meyers, along with Mike Shoemaker of SNL, created an animated half-hour series "The Awesomes" that was picked up by MTV and will be produced by Lorne Michaels's production company, Broadway Video.[23] He was also a guest speaker at the 2011 White House Press Correspondents Dinner.
Personal life[link]
Meyers is an avid fan of the Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics, the Pittsburgh Steelers (his father being a Pittsburgh native), and West Ham United in the English Premier League.[24][25] He is the older brother of actor Josh Meyers.
Filmography[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Other Notes |
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| 2004 | See This Movie | Jake Barrymore | |
| Maestro | Tim Healy | ||
| 2005 | Perception | Steven | |
| The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and his Little Friend | Disgruntled Dork | ||
| 2006 | American Dreamz | Chet Krogl | |
| 2007 | Spring Breakdown | William Rushfield | |
| 2008 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | Professor Alan Kitzens | |
| Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | Drunk Guy in Yugo | ||
| 2011 | I Don't Know How She Does It | Chris Bunce | |
| New Year's Eve | Griffin |
References[link]
- ^ http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/current/q-a-with-seth-meyers-northwestern-homecoming-parade-grand-marshal-1.2655985#.TqbMrZxZgX6
- ^ Proulxmonitor, Kristin (February 28, 2003). Concord Monitor. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CMOB&p_theme=cmob&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FF0DD1F65304F47&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM.
- ^ "Miss Hilary Olson marries Mr. Meyers". Boston Globe. July 5, 1970. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/1946965372.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+05%2C+1970&author=&pub=Boston+Globe+(1960-1979)&desc=Miss+Hilary+Olson+marries+Mr.+Meyers&pqatl=google.
- ^ Rapkin, Mickey (September 10, 2004), "Going Dutch". Entertainment Weekly. (782/783):18
- ^ a b c d e Biography from the NBC website
- ^ www.imdb.com/name/nm1024878/
- ^ Seth Meyers at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "For anybody that's ever waited in line to see a movie / Star Trek". Star Trek Phase II. July 26, 2008. http://www.startreknewvoyages.com/forum/index.php?topic=5588.0. Retrieved February 27, 2009.
- ^ "Seth Meyers to emcee Microsoft Company Meeting at Safeco". Seattle PI – The Microsoft Blog. September 3, 2009. http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/178261.asp?source=rss. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
- ^ "Seth Meyers to Host ESPYs Again". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Seth-Meyers-ESPYs-1023405.aspx. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i7V4NSCFxM
- ^ SNL undergoing another generational shift, an AP article from The Arizona Republic website
- ^ Gary Levin (September 29, 2006), "'SNL' will update its Weekend Update". USA Today
- ^ "Fey, Dratch Give Up Saturday Night". E! Online), eonline.com. July 24, 2006. http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=b1b31fb1-7238-4341-9348-425c793c0853. Retrieved November 3, 2007.
- ^ "Seth Meyers will coanchor Weekend Update". tv.com). September 22, 2006. http://www.tv.com/story/6449.html. Retrieved November 3, 2007.
- ^ Scholibo, Corey (January 13, 2008), "Tina Fey". Advocate. (1022):65
- ^ Levin, Gary (November 6, 2007), "Late night without Letterman, Leno ...". USA TODAY.
- ^ Levin, Gary (February 20, 2008). "Weekend update: 'SNL' is back in the race". USA Today.
- ^ Meyers, Seth (February 29, 2008), "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE". Entertainment Weekly (980):40
- ^ NH Magazine's It List
- ^ Anft, Michael (May 12, 2005), "Win, Lose, or Draw?". Chronicle of Philanthropy. 17 (15):25–27
- ^ Celebrity Political Donations/Seth Meyers, newsmeat.com/
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- ^ A. D. (July 16, 2007), "Andy Samberg". Sports Illustrated. 107 (2):24
- ^ Sheridan, Patricia (January 4, 2010). "Patricia Sheridan's Breakfast With ... Seth Meyers". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10004/1025097-129.stm.
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| Date of birth | December 28, 1973 |
| Place of birth | Bedford, New Hampshire, US |
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| Edgar Meyer | |
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 Meyer with his double bass. |
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| Background information | |
| Born | (1960-11-24) November 24, 1960 (age 51) |
| Origin | Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | Classical Bluegrass Progressive bluegrass Jazz, World music |
| Occupations | Musician Composer |
| Instruments | Double Bass Piano Guitar Banjo Violin Mandolin Dobro |
| Labels | Sony Deutsche Grammophon Sugar Hill |
| Associated acts | Nickel Creek, Strength In Numbers |
| Website | edgarmeyer.com |
Edgar Meyer (born November 24, 1960) is a prominent contemporary bassist and composer. His styles include classical, bluegrass, newgrass, and jazz. Meyer has worked as a session musician in Nashville, part of various chamber groups, a composer, and an arranger. His collaborators have spanned a wide range of musical styles and talents; among them are Joshua Bell, Yo-Yo Ma, Jerry Douglas, Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Sam Bush, James Taylor, Chris Thile, Mike Marshall, Mark O'Connor, Alison Krauss, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and the trio Nickel Creek.
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Meyer grew up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He learned to play the double bass from his father, the late Edgar Meyer, Sr., who directed the string orchestra program for the local public school system. Meyer later went on to Indiana University to study with Stuart Sankey.[1]
Meyer is noted for achieving virtuosity on an instrument of unusual technical difficulty. Following in the footsteps of other bass players like Gary Karr and Mark Bernat before him, he has tried a hand at performing music originally composed for other instruments, such as Bach's unaccompanied cello suites.
Meyer has also composed a number of works, including two double bass concertos, a string quintet, a double concerto for bass and cello, and a violin concerto in 1999 composed specifically for Hilary Hahn.
In 2000, he won the Avery Fisher Prize, given once every few years to classical instrumentalists for outstanding achievement. In 2002, he was named a MacArthur Fellow. Meyer's collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O'Connor on the widely acclaimed Sony Classical disc Appalachia Waltz reached the top of the United States pop charts for 16 weeks when it was released. Meyer collaborated again with Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O'Connor on Appalachian Journey, that earned a Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album.[2]
On Meyer's self-titled 2006 Sony Classical release, he performs accompanied only by himself on a wide variety of instruments besides his usual piano and double bass, including guitar, banjo, viola da gamba, mandolin and dobro.
Meyer is Adjunct Associate Professor of Double Bass at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music, as well as at the Curtis Institute.[3]
Discography[link]
- Solo work
- Unfolding (1986)
- Dreams of Flight (1987)
- Work in Progress (1990)
- Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites Performed on Double Bass (2000)
- Meyer and Bottesini Concertos (2002)
- Edgar Meyer (2006)
- With Jerry Douglas and Russ Barenberg
- Skip, Hop, and Wobble (1993)
- With Béla Fleck and Mike Marshall
- Uncommon Ritual (1997)
- With Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O'Connor
- Appalachia Waltz (1997)
- Appalachian Journey (2000)
- With Joshua Bell
- Short Trip Home (1999)
- Grammy nominated
- With David Grisman
- Dawg Duos (1999)
- With Béla Fleck
- Perpetual Motion (2001)
- Won two Grammys
- B Song (Live at Bonnaroo 2002)
- Music for Two (2004)
- With Béla Fleck and Zakir Hussain
- The Melody of Rhythm - Triple Concerto & Music for Trio (2009)
- With Chris Thile
- Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile (2008)
- With Emanuel Ax, Pamela Frank, Rebeca Young, and Yo-Yo Ma
- Schubert: Quintet, Op. 114 "The Trout" (1996)
- With Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan and Chris Thile
- The Goat Rodeo Sessions (2011)
References[link]
- ^ http://oakridger.com/stories/050400/stt_0504000062.html
- ^ "Edgar Meyer Biography". Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.. http://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/composer/composer_main.asp?composerid=15101&ttype=BIOGRAPHY&ttitle=Biography/. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
- ^ "Blair Faculty". http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Blair/faculty/faculty_strings.html.
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| Lena Meyer-Landrut | |
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 Lena Meyer-Landrut at the winner's press conference of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Lena |
| Born | (1991-05-23) 23 May 1991 (age 21) |
| Origin | Hanover, Germany |
| Genres | Pop, Indie, Indie-pop[1] |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | USFO, Universal Music Germany |
| Website | www.lena-meyer-landrut.com |
Lena Meyer-Landrut (born 23 May 1991[2]), known professionally as Lena, is a German singer-songwriter. She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, Norway, and won the contest with the song "Satellite".[3][4] With her three entries from the German national final Unser Star für Oslo (Our Star for Oslo), Meyer-Landrut set an all-time chart record in her home country by debuting with three songs in the top five of the German singles chart.[5] Both "Satellite" and her first album My Cassette Player debuted at number one in Germany, while the former has been certified double Platinum since, the album has been certified five times Gold for sales of over 500,000 units.[6][7][8] Meyer-Landrut represented Germany, for the second consecutive time, in the Eurovision Song Contest at Düsseldorf in 2011 with the song "Taken by a Stranger".[9]
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Early life[link]
Lena Meyer-Landrut was born in Hanover, Germany.[10] She is the granddaughter of Andreas Meyer-Landrut, the Estonian-born West German ambassador to the Soviet Union in Moscow from 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989.[11][12][13] She grew up as an only child,[10] and started taking dancing lessons at the age of five; initially doing ballet and later practising various modern styles, including hip-hop and jazz dance.[14] Meyer-Landrut grew fond of singing and appeared as an extra in a number of German television series;[10] however she never received any formal acting or vocal training.[15] In June 2010 she graduated from IGS Roderbruch Hannover, a comprehensive school, receiving her Abitur diploma.[16]
Career[link]
[edit] Unser Star für Oslo
Despite having had no professional singing experience,[15] Meyer-Landrut decided to take part in the talent show Unser Star für Oslo (Our Star for Oslo), a newly created national television programme to select the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo. The show was organised by public broadcaster ARD and private television station ProSieben, as well as entertainer and music producer Stefan Raab. Among 4,500 entrants, Meyer-Landrut was picked as one of the 20 contestants for the show. Asked about her motivation to apply, she stated, "I like to test myself. I wanted to see how I am perceived, and I wanted to hear what people with knowledge have to say about it. I personally can’t judge myself at all."[12]
After her first appearance, performing "My Same" by British singer Adele, Meyer-Landrut received much praise from the show's jury panel and was instantly considered the favourite.[15] The following week, Adele's "My Same" entered the German singles chart at position number 61.[17] Meyer-Landrut reached the final of Unser Star für Oslo, mainly performing lesser known songs of international artists such as The Bird and the Bee, Kate Nash, Paolo Nutini and Lisa Mitchell. Out of her eight cover performances, five of the original songs subsequently charted in Germany, with all but one reaching their peak chart position.[18][19][20][21] In the final on 12 March 2010, Meyer-Landrut sang three songs specifically written for the contest, "Bee", "Satellite" and "Love Me". Through televoting, the audience chose "Satellite", written by US American Julie Frost and Dane John Gordon, to be her designated song in case she wins the show. In a second round of voting, Meyer-Landrut was chosen as Germany's entry for the 55th Eurovision Song Contest, beating the last remaining contestant, Jennifer Braun.[22] The music video for "Satellite" was shot during the night of the final and premiered on German television stations four days later.[23]
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Throughout the show, Meyer-Landrut was seen as the clear favourite, often leading Internet polls by huge margins.[24] One day after winning Unser Star für Oslo, all three of the songs performed by her in the final topped the German iTunes Store sales chart,[25] making her the first singer to achieve that.[26] "Satellite" sold over 100,000 downloads in its first week, becoming Germany's fastest selling digital release ever.[27] Her three songs all entered the top five of the German singles chart, reaching positions number one, three and four, which no artist had ever achieved since charts were first released in Germany in 1959.[5] "Satellite" was eligible to be certified gold after the first week and platinum after the fourth week of its release.[27][28] The song has remained at number one for five consecutive weeks in Germany.[29]
While competing at Unser Star für Oslo, Meyer-Landrut continued to attend school. The last show was held one month before the start of her final exams.[10] Following her exams, she released her debut album, My Cassette Player, on 7 May 2010.[30] Produced by Stefan Raab, it includes the singles "Satellite", "Love Me" and "Bee", as well as two cover songs and eight unreleased titles. Meyer-Landrut is credited as a co-writer for the lyrics of five songs.[31] The album debuted at number one in the German albums chart.[8] It peaked at number one in the Austrian albums chart, number three in the Swiss albums chart, number five in European Top 100 Albums,[32][33][34] and has been certified five times Gold in Germany for sales of over 500,000 units since.[7]
Following her success in Germany, Meyer-Landrut has said she would enjoy a singing or an acting career,[12] but explained, "I'm not fixated on doing music my whole life."[35] She stated she originally planned to study acting after graduating school, but now is unsure "if time allows".[35] She has said her musical influences include Adele, Kate Nash, Vanessa Carlton, as well as the German singer Clueso and German pop rock band Wir sind Helden.[14]
Eurovision Song Contest[link]
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Representing a "big four" country, Meyer-Landrut automatically qualified for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. Germany received a wild card during the running order draw, allowing the German representatives to pick the country's position for the final. They chose position 22 out of the 25 spots. Meyer-Landrut arrived one week before the show in Oslo, Norway, where she completed five rehearsals of her song "Satellite". Prior to the final, she was considered one of the favourites. Bookmakers regarded her second favourite behind Azerbaijan's Safura, while Google projected she would win based on search volume in the participating countries.[36] According to Norway's Aftenposten she received the most media attention of all participants.[37]
The final was held on 29 May 2010 at Oslo's Telenor Arena. Appearing fourth from last, Meyer-Landrut wore a simple black dress and performed on a bare stage with four backing singers. Her pared-back presentation was a break from recent Eurovision trends, as it did not feature any form of choreography, dancers or elaborate stage show.[38] "Satellite" received a total of 246 points, giving Germany its first win since 1982, and the first victory as a unified country. The song won over Turkey's entry "We Could Be the Same" with a margin of 76 points, at that time the second-biggest in Eurovision history, second only to Alexander Rybak's margin of 169 points in the 2009 contest (it would later be beaten by Loreen's victory in 2012, sporting a margin of 113 points). "Satellite" received the maximum 12 points nine times and received points from all but five countries.[4]
2010–2011[link]
The BBC called "Satellite" the first "contemporary pop hit Eurovision has produced in decades", ushering in "a new era for the annual music jamboree".[39] Meyer-Landrut's victory received much attention in Germany and the show was seen by 15 million viewers on German television (a 49.1 percent market share).[40] She returned to Hanover the following day, where she was greeted by 40,000 people.[41] In June, "Satellite" regained the top spot in the German singles chart for one week and also peaked at number one in Denmark,[42] Finland,[43] Norway,[44] Sweden[45] and Switzerland.[46] It also topped European Hot 100 singles chart,[47] being the first Eurovision song to achieve this.[48]
Meyer-Landrut attempted to defend her title in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.[9] She was the third winner to do so, and the first in over 50 years.[49]
In the German dubbed version of the computer-animated film Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage, Meyer-Landrut provided the voice for the character originally spoken by Isabelle Fuhrman.[50][51]
In January 2011, the TV-Show "Unser Song für Deutschland" was announced. The viewers of the show decided for Meyer-Landrut's 2011 Eurovision song.[52] All twelve songs Meyer-Landrut performed during that show were recorded on her second studio album Good News which was released on 8 February 2011. The album managed to reach a Gold status for selling more than 100,000 units in Germany in its first week of release.[53]
On February 18, the "Unser Song für Deutschland" final was held and it was decided through televoting that Meyer-Landrut would perform the entry "Taken by a Stranger" in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011[54] where it was placed tenth. The song was released on 22 February 2011.[55]
In April 2011 she went on her first German tour in the largest concert halls in Berlin, Hanover, Frankfurt, Dortmund, Leipzig, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart and Cologne. The concert in Frankfurt was recorded on video and was released on DVD in May 2011 which went to #1 in German DVD chart.
2012-present[link]
On May 24, 2012, Lena performed as part of the interval act during the second semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. She was joined by the last five Eurovision winners from 2007 to 2011 which included Marija Šerifović, Dima Bilan, Alexander Rybak, and Ell & Nikki. Lena, Marija, Dima and Alexander performed their winning song entry accompanied by traditional Azeri instruments, being joined by Ell & Nikki for a rendition of "Waterloo".[56]
Media image[link]
Meyer-Landrut has been noted for her unconventional way of handling the press,[57] which has been labelled "aloof" as well as "quick-witted" and "intuitive".[57] She usually refuses to answer questions about her private life, including her family, friends and personal beliefs, sometimes calling questions "stupid" or responding with counterquestions instead.[57] This has drawn praise as well as criticism, including allegations of arrogance.[58]
Meyer-Landrut's demeanour has been described as "carefree",[59] "laid-back and self-effacing".[60] She has been said to possess an "adequate youthful megalomania", to "cultivate her forwardness" and to stand for "unadorned genuineness"[59] and "sincerity".[61] She has also been said to give "infatuation a rhythm"[60] and blur the "fine line between puppy love and psychotic obsession".[62] Her vocals have been both lauded[61][63] and criticised.[63] The extent of her vocal control can be heard in the Australian broadcast of the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, where, upon being interviewed by an Australian host, she responds in an uncannily perfect Melbourne-style accent. In an attempt to explain Meyer-Landrut's success, her appearance has been called a "mix of loveliness, professionalism and a little craziness".[64] She has also been lauded for her stage presence[64] and charisma.[61]
[edit] Appearances on Unser Star für Oslo
Further information: Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 > Unser Star für Oslo 2010
| Show | Song | Original artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1st show | "My Same" | Adele |
| 3rd show | "Diamond Dave" | The Bird and the Bee |
| 4th show | "Foundations" | Kate Nash |
| 5th show | "New Shoes" | Paolo Nutini |
| Quarterfinal (6th show) |
"Mouthwash" "Neopolitan Dreams" |
Kate Nash Lisa Mitchell |
| Semifinal (7th show) |
"Mr. Curiosity" "The Lovecats" |
Jason Mraz The Cure |
| Final (8th show) |
"Bee" "Satellite" "Love Me" |
Jennifer Braun / Lena Meyer-Landrut Jennifer Braun / Lena Meyer-Landrut Lena Meyer-Landrut |
- Jennifer Braun and Meyer-Landrut both sang different versions of "Bee" and "Satellite" in the final
Awards and nominations[link]
Results[link]
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | 1st Place | Satellite | Won |
| Comet | Best Newcomer | Herself | Nominated | |
| Goldene Henne Award | Reader's award of the SuperIllu magazine: Rock/Pop/Schlager | |||
| Goldene Henne Honor Award | Ambassador of Charm | Won | ||
| SWR3 New Pop Festival | Newcomer of the Year | Herself | ||
| 1LIVE Krone | Best Artist | |||
| Best Single | Satellite | |||
| Bravo Otto | Best Singer | Herself | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Goldene Kamera | Best Music National | Won | |
| Echo | Best National Newcomer | |||
| Best Female National Artist | ||||
| Radio Echo for "Satellite" | Satellite | Nominated | ||
| Single of the Year | ||||
| Album of the Year | My Cassette Player | |||
| Comet | Best Female Artist | Herself | Won | |
| Best Song | Satellite | Nominated | ||
| MTV - Europe Music Awards | Best German Act | Herself | Won | |
| Best European Act | ||||
| Best Worldwide Act | Nominated | |||
| 1LIVE Krone | Best Single | Taken by a Stranger | ||
| 2012 | MTV Germany Jahresvoting 2011 | Queen of Pop | Herself | Won |
| Echo | Best Video | Taken by a Stranger | Nominated | |
| Best Female National Artist | Herself |
Discography[link]
Main article: Lena Meyer-Landrut discography
- Studio albums
- 2010: My Cassette Player
- 2011: Good News
- 2012: TBA
References[link]
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- ^ Sedelies, Jan. Lena feiert ihr Abitur. HAZ.de. 15 June 2010. Accessed 18 June 2010. (German)
- ^ PhonoNet GmbH. Chartverfolgung / Adele / Single. Musicline.de. Accessed 24 March 2010 (German)
- ^ PhonoNet GmbH. Chartverfolgung – Nash, Kate – Foundations. Musicline.de. Accessed 26 March 2010 (German)
- ^ PhonoNet GmbH. Chartverfolgung – Nutini, Paolo – New Shoes. Musicline.de. Accessed 26 March 2010 (German)
- ^ PhonoNet GmbH. Chartverfolgung – Mitchell, Lisa – Neopolitan Dreams. Musicline.de. Accessed 26 March 2010 (German)
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- ^ Mantel, Uwe. Lenas "Satellite" feiert Premiere auf fünf Sendern. DWDL.de. 24 March 2010. Accessed 24 March 2010. (German)
- ^ Norddeutscher Rundfunk. "Es ist ein Rausch". Eurovision.ndr.de. 12 March 2010. Accessed 24 March 2010. (German)
- ^ Klier, Marcus. Lena Meyer-Landrut at number 1, 2 and 3 of German itunes charts . ESCToday.com. 13 March 2010. Accessed 24 March 2010.
- ^ Lena Meyer-Landrut: größter Download Hit der deutschen Geschichte. oljo.de. 13 March 2010. Accessed 30 March 2010. (German)
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- ^ Maier, Jens. Lena Meyer-Landrut: Satellite wird mit Platin ausgezeichnet. Stern.de. 14 April 2010. Accessed 14 April 2010. (German)
- ^ Charts KW 16: Unheilig zurück auf dem Thron. MusikWoche. 13 April 2010. Accessed 14 April 2010. (German)
- ^ ProSieben Television GmbH. TV total Oslo spezial. Presseportal.de. 13 April 2010. Accessed 14 April 2010. (German)
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- ^ Billboard Magazine. European Top 100 Albums: Week of May 22, 2010. Billboard.com. Accessed 21 May 2010.
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- ^ Europeans vie for pop dominance at song contest. Associated Press. 29 May 2010. Accessed 31 May 2010.
- ^ Henriksen, Arve. Fabian bød opp til sangfest. Aftenposten. 26 May 2010. Accessed 31 May 2010.
- ^ Fricker, Karen. Voters swayed by German singer's fresh and unusual approach. The Irish Times. 31 May 2010. Accessed 31 May 2010.
- ^ Savage, Mark. Germany drags Eurovision into the 21st Century. BBC News. 30 May 2010. Accessed 2 June 2010.
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- ^ Gäbler, Bernd and Imre Grimm. Ein Solo für zwei. Zeit.de. 31 May 2010. Accessed 31 May 2010. (German)
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- ^ Internet Movie Data Base: Sammys Abenteuer – Die Suche nach der geheimen Passage
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Further reading[link]
- English
- Brey, Marco. Lena Meyer-Landrut gets German ticket to Oslo. Eurovision.tv. 12 March 2010. Accessed 14 April 2010.
- Tarr, Sophie. Hanover teenager named Germany's hope for Eurovision. Deutsche Welle. 12 March 2010. Accessed 14 April 2010.
- European Broadcasting Union. Biography – About Lena. Eurovision.tv. Accessed 14 April 2010.
- Friedman, Deborah. Germany sends Eurovision star Lena into orbit (Interview). Deutsche Welle. 13 April 2010. Accessed 14 April 2010.
- Adams, Will. Germany's Eurovision 2010 Song: "Satellite" by Lena Meyer-Landrut. The Huffington Post. 4 May 2010. Accessed 6 May 2010.
- Spiegel.net GmbH. The Cult Of Lena-ism – Eurovision's Next Winner?. Spiegel Online. 21 May 2010. Accessed 23 May 2010.
- German
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- Pilz, Michael. Moderne Wolpertinger sollt ihr sein. Die Welt. 17 March 2010. Accessed 14 April 2010. (German)
- Dörfler, Sebastian. Verdammte Scheiße, ist die echt!. Die Tageszeitung. 25 March 2010. Accessed 14 April 2010. (German)
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- Rapp, Tobias. Lenaismus. Der Spiegel. 14/2010. Accessed 14 April 2010. (German)
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- Lena Meyer-Landrut at the Internet Movie Database
- Profile at BBC Online
- Profile at Eurovision.ndr.de (German)
- Profile at Unser-Star-fuer-Oslo.de (German)
- Videos of Meyer-Landrut's USFO performances at Unser-Star-fuer-Oslo.de (German)
- Video of Meyer-Landrut's Eurovision performance at NDR.de (German)
- Entry at Allmusic.com
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Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 |
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Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, 2011 |
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Best European Act in the MTV Europe Music Awards 2011 |
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| Name | Meyer-Landrut, Lena |
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| Short description | German singer |
| Date of birth | 23 May 1991 |
| Place of birth | Hanover, Germany |
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| Joyce Meyer | |
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 Meyer teaching at the Hillsong Conference in Kiev on October 4, 2007 |
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| Born | Pauline Joyce Hutchison (1943-06-04) June 4, 1943 (age 69) St. Louis, Missouri U.S. |
| Occupation | Bible teacher, author, speaker |
| Nationality | American Citizen |
| Spouse(s) | Dave Meyer |
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Joyce Meyer (born Pauline Joyce Hutchison; June 4, 1943) is a Charismatic Christian author and speaker. Meyer and her husband Dave have four grown children, and live outside St. Louis, Missouri. Her ministry is headquartered in the St. Louis suburb of Fenton, Missouri.
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Early life[link]
Meyer was born Pauline Joyce Hutchison in south St. Louis in 1943. Her father went into the army to fight in World War II soon after she was born. She has said in interviews that he began sexually abusing her upon his return, and discusses this experience in her meetings.[1]
A graduate of O'Fallon Technical High School in St. Louis, she married a part-time car salesman shortly after her senior year of high school. The marriage lasted for five years. She maintains that her husband frequently cheated on her and persuaded her to steal payroll checks from her employer. They used the money to go on a vacation to California. She states that she returned the money years later.[1] After her divorce, Meyer frequented local bars before meeting Dave Meyer, an engineering draftsman. They were married on January 7, 1967.
Meyer also reports that she was praying intensely while driving to work one morning in 1976 when she said she heard God call her name. She had been born-again at age nine, but her unhappiness drove her deeper into her faith. She says that she came home later that day from a beauty appointment "full of liquid love" and was "drunk with the Spirit of God" that night while at the local bowling alley.[1]
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- I didn't have any knowledge. I didn't go to church. And I had a lot of problems, and I needed somebody to kind of help me along. And I think sometimes even people who want to serve God, if they have got so many problems that they don't think right and they don't act right and they don't behave right, they almost need somebody to take them by the hand and help lead them through the early years.[2]
Meyer was briefly a member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church in St. Louis, a congregation of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.[1][3] She began leading an early-morning Bible class at a local cafeteria and became active in Life Christian Center, a charismatic church in Fenton. Within a few years, Meyer was the church's associate pastor. The church became one of the leading charismatic churches in the area, largely because of her popularity as a Bible teacher.[1] She also began airing a daily 15-minute radio broadcast on a St. Louis radio station.
In 1985, Meyer resigned as associate pastor and founded her own ministry, initially called "Life in the Word". She began airing her radio show on six other stations from Chicago to Kansas City.
In 1993, her husband Dave suggested that they start a television ministry.[1] Initially airing on superstation WGN-TV in Chicago and BET, her program, now called Enjoying Everyday Life, is still on the air today.
In 2004 St. Louis Christian television station KNLC, operated by the Rev. Larry Rice of New Life Evangelistic Center, dropped Meyer's programming. According to Rice, a longstanding Meyer supporter, Meyer's "excessive lifestyle" and her teachings often going "beyond Scripture" were the impetus for canceling the program.[4]
In 2005, Time magazine's "25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America" ranked Meyer as 17th.[5]
Ministry[link]
Meyer speaks humorously, sharing with her audience her own shortcomings and taking playful jabs at stereotypical church behavior. A particular crowd favorite is the "robot" routine, in which she goes into a stiff-armed imitation of a robot chanting "What about me? What about me?"[6]
According to Joyce Meyer Ministries, Meyer earned her doctoral degree from Life Christian University, an unaccredited institution in Tampa, Florida.[7] Meyer has been given an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity by Oral Roberts University, an accredited institution in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[7]
Salary and finances[link]
Meyer, who owns several homes and travels in a private jet (currently a Gulfstream IV),[8][9] has been criticized by some of her peers for living an excessive lifestyle. She responded that she doesn't have to defend her spending habits because "there’s no need for us to apologize for being blessed."[8] Meyer commented, "You can be a businessman here in St. Louis, and people think the more you have, the more wonderful it is...but if you’re a preacher, then all of a sudden it becomes a problem."[8]
On November 11, 2003, the St. Louis Post Dispatch published a four part series."[8] exposing Meyer’s "$10 million corporate jet, her husband’s $107,000 silver-gray Mercedes sedan, her then $2 million home and houses worth another $2 million for her four children", her $20 million headquarters, furnished with "$5.7 million worth of furniture, artwork, glassware, and the latest equipment and machinery, including a malachite round table, a marble-topped antique commode, a custom office bookcase, a $7,000 Stations of the Cross in Dresden porcelain, an eagle sculpture on a pedestal, another eagle made of silver, and numerous paintings", among many other expensive items — all paid for by "her ministry". The article prompted Wall Watchers[10] (a Christian nonprofit watchdog group) to call on the Internal Revenue Service to investigate Meyer and her family.
Following the adverse publicity about her lifestyle and Ministry Watch's request for an IRS probe, Meyer announced in 2004 plans to take a salary reduction from the $900,000 per year she had been receiving from Joyce Meyer Ministries (in addition to the $450,000 her husband received) [11] and instead personally keep more of the royalties from her outside book sales which Meyer had previously donated back to Joyce Meyer Ministries. She now retains royalties on books sold outside the ministry through retail outlets such as Wal-Mart, Amazon.com, and bookstores, while continuing to donate to her ministry royalties from books sold through her conferences, catalogues, website, and television program.[12] "The net effect of all of this," notes Ministry Watch,[10] "was most likely a sizable increase in the personal compensation of Joyce Meyer and reduced revenues for JMM." In an article in the St. Louis Business Journal, Meyer's public relations director, Mark Sutherland, confirmed that her new income would be "way above" her previous levels.[13] Joyce Meyer Ministries says it has made a commitment to maintain transparency in financial dealings,[14] publish their annual reports,[15] have a Board majority who are not Meyer relatives[16] and submit to a voluntary annual audit.[14][17] Currently this ministry is receiving a "C" rating (81-90) in financial transparency from Ministry Watch.[18]
Senate investigation[link]
On November 6, 2007, United States senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa announced an investigation of Meyer’s ministry by the United States Senate Committee on Finance.[19] Grassley asked for the ministry to divulge financial information[20][21] to the committee to determine if Meyer made any personal profit from financial donations, asking for a detailed accounting for such things as cosmetic surgery and foreign bank accounts and citing such expenses as the $23,000 commode mentioned earlier. He also requested that Meyer's ministry make the information available by December 6, 2007. In her November 29 response to Grassley, Meyer notes that the commode is a chest of drawers. Meyer writes that it was part of a large lot of items totaling $262,000 that were needed to furnish the ministry's 150,000-square-foot (14,000 m2) headquarters purchased in 2001. She said the commode's price tag was an "errant value" assigned by the selling agent and apologized for "not paying close attention to specific 'assigned values' placed on the pieces."[20] The investigation also aimed to scrutinize five other televangelists: Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland, Eddie L. Long, Paula White, and Creflo Dollar.[19]
Joyce Meyer Ministries responded with a newsletter to its e-mail list subscribers on November 9, 2007. The organization referred to its annual financial reports, asserting that, in 2006, the ministry spent 82 percent of its total expenses "for outreach and program services toward reaching people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as attested by independent accounting firm Stanfield & O'Dell, LLP." The message also quoted an October 10, 2007, letter from the Internal Revenue Service which stated, "We determined that you [Joyce Meyer Ministries] continue to qualify as an organization exempt from federal income tax under IRC section 501(c)(3)." The same information was also posted to the ministry website.
Meyer and Hinn were the only two ministries to comply with the Senate's requests for financial records, and both of them made commitments to future financial transparency. Neither party were found to have done any wrongdoing.[22]
ECFA accreditation[link]
In 2009, Joyce Meyer Ministries received accreditation from the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA). In an announcement on March 12, 2009, the ECFA said that Joyce Meyer Ministries and Oral Roberts University had met their requirements of "'responsible stewardship', which involves ministries' financial accountability, transparency, board governance and fund-raising practices."[23]
Works[link]
- Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind. 1993. ISBN 0-446-69109-7.
- Me and My Big Mouth: Your Answer is Right Under Your Nose. 2002. ISBN 0-446-69107-0.
- How to Hear from God: Learn to Know His Voice and Make Right Decisions. 2003. ISBN ISBN 0-446-53256-8.
- The Secret Power of Speaking God's Word. 2004. ISBN 0-446-57736-7.
- In Pursuit of Peace: 21 Ways to Conquer Anxiety, Fear, and Discontentment. 2004. ISBN 0-446-53195-2.
- Straight Talk: Overcoming Emotional Battles with the Power of God's Word. 2005. ISBN 0-446-57800-2.
- Approval Addiction: Overcoming Your Need to Please Everyone. 2005. ISBN 0-446-57772-3.
- Look Great Feel Great: Joyce shares twelve practical keys that will help you look and feel great. 2006. ISBN 0-446-57946-7.
- The Everyday Life Bible: The Power of God's Word for Everyday Living. 2006. ISBN 0-446-57827-4.
- The Confident Woman: Start Today Living Boldly and Without Fear. 2007. ISBN 0-446-53198-7.
- Woman to Woman: Candid Conversations from Me to You. 2007. ISBN 0-446-58180-1.
- I Dare You: Embrace Life With Passion. 2007. ISBN 0-446-53197-9.
- The Power of Simple Prayer: How to Talk with God about Everything. 2007. ISBN 0-446-53196-0.
- Top 10 Qualities of a Great Leader. 2007. ISBN 1-57794-913-7. (by Joyce Meyer and Phil Pringle)
- Conflict Free Living. 2008. ISBN 1-59979-062-9.
- Start Your New Life Today: An Exciting New Beginning with God. 2008. ISBN 0-446-50965-5.
- The Secret To True Happiness: Enjoy Today, Embrace Tomorrow. 2008. ISBN 0-446-53199-5.
- Never Give Up!: Relentless Determination to Overcome Life's Challenges. 2009. ISBN 0-446-58035-X.
- Eat the Cookie--Buy the Shoes: Giving Yourself Permission to Lighten Up. 2010. ISBN 0-446-53864-7.
- Power Thoughts: 12 Strategies to Win the Battle. 2010. ISBN 0-446-58036-8.
- Beauty for Ashes.
- The Penny.
See also[link]
References[link]
- Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Smith, Bill; Tuft, Carolyn (May 14, 2004). "Meyer traces her fervor to early abuse, alcohol". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. http://more.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/special/joycemeyer.nsf/0/1d29266a7f855b2886256ddf00701f8a?OpenDocument.
- ^ "Transcript: Interview with Joyce Meyer". Larry King Live. CNN. May 19, 2005. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0505/19/lkl.01.html.
- ^ Cole, Heather (June 22, 2003). "Meyer's $57 million evangelism empire". St. Louis Business Journal. http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2003/06/23/story2.html.
- ^ Smith, Bill (January 3, 2004). "Meyers ministry withdraws program from channel 24". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=Joyce%20Meyer&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=2004&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=%28%22Joyce%20Meyer%22%29&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:A&xcal_useweights=no. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
- ^ "25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America". Time. February 7, 2005. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1993235_1993243_1993303,00.html.
- ^ Smith, Bill; Tuft, Carolyn (November 17, 2003). "Money pitch is a hit with followers". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. http://more.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/special/joycemeyer.nsf/0/e46289239764dd2286256de100245317?OpenDocument.
- ^ a b "FAQ". Joyce Meyer Ministries. http://www.joycemeyer.org/AboutUs/faq.aspx. Retrieved June 30, 2008.
- ^ a b c d Smith, Bill; Tuft, Carolyn (November 15, 2003). "From Fenton to fortune in the name of God". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/special/joycemeyer.nsf/story/C5099399D2FCC5FA86256DDF00661C5F?OpenDocument.
- ^ FAA US civil aircraft register search, using "N7JM" as the search parameter. Search conducted 15 November 2008.
- ^ a b "Joyce Meyer/ JMM/ Enjoying Every Day Life/ Life in the Word". MinistryWatch.com. Wall Watchers. http://www.ministrywatch.com/profile/Joyce-Meyer.aspx. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
- ^ Soeteber, Ellen; Robbins, Arnie (June 19, 2005). "To our readers, an apology". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/special/joycemeyer.nsf/0/3230A355F7AB972B862570260050AE09?OpenDocument.
- ^ Cutrer, Corrie (January 1, 2004). "Joyce Meyer Responds to Critics, Shifts Income Source". Christianity Today. http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/2004/januaryweb-only/1-19-13.0.html.
- ^ Cole, Heather (July 9, 2004). "Joyce Meyer takes pay cut, releases some financials". St. Louis Business Journal. http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2004/07/12/story8.html.
- ^ a b "A Commitment to Maintain Trust and Provide Transparency". Joyce Meyer Ministries. http://www.joycemeyer.org/AboutUs/FinancialAccountability.aspx. Retrieved August 23, 2007.
- ^ "Financial Accountability". Joyce Meyer Ministries. http://www.joycemeyer.org/AboutUs/FinancialAccountability.aspx.
- ^ "Board Members". Joyce Meyer Ministries. http://www.joycemeyer.org/AboutUs/BoardMembers.aspx.
- ^ "Audit report of 2005 financial operations" (PDF). Joyce Meyer Ministries. http://www.joycemeyer.org/AnnualReport/default.aspx.
- ^ "Summary for Joyce Meyer Ministries". MinistryWatch.com. Wall Watchers. http://www.ministrywatch.com/mw2.1/F_SumRpt.asp?EIN=431382734.
- ^ a b "Televangelists Living Like Kings?". CBS News. November 6, 2007. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/06/cbsnews_investigates/main3462147.shtml.
- ^ a b Lohr, Kathy (December 4, 2007). "Senator Probes Megachurches' Finances". NPR.org. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16860611. Retrieved December 10, 2007.
- ^ Grassley, Charles (November 5, 2007). "Letter to David and Joyce Meyer" (PDF). NPR.org. http://media.npr.org/documents/2007/nov/grassley/meyer.pdf. Retrieved December 10, 2007.
- ^ Zoll, Rachel (January 7, 2011). "Televangelists escape penalty in Senate inquiry". MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40960871/m/videos/.
- ^ "Meyer, ORU Gain ECFA Accreditation". Charisma. March 13, 2009. http://www.charismamag.com/index.php/news/20033.
External links[link]
- Official site
- Joyce Meyer at the Internet Movie Database
- Everyday Life Broadcast with Joyce Meyer online
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| Name | Meyer, Joyce |
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| Date of birth | June 4, 1943 |
| Place of birth | St. Louis, Missouri U.S. |
| Date of death | |
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