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In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing. A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs. The lyrics (words) of songs are typically of a poetic, rhyming nature, though they may be religious verses or free prose.
A song may be for a solo singer, a duet, trio, or larger ensemble involving more voices. Songs with more than one voice to a part are considered choral works. Songs can be broadly divided into many different forms, depending on the criteria used. One division is between "art songs", "pop songs", and "folk songs". Other common methods of classification are by purpose (sacred vs secular), by style (dance, ballad, Lied, etc.), or by time of origin (Renaissance, Contemporary, etc.).
A song is a piece of music for accompanied or unaccompanied voice or voices or, "the act or art of singing," but the term is generally not used for large vocal forms including opera and oratorio. However, the term is, "often found in various figurative and transferred sense (e.g. for the lyrical second subject of a sonata...)." The noun "song" has the same etymological root as the verb "to sing" and the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines the word to mean "that which is sung" or "a musical composition suggestive of song." The OED also defines the word to mean "a poem" or "the musical phrases uttered by some birds, whales, and insects, typically forming a recognizable and repeated sequence and used chiefly for territorial defence or for attracting mates."
Peter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985), better known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Raised in Honolulu, Hawaii by a family of musicians, Mars began making music at a young age. He performed in various musical venues in his hometown throughout his childhood. He graduated from high school and then moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a musical career. Mars produced songs for other artists, joining production team The Smeezingtons.
Mars had an unsuccessful stint with Motown Records, but then signed with Atlantic Records in 2009. He became recognized as a solo artist after lending his vocals and co-writing the hooks for the songs "Nothin' on You" by B.o.B, and "Billionaire" by Travie McCoy. He also co-wrote the hits "Right Round" by Flo Rida featuring Ke$ha, and "Wavin' Flag" by K'naan. In October 2010, he released his debut album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans. Anchored by the worldwide number-one singles "Just the Way You Are" and "Grenade", the album peaked at number three on the Billboard 200. Mars was nominated for seven Grammys at the 53rd Grammy Awards, winning Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Just the Way You Are".
Enrique Iglesias (born Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler; May 8, 1975) is a Spanish singer, songwriter and occasional actor, popular in both the Latin market and the Hispanic American market in the United States. He is the son of the famous Spanish singer Julio Iglesias. Within five years of beginning his musical career in the 1990s, he became the biggest seller of Spanish-language albums of that decade. He made his crossover into the mainstream English language market before the turn of the millennium, signing a multi-album deal with Universal Music Group for an unprecedented US$50,000,000 with Universal Music Latino to release his Spanish albums and Interscope to release English albums. In 2010, he parted with Interscope and signed with another Universal Music Group label, Universal Republic.
Iglesias has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best selling Spanish language artists of all time. He has had five Billboard Hot 100 top five singles, including two number-ones, and holds the record for producing 22 number-one Spanish-language singles on the Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks. He has also had ten number-one songs on Billboard's Dance charts, more than any other single male artist. Altogether, Iglesias has amassed 55 number-one hits on the various Billboard charts. Billboard has called him The King of Latin Pop and The King of Dance. Billboard also named Enrique the number two Latin artist of the years 1986–2011 (Luis Miguel taking the first spot).
Actors: Bogdan Baer (actor), Henryk Kuzniak (composer), Leon Niemczyk (actor), Elzbieta Radke (costume designer), Ludwik Benoit (actor), Bronislaw Pawlik (actor), Boguslaw Sochnacki (actor), Ryszard Kotys (actor), Jan Peszek (actor), Jan Himilsbach (actor), Tomasz Zygadlo (actor), Alina Faflik (editor), Jan Pawel Kruk (actor), Stefan Friedmann (actor), Jerzy Matula (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Arnis Licitis (actor), Aleksey Petrenko (actor), Alexandre Dumas père (writer), Vladimir Steklov (actor), Yuriy Dubrovin (actor), Aleksei Zharkov (actor), Vsevolod Shilovsky (actor), Mikhail Boyarskiy (actor), Igor Sklyar (actor), Svetlana Smirnova (actress), Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich (actor), Nikolai Kochegarov (actor), Anna Samokhina (actress), Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich (director), Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich (writer),
Plot: A Russian version of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
Keywords: 1800s, based-on-novel, canceled-wedding, conspiracy, death-of-friend, false-accusation, foreign-language-adaptation, island-prison, jealousy, marseille-provenceActors: Olga Volkova (actress), Andrei Petrov (composer), Nina Agapova (actress), Vatslav Dvorzhetsky (actor), Eldar Ryazanov (writer), Eldar Ryazanov (writer), Tatyana Dogileva (actress), Aleksandr Pyatkov (actor), Valentin Gaft (actor), Vsevolod Sanayev (actor), Pyotr Merkurev (actor), Aleksandr Shirvindt (actor), Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy (actor), Eldar Ryazanov (director), Irina Kupchenko (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,Actors: Olga Volkova (actress), Andrei Petrov (composer), Nina Agapova (actress), Vatslav Dvorzhetsky (actor), Eldar Ryazanov (writer), Eldar Ryazanov (writer), Tatyana Dogileva (actress), Aleksandr Pyatkov (actor), Valentin Gaft (actor), Vsevolod Sanayev (actor), Pyotr Merkurev (actor), Aleksandr Shirvindt (actor), Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy (actor), Eldar Ryazanov (director), Irina Kupchenko (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,Actors: Yuri Medvedev (actor), Igor Yefimov (actor), Givi Tokhadze (actor), Andrey Gradov (actor), Igor Sklyar (actor), Vladimir Ivanov (actor), Valentina Olejnik (editor), Yuri Kuzmenko (actor), Yelena Kozelkova (actress), Anna Nazaryeva (actress), Aleksandr Polynnikov (director), Marina Shimanskaya (actress), Algis Arlauskas (actor), Yuriy Antonov (actor), Yuriy Antonov (composer),
Genres: Comedy, Musical,Actors: Vladimir Menshov (director), Vladimir Menshov (writer), Liya Akhedzhakova (actress), Georgiy Yumatov (actor), Zoya Fyodorova (actress), Raisa Ryazanova (actress), Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy (actor), Vladimir Basov (actor), Aleksandr Borodyanskiy (actor), Viktor Uralskiy (actor), Garri Bardin (actor), Oleg Tabakov (actor), Vladimir Menshov (actor), Aleksey Batalov (actor), Vladimir Gusev (actor),
Plot: This is a life story of three girlfriends from youth to autumn ages. Their dreams and wishes, love, disillusions. Different careers. And big late love.
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, cameraman, career, dating, daughter, drinking-alcohol, factory, falling-in-loveActors: Vladimir Menshov (director), Vladimir Menshov (writer), Liya Akhedzhakova (actress), Georgiy Yumatov (actor), Zoya Fyodorova (actress), Raisa Ryazanova (actress), Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy (actor), Vladimir Basov (actor), Aleksandr Borodyanskiy (actor), Viktor Uralskiy (actor), Garri Bardin (actor), Oleg Tabakov (actor), Vladimir Menshov (actor), Aleksey Batalov (actor), Vladimir Gusev (actor),
Plot: This is a life story of three girlfriends from youth to autumn ages. Their dreams and wishes, love, disillusions. Different careers. And big late love.
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, cameraman, career, dating, daughter, drinking-alcohol, factory, falling-in-loveActors: Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov (actor), Viktor Ilichyov (actor), Aleksey Vanin (actor), Afanasi Kochetkov (actor), Stefaniya Stanyuta (actress), Aleksandr Goloborodko (actor), Nikolay Merzlikin (actor), Boris Gitin (actor), Yuri Chulyukin (director), Yuri Chulyukin (writer), Irina Malysheva (actress), Aleksandr Gradsky (composer), Tatyana Likhachyova (editor), Aleksandr Gradsky (actor), Valeri Zakharyev (actor),
Genres: Action, Adventure,Actors: Duncan McIntyre (actor), John Gray (director), John Gray (producer), Louis Miller (editor), Bill Jack (actor), Kenna Campbell (actress), Jamieson Clark (actor), Cecil J. Allen (actor),
Genres: Documentary,