Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte /ˈʃɑːrlət/ is the largest city in the state of North Carolina, in the United States. It is the county seat of Mecklenburg County and the second largest city in the Southeastern United States, just behind Jacksonville, Florida. Charlotte is the third fastest growing major city in the United States. In 2014, the estimated population of Charlotte according to the U.S. Census Bureau was 809,958, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area ranks 22nd largest in the US and had a 2014 population of 2,380,314. The Charlotte metropolitan area is part of a sixteen-county market region or combined statistical area with a 2014 U.S. Census population estimate of 2,537,990. Residents of Charlotte are referred to as "Charlotteans". It is listed as a "gamma-plus" global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.

Charlotte is home to the corporate headquarters of Bank of America and the east coast operations of Wells Fargo, which among other financial operations makes it the second largest banking center in the United States. Among Charlotte's many notable attractions, some of the most popular include the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL), the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA), two NASCAR Sprint Cup races and the NASCAR All-Star Race, the Wells Fargo Championship, the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Carowinds amusement park, and the U.S. National Whitewater Center. Charlotte Douglas International Airport is a major international hub, and was ranked the 23rd busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic in 2013.

Good Charlotte

Good Charlotte is an American rock band from Waldorf, Maryland that formed in 1996. Since 1998, the band's constant members have been lead vocalist Joel Madden, rhythm guitarist and vocalist Benji Madden, bassist Paul Thomas, lead guitarist and keyboardist Billy Martin and drummer Dean Butterworth, who has been a member of the band since 2005. After embarking on a 4-year-long hiatus in 2011, they announced their comeback on 3 November, 2015. The band has released five studio albums: Good Charlotte (2000), The Young and the Hopeless (2002), The Chronicles of Life and Death (2004), Good Morning Revival (2007), and Cardiology (2010) as well as two compilations: Greatest Remixes (2008) and Greatest Hits (2010).

The band released Makeshift Love in 2015 as the first single off their upcoming untitled sixth album.

History

Early years (1996–1998)

Each original member of the band attended La Plata High School in Maryland. The band made a name for itself in nearby Washington, D.C., playing the WHFS annual rock show HFStival in 1998 and 1999. They mainly played out small bars which soon earned them attention.

Cher Lloyd

Cher Lloyd (born 28 July 1993) is an English singer, songwriter, rapper, and model. Lloyd rose to fame in 2010 when she finished fourth in the seventh series of The X Factor. Following the seventh series finale, Lloyd was signed to Syco Music.

Lloyd's debut single, "Swagger Jagger," was released in July 2011. The single entered at number one on the UK Singles Chart and number two in the Republic of Ireland. Her second single, "With Ur Love," was released on 31 October 2011, featuring Mike Posner, and peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart, and number five in Ireland, preceding her debut album, Sticks and Stones (2011), which peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart and number seven in Ireland. Lloyd released her second album, Sorry I'm Late in 2014. Despite its positive acclaim, the album failed to match the success of its predecessor, peaking at number 21 on the UK Albums Chart. Although the album was met with little chart success Sorry I'm Late did sell more copies than the debut album did as Sticks and Stones only sold 31,000 and the second 41,000. Lloyd also experienced crossover appeal, signing to US record label Epic Records in 2012.

I Just Wanna

"I Just Wanna" is a song by American hip hop recording artist 50 Cent, released on March 26, 2012, as the second single from his tenth mixtape The Big 10, released on December 9, 2011. The song features the G-Unit member Tony Yayo and productions from D.R.U.G.S.

Background

The single was announced on February 23, 2012, with the cover. The song on the mixtape starts with a sexual thirty-six-second intro and samples "That's the Way (I Like It)" performed by KC and the Sunshine Band. The intro and the sample was cut from the single version.

Music video

The video for the single was released on December 12, 2011, via his YouTube account and featured cameos appearances from Tony Yayo. 50 Cent also shown his new headphones line of SMS Audio on the video. It was directed by Jackson Smith, who also directed all of the videos of the mixtape, except Niggas Be Schemin'.

The music video has received over 4 million views on Youtube.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

I Just Wanna Live

"I Just Wanna Live" is the second single from Good Charlotte's third full-length studio album, The Chronicles of Life and Death and was officially released on November 15, 2004. It was one of the songs that Sony paid radio stations to play in the 2005 payola scandal. As a hit single from the album, it carried on Good Charlotte's commercial success. It was certified Gold in Australia and the US, and reached high chart placements worldwide.

Track listing

Charts

Certifications

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