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Alejandro Aranda
Alejandro Aranda (born August 11, 1994), known by his stage name Scarypoolparty, is an American singer, musician, and reality television personality from Pomona, California, and runner-up on the American Idol (season 17), seventeenth season of ''American Idol''. His debut album ''Exit Form'' was released on November 22, 2019. His follow-up album length EP, ''Doom Hologram'' was released on September 4, 2020. L.A. was released 2021. The Act of Forgiveness/a double Album was released in 2021 also. Early life Musically, Aranda's early influences included classical music like Beethoven, Bach and Chopin, along with Dead Can Dance, Nine Inch Nails and other classical and contemporary artists. In 2017, Aranda won Artist of the Year with CSUN and Five of Five Entertainment. It was from here that he started gaining traction in the world of music. Aranda's American Idol audition in front of the judges was aired on ABC on March 6, 2019. He was the only contestant to play seven origina ...
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Pomona, California
Pomona is a city in Los Angeles County, California. Pomona is located in the Pomona Valley, between the Inland Empire and the San Gabriel Valley. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 151,713. The main campus of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, also known as Cal Poly Pomona, lies partially within Pomona's city limits, with the rest being located in the neigboring unincorporated community of Ramona. History Beginnings to 1880 The area was originally occupied by the Tongva Native Americans. The city is named after Pomona, the ancient Roman goddess of fruit. For horticulturist Solomon Gates, "Pomona" was the winning entry in a contest to name the city in 1875, before anyone had ever planted a fruit tree there.A Brief History of Pomona
The city was first settled by Ricardo Véjar an ...
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Sorry (Justin Bieber Song)
"Sorry" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Justin Bieber for his fourth studio album, '' Purpose'' (2015). Written by Bieber, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, Skrillex, and BloodPop; the song was produced by the latter two. It was released on October 22, 2015, as the second single from the album. A dancehall pop, tropical house and moombahton song, "Sorry" contains in its instrumentation "brassy horn bleats", warm island rhythms and a bouncy dembow riddim drum beat. Lyrically, "Sorry" is a plea for a chance to apologize to a lover, with Bieber asking forgiveness and a second chance to redeem himself. Bieber has since said that the lover was Selena Gomez. Commercially, the song topped the charts of thirteen countries. It spent seven weeks at number one on the Canadian Hot 100 and three weeks at number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100; "Sorry" was replaced by third single "Love Yourself" on the chart dated February 13, 2016, making Bieber the 12th act in the Hot 100's history ...
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Remember Me (Coco Song)
"Remember Me" is a song from the 2017 animated Pixar film ''Coco (2017 film), Coco'', written by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. The song is performed variously within the film by Benjamin Bratt, Gael García Bernal, Anthony Gonzalez (actor), Anthony Gonzalez, and Ana Ofelia Murguía. Miguel (singer), Miguel and Natalia Lafourcade perform a pop version of the song that is featured in the film's end credits. Carlos Rivera recorded a cover version of the song, titled "Recuérdame" for the film's Spanish-language soundtrack album. It won Academy Award for Best Original Song, Best Original Song at the 90th Academy Awards in 2018. This song was featured in ABC's 2020 television special ''The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II''. Context The song is used in a variety of contexts throughout the film. It is known as Ernesto de la Cruz's (Benjamin Bratt) most popular song written by his music partner Héctor Rivera (Gael García Bernal), and is first introduced in a mariachi ...
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Drake (musician)
Aubrey Drake Graham ( ; born October 24, 1986) is a Canadian rapper and singer. An influential figure in contemporary popular music, Drake has been credited for popularizing singing and R&B sensibilities in hip hop. He gained recognition by starring as Jimmy Brooks in the CTV teen drama series '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' (2001–08) and subsequently pursued a career in music releasing his debut mixtape '' Room for Improvement'' in 2006. He released the mixtapes ''Comeback Season'' (2007) and '' So Far Gone'' (2009) before signing with Young Money Entertainment. Drake's first three albums, ''Thank Me Later'' (2010), '' Take Care'' (2011) and ''Nothing Was the Same'' (2013), were all critical successes and propelled him to the forefront of hip hop. His fourth album, ''Views'' (2016), saw exploration of dancehall and stood atop the ''Billboard'' 200 for 13 non-consecutive weeks, making it the first album by a male artist to do so in over a decade, and featured the cha ...
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One Dance
"One Dance" is a song by Canadian rapper and singer Drake from his fourth studio album ''Views'' (2016). It features guest vocals from Nigerian afrobeats artist WizKid and British singer Kyla. The artists co-wrote the dancehall and afrobeats song with its co-producers Nineteen85 and Noah "40" Shebib, with production assistance from Wizkid. Crazy Cousinz and Kyla received songwriting credits for the sampling of their 2008 UK funky song " Do You Mind". "One Dance" was released for digital download on April 5, 2016, and was serviced to US urban, rhythmic, and contemporary hit radio on April 12, 2016. "One Dance" was released shortly after the release date for ''Views'' was announced, alongside "Pop Style". "One Dance" was the first of three dancehall singles to be released from ''Views'', along with "Controlla" and "Too Good". "One Dance" reached number one in 15 countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United ...
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The Blind Boys Of Alabama
The Blind Boys of Alabama, also billed as The Five Blind Boys of Alabama, and Clarence Fountain and the Blind Boys of Alabama, is an American gospel group. The group was founded in 1939 in Talladega, Alabama, and has featured a changing roster of musicians over its history, the majority of whom are or were vision impaired. The Blind Boys found mainstream success following their appearance in the 1983 Obie Award-winning musical ''The Gospel at Colonus''. Since then, the group has toured internationally and has performed and recorded with such artists as Prince, Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Bonnie Raitt, Ben Harper, Bon Iver, and Amadou & Mariam. The group's cover of the Tom Waits song "Way Down in the Hole" was used as the theme song for the first season of the HBO series ''The Wire''. The Blind Boys have won five Grammy Awards in addition to being presented with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. They were endowed with a National Heritage Fellowship from the Nation ...
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Ben Harper
Benjamin Chase Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances, and activism. He has released twelve regular studio albums, mostly through Virgin Records, and has toured internationally. Harper is a three-time Grammy Award winner and seven-time nominee, with awards for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album in 2004 and Best Blues Album in 2013. At the 40th Blues Music Awards ceremony, Harper's joint composition with Charlie Musselwhite, "No Mercy in This Land", was named Song of the Year. Early life Harper was born in Pomona, California. His late father, Leonard Harper, was of African-American and Cherokee ancestry, and his mother, Ellen Harper Verdries ( Chase), is Jewish. His maternal great-grandmother was a Russian- Lithuanian Jew. His parents divorce ...
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There Will Be A Light
''There Will Be a Light'' is a gospel album by Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama, released in 2004. It is Harper's sixth album. This album earned a Grammy award for Best Gospel album while Harper also won a Grammy for the track, "11th Commandment". Track listing All songs written by Ben Harper except as noted. #"Take My Hand" – 3:54 #"Wicked Man" – 3:33 #"Where Could I Go" (Marc Ford, Ben Harper, Jason Yates) – 4:09 #"Church House Steps" – 4:46 #"11th Commandment" (Harper, The Blind Boys of Alabama) – 1:34 #"Well, Well, Well" (Bob Dylan, Danny O'Keefe) – 3:15 #"Picture of Jesus" – 3:45 #" Satisfied Mind" ( Red Hayes, Jack Rhodes) – 3:15 #" Mother Pray" (James Rowe, John W. Vaughan) – 3:00 #"There Will Be a Light" – 3:22 #"Church on Time" – 4:17 Personnel *Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals *Bobby Butler *Oliver Charles *Rock Deadrick *Clarence Fountain *Ricke McKinnie * Leon Mobley *Juan Nelson *Tracie Pierce *Michael Ward *Joe "Jackson Joe" William ...
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Post Malone
Austin Richard Post (born July 4, 1995), known professionally as Post Malone, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Known for his variegated vocals, Malone has gained acclaim for blending genres and subgenres of hip hop, pop, R&B, and trap. His stage name was derived from inputting his birth name into a rap name generator. Malone began his music career in 2011 and gained recognition with his 2015 debut single "White Iverson", which peaked at number 14 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Malone signed a recording contract with Republic Records and released his debut album '' Stoney'' (2016); it contained the diamond single "Congratulations" (featuring Quavo) and set the record for most weeks (77) on the US ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. His second album, ''Beerbongs & Bentleys'' (2018), debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and set several streaming records. It also contained the US number-one singles "Rockstar" (featuring ...
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I Fall Apart
"I Fall Apart" is a song by American rapper and singer Post Malone. It was sent to rhythmic contemporary radio through Republic Records on October 17, 2017, as the sixth and final single from his debut studio album, '' Stoney'' (2016). Malone wrote the song with producer Illangelo alongside Billy Walsh. A viral performance was released on social media. Background "I Fall Apart" was included on Post Malone's 2016 album, ''Stoney'', and never originally released as a single, but a live performance of the song on September 24, 2017, went viral. A video of the performance was posted by a fan on Twitter and has earned more than 200,000 likes. It was later uploaded on Facebook, and has tallied more than 7.9 million global views. Chart performance The song has peaked at number 16 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 as well as peaking at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Offic ...
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Coldplay
Coldplay are a British rock band formed in London in 1997. They consist of vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer Will Champion and creative director Phil Harvey. They met at University College London and began playing music together from 1996 to 1998, initially calling themselves Starfish. After independently releasing an extended play, ''Safety'' (1998), Coldplay signed with Parlophone in 1999. The band's debut album, ''Parachutes'' (2000), included their breakthrough single "Yellow" and received a Brit Award for British Album of the Year, a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album and a Mercury Prize nomination. Their second album, ''A Rush of Blood to the Head'' (2002), won the same accolades and included "Clocks", which earned a Grammy Award for Record of the Year. In 2005, they released '' X&Y''; the album was marked by a troubled production and various delays, completing what the band considered a trilogy as wel ...
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Yellow (Coldplay Song)
"Yellow" is a song by the British rock band Coldplay. The band wrote the song and co-produced it with British record producer Ken Nelson for their debut album, ''Parachutes'' (2000). The song was recorded in March 2000 and released on 26 June that same year as the second UK single from ''Parachutes'', following "Shiver", and as the lead single in the United States. "Yellow" reached number four on the UK Singles Chart, giving Coldplay their first top-five hit in the United Kingdom. It was Coldplay's breakthrough hit internationally, reaching number one in Iceland, number five in Australia, number nine in Ireland and number 48 in the United States. Helped by heavy rotation and usage in advertising, the song thrust the band into popularity. "Yellow" has since been covered by various recording artists worldwide, and remains one of the band's most popular songs. Background and inspiration "Yellow" was written in Rockfield's Quadrangle studio near Monmouth in South Wales, where Co ...
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