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Andru Donalds
Andru Donalds (born 16 November 1974) is a Jamaican musician and vocalist, who also worked in collaboration with the Enigma project. Donalds had a hit single in America in 1995 with " Mishale", which reached No. 38 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Biography Andru Donalds was born in Kingston, Jamaica. His musical style ranges from pop, rock and roll, to reggae and ballads. His influences include Bob Marley, Black Uhuru, The Beatles, Michael Jackson and Prince. Solo career After leaving school, Donalds traveled to England, the Netherlands and New York City, to develop his musical abilities as singer and songwriter. He met the producer and songwriter Eric Foster White, who had hits with stars such as Frank Sinatra, Whitney Houston, Julio Iglesias, Backstreet Boys, and Boyzone. Together they produced the debut album ''Andru Donalds'', with the single " Mishale" becoming successful worldwide. His second album ''Damned If I Don't'' was released in 1997. The song "Somebody's Baby" wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island. In the Americas, Kingston is the largest predominantly English-speaking city in the Caribbean. The local government bodies of the parishes of Kingston and Saint Andrew were amalgamated by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation Act of 1923, to form the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC). Greater Kingston, or the "Corporate Area" refers to those areas under the KSAC; however, it does not solely refer to Kingston Parish, which only consists of the old downtown and Port Royal. Kingston Parish had a population of 89,057, and St. Andrew Parish had a population of 573,369 in 2011 Kingston is only bordered by Saint Andrew to the east, west and north. The geographical border for the parish of K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Foster White
Eric Foster White (born 1962) is a Grammy-nominated American songwriter, record producer, and musician who has written songs for pop acts such as Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, and the Backstreet Boys. Through his work with artists, White is credited with 70 million album sales worldwide and many hit singles. Career White graduated from the University of Miami in 1983 with a bachelor's degree. In the 1980s and early 1990s, White toured with Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Gloria Estefan. He worked at Sony Music before moving on to Jive Records. He also started two music production-publishing companies. In 2006, White formed Mina Latina Records with DJ Thomas Acosta. Recently, White got into the mobile entertainment industry by creating Showmobile which Hitstreak airs on. Showmobile was signed by Radio Disney via an online carriage agreements in 2014. Select discography # 1991 – "My Name Is Not Susan" (Whitney Houston) # 1991 – "I Can't Wait Another Minute" (Hi-Fiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Art Of Love (album)
''The Art of Love'' is the eighth studio album by German singer Sandra (singer), Sandra released in 2007 by Virgin Records. Background ''The Art of Love'' is Sandra's first album not to be produced by her then-partner, Michael Cretu, who at that time was unavailable due to working on the new Enigma (German band), Enigma album, ''A Posteriori''. It was also her last album released before their separation in late 2007. Instead, the material was produced by Jens Gad, Cretu's "right hand man". This change made Sandra actively participate in writing songs for the first time in her career. She contributed very personal lyrics, revisiting sad experiences from her childhood. The album also includes three cover versions: "Put Your Arms Around Me" originally recorded by Sinéad O'Connor, "All You Zombies (song), All You Zombies" by The Hooters, and "Casino Royale", previously recorded by Edyta Górniak as "Sleep with Me" and Conjure One as "Sleep". "Love Is the Price" features DJ BoBo and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Way I Am (Sandra Song)
"The Way I Am" is a pop song by German singer Sandra, written by Jens Gad, Sandra and Andru Donalds, and produced by Gad. It was released as the lead single from Sandra's eighth studio album '' The Art of Love'' in January 2007. The single included two non-album tracks, "Logical Love" and "Sleep", the latter an alternative version of the track "Casino Royale" from ''The Art of Love''. "Sleep" is a cover of "Sleep with Me" released by Polish singer Edyta Górniak in 2002, which in turn has been originally performed by electronic act Conjure One featuring singer Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo. "The Way I Am" was moderately successful on the German singles chart. No official music video has been filmed for the song. Formats and track listings * CD maxi single/digital download #"The Way I Am" (Radio Edit) – 3:30 #"The Way I Am" (Extended Club Edit) – 6:59 #"The Way I Am" (Lounge Edit) – 5:06 #"Logical Love" – 3:33 #"Sleep" (Alternative Version "Casino Royale") – 3:21 Charts Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra (singer)
Sandra Ann Lauer (born 18 May 1962), commonly known under her stage name Sandra and Sandra Cretu (), is a Franco-German pop singer who enjoyed mainstream popularity in the 1980s and early 1990s with a string of European hit singles, produced by her then-husband and musical partner, Michael Cretu, most notably " (I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" (1985), " In the Heat of the Night" (1985), " Everlasting Love" (1987), "Secret Land" (1988), "Hiroshima" (1990) and "Don't Be Aggressive" (1992). Her albums ''Into a Secret Land'' (1988) and ''Close to Seven'' (1992) have won Sandra high critical acclaim. Prior to embarking on a solo career, Sandra was the lead singer of the all-female disco trio Arabesque, which had a massive following in Japan and the Soviet Union. Also, between 1990 and 2001, she provided vocals on album releases of the very successful musical project Enigma, which had top 10 hits in North America and the United Kingdom. A cult star with a devoted fan base, Sandra rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgenia Vlasova
Evgenia Vlasova ( uk, Євгенія Власова) (russian: link=no, Евгения Власова) (born 8 April 1978 in Kyiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian singer-songwriter. Biography Her parents were artistically inclined (mother was an actress, father was a singer). In 1994 Vlasova entered the R. Glier State Higher Music College, graduating in 1998. In that same year, she entered the ''Queen of the Song'' international competition in Rimini, Italy singing ''Musyka dusha moya (Music of my soul)''. She won the grand prize in this event. Also in 1998, Vlasova won several Ukrainian music popularity competitions such as the ''Song of the Year'' festival and the ''21st Century's Hope'' nomination. In 1999 she wrote "Wind of Hope (song), Wind of Hope". Dmitriy Kostiuk signed on as her manager in that same year. In November 2001, the ''Wind of Hope'' full-length album was released. This album was followed a string of mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Til Schweiger
Tilman Valentin Schweiger (; born 19 December 1963) is a German actor, voice actor and filmmaker. He runs his own production company, Barefoot Films, in Berlin. Early life Schweiger was born in Freiburg, West Germany, to two teachers. He grew up in Heuchelheim near Giessen in Hesse, where he went to school. Later, he took acting lessons at ''Der Keller'' in Cologne and graduated in 1989. Career Schweiger's debut as a producer and (uncredited) director came in 1997 with ''Knockin' on Heaven's Door''. He also directed and produced '' Der Eisbär'' (''The Polar Bear'') in 1998. Schweiger won a Bambi Award for ''Barfuss'' (''Barefoot'') in 2005, which he wrote, directed, and starred in. He also won a Bambi for his lead role in ''Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1''. In 2007, ''Keinohrhasen'' (this literally translates to "no ear rabbit" while the English title is ''Rabbit Without Ears''), written, produced, and directed by Schweiger, became the most successful film in German th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Cretu
Michael Cretu ( ro, Mihai Crețu, ; born 18 May 1957) is a Romanian-German musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He gained worldwide fame as the founder and musician behind the musical project Enigma, which he formed in 1990. Cretu began a music career in 1976 as a solo artist and released numerous studio albums as well as writing and producing albums for his then-wife, German pop singer Sandra. He also worked with artists through the 1980s, including Peter Cornelius, Hubert Kah, and Mike Oldfield. Cretu was sometimes identified as "Curly" or "Curly M.C.", in reference to his curly hair and ''creț'' meaning "curly" in Romanian. Cretu scored an unexpected worldwide commercial hit with the debut Enigma album '' MCMXC a.D.'' (1990), helped by its lead single, "Sadeness (Part I)". Cretu continues to produce Enigma albums and singles; the most recent is ''The Fall of a Rebel Angel'' (2016), its eighth overall. Enigma has sold an estimated 70 million albums worldwide, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, the site now includes releases in all genres on all formats. After the database was opened to contributions from the public, rock music began to become the most prevalent genre listed. , Discogs contains over 15.7 million releases, by over 8.3 million artists, across over 1.9 million labels, contributed from over 644,000 contributor user accounts – with these figures constantly growing as users continually add previously unlisted releases to the site over time. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc. and located in Portland, Oregon, United States. History The discogs.com domain name was registered in August 2000, and Discogs itself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Will Hunting
''Good Will Hunting'' is a 1997 American psychological drama film directed by Gus Van Sant, and written by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. It stars Robin Williams, Damon, Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård and Minnie Driver. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed over $225 million during its theatrical run against a $10 million budget. At the 70th Academy Awards, it received nominations in nine categories, including Best Picture and Best Director, and won in two: Best Supporting Actor for Williams and Best Original Screenplay for Affleck and Damon. In 2014, it was ranked at number 53 in ''The Hollywood Reporter''s "100 Favorite Films" list. Plot Twenty-year-old Will Hunting of South Boston is a natural genius who is self-taught and been recently paroled from jail. He works as a janitor at MIT and spends his free time drinking with his step-brother Chuckie and his friends Billy and Morgan. When Professor Gerald Lambeau posts a difficult combinatorial mathem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyzone
Boyzone were an Irish boy band, created in 1993 by talent manager Louis Walsh. Before even recording any material, Boyzone made an appearance on RTÉ's '' The Late Late Show''. Their most successful line-up was composed of Keith Duffy, Stephen Gately, Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating, and Shane Lynch. As of 2018, Boyzone have released seven studio albums and nine compilation albums. In 2012, the Official Charts Company revealed the biggest selling singles artists in British music chart history, with Boyzone currently placed at 29th and the second most successful boy band in Britain, behind Take That. According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), Boyzone has been certified for six million albums and over seven million singles in the UK, with 25 million records sold by 2013 worldwide. Boyzone have had six UK No.1 singles and nine No.1 singles in Ireland. Of the 24 singles they released in the UK, 21 entered the top 40 (including 18 in the top 10 and 12 in the top 2) in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys (often abbreviated as BSB) are an American vocal group consisting of Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean, and cousins Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson. Lou Pearlman formed the group in 1993 in Orlando, Florida. The group rose to fame with their international debut album, ''Backstreet Boys'' (1996). In the following year, they released their second international album ''Backstreet's Back'' (1997), along with their self-titled U.S. debut album, ''Backstreet Boys'' (1997), which continued the group's success worldwide. They rose to superstardom with their third studio album ''Millennium'' (1999) and its follow-up album, '' Black & Blue'' (2000). They also released a greatest hits album, '' The Hits - Chapter One'' (2001), with a new single, "Drowning." After a two-year hiatus, they regrouped and released a comeback album, '' Never Gone'' (2005). After the conclusion of the Never Gone Tour in 2006, Richardson left the group to pursue other interests. The g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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