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Eric Turner (singer)
Eric Turner (born November 1, 1977) is an American singer and songwriter who currently resides in Sweden. He is best known for being featured on the song " Written in the Stars" with Tinie Tempah. He has had standout success as a songwriter, with three separate #1s and a number No. 1 on beatport. He has collaborated with artists including Avicii, Lupe Fiasco, John De Sohn, Ella, Inna, Lawson, Kardinall Offishal, Tinie Tempah, Professor Green, Tinchy Stryder, and Sebjak. He has one song on Avicii's album '' Stories''. He is also the lead singer in the band Street Fighting Man. Songs he has written have reached a wide audience and together have an estimated 3-400 million views on YouTube. Background Turner was born in Boston, and attended Boston College High School. He was a math teacher at the International English School Stockholm, Järfälla in Sweden. He attended McGill University in Canada, where he completed a master's degree in biochemistry. Turner is also an accompl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most populous city in the country. The city boundaries encompass an area of about and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. It is the seat of Suffolk County (although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999). The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the sixth most populous in the United States. Boston is one of the oldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lasers (album)
''Lasers'' is the third studio album by American rapper Lupe Fiasco, released on March 7, 2011 by Atlantic Records. Production for the album took place between 2008 and 2010. ''Lasers'' features production by The Audibles, The Neptunes, Needlz, Alex da Kid, Syience, and long-time collaborator Soundtrakk, among others. Trey Songz, John Legend, Skylar Grey, Sway, Matt Mahaffey, MDMA, Eric Turner and Sarah Green contribute vocals to the album. ''Lasers'' was preceded by the lead single " The Show Goes On" and its follow-up " Words I Never Said" featuring Skylar Grey. The former became Fiasco's highest charting song on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and has been certified double Platinum in the US. The latter, however, only achieved moderate success on the Hot 100. The album has received mixed reviews from most major music critics, having a score of 57 out of 100 at the review aggregator Metacritic. It fared well commercially however, debuting at number one on the US ''Billboard'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawson (band)
Lawson are an English pop rock band, consisting of Andy Brown (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Ryan Fletcher (bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), Joel Peat (lead guitar, keyboards, co-lead vocals) and Adam Pitts (drums, backing vocals, percussion). The band's debut album, '' Chapman Square'', was released on 22 October 2012 and reached number three on the UK Albums Chart. On 17 April 2020, the band released "Lovers", their first single after their 4-year hiatus. To date, the band have achieved seven UK top 20 hit singles. They are named after Dorset-based surgeon David Lawson, who performed life-saving surgery on Andy Brown. History 2009–2012: Early career and breakthrough The band was formed in late 2009 and was earlier known as "The Groves" but they later changed their name to "Lawson" when David Lawson performed life-saving brain surgery on the lead singer Andy Brown. Lawson began recording material in early 2010. Acoustic versions of their early original material as wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angels & Stars
"Angels & Stars" is a song by Swedish-American singer Eric Turner, featuring vocals from American rapper Lupe Fiasco and British rapper Tinie Tempah. The song was released as Turner's debut solo single in the United States on January 31, 2012. An EP of remixes was later released to digital outlets on April 3, 2012. Background "Angels & Stars" was written by Turner, Tinie Tempah, Lupe Fiasco and "iSHi" Mughal, and produced by the latter. The song was first leaked online on January 18, 2012, before being officially released on January 31, 2012. The music video was released via Vevo on February 3, 2012. The video was directed by P.R. Brown. A five-minute behind-the-scenes video was released two days prior to the official premiere. The video features Turner walking down a busy sidewalk to a building, which he eventually jumps onto and starts walking up. Whilst doing this, clips of Turner, Lupe Fiasco, Tinie Tempah and, briefly, iSHi, are seen on the wall. At the end of the video, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), radio play, and online streaming in the United States. The weekly tracking period for sales was initially Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but was changed to Friday to Thursday in July 2015. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay, which, unlike sales figures and streaming, is readily available on a real-time basis, is also tracked on a Friday to Thursday cycle effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021 (previously Monday to Sunday and before July 2015, Wednesday to Tuesday). A new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by ''Billboard'' on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday. The first number-one song of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 was " Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HitQuarters
HitQuarters was an international music industry publication and contact database founded in 1999. It was noted for its in-depth interviews with industry figures, as well as its A&R and manager contact directory, free artist promo pages and song sale facility, demo reviews and A&R chart,"A&R Star Makers: The Vanishing Gatekeepers" ''LA Weekly'', 11 February 2010. and was the sister site to the songwriting tip sheet SongQuarters. The site was sporadically active from May 2017 up until September 20, 2020, and no posts have been made on its Twitter and Facebook accounts since March and May 2015 respectively. Focus on aiding unsigned and independent artists The website had a strong focus on offering unsigned and independent artists, songwriters ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McGill University
McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill University, Vol. I. For the Advancement of Learning, 1801–1895.'' McGill-Queen's University Press, 1980. the university bears the name of James McGill, a Scottish merchant whose bequest in 1813 formed the university's precursor, University of McGill College (or simply, McGill College); the name was officially changed to McGill University in 1885. McGill's main campus is on the slope of Mount Royal in downtown Montreal in the borough of Ville-Marie, with a second campus situated in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, west of the main campus on Montreal Island. The university is one of two members of the Association of American Universities located outside the United States, alongside the University of Toronto, and is the only Canadian member of the Glob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internationella Engelska Skolan
Internationella Engelska Skolan (IES), or the International English School, is a Swedish corporation which operates independent schools (or “free schools”). IES was founded in 1993 by the American teacher Barbara Bergström who moved to Sweden in 1968. IES schools are based on the idea of bilingual education, with up to half of teaching being performed in English by native English-speaking teachers recruited from mainly Canada, the US, the UK and South Africa. IES schools are also known for a traditional type of order and structure, contributing to a school environment “in which teachers can teach and students learn”. This is implemented under the concept of “tough love”, which was also the title of a book published in 2018 describing the origin and concepts of IES, written by Hans and Barbara Bergstrom. IES is the largest independent school organisation in Sweden in Grundskolan (the compulsory first nine years of the school system). In 2021-22, IES operates 43 schools ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston College High School
, motto_translation = ''So they may know You.'' , address = 150 Morrissey Boulevard , city = Boston , state = Massachusetts , zipcode = 02125 , country = United States , coordinates = , type = Private boys high school , religion = Jesuit, Roman Catholic , established = , founder = John McElroy , us_nces_school_id = , ceeb = 220180 , oversight = Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston , principal = Adam Lewis , teaching_staff = , grades = 7– 12 , enrollment = 1,397 , ratio = , fightsong = ''For Boston'' , athletics = MIAA Division 1 , conference = Catholic Conference , nickname = Eagles , rivals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stories (Avicii Album)
''Stories'' is the second studio album by Swedish electronic music producer Avicii, released on 2 October 2015 by PRMD Music and Island Records. It was produced by Avicii along with Salem Al Fakir, Alex Ebert, Carl Falk, Kristoffer Fogelmark, Martin Garrix, Dhani Lennevald, Ash Pournouri, Albin Nedler, and Vincent Pontare on several tracks. ''Stories'' was released to mixed to positive reviews from critics. Four singles were released from the album: " Waiting for Love", "Pure Grinding", "For a Better Day", and " Broken Arrows", along with the promotional singles "Ten More Days" and "Gonna Love Ya". ''Stories'' has sold one million copies worldwide as of November 2015,PRMD Music (2 November 2015PRMD Music on Twitter twitter.com and was the fourth most-streamed album of the year worldwide on Spotify. Background In July 2014, Avicii told ''Rolling Stone'' that he had worked on 70 songs for his next album and would include collaborations with Jon Bon Jovi, Billie Joe Armstrong, Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Strike (album)
''Third Strike'' is the third solo studio album by recording artist Tinchy Stryder, and his second studio album with Universal Island Records. It was released on 15 November 2010. Prior to the release of ''Third Strike'', Stryder featured on the grime collective Roll Deep's first compilation album, '' Street Anthems'', which was released on 19 October 2009. ''Third Strike'' was preceded by a free downloadable extended play (EP), '' III EP''. Background The album is the follow-up to Styder's album '' Catch 22''. Tinchy began recording his third studio album shortly after he completed his previous album, and would release a single from the album a whole year straight from the day he released his second studio album. He began working with Fraser T Smith who also worked on his second studio album. Taio Cruz produced the largely, along with Fraser T Smith. Collaborations ''Third Strike'' features several artists, including, Amelle, who he collaborated with on his second studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stylechanger
"Stylechanger" is a song by Swedish-American singer-songwriter Eric Turner, featuring Canadian rapper Kardinal Offishall and British rappers Wretch 32 and Professor Green. The song was released as Turner's second solo single in the United States on February 24, 2012. It was made available as part of a mixtape/EP containing seven other tracks. Background "Stylechanger" was written by Turner, Professor Green, Wretch 32, Kardinal Offishall and "iSHi" Mughal, and produced by the latter. The song was first leaked online on January 4, 2012, before being officially released on February 24, 2012. The music video was also released on January 4, 2012. The video was directed by P.R. Brown Paul R. Brown is an American graphic designer, photographer, and music video and commercial director. Biography Brown's early career in graphic design started at Pentagram in London with Peter Saville and Brett Wickens, followed by Frankfurt B .... The video features Turner performing the song at var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
