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Human (Rag'n'Bone Man Album)
''Human'' is the debut studio album by British singer and songwriter Rag'n'Bone Man. It was released on 10 February 2017 through Columbia Records and features his breakthrough single of 2016, entitled "Human". It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with sales of 117,000, making it the fastest-selling debut album by a male artist during the 2010s. Critical reception ''Human'' has been given a Metacritic score of 64 based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Leonie Cooper of NME gave the album a positive review stating, "Rory Graham's debut album is at once modern and classic, fusing blues, hip-hop and vintage sounds with a pop attitude". Kitty Empire of The Guardian gave the album a positive review stating, "So it's a good job that Rag'n'Bone Man has the kind of righteous roar that could breathe life into the phone book," but criticised Graham, saying, “this album spools together a set of reliable tropes with little in the way of topspin." Commercial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rag'n'Bone Man
Rory Charles Graham (born 29 January 1985), better known as Rag'n'Bone Man, is an English singer and songwriter. He is known for his deep baritone voice. His first hit single, "Human", was released in 2016, and his debut album of the same name was released in 2017. The album became the fastest selling debut album by a male for the decade and has since achieved 4× Platinum certification. At the 2017 Brit Awards, he was named British Breakthrough Act and received the Critics' Choice Award and went on to receive a further BRIT Award for Best British Single, with the title track in 2018. Following the album's success, Rag'n'Bone Man has performed at headline shows and festivals around the globe and has collaborated with a variety of artists from different genres, including Bugzy Malone (with the track "Run"), Logic (with the song " Broken People" for the soundtrack of Netflix film ''Bright'') and Calvin Harris (with Brit Award nominated and Ivor Novello award-winning single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on January 15, 1889, evolving from the Graphophone#Commercialization, American Graphophone Company, the successor to the Volta Laboratory and Bureau#Commercialization of phonograph patents, Volta Graphophone Company. Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in the recorded sound business, and the second major company to produce records. From 1961 to 1991, its recordings were released outside North America under the name CBS Records International, CBS Records to avoid confusion with EMI's Columbia Graphophone Company. Columbia is one of Sony Music's four flagship record labels, alongside former longtime rival RCA Records, as well as Arista Records and Epic Records. Artists who have recorded for Columbia include AC/DC, Adele, Aerosmith, Julie And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinashe Fazakerley
Tinashe Fazakerley (born 4 April 1984), now professionally known as Rationale, is a Zimbabwe-born British singer and songwriter, formerly known as Tinashé. He is known for his soulful R&B and indie pop style with electric influences. His alias Tinashé was known for his synthpop sound and his African influences. Early life Fazakerley was born in the Harare township of Highfield. At the age of 9, he and his three siblings moved to the United Kingdom in the Camberwell district of London, where his single mother was working as a nurse. Later, at the age of 11, he moved to the London borough of Hackney and music began to play a more significant role in his life as he learned to play the guitar. His influences were varying, ranging from Jimi Hendrix, Prince, Pat Metheny, Donnie Hathaway and Al Green, to Tupac Shakur, A Tribe Called Quest and the Notorious B.I.G. Career Tinashé and singing hiatus (2009–2014) In 2010, after releasing two EPs and three singles, Fazakerley release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romans (musician)
Sam Roman, known by his stage name Romans (stylised as RØMANS), is an English singer, songwriter and record producer. He first gained mainstream recognition after being featured on Naughty Boy's "Home (Naughty Boy song), Home" and penning "My Loving," "Long Hard Look" and "Doubt (Mary J. Blige song), Doubt" for Mary J. Blige, which were released on her thirteenth studio album, ''The London Sessions (Mary J. Blige album), The London Sessions''. Other artists he has penned for include Demi Lovato, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Elton John, Clean Bandit, Jonas Blue, AlunaGeorge, Disclosure (band), Disclosure, Claudia Leitte, Little Mix, DNCE, Ella Mai and more. Early life Romans was born in Pinner, Middlesex, which also is the birthplace and childhood residence of Elton John, whom he cites as one of his key-influences. He attended Orley Farm Prep School, Harrow where he was taught, amongst other music, the piano. He also taught himself to play guitar, cello, piano, drums, and saxophone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ina Wroldsen
Ina Christine Wroldsen (born 29 May 1984), previously known simply as Ina, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. She was a part of the electropop duo Ask Embla with Icelandic producer and songwriter Arnthor Birgisson. Career Wroldsen's career started solely as a recording artist, but soon turned to writing music for others. As a songwriter, she has had great success and is internationally considered one of the most sought after in her field. She has won several BMI/ASCAP awards for her work, among BRIT award and Spellemannprisen nominations. Her songs have been used by the likes of Shakira, David Guetta, James Arthur, Britney Spears, Demi Lovato, Madison Beer and Tinie Tempah. Between 2013 and 2018, the publishing interest of Ina Wroldsen's catalog has been represented by Reverb Music/Reservoir Media Management. Since 2018, Warner Chappell Music have represented Ina's publishing interests. In recent years, Ina has also resumed her career as a recording artist. As part of No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foy Vance
Foy Vance (born 1974) is a musician and singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland signed to Ed Sheeran's Gingerbread Man label. Vance has toured as a support act to British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and his music has been featured on numerous TV shows. In August 2013 he released his second full-length album, '' Joy of Nothing'', which was produced by Irish producer and arranger Michael Keeney and was met with critical praise, being called "a gorgeous collection of open, uplifting songs, which showcase ance'smagnificent songwriting skills." In May 2016, his third studio album ''The Wild Swan'', produced and mixed by Jacquire King, was released and it was announced that Vance would support Elton John on selected tour dates in June and Josh Groban in July and August. Music career 2006–2011: Early career and ''Hope'' Vance's first single, "Gabriel and the Vagabond", was released on 18 December 2006 on Wurdamouth Records. The single's B-side was "Indiscriminate Act of Kindness" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braque
Georges Braque ( , ; 13 May 1882 – 31 August 1963) was a major 20th-century List of French artists, French painter, Collage, collagist, Drawing, draughtsman, printmaker and sculpture, sculptor. His most notable contributions were in his alliance with Fauvism from 1905, and the role he played in the development of Cubism. Braque's work between 1908 and 1912 is closely associated with that of his colleague Pablo Picasso. Their respective Cubist works were indistinguishable for many years, yet the quiet nature of Braque was partially eclipsed by the fame and notoriety of Picasso. Early life Georges Braque was born on 13 May 1882 in Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise. He grew up in Le Havre and trained to be a house painter and interior decorator, decorator like his father and grandfather. However, he also studied artistic painting during evenings at the École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen, previously known as the École supérieure des Arts in Le Havre, from about 1897 to 189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
