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Lizzo
Melissa Viviane Jefferson (born April 27, 1988), known professionally as Lizzo, is an American singer, rapper, and flutist. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she moved to Houston, Houston, Texas with her family when she was 10 years old. After college she moved to Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she began her recording career in hip hop music. Prior to signing with Nice Life Recording Company and Atlantic Records, Lizzo released two studio albums—''Lizzobangers'' (2013) and ''Big Grrrl Small World'' (2015). Lizzo's first major-label extended play, EP, ''Coconut Oil (EP), Coconut Oil'', was released in 2016. Lizzo attained mainstream success with the release of her third studio album, ''Cuz I Love You'' (2019), which peaked at number four on the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. The album spawned the singles "Juice (Lizzo song), Juice" and "Tempo (Lizzo song), Tempo". The deluxe version of the album included Lizzo's 2017 single "Truth Hurts (song), Truth Hurts" which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizzo
Melissa Viviane Jefferson (born April 27, 1988), known professionally as Lizzo, is an American singer, rapper, and flutist. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she moved to Houston, Houston, Texas with her family when she was 10 years old. After college she moved to Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she began her recording career in hip hop music. Prior to signing with Nice Life Recording Company and Atlantic Records, Lizzo released two studio albums—''Lizzobangers'' (2013) and ''Big Grrrl Small World'' (2015). Lizzo's first major-label extended play, EP, ''Coconut Oil (EP), Coconut Oil'', was released in 2016. Lizzo attained mainstream success with the release of her third studio album, ''Cuz I Love You'' (2019), which peaked at number four on the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. The album spawned the singles "Juice (Lizzo song), Juice" and "Tempo (Lizzo song), Tempo". The deluxe version of the album included Lizzo's 2017 single "Truth Hurts (song), Truth Hurts" which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuz I Love You
''Cuz I Love You'' is the third studio album and major label debut studio album by American singer and rapper Lizzo. It was released through Nice Life and Atlantic Records on April 19, 2019. The album features guest appearances from American rappers Missy Elliott and Gucci Mane. It spawned the singles "Juice" and "Tempo", the latter of which is a collaboration with Elliott. The deluxe edition of the album was released on May 3 and includes the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number one single " Truth Hurts". The deluxe edition was nominated for Album of the Year at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, and won Best Urban Contemporary Album. Background The album is Lizzo's first release since her 2016 ''Coconut Oil'' EP. Lizzo stated at the album preview party at the Crazy Girls strip club in Hollywood on January 30 that she had been working on the album for three years. She also previewed a collaboration with Missy Elliott titled "Tempo" that appeared on the album. Along with the lead single "Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizzobangers
''Lizzobangers'' is the debut studio album by American singer and rapper Lizzo. It was released on Totally Gross National Product on October 15, 2013. In 2014, it was re-released on Virgin Records. Production ''Lizzobangers'' is produced by Lazerbeak and Ryan Olson. Some beats on the album are taken from Lazerbeak's 2012 album '' Lava Bangers''. Release The album was released on Totally Gross National Product on October 15, 2013. In 2014, it was re-released on Virgin Records. In 2019, the album was removed from all streaming services and digital retailers, to aid in Lizzo's campaign for Best New Artist at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. A month after the ceremony on February 21, 2020, the album returned to streaming services. Music videos Music videos were created for "Batches & Cookies", "Faded", "Bus Passes and Happy Meals", and "Paris". '' Impose'' included the video for "Batches & Cookies" on the "Best Videos of 2013" list. Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Grrrl Small World
''Big Grrrl Small World'' (sometimes stylized as ''Big GRRRL Small World'') is the second studio album by American singer and rapper Lizzo. It was released on her own record label BGSW on December 11, 2015. The album received "generally favorable reviews" from critics. Production As soon as her debut studio album ''Lizzobangers'' was released in 2013, Lizzo started writing new songs. She made at least 25 demos that didn't end up on ''Big Grrrl Small World''. The oldest song on the album is "The Fade". In 2014, Lizzo participated in StyleLikeU's ''What's Underneath'' project, where she removed her clothes as she talked about her relationships with her body. Inspired by the experience, she wrote "My Skin", which she described as "the thesis statement of the album". In a 2015 interview with ''Vice'', she said: "You can wake up and change many things about your appearance, but the inevitability of waking up in your skin is what unifies us." The recording of the album took place at Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coconut Oil (EP)
''Coconut Oil'' is the debut solo EP by American singer and rapper Lizzo. It was released on October 7, 2016 by Nice Life Recording Company and Atlantic Records, Lizzo's first major-label release. Lizzo co-wrote each song on the album, while enlisting Ricky Reed, Christian Rich, Dubbel Dutch, and Jesse Shatkin for the album's production. The result was a departure from Lizzo's previous hip hop releases. Lyrically, the extended play explores themes of body positivity, self-love, and the journey to those ideals. ''Coconut Oil'' received positive reviews from music critics. Commercially, ''Coconut Oil'' initially peaked at number 44 on the ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, making it Lizzo's first release to chart. However, two years after it was first released, the popularity of the single "Good as Hell" renewed interest in the EP and it subsequently reached a new peak of number 31 on the ''Billboard'' Top 200 Albums chart. To promote the extended play, Lizzo embarke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Awards And Nominations Received By Lizzo
Lizzo is the recipient of a number of awards, including four Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Awards, Primetime Emmy Award, two Soul Train Music Awards, a Billboard Music Award, a BET Award, and a ''Guinness World Records, Guinness World Record''. At the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards she received eight nominations, the most for any artist that year, including for Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Album of the Year for the deluxe version of ''Cuz I Love You'', Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Record of the Year and Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Song of the Year for "Truth Hurts (song), Truth Hurts", winning the categories Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album, Best Urban Contemporary Album, Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance, Best Traditional R&B Performance for "Jerome" and Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Pop Solo Performance. At the 2020 BET Awards, Lizzo became the first act to be nominated in both the BET Award for Best Female R&B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Grammy Awards
The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on January 26, 2020, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, running from October 1, 2018, to August 31, 2019. Alicia Keys hosted the ceremony, having hosted the previous year's ceremony as well. Lizzo received the most nominations of any artist with eight, followed by Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X with six each. Finneas received the most awards with six. Eilish became the first artist to win the four major categories of Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist in the same year since Christopher Cross in 1981. Ten days prior to the ceremony, Recording Academy president Deborah Dugan was relieved of her duties as president and CEO and placed on administrative leave from the organization. She sparked controversy by claiming that the organization engaged in corruption and favoritism; Champagne Billecart-Salmon respo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nice Life Recording Company
Nice Life Recording Company is a Los Angeles-based record label and publishing company founded by producer Ricky Reed. Collectively, Nice Life artists and songwriters have won or been nominated for a wide variety of awards including Grammy Awards, American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, Country Music Association Awards, BET Awards, and iHeartRadio Music Awards. History Nice Life's launch was officially announced in March 2016 as a joint venture with Atlantic Records. Reed was initially approached by Atlantic CEO Craig Kallman in 2014 who proposed a partnership, citing producers who have worked closely with labels historically. The company's name was inspired by a phrase that Reed's former manager would use frequently. Soon after its formation, Nice Life added Lizzo as its first signee. Since then the label has added the Marías, John-Robert (in partnership with Warner Records), Junior Mesa, and St. Panther among others. In September 2019, Nice Life entered into a joint ven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Houston
The University of Houston (UH) is a Public university, public research university in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1927, UH is a member of the University of Houston System and the List of universities in Texas by enrollment, university in Texas with over 47,000 students. Its campus, which is primarily in southeast Houston, spans , with the inclusion of its Sugar Land and Katy sites. The university is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified as an "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity." The university offers more than 276 degree programs through its 16 academic colleges and schools and an interdisciplinary Honors College - including programs leading to professional degrees in architecture, law, optometry, medicine and pharmacy. The institution spends $203 million annually in research, and operates more than 35 research centers and institutes on campus. Interdisciplinary research includes superconductivity, space commercializatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totally Gross National Product
Totally Gross National Product (abbreviated TGNP) is an American independent record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was founded by Ryan Olson and Drew Christopherson. It is best known for issuing records by Lizzo, Poliça, and Marijuana Deathsquads. The label released a 10-track compilation album, ''Totally Gross National Product 2013 Sampler'', in 2013. In 2014, TGNP was named Best Local Record Label in ''City Pages''s "Best of the Twin Cities" poll. Roster *Albert *Alpha Consumer *Bloodeath *Building Better Bombs *The Cloak Ox * Digitata *Jason Feathers *JM Airis *JT Bates *Kill the Vultures *Leisure Birds *Lewis *Lizzo *Makr *Marijuana Deathsquads *Mel Gibson and the Pants *Moonstone Continuum *Motioner *Mystery Palace *Nicholas L. Perez *Poliça *Pony Bwoy *Roniia * Solid Gold *Spyder Baybie Raw Dog & 2% Muck *Stolyette *Taggart & Rosewood *Tender Meat *Umami *Votel See also *List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg File:Bin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizo
Lizo is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Lizo Gqoboka (born 1990) South African rugby union player *Lizo Makhosi (born 1999), South African cricketer *Lizo Mjempu (born 1984), South African footballer *Lizo Mzimba, English journalist and television presenter {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vocals
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument (as in art song or some jazz styles) up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music, Japanese music, and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, ghazal, and popular music styles such as pop, rock, and electronic dance music. Singing can be formal or informal, arranged, or improvised. It may be done as a form of religious devotion, as a hobby, as a source of pleasure, comfort, or ritual as part of music education or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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