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Miklós Malek (musician)
Miklos Malek (in Hungarian Ifj. Malek Miklós) (born in Budapest, Hungary on 15 April 1975) is a Hungarian songwriter, music producer and artist and television personality, who is a resident of Los Angeles. He has produced for a number of renowned artists. He is also a judge and mentor in the Hungarian version of ''X-Faktor''. Musical career Los Angeles-based music producer, songwriter and mixing engineer Miklos Malek grew up in a family of renowned musicians in Budapest. After receiving a master's degree in classical piano at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, he moved to the U.S. to study at Berklee College of Music. In the early 2000s, he moved to New York where he was signed as a songwriter to Notation Music Publishing which led to his breakthrough as a co-writer and arranger of Anastacia's “I Thought I Told You That” (featuring Faith Evans) and the opportunity to work on Jennifer Lopez' hit song " Love Don't Cost a Thing". During the following years, he also establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a city and county, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,303,786; it is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into the Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9th century, but the area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241–42. Re-established Buda became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century. The Battle of Mohács, in 1526, was followed by nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule. After the reconquest of Buda in 1686, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M2M (band)
M2M were a Norwegian pop duo comprising Marit Larsen and Marion Raven. Larsen and Raven had been friends since the age of five, and formed a music duo when they were eight. They released a children's album in 1996 when Larsen was 12 and Raven was 11, under the name "Marit & Marion". The album was nominated for a Spellemannprisen award and the band changed their name to M2M after signing a record deal with Atlantic Records in 1998. M2M were frequently praised for writing most of their songs and performing their own instruments, something which was considered to set them aside from the majority of teen pop music artists. Their debut single, " Don't Say You Love Me" (1999), was both a critical and commercial success, and remained their biggest hit. Their debut album, ''Shades of Purple'' (2000), was critically acclaimed and sold over 1.5 million units worldwide. Despite critical acclaim, their second album, ''The Big Room'' (2001), did not perform as well commercially, and the du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janice Dickinson
Janice Doreen Dickinson (born February 16, 1955)As per Dickinson in NNDB aJanice Dickinson profilegives February 15, 1955, noting, "Although Dickinson has maintained in several interviews and her autobiography ''No Lifeguard on Duty'' that she was born in 1955, other sources give it as 1953 or 1954. Most details from her life support 1955. Her birthday is also given variously as February 15 and February 17." Among those giving February 17, 1953, iFashion Model Directory ThNew York Birth Indexshows a birth date of February 15, 1955. (subscription required). is an American model, television personality, and businesswoman. Initially notable as a model, Dickinson has been disputably described by herself as the first supermodel. One of the most successful models of the 1970s and 1980s, she also served as a judge on four cycles of ''America's Next Top Model'' (2003–2006). Dickinson opened a modeling agency in 2005 which was documented on the reality series ''The Janice Dickinson Mode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justyna Steczkowska
Justyna Maria Steczkowska (; born August 2, 1972, in Rzeszów, Poland) is a Polish singer, songwriter, photographer, and actress. Biography She was raised in a large and musically inclined family, has five sisters (Agata, Krystyna, Magdalena, Maria, Cecylia) and three brothers (Pawel, Jacek, Marcin) and played violin in a family band before becoming a solo singer. She has a vocal range of four octaves. Steczkowska became famous when she won a song contest in '' Szansa na sukces'' programme, performing 's song "Buenos Aires". Later, she represented Poland in the 1995[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kat Graham
Katerina Alexandre Hartford Graham (born September 5, 1989) is an American actress, singer and dancer (now distributing music under the stage name Toro Gato). She is widely known for her role as Bonnie Bennett on The CW supernatural drama series ''The Vampire Diaries'' (2009–2017). Her film credits include '' The Parent Trap'' (1998), '' 17 Again'' (2009), ''The Roommate'' (2011), ''Honey 2'' (2011), '' Addicted'' (2014), and ''All Eyez on Me'' (2017). In music, Graham was previously signed to A&M/Octone and Interscope Records, and has released two extended plays and two studio albums. Early life Graham was born in Geneva, Switzerland, but raised in Los Angeles, California, U.S. Her father, Joseph, is of Americo-Liberian descent, and her mother, Natasha, is Jewish (from a family from Poland and Russia). Graham's father was a music executive and the godfather of two of producer Quincy Jones' children. Her paternal grandfather was a UN Ambassador, serving for 40 years in four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylwia Grzeszczak
Sylwia Karolina Grzeszczak (born 7 April 1989) is a Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ... singer-songwriter and pianist currently signed to EMI Music Poland. Discography Studio albums Singles As featured artist Awards and nominations References {{DEFAULTSORT:Grzeszczak, Sylwia 1989 births Living people Musicians from Poznań Polish pop singers Polish R&B singers Polish lyricists 21st-century Polish singers 21st-century Polish women singers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayaka Hirahara
is a Japanese pop singer. She was affiliated with the Dreamusic label until 2013 when she moved to Universal Music Japan. Biography Hirahara comes from a musical family; her father, Makoto Hirahara, is a saxophone player, her grandfather, Tsutomu Hirahara, was a trumpet player, and her older sister, Aika Hirahara, also is a singer under the EMI Music Japan label. Ayaka was a member of the Matsuyama Ballet for 11 years, beginning at age 6. She started playing saxophone when she was 13 years old, then learned classical saxophone at Senzoku Gakuen High School. Currently, she is studying in the Faculty of Jazz majoring in saxophone at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music. Her first single, "Jupiter", was released in Japan in December 2003, and went on to be one of the biggest selling singles of 2004. The melody of the song is based on the "Jupiter" movement in '' The Planets Suite'' by Gustav Holst. Similarly, the melody of her song, "Siciliana", is based on "Siciliano" by Johann Sebast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pixie Lott
Victoria Louise Lott (born 12 January 1991), better known by her stage name Pixie Lott, is an English singer and songwriter. Her debut album, '' Turn It Up'', released in September 2009, reached number six on the UK Albums Chart and sold over 1.5 million copies. It also spawned six consecutive top twenty singles on the UK Singles Chart, including two number-one singles, "Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)" and " Boys and Girls". Her second album, ''Young Foolish Happy'' (2011), spawned the number-one hit " All About Tonight", as well as the top ten singles "What Do You Take Me For?" and "Kiss the Stars". Lott's self-titled third studio album, released in 2014, had the lead single " Nasty", which peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart, making it her sixth Top 10 single in the United Kingdom. Lott has also occasionally acted in film, television and stage, including starring in the UK production of the Richard Greenberg play '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'' in 2016. Early life Victoria L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plus One (band)
Plus One was an American Christian pop boy band which formed in 1999, disbanded in 2004, and briefly reunited in 2014. The group's line-up consisted of Nate Cole, Jason Perry, Jeremy Mhire, Nathan Walters and Gabe Combs. The group enjoyed their greatest success with the release of their debut album, '' The Promise'' (2000). The group then released ''Obvious'' (2002). Jason Perry and Jeremy Mhire left the band in 2003, and the remaining three members signed a deal with Inpop Records. A year later they released ''Exodus''; their first album as a trio. After the album's supporting tour, they disbanded in 2004 to pursue other interests. Walters, Combs, and Perry briefly reunited in 2014, releasing "My All". History Formation and early years: 1999–2000 Plus One began to take shape as early as 1999 and formed by a manager named Mitchell Solarek, when 18-year-old Sacramento, California-boy Nate Cole was joined by 21-year-old Gabe Combs of Pittsburg, California, 22-year-old Nathan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coco Lee
Coco Lee (; born Ferren Lee, 17 January 1975) is a Hong Kong-American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. Lee's career began in Hong Kong and then expanded to Taiwan. Her single, "Do You Want My Love" also entered the US music charts. Her first full-length English-language album was ''Just No Other Way'' (1999) . At the Oscars, she performed the Best Original Song nominated, "A Love Before Time" from the movie ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''. Early life Lee was born in Hong Kong, she is the youngest of three children and was born to a Chinese Indonesian father and a Hongkong Cantonese mother. She has two elder sisters, Nancy, who was her manager before, and Carol. Her father died before she was born. When she was 9 years old, her mother brought Lee and her sisters to live in San Francisco. She attended Presidio Middle School and Raoul Wallenberg Traditional High School, both in San Francisco. The summer after graduating from high school, she was offered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiromi Go
, is a Japanese singer, part of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. His real name is . In the 1970s, he was called the with Goro Noguchi and Hideki Saijo. He belonged to Johnny & Associates, but later left the agency. He also effectively became the Japanese answer to Ricky Martin after his 1999 Japanese version of "Livin' la Vida Loca," which was called "Goldfinger '99". His stage name's initials are "HG", and that, combined with his remake of Ricky Martin's "Livin la Vida Loca" made him a direct target of comedian Hard Gay. Go featured Japanese hip hop musician Dohzi-T in his R&B-style song "Kimi Dake o," released on May 14, 2008. "Kimi Dake o" was included in his album ''Place to Be'', and the remix of the song was included as a bonus track in Dohzi-T's album '' 12 Love Stories''. Go appeared in the Canadian film ''Samurai Cowboy'' with Catherine Mary Stewart and Robert Conrad, which was released in 1993. He was also invited to the Japanese touring ice show Fantasy on Ice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Raven
Marion Elise Ravn (born 25 May 1984), better known abroad as Marion Raven, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. Raven formed the pop duo M2M with Marit Larsen, though they ceased performing together in 2002. Raven was later signed as a solo artist by Atlantic Records with the release of her solo debut album, '' Here I Am'' in 2005. In 2006, Raven was signed to the indie record label, Eleven Seven, and in 2007 re-released the songs on her debut album along with a few new songs on an album titled '' Set Me Free''. In 2012, Raven began production of her second album, '' Songs from a Blackbird'', which was released in Norway on 8 April 2013. Raven has also written tracks for other artists such as Pixie Lott. She has also lent her voice to the Norwegian version of ''Tangled''. Early life Raven was born in Lørenskog, Norway; her father is a teacher. She has an older brother and two younger sisters. Her surname is of Norse origin, with ''Ravn'' meaning ''Raven'', which she adopted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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