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Soulshock And Karlin
Soulshock & Karlin is a duo of Danish record producers and songwriters, Carsten Schack and Kenneth Karlin. They have produced many successful songs, including Monica's "Before You Walk out of My Life", Whitney Houston's "Heartbreak Hotel", JoJo's "Leave (Get Out)", and Toni Braxton's "I Love Me Some Him". In a reference to a famous commercial, Arena Magazine called the team, "''Probably the best R&B producers in the world''" (March 2001). Soulshock & Karlin have written and produced hits for many artists such as Brandy, Usher, Monica, Whitney Houston, Luther Vandross, Craig David and Sting in " Rise & Fall", and 2Pac in "Do For Love", "Me Against The World", "I Wonder If Heaven Got A Ghetto", "Old School", and "Baby Don't Cry." Their remix credits include Usher's "U Got It Bad," and "Brokenhearted" by Brandy and Wanya Morris of Boyz II Men. The duo took a break from working together in 2010 when Soulshock was asked to become a judge on the Danish version of ''The X Factor'' b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark
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Record Producer
A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as Composer: Shaping the Sounds of Popular Music'' (Cambridge, MA & London, UK: MIT Press, 2005).Richard James Burgess, ''The History of Music Production'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014)pp 12–13Allan Watson, ''Cultural Production in and Beyond the Recording Studio'' (New York: Routledge, 2015)pp 25–27 The record producer, or simply the producer, is likened to film director and art director. The executive producer, on the other hand, enables the recording project through entrepreneurship, and an audio engineer operates the technology. Varying by project, the producer may or may not choose all of the artists. If employing only synthesized or sampled instrumentation, the producer may be the sole artist. Conversely, some artists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig David
Craig Ashley David (born 5 May 1981) is a British singer and songwriter who rose to fame in 1999, featuring on the single "Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta), Re-Rewind" by Artful Dodger (UK band), Artful Dodger. David's debut studio album, ''Born to Do It'', was released in 2000, after which he has released a further five studio albums and worked with a variety of artists such as Sting (musician), Sting, Tinchy Stryder, Big Narstie, Kano (rapper), Kano and Jay Sean. David has 20 UK Top 40 singles, and seven UK Top 40 albums, selling over 15,000,000 records worldwide as a solo artist. David has been nominated for fourteen Brit Awards: five times for Best British Male, and twice receiving a Grammy Award nomination for Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Early life David was born in Southampton, Hampshire, the son of Tina (née Loftus), a retail assistant at Superdrug, and George David, a carpenter, and grew up in the Holyrood esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luther Vandross
Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Known for his sweet and soulful vocals, Vandross has sold over 40 million records worldwide. He achieved eleven consecutive Platinum albums and eight Grammy Awards, including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four different times. In 2004, Vandross won a total of four Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for a song recorded not long before his death, " Dance with My Father". Vandross worked as a backing vocalist in the 1970s, and appeared on albums by artists such as Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway, Todd Rundgren, Judy Collins, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Ben E. King, Stevie Wonder, and Donna Summer. He later became a lead singer of the group Change, which released its Gold-certified debut album, ''The Glow of Love'', in 1980 on Warner/RFC Records. After Vandross left the group, he was signed to Epic Records as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica (entertainer)
Monica Denise Arnold (formerly Brown; born October 24, 1980) is an American singer, rapper and actress. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, she began performing as a child and became part of a traveling gospel choir at the age of ten. Monica rose to prominence after she signed with Rowdy Records in 1993 and released her debut album ''Miss Thang'' two years later. She followed it with a series of successful albums, including the global bestseller '' The Boy Is Mine'' (1998) as well as the number-one albums '' After the Storm'' (2003), ''The Makings of Me'' (2006) and '' Still Standing'' (2010). Throughout her career, several of Monica's singles became number-one hits on the pop and R&B charts, including "Before You Walk Out of My Life", "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)", " Like This and Like That", " The Boy Is Mine" (with Brandy), "The First Night", "Angel of Mine", "So Gone", and " Everything to Me". Monica's popularity was further enhanced by her roles in te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usher (entertainer)
Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978) is an American R&B singer. He was born in Dallas, Texas, but raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, until moving to Atlanta, Georgia. At the age of 12, his mother put him in local singing competitions before catching the attention of a music A&R from LaFace Records. He released his self-titled debut album '' Usher'' (1994), and rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album ''My Way'' (1997). It spawned his first U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one single "Nice & Slow", and the top-two singles " You Make Me Wanna..." and "My Way". His third album, '' 8701'' (2001), produced the number-one singles "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad", as well as the top-three single "U Don't Have to Call". It sold eight million copies worldwide and won his first two Grammy Awards as Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 2002 and 2003. '' Confessions'' (2004) established him as one of the bestselling musical artists of the 2000s decade, cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandy Norwood
Brandy Rayana Norwood (born February 11, 1979), better known by her mononym Brandy, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress and model. She is known for her distinctive sound, characterized by her peculiar timbre, voice-layering, and intricate riffs, which has earned her the title of " the Vocal Bible". As of August 2020, she has sold over 40 million records worldwide, with approximately 8.62 million albums sold in the United States alone. Her work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy Award and an American Music Award. Born in McComb, Mississippi, Norwood was raised in Carson, California, beginning her career as a backing vocalist for teen groups. After signing with Atlantic Records in 1993, she released her self-titled debut album the following year, which sold six million copies worldwide. Norwood ventured into acting with the UPN sitcom '' Moesha'' (1996–2001), which won her an NAACP Image Award, and resulted in numerous oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arena Magazine
''Arena'' was a British monthly men's magazine. The magazine was created in 1986 by Nick Logan, who had founded ''The Face'' in 1980, to focus on trends in fashion and entertainment. British graphic designer Neville Brody, who had designed ''The Face'', designed ''Arena's'' launch appearance. The headquarters of ''Arena'' was in London. The magazine was part of Bauer Media and featured articles on food, films, fitness, sex, music, electronics, and books. It was pitched at a similarly upscale audience to '' GQ'', attempting to offer a more adult read than lad mags like '' Maxim'' and '' FHM'', and gearing itself specifically towards the "black collar worker". ''Arena'' launched the careers of British media professionals such as Dylan Jones, the editor of ''GQ UK'' who had served as ''Arena''s editor in the late 1980s. In July 2006, facing competition from the internet, the editorial team behind ''Arena'' launched a team blog which features regular posts from its contri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Love Me Some Him
"I Love Me Some Him" is a song by American R&B singer Toni Braxton from her second studio album, ''Secrets'' (1996). Written by Andrea Martin and Gloria Stewart and produced by the Danish duo Soulshock & Karlin, the song was released as the flipside to the album's third single, "I Don't Want To", solely in the United States, while international versions of "I Don't Want To" did not include "I Love Me Some Him". "I Love Me Some Him" was a major R&B airplay hit during the course of 1997, and while there was no music video filmed, it has become one of Braxton's most requested singles. As such, it was included on her 2003 singles collection ''Ultimate Toni Braxton''. Track listings and formats ;U.S. double A-side CD single with "I Don't Want To" / Cassette Single #"I Don't Want To" (Album Version) – 4:17 #"I Love Me Some Him" (Album Version) – 5:09 ;U.S. double A-side CD maxi single with "I Don't Want To" #"I Don't Want To" (Album Version) – 4:17 #"I Don't Want To" (Frankie K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leave (Get Out)
"Leave (Get Out)" is the debut single of American singer JoJo from her self-titled debut studio album (2004). It was released as the album's lead single on February 24, 2004. Produced by Danish production duo Soulshock & Karlin, the song became a commercial success, reaching number 12 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number two in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and on the European Hot 100 Singles. It also reached the top five in Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. The single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on October 25, 2004. When the single reached number one on ''Billboard''s Pop Songs chart, JoJo became, at age 13, the youngest female solo artist to have a number-one single in the United States. The song appears in the 2004 PlayStation 2 karaoke game '' Karaoke Revolution Volume 3'' and ''Singstar Pop Hits''. Background and composition "Leave (Get Out)" was written by Soulshock, Kenneth Karlin, Alex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston Song)
"Heartbreak Hotel" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston. Originally written for inclusion on TLC's third studio album ''FanMail'', it was later recorded by Houston after TLC rejected the song. It was released as the second single from Houston's 1998 album ''My Love Is Your Love''. The song prominently features R&B singers Faith Evans and Kelly Price during the choruses and bridge. The song reached number two on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and peaked at number one on ''Billboard''s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart on February 2, 1999. "Heartbreak Hotel" was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was also a hit in many countries worldwide. The song received two nominations at the 2000 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The video, directed by Kevin Bray, was nominated for Best R&B Video at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards. Composition "Heartbreak Hotel" is written in the key of E mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. Nicknamed "The Voice", she is one of the bestselling music artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide. Houston influenced many singers in popular music, and was known for her powerful, soulful vocals and vocal improvisation skills. She is the only artist to have had seven consecutive number-one singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, from "Saving All My Love for You" in 1985 to "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" in 1988. Houston enhanced her popularity upon entering the movie industry. Her recordings and films generated both great success and controversy. She received numerous accolades throughout her career and posthumously, including two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 16 ''Billboard'' Music Awards, and 28 Guinness World Records, as well as induction into the Grammy, Rhythm and Blues Music, and Rock and Roll halls of fame. Houston began singing in chur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
