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The Kids Are Alright (Chloe X Halle Album)
''The Kids Are Alright'' is the debut studio album by American Contemporary R&B, R&B duo Chloe x Halle. It was released on March 23, 2018, by Beyoncé's record label Parkwood Entertainment. The album features guest collaborations from rappers GoldLink, Kari Faux and Joey Badass, Joey Bada$$. The album earned them their first two career Grammy Award nominations for Best Urban Contemporary Album and Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Best New Artist for the 61st Grammy Awards. The album is primarily a R&B album, although it features elements of Trap music (hip hop), trap. The album was supported by the title track, released as the lead single on January 3, 2018. Along with fourteen new songs, the album also featured "Grown", the track recorded by the duo that serves as the theme song for the American comedy series ''Grown-ish'', as well as two songs from their 2016 EP ''Sugar Symphony''. The song "Warrior" was featured in ''A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film), A Wrinkle in Time''. To prom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe X Halle
Chloe x Halle are an Contemporary R&B, R&B duo composed of sisters Chloe Bailey, Chloe and Halle Bailey. At a young age, the sisters performed in minor acting roles before moving from Mableton, Georgia, to Los Angeles in 2012. The two began posting music covers to YouTube and were acknowledged by Beyoncé, who became their mentor and later signed them to her label, Parkwood Entertainment. They subsequently released the EP ''Sugar Symphony'' (2016) and the mixtape ''The Two of Us (mixtape), The Two of Us'' (2017). The duo gained further prominence after starring in the sitcom ''Grown-ish'' (2018–2022) and releasing their debut album ''The Kids Are Alright (Chloe x Halle album), The Kids Are Alright'' (2018), for which they earned two Grammy Award nominations including Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Best New Artist and Grammy Award for Best Progressive R&B Album, Best Urban Contemporary Album. In 2020, they released their second studio album ''Ungodly Hour'' to critical acclai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Badass
Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott (born January 20, 1995), known professionally as Joey Badass (stylized as Joey Bada$$), is an American rapper, singer, and actor. A native of Brooklyn, New York City, he is a founding member of the hip-hop collective Pro Era, with whom he has released three mixtapes as well as his numerous solo projects. Joey Badass released his debut mixtape, '' 1999'', in June 2012 to critical acclaim and recognition, followed by ''Rejex'' in September, and ''Summer Knights'' in July 2013. His debut studio album, '' B4.Da.$$'', was released in January 2015. In 2016, he made his television debut on the USA Network series ''Mr. Robot''. His second and third studio album, ''All-Amerikkkan Badass and'' ''2000'', were released in April 2017 and July 22, 2022, respectively. Early life Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott was born on January 20, 1995, and was the first of his immediate Caribbean family to be born in the United States. His maternal family originated from the Caribbean is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Refinery29
Refinery29 (R29) is an American multinational digital media and entertainment website focused on young women. It is owned by Vice Media. History Justin Stefano, Philippe von Borries, Piera Gelardi, and Christene Barberich co-founded Refinery29 in 2005 as a city guide, emphasizing fashion local to New York City. The name of the website alludes to the website distilling information into its essence. The company headquarters is located in the Financial District, Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Refinery29 has over 450 employees globally with offices in Los Angeles, London, and Berlin. In 2015, the company launched a UK edition at www.refinery29.uk and the following year in 2016, a German edition at www.refinery29.de. In 2016, Refinery29 announced it had raised $45 million in funding led by Turner. As of 2017, Refinery29 reaches an audience of over 500 million globally. On October 2, 2019, Vice Media (owned by Shane Smith (20%), The Walt Disney Company (16%), A&E Networks ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills. After a turbulent childhood, Holiday began singing in nightclubs in Harlem, where she was heard by producer John Hammond, who liked her voice. She signed a recording contract with Brunswick in 1935. Collaborations with Teddy Wilson produced the hit "What a Little Moonlight Can Do", which became a jazz standard. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Holiday had mainstream success on labels such as Columbia and Decca. By the late 1940s, however, she was beset with legal troubles and drug abuse. After a short prison sentence, she performed at a sold-out conce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halle Bailey
Halle Lynn Bailey (born March 27, 2000) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is best known for being one half of the musical duo Chloe x Halle with her sister Chlöe Bailey, together earning five Grammy Award nominations since 2018. Her role as Skyler Forster in the television sitcom ''Grown-ish'' has earned her a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the 2020 NAACP Image Awards. She will star in the 2023 film adaptation of ''The Color Purple'', and in the same year will portray Ariel in the 2023 live-action Disney film ''The Little Mermaid'', which is based on the 1989 animated film of the same name, the latter of which being her most notable role. Early life Halle Lynn Bailey was born on March 27, 2000, and raised in Mableton, Georgia, with her older sister Chloe Bailey, later moving together to Los Angeles in mid-2012. The sisters started singing since Chloe harmonized to "Mary Had a Little Lamb" while their mother did the hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Bailey
Chloe Elizabeth Bailey (born July 1, 1998), also known by her mononymous stage name Chlöe, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is best known for being one half of the musical duo Chloe x Halle with her sister Halle Bailey. Together they have earned five Grammy Award nominations since 2018. In 2021, she debuted as a solo artist with " Have Mercy" as the lead single from her upcoming solo debut studio album. Career Chloe Bailey was raised in Mableton, Georgia, with her sister Halle Bailey and younger brother Branson Bailey and later moved to Los Angeles in mid-2012. While in Georgia, she played minor acting roles in films, including ''The Fighting Temptations'' (2003), starring Beyoncé, and the Disney television film '' Let It Shine'' (2012). Their dad began teaching them how to write songs at the ages of ten and eight. They launched a YouTube channel at the ages of 13 and 11 respectively, with a cover of Beyoncé's "Best Thing I Never Had". They first perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, broadcast on American Broadcasting Company, ABC. The nightly hour-long show debuted on January 26, 2003, at Hollywood Masonic Temple in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, California, as part of ABC's List of Super Bowl lead-out programs, lead-out programming for Super Bowl XXXVII. ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' is produced by Kimmelot in association with ABC Signature. It holds the title as the longest running late-night talk show on the network, having aired for more than three times as long as either ''The Dick Cavett Show'' (1969–1975) or ''Politically Incorrect'' (1997–2002). Overview For its first 10 years, the show aired at either the midnight or 12:05 a.m. timeslots before moving to 11:35 p.m. ET beginning on January 8, 2013, to more directly compete with ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' and ''Late Show with David Letterman'' while bumping the ABC nightly news program ''N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Wrinkle In Time (2018 Film)
''A Wrinkle in Time'' is a 2018 American science fantasy adventure film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Jennifer Lee and Jeff Stockwell, based on Madeleine L'Engle's 1962 novel of the same name. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Whitaker Entertainment, the story follows a young girl who, with the help of three astral travelers, sets off on a quest to find her missing father. The film stars Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Levi Miller, Storm Reid, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Peña, Zach Galifianakis, and Chris Pine. It is Disney's second film adaptation of L'Engle's novel, following a 2003 television film. Development began in 2010, with DuVernay signing on to direct in February 2016. Principal photography began on November 2, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Near the end of filming, production moved to New Zealand, where photography ended on February 25, 2017. With an estimated production budget of $103 million, the film became the first $100-million-bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugar Symphony
''Sugar Symphony'' is the debut extended play (EP) by American recording duo Chloe x Halle. It was released under Parkwood Entertainment, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, on April 29, 2016. The EP was their first official release since being signed by Beyoncé. The EP features their debut single, "Drop". The music video for the single was produced by Shane Brown, directed by Andrew Hines and currently has over six million views on YouTube. In March 2016, Michelle Obama introduced Chloe and Halle at the White House Easter Egg Roll, where they performed "Fall" from the EP, alongside Michelle Obama's "This Is For My Girls" and an unreleased track, "Baby Bird". In June, they performed "Drop" at the YouTube Music Foundry in New York City, and later in the month at the BET Awards 2016 in Los Angeles. In July, they performed songs from the EP as a support act for the European leg of Beyoncé's The Formation World Tour. * * * Track listing Personnel * Chloe Bailey – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grown-ish
''Grown-ish'' (stylized as ''ish'') is an American sitcom series and a spin-off of the ABC series ''Black-ish''. The single-camera comedy follows the Johnson family's children as they go to college and begin their journeys to adulthood, only to quickly discover that not everything goes their way once they leave the nest. The first four seasons follow eldest daughter Zoey (Yara Shahidi), with Deon Cole, Trevor Jackson, Francia Raisa, Emily Arlook, Jordan Buhat, Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Luka Sabbat and Chris Parnell also starring, while the fifth season onward follows eldest son and Zoey's younger brother Andre Junior (Marcus Scribner) as he attends college after Zoey's graduation, with Diggy Simmons and Daniella Perkins also starring. Created by ''Black-ish''s Kenya Barris and Larry Wilmore, the series is produced by Khalabo Ink Society, Cinema Gypsy Productions and Principato-Young Entertainment, with Anthony Anderson, Brian Dobbins, and Helen Sugland acting as executive pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trap Music (hip Hop)
Trap is a subgenre of hip hop music that originated in the Southern United States during the 1990s. The genre gets its name from the Atlanta slang word "trap", a house used exclusively to sell drugs. Trap music uses synthesized drums and is characterized by complex hi-hat patterns, tuned kick drums with a long decay (originally from the Roland TR-808 drum machine), and lyrical content that often focuses on drug use and urban violence. It utilizes very few instruments and focuses almost exclusively on snare drums and double- or triple-timed hi-hats. Pioneers of the genre include producers Kurtis Mantronik, Mannie Fresh, Shawty Redd, Fatboi, Zaytoven, DJ Screw and Toomp, along with rappers Young Jeezy, Gucci Mane and T.I. (who coined the term with his 2003 album ''Trap Muzik''). The modern trap sound was popularized by producer Lex Luger, who produced the influential Waka Flocka Flame album ''Flockaveli'' in 2010, and cofounded the prolific hip-hop production team 808 Mafia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
61st Grammy Awards
The 61st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on February 10, 2019, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys hosted. During her opening monologue, Keys brought out Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jennifer Lopez, and former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama, each of whom spoke about the impact that music had on their lives. The ceremony recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, which ran from October 1, 2017, to September 30, 2018. Nominations were announced on December 7, 2018. Dolly Parton was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year two days prior to the Grammy Awards on February 8, 2019. Kendrick Lamar received the most nominations, with eight. Childish Gambino and Kacey Musgraves tied for the most wins of the night with four each. Childish Gambino did not attend the Grammys and became the first major award winner to be absent from the ceremony since Amy Winehouse in 2008. " This Is America" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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