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Vox Angeli
Vox Angeli were a French junior vocal group founded 2008 and disbanded 2011.Paris match - Numéros 3067 à 3075 2008 - Page 112 VOX ANGELI Divins chérubins Des tubes de variété revisités façon chorale? C'est frais, c'est pur, et ça cartonne: après « Les choristes », six (pré)-ados font vibrer les Français de leurs voix juvéniles. Leur « Vox Angeli» (RCA), . The group recorded on Sony Music Entertainment and was inspired by the commercial success of Simon Cowell's similar UK project with six children Angelis, which ran from 2006-2007, but in the case of Vox Angeli singing French songs. The French group had more success than the UK original and were able to record with major French artists including Charles Aznavour and Calogero Calogero (from the el, καλόγερος, kalógeros, a familiar term for a monk) is common given name and family name, and a place name of Italian origin. Variants *(Masculine): Calocero **(Hypocoristic): Calò, Gero, Gerino *Feminine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainment and managed by the American umbrella division of Sony. It was originally founded in 1929 as American Record Corporation and renamed as Columbia Recording Corporation in 1938, following its acquisition by the Columbia Broadcasting System. In 1966, the company was reorganized to become CBS Records, and Sony Corporation bought the company in 1988, renaming it under its current name in 1991. In 2004, Sony and Bertelsmann established a 50-50 joint venture known as Sony BMG, which transferred the businesses of Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group into one entity. However, in 2008, Sony acquired Bertelsmann's stake, and the company reverted to the Sony Music name shortly after; the buyout allowed Sony to acquire all of BMG's labels, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Cowell
Simon Phillip Cowell (; born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality, entrepreneur and record executive. He is the creator of ''The X Factor'' and ''Got Talent'' franchises which have been sold around the world. He has judged on the British television talent competition series ''Pop Idol'' (2001–2003), ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor UK'' (2004–2010, 2014–2018) and ''Britain's Got Talent'' (2007–present), and the American television talent competition series ''American Idol'' (2002–2010), ''The X Factor (American TV series), The X Factor US'' (2011–2013), and ''America's Got Talent'' (2006–present). Cowell is the founder and sole owner of the British entertainment company Syco. After some success in the 1980s and 1990s as a record producer, talent scout and consultant in the UK music industry, Cowell came to public prominence in 2001 as a judge on ''Pop Idol'', a talent television show which he and its creator Simon Fuller successfull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelis
Angelis was a British classical singing group created by Simon Cowell. It was initially formed in early 2006 and was made up of six children, who were then aged between 11 and 14. The children were discovered during nationwide auditions led by Ron Corp and from recommendations and contacts with some UK choirs, including the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and New London Children's Choir. Their eponymous debut album was released on 6 November 2006. It sold over 350,000 copies and reached platinum status, reaching number two on the UK album charts and Number one on the Scottish album charts. The group members received a platinum disc on ''GMTV GMTV (an acronym for Good Morning Television), now legally known as ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited, was the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 ...''. In early 2007, Cowell disbanded the group, partly as a result of complications with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour ( , ; born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, hy, Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրեան, ; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a French-Armenian singer, lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his distinctive vibrato tenor voice: clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound low notes. In a career as a composer, singer and songwriter, spanning over 70 years, he recorded more than 1,200 songs interpreted in 9 languages. Moreover, he wrote or co-wrote more than 1,000 songs for himself and others. Aznavour is regarded as one of the greatest songwriters in the history of music and an icon of 20th-century pop culture. One of France's most popular and enduring singers, he was dubbed France's Frank Sinatra, while music critic Stephen Holden described Aznavour as a "French pop deity". He was also arguably the most famous Armenian of his time. In 1998, Aznavour was named Entertainer of the Century by CNN and users of ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calogero (singer)
Calogero Joseph Salvatore Maurici (born 30 July 1971), better known as Calogero (; ), is a French singer. Early life Calogero was born in Échirolles, Isère, to Sicilian-born Italian parents from Sommatino, Caltanissetta, Sicily. Early years By the age of six, Calogero had already taken an interest in music. He quickly learned to play several instruments, including the flute, piano, and bass As part of Les Charts In 1986 he became the lead singer and songwriter for a band called Les Charts he started with his brother, Gioacchino Maurici, and a childhood friend, Francis Maggiulli. Between 1989 and 1997, Les Charts released five albums, ''L'Océan sans fond'' (1989), ''Notre monde à nous'' (1991), ''Hannibal'' (1994), ''Acte 1'' (1995), their most successful charting album, and ''Changer'' (1997). After break-up, all members of Les Charts continued with solo musical careers, but continued to co-write songs together, first under the name of Calogero Bros., and later listing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultratop
Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium. Ultratop is a non-profit organization, created on the initiative of the Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA), the Belgian member organization of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Two parallel sets of charts are concurrently produced and published, one on behalf of Belgium's mainly Dutch-speaking Flanders region, and the other catering to the nation's mainly French-speaking region of Wallonia. Ultratop charts The music charts produced by Ultratop organization are separated along regional-language boundaries, an unusual division that is justified by the cultural differences in Belgium. So it is that the mainly Dutch-speaking Flanders region has one set of charts of record activity there, while the mainly French-speaking Wallonia region has another set to measure popularity in those provinces. The charts are broadcast on several Belgian radio statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Hitparade
The Swiss Hitparade (german: link=no, Schweizer Hitparade) is Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland. The Swiss charts include: * Singles Top 75 (released since 1968) * Albums Top 100 (released since late 1983) * Compilations Top 25 * Airplay Top 30 Since 2010, Hitparade's compiler Media Control has also set up ''Les charts'', a record chart of the highest-selling singles and albums in Romandie, the Francophone region of Switzerland: * Romandie Singles Top 20 (Discontinued,Last Issue is 15 November 2020) * Romandie Albums Top 50 The charts are updated weekly on Sundays, and are posted publicly on the preceding Wednesday mornings. See also *List of number-one singles in Switzerland This is a list of number-one hits in Switzerland by year from the Swiss Music Charts compiled every week. 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2020 2021 2022 File:2022 colla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
