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Covers (Blessing Offor EP)
''Covers'' is an extended play by Nigerian-born American Christian and gospel music artist Blessing Offor. The extended play was released on December 6, 2024, through Capitol Christian Music Group. It includes remixes and covers of previously released songs by other artists, including Frank Ocean, Taylor Swift, John Mayer, and Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his nearly 70-year .... It features a guest appearance from Bob Lanzetti of Snarky Puppy. The opening track " Godspeed" was released as a single, and achieved a peak chart position of No. 33 on the '' Billboard'' Hot Christian Songs chart. The song " Make You Feel My Love" was initially released on the live EP '' Brighter Days (Live Session)'' in 2022. Track listing Charting songs References 2024 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blessing Offor
Blessing Offor is a Nigerian-born American Gospel music, gospel and contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter. Early life and career Offor was born blind in one eye and with limited vision in the other due to congenital glaucoma. He and his uncle migrated to Connecticut, United States when Offor was six years old to treat the glaucoma and preserve his remaining eyesight. When he was 10, he went completely blind due to an accident. He started composing music on piano and learned to play songs from Stevie Wonder and Sam Cooke, his musical influences. He carried on with his career as a gospel musician and moved to Nashville to pursue music more. Offor played at bars in his young adult years before competing on ''The Voice (American TV series), The Voice'' during The Voice (American season 7), its seventh season in 2014, where he joined team Pharrell Williams and later Adam Levine, before getting eliminated in the show's third round. Offor regularly performs at the Kenne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mayer
John Clayton Mayer ( ; born October 16, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, but he left for Atlanta in 1997 with fellow guitarist Clay Cook, with whom he formed the short-lived rock duo Lo-Fi Masters. After their split, Mayer continued to play at local clubs, refining his skills and gaining a minor following. He performed at the 2000 South by Southwest festival, and was subsequently signed by Aware Records, an imprint of Columbia Records through which he released his debut extended play (EP), ''Inside Wants Out'' (1999). His first two studio albums—''Room for Squares'' (2001) and ''Heavier Things'' (2003)—were both met with critical and commercial success; the former spawned the single "Your Body Is a Wonderland", which won Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards, while the latter peaked atop the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. By ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gravity (John Mayer Song)
"Gravity" is a song by American musician John Mayer. It is written by Mayer and produced by Mayer and Steve Jordan. "Gravity" is featured on three of Mayer's releases: the 2005 live album '' Try!'' by the John Mayer Trio, his 2006 studio album '' Continuum'', and his 2008 live album '' Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles''. In 2007, the song was released as the third single from ''Continuum''. Background and production Mayer suggested in an interview with the magazine ''Performing Songwriter'' that "Gravity" was the song he was always trying to write, using the example of "Come Back to Bed" (from '' Heavier Things'') as being an early attempt at "writing ''Gravity''". Along with "Vultures", the song is one of only two songs featured on the John Mayer Trio's debut album, '' Try!'', that carried over into the release of ''Continuum''. Alicia Keys provides background vocals at the end of the song. Personnel *John Mayer - singing, lead guitar *Pino Palladino - bass, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Ground (Taylor Swift Song)
"Holy Ground" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her fourth studio album, ''Red'' (2012). Produced by Jeff Bhasker, "Holy Ground" is an upbeat song combining arena rock, country rock, and heartland rock with insistent drums. In the lyrics, the narrator reminisces about a good moment in a failed relationship; she describes where she and the ex-lover once stood as "holy ground". Music critics praised the lyrical maturity for its showcase of a more complicated understanding of failed relationships and departed from the bitter sentiments on Swift's previous songs. Some picked it as an album highlight and one of Swift's best songs in her discography. "Holy Ground" peaked at number 12 on the US ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and number 89 on the Canadian Hot 100. A re-recorded version, "Holy Ground (Taylor's Version)", was released as part of Swift's re-recorded album ''Red (Taylor's Version)'' on November 12, 2021. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malay (record Producer)
James Ryan Ho, known professionally as Malay, is an American record producer, songwriter, and audio engineer. He won Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards for his work on Frank Ocean's '' Channel Orange'' (2012). Early life and career His father is Malaysian. Malay grew up in Bellingham, Washington where he was introduced to classic rock at an early age by his father. Both Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd sparked his interest in music. While he wrestled in school and showed great potential, he eventually quit the sport to pursue his career in music. He began to teach himself guitar and piano while making money with a local band in Bellingham. During this period he would go on to build a recording studio in his home. He adopted the producer name 'Maylay' during the 1990s, derived from his best friend's native language's word for 'mountain'. Its spelling may have been changed to avoid confusion with another musical artist, Young Maylay, with whom he bears no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Breaux
Frank Ocean (born Christopher Edwin Breaux; October 28, 1987) is an American singer and songwriter. He has been credited by several music critics as a pioneer of the alternative R&B genre. Ocean has won two Grammy Awards and a Brit Award for International Male Solo Artist, among other accolades; both of his studio albums have been listed on ''Rolling Stone''s "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" (2020). Ocean began his musical career as a ghostwriter until joining the Los Angeles-based hip hop collective Odd Future in 2010. The year prior, he signed with record producer Tricky Stewart's RedZone Entertainment, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings, although his debut mixtape, ''Nostalgia, Ultra'' (2011), was released independently. His debut studio album, the eclectic ''Channel Orange'' (2012), incorporated elements of R&B and soul music. At the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Urban Contemporary Album; its lead single, " Thinkin B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighter Days (Blessing Offor Album)
''Brighter Days'' is the major label debut and third studio album by American Christian and gospel music artist Blessing Offor. The seven-track album was released on February 25, 2022, through Capitol Christian Music Group. Three singles were released off the album, "Tin Roof", "Brighter Days", and "Believe". The title track reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Christian Songs and Christian Airplay charts, as well as the top 25 on various other mainstream charts. "Believe" reached No. 9 on the Hot Christian Songs and No. 7 on the Christian Airplay charts. The album was released to streaming services and digital download stores. On May 5, 2022, a live edition of the album was released, featuring live recordings of "Brighter Days", "Believe", "How Much You Mean to Me", and "Tin Roof", as well as a song later included on Offor's 2024 EP ''Covers'', "Make You Feel My Love "Make You Feel My Love", also known as "To Make You Feel My Love", is a song written by Bob Dylan for his al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Make You Feel My Love
"Make You Feel My Love", also known as "To Make You Feel My Love", is a song written by Bob Dylan for his album '' Time Out of Mind'', released in September 1997. It was first released commercially in August 1997 by Billy Joel for his compilation album '' Greatest Hits Volume III''. It is one of the few songs to have achieved the status of becoming a " standard" in the 21st century, having been covered by more than 450 different artists. The best known cover versions are ones by Adele, Michael Bolton, Neil Diamond, Elkie Brooks, Boy George, Bryan Ferry, Joan Osborne, Garth Brooks, Kelly Clarkson with Ben Platt, Nick Knowles, and Pink. Reception ''Spectrum Culture'' included the song on a list of "Bob Dylan's 20 Best Songs of the 90s". In an article accompanying the list, critic John Paul described it thus: "Accompanied by a lone piano, ghostlike bass line and slightly woozy sounding organ playing sustained notes throughout, the arrangement of the song isn't terribly rema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Christian Songs
Hot Christian Songs is a music chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. It ranks the popularity of Christian songs using the same methodology developed for the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the magazine's flagship songs chart, by incorporating data from the sales of downloads, streaming data, and airplay across all monitored radio stations. From its inception in June 2003 through November 2013, the Hot Christian Songs chart ranked the top songs only by overall audience impressions of songs played on contemporary Christian music radio stations. Beginning with the chart dated December 7, 2013, the chart follows the same methodology used for the Hot 100 to compile its rankings. The Christian Airplay chart was created in unison with the change to continue to monitor airplay of songs on Christian radio. The current number-one song on the chart as of the issue dated April 12 is " Hard Fought Hallelujah" by Brandon Lake. Song milestones Most weeks at number on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized in letter case, lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry. Its Billboard charts, music charts include the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100, the Billboard 200, 200, and the Billboard Global 200, Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single (music)
In Music industry, music, a single is a type of Art release#Music, release of a song Sound recording, recording of fewer tracks than an album (LP record, LP), typically one or two tracks. A single can be released for record sales, sale to the public in a variety of physical or digital formats. Singles may be standalone tracks or connected to an artist's album, and in the latter case would often have at least one single release before the album itself, called lead singles. The single was defined in the mid-20th century with the ''45'' (named after its speed in revolutions per minute), a type of 7-inch sized vinyl records, vinyl record containing an A-side and B-side, A-side and a B-side, i.e. one song on each side. The single format was highly influential in pop music and the early days of rock and roll, and it was the format used for jukeboxes and preferred by younger populations in the 1950s and 1960s. Singles in Digital distribution, digital form became very popular in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godspeed (Frank Ocean Song)
''Blonde'' is the second studio album by the American singer Frank Ocean. It was released on August 20, 2016, as a timed exclusive on the iTunes Store and Apple Music, and followed the August 19 release of Ocean's video album ''Endless (Frank Ocean album), Endless''. The album features guest vocals from André 3000, Beyoncé, and Kim Burrell, among others. Production was handled by Ocean himself, alongside a variety of high-profile record producers, including Malay (record producer), Malay and Om'Mas Keith, who collaborated with Ocean on ''Channel Orange'', as well as James Blake (musician), James Blake, Jon Brion, Buddy Ross, Pharrell Williams, and Rostam Batmanglij, among others. In 2013, Ocean confirmed that his follow up to ''Channel Orange'' would be another concept album. Initially known as ''Boys Don't Cry'' and teased for a July 2015 release, the album suffered several delays and was the subject of widespread media anticipation leading up to its release. Recording for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
