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Emily Wright
Emily Wright (born July 1, 1980) is an American songwriter, record producer and audio engineer based in Los Angeles. Early life Wright grew up in Wethersfield, Connecticut, graduating from Glastonbury High School and the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts in 1998. Wright studied theater and directing at New York University and, upon graduation, worked in sound design in theater, working in New York, Chicago and Minneapolis, and then in television.Danton, Eric (February 13, 2011).Glastonbury Native A Grammy Nominee For Work on Katy Perry's Album ''Hartford Courant'' Career After getting laid off from a job in television, Wright was introduced by a mutual friend to songwriter and producer Dr. Luke. Wright started her career by running errands for Gottwald before becoming an engineer, vocal producer and songwriter. Wright's first official credit was as engineer on Lil Mama's '' VYP (Voice of the Young People)''. Since then, she has recorded and produced for numerous pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The city, located in Hartford County, Connecticut, Hartford County, had a population of 121,054 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Hartford is the most populous city in the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, Capitol Planning Region and the core city of the Greater Hartford metropolitan area with 1.17 million residents. Founded in 1635, Hartford is among the oldest cities in the United States. It is home to the country's oldest public art museum (Wadsworth Atheneum), the oldest publicly funded park (Bushnell Park), the oldest continuously published newspaper (the ''Hartford Courant''), the second-oldest secondary school (Hartford Public High School), and the oldest school for deaf children (American School for the Deaf), founded by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet in 1817. It is the location of the Mark Twain House, in which the author Mark Twain wrote his most famous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cobra Starship
Cobra Starship is an American dance-rock band from New York City, New York, formed in 2005 by Gabe Saporta. He recorded the first album as a solo project, ''While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets''. Saporta later enlisted guitarist Ryland Blackinton, bassist Alex Suarez, drummer Nate Novarro, and keytarist Victoria Asher, all of whom provide Backing vocalist, backing vocals. Over the course of ten years, Cobra Starship produced four albums and two ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top 10 singles. The group released its debut album, ''While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets'', in 2006, which contained the single "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)". The band released its second album, ''¡Viva la Cobra!, ¡Viva La Cobra!'', on October 23, 2007. Their third album, ''Hot Mess (album), Hot Mess'', was released on August 11, 2009. Their fourth and final album, ''Night Shades'', was released on August 30, 2011, in the United States and October 28, 2011, in the United Kingdom. Cobra Starship offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Daniel Layus
Daniel Robin Layus (born September 10, 1984) is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist and primary lyricist for the band Augustana. On October 21, 2016, he debuted his first solo work, an album titled ''Dangerous Things''. Early life Layus was born in Southern California. In 2002 at Greenville College in Illinois, Dan Layus brought friends Josiah Rosen, Kyle Baker, and Simeon Lohrmann together to write and create music. Career Augustana (2002–2005) Augustana began by re-recording the song "More than a Love Song", a song which Dan had written for his high school girlfriend while living in California. In 2003, when Layus was 19, Augustana released their debut album, ''Midwest Skies and Sleepless Mondays''. Later that year, the band recorded and released 25 copies of the Mayfield EP. Dan Layus decided to move back to Southern California with bandmate Josiah Rosen, where they eventually found their drummer, Justin South. The band joined numerous tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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] [Amazon] |
Owl City
Owl City is an American electronic music project created in 2007 in Owatonna, Minnesota. It is one of several projects by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Adam Young (American musician), Adam Young, who created the project while experimenting with music in his parents' basement. Owl City developed a following on the social networking site Myspace, like many musicians who achieved success in the late 2000s, before signing with Universal Republic Records, now Republic Records, in 2008. After two independent releases, his debut EP ''Of June'' (2007) and debut studio album ''Maybe I'm Dreaming'' (2008), Owl City gained mainstream popularity with its 2009 major-label debut and second studio album, ''Ocean Eyes (album), Ocean Eyes'', which includes the Diamond certified single "Fireflies (Owl City song), Fireflies". The album was certified 2× Platinum in the United States, with "Fireflies" being certified Diamond in January 2023. In June 2011, Owl City released its third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Femme Fatale (Britney Spears Album)
''Femme Fatale'' is the seventh studio album by American singer Britney Spears. It was released on March 25, 2011, by Jive Records, and was her last album with the label before they shut down later in October of the same year as she was moved to RCA Records. Musically, Spears wanted to make a "fresh-sounding" and "fierce Dance music, dance album", thus incorporating dance-pop, electropop, Electronic dance music, EDM and synth-pop styles with elements of dubstep, techno and Electro (music), electro in its sound. Spears began working on the album during the second leg of her tour The Circus Starring Britney Spears (2009), while also contributing to her second greatest hits album ''The Singles Collection (Britney Spears album), The Singles Collection'' (2009). Spears collaborated with various producers including Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Fraser T Smith, Rodney Jerkins, Christian Karlsson (DJ), Bloodshy, will.i.am, Stargate (music producers), Stargate, and Travis Barker. Upon its release, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Animal (Kesha Album)
''Animal'' is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Kesha. The album was first released on January 1, 2010 by Sony Music, and was released in the United States on January 5, 2010, by RCA Records. Kesha worked on the album with a variety of record producers and songwriters such as Dr. Luke, Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, Benny Blanco, David Gamson, Greg Kurstin, Max Martin and others. Kesha had been recording demos for several years when one eventually ended up in the hands of Samantha Cox, senior director of writer/publisher relations at Broadcast Music, Inc., BMI. Cox passed along the demo and it ended up in the hands of Gottwald, who decided to have Kesha perform on the song "Right Round" with American rapper Flo Rida. Within two months, the song became a hit in multiple countries around the world. The event led to Kesha being sought after by many major labels, and she eventually signed a multi-album deal with RCA Records. Musically, ''Animal'' draws from the el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Grammy
The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious and significant awards in the music industry in the United States, and thus the show is frequently called "music's biggest night". The trophy depicts a gilded gramophone, and the original idea was to call them the "Gramophone Awards". The Grammys are the first of the Big Three networks' major music awards held annually, and are considered one of the four major annual American entertainment awards with the Academy Awards (for films), the Emmy Awards (for television), and the Tony Awards (for theater). The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, to honor the musical accomplishments of performers for the year 1958. After the 2011 ceremony, the Recording Academy overhauled many Grammy Award categories for 2012. The 67th Annua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Teenage Dream (Katy Perry Album)
''Teenage Dream'' is the third studio album by American singer Katy Perry. It was released on August 24, 2010, through Capitol Records and succeeds her multi-platinum sophomore album ''One of the Boys'' (2008). Primarily a pop record, ''Teenage Dream'' also contains elements of disco, electronic, rock, funk, house, Hi-NRG, and hip hop, that revolve around young love, partying, self-empowerment, and personal growth. Perry co-wrote the album, and worked with a number of producers such as Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco, Stargate and Greg Wells. With " California Gurls" (featuring Snoop Dogg), " Teenage Dream", "Firework", " E.T.", and " Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)", ''Teenage Dream'' is the second album in history to have five number-one singles (after Michael Jackson's 1987 album ''Bad'') to top the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and the first by a woman to achieve this milestone. Its sixth single, " The One That Got Away", peaked at number three on that chart. The album debuted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
My Life Would Suck Without You
"My Life Would Suck Without You" is a song by American singer Kelly Clarkson from her fourth studio album, '' All I Ever Wanted'' (2009). Clarkson co-wrote the track with Claude Kelly and its producers Max Martin and Dr. Luke, but refused to include her name in the credits, not wanting to be associated with the lattermost. "My Life Would Suck Without You" was released as the lead single from the album and premiered on January 13, 2009, in the United States on New York City's Z100 radio station and was made available to download three days later. The song has met with positive reviews from music critics, who praised the song's pop composition, which incorporates rock and dance elements. "My Life Would Suck Without You" peaked at the top of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 when it moved up the chart 96 places from number 97 in its second week on the chart. The song's chart climbing gave Clarkson the record for a single with the furthest jump to number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Miranda Cosgrove
Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993) is an American actress, singer, and producer. A teen idol of the 2000s and early 2010s, she was listed as the highest-paid child actor of 2012 by Guinness World Records and appeared on ''Forbes''' " 30 Under 30" list in 2022. Her accolades include four Kids' Choice Awards and an Emmy nomination. Cosgrove began her career at the age of seven, making several appearances in television commercials. She made her acting debut as Summer Hathaway in the film ''School of Rock'' (2003). She had her breakout role as Megan Parker on the Nickelodeon sitcom ''Drake & Josh'' (2004–2007) and achieved mainstream breakthrough success as Carly Shay on the Nickelodeon sitcom ''iCarly'' (2007–2012). She made her musical debut in 2008 with the soundtrack for ''iCarly'', in which she performed four songs, including the show's theme song, " Leave It All To Me". In 2009, she released her debut extended play, '' About You Now''. The following year, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Party In The USA
"Party in the U.S.A." is a song by American singer Miley Cyrus from her first extended play (EP), '' The Time of Our Lives'' (2009). It was released on August 11, 2009, by Hollywood Records as the lead single from the project. The song was written and produced by Dr. Luke, with additional songwriting provided by Jessie J and Claude Kelly. It is a pop song, with lyrics reflecting her relocating from Nashville, Tennessee, to Hollywood, California. This is one of four collaborations between Cyrus and Dr. Luke, with the EP title track "The Time of Our Lives", will.i.am's " Fall Down" and "Wrecking Ball" following in 2013. "Party in the U.S.A." received widespread acclaim from music critics, many of whom praised its catchiness and Cyrus's vocals. In the United States, the song charted at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It also reached the top ten in nine additional countries. It was the seventh best-selling digital single of 2009 in the United States. The song was certifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
