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Génesis (Mary Ann Acevedo Album)
"Génesis" is the name given to the third studio album by the Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and actress, Mary Ann Acevedo, released on January 1, 2012 worldwide through digital download and on December 7, 2012 on compact disc. Originally the album was confirmed for release in February 2010 as "El Amor es la Solución", but with the birth of her daughter, Mary Ann had to delay the departure of the album to April 2010; then GT Musik announced the album release was delayed for a few months. She agreed that her homonymous first album was a continuation of her tenure in the third edition of "Objetivo Fama". On that album, the songs were chosen when Mary Ann left the reality show; in December she was released a special production titled '' Cántale a tu Bebé''. Background This album is the comeback of Mary Ann to the music. After her pregnancy, her album of lullabies and being a contestant in the reality show Idol Puerto Rico, Mary Ann took more time to delay the album's release. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ann Acevedo
Mary Ann Acevedo Rivera (; born June 23, 1987), better known as Mary Ann, is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter. She is known for being a contestant on the third season of ''Objetivo Fama'' (2006) and the first season of ''Idol Puerto Rico'' (2011). After her stint on ''Objetivo Fama'', Acevedo was the first contestant of that season to release an album. Life and music career Biography Mary Ann was born in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, on June 23, 1987. She is the daughter of Ana M. Rivera Colón and Jesús Acevedo; and sister of Keitha Acevedo and Jesús Manuel Acevedo. Mary Ann, began singing at age 11 at her school and soon after became part of the TV show "A Toda Maquina" in which for three years entertained the audience with her voice and presence on stage. Mary Ann married in December 2006, with the "merenguero" singer and former member of Grupo Kaos, Guillermo Torres. As a result of their marriage, (in 2010) Acevedo and Torres had a daughter named Anna Carolina Torres Ace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Génesis (Lucecita Benítez Song)
"Génesis" is a 1969 Spanish-language song sung by Puerto Rican singer Lucecita Benítez, written by Guillermo Venegas Lloveras. The song won a prize at the first Festival Mundial de la Canción Latina, held in Mexico, and placed Benítez on the Latin music international stage. The song is written in the form of a bolero.John Jairo Torres de la Pava ''Juglares Hispanoamericanos: Datos Breves de Autores, ... '' 2005 - Page 444 "ganó el Primer Festival Mundial de la Canción Latina con su bolero Génesis interpretado en México por Lucecita Benítez, ..." Cover versions * "Génesis," title track of '' Génesis'' by Mary Ann Acevedo Mary Ann Acevedo Rivera (; born June 23, 1987), better known as Mary Ann, is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter. She is known for being a contestant on the third season of ''Objetivo Fama'' (2006) and the first season of ''Idol Puerto Rico' ..., 2012 References 1969 songs {{1960s-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Albums
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is an affinity group for contributors with shared goals within the Wikimedia movement. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sibling projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact Disc
The compact disc (CD) is a Digital media, digital optical disc data storage format co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. It employs the Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD-DA) standard and was capable of holding of uncompressed stereo audio. First released in Japan in October 1982, the CD was the second optical disc format to reach the market, following the larger LaserDisc (LD). In later years, the technology was adapted for computer data storage as CD-ROM and subsequently expanded into various writable and multimedia formats. , over 200 billion CDs (including audio CDs, CD-ROMs, and CD-Rs) had been sold worldwide. Standard CDs have a diameter of and typically hold up to 74 minutes of audio or approximately of data. This was later regularly extended to 80 minutes or by reducing the spacing between data tracks, with some discs unofficially reaching up to 99 minutes or which falls outside established specifications. Smaller variants, such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Download
A music download is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment. Music downloads are typically encoded with modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) audio data compression, particularly the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format used by iTunes as well as the MP3 audio coding format. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9 percent of all music sales in the US in 2012."All music sales" refers to albums plus track equivalent albums. A track equivalent album equates to 10 tracks. By the beginning of 2011, Apple's iTunes Store alone made 1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year. According to the RIAA, music downloads peaked at 43% of industry revenue in the US in 2012, and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico
; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territory of the United States under the designation of Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), commonwealth. Located about southeast of Miami, Miami, Florida between the Dominican Republic in the Greater Antilles and the United States Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands in the Lesser Antilles, it consists of the eponymous main island and numerous smaller islands, including Vieques, Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, Puerto Rico, Culebra, and Isla de Mona, Mona. With approximately 3.2 million Puerto Ricans, residents, it is divided into Municipalities of Puerto Rico, 78 municipalities, of which the most populous is the Capital city, capital municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, followed by those within the San Juan–Bayamón–Caguas metro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hero (Mariah Carey Song)
"Hero" is a song by American singer-songwriter and record producer Mariah Carey released on October 18, 1993, via Columbia Records as the second single from her third studio album, ''Music Box'' (1993). The song was written and produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff. While writing the song, Carey did not connect to its style or sound, therefore forfeiting it to Gloria Estefan, who was intended to sing it for the soundtrack of the film of the same name (1992). However, after being convinced by Sony executive Tommy Mottola to keep it for herself, she changed some of the lyrics to more precisely fit her personality. Lyrically, the song is regarded as one of Carey's most inspirational and personal ballads, with its protagonist declaring that even though people may feel discouraged or down at times, in reality, they are "heroes" if they look inside themselves and see their own inner strength; in time, it will help them "find the way". The song received mixed reviews from contempor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager (born Carol Bayer on March 8, 1944) is an American lyricist, singer, songwriter, and painter. Early life and career Carole Bayer was born in New York City, to Anita Nathan Bayer and Eli Bayer. Her family was Jewish. She graduated from New York University, where she majored in English, dramatic arts, and speech. She had already written her first pop hit, "A Groovy Kind of Love", with Toni Wine, while still a student at New York City's High School of Music and Art. It was recorded by the British invasion band The Mindbenders, whose version was a worldwide hit, reaching number 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. This song was later recorded by Sonny & Cher, Petula Clark, and Phil Collins, whose rendition for the film '' Buster'' reached number one on both the UK Singles Chart and ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1988. Solo albums Bayer Sager's first recording as a singer was the 1977 album '' Carole Bayer Sager'', produced by Brooks Arthur. It included the hit sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Foster
David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian record producer, composer, arranger, and musician. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. His career began as a keyboardist for the pop group Skylark in the early 1970s before focusing largely on composing and production. Often in tandem with songwriter Diane Warren, Foster has contributed to material for prominent music industry artists in various genres since then and is credited with production on over 40 pop hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. He also chaired Verve Records from 2012 to 2016. Foster composed '' Boop! The Musical'', which premeried in 2023 and debuted on Broadway; for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. Early life and career Foster was born in Victoria, British Columbia, the son of Maurice "Maury" Foster, an office worker, and Eleanor May Foster (née Vantreight), a homemaker. In 1963, at the age of 13, he enrolled in the University of Washington music program. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prayer (Celine Dion And Andrea Bocelli Song)
"The Prayer" is a song performed by Canadian singer Celine Dion and Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. It was written by David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Tony Renis and Alberto Testa (lyricist), Alberto Testa. "The Prayer" was originally recorded in two solo versions for the Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros.' 1998 musical animated feature film ''Quest for Camelot'', in English by Dion and in Italian by Bocelli. A duet between Dion and Bocelli later appeared on their respective studio albums, ''These Are Special Times'' (1998) and ''Sogno'' (1999), and was released as a promotional single in March 1999. "The Prayer" won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1999 and a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 2000. It received highly positive reviews from music critics and entered Adult contemporary music, adult contemporary charts in Canada and the United States in 1999. In 2008, Dion released a liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Torres (songwriter)
Juan Guillermo Torres - Colon, known professionally as Guillermo Torres or Guillermo Torres Productor (born June 26, 1966) is an American music, television, and movie producer, and songwriter. He has worked for Sony and Universal Music. He produced, directed and arranged music for artists including Chayanne, Manny Manuel, Olga Tañon, Bonny Cepeda, Toño Rosario, Sergio George, Lourdes Robles, Victor Manuelle, Yolandita Monge, Andy Montañez, Ashley (La Chica Bomba). Early life Torres was born in Chicago, Illinois. Career Torres has contributed as a producer and consultant in programs such as ''Dame a Break'', ''El Show de Eddie Miró (Noche de Gala)'', ''Que Noche'', ''Santo Domingo Contigo'', ''Magazin Cubano'', ''Bombazo Latino'', ''Factor Suerte,'' and ''Operacion Chef'' for Telemundo. As an event producer, he worked with artists such as Hilary Duff, Jonas Brothers, Luis Enrique, Guillermo Davila and Belinda. Projects such as Navidad Boricua, Grupo KAOS (band where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yip Harburg
Edgar Yipsel Harburg (born Isidore Hochberg; April 8, 1896 – March 5, 1981) was an American popular song lyricist and librettist who worked with many well-known composers. He wrote the lyrics to the standards " Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (with Jay Gorney), " April in Paris", and "It's Only a Paper Moon", as well as all of the songs for the film '' The Wizard of Oz'', including " Over the Rainbow". He was known for the social commentary of his lyrics, as well as his leftist leanings. He championed racial, sexual and gender equality and union politics. He also was an ardent critic of high society and religion. Early life and career Harburg, the youngest of four surviving children (out of ten), was born Isidore Hochberg on the Lower East Side of New York City on April 8, 1896.Yip Harburg: Biography from Answers.com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
