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In the early 2000s, American radio was hungry for new sounds, and one of the most successful crossover acts was a young man from Jamaica who had once—improbably—been a professional water polo player. Sean Paul, born Sean Paul Francis Henriques in Kingston in 1973, had left sports to take up the microphone in the mid-’90s, developing a driving, authoritative sound anchored by his surprisingly accessible and monotonal toasting. Even if you couldn’t decipher the patois, you got the gist of his sentiments, which fell somewhere between “Get on the dance floor” and “I love girls.” His first album, 2000’s Stage One, earned him some recognition, collecting singles dating from 1996, but it was 2002’s Dutty Rock that pushed him into global superstardom, with the huge hits “Get Busy” (an eternal dance-floor filler that, two decades later, found a new audience on TikTok) and “Gimme the Light”. In 2005, The Trinity cemented the singer’s status as the dancehall collaborator for artists like Beyoncé and Rihanna. Though he charted less as the decade progressed, he continued to release his trademark boundary-crossing music and experienced a resurgence in 2016 with several massively successful collaborations, including “Cheap Thrills” with Sia and “No Lie” with Dua Lipa. The world, it seemed, had caught back up to Sean Paul. As dancehall riddims inspired reggaetón, infiltrated Afrobeats and even influenced pop artists like Justin Bieber and Drake in the ensuing years, Paul found himself again in demand, giving star turns on tracks with artists including Migos and J Balvin.

Kacey Musgraves is a eight-time Grammy Award winner who will release her fifth studio album Deeper Well in March 2024. Deeper Well is the first release since her critically acclaimed 2021 album star-crossed, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart. star-crossed was the follow up to Musgraves’ groundbreaking 2018 album Golden Hour which earned Kacey her third No 1 debut on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and distinguished her as only the third artist to ever take-home Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards, Country Music Association Awards and Academy of Country Music Awards. In 2023 Musgraves achieved her first Hot100 #1 for “I Remember Everything,” a duet with Zach Bryan. “I Remember Everything” is the first country music duet in 40 years since Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers “Islands in the Stream” (1983) to reach this feat. “I Remember Everything” won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song by a Duo or Group at the 66th annual ceremony in February 2024. With this win, Musgraves became the only artist ever to receive a Grammy Award for Best Country Album, Best Country Song, Best Country Solo performance and Best Country Duo or Group performance.

Rising star Doechii’s new hip-hop/rap mixtape, Alligator Bites Never Heal, captures a rare talent in her rawest form yet, giving listeners 19 distinct windows into her one-of-a-kind artistry. On the mixtape, Doechii is equal parts her Tampa roots and Los Angeles, where she’s currently based. She is then and now and also tomorrow, she is countless genres and movements and eras and ideas laid out before us in less than an hour of song. She is the woman on the cover, looking like a stone-faced queen, wearing Vivienne Westwood with beads in her braids and an albino alligator in her lap as if to say, “Did you expect something less?” The mixtape comes on the heels of Doechii's Eurodance-inspired hit "Alter Ego," dubbed by R&B superstar SZA as "the craziest song I've heard all year." After gaining 600 million plus global streams for “What It Is (Block Boy)” last year, she continued to build her momentum when she popped out to Los Angeles to open for Beyoncé. That same fall, the self-proclaimed Swamp Princess hit the road with Doja Cat on her Scarlet Tour dates.

Self-produced British composer and recording artist for over 20 years, Imogen Heap has released five solo albums, another as one half of Frou Frou and collaborated with countless and varied artists including Taylor Swift, Nitin Sawhney, Deadmau5, Jeff Beck and Jon Hopkins. Her compositions and songs pop up in blockbuster and indie films as well as countless TV shows, are featured in underground rap and dance music and covered by the likes of Ariana Grande. As composer and arranger for one of the biggest hits in theatrical history, Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, Imogen won the Drama Desk Outstanding Music in a Play award. As a sought-after speaker and performer, Heap hosted 2020’s Grammys Premiere Ceremony. Heap’s collaborative and multi-dimensional workflow attracts companies for commissioned works, leading to songs such as Tiny Human, the first song to distribute payments via a Smart Contract, and The Happy Song, a highly successful song for children in their early-years. Heap, recognised as an artist's artist, has won two Grammys and an Ivor Novello award. In recognition of her pioneering work at the intersection of music and tech, Heap has a hat trick of three honorary doctorates for the gestural music-ware 'MI.MU gloves' system and recently for ’The Creative Passport’, an integrated digital ID solution, empowering music makers to be the change toward a fair and flourishing music ecosystem.

The folk-leaning, harmony-favoring rock band America was cofounded in 1970 by Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley in London, England. ∙ America’s 1971 self-titled debut LP spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Pop chart and produced two Top 10 hits, including their most popular song, “A Horse With No Name.” ∙ Nominated for two Grammy Awards, the band won Best New Artist of the Year in 1972. ∙ Their 1975 chart-topper “Sister Golden Hair” was one of seven Top 10 Billboard hits from the group. ∙ “Ventura Highway,” released in 1972, was later sampled in Janet Jackson’s 2001 pop hit “Someone to Call My Lover.” ∙ In 2007, they released Here & Now, which was coproduced by Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger and featured contributions from Nada Surf and Jim James. ∙ The band received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012, six years after their induction into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.

I dno what makes a person who they are but it isn’t a list of shit they’ve done. That will just tell u the shit they've done, but not who they r. Anyway, here's a list of subtly pretentious accomplishments (updated 12/18/2020): 1. born in detroit on a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very cold day 2. Rapped & made beats 3. got good grades, no girls liked me 4. met big sean 5. went 2 Duke 6. made first hit, “cooler than me” in dorm, very cheap mic, girls mysteriously started to like me 7. career stalled in major way and not gonna lie, things looked bleak 8. wrote a bunch of songs for ppl more famous than me 9. wrote a song about how my career had gone to shit n it was called i took a pill in ibiza 10. It became really popular and i became popular again. mysteriously, members of the opposite sex seemed to be once again interested 11. wrote book of poetry, no1 seemed to really give too much of a fuck 12. grammys 13. dyed hair green, stopped eating. That was my way of sayin: i love u 14. Got blackbear tat on stomach, only tattoo 15. mansionz 16. A real good kid - one of best albums of decade, biased, no1 else seems to really give a fuck 17. Walked across America 18. snake 19. Started climbing a loot of mountains 20. summited everest  21. became certified wim hof method instructor 22. now 

Krono is a French electronic music band created by Mickael and David Couderc. Alternating remixes and original productions in a French House / Deep house style the duo become famous with their track Dancin 'in 2013. Playlisted by musical references such as the Sound You Need, Mr Revillz, CloudKid or legendary Djs such as Tiesto, Pete Tong, Junior Sanchez or Miguel Campbell the duo will be signing the same year on Armada Music and Ultra Music and has performed their shows around the world ever since. KRONO will also be nominated at the 30th Annual International Dance Music Awards for their album METAMORPHOZE and the song “Redlight”, fruit of the collaboration between the two Djs and the sisters of the duo VanJess. Totaling today more than 800 millions streams KRONO currently collaborating with the most talented artists of their generation ( Lost Frequencies, Klingande, Gabriella Richardson, ELHAE, VanJess and many more..)

Cantante, compositor, músico y productor independiente de la música mexicana con reconocimiento a nivel mundial y considerado una de las mejores voces hispanas. Productor independiente de más de 32 discos, en los cuales sobresalen producciones a artistas como Lupita D'alessio y Julieta Venegas. Ha logrado como manager desarrollar proyectos como Ángela y Leonardo Aguilar. Es el primer artista en innovar en sus videoclips, lanzando un musical 360º de su tema “María”. Cuenta con más de 15 millones de discos vendidos, 4 Grammys Americanos y 5 Latin Grammy, además de una estrella en el “Walk of Fame” en Hollywood. Creador del concepto “Jaripeo Sin Fronteras”, mismo que realiza más de 35 shows al año, siendo este año el 3er año que se realiza y está catalogado como una de las mejores giras en Latinoamérica, destacando que es un concepto totalmente independiente. Con más de 160 personas trabajando por show, entre ellos 70 técnicos, 18 músicos de banda, 12 mariachis, 5 músicos de pop y 2 coristas; 8 toros de reparto, 8 jinetes, 4 charros, 4 vaqueros, 2 lazadores, 2 corraleros, además del talento de la familia Aguilar. Es uno de los artistas más innovadores en plataformas digitales, cuenta con el concepto de “El Vlog”, videos en Youtube, donde, cada semana, desde hace 4 años, presenta semanalmente un video, sumando 212 videos hasta el momento, 1.5 millones de Subscriptores y más de 50 millones de visitas totales.

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West Coast rap legend Coolio helped to define ’90s hip-hop with party jams like “Fantastic Voyage” and the more serious-minded “Gangsta’s Paradise.” • The Compton native started rapping at 15 but fell victim to drugs in the ’80s. He turned his life around by working as a volunteer firefighter in the San Jose area. • He recorded his first single, “Whatcha Gonna Do?” in 1987. • In 1991, he joined the group WC and the Maad Circle and worked on the group’s debut LP, Ain’t a Damn Thang Changed. • Coolio’s solo debut album, 1994’s It Takes a Thief, features the party anthem “Fantastic Voyage.” The single peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became one of the year’s biggest songs. • He recorded the 1995 song “Gangsta’s Paradise,” featuring R&B singer LV, for the film Dangerous Minds. Built on a sample from Stevie Wonder’s 1976 classic “Pastime Paradise,” the somber single topped the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks and earned Coolio a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance. • The rapper’s 1995 sophomore album, also titled Gangsta’s Paradise, spawned another Top 5 pop hit: “1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin’ New).” • Coolio’s third album, 1997’s My Soul, yielded his fourth and final Top 20 hit, “C U When U Get There.” • Although none of his subsequent albums have made much impact on the charts, Coolio has branched off into film acting, reality TV, and cooking.

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The essence of outlaw country—hard living, broken hearts, and a life led rambling, among other things—is distilled in Waylon Jennings’ booming baritone. Born in Texas in 1937, Jennings dropped out of school at 16 with the dream of becoming a musician, and got his chance when rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Buddy Holly tapped him to play bass in his band. After giving up his seat for the infamous 1959 plane ride that would end the lives of Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens, Jennings established the honky-tonk roots of what would become his signature sound in the ‘60s with songs like the toe-tapping “Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line.” But it wasn’t until the ‘70s that Jennings became the outlaw icon—a scruffy, towering cowboy in a wide-brimmed hat—of legend. Jennings made this version of himself known with 1973’s Honky Tonk Heroes, a record dense with electrifying twang and hardcore country that stood in stark contrast to the genre’s mainstream offerings in Nashville. While Music City might’ve had its issues with Jennings, he was in good company with songwriters, including fellow Texan Willie Nelson, a longtime collaborator he eventually joined in country supergroup Highwaymen—alongside Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson—in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Jennings passed away in the early 2000s, but his influence looms large over country music, particularly in its 2010s outlaw resurgence through artists like Sturgill Simpson and Chris Stapleton.

Los Angeles indie electro unit Capital Cities got their start writing commercial jingles before shifting their bright and catchy songwriting talents into the world of pop. Synth-forward, horn-backed hits "Safe and Sound" and "Kangaroo Court" became viral favorites, landing their 2013 debut, In a Tidal Wave of Mystery, on the Billboard 200. Founding composers/songwriters Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian first came together in 2011 via Craigslist, working as commercial jingle writers. Shortly after meeting, they released an EP online, which included the song "Safe and Sound," an upbeat mash of programming and melody that shot to the top of the charts and keeps going viral. Their full-length debut, In a Tidal Wave of Mystery, arrived on Capitol Records in June 2013. The band's innovative video for "Safe and Sound" earned them an MTV Moonman and Grammy nomination. They further expanded their audience in 2014, hopping onto Katy Perry's Prism tour as show openers. Capital Cities returned in 2018 with their sophomore full-length Solarize, which featured rapper Rick Ross on "Girl Friday." In 2025, they released A Hurricane Of Frowns, a massive collection of new music, unreleased rarities, remixes and covers. With alternative versions of songs from In A Tidal Wave of Mystery, including the experimental gem "Farrah Fawcett Hair" featuring André 3000, co-frontman/keyboardist Sebu calls it "a journey into a twisted, parallel universe."

With inventive re-imaginings of the reggae-splashed, hook-heavy soul popularized by acts like Sean Paul and Sean Kingston in the early half of the 21st century's first decade, Virgin Islands-born singer Iyaz (born Keidran Jones) swiftly built up a hearty cult following on MySpace. Kingston, in the process of forming his own Time Is Money label, stumbled upon Iyaz's site and snapped up the 21-year-old singer as the maiden signee of his new imprint. Iyaz's debut single, "Replay," an iPod name-checking musical stew that added splashes of classical and electronica to his usual island pop, soared to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 2009. The song, written by Iyaz and R.City, topped the U.K., Australian, and Swiss pop charts and eventually went platinum -- several times over -- in the U.S. Follow-up single "Solo" it reached number three in the U.K. followed boy third single “So Big”-- but it set up the June 2010 release of Replay. After extensive touring and a change of labels, Iyaz released Aurora only in Japan.

OMI established himself as an international artist to watch through a string of viral releases, including his world-renowned single “Cheerleader,” which spent six nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, went 5x Platinum, & garnered over 5 million Spotify weekly streams. The music video for the Felix Jaehn remix alone has accumulated well over 1 billion YouTube streams to date. He’s performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Good Morning America, & America’s Got Talent — & that’s just in the U.S. The worldwide success of “Cheerleader” earned OMI collaborations with The Vamps (“I Found a Girl“), Shaggy (“Seasons“), & Marcus & Martinus (“Never“) in the years that followed. In 2018, he reunited with German producer Felix Jaehn for their single “Masterpiece,” which has accumulated 37+ million streams on Spotify. The uptempo, summery track encourages women to find beauty in themselves as they are, in a digital age that often pushes the other way. In the years that have passed since releasing “Cheerleader” & his debut full-length album ‘Me 4 U,’ OMI has recharged his body, mind, & soul by spending time with family in Jamaica. Now, he’s ready to begin his next chapter. With 6+ Million Monthly listeners & more than TWO BILLION Streams, OMI is pleased to be relating new music in 2023 — a project that will fuse elements of Pop, Reggae, & Dancehall & showcase OMI’s continuous progression as an artist.

O 7 Minutoz é reconhecido como o maior grupo de música geek do mundo, sendo pioneiro do gênero no Brasil. Com uma trajetória de sucesso, o grupo acumula mais de 5 bilhões de reproduções em suas faixas e uma impressionante base de mais de 20 milhões de seguidores nas redes sociais. Fundado em 2013, o 7 Minutoz é composto por Lucas A.R.T., Gabriel Rodrigues e Pedro Alvez. O trio se destaca por mesclar influências de rap, rock e pop, ditar tendências na música geek nacional, e contar com uma comunidade de fãs extremamente dedicada, conhecida como a Sétima Legião.

STARTED AS A DJ, RECORD PRODUCER AND REMIXER IN MY HOMETOWN, BREDA. ULTIMATELY VOTED THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE DJ ON DJ MAG IN 2013 AND AGAIN IN 2014. NOW A MUSICAL CREATIVE FOLLOWING MY OWN PATH, BACK FOR MORE. www.djhardwell.com

Carol Biazin é uma das vozes mais promissoras da nova geração da música brasileira. Após o sucesso do álbum "REVERSA" e "REVERSA [in]ato", que resultou em uma esgotada turnê por várias cidades, o artista conquistou um espaço de destaque no cenário musical. Em uma realização marcante, foi a única voz feminina da nova geração a se apresentar no Carnegie Hall, em Nova York, em uma homenagem à Bossa Nova, além de já ter marcado presença em grandes palcos, como Lollapalooza, MITA e Rock The Mountain. Reconhecida na lista global VEVO DSCVR Artists To Watch, Carol Biazin continua a surpreender com suas performances. Seu projeto acústico "Nem Tão Pouco Assim" levou mais de seis mil pessoas aos teatros pelo Brasil, com ingressos esgotados, reforçando sua conexão com o público. A artista também é conhecida por suas colaborações com grandes nomes da música, como Ludmilla, Dilsinho, Gloria Groove, Marina Sena e Baco Exu do Blues. Em 2024, Carol lançou seu disco duplo, "No Escuro," composto por 10 faixas e com colaboração da cantora Duquesa, o projeto serve como uma janela para seu mundo interior, explorando temas de reflexão e emoção. A segunda parte do disco sai no primeiro semestre de 2025.