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Active. OCLC number. 892018719. Songfacts is a music-oriented website that has articles about songs, detailing the meaning behind the lyrics, how and when they were recorded, and any other info that can be found. [2][3][4] The journalists who work for the site have interviewed thousands of artists and songwriters to get the facts behind the ...
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll[ a ] (/ ʃəˈkɪərə / shə-KEER-ə, Spanish: [ʃaˈkiɾa isaˈβel meβaˈɾak riˈpol]; born 2 February 1977), [ 1 ] known mononymously as Shakira, is a Colombian-American singer and songwriter. [ 2 ] Born and raised in Barranquilla, she has been referred to as the " Queen of Latin Music " [ 3 ] and has been ...
Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2009. Billboard magazine each year releases a Top Hot 100 songs of the year, counted from the first week of November to the final week in October. For 2009, the chart was published on December 11. [1] The 2009 list was dominated by The Black Eyed Peas and Lady Gaga, who shared the top four spots.
In 2009, he was voted the "greatest voice in rock" in a poll conducted by Planet Rock. [7] [8] He was included in the Q magazine's 2009 list of "Artists of the Century" and was ranked at number 8 in their list of "100 Greatest Singers" in 2007. [131] [132] In 2009, Plant also won the Outstanding Contribution to Music prize at the Q Awards. [133]
YMCA is also the name of a group dance with cheerleader Y-M-C-A choreography invented to fit the song. One of the phases involves moving arms to form the letters Y-M-C-A as they are sung in the chorus: The dance originated during the group's performance of the song on the January 6, 1979 episode of American Bandstand.
Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (born August 28, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She originally rose to success as a country music artist at the age of 13 and has since crossed over into pop, contemporary Christian, and other musical genres. [2] Rimes has placed more than 40 singles on international charts since 1996.
See media help. " California Dreamin' " is a song written by John and Michelle Phillips in 1963 and first recorded by Barry McGuire. [5] The best-known version is by the Mamas & the Papas, who sang backup on the original version and released it as a single in December 1965. The lyrics express the narrator's longing for the warmth of Los Angeles ...
Mirrors (Justin Timberlake song) " Mirrors " is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake for his third studio album, The 20/20 Experience (2013). First conceived in 2009, the track was inspired by his relationship with Jessica Biel and the marriage of his grandparents. It is an eight-minute-long mid-tempo progressive soul ...