In 2009 Swiftembarkedon her first tour as a headliner, playing to sold-out venues acrossNorth America. That year also saw Swift dominate the industry award circuit.Fearlesswas recognized as album of the year by the Academy of Country Music in April, and she topped the best female video categ...
it was U2’s “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me” and Seal’s “Kiss From A Rose” that came out on top in 1995. Both the movie and the songs were unavoidable throughout that summer, with the tunes racing to the upper echelons of the charts in the UK, US, Australia, and...
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John, “You’re the One That I Want” in ‘Grease’ Hot 100 Peak Position: 1 (one week), Peak Date: 6/10/1978 “You’re the One That I Want” isthe onethatGreasefans kept wanting. The upbeat love song was one of the biggest to come out of the ...
When Eminem placed second in the freestyle category at the 1997 Rap Olympics inLos Angeles, he came to the attention ofDr. Dre, founding member of pioneering rappers N.W.A. and the head of Aftermath Entertainment. By that time Eminem had developed the persona of the inhibitionless Slim Shad...
Lyrics you'll love:"And you can tell everybody/This is your song/It may be quite simple, but/Now that it's done/I hope you don't mind/I hope you don't mind that I put down in words/How wonderful life is while you're in the world" ...
Whether it's a friend, partner, relative, or stranger, anyone could be an artist's muse, to the point of even getting a song named after them. Here are 25 songs that feature a person's name in the title.
out ourYear in Musicsnapshot of what was happening in the world of Top 40 music in this decade. Written by radio and music industry veteran Ed Osborne, each overview highlights the important trends and some of the representative songs and artists that shaped the music landscape and occupied ...
Born in Arkansasand raised in Los Angeles, Iris DeMent has a voice with a vibrato-infused twang that purrs and bucks, and her songcraft has always remained full of heart and earthly spirituality. This song, which opened her outstanding 1993 debut,Infamous Angel, is an object lesson, weighing...
“I wrote itas a kiss-off to everybody who counted you out, put you down, or decided you weren’t good enough,” Springsteen wrote of the first roof-raising arena anthem of his career. The melody and cadence for “Rosalita” came from a Van Morrison-style song that Springteen played ...
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