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Natasha Thomas
Natasha Thomas (born September 27, 1986 in Copenhagen) is a Danish pop
singer-songwriter.
singer-songwriter.
In 2003, at the age of sixteen, Thomas's debut single "Why (Does Your Love
Hurt So Much)" reached number forty in Germany (and airplay top four).
"Save Your Kisses For Me", released at the beginning of June 2004, had great
success. Her second single "It's Over Now" ranked 12th. The mid-tempo love
song, which features the Tobagan reggae artist Sugar Daddy (who has already
worked with Buju Banton, Sizzla and Capleton), also made it into the top
twenty of the airplay charts.
Thomas was selected to represent one of the world's best-known and most
important fashion labels, Lacoste. As the new worldwide "Lacoste face"
Thomas was seen from May 2004 onwards in a pan-European print and TV
campaign alongside the French tennis ace Arnaud Clément (currently number 26
in the world rankings). The advert was directed by Bruno Aveillan (Nissan,
Perrier, Nintendo, and others), who in the course of his career has already
filmed top stars such as Monica Bellucci, Claudia Schiffer, and Gisele
Bündchen.
Thomas was also seen worldwide in the Lacoste's Touch of Pink fragrance
print and TV ads. One of Thomas's song fragments that appeared in the TV ads
was "Let Me Show You (The Way)". Touch of Pink won two FiFi Awards in Berlin
in April 2005, including "People's Choice' Award for Women".
Thomas broke her worldwide recording contract with Sony Music and has
started her own record company along with her management crew.
Save Your Kisses, Natasha Thomas' first album was a minor hit in some South
America Countries, such as Argentina and Brazil (where it was released by
Epic Records in 2004). Thomas' song "It's Over Now" was included on the
Brazilian soap opera "Senhora do Destino" (English: "The Owner of Destiny")
international soundtrack. Her second album "Playin' With Fire", was not
released there.
In 2008 Natasha Thomas released a new single "Stereotypical". For the third
album she works with D'Klay Produktionz and Gabriel Flies. The album will be
released early 2009 according to her myspace. She posted new songs to her
myspace.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Thomas"
Friday, October 2, 2009
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country pop singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress. In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", which peaked at number six on the Billboard country charts. Later in October 2006, she released her self-titled debut album, which produced five hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and was certified 3× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA. The New York Times described Swift as "one of pop's finest songwriters, country’s foremost pragmatist and more in touch with her inner life than most adults".
According to Nielsen SoundScan, Swift was the biggest selling artist of 2008 in the United States with combined sales of more than four million albums. Swift's Fearless and her self-titled album finished 2008 at number three and number six respectively, with sales of 2.1 and 1.5 million. She was the first artist in the history of Nielsen SoundScan to have two different albums in the Top 10 on the year end album chart. Fearless has topped the Billboard 200 in 11 non-consecutive weeks. No album has spent more time at number one since 1999-2000. It also was the first album by a female artist in country music history to log eight weeks at #1 on The Billboard 200. In mid-January 2009, Swift became the first country artist to top the 2 million mark in paid downloads with three different songs. As of the week ending February 8, 2009, Swift's single "Love Story" became the country song with most paid downloads in history and the first country song to top the Mainstream Top 40 chart.Swift then subsequently went onto replicate the feat, reaching #1 again on the Mainstream Top 40 in September 2009 with "You Belong With Me", making it just the second country song in the chart's history to reach the top. According to the 2009 issue of Forbes, Swift is ranked as the 69th most powerful celebrity with over $18 million in earnings this year.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift"
According to Nielsen SoundScan, Swift was the biggest selling artist of 2008 in the United States with combined sales of more than four million albums. Swift's Fearless and her self-titled album finished 2008 at number three and number six respectively, with sales of 2.1 and 1.5 million. She was the first artist in the history of Nielsen SoundScan to have two different albums in the Top 10 on the year end album chart. Fearless has topped the Billboard 200 in 11 non-consecutive weeks. No album has spent more time at number one since 1999-2000. It also was the first album by a female artist in country music history to log eight weeks at #1 on The Billboard 200. In mid-January 2009, Swift became the first country artist to top the 2 million mark in paid downloads with three different songs. As of the week ending February 8, 2009, Swift's single "Love Story" became the country song with most paid downloads in history and the first country song to top the Mainstream Top 40 chart.Swift then subsequently went onto replicate the feat, reaching #1 again on the Mainstream Top 40 in September 2009 with "You Belong With Me", making it just the second country song in the chart's history to reach the top. According to the 2009 issue of Forbes, Swift is ranked as the 69th most powerful celebrity with over $18 million in earnings this year.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift"
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