Alicia Keys - Alicia Keys Alicia Keys is a nu soul vocalist. She was born on january 25 1981 in Manhattan, New York as a daughter of a white mother, Terri Augello, and a black father, Craig Cook. She was also raised in New York. She first played a piano when she was seven. She learned classical music of Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin (which was her favorite). She wrote her first song Butterflyz at the age of fourteen, which can be found or her debut album. It was her mother who supported her for a great part while developing her talents. Her debut album, Songs in A Minor, was commercially successful. With it she won five Grammy Awards in 2002 (see 2002 in music). Because she wrote her own.
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January 2002 - Jordan's wife files for divorce. January 4, 2002 U.S. officials announce they have custody of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi. January 4, 2002 The Israeli Army seizes the Karine A on the Red Sea, claiming the arms on the ship were bound for the Palestinian Authority. Tom Daschle accuses President Bush and the Republicans have caused the "most dramatic fiscal deterioration in our nation's history." The United States Department of Labor announces that the United States unemployment rate rose to 5.8% in December. U2, India Arie, and Alicia Keys lead the nominations for the 44th annual Grammy Awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. The movies Impostor, Eisenstein, Black Hawk Down, and Gosford Park are released in the U.S. - several are actually worth seeing. January 3, 2002 Beer brewer.
Grammy Award for Song of the Year - contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 2000s 2 1990s 3 1980s 4 1970s 5 1960s 6 1950s 2000s Grammy Awards of 2003 Jesse Harris for "Don't Know Why" performed by Norah Jones Grammy Awards of 2002 Alicia Keys for "Fallin'" Grammy Awards of 2001 U2 for "Beautiful Day" Grammy Awards of 2000 Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas for "Smooth" performed by Santana featuring Rob Thomas 1990s Grammy Awards of 1999 James Horner & Will Jennings for "My Heart Will Go On" performed by Celine Dion Grammy Awards of 1998 John Leventhal & Shawn Colvin for "Sunny Came Home" performed by Shawn Colvin Grammy Awards of 1997 Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims for "Change the World" performed by Eric Clapton & Babyface / Wynonna Grammy Awards of 1996 Seal for "Kiss From a.
Grammy Awards of 2002 - & Union Station, Tim Blake Nelson The Peasall Sisters, Chris Sharp, Ralph Stanley, Gillian Welch & The Whites for O Brother, Where Art Thou Song of the Year Alicia Keys for "Fallin'" Best New Artist Alicia Keys Special Merit Awards Lifetime Achievement Award The Beach Boys Tony Bennett Sammy Davis Jr Bob Marley The Who Trustees Award Arif Mardin Phil Ramone Tech Award Les Paul Digidesign Alternative Best Alternative Music Album Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin (producers), Ken Nelson (producer & engineer), Michael H. Brauer (engineer) & Coldplay for Parachutes performed by Coldplay Blues Best Traditional Blues Album John P. Hampton, Jared Tuten (engineers) & Jimmie Vaughan (producer & artist) for Do You Get the Blues? Best Contemporary Blues Album Delbert McClinton, Gary Nicholson (producers), Richard Dodd, Don.
Grammy Award for Best New Artist - 2000s 2 1990s 3 1980s 4 1970s 5 1960s 2000s Grammy Awards of 2003 Norah Jones Grammy Awards of 2002 Alicia Keys Grammy Awards of 2001 Shelby Lynne Grammy Awards of 2000 Christina Aguilera 1990s Grammy Awards of 1999 Lauryn Hill Grammy Awards of 1998 Paula Cole Grammy Awards of 1997 LeAnn Rimes Grammy Awards of 1996 Hootie & the Blowfish Grammy Awards of 1995 Sheryl Crow Grammy Awards of 1994 Toni Braxton Grammy Awards of 1993 Arrested Development Grammy Awards of 1992 Marc Cohn Grammy Awards of 1991 Mariah Carey Grammy Awards of 1990 Milli Vanilli (revoked) 1980s Grammy Awards of 1989 Tracy Chapman Grammy Awards of 1988 Jody Watley Grammy Awards of 1987 Bruce Hornsby & the Range Grammy Awards of 1986 Sade Grammy Awards of 1985 Cyndi Lauper.
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song - 3 1980s 4 1970s 5 1960s 2000s Grammy Awards of 2003: Erykah Badu, Robert Ozuna, James Poyser, Raphael Saadiq & Glen Standridge for "Love Of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop)" Grammy Awards of 2002: Alicia Keys for "Fallin'", performed by same Grammy Awards of 2001: La Shawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins, Beyoncé Knowles, LeToya Lucket, LaTavia Roberson & Kelendria Rowland for "Say My Name", performed by Destiny's Child Grammy Awards of 2000: Kevin Briggs, Kandi Burruss & Tameka Cottle for "No Scrubs", performed by TLC 1990s Grammy Awards of 1999: Lauryn Hill for "Doo Wop (That Thing)", performed by same Grammy Awards of 1998: R. Kelly for "I Believe I Can Fly", performed by same Grammy Awards of 1997: Babyface for "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)", performed by Whitney.
Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance - 1990s 3 1980s 4 1970s 5 1960s 2000s Grammy Awards of 2003: Mary J. Blige for "He Think I Don't Know" Grammy Awards of 2002: Alicia Keys for "Fallin'" Grammy Awards of 2001: Toni Braxton for "He Wasn't Man Enough" Grammy Awards of 2000: Whitney Houston for "It's Not Right But It's Okay" 1990s Grammy Awards of 1999: Lauryn Hill for "Doo Wop (That Thing)" Grammy Awards of 1998: Erykah Badu for "On & On" Grammy Awards of 1997: Toni Braxton for "You're Makin' Me High" Grammy Awards of 1996: Anita Baker for "I Apologize" Grammy Awards of 1995: Toni Braxton for "Breathe Again" Grammy Awards of 1994: Toni Braxton for "Another Sad Love Song" Grammy Awards of 1993: Chaka Khan for The Woman I Am Grammy Awards of 1992: (tie).
February 2002 - 27, 2002 2 February 26, 2002 3 February 22, 2002 4 February 11, 2002 5 February 8, 2002 6 February 5, 2002 7 February 3, 2002 8 February 2, 2002 February 27, 2002 Alicia Keys wins five Grammys. Today is the centennial of John Steinbeck's birth. "War on Terrorism": The U.S. sends Special Operations Forces to the former Soviet republic of Georgia to help combat guerrilla fighters, though Russia protests. Ethnic violence in India: 57 people die in Godhra when a Muslim mob sets fire to a carriage on the Sabarmati Express filled with Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists returning from Ayodhya en route to Ahmedabad. After detaching the burned carriage, the train continues to Vadodara, where Hindus beat and stab people leaving the train, killing one. A 17-year-old is later killed.
Eve (rapper) - a woman to enter the American charts at #1. The follow-up, Scorpion, was released in 2001 to good reviewes, but the second single, "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" (with Gwen Stefani of No Doubt) became a pop success. The song won a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration and Scorpion went platinum. Eve then appeared in XXX with Vin Diesel and in Barbershop with Ice Cube. She released Eve-Olution, her third album, in 2002. "Gangsta Lovin'", with Alicia Keys, became another pop hit and Eve closed out 2003 by signing to UPN for a television show about a fashion designer..
1981 - US President Ronald Reagan appoints the first female US Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor The Pac-Man video game is introduced in the US Year in topic 1981 in film June 12 - Raiders of the Lost Ark starring Harrison Ford Chariots of Fire On Golden Pond 1981 in literature 1981 in music Grandmaster Flash's "Adventures on the Wheels of Steel" is the first recording to use scratching 1981 in theatre May 11 - the first performance of the history-making musical, Cats. 1981 in sports January 25 - Super Bowl XV Oakland Raiders (27) def. Philadelphia Eagles (10) July 24-August 2 - First World Games held in Santa Clara, California August 21 - Salvador Sanchez defeats Wilfredo Gomez by a knockout in 8 to retain his WBC world Featherweight boxing title.
2001 in music - Osbourne Land Of The Free - Pennywise Anyone's For Doomsday - Powerman 5000 Freaked Out and Small - Presidents of the United States of America Come Clean - Puddle Of Mudd Amnesiac - Radiohead Revolving Around The World - Revolution My Heart Is In Your Hands - Revolution Laundry Service - Shakira God Hates Us All - Slayer IOWA - Slipknot Pretty Together - Sloan Greatest Hits (2-Disc) - The Smashing Pumpkins Spy Kids 1 - Soundtrack Break The Cycle - Staind Sound-Dust - Stereolab Start Static - Sugarcult All Killer No Filler - Sum 41 Toxicity- System of a Down Mink Car - They Might Be Giants From Chaos - 311 Lateralus - Tool Communication & Conviction: Last Seven Years - The Tossers Fuel For Life - The Turbo AC's.
Alternative hip hop - with the same term, including a mixture of heavy metal, hard rock and hip hop that would eventually come to be known as rapcore, and a mixture of 1970s-style soul music and hip hop called nu soul. Rapcore Rapcore was popularized by groups like Limp Bizkit (Significant Other, 1999), Kid Rock (Devil Without a Cause, 1998) and Linkin Park (Hybrid Theory, 2000) though the style had already lost most of its critical viability by the end of the 90s. This fusion was invented in the early part of the decade, drawing on influences like thrash metal groups like Anthrax (Persistence of Time), Ice-T (Body Count) and Rage Against the Machine (Rage Against the Machine). The earliest artists to mix rock and hip hop were Run-D.M.C (King of Rock, 1985) and the.
Christina Aguilera - year 2000 she emphasized her Latino heritage, following the Latino trend of the time, by releasing her first Latin album, Mi Reflejo. At this time she claimed to have been learning Spanish. Her second official English-language album was Stripped. This features many interludes, one before the track "Infatuation", which features her speaking Spanish, and a duet with Alicia Keys; however, Aguilera cannot speak Spanish fluently yet - even though she is learning Spanish - as she forgot the language while growing up. Her mother is fluent in Spanish because of her former husband, Aguilera's father, who is Ecuadorian-American, while her mother is from Newfoundland and is of Irish descent; they met while he was serving on an American airbase in Newfoundland. By the year 2002, however, her previously heralded vocals were.
Clive Davis - of the most diverse lineups in the record industry. It has been home to Barry Manilow, Whitney Houston, The Grateful Dead, Sarah McLachlan, Annie Lennox, Kenny G, Puffy Combs, Aretha Franklin, Toni Braxton and Patti Smith. On January 28, 1997 Davis received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2000, Davis ran into disagreements with new Arista owners BMG (a member of the Bertelsmann group) over the way he ran the label. Reports point to his age (late sixties at the time), lack of a succession plan, and free-spending habits as points of contention. As part of the deal to oust him, Davis was allowed to take some of his most successful artists (Luther Vandross and Alicia Keys, for example) as he founded yet another independent record label, J.
Soul music - The Four Seasons-inspired doo wop other performers: Righteous Brothers, Hall & Oates, The Rascals, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, Dusty Springfield Detroit soul -- Dominated by Berry Gordy's Motown empire, Detroit soil is strongly rhythmic and influenced by gospel. It often includes handclapping and a powerful bassline, and includes violins, bells and other untraditional instruments. Motown's house band was Earl Van Dyke & the Funk Brothers. other performers: Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, The Marvelettes, Mary Wells, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, The Four Tops songwriters: Holland-Dozier-Holland Memphis soul -- Generally refers to soul produced at Stax records in Memphis. Stax self-consciously nurtured a distinctive sound, which included putting vocals further back.
Right On! - who is Black and involved in the entertainment business. It also offers female readers make-up tips, and it has a pen pals section. Among the famous people and groups who have been on Right On's cover recently are: Aaliyah, B2K, Lil Bow Wow, Mario, Lil Romeo, Alicia Keys, Brandy Norwood, Destiny's Child, TLC and many other performers..
Nu soul - D'Angelo (Brown Sugar), Lauryn Hill (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu (Baduizm) made the genre a critical success, with moderate to occasionally blockbuster commercial success. Soon after the turn of the millennium, artists like Alicia Keys (Songs in A Minor) further popularized the sound, to some critical disdain. List Of Nu Soul Artists: Alicia Keys Bilal City High D'Angelo Erykah Badu Lauryn Hill Macy Gray Maxwell Musiq Soulchild Res.
List of hurricanes - 1969 Celia, 1970 Agnes, 1972 Carmen, 1974 Fifi, 1974 Eloise, 1975 Anita, 1977 David, 1979 Frederic, 1979 Allen, 1980 Alicia, 1983 Elena, 1985 Gloria, 1985 Gilbert, 1988 Hugo, 1989 Diana, 1990 Klaus, 1990 Bob, 1991 Andrew*, 1992 (retroactively upgraded to category 5 in 2002) Luis, 1995 Marilyn, 1995 Opal, 1995 Roxanne, 1995 Cesar, 1996 Fran, 1996 Hortense, 1996 Georges, 1998 Joan, 1998 Mitch, 1998 Floyd, 1999 Lenny, 1999 Keith, 2000 Allison, 2001 Iris, 2001 Michelle, 2001 Isadore, 2002 Lili, 2002 Fabian, 2003 (not officially retired yet, but it's a good bet) Isabel, 2003 (likewise) Odette, 2003 (probably will not be retired, but should be) Unnamed but historically significant Labor Day Hurricane of 1935*, Florida Keys Great Galveston Hurricane, 1900 The Great Hurricane of 1780 Eastern Pacific Named Iniki, 1992, Hawaii Unnamed.
List of songs which have the word Song in title or lyrics - South "The Song Is Over" - The Who (from Who's Next) "The Song of Songs" - Unknown "A Song to Pass the Time" - Bright Eyes "The Song Remains the Same" - Led Zeppelin "Song Sung Blue" - Neil Diamond "Song to the Cynic" - Teenage Fanclub "Swan Song" - Blur "Swan Song" - Bee Gees "The Anchor Song" - Bjork "The Birthday Song" - Don McLean "The Greeting Song" - Red Hot Chili Peppers "The Hell Song" - Sum 41 "The Onion Song" "The Pushbike Song" - Mixtures "The Shoop Shoop Song" - Betty Everett, covered by Cher "The Song Remains the Same" - Led Zeppelin "The Zephyr Song" - Red Hot Chili Peppers "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" - Billy Ocean "This Is Just A Modern.
