The World's Music: July 2013

Sunday, July 28, 2013

ONE DIRECTION - ONE THING (ACOUSTIC VIDEO)

Title: One Thing (Acoustic version) Artist: One Direction Country: U.K.
I like this acoustic version of the song "One Thing" because it showcased each of the members' voice. If there is one thing One Direction is very good at is in harmonizing and blending their voices. They are so amazing vocally.
This song was their second hit from their number one album "Up All Night". It was certified 4x platinum in Australia, 3x platinum in Norway, 2x platinum in Canada and a platinum in the U.S., and it was the number one music video for 2012 in the music channel in the Philippines.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

ARTISTS AT A GLANCE: ONE DIRECTION

by directioner_44

From left to right: Louis, Zayn, Niall, Liam and Harry

Members:

Louis Tomlinson

Date of Birth: December 24, 1991

Birthplace: Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England

Zayn Malik

Date of Birth: January 12, 1993

Birthplace: Bradford, West Yorkshire, England

Liam Payne

Date of Birth: August 29, 1993

Birthplace: Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England

Niall Horan

Date of Birth: September 13, 1993

Birthplace: Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland

Harry Styles

Date of Birth: February 1, 1994

Birthplace: Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, England

One Direction is an English-Irish boy band. The group was formed during the U.K.’s The X Factor 7^th series in 2010. Each of the members of the group joined The X Factor as solo contenders for the Boys Category but none of them succeed. Guest judge Nicole Scherzinger suggested that the boys joined together as a five member group. They qualified and made it to the Group Category. It was Harry Styles who gave the name One Direction to their group. They eventually finished third at the The X Factor’s finals.

After The X Factor, they signed with Simon Cowell’s record label Syco Records. Their first album “Up All Night” was released internationally in 2012. It reached the number one spot in the U.S. Billboard Charts. They are the first British Group in the U.S. chart history to reach number one in the charts for their debut album.

Awards:

Billboard Music Awards

2013 – Top Duo/Group

New Artist of the Year

Top Pop Artist

Brit Awards

2013 – Brits Global Success

Japan Gold Disk Awards

2013 – New Artist of the Year (Western)

MTV Awards

2012 – MTV’s Artist of the Year

MTV Europe Music Awards

2012 – Best New Act

Best UK and Ireland Act

MTV Video Music Awards

2012 – Best New Artist

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

JESSIE J - PRICE TAG LYRICS

JESSIE J - PRICE TAG Lyrics

Choice quotes from the song:

"Money can't buy us happiness."

"It's like this man, you can't put a price
on the life."

Even if you are swimming in an ocean of money, still you can’t be genuinely happy, and the value of our life is more than all the money in this world. People think that if they have plenty of money they can buy the moon and the stars, but take note, money can’t just buy everything in this world.

Money can buy a bed, but not sleep.

Money can buy foods, but not appetite.

Money can buy sex, but not true love

Money can buy a house, but not a home.

Money can buy people, but not God.

I don’t know the original author of the above quotes. There are so many variations of these quotes, but this is the simplest one.

Friday, July 12, 2013

MUSIC TRIVIA: SUCCESSFUL NON-WINNERS

What do One Direction, Jennifer Hudson and Christina Aguilera have in common? All of them were non-winners from music competitions.

In 1990, when Christina Aguilera was only eight years old, she competed in Star Search, a television show that was produced from 1983-1995. Aguilera placed second in the female vocalist category.

Jennifer Hudson joined the American Idol’s third season (2004-2005) but ended only as a seventh placer. Hudson’s elimination from the competition was considered by MTV as the most shocking of all time.

U.K.’s X-Factor was One Direction’s starting point. Each member of One Direction auditioned as solo contestants for the “Boys” category, but none of them succeed. At the suggestion of guest judge Nicole Scherzinger, they were put together as a group, and became qualified for the “Groups” category. They finished third at the finals.

Aguilera, Hudson and One Direction may not be the big winners of Star Search, American Idol and X Factor, respectively, but they are among the music industry’s most successful artists.

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