The two lived in a tiny one-bedroom apartment. However, Keys' mother wanted her daughter to learn the piano. A friend of the family gave them an old upright, and Keys began taking lessons. Keys saw how much her mother struggled to make ends meet and begged her mother to let her quit, but Augello refused.
At an early age, Keys learned to play classical music. She composed her first musical piece in tribute to her grandfather; at eleven years old, she wrote her first song.
Music came before everything, everything, everything. It just meant more than anything ever meant. I would risk everything for it. I'd mess around and get kicked out of school for it or kicked out of my Momma's house for it. There was nothing that was more important to me. She saw a future as a singer, and quickly found a manager to help her get started right away. Manager Jeff Robinson began grooming Keys, helping her put together a demo, and placing her in showcases where people in the record industry could hear her.
He also convinced her to join a girls' choir through the Police Athletic League in Harlem. Keys and Robinson decided that she did not need backup singers or a live band, just a piano and she would get a contract. Once the executives heard her sing, a bidding war broke out. In the end, Keys signed with Columbia Records because they also included a baby grand piano in the contract; she was just In addition to signing with Columbia, Keys also graduated from high school two years early.
She was the valedictorian as well. She was accepted at Columbia University, but only lasted four weeks. She told Rolling Stone it was too much handling class during the day with studio sessions at night. She also moved into her own apartment at But what was once Keys' biggest opportunity turned into her worst nightmare.
Columbia Records had an idea of how they wanted to proceed with her career but she had differing ideas. Keys wanted to create music from the soul that touched the hearts of people; the record company wanted either another pop teen sensation like Britney Spears or beautiful balladeer like Mariah Carey.
For this reason, her parents enrolled her in the Convent of the Sacred Heart, a religious and elitist school. She was very fond of music since she was a child, she learned to play the piano and, at thirteen, she wrote her first song. She was a participant in open mic nights.
But she did not finish her studies, she abandoned them to start her musical career. She began by performing melodic songs on the piano in clubs and small bars in New York. Her first production was made by her with producer and composer RedOne, they called it : Boys, Boys Boys.
This production was not successful. At that time, her life knew drugs and uncontrolled parties. In she began working with Lady Starlight, they began to perform in venues in downtown New York. They participated in the American music festival «Lollapalooza». Using her writing skills, she wrote songs for Britney Spears. While she persisted, unsuccessfully, in contacting and seeking support in some record companies, the situation would change when meeting the music producer Rob Fusari.
He promoted her musical career, thanks to his support they built a strong working relationship, and this led to a sentimental relationship. At a recognized event, Akon, who already knew Lady Gaga as her songwriter, heard her sing and decided to offer her a contract for his record label, Kon Live Distribution.
Gaga certainly accepted it. Thus began Lady Gaga to be known as a singer. At this stage, she had the collaboration of Fusari and other producers such as RedOne and Martin Kierszenbaum. The young singer debuted with her album, The Fame. A mix of electropop; the synthpop of the 80s and dance sounds.
The success was imminent, it was one of the best-selling albums in worldwide, with more than 12 million copies, and it reached the Top 1 in countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, and Ireland. Her vision was great, she not only wanted to release a single, but an album. It was number one in countries like the United States; more than , digital downloads are estimated, including Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
For this work, the brand new artist was nominated for a Grammy for the first time. In October , she was awarded the Rising Star of award from Billboard magazine. Bad Romance was number one in countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, Ireland, Spain, Peru, Germany, France, Sweden, Austria, and Denmark, and its promotional video, admired for the innovative elements and excellent paraphernalia, exceeded million visits on YouTube, becoming the most viewed in history.
On the album The Fame Monster. There was the song Paparazzi. The video was a boom. Thanks to her fame, she embarked on her first tour: The Fame Ball Tour; this tour had an admirable reception, it sold out stadiums and large venues. Later, she was nominated for the Grammy Awards. The videos of her were irreverent and gave a lot to talk about, they swept on television and especially on the Internet. Platinum blonde appears in Just Dance ; with a lightning bolt on her cheek, inspired by David Bowie from Aladdin Sane, another of her references.
On the other hand, on Poker Face she incorporates her sexiest and most futuristic style. His videos can be summarized as extravagant hairstyles, excessive makeup, sidereal or cosmic style wardrobes, or simply exuberant, increasingly sophisticated scenography, choreographies close to pornography.
Her way of being was linked to her music, she was an eccentric girl and eventually gave explosive statements to the press, she declared herself a hermaphrodite. All these scandals made her more and more popular, and she was the focus of all eyes on her.
She also premiered Alejandro and Dancer in the Dark. Gaga embarked on her second world tour, The Monster Ball Tour, she officially announced it on October 15, It would end in Spain in two only concerts, in Barcelona and Madrid.
The tickets were sold in just three days. Billboard announced that the song Telephone , from the album The Fame Monster, peaked at number one on the Pop Songs chart, being the only singer in history to get the sixth consecutive number one from it. In , the news spread that her ex-boyfriend and producer Rob Fusari sued for the company Rob Fusari Productions, demanding the payment of a total debt of 30 million dollars, for being the co-author and co-producer of Paparazzi, Beautiful, Dirty, Rich, Disco Heaven and Retro, Dance, Freak.
Gaga began production on the album: Born This Way. It sold more than a million copies in its first week after its release in the United States, topping the Billboard This music star declared in a documentary about her life, Five Foot Two , that she suffers from fibromyalgia, a disease that attacks muscles and bones, and it has cost her time off stage.
Although, she is still extremely optimistic. Elton John March 25, is a singer, songwriter, and musician. He was born in Pinner, Middlesex, UK. His birth name is Reginald Dwight. The people who encouraged Elton to start in the world of music were his grandmother and his mother , who one day surprised him by performing a song on the house piano. They immediately knew that the boy had a great musical talent.
At the age of four, he was already performing simple melodies, and at seven he was singing at family parties. Elton studied at the Royal Academy of Music thanks to a scholarship after graduating from high school. He also was part of the choir. Although after a few years he got bored with classical music and began to try rock music. At age 15, he got his first job as a pianist in a downtown pub, where he received the nickname Reggie. He used to perform songs by Ray Charles and Jim Reeves. Alicia Augello Cook was born in Hell's Kitchen in early Raised by her Italian-American mother, she enrolled in classical piano lessons at the age of seven and began writing songs four years later.
An education at the Professional Performing Arts School helped develop her vocal skills, and at the age of 16 she graduated as the class valedictorian. Two Columbias loomed on the horizon: Columbia University and Columbia Records, both of which extended offers.
Although she attempted to make both options work, Keys found it difficult to juggle academic and professional commitments and chose to focus exclusively on her music career. Assuming the stage name of Alicia Keys , she began working with Columbia and contributed a song to the Men in Black soundtrack, but disputes with the label resulted in her contract's termination. Keys bounced back by aligning herself with Clive Davis , the president of Arista Records, but work on her debut album stalled when Davis was ousted from the company in Davis soon formed his own label, J Records, and welcomed Keys into the fold with an aggressive publicity campaign including an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Driven by the number one pop hit "Fallin'," Songs in A Minor was released in June , debuted at the top of the Billboard , and rose to platinum status in ten countries. As drew to a close, Keys returned to the top of the singles chart with the hook on Jay-Z 's "Empire State of Mind" which also won two Grammys in the rap field , and in December released her fourth studio album, The Element of Freedom.
In July , Keys married hip-hop producer Swizz Beatz. The couple welcomed their first child together in October , a son named Egypt Daoud Dean.
In December , they welcomed their second son, Genesis Ali Dean. The March inspired sister marches all over the country and the world, and drew over half a million people to Washington, D. In her address to the crowd, Keys said: "Let us continue to honor all that is beautiful about being feminine.
We are mothers. We are caregivers. We are artists. We are activists. We are entrepreneurs, doctors, leaders of industry and technology. Our potential is unlimited. We rise! We will not allow our compassionate souls to get stepped on. We want the best for all Americans. No hate, no bigotry, no Muslim registry.
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