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abril 21, 2012

Adele,Fotos Biografia

Biografia de Adele (Castellano)

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (Londres, 5 de mayo 1988) es una cantante inglesa de Neo Soul.
Adele se graduó en mayo del 2006 del Brit School of Performing Arts of Croydon (Patrocinados por los Brit Awards). Un mes más tarde publicó 2 canciones en una página web de artes escénicas, y comenzó a actuar en gira por Reino Unido con otros músicos como Jack Peñate (su mejor amigo), Jamie T, Devendra Banhart o Keren Ann entre otros.
Su éxito posterior en MySpace la llevó a adquirir popularidad y atención mediática, por lo que pudo firmar con el sello independiente XL Recordings. Con dicha compañía lanzaría su segundo single, Chasing pavements, que recibió una buena crítica y cobertura. Además, los medios de la BBC difundieron sus singles por sus diferentes radios e invitaron a Adele a interpretar sus canciones en varios programas a finales de 2007.
Sus cuerdas vocales son capaces de expresar todo el poderío del soul, se atreven con algunas incursiones jazzísticas y demuestran una emoción y aplomo que le han valido reiteradas comparaciones con ese fenómeno que encarna Amy Winehouse. Los aventurados hacen comparaciones nada menos que con Etta James y Ela Fitzgerald.
En 2009 Adele comenzarìa el que fuese primer gran año con uno de los premios de la crítica británica a sus espaldas, y el vaticinio de la BBC de que su estrella será la que más brillará en 2008. Este último baremo se ha revelado certero en sus anteriores ediciones, apuntando a los entonces incipientes Kaiser Chiefs, Keane o los Klaxons. Todo ese revuelo se vio avalado con la salida a la venta de su primer single, Chasing Pavements, que la consagró como firme promesa y que ha estado en el segundo puesto de los superventas.
Su primer album, 19, avala ese veredicto, aunque también ha puesto las cosas en su sitito: el grueso de la crítica apunta a que los temas de la cantautora no parecen destinados a perdurar. Son baladas melancólicas sobre el amor y su corazón roto a manos de un incomprensivo ex novio, pero los interpreta con tal fuerza y autoridad que nadie cuestiona su enorme madera de artista y talento innato.
«19» fue el primer fruto de su colaboración con el sello XL. La discográfica conocía a la cantante desde que todavía estudiaba en la Brit School of Performing Arts de Croydon, que tiene entre sus famosos ex condiscípulos a la propia Amy Winehouse y a Kate Nash.
Al cabo de un año, Adele era invitada a compartir escenario con Björk y Sir Paul McCartney en un popular show del viernes por la noche; el programa de la TV inglesa «Jools Holland».
Propietaria de unos intensos ojos verdes y decididamente despreocupada ante los comentarios sobre su fisico, Adele asegura estar preparada para no caer en la trampa de la fama. Tampoco atiende a la decepción de muchos de sus admiradores cuando insisten en que su alma no pertenece al soul -para el que parece haber nacido-, sino al pop. A saber, la voz que podría alardear de los gustos más sofisticados asegura que sus dos grupos favoritos son las Spice Girls y las Destiny’s Child.
«21» es el segundo album de estudio de la cantautora inglesa. Fue lanzado el 19 y 21 de Febrero de 2011. El album ha recibido criticas positivas y la mayoria de sus canciones han sido inspiradas por la ultima y mas reciente relacion fallida de la cantante.

Biography´s Adele (English)

Adele is not one for being pigeonholed. She has broken through the music industry at a relatively young age, particularly owing it to her distinctive voice. She was born Adele Laurie Blue Adkins on May 5, 1988 in Enfield, North London. She came from a non-musical family but a very supportive one. Adele said that her mother used to set up a stage show for her in their own home with Adele being the performer and her mother's friends being the audience.
Like many teenagers swept with the Spice Girls fever in the '90s, Adele too liked to impersonate the all-girls band. She was also a fan of British singer Gabrielle whose songs she liked to cover. One day, her father's friend who happened to be a dance producer praised the color of her voice and thus Adele's spirit was lifted.
She tried to cover Blondie's "Heart of Glass" and once she got a hold of a real mic, she knew it was her destiny to be a singer. "As soon as I got a microphone in my hand, when I was about 14, I realized I wanted to do this," she later on recalled. "Most people don't like the way their voice sounds when it's recorded. I was just so excited by the whole thing that I wasn't bothered what it sounded like."
Her secondary school life was not particularly cultivating for her singing career, only when she entered The BRIT School did she gain much more. Enrolling at the school that had graduated famous names like Amy Winehouse, Kate Nash and Leona Lewis, the young singer was lucky to meet an inspirational singer named Shingai Shoniwa which later on joined the band The Noisettes as the vocalist. Living next door to Shoniwa, Adele often made use of the opportunity to jam around with her and she confessed later on that Shoniwa made her "want to be a writer and not just sing Destiny's Child songs."
To boost her singing career, like many other hopeful musicians, Adele opened a MySpace account where she can display her songs and demos and ask for feedbacks. By 2004, she was already a popular singer on-line but only two years after that did she gain wider opportunity to showcase her talent. After graduating from BRIT school in May 2006, she toured around with affiliates Jamie T, Jack Penate, and Davendra Banhart. Through Jamie.
It's indie label, Pacemaker Records, she released an album called "Hometown Glory" that was only available on 7 inch vinyl format.
By that time, Adele was already a commodity for music executives that many have tried to sign a contract with her. It was XL Recordings that finally met the line. Adele released her debut album, "19", in U.K. through the label in January 2008. The LP went straight to number one on U.K. Albums chart, thanks to the popularity of its lead single "Chasing Pavements" that also received a unique music video. The album was then prepared for U.S. market with the release date set on June 10, 2008.
In 2009, she was nominated for four Grammys and won two of them; Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Two years later, she dropped a second album "21" on January 19 in the U.K. "I'm very excited, nervous, eager, anxious but chuffed to announce my new album! It's taken a while and it knocked me for six when writing it," she said of the new release. "It's different from '19', it's about the same things but in a different light. I deal with things differently now."
I am more patient, more honest, more forgiving and more aware of my own flaws, habits and principles. Something that comes with age I think. So fittingly this record is called '21'. The whole reason I called my first album '19' was about cataloging what happened to me then and who I was then, like a photo album you see the progression and changes in a person throughout the years."

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Adele - Someone like you (OFFICIAL VIDEO LYRICS) HD Live from Brit Awards 2011

Adele Live (HD)

(HD) Adele - "Rolling In The Deep" 2/21 Letterman

Adele - [HD 1080p] Someone Like You (Live at the MTV Video Music Awars 2011)

Adele - Full Concert (HD) iTunes Festival London 2011 - Beautiful ! (Show Completo)

Adele - Someone Like You (Lyrics - Sub Español) Video Official HD

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Adele Set Fire To The Rain-Later with Jools Holland Live 2011 HD

Adele - Rolling In The Deep (Grammy 2012) HD

Adele - [HD 1080p] Set Fire To The Rain (Live On The Graham Norton Show on 29/04/2011)

Adele - [HD 1080p] Someone Like You (Live Lounge Special 2011)

ADELE [HD] - I'll Be Waiting - NYC - 05/19/11

Adele - I'll Be Waiting (Live) Itunes Festival 2011 HD

Adele - Rolling In The Deep

Adele - Someone Like You - HD (Live Royal Albert Hall)

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abril 02, 2012

Amy Winehouse - Biografia,Biography,Fotos,Photos,Pictures,Galeria,Gallery,Videos,Videoclips.

Biografia de Amy Winehouse (castellano)
Amy Winehouse, cantante y compositora, nació el 14 de septiembre de 1983 en Londres (Reino Unido), en el seno de una familia judía y con tradición musical en el jazz.Se crió en los suburbios de Southgate, al norte de Londres, y sus primeros años escolares los pasó en el colegio 'Ashmole School'.A los doce años ingresó en la prestigiosa escuela de teatro 'Sylvia Young Theatre School', de donde fue expulsada antes de graduarse por 'no aplicarse' y hacerse un piercing en la nariz.Su amigo y cantante Tyler James le facilitó su maqueta a un productor musical y a los dieciséis años firmó su primer contrato con la discográfica Island Records, comenzando así su carrera profesional en el mundo del soul y del jazz.Debutó en el panorama musical en el año 2003 con su álbum 'Frank'. Este trabajo le valió una nominación en los Premios Mercury Music y un Ivor Novello Award en 2004, por su single 'Stronger than Me'.En 2006 publicó su segundo álbum, 'Back to black', en el que plasmó sus experiencias personales más tormentosas. Bajo la producción de Mark Jonson, con este disco consiguió actualizar los sonidos más tradicionales del soul.Gracias a los numerosos premios que recibió, la discográfica Universal reeditó el disco en formato lujo con un CD adicional que incluía ocho temas clásicos interpretados por Amy, como 'Cupid', del gran Sam Cooke, a ritmo de ska, o una versión acústica de 'To know him is to love him', de Phil Spector.En 2007 fue considerada la revelación musical del año, liderando la lista de ventas en todo el mundo con su segundo álbum 'Back to black', del que ha vendido hasta el 2008 más de seis millones de copias, y con el que ganó un Brit Award en la categoría de Mejor Artista Británica. Además su single 'Rehab' (rehabilitación) fue elegido 'canción del año' en los premios que concede anualmente la prestigiosa revista 'Mojo'.En este mismo año, la cantante obtuvo el premio 'Artist choice' (premio que deciden los cantantes) en los premios MTV Europe Music Awards, celebrados en Munich.En 2008 consiguió cinco premios Grammy, a 'Mejor Grabación', 'Mejor Canción del Año' (ambos por 'Rehab'), 'Artista Revelación', 'Álbum de Pop Vocal' y 'Mejor Artista de Pop Vocal'. La gala se celebró en Los Ángeles y la cantante británica no pudo asistir por problemas en la concesión de su visado, pero finalmente actuó vía satélite desde Londres.El 4 de julio de 2008 actuó en el festival 'Rock in Río Madrid', en Arganda del Rey, junto a otros artistas internacionales como The Police, Lenny Kravitz, Jamiroquai, Franz Ferdinand, Tokio Hotel, Alejandro Sanz o James Morrison.Su última gira europea, iniciada en junio de 2011 y que incluía un concierto en Bilbao el pasado 8 de julio, fue suspendida tras la actuación de Belgrado, el 19 de junio, en la que apenas pudo cantar y se tambaleó por el escenario.Amy es conocida también por sus excesos con las drogas y el alcohol, y por los problemas de su marido con la justicia, y ha sido internada en clínicas de desintoxicación en varias ocasiones.El 23 de julio de 2011 fue hallada muerta en su apartamento, en el barrio londinense de Camden. Como otras leyendas de la música (Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix o Janis Joplin), tenía 27 años.

Biography's Amy Winehouse (English)
Born: September 14, 1983 in Enfield, EnglandYears Active: 00's Genre: R&B.
Much can be said about the late Amy Winehouse, one of the U.K.'s flagship vocalists during the 2000s. The British press and tabloids seemed to focus on her rowdy behavior, heavy consumption of alcohol, and tragic end, but fans and critics alike embraced her rugged charm, brash sense of humor, and distinctively soulful and jazzy vocals. Her platinum-selling breakthrough album, Frank (2003), elicited comparisons ranging from Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan to Macy Gray and Lauryn Hill. Interestingly enough, despite her strong accent and vernacular, one can often hear aspects of each of those singers' vocal repertoire in Winehouse's own voice. Nonetheless, her allure had always been her songwriting -- almost always deeply personal but best known for its profanity and brutal candor.
Born to a taxi-driving father and a pharmacist mother, Winehouse grew up in the Southgate area of northern London. Her upbringing was surrounded by jazz. Many of the uncles on her mother's side were professional jazz musicians, and even her paternal grandmother was romantically involved with British jazz legend Ronnie Scott at one time. While at home, she listened to and absorbed her parents' selection of greats: Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Frank Sinatra among others. However, in her teens, she was drawn to the rebellious spirit of TLC, Salt-N-Pepa, and other American R&B and hip-hop acts of the time. At the age of 16, after she had been expelled from London's Sylvia Young Theatre School, she caught her first break when pop singer Tyler James, a schoolmate and close friend, passed on her demo tape to his A&R, who was searching for a jazz vocalist. That opportunity led to her recording contract with Island Records. By the end of 2003, when she was 20 years old, Island had released her debut album, Frank. With contributions from hip-hop producer/keyboardist Salaam Remi, Winehouse's amalgam of jazz, pop, soul, and hip-hop received rave reviews. The album was nominated for the 2004 Mercury Music Prize as well as two Brit awards, and its lead single, "Stronger Than Me," won an Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song.
Following Winehouse's debut, the accolades and inquiring interviews appeared concurrently in the press with her tempestuous public life. Several times she showed up to her club or TV performances too drunk to sing an entire set. In 2006, her management company finally suggested that she enter rehab for alcohol abuse, but instead, she dumped the company and transcribed the ordeal into the U.K. Top Ten hit "Rehab," the lead single for her second, critically acclaimed album, Back to Black. Containing evocative productions from Salaam Remi and British DJ/multi-instrumentalist Mark Ronson, the album somewhat abandoned jazz, delving into the sounds of '50s/'60s-era girl group harmonies, rock & roll, and soul. The fanfare over the release was so great that it started to spill over onto U.S. shores; several rappers and DJs made their own remixes of various songs, not to mention covers by Prince and the Arctic Monkeys.
One month after Winehouse won Best Female Artist at the Brit Awards in February 2007, Universal released Back to Black in the U.S. The LP charted higher than any other American debut by a British female recording artist before it, and it remained in the Top Ten for several months, selling a million copies by the end of that summer. Just as in the U.K., she became the talk of the town, landing on the covers of Rolling Stone and Spin magazines. Not long afterward, though, Winehouse canceled her North American tour. Early reports revealed that she was entering rehab for alcohol and drug addiction, but her new management denied the claims, stating it was due to severe exhaustion. Her erratic behavior kept her and her new husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, in the tabloids constantly, on and off stages on both sides of the Atlantic, but in late 2007, American fans were finally given a chance to hear Winehouse's early work, with a slightly abbreviated (two songs removed and one added) version of Frank.
Unfortunately, the next four years were filled with drama, disappointment, and very little music. By 2009, her marriage had ended in divorce, she had repeatedly been arrested on assault charges and/or public order offenses, her struggles with substance abuse and mental health issues tragically played out in the press. Public performances turned into incoherent disasters, the worst of them posted to video-sharing sites for all to see. A track on the Quincy Jones tribute Q: Soul Bossa Nostra appeared in 2010, while a duet with Tony Bennett was announced in early 2011, but a planned follow-up to Back to Black would never make it past the demo stage. Winehouse was found dead in her Camden, London apartment on July 23, 2011. The coroner's report, delivered three months later, revealed that her blood alcohol content had reached a potentially fatal level.
Nearly two months after her death, Winehouse's first posthumous appearance was released on Tony Bennett's Duets II, where she dueted with Bennett on "Body and Soul." Near the end of 2011, her family's foundation announced the release of Lioness: Hidden Treasures, a posthumous compilation featuring recordings from throughout her career (although a few of the arrangements were recorded after her death). Cyril Cordor, Rovi

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