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Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970 or 1969; sources vary) is an American R&B/pop singer-songwriter, record producerand actress. She made her recording debut, in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Following her marriage to Mottola, in 1993, a series of hit records including, "Dreamlover" and "Hero" from the diamond album, Music Box established her position as Columbia Records' highest-selling act.

Following her separation from Mottola, in 1997, she introduced elements of hip hop into her album work, to much initial success, but when she left Columbia in 2001, her popularity was in decline. She signed a record $80 million deal with Virgin Records, only to be dropped from the label and bought out of her contract in the following year. This radical turn of events was due to the highly publicized physical and emotional breakdown, as well as the poor reception that was given to Glitter, her film and soundtrack project. In 2002, Carey signed a $24 million deal with Island Records, and, after a relatively unsuccessful period, she returned to the top of pop music, in 2005, with her album, The Emancipation of Mimi. The album sold over 10 million copies worldwide and it's single "We Belong Together," became her most successful solo single of her music career and was awarded Song of the Decade by Billboard

In a career spanning over two decades, Carey has sold more than 200 million albums, singles and videos worldwide, according to Island Def Jam, which makes her one of the world's best-selling music artists. Carey was cited as the world’s best-selling recording artist of the 1990s at the World Music Awards in 1998. and was also named the best-selling female artist of the millennium by the same award in 2000. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the third-best-selling female artist, with shipments of 63 million albums in the U.S. In 2006, Carey came in 6th place on the Forbes Richest 20 Woman In Entertainment list. In April 2008, "Touch My Body" became Carey's eighteenth number one single on the Hot 100, the most by any solo artist. Carey has been included in Time magazine's100 Most Influential People in the world in 2008. Carey starred in the film Precious (2009), which earned her a Breakthrough Performance Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and an NAACP Image Award nomination.

Aside from her commercial accomplishments, she composes all her own material, has earned five Grammy Awards, seventeen World Music Awards, and is known for her five-octave vocal range, power, melismatic style and signature use of the whistle register.

SOURCE: wikipedia

Girl's Generation

Profiles

Taeyeon
Lead Vocalist
Birth name: Kim Taeyeon
Date of birth: March 9, 1989 (age 20)

Jessica
English name: Jessica Jung
Korean name: Jung Sooyeon
Date of birth: April 18, 1989 (age 20)

Sunny
Stage name: Sunny

Birth name: Lee Soonkyu

Date of birth: May 15, 1989 (age 20)

Tiffany
Stage name: Tiffany
English name: Stephanie Hwang
Korean name: Hwang Miyoung
Date of birth: August 1, 1989 (age 19)

Hyoyeon
Birth name: Kim Hyoyeon
Date of birth: September 22, 1989 (age 19)

Yuri
Birth name: Kwon Yuri
Date of birth: December 5, 1989 (age 19)

Sooyoung
Birth name: Choi Sooyoung
Date of birth: February 10, 1990 (age 19)

Yoona
Birth name: Im Yoona
Date of birth: May 30, 1990 (age 19)

Seohyun
Stage name: SeoHyun
Birth name: Seo Joohyun
Date of birth: June 28, 1991 (age 18)

SOURCE: http://radicaldevelopment.net/2009/07/05/girls-generation-snsd-south-korean-girl-band/

2PM

2PM is a South Korean boy band, originally a seven-member group, but currently consisting of six members due to the sudden contract termination of leader Jaebeom following an Internet controversy in September 2009. They are managed by JYP Entertainment. The current members are Junsu, Junho, Nichkhun, Taecyeon, Wooyoung and Chansung.

2PM is one of the two subgroups branched out from the eleven-member (before Jaebeom's departure) boy band One Day, the other being 2AM. They debuted with the song "10 Jeom Manjeome 10 Jeom" (10점 만점에 10점, lit. 10 Points Out of 10 Points), which showcased their acrobatic dance styles. They achieved their first No. 1 song with "Again & Again".

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Big Bang

Big Bang is a boy band from South Korea. This group consists of 5 personnel,each having a different voice or rapping parts. They are regarded as members of the new face of "Family YG" under the care of YG Entertainment. Afterlaunching their career in 2006, Big Bang succeeded the popular andsuccessful in 2007 with the single "Lies" (거짓말). This success puts the BigBang as South Korea's leading boy band, and compete with the female singergroup Wonder Girls. Besides known thanks to their hit songs, members alsobecome role models in the style of dress.

source: http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang_(grup_musik)

David James Archuleta

David James Archuleta (born December 28, 1990) is an American pop singer-songwriter. At ten years old he won the children's division of the Utah Talent Competition leading to other television singing appearances. When he was twelve years old, Archuleta became the Junior Vocal Champion on Star Search 2. In 2007, at sixteen years old, he became one of the youngest contestants on the seventh season of American Idol. In May 2008 he finished as the runner-up, receiving 44 percent of over 97 million votes.

In August 2008 Archuleta released "Crush," the first single from his self-titled debut album. The album, released two months later, debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart; it has sold over 750,000 copies in the U.S. and over 900,000 Worldwide. In October 2010 he released a third album, The Other Side of Down featuring lead single "Something 'Bout Love".

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Archuleta