Jordin Sparks Biography
It has been nothing short of a whirlwind: The then youngest-ever
winner of American Idol, Jordin Sparks was just seventeen years old when
she won the coveted title. In reflection, it was the best training
ground she could have ever had. “I didn’t know it when we were doing the
show, but all the interviews and behind-the-scenes stuff prepared me
for now. Being on Idol was exciting, exhilarating and slightly
traumatic. I won the show I was a fan of, what could be better?” Thrown
right in to the spotlight, and in to the recording studio, Jordin passed
GO and never looked back.
In the four years that have followed, Jordin has released two albums on 19 Recordings/Jive Records. Her self-titled debut went platinum, selling over 2 million copies worldwide, with the first three singles going top 5 and the album’s second single, “No Air” selling 4 million digital downloads. “No Air” also is the highest selling single by any American Idol contestant and is listed #27 in Billboard’s Top 40 Biggest Duets of All Time. Jordin’s second release, 2009’s BATTLFIELD, debuted on the Billboard Album chart at number seven, with the first single, also called "Battlefield," reaching the top ten on the Billboard Singles Chart and second single, "S.O.S. (Let the Music Play),” topping the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, becoming Jordin’s first #1. Sparks also co-wrote four tracks on the album, including “911 Emergency,” “Was I The Only One,” “Faith,” and “The Cure.” Cumulatively, her popular singles have sold almost 9 million downloads/ringtones.
Sparks has toured with Alicia Keys, The Jonas Brothers, and Britney Spears and performed for Presidents Bush and Obama, won two BET Awards, one American Music Award, one People’s Choice Award and has been nominated for two MTV Awards and one Grammy.
So with domination of popular music checked off her bucket list, what was Sparks going to do next? First up, Broadway. Debuting as Nina Rosario in the Tony award winning musical In The Heights in the Fall of 2010, Sparks spent 12 weeks on the great white way. In the Fall of 2010 Jordin also unveiled her first ever fragrance line with the fruity floriental scent titled, “Because of You”- thoughtfully named by Sparks to pay tribute to her fans that have helped her to achieve her dreams.
In the summer of 2011 Jordin Sparks was featured on the cover of People Magazine’s Summer Double Issue, MOST AMAZING BODIES, sang the theme song for the Disney film, “African Cats”, released the hot dance single, “I Am Woman” (which became the theme song of the WNBA), and joined New Kids on the Block/Backstreet Boys as a special guest on their North American summer tour. 2012 is proving to be even more exciting as Sparks makes her feature film debut as Sparkle in the SONY Pictures film by the same name.
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In the four years that have followed, Jordin has released two albums on 19 Recordings/Jive Records. Her self-titled debut went platinum, selling over 2 million copies worldwide, with the first three singles going top 5 and the album’s second single, “No Air” selling 4 million digital downloads. “No Air” also is the highest selling single by any American Idol contestant and is listed #27 in Billboard’s Top 40 Biggest Duets of All Time. Jordin’s second release, 2009’s BATTLFIELD, debuted on the Billboard Album chart at number seven, with the first single, also called "Battlefield," reaching the top ten on the Billboard Singles Chart and second single, "S.O.S. (Let the Music Play),” topping the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, becoming Jordin’s first #1. Sparks also co-wrote four tracks on the album, including “911 Emergency,” “Was I The Only One,” “Faith,” and “The Cure.” Cumulatively, her popular singles have sold almost 9 million downloads/ringtones.
Sparks has toured with Alicia Keys, The Jonas Brothers, and Britney Spears and performed for Presidents Bush and Obama, won two BET Awards, one American Music Award, one People’s Choice Award and has been nominated for two MTV Awards and one Grammy.
So with domination of popular music checked off her bucket list, what was Sparks going to do next? First up, Broadway. Debuting as Nina Rosario in the Tony award winning musical In The Heights in the Fall of 2010, Sparks spent 12 weeks on the great white way. In the Fall of 2010 Jordin also unveiled her first ever fragrance line with the fruity floriental scent titled, “Because of You”- thoughtfully named by Sparks to pay tribute to her fans that have helped her to achieve her dreams.
In the summer of 2011 Jordin Sparks was featured on the cover of People Magazine’s Summer Double Issue, MOST AMAZING BODIES, sang the theme song for the Disney film, “African Cats”, released the hot dance single, “I Am Woman” (which became the theme song of the WNBA), and joined New Kids on the Block/Backstreet Boys as a special guest on their North American summer tour. 2012 is proving to be even more exciting as Sparks makes her feature film debut as Sparkle in the SONY Pictures film by the same name.
Jordin Sparks Links:
www.jordinsparks.com
twitter.com/JordinSparks
facebook.com/jordinsparks
Island Def Jam has confirmed to Billboard that "As Long as You Love Me" will be the second radio single from Justin Bieber's new album, "Believe." The set is due to soar onto the Billboard 200 this week. Check Billboard.com tomorrow morning (June 27) for complete details on the album's chart arrival.
The hypnotic, dubstep-infused "Love Me" -- which is not a cover of the Backstreet Boys' like-titled 1998 hit -- features rapper Big Sean. "We could be starving, we could be homeless, we could be broke. As long as you love me, I'll be your platinum, I'll be your silver, I'll be your gold," Bieber promises in the song.
First released as a retail preview track to "Believe," it debuted
last week on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 21 with download sales of
168,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan. "Love Me" will now receive
its official radio push when the label begins promoting it to top 40
and rhythmic radio stations on July 9."Boyfriend," the first single from "Believe," became Bieber's highest-charting Hot 100 hit, having debuted at No. 2 the week of April 14. The song has spent its first 12 weeks in the chart's top 10 and sold 2.5 million downloads. It also became his first top 10 on the top 40-based Pop Songs radio airplay chart.
UPDATE: LISTEN TO THE SONG PREVIEW
It was reported few months ago that Charice was collaborating with Cheesa Laureta, a former contestant in the US talent show “The Voice”. The new single “I’m Not Perfect, a power ballad R&B song featuring Charice, will be available on September 6, 2012.
Alicia Keys has teamed up with “Starships” rapper, Nicki Minaj for the Inferno version of her new single “Girl on Fire.” Alicia is set to perform the track at the upcoming 2012 MTV Video Music Awards, Thursday September 6th.
“Girl on Fire” serves as the lead single off of Alicia’s forthcoming fifth studio LP ‘Girl on Fire’ due out November 27th. A preview of the single was featured in Alicia’s MTV VMA promo, which you can watch this video now !
It's finally here! Watch the official video to One Direction's new single Live While We're Young
After this morning's very exciting leak of the video and single for One Direction's new single, Live While We're Young, the band have pulled the premiere of the official video forward to today. In fact, right now. And we've got the video for you to hit replay on for the next three hours. Don't lie, of COURSE you're going to. There's no shame here.
The band says: "We wanted our fans to see the video and hear the single in the proper way so we've moved the premiere to today. We're really excited about LWWY, we've worked really hard on it and we can't wait for everyone to see and hear it!"
The video features Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles and Zayn Malik going on the poshest camping trip ever - and who's that in Harry's bed? It's a tiger. A cuddly toy tiger.
Because we fancy all of the band (that's ok, they're all over 18) we can't help but notice a very interesting wet t-shirt shot of Zayn looking hot, and Louis also falls in a river. In shorts. Blimey, we need to go away and calm down, don't we?
Other highlights include the easiest dance routine ever (maybe they couldn't afford real canoes?), a girl who's really good at football and a lot of serious-guitar-face from Niall.
But enough talking, here's the actual video. Because that's why you're here, right? The single is released on 30 September.
Video "Live while we're young"
Justin Drew Bieber
born March 1, 1994 is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, producer, entrepreneur, investor, and actor.[3][5] Bieber was discovered in 2008 by American talent manager Scooter Braun,[9] who came across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager. Braun arranged for him to meet with entertainer Usher Raymond in Atlanta, Georgia, and Bieber was soon signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG),[10] and then to an Island Records recording contract offered by record executive L.A. Reid.[6][11]
His debut extended play, the seven-track My World, was released in November 2009, and was soon certified platinum in the United States. He became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut record to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.[12] Bieber's first full-length studio album, My World 2.0, was released in March 2010. It debuted at or near number-one in several countries and was certified platinum in the United States. It was preceded by the worldwide top-ten single, "Baby". He followed up the release of his debut album with his first headlining tour, the My World Tour, the remix albums My Worlds Acoustic and Never Say Never – The Remixes, and the 3D biopic-concert film Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, which nearly tied the record for the biggest opening-weekend gross for a concert-film. Bieber released his second studio album, Under the Mistletoe, in November 2011, when it debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200. Bieber released his third studio album, Believe, in June 2012, it became his fourth chart topper in the United States, debuting at number-one on the Billboard 200. Intent on developing a more mature sound, the album is regarded as a musical departure from his previous teen pop sound.[citation needed]
Bieber has received numerous awards, including Artist of the Year at the 2010 American Music Awards, and was nominated for such accolades as Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 53rd Grammy Awards. With a global fan base, termed as "Beliebers", and over 27 million followers on Twitter, he was named by Forbes Magazine in 2012 as the third most powerful celebrity in the world. He had earned an estimated US$55 million in the previous 12 months. As of May 2012, Bieber has sold 15 million albums.[13] Justin Bieber along with Taylor Swift won top honours at the Teen Choice Awards on July 22, 2012.[14] He has a net worth of US$108 million as of August 2012
