Soul:
Soul Music is a popular music genre that originated in the United States in the late 1950's and early 1960's. This type of genre combines elements of African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues and jazz. The popularity of this genre was due to the fact that it was popular to dance and listen to in the United States. During the Civil Rights Movement record labels such as Motown, Atlantic and Stax were influential. Soul also became popular around the world the world, directly influential rock music and the music of Africa. Some characteristics of soul music would be Catchy rhythms, stressed by handclaps and extemporaneous body moves, are an important feature of soul music. Other characteristics are a call and response between the lead vocalist and the chorus and an especially tense vocal sound. The style of music also occasionally uses improvisation additions, twirls and auxiliary sounds. In addition, Soul music reflected the African-American identity and it stressed the importance of an African-American culture. The new found African-American consciousness led to new styles of music, which boasted pride in being black. Soul music dominated U.S. R&B charts in the 1960's, and many recordings crossed over into the pop charts in the U.S., Britain and elsewhere. Moreover, over the years Soul music has changed and developed depending on the popularity of other styles of music. In 1968 some soul artists developed funk music, while other singers and groups developed slicker, more sophisticated, and in some cases more politically conscious varieties. In the early 1970's, soul music has been influenced by psychedelic rock and other genres, leading to psychedelic soul. The United States saw the development of neo soul around 1994. There have been many other sub-genres and styles of music that have influenced a change in soul music, while still keeping with some of the original characteristics. Some examples of popular soul artists from over the years are; Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Prince, David Bowie, John Legend etc.
Adele:
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born on May 5th, 1988, in North London, England. Early on in life she developed a passion for music. The type of songs she liked where by artists like Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige and Destiny's Child. However her true eye opening moment came when she was 15 and happened to come across a collection of Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald records at a local shop. Adele explained to The Telegraph in a 2008 interview that; "there was no musical heritage in our family." and "Chart music was all I ever knew. So when I listened to the Etta's and the Ella's, it sounds so cheesy, but it was like an awakening. I was like, oh, right, some people have proper longevity and are legends. I was so inspired that as a 15-year-old I was listening to music that had been made in the '40s.". In addition, instead of a normal school Adele's mother enrolled her in the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology, which counts Amy Winehouse as an alum. While at school, Adele cut a three-track demo for a class project that was eventually posted on her MySpace page. When executives at XL Recordings heard the tracks, they contacted the singer and, in November 2006, just four months after Adele had graduated school, signed her to a record deal. Since that leap she has only grew and grew with her success, realising album after album, hitting number one's on the charts and winning awards for her amazing music. For her album '21' (released in 2011) the singer won numerous awards in 2012, among them, a record-tying six Grammy Awards, including Album of the year; two Brit Awards, including British Album of the year, and three American Music Awards. With sales of more than 100 million records, Adele is one of the best-selling recording artists in the world.
Pentatonix:
They are a five-member American a cappella group from Arlington, Texas, consisting of vocalists Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kristin Maldonado, Avi Kaplan, and Kevin Olusola. Characterized by their pop-style arrangements with vocal harmonies, baselines, riffling, percussion and beat boxing, they are widely known for their covers, mostly of modern pop works or Christmas songs, sometimes in the form of medleys, along with original material. The group first formed in 2011 and subsequently won the third season of NBC's The Sing-Off, receiving $200,000 and a recording contract with Sony Music. Even though Sony's Epic Records dropped the group after The Sing-Off, the group formed its YouTube channel, distributing their music through Madison Gate Records, a label owned by Sony Pictures. with over 13 million subscribers and 2.4 billion views, Pentatonix's YouTube channel is currently the 13th most-subscribed music video channel. The groups video tribute to Daft Punk had received over 240 million views as of mid 2017. Since forming, Pentatonix's have had a lot of success including; Their album PTX, Vol. II, debuted at number 1 on Billboard's Independent Albums and number 10 on the Billboard 200 in 2013. In addition, in 2014, Pentatonix signed with RCA Records, a "flagship" label of Sony Music Entertainment. Pentatonix have won three Grammy Awards: they were the first a capella act to win Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella, doing so in 2015 and won 2016, and Best Country Duo/Group Performance in 2017.
Rag'n'Bone Man:
Rory Charles Graham (born 29th January 1985), better known as Rag'n'Bone Man, is a new found popular English singer-songwriter. He released his first hit single "Human" in 2016, with Columbia Records, and his debut album, also named "Human", was released in February 2017. At the 2017 Brit Awards he was named British Breakthrough Act and also received the Critics' Choice Award. In 2011, Graham begun working with UK hip hop label High Focus, releasing a number of recordings with them such as; a collaboration E.P with MC/Producer Dirty Dike under the name "Put That Soul On Me" (2014). He has had a major break through this past year, including another hit single he has released called "Skin" reaching number 13. Expectations are high for what he has yet to offer.
Pentatonix:
They are a five-member American a cappella group from Arlington, Texas, consisting of vocalists Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kristin Maldonado, Avi Kaplan, and Kevin Olusola. Characterized by their pop-style arrangements with vocal harmonies, baselines, riffling, percussion and beat boxing, they are widely known for their covers, mostly of modern pop works or Christmas songs, sometimes in the form of medleys, along with original material. The group first formed in 2011 and subsequently won the third season of NBC's The Sing-Off, receiving $200,000 and a recording contract with Sony Music. Even though Sony's Epic Records dropped the group after The Sing-Off, the group formed its YouTube channel, distributing their music through Madison Gate Records, a label owned by Sony Pictures. with over 13 million subscribers and 2.4 billion views, Pentatonix's YouTube channel is currently the 13th most-subscribed music video channel. The groups video tribute to Daft Punk had received over 240 million views as of mid 2017. Since forming, Pentatonix's have had a lot of success including; Their album PTX, Vol. II, debuted at number 1 on Billboard's Independent Albums and number 10 on the Billboard 200 in 2013. In addition, in 2014, Pentatonix signed with RCA Records, a "flagship" label of Sony Music Entertainment. Pentatonix have won three Grammy Awards: they were the first a capella act to win Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella, doing so in 2015 and won 2016, and Best Country Duo/Group Performance in 2017.
Rag'n'Bone Man:
Rory Charles Graham (born 29th January 1985), better known as Rag'n'Bone Man, is a new found popular English singer-songwriter. He released his first hit single "Human" in 2016, with Columbia Records, and his debut album, also named "Human", was released in February 2017. At the 2017 Brit Awards he was named British Breakthrough Act and also received the Critics' Choice Award. In 2011, Graham begun working with UK hip hop label High Focus, releasing a number of recordings with them such as; a collaboration E.P with MC/Producer Dirty Dike under the name "Put That Soul On Me" (2014). He has had a major break through this past year, including another hit single he has released called "Skin" reaching number 13. Expectations are high for what he has yet to offer.
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