Melissa Etheridge has released 14 studio albums, 43 singles and 38 music videos on Island Records and ME Records.
Over the course of her career, Etheridge has amassed 5 Platinum albums, three of which are multi-platinum, and 2 Gold albums. She also has 11 Billboard Hot 100 charting singles, with 6 of them hitting the Top 40, and 11 Billboard Adult Contemporary charting singles, all peaking in the Top 40.
Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actress. Her music incorporates elements of pop, rock, country, jazz and blues. She has released ten studio albums, four compilations and two live albums, as well as contributed to several film soundtracks. Her most popular songs include “All I Wanna Do” (1994), “Strong Enough” (1994), “If It Makes You Happy” (1996), “Everyday Is a Winding Road” (1996), “Tomorrow Never Dies” (1997, theme song for the James Bond eponymous film), “My Favorite Mistake” (1998), “Picture” (2002, duet with Kid Rock) and “Soak Up the Sun” (2002).
Crow has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide and won nine Grammy Awards (out of 32 nominations) from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. As an actress, Crow has appeared on various television series including 30 Rock, Cop Rock, GCB, Cougar Town, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, One Tree Hill and NCIS: New Orleans.
1) All I Wanna Do 2) If It Makes You Happy 3) My Favorite Mistake 4) Soak Up the Sun 5) The First Cut Is the Deepest 6) Strong Enough 7) Everyday Is a Winding Road 8) Good Is Good 9) Can’t Cry Anymore 10) Tomorrow Never Dies 11) Picture (with Kid Rock) 12) Love Is Free 13) Sweet Child o’ Mine 14) A Change Would Do You Good 15) Steve McQueen 16) Leaving Las Vegas 17) Always on Your Side (with Sting) 18) Easy 19) Anything but Down 20) Lean on Me (with Kid Rock & Keith Urban) 21) There Goes the Neighborhood 22) Hard to Make a Stand 23) Light in Your Eyes 24) Summer Day 25) Home 26) D’yer Mak’er 27) Run, Baby, Run 28) Building Bridges (with Brooks & Dunn, Vince Gill) 29) Sign Your Name (with Justin Timberlake) 30) Halfway There (with Gary Clark Jr)
Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper Thornton (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. Her career has spanned over 40 years. Her album She’s So Unusual (1983) was the first debut album by a female artist to achieve four top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100—”Girls Just Want to Have Fun”, “Time After Time”, “She Bop”, and “All Through the Night”—and earned Lauper the Best New Artist award at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards in 1985. Her success continued with the soundtrack for the motion picture The Goonies and her second record True Colors (1986). This album included the number one single “True Colors” and “Change of Heart”, which peaked at number three. In 1989, she had a hit with “I Drove All Night”.
Since 1983, Lauper has released eleven studio albums and participated in many other projects. In 2010, Memphis Blues became Billboard’s most successful blues album of the year, remaining at number one on the Billboard Blues Albums chart for thirteen consecutive weeks. In 2013, she won the Tony Award for best original score for composing the Broadway musical Kinky Boots, making her the first woman to win the category by herself.[5] The musical was awarded five other Tonys including Tony Award for Best New Musical. In 2014, Lauper was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for the cast recording. In 2016, the West End production won Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards.
Lauper has sold over 50 million records worldwide. She has won awards at the Grammys, Emmys, Tonys, the New York’s Outer Critics Circle, MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), Billboard Awards, and American Music Awards (AMAs). An inductee into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Lauper is one of the few singers to win three of the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT). She won the inaugural Best Female Video prize at the 1984 VMAs for “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”. This music video is recognized by MTV, VH1 and Rolling Stone as one of the greatest music videos of the era. She is featured in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Women Who Rock exhibit. Her debut album is included in Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, while “Time After Time” is included in VH1’s list of the 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 years. VH1 has ranked Lauper No. 58 of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll.
Lauper is known for her distinctive image, featuring a variety of hair colors and eccentric clothing, and for her powerful and distinctive four-octave singing range. She has been celebrated for her humanitarian work, particularly as an advocate for LGBT rights in the United States. Her charitable efforts were acknowledged in 2013 when she was invited as a special guest to attend U.S. President Barack Obama’s second-term inauguration.
1 – “Time After Time” – 1984 2 – “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” – 1983 3 – “True Colors” – 1986 4 – “She Bop” – 1984 5 – “I Drove All Night” – 1989 6 – “All Through the Night” – 1984 7 – “What’s Going On” – 1987 8 – “Change of Heart” – 1986 9 – “Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)” – 1994 10 – “The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough” – 1985 11 – “Money Changes Everything” – 1984 12 – “My First Night Without You” – 1989 13 – “The World Is Stone” – 1992 14 – “Who Let in the Rain” – 1993 15 – “Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)” – 1988 16 – “Crossroads” with Johnny Lang – 2010 17 – “Just Your Fool” with Charlie Musselwhite – 2010 18 – “You Don’t Know” – 1996 19 – “Into the Nightlife” – 2008 20 – “That’s What I Think” – 1993 21 – “Come on Home” – 1995 22 – “Ballad of Cleo and Joe” – 1996 23 – “Heading West” – 1989 24 – “Same Ol’ Story” – 2008 25 – “Disco Inferno” – 1999 26 – “I’m Gonna Be Strong” – 1994 27 – “When You Were Mine” – 1985 28 – “Boy Blue” – 1987 29 – “A Night to Remember” – 1989 30 – “Time After Time” with Sarah McLachlan – 2005
Sir Thomas Jones Woodward OBE (born June 7, 1940), known professionally as Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer. His career began with a string of top-ten hits in the mid-1960s. He has toured regularly, with appearances in Las Vegas (1967–2011). Jones’s voice has been described by AllMusic as a “full-throated, robust baritone”.
His performing range has included pop, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, soul and gospel. In 2008, the New York Times called Jones a musical “shape shifter”, who could “slide from soulful rasp to pop croon, with a voice as husky as it was pretty”. Jones has sold over 100 million records, with 36 Top 40 hits in the UK and 19 in the US, including “It’s Not Unusual”, “What’s New Pussycat?”, the theme song for the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball, “Green, Green Grass of Home”, “Delilah”, “She’s a Lady”, “Kiss” and “Sex Bomb”.
Jones has also occasionally dabbled in acting, first making his acting debut playing the lead role in the 1979 television film Pleasure Cove. He also appeared as himself in Tim Burton’s 1996 film Mars Attacks!. In 1970 he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy nomination for hosting the television series This Is Tom Jones. In 2012, he played his first dramatic acting role in an episode of Playhouse Presents. Jones received a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1966, an MTV Video Music Award in 1989, as well as two Brit Awards: Best British Male in 2000 and the Outstanding Contribution to Music award in 2003. Jones was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to music in 2005. Jones experienced a resurgence in notability in the 2010s due to his coaching role on the television talent show The Voice UK from 2012.
1 – “Delilah” – 1968 2 – “Help Yourself” – 1968 3 – “Green, Green Grass of Home” – 1966 4 – “She’s a Lady” – 1971 5 – “Kiss” (Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones) – 1988 6 – “Sex Bomb” (with Mousse T.) – 2000 7 – “Daughter of Darkness” – 1970 8 – “Love Me Tonight” – 1969 9 – “A Minute of Your Time” – 1968 10 – “Without Love (There Is Nothing)” – 1969 11 – “Burning Down the House” (with The Cardigans) – 1999 12 – “Detroit City” – 1967 13 – “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again” – 1967 14 – “Till” – 1971 15 – “Thunderball” – 1966 16 – “Puppet Man” – 1971 17 – “It’s Not Unusual” – 1965 18 – “What’s New Pussycat?” – 1965 19 – “Letter to Lucille” – 1973 20 – “I (Who Have Nothing)” – 1970 21 – “Mama Told Me Not to Come” (with The Stereophonics) – 2000 22 – “With These Hands” – 1965 23 – “Say You’ll Stay Until Tomorrow” – 1977 24 – “Stoned in Love” (Chicane featuring Tom Jones) – 2006 25 – “Touch Me (I’ll Be Your Fool Once More)” – 1983 26 – “A Woman’s Touch” – 1982 27 – “Can’t Stop Loving You” – 1970 28 – “Resurrection Shuffle” – 1971 29 – “I’m an Old Rock ‘N’ Roller” – 1985 30 – “Darlin'” – 1981
The Cure are an English rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, West Sussex. Throughout numerous lineup changes since the band’s formation, guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter Robert Smith has remained the only constant member. The band’s debut album was Three Imaginary Boys (1979) and this, along with several early singles, placed the band in the post-punk and new wave movements that had sprung up in the United Kingdom. Beginning with their second album, Seventeen Seconds (1980), the band adopted a new, increasingly dark and tormented style, which, together with Smith’s stage look, had a strong influence on the emerging genre of gothic rock as well as the subculture that eventually formed around the genre.
After the release of the band’s fourth album, Pornography (1982), Smith introduced a greater pop sensibility into the band’s music. Songs such as “Let’s Go to Bed” (1982), “The Love Cats” (1983), “In-between Days” (1985), “Close to Me” (1985), “Just Like Heaven” (1987), “Lovesong” (1989), and “Friday I’m in Love” (1992) aided them in receiving commercial popularity. The Cure have released 13 studio albums, two EPs, over 30 singles, and have sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Their most recent album, 4:13 Dream, was released in 2008. The Cure were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.
1 – High – 1992 2 – Lullaby – 1989 3 – Friday I’m in Love – 1992 4 – Never Enough – 1990 5 – Why Can’t I Be You? – 1987 6 – Boys Don’t Cry (New Voice – New Mix) – 1986 7 – Lovesong – 1989 8 – The 13th – 1996 9 – In Between Days – 1985 10 – Just Like Heaven – 1987 11 – Close to Me (remix) – 1990 12 – Pictures of You – 1990 13 – Close to Me – 1985 14 – The Only One – 2008 15 – A Letter to Elise – 1992 16 – The Love Cats – 1983 17 – The End of the World – 2004 18 – Catch – 1987 19 – Sleep When I’m Dead – 2008 20 – Hot Hot Hot!!! – 1988 21 – Freakshow – 2008 22 – The Perfect Boy – 2008 23 – Cut Here – 2001 24 – Wrong Number – 1997 25 – Taking Off – 2004 26 – Mint Car – 1996 27 – The Walk – 1983 28 – Let’s Go to Bed – 1982 29 – The Caterpillar – 1984 30 – Primary – 1981
Corey Mitchell Hart (born May 31, 1962) is a Canadian singer, musician and songwriter known for his hit singles “Sunglasses at Night”, “Never Surrender” and the Canadian hit “It Ain’t Enough”. He has sold over 16 million records worldwide and recorded nine US Billboard Top 40 hits. In Canada, 30 of Hart’s recordings have been Top 40 hits, including 11 in the Top 10, over the course of over 35 years in the music industry. Nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1984, Hart is an inductee of both Canada’s Music Hall of Fame and Canada’s Walk of Fame, and is also a multiple Juno award nominee and winner, including the Diamond Award for his best-selling album Boy in the Box. He has also been honored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN).
1 – “Sunglasses at Night” – 1984 2 – “Never Surrender” – 1985 3 – “It Ain’t Enough” – 1984 4 – “A Little Love” – 1990 5 – “I Am By Your Side” – 1986 6 – “Can’t Help Falling in Love” – 1986 7 – “Boy in the Box” – 1985 8 – “Everything in My Heart” – 1985 9 – “In Your Soul” – 1988 10 – “Black Cloud Rain” – 1996 11 – “Baby When I Call Your Name” – 1992 12 – “Tell Me” – 1996 13 – “Third of June” – 1996 14 – “Dancin’ With My Mirror” – 1987 15 – “I Want (Cool Cool Love)” – 1993 16 – “So Visible (Easy to Miss)” – 1998 17 – “Take My Heart” – 1987 18 – “92 Days of Rain” – 1992 19 – “Eurasian Eyes” – 1986 20 – “Angry Young Man” – 1986 21 – “Bang! (Starting Over)” – 1990 22 – “Always” – 1992 23 – “Someone” – 1996 24 – “Break the Chain” – 1998 25 – “She Got the Radio” – 1984 26 – “Still in Love” – 1989 27 – “Don’t Take Me to the Racetrack” – 1989 28 – “La-Bas” – 1998 29 – “Rain on Me” – 1990 30 – “Spot You In A Coalmine” – 1992
Randall Hank Williams (born May 26, 1949), known professionally as Hank Williams Jr. or Bocephus, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is the son of country music legend Hank Williams.
Williams was born Randall Hank Williams on May 26, 1949, in Shreveport, Louisiana. His father nicknamed him Bocephus. After his father’s death in 1953, he was raised by his mother, Audrey Williams.
While he was a child, a number of contemporary musicians visited his family, who influenced and taught him various music instruments and styles. Among these figures of influence were Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Fats Domino, Earl Scruggs, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis. Williams first stepped on the stage and sang his father’s songs when he was eight years old.
1 – Eleven Roses – 1972 2 – All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down) – 1981 3 – Ain’t Misbehavin’ – 1986 4 – Mind Your Own Business (with Reba McEntire, Tom Petty, Reverend Ike, and Willie Nelson) – 1986 5 – Born to Boogie – 1987 6 – Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound – 1979 7 – A Country Boy Can Survive – 1982 8 – Young Country – 1988 9 – Pride’s Not Hard to Swallow – 1972 10 – It’s All Over but the Crying – 1968 11 – I’m for Love – 1985 12 – Country State of Mind – 1986 13 – Honky Tonkin’ – 1982 14 – Man of Steel – 1984 15 – Last Love Song – 1973 16 – Gonna Go Huntin’ Tonight – 1983 17 – I’ll Think of Something – 1974 18 – I’d Rather Be Gone – 1969 19 – Queen of My Heart – 1983 20 – Finders Are Keepers – 1989 21 – Attitude Adjustment – 1984 22 – Leave Them Boys Alone (with Waylon Jennings and Ernest Tubb) – 1983 23 – Women I’ve Never Had – 1980 24 – All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight – 1984 25 – Heaven Can’t Be Found – 1987 26 – Family Tradition – 1979 27 – Kaw-Liga – 1980 28 – I Fought the Law – 1978 29 – I’ve Got a Right to Cry – 1971 30 – Texas Women – 1981
American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has released 39 studio albums, 95 singles, 17 notable extended plays, 52 music videos, 12 live albums, 15 volumes comprising The Bootleg Series, 19 compilation albums, 20 box sets, seven soundtracks as main contributor, twelve music home videos and two non-music home videos. Dylan has been the subject of six documentaries, starred in three theatrical films, appeared in an additional eight films and 10 home videos, and is the subject of the semi-biographical tribute film I’m Not There. He has written and published lyrics, artwork and memoirs in 11 books and three of his songs have been made into children’s books. He has done numerous collaborations, appearances and tribute albums. The albums Planet Waves and Before the Flood were initially released on Asylum Records; reissues of those two and all others were on Columbia Records.
Dylan has won many awards for his songwriting and performances, including the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature for his entire body of work. For a list of these accolades, see List of Bob Dylan awards. Much of his music has been bootlegged; for an examination of this phenomenon, see Bob Dylan bootleg recordings.
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Like a Rolling Stone
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Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
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Rainy Day Women 12 & 35
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Lay Lady Lay
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Positively 4th Street
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Watching the River Flow
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I Threw It All Away
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Wigwam
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Just Like a Woman
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Hurricane
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Subterranean Homesick Blues
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Gotta Serve Somebody
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Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love)
Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress and television personality. Often referred to by the media as the “Goddess of Pop”, she has been described as embodying female autonomy in a male-dominated industry. Cher is known for her distinctive contralto singing voice and for having worked in numerous areas of entertainment, as well as adopting a variety of styles and appearances throughout her six-decade-long career.
Having sold 100 million records, Cher is one of the world’s best-selling music artists. Her achievements include a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, the Billboard Icon Award, and awards from the Kennedy Center Honors and the Council of Fashion Designers of America. She is the only artist to date to have a number-one single on a Billboard chart in six consecutive decades, from the 1960s to the 2010s. Aside from music and acting, she is noted for her political views, social media presence, philanthropic endeavors, and social activism, including LGBT rights and HIV/AIDS prevention.
1 – Believe – 1998 2 – If I Could Turn Back Time – 1989 3 – The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss) – 1990 4 – Strong Enough – 1999 5 – Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) – 1966 6 – Love and Understanding – 1991 7 – The Music’s No Good Without You – 2001 8 – Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves – 1971 9 – Dark Lady – 1974 10 – Just Like Jesse James – 1989 11 – Half-Breed – 1973 12 – All or Nothing – 1999 13 – I Found Someone – 1987 14 – One by One – 1996 15 – Dov’è l’amore – 1999 16 – I Hope You Find It – 2013 17 – Save Up All Your Tears – 1991 18 – All I Really Want to Do – 1965 19 – After All (with Peter Cetera) – 1989 20 – Heart of Stone – 1990 21 – Dead Ringer for Love (with Meat Loaf) – 1981 22 – Sunny – 1966 23 – Take Me Home – 1979 24 – Walking in Memphis – 1995 25 – The Way of Love – 1972 26 – We All Sleep Alone – 1988 27 – Living in a House Divided – 1972 28 – Song for the Lonely – 2002 29 – Train of Thought – 1974 30 – I Saw a Man and He Danced with His Wife – 1974
George Harvey Strait Sr. (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. Strait is known as the “King of Country” and is considered one of the most influential and popular recording artists of all time. He was a prominent and pioneering figure in the neotraditionalist country movement of the 1980s, famed for his simple cowboy image and roots-oriented sound at a time when the Nashville music industry was dominated by country pop crossover acts.
Strait’s success began when his first single “Unwound” was a hit in 1981, signalling the arrival of the neotraditional movement. During the 1980s, seven of his albums reached number one on the country charts. In the 2000s, Strait was named Artist of the Decade by the Academy of Country Music, elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and won his first Grammy award for the album Troubadour. Strait was named CMA Entertainer of the Year in 1989, 1990 and 2013, and ACM Entertainer of the Year in 1990 and 2014. He has been nominated for more CMA and ACM awards and has more wins in both categories than any other artist.
By 2009, he broke Conway Twitty’s previous record for the most number-one hits on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart when his 44 number one singles surpassed Twitty’s 40. Strait has amassed 60 number-one hits. “Give It All We Got Tonight” was number one in 2013, breaking a record also previously set by Twitty. Strait currently holds the record for most number one songs on all charts by an artist in any genre of music.
Strait is also known for his touring career when he designed a 360-degree configuration and introduced festival style tours. For example, the Strait Tours earned $99 million in three years. His final concert for The Cowboy Rides Away Tour at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in June 2014, drew 104,793 people, marking a new record for largest indoor concert in North America.
Strait has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. His certifications from the RIAA include 13 multi-platinum, 33 platinum, and 38 gold albums. His best-selling album is Pure Country (1992), which sold 6 million (6× platinum). His highest certified album is Strait Out of the Box (1995), which sold 2 million copies (8× Platinum due to being a box set with four CDs). According to the RIAA, Strait is the 12th best-selling album recording artist in the United States overall selling over 69 million records across the United States.
This countdown is the fourth revision since 1999, 2006, 2013 and 2022.
1 – “Give It All We Got Tonight” – 2012 2 – “I Saw God Today” – 2008 3 – “Shiftwork” with Kenny Chesney – 2007 4 – “Here for a Good Time” – 2011 5 – “Write This Down” – 1999 6 – “Give It Away” – 2006 7 – “Wrapped” – 2007 8 – “The Best Day” – 2000 9 – “I Hate Everything” – 2004 10 – “Meanwhile” – 1999 11 – “Go On” – 2000 12 – “River of Love” – 2008 13 – “We Really Shouldn’t Be Doing This” – 1998 14 – “What Do You Say to That” – 1999 15 – “Desperately” – 2004 16 – “One Night at a Time” – 1997 17 – “I Just Want to Dance with You” – 1998 18 – “You’ll Be There” – 2005 19 – “Every Little Honky Tonk Bar” – 2019 20 – “I Got a Car” – 2013 21 – “The Breath You Take” – 2010 22 – “Love’s Gonna Make It Alright” – 2011 23 – “Easy Come, Easy Go” – 1993 24 – “Fool Hearted Memory” – 1982 25 – “You Look So Good in Love” – 1983 26 – “Right or Wrong” – 1984 27 – “Let’s Fall to Pieces Together” – 1984 28 – “All My Ex’s Live in Texas” – 1987 29 – “Blue Clear Sky” – 1996 30 – “Love Without End, Amen” – 1990
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin, formed in 1976. The group consists of Bono (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), the Edge (lead guitar, keyboards, and backing vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar), and Larry Mullen Jr. (drums and percussion). Initially rooted in post-punk, U2’s musical style has evolved throughout their career, yet has maintained an anthemic quality built on Bono’s expressive vocals and the Edge’s chiming, effects-based guitar sounds. Their lyrics, often embellished with spiritual imagery, focus on personal and sociopolitical themes. Popular for their live performances, the group have staged several ambitious and elaborate tours over their career.
The band was formed when the members were teenaged pupils of Mount Temple Comprehensive School and had limited musical proficiency. Within four years, they signed with Island Records and released their debut album, Boy (1980). Subsequent work such as their first UK number-one album, War (1983), and the singles “Sunday Bloody Sunday” and “Pride (In the Name of Love)” helped establish U2’s reputation as a politically and socially conscious group. By the mid-1980s, they had become renowned globally for their live act, highlighted by their performance at Live Aid in 1985. The group’s fifth album, The Joshua Tree (1987), made them international superstars and was their greatest critical and commercial success. Topping music charts around the world, it produced their only number-one singles in the US to date: “With or Without You” and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”.
U2 have released 14 studio albums and are one of the world’s best-selling music artists, having sold an estimated 150–170 million records worldwide. They have won 22 Grammy Awards, more than any other band, and in 2005, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. Rolling Stone ranked U2 at number 22 on its list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”. Throughout their career, as a band and as individuals, they have campaigned for human rights and social justice causes, including Amnesty International, Jubilee 2000, the ONE/DATA campaigns, Product Red, War Child, and Music Rising.
1 – Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me – 1995 2 – Discothèque – 1997 3 – The Fly – 1991 4 – With or Without You – 1987 5 – Desire – 1988 6 – Beautiful Day – 2000 7 – Vertigo – 2004 8 – Sweetest Thing – 1998 9 – Mysterious Ways – 1991 10 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – 1987 11 – Stay (Faraway, So Close!) – 1993 12 – The Saints Are Coming (with Green Day) – 2006 13 – Even Better Than the Real Thing – 1992 14 – Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses – 1992 15 – Electrical Storm – 2002 16 – Staring at the Sun – 1997 17 – Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of – 2001 18 – Get On Your Boots – 2009 19 – Please – 1997 20 – Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own – 2005 21 – One – 1992 22 – Elevation – 2001 23 – Last Night on Earth – 1997 24 – Walk On – 2001 25 – Angel of Harlem – 1988 26 – Pride (In the Name of Love) – 1984 27 – Window in the Skies – 2007 28 – When Love Comes to Town (with B.B. King) – 1989 29 – City of Blinding Lights – 2005 30 – Where the Streets Have No Name – 1987
Robert Clark Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s, breaking through with his first album, Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man (which contained his first national hit of the same name) in 1968. By the early 1970s, he had dropped the ‘System’ from his recordings and continued to strive for broader success with various other bands. In 1973, he put together the Silver Bullet Band, with a group of Detroit-area musicians, with whom he became most successful on the national level with the album Live Bullet (1976), recorded live with the Silver Bullet Band in 1975 at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan. In 1976, he achieved a national breakout with the studio album Night Moves. On his studio albums, he also worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which appeared on several of Seger’s best-selling singles and albums.
A roots rocker with a classic raspy, powerful voice, Seger wrote and recorded songs that dealt with love, women, and blue-collar themes, and is one of the best-known examples of a heartland rock artist. He has recorded many hits, including “Night Moves”, “Turn the Page”, “Mainstreet”, “Still the Same”, “Hollywood Nights”, “Against the Wind”, “You’ll Accomp’ny Me”, “Shame on the Moon”, “Roll Me Away”, “Like a Rock”, and “Shakedown”, the last of which was written for the 1987 film Beverly Hills Cop II and topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart. He also co-wrote the Eagles’ number-one hit “Heartache Tonight”, and his recording of “Old Time Rock and Roll” was named one of the Songs of the Century in 2001.
With a career spanning six decades, Seger has sold more than 75 million records worldwide, making him one of the world’s best-selling artists of all time. Seger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2012. Seger was named Billboard’s 2015 Legend of Live honoree at the 12th annual Billboard Touring Conference & Awards, held November 18–19 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York. He announced his farewell tour in September 2018.
1 – We’ve Got Tonite – 1978 2 – Like a Rock – 1986 3 – The Real Love – 1991 4 – Shakedown – 1987 5 – Fire Lake – 1980 6 – Understanding – 1984 7 – Shame on the Moon – 1982 8 – Still the Same – 1978 9 – You’ll Accomp’ny Me – 1980 10 – Landing in London (3 Doors Down) – 2005 11 – Night Moves – 1976 12 – It’s You – 1986 13 – Even Now – 1983 14 – Against the Wind – 1980 15 – Hollywood Nights – 1978 16 – American Storm – 1986 17 – The Fire Inside (radio edit) – 1991 18 – Tryin’ To Live My Life Without You (live) – 1981 19 – Rock and Roll Never Forgets – 1977 20 – Mainstreet – 1977 21 – Roll Me Away – 1983 22 – Her Strut – 1980 23 – Old Time Rock and Roll – 1983 24 – Chances Are (with Martina McBride) – 1998 25 – Katmandu – 1975 26 – Miami – 1986 27 – Take a Chance – 1991 28 – Wait for Me – 2006 29 – Downtown Train – 2011 30 – Nutbush City Limits – 1976
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American musician, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana.
Born during the Great Depression and raised by his grandparents, Nelson wrote his first song at age seven and joined his first band at ten. During high school, he toured locally with the Bohemian Polka as their lead singer and guitar player. After graduating from high school in 1950, he joined the U.S. Air Force but was later discharged due to back problems. After his return, Nelson attended Baylor University for two years but dropped out because he was succeeding in music. He worked as a disc jockey at radio stations in his native Texas, and in several radio stations in the Pacific Northwest, all the while working as a singer and songwriter throughout the late 1950s. During that time, he wrote songs that would become country standards, including “Funny How Time Slips Away”, “Hello Walls”, “Pretty Paper”, and “Crazy”. In 1960 he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and later signed a publishing contract with Pamper Music which allowed him to join Ray Price’s band as a bassist. In 1962, he recorded his first album, …And Then I Wrote. Due to this success, Nelson signed in 1964 with RCA Victor and joined the Grand Ole Opry the following year. After mid-chart hits in the late 1960s and the early 1970s, Nelson grew weary of the corporate Nashville music scene, and in 1972 he moved to Austin, Texas. The ongoing music scene of Austin motivated Nelson to return to performing, appearing frequently at the Armadillo World Headquarters.
1 – To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before (with Julio Iglesias) – 1984 2 – Always on My Mind – 1982 3 – On the Road Again – 1980 4 – Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain – 1975 5 – Good Hearted Woman (with Waylon Jennings) – 1976 6 – Let It Be Me – 1982 7 – Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys – 1978 8 – Everything’s Beautiful (In Its Own Way) (with Dolly Parton) – 1983 9 – City of New Orleans – 1984 10 – My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys – 1980 11 – Blue Skies – 1978 12 – Georgia on My Mind – 1978 13 – Midnight Rider – 1980 14 – Pancho and Lefty (with Merle Haggard) – 1983 15 – Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) (with Waylon Jennings) – 1976 16 – Take It to the Limit (with Waylon Jennings) – 1983 17 – Remember Me (When the Candle Lights Are Gleaming) – 1976 18 – Spanish Eyes (with Julio Iglesias) – 1988 19 – Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground – 1981 20 – Forgiving You Was Easy – 1985 21 – Living in the Promise Land – 1986 22 – Nothing I Can Do About It Now – 1989 23 – Heartbreak Hotel (with Leon Russell) – 1979 24 – Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning – 1982 25 – Why Do I Have to Choose – 1983 26 – Help Me Make It Through the Night – 1980 27 – If You’ve Got the Money I’ve Got the Time – 1976 28 – All of Me – 1978 29 – Uncloudy Day – 1977 30 – Without a Song – 1983
Barbara Joan “Barbra” Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer and actress. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT).
Streisand began her career by performing in nightclubs and Broadway theaters in the early 1960s. Following her guest appearances on various television shows, she signed to Columbia Records, insisting that she retain full artistic control, and accepting lower pay in exchange, an arrangement that continued throughout her career, and released her debut The Barbra Streisand Album (1963), which won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Throughout her recording career, Streisand has topped the US Billboard 200 chart with 11 albums—a record for a woman—including People (1964), The Way We Were (1974), Guilty (1980), and The Broadway Album (1985). She also achieved five number-one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100—”The Way We Were”, “Evergreen”, “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”, “No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)”, and “Woman in Love”.
Following her established recording success in the 1960s, Streisand ventured into film by the end of that decade. She starred in the critically acclaimed Funny Girl (1968), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Additional fame followed with films including the extravagant musical Hello, Dolly! (1969), the screwball comedy What’s Up, Doc? (1972), and the romantic drama The Way We Were (1973). Streisand won a second Academy Award for writing the love theme from A Star Is Born (1976), the first woman to be honored as a composer. With the release of Yentl (1983), Streisand became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major studio film. The film won an Oscar for Best Score and a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Musical. Streisand also received the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, becoming the first (and for 37 years, the only) woman to win that award. Streisand later directed The Prince of Tides (1991) and The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996).
With sales exceeding 150 million records worldwide, Streisand is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the highest-certified female artist in the United States, with 68.5 million certified album units tying with Mariah Carey. Billboard ranked Streisand as the greatest female artist on the Billboard 200 chart and the top Adult Contemporary female artist of all time. Her accolades include two Academy Awards, 10 Grammy Awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award, five Emmy Awards, four Peabody Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and nine Golden Globes.
1 – Woman in Love – 1980 2 – You Don’t Bring Me Flowers (with Neil Diamond) – 1978 3 – Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born) – 1976 4 – No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (with Donna Summer) – 1979 5 – Guilty (with Barry Gibb) – 1980 6 – I Finally Found Someone (with Bryan Adams) – 1996 7 – Second Hand Rose – 1965 8 – Tell Him (with Celine Dion) – 1997 9 – Till I Loved You (with Don Johnson) – 1988 10 – The Way We Were – 1973 11 – Left in the Dark – 1982 12 – Comin’ In and Out of Your Life – 1981 13 – Stoney End – 1970 14 – The Main Event/Fight – 1979 15 – My Heart Belongs to Me – 1977 16 – People – 1964 17 – Memory – 1982 18 – Songbird – 1978 19 – Where You Lead – 1971 20 – Make No Mistake, He’s Mine (with Kim Carnes) – 1982 21 – What Kind of Fool – 1981 22 – Kiss Me in the Rain – 1979 23 – Prisoner (Love Theme from Eyes of Laura Mars) – 1978 24 – New York State of Mind (with Billy Joel) – 2014 25 – Promises – 1981 26 – Flim Flam Man – 1971 27 – Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead – 1972 28 – Emotion – 1985 29 – Funny Girl – 1964 30 – Superman – 1978
ABBA are a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The group’s name is an acronym of the first letters of their first names arranged as a palindrome. Widely considered one of the greatest musical groups of all time, they became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1983, and in 2021. ABBA have achieved 48 hit singles.
In 1974, ABBA were Sweden’s first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Waterloo”, which in 2005 was chosen as the best song in the competition’s history as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the contest. During the band’s main active years, it consisted of two married couples: Fältskog and Ulvaeus, and Lyngstad and Andersson. With the increase of their popularity, their personal lives suffered, which eventually resulted in the collapse of both marriages. The relationship changes were reflected in the group’s music, with latter compositions featuring darker and more introspective lyrics. After ABBA separated in December 1982, Andersson and Ulvaeus continued their success writing music for multiple audiences including stage, musicals and movies, while Fältskog and Lyngstad pursued solo careers.
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