Beyonce Giselle Knowles is a famous American singer specializing in R&B, model, actress, song writer and record producer who is also mononymously known as Beyonce and the main person behind the Beyonce singing voice. She was born and raised in Houston, Texas and enrolled in different schools of art. She was first introduced to dancing and singing competitions while she was still a child. Beyonce gained fame in the later years of the 1990s when she was a lead singer for R&B girl group, “Destiny’s child”.
James Anthony from The Guardian referred to Beyonce singing voice as being distinctive and fast and had a vocal technique that was almost hiccupping. There are certain critics who applauded her Read the rest of this entry »
Taylor Swift may have released only 2 albums although this 19 year old girl could be a revolutionary as far as the manner in which country music is concerned. This has earned her the prestigious Entertainer of the year award at the Country Music Association or CMA awards this year. She has also got a Grammy award for her album ‘fearless’ which was the album of the year. Taylor also won the song and country album of the year. The eight accolades that she won were only surpassed by Beyonce who scooped ten awards. The third highest achiever on the night was Lady Gaga who had five awards.
Being the youngest ever holder of the biggest prize on that night, Taylor Swift is one among only six females who have had the great opportunity to win the highest accolade, the other include Dixie Chicks, Shania Twain, Reba McIntire, Barbara Mandrell, dolly Parton amd Loretta Lynn. A run down of Taylor Swift’s awards are as follows Video of the year for the song ‘Love Story” best female vocalist and her album fearless got the Album of the year. As the MTV Video Music Award or VMA’s was being aired, rapper/singer Kanye West stormed the stage and grabbed the microphone Read the rest of this entry »
Hayley Williams was born on 27 December 1988. She became and is still an American songwriter and rock singer in addition to being a keyboardist and the lead singer or vocalist of Paramore, a popular rock band.
At a young age of thirteen Williams moved out from her Meridian hometown, Mississippi in 2002 to Franklin in Tennessee. This is where she met her fellow band group members Zac Farro and Josh Farro while in school. After she had arrived, she started taking vocal classes taught by Brett Manning. She joined a group known as The Factory and this is where she met Davis Jeremy. In 2005, the founder of the Fueled by Ramen record label John Janick signed a music contract with The Factory.
In 2004 Hayley Williams joined fellow band members in Franklin, Tennessee to form Paramore. Hayley Williams became the keyboardist and lead singer with Josh Farro as a backing vocalist / lead guitarist, Jeremy Davis as a bass guitarist and lastly Zac Farro as a drumist. Before the formation of Paramore, the rest of the band members were reluctant about the idea of having a Hayley Williams as the lead singer of the Read the rest of this entry »
The list of the Famous Female Singers in Contemporary Christian Music…
Amy Grant: A very popular name in the music industry, she is the first Contemporary Christian Music singer to have platinum record, the first famous female CCM singer to perform at the Grammy and the first to conquer the No. 1 Pop slot. She has recently been as New York Times Best Selling author for Mosaic: Read the rest of this entry »