Kamis, 04 November 2010

A.N.JELL

Chemistry Para Personel A.N.JELL di 'He’s BeautIFUL

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Pemilihan pemain yang pas menjadi salah satu kunci sukses lain serial He’s Beautiful. Jang Geun Suk menjadi pilihan tepat untuk peran Hwang Tae Kyung, leader A.N.JELL, band fiktif di serial ini.Penampilan Jang Geun Suk manis dan kalem di serial sejarah Hwang Jini berubah total, menjadi anak band yang cool dan sedikit jutek.
“Sejauh ini, He’s Beautiful karya terbaik dari karier akting Jang Geun Suk, meski dia baru memulainya. Kami ingin membuat karya yang bagus dari cerita yang bagus, meski wajah tampan Jang Geun Suk menjadi daya tarik lain. Jang Geun Suk yang tampan adalah perhiasan. Saya tak bisa membayangkan karakter seperti Hwang Tae Kyung diperankan orang lain. Jang Geun Suk berakting seperti pangeran, 100 persen,” kata pihak rumah produksi Group Eight.
Pujian lain dilontarkan penata artistik serial ini.“Akting Jang Geun Suk sebagai penyanyi, dengan suaranya yang bagus dan stabil serta analisis karakter yang tepat menjadikan aktingnya luar biasa. Ditambah lagi, pengetahuannya soal ritme dan intonasi (lagu), sama baiknya dengan kemampuan mengekspresikan wajah, mata, dan emosinya. Dia selalu mencoba hal baru, belajar, dan berkembang.”
Berkat serial yang menyabet penghargaan Netizen’s Highest Popularity Awards di SBS Drama Awards 2009 ini, Jang Geun Suk kini disebut-sebut sebagai the next Lee Min Ho.
Tantangan berat buat Park Shin Hye, yang harus merelakan rambut panjangnya dipangkas pendek demi penyamarannya sebagai Go Mi Nam. Berperan jadi laki-laki pun memberi tantangan tersendiri.
“Sejujurnya, sedikit sulit. Memakai pakaian seperti laki-laki berarti kita juga harus bicara dengan suara lebih rendah dan berjalan dengan membusungkan dada. Mungkin itu sebabnya saat episode awal tayang banyak yang bilang, ‘Akting menjadi cowok macam apa, itu?’ Banyak pula yang bilang, ‘Suaranya terlalu cempreng dan caranya bicara dan akting seolah terlalu berusaha keras untuk terlihat lucu,’” akunya.
Itu permulaan saja. Perlahan-lahan, karakter Go Mi Nam dan grup band A.N.JELL dicintai. Tokoh-tokoh pendukung seperti Kang Shin Woo dan Jeremy juga makin bikin geregetan. Park Yong Hwa yang berpembawaan kalem mencuri hati penonton lewat peran Shin Woo. Padahal ini akting perdananya di layar kaca.
“Serial ini sangat berarti bagi saya, tak bisa diungkapkan dengan kata-kata. Ini kali pertama saya (akting) di televisi dan saya tak bisa melupakan pengalaman ini. Saya juga mendapat julukan-julukan baru dari sini,” kata Hong Hwa yang dijuluki “Towel Guy” gara-gara serial ini.
Jeremy yang konyol dan suka bertingkah lucu pun makin bikin gemas. Menurut Lee Hong Ki yang memerankan Jeremy, salah satu kunci sukses serial HB adalah kekompakan para pemainnya. Makin lama chemistry para personel A.N.JELL makin baik.
“Karena berakting bareng, kami makin tak punya waktu pribadi. Di tengah-tengah itu, kami selalu bercanda dan ngobrol. Hal itu mungkin seperti yang dialami para idola (tinggal dalam satu rumah). Geun Suk Hyung (abang–red) adalah teman yang baik dengan penggemar yang sangat banyak. Shin Hye berteman baik dengan saya, dan saya, kan sebenarnya juga idola,” seloroh personel grup F.T Island ini.
Ya, chemistry itu penting. Meski A.N.JELL hanya band fiktif yang ada dalam serial, mereka diperlakukan bak grup band nyata. Penampilan A.N.JELL baik solo atau dalam formasi band menjadi topik seru penonton.
Maklum, mereka tak hanya membentuk formasi band, tetapi memainkan alat musik plus lagu-lagu andalan seperti “Promise”, “As Ever”, dan “Without Words”. Foto-foto A.N.JELL yang dirilis di laman serial HB konon dilihat 10 ribu orang setiap har

Rabu, 03 November 2010

BRITNEY SPEARS

Britney Spears


Britney Spears
Britney-Spears Boys.jpg
Latar belakang
Nama lahir Britney Jean Spears
Lahir 2 Desember 1981 (umur 28)
McComb, Mississippi, Amerika Serikat
Asal Kentwood, Louisiana, Amerika Serikat
Genre Pop
Pekerjaan Penyanyi
Penari
Penulis lagu
Aktris
Penulis
Pianis
Sutradara
Instrumen Vokal
Piano
Tahun aktif 1993-Sekarang
Perusahaan rekaman Sony (1997–1998)
Jive / Zomba
(1998–sekarang)
Terkait
dengan
The New Mickey Mouse Club
Innosense
Situs web www.britneyspears.com
www.britney.com
Britney Jean Spears (lahir di Kentwood, Louisiana, 2 Desember 1981; umur 28 tahun) adalah seorang penyanyi pop asal Amerika Serikat.
Nama Spears mulai dikenal sejak mengeluarkan single pertamanya ...Baby One More Time pada tahun 1998. Kemudian diikuti keluarnya album yang bertitel sama. pada tahun 2000 Britney mengeluarkan album kedua yang bertitel " Oops! .. I Did It Again ". Album ini terjual pada minggu pertama di Amerika sebanyak 1,3 juta dan merupakan penjualan Album tercepat dalam sejarah. Ia telah banyak mendapatkan penghargaan dan termasuk sebuah Grammy untuk "Best Dance Recording" untuk lagu hitnya Toxic pada tahun 2005. Ia menikah dengan Kevin Federline dari tahun 2004 hingga 2006 dan dikaruniai dua anak laki-laki bernama Sean Preston Federline (lahir 2005) serta Jayden James (lahir 2006). Sebelum menikah dengan Federline, Spears pernah berpacaran selama beberapa tahun dengan Justin Timberlake.
Britney Spears juga berperan di dunia layar lebar; salah satunya ialah Crossroads (2002) di mana dia menjadi pemeran utama.

Kehidupan awal,The Mickey Mouse Club,Karier debut,dan Innosense

Innosense's original line-up 1997 - Spears ditampilkan di tengah dengan sesama anggota Amanda Latona, Mandy Ashford, Danay Ferrer dan Nicki DeLoachBritney Spears lahir di McComb, Mississippi dan dibesarkan di Kentwood, Louisiana sebagai seorang Baptis. Orangtuanya adalah Lynne Irene (née Jembatan), seorang mantan guru sekolah dasar, dan Jamie Parnell Spears, mantan kontraktor bangunan dan koki. Tombak adalah warisan bahasa Inggris melalui nenek dari pihak ibu yang lahir di London dan jauh maltese keturunan, dengan 2 ibu kakek buyut Edward Portelli dilahirkan di Malta kemudian pindah ke Inggris dimana ia menetap. Spears dua saudara, Bryan dan Jamie Lynn. Bryan Spears menikah dengan Jamie-Lynn manajer, Graciella Rivera.
Spears pesenam berprestasi, menghadiri kelas senam sampai umur sembilan tahun dan bersaing di kompetisi tingkat negara. Ia tampil di revues tari lokal dan bernyanyi dalam paduan suara gereja Baptis setempat. Tombak memasuki New York City Sekolah Seni Pertunjukan Profesional ketika ia berusia delapan tahun. Orangtua Spears sering berdebat, dan mereka akhirnya bercerai pada 2002.
Pada usia delapan tahun, Spears mengikuti audisi untuk Disney Channel serial The New Mickey Mouse Club. Meskipun ia dianggap terlalu muda untuk bergabung dengan seri pada waktu itu, seorang produser di acara diperkenalkan ke New York City agen. Spears kemudian menghabiskan tiga musim panas di NYC's Professional Performing Arts School dan juga muncul di sejumlah off Broadway produksi. Dia adalah seorang pengganti tahun 1991 musikal Broadway kejam!. Pada tahun 1992, ia mendarat tempat di acara televisi populer Star Search. Dia memenangkan kompetisi putaran pertama, tetapi pada akhirnya hilang. Pada usia sebelas, Spears kembali ke Disney Channel untuk sebuah tempat di The New Mickey Mouse Club di Lakeland, Florida. Ia adalah fitur di acara 1993-1994, sampai dia 13. Setelah pertunjukan berakhir , Spears kembali ke Kentwood dan menghadiri sekolah tinggi selama satu tahun.
Pada tahun 1997, Spears sebentar bergabung dengan semua-grup pop wanita Innosense. Kemudian pada tahun yang sama, ia merekam demo solo dan ditandatangani oleh Jive Records. Ia memulai tur konser Amerika yang disponsori oleh majalah remaja Amerika, dan akhirnya menjadi pembuka untuk 'N Sync dan Backstreet Boys.


 Album musik

  1. 1999: ...Baby One More Time
  2. 2000: Oops!... I Did It Again
  3. 2001: Britney
  4. 2003: In the Zone
  5. 2004: Greatest hits:My prerogative
  6. 2005: B in the Mix-the Remixes
  7. 2007: Blackout
  8. 2008: Circus
  9. 2009: The Singles Collection

 Filmografi

Tahun Judul Sebagai Keterangan lain
1991 The Mickey Mouse Club Various Roles Seasons 6-7, 1991–1993
1999 The Famous Jett Jackson Herself She sang "...Baby One More Time" and "Sometimes" on the show.[1]
Sabrina the Teenage Witch Herself Cameo (Sang "(You Drive Me) Crazy" on show)
2000 Longshot Flight Attendant Cameo
The Simpsons Herself Episode: "The Mansion Family"
2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember Herself Cameo/Soundtrack
Crossroads Lucy Wagner Lead Role/Feature Film
Stages: Three Days in Mexico Herself Biography/Documentary [2]
Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe Donner English version/Animation
2004 Britney & Kevin: Chaotic Herself Reality Show
2006 Will & Grace Amber-Louise Episode "Buy, Buy Baby"
2008 How I Met Your Mother Abby Season 3: "Ten Sessions" and "Everything Must Go"
Britney: For the Record Herself Biography/Documentary

Selasa, 02 November 2010

DAVID ARCHULETA

David Archuleta

David Archuleta
David Archuleta in parade.jpg
Latar belakang
Nama lahir David James Archuleta
Lahir 28 Desember 1990 (umur 19)[1]
Miami, Florida
Asal Murray, Utah, Amerika Serikat
Genre Pop[2]
Pekerjaan Penyanyi
Penulis lagu
Aktor
Mahasiswa
Instrumen Vokal
Piano
Kibor
Gitar
Tahun aktif 2003–sekarang
Perusahaan rekaman Jive[3]
Situs web www.davidarchuleta.com
David James Archuleta (lahir di Miami, Florida, Amerika Serikat, 28 Desember 1990; umur 19 tahun) atau yang lebih dikenal dengan dengan nama David Archuleta adalah penyanyi asal Amerika Serikat. Ia menjadi finalis American Idol musim ketujuh dan menjadi runner-up dengan memperoleh 44 juta suara.

Kehidupan Awal

David Archuleta lahir di Miami, Florida. Ayahnya, Jeff Archuleta adalah seorang pemusik jazz, sedangkan ibunya, Lupe Marie Archuleta ialah seorang penyanyi dan penari yang berasal dari Honduras. Pada usia enam tahun ia dan keluarganya berpindah ke Salt Lake Valley, Sandy, Utah. Sekarang ia dan keluarganya tinggal di Murray, Utah. David Archuleta memiliki empat saudara, Claudia (18), Daniel (14), Jazzy (11) dan Amber (9). David Archuleta masih tercatat sebagai murid Murray High School.
David Archuleta dibesarkan di keluarga yang mencintai musik. Pada usia enam tahun Ia mulai bernyanyi setelah menonton video Les Miserables. Ia tidak dapat berhenti menyanyikan lagu-lagu Les Miserables setelah menonton video tersebut, saat itulah ayahnya, Jeff, mengetahui bahwa anaknya memiliki bakat alami sebagai penyanyi.
Pada usia sepuluh tahun, David menyanyi untuk pertama kalinya dihadapan publik. Ia mengikuti kompetisi menyanyi Utah dan menyanyikan lagu Dolly Parton yang berjudul “ I Will Always Love You “, Ia memperoleh sambutan yang sangat meriah dari penduduk Utah yang menontonnya dan menjuarai kategori anak-anak. Di usia sebelas tahun ia memulai debutnya di televisi pada Jenny Jones Shows dalam episode future latino stars dengan menyanyikan lagu “ And I telling You I’m Not Going”
David Archuleta pernah mengalami kerusakan pita suara akibat penyakit bronkhitis yang menyerangnya setelah ia mengikuti Star Search. Salah satu pita suaranya lumpuh, yang mengakibatnya ia terdengar seperti kesulitan bernafas apabila bernyanyi ataupun berbicara. David pernah ditawari untuk melakukan operasi, tetapi operasi tesebut terlalu beresiko sehingga David memutuskan tidak akan melakukan operasi. Kini Ia merasa bahwa ia telah sembuh total dari penyakitnya.

Pengaruh Musik

Pada banyak kesempatan wawancara David menyebutkan bahwa ia sangat menyukai musik-musik John Mayer, Natasha Bedingfield, Sara Barailles, dan Jason Mraz. Dalam wawancaranya yang terbaru di acara The View , 24 Juni 2008, Ia menyebutkan bahwa ia sangat mengidolakan Eva Cassidy. Dalam sesi tanya jawab American Idol ia menyebutkan nama Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Kirk Franklin, dan Bryan Adams sebagai pemusik yang mempengaruhi musiknya. Tamyra Gray, Elliot Yamin, Jennifer Hudson, Jordin Sparks, dan Fantasia sebagai alumni American Idol favoritnya.
Saat kecil, David yang ayahnya ialah pemusik Jazz dan ibunya penyanyi latin banyak mendengarkan musik jazz, gospel, pop, rock dan soul. Sedangkan ibunya sering memainkan musik yang membuat ia dan saudara-saudaranya menari. Selain itu, David juga mengutarakan dalam beberapa wawancara bahwa ia menyukai musik Broadway.

Star Search

Dengan bakat luar biasa yang dimilikinya, David Archuleta mengikuti kompetisi menyanyi Star Search dan menjadi juara di kategori anak-anak pada usia dua belas tahun. Di Star Search ia bersaing dengan Alexandrea Lushington, yang tenyata mengikuti American Idol bersama David. Ia memperoleh $100.000 sebagai hadiah menjadi juara di Star Search.
Kemenangannya di Star Search membuat David memperoleh kesempatan tampil di The Jenny Jones Show and CBS The Early Show. Selain tampil diberbagai talk show ia juga berkesempatan bertemu kontestan American Idol musim pertama dan menyanyikan lagu “ And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going “ untuk mereka. Seluruh kontestan American Idol terpesona oleh keberanian dan suara yang dimiliki David.
Sayangnya setelah ia mengikuti Star Search ia mengalami bronkhitis yang mengakibatnya salah satu pita suaranya lumpuh. Selain itu hal itu juga menyebabkan David gagal memperoleh kontrak rekaman. Semenjak usia sebelas tahun hingga sekarang David memiliki pelatih vokal pribadi yang merupakan salah satu pelatih vokal ternama Amerika Serikat yang bernama Dean Kaelin. Dean Kaelin membantu proses penyembuhan pita suara David. Selama sakit, David memutuskan untuk mempelajari piano dan menulis beberapa lagu.
Beberapa lagu yang dinyanyikan David sebelum ia mengalami kelumpuhan pita suara 1. A Moment Like This 2. Climb Every Mountain 3. A House Is Not A Home 4. Get Here 5. Who’s Loving You 6. Fallin’ 7. I surrender 8. Wind Beneath My Wings 9. Ain’t No Sunshine 10. Nature Boy 11. Contigo En La Distancia 12. Star-Spangled 13. Banner 14. Don’t Tell Me 15. God Bless America 16. Imagine 17. All I Nedd 18. Dream Sky High

 American Idol


David Archuleta saat American Idol.

Audisi

Berdasarkan eBook milik Dean Kaelin "An Insider View", sebenarnya Ia tidak yakin bahwa David memutuskan untuk mengikuti audisi American Idol musim ketujuh. Walau akhirnya David memutuskan untuk mengikuti audisi di kota San Diego, California yang diselengarakan pada tanggal 30 Juli dan 31 Juli 2007. David menyanyikan lagu Waiting On The World To Change milik John Mayer.
Walau ia sempat lupa lirik pada pertengahan lagu, akan tetapi ketiga juri sepakat bahwa David layak mendapatkan tiket emas menuju Hollywood. Saat mengahadiri wawancara di Larry King Live, David mengutarakan bahwa ia tidak lolos pada seleksi pertama oleh produser American Idol, tetapi saat ia dan ayahnya bersiap untuk pulang, ia dipanggil kembali dan diijinkan mengikuti tahap berikutnya, yaitu bernyanyi di hadapan Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul dan Simon Cowell.

 Hollywood Week

Pada hari pertama Hollywood week, David menyanyikan lagu Crazy milik Gnarls Barkley yang disebut-sebut sebagai audisi tebaik sepanjang sejarah American Idol, sayangnya akibat masalah hak cipta, penampilan David saat menyanyikan lagu tersebut tidak pernah diperlihatkan ke publik. David pun lolos dengan mudah ke audisi terakhir Hollywood week.
Pada hari ketiga Hollywood week atau dikenal sebagai audisi terakhir untuk menentukan kontestan di 24 besar, David menyanyikan lagu hit milik Bryan Adams yang berjudul Heaven. Ia memperoleh pujian dari ketiga juri, bahkan Randy Jackson mengatakan bahwa penampilan David ialah penampilan terbaik sepanjang Hollywood Week. Menilai penampilan memukau David di Hollywood Week, maka tidak heran apabila David dapat dengan mudah memperoleh tiket ke babak 24 besar.

Taylor Swift


Taylor Swift
Swift saat menghadiri acara peluncuran perdana film Hannah Montana: The Movie pada April, 2009
Swift saat menghadiri acara peluncuran perdana film Hannah Montana: The Movie pada April, 2009
Biodata
Nama lahir Taylor Alison Swift
Lahir 13 Desember 1989 (umur 20)
Flag of the United States.svg Wyomissing, Pennsylvania
Genre Country[1]
Pop[2]
Pekerjaan Penyanyi
Penulis lagu
Gitaris
Aktris
Instrumen Vokal
Gitar
Piano[3]
Ukulele[4]
Tahun aktif 2006–sekarang
Label Big Machine Records
Associated
acts
Selena Gomez
Miley Cyrus
John Mayer
Boys Like Girls
Situsweb www.taylorswift.com
Taylor Alison Swift (lahir 13 Desember 1989; umur 20 tahun) adalah seorang penyanyi-penulis lagu bergenre musik Country dan aktris berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Swift paling dikenal oleh media karena rambut curly emasnya dan mata kucingnya yang berwarna biru.
Dia merilis lagu pertamanya yang berjudul "Tim McGraw", dari album pertamanya yang juga berjudul Taylor Swift, yang telah menjadi multi-platinum dan disertifikasi 5x Platinum di US. Pada tanggal 11 November 2008, ia merilis album keduanya yang berjudul Fearless, yang penjualannya meroket, dan telah disertifikasi 7x Platinum dari RIAA. Fearless pun menduduki posisi pertama Billboard 200 untuk 11 minggu, adalah minggu terbanyak dibandingkan dengan album-album lainnya dekade ini. Fearless pun menjadi album dengan penjualan terbaik selama tahun 2009, dengan 3,2 juta kopi terjual pada tahun 2009. Album keduanya, Fearless, memenangkan penghargaan 2010 Grammy Awards untuk penghargaan tertingginya, Album of the Year. Swift menjadi pemenang Album of the Year dari Grammy Awards yang termuda, memenangkan penghargaan bergengsi tersebut pada umur 20 tahun, menggulingkan Alanis Morissette yang memenangkan Album of the Year untuk albumnya Jagged Little Pill pada umur 21 tahun.
Pada tahun 2008, kedua albumnya (Taylor Swift dan Fearless) telah terjual dengan kombinasi sebanyak lima juta kopi, dan merupakan tertinggi untuk seluruh artis pada tahun 2008 di US. Di Januari 2010, Nielsen Soundscan mengumumkan bahwa Swift adalah "Top-Selling Digital Music Artist in History" atau artis dengan penjualan musik digital terbesar, sebanyak 24,9 juta hanya dalam bentuk digital. . Sejauh ini, ia sudah menjual rekaman sebanyak 15 juta kopi diseluruh dunia. Ia telah membintangi sejumlah serial TV dan menjadi model beberapa video klip, serta menjadi cameo dibeberapa film. Ia memulai debut karier aktingnya difilm Valentine's Day dengan peran Felicia.

 Karier Bermusik

 2006–2008: Taylor Swift

Swift pertama kali merilis singel pertamanya, "Tim McGraw", dan berhasil meraih peringkat 6 di Billboard Hot Country Song dan peringkat 40 di Billboard Hot 100. Lalu ia merilis album perdananya, Taylor Swift, yang langsung terdaftar pada peringkat 19 di Billboard 200. Lalu, setelah perilisan singel "Teardrops on My Guitar", penjualan albumnya mulai meninggi dan akhirnya mencapai posisi puncak Billboard Hot Country Albums dan peringkat 5 di Billboard 200. Album tersebut bertahan diposisi puncak untuk 24 minggu tidak berurutan. Album lain yang memiliki minggu dipuncak Billboard Hot Country Albums diatas 20 minggu pada dekade 2000-an hanya Dixie Chicks dan Carrie Underwood. Setelah Januari 2010, Taylor Swift telah terjual 4,6 juta kopi dan 9 juta download singel.
Singel kedua dari album perdananya, "Teardrops on My Guitar" mampu mencapai kesuksesan lebih tinggi dari "Tim McGraw", menduduki posisi 2 di Billboard Hot Country Song dan posisi 13 di Billboard Hot 100, lagu Swift pertama yang menduduki posisi Top 20 di Billboard Hot 100. Singel ketiganya, "Our Song", berhasil mendapatkan kesuksesan lebih tinggi lagi dari "Teardrops on My Guitar", berhasil menduduki posisi puncak Billboard Hot Country Song, singel pertamanya yang berhasil melakukannya dan berada diposisi puncak untuk 6 minggu, juga salah satu rekor terlama untuk seorang penyanyi wanita. Lagu tersebut juga berhasil menduduki posisi 16 di Billboard Hot 100, menjadikannya lagu Swift kedua yang menduduki posisi Top 20 di chart tersebut.
Singel ketiganya yang berjudul "Picture to Burn" belum berhasil mencapai kesuksesan seperti "Our Song", namun masih lumayan sukses karena menduduki posisi 3 di Billboard Hot Country Song dan posisi 29 di Billboard Hot 100. Setelah meriis ulang album perdananya menjadi Taylor Swift: Deluxe Edition, dan menambahkan sebuah singel lagi, "Should've Said No". Meskipun mendapatkan rating yang kurang bagus, singel tersebut mampu menduduki posisi puncak Billboard Hot Country Song untuk 2 minggu dan posisi 33 di Billboard Hot 100. Sampai akhir 2008, Taylor Swift telah terjual sebanyak 3 juta kopi di US. Ia pun sempat meraih nominasi Grammy Award untuk Best New Artist, tapi lolos ke Amy Winehouse.

2008–2009: Fearless

Swift merilis album keduanya, Fearless pada November 2008 dan langsung sangat sukses. Pada awal pembukaannya, album tersebut terjual sebanyak 592,300 kopi, merupakan jumlah terbanyak untuk seluruh artis wanita pada tahun 2008. Hanya dalam dua bulan, album tersebut sukses terjual 2,2 juta kopi. Album tersebut juga terdaftar dalam peringkat 1 untuk Billboard 200 selama 11 minggu tidak berurutan dan juga peringkat 1 untuk Billboard Hot Country Albums untuk 35 minggu tidak berurutan. Empat singel dirilis sebagai singel promosi dari Fearless, dan keempatnya mendapatkan sambutan yang sangat meriah. Singel tersebut adalah "Change", "Fearless", "You're Not Sorry", dan "You Belong with Me", yang langsung masuk ke peringkat 10, 9, 11, dan 12, berurutan. Swift adalah artis pertama yang mampu melakukan hal ini.
Singel yang pertama dirilis adalah "Love Story", dengan gaya a la zaman dahulu, lagu ini menjadi lagu internasional Swift yang pertama. Berhasil meraih peringkat di Top 10 di lebih dari 20 negara didunia, termasuk juga Top 5 dibeberapa negara, termasuk peringkat 4 di Billboard Hot 100 dan peringkat 1 di Billboard Hot Country Song untuk 2 minggu. "White Horse" ditunjuk sebagai singel kedua yang dirilis, singel ballad ini berhasil menduduki posisi 13 di Billboard Hot 100, dan posisi 2 di Billboard Hot Country Song. Singel ini berhasil meraih dua Grammy Award sekaligus untuk Best Country Song dan Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
Singel ketiga dari Fearless adalah "You Belong with Me", yang dirilis sebagai singel asli dan berhasil meraih posisi 2 di Billboard Hot 100 serta posisi 1 untuk dua minggu di Billboard Hot Country Song. Lagu ini dinominasikan untuk 3 Grammy Award sekaligus, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, dan Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, sayangnya, semua gagal dimenangkan. Lalu "Fifteen" dirilis menjadi singel keempat, dan "Fearless" dirilis kembali menjadi singel asli kelima. Selain itu, Fearless pun diumumkan sebagai Billboard's Top Selling Albumof 2009, menandakan sebagai album terlaris pada tahun 2009 dengan penjualan 3,2 juta kopi.
Pada tanggal 13 September 2009, tepatnya acara MTV Video Music Awards digelar. Swift berhasil memenangkan sebuah piala untuk Best Female Video untuk videonya "You Belong with Me". Namun, saat sedang berpidato untuk kemenangannya, rapper Kanye West dengan santai maju kepanggung dan merebut mikrofon yang dipegang Swift, dan menyatakan bahwa video dari Beyonce yang berjudul "Single Ladies" lah yang harusnya menang, bukan video Swift. Kanye West lalu diusir dari acara, dan saat Beyonce memenangkan Video of the Year, penghargaan tertinggi malam itu, ia mengundang Swift untuk kembali maju dan menyelesaikan pidatonya. Swift setuju dan ia menyelesaikan pidatonya malam itu. Insiden ini menyedot perhatian banyak artis, termasuk para nominator Best Female Video lainnya, seperti Pink, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, serta Kelly Clarkson, yang kompak setuju bahwa video Swift boleh-boleh saja menang. Artis dan banyak orang penting lainnya pun menilai tindakan Kanye West sangat negatif, dan tidak pantas. Kanye West akhirnya meminta maaf pada Swift, dan Swift menerimanya.

Taylor Swift
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Swift saat menghadiri acara peluncuran perdana film Hannah Montana: The Movie pada April, 2009
Swift saat menghadiri acara peluncuran perdana film Hannah Montana: The Movie pada April, 2009
Biodata
Nama lahir Taylor Alison Swift
Lahir 13 Desember 1989 (umur 20)
Flag of the United States.svg Wyomissing, Pennsylvania
Genre Country[1]
Pop[2]
Pekerjaan Penyanyi
Penulis lagu
Gitaris
Aktris
Instrumen Vokal
Gitar
Piano[3]
Ukulele[4]
Tahun aktif 2006–sekarang
Label Big Machine Records
Associated
acts Selena Gomez
Miley Cyrus
John Mayer
Boys Like Girls
Situsweb www.taylorswift.com

Taylor Alison Swift (lahir 13 Desember 1989; umur 20 tahun) adalah seorang penyanyi-penulis lagu bergenre musik Country dan aktris berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Swift paling dikenal oleh media karena rambut curly emasnya dan mata kucingnya yang berwarna biru.

Dia merilis lagu pertamanya yang berjudul "Tim McGraw", dari album pertamanya yang juga berjudul Taylor Swift, yang telah menjadi multi-platinum dan disertifikasi 5x Platinum di US. Pada tanggal 11 November 2008, ia merilis album keduanya yang berjudul Fearless, yang penjualannya meroket, dan telah disertifikasi 7x Platinum dari RIAA. Fearless pun menduduki posisi pertama Billboard 200 untuk 11 minggu, adalah minggu terbanyak dibandingkan dengan album-album lainnya dekade ini. Fearless pun menjadi album dengan penjualan terbaik selama tahun 2009, dengan 3,2 juta kopi terjual pada tahun 2009. Album keduanya, Fearless, memenangkan penghargaan 2010 Grammy Awards untuk penghargaan tertingginya, Album of the Year. Swift menjadi pemenang Album of the Year dari Grammy Awards yang termuda, memenangkan penghargaan bergengsi tersebut pada umur 20 tahun, menggulingkan Alanis Morissette yang memenangkan Album of the Year untuk albumnya Jagged Little Pill pada umur 21 tahun.

Pada tahun 2008, kedua albumnya (Taylor Swift dan Fearless) telah terjual dengan kombinasi sebanyak lima juta kopi, dan merupakan tertinggi untuk seluruh artis pada tahun 2008 di US. Di Januari 2010, Nielsen Soundscan mengumumkan bahwa Swift adalah "Top-Selling Digital Music Artist in History" atau artis dengan penjualan musik digital terbesar, sebanyak 24,9 juta hanya dalam bentuk digital. . Sejauh ini, ia sudah menjual rekaman sebanyak 15 juta kopi diseluruh dunia. Ia telah membintangi sejumlah serial TV dan menjadi model beberapa video klip, serta menjadi cameo dibeberapa film. Ia memulai debut karier aktingnya difilm Valentine's Day dengan peran Felicia.
Daftar isi
[sembunyikan]

* 1 Karier Bermusik
o 1.1 2006–2008: Taylor Swift
o 1.2 2008–2009: Fearless
o 1.3 2010-sekarang: Debut film dan Speak Now
* 2 Diskografi
* 3 Grammy Awards
* 4 Referensi
* 5 Pranala luar

[sunting] Karier Bermusik
[sunting] 2006–2008: Taylor Swift

Swift pertama kali merilis singel pertamanya, "Tim McGraw", dan berhasil meraih peringkat 6 di Billboard Hot Country Song dan peringkat 40 di Billboard Hot 100. Lalu ia merilis album perdananya, Taylor Swift, yang langsung terdaftar pada peringkat 19 di Billboard 200. Lalu, setelah perilisan singel "Teardrops on My Guitar", penjualan albumnya mulai meninggi dan akhirnya mencapai posisi puncak Billboard Hot Country Albums dan peringkat 5 di Billboard 200. Album tersebut bertahan diposisi puncak untuk 24 minggu tidak berurutan. Album lain yang memiliki minggu dipuncak Billboard Hot Country Albums diatas 20 minggu pada dekade 2000-an hanya Dixie Chicks dan Carrie Underwood. Setelah Januari 2010, Taylor Swift telah terjual 4,6 juta kopi dan 9 juta download singel.

Singel kedua dari album perdananya, "Teardrops on My Guitar" mampu mencapai kesuksesan lebih tinggi dari "Tim McGraw", menduduki posisi 2 di Billboard Hot Country Song dan posisi 13 di Billboard Hot 100, lagu Swift pertama yang menduduki posisi Top 20 di Billboard Hot 100. Singel ketiganya, "Our Song", berhasil mendapatkan kesuksesan lebih tinggi lagi dari "Teardrops on My Guitar", berhasil menduduki posisi puncak Billboard Hot Country Song, singel pertamanya yang berhasil melakukannya dan berada diposisi puncak untuk 6 minggu, juga salah satu rekor terlama untuk seorang penyanyi wanita. Lagu tersebut juga berhasil menduduki posisi 16 di Billboard Hot 100, menjadikannya lagu Swift kedua yang menduduki posisi Top 20 di chart tersebut.

Singel ketiganya yang berjudul "Picture to Burn" belum berhasil mencapai kesuksesan seperti "Our Song", namun masih lumayan sukses karena menduduki posisi 3 di Billboard Hot Country Song dan posisi 29 di Billboard Hot 100. Setelah meriis ulang album perdananya menjadi Taylor Swift: Deluxe Edition, dan menambahkan sebuah singel lagi, "Should've Said No". Meskipun mendapatkan rating yang kurang bagus, singel tersebut mampu menduduki posisi puncak Billboard Hot Country Song untuk 2 minggu dan posisi 33 di Billboard Hot 100. Sampai akhir 2008, Taylor Swift telah terjual sebanyak 3 juta kopi di US. Ia pun sempat meraih nominasi Grammy Award untuk Best New Artist, tapi lolos ke Amy Winehouse.
[sunting] 2008–2009: Fearless

Swift merilis album keduanya, Fearless pada November 2008 dan langsung sangat sukses. Pada awal pembukaannya, album tersebut terjual sebanyak 592,300 kopi, merupakan jumlah terbanyak untuk seluruh artis wanita pada tahun 2008. Hanya dalam dua bulan, album tersebut sukses terjual 2,2 juta kopi. Album tersebut juga terdaftar dalam peringkat 1 untuk Billboard 200 selama 11 minggu tidak berurutan dan juga peringkat 1 untuk Billboard Hot Country Albums untuk 35 minggu tidak berurutan. Empat singel dirilis sebagai singel promosi dari Fearless, dan keempatnya mendapatkan sambutan yang sangat meriah. Singel tersebut adalah "Change", "Fearless", "You're Not Sorry", dan "You Belong with Me", yang langsung masuk ke peringkat 10, 9, 11, dan 12, berurutan. Swift adalah artis pertama yang mampu melakukan hal ini.

Singel yang pertama dirilis adalah "Love Story", dengan gaya a la zaman dahulu, lagu ini menjadi lagu internasional Swift yang pertama. Berhasil meraih peringkat di Top 10 di lebih dari 20 negara didunia, termasuk juga Top 5 dibeberapa negara, termasuk peringkat 4 di Billboard Hot 100 dan peringkat 1 di Billboard Hot Country Song untuk 2 minggu. "White Horse" ditunjuk sebagai singel kedua yang dirilis, singel ballad ini berhasil menduduki posisi 13 di Billboard Hot 100, dan posisi 2 di Billboard Hot Country Song. Singel ini berhasil meraih dua Grammy Award sekaligus untuk Best Country Song dan Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

Singel ketiga dari Fearless adalah "You Belong with Me", yang dirilis sebagai singel asli dan berhasil meraih posisi 2 di Billboard Hot 100 serta posisi 1 untuk dua minggu di Billboard Hot Country Song. Lagu ini dinominasikan untuk 3 Grammy Award sekaligus, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, dan Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, sayangnya, semua gagal dimenangkan. Lalu "Fifteen" dirilis menjadi singel keempat, dan "Fearless" dirilis kembali menjadi singel asli kelima. Selain itu, Fearless pun diumumkan sebagai Billboard's Top Selling Albumof 2009, menandakan sebagai album terlaris pada tahun 2009 dengan penjualan 3,2 juta kopi.

Pada tanggal 13 September 2009, tepatnya acara MTV Video Music Awards digelar. Swift berhasil memenangkan sebuah piala untuk Best Female Video untuk videonya "You Belong with Me". Namun, saat sedang berpidato untuk kemenangannya, rapper Kanye West dengan santai maju kepanggung dan merebut mikrofon yang dipegang Swift, dan menyatakan bahwa video dari Beyonce yang berjudul "Single Ladies" lah yang harusnya menang, bukan video Swift. Kanye West lalu diusir dari acara, dan saat Beyonce memenangkan Video of the Year, penghargaan tertinggi malam itu, ia mengundang Swift untuk kembali maju dan menyelesaikan pidatonya. Swift setuju dan ia menyelesaikan pidatonya malam itu. Insiden ini menyedot perhatian banyak artis, termasuk para nominator Best Female Video lainnya, seperti Pink, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, serta Kelly Clarkson, yang kompak setuju bahwa video Swift boleh-boleh saja menang. Artis dan banyak orang penting lainnya pun menilai tindakan Kanye West sangat negatif, dan tidak pantas. Kanye West akhirnya meminta maaf pada Swift, dan Swift menerimanya.

Rabu, 27 Oktober 2010

DAVID ARCHULETA

David Archuleta
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David Archuleta

Archuleta in the American Idol Experience motorcade at Walt Disney World (February 2009)
Background information
Birth name David James Archuleta
Born December 28, 1990 (1990-12-28) (age 19)[1]
Miami, Florida
Origin Murray, Utah, US
Genres Pop[2]
Occupations Singer-songwriter, student
Instruments Vocals, piano, keyboards, guitar
Years active 2003–present
Labels Jive[3]
Website www.DavidArchuleta.com

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.[4] When he was twelve years old, Archuleta became the Junior Vocal Champion on Star Search 2.[4] In 2007, at sixteen years old, he became one of the youngest contestants on the seventh season of American Idol.[5] 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.[4][6][7][8] 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.[9][10][11] In October 2010 he released a second album, The Other Side of Down featuring lead single Something 'Bout Love.
Contents
[hide]

* 1 Early life
* 2 Music career
o 2.1 2003–06: Star Search and musical beginnings
o 2.2 2007–08: American Idol and David Archuleta
o 2.3 2009-present: Christmas from the Heart and The Other Side of Down
* 3 Philanthropy
* 4 Musical influences
* 5 Discography
* 6 Tours
* 7 Awards and nominations
* 8 Notes
* 9 References
* 10 External links

[edit] Early life

Archuleta was born in Miami, Florida, to Jeff Archuleta and Lupe Marie Mayorga, a salsa singer and dancer, however, he speaks very little Spanish.[12] Archuleta has four siblings.[13] His family moved to the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy when he was six. He now lives in Murray where he attended Murray High School[14] and is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Boy Scouts of America.[15][16][17]

Archuleta started singing at the age of six, inspired by a Les Misérables video. "That musical is what started all of this", he said.[18] He started performing publicly at age ten when he participated in the Utah Talent Competition, singing "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton; he received a standing ovation and won the Child Division.[19]
[edit] Music career
[edit] 2003–06: Star Search and musical beginnings

In 2003, when he was twelve years old, Archuleta sang on several episodes of the television show Star Search.[20][21][22] He ended up as the Junior Vocal Champion on Star Search 2, Losing the Junior Grand Champion title to Tiffany Evans.[23] On one episode, he sang against then-11-year-old Alexandréa Lushington, who became a "top 20" semi-finalist on American Idol alongside Archuleta.[21] Around the second year of being on Star Search he started focusing on the lyrics, "I didn't even pay attention to the lyrics when I was 12, 13".[24]

Archuleta's competing on Star Search was preceded by an appearance on The Jenny Jones Show, meeting the finalists from American Idol's first season, for whom he performed a spontaneous a cappella rendition of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls, and received praise from Season 1 winner Kelly Clarkson.,[24][25] and led to appearances on CBS' The Early Show, The year after Star Search he found out he had partial vocal paralysis but declined risky surgery and has said he feels he is almost fully recovered.[18][24] He limited his singing for specific occasions like Stadium of Fire, the Independence Day celebration at Brigham Young University Stadium.[24]

Archuleta made initial attempts at songwriting and arranging music after his Star Search experience and has written at least three songs.[24] His first singles in 2002 included "Dream Sky High" and "Don't Tell Me".[26]
[edit] 2007–08: American Idol and David Archuleta

Archuleta received his ticket to the Hollywood final auditions at the San Diego tryouts – held at Qualcomm Stadium at the end of July 2007 – with a performance of John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change" with judge Randy Jackson spontaneously joining in to sing the background "waiting" in the song.[19][27] He was sixteen during the Hollywood auditions and attended school while a part of American Idol's seventh season.[5] His parents were there because he was a minor.[5] Archuleta also took advantage of the decision to allow contestants to play musical instruments when he accompanied himself on piano for his performances of "Crazy", "Another Day in Paradise", and "Angels".

During the 1970s themed week Archuleta sang the John Lennon song "Imagine", omitting the earlier verses in favor of the last one. Los Angeles Times columnist Ann Powers speculated that he wanted to avoid singing "no religion too" because of his faith. "As a Mormon, he's unlikely to espouse the song's agnostic ideal," she wrote.[28] However, he did sing the entire song on Good Things Utah when he was thirteen. When asked by judge Randy Jackson why he didn't sing the first verse, Archuleta said the third verse was his favorite because it has "a great message."[29]

After his performance of "We Can Work It Out", which judge Simon Cowell called "a mess", Entertainment Tonight reported that Archuleta was feeling pressure from his father, Jeff Archuleta, who "reportedly yelled at" his son after a recording session the previous night.[30] Jeff Archuleta, in an interview with Us Weekly, denied the claim.[31][32] A May 2008 Associated Press article reported that Jeff Archuleta had his son add a lyric from the Sean Kingston song "Beautiful Girls" into an interpretation of "Stand by Me" (from which "Beautiful Girls" samples its bass line), increasing the costs for licensing, and that this had resulted in Jeff Archuleta being banned from American Idol backstage rehearsals.[33] Archuleta defended his father calling him "a great guy" who keeps him grounded.[34]

During the Top 7 results show, the contestants were split into two groups. In one group was Syesha Mercado, Brooke White, and Kristy Lee Cook. In the other group was David Cook, Carly Smithson, and Jason Castro. Archuleta was the only one not sorted into a group. He was declared safe after the groups were formed, then was asked to choose the group he thought was safe. He refused, and sat down on the floor of the stage, much like Melinda Doolittle had done the previous season.

In the finale he sang "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "In This Moment" and "Imagine". Judge Simon Cowell declared that Archuleta won the evening and even David Cook, who ultimately won, thought Archuleta would win: "I have to concede it, the kid came out all three songs and nailed it", said Cook.[35] In the final tally, Archuleta received 44 percent of the votes.[36][37] During the finale show, identical commercials featuring Archuleta and fellow finalist Cook mimicked the Tom Cruise scene from Risky Business where he dances in his underwear playing an air guitar; they were promoting the game franchise Guitar Hero.[38]
Performances: Week↓ Theme↓ Song(s)↓ Original artist↓
Auditions N/A "Waiting on the World to Change" John Mayer
Hollywood N/A "Crazy"[note 1][5] Gnarls Barkley
Top 50 N/A "Heaven" Bryan Adams
Top 24 1960s "Shop Around" The Miracles
Top 20 1970s "Imagine" John Lennon
Top 16 1980s "Another Day in Paradise" Phil Collins
Top 12 Lennon/McCartney Archuleta's first appearances on music ranking charts were with the three songs he performed in the American Idol finale; "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "In This Moment", and "Imagine", debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week of June 7, 2008. "Imagine" entered at #36 (giving Archuleta his first top forty hit), "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" at #58, and "In This Moment" entered at #60.[40] That same week he had three songs on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart as well, where his versions of "Longer", "Think of Me", and "Angels" debuted at #15, #19, and #24 respectively.[41] In July 2008 So You Think You Can Dance, a dance competition reality show, Archuleta's cover of "Imagine" by John Lennon was the featured music for contestants Katee Shean and William Wingfield with their pas de deux performance.[42]

Archuleta signed with Jive Records in June 2008. His self-titled album, David Archuleta, was released in November 2008. His first single "Crush" was released in August 2008 on Z100, a New York radio station.[6][43] On August 12 "Crush" became available on iTunes.[44] It debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, beaten only by Rihanna's "Disturbia".[45] It was the best chart debut in more than 18 months.[46] According to Nielsen SoundScan, the track sold 166,000 downloads in the first week in the United States.[47] It has sold 1.92 million digital copies in the US.[48]
Archuleta signs autographs while serving as Grand Marshal at the Krewe of Caesar Mardi Gras parade in Metairie, Louisiana on Valentines Day, 2009.

Along with American Idol winner David Cook, Archuleta placed second on Forbes' list of "Breakout Stars of 2008".[49] The two co-presented an award at the 2008 Teen Choice Awards in August 2008.[50] Archuleta also received the Teen Choice Award surfboard for "Most Fanatic Fans".[50]
[edit] 2009-present: Christmas from the Heart and The Other Side of Down

Since the release of his debut album, Archuleta has released three new songs: "Let's Talk About Love (The Build-A-Bear theme song)," "Save the Day (released only in Japan as a bonus track in his album)," and "Zero Gravity." In February, it was announced that Archuleta will be touring the United Kingdom supporting British band McFly on their "Up Close...And This Time It's Personal" tour.[51] The tour began on April 21, 2009 and continued until May.[51] Archuleta became the opening act for Demi Lovato's tour which began June 21, 2009.[52]

On April 22, 2009, Archuleta returned to the American Idol stage in its eighth season and performed the third single from his debut album, "Touch My Hand".[53] On April 30, 2009 he made his first UK television appearance, on the Paul O'Grady Show, performing "Crush" and chatting about his album, which was released there in May. In May, Archuleta and fellow American Idol David Cook, visited the Philippines.[54] Two days later he made live appearances on two of GMA-7's shows, Sis and Eat Bulaga. He also confirmed that month that he was working on two new albums, his sophomore pop album and a Christmas album.[55] In August 2009, Archuleta won three Teen Choice Awards for Breakout Artist, Love Song, and the Music Tour category with Demi Lovato.[56] In September he won the Year in Music – Rising Male Star award at the ALMA Awards and performed a cover of the standard "Contigo En La Distancia."

Archuleta's acting debut was when he appeared as himself for his acting debut on Nickelodeon's show iCarly titled "iRocked the Vote". The episode aired February 7, 2009. He had also made a special guest appearance in Season 3 of the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana[57] In the episode "Promma Mia" as himself and he sang a duet: "I Wanna Know You" with Miley Cyrus who plays the title character; the song was featured on the soundtrack, Hannah Montana 3.

On May 16, 2009, Archuleta and David Cook performed in the Mall of Asia: Concert Grounds for their Back-to-Back Concert in Manila, Philippines. On June 1, 2010, Archuleta released Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song, and the Power of Perseverance, a memoir which refers to "the partial vocal paralysis he suffered in 2004 but has now fully recovered from". He went on a book signing tour beginning in Ridgewood, New Jersey.[58] The book was a bestseller.[59]

Archuleta came back to the American Idol stage on April 7, 2010 on the show's ninth season and performed John Lennon's "Imagine", which David had performed previously when he was a contestant on the show. After his performance, he mentioned that he was working on his third studio album.

Archuleta sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "Stand by Me" at the 30th anniversary of the annual A Capitol Fourth concert in Washington, D.C. on the Fourth of July. The show was aired on PBS at 8pm EST live and tape delay PT.[60]

Archuleta sang live at the Tejano Music Awards covering one of Selena's songs, Como La Flor at the event as a tribute on July 11, 2010.[61]

In an interview with AOL's Something Pitchy, Archuleta revealed that the release of his next album is planned for Fall 2010 (he did mention a late September release, but then went back to the Fall). On June 24, 2010 Jive Records announced that his new single would be released on DavidArchuleta.com on July 13, and iTunes on July 20. However, on June 30, 2010 the full version of "Something 'Bout Love" became available to play on his website. His album The Other Side of Down was released on October 5, 2010.[62]
[edit] Philanthropy

Along with Do Something and the Dunkin' Brands Community Foundation Archuleta is involved with helping willing teenagers make a difference in others' lives with disaster relief.[63] He is also one of several teen celebrities taking part in Do Something.org's Teens for Jeans charity initiative, which donates denim to homeless teenagers nationwide.[64] In January 2010, Haiti was hit with a major earthquake. On Jan 22, 2010 Archuleta joined other celebrities for a 2-hour fundraising telethon where he answered phones, and even stayed after longer to keep answering the phones.[65]

Archuleta was one of the many Latino singers who participated in Somos El Mundo, the Spanish version of We Are The World 25 for Haiti.[66] The song and video premiered on the Cristina Show in March 2010, funds raised benefit Haiti relief.
[edit] Musical influences

Archuleta's mother is from Honduras, and much of the music he listened to as a child was Latin-influenced including watching his mom sing at events with her sisters.[24][67] She also "was big on dancing" according to Archuleta, and would "make" him dance to traditional music with his older sister.[68] He also listened to jazz music, he said, from his father's collection as well as gospel, pop, rock and "soulful music."[18] In a later interview, he revealed that his father was a jazz musician. Archuleta also said he enjoys Broadway musicals.[69]

On his American Idol "Fast Facts" page, Archuleta cited his musical influences as Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Kirk Franklin and Bryan Adams.[19] Like Elliott Yamin and another singer he admires, John Mayer, Archuleta tries to infuse his pop selections with a soulful vibe.[18] In a Seventeen interview he cites Sara Bareilles as a clever singer-songwriter whom he looks up to.[70]
[edit] Discography
Main article: David Archuleta discography

* David Archuleta (2008)
* Christmas from the Heart (2009)
* The Other Side of Down (2010)

[edit] Tours

As main act

* American Idols LIVE! Tour 2008 (2008)
* David Archuleta Live In Concert (2009)
* Christmas from the Heart Tour (2009)
* The Other Side of Down Tour (2010)

As supporting act

* Demi Lovato Summer Tour 2009 (2009)

[edit] Awards and nominations
Year Presenter Award Result
2008 Teen Choice Awards Most Fanatic Fans Won[71]
Best Smile (Post Show) Won[72]
2009 Teen Choice Awards Breakout Artist Won[73]
Music: Love Song (for "Crush") Won[73]
Music Tour Won (with Demi Lovato)[73]
Alma Awards Music Rising Star Won[74]
2010 Teen Choice Awards Fanatic Fans Nominated[75]
American Idol Alum Won[76]
[edit] Notes

1. ^ The performance of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" wasn't aired due to licensing issues with American Idol and the original artist(s).
2. ^ John Farnham released "You're the Voice" in 1985; it was re-arranged and released as a cover version by David Foster with vocalist Jeff Pescetto in 1990. Archuleta was born that same year so was able to use it for the week's theme – "Songs from birth year of contestants".

[edit] References

1. ^ Archuleta, David (2003-2005). "The official website of David Archuleta". KidActors. http://web.archive.org/web/20050603011440/http://www.davidarchuleta.net/. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
2. ^ Leahey, Andrew. "allmusic ((( David Archuleta > Overview )))". Allmusic. Macrovision Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:avfyxzw5ldse. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
3. ^ "Archuleta signed with Jive". Jive. http://www.zombalabelgroup.com/news.html##201643. Retrieved 2008-10-30. [dead link]
4. ^ a b c Edson, Aaron. "David Archuleta's album debuts". Meridian Magazine. http://www.meridianmagazine.com/arts/081112crush.html. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
5. ^ a b c d Barnes, Ken. "Idol Chatter: A conference call with Nigel". USA Today. http://blogs.usatoday.com/idolchatter/2008/02/a-conference-ca.html. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
6. ^ a b "David Archuleta "Crush"". Z100. 8 August 2008. http://z100.elvisduran.com/pages/news/davidarchuleta/#. Retrieved 2008-08-01. [dead link]
7. ^ Rubin, Canaan (16 September 2008). "Behind the Music with David Archuleta". Entertainment Tonight. http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/09/65586/. Retrieved 2008-10-30. [dead link]
8. ^ "American Idol News: David Archuleta's Debut Album". American Idol News. 18 September 2008. http://www.americanidol.com/news/view/?pid=1418. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
9. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (29 November 2008). "Taylor Swift Soars To No. 1 Debut". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003892753. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
10. ^ Chart Watch, Yahoo.com
11. ^ "Carrie Underwood-Plays on Through Christmas in Idol Album Sales". USA Today.com. 2009-12-30. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2009/12/carrie-underwood-plays-on-through-christmas-in-idol-album-sales/1.
12. ^ David Archuleta I've Gotten Pretty Flabby in Hollywood, popdirt.com
13. ^ Warburton, Nicole (18 May 2008). "Friends knew Archuleta had talent". Desert News. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700226989,00.html?pg=2. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
14. ^ "Murray High teen moving up on 'Idol'". Associated Press (Desert News). 2008-02-15. http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695253386,00.html. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
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16. ^ Riddell, Brad (November 2008). "Idol Thoughts". Boys' Life (Irving, Texas: Boy Scouts of America): 30–31.
17. ^ "Life Magazine". Boy Scouts of America. 2008. http://www.boyslife.org/section/magazine/. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
18. ^ a b c d "Introducing David Archuleta". American Idol. February 18, 2008. http://www.americanidol.com/videos/?vid=895. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
19. ^ a b c "American Idol Fast Facts: David Archuleta: Weekly Q & A". Fox.com, FremantleMedia North America, Inc.. February 19–26, 2007. http://www.americanidol.com/contestants/season7/david_archuleta/. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
20. ^ *"Star Search: Episode 03, 01/31/2004, Story". CBS. 31 January 2003. http://www.cbs.com/primetime/star_search4/show/episode03/story_junior.php. Retrieved 2008-10-30. *"Star Search: Episode 04, 02/07/2004, Story". CBS. 7 February 2003. http://www.cbs.com/primetime/star_search4/show/episode04/story_junior.php. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
* "Star Search: Episode 05, 02/14/2004, Story". CBS. 14 February 2003. http://www.cbs.com/primetime/star_search4/show/episode05/story_junior.php. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
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David Archuleta

Archuleta in the American Idol Experience motorcade at Walt Disney World (February 2009)
Background information
Birth name David James Archuleta
Born December 28, 1990 (1990-12-28) (age 19)
Miami, Florida
Origin Murray, Utah, US
Genres Pop
Occupations Singer-songwriter, student
Instruments Vocals, piano, keyboards, guitar
Years active 2003–present
Labels Jive
Website www.DavidArchuleta.com

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 second album, The Other Side of Down featuring lead single Something 'Bout Love.



* 1 Early life
* 2 Music career
o 2.1 2003–06: Star Search and musical beginnings
o 2.2 2007–08: American Idol and David Archuleta
o 2.3 2009-present: Christmas from the Heart and The Other Side of Down
* 3 Philanthropy
* 4 Musical influences
* 5 Discography
* 6 Tours
* 7 Awards and nominations
* 8 Notes
* 9 References
* 10 External links



Archuleta was born in Miami, Florida, to Jeff Archuleta and Lupe Marie Mayorga, a salsa singer and dancer, however, he speaks very little Spanish. Archuleta has four siblings. His family moved to the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy when he was six. He now lives in Murray where he attended Murray High School and is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Boy Scouts of America.

Archuleta started singing at the age of six, inspired by a Les Misérables video. "That musical is what started all of this", he said. He started performing publicly at age ten when he participated in the Utah Talent Competition, singing "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton; he received a standing ovation and won the Child Division.
[edit] Music career
[edit] 2003–06: Star Search and musical beginnings

In 2003, when he was twelve years old, Archuleta sang on several episodes of the television show Star Search. He ended up as the Junior Vocal Champion on Star Search 2, Losing the Junior Grand Champion title to Tiffany Evans.[23] On one episode, he sang against then-11-year-old Alexandréa Lushington, who became a "top 20" semi-finalist on American Idol alongside Archuleta. Around the second year of being on Star Search he started focusing on the lyrics, "I didn't even pay attention to the lyrics when I was 12, 13".

Archuleta's competing on Star Search was preceded by an appearance on The Jenny Jones Show, meeting the finalists from American Idol's first season, for whom he performed a spontaneous a cappella rendition of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls, and received praise from Season 1 winner Kelly Clarkson., and led to appearances on CBS' The Early Show, The year after Star Search he found out he had partial vocal paralysis but declined risky surgery and has said he feels he is almost fully recovered. He limited his singing for specific occasions like Stadium of Fire, the Independence Day celebration at Brigham Young University Stadium.

Archuleta made initial attempts at songwriting and arranging music after his Star Search experience and has written at least three songs.His first singles in 2002 included "Dream Sky High" and "Don't Tell Me".
[edit] 2007–08: American Idol and David Archuleta

Archuleta received his ticket to the Hollywood final auditions at the San Diego tryouts – held at Qualcomm Stadium at the end of July 2007 – with a performance of John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change" with judge Randy Jackson spontaneously joining in to sing the background "waiting" in the song. He was sixteen during the Hollywood auditions and attended school while a part of American Idol's seventh season. His parents were there because he was a minor. Archuleta also took advantage of the decision to allow contestants to play musical instruments when he accompanied himself on piano for his performances of "Crazy", "Another Day in Paradise", and "Angels".

During the 1970s themed week Archuleta sang the John Lennon song "Imagine", omitting the earlier verses in favor of the last one. Los Angeles Times columnist Ann Powers speculated that he wanted to avoid singing "no religion too" because of his faith. "As a Mormon, he's unlikely to espouse the song's agnostic ideal," she wrote. However, he did sing the entire song on Good Things Utah when he was thirteen. When asked by judge Randy Jackson why he didn't sing the first verse, Archuleta said the third verse was his favorite because it has "a great message."

After his performance of "We Can Work It Out", which judge Simon Cowell called "a mess", Entertainment Tonight reported that Archuleta was feeling pressure from his father, Jeff Archuleta, who "reportedly yelled at" his son after a recording session the previous night. Jeff Archuleta, in an interview with Us Weekly, denied the claim. A May 2008 Associated Press article reported that Jeff Archuleta had his son add a lyric from the Sean Kingston song "Beautiful Girls" into an interpretation of "Stand by Me" (from which "Beautiful Girls" samples its bass line), increasing the costs for licensing, and that this had resulted in Jeff Archuleta being banned from American Idol backstage rehearsals. Archuleta defended his father calling him "a great guy" who keeps him grounded.

During the Top 7 results show, the contestants were split into two groups. In one group was Syesha Mercado, Brooke White, and Kristy Lee Cook. In the other group was David Cook, Carly Smithson, and Jason Castro. Archuleta was the only one not sorted into a group. He was declared safe after the groups were formed, then was asked to choose the group he thought was safe. He refused, and sat down on the floor of the stage, much like Melinda Doolittle had done the previous season.

In the finale he sang "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "In This Moment" and "Imagine". Judge Simon Cowell declared that Archuleta won the evening and even David Cook, who ultimately won, thought Archuleta would win: "I have to concede it, the kid came out all three songs and nailed it", said Cook. In the final tally, Archuleta received 44 percent of the votes.] During the finale show, identical commercials featuring Archuleta and fellow finalist Cook mimicked the Tom Cruise scene from Risky Business where he dances in his underwear playing an air guitar; they were promoting the game franchise Guitar Hero.
Performances: Week↓ Theme↓ Song(s)↓ Original artist↓
Auditions N/A "Waiting on the World to Change" John Mayer
Hollywood N/A "Crazy"[note 1][5] Gnarls Barkley
Top 50 N/A "Heaven" Bryan Adams
Top 24 1960s "Shop Around" The Miracles
Top 20 1970s "Imagine" John Lennon
Top 16 1980s "Another Day in Paradise" Phil Collins
Top 12 Lennon/McCartney

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