Kelly Clarkson, born in Texas in 1982, is an American singer who was discovered on American Idol in 2002. Clarkson won the first ever season of the show and went on to be runner-up in World Idol in 2003. Clarkson’s debut album was Thankful and it was a commercial success, establishing her in the music [...]

One Direction is a British-Irish boy band which was formed as part of the UK X Factor. The members of One Direction are Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. The band came third in the seventh series of the X Factor in the UK and has been extremely successful on [...]

Justin Bieber was born in 1994 in Canada and is a singer, songwriter, actor and musician. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by his now-manager, Scooter Braun, after Braun spotted the singer’s videos on YouTube. Bieber’s first single, One Time, came out in 2009 and hit the top 20 in Canada and the top 30 in [...]

The musician Nicki Minaj was born in 1982 in Trinidad and her real name is Onika Tanya Maraj. At the age of five, she moved to Queens, New York and there she grew up. Between 2007 and 2009, Minaj released a number of mix tapes, before she was signed to Young Money Entertainment in August [...]

The Wanted is a British-Irish boy band. Its members are Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness, Tom Parker and Nathan Sykes. Their first single was All Time Low and it was released in July 2010, reaching number one in the UK and holding the spot for a week. This was followed by their eponymous first [...]

Flo Rida is an America rapper. He was born in 1979 and his real name is Tramar Dillard. Flo Rida’s debut album, Mail On Sunday, was released in 2008 and the debut single from it, Low (which featured T-Pain), held the number one spot in America for 10 weeks.  Other singles from the album were [...]

Carly Rae Jepsen is a Canadian singer-songwriter hailing from British Colombia. She burst onto the music scene after finishing third in the fifth season of Canadian Idol. Following her stint on Canadian Idol, she took part in the Canadian Idol Top 3 tour and was signed to Fontana and Maple Music. On Canadian Idol she [...]

fun. is a New York indie band which was put together by Nate Ruess, who used to be in another band, The Format. When The Format split in 2008, Ruess put together fun. with Andrew Dost from Anathallo and Jack Antonoff from Steel Train. Ruess takes lead vocals, whilst Antonoff sings and plays guitar and trumpet. [...]

Gotye’s real name is Wouter De Backer and he is a Belgian-Australian singer-songwriter and musician.  He plays numerous musical instruments, including guitar, drums, percussion, keyboards and synthesizer, and his style of singing has been compared to legends such as Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel. Gotye was born in 1980 and has been performing as a [...]