Kelly Clarkson

          Kelly Clarkson rose to fame after winning the first season of American Idol in 2002. After winning, she released a single called "A Moment Like This" which made it to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In 2003, she released her first album called "Thankful" which sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. The lead single "Miss Independent" was an international hit which caused Kelly earn her her first Grammy nomination. then, she released her second alum, "Breakaway" which sold over 12 million copies worldwide. The hit single of the album "Sine U Been Gone" earned Kelly her first two Grammy Awards. In 2007, she released her third album "My December". In 2009, she released her fourth album, "All I Ever Wanted" which became a critical and commercial success. Its hit single, "My Life Would Suck Without You" beat "A Moment Like This".

         Kelly released her fifth album, "Stronger" in 2011 which had hit singles including, "Mr.Know it All" and "Stronger". The album won a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal album, making Kelly the first to win the award twice. In 2012, she released her sixth album, " Greatest Hits:Chapter One". The lad single, "Catching My Breath" is her twenty fourth entry on the Billboard Hot 100. Over all, Kelly Clarkson is a very talented artist which is proved by all her nominations and Grammy Awards. 

        

                                                        Ariana Grande 

           Ariana Grande was born and raised in Boca Raton, Florida to parents Joan Grande and Edward Butera. She has an older brother, Frankie Grande, who is a performer and producer. In Ariana's early years,  she was soloist in various symphonies including South Florida's Philharmonic and been repeatedly performing there at NYC's own Birdland. She performed the National Anthem for the first five Fox Sports broadcast of the anthem for Florida Panther's game at age eight.
           Ariana's premiered in a Nickelodeon t.v. show "Victorious" and played Cat Valentine.  It started in March 2010 and ended in February 2013. In 2011, Ariana animated a voice of a fairy for Nickelodeon's Winx Club. Now, Ariana and Jeanette McCurdy are working on a new t.v. show, "Sam and Cat". Ariana also just released her new single "The Way" feat. Mac Miller. 

         

                                                           Demi Lovato


            Demetria Devonne Lovato was born on August 20, 1992 in Albuquerque New Mexico to her parents Dianna Hart de la Garza and Patrick Lovato. She has an older sister Dallas and a younger half sister Madison De La Garza. Raised in Dallas,Texas, she was on "Barney and Friends" with her friend Selena Gomez. She also revealed that she was severe;y bullied which lead her to have no other choice than being home-schooled. She earned a high school diploma  in April 2009. Then, she became a spokesperson for an anti-bullying organization , "PACER". Demi had eating disorders and  self-mutilation of her wrists to get rid of the anxiety and pain.
                 In 2008, she acted along with Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas, and Joe Jonas as Mitchie Torres in Camp Rock. Demi's first album, "Don't Forget" was released on September 23, 2008. It reached number two on Billboard 200 and sold 89,000 copies in the first week. After being on "Sonny with a Chance" and releasing her second album, "Here We Go Again", Demi started to become more depressed.  She stopped being in the show and went into a rehab for being suicidal and harming herself. She later acknowledged having bulimia , self-harming, and self-medicating with drugs and alcohol. Demi's third album, "Unbroken" was released on September 20, 2011 including the singles "Skyscraper" and "Give Your Heart a Break". Now she is a judge in the "X-Factor" and is working on her fourth album.

                                                            Katy Perry


                 Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson was born on October 25, 1984 in Santa Barbara, California to Keith and Mary Hudson. As a child, Katy attended Christian schools and camps. Since her parents were pastors, she was very involved with the church like singing in the church choir between the ages of nine and seventeen. Instead of listening to the popular songs, she grew up listening to gospel music and also learned to dance appropriately too. She made her GED after her first year at Dos Pueblos High School and then decided to drop out to pursue her music career. Just like her sister, Katy would practice singing in front of the mirror using cassette tapes. She began taking lessons at age nine until sixteen.
         When Katy was 15, her singing attracted Nashville Rock veterans who wanted to bring her back to Nashville to polish her up. There, she started to record demos and was taught country music and how to play the guitar. At 17, Katy left her home to go work with producer Glen Ballard on an album for Island Records. She was working on an album that was planned to be released in Fall 2004. The album was due for release in 2005 but Billboard reported it also went nowhere so then Island Def Jam Music group dropped her. After a little while of being signed to Columbia she was dropped in 2006. She worked with Dr.Luke on a new single. Everyone said that she would most likely be dropped again but Dennis Reese made sure that her single would make it to the radio.  After releasing some singles, now she just released "Teenage Dream: Complete Confection". This albums include the singles

1. "Teenage Dream" 
2. "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" 
3. "California Gurls" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
4. "Firework" 
5. "Peacock"
6. "Circle the Drain" 
7. "The One That Got Away"
8. "E.T." 
9. "Who Am I Living For?" 
10. "Pearl"
11. "Hummingbird Heartbeat"
12. "Not Like the Movies"

Three new tracks:
1. "Part Of Me"
2. "Dressin' Up"
3. "Wide Awake"

Four remixed tracks:
1. "E.T." (featuring Kanye West)
2. "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" (featuring Missy Elliott)
3. "The One That Got Away" (Acoustic Version)
4. Tommie Sunshine Megamix (featuring elements from the 6 singles from 'Teenage Dream': "California Gurls" (featuring Snoop Dogg), "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T." (featuring Kanye West), "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)", and "The One That Got Away")

                                                                    Ke$ha

             Kesha Rose Sebert was born on March 1, 1987 in Los Angeles, California.  Her mother, Patricia Sebert raised Kesha as a single mother and is also a singer/songwriter who co-wrote the 1978 single, "Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You". Kesha also has a brother, Lagan, who was also be supported by his single mom. Kesha has claimed that she has no identity of her father, but recently, a man who claimed to be her father approached Star Magazine with pictures and letters. Her 2 maternal grandparents are from Hungary, and her other ones are from Poland. In 1991, Kesha's mother moved her and her brother to Nashville, Tennessee, to reach her goal of songwriting. A little while after, Kesha's younger brother, Louis was born. Her mother noticed her vocal talent when she brought her daughter to the recording studio with her. Kesha played the trumpet and saxophone in her school marching band. Later, she went to Franklin High School and Brentwood High School. She took songwriting lessons and also taught by her mother, also called Pebe ( short for Patricia). A while after, she began recording songs in the recording studio with her mom after school. Kesha and Pebe wrote a song called, "Stephen" and later on Kesha hunted down David Gamson (whom Kesha admired) who finally agreed to produce the song. Shortly after, Kesha dropped out of  high school at age 17 to pursue he music career. 

          In 2005, Kesha signed into Dr.Duke's label. Kesha then sang background vocals for Paris' Hilton's song "Nothing in this World". A little while after that, she signed with David Sonenberg's management company, DAS Communications Inc. She worked together with several writers and producers while at the company. She also helped co-write Australian pop group "The Veronicas" single "This Love" with producer Tony Gad.  While working on her first debut album "Animal and Cannibal", she wrote 200 songs. It was produced by Luke, Benny Blanco, and Ammo. It made Billboard Hot 200 when it was released in January 2010. By September, it hit platinum in the US and sold worldwide 2 million albums. The album includes, "Tik Tok", "Blah Blah Blah", "Your Love is my Drug", and "Take it Off". Recently, she came out with her album "Warrior" which was released in November 2012. This album features producers Dr.Luke and Max Martin. The first single was "Die Young" and the album is on number thirteen on Billboard Hot 100. 

                                              Who's Better? Rihanna or Beyonce?
 
                           There has been a controversy regarding who's better. Rihanna or Beyonce? Well, I'm sure you all know who they are and what they do. Keep reading to find out your opinion on who's better, but one more thing....are they even good?

                                                              BEYONCE

              Beyonce Knowles is a singer, songwriter,and actress. She enrolled herself in preforming arts school and was exposed to singing and songwriting as a child. In 2003 she reached two number one singles on "Billboard Hot 100". Later that year, she won 5 Grammy Awards. In 2005, she released her album "B'Day", which holds the top  singles, "Deja Vu", "Irreplaceable" and  "Beautiful Liar". She made her third solo album, "I am...Sasha Fierce" with the following singles, "If I were a Boy", "Single Ladies", "Halo", and "Sweet Dreams".  This album help Beyonce get 6 Grammy Awards in 2010. She recently preformed at the half time show at the 2013 Super Bowl singing songs such as "Crazy in Love" and "Single Ladies".

                                                                Rihanna

             Robyn Rihanna Fenty is a recording artist, actress, and fashion designer. Her career started when she met record producer, Evan Rogers in 2003. When she was 16 she moved to the United States from Barbados to begin recording tapes with Evan. Then she signed a contract with Def Jams Recordings after auditioning for Jay-Z. Rihanna's first album, Music of the Sun was released in 2005. It ranked number ten on the Billboards Hot 200. her second album, A Girl Like Me ranked number five in the United States. Her third album, Good Girl Gone Bad, held international singles, "Umbrella", "Don't Stop the Music", "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia". This album was nominated for nine Grammy Awards. Her most recent album, "Unapologetic" had the lead single, "Diamonds".



                                                              

Beyonce	Rihanna
Ranked #14 in the “100 Hottest Brunettes of AIM”	She has more number one hit songs than anyone else in this decade.
In 2003, was the first female artist to reach the number one position on both singles and albums chart in the U.S. and the U.K.	Her first hit was, “Pon de Replay” off her debut album “Music of the Sun”. It peaked at number two on Billboard’s Hot 100.
In 2001, she was the first African American woman to win the ASCAP songwriter of the year.	In February 2008, Barbados (her home country), created a national holiday to honor Rihanna.
R&B singer, songwriter, record producer,actress,dancer,fashion designer,and model.	She won four honors at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards,including female artist of the year.

            Overall, Beyonce and Rihanna are fantastic artists. They both won numerous awards and are loved and adored by many fans. They both have many hit singles and albums on Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot 200.


           My top five songs are:
                           Beyonce                            Rihanna

         1. Love on Top                                            1. Umbrella
         2. Single Ladies                                            2. Take Care
         3. Irreplaceable                                             3. Diamonds
         4. Halo                                                          4. Don't Stop the Music
         5. Sweet Dreams                               5. We Found Love                                                                                                                  

                                                     Liam Payne- One Direction

        Liam's full name is Liam James Payne. His mother and father's names are Karen and Geoff Payne. He was born in Wolverhampton West Midlands, England. He has two older sisters, Nicola and Ruth.   Until he was four years old, he had tests done in the hospital regularly because one of his kidneys was to be believed that it was scarred and dysfunctional.  In school, Liam was heavily involved in sports. When he was in secondary school he was bullied s he took boxing lessons at the age of 12.  

      Liam auditioned for the 2008 X-Factor (when he was 14). He made it all the way up to the judges house, but Simon Cowell told him that he wasn't quite ready to continue on wit the competition.  In 2010, Liam returned with "Cry Me a River". He made it up to Boot Camp where he sang, " Stop Crying Your Heart Out". Then, he was put with 4 other boys and came in third for The X-Factor competition.