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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Did you know that Gloria Estefan is the most successful female Latin artist in the world?

Mariah Carey is the most successful female solo artist . In 2000, she received the Best Selling Pop-Female Artist of the Millennium award for being the best selling female pop artist of all time. In 2003, she also became the first female artist to receive the Chopard Diamond World Music Award, for sales surpassing 150 million albums. She has sold a total of eighty-five million records in the U.S. (sixty-four million albums and twenty-one million singles) and over 215 million records worldwide, (165 million albums plus 50 million singles); Also Mariah Carey is the most successful international artist ever in Japan, with sales of over twelve million.

















Michael Jackson sets the world record for the Most Successful Entertainer of All Time he has had during his extraordinary career 13 No.1 singles — more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era — and became one of a handful of artists to be inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, selling an estimated 750 million records worldwide, .






Stevie Wonder was only 13 years old when his album Little Stevie Wonder - The Twelve Year Old Genius topped the US charts in 1963. He is also ... He is also the solo artist to have won the most Grammy awards, having taken home 19 of the prestigious prizes throughout his career.






BEST SELLING REGGAE ALBUM was Legend (1984) by Bob Marley, it has had certified sales of 1.8 million in the UK, and has sold more than 10 million copies in the USA. The album's ... The album's tracks include "No Woman No Cry" and "One Love".

















Cuban-born singer Gloria Estefan is the most successful female Latin artist in the world. Her current total world sales stand at more than 35 million. In the USA she has amassed eight gold albums, four of which have passed the three million sales mark - Primitive Love (1985), Let It Loose (1987), Cuts Both Ways (1989) and Greatest Hits (1992). In the UK her Anything For You (aka Let It Loose) and Cuts Both Ways both sold more than one million copies. In 1990 Estefan was presented with a Golden Globe award for album sales outside the USA.

Friday, August 21, 2009

Did you know that Only one artist has ever won back to back Grammy Award for Song of the Year?

Did you know that Roberta Flack is the only Artist to win be awarded song of the year back to back?


1974 "Killing Me Softly with His Song"*


1973 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"*

Did you know that only 2 artist have won back to back Grammy Award for Album of the Year?

Did you know that these artist won Grammy Awards for song of the year back to back?
1977 Songs in the Key of Life performed by Stevie Wonder, produced by Stevie Wonder

1975 Fulfillingness' First Finale performed by Stevie Wonder, produced by Stevie Wonder

1974 Innervisions performed by Stevie Wonder, produced by Stevie Wonder














1967 A Man and His Music performed by Frank Sinatra, produced by Sonny Burke

1966 September of My Years performed by Frank Sinatra, produced by Sonny Burke

1960 Come Dance with Me! performed by Frank Sinatra

Did you know who has the most Grammy nominations without a win?


Did you know that Joseph "Satch" Satriani is an American multi-instrumentalist, known as a rock guitarist, who has been nominated for 15 Grammy Award nominations, more than any artist without winning.
















Nominations
Year Album Category




1989 Always With Me, Always With You Best Pop Instrumental Performance



1989 Surfing with the Alien Best Rock Instrumental Performance
1990 The Crush of Love Best Rock Instrumental Performance





1991 Flying in a Blue Dream Best Rock Instrumental Performance
1993 The Extremist Best Rock Instrumental Performance

1994 Speed of Light Best Rock Instrumental Performance



1995 All Alone Best Rock Instrumental Performance




1997 (You're) My World Best Rock Instrumental Performance



1998 Summer Song (Live) Best Rock Instrumental Performance
1999 A Train of Angels Best Rock Instrumental Performance

2001 Until We Say Goodbye Best Rock Instrumental Performance


2002 Always With Me, Always With You (Live) Best Rock Instrumental Performance from Live in San Francisco


2003 Starry Night Best Rock Instrumental Performance




2006 Super Colossal Best Rock Instrumental Performance





2008 Always With Me, Always With You (Live) Best Rock Instrumental Performance from Satriani L

Did you know that Diana Ross has been nominated for 12 Grammy awards and never won one

Did you know that:


It took eighteen nominations attempts for Susan Lucci, to finally win a Emmy in 1999.
























Only 2 movies in history have been nominated for 11 Oscars, and didn't win a single one.
The Turning Point (1977) and



The Color Purple (1985).























Diana Ross has been nominated for 12 Grammy awards in various categories, but has never won one.





















She (Diana Ross and The Supremes) has been awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award 3 times.


















These actors both received seven Oscar nominations and neither won one.

Richard Burton and




Peter O'Toole,























Quincy Jones has been nominated 77 times for Grammy Awards.

Did you know who received the most Oscar nominations without any wins?

Did you know that Roland Anderson was an acclaimed movie art director, famous for receiving 15 Academy Award nominations but never winning an Oscar. Anderson's fist Oscar nomination was for his first film in 1933, "A Farewell to Arms". A frequent collaborator with Cecil B. DeMille - he worked on "Cleopatra" (1934), "The Buccaneer" (1938) and "North West Mounted Police" (1940) - as well as such other classics as "Holiday Inn" (1942), "Road to Utopia" (1946), "Son of Paleface" (1952) and "Will Penny" (1967).
(18 November, 1903 – 29 October 1989)


Those 15 nominations were for:

* "A Farewell to Arms" (1933)







* "Lives of a Bengal Lancer" (1935)




* "Souls at Sea" (1937)





* "North West Mounted Police" (1940)




* "Take a Letter Darling" (1942)








* "Reap the Wild Wind" (1942)



* "Love Letters" (1945)





* "Carrie" (1952)




* "The Country Girl" (1954)





* "Red Garters" (1954)


* "It Started in Naples" (1960)



* "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961)


* "The Pigeon That Took Rome" (1962)


* "Love with the Proper Stranger" (1963)


* "Come Blow Your Horn" (1963)

Did you know that Actor Clint Eastwood won 4 oscars, but none was for acting?

Did you know that:

These Actors and Actress won more Oscars.

Katharine Hepburn, 4 Oscars for Best Actress.








Jack Nicholson- 3 Oscars, 2 for Best Actor and 1 for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.






Walter Brennan- 3 Oscars for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.






Clint Eastwood won 4 oscars, none of them for acting. 2 for best director and 2 for best picture

Did you Know

Did you know that the average human brain contains approximately 86 billion neurons? These remarkable cells form intricate networks, allowing us to think, feel, and experience the world around us. Each neuron communicates with others through electrical impulses, creating a symphony of thoughts, memories, and emotions. So next time you ponder life’s mysteries, remember that your brain is orchestrating a cosmic dance of neurons!