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Goo Goo Dolls
Goo Goo Dolls
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Goo Goo Dolls are a rock band formed in 1986, by guitarist/vocalist Johnny Rzeznik, bassist/vocalist Robby Takac, and drummer George Tutuska. Goo Goo Dolls have had 19 top ten singles on various charts, and have sold more than 12 million albums worldwide.

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Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples
Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

Mavis Staples is a R&B and gospel singer, actress, and civil rights activist. She has recorded and performed with her family's band The Staple Singers, and also as a solo artist. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.

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Meghan Trainor
Meghan Trainor
Grammy Award Nominee

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Meghan Trainor is an American singer-songwriter known for her singles "All About That Bass" and "Lips Are Movin". She has received several awards and nominations including a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2016 and four ASCAP Pop Music Awards.

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Oingo Boingo
Oingo Boingo
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Oingo Boingo was an American new wave band, formed by songwriter Danny Elfman in 1979. Oingo Boingo emerged from a surrealist performance art theatrical troupe, The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, founded in 1972 and led by Danny Elfman's brother.

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Maxwell
Maxwell
Recording Artist

Music

Maxwell, also known by his stage name Musze, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. Along with fellow musicians D'Angelo and Erykah Badu, Maxwell has been credited with helping to shape what has been termed the "neo soul".

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Fat Joe
Fat Joe
Recording Artist

Music

Fat Joe is an American rapper and actor from the Bronx, New York. He began his music career as a member of hip hop group Diggin' in the Crates Crew (D.I.T.C.), then forged a solo career and set up his own label, Terror Squad, to which he signed Big Pun.

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Apollonia
Apollonia
Lead Singer, Apollonia 6

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Apollonia is an American actress, singer, former model, and talent manager. She is best known for co-starring in Prince's 1984 film "Purple Rain" and for having been the lead singer in the girl group Apollonia 6.

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Apollonia 6
Apollonia 6
Recording Group

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Apollonia 6 was a 1980s American female singing trio created by Prince.

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Keith Urban
Keith Urban
4-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Keith Urban is a New Zealand singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has charted 37 singles on the Hot Country Songs chart, 18 of which went to number one, counting a duet with Brad Paisley and the 2008 single "You Look Good in My Shirt".

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Clint Black
Clint Black
Recording Artist

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Clint Black is an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. His debut album, "Killin' Time", produced four straight number one singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts.

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Vanilla Ice
Vanilla Ice
Recording Artist

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Vanilla Ice released his debut album, "Hooked" in 1989 on Ichiban Records, before signing a contract with SBK Records, which released a reformatted version of the album in 1990 under the title "To the Extreme", which contained Ice's best-known hits.

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MC Hammer
MC Hammer
Recording Artist

Music

MC Hammer is a hip-hop recording artist, dancer, record producer, and entrepreneur. A multi-award winner, he is considered a "forefather/pioneer" and innovator of pop rap, and is the first hip-hop artist to achieve diamond status for an album.

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Skee-Lo
Skee-Lo
2-Time Grammy Award Nominee

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Skee-Lo is an American rapper. He is best known for his 1995 song, "I Wish", which became a hit in several countries and reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. He is considered to have been a one-hit wonder.

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Extreme
Extreme
Grammy Award Nominee

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Extreme is an American rock band, currently headed by frontman Gary Cherone and guitarist Nuno Bettencourt. The band was one of the most successful rock acts of the early 1990s, selling over 10 million albums worldwide.

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Len Spencer
Len Spencer
Recording Artist

Music

Len Spencer was an early recording artist. He began recording for Columbia Phonograph Company, in 1889 or 1890. Between 1892 and 1897, he recorded extensively for the New Jersey Phonograph Company and its successor, United States Phonograph Company.

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Jon B.
Jon B.
Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Jon B. is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He released the albums "Bonafide", "Cool Relax", "Pleasures U Like", "Stronger Everyday", "Holiday Wishes: From Me to You", "Helpless Romantic", and "Comfortable Swagg".

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Naughty by Nature
Naughty by Nature
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Music

Naughty by Nature is a Grammy Award winning American hip-hop trio from East Orange, New Jersey, consisting of Treach, Vin Rock, and DJ Kay Gee.

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Robin Thicke
Robin Thicke
Recording Artist

Music

Robin Thicke is a singer-songwriter and record producer. He has collaborated with numerous artists, such as Christina Aguilera, 3T, T.I., Nicki Minaj, K. Michelle, Pharrell Williams, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Flo Rida, Brandy, Kid Cudi, and Mary J. Blige.

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Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams
Member, Destiny's Child

Music

Michelle Williams rose to fame in the 2000s as a member of Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling female groups of all time with over 60 million records, of which more than 35 million copies sold with the trio lineup with Williams.

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Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard
Recording Artist

Music

Terence Blanchard is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and music educator. He has composed more than forty film scores and performed on more than fifty.

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Rockwell
Rockwell
Recording Artist

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Rockwell is an American former musician and singer-songwriter who was signed to the Motown label.

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Marian McPartland
Marian McPartland
Recording Artist

Music

Margaret McPartland was an English-American jazz pianist, composer and writer. She was the host of "Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz" on National Public Radio from 1978 to 2011.

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Mumford & Sons
Mumford & Sons
6-Time Grammy Award Nominee

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Mumford & Sons are a band formed in 2007. The band have won a number of music awards throughout their career, with "Sigh No More" earning the band the Brit Award for Best British Album in 2011, a Mercury Prize nomination, and six Grammy Award nominations.

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Red Hot R+B All Stars
Red Hot R+B All Stars
Recording Group

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Red Hot R+B All Stars was a gathering of recording artists, performing the track "Every Nation", featuring Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Gerald Levert, Tony Rich, 112, Dru Hill, Curtis Mayfield, SWV, Monica, Faith Evans, Montell Jordan, Total, and others.

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Nappy Roots
Nappy Roots
Recording Group

Music

Nappy Roots is an American alternative Southern rap quartet from Louisville, Kentucky. They are best known for their hit singles "Po' Folks", "Awnaw", "Roun' The Globe", and "Good Day". They were the best selling hip-hop group of 2002.

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