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Mobb Deep
Mobb Deep
Recording Group

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Mobb Deep was a hip-hop duo from the Queensbridge Houses in New York City. The group consisted of Havoc and Prodigy. Mobb Deep became one of the most successful rap duos in hip-hop, having sold over three million records.

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Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Recording Artist

Music

Frank Sinatra was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all-time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide.

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Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Grammy Award Winner

Music

Britney Spears is credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s. She became the best-selling teenage artist of all-time, selling over 150 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all-time.

Tags: Grammy Award Winner · Jive Records · Billboard 200 · Guinness World Records · MTV Video Music Award Winner · Billboard Music Award Winner · Radio Disney Icon Award Winner · Hollywood Walk of Fame · Pop Icon · Elizabeth Arden

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Allure
Recording Group

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Allure formed in the early 1990s as a quartet, now a trio, best known for their hit single "All Cried Out" with 112, which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Original members were Alia Davis, Linnie Belcher, Lalisha Sanders, and Akissa Mendez.

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Phyllis Hyman
Phyllis Hyman
Recording Artist

Music

Phyllis Hyman is best known for her singles from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. She also performed on Broadway in "Sophisticated Ladies" (1981), which earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical.

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Brandy
Brandy
Recording Artist and Actress

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Brandy released her self-titled debut album, which was certified quadruple Platinum in the United States, selling six million copies worldwide. Her second album, "Never Say Never", sold 16 million copies worldwide, and earned her first Grammy Award.

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Speech
Speech
Member, Arrested Development

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Speech is an American rapper and musician. He is a member of the progressive hip-hop group Arrested Development and has released a number of solo albums.

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Arrested Development
Arrested Development
Recording Group

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Arrested Development is an American alternative hip-hop group that formed in Atlanta in 1988. It was founded by Speech and his ex-best friend Headliner as a positive, Afrocentric alternative to the gangsta rap popular in the early 1990s.

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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (alternately Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) were an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, their first year of eligibility.

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Tom Petty
Tom Petty
Lead Singer, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

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Tom Petty is best known as the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. In his career, Petty sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.

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David A. Stewart
David A. Stewart
Member, Eurythmics

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David A. Stewart is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for Eurythmics, his successful professional partnership with Annie Lennox. He won Best British Producer at the 1986, 1987, and 1990 Brit Awards.

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Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Member, Eurythmics

Music

Annie Lennox and fellow musician David A. Stewart went on to achieve major international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics. As of June 2008, including her work within Eurythmics, Lennox had sold over 80 million records worldwide.

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Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Grammy Award Winner

Music

Kylie Minogue is an Australian singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. As of 2015, she has had worldwide record sales of more than 80 million. She has mounted several successful and critically acclaimed concert world tours.

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Menudo
Menudo
2-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Menudo was a Puerto Rican boy band that was formed in the 1970s by producer Edgardo Díaz. Menudo was also one of the biggest Latin boy bands in history, releasing their first album in 1977. The band achieved much success, especially during the 1980s.

Tags: Puerto Rico · Edgardo Díaz · El Reencuentro · Ricky Martin · Grammy Award Nominee · Latin · RCA International · Boy Band · Leyenda de Amor · MDO

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Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin
Recording Artist

Music

Ricky Martin is a Puerto Rican singer, actor and author. He began his career at age 12 with the pop group Menudo. His first English-language album (also titled "Ricky Martin"), has sold 22 million copies and is one of the best selling albums of all-time.

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Dido
Dido
Recording Artist

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Dido is an English singer and songwriter. She attained international success with her debut album "No Angel" (1999). It sold over 21 million copies worldwide, and won several awards. She was nominated for an Academy Award for the song "If I Rise".

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Those Darlins
Those Darlins
Recording Group

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Those Darlins was a rock and roll band from Nashville, Tennessee. The band owns and operates its own record label, Oh Wow Dang Records. The band entered into a hiatus in 2016. Lead singer Jessi Zazu died from cancer on September 12, 2017.

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Jessi Zazu
Jessi Zazu
Lead Singer, Those Darlins

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Those Darlins was a rock and roll band from Nashville, Tennessee. The band owns and operates its own record label, Oh Wow Dang Records. The band entered into a hiatus in 2016. Lead singer Jessi Zazu died from cancer on September 12, 2017.

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After 7
After 7
Recording Group

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After 7 is an R&B group founded by brothers Melvin and Kevon Edmonds, and Keith Mitchell. Jason Edmonds, son of Melvin Edmonds, later joined in. The Edmonds brothers are the siblings of pop and R&B singer-songwriter-producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.

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Riff
Recording Group

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Composed of five layers of rhythmic soul, Riff emerged as a breakout sound as far back as high school. The group's rendition of the Eastside High's alma mater is as storied as the film itself. It was added to the 1989 release of the film "Lean on Me".

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Jon Secada
Jon Secada
Recording Artist

Music

Jon Secada is a Cuban American singer and songwriter. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 20 million albums since his English-language debut album in 1992. His music fuses funk, soul, pop and Latin percussion. He also has worked as a songwriter.

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Lisa Marie Presley
Lisa Marie Presley
Recording Artist

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Lisa Marie Presley is an American singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of singer and actor Elvis Presley and actress and business magnate Priscilla Presley. Presley has been married four times, including to singer Michael Jackson and actor Nicolas Cage.

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Exposé
Exposé
Recording Group

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Exposé is a freestyle vocal group. Primarily consisting of lead vocalists Ann Curless, Jeanette Jurado, and Gioia Bruno, the group achieved success, becoming the first group to have four top ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart from its debut album.

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Ray Charles
Ray Charles
The Genius

Music

Ray Charles was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer. He pioneered the genre of soul music during the 1950s by combining blues, rhythm and blues, and gospel styles into the music he recorded for Atlantic Records.

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Nancy Wilson
Nancy Wilson
3-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Nancy Wilson was an American singer with more than seventy albums, and three Grammy Awards. She has been labeled a singer of blues, jazz, R&B, pop, and soul — a "consummate actress", and "the complete entertainer".

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