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Skyy
Skyy
Recording Group

Music

Skyy (a.k.a. New York Skyy) was an American R&B/funk/disco band based in New York. They are perhaps best known for their 1981 hit, "Call Me", as well as their 1989 "comeback" hits, "Start of a Romance" and "Real Love".

Tags: Capitol Records · Atlantic Records · Salsoul Records · Call Me · Start of a Romance · Real Love · Billboard Hot 100 · Brooklyn, New York · R&B · Funk

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Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie
4-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Beginning in 1968, Lionel Richie was a member of The Commodores and then launched a hugely successful solo career in 1982. Richie has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all-time.

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Adam Lambert
Adam Lambert
Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Adam Lambert is an American singer, songwriter and stage actor. Since 2009, he has sold over 3 million albums and 5 million singles worldwide. He rose to fame in 2009, after finishing as runner-up on the eighth season of "American Idol".

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Tiffany Tatum
Recording Artist

Music

Tiffany Tatum has worked and performed for well-known musicians, such as Yarbrough & Peoples, Howard Scott of War, Willie Clayton, Millie Jackson, Robert "Goodie" Whitfield of The Gap Band, and Tony Thompson of Hi-Five.

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The Laurence Juber Trio
Recording Group

Music

Laurence Juber is often considered most famous for playing lead guitar in Paul McCartney & Wings from 1978 to 1981, with whom he won a Grammy, he has since had a distinguished career as a solo fingerstyle guitarist and studio musician.

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Janice Dempsey
Recording Artist and Multi-Platinum Songwriter

Music

Janice Dempsey has appeared on countless albums as a featured and background vocalist, writer, arranger, and producer in various genres, including Stevie Wonder, Daryl Hall, Smokey Robinson, Mick Jagger, Chaka Khan, Melba Moore, Freddie Jackson, and SWV.

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Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
King of Soul

Music

Sam Cooke is commonly known as the King of Soul for his distinctive vocals and importance within popular music. His pioneering contributions to soul music contributed to the rise of Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and others.

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Tevin Campbell
Tevin Campbell
5-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Tevin Campbell is an American singer, songwriter and actor. Throughout his career, he has earned 5 Grammy Award nominations, selling an estimated 3 million album copies worldwide (primarily from his first two albums).

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Laurence Juber
2-Time Grammy Award Winner and Lead Guitarist, Paul McCartney & Wings (1978 - 1981)

Music

Laurence Juber is often considered most famous for playing lead guitar in Paul McCartney & Wings from 1978 to 1981, with whom he won a Grammy Award. Juber has since had a distinguished career as a solo fingerstyle guitarist and studio musician.

Tags: Grammy Award Winner

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The Heights
The Heights
Recording Group

Music

"The Heights" is an American musical drama series that aired on the Fox network from August to November 1992. "The Heights" centers on a fictional band (also called The Heights) made up of mostly middle-class young adults.

Tags: FOX · Television Show · How Do You Talk to an Angel · Capitol Records · Steve Tyrell · Stephanie Tyrell · Barry Coffing · Billboard Hot 100 · Jamie Walters · Pop Rock

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Rachel Platten
Rachel Platten
Recording Artist

Music

Rachel Platten is an singer and songwriter. She rose to fame in 2015, with the release of the single "Fight Song", which peaked at number six on Billboard Hot 100. She won an Emmy Award for the live performance of the song on "Good Morning America".

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Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
Poet, Memoirist, and Civil Rights Activist

Literature

Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years.

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Living Colour
Living Colour
Recording Group

Music

Living Colour rose to fame with their debut album "Vivid" in 1988. Although the band scored a number of hits, they are best remembered for the rock anthem "Cult of Personality", which won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1990.

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Ciara
Ciara
Grammy Award Winner

Music

Ciara earned numerous awards and accolades, including three BET Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, three MOBO Awards, and one Grammy Award. To date, she has sold over 23 million records worldwide.

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Duran Duran
Recording Group

Music

Duran Duran are an English new wave and synthpop band formed in Birmingham in 1978. They have placed 14 singles in the top 10 of the United Kingdom Singles Chart and 21 in the Billboard Hot 100, and have sold over 100 million records worldwide.

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Eloisa Diaz-Sanz
Creative Consultant and Fashion Designer

Fashion

Eloisa Diaz-Sanz is an American creative consultant and fashion designer from New York City, specializing in womenswear. Her experience includes work for high-end brands featured in British Vogue, London Fashion Week, and New York Fashion Week.

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Nina Simone
Nina Simone
Recording Artist

Music

Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist who worked in a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.

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Angelo Ellerbee
President and CEO, Double XXposure

Music

Double XXposure is a full service public relations and artist development firm founded by Angelo Ellerbee. He has worked with a wide array of clientele, ranging from Michael Jackson to Lionel Richie, Mary J. Blige, and DMX (whom he also managed).

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Chic
Chic
Recording Group

Music

Chic is an American band that was organized during 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. In October 2014, Chic was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the tenth time.

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Rashgene Gazi-White
Co-Founder and Vice President, Re.new Artists, Imaging and Consulting

Fashion

Rashgene Gazi-White is Vice President at Re.new Artists, Imaging and Consulting. Its function: to create a current take on imaging, styling and marketing for iconic artists. Clients include Tony Award winner Melba Moore and Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge.

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Fantasia
Winner, "American Idol" (Season 3)

Music

Fantasia rose to fame as the winner of the third season "American Idol" in 2004. As of February 2012, she has sold 2,842,000 albums and 1,425,000 tracks in the United States. In 2012, VH1 ranked her number 32 out of the 100 Greatest Women in Music.

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Club Nouveau
Club Nouveau
Recording Group

Music

Club Nouveau is a group formed by record producer/performer Jay King in 1986 in Sacramento, California subsequent to the breakup of the Timex Social Club. The group's name (French for "New Club") was changed from its original incarnation, Jet Set.

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Backsteet Boys
Backsteet Boys
8-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Backstreet Boys have sold over 130 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling boy band in history, and one of the world's best-selling music artists. They also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 22, 2013.

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Rickey "Slikk Muzik" Offord
Multi-Platinum Music Producer

Music

Rickey "Slikk Muzik" Offord is multi-platinum producer, who has worked with recording artists, such as Babyface, Ariana Grande, Chris Brown, Kirk Franklin, Jaime Foxx, Master P, Tank, and Ludacris.

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Alvaro Alencar
13-Time Latin Grammy Award Winner

Music

Alvaro Alencar has over 140 records in his career spanning 20+ years. In this time, he has won 13 Latin Grammy Awards, over 25 Latin Grammy nominations, and over 30 platinum or gold certificates for CD and DVD sales, which total approximately 10 million.

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