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Ace of Base ,

are a pop band from Gothenburg, Sweden, comprising of Jonas “Joker” Berggren, Ulf “Buddha” Ekberg, Jenny Berggren, and formerly Malin “Linn” Berggren. They released four studio albums between 1993 and 2002, which sold in excess of 60 million copies worldwide.

Following the formal departure of former singer Linn in 2007, the band performed a series of concerts as a trio in Europe and Asia, before Jenny confirmed that she would take indefinite leave from the band on November 30, 2009. Jonas and Ulf are reportedly working on a new album with two new female singers, which will be released in 2010 under a new name.

The Sign is listed among the Top 100 Bestselling Albums of All Time by the RIAA. It was the first debut album to produce three number 1 singles on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart: “All That She Wants”, “The Sign” and “Don’t Turn Around”. ….Read More

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Pet Shop Boys ,

are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasionally guitar and Chris Lowe on keyboards and occasionally backing vocals.

Pet Shop Boys have sold over 100 million records worldwide and are listed as the most successful duo in pop music history. Since 1986, they have had 42 Top 30 singles and 22 Top 10 hits in the UK, including four Number Ones: “West End Girls,” “It’s a Sin,” “Always on My Mind,” and “Heart.”

At the 2009 BRIT Awards, Pet Shop Boys received an award for Outstanding Contribution to Music presented to them by Brandon Flowers.

The duo’s latest studio album, entitled Yes (continuing the tradition of single word titles) was released on 23 March 2009. It was followed with the live Cd and DVD Pandemonium released 15 February 2010, filmed and recorded live at the O2 Arena London in December 2009. ….Read More

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Pia Zadora ,

Pia Zadora (born Pia Alfreda Schipani, May 4, 1954) is an American actress and singer. After working as a child actress on Broadway, in regional theater and in the film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964), she came to national attention in 1981 when, following her starring role in the critically mauled Butterfly, she won a Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year.

When her film career failed to take off, she became a singer of popular standards and made several successful albums backed by a symphonic orchestra; as a singer she earned the respect of critics who had previously written her off. ….Read More

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Snap! ,

is a German-American electronic music group formed in 1989 by German producers Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti. The act has been through a number of line-up changes over the years, but was most successful when fronted by rapper Turbo B, who performed on the UK number 1 singles “The Power” and “Rhythm Is a Dancer”. Their first album World Power is one of the most successful dance albums of all time, with worldwide sales estimated at 7 million. ….Read More

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Helmut Fritz ,

est le pseudonyme d’Éric Greff, chanteur français originaire de Béning-lès-Saint-Avold (Moselle), né en 1975. Il s’est fait connaître avec le single de musique électronique Ça m’énerve, sorti en 2009, où il joue le rôle d’un chanteur allemand ex-mondain. Il est produit par Laurent Konrad.

Son premier album, En Observation, est sorti le 22 juin 2009 dans les bacs et le 15 juin en numérique. ….Read More

Helmut Fritz – En Observation

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Kylie Ann Minogue ,

(born 28 May 1968), is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s through her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987.

Signed to a contract by British songwriters and producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman in 1987, she achieved a string of hit records throughout the world. Her popularity waned during the early 1990s, leading her to part company from Stock, Aitken & Waterman in 1992. During the mid to late 1990s, Minogue distanced herself from her earlier work and attempted to establish herself as a credible and independent performer and songwriter. Her projects were widely publicised, but her albums failed to attract a substantial audience and resulted in the lowest sales of her career at the time. She returned to popularity as a pop artist in 2000, and became well-known for her elaborate music videos and expensively mounted stage shows. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, Minogue returned to performing and recording in late 2006 after a period of convalescence.

Although she was dismissed by some critics during her early career, she has achieved longevity as a pop music artist. She has sold in excess of 60 million records, and has achieved her greatest successes in Australia, Europe, Asia and Latin America. She was awarded an OBE in 2008 for services to music. ….More

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Captain Jack ,

was a musical duo, specializing in Eurodance music, originating from Germany. Its members (since 2000) were Francisco Alejandro Gutierrez (stage name: Franky Gee), and Sunny. The original female vocalist on the group’s debut in 1995 was Liza Da Costa, replaced in 1999 by Maria Lucia ‘Maloy’ Lozanes, who was replaced by Ilka-Anna-Antonia Traue (stage name: Illi Love) in 2001.

Captain Jack’s music (and Franky Gee’s persona) was stylized as a form of military training. Franky’s costume consisted of a stylized military officer’s uniform, with a red hat based on that of the US Marines. His other clothing was styled similarly to a US Army officers dress uniform. Franky chose this style because of his service in the United States Army, a career he despised but decided to follow when he was strapped for cash.[citation needed] After ending his time in the US Army, Franky remained in Germany, where he was last stationed, and began a recording career under the name “Westside”.

While recording music under that name, he proposed the idea of a dance track based on a drill routine. That idea became his style: songs about peace and love in the style of a military regime. The hat—a US Marines “barracks cover” hat, in the color scheme evoking the Soviet Red Army—further protests the idea of the military, while symbolizing the idea of national unity.

The group has earned 19 gold and platinum records throughout Europe. Fans of the Konami arcade game Dance Dance Revolution know them from the numerous songs that, through the Dancemania series of albums, have been used in the game series. The group’s music was also featured in other Konami music games such as beatmania and Dance Maniax.

The future of Captain Jack suddenly came into doubt when Franky suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while walking with his son in Spain on October 17, 2005. Doctors predicted that the damage was fatal, and Franky Gee died on Saturday October 22, 2005, after spending five days in a coma.

Future proceeds on the sale of Captain Jack’s Greatest Hits album, which was being planned prior to Franky Gee’s death, will be given to his son and fellow rapper Franky Gutierrez Jr.

The Captain Jack name was recently revived, with a new lineup. The current incarnation is very unlike the original Captain Jack. The newest single, Turkish Bazaar, is of the Dance-pop and Hip-Hop genres, dropping the original lineup’s Eurodance roots. ….More

Captain Jack – Captain Jack is Back

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