Taryn Manning (born November 6, 1978) is an American actress, fashion designer, and singer-songwriter. She is the vocalist for electronic duo Boomkat and co-owner of the clothing brand Born Uniqorn. Manning gained her first major role as an actress in 2001 when she played the role of Maddy in Crazy/Beautiful.

She is well-known for her film portrayals in Crossroads, 8 Mile, A Lot Like Love, Hustle & Flow, Weirdsville and Jack and Jill vs. the World. She has appeared in film genres ranging from drama and comedy to science fiction.

Amber Alejo Rowley Davis (born July 29, 1985, Mesa, Arizona), simply known as Amber, is a Filipino-American singer.

After high school, she moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue her singing career. She was background vocalist to singers Hilary Duff and Kashiff. In 2004 she signed with W.A.R. Entertainment for two singles for the movie soundtrack Playa’s Ball. After that she moved to Osaka, Japan to become lead vocalist of rock and hip hop show “Enwhy” at Universal Studios Japan.

After her contract with Universal, she signed with VIVA Records. Her debut album Feel Good Music was released in June 2006. Her debut album contained her remake of the song “Manila”, which became a hit in the Philippines. It topped both the radio and video charts.

Amber left VIVA Records and has recently changed her name to Amber Davis. In 2007, she released a self-titled album under Bellhaus Entertainment. Singles from this album include “Radio”, a partial cover of Donna Summer’s “On The Radio”, and a mid-tempo R&B ballad called “Back Into You”, both of which has received considerable amount of radio airplay. “Back Into You” became the first OPM song to reach No.1 on mainstream radio in 2007. Amber’s videos for both “Radio” and “Back Into You” have been some of the most requested videos in the Philippines, and is also in the top 10 most downloaded ringtones.

Amber was awarded the Awit Award for Best New Female Recording Artist in 2007 and became a host for MYX, ABS-CBN Global’s music channel in the United States, hosting their Asian music video show “Music Bang”.

Shania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer and songwriter. She rose to fame in the early 1990s with her self-titled debut album Shania Twain (1993), and achieved worldwide success with her 1997 album Come On Over, which became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician, and the best selling country album of all time. The Album Come on Over has sold over 20 million records in the U.S. and more than 15 million copies sold worldwide. Come on Over is also the 9th bestselling album in the U.S.

A five-time Grammy Award winner, Twain has also achieved major success as a songwriter, winning 27 BMI Songwriter awards. Twain is one of the first country artists to achieve major crossover success in pop music. She is the only female musician to have three albums certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America and is also the second best-selling artist in Canada, behind fellow Canadian Céline Dion, with three of her studio albums being certified double diamond by the Canadian Recording Industry Association. Twain has sold over 65 million albums worldwide to date, including 48 million in the U.S. She is ranked as the 10th best-selling artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era, with approximately 33.5 million in sales through April 2008.

Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter, fashion designer, and actress. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent the majority of her youth in the small town, Napanee, Ontario. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain, and by 16, Lavigne had signed a recording contract with Arista, now RCA Records. Record executive Antonio “L.A.” Reid offered her a two-album deal worth more than $2 million. When she was 17 years old, Lavigne broke onto the music scene with her debut album, Let Go, released in 2002.

Let Go made Lavigne the youngest female soloist to reach #1 in the UK, the album was certified four-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. As of 2009, over 16 million copies had been sold worldwide, more than 6 million of which were sold in the United States. Her breakthrough single, “Complicated”, peaked at #1 in many countries around the world, as did the album Let Go. Her second album, Under My Skin, was released in 2004 and was her first album to peak at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 , eventually selling more than 10 million copies worldwide. The Best Damn Thing, Lavigne’s third album, was released in 2007. This album gave Lavigne her third #1 album in the UK Albums Chart and featured her first U.S. Billboard Hot 100 single, “Girlfriend”. Lavigne has scored a total of five #1 singles worldwide, including “Complicated”, “Sk8er Boi”, “I’m With You”, “My Happy Ending” and “Girlfriend”. Lavigne has sold more than 30 million copies of her albums worldwide and is currently one of the top-selling artists releasing albums in the U.S., with over 10.25 million copies certified by the RIAA. Billboard named Lavigne the #10 pop artist of the 2000s, and she was listed as the 28th overall best act of the decade based on album sales, chart success, and cultural relativity in the U.S. She is currently working on her fourth studio album, expected to be released in 2010.

Lavigne branched out from recording music, pursuing careers in feature film acting and designing clothes and perfumes. She voiced a character in the animated film, Over the Hedge, in 2006. That same year, she made her on-screen feature film debut in Fast Food Nation. In 2008, Lavigne introduced her clothing line, Abbey Dawn, and in 2009, she released her first perfume, Black Star, that will be followed by her second perfume, Forbidden Rose in 2010.

In July 2006, Lavigne married her boyfriend of two years, Deryck Whibley, lead singer and guitarist for Sum 41. The marriage lasted a little over three years, and in October 2009, Lavigne filed for divorce. Whibley and Lavigne continued to work together after the divorce, with Whibley producing on her upcoming fourth album, as well as Lavigne’s single, “Alice”, written for Tim Burton’s film Alice in Wonderland.

Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), better known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Perry was born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents; she grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in church as a child. After earning a GED during her freshman year of high school, she began to pursue a music career. She released a self-titled gospel album in 2001 as Katy Hudson which failed with the closing of its record label that year. She recorded an album with production team The Matrix and completed most of a solo album from 2004–2005, neither of which were released.

After signing on with Capitol Music Group in 2007, her fourth record label in seven years, she adopted the stage name Katy Perry and released her first Internet single, “Ur So Gay”, that November, which garnered attention but did not chart. She rose to fame with her second single “I Kissed a Girl” in 2008, which topped international charts. Perry’s first mainstream album, One of the Boys, followed later that year and was eventually announced to be the thirty-third best selling album of 2008 worldwide. It was accredited platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America; “I Kissed a Girl” and her second single “Hot N Cold” both received multi-platinum certifications. Perry was ranked the 97th Artist of the 2000–10 decade by Billboard. She became known for wearing unconventional style of dress, often combining colors and vintage fashion. Her next album, Teenage Dream, is scheduled to be released in August 2010.

Perry had a long relationship with Travis McCoy; she is currently engaged to Russell Brand.

Hikaru Utada known by her stage name Utada in America and Europe, is a Japanese-American singer, song writer, and producer.

Since the release of her debut album First Love, which went on to become the best-selling album in Oricon history, Utada has had three of her Japanese studio albums in the list of Top 10 best-selling albums ever in Japan (#1, #4, #8) and six of her albums (including two English-language and one compilation) charting within the 275 Best-Selling Japanese albums list. Utada has had fourteen number-one singles on the Oricon Singles chart, with two notable record achievements for a female solo or group artist: five million-sellers and four in the Top 100 All-Time Best-selling Singles. Utada Hikaru has an estimated 50 million albums sold worldwide.

She was described by Time Magazine as a “Diva On Campus,” a reference to her having attended Columbia University for a brief, career-break semester in 2000. In 2009, she was considered “the most influential artist of the decade,” in the Japanese landscape, by The Japan Times. In 2003, Utada was ranked #24 in the survey of Top 100 Japanese Pop Artists of All Time by HMV, #10 in HMV’s Top 30 Best Japanese Singers of All Time in 2006.

Additionally, Utada made two theme song contributions to Square Enix and Disney’s collaborative video game series Kingdom Hearts: “Simple and Clean” for Kingdom Hearts and “Passion” for Kingdom Hearts II (later re-recorded with new English lyrics as “Sanctuary” for the North American and European releases of the game). In 2007, her single “Flavor of Life” reached #2 in worldwide digital download yearly single chart with over 7.2 million downloads, and contributes to 12 million digital sales for her over the same year. In the United States, the song Come Back to Me has peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play in 2009.

Other Information

• Birth name : Hikaru Utada
• Also known as : Utada, Hikki, Cubic U
• Born : January 19, 1983, New York City, New York, United States
• Origin : Tokyo, Japan
• Genres : Pop, Ethereal Wave, R&B, Experimental, Rock, Dance, Funk, & Hip-Hop
• Occupations : Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Composer, Arranger
• Instruments : Vocals, guitar, piano,
• Years active : 1993–present
• Labels : EMI Music Japan, Island Def Jam Music Group

Ferguson was born in Hacienda Heights, California, the daughter of Terri Jackson (née Gore) and Patrick Ferguson. She has a younger sister, Dana, who is an actress. Her parents are of Irish, Scottish, English, Mexican and Native American descent. The daughter of devout Catholic school teachers, she was raised in a suburban area with strict Roman Catholic values while attending Mesa Robles Middle school and Glen A. Wilson High School. Through dance school, her mom found her an agent and voiceover work, providing the voices for Sally in Peanuts cartoons. From 1984 to 1989, she spent summers performing chart hits on the TV show Kids Incorporated. All that time she was a cheerleader, straight-A student and a spelling bee champion, as well as a Girl Scout.

Personal life

Ferguson married actor Josh Duhamel on January 10, 2009. They met, and began dating, in September 2004 when she and her band appeared on Duhamel’s show Las Vegas (in an episode titled “Montecito Lancers”, which aired on November 1, 2004). Ferguson and Duhamel reside in Brentwood, California in a house that they purchased together in 2007.

In April 2007, she gave an interview in which she admitted that she went on a sex and drugs spree when she turned eighteen, saying: “I have had lesbian experiences in the past. I won’t say how many men I’ve had sex with — but I am a very sexual person.” In December 2007, when asked “Bisexuality and homosexuality are often either frowned or mocked upon in certain circles. Does that bother you?”, she replied “No, it doesn’t bother me. I’m just me.”

Ferguson has stated in several interviews that she is an avid user of hypnotherapy, which she used to overcome her crystal meth addiction and to relax.

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• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Official website

Her self-titled debut album was certified as a gold album in the United States for 500,000 units sold. During her career she has had nine Latin Billboard Top 40 hits.

Recently People en Español named Noelia as one of the “50 Most Beautiful People” in 2008.

Musical career

Noelia started working on her first full-length album in 1998. The self-titled album was finally released in 1999. The album produced the hit single “Tu”, written by Estéfano, which was awarded by Billboard.[4] In 2000, the album was certified gold by RIAA..

In 2000 she released her second album, Golpeando Fuerte.

Her third album, Natural, released in 2003 featured another hit song, “Clávame Tu Amor”, which peaked at #5 on Billboard Hot Latin Tracks. The album also featured songwriting contributions from her then boyfriend, Alexis Grullón.

In 2004, she surprised with her fourth studio album titled Melao, which was a fusion of pop with reggaeton. The album was produced by reggaeton producer, DJ Eric, and features Yamil sharing lead vocals with Noelia. They also co-wrote most of the songs of the album.

In 2006, she returned to her musical roots with the album 40 Grados, produced by Adrián Posse. The album featured the single “Como Duele”, which was nominated by Billboard as Pop Song of the Year[10]. The song was also chosen as the theme for the Mexican telenovela Barrera de Amor and peaked at #8 on Billboard Hot Latin Songs.

In 2007, she released her sixth full-length album titled Volverte a Ver. She is also working on her first English language album. The album will be titled Caribbean Queen and the first single, “Caribbean Queen Reloaded” became available in May 2008. The song is a cover version of Billy Ocean’s hit song of 1984.

In 2007, she was featured on the cover of the Spanish edition of Maxim magazine. In 2008, she was named as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People en Español.

Personal life

Noelia, the first daughter of Puerto Rican singer and actress Yolandita Monge and Uruguayan businessman Alfredo Lorenzo, showed interest in music from childhood. Noelia has two half-siblings from Monge’s subsequent marriages, sister Paola and brother Imanol.

Noelia has been romantically involved to show-biz personalities throughout her career. She had a four-year relationship with former MDO member, Alexis Grullón. In 2004, she also had a brief relationship with rapper Yamil, with whom she worked on the album Melao. As of 2007, she was in a relationship with Mexican producer, Jorge Reynoso, who is also managing her international career. Rumors have circulated about them getting married, but both have denied it.

Controversies

In June 2007, a sex tape of Noelia and former boyfriend Yamil started circulating on the Internet, which caused a media hype around her person. In August 2007, Noelia accused her step-father and former manager, Topy Mamery, of sexually assaulting her back in 2003; she claimed to have filed a lawsuit, calling singer Ricardo Montaner as a witness. However, Mamery denied having received any lawsuit, and Montaner denied ever having been called to testify. During an interview with Primer Impacto, Montaner was asked about this and he said, “I have never seen anything weird (between Noelia and Mamery). Mamery is a gentleman that has loved Noelia as her daughter.” .

According to Mamery, he was not the first person Noelia had accused of sexual assault. He claimed that in the last five years, the singer had pointed the finger at Guillermo Santiso, former president of Fonovisa (her old record label), and singer Alejandro Montaner, son of Ricardo Montaner.

In October 2007, Mamery went to the FBI with evidence that allegedly incriminated Jorge Reynoso with the distribution of Noelia’s sex tape. Weeks later, Mamery sued Noelia and Jorge Reynoso in Federal Court for defamation and libel. In February 2008, Noelia’s lawyer decided to quit representing Noelia in the defamation lawsuit against her. In May 2008, the judge José A. Fusté did an annotation of defiance to the singer Noelia and to his partner and manager, Jorge Reynoso, in favor of the petition presented by Mamery, who sued the couple for defamation for knowingly making a false declaration that he had sexually assaulted Noelia. However, on June 13, 2008, Fusté dismissed the case by declaring that there was no defamation or libel since Mamery was a public figure. Fusté concluded that “although it is true there might be some indication that Reynoso could be connected to the website where the video was sold, the court could not say for sure if he was the one that put it” up for sale. Fusté also reprimanded both sides for public airing of their personal issues.

Other Information

• Birth name Noelia Lorenzo Monge..
• Born August 31, 1977 (1977-08-31)
• San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Genre(s) Pop, Dance-pop, Latin-Spanish
• Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
• Years active 1999–present
• Label(s) Fonovisa Records (1999-2004), EMI (2006-2007), Pink Star Music (2008)

Links

• Noelia – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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After sucess on touring with the Boyband ‘BLUE’, she is now away writing and recording her debut album.

Layla is already and established songwriter after writing and recording with top writiers and producers such as: Stargate, Elliot Kennerdy, Leon Sylvers, Kara Diogvardi, Deekay, Gary Barlow, Blue and many others…

She is also a Professional dancer after being an under 16 freestyle champion for 2 years. Taking part in Disco Kid 2001.

In 2002, Tan represented Malaysia in the 2002 Miss Global Petite World Finals in Montreal where she won Second Runner Up and the “Miss Congeniality” subsidiary title. In 2006, she was voted by FHM as Malaysia’s sexiest woman. Tan has appeared in a number of advertisements, including an advert for Lux in which she appeared alongside Karen Mok. She has hosted numerous Malaysian television shows, including What Women Want on 8TV, Motorsports@Petronas on Astro Super Sports, Ringgit Sense on TV3, Girls’ Club on NTV7, Looking Good Feeling Good on NTV7 as well as being part of the cast for Sketches also on NTV7.

Career in music

Tan’s debut music album is Crossing Bridges, which she collaborated with internationally-acclaimed composers/writers Jorgen Elofsson, Phil Thornalley, Andrew Fromm and Chris Rojas. The album also contained three songs Tan personally wrote and composed. The first single off the album is In Between, which won the Best Pop/Dance category at the 2006 Hitz.fm MET10 Awards. She is currently working on her 2nd album, scheduled for release in 2008.

Career in acting

In January 2008, she made her debut into the Malay entertainment scene by playing the lead role in her very first Malay tele-movie, BEZANYA CINTA, directed by the infamous Zulkifli M. Osman. To add on to that, some of her own songs were also featured in the movie, adding to the memorability of her dynamic introduction into an entirely new market segment and proving that racial indifferences should never be used as an excuse in a country like Malaysia.

Arguably one of the most sought after non-Malay female entertainers in the country, Hannah was invited in October this year by multiple-award winning film director Afdlin Shauki to play the lead female role alongside veteran actors AC Mizal and Harun Salim Bachik among many others in his latest project with KRU Productions, My Spy. This film is set to hit the local cinemas in 2009 while Hannah sets foot in the Land of The Rising Sun.

Honors and charity work

Implementing leadership by example, Hannah encouraged youths all over the country and celebrities alike to give back to the society by organizing the recent self-funded ‘H’ Factor Nationwide Creative Youth Workshop, a pioneering four-state community service initiative which touched the hearts and inspired the dreams of thousands of young people all over the country.

Sony Pictures has appointed Hannah as the ambassador for Animax Asia, effective November 2007. MDeC has also recently appointed Hannah as the ambassador for the World Congress on Information and Technology (WCIT) 2008.

Hannah also appeared on the Live Earth stage at Live and Loud KL 2007 before acts such as Elliott Yamin, Shaggy and Whitney Houston.