American artists are famous for their wealth and lifestyle. They always try to be in the highlights either because of their latest release or because of their family matter. Below you can read about some well-known facts about top American artist:
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson has known artistically throughout the world as Michael Jackson was an American pop-music singer, songwriter, and dancer, in a broad sense that includes subgenres such as rhythm & blues (soul and funk), disco and dance. He was born in Gary, Indiana (USA), on August 29, 1958, and died on June 25, 2009, in Los Angeles at the age of 50 after a cardio-respiratory arrest.
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears was born on December 2, 1981, in McComb, but most of her childhood was spent in a very small town, with 2,659 inhabitants called Kentwood, in Louisiana. There she grew up with her grandmother, her parents and her two brothers. Known as the “Princess of Pop” has been successful since the release of her first single … Baby One More Time. Among her other hits are (You Drive Me) Crazy, Oops! … I Did It Again, I’m a Slave 4 U, Overprotected, Toxic, Piece Of Me, Womanizer, the song of a most downloaded female soloist in her first week in the USA; Circus, 3 and the most recent, Hold It Against Me, Till The World Ends and I Wanna Go.
Camila Cabello
Camila Cabello is a singer and became known at the auditions of “The X Factor US”, a show where, along with other singers, she formed the group Fifth Harmony. She was born on March 3, 1997, in the city of Cojimar, Cuba. Cabello lived in Mexico. With girl band Fifth Harmony, Camila gained a high profile and a legion of fans of her and her bandmates Ally Brooke, Dinah Jane, Normani Kordei, and Lauren Jauregui.
The hits “Worth It” (2015), “Sledgehammer” (2015) and “Work from Home” (2016) made them an increasingly influential group, where Camila could also excel. In projects outside the band, in her solo career, she has partnered with Major Lazer, Shawn Mendes, Benny Blanco, and other international music stars. Camila says one of her inspirations is singer Demi Lovato and she has also confirmed her admiration for former boy band One Direction.
Katy Perry
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, best known by her stage name, Katy Perry (born October 25, 1984, Santa Barbara, California, United States), is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, writer and actress. She is the daughter of two Christian pastors; she grew up listening to evangelical music and sang in a church near her village as a child. After obtaining her certificate as a student, during her first year in high school, she dropped out of school and began to follow her dream of being a singer by opting for a musical career.
Rihanna
Rihanna (Saint Michael, Barbados, February 20, 1988) is the stage name of Robyn Rihanna Fenty, a Barbadian singer. Her music has influences from styles such as reggae, R&B, dancehall, and pop. It has become known throughout the world thanks to successes such as Umbrella, We Found Love, Diamonds, Rude Boy and Work. Born under the name of Robyn Rihanna Fenty in Saint Michael (Barbados), she attended the Charles F. Memorial Elementary School and subsequently attended Combermere School, where she formed a musical trio with two of her classmates.
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift is the granddaughter of a professional opera singer, spent the first years of her life in Wyomissing, in the state where she was born with her parents, Scott, and Andrea, and her brother, Austin. When Taylor was only 14 years old, the whole family moved to the world capital of Country music, Nashville, which is also the name of a famous series that is related to his biography. One of her characters, Juliette Barnes, is inspired by her. Being a preteen she began her career as a composer, and also began to compete in Karaoke contests and act at fairs.
In a contest held at “The Bluebird Café”, her performance caught the attention of Scott Borchett, a producer who offered her his first record deal with Big Machine Records. At seventeen she released her first album, which bore her name, Taylor Swift, and that album catapulted it to fame. She has gone down in history as the youngest singer who has written recordings without anyone’s help for her third single, Our Song.
Two years later, she was nominated as a young revelation artist at the Grammy Awards. That same year, 2008, marks a before and after in her life, after the launch of Fearless, the best-selling album in the United States in 2009. She was only 20 years old and won four Grammy Awards, again beating a record, the youngest singer to win this award.
Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera (Staten Island, New York; December 18, 1980) is a singer, songwriter, producer and currently American actress of Ecuadorian and Irish origin. Aguilera has won numerous awards, including five Grammy Awards and a Latin Grammy Award. Christina Aguilera has sold more than 130 million albums and singles in the world.
