"I Want My Video on Music Mix USA!" Music Mix USA and Sonicbids have joined together to give one lucky band a chance to be seen by a national audience! Sonicbid Winners! Still Standing Zoltan Orkestar Brian Huber The Scrubjays The Steak House Mints Luke Jackson The GoStation Jeff Tain Watts Quartet Alejandro Toledo Freedom Hawk Chelsea Automatic The Green Children Mia Sable Eric Roberts   Win a Free CD! Click on CD & Send Name & City! American singer and actress. Born Beyoncé Giselle Knowles on September 4, 1981, in Houston, Texas, she began singing with the original members of the popular R&B group Destiny's Child — LaToya Luckett, Kelly Rowland and LaTavia Roberson — as a pre-teen. The girls went through various incarnations, singing a mix of gospel, rhythm and blues, and hip hop, before they officially became Destiny's Child in 1995. Knowles' father, Mathew, served as manager of the group. After performing in the Houston area, the group appeared on Star Search, the popular television talent competition. Although they did not win the competition, a contract with Columbia Records soon followed. Their first release, Destiny's Child (1997), was a tremendous success in Europe. Upon the album's release, the group kicked off a tour of sold-out shows there. Their second effort, The Writing's on the Wall (1999), brought them wider acclaim back home. The album generated three top-ten hits on the Billboard R&B singles chart. In 2000, despite internal conflicts that resulted in the departure of Luckett and Roberson from the group, Destiny's Child continued to promote their sophomore effort, playing as a supporting act for Christina Aguilera's summer tour. In 2001, still calling themselves Destinys Child, the group released their third album, Survivor. In 2004, after launching a successful solo career with Dangerously in Love, Knowles won five Grammy Awards, tying a record for most wins by a female artist. Her second solo effort, B'Day, was released in September 2006 to coincide with the singer's twenty-fifth birthday. In its first week, B'Day sold more than 540,000 copies in the U.S. Beyoncé Knowles has also made a start in acting, making her debut in MTV's Hip Hopera: Carmen in 2001 and co-starring as Foxxy Cleopatra in Mike Myers' James Bond parody Goldmember in 2002. Other films include 2004's The Fighting Temptations and 2006's The Pink Panther. Her starring role as Deena Jones, a Diana Ross-like character in the big-screen adaptation of the 1981 Broadway hit musical Dreamgirls earned a Golden Globe nomination in 2006. Beyoncé's song "Listen" was nominated for an Academy Award. Knowles' was romantically linked to hip-hop mogul Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, since September 2002. They performed together in music videos for two of her hit singles, Crazy in Love and Deja Vu. The couple married in April 2008. Among the guests sighted at the wedding were Beyonce's mother Tina Knowles, her father and manager Mathew, her sister Solange, Destiny's Child members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, and friend Gwyneth Paltrow.   Josh Turner was born Nov. 20, 1977, and was raised in Hannah, S.C. Growing up in the church, he found himself singing the bass and baritone parts in numerous choirs. After high school, he moved to Nashville to pursue a career in music and enrolled in Belmont University. After college, his fledgling career got a boost on Dec. 21, 2001, during his debut on the Grand Ole Opry, when he debuted a song he wrote titled "Long Black Train." He received a standing ovation in the middle of the song, then sang it again for an encore. One month after his Opry debut, Turner signed to MCA Nashville. He released his debut album, Long Black Train in 2003, and thanks to the hit title track, it was certified platinum (for shipments of a million copies) by the end of 2004. In 2006, Turner released his sophomore album, Your Man, and the title track reached No. 1 on Billboard's country airplay chart, as did its follow-up, "Would You Go With Me." The album was certified double platinum. The Bottom Line Lady Gaga lets the love monsters out of the closet and they are stepping to a martial beat. If you had any fears that Gaga would be a one album flash in the pan, the room filling beats and melodies of "Bad Romance" should help dispel them. The song is an intense litany of nearly pathological romantic entanglements all set to beats designed to crowd the dance floor. Lady Gaga's singing is at its best so far here as she moves from snarling threats to floating sweetness and back again. "Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah! Roma-Roma-ma-ah! Ga-ga-ooh-la-la! Want your bad romance!" It's Lady GaGa's call to arms against the monsters of negative love relationships. This is one of the songs she wrote ver the last year while touring and turning into one of the world's biggest pop stars. She has stated in press releases that the songs are all about the various monsters she faced during the time. One of those was the love monster. RedOne is back in the collaboration chair, and this is their biggest achievement yet. "Bad Romance" may not be as instantly engaging as "Poker Face" or "LoveGame," but songs about the seamier, uglier side of life do not endear themselves quite as quickly. However, seen in the light of the love monsters it is attempting to chase down, "Bad Romance" becomes a powerfully cathartic exercise.Musically, "Bad Romance" is a creature of the fashion runway. It was no coincidence that the song had its official premier in Paris fashion week. The music is a perfect, driving soundtrack for viewing arresting fashion designs. However, it remains quite listenable and danceable apart from that context. It is a reminder that the Lady Gaga experience is visual as well as musical. The full effect involves video, clothing, and stage sets in addition to sounds. "Bad Romance" should easily keep Lady Gaga front and center in the very crowded pre-holiday music release schedule. It is an intriguing introduction to the eight new songs that will be included on the re-release of The Fame titled The Fame Monster. There is depth here that goes well beyond the party and drink atmosphere where we first met Lady Gaga on "Just Dance." Music Mix USA Merchandise        Jay Seidl's latest CD availiable on iTunes and Amazon.com Featuring a tribute to John Lennon, this album mixes insightful writing with classic progressions. Just months after Coldplay released their #1 debut album, Parachutes, in England, they were hailed as Band of the Year 2000 in the music press. How did these four college friends become the poster children for a nation's emotions? It may have happened at the speed of light, but it wasn't as easy as it seems. Coldplay secured a permanent position in Britain's music elite by writing beautiful, simple songs that gently pulled at the heartstrings of a nation. Somewhere in between the confident, vulnerable guitar playing of Jonny Buckland, the melodic bassline of Guy Berryman, thoughtful drumming of Will Champion, and lead Chris Martin's stark, tenor vocals are answers for the soul. Although melancholy stands behind every Coldplay song, each one is also steeped in an unusual and sincere optimism rarely found in English bands. Songs face an inevitable sadness and yearning - a little thing called being real - to get to a better place where the truth held firm in pure emotion is pivotal. Songs like the remorseful "Trouble," with its memorable piano-line, the lonely "Spies" and mega-hit single "Yellow" reveal a hybrid of lyrics that can only be described as joy and remorse, all wrapped into one. "We just want the songs to reflect reality," says Chris. OutKast's blend of gritty Southern soul, fluid raps and the rolling G-funk of their Organized Noize production crew epitomized the Atlanta wing of hip-hop's rising force, the Dirty South, during the late '90s. Along with Goodie Mob, OutKast took Southern hip-hop in bold, innovative new directions: less reliance on aggression, more positivity and melody, thicker arrangements, and intricate lyrics. After Dre and Big Boi hit number one on the rap charts with their first single "Player's Ball," the duo embarked on a run of platinum albums spiked with several hit singles, enjoying numerous critical accolades in addition to their commercial success.

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