Come summer 2005, Def Jam timely rolled out "Pon de Replay," the lively
leadoff single from Music of the Sun. Produced almost entirely by
Rogers and Sturken, the song synthesized Caribbean rhythms with
urban-pop songwriting. "Pon de Replay" caught fire almost immediately,
climbing all the way to number two on The Billboard Hot 100 and
contesting the half-summer reign of Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together"
atop the chart. The debut album spawned one other hit, "If It's Lovin'
That You Want," which also broke the Top 40. Rihanna's follow-up
effort, A Girl Like Me, saw even greater success and spawned three
sizeable singles: a chart-topper ("S.O.S.") and two Top Ten hits
("Unfaithful," "Break It Off").
Destiny's Child gained momentum throughout the 1990s, appearing on Star
Search in 1992 (under the name Girl's Tyme) and weathering several
lineup changes before signing to Columbia Records in 1997. Four studio
albums later, the group has officially become the best-selling female
group of all time, with such smash hits as "Jumpin' Jumpin'," "Bills,
Bills, Bills," "Say My Name," and "Survivor" bolstering the girls'
momentum despite a continued string of lawsuits from former members
Roberson and Luckett (who contested Mathew Knowles' management,
claiming he withheld profits and unjustly favored his daughter and
niece). In 2001, Beyoncé, Rowland, and replacement member Michelle
Williams allowed themselves a break from the group to pursue individual
solo careers. Before landing several movie roles, Beyoncé became the
first African-American female artist and second woman ever to win the
annual ASCAP Pop Songwriter of the Year Award. An appearance in the MTV
drama Carmen: A Hip Hopera quickly followed, but it was her role as
Foxxy Cleopatra in 2002's Austin Powers in Goldmember that established
Beyoncé as a true Hollywood star.
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Sabbath has been so influential in the development of heavy metal rock
music as to be a defining force in the style. The group took the
blues-rock sound of late '60s acts like Cream, Blue Cheer, and Vanilla
Fudge to its logical conclusion, slowing the tempo, accentuating the
bass, and emphasizing screaming guitar solos and howled vocals full of
lyrics expressing mental anguish and macabre fantasies. If their
predecessors clearly came out of an electrified blues tradition, Black
Sabbath took that tradition in a new direction, and in so doing helped
give birth to a musical style that continued to attract millions of
fans decades later.
At the beginning of 1996 Adams released a new album 18 'Til I Die. The
album featured the flamenco-tinged "Have You Ever Really Loved a
Woman?" from the Johnny Depp/Marlon Brando film Don Juan DeMarco.
Compared with the skin-bearing antics of other teen idols -- Britney
Spears chief among them -- Avril Lavigne was a new kind of superstar,
one whose appeal didn't rely on sexy videos or suggestive music. She
further distinguished herself by bypassing the assistance of
professional writing teams during the creation of her second album,
choosing instead to collaborate with singer/songwriter Chantal
Kreviazuk, Evanescence's Ben Moody, and Evan Taubenfeld (who had
previously worked with Lavigne as her touring guitarist). Released in
May 2004, Under My Skin was more serious than its predecessor, dealing
with such issues as premarital sex ("Don't Tell Me"), depression
("Nobody's Home"), and the death of Lavigne's grandfather ("Slipped
Away"). The album debuted at number one in more than ten countries,
went platinum within one month, and further established Lavigne as a
pop icon. Incidentally, a song that was co-written by Lavigne and
ultimately cut from the final track list -- "Breakaway" -- was later
given to Kelly Clarkson, who used it as the title track and leadoff
single for her Grammy-winning sophomore album.
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Homogenic, her most experimental studio effort to date, followed later
that same year and spawned many remix releases in the next few years to
follow. In the spring of 2000, she was named Best Actress by jurors at
the Cannes Film Festival for her work in Lars von Trier's Palme
d'Or-winning Dancer in the Dark. Selmasongs, her score for the film,
reunited Björk with her Homogenic collaborator Mark Bell and arrived in
the fall of 2000, just in time for Dancer in the Dark's U.S. release.
The full-length follow-up, Vespertine, was released one year later. She
released a Greatest Hits collection and the Family Tree box set late in
2002. After performing a few dates in 2003, Björk geared up for a busy
2004, which included the release of her all-vocals and vocal
samples-based album Medúlla and a performance of one of its songs,
"Oceania," at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The
soundtrack to Drawing Restraint 9, a film by multimedia artist Matthew
Barney, arrived in 2005 and also featured contributions from Will
Oldham. 2007's Volta returned to the more playful, percussive side of
Björk's music and included collaborations with Timbaland, Toumani
Diabaté, Antony Hegarty, and an all-female Icelandic choir. ~ Stephen
Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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Their subsequent breakthrough album, Urban Discipline, built on the
groundwork laid by "Bring the Noise," laying rhythmically shouted
vocals over heavy, hip-hop-influenced beats and guitar riffs recalling
both hardcore and thrash. The hardcore rap group Onyx recorded an
alternate version of their hit single "Slam" with Biohazard backing
them, and the two groups worked together again on the Judgment Night
soundtrack, contributing the title song. 1994's State of the World
Address solidified both their reputation for intensity and their
musical hybrid, but Hambel then left the band, reducing them to a trio
for 1996's Mata Leao, which some found the group's most seamless
rap/metal fusion yet. Hambel was eventually replaced by ex-Helmet
guitarist Rob Echevarria, and in 1997, Biohazard released the live
album No Holds Barred, which showcased the in-concert ferocity for
which the group had become revered.
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At the beginning of 1996 Adams released a new album 18 'Til I Die. The
album featured the flamenco-tinged "Have You Ever Really Loved a
Woman?" from the Johnny Depp/Marlon Brando film Don Juan DeMarco.
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