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musicSinger/pianist Ben Folds (born September 12, 1966, in
Winston-Salem, NC) is best known as the leader of the power pop trio Ben Folds
Five, but has also struck out on his own as a solo artist. Despite playing in
bands in high school, his musical career didn't really get off the ground until
the late '80s, as a bassist for Majosha (the outfit issued such obscure releases
as Party Night: Five Songs About Jesus and Shut Up and Listen to Majosha).
Proving his multi-instrumental talents, Folds also played drums as a session
musician in Nashville. After relocating to New York, Folds started acting again
(he'd done some theater in high school previously) and signed a publishing deal
with Sony Music.
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The group was formed by four teenage friends from Aston, near Birmingham,
England: Anthony "Tony" Iommi (b. Feb 19, 1948), guitar; William "Bill" Ward (b.
May 5, 1948), drums; John "Ozzy" Osbourne (b. Dec 3, 1948), vocals; and Terence
"Geezer" Butler (b. Jul 17, 1949), bass. They originally called their jazz-blues
band Polka Tulk, later renaming themselves Earth, and they played extensively in
Europe. In early 1969, they decided to change their name again when they found
that they were being mistaken for another group called Earth. Butler had written
a song that took its title from a novel by occult writer Dennis Wheatley, Black
Sabbath, and the group adopted it as their name as well. As they attracted
attention for their live performances, record labels showed interest, and they
were signed to Phillips Records in 1969. In January 1970, the Phillips
subsidiary Fontana released their debut single, "Evil Woman (Don't Play Your
Games With Me)," a cover of a song that had just become a U.S. hit for Crow; it
did not chart. The following month, a different Phillips subsidiary, Vertigo,
released Black Sabbath's self-titled debut album, which reached the U.K. Top
Ten. Though it was a less immediate success in the U.S. -- where the band's
recordings were licensed to Warner Bros. Records and appeared in May 1970 -- the
LP broke into the American charts in August, reaching the Top 40, remaining in
the charts over a year, and selling a million copies.

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Songwriter Beau Dozier: During 1994, Björk was
relatively quiet as she recorded her second album with Nellee Hooper, Tricky,
808 State's Graham Massey, and Howie B of Mo' Wax Records; she also released a
remix EP, co-wrote the title track for Madonna's Bedtime Stories, and performed
on MTV Unplugged that same year. "Army of Me," the first single from Björk's
forthcoming album, was released as a teaser single in the spring of 1995; it
debuted at number ten in the U.K. and became a moderate alternative rock hit in
the U.S. Post, her second album, was released in June of 1995 to positive
reviews; it peaked at number two in the U.K. and number 32 in the U.S. Post
matched its predecessor in terms of sales and praise, going gold in the U.S. and
helping her earn her second BRIT Award for Best International Female Artist.
Post yielded the British hit singles "Isobel" (number 23), "It's Oh So Quiet"
(number four), and "Hyperballad" (number eight), yet her singles failed to make
much headway on American radio or MTV. Late in 1996, Björk released Telegram, an
album comprised of radical remixes of the entire Post album, in the U.K.;
Telegram was released in America in January 1997.
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Jive released Celebrity, *NSYNC's third album, in 2001,
and after that, Timberlake started recording as a solo artist. The singer had
performed live as a solo artist before *NSYNC, but it wasn't until the early
2000s that he actually recorded an album as a solo act. Justified, Timberlake's
first solo album, was released on Jive in November 2002. "Like I Love You," the
album's first single, became a major hit and was followed by a second single,
"Cry Me a River" (not to be confused with the melancholy Arthur Hamilton
standard that was a hit for the late jazz singer/actress Julie London in 1955).
Now a bona fide star -- the album had reached number two on the Billboard 200 --
and heartthrob to millions of girls, Timberlake continued his success by
appearing on the Black Eyed Peas smash hit "Where Is the Love?" and in the
halftime show at Super Bowl XXXVIII, where he pulled off part of co-performer
Janet Jackson's top in the now infamous "wardrobe malfunction" incident. That
event, however, didn't stop him from winning two Grammys that year, and though
he stayed out of the studio for a few years in order to concentrate on acting
opportunities, Timberlake returned to the music world in 2006 with his
Prince-inspired FutureSex/LoveSounds, which featured production work from
Timbaland and Rick Rubin, and was followed by a brief club tour. ~ Alex
Henderson, All Music Guide