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Girl groups have been popular at least since the heyday of the Boswell Sisters beginning in the 1930s, but the term "girl group" also denotes the wave of American female pop singing groups who flourished in the late 1950s and early 1960s between the decline of early rock and roll and the British Invasion, many of whom were influenced by doo-wop ...
Natalia "Nathy" Peluso [4] (Spanish: [ˌnati peˈluso]; born 12 January 1995) [5] is an Argentine, Spanish, and Italian [6] singer and songwriter. Born in Argentina and raised in Alicante, Spain, Peluso became interested in the performing arts at an early age, performing cover songs at musical bars in her teenage years in Torrevieja. [7]
"Viva la Vida" (/ ˈ v iː v ə l ə ˈ v iː d ə /, Spanish: [ˈbiβa la ˈβiða]; Spanish for 'long live life' or 'live life') [4] [5] [6] is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008).
An all-female band is a band which has consisted entirely of female musicians for at least three-quarters of its active career. This article only lists all-female bands who perform original material that is either authored by themselves or authored by another musician for that band's use. Therefore vocal groups (girl groups) are not included.
The Andantes were an American female session group for the Motown record label during the 1960s. Composed of Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps, [1] the group sang background vocals on numerous Motown recordings, [2] including songs by Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, the Four Tops, Jimmy Ruffin, Edwin Starr, the Supremes, the Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye ...
María Natalia Lafourcade Silva was born on 26 February 1984 in Mexico City, [5] but grew up in Coatepec, Veracruz, [6] surrounded by music and art. Her father is the Chilean musician Gastón Lafourcade [], [7] and her mother is the pianist María del Carmen Silva Contreras.
Robert Bell of the Arkansas Times described the song as a "total strip-joint anthem about a preacher's daughter who finds means of employment outside of the flock". [9] Todd Lyons of About.com stated that the composition "refers to the power of roaring Texas music to induce women to shed their clothing" and that it has "the first breath of fresh air on the album with an excellent middle-eight ...
Her seventh studio album Drama Queen was released in 2010, and spawned a top ten single "La Vida es Así". It was followed by the Grammy Award-nominated Musa in 2012. Ivy Queen's recordings often include themes of female empowerment, socio-political issues, infidelity, and relationships.