World Stars Wallpaper: August 2011

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Shania Twain Canadian country ger-songwriter

Shania Twain, OC play /əˈnaɪ.ə ˈtweɪn/; born Eilleen Regina Edwards; August 28, 1965 is a Canadian country ger-songwriter. She rose to fame in the mid 1990s with her album The Woman in Me (1995), and achieved worldwide success with her 1997 album Come On Over, which became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million copies worldwide and is the 9th best-selling album in the U.S. Her 4th album, titled Up! was released late 2002. To date it has sold 20 million copies worldwide.
A five-time Grammy Award winner, Twain has also achieved major success as a songwriter, winning 27 BMI Songwriter awards Twain has had three albums certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America and is the second best-selling artist in Canada, behind fellow Canadian Céline Dion, with three of her studio albums being certified double diamond by the Canadian Recording Industry Association. Twain has sold over 80 million albums worldwide and is ranked as the 10th best-selling artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era She was also ranked the 72nd Artist of the 2000–10 decade by Billboard. Most recently, Twain will have her own series, Why Not? with Shania Twain, that premiered on the OWN on May 8, 2011. She received a coveted star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on June 2, 2011 in recognition of her star-studded career.
Contents
* 1 Early years
* 2 Music career
o 2.1 Career as Eilleen Twain
o 2.2 1993–1994: Shania Twain
o 2.3 1995–1996: The Woman in Me/popularity established
* 3 Worldwide success
o 3.1 1997–2001: Come On Over
o 3.2 2002–2004: Up!
o 3.3 2004–2005: Greatest Hits
* 4 2006- present
o 4.1 Why Not? with Shania Twain; new album
* 5 Endorsements and other ventures
* 6 Personal life
* 7 Awards and honours
* 8 Discography
* 9 See also
* 10 References
* 11 Further reading
* 12 External links

Shania Twain

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Eric Saade pop singer

Eric Saade (Arabic: اريك سعادة‎ Īrik Saʿāda, IPA:; Swedish pronunciation: born 29 October 1990) is a Swedish pop singer and children's television presenter two years with the boyband What's Up!, he left in February 2009 to pursue a solo career. Eric Saade represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany after winning the national Swedish selection Melodifestivalen 2011 with his entry "Popular"In the final Saade came in third place which was Sweden's best result in the contest since 1999.
Contents
1 Beginnings
2 Member of What's Up!
3 Television work
4 Solo career
5 Melodifestivalen and Eurovision
5.1 Melodifestivalen 2010
5.2 Eurovision 2010
5.3 Melodifestivalen 2011
5.4 Eurovision 2011
6 Personal life
7 Awards and nominations
8 Discography
8.1 Albums
8.2 Singles
8.3 Songs charted on iTunes
8.4 Promotional Singles
9 Tours
10 References
11 External links

Eric Saade

Eric Bana Australian film and television

Eric Bana (play /ˈbænə/ ban-ə; born 9 August 1968) is an Australian film and television actor. He began his career as a comedian in the sketch comedy series Full Frontal before gaining critical recognition in the biopic Chopper (2000). After a decade of roles in Australian TV shows and films, Bana gained Hollywood's attention by playing the role of American Delta Force Sergeant Norm "Hoot" Hooten in Black Hawk Down (2001), the lead role as Bruce Banner in the Ang Lee directed film Hulk (2003), Hector in the movie Troy (2004), the lead in Steven Spielberg's Munich (2005), and the villain Nero in the science-fiction film Star Trek (2009).
An accomplished dramatic actor and comedian, he received Australia's highest film and television awards for his performances in Chopper, Full Frontal and Romulus, My Father Bana has performed across a wide spectrum of leading roles in a variety of low-budget and major studio films, ranging from romantic comedies and drama to science fiction and action thrillers.
Contents
1 Early life and family
2 Career
2.1 Early work
2.2 1997–2005
2.3 2005–present
3 Personal life
3.1 Charitable work
4 Filmography
5 Notes
6 External links

Eric Bana

Taylor Swift musician and actress

Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.
In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. In November 2008, Swift released her second album, Fearless, and the recording earned Swift four Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year, at the 52nd Grammy Awards. Fearless and Taylor Swift finished 2008 at number-three and number-six respectively, with sales of 2.1 and 1.5 million.Fearless topped the Billboard 200 for 11 non-consecutive weeks. Swift was named Artist of the Year by Billboard Magazine in 2009. Swift released her third album Speak Now on October 25, 2010 which sold 1,047,000 copies in its first week.
In 2008, her albums sold a combined four million copies, making her the best-selling musician of the year in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Forbes ranked Swift 2009's 69th-most powerful celebrity with earnings of $18 million2010's 12th-most powerful celebrity with earnings of $45 milli and 2011's 7th-most powerful celebrity with earnings of $45 million, too Swift was ranked the 38th Best Artist of the 2000–10 decade by BillboardIn January 2010 Nielsen SoundScan listed Swift as the most successful digital artist in music history with over 34.3 million digital tracks sold June 2011, renowned site The Boot named Swift and Carrie Underwood The Country Royalty, as they were the only female country artists to be ranked on Rolling Stone's Queens of Pop list.As of March 2011, she has sold over 20 million albums and 34.3 million singles worldwid
Contents
1 Early life
2 Music career
2.1 2000–05: Musical beginnings
2.2 2006–08: Taylor Swift
2.3 2008–2010: Fearless and MTV VMA incident
2.4 2010–present: Speak Now
3 Songwriting style
4 Other work
4.1 Acting
4.2 Cover model and recognition
4.3 Merchandise
4.4 Philanthropy
5 Personal life
6 Filmography
7 Discography
8 Awards and nominations
9 Tours
10 References
11 External links

Taylor Swift