To the
readers
Universidad de Oriente
School of Arts & Science
Course: Academic Writing I
Professor: Lica. Flor de María Olivares
Members:
Carlos Armando Contreras Diaz
Jessica Amalia Campos Quintanilla
Mincy Veronica Solis Gomez
Leonardo Alfredo Campos Quintanilla
Elizabeth López Sánchez
Carlos Armando Contreras Diaz
Jessica Amalia Campos Quintanilla
Mincy Veronica Solis Gomez
Leonardo Alfredo Campos Quintanilla
Elizabeth López Sánchez
Dear readers:
This blog is
created to inform others about the good deeds these five artists have made
throughout their careers and lives. Although their lives haven’t always been
that great, they have always found a way to pull through and made great things
for humanity.
To us, as group, it is a great pleasure to have done some research about these artists and we
truly hope you get to enjoy and have fun reading these amazing biographies. As
one on the artist says “we must stand up and fight
because this suffering is not only for others, we too must fight and start
uprising”. In other words, we must stand together and fight against these problems becuase we are all people and we need each other through good and bad moments.
Alicia Keys: Co-Founder and Global
Ambassador
Historical Figure
“The
best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for
good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen,
you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.”
―
Barack Obama
Alicia Augello
Cook, best known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American R&B
singer,songwriter, pianist, musician, record producer, actress and most
important she is the co-founder and Global Ambassador of Keep a Child Alive, a
non-profit organization that provides medicine to families with HIV and AIDS in
Africa. Throughout this biography we will know more about Alicia Keys and how
she began her career.
Artistry life
Alicia Augello
Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an
American R&B singer-songwriter, pianist, musician, record producer, and
actress.
Throughout her
life, Alicia Keys has released many albums that have earned her many Grammy
Awards thanked to her ability to incorporate piano into a majority of her
songs.
Lot composers have
labeled Alicia keys as an accomplished pianist, one of the best R&B singers
of 2000 era, and have given her much recognition in her professional career.
What attracts people is the way she is able to incorporate piano into a
majority of her songs and the ability to write about love, heartbreak and
female empowerment. Alicia Keys gets her inspiration from different artists including
Whitney Houston, Prince, Nina Simone, Barbra Streisand, Marvin Gaye, Quincy
Jones, Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder
For instance,
Songs in A Minor, The Diary of Alicia Keys and Unplugged, Film debut and As I
Am, The Element of Freedom, and Girl on Fire.
Her first album
“Songs in A minor” was a great album that won her 5 Grammy Awards in 2002, not
only did she win these Grammy Awards, she became the best-selling-selling R
& B artist of 2001.
Her second
studio album “The Diary of Alicia Keys” was released in 2003 and was also
another success worldwide, selling eight million copies. The album gave Alicia
Keys an additional four Grammy Awards in 2005.
In 2007 her
third studio album, As I Am, was released five million copies were sold worldwide,
earning Alica Keys an additional three Grammy Awards. Two years later, which was in
December 2009, Alicia Keys released her fourth album, The Element of Freedom,
which became Keys' first chart-topping album in the United Kingdom. And her
last album “Girl on Fire” was released in November 2012, which became Keys'
fifth chart-topping album in the United States.
Alicia
Keys is such a great artist that she has won numerous awards and has sold over 75
million records worldwide. Also, Billboard magazine, VH1, and Blackberry have given
Alicia keys much recognition due to her artistic skills as a singer.
For Instance:
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Billboard Magazine named her
the top R & B songs artist of the 2000s decade.
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VH1 included Keys on its list
of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 201.
ü
.Billboard magazine placed her
number ten on their list of Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25
Years.
ü
BlackBerry named her as its
Global Creative Director at the Blackberry 10 Experience event in New York City
on January 30, 2013.
ü
She opened Super Bowl XLVII in
New Orleans, Louisiana on February 3, 2013, by singing the “The Star-Spangled
Banner.
Philanthropy
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| Global Ambassador and Co Founder of "Keep a Child Alive" |
This non-profit organization that provides medicine to families that suffer from HIV and AIDS in Africa. Also, She has performed in many places as part of the worldwide Live concerts to raise
awareness of the poverty in Africa and to pressure the G8 leaders to take
action so they can find ways to bring aid to these people dying from aids and
lack of food.
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| Alicia Keys with Bono at the debut song "Dont Give Up" |
In 2005, in recognition
of “World AIDS Day”, Alicia Keys and united nation lead singer Bono recorded a
cover version of "Don't Give Up" sang by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush.
The cover version was retitled "Don't Give Up (Africa)". It was named
like that to remind and to reflect the nature of the charity it was being
benefiting.
When Alicia Keys
would visit Africa, she would focus on promoting care for children affected by
AIDS, documenting her work in Africa and letting others know that this was a
big problem that couldn’t be forgotten or ignored by the world.
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| In Africa with chilren affected by AIDs. |
In addition to
doing all these things, Alicia Keys donated money to “Frum Tha Ground Up”, a
non-profit organization that help children, teenagers and students, who wish to
continue their education, to get scholarships.
Also In 2005, Alicia
Keys decided to help the hurricane Katrina victims by performing for “Re Act
Now, Music & Relief and Shelter from the Storm” programs, so that money
could be raise and given to those that lost everything in Hurricane Katrina.
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| Performing for Katrina. |
This was done in
order to raise money for those affected by Hurricane Katrina and the money
raised was given to the programs. As a result these programs would help those
affected people that lost everything during the hurricane.
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| Hurricane Katrina victims |
As a final
point, I think that Alicia Keys by far has done many good things for humanity
compares to other singers. She cares about others and devotes her time to help
others in needs.
Nowadays, singers once they reach success, they tend to forget where they came from and the things they went through in order to get to where they are. Furthermore, she has donated so much money to charities that focus on helping others to pursuit their education and achieve their goals. to me she is a an example to follow. she once said "no matter how high the standard is, I would always help others in need" this means that people always find ways to make excuses when it comes to help others.
Nowadays, singers once they reach success, they tend to forget where they came from and the things they went through in order to get to where they are. Furthermore, she has donated so much money to charities that focus on helping others to pursuit their education and achieve their goals. to me she is a an example to follow. she once said "no matter how high the standard is, I would always help others in need" this means that people always find ways to make excuses when it comes to help others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Keys
written by Carlos Armando Contreras Diaz
Liam Gallagher
Historical Figure
In conclusion, Ricky Martin has managed to achieve may good things personally and profesionally, but more important by his foundations he has come to help the poorest communities of the world by giving a message of love to the world.
Liam Gallagher
Historical Figure
Liam Gallagher
William Paul
Gallagher (born in September 21th, 1972) best known as Liam Gallagher. He is an English
musician, singer, song writer, famous vocalist of
the indie rock band Oasis.
he stands out becuase of his distinctive voice, position while singing
playing a tambourine and his attittude. Liam was born in
Burnage Manchester and he is the third and youngest child of Irish parents Thomas and Peggy
Gallagher. while growing up, Liam had a lot of problems at home and he always escaped of that world by singing in his room. This created in him lot of feelings
that became in the desire of being a singing created, so
he started to listen songs to feel better such as:
The Stone Roses, The Who, The Kinks, The Jam, T Rex and The Beatles.The Beatles was his main influence in his process of being a singer.
His brother Noel has said that Liam was not a fan of music in his
childhood but when he became a teenager he found a relief in the music.
Liam’s older brother Noel, who was making his own career as a musician
in other countries, didn’t know about the great talent of Liam so when he came
back he went to a presentation of his brother Liam, there was when he realize
that Liam was a great singer. Even though they didn’t like each other, they
decided to create a band and Liam proposed the name of the band ‘’Oasis’’. Oasis
was now the band that would change many people's lives.
Liam started his career in 1991 as the front man of his band Oasis with
the guidance of his brother, Oasis acquired a record contract and recorded the
album Definitely Maybe (1994), which at the time was the fastest selling British debut album ever.
Liam was praised for his vocal contributions to the album, and his presence
made Oasis a popular live act. However, his attitude also won him much
attention from the British tabloid press who often ran stories concerning his alleged drug use and behavior. The following albums What's the Story and The Glory were released in 1995 and were even more successful, becoming the third-best selling album in
British history.
As the year were passing, Liam and the relationship with his brother
Noel was getting worse, they were fighting for everything but always was a
solution. However, besides the arguments that Liam was having with his brother,
he had problems with drugs and alcohol and his voice was not good sometimes.
Liam decides to concentrate more in the music so his career was getting
better, the great songs written by his brother and the unique voice of Liam,
helped him to be more successful, Oasis third album, Be Here Now, was released on 21 August 1997 and set a new
record as the fastest selling album in UK Chart history.
Many albums were made after ‘’Be Here Now’’ and of course they were
popular albums just like the first albums but all the song were written by Noel
and the difference of the albums that came later, was that they contain songs
written by Liam.
During 1998 and 2009 many albuns were recorded by Oasis, for instance, The Masterplan, Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants, Familiar to Millions, and so many more. In addition to these albums, Oasis recieved many awards for their success as listed below:
During 1998 and 2009 many albuns were recorded by Oasis, for instance, The Masterplan, Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants, Familiar to Millions, and so many more. In addition to these albums, Oasis recieved many awards for their success as listed below:
- 6 Brit Awards
- 2 Ivor Novello Awards
- 4 MTV Europe Music Awards
- 1 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
- 9 NME Awards
- 9 Q Awards
- 1 Top of the Pops Awards
- 1 Vodafone Live Music Awards
- 1 Silver Clef Awards
- 2 UK Music Video Awards
Liam obtain a lot of success because of his voice, his attitude and being in one of the best band Oasis, but the tension was worse
with his brother, they rose in a fight in a backstage area on 28 August 2009,
it resulted in Liam breaking Noel's guitar.
In 2009 after having lot of problems, Noel decided to leave the band so
there were not more Oasis. A statement from Noel appeared on the band's website
writing that "with some sadness and great relief...I quit Oasis tonight.
People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working
with Liam a day longer." The rest of the band have since continued their
career in the band Beady
Eye.
Liam has stated he does not speak much with his brother and that they
"don't really have a relationship". During the final tour, the only
time that they ever spoke directly was when onstage. However, he has shown
signs of conciliation: when asked who is the best frontman ever? Liam said,
"Noel Gallagher’’.
On 21 May 2012, after almost three years without communicating, it was
revealed that Liam and Noel had been in "friendly text contact" but
later it was said there was not communication anymore.
In November 2009, Gallagher announced that he and former Oasis band
members had written new material as part of a new project. Since 2009 Liam has
been in his new band Beady Eye, recording new singles and having success but
not like Oasis but the good news for the Oasis fans is that Liam said in 2010
that he was going to sing Oasis songs and he did, during the period of 2010 and
2014 he has been singing the songs that made him famous.
All the fans want Liam and the others to talk with Noel and to be Oasis
again but it seems it is not possible. Since lot of years, they have been
saying that they don’t want to come back to Oasis because they don’t like each
other but on May, 2014, Liam wrote on twitter O-A-S-I-S and Noel just gave a
possibility so all the fans are waiting to listen Liam singing again like
before.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Gallagher
https://oasistalktonight.wordpress.com/biografias/biografia-de-liam-gallagher/
http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/william-john-paul-gallagher-2145.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Gallagher
https://oasistalktonight.wordpress.com/biografias/biografia-de-liam-gallagher/
http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/william-john-paul-gallagher-2145.php
written by Jessica Amalia Campos Quintanilla
Enrique Martin Morales
Historical Figure
Enrique Martin Morales was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 24, 1971. he is best known as ricky martin. over the year he has become a singer, songwiter, performer and writer.
First of all, he began his musical career in the mid 80 as a child vocalist in a group called "Menudo", but as time went by he decided to be a soloist artist, it wasnt until 1991 that he became a soloist artist and he sold over 85 million albums as a solo artist. Due to his success thorughout his career he has recieved many awards. For instance, he won a Grammy for being a humanitarian person that help and was called an ambassador of UNICEF..
First of all, he began his musical career in the mid 80 as a child vocalist in a group called "Menudo", but as time went by he decided to be a soloist artist, it wasnt until 1991 that he became a soloist artist and he sold over 85 million albums as a solo artist. Due to his success thorughout his career he has recieved many awards. For instance, he won a Grammy for being a humanitarian person that help and was called an ambassador of UNICEF..
Second, Ricky Martin founded the the "Ricly Martin Foundation" in 2002 and in the same year created the project "People for Children" in order to combat child trafficking and sexual explotation.
Third, Ricky Martin has sung at many concert such as Pavarotti and Friends in 1999 and 2003 in order to raise money for his foundation called "RickyMartinFoundation". Also, Ricky has recieved many awards for being such a caring person. For instance, he recievied awards from leadership in the Arts Award, Billboard's Spirit of Hope Award, ALma Award, Vanguard Award, and International Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Furthermore, he recieved the "Hispanic Heritage Award" for his humanitarian work with Sabera Foundation in September in 2002 and within the same year he recorded for Sabera Foundation and in this year he released his album called "Voice Fo Hope". Then 2 years later Ricky Martin reiceved a very important award, he recieved a "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the Lo Nuestro Awards in Miami, Florida.
In conclusion, Ricky Martin has managed to achieve may good things personally and profesionally, but more important by his foundations he has come to help the poorest communities of the world by giving a message of love to the world.
http://www.blogys.net/UserFiles/Image/famoseo/2008/musica/rickymartincamboya.jpg
written by Mincy Veronica Solis Gomez
written by Mincy Veronica Solis Gomez
Miles Peter Kane
Miles Peter Kane, born March 17, 1986, is an English
musician. He was a member of the band The Little Flames, The Rascals leader and
co-leader of The Last Shadow Puppets with Alex Turner.
Career
The
Little Flames
In December 2004, aged 18, Kane joined The Little
Flames as guitarist alongside Eva Petersen (vocals), Greg Mighall (drums), Joe
Edwards (bass) and Matt Gregory (guitar). The band enjoyed some success,
becoming comparison with The Coral and high profile fans getting as Arctic
Monkeys. Also shared tours with bands such as The Zutons, The Dead 60's and
the aforementioned The Coral and Arctic Monkeys. Nevertheless, training decided
to take different paths after discussing with the record on the musical direction.
The Rascals
After removal of the previous group, along with Kane
and Mighall and Edwards (former bandmates) , formed The Rascals , he assumed
the role of chief songwriter . The members , who knew from childhood continued
where they left off in The Little Flames , signing with the same label ,
Deltasonic Records.
The group did not allow his peculiar sound of amazing beats rock with a psychedelic personality was altered and only a dark and imposing spirit. Their debut EP , "Out of Dreams" was released in December 2007 , after seven months since the band was formed ; EP containing 4 songs, but did not reach the charts . Nevertheless , soon became one of the bands of 2008 , supported by NME, followed by the welcome opportunity to accompany Arctic Monkeys on tour 2007. Their first album, entitled " Rascalize " , were released on 23 June 2008. in August 2009 Miles announced he was leaving the band to focus on his solo career.
The group did not allow his peculiar sound of amazing beats rock with a psychedelic personality was altered and only a dark and imposing spirit. Their debut EP , "Out of Dreams" was released in December 2007 , after seven months since the band was formed ; EP containing 4 songs, but did not reach the charts . Nevertheless , soon became one of the bands of 2008 , supported by NME, followed by the welcome opportunity to accompany Arctic Monkeys on tour 2007. Their first album, entitled " Rascalize " , were released on 23 June 2008. in August 2009 Miles announced he was leaving the band to focus on his solo career.
The Last Shadow Puppets
During the 2007 tour of Arctic Monkeys, where they
opened The Rascals, Kane friend of the leader of the band, Alex Turner was
made. Both shared influences as Scott Walker. Kane worked with Arctic Monkeys
playing guitar on the song "505 " during the tour; and later the B
sides of the single "Fluorescent Adolescent", "The Bakery" and "Plastic Tramp". The duo began playing together
backstage and soon began writing songs. They realized that there was future in
their joint compositions, and thus the project The Last Shadow Puppets emerged.
Personal life
Born in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, Kane grew up
in nearby Meols. Being an only child, Kane has stayed close to his mother. Kane supports the football team Liverpool F.C. Miles is also a close friend
of Everton and England footballer Leighton Baines.
Kane was in a relationship with model Gayness Deyn in
2009. The couple broke up because Deyn couldn't divide her time between America
and England. Kane had a relationship with model Suki Waterhouse from June 2011
to February 2013. At the end of 2013 he was rumored to be dating MTV Europe
presenter Laura Whitmore.
written by Leonardo Alfredo Campos Quintanilla
Darlene Zschech
Darlene Zschech was born on Brisbane Queenland on September 8th 1965 is
an Australian Pentecostal Christian worship leader. She is acclaimed all around
the world as a singer, songwriter, worship leader and speaker. She has two
brothers and a sister, she has been singing since she was three
years old and she was ten when for first time began performing a weekly
children´s TV program.
Zschech was dealing with bulimia about four years
because of an emotional stress of her parent´s divorce. Then at the age of
fifteen her father take her to the church regularly and rededicated her life to
Christ. During that time music started
to be one of the talent which was fundamental in her life.then she knew Mark
who became her husband and had three daughter Amy, Zoe and Chloe. The support of her family and her church
also help her to keep her perspective and to remain true and strong in her life
and ministry. More than a collection of individuals, the singers and
musicians with whom she works are a mutually supportive team, and her Church is
an extended family.
Darlene has a great heart for helping hurting people,
and she has recognized that her public platform gives her the opportunity to
make a significant difference in the lives of others.
She and husband Mark have made a life commitment to do
whatever they could to bring answer and relief to human suffering. One of their
great joys in life is to work with Compassion International, serving the
world's poorest of the poor children and being committed wholeheartedly to
relieving human suffering in any possible way.
Darlene and her husband Mark are also senior pastors
of Hope Unlimited Church on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia.
While they travel extensively and have the honor of
working and ministering alongside amazing friends around the globe, family
remains Darlene's supreme delight. As she says, "First and foremost I am a
woman who simply and wholeheartedly loves Christ, and serves Him through loving
my family, serving the church, and speaking up for those who cannot speak for
themselves.
Written by Elizabeth López Sánchez
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