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ÄKT
Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland ry, or Musiikkituottajat for short (; formerly known as Suomen Ääni- ja kuvatallennetuottajat; ÄKT), IFPI Finland in English, is the umbrella organization of recording producers active in Finland, with 23 record labels as its members. Activity The aim of the association is "to improve the cultural-political situation and legal protections of record production, develop the distribution and production of recordings and music videos and participate in governing and overseeing the production rights". Musiikkituottajat is the Finnish representative of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). It is also one of the three member associations of Gramex.Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland ry (2010) Since 1994, Musiikkituottajat has been responsible for composing the official records c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Official Finnish Charts
The Official Finnish Charts (; ) are national record charts in Finland compiled and published by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. The name ''Suomen virallinen lista/Finlands officiella lista'' (lit. "the Official Finnish Chart"), which is singular in both Finnish and Swedish, is used generically to refer to both the albums and the singles chart, and the context (albums or songs) reveals which chart is meant. History The first charts were published in 1951. In January 1991, the Yle radio station Radiomafia started to compile the first weekly chart in Finland called ''Radiomafian lista'', which was broadcast on the radio every Sunday. Prior to that, all singles and album charts in Finland had been either monthly or biweekly published sales charts. ''Radiomafian lista'' became the official Finnish charts in January 1994 when they began a partnership with Suomen Ääni- ja kuvatallennetuottajat (ÄKT) (now known as Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland), the umbrella organizat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Helsinki. The majority of the population are Finns, ethnic Finns. The official languages are Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish; 84.1 percent of the population speak the first as their mother tongue and 5.1 percent the latter. Finland's climate varies from humid continental climate, humid continental in the south to boreal climate, boreal in the north. The land cover is predominantly boreal forest biome, with List of lakes of Finland, more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first settled around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period, last Ice Age. During the Stone Age, various cultures emerged, distinguished by differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Of 1990–2000
''The Best of 1990–2000'' is the second greatest hits album by Irish rock band U2. It was released on 5 November 2002 through Island Records and Interscope Records. The follow-up to '' The Best of 1980–1990'' (1998), it was issued as both a single-disc CD compilation and as a multi-disc compilation called ''The Best of 1990–2000 & B-Sides'', which included a second disc of 14 B-sides released between 1990 and 2000 and a bonus DVD. A video album of the same name was later released in December 2002. ''The Best of 1990–2000'' contained two newly recorded tracks: " Electrical Storm" and " The Hands That Built America"; the former was released as a single, while the latter was released on the soundtrack to '' Gangs of New York''. The compilation also includes "new mixes" of several songs, as well the tracks "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (a non-album single from 1995) and "Miss Sarajevo" (which was originally credited to Passengers and also released as a single i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forty Licks
''Forty Licks'' is a double compilation album by the Rolling Stones. A 40-year career-spanning retrospective, ''Forty Licks'' is notable for being the first retrospective to combine their formative Decca/London era of the 1960s, now licensed by ABKCO Records (on disc one), with their self-owned post-1970 material, distributed at the time by Virgin/EMI but now distributed by ABKCO's own distributor Universal Music Group (on mostly disc two). Four new songs are included on the second disc. The album was a commercial success, as it reached No. 2 on both UK and US charts. Concurrently with the album's release, the Stones embarked on the successful, year-long international Licks Tour, which would result in the subsequent '' Live Licks'' album being released in 2004. Background In 1970, the Rolling Stones had an acrimonious break-up with their former manager, Allen Klein, and their former record label, Decca Records (who licensed their recordings to London Records for release in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europop (album)
''Europop'' is the debut studio album by Italian electronic group Eiffel 65. The album was released in late 1999 as under Bliss Corporation and Universal Records and Republic Music (Universal and Republic would merge to Universal Republic). The album is most notable for the group's two biggest hits: "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" and " Move Your Body," which topped the charts worldwide in 2000. Music The title of ''Europop'' describes its genre; it combines several dance styles unique to European countries, such as the United Kingdom's trip hop, Germany's techno, and Italy's dance music, and songs are structured like typical pop songs. The album follows a deep house template featuring vocoder vocal effects, synthesizer hooks, and "nursery rhyme choruses," with occasional deviations from it into string-orchestrated hip-hop ("Living in a Bubble") and "trippy" house stylings ("Now is Forever" and "Europop"). Elements of 1980s synthpop dominate, with reviews making comparisons to Depeche Mode (e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything Changes (Take That Album)
Everything Changes may refer to: * "Everything Changes" (''Torchwood''), the first episode of the British science-fiction series ''Torchwood'' * ''Everything Changes'' (Julian Lennon album), 2011 * ''Everything Changes'' (Take That album), 1993 ** "Everything Changes" (Take That song), the title track * ''Everything Changes'' (Peggy Seeger album), 2014 * "Everything Changes" (Markus Fagervall song) *"Everything Changes", a song by Little Big Town from ''Little Big Town'' *"Everything Changes", a song from '' Pokémon 2.B.A. Master'' *"Everything Changes", a song by Kathy Troccoli from ''Pure Attraction ''Pure Attraction'' is the fourth full-length album by singer-songwriter Kathy Troccoli, released on October 29, 1991, through Reunion Records. Coming five years after her 1986 album, ''Images (Kathy Troccoli album), Images'', ''Pure Attraction'' ...'' *"Everything Changes", a song by Scatman John from '' Scatman's World'' * "Everything Changes" (Staind song), 2006 {{disambigua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crazy Nights
''Crazy Nights'' is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Kiss, recorded from March to June 1987 and released on September 21, 1987, by Mercury worldwide and Vertigo in the UK. This was the second album to feature the line-up of Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Bruce Kulick, and Eric Carr. The album is notable for its pop-metal sound as well as for its use of keyboards and synthesizers, a reflection of popular trends in the commercial rock genre of this time. It was re-released in 1998 as part of the Kiss Remasters series and is the last Kiss album to have been remastered. A high number of songs from ''Crazy Nights'' were performed live during its supporting tour, but during and especially following the tour, most of those songs were dropped and never performed again. Only the song " Crazy Crazy Nights" was retained in their setlist for the ''Hot in the Shade Tour'' a couple of years later; it was dropped after that tour, not returning for nearly 20 years until the ''So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crazy Love (Michael Bublé Album)
''Crazy Love'' is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer Michael Bublé. It was released by 143 Records and Reprise Records on October 9, 2009. After only three days of sales, it opened atop the ''Billboard'' 200 chart with 132,000 copies, making it Bublé's second No. 1 album. Spending the first full week at the top, the album increased in sales to 203,000 copies, staying again at the No. 1 spot on its second week. In Australia, the album debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart and spent six non-consecutive weeks as No. 1. It has since been certified five times Platinum. In the United Kingdom, ''Crazy Love'' topped the album charts. As of October 2018, the album has sold 3.13 million copies in the UK. The album won the award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 53rd Grammy Awards. Album information The album was recorded over a period of six months in Los Angeles, New York and Vancouver, Bublé's hometown. Produced by David Foster, Bob Rock, and Humberto Gatica, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cieli Di Toscana
''Cieli di Toscana (Tuscan Skies)'' is Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's eighth studio album, released in 2001. Released in October 2001, the album spent a total of two weeks at No. 3 on the official UK albums chart, the highest chart position ever for a foreign-language pop album, and reached the top 5 in over 10 other countries. '' Tuscan Skies'', a ''DVD'' of music videos of most of the songs of the album, was released the following year. Track listing # " Melodramma" (4:09) # " Mille Lune Mille Onde" (4:01) # "E Sara' A Settembre (Someone Like You)" (5:06) # "Chiara" (4:04) # "Mascagni" (4:12) # "Resta Qui" (4:10) # "Il Mistero Dell'Amore" (4:30) # "Se La Gente Usasse Il Cuore" (5:00) # "Si Voltò" (4:07) # "L'Abitudine" (4:21) (Feat. Helena Hellwig) # "L'Incontro" (4:52) (Feat. Bono) # "E Mi Manchi Tu" (5:03) # "Il Diavolo E L'Angelo" (4:03) # "L'Ultimo Re" (3:48) # "Tornera la Neve" (4:05) (Bonus track) Reception Commercial performance Cieli di Toscana so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Britney (album)
''Britney'' is the third studio album by American singer Britney Spears. It was released on October 31, 2001, by Jive Records. Looking to transition from the teen pop styles of her first two studio albums ''...Baby One More Time (album), ...Baby One More Time'' (1999) and ''Oops!... I Did It Again (album), Oops!... I Did It Again'' (2000), Spears began to embrace a significantly more mature sound with ''Britney''. The record incorporates genres of Pop music, pop and contemporary R&B, R&B with influences of Electronic dance music, EDM and occasionally dips into disco, hip hop, Rock music, rock, and electronica. Its lyrical themes address the subjects such as coming of age, adulthood, control, and sexuality. Contributions to its production came from a variety of collaborators, including Max Martin and Rami Yacoub. Spears herself assumed a more prominent role in the album's development, co-writing six of its tracks. The album correlated with Spears's feature film Crossroads (2002 film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridge Over Troubled Water
''Bridge Over Troubled Water'' is the fifth and final studio album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on January 26, 1970, by Columbia Records. Following the duo's soundtrack for ''The Graduate'', Art Garfunkel took an acting role in the film '' Catch-22'', while Paul Simon worked on the songs, writing all tracks except Felice and Boudleaux Bryant's " Bye Bye Love" (previously a hit for the Everly Brothers). With the help of producer Roy Halee, the album followed a similar musical pattern as their previous album '' Bookends'' (1968), partly abandoning their traditional style to incorporate elements of rock, R&B, gospel, jazz, world music, pop and other genres. It was described as their "most effortless record and their most ambitious." After ''Bridge Over Troubled Water'' was released, several re-releases followed. The album was mixed and released in both stereo and quadraphonic. Columbia Records released a 40th Anniversary Edition on March 8, 2011, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born This Way (album)
''Born This Way'' is a studio album by American singer Lady Gaga, released by Interscope Records on May 23, 2011. It was co-written and co-produced by Gaga with other producers, including Fernando Garibay and RedOne, who had previously worked with her. She also worked with artists such as E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons and Queen (band), Queen guitarist Brian May. Gaga and Garibay are the album's Music director, musical directors. The music of ''Born This Way'' stems from the synth-pop and dance-pop styles of her previous material while incorporating different forms of instrumentation from that on her previous releases, such as electronic rock and techno. It features a broader range of genres, such as Heavy metal music, heavy metal, disco, House music, house, and rock and roll, while its lyrical topics include sexuality, religion, freedom, feminism, and individualism. Despite divided opinions among religious and conservative commentators, the album was well received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
