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Amazed
"Amazed" is a song by American country music group Lonestar, released on March 22, 1999, to country radio as the second single from their third studio album ''Lonely Grill'' (1999). The power ballad is the band's longest-lasting number one single and biggest hit, spending eight weeks at the top of the ''Billboard'' country chart. The song was written by Marv Green, Aimee Mayo, and Chris Lindsey. A pop remix of the song reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number two on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts in 2000. The song has sold over 1,650,000 digital copies in the US as of February 2016. Since the release of the original, the song has been covered by Bonnie Tyler, Duncan James, and Fady Maalouf, all of whom have released their respective versions as singles. Ben Mills, Boyz II Men and Shane Filan of Westlife have included covers in their respective albums. On ''The Sing-Off'' (season 4, episode 3), judge Shawn Stockman, of Boyz II Men fame, mentioned tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonestar
Lonestar (formerly known as Texassee) is an American country music band from Nashville, Tennessee. The band consists of Drew Womack (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar), Michael Britt (lead guitar, background vocals), Dean Sams (keyboards, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals), and Keech Rainwater (drums). Britt, Sams, and Rainwater co-founded the band in 1992 with original lead vocalist Richie McDonald and bass guitarist John Rich. Rich exited the band in 1998 and went on to join Big Kenny as one-half of the duo Big & Rich. Since his departure, Lonestar has relied alternatingly on session and touring musicians for bass guitar accompaniment. McDonald exited the band in 2007 to record as a solo artist, and was replaced by former McAlyster vocalist Cody Collins before returning in 2011. After McDonald left a second time in 2021 to join the Frontmen, he was replaced by Womack, formerly the lead singer of Sons of the Desert. Lonestar has charted more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aimee Mayo
Aimee Mayo (born September 28, 1971) is an American author and songwriter from Gadsden. She has written songs recorded by artists such as Tim McGraw, Meghan Trainor, The Backstreet Boys, Billy Currington, and Kellie Pickler. She co-wrote the American country band Lonestar's 1999 single ' Amazed', which was nominated for Best Country Song at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards.. She has received multiple awards, including BMI Foundation's Country Song of the Year and Songwriter of the Year awards. Mayo has also received over a dozen BMI Country Awards and BMI Pop Awards. Personal life Mayo grew up in Gadsden. Her father, Danny Mayo, was a songwriter known for ' Feed Jake' and ' Keeper of the Stars', and her brother Cory Mayo wrote ' You'll Be There' for George Strait in 2005. Mayo moved to Nashville at the age of 20, where she signed a songwriting contract with BMG. Mayo is married to fellow songwriter Chris Lindsey; they have three children. Career Songs written or co-writte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonely Grill
''Lonely Grill'' is the third studio album by American country music group Lonestar, released in the United States on June 1, 1999, by BNA Records. It reached number 28 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, and number three on the Top Country Albums chart. With sales of three million copies in the United States, it has been certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA. This was Lonestar's first studio album to have a crossover-friendly country-pop sound, which was a departure from their earlier neotraditional country sound. It is also their first studio album to be recorded as a four-piece as bassist and second lead vocalist John Rich left the band the previous year in 1998. Instead of replacing him with a new member, the band hired several session bassists to play the album's bass parts. Content The singles released from ''Lonely Grill'' were, in order of release, "Saturday Night", "Amazed", "Smile", "What About Now", and "Tell Her". While "Saturday Night" peaked at number 47 on the ''Billboar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Lindsey
Christopher Marsh Lindsey is a Grammy nominated American country music songwriter and record producer. He has created major hits for Taylor Swift, The Civil Wars, Adam Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Kellie Pickler, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Sara Evans, Lonestar, and many others. Lindsey has over 250 commercial recordings of his songs selling 90 Million records and counting. Biography One of his first writing credits was Lonestar's 1999 single " Amazed", which at the time was the first song in 18 years to chart at number one on both Hot Country Songs and the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. He also co-wrote the song's followup, "Smile", which was at number one on the country charts while "Amazed" topped the Hot 100. "Amazed" received Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) awards for over 5 million spins on radio, plus a Song of the Year award from the same association. It was also the top country song of 1999 according to ''Billboard'' Year-End. Lindsey' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marv Green
Marv Green (born in California) is an American country music songwriter. He is known for co-writing Lonestar's 1999 single " Amazed", which reached number 1 on both the Hot Country Songs and ''Billboard'' Hot 100 charts. This song won him a Song of the Year award from Broadcast Music, Inc. Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) is a performance rights organization in the United States. It collects blanket license fees from businesses that use music, entitling those businesses to play or sync any songs from BMI's repertoire of over 22.4 milli ... (BMI). Discography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Marv American country singer-songwriters Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Singer-songwriters from California Country musicians from California Year of birth missing (living people) American male singer-songwriters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westlife
Westlife are an Irish pop group formed in Dublin in 1998. The group consists of members Nicky Byrne, Shane Filan, Kian Egan and Mark Feehily. Brian McFadden was a member before leaving in March 2004. The group disbanded in 2012 and later reunited in 2018. In Ireland, the group has 11 number-one albums, 16 number-one singles, and 34 Top 50 singles. They have sold over 55 million records and are holders of four ''Guinness World Records''. Westlife has received numerous List of awards and nominations received by Westlife, accolades including one World Music Award, two Brit Awards, four MTV Awards, and four The Record of the Year, Record of the Year Awards. The group has released twelve studio albums: four as a five-piece and eight as a four-piece. They rose to fame with their debut international self-titled studio album, ''Westlife (album), Westlife'' (1999). It was followed by ''Coast to Coast (Westlife album), Coast to Coast'' (2000), ''World of Our Own'' (2001), and ''Turnar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smile (Lonestar Song)
"Smile" is a song written by Keith Follesé and Chris Lindsey, and recorded by American country music band Lonestar. It was released in October 1999 as the third single and 10th track from their third album '' Lonely Grill''. The song reached the top of the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Music video The music video was directed by Trey Fanjoy Trey Fanjoy is an American music video director. Fanjoy has directed over 150 major label music videos. Her videos have appeared on CMT, VH1, GAC, The Nashville Network, CMT Canada, and MTV. She is the first woman to win the Country Music Ass ..., and premiered on CMT on October 30, 1999, during CMT's "Delivery Room". A portion of their previous single " Amazed" was played at the beginning of the video. Charts Year-end charts References 1999 singles 1999 songs Lonestar songs Music videos directed by Trey Fanjoy Song recordings produced by Dann Huff Songs written by Keith Follesé BNA Records singles S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fady Maalouf
Fady Maalouf ( pronounced Fādī Maʿlūf; born on 20 April 1979) is a German–Lebanese pop and crossover opera singer. He is known as the runner up of the fifth season of ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar'', the German version of ''Pop Idol''. He has released three albums to date, '' Blessed'' (2008), '' Into the Light'' (2010) and ''City of Gold'' (2012). He also released his EP ''Indigo'' (2017). Early life Maalouf was born to a Lebanese family and his father Mounir Maalouf had German roots. He started at a very early age to show interest in music and singing. He sang in a church children's choir and took some piano lessons. Later on he received professional voice training with a vocal coach. Aged 17, he started performing as a club singer in piano bars, night clubs, as well as events and galas in Lebanon. He also made some Arabic language songs using the artistic name Alex, including the single "Ya Leil" written and composed by Fady Maalouf himself, accompanied by a music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan James
Duncan Matthew James Inglis (born 7 April 1978) is an English singer, actor and television presenter. He became widely known in 2001 as a member of the boy band Blue and later for playing Ryan Knight in the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. Early life James grew up in Dorset as an only child, and was raised primarily by his mother Fiona Inglis and his grandparents, after his father abandoned his mother before he was born. He was raised a "strict Catholic" and educated at Dumpton School in Wimborne (where his grandfather worked as a music teacher), Milldown School (Blandford Forum), Corfe Hills School ( Broadstone), and Sidmouth College (East Devon). At the age of 15 he played Puck in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and Dr Watson in ''Sherlock Holmes'' for Sidmouth Youth Theatre. Career 2000–2005: Career with Blue James, along with Antony Costa, convinced Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe in early 2000 to form the group Blue. Blue's R&B-influenced pop allowed the group to ach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Filan
Shane Steven Filan (born 5 July 1979) is an Irish singer best known as a member of the pop vocal group Westlife, which was formed in 1998, disbanded in 2012, and regrouped in 2018. Westlife has released thirteen albums, embarked on twelve world tours, and won several awards, becoming one of the most successful musical groups of all time. Filan has released three solo albums: '' You and Me'' (2013), '' Right Here'' (2015), and '' Love Always'' (2017). He has appeared sixteen times in the UK Singles Chart with number-one hits, making him one of the most-appeared Irish music artists in British music number-one singles history. Early life Shane Filan was born on 5 July 1979 in Sligo, Ireland. He is the son of Peter (1942-2020) and Mae Filan (née McNicholas) (1937-2019), natives of Roscommon and Mayo respectively. Filan is the youngest of seven siblings; he has three brothers and three sisters. From a very early age, Filan worked behind the counter of his parents' business � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B Major
B major is a major scale based on B. The pitches B, C, D, E, F, G, and A are all part of the B major scale. Its key signature has five sharps. Its relative minor is G-sharp minor, its parallel minor is B minor, and its enharmonic equivalent is C-flat major. The B major scale is: Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The B harmonic major and melodic major scales are: Although B major is usually considered a remote key (due to its distance from C major in the circle of fifths and fairly large number of sharps), Frédéric Chopin regarded its scale as the easiest of all to play on the piano, as its black notes fit the natural positions of the fingers well; as a consequence he often assigned it first to beginning piano students, leaving the scale of C major until last because he considered it the hardest of all scales to play completely evenly (because of its complete lack of black notes). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D-flat Major
D-flat major is a major scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F, G, A, B and C. Its key signature has five flats. The D-flat major scale is: Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The D-flat harmonic major and melodic major scales are: Its relative minor is B-flat minor. Its parallel minor, D-flat minor, is usually replaced by C-sharp minor, since D-flat minor features a B ( B-double-flat) in its key signature making it less convenient to use. C-sharp major, the enharmonic equivalent to D-flat major, has seven sharps, whereas D-flat major only has five flats; thus D-flat major is often used as the parallel major for C-sharp minor. (The same enharmonic situation occurs with the keys of A-flat major and G-sharp minor, and to some extent, with the keys of G-flat major and F-sharp minor). For example, in his Prelude No. 15 in D-flat major ("Raindrop"), Frédéric Chopin switches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
