Bilal Hajji
Bilal Hajji, sometimes also known as The Chef (at times Bilal "The Chef" or Bilal "The Chef" Hajji) is a Moroccan- Swedish songwriter and record producer. Based in Sweden, of Moroccan origin, he has worked with many worldwide artists and celebrities, such as Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias, Akon, One Direction, Nicki Minaj, Nicole Scherzinger. He has written or co-written many charting hits on the music charts in many International countries. His early success came through co-writing songs for Alexandra Burke, Lady Gaga, Sean Kingston, Kat DeLuna and Swedish acts Darin Zanyar and Mohombi. He achieved recognition for his work in 2005, firstly with the Darin song " Step Up", which reached No. 1 in Sweden and later won him both a Swedish Grammy and Scandinavian Song of the Year award. Later hits written or co-written by him include songs for Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias, Nicole Scherzinger, Akon, One Direction, Nicki Minaj, Khaled amongst ot ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Record Producer
A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensuring artists deliver acceptable and quality performances, supervising the technical engineering of the recording, and coordinating the production team and process. The producer's involvement in a musical project can vary in depth and scope. Sometimes in popular genres the producer may create the recording's entire sound and structure. However, in classical music recording, for example, the producer serves as more of a liaison between the conductor and the engineering team. The role is often likened to that of a film director, though there are important differences. It is distinct from the role of an executive producer, who is mostly involved in the recording project on an administrative level, and from the audio engineer who operates the re ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Step Up (Darin Song)
Step Up may refer to: Film and television * ''Step Up'' (franchise), a series of dance films and related media ** ''Step Up'' (film), the 2006 first film in the series ** ''Step Up'' (TV series), a 2018–2022 drama series * Step Up (''The Price Is Right''), a former pricing game on the game show ''The Price is Right'' Music Albums * ''Step Up'' (Angelas Dish album) or the title song, 2009 * ''Step Up'' (Flamin' Groovies album) or the title song, 1991 * ''Step Up'' (Tower of Power album) or the title song, 2020 * '' Step Up (Original Soundtrack)'', or the title song by Samantha Jade, from the 2006 film Songs * "Step Up" (The Cheetah Girls song), 2006 * "Step Up" (Darin song), 2005 * "Step Up" (Drowning Pool song), 2004 * "Step Up", by Devo from ''Something for Everybody'', 2010 * "Step Up", by Enter Shikari from ''Common Dreads'', 2009 * "Step Up", by Kurupt from ''Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha'', 1999 * "Step Up", by Linkin Park from ''Hybrid Theory ''Hybrid Theory'' i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Breathing Your Love
"Breathing Your Love" is a song by the Swedish singer Darin Zanyar, Darin featuring vocals by American singer Kat DeLuna and the first single (music), single from Darin's fourth studio album, ''Flashback (Darin album), Flashback''. The song is co-written by Darin with RedOne, Bilal Hajji and Novel (musician), Novel was released to radio stations and as a music download, digital download in Sweden on 8 October 2008. The single was released in Finland and is also the first single from Darin to be released in the United Kingdom, which it was in January 2010. In October 2009 Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang took 2 copies of the single into space with him, as his daughter is a Darin fan. A photo of the disc can be seen with earth in the distance on the official Darin website. Chart performance The single was released as a digital download and to Swedish radio on 8 October and entered the chart the same week on place 5. The next week it climbed to its peak position, 2, where it stay ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mannequin Factory
Alaina Marie Beaton (born October 1, 1985), known professionally as Porcelain Black, is an American singer-songwriter and rapper. At age 16, she embarked on her music career as a solo act under the name Porcelain and the Tramps with Virgin Records. However, Black and Virgin could not agree on the music she would record. Her music was posted to her Myspace account, "rockcitynosebleed", where she gained millions of hits. After three years of trying to get out of the contract, she signed with RedOne's Universal Republic imprint, 2101 Records, late in 2009, and began working on her debut album. After many internal problems between the artist and record producer RedOne, Porcelain Black announced the partnership had come to an end, with anticipation of releasing her debut album in the vein of her Porcelain and the Tramps project in 2015. She appeared in the music video for Jack White's " Freedom at 21". As a songwriter, she is credited on songs performed by One Direction, Orianthi, The ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brava!
''Brava!'' (''Brave!'') is the tenth studio album and second bilingual album by Mexican recording artist Paulina Rubio, released on November 15, 2011 by Universal Music Latino. Two of its three singles "Me Gustas Tanto" and "Boys Will Be Boys (Paulina Rubio song), Boys Will Be Boys" became hits for Rubio. In 2012, ''Brava!'' was reissued as two expanded editions titled ''Brava! Reload'' in Europe and ''Bravísima!'' in North America. At the same time, these expansions were also separately released as Extended play, EPs in their respective regions containing the newly added songs. The album sold 100,000 copies worldwide. Background and production In early August 2010, Paulina talked on her first Twitter, Twitcam about her upcoming projects including her next studio album. She said that her new album will be "spanglish" and will include songs in Spanish and English. She also hoped that the first single of the new material would be released in the middle or the end of 2011. In May ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paulina Rubio
Paulina Susana Rubio Dosamantes (; born 17 June 1971) is a Mexican singer, songwriter and television personality. Referred to as "Honorific nicknames in popular music, The Golden Girl", she first achieved recognition as a member of the successful pop group Timbiriche from 1982 through 1991. After leaving Timbiriche, she embarked on a solo career. Rubio has sold over 15 million records, making her one of the List of best-selling Latin music artists, best-selling Latin music artists of all time. Rubio's first two studio albums, ''La Chica Dorada'' (1992) and ''24 Kilates'' (1993), were commercial successes and made her Capitol Latin, EMI Latin's best-selling Mexican female artist. In the mid-1990s, she adopted a more Dance music, dance and Electronic dance music, electronic style for her next two albums, ''El Tiempo Es Oro (album), El Tiempo Es Oro'' (1995) and ''Planeta Paulina'' (1996), and made her feature film debut with a starring role in Bésame En La Boca (film), ''Bésame ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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MoveMeant
''MoveMeant'' is the debut studio album by Swedish- Congolese R&B recording artist Mohombi. It was released on 28 February 2011 on RedOne's joint venture with Universal, 2101 Records. It was preceded by the lead single, " Bumpy Ride" on 24 August 2010. Mohombi has described the sound of the album as R&B music Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predomina ... with African influences. Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''MoveMeant''. * RedOne – engineer (tracks 1–4, 6–9), vocal arrangement (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6–10), vocal editing (tracks 1–4, 6–8), background vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6) * Mohombi – vocal arrangement (track 5), background vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4–7, 10) * AJ Junior – engineer (tracks 5, 7–9), vocal editing (tracks 5, 7) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thank You Allah
''Thank You Allah'' is the debut studio album by Muslim Swedish singer Maher Zain. The album was released on November 1, 2009, by Awakening Records, with 13 songs and two bonus tracks. Maher's debut album is accompanied by three singles, each with its own music video. The album has achieved 8× platinum sales record in Malaysia as of January 2011 and has sold over 300,000 copies (20× platinum) as of June 2016. Maher produced this album with Swedish producer from Bilal Hajji. In September 2011, Maher Zain received a nomination in the 18th Anugerah Industri Muzik, a Malaysian music award ceremony. He was nominated in the "Best Malay Song Performed by a Foreign Artist" category for his single Insha Allah (Malay). The eventual winner in November 2011 was "Ku Menunggu" by Indonesian singer Rossa. Music videos *The music video for "Palestine Will Be Free" was released on August 8, 2009. The video features the story of a young brave Palestinian girl who never loses hope for a better ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Maher Zain
Maher Zain (; born 16 July 1981) is a Lebanon, Lebanese-Sweden, Swedish Contemporary R&B, R&B singer, songwriter and music producer. He released his debut album ''Thank You Allah'', an internationally successful album produced by Awakening Records, in 2009. He released his follow-up album ''Forgive Me (Maher Zain album), Forgive Me'' in April 2012 under the same production company, and a third album ''One (Maher Zain album), One'' in 2016. Career Early life Maher Zain's Lebanese people, Lebanese family Emigration, emigrated to Sweden when he was eight years old. He completed his schooling there, gaining a bachelor's degree in Aerospace engineering, aeronautical engineering. After university, he entered the music industry in Sweden, and in 2005 linked up with the Morocco, Moroccan-born Swedish producer RedOne.Entertainment (2011-08-10)"Maher Zain's Hip but Pious Soundtrack to the Arab Spring" ''The Atlantic''. Retrieved 10 October 2011. When RedOne moved to New York in 2006, Zai ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hecho En España
''Hecho en España'', also known as ''Hecho en Madrid'' (English: ''Made in Spain'' or ''Made in Madrid''), is the third live album by Mexican pop group RBD, released on October 1, 2007, in Mexico and on October 2 in Spain. The CD was recorded in Madrid on June 22, 2007, as part of RBD's Tour Celestial 2007. The show was held at the famous Spanish Vicente Calderón Stadium in front of almost 40,000 people. A live video of the entire concert was also recorded and released on DVD. The CD itself was released in a series of special edition packs: one included gloves and a lighter and a CD/DVD bundle, while another pack included gloves and an umbrella as well as a CD and DVD. The CD/DVD packs went on pre-sale on September 27, 2007, in Mexico, slated for their October 1 release. In February 2008, four months after the DVD release in Brazil, the CD was released in a special limited edition, celebrating the sales of over 50,000 DVDs in the country. Background and release The live album w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Darin (album)
''Darin'' is the second studio album by Swedish singer Darin. It was released by Columbia Records on September 28, 2005 in Sweden and features the singles " Step Up", " Want Ya!" and "Who's That Girl?". The album became Darin's second number-one album in Sweden, with the first being '' The Anthem'' (2005). Promotion *" Step Up" was released as the album's first single on September 7, 2005, the song peaked at number one on the Swedish singles charts In 2012, the single was number 97 on the list of 100 best selling singles in Sweden. The song also charted in Finland. *"Who's That Girl" was released as the second single on 23 November 2005. The song entered the charts at number 17 before peaking at number 6 the week after. *" Want Ya!" was released as the third single on 25 January 2006. The single peaked at number 4 after debuting at number 19 and spent a total of 16 weeks on the charts, the single also peaked at number 8 on the Finnish single charts. Chart performance ''Darin' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |