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Björn Tagemose
Bjorn Tagemose (born 11 June 1969) is an Antwerp based, Swedish photographer and creative director. Biography Having his roots in Scandinavia, he combines the strong image language of the North and his fashion experiences with the popular Antwerp-designer scene. He has had several solo expos in venues like Kulturhuset in Stockholm and the Louvre museum in Paris. The famous Groeningemuseum in Bruges has added four of Tagemose’s photographs to its permanent collection. His work has been published in books and magazines like V-magazine, Black book (co-operation with Tim Van Steenbergen), Dealer Deluxe etc. Tagemose has shot consecutive worldwide and European campaigns (both still and film) for major commercial brands like Louis Vuitton, Lee Jeans, Adidas, Natan and co-operated with designers José Enrique Oña Selfa ( Loewe), Dirk Schonberger, Walter Van Beirendonck and most of the Antwerp-designer scene. He also directed commercials for Nike & Adidas featuring sport-gods l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antwerp
Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after Tournai and Couvin. With a population of 565,039, it is the List of most populous municipalities in Belgium, most populous municipality in Belgium, and with a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million people, the country's Metropolitan areas in Belgium, second-largest metropolitan area after Brussels. Definitions of metropolitan areas in Belgium. Flowing through Antwerp is the river Scheldt. Antwerp is linked to the North Sea by the river's Western Scheldt, Westerschelde estuary. It is about north of Brussels, and about south of the Netherlands, Dutch border. The Port of Antwerp is one of the biggest in the world, ranking second in Europe after Rotterdam and List of world's busiest container ports, within the top 20 globally. The city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Beckham
Sir David Robert Joseph Beckham ( ; born 2 May 1975) is an English former professional footballer, the president and co-owner of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City. Primarily a right winger and known for his range of passing, crossing ability and set-piece taking, Beckham is considered one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest set-piece specialists of all time. He won 19 major trophies in his career, and is the first English player to win league titles in four different countries: England, Spain, the United States and France. Beckham's professional club career began with Manchester United, where he made his first-team debut in 1992 at age 17. With United, he won the Premier League title six times, the FA Cup twice, the FA Charity Shield twice, the Intercontinental Cup and the UEFA Champions League in 1999. He then played four seasons with Real Madrid, winning the La Liga title in his final season with the club. In July 2007, Beckham signed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macy Gray
Natalie Renée McIntyre (born September 6, 1967), known professionally as Macy Gray, is an American contemporary R&B, R&B and soul music, soul singer and actress. She is known for her distinctive raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday. As of 2018, she has sold over 25 million records worldwide. Gray has released ten studio albums, and received five Grammy Award nominations, winning one. She has appeared in a number of films, including ''Training Day'', ''Spider-Man (2002 film), Spider-Man'', ''Scary Movie 3'', ''Lackawanna Blues (film), Lackawanna Blues'', ''Idlewild (film), Idlewild'', ''For Colored Girls'', and ''The Paperboy (2012 film), The Paperboy''. Gray is best known for her international hit single "I Try", taken from her multi-platinum debut album ''On How Life Is''. Gray was inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame in 2014 in her hometown of Canton, Ohio. Early life Natalie McIntyre was born in Canton, Ohio, the daughter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deus (band)
Deus (styled as dEUS)As stylized by the band on all official artwork is a rock band based in Antwerp, Belgium, whose only continuous members up to the present day are Tom Barman (vocals, guitars) and Klaas Janzoons (keyboards, violin). The rest of the band's line-up currently consists of drummer Stéphane Misseghers, bassist Alan Gevaert, and guitarist/backing vocalist Mauro Pawlowski. History Formation Formed in 1991, dEUS began their career as a covers band, but soon began writing their own material. Their musical influences range from folk and punk to jazz and progressive rock. They first came to attention in Humo's Rock Rally of 1992, and after the release of the four-track EP " Zea", they were offered a recording contract with Island Records. They became the first Belgian indie act ever to sign to a major international label. First era (1994–2000) dEUS's debut album '' Worst Case Scenario'' drew influences from Frank Zappa, Tom Waits and Captain Beefheart and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiësto
Tijs Michiel Verwest (; born 17 January 1969), known professionally as Tiësto ( , ), is a Dutch DJ and record producer. He was voted "The Greatest DJ of All Time" by ''Mix (magazine), Mix'' magazine in a 2010/2011 poll amongst fans. In 2013, he was voted by ''DJ Mag'' readers as the "best DJ of the last 20 years". He is also regarded as the "Godfather of Electronic dance music, EDM" by many sources. In 1997, he founded the label Black Hole Recordings with Arny Bink, where he released the ''Magik (album series), Magik'' and ''In Search of Sunrise (series), In Search of Sunrise'' CD series. Tiësto met producer Dennis Waakop Reijers in 1998; the two have worked together extensively since then. From 1998 to 2000, Tiësto collaborated with Ferry Corsten under the name Gouryella. His 2000 remix of Delerium's "Silence (Delerium song), Silence" featuring Sarah McLachlan exposed him to more mainstream audiences. In 2001, he released his first solo album, ''In My Memory'', which gave h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axelle Red
Fabienne Demal (born 15 February 1968), better known by her stage name Axelle Red, is a Belgian singer-songwriter. She has released 12 albums, including ''Sans plus attendre'', ''À Tâtons'', ''Toujours Moi'' and ''Jardin Secret''. She is best known for her 1993 single "Sensualité", a hit in France in 1994. Biography Early years Axelle Red was born as Fabienne Demal on 15 February 1968 in Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium, the daughter of Roland Demal, a solicitor in Hasselt and a councillor for the Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten, Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) in the City Council. She has lived in Paris and currently lives in a village near Brussels. In 1983, aged 14, Fabienne Demal produced her first single, "Little Girls", using the artist name Fabby. In 1986, she chose the artist name Axelle Red. Her stage name was not only a reference to the color of her hair. It was also a nod to the character of the singer, namely 'fiery' and 'fighting'. 1990s Axelle Red gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hives
The Hives are a Swedish garage rock band formed in Fagersta in 1993. After gaining success in Sweden throughout the 1990s, they rose to worldwide prominence in the early 2000s during the garage rock revival. The band's line-upconsisting of Howlin' Pelle Almqvist (vocals), Nicholaus Arson (lead guitar, backing vocals), Vigilante Carlstroem (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Dr. Matt Destruction (bass), and Chris Dangerous (drums)remained unchanged from 1993 until 2013, when Matt Destruction retired for health reasons and was replaced by The Johan and Only, the former Randy bassist. The Hives have released six studio albums: '' Barely Legal'' (1997), '' Veni Vidi Vicious'' (2000), '' Tyrannosaurus Hives'' (2004), '' The Black and White Album'' (2007), '' Lex Hives'' (2012), and '' The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons'' (2023). They have also released the compilation album '' Your New Favourite Band'' (2001), the live DVD '' Tussles in Brussels'' (2005), and the live album ''Live a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Bosé
Miguel Bosé (born Luis Miguel Dominguín Bosé; 3 April 1956) is a Spanish-Italian Pop music, pop singer and actor. Early life Bosé was born in San Fernando Hospital in Panama City, Panama, the son of Italian actress Lucia Bosè (1931–2020) and Spanish bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín. Bosé grew up surrounded by art and culture: Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway were close friends of the family. The film director Luchino Visconti was his godfather while Pablo Picasso was the godfather to his sister Paola Dominguín. Career Propelled by his famous family and their friends, Bosé started a career as an actor in 1971, taking part in various movies. He quickly found work on the basis of his talent and good looks rather than his family name. He studied acting as well as dancing and singing. Due to the lack of acting opportunities, he started exploring his talents as a singer in 1975. With the assistance of Camilo Sesto he recorded his first singles. Two years later, in 1977 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Luis Guerra
Juan Luis Guerra Seijas (born 7 June 1957) is a People of the Dominican Republic, Dominican musician, singer, composer, and record producer. Throughout his career, he has won numerous awards including 28 Latin Grammy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and one Billboard Latin Music Awards, Latin Billboard Music Award. He won 3 Latin Grammy Awards of 2010, Latin Grammy Awards in 2010, including Album of the Year. In 2012, he won the Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year. He has sold 15 million records worldwide, making him one of the List of best-selling Latin music artists, best-selling Latin music artists. Guerra is one of the most internationally recognized Latin music (genre), Latin artists of recent decades. His popular style of Merengue music, merengue and Latin music, Latin fusion has garnered him considerable success throughout Latin America. He is also credited for popularizing bachata (music), bachata music on a global level and is often associated with the genre, al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juanes
Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez (born 9 August 1972), known professionally as Juanes, is a Colombian musician who was a member of the Rock music, rock band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. Since releasing his solo debut album ''Fíjate Bien'' in 2000, Juanes has won 26 Latin Grammy Awards and sold more than 15 million records worldwide, making him one of the List of best-selling Latin music artists, best-selling Latin music artists of all time. Born and raised in Colombia, Juanes began playing piano at age two. When Juanes was 17, he started his first band, Ekhymosis, in 1988, which went on to release eight albums, achieving recognition in his native Colombia. The track "Solo" from the album ''Niño Gigante'' in 1992 was very popular. In 1997 after the band broke up, Juanes continued solo and in 2000 he released the album, ''Fíjate Bien'', which earned him three Latin Grammys. His follow-up album, ''Un Día Normal'', was released in 2002 and was later certified platinum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Guetta
Pierre David Guetta (; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and record producer. He has sold over 10 million albums and 65 million singles globally, with more than 30 billion streams on Spotify. Guetta was voted the number one DJ in the DJ Mag, ''DJ Mag'' Top 100 DJs polls in 2011, and throughout 2020 until 2023. In 2013, Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' ranked his song "When Love Takes Over" (featuring Kelly Rowland) as the number one dance-pop collaboration of all time. He released his debut album, ''Just a Little More Love'', in 2002. Later, he released ''Guetta Blaster'' (2004) and ''Pop Life (David Guetta album), Pop Life'' (2007). Guetta achieved mainstream success with his fourth album ''One Love (David Guetta album), One Love'' (2009), which included his breakthrough singles "When Love Takes Over" (featuring Kelly Rowland), "Gettin' Over You" (with Chris Willis featuring Fergie (singer), Fergie and LMFAO), "Sexy Bitch" (featuring Akon) and "Memories (David Guetta so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Editors (band)
Editors are an English Rock music, rock band, formed in 2002 in Birmingham. Previously known as Pilot, The Pride and Snowfield, the band currently consists of Tom Smith (Editors musician), Tom Smith (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Russell Leetch (bass guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals), Ed Lay (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Justin Lockey (lead guitar), Elliott Williams (keys, synthesizer, guitar, backing vocals), and Blanck Mass, Benjamin John Power (songwriter and producer). Editors have so far released two Music recording sales certification, platinum studio albums, and seven in total, with several million combined sales. Their debut album ''The Back Room (album), The Back Room'' was released in 2005. It contained the hits "Munich (song), Munich" and "Blood (Editors song), Blood" and the following year received a Mercury Prize nomination. Their follow-up album ''An End Has a Start'' went to number one on the UK Albums Chart in June 2007 and earned the band a Brit Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
