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Jana Škoļina
Jana Škoļina (born 2 November 1990) is a Latvian singer-songwriter who has appeared on the TV programs ''Latvijas Talants'' and season 9 of ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar''. Biography Early life Škoļina was born in Ludza, Latvia. She began playing violin and piano at age six, and attended music school in Ludza. Škoļina then moved to Riga, where she continued to study music at the Jazepa Medina Rigas Muzikas Vidusskola. In 2006 she auditioned for the second season of the Latvian show ''Latvijas Talants'', advanced to the final and finished second in the superfinal. Škoļina moved to London to attend The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance, studying vocal and stage performance. ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar'' During her first appearance on ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar'', Škoļina (one of 35,401 candidates to audition for the season) sang two songs: "Hallelujah" accompanying herself on the piano and " A Night Like This". The jury allowed her to advan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludza
Ludza (; , , , , ''Ludza'') is a town in the Latgale region of eastern Latvia. Ludza is the oldest town in Latvia and this is commemorated by a key in its coat of arms. Ludza is the administrative centre of Ludza Municipality that is located nearby the Russian border. The population as of 2020 was 7,667. History After Nikolay Karamzin, Ludza was first mentioned as ''Лючин'' in Hypatian Codex dating back to 1173 or 1177. In 1399 the Livonian Order built a stone fortress atop an older Latgalian fortress and used Ludza as an eastern outpost in Livonia. Ludza Castle ruins can be visited nowadays. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth After the dissolution of the Livonian Order in 1561, Ludza was incorporated into the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and became a part of Wenden Voivodeship. In January 1626, during the Polish-Swedish War, Ludza was captured without a battle by Sweden due to the defeat of the forces of Polish-Lithuanian marshal Jan Stanisław Sapieha. Later it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Blunt
James Blunt (born James Hillier Blount, 22 February 1974) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is known for his songs "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover". As a British Army captain in the aftermath of the Kosovo War, Blunt was involved in the British refusal to engage Russian troops Incident at Pristina Airport, at Pristina Airport. After leaving the army, he rose to fame in 2004 with the release of his debut album ''Back to Bedlam'', achieving worldwide fame with the singles "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover". His first album had sold over 12 million copies worldwide by December 2009, topping the UK Albums Chart and peaking at number two in the US. "You're Beautiful" reached number one in thirteen countries, including the UK and the US. ''Back to Bedlam'' was the List of best-selling albums of the 2000s (decade) in the United Kingdom, best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK, and is one of the List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom, best- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Ludza
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Births
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English-language Singers From Latvia
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Latvian Women Pop Singers
Latvian may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Latvia **Latvians, a Baltic ethnic group, native to what is modern-day Latvia and the immediate geographical region **Latvian language, also referred to as Lettish **Latvian cuisine **Latvian culture **Latvian horse *Latvian Gambit, an opening in chess See also *Latvia (other) Latvia is a country in Europe. Latvia can also refer to: * Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1990) * Latvia (European Parliament constituency) * 1284 Latvia - asteroid * Latvia Peak - mountain in Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caro Emerald
Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw (born 26 April 1981), formerly known as Caro Emerald and lately part of the music project The Jordan, is a Dutch pop and jazz singer who mainly performs in English. Active since 2007, she rose to prominence in 2009 with debut single, " Back It Up". Follow-up single " A Night Like This" topped charts in several countries, including her native Netherlands. The debut Caro Emerald album, '' Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor,'' was released on 29 January 2010. By August 2010, the album had spent its 30th week at number one in the Dutch album charts, setting an all-time record and beating Michael Jackson's ''Thriller'' by one week. On 3 October 2010, Emerald was awarded the Dutch music prize Edison Award for Best Female Artist. In 2013 a second studio album was released titled '' The Shocking Miss Emerald''. The album entered at number one in the Dutch and United Kingdom album charts. Early and personal life Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott Buckley (raised as Scott Moorhead; November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997) was an American musician. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, he attracted a cult following in the early 1990s performing at venues in the East Village, Manhattan. He signed with Columbia, recruited a band, and released his only studio album, ''Grace'', in 1994. Buckley toured extensively to promote ''Grace'', with concerts in the U.S., Europe, Japan, and Australia. In 1996, Buckley worked on his second album with the working title '' My Sweetheart the Drunk'' in New York City with Tom Verlaine as the producer. In February 1997, he resumed work after moving to Memphis, Tennessee. On May 29, while awaiting the arrival of his band from New York, Buckley drowned while swimming in the Wolf River, a tributary of the Mississippi. Posthumous releases include a collection of four-track demos and studio recordings for ''My Sweetheart the Drunk'', and reissues of ''Grace'' and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The One That Got Away (Katy Perry Song)
"The One That Got Away" is a song by American singer-songwriter Katy Perry from her third studio album, ''Teenage Dream (Katy Perry album), Teenage Dream'' (2010). The song was produced by Dr. Luke and Max Martin, both of whom also co-wrote the song with Perry. The song is a mid-tempo pop ballad about a lost love. It features a reference to the rock band Radiohead, and compares the strength of the relationship to that of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. The song was released on September 30, 2011, by Capitol Records as the album's sixth and final single. "The One That Got Away" peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, with ''Teenage Dream'' becoming the seventh album in the 53-year history of the Hot 100 to generate at least six top 10s. The single reached the top of the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Songs, Adult Top 40, and Mainstream Top 40 charts. The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Floria Sigismondi an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katy Perry
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. She is one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music artists in history, having sold over 143 million records worldwide. Perry is known for her influence on pop music and her Camp (style), camp style, being dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Camp" by Vogue (magazine), ''Vogue'' and ''Rolling Stone''. The Forbes list of the world's highest-paid musicians#Female, world's highest-paid female musician in 2015 and 2018, Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' named her among the Billboard's Greatest Pop Stars#21st century, greatest pop stars of the 21st century. At 16, Perry released a gospel music, gospel record titled ''Katy Hudson (album), Katy Hudson'' (2001) under Pamplin Music, Red Hill Records, which was commercially unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles at 17 to venture into Secular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTL Television
RTL (from ''''), formerly RTL plus and RTL Television, is a German-language free-to-air television channel owned by RTL Deutschland, headquartered in Cologne. Founded as an offshoot of the German-language radio programme '' ,'' RTL is considered a full-service broadcaster under the ''Medienstaatsvertrag'' (Interstate Media Treaty) and is the largest private television network in Germany. As of August 2010, RTL employs some 500 permanent staff, having outsourced its news and technical departments. In September 2021, '''' (RTL Germany Media Group) was renamed . As part of the rebrand, both the group and the channel received new logos and branding. History RTL plus was already known through the radio station. Even before the broadcast began, the pressure on politicians to introduce private television in Germany was growing in Saarland, which could be reached from the broadcasting systems in Luxembourg. Private television began operations in the Federal Republic of German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
