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W.i.S.H.
W.i.S.H. is an Indian girl group. Managed by Bay Music House, the group is composed of four members: Ri, Sim, Zo and Suchi. They made their debut on 1 March 2024, with single "Lazeez". The single is a part of the band's debut eight-track album. The group incorporates a mix of English and Hindi lyrics, blending international pop music with elements of Indian musical traditions. Name W.i.S.H. is an acronym for the phrase "''World Inka Stage Hai''" (). The name is also a play on the Hindi word "विष" which means poison. Fandom WiSH revealed their fandom name, WISH STARS, on March 10, 2024. They officially announced the name on their Instagram account. History Pre-Debut activities Ri and Sim are sisters, and have collaborated earlier in the duo ''Simetri''. They were announced among the Top 24 in the nationwide hunt for English-language artists from across India due to their early successes in with Hindi pop releases. The duo released many tracks. Notable names include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Pop
Indian pop music, also known as I-pop or Indi-pop, refers to pop music produced in India that is independent from filmi soundtracks for Indian cinema. Indian pop is closely linked to Bollywood, Tollywood, Pollywood, Kollywood and the Asian Underground scene of the United Kingdom. The variety of South Asian music from different countries are generally known as Desi music. History Pop music originated in Pakistan with the playback singer Ahmed Rushdi's song "" in 1966 and has since then been adopted in India, Bangladesh, and lately Sri Lanka, and Nepal as a pioneering influence in their respective pop cultures. Following Rushdi's success, Christian bands specialising in jazz started performing at various night clubs and hotel lobbies in various Southeast Asian cities. They would usually sing either famous American jazz hits or cover Rushdi's songs. Pop music began gaining popularity across the Indian subcontinent in the early 1980s, with Pakistani singers Nazia and Zoheb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star/Boom Boom
''Boom Boom'' is a single by Pakistani pop duo Nazia and Zoheb (Nazia Hassan & Zohaib Hassan), released in 1982. For the Bollywood film ''Star'' as a second track in the soundtrack. The album wass composed by British-Indian producer Biddu. The music was a blend of Eastern and Western music, and the album enjoyed the same success as the duo's previous album '' Disco Deewane'' (1981). The single was re-released as ''Boom Boom'' in 1984 in Pakistan With ''Star (Movie)'' Tracks , It was later re-released as a Compilation album by Saregama in 2004. The album, along with several other albums from Biddu and the Hassan duo, contributed to the creation of the Indi-pop market. Production According to Biddu, he showed the film's producers various tracks, "including one surefire hit called 'Boom Boom'. To add to the pot, Nazia Hassan and her brother Zoheb were going to sing all the songs for the soundtrack. The record company was thrilled. They sensed a hit album on their hands, as the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi Pop
Indian pop music, also known as I-pop or Indi-pop, refers to pop music produced in India that is independent from filmi soundtracks for Indian cinema. Indian pop is closely linked to Bollywood, Tollywood, Pollywood, Kollywood and the Asian Underground scene of the United Kingdom. The variety of South Asian music from different countries are generally known as Desi music. History Pop music originated in Pakistan with the playback singer Ahmed Rushdi's song "" in 1966 and has since then been adopted in India, Bangladesh, and lately Sri Lanka, and Nepal as a pioneering influence in their respective pop cultures. Following Rushdi's success, Christian bands specialising in jazz started performing at various night clubs and hotel lobbies in various Southeast Asian cities. They would usually sing either famous American jazz hits or cover Rushdi's songs. Pop music began gaining popularity across the Indian subcontinent in the early 1980s, with Pakistani singers Nazia and Zoheb Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikey McCleary
Michael McCleary is a New Zealand songwriter, composer, performer, producer and director based in Mumbai, India since 2007. He has worked on a large number of advertisements such as for brands such as Levi's, Coca-Cola, Vodafone and films such as Waiting, Margarita with a Straw, Shaitan and Shanghai. Besides his prolific work on soundtracks for ad-films, background scores and songs for Bollywood films, he is also well known for his re-interpretations of old Bollywood songs under the stage name of ''The Bartender'', most notably Khoya Khoya Chand and Hawa Hawai from ''Shaitan'', Neend Na Mujhko Aaye and Eena Meena Deeka from '' Shaandaar'', Fifi from ''Bombay Velvet'', O Lal Meri / Mast Kalandar from ''David'' and Dhak Dhak from '' Nautanki Saala''. He has also released an album of full-length versions of some of his most popular advertisement jingles called TV Dinners. Personal life Michael McCleary is a New Zealander who was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He lived an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Michael Jackson, one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20th century. Over a four-decade career, List of Michael Jackson records and achievements, his music achievements broke Timeline of African-American firsts, racial barriers in America and made him a dominant figure across the world. Through songs, stages, and fashion, he proliferated visual performance for artists in popular music; popularizing street dance moves including the Moonwalk (dance), moonwalk, the Robot (dance), robot, and the anti-gravity lean. Jackson is often deemed the greatest entertainer of all time based on his acclaim and records. The eighth child of the Jackson family, Michael made his public debut in 1964 at age six, as a member of the Jackson 5 (later known as the Jacksons). After signing with Motown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choreography
Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which Motion (physics), motion or Visual appearance, form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer creates choreographies through the art of choreography, a process known as choreographing. It most commonly refers to dance choreography. In dance, ''choreography'' may also refer to the design itself, sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. Dance choreography is sometimes called ''dance composition''. Aspects of dance choreography include the compositional use of organic unity, rhythmic or non-rhythmic articulation, theme and variation, and repetition. The choreographic process may employ improvisation to develop innovative movement ideas. Generally, choreography designs dances intended to be performed as concert dance. The art of choreography involves specifying human movement and form in terms of space, shape, time, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government of India, alongside English language, English, and is the ''lingua franca'' of North India. Hindi is considered a Sanskritisation (linguistics), Sanskritised Register (sociolinguistics), register of Hindustani. Hindustani itself developed from Old Hindi and was spoken in Delhi and neighbouring areas. It incorporated a significant number of Persian language, Persian loanwords. Hindi is an Languages with official status in India, official language in twelve states (Bihar, Gujarat , Mizoram , Maharashtra ,Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand), and six Union territory, union territories (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, migrated to Britain after its End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman occupiers left. English is the list of languages by total number of speakers, most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the list of languages by number of native speakers, third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish language, Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in list of countries and territories where English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the seventh-most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. Mumbai has the highest number of billionaires out of any city in Asia. The seven islands that constitute Mumbai were earlier home to communities of Marathi language-speaking Koli people. For centuries, the seven islands of Bombay were under the control of successive indigenous rulers before being ceded to the Portuguese Empire, and subsequently to the East India Company in 1661, as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande-Butera ( ; born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Regarded as a pop icon and an influential figure in popular music, Grande is known for her four-octave vocal range, which extends into the whistle register. List of awards and nominations received by Ariana Grande, Her accolades include two Grammy Awards, a Brit Award, two Billboard Music Awards, ''Billboard'' Music Awards, three American Music Awards, 39 ''Guinness World Records'', and ten MTV Video Music Awards. The Forbes list of the world's highest-paid musicians#Female, world's highest-paid female musician in 2020, Grande has sold over 90 million records worldwide, making her one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music artists of all time. Grande began her career as a teenage actress by appearing in the Broadway theatre, Broadway musical ''13 (musical), 13'' (2008), and rose to fame as Cat Valentine (Victorious), Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. It may provide, or obscure, clarity or identify hidden similarities between two different ideas. Metaphors are usually meant to create a likeness or an Analogy, analogy. Analysts group metaphors with other types of figurative language, such as antithesis, hyperbole, metonymy, and simile. According to Grammarly, "Figurative language examples include similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, allusions, and idioms." One of the most commonly cited examples of a metaphor in English literature comes from the "All the world's a stage" monologue from ''As You Like It'': All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances And one man in his time plays many parts, His Acts being seven ages. At first, the infant... :—William Shakespeare, ''As You Like It'', 2/7 This quotation expresses a metaphor because the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifth Harmony
Fifth Harmony, often shortened to 5H, is an American girl group based in Miami, composed of Ally Brooke, Normani, Dinah Jane, Lauren Jauregui, and formerly Camila Cabello until her departure from the group in December 2016. The group signed a joint record deal with Simon Cowell's label Syco Music, Syco Records and L.A. Reid's label Epic Records after forming and were the last contestant eliminated in the The X Factor (U.S. season 2), second season of the American singing competition series ''The X Factor (U.S. TV series), The X Factor'' in 2012. The group released their debut single "Miss Movin' On", preceding their extended play ''Better Together (EP), Better Together''. In 2015, The group released their debut studio album ''Reflection (Fifth Harmony album), Reflection'', which was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It spawned the singles "Boss (Fifth Harmony song), Boss", "Sledgehammer (Fifth Harmony song), Sledgehammer" and "Worth It (Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
