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A Time of Recap in Music Industry |
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Written by sembreak
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Friday, 02 January 2009 |
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Many musical acts hit it big in 2008. The following are the few who made it in 2008:- Amy Winehouse - the soul singer who's been making waves for her impressive song writing skills and unique voice in Europe.
- Welsh beauty Duffy - 24, but sounds like she's lived so many lifetimes.
- Adele - London girl who charmed many with her soulful performances originals like Chasing Pavements and past hits like Garth Brooks Make You Feel My Love.
- Leona Lewis - proved she's not a one-hit-wonder with her follow-up single Better in Time.
- Alanis Morissette - bounced back from a break- up, with a new album Flavors of Entanglement.
- Britney Spears and Cristina Aguilera - came out with new materials. Britney is promoting her new album Circus while,
- Cristina released a greatest hits album that included new and reworked tracks.
- Brandy - recently released a new album Human.
- New Kids on the Block and Boyzone - reunited, much for their fans.
- Wolfgang - now a complete band with a new album called Villains.
- Eraserheads (Philippines) - with the reunion concert which had a rocky publicity campaign. The concert was released as a movie too.
- Ramiele Malubay - made it a semi- finalist in this year's American Idol
- Renaldo Lapuz - made possibly a bigger impact on the show, thanks to his We're Brothers Forever composition
- Charice Pempengco - fulfilled her dreams of singing with her idols and did appear as a guets on popular US programs such as The Oprah Winfrey Show and Good Morning America.
Meanwhile, Filipinos also enjoyed the concerts of several visiting international artists, including Ne-Yo, Maroon Five, James Blunt, Earth, Wind & Fire, Incubus, Rihanna and Chris Brown, Michael Johns and Daughtry. [via] |
