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MOoN

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  1. Name : Nickelback

    Origin : Canada

    Identification : hard rock, alternative metal, alternative rock

    Years : 1995 - Present

    Details : Nickelback is a Canadian rock band from Hanna, Alberta. Since 1995 the band has included guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist and back-up vocalist Ryan Peake and bassist Mike Kroeger. The band's current drummer and percussionist is Daniel Adair who has been with the band since 2005. Nickelback's music is classed as hard rock, alternative metal, and alternative rock. Nickelback is one of the most commercially successful Canadian groups, having sold more than 50 million albums worldwide,ranking as the 11th best selling music act of the 2000s, and is the 2nd best selling foreign act in the U.S. behind The Beatles for the 2000's.

    The band is based in Vancouver, Canada. The band's original domestic signing was with EMI Canada. They subsequently obtained an American deal with global distribution via Roadrunner Records. For the release of their seventh album, the band parted from EMI Canada and signed a new Canadian domestic distribution deal with Universal Music Canada.

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  2. Name : Whitney Elizabeth Houston

    Origin : USA

    Identification : Pop, R&B, soul, dance, gospel

    Years : 1977 - 2012

    Details : Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American recording artist, actress, producer, and model. In 2009, the Guinness World Records cited her as the most-awarded female act of all time.

    Inspired by prominent soul singers in her family, including her mother Cissy Houston, cousins Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, and her godmother Aretha Franklin, Houston began singing with her New Jersey church's junior gospel choir at age 11.

    "I Will Always Love You" (Bodyguard movie), became the best-selling single by a female artist in music history. With the album, Houston became the first act (solo or group, male or female) to sell more than a million copies of an album within a single week period.

    (Source : Youtube + Wikipedia)

  3. Name : Orbital

    Origin : Sevenoaks (UK)

    Identification : Techno, Ambient Techno, Acid House, Rave, Electro

    Years : 1989–2004/2009–present

    Details : Orbital are a British electronic dance music duo from Sevenoaks, England consisting of brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll. Their career initially ran from 1989 until 2004, but in 2009 they announced that they would be reforming and headlining The Big Chillin addition to a number of other live shows in 2009.The band's name was taken from Greater London's orbital motorway, the M25, which was central to the early rave scene and party network in the South East during the early days of acid house.

    One of the biggest names in British electronica during the 1990s, Orbital were both critically and commercially successful, and known particularly for their element of live improvisation during shows, a rarity among techno acts. They were initially influenced by early electro and punk rock.

    (Source : Youtube + Wikipedia)

    US3

    Name : US3

    Origin : London

    Identification : Jazz Rap

    Years : 1991 - Present

    Details : Us3 is a jazz-rap group founded in London in 1991. Their name was inspired by a Horace Parlan recording produced by Alfred Lion, the founder of Blue Note Records. On their debut album, Hand on the Torch, Us3 used samples from the Blue Note Records catalogue, all originally produced by Lion.

    (Source : Youtube + Wikipedia)

  4. Name : Dune

    Origin : Germany

    Identification : Rave/Happy Hardcore/Techno/progressive trance

    Years : 1995 - 2004 ?

    Details : Dune is a German Rave/Happy Hardcore/Techno/progressive trance band, not to be confused with the Danish rock band, Dúné. The band took its name from the Dune series of science fiction novels by Frank Herbert.

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    ATB

    Real name : André TannenBerger

    Origin : Germany

    Identification : Trance music

    Years : 1998 – present

    Details : André Tanneberger, under the stagename of ATB, (born 26 February 1973, Freiberg, Saxony, East Germany) is a German DJ, musician, and producer of Trance music. According to the official world DJ rankings governed by DJ Magazine, ATB was ranked #11 in 2009. as well as in 2010.He is also ranked as world number 1 according to "The DJ List."

    (Source : Youtube + Wikipedia)

  5. Name : Stereo MC's

    Origin : London

    Identification : Hip Hop, Electronical, House

    Years : 1985 - Present

    Details : Stereo MCs are an English electronic dance group, which formed in Clapham, London in 1985. They are best known worldwide for their 1992 Transatlantic, Top 20 hit single, "Connected" The book Guinness Rockopedia described them as "the big boys of British rap"

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