BEYONCE
- Beyonce’s name was given to her in a bid to continue the maternal family name
- Initially, it was Beyonce’s dance teacher who discovered her singing ability
- Beyonce considers herself to be a huge Beatles fan
- Beyonce is part Irish and part French
- Beyonce’s favourite number is four
- Beyoncé has a tattoo of three little dots on her left ring finger which represent her three children
MAROON 5
- Maroon 5 was formed in 2001
- Maroon 5 earned a Best New Artist Grammy Award for their first album
- Maroon 5 became pop superstars with a string of eight consecutive top 10 pop hit singles from 2011 through 2015
- Maroon 5’s lead singer, Adam Levine Is Ambidextrous
- Maroon 5’s successful singles of both albums “Sugar” and “Girls Like You” peaked at numbers two and one on the Hot 100 chart respectively
NO COMPLY
- No Comply is a music duo consisting of Dj Milkshake and Speedsta
- No Comply recently dropped their first single titled ‘Thetha Nami’
- Dj Milkshake’s real name is Kagiso Mabelane
- Speedsta’s real name is Lesego Nkaiseng
- DJ Milkshake initially rose to fame by competing in numerous music production competitions around the world
JACK HARLOW
- Jack Harlow has worked with Lil Nas X, Bryson Tiller and Lil Wayne
- Jack Harlow is a three-time Grammy nominee
- Jack Harlow was raised on a horse farm in Louisville, Kentucky
- Jack Harlow sampled Fergie’s ‘Glamorous’ on his hit single ‘First Class’
- Jack Harlow is of French and Irish descent
DRAKE
- Drake has been credited for popularizing singing and R&B sensibilities in hip hop
- Drake has recently performed at the iconic Apollo Theater in New York
- Drake began his music career through mixtapes
- A Drake fan got his name tattooed across her forehead in capital letters
- Drake has physically broken an American Music Record
KENT JONES
- Kent Jones’s real name is Daryl Kent Jones
- Kent Jones is best known for his commercial debut single “Don’t Mind”, which reached number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart
- Kent Jones’s first mixtape, Tours, was released in the summer of 2015 by Epidemic Records, We the Best Music Group and Epic Records
- Kent Jones’s musical genre is considered as Afroswing and Hip-Hop/Rap
- Kent Jones is signed to We The Best Music Group & Epic Records
TAYLOR SWIFT
- Taylor Swift considers number 13 to be her lucky number
- Taylor Swift has won a total of 11 Grammy’s throughout her career
- Taylor Swift moved to Nashville at age 14 to become a country artist
- Taylor Swift is the first and only woman solo artist to win the Grammy for Album Of The Year three times for her solo albums
- Taylor Swift is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest singer ever to sign at age 11
MAJOR LAZER
- Major Lazer is an American electronic dance music DJ trio
- Major Lazer consists of record producer Diplo, and DJs Walshy Fire and Ape Drums
- Major Lazer originates from Kingston, Jamaica
- Major Lazer was founded in 2008 by Diplo and Switch, with Switch leaving after three years in 2011
- Major Lazer’s music spans numerous genres, mixing reggae with dancehall, reggaeton, soca, house and moombahton
RIHANNA
- Rihanna was born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, Barbados
- Rihanna’s hit song “Umbrella” was originally written for Britney Spears.
- Rihanna had a cameo in “Bring It On: All or Nothing.”
- Rihanna received military training in Barbados
- Rihanna received vocal lessons from fellow musician Ne-Yo
AKA
- Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, known professionally as AKA, is a South African rapper
- AKA and Nasty C’s recent collaboration titled ‘Lemons (Lemonade) ’ has gone Platinum
- AKA recently stated that he is making music from a perspective of being able to listen to it in the future
- Besides rapping, AKA is a songwriter, music producer, and an entrepreneur
- AKA went to Sound Engineering school
DJ KHALED
- Dj Khaled’s real name is Khaled Mohammed Khaled
- Dj Khaled is an American rapper, dj, record producer and record executive
- Dj Khaled has two children, Asahd Tuck Khaled and Aalam Khaled
- Dj Khaled used to be a member of Terror Squad
- Dj Khaled toiled as a disc jockey for years before he became successful
STORMZY
- Stormzy’s real name is Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr
- Stormzy is a London-based grime MC of Ghanaian heritage
- Stormzy is 6’5 in height
- Stormzy started off making ‘Road Rap’
- Stormzy headlined Glastonbury Festival in 2019
SAM SMITH
- Sam Smith rose to prominence in October 2012 by featuring on Disclosure’s breakthrough single “Latch”, which peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart
- Sam Smith’s real name is Samuel Frederick Smith
- Sam Smith has opened up about their desire to start a family one day, even if it means having children alone
- Sam Smith has been nominated for a total of 7 Grammy nominations during their career
- Sam Smith identifies as non-binary
DAVID GUETTA
- David Guetta’s real name is Pierre David Guetta
- David Guetta has over 10 million album and 65 million single sales globally
- David Guetta comes from a prominent family in France
- David Guetta started his career as a nightclub DJ
- David Guetta scored his first Number 1 in the UK with ‘When Love Takes Over’ featuring Kelly Rowland in 2009.
ELTON JOHN
- Elton John is one of the most successful artists of all time, having sold over 300 million records worldwide
- Elton John’s career spans over six decades
- Before changing his name, his name was Reginald Kenneth Dwight
- Elton John is known as the ‘Original Rocket Man’
- Elton John has played more than 3,500 concerts in over 80 countries
