10 Macklemore
Macklemore is by far one of the most applauded and appreciated male
presences on the music scene – he is an outstanding singer and a very
famous rapper who has managed to gain world fame after he released the
famous hit single Thrift Shop. One thing is for sure, though: Macklemore
has everything he needs to succeed in the music industry, from looks
and talent to kindness and an unique and original style that appeals to
millions of people worldwide. This is precisely why he is believed to be
one of the most popular male singers in 2014.
9. Kanye West
Kanye West is yet another popular artist that has managed to make
himself noticed not only in the music industry but also in the business
industry. Kanye West has managed to gather millions of fans worldwide
and he is not only one of the most popular American male singers, but
also one of the most respected, appreciated and well-paid at the same
time.
8. Justin Timberlake
Born as Justin Randall Timberlake in 1981, Justin is an American
actor, businessman, philanthropist, singer and songwriter who appeared
on a variety of television shows as a kid, and in a wealth of movies as
an adult, including In Time or Friends with Benefits. Over the past few
years he has managed to gain more and more success in the music
industry, and this is how he became one of the best paid artists – that
being said, it is safe to say that Justin Timberlake’s popularity will
be on the rise in 2014 as well. Some of the songs Justin is most known
for include Sexy Back, My Love, Cry Me A River, What Goes Around Comes
Around or Rock Your Body. His solo studio albums were released in 2002
respectively 2006.
7. Justin Bieber
Born in 1994, Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian singer, songwriter,
musician and actor and he has certainly been one of the teenager’s
favorite over the past several years, ever since his unique talent was
discovered back in 2008. Justin Bieber has released his debut album in
2009 and he officially became the first singer to evern have seven songs
from a debut album to break the records on the Billboard Hot 100.
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6. Pitbull
When it comes to Pitbull, one thing is for sure: he might not be
everybody’s cup of tea but he surely is a very impressige singer that
has managed to make a fortune in the music industry. He is a very
popular actor, TV personality, producer, singer, songwriter and rapper.
Born as Armando Christian Perez in 1981, Pitbull managed to win the
Latin Grammy and his first recorded performance was actually a solo
track – back in 2004, Pitbull has released his debut album called MIAMI
and after that he released El Mariel, his second album followed by The
Boatlift and Rebelution. Some of Pitbull’s most popular hit singles that
have certainly added to his fame are I Know You Want Me, Tik Tok,
Tonight I’m Loving You, Papi or Bumpy Ride.
5. Eminem
Known as one of the most famous and prolific American rappers of all
time, Eminem has had a great feature with the popular Rihanna and he has
surely managed to make quite a comeback after taking a break. Eminem is
known as a great music producer, actor and rapper, and he is expected
to be one of the greatest male singers in 2014. He is also listed in
Top 10 Richest Singers In 2014.
4. Bruno Mars
Born Peter Gene Hernandez in 1985 but better known professionally as
Bruno Mars, he is an American record producer, singer and songwriter
that was born in Honolulu and started to make great music at a very
young age. He became a very popular solo artist after he has released
popular hit singles such as Billionaire featuring Travie McCoy, BoB or
Nothing on You. At the same time, Bruno Mars also co wrote some of other
popular hit singles like Right Round, the latter being a feature
between Ke$ha and Flo Rida. The Lazy Song or Grenade are just two other
singles that have added to the fame and popularity of Bruno Mars over
the past several years.
3. Chris Brown
Chris Brown is not only a very popular and talented songwriter and
singer, but also a great dancer and scandal – in spite of the fact that
he was involved in a massive scandal in the past, one that certainly
added to his fame in the end, Chris Brown has managed to become world
famous and to get a fan base of millions of people thanks to his great
rapping skills. He even managed to get a Grammy Award as well as a
Platinum Award a few years ago.
2. Jason Derulo
Born Jason Joel Desrouleaux in 1989, Jason Derulo is a popular actor,
danger and songwriter who started his career in the music industry by
writing for a variety of already popular artists, such as Pitbull,
Cassie or the famous Lil Wayne. Jason Derulo also launched himself in
the music industry last year and we will surely hear more about this
talented male singer in 2014 as well.
1. Drake
Born
Aubrey Drake Graham
in 1986 but better known by his stage name as Drake, he is a talented
and popular Canadian rapper and singer who firstly became known back in
2010. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Drake has managed to get the success and
the fame he has always been looking for in the music industry after
launching hit singles like Successful or Best I Ever Had. Other notable
singles include Find Your Love or Over. After releasing his debut album
in 2010, Drake has released the album Take Care in 2011 and two years
ago he embarked on the Club Paradise Tour, which was considered the most
successful hip hop tour back then.
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10. Kesha
Kesha Rose Sebert (born March 1, 1987), known by her stage name
Kesha, stylized as Ke$ha, is an American singer-songwriter and rapper.
In 2005, at age 18, Kesha was signed to producer Dr. Luke’s record
label, Kemosabe Entertainment, and publishing company. Although an
active musician since then, singing background vocals and writing songs
for other artists, her breakthrough came in early 2009 after appearing
on rapper Flo Rida’s number-one single, “Right Round”. Her debut album,
Animal, and her first extended play, Cannibal, were released in 2010.
Kesha’s irreverent music and image propelled her to immediate commercial
success, with Animal debuting as the number-one album in the US. She
also achieved two number-one singles, “Tik Tok” and “We R Who We R”, and
a string of top ten hits from the album and its re-release. At the same
time, she continued to write songs for other artists, including “Till
the World Ends” for pop singer Britney Spears. Warrior, her second
studio album was released in December 2012, spawning Kesha’s eighth
top-ten hit with “Die Young”. “Tik Tok” is the second best-selling
digital single in history, selling over 14 million units
internationally.
Influenced by various genres and artists, Kesha primarily draws
inspiration from music of the 1980s; Madonna, Queen, and Beck have been
cited as instrumental to her artistry. After experimenting with country,
pop rock, and electronic music, Kesha stuck with the latter. Her
“talky” rap technique, yodeling, and excessive auto-tune have become her
trademark, and all three have led to scrutiny regarding her vocal
talent. Thematically, her music generally revolves around party antics
and binge drinking, although some tracks have been noted as odes to
individuality. Philanthropically, Kesha has been involved with animal
rights and LGBT activism. Since her debut, Kesha has been nominated for
over 40 awards, winning more than fifteen. Among these awards, she won
the MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act in 2010 and several
Billboard Awards. By November 2010, she would sell over 23 million
tracks in the US and 33 million tracks worldwide.
9. Beyonce
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter,simply known as Beyonce bee-YON-say;
born September 4, 1981), is an American singer, songwriter and actress.
Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she performed in various singing and
dancing competitions as a child, and rose to fame in the late 1990s as
lead singer of R&B girl-group Destiny’s Child. Managed by her father
Mathew Knowles, the group became one of the world’s best-selling girl
groups of all time.
Their hiatus saw the release of Knowles’ debut album Dangerously in
Love (2003), which established her as a viable solo artist worldwide; it
sold 11 million copies, earned five Grammy Awards and featured the
Billboard number one singles “Crazy in Love” and “Baby Boy”.
8. Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer,
songwriter, dancer, actress, former television music competition judge,
and occasional author. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in
Kentwood, Louisiana, she performed acting roles in stage productions and
television shows as a child before signing with Jive Records in 1997.
Spears’s first and second studio albums
…Baby One More Time (1999) and
Oops!… I Did It Again
(2000) became international successes, with the former becoming the
best-selling album by a teenage solo artist. Title tracks “…Baby One
More Time” and “Oops!… I Did It Again” broke international sales
records. In 2001, Spears released her third album
Britney and played the starring role in the film
Crossroads. She assumed creative control of her fourth album
In the Zone (2003), which yielded the worldwide success “Toxic”.
31 years old multi talented American, singer cum dancer cum actress
cum author Britney Spears is on the number 8. Her miraculous voice has
been ruling the music industry for about decades and she withholds
millions of fans! The beautiful Britney has been ranked 11th on the
Video Hits1 and still goes on and on.
7. Jennifer Lopez
American business woman and entertainer Jennifer Lopez is 44 years
old and is still hitting the floor. Starting her career with a small
role in a movie in 1986 she has not stopped till now. She also took her
singing skills to the Obama’s election campaign last year and with her
ravishing 26 years in music she is on number 7 on the top ten lists.
6. Adele
A 25 years old extravagant English singer and songwriter Adele also
knows to play many instruments. Her number ‘Rolling in the deep’ gave
her much popularity apart from that the young singer is nominated for
184 awards from which she was able to win 98 which makes her
extraordinary and her fans to keep expecting much more. She is on the
number 6 for her talent of music.
5. Rihanna
West Indies brings upon a great artist Rihanna Fenty who is not only a
singer but a fashion designer too. Starting from the year 2003 Rihanna
hit the charts with her early albums and became the heartthrob of many
people. Her latest album ‘Diamonds World Tour’ was launched at the start
of the year. Her amazing talent takes her to number 5 on the list.
4. Shakira
35 years old ‘Waka Waka’ singer Shakira is the top 4th on the list.
She is a Colombian singer, dancer, choreographer and producer. Having a
fail at the start of the career did not stop Shakira from struggling and
she made her way through with her own production and today she is well
known for her singing abilities and knows different languages which
makes her more popular among many fans out there from different areas.
3. Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American
singer-songwriter. Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to
Nashville, Tennessee at the age of fourteen to pursue a career in
country music. She signed with the independent label Big Machine Records
and became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Music
publishing house. The release of Swift’s eponymous debut album in 2006
established her as a country music star. “Our Song”, her third single,
made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a
number one song on the country chart. She received a Best New Artist
nomination at the 2008 Grammy Awards.
: At the age of only 23 the American singer Taylor Swift was able to
make her way through two million albums and is still on a go. Her simple
and heart touching songs are loved by the fans where as her album
‘Speak Now’ was also added to the Guinness World Record. With her
upcoming Album Red Tour she is still to leave marks this year and is on
number 3 on our list.
2. Katy Perry
Katheryn Elizabeth “Katy” Hudson
(born October 25, 1984),
better known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American singer,
songwriter, businesswoman, philanthropist, and actress. She was born and
raised in Santa Barbara, California. Having had very little exposure to
mainstream pop music in her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel
music as a teen and released her debut studio album,
Katy Hudson, in March 2001. She also recorded a second solo album that was scheduled for an August 18, 2005 release but got cancelled.
Just a little far from number one is Katy Perry a Beautiful eyed
American singer. The 28 year old was interested in music since childhood
and gave her first hit album ‘One of the boys’ in 2008 which followed
one to one hit singles like ‘Thinking of you’, ‘I kissed a girl’ and
‘Waking up in Vegas’. The magical singer stands at number 2.
1. Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, activist, record
producer, businesswoman, fashion designer, philanthropist, and actress.
Born and raised in New York City, where she lives,Gaga primarily studied
at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York
University’s Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to focus on her
musical career. She soon began performing in the rock music scene of
Manhattan’s Lower East Side. By the end of 2007, record executive and
producer Vincent Herbert signed her to his label Streamline Records, an
imprint of Interscope Records. Initially working as a songwriter at
Interscope Records, her vocal abilities captured the attention of
recording artist Akon, who also signed her to Kon Live Distribution, his
own label under Interscope.
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta is the genuine name of the 27
years old American Singer, who is not only a singer but a business
woman, activist, producer, songwriter and fashion designer. Lady Gaga
surprises her fans with not only her amazing songs but her diverse looks
too which makes her popular among her fans. Her hit numbers and fans
take her up to the top of the list and stands out at number 1.
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