Famous singers

1. Famous Singers
Alberto Parra
Eloy Santos
Guillermo Martínez
Laura Vázquez

2. Elvis Presley
• Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, in
1935
• Was an American singer and actor
• His music career began there in 1954,
when he recorded a song with producer
Sam Phillips at Sun Records.
• Presley was an early popularizer of
rockabilly.

3. • In 1973, Presley was featured in the first
globally broadcast concert via satellite,
Aloha from Hawaii.
• Presley is one of the most celebrated and
influential musicians of the 20th century.
• Commercially successful in many genres,
including pop, blues and gospel.
• Several years of prescription drug abuse
severely damaged his health, and he died
in 1977 at the age of 42.

4. Frank Sinatra
• Francis Albert Sinatra was born on
December 12, 1915 in Hoboken, New
Jersey, the only child of Italian immigrants.
• Was an American singer, actor, director and
producer.
• His musical Carreer began in 1943, after
being signed by Columbia records.
• Sinatra is universally known as The Voice
• Frank Sinatra has sold more than 600
million records.

5. • He was a founding member of the Rat Pack,
featuring Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin or
Humphrey Bogart.
• Sinatra had personal and profesional links to
Mafia.
• Sinatra was a good friend of Pres. John Kennedy,
and also a Democrat, but he turned into
Republican in the 70’s, supporting Ronald Reagan.
• He is the biggest exponent of easy listening, jazz
or traditional pop

6. Michael Jackson
• He was born on August, 1958, in Gary,
Indiana.
• He was an important singer, songwriter,
dancer and actor.
• Associated acts with Jackson 5
• His genres songs was pop, dance-pop and
R&B
• He died on June, 2009, in Los Angeles,
California.

7. • Jackson's 1982 album Thriller is the best
selling album of all time.
• His other achievements include:
• Multiple Guinness World Records.
• 13 Grammy Awards.
• 26 American Music Awards.
• 13 number-one singles in the United
States.

8. Metallica
• Metallica is an American heavy metal band
from Los Angeles, but based in San Francisco
from February 1983. It was founded in 1981 in
Los Angeles by Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield.
• Its members are:
• Lars Ulrich
• James Hetfield
• Kirk Hammett
• Robert Trujillo
• In his most outstanding songs are Master
of puppets and Nothing else master

9. • Ulrich moved to the local Hetfield had with his friend
Ron McGovney, who came from a wealthy family who
owned numerous properties. Ron was the designer of
the famous band logo.
• The debut of Metallica live would take place on
March 14, 1982 at Radio City in Anaheim club in a
performance in which the lack of experience on stage
caused serious problems for the band.
• Although initially Metallica played thrash metal along
the years has been changing its sonidoen which took
a more mainstream and later sound from 1996, with
the publication of Load, in which you can hear sound
much more arranged and close to hard rock and
alternative rock

10. Blind Guardian
• Blind Guardian is a German heavy metal band
(speed, power and progressive)
• Was founded in 1984 in the city of Krefeld, then
West Germany, originally under the name Lucifer's
Heritage.
• It was founded by Hansi and André Olbrich Kürsch
• Its members are:
• Hansi Kürsch
• André Olbrich
• Marcus Siepen
• Frederik Ehmke

11. • This band has been influenced by bands like
Helloween, Uriah Heep and Queen, among
others.
• Their most outstanding songs are Wheel of
time and Mirror mirror
• His doctors are based on fantasy and science
fiction, and instruments used in some songs
like bagpipes to give a unique style to the
band. In his latest albums are leaving the
heavy and speed to go to a music genre
classic

12. Eminem
 His real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers
 Was born Missouri(EEUU)
 Eminem is an American rapper, record
producer, songwriter and actor
 The name 'Eminem' came from his initials
M(arshall) M(athers).
 Eminem achieved mainstream popularity in
1999 with The Slim Shady LP received his
first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album

13.  He won the Academy Award for Best
Original Song for "Lose Yourself", the first
rap artist to win the award
 After his debut album Infinite (1996)
 His last album was Shady XV (2014)
 Eminem's eighth album ,won two
Grammy Awards.

14. Coldplay
• Coldplay are a British rock band formed in
1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead
guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College
London (UCL).
• Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist
and they changed their name to Starfish. Will
Champion joined as a drummer, backing
vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist
• The band renamed themselves "Coldplay" in
1998
• They have an alternative rock style, but each
of his records has different style mixtures

15. • The group has sold more tan 90
million records worlwide.
• They have seven Grammy Awards,
eight Brit Awards, an five MTv
Music Awards
• They support numerous charities
and political causes.
• Their most known songs are Viva
La Vida and Speed of Sound,
among many others

16. Beyoncé
• She was born on September, 1981, in
Houston, Texas.
• She's a pop icon, because she is singer,
songwriter, record producer, actress and a
great dancer.
• Associated acts with Destiny's Child and
Jay Z.
• Her genres songs are R&B, pop and soul
too.

17. • She has sold over 75 million records as a solo
artist, and a further 60 million with Destiny's
Child, making her one of the best-selling music
artists of all time.
• A self-described "modern-day feminist",
Beyoncé creates songs that are often
characterized by themes of love, relationships,
and monogamy, as well as female sexuality
and empowerment.