Contemporary & pop

The legendary British born, Grammy award winning singer, renowned for his unique voice and passionate delivery, Joe Cocker, returns with his 23rd studio album. Following on from the resounding success…

When a musical group sells more than 20 million albums, they must be doing something right . . . and are usually satisfied to do more of the same. Not…

Josep Maria Carreras i Coll was born on December 5, 1946, in Barcelona, Spain. His father was the owner of a small chemical plant. Young Carreras showed early interest in…

Joss Stone has been obsessed with soul music since she was a little girl. By the time she was in her early teens she had begun to intuitively hone her…

Julio Iglesias (born September 23, 1943-) in Madrid is Spain’s best selling singer in history and one of the best selling hispanic singers of all time. Julio Iglesias has sold…

The Kaiser Chiefs started in Leeds when school friends Nick Hodgson, Simon Rix and Nick ‘Peanut’ Baines began to play together. They were later joined by Andrew Whitey White and…

Katy Perry was born October 25, 1984, in Santa Barbara, California. After having three record deals fall apart, she signed with Capitol in 2007. Later that year, she released her…

Kelly Clarkson was born on April 24, 1982, in Fort Worth, Texas. In 2002, she won the first season of American Idol, the prize for which was a million-dollar RCA…

Thomas August Darnell Browder (aka August Darnell) was born in Montreal on August 12, 1950, the son of a French Canadian mother and a Dominican father, but was raised in…

The pint size Australian television, film and music star has captivated the world with her staggering capacity for reinvention and captivating iconic pop songs, many of which we just can’t…