Successful black women

In this entry I'd like to talk about three women, or girls, because they are quite young -absolutely popular for the same reason: music. Guess who they are? Rihanna, Leona Lewis and Alicia Keys. Each one, although they look similar, are a bit different, at least when talking about musical styles. Let's see why.

Rihanna, born in 1988 (she's 20 years old), is a Barbadian singer who has become widely known for her last album "Good girl gone bad", a mixture of dance and pop which has made us dance more than one Saturday night. Who doesn't know "Umbrella", "Don't stop the music" and "Hate that I love you" with David Bisbal?

Leona Lewis is a bit older, but with only 23 years old, she is one of the most valued R&B singer -songwriter in the UK and beyond. Did you know that she was the winner of the third series of the talent show The X Factor? Of course, she has a beautiful voice and many of her songs are incredible. Just remember "Bleeding Love"

And last but not least, Alicia Keys is an American neo soul singer and songwriter, pianist and cellist. Born in Manhattan, this 27-year-old girl has sold more than 30 million albums, won 11 Grammy Awards, 17 Billboard Music Awars and many more prizes. The song "Fallin" is one of the most recognised songs.

And now your turn has arrived. Below, you can find one video of each singer, let me know your opinions about them.

Disturbia



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Better in time (sorry but the official video is not available unless you watch it in YouTube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWwYj6vf3c8

Superwoman (live for 40 Principales)



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YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE

Time has arrived to talk about football. To tell you the truth, I'm not very keen on football, but as I know you are, I will try to do my best.
The title of the post belongs to Liverpool anthem, the song that all the fans always sing at Anfiend Road, the mythical Liverpool stadium. But what's so characteristic about this football team? What makes it special?

They are the most successful club in the history of English football because, among their trophies, we find 18 First Division titles, 7 FA Cups, 5 European Cups and 7 League Cups.

Liverpool FC is also known for their traditional colour: RED and ANFIELD, which will be substituted by a new stadium in Stanley Park by 2011. There is a quote which says "Anfield -the name alone conjures up a million and one memories; be they good or bad, happy or sad, tragic or triumphant". But did you know that between 1884 and 1892 it was the home of Everton? As Thierry Henry says: "It's the atmosphere that I love. It's unbelievable. I've played in a lot of stadia, but for me there is nothing like playing at Liverpool"

Important players have been Steve MacManaman, Fowler, Michael Owen and at the moment, Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher and the Spanish Torres, Reina and X. Alonso.

Liverpool also hosts Rafael Benítez, former Valencia C.F. coach, with whom they have won several titles

Here there is a video of Liverpool history and some of the goals. Hope you enjoy it!!!

Stop & Stare

Yes, we are going to continue with more music following the suggestions of some of you (if you don't make suggestions, I won't write about the things you are interested in) and the winner is "One Republic". I have listened to many of their songs lately, but I didn't know anything about their origins.

From Colorado Springs in the USA, this band of five boys started to deal with music at high school, where Tedder and Zach knew each other. Together and with a small group of friends put a band known as This beautiful mess, performing in local bars of the area. They separated and after a couple of years, they met again and Eddie Fisher, Brent Kutzle and Drew Brown added to the group, former called Republic.

After years of moderate success, they have drawn mainstream attention after the release of their widely-known single "Apologize", selling nothing less than seven million singles worldwide. But I think that their second single, which gives the title to the post, is going to be even more successful. In the UK and the USA, they have already released the third ("Say all I need") and the fourth single respectively ("Mercy"). Nowadays, they have often been compared to Maroon 5, The Fray, Keane and Coldplay, which means they make really good music.

In the video, you can watch Stop and Stare, the last single released in Spain. I prefer it to Apologize, I think it's more rythmic, though slow, sentimental but very sweet to listen to alone or with someone... What do you think?

Lyrics Stop And Stare lyrics