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Cheryl Cole – successful singer

Cheryl Cole – successful singer

Cheryl Cole – successful singer

Cheryl Cole is a British singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, model, and philanthropist. She is the first UK performer with five number one solo singles (2014). Together with Girls Aloud Cole released twenty-one singles (all were included in the top ten UK Singles Chart, four singles were on the first place), five studio albums, one hits album and two albums of remixes. She was five times nominated for Brit Awards and won Best Single award for the song The Promise.
Her first solo album 3 Words (2009) went triple platinum, and the single Fight for This Love took the first place in the UK countries, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, and Hungary. The single Parachute headed Russian charts. The second album Messy Little Raindrops (2010) went platinum. The single Promise This was the first on the British charts. The third studio album A Million Lights (2012) received the gold status in the UK. The single Call My Name became the second fastest-selling single in the UK in 2012 and made debut with the first place in the UK charts. The fourth studio album Only Human (2014) received a silver certification. The composition Crazy Stupid Love (2014) became the fourth single in Cole’s career, topped the British charts. I Don’t Care (2014) became the fifth single in her career to top the British charts.
Cheryl is a style icon and has appeared on the covers of British Vogue, Elle and Harper’s Bazaar.
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Gucci Mane – American rapper

Gucci Mane - American rapper

Gucci Mane – American rapper

Gucci Mane is an American rapper. Fame came to him in 2005 with the release of the album Trap House, followed by the album Hard to Kill in 2006 and Trap-A-Thon and Back to the Trap House in 2007. In 2009, the second studio album The State vs. Radric Davis was released.
Radric Davis (his real name) was born on February 12, 1980 in Birmingham, Alabama. Later, he and his mother moved to Atlanta. Davis loved to write poetry as a child and started rapping at the age of 14. In 2001, he joined the La Flare on Str8 Drop Records. In 2004 he released the single Black Tee as an answer record to Dem Franchize Boyz’s White Tee.
In 2005, Davis released his first solo album Trap House. The album Hard to Kill was released in 2006. The album included the single Freaky Girl which took the 12th place in the Hot Rap Tracks, the 19th in the Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs and was number 21 on the Hot 100.
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Selena Gomez- American singer and actress

Selena Gomez- American singer and actress

Selena Gomez- American singer and actress

Selena Gomez is an American film and television actress, singer, composer, producer, designer, songwriter, model, philanthropist, and Goodwill Ambassador. For the role of Alex Russo in the television series Wizards of Waverly Place (2007) Selena received Kids’ Choice Awards (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) and ALMA Award (2009). Since 2009 she is a singer of pop rock band Selena Gomez & the Scene. In 2012, Gomez began her solo career. Selena is engaged in charitable activities. In 2009 she became the youngest UNICEF member in history.
Selena Marie Gomez was born on July 22, 1992 in Grand Prairie, Texas. The girl was named in honor of the popular singer Selena. When she was 5 years old, her parents divorced. Her mother, a theater actress, inspired Selena and the girl decided to become an actress.
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Ozzy Osbourne – Godfather of heavy metal

Ozzy Osbourne - Godfather of heavy metal

Ozzy Osbourne – Godfather of heavy metal

Ozzy Osbourne is a British rock singer, musician, co-founder and member of the band Black Sabbath, which has had a significant impact on such musical styles as hard rock and heavy metal. The success of his career and popularity earned him the unofficial title Godfather of heavy metal. After leaving Black Sabbath he began a solo career. As a member of the group Black Sabbath Osborne was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and he was also inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame as a group member and a solo artist. Osborne has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and on the Walk of Stars in Birmingham. In 2014 he won the MTV Europe Music Award in the category Global Icon. In the early 2000s, he took part in a reality show about his life on MTV. His solo albums Blizzard of Ozz and No More Tears received platinum status four times.
John Michael Osbourne (his real name) was born on December 3, 1948 in Birmingham. He became the fourth of six children in a family. The boy was nicknamed Ozzy at school.
At the age of 15 Osborne was expelled from school because of bad financial condition in the family. The future rock musician got a job as a plumber assistant. Subsequently Ozzy tried to work as a mechanic assistant, a car mechanic, a painter and even a gravedigger. Once he stole something and was in the Birmingham jail, where he made his famous tattoo OZZY on his knuckles.
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Naya Rivera – American actress and singer

Naya Rivera - American actress and singer

Naya Rivera – American actress and singer

Naya Rivera is an American actress and singer, widely known for her role of cheerleader Santana Lopez in Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee.
Naya Marie Rivera-Dorsey was born on January 12, 1987 in Valencia, California, but lived most of her life in Los Angeles. She has Puerto Rican, African and German roots. When Naya was only eight months old she and her mother moved to Los Angeles, where the girl became a child model.
As a child model, she has appeared in numerous commercials, including several for Kmart store. At the age of four she made her debut in the comedy series The Royal Family where she played one of the main roles. Although the show started quite well, but when the star of the series Reddy Fox died ratings quickly went down and the channel closed the show after one season. However, Rivera was nominated for Young Artist Award.
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Jared Leto – actor and rock singer

Jared Leto - actor and rock singer

Jared Leto – actor and rock singer

Jared Leto is an American actor and rock singer, lead singer of alternative rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars. He is the director of many music videos under the pseudonym Bartholomew Cubbins (the name is borrowed from the book by Dr. Seuss The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins). Jared is a winner of many awards, including Oscar, Golden Globe and the US Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in the drama Dallas Buyers Club (2013).
Jared Joseph Leto was born on December 26, 1971 in Bossier City, Louisiana. He has elder brother Shannon. Their parents divorced when Jared and Shannon were little boys. Shortly after the second marriage their father died (two boys were born in marriage). Second mother’s husband, Carl Leto, adopted them, although they later divorced. Jared has half-sister Melissa Lafsky, who is a writer.
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Justin Timberlake – American singer and actor

Justin Timberlake – American singer and actor

Justin Timberlake – American singer and actor

Justin Timberlake is an American pop and R&B-singer, songwriter, producer, dancer and actor. He is a winner of four Emmy and nine Grammy awards. Timberlake came to fame as one of the soloists of the boy band ‘N Sync. In 2002, he released his first solo album, Justified, sold more than 8 million copies worldwide. The second solo release was the album FutureSex / LoveSounds, which was released in 2006 and included the successful singles such as the SexyBack, My Love and What Goes Around … Comes Around, which became number 1 hits in USA. Timberlake has sold more than 18 million copies of his two solo albums. He also founded his own record label Tennman Records and launched a clothing line William Rast.
Justin Randall Timberlake was born on born January 31, 1981 in Memphis, Tennessee to Lynn Harless and Randall Timberlake. His parents divorced in 1985, and then both found new spouses. His mother, who now runs an entertainment company Just-in Time Entertainment, married Paul Harless, when Justin was 5 years old. His father, the conductor of the choir in the Baptist church, married Lisa who gave birth to two sons, Jonathan (born in 1993) and Steven (born in 1998). Justin’s half-sister Laura died in infancy. Some time after his sister’s death, he moved to Ottawa (Canada), but soon returned to the United States.
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