Jackie Evancho – young singer

Jackie Evancho is an American young singer who became famous after her performance on the television show America’s Got Talent. Evancho performs in the genre of classical crossover like Hayley Westenra and Sarah Brightman. Jackie takes vocal lessons, plays the violin and piano.
Jacqueline Marie Evancho was born on April 9, 2000 in Pittsburgh, USA. She is the second child in the family of Michael and Lisa Evancho. Jackie has elder brother Jacob, younger brother Zach and younger sister Rachel. Her parents are originally from Ukraine. They emigrated to America long before the birth of their children. The girl began singing at the age of 8 when she watched musical movie Phantom of the Opera. Her mother allowed her to participate in a local talent contest. Jackie took the second place and won the audience award in the competition. She also participated in other talent shows.
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Bella Thorne – American actress and singer

Bella Thorne is an American actress and singer.
Annabella Avery Thorne was born on October 8, 1997 in Pembroke Pines, Florida. She is the youngest child in the family of Ray and Tamara Thorne. She has two elder sisters and elder brother, who are also actors. As a six-week baby, Bella was photographed for Parents Magazine. Several years later, Bella started acting in films and serials.
In 2003, she appeared in the movie Stuck on You. She starred in the episode I Wanna Be Sedated of the TV series Entourage, in an episode of The OC in the role of a young Taylor Townsend, she also appeared in the second season of the television series Dirty Sexy Money and in the television series October Road.
In 2010, she got the lead role in the television series Shake It Up, where she played Sissy Jones (who also suffers from dyslexia).
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Katy Perry – famous American singer

Katy Perry is an American singer, composer, songwriter, actress and UN Goodwill Ambassador.
In April 2007, Perry signed a contract with Capitol Records. She became widely known around the world after the release of the single I Kissed a Girl and the album One of the Boys in 2008. Perry’s third album Teenage Dream was released in September 2010 and five singles reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100. In March 2012, Perry re-released Teenage Dream under the title Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection. The first single Part of Me debuted number one in Billboard Hot 100. It also topped the charts of Great Britain, Canada and New Zealand. Her fourth album Prism was released in October 2013 and the first single Roar was a worldwide hit which topped 17 charts.
Perry is the owner of numerous awards, including thirteen Grammy nominations. In 2012, Billboard named her woman of the year.
At the beginning of July 2012, she released an autobiographical documentary Katy Perry: Part of Me. By November 2013 Perry has sold 12 million albums and 81 million singles worldwide.
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Mariah Carey – American singer

Mariah Carey is an American singer, songwriter, music producer, actress, and philanthropist. In 1990, she released her debut album Mariah Carey which was certificated four-time platinum and won the first place in the US charts Billboard Hot 100. After her marriage with Tommy Mottola in 1993 and successful albums Emotions (1991), Music Box (1993) and Merry Christmas (1994) Mariah Carey was named the most commercially successful musician in the history of Columbia.
In 2000 Carey left Columbia and signed a contract with Virgin Records. After a bad period, Mariah signed a multimillion contract with Island Records and returned to the top of the world charts with the album The Emancipation of Mimi (2005). The second single We Belong Together became the most successful single of the 2000s, and was later named the Song of the Decade by Billboard magazine. She played in the film Treasure (2009) and received Breakthrough of the Year award at the International Film Festival in Palm Springs.
Carey is one of the best-selling singers in the history of music. In 1998, she was named the best-selling performer of the decade, and in 2000 – the most commercially successful singer of millennium. In 2008, the song Touch My Body topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making Carey the only artist in the history of music, whose songs were number one for 18 times in this chart. She also is the owner of five Grammy awards. In August 2015 the singer was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Jane Birkin – Anglo-French actress

Jane Birkin is an Anglo-French actress and singer. She is known for long personal and creative union with French singer, actor and director Serge Gainsbourg. She is a mother of Anglo-French actresses and singers: Kate Barry (photographer and actress, born in 1967 – died on December 11, 2013), Charlotte Gainsbourg (actress and singer, born in 1971) and Lou Doillon (actress, model and singer, born in 1982).
Jane Mallory Birkin was born on December 14, 1946 in London. She was born to military man David Birkin and actress Judy Campbell. She has elder brother Andrew Birkin, who later became a famous film director (The Cement Garden) and screenwriter (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer).
At the age of 17 Jane debuted on the stage of London’s Haymarket Theater, where she played a young deaf-mute girl in the play Carving a Statue by Graham Greene.
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Kelly Clarkson – American singer and actress

Kelly Clarkson is an American singer and actress. She gained fame after participating in a TV show American Idol in 2002 and represented the United States in World Idol competition in 2003. More than 10.5 million copies of her albums were sold in the US.
Kelly Brianne Clarkson was born on April 24, 1982 in Fort Worth, Texas. She is the third and the youngest child of teacher Jeanne Ann Rose and former Canadian engineer Stephen Michael Clarkson. Kelly has brother Jason and sister Alyssa. When Kelly was six years old, her parents divorced after seventeen years of marriage. His brother went with their father, sister went to live with an aunt, and Kelly stayed with her mother. They constantly moved from place to place throughout Texas and her mother worked at various jobs to support her family. Eventually, the family settled in Burleson, where Kelly’s mother married Jimmy Taylor.
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Kanye West – American rapper

Kanye West is an American rapper, producer and designer.
In the late 1990s – early 2000s, he gained fame as a producer. He took part in in creating hits for Jay-Z, Ludacris, Talib Kweli and Alicia Keys. In 2004 he released his debut album The College Dropout, then Late Registration in 2005, Graduation in 2007, 808s & Heartbreak in 2008, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in 2010, Watch the Throne in 2011 together with Jay-Z, Yeezus in 2013 and The Life of Pablo in 2016.
As a designer he has worked with companies such as Nike and Louis Vuitton, and in 2013 launched clothing line YEEZY with Adidas. He also founded GOOD Music record label and creative agency DONDA. In 2014 he married TV star and model Kim Kardashian.
Kanye West has been repeatedly named one of the greatest artists of the XXI century. He was among the best-selling artists and has won 21 Grammy awards. His albums have been included in various lists of the best albums, including the list of the 500 greatest albums of all time according to Rolling Stone magazine.
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