"Gold (Beverley Knight song) ""Gold"" was the third single released from Beverley Knight's studio album, ""Who I Am"". The song, which peaked at #27 in Britain, was different from the album version - which was produced by Mike Spencer, and is a big favourite amongst fans. The accompanying video was directed by Adrian Moat. Knight promoted the song by performing the song on ""Top of the Pops"" and sister show ""Top of the Pops Saturday"". During Knight's 100% Tour in 2010, she announced that she wrote ""Gold"" after a friend of Knight's told her that she thought we was 'gold'."
"the key of C minor in common time with a tempo of 102 beats per minute. Adu's vocals span from F to A♭. The song was described as ""swaggering"" and ""sinewy"" by Lloyd Bradley of BBC. Paradise (Sade song) ""Paradise"" is a song by English band Sade from their third studio album ""Stronger Than Pride"" (1988). Released in May 1988, it is Sade's most successful track on the US ""Billboard"" Hot R&B chart, peaking at number 1 for one week. ""Paradise"" reached number 16 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and was also a hit on the US ""Billboard"" Dance"
"Prince"" (1926). It was then produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London in 1925, enjoying another extraordinary run of 581 performances. It was filmed in 1928, in 1936 and again in 1954. The best-known song from the musical is ""Indian Love Call"". It became Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy's ""signature song"". Several other numbers have also become standards, including the title song. Producer Arthur Hammerstein, attempting to create popular new Broadway shows in the operetta tradition, sought exotic, unusual settings for his new productions. ""The Fortune Teller"" (1898) is set in Hungary, ""The Merry Widow"" (1907) takes place"
"the song's protagonist and his older sibling (""Incest is everything it's said to be""). ""Uptown"" and ""Partyup"" are ""relentless dance jams"", according to Erlewine; the former became a top-five hit on the ""Billboard"" Dance and R&B charts in late 1980, and the latter was performed on ""Saturday Night Live"" on February 21, 1981. The album received critical acclaim. According to Ken Tucker from ""Rolling Stone"", ""Prince's first two collections established him as a doe-eyed romantic. Nothing could have prepared us for the liberating lewdness of ""Dirty Mind"". ""Dirty Mind"" jolts with the unsettling tension that arises from rubbing complex erotic"
"& Carolyn. ""Sista Sista"" was re-released as a single in 1999 and was the sixth and final single from ""Prodigal Sista"". Together with a new video, the song charted at #31 in the UK. The release was designed to capitalise on Knight's success at the 1999 MOBO Awards, where she won two awards for Best R&B Act and Best Album for ""Prodigal Sista"". The second video for ""Sista Sista"" sees Knight performing the song in a smokey bar, with her band. Sista Sista ""Sista Sista"" was the third single release from British soul singer Beverley Knight's ""Prodigal Sista"" album. Knight"
"""Billboard"" 200, selling 4.3 million copies. The single ""Batdance"" topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and R&B charts. The single ""The Arms of Orion"", with Sheena Easton, charted at No. 36, and ""Partyman"" (also featuring the vocals of Prince's then-girlfriend, nicknamed Anna Fantastic) charted at No. 18 on the Hot 100 and at No. 5 on the R&B chart, while the love ballad ""Scandalous!"" went to No. 5 on the R&B chart. Prince had to sign away all publishing rights to the songs on the album to Warner Bros. as part of the deal to do the soundtrack. In 1990, Prince"
"Secret of My Success"" (1987), ""Stuart Little II"" (2002), ""13 Going on 30"" (2004), ""What the Bleep Do We Know!?"" (2004), and hit television shows such as ""Nip/Tuck"" (2003–2010), ""The Singing Bee"" (2007–), ""American Idol"", ""The Oprah Winfrey Show"", ""The Simpsons"", ""Family Guy"", ""30 Rock"", ""South Park"", ""Dallas Buyers Club"", ""Glee"", ""The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon"", ""Necessary Roughness"", the 40th anniversary ""Saturday Night Live"", and the finale episode of ""The Voice"" (2011), in which Cee Lo Green performed a duet of ""Love Is a Battlefield"" with one of the final contestants. Knight wrote the theme song for the popular"
"Revolution, and one with The New Power Generation. His first single of the 22 entries Prince placed on this chart was in 1979 with his breakthrough hit ""I Wanna Be Your Lover,"" which peaked at number 2 that same year, with ""My Name Is Prince"" being his last entry in 1992, peaking at number 9. The double-sided ""Controversy/Let's Work"" gave the Minnesota native his first number-one on this chart in 1981. His last number-one ""Gett Off,"" came in 1991. Artists with the most number-ones on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart This is a list of artists with the most"
"Gladys Knight Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the ""Empress of Soul"", is an American singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian and author. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, Knight is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which included her brother Merald ""Bubba"" Knight and her cousins Edward Patten and William Guest. Knight has recorded two number-one Billboard Hot 100 singles (""Midnight Train to Georgia"" and ""That's What Friends Are For""), eleven number-one R&B singles, and six number-one R&B albums. She has won seven Grammy"
"were prevented from recording for years. Knight attended Tennessee State University, where he studied chemistry and sang with the Fairlanes, a vocal trio. In 1967, after Knight was seen performing with the Fairlanes in Nashville at a Vanderbilt University fraternity, he was offered a contract as a solo artist by the Rising Sons label. His first recording, ""Everlasting Love"", written by label owners Buzz Cason and Mac Gayden, was a success, reaching number 14 on the US R&B chart and 13 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. This enduring song was an even bigger success in the UK the following year"
"and ""Take Me with U"" became worldwide top-10 hits and established him as one of the most popular performers of the decade. Throughout 1985 and 1986, Prince scored the worldwide top-40 hits ""Raspberry Beret"", ""Pop Life"", ""Paisley Park"", ""America"", ""Girls & Boys"", ""Mountains"", and ""Anotherloverholenyohead"", as well as the number-one hit ""Kiss"", from the musically diverse albums ""Around the World in a Day"" and ""Parade"". His 1987 double-album ""Sign o' the Times"" garnered a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year and spawned the top-20 hits ""Sign o' the Times"", ""If I Was Your Girlfriend"", ""I Could Never Take the"
"had become top 10 hits. 7 (Prince song) ""7"" is a song by Prince and The New Power Generation, from the 1992 ""Love Symbol Album"". It was released in late 1992 as the third single from the album, and became the most successful in the United States. It features a sample of the 1967 Otis Redding and Carla Thomas duet, ""Tramp"". ""7"" is composed of heavy drums and bass in an acoustic style. It has a distinct Middle Eastern theme, and an opera-like chorus which features Prince's multi-tracked vocals. The lyrics of the song have religious and apocalyptic themes. The"
"such as Led Zeppelin's ""Stairway to Heaven"" (1971), Aerosmith's ""Dream On"" (1973), and Lynyrd Skynyrd's ""Free Bird"" (1974). The Carpenters' ""Goodbye to Love"" (1972) has also been identified as a prototype of the power ballad. Well-known later power ballads include Nazareth's version of ""Love Hurts"" (1975), Heart's ""What About Love"" (1985), Guns N' Roses' ""November Rain"" (1991) and Poison's ""Every Rose Has Its Thorn"" (1988). Journey's power ballad, ""Faithfully"", a late addition to the group's ""Frontiers"" (1983) album, inspired Prince, who obtained the blessing of Journey's singer/songwriter Jonathan Cain, before releasing what was to become Prince's signature song, ""Purple Rain"""
"Paradise (Sade song) ""Paradise"" is a song by English band Sade from their third studio album ""Stronger Than Pride"" (1988). Released in May 1988, it is Sade's most successful track on the US ""Billboard"" Hot R&B chart, peaking at number 1 for one week. ""Paradise"" reached number 16 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and was also a hit on the US ""Billboard"" Dance Club Songs chart, where it peaked at number 21. ""Paradise"" is often considered one of the band's signature songs, alongside ""Smooth Operator"" (1984), ""The Sweetest Taboo"" (1985), and ""No Ordinary Love (1992)."" ""Paradise"" is written in"
"Made It Back ""Made It Back"" is a song by Beverley Knight, released as the first single from her second studio album, ""Prodigal Sista"". It was also the first single Knight released on EMI controlled Parlophone Records after she signed a four album deal with the label in 1997 after disagreements with her previous label, Dome Records. The release instantly proved that Knight had made the right decision after it entered the UK Singles Chart at #21 – her highest charting single up to that point. Featuring US rap star Redman, the song was nominated for Best Single at the"
"after his death in 2016) and became the fifth best-selling album of 1983 overall, eventually being certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA. The album's opening title track, ""1999"", was also its first single and initially peaked at number 41 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100. It was subsequently re-released following the huge success of its follow-up single and ""1999""'s second track, ""Little Red Corvette"", which peaked at number 6 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Shortly after being reissued, ""1999"" hit number 12 and has since become one of Prince's most recognizable compositions. The music videos for both ""1999"" and"
"is better known for the hit ""King of My Castle"", released in 1997 under the name Wamdue Project. Originally produced by Brann as a downtempo piece, it achieved worldwide fame thanks to a remix by Roy Malone in house form. ""King of My Castle"" sold two million copies worldwide and is reportedly the best-selling single ever for the Strictly Rhythm label, as well as peaking at number one in the United Kingdom and a number three in Germany in 1999. A follow-up Wamdue Project single, ""Where Do We Go"", hit number nine on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in"
"The couple celebrated their five-year anniversary in 2017. On 30 June 2011, Knight performed at Abigail Clancy and Peter Crouch's wedding. She is a supporter of the Labour Party. Beverley Knight Beverley Knight, (born Beverley Anne Smith; 22 March 1973) is an English recording artist, radio presenter and musical theatre actress who released her debut album, ""The B-Funk"", in 1995. Heavily influenced by American soul music icons such as Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin, Knight has released eight studio albums to date. Widely labelled as one of Britain's greatest soul singers, Knight is best known for her hit singles ""Greatest"
"Barbara, Stepping Out The Normal Heart, La Traviata, Bert and Maisie Dream of Sussex Downs, The Song is You, West Side Story, Siamese Twins, School for Clowns, Tales of Hoffman, The Winslow Boy, Conversations with a Fainthearted Feminist, Peter Pan: The Musical A Streetcar named Desire, Romeo and Juliet, Breaking the Code, The Mikado, The Sound of Music, Squatter, I'm Not Rappoport, Les liaisons dangereuses, Gershwin by George, Oedipus Rex, Ladies Night, Gypsy, The Kiss of the Spider Woman The Share Club, The Rivers of China, Bloodknot, Twelfth Night, Lucia di Lammermoor, The Homecoming, South Pacific, Burn This, Beauty and"
"Not Too Late for Love ""Not Too Late for Love"" is the second single from Beverley Knight's fourth studio album, ""Affirmation"". The single reached #11 in the airplay chart and peaked at #31 in the UK Singles Chart. At that time, it was her lowest chart position since ""Sista Sista"" in 1999. However this has since been eclipsed by the 2007 single, ""No Man's Land"" (co-written by Eg White and Jimmy Hogarth), which peaked at #43 becoming her lowest chart position in nine years, and ""After You"", which charted at #131, both of which are from ""Music City Soul"", her"
"Beverley Knight Beverley Knight, (born Beverley Anne Smith; 22 March 1973) is an English recording artist, radio presenter and musical theatre actress who released her debut album, ""The B-Funk"", in 1995. Heavily influenced by American soul music icons such as Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin, Knight has released eight studio albums to date. Widely labelled as one of Britain's greatest soul singers, Knight is best known for her hit singles ""Greatest Day"", ""Get Up!"", ""Shoulda Woulda Coulda"" and ""Come as You Are"". In 2006 Knight solidified her transition into the mainstream by starring in the BBC music TV series ""Just"
"7 (Prince song) ""7"" is a song by Prince and The New Power Generation, from the 1992 ""Love Symbol Album"". It was released in late 1992 as the third single from the album, and became the most successful in the United States. It features a sample of the 1967 Otis Redding and Carla Thomas duet, ""Tramp"". ""7"" is composed of heavy drums and bass in an acoustic style. It has a distinct Middle Eastern theme, and an opera-like chorus which features Prince's multi-tracked vocals. The lyrics of the song have religious and apocalyptic themes. The song received positive reviews and"
"with widespread acclaim and praised its musical style, lyrics and Lorde's vocal delivery. Several sites ranked it as one of the best songs of the year, with ""Slant"" and ""Consequence of Sound"" placing it on the top spot of their respective lists. The single garnered success on charts internationally, reaching the number one spot for nine consecutive weeks on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and simultaneously breaking several records. It also peaked atop record charts in other markets, including Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. ""Royals"" sold 10 million units worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of"
"has moments where the band drops out for a bar, and a style of freezing movement at these points took hold. In 1987, the song was remixed and re-released by the label Total Control. The remix reached number No. 63 in the UK Singles Chart. UK soul singer Beverley Knight covered ""Southern Freeez"" for her 2011 album ""Soul UK"". A cover also appeared on the album ""Brasil Bam Bam Bam"" (2014) by Sonzeira, a band formed by Gilles Peterson with Emanuelle Araujo and Valerie Etienne on vocals. Southern Freeez (song) ""Southern Freeez"" is the second single from British dance band"
"much greater than her debut, ""The B-Funk"", which peaked at #145 in Britain. ""Prodigal Sista"" peaked at #42 and was awarded a Gold Disk by the BPI for sales of over 100,000 in Britain. Prodigal Sista Prodigal Sista is the second studio album by British R&B singer and songwriter Beverley Knight released in August 1998. The album was the first to be released by Knight under her new contract with Parlophone Records, with whom she had signed a four album deal with in 1997 after leaving her previous label, Dome Records. The lyrics on the album were written entirely by"
"and Esmeralda 7. So Look No More for Love — Fleur-de-Lys & Phoebus 8. The Feast of Fools — Gringoire & Chorus 9. The King of Fools — Quasimodo 10. The Sorceress — Frollo & Quasimodo 11. The Foundling — Quasimodo 12. The Doors of Paris — Gringoire 13. Kidnap Attempt — Phoebus & Esmeralda 14. The Court of the Miracles — Clopin, Chorus & Esmeralda 15. The Word Phoebus — Esmeralda & Gringoire 16. Shining Like the Sun — Esmeralda & Fleur-de-Lys 17. Torn Apart — Phoebus 18. Anarchy — Frollo & Gringoire 19. Water, Please! — Chorus, Frollo"
"sold over 150 million records worldwide, including 48.9 million certified units in the United States, 4.75 million in France, over 1 million in Canada and over 10 million records in the United Kingdom. Prince accumulated five U.S. number-one singles and 15 worldwide #1 hits, as well as 8 worldwide number one albums. He was the most successful artist on the ""Billboard"" charts from 1980-2000, scoring 8 #1 R&B singles and 7 #1 Dance singles (tied for second place for male entertainers with Enrique Iglesias and Michael Jackson). He scored over 50 top 40 hits around the world since 1979. He"
"release of 2004's comeback record ""Musicology"", the title track and ""Call My Name"" reached top 40 positions. In 2006, several compositions including ""Black Sweat"", ""Fury"", and ""Te Amo Corazon"" reached the top 20 of charts throughout Europe and Asia. Prince has sold over 150 million records worldwide, including 48.9 million certified units in the United States, 4.7 million in France and over 5 million records in the United Kingdom, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. He has accumulated five US number-one singles and fifteen worldwide number 1 hits, as well as 8 worldwide number one albums."
"A-sided single, ""Rivers of Babylon/Brown Girl in the Ring"", which became a massive hit all over Europe, reaching No. 1 in several countries as well as becoming one of the biggest selling singles of all time in the UK. It also became their most successful single in the United States, peaking at No. 30 on the U.S. pop singles chart. Following this came their biggest-selling album, ""Nightflight to Venus"", which spawned further hit singles with ""Rasputin"" and ""Painter Man"". Continuing with their success, they released ""Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord"", which was the 1978 Christmas number one single"
"Place of Your Man"" and ""U Got the Look"". His success in Europe and Asia increased throughout the late-1980s with his 1988 album ""Lovesexy"" which crafted the top-40 hits ""Alphabet St."", ""Glam Slam"", and ""I Wish U Heaven"". Prince closed the 1980s recording the soundtrack to the massively successful 1989 film ""Batman"", which included the worldwide number-one hit ""Batdance"" as well as the top 20 hits ""Partyman"", ""Scandalous!"", ""The Future"" and ""The Arms of Orion"". By the end of the decade, he had amassed the most entries on the Hot 100 of any act in the previous 10 years, including"
"ten number-ones on ""Billboard"" Dance Club Songs, out of the 17 titles she has placed on the chart since her first entry, ""What a Girl Wants,"" peaked at number 18 in 2000. Her first number-one on this chart came in 2003 with the remixes of her critically-acclaimed ballad ""Beautiful."" In 2018 Aguilera added her tenth number-one ""Accelerate"" to the list. American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, and filmmaker Prince placed ten number-ones on ""Billboard"" Dance Club Songs during his storied musical career which spanned from 1977 until his passing in 2016, seven as a solo artist, two with The"
"14, 2017, the band released a new song and music video for their single ""Living Room"" . Their next release was on January 19, 2018 when they released a new song and music video titled ""Mad At The World"". Their latest release is ""Separate Lives"" from their second album Separate Lives. Kendall Schmidt Kendall Francis Schmidt (born November 2, 1990) is an American singer, songwriter, music producer and actor. He played Kendall Knight in ""Big Time Rush"", participated in a boy band with the same name, and has had small roles on TV shows such as ""ER"", ""Without a Trace"","
"Grammy nominations for ""Best R&B Vocal, Duo or Group"" and ""Best R&B Song"" of 1987. The track also returned Easton to the UK hit parade for the first time in nearly four years. During her time collaborating with Prince, Easton was encouraged to write her own material. The most successful effort from her foray into songwriting was ""The Arms of Orion"", a duet with Prince and a single from 1989's Batman soundtrack. The song reached number 36 on the US Billboard Chart and number 27 in her native UK. Since that time Easton has written and co-written songs for her"