Showing posts with label Interesting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Interesting. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Interesting Facts About Britney Spears

"Oops I did it again"...and she did it making her place at one of the top spots in the music world. The lady in question is none other than Britney Spears. Bold and beautiful, this American song writer and singer created waves with her hysteric performances. Britney is one of the best selling music artists to date. Her popularity becomes more than evident from the fact that she has sold an estimated 83 million records worldwide.

Talent seems to be running through and fro the veins of this pop diva. No wonder her first debut single itself "Hit me baby one more time" topped the Billboard hot 100. The chartbuster that was released in October 1998 remained the numero uno for two weeks in a row. The song was a huge success and even went on to be certified fourteen times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Following the talent and the success that Britney had seen with her debut single aloe, awards had to follow. In the December of 1999, Britney was awarded with four Billboard music awards. Now that's pretty much. And that's not just it. She even won the Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist award at the American Music Awards.

After her first album Britney came up with yet another album "Oops I did it again''. This album too became a roaring success with 1,319,193 units were sold during its first week. Though Britney became increasing popular with each album, she was surrounded by one set of controversies after the other. Her alleged relationship with Justin Timberlake brewed a rake of controversies for the pop star.

The female pop singer will always be remembered for the chartbusters that she has given.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Interesting Facts About Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley was a legendary American singer, actor and musician. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in the history of popular music. Elvis is also known for his good look, and he is often recognized as a sex symbol of all time.

Famously known as 'Elvis' and sometimes referred to as 'The King of Rock n Roll' or 'The King', he is an international cultural icon.

He had a versatile voice and had unusually wide success encompassing other genres, including gospel, blues, ballads and pop. To date, he has been inducted into four music halls of fame.

Born on January 8, 1935, at Tupelo, Mississippi, the United States, to Vernon Elvis Presley, a truck driver and mother Gladys Love Smith, a sewing machinist, he was influenced by gospel music. His favourite singer was legendary Southern Gospel singer Jake Hess.

Presley began his career as one of the first performers of rockabilly and recorded his first song "My Happiness" with "That's When Your Heartaches Begin", on July 18, 1953.

"All Shook Up", "(Let me Be Your) Teddy Bear" and "Too Much" were his hits in 1950s and his record sales grew quickly during that period. In 1956, Presley launched his career as a film actor.

He was married in 1967 to Priscilla Presley and their only child, Lisa Marie, was born on February 1, 1968. Health problems, drug dependency and other factors led to his death at age 42 on August 16, 1977.

Elvis set records for television ratings, concert attendance, and recordings sales throughout his career. Even long after his death, he is still one of the most recognized face on the earth.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Interesting Facts About Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was one of the most important person in the world history. He was the ruler of Germany for 13 years from 1933 to 1945. Known in the history for his totalitarian and fascist dictatorship, Hitler claims that Jews were enemies of the Aryan race.

Born in Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary, on 20 April 1889, Alois Hitler, a customs official, and Klara Pölzl, Hitler had a troubled childhood. He was influenced by Martin Luther. He refers to Martin Luther as a great warrior, a true statesman and a great reformer.

A decorated veteran of World War I, Hitler joined the National Socialist German Workers Party, also called the Nazi Party, in 1920. Promoting nationalism, antisemitism and anti-communism with charismatic oratory and propaganda, he gained support and became the party leader in 1921.

Hitler pursued a foreign policy with the declared goal of seizing other countries, and directed the resources of Germany toward his aim.

He invaded Poland in 1939, leading to the outbreak of World War II. Within three years, Germany and the Axis powers occupied most of Europe and large parts of Africa, East and Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean. However, the Allies gained the upper hand from 1942 onward and in 1945 Allied armies occupied Germany from all sides.

His forces committed numerous atrocities during the war, including the killing of six million Jews, known as the Holocaust, and various other groups of people.

During the final days of the war in 1945, Hitler married his long-time mistress Eva Braun. Less than 24 hours later, the two committed suicide.