A green-eyed beauty with a sultry voice, Rihanna was discovered as a teenager on her island home of Barbados, and quickly signed with the venerable Def Jam records. Powered by a Soft Cell sample, her infectious dancehall/Caribbean single "Pon de Repl…

Post-hardcoreemo-pop quintet Hawthorne Heights came to life in the summer of 2001 Originally called A Day in the Life the Dayton OH collective saw numerous lineup changes and shifting music styles before settling on its current formation Composed of …

Singersongwriteractor Teddy Geigers raspy vocals and sophisticated lyrics disguise the fact that the budding pop sensation isnt even old enough to vote The self-taught Rochester NY native had a stockpile of material by the age of eight and a recordin…

Rapper Yung Joc born Jasiel Robinson learned about running his own business from his father who owned a hair-care products company It was also his father who gave a teenage Yung Joc his first break writing a jingle for the Revlon company Joc decided …

Sister actingsinging duo Aly AJ -- whose full names are Alyson and Amanda Joy Michalka -- showed a passion for both kinds of performing at a very young age they started playing piano at age six and began acting classes soon after Born in LA the Mich…

Denver-based band the Fray was formed in 2002 by Isaac Slade vocals piano and Joe King guitar vocals when the two former school friends met up again in a local music store They soon began regular two-man jam sessions that led to writing songs and dev…

A discovery of pop-punk superstars Fall Out Boy, the Las Vegas emo band Panic! At the Disco (named for a Smiths song), stormed the charts in 2005 while its members were barely old enough to vote. Offering a highly danceable take on the emo formula of…

Pop-oriented RB vocalist Chris Brown debuted with the Scott Storch-produced Run It and became the first male solo artist to release a single that went straight to the top of the Billboard singles chart Only 16 at the time Brown came from a small town…

A popular Hollywood burlesque act, the Pussycat Dolls emerged as mainstream fixtures when they became an outlet for big-name celebrities looking to embrace their inner sex kittens. As a musical act, the Dolls scored huge hits with a familiar albeit …

Post-grunge rockers Hinder got started in the early 2000s in Oklahoma City where Joe Garvey and drummer Cody Hanson found Austin Winkler singing cover songs at a college party The three formed the nucleus of Hinder and started landing gigs opening lo…

Gnarls Barkley is the remarkable collaboration between DJ/producer/mash-up king Danger Mouse and psychedelic soul crooner/MC Cee-Lo, of the Atlanta hip-hop group Goodie Mob. Both refreshingly outre and delightfully accessible in the manner of Outkast…

Lillix was a poprock combo featuring guitarist Tasha-Ray Evin older sister and keyboardist Lacey-Lee Evin bassist Louise Burns and drummer Kim Urhahn While they were barely teenagers the Evin sisters picked up instruments in the basement of their fam…