A soulful and poppy sensation from the U.K., Natasha Bedingfield outdid her older brother Daniel's pop success when her debut album went triple platinum in her homeland, and her single "These Words" became a huge charter in the U.S. Born into a music…

The mercurial term "emo" has meant many different things since its first appearance in the mid-1980s hardcore punk underground. By the mid 2000s, the term was best exemplified by the band Fall Out Boy. Playing an accessible brand of melodic rock mark…

Emile Ford was by his own account a reluctant pop star finding success in the recording studio and on-stage in England from the late 50s into the early 60s despite his belief that his voice was less than ideal He was born Emile Sweetman in Castries S…

With their origins rooting back all the way to their high school electronics class Velvet Acid Christ got their start in 1990 under the original Cyberchrist but changed it in dedication to an alleged acid trip gone bad Comprising two core members Bry…

What started out as simply a campfire song between strangers soon turned into a musical connection in the form of the Columbus OH-based alternative poprock group Saving Jane It was at this bonfire that vocalist Marti Dodson then a junior at Ohio Stat…

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…

Another in the line of 90s goths who forsook guitars for the sampler and synthesizer Rudy Ratzingers wumpscut project was born in 1991 when Ratzinger released his first cassette-only albums Defcon and Small Chambermusicians Vuz Records signed the Ger…