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Best of 2011 Recording Artists
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Albums: Loud, Rated R, Good Girl Gone Bad
Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988), known by her stage name, Rihanna, is a Bajan singer. Her song Umbrella was one of the highest-selling songs of 2007 and her 3rd album Good Girl Gone Bad was critically acclaimed, helping propel her to superstar status.
- Maroon 5
Albums: Songs About Jane, It Won't Be Soon Before Long, Hands All Over
Maroon 5 is a Grammy Award-winning American pop rock band. Formed in Los Angeles, the group comprises five members: Adam Levine (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Valentine (lead guitar, backing vocals), Jesse Carmichael (keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Mickey Madden (bass guitar), and...
- Adele
Albums: 21, 19
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (Born 5 May 1988) is an English soul/jazz singer/songwriter from Brixton, London. Signed to XL Recordings, a music label which primarily focuses on independent talents within Britain, Adele manages to incorporate a variety of flavours into her music, striking many people...
- Florence and The Machine
Albums: Lungs, Ceremonials, A Lot of Love, A Lot of Blood
Florence And The Machine (tagged on iTunes as Florence + The Machine) is the recording name of Florence Welch and a collaboration of other artists who provide backing music for her voice. Florence is an art- college dropout from Camberwell, London, who was discovered singing Motown covers in a...
- Glee Cast
Albums: Glee: The Music Presents The Warblers, Glee: The Music, Vol. 5, Glee: the Music, The Power of Madonna
Glee is a musical comedy television series that airs on Fox. It focuses on a high school glee club set within a high school in Lima, OH. The series will have covers of many different songs sung on-screen by the characters. Among the songs featured in the pilot are "Respect" (sung by Amber Riley)...
- Bruno Mars
Albums: Doo-Wops & Hooligans
Peter Gene Hernandez (born 1985), better known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is an American singer-songwriter and music producer. He is known for lending his vocals and co-writing the hooks for the songs "Nothin' on You" by B.o.B, and "Billionaire" by Travie McCoy, as well as his own Billboard Hot...
- Foo Fighters
Albums: The Colour and the Shape, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, One by One
Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock/post-grunge band formed by singer/guitarist Dave Grohl in 1995 in Seattle, USA. Grohl formed the group as a one-man project after the dissolution of his previous band Nirvana in 1994. Prior to the release of Foo Fighters in 1995, Grohl drafted Nate...
- The Black Keys
Albums: Brothers, El Camino, Attack & Release
The Black Keys are a two-man blues-rock group from Akron, Ohio which formed in 2001, consisting of singer and guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney. The band name was inspired by a schizophrenic artist and friend in Akron, who used the term "black keys" to describe things he disliked or...
- Cee Lo Green
Albums: The Lady Killer, Cee Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections, Cee Lo Green... Is the Soul Machine
Thomas DeCarlo Callaway (born May 30, 1974), better known by his stage name Cee Lo Green or simply Cee Lo, is an American hip hop, funk, neo soul, and R&B musician. He is a singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer, best known as a member of Goodie Mob and more recently Gnarls Barkley, and...
- The Lonely Island
Albums: Incredibad, Turtleneck & Chain
The Lonely Island is a comedy troupe consisting of filmmakers Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, and Andy Samberg (aka The Dudes). The group was originally formed in Berkeley, California - in 2001 - but they now reside in New York City. They write, produce, and are featured in the "SNL Digital Shorts"...
- Nicki Minaj
Albums: Pink Friday
Onika Tanya Maraj (born December 8, 1984 in Trinidad and Tobago but now lives in New York City, New York, United States), better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj, is a Trinidadian-American, rapper and singer-songwriter signed to a joint venture between Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment and...
- TV on the Radio
Albums: Nine Types of Light, Dear Science, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV on the Radio is a Brooklyn, New York, USA-based band that was formed in 2001. Their music is difficult to classify and is often described as art rock or post-punk, but is educated by a diverse spectrum of styles including freeform jazz and a cappella music, psychedelia and trip-hop, modern soul...
- Bon Iver
Albums: Bon Iver, For Emma Forever Ago, Calgary
Bon Iver is indie folk singer-songwriter Justin Vernon's current band and most notable music project to date. The band also consists of Mike Noyce, Sean Carey and Matt MacCaughan. The name 'Bon Iver' (pronounced "bon ee-VER") is a play on the French phrase 'bon hiver' for 'good winter'.
- Foster the People
Albums: Torches
Foster the People is an indie pop/indie rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band first played together in October 2009. Members Mark Foster (vocals, keyboards, piano, synthesizers, guitar, programming, percussion), Mark Pontius (drums and extra percussion), and Vanguard graduate Cubbie...
- LMFAO
Albums: Party Rock, Sorry For Party Rocking
As Hollywood locals, Blu and Foo already rocked the beat as experimental Djs, who had a knack for rockin' the show by bringing electro into the commercial club scene. With their own musical aspirations, they continued to produce their own hollywood brand of hip hop and electro while constantly...
- The Joy Formidable
Albums: The Big Roar
The Joy Formidable are Ritzy Bryan, Rhydian Dafydd and Matt Thomas. The beginnings of TJF began several years ago, when school friends Ritzy and Rhydian chatted on a night out in their hometown of Mold, North Wales. Both opinionated and madly into music, an instant respect was formed and they...
- Mastodon
Albums: Leviathan, Blood Mountain, Remission
Mastodon is one of the new breed of metal bands from the US. They created waves in the metal community with the EP Lifesblood, released in 2001, just over a year after the band's formation in 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The band appeals to fans of both hardcore and extreme metal, while...
- Peter Bjorn and John
Albums: Gimme Some, Living Thing, Falling Out
Peter Bjorn and John were formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1999. Made up of members Peter Morén on vocals, guitar, and harmonica; Björn Yttling on vocals, bass, and keyboards; and John Eriksson on drums, percussion, and vocals. The band is influenced by the sounds of classic '60s baroque pop, power...
- My Morning Jacket
Albums: Circuital, It Still Moves, Evil Urges
My Morning Jacket is an indie rock band which formed in 1998 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The band consists of singer/songwriter/guitarist Jim James (vocals, guitar), Carl Broemel (guitar), "Two Tone" Tommy Blankenship (bass), Bo Koster (keyboards) and Patrick Hallahan (drums). .
- Feist
Albums: The Reminder, Metals, Let It Die
Leslie Feist (born February 13, 1976 in Amherst, Nova Scotia) is a canadian singer. She performs as a solo artist under the name Feist and also as a member of Broken Social Scene. Raised in Regina and Calgary, Feist got her start in music as the lead vocalist for a punk band called Placebo (not...
- Fleet Foxes
Albums: Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues, Sun Giant EP
Fleet Foxes is an indie folk band that formed in Seattle, Washington, United States in 2006. The band consists of Robin Pecknold (vocals, guitar), Skyler Skjelset (guitar), Christian Wargo (bass, guitar, vocals), Casey Wescott (keyboards, vocals) and J.
- Wiz Khalifa
Albums: Rolling Papers, Show And Prove, Deal or No Deal
Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987 in Minot, North Dakota), better known by the stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania signed to Rostrum Records. In 2005 he released his first mixtape, Prince of the City: Welcome to Pistolvania, and later in 2006...
- Machine Head
Albums: Through the Ashes of Empires, The Blackening, Burn My Eyes
Machine Head is an American heavy metal band, formed in 1992 in Oakland, California. Founded by former Vio-Lence guitarist Robert Flynn and Adam Duce, and has only had 3 personnel changes since its inception 17 years ago. The current lineup of the band comprises Flynn (vocals, guitar), Duce (bass)...
- Thrice
Albums: The Artist in the Ambulance, Vheissu, Major/Minor
Thrice is an American post-hardcore/experimental rock band that formed in Irvine, California in 1998. The lineup consists of Dustin Kensrue (vocals and guitar), Teppei Teranishi (guitar), Eddie Breckenridge (bass), and Riley Breckenridge (drums).
- Bad Meets Evil
Albums: Hell: The Sequel
Bad Meets Evil was a 2-piece rap collaboration consisting of Detroit emcees Royce da 5'9" ("bad") and Eminem ("evil.") Bad Meets Evil preleased a small number of tracks such as "Scary Movies", "Nuttin' to Do" and "Bad Meets Evil", with the lattermost track featuring on Eminem's album The Slim Shady...
- The Dodos
Albums: No Color, Time To Die, Visiter
The Dodos are an American indie rock band consisting of Meric Long and Logan Kroeber. The Dodos began playing music together in 2005, when musician Meric Long, who had been gigging steadily in San Francisco as a solo singer-songwriter, was introduced to Logan Kroeber through a mutual friend (a...
- Thursday
Albums: No Devolucion, Full Collapse, A City by the Light Divided
Thursday is a post-hardcore band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA that has released five full-length albums: Waiting (1999 Eyeball Records), Full Collapse (2001 Victory Records), War All the Time (2003 Island Records), A City by the Light Divided (2006 Island Records), and Common Existence (2009...
- Tyler, The Creator
Albums: Gobin
Tyler Okonma (born March 6, 1991), better known by his stage name Tyler, The Creator, is an American rapper and record producer from Los Angeles, California. He is the leader of the alternative hip hop collective OFWGKTA. He has rapped on and produced songs for nearly every OFWGKTA release.
- Fitz and The Tantrums
Albums: Songs For A Break Up Volume 1, Pickin' Up The Pieces
Fitz and The Tantrums are an American soul indie pop band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2008. Their debut studio album, Pickin' Up the Pieces, released in August 2010, has received critical acclaim and reached #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.
- Dum Dum Girls
Albums: Only In Dreams, I Will Be, He Gets Me High
Dum Dum Girls are an indie pop band from California currently signed to Sub Pop Records. Their name is a homage to The Vaselines album 'Dum Dum' and the Iggy Pop song "Dum Dum Boys". The group also cites The Ronettes, The Ramones, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Patti Smith...
- Vivian Girls
Albums: Vivian Girls, Everything Goes Wrong, Share the Joy
Although only a band for a little more than a year, the Vivian Girls charms have already worked their magic on their short road to "out of nowhere" status. With their irresistable mix of 60's girl-group sounds, punk, post-punk and shoegaze, the 'Girls have mastered blurring the lines of genres and...
- Das Racist
Albums: Relax
Das Racist is an Art Rap/Freak Folk/World Music duo based in Brooklyn, New York, comprised of Queens-born Himanshu Kumar and San Francisco-born Victor Vazquez. The two met at Bard Art College in Massachusetts, where Victor was Himanshu's resident advisor in a "Students of Color for Social Justice"...
- We Were Promised Jetpacks
Albums: These Four Walls, In The Pit Of The Stomach
We Were Promised Jetpacks are a four-piece rock band, formed in Edinburgh, United Kingdom in 2003 by high school friends Adam Thompson (Guitar/Vocals), Michael Palmer (Guitar), Sean Smith (Bass) and Darren Lackie (Drums). They are currently signed to Fat Cat Records, with whom they released...
- Cymbals Eat Guitars
Albums: Why There are Mountains, Lenses Alien
Cymbals Eat Guitars are an indie rock band from Staten Island, New York, United States. They consist of Joseph Ferocious (vocals, guitar), Neil Berenholz (bass, vocals), Daniel Baer (keyboards, vocals) and Matthew Miller (drums). They have released one album, "Why There Are Mountains", which has...
- Yuck
Albums: Yuck
Yuck are an indie rock band that originated from London, England. The band features members Daniel Blumberg and Max Bloom, both of whom formerly played in the band Cajun Dance Party. The band's self-titled debut album was released through Fat Possum on 21 February 2011 in the United Kingdom.
- Van Hunt
Albums: What Were You Hoping For?, Van Hunt, On the Jungle Floor
Van Hunt is an R&B/neo soul singer, songwriter, and record producer. He first made a name for himself as a producer in the late-1990s, producing singles such as Dionne Farris' "Hopeless." Van Hunt released his self-titled first album, Van Hunt, on Capitol Records in 2004, which includes the singles...
- Saigon
Albums: The Greatest Story Never Told
Brian "Saigon" Carenard took his nickname in the 1990s while in Napenoch Correctional Facilities, a tribute to a book on Vietnam which helped hone his lyrical style. Upon release, Saigon set upon one of the great odysseys in hip-hop history, dropping his debut, The Greatest Story Never Told on...
- Kitty Daisy & Lewis
Albums: Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Smoking In Heaven
Kitty Daisy & Lewis are a three-piece band comprising the teenage siblings of the Durham family. Their music is influenced heavily by R&B, Swing, Jump blues, Country and Western, Blues, Hawaiian and Rock 'n' Roll... The trio are all multi-instrumentalists playing guitar, piano, banjo, lapsteel...
