celebrities

Music celebrities in the growing entertainment industry.

NKOTB THEN & NOW
Flashback 1989...I am sitting on my bedroom floor, braces and a bad perm flipping through American teen magazines while "Step by step....ooh baby...gonna get to you girl" blares from the stereo. As an Aussie teen, dreamed of one day meeting her favorite boy band from Boston, USA - New Kids on the Block.
By Nicole Gibson5 years ago in Beat
DJ Cuppy Replies Twitter User Who Said She's Getting Uglier and Fatter
What a response! Okay, me and my friend were co-incidentally talking about the topic of weight earlier this morning. Why is it that as a people, especially as Nigerians, we’re always very quick to call out and criticize people for putting on weight, while at the same time giving them fatty foods like puff puff and meatpie in parties, and if they refuse to eat it, we’ll still be the ones to say “Ah ah, why you no dey chop?”
By Jide Okonjo5 years ago in Beat
Happy Birthday, Freddie!
Who could have known that on September 5, 1946 in Zanzibar (now Tanzania), a legend would be born? Mercury, or at that time, Farrokh Bulsara, born to Parsi-Indian parents Bomi and Jer Bulsara, would have said he always knew. He became known for his confidence and showmanship that was rivaled by no other, and he always felt that he had that something extra.
By Bryana 5 years ago in Beat
Backstreet's Back Alright!
I was 8 years old when I saw him singing on the tv. In my head, he looked like an angel and sang like one too. His smile was one you could not ignore and his eyes were piercing blue, and still are, and that’s to show how close to the screen I was.
By Julia Alfred5 years ago in Beat
Bringing Home Bow Wow. Second Place in OG Celebrity Crush Challenge.
I said Lil’ Bow Wow You just don’t know The way you move so fast Across the floor I mean you run through my mind Like all the time To the point that I just wanna take ya home
By Amani Ali5 years ago in Beat
Celebrity Crush – Elton John
It has been 50 years since that fateful day in my family living room when I first heard Elton John’s “Your Song”. Sitting in that brown Naugahyde recliner, I glanced at the “hi-fi” with wonder and awe, attempting to finish my sixth-grade homework. Who was this, and why was he so captivating? In a “Music in Review” documentary I viewed recently, a reviewer noted how “Your Song” was a “breath of fresh air” against all the other pop songs of the day, with Elton using a combination of sharps and flats that no one else at the time attempted. He described Elton as a “genre in himself”. The Beatles had broken up earlier that year, and the world … and I … were ready for the next musical genius. That’s the technical explanation, the left brain one. My right brain told this 11-year-old girl, “Oh, god, you must learn more about this man. He’s different. He made you stop and listen. He makes your heart go pitter-patter! He’s a musical magician.”
By Paula Chapman5 years ago in Beat
Of a simpler time : Dolly Parton
Jolene, Jolene, jolene, jolene, That song quickly became the bane of my families existence. I felt no shame in blasting it as loud as I possibly could from my little clock speaker, singing my little heart out.
By Faye Wilde5 years ago in Beat
Rick Astley
I never knew about crushes until I fell for Rick Astley in the late eighties. Time and age meant that it was probably the prime time for my first major crush, for the first time I would see someone as more than just a popstar. I would dream of Rick every night. Play his music all the time, my parents and younger sister deranged with the continual playing of “Never Gonna Give you Up”. It was his first hit and spent weeks at the top of the charts in ’88 and meant that I wasn’t the only one who doted on him.
By Gemma Fox5 years ago in Beat
When Both Our Cars Collide
I'll never forget the moment I first laid eyes upon Gerard Way. It was 2006. I was a teenage girl who had just decided she wanted to get into rock music. I started with the classics and was working my way up to the present day. While Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and a slew of other dad-rock bands were cool and all, I had a real hunger for something to move my modern soul. I didn't have a clear sense of what that would feel like yet. I just heard the call. It brought me to MTV.com.
By CHELSEA CRISTOFFOR5 years ago in Beat
I WAS IN LOVE WITH THE KING
It was a long time ago, I can still remember seeing Elvis on the television. I remember sitting in the living room and watching the Ed Sullivan show. When Ed Sullivan introduced Elvis to the world! I watched him, and at that time I wished I was seated at the Ed Sullivan show. Elvis was singing and playing the guitar. He was shaking his body with the rhythm singing That's All Right Ma Ma! Then as soon as it started the gig was over with. I wanted to watch him more but Ed Sullivan put someone else on his show. I was hoping Elvis would sing again but it was not to be. I told my Mom I wanted the record Elvis sang and I loved seeing him play. I was a young teenager, I had a boyfriend and both of us loved to dance. We went to all the school dances, and when we danced everyone watched us. I told my boyfriend about Elvis and told him I wanted his song. My boyfriend would do anything for me and I knew it! We went to the store but we did not find the record. I was greatly disappointed we could not find it. The next day I was listening to the radio when all of a sudden Elvises song played. My mom was in the other room and I called her. She came and listened to the song and she liked it. I asked her if she would buy the song for me but she did not have the extra money. I was on the lookout for the song I wanted it so bad!
By rose m lewis5 years ago in Beat
My First Crush
I was raised in an ultra-conservative home. There were four of us, two brothers above me, and one below me. An eight and nine-year spread between me and my older brothers allowed me to hear the great music of their age. I was not allowed to listen to any popular music or purchase any albums. My girlfriends had all the teen idol magazines and top ten albums so I would hang out with them and listen to Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, John Cougar Mellencamp, and all the rest.
By Catherine DeMaria Sheetz5 years ago in Beat
My Celebrity Crush
On September 25, 1968, my first celebrity crush began. It also came crashing down on April 3, 1970, with the cancellation of "Here Comes The Brides."
By Susan Fleck Pennington5 years ago in Beat