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Thriller 40 Movie premieres

Thriller 40 premieres Dec. 2 on Showtime & Paramount+

Michael Jackson’s Thriller Hailed by Usher, Mary J. Blige, Mark Ronson & More in 40^th-Anniversary Doc: Trailer Premiere

Thriller 40 premieres Dec. 2 on Showtime & Paramount+.

Thriller 40 debuts Dec. 2 at 8 p.m. ET on Showtime and will stream on Paramount+ (for Paramount+ With Showtime subscribers). The film will also make its international debut the same day on Paramount+ in the U.K., Australia, Canada, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Latin America and South Korea and on MTV internationally, excluding China and Japan. The film was directed by Nelson George and produced by Optimum Productions and Company Name. Colin Hanks, Sean Stuart and Jackson estate co-executors John Branca and John McClain serve as producers.

There are two things in the music business: before Thriller and after Thriller journalist Steven Ivory says to kick off the trailer, premiering below.

Thriller 40 Official Trailer | SHOWTIME

About Thriller 40:

Forty years after the release of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, the best-selling album of all time worldwide, Director Nelson George takes fans back in time to experience the making of the record-breaking album and the release of the accompanying short films that forever redefined the music video format. Featuring never-before-seen footage and exclusive interviews, THRILLER 40 chronicles the creation of a pre-internet global phenomenon unlike anything before it or since. “Thriller_ launched Michael Jackson into mega-stardom and to this day continues to influence all aspects of culture and entertainment including the worlds of music, dance, and fashion. Music and entertainment luminaries including Usher, Mary J. Blige, Will.I.Am, Mark Ronson, Misty Copeland, Maxwell, and John Landis are featured in the documentary.

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Madonna The Celebration Tour

🎶 We’re gonna party (It's a celebration) 🎶

L’iconique Madonna is back ! Au programme du Celebration Tour ? Quatre shows démesurés pour fêter 40 ans d’une carrière légendaire. Cerise sur le gâteau (d’anniversaire), l’invitée spéciale de la tournée : Bob the Drag Queen !

Madonna a changé la trajectoire de la musique populaire peu de temps après que Borderline soit devenu son premier tube du Top 10 en 1984. Fusionnant la danse post-disco avec une pop effervescente, la chanson était inattendue et fraiche, une astuce qui est rapidement devenue sa signature. Au cours d’une carrière qui a duré des décennies, Madonna a introduit des sons underground dans le courant dominant, en se spécialisant dans les tendances qui percolent dans les clubs de danse.

À l’aube de l’ère MTV, elle a saisi les possibilités offertes par les vidéos musicales, créant une série de clips sexy et élégants qui lui ont valu la réputation de provocatrice tout en faisant de la chaine le bastion de la culture branchée des années 1980.

Madonna a enregistré un grand nombre des hymnes pop qui ont défini cette décennie - Like a Virgin, Material Girl, Live to Tell, Papa Don’t Preach, Open Your Heart, Like a Prayer, Express Yourself - et, ce faisant, elle a créé l’archétype de la pop star moderne : une star dont la musique est inextricablement liée à sa représentation visuelle et qui répugne à se reposer sur ses lauriers. Alors que Madonna entame sa deuxième décennie de célébrité, elle continue à prendre des risques artistiques ; elle se plonge dans le R&B moderne pour Bedtime Stories en 1994 et dans l’électronique pour Ray of Light en 1998. Au cours des années 2000 et 2010, Madonna a continué à être animée par cet esprit artistique sans cesse renouvelé, ce qui a permis de mettre en perspective l’ensemble de son œuvre, en soulignant les points communs et la cohérence qui traversent sa musique - des liens aussi évidents sur des albums comme Madame X en 2019 que sur des rétrospectives comme Finally Enough Love, une chronique de 2022 de ses succès dans les clubs de danse.

SIXTH AND FINAL LONDON SHOW ADDED

As part of her huge Celebration Tour, Madonna has added a sixth and final London date to her schedule, performing at London’s The O2 on Wednesday 6th December.

Madonna, the best-selling female solo touring artist of all time, announced that The Celebration Tour has sold-out 36 shows and counting across Toronto, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris and more, with over 600,000 tickets sold. Due to overwhelming demand, 36 new dates have now been added across North America and Europe. The global run now includes second shows in Miami, Las Vegas, Milan, Barcelona and more as well as four nights in Paris, six nights in New York and Los Angeles, and a newly announced sixth and final night in London, with multiple added dates already sold-out.

The Celebration Tour will kick off on Saturday, July 15^th at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC with stops in Phoenix, Seattle, Denver, and more before making its way to Europe where she will perform in 11 cities throughout the fall, including Antwerp, Copenhagen, Paris and Stockholm, among others. The Celebration Tour will then return to London to on Tuesday 5-December and Wednesday 6th December at The O2 to wrap up the European tour before returning to North America for additional and newly confirmed dates.

The Celebration Tour will offer a one-of-a-kind experience with special guest Bob the Drag Queen a.k.a. Caldwell Tidicue across all dates on the global tour.

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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2023 from Precious Radio!

May the true spirit of Christmas shine in your heart and light your path. Wishing you and your loved ones a blessed Christmas.

May God bless your life with love and joy this holiday season.

Michael Jackson - Thriller 40th Anniversary

World’s biggest-selling album with over 100 million sales

Experience the world’s biggest-selling album with over 100 million in sales – and the first album to be certified triple Diamond by the RIAA – on this new Thriller 40th Anniversary 2CD set.

Disc 1: Michael Jackson’s 1982 smash album Thriller changed pop music forever. This original album, featuring seven top 10 hits including Billie Jean, Beat It and Thriller, helped Michael win a record-setting eight Grammy Awards in one night.

Disc 2: Features Thriller-era bonus material including previously unreleased demos.

Michael first wrote and started work on this song in 1980 but was still working on it in February 1982 and considered it as a song for the Thriller album.

When it failed to make the cut for Thriller, Michael considered it again for The Jacksons’ Victory album but chose to contribute three other songs to that album: State of Shock, Be Not Always (co-written with his brother Marlon) and The Hurt (co-written with his brother Randy, David Paich and Steve Porcaro). This demo has never been released previously.

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin'
2. Baby Be Mine
3. The Girl Is Mine - Michael Jackson with Paul McCartney
4. Thriller
5. Beat It
6. Billie Jean
7. Human Nature
8. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
9. The Lady in My Life

Disc: 2

1. Starlight
2. Got the Hots
3. Who Do You Know
4. Carousel
5. Behind The Mask
6. Can’t Get Outta The Rain
7. The Toy
8. Sunset Driver
9. What A Lovely Way To Go
10. She’s Trouble

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The 45 King Special Breakbeat Tribute Mix

Special Tribute to DJ Mark the 45 King

Special Tribute to DJ Mark the 45 King SATURDAY NIGHT @10PM Mixed, Remixed & Edited by The 45 King Forever. Don’t miss it …

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The 45 King

The 45 King first gained fame with his breakbeat track The 900 Number in 1987. The song featured a looping of a baritone sax solo from Marva Whitney’s Unwind Yourself (1968). The 45 King signed with Tuff City Records that year and was given a production deal. The 900 Number remains his signature work, having been resampled by many artists. He was also featured on the 1989-Hustlers Convention album on the UK label Music of Life, which is considered by many to be hip-hop’s first-ever live album.

In the early 1990s, drug addiction caused him to lose a production deal that he signed with Warner Bros. Records. Around this time, the 45 King released multiple series of breakbeat records (the Lost Breakbeat series, the Breakapalooza series, etc.) and remixed Madonna’s Top-10 single Keep It Together, but he stayed mainly with his breakbeat record franchises.

In 1996, Washington, D.C.-based go-go artist DJ Kool had a hit with the song Let Me Clear My Throat. It was call-and-response vocals over a chopped half of the 900 Number beat. DJ Kool did not just sample the track: he also acknowledged the 45 King as the song’s originator. The 45 King then remixed the track for Kool.

In 1998, the 45 King produced Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) for Jay-Z. The song was a hit and featured a looped chorus from the original cast album of the Broadway musical Annie. In an interview, Jay-Z spoke on the 45 King’s importance to hip hop and called him a true pioneer of the business. In 2000, he produced the platinum-certified track Stan by Eminem.

The 45 King died on October 19, 2023, at the age of 62. R.I.P.

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Run-DMC Mix - 50th Anniversary Of Hip-Hop

Special 2 hours Run-DMC Tribute Mix Anniversary Mixtape

Saturday Night @10pm Special 2 hours Run-DMC Tribute Mix Anniversary Mixtape for celebrate 50^th Anniversary Of Hip-Hop & Only on Precious Radio Hip-Hop. Don’t miss it…

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About RUN DMC:

Queens, New York, US Run-D.M.C. Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Run-DMC (also spelled Run-D.M.C.) was an American hip hop group from Hollis, Queens, New York City, founded in 1983 by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell. Run-DMC is regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of hip hop culture and one of the most famous hip hop acts of the 1980s.

Run-DMC (also formatted Run-D.M.C., RUN DMC, or some combination thereof) was an American hip hop group from Hollis, Queens, New York City, formed in 1983 by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell. Run-DMC is regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of hip hop culture and especially one of the most famous hip hop acts of the 1980s. Along with Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, and Public Enemy, the group pioneered new-school hip hop music and helped usher in the golden age of hip hop. The group was among the first to highlight the importance of the MC and DJ relationship.

More than any other hip-hop group, Run-D.M.C. are responsible for the sound and style of the music. As the first hardcore rap outfit, the trio set the sound and style for the next decade of rap. With their spare beats and excursions into heavy metal samples, the trio were tougher and more menacing than their predecessors Grandmaster Flash and Whodini. In the process, they opened the door for both the politicized rap of Public Enemy and Boogie Down Productions, as well as the hedonistic gangsta fantasies of N.W.A. At the same time, Run-D.M.C. helped move rap from a singles-oriented genre to an album-oriented one – they were the first hip-hop artist to construct full-fledged albums, not just collections with two singles and a bunch of filler. By the end of the ’80s, Run-D.M.C. had been overtaken by the groups they had spawned, but they continued to perform to a dedicated following well into the ’90s.

All three members of Run-D.M.C. were natives of the middle-class New York borough Hollis, Queens. Run (born Joseph Simmons, November 14, 1964) was the brother of Russell Simmons, who formed the hip-hop management company Rush Productions in the early ’80s; by the mid-’80s, Russell had formed the pioneering record label Def Jam with Rick Rubin. Russell encouraged his brother Joey and his friend Darryl McDaniels (born May 31, 1964) to form a rap duo. The pair of friends did just that, adopting the names Run and D.M.C., respectively. After they graduated from high school in 1982, the pair enlisted their friend Jason Mizell (born January 21, 1965) to scratch turntables; Mizell adopted the stage name Jam Master Jay.

In 1983, Run-D.M.C. released their first single, It’s Like That"/“Sucker M.C.’s,”_ on Profile Records. The single sounded like no other rap at the time – it was spare, blunt, and skillful, with hard beats and powerful, literate, daring vocals, where Run and D.M.C.’s vocals overlapped, as they finished each other’s lines. It was the first new school hip-hop recording. It’s Like That became a Top 20 R&B hit, as did the group’s second single, Hard Times/Jam Master Jay. Two other hit R&B singles followed in early 1984 – Rock Box and 30 Days – before the group’s eponymous debut appeared.

King of Rock

By the time of their second album, 1985’s King of Rock, Run-D.M.C. had become the most popular and influential rappers in America, already spawning a number of imitators. As the King of Rock title suggests, the group were breaking down the barriers between rock & roll and rap, rapping over heavy metal records and thick, dense drum loops. Besides releasing the King of Rock album and scoring the R&B hits King of Rock, You Talk Too Much, and Can You Rock It Like This in 1985, the group also appeared in the rap movie Krush Groove, which also featured Kurtis Blow, the Beastie Boys, and the Fat Boys.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.’s fusion of rock and rap broke into the mainstream with their third album, 1986’s Raising Hell. The album was preceded by the Top Ten R&B single My Adidas, which set the stage for the group’s biggest hit single, a cover of Aerosmith’s Walk This Way. Recorded with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Walk This Way was the first hip-hop record to appeal to both rockers and rappers, as evidenced by its peak position of number four on the pop charts. In the wake of the success of Walk This Way, Raising Hell became the first rap album to reach number one on the R&B charts, to chart in the pop Top Ten, and to go platinum, and Run-D.M.C. were the first rap act to received airplay on MTV – they were the first rappers to cross over into the pop mainstream. Raising Hell also spawned the hit singles You Be Illin’ and It’s Tricky.

Tougher Than Leather

Run-D.M.C. spent most of 1987 recording Tougher Than Leather, their follow-up to Raising Hell. Tougher Than Leather was accompanied by a movie of the same name. Starring Run-D.M.C., the film was an affectionate parody of ’70s blaxploitation films. Although Run-D.M.C. had been at the height of their popularity when they were recording and filming Tougher Than Leather, by the time the project was released, the rap world had changed. Most of the hip-hop audience wanted to hear hardcore political rappers like Public Enemy, not crossover artists like Run-D.M.C. Consequently, the film bombed and the album only went platinum, failing to spawn any significant hit singles.

Back from Hell

Two years after Tougher Than Leather, Run-D.M.C. returned with Back From Hell, which became their first album not to go platinum. Following its release, both Run and D.M.C. suffered personal problems as McDaniels suffered a bout of alcoholism and Simmons was accused of rape. After McDaniels sobered up and the charges against Simmons were dismissed, both of the rappers became born-again Christians, touting their religious conversion on the 1993 album Down With the King. Featuring guest appearances and production assistance from artists as diverse as Public Enemy, EPMD, Naughty by Nature, A Tribe Called Quest, Neneh Cherry, Pete Rock, and KRS-One, Down With the King became the comeback Run-D.M.C. needed. The title track became a Top Ten R&B hit and the album went gold, peaking at number 21. Although they were no longer hip-hop innovators, the success of Down With the King proved that Run-D.M.C. were still respected pioneers.

Crown Royal

After a long studio hiatus, the trio returned in early 2000 with Crown Royal. The album did little to add to their ailing record sales, but the following promotional efforts saw them join Aerosmith and Kid Rock for a blockbuster performance on MTV. By 2002, the release of two greatest-hits albums prompted a tour with Aerosmith that saw them travel the U.S., always performing Walk This Way to transition between their sets. Sadly, only weeks after the end of the tour, Jam Master Jay was senselessly murdered in a studio session in Queens. Only 37 years old, the news of his passing spread quick and hip-hop luminaries like Big Daddy Kane and Funkmaster Flex took the time to pay tribute to him on New York radio stations. Possibly the most visible DJ in the history of hip-hop, his death was truly the end of an era and unfortunately perpetuated the cycle of violence that has haunted the genre since the late ’80s.

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50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop

Saturday Night @10pm Special DJ LBR Anniversary AV8 Party Break History Special Mix"** 2 hours for celebrate 50^th Anniversary Of Hip-Hop & Only on Precious Radio Hip-Hop. Mixed, Edited, Reworked & Remixed by the great DJ LBR Don’t miss it…

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About DJ LBR:

Paris, France

DJ LBR is without a doubt one of the best dj’s in France. French vice champion of dmc in 88, this year marks his debut at radio with radio stars, radio nova and skyrock. Founding member of double h dj crew, dj lbr is the only dj of his generation to have crossed the Atlantic and to have deejay..d in America.

In 1998, DJ LBR signs to the famous AV8 record label (one of the famous party record labels in New York), where he becomes their main act along with Crooklyn Clan and Fatman Scoop. He has collaborated with the best : cutkiller, big ali, ls , fatman scoop, hasheem, DJ Cash Money , Kool Herc , Deenasty, Big Red and the list goes on… DJ LBR is currently resident at Palais M,the Maison Blanche, The Loft,Duplex, and Sens. His AV8 releases are still in stores across the world and he mixes from Paris to Dubai, from Tokyo to San Paolo, from Tel Aviv to Geneva. DJ LBR produce U got it, U drive me crazy,This party, and now Get your hands Up ft DJ kool et Nappy paco.

Dj Lbr est sans conteste l’un des meilleurs djs de l’histoire du clubbing français. Vice-champion de France DMC en 88, c’est cette même année que commence Radio Star. Puis suivront Radio Nova avec Cutkiller et East, Skyrock, NRJ, Radio FG et pour finir, en ce moment, Swigg radio (ex ado fm) / Blackbox tous les vendredis soir. Membre fondateur du Double H, Dj Lbr est le seul dj de sa génération à avoir brisé les frontières et produit aux Etats-Unis. C’est en 1998 que Dj Lbr va signer sur le fameux label de Party Break Av8 record dont il devient le principal artiste avec Crooklyn Clan et Fatman Scoop (Sortirons plus de 50 titres à cette période). Ses collaborations sont nombreuses aux cotés de David Guetta, Cutkiller, Big Ali, Fatman Scoop, Dax Rider, Mr Vegas, Hasheem, Nappy Paco, Micaela Mendez, Big Nito, Dj Kool, Konshens, Nyanda (Brick and Lace), Navino … Les productions Av8 sont toujours disponible via internet à travers le monde et Dj Lbr mixe de Paris à Dubai en passant par Tokyo et San Paolo. Dj Lbr est avant tout un dj club, son sens hors norme du dancefloor déchaine les foules comme lors des premières parties au Zénith de Usher , Rockcorps ou encore de Craig David. Côté club, Dj Lbr est en ce moment résident au Titty Twister, pour la légendaire soirees Supafly (dj depuis sa creation aux Bains), aux soirées No Diggity et History of HipHop au Yoyo, guest a travers plusieurs soirées de la capitale, on se souviendra également soirées God is a Dj, résident avec Cutkiller à St Tropez pour les soirées de Puff Daddy, dj pour Janet (Buddah Bar), Mariah Carey (Manray), David Bowie (Manray), Naomi Campbell (Nikki Beach), Maison Blanche pour les soirées Fuck the House, The Show au Loft, Fame au Noir Platine, Soul Kitchen au Palace, au Sens, au Gibus avec les soirées Pop Champagne, référence crunk..nb sur la capitale a l’époque, au Balajo pour les soirées Moombahton… et la liste est longue… Producteur des titres U got it ft Shurakano, U drive me crazy ft Nappy Paco,This party, Get your hands Up ft Dj Kool et Nappy paco, Time to party ft Fatmanscoop et Wine it up ft Nappy Paco , «Sexy Girl» ft Konshens, «Adrenaline Rush» ft Mr Vegas et Papa London, «Young and Alive» ft Nyanda, et «Forever» ft Navino…la liste est longue… Facebook/twitter/soundcloud : DJ LBR

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C+C Music Factory

50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop

Saturday Night @10pm Special 2 hours C+C MUSIC FACTORY TRIBUTE MIX for celebrate 50^th Anniversary Of Hip-Hop & Only on Precious Radio Hip-Hop. Don’t miss it…

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C+C Music Factory was an American musical group formed in 1989 by David Cole and Robert Clivillés. The group is best known for their five hit singles: Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now), Here We Go (Let’s Rock & Roll), Things That Make You Go Hmmm…, Just a Touch of Love, and Keep It Comin’. The band stopped recording in 1996, following Cole’s death. In 2010, C+C Music Factory reformed with Eric Kupper replacing Cole. Original member Freedom Williams acquired trademark rights to the name in 2003 and still tours under that moniker.

C+C Music Factory have earned 35 music industry awards, including five Billboard Music Awards, five American Music Awards, and two MTV Video Music Awards. In December 2016, Billboard magazine ranked them as the 44th most successful dance artist of all time.

In 1989, Clivillés and Cole formed a new group known as C+C Music Factory. The group included Clivillés and Cole, in addition to rapper Freedom Williams and Liberian model-turned-singer Zelma Davis. In December 1990, C+C Music Factory released their debut album Gonna Make You Sweat, which peaked at number two on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart. The album’s lead single, Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now), which featured rap vocals by Freedom Williams and uncredited lead vocals by Martha Wash, became an international hit and peaked at number one on Billboard’s Hot 100. The single went on to sell over a million copies in the United States, becoming certified platinum-status. Additionally, the single became number-one in five other countries. The success of the single also bolstered its parent album’s sales, helping it achieve multi-platinum status for sales exceeding five million copies in the United States.

About C+C Music Factory:

New York, New York, U.S

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• Robert Clivillés
• Eric Kupper
• David Cole
• Zelma Davis
• Martha Wash
• Freedom Williams
• Deborah Cooper
• Trilogy
• Paul Pesco
• Q-Unique

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The Pharcyde Mix

50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop

Saturday Night @10pm Special 2 hours Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde- ** Anniversary Mixtape for celebrate 50,^th Anniversary Of Hip-Hop & Only on Precious Radio Hip-Hop. Don’t miss it…

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About The Pharcyde:

The Pharcyde (pronounced “far side”) is an American alternative hip-hop group, formed in 1989, from South Central Los Angeles. The original four members of the group are Imani (Emandu Wilcox), Slimkid3 (Trevant Hardson), Bootie Brown (Romye Robinson), and Fatlip (Derrick Stewart). DJ Mark Luv was the group’s first disc jockey (DJ), followed by producer J-Swift and then J Dilla.

The group is perhaps best known for the hit singles Drop, Passin’ Me By and Runnin’’, as well as their first album, Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde. Pharcyde continues to tour and record, both collaboratively and in solo projects—the most recent being Hardson’s collaborative EP with the award-winning DJ Nu-Mark (of Jurassic 5) released in 2014 on Delicious Vinyl.

Pharcyde group members Slimkid3, Bootie Brown, and Imani met as dancers in the late 1980s and dancing was their main ambition as late as 1990. Around this time, Imani and Slimkid3 were in a group called As Is and later a group called the Play Brothers, whilst Bootie Brown was a backup dancer for Fatlip (Fatlip being the last member to join the group). Bootie Brown recalls that their earlier dancing careers influenced their rapping – sometimes the way I rap is almost like the way I used to dance. The group met Reggie Andrews, a local high-school music teacher who worked with the Dazz Band and Rick James, and who was a major musical influence on their debut album. The group also met producer J-Swift around this time, as he was Reggie Andrews’s star pupil according to the book Check the Technique.

Though Humboldt Beginnings is to date the last Pharcyde album, its members have since been keeping busy with various contributions and projects. A compilation of The Pharcyde was released in 2005, titled Sold My Soul: The Remix & Rarity Collection, featuring a number of remixes and rare songs. Former member Fatlip released his solo debut in 2005, titled The Loneliest Punk, and Tre Hardson’s second full-length solo album SLIMKID3’s Cafe was released on April 4, 2006.

2012 saw the twentieth anniversary of The Pharcyde’s debut Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde, and to mark the event Fatlip and SlimKid3 teamed up with the album’s producers, J-Swift and L.A. Jay, as well as record label Delicious Vinyl, to play the album in its entirety at a tribute show at The Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles. The performance was intended to be a one-off, but due to overwhelming success and reception, the group began touring the show ‘Bizarre Ride Live’, and, along with MC K-Natural, working on original music under the moniker The Bizarre Ride. In December of that year, The Pharcyde released the Amerigo Gazaway-produced Still Got Love (Bizarre Tribe Megamix) garnering significant praise. 2015 marked the twentieth anniversary of Labcabincalifornia, resulting in a similar tour through Europe and Japan. The group continued touring Europe through 2017.

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Special George Michael & Wham!

Special DJ Edition Tribute Club Mix

Saturday Night @ 10pm Precious Radio Presents: Special George Michael & Wham!

Special DJ Edition Tribute Club Mix 2hours of amazing mixes. Don’t miss it…

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About the Artist

George Michael 1963-2016

It’s 35 years since Careless Whisper’** started George Michael’s solo career, a solo career which re-defined popular music. And this year, George’s legacy has been further enhanced by the auction of his private art collection and by Last Christmas, the forthcoming blockbuster film based on Wham!’s hit ‘Last Christmas’.

George’s unexpected death on Christmas Day 2016 resulted in an outpouring of grief across the globe. And then there was the music he left us, both as half of Wham! alongside Andrew Ridgeley and as a groundbreaking, globe-conquering solo superstar. As the world knew, George made special music, searingly honest, expertly crafted, but always full of heart, soul and passion; music that will last for decades to come.

Since he entered our lives in 1982 with the ground-breaking slice of exuberance that was ‘Wham! Rap (Enjoy What You Do)’, George Michael sold over 120 million albums. He topped charts from Austria to Australia. He sold-out stadiums from Tokyo to Tampa. He re-defined popular music with ‘Faith’, his debut solo album of 1987 and he subsequently crafted a substantial, enormously popular body of work.

Perhaps, though, the real starting point is Radlett, a commuter town of 60,000 souls, north-west of London, where some scenes of Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange were filmed. It’s where young Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (born 25 June 1963) and his loving, tightly bound, part-Greek-Cypriot, part-English family moved from their original North London home. Like teenagers the world over, George and his best friend, fellow Bushey Meads Comprehensive pupil Andrew Ridgeley, would dream of pop stardom, of making it big: I wanted to be loved, admitted George. “It was an ego satisfaction thing”. Deep down, the pair of dreamers understood that it wasn’t going to happen. These things just didn’t happen.

In fact, these things do occasionally happen and, as Wham!, the duo would encapsulate the early-’80s. From that first single to their last, 1986’s ‘The Edge Of Heaven/Where Did Your Heart Go’, they sold 25 million records and they departed in a blaze of glory before 72,000 people at Wembley Stadium on June 26 1986, their friendship as strong at the end as it was in the beginning. Wham! never got old and never lost their exclamation mark, but along the way, George won the first of three Ivor Novello Songwriter Of The Year awards in 1985. They had two US Number 1 singles and their American Number 1 album was titled ‘Make It Big’ to commemorate those Bushey Meads dreams. They became the first western band to play China and George began his long but mercifully mostly undocumented commitment to charity work on Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ and by donating Wham! royalties from their ‘Last Christmas’/’Everything She Wants’ single to Ethiopian famine relief.

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Boy George is a British singer, known for his flamboyant and androgynous image, who once fronted the band Culture Club.

The early 1980s were filled with pop stars who seemed larger than life, but very few cut as indelible figure as Boy George. During the heyday of Culture Club – which lasted from their first hit, Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, in 1982 until 1984 – Boy George deftly blended soulful authenticity with knowing artificiality, singing songs inspired by Motown while embracing androgyny. This sly wit was as evident onscreen as it was on record, which is why Culture Club not only became one of the biggest groups on MTV, but why George managed to sustain a long, lasting career following the band’s implosion in 1986. The road wasn’t easy for Boy George. His initial solo recordings after Culture Club didn’t find a wide audience outside of Europe, and he would be occasionally battle drug abuse, but during the ’90s, he found a secure footing within electronic dance music, recording his own singles and earning a reputation as a DJ that would last into the 21^st century.

Boy George would also often circle back into the mainstream, scoring a big hit in 1992 with his version of “The Crying Game,” which functioned as the theme to the film of the same name, and racking up a host of Tony nominations for Taboo, the 2004 musical loosely based on his life. With this success behind him, he was the rare New Waver who turned into a pop survivor, sustaining a career that alternated between solo work, DJ’ing, and reuniting with Culture Club. The 2018 release Life, credited to Boy George & Culture Club, returned him to the Top 20 of the U.K. album chart.

Born George Alan O’Dowd in Kent, England on June 14, 1961, Boy George gravitated toward music in the post-punk era. Weaned on glam and inspired equally by Siouxsie & the Banshees and Patti Smith, George attended punk clubs in England, making the scene at the Blitz club. Eventually, he gained the attention of Sex Pistol impresario Malcolm McLaren, who found O’Dowd’s androgyny compelling. McLaren decided George was right for the fledgling Bow Wow Wow, so he brought him in under the name Lieutenant Lush to Annabella Lwin’s Captain Lush. The two didn’t mesh, so O’Dowd departed so he could form his own group with bassist Mikey Craig, drummer Jon Moss, and Roy Hay. At this point, he adopted the name Boy George.

Calling themselves Culture Club, the band signed to Virgin and released their debut, Kissing to Be Clever, in 1982. Culture Club quickly became an international sensation, with “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” reaching number one in the U.K., followed by number ones throughout Europe and a peak position of two in the U.S. Subsequent singles “Time (Clock of the Heart)” and, in North America, “I’ll Tumble 4 Ya,” kept the band in the Top 10, and Boy George’s wit and cross-dressing style made him a superstar. Colour by Numbers, the band’s second album, consolidated this success thanks to the hits Church of the Poison Mind and Karma Chameleon, the latter reaching number one in the U.K., Canada, and the U.S.

Waking Up with the House on FireCulture Club’s popularity started to slide with 1984’s Waking Up with the House on Fire. Its lead single, “The War Song,” reached number two in the U.K. but stalled at 17 in the U.S., Boy George’s star remained bright: he made cameos in The Max Headroom Show, The A-Team, and Perfect, a 1985 film set at Rolling Stone magazine. A fourth album, From Luxury to Heartache, appeared in 1986, and while its first single, “Move Away,” performed admirably – peaking at seven in the U.K. and 12 in the U.S. – the record soon slid down the charts, and the band split up.

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Michael Jackson

The King of the Pop

Michael Jackson has won 15 Grammy awards, including the Legend and the Lifetime Achievement Awards, and 26 American Music Awards. He also had 13 #1 singles in the US. The first two are still-intact records, while the latter is a record for male artists. Jackson is the most awarded musician in history, with more than 200 awards. He also holds the record of having supported 39 charities, with the Guinness Book of Records recognizing his extensive humanitarian work in 2000.

A child prodigy, Jackson, or MJ, as he is more commonly known, continued his progress into adulthood, going on to become a pop culture phenomenon and one of the most iconic dancers in living history. His songs are the stuff of legends, and his various dance moves are ingrained into pop culture. He is also known for his humanitarian efforts, but is, conversely, equally infamous for the various scandals in his life.

Let’s take a deeper look into this legend’s life.

Jackson’s childhood was difficult, and had a heavy influence on his life. His father was a very strict disciplinarian, and though Michael later attributed his success to the strict singing practice conducted by his father, it also had a demoralizing effect on the budding entertainer’s mindset. He suffered from various psychological issues, including chronic and persistent sleep problems, due to his childhood.

Solo Career

Collaboration with Quincy Jones

Jones was influential in Jackson’s most famous release, Thriller, in 1982. This record-busting album is reputed to have sold more than 60 million copies, though certified sales only indicate about 42.4 million. It is the highest-selling album in music history, and established Michael as the King of Pop, a moniker that has now very much become his own. 7 singles from the album reached the top 10 in the Billboard Top 100 chart, which is a joint record. The music video of ‘Billie Jean’ is among the most watched music videos of all time, and received regular airtime, consolidating the reputation of the nascent MTV in the process. It was also one of the very first music videos by a black artist to receive such consistent airtime, and one of the first to become equally popular across the racial divide. His success, aided by the furious efforts of CBS Music directors to get MTV to broadcast a black artist’s song, paved the way for future African American artists to receive as much airtime as white artists.

Quincy Jones first collaborated with Michael in 1979 on the album Off the Wall, a legendary production in its own right. Selling more than 20 million copies, it is also one of the best-selling albums of all time. With the success of Off the Wall, Jackson was able to secure the highest royalty rate in the music world : a whopping 37% of the album’s profits, which later equated to almost USD 2 for each copy !

Five years after Thriller, Jackson released his final album with Jones, Bad, in 1987. It was hugely popular, reputedly selling more than 30 million copies. Though it didn’t outsell Thriller, it bested it in one important aspect : five singles from Bad reached the top spot in the Billboard Top 100, which was the first time this feat had been achieved by a single album. It also became the first album to reach the top spot in 25 countries. The Bad world tour, held from September 1988-January 1989, broke multiple records of attendance in various countries ; the 570,000-strong people that watched him in Japan were almost three times the previous record in the country, and his seven sellout shows in Wembley Stadium London, totaling a crowd of 504,000 people, broke a Guinness World Record. In total, he performed 123 shows on this world tour, reaching out to 4.4 million people in the process.

Moonwalk

Michael at first declined the invitation, due to his reluctance to rejoin his brothers for a mini-reunion of the Jacksons, but was persuaded by Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown, on the condition that Michael be allotted a solo slot in addition to the group gig.

According to some, Jackson only practiced the moonwalk once at his home before brandishing it on air. The iconic movement, where the performer appears to slide backwards while apparently walking forward, was not created by Jackson, but spread like wildfire after it was popularized by one of the premier artists of the time. It was performed during the song ‘Billie Jean’, and became a staple in Jackson’s subsequent live performances. This performance rocketed Jackson onto new heights of fame. In the words of Berry Gordy himself,

From the first beat of Billie Jean, I was mesmerized, and when he did his iconic moonwalk, I was shocked, it was magic, Michael Jackson went into orbit, and never came down.

In 1985, Jackson co-wrote We Are The World with Lionel Richie, for humanitarian purposes primarily in Africa. The song became one of the bestselling singles of all time.

The 1990s

The Dangerous world tour, starting in June 1992 and ending 17 months later in November 1993, drew 3.5 million listeners in 70 concerts. HBO bagged the broadcast rights of the world tour for USD 20 million―a still-intact record.

In January 1993, Jackson also performed at the halftime show at Super Bowl XXVII. His performance, where he sang four songs, was the first halftime show to have more viewers than the match in progress!

HIStory : Past, Present and Future, released in 1995, went straight to the number one slot in several countries. It contained a compilation of MJ’s hit singles, and also featured the lavishly made science-fiction video ‘Scream’. The second single, ‘You Are Not Alone’, surpassed the success of ‘Scream’ by becoming the first ever song to debut at the top spot in the Billboard Top 100. ‘Earth Song’, the third single released from this album, reached the top position and became MJ’s most successful single in the UK. ‘Earth Song’ gave a strong message to the viewers, as it addressed issues related to the environment and poverty. This album was reissued in 2001 as Greatest Hits : HIStory Volume I along with a second installment, HIStory Continues, and became the best-selling double album in history, with more than 20 million copies sold. The HIStory world tour, conducted between September 1996 and October 1997, included 82 concerts for a total audience of 4.5 millions.

The 2000s

By Jackson’s astronomical standards, his only original album in the 2000s, Invincible, was not extremely popular. Having said that, it still managed to sell 13 million copies, in spite of being released at a time of a general slump in the music industry, without an accompanying world tour, and with very little promotion.

Solo Discography

• Got to Be There (1972)
• Ben (1972)
• Music & Me (1973)
• Forever, Michael (1975)
• Off the Wall (1979)
• Thriller (1982)
• Bad (1987)
• Dangerous (1991)
• HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995)
• Invincible (2001)

Controversies

Due to his fame, Michael Jackson’s life was always under the microscope. His complicated personality and various long-standing psychological issues meant that he was never far from a controversy. He faced multiple child sexual abuse allegations, as well as general rumors about his mental health. His close association with his pet chimpanzee, Bubbles, in particular, spawned worldwide mocking and parody.

Citations

“In the world of pop music, there is Michael Jackson and there is everybody else.” - THE NEW YORK TIMES

“When it’s allowed to be free, love is what makes life alive, joyful, and new.” - Michael Jackson

“That’s what’s so wonderful about traveling. I get to see all the cultures, people, and the children. It’s wonderful. It’s my greatest inspiration, I would say.” - Michael Jackson

“I love the whole world of dance, because dancing is really the emotions through bodily movement. And however you feel, you just bring out that inner feeling through your mood… Dancing is important, like laughing, to back off tension.” - Michael Jackson

“My dancing just comes about spontaneously. Some things I’ve done for years until people have marked them as my style, but it’s all spontaneous reactions.” - Michael Jackson

“That song means a lot to me because it was the first song I wrote as a whole.” - Michael Jackson on “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough”

“I like songs that touch the heart and that stay with a person for a lifetime. And that’s what’s important to me and to the people. That’s what I’m here for. I get things done the way I want them to be done.” - Michael Jackson

“Finally, and most importantly… I want you to know that when I first agreed to tour, I decided to donate all the money I make from our performances to charity.” - Michael Jackson

“The songwriting process is something very difficult to explain because it’s very spiritual…You really have it in the hands of God, and it’s as if it’s been written already – that’s the real truth. As if it’s been written in its entirety before we’re born and you’re just really the source through which the songs come.” - Michael Jackson

“I hate labels, because it should be just music. Call it disco, call it anything, it’s music to me, it’s beautiful to the ear, and that’s what counts.” - Michael Jackson

“I believe in my heart that the greatest challenge facing our nation—and the world—is to improve the quality of life for our children. President Carter and The Atlanta Project share my deep concern about the suffering of children all over the country.” - Michael Jackson

“Ever since I was a little kid, I used to always study composition, and it was Tchaikovsky that influenced me the most.” - Michael Jackson

“Make the world more beautiful by sharing with me the wonderful feeling you get when your soul is lifted up to become pure love.” - Michael Jackson

“I always try to be a pioneer and an innovator in whatever I do. ” - Michael Jackson

“Whatever I sing, that’s what I really mean. I don’t sing it if I don’t mean it.” - Michael Jackson

“Music is a way of getting across to people. People may not want to read, but they will always listen to music.” - Michael Jackson

“[Interacting with fans is] a wonderful feeling, especially when you see them smiling and I love the fans. I think it’s very sweet. I felt thankful is how I feel. I really do, I don’t take any of it for granted.” - Michael Jackson

Prince

Unknown Duke

Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actor, and director. He is known for his flamboyant and androgynous persona, eclectic work, and wide vocal range, which included a far-reaching falsetto and high-pitched screams. Prince’s music incorporated a wide variety of styles, including funk, R&B, rock, new wave, soul, synth-pop, pop, jazz, and hip-hop. He often played most or all instruments on his recordings. American musician Prince achieved worldwide fame in the 1980s with ‘1999’ and ‘Purple Rain,’ the latter album also serving as the soundtrack for the popular film of the same name.

Who Was Prince ?

Prince’s early music career saw the release of Prince, Dirty Mind and Controversy, which drew attention for their fusion of religious and sexual themes. He then released the popular albums 1999 and Purple Rain, cementing his superstar status with No. 1 hits like “When Doves Cry” and “Let’s Go Crazy.” A seven-time Grammy winner, Prince had a prodigious output that included later albums like Diamonds and Pearls, The Gold Experience and Musicology. He died on April 21, 2016, from an accidental drug overdose.

Early Life

Famed singer, songwriter and musical innovator Prince was born Prince Rogers Nelson on June 7, 1958, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His parents were John Nelson, a musician whose stage name was Prince Rogers, and Mattie Shaw, a jazz singer who performed with the Prince Rogers Band.

The ’80s : ‘Purple Rain’ and Beyond

With his band the Revolution, Prince went on to create the classic album Purple Rain (1984), which also served as the soundtrack to the film of the same name, grossing almost $70 millions at the U.S. box-office. Co-starring Apollonia Kotero and Day, the movie garnered an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score.

Its melancholy title track reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the hits “When Doves Cry” and “Let’s Go Crazy” both reached No. 1. While “Crazy” readily joined the pantheon of wild, electrifying rock songs, “Doves Cry” had one-of-a-kind signatures, displaying an otherworldly meld of electronic and funk elements without a traditional chorus. The soundtrack offered two other hits : “I Would Die 4 U” and “Take Me With U.” Prince simultaneously became a well-known visual icon with his trademark curls, flowing jackets and ruffled attire with punk embellishments.

“Darling Nikki” was another tune from Purple Rain that incited controversy due to its explicit visuals. After senator Al Gore’s wife Tipper Gore bought the album for their daughter and listened to the track, she eventually pushed for albums to sport labels that warned parents of graphic lyrics.

1985 saw the release of Around the World in a Day, which had the Top 10 tracks “Raspberry Beret,” a whimsical mid-tempo tune, and “Pop Life.” The record continued to feature Prince’s penchant for playing a range of instruments and desire to impart messages of self-love, as seen with “Paisley Park,” a track inspired by the name of his Minneapolis studios.

In 1986 Prince released his eighth studio album, Parade, which included his pulsating No. 1 pop/R&B single “Kiss.” Parade served as the soundtrack for the artist’s second film, Under the Cherry Moon, which he directed and starred in.

Career Takes Off : ‘Controversy’ and ‘1999’

In 1978, Prince dropped his debut album, For You, which was followed by Prince (1979). He played practically all of the instruments on the albums, and the sophomore release contained his first Top 20 pop hit, the easygoing “I Wanna Be Your Lover.” The critically acclaimed Dirty Mind dropped in 1980, consisting of material that was graphic in its exploration of sexuality and fantasy.

Controversy (1981) continued playing with the themes of its predecessor, as seen with the dance-oriented title track, which reached No. 3 on the R&B charts, as well as songs like “Sexuality” and “Do Me Baby.” Yet as Prince continued to develop his career, he would also be known for tracks that had a deep spirituality, with a yearning for majesty and wonder. The singer found international success with the release of his 1982 album, 1999, which included the Top 20 title track, an exquisite synth-funk ode about nuclear doomsday, as well as the Top 10 hits “Little Red Corvette” and “Delirious.”

‘Sign ‘O’ the Times,’ ‘Batman’ Soundtrack

Maintaining a prodigious output, Prince released Lovesexy in 1988, known for its album cover featuring a photo of the artist in the nude as well as the Top 5 uptempo R&B hit “Alphabet St.”

By the time he released his 11th studio album, the soundtrack to Batman, in 1989, Prince had become one of America’s most commercially successful pop artists, continually making waves on the charts. Batman offered up the No. 1 romp “Batdance” as well as the Top 5 R&B hit “Partyman.” The video for “Batdance” famously featured Prince in split-effect makeup and costuming meant to symbolize both the film’s shadowy hero and his crazed nemesis, the Joker.

The Early ’90s : The New Power Generation

The early 1990s marked the launch of the New Power Generation, Prince’s latest band that featured a blend of contemporary R&B, hip-hop, jazz and soul along with the vocals of Rosie Gaines. The group was first called out in the soundtrack to Graffiti Bridge, a 1990 sequel to Purple Rain that didn’t fare well at the box-office yet still yielded the Top 10 track “Thieves in the Temple.”

With the NPG’s artistic contribution, Prince found success with his album Diamonds and Pearls (1991), which rose to No. 3 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Diamonds included the romantic title ballad, the industrial strength “Gett Off,” the playful paean “Insatiable” and the saucy No. 1 single “Cream.”

Prince’s work with the NPG continued to unashamedly toy with ideas around sexuality, gender norms and the body. To promote the album, Prince had appeared on the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards to do a live performance of “Gett Off.” Echoing parts of the track’s music video, the performance featured an array of dancers and musicians in an onstage bacchanal, with the artist famously turning around towards the end of the song to show off his seatless pants.

In the fall of 1992 Prince had signed a record $100 millions dollar deal with Warner Bros., which was considered “the largest recording and music publishing contract in history” at the time and allowed him the freedom to pursue TV, film, book and merchandising deals separately. As a comparison, fellow industry giants Michael Jackson and Madonna had $60 million-plus contracts that were all-inclusive.

Collaborations

Provocative performances aside, Prince had well established himself as an in-demand collaborator and behind-the-scenes player whose songs were remade by other artists. In the mid-’80s, Chaka Khan released an ebullient, highly successful cover of his 1979 tune “I Feel For You,” while Sinead O’Connor’s biggest hit was Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U.” The Art of Noise and Tom Jones reached the U.K. Top 5 in 1988 with a remake of “Kiss,” and Alicia Keys covered “How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore” on her own 2001 debut.

Prince also worked on specific album tracks for performers like Khan, Madonna, Tevin Campbell, Kate Bush, the Time, Martika, Patti Labelle and Janelle Monae. He was behind the girl group Vanity 6, led by singer/actress Vanity, and their No. 1 dance hit “Nasty Girl.” And he sent a song to the all-women’s band the Bangles that they would record to great effect, reaching No. 2 with the lush ode to a stressful workday, “Manic Monday.”

In 1992 Prince and the New Power Generation released Love Symbol Album. Though embraced by some critics, sales did not fare as well as Diamonds. Love only managed to have one Top 10 hit, the transcendent single “7,” though “My Name Is Prince” and the carnal “Sexy MF” garnered some attention as well. The following year Prince released the compilation box set The Hits/The B-Sides, which had an array of popular songs as well as the newly released “Pink Cashmere,” a tender number sung in falsetto.

Prince’s Symbol : ‘The Artist Formerly Known As Prince’

The lack of success for Love Symbol Album created tension between Prince and his record label Warner Bros. Over the ensuing years, the singer’s career went through a roller coaster of ups and downs. Turned off by feeling controlled by his label, Prince changed his name to the unpronounceable glyph O(+> in 1993, a fusion of female and male astrological symbols which he used until 2000.

During that time, he was more frequently referred to as “the artist formerly known as Prince,” and his new symbol was not embraced by most fans. He also started making appearances with the word “SLAVE” drawn on the side of his face, meant to convey the great disdain he had for his label. Prince did release the 1995 album The Gold Experience during this time of duress, and scored another Top 5 song with “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World.”

Once he was released from all contractual obligations to Warner Bros., Prince released the triple album fittingly entitled Emancipation (1996), which went on to become certified platinum and featured the soul remake “Betcha by Golly, Wow.” Several other albums affiliated with his NPG label soon followed, including Crystal Ball (1998) and Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic (1999).

Musicology, Super Bowl and More Accolades

After several years of relative obscurity, Prince returned to the limelight in 2004 to perform at the Grammy Awards with Beyoncé Knowles, the same year he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That spring, he released Musicology with a tour that became the top concert draw in the United States. The album won two Grammys and added another dreamy ballad, “Call My Name,” to the Prince canon.

His next album, 3121, was released in 2006. That year, he wrote and performed “Song of the Heart” for the animated film Happy Feet, and won a Golden Globe (Best Original Song) for the composition. In 2007 he performed during the Super Bowl XLI halftime show on a massive stage shaped as his famous symbol amid pouring rain. The event was watched by 140 millions fans.

Death

On April 21, 2016, Prince was found dead at his Paisley Park compound in Minnesota. The week prior, his plane made an emergency landing and the singer was hospitalized for what was purportedly a severe case of the flu, though reports later stated that the musician was actually given a life-saving “safe shot” for a Percocet overdose. The Carver County sheriff’s department and Midwest Medical Examiner’s office launched an investigation into the cause of death. After the autopsy was performed, his remains were cremated and his close family and friends gathered for a small, private funeral on April 23.

Almost two weeks after the musician’s death, a lawyer revealed that Dr. Howard Kornfeld, a California-based physician who specializes in treatment for those dependent upon and addicted to pain medication, had been called upon by Prince’s team to aid the musician. (The performer had undergone hip surgery some years earlier, and was believed to have endured recurring discomfort while giving concerts.) Kornfeld’s son had reportedly flown to Prince’s compound to initiate the recovery process and was among those who found him dead. While Prince’s state of health at the time of his death is unknown, attorney William Mauzy said the artist “was dealing with a grave medical emergency” when Kornfeld was called, as reported by The Minneapolis Star Tribune.

On June 2, 2016, the Midwest Medical Examiner’s office released results of its investigation, which determined that Prince died from an accidental overdose of “self-administered” fentanyl, a synthetic opiate.

Tributes to a profoundly unique artist poured in from fans across the globe, as evidenced by impromptu memorials and celebrations of his work. With love especially hailing from the city where Prince was born and continued to live, thousands of mourners sang “Purple Rain” in downtown Minneapolis on the night of his death.

His Minnesota home/studio, Paisley Park, officially opened its doors as a museum in October 2016. The following month, his first posthumous song, “Moonbeam Levels,” was released. Additionally, production began on a documentary about the singer’s early years, entitled Prince: R U Listening?

On April 19, 2018, Carver County concluded its two-year investigation with the announcement that no criminal charges would be filed in Prince’s death. Attorney Mark Metz said that it was unknown who supplied the musician with the fentanyl-laced pills that killed him, and that there was no evidence that any associates knew he was ingesting such a dangerous substance.

“There is no doubt that the actions of individuals around Prince will be criticized and judged in the days and weeks to come,” Metz said. “But suspicions and innuendo are not sufficient in bringing criminal charges.”

Personal Life

Prince was extremely private about his personal life and preferred to spend time at his Paisley Park compound, away from the celebrity spotlight.

In the 1980s, Prince had a long on-and-off relationship with singer-songwriter Susannah Melvoin, the twin sister of Wendy Melvoin, a guitarist in Prince’s band the Revolution. He was also romantically involved with drummer extraordinaire Sheila E. The two worked together on her albums The Glamorous Life, featuring the Top 10 pop/R&B title track, and Romance 1600, showcasing the single “A Love Bizarre.”

On Valentine’s Day 1996, Prince married backup singer and dancer Mayte Garcia. The couple had a son, who was born on October 16, 1996, and died a week later from Pfeiffer Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. Prince and Garcia divorced in 1999.

In 2001, Prince married his second wife, Manuela Testolini, who had been employed by one of his charitable organizations. Their marriage ended in 2006. After their divorce, he had a relationship with one of his musical protégées, singer Bria Valente.

Religious Faith : Jehovah’s Witness

During the same year as his wedding to Testolini, Prince also became a Jehovah’s Witness, embracing the faith after years of study (he was raised as a Seventh-Day Adventist). His mentor as a Witness was bassist Larry Graham, who had played with Sly & the Family Stone and thus was also a major musical influence.

Prince was believed to have taken part in what’s referred to as field service for his faith, having once visited a Jewish couple in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and leaving behind a copy of the Witness publication The Watchtower. His language and performance sensibilities changed somewhat, with some fans questioning how some of the conservative aspects of his religion jibed with the explicit nature of past songs. Contradicting the rock/soul persona, others have pointed out that Prince has historically had songs that were clearly Christian in nature, as seen with “The Ladder,” “The Holy River,” “The Cross” and “God,” the gospel B-side to the single “Purple Rain.”

Beyonce

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Beyoncé Knowles is a multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning recording artist who’s acclaimed for her thrilling vocals, videos and live shows.

Who Is Beyoncé Knowles?

Beyoncé Knowles first captured the public’s eye as lead vocalist of the R&B group Destiny’s Child. She later established a solo career with her debut album Dangerously in Love, becoming one of music’s top-selling artists with sold-out tours and a slew of awards. Knowles has also starred in several films, including Dream Girls. She married hip-hop recording artist Jay-Z in 2008 and the couple has three children. She also holds the record for most Grammy wins ever by a female artist with 28.

Early Life

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born on September 4, 1981, in Houston, Texas. She started singing at an early age, competing in local talent shows and winning many of these events by impressing audiences with her singing and dancing abilities. 

Destiny’s Child

Teaming up with her cousin 

Solo Career

On the musical front, Knowles took center stage as a solo artist, releasing her first album, Dangerously in Love, in 2003. The recording became a huge success for her both commercially and critically. It sold millions of copies and won five Grammy Awards. On the album, Knowles worked with a number of different artists, including Missy Elliott, Sean Paul and Jay-Z. She was rumored to be dating Jay-Z around this time, but the couple did not publicly acknowledge their relationship.

Destiny’s Child released their last studio album, Destiny Fulfilled, in 2004, and officially broke up the following year.

On her own, Knowles continued to enjoy great success. Her second studio album, 2006’s B’Day featured such hits as “Irreplaceable” and “Deja Vu.” On the big screen, she starred opposite Jennifer Hudson, Jaime Foxx and Eddie Murphy in Dreamgirls. The film was adapted from the hit Broadway musical of the same name.

Marriage to Jay-Z

In 2008, Knowles married rapper and music mogul Jay-Z in a small, private ceremony in New York City. Among the guests sighted at the wedding were Knowles’ mother, Tina Knowles; father, Matthew; sister, Solange; Destiny’s Child members Rowland and Michelle Williams; and friend Gwyneth Paltrow.

The newlywed continued to work as hard as ever, promoting her latest effort, I am… Sasha Fierce (2008). Knowles scored two big hits off the album — “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” and “If I Were a Boy.” She also returned to the big screen that year, starring as R&B legend Etta James in Cadillac Records. The following January, Knowles sang James’ trademark song, “At Last,” for President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at his inaugural ball.

In addition to acting and performing, Knowles ran a clothing line called House of Dereon with her mother. She also launched her own fragrance, Heat, in 2010. Throughout her career, Knowles has served as a spokesperson and model for several other brands, including L’Oreal and Tommy Hilfiger.

Knowles found herself under fire after performing a private concert for Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi on New Year’s Eve in 2010. She later donated her fee from the event to help victims of the Haitian earthquake. According to some reports, Knowles said that her father had been responsible for arranging the Libyan concert. She decided to drop her father as her manager in March 2011. Later that year, Knowles reached the top of the album charts with her latest solo release, 4.

In January 2013, Knowles generated some negative headlines for her performance at President Obama’s second inauguration in Washington, D.C. She was criticized for reportedly pre-recording a version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and lip-syncing to her own track during the outdoor ceremony. Despite wide media coverage, in the days following the incident, Knowles did not publicly address the controversy.

Not long after, prior to her appearance at Super Bowl XLVII, Knowles performed the song live at a press conference. She explained to reporters that she had used a “backing track” at the inauguration, adding that she would “absolutely be singing live” at the NFL’s biggest event of the year, according to The Huffington Post.

Indeed, Knowles more than redeemed herself in the public eye at the Super Bowl on February 3, 2013. During the event’s halftime show, she took the stage and wowed the crowd, joined by her former Destiny’s Child bandmates Rowland and Williams for parts of her performance. Knowles also announced that her next major tour would start in the spring of 2013.

Awards, Accolades and Surprise Album

At the 2010 Grammy Awards, Knowles walked away with six honors — the most wins in a single night by a female artist. Her record was matched two years later by pop/soul artist Adele. In 2010, she also tied the record for most No. 1 hits on Billboard’s Pop Songs chart, which is based on radio airplay. In 2011, she made the Forbes Top 10 list of entertainment’s highest-earning women. By 2013, Knowles had won 16 Grammys.

Knowles broke records once again on December 13, 2013, with her fifth studio album, self-titled Beyoncé. The album surprised fans and critics alike, as no promotion for the album had been announced prior to its release. The record, which Knowles called a “visual album,” was released exclusively on iTunes, with physical discs available for purchase after December 18. The record-breaking album sold more than 800,000 copies throughout the weekend it was released alone. 

The collection — which was the fastest-selling album ever distributed by iTunes—also marked Knowles’ fifth studio album to debut at No. 1, making her the first woman to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with her first five albums. She released the Platinum Edition of the album in 2014, and the following year won three additional Grammys, including a Best R&B Performance award for “Drunk in Love.”

Second Super Bowl and ‘Lemonade’

In February 2016, Knowles returned to the Super Bowl stage, once again earning raves for her performance. This time around she appeared with Bruno Mars and Chris Martin of the band Coldplay, highlighting her new single “Formation” and subsequently announcing a world tour. The tune, its video and accompanying halftime show also garnered a wave of attention for politicized lyrics and imagery touching on everything from Black power to Hurricane Katrina. 

Just two months later, the hour-long Knowles conceptual film, Lemonade, which presented tracks from the album of the same name released immediately afterward. The cable special showcased the singer reeling from the romantic and sexual betrayal of her partner while acknowledging the strength found in communities of African American women. Tennis star Serena Williams and young actress Quvenzhané Wallis also made appearances in the New Orleans-based project, which was helmed by a variety of directors and featured poetry from Warsan Shire. 

Lemonade the album was only initially available via Tidal, the online streaming service backed by Knowles’ spouse, Jay-Z, and then eventually became available on iTunes and Amazon with its accompanying film. Musical contributors to the project, which quickly garnered acclaim, included Jack White, The Weeknd, James Blake and Kendrick Lamar. Lemonade debuted at No. 1, making Beyoncé the only artist in history to have all of her first six studio albums reach the top of Billboard’s album charts.

In February 2017, a pregnant Knowles delivered a surprise performance at the Grammys, singing songs from Lemonade amid a swirling spectacle of lights, holograms and backup dancers. Although she lost the coveted Album of the Year Grammy to Adele, she did take home two awards, for Best Urban Contemporary Album and Best Music Video.

Coachella, OTR II and ‘Everything Is Love’

In March 2018, reports surfaced that Knowles was working on new music and preparing to hit the road with Jay-Z. Following a false alarm in which a tour announcement appeared and quickly disappeared from her Facebook page, the power couple officially announced that their On the Run II (or OTR II) Tour would kick off in Cardiff, Wales, on June 6.

One year after she canceled a planned appearance at Coachella because of her pregnancy, Knowles took the stage for an eagerly anticipated performance at the April 2018 music festival. The first Black woman to headline the event, Knowles wowed attendees and critics alike with her top-shelf singing and choreography, delivering favorites like “Crazy In Love” and a rendition of the civil rights anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” She was also joined during the two-hour set by hubby Jay-Z, sister Solange and her old Destiny’s Child cohorts, Rowland and Williams.

In June, Knowles and Jay-Z embarked on the European leg of their 48-date tour. While they lived up to expectations with their theatrics and swagger, the couple also surprised fans with the release of their joint album, Everything Is Love, following a London show on June 16. Initially available for streaming only on the Jay-Z-owned Tidal, the nine-track album was accompanied by a video for the track “Apes**t,” which featured the couple and their dancers gallivanting around some of the world’s most famous artworks at the Louvre in Paris. 

‘Homecoming,’ ‘The Lion King,’ ‘Black Parade’ and ‘Black is King’

On April 17, 2019, Knowles released a documentary about her Coachella performance, Homecoming, and a surprise companion album which included 40 live tracks.

July brought the premiere of The Lion King, which featured Knowles as Nala, the childhood friend turned love interest of the titular character, played by Donald Glover. The singer also curated and produced a companion album for the production, titled The Lion King: The Gift, and released the single “Spirit” around the time of the film’s release.

In April 2020, Knowles surfaced on a remix of rapper Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage,” with proceeds going to coronavirus relief efforts in their shared hometown of Houston.

In June 2020, Knowles surprised fans by releasing the song “Black Parade,” in honor of Juneteenth. The song was nominated for four 2021 Grammy Awards and won for Best R&B song. Knowles also made history at the 2021 Grammys by breaking the record for the most wins ever by a female artist with 28 total wins during her career.

In July 2020, Knowles directed, wrote and executive produced the visual album Black is King, which “reimagines the lessons of The Lion King for today’s young king and queens in search of their own crowns.”

Children

Following years of pregnancy rumors, Knowles and Jay-Z went public with the news of their impending new arrival in 2011, the mom-to-be showing off her growing baby bump at the MTV Video Music Awards that August.

Knowles and Jay-Z welcomed a baby daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, on January 7, 2012. The couple spared no expense to maintain their privacy during this special time, renting out a floor of New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital.

In February 2017, Knowles announced on Instagram that she and Jay-Z were expecting twins. Later, the iconic shot was revealed to be the year’s most-liked Instagram post, with 11.1 million fans offering their approval.

They welcomed twins, a boy and a girl, in June 2017. Although the couple didn’t immediately confirm the twins’ birth or their names, People magazine reported that they had filed trademark documents at the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the names Sir and Rumi. In the early morning hours of July 14, Knowles made it official, posting a photo in which she’s holding her one-month-old twins.

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Bruno Mars

Grammy-winning singer/songwriter known for hit songs

Bruno Mars is Grammy-winning singer/songwriter known for such hit songs as Nothin’ on You, Just the Way You Are, Uptown Funk and That’s What I Like.

Who Is Bruno Mars?

Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars began to find success in the early 2000s by writing songs for popular artists, including K’Naan’s Wavin’ Flag. After several years as one of pop music’s premier songwriters, Mars broke out as a singer in his own right with the 2010 hit Nothin’ on You. Other popular songs by Mars include Just the Way You Are (2010), Locked Out of Heaven (2012) and the Grammy-winning tracks Uptown Funk (2015) and That’s What I Like (2017).

Early Life

Born Peter Gene Hernandez on October 8, 1985, in Honolulu, Hawaii, singer-songwriter Bruno Mars grew up in a very musical family. His father, Pete, was a Latin percussionist from Brooklyn, and his mother, Bernadette (Bernie), was a singer. Mars received his nickname, Bruno, while he was still a baby. The name Bruno came from baby times, older sister Jamie explained. Bruno was always so confident, independent, really strong-willed and kind of a brute—hence the name Bruno—and it kind of just stuck.

In Waikiki Beach, Mars’s family performed a Las Vegas-style revue that included Motown hits, doo-wop melodies and celebrity impersonations. Growing up around entertainers, Mars began picking up musical instruments from early childhood. I’ve always had a drum set, a piano, a guitar … and never got trained to play. It was just always there, he later recalled. That’s just how I learned, just being surrounded by it my whole life. At the age of 4, he joined the family musical act as an Elvis impersonator and quickly become one of the stars of the show. He continued to perform with his family throughout his childhood, and as he approached adolescence he added Michael Jackson to his impersonation repertoire.

Move to Los Angeles

Mars attended Roosevelt High School, where he and several friends formed a band, the School Boys, performing classic oldies hits alongside his family’s act at the Ilikai Hotel in Honolulu. Mars credits his fearless stage presence to his unusual childhood. Performing from such a young age just got me so comfortable on stage, he said. Growing up performing—that was normal for me. Everyone in my family sings, plays instruments. It’s what we do.

A friend introduced Mars to songwriter Phillip Lawrence, who agreed to help Mars compose material. They presented a song they had written and recorded to a record label, who liked it but wanted one of their own artists to perform it. Mars recalled, We were so broke and struggling, we had to do what we had to do, so we ended up selling the song. Initially, Mars was disappointed, but it proved to be an awakening experience. The light bulb went off, he explained. I decided to push the artist thing aside and get into the business this way. We can write songs and produce songs, so we just really focused our energy into writing for other artists. That’s how it all began.

By the early 2000s, Mars had begun to find success by writing songs for several popular artists, including Flo Rida’s smash hit Right ‘Round, Brandy’s Long Distance and Travie McCoy’s Billionaire. Mars also produced and co-wrote K’Naan’s Wavin’ Flag, Coca-Cola’s theme song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

After several years as one of the pop music industry’s premier songwriters, Mars finally broke out as a singer in his own right with the 2010 hit Nothin’ on You. The song was written for the Atlantic Records rapper B.o.B., but the record label decided to enlist Mars himself to croon the heartfelt chorus. The track proved an enormous hit, skyrocketing to No. 1 on the Billboard singles chart, and instantly transforming Bruno Mars from a behind-the-scenes composer into a pop performer.

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Belier

La Personnalité du BELIER

Le Bélier est le premier signe de l’horoscope. Il est donc synonyme de commencement et de renouveau. Les natifs sont généralement impulsifs, spontanés, énergiques et parfois violents. La réflexion n’est pas son point fort puisqu’il a tendance à foncer tête baissée. Les natifs du Bélier sont également discrets, enthousiastes, courageux, créatifs et généreux. Les défauts de ce signe font références à l’impatience. Il est également un extrémiste, car avec lui c’est soit oui soit non, il n’y a pas de juste milieu. Le Bélier apprécie le mouvement, il souhaite donc devenir le chef et, dans le travail, il apprécie la compétition. Les natifs souffrent parfois de migraines et de troubles ophtalmologiques. Ils sont tout de même endurants, car ils n’apprécient pas la routine. Ainsi, en amour, il aime le dynamisme et le Bélier est généralement heureux dans ce domaine.

• Signes Compatibles : Lion, Sagittaire, Verseau et Gémeaux.
• Signes Incompatibles : Cancer, Taureau, Vierge, Scorpion, Capricorne et Poissons.

Bélier, Votre signe a pour élément le feu. Après une année en demi-teinte, la chance viendra à votre porte dans le courant de l’année. Vous en profiterez pour stabiliser vos acquis et commencer de nouveaux projets. Votre esprit sera en effervescence. Vous avancerez avec le soutien de l’amour.

AMOUR

Ayant souvent tendance à confondre vitesse et précipitation, le Bélier est un signe irréfléchi mais attendrissant. Cette année, ce signe incandescent devra apprendre à maîtriser ses élans s’il souhaite établir des relations durables.

TRAVAIL

Signe de feu tourné vers l’action et l’accomplissement personnel, le Bélier a été quelque peu ébranlé par l’année dernière. Cette année, il devra apprendre à dompter son énergie et à ne pas courir jusqu’à épuisement à la recherche du temps perdu.

SANTÉ

Profitez du sport pour combler votre besoin de dépense physique et investissez pourquoi pas dans un vélo d’appartement ou un rameur !

Taureau

La Personnalité du TAUREAU

Comme ce signe astrologique intervient au printemps, le Taureau est calme, serein et en paix avec son entourage. Les natifs apprécient la nature, ils sont traditionalistes, conservateurs, épicuriens et ils ont la main verte. Ils sont généreux, mais le manque de discernement est généralement le plus grand défaut de ce signe. Le Taureau a des habitudes bien ancrées et il n’accepte pas les bouleversements. Il aime le beau, les objets et il est conscient de l’importance de l’argent. Les natifs ont donc tendance à être de vrais comptables. Dans le travail, les Taureaux sont persévérants, ils apprécient l’effort et sont donc capables de relever tous les défis. Les troubles thyroïdiens et les angines sont les principaux problèmes de santé. Sujet aux rhumatismes, le Taureau n’aime pas le sport. Il doit donc surveiller son poids, d’autant plus qu’il apprécie la gastronomie. En amour, les natifs sont stables, fidèles et sensuels. Ils expriment facilement leurs désirs et ils ont besoin d’une relation amoureuse solide.

• Signes Compatibles : Vierge, Poissons, Cancer et Capricorne.
• Signes Incompatibles : Bélier, Balance, Gémeaux, Lion, Sagittaire et Verseau.

Votre signe a pour élément la Terre. Cette année, vous poursuivrez les changements mis en place l’année dernière. Bousculé dans vos habitudes, vous devrez vous adapter. Cela se fera de façon plus ou moins lente. Vous ressortirez grandi de vos expériences pour envisager l’avenir avec le sourire et courage.

AMOUR

Brut de décoffrage, le Taureau ne se pare pas de mystère pour parvenir à ses fins. Ce signe de terre déterminé et sans fioritures va droit au but quand il veut conquérir le cœur de l’autre. Cette année, le Taureau ne changera en rien sa manière d’agir et se montrera particulièrement direct. Sa sensualité débridée pourra faire peur et ses partenaires regretteront parfois son manque de romantisme.

TRAVAIL

Travailleur et pragmatique, le Taureau recherche avant toute chose la sécurité. Il aime assurer ses arrières et se fondre dans un décor stable et réconfortant. Sanguin à ses heures, il ne se laisse pas marcher sur les pieds. Il souffrira parfois d’être bousculé dans ses habitudes. Pour accepter de revoir ses méthodes de travail, ce signe de terre exigera des compensations financières. Et parce qu’il est indispensable, il obtiendra gain de cause !

SANTÉ

Réconcilié avec vous-même, vous prendrez soin de votre apparence et emprunterez même le chemin de la salle de sport.

Gemeaux

La Personnalité des GEMEAUX

Ce signe est synonyme d’inquiétude et d’instabilité, mais les natifs sont joueurs et intelligents. La dualité des Gémeaux influence leurs réactions puisqu’ils ont tendance à effectuer plusieurs tâches en même temps. Les Gémeaux sont dotés d’une grande capacité intellectuelle et ils sont très manuels. Toutefois, la routine est destructrice pour ce signe astrologique, les natifs sont donc sans cesse à la recherche de nouveautés. Dans certaines situations, ils peuvent faire preuve d’exagération, mais ils respectent aisément la démocratie. Comme ils adorent la communication et qu’ils sont dotés d’une certaine intelligence, les Gémeaux sont de redoutables hommes d’affaires. Ils peuvent également être des artistes ou évoluer dans d’autres métiers en lien avec le travail manuel. Les natifs de ce signe s’avèrent être fragiles au niveau du système nerveux et des poumons. Ils ont donc besoin de grandes périodes de repos. En amour, les Gémeaux sont parfois infidèles, ils aiment les relations assez courtes, car ils ne les prennent pas au sérieux.

• Signes Compatibles : Verseau, Lion, Bélier et Balance.

Votre signe est associé à l’air. Place au renouveau cette année, avec des idées toutes fraiches sorties de votre chapeau. Grâce à Saturne, vous prendrez le temps de les concrétiser sans vous éparpiller. Côté cœur, vous pourrez accéder au bonheur avec un amour profond, réciproque.

AMOUR

Vif et agile d’esprit, le natif du Gémeaux ne se laisse pas facilement capturer. La dualité qui est la sienne le rend souvent incompréhensible aux yeux des autres. S’il n’agit pas par malice, il peut cependant décevoir lourdement. Les Gémeaux paraderont à la manière d’un paon. Victime de son succès, il devra parfois user de la ruse pour se défaire d’amours jugées encombrantes…

TRAVAIL

Socialement imbattable, le Gémeaux est un être à l’aise en tout lieu, qui maîtrise l’art de la conversation. Cette faculté innée le rend quelquefois antipathique aux autres signes qui considèrent qu’il a la vie facile. Le Gémeaux est une sorte de dandy aux prédispositions indéniables. Ce signe d’air se reposera sur ses lauriers tant que sa situation financière le lui permettra. Lorsqu’il sera lassé de stagner, il se hissera jusqu’aux cieux qu’il convoite.

SANTÉ

Vos contrariétés ajoutées à un mode de vie douteux auront tendance à vous donner des migraines et parfois de l’anxiété.

Cancer

La Personnalité de la CANCER

Le Cancer est sensible, loyal et il aime protéger son entourage. Les natifs ont tendance à redouter l’insécurité, ils apprécient donc la tranquillité et ils sont attentifs au bien-être de leurs proches. Le Cancer peut s’avérer susceptible, il a donc tendance à fuir les disputes. Certains natifs peuvent ainsi être considérés comme des lâches. Au niveau du travail, ils apprécient la communion et ils ont des difficultés à évoluer dans un monde parfois dur et réaliste. S’ils n’arrivent pas à s’épanouir dans leur profession, leur rendement a tendance à baisser. Ce signe souffre généralement de troubles digestifs qui sont lien avec son émotivité. Ainsi, lorsqu’il est contrarié, cela se répercute sur son estomac. Le Cancer est également nerveux et angoissé. Les natifs sont prêts à tout en amour, mais ils sont parfois étouffants, dominateurs et exigeants. En cas de disputes, il est très difficile de se réconcilier avec un natif du Cancer.

• Signes Compatibles : Poisson, Taureau, Vierge et Scorpion.
• Signes Incompatibles : Verseau, Gémeaux, Balance, Sagittaire, Bélier et Lion.

Votre signe est associé à l’élément de l’eau. Ouvert au changement, votre priorité sera néanmoins de sécuriser votre avenir. En conservant votre âme d’enfant, en sortant de votre coquille, la réussite et le bonheur seront au bout de votre chemin, pour aujourd’hui, comme pour demain.

AMOUR

Signe d’eau d’un naturel un peu méfiant, le Cancer est connu pour se replier sur lui-même chaque fois que ses sentiments le mettent en danger. Cette année, cet angoissé repoussera encore le moment des grandes déclarations et vivra ses passions intérieurement mais de manière intense.

TRAVAIL

Dans une famille, le Cancer serait le petit dernier. Choyé, chouchouté, maintenu dans l’enfance par des parents gourmands de sa jeunesse, ce signe d’eau, arrivé à l’âge adulte devient un être vif et éveillé. Fantaisiste et un peu capricieux, il est difficilement apte à faire face à la frustration. Cette année, le Cancer acceptera mal d’être infantilisé sur son lieu de travail. Fourmillant d’idées pour diversifier ses sources de revenus, il se fera mécène à l’occasion.

SANTÉ

La pratique d’une activité comme le yoga ou la méditation serait tout indiquée pour vous. Et si vous ne souhaitez pas sortir de chez vous, sachez qu’il existe des cours en ligne !

Lion

La Personnalité du LION

Il est le signe le plus loyal et les natifs représentent très bien l’animal. Ainsi, le Lion aime être admiré, il a donc tendance à se mettre en valeur pour que son entourage le regarde. Les natifs attirent la sympathie, car ils sont généreux, mais également dominateurs. Ils ont des difficultés à dissimuler leur colère lorsqu’ils n’obtiennent pas ce qu’ils souhaitent. Même s’ils peuvent s’avérer autoritaires, ils ne sont pas méchants, mais ils peuvent bouder dans leur coin. Les natifs du Lion travaillent généralement dans des domaines qui demandent des responsabilités. Ils ont donc des difficultés à suivre les ordres, car ils se voient davantage comme un chef. Au niveau de la santé, le Lion est robuste et il ne souffre pas de maladies particulières. Il garde la forme en pratiquant une activité sportive. Les natifs de ce signe sont fidèles en amour et ils aiment se mettre en valeur. Toutefois, lorsqu’il est déçu par une relation amoureuse, il est susceptible de perdre confiance.

• Signes Compatibles : Bélier et Sagittaire.
• Signes Incompatibles : Taureau, Scorpion et Verseau.

LION (du 23 juillet au 22 août)

Lion, Votre signe à pour élément le feu. Que de défis à relever cette année ! Vous en serez essoufflé parfois, mais vous saurez rebondir de façon époustouflante. Il s’agira de ne pas rentrer dans des conflits d’égo, vibrer sur le bon tempo pour ne pas émettre quelques notes discordantes.

AMOUR

Avec son allure de monarque nonchalant, le Lion n’a que peu de souci à se faire en matière de séduction. Frustré par une année décevante, il aura à cœur de rattraper le temps perdu. Un “banquet” qui s’annonce sauvage…

TRAVAIL

Ambitieux et vaguement dominateur, le Lion n’est pas signé à se contenter d’une place de seconde zone. 2020 lui ayant laissé un goût d’inachevé, il mettra cette année toute son énergie à profit pour se réinventer. Un auditoire attentif galvanisera son envie d’aller toujours plus loin.

SANTÉ

Hypotension, troubles de l’oreille interne, surmenage, vous serez susceptible de faire l’objet de pertes d’équilibre.

Vierge

La Personnalité des VIERGES

La prudence et la raison caractérisent les Vierges. Les natifs de ce signe sont donc de fins observatrices et ils sont très méthodiques. Ils détestent les imprévus et ils sont capables de s’investir pleinement dans une tâche pour leur entourage. Toutefois, cette volonté d’aider autrui peut être pénalisante pour leur bien-être. Les natifs peuvent se laisser piétiner, car ils manquent de confiance en eux, mais ils sont modestes et honnêtes. Parfois, les natifs de la Vierge paraissent assez froids, mais cela dissimule en réalité une grande timidité. Ils n’apprécient pas les critiques et ils ne font pas preuve de largeur d’esprit. La Vierge aime le sens de l’ordre et dans le travail, elle est donc capable d’entreprendre toutes les tâches même les plus difficiles, qu’elle accomplit avec honnêteté. Au niveau de la santé, ils peuvent s’inventer des maladies, mais ils souffrent généralement de troubles digestifs à cause de leur anxiété. En amour, le mariage apporte la sécurité et la stabilité que les natifs recherchent. Pendant une dispute, les Vierge auront tendance à remettre la faute sur le/la conjoint(e).

• Signes Compatibles : Capricorne, Scorpion, Cancer et Taureau.
• Signes Incompatibles : Verseau, Balance, Gémeaux, Bélier et Lion.

Votre signe est associé à l’élément Terre. L’impression de vivre un grand huit presque en permanence vous fera passer par de multiples ascenseurs émotionnels. Changements, bouleversement, vous pourrez compter sur Mercure pour y voir plus clair sur vos engagements sentimentaux et pro.

AMOUR

Natif du signe de la Vierge, vos sentiments vous effraient. L’idée de perdre le contrôle et de vous laisser aller vous tourmente si fort que vous choisissez souvent la stratégie de l’évitement. Victime d’un coup de sang l’année dernière, vous paraitrez regretter un mouvement d’humeur aussi brutal qu’inattendu. Mais si tout cela était finalement pour le mieux ?

TRAVAIL

Vierge, votre sens du service et votre dévouement naturel font souvent de vous un fidèle bras droit. Les coulisses vous sont plus douces que les projecteurs… Cette année sera pleine de défis et l’occasion de vous lancer dans un jeu de rôle grandeur nature car cette fois… c’est vous qui tiendrez les rênes. À vous de jouer !

SANTÉ

Protégé par la Maison III (lune noir), vous pourrez vous réjouir d’un bon état de santé général.

Balance

La Personnalité de la BALANCE

Les balances apprécient l’équilibre et l’harmonie sociale. Ils ont tendance à fuir les conflits, mais ils endossent assez facilement le rôle de médiateur. Parmi les qualités de la Balance, il est possible de citer, la tendresse, la sociabilité, le charme, la générosité ou encore la dévotion. La communication est primordiale et ils peuvent devenir de redoutables manipulateurs. Pour tenter d’être acceptés par la société, les natifs sont capables de dépasser les limites fixées par la loi. Ils sont raffinés, élégants et ils paraissent parfois superficiels à cause de leur goût pour le luxe. Grâce à leurs capacités en communication, ils sont excellents dans le monde des affaires. Ils apprécient également la musique et l’art. Pour évacuer les tensions, les natifs ont tendance à pratiquer une activité sportive. Ils peuvent compenser le manque d’amour par la nourriture, ce qui entraîne parfois une prise de poids importante. La Balance peut souffrir de problèmes respiratoires, hormonaux et de troubles de la circulation sanguine et des reins. Les natifs n’aiment pas la solitude. Ils sont prêts à s’investir dans une relation amoureuse dans laquelle ils ne s’épanouissent pas, car ils redoutent le célibat.

• Signes Compatibles : Balance, Gémeaux, Sagittaire et Verseau.
• Signes Incompatibles : Cancer, Vierge et Capricorne.

BALANCE (du 23 Septembre au 22 Octobre)

Votre signe à pour élément l’air. Le départ de Mars en Bélier fera la différence pour aborder l’année avec plus de sérénité. La chance et le succès vous accompagneront et tout deviendra soudainement plus facile d’accès. Certains rêves pourront se réaliser, grâce à vos efforts.

AMOUR

En pleine crise existentielle, la Balance peinera cette année à trouver l’équilibre : ce signe d’air hésitant s’apprête à traverser l’année du yoyo.

TRAVAIL

Aventureux mais plein de contradictions, le natif de la Balance déteste les habitudes, tout en appréciant le confort. Aussi n’est-il pas tout à fait prêt à sacrifier un travail rémunérateur sur un coup de tête. Pas tout de suite en tout cas… En revanche, pour les demandeurs d’emploi, l’année s’annonce pleine de changements !

SANTÉ

Vos contrariétés familiales rejailliront sur votre état général et vous pourrez développer une certaine forme d’asthénie.

Scorpion

La Personnalité du SCORPION

Les scorpions sont idéalistes, directs, loyaux et ils débordent de sentiments. Ils peuvent se sacrifier pour autrui notamment lorsqu’ils estiment que la cause est juste. Le Scorpion fait preuve de courage, de fermeté, mais ce signe est également synonyme de conflits et de fantasmes. Son caractère est donc entier et les natifs peuvent être méchants à cause d’une extrême jalousie. Ils ont des difficultés à cacher leur agressivité, mais ils sont généralement généreux et sympathiques. Dans le monde du travail, le Scorpion s’adapte très facilement à toutes les situations. Ils excellent tout de même dans le domaine de la psychologie. Comme ils sont parfois très nerveux, ils souffrent de troubles digestifs. Les hommes ont une prostate fragile et les femmes rencontrent des problèmes hormonaux. En amour, le Scorpion est fidèle et il apprécie le mariage. Comme il est jaloux, il n’admettra pas que son conjoint soit infidèle. Dans ce cas de figure, il n’hésitera pas à quitter le domicile sans jamais y revenir.

• Signes Compatibles : Poissons et Cancer.
• Signes Incompatibles : Taureau, Lion et Verseau.

Votre signe à pour élément l’eau. Vous résisterez avec force à la tentation contre -productive de vous replier sur vous-même. Cette année sera l’objet d’une profonde remise en question, vous ouvrant des portes à partir du 14 mai. Vous ferez tout pour évoluer dans un environnement sain.

AMOUR

Signe d’eau réputé pour son caractère passionné, le Scorpion est en amour un monarque imprévisible capable d’élans de générosité comme de coups bas. Il aime avoir l’ascendant sur l’autre et ne se résout jamais à admettre ses torts, de peur de perdre la face. Il a aussi la rancune tenace. Le Scorpion domptera parfois ses démons en se montrant courtois, mais saura à l’occasion rappeler qu’il ne peut y avoir qu’un dominant… lui-même.

TRAVAIL

Tout droit sorti d’une pièce de Racine, le Scorpion aime la tragédie. Ses sentiments exacerbés ne manquent pas de le faire remarquer et pas toujours dans le bon sens ! Il est aussi un être particulièrement patient qui, mieux que personne, sait attendre son heure. Le Scorpion prendra son indépendance non sans avoir auparavant semé le chaos sur son lieu de travail ! Des décombres, ce signe d’eau tire souvent une force herculéenne…

SANTÉ

Vous serez sujet à une légère dépression saisonnière que vous pourrez aisément soigner grâce à la photothérapie.

Sagittaire

La Personnalité du SAGITTAIRE

La liberté et la sagesse sont les principales caractéristiques de ce signe astrologique. Le Sagittaire fait preuve d’audace, il est généreux et parfois impatient. Les natifs s’adaptent facilement à toutes les situations et ils ont des ambitions. La franchise est l’une des grandes qualités de ce signe, puisque le Sagittaire n’hésite pas à partager son point de vue même s’il est parfois blessant. Il est optimiste, mais, lorsqu’il se compare aux autres, il peut faire preuve d’insatisfaction. Les natifs n’acceptent pas les critiques, et ils sont parfois orgueilleux. Le contact social est son point fort, le Sagittaire excelle donc dans toutes les professions. Le poids est également son principal problème, car il ne fait pas attention à son alimentation. Il a donc des problèmes au niveau des os, de la moelle épinière et du cerveau. Les natifs de ce signe n’aiment pas la solitude, mais ils se méfient du mariage. La rupture sera toutefois inévitable lorsque la situation conjugale deviendra critique. Il peut aisément se défaire de son passé pour commencer une nouvelle vie.

• Signes Compatibles : Balance, Bélier, Lion et Verseau.
• Signes Incompatibles : Poissons, Capricorne, Scorpion, Vierge, Cancer et Taureau.

Votre signe a pour élément Le feu. Cette année, vous aurez pas mal de cartes en main pour concrétiser vos projets à condition de les mener avec ordre et méthode. Vous donnerez un nouveau sens à vos amours et relèverez les défis de l’existence avec optimisme et confiance à la seule condition de savoir vraiment ce que vous voulez.

AMOUR

Prosaïque et céleste, individualiste et généreux, le Sagittaire est un modèle de contradictions. Après une année 2020 sentimentalement agitée, l’année verra ce signe de feu rester fidèle à lui-même, c’est-à-dire instable.

TRAVAIL

Avide de découvertes et de savoir, le Sagittaire est connu pour vite se lasser de son emploi – lorsqu’il en trouve un… Ce signe de feu allergique à l’autorité sera mis à l’épreuve. Une année de tests au cours de laquelle il se démarquera par sa bonne volonté, ne ménageant pas ses efforts pour parvenir à ses fins.

SANTÉ

Fatigue, hypoglycémie, mémoire qui flanche, vous serez vite rattrapé par vos manières d’agir, souvent en dépit du bon sens.

Capricorne

La Personnalité de la CAPRICORNE

Le signe du Capricorne est sans doute le plus raisonnable et il ne connaît pas la colère. Les natifs sont calmes et ils ont tendance à fuir les disputes. Ils sont dévoués aux autres et l’entourage peut aisément compter sur eux. Le Capricorne est sincère, fiable et honnête. Toutefois, il déteste la tromperie et il peut être avare. Les natifs paraissent parfois durs et froids, car ils n’exposent pas leurs problèmes. Dans le travail, ils détestent les imprévus et l’incertitude, car ils sont des adeptes de l’organisation. Le Capricorne est assez fragile sur le plan émotionnel et physique. Il est sujet aux dépressions et aux problèmes d’articulations, mais il a quelques difficultés à suivre le traitement prescrit par un professionnel de la santé. Les natifs de ce signe sont perfectionnistes, sélectifs et introvertis, cela peut donc leur poser quelques problèmes en amour. Ils ont du mal à trouver l’âme sœur, mais, lorsqu’ils sont en couple, ils sont fidèles et stables.

• Signes Compatibles : Poissons, Taureau, Scorpion et Vierge.

Votre signe à pour élément la Terre. Boosté par Uranus cette année, les changements vous feront moins peur s’ils contribuent à votre bonheur et bien-être. La surprise viendra du côté de votre cœur. Vous rassemblerez vos ambitions et vous montrerez tenace pour provoquer la chance.

AMOUR :

Persévérant dans sa vie professionnelle comme dans ses relations amoureuses, le Capricorne est de ceux qui ne renoncent jamais. Ce signe de terre aux sabots opiniâtres avance quoi qu’il en coûte. Sa ténacité ne le dispensera pas de devoir parfois jouer aux Singes de la sagesse pour préserver son couple.

TRAVAIL :

Pétri de doutes, le Capricorne manque singulièrement de confiance en lui. Pour cette raison, ce signe de terre requiert souvent l’approbation des autres. Il cherche des encouragements dans le regard de ses congénères. Plus persévérant et même compétent que les autres signes du zodiaque, il peine à faire reconnaître sa valeur. Le Capricorne devra apprendre à s’affranchir du jugement des autres. Cette émancipation sera la clé de sa réussite professionnelle.

SANTÉ :

Attention aux troubles musculo-squelettiques qui pourraient vous guetter. Choisissez un poste de travail ergonomique vous assurant une bonne posture.

Verseau

La Personnalité du VERSEAU

Le Verseau représente les rêves et l’espoir. Les natifs du Verseau sont généralement des personnes intelligentes, idéalistes, généreuses et parfois introverties. En apparence, ils peuvent paraître assez froids, mais ils cherchent pourtant la communication. La principale qualité du Verseau correspond à sa capacité intellectuelle très importante. Toutefois, les natifs peuvent être coléreux et ils sont facilement irritables. Le Verseau peut parfois frôler l’incorrection, car il est intolérant et prend des décisions trop rapidement. Cela peut donc avoir des répercussions dans son travail. Pour la santé, il souffre généralement de troubles urinaires, hormonaux et de la circulation sanguine. Les difficultés respiratoires sont également observées chez certains natifs du Verseau. Enfin, ces derniers aiment la liberté, ils n’apprécient donc pas le mariage. Ils préfèrent l’union libre, mais la situation peut évoluer lorsqu’un enfant est présent. Le Verseau ne se confie pas facilement en amour et le conjoint devra faire en sorte que la routine ne s’installe pas.

• Signes Compatibles : Bélier, Gémeaux et Sagittaire.
• Signes Incompatibles : Capricorne, Cancer et Poissons.

Votre signe est associé à l’élément de l’air. Cette année, vous avancerez, mais il faudra ménager votre monture et miser sur la patience pour faire aboutir vos projets. Jupiter vous apportera les appuis nécessaires. Cependant des impondérables vous désorienteront. Adoptez le réflexe sérénité.

AMOUR :

Faisant souvent preuve d’un cynisme à peine voilé, le Verseau porte sur le couple un regard condescendant. Ce signe d’air indépendant avait quitté triomphalement 2020, célébrant son célibat. L’absence de lien pourrait pourtant finir par lui peser.

TRAVAIL :

Avant-gardiste, le Verseau est en quête perpétuelle d’évolution. Il aime (se) surprendre. Plein de bonne volonté, il tracera son chemin sur un terrain qu’il ignore encore miner. Son arrogance involontaire finira par “payer”.

SANTÉ :

Les petits bobos du quotidien ne vous tracasseront jamais et vous remettrez sans cesse au lendemain les consultations et passages en pharmacie.

Poissons

La Personnalité des POISSONS

Le poisson, dernier signe de l’horoscope, possède différentes caractéristiques en lien avec cette position. Il représente la renaissance, la réincarnation ainsi que l’éternité. Généralement, les natifs sont désintéressés, loyaux et surtout généreux. Sa plus grande qualité concerne son écoute, et comme il est très tolérant, le Poisson a tendance à se sacrifier pour son entourage. Il s’adapte à toutes les situations et respecte ses proches. Toutefois, les natifs peuvent être timides, orgueilleux et pessimistes. Le plus grand défaut du Poisson concerne son manque de confiance. Dans le travail, il s’avère être excellent et les collègues apprécient sa collaboration. Au niveau de la santé, ce signe est souvent synonyme de rhumatismes (pieds et chevilles). Comme il se laisse aller à la mélancolie, il peut être sujet à une dépression. Le Poisson recherche l’idéal en amour et il est prêt à se marier dès qu’il a trouvé l’âme sœur. Toutefois, il peut s’avérer déçu lorsque la réalité ne correspond pas à ses rêves.

• Signes Compatibles : Cancer, Scorpion, Capricorne et Taureau.
• Signes Incompatibles : Gémeaux, Balance, Verseau, Lion, Sagittaire et Bélier.

Votre signe est associé à l’élément de l’eau. Il s’agira de bien préparer votre début d’année sans avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre, car dès le 14 mai, Jupiter vous rendra visite pour que l’année rime avec succès. Vous passerez à travers les vagues avec l’amour qui vous accompagnera.

AMOUR :

Avec pour devise “Peace and Love”, le Poissons n’est pas toujours chanceux en amour. En cause sa force d’inertie et son indéracinable pessimisme. A quoi bon se battre puisque tout est perdu ? pense, à tort, ce signe d’eau par ailleurs doté d’une grande élégance morale. Le Poissons s’aventurera parfois en territoire inconnu dans l’espoir de rencontrer une âme protectrice avec laquelle vivre le grand amour.

TRAVAIL :

Aussi vulnérable que mystérieux, le Poissons se distingue par son caractère doux et non-violent. Réputé pour être un grand émotif, il s’efface en cas de conflit et plaide toujours pour la paix. Cela fait de ce signe d’eau un être parfois malmené car nul ne craint ses réactions. Le Poissons entreprendra une métamorphose en se montrant davantage à l’écoute de lui-même. Une grande année pour ce timide inventif !

SANTÉ :

D’un naturel anxieux, vous serez probablement sujet à des troubles psychologiques.