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If you’re even slightly familiar with the music world then you must have heard the name of the Irish rock sensation, U2. This band was first formed back in 1976, back when all the band mates were in secondary school and they have stayed together ever since. Now this band consisting of Bono (Paul Hewson), The Edge (Dave Evans), Dik Evans and Adam Clayton were first named as “Feedback” in their earlier years.

In 1977, the group changed their name to “The Hype”. Now Dik Evans has almost become the “odd man” in the band. So at a concert which was a farewell one, Dik walked off the stage and the four had finished the gig as we now know them, as U2. The first ever single this band released was just in Ireland and it was called “Three”, followed by “Another Day”.

Their first ever international “11 O’ Clock Tick Tock” and their debut album was titled “Boy”. The second one was called “October”, released in 1981 and had themes which were spiritual. The next album on their list was called “War” which was released in 1983. This included the hit song “Sunday Bloody Sunday”. Now this album also saw the bands first hit called “New Years Day”, which was the bands first hit international.
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Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga began her music career at the age of nineteen. Lady Gaga debuted in rock music world with her album ‘The Fame’ in August 2008. The album not only received good reviews but also it topped at number one position in various countries. In addition to it, it also rose to number position in Billboard Top Electronic Album Charts in US.

The album included tracks such as ‘Just Dance’, ‘Love game’, ‘Paparazzi’, the most famous track-‘Poker Face’ and many more. Two songs –‘Just dance’ and ‘Poker Face’ became international hits and the track ‘Just Dance’ was even nominated at Grammy Awards for Best Dance Recording category.

Lady Gaga, with her fresh music, great lyrics and exceptional voice, this multi-talented star singer and song writer till date, has sold more than twenty million singles and around three million copies of her albums world wide, making her the biggest-selling artist of the year 2009.
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Who wouldn’t know the Black Eyed Peas? They have made the people from all over the world go gaga over their songs. It is just recently that the Black Eyed Peas released its latest album entitled “The E.N.D”.

This album is a compilation of different and various musicality from techno-pop, dance pop, vocal effects and hip-hop. It was predicted that this album will make another success for the Black Eyed Peas. True enough, when their first lead single entitled “Boom Boom Pow” was released it has amazingly topped many hit charts such as the Billboard Hot 100.

Added to this is the fact that Boom Boom Pow is the first single performed by a group that topped the Billboard Hot 100.
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