Abba
by
garetbora
Posted July 6th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
ABBA was a pop music group formed in Stockholm, Sweden in November 1970. The band consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida), Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog. They topped the charts worldwide from 1972 to 1982 with eight studio albums, twenty-six #1 singles and numerous awards. They won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with “Waterloo”.
A jukebox musical based on the music of ABBA called “Mamma Mia” opened in London’s West End in 1999 and has since become one o...
Celine Dion
by
garetbora
Posted May 11th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian singer. Born to a large, impoverished family in Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record. In 1990, she released the anglophone album Unison, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world.
Dion had first gained international recogniti...
