singers

When Jewel's first album, Pieces of You, topped the charts in 1995, her emotional voice and vulnerable performance were groundbreaking. Drawing comparisons to Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell, a singer-songwriter of her kind had not emerged in decades. Now, with more than thirty million albums sold worldwide, Jewel tells the story of her life, and the lessons learned from her experience and her music. Living on a homestead in Alaska, Jewel learned to yodel at age five, and joined her parents' entertainment act, working in hotels, honky-tonks, and biker bars. Behind a strong-willed family life with an emphasis on music and artistic talent, however, there was also instability, abuse, and trauma. At age fifteen, she moved out and tasked herself with a mission: to see if she could avoid being the kind of statistic that her past indicated for her future. Soon after, she was accepted to the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, and there she began writing her own songs as a means of expressing herself and documenting her journey to find happiness. Jewel was eighteen and homeless in San Diego when a radio DJ aired a bootleg version of one of her songs and it was requested into the top-ten countdown, something unheard-of for an unsigned artist. By the time she was twenty-one, her debut had gone multiplatinum. There is much more to Jewel's story, though, one complicated by family legacies, by crippling fear and insecurity, and by the extraordinary circumstances in which she managed to flourish and find happiness despite these obstacles. Along her road of self-discovery, learning to redirect her fate, Jewel has become an iconic singer and songwriter. In Never Broken she reflects on how she survived, and how writing songs, poetry, and prose has saved her life many times over. She writes lyrically about the natural wonders of Alaska, about pain and loss, about the healing power of motherhood, and about discovering her own identity years after the entire world had discovered the beauty of her songs."-- Dust jacket.

A thirteen-year-old girl who likes to sing old songs and dreams of becoming a singing superstar finds herself drawn to an abandoned theater with a tragic past.

Presents a picture book biography of African American soprano opera singer Leontyne Price, who sang for the Metropolitan Opera and is best known for her performance as the Ethiopian princess in "Aida.".

Looks at the life of Beyonc? and discusses her careers in music, film, fashion, and more.

A look at the life and career of New Zealand singer Lorde.

Taylor’s girl-next-door image was no pretense, but her most impressive achievement was crossing over from country and making inroads on the mainstream charts to become one of America’s biggest stars.

The story of Harry, Zayn, Liam, Louis and Niall, who auditioned as individual competitors for The X Factor and formed the boy band One Direction – aka 1D – under the guidance of the British TV show.

Katy’s earned 8 Grammy nominations, a smash hit movie and over 52 consecutive weeks in the Top 10 of the Hot 100; a sharp contrast to a troubled upbringing, failed marriage, and struggles to pay rent.

Read about how Lady Gaga shines in the business world, with her own social media site, a line of perfume, and a clothing line.

You probably know Adele as the powerful, Grammy Award-winning soul singer of hits like "Rolling in the Deep" and "Set Fire to the Rain." But did you know that she was almost expelled from the BRIT School for Performing Arts? Or that she wrote her first single, "Hometown Glory," in just ten minutes? Readers will make connections between events in Adele's rise to fame and consider what stardom is like from a star's point of view.