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janelle Janelle Monáe is a Grammy Award-nominated American singer, songwriter, and performer. She is currently signed to the Wondaland Arts Society, and Bad Boy/Atlantic Records. By mid-2007, Monáe was ready to release her first solo album, entitled Metropolis. It was originally conceived as a concept album in four parts, or "suites," which were to be released only through her website and mp3 download sites. These plans were altered upon her signing with Sean "Diddy" Combs' label, Bad Boy Records, in late 2007. The label gave an official and material release to Metropolis: The Chase Suite (Special Edition) in August 2008. The album was generally well-received by critics, garnering Monáe a 2009 Grammy nomination in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance for her song "Many Moons" [2], festival appearances and opening slots for the indie pop band Of Montreal. Monáe also toured as the opening act for band No Doubt on their summer tour.[3] Her latest single, "Open Happiness," was featured in the 2009 season finale of American Idol. In a November 2009 interview, Monáe revealed the title and concept behind her upcoming album, The Arch Android. The Album is set to be released on the 18th of May 2010 .

Janelle Monáe, a Kansas City, Kansas native, moved to New York to study theatre at the Ameri-

can Musical Academy. Her original plan was to pursue a career on Broadway, but she soon changed her mind and returned to her love for music, an art

form which, according to her, has the potential to change the world.

Moving to Atlanta, GA, where she met OutKast's Big Boi, Monáe founded the Wondaland Arts

Society with like-minded young artists and made a couple of appearances on Idlewild, where she is

featured on the songs "Call The Law" and "In Your Dreams."jane

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Gorillaz is an English virtual band created in 1998 by Damon Albarn of Britpop band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl

... On 8 December 2004, the band's website reopened with an exclusive video entitled "Rock It".[20] Along with the music video, there was an announcement of a new album on the way, which would be produced by Danger Mouse. A talent contest entitled Search for a Star was also launched on 15 December 2004, allowing fans to send in a minute-long clip of video or audio or an image file. A viral marketing project named Reject False Icons was formed criticizing modern pop figures. The first single from the album was "Feel Good Inc.", released as an EP in Japan and as a CD single in Europe and Australia. The single entered the UK Singles Chart at #22, several weeks before the CD single was released due to the single being released as a 7" vinyl in April, and new charts regulations included sales at online music stores, where the song had been available since 22 March. "Feel Good Inc." managed to reach #2 in the UK Singles Chart the week it was released, being the band's highest ever positioned single up to that point in time. The single stayed in the top ten for eight consecutive weeks. In the United States, it peaked at #14. The song also garnered a Record of the Year nomination for the 2006

Grammy Awards later that year. It was later included in the popular Playsta-tion 2 title SingStar, a game where player attempt to sing along karaoke style. It was also recently included on Activision´s Guitar Hero 5. The album, Demon Days, was released on 11 May 2005 in Japan, 23 May in the United Kingdom and Australia, and on 24 May in the

United States. The album debuted at #1 on the UK Albums Chart, but fell as low as #29 in just seven weeks.[21] However, as the music video for the second single "DARE" started getting played on MTV and other music channels, Demon Days rose up to the top 10 again. "DARE" was released on 29 August 2005 in the UK, where it debuted at #1. A Japanese EP followed on 7 September. "DARE" eventually

reached #87 in the United States, also becoming a Top 10 hit on the Modern Rock listings. Shortly afterwards, Gorillaz contributed an exclusive track entitled "Hong Kong" to the charity compilation Help!: A Day in the Life released on 10 September 2005. The third single off Demon Days was "Dirty Harry", which had

already been released as a promotional single earlier that year. It was released in the United Kingdom on 21 Novem-ber 2005. On its first week, it charted at #6. The release of the single raised the album once again back up to the top 10. The fourth and final single was the double A-side, "Kids with Guns"/"El Mañana". It was released in the UK on 10 April 2006. Unlike its Top 10 predecessors, "Kids With Guns" / "El Mañana" reached #27 upon its release in the UK. A

week later, the single had fallen out of the Top 40 in the UK (see 2006 in British music). By the end of 2005, Demon Days had sold over a million copies in the UK, making it the UK's fifth best selling album of 2005.[23] Demon Days has since gone five times platinum in the UK,[5] double platinum in the United States,[6] triple platinum in Australia[24] and has sold over 6 million copies world-wide. And this is. the end of the start of my gorillaz spread

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