Profession: Singer, Record producer and dancer

The net worth of American R&B singer, dancer and record producer is $16 million, according to many sources; given the way he has been climbing the success ladder it doesn’t seem hard to believe. His real name is Shaffer Chimere Smith but later changed to Ne-Yo. His career took off as a songwriter but he gained prominence after his hit ‘Let me love you’ which was performed by Mario and consequently topped all charts. Following his success with this single, he received an invitation from Def Jam Records and later signed a contract with the same label. His first solo album called ‘In my own words’ hit the stores in 2006 and included hit singles like “So Sick” and “Sexy Love”, both of which gained number one position on almost every radio chart in the United States. His next studio work was released in the following year and was titled “Because of You”. By the end quarter of 2008, Ne-Yo had finished working on his third album called “Year of the Gentlemen”.

Rising of a star

Ne-Yo was born in a family of two talented musicians in Arkansas. Even though Ne-Yo went to become a star, his parents were rather unnoticed in the music industry. After his parents got divorced, he went to live with his single mother. His mother wasn’t able to support them in Camden so she decided to relocate to Las Vegas. Although the city didn’t take notice of her musical talents but it did her great favor by sending her son to a career path which eventually made Ne-Yo a star. He started his musical career while he was still studying in Las Vegas Academy. He also joined an R&B group Envy during his final year and adopted a pseudonym ‘GoGo’. However, it didn’t quite work out as the band dismantled even before he graduated and the 18 year old boy had to continue his career as a songwriter.

A couple of months in 2000 seemed like a silver lining for him as he signed a deal with Columbia Records. But unfortunately, for some unknown reasons his contract was terminated right before his debut album could release and his dreams of becoming a singer had to halt again. In order to earn some extra bucks, he had to sell the rights of his own song “That Girl” which he planned to release as his lead single. The song was later recorded by Marques Houston and when released with his album HM, topped all charts making Ne-Yo one of the most sought after songwriter in America. This was his breakthrough into the American music industry and since then his net worth had only been going up.

Climbing the success ladder

After his breakthrough in the music industry as a songwriter, Ne-Yo grabbed a chance to release his own solo album titled ‘In my Words’ in 2006. The album instantly topped Billboards 200 due to hit numbers like “Sexy Love” and “So Sick”. Right after its release in the first week the album sold over 300 thousand copies. A pretty bulk of Ne-Yo’s net worth can be credited to the sales of this album. He released his second album called ‘Because of You’ a year later. His third album titled ‘Year of the Gentlemen’ was released in 2008. The album again became a bestseller due to hit numbers like ‘Miss Independent’, ‘Mad’ and ‘come closer’. ‘Libra Scale’ -his fourth album reached 9^th position on US Billboard 200 chart. Ne-Yo has also collaborated with rapper Pitbull and given out hit singles like Give Me Everything which reached #1 on Billboard Hot 100.

He has also tried his hand in acting with making small appearances in movies like Save the Last Dance 2, Stomp the Yard and Nick Cannon. He has also appeared in various TV series which include 90210, CSI: NY, Red Trails, The X Factor etc among others.

Estates and Homes

Georgia Mansion

This large mansion owned by Ne-Yo has 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms and overlooks a golf course in Milton, GA. The massive brick home spans over 5,900 square foot and includes a large deck for a spacious kitchen with double ovens and tray ceilings.

Alpharetta, Georgia Home

The Alpharetta home looks more like a castle with seven bathrooms, 5 bedrooms and a wine cellar. The house is located in the area of Windward the Enclave. The massive house also has a massage room, a sauna and elevator that reaches all levels. The outdoors have a kitchen/ BBQ and bar, a Grotto style hot tub and giant Pebble Tech Pool.

Gallery Residence Condo

The condo is located in the new Gallery Residence tower in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia and was purchased by Ne-Yo for a hefty sum of $1,155,000 in 2008. The gallery condo includes various features of entertainment and fitness such as tennis court, swimming pool, clubroom, landscaped courtyard an art gallery and a library on the first floor.

Ne-Yo cars

The American singer seems to be a fan of Porsche and Mercedes. These are the cars he owns:

Porsche Panamera

Ne-Yo arrives at one of the pre-Grammy parties in his sleek Porsche Panamera.

Mercedes Benz SLS AMG

The R&B singer and dancer was spotted at Times Square in his Mercedes Benz SLS AMG.

Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid

The car happens to be the first hybrid by German carmaker. The 2011 model was bought by Ne-Yo for a price of $67,700. The Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid is technical tour de force.

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CAREER/ PROFESSION: SINGER/ SONGWRITER/ DANCER/ RECORD PRODUCER/ CHOREOGRAPHER/ MODEL

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll also known as “Shakira” and to some “the belly dancing sensation”, was born on 2^nd February, 1977 in Colombia. She is of Spanish and Italian descent. The international pop star has sold over 125 Million albums worldwide and is considered to be the most successful Latina singer after Gloria Estefan. She is considered the highest selling Colombian singer of all time. She started her musical journey in the early 1990s in Colombia and Latin America. She wrote her first song, “Tus gafas oscuras” at the age of eight years and signed her first recording contract at the age of 13. The dancing sensation realised that she wanted to be a performer at the age of 4 when she heard the doumbek. She was known as “the belly dancer girl” in school and that’s how she discovered her passion for live performance. Her first album was released in 1990 called “Magia”. The songs comprised of a collection of songs she wrote since she was 8. The album sold only 1200 copies worldwide, giving her the required exposure but not revenue. Sony gave Shakira $100,000 to produce her next album, Pies Descalzos, assuming that this album would not sell past 100,000 copies. By 1996, her name was known all over the world. She had begun producing her own music and was also practicing creative control over her music. Her album had sold over 5 million copies. In 2001, Shakira decided to test the waters for an English album. She worked on it for over a year and her single “Whenever and wherever” was a hit. After that there was no going back for her. She has made a prominent name for herself in the music industry. She has been known to adapt herself to all kinds of genre. Her fluency in various languages is just an added bonus.

NET WORTH

At present Shakira’s net worth is said to be $220 Million. She is the third most viewed artist of all time on YouTube and her fan follow surpasses 1 billion. According to Sony, Shakira is the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time, having sold between 50 to 60 million albums. Her song “Hips Don’t Lie” was the most played pop songs in a single week in the American radio history. The estimated number of the song being played was 9367 times in a week. In 2008, Shakira was called the fourth highest earning women after Madonna, Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion. In the same year she also signed a 10 year, $300 million deal with concert company Live Nation.  In 2010, she managed to snag the 5^th rank on the “Online Video’s Most Viral Artists of 2010” with around 404,118,392 views.

Annual Income: $38,000,000

Monthly Income: $3,166,667

Weekly Income: $791,667

This lady, by 2011, had been awarded with Latin Grammys and Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. She also earned herself a star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame (No shocker there!). Her album sales in the United States reached 10 million in 2012.

PRIVATE ISLAND

Who doesn’t want to own a private island in Bahamas? However, only few are that lucky and Shakira is one of them. She, along with Pink Floyd frontman, Roger Waters, have bought a sprawling 700 acre island, which they plan on developing and making it the most popular destination for the famous. Amenities at the island include boutique hotels, private beaches, luxury condominiums, private galleries and a golf course, among others. The location is in popular holiday zone of the Bahamas. This land costed her $140 Million.

STAR ISLAND HOME

Shakira’s house is situated in Star Island in the posh area of Miami Beach. The house is built in Mediterranean style, the house is spread over 6500 square foot and has 5 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms, an amazing swimming pool and a personal dock. She purchased this house in 2001 for $3.4 million. This house costs around $5.9 million today in the market.

LA COLORADO FARM

The singer owns a mammoth farm in Uruguay where she often spend her vacations. The farm is said to be huge and a place for a lot of parties have been hosted their.

CARS

Mercedes Benz S600

This car is known for its luxury, style and status symbol. It comes with a 5.8 liter 36 valve V-12 engine. This car provides incredible performance. It reaches from 0-60mph in 5.4 seconds. Its basically a comfortable long lasting car.

Mercedes Benz SL550

Shakira has managed to have a collection of Mercedes. She owns a Mercedes Benz SL550, which has a 5.5 liter V-8 engine. The car has a top speed of 155mph. The car has adjustable heated seats and has Harman/Kardon sound system with 10 speakers.

TROUBLE IN PARADISE

Shakira was recently sued by her ex-boyfriend for a $100 Million. Antonio de la Rúa, the pop superstar’s ex boyfriend, sued Shakira for a shocking $100 million accusing her of breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty for failing to pay her his previously agreed-upon cut for his contributions to her career during the time they were together. However, the claims were rejected by the Supreme Court judge.

.. AND AGAIN WE TRY

Shakira and Gerard Pique met when she was filming the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. They finally confirmed their relationship in 2011. Shakira in 2013 gave birth to their first child.

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Synopsis

Harvey Phillip Spector  better known as Phil Spector was an American songwriter, record producer and innovator of a music production technique known as “wall of sound” he was a pioneer in music production and produced many hits during 1960 to 65. He was ranked #63 by Rolling stones magazine on their list of greatest artists of all time. In his later days he was convicted of a murder charge and was sent to prison.

Early Life

Born on Dec 26 ,1939 to a Lower-middle class family in New York City, Phil Spector lost his father at an early age of 10.

After joining school he took part in various events and soon learned how to play guitar he performed “Rock island line” at his high school talent show, while at school he joined a group of striving musicians including Lou Adler, Bruce Johnston (member of The Beach boys), Steve Douglas and Sandy Nelson.

With three friends from his high school “Fairfax high school” he formed a group called The Teddy Bears.In year 1958 Spectors’s “Don’t you worry my little pet” got them a deal with Era Records. The Teddy Bears  recorded “To know him is to love him” received many recognition and accolades everywhere and reached #1 on Bill Board hot 100 singles chart with over a million copies sold. After achieving so many great feats the group disbanded in the year 1959.

Career &Wealth

As a teenage lyricist and performer Phil earned recognition for his work everywhere and from there he went on to become one of the greatest artist of all time the world has seen his achieved great success with his grit and determination to excel in all circumstances. There have been many ups and downs in his life. He was convicted for a murder charge which made him infamy in the eyes of people although he returned to the industry for a brief period of time by signing a production deal with A&M records, after getting back Phil returned to the hot 100 with “Black pearl” by Sonny Charles and the Checkmates LTD,which reached #13.In year 1970 Spector got associated with Beatles manager Allen Kien and was brought to England, there he was invited by Lennon and George Harrison to take on the task of turning the Beatles abandoned  “Get back” recording sessions into a usable album. His album “let it be” was a massive hit and topped the US and UK singles charts.

Lennon and George Harrison were satisfied with the outcome and “let it be” led to Spector co-producing albums with both ex-Beatles.

In the late 1970 Phil Spector became secluded the most recent and significant reason which was also most probable of him being withdrawn from social activities was revealed by biographer Dave Thompson was that he was seriously injured when he was thrown through the windshield of his car in a crash in Hollywood.

Spector mostly remained reclusive and inactive during 1980′s to early 2000′s .He attempted to associate with Celine Dion on her album “Falling into you” but that didn’t work for him. His latest release has been “Silence is early” by Starsailor released in 2003.

In the mid of April 2008 BBC 2 broadcast a special entitled Phil Spector: The Agony and The Ecstasy, It consists of Spector’s first screen interview-breaking a long period of media silence.

Phil’s net worth stands at $100 million his wealth mostly comes from writing and producing songs, he is also the founder of Phillies records.

Personal life

Spector with his third wife

Phil Spector married three times and has 3 children from his second wife .

His first marriage was with Annette Merar which ended in 1965, his second wife was Ronnie Bennett he first met her in year 1968 they have 3 children and his last marriage was with Rachelle short he married her in 2006.

Phil has had five children…

Donte Phillip Spector: Born in 1969

Louis Phillip Spector: Born in 1966

Gary Phillip Spector: Born in 1966

Nicole Audrey Spector: Born in 1982

Phillip Spector Jr: Born in 1982.He died of Leukemia on Dec 25 1991

Phil Spector was convicted of second degree murder in 2009 for the February 3, 2003 death of Lana Jean Clarkson (1962-2013).He received a sentence of nineteen years of imprisonment and served  his time at the California substance Abuse Treatment facility and State prison in California.

Awards and recognition

Spector is one of the few producer and song writer to have number one records in three consecutive decades (1960′s, 70′s and 80′s).He has one many prestigious awards including The “Grammy award” in 1971 for the album “The concert for Bangladesh” and Rolling stone award for greatest artist of all time in 2004 which ranked him at #63 in the list of 100 greatest artists of all time.

Quotes

“I enjoyed all the records very much.I made them all from the heart.I made them all with art and mind,and all to reveal a picture of where I was when I made them”.

“I’m dealing in rock ‘n’roll.I’m,like I’m not a bona fide human being”.

“People tell me they idolize me,want to be like me,but i tell them, ‘trust me,you don’t want my life.I’ve been a very tortured soul”.

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Introduction

Richard Simmons was born on July 12rth name was Milton Teagle Simmons. His birth place was New Orleans, California. Talking about his career life, he is an American fitness personality and an actor. He is famous for his eccentric, outgoing and energetic personality. Richard Simmons promotes the weight loss programs through his Sweatin’ to the Oldies line of Aerobics videos. For these weight loss programs he is famous by exposure on television and by his Gym called Simmons located in Beverly Hills, California. He is very popular through his television shows and through the consumer products. He attended the late night TV shows and is frequent guest of many shows on TV like Late Show with David Letterman. He is a part of “No Child Left Behind” Act and promote his health activities and programs in various schools and colleges. Recently he is looking out in various non-cooperative physical education in the public schools. It is reported that he helped so many people out there to lose weight that 120,000 pounds is noted down as the total weight loss with the help Richard Simmons. He has created the number of Aerobics DVDs, CDs, Books, audios and videos to help people to maintain their physical fitness.

Early Life

He is the son of Shirley May (Mother) who is a Jewish and Leonard Orleans Simmons (Father) who is an Episcopalian. He was raised in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Though his parents are from different religion but he later converted to Catholism and attended Cor Jesu High School at a early age, this school later changed its name to Brother Martin High School. He weighed 268 pounds when he was graduated from high school. It is reported that he was suffering from the obesity problem throughout his adolescence. When he was young, he worked a s a priest. He adopted the name Richard from an uncle who paid his College tuition fees, as said in an interview with Tampa Bay Times. Talking about his career his first job was selling pralines at Leah’s. He attended the University of South Western Louisiana and then transferred to Florida State University. He was a BA pass out in Art subject. Later on he moved to New York City where he worked as as a waiter and C=cosmetics companies like Revlon and Coty Cosmetics.

Career

In the 1970s he worked as the Maitre d’hotel which is a restaurant located in the Beverly Hills. He was not satisfied with the unhealthy diet methods and the unhealthy routine soon he became the fitness guru. He later opened his own exercise studio called the Anatomy Asylum. He is helping other people to lose weight since 35 years. He is featured on various TV shows including whose Line Is It Anyway? CHiPs, Saturday Night Live, The Larry Sanders Show and Arrested Development and Bringing Up Buster. Not only have the shows he worked in May advertisements for Spirit, Yoplait, and Herbal Essence Shampoos etc. he documented the book in which he introduced the programs for the physical fitness named Reach for Fitness: A Special Book of Exercises for the Physically Challenged. His books range from cookbooks to self-help guides. Cookbooks like Richard Simmons: Never Say Diet Book and the Richard Simmons’s Farewell to Fat Cookbook: Homemade in the U.S.A. Self-help guides like Richard Simmons’s Never Give Up: Inspirations, reflections, Stories of Hope. It also include the autobiography: Still Hungry, After All These Years: My Story.

Media

Simmons was a guest along with Celine Dion on Roise O’ Donnell Show on November 18, 1997. In the year 1986 on Amazing stories season 1 in the 10^th episode, Simmons played himself in Steven Spielberg. Not only was this he the regular guest on The Howard Stern Show during the year 1980s and 1990s. Richard and Howard were two best friends whose friendship sometimes was discussed on the air in the radio shows. But later they got issues and Richard stopped working with him later in the year Richard came back to the Stern show on November 16, 2006. There are several other shows for whom Richard is a frequent guest like Late Night with David Letterman (NBC) and the Late Show with David Letterman (CBS). On November 22, 2000 there was a falling out as Richard gets close to the Lettermen as to kiss him or hug him, on this incident the letterman took the fire extinguisher and sprayed in the face of the Simmons later Simmons get a severe heart attack due to the spray. Besides this, Simmons was a guest on the U.S. version of Whose Line Is it Anyway? And The Glenn Beck Program on HLN. He was a Canadian commercial for Telus wireless phone in the year 2012. In 2013, he appeared on Extreme Weight Loss as a surprise gift.

Richness

Richard Simmons is a famous and rich personality. He has a house in CA, USA. His net worth is $15 million which is really much. Richard Simmons is very eccentric. Most of his fortune comes through the TV shows and his book publications. His commercial success as a fitness guru is the reason behind his richness. He is a good advisor for one’s fitness.

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CAREER / PROFESSION: MUSIC BAND

American version of U2

The group shares a close resemblance to the Irish music band, U2. The group consists of four members, Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion. Their songs and beats are so productive and innovative that they have fans of all ages from children to adults. Their rhythm makes everyone move with them. With the huge fan following, Coldplay is climbing up the ladder of success at an exponential rate.

Origin

The group was formed in the year 1996 by Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland. Martin also happens to be the lead vocalist while Jonny is the lead guitarist. Both of them formed the group during their college (University College London) tenure. The third member, Guy Berryman joined the group and the group came up with the name Starfish. The group then found its manager, Phil Harvey which happens to be the fifth unofficial member of the troupe. The name “Coldplay” came up in the year 1998.

Troupe Members

1.    Guy Berryman

Guy Berryman, the bassist of Coldplay was the third member to join the band in the year 1996. He has his hands on bass, acoustic guitar, harmonica, backing vocals and mandolin.

2.    Jonny Buckland

The lead guitarist Jonny joined in the year 1996 and has been playing backing vocals and percussion ever since.

3.    Will Champion

The drums are handled by Will Champion who also has mastery in playing backing vocals, piano and rhythm guitar. He joined the group in the year 1996 and has been with them ever since.

4.    Chris Martin

The lead vocalist and the founding member, Chris plays piano, rhythm guitar, keyboards and bongo.

Creations of the troupe

The band throughout their entire career has brought some of the best albums in the rock and pop music history. Their first album Parachutes, soon after the release topped the UK Albums Chart. They then came with the next album A Rush of the Blood to the Head for which they wrote 20 songs which were poles apart from Parachutes. The other famous albums of Coldplay include X & Y, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Mylo Xyloto and Atlas.

Genre and Style

The band happens to be “limestone rock” instead of hard rock. Martin has a feminist touch in his style and the lyrics always have some hidden deep emotions of love. The meditative style has helped to make them more popular world-wide. The troupe later switched to the dream pop style. They have a heavy resemblance to the groups like U2, Travis, Oasis and Radiohead. Each new song of Coldplay has a new emotion reviving the feelings of people listing to the track. They then moved to art rock with their song Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends.  The band is also not limited to the conventional drums and guitars, it always bring something new each time, trying new instruments (orchestras, honky-tonk pianos). They also brought in the acoustic style of music with their various genres. One important factor of their world-wide popularity is that they do not adhere to just the “British” style of music. Instead, they are the Global Artists.

Endorsements

Coldplay has many multi-dollar endorsement deals with the top brands like GAP, Diet Coke and Gatorade. They then used their songs (Yellow, Don’t Panic and Trouble) for their brands promotion. Even the iconic Apple Inc. has used the Viva la Vida song for the iTunes Store. The group is indebted to Apple Inc. and has performed several times for them.

Philanthropic Activities

The group leader Chris Martin has a big heart and has performed at various Fundraisers. The group also donates 10% of their earning to charity. They also supported the idea of Meat Free Mondays by Paul McCartney. They also helped in the earthquake relief plan by auctioning the band instruments and donated the sum so collected. They donated £610,000 to the Kids Company for helping the poor and destitute children.

Awards, records and Recognitions

• Coldplay was ranked 14^th Celebrity 100, 20^th in Money, 50^th in TV/Radio, 37^th in Press, 11^th in Social, 41^th in Marketability and 35^th in the Forbes list in 2010.
•  Coldplay received 8 Brit Awards, 7 Grammy Awards, and 5 MTV Video Music Awards.
•  They won the title of Best British Group for three times.
•  They sold about 60 million records world-wide. They were voted to be the 4^th best artists of the 19^th century by the readers of Rolling Stone.

What do the fans say?

• I’ve never been asked to do collaboration. I guess I just don’t give off that come-and-get-me vibe. I wouldn’t be averse to doing one with Coldplay or U2 – anyone who sells 50 million albums.
• I love Coldplay. The lights and the sound quality, they really play their instruments. Sometimes, during the show, they’ll make a mistake and stop. I think they do it intentionally just to show you they’re really playing it live.
• The word we have in Korea for K-Pop is ‘Gaio.’ And I guess it’s a huge umbrella term. Basically it’s like saying Coldplay and Kanye West, or Eminem and Celine Dion, are the same genre.

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