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Famous people
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John Lennon
  • British rock musician, singer, poet, composer,
    painter and writer. One of the founders and a
    member of The Beatles, a popular musician of
    the XX century. After the collapse of The Beatles
    began a solo career, but in 1980 he was killed.
  • In addition to his musical activities, Lennon was
    also known as a political activist. His views he
    expressed in songs and in public speeches. In the
    famous song Imagine Lennon expressed thoughts
    about how to be the world works. Lennon preached
    the ideas of equality and brotherhood of man,
    peace, freedom. This made him the idol of the
    hippie and one of the most important public
    figures of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Agatha Christie
  • British novelist.
  • Is one of the world's most famous writers of
    detective fiction, and is one of the most
    published authors in the history of mankind
    (after the Bible and Shakespeare ).
  • Christy has published more than 60 detective
    novels, six psychological novels and 19
    collections of short stories. 16 of her plays
    were set in London
  • Books by Agatha Christie published circulation of
    more than 4 million copies and translated into
    more than 100 languages??.

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Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
  • The world-famous Scottish and English writer -
    the author of detective works on the detective
    Sherlock Holmes adventure and science fiction -
    about Professor Challenger, humorous - about
    Brigadier Gerard.
  • Doyle was also written historical novels ("The
    White Company" and others), plays ("Waterloo",
    "Angels of Darkness," "Fires of Fate", "The
    Speckled Band"), a poem (collections of ballads
    "Songs of Action" (1898) and "Songs of the
    road"), autobiographical essays ("Notes Stark
    Monroe" or "Riddle Stark Monroe") and "domestic"
    novels ("The duo, accompanied by the occasional
    chorus"), libretto "Annie Jane" (1893,
    co-authored).

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One Direction
  • Anglo-Irish boy band, founded in London in 2010,
    which consists of five young people Harry
    Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Zain Malik
    and Liam Payne. They signed a recording contract
    with Simon Cowell called Syco Records, after his
    appearances on the show The X Factor. In North
    America, they signed a contract with Columbia
    Records.
  • One Direction became world famous after the
    release of their debut album Up All Night in
    early 2012. The single What Makes You Beautiful
    topped the world charts , and the album reached
    number one in US Billboard 200 . For the first
    time the debut album by British band took such a
    high position in the U.S. charts , as was noted
    in the Guinness Book of Records . The new album
    Take Me Home will be held November 12, 2012 . The
    subsequent world tour is planned for 2013 and
    should collect more than 15 million only in
    Australia and New Zealand. In addition to the
    music of One Direction supports charitable
    organizations and foundations , and has
    agreements with advertising Pokémon, Nokia,
    HarperCollins and Hasbro.

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Selena Gomez
  • American actress of film, television and sound,
    singer, composer, songwriter, and UNICEF Goodwill
    Ambassador. For his role as Alex Russo in the
    television series "Wizards of Waverly Place"
    (2007) won awards Kids' Choice Awards (2009,
    2010, 2011, 2012), and ALMA Award (2009).
  • Since 2009 is the vocalist of pop rock band
    Selena Gomez the Scene.
  • Selena engaged in charitable activities. She is a
    UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, becoming in 2009 the
    youngest member of the foundation in its history.

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Demi Lovato
  • American actress and singer. She gained fame for
    his role as Mitchie Torres in the film of
    "Disney" " Camp Rock " and " Camp Rock 2". She
    also starred in the Disney Channel series " Sonny
    chance." In 2009, Demi starred in the movie "
    Princess Protection Program ". She also played a
    small role in the TV series " Barney Friends" .
  • As a singer , Demi released the album Don't
    Forget September 23, 2008 . He finished second in
    the list of the Billboard 200 . In the first week
    sales of 89,000 copies. After that it was sold
    about 473,000 records. Lovato said in an
    interview that the album was recorded in 10 days.
    July 21, 2009 released her second album, Here We
    Go Again. In the first week sales of 108,000
    copies , the album reached number one in the
    Billboard 200 .

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Miley Cyrus
  • American actress and singer , the daughter of
    country singer Billy Ray Cyrus .
  • Gained worldwide fame by starring in the title
    role of the series " Hannah Montana ," where she
    played an American schoolgirl Miley Stewart, who
    is a pop star Hannah Montana , but hides it .
    Cyrus also recorded two soundtracks for TV series
    Hannah Montana ( 2006) and Hannah Montana 2/Meet
    Miley Cyrus ( 2007), released under the label,
    Walt Disney Records. With the popularity of the
    show , grew up and the success of Miley , which
    eventually became a teen idol . In 2007, Cyrus
    signed to Hollywood Records and began her solo
    career. In the same year he organized a concert
    tour Best of Both Worlds Tour recording of it
    went into the concert film " Concert Tour Hannah
    Montana and Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana Miley
    Cyrus Best of Both Worlds Concert, 2008 ) . In
    July 2008, Cyrus released her first solo album,
    Breakout, which was a success in terms of sales.

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Katy Perry
  • American singer, songwriter and actress, as well
    as a UN Goodwill Ambassador.
  • Became known for his the single Ur So Gay,
    released in 2007, and the international hit I
    Kissed a Girl, which topped the charts in many
    countries, including the U.S., Canada, UK,
    Australia and Ireland. Subsequent singles
    California Gurls, Teenage Dream, Firework, ET,
    Last Friday Night (TGIF), Part of Me Roar and
    also topped the Billboard Hot 100. Perry is the
    second singer after Michael Jackson, whose five
    singles from one album reached number one on the
    U.S. charts.

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Linkin Park
  • American alternative rock band. Founded in 1996
    under the name Xero. Having been around since
    1999 under the name of Linkin Park, a group twice
    been awarded "Grammy". The group has found
    success with their debut album in 2000 called
    Hybrid Theory, sold over 24 million copies (in
    2010 he found "diamond" status, awarded RIAA).
    The next studio album, Meteora, repeated, though
    not surpassed the success of the previous,
    leading in 2003 on the Billboard 200.

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Tokio Hotel
  • German rock band formed in 2001 in Magdeburg.
  • The group was founded in 2001 by two twin
    brothers from East Germany, Bill and Tom Kaulitz.
    Originally the band was called Devilish
    (Devil). Looking at the performance of the duo of
    brothers, they were joined by bassist Georg
    Listing and drummer Gustav Schäfer.

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Queen
  • Popular British rock band that has achieved wide
    recognition in the mid 70 -ies of XX century , is
    one of the most successful bands in rock history
    . The media is a group of "cult " and wrote that
    she still has hundreds of millions of fans .
    Critics say such a classic rock band's songs as
    Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, We Are
    the Champions, Innuendo, The Show Must Go
    On, Radio Ga Ga, Princes of the Universe . "
    Group was released fifteen studio albums , five
    live and numerous collections . Eighteen albums
    Queen took first place in the charts around the
    world. Concert of the band have also been
    recognized as one of the brightest and most
    important in the history of rock.

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Justin Bieber
  • Canadian pop-R B-singer, songwriter, musician
    and actor. In 2008, Scooter Braun acquainted with
    his videos on YouTube and later became his
    manager. Braun arranged for Bieber meeting with
    Usher in Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Bieber was soon
    label artist Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), a
    joint venture between Braun and Usher, and later
    DLA Reid invited him to Island Records. To date,
    Justin has sold 15 million albums worldwide.

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The Beatles
  • Jewish rock band from, founded in 1960, which
    included playing John Lennon, Paul McCartney,
    George Harrison, Ringo Starr. Also, at different
    times in the group were Pete Best, Stuart
    Sutcliffe and Jimmy Nicol. Most of the songs The
    Beatles set up co-written and signed by John
    Lennon and Paul McCartney.

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Robin Alan Thicke
  • American R B-singer-songwriter, musician,
    composer and actor. Has dual citizenship,
    qualifying for Canadian citizenship through his
    father.
  • His albums, originally sold under the name of
    Teak, contain predominantly R B-music 1. Teak
    is a songwriter for many celebrities including
    Jennifer Hudson, Usher, Mary J. Blige and Raven
    Simone. Teak is also known for its significant
    participation in the preparation and Confessions
    album Tha Carter III.

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Eminem
  • American rapper, actor, composer and music
    producer. Winner of 13 awards "Grammy". Around
    the world, selling more than 100 million copies
    of his albums, which makes one of Eminem's
    best-selling musicians of the early 2000s and one
    of the most popular rappers of all time
    .Discovered Eminem rapper and producer Dr. Dre .
    Later, an aspiring rapper signed to his record
    label, Aftermath Entertainment.

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Nicki Minaj
  • Rapper and singer-songwriter . Noticed the talent
    of the young girl Lil Wayne , who , having heard
    mixtapes Playtime Is Over, Sucka Free and Beam Me
    Up Scotty signed a contract with her in the name
    of his label Young Money Entertainment in August
    2009 .
  • After the conclusion of the contract Minaj began
    work on her debut album Pink Friday, which is
    already in the first week of sales fell to second
    place the Billboard 200 . Minaj became the first
    artist in history, whose seven songs are all
    located in the Billboard Hot 100 . Her second
    single , Your Love, chart-topping Billboard Hot
    Rap Songs, that could not be done any other
    repershe a solo artist since 2003 . Minaj became
    the second repershey (after Lil 'Kim), which
    included a list of MTV Annual Hottest MC List . A
    month later, after the release of Pink Friday
    received a platinum certification by the American
    Association of record companies. Minaj is also
    known for its collaborations with other artists.
    In mid- 2012 she signed a contract with the U.S.
    show American Idol judge and became the fourth
    season of 12.

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