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Radiohead: One Of The Most Famous Alternative Bands
Radiohead is a very famous alternative rock band (English) which is from Oxford shire. The members are Thom Yorke who is on the lead vocals, the piano, the rhythm guitar and beats, Jonny Greenwood on the lead guitar, the keyboards and other instruments too, Ed O’Brien on the guitar and the back up vocals, Colin Greenwood on the bass guitar and the keyboards and finally Phil Selway on the drums and the percussion.
Their first single was called “Creep” and it was released in the early 1992. Although initially when it was released it did not attain much success but after a few months it became a hit after this band released their debut album which was called Pablo Honey. After they released their second studio album which was called the Bends in 1995 their popularity started rising by an alarming rate in the UK.
Now they went international when they released album number three which was called OK Computer in 1997. This album was literally like a landmark for this band. The next albums which were called Kid A which was released in 2000 and Amnesiac which came out in 2001 made a mark for an evolution in the musical journey of this band.
They started experimenting their style to a certain extent in these albums. They used influences from electronic music, post punk, jazz and even Krautrock. Now critics had divided opinions on these two albums, on the experimentation.
But the band still held strong and they were still quite popular. Then they released the final album which was called Hail to thief, this was the last major album which was released by the band. This came out in 2003 and has mixes of rock, driven by guitars, lyrics which got an inspiration from headlines and electronics.
American Singer Britney Spears
American singer Britney Spears gave her first appearance in the year 1992 on a national television program ‘Star Search’ as a contestant. Later she starred in Disney’s ‘The New Mickey Mouse Club’. In the year 1997, Britney released her debut album ‘Baby one more time’. The album sold over twenty five million copies worldwide and also topped Billboard 200, giving her a pop icon status. The album included tracks such as ‘You drive me crazy’, ‘Baby one more time’, ‘sometimes’ and more.
After a successful release of her first album, she released her second ‘Oops…I did it again’ in 2000. The album was a great hit and sold more than 13, 00,000 units in its first week of release breaking the record of highest sales record by a solo artist. The album was rewarded with diamond certification by RIAA
Her third album ‘Britney’ was released in 2001 but the album did not prove to be successful as her previous albums. However, the album sold around 7, 00,000 units in its first week and reached at the first position on US charts.
She later launched her fourth album ‘In the Zone’ in the year 2003 and again topped US charts by selling more than six lacs copies. This made Britney, the first Female to have her first four albums at number one position on US charts after their debut.