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Grammys Best New Artist Curse

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  Best New Artist Curse 1990: Milli Vanilli In 1990 Milli Vanilli won Best New Artist. They were an International duo from Germany. They recorded a song called Girl You Know It’s True and it went #1 worldwide. It got the attention from Clive Davis who signed them to Arista Records so they can record a proper album. After this they had #1 hits like “Don’t Forget My Number”, “Blame It on the Rain” & “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You”. They looked like a qualifying artist to win the award. Who Did they Beat? Neneh Cherry, who had the song Buffalo Stance, Indigo Girls who were a folk duo, Soul II Soul was a UK collective that had the song “Back to Life” and Tone Loc a hip hop artist known for the song Wild Thing & Funky Cold Medina. Who Should’ve Won? Soul II Soul would’ve been my pick for Best New Artist but I’m going why when I talk about that in a bit but for now.   Are They Cursed? This was the worst thing to happen to Milli Vanilli because some time after this word got o...
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The Story of Avril Lavigne: The Queen of Pop Punk

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  Welcome to JGTV and today we are going to talk about alternative artist Avril Lavigne. If you don’t know who she is she rose to prominence as a teenager in the early 00s. Through her music, she became the face of pop-punk and today, we are going to go through her musical journey. So without further ado… The Story of Avril Lavigne: The Queen of Pop Punk Avril Ramona Lavigne was born on September 27, 1984, in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Music was a part of her life very early in her career. At the age of two, her parents discovered her singing “Jesus Loves Me”. Avril was born to sing; she would literally sing herself to sleep and it annoyed her siblings. Realizing her daughter’s musical gifts, he converted his basement to an in-house studio filled with several instruments for Avril to master. Another thing she mastered was hockey, playing in an all-boys league and being named MVP in the same league. As an early teen, Avril started to perform in a number of talent shows. She ...
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