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Darius Rucker
Darius Rucker is riding high with the release of his sophomore country album, Charleston, SC 1966, on Capitol Records Nashville. USA Today raved, "Rucker has made a fine-sounding country album, full of singable choruses, bittersweet fiddle and steel, and guitars with bottomless twang," and Rolling Stone said, “On his Nashville debut, Rucker's rich baritone, sentimental ballads and bright hooks made him the most successful African-American country singer since Charley Pride....

Buddy Guy
He's Chicago's blues king today, ruling his domain just as his idol and mentor Muddy Waters did before him. Yet there was a time, and not all that long ago, when Buddy Guy couldn't even negotiate a decent record deal....

Big Time Rush
Like the Naked Brothers Band, Big Time Rush is both a pop band and a Nickelodeon TV series. Launched in 2009, the show followed the fictional lives of four high-school friends as they move to Los Angeles, sign a record deal, and become a chart-topping boy band....

Backstreet Boys
The Backstreet Boys were, in many ways, a contradictory band. Comprised entirely of white middle-class Americans, the group sang a hybrid of new jack balladry, hip-hop, R&B, and dance club pop that originally found its greatest success in Canada and Europe, with their 1996 debut album charting in the Top Ten in nearly every country on the Continent....

Jesse McCartney
Born in 1987, performer Jesse McCartney ascended to child stardom during his grade-school years and demonstrated an unusual degree of versatility for one his age. By his 13th birthday, the prodigious young entertainer had already sung and acted on Broadway, landed a gig in a boy band, and essayed an ongoing role on a blockbuster daytime soap &#8212 all formidable accomplishments for a middle schooler....