Édith Piaf
By Ada Agustí

Her real name was Edith Giovanna Gassion and her nickname “la Môme”. She was born in Paris on December 19th 1915. She was a famous French singer and a cultural icon, almost universally considered "the best singer in France."

Edith Piaf’s life was surrounded by mystery. Her father, Louis, worked as a contortionist, and her mother Anita was an Italian-Algerian. Edith grew up with her grandmother in a brothel.

She made her debut in 1935 singing popular songs in the street. In 1936, Polydor recorded her first album “Les Mômes de la Cloche”. In March 1937, she made her debut in a music hall, the "ABC". In 1940, Jean Cocteau wrote for her “Le Bel indifferent.”

Édith Piaf had a lot of romantic relationships, with Yves Montand, Georges Moustaki and Marcel Cerdan, amongst others. In 1949, after Cerdan's death in a plane crash, Piaf became addicted to drugs. Her autobiography is entitled "Au bal du chance."

Édith Piaf sang a lot of songs, she performed in some musicals. Her most known songs are: «La vie en rose», «Non, je ne regrette rien», «Paris», «L’accordéoniste», «Milord», «Mon Dieu», «L’Hymne a l’amour»….

Édith Piaf, I think, is the best singer ever in France. For me her voice is unique and, from my point of view, she overcame all the difficulties, despite of her hard life. I love the movie "La Vie en Rose", focused on her life, and I often listen to her songs, and I even have a little music box which plays "La Vie en Rose". For me, she’s the best!

Arctic Monkeys
By Carla Bustamante

They are an English rock band which plays indian rock, alternative rock and rock. They were influenced by The Beatles, Oasis, The Sotone Roses, The Jam, The Libertines, The Smiths, Ian Brown, Chris Volz, David Bowie, Blur, The Strokes, The Vines, Jimi Hendix and The Clash. This band was formed in 2002. Its members are: The singer Alex Turner, the guitarrist Jamie Cook, Matt Helders who plays the battery and the bassist Nick O'Malley.

They started to be famous on Internet, because they post some of their songs on internet and people began to know them. Arctic Monkeys started to be popular with his first song " I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor ", which was in the first place in the UK Singles Chart. Arctic Monkeys rejected some discographies because they asked them for changing some songs and they didn't want. In 2006 the tickets for their concerts run out in a few weeks in the United Kingdom.

Their first album "Whatever people say I am. That's what I'm Not" was released on October 17th 2006. They released two more albums: in 2007 "Favourite Worst Nightmare" and in 2009 "Humbug".

They had bad reviews because of their lack of energy on stage during some shows in Humbug Tour.

JASON MRAZ
By Belén Galera

He is an American singer and songwriter. He’s 32 years old. He is influenced by reggae, pop,
rock, folk, jazz, and hip hop. His first sigle was released in 2007: "The beauty in Ugly", in the American series Ugly Betty. In 2009 he released a new single “Luky”. It was recorded with Colbie Caillat, and the main song is in the album is: "We sing, we dance, we steal things". This album was launched in 2008, and it sold more than 2 milions copies.

He also participated in the chorus of the song "We are the word 25 for Haiti" (in February 2010). He sang it with other artists of pop-rock music and hip-hop : Celin Dion, Janer Jackson, Enrique Iglesias... etc

Discography
Studio albums
• Waiting for My Rocket to Come (2002)
• Mr. A–Z (2005)
• We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. (2008)
Live albums
• Live at Java Joe's (2001)
• Tonight, Not Again: Jason Mraz Live at the Eagles Ballroom (2004)
• Selections for Friends - Live from: Schubas Tavern, Chicago, Montalvo Winery, Saratoga California (2007)
• Jason Mraz's Beautiful Mess - Live from Earth (2009)

.Rbd
By Anastasia Macovei

Rbd was a band formed by Anahi, Dulce, Maria, Maite, Christopher, Christian and Alfonso. The origin of this band is in Mexico.
Their first album was: “Rebelde” (2004-2005), and it was released on November 30th of 2004 by EMI. These hits were number ones in Mexico: “Rebelled”, “Solo quadrate en silencio”, and “Sálvame”. And “Un poco de tu amor” is the second one. The album was released in different languages, but not in English. “Rebelde” sold over 700.000 copies in U.S. and it was given prizes in both Mexico and Brazil.

The second album was “Nuestro amor” (2005-2006), for me it is the best album I have ever heard. The best hits in it are: “Nuestro amor”, “Aún hay algo” and “Este corazón”.
The third album was “Celestial” and it was released on November 2006. The hits from it are: “Celestial”, “Ser o parecer” and “Bésame sin miedo”. One month later, an album was released for the Brazilian market.

They filmed a tv series of 13 episodes, called “La familia, which is based on the real lives of the members of Rbd.

In December 2006, they released their first album in English: “Rebels”. “Empezar desde cero” was released on October 2007.

“Rebelde” was also a Mexican tv series produced by Telvisa, it was a remake of an Argentinian tv series “Rebelde Way”.

In August 2008, the producer of the band announced that they would split up, because the members of the band were planning different solo activities. Their last album was “Best of Rbd” or “Para olvidarte de mi”. And it was released on March 10th 2009.

Fondo Flamenco
By Cristina Becerra

Fondo Flamenco was formed in Sevilla in 2007. The members of the group are Alejandro Astola, Antonio Dipan and Rafael Ruda. The three are vocalists, but Alejandro and Rafael play the guitar too. The lyrics are usually written by all three, although on their new album Alejandro wrote the lyrics and also composed the music.

Fondo Flamenco released their first album, called “A contra corriente”, with a label company in 2007. In 2008 their second album “Las cartas sobre la mesa” was a hit and they did a big tour and played 100 concerts.

In 2010, after two years of success, they released “Paren el mundo que me bajo”, which is a very good example of their musical style.

Rock music
By David Planas

Rock music is a type of popular music which appeared in the 1950’s. It has its roots in other styles of music: the rhythm and blues, country music, folk music, Jazz and classical music.
The principal instruments which form this type of music are the electric guitar, bass guitar, drums and sometimes the organ or the piano.
In the 1960’s and 1970’s rock music developed different subgenres like soft rock, Glam rock, heavy metal, hard rock and Punk rock. In the 1980’s other types like new wave, alternative rock, grunge, Britpop and Indie rock.
Nowadays one of the most important types of rock is the Britpop which was born from (the) British alternative rock and is characterized by bands influenced by British guitar music of the 70s The principal groups which form this genre are Suede, Pulp, Blur and Oasis. The last groups created an important battle, called “the battle of the Britpop”.

Eurythmics
By Anna Sopena

Eurythmics is an English music group that plays Synthpop, New Wave and Pop Rock. It appeared in 1980 and in 1981 they were famous. The group was formed by Annie Lennox (vocalist) and David A. Stewart (composer). While they played they sold 75 milions DCs in the world. The most important album was "Sweet dreams (are made of this)". The group stopped playing in 1997.
Before they formed the group they were in a group called The Catch, later the group changed its name to The Tourists, and finally Annie and David split up and created the group Eurythmics.The name of the group is Eurythmics because Eu in Greek means good, so the name means good rhythmic.
This group got a lot of fame with “Love Is A Stranger”, “Who´S That Girl?”, “Right By Your Side” and “Here Comes The Rain Again”. But in 1998 they lost fame and they split up.
When they split up Annie Lennox started to sing alone, as a solist. She continued getting fame. Her discography is: “Diva”, “Medusa”, “Bare”, “Song of Mass Destruction”.