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10 Most Influential Artists in the World TODAY
The 10 Most Influential Artists In The World Today
7. Miguel
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This half-Mexican, half-African-American performer has a look and sound that is all his own, though he has been compared to Prince because of his innovation and independent sense of self. At 14 he began working for a production company and at 19 signed a record deal with Black Ice, a label he says wanted to turn him into something he wasn’t. Instead of doing what most young people would have, (a) be too intimidated to say no and (b) stay for a little exposure, Miguel walked away: “We shot a video, and if you ever see it, you will laugh your ass off. I have a fitted hat on and a white T-shirt and baggy jeans. I was 19 years old and it was the first time anyone had ever given me money.” His second album Kaleidoscope Dream sold 71,000 copies in its first week.
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2. Christina Aguilera
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Nicknamed the “Princess of Pop,” this icon has had an influence on many things, including a return to the Hollywood glam style of the 1920s-1940s as well as on reality TV vocal contests (The Voice). Aguilera is the only artist in history to have number one debuts in both Spanish and English. Since her time as a teen on the Mickey-Mouse Club, Ms. Aguilera has been an influence on girls and young women, with her former bubble-gum style and sassy attitude, not to mention a multi-award-winning voice. In the last few years she has moved towards older, more classic forms of music, leaving behind her former pop-glam persona to have more individual freedom in her music and performance choices.
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1. Jennifer Lawrence
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This 23-year-old actress originally from Kentucky is described as making acting look easy. She’s credited her interest in human nature with being her best acting lesson—she finds studying people and their reactions fascinating. Already nominated more than once, Lawrence won the Best Actress Oscar at the age of 21, making her the second youngest female ever to do so at the time. Her reviews are impeccable, and she’s attained tremendous popularity as much for her acting roles as for her sassy personality and no-nonsense approach to Hollywood’s politics. Is that enough to make her the most influential artist of 2013? The single most important factor in her legacy is, and likely will remain, this: before The Hunger Games, not one of the “top 200 worldwide box-office hits ever” had featured a female action hero in the main role. The film had the third-largest opening weekend ever, continuing to earn phenomenally. Lawrence made Katniss Everdeen the first action hero to rival any male, breaking the mold for women to come.
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