{"key":"10876","name":"Ed Sheeran","bio":"Ed Sheeran is a Grammy Award-winning English singer-songwriter known for songs such as \"Thinking Out Loud,\" \"The A Team,\" and \"Shape of You.\" In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (pronounced \"plus\"), was released in September 2011. It topped the UK and Australian charts, reached #5 in the US and has since been certified eight-times platinum in the UK. The album contains the single \"The A Team,\" which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. \"The A Team\" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John. His second studio album, x (pronounced \"multiply\"), was released in June 2014. It peaked at #1 in the UK and the US and was named the second-best-selling album worldwide of 2015. In 2015, x won the Brit Award for Album of the Year, and he received the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors. His single from x, \"Thinking Out Loud,\" earned him two Grammy Awards at the 2016 ceremony: Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. Sheeran's third album, \u00f7 (pronounced \"divide\"), was released in March 2017. The album debuted at #1 in the UK, the US, and other major markets, and was the best-selling album worldwide of 2017. The first two singles from the album, \"Shape of You\" and \"Castle on the Hill,\" were released in January 2017 and broke records in a number of countries, including the UK, Australia, and Germany, by debuting in the top two positions of the charts. He also became the first artist to have two songs debut in the US top 10 in the same week. By March 2017, Sheeran had accumulated ten top 10 singles from \u00f7 on the UK Singles Chart, breaking the record for most top 10 UK singles from one album. His fourth single from \u00f7, \"Perfect,\" reached #1 in the US, Australia, and the UK. Released in 2019, his fourth studio album, No.6 Collaborations Project, debuted atop the UK and US charts and spawned three UK #1 singles, \"I Don't Care,\" \"Beautiful People,\" and \"Take Me Back to London.\" Sheeran has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists. In December 2019, the Official Charts Company named him the artist of the decade, with the most combined success in the UK album and singles charts in the 2010s. Globally, Spotify named him the second most-streamed artist of the decade. Beginning in March 2017, his \u00f7 Tour became the highest-grossing of all time in August 2019. An alumnus of the National Youth Theatre in London, as an actor Sheeran has portrayed a recurring role on \"The Bastard Executioner,\" and in 2019, he appeared in the film Yesterday. In 2019, Sheeran's album No.6 Collaborations Project was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album in the 62nd Grammy Awards, a category that he previously won at the 60th Grammy Awards for \u00f7.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/10876_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"500,000 - 1,000,000"}

{"key":"10847","name":"Kings of Convenience","bio":"Kings of Convenience are a music duo formed in Bergen, Norway, playing a style that features acoustic instrumental playing and their two voices. The band consists of Erlend \u00d8ye and Eirik Glambek B\u00f8e. They met as children at a geography competition. They are known for their delicate tunes, calming voices, and intricately subtle guitar melodies.After first earning notice thanks to a series of acclaimed European festival appearances during the summer of 1999, the twosome signed to American label Kindercore to issue their lovely eponymous debut the following spring. Quiet Is the New Loud was issued in early 2001 on Astralwerks. The album used many of the same tracks from the Kindercore release but re-ordered them and replaced a few with newer songs. The remix album Versus followed later in the year and featured remixes by artists as diverse as Ladytron, avid Whitaker and Four Tet. After a three year layoff during which \u00d8ye recorded a solo album, 2003's Unrest, and gained some reknown as an electronica DJ while B\u00f8e worked on finishing up his psychology degree, the pair teamed up again for the recording and release of 2004's Riot on an Empty Street. After a 5 year layoff, the band released Declaration Of Dependence on October 20, 2009 on Astralwerks in the US and Virgin Records in the UK.Erlend \u00d8ye has released some solo material and is also a member of The Whitest Boy Alive.Eirik Glambek B\u00f8e is also a member of a second band, Kommode. The Whitest Boy Alive and Kommode toured together this year for a short period.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/10847_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"10845","name":"Amy Macdonald","bio":"Amy Macdonald (born 25 August 1987 in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire) is a Scottish recording artist. Macdonald rose to fame in 2007 with her debut album, This Is the Life (2007) and its fourth single, \"This Is the Life\". The single charted at number one in six countries, while reaching the top ten in another eleven countries. Her third album, Life in a Beautiful Light, was released on June 11, 2012. A self-taught musician, Macdonald began by playing her father's guitar after being inspired by Travis at the T in the Park Festival in 2000, where she heard Travis' song \"Turn\" and wanted to play it herself. She started performing in pubs and coffee houses around Glasgow at the age of 15. She signed a record deal with Vertigo, the same record label which hosts The Killers and Razorlight. Her first single, Poison Prince, was released on May 7, 2007. Her debut album, This Is the Life, was released on July 30, 2007. \"Don't Tell Me That It's Over\" was released in March 2010 as the lead single from her second studio album, A Curious Thing, which was released on 8 March 2010. Macdonald's third album, Life in a Beautiful Light, was released on June 11, 2012. The lead single, Slow It Down, is about her being a petrol head.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/10845_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"10904","name":"Woodkid","bio":"Woodkid is Yoann Lemoine (Lyon, March 1983) , previously known for his career as a video director (Yelle, Moby, Katy Perry, Lana Del Rey). After studying in London, and during a shoot in the USA, Woodkid received, straight from the hands of great American guitarist Richie Havens, a banjo that immediately replaced his piano, at least for a while. After relocating to Paris, Woodkid released the Iron EP (produced by Woodkid, Julien Delfaud and Benjamin Lebeau also from The Shoes) in 2011. The lead track, Iron was arranged by Gustave Rudman. The self directed promo video features model Agyness Deyn. The track was also remixed by Mystery Jets and Gucci Vamp. A year later, in July 2012, the track \"Run Boy Run\" was released as a limited edition 7\" with remixes by Sebastian and Ostend through a digital release.His debut album, The Golden Age, was released on March 18, 2013, through an independent label, Green United Music. It features orchestrations by Bruno Bertoli and is mixed by Julien Delfaud. The next single to be extracted from the album was \"I Love You\" which features a Pharrel Williams remix.http:\/\/www.woodkid.com","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/10904_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"11561","name":"Sondre Lerche","bio":"Sondre Lerche Vaular (born 5 September 1982) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist. His professional career began in 2000 and over the course of the following years, Lerche and his band, the Faces Down, became beloved critical and commercial successes in their native homeland. Later, Lerche would attract international praise and recognition, becoming one of the most internationally renowned and popular Norwegian artists. Lerche is known for the various eclectic styles invoked by his music, which often changes radically from album to album.Born in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway, the young Lerche was heavily influenced by the 80's music emanating from his older siblings' rooms. Compelled by a defining fascination for bands such as a-ha, The Beach Boys, and Prefab Sprout, Lerche began formal guitar instruction at age eight. Not satisfied with the lessons at school, Lerche experimented with original tunes on his own accord, eventually penning his first song, \"Locust Girl\" at the age of fourteen. While still underage, Lerche held acoustic performances at the club where his sister worked; Lerche was eventually discovered by Norwegian producer Hans-Petter \"HP\" Gundersen. While under Gundersen's mentorship, Lerche was exposed to diverse music genres, including psychedelia, 60's pop, and mainstream Brazilian music, broadening his appreciation for eclectic music styles. Around this time Lerche was also introduced to Oslo-based manager Tatiana Penzo, resulting in a recording contract with Virgin Norway. With steadily growing popularity in his home country, he recorded his debut album in 2000. The album's release was postponed until Lerche fulfilled several academic requirements; in the interim, he was named Best New Act at Spellemannprisen (the Norwegian equivalent of the Grammys) and performed locally as a support act for major acts such as Beth Orton.Officially released in Norway during September of 2001, Lerche's debut album Faces Down was a chart success in Norway. 2002 saw the album's international release, garnering praise from international publications and critics; Rolling Stone placed it in their top 50 albums of 2002. He embarked on subsequent tours in Europe and the United States. Lerche toured with various acts, including a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity to share the stage with his long-time idols, a-ha. A studio\/live compilation EP, Don't Be Shallow, was released in 2003. During the same year, he would have the opportunity to tour with another of his musical idols, Elvis Costello, with whom he would tour once more in 2005.Lerche's second studio album, Two Way Monologue, was released in 2004. The album displayed Lerche's penchant for experimentation with eclectic styles to an even greater extent than his earlier works, its content ranging from upbeat pop songs to mellow, melancholic tunes. In 2006, Lerche released his third studio album, Duper Sessions. A classical jazz album featuring original songs, as well as a cover of the jazz standard \"Night and Day\", it was recorded by Lerche and the Faces Down, augmented by pianist Erik Halvorsen, at Duper Studios in Bergen, hence its name.In 2007, Phantom Punch, a rock album with a distinctly more aggressive sound than his earlier works, was released. Lerche and the Faces Down recorded and mixed the album in Los Angeles in April and May 2006, with producer Tony Hoffer. The same year, he composed the musical score for the film Dan in Real Life. Lerche and the Faces Down also made an appearance in the film itself, performing the song \"Modern Nature\" as a duet with actress Marci Occhino (the actual vocals were performed by Lillian Samdal). Another song of Lerche's, \"Dear Laughing Doubters\", was featured in the film Dinner for Schmucks; both films starred actor Steve Carell.In 2009, Sondre Lerche released Heartbeat Radio. 2011 saw the release of his self-titled sixth studio album, Sondre Lerche.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/11561_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"10837","name":"Freelance Whales","bio":"Freelance Whales is an indie rock band hailing from Queens, New York, formed in 2008 and consisting of frontman Judah Dadone (lead vocals, banjo, acoustic and electric guitar, synthesizer, bass), and bandmates Nicole Mourelatos a.k.a. Doris Cellar (bass, harmonium, glockenspiel, synthesizer, vocals), Chuck Criss (banjo, bass, synthesizer, glockenspiel, harmonium, acoustic and electric guitar, vocals), Jacob Hyman (drums, percussion, vocals) and Kevin Read (acoustic and electric guitar, glockenspiel, mandolin, synthesizer, vocals).So far the band have released two albums - \"Weathervanes\" in 2009, and \"Diluvia\" in 2012.In April 2013, the band announced that Doris Cellar would no longer be playing with the band.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/10837_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"10865","name":"Mandy Moore","bio":"Mandy Moore (born Amanda Leigh Moore on April 10, 1984) is an American singer and actress. Moore grew up in Florida, United States and came to fame as a teenager in 1999, after the release of So Real, her first album. Her subsequent albums released in the 2000s, include the self-titled Mandy Moore and Coverage established her as a well-known pop singer in the United States. Moore has also branched out into a film career, starring in 2002's successful teen film, A Walk To Remember. Later appearing in the lead roles of less well-received movies aimed at teenage audiences. In 2002 she played the English voice for Aerith in Kingdom Hearts. Two of her latest films, the parodies American Dreamz and Saved!, were considered by some critics to be a change of pace into darker roles.Moore's private life has been much-discussed in the media, including her previous relationships to actors Wilmer Valderrama and Zach Braff, and tennis player Andy Roddick. Moore is scheduled to appear in several films over the course of 2006 and 2007. Briefly, her music career was on hold, having parted ways with her record company.Moore stated in early 2006 that she missed her music career and that singing is what she is the \"most passionate about\". According to her official website, she is collaborating with artists including Chantal Kreviazuk, Michelle Branch, and Rachael Yamagata on a new album. Moore had signed to Epic Records after her contract with Sire Records ended, but left the company in May 2006. She reportedly signed with a new EMI Music-owned record company, The Firm, in July of that year. Moore had described her new contract as \"especially exciting\" and specified that she planned to release her next album in 2007.Her newest album, entitled \"Wild Hope\" was co-written by Mandy. It was recently released on June 19, 2007. A change of pace from her usually dance-pop sound, Mandy's new album features a more folk sound, and is a refreshing change. Since the release of Moore's latest album, she has been performing in smaller venues than her early audiences are used to but is still making a huge wave in the music industry. Mandy Moore won't let us forget her quite yet.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/10865_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"30,000 - 50,000"}

{"key":"10862","name":"Fanfarlo","bio":"Fanfarlo are an indie pop band which formed in 2006 in London, England. The band consists of Simon Balthazar (vocals, guitar, clarinet), Cathy Lucas (vocals, mandolin, violin, keyboards), Leon Beckenham (keyboards, trumpet), Justin Finch (bass, vocals) and Amos Memon (drums). Mark West (guitar, keyboards) left the band in 2008 and formed The Lost Cavalry in 2009. The band's name is a reference to Charles Baudelaire's novella, \"La Fanfarlo.\"After issuing the singles Talking Backwards, You Are One Of The Few Outsiders Who Really Understands Us, Fire Escape and Harold T. Wilkins on four independent labels between 2006 and 2008, Fanfarlo travelled to Peter Katis's studio in Connecticut, USA to record their debut album, Reservoir. The album was self-released in February 2009 to coincide with a tour of England and Scotland, including dates supporting Snow Patrol. They also performed five shows at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas in March.In an effort to spread the word as far as possible and make their music as accessible as possible, Fanfarlo decided to offer their latest album, Reservoir, as a $1 download on http:\/\/fanfarlo.com until 7\/4\/09.In May, Moshi Moshi will release Fanfarlo's fifth single, Drowning Men, on 7\" while Reservoir will again be self-released as a special 'box' edition of 500 CDs.Fanfarlo will be appearing at select festivals over the summer including the Hinterland Festival on April 30th in Glasgow with further dates to be announced.Their second album Rooms Filled With Light was Released Feburary 28,2012http:\/\/www.fanfarlo.comhttp:\/\/www.myspace.com\/fanfarlo","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/10862_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"10878","name":"Carole King","bio":"Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist, regarded as one of the most influential female songwriters of the 20th century. One half of a legendary songwriting partnership together with her one-time husband, Gerry Goffin, she wrote several hit songs in the '60s hits for artists such as The Shirelles (\"Will You Love Me Tomorrow\"), Aretha Franklin (\"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman\"), and The Monkees (\"Pleasant Valley Sunday\"). At the dawn of the '70s, she released the solo album Tapestry, a critically and financially successful landmark in the singer-songwriter genre.Born Carol Klein in Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish household, King started out playing the piano, then moved on to singing, forming a vocal quartet called the Co-Sines at James Madison High School. She attended Queens College, where she was a classmate of Neil Sedaka and inspired Sedaka's first big hit, \"Oh! Carol\", to which she later wrote and recorded a tongue-in-cheek response, \"Oh! Neil\". Along with Sedaka and Gerry Goffin (whom she later married), King also befriended Paul Simon at the same college.Goffin and King soon formed a songwriting partnership, eventually married, and had two daughters, Louise Goffin and Sherry Goffin Kondor, both of whom have also become singers. Working for Aldon Music in the Brill Building in the heart of New York's music district, where chart-topping hits were churned out during the 1960s, the Goffin-King partnership first hit it big with \"Will You Love Me Tomorrow\". Recorded by The Shirelles, the song topped the charts in 1961. It was later covered by Dusty Springfield, Little Eva, Roberta Flack, Laura Branigan, The Four Seasons, and King herself.In 1962, Goffin and King co-wrote \"Up on the Roof\", which was first recorded by The Drifters. Released at the tail end of that year, the song epitomised the urban romantic dream of the Brill Building era and became a big hit, reaching number five on the U.S. pop singles chart and number four on the U.S. R&B singles chart. It has since been covered many times by artists such as Laura Nyro (1970), James Taylor (1979), and Neil Diamond (1993), among others, and also by King herself in 1970.The songwriting team's 1965 \"Pleasant Valley Sunday\", a number-three hit for The Monkees, was inspired by their move to suburban West Orange, New Jersey. Goffin and King also wrote several songs for Head, the feature film debut of The Monkees.In 1968, King was hired to co-write two songs for Strawberry Alarm Clock with Toni Stern: \"Lady of the Lake\" and \"Blues for a Young Girl Gone\", which appeared on the album The World in a Seashell.At the urging from others, King began her own singing career. She had a modest hit singing one of her own songs in 1962 with \"It Might As Well Rain until September\" (number twenty-two in the US and a top-ten success in the U.K., and later a hit in Canada for Gary & Dave), but after \"He's a Bad Boy\" reached ninety-four in 1963, it would take King another eight years to reach the Hot 100 singles chart again.During that time, King helped pioneer a record label, Tomorrow Records, divorced Goffin and married Charles Larkey (of the Myddle Class). Moving to the West Coast, Larkey, King, and Danny Kortchmar formed a group called The City, which released one album, Now That Everything's Been Said, but the album was a commercial failure. King then released Writer (1970), a critically acclaimed record, but unfortunately another commercial failure. Undaunted, the following year King gave thoughtful, folk-flavoured reinterpretations of some of her early pop hits as a songwriter, interweaving them with new compositions in the aptly-titled Tapestry (1971). The album became the turning point in her career.Tapestry was instantly recognised as one of the landmark albums of the singer-songwriter genre of the early 1970s. With numerous hit singles, it would remain on the charts for nearly six years, selling over ten million copies in the United States alone, and an estimated twenty-two million worldwide, making it King's most popular album to this day among fans and critics alike. The album garnered four Grammy Awards including Album of the Year; Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female; Record of the Year (\"It's Too Late\"); and Song of the Year (\"You've Got a Friend\"). Music (1971), Rhymes and Reasons (1972), and Fantasy (1973) followed, each earning either gold or platinum RIAA certification. Tapestry was placed at number thirty-six] in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, while \"It's Too Late\" was placed at 469 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]. And until Michael Jackson's groundbreaking album Thriller came along in 1982, Tapestry was the top-selling pop solo album of all time, with sales of thirteen million copies in 1971 alone.In 1973, King performed at a free concert in New York City's Central Park and broke all previous records for such a concert, with an attendance of over 100,000 people. (This record was subsequently broken in 1981 by Simon & Garfunkel, with 500,000 people.)King also enjoyed major success with her 1974 album, Wrap Around Joy. The album reached number one on the Billboard charts, and for only the second time in her career, she had a song reach as high as number two in the singles chart with the big hit \"Jazzman\", as well as another top-ten single, \"Nightingale\", from the album. Although the album did not have the long-lasting success and chart endurance of Tapestry, it was among King's most successful albums at the time of its release, and the singles received very strong radio play the year of its release.Goffin and King reunited to write four songs on Thoroughbred (1975). David Crosby, Graham Nash, and James Taylor, a long-time friend of King's, all appeared on the record. Thoroughbred would be her last gold record. She married another songwriting partner, Rick Evers, after releasing Simple Things in 1977. Evers, however, died of a heroin overdose a year later.In 1977, King moved to Idaho. She released Welcome Home (1978), which marked her debut as a co-producer on an album. Subsequent album releases included Touch the Sky (1979), Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King (1980), and One to One (1982). After releasing Speeding Time in 1983, King took a break in Idaho, where she became an environmental activist. That same year, she played piano on \"Chains and Things\" on the B.B. King album Why I Sing The Blues. In 1985, she wrote and performed \"Care-a-lot\", the theme song to The Care Bears Movie. She returned to music in 1989, recording City Streets with guest Eric Clapton on two tracks, followed by Colour of Your Dreams (1993), with a guest appearance by Slash of Guns N' Roses. In addition, her song \"Now and Forever\" was featured in the opening credits to the 1992 film, A League of Their Own, and was nominated for a Grammy Award.In 1988 she starred in the off-Broadway production A Minor Incident, and in 1994 she played the role of Mrs Johnstone on Broadway in Blood Brothers. In 1996, she appeared in a production of Brighton Beach Memoirs in Ireland, which was directed by Peter Sheridan.In 1991, she co-wrote the song \"If It's Over\" for Mariah Carey's second album Emotions, after Carey turned down King's proposal to cover \"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman\" by her idol, Aretha Franklin.An all-star roster of artists paid tribute to King on the 1995 album, Tapestry Revisited: a Tribute to Carole King. From the album, Rod Stewart's version of \"So Far Away\" and C\u00e9line Dion's cover of \"A Natural Woman\" were both Adult Contemporary chart hits. Other artists who appeared on the album included Amy Grant (\"It's Too Late\"), Richard Marx (\"Beautiful\"), Aretha Franklin (\"You've Got a Friend\"), Faith Hill (\"Where You Lead\"), and the Bee Gees (\"Will You Love Me Tomorrow?\").In 1996, a film loosely based on King's life was released. In Grace of My Heart, an aspiring singer, Denise Waverly\/Edna Buxton, sacrifices her own singing career to write hit songs that launch the careers of other singers. Mirroring King's life, the film follows her from her first break, through the pain of rejection from the recording industry and a bad marriage, to her final triumph in realising her dream to record her own hit album.In 2001, King co-wrote a song for the Semisonic album All about Chemistry. That same year, she appeared in a television ad for The Gap, with her daughter Louise.King's \"Where You Lead\" was the theme song of the television series Gilmore Girls. In the television theme version, King sings with her daughter Louise. King - who has appeared sporadically in acting roles - has guest-starred three times on the show (in its second, fifth, and sixth seasons) as Sophie, the owner of the Stars Hollow music store.King launched her \"Living Room Tour\" (the genesis of which was her appearances in private homes for environmental and political fundraising) on 15th July 2004, at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago. That show, along with the shows at the Greek Theater (Los Angeles) and the Cape Cod Melody Tent (Hyannis, Massachusetts) were recorded live and released as The Living Room Tour album on 12th July 2005. The 2005 leg of \"The Living Room Tour\" kicked off on 3rd July 2005, in Ontario, Canada. \"The Living Room Tour\" also made stops in Australia and New Zealand. A DVD of the tour, called Welcome to My Living Room was released in October 2007.Also in 2007, King released Love Makes the World (Deluxe Edition) on her own label, Rockingale Records. The two-CD set contained a bonus disc with five additional tracks, including \"Where You Lead\". In November 2007, King toured Japan with Mary J. Blige and Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas.King can be heard on the track Everyday People from Reba McEntire's Duets album, released September 18, 2007.King also recorded a duet with Anne Murray on the latter's album Duets: Friends & Legends (2007). The song \"Time Don't Run Out on Me (duet with Carole King)\" was originally recorded by Murray for her 1984 album Heart over Mind. The song was written by King and Goffin. Anne Murray had said that she wouldn't have re-recorded the song as a duet with anyone else but King, as she had co-written the song.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/10878_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"300,000 - 500,000"}