Esperanza Spalding - jazz bassist and singer, winner of Grammy Award

Esperanza Spalding is an American multi-instrumentalist best recognized as a jazz bassist and singer, who draws upon several genres in her own compositions. In 2011, she won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist at the 53rd Grammy Awards, creation her the initial jazz artist to win the award. Spalding has record 3 albums Junjo (2006), Esperanza (2008) and Chamber Music Society (2010). The first was formed to display the dynamic that she felt among her trio.

On December 10, at the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ceremonies, Spalding achieve at Oslo City Hall in honor of the 2009 Laureate President Barack Obama and again at the Nobel Peace Prize performance the following day. She was personally chosen by Obama, as per the tradition of one laureate-invited-artist to perform. On February 7, 2010, Spalding became the nearly all searched person and second most searched item on Google as a effect of her look the previous evening on the PBS television program Austin City Limits.

Year of Born	1984
Place of Birth	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Genres	Jazz, jazz fusion, bossa nova, neo soul
Occupations	Musician, composer, educator, bandleader
Instruments	Vocals, upright bass, bass guitar, violin, oboe, clarinet

Grammy Award - AMPAS, Achievement in the music industry

A Grammy Award or Grammy is an award by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to identify outstanding achievement in the music industry. The yearly awards ceremony features performance by prominent artists, and some of the awards of more popular interest are presented in a extensively viewed televised ceremony. It is the music equal to the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for stage, and the Academy Awards for film. The awards were start in 1958. Prior to the first live Grammys broadcast in 1971 on American Broadcasting Company (ABC), a series of taped annual specials in the 1960s called The Best on proof were broadcast on National Broadcasting Company (NBC).

The first Grammy Award broadcast took place on the night of November 29, 1959, as an episode of the NBC anthology series Sunday Showcase, which was usually devoted to plays, original TV dramas, and variety shows. Until 1971, awards ceremonies were held in both New York and Los Angeles, with winners accept at one of the two. Pierre Cossette bought the civil rights to broadcast the ceremony from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and planned the first live telecast. CBS Broadcasting bought the rights in 1973 after moving the ceremony to Nashville, Tennessee; the American Music Awards were formed for ABC as a result. The 53rd Grammy Awards will get place on 13 February 2011 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It will be show on CBS.

Awarded for	Outstanding achievements in the music industry
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Country	United States
First awarded	1958

Academy Award -American Award

The Academy Award is an accolade by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to know excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are accessible is one of the most prominent award ceremonies in the world and is televised live in more than 200 countries annually. It is also the oldest award ceremony in the media; its equivalents, the Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards (for television), and Tony Awards are model following the Academy.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences itself was visualize by Metro Goldwyn Mayer studio boss Louis B. Mayer. The first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood to honor exceptional film success of the 1927/1928 film season. It was hosted by performer Douglas Fairbanks and director William C. deMille. Opting for a younger face for the 83rd Academy Awards planned for February 27, 2011, younger actors Anne Hathaway and James Franco were name as hosts in November 2010 by producer Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer.

Awarded for	Excellence in cinematic achievements
Presented by	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Country	United States
First awarded	May 16, 1929

Elvis Presley - singers, actor

Elvis Aaron Presleya was one of the most famous American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely recognized by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King". Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", out in January 1956, was a number one hit. He became the foremost figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll with a series of network television appearance and chart topping records. His energized interpretation of songs, many from African American sources, and his uninhibited presentation style made him enormously popular and controversial. In November 1956, he completed his film debut in Love Me Tender.

Conscripted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his soundtrack career two years later with some of his most commercially winning work. He staged few concerts, however, and, guided by Parker, proceed to devote much of the 1960s to creation Hollywood movies and soundtrack albums, most of them seriously derided. He had a versatile voice and uncommonly wide success encompassing many genres, including country, pop ballads, gospel, and blues. He is the best-selling solo performer in the history of popular music. Nominated for 14 competitive Grammys, he won three, and got the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36. He has been induct into 4 music halls of fame.

Birth name	Elvis Aaron Presley
Date Of Birth	January 8, 1935
Place Of Birth	Tupelo, Mississippi,United States
Genres	Rock and roll, pop, rockabilly, country, blues, gospel, R&B
Occupations	Musician, actor
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, piano
Date Of Death	August 16, 1977
Place Of Death	Memphis, Tennessee,United States