George Carlin - stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, and author

George Carlin was an American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, and author, who won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums. Carlin was famous for his black humor as well as his thoughts on politics, the English language, psychology, religion, and different taboo subjects. Carlin and his "Seven Dirty Words" comedy custom were central to the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation, in which a narrow 5–4 decision by the justices avowed the government's power to regulate indecent material on the public airwaves. The first of his 14 standup comedy special for HBO was film in 1977.

In the 1990s and 2000s, Carlin's routines listening carefully on the flaws in modern-day America. He often comment on modern political issues in the United States and satirized the excesses of American culture. His last HBO special, it’s bad for Ya, was film smaller than four months before his death. In 2004, Carlin positioned second on the Comedy Central list of the 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time, in front of Lenny Bruce and behind Richard Pryor. He was a frequent artist and guest host on The Tonight Show during the three decade Johnny Carson era, and hosted the first event of Saturday Night Live. In 2008, he was prize the Mark Twain prize for American humor.

Birth name	George Denis Patrick Carlin
Date Of Birth	May 12, 1937
Place Of Birth	Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Medium	Stand-up, television, film, books, radio
Genres	Character comedy, observational comedy, Insult comedy, black comedy, surreal humor
Spouse	Brenda Hosbrook, Sally Wade
Date Of Death	June 22, 2008
Place Of Death	Santa Monica, California, U.S.

Lady Gaga - Pop Singer

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, Well known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American pop singer. She began performing in the rock music picture of New York City's Lower East Side in 2003 and enroll at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She soon signed with rationalize Records, an imprint of Interscope Records. During her before time at Interscope, she worked as a songwriter for fellow label artists and captured the notice of Akon, who recognized her vocal ability, and signed her to his personal label, Kon Live Distribution.

Lady Gaga is enthused by glam rock artist such as David Bowie and Queen, as well as pop singers such as Madonna and Michael Jackson. She has also affirmed fashion is a source of inspiration for her songwriting and performances. Gaga was ranked the 73rd performer of the 2000 to 2010 decade by Billboard. As of August 2010, Gaga has sold extra than 15 million albums and 51 million singles worldwide. She gets a total of six Grammy Award nominations, won the awards for Best Electronic/Dance Album and Best Dance Recording for "Poker Face".

Birth Name	Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Date Of Birth	March 28, 1986
Place Of Birth	New York City, United States
Genres	Pop, dance
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, performance artist, record producer, dancer, businesswoman
Instruments	Vocals, piano, synthesizer, keytar

Aretha Franklin - singer, songwriter

Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter and pianist usually referred to as The Queen of Soul. Although famous for her soul recordings, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B and gospel music. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Franklin Number one on its list of The Greatest Singers of All Time. Aretha is one of the most pleased artists by the Grammy Awards, with 18 competitive Grammys to date, and two honorary Grammys. She has achieved a total of 20 No. 1 singles on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart, one of which also became her first number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100: "Respect" (1967).

"I Knew You Were Waiting" (1987), a duet with George Michael, became her second number one on the latter chart. Since 1961, Franklin has achieved a total of 45 "Top 40" hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. She also has the majority million selling singles of any female artist with 14. Between 1967 and 1982 Aretha had 10 #1 R&B albums more than any additional female artist. In 1987, Franklin became the first female performer to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Aretha Franklin was the only characteristic singer at the 2009 presidential inauguration for Barack Obama.

Birth name	Aretha Louise Franklin
Date Of Birth	March 25, 1942
Place Of Birth	Memphis, Tennesee, U.S.
Genres	Soul, jazz, blues, R&B, gospel, rock
Occupations	Singer, songwriter, pianist
Instruments	Vocals, piano

Beyonce Knowles - Pop/R&B singer, songwriter, fashion designer and actress

Beyonce Knowles is an American Pop/R&B singer, songwriter, fashion designer and actress. She enrolls in a variety of performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing contest as a child. Knowles rose to fame in the late 1990s as the famous singer of the R&B girl group Destiny's Child, one of the world's top selling girl groups of all time. Knowles released her entrance solo album Dangerously in Love, which spawned the number one hits "Crazy in Love" and "Baby Boy" and became one of the majority successful albums of that year, earning her a then record tying five Grammy Awards.

Knowles began her acting career in 2001, show in the musical film Carmen: A Hip Hopera. In 2006, she starred in the lead role in the film version of the 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls, for which she earned two Golden Globe nominations. Knowles has sold over 11.2 million albums and almost 25 million singles in the United States. On December 11, 2009, Billboard listed Knowles as the most successful female performer of the 2000s decade and the top Radio Artist of the decade. In February 2010, the RIAA scheduled her as the top certified artist of the decade. In 2010, VH1 scheduled Knowles at number 52 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Birth name	Beyonce Giselle Knowles
Date of Birth	September 4, 1981
Place of Birth	Houston, Texas, United States
Genres	R&B, pop, soul
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, choreographer, model, video director
Instruments	Vocals