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Chinka Ekim 22, 2021

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13-year-old singer hopes to follow in Beyoncé's footsteps - KTRK-TV

Posted: 26 Sep 2019 12:00 AM PDT

MISSOURI CITY, Texas (KTRK) -- For 13-year-old Ameerah Jackson, her gift of song is all about uplifting others.
"I feel it's all about inspiring," said Ameerah. "I just want to make people smile on their bad days."

Her father, Edward Jackson, said Ameerah was 3-years-old when the family bought a piano.

"She was beating on it from the start," he recalled. "She wanted to play on it."

Before Ameerah turned 10, she started writing her own songs.

But it didn't come easy. She met with a vocal coach and a music producer to help elevate her to the next level.

"Talent is good, but hard works gets talent pushed to the front," said Jackson.

While singing and songwriting are her passions, maintaining good grades is a top priority. Although sustaining the balance between the two has its challenges, Ameerah's parents believe it makes her well-rounded.


"I definitely want her to follow her dream, do her best," explained Jackson. "But, also want her to stick with it and try to find a balance."

Last year, Ameerah released her first single, titled "Superman", and later released a second song, titled "Masquerade." She's currently working on releasing her next single, titled "They Go La."

Despite her young age, Ameerah has accomplished a lot and hopes to achieve much more. Her plans are to graduate from high school, go to college and hopefully follow in the footsteps of those who inspire her.

"I know Beyoncé and Alicia Keys both have perseverance and work very hard on their craft. I work hard on my craft as well," said Ameerah. "Hopefully I'll be as good as them one day because that would just be super cool."

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Beyoncé’s Lion King Album Will Feature Childish Gambino, Kendrick Lamar, and Blue Ivy - Vulture

Posted: 16 Jul 2019 12:00 AM PDT

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Beyoncé Presents: The Lion King presents a track list! Photo: Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images

Beyoncé Presents: The Lion King giveth, and Beyoncé Presents: The Lion King continue to giveth! On Tuesday morning, Bey released the track list for her curated Lion King companion album, titled The Lion King: The Gift. The movie's official soundtrack could only pull Beyoncé, Donald Glover, Elton John, and the cast of the movie, but The Gift gets Beyoncé, Childish Gambino, Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z, Tierra Whack, and Blue Ivy, who continues to outsell her younger siblings. See the full 14-song track list below, via Beyoncé's site, which also features the Nigerian musicians Tekno, Mr. Eazi, Burna Boy, and more.

Beyoncé's 'Forever Mood' and a Country Supergroup. These Are the 5 Songs of the Week to Listen to - TIME

Posted: 19 Jul 2019 12:00 AM PDT

Beyoncé comes out swinging on her new The Lion King: The Gift collaborative album to go along with the Disney remake's release, with "MOOD 4 EVA" an instant mood-booster. Some of country's top women, including Maren Morris and Brandi Carlile, join together on The Highwomen, with their first song "Redesigning Women" a self-aware look at responsibilities and roles. Pop stars Charli XCX and Christine and the Queens make a powerful duo on the glittering "Gone." Sam Smith is back with a bittersweet dance track, "How Do You Sleep?" And Anthony Ramos makes a soulful debut on "Dear Diary."

"MOOD 4 EVA," Beyoncé, JAY Z & Childish Gambino

When Beyoncé became part of The Lion King franchise as the voice of Nala in the cartoon remake out this week, Disney probably knew they'd managed a major coup. But the real win here is the companion album that Queen Bey put together to go along with the film, The Lion King: The Gift. It is a gift indeed, with contributions from up-and-coming artists like Mr Eazi, SAINt JHN and Tierra Whack, among others. (There's even a Blue Ivy Carter cameo on "BROWN SKIN GIRL.") But it's "MOOD 4 EVA" that works as her ultimate flex, showcasing Beyoncé on top of the world over a light Afrobeat. "Why would you try me? Why would you bother?" she asks, supremely confident, her line delivery underscored with a laugh. "I am Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter… I be like soul food, I am a whole mood." Jay's verse and Childish's contributions add some historical context, but this is Bey's party.

"Gone," Charli XCX & Christine and the Queens

British pop experimentalist Charli XCX and French pop ingenue Christine and the Queens make for a powerful pair in "Gone," a new song off of Charli's upcoming collaborative album Charli, out this September. Charli's sound is often identifiable by her use of hollow, metallic percussion and futuristic production; Christine is more recognizable for her warm, almost retro tones. On "Gone" together, the contrast between the two turns into a complex combination of driving beat and searching vocals. "Why do we love if we're so mistaken?" they wonder. "Why do we leave when the chase is done?" They may both be feeling deeply alone, but at least they can share in their frustration.

"Redesigning Women," The Highwomen

Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris and Amanda Shires are all folk and country superstars in their own right. Together, as the new collaborative group The Highwomen, they're here to fill a Dixie-Chicks-shaped hole in our lives. It feels like a response to the boys'-club culture of country, as well as a moment for the women to have fun making music together. "Redesigning Women" leans in to their identities as hard workers juggling expectations: "Running the world while we're cleaning up the kitchen / Making bank, shaking hands, driving eighty / Trying to get home just to feed the baby," they sing over a mellow country tune. The video drives the point of sisterhood home, bringing in an huge cast of fellow female country artists to join the party: Lauren Alaina, Kassi Ashton, Cam, Lilly Hiatt, Wynonna Judd, Catie Offerman, Cassadee Pope, Erin Rae, Raelynn, Natalie Stovall, Tanya Tucker, Anna Vaus and Hailey Whitters all show up. There's plenty of room for all in the house of The Highwomen.

"Dear Diary," Anthony Ramos

Brooklyn-born singer-actor Anthony Ramos got his breakout star turn as part of the original cast of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton on Broadway, playing the lead's son. He's followed that up with appearances in She's Gotta Have It and A Star Is Born, and is set to be the lead in the movie adaptation of In the Heights. But Ramos has also been busy in the studio recording original music, with "Dear Diary" as his first release off an upcoming solo album. Soulful and intimate, it's a confessional song about growing up and making good on his career dreams without losing sight of his roots. "It doesn't matter where life leads me," he promises his family, I'll be coming home, I'll be coming home." His voice has a sweet, unhurried quality that makes you feel immediately at ease in its presence.

"How Do You Sleep?," Sam Smith

"How Do You Sleep?" starts off as a lullaby of sorts, a morose Sam Smith wallowing in sadness (which, of course, he does beautifully) over a tinkling synth melody. But it turns out that this song is actually a celebration in its own way, too — or at least, that's what his sharply choreographed music video would suggest. (That choreography comes from the great Parris Goebel.) Smith's sweet spot has always been the knife's-edge between uplift and melancholy, which he balances delicately here as well. With its pop-meets-dance vibe, it should come as no surprise that one of the song's producers is perennial hitmaker Max Martin. "How do you sleep when you lie to me? All that fear and all that pressure," he scolds a lover gone astray.

Write to Raisa Bruner at raisa.bruner@time.com.

Beyoncé's Genius Plan To Use Instagram Stories To Make Her New Song A Charting Hit - Forbes

Posted: 26 Apr 2019 12:00 AM PDT

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Last week, Beyoncé surprise-dropped her live album Homecoming, which arrived at the same time as her Netflix concert film of the same name. As is always the case when she gifts the world with new music without warning, fans ate it up, and the collection debuted inside the top 10 on the Billboard 200 after just two days of streams and sales.

It's likely that Homecoming will hold on inside the top 10, and it might even rise to a new peak now that a full tracking frame has passed, but this project is anything but an ordinary release, and it's going to take something truly special if she wants the album to produce a proper hit.

Of the 40 songs featured on Homecoming, just two are new. An original cut ("I Been On") and a cover ("Before I Let Go") were tacked on at the end as bonus tracks, and of the pair, the latter is the more radio-friendly. It's a reimagining of an '80s R&B classic, and Beyoncé wants to use Instagram to make it her next success on the charts.

Just a few days after Homecoming arrived, Bey officially launched the #BeforeILetGoChallenge, where she's asked fans (without directly coming out and asking, that is) to share videos of themselves dancing to the beloved cut. Anyone anywhere can film themselves doing choreography by themselves, with friends, or in some cases, with their elderly grandparents. The superstar's followers would likely do this simply because she suggested it, but there's an added incentive for them to upload: attention from the Queen herself.

In the days since she launched the #BeforeILetGoChallenge, Beyoncé has been sharing some of her favorite examples in her Instagram story, which, for anyone who knows how she operates on the photo-focused social platform, is a true honor. The singer-songwriter's Instagram is carefully curated, and everything she posts easily receives a million likes (or more). She has 127 million followers, but follows no one.

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Until this week, Beyoncé had never posted anything to her Instagram story, and the fact that she's chosen to start utilizing it now is a sign of just how important this campaign is to her.

While Instagram story views don't influence the Billboard charts, views of almost all of the fan-made uploads on YouTube do contribute to the total stream count of "Before I Let Go." That means that in addition to fans listening to her version of the song simply for fun, those who use it in their submissions to their Queen's challenge, as well as those who watch all those hundreds (if not thousands) of submissions, are all helping the tune improve its standing on the weekly rankings. This challenge multiplies the number of people streaming the song, even if that isn't their intention.

Creating a viral dance challenge is not a strategy the chart-topper's team came up with, but it's one that might work for them as it has for other musicians. Over the past several years, both established names (Drake with "In My Feelings," BTS with "Idol") and rising talents (Silentó with "Watch Me," Baauer with "Harlem Shake") have utilized the idea to propel tunes to the upper reaches of the Hot 100, and Bey is looking to follow their lead, an unusual move for her. She may not be the first to use this tactic, but no one else has included Instagram stories in this way, which may give her an edge.

For many superfans, the idea of posting a video that Beyoncé might actually see, let alone share with her millions of followers, is simply too alluring. While "Before I Let Go" hasn't charted yet, chances are it will in the coming frames, and if this latest challenge does catch on and go viral, the Coachella headliner could have her first true solo hit in years on her hands.

The Playlist: Beyoncé’s ‘Lion King’ Anthem, and 9 More New Songs - The New York Times

Posted: 12 Jul 2019 12:00 AM PDT

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Beyoncé brings full gospel dynamics — and sets aside the original Broadway score — in her showpiece for the remake of "The Lion King." She belts, "Your destiny is coming close — stand up and fight!" The song's intro chants "Long live the king" in Swahili, but Beyoncé's exhortation is not just for this lion king — it's for every righteous striver facing doubts. Her vocal, urged on by a choir, builds in wave after wave, from breathy eagerness to full-throated cry, then topped by a different kind of humility at its peak: just piano and Beyoncé's soprano, envisioning a biblical transcendence, "to be one with the Great I Am." JON PARELES

The good news is that even though pop music has iterated past him a couple of times over, Justin Bieber is nimble enough to keep up. On this new version of Billie Eilish's swinging "Bad Guy," Bieber sings with the same robot-doing-cabaret cadence as his host. He touches on his tattoos, his jewelry, his desire for more sleep — a Sinatra for the SoundCloud era. JON CARAMANICA

A convincing Southern-rock stomper from Angelica Garcia, who has a ferociously quavering voice and an even more ferocious sense of purpose. "It Don't Hinder Me" is a statement of cultural pride and social resistance: "I want the cooking that my grandma made/I want the bed that I was yelled at to make." This sharp song is rowdier and swampier than Garcia's 2016 debut album "Medicine for Birds," a sign of a singer getting ever more comfortable, and ever less bothered. CARAMANICA

As of now there is no American award — not the Grammy, not the Pulitzer, not the Oscar or the Tony — that could adequately reward the miracle that is the never-ending rollout of "Old Town Road." Each time it courts death, it pivots. This latest version is the one you'd ask for in a fantasy but never think was possible. Billy Ray Cyrus is still here, crooning. And then there's Young Thug, less nonsensical than usual, game to be in on the joke. But the crowning moment is at the end, with the arrival of the viral yodeling preteen Mason Ramsey, who shows up to sing about his Razor scooter, cows and his giddy-up. It's the perfect twist ending to this internet-born-and-enabled saga: meme recognize meme. CARAMANICA

The Israeli duo Lola Marsh (the singer Yael Shoshana Cohen and the multi-instrumentalist Gil Landau) makes sweeping, cinematic music dripping in retro charm and reverb. There are hints of Dum Dum Girls, Elle King and Lana Del Rey in the group's new track "Echoes," a lush beach blanket bop wiggling with dramatic energy. CARYN GANZ

Ed Sheeran: Successful enough and powerful enough and deep enough into his career to orchestrate an opportunity to rap on the same song as Eminem and 50 Cent; rhymes "misfit" with "Ipswich."

Eminem: Far enough removed from the peak of his success and the peak of his talent that the opportunity to rap alongside Ed Sheeran is not an automatic no; over-delivers, perhaps out of mild embarrassment.

50 Cent: Tries out a Sugarhill Gang flow, hopes no one is looking. CARAMANICA

Swelling, underwater electric bass; a grainy, distorted guitar that travels from woozy chords to neatly chopped rhythm; a high, corkscrewing horn part that could have been plucked off a radio signal in the Balkans, or maybe North Africa. You'd expect nothing less than this absorbing mix from Nérija, a septet to watch of young London musicians. The group includes the much-discussed young tenor saxophonist Nubya Garcia and the trumpeter Sheila Maurice-Grey, who wrote this tune and takes a rewarding solo across most of the track. Nérija has a debut album, "Blume," due Aug. 2. RUSSONELLO

Here's a song about dreaming about a song about death: "It had the most moving chord changes/She was certain the lyrics went about burying someone's ashes and then having a cigarette." Jenny Hval starts it as a bemused incantation over misty chords; then the beat comes in, the keyboards start answering her with hooks, and her meta-pop musings verge on turning into pop themselves. PARELES

Anna Meredith writes chamber music with a minimalist's fondness for repeated motifs and a rocker's willingness to kick. The ingenious video for the instrumental "Paramour" diagrams it as a frenetic electric-train ride amid the hard-working ensemble — clarinet, keyboards, cello, drums, tuba, electric guitar — pointing up just how many motifs Meredith mobilizes and tosses aside in only five minutes. PARELES

Victor Gould never sounds totally at ease at the piano, but that doesn't mean he's not in control. He plays in shapely, looping harmonies, with debts to Hank Jones and Cedar Walton, but there's some physical conflict, some audible work, in each gesture. This is what sets him apart and underneath the sturdy, well-balanced flow of his arrangements, it's the real reward. "October" gives a glimpse of his skills as an arranger — here, for jazz sextet and strings — and his increasingly distinctive voice as an improviser. The track comes from Gould's new album, "Thoughts Become Things." RUSSONELLO
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