Avril Lavigne

Birth name Avril Ramona Lavigne
Born September 27, 1984 (1984-09-27) (age 23)Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Genre(s) Modern rockPunk pop Pop rockAlternative rockTeen pop
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, guitarist, actress, model
Instrument(s) Vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, drums
Years active 2002–present

Label(s) Arista (2002-2005)RCA (2006-present)
Associated acts Sum 41, The Black List Club, Deryck Whibley
Influences,Alanis Morissette, Green Day, The Distillers, Blink-182
Website AvrilLavigne.com

Avril Lavigne Whibley better known by her birth name of Avril Ramona Lavigne (IPA: /ˈævrəl.ləˈviːn/; born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian Grammy award-nominated pop punk singer, musician and actress. In 2006, Canadian Business Magazine ranked her the seventh most powerful Canadian in Hollywood, and in 2007 she won ninth place in the Jabra Music Contest for the Best Band in the World, based on fan votes from around the world.

Lavigne's birth name is usually pronounced in an anglicized way as above ("La-Veen") (in French it is commonly pronounced /avʁil laˈviɲ/ (help·info)). Avril is French for "April", while la vigne means "the vine" or "the vineyard".

Lavigne's debut album, Let Go, was released in 2002. Over 16 million copies were sold worldwide and it was certified six times platinum in the United States. Her second and third albums, Under My Skin (2004) sold 8 million copies and The Best Damn Thing (2007) currently over 4 million copies sold respectively, reached number one on the U.S. Billboard 200. Lavigne has scored six number one songs worldwide to date and a total of eleven top ten hits, including "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi", "I'm with You", "My Happy Ending", and "Girlfriend" which became #1 hits in the ARC Top 40. She's ranked #50 on VH1's "50 Greatest Women Of The Video Era" show list and came 41st on "The Top Acts Of The Noughties." Currently, Avril Lavigne has sold about 30 million albums worldwide.

Paris Hilton

Born Paris Whitney Hilton February 17, 1981 (1981-02-17) (age 27)New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation Socialite, model, actress, author, recording artist, fashion designer
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Weight 115 lb (52 kg)
Website parishilton.com

Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American celebutante. She has worked as an actress, a model and a singer.

She is best-known through the television series The Simple Life. She has appeared in several minor film roles, most notably in the horror film House of Wax in 2005. In 2004 she published a tongue-in-cheek autobiography. In 2006, she released her debut album Paris. Hilton's career pursuits include singing, modeling, acting, writing, and television. As a result of several legal incidents, Hilton served a widely publicized sentence in an L.A. County jail facility in 2007.

Madonna

Birth name Madonna Louise Ciccone
Also known as Madonna Louise Veronica Ciconne Ritchie ,Madonna
Born August 16, 1958 (1958-08-16) (age 49)Bay City, Michigan, United States
Origin New York City, United States
Genre(s) Pop, dance, electronica, urban contemporary
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, film producer, fashion designer, dancer, author, actress, director
Instrument(s) vocals, guitar, percussion
Years active 1982–present
Label(s) Artist Nation (2008)Warner Bros. (1982-2008)Maverick (1992-2004)Sire (1982-1994)
Website madonna.com

Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958) is an American pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, dancer, record producer, film producer, actress, film director and author. She is most commonly referred to as simply, Madonna. She is known for the use of sexual, social and religious themes in her work and has been nicknamed the "Material Girl" and "Queen Of Pop" by the media.

Since her debut in 1982, Madonna has released many chart-topping albums and singles, and has sold more than 200 million albums worldwide. Billboard reported that her 2006 Confessions Tour holds the record for the highest grossing concert tour by a female artist. According to both the 2007 Guinness Book of Records, and Forbes, she is the top earning female singer in the world with an estimated net worth of over $325 million. In 2001, the Guinness Book of World Records listed Madonna as the "World’s Most-successful Female Musician".

She is the 2nd most successful top selling female artist in the US according to the RIAA, and 15th biggest selling artist overall In the United Kingdom, she is the most successful female in the UK album chart history, having sold 3.9 million copies of her compilation The Immaculate Collection there alone. In 2005, she tied with Elvis Presley's record of 36 top 10 hits, the most for any artist in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 charts. RIAA named her the Best Selling Female Rock Artist of the twentieth century. On March 10, 2008, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Christina Aguilera

Birth name Christina María Aguilera
Also known as X-tina, Baby Jane
Born December 18, 1980 (1980-12-18) (age 27)Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States
Origin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Genre(s) Pop, dance-pop, Latin pop, R&B, Swing jazz
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, philanthropist
Years active 1992–present
Label(s) RCA
Website christinaaguilera.com

Christina María Aguilera (born December 18, 1980) is an American pop singer-songwriter. She was signed to RCA Records after recording "Reflection" for the film Mulan. She came to prominence following her debut album Christina Aguilera (1999), which was a commercial success. A Latin pop album, Mi Reflejo, and several collaborations followed which garnered Aguilera worldwide success, but she was displeased with the lack of input in her music and image.

After parting from her management, Aguilera took creative control over her second studio album Stripped (2002), which received mixed reviews and produced substantial sales. The overtly sexual image Aguilera displayed during the promotion of the album became the subject of intense criticism and ridicule. The second single, "Beautiful" was a commercial success and sustained the album's sales.

Aguilera's third studio album Back to Basics (2006) included elements of soul, jazz, and blues music, it was released to strong sales and positive critical reception. Aside from being known for her vocal ability and ever-changing image, musically, she includes themes of dealing with public scrutiny, her childhood, and female empowerment. Aguilera's work has earned her numerous awards including five Grammy Awards amongst eighteen nominations. She has sold over 37 million albums worldwide.

Britney Spears

Birth name Britney Jean Spears
Born December 2, 1981 (1981-12-02) (age 26)McComb, Mississippi, United States

Origin Kentwood, Louisiana, United States

Genre(s) Pop, dance-pop, urban pop, teen pop, electropop
Occupation(s) Singer, dancer, songwriter, actress
Instrument(s) Vocals, piano
Years active 1992–present
Label(s) Jive, Zomba
Associated acts The New Mickey Mouse Club, innosense, Jamie Lynn Spears, Kevin Federline
Website britneyspears.com

Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer, dancer, songwriter, actress and author. She has sold over 83 million records worldwide according to Zomba Label Group.The RIAA ranks her as the eighth best-selling female artist in American music history, having sold 32 million albums in the U.S. Her success as a recording artist has allowed her to work in other media; she has acted in film and television, has written two books, and has been contracted to endorse several products, including her own perfume line.

Spears released her debut album ...Baby One More Time in 1999, propelling her to international stardom. It spawned the Billboard topping single "...Baby One More Time". She released her second studio album Oops!... I Did It Again in 2000 with continued success. A third album Britney was released in 2001, followed by the release of her fourth album In the Zone in 2003. The album's breakout single "Toxic" won Spears her first Grammy Award.[6] After the release of a remix album and a career break, she released her fifth album Blackout in 2007.

As a result of her fame, Spears's personal life has received much media attention. This is especially true of her marriage to Kevin Federline in 2004. She gave birth to her first child, Sean Preston, in 2005 and to her second child, Jayden James, in 2006. The couple's divorce in November of the same year was highly publicized, followed by an ongoing legal battle for the custody of their two children.

Marilyn Monroe

Born Norma Jeane Mortenson June 1, 1926 Los Angeles, California

Died August 5, 1962 (aged 36)Brentwood, Los Angeles, California

Other name(s) Norma Jeane Baker
Occupation actress, model, singer,comedienne

Years active 1947–1962
Spouse(s) James Dougherty (June 19, 1942 – September 13, 1946)Joe DiMaggio (January 14, 1954 – October 27, 1954)Arthur Miller (June 29, 1956 – January 20, 1961)

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), was a Golden Globe award winning American actress, singer, model, Hollywood icon, Cultural icon, beauty ideal, fashion icon, pop icon and sex symbol. She was known for her comedic acting roles and screen presence. Monroe became one of the most popular movie stars of the 1950s and early 1960s. During the later stages of her career, she worked towards serious roles and her fame surpassed that of any other entertainer of her time. Her premature death was classified as a "probable suicide". Many individuals including Jack Clemmons, the first LAPD Police officer to arrive at the death scene believed that she was murdered. She is the only female on the Forbes top earning dead celebrities list.