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Jessica Mauboy

Jessica Hilda Mauboy (born 4 August 1989) is an Australian singer and songwriter who rose to prominence on the fourth season of Australian Idol in 2006, placing second behind winner Damien Leith. Since Idol, she has released two solo albums which were certified gold and platinum respectively. She has multiple singles from her second album "Been Waiting" that have charted extremely well particularly the #1 single "Burn", "Running Back" and "Because". She was one of the support act for Beyonce Knowles on tour "I Am..." along with US Singer and Rapper, Flo Rida.

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Take

(For the Korean boy band, see 테이크.) There is more than one artist under this name: 1. Based in Los Angeles, Take (Sweatson Klank) is a composer who continues to push the boundaries of instrumental hip-hop music into new directions. After multiple successful EP's under his belt, Take finally unleashed his debut full length player in 2007, Earthtones and Concrete. This music is nothing short of an epic journey with continuously evolving collages that lead the listener down a dust covered road of bit-crushed melodies and molested jazz samples.

Read more about Take on Last.fm.

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Louise Parker

Growing up in a house filled with music, from the folk, calypso and opera enjoyed by her Jamaican born mother to the trad, swing and be-bop from her jazz-obsessed father, Louise Parker, aptly named after Louis Armstrong, was born to create the sort of soulful jazz she is rapidly gaining a reputation for. A big hit on the festival circuit and a regular on Radio 2’s Best of Jazz, British vocalist, Louise Parker is a powerful live performer and a skilful interpreter of swing, blues and gospel classics. She commits to each song with the warmth, spirit and passion of the great jazz divas.

Read more about Louise Parker on Last.fm.

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Kai

There is many artists and groups by the name of Kai 1: Kai is a progressive rock/experimental band from Japan. 2: Kai is a up and coming UK - london based - RnB singer and producer. totaling over 750,000 plays on myspace. it wont be long until he breaks out. 3: Kai is a Asian-American R&B/POP singing group from the San Francisco Bay Area started in 1992 and is currently on hiatus. 4: Kai was a DJ on the Manchester, UK underground club scene in the mid & late 1990's, specialising in Mellow Hop, Hip Hop, Break Beat and Chill Out tunes.

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Patrycja Markowska

Patrycja Markowska (born December 21, 1979 in Warsaw) is a Polish pop-rock singer. Her father is a frontman of band - Perfect.

Patrycja Markowska on Last.fm.

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Vibe

There are four artists with this name: 1) Vibe (바이브) is a Korean R&B group. Their name means "a vibration felt from the heart" which is a perfect description of their R&B ballads. They released their volume 1 "Afterglow" in 2002. The title track "Promise U", was a hit as it was a soulful ballad that had a smooth rap which flowed quite well in the song. In 2003, the group released their volume 2 "Do U Remember" with the same style of ballads.

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Cordelia's Dad

Cordelia's Dad is a band from Northampton, Massachusetts that combines folk and punk rock influences and was instrumental in the creation of the genre later to be dubbed "No Depression". The band formed in 1987 and was active until 1998, when the members relocated to different parts of the country. After releasing an album of older material in 2002 the band has reunited in 2007 for their twentieth anniversary.

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