G’Day everyone. Today I’m sharing another Top Ten post (http://mralmoore.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/top-10-entertainers-of-all-time.html), this time for the Best Current Musicians.
To follow up from my previous post, today I will give my
opinion on the Top 10 Live Musicians of 2015.
To start, here’s some honourable mentions:
1. Nick Jonas: With his recent launch of his solo career after his time with the Jonas Brothers he has been producing hit after hit with songs like Jealous and Chains. Jonas’s cracking vocals lead me to think he has a mega career ahead of him.
To start, here’s some honourable mentions:
1. Nick Jonas: With his recent launch of his solo career after his time with the Jonas Brothers he has been producing hit after hit with songs like Jealous and Chains. Jonas’s cracking vocals lead me to think he has a mega career ahead of him.
2. Troye Sivan also
deserves an honourable mention. He first found fame on YouTube, and in 2012 produced
the song “Happy Little Pill.” Sivan has been labelled as the future of pop
music by big names like Taylor Swift. His first album recently came out, called
“Blue Neighbourhood” featuring great songs like Wild, Fools, and Youth on
it. Sivan is definitely
set to be a mega musician.
Now, here’s my list of
the Top Ten Musicians of 2015
10. Number Ten on
the list is the first signing of Ed Sheeran’s new record company, Gingerbread Man Records and that is Jamie
Lawson. Lawson had been performing in local British pubs when Ed Sheeran
noticed his amazing voice, and signed him up straight away. With his first hit
song Wasn’t Expecting That, Lawson is
currently touring Europe, and recently announced an Australian tour in 2016.
Lawson’s self-titled album has numerous touching and beautiful songs such as Cold in Ohio and Don’t Let Me Go.
9. Number 9 on the
list is George Ezra. With his baritone/tenor voice, George Ezra is another
British mega star. With his hit song last year, Budapest, Ezra is simply amazing. Ezra has had big success with
other hit songs like Blame it on Me
and Listen to the Man. He is
currently performing shows around the world, promoting his album that came out
last year, “Wanted on Voyage.”
8. Number 8 on
the list is British singer and songwriter, James Bay. With his powerful vocals,
and hit songs like ‘Hold Back the River’ and ‘Let it Go’, James Bay is definitely
a future mega star. His album “Chaos and the Calm” is one that I highly
recommend and he is set to perform in Australian next year. Bay will be
performing in late January/early February, which will be a concert not to miss.
7. Number 7 on the
list is the highly entertaining and talented DJs Disclosure. Working with such artists like Sam Smith to produce
hits like ‘Latch’ and ‘Omen’ and Lorde to make the new hit ‘Magnets’, the pair
of brothers Howard and Guy Lawrence, are truly talented. Their new album,
“Caracal” recently came out this year, and is worth a listen
6. Coming in at
number 6 is Selena Gomez. After a break, Gomez has found her niche and
perfected her individual ‘sound’. With her new album that came out this year,
“Revival” which includes hit songs like Good
for You and Same Old Love, Gomez
is currently a mega force in the music industry. Due to her crisp voice, and
her new found style she comes in at number 6 in the list.
5. We are now at
the half way mark of our list and number 5 on the list is Sam Smith. The
British singer has had huge amount of success this past year since the release
of the mega-hit song Stay With Me. Smith
was first seen when he collaborated with English DJ, Naughty Boy on the mega
hit ‘La La La’ but when it came out, people just knew the words and the tune,
not the man behind the vocals. Smith’s big break didn’t come until he wrote,
nearly two years later, ‘Stay With Me.’ Sam Smith’s dominance in the music
scene was shown all throughout last year and continues throughout this year as
he wraps up a world tour to write his next album. Sam Smith is the artist that
defined 2014/2015, so it will be interesting to see what 2016 brings for this
talented man.
4. Number 4 on list is
The Weeknd. Born in Toronto, Canada, Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (whose stage name is The Weeknd) is one of the
best live performers
today. I first noticed him because he sounds so very similar to
the great Michael Jackson. Abel is surely on the road to musical success. With
such hits like ‘The Hills’ (which had two remixes made featuring Eminem and
Nicki Minaj) and ‘Can’t Feel my Face’ The Weeknd is currently touring his album
“Beauty Behind the Madness” which I often find myself jamming out to.
3. Now, one a
year ago, I would not be giving any praise to this next person but people
change and grow and this is why Justin Bieber is number three. When his first
single, ‘Baby’ came out, it was hard to find a positive thing to say about him,
but in past five years (and a night in jail) Bieber seems to have evolved and
matured. For example, here is a recent version of ‘Baby’ he performed on the
American Today Show.
Five years since Bieber first came onto our computer and phone screens, and
after years of hating on him, it’s hard not to enjoy his music. This year
Bieber broke his three-year hiatus and released his album, “Purpose.” Now,
after listening to the album I find a new song to love every time I listen to
it. Whether it be the instant hit, Sorry
or the simple guitar song Love Yourself,
“Purpose” has an amazing variety of ‘pop’ type music and slowed down, guitar/piano
songs, like the song Life is Worth Living.
Bieber is apparently going on a world tour to promote his new album. Might be
worth a look!
2. When we think
of pop stars, the next person on our list is surely the Queen of Pop: Taylor
Swift has been labelled as the singer of our generation by many reviewers and
her stellar vocals reinforce this label.
Beginning as a country singer, it took T-Swizzle a while to find her
style of music, but after the release of her album, “Red” in 2012 (which
included hits like ‘I Knew you were Trouble, and ‘22’) she found her style of
music and the world loved her mix of country and pop.
After touring the world with her “Red” album, Swift took time off to work on
her album, “1989” which came out last year (2014). This album is probably
Swift’s most successful to date, producing hits songs like Shake it Off, Blank Space
and Style. Swift is now continuing on
her stadium world tour of her album “Red” and is about to wrap up the tour in
Australia. Taylor Swift’s incredible and powerful vocals, and the way she
inspires numerous kids and teenagers by acting as a role model lands her at
number two on my list.
1. From an
unbiased opinion the next person has to be number one on nearly any list like
this, and with his incredible guitar playing skills and the way he performs
live, Ed Sheeran tops off my list. After a long and tiring struggle performing
in pubs, and on street corners, Ed has successfully become one, if not the biggest,
musicians of the past ten years. Sheeran’s success first was seen with the
release of his 2011 album “+” (read as plus) which has many hits on it
including ‘Lego House’.
The way he performs live and how he sounds nearly exactly like it does on the album, has to make him of the best. After the release of his album in 2011, Ed Sheeran toured, but performing small arenas or pubs. In 2014, Ed Sheeran released his album, “x” (read as multiply). After a successful world tour, Ed announced that he would perform at Wembley Stadium, undoubtedly every musician’s goal…and, due to high demand, he sold it out three nights in a row. On his album “x”, (which is one of my favourite albums) you can hear hits like Thinking Out Loud, Photograph and my favourite I’m a Mess. Ed Sheeran has is a must-see when he comes to your town.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em-1E3I8imc
Thank you for reading
today’s list. I hoped you all enjoyed it and see you all next time!!
