Coldplay

Coldplay 

Coldplay are an English alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London, After forming Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish, Will Champion joined as a drummer, backing vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, completing the lineup. Manager Phil Harvey is often considered an unofficial fifth member. The band renamed themselves "Coldplay" in 1998, before recording and releasing three EPs; Safety in 1998, Brothers & Sisters as a single in 1999 and The Blue Room in the same year. The latter was their first release on a major label, after signing to Parlophone. Coldplay has won numerous music awards throughout their history, including six Brit Awards—winning Best British Group three times, four MTV Video Music Awards, and seven Grammy Awards from twenty nominations. 2009 was their most successful year having received seven Grammy Award nominations at the 51st Grammy Awards, and won three, They achieved worldwide fame with the release of the single "Yellow" in 2000, followed by their debut album released in the same year, Parachutes, which w The band's second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), won multiple awards, including NME's Album of the Year. Their next release, X&Y, received a slightly less enthusiastic yet still generally positive reception upon its release in 2005. The band's fourth studio album, Viva la Vida as nominated for the Prize. Since the release of Parachutes, Coldplay have drawn influence from other sources , Coldplay is one of the most famous British bands in the whole world ,and the lead singer Chris Martin  is well know as well as he is married to one of the most famous actresses in Hollywood  Gwyneth paltrow and has two children apple and mosses, half of the year they live in England and half of the year the live in America .Coldplay have also been very good to charity they sold off a lot of their own instruments  for charity.

My favorite singer ((Rihanna))

My favorite singer

 I have always loved music since I was young , My favorite singer is Rihanna. She is a African American girl,  She was born in Sain Michael, Barbados  born on  February 20, 1988. Nowadays Rihanna is already quite famous singer with musical influences from pop, R&b, reggae, dancehall and dance. She became well known all over the world. With her hits such as "SOS", Unfaithful and the latest “Cry", "Umbrella", "Don´t stop the music . all of her video’s that she has released are all hits , When she was 15 she made her first big break. When one of her friends introduced her famous musical, She sings both slow and fast songs.. My favorite song is Umbrella. I like Rihanna because she has a beautiful sound , Rihanna is a a great singer in my opinion and  she has a unique  sound she has five  albums out already and all of them are successful Rihanna has sold more than 25 million albums , and 45 million singles worldwide , She has achieved nine number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 since first appearing on the chart on June 11, 2005, which is the most by any artist during that time span, all of her songs are catchy anyone and any age can listen to her music its for  everybody and I think she will be an icon and she will be aeound for a long time ,  she will always be my favorite singer forever ,

Chinese New Year's

Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holiday in China it is known as Spring Festival The festival begins on the first day of the first month and ends with Lantern festival which is on the 15th day the celebration will last 2 weeks. Chinese New Year's Eve, a day where Chinese families gather together  to celebrate their new beginnings  and start a new year full of joy and happiness and every year they have a different symbol of an animal the best year for them is the year of the dragon this year is the year of the rabbit .

On the first day of Chinese New Year is a time when families visit the oldest and most senior members of their extended family, usually their parents, grandparents or great-grandparents. Members of the family who are married also give red envelopes containing cash to members of the family, mostly children and teenagers for good luck and wealth

   Chinese New Year is itself centuries old and gains significance because of several myths and traditions. Ancient Chinese New Year is a reflection on how the people behaved and what they believed in , The biggest event of any Chinese New Year's Eve is the dinner every family will join together and have new year’s dinner This meal is comparable to Christmas dinner in the West. In northern China, it is customary to make dumplings after dinner and have it around midnight. Dumplings symbolize wealth because their shape is like a Chinese tael and their will be a big display of fireworks at midnight