Stockholm

;Date: Saturday January 15, 2011 ;Place: Stockholm City Library, Odenplan, Stockholm ;Description:

12.00 the library opens

12.30 You didn't know that about Wikipedia! - presentation

13.00 The city portals on Swedish Wikipedia, Einar Spetz

13.30 "Truth in numbers?"

14.45 Wikipedia-cake to all guests

15.00 surprise (Video Chat)

15.30 Q and A about Wikipedia

16.00 the library closes ---- ; Date: Thursday January 13, 2011 ; Place: Strand, Hornstull ; Description:

In the evening, we will have a panel debate ("The Mature Wikipedia") with some high-profile names from journalism, politics, academia and Wikipedia and some media. Later on in the evening, a party.

---- ;Organizers: Wikimedia Sverige ;Number of participants: We are anticipating more than 100 attendees to each day.

Press release (Swedish)

Category:Sweden Category:2011-01-13 Category:2011-01-15

name	Anette Olzon
background	solo_singer
birth name	Anette Ingegerd Olsson
birth date	June 21, 1971
Birth place	Katrineholm, Sweden
instrument	Vocals, oboe
genre	Symphonic metal, AOR, alternative rock, acoustic
occupation	Singer, musician
years active	1988-present
associated acts	Nightwish, Alyson Avenue, Pain, Michael Bormann, Brother Firetribe, The Rasmus, Sweden United, Swallow the Sun
website	}}

Anette Ingegerd Olsson (born 21 June 1971), known by the stage name Anette Olzon, is a Swedish singer from Helsingborg, best known as the lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Olzon was formerly the vocalist in the Swedish AOR band Alyson Avenue. After her admission in Nightwish, Olzon played with several bands, in studio and live, including Brother Firetribe, Pain and The Rasmus.

In 2008, Anette recorded one track with Brother Firetribe on their second album, ''Heart Full of Fire'', and the duet with The Rasmus, titled ''October & April'', was played for the first time on October 9, 2009 on a Finnish radio and was released digitally on November 11, 2009. On August 13, Anette sang two Nightwish songs, "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan and "Meadows of Heaven", with the Stockholm Symphonic Orchestra, at the Suomi Safari, the event was in celebration of Sweden and Finland relations. During the break after Nightwish's 2009 Hartwall Arena concert, Anette has stated that she wishes to release a solo album. As of October 19, 2009, songwriting for this album has begun.

She has mentioned Carola Häggkvist, Sarah Brightman, Natalie Cole and Celine Dion as being her inspirations in singing. She has said she enjoys other metal bands, such as Sonata Arctica, Amorphis, Tarot, Within Temptation and Kamelot. She has also noted that she is a fan of The Rasmus, and was such even before she released October & April.

Anette lives with her boyfriend, and Pain bassist, Johan Husgafvel and son Seth, born July 2001. In July, 2010, she gave birth to her second son, Nemo.

Early life

Anette Olzon was raised in a musical family and has been singing since childhood. Her mother also forced Anette to play the oboe for 8 years. She toured with her mother's band and sang with them on some occasions. Later, she started to take part in various talent shows and received laudable recognition. The first band she joined at seventeen years of age (Take Cover) was a cover band. However, it was short-lived as she took part in several bands and projects. At twenty-one, she played the leading role in the rock opera/musical "Gränsland" in Helsingborg. After that she got in to the Balettakademien in Gothenburg. She sang in choirs, did studio work for various projects and occasionally performed as a wedding singer. Anette Olzon also sang a duet with Michael Bormann (ex-Jaded Heart singer) on his album "Conspiracy".

In her earlier days, Anette Olzon took singing lessons at the Copenhagen Music Conservatorie, in Helsingør, Denmark with a private teacher. Nowadays, she takes lessons from a private teacher at the Malmö Music University when needed.

Career

With Alyson Avenue (1999–2005)

Olzon then joined Alyson Avenue, at first only as a studio singer, but later as their leading lady, replacing the male vocalist. The band received huge feedback for a demo they sent out in 1999, and Alyson Avenue was soon able to contact various labels. Main composer and keyboardist Niclas Olsson gathered the band, recording a four track demo which resulted in a record deal with AOR Heaven.

In November 2000, debut album ''Presence of Mind'' was released to positive reviews. The next album ''Omega'' was released in 2003. Anette left "Alyson Avenue" in 2006. In May 2009, Alyson Avenue introduced Arabella Vitanc as their new lead vocalist.

With Nightwish (2007–present)

Olzon officially joined Nightwish as their new lead singer in early 2007, chosen from about 2,000 applicants of which 10 made it to prove their place in front of the band. The song on her demo tape was the 2002 single "Ever Dream". She replaced the previous singer Tarja Turunen, who was fired in an open letter in the autumn of 2005. Olzon's demo was one of the first that Nightwish received, although she was originally denied the position, as band leader Tuomas Holopainen was concerned about the fact that she had a young son. However, Olzon was persistent and sent the band a live DVD of her performing with Alyson Avenue. She was then contacted by Nightwish's manager Ewo Pohjola, which eventually led to her taking up the position in February 2007. Tuomas commented on her selection saying "we (the band) took a formal vote, but it was unanimous that she would be the one. It was a matter of heart. We felt she was right." Her identity was kept secret by various methods, including pretending to be Ewo's "Swedish cousin" at a Tarot concert, until she was eventually announced as the new Nightwish singer on 24 May 2007.

The day after this revealing, May 25, 2007, charity single "Eva" was released as the first off the album, as download only. It was originally scheduled for release on May 30 but this was changed due to a leak on a British music download site. This was the first published song to feature Olzon. On June 13, Nightwish released the title, ''Dark Passion Play'', and artwork to the new album on their official website, as well as the name and the cover of the second single (this time CD), "Amaranth". "Amaranth" achieved gold status in Finland after less than two days in stores.

''Dark Passion Play'' was released around Europe in the last week of September 2007, in the UK on October 1, and the United States on October 2. It was awarded double platinum in Finland the second day after its release and took the number 1 position on the charts of Germany, Finland, Switzerland, Hungary and Croatia and got in top 100 in other 16 countries, including the United States. ''Dark Passion Play'' has sold 6x Platinum worldwide up to date (over 1.5 million copies).

On September 22, 2007, the band hosted a secret concert at Rock Café in Tallinn, Estonia, disguising itself as a Nightwish cover band called "Nachtwasser". Their first official concert with the new singer was in Tel Aviv, Israel on October 6, 2007. The ''Dark Passion Play'' tour thus started, visiting the United States, Canada, most of Europe, Asia, and Australia.

The Dark Passion Play tour turned out to be Nightwish's longest tour yet, lasting from the fall of 2007 to September 2009, when ended with a concert in Hartwall Arena, Helsinki with the band Apocalyptica. For trivia, Nightwish's only other concert in Hartwall Arena was in 2005 when they ended their ''Once Upon a Tour''. This concert was filmed for the End of an Era DVD, and it was Tarja Turunen's last show with the band.

Future solo album

Olzon's forthcoming solo album would be co-produced by Swedish producer/songwriter Anders Bagge, who has previously worked with Madonna, Celine Dion, Janet Jackson and Jessica Simpson, among others. He is also one of judges on the Swedish TV talent competition "Idol" and a producer of the TV series "Made in Sweden". She states that the album will "not be a metal album, but will most likely be a Rock one."

Anette stated: "This will be so great and it's so nice to have such great songwriters and musicians to help me with the songs. We work that way that we sit down by the piano and the guitar and just try melodies etc. and then I write down lyrics and we try and test the structure of the song. Then Johan goes and puts drums, bass etc. in the computer to get the music recorded for me to test-sing it. Then we work from there. It's so nice to create songs like this, I haven't done that since we started [Anette's pre-Nightwish band] Alyson Avenue, so it's been a while, but I'll soon get a hang of it again. And I really like the sound of it already!"

Many fans have expressed concern that Anette will be taking the same route as ex-Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen, but she says "I still belong in Nightwish. This is just something to do before Tuomas has finished writing the next Nightwish Album. I have no desire to leave Nightwish."

Anette, on February 3, 2010, shared on her blog that she no longer would continue making a solo album. Saying, "The factors are mainly that I want to focus on my family during this break from Nightwish. I am sure I will do a solo some other time, but at this time it doesn't fit into my life and then it's better to not do it, than to do it and it just wont feel good.". On March 3, 2010, Olzon made an announcement on her blog that the reason the solo album had been postponed was because she was pregnant with her second child. "Last autumn in the middle of demo recordings for my solo album, I started to feel very tired and nauseated. I took a pregnancy test and was really surprised to see that I had gotten pregnant! The boys in Nightwish have known for many weeks about it and they are all very supportive and happy." Her son was born on July 30 by C-section.

Singing style and reception as the Nightwish frontwoman

Anette does not possess the same operatic voice as Tarja Turunen, but rather, her melodic range is typically in the soubrette soprano range. Nightwish's fanbase became significantly divided on Anette's style of singing. Some fans felt that her voice was not trained or powerful enough to suit Nightwish's symphonic metal style, and claimed that her voice would be better suited to pop rock. Other fans assert that the power in her voice, in addition to the instrumentation, is what makes Nightwish retain their Symphonic power metal style.

Since her joining in 2007, Olzon's technical skill and style has continued to evolve. Prior to Nightwish's release of the Imaginaerum album and film, Tuomas Holopainen, the keyboardist and composer for the band, welcomed the press to Finnvox studios to preview the album. Reception was immediately much more synonymous. Critics agreed that her voice became much more refined, powerful, grandiose, and atmospheric - a typical signature of Nightwish, an assessment that was echoed by a number of Nightwish fans.

Discography

With Nightwish

Studio albums

''Dark Passion Play'' (2007)

''Imaginaerum'' (2011)

Live albums

''Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places)'' (2009)

EPs

''Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places)'' (2009)

Singles

"Eva" (2007)

"Amaranth" (2007)

"Bye Bye Beautiful" (2008)

"The Islander" (2008)

"Storytime" (2011)

"The Crow, the Owl and the Dove" (2012)

MCDs

''Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places)'' (2009)

With Alyson Avenue

Studio albums

''Presence Of Mind'' (2000 / Re-released in 2009)

''Omega'' (2004 / Re-released in 2009 as Omega II)

Singles

'' I Am (Your Pleasuremaker)'' (2004)

Compilations

''Munich's Hardest Hits''

''Melodic Rock''

''Fireworks Magazine''

''Total Frontfork''

Guest appearances

2006: ''Two Of A Kind'' (Michael Bormann)

2006: ''Will We Remain'' (Cloudscape)

2008: ''Heart Full of Fire'' (Brother Firetribe)

2008: ''Follow Me'', ''Feed Us'' (Pain)

2009: ''October & April'' (The Rasmus)

2010: ''Open Your Eyes'' (Sweden United)

2011: ''Changes'' (Alyson Avenue) (Background vocals on ”Liar”, ”Into The Fire”, ”Always Keep On Loving You”, ”Fallen”)

2012: ''Cathedral Walls'' (Swallow the Sun)

References

External links

Anette's official site

Anette's official blog

Nightwish's official website

Anette's Czech Fansite

Category:1971 births Category:Female heavy metal singers Category:Living people Category:Nightwish members Category:People from Katrineholm Municipality Category:Swedish sopranos Category:Swedish heavy metal singers Category:Swedish female singers Category:Swedish singer-songwriters

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Name	Taio Cruz
Background	solo_singer
Born	April 23, 1983
Birth name	Jacob Taio Cruz
Birth place	London, England, UK
Genre	pop, dance
Occupation	Singer-songwriter, record producer, rapper, entrepreneur
Years active	2002–present
Label	Rokstarr Entertainment Division, Island, Republic, Mercury (U.S.)
Associated acts	Kesha, Kylie Minogue, Ludacris, David Guetta, Cheryl Cole, McFly, Travie McCoy, Flo Rida
Website	}}

Jacob Taio Cruz (born 23 April 1983) known professionally as Taio Cruz () is a British singer-songwriter, record producer, occasional rapper, and entrepreneur. In 2008, he released his debut album ''Departure'', which Cruz wrote, arranged and produced himself. It achieved initial success in the United Kingdom and earned him a MOBO Award nomination. In June 2010, Cruz released his follow-up album ''Rokstarr'', which includes the number one singles "Break Your Heart" and "Dynamite". Cruz has collaborated with Kesha and Fabolous on the single "Dirty Picture", as well as Kylie Minogue and Travie McCoy on his single "Higher". Additionally, Cruz penned and recorded the song "Telling the World" as the lead single from the soundtrack to the 2011 animated film ''Rio''.

Biography

Early life and career beginnings

Cruz was born in London, to a Nigerian father and a Brazilian mother from Rio de Janeiro. He attended Bilton Grange, a private prep school in Rugby, Warwickshire.

Cruz began writing songs when he was 12. His songwriting career began at age 19 as part of Tricky Stewart's writing collective, RedZone Entertainment. Cruz achieved notability in 2005 when he was awarded a BRIT Award for co-writing Will Young's 2004 single, "Your Game". Cruz is the founder and chief executive of Rokstarr Music London, which in 2006 released his debut single "I Just Wanna Know". The single attracted significant attention from radio, and also from music industry insiders, who were already well aware of the artist's potential; manager Jamie Binns, who began representing Cruz at this time, later told HitQuarters: "He was a guy that everyone had earmarked to do damage in the future." Although the single received a reasonable amount of radio airplay, it did not perform as well as expected in either territory. However, rather than lose faith in Cruz, the labels were eager to negotiate an album deal, as by this time they had listened to his other songs and were ever more convinced by his capability.

Cruz's admirers included Island Records's Darcus Beese and Universal Republic's Monte Lipman, who, according to Binns, "both believed 'I Just Wanna Know' fitted the format on both sides of the Atlantic." In 2006, Cruz signed a split single deal with Universal Music Group companies, Republic Records and the UK branch of Island Records.

2006–2008: ''Departure''

Taio Cruz released his second single "Moving On" in September 2007 which made the top 30 in the UK. In March 2008 his next single, "Come On Girl," featuring Luciana, peaked at No. 5 on the UK charts. The related album ''Departure'' appeared on 17 March and peaked at No. 17. This was followed by the single "I Can Be," which reached No. 18 in May. On 18 August, "She's Like a Star" was released, which was a remix of the previous single and featured American rapper Busta Rhymes and girl-group Sugababes. The remix later appeared on the Sugababes studio album ''Catfights & Spotlights'', which peaked at No. 20. It was later revealed that Cruz narrowly missed out on the chance to record the song "Umbrella" which was eventually recorded by Rihanna and ended up topping charts around the world.

2009–2011: ''Rokstarr'', international breakthrough and ''The Rokstarr Collection''

Cruz was featured on Tinchy Stryder's breakout single "Take Me Back" which peaked at No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart. According to Cruz's official Myspace blog, as of 1 January 2009, Rokstarr Music London officially changed its name to Rokstarr Entertainment Division and abbreviated to R.E.D Inc. During 2009, he worked on his follow-up album entitled ''Rokstarr''. It was released on 12 October through R.E.D Inc/Island Records and is entirely written and produced by Cruz, with co-writes and co-productions predominantly with UK producer Fraser T. Smith. The album's lead single "Break Your Heart" was released on 14 September and reached number one in the UK, where it stayed for three weeks. The success of the song attracted the attention of David Massey and Daniel Werner from Mercury/Island Def Jam who were excited and aggressive about releasing "Break Your Heart" in the US on their label. According to Cruz's manager Jamie Binns, the relationship with Monte Lipman at Universal Republic had "gone a bit quiet" by this point and as Taio wanted to be with the label that was most enthusiastic about his music, a move from Universal Republic to Mercury/Island Def Jam was engineered.

The single reached the top spot in the U.S. for one week on the ''Billboard'' charts. In an interview with ''The Guardian'', it was stated that "Cruz was clever to have hooked up with a US rapper Ludacris on his breakthrough hit". In order to introduce Cruz into the US market, David Massey had suggested that the single feature an American rapper with chart credibility. The album spawned two other UK singles, "No Other One", and the top-ten hit "Dirty Picture" featuring American electropop singer Kesha. The album's fourth single (second in the US) titled "Dynamite" debuted at 26 and despite peaking at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, "Dynamite" peaked at number 1 on U.S. top 40 earning Cruz his second US number 1 record.

''Rokstarr'' was followed by the compilation album ''The Rokstarr Collection'' which includes songs both from ''Departure'' and the international version of ''Rokstarr''. Cruz later released four versions of his single "Higher" - one featuring Kylie Minogue, one featuring Travie McCoy, one featuring both, and one with just himself. Cruz has also been featured on the soundtrack of American reality TV series ''Jersey Shore''.

2011-present: ''TY.O''

Writing and production

Cruz has written songs on albums by Cheryl Cole, JLS, The Saturdays, The Wanted and David Guetta. Cruz wrote and featured on Tinchy Stryder's hit single "Take Me Back". Pop rock band McFly recorded "Shine a Light" which not only features, but was also penned and produced by Cruz for their fifth studio album. 2011 will see him writing for Justin Bieber's next album. Jennifer Lopez's 2011 single "I'm Into You", featuring Lil Wayne, is also penned by Cruz. He also contributed significantly to David Guetta's fifth album ''Nothing but the Beat'', penning two of his hit singles "Without You", featuring Usher and "Little Bad Girl", featuring Cruz himself and Ludacris.

Other ventures

Rokstarr brand

On 1 September 2009, Cruz launched the brand Rokstarr; the fashion and accessories brand has a focus on sunglasses. Musicians & Artists such as Kanye West, Shontelle, Keri Hilson, Steves Peeps and Kelly Rowland have been seen wearing them. Speaking in October to R&B writer Pete Lewis, Cruz stated: "There's a load of US celebrities that are all rocking the sunglasses already – Kid Cudi, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West... Then in the UK we have The Saturdays, JLS, Daniel Merriweather – who've all been twittering and writing on their blogs how much they love them. So yeah, it's definitely my new album 'Rokstarr' and the fashion brand that are my two main focuses at the moment."

Meanwhile, speaking again to Lewis in April 2010, Cruz revealed: "We're currently looking to expand the brand and possibly go into things like watches. I've also got a new subsidiary of Rokstarr called 'Rok By Rokstarr'. And we've just started doing things like jeans and T-shirts, and stuff that more of the fans of Taio Cruz can buy. Because with Rokstarr in itself being so expensive, a lot of the kids out there who want to buy Rokstarr things can't. So we're bringing in stuff that's a little bit more High Street and more affordable."

Discography

''Departure'' (2008)

''Rokstarr'' (2009)

''TY.O'' (2011)

Awards and nominations

Best British Song MOBO AwardsAmerican Music AwardsBRIT Awards iTunes Best Album & Song ASCAP AwardsBRIT Awards rowspan=3>Virgin Media Awards Best Collaboration rowspan=6>2011 Billboard Music Awards Top Hot 100 Song rowspan=1 rowspan=2>ASCAP Awards rowspan=1>Song Of The Year rowspan=2>ASCAP Awards rowspan=1>(Honoured) Most Performed Song

Year
2004	BRIT Awards>Brit Awards	|	Your Game
2008	|	Best UK Male
2010	|	Breakthrough Artist
2010	Brit Awards ||	Best British Song	Break Your Heart (Taio Cruz song)>Break Your Heart
2010	|	Best Song	Dynamite (Taio Cruz song)>Dynamite
2010	|	Ascap Vanguard Award	Departure (Taio Cruz album)>Departure
2011	Brit Awards ||	Best British Song	Dynamite (Taio Cruz song)>Dynamite
2011	|	Best Male		<
2011	|	Dirty Picture
2011	Best Video
2011	Billboard Awards ||	Top New Artist		<
2011		Dynamite |>
2011	Top Digital Song
2011	Top Radio Song
2011	Top Streaming Song
2011	Top Pop Song
2011	2011 MuchMusic Video Awards ||	MuchMusic.com Most Watched Video	Dynamite (Taio Cruz song)>Dynamite	<
2011	|	Songwriter Of The Year		<
2011	|	Dynamite (Taio Cruz song)>Dynamite	<
2012	|	(Honoured) Most Performed Song	Dynamite (Taio Cruz song)>Dynamite	<
2012	|	Without You (David Guetta song)>Without You

References

External links

Taio Cruz on justRHYMES.com

Taio Cruz 'Blues & Soul' interview by Pete Lewis February 2008

Taio Cruz at Billboard.com

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