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Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Carlisle (The Go-Go's. February 04, 2008.)
Background information
Birth name	Belinda Jo Carlisle
Also known as	Belinda, Dottie Danger, Belinda Jo Kurczeski
Born	August 17, 1958 (1958-08-17) (age 49)
Origin	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Genre(s)	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer Model Actor
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Drums
Years active	1978¨Cpresent
Label(s)	Rykodisc (2006-present) Ark21 (1997) in U.S. only Chrysalis (1996-1999) Virgin (1993) in U.S. Virgin (1987-1996) in UK MCA (1987-1992) in U.S. only I.R.S. (1978-1986)
Associated acts	The Go-Go's The Germs Black Randy and the Metrosquad
Website	www.belindacarlisle.tv

Belinda Carlisle (born on August 17, 1958 in Hollywood, California) is an American singer-songwriter, as well as the lead vocalist and founding member of all-female new wave band The Go-Go's, as well as a successful solo artist. She was recently a judge on the MTV reality show Rock the Cradle.

Carlisle's first venture into music was a brief stint as drummer for the punk band The Germs, under the name Dottie Danger, although illness prevented her from ever performing with them live. Soon after leaving this band, she founded The Go-Go's (originally named The Misfits), with friend and fellow music novice Jane Wiedlin. With bassist-turned-guitarist Charlotte Caffey, guitarist-turned-bassist Kathy Valentine, and drummer Gina Schock, the Go-Go's became one of the most successful American bands of the early 1980s, helping usher new wave music into popular American radio, and becoming the first all-female band in rock history to ever achieve a #1 album, who also wrote their own music, and played their own instruments. The Go-Go's recorded two more studio albums (including 1982 Vacation, which went gold thanks to the title track). "Head over Heels," from their 1984 album Talk Show, made it to #11, but they never repeated the success of their 1981 multi-platinum debut, Beauty and the Beat, which featured the hits "We Got the Beat" and "Our Lips Are Sealed".

Belinda

The Go-Go's broke up in 1985, and Carlisle embarked on a solo career (although she continued to work with fellow Go-Go Charlotte Caffey). Carlisle's first album, Belinda, was released on I.R.S. Records, in 1986. Her #3 Summer hit "Mad About You" was followed by the Motown-influenced single "I Feel the Magic", and by a cover version of "Band of Gold". All three songs were included on her debut album.

During this time, Carlisle also had songs featured on movie soundtracks, notably "In My Wildest Dreams," the opener in the movie Mannequin, as well as "Dancing in the City" from the Whoopi Goldberg movie Burglar.

 Heaven on Earth

Carlisle changed her hairstyle significantly for her second solo album, giving up her California Girl blonde bob for a long auburn do for 1987 Heaven on Earth. The musical style eschewed the 1960s-influenced pop of Carlisle's first album in favor of slickly produced 1980s power-pop, and was released in the United States through MCA, and in the United Kingdom through Virgin. The album became a Top 5 bestseller in the UK and Australia, and was nominated for a Grammy Award. The album's producer, Rick Nowels, previously worked with Stevie Nicks, and would later collaborate with Madonna.

The first release from Heaven on Earth was the semi-title track "Heaven Is a Place on Earth", which topped the single charts, not only in the U.S., but also in the UK and Australia (the dance mix of the song also topped the dance chart). The radio-ready song was further propelled by a video, directed by Academy Award-winning American actress Diane Keaton. The second release from Heaven on Earth stormed to U.S. #2, and was another UK Top 10 smash, "I Get Weak," written by Diane Warren; it was accompanied by another Keaton-directed video. The third single and video from the album was "Circle in the Sand," another Top 10 hit in the U.S., the UK and Germany too. "World Without You" was another British hit, followed by 1988 low-charting ballad "Love Never Dies", making this her fifth single from the album in the UK. In the U.S., the fourth and last single, "I Feel Free," a cover of the Cream classic, missed the Top 40. (( Read more on the wikepedia link.))

Releases
¨LStudio albums	7
¨LCompilation albums	3
¨LSingles	30
¨LB-sides	5

Studio albums

Year	Album	Peak chart positions[1][2][3][4][5][6]									Certifications
		AUS	AT	GER	JPN	SWE	SWI	ITA	UK	U.S.
1986	Belinda First solo studio album Released: 1986 Label: I.R.S. Records	¡ª			¡ª				¡ª	13	RIAA: Gold
1987	Heaven on Earth Second studio album Released: October 5, 1987 Label: Virgin Records	13	¡ª	17	21	3	4	18	4	13	BPI: 3¡Á platinum[7] RIAA: Platinum
1989	Runaway Horses Third studio album Released: October 17, 1989 Label: Virgin	6	13	24	14	4	12		4	37	ARIA: 2¡Á platinum BPI: Platinum[8] IFPI: Gold[9] RIAA: Gold
1991	Live Your Life Be Free Fourth studio album Released: 1991 Label: Virgin	27			32	21	32		7	¡ª	BPI: Gold
1993	Real Fifth studio album Released: September 29, 1993 Label: Virgin	61			26	23			9	¡ª
1996	A Woman and a Man Sixth studio album Released: September 11, 1996 Label: Chrysalis Records	31	36		34	44		35	12	¡ª	BPI: Gold
2007	Voila Seventh studio album Released: February 5, 2007 Label: Rykodisc	¡ª	¡ª		¡ª				¡ª	¡ª

"¡ª" denotes albums that were released but did not chart.

 Compilation albums

Year	Album	Peak chart positions[1][2][3][4][5][6]								Certifications
		AUS	AT	GER	JPN	SWE	SWI	UK	U.S.
1992	The Best of Belinda, Volume 1 Greatest hits compilation Released: September 7, 1992 Label: Virgin Records	14		35	39	26		1	¡ª	BPI: 2¡Á platinum[10] ARIA: Platinum
1999	A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits Greatest hits compilation Released: November 20, 1999 Label: Virgin	¡ª			¡ª	6		15	¡ª	BPI: Gold
1999	The Collection Greatest hits compilation Released: February 15, 2002 Label: Virgin	¡ª			¡ª			¡ª	¡ª

"¡ª" denotes albums that were released but did not chart.

 Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions								Album
		AUS	AT	GER	SWE	SWI	UK	U.S.	ITA
1986	"Mad About You"	9					67	3	19	Belinda
	"I Feel the Magic"							82
	"Band of Gold"								¡ª
	"Since You've Gone"								¡ª
1987	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"	2	10	3	1	1	1	1	6	Heaven on Earth
1988	"I Get Weak"	34		38		24	10	2	11
	"Circle in the Sand"	75	26	9			4	7	23
	"I Feel Free"							88
	"World Without You"						34		43
	"Love Never Dies"						54
1989	"Leave a Light On"	5	4	15	8	8	4	11	4	Runaway Horses
	"La Luna"	21	29	16		10	38		21
1990	"Summer Rain"	6		57			23	30	25
	"Runaway Horses"	44		63			40
	"Vision of You"	84					41
	"Blue Period" (The Smithereens featuring Belinda Carlisle)						99			11
	"(We Want) the Same Thing"	¡ª		53			6			Runaway Horses
1991	"Live Your Life Be Free"	13		71	16		12		11	Live Your Life Be Free
	"Do You Feel Like I Feel?"	42					29	73
1992	"Half the World"			62			35
	"Little Black Book"			69			28
	"I Plead Insanity"						¡ª
1993	"Big Scary Animal"	56		63			12			Real
	"Lay Down Your Arms"						27
1996	"In Too Deep"	11			59		6	¡ª	29	A Woman and a Man
	"Always Breaking My Heart"	50					8		22
	"Love in the Key of C"						20
1997	"California"	¡ª					31
	"I Won't Say (I'm in Love)"									Hercules: Soundtrack
1999	"All God's Children"						66			A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits

 Certifications

The following table shows the singles that received certifications.

Year	Single	Certifications
1987	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"	BPI: Silver
1989	"Leave a Light On"	ARIA: Platinum BPI: Silver
1990	"Summer Rain"	ARIA: Gold
1996	"In Too Deep"	ARIA: Gold

 B-sides

Year	Song	Notes	From single
1992	"Only a Dream"		"Half the World"
	"The Air You Breathe"		"Little Black Book"
1996	"I See No Ships"		"In Too Deep"
	"Jealous Guy"
	"Love Walks In"		"Always Breaking My Heart"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belinda_Carlisle

Belinda Carlisle's Official Site

The Go-Go's Official Site

http://www.belinda-carlisle.net/

Belinda Carlisle at the Internet Movie Database

Belinda Carlisle at Tv.com

http://www.metrolyrics.com/belinda-carlisle-lyrics.html

The Best of Belinda Vol.1 by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 1992)

...a Place on Earth: the Greatest Hits by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 1999)

Heaven on Earth by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 1987)

Runaway Horses by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 1989)

A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits (Limited Edition) by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 1999)

Voila by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 2007)

Real by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 1993)

The Collection by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 2002)

Belinda Carlisle: Runaway Live [1990] (REGION 1) (NTSC) by Belinda Carlisle, T.J. Parker, Sachi McHenry, and )

The Essential Belinda Carlisle by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 2003)

Belinda Carlisle: Runaway Live [1990] by Belinda Carlisle, T.J. Parker, Sachi McHenry, and Curt Bisquera (DVD - 1998)

A Woman and a Man by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 1996)

Her Greatest Hits by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD) Original Gold by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 1999) All God's Children by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 1999) Live Your Life Be Free by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 1998)   Heaven on Earth by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 1990) A Place on Earth...the Greates by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD) The Collection by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 2002) Love in the Key of C [CD 2] by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 1996) Runaway horses/Heaven is a place on earth (live)/Circle in the sand (Beach Party Mix) by Belinda Carlisle Belinda Carlisle - Runaway Videos by Belinda Carlisle (VHS Tape - 1991) California [CD 2] by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 1997) Circle in the sand (4 mixes) by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD) Belinda by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 1992) Live Your Life Be Free by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 1991) Runaway Horses by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 1989) In Too Deep by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 1996) A Woman & A Man by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD - 2000) Runaway horses (1989) by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD) Belinda (1986) by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD) Belinda Carlisle Runaway Live by Belinda Carlisle (Unknown Binding - 1 Jan 1990) Heaven Is A Place On Earth [VINYL] by Belinda Carlisle (Vinyl) The Best of Belinda Vol.1 [CASSETTE] by Belinda Carlisle (Audio Cassette - 1992) In too deep BELINDA CARLISLE UK Tour 2002 Music Poster by Push Posters Her Greatest Hits [CASSETTE] by Belinda Carlisle (Audio Cassette - 1992) Woman And A Man, A +1 by Belinda Carlisle (Audio CD)

 

Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-born singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. She has won 12 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, and has sold over 55 million albums worldwide.^[1][2] Morissette began her career in Canada, and as a teenager recorded two dance-pop albums, Alanis and Now Is the Time, under MCA Records. Her international debut album was the rock-influenced Jagged Little Pill, which remains the best-selling debut album by a female artist in the U.S., and the highest selling debut album worldwide in music history.^[3][4] According to RIAA and United World Charts, Alanis is the biggest selling female rock artist in music. Her following album, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, was released in 1998 and was a success as well. Morissette took up producing duties for her subsequent albums, which include Under Rug Swept, So-Called Chaos and latest release Flavors of Entanglement. Alanis became an American citizen in 2005.^{[5].......................}

[edit] 2006 ¨C present: Flavors of Entanglement

2006 marked the first year in the recorded history of Morissette's musical career that she had not a single concert appearance showcasing her own songs, with the exception of an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in January when she performed "Wunderkind".

On April 1, 2007, Morissette released a tongue-in-cheek cover of The Black Eyed Peas's selection "My Humps," which she recorded in a slow, mournful voice, accompanied only by a piano. The accompanying YouTube-hosted video, in which she dances provocatively with a group of men and hits the ones who attempt to touch her "lady lumps," had received over fifteen million views by June 7.^[40] Morissette did not take any interviews for a time to explain the song, and it was theorized that she did it as an April Fools' Day joke.^[41] Black Eyed Peas vocalist Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson responded by sending Morissette a buttocks-shaped cake with an approving note.^[42] On the verge of the release of her latest album, she finally elaborated on how the video came to be, citing that she came to be emotionally loaded while recording her new songs one after the other and one day she wished she could do a simple song like "my humps" in a conversation with Guy Sigsworth and the joke just took a life of its own when they started working on it.^[43]

Morissette performed at a gig for The Nightwatchman, a.k.a. Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave fame, at the Hotel Caf¨¦ in Los Angeles in April 2007. The following June, she performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "O Canada", the American and Canadian national anthems, in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Ottawa Senators and the Anaheim Ducks in Ottawa, Ontario.^[2] In early 2008, Morissette participated in a tour with Matchbox Twenty and Mute Math as a special guest.

Morissette's seventh studio album, Flavors of Entanglement, which she co-produced with Guy Sigsworth, was released in mid 2008. She has stated that in late 2008, she would embark on a North American headlining tour, but in the meantime she would be promoting the album internationally by performing at shows and festivals and making television and radio appearances. The album's first single was "Underneath", a video for which was submitted to the 2007 Elevate Film Festival, the purpose of which festival was to create documentaries, music videos, narratives and shorts regarding subjects to raise the level of human consciousness on the earth.^[44]

As of May 2008, Morissette was halfway through writing a memoir that will focus on women's issues. It will have chapters on sexuality, beauty, relationships and work and was partially inspired by young women who regularly come up to her and tell her their stories of personal pain.^[45]

 

Releases
¨LStudio albums	7
¨LLive albums	1
¨LCompilation albums	2
¨LExtended plays	1
¨LSingles	28
¨LVideo albums	5
¨LSoundtracks	4

Studio albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions[3][4][5]
		US	UK	CAN	AUS	FRA	DEU	ITA	ISR	SWI	POL
1991	Alanis[A]			25
1992	Now Is the Time[A]			¨C
1995	Jagged Little Pill	1	1	1	1	6	3	2	1	2	1
1998	Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie	1	3	1	2	5	1	1	1	1	4
2002	Under Rug Swept	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	3
2004	So-Called Chaos	5	8	2	15	5	1	4	12	2	17
2008	Flavors of Entanglement	8	15	3	17	6	8	7	5	1

Other albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions[3][4][5]
		US	UK	CAN	AUS	FRA	DEU	ITA	ISR	CHE	POL
1999	Alanis Unplugged	63	56	¨C	¨C	¨C	5	6	¨C	4	¨C
2002	Feast on Scraps	194	¨C	¨C	¨C	¨C	¨C	¨C	¨C	¨C	¨C
2004	iTunes Originals	¨C	¨C	¨C	¨C	¨C	¨C	¨C	¨C	¨C	¨C
2005	Jagged Little Pill Acoustic	50	12	19	21	8	15	38	15	5	¨C
	The Collection	51	44	¨C	¨C	2	18	16	7	9	5

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions[18][19]											Album
		CAN	U.S.	U.S. M/R	U.S. Adult	U.S. Top 40/Pop	UK	AUS	BRA	GER	SPA	ITA
1991	"Too Hot"[A]	14											Alanis
	"Walk Away"[A]	35
	"Feel Your Love"[A]	24
1992	"Plastic"[A]	67
	"An Emotion Away"[A]	24											Now Is the Time
1993	"No Apologies"[A]	14
	"Real World"[A]	84
	"(Change Is) Never a Waste of Time"[A]	30
1995	"You Oughta Know"	20	6[B]	1		7	22	4	1				Jagged Little Pill
	"Hand in My Pocket"	1	15[C]	1	25	4	26	13	1		3	6
	"All I Really Want" US release		65[C]	14
1996	"Ironic"	1	4	1	5	1	11	3	1	8	1	1
	"You Learn"	1	6	7	3	1	24	20	1			8
	"Head over Feet"	1	3[C]	25	1	1	7	12	73
1997	"All I Really Want"	2					59	40			33
1998	"Uninvited"	7	4[C]	26	3	1			1				City of Angels OST
	"Thank U"	1	17	12	1	2	5	15	1	19	1	6	Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
	"Joining You"	40		16			28			28
1999	"Unsent"	9	58		14	21		85
	"So Pure"	14			25	38	38		12
	"That I Would Be Good" Unplugged	41			24								Alanis Unplugged
2000	"King of Pain" Unplugged								1
	"You Learn" Unplugged
2002	"Hands Clean"	1	23		3	19	12	9	1	18	5	3	Under Rug Swept
	"Precious Illusions"	4			16		53	41	8	77	23
2004	"Everything"	3	76		4		22	15		29	20	6	So-Called Chaos
	"Out Is Through"						56			75	32
	"Eight Easy Steps"				27						40
2005	"Hand in My Pocket" Acoustic	23							28	58	7	42	Jagged Little Pill Acoustic
	"Crazy"	29	104		10	95	65	61	11	38	23	3	The Collection
2008	"Underneath"	15			28		99			46		8	Flavors of Entanglement
	"Incomplete"
	"Not As We""[D]		122

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alanis_Morissette
• Official website
• Alanis Morissette
• Alanis Morissette at the Internet Movie Database
• Morissette's charity work
• Alanis' ArtistDirect page
• Alanis Morissette at Rolling Stone
• Official MySpace page
• Alanis Morissette interview at musicOMH.com
• http://www.alanis-morissette.com/