Snow Patrol

Snow Patrol is an Ulster-Scots alternative rock band with members from Northern Ireland and Scotland. Formed at the University of Dundee in 1994, the band is now based in Glasgow. The band's first three records, the EP Starfighter Pilot, and the studio albums Songs for Polarbears and When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up, were commercially unsuccessful and were released by independent labels Electric Honey and Jeepster, respectively. When the band moved to a major record label Polydor Records, they released their 2003 album Final Straw which surpassed 4x platinum sales in the UK. This was the first time the band achieved significant commercial sales, following it up with international success in 2006 when Eyes Open sold 4.7 million copies worldwide. The songs "Run", "Chasing Cars" and "Signal Fire" are among the band's biggest hits. Snow Patrol have been nominated for three BRIT Awards and have won five Meteor Ireland Music Awards. In 2008, the band released their fifth studio album A Hundred Million Suns, and released their first compilation album, Up to Now in 2009. Worldwide, the band have sold over ten million albums.

A few of there great songs are:
Run
Chasing Cars
Just Say Yes
Take Back The City
You're All I Have

Blue

Blue are an English boy band, featuring four singers: Simon Webbe, Lee Ryan, Duncan James and Anthony Costa. The band has had success in both the United Kingdom and international arena, with about 15 million records sold world-wide. The group originally formed in 2001 before splitting in 2005. In April 2009, the group reunited and a Best of Blue Tour was announced.

The band released their debut single "All Rise" in May 2001 and it reached number 4 in the UK singles chart. Blue's second single was released in August with the chart-topping "Too Close", a cover version of Next's US number 1 hit produced by Ray Ruffin. Their second number one came in November with "If You Come Back" co-written BY Nicole Anderson (Formescu) & produced by Ray Ruffin. album All Rise, which was released in time for Christmas and reached number one, eventually selling in excess of about 1.8 million albums sold in the UK. Blue reached number six in March 2002 with their fourth single, "Fly By II"—a remix of album track "Fly By", which also went to number 30 in Portugal.

A few of there good songs are:
All Rise
Guilty
One Love
Curtain Falls
Bubblin

David Cook

David Roland Cook (born December 20, 1982) is an American rock singer-songwriter, who rose to fame after winning the seventh season of the reality television show American Idol. Prior to Idol he released an album entitled Analog Heart, and his post-Idol self-titled album, produced by Rob Cavallo, was released on November 18, 2008 and has since been certified Platinum by the RIAA.

Cook was born in Houston, Texas, raised in Blue Springs, Missouri, and currently lives in Kansas City, Missouri.His parents are Beth Foraker (née Frye) and Stanley Cook. He is the middle of three brothers— the late Adam being older and Andrew younger. He is of German, Irish, and English descent.
Cook's interest in music began at a young age. He began singing in second grade, when his elementary school music teacher gave him a part in a school Christmas performance. He proceeded to perform in virtually every Christmas and PTA program. He received his first guitar, a Fender Stratocaster, at the age of 12. He also participated in choir and drama programs in middle school and high school. At Blue Springs South High School, he performed in musicals, including The Music Man, West Side Story, and Singin' in the Rain. In addition to this, he was an active member in the Blue Springs South High School National Forensics League (or NFL), where he qualified for the national tournament twice for duo interpretation, an event that relies on performance and interpretation of a literary work.

He was also an avid baseball player during high school and once gave up a home run to Albert Pujols in an American Legion Baseball game. After an injury, he focused more on music. He earned a theater scholarship to the University of Central Missouri, but he abandoned theater after two semesters, graduating from the school in 2006 with a degree in graphic design. While in college, he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.After his college graduation, he relocated to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to pursue a career in music, telling his family, "I just want to give myself until I'm 26 years old to get a job.

A few of his good songs are:
Don't Say A word
Let Go
The Truth
Come Back To Me
The Time Of My Life

Owl City

Owl City is an American synthpop musical project by Adam Young. Young started out making music in his parents' basement in Owatonna, Minnesota, later developing a following through his MySpace profile before being signed to Universal Republic.

Young's influences are disco and European electronic music. After two independent albums, Owl City gained mainstream popularity from the 2009 major label debut album Ocean Eyes, which spawned the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit single and UK #1 hit single "Fireflies".

This band was formed in 2007 in Adams parent house. At that moment Adam was working for Coca Cola.

A few of there great songs are:
Ill meet you there
Fireflies
On the wing
Vanilla Twilight
Cave In

The Academy Is...

The Academy Is... is an American alternative rock band from Barrington, Illinois, formed in 2003. They are currently signed by the Decaydance imprint of the Fueled by Ramen label. They were originally known as "The Academy", but added the "Is..." in 2004 to avoid legal complications with other established bands already under that name. As of 2009[update], the band has released three full albums, Almost Here, Santi, and their newest album, Fast Times at Barrington High.

Band members

* William Beckett – lead vocals (2003–present)
* Michael Guy Chislett – lead guitar, backing vocals, piano (2006–present)
* Mike Carden – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2003–present)
* Adam T. 'Sisky' Siska – bass, backing vocals (2003–present)
* Andy 'The Butcher' Mrotek – drums, percussion (2004–present)

Former members

* Tom Conrad – lead guitar, backing vocals (2005–2006)
* AJ LaTrace – lead guitar, backing vocals (2003–2005)
* Michael DelPrincipe – drums, percussion (2003–2005)

A few of there good songs are:
Season
Slow Down
Seed
Same Blood
About A Girl

Lustra

Lustra is an American pop punk band originally from Boston and later from Los Angeles.Bandmembers Chris Baird, Nick Cloutman, Jon Baird, and Jason Adams first played together in 1996 under the name Seventeen, releasing two full-lengths and an EP under this name. Bruce Fulford joined the group shortly before the release of their 1999 EP. Legal challenges from Seventeen magazine eventually led the band to change names in 2001; Jon Baird also left the group that same year. Their first full-length as Lustra was issued in 2003, and soon after the group landed the song "Scotty Doesn't Know" on the soundtrack to the 2004 film EuroTrip. The band also appears briefly in the film, with Matt Damon acting as their lead vocalist.The film was not a box office success but sold well on DVD, raising the band's profile long after its theatrical run. "Scotty Doesn't Know" was included on Lustra's 2006 full-length, Left for Dead, and became a hit single that year almost entirely as a result of download sales, eventually peaking at #75 on the Billboard Hot 100, #39 on the Digital Songs chart,and #53 on the Pop 100^[4] in the United
States

Definitely,"Scotty Dosent Know" is their best and most famous song.

Puddle of Mudd

Puddle of Mudd is an American Post-grunge band from Kansas City, Missouri. They achieved success on rock radio and some success in the mainstream, and their major-label debut Come Clean has sold over 5 million copies. To date the band has sold over 7 million albums, and have had a string of #1 mainstream rock singles in the U.S. They have released 2 independent and 4 major albums, with their latest being Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love & Hate in December of 2009.

Puddle of Mudd was formed on September 13, 1992 in Kansas City by Wes Scantlin (vocals/rhythm guitar), Sean Sammon (Bass), Kenny Burkett (Drums) Jimmy Allen (lead guitar)^[3]. The name was inspired by the Missouri River flood, which inundated the band's practice space, and left the floor a big "puddle of mud". The group's first album, Stuck, was released in 1994 on V&R Records. The album, of entirely original compositions, was produced by PoM and E.J. Rose, and recorded at Red House Studio in Lawrence, Kansas.

Puddle of Mudd released its major-label debut album Come Clean on August 28, 2001. The lead single from the album, "Control" was successful and grabbed the attention of rock music audiences worldwide. It was also the theme song for WWE's Survivor Series 2001. The second single off the album, "Blurry" Co-written with Doug Aridito, turned out to be Puddle of Mudd's most successful single, reaching #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #8 in the United Kingdom. Drift & Die was also released as a single and was very successful with rock audiences with the single spending 6 weeks at the #1 on the Mainstream Rock Chart. The fourth single, "She Hates Me", was released in late 2002 and became a massive hit reaching the #1 spot on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, as well as #13 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Some of the band's gr8 songs are:

• Blurry
• She hates me
• Control
• Famous
• Psycho
  

Dreamtheater

Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts, before they dropped out to support the band. Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remain today along with James LaBrie and Jordan Rudess.

Dream Theater has become a successful progressive metal band. Although the band has had one successful hit ("Pull Me Under" in 1992, which received extensive MTV rotation), they have remained relatively out of the mainstream.

The band is well known for the technical proficiency of its instrumentalists, who have won many awards from music instruction magazines. Dream Theater's members have collaborated with many other notable musicians. Guitarist John Petrucci has been named as the third player on the G3 tour six times, more than any other invited guitarist, following in the footsteps of Eric Johnson and Robert Fripp. Drummer Mike Portnoy has won 23 awards from Modern Drummer Magazine and is also the second youngest person (at the age of 37) to be inducted into the Rock Drummer Hall of Fame.

The band's highest selling album is the gold selling Images and Words (1992), which reached #61 on the Billboard 200 charts. Both the 1994 release Awake and their 2002 release Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence also entered the charts at #32 and #46 respectively and received mostly positive reviews. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence also led to Dream Theater becoming the initial band reviewed in the Music Section of Entertainment Weekly during its opening week of release, despite the magazine generally preferring more mainstream music. In 2007, Systematic Chaos entered US Billboard 200 at #19. Dream Theater has sold over two million albums in the U.S.,and over 8 million records worldwide.The band's tenth studio album, Black Clouds & Silver Linings, was released on June 23, 2009. It entered the US Billboard 200 at #6 and Eurochart Hot 100 at #1, marking their highest entry on either chart.

The band has composed asome gr8 hits,including:

• Hollow Years
• Take Away My Pain
• Pull Me Under
• Invisible Dreams
• The Mirror
  

Kris Allen

Kristopher Neil "Kris" Allen (born June 21, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter from Conway, Arkansas, and the winner of the eighth season of American Idol. Prior to Idol, he self-released a 2007 album entitled Brand New Shoes.

Allen's Idol coronation song, "No Boundaries" and his version of "Heartless" both charted within the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100. Allen's post-Idol self-titled album was released on November 17, 2009, through Jive Records. The album debuted at #11 on the U.S. Billboard 200 shifting over 80,000 copies. The album's lead single, "Live Like We're Dying", was released on September 21, 2009, and has so far peaked at #21 in the U.S.

A few good songs are:
Live Like We're Dying
Lovely
Running
Is It Over
The Truth

Adam Lambert

Adam Mitchel Lambert (born January 29, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor from San Diego, California. In May 2009, he finished as the runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol. He is the first openly gay mainstream pop artist to launch a career on a major label in America.

Lambert released his debut album, For Your Entertainment, in November 2009, via RCA Records/19 Recordings. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 in December 2009 selling 198,000 copies in the United States in the first week.

A few of the album good songs are:
For Your Entertainment
If I Had You
Time For Miracles
Fever
Aftermath

Boyzone/Ronan Keating

Boyzone are an Irish boy band. The group was most successful in the Republic of Ireland, the UK, Asia, Australia and New Zealand; they also had differing levels of success in parts of Europe. The group has released six #1 UK hit singles and four #1 albums, with approximately 20 million records sold by 2009.

They made a comeback in 2007, originally with the intention of just touring but Ronan Keating confirmed in an interview that they wanted to "outdo Take That"in terms of a successful reunion.

Boyzone was put together in 1993 by Louis Walsh who is also known for managing Johnny Logan and Westlife. Before even recording any material they made a now infamous appearance on RTÉ's The Late Late Show. Their first album Said and Done was released in 1995 and the following two studio albums in 1996 and 1998. Seven compilation albums have been released, the latest being B-Sides & Rarities in October 2008. Co-lead singer Stephen Gately died on 10 October 2009 at the age of 33 of natural causes in Majorca, Spain.

The band has delivered some amazing hits like:

• Words
• No Matter What
• Baby can i hold you

In 1999, while still a member of Boyzone,Ronan Keating was asked to record a new version of the song "When You Say Nothing At All" for the motion picture Notting Hill. The single rose to number One in the UK charts, and was the begining of a successful solo career. Keating has released five solo albums, four of which went straight to number one in the UK, and he has collaborated with major stars including Elton John, Lulu, LeAnn Rimes and the Bee Gees. Keating and Paul Brady co-wrote the hit single 'The Long Goodbye', one of Ronan's most loved hits amongst fans and a huge hit for Brooks and Dunn in America. In October 2007, he was listed in the Guinness Book of Records for being the only artist ever to have 30 consecutive top 10 singles in the UK chart, having beaten the likes of Elvis. He also has two sell-out world tours, an Ivor Novello and BMI songwriting awards, an autobiography, a role as ambassador for Christian Aid and sales in excess of 22 million albums worldwide.

On June 6, 2006 Keating sang at the World Cup opening party at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, in front of an audience of nearly 250,000 people, and posed naked for Cosmopolitan magazine's 10 Years of Naked Centrefolds. On May 9 the following year, Keating became the first international number-one selling foreign artist to perform a concert in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. He performed at the Olympic Stadium Indoor Arena. Keating has dueted with Elton John at Madison Garden in New York and has sung for the Pope twice. He performed for Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust 30th birthday, which took place at the Tower of London. He performed on stage for the Swedish Royal family at Crown Princess Victoria's birthday celebrations, and at the opening ceremony of the 19th European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.

In 2009 Keating co-wrote the song "Believe Again" sung by Niels Brinck, who won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow where it qualified for the final from the second semi-final and finished in 13th place with 74 points. Following the success of Ronan Keating's album Songs For My Mother, he has recorded another entitled Winter Songs. Teaming up again with Songs For My Mother producer Steve Lipson, Keating pulled together eleven songs that evoked memories of winter and Christmas for him. Winter Songs is a mix of traditional and modern festive classics, including tracks from artists such as Simon & Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell and Sugarland. Along with these, he has also included the poignant Christmas Hymn Silent Night and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. The album also includes two brand new songs: Its Only Christmas and Scars.

Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1981. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, while going through a number of bassists. Currently, the spot is held by Robert Trujillo.

Metallica's early releases included fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship that placed them as one of the "big four" of the thrash metal subgenre alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax during the genre's development into a popular style.The band earned a growing fan base in the underground music community and critical acclaim, with the 1986 release Master of Puppets described as one of the most influential and "heavy" thrash metal albums. The band achieved substantial commercial success with Metallica (1991), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. With this release the band expanded its musical direction resulting in an album that appealed to a more mainstream audience.

In 2000, Metallica was among several artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the band's copyright-protected material for free without the band members' consent.A settlement was reached, and Napster became a pay-to-use service. Despite reaching number one on the Billboard 200, the release of St. Anger alienated many fans with the exclusion of guitar solos and the oddly tuned snare drum. A film titled Some Kind of Monster documented the recording process of St. Anger.

Metallica has released nine studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, twenty-four music videos, and forty-five singles. The band has won nine Grammy Awards, and has had five consecutive albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200, making Metallica the first band to do so, this record was later matched by the Dave Matthews Band. The band's 1991 album, Metallica, has sold over 15 million copies in the United States, and 22 million copies worldwide, which makes it the 25th-highest-selling album in the country. In December 2009, it became the highest-selling album of the SoundScan era, surpassing 1997's Come on Over by country artist Shania Twain.The band has sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide as of the release of their latest album, Death Magnetic. As of December 2009, Metallica is the fourth highest-selling music artist since the SoundScan era began tracking sales on May 25, 1991, selling a total of 52,160,000 albums in the United States alone.

A few of therocking songs composed by the band are:

• Enter Sandman
• For whom the bell tolls
• Nothing Else matters
• Fade to black
• The day that never comes
• Until it sleeps
• The Memory Remains
  

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in East London, formed in 1975. The band is directed by founder, bassist and songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the group has released a collective total of thirty albums: fourteen studio albums, seven live albums, four EPs and four compilations.

Pioneers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, with such an original sound they achieved success during the early 1980s and after several lineup changes, went on to release a series of platinum and gold albums. These include the US platinum-selling landmarks The Number of the Beast in 1982, Piece of Mind in 1983, Powerslave in 1984, the acclaimed live album Live After Death in 1985, Somewhere In Time in 1986, and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son in 1988. Their most recent studio effort, A Matter of Life and Death, was released in 2006 and peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200 and at number 4 in the UK. The album was certified gold in the UK. It is also one of the few rock albums to be certified platinum in India.

As one of the most successful heavy metal bands to date, Iron Maiden has sold over 100 million records worldwide. The band won the Ivor Novello Awards for international achievement in 2002, and were also inducted into the Hollywood RockWalk in Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California during their tour in the United States in 2005. As of October 2009, the band has played just over 2000 live shows during their career, and are often cited as one of the most influential bands in rock history.

The band has released a number of hits,including:

• Run to the hills
• Caught somewhere in time
• 2 minutes to midnight
• Different Worlds
• Sign of the cross
  

Limp Bizkit

Limp Bizkit is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. The band's original (and current) lineup consists of Fred Durst (lead vocals), Wes Borland (guitar), Sam Rivers (bass), John Otto (drums) and DJ Lethal.

Formed in 1995 in Jacksonville, the band achieved mainstream success with their second studio album, Significant Other, released in 1999. Their third studio album, Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water, released in 2000, continued the band's success. The album sold 1.05 million copies in its first week, making it the fastest-selling rock album ever, and breaking a record held for 7 years by Pearl Jam's Vs.

Following the departure of Wes Borland in 2001, Mike Smith was brought in as a replacement for the fourth studio album, Results May Vary, released in 2003. However, the album did not achieve the success of the previous two albums. Borland rejoined the band in 2005 for the release of an EP, The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) but departed again. He rejoined the band again in February 2009. With their original lineup, their first full-length album in seven years, Gold Cobra, is set for a 2010 release. Limp Bizkit have been nominated for three Grammy Awards in their career, and have won several other major awards. The band has sold an estimated 33 million albums worldwide.

Some of their gr8 songs are:

• Take a look around
• Break stuff
• My way
• Behind blue eyes
• Nookie
  

Poets of the Fall

Poets of the Fall (POTF) are an independent rock band from Helsinki, Finland, formed by Marko Saaresto and Oliver Tukiainen in 2003. The band currently consists of Marko "Mark" Saaresto, (lead vocals, songwriter), Olli Tukiainen (lead guitar), Markus "Captain" Kaarlonen (keyboards, production), Jani Snellman (bass guitar), Jaska Mäkinen (rhythm guitar, backing vocals) and Jari Salminen (drums, percussion).

Until now, the band released three studio albums which have all debuted at the top of the Finnish album chart and at least been certified gold by the Finnish IFPI. The fourth album, named Twilight Theater will be released on March 17 2010. The first single from the album, entitled Dreaming Wide Awake was released in Finland on February 3.

This band has a few good songs, namely
Lift
Carnival Of Rust
Diamond For Tears
Late Goodbye
Dreaming Wide Awake

Avenged Sevenfold

Avenged Sevenfold is an American rock band formed in Huntington Beach,California in 1999. They emerged with a metalcore sound in their first two albums,but later changed their style to a more hard rock approach with their mainstream album City Of Evil[2005].They have received much credit for their worldwide mainstream success and most notably were proclaimed as one of the leaders and key bands in the "New Wave Of American Heavy Metal" and were featured second on Ultimate Guitar's Top Ten Bands Of The Decade. The Band Comprises Of :-

M. Shadows-Lead Vocals

Synyster Gates-Lead Guitar,Backing Vocals

Zachy Vengeance-Rhythm Guitar,Backing Vocals

Johnny Christ-Bass

The Rev-Drums,Backing Vocals[Now Deceased]

The band is currently without a drummer due to the untimely passing of The Rev. Personally I'd say all of their songs are fantastic but a few very good ones are:-

Bat Country

Afterlife

Almost Easy

Lost

Dear God

Betrayed

Critical Acclaim

Beast and the Harlot

Blinded In Chains

Unholy Confessions

Scream

Seize The Day

Flash Of The Blade[Iron Maiden Cover]

Walk[Pantera Cover]

Tension

The Fight

Crossroads

Streets

M.I.A.

A Little Piece Of Heaven

Girls I Know

Chapter Four

Burn It Down

Kings Of Leon

Kings of Leon is an American rock band that formed in Nashville, Tennessee, United States in 1999, consisting of brothers Anthony Caleb Followill (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Ivan Nathan Followill (drums, percussion, backing vocals) and Michael Jared Followill (bass guitar, backing vocals), with their cousin Cameron Matthew Followill (lead guitar, backing vocals). Each member of the family group is known by his middle name (second given name) as opposed to his first given name.

The band's early music was an upbeat blend of southern rock and blues influences but the band has gradually expanded their sound to include a variety of genres and a more alternative rock or indie rock sound. Kings of Leon achieved initial success in the United Kingdom with nine Top 40 singles, two BRIT Awards in 2008, and all three of the band's albums at the time peaking in the top five of the UK Albums Chart. Their third album Because of the Times also reached the #1 spot. After the release of Only by the Night in September 2008 they finally achieved chart success in their native United States. The singles "Sex on Fire", "Use Somebody" and "Notion" all peaked at #1 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks. The album itself was their first ever platinum-selling album in the United States, was the best selling album in Australia of 2008, certified 8x Platinum and achieved 5x Platinum certification in the United Kingdom.

There best songs are:
Dusty
Genius
Use Somebody
Sex On Fire
Trunk

Breaking Benjamin

Breaking Benjamin is an American rock band from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, currently consisting of Benjamin Burnley, Aaron Fink, Mark Klepaski and Chad Szeliga. They have released four albums to date. Their music is most often classed as alternative rock.

Formed in 1998 by vocalist Benjamin Burnley and drummer Jeremy Hummel, Breaking Benjamin quickly garnered a strong local following in their home state of Pennsylvania. The band derived their name from an incident when Burnley was covering a Nirvana song during an open mic night at a club. He kicked the microphone stand over, breaking it. The person who owned the microphone came on stage and said, "I'd like to thank Benjamin for breaking my microphone."

This band has some amazing hits, a few of them are:
Home
Water
Diary Of Jane
Dear Agony
Forget It

Secondhand Serenade

Secondhand Serenade is an acoustic rock solo project fronted by vocalist and guitarist John Vesely. The solo project began in 2004. Vesely has released two studio albums to date under the name Secondhand Serenade, Awake in 2007 and A Twist in My Story in 2008. The debut album used multitrack recording to create the sound of a band using technology, while the second album took a different path, using a proper band and an orchestra to establish a more accomplished sound.

Secondhand Serenade is currently in the studio recording a new album for an upcoming release. On September 27, 2009,its was announced that their new album would most likely be released in January or February. The forthcoming album is tentatively being called "Partly Liars."

A few of there great songs are:
Broken
Awake
Its Not Over
End
Fall For You

Busted

Busted were a BRIT Award winning British pop band consisting of James Bourne, Charlie Simpson, and Matt Willis. They sold over three million albums worldwide, winning two BRIT Awards, Record of the Year and performing on several sellout arena tours.The band were launched in August 2002, making their first appearance on the cover of Smash Hits with the headline: "Meet Busted: They're Going to Be Bigger Than Rik Waller!", making it a first for any pop band to appear on the magazine's cover before releasing a single. Their debut single, "What I Go to School For", was finally released in September 2002, reaching number three in the UK charts. Their debut album was then released, initially charting only around the Top thirty and receiving mixed reviews from critics. The follow up, "Year 3000" which was written about James Bourne's obsession with the film Back to the Future then followed in January 2003, reaching number two in the UK chart. In April, their third single, "You Said No" finally reached number one. Guinness Hit Singles certified them as the first band to have their debut three singles enter the top three in an ascending order.

A few of there good songs are:
All The Way
You Said No
Crashed The Wedding
Sleeping With The Light On
What I go To School For

Keith Urban

Keith Lionel Urban (born October 26, 1967) is a New Zealand-born Australian country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban has released a total of eight studio albums (one of which was released only in the United Kingdom), as well as one album in The Ranch. He has charted more than fifteen singles on the U.S. country charts, including ten Number Ones. Urban plays acoustic and electric guitar, as well as ganjo, bass guitar, mandolin, piano, and bouzouk.

A few of his best songs are:

* But for the Grace of God
* Somebody Like You
* Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me
* You'll Think of Me
* Days Go By
* You're My Better Half
* Making Memories of Us
* Better Life
* Once in a Lifetime
* Stupid Boy
* I Told You So
* You Look Good in My Shirt
* Sweet Thing
* Kiss a Girl
* Only You Can Love Me This Way

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1995. Singer and guitarist Dave Grohl formed the group as a one-man project after the dissolution of his previous band, Nirvana, in 1994. Prior to the release of the band's eponymous debut album in 1995, Grohl drafted Nate Mendel as bassist, William Goldsmith as drummer, and Pat Smear as guitarist to complete the group. The band was small, young, and they began with performances in Portland, Oregon before gaining popularity. Goldsmith left during the recording of the group's second album, The Colour and the Shape (1997), and Smear's departure followed soon afterward. They were replaced by Taylor Hawkins and Franz Stahl, respectively, although Stahl left prior to the recording of the group's third album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999).

Chris Shiflett joined as the band's second guitarist after the completion of There Is Nothing Left to Lose. The band released its fourth album, One by One, in 2002. The group followed that release with the two-disc In Your Honor (2005), which was split between acoustic songs and harder-rocking material. Foo Fighters released its sixth album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, in 2007. Over the course of the band's existence, three of its albums have won Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album, and all six have been nominated for Grammys.

Discography

• Foo Fighters (1995)
• The Colour and the Shape (1997)
• There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999)
• One by One (2002)
• In Your Honor (2005)
• Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007)

A few food songs composed by them are:

• All my life
• The Pretender
• Learn to fly
• Times like these
• Walking after you
  

Westlife

Westlife is an Irish pop group formed on 3 July 1998. The group's original lineup comprised Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, Kian Egan, Nicky Byrne and Brian McFadden, who left in 2004. Though none of Westlife's members play an instrument full-time, Egan plays guitar on stage, and Byrne has been seen to play drums. Filan and Feehily sing lead vocals. - The group is the only act in UK history to have their first seven singles go straight to Number 1, and they have gone on to sell over 45 million records worldwide^[1] which includes their studio, single, video, and compilation albums.Inexplicably, despite the group's worldwide success, they've only had one U.S. hit on the Billboard Hot 100 charts: "Swear It Again," which made it to #20 in 2000.

Westlife were originally signed by Simon Cowell and are currently managed by Louis Walsh. In 2008, they were declared as Ireland's ninth-richest celebrities under 30 years old and 13th in general. They garnered 14 number one singles in the United Kingdom, the third-highest in UK history, tying with Cliff Richard and trailing behind only Elvis Presley and The Beatles. The group has also broken a few top records, including "Music artist with most consecutive number 1's in the UK" and the "Biggest selling arena act in the Wembley Arena".

Over years of their career, Westlife's music has evolved from teen pop to a pop sound, with an emphasis on ballads. Most of the group's hits have been composed by experienced songwriters, most notably Steve Mac and Wayne Hector.

Discography

• Westlife (1999)
• No. 1 Hits and Rare Tracks (2000)
• Coast to Coast (2000)
• World of Our Own (2001)
• Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (2002)
• Turnaround (2003)
• Allow Us to Be Frank (2004)
• Face to Face (2005)
• Released (2005)
• The Love Album (2006)
• Back Home (2007)
• Where We Are (2009)

A few gr8 songs written by the band are:

• World of our own
• Seasons in the sun
• Uptown Girl
• If i let you go
• Queen of my heart
• My love
• Hey Whatever
• What about now
  

Absolute Power- David Baldacci

As a way of discovering books that I would never find on my own, I asked a few friends for their recommendations. One friend suggested that I read something by David Baldacci.

Absolute Power grabbed my attention from the first few pages and the story kept me turning those pages. The characters, and more importantly, their interaction gave the story its depth. For me, its the classic story of good versus evil with its setting in a world of politcal intrigue and the power that comes with wealth.

The central character, Jack Graham, finds himself reluctantly caught up in that world. In the midst of deception and murder, he maintains both his loyalty and integrity. He's the everyman hero who is steadfast in his convictions and remains true to friends no matter what their background may be.

There are many plot twists and surprises as the story progresses. The only disappointment I felt, was that the storyline of some characters ended too abruptly. I wanted to know a little more of what happened to them. However, without question, I am eager to read more from this author.

The Day After Tomorrow - Allan Folsom

While cruising other people's book review pages on the Web, I found a review for this that intrigued me. So I popped over to the local library page and reserved the book on line. When the library notified me it was in and I picked it up, I had forgotten about it or the contents. I knew that someone somewhere had recommended it.

I picked up this thriller a couple days later and started reading; I was sucked in immediately. Paul Osborn is an orthopaedic doctor from California who had been in Geneva presenting a paper at an orthopaedic world convention. There he met Vera. After the convention, he followed her to her home in Paris.

The book opens with him sitting in a Parisian cafe when he spies a face he had not seen in almost 30 years. It is the face of the man who had killed his father when he was 10 years old. Immediately all his old feelings returned and he attacked the man. The waiters jump Osborn and the man gets away.

Detective Paddy McVey was known worldwide as being the best in his field. That is why, when seven headless bodies showed up across Europe, Interpol had him brought to England and France to investigate the bizarre murders. Each one of the bodies had the heads surgically removed very precisely by a medical expert.

Before returning to France, Osborn and Vera had spent a brief weekend in London. Osborn was then arrested for assault in Paris in the restaurant incident. McVey questions him. There is a possible connection between Osborn and some evidence in London (a bodyless head). McVey knows Osborn is hiding something.

Osborn decides to locate the man who killed his father and kill him. Osborn hires a private detective who is able to locate Karanak. So Osborn formulates his plan. What he doesn't realize is that Karanak is a professional. He is up against more than he realizes.

This barely introduces the book. This is a thriller of international intrigue and worldwide takeover. The characters are well defined. Clues are thrown out, but so are many misdirections. Innocent people die because they are in the wrong place. Others get pulled into the intrigue without being aware of what is happening. It's a page turner. Usually when I rate a book this high (A) I usually plan to read it again. I don't think I can this one. It will stay with me a long time.

Black Eyed Peas

Black Eyed Peas are a hip hop group that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1995. The group is composed of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Will.i.am and vocalists apl.de.ap, Taboo, and Fergie. Since their album Elephunk in 2003, the group's hip hop/dance-oriented style has sold an estimated 28 million albums worldwide and 31 million singles. They scored their first worldwide hit with "Where Is the Love?" in 2003, which topped over ten charts worldwide. Another single was the European hit "Shut Up".

Their next album Monkey Business was another worldwide hit, certified 3x Platinum in the U.S., spawning two hit singles "My Humps"and "Don't Phunk With My Heart". In 2009, the group is one of only eleven artists to have ever held the number 1 and 2 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time with their singles "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling", from the album The E.N.D., and the singles also topped the chart for an unprecedented 26 consecutive weeks in 2009. The album also includes singles such as "Meet Me Halfway", "Imma Be", and "Rock That Body".

Before Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am and apl.de.ap were in a group called The Atban Klann signed to Eazy E's Ruthless Records.

The Black Eyed Peas was ranked 12th at the Billboard's Decade-End Chart Artist of the Decade. They were ranked 7th in Hot 100 Artists of the Decade.

A few of there good songs are:
Pump It
I Gotta Feeling
Imma Be
Meet Me Halfway
Rock That Body

Avril Ramona Lavigne

Avril Lavigne was born on September 27, in Ontario (Belleville, to be precise), Canada. She achieved star status in her career as a singer. Although it is said that she moved to Manhattan at the age of 16, to start her debut album, the actual story is different. She came to Manhattan to participate in an All-Station Radio Contest. Her hit-single "Complicated", which is written by her, won her the chance to sing with the then sensation, Shania Twain. The listeners went ga-ga over the singer after listening to Complicated.

At the age of 18, she was finally signed by Arista Records Inc. to release her debut album "LET-GO". Arista not only gave her the freedom to write her songs but also encouraged her to go on with what she thought was right. In 2002, when her album Let-Go was released, singles like "Complicated" and "Skater boy" topped the International charts for almost 5 consecutive weeks. As a petite skater girl from a small town, Avril has shown she is independent, full of confidence and determination providing a good combination to earn herself a Break-Through. Complicated earned her 5 grammy nominations, MTV Music Awards, MTV Music European Awards, Video Music Awards and many more. Later in 2005, she came out with another BANG-ON album titled "UNDER MY SKIN" which included the hit-singles My Happy-Ending and Fall To pieces. Moving on with her singing career and passion for singing, She launched "THE BEST DAMN THING". This album of hers turned out to be the most awaited album of the year 2007. She always came up with something new and this time it was her single Girlfriend. The song made crazy fans for itself! So much that Avril announced her very first tour- THE BEST DAMN THING TOUR. She quoted- "I will leave no place around this world, undone with my concert".

She showed extreme talent in the genres of music in which not many female artists could turn out to be good at, namely, Pop Rock, Punk Rock, Rock and Grunge Pop. Her career reached the Zenith's height after she won (or was nominated for) the following awards:

* New artist in a Video (VMA) for Complicated.

* Let-Go, Best-Selling album of the year 2002.

*Favourite Female Singer at the 18th Annual Kid's Choice Awards.

* 3 Juno Awards- Fan Choice Award, Artist of the year and Pop-Album Of the year.

* #1 in Teen People's Hot Top 21 under 21 Poll.

The best part about her is that she writes about her life experiences. All her songs have feelings embedded in them. She was quoted saying "If you don't like me for who I am, then you don't like me for who I am and all you gonna get is WHO I AM! She is an ultimate singer with not just an amazin voice but also killer looks.

Zac Brown Band

Zac Brown Band is a Grammy Award-winning American country music band based in Atlanta, Georgia. The lineup consists of Zac Brown, (lead vocals, guitar), Jimmy De Martini (fiddle, vocals), John Driskell Hopkins (bass guitar, vocals), Coy Bowles (guitar, organ), Chris Fryar (drums) and Clay Cook (guitar, organ, mandolin, steel guitar, vocals). The band has toured throughout the United States, including a slot on the 2009 Bonnaroo Music Festival. It has also recorded four studio albums, and charted four singles on the Billboard country charts in the Number Ones "Chicken Fried" and "Toes", the #2 "Whatever It Is" and the Top 20 "Highway 20 Ride."

This is the newest band o the block and a few of their songs are nice. They include:
Toes
Whatever It Is
It's Not Ok
Free
Chicken Fry

Linkin Park.....The Best Band Ever!!!!!

Well.......wat shall i say about Linkin Park..........many will agree with me that it's beyond wordz(Positive sense!). Each and every album,every song,has lived up to the band's reputation for being one of the best,if not the best. From Hybrid Theory to Minutes to Midnight.......this band has never let us Rock lovers down.....

Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame in 2000 with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005. Its following studio album, Meteora, released in 2003, continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200’s album charts. It was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth greatest band of the music video era and the third best of the new millennium behind Oasis and Coldplay

Having adapted the nu metal and rap rock genres to a radio-friendly yet densely-layered style in Hybrid Theory and Meteora the band explored other genres in their next studio album, Minutes to Midnight, which was released in 2007. album topped the Billboard charts and had the third best debut week of any album that year. They have also collaborated with several other artists, most notably with rapper Jay-Z in their mashup album Collision Course, and many others on Reanimation. Linkin Park has sold over 50 million albums worldwide won two Grammy Awards.

The awe-inspiring band comprises of :
Mike Shinoda-rapper, songwriter, keyboardist, vocalist and rhythm guitarist-Fort Minor was all his doing.......cant imagine LP without him
Chester Bennington – vocals, rhythm guitar
Rob Bourdon – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Brad Delson – lead guitar, backing vocals
David "Phoenix" Farrell – bass guitar, backing vocals
Mr. Hahn – turntables, programming, samples, backing vocals

Their Blockbusting discography boasts of albums like:

• Hybrid Theory (2000) -The Best,The Best Simply THE BEST!
  
• Meteora (2003)
• Minutes to Midnight (2007)
• Collision Course
• Reanimation

Well.......its impossible to come out with a list of best LP songs, all of them are just toooooo good,but some of their songs i really really like were:

• In the End
• Runaway
• Forgotten
• Place for my head
• Somewhere i belong
• Numb
• Easier to run
• By Myself
• Lying from you
• Cure for the itch
• Points of authority
• One step closer
• What i've done
• Leave out all the rest
• Bleed it out
• Hands held high
• Shadow of the day
  
• New divide
• Numb Encore (with Jay Z)
  
• Enth E End

In truth,this list will go awn and awn and awn.............

I'd just like to say,LINKIN PARK ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Grammys

Here is the list of selected grammy winners.

Record Of The Year

Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist

Use Somebody
Kings Of Leon
Jacquire King & Angelo Petraglia, producers; Jacquire King, engineer/mixer
[RCA Records]

Album Of The Year
Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.

Fearless
Taylor Swift
Colbie Caillat, featured artist; Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift, producers; Chad Carlson, Nathan Chapman & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers; Hank Williams, mastering engineer
[Big Machine Records]

Song Of The Year
A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Track from: I Am... Sasha Fierce
[Music World Music / Columbia; Publishers: Songs of Peer/March 9th Publishing, 2082 Music/WB Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Tunes, Suga Wuga Music, B-Day Publishing/EMI April Music.]


Best New Artist
For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.

Zac Brown Band






Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

Halo
Beyoncé
Track from: I Am... Sasha Fierce
[Music World Music / Columbia]





Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

Make It Mine
Jason Mraz
Track from: We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
[Atlantic]




Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.

I Gotta Feeling
The Black Eyed Peas
Track from: The E.N.D.
[Interscope Records]




Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.

Lucky
Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
Track from: We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
[Atlantic]




Best Pop Vocal Album
For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.

The E.N.D.
The Black Eyed Peas
[Interscope Records]





Best Dance Recording
For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.

Poker Face
Lady Gaga
RedOne, producer; Robert Orton, RedOne & Dave Russell, mixers
Track from: The Fame
[Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherrytree]



Best Electronic/Dance Album
For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.

The Fame
Lady Gaga
[Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherrytree]





Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

Working On A Dream
Bruce Springsteen
Track from: Working On A Dream
[Columbia]




Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.

Use Somebody
Kings Of Leon
[RCA Records]




Best Hard Rock Performance
For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.

War Machine
AC/DC
Track from: Black Ice
[Columbia]




Best Metal Performance
For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.

Dissident Aggressor
Judas Priest
Track from: A Touch Of Evil - Live
[Epic]




Best Rock Instrumental Performance
For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only.

A Day In The Life
Jeff Beck
Track from: Performing This Week...Live At Ronnie Scott's
[Eagle Records]



Best Rock Song
A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see the Song Of The Year award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

Use Somebody
Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
[RCA Records; Publishers: Martha Street Music/Songs of Combustion Music/Music of Windswept, Followill Music/Songs of Combustion Music/Music of Windswept, McFearless Music/Bug Music, Coffee, Tea or Me Publishing/Bug Music.]

Best Rock Album
Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.

21st Century Breakdown
Green Day
[Reprise]





Best Alternative Music Album
Vocal or Instrumental.

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Phoenix
[Loyaute/Glassnote Records]





Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Beyoncé
Track from: I Am... Sasha Fierce
[Music World Music/Columbia]





Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

Pretty Wings
Maxwell
Track from: Blacksummers' Night
[Columbia]





Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.

Blame It
Jamie Foxx & T-Pain
[J Records]






Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.

At Last
Beyoncé
Track from: Cadillac Records Music From The Motion Picture
[Music World Music/Columbia]





Best Urban/Alternative Performance
For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.

Pearls
India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore
Track from: Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics
[Soulbird/Universal Republic]




Best R&B Song
A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see the Song Of The Year award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Track from: I Am... Sasha Fierce
[Music World Music / Columbia; Publishers: Songs of Peer/March 9th Publishing, 2082 Music/WB Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Tunes, Suga Wuga Music, B-Day Publishing/EMI April Music.]

Best R&B Album
For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.

Blacksummers' Night
Maxwell
[Columbia]






Best Contemporary R&B Album
For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.

I Am... Sasha Fierce
Beyoncé
[Music World Music / Columbia]






Best Rap Solo Performance
For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.

D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)
Jay-Z
[Roc Nation]





Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.

Crack A Bottle
Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
Track from: Relapse
[Aftermath/Interscope]



Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
For a Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.

Run This Town
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
[Roc Nation]

Best Rap Song
A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see the Song Of The Year award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

Run This Town
Jeff Bhasker, Shawn Carter, Robyn Fenty, Kanye West & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Athanasios Alatas, songwriter) (Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West)




Best Rap Album
For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.

Relapse
Eminem
[Aftermath/Interscope]





Best Female Country Vocal Performance
For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

White Horse
Taylor Swift
Track from: Fearless
[Big Machine Records]




Best Male Country Vocal Performance
For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

Sweet Thing
Keith Urban
Track from: Defying Gravity
[Capitol Records Nashville]




Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
For established duos or groups with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.

I Run To You
Lady Antebellum
Track from: Lady Antebellum
[Capitol Records Nashville]





Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.

I Told You So
Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis
[19/Arista Nashville]





Best Country Song
A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see the Song Of The Year award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

White Horse
Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
Track from: Fearless
[Big Machine Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music/Sony/ATV/Care Taker Music/ole]
Best Country Album
Vocal or Instrumental.

Fearless
Taylor Swift
[Big Machine Records]

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media Award to the Artist(s) and/or Producer(s) of a majority of the tracks on the album, or to the individual(s) actively responsible for the concept and musical direction and for the selection of artists, songs and producers, as applicable.

Slumdog Millionaire (Various Artists) A.R. Rahman, producer [N.E.E.T./Interscope Records]






Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media A Songwriter(s) award. For a song (melody & lyrics) written specifically for a motion picture, television or other visual media, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

Jai Ho (From Slumdog Millionaire) Gulzar, A.R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah, songwriters (A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash) Track from: Slumdog Millionaire - Music From The Motion Picture [N.E.E.T./Interscope Records; Publisher: KM Musiq.]