Loud is the fifth studio album by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna. It was first released on November 12, 2010. Recording sessions began in February 2010 and continued over a period of six months, concluding in August 2010. The album's lead single "Only Girl (In the World)" was released on September 10, 2010 as a digital download. "What's My Name?" is confirmed for release as the second single, while Rihanna has stated that current plans will see "S&M" released as the third single. In June 2010, it was revealed that Rihanna was planning to release her fifth studio album soon. Singers, songwriters and producers Taio Cruz, Alex da Kid, Sean Garrett, Ne-Yo, Rico Love, Timbaland, Shontelle, David Guetta, and Drake worked on the album. "I'm gonna miss the Rated R era too, but nothing compares to the album I just made," Rihanna said, adding, "I made sure not to let you down with my music. You guys are always defending me, so now you’ve got some great songs to justify it. I didn’t want to go backward and remake Good Girl Gone Bad. I wanted the next step in the evolution of Rihanna, and it’s perfect for us". In early September 2010, she announced that the album would be called, Loud saying that "get Loud everybody, get crazy, get excited, because I'm pumped. I'm just gonna be me, because that's what you guys love the most, and that's what makes me feel best. Just being normal, normal for me is Loud! Sassy, fun, flirty, energetic." While Rihanna was on set filming for the movie Battleship, she explained in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, "Loud is, the word, the name of the album definitely reflects the attitude of it, it’s really sassy and flirty and it grabs your attention and that’s why I enjoy it. It takes you through a really really interesting ride. So colorful the album.” The artwork of the album was revealed on September 28, 2010.

Peter Hernandez Jr.于1986年生于美国夏威夷，他的艺名Bruno Mars为人们熟知。Bruno Mars嗓音独特，凭借与B.o.B合作的出道单曲《Nothin’ On You》挤下了连续5个星期排名第一的蕾哈娜，在美国Billboard顺利拿下冠军。其他还有与Travis McCoy合作的Billionaire等。 Bruno Mars在美国夏威夷的威基基(Waikiki)岛上出生并长大，是父母的六个孩子中的一个，而父母分别是波多黎各和菲律宾人。他出生在一个音乐家庭，给了他多元化的Reggae，摇滚，嘻哈和R＆B等多种风格。在很小的时候，Bruno Mars就开始模仿和表演例如猫王、迈克尔杰克逊等很具影响力的艺术家的歌曲。1990年他四岁的时候被MidWeek杂志精选为“小猫王”，之后在1992年于拉斯维加斯的蜜月影片中扮演小猫王。 2003年，17岁的他于President Theodore Roosevelt高中毕业，之后搬到洛杉矶追求他自己的音乐生涯。在成为一个成功的歌手之前，Bruno Mars已是一位知名的音乐制作人，参与了Flo Rida去年红翻天的《Right Round》以及2010年世界杯主题曲《Wavin’ Flag》的写谱，还为 Maroon 5和Sean Kingston等歌手写歌或监制。在《Nothin’ On You》成功不久后，他就宣布在2010年5月11日推出自己的细碟《It’s Better If You Don’t Understand》，而个人首张专辑《Doo-Wops & Hooligans 》也在筹备当中，准备在今年10月5日发行。同时来自新专辑的首支单曲《Just The Way You Are》已经在2010年7月19日发行，此曲MV也在今年9月8日发行，在美国Billboard Hot 100单曲榜上榜9周后终于不负重望夺得了冠军。新专辑的二单《Liquor Store Blues》也在9月21日在iTunes Store开放下载。

Born This Way is the second studio album and third major release by American recording artist Lady Gaga. It was released on May 23, 2011 by Interscope Records as a follow up to her internationally successful, The Fame (2008) and the extended play The Fame Monster (2009). Born This Way is notably different from The Fame and The Fame Monster as it incorporates a broader range of elements of several musical genres such as opera, heavy metal, disco, and rock and roll, and fuses those elements with sounds of electropop and dance. The album also is heavily inspired by synthpop and electronic music from the 1980s and 90s. In the album, the central themes include those of religion, sexuality, and feminism. On the record, Gaga worked with several producers, including RedOne, the only hold over for her previous work. With Born This Way, Gaga took more control of her musical direction and the album composition. Production first took place in early 2010, with recording sessions for the album took place at various recording studios around the world. The title was revealed in September at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards after Gaga's win of the Video of the Year Award for "Bad Romance". Just a week before the album's scheduled release, the contents were leaked online, but were shortly removed due to copyright violations. Three singles and one promotional single were released for the album. "Born This Way", the lead single, topped the charts in over eighteen countries including the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. It would become the fastest selling single in iTunes history, having sold over 1 million copies within its first five days. "Judas" was the second single for Born This Way. The song peaked on the top ten in nineteen countries. "The Edge of Glory", originally released as one of two proposed promotional singles, was shortly made as the third single of the album. The song debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, and topped the charts in Brazil and South Korea. The promotional single for the album, "Hair", peaked at number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100 and chart on the musical charts in sixteen different countries. The album has been met with generally positive reception from contemporary critics, who complimented Gaga's vocals and the album's varying musical styles. However, the repetitive use of the word "Jesus", in addition to the employment of church bells and monk voices in many of the album's tracks including "Marry the Night," "Bloody Mary" and "Electric Chapel" have all resulted in negative reactions from some Christian societies, including those in Lebanon, where Born This Way was temporarily banned. Despite such strife, Born This Way topped the charts in twenty-three countries. It debuted atop the US Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 1.11 million copies. Over 430,000 of these sales were at a special price of US$ 0.99, which Amazon.com offered for two days during the album's first week of release.