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Kansas City, Kansas, United States (2006 – present)
Janelle Monáe is a U.S. singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, and performer.
Monáe was born Janelle Monáe Robinson on 1st December 1985 in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. She moved to New York to study theatre at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Her original plan was to pursue a career on Broadway, but she soon changed her mind and returned to music. After moving to Atlanta, Georgia in 2003, Monáe founded the Wondaland Arts Society with like-minded young artists, and made a couple of appearances on OutKast’s 2006 album Idlewild, where she is featured on the songs “Call the Law” and “In Your Dreams”.
By 2007, Monáe was ready to release her first solo work, titled Metropolis. It was originally conceived as a concept album in four parts, or suites, which were to be released through her website and mp3 download sites. After the release of the first part of the series, Metropolis Suite I of IV: The Chase in mid-2007, these plans were altered following her signing with Sean “Diddy” Combs’ label, Bad Boy Records, later in the year. The label gave an official and physical release to the first suite in August 2008, which was retitled Metropolis: The Chase Suite (Special Edition) and included two new tracks. The EP was generally well-received by critics, gaining Monáe a 2009 Grammy nomination in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance for her single “Many Moons”, festival appearances, and opening slots for the indie pop band of Montreal. Monáe also toured as the opening act for band No Doubt on their summer 2009 tour.
Monáe was born Janelle Monáe Robinson on 1st December 1985 in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. She moved to New York to study theatre at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Her original plan was to pursue a career on Broadway, but she soon changed her mind and returned to music. After moving to Atlanta, Georgia in 2003, Monáe founded the Wondaland Arts Society with like-minded young artists, and made a couple of appearances on OutKast’s 2006 album Idlewild, where she is featured on the songs “
Call the Law” and “In Your Dreams”.
By 2007, Monáe was ready to release her first solo work, titled Metropolis. It was originally conceived as a concept album in four parts, or suites, which were to be released through her website and mp3 download sites. After the release of the first part of the series, Metropolis Suite I of IV: The Chase in mid-2007, these plans were altered following her signing with Sean “Diddy” Combs’ label, Bad Boy Records, later in the year. The label gave an official and physical release to the first suite in August 2008, which was retitled Metropolis: The Chase Suite (Special Edition) and included two new tracks. The EP was generally well-received by critics, gaining Monáe a 2009 Grammy nomination in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance for her single “
Many Moons”, festival appearances, and opening slots for the indie pop band of Montreal. Monáe also toured as the opening act for band No Doubt on their summer 2009 tour.
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luizotaviorg wrote:
Say You'll Go >>> The rest!
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pabulous wrote:
Suite IV*
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jaquefilth wrote:
Cold war!! o/
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luke_guren wrote:
Janelle, please, we NEED Suite IIII
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luizbenttes wrote:
ESTAMOS ESPERANDO SEUS NOVOS ÁLBUNS JANELLE PFV PARE DE DEIXAR OS SEUS FÃS DOIDOS agredecido
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spazzinmekon wrote:
i absolutely adore her. <3 [2]
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Wild-style-Kyle wrote:
57821!!!!!!!!!!
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JulioFederer wrote:
baby Janelle, i need a new album ♥
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niqart wrote:
Я ее ОБОЖАЮ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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mixtapestatic wrote:
i absolutely adore her. <3
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Madrangue wrote:
And she doesn't even need that Illuminati stuff to be good.
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Madrangue wrote:
"I was very happy to see that Adele won #1 for the top artist on last.fm. I just wish I would of seen Janelle on the top 50. It makes me sad, because she deserves many more listeners. :c " Charts don't mean anything. Alexandra Stan was in Top 100, shows pretty well how people can have bad taste. It's all a matter of $$$ and airplay. I'm glad for Janelle because 243,952 listeners is a lot already, and she deserves them. Can't wait to hear the new albums.
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RockOnDudes wrote:
Oh Maker, Cold War, Locked Inside, Wondaland.... Great songs
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Psycicero wrote:
Quero mais músicas iguais a Oh Maker e Wondaland.
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TSupporter wrote:
"and bring grace to the strong make our legal stumble as it applies in the world" I love that part
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MarcelloJoseph wrote:
We need songs as Cold War!
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innerspeaker wrote:
Two new albums? 2012 is already a fucking damn good year.
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UnfortunatelyGr wrote:
Man, I'd buy those two new albums like, yesterday. Somebody tell me where Janelle's 'soul clock' is, so that I can set it off. :-p
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abimaael wrote:
<3
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oohricatila wrote:
Cold War ♥
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