Gay pianists: n you tell?

50 GREAT GAY MALE MIC ARTISTSFROM POP TO HIP-HOP, UNTRY TO UNRGROUND, THE MEN ARE MAKG WAV ON THE NTEMPORARY MIC SCENE.BY ERIC SHOREYFEBARY 10, 2015/12:46 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BRYAN BEDR/GETTY IMAG FOR ESPOLONBROOKLYN, NY - MARCH 27: RERDG ARTIST CAK DA KILLA PERFORMS DURG PRENTED BY ESPOLON AT HOE OF Y ON MARCH 27, 2018 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. (PHOTO BY BRYAN BEDR/GETTY IMAG FOR ESPOLON)BY ERIC SHOREYFEBARY 10, 2015 / 12:46 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"50 GREAT GAY MALE MIC ARTISTS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-02-10T17:46:53.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-02-10T17:46:53.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ERIC SHOREY","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2011, WE PILED A LIST OF THE TOP 50 GAY MALE MICIANS. BIG NAM LIKE ELTON JOHN, RUPL, THE VILLAGE PEOPLE, AND MICHAEL STIPE ROUND OUT THAT LLECTN OF WELL-KNOWN GAY MIC ARTISTS VAR GENR. WHILE OUR ORIGAL GAY MIC ARTIST LIST WAS EXTENSIVE, LIMED TO 50 MEANT WAS OBVLY PLETE. MANY BRILLIANT BUT LSER KNOWN TALENTS WERE LEFT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW, WE'RE UPDATG THAT ORIGAL EFFORT WH A NEW LIST, THIS ONE VERG NTEMPORARY GAY ARTISTS—UNRGROUND GEMS, NEWER SUPERSTARS ON THE SCENE AND SOME OLR GAY MICIANS FALLY GETTG THE REGNN THEY SERVE. MORE OF A TASTG MENU THAN A PLETE ARCHIVE, THIS GALLERY OF GAY MIC ARTISTS IS STILL BY NO MEANS PREHENSIVE, BUT CERTALY REPRENTS A GROUP OF TALENTED MEN TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCISSOR SISTERSSIMONE JOYNER/GETTY IMAGCHELMSFORD, ENGLAND - AUGUST 17: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) JAKE SHEARS PERFORMS LIVE ON STAGE DURG DAY ONE OF RIZE FTIVAL AT HYLANDS PARK ON AUGT 17, 2018 CHELMSFORD, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY SIMONE JOYNER/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIGH MP AND DIE ROCK BE WH JAKE SHEARS AND ANA MATRONIC'S BAND OF LARGELY QUEER MICIANS. THE GANG MIGHT BE BT KNOWN FOR THEIR SILLIER SONGS (“LET'S HAVE A KIKI” AND “FILTHY / GEO” E TO MD) BUT THEIR MORE NTEMPLATIVE SONGS ARE JT AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAZWELLUNIQUE NILE/GETTY IMAGWEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 04: RAPPER LE CAZWELL ATTENDS BEACH RTRANT AND BAR HOSTS "GLOW UP" OPENG IN CONJUNCTN WH PROJECT CONTRAST AT BEACH RTRANT AND BAR ON OCTOBER 4, 2018 WT HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY UNIQUE NILE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE PCHFORK “DISVERED” THE GAY RAPPERS LE1F, MYKKI BLAN, AND ZEBRA KATZ 2012, CAZWELL HAD RELEASED A HANDFUL OF HALF-SER HIP-HOP JAMS FOCG ON TOPICS RANGG OM GAY SEX TO HIS LOVE OF ICE CREAM. WH AN TERMABLE LIST OF PRODUCTN CREDS AND GUT VERS, CAZWELL HAS BEE THE FACTO CLUB KID RAP STAR, WORKG WH NIGHTLIFE LEGENDS AMANDA LEPORE AND PEACH, AMONG MANY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LE1FSTT DULSON/GETTY IMAGWEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - JUNE 11: SGER LE1F PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG LA PRI FTIVAL ON JUNE 11, 2016 WT HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY STT DULSON/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS BREAKTHROUGH GAY RAPPER TOOK THE INTER BY STORM WH HIS ULTRA SLICK SPEED-RAPPG VERSE ON “WUT”, ACPANIED BY A MPY VIO OF THE RAPPER VOGUG DOWN WH A MCLE-MAN A PIKACHU MASK. SCE THEN, HE'S RELEASED THREE MIXTAP, AN EP WH TERRIBLE RERDS, AND IS CURRENTLY WORKG ON A FULL-LENGTH ALBUM AS ONE OF THE ONLY GAY RAPPERS SIGNED TO A MASTREAM LABEL. ARTY, PROVOTIVE, AND POLILLY AWARE, LE1F'S BUT ALBUM WILL BE SURE TO SHATTER EXPECTATNS AND (HOPEFULLY) THE SAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILY HAILED AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY UNTRY SGER (SORRY TY HERNDON, YOU JT MISSED ), STEVE GRAND IS AS MUCH OF A YOUTUBE SENSATN AS HE IS A SGER. NOT THAT THAT'S A BAD THG, BUT WH ONLY A FEW SGL OUT, 'S HARD TO TELL IF THIS TER CELEBRY WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WH ALL THE SPECULATN. WH A SUPPOSED FULL ALBUM RELEASE G THIS YEAR, WE'RE AS PELLED AS OUT MAGAZE, WHO NAMED THE ARTIST ONE OF THEIR OUT100 OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DOUBLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE HALFWAY POT BETWEEN DIE ROCK AND BALLROOM HOE, DOUBLE DUCHS ARE NEW TO THE SCENE. ACCINTAL BEAR BUTED THEIR FIRST VIO THE BEGNG OF 2015—NOW THE BAND IS LOOKG FOR SOME CROWDFUNDG TO FISH OFF THEIR FIRST ALBUM. JT AS GOOD AS HELPG THE NEW PROMISG ARTISTS: 10% OF THE ALBUM'S PLEDG WILL GO TO LYRIC – QUEER YOUTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}M {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS NEO-CLASSIL ARTIST GOTHIC OPERATIC DRAMA TO EXPLORE RACE AND SEXUALY AMERIN CULTURE. WH HIS STRONG UNTER-TENOR VOLS, M LAMAR NTU THE QUEER TRADN OF KLS NOMI. LAMAR CLEARLY HAS THE BRAS TO BACK UP HIS TALENT AND WAS ENGAGED EXTEND NVERSATN WH FEMIST CULTURAL SCHOLAR BELL HOOKS. FUN FACT: HE'S ALSO LAVERNE COX'S TW BROTHER!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MATMOSMARIA JEFFERIS/REDFERNSLONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 07: M.C. (MART) SCHMIDT OF MATMOS PERFORMS AT OSLO ON JUNE 7, 2016 LONDON, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY MARIA JEFFERIS/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NAMED AFTER THE EVIL GOO BARBARELLA, THIS DUO (WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO BE A UPLE OUTSI OF THEIR MIL WORK) HAVE BEEN EQUENT LLABORATORS WH BJORK OM THE BEGNG OF HER SOLO REER, ALONGSI THEIR OWN PROLIFIC SEVEN-ALBUM DISGRAPHY. ELECTRONIC ARTISTS WILLG TO GET WEIRD, MATMOS FAMOLY MA BEATS OUT OF THE NOIS CREATED OM BBG EACH OTHER'S CLOTHG DURG A LIVE PERFORMANCE ON THE "VPERTE" WORLD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MART SORRONGUY (LIMP WRIST, LOS CDOS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AN IMPORTANT FIGUREHEAD THE QUEERRE PUNK MOVEMENT, MART SORRONGUY N AND WILL KICK YOUR ASS. DPE THE EFFEMATE NAME OF HIS MOST POPULAR STRAIGHT EDGE BAND, SORRONGUY'S BRAND OF HARDRE IS TIMIDATG, LOUD, AND ANGRY AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JONTé MOANGJUN SATO/WIREIMAGETOKYO, JAPAN - DECEMBER 17: JONTE MOANG ATTENDS THE NINA SKY CHRISTMAS CELEBRATN AT XEX NIHONBASHI ON DECEMBER 17, 2011 TOKYO, JAPAN. (PHOTO BY JUN SATO/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH BETTER KNOWN AS A CHOREOGRAPHER FOR BEYONCé, JONTé HAS RELEASED HIS FAIR SHARE OF MIXTAP AND POP SONGS. WH A SEEMGLY-ENDLS PARA OF HIGH-ENERGY TERNATNAL SHOWS, JONTé'S ENAVORS HIP-HOP AND POP ARE PURE FUN. NEVER ATTEMPT HIS HIGH KICKS THE SAFETY OF YOUR OWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANIEL NORIEGA (ADORE DELANO)STT DULSON/GETTY IMAGSANTA ANA, CA - OCTOBER 22: DRAG QUEEN AND PERSONALY ADORE DELANO OM THE TV SHOW RUPL'S DRAG RACE PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE BEACH GOTH FTIVAL AT THE OBSERVATORY ON OCTOBER 22, 2016 SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY STT DULSON/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RUPL'S DRAG RACEFAN FAVORE ADORE DELANO'S BUT ALBUM, TIL DEATH DO US PARTY, IS PROBABLY THE ONE OF THE FIRST ALBUMS PRODUCED BY A NTEMPORARY QUEEN WH REAL RAD POTENTIAL. SONGS LIKE "DTF" PLAY OFF TRAP MIC TROP WHILE THE MORE TIMATE TRACKS LIKE "I ADORE YOU" ARE SHOCKGLY POIGNANT. THIS CHOLA QUEEN IS SERVG MORE THAN JT MERMAID {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TROYE SIVANJOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR SPOTIFYLOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 18: TROYE SIVAN PERFORMS FOR HIS BIGGT FANS OM SPOTIFY AT A SPECIAL EVENT AT BALDW HILLS SCENIC OVERVIEW TO CELEBRATE HIS FORTHG ALBUM "BLOOM" ON JULY 18, 2018 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR SPOTIFY){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE STARTG OFF A REER AS A CHILD ACTOR AND YOUTUBER, TROYE SIVAN IS NOW STARTG TO BE TAKEN SERLY AS A MICIAN, AND RIGHTFULLY SO. WH A SGLE OM HIS FIRST EP, TRXYE, APPEARG ON THE SOUNDTRACK FOR THE FLT IN OUR STARS, SIVAN'S MIC IS BT PARED TO FELLOW OCEANIAN LOR. IN "HAPPY LTLE PILL," FOR EXAMPLE, ALLURG VOLS PAIRED PERFECTLY WH SUBDUED HIP-HOP BEATS AND AMBIENT ELECTRONIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FISCHERSPOONERNOEL VASQUEZ/GETTY IMAGHOLLYWOOD - JUNE 10: FISCHERSPOONER PERFORMS AT BILLABONG'S 4TH ANNUAL DIGN FOR HUMANY BENEF AT THE PARAMOUNT STUD LOT ON JUNE 10, 2010 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY NOEL VASQUEZ/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ORIGAL ART-STARS OF THE ELECTROCLASH SCENE, FISCHERSPOONER'S MIL ENAVORS STARTED MORE AS AMBIENT MIC TEND FOR EXPERIMENTAL FASHN SHOWS BUT LATER EVOLVED TO FULLY REALIZED HYPNOTIC KRAFTWERK-SPIRED PSYCHELIC SYNTH-POP. THREE ALBUMS LATER, THE DUO (MA UP OF CASEY SPOONER AND WARREN FISCHER) ARE NOW WORKG ON RELEASG LOOK BOOKS OF SOME OF THEIR MORE OUTRAGEO VISUAL STYLGS WHICH WERE CREATED NCURRENTLY WH THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MYKKI BLANSANTIAGO FELIPE/REDFERNSBERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 29: MYKKI BLAN PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE YO SISSY MIC FTIVAL AT POSTBAHNHOF ON JULY 29, 2016 BERL, GERMANY. (PHOTO BY SANTIAGO FELIPE/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE EVEN ARTIER END OF THE RAP SPECTM IS MYKKI BLAN, A PUNK PRCE(SS) THAT SERV DOPE LYRICS WH FERVENT TENSY. HER LIVE SHOWS REMBLE WATCHG A MON BEG EXORCISED PERFECT RHYMG UPLETS, STYLED BY COURTNEY LOVE OR KATHLEEN HANNAH. WH THREE MIXTAP, A HANDFUL OF EPS, AND AN ALBUM THE WORKS, MYKKI HAD TOURED THE GLOBE PENNTLY UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO, WHEN SHE WAS SIGNED TO K7 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANDY BUTLER (HERCUL AND LOVE AFFAIR){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FIGUREHEAD OF THE EVER-CHANGG PERFORMANCE TROUPE KNOWN AS HERCUL AND LOVE AFFAIR, ANDY BUTLER ISN'T SHY ABOUT SHARG HIS OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENC HIS MIC. CREATG SOME OF THE MOST POETIC DANCE MIC EDM HISTORY, BUTLER'S HOE MIC SENSIBILI HAVE GARNERED HIM CRIL ACCLAIM A HANDFUL OF GENR AND SUB-GENR. BUTLER HAS STARTED OFF 2015 BY RELEASG HIS FIRST SOLO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PERFUME GENIKIERAN FROST/REDFERNSDUBLIN, IRELAND - DECEMBER 02: MIKE HADREAS AKA PERFUME GENI PERFORMS LIVE AT THE TIVOLI THEATRE ON DECEMBER 2, 2017 DUBL, IRELAND. (PHOTO BY KIERAN FROST/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT TAK A LOT OF GUTS FOR A CISGENR MALE TO APPEAR ALL OF HIS MEDIA WH A FULL FACE OF NEW WAVE MAKE-UP, AND PERFUME GENI' ALBUMS (WHICH EXPLORE GENR AND SEXUALY WH NUANCE AND SENSIVY) MATCH HIS FASHN STATEMENTS WH BRAVADO. EQUAL PARTS'70S ROCK AND '80S POP, MIKE HADREAS' WORK IS BOTH SPIRG AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BIG DIPPER IS THICK, HAIRY, AND PLETELY UNASHAMED OF HIS BODY. AND WHY SHOULDN'T HE BE? WH UNRGROUND RAP SONGS ABOUT THE JOYS OF SEXUAL PROMISCUY, BIG DIPPER IS THE POSTER CHILD FOR BALTIMORE BEAR CULTURE. VEERG TOWARDS THE SILLY STEAD OF THE EXPRSIVE, DIPPER'S ASS-SHAKG PRODUCTN HAS MA HIM A NTEMPORARY CLUB KID {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU'VE HEARD A VOGUE TRACK THE PAST FEW YEARS, CHANC ARE MIKEQ HAD SOMETHG TO DO WH . MIKEQ IS AN CREDIBLY PROLIFIC PRODUCER AND DJ SPREADG THE SOUND OF THE BALLROOM AROUND THE WORLD AND WORKG WH HEAVY HTERS OF EDM LIKE DJ SLIK. HE IS ALSO THE FOUNR OF QWEEN BEAT, THE WORLD'S PREMIERE SOURCE OF BALLROOM MIC. DRAWG SPIRATN OM PARIS IS BURNG AND A RICH HISTORY OF HOE MIC, MIKEQ IS THE ABSOLUTE THORY ON UNRGROUND DANCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JB {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VIRAL VIO STAR JB DUBS ROSE TO FAME WHEN HIS JOKEY VIO FOR THE SONG “I HATE MY JOB” BEME AN INTER SENSATN. THE CLASSILLY TRAED BALLET DANCER LOOKS PRETTY GREAT A PAIR OF HEELS, AND HIS SOMETIM-SER SOMETIM-JOKEY DANCE MIC MATCH HIS SARTORIAL SENSIBILI. HIS BOYIEND ALSO HAPPENS TO BE MILK OF RUPL'S DRAG RACE SEASON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LARRY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FOUNR OF THE ELECTROCLASH MOVEMENT WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED FOR KICKG OFF ONE OF THE BIGGT TRENDS ELECTRONIC MIC AT THE BEGNG OF THE NEW LENNIUM. AN CREDIBLY TALENTED PRODUCER HIS OWN RIGHT, LARRY TEE IS STILL DITED TO MAKG MIC SPIRED BY SLEAZY SCI-FI AND '80S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SISSY NOBBYERIKA GOLDRG/WIREIMAGENEW ORLEANS BOUNCE ARTIST SISSY NOBBY PERFORMS DURG DAY 2 OF THE 2011 NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERAGE FTIVAL AT THE FAIR GROUNDS RACE COURSE ON APRIL 30, 2011 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. (PHOTO BY ERIKA GOLDRG/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH BIG FREEDIA UGHT THE EY OF PCHFORK AND FE, SISSY NOBBY IS ONE OF THE ORIGATORS OF NEW ORLEANS BOUNCE MIC THE WAKE OF HURRINE KATRA. EVER-RELEASG TAIL SHAKG SONGS WH HYPER-AGGRSIVE BEATS, NOBBY'S NTRIBUTNS TO THE HIP-HOP SUB-GENRE WERE AND ARE TLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAK DA KILLABRYAN BEDR/GETTY IMAG FOR ESPOLONBROOKLYN, NY - MARCH 27: RERDG ARTIST CAK DA KILLA PERFORMS DURG PRENTED BY ESPOLON AT HOE OF Y ON MARCH 27, 2018 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. (PHOTO BY BRYAN BEDR/GETTY IMAG FOR ESPOLON){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE KG OF CARRY, CAK DA KILLA'S NFECTNARY NICKNAME BELI REAL RAP HARDNS THAT SPANS THREE MIXTAP AND A REMIX ALBUM. ONE OF THE ONLY GAY ARTISTS TO STAND UP TO HOT97'S EBRO, CAK' SONGS RANGE OM PURE SEX TO DANCE FLOOR RHAPSODY. REFG TO SHY AWAY OM TOPICS LIKE GRDR HOOK-UPS AND BOYS ON THE DL, CAK IS SERVG A NEW KD OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAM SMHVCG/VCG VIA GETTY IMAGSHANGHAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 23: ENGLISH SGER SAM SMH PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG HIS 'THE THRILL OF IT ALL' WORLD TOUR 2018 AT MERCES-BENZ ARENA ON OCTOBER 23, 2018 SHANGHAI, CHA. (PHOTO BY VCG/VCG VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE UBIQUO SOULFUL CROONER SAM SMH IS PRENTLY DOMATG RAD-WAV ACROSS THE WORLD. AFTER WNG ARMFULS OF GRAMMYS FOR HIS EMOTNAL ALBUM IN THE LONELY HOUR, SMH HAS BEE THE FACTO MASTREAM VOICE OF LENNIAL GAYS, SPE OR PERHAPS BEE OF HIS SEXUAL NAïVETé AND ROMANTIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DJ KEOKIREBEC SAPP/WIREIMAGESUPERSTAR DJ KEOKI AT THE EMPIRE POLO FIELDS IND, CALIFORNIA (PHOTO BY REBEC SAPP/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE FEW SURVIVG MEMBERS OF THE LATE '80S AND EARLY '90S GENERATN OF CLUB KIDS TO NTUE PRODUCG MIC, KEOKI MAY HAVE STARTED OUT AS A TREND-STEALG MICHAEL ALIG PUBLICY PROJECT, BUT SCE HAS BEE A FULL-FLEDGED AND WILY-FOLLOWED TERNATNAL DJ. HIS UNIQUE BRAND OF HOE MIC IS NOW NSIRED A CLASSIC OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEV JZ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BALLROOM PERSONALY KEV JZ PRODIGY IS ONLY NOW BEGNG TO BE REGNIZED BY MIC JOURNALISTS FOR HIS LONG LIST OF NTRIBUTNS TO THE SCENE. HIS ENERGETIC BRAND OF VOL STYLGS IS NEVER WHOUT GROWLS, SCREAMS, ROLLED R'S, OBSCURE MOVIE QUOT, AND VASTATG MENTARY THE FORM OF TCHY RHYME SCHEM. WE WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE PRODIGY FEATURED ON MORE MASTREAM EDM THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GARY FLOYD (THE DICKS)GARY MILLER/FILMMAGICAUSTIN, TX - MARCH 18: MICIANS BRIAN MAGEE (L) AND GARY FLOYD OF "THE DICKS" PERFORM DURG THE 2009 SXSW MIC FTIVAL ON MARCH 18, 2009 AT, TEXAS. (PHOTO BY GARY MILLER/FILMMAGIC) *** LOL CAPTN ***{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GARY FLOYD WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MICIANS THE UNRGROUND PUNK WORLD TO OPENLY DISCS HIS SEXUALY. THE DICKS HAVE BEEN ACTIVE FOR A WHILE NOW, BUT MORS OF (ANOTHER) RNN TOUR ARE ALWAYS CIRCULATG. OPENLY SGG ABOUT LEFTIST POLICS CLUDG RADIL QUEER ACCEPTANCE, ANTI-SEXUAL VLENCE, AND SOCIALIST ENOMICS, THE DICKS PNEERED THE WAY FOR NTEMPORARY POLIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANK OCEANVISNHS#GP/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGMANCHESTER, ENGLAND - JUNE 11: FRANK OCEAN PERFORMS AT THE PARKLIFE FTIVAL 2017 AT HEATON PARK ON JUNE 11, 2017 MANCHTER, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY VISNHS#GP/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAG)){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OKAY, WE'RE CHEATG ON THIS ONE A B. FRANK OCEAN IS BI, NOT GAY, BUT HIS PRENCE AS AN LGBTQ ARTIST IS TOO IMPORTANT TO IGNORE. AS A MEMBER OF ODD FUTURE, OCEAN'S G OUT WAS SEEN AS A GROUNDBREAKG TRIUMPH FOR A MASTREAM ARTIST. HIS STYLISH AND HONT SOLO MIC PLIMENTS HIS TRAILBLAZG PERSONA. AND Y, WE WERE FELY ROOTG FOR HIM HIS FD AGAST CHRIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MICHAEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FORMER KG OF THE CLUB KIDS, MICHAEL ALIG'S RELEASE OM JAIL AFTER OVER A HAS HERALD THE PARTY PERSONALY'S NEW ERA OF MIC MAKG. ALREADY SIGNED TO ATSOUND MIC, ALIG'S LIGHTFULLY RETRO BRAND OF HOE WILL CERTALY HELP HIM SH ON HIS RABID FANBASE, WHICH HAS ONLY GROWN SCE HIS NFEMENT. WORD OF AN ALBUM DROPPG 2015 HAS LEAD TO WISPREAD SPECULATN OM TERNATNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ZEBRA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN MASTREAM EDM PRODUCER DIPLO DROPPED "IMA READ" 2012, HE PROBABLY DIDN'T EXPECT SUCH A BREAK OUT H. ALMOST UNAVOIDABLE EVERY GAY AND STRAIGHT DANCE CLUB AROUND THE WORLD, THE SONG END UP BEG FEATURED A RICK OWENS FASHN SHOW AND NTU TO BE THE MOST ADDICTIVE MIMALIST RAP SONG EVER CREATED. ETERNALLY FASHNABLE, ZEBRA KATZ NTU TO RELEASE HNTG ELECTRONIC MIC WH EQUALLY AS TRIGUG FASHN VIOS TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOEL GIBB (THE HIDN CAMERAS)CHRISTIE GOODW/REDFERNS VIA GETTY IMAGLONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 29: JOEL GIBB OF THE HIDN CAMERAS PERFORMS ON STAGE AT BH HALL ON JANUARY 29, 2014 LONDON, UNED KGDOM. (PHOTO BY CHRISTIE GOODW/REDFERNS VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONTUG THE TRADN OF QUEER NEW WAVE ARTISTS LIKE PETE BURNS OR MORRISSEY, THE HIDN CAMERAS (LED BY JOEL GIBB) MAKE AN TERTG BLEND OF MOODY SYNTH-POP AND ANTI-FOLK. JOKGLY LLG THEIR SONGS “GAY CHURCH FOLK MIC,” THEIR LIVE SHOWS ARE OF PARTICULAR NOTE FOR CLUDG GOGO DANCERS BALACLAVAS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO FULL CHOIRS AND STRG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIKE A POST-Y2K LEIGH BOWERY, HARD TON'S ONTMAN MAX HAS SOME SANE CLUB KID LOOKS TO MATCH THE DUO'S HYPNOTIC SYNTHPOP AND ENARG DIS-FALSETTO VOLS. DPE THEIR PSYCHELIC DIY ATHETIC, HARD TON'S MIC IS CREDIBLY CRISPLY PRODUCED. THE ACID-FED BASSLE ON "EARTHQUAKE" STILL GETS STUCK MY HEAD, FIVE YEARS AFTER S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROD THOMAS (BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT)ANDREW BENGE/REDFERNSMANCHESTER, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT PERFORMS AT O2 APOLLO MANCHTER ON FEBARY 8, 2018 MANCHTER, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY ANDREW BENGE/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROD THOMAS' ACCSIBLE BATN OF DIS, HOE, AND HEARTFELT POP HAS IMPRSED THE LEGENDARY ELTON JOHN, WH WHOM HE SANG A TCHY SGLE. EMOTNAL, EARNT, AND PERHAPS A LTLE B RNY, BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT (THE SGER'S REPETIVE STAGE NAME) HAS BEEN STEADILY RELEASG ALBUMS SCE 2009, WH BIGGER SUCCS THE U.K. THAN OVER ON THIS SI OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TYLER GLENN (NEON TRE)STT DULSON/GETTY IMAGIRVINE, CA - OCTOBER 14: SGER TYLER GLENN (L) OF THE BAND NEON TRE PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE JACK FM 13TH ANNUAL NCERT AT FIVEPOT AMPHHEATRE ON OCTOBER 14, 2018 IRVE, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY STT DULSON/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEOPLE ON THE SI-L OF ALT-ROCK CULTURE HAD BEEN SNARKG ABOUT TYLER GLENN (OF THE BAND NEON TRE) AND HIS ECCENTRIC SENSE OF FASHN LONG BEFORE HE HAD CID TO E OUT JT LAST YEAR. WH HIS BAND GAG FAME AFTER OPENG FOR THE KILLERS, THE GROUP HAD PLENTY OF MERCIAL AND CRIL SUCCS AS A STRAIGHT UP NEO-NEW-WAVE OUTF, ONLY TO FD A DIFFERENT SET OF VOTE AFTER THEIR LEAD SGER OPENED UP ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE AS A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHAD VACRO (A GREAT BIG WORLD)KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 08: MICIANS IAN AXEL (L) AND CHAD VACRO OF A GREAT BIG WORLD SPEAK ONSTAGE DURG THE THE 57TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS PREMIERE CEREMONY AT NOKIA THEATRE L.A. LIVE ON FEBARY 8, 2015 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MELODIC AND RELAXG, CHAD VACRO'S ROMANTIC FFEE-SHOP MIC HAS ATTRACTED TONS OF FANS. PAIRED WH PIANO PLAYER PARTNER IAN AXEL, VACRO'S SMOOTH VOLS CHARMED OVER GLEE AND ONE TREE HILL DIENC 2012. THE BAND HAS SCE MOVED ON TO BIGGER THGS, CLUDG THE BUT OF THEIR CRILLY WELL-RECEIVED FIRST ALBUM, IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEV AVIANCESANTIAGO FELIPE/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: KEV AVIANCE PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG WIGSTOCK 2018 AT PIER 17 ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2018 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY SANTIAGO FELIPE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEMBER OF THE LEGENDARY HOE OF AVIANCE, KEV HAS PROVID THE VOICE OF VOGUE CLASSICS LIKE “CUNTY” AND “D DA DA” WHICH BALLROOM DIVAS STILL PERFORM TO TODAY. MANY OF HIS SONGS HAVE REACHED NO. 1 ON THE BILLBOARD DANCE CHARTS. AS MUCH OF A NIGHTLIFE FIXTURE AS A MICIAN, KEV'S SEVERE AND STRIKG LOOKS ARE AS REGNIZABLE AS HIS CLUBLAND CLASSIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IVRI LIR (THE YOUNG PROFSNALS)GISELA SCHOBER/GETTY IMAGLEIPZIG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 31: SGER IVRI LIR DURG THE LEIPZIG OPERA BALL 2015 ( LEIPZIGER OPERNBALL ) ON OCTOBER 31, 2015 LEIPZIG, GERMANY. (PHOTO BY GISELA SCHOBER/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE OR BEE OF ISRAEL’S PLITED RELATNSHIP WH THE GLOBAL LGBTQ MUNY, IVRI LIR STANDS OUT AS AN IMPORTANT POP SGER. A MEMBER OF THE SYNTHPOP BAND THE YOUNG PROFSNALS (ALONGSI MTACHED DRAG QUEEN URIEL YEKUTIEL), LIR CURRENTLY RIS AS A JUDGE ON THE MIDDLE EASTERN ERATN OF X {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AARON COADY (SHARON NEEDL)BCE GLIKAS/BCE GLIKAS/FILMMAGICNEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 17: SHARON NEEDL PERFORMS "THE 2017 SHARON NEEDL HALLOWEEN SPECIAL" AT THE LRIE BEECHMAN THEATRE ON OCTOBER 17, 2017 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY BCE GLIKAS/BCE GLIKAS/FILMMAGIC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVERYDAY IS HALLOWEEN FOR THIS SCREAM QUEEN. WHILE MOST OF THE RUPL'S DRAG RACE ALUMNI PUT OUT A SGLE OR TWO, SHARON STEPPED HER GAME UP WH THE RELEASE OF HER FULL LENGTH ALBUM PG-13. SURPRISGLY POP-Y FOR THE PUNK PRCS, THE ALBUM'S BATN OF EMOTNAL PTH SONGS LIKE "I WISH I WERE AMANDA LEPORE" PAIRED NICELY WH JOKIER HORROR-THEMED SONGS LIKE "CALL ME ON THE OUIJI BOARD." HER NEXT ALBUM, TAXIRMY, IS SET TO DROP SOMETIME THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SETH BOGART (HUNX AND HIS PUNX){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ORIGALLY A VOLIST THE ELECTROCLASH BAND GRAVY TRA!!!!, SETH BOGART'S UNAPOLOGETILLY NASAL VOICE WOULD THEORETILLY NOT MAKE HIM THE IAL LEAD SGER OF A POST-MORN PUNK BAND. THAT BEG SAID, HUNX AND HIS PUNX HAS PRODUCED SOME OF THE TCHIT ROCK MIC THIS SI OF THE 21ST CENTURY. FOCG ON NOSTALGIA AND HEARTBREAK MORE THAN ANGER AND VLENCE, HUNX'S SONGS RANGE OM SCHTICKY AND ANGRY TO LOVELORN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE LE1F AND MYKKI BLAN BEME FASCATNS OF THE ART WORLD, RAPPER WILL SHERIDAN HAD BEEN RELEASG HARD HTG TRACKS AFTER RETIRG OM LLEGE BASKETBALL. COMBG HOE, HIP-HOP, AND AIN RHYTHMS, SHERIDAN IS STILL A STAPLE OF NEW YORK'S UNRGROUND NIGHTLIFE AND FASHN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEWER TO THE PUBLIC EYE, BIG MOMMA SHARED HIS OPNS ON THE GAY RAP SCENE WH LAST YEAR: “HIP HOP IS CHANGG, Y, WILL THERE FALLY BE ACCEPTANCE OF AN OPENLY GAY MALE RAPPER? WHO KNOWS? BUT I’M GONNA GET MY PIECE OF THE PIE REGARDLS.” INSPIRED BY GOTH CULTURE, PRO-WRTLG, AND LIL' KIM, BIG MOMMA'S AS MUCH OF A RAPPER AS HE IS A TE TRANSGRSIVE ARTIST, WH EASILY THE RNCHIT LYRICS AROUND. KEEP AN EYE OUT AS THIS RISG STAR DROPS H AFTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH ARY PRECISN, KAZAKY EXECUT PLITED DANCE NUMBERS THE HIGHT OF HIGH HEELS, ALL THE WHILE SHOWG OFF THEIR IMPECBLE WASHBOARD ABS. THEIR MIC IS AN IDSYNCRATIC KD OF EASTERN EUROPEAN DANCE-POP WH HALF-IRONIC SCI-FI SHAS OF THE EARLY 2000S ELECTROCLASH SCENE; ALL THEIR LYRICS LIVERED AN ALMOST EERIE ADPAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JAMIE STEWART (XIU XIU)JUAN NAHARRO GIMENEZ/REDFERNS VIA GETTY IMAGMADRID, SPAIN - MARCH 27: JAMIE STEWART OF XIU XIU PERFORMS ON STAGE AT TEATRO LARA ON MARCH 27, 2012 MADRID, SPA. (PHOTO BY JUAN NAHARRO GIMENEZ/REDFERNS VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FAVORABLY PARED TO ROBERT SMH, JAMIE STEWART'S LYRICS HAVE BEEN PRAISED FOR THEIR BATN OF POETICISM AND VLENCE. AN EXTRAPOLATN OF THE (POST-) PUNK LEGACY OF ARTISTS LIKE ANNIE LENNOX, DEVO, AND BHS, STEWART'S WORK WH THE ELECTRO-PUNK GENRE ARE MET WH ALMOST UNIVERSAL CRIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRADFORD COX (DEERHUNTER, ATLAS SOUND)FRANK HOENSCH/REDFERNSBERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 13: SGER BRADFORD COX OF THE AMERIN BAND DEERHUNTER PERFORMS LIVE ON STAGE DURG A NCERT AT THE FTSAAL KRZBERG ON JUNE 13, 2018 BERL, GERMANY. (PHOTO BY FRANK HOENSCH/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEERHUNTER SCRIB THEIR MIC AS “AMBIENT PUNK”, WHICH DON'T EXACTLY MAKE SENSE AS A GENRE. NOHELS, THEIR REPUTATN AS THE SAVANTS OF THE DIE ROCK WORLD SPEAKS FOR SELF. COX'S OWN SOLO WORK, UNR THE NAME ATLAS SOUND, VEERS EVEN MORE TOWARDS ARTY ELECTRONI, WHICH ABLETON LIVE A SORT OF EXTEND STREAM-OF-NSCNS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OWEN PALLETT (FAL FANTASY)XAVI TORRENT/WIREIMAGEBARCELONA, SPAIN - JUNE 19: OWEN PALLETT PERFORMS ON STAGE DURG DAY 2 OF SONAR MIC FTIVAL ON JUNE 19, 2015 BARCELONA, SPA. (PHOTO BY XAVI TORRENT/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VIO GAME ENTHIAST OWEN PALLETT DROPPED HIS JRPG SPIRED MONIKER A FEW YEARS AGO BUT HAS STUCK WH HIS BIZARRE TAKE ON EXPERIMENTAL ORCHTRAL MIC SPIRED BY THE TERSECTN OF TECHNOLOGY AND ART. MOST RECENTLY, PALLETT WAS NOMATED ALONGSI WILLIAM BUTLER FOR HIS WORK ON THE SRE OF HER, ALTHOUGH HIS EARLY MIC (WHICH SOMETIM DIRECTLY RIFFED ON VIO GAME THEM) REMAS SOME OF MY PERSONAL FAVOR OM THE ARTIST (SEE: “AN ARROW IN THE SI OF FAL FANTASY” PLAYG WH THE SUPER MAR WORLD OVER-WORLD THEME).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADAM LAMBERTETHAN MILLER/GETTY IMAGLAS VEGAS, NV - SEPTEMBER 01: SGER ADAM LAMBERT OF QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT PERFORMS AS THE GROUP KICKS OFF S 10-DATE LIMED ENGAGEMENT, "THE CROWN JEWELS," AT PARK THEATER AT PARK MGM ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2018 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. (PHOTO BY ETHAN MILLER/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CURRENT REIGNG CHAMPN OF FAY IENDLY GLAM-ROCK, ADAM LAMBERT IS, APPARENTLY, OUR GENERATN'S FREDDIE MERCURY. NO, REALLY, HE'S CURRENTLY TOURG WH THE ORIGAL MEMBERS OF QUEEN, PICKG UP WHERE THE CLASSIC ROCK LEGENDS LEFT OFF. IN FACT, SOME OF THE BAND ARE EVEN SAYG THEIR SUBSTUTE HAS BETTER PIP THAN THE ORIGAL GAY SUPERMAN, BUT THAT'S A BATE FOR ANOTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PANSY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANOTHER STAPLE BAND OF THE QUEERRE GENRE OF PUNK ROCK, PANSY DIVISN HAS BEEN MAKG ANGRY ROCK MIC SCE THE EARLY 90'S. ALTHOUGH THEIR LAST FULL-LENGTH ALBUM, THAT'S SO GAY, WAS RELEASED WAY BACK 2009, THE BAND NTU TO FY STEREOTYP ABOUT EFFETE GAY MEN AND THEIR WORSHIP OF POP DIVAS. MORE MELODIC THAN PHONO, PANSY DIVISN OCCUPI A UNIQUE PLACE PUNK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COMBG ROCK AND RAP A WAY THAT SOMEHOW AVOIDS PARISON TO LATE '90S SCHLOCK GROUPS LIKE LK PARK, STOSE'S SOCIAL JTICE-MD MIC DISCS POST-OCCUPY POLICS WH BOTH ANGER AND PASSN. CST PUNK ATHETICS MEET REAL SPTG SKILLS THIS UPG HIP-HOP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BIG FREEDIATIM MOSENFELR/WIREIMAGENEW ORLEANS, LA - APRIL 28: BIG FREEDIA PERFORMS DURG THE 2018 NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERAGE FTIVAL AT FAIR GROUNDS RACE COURSE ON APRIL 28, 2018 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. (PHOTO BY TIM MOSENFELR/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BIG FREEDIA'S ULTRA-REALNS UGHT THE EY OF PCHFORK, MAKG HER ALREADY HUGE PERSONALY EVEN BIGGER. HER GENRE-FG MIC HAS HER TOURG THE GLOBE, GETTG BOOTYS TO MOVE AROUND THE WORLD. THE QUEEN DIVA BUTED HER FIRST FULL-LENGTH, SAMPLE-EE ALBUM LAST YEAR TO FAVORABLE REVIEWS ACROSS THE BOARD. HER REALY TELEVISN SERI BROKE FE'S RATGS RERDS AND HAS ALREADY BEEN RENEWED FOR TWO MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RECENTLY PROFILED BY VICE, BOTTOMS ARE ON THE VERGE OF THEIR FIRST ALBUM BUT. DPE THE JOKEY CLAIMS THAT THEY ONLY FORMED A BAND TO GET MORE DICK, THEIR LYRICS ABOUT HIV AND BODY DYSMORPHIA SHOW THAT THEY'RE CLEARLY MORE THOUGHTFUL THAN THEY PRETEND TO BE. THEY MIGHT SCRIBE THEIR MIC AS "SHTY SH HOE MIC, BASILLY, FOR FAGGOTS" BUT THEIR BLEND OF DIE-DIS AND PUNK KEEPS THEM FAR AWAY OM TRADNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE FOREONT OF NTEMPORARY CLASSIL MIC, NI MUHLY IS THE WILY ACCLAIMED PHILLIP GLASS LLABORATOR WH HIS OWN IMPRSIVE DISGRAPHY OF CHORAL ARRANGEMENTS, OPERAS, MOVIE SR (CLUDG THE REAR AND KILL YOUR DARLGS), AND ENSEMBL. MUHLY'S BT KNOWN OPERA, TWO BOYS, TELLS THE NTROVERSIAL TE TALE OF A HOMOEROTIC ONLE IENDSHIP WHICH EVENTUALLY RULTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHAPMAN'S "GAY RAP SONG" MAY HAVE GONE VIRAL FOR ALG ANKLY WH THE STGGLE OF G OUT, BUT HIS PARTY TRACKS ARE JT AS STRONG. WORKG WH EDM MEGA-TALENT SAT, CHAPMAN'S SONGS BOUNCE BETWEEN BEG NFSNAL AND CLUB BANGG WH EASE. DON'T LET THE PARISONS TO MACKLEMORE OR EMEM FOOL YOU, CHAPMAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
TOP 50 GAY MALE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAVIS MALLORYFEBARY 7, 2011/10:00 AMBY DAVIS MALLORYFEBARY 7, 2011 / 10:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TOP 50 GAY MALE MICIANS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-02-07T15:00:22.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-02-07T15:00:22.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAVIS MALLORY","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE DAYS, WH MORE AND MORE PUBLIC FIGUR G FORWARD ABOUT THEIR SEXUALY, WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME THAT WE HERE AT PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF THE MOST FLUENTIAL AND TRIGUG OPENLY GAY AND BISEXUAL MALE MICIANS OF THE PAST CENTURY. COMPILG A LIST LIKE THIS WAS NO SMALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE WE’VE LIMED THIS TO ONLY 50 MICIANS, THE NUMBER OF OPENLY GAY ARTISTS FAR SURPASS THAT NUMBER, AND WE’RE SURE YOU WILL LIKELY SPOT AN ARTIST NEAR AND AR TO YOUR HEART THAT WE LEFT OUT. TST THAT WAS NOT DONE MALICE. WE SIMPLY TRIED TO ASSEMBLE A LIST OF THOSE ARTISTS WE FEEL HAVE BEEN BOTH SUCCSFUL THEIR REERS WHILE ALSO RAISG AWARENS TOWARD GAY RIGHTS ISSU AND GIVG BACK TO THE MUNY WHICH THEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE ALSO CID TO LE OUT THOSE ARTISTS WHOSE SEXUALY WAS OFTEN MORED TO BE GAY, BUT HAVE NEVER BEEN NFIRMED BY THE ARTISTS THEMSELV, TAKE MORRISSEY OR LIBERACE FOR EXAMPLE. WE ALSO CID TO OM THOSE MICIANS WHO APPEARED TO FLIRT WH BEG BISEXUAL, BUT ULTIMATELY SEEM TO NSIR THEMSELV STRAIGHT, SUCH AS DAVID BOWIE, OR MICIANS WHO HAVE TALKED VAGUE GENERALI ABOUT BISEXUALY BUT AGA ULTIMATELY SEEM CLEARLY HETEROSEXUAL, SUCH AS GREEN DAY ONT MAN BILLIE JOE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO HERE WE ARE WH A LIST HONORG THOSE OUT AND PROUD MEN WHO HAVE PAVED THE WAY FOR MANY OTHERS LIKE THEM AND MANY MORE WHO WILL SURELY E. THE MEN HAVE BEEN A POSIVE FLUENCE FOR GLBT YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD, AND BY THEIR HONTY THEY HAVE HELPED SHAPE THE CURRENT CLIMATE AND ACCEPTABILY FOR BEG AN OPENLY GAY MALE ARTIST TODAY’S MIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ARE ARTISTS WHO RISKED THEIR REERS TO BE TE TO THEIR SEXUALY, AND WHO MAKE PROUD TO BE THE GAY AND BI MEN THAT WE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}50. TIZIANO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ITALIAN POP SGER TIZIANO FERRO GOT HIS START LIKE NUMERO AMERIN IDOL FALISTS THE DAYS BY PARTICIPATG A TALENT SHOW - THE SANREMO MIC FTIVAL 1998. WHILE FERRO DID NOT W THE PETN, HE DID MAKE TO THE 12 FALISTS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY HE UGHT THE ATTENTN OF TWO PRODUCERS THE DIENCE – ALBERTO SALERNO AND MARA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOGETHER THEY WORKED ON FERRO’S BUT ALBUM ROSSO RELATIVO, RELEASED 2001. FERRO’S SONG “UNIVERSAL PRAYER” WAS ED AT THE 2004 OLYMPIC GAM ATHENS, GREECE, AND HE HAS SCE GONE ON TO SELL OVER 8 LN ALBUMS WORLDWI, PART BEE FERRO IS FLUENT SPANISH AND RELEAS SPANISH VERSNS OF HIS ITALIAN ALBUMS. RECENTLY FERRO MA HEADL WHEN HE CHOSE TO E OUT TO ITALIAN VANY FAIR MAGAZE ON OCTOBER 5, 2010, STATG “I WANT TO FALL LOVE WH A MAN.” FERRO IS OUR MOST RECENTLY OUT GAY MALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}49. COLTON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BORN GLENN SOIAN, COLTON FORD FIRST ROSE TO PROMENCE AS A GAY ADULT FILM STAR OM 2001-2002 WH 11 FILMS TO DATE, MANY OF WHICH I’M SURE YOU’VE ALREADY SEEN. INTERTGLY ENOUGH, BEFORE FORD’S TIME THE MOVIE DTRY, HE BEGAN HIS REER AS A BACK-UP SGER FOR THE LIK OF SALT ‘N PEPA, CHAKA KHAN, AND VANSA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORD WALKED AWAY OM THE ADULT FILM DTRY 2002 TO REFOC HIS REER ON MIC, GENERATG A STRG OF CLUB/DANCE HS CLUDG “EVERYTHG” AND “THAT’S ME” ON WHICH HE LLABORATED WH CAZWELL. HIS VER OF STEVIE WONR’S “SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I’M YOURS” PEAKED AT NO. 9 ON THE HOT DANCE CLUB PLAY CHART WHILE HIS BUT ALBUM TUG OF WAR WAS RELEASED 2008. IN THE SAME YEAR HE PARTICIPATED THE TE COLORS TOUR ALONGSI CYNDI LPER, THE INDIGO GIRLS AND JOAN JETT. FORD APPEARS THE MIC VIO FOR LPER’S 2008 SGLE “INTO THE NIGHTLIFE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORD’S SEND ALBUM UNR THE COVERS FEATUR HIS VERSNS OF TRACKS OM ARTISTS LIKE BRNEY SPEARS’ “TROUBLE” AND ROBYN’S “WH EVERY HEARTBEAT.” SO WHAT KD OF MAN IS SOMEONE LIKE COLTON FORD TO? HE SAYS HE LIK “A MAN WHO N BE VULNERABLE, SHARE HIS SECURI, BE THE MOMENT AND BE VERY HONT AND THENTIC. THAT SPEAKS TO ME MORE THAN ANYTHG. THAT’S A REALLY, REALLY HOT QUALY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}48. JAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TEXAS BORN BRANNAN HAS BEEN PARED TO RUF WAWRIGHT FOR HIS OPENNS AS A GAY ARTIST, AND HAS BEEN PARED TO ANI DIFRAN AND JONI MCHELL FOR HIS CRAFTS WH SONGWRG, POSSSG THE QUALI OF AN “ANGRY, SAD WOMAN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2002, AFTER JT ONE SEMTER OF LLEGE OH, BRANNAN SET OUT FOR NEW YORK CY HOPG TO BREAK TO THE ENTERTAMENT DTRY. HE QUICKLY LAND A ROLE THE FILM SHORTB AND GOT THE CHANCE TO ADD HIS OWN SONG “SODA SHOP” TO THE MOVIE’S SOUNDTRACK. BRANNAN’S MIC REER SOON TOOK OFF AS HE UTILIZED MYSPACE, YOUTUBE AND BLOGSPOT TO ROUTELY UPLOAD SELF-MA MIC VIOS. HE SOON VELOPED A LOYAL FAN BASE AND 2008, BRANNAN RELEASED HIS BUT ALBUM GODDAMNED AND FOLLOWED UP WH AN ALBUM OF VER SONGS IN LIVG COLOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}47. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JORDANIAN-AMERIN LOS ANGEL-BASED SGER-SONGWRER, FERRAS GREW UP A SMALL TOWN ILLOIS WHERE HE NEVER FELT LIKE HE REALLY F . AFTER HIS PARENTS DIVORCED, HIS FATHER KIDNAPPED HIM AND BROUGHT HIM TO JORDAN, WHERE HE BEGAN PLAYG A CAS KEYBOARD AND BEGAN WRG HIS OWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FERRAS’ FIRST ALBUM, ALIENS AND RABOWS FEATURED THE SONG “HOLLYWOOD’S NOT AMERI,” WHICH WAS ED AS THE EX SONG FOR SEASON SEVEN OF AMERIN IDOL. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE HAS SCE -WRTEN SEVERAL SONGS FOR ARTISTS CLUDG ADAM LAMBERT AND THE VERONIS, AND IS CURRENTLY WORKG ON HIS NEXT ALBUM WHICH HE HOP TO RELEASE 2011. (IT IS CURRENTLY POST-PRODUCTN.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH HIS SMOOTH, SWEET VOICE AND HIS CREDIBLE SONGWRG ABILY, FERRAS IS CERTALY A TALENT TO WATCH. AND WHAT DO OPENLY GAY FERRAS LOOK FOR A MATE? “A SENSE OF HUMOR. AND A GREAT ASS”.{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}46. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MASSACHETTS-BORN LE CASWELL, AKA CAZWELL, HAS BEEN PRAISED AT THE GAY MAN’S EMEM AND IS A PERSONAL FAVORE OF SIR ELTON JOHN. BT KNOWN FOR HIS GAY AND BISEXUAL-THEMED LYRICS, AS WELL AS HIS SEXUAL VIOS WHICH OFTEN FEATURE MEOS BY NEW YORK-BASED TRANSSEXUAL IN AMANDA LEPORE, CAZWELL’S FLUENC RANGE OM THE NOTOR B.I.G. TO THE BEASTIE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS BUT ALBUM, GET INTO IT, WAS RELEASED 2006 AND THE MIC VIO FOR THE LEAD SGLE “ALL OVER YOUR FACE” TURNED OUT TO BE TOO NTROVERSIAL TO BE AIRED ON LOGO DUE TO THE EXPLIC LYRICS AND SEXUAL THEM. DURG 2007 CAZWELL TOURED ALONGSI CYNDI LPER, RUF WAWRIGHT, THE INDIGO GIRLS AND OTHER SPECIAL GUTS ON THE TE COLORS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VIO FOR CAZWELL’S IL SGLE “I SEEN BEYONCE AT BURGER KG” WENT VIRAL 2008 AND 2010 CAZWELL RELEASED THE VIO FOR “ICE CREAM TCK”, WHICH THE ADVOTE LLED “THE SUMMER’S RNCHIT MIC VIO.” FEATURG A PACK OF HALF-NAKED CHISELED GO GO BOYS, ’S NO SURPRISE THE VIO GAED OVER ONE LN VIEWS S FIRST WEEK. IT SEEMS CAZWELL CERTALY KNOWS WHAT GAY MEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}45. OWEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU’RE A FAN OF ANDREW BIRD, BEIT, OR AR FIRE, THEN YOU’RE LIKELY FAIAR WH CANADIAN POSER, VLIST, KEYBOARDIST AND VOLIST OWEN PALLETT. PALLETT -WROTE THE STRGS ARRANGEMENTS FOR AR FIRE’S ALBUMS FUNERAL, NEON BIBLE AND THE SUBURBS. HE BEGAN HIS MIC REER UNR THE ALIAS “FAL FANTASY,” A NAME HE CREATED DUE TO HIS AFFY FOR THE JAPANE VIOGAME SERI OF THE SAME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PALLET’S PENCHANT FOR HUMORO ALBUM TL RULTED THE UNFETTABLE NAME OF HIS SEND ALBUM, HE POOS CLOUDS, WHICH WENT ON TO W CANADA’S POLARIS MIC PRIZE 2006. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT PALLETT’S REER BEGAN TO REALLY TAKE OFF, AND HE HIRED HIS BOYIEND PATRICK BORJAL AS HIS MANAGER AND THEY FORMED THE APTLY TLED PANY BOYIEND MANAGEMENT. IN 2009, PALLETT RETIRED THE E OF HIS BAND NAME FAL FANTASY AND RELEASED HIS CRILLY ACCLAIMED ALBUM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}44. PATRICK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ENGLISH SGER-SONGWRER PATRICK WOLF IS KNOWN FOR BG CLASSIL STMENTS SUCH AS THE PIANO, VLA, AND ULELE WH ELECTRONIC TECHNO-POP BEATS. WOLF’S ALBUM WD THE WIR GAED HIM NSIRABLE DIE MIC RPECT AND HE BEGAN PERFORMG WH THE LIK OF OWEN PALLETT, THE HIDN CAMERAS, AND AR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS THIRD ALBUM MAGIC POSN IS WHEN HE BEGAN TO SEE TE MERCIAL SUCCS AND EMBARKED ON A TOUR OF NORTH AMERI, EUROPE, JAPAN AND ATRALIA. THE OPENLY BISEXUAL WOLF SPARKED NTROVERSY AROUND HIS SEXUALY DURG AN TERVIEW WH THE LONDON PAPER WHEN HE STATED “IN THE SAME WAY I DON’T KNOW IF MY SIXTH ALBUM IS GOG TO BE A ATH-METAL RERD OR CHILDREN’S POP, I DON’T KNOW WHETHER I’M STED TO LIVE MY LIFE WH A HORSE, A WOMAN OR A MAN.” HE HAS BEEN A LONG-TERM RELATNSHIP WH A MAN NAMED WILLIAM SCE AUGT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}43. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YANIS SAHRAOUL, AKA SLIIMY, IS OF MOROCN-ALGERIAN SCENT AND A NATIVE OF FRANCE. THE FORMER TEENAGE CHOIRBOY WH AN UNDYG VOTN TO LILY ALLEN AND AN UNNNY REMBLANCE TO PRCE, RELEASED HIS BUT ALBUM PAT YOUR FACE 2009. THE ALBUM QUICKLY CLIMBED TO NO. 2 ON THE FRANCE ALBUM CHARTS, BUT WAS HIS VER OF BRNEY SPEARS’ “WOMANIZER” THAT BROUGHT HIM AMERIN ATTENTN. (KATY PERRY AND LADY GAGA BOTH TWEETED HIS VIO).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CELEBRY BLOGGER PEREZ HILTON SIGNED HIM AS THE BUT ARTIST FOR HILTON’S PEREZC MIC LABEL. JT THREE DAYS BEFORE THE RELEASE OF HIS ALBUM, SLIIMY BOLDLY ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS GAY. “I DON’T HAVE ANY PROBLEM SAYG THAT I’M GAY. I EMBRACE AND DON’T WANT TO HI .”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}42. STEPH MERRT (THE MAGIC FIELDS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOSTON-BORN SGER/SONGWRER AND MULTI-STMENTALIST STEPH MERRT IS BT KNOWN AS THE LEAD SGER OF THE SYNTHPOP, FOLK GROUP THE MAGIC FIELDS. KNOWN FOR HIS UNTRAED AND DISTCT BARONE VOICE, MERRT HAS BEEN DUBBED “THE MOST MISERABLE MAN ROCK” DUE TO HIS BTER, IRONIC, AND OFTEN HUMORO TAKE ON LOVE. KNOWN MIC CIRCL AS A “GAY SYNTH-POP” GROUP, THE MAGIC FIELDS NSIST OF ONE GAY MALE ARTIST (MERRT), ONE LBIAN (CLDIA GONSON), ONE STRAIGHT FEMALE (SAN AMWAY, WHO IS NO LONGER WH THE GROUP), AND TWO STRAIGHT MAL (SAM DAVOL AND JOHN WOO).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEIR BT-KNOWN WORK IS THEIR THREE-VOLUME NCEPT ALBUM 69 LOVE SONGS, VOTED ALBUM OF THE YEAR BY THE VILLAGE VOICE. THEY ARE ALSO KNOWN FOR THEIR WI RANGE OF STMENTATN CLUDG THE ACRDN, BANJO, CELLO, FLUTE, MANDOL, ULELE, AND XYLOPHONE. MERR’S LYRICS OFTEN AL WH HIS SEXUALY AS EVINCED BY HIS TRACK “WHEN MY BOY WALKS DOWN THE STREET” FEATURG THE LYRICS “AMAZG, HE’S A WHOLE NEW FORM OF LIFE, BLUE EY BLAZG, AND HE’S GOG TO BE MY WIFE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}41. JT TRANTER (SEMI PREC WEAPONS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT TRANTER IS MOST FAMO FOR HIS ROLE AS THE LEAD SGER OF THE NEW YORK-BASED GLAM ROCK BAND SEMI PREC WEAPONS. RAISED LAKE ZURICH, ILLOIS, TRANTER STUDIED AT THE CHIGO AMY FOR THE ARTS AND AT THE BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MIC BOSTON, GRADUATG WH A GREE SONGWRG. IN 2006, TRANTER, ALONG WH FELLOW BERKLEE GRADUAT, STEVY PYNE, COLE WHTLE AND DEAN CREAN, FORMED SEMI PREC WEAPONS. TRANTER ALSO VELOPED A JEWELRY LE LLED “FETTY” THAT IS SOLD AT BARNEYS, URBAN OUTFTERS AND HOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FUND BY THE SAL OF HIS JEWELRY LE, TRANTER RERD AND RELEASED THE FIRST SPW ALBUM WE LOVE YOU 2008 WH THE STANDOUT SGLE “MAGIC BABY” AND THE GROUP WAS SIGNED TO INTERSPE RERDS THE NEXT YEAR. TRANTER IS A CLOSE IEND TO LADY GAGA, AND SPW MA A MEO HER “TELEPHONE” MIC VIO AND HAS BEEN A RECURRG OPENG ACT ON HER MONSTER BALL TOUR. OPENLY GAY, TRANTER ME OUT AT 14 AND FAMOLY STATED AN TERVIEW WH : “IF THEY AREN'T GOG TO GIVE ME AND THE RT OF THE HOMOS EQUAL RIGHTS THEN I DON'T WANT TO PAY EQUAL TAX”.{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}40. RAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BORN MUNCIE, INDIANA, RAY BOLTZ IS AN AWARD-WNG NTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN SGER/SONGWRER. BOLTZ’S REER CHRISTIAN MIC TOOK OFF WHEN HIS SONG “THANK YOU” RECEIVED THE SONG OF THE YEAR AWARD AT THE 1990 GMA DOVE AWARDS AND HE HAS SCE GONE ON TO SELL OVER 4.5 LN RERDS. BOLTZ WAS MARRIED TO HIS WIFE CAROL FOR OVER 30 YEARS BEFORE G OUT 2008 THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF THE WASHGTON BLA. IN THE TERVIEW, BOLTZ STATED: "IF THIS IS THE WAY GOD MA ME, THEN THIS IS THE WAY I'M GOG TO LIVE. IT'S NOT LIKE GOD MA ME THIS WAY AND HE'LL SEND ME TO HELL IF I AM WHO HE CREATED ME TO BE — I REALLY FEEL CLOSER TO GOD BEE I NO LONGER HATE MYSELF."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE THEN HE HAS NTUED TO PERFORM AT SEVERAL CHURCH OM THE GAY-AFFIRMG CHRISTIAN NOMATN METROPOLAN COMMUNY CHURCH. IN 2010, HE RELEASED THE ALBUM TE WH THE SONGS “DON’T TELL ME WHO TO LOVE,” ALG WH SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, AND “WHO WOULD J LOVE,” A SONG ABOUT RENCILG HIS SEXUALY AND HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}39. JOE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOE MCELRRY GAED REGNN AS THE WNER OF THE SIXTH SEASON OF UK’S THE X FACTOR 2009. MCELRRY FIRST DNED FOR THE X FACTOR 2007 BUT OPTED TO WALK AWAY OM THE PETN BEE HE FELT HE WAS TOO YOUNG PARED TO THE OTHER NTTANTS. IN 2009, HE AGA CID TO DN FOR THE SHOW AND WOUND UP WNG WH HIS VER OF MILEY CYS’S “THE CLIMB.” HIS VER OF CYS’S SONG WENT ON TO REACH NO. 1 ON BOTH THE UK AND IRELAND’S SGLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCELRRY’S PRIZE AS WNER OF THE X FACTOR WAS A RERDG NTRACT WH SIMON COWELL’S SY RERD LABEL WORTH AN TIMATED £1 LN. MCELRRY WAS ALSO FEATURED ON THE CHARY SGL OF R.E.M.’S “EVERYBODY HURTS” FOR THE 2010 HAIAN EARTHQUAKE AND JULY 2010, MCELRRY POSTED ON HIS OFFICIAL WEBSE THAT HE IS GAY AND GAVE AN TERVIEW TO THE UK’S DAILY MAIL WHICH HE CLARED “I’M REALLY HAPPY, I NOW KNOW WHO I AM…. I’VE HAD TIME TO THK ABOUT THGS. I WASN’T ATTRACTED TO ANYONE ANYWAY, MALE OR FEMALE. IT NEVER REALLY ENTERED MY HEAD I WAS GAY. BUT I JT KNOW. IT’S HOW I FEEL.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE RELEASE PARTY FOR HIS BUT ALBUM WI AWAKE WAS HELD AT LONDON’S FAMO CLUB G-A-Y ON OCTOBER 23, 2010 AND THE TRACK “SOMEONE WAKE ME UP” IS FEATURED ON THE SOUNDTRACK FOR DISNEY’S THE CHRONICL OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}38. MATT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SON OF FAMED UNTRY MIC STAR GARY MORRIS, MATT MORRIS IS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE DISNEY CHANNEL’S THE MICKEY MOE CLUB ALONGSI JT TIMBERLAKE, CHRISTA AGUILERA, BRNEY SPEARS, RYAN GOSLG, KERI RSELL, AND JC CHASEZ. MORRIS FOUND SUCCS AS A SONGWRER THE EARLY 2000S WH HS LIKE AGUILERA’S “CAN’T HOLD US DOWN” AND KELLY CLARKSON’S “MISS INPENNT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN JANUARY 2010, MORRIS RELEASED HIS BUT ALBUM WHEN EVERYTHG BREAKS OPEN ON TIMBERLAKE’S TENNMAN RERDS. HIS PERFORMANCE OF “HALLELUJAH” ALONGSI TIMBERLAKE FOR THE HOPE FOR HAI NOW TELETHON BEME THE MOST DOWNLOAD SONG OFF THE BROADST’S DIGAL RELEASE AND ROSE TO NO. 1 ON THE ITUN SGL CHART. MORRIS MARRIED HIS HBAND SEAN MICHAEL MORRIS DURG THE BRIEF TIME THAT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE WAS LEGAL CALIFORNIA. HIS HBAND ALSO SERV AS SPIRATN FOR THE SONG “LOVE” ON HIS BUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}37. CHRIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRIS WILLIS IALLY BEGAN HIS REER AS A GOSPEL SGER, BUT RECEIVED TERNATNAL FAME FOR HIS LLABORATNS WH FRENCH MIC PRODUCER DAVID GUETTA ON TRACKS SUCH AS “LOVE IS GONE” “GETTG’ OVER” AND “LOVE DON’T LET ME GO.” IN THE MID-1990’S WILLIS RELEASED HIS SELF-TLED GOSPEL ALBUM AND WENT ON TOUR WH CHRISTIAN SGER TWILA PARIS AND EDIAN MARK LOWRY. TOWARD THE END OF THE ‘90S WILLIS FALLY MA PEACE WH HIS SEXUALY AND TRANSNED OUT OF GOSPEL MIC. WHILE DOG PUBLICY PARIS, WILLIS MET GUETTA AND THE TWO -WROTE AND RERD “JT A LTLE MORE LOVE” THAT SAME DAY, WHICH WENT ON TO BE A SMASH H ACROSS EUROPE. WILLIS HAS SCE BEEN FEATURED ON FIVE OF GUETTA’S ALBUMS; MOST RECENTLY WH THE SUCCSFUL SGLE “GETT’ OVER” OFF GUETTA’S GRAMMY-NOMATED 2009 RELEASE ONE LOVE. IN OCT 2010 WILLIS RELEASED HIS SOLO SGLE “LOUR (PUT YOUR HANDS UP).”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}36. EDWARD DROSTE (GRIZZLY BEAR){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EDWARD DROSTE IS ONE OF THE ORIGAL MEMBERS OF THE BROOKLYN BASED DIE-ROCK QUARTET GRIZZLY BEAR. THE GROUP BEGAN AS A SOLO EFFORT ON DROSTE’S PART 2004. DROSTE ACCREDS THE BAND’S NAME TO A NICKNAME HE HAD FOR ONE OF HIS PAST BOYIENDS. BY 2005 DROSTE HAD EXPAND GRIZZLY BEAR TO A FOUR-MEMBER GROUP MAKG EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHELIC FOLK-POP MIC PARABLE TO THAT OF ANIMAL COLLECTIVE AND FLEET FOX. IN 2008 GRIZZLY BEAR OPENED FOR RADHEAD AND SOON AFTER RELEASED THEIR MOST CRILLY ACCLAIMED ALBUM TO DATE VECKATIMT, NAMED AFTER A SMALL, UNHABED ISLAND CAPE COD. THEIR FAN BASE NSISTS OF JAY-Z AND BEYONCE, WHO WERE RECENTLY SPOTTED AT ONE OF THEIR 2009 SHOWS. VECKATIMIST RANKED ON NUMERO LISTS AS ONE OF THE BT ALBUMS OF 2009 (WALL STREET JOURNAL, NEW YORK TIM, TIME MAGAZE) AND CLIMBED THE CHARTS TO S BETWEEN LADY GAGA’S THE FAME AND TAYLOR SWIFT’S FEARLS. WH ALL OF THIS SUCCS, WHAT DO SOMEONE LIKE DROSTE ENJOY DOG HIS SPARE TIME? SPENDG TIME AT HOME WH HIS TERR SIGNER BOYIEND CHAD MCPHAIL AND THEIR DOG, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}35. ROSTAM BATMANGLIJ (VAMPIRE WEEKEND){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROSTAM BATMANGLIJ IS A MULTI-STMENTALIST, SONGWRER, PRODUCER AND SOLE GAY MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CY-BASED DIE ROCK GROUP VAMPIRE WEEKEND. BATMANGLIJ IS ALSO THE -FOUNR OF ELECTRONIC FUNK PROJECT DISVERY WH RA RA RT VOLIST W MIL. BATMANGLIJ’S FAY MOVED OM IRAN TO AMERI JT BEFORE THE IRANIAN REVOLUTN 1979. HIS MOTHER NAJMIEAH IS A FAMO PERSIAN OKBOOK THOR AND HIS FATHER IS A PUBLISHER. WHILE ATTENDG COLUMBIA UNIVERSY, BATMANGLIJ MET HIS FELLOW VAMPIRE WEEKEND MEMBERS. THEIR BUT SELF-TLED ALBUM PRODUCED THE SGL “CAPE COD KWASSA KWASSA,” “MANSARD ROOF,” “A-PUNK,” AND “OXFORD COMMA.” “A-PUNK” WAS RANKED #4 ON ROLLG STONE MAGAZE’S LIST OF BT SONGS OF 2008. THE GROUP QUICKLY WENT OM PLAYG AT FFEE SHOPS AND BARS AROUND COLUMBIA UNIVERSY TO APPEARG ON DAVID LETTERMAN AND SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AND SHARG MANAGEMENT WH THE WHE STRIP AND M.I.A.. FELLOW VAMPIRE WEEKEND BAND MATE EZRA KOENIG ACCREDS BATMANGLIJ AS THE KEY LYRICIST FOR HALF OF THE BAND’S SONGS. AS AN OPENLY GAY MAN, BATMANGLIJ SAYS HE’S EXCED TO RPORATE GAY THEM FUTURE SONGS, STARTG WH DISVERY’S “I WANNA BE YOUR BOYIEND.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}34. SAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ATRALIAN BORN SGER/SONGWRER AND MIC PRODUCER, SAM SPARRO (BORN SAM FALSON) WAS STED TO BE THE MIC BS OM THE START. WHEN SPARRO WAS ONLY 10, HIS FATHER, CHRIS FALSON, SIGNED A RERD AL TO CREATE A SOUL ALBUM AND MOVED HIS ENTIRE FAY OM SYDNEY TO LOS ANGEL. WHILE L.A. SPARRO GOT A START AS A CHILD ACTOR AND WAS FEATURED MCDONALD’S MERCIALS. SPARRO ALSO LENT HIS VOLS TO HIS FATHER’S ALBUMS AND WAS A MON BACK-UP SGER AT HIS DAD’S SHOWS. SPARRO RELEASED HIS BUT SGLE “COTTONMOUTH” 2007, BUT WAS HIS FOLLOW-UP SGLE “BLACK AND GOLD” THAT PEAKED THE CHARTS AND CREATED NUMERO VERS OM THE LIK OF WALE, ELLIE GOULDG, ALE, AND MORE. PRODUCERS MARK RONSON (AMY WEHOE) AND PL EPWORTH (FLORENCE + THE MACHE, BLOC PARTY) WORKED WH SPARRO ON HIS SELF-TLED BUT ALBUM, WHICH REACHED THE TOP 5 ON THE UK ALBUM CHARTS. OPENLY GAY, SPARRO HAS BEEN DUBBED A “GAY SUPERHERO.” HE CHOSE TO E OUT AT THE START OF HIS REER SO THAT, SPARRO’S WORDS, “GAY TEENAGERS DON'T HAVE TO GET THE SH KICKED OUT OF THEM SCHOOL AND THK THAT THEY'RE A HORRIBLE PERSON. IT'S EASIER TO BE AN 'OUT' POP STAR TODAY. MORRISSEY NEVER ME OUT, AND NEIL TENNANT LEFT VERY, VERY LATE, WHEREAS JAKE SHEARS WAS OPEN OM THE START." SPARRO IS CURRENTLY WORKG ON HIS SOPHOMORE ALBUM TO BE RELEASED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}33. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRISH SGER-SONGWRER, MIKA RELEASED HIS FIRST FULL-LENGTH STUD ALBUM LIFE CARTOON MOTN 2007, WHICH WENT ON TO SELL OVER 5.6 LN PI WORLDWI AND GARNERED HIM A GRAMMY NOMATN FOR BT DANCE RERDG FOR HIS H “LOVE TODAY.” HIS SGLE “GRACE KELLY” REACHED NUMBER ONE THE UK AND EARNED HIM THE PRTIG BRIT AWARD FOR BT BRISH BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST. TWO YEARS LATER MIKA’S SEND ALBUM THE BOY WHO KNEW TOO MUCH WAS RELEASED PRODUCG THE SGL “WE ARE GOLN” AND “BLAME ON THE GIRLS.” IN REGARDS TO MIKA’S SEXUALY, HE HAS OPENLY STATED TO GAY & NIGHT MAGAZE "I'VE NEVER EVER LABELED MYSELF. BUT HAVG SAID THAT; I'VE NEVER LIMED MY LIFE, I'VE NEVER LIMED WHO I SLEEP WH... CALL ME WHATEVER YOU WANT. CALL ME BISEXUAL, IF YOU NEED A TERM FOR ME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}32. CASEY SPOONER (FISCHERSPOONER){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BORN ATHENS, GA CASEY SPOONER IS ONE HALF OF THE ELECTRO POP DUO FISCHERSPOONER. ASI OM LEADG ON VOLS, SPOONER IS A VIOGRAPHER AND THEATER PERFORMANCE ARTIST WHO MET WARREN FISCHER WHILE ATTENDG THE ART INSTUTE OF CHIGO 1998. TOGETHER THE TWO HAVE RELEASED THREE STUD ALBUMS AS FISCHERSPOONER CLUDG THE SUCCSFUL SGL “THE BT REVENGE” AND “JT LET GO.” IN JANUARY 2010 SPOONER RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO SGLE “FAYE DUNAWAY” OFF HIS ALBUM ADULT CONTEMPORARY. HE CURRENTLY IS TOURG AS THE OPENG ACT FOR SCISSOR SISTERS’S NORTH AMERIN TOUR. OPENLY GAY, SPOONER’S FIRST ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP WAS WH R.E.M. SGER MICHAEL STIPE WHILE SPOONER WAS ATTENDG THE UNIVERSY OF GEIA. SPOONER RELISH THE IA OF BEG A POSIVE ROLE MOL FOR THE GAY MUNY, STATG: "IF I N BE AN SPIRATN TO PEOPLE WHO ARE CHOOSG TO GO DOWN A CHALLENGG, NONTRADNAL PATH--SEXUALLY, CREATIVELY, HOWEVER--THAT IS JT GREAT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}31. BOB {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORMER ONT MAN FOR ALTERNATIVE ROCK BANDS HüSKER Dü AND SUGAR, BOB MOULD IS AN AMERIN GUARIST, VOLIST AND SONGWRER OM NEW YORK. WHILE LIVG MNEAPOLIS THE LATE 1970’S MOULD FORMED THE PUNK ROCK GROUP HüSKER Dü, A BAND THAT WENT ON TO BEE A KEY FLUENCER OF THE 90’S PUNK ROCK WAVE. IN THE LATE 1980’S HüSKER Dü BROKE UP AND MOULD WENT ON TO WRE HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM. SURPRISGLY MOULD TOOK A TOUR OM THE LOUD PUNK-ROCK GUAR SOUND HE WAS KNOWN FOR AND CREATED A SOUND MORE SIAR TO THAT OF THE COUNTG CROWS OR G BLOSSOMS. IN THE MID-1990’S MOULD FORMED THE LLEGE/ALTERNATIVE RAD FAVORE BAND SUGAR THAT RELEASED TWO EPS BEFORE BREAKG UP. MOULD PRENTLY TOURS AS A SOLO ARTIST AND MUCH OF HIS WRG MATERIAL STEMS OM HIS EXPERIENCE SPENDG YEARS AS A CLOSETED GAY MAN THE ROCK MIC SCENE AND THE TURBULENT RELATNSHIPS OF HIS PAST. IN 2006 HE NTRIBUTED THE SONG “IF I CAN’T CHANGE YOUR MD” TO THE ALBUM WED-ROCK, AN ALBUM TO PROMOTE THE LEGALIZATN OF SAME-SEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}30. JONSI (SIGUR RóS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JóN “JóNSI” ÞóR BIRGISSON IS THE LEAD VOLIST AND GUARIST FOR THE ICELANDIC ROCK BAND SIGUR RóS. KNOWN FOR HIS FALSETTO VOICE AND MA UP LANGUAGE “HOPELANDIC,” JONSI HAS CREATED SOME OF THE MOST BETIFUL EXPERIMENTAL DIE-ROCK MIC SCE RADHEAD. IN 1995 JONSI STARTED THE BAND BEE SPIRS, WHICH WAS LIKENED TO THE SMASHG PUMPKS. BY 1997 JóNSI HAD FORMED SIGUR RóS AND RELEASED THEIR BUT ALBUM VON. SIGUR RóS HAS SCE RELEASED FOUR ADDNAL STUD ALBUMS, THEIR MOST SUCCSFUL ENGLISH CROSSOVER ALBUM BEG MEð SUð í EYM VIð SPILUM ENDALST (MEANG “WH A BUZZ IN OUR EARS WE PLAY ENDLSLY”). IN 2010 THE GROUP ANNOUNCED AN “FE HIAT” AND JóNSI WENT ON TO RELEASE HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM GO. HIS BOYIEND ALEX SOMERS HAS DONE MUCH OF THE GRAPHIC SIGN FOR SIGUR RóS OVER THE YEARS. THE TWO ALSO PERFORM TOGETHER THE GROUP JóNSI & ALEX AND RELEASED AN ALBUM: RICEBOY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}29. CHUCK PANOZZO (STYX){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE BASSIST AND -FOUNR (WH HIS LATE BROTHER AND TW, JOHN) OF THE ROCK BAND STYX, CHUCK PANOZZO HAS GIVEN MUCH TO THE WORLD OF MIC. FROM THE 70’S TO THE EARLY 80’S, STYX PRODUCED SUCH HS AS “LADY,” “COME SAIL AWAY,” “ANGRY YOUNG MAN” AND “RENEGA.” THEY HAVE BEEN TOGETHER ON AND OFF SCE THE EARLY 80’S, WH PANOZZO PARTICIPATG AS MUCH AS HE WAS ABLE. HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HIV-POSIVE 1991, DOCTORS TELLG HIM THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO HELP HIM. IN 1998 HE MTED HIMSELF TO GETTG WELL AND HAS BEEN ON AN AGGRSIVE REGIMEN EVER SCE. AS HE SAYS ON HIS WEBSE, “I WANTED TO OUT MYSELF A MEANGFUL AND POSIVE WAY.” HE CHOSE TO ANNOUNCE TO THE WORLD THAT HE IS GAY AT A HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN DNER 2001. PANOZZO IS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE HRC AND IS VOLVED WH HIV/AIDS AWARENS ACTIVI. AS HE SAYS, “I WANT TO BE SURE LAWS ARE MA AND PROTECTED FOR ALL. THERE WILL BE NO SEND-CLASS CIZENS THIS SOCIETY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}28. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANTHONY CHARL WILLIAM III, BETTER KNOWN BY HIS STAGE NAME TONEX, IS A GRAMMY NOMATED GOSPEL SGER WHO HAS RELEASED AN IMPRSIVE 24 ALBUMS OVER THE SPAN OF HIS 14-YEAR REER. INFLUENCED BY THE LIK OF STEVIE WONR, PRCE, AND MICHAEL JACKSON, TONEX RERD HIS FIRST ALBUM AT THE MERE AGE OF 10. TONEX’S UNIQUE STYLE AND SOUND, WHICH HE LLS “NURE” - A BATN OF POP, ROCK, R&B, JAZZ, SOUL, URBAN DANCE, RAP, FUNK AND HIP HOP- GAED HIM NSIRABLE ATTENTN AMONG YOUNG GOSPEL MIC FANATICS. TONEX’S BUT NCERT PERFORMANCE AT THE 14TH ANNUAL STELLAR AWARDS, A GOSPEL MIC SHOWSE, WAS LIKENED TO THAT OF MICHAEL JACKSON’S PERFORMANCE OF THE MOONWALK. TONEX’S MOST SUCCSFUL ALBUM TO DATE IS THE GRAMMY NOMATED 2004 RELEASE OUT THE BOX WHICH HE LLABORATED WH KIRK FRANKL AND PRCE’S PERCSNIST SHEILA E. TONEX DIVORCED HIS WIFE OF 5 YEARS, YVETTE WILLIAMS, 2004 AND 2009, ON A POPULAR CHRISTIAN TELEVISN SHOW “THE LEXI SHOW,” TONEX ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS GAY. HE SOON SAW BACKLASH WH THE AIN AMERIN AND CHURCH MUNY AND REQUTS FOR HIM TO PERFORM SUDNLY STOPPED. THAT DIDN’T SLOW HIM DOWN THOUGH. AS A PASTOR, TONEX PRENTLY TRAVELS SPREADG A MSAGE OF ACCEPTANCE THE CHURCH AND HAS BEEN A HUGE SPIRATN FOR MANY GAY AIN AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}27. ANTONY HEGARTY (ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ENGLISH-BORN SGER/SONGWRER, POSER AND VISUAL ARTIST, ANTONY HEGARTY IS BT KNOWN FOR HIS ANDROGYNO VOICE AS THE LEAD SGER OF THE BAND ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS. IN 1996 HEGARTY UTILIZED LLEGE GRANT MONEY TO SOLIC MICIANS TO RERD SOME OF HIS SONGS; TH BEGAN ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS. BY 2005 THE GROUP WAS PERFORMG REGULARLY AROUND NEW YORK CY AND SOLICED THE LIK OF BOY GEE, RUF WAWRIGHT AND LOU REED TO LLABORATE ON THEIR ALBUM I AM A BIRD NOW. THE ALBUM RECEIVED NSIRABLE PRAISE AND GARNERED ANTONY UK’S MOST PRTIG AWARD - THE MERCURY PRIZE. WH LYRICS LIKE “ONE DAY I’LL GROW UP AND BE A BETIFUL WOMAN,” ANTONY HAS NEVER MASKED HIS SEXUAL INTY, AND NSIRS BOY GEE AND MARC ALMOND TWO OF HIS GREATT IDOLS. ANTONY’S FOLLOW-UP ALBUM THE CRYG LIGHT PEAKED NO. 1 ON THE EUROPEAN BILLBOARD CHARTS. IN 2008, ANTONY LEANT HIS VOLS TO A SI PROJECT ENTLED HERCUL AND LOVE AFFAIR. THEIR TRACK “BLD” RANKED NO. 2 ON ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY’S “10 BT SGL OF 2008.” ANTONY’S FAME IS STILL GROWG AND AS A RELATIVELY NEW ARTIST, HE HAS QUE A FAN BOY GEE. GEE ONCE STATED HE ENVISNS ANTONY “OUTSTRIPPG NORAH JON AND SELLG LNS OF RERDS IF ANYONE HAD THE BALLS TO GIVE HIM A HUGE RERD NTRACT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}26. CLAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMERIN SGER/SONGWRER, ACTOR, PRODUCER AND THOR CLAY AIKEN ROSE TO FAME ON THE SEND SEASON OF AMERIN IDOL 2003 AS NNER-UP TO RUBEN STUDDARD. RCA RERDS OFFERED HIM A RERDG NTRACT AND HIS MULTI-PLATUM BUT ALBUM MEASURE OF A MAN WAS RELEASED OCTOBER 2003. SCE THEN AIKEN HAS RELEASED FOUR MORE ALBUMS ON THE RCA LABEL AND LNCHED NE TOURS, THORED A NEW YORK TIM BT-SELLG BOOK LEARNG TO SG: HEARG THE MIC YOUR LIFE, CREATED THE NATNAL INCLN PROJECT FOR CHILDREN WH DISABILI, BEME A UNICEF AMBASSADOR 2004, AND WAS APPOTED FOR A TWO-YEAR TERM TO THE PRINTIAL COMMTEE FOR PEOPLE WH INTELLECTUAL DISABILI. AIKEN MA HIS BROADWAY BUT PLAYG SIR ROB ON MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT. ON AUGT 8TH 2008 AIKEN ANNOUNCED THE BIRTH OF HIS SON PARKER FOSTER AIKEN, TO MOTHER JAM FOSTER, SISTER OF AIKEN’S RERD PRODUCER DAVID FOSTER. IN A SEPTEMBER 2008 ISSUE OF PEOPLE MAGAZE, AFTER YEARS OF SPECULATN, AIKEN REVEALED HE IS GAY. SCE THEN AIKEN HAS PARTICIPATED THE BROADWAY CAR/EQUY FIGHTS AIDS MPAIGN, SPOKEN AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN DNER NORTH CAROLA, AND PARTICIPATED CYNDI LPER’S “GIVE A DAMN CAMPAIGN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}25. KELE OKEREKE (BLOC PARTY){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRISH MICIAN KELE OKEREKE IS BT KNOWN AS THE LEAD SGER AND GUARIST FOR THE ALT ROCK BAND BLOC PARTY. IN 2005 BLOC PARTY RELEASED THEIR FIRST STUD ALBUM SILENT ALARM WH THE SGL “PNEER” “BANQUET” AND “HELIPTER.” PRODUCED BY PL EPWORTH (FLORENCE + THE MACHE, CEE-LO GREEN, KATE NASH), SILENT ALARM REACHED NO. 3 THE UK CHARTS AND ROCKETED THE BAND TO FAME. THEIR FOLLOW-UP ALBUM A WEEKEND THE CY WENT ON TO REACH THE NO. 2 SPOT THE OFFICIAL UK CHART, AND THE FIRST SGLE “THE PRAYER” REACHED NO. 4 ON THE UK SGL CHART, THE GROUP’S HIGHT PLACG TO DATE. IN 2010 OKEREKE RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM BOXER PRODUCED BY XXXCHANGE WH THE LEAD TRACK TLED “TENRONI.” WHILE GEARG UP FOR HIS SOLO BUT, OKEREKE FALLY ME OUT A MARCH 2010 TERVIEW WH BUTT MAGAZE, A SUBJECT HE A HAD LONG AVOID, STATG: "MY PARENTS ARE SUPER-CATHOLIC AND THEY E OM A CULTURE NIGERIA WHERE THERE WEREN’T ANY VISIBLE GAY PEOPLE WHO WERE OUT AND WERE HAPPY. I LEFT HOME WHEN I WAS 20. MY PARENTS THREW ME OUT [FOR BEG GAY]. WHICH I KNEW THEY WOULD. WE DIDN'T SPEAK FOR LIKE A WEEK. ... MY PARENTS ARE GETTG OLR AND I DIDN’T LIKE THE IA THAT THEY ULD POSSIBLY DIE WHOUT KNOWG SOMETHG THAT IS A BIG PART OF MY LIFE. IT’S NOT EASY. ... WE'VE BEEN TALKG ABOUT ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}24. DARREN HAY (SAVAGE GARN){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UK-BASED ATRALIAN SGER-SONGWRER, DARREN HAY WAS THE LEAD SGER AND MEDIA ONT MAN FOR POP DUO SAVAGE GARN, WHOSE 1997 ALBUM SAVAGE GARN WAS NO. 3 THE UNED STAT AND PRODUCED THE HS “TLY, MADLY, DEEPLY” AND “I WANT YOU.” SAVAGE GARN STAYED TOGETHER FOR ONLY TWO ALBUMS AND RELEASED THE US NO. 1 H “I KNEW I LOVED YOU” BEFORE HAY WENT OUT ON HIS OWN, CHANGG HIS SOUND OM SOFT POP-ROCK TO A MORE ELECTRONIC DARKER SOUND. HE HAS THREE SOLO ALBUMS UNR HIS BELT AND ANOTHER N BE EXPECTED 2011, PRODUCED BY LADY GAGA’S MIXER ROBERT ORTON. INCLUDG HIS WORK WH SAVAGE GARN, HAY HAS SOLD OVER 25 LN ALBUMS WORLDWI. ALTHOUGH HAY WAS MARRIED FOR SIX YEARS TO HIS CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART, MAKP ARTIST COLBY TAYLOR, THEY DIVORCED 2000 AND HE BEGAN G OUT TO HIS IENDS AND HIS LABEL THE EARLY 2000’S. IN 2006, HE MARRIED HIS BOYIEND OF TWO YEARS, RICHARD CULLEN, A CIVIL CEREMONY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}23. MARC ALMOND (SOFT CELL){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARC ALMOND ROSE TO FAME THE EARLY 1980S AS ONE HALF OF THE ENGLISH NEW WAVE DUO SOFT CELL. THEIR SLOWED-DOWN, SYNTHIZED VERSN OF GLORIA JON’ “TATED LOVE” WAS A NO. 1 H 17 UNTRI AND SPENT A RERD-BREAKG 43 WEEKS ON THE US HOT 100 CHARTS. THE TRACK ONCE AGA FOUND SELF ON THE CHARTS, WHEN 2006, RIHANNA SAMPLED ON HER NO. 1 H “SOS.” IN 1984 SOFT CELL SPL AMIBLY TO FOC ON SOLO EFFORTS AND ALMOND WENT ON TO RELEASE NUMERO SOLO ALBUMS. IN 1999, ALMOND RELEASED HIS TOBGRAPHY, TATED LIFE, WHICH HE OFFICIALLY ME OUT. SOFT CELL RNED 2002 AND PERFORMED A STRG OF NCERTS. 2010 MARKS ALMOND’S 30TH YEAR MIC AND HE IS GEARG UP FOR A NEW ALBUM AND GLOBAL TOUR. ALONG WH HIS TIME SOFT CELL, ALMOND HAS SOLD OVER 30 LN RERDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}22. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD AS THE “QUEEN OF DIS,” SYLVTER WAS AN AMERIN DIS SGER WHO ROSE TO TERNATNAL FAME THE LATE 1970’S WH HS SUCH AS “YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL),” “DANCE (DIS HEAT),” AND “DO YOU WANNA FUNK.” KNOWN FOR HIS FALSETTO VOICE AND HIS EXOTIC STUM, SYLVTER GOT HIS START AS A DRAG PERFORMER THE SAN FRANCIS NIGHTLIFE SCENE. HIS SOPHOMORE ALBUM PRODUCED THE HS “DANCE (DIS HEAT)” AND “YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL),” BOTH OF WHICH LED THE AMERIN DANCE CHARTS FOR 6 WEEKS. IN 1979, HARVEY MILK VED SYLVTER TO PERFORM “YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL)” AT SAN FRANCIS’S CASTRO STREET FAIR AND 2004, HIS SAME H WAS DUCTED TO THE DANCE MIC HALL OF FAME. AS A RULT OF SYLVTER’S EVER-GROWG FAME, HIS LABEL BEGAN TO PRSURE HIM TO “BUTCH UP” HIS IMAGE - FIANCE SYLVTER BEGAN SHOWG UP TO LABEL MEETGS FULL-DRAG. TRAGILLY, DECEMBER 1988, AT THE AGE OF 41, SYLVTER DIED OM PLITNS DUE TO AIDS. HE STATED THE YEAR PRR TO HIS ATH: “I DON’T BELIEVE AIDS IS THE WRATH OF GOD. PEOPLE HAVE A TENNCY TO BLAME EVERYTHG ON GOD.” IN 2005, SYLVTER WAS DUCTED TO THE DANCE MIC HALL OF FAME FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AS AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}21. HOLLY JOHNSON (FRANKIE GO TO HOLLYWOOD){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANKIE GO TO HOLLYWOOD WERE A BRISH DANCE-POP BAND POPULAR THE MID 1980’S MOST NOTABLE FOR THEIR BUT SGLE “RELAX (TAKE IT EASY)” WHICH SPENT FIVE NSECUTIVE WEEKS AT THE TOP OF THE UK SGL CHART AND BEME THE 7TH BT SELLG UK SGLE OF ALL TIME. THEIR FOLLOW-UP HS “TWO TRIB” AND “THE POWER OF LOVE” ALSO CLIMBED THE UK CHARTS TO NO. 1, MAKG FGTH THE SEND ACT UK HISTORY TO HAVE THEIR FIRST THREE SGL REACH NO. 1. HOLLY JOHNSON LED ON VOLS AND WAS AT ONE TIME MORED TO BE DATG BACK UP VOLIST PL RUTHERFORD. AFTER SPLTG OM FGTH, JOHNSON WENT ON TO PURSUE A SOLO REER AND RELEASED HIS PLATUM SELLG NUMBER ONE ALBUM BLAST THAT SPAWNED FOUR H SGL. IN 1991 JOHNSON LEARNED HE WAS HIV-POSIVE AND 1994 RELEASED HIS CRILLY ACCLAIMED TOBGRAPHY, A BONE MY FLUTE. HE IS CURRENTLY WORKG ON NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}20. ROB HALFORD (JUDAS PREIST){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHO SAYS A GAY MAN N’T WEAR LEATHER AND SCREAM HEAVY METAL VOLS? OBVLY SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER HEARD OF ROB HALFORD. WHETHER AS THE LEAD SGER OF GRAMMY-AWARD WNG ROCK BAND JUDAS PRIT, OR HIS OWN BAND, HALFORD, HIS FOUR-OCTAVE RANGE AND THE STRENGTH OF HIS VOICE GAVE RISE TO HIS MONIKER “METAL GOD.” CONSIRED ONE OF THE MOST NSISTENTLY POWERFUL SGERS ROCK, HALFORD HAS GIVEN SUCH HS AS “HEADG OUT TO THE HIGHWAY” AND “YOU’VE GOT ANOTHER THG COMG.” AS HE STTS ACROSS THE STAGE, BALD HEAD GLEAMG AND TATTOOS STARK AGAST HIS SK, HE OWNS EVERY MUTE AND EVERY FAN THAT WATCH. ALTHOUGH HE’S BEEN A PART OF THE MIC SCENE SCE THE 70’S, HE DIDN’T E OUT UNTIL 1998 AN MTV TERVIEW, WHICH HE SAID, “I THK THAT MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT I’VE BEEN A GAY MAN ALL OF MY LIFE, AND ’S ONLY BEEN RECENT TIM ’S AN ISSUE I FEEL FORTABLE TO ADDRS… AND THIS IS THE MOMENT TO DISCS .”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}19. MARK FEEHILY (WTLIFE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A MEMBER OF IRISH POP GROUP WTLIFE, MARK FEEHILY IS DISTGUISHED FOR HIS RICH, SOULFUL VOICE, WHICH N BE HEARD ON EVERY SONG. HE SHAR THE ROLE OF LEAD VOLIST ALONGSI SHANE FILAN. WTLIFE IS THE ONLY GROUP BRISH OR IRISH HISTORY TO HAVE THEIR FIRST SEVEN SGL GO STRAIGHT TO NO. 1, AND THEY HAVE SOLD OVER 44 LN RERDS WORLDWI. ORIGALLY SIGNED BY SIMON COWELL 1998, WTLIFE ARE THE 2ND BIGGT SELLG ARTIST THE UK (BEHD ROBBIE WILLIAMS) AND “BIGGT SELLG BAND OF THE ” (BEATG COLDPLAY) WH 11 LN ALBUM SAL OM 2000-2010. IN 2005 FEEHILY ME OUT TO THE BRISH TABLOID THE SUN, ANNOUNCG HE HAD BEEN A LONG-TERM RELATNSHIP WH KEV MCDAID, A MEMBER OF THE BRISH BOY BAND V. IN THE TERVIEW, FEEHILY SAID, “MY LIFE HAS GOT UMPTEEN TIM BETTER… I FEEL SO MUCH HAPPIER AND AT EASE. IT’S THE BT THG I’VE EVER DONE.” FEEHILY AND MCDAID HAVE BEEN DATG SCE 2005 AND ON JANUARY 28, 2010 THE TWO GOT ENGAGED. FEEHILY TOLD THE SYDNEY MORNG HERALD: “THROUGH THE YEARS OF GETTG TO THE POT WHERE I WANTED TO E OUT, I HAD TO GO THROUGH EVERY KD OF EMOTN, BUT I N HONTLY SAY THAT THE DAY BEFORE I ME OUT, I DIDN’T RE WHAT THE REACTN WAS GOG TO BE. THAT WAS THE HARST POT TO GET TO.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}18. STEPHEN GATELY (BOYZONE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1993 IRISH NATIVE STEPHEN GATELY JOED THE BOY BAND BOYZONE AS ONE OF TWO LEAD VOLISTS. BOYZONE WENT ON TO PRODUCE FOUR STUD ALBUMS, ALL OF WHICH H NO. 1 THE UNED KGDOM. WH BOYZONE, GATELY HAD A RERD-BREAKG 16 NSECUTIVE SGL ENTER THE UK’S TOP FIVE SGL CHART. IN A 1999 TERVIEW WH THE SUN MAGAZEGATELY BEME THE FIRST BOYBAND MEMBER EVER TO PUBLICLY E OUT. IN 2000, AFTER THE BAND’S IAL BREAKUP, GATELY RELEASED A SOLO ALBUM, WHICH PRODUCED THREE UK H SGL CLUDG “NEW BEGNG.” IN 2003, WHILE VATNG LAS VEGAS, GATELY WED LONGTIME BOYIEND ANDREW COWL. WHEN THEY RETURNED TO THE UK THE TWO LEGALIZED THEIR RELATNSHIP WH A CIVIL PARTNERSHIP HELD LONDON. IN 2008 BOYZONE REGROUPED. IN THEIR FAL MIC VIO GATELY PLAYED THE ROLE OF A GAY UPLE, ANOTHER FIRST FOR A BOYBAND. TRAGILLY ON OCTOBER 10, 2009 MAJOR, SPA, AT AN APARTMENT HE OWNED WH HIS PARTNER COWL, GATELY WAS DISVERED AD DUE TO AN UNDIAGNOSED HEART {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}17. RUF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CANADIAN-AMERIN SGER/SONGWRER RUF WAWRIGHT WAS BORN TO AN EXTREMELY TALENTED FAY. HIS PARENTS ARE FOLK SGER KATE MCGARRIGLE AND ACTOR LOUDON WAWRIGHT III AND HIS SISTER IS THE FOLK-ROCK SGER/SONGWRER MARTHA WAWRIGHT. AT AN EARLY AGE RUF VELOPED A LOVE FOR OPERA AND A PROCLIVY FOR SONGWRG. HE LEARNED TO PLAY BOTH THE PIANO AND GUAR AND VELOPED HIS OWN MIL STYLE LLED “POPERA” OR “BAROQUE POP.” IN 1998 WAWRIGHT RELEASED HIS FIRST STUD ALBUM, RUF WAWRIGHT, WHICH RECEIVED CRIL ACCLAIM. ROLLG STONE MAGAZE REGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BT ALBUMS OF THE YEAR AND NAMED THE SGER THE “BT NEW ARTIST” OF 1998. HIS FOLLOW UP 2001 RELEASE POS EARNED WAWRIGHT HIS SEND GLAAD MEDIA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDG MIC ALBUM AND A JUNO AWARD FOR BT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM. IN JUNE 2007, WAWRIGHT PARTICIPATED THE LOGO SPONSORED, MULTI-ARTIST TE COLORS TOUR, ALONGSI CYNDI LPER, THE INDIGO GIRLS, ERASURE AND OTHERS. IN 2007, WAWRIGHT PERFORMED AT CARNEGIE HALL THE ENTIRE JUDY GARLAND NCERT GARLAND FAMOLY PERFORMED THERE 1961. THE ALBUM FOR THE NCERT, APTLY TLED RUF DO JUDY AT CARNEGIE HALL, WAS NOMATED FOR A 2009 GRAMMY AWARD FOR BT TRADNAL POP VOL ALBUM. WAWRIGHT IS ONE OF THE FIRST ARTISTS TO BEG HIS REER OPENLY GAY. HE ME OUT TO HIS FAY AS A TEENAGER, WHO HE SAYS DID NOT TAKE SO WELL TO THE NEWS IALLY, “MOTHER AND FATHER ULD NOT HANDLE ME BEG GAY. WE NEVER TALKED ABOUT REALLY.” IN JANUARY 2010 WAWRIGHT’S MOTHER SADLY LOST HER BATTLE TO NCER. IN APRIL 2010, WAWRIGHT PUBLICLY VOICED HIS OPN FAVOR OF LEGALIZG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE THE UNED STAT DUE TO HIS SIRE TO MARRY HIS PARTNER OF FIVE YEARS, GERMAN ARTS ADMISTRATOR JöRN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}16. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RUPL ANDRE CHARL, BT KNOWN BY HIS DRAG NAME RUPL, IS AN AMERIN ACTOR, MOL AND SGER/SONGWRER WHO ROSE TO FAME THE 1990S APPEARG ON NUMERO TELEVISN PROGRAMS, FILMS AND ALBUMS. AS A PNEER FOR DRAG PERFORMANCE ARTISTS, RUPL OPENED MDS AND GENERATED DISCSNS ON THE TABOO SUBJECT OF CROSSDRSG AND TRANSEXUALY. RUPL GOT HIS START THE EARLY 90’S WORKG THE ATLANTA AND NEW YORK CLUB SCEN. IN 1993 RUPL RERD THE DANCE/HOE H “SUPERMOL (YOU BETTER WORK)” WHICH AMIDST THE AGE OF NIRVANA AND SMASHG PUMPKS WAS AN UNEXPECTED SUCCS ON MTV. THE SONG PEAKED AT NO. 2 ON BILLBOARD’S U.S. DANCE CHARTS AND HIS FOLLOW UP SGL “BACK TO MY ROOTS” AND “DON’T GO BREAKG MY HEART,” A DUET WH ELTON JOHN, WENT ON TO LE THE DANCE AND SGL CHARTS. IN 1996 RUPL HOSTED HIS OWN SHOW ON VH1 LLED THE RUPL SHOW WHERE HE TERVIEWED CELEBRI AND MIL ACTS. HE HAS SCE RELEASED 7 STUD ALBUMS, MOST RECENTLY THE 2008 ALBUM CHAMPN THAT FEATUR THE ANTHEMS “COVER GIRL” AND “JEALO OF MY BOOGIE” FEATURED ON HIS LOGO REALY PETN SHOW RUPL’S DRAG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}15. WILL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE THE REERS OF KELLY CLARKSON, CARRIE UNRWOOD, OR ADAM LAMBERT TOOK OFF, THERE WAS WILL YOUNG. IN FEBARY 2002, YOUNG ROSE TO FAME AS THE WNER OF THE BRISH TELEVISN TALENT NTT POP IDOL, MAKG HIM THE FIRST WNER EVER OF THE NOW WORLDWI IDOL ANCHISE. YOUNG’S FIRST POST-IDOL SGLE WAS A VER OF WTLIFE’S “EVERGREEN,” WHICH WENT ON TO BEE ONE OF THE FASTT SELLG SGL UK HISTORY AND ONE OF THE BIGGT SELLG SGL OF THE 2000S, WH OVER 1.8 LN PI SOLD. IN MARCH 2002, RIGHT AT THE BEGNG OF YOUNG’S REER, HE PUBLICLY ME OUT TO NEWS OF THE WORLD STATG, “I FEEL ’S TIME TO TELL MY FANS I’M GAY… FOR ME ’S NORMAL AND NOTHG TO BE ASHAMED ABOUT. I’M GAY AND I’M FORTABLE WH THAT. I REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT THE FS IS ABOUT.” YOUNG BEME ONE OF THE FIRST POP ARTISTS TO BEG HIS REER OUT OF THE CLOSET, AND HIS OPENNS ABOUT HIS SEXUALY PROVED NOT TO E ANY RIPPL WHATSOEVER. IN 2003, YOUNG WON HIS FIRST BRIT AWARD AS BT BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST FOR THE RELEASE OF HIS BUT ALBUM FROM NOW ON. YOUNG’S SEND ALBUM FRIDAY’S CHILD PRODUCED THE H “YOUR GAME” WHICH EARNED HIM HIS SEND BRIT AWARD 2005. YOUNG HAS SCE TABLISHED HIMSELF AS FAR MORE THAN ANOTHER REALY TELEVISN SHOW WNER, SELLG OVER EIGHT LN RERDS OM HIS FOUR MULTI-PLATUM STUD ALBUMS, WH FOUR NUMBER ONE SGL, AND TWICE VOTED AS THE U.K.’S FAVORE ARTIST OF ALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}14. THE MEN OF SCISSOR SISTERS (JAKE SHEARS, BABYDADDY & DEL MARQUIS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2000, JAKE SHEARS MET STT “BABYDADDY” HOFFMAN WHILE SHEARS WAS VISG A MUTUAL IEND KENTUCKY. THE TWO H OFF AND SOON MOVED TO NEW YORK CY WHERE THE OPENLY GAY DUO BEME THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE AMERIN GLAM-ROCK BAND SCISSOR SISTERS. AT THE TIME, THE BAND PERFORMED AT UNRGROUND CLUBS BROOKLYN AND THE LOWER EAST SI, WH A BATN OF BABYDADDY’S MIL POSN AND SHEARS’ VOLS. SHEARS MET DEREK “DEL MARQUIS” GEN WHILE THE TWO WORKED AT THE IC GUYS CLUB, WHERE SHEARS WAS STRIPPG. DEL MARQUIS JOED THE GROUP AS LEAD GUARIST. THE BAND FIRST GARNERED ATTENTN WH THE RELEASE OF THEIR VER OF PK FLOYD’S “COMFORTABLY NUMB”, WHICH REACHED NO. 10 ON THE UK SGL CHARTS. THEIR BUT ALBUM SCISSOR SISTERS BEME THE BT SELLG ALBUM OF 2004 THE UK. ON THEIR SEND STUD ALBUM TAH DAH, ONE OF THE BAND’S DREAMS WAS FULFILLED - SIR ELTON JOHN LLABORATED AS PIANIST AND -WRER FOR THEIR H “I DON’T FEEL LIKE DANC’,” WHICH REACHED NO. 1 ON THE UK, ATRALIAN AND EUROPEAN CHARTS, AND BEME THE BAND’S BIGGT H TO DATE. IN JUNE 2010, SCISSOR SISTERS RELEASED THEIR THIRD AND LATT ALBUM NIGHT WORK WHICH TOOK A SHIFT TOWARDS A MORE CLUB-ORIENTED SOUND. IN 2004, SHEARS, BABYDADDY, AND DEL MARQUIS WERE HONORED ON OUT MAGAZE’S ANNUAL LIST OF THE 100 MOST INTRIGUG GAY PEOPLE OF THE YEAR. SHEARS AND BABYDADDY -WROTE AND PRODUCED KYLIE MOGUE’S POPULAR H “I BELIEVE IN YOU.” WHILE SHEARS HAS GARNERED THE MOST AMOUNT OF ATTENTN THE BAND WH A STRG OF GAY MAGAZE VERS CLUDG OUT, THE ADVOTE, ATTU, BUTT, AND TêTU, IS BABYDADDY WHO HAS ADVERTENTLY BEE A SEX SYMBOL WH BEAR ADMIRERS. HE ACKNOWLEDGED THIS STAT STATG, “JAKE GETS A LOT OF ATTENTN JT BY VIRTUE OF BEG THE LEAD SGER, BUT WHEN BOYS WANT A LTLE BEEF, THEY E TO ME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}13. LANCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE BASS SGER FOR ‘N SYNC, LANCE BASS WAS A PART OF THE BOY BAND CRAZE OF THE LATE 90’S AND EARLY 2000’S. FOR FIVE YEARS, BASS AND ‘N SYNC RO THE WAVE WH HS LIKE “I WANT YOU BACK,” “BYE BYE BYE” AND “NO STRGS ATTACHED” UNTIL 2002 WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED A “HIAT” WHILE FELLOW ‘N SYNC MEMBERS JT TIMBERLAKE AND JC CHASEZ WENT OUT TO WORK ON SOLO REERS. ALTHOUGH ‘N SYNC HAS NEVER RNED, BASS HAS WORKED AS AN ACTOR FILMS SUCH AS I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY AND ZOOLANR, AND HAS APPEARED ON TELEVISN SUCH AS SEASON 7 OF DANCG WH THE STARS. BASS ME OUT PUBLICLY ON THE VER OF PEOPLE MAGAZE JULY 2006 AFTER MONTHS OF SPECULATN OM CELEBRY BLOG S POSTG EMS ABOUT BASS’S ORIENTATN SCE SEPTEMBER 2005. BASS STATED TO PEOPLE “THE THG IS, I’M NOT ASHAMED – THAT’S THE ONE THG I WANT TO SAY. I DON’T THK ’S WRONG, I’M NOT VASTATED GOG THROUGH THIS. I’M MORE LIBERATED AND HAPPY THAN I’VE BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE. I’M JT HAPPY.” THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN AWARD BASS WH THE VISIBILY AWARD OCT 2006 STATG “BASS IS THE BIGGT MIC STAR SCE MELISSA ETHERIDGE TO E OUT.” BASS HAS BEEN ACTIVE THE LGBT MUNY EVER SCE, SUPPORTG MARRIAGE EQUALY AND TOLERANCE, FUNDRAISG FOR THE GAY, LBIAN AND STRAIGHT EDUTN WORK, AND PUBLISHG HIS TOBGRAPHY OUT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}12. JIMMY SOMERVILLE (BRONSKI BEAT){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POPULAR BRISH SYNTHPOP TR, BRONSKI BEAT, ACHIEVED WISPREAD SUCCS THE MID 1980S FOR THEIR H “SMALLTOWN BOY,” WHICH TOLD THE TALE OF A BOY WHOSE FAY ST HIM AWAY FOR BEG GAY. “SMALLTOWN BOY” PEAKED AT NO. 3 THE UK SGL CHART AND THE MIC VIO FOR THE SONG SHOWED LEAD SGER JIMMY SOMERVILLE EAGERLY TRYG TO MAKE IENDS A SWIMMG POOL, THEN BEG ATTACKED BY AN ANTI-GAY GANG, BEG BROUGHT HOME TO HIS FAY BY THE POLICE AND ULTIMATELY GETTG KICKED OUT OF HIS HOME FOR BEG GAY. INCLUDG SOMERVILLE, THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BRONSKI BEAT, STEVE BRONSKI AND LARRY STEBACHAEK, WERE ALL OPENLY GAY, AND THEIR SONGS OFTEN REFLECTED THIS, NTAG POLIL MENTARY ABOUT GAY ISSU. ALTHOUGH MANY OTHER GROUPS AT THIS TIME HAD AN OPENLY GAY MEMBER, BRONSKI BEAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO ADDRS THE REAL ISSU AND STGGL OF THE GAY MUNY. SOMERVILLE LEFT BRONSKI BEAT 1985 AND WENT ON TO HAVE SUCCS AS THE LEAD SGER OF THE COMMUNARDS AND ALSO AS A SOLO ARTIST. THE GROUP DID A RNN NCERT 1987 FOR INTERNATNAL AIDS DAY. IN 1999, SOMERVILLE PERFORMED ALONGSI BOY GEE, GEE MICHAEL AND ELTON JOHN AT THE STONEWALL “EQUALY SHOW” LONDON. SOMERVILLE’S HONTY AS AN OPENLY GAY SGER AND PERFORMER NEVER HURT HIS ALBUM SAL, AND HE HELPED PAVE THE WAY FOR MANY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}11. ANDY BELL (ERASURE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1985 ANDY BELL BEME THE LEAD SGER OF ENGLISH SYNTH-POP DUO ERASURE WHEN HE RPOND TO A NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT BY LYRICIST/KEYBOARDIST AND FOUNDG MEMBER OF DEPECHE MO, VCE CLARKE. CLARKE HAD RECENTLY PARTED OM DEPECHE MO AND WAS LOOKG FOR A VOLIST FOR A NEW PROJECT. INIALLY THE BAND STGGLED TO FD SUCCS, BUT WAS THEIR FOURTH SGLE “SOMETIM” THAT BROUGHT THEM MAJOR REGNN THE UK AND OM 1986 TO 2007, ERASURE ACHIEVED 34 TOP 40 HS THE UK. THEIR SGL “A LTLE RPECT,” “CHAS OF LOVE,” AND “ALWAYS” WERE MAJOR HS THE USA. TO DATE THE BAND HAS SOLD OVER 25 LN ALBUMS WORLDWI. IN DECEMBER 2004, BELL PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS HIV-POSIVE, SOMETHG HE SAID HE HAS KNOWN SCE JUNE 1998 WHEN HE ME DOWN WH A SE OF PNMONIA. HE HAS SCE TAKEN PART NUMERO CHARY RERDGS TO FUND MONEY FOR AIDS AND HIV TN AND REARCH. IN 2005 BELL RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM ELECTRIC BLUE LLABORATG WH JAKE SHEARS OF SCISSOR SISTERS. BELL PARTICIPATED BOTH THE 2007 AND 2008 TE COLORS TOURS. IN JUNE 2010, BELL RELEASED HIS SEND SOLO ALBUM, NON-STOP. BELL HAS BEEN TOGETHER WH HIS PARTNER PL HICKEY FOR OVER 20 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}10. ADAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GIFTED WH A MULTI-OCTAVE RANGE, CLASSIL GOOD LOOKS AND A PENCHANT FOR EYELER AND NAIL POLISH, ADAM LAMBERT BURST TO THE PUBLIC’S EYE ON SEASON EIGHT OF AMERIN IDOL. ALTHOUGH HE WORKED SEVERAL THEATER PRODUCTNS, CLUDG WICKED AND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, WAS A ONT MAN FOR THE BAND THE CIZEN VE AND PERFORMED AT THE UPRIGHT CABARET AND THE ZODIAC SHOW, HE DIDN’T ACTUALLY ACQUIRE A FAN-BASE UNTIL HE PETED ON THE POPULAR REALY PETN. EARLY ON DURG HIS TIME ON AMERIN IDOL, PICTUR OF HIM AND HIS EX-BOYIEND KISSG WERE RELEASED ON THE INTER. LAMBERT NEHER NFIRMED NOR NIED HIS SEXUALY, CHOOSG STEAD TO SIMPLY CLARE, “I HAVE NOTHG TO HI….I AM WHO I AM.” AFTER FISHG AS THE NNER-UP ON IDOL, ADAM STATED PUBLICLY TO ROLLG STONE MAGAZE THAT, “ SHOULD E AS NO SURPRISE THAT I AM GAY.” HE IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MASTREAM POP ARTIST TO LNCH HIS REER ON A MAJOR LABEL. HIS ALBUM, “FOR YOUR ENTERTAMENT” BUTED ON THE BILLBOARD 200 AT NO. 3, AND HS SUCH AS “WHATAYA WANT FROM ME” AND “IF I HAD YOU” HAVE BEEN THE TOP 20 THE USA AND NO. 1 UNTRI AROUND THE WORLD. AFTER AN ALMOST PLETELY SOLD-OUT HEADLG TOUR OF THE UNED STAT, HE VAD ATRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, JAPAN, MALAYSIA, THE PHILIPP AND MANY OTHER TERNATNAL CI BEFORE HEADG TO EUROPE. EXPECT A FOLLOW-UP ALBUM 2011 AND ANOTHER WORLD TOUR. LAMBERT’S STAR HAS JT STARTED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}9. RICKY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PUERTO RIN POP SGER RICKY MART GOT HIS START AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 13 AS A MEMBER OF THE LAT BOY BAND MENUDO. AFTER THE SUCCS OF MENUDO, MART WENT SOLO RELEASG HIS SELF-TLED SPANISH-LANGUAGE BUT ALBUM RICKY MART 1991. IN 1994 MART MOVED TO LOS ANGEL AND LAND A ROLE ON THE SOAP OPERA GENERAL HOSPAL AS BARTENR AND SGER MIGUEL MOREZ. AT THIS TIME MART NTUED TO FOC ON HIS MIC AND RELEASED A THIRD AND HIGHLY SUCCSFUL ALBUM ENTLED A MED VIVIR WH THE TRACK “MARIA” CHARTG WORLDWI. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS AS A MAJOR TERNATNAL STAR MALY SPANISH-SPEAKG UNTRI, MART CID TO TAKE ON THE ONE PLACE WHERE HE STILL HAD LIMED REGNN - THE UNED STAT. AT THE 1999 GRAMMY AWARDS, MART PERFORMED A SGLE OFF HIS FIRST ENGLISH ALBUM, SELF-TLED RICKY MART, WHICH SOON HAD THE WHOLE WORLD SGG “LIV’ LA VIDA LO.” TO DATE MART HAS SOLD OVER 60 LN ALBUMS WORLDWI. AFTER YEARS OF PUBLIC CURSY ABOUT MART’S SEXUALY, HE PUBLICLY ME OUT OVER TWTER ON MARCH 29, 2010 STATG “I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT I AM A FORTUNATE HOMOSEXUAL MAN. I AM VERY BLSED TO BE WHO I AM.” IN REGARDS TO HIS RECENT G OUT, MART STATED ON LARRY KG LIVE, “IF I’D KNOWN HOW GOOD WAS GOG TO FEEL, I WOULD HAVE DONE 10 YEARS AGO.” MART IS THE FATHER BY WAY OF A SURROGATE MOTHER TO TW BOYS, MATTEO AND VALENTO. HE IS ALSO THE FOUNR OF THE NON-PROF CHARY ANIZATN RICKY MART FOUNDATN, WHICH ADVOT FOR THE WELL BEG OF CHILDREN AROUND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}8. THE MEN OF THE B-52S (RICKY WILSON, FRED SCHNEIR & KEH STRICKLAND){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRED SCHNEIR, RICKY WILSON, AND KEH STRICKLAND, ALL OPENLY GAY, ALONG WH CDY WILSON AND KATE PIERSON, MAKE UP THE AMERIN NEW WAVE BAND THE B-52S, KNOWN FOR THEIR POSIVE AND ENTHIASTIC, SLIGHTLY WACKY, TAKE ON THE DANCE AND SURF MIC GENRE POPULAR THE LATE ‘70S. THEY CRAFTED THEIR OWN “GUYS VS GALS” LL AND RPONSE STYLE AND ALONG WH THEIR THRIFT-STORE CHIC BEME FAMO EVERYWHERE FOR HS LIKE “ROCK LOBSTER” AND “LOVE SHACK.” THE GROUP FORMED 1977 WHEN VOLIST CDY AND HER BROTHER, GUARIST, RICKY WILSON PERFORMED AN IMPROMPTU JAM SSN WH KEYBOARD AND VOLIST PIERSON, DMMER STRICKLAND AND WBELL PLAYER AND VOLIST SCHNEIR AT A CHE RTRANT. THEY CHOSE THEIR NAME OM A BEEHIVE HAIRDO THAT REMBLED THE NOSE OF AN AIRPLANE WH THE SAME NAME. THEIR FIRST SGLE “ROCK LOBSTER” WAS AN UNRGROUND SUCCS AND SOON GOT THEM SIGNED TO WARNER BROS. DURG THE LATE ‘70S AND EARLY ‘80S THEY CHURNED OUT A STRG OF HS LIKE “PLA CLAIRE" AND “PRIVATE IDAHO.” WHILE RERDG THEIR THIRD ALBUM 1985, GUARIST RICKY WILSON, WHO HAD BEEN KEEPG HIS ILLNS A SECRET OM HIS BAND MEMBERS, DIED OM AIDS/HIV-RELATED HEALTH PLITNS AT THE AGE OF 32, PROMPTG A HIAT OM THEIR MIL REER. WHEN THE BAND REGROUPED, STRICKLAND CID TO SWCH OM DMS TO GUAR TO KEEP WILSON’S TRAMARK SOUND ALIVE. IN 1989 THEY RELEASED THEIR MOST SUCCSFUL ALBUM TO DATE, COSMIC THG. THE SGLE “LOVE SHACK” BEME THEIR FIRST TOP 40 H ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100, ULTIMATELY REACHG NO. 3 NOVEMBER 1989. THEIR FOLLOW-UP SGLE “ROAM” REACHED THE SAME NUMBER MARCH 1990. THAT YEAR THEY WON THE MTV MIC AWARD FOR BT GROUP VIO AND BT ART DIRECTN. AS FOR THEIR SEXUALI, SCHNIER RELLS G OUT TO HIS MOTHER AT AN EARLY AGE, SHE RPOND “OH I KNOW, FREDDIE” AND NTUED VACUUMG. IN OCTOBER 2010, SCHNIER RELEASED A CHRISTMAS ALBUM DTATN… CHRISTMAS! WH HIS SI PROJECT THE SUPERNS. STRICKLAND ME OUT A 1992 TERVIEW OF Q MAGAZE, STATG, “IT WAS GREAT. NOTHG CHANGED, BUT I FELT WAS IMPORTANT TO JT SAY .” STRICKLAND AND HIS PARTNER MARK PRENTLY SHARE A HOME KEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}7. NEIL TENNANT (PET SHOP BOYS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ENGLISH MICIAN NEIL TENNANT MAK UP ONE HALF OF ELECTRONIC DANCE DUO PET SHOP BOYS. TENNANT PROVIS MA VOLS, KEYBOARDS, AND GUAR. IN A 1994 TERVIEW WH THE UK GAY LIFTYLE MAGAZE ATTU, TENNANT OFFICIALLY ME OUT. PET SHOP BOYS HAVE SOLD OVER 100 LN RERDS WORLDWI AND ARE ONE OF THE BT-SELLG MIL GROUPS THE WORLD. THE GROUP IS LISTED AS THE MOST SUCCSFUL DUO UK MIC HISTORY THE GUNS BOOK OF WORLD RERDS. THEY HAVE ACHIEVED 42 TOP 30 SGL AND 22 TOP 10 HS ON THE UK SGL CHART. THEIR HS “WT END GIRLS,” “IT’S A S,” “ALWAYS ON MY MD” AND “HEART” HAVE ALL REACHED NO.1. TENNANT WAS THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR RUF WAWRIGHT’S 2007 ALBUM RELEASE THE STARS. IN 2009 TENNANT RECEIVED THE BRIT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDG CONTRIBUTN TO BRISH MIC. STILL GOG STRONG, THE PET SHOP BOYS’ 2009 ALBUM Y REACHED NO. 4 ON THE UK ALBUM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}6. GEE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH HS SUCH AS “CARELS WHISPER” AND “WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-GO,” WHAM! BLASTED TO THE 1980’S WH STYLE. GEE MICHAEL AND HIS HIGH SCHOOL PAL ANDREW RIDGELEY FORMED THE DUO KNOWN AS WHAM! 1981. WHEN THEY BROKE UP 1986, MICHAEL CLAIMED HIS REASON WAS TO CREATE A MORE SOPHISTITED SOUND TO TARGET A NEW DIENCE OVER WHAM!’S PRIMARILY TEENAGE FAN-BASE. MICHAEL’S FIRST SGLE AS A SOLO ARTIST WAS THE ARETHA FRANKL DUET “I KNEW YOU WERE WAG (FOR ME)” WHICH EARNED THEM BOTH A GRAMMY W 1998 FOR BT R&B PERFORMANCE. MICHAEL NTUED TO ADD HS SUCH AS “FAH” “FREEDOM ’90,” AND “I WANT YOUR SEX” TO HIS ALREADY IMPRSIVE RUME, MAKG THE STAR AN TERNATNAL SEX SYMBOL. ALTHOUGH HE WAS Y ABOUT HIS SEXUALY, HE WAS OUTTED BY THE LOS ANGEL POLICE 1998 WHEN HE WAS ARRTED FOR ENGAGG “LEWD ACTS” A PUBLIC RTROOM. IN A 2007 TERVIEW WH INPENNT NEWS, MICHAEL ADMTED HE HID THE FACT HE WAS GAY FOR FEAR OF THE AFFECT MIGHT HAVE ON HIS MOTHER. SCE 1996, MICHAEL HAS BEEN A LONG-TERM RELATNSHIP WH BSMAN KENNY GOSS, WHO OWNS THE GOSS GALLERY DALLAS, TX. MICHAEL NTRIBUTED ALL OF THE PROCEEDS OM HIS DUET WH ELTON JOHN, “DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME” TO 10 DIFFERENT CHARI FOR CHILDREN, AIDS AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}5. BOY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS PART OF THE BRISH NEW ROMANTICS MOVEMENT OF THE 1980’S, THE ANDROGYNO BOY GEE, ONT MAN FOR CULTURE CLUB, GAVE HS SUCH AS “DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME?,” “KARMA CHAMELEON” AND “TIME (CLOCK OF THE HEART).” ALTHOUGH HE STGGLED WH HERO ADDICTN AND A BREAKUP WH FELLOW CULTURE CLUB DMMER JON MOSS (THEIRS WAS A SECRET RELATNSHIP DUE TO MOSS’ DISFORT WH A SAME-SEX PARTNER), HE HAS HAD SOME HIGH POTS HIS REER SCE LEAVG CULTURE CLUB. HE’S TABLISHED HIMSELF AS A SUCCSFUL DJ LONDON’S CLUB SCENE, STARTED A CLOTHG LE LLED “B-,” PENNED TRACKS FOR THE BEACH BOYS, CHARLOTTE CHURCH AND KYLIE MOGUE, AND HAS HAD SEVERAL SOLO HS, CLUDG “THE CRYG GAME” AND “AMAZG GRACE.” TALK OF A CULTURE CLUB RNN 2012 IS OFFICIAL AND GEE SAYS, “IT’S GOG TO BE GREAT FUN. IF WE DON’T DO NOW, WE’LL DO WHEN WE’RE 60 AND THAT WOULD BE TRAGIC.” GEE HELPED GIVE ANDROGYNY AN TERNATNAL STAGE AND OFTEN PLAYED Y ON HIS SEXUAL NATURE, ONCE FAMOLY STATG HE PREFERRED A “NICE CUP OF TEA” TO SEX. HE HAS REMAED A NSTANT FIGURE THE PUBLIC EYE AND HAS PENNED NUMERO SONGS FOCG ON THE TRATNS OF THE EQUALI FOR GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}4. THE VILLAGE PEOPLE (ALEXANR BRILEY, RANDY JON, FELIPE ROSE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1977 OPENLY GAY FRENCH MIC PRODUCER JACQU MORALI WAS VISG A NEW YORK CY GAY BAR, WHEN HE SPOTTED FELIPE ROSE WORKG AS A GO-GO DANCER DRSED FULL NATIVE AMERIN HEADDRS AND ATTIRE. MORALI WAS CURRENTLY WORKG WH THE TALENTED SGER VICTOR WILLIS, WHOM HE DUBBED “THE YOUNG MAN WH THE BIG VOICE” AND AFTER SPOTTG ROSE, A LIGHT BULB WENT OFF MORALI’S HEAD AND HE POSTED AN AD A MIC TRA MAGAZE THAT READ: “MACHO TYP WANTED: MT DANCE AND HAVE A MOTACHE.” ALONG WH WILLIS (THE POLICE OFFICER AND HETEROSEXUAL) AND ROSE (THE NATIVE AMERIN, OPENLY GAY), MORALI BROUGHT ON RANDY JON (THE WBOY, OPENLY GAY), GLEN HUGH (THE BIKER, HETEROSEXUAL), DAVID HODO (THE NSTCTN WORKER, HETEROSEXUAL), AND ALEX BRILEY (THE SOLDIER, OPENLY GAY). HOPG TO TARGET GAY MEN’S FANTASI BY PICTG POPULAR GAY FANTASY PERSONAS, MORALI CREATED THE VILLAGE PEOPLE, A NAME HE CHOSE REFERENCE TO NEW YORK CY’S GREENWICH VILLAGE, WHICH AT THE TIME WAS KNOWN FOR S SUBSTANTIAL GAY POPULATN. AS A GROUP, THE VILLAGE PEOPLE’S CHURNED OUT HS LIKE “GO WT,” “IN THE NAVY,” AND “MACHO MAN,” WHICH PUT THEM ON THE CHARTS AND BROUGHT THEM MASTREAM ATTENTN, BUT WAS THEIR CLASSIC H “Y.M.C.A.” THAT MA THEM ONE OF THE MOST SUCCSFUL GROUPS OF THE DIS ERA, BEG THE FIRST GAY GROUP TO HAVE A NO. 1 H THE UK (THE SEND BEG FRANKIE GO TO HOLLYWOOD’S “RELAX”). WOMEN LOVED THEM FOR THE “MEN--UNIFORM” FANTASY THEY FULFILLED, STRAIGHT MEN APPRECIATED THE AMERINA THEM THEIR MIC, AND GAY MEN HERALD THEM FOR THEIR VISIBILY AND THE URAGE THEY GAVE OTHERS TO BE OPENLY GAY. IN REGARDS TO THEIR POSIVE IMPACT ON HELPG GAY YOUTH E OUT, ROSE ONCE TOLD THE HOUR, A MONTREAL NEWSPAPER “PEOPLE ALWAYS TELL ME, ‘YOU HELPED ME E OUT.’ I ALWAYS REPLY, ‘YOU DID THAT ON YOUR OWN.’.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}3. MICHAEL STIPE (R.E.M.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE LEAD SGER FOR R.E.M., MICHAEL STIPE HAS BEEN A PNEER FOR THE ALTERNATIVE ROCK GENRE AND HAS PLAYED A PART AS ONE OF THE MOST FLUENTIAL ROCK BANDS OF THE 1980S AND ‘90S. WH CLASSIC HS LIKE “LOSG MY RELIGN,” “IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT,” “THE ONE I LOVE,” “MAN ON THE MOON” AND “EVERYBODY HURTS,” STIPE’S UNIQUE “MUMBLG” STYLE OF SGG AND HIS SURREAL SONGWRG ABILY LED TO R.E.M.’S DUCTN TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME 2007. ESTABLISHED ATHENS, GEIA 1980, R.E.M.’S BUT ALBUM MURMUR (RELEASED 1983) RECEIVED CRIL ACCLAIM, EVEN BEATG MICHAEL JACKSON’S THRILLER FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR THE ROLLG STONE CRICS POLL. FOR THE NEXT , R.E.M. WENT ON TO RELEASE A STRG OF SUCCSFUL ALBUMS WH CHART TOPPG HS. IN 1996, THE GROUP SIGNED A REPORTED $80 LN RERDG NTRACT WH WARNER BROS. RERDS, THE LARGT OF S KD AT THAT POT HISTORY. RUMORS BEGAN SWIRLG ABOUT STIPE’S SEXUALY RPONSE TO A HAT HE WORE 1992 THAT SAID “WHE HOE STOP AIDS”. AT THE TIME STIPE WOULD ONLY MENT THAT HE WAS AN “EQUAL OPPORTUNY LECH” SAYG HE DID NOT LL HIMSELF GAY, STRAIGHT OR BISEXUAL. FALLY 2001, STIPE END YEARS OF SPECULATN BY G OUT TIME MAGAZE. HE DIVULGED THAT HE HAD BEEN A THREE-YEAR RELATNSHIP WH AN AMAZG MAN AND SCRIB HIMSELF AS A QUEER ARTIST. STIPE’S STATED HIS REASON FOR WAG SO LONG WAS THAT “ WAS SUPER PLITED FOR ME THE ‘80S. I WAS TOTALLY OPEN WH THE BAND AND MY FAY AND MY IENDS AND CERTALY THE PEOPLE I WAS SLEEPG WH. I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY OBV…I’D JT NEVER FELT STRONGLY ENOUGH ABOUT A PARTICULAR RELATNSHIP TO SAY ‘YEAH, HE’S MY BOYIEND, THAT IS WHAT IS’. NOW I REGNIZE THAT TO HAVE PUBLIC FIGUR BE VERY OPEN ABOUT THEIR SEXUALY HELPS SOME KID SOMEWHERE OUT THERE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2. FREDDY MERCURY (QUEEN){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE ONT MAN AND SONGWRER FOR THE ROCK BAND QUEEN, FREDDIE MERCURY BELTED OUT H AFTER H, OM “WE ARE THE CHAMPNS” TO “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY” TO “CRAZY LTLE THG CALLED LOVE.” HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST THEATRIL ROCK PERFORMERS, EXPLAG, “WE’RE THE CECIL B. DEMILLE OF ROCK AND ROLL, ALWAYS WANTG TO DO THGS BIGGER AND BETTER.” HE HAD A FOUR-OCTAVE RANGE, HE CRAFTED SONGS THAT SPOKE OF BOTH THE BRIGHT AND THE GRTY SIS OF LIFE, HE CLAIMED, “I AM AS GAY AS A DAFFODIL” AND AS DAVID BOWIE SAID, “I ALWAYS ADMIRED A MAN WHO WORE TIGHTS…HE WAS FELY A MAN WHO ULD HOLD AN DIENCE THE PALM OF HIS HAND.” FREDDIE MERCURY DIED OF AIDS RELATED PNMONIA ON NOVEMBER 24, 1991, ONE DAY AFTER PUBLICLY ANNOUNCG THAT HE HAD AIDS. ALTHOUGH HE WAS CRICIZED FOR KEEPG HIS ILLNS A SECRET, WAS PLETELY CHARACTER FOR THE TENSELY PRIVATE MAN. HE LEAV A LEGACY OF MIC THAT IS CELEBRATED AROUND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}1. ELTON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH MORE THAN 30 ALBUMS AND 250 LN RERDS SOLD, SIR ELTON JOHN IS ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED AND SUCCSFUL MIL ARTISTS THE WORLD. WH HIS FLAMBOYANT STYLE, RASPY VOICE AND AN UNERRG ABILY TO GET TO THE HEART OF EVERY SONG HE’S WRTEN, ELTON JOHN HAS BEEN REGNIZED WH GRAMMY AWARDS, A TONY AWARD AND EVEN AN AMY AWARD. INDUCTED TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME 1994, HIS “CANDLE THE WD” IS THE BT SELLG SGLE OF ALL TIME. HE HAS BEEN WRG WH HIS CREATIVE PARTNER, BERNIE TP, SCE 1967. WHILE THEY HAVE LLABORATED ON OVER 30 ALBUMS, THEY ARE NEVER THE SAME ROOM WHEN WRG. ACTIVE THE FIGHT AGAST AIDS SCE THE 1980’S, HIS ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATN, STARTED 1992, HAS RAISED LNS OF DOLLARS TO FUND PROGRAMS FOR HIV/AIDS PREVENTN AS WELL AS PROVIDG SERVIC FOR PEOPLE LIVG WH HIV/AIDS. HE WAS KNIGHTED 1995 FOR HIS CHARABLE WORK BY QUEEN ELIZABETH AND WED HIS HBAND, DAVID FURNISH, 2005. ELTON SHOWS NO SIGNS OF SLOWG DOWN, EHER HIS QUT TO RAISE FUNDS AND AWARENS ABOUT HIV/AIDS OR HIS MISSN TO SHARE HIS CREDIBLE MIL TALENT WH THE WORLD. THIS YEAR SIR ELTON AND FURNISH BEME PARENTS VIA A SURROGATE AND HE RELEASED HIS 30TH STUD ALBUM THE UNN WH LEON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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HE LATER BEGAN GIVG NCERTS FLAMBOYANT STUM WH ORNATE PIANOS AND NLABRA, PLAYG PRIMARILY POPULAR MIC. VERY SUCCSFUL, HE HOSTED HIS OWN TV VARIETY SERI, THE LIBERACE SHOW (1952–55, 1969), AND APPEARED FILMS SUCH AS SCERELY YOURS (1955). WH HIS UNIQUE BLEND OF CLASSIL TRAG AND OVER-THE-TOP SHOWMANSHIP, LIBERACE WAS ONE OF THE MOST FAMO PERFORMERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. IN LATER YEARS HE PERFORMED EQUENTLY LAS VEGAS.EARLY LIFELIBERACE WAS BORN WLADZIU VALENTO LIBERACE ON MAY 16, 1919, WT ALLIS, WISNS, HIS MIDDLE NAME WAS TAKEN OM ONE OF HIS MOTHER'S FAVORE FILM STARS—RUDOLPH VALENTO. LTLE DID SHE KNOW THAT HER SON WOULD VELOP A VOTED FOLLOWG OF HIS OWN ONE DAY. BOTH OF LIBERACE'S PARENTS WERE TERTED MIC, AND HE BEGAN PIANO LSONS VERY EARLY ON HIS LIFE. A CHILD PRODIGY, HE BEGAN HIS STUDI AT THE WISNS COLLEGE OF MIC WHEN HE WAS ONLY SEVEN YEARS OLD. LIBERACE STARTED PERFORMG WH ORCHTRAS HIS EARLY TEENS.MIL SENSATNTO MAKE A LIVG, LIBERACE PLAYED MOVIE THEATERS AND NIGHT CLUBS. HE EVEN ADOPTED THE STAGE NAME "WALTER BTERKEYS" FOR A TIME. BEFORE LONG LIBERACE FOUND SOME SUCCS MIXG HIS LOVE OF CLASSIL MIC WH MORE NTEMPORARY TUN. HIS REAL REER BREAKTHROUGH, HOWEVER, ME 1951 WH THE PREMIERE OF THE LIBERACE SHOW. THE MIL PROGRAM FIRST AIRED LOLLY LOS ANGEL BEFORE GOG NATNAL A FEW YEARS LATER. VIEWERS—35 LN OF THEM AT THE PROGRAM'S HEIGHT—ULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF LIBERACE'S PIANO PROWS AND HIS CHEBIC CHARMS. WH HIS TRAMARK NLABRA RTG ATOP HIS PIANO, LIBERACE PLAYED WH GREAT EASE AND GLEE. HIS LARGELY FEMALE DIENCE ALSO ADMIRED LIBERACE'S GREAT VOTN TO HIS MOTHER FRANC. HIS BROTHER GEE PLAYED THE VL ON THE PROGRAM AND ACTED AS HIS ORCHTRAL ARRANGER. IN ADDN TO HIS TELEVISN SHOW, LIBERACE SOLD OUT MANY OF HIS LIVE NCERTS AND SOLD LNS OF RERDS. HE EVEN STARRED THE 1955 FILM SCERELY YOURS, WHICH SERVED AS A SHOWSE FOR HIS TALENTS. IN LAS VEGAS, LIBERACE BEME ONE OF THE CY'S MOST POPULAR PERFORMERS AND ONE OF S TOP-PAID STARS. HE BEME EQUALLY FAMO FOR THE GLZ AND GLAMOUR OF HIS SHOWS AND STUM AS HE WAS FOR HIS MIC. IN 1956, LIBERACE WAS JOED ON STAGE BY {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}ELVIS PRLEY. AROUND THIS TIME, HOWEVER, LIBERACE'S PERSONAL LIFE WAS TURNED TO A LEGAL DRAMA. HE HAD LONG BEEN RID FOR HIS EFFEMATE WAYS, AND HE END UP SUG A BRISH PUBLITN FOR LIBEL AFTER THE MAGAZE IMPLIED THAT HE WAS GAY. LIBERACE LATER WON ANOTHER URT BATTLE AGAST A BRISH LUMNIST OVER HIS MENTS. WHILE HE WAS LATER REVEALED TO BE GAY, LIBERACE WORKED HARD TO NCEAL THIS FACT TO MATA HIS DOMANTLY FEMALE FOLLOWG. WHILE TERT HIS TELEVISN SHOW EVENTUALLY FAD, LIBERACE REMAED POPULAR WH NCERT-GOERS. HIS SHOWS AND STUM SEEMED TO GET MORE ELABORATE AND OSTENTAT WH THE YEARS. HIS HANDS SHOWSED A NUMBER OF ORNATE, PIANO-SHAPED RGS, AND HE DRAPED HIMSELF LONG, HEAVY FUR P. HE EVEN DROVE TO HIS PIANO ON STAGE ONE OF HIS MANY LUXURY TOMOBIL. IN THE MID-1970S, LIBERACE CID TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A PEEK TO HIS LAVISH LIFTYLE. HE TRANSFORMED HIS HOLLYWOOD HOME TO A MM. HE LATER DISPLAYED HIS LLECTN OF STUM, RS AND OTHER TREASUR AT HIS OWN MM LAS VEGAS.FAL YEARS AND DEATHONCE AGA, LIBERACE FOUND HIMSELF A LEGAL STGGLE. HE WAS SUED BY HIS FORMER BODYGUARD AND CHFFR STT THORSON 1982. THORSON CLAIMED THAT HE HAD BEEN A RELATNSHIP WH LIBERACE AND THAT LIBERACE HAD PROMISED TO TAKE RE OF HIM AND SUPPORT HIM. THE SE WAS LATER SETTLED OUT OF URT. SHORTLY BEFORE HIS ATH, STORI CIRCULATED THAT LIBERACE HAD AIDS. HE AND HIS STAFF, HOWEVER, VEHEMENTLY NIED THAT THE ENTERTAER HAD THE DISEASE. LIBERACE PASSED AWAY ON FEBARY 4, 1987, AT HIS HOME PALM SPRGS, CALIFORNIA. INIALLY, HIS DOCTOR REPORTED THAT THE SHOWMAN DIED OF RDIAC ARRT. LATER, AN TOPSY BY THE RIVERSI COUNTY RONER NCLUD THAT LIBERACE HAD ACTUALLY DIED OF AIDS-RELATED PNMONIA.LEGACY AND MOVIE WHILE SOME CRICS HAVE DISMISSED HIM FOR BEG OVERLY SENTIMENTAL, LIBERACE HAS LEFT A LASTG IMPACT ON THE WORLD OF ENTERTAMENT. HIS ELABORATE AND SOMETIM GARISH STYLE HAS FLUENCED THE LIK OF PRLEY, ELTON JOHN AND DAVID BOWIE TO NAME A FEW. A FILM CELEBRATG LIBERACE'S WAS RELEASED 2013, WH MICHAEL DOUGLAS PLAYG THE LEGENDARY {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
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ELTON {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}ELTON JOHN IS A BRISH SGER, PIANIST AND POSER. ALONG WH SELLG MORE THAN 300 LN RERDS, HE HAS FOUND SUCCS ON BROADWAY, POSG THE MIC SRE FOR THE TONY AWARD-WNG H 'BILLY ELLT.'{MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{LE-HEIGHT:1.6;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;LOR:#323232;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: NOV 5, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;--POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} A{POSN:ABSOLUTE;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{BACKGROUND:#C92228;BOTTOM:0;PADDG:.5REM;RIGHT:0;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG:0.39REM;}}{DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:1REM;WIDTH:1REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:1.063REM;HEIGHT:1.063REM;}}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;}(1947-){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}WHO IS ELTON JOHN?ELTON JOHN'S UNIQUE BLEND OF POP AND ROCK STYL TURNED HIM TO ONE OF THE 20TH CENTURY'S BIGGT MIC INS. HE WAS MILLY GIFTED OM A YOUNG AGE, AND RELEASED HIS FIRST SELF-TLED AMERIN ALBUM 1970, MAKG HIM A HUGE TERNATNAL STAR. SOME OF HIS CHART-TOPPG HS CLU "CRODILE ROCK," "PHILALPHIA FREEDOM" AND "CANDLE THE WD." HE ALSO FOUND SUCCS ON BROADWAY, POSG THE SRE FOR BILLY ELLT (2008), WHICH WENT ON TO W 10 TONY AWARDS. HE WAS DUCTED TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME 1994 AND KNIGHTED 1998.EARLY LIFE & CAREER ENGLANDSGER, SONGWRER, POSER AND IN ELTON JOHN WAS BORN REGALD KENH DWIGHT ON MARCH 25, 1947, PNER, MIDDLEX, ENGLAND. HE DISVERED HIS PASSN FOR MIC AT AN EARLY AGE AND TGHT HIMSELF HOW TO PLAY THE PIANO WHEN HE WAS ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD. PROVG TO BE A GREAT TALENT, HE WON A SCHOLARSHIP TO A YOUTH PROGRAM AT THE ROYAL AMY OF MIC LONDON. JOHN HAD A DIFFICULT RELATNSHIP WH HIS FATHER, STANLEY DWIGHT, A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE. HIS PARENTS DIVORCED WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER, AND HE AND HIS FATHER CLASHED OVER HIS FUTURE. JOHN, PTIVATED BY THE SOUNDS OF EARLY ROCK AND ROLL, WANTED TO PURSUE A REER POP MIC. AND MUCH TO HIS FATHER'S DISMAY, JOHN DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL AT 17 TO FOLLOW HIS DREAM. HE STARTED PLAYG WH A GROUP LLED BLUOLOGY, AND HE BBLED TOGETHER HIS STAGE MONIKER OM THE NAM OF TWO MEMBERS OF THE GROUP.IN 1967 JOHN ANSWERED AN AD FOR A SONGWRER FOR LIBERTY RERDS. HE GOT THE JOB AND SOON TEAMED UP WH LYRICIST {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}BERNIE TP. THE DUO SWCHED TO THE DJM LABEL THE FOLLOWG YEAR, WRG SONGS FOR OTHER ARTISTS. JOHN GOT HIS FIRST BREAK AS A SGER WH HIS 1969 ALBUM EMPTY SKY, FEATURG SONGS BY JOHN AND TP. WHILE THAT RERDG FAILED TO TCH ON, HIS 1970 SELF-TLED EFFORT FEATURED JOHN'S FIRST H, "YOUR SONG." MORE HS SOON FOLLOWED, CLUDG NO. 1 SMASH SUCH AS "CRODILE ROCK," "BENNIE AND THE JETS" AND "ISLAND GIRL." 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HE DRSED FABULO, OVER-THE-TOP STUM AND GLASS FOR HIS ELABORATE NCERTS. IN AN TERVIEW WH W, JOHN EXPLAED THAT "I WASN'T A SEX SYMBOL LIKE BOWIE, MARC BOLAN OR FREDDIE MERCURY, SO I DRSED MORE ON THE HUMORO SI, BEE IF I WAS GOG TO BE STUCK AT THE PIANO FOR TWO HOURS, I WAS GOG TO MAKE PEOPLE LOOK AT ME."'DON'T GO BREAKG MY HEART' IN 1976 JOHN H THE TOP OF THE CHARTS AGA WH "DON'T GO BREAKG MY HEART," HIS DUET WH KIKI DEE. HE SOON CID TO TAKE A BREAK OM MIC, FOCG HIS ENERGI ON HIS SOCCER TEAM THAT HE -OWNED ENGLAND. AROUND THIS TIME, JOHN ALSO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS BISEXUAL (HE LATER ME OUT AS A GAY MAN). AT THE TIME, JOHN WAS RIDICULED AND TNTED FOR HIS SEXUALY. THE NTROVERSY DIED DOWN, AND HE MA A TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO MIC 1979 WH THE ALBUM A SGLE MAN.'LTLE JEANNIE,' 'EMPTY GARN'WHILE NOT PRODUCG SMASH HS THE 1980S, JOHN STILL DID WELL ON THE CHARTS. SOME OF THE MOST MEMORABLE SONGS OM THIS PERD CLU THE BALLADS "LTLE JEANNIE" AND "EMPTY GARN (HEY, HEY JOHNNY)," THE LATTER WRTEN AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS IEND JOHN LENNON OF THE BEATL, WHO HAD BEEN KILLED 1980.'CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT' BRANCHG OUT DIFFERENT DIRECTNS, JOHN TEAMED UP WH LYRICIST TIM RICE FOR SEVERAL PROJECTS. THEY WORKED TOGETHER ON THE SOUNDTRACK FOR THE 1994 ANIMATED H THE LN KG, AND ONE OF THE MOVIE'S SONGS, "CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT," BROUGHT JOHN HIS FIRST AMY AWARD W FOR BT ORIGAL SONG. THE PAIR LATER TED A TONY AWARD FOR BT ORIGAL SRE 2000 FOR THEIR MIL AIDA. JOHN RECEIVED A NUMBER OF HONORS AROUND THIS TIME. IN 1994 HE WAS DUCTED TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. QUEEN ELIZABETH II MA JOHN A COMMANR OF THE ORR OF THE BRISH EMPIRE THE FOLLOWG YEAR (THE QUEEN KNIGHTED HIM SEVERAL YEARS LATER, MAKG HIM OFFICIALLY "SIR ELTON JOHN").'CANDLE THE WD 1997' WHILE HE ENJOYED ALL OF THE REGNN AND PRAISE, HE SOON FOUND HIMSELF ROCKED BY GRIEF. DURG THE SUMMER OF 1997, JOHN LOST TWO GOOD IENDS — FASHN SIGNER GIANNI VERSACE AND PRCS DIANA. HE REWORKED ONE OF HIS CLASSIC SONGS, "CANDLE THE WD," AS A TRIBUTE TO PRCS DIANA, WH THE SONG'S PROCEEDS GOG TO A CHARABLE TST TABLISHED HER HONOR. "CANDLE THE WD 1997" PROVED TO BE A TREMENDO SUCCS, SELLG MORE THAN 30 LN PI THAT YEAR.ELTON JOHN PERFORMG AT AN OPEN-AIR NCERT MAY 1974 WATFORD, ENGLAND.PHOTO: ANWAR HSE/GETTY IMAGLATER ALBUMS, BOOKS, BROADWAY, AND MOVIEJOHN NTUED TO RERD NEW MIC LATER HIS EXTENSIVE REER. IN 2006 HE RELEASED THE CAPTA & THE KID, A SEQUEL TO HIS EARLIER TOBGRAPHIL EFFORT CAPTA FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY (1975). HE ALSO TEAMED UP WH LEON RSELL FOR 2010'S THE UNN, WHICH LED TO A JOT TOUR. JOHN LATER RELEASED THE DIVG BOARD (2013), HIS 30TH STUD ALBUM, PRODUCED BY T BONE BURT. IN FEBARY 2016 JOHN RELEASED HIS 33RD STUD ALBUM, WONRFUL CRAZY NIGHT, TO GENERALLY POSIVE REVIEWS. THE ALBUM FEATURED THE ELTON JOHN BAND, WH WHOM HE LAST LLABORATED A PRR. 'BILLY ELLTT THE MIL' AND 'ROCKETMAN' ALSO MAND AS A SONGWRER, JOHN WAS STMENTAL BRGG BILLY ELLTT THE MIL TO THE STAGE. THE SHOW, ADAPTED OM THE 2000 FILM, OPENED ON BROADWAY 2008, WHERE QUICKLY BEME A CRIL AND MERCIAL SUCCS. JOHN ALSO WORKED ON THE 2011 ANIMATED FILM GNOMEO & JULIET, SERVG AS A PRODUCER AND A POSER. EVEN WH A TONED-DOWN STAGE PERSONA, JOHN REMAED A VERY POPULAR LIVE ACT. IN 2012, HE PERFORMED WH OZZY OSBOURNE, ERIC CLAPTON, STEVIE WONR, AND PL MCCARTNEY, AMONG OTHERS, CELEBRATN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S 60 YEARS ON THE THRONE.AROUND THIS TIME, WAS REVEALED THAT JOHN AND HIS HBAND WERE WORKG ON A BPIC ABOUT THE LEGENDARY MICIAN TLED ROCKETMAN. STARRG TARON EGERTON, THE FILM FALLY REACHED THE FISH LE WH S PREMIERE AT THE MAY 2019 CANN FILM FTIVAL, DRAWG ATTENTN FOR S WHIMSIL MIL SCEN AS WELL AS S UNFLCHG PORTRAYAL OF JOHN'S SEXUALY. THE ARTIST FOLLOWED WH THE PUBLITN OF HIS TOBGRAPHY, ME, LATER THAT YEAR.IN JANUARY 2020, JOHN AND TP CLAIMED THE BT ORIGAL SONG GOLN GLOBE FOR ROCKETMAN'S "(I'M GONNA) LOVE ME AGA." AMAZGLY, WAS THEIR FIRST SHARED AWARD AFTER MORE THAN A HALF-CENTURY OF CREATG SOME OF POPULAR MIC'S BIGGT HS TOGETHER. THE DUO THEN PICKED UP THEIR SEND JOT HONOR, ALSO FOR BT ORIGAL SONG, AT THE AMY AWARDS THE FOLLOWG MONTH.FAREWELL TOURON JANUARY 24, 2018, JOHN ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD RETIRE OM THE ROAD AFTER HIS PLANNED FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD TOUR, SET TO KICK OFF THAT SEPTEMBER. "MY PRRI HAVE CHANGED," HE SAID, CG HIS SIRE TO SPEND MORE TIME WH HIS HBAND, DAVID, AND THEIR KIDS. "IN 2015, DAVID AND I SAT DOWN WH A SCHOOL SCHLE ... I DON’T WANT TO MISS TOO MUCH OF THIS."THAT YEAR ALSO BROUGHT AN END TO HIS LAS VEGAS RINCY, "THE MILLN DOLLAR PIANO," WHICH WRAPPED WH A MAY 17 PERFORMANCE AT CAAR'S PALACE.SUBSTANCE ABE ISSU & ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATNIN 1990, AFTER YEARS OF BATTLG SUBSTANCE ABE ISSU, PARTICULARLY E, WHICH MAY HAVE TRIGGERED SEVERE EPILEPTIC SEIZUR, JOHN WENT TO REHABILATN. THE NEWLY SOBER MIL STAR, LIGHTED AT HIS SEND CHANCE AT LIFE, SOON FOUND HIS OWN CHARABLE ANIZATN TO HELP THE FIGHT AGAST AIDS. ESTABLISHED THE UNED STAT 1992, THE ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATN HAS BROUGHT MORE THAN $400 LN TO SUPPORT HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS AROUND THE WORLD.IN ADDN TO HIS OWN FOUNDATN, JOHN SUPPORTS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CHARI AND ARTS ANIZATNS, CLUDG THE GLOBE THEATRE AND THE ROYAL AMY OF MIC.IN MARCH 2020, JOHN HOSTED THE IHEART LIVG ROOM CONCERT FOR AMERI TO RAISE FUNDS FOR RONAVIS RELIEF EFFORTS. ALICIA KEYS, DAVE GROHL AND SAM SMH WERE AMONG THE ARTISTS WHO PERFORMED OM THEIR HOM FOR THE BENEF.ELTON JOHN WH HIS HBAND, DAVID FURNISH, AND SONS ZACHARY FURNISH-JOHN AND ELIJAH FURNISH-JOHNWIREIMAGE HBAND AND SONSJOHN MET HIS LONGTIME PARTNER DAVID FURNISH AT A DNER PARTY 1993. THE PAIR GOT MARRIED A CIVIL CEREMONY ON DECEMBER 21, 2005 — THE SAME DAY THE CIVIL PARTNERSHIP ACT 2004 WENT TO EFFECT. WH THE HELP OF A SURROGATE, THE UPLE WELED THEIR FIRST SON, ZACHARY FURNISH-JOHN, DECEMBER 2010, AND WELED THEIR SEND CHILD, ELIJAH JOSEPH DANIEL FURNISH-JOHN, JANUARY 2013. NE YEARS AFTER THEIR CIVIL CEREMONY, ON DECEMBER 21, 2014, THE UPLE WED AFTER LAWS ALLOWG GAY MARRIAGE TOOK EFFECT THE SAME YEAR BRA. JOHN WAS PREVLY MARRIED TO RENATE BLEL OM 1984 TO {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

50 GREAT GAY MALE MIC ARTISTSFROM POP TO HIP-HOP, UNTRY TO UNRGROUND, THE MEN ARE MAKG WAV ON THE NTEMPORARY MIC SCENE.BY ERIC SHOREYFEBARY 10, 2015/12:46 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BRYAN BEDR/GETTY IMAG FOR ESPOLONBROOKLYN, NY - MARCH 27: RERDG ARTIST CAK DA KILLA PERFORMS DURG PRENTED BY ESPOLON AT HOE OF Y ON MARCH 27, 2018 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. (PHOTO BY BRYAN BEDR/GETTY IMAG FOR ESPOLON)BY ERIC SHOREYFEBARY 10, 2015 / 12:46 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"50 GREAT GAY MALE MIC ARTISTS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-02-10T17:46:53.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-02-10T17:46:53.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ERIC SHOREY","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2011, WE PILED A LIST OF THE TOP 50 GAY MALE MICIANS. BIG NAM LIKE ELTON JOHN, RUPL, THE VILLAGE PEOPLE, AND MICHAEL STIPE ROUND OUT THAT LLECTN OF WELL-KNOWN GAY MIC ARTISTS VAR GENR. WHILE OUR ORIGAL GAY MIC ARTIST LIST WAS EXTENSIVE, LIMED TO 50 MEANT WAS OBVLY PLETE. MANY BRILLIANT BUT LSER KNOWN TALENTS WERE LEFT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW, WE'RE UPDATG THAT ORIGAL EFFORT WH A NEW LIST, THIS ONE VERG NTEMPORARY GAY ARTISTS—UNRGROUND GEMS, NEWER SUPERSTARS ON THE SCENE AND SOME OLR GAY MICIANS FALLY GETTG THE REGNN THEY SERVE. MORE OF A TASTG MENU THAN A PLETE ARCHIVE, THIS GALLERY OF GAY MIC ARTISTS IS STILL BY NO MEANS PREHENSIVE, BUT CERTALY REPRENTS A GROUP OF TALENTED MEN TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCISSOR SISTERSSIMONE JOYNER/GETTY IMAGCHELMSFORD, ENGLAND - AUGUST 17: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) JAKE SHEARS PERFORMS LIVE ON STAGE DURG DAY ONE OF RIZE FTIVAL AT HYLANDS PARK ON AUGT 17, 2018 CHELMSFORD, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY SIMONE JOYNER/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIGH MP AND DIE ROCK BE WH JAKE SHEARS AND ANA MATRONIC'S BAND OF LARGELY QUEER MICIANS. THE GANG MIGHT BE BT KNOWN FOR THEIR SILLIER SONGS (“LET'S HAVE A KIKI” AND “FILTHY / GEO” E TO MD) BUT THEIR MORE NTEMPLATIVE SONGS ARE JT AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAZWELLUNIQUE NILE/GETTY IMAGWEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 04: RAPPER LE CAZWELL ATTENDS BEACH RTRANT AND BAR HOSTS "GLOW UP" OPENG IN CONJUNCTN WH PROJECT CONTRAST AT BEACH RTRANT AND BAR ON OCTOBER 4, 2018 WT HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY UNIQUE NILE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE PCHFORK “DISVERED” THE GAY RAPPERS LE1F, MYKKI BLAN, AND ZEBRA KATZ 2012, CAZWELL HAD RELEASED A HANDFUL OF HALF-SER HIP-HOP JAMS FOCG ON TOPICS RANGG OM GAY SEX TO HIS LOVE OF ICE CREAM. WH AN TERMABLE LIST OF PRODUCTN CREDS AND GUT VERS, CAZWELL HAS BEE THE FACTO CLUB KID RAP STAR, WORKG WH NIGHTLIFE LEGENDS AMANDA LEPORE AND PEACH, AMONG MANY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LE1FSTT DULSON/GETTY IMAGWEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - JUNE 11: SGER LE1F PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG LA PRI FTIVAL ON JUNE 11, 2016 WT HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY STT DULSON/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS BREAKTHROUGH GAY RAPPER TOOK THE INTER BY STORM WH HIS ULTRA SLICK SPEED-RAPPG VERSE ON “WUT”, ACPANIED BY A MPY VIO OF THE RAPPER VOGUG DOWN WH A MCLE-MAN A PIKACHU MASK. SCE THEN, HE'S RELEASED THREE MIXTAP, AN EP WH TERRIBLE RERDS, AND IS CURRENTLY WORKG ON A FULL-LENGTH ALBUM AS ONE OF THE ONLY GAY RAPPERS SIGNED TO A MASTREAM LABEL. ARTY, PROVOTIVE, AND POLILLY AWARE, LE1F'S BUT ALBUM WILL BE SURE TO SHATTER EXPECTATNS AND (HOPEFULLY) THE SAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILY HAILED AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY UNTRY SGER (SORRY TY HERNDON, YOU JT MISSED ), STEVE GRAND IS AS MUCH OF A YOUTUBE SENSATN AS HE IS A SGER. NOT THAT THAT'S A BAD THG, BUT WH ONLY A FEW SGL OUT, 'S HARD TO TELL IF THIS TER CELEBRY WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WH ALL THE SPECULATN. WH A SUPPOSED FULL ALBUM RELEASE G THIS YEAR, WE'RE AS PELLED AS OUT MAGAZE, WHO NAMED THE ARTIST ONE OF THEIR OUT100 OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DOUBLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE HALFWAY POT BETWEEN DIE ROCK AND BALLROOM HOE, DOUBLE DUCHS ARE NEW TO THE SCENE. ACCINTAL BEAR BUTED THEIR FIRST VIO THE BEGNG OF 2015—NOW THE BAND IS LOOKG FOR SOME CROWDFUNDG TO FISH OFF THEIR FIRST ALBUM. JT AS GOOD AS HELPG THE NEW PROMISG ARTISTS: 10% OF THE ALBUM'S PLEDG WILL GO TO LYRIC – QUEER YOUTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}M {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS NEO-CLASSIL ARTIST GOTHIC OPERATIC DRAMA TO EXPLORE RACE AND SEXUALY AMERIN CULTURE. WH HIS STRONG UNTER-TENOR VOLS, M LAMAR NTU THE QUEER TRADN OF KLS NOMI. LAMAR CLEARLY HAS THE BRAS TO BACK UP HIS TALENT AND WAS ENGAGED EXTEND NVERSATN WH FEMIST CULTURAL SCHOLAR BELL HOOKS. FUN FACT: HE'S ALSO LAVERNE COX'S TW BROTHER!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MATMOSMARIA JEFFERIS/REDFERNSLONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 07: M.C. (MART) SCHMIDT OF MATMOS PERFORMS AT OSLO ON JUNE 7, 2016 LONDON, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY MARIA JEFFERIS/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NAMED AFTER THE EVIL GOO BARBARELLA, THIS DUO (WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO BE A UPLE OUTSI OF THEIR MIL WORK) HAVE BEEN EQUENT LLABORATORS WH BJORK OM THE BEGNG OF HER SOLO REER, ALONGSI THEIR OWN PROLIFIC SEVEN-ALBUM DISGRAPHY. ELECTRONIC ARTISTS WILLG TO GET WEIRD, MATMOS FAMOLY MA BEATS OUT OF THE NOIS CREATED OM BBG EACH OTHER'S CLOTHG DURG A LIVE PERFORMANCE ON THE "VPERTE" WORLD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MART SORRONGUY (LIMP WRIST, LOS CDOS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AN IMPORTANT FIGUREHEAD THE QUEERRE PUNK MOVEMENT, MART SORRONGUY N AND WILL KICK YOUR ASS. DPE THE EFFEMATE NAME OF HIS MOST POPULAR STRAIGHT EDGE BAND, SORRONGUY'S BRAND OF HARDRE IS TIMIDATG, LOUD, AND ANGRY AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JONTé MOANGJUN SATO/WIREIMAGETOKYO, JAPAN - DECEMBER 17: JONTE MOANG ATTENDS THE NINA SKY CHRISTMAS CELEBRATN AT XEX NIHONBASHI ON DECEMBER 17, 2011 TOKYO, JAPAN. (PHOTO BY JUN SATO/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH BETTER KNOWN AS A CHOREOGRAPHER FOR BEYONCé, JONTé HAS RELEASED HIS FAIR SHARE OF MIXTAP AND POP SONGS. WH A SEEMGLY-ENDLS PARA OF HIGH-ENERGY TERNATNAL SHOWS, JONTé'S ENAVORS HIP-HOP AND POP ARE PURE FUN. NEVER ATTEMPT HIS HIGH KICKS THE SAFETY OF YOUR OWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANIEL NORIEGA (ADORE DELANO)STT DULSON/GETTY IMAGSANTA ANA, CA - OCTOBER 22: DRAG QUEEN AND PERSONALY ADORE DELANO OM THE TV SHOW RUPL'S DRAG RACE PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE BEACH GOTH FTIVAL AT THE OBSERVATORY ON OCTOBER 22, 2016 SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY STT DULSON/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RUPL'S DRAG RACEFAN FAVORE ADORE DELANO'S BUT ALBUM, TIL DEATH DO US PARTY, IS PROBABLY THE ONE OF THE FIRST ALBUMS PRODUCED BY A NTEMPORARY QUEEN WH REAL RAD POTENTIAL. SONGS LIKE "DTF" PLAY OFF TRAP MIC TROP WHILE THE MORE TIMATE TRACKS LIKE "I ADORE YOU" ARE SHOCKGLY POIGNANT. THIS CHOLA QUEEN IS SERVG MORE THAN JT MERMAID {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TROYE SIVANJOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR SPOTIFYLOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 18: TROYE SIVAN PERFORMS FOR HIS BIGGT FANS OM SPOTIFY AT A SPECIAL EVENT AT BALDW HILLS SCENIC OVERVIEW TO CELEBRATE HIS FORTHG ALBUM "BLOOM" ON JULY 18, 2018 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR SPOTIFY){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE STARTG OFF A REER AS A CHILD ACTOR AND YOUTUBER, TROYE SIVAN IS NOW STARTG TO BE TAKEN SERLY AS A MICIAN, AND RIGHTFULLY SO. WH A SGLE OM HIS FIRST EP, TRXYE, APPEARG ON THE SOUNDTRACK FOR THE FLT IN OUR STARS, SIVAN'S MIC IS BT PARED TO FELLOW OCEANIAN LOR. IN "HAPPY LTLE PILL," FOR EXAMPLE, ALLURG VOLS PAIRED PERFECTLY WH SUBDUED HIP-HOP BEATS AND AMBIENT ELECTRONIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FISCHERSPOONERNOEL VASQUEZ/GETTY IMAGHOLLYWOOD - JUNE 10: FISCHERSPOONER PERFORMS AT BILLABONG'S 4TH ANNUAL DIGN FOR HUMANY BENEF AT THE PARAMOUNT STUD LOT ON JUNE 10, 2010 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY NOEL VASQUEZ/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ORIGAL ART-STARS OF THE ELECTROCLASH SCENE, FISCHERSPOONER'S MIL ENAVORS STARTED MORE AS AMBIENT MIC TEND FOR EXPERIMENTAL FASHN SHOWS BUT LATER EVOLVED TO FULLY REALIZED HYPNOTIC KRAFTWERK-SPIRED PSYCHELIC SYNTH-POP. THREE ALBUMS LATER, THE DUO (MA UP OF CASEY SPOONER AND WARREN FISCHER) ARE NOW WORKG ON RELEASG LOOK BOOKS OF SOME OF THEIR MORE OUTRAGEO VISUAL STYLGS WHICH WERE CREATED NCURRENTLY WH THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MYKKI BLANSANTIAGO FELIPE/REDFERNSBERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 29: MYKKI BLAN PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE YO SISSY MIC FTIVAL AT POSTBAHNHOF ON JULY 29, 2016 BERL, GERMANY. (PHOTO BY SANTIAGO FELIPE/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE EVEN ARTIER END OF THE RAP SPECTM IS MYKKI BLAN, A PUNK PRCE(SS) THAT SERV DOPE LYRICS WH FERVENT TENSY. HER LIVE SHOWS REMBLE WATCHG A MON BEG EXORCISED PERFECT RHYMG UPLETS, STYLED BY COURTNEY LOVE OR KATHLEEN HANNAH. WH THREE MIXTAP, A HANDFUL OF EPS, AND AN ALBUM THE WORKS, MYKKI HAD TOURED THE GLOBE PENNTLY UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO, WHEN SHE WAS SIGNED TO K7 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANDY BUTLER (HERCUL AND LOVE AFFAIR){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FIGUREHEAD OF THE EVER-CHANGG PERFORMANCE TROUPE KNOWN AS HERCUL AND LOVE AFFAIR, ANDY BUTLER ISN'T SHY ABOUT SHARG HIS OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENC HIS MIC. CREATG SOME OF THE MOST POETIC DANCE MIC EDM HISTORY, BUTLER'S HOE MIC SENSIBILI HAVE GARNERED HIM CRIL ACCLAIM A HANDFUL OF GENR AND SUB-GENR. BUTLER HAS STARTED OFF 2015 BY RELEASG HIS FIRST SOLO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PERFUME GENIKIERAN FROST/REDFERNSDUBLIN, IRELAND - DECEMBER 02: MIKE HADREAS AKA PERFUME GENI PERFORMS LIVE AT THE TIVOLI THEATRE ON DECEMBER 2, 2017 DUBL, IRELAND. (PHOTO BY KIERAN FROST/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT TAK A LOT OF GUTS FOR A CISGENR MALE TO APPEAR ALL OF HIS MEDIA WH A FULL FACE OF NEW WAVE MAKE-UP, AND PERFUME GENI' ALBUMS (WHICH EXPLORE GENR AND SEXUALY WH NUANCE AND SENSIVY) MATCH HIS FASHN STATEMENTS WH BRAVADO. EQUAL PARTS'70S ROCK AND '80S POP, MIKE HADREAS' WORK IS BOTH SPIRG AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BIG DIPPER IS THICK, HAIRY, AND PLETELY UNASHAMED OF HIS BODY. AND WHY SHOULDN'T HE BE? WH UNRGROUND RAP SONGS ABOUT THE JOYS OF SEXUAL PROMISCUY, BIG DIPPER IS THE POSTER CHILD FOR BALTIMORE BEAR CULTURE. VEERG TOWARDS THE SILLY STEAD OF THE EXPRSIVE, DIPPER'S ASS-SHAKG PRODUCTN HAS MA HIM A NTEMPORARY CLUB KID {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU'VE HEARD A VOGUE TRACK THE PAST FEW YEARS, CHANC ARE MIKEQ HAD SOMETHG TO DO WH . MIKEQ IS AN CREDIBLY PROLIFIC PRODUCER AND DJ SPREADG THE SOUND OF THE BALLROOM AROUND THE WORLD AND WORKG WH HEAVY HTERS OF EDM LIKE DJ SLIK. HE IS ALSO THE FOUNR OF QWEEN BEAT, THE WORLD'S PREMIERE SOURCE OF BALLROOM MIC. DRAWG SPIRATN OM PARIS IS BURNG AND A RICH HISTORY OF HOE MIC, MIKEQ IS THE ABSOLUTE THORY ON UNRGROUND DANCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JB {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VIRAL VIO STAR JB DUBS ROSE TO FAME WHEN HIS JOKEY VIO FOR THE SONG “I HATE MY JOB” BEME AN INTER SENSATN. THE CLASSILLY TRAED BALLET DANCER LOOKS PRETTY GREAT A PAIR OF HEELS, AND HIS SOMETIM-SER SOMETIM-JOKEY DANCE MIC MATCH HIS SARTORIAL SENSIBILI. HIS BOYIEND ALSO HAPPENS TO BE MILK OF RUPL'S DRAG RACE SEASON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LARRY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FOUNR OF THE ELECTROCLASH MOVEMENT WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED FOR KICKG OFF ONE OF THE BIGGT TRENDS ELECTRONIC MIC AT THE BEGNG OF THE NEW LENNIUM. AN CREDIBLY TALENTED PRODUCER HIS OWN RIGHT, LARRY TEE IS STILL DITED TO MAKG MIC SPIRED BY SLEAZY SCI-FI AND '80S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SISSY NOBBYERIKA GOLDRG/WIREIMAGENEW ORLEANS BOUNCE ARTIST SISSY NOBBY PERFORMS DURG DAY 2 OF THE 2011 NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERAGE FTIVAL AT THE FAIR GROUNDS RACE COURSE ON APRIL 30, 2011 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. (PHOTO BY ERIKA GOLDRG/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH BIG FREEDIA UGHT THE EY OF PCHFORK AND FE, SISSY NOBBY IS ONE OF THE ORIGATORS OF NEW ORLEANS BOUNCE MIC THE WAKE OF HURRINE KATRA. EVER-RELEASG TAIL SHAKG SONGS WH HYPER-AGGRSIVE BEATS, NOBBY'S NTRIBUTNS TO THE HIP-HOP SUB-GENRE WERE AND ARE TLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAK DA KILLABRYAN BEDR/GETTY IMAG FOR ESPOLONBROOKLYN, NY - MARCH 27: RERDG ARTIST CAK DA KILLA PERFORMS DURG PRENTED BY ESPOLON AT HOE OF Y ON MARCH 27, 2018 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. (PHOTO BY BRYAN BEDR/GETTY IMAG FOR ESPOLON){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE KG OF CARRY, CAK DA KILLA'S NFECTNARY NICKNAME BELI REAL RAP HARDNS THAT SPANS THREE MIXTAP AND A REMIX ALBUM. ONE OF THE ONLY GAY ARTISTS TO STAND UP TO HOT97'S EBRO, CAK' SONGS RANGE OM PURE SEX TO DANCE FLOOR RHAPSODY. REFG TO SHY AWAY OM TOPICS LIKE GRDR HOOK-UPS AND BOYS ON THE DL, CAK IS SERVG A NEW KD OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAM SMHVCG/VCG VIA GETTY IMAGSHANGHAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 23: ENGLISH SGER SAM SMH PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG HIS 'THE THRILL OF IT ALL' WORLD TOUR 2018 AT MERCES-BENZ ARENA ON OCTOBER 23, 2018 SHANGHAI, CHA. (PHOTO BY VCG/VCG VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE UBIQUO SOULFUL CROONER SAM SMH IS PRENTLY DOMATG RAD-WAV ACROSS THE WORLD. AFTER WNG ARMFULS OF GRAMMYS FOR HIS EMOTNAL ALBUM IN THE LONELY HOUR, SMH HAS BEE THE FACTO MASTREAM VOICE OF LENNIAL GAYS, SPE OR PERHAPS BEE OF HIS SEXUAL NAïVETé AND ROMANTIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DJ KEOKIREBEC SAPP/WIREIMAGESUPERSTAR DJ KEOKI AT THE EMPIRE POLO FIELDS IND, CALIFORNIA (PHOTO BY REBEC SAPP/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE FEW SURVIVG MEMBERS OF THE LATE '80S AND EARLY '90S GENERATN OF CLUB KIDS TO NTUE PRODUCG MIC, KEOKI MAY HAVE STARTED OUT AS A TREND-STEALG MICHAEL ALIG PUBLICY PROJECT, BUT SCE HAS BEE A FULL-FLEDGED AND WILY-FOLLOWED TERNATNAL DJ. HIS UNIQUE BRAND OF HOE MIC IS NOW NSIRED A CLASSIC OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEV JZ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BALLROOM PERSONALY KEV JZ PRODIGY IS ONLY NOW BEGNG TO BE REGNIZED BY MIC JOURNALISTS FOR HIS LONG LIST OF NTRIBUTNS TO THE SCENE. HIS ENERGETIC BRAND OF VOL STYLGS IS NEVER WHOUT GROWLS, SCREAMS, ROLLED R'S, OBSCURE MOVIE QUOT, AND VASTATG MENTARY THE FORM OF TCHY RHYME SCHEM. WE WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE PRODIGY FEATURED ON MORE MASTREAM EDM THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GARY FLOYD (THE DICKS)GARY MILLER/FILMMAGICAUSTIN, TX - MARCH 18: MICIANS BRIAN MAGEE (L) AND GARY FLOYD OF "THE DICKS" PERFORM DURG THE 2009 SXSW MIC FTIVAL ON MARCH 18, 2009 AT, TEXAS. (PHOTO BY GARY MILLER/FILMMAGIC) * LOL CAPTN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GARY FLOYD WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MICIANS THE UNRGROUND PUNK WORLD TO OPENLY DISCS HIS SEXUALY. THE DICKS HAVE BEEN ACTIVE FOR A WHILE NOW, BUT MORS OF (ANOTHER) RNN TOUR ARE ALWAYS CIRCULATG. OPENLY SGG ABOUT LEFTIST POLICS CLUDG RADIL QUEER ACCEPTANCE, ANTI-SEXUAL VLENCE, AND SOCIALIST ENOMICS, THE DICKS PNEERED THE WAY FOR NTEMPORARY POLIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANK OCEANVISNHS#GP/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGMANCHESTER, ENGLAND - JUNE 11: FRANK OCEAN PERFORMS AT THE PARKLIFE FTIVAL 2017 AT HEATON PARK ON JUNE 11, 2017 MANCHTER, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY VISNHS#GP/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAG)){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OKAY, WE'RE CHEATG ON THIS ONE A B. FRANK OCEAN IS BI, NOT GAY, BUT HIS PRENCE AS AN LGBTQ ARTIST IS TOO IMPORTANT TO IGNORE. AS A MEMBER OF ODD FUTURE, OCEAN'S G OUT WAS SEEN AS A GROUNDBREAKG TRIUMPH FOR A MASTREAM ARTIST. HIS STYLISH AND HONT SOLO MIC PLIMENTS HIS TRAILBLAZG PERSONA. AND Y, WE WERE FELY ROOTG FOR HIM HIS FD AGAST CHRIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MICHAEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FORMER KG OF THE CLUB KIDS, MICHAEL ALIG'S RELEASE OM JAIL AFTER OVER A HAS HERALD THE PARTY PERSONALY'S NEW ERA OF MIC MAKG. ALREADY SIGNED TO ATSOUND MIC, ALIG'S LIGHTFULLY RETRO BRAND OF HOE WILL CERTALY HELP HIM SH ON HIS RABID FANBASE, WHICH HAS ONLY GROWN SCE HIS NFEMENT. WORD OF AN ALBUM DROPPG 2015 HAS LEAD TO WISPREAD SPECULATN OM TERNATNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ZEBRA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN MASTREAM EDM PRODUCER DIPLO DROPPED "IMA READ" 2012, HE PROBABLY DIDN'T EXPECT SUCH A BREAK OUT H. ALMOST UNAVOIDABLE EVERY GAY AND STRAIGHT DANCE CLUB AROUND THE WORLD, THE SONG END UP BEG FEATURED A RICK OWENS FASHN SHOW AND NTU TO BE THE MOST ADDICTIVE MIMALIST RAP SONG EVER CREATED. ETERNALLY FASHNABLE, ZEBRA KATZ NTU TO RELEASE HNTG ELECTRONIC MIC WH EQUALLY AS TRIGUG FASHN VIOS TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOEL GIBB (THE HIDN CAMERAS)CHRISTIE GOODW/REDFERNS VIA GETTY IMAGLONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 29: JOEL GIBB OF THE HIDN CAMERAS PERFORMS ON STAGE AT BH HALL ON JANUARY 29, 2014 LONDON, UNED KGDOM. (PHOTO BY CHRISTIE GOODW/REDFERNS VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONTUG THE TRADN OF QUEER NEW WAVE ARTISTS LIKE PETE BURNS OR MORRISSEY, THE HIDN CAMERAS (LED BY JOEL GIBB) MAKE AN TERTG BLEND OF MOODY SYNTH-POP AND ANTI-FOLK. JOKGLY LLG THEIR SONGS “GAY CHURCH FOLK MIC,” THEIR LIVE SHOWS ARE OF PARTICULAR NOTE FOR CLUDG GOGO DANCERS BALACLAVAS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO FULL CHOIRS AND STRG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIKE A POST-Y2K LEIGH BOWERY, HARD TON'S ONTMAN MAX HAS SOME SANE CLUB KID LOOKS TO MATCH THE DUO'S HYPNOTIC SYNTHPOP AND ENARG DIS-FALSETTO VOLS. DPE THEIR PSYCHELIC DIY ATHETIC, HARD TON'S MIC IS CREDIBLY CRISPLY PRODUCED. THE ACID-FED BASSLE ON "EARTHQUAKE" STILL GETS STUCK MY HEAD, FIVE YEARS AFTER S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROD THOMAS (BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT)ANDREW BENGE/REDFERNSMANCHESTER, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT PERFORMS AT O2 APOLLO MANCHTER ON FEBARY 8, 2018 MANCHTER, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY ANDREW BENGE/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROD THOMAS' ACCSIBLE BATN OF DIS, HOE, AND HEARTFELT POP HAS IMPRSED THE LEGENDARY ELTON JOHN, WH WHOM HE SANG A TCHY SGLE. EMOTNAL, EARNT, AND PERHAPS A LTLE B RNY, BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT (THE SGER'S REPETIVE STAGE NAME) HAS BEEN STEADILY RELEASG ALBUMS SCE 2009, WH BIGGER SUCCS THE U.K. THAN OVER ON THIS SI OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TYLER GLENN (NEON TRE)STT DULSON/GETTY IMAGIRVINE, CA - OCTOBER 14: SGER TYLER GLENN (L) OF THE BAND NEON TRE PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE JACK FM 13TH ANNUAL NCERT AT FIVEPOT AMPHHEATRE ON OCTOBER 14, 2018 IRVE, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY STT DULSON/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEOPLE ON THE SI-L OF ALT-ROCK CULTURE HAD BEEN SNARKG ABOUT TYLER GLENN (OF THE BAND NEON TRE) AND HIS ECCENTRIC SENSE OF FASHN LONG BEFORE HE HAD CID TO E OUT JT LAST YEAR. WH HIS BAND GAG FAME AFTER OPENG FOR THE KILLERS, THE GROUP HAD PLENTY OF MERCIAL AND CRIL SUCCS AS A STRAIGHT UP NEO-NEW-WAVE OUTF, ONLY TO FD A DIFFERENT SET OF VOTE AFTER THEIR LEAD SGER OPENED UP ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE AS A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHAD VACRO (A GREAT BIG WORLD)KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 08: MICIANS IAN AXEL (L) AND CHAD VACRO OF A GREAT BIG WORLD SPEAK ONSTAGE DURG THE THE 57TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS PREMIERE CEREMONY AT NOKIA THEATRE L.A. LIVE ON FEBARY 8, 2015 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MELODIC AND RELAXG, CHAD VACRO'S ROMANTIC FFEE-SHOP MIC HAS ATTRACTED TONS OF FANS. PAIRED WH PIANO PLAYER PARTNER IAN AXEL, VACRO'S SMOOTH VOLS CHARMED OVER GLEE AND ONE TREE HILL DIENC 2012. THE BAND HAS SCE MOVED ON TO BIGGER THGS, CLUDG THE BUT OF THEIR CRILLY WELL-RECEIVED FIRST ALBUM, IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEV AVIANCESANTIAGO FELIPE/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: KEV AVIANCE PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG WIGSTOCK 2018 AT PIER 17 ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2018 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY SANTIAGO FELIPE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEMBER OF THE LEGENDARY HOE OF AVIANCE, KEV HAS PROVID THE VOICE OF VOGUE CLASSICS LIKE “CUNTY” AND “D DA DA” WHICH BALLROOM DIVAS STILL PERFORM TO TODAY. MANY OF HIS SONGS HAVE REACHED NO. 1 ON THE BILLBOARD DANCE CHARTS. AS MUCH OF A NIGHTLIFE FIXTURE AS A MICIAN, KEV'S SEVERE AND STRIKG LOOKS ARE AS REGNIZABLE AS HIS CLUBLAND CLASSIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IVRI LIR (THE YOUNG PROFSNALS)GISELA SCHOBER/GETTY IMAGLEIPZIG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 31: SGER IVRI LIR DURG THE LEIPZIG OPERA BALL 2015 ( LEIPZIGER OPERNBALL ) ON OCTOBER 31, 2015 LEIPZIG, GERMANY. (PHOTO BY GISELA SCHOBER/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE OR BEE OF ISRAEL’S PLITED RELATNSHIP WH THE GLOBAL LGBTQ MUNY, IVRI LIR STANDS OUT AS AN IMPORTANT POP SGER. A MEMBER OF THE SYNTHPOP BAND THE YOUNG PROFSNALS (ALONGSI MTACHED DRAG QUEEN URIEL YEKUTIEL), LIR CURRENTLY RIS AS A JUDGE ON THE MIDDLE EASTERN ERATN OF X {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AARON COADY (SHARON NEEDL)BCE GLIKAS/BCE GLIKAS/FILMMAGICNEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 17: SHARON NEEDL PERFORMS "THE 2017 SHARON NEEDL HALLOWEEN SPECIAL" AT THE LRIE BEECHMAN THEATRE ON OCTOBER 17, 2017 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY BCE GLIKAS/BCE GLIKAS/FILMMAGIC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVERYDAY IS HALLOWEEN FOR THIS SCREAM QUEEN. WHILE MOST OF THE RUPL'S DRAG RACE ALUMNI PUT OUT A SGLE OR TWO, SHARON STEPPED HER GAME UP WH THE RELEASE OF HER FULL LENGTH ALBUM PG-13. SURPRISGLY POP-Y FOR THE PUNK PRCS, THE ALBUM'S BATN OF EMOTNAL PTH SONGS LIKE "I WISH I WERE AMANDA LEPORE" PAIRED NICELY WH JOKIER HORROR-THEMED SONGS LIKE "CALL ME ON THE OUIJI BOARD." HER NEXT ALBUM, TAXIRMY, IS SET TO DROP SOMETIME THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SETH BOGART (HUNX AND HIS PUNX){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ORIGALLY A VOLIST THE ELECTROCLASH BAND GRAVY TRA!!!!, SETH BOGART'S UNAPOLOGETILLY NASAL VOICE WOULD THEORETILLY NOT MAKE HIM THE IAL LEAD SGER OF A POST-MORN PUNK BAND. THAT BEG SAID, HUNX AND HIS PUNX HAS PRODUCED SOME OF THE TCHIT ROCK MIC THIS SI OF THE 21ST CENTURY. FOCG ON NOSTALGIA AND HEARTBREAK MORE THAN ANGER AND VLENCE, HUNX'S SONGS RANGE OM SCHTICKY AND ANGRY TO LOVELORN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE LE1F AND MYKKI BLAN BEME FASCATNS OF THE ART WORLD, RAPPER WILL SHERIDAN HAD BEEN RELEASG HARD HTG TRACKS AFTER RETIRG OM LLEGE BASKETBALL. COMBG HOE, HIP-HOP, AND AIN RHYTHMS, SHERIDAN IS STILL A STAPLE OF NEW YORK'S UNRGROUND NIGHTLIFE AND FASHN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEWER TO THE PUBLIC EYE, BIG MOMMA SHARED HIS OPNS ON THE GAY RAP SCENE WH LAST YEAR: “HIP HOP IS CHANGG, Y, WILL THERE FALLY BE ACCEPTANCE OF AN OPENLY GAY MALE RAPPER? WHO KNOWS? BUT I’M GONNA GET MY PIECE OF THE PIE REGARDLS.” INSPIRED BY GOTH CULTURE, PRO-WRTLG, AND LIL' KIM, BIG MOMMA'S AS MUCH OF A RAPPER AS HE IS A TE TRANSGRSIVE ARTIST, WH EASILY THE RNCHIT LYRICS AROUND. KEEP AN EYE OUT AS THIS RISG STAR DROPS H AFTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH ARY PRECISN, KAZAKY EXECUT PLITED DANCE NUMBERS THE HIGHT OF HIGH HEELS, ALL THE WHILE SHOWG OFF THEIR IMPECBLE WASHBOARD ABS. THEIR MIC IS AN IDSYNCRATIC KD OF EASTERN EUROPEAN DANCE-POP WH HALF-IRONIC SCI-FI SHAS OF THE EARLY 2000S ELECTROCLASH SCENE; ALL THEIR LYRICS LIVERED AN ALMOST EERIE ADPAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JAMIE STEWART (XIU XIU)JUAN NAHARRO GIMENEZ/REDFERNS VIA GETTY IMAGMADRID, SPAIN - MARCH 27: JAMIE STEWART OF XIU XIU PERFORMS ON STAGE AT TEATRO LARA ON MARCH 27, 2012 MADRID, SPA. (PHOTO BY JUAN NAHARRO GIMENEZ/REDFERNS VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FAVORABLY PARED TO ROBERT SMH, JAMIE STEWART'S LYRICS HAVE BEEN PRAISED FOR THEIR BATN OF POETICISM AND VLENCE. AN EXTRAPOLATN OF THE (POST-) PUNK LEGACY OF ARTISTS LIKE ANNIE LENNOX, DEVO, AND BHS, STEWART'S WORK WH THE ELECTRO-PUNK GENRE ARE MET WH ALMOST UNIVERSAL CRIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRADFORD COX (DEERHUNTER, ATLAS SOUND)FRANK HOENSCH/REDFERNSBERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 13: SGER BRADFORD COX OF THE AMERIN BAND DEERHUNTER PERFORMS LIVE ON STAGE DURG A NCERT AT THE FTSAAL KRZBERG ON JUNE 13, 2018 BERL, GERMANY. (PHOTO BY FRANK HOENSCH/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEERHUNTER SCRIB THEIR MIC AS “AMBIENT PUNK”, WHICH DON'T EXACTLY MAKE SENSE AS A GENRE. NOHELS, THEIR REPUTATN AS THE SAVANTS OF THE DIE ROCK WORLD SPEAKS FOR SELF. COX'S OWN SOLO WORK, UNR THE NAME ATLAS SOUND, VEERS EVEN MORE TOWARDS ARTY ELECTRONI, WHICH ABLETON LIVE A SORT OF EXTEND STREAM-OF-NSCNS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OWEN PALLETT (FAL FANTASY)XAVI TORRENT/WIREIMAGEBARCELONA, SPAIN - JUNE 19: OWEN PALLETT PERFORMS ON STAGE DURG DAY 2 OF SONAR MIC FTIVAL ON JUNE 19, 2015 BARCELONA, SPA. (PHOTO BY XAVI TORRENT/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VIO GAME ENTHIAST OWEN PALLETT DROPPED HIS JRPG SPIRED MONIKER A FEW YEARS AGO BUT HAS STUCK WH HIS BIZARRE TAKE ON EXPERIMENTAL ORCHTRAL MIC SPIRED BY THE TERSECTN OF TECHNOLOGY AND ART. MOST RECENTLY, PALLETT WAS NOMATED ALONGSI WILLIAM BUTLER FOR HIS WORK ON THE SRE OF HER, ALTHOUGH HIS EARLY MIC (WHICH SOMETIM DIRECTLY RIFFED ON VIO GAME THEM) REMAS SOME OF MY PERSONAL FAVOR OM THE ARTIST (SEE: “AN ARROW IN THE SI OF FAL FANTASY” PLAYG WH THE SUPER MAR WORLD OVER-WORLD THEME).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADAM LAMBERTETHAN MILLER/GETTY IMAGLAS VEGAS, NV - SEPTEMBER 01: SGER ADAM LAMBERT OF QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT PERFORMS AS THE GROUP KICKS OFF S 10-DATE LIMED ENGAGEMENT, "THE CROWN JEWELS," AT PARK THEATER AT PARK MGM ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2018 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. (PHOTO BY ETHAN MILLER/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CURRENT REIGNG CHAMPN OF FAY IENDLY GLAM-ROCK, ADAM LAMBERT IS, APPARENTLY, OUR GENERATN'S FREDDIE MERCURY. NO, REALLY, HE'S CURRENTLY TOURG WH THE ORIGAL MEMBERS OF QUEEN, PICKG UP WHERE THE CLASSIC ROCK LEGENDS LEFT OFF. IN FACT, SOME OF THE BAND ARE EVEN SAYG THEIR SUBSTUTE HAS BETTER PIP THAN THE ORIGAL GAY SUPERMAN, BUT THAT'S A BATE FOR ANOTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PANSY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANOTHER STAPLE BAND OF THE QUEERRE GENRE OF PUNK ROCK, PANSY DIVISN HAS BEEN MAKG ANGRY ROCK MIC SCE THE EARLY 90'S. ALTHOUGH THEIR LAST FULL-LENGTH ALBUM, THAT'S SO GAY, WAS RELEASED WAY BACK 2009, THE BAND NTU TO FY STEREOTYP ABOUT EFFETE GAY MEN AND THEIR WORSHIP OF POP DIVAS. MORE MELODIC THAN PHONO, PANSY DIVISN OCCUPI A UNIQUE PLACE PUNK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COMBG ROCK AND RAP A WAY THAT SOMEHOW AVOIDS PARISON TO LATE '90S SCHLOCK GROUPS LIKE LK PARK, STOSE'S SOCIAL JTICE-MD MIC DISCS POST-OCCUPY POLICS WH BOTH ANGER AND PASSN. CST PUNK ATHETICS MEET REAL SPTG SKILLS THIS UPG HIP-HOP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BIG FREEDIATIM MOSENFELR/WIREIMAGENEW ORLEANS, LA - APRIL 28: BIG FREEDIA PERFORMS DURG THE 2018 NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERAGE FTIVAL AT FAIR GROUNDS RACE COURSE ON APRIL 28, 2018 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. (PHOTO BY TIM MOSENFELR/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BIG FREEDIA'S ULTRA-REALNS UGHT THE EY OF PCHFORK, MAKG HER ALREADY HUGE PERSONALY EVEN BIGGER. HER GENRE-FG MIC HAS HER TOURG THE GLOBE, GETTG BOOTYS TO MOVE AROUND THE WORLD. THE QUEEN DIVA BUTED HER FIRST FULL-LENGTH, SAMPLE-EE ALBUM LAST YEAR TO FAVORABLE REVIEWS ACROSS THE BOARD. HER REALY TELEVISN SERI BROKE FE'S RATGS RERDS AND HAS ALREADY BEEN RENEWED FOR TWO MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RECENTLY PROFILED BY VICE, BOTTOMS ARE ON THE VERGE OF THEIR FIRST ALBUM BUT. DPE THE JOKEY CLAIMS THAT THEY ONLY FORMED A BAND TO GET MORE DICK, THEIR LYRICS ABOUT HIV AND BODY DYSMORPHIA SHOW THAT THEY'RE CLEARLY MORE THOUGHTFUL THAN THEY PRETEND TO BE. THEY MIGHT SCRIBE THEIR MIC AS "SHTY SH HOE MIC, BASILLY, FOR FAGGOTS" BUT THEIR BLEND OF DIE-DIS AND PUNK KEEPS THEM FAR AWAY OM TRADNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE FOREONT OF NTEMPORARY CLASSIL MIC, NI MUHLY IS THE WILY ACCLAIMED PHILLIP GLASS LLABORATOR WH HIS OWN IMPRSIVE DISGRAPHY OF CHORAL ARRANGEMENTS, OPERAS, MOVIE SR (CLUDG THE REAR AND KILL YOUR DARLGS), AND ENSEMBL. MUHLY'S BT KNOWN OPERA, TWO BOYS, TELLS THE NTROVERSIAL TE TALE OF A HOMOEROTIC ONLE IENDSHIP WHICH EVENTUALLY RULTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHAPMAN'S "GAY RAP SONG" MAY HAVE GONE VIRAL FOR ALG ANKLY WH THE STGGLE OF G OUT, BUT HIS PARTY TRACKS ARE JT AS STRONG. WORKG WH EDM MEGA-TALENT SAT, CHAPMAN'S SONGS BOUNCE BETWEEN BEG NFSNAL AND CLUB BANGG WH EASE. DON'T LET THE PARISONS TO MACKLEMORE OR EMEM FOOL YOU, CHAPMAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Morn mic's most trigug gay or bisexual male artists. * gay piano player and singer *

Big nam like Elton John, RuPl, The Village People, and Michael Stipe round out that llectn of well-known gay mic artists var genr. Many brilliant but lser known talents were left, we're updatg that origal effort wh a new list, this one verg ntemporary gay artists—unrground gems, newer superstars on the scene and some olr gay micians fally gettg the regnn they serve.

More of a tastg menu than a plete archive, this gallery of gay mic artists is still by no means prehensive, but certaly reprents a group of talented men to celebrate.

TOP 50 GAY MALE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAVIS MALLORYFEBARY 7, 2011/10:00 AMBY DAVIS MALLORYFEBARY 7, 2011 / 10:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TOP 50 GAY MALE MICIANS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-02-07T15:00:22.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-02-07T15:00:22.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAVIS MALLORY","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE DAYS, WH MORE AND MORE PUBLIC FIGUR G FORWARD ABOUT THEIR SEXUALY, WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME THAT WE HERE AT PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF THE MOST FLUENTIAL AND TRIGUG OPENLY GAY AND BISEXUAL MALE MICIANS OF THE PAST CENTURY. COMPILG A LIST LIKE THIS WAS NO SMALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE WE’VE LIMED THIS TO ONLY 50 MICIANS, THE NUMBER OF OPENLY GAY ARTISTS FAR SURPASS THAT NUMBER, AND WE’RE SURE YOU WILL LIKELY SPOT AN ARTIST NEAR AND AR TO YOUR HEART THAT WE LEFT OUT. TST THAT WAS NOT DONE MALICE. WE SIMPLY TRIED TO ASSEMBLE A LIST OF THOSE ARTISTS WE FEEL HAVE BEEN BOTH SUCCSFUL THEIR REERS WHILE ALSO RAISG AWARENS TOWARD GAY RIGHTS ISSU AND GIVG BACK TO THE MUNY WHICH THEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE ALSO CID TO LE OUT THOSE ARTISTS WHOSE SEXUALY WAS OFTEN MORED TO BE GAY, BUT HAVE NEVER BEEN NFIRMED BY THE ARTISTS THEMSELV, TAKE MORRISSEY OR LIBERACE FOR EXAMPLE. WE ALSO CID TO OM THOSE MICIANS WHO APPEARED TO FLIRT WH BEG BISEXUAL, BUT ULTIMATELY SEEM TO NSIR THEMSELV STRAIGHT, SUCH AS DAVID BOWIE, OR MICIANS WHO HAVE TALKED VAGUE GENERALI ABOUT BISEXUALY BUT AGA ULTIMATELY SEEM CLEARLY HETEROSEXUAL, SUCH AS GREEN DAY ONT MAN BILLIE JOE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO HERE WE ARE WH A LIST HONORG THOSE OUT AND PROUD MEN WHO HAVE PAVED THE WAY FOR MANY OTHERS LIKE THEM AND MANY MORE WHO WILL SURELY E. THE MEN HAVE BEEN A POSIVE FLUENCE FOR GLBT YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD, AND BY THEIR HONTY THEY HAVE HELPED SHAPE THE CURRENT CLIMATE AND ACCEPTABILY FOR BEG AN OPENLY GAY MALE ARTIST TODAY’S MIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ARE ARTISTS WHO RISKED THEIR REERS TO BE TE TO THEIR SEXUALY, AND WHO MAKE PROUD TO BE THE GAY AND BI MEN THAT WE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}50. TIZIANO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ITALIAN POP SGER TIZIANO FERRO GOT HIS START LIKE NUMERO AMERIN IDOL FALISTS THE DAYS BY PARTICIPATG A TALENT SHOW - THE SANREMO MIC FTIVAL 1998. WHILE FERRO DID NOT W THE PETN, HE DID MAKE TO THE 12 FALISTS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY HE UGHT THE ATTENTN OF TWO PRODUCERS THE DIENCE – ALBERTO SALERNO AND MARA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOGETHER THEY WORKED ON FERRO’S BUT ALBUM ROSSO RELATIVO, RELEASED 2001. FERRO’S SONG “UNIVERSAL PRAYER” WAS ED AT THE 2004 OLYMPIC GAM ATHENS, GREECE, AND HE HAS SCE GONE ON TO SELL OVER 8 LN ALBUMS WORLDWI, PART BEE FERRO IS FLUENT SPANISH AND RELEAS SPANISH VERSNS OF HIS ITALIAN ALBUMS. RECENTLY FERRO MA HEADL WHEN HE CHOSE TO E OUT TO ITALIAN VANY FAIR MAGAZE ON OCTOBER 5, 2010, STATG “I WANT TO FALL LOVE WH A MAN.” FERRO IS OUR MOST RECENTLY OUT GAY MALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}49. COLTON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BORN GLENN SOIAN, COLTON FORD FIRST ROSE TO PROMENCE AS A GAY ADULT FILM STAR OM 2001-2002 WH 11 FILMS TO DATE, MANY OF WHICH I’M SURE YOU’VE ALREADY SEEN. INTERTGLY ENOUGH, BEFORE FORD’S TIME THE MOVIE DTRY, HE BEGAN HIS REER AS A BACK-UP SGER FOR THE LIK OF SALT ‘N PEPA, CHAKA KHAN, AND VANSA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORD WALKED AWAY OM THE ADULT FILM DTRY 2002 TO REFOC HIS REER ON MIC, GENERATG A STRG OF CLUB/DANCE HS CLUDG “EVERYTHG” AND “THAT’S ME” ON WHICH HE LLABORATED WH CAZWELL. HIS VER OF STEVIE WONR’S “SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I’M YOURS” PEAKED AT NO. 9 ON THE HOT DANCE CLUB PLAY CHART WHILE HIS BUT ALBUM TUG OF WAR WAS RELEASED 2008. IN THE SAME YEAR HE PARTICIPATED THE TE COLORS TOUR ALONGSI CYNDI LPER, THE INDIGO GIRLS AND JOAN JETT. FORD APPEARS THE MIC VIO FOR LPER’S 2008 SGLE “INTO THE NIGHTLIFE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORD’S SEND ALBUM UNR THE COVERS FEATUR HIS VERSNS OF TRACKS OM ARTISTS LIKE BRNEY SPEARS’ “TROUBLE” AND ROBYN’S “WH EVERY HEARTBEAT.” SO WHAT KD OF MAN IS SOMEONE LIKE COLTON FORD TO? HE SAYS HE LIK “A MAN WHO N BE VULNERABLE, SHARE HIS SECURI, BE THE MOMENT AND BE VERY HONT AND THENTIC. THAT SPEAKS TO ME MORE THAN ANYTHG. THAT’S A REALLY, REALLY HOT QUALY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}48. JAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TEXAS BORN BRANNAN HAS BEEN PARED TO RUF WAWRIGHT FOR HIS OPENNS AS A GAY ARTIST, AND HAS BEEN PARED TO ANI DIFRAN AND JONI MCHELL FOR HIS CRAFTS WH SONGWRG, POSSSG THE QUALI OF AN “ANGRY, SAD WOMAN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2002, AFTER JT ONE SEMTER OF LLEGE OH, BRANNAN SET OUT FOR NEW YORK CY HOPG TO BREAK TO THE ENTERTAMENT DTRY. HE QUICKLY LAND A ROLE THE FILM SHORTB AND GOT THE CHANCE TO ADD HIS OWN SONG “SODA SHOP” TO THE MOVIE’S SOUNDTRACK. BRANNAN’S MIC REER SOON TOOK OFF AS HE UTILIZED MYSPACE, YOUTUBE AND BLOGSPOT TO ROUTELY UPLOAD SELF-MA MIC VIOS. HE SOON VELOPED A LOYAL FAN BASE AND 2008, BRANNAN RELEASED HIS BUT ALBUM GODDAMNED AND FOLLOWED UP WH AN ALBUM OF VER SONGS IN LIVG COLOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}47. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JORDANIAN-AMERIN LOS ANGEL-BASED SGER-SONGWRER, FERRAS GREW UP A SMALL TOWN ILLOIS WHERE HE NEVER FELT LIKE HE REALLY F . AFTER HIS PARENTS DIVORCED, HIS FATHER KIDNAPPED HIM AND BROUGHT HIM TO JORDAN, WHERE HE BEGAN PLAYG A CAS KEYBOARD AND BEGAN WRG HIS OWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FERRAS’ FIRST ALBUM, ALIENS AND RABOWS FEATURED THE SONG “HOLLYWOOD’S NOT AMERI,” WHICH WAS ED AS THE EX SONG FOR SEASON SEVEN OF AMERIN IDOL. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE HAS SCE -WRTEN SEVERAL SONGS FOR ARTISTS CLUDG ADAM LAMBERT AND THE VERONIS, AND IS CURRENTLY WORKG ON HIS NEXT ALBUM WHICH HE HOP TO RELEASE 2011. (IT IS CURRENTLY POST-PRODUCTN.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH HIS SMOOTH, SWEET VOICE AND HIS CREDIBLE SONGWRG ABILY, FERRAS IS CERTALY A TALENT TO WATCH. AND WHAT DO OPENLY GAY FERRAS LOOK FOR A MATE? “A SENSE OF HUMOR. AND A GREAT ASS”.{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}46. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MASSACHETTS-BORN LE CASWELL, AKA CAZWELL, HAS BEEN PRAISED AT THE GAY MAN’S EMEM AND IS A PERSONAL FAVORE OF SIR ELTON JOHN. BT KNOWN FOR HIS GAY AND BISEXUAL-THEMED LYRICS, AS WELL AS HIS SEXUAL VIOS WHICH OFTEN FEATURE MEOS BY NEW YORK-BASED TRANSSEXUAL IN AMANDA LEPORE, CAZWELL’S FLUENC RANGE OM THE NOTOR B.I.G. TO THE BEASTIE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS BUT ALBUM, GET INTO IT, WAS RELEASED 2006 AND THE MIC VIO FOR THE LEAD SGLE “ALL OVER YOUR FACE” TURNED OUT TO BE TOO NTROVERSIAL TO BE AIRED ON LOGO DUE TO THE EXPLIC LYRICS AND SEXUAL THEM. DURG 2007 CAZWELL TOURED ALONGSI CYNDI LPER, RUF WAWRIGHT, THE INDIGO GIRLS AND OTHER SPECIAL GUTS ON THE TE COLORS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VIO FOR CAZWELL’S IL SGLE “I SEEN BEYONCE AT BURGER KG” WENT VIRAL 2008 AND 2010 CAZWELL RELEASED THE VIO FOR “ICE CREAM TCK”, WHICH THE ADVOTE LLED “THE SUMMER’S RNCHIT MIC VIO.” FEATURG A PACK OF HALF-NAKED CHISELED GO GO BOYS, ’S NO SURPRISE THE VIO GAED OVER ONE LN VIEWS S FIRST WEEK. IT SEEMS CAZWELL CERTALY KNOWS WHAT GAY MEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}45. OWEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU’RE A FAN OF ANDREW BIRD, BEIT, OR AR FIRE, THEN YOU’RE LIKELY FAIAR WH CANADIAN POSER, VLIST, KEYBOARDIST AND VOLIST OWEN PALLETT. PALLETT -WROTE THE STRGS ARRANGEMENTS FOR AR FIRE’S ALBUMS FUNERAL, NEON BIBLE AND THE SUBURBS. HE BEGAN HIS MIC REER UNR THE ALIAS “FAL FANTASY,” A NAME HE CREATED DUE TO HIS AFFY FOR THE JAPANE VIOGAME SERI OF THE SAME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PALLET’S PENCHANT FOR HUMORO ALBUM TL RULTED THE UNFETTABLE NAME OF HIS SEND ALBUM, HE POOS CLOUDS, WHICH WENT ON TO W CANADA’S POLARIS MIC PRIZE 2006. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT PALLETT’S REER BEGAN TO REALLY TAKE OFF, AND HE HIRED HIS BOYIEND PATRICK BORJAL AS HIS MANAGER AND THEY FORMED THE APTLY TLED PANY BOYIEND MANAGEMENT. IN 2009, PALLETT RETIRED THE E OF HIS BAND NAME FAL FANTASY AND RELEASED HIS CRILLY ACCLAIMED ALBUM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}44. PATRICK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ENGLISH SGER-SONGWRER PATRICK WOLF IS KNOWN FOR BG CLASSIL STMENTS SUCH AS THE PIANO, VLA, AND ULELE WH ELECTRONIC TECHNO-POP BEATS. WOLF’S ALBUM WD THE WIR GAED HIM NSIRABLE DIE MIC RPECT AND HE BEGAN PERFORMG WH THE LIK OF OWEN PALLETT, THE HIDN CAMERAS, AND AR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS THIRD ALBUM MAGIC POSN IS WHEN HE BEGAN TO SEE TE MERCIAL SUCCS AND EMBARKED ON A TOUR OF NORTH AMERI, EUROPE, JAPAN AND ATRALIA. THE OPENLY BISEXUAL WOLF SPARKED NTROVERSY AROUND HIS SEXUALY DURG AN TERVIEW WH THE LONDON PAPER WHEN HE STATED “IN THE SAME WAY I DON’T KNOW IF MY SIXTH ALBUM IS GOG TO BE A ATH-METAL RERD OR CHILDREN’S POP, I DON’T KNOW WHETHER I’M STED TO LIVE MY LIFE WH A HORSE, A WOMAN OR A MAN.” HE HAS BEEN A LONG-TERM RELATNSHIP WH A MAN NAMED WILLIAM SCE AUGT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}43. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YANIS SAHRAOUL, AKA SLIIMY, IS OF MOROCN-ALGERIAN SCENT AND A NATIVE OF FRANCE. THE FORMER TEENAGE CHOIRBOY WH AN UNDYG VOTN TO LILY ALLEN AND AN UNNNY REMBLANCE TO PRCE, RELEASED HIS BUT ALBUM PAT YOUR FACE 2009. THE ALBUM QUICKLY CLIMBED TO NO. 2 ON THE FRANCE ALBUM CHARTS, BUT WAS HIS VER OF BRNEY SPEARS’ “WOMANIZER” THAT BROUGHT HIM AMERIN ATTENTN. (KATY PERRY AND LADY GAGA BOTH TWEETED HIS VIO).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CELEBRY BLOGGER PEREZ HILTON SIGNED HIM AS THE BUT ARTIST FOR HILTON’S PEREZC MIC LABEL. JT THREE DAYS BEFORE THE RELEASE OF HIS ALBUM, SLIIMY BOLDLY ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS GAY. “I DON’T HAVE ANY PROBLEM SAYG THAT I’M GAY. I EMBRACE AND DON’T WANT TO HI .”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}42. STEPH MERRT (THE MAGIC FIELDS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOSTON-BORN SGER/SONGWRER AND MULTI-STMENTALIST STEPH MERRT IS BT KNOWN AS THE LEAD SGER OF THE SYNTHPOP, FOLK GROUP THE MAGIC FIELDS. KNOWN FOR HIS UNTRAED AND DISTCT BARONE VOICE, MERRT HAS BEEN DUBBED “THE MOST MISERABLE MAN ROCK” DUE TO HIS BTER, IRONIC, AND OFTEN HUMORO TAKE ON LOVE. KNOWN MIC CIRCL AS A “GAY SYNTH-POP” GROUP, THE MAGIC FIELDS NSIST OF ONE GAY MALE ARTIST (MERRT), ONE LBIAN (CLDIA GONSON), ONE STRAIGHT FEMALE (SAN AMWAY, WHO IS NO LONGER WH THE GROUP), AND TWO STRAIGHT MAL (SAM DAVOL AND JOHN WOO).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEIR BT-KNOWN WORK IS THEIR THREE-VOLUME NCEPT ALBUM 69 LOVE SONGS, VOTED ALBUM OF THE YEAR BY THE VILLAGE VOICE. THEY ARE ALSO KNOWN FOR THEIR WI RANGE OF STMENTATN CLUDG THE ACRDN, BANJO, CELLO, FLUTE, MANDOL, ULELE, AND XYLOPHONE. MERR’S LYRICS OFTEN AL WH HIS SEXUALY AS EVINCED BY HIS TRACK “WHEN MY BOY WALKS DOWN THE STREET” FEATURG THE LYRICS “AMAZG, HE’S A WHOLE NEW FORM OF LIFE, BLUE EY BLAZG, AND HE’S GOG TO BE MY WIFE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}41. JT TRANTER (SEMI PREC WEAPONS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT TRANTER IS MOST FAMO FOR HIS ROLE AS THE LEAD SGER OF THE NEW YORK-BASED GLAM ROCK BAND SEMI PREC WEAPONS. RAISED LAKE ZURICH, ILLOIS, TRANTER STUDIED AT THE CHIGO AMY FOR THE ARTS AND AT THE BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MIC BOSTON, GRADUATG WH A GREE SONGWRG. IN 2006, TRANTER, ALONG WH FELLOW BERKLEE GRADUAT, STEVY PYNE, COLE WHTLE AND DEAN CREAN, FORMED SEMI PREC WEAPONS. TRANTER ALSO VELOPED A JEWELRY LE LLED “FETTY” THAT IS SOLD AT BARNEYS, URBAN OUTFTERS AND HOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FUND BY THE SAL OF HIS JEWELRY LE, TRANTER RERD AND RELEASED THE FIRST SPW ALBUM WE LOVE YOU 2008 WH THE STANDOUT SGLE “MAGIC BABY” AND THE GROUP WAS SIGNED TO INTERSPE RERDS THE NEXT YEAR. TRANTER IS A CLOSE IEND TO LADY GAGA, AND SPW MA A MEO HER “TELEPHONE” MIC VIO AND HAS BEEN A RECURRG OPENG ACT ON HER MONSTER BALL TOUR. OPENLY GAY, TRANTER ME OUT AT 14 AND FAMOLY STATED AN TERVIEW WH : “IF THEY AREN'T GOG TO GIVE ME AND THE RT OF THE HOMOS EQUAL RIGHTS THEN I DON'T WANT TO PAY EQUAL TAX”.{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}40. RAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BORN MUNCIE, INDIANA, RAY BOLTZ IS AN AWARD-WNG NTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN SGER/SONGWRER. BOLTZ’S REER CHRISTIAN MIC TOOK OFF WHEN HIS SONG “THANK YOU” RECEIVED THE SONG OF THE YEAR AWARD AT THE 1990 GMA DOVE AWARDS AND HE HAS SCE GONE ON TO SELL OVER 4.5 LN RERDS. BOLTZ WAS MARRIED TO HIS WIFE CAROL FOR OVER 30 YEARS BEFORE G OUT 2008 THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF THE WASHGTON BLA. IN THE TERVIEW, BOLTZ STATED: "IF THIS IS THE WAY GOD MA ME, THEN THIS IS THE WAY I'M GOG TO LIVE. IT'S NOT LIKE GOD MA ME THIS WAY AND HE'LL SEND ME TO HELL IF I AM WHO HE CREATED ME TO BE — I REALLY FEEL CLOSER TO GOD BEE I NO LONGER HATE MYSELF."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE THEN HE HAS NTUED TO PERFORM AT SEVERAL CHURCH OM THE GAY-AFFIRMG CHRISTIAN NOMATN METROPOLAN COMMUNY CHURCH. IN 2010, HE RELEASED THE ALBUM TE WH THE SONGS “DON’T TELL ME WHO TO LOVE,” ALG WH SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, AND “WHO WOULD J LOVE,” A SONG ABOUT RENCILG HIS SEXUALY AND HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}39. JOE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOE MCELRRY GAED REGNN AS THE WNER OF THE SIXTH SEASON OF UK’S THE X FACTOR 2009. MCELRRY FIRST DNED FOR THE X FACTOR 2007 BUT OPTED TO WALK AWAY OM THE PETN BEE HE FELT HE WAS TOO YOUNG PARED TO THE OTHER NTTANTS. IN 2009, HE AGA CID TO DN FOR THE SHOW AND WOUND UP WNG WH HIS VER OF MILEY CYS’S “THE CLIMB.” HIS VER OF CYS’S SONG WENT ON TO REACH NO. 1 ON BOTH THE UK AND IRELAND’S SGLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCELRRY’S PRIZE AS WNER OF THE X FACTOR WAS A RERDG NTRACT WH SIMON COWELL’S SY RERD LABEL WORTH AN TIMATED £1 LN. MCELRRY WAS ALSO FEATURED ON THE CHARY SGL OF R.E.M.’S “EVERYBODY HURTS” FOR THE 2010 HAIAN EARTHQUAKE AND JULY 2010, MCELRRY POSTED ON HIS OFFICIAL WEBSE THAT HE IS GAY AND GAVE AN TERVIEW TO THE UK’S DAILY MAIL WHICH HE CLARED “I’M REALLY HAPPY, I NOW KNOW WHO I AM…. I’VE HAD TIME TO THK ABOUT THGS. I WASN’T ATTRACTED TO ANYONE ANYWAY, MALE OR FEMALE. IT NEVER REALLY ENTERED MY HEAD I WAS GAY. BUT I JT KNOW. IT’S HOW I FEEL.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE RELEASE PARTY FOR HIS BUT ALBUM WI AWAKE WAS HELD AT LONDON’S FAMO CLUB G-A-Y ON OCTOBER 23, 2010 AND THE TRACK “SOMEONE WAKE ME UP” IS FEATURED ON THE SOUNDTRACK FOR DISNEY’S THE CHRONICL OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}38. MATT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SON OF FAMED UNTRY MIC STAR GARY MORRIS, MATT MORRIS IS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE DISNEY CHANNEL’S THE MICKEY MOE CLUB ALONGSI JT TIMBERLAKE, CHRISTA AGUILERA, BRNEY SPEARS, RYAN GOSLG, KERI RSELL, AND JC CHASEZ. MORRIS FOUND SUCCS AS A SONGWRER THE EARLY 2000S WH HS LIKE AGUILERA’S “CAN’T HOLD US DOWN” AND KELLY CLARKSON’S “MISS INPENNT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN JANUARY 2010, MORRIS RELEASED HIS BUT ALBUM WHEN EVERYTHG BREAKS OPEN ON TIMBERLAKE’S TENNMAN RERDS. HIS PERFORMANCE OF “HALLELUJAH” ALONGSI TIMBERLAKE FOR THE HOPE FOR HAI NOW TELETHON BEME THE MOST DOWNLOAD SONG OFF THE BROADST’S DIGAL RELEASE AND ROSE TO NO. 1 ON THE ITUN SGL CHART. MORRIS MARRIED HIS HBAND SEAN MICHAEL MORRIS DURG THE BRIEF TIME THAT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE WAS LEGAL CALIFORNIA. HIS HBAND ALSO SERV AS SPIRATN FOR THE SONG “LOVE” ON HIS BUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}37. CHRIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRIS WILLIS IALLY BEGAN HIS REER AS A GOSPEL SGER, BUT RECEIVED TERNATNAL FAME FOR HIS LLABORATNS WH FRENCH MIC PRODUCER DAVID GUETTA ON TRACKS SUCH AS “LOVE IS GONE” “GETTG’ OVER” AND “LOVE DON’T LET ME GO.” IN THE MID-1990’S WILLIS RELEASED HIS SELF-TLED GOSPEL ALBUM AND WENT ON TOUR WH CHRISTIAN SGER TWILA PARIS AND EDIAN MARK LOWRY. TOWARD THE END OF THE ‘90S WILLIS FALLY MA PEACE WH HIS SEXUALY AND TRANSNED OUT OF GOSPEL MIC. WHILE DOG PUBLICY PARIS, WILLIS MET GUETTA AND THE TWO -WROTE AND RERD “JT A LTLE MORE LOVE” THAT SAME DAY, WHICH WENT ON TO BE A SMASH H ACROSS EUROPE. WILLIS HAS SCE BEEN FEATURED ON FIVE OF GUETTA’S ALBUMS; MOST RECENTLY WH THE SUCCSFUL SGLE “GETT’ OVER” OFF GUETTA’S GRAMMY-NOMATED 2009 RELEASE ONE LOVE. IN OCT 2010 WILLIS RELEASED HIS SOLO SGLE “LOUR (PUT YOUR HANDS UP).”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}36. EDWARD DROSTE (GRIZZLY BEAR){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EDWARD DROSTE IS ONE OF THE ORIGAL MEMBERS OF THE BROOKLYN BASED DIE-ROCK QUARTET GRIZZLY BEAR. THE GROUP BEGAN AS A SOLO EFFORT ON DROSTE’S PART 2004. DROSTE ACCREDS THE BAND’S NAME TO A NICKNAME HE HAD FOR ONE OF HIS PAST BOYIENDS. BY 2005 DROSTE HAD EXPAND GRIZZLY BEAR TO A FOUR-MEMBER GROUP MAKG EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHELIC FOLK-POP MIC PARABLE TO THAT OF ANIMAL COLLECTIVE AND FLEET FOX. IN 2008 GRIZZLY BEAR OPENED FOR RADHEAD AND SOON AFTER RELEASED THEIR MOST CRILLY ACCLAIMED ALBUM TO DATE VECKATIMT, NAMED AFTER A SMALL, UNHABED ISLAND CAPE COD. THEIR FAN BASE NSISTS OF JAY-Z AND BEYONCE, WHO WERE RECENTLY SPOTTED AT ONE OF THEIR 2009 SHOWS. VECKATIMIST RANKED ON NUMERO LISTS AS ONE OF THE BT ALBUMS OF 2009 (WALL STREET JOURNAL, NEW YORK TIM, TIME MAGAZE) AND CLIMBED THE CHARTS TO S BETWEEN LADY GAGA’S THE FAME AND TAYLOR SWIFT’S FEARLS. WH ALL OF THIS SUCCS, WHAT DO SOMEONE LIKE DROSTE ENJOY DOG HIS SPARE TIME? SPENDG TIME AT HOME WH HIS TERR SIGNER BOYIEND CHAD MCPHAIL AND THEIR DOG, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}35. ROSTAM BATMANGLIJ (VAMPIRE WEEKEND){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROSTAM BATMANGLIJ IS A MULTI-STMENTALIST, SONGWRER, PRODUCER AND SOLE GAY MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CY-BASED DIE ROCK GROUP VAMPIRE WEEKEND. BATMANGLIJ IS ALSO THE -FOUNR OF ELECTRONIC FUNK PROJECT DISVERY WH RA RA RT VOLIST W MIL. BATMANGLIJ’S FAY MOVED OM IRAN TO AMERI JT BEFORE THE IRANIAN REVOLUTN 1979. HIS MOTHER NAJMIEAH IS A FAMO PERSIAN OKBOOK THOR AND HIS FATHER IS A PUBLISHER. WHILE ATTENDG COLUMBIA UNIVERSY, BATMANGLIJ MET HIS FELLOW VAMPIRE WEEKEND MEMBERS. THEIR BUT SELF-TLED ALBUM PRODUCED THE SGL “CAPE COD KWASSA KWASSA,” “MANSARD ROOF,” “A-PUNK,” AND “OXFORD COMMA.” “A-PUNK” WAS RANKED #4 ON ROLLG STONE MAGAZE’S LIST OF BT SONGS OF 2008. THE GROUP QUICKLY WENT OM PLAYG AT FFEE SHOPS AND BARS AROUND COLUMBIA UNIVERSY TO APPEARG ON DAVID LETTERMAN AND SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AND SHARG MANAGEMENT WH THE WHE STRIP AND M.I.A.. FELLOW VAMPIRE WEEKEND BAND MATE EZRA KOENIG ACCREDS BATMANGLIJ AS THE KEY LYRICIST FOR HALF OF THE BAND’S SONGS. AS AN OPENLY GAY MAN, BATMANGLIJ SAYS HE’S EXCED TO RPORATE GAY THEM FUTURE SONGS, STARTG WH DISVERY’S “I WANNA BE YOUR BOYIEND.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}34. SAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ATRALIAN BORN SGER/SONGWRER AND MIC PRODUCER, SAM SPARRO (BORN SAM FALSON) WAS STED TO BE THE MIC BS OM THE START. WHEN SPARRO WAS ONLY 10, HIS FATHER, CHRIS FALSON, SIGNED A RERD AL TO CREATE A SOUL ALBUM AND MOVED HIS ENTIRE FAY OM SYDNEY TO LOS ANGEL. WHILE L.A. SPARRO GOT A START AS A CHILD ACTOR AND WAS FEATURED MCDONALD’S MERCIALS. SPARRO ALSO LENT HIS VOLS TO HIS FATHER’S ALBUMS AND WAS A MON BACK-UP SGER AT HIS DAD’S SHOWS. SPARRO RELEASED HIS BUT SGLE “COTTONMOUTH” 2007, BUT WAS HIS FOLLOW-UP SGLE “BLACK AND GOLD” THAT PEAKED THE CHARTS AND CREATED NUMERO VERS OM THE LIK OF WALE, ELLIE GOULDG, ALE, AND MORE. PRODUCERS MARK RONSON (AMY WEHOE) AND PL EPWORTH (FLORENCE + THE MACHE, BLOC PARTY) WORKED WH SPARRO ON HIS SELF-TLED BUT ALBUM, WHICH REACHED THE TOP 5 ON THE UK ALBUM CHARTS. OPENLY GAY, SPARRO HAS BEEN DUBBED A “GAY SUPERHERO.” HE CHOSE TO E OUT AT THE START OF HIS REER SO THAT, SPARRO’S WORDS, “GAY TEENAGERS DON'T HAVE TO GET THE SH KICKED OUT OF THEM SCHOOL AND THK THAT THEY'RE A HORRIBLE PERSON. IT'S EASIER TO BE AN 'OUT' POP STAR TODAY. MORRISSEY NEVER ME OUT, AND NEIL TENNANT LEFT VERY, VERY LATE, WHEREAS JAKE SHEARS WAS OPEN OM THE START." SPARRO IS CURRENTLY WORKG ON HIS SOPHOMORE ALBUM TO BE RELEASED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}33. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRISH SGER-SONGWRER, MIKA RELEASED HIS FIRST FULL-LENGTH STUD ALBUM LIFE CARTOON MOTN 2007, WHICH WENT ON TO SELL OVER 5.6 LN PI WORLDWI AND GARNERED HIM A GRAMMY NOMATN FOR BT DANCE RERDG FOR HIS H “LOVE TODAY.” HIS SGLE “GRACE KELLY” REACHED NUMBER ONE THE UK AND EARNED HIM THE PRTIG BRIT AWARD FOR BT BRISH BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST. TWO YEARS LATER MIKA’S SEND ALBUM THE BOY WHO KNEW TOO MUCH WAS RELEASED PRODUCG THE SGL “WE ARE GOLN” AND “BLAME ON THE GIRLS.” IN REGARDS TO MIKA’S SEXUALY, HE HAS OPENLY STATED TO GAY & NIGHT MAGAZE "I'VE NEVER EVER LABELED MYSELF. BUT HAVG SAID THAT; I'VE NEVER LIMED MY LIFE, I'VE NEVER LIMED WHO I SLEEP WH... CALL ME WHATEVER YOU WANT. CALL ME BISEXUAL, IF YOU NEED A TERM FOR ME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}32. CASEY SPOONER (FISCHERSPOONER){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BORN ATHENS, GA CASEY SPOONER IS ONE HALF OF THE ELECTRO POP DUO FISCHERSPOONER. ASI OM LEADG ON VOLS, SPOONER IS A VIOGRAPHER AND THEATER PERFORMANCE ARTIST WHO MET WARREN FISCHER WHILE ATTENDG THE ART INSTUTE OF CHIGO 1998. TOGETHER THE TWO HAVE RELEASED THREE STUD ALBUMS AS FISCHERSPOONER CLUDG THE SUCCSFUL SGL “THE BT REVENGE” AND “JT LET GO.” IN JANUARY 2010 SPOONER RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO SGLE “FAYE DUNAWAY” OFF HIS ALBUM ADULT CONTEMPORARY. HE CURRENTLY IS TOURG AS THE OPENG ACT FOR SCISSOR SISTERS’S NORTH AMERIN TOUR. OPENLY GAY, SPOONER’S FIRST ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP WAS WH R.E.M. SGER MICHAEL STIPE WHILE SPOONER WAS ATTENDG THE UNIVERSY OF GEIA. SPOONER RELISH THE IA OF BEG A POSIVE ROLE MOL FOR THE GAY MUNY, STATG: "IF I N BE AN SPIRATN TO PEOPLE WHO ARE CHOOSG TO GO DOWN A CHALLENGG, NONTRADNAL PATH--SEXUALLY, CREATIVELY, HOWEVER--THAT IS JT GREAT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}31. BOB {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORMER ONT MAN FOR ALTERNATIVE ROCK BANDS HüSKER Dü AND SUGAR, BOB MOULD IS AN AMERIN GUARIST, VOLIST AND SONGWRER OM NEW YORK. WHILE LIVG MNEAPOLIS THE LATE 1970’S MOULD FORMED THE PUNK ROCK GROUP HüSKER Dü, A BAND THAT WENT ON TO BEE A KEY FLUENCER OF THE 90’S PUNK ROCK WAVE. IN THE LATE 1980’S HüSKER Dü BROKE UP AND MOULD WENT ON TO WRE HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM. SURPRISGLY MOULD TOOK A TOUR OM THE LOUD PUNK-ROCK GUAR SOUND HE WAS KNOWN FOR AND CREATED A SOUND MORE SIAR TO THAT OF THE COUNTG CROWS OR G BLOSSOMS. IN THE MID-1990’S MOULD FORMED THE LLEGE/ALTERNATIVE RAD FAVORE BAND SUGAR THAT RELEASED TWO EPS BEFORE BREAKG UP. MOULD PRENTLY TOURS AS A SOLO ARTIST AND MUCH OF HIS WRG MATERIAL STEMS OM HIS EXPERIENCE SPENDG YEARS AS A CLOSETED GAY MAN THE ROCK MIC SCENE AND THE TURBULENT RELATNSHIPS OF HIS PAST. IN 2006 HE NTRIBUTED THE SONG “IF I CAN’T CHANGE YOUR MD” TO THE ALBUM WED-ROCK, AN ALBUM TO PROMOTE THE LEGALIZATN OF SAME-SEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}30. JONSI (SIGUR RóS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JóN “JóNSI” ÞóR BIRGISSON IS THE LEAD VOLIST AND GUARIST FOR THE ICELANDIC ROCK BAND SIGUR RóS. KNOWN FOR HIS FALSETTO VOICE AND MA UP LANGUAGE “HOPELANDIC,” JONSI HAS CREATED SOME OF THE MOST BETIFUL EXPERIMENTAL DIE-ROCK MIC SCE RADHEAD. IN 1995 JONSI STARTED THE BAND BEE SPIRS, WHICH WAS LIKENED TO THE SMASHG PUMPKS. BY 1997 JóNSI HAD FORMED SIGUR RóS AND RELEASED THEIR BUT ALBUM VON. SIGUR RóS HAS SCE RELEASED FOUR ADDNAL STUD ALBUMS, THEIR MOST SUCCSFUL ENGLISH CROSSOVER ALBUM BEG MEð SUð í EYM VIð SPILUM ENDALST (MEANG “WH A BUZZ IN OUR EARS WE PLAY ENDLSLY”). IN 2010 THE GROUP ANNOUNCED AN “FE HIAT” AND JóNSI WENT ON TO RELEASE HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM GO. HIS BOYIEND ALEX SOMERS HAS DONE MUCH OF THE GRAPHIC SIGN FOR SIGUR RóS OVER THE YEARS. THE TWO ALSO PERFORM TOGETHER THE GROUP JóNSI & ALEX AND RELEASED AN ALBUM: RICEBOY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}29. CHUCK PANOZZO (STYX){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE BASSIST AND -FOUNR (WH HIS LATE BROTHER AND TW, JOHN) OF THE ROCK BAND STYX, CHUCK PANOZZO HAS GIVEN MUCH TO THE WORLD OF MIC. FROM THE 70’S TO THE EARLY 80’S, STYX PRODUCED SUCH HS AS “LADY,” “COME SAIL AWAY,” “ANGRY YOUNG MAN” AND “RENEGA.” THEY HAVE BEEN TOGETHER ON AND OFF SCE THE EARLY 80’S, WH PANOZZO PARTICIPATG AS MUCH AS HE WAS ABLE. HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HIV-POSIVE 1991, DOCTORS TELLG HIM THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO HELP HIM. IN 1998 HE MTED HIMSELF TO GETTG WELL AND HAS BEEN ON AN AGGRSIVE REGIMEN EVER SCE. AS HE SAYS ON HIS WEBSE, “I WANTED TO OUT MYSELF A MEANGFUL AND POSIVE WAY.” HE CHOSE TO ANNOUNCE TO THE WORLD THAT HE IS GAY AT A HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN DNER 2001. PANOZZO IS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE HRC AND IS VOLVED WH HIV/AIDS AWARENS ACTIVI. AS HE SAYS, “I WANT TO BE SURE LAWS ARE MA AND PROTECTED FOR ALL. THERE WILL BE NO SEND-CLASS CIZENS THIS SOCIETY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}28. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANTHONY CHARL WILLIAM III, BETTER KNOWN BY HIS STAGE NAME TONEX, IS A GRAMMY NOMATED GOSPEL SGER WHO HAS RELEASED AN IMPRSIVE 24 ALBUMS OVER THE SPAN OF HIS 14-YEAR REER. INFLUENCED BY THE LIK OF STEVIE WONR, PRCE, AND MICHAEL JACKSON, TONEX RERD HIS FIRST ALBUM AT THE MERE AGE OF 10. TONEX’S UNIQUE STYLE AND SOUND, WHICH HE LLS “NURE” - A BATN OF POP, ROCK, R&B, JAZZ, SOUL, URBAN DANCE, RAP, FUNK AND HIP HOP- GAED HIM NSIRABLE ATTENTN AMONG YOUNG GOSPEL MIC FANATICS. TONEX’S BUT NCERT PERFORMANCE AT THE 14TH ANNUAL STELLAR AWARDS, A GOSPEL MIC SHOWSE, WAS LIKENED TO THAT OF MICHAEL JACKSON’S PERFORMANCE OF THE MOONWALK. TONEX’S MOST SUCCSFUL ALBUM TO DATE IS THE GRAMMY NOMATED 2004 RELEASE OUT THE BOX WHICH HE LLABORATED WH KIRK FRANKL AND PRCE’S PERCSNIST SHEILA E. TONEX DIVORCED HIS WIFE OF 5 YEARS, YVETTE WILLIAMS, 2004 AND 2009, ON A POPULAR CHRISTIAN TELEVISN SHOW “THE LEXI SHOW,” TONEX ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS GAY. HE SOON SAW BACKLASH WH THE AIN AMERIN AND CHURCH MUNY AND REQUTS FOR HIM TO PERFORM SUDNLY STOPPED. THAT DIDN’T SLOW HIM DOWN THOUGH. AS A PASTOR, TONEX PRENTLY TRAVELS SPREADG A MSAGE OF ACCEPTANCE THE CHURCH AND HAS BEEN A HUGE SPIRATN FOR MANY GAY AIN AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}27. ANTONY HEGARTY (ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ENGLISH-BORN SGER/SONGWRER, POSER AND VISUAL ARTIST, ANTONY HEGARTY IS BT KNOWN FOR HIS ANDROGYNO VOICE AS THE LEAD SGER OF THE BAND ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS. IN 1996 HEGARTY UTILIZED LLEGE GRANT MONEY TO SOLIC MICIANS TO RERD SOME OF HIS SONGS; TH BEGAN ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS. BY 2005 THE GROUP WAS PERFORMG REGULARLY AROUND NEW YORK CY AND SOLICED THE LIK OF BOY GEE, RUF WAWRIGHT AND LOU REED TO LLABORATE ON THEIR ALBUM I AM A BIRD NOW. THE ALBUM RECEIVED NSIRABLE PRAISE AND GARNERED ANTONY UK’S MOST PRTIG AWARD - THE MERCURY PRIZE. WH LYRICS LIKE “ONE DAY I’LL GROW UP AND BE A BETIFUL WOMAN,” ANTONY HAS NEVER MASKED HIS SEXUAL INTY, AND NSIRS BOY GEE AND MARC ALMOND TWO OF HIS GREATT IDOLS. ANTONY’S FOLLOW-UP ALBUM THE CRYG LIGHT PEAKED NO. 1 ON THE EUROPEAN BILLBOARD CHARTS. IN 2008, ANTONY LEANT HIS VOLS TO A SI PROJECT ENTLED HERCUL AND LOVE AFFAIR. THEIR TRACK “BLD” RANKED NO. 2 ON ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY’S “10 BT SGL OF 2008.” ANTONY’S FAME IS STILL GROWG AND AS A RELATIVELY NEW ARTIST, HE HAS QUE A FAN BOY GEE. GEE ONCE STATED HE ENVISNS ANTONY “OUTSTRIPPG NORAH JON AND SELLG LNS OF RERDS IF ANYONE HAD THE BALLS TO GIVE HIM A HUGE RERD NTRACT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}26. CLAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMERIN SGER/SONGWRER, ACTOR, PRODUCER AND THOR CLAY AIKEN ROSE TO FAME ON THE SEND SEASON OF AMERIN IDOL 2003 AS NNER-UP TO RUBEN STUDDARD. RCA RERDS OFFERED HIM A RERDG NTRACT AND HIS MULTI-PLATUM BUT ALBUM MEASURE OF A MAN WAS RELEASED OCTOBER 2003. SCE THEN AIKEN HAS RELEASED FOUR MORE ALBUMS ON THE RCA LABEL AND LNCHED NE TOURS, THORED A NEW YORK TIM BT-SELLG BOOK LEARNG TO SG: HEARG THE MIC YOUR LIFE, CREATED THE NATNAL INCLN PROJECT FOR CHILDREN WH DISABILI, BEME A UNICEF AMBASSADOR 2004, AND WAS APPOTED FOR A TWO-YEAR TERM TO THE PRINTIAL COMMTEE FOR PEOPLE WH INTELLECTUAL DISABILI. AIKEN MA HIS BROADWAY BUT PLAYG SIR ROB ON MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT. ON AUGT 8TH 2008 AIKEN ANNOUNCED THE BIRTH OF HIS SON PARKER FOSTER AIKEN, TO MOTHER JAM FOSTER, SISTER OF AIKEN’S RERD PRODUCER DAVID FOSTER. IN A SEPTEMBER 2008 ISSUE OF PEOPLE MAGAZE, AFTER YEARS OF SPECULATN, AIKEN REVEALED HE IS GAY. SCE THEN AIKEN HAS PARTICIPATED THE BROADWAY CAR/EQUY FIGHTS AIDS MPAIGN, SPOKEN AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN DNER NORTH CAROLA, AND PARTICIPATED CYNDI LPER’S “GIVE A DAMN CAMPAIGN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}25. KELE OKEREKE (BLOC PARTY){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRISH MICIAN KELE OKEREKE IS BT KNOWN AS THE LEAD SGER AND GUARIST FOR THE ALT ROCK BAND BLOC PARTY. IN 2005 BLOC PARTY RELEASED THEIR FIRST STUD ALBUM SILENT ALARM WH THE SGL “PNEER” “BANQUET” AND “HELIPTER.” PRODUCED BY PL EPWORTH (FLORENCE + THE MACHE, CEE-LO GREEN, KATE NASH), SILENT ALARM REACHED NO. 3 THE UK CHARTS AND ROCKETED THE BAND TO FAME. THEIR FOLLOW-UP ALBUM A WEEKEND THE CY WENT ON TO REACH THE NO. 2 SPOT THE OFFICIAL UK CHART, AND THE FIRST SGLE “THE PRAYER” REACHED NO. 4 ON THE UK SGL CHART, THE GROUP’S HIGHT PLACG TO DATE. IN 2010 OKEREKE RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM BOXER PRODUCED BY XXXCHANGE WH THE LEAD TRACK TLED “TENRONI.” WHILE GEARG UP FOR HIS SOLO BUT, OKEREKE FALLY ME OUT A MARCH 2010 TERVIEW WH BUTT MAGAZE, A SUBJECT HE A HAD LONG AVOID, STATG: "MY PARENTS ARE SUPER-CATHOLIC AND THEY E OM A CULTURE NIGERIA WHERE THERE WEREN’T ANY VISIBLE GAY PEOPLE WHO WERE OUT AND WERE HAPPY. I LEFT HOME WHEN I WAS 20. MY PARENTS THREW ME OUT [FOR BEG GAY]. WHICH I KNEW THEY WOULD. WE DIDN'T SPEAK FOR LIKE A WEEK. ... MY PARENTS ARE GETTG OLR AND I DIDN’T LIKE THE IA THAT THEY ULD POSSIBLY DIE WHOUT KNOWG SOMETHG THAT IS A BIG PART OF MY LIFE. IT’S NOT EASY. ... WE'VE BEEN TALKG ABOUT ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}24. DARREN HAY (SAVAGE GARN){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UK-BASED ATRALIAN SGER-SONGWRER, DARREN HAY WAS THE LEAD SGER AND MEDIA ONT MAN FOR POP DUO SAVAGE GARN, WHOSE 1997 ALBUM SAVAGE GARN WAS NO. 3 THE UNED STAT AND PRODUCED THE HS “TLY, MADLY, DEEPLY” AND “I WANT YOU.” SAVAGE GARN STAYED TOGETHER FOR ONLY TWO ALBUMS AND RELEASED THE US NO. 1 H “I KNEW I LOVED YOU” BEFORE HAY WENT OUT ON HIS OWN, CHANGG HIS SOUND OM SOFT POP-ROCK TO A MORE ELECTRONIC DARKER SOUND. HE HAS THREE SOLO ALBUMS UNR HIS BELT AND ANOTHER N BE EXPECTED 2011, PRODUCED BY LADY GAGA’S MIXER ROBERT ORTON. INCLUDG HIS WORK WH SAVAGE GARN, HAY HAS SOLD OVER 25 LN ALBUMS WORLDWI. ALTHOUGH HAY WAS MARRIED FOR SIX YEARS TO HIS CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART, MAKP ARTIST COLBY TAYLOR, THEY DIVORCED 2000 AND HE BEGAN G OUT TO HIS IENDS AND HIS LABEL THE EARLY 2000’S. IN 2006, HE MARRIED HIS BOYIEND OF TWO YEARS, RICHARD CULLEN, A CIVIL CEREMONY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}23. MARC ALMOND (SOFT CELL){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARC ALMOND ROSE TO FAME THE EARLY 1980S AS ONE HALF OF THE ENGLISH NEW WAVE DUO SOFT CELL. THEIR SLOWED-DOWN, SYNTHIZED VERSN OF GLORIA JON’ “TATED LOVE” WAS A NO. 1 H 17 UNTRI AND SPENT A RERD-BREAKG 43 WEEKS ON THE US HOT 100 CHARTS. THE TRACK ONCE AGA FOUND SELF ON THE CHARTS, WHEN 2006, RIHANNA SAMPLED ON HER NO. 1 H “SOS.” IN 1984 SOFT CELL SPL AMIBLY TO FOC ON SOLO EFFORTS AND ALMOND WENT ON TO RELEASE NUMERO SOLO ALBUMS. IN 1999, ALMOND RELEASED HIS TOBGRAPHY, TATED LIFE, WHICH HE OFFICIALLY ME OUT. SOFT CELL RNED 2002 AND PERFORMED A STRG OF NCERTS. 2010 MARKS ALMOND’S 30TH YEAR MIC AND HE IS GEARG UP FOR A NEW ALBUM AND GLOBAL TOUR. ALONG WH HIS TIME SOFT CELL, ALMOND HAS SOLD OVER 30 LN RERDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}22. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD AS THE “QUEEN OF DIS,” SYLVTER WAS AN AMERIN DIS SGER WHO ROSE TO TERNATNAL FAME THE LATE 1970’S WH HS SUCH AS “YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL),” “DANCE (DIS HEAT),” AND “DO YOU WANNA FUNK.” KNOWN FOR HIS FALSETTO VOICE AND HIS EXOTIC STUM, SYLVTER GOT HIS START AS A DRAG PERFORMER THE SAN FRANCIS NIGHTLIFE SCENE. HIS SOPHOMORE ALBUM PRODUCED THE HS “DANCE (DIS HEAT)” AND “YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL),” BOTH OF WHICH LED THE AMERIN DANCE CHARTS FOR 6 WEEKS. IN 1979, HARVEY MILK VED SYLVTER TO PERFORM “YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL)” AT SAN FRANCIS’S CASTRO STREET FAIR AND 2004, HIS SAME H WAS DUCTED TO THE DANCE MIC HALL OF FAME. AS A RULT OF SYLVTER’S EVER-GROWG FAME, HIS LABEL BEGAN TO PRSURE HIM TO “BUTCH UP” HIS IMAGE - FIANCE SYLVTER BEGAN SHOWG UP TO LABEL MEETGS FULL-DRAG. TRAGILLY, DECEMBER 1988, AT THE AGE OF 41, SYLVTER DIED OM PLITNS DUE TO AIDS. HE STATED THE YEAR PRR TO HIS ATH: “I DON’T BELIEVE AIDS IS THE WRATH OF GOD. PEOPLE HAVE A TENNCY TO BLAME EVERYTHG ON GOD.” IN 2005, SYLVTER WAS DUCTED TO THE DANCE MIC HALL OF FAME FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AS AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}21. HOLLY JOHNSON (FRANKIE GO TO HOLLYWOOD){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANKIE GO TO HOLLYWOOD WERE A BRISH DANCE-POP BAND POPULAR THE MID 1980’S MOST NOTABLE FOR THEIR BUT SGLE “RELAX (TAKE IT EASY)” WHICH SPENT FIVE NSECUTIVE WEEKS AT THE TOP OF THE UK SGL CHART AND BEME THE 7TH BT SELLG UK SGLE OF ALL TIME. THEIR FOLLOW-UP HS “TWO TRIB” AND “THE POWER OF LOVE” ALSO CLIMBED THE UK CHARTS TO NO. 1, MAKG FGTH THE SEND ACT UK HISTORY TO HAVE THEIR FIRST THREE SGL REACH NO. 1. HOLLY JOHNSON LED ON VOLS AND WAS AT ONE TIME MORED TO BE DATG BACK UP VOLIST PL RUTHERFORD. AFTER SPLTG OM FGTH, JOHNSON WENT ON TO PURSUE A SOLO REER AND RELEASED HIS PLATUM SELLG NUMBER ONE ALBUM BLAST THAT SPAWNED FOUR H SGL. IN 1991 JOHNSON LEARNED HE WAS HIV-POSIVE AND 1994 RELEASED HIS CRILLY ACCLAIMED TOBGRAPHY, A BONE MY FLUTE. HE IS CURRENTLY WORKG ON NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}20. ROB HALFORD (JUDAS PREIST){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHO SAYS A GAY MAN N’T WEAR LEATHER AND SCREAM HEAVY METAL VOLS? OBVLY SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER HEARD OF ROB HALFORD. WHETHER AS THE LEAD SGER OF GRAMMY-AWARD WNG ROCK BAND JUDAS PRIT, OR HIS OWN BAND, HALFORD, HIS FOUR-OCTAVE RANGE AND THE STRENGTH OF HIS VOICE GAVE RISE TO HIS MONIKER “METAL GOD.” CONSIRED ONE OF THE MOST NSISTENTLY POWERFUL SGERS ROCK, HALFORD HAS GIVEN SUCH HS AS “HEADG OUT TO THE HIGHWAY” AND “YOU’VE GOT ANOTHER THG COMG.” AS HE STTS ACROSS THE STAGE, BALD HEAD GLEAMG AND TATTOOS STARK AGAST HIS SK, HE OWNS EVERY MUTE AND EVERY FAN THAT WATCH. ALTHOUGH HE’S BEEN A PART OF THE MIC SCENE SCE THE 70’S, HE DIDN’T E OUT UNTIL 1998 AN MTV TERVIEW, WHICH HE SAID, “I THK THAT MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT I’VE BEEN A GAY MAN ALL OF MY LIFE, AND ’S ONLY BEEN RECENT TIM ’S AN ISSUE I FEEL FORTABLE TO ADDRS… AND THIS IS THE MOMENT TO DISCS .”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}19. MARK FEEHILY (WTLIFE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A MEMBER OF IRISH POP GROUP WTLIFE, MARK FEEHILY IS DISTGUISHED FOR HIS RICH, SOULFUL VOICE, WHICH N BE HEARD ON EVERY SONG. HE SHAR THE ROLE OF LEAD VOLIST ALONGSI SHANE FILAN. WTLIFE IS THE ONLY GROUP BRISH OR IRISH HISTORY TO HAVE THEIR FIRST SEVEN SGL GO STRAIGHT TO NO. 1, AND THEY HAVE SOLD OVER 44 LN RERDS WORLDWI. ORIGALLY SIGNED BY SIMON COWELL 1998, WTLIFE ARE THE 2ND BIGGT SELLG ARTIST THE UK (BEHD ROBBIE WILLIAMS) AND “BIGGT SELLG BAND OF THE ” (BEATG COLDPLAY) WH 11 LN ALBUM SAL OM 2000-2010. IN 2005 FEEHILY ME OUT TO THE BRISH TABLOID THE SUN, ANNOUNCG HE HAD BEEN A LONG-TERM RELATNSHIP WH KEV MCDAID, A MEMBER OF THE BRISH BOY BAND V. IN THE TERVIEW, FEEHILY SAID, “MY LIFE HAS GOT UMPTEEN TIM BETTER… I FEEL SO MUCH HAPPIER AND AT EASE. IT’S THE BT THG I’VE EVER DONE.” FEEHILY AND MCDAID HAVE BEEN DATG SCE 2005 AND ON JANUARY 28, 2010 THE TWO GOT ENGAGED. FEEHILY TOLD THE SYDNEY MORNG HERALD: “THROUGH THE YEARS OF GETTG TO THE POT WHERE I WANTED TO E OUT, I HAD TO GO THROUGH EVERY KD OF EMOTN, BUT I N HONTLY SAY THAT THE DAY BEFORE I ME OUT, I DIDN’T RE WHAT THE REACTN WAS GOG TO BE. THAT WAS THE HARST POT TO GET TO.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}18. STEPHEN GATELY (BOYZONE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1993 IRISH NATIVE STEPHEN GATELY JOED THE BOY BAND BOYZONE AS ONE OF TWO LEAD VOLISTS. BOYZONE WENT ON TO PRODUCE FOUR STUD ALBUMS, ALL OF WHICH H NO. 1 THE UNED KGDOM. WH BOYZONE, GATELY HAD A RERD-BREAKG 16 NSECUTIVE SGL ENTER THE UK’S TOP FIVE SGL CHART. IN A 1999 TERVIEW WH THE SUN MAGAZEGATELY BEME THE FIRST BOYBAND MEMBER EVER TO PUBLICLY E OUT. IN 2000, AFTER THE BAND’S IAL BREAKUP, GATELY RELEASED A SOLO ALBUM, WHICH PRODUCED THREE UK H SGL CLUDG “NEW BEGNG.” IN 2003, WHILE VATNG LAS VEGAS, GATELY WED LONGTIME BOYIEND ANDREW COWL. WHEN THEY RETURNED TO THE UK THE TWO LEGALIZED THEIR RELATNSHIP WH A CIVIL PARTNERSHIP HELD LONDON. IN 2008 BOYZONE REGROUPED. IN THEIR FAL MIC VIO GATELY PLAYED THE ROLE OF A GAY UPLE, ANOTHER FIRST FOR A BOYBAND. TRAGILLY ON OCTOBER 10, 2009 MAJOR, SPA, AT AN APARTMENT HE OWNED WH HIS PARTNER COWL, GATELY WAS DISVERED AD DUE TO AN UNDIAGNOSED HEART {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}17. RUF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CANADIAN-AMERIN SGER/SONGWRER RUF WAWRIGHT WAS BORN TO AN EXTREMELY TALENTED FAY. HIS PARENTS ARE FOLK SGER KATE MCGARRIGLE AND ACTOR LOUDON WAWRIGHT III AND HIS SISTER IS THE FOLK-ROCK SGER/SONGWRER MARTHA WAWRIGHT. AT AN EARLY AGE RUF VELOPED A LOVE FOR OPERA AND A PROCLIVY FOR SONGWRG. HE LEARNED TO PLAY BOTH THE PIANO AND GUAR AND VELOPED HIS OWN MIL STYLE LLED “POPERA” OR “BAROQUE POP.” IN 1998 WAWRIGHT RELEASED HIS FIRST STUD ALBUM, RUF WAWRIGHT, WHICH RECEIVED CRIL ACCLAIM. ROLLG STONE MAGAZE REGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BT ALBUMS OF THE YEAR AND NAMED THE SGER THE “BT NEW ARTIST” OF 1998. HIS FOLLOW UP 2001 RELEASE POS EARNED WAWRIGHT HIS SEND GLAAD MEDIA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDG MIC ALBUM AND A JUNO AWARD FOR BT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM. IN JUNE 2007, WAWRIGHT PARTICIPATED THE LOGO SPONSORED, MULTI-ARTIST TE COLORS TOUR, ALONGSI CYNDI LPER, THE INDIGO GIRLS, ERASURE AND OTHERS. IN 2007, WAWRIGHT PERFORMED AT CARNEGIE HALL THE ENTIRE JUDY GARLAND NCERT GARLAND FAMOLY PERFORMED THERE 1961. THE ALBUM FOR THE NCERT, APTLY TLED RUF DO JUDY AT CARNEGIE HALL, WAS NOMATED FOR A 2009 GRAMMY AWARD FOR BT TRADNAL POP VOL ALBUM. WAWRIGHT IS ONE OF THE FIRST ARTISTS TO BEG HIS REER OPENLY GAY. HE ME OUT TO HIS FAY AS A TEENAGER, WHO HE SAYS DID NOT TAKE SO WELL TO THE NEWS IALLY, “MOTHER AND FATHER ULD NOT HANDLE ME BEG GAY. WE NEVER TALKED ABOUT REALLY.” IN JANUARY 2010 WAWRIGHT’S MOTHER SADLY LOST HER BATTLE TO NCER. IN APRIL 2010, WAWRIGHT PUBLICLY VOICED HIS OPN FAVOR OF LEGALIZG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE THE UNED STAT DUE TO HIS SIRE TO MARRY HIS PARTNER OF FIVE YEARS, GERMAN ARTS ADMISTRATOR JöRN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}16. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RUPL ANDRE CHARL, BT KNOWN BY HIS DRAG NAME RUPL, IS AN AMERIN ACTOR, MOL AND SGER/SONGWRER WHO ROSE TO FAME THE 1990S APPEARG ON NUMERO TELEVISN PROGRAMS, FILMS AND ALBUMS. AS A PNEER FOR DRAG PERFORMANCE ARTISTS, RUPL OPENED MDS AND GENERATED DISCSNS ON THE TABOO SUBJECT OF CROSSDRSG AND TRANSEXUALY. RUPL GOT HIS START THE EARLY 90’S WORKG THE ATLANTA AND NEW YORK CLUB SCEN. IN 1993 RUPL RERD THE DANCE/HOE H “SUPERMOL (YOU BETTER WORK)” WHICH AMIDST THE AGE OF NIRVANA AND SMASHG PUMPKS WAS AN UNEXPECTED SUCCS ON MTV. THE SONG PEAKED AT NO. 2 ON BILLBOARD’S U.S. DANCE CHARTS AND HIS FOLLOW UP SGL “BACK TO MY ROOTS” AND “DON’T GO BREAKG MY HEART,” A DUET WH ELTON JOHN, WENT ON TO LE THE DANCE AND SGL CHARTS. IN 1996 RUPL HOSTED HIS OWN SHOW ON VH1 LLED THE RUPL SHOW WHERE HE TERVIEWED CELEBRI AND MIL ACTS. HE HAS SCE RELEASED 7 STUD ALBUMS, MOST RECENTLY THE 2008 ALBUM CHAMPN THAT FEATUR THE ANTHEMS “COVER GIRL” AND “JEALO OF MY BOOGIE” FEATURED ON HIS LOGO REALY PETN SHOW RUPL’S DRAG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}15. WILL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE THE REERS OF KELLY CLARKSON, CARRIE UNRWOOD, OR ADAM LAMBERT TOOK OFF, THERE WAS WILL YOUNG. IN FEBARY 2002, YOUNG ROSE TO FAME AS THE WNER OF THE BRISH TELEVISN TALENT NTT POP IDOL, MAKG HIM THE FIRST WNER EVER OF THE NOW WORLDWI IDOL ANCHISE. YOUNG’S FIRST POST-IDOL SGLE WAS A VER OF WTLIFE’S “EVERGREEN,” WHICH WENT ON TO BEE ONE OF THE FASTT SELLG SGL UK HISTORY AND ONE OF THE BIGGT SELLG SGL OF THE 2000S, WH OVER 1.8 LN PI SOLD. IN MARCH 2002, RIGHT AT THE BEGNG OF YOUNG’S REER, HE PUBLICLY ME OUT TO NEWS OF THE WORLD STATG, “I FEEL ’S TIME TO TELL MY FANS I’M GAY… FOR ME ’S NORMAL AND NOTHG TO BE ASHAMED ABOUT. I’M GAY AND I’M FORTABLE WH THAT. I REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT THE FS IS ABOUT.” YOUNG BEME ONE OF THE FIRST POP ARTISTS TO BEG HIS REER OUT OF THE CLOSET, AND HIS OPENNS ABOUT HIS SEXUALY PROVED NOT TO E ANY RIPPL WHATSOEVER. IN 2003, YOUNG WON HIS FIRST BRIT AWARD AS BT BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST FOR THE RELEASE OF HIS BUT ALBUM FROM NOW ON. YOUNG’S SEND ALBUM FRIDAY’S CHILD PRODUCED THE H “YOUR GAME” WHICH EARNED HIM HIS SEND BRIT AWARD 2005. YOUNG HAS SCE TABLISHED HIMSELF AS FAR MORE THAN ANOTHER REALY TELEVISN SHOW WNER, SELLG OVER EIGHT LN RERDS OM HIS FOUR MULTI-PLATUM STUD ALBUMS, WH FOUR NUMBER ONE SGL, AND TWICE VOTED AS THE U.K.’S FAVORE ARTIST OF ALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}14. THE MEN OF SCISSOR SISTERS (JAKE SHEARS, BABYDADDY & DEL MARQUIS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2000, JAKE SHEARS MET STT “BABYDADDY” HOFFMAN WHILE SHEARS WAS VISG A MUTUAL IEND KENTUCKY. THE TWO H OFF AND SOON MOVED TO NEW YORK CY WHERE THE OPENLY GAY DUO BEME THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE AMERIN GLAM-ROCK BAND SCISSOR SISTERS. AT THE TIME, THE BAND PERFORMED AT UNRGROUND CLUBS BROOKLYN AND THE LOWER EAST SI, WH A BATN OF BABYDADDY’S MIL POSN AND SHEARS’ VOLS. SHEARS MET DEREK “DEL MARQUIS” GEN WHILE THE TWO WORKED AT THE IC GUYS CLUB, WHERE SHEARS WAS STRIPPG. DEL MARQUIS JOED THE GROUP AS LEAD GUARIST. THE BAND FIRST GARNERED ATTENTN WH THE RELEASE OF THEIR VER OF PK FLOYD’S “COMFORTABLY NUMB”, WHICH REACHED NO. 10 ON THE UK SGL CHARTS. THEIR BUT ALBUM SCISSOR SISTERS BEME THE BT SELLG ALBUM OF 2004 THE UK. ON THEIR SEND STUD ALBUM TAH DAH, ONE OF THE BAND’S DREAMS WAS FULFILLED - SIR ELTON JOHN LLABORATED AS PIANIST AND -WRER FOR THEIR H “I DON’T FEEL LIKE DANC’,” WHICH REACHED NO. 1 ON THE UK, ATRALIAN AND EUROPEAN CHARTS, AND BEME THE BAND’S BIGGT H TO DATE. IN JUNE 2010, SCISSOR SISTERS RELEASED THEIR THIRD AND LATT ALBUM NIGHT WORK WHICH TOOK A SHIFT TOWARDS A MORE CLUB-ORIENTED SOUND. IN 2004, SHEARS, BABYDADDY, AND DEL MARQUIS WERE HONORED ON OUT MAGAZE’S ANNUAL LIST OF THE 100 MOST INTRIGUG GAY PEOPLE OF THE YEAR. SHEARS AND BABYDADDY -WROTE AND PRODUCED KYLIE MOGUE’S POPULAR H “I BELIEVE IN YOU.” WHILE SHEARS HAS GARNERED THE MOST AMOUNT OF ATTENTN THE BAND WH A STRG OF GAY MAGAZE VERS CLUDG OUT, THE ADVOTE, ATTU, BUTT, AND TêTU, IS BABYDADDY WHO HAS ADVERTENTLY BEE A SEX SYMBOL WH BEAR ADMIRERS. HE ACKNOWLEDGED THIS STAT STATG, “JAKE GETS A LOT OF ATTENTN JT BY VIRTUE OF BEG THE LEAD SGER, BUT WHEN BOYS WANT A LTLE BEEF, THEY E TO ME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}13. LANCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE BASS SGER FOR ‘N SYNC, LANCE BASS WAS A PART OF THE BOY BAND CRAZE OF THE LATE 90’S AND EARLY 2000’S. FOR FIVE YEARS, BASS AND ‘N SYNC RO THE WAVE WH HS LIKE “I WANT YOU BACK,” “BYE BYE BYE” AND “NO STRGS ATTACHED” UNTIL 2002 WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED A “HIAT” WHILE FELLOW ‘N SYNC MEMBERS JT TIMBERLAKE AND JC CHASEZ WENT OUT TO WORK ON SOLO REERS. ALTHOUGH ‘N SYNC HAS NEVER RNED, BASS HAS WORKED AS AN ACTOR FILMS SUCH AS I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY AND ZOOLANR, AND HAS APPEARED ON TELEVISN SUCH AS SEASON 7 OF DANCG WH THE STARS. BASS ME OUT PUBLICLY ON THE VER OF PEOPLE MAGAZE JULY 2006 AFTER MONTHS OF SPECULATN OM CELEBRY BLOG S POSTG EMS ABOUT BASS’S ORIENTATN SCE SEPTEMBER 2005. BASS STATED TO PEOPLE “THE THG IS, I’M NOT ASHAMED – THAT’S THE ONE THG I WANT TO SAY. I DON’T THK ’S WRONG, I’M NOT VASTATED GOG THROUGH THIS. I’M MORE LIBERATED AND HAPPY THAN I’VE BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE. I’M JT HAPPY.” THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN AWARD BASS WH THE VISIBILY AWARD OCT 2006 STATG “BASS IS THE BIGGT MIC STAR SCE MELISSA ETHERIDGE TO E OUT.” BASS HAS BEEN ACTIVE THE LGBT MUNY EVER SCE, SUPPORTG MARRIAGE EQUALY AND TOLERANCE, FUNDRAISG FOR THE GAY, LBIAN AND STRAIGHT EDUTN WORK, AND PUBLISHG HIS TOBGRAPHY OUT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}12. JIMMY SOMERVILLE (BRONSKI BEAT){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POPULAR BRISH SYNTHPOP TR, BRONSKI BEAT, ACHIEVED WISPREAD SUCCS THE MID 1980S FOR THEIR H “SMALLTOWN BOY,” WHICH TOLD THE TALE OF A BOY WHOSE FAY ST HIM AWAY FOR BEG GAY. “SMALLTOWN BOY” PEAKED AT NO. 3 THE UK SGL CHART AND THE MIC VIO FOR THE SONG SHOWED LEAD SGER JIMMY SOMERVILLE EAGERLY TRYG TO MAKE IENDS A SWIMMG POOL, THEN BEG ATTACKED BY AN ANTI-GAY GANG, BEG BROUGHT HOME TO HIS FAY BY THE POLICE AND ULTIMATELY GETTG KICKED OUT OF HIS HOME FOR BEG GAY. INCLUDG SOMERVILLE, THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BRONSKI BEAT, STEVE BRONSKI AND LARRY STEBACHAEK, WERE ALL OPENLY GAY, AND THEIR SONGS OFTEN REFLECTED THIS, NTAG POLIL MENTARY ABOUT GAY ISSU. ALTHOUGH MANY OTHER GROUPS AT THIS TIME HAD AN OPENLY GAY MEMBER, BRONSKI BEAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO ADDRS THE REAL ISSU AND STGGL OF THE GAY MUNY. SOMERVILLE LEFT BRONSKI BEAT 1985 AND WENT ON TO HAVE SUCCS AS THE LEAD SGER OF THE COMMUNARDS AND ALSO AS A SOLO ARTIST. THE GROUP DID A RNN NCERT 1987 FOR INTERNATNAL AIDS DAY. IN 1999, SOMERVILLE PERFORMED ALONGSI BOY GEE, GEE MICHAEL AND ELTON JOHN AT THE STONEWALL “EQUALY SHOW” LONDON. SOMERVILLE’S HONTY AS AN OPENLY GAY SGER AND PERFORMER NEVER HURT HIS ALBUM SAL, AND HE HELPED PAVE THE WAY FOR MANY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}11. ANDY BELL (ERASURE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1985 ANDY BELL BEME THE LEAD SGER OF ENGLISH SYNTH-POP DUO ERASURE WHEN HE RPOND TO A NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT BY LYRICIST/KEYBOARDIST AND FOUNDG MEMBER OF DEPECHE MO, VCE CLARKE. CLARKE HAD RECENTLY PARTED OM DEPECHE MO AND WAS LOOKG FOR A VOLIST FOR A NEW PROJECT. INIALLY THE BAND STGGLED TO FD SUCCS, BUT WAS THEIR FOURTH SGLE “SOMETIM” THAT BROUGHT THEM MAJOR REGNN THE UK AND OM 1986 TO 2007, ERASURE ACHIEVED 34 TOP 40 HS THE UK. THEIR SGL “A LTLE RPECT,” “CHAS OF LOVE,” AND “ALWAYS” WERE MAJOR HS THE USA. TO DATE THE BAND HAS SOLD OVER 25 LN ALBUMS WORLDWI. IN DECEMBER 2004, BELL PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS HIV-POSIVE, SOMETHG HE SAID HE HAS KNOWN SCE JUNE 1998 WHEN HE ME DOWN WH A SE OF PNMONIA. HE HAS SCE TAKEN PART NUMERO CHARY RERDGS TO FUND MONEY FOR AIDS AND HIV TN AND REARCH. IN 2005 BELL RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM ELECTRIC BLUE LLABORATG WH JAKE SHEARS OF SCISSOR SISTERS. BELL PARTICIPATED BOTH THE 2007 AND 2008 TE COLORS TOURS. IN JUNE 2010, BELL RELEASED HIS SEND SOLO ALBUM, NON-STOP. BELL HAS BEEN TOGETHER WH HIS PARTNER PL HICKEY FOR OVER 20 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}10. ADAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GIFTED WH A MULTI-OCTAVE RANGE, CLASSIL GOOD LOOKS AND A PENCHANT FOR EYELER AND NAIL POLISH, ADAM LAMBERT BURST TO THE PUBLIC’S EYE ON SEASON EIGHT OF AMERIN IDOL. ALTHOUGH HE WORKED SEVERAL THEATER PRODUCTNS, CLUDG WICKED AND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, WAS A ONT MAN FOR THE BAND THE CIZEN VE AND PERFORMED AT THE UPRIGHT CABARET AND THE ZODIAC SHOW, HE DIDN’T ACTUALLY ACQUIRE A FAN-BASE UNTIL HE PETED ON THE POPULAR REALY PETN. EARLY ON DURG HIS TIME ON AMERIN IDOL, PICTUR OF HIM AND HIS EX-BOYIEND KISSG WERE RELEASED ON THE INTER. LAMBERT NEHER NFIRMED NOR NIED HIS SEXUALY, CHOOSG STEAD TO SIMPLY CLARE, “I HAVE NOTHG TO HI….I AM WHO I AM.” AFTER FISHG AS THE NNER-UP ON IDOL, ADAM STATED PUBLICLY TO ROLLG STONE MAGAZE THAT, “ SHOULD E AS NO SURPRISE THAT I AM GAY.” HE IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MASTREAM POP ARTIST TO LNCH HIS REER ON A MAJOR LABEL. HIS ALBUM, “FOR YOUR ENTERTAMENT” BUTED ON THE BILLBOARD 200 AT NO. 3, AND HS SUCH AS “WHATAYA WANT FROM ME” AND “IF I HAD YOU” HAVE BEEN THE TOP 20 THE USA AND NO. 1 UNTRI AROUND THE WORLD. AFTER AN ALMOST PLETELY SOLD-OUT HEADLG TOUR OF THE UNED STAT, HE VAD ATRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, JAPAN, MALAYSIA, THE PHILIPP AND MANY OTHER TERNATNAL CI BEFORE HEADG TO EUROPE. EXPECT A FOLLOW-UP ALBUM 2011 AND ANOTHER WORLD TOUR. LAMBERT’S STAR HAS JT STARTED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}9. RICKY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PUERTO RIN POP SGER RICKY MART GOT HIS START AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 13 AS A MEMBER OF THE LAT BOY BAND MENUDO. AFTER THE SUCCS OF MENUDO, MART WENT SOLO RELEASG HIS SELF-TLED SPANISH-LANGUAGE BUT ALBUM RICKY MART 1991. IN 1994 MART MOVED TO LOS ANGEL AND LAND A ROLE ON THE SOAP OPERA GENERAL HOSPAL AS BARTENR AND SGER MIGUEL MOREZ. AT THIS TIME MART NTUED TO FOC ON HIS MIC AND RELEASED A THIRD AND HIGHLY SUCCSFUL ALBUM ENTLED A MED VIVIR WH THE TRACK “MARIA” CHARTG WORLDWI. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS AS A MAJOR TERNATNAL STAR MALY SPANISH-SPEAKG UNTRI, MART CID TO TAKE ON THE ONE PLACE WHERE HE STILL HAD LIMED REGNN - THE UNED STAT. AT THE 1999 GRAMMY AWARDS, MART PERFORMED A SGLE OFF HIS FIRST ENGLISH ALBUM, SELF-TLED RICKY MART, WHICH SOON HAD THE WHOLE WORLD SGG “LIV’ LA VIDA LO.” TO DATE MART HAS SOLD OVER 60 LN ALBUMS WORLDWI. AFTER YEARS OF PUBLIC CURSY ABOUT MART’S SEXUALY, HE PUBLICLY ME OUT OVER TWTER ON MARCH 29, 2010 STATG “I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT I AM A FORTUNATE HOMOSEXUAL MAN. I AM VERY BLSED TO BE WHO I AM.” IN REGARDS TO HIS RECENT G OUT, MART STATED ON LARRY KG LIVE, “IF I’D KNOWN HOW GOOD WAS GOG TO FEEL, I WOULD HAVE DONE 10 YEARS AGO.” MART IS THE FATHER BY WAY OF A SURROGATE MOTHER TO TW BOYS, MATTEO AND VALENTO. HE IS ALSO THE FOUNR OF THE NON-PROF CHARY ANIZATN RICKY MART FOUNDATN, WHICH ADVOT FOR THE WELL BEG OF CHILDREN AROUND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}8. THE MEN OF THE B-52S (RICKY WILSON, FRED SCHNEIR & KEH STRICKLAND){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRED SCHNEIR, RICKY WILSON, AND KEH STRICKLAND, ALL OPENLY GAY, ALONG WH CDY WILSON AND KATE PIERSON, MAKE UP THE AMERIN NEW WAVE BAND THE B-52S, KNOWN FOR THEIR POSIVE AND ENTHIASTIC, SLIGHTLY WACKY, TAKE ON THE DANCE AND SURF MIC GENRE POPULAR THE LATE ‘70S. THEY CRAFTED THEIR OWN “GUYS VS GALS” LL AND RPONSE STYLE AND ALONG WH THEIR THRIFT-STORE CHIC BEME FAMO EVERYWHERE FOR HS LIKE “ROCK LOBSTER” AND “LOVE SHACK.” THE GROUP FORMED 1977 WHEN VOLIST CDY AND HER BROTHER, GUARIST, RICKY WILSON PERFORMED AN IMPROMPTU JAM SSN WH KEYBOARD AND VOLIST PIERSON, DMMER STRICKLAND AND WBELL PLAYER AND VOLIST SCHNEIR AT A CHE RTRANT. THEY CHOSE THEIR NAME OM A BEEHIVE HAIRDO THAT REMBLED THE NOSE OF AN AIRPLANE WH THE SAME NAME. THEIR FIRST SGLE “ROCK LOBSTER” WAS AN UNRGROUND SUCCS AND SOON GOT THEM SIGNED TO WARNER BROS. DURG THE LATE ‘70S AND EARLY ‘80S THEY CHURNED OUT A STRG OF HS LIKE “PLA CLAIRE" AND “PRIVATE IDAHO.” WHILE RERDG THEIR THIRD ALBUM 1985, GUARIST RICKY WILSON, WHO HAD BEEN KEEPG HIS ILLNS A SECRET OM HIS BAND MEMBERS, DIED OM AIDS/HIV-RELATED HEALTH PLITNS AT THE AGE OF 32, PROMPTG A HIAT OM THEIR MIL REER. WHEN THE BAND REGROUPED, STRICKLAND CID TO SWCH OM DMS TO GUAR TO KEEP WILSON’S TRAMARK SOUND ALIVE. IN 1989 THEY RELEASED THEIR MOST SUCCSFUL ALBUM TO DATE, COSMIC THG. THE SGLE “LOVE SHACK” BEME THEIR FIRST TOP 40 H ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100, ULTIMATELY REACHG NO. 3 NOVEMBER 1989. THEIR FOLLOW-UP SGLE “ROAM” REACHED THE SAME NUMBER MARCH 1990. THAT YEAR THEY WON THE MTV MIC AWARD FOR BT GROUP VIO AND BT ART DIRECTN. AS FOR THEIR SEXUALI, SCHNIER RELLS G OUT TO HIS MOTHER AT AN EARLY AGE, SHE RPOND “OH I KNOW, FREDDIE” AND NTUED VACUUMG. IN OCTOBER 2010, SCHNIER RELEASED A CHRISTMAS ALBUM DTATN… CHRISTMAS! WH HIS SI PROJECT THE SUPERNS. STRICKLAND ME OUT A 1992 TERVIEW OF Q MAGAZE, STATG, “IT WAS GREAT. NOTHG CHANGED, BUT I FELT WAS IMPORTANT TO JT SAY .” STRICKLAND AND HIS PARTNER MARK PRENTLY SHARE A HOME KEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}7. NEIL TENNANT (PET SHOP BOYS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ENGLISH MICIAN NEIL TENNANT MAK UP ONE HALF OF ELECTRONIC DANCE DUO PET SHOP BOYS. TENNANT PROVIS MA VOLS, KEYBOARDS, AND GUAR. IN A 1994 TERVIEW WH THE UK GAY LIFTYLE MAGAZE ATTU, TENNANT OFFICIALLY ME OUT. PET SHOP BOYS HAVE SOLD OVER 100 LN RERDS WORLDWI AND ARE ONE OF THE BT-SELLG MIL GROUPS THE WORLD. THE GROUP IS LISTED AS THE MOST SUCCSFUL DUO UK MIC HISTORY THE GUNS BOOK OF WORLD RERDS. THEY HAVE ACHIEVED 42 TOP 30 SGL AND 22 TOP 10 HS ON THE UK SGL CHART. THEIR HS “WT END GIRLS,” “IT’S A S,” “ALWAYS ON MY MD” AND “HEART” HAVE ALL REACHED NO.1. TENNANT WAS THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR RUF WAWRIGHT’S 2007 ALBUM RELEASE THE STARS. IN 2009 TENNANT RECEIVED THE BRIT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDG CONTRIBUTN TO BRISH MIC. STILL GOG STRONG, THE PET SHOP BOYS’ 2009 ALBUM Y REACHED NO. 4 ON THE UK ALBUM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}6. GEE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH HS SUCH AS “CARELS WHISPER” AND “WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-GO,” WHAM! BLASTED TO THE 1980’S WH STYLE. GEE MICHAEL AND HIS HIGH SCHOOL PAL ANDREW RIDGELEY FORMED THE DUO KNOWN AS WHAM! 1981. WHEN THEY BROKE UP 1986, MICHAEL CLAIMED HIS REASON WAS TO CREATE A MORE SOPHISTITED SOUND TO TARGET A NEW DIENCE OVER WHAM!’S PRIMARILY TEENAGE FAN-BASE. MICHAEL’S FIRST SGLE AS A SOLO ARTIST WAS THE ARETHA FRANKL DUET “I KNEW YOU WERE WAG (FOR ME)” WHICH EARNED THEM BOTH A GRAMMY W 1998 FOR BT R&B PERFORMANCE. MICHAEL NTUED TO ADD HS SUCH AS “FAH” “FREEDOM ’90,” AND “I WANT YOUR SEX” TO HIS ALREADY IMPRSIVE RUME, MAKG THE STAR AN TERNATNAL SEX SYMBOL. ALTHOUGH HE WAS Y ABOUT HIS SEXUALY, HE WAS OUTTED BY THE LOS ANGEL POLICE 1998 WHEN HE WAS ARRTED FOR ENGAGG “LEWD ACTS” A PUBLIC RTROOM. IN A 2007 TERVIEW WH INPENNT NEWS, MICHAEL ADMTED HE HID THE FACT HE WAS GAY FOR FEAR OF THE AFFECT MIGHT HAVE ON HIS MOTHER. SCE 1996, MICHAEL HAS BEEN A LONG-TERM RELATNSHIP WH BSMAN KENNY GOSS, WHO OWNS THE GOSS GALLERY DALLAS, TX. MICHAEL NTRIBUTED ALL OF THE PROCEEDS OM HIS DUET WH ELTON JOHN, “DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME” TO 10 DIFFERENT CHARI FOR CHILDREN, AIDS AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}5. BOY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS PART OF THE BRISH NEW ROMANTICS MOVEMENT OF THE 1980’S, THE ANDROGYNO BOY GEE, ONT MAN FOR CULTURE CLUB, GAVE HS SUCH AS “DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME?,” “KARMA CHAMELEON” AND “TIME (CLOCK OF THE HEART).” ALTHOUGH HE STGGLED WH HERO ADDICTN AND A BREAKUP WH FELLOW CULTURE CLUB DMMER JON MOSS (THEIRS WAS A SECRET RELATNSHIP DUE TO MOSS’ DISFORT WH A SAME-SEX PARTNER), HE HAS HAD SOME HIGH POTS HIS REER SCE LEAVG CULTURE CLUB. HE’S TABLISHED HIMSELF AS A SUCCSFUL DJ LONDON’S CLUB SCENE, STARTED A CLOTHG LE LLED “B-,” PENNED TRACKS FOR THE BEACH BOYS, CHARLOTTE CHURCH AND KYLIE MOGUE, AND HAS HAD SEVERAL SOLO HS, CLUDG “THE CRYG GAME” AND “AMAZG GRACE.” TALK OF A CULTURE CLUB RNN 2012 IS OFFICIAL AND GEE SAYS, “IT’S GOG TO BE GREAT FUN. IF WE DON’T DO NOW, WE’LL DO WHEN WE’RE 60 AND THAT WOULD BE TRAGIC.” GEE HELPED GIVE ANDROGYNY AN TERNATNAL STAGE AND OFTEN PLAYED Y ON HIS SEXUAL NATURE, ONCE FAMOLY STATG HE PREFERRED A “NICE CUP OF TEA” TO SEX. HE HAS REMAED A NSTANT FIGURE THE PUBLIC EYE AND HAS PENNED NUMERO SONGS FOCG ON THE TRATNS OF THE EQUALI FOR GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}4. THE VILLAGE PEOPLE (ALEXANR BRILEY, RANDY JON, FELIPE ROSE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1977 OPENLY GAY FRENCH MIC PRODUCER JACQU MORALI WAS VISG A NEW YORK CY GAY BAR, WHEN HE SPOTTED FELIPE ROSE WORKG AS A GO-GO DANCER DRSED FULL NATIVE AMERIN HEADDRS AND ATTIRE. MORALI WAS CURRENTLY WORKG WH THE TALENTED SGER VICTOR WILLIS, WHOM HE DUBBED “THE YOUNG MAN WH THE BIG VOICE” AND AFTER SPOTTG ROSE, A LIGHT BULB WENT OFF MORALI’S HEAD AND HE POSTED AN AD A MIC TRA MAGAZE THAT READ: “MACHO TYP WANTED: MT DANCE AND HAVE A MOTACHE.” ALONG WH WILLIS (THE POLICE OFFICER AND HETEROSEXUAL) AND ROSE (THE NATIVE AMERIN, OPENLY GAY), MORALI BROUGHT ON RANDY JON (THE WBOY, OPENLY GAY), GLEN HUGH (THE BIKER, HETEROSEXUAL), DAVID HODO (THE NSTCTN WORKER, HETEROSEXUAL), AND ALEX BRILEY (THE SOLDIER, OPENLY GAY). HOPG TO TARGET GAY MEN’S FANTASI BY PICTG POPULAR GAY FANTASY PERSONAS, MORALI CREATED THE VILLAGE PEOPLE, A NAME HE CHOSE REFERENCE TO NEW YORK CY’S GREENWICH VILLAGE, WHICH AT THE TIME WAS KNOWN FOR S SUBSTANTIAL GAY POPULATN. AS A GROUP, THE VILLAGE PEOPLE’S CHURNED OUT HS LIKE “GO WT,” “IN THE NAVY,” AND “MACHO MAN,” WHICH PUT THEM ON THE CHARTS AND BROUGHT THEM MASTREAM ATTENTN, BUT WAS THEIR CLASSIC H “Y.M.C.A.” THAT MA THEM ONE OF THE MOST SUCCSFUL GROUPS OF THE DIS ERA, BEG THE FIRST GAY GROUP TO HAVE A NO. 1 H THE UK (THE SEND BEG FRANKIE GO TO HOLLYWOOD’S “RELAX”). WOMEN LOVED THEM FOR THE “MEN--UNIFORM” FANTASY THEY FULFILLED, STRAIGHT MEN APPRECIATED THE AMERINA THEM THEIR MIC, AND GAY MEN HERALD THEM FOR THEIR VISIBILY AND THE URAGE THEY GAVE OTHERS TO BE OPENLY GAY. IN REGARDS TO THEIR POSIVE IMPACT ON HELPG GAY YOUTH E OUT, ROSE ONCE TOLD THE HOUR, A MONTREAL NEWSPAPER “PEOPLE ALWAYS TELL ME, ‘YOU HELPED ME E OUT.’ I ALWAYS REPLY, ‘YOU DID THAT ON YOUR OWN.’.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}3. MICHAEL STIPE (R.E.M.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE LEAD SGER FOR R.E.M., MICHAEL STIPE HAS BEEN A PNEER FOR THE ALTERNATIVE ROCK GENRE AND HAS PLAYED A PART AS ONE OF THE MOST FLUENTIAL ROCK BANDS OF THE 1980S AND ‘90S. WH CLASSIC HS LIKE “LOSG MY RELIGN,” “IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT,” “THE ONE I LOVE,” “MAN ON THE MOON” AND “EVERYBODY HURTS,” STIPE’S UNIQUE “MUMBLG” STYLE OF SGG AND HIS SURREAL SONGWRG ABILY LED TO R.E.M.’S DUCTN TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME 2007. ESTABLISHED ATHENS, GEIA 1980, R.E.M.’S BUT ALBUM MURMUR (RELEASED 1983) RECEIVED CRIL ACCLAIM, EVEN BEATG MICHAEL JACKSON’S THRILLER FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR THE ROLLG STONE CRICS POLL. FOR THE NEXT , R.E.M. WENT ON TO RELEASE A STRG OF SUCCSFUL ALBUMS WH CHART TOPPG HS. IN 1996, THE GROUP SIGNED A REPORTED $80 LN RERDG NTRACT WH WARNER BROS. RERDS, THE LARGT OF S KD AT THAT POT HISTORY. RUMORS BEGAN SWIRLG ABOUT STIPE’S SEXUALY RPONSE TO A HAT HE WORE 1992 THAT SAID “WHE HOE STOP AIDS”. AT THE TIME STIPE WOULD ONLY MENT THAT HE WAS AN “EQUAL OPPORTUNY LECH” SAYG HE DID NOT LL HIMSELF GAY, STRAIGHT OR BISEXUAL. FALLY 2001, STIPE END YEARS OF SPECULATN BY G OUT TIME MAGAZE. HE DIVULGED THAT HE HAD BEEN A THREE-YEAR RELATNSHIP WH AN AMAZG MAN AND SCRIB HIMSELF AS A QUEER ARTIST. STIPE’S STATED HIS REASON FOR WAG SO LONG WAS THAT “ WAS SUPER PLITED FOR ME THE ‘80S. I WAS TOTALLY OPEN WH THE BAND AND MY FAY AND MY IENDS AND CERTALY THE PEOPLE I WAS SLEEPG WH. I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY OBV…I’D JT NEVER FELT STRONGLY ENOUGH ABOUT A PARTICULAR RELATNSHIP TO SAY ‘YEAH, HE’S MY BOYIEND, THAT IS WHAT IS’. NOW I REGNIZE THAT TO HAVE PUBLIC FIGUR BE VERY OPEN ABOUT THEIR SEXUALY HELPS SOME KID SOMEWHERE OUT THERE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2. FREDDY MERCURY (QUEEN){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE ONT MAN AND SONGWRER FOR THE ROCK BAND QUEEN, FREDDIE MERCURY BELTED OUT H AFTER H, OM “WE ARE THE CHAMPNS” TO “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY” TO “CRAZY LTLE THG CALLED LOVE.” HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST THEATRIL ROCK PERFORMERS, EXPLAG, “WE’RE THE CECIL B. DEMILLE OF ROCK AND ROLL, ALWAYS WANTG TO DO THGS BIGGER AND BETTER.” HE HAD A FOUR-OCTAVE RANGE, HE CRAFTED SONGS THAT SPOKE OF BOTH THE BRIGHT AND THE GRTY SIS OF LIFE, HE CLAIMED, “I AM AS GAY AS A DAFFODIL” AND AS DAVID BOWIE SAID, “I ALWAYS ADMIRED A MAN WHO WORE TIGHTS…HE WAS FELY A MAN WHO ULD HOLD AN DIENCE THE PALM OF HIS HAND.” FREDDIE MERCURY DIED OF AIDS RELATED PNMONIA ON NOVEMBER 24, 1991, ONE DAY AFTER PUBLICLY ANNOUNCG THAT HE HAD AIDS. ALTHOUGH HE WAS CRICIZED FOR KEEPG HIS ILLNS A SECRET, WAS PLETELY CHARACTER FOR THE TENSELY PRIVATE MAN. HE LEAV A LEGACY OF MIC THAT IS CELEBRATED AROUND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}1. ELTON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH MORE THAN 30 ALBUMS AND 250 LN RERDS SOLD, SIR ELTON JOHN IS ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED AND SUCCSFUL MIL ARTISTS THE WORLD. WH HIS FLAMBOYANT STYLE, RASPY VOICE AND AN UNERRG ABILY TO GET TO THE HEART OF EVERY SONG HE’S WRTEN, ELTON JOHN HAS BEEN REGNIZED WH GRAMMY AWARDS, A TONY AWARD AND EVEN AN AMY AWARD. INDUCTED TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME 1994, HIS “CANDLE THE WD” IS THE BT SELLG SGLE OF ALL TIME. HE HAS BEEN WRG WH HIS CREATIVE PARTNER, BERNIE TP, SCE 1967. WHILE THEY HAVE LLABORATED ON OVER 30 ALBUMS, THEY ARE NEVER THE SAME ROOM WHEN WRG. ACTIVE THE FIGHT AGAST AIDS SCE THE 1980’S, HIS ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATN, STARTED 1992, HAS RAISED LNS OF DOLLARS TO FUND PROGRAMS FOR HIV/AIDS PREVENTN AS WELL AS PROVIDG SERVIC FOR PEOPLE LIVG WH HIV/AIDS. HE WAS KNIGHTED 1995 FOR HIS CHARABLE WORK BY QUEEN ELIZABETH AND WED HIS HBAND, DAVID FURNISH, 2005. ELTON SHOWS NO SIGNS OF SLOWG DOWN, EHER HIS QUT TO RAISE FUNDS AND AWARENS ABOUT HIV/AIDS OR HIS MISSN TO SHARE HIS CREDIBLE MIL TALENT WH THE WORLD. THIS YEAR SIR ELTON AND FURNISH BEME PARENTS VIA A SURROGATE AND HE RELEASED HIS 30TH STUD ALBUM THE UNN WH LEON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

CazwellBefore Pchfork “disvered” the gay rappers Le1f, Mykki Blan, and Zebra Katz 2012, Cazwell had released a handful of half-ser hip-hop jams focg on topics rangg om gay sex to his love of ice cream. Le1fThis breakthrough gay rapper took the Inter by storm wh his ultra slick speed-rappg verse on “Wut”, acpanied by a mpy vio of the rapper vogug down wh a mcle-man a Pikachu mask.

Sce then, he's released three mixtap, an EP wh Terrible rerds, and is currently workg on a full-length album as one of the only gay rappers signed to a mastream label. Arty, provotive, and polilly aware, Le1f's but album will be sure to shatter expectatns and (hopefully) the sal GrandWily hailed as the first openly gay untry sger (sorry Ty Herndon, you jt missed ), Steve Grand is as much of a YouTube sensatn as he is a sger.

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HE LATER BEGAN GIVG NCERTS FLAMBOYANT STUM WH ORNATE PIANOS AND NLABRA, PLAYG PRIMARILY POPULAR MIC. VERY SUCCSFUL, HE HOSTED HIS OWN TV VARIETY SERI, THE LIBERACE SHOW (1952–55, 1969), AND APPEARED FILMS SUCH AS SCERELY YOURS (1955). WH HIS UNIQUE BLEND OF CLASSIL TRAG AND OVER-THE-TOP SHOWMANSHIP, LIBERACE WAS ONE OF THE MOST FAMO PERFORMERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. IN LATER YEARS HE PERFORMED EQUENTLY LAS VEGAS.EARLY LIFELIBERACE WAS BORN WLADZIU VALENTO LIBERACE ON MAY 16, 1919, WT ALLIS, WISNS, HIS MIDDLE NAME WAS TAKEN OM ONE OF HIS MOTHER'S FAVORE FILM STARS—RUDOLPH VALENTO. LTLE DID SHE KNOW THAT HER SON WOULD VELOP A VOTED FOLLOWG OF HIS OWN ONE DAY. BOTH OF LIBERACE'S PARENTS WERE TERTED MIC, AND HE BEGAN PIANO LSONS VERY EARLY ON HIS LIFE. A CHILD PRODIGY, HE BEGAN HIS STUDI AT THE WISNS COLLEGE OF MIC WHEN HE WAS ONLY SEVEN YEARS OLD. LIBERACE STARTED PERFORMG WH ORCHTRAS HIS EARLY TEENS.MIL SENSATNTO MAKE A LIVG, LIBERACE PLAYED MOVIE THEATERS AND NIGHT CLUBS. 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HE BEME EQUALLY FAMO FOR THE GLZ AND GLAMOUR OF HIS SHOWS AND STUM AS HE WAS FOR HIS MIC. IN 1956, LIBERACE WAS JOED ON STAGE BY {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}ELVIS PRLEY. AROUND THIS TIME, HOWEVER, LIBERACE'S PERSONAL LIFE WAS TURNED TO A LEGAL DRAMA. HE HAD LONG BEEN RID FOR HIS EFFEMATE WAYS, AND HE END UP SUG A BRISH PUBLITN FOR LIBEL AFTER THE MAGAZE IMPLIED THAT HE WAS GAY. LIBERACE LATER WON ANOTHER URT BATTLE AGAST A BRISH LUMNIST OVER HIS MENTS. WHILE HE WAS LATER REVEALED TO BE GAY, LIBERACE WORKED HARD TO NCEAL THIS FACT TO MATA HIS DOMANTLY FEMALE FOLLOWG. WHILE TERT HIS TELEVISN SHOW EVENTUALLY FAD, LIBERACE REMAED POPULAR WH NCERT-GOERS. HIS SHOWS AND STUM SEEMED TO GET MORE ELABORATE AND OSTENTAT WH THE YEARS. HIS HANDS SHOWSED A NUMBER OF ORNATE, PIANO-SHAPED RGS, AND HE DRAPED HIMSELF LONG, HEAVY FUR P. HE EVEN DROVE TO HIS PIANO ON STAGE ONE OF HIS MANY LUXURY TOMOBIL. IN THE MID-1970S, LIBERACE CID TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A PEEK TO HIS LAVISH LIFTYLE. HE TRANSFORMED HIS HOLLYWOOD HOME TO A MM. HE LATER DISPLAYED HIS LLECTN OF STUM, RS AND OTHER TREASUR AT HIS OWN MM LAS VEGAS.FAL YEARS AND DEATHONCE AGA, LIBERACE FOUND HIMSELF A LEGAL STGGLE. HE WAS SUED BY HIS FORMER BODYGUARD AND CHFFR STT THORSON 1982. THORSON CLAIMED THAT HE HAD BEEN A RELATNSHIP WH LIBERACE AND THAT LIBERACE HAD PROMISED TO TAKE RE OF HIM AND SUPPORT HIM. THE SE WAS LATER SETTLED OUT OF URT. SHORTLY BEFORE HIS ATH, STORI CIRCULATED THAT LIBERACE HAD AIDS. HE AND HIS STAFF, HOWEVER, VEHEMENTLY NIED THAT THE ENTERTAER HAD THE DISEASE. LIBERACE PASSED AWAY ON FEBARY 4, 1987, AT HIS HOME PALM SPRGS, CALIFORNIA. INIALLY, HIS DOCTOR REPORTED THAT THE SHOWMAN DIED OF RDIAC ARRT. 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After wng armfuls of Grammys for his emotnal album In The Lonely Hour, Smh has bee the facto mastream voice of lennial gays, spe or perhaps bee of his sexual naïveté and romantic KeokiOne of the few survivg members of the late '80s and early '90s generatn of club kids to ntue producg mic, Keoki may have started out as a trend-stealg Michael Alig publicy project, but sce has bee a full-fledged and wily-followed ternatnal DJ.

Almost unavoidable every gay and straight dance club around the world, the song end up beg featured a Rick Owens fashn show and ntu to be the most addictive mimalist rap song ever created.

Jokgly llg their songs “gay church folk mic, ” their live shows are of particular note for cludg gogo dancers balaclavas directly adjacent to full choirs and strg TonLike a post-Y2K Leigh Bowery, Hard Ton's ontman Max has some sane club kid looks to match the duo's hypnotic synthpop and enarg dis-falsetto vols. Wh his band gag fame after openg for The Killers, the group had plenty of mercial and cril succs as a straight up neo-new-wave outf, only to fd a different set of vote after their lead sger opened up about his personal life as a gay Vacro (A Great Big World)Melodic and relaxg, Chad Vacro's romantic ffee-shop mic has attracted tons of fans.

GAY, EX-HILLSONG LEAR SPEAKS ABOUT EXPERIENCE WH UNCLEAR POLICY

Combg hoe, hip-hop, and Ain rhythms, Sheridan is still a staple of New York's unrground nightlife and fashn MommaNewer to the public eye, Big Momma shared his opns on the gay rap scene wh last year: “Hip hop is changg, y, will there fally be acceptance of an openly gay male rapper?

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HE WAS MILLY GIFTED OM A YOUNG AGE, AND RELEASED HIS FIRST SELF-TLED AMERIN ALBUM 1970, MAKG HIM A HUGE TERNATNAL STAR. SOME OF HIS CHART-TOPPG HS CLU "CRODILE ROCK," "PHILALPHIA FREEDOM" AND "CANDLE THE WD." HE ALSO FOUND SUCCS ON BROADWAY, POSG THE SRE FOR BILLY ELLT (2008), WHICH WENT ON TO W 10 TONY AWARDS. HE WAS DUCTED TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME 1994 AND KNIGHTED 1998.EARLY LIFE & CAREER ENGLANDSGER, SONGWRER, POSER AND IN ELTON JOHN WAS BORN REGALD KENH DWIGHT ON MARCH 25, 1947, PNER, MIDDLEX, ENGLAND. HE DISVERED HIS PASSN FOR MIC AT AN EARLY AGE AND TGHT HIMSELF HOW TO PLAY THE PIANO WHEN HE WAS ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD. PROVG TO BE A GREAT TALENT, HE WON A SCHOLARSHIP TO A YOUTH PROGRAM AT THE ROYAL AMY OF MIC LONDON. JOHN HAD A DIFFICULT RELATNSHIP WH HIS FATHER, STANLEY DWIGHT, A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE. HIS PARENTS DIVORCED WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER, AND HE AND HIS FATHER CLASHED OVER HIS FUTURE. JOHN, PTIVATED BY THE SOUNDS OF EARLY ROCK AND ROLL, WANTED TO PURSUE A REER POP MIC. AND MUCH TO HIS FATHER'S DISMAY, JOHN DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL AT 17 TO FOLLOW HIS DREAM. HE STARTED PLAYG WH A GROUP LLED BLUOLOGY, AND HE BBLED TOGETHER HIS STAGE MONIKER OM THE NAM OF TWO MEMBERS OF THE GROUP.IN 1967 JOHN ANSWERED AN AD FOR A SONGWRER FOR LIBERTY RERDS. HE GOT THE JOB AND SOON TEAMED UP WH LYRICIST {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}BERNIE TP. THE DUO SWCHED TO THE DJM LABEL THE FOLLOWG YEAR, WRG SONGS FOR OTHER ARTISTS. JOHN GOT HIS FIRST BREAK AS A SGER WH HIS 1969 ALBUM EMPTY SKY, FEATURG SONGS BY JOHN AND TP. WHILE THAT RERDG FAILED TO TCH ON, HIS 1970 SELF-TLED EFFORT FEATURED JOHN'S FIRST H, "YOUR SONG." MORE HS SOON FOLLOWED, CLUDG NO. 1 SMASH SUCH AS "CRODILE ROCK," "BENNIE AND THE JETS" AND "ISLAND GIRL." 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HE DRSED FABULO, OVER-THE-TOP STUM AND GLASS FOR HIS ELABORATE NCERTS. IN AN TERVIEW WH W, JOHN EXPLAED THAT "I WASN'T A SEX SYMBOL LIKE BOWIE, MARC BOLAN OR FREDDIE MERCURY, SO I DRSED MORE ON THE HUMORO SI, BEE IF I WAS GOG TO BE STUCK AT THE PIANO FOR TWO HOURS, I WAS GOG TO MAKE PEOPLE LOOK AT ME."'DON'T GO BREAKG MY HEART' IN 1976 JOHN H THE TOP OF THE CHARTS AGA WH "DON'T GO BREAKG MY HEART," HIS DUET WH KIKI DEE. HE SOON CID TO TAKE A BREAK OM MIC, FOCG HIS ENERGI ON HIS SOCCER TEAM THAT HE -OWNED ENGLAND. AROUND THIS TIME, JOHN ALSO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS BISEXUAL (HE LATER ME OUT AS A GAY MAN). AT THE TIME, JOHN WAS RIDICULED AND TNTED FOR HIS SEXUALY. THE NTROVERSY DIED DOWN, AND HE MA A TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO MIC 1979 WH THE ALBUM A SGLE MAN.'LTLE JEANNIE,' 'EMPTY GARN'WHILE NOT PRODUCG SMASH HS THE 1980S, JOHN STILL DID WELL ON THE CHARTS. SOME OF THE MOST MEMORABLE SONGS OM THIS PERD CLU THE BALLADS "LTLE JEANNIE" AND "EMPTY GARN (HEY, HEY JOHNNY)," THE LATTER WRTEN AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS IEND JOHN LENNON OF THE BEATL, WHO HAD BEEN KILLED 1980.'CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT' BRANCHG OUT DIFFERENT DIRECTNS, JOHN TEAMED UP WH LYRICIST TIM RICE FOR SEVERAL PROJECTS. THEY WORKED TOGETHER ON THE SOUNDTRACK FOR THE 1994 ANIMATED H THE LN KG, AND ONE OF THE MOVIE'S SONGS, "CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT," BROUGHT JOHN HIS FIRST AMY AWARD W FOR BT ORIGAL SONG. THE PAIR LATER TED A TONY AWARD FOR BT ORIGAL SRE 2000 FOR THEIR MIL AIDA. JOHN RECEIVED A NUMBER OF HONORS AROUND THIS TIME. IN 1994 HE WAS DUCTED TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. QUEEN ELIZABETH II MA JOHN A COMMANR OF THE ORR OF THE BRISH EMPIRE THE FOLLOWG YEAR (THE QUEEN KNIGHTED HIM SEVERAL YEARS LATER, MAKG HIM OFFICIALLY "SIR ELTON JOHN").'CANDLE THE WD 1997' WHILE HE ENJOYED ALL OF THE REGNN AND PRAISE, HE SOON FOUND HIMSELF ROCKED BY GRIEF. DURG THE SUMMER OF 1997, JOHN LOST TWO GOOD IENDS — FASHN SIGNER GIANNI VERSACE AND PRCS DIANA. HE REWORKED ONE OF HIS CLASSIC SONGS, "CANDLE THE WD," AS A TRIBUTE TO PRCS DIANA, WH THE SONG'S PROCEEDS GOG TO A CHARABLE TST TABLISHED HER HONOR. "CANDLE THE WD 1997" PROVED TO BE A TREMENDO SUCCS, SELLG MORE THAN 30 LN PI THAT YEAR.ELTON JOHN PERFORMG AT AN OPEN-AIR NCERT MAY 1974 WATFORD, ENGLAND.PHOTO: ANWAR HSE/GETTY IMAGLATER ALBUMS, BOOKS, BROADWAY, AND MOVIEJOHN NTUED TO RERD NEW MIC LATER HIS EXTENSIVE REER. IN 2006 HE RELEASED THE CAPTA & THE KID, A SEQUEL TO HIS EARLIER TOBGRAPHIL EFFORT CAPTA FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY (1975). HE ALSO TEAMED UP WH LEON RSELL FOR 2010'S THE UNN, WHICH LED TO A JOT TOUR. JOHN LATER RELEASED THE DIVG BOARD (2013), HIS 30TH STUD ALBUM, PRODUCED BY T BONE BURT. IN FEBARY 2016 JOHN RELEASED HIS 33RD STUD ALBUM, WONRFUL CRAZY NIGHT, TO GENERALLY POSIVE REVIEWS. THE ALBUM FEATURED THE ELTON JOHN BAND, WH WHOM HE LAST LLABORATED A PRR. 'BILLY ELLTT THE MIL' AND 'ROCKETMAN' ALSO MAND AS A SONGWRER, JOHN WAS STMENTAL BRGG BILLY ELLTT THE MIL TO THE STAGE. THE SHOW, ADAPTED OM THE 2000 FILM, OPENED ON BROADWAY 2008, WHERE QUICKLY BEME A CRIL AND MERCIAL SUCCS. JOHN ALSO WORKED ON THE 2011 ANIMATED FILM GNOMEO & JULIET, SERVG AS A PRODUCER AND A POSER. EVEN WH A TONED-DOWN STAGE PERSONA, JOHN REMAED A VERY POPULAR LIVE ACT. IN 2012, HE PERFORMED WH OZZY OSBOURNE, ERIC CLAPTON, STEVIE WONR, AND PL MCCARTNEY, AMONG OTHERS, CELEBRATN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S 60 YEARS ON THE THRONE.AROUND THIS TIME, WAS REVEALED THAT JOHN AND HIS HBAND WERE WORKG ON A BPIC ABOUT THE LEGENDARY MICIAN TLED ROCKETMAN. STARRG TARON EGERTON, THE FILM FALLY REACHED THE FISH LE WH S PREMIERE AT THE MAY 2019 CANN FILM FTIVAL, DRAWG ATTENTN FOR S WHIMSIL MIL SCEN AS WELL AS S UNFLCHG PORTRAYAL OF JOHN'S SEXUALY. THE ARTIST FOLLOWED WH THE PUBLITN OF HIS TOBGRAPHY, ME, LATER THAT YEAR.IN JANUARY 2020, JOHN AND TP CLAIMED THE BT ORIGAL SONG GOLN GLOBE FOR ROCKETMAN'S "(I'M GONNA) LOVE ME AGA." AMAZGLY, WAS THEIR FIRST SHARED AWARD AFTER MORE THAN A HALF-CENTURY OF CREATG SOME OF POPULAR MIC'S BIGGT HS TOGETHER. THE DUO THEN PICKED UP THEIR SEND JOT HONOR, ALSO FOR BT ORIGAL SONG, AT THE AMY AWARDS THE FOLLOWG MONTH.FAREWELL TOURON JANUARY 24, 2018, JOHN ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD RETIRE OM THE ROAD AFTER HIS PLANNED FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD TOUR, SET TO KICK OFF THAT SEPTEMBER. "MY PRRI HAVE CHANGED," HE SAID, CG HIS SIRE TO SPEND MORE TIME WH HIS HBAND, DAVID, AND THEIR KIDS. "IN 2015, DAVID AND I SAT DOWN WH A SCHOOL SCHLE ... I DON’T WANT TO MISS TOO MUCH OF THIS."THAT YEAR ALSO BROUGHT AN END TO HIS LAS VEGAS RINCY, "THE MILLN DOLLAR PIANO," WHICH WRAPPED WH A MAY 17 PERFORMANCE AT CAAR'S PALACE.SUBSTANCE ABE ISSU & ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATNIN 1990, AFTER YEARS OF BATTLG SUBSTANCE ABE ISSU, PARTICULARLY E, WHICH MAY HAVE TRIGGERED SEVERE EPILEPTIC SEIZUR, JOHN WENT TO REHABILATN. THE NEWLY SOBER MIL STAR, LIGHTED AT HIS SEND CHANCE AT LIFE, SOON FOUND HIS OWN CHARABLE ANIZATN TO HELP THE FIGHT AGAST AIDS. ESTABLISHED THE UNED STAT 1992, THE ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATN HAS BROUGHT MORE THAN $400 LN TO SUPPORT HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS AROUND THE WORLD.IN ADDN TO HIS OWN FOUNDATN, JOHN SUPPORTS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CHARI AND ARTS ANIZATNS, CLUDG THE GLOBE THEATRE AND THE ROYAL AMY OF MIC.IN MARCH 2020, JOHN HOSTED THE IHEART LIVG ROOM CONCERT FOR AMERI TO RAISE FUNDS FOR RONAVIS RELIEF EFFORTS. ALICIA KEYS, DAVE GROHL AND SAM SMH WERE AMONG THE ARTISTS WHO PERFORMED OM THEIR HOM FOR THE BENEF.ELTON JOHN WH HIS HBAND, DAVID FURNISH, AND SONS ZACHARY FURNISH-JOHN AND ELIJAH FURNISH-JOHNWIREIMAGE HBAND AND SONSJOHN MET HIS LONGTIME PARTNER DAVID FURNISH AT A DNER PARTY 1993. THE PAIR GOT MARRIED A CIVIL CEREMONY ON DECEMBER 21, 2005 — THE SAME DAY THE CIVIL PARTNERSHIP ACT 2004 WENT TO EFFECT. WH THE HELP OF A SURROGATE, THE UPLE WELED THEIR FIRST SON, ZACHARY FURNISH-JOHN, DECEMBER 2010, AND WELED THEIR SEND CHILD, ELIJAH JOSEPH DANIEL FURNISH-JOHN, JANUARY 2013. NE YEARS AFTER THEIR CIVIL CEREMONY, ON DECEMBER 21, 2014, THE UPLE WED AFTER LAWS ALLOWG GAY MARRIAGE TOOK EFFECT THE SAME YEAR BRA. JOHN WAS PREVLY MARRIED TO RENATE BLEL OM 1984 TO {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

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The days, wh more and more public figur g forward about their sexualy, was only a matter of time that we here at put together a list of the most fluential and trigug openly gay and bisexual male micians of the past century. Compilg a list like this was no small we’ve limed this to only 50 micians, the number of openly gay artists far surpass that number, and we’re sure you will likely spot an artist near and ar to your heart that we left out. We simply tried to assemble a list of those artists we feel have been both succsful their reers while also raisg awarens toward gay rights issu and givg back to the muny which they also cid to le out those artists whose sexualy was often mored to be gay, but have never been nfirmed by the artists themselv, take Morrissey or Liberace for example.

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