Answer: Taylor Swift In 2008 Taylor Swift became the youngest artist ever to win Album of the Year for her 2008 sophomore release, "Fearless", at 20 years of age.
Answer: Jamaica Don Shirley (1927-2013), who was born in Pensacola, Florida was actually the son of Jamaican immigrants to the United States. Sadly enough, despite being a musical prodigy, Shirley had to deal with racial barriers on his way to success.
Answer: Eminem In 2001, President Bush directed this unflattering comment to none other than Eminem whose brash, froward lyrics were at the time turning the American music industry on its head.
Answer: Marvin Gaye A judge ruled that Thicke's 2013 hit "Blurred Lines", which featured and was produced by Pharrell William, was a ripoff of Marvin Gaye's 1977 track "Got to Give It Up".
Answer: "Lilacs for Voice and Orchestra" "Lilacs for Voice and Orchestra" (1996), based on an 19th century eulogy to President Abraham Lincoln, was unamiously chosen to receive the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Music, thus making Goerge Walker (1922-2018) the first African-American to win that award.
Answer: Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury was a British singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band "Queen".
Answer: Carl Perkins Carl Perkins was born in 1932. His most well known song is "Blue Suede Shoes", but is also known for "Match Box" and "Honey Don't".
Answer: Madonna Madonna's influence on American and indeed global music is undeniable, thus earning her the generally-accepted title of "Queen of Pop".
Answer: Russia "The Five" (Mily Balakirev, César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Borodin), also known as "the Mighty Handful" and "the New Russian School", were instrumental in shaping the form of classical Russian music in the 19th century.
