Popular Music of the 21st Century: Part II Quiz

Answer: Say It Right

Nelly Furtado's song "Say It Right" was released in the United States on October 31st, 2006. The song "Say It Right" featured backup singers named Timothy Mills and Nate Hills. "Say It Right" was in the number one spot in countries such as China, Belarus, Panama and even Thailand and Ukraine. "Say It Right" was considered to be Furtado's most popular single on her album, "Loose".

Interesting Fact: Nelly Furtado and Timbaland have worked together on even more songs such as "Promiscuous" on one of Furtado's albums and "Give It To Me" on one of Timbaland's albums.

Answer: Pink

Pink was the artist that created the song "U & Ur Hand", which was based on past experiences in Alecia Moore's life. The song was banned from "American Idol" because it involved a part of the song about self-love. Although this song was very controversial in the music world, it was very successful and peaked on the music charts at number one on the Czech Republic and the Philippines. Pink ended up singing one of her other songs on "American Idol" called "Who Knew".

Interesting Fact: In Pink's music video for this song, one of the outfits that she wore was $300 per yard of fabric.

Answer: False

"Here In Your Arms" is an original song by the 2000's band named Hellogoodbye. This song was considered to be a synth-pop style that was popular in the early 1990's. "Here In Your Arms" was considered to be the top single on their 2006 album called "Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!". The song reached the number 2 spot on the Irish Music Chart and number 7 on the Latvian Music Board.

Interesting Fact: The music video takes place at Camp Holadios, which is the Spanish version of the band's own name of Hellogoodbye.

Answer: Do It To It

"Do It To It" was released on March 21st, 2006 by the R&B group named Cherish. The group consists of four sisters that lived in South Carolina. The video for "Do It To It" had a very successful music video that was eventually retired from the BET (Black Entertainment Television) music list. "Do It To It" was the biggest hit in New Zealand when it hit the number three spot on their music board just a couple months after its release date.

Interesting Fact: Two of the members of Cherish are twin sisters.

Answer: Corinne Bailey Rae

Corinne Bailey Rae, a native of Leeds, co-wrote this song which was released on February 20, 2006. This soul song that was released on Corinne Bailey Rae's self-titled album, had its music video set in South Africa. Also, this song was nominated for "Song of the Year" in the 2007 Grammy Awards and was sung on "American Idol" by Season 6 finalist named Antonella Barba. "Put Your Records On" was most popular in Corinne Bailey Rae's home country when it got the number 2 spot on the UK charts.

Interesting Fact: In "Put Your Records On", Corinne Bailey Rae plays the piano and the acoustic guitar.

Answer: True

Christina Aguilera did come out with a song called "Candyman" in the year 2007. "Candyman" was featured on Aguilera's album named "Back to Basics". This quiz is considered a pop song, but it does feature some aspects of jazz in it as well. The popular music video for this song was set in the 1940's and showed Christina Aguilera and her clones dancing in sailor suits.

The song was not a huge hit in the United States, but it hit the number one position on both the Italian and Russian music board.

Answer: Glamorous

Fergie created her hit song "Glamorous" to describe the life that she currently is living. The song lyrics reflect how Fergie came from rags to riches, but fame still did not change her attitude on life. Also, "Glamorous" features back up singing by Ludacris. "Glamorous" hit the number one spots on the Chinese, Croatian, United States and Israeli Music Boards. An interesting fact about this song is that it was released in the United States on New Year's Day.

Interesting Fact: In this music video, Fergie is featured with the old Black Eyed Peas members such as Will.I.Am and Apl.De.Ap.

Answer: Joss Stone

Joss Stone released the song "Tell Me 'Bout It" on her 2007 album called "Introducing Joss Stone". This song includes some R&B, some Hip Hop and even some Soul aspects all mixed together into one chart topping song. This song, that she co-wrote, was very popular in the Netherlands Antilles by becoming the number one spot on that music board.

Interesting Fact: "Tell Me 'Bout It" is one of the two songs that is currently available to listen to on Joss Stone's Myspace page.

Answer: True

Avril Lavigne sang the rock pop song called "Girlfriend". "Girlfriend" was released in the United States on February 7, 2007 and was an instant hit in countries all across the world. "Girlfriend" was translated into over seven different languages including Spanish, Chinese and Japanese. "Girlfriend" peaked at the number one spot on at least 10 different music boards including ones from Singapore, Italy and Bulgaria.

Interesting Fact: Avril Lavigne is being sued by a group called The Rubinoos' because they believe that Lavigne copied lyrics from their 1979 song called "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend".

Answer: Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana, also known as, Miley Cyrus, released this song on her 2007 album named "Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus". The song debuted on the Disney Channel show, "Hannah Montana", and became a big hit in Israel by hitting the number five spot on the music boards.

Interesting Fact: Hannah Montana is currently signed to a record deal by Walt Disney Records.

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