Céline Dion Delivers Tearful Tribute To Late Husband At The Billboard Music Awards
‘I want to be so strong for my family and my kids and I don’t want to cry but you make me so happy – thank you.’
Our hearts go on and out to Céline Dion
Four months after losing her husband René Angélil to a long battle with cancer, the star was honored with the Billboard Icon Award, and breaks down in tears during a touching acceptance speech.
Amidst tears, the 48-year-old singer reached out to thank those who’ve helped her along the way.
“I want to thank Lindsey Stirling for sharing her wonderful talent with us tonight. This is such a tremendous honor. Of course music has been my passion before I can remember. So many people have helped me get where I am today.”
“And most importantly my beloved husband who I know will continue to watch over me from above. Thank you Billboard Music Awards for honoring me.
Celine Dion has had a hard 2016, losing both her husband Rene Angelil and her brother Daniel to cancer within two days of each other back in January.
In her first major appearance since those tragic deaths, Dion was honored Sunday (May 22) with the 2016 Billboard Music Awards ICON Award, with an introduction by Seal.
“Icon — it’s a word that conjures up visions of someone deserving of our complete respect and admiration, a person who we look at with awe.
In the past, only a select few performers have received the Billboard ICON Award, legends like Neil Diamond, Stevie Wonder, Prince,” says Seal.
“And now a new name joins their ranks, a singer whose career sets the standard of excellence that all of us aspire to.”
American violinist, dancer, performance artist, singer and composer Lindsey Stirling is ready to start the promotion of her third studio album “Brave Enough“, due out on August 19th via her own imprint Lindseystomp Records.
The first official single is the song “The Arena“, which was released along the pre-order of the album on iTunes on June 28th.
The same day, the singer also premiered the music video to support this new single and first taste of this new era.
After teasing the release of her forthcoming third studio album, Lindsey Stirling has dropped the first single in June 28, titled “The Arena.”
The music is noticeably more powerful and poignant than a lot of her previous work, making use of strong drum work and more electronic influence in the bassline and backing synths.
The music video also works to present a stronger Lindsey Stirling herself, as the concept of an “arena” and the motif of a post-apocalyptic wasteland battleground are surely settings in which only the strong survive.
The album: Brave Enough.
We ALL are connected through MUSIC!!
Lindsey’s dance partner in the video is also a professional dancer and has appeared on Dancing With The Stars, Derek Hough.
The album, entitled Brave Enough, is now available for pre-order and will release on August 19.
I strongly believe that ALL are entitled to their religious beliefs and set of spiritual rules. All of us hold some sort of road map to navigate through life as best as we can.
I hold my own personal set.
In no way do I intend to impose any set of beliefs on anyone.
I think this is a beautiful video and a good representation of what Christmas really is.
My intention is to share this wonderful musical video from Lindsey Stirling.
Her statements at the end are her personal beliefs.
Unrecognizable Lindsey Stirling shares talents, testimony in new ‘Hallelujah‘ video
A contribution to the LDS Church’s “12 Days of Social” campaign came from dancing violinist Lindsey Stirling. The video shows a disguised Stirling performing “Hallelujah” in a subway station, where no one recognizes her or acknowledges the Nativity scene she has placed on the ground in front of her.
Intermixed with the subway scenes, the video also shows clips of Stirling meeting fans throughout the world. At the end of the video, the camera zooms in on the Nativity scene and poses the question, “Do you see the gift?”
Stirling, who has been open about a battle with anorexia, concludes the video by sharing memories of her personal struggle with self-worth and how her knowledge of Jesus Christ has helped her.
Allison Holker and Twitch Boss – Dancing with the Stars 16 – Video
Allison Holker and Twitch Boss performed on Dancing with the Stars 16 Week 7 Results Show with Lindsey Stirling on violin.
Allison and tWitch are from So You Think You Can Dance.
They’re such a happy couple.
Looking through YouTube … what to post for the last entry, I found this video. I’ve know about Allison from DWTS, about tWitch from the Ellen Degeneres Show, about Lindsey from YouTube.
I follow all of them.
I consider all to be accomplished performers in their respective art form.
Allison Renae Holker (born February 6, 1988) is an American dancer. Holker is credited with a wide variety of work in film, television and concert tours. She is most famously known from her appearances on the TV Show So You Think You Can Dance, where she was a contestant in season 2 and an all-star in seasons 7 through 11.
Stephen “tWitch” Boss (born 1982) is a freestyle hip-hop dancer from Montgomery, Alabama.
tWitch got his nickname, as a child, from popping and ticking, when he couldn’t sit still.
On December 10, 2013, tWitch and fellow SYTYCD alum, Allison Holker, married at Nigel Lythgoe’s Villa San Juliette Vineyard and Winery in Paso Robles, Calif.
They had been dating for approximately 2 1/2 years before getting engaged in January 2013.
Through Allison, he gained a stepdaughter named, Weslie, who was born in 2008.
On October 5, 2015, he and Allison Holker announced they were expecting their first child together on the television show “Dancing With The Stars“.
Lindsey Stirling (born September 21, 1986) is an American violinist, dancer, performance artist, singer and composer. She presents choreographed violin performances, both live and in music videos found on her YouTube channel, Lindsey Stirling, which she introduced in 2007.
Stirling performs a variety of music styles, from classical to pop and hip-hop to electronic dance music.
Beautiful Times is a song by American electronica project Owl City. It features guest performance from American dubstep-violinist Lindsey Stirling.
The song was released to digital download on April 8, 2014 as the first single from Owl City’s EP, Ultraviolet.
Owl City is an American electronica project created in 2007 in Owatonna, Minnesota; it is one of several projects by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Adam Young. Young created the project while experimenting with music in his parents’ basement. Owl City developed a following on the social networking site MySpace, like many musicians who achieved success in the late 2000’s, before signing with Universal Republic Records, now Republic Records, in 2008.
After two independent releases, Owl City gained mainstream popularity with the 2009 major label debut album Ocean Eyes, which includes the six-time platinum single “Fireflies“. The album was certified platinum in the United States in April 2010.
In June 2011, Owl City released its third studio album, All Things Bright and Beautiful, which was followed by The Midsummer Station in August 2012. Owl City has also recorded songs for several animated films, including Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, Wreck-It Ralph, The Croods and The Smurfs 2.
Lindsey Stirling (born September 21, 1986) is an American violinist, dancer, performance artist, and composer. She presents choreographed violin performances, both live and in music videos found on her YouTube channel, Lindsey Stirling, which she introduced in 2007.
Stirling performs a variety of music styles, from classical to pop and hip-hop to electronic dance music. Aside from original work, her discography contains covers of songs by other musicians and various soundtracks.Her music video, “Crystallize” finished as the eighth-most watched video of 2012, and her cover version of “Radioactive” with Pentatonix won Response of the Year in the first YouTube Music Awards in 2013.
Stirling achieved one million singles sold worldwide by August of 2014.[7] As of April 2015, her Lindseystomp YouTube channel exceeded 6 million subscribers and over a billion total views.
Alex Boye and Lindsay Stirling have joined to present a beautiful rendition of Bruno Mars’s song “Grenade” together with the Salt Lake City Pops.
Talent galore!!
Alex Boyé (born 1970) is a British-born Mormon singer and actor of Nigerian descent.
Boyé first performed in public while serving as a missionary for the LDS Church in Bristol, England. After completing his mission, he became a backing dancer. Among those who he performed with in this role was George Michael.
Boyé was featured in a video by The Piano Guys, released in January 2012 as Peponi, a cover of Coldplay’s Paradise on YouTube. In early 2013 he did a cover of the Lumineers “Ho Hey” that also generated a large number of YouTube hits.
Lindsey Stirling (born September 21, 1986) is an American violinist, dancer, performance artist, and composer. She presents choreographed violin performances, both live and in music videos found on her YouTubechannel, Lindseystomp, which she introduced in 2007. In 2010, Stirling was a quarter-finalist on America’s Got Talent season five.
Stirling is also a YouTube sensation: her music video “Crystallize” finished as the eighth-most watched video of 2012, and her cover version of “Radioactive” with Pentatonix won Response of the Year in the first YouTube Music Awards in 2013.
Lindsey has also sold more than 1 million singles worldwide and on May 2014 her second studio album Shatter Me peaked #2 at the Billboard 200. Her YouTube channel had, as of September 2014, more than 5.3 million subscribers and 735 million total views.
“Information from both artists as it appears in …. Wikipedia”.
~~Grenade~~
Bruno Mars Cover
Lindsey Stirling, Alex Boye’, & the Salt Lake Pops
I found out about Lindsey Stirling through a friend who posted her “Elements” video on Facebook. I must confess I was floored and totally mesmerized by this pixie girl! Her musical ability is out of this world, her movements while playing her music, the joy she portrays while playing the violin … all qualities that attracted me to her music. I have posted several of her videos and recently found one (in The Piano Guys Series) where she displayed a sense of humor and fun.
I would like to present Lindsey officially on this “spot”.
Ladies and gents, I give you:
~~LINDSEY STIRLING~~
“About Me: Through my entire childhood, my family struggled financially, however I would not trade my humble childhood years for anything else. It was during these years that I learned that a pair of scissors and a bottle of paint could transform a refrigerator boxes into a spaceship adventure to mars, that a tattered pink dress once put on could become a ball gown, and that eating a bowl of cereal on the living room floor with my dad was quality time.
In spite of the many limitations that could have boxed me in, it was these years that taught me to dream big, work hard and enjoy the small simple moments of life. Since then, I have learned the violin, I started film school at BYU, I went on a Mormon Mission to NYC, finished school at BYU in recreational therapy and worked in rehab centers with troubled teens.
I began to pursue a musical career when I went on America’s Got Talent in 2010. I was told by the judges and many other “professionals” in the music business that I was not marketable and that I’d never make it as a performer. That same little girl that made rockets out of boxes persevered and continues to dream big.
Through youtube I have gained a million followers worldwide. I am now a touring musician and I am living my dream.”
Lindsey Stirling (born September 21, 1986) is an American violinist, dancer, performance artist, and composer. She presents choreographed violin performances, both live and in music videos found on her YouTubechannel, Lindseystomp, which she introduced in 2007. In 2010, Stirling was a quarter-finalist on America’s Got Talentseason five, where she was known as the Hip-hop Violinist.
Since 2010, Stirling has released a self-titled album, an EP, and several singles. She performs a variety of music styles, from classical to pop and hip-hop to electronic dance music. Aside from original work, her discography contains covers of songs by other musicians and various soundtracks.
Stirling is also a YouTube sensation: her music video “Crystallize” finished as the eighth-most watched video of 2012, and her cover version of “Radioactive” with Pentatonix won Response of the Year in the first YouTube Music Awards in 2013.
Her YouTube channel had, as of April 2014, more than four million subscribers and 600 million total views.
At the age of five, after being influenced by the classical music records played by her father, Stirling began to study the violin. She took private lessons for twelve years. When she was sixteen, she joined a rock band in Mesquite High School with four friends called “Stomp on Melvin”. As part of her experience with Stomp on Melvin, Stirling wrote a solo violin rock song, and her performance helped her to win the state title of Arizona‘s Junior Miss and claim the Spirit Award in the America’s Junior Miss Finals competition. Stirling was also a member of Charley Jenkins Band for about a year.
~~2010–2012: America’s got Talent and debut studio album~~
In 2010, at the age of 23, Stirling was a quarter-finalist on season five of America’s Got Talent, where she was described as a “hip hop violinist”. Stirling’s performances were dubbed “electrifying” by the judges, and won the acclaim of the audience, but after she attempted to step up the dance level in her quarter-final performance, judge Piers Morgan told her: “You’re not untalented, but you’re not good enough to get away with flying through the air and trying to play the violin at the same time.” Sharon Osbourne commented: “You need to be in a group. … What you’re doing is not enough to fill a theater in Vegas.” In her blog, Stirling confided: “I was devastated at the results. It was painful, and a bit humiliating; however, I had to relearn where it was that I drew my strength.” Stirling decided to continue to embrace her unique style of performance, promoting herself on the Internet. In a 2012 interview she remarked: “A lot of people have told me along the way that my style and the music I do … is unmarketable. But the only reason I’m successful is because I have stayed true to myself.”
Shortly after her performance on America’s Got Talent, cinematographer Devin Graham (DevinSuperTramp) contacted her in hopes of making a YouTube video together. They agreed to shoot a music video for her song, “Spontaneous Me“. It was filmed the week of May 9, 2011. The video boosted Stirling’s popularity, and she began making music videos for her YouTube channel regularly. Graham has filmed almost all of her videos, while Stirling often does backup camera work and assists with his music videos. Stirling’s YouTube channel, Lindseystomp, which she created in 2007 and which is named after her first band Stomp on Melvin, is the main repository for her music videos. During 2011, the channel rapidly gained popularity and has over 519 million total views and over four million subscribers, as of January 2014.
Her music is featured on Pandora, Spotify, and Last.FM. Stirling also created a second YouTube channel, LindseyTime, in September 2012, in which she posts videos related to her life, vlogs, behind-the-scenes content, etc.
~~Dancing~~
Since a young age, Stirling had a fascination for dance, such was her desire of taking dancing lessons and violin lessons at the time that she told on an interview with NewMediaRockstars: “…ever since I was a kid, I’ve always wished that I could dance, but my parents said, ‘You could choose violin or you could choose dance, but we can’t afford both’, and I chose violin. So this is kind of a fulfillment – it’s funny to say, but this is something I’ve always wanted to do.”
The way she impressed the judges on America’s Got Talent, apart from her mixing hip-hop and classical music on the violin, was by incorporating dancing while playing the violin, something that she does on her tours and her official music videos.
On a live-chat Stirling explained: “It is very unnatural to dance while playing the violin. I had to practice so hard to learn how to do it but now it is part of my expression and it comes naturally. I have to know a song perfectly before I can even begin to move. Once I know a song really well I can then have fun dancing.” Not only in her performances, but also with her music, dancing made a huge impact: “I loved dance music so I started with that and wrote Transcendence, Electric Daisy and Spontaneous Me.”
In October 2013, Stirling announced she would take part in season three of Dance Showdown, a dance competition web series created by DanceOn where the winner is awarded US$50,000. Stirling finished between the three finalists but didn’t win the fifty thousand dollars, despite that she received critical acclaim on her three performances with her partner Anze Skrube. One of the three judges, Laurieann Gibson, classified her second performance as “one of the best” in Dance Showdown and the last one as the best she had ever seen.
~~Philanthropy~~
On October 1, 2013, Stirling teamed with the non-profit Atlanta Music Project to help spread appreciation of music to children who might not otherwise have the chance. The Atlanta Music Project’s mission was “to inspire social change by providing Atlanta’s under-served youth the opportunity to learn and perform music in orchestras and choirs.” For this, Stirling made available two limited edition Lindsey Stirling/The Power of Music shirts. The money collected from the selling of those shirts went directly to the Atlanta Music Project with the goal of raising enough together to provide music training for 50 children.
On March 22, 2014, Lindsey joined the team Cirque Du Soleil for the second annual One Night for One Drop in Las Vegas.The non-profit organization presented the show in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, for the celebration of The World Water Day and to expand the message of saving water is accessible to all.
It Is What It Is 