Francis Lai - Skating In Central Park

Interprète: Francis Lai

Titre: Skating In Central Park

Année: 1971

Francis Lai, né à Nice le 26 avril 1932, est un compositeur et musicien français, spécialiste de musiques de films, de génériques et de chansons. Il est notamment l'auteur de la musique des films Un homme et une femme et Love Story, pour lequel il reçoit l'Oscar de la meilleure musique de film en 1970.

Francis Lai (French: [fʁɑ̃sis lɛ]; born 26 April 1932) is a French accordionist, and composer noted for his film scores.

While in his twenties, Francis Lai left home and went to Paris where he became part of the lively Montmartre music scene. In 1965 he met filmmaker Claude Lelouch and was hired to help write the score for the film A Man and a Woman. Released in 1966, the film was a major international success, earning a number of Academy Awards, and for the young Francis Lai, a Golden Globe Award nomination for "Best Original Score". This initial success brought more opportunities to work for the film industry both in his native France, where he continued to work with Lelouch on scores to films such as Vivre pour vivre (1967), Un Homme qui me plaît (1969), Le Voyou (1970) and La bonne année (1973), as well as in Great Britain and the United States. He is known for his support of Mireille Mathieu in many compositions and recordings. In 1970, he wrote the score for director René Clément's film, Rider On The Rain ("Le Passager de la Pluie"). It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc in September 1971.

In 1970 Francis Lai won the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for the film Love Story. In the United States, the soundtrack album went to No. 2 in the Billboard album charts and the film's theme, "Where Do I Begin" was a hit single with lyrics by Carl Sigman for traditional pop singer Andy Williams. The song would also be recorded successfully by Lai himself with a full orchestra and by Henry Mancini and Shirley Bassey. Francis Lai also wrote the music for the 1978 Love Story sequel titled Oliver's Story.

His movie scores include films as diverse as Mayerling, Three into Two Won't Go, International Velvet, Édith et Marcel, and Michael Winner films such as I'll Never Forget What's'isname and Hannibal Brooks. Lai has also had success with music written for softcore erotic films like Emmanuelle 2 (1975) and Bilitis (1977). He earned high praise for the latter film's score and its sound-track sold over a million copies throughout the world.

His composition "Aujourd'hui C'est Toi" (Today it's You) is probably best known in the UK as the theme music for the long-running BBC television current affairs documentary series Panorama.

In a career spanning forty years, Lai has also written music for television programs and alone or in collaboration with others has composed music for more than one hundred films and has personally written more than six hundred songs. Notably, he penned the music for the Perry Como hit "I Think of You" (lyric by Rod McKuen).

Joshua Kadison - Beautiful In My Eyes

Interprète: Joshua Kadison

Titre: Beautiful In My Eyes

Année: 1994

Joshua Kadison (born February 8, 1963, Los Angeles, California) is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and writer. He is perhaps best known for the Top 40 hits "Jessie" and "Beautiful in My Eyes" from his debut album Painted Desert Serenade. He is the son of the late actress Gloria Castillo, who was the inspiration behind his song "Mama's Arms."

Alan Jackson - Don't Rock The Jukebox

Interprète: Alan Jackson

Titre: Don't Rock The Jukebox

Année: 1991

Alan Eugene Jackson (né le 17 octobre 1958 à Newnan , Géorgie) est un chanteur américain de musique country ayant vendu plus de 50 millions de disques. Il est influencé par la country traditionnelle, et il est l'un des plus populaires dans ce genre, pendant les années 1990, mélangeant le honky tonk et les sonorités country classiques. Il a composé lui-même plusieurs de ses succès. Dans sa carrière, il a enregistré une vingtaine d'albums et plusieurs compilations, tous sous le label Arista Nashville. Plus de 50 de ses singles ont atteint le Top 30 (dans la catégorie country) selon le classement du magazine Billboard, dont 25 ont atteint la première place. Il a reçu de nombreuses récompenses dans le domaine de la musique country. Il participe également au programme Grand Ole Opry, et a été intronisé au Georgia Music Hall of Fame en 2001.

Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 15 studio albums, three Greatest Hits albums, two Christmas albums, two Gospel albums and several compilations.

Jackson has sold over 80 million records worldwide, with more than 50 of his singles having appeared on Billboard's list of the "Top 30 Country Songs". Of Jackson's entries, 35 were number-one hits, with 50 in the Top 10. He is the recipient of 2 Grammys, 16 CMA Awards, 17 ACM Awards and nominee of multiple other awards. He is a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2001.

In August, 2014 the Country Music Hall of Fame opened an exhibit celebrating Jackson’s 25 years in the music industry. It was also announced that he was an artist in residency as well, performing shows on October 8 and 22. The exhibit highlights the different milestones in his career with memorabilia collected over the years. His 25th Anniversary "Keeping It Country" Tour began January 8, 2015, in Estero, FL.

Ideal - Get Gone

Interprète: Ideal

Titre: Get Gone

Année: 1999

Ideal is an American R&B quartet from Houston, Texas, United States. The group Ideal debuted in 1999 and is composed of brothers Maverick Cotton and Swab, their cousin PZ and high school friend J-Dante. The group is best known for its hit songs "Get Gone" and "Whatever."

Hall & Oates - Sara Smile

Interprète: Hall & Oates

Titre: Sara Smile

Année: 1976

Palmarès: #12

Hall and Oates ou Daryl Hall and John Oates est un duo pop américain formé en 1972 par Daryl Hall et John Oates. Il a connu le succès à la fin des années 1970 et durant la première moitié des années 1980. Hall comme Oates chantent et utilisent des instruments au sein du groupe. Ils se sont spécialisés dans un style, fusion du rock 'n' roll et du rhythm and blues, qu’ils ont surnommé le « rock and soul ».

Les critiques Stephen Thomas Erlewine et J. Scott McClintock écrivent que « les meilleures chansons de Hall & Oates étaient remplies d’accroches et de mélodies solides qui suivaient les traditions de la soul sans en être l’esclave en intégrant des éléments new wave et hard rock ». Durant certaines tournées et concerts, des musiciens de soul et de blues reconnus ont joué au sein du groupe. Alors que la réputation du duo est due à sa série de succès dans les classements pop dans les années 1980, Hall & Oates est aussi reconnu pour sa capacité à croiser les frontières de plusieurs styles.

Leur « appropriation naturelle et accrocheuse de la soul de Philadelphie leur fit connaitre un énorme succès commercial » dans les années 1970 et 1980 aux États-Unis. Le groupe est surtout connu pour ses six succès numéro un dans le Billboard Hot 100 : Rich Girl, Kiss on My List, Private Eyes, I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do), Out of Touch et Maneater, leur titre-phare sorti en 1982, de même que bien d’autres titres qui ont figuré dans le Top 40 pop américain. Ils l’atteignirent pour la dernière fois en 1990, et lentement le public se détourna du groupe, bien que formellement celui-ci ne se soit pas séparé ; il a continué à enregistrer et à partir en tournée.

Au total, le groupe a eu 34 simples dans les classements du Billboard Hot 100 américain. Hall & Oates remporta sept disques de platine certifiés par la Recording Industry Association of America, ainsi que six disques d’or. Une compilation des meilleurs titres sortis en 2001 sous le label RCA. En 2003, Hall et Oates ont intégré le Songwriters Hall of Fame. Billboard Magazine plaça Hall & Oates à la 15^e place sur leur liste des 100 plus grands artistes de tous les temps, et premier dans leur classement des duos. VH1 mit le groupe à la 99^e place sur sa liste des 100 plus grands artistes de tous les temps.

Daryl Hall and John Oates, known more commonly as Hall & Oates, are an American musical duo from Philadelphia.

Daryl Hall is generally the lead vocalist of the pairing, and also plays a wide range of musical instruments. John Oates also plays a range of instruments, but primarily plays electric guitar and provides backing vocals as well as occasional leads. The two also write most of the songs they perform, either separately or in collaboration. They achieved their greatest fame from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s with a fusion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues, which they dubbed "rock and soul". Critics Stephen Thomas Erlewine and J. Scott McClintock write, "at their best, Hall & Oates' songs were filled with strong hooks and melodies that adhered to soul traditions without being a slave to them by incorporating elements of new wave." While much of their reputation is due to the sustained pop-chart run in the 1980s, they continue to record and tour, and remain respected by various artists for their ability to cross stylistic boundaries.

They are best known for their six No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: "Rich Girl", "Kiss on My List", "Private Eyes", "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)", "Maneater", and "Out of Touch", as well as many other songs which charted in the Top 40. In total, they had 34 chart hits on the US Billboard Hot 100, seven RIAA platinum albums, and six RIAA gold albums. Because of that chart success, Billboard magazine named them the most successful duo of the rock era, surpassing The Everly Brothers.

In 2003, Hall and Oates were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Billboard magazine had Hall & Oates at No. 15 on their list of the 100 greatest artists of all time and the No. 1 duo, while VH1 placed the duo as No. 99 on their list of the 100 greatest artists of all time. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2014.

Galleon - So I Begin

Interprète: Galleon

Titre: So I Begin

Année: 2002

Palmarès: #13

Galleon est un duo d'électro-pop français originaire de Marseille. Il a été fondé par Michel Fages et Philippe Laurent qui ont recrutés Gilles Luka (au chant)

Ils commencent à être connus sur la scène dance européenne en 2001 grâce au hit So I Begin. Ce single a été produit par Sony Music et Radikal Records, et s'est écoulé à près de 400 000 exemplaires. Le succès grandissant, un clip sera créé pour accompagner le single dans lequel sera présente la top-model Jitka Ogurekova.

Suite au succès de ce titre, deux autres singles verront le jour, tout d'abord I Believe basé sur une construction quasi similaire à So I Begin, puis One Sign en novembre 2002. L'album éponyme sortira ensuite naturellement en 2003, dans lequel on retrouvera entre autres les singles ainsi que la ré-orchestration d'un morceau de Handael, Freedom To Move (qui aura servi plus tôt aux besoins d'une publicité pour Levi's).

Galleon is French house duo from Marseille, founded by Michel Fages and Phillippe Laurent, (who recruited Gilles Fahy for singing).

Bent Fabric & His Piano - Alley Cat

Interprète: Bent Fabric & His Piano

Titre: Alley Cat

Année: 1962

Palmarès: #7

Bent Fabricius-Bjerre (born December 7, 1924 in Frederiksberg, Denmark), better known internationally as Bent Fabric, is a Danish pianist and composer.

The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind

Interprète: The Easybeats

Titre: Friday On My Mind

Année: 1967

Palmarès: #17

The Easybeats était un groupe de rock australien originaire de Sydney. Ce groupe, actif de 1964 à 1969 puis en 1986, fut influencé par le R'n'B, le blues et le courant Mod. Le groupe eut un relatif succès, surtout en Australie, mais il est le groupe australien des années 60 le plus connu, notamment grâce au tube Friday on My Mind.

The Easybeats est témoin de son époque : l'après-guerre, la migration en Australie. Les cinq membres fondateurs sont issus de cette immigration.

The Easybeats were an Australian rock band. They formed in Sydney in late 1964 and disbanded at the end of 1969. They are regarded as the greatest Australian pop band of the 1960s, echoing the Beatles' success in Britain, and were the first Australian rock and roll act to score an international pop hit with their 1966 single "Friday on My Mind".

The band's line-up exemplified the influence of post-war migration on Australian society. All five founding members were from families who had migrated to Australia from Europe: lead singer Stevie Wright and drummer Gordon "Snowy" Fleet were from England; rhythm guitarist George Young was from Scotland; lead guitarist Harry Vanda and bassist Dick Diamonde were from the Netherlands.

Da Brat - Funkafied

Interprète: Da Brat

Titre: Funkafied

Année: 1994

Da Brat alias Da BrAt-TaT-TaT, de son vrai nom Shawntae Harris, (14 avril 1974 à Chicago - ), est une rappeuse et actrice américaine. En anglais, « Da brat » (pour « The brat ») peut être traduit par « La sale gosse ».

 Da Brat is the stage name of Shawntae Harris (born April 14, 1974), an American rapper and actress. Her debut album, Funkdafied (1994), sold one million copies, making her the first female solo rap act to have a platinum-selling album, and the second overall female rap act (solo or group) after Salt N Pepa.

Cake - I Will Survive

Interprète: Cake

Titre: I Will Survive

Année: 1997
 Palmarès: #27

Cake (aussi typographié CAKE) est un groupe de rock alternatif américain formé à Sacramento (Californie) en 1991.

Bien que son style musical soit la plupart du temps considéré comme de l'alternatif ou du rock indépendant, celui-ci est plutôt un mélange de nombreuses influences telles que le funk, le ska, le jazz, le rap et la country. Ce style particulier lui a valu d'être comparé à King Missile, Talking Heads, They Might Be Giants ou encore Soul Coughing.

Parmi ses principaux succès on peut citer The Distance, Never There, Sheep Go to Heaven, Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle, No Phone, Short Skirt/Long Jacket ainsi que leur reprise de I Will Survive de Gloria Gaynor.

Cake (stylized CAKE) is an American alternative rock band from Sacramento, California. Consisting of singer John McCrea, trumpeter Vince DiFiore, guitarist Xan McCurdy, bassist Gabe Nelson and drummer Paulo Baldi, the band has been noted for McCrea's sarcastic lyrics and deadpan voice, DiFiore's trumpet parts, and their wide-ranging musical influences, including country music, Mariachi, rock, funk, Iranian folk music and hip hop.

Cake was formed in 1991 by McCrea, DiFiore, Greg Brown, Frank French and Sean McFessel, who soon left and was replaced by Nelson. Following the self-release of its debut album, Motorcade of Generosity, the band was signed to Capricorn Records in 1995 and released its first single, "Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle", which hit number 35 on the Modern Rock Tracks music chart and was featured on MTV's 120 Minutes; French and Nelson then left the band, and were replaced by Todd Roper and Victor Damiani. Cake's second album, 1996's Fashion Nugget, went platinum on the strength of its lead single, "The Distance". Following a tour of Europe and the United States, both Brown and Damiani announced they were leaving Cake, which led to speculation about the band's future; McCrea eventually recruited Xan McCurdy to take over on guitar, and persuaded Nelson to return.

Prolonging the Magic, the band's third album, was released in 1998 and went platinum, having shipped over one million units; this was followed three years later by Comfort Eagle, the band's first album on Columbia Records, featuring the single "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" which hit number 7 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Following a series of tours, including several versions of the Unlimited Sunshine Tour, the band released Pressure Chief in 2004, its second and last album on Columbia. After creating its own label, Upbeat Records, the band released Showroom of Compassion in 2011, which became its first album to debut at the top of the Billboard charts, selling 44,000 copies in the first week after release.

Babe Ruth - The Mexican

Interprète: Babe Ruth

Titre: The Mexican

Année: 1974

Babe Ruth are a rock music group, primarily active through the 1970s, from Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. Their characteristically 'heavy' sound is marked by powerful vocals from Janita (Jenny) Haan and full arrangements by Alan Shacklock. They are acknowledged as having more commercial success in North America than in their home country.

ABC - The Look Of Love

Interprète: ABC

Titre: The Look Of Love

Année: 1983

Palmarès: #3

ABC est un groupe de musique new wave britannique créé en 1980.

ABC are an English new wave group that first came to prominence in the early 1980s. Their 1982 debut album, The Lexicon of Love, was a UK number one and they achieved ten UK and five US Top 40 hit singles between 1981 and 1990. The band, now essentially singer Martin Fry, continues to tour and released their eighth studio album, Traffic, in 2008.

1910 Fruitgum Co. - Simon Says

Interprète: 1910 Fruitgum Co.

Titre: Simon Says

Année: 1968

Palmarès: #1

The 1910 Fruitgum Company is an American bubblegum pop band of the 1960s. The group's Hot 100 hits were "Simon Says", "May I Take A Giant Step", "1, 2, 3, Red Light", "Goody Goody Gumdrops", "Indian Giver", "Special Delivery", and "The Train". Guitarist Frank Jeckell claimed to have adopted the name from a gum wrapper that he found in a jacket pocket while trying on a retro suit.

112 - Only You

Interprète: 112

Titre: Only You

Année: 1996

Le 112 (prononcer one-twelve) est un groupe américain de R'n'B/Soul formé à Atlanta.

112 (pronounced "one-twelve") is an American R&B quartet from Atlanta, Georgia. Formerly artists on Bad Boy Records, the group signed to the Def Soul roster in 2002. They had great success in the late 1990s and early 2000s with hits such as "Only You", "Anywhere" and the Grammy-nominated single, "Peaches and Cream". The group most notably won a Grammy Award in 1997 for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, for featuring in the song "I'll Be Missing You" with Sean Combs and Faith Evans.

Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down

Interprète: Gregory Abbott

Titre: Shake You Down

Année: 1987

Palmarès: #8

Gregory Abbott, né le 2 avril 1954 à New York, est un chanteur américain de soul music issu d'une mère vénézuélienne et d'un père originaire de l'île d'Antigua.

Gregory Abbott (April 2, 1964) is an American Soul/R&B singer, musician (keyboards and drums), composer and producer.

The B-52's - Private Idaho

Interprète: The B-52's

Titre: Private Idaho

Année: 1980

Palmarès: #32

The B-52's est un groupe américain originaire d'Athens, dans l'État de Géorgie, apparu au cours de la vague de la musique new wave à la fin des années 1970.

The B-52s (styled as The B-52's prior to 2008) are an American new wave band, formed in Athens, Georgia in 1976. The original line-up consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals, percussion, keyboards), Kate Pierson (organ, bass, vocals), Cindy Wilson (vocals, bongos, tambourine, guitar), Ricky Wilson (guitars), and Keith Strickland (drums, guitars, synthesizers, various instruments). Following Ricky Wilson's death in 1985 Strickland switched full-time to guitar. The band subsequently added various musicians for their live shows. This included Sara Lee or Tracy Wormworth (bass), Zachary Alford or Sterling Campbell (drums, percussion) and Pat Irwin or Paul Gordon (keyboards & guitars).

Rooted in new wave and 1960s rock and roll, the group later covered many genres ranging from post-punk to pop rock. The "guy vs. gals" vocals of Schneider, Pierson, and Wilson, sometimes used in call and response style ("Strobe Light," "Private Idaho", and "Good Stuff"), are a trademark.

Al Caiola & His Orchestra - Bonanza

Interprète: Al Caiola & His Orchestra

Titre: Bonanza

Année: 1961

Al Caiola (born Alexander Emil Caiola, September 7, 1920, Jersey City, New Jersey) is a guitarist who plays jazz, country, rock, western, and pop music. He has been both a studio musician and stage performer. He has recorded over fifty albums and has worked with some of the biggest stars of the 20th century, including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Percy Faith, Buddy Holly, Mitch Miller, and Tony Bennett. During World War II Caiola played with the United States Marine Corps 5th Marine Division (United States) Band that also included Bob Crosby. Caiola served in the Battle of Iwo Jima as a stretcher bearer.

D12 - Purple Hills

Interprète: D12

Titre: Purple Hills

Année: 2001

Palmarès: #17

D12, acronyme pour The Dirty Dozen, est un groupe de rap américain, originaire de Détroit dans le Michigan, formé en 1996. Le groupe est fondé par Eminem, Proof, Bizarre, Kuniva, Kon Artis et Bugz représentés par leurs alter ego, d'où le nom des « douze salopards ».

Ils acquièrent une notoriété importante grâce au succès international d'Eminem. Profitant de ce succès, ils ont réussi à classer leurs albums en tête des ventes dans de nombreux pays, notamment les États-Unis et le Royaume-Uni. Leurs deux albums studios, Devil's Night et D12 World sont publiés respectivement en 2001 et 2004, portés par des singles comme Fight Music, Purple Pills, Shit on You, My Band ou encore How Come. Depuis 2006 et la mort de Proof, le groupe est resté presque inactif à cause notamment des problèmes de drogue d'Eminem ayant entraîné son retrait de la scène musicale pendant plus de trois ans et du départ de Kon Artis et Bizarre en 2012.

D12, an initialism for The Dirty Dozen, is an American hip hop group from Detroit, Michigan. D12 has had chart-topping albums in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. D12 was formed in 1996, and achieved mainstream success after Eminem rose to international fame. D12 released the album Devil's Night in 2001 and D12 World in 2004, spawning numerous hits such as "Fight Music", "Purple Pills", "My Band", "How Come" and "Shit on You" throughout that period. Since 2006, Eminem's hiatus and the death of the member Proof resulted in them being less active in subsequent years.

Sheena Easton - Morning Train ( Nine To Five)

Interprète: Sheena Easton

Titre: Morning Train (Nine To Five)

Année: 1981

Palmarès: #1

Sheena Easton (née le 27 avril 1959 à Bellshill en Écosse) est une chanteuse et actrice écossaise des années 1980.

Elle a joué le rôle d'une star du rock et l'épouse du détective Sonny Crockett dans la saison 4 de la série télévisée Deux flics à Miami, a également interprété le générique du film James Bond, Rien que pour vos yeux (For your eyes only).

Sheena a collaboré avec Prince sur les titres : U got the Look (1987) et The Arms of Orion (1989) pour la bande originale de Batman, et sur le titre "Sugar walls".

En 1988 sort son neuvième album The Lover In Me produit essentiellement par le duo gagnant L.A. Reid & Babyface ainsi que Prince.

En 1991 elle sort un album au son dance "What comes naturally" dans la lignee de "The lover in me" qui n'obtient pas le même accueil du public. Le premier single du même titre n'atteint que la 20e place au billboard US.

Sheena Shirley Easton (née Orr; born 27 April 1959) is a Scottish born international recording artist and stage and TV/film actress with dual UK/USA nationality. Easton first came into the public eye as the focus of an episode in the first British reality television programme The Big Time: Pop Singer, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records.

Easton's 1980 debut singles, "Modern Girl" and "9 to 5"," entered into the UK top ten, making her the first UK female artist to appear twice in the same top ten since Ruby Murray. In 1981, "9 to 5", topped the US Hot 100, making her the third UK female solo artist to achieve this, following Petula Clark and Lulu and is one of the most successful British female performers to date.

A six-time Grammy nominee in the US, Easton is a two-time Grammy Award winner, winning Best New Artist in 1981 and Best Mexican-American Performance in 1985, for her duet with Luis Miguel on the song "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres". She has received 5 U.S. Gold albums and 1 U.S. Platinum album. She has recorded 16 studio albums, released 45 singles, and had 15 Top 40 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 between 1981 and 1991. She also had 25 top 40 hits in international territories around the world. In Canada, Easton scored 3 gold and 2 platinum albums. She has sold over 25 million albums and singles worldwide.

Easton became the first and only artist in history to have a top 5 hit on five different Billboard charts consecutively, with Morning Train (9 to 5) (Pop & Adult Contemporary), "We've Got Tonight" with Kenny Rogers (Country), "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)" (Dance), and "Sugar Walls" (R&B).

Easton's other hits include the James Bond theme "For Your Eyes Only", "Strut", "U Got the Look" and "The Arms of Orion" with Prince, "The Lover in Me" and "What Comes Naturally". She has worked with prominent vocalists and producers, such as Prince, Christopher Neil, Kenny Rogers, David Foster, Luis Miguel, L.A. Reid & Babyface, Patrice Rushen and Nile Rodgers.

Fabolous - This Is My Party

Interprète: Fabolous

Titre: This Is My Party

Année: 2003

Fabolous, de son vrai nom John Jackson, (18 novembre 1977 à Brooklyn, New York – ), est un rappeur américain.

John David Jackson (born November 18, 1977), better known by his stage name Fabolous, is an American hip hop recording artist from Brooklyn, New York City. Jackson's career began in 1998; he was a senior in high school and ended up rapping live on American record producer and music executive DJ Clue's radio show, then on Hot 97. Jackson was subsequently signed by DJ Clue to his label Desert Storm and later secured a distribution deal with Elektra Records. His first release, Ghetto Fabolous (2001), spawned the hit singles "Can't Deny It" and "Young'n (Holla Back)", which led Jackson to prominence. His second release was 2003's Street Dreams, which was supported by two Top 10 singles "Can't Let You Go" and "Into You". Aside from the aforementioned songs, Jackson has released a string of hit singles, such as "Trade It All, Pt. 2", "Breathe", "Make Me Better", "Baby Don't Go", "Throw It in the Bag" and "You Be Killin' Em". He is also known for appearing on several R&B singles, including "Superwoman Pt. II" by Lil' Mo, "Dip It Low" by Christina Milian, "Shawty Is a 10" by The-Dream, "Addiction" by Ryan Leslie, "I Can't Hear the Music" by Brutha, "She Got Her Own" by Jamie Foxx, "Say Aah" by Trey Songz, and much more.

In 2004, Jackson signed to Atlantic Records, after leaving Elektra, where he released Real Talk, his first and only album under Atlantic. In 2006, Jackson was let out of his contract with Atlantic and officially signed with Def Jam Recordings. Also in 2006, Jackson founded his own record label, Street Family Records. In 2007, he released From Nothin' to Somethin', under Def Jam. In 2009, he would go on to release his fifth album, Loso's Way. Throughout the years Jackson has released several mixtapes, including several installments of his highly acclaimed There Is No Competition series and The S.O.U.L. Tape series, respectively. He released his sixth album, Young OG, in 2014.