American Life is the ninth studio album by American singer Madonna. It was released on April 21, 2003, by Maverick and Warner Bros. Records. The album, produced by the singer and Mirwais Ahmadzaï, features references to many parts of American culture. The album is a concept album, with themes panning the American Dream and materialism. These themes reject the reputation Madonna held in the 1980s, earned by songs such as her 1984 Billboard Hot 100 number-two hit, "Material Girl". American Life is a folktronica and eurotechno album, influenced by acoustic music.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 will be the 60th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest musical event. The contest will take place in Vienna, Austria, following Conchita Wurst's victory in the 2014 edition with her song "Rise Like a Phoenix". This will be the second time that Austria host the contest after holding its 1967 edition also in Vienna. The contest will consist of two semi-finals, which will take place on 19 and 21 May, and a final, held on 23 May 2015. The shows will be presented by Mirjam Weichselbraun, Alice Tumler and Arabella Kiesbauer while Conchita Wurst will host the green room.

Конкурс песни Евровидение 2014 (англ. Eurovision Song Contest 2014; фр. Concours Eurovision de la chanson 2014; дат. Det Europæiske Melodi Grand Prix 2014) — 59-й конкурс песни «Евровидение»; проходивший в Дании с 6 по 10 мая 2014 года. Дания стала страной-победительницей предыдущего конкурса «Евровидение 2013», прошедшего в Мальмё (Швеция), где победной песней стала «Only Teardrops» в исполнении певицы Эммили де Форест.

9 is the 5th French album and 7th studio album in total to be released by the singer Lara Fabian.
The album is considered by many as a shift in Lara's music style, and vocal performance, primarily because it was Lara's first album that long time producer, Rick Allison, did not produce. The Album was produced by Jean-Félix Lalanne. He also, with Fabian, composed many of the songs in the album.
Special digipack editions of the album included a DVD of music videos for most of the songs on the album.

Patience is the fifth and final studio album by the English singer-songwriter George Michael, released on 15 March 2004. The much delayed follow-up to Older, at the time of its release it was considered Michael's comeback album since it was his first album composed of original material since 1996, and his first for Sony Music since 1990's Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1.
Patience spawned six singles. The first two, "Freeek!" and "Shoot the Dog", were already released in 2002 by Polydor, when the album was originally due.

HIStory: Past, Present and Future Book I - девятый студийный альбом американского автора-исполнителя Майкла Джексона. Релиз в Европе состоялся 15 июня, а в США — 20 июня 1995 года на лейбле Epic Records. HIStory представляет собой двухдисковое издание: на первом компакт-диске представлена компиляция из 15 известных хитов музыканта, на втором — новый материал. Новые композиции выдержаны в жанрах фанка, блюза, ритм-н-блюза, хип-хопа, госпела, рока, индастриала и песни протеста, а также в стиле классического кроссовера. В текстах песен Джексон затрагивает широкий спектр социальных проблем: расизм, материализм, коррупция, искажение событий средствами массовой информации, проблемы экологии и другие.

The Complete Studio Albums (1983–2008) is a box set by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was released by Warner Bros. Records on March 26, 2012, to coincide with the release of her twelfth studio album, MDNA. The eleven-disc box set was released in Europe and Japan, and included all of Madonna's studio albums from the years 1983 to 2008. The album artwork consisted of a collage of the album covers, housed in a gold box, it also included a Parental Advisory sticker due to the original version of the albums Erotica (1992) and American Life (2003). On the same date, Warner Bros. released and reprinted another box set titled Madonna: Original Album Series which included five discs.

Seal is the eponymous debut album by Seal, released in 1991. It contains the UK singles "Killer" (originally performed with Adamski), "Crazy", "Future Love Paradise", "The Beginning" and "Violet". The album debuted at #1 in the UK. Seal's following album, released in 1994, was also named Seal - it is usually referred to as Seal II.

"María" is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin for his third studio album, A Medio Vivir (1995). The song was written by Ian Blake, Luis Gómez Escolar, and KC Porter, while the production was handled by Porter, Tom Vickers, and Steve Berkowitz. It was released by Sony Music Mexico as the second single from the album on November 21, 1995. A Spanish language flamenco, dance, and salsa song, it is about an attractive but dangerous woman called "María". Local DJ Pablo Flores remixed the song, turning it into an up-tempo samba tune in a house bassline. The remix version became more popular than the original one.