Top 10 Bands Discovered on YouTube
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By Petar Todorovski
To become a superstar in showbizz industry was possible only if you are somebody or if you know somebody. Thanks to social networks and the internet media today is more easy for one to show his or her abilities and take the well deserved place in the industry. Here are some of them.
×Justin Bieber
Whether you like Justin Bieber or not, you gotta admit that this boy is the world’s most famous musicians at this moment. He found his way to the fame via YouTube, with his video “Baby,” which is third most viewed of all time. The manager Scooter Brown and superstar Usher were among those who have seen it, and the new star was born.
×Owl City
Owl City is one-man band made of Adam Young, who used the internet very well to promote himself to the world audience. He posted his videos on YouTube and then developed a following through MySpace. That launched him to the stars and now has a contract with Universal Republic.
×Terra Naomi
Terra Naomi posted her video “Say It Is Possible” on YouTube back in 2006 and inspired a lot of future superstars to post their own covers of various songs on the site. In 2007 she signed contract with Island Records.
×Mia Rose
Mia Rose managed to find herself on official charts even before signing a professional contract. Her covers started appearing on YouTube in 2006, while in 2009 she wrote and recorded “Let Go” an selling it on iTunes she reached the Number Two on Portuguese charts.
×Arnel Pineda
Arnel Pineda was just a Philippine guy who posted covers of his favorite bands, such as Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Survivor, The Eagles, Journey, and he got a chance to become a lead singer for the last one. He was asked to appear on audition and used the chance to join them on the tour.
×Esmee Denthers
Esmee Denthers from Netherlands has been just yet another girl who dreams about becoming world music star, but since than she signed contract with Justin Timberlake’s Tennman Records and reached the Top 5 in Netherlands and Top 10 in several European countries.
×Lisa Lavie
Lisa Lavie is Canadian-born singer and songwriter who promoted herself on YouTube, which gave her chance to sing themes for several motion pictures. Her debut album “Everything or Nothing” reached the Top 20 on iTunes charts, while her video was one of the finalists of 2007 YouTube aAwards.
×Honor Society
YouTube and MySpace was the winning combination for the Honor Society band, although they made the real breakthrough as opening/supporting act to Jonas Brothers. However, their fans in the audience already knew their songs.
×Greyson Chance
This 12 years old wunderkind is the most recent YouTube discovery. Ellen Degeneres noticed his videos while singing “Paparazzi” by Lady Gaga on a sixth grade music festival and gave him chance to show his abilities en her show. There are speculations that Degeneres will start a record label with Grayson as her artist.
×Marie Digby
When Marie Digby posted her guitar cover of Rihanna’s “Umbrella” she just wanted to show the world her singing abilities, but this cover made by the young singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist was later aired on radio stations. Since now she has released three albums.
