2. Oscar winning music composer AR Rehman
is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician, multi-instrumentalist and
philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time.
He has won two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe,
four National Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards and thirteen Filmfare Awards South in addition
to numerous other awards and nominations. His extensive body of work for film and the stage
earned him the nickname "the Mozart of Madras“
Time placed Rehman in its list of World's Most Influential People.
The UK based World Music magazine Song lines named him one of 'Tomorrow's World Music
Icons' in August 2011.
3. German-born composer Hans Zimmer is recognized as one of Hollywood's most innovative
musical talents, having first enjoyed success in the world of pop music as a member of The
Buggles. The group's single Video Killed the Radio Star became a worldwide hit and helped usher
in a new era of global entertainment as the first music video to be aired on MTV.
Zimmer entered the world of film music in London during a long collaboration with famed
composer and mentor Stanley Myers, which included the film My Beautiful Laundrette(1985). He
soon began work on several successful solo projects, including the critically acclaimed A World
Apart, and during these years Zimmer pioneered the use of combining old and new musical
technologies. Today, this work has earned him the reputation of being the father of integrating
the electronic musical world with traditional orchestral arrangements.
4. Pritam Chakraborty better known as Pritam, is a music director and composer
from Kolkata who currently composes music for Bollywood. Pritam has completed a decade in
Bollywood as a solo music director giving chartbusters like Dhoom Machale from Dhoom.
Pritam's latest album release is the soundtrack of Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani.
His Work is as followed
Singh Is King, Kismat Konnection, Bhool Bhulaiyaa, Awarapan, Dhan Dhana Dhan, Goal, Jab We
Met, Race, Naqaab, Jannat, Billu, Love Aaj Kal, Golmaal Returns, Tum Mile, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab
Kahani, De Dana Dan, Badmaash Company, Raajneeti, Once Upon A Time In
Mumbaai, Crook, Action Replayy, Golmaal 3, Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji, Dum Maaro
Dum, Ready, Mausam, Desi Boyz, Players, Agent Vinod (2012 film), Jannat 2, Ferrari Ki
Sawaari,Cocktail, Barfi!, Race 2, Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani, Once Upon A Time In Mumbai
Dobara and more.
5. Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, actress,
former television music competition judge, and occasional author. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised
in Kentwood, Louisiana, she performed acting roles in stage productions and television shows as a child before
signing with Jive Records in 1997. Spears's first and second studio albums ...Baby One More Time (1999)
and Oops!... I Did It Again (2000) became international successes, with the former becoming the best-selling
album by a teenage solo artist.[1] Title tracks "...Baby One More Time" and "Oops!... I Did It Again" broke
international sales records. In 2001, Spears released her third album Britney and played the starring role in the
film Crossroads. She assumed creative control of her fourth album In the Zone (2003), which yielded the
worldwide success "Toxic".
In 2007, Spears's much-publicized personal struggles sent her career into hiatus. Her fifth record Blackout was
released later that year, and spawned hits "Gimme More" and "Piece of Me". Her erratic behavior and
hospitalizations continued through the following year, at which point she was placed under a still on-
going conservatorship. Spears's sixth album Circus (2008) included global chart-topping lead single
"Womanizer". Its supporting tourThe Circus Starring Britney Spears was the highest-grossing global concert
tour in 2009
6. Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (born October 23, 1959) is an
American singer-songwriter, musician, parodist, record producer, satirist, music video director,
film producer, actor, and author. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light
of popular culture and often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. Since his first-
aired comedy song in 1976, he has sold more than 12 million albums (as of 2007),[2] recorded
more than 150 parody and original songs,[3][4][5] and has performed more than 1,000 live
shows.[6] His works have earned him three Grammy Awardsamong nine nominations, four gold
records, and six platinum records in the United States. Yankovic's first top ten Billboard album
(Straight Outta Lynwood) and single ("White & Nerdy") were both released in 2006, nearly three
decades into his career.
