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Biggest Transformations: Music Celebrities Who Radically Reinvented Themselves

Posted on Dec 20th 2011 11:00AM by Shelley White
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Many artists have enjoyed playing around with their image and sound, but most of these colourful chameleons -- like Madonna, U2, Lady Gaga -- never strayed too far from the essential "something" that made them famous in the first place. Then there are those artists who started one way and finished another, often surprising the world with their radical transformations. Here are 11 artists who totally changed it up -- some for the good, some for the money:

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Everyday I'm Shufflin': Top 10 Dance Crazes

Posted on Aug 17th 2011 4:15PM by Shelley White
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LMFAO may've initially seemed to be a couple of one-hit-wonder jokers who wrote goofy club fodder ('I'm in Miami Bitch') despite being related to Motown founder Berry Gordy. But then their latest single, the infectious banger 'Party Rock Anthem,' took residence atop the Billboard Hot 100 where it's remained at No. 1 for six weeks now! The tune has all the ingredients for a summer, er, anthem -- super-simple lyrics about the par-tay life, an insistent beat, lots of repetition, and of course, its own dance routine. Shufflin' involves three frenetic dance moves (The Running Man, Half-Charleston and T-Step) performed as if you've just downed a couple of Red Bulls. Since the dance was introduced in the band's amusing '28 Days Later'-parodying music video, zillions of instructional 'How to Shuffle' sites have popped up to help the masses get their groove on and 'Everyday I'm Shufflin'' has become a full-blown Internet meme. It's not the first time a hit song has spawned a dance craze, either -- here's a look at some of the most popular dance fads of the last 50 years...

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