Hit Videos Online---Classroom

Hello, everyone. Welcome to our English Classroom. I’m Daisy… A:Before the program, I want to share you with a short video hit the sina weibo. This talented guy covered over 20 songs of Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, One Direction, Adele, Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding…and so on. Prepare to be amazed~[插入3：29音频] B:Wow, I can recognize several songs like Hello from Adele, Uptown Funk from Bruno Mars, Hotline Bling from Drake, Drag me down from One Direction, Thinking out loud from Ed Sheeran, See you again from Charlie Puth and Worth it from the fifth Harmony. C:And there are also Can’t feel my face by the Weekend, love me like you do by Ellie Goulding, Style by Taylor Swift, Jealous by Nick Jonas, Shut up and dance by Walk the Moon. Justin Bieber’s What do you mean and sorry, Good for you by Selena Gomez A:Some songs he covered like Cheerleader is totally beyond the original version, so fabulous! He integrated those different songs perfectly together. B: And he is sort of exotic. C: His name is Rajiv Dhall, half-Indian, half-white by ancestry. In December 2010, he started uploading videos to his YouTube channel "TwentyForSeven" which now has over 630,000 subscribers and over 60,000,000 views. In 2015, he released his version of the One Direction song "Just Can&`&t Let Her Go", which entered the Top 200 of the iTunes songs chart.[4]After his success on YouTube, his friend, Andrew Bazzi introduced him to Vine,[5] a short-form video sharing service where users can share six-second-long looping video clips. He was nominated for "Best Vine Musician" in the Seventh Annual Shorty Awards and losing out to Shawn Mendes.[6] He was also nominated for the 2015 MTV Woodie Awards. B:[7B]In 2016, he was nominated for the 2016 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards in the "Fan Fave Vine Musician" category . A: Apart from Rajiv, I know other excellent singers famous for their adapted version of songs. Megan Nicole was born in Houston, Texas. She became interested in music around age 10, when her father purchased a karaoke machine for her.[2] Nicole also participated in her church&`&s music programs, taking part in a church band during high school and choir during middle school. In 2009, Nicole uploaded her first video to YouTube, her cover of "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon.[3] She followed with more covers on her YouTube channel, which includes songs by Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Lorde and other artists. C: Nicole released her first original song, "B-e-a-utiful", on July 15, 2011.[3] Written by Nicole and her team, received one million hits after two days and had 27 million hits by November 2013.[3][In August 2012, Nicole signed with Bad Boy Records.[3][5] In September 2012, Nicole reached number 29 on the Billboard Social 50 in her fourth week on the popularity chart. On August 19, 2014 Megan Nicole released her single "Electrified". This was her first single off of her debut album Escape,[9] which is an independent release on Hume Records, following her departure from Bad Boy Records. Escape has 5 new, original songs all co-written by Nicole and her team and is released on October 14, 2014.[1] Let‘s enjoy her B-e-a-utiful![插入1：03] B: Her friend Tiffany Alvord is also an American singer and songwriter.[2] She has been cited as one of YouTube&`&s first "home-grown celebrities".[3] She has a large social presence on YouTube with over 500 million video views and over 2.9 million subscribers,[4] making her channel among the top 50 most subscribed music channels on YouTube.[5] Alvord also has a strong following on social media sites including more than 2.6 million Facebook fans and over 350 thousand Twitter followers.[6][7] In December 2012, Alvord performed in Times Square on the Nivea stage with Carly Rae Jepsen, Train, PSY and Taylor Swift as part of the 2012 New Year&`&s Eve celebration.[5] A: On June 23, 2011, Alvord&`&s first album I&`&ve Got It Covered launched in the United States, featuring ten of her most prominent cover songs.[24] On December 20, 2011, she released her second studio album My Dream with Tate Music Group, her first album of original songs.[25]On June 29, 2012, she released her third album, I&`&ve Got It Covered Vol. 2, which, like her first album, has 10 cover songs made popular on her YouTube channel.[29] On September 18, 2012, Alvord released her fourth album on iTunes, entitled My Heart Is.[10] On August 13, 2013, she released her fifth album, I’ve Got It Covered Vol. 3,[33]. Alvord has been covered by numerous print and online publications, including The Wall Street Journal,[35][36] The New York Times,[37] Fortune magazine,[38] Alternative Press magazine,[39] Ora TV,[40] Empty Lighthouse Magazine,[41] AdWeek,[42][43] Yareah magazine,[44] and AOL On.This is her version of Locked Away.[插入Locked Away1：28] C: Samuel "Sam" Tsui is an American singer/songwriter and video producer. He rose to fame as an internet celebrity and is known for covering songs by popular artists like Adele, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake and Bruno Mars, as well as some original songs, medleys, and mashups, along with his frequent collaborations with fellow YouTuber Kurt Hugo Schneider. As of June 22, 2016, Tsui had reached 2.5 million subscribers. In February 2011，Sam covered the song" Hold It Against Me" originated by Britney Spears, which was shared and highly praised by herself on official website. B:He was nominated three times on the graduation speech conducted by Tom Hanks in Yale University, he was also regarded as a symbol of contemporary Yale spirit. In 2010, invited by Yale university, he participated in recording the latest recruiting video: That&`&s Why I Chose Yale, which was publicly commented as the best recruiting video during the last 20 years by the headteacher Richard Charles Melvin. In 2011, Sam Tsui graduate with honors from Yale University.Let’s enjoy his “I don’t wanna live forever”[插入歌曲1：10] C：According to the law of copyright, every songs the public performance use shall have consent of songwriters and other owners’ permission and pay remuneration. Organizer shall have the responsibility and obligation to pay for fees for the music copyright society of China, or will be considered infringement. A multiple of Chinese singers sing foreign songs at the concert with a reasonable fee to cover the works of other artists, which is different from foreigner singers. According to reports, in accordance with established practice, if European and American singers want to sing other people&`&s work in performance, they have to pay a numerous fee of copyright. B: Ok, it’s time to say goodbye, we all need to attach importance to copyright. See you.