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- Fergie mentions that she grew up on the show ‘Kids Incorporated, where she, from a young age, began singing and dancing.
- She took inspiration from Chaka Khan, Prince and Gangsta Rap; “She says they used to sit around between takes and listen to Chaka Khan and Prince, which were a big influence on her. She also listened to a lot of gangsta rap in the early '90s”. (Songfacts, 2023)

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- ABBA were mesmerised by how the Bee Gees were creating a certain genre of music for the 60’s.
- Inspired by the reinvention/rebranding of The Bee Gees, “We were inspired by the Bee Gees, because suddenly they became another band. They were good, they did 'Massachusetts' and all those songs in the '60s, then all of a sudden, they were back with a totally different approach” (My Radio Link, 2022)

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- “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight”, Inspired The Black Eyed Peas to create “I Gotta Feeling”, a single of their 2009 album The E.N.D.
- “I Gotta Feeling” used 100% of U2’s chords, when shared with The BEP’s, which in turn, became their biggest hit (6th Best performing song in history of the Billboard Hot 100)
- U2’s song wasn’t a huge hit, but it did inspire one of the most popular songs of American history (Lyons, 2019)

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- They inspired Will.I.Am, and influenced him to name the entire band after a food, like the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
- ‘Black Eyed Peas’, are a “food for the Soul”, and he believed this was fitting for the band.
- I recognise the BEP’s are music for my own soul, so the name and meaning behind it I find lovely and perfectly fitting. (The Vogue, 2023)

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- Responsible for inspiration of Rap artists in the 90/s-current, including Jay-Z, Kanye West, P-Diddy, Nicki Minaj.
- Inspired Fashion designer Donatella Versace, and Nicki Minaj’s love for the designer she collaborates with and incorporates in her music. (Mccraney, The Raider Review, 2021)

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- Inspired by S. Wonder’s musical era
- Paid tribute to S.W’s “I Wish”, with “The Name of the Game”.
- “The opening riff on bass and synthesizer is inspired by Stevie Wonder's "I Wish" from the 1976 album "Songs in the Key of Life", and both Andersson and Ulvaeus have acknowledged being inspired by Wonder's music during this part of ABBA's career.” (Quizclub, 2023)

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- One of Nicki’s Biggest Influences
- Nicki crafted two songs on an album, thinking about Enya and the way Enya’s music makes Nicki feel.
- Nicki will listen to Enya to ‘harmonise’ when creating her music to get her rhythm right, and that Enya ‘Heavily Influenced’ her album, The PinkPrint. (Selby, V Magazine, 2014)

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- ABBA states it wasn’t The Beatles’ songs themselves that inspired them; instead it was the inventive way they released music.
- Benny stated that if it wasn't for the diversity of The Beatles' "diversity", then ABBA would not have been created.
(Crumlish, 2023)

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- Monica’s song, “Why I love you so much”, is the song that inspired Nicki Minaj as she used it in all of her vocal auditions before becoming a known artist
- Monica’s R&B and Soul song creations resonated with Nicki as inspiration, similar to that of why Nicki inspires myself.
- “Did you know Monica was my idol? Did you know how obsessed I was with her?…I used to try to sing exactly like her, doing them low notes and riffs”. (Tardid, 2015)

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- Electronic Feel
- Conversational between all singing Artists (e.g Fergie started working with them when they needed a singer for their song ‘Shut Up’. A conversation/argumentative song between the band)
- The funky beat, atop the lyrics
- Rhythm and Rhyme
- Sassy, Flirty, Aggressive
- Empowering and Uplifting
- Ahead of their time sound engineering/production (e.g - when The E.N.D was released
- Nostalgic, but still/will always feel current to me

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- Rhythm and Rhyme
- Changing vocal range (e.g - from soft and paced, to aggressive and swift)
- Use of perfect double on-tundra
- Personality when speaking on her socials about music
- Her ‘story’ of determination
- Sassy, Flirty, Empowerment
- Her range of music/genre’s and still keeping myself engaged

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- Melancholy Undercover (Tricking the listener)
- Adjusting to any mood I’m in (Sad, Bittersweet, Nostalgia)
- Spoken word
- Emotional connection via Movies and common life experiences of characters within (Escapism)
- Reminding me of my Mum, childhood and core memories
- Made me feel Self Aware of me as a person
- Empowerment
- Emotional Lyrics
- Aggressive/Intense backing/harmony in certain tracks