Vocabulary Word
Word: diva
Definition: operatic singer; prima donna
Definition: operatic singer; prima donna
Sentences Containing 'diva'
She was a premier Diva of her generation.
Nick Levine of Digital Spy wrote that "Her voice is as limited as Gordon Brown’s sex appeal, but it ensures that whatever cap she dons – guitar pop balladeer (‘Today The Sun’s On Us’), the world’s archest disco diva – she always sounds exactly like Sophie Ellis-Bextor."
In 1986 she toured briefly playing Reggae with Australian Diva Wendy Saddington with Mick 'Python Lee' Liber on Guitar, Angelica Booth on Bass, Javier Fredis on Congas and Dezzy McKenna on Drums.
This culminated in her deciding, in 1984, to set aside her promising career as an opera diva, to create the controversial classic-pop fusion recording, “The Lost Opera”, with the London Symphony Ochestra.
In 2006, Yalın collaborated with American reggae artist Shaggy and Japanese-American diva AI on AI's album "What's Goin' on A.I." with the track "Famous feat.
After four consecutive nominations, in 1989, Lezz bagged the award.
Lewis's other musical credits include doing the remix job for Asha Bhosle's "Rahul and I" album and writing the musical scores for the legendary diva's "Janam samjha karo" album.
Harbour line from Mumbai CST, central line from Diva / Karjat, western freight corridor from JNPT and the konkan railway line from Mangalore meet at Panvel.
In July 2009, Galloway proposed to Taryn Terrell, who is former on-screen WWE Diva Tiffany and reports of their intention to wed surfaced in January 2010 in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Her other television credits include "Southland", "Drop Dead Diva", "The Whole Truth", "Days of our Lives", ', "Sonny with a Chance", ' and "Good Luck Charlie".
Cooper Seay (born Elizabeth Cooper Seay, December 7, 1965) was a member of the rock bands Ellen James Society and Viva la Diva.
Sammi has been called a diva and has been one of the most prominent female singers in Hong Kong since the 1990s.
D'Orsay played Deb Dobkins, the dead model, in the Lifetime series "Drop Dead Diva" and has recently been added to the cast of the USA Network's show "Royal Pains" as Paige Collins, wife of HankMed CFO Evan R. Lawson.
Sarah Rodman from "The Boston Globe" described it as "a frivolous, funky, self-referential jam, charts the flight patterns of your modern, fabulously talented urban diva", while several took notice of its electronically crafted production.
Nick Levine of Digital Spy felt Carey was "at her most diva-like" on the track, and described it as a "club tune".
All channels are available on most cable operators while some channels like Diva Universal and KidsCo are available exclusively on PTCL Smart TV.
The next few episodes focus on unlocking the Diva within the other PataPies, notably Suzume's Francesca and Tsugumi's Tetsurou, with some subtle intervention by Takashi.
After Crane discovers that inventions made by the world lead to World Wars and the implications of Divas falling into the hands of warmongers, he finally ran off to space in his invented space rocket, together with all the plans on the immortality project.
Later on, it is revealed that the transformation of PataPies into Divas is not one-sided: the owner of the PataPi can fuse with the Diva to form a complete Diva.
A "Diva" is a suit of armour invented by the Rosenkreuz cult group for the sole purpose of immortality.
Power suits that are similar to Divas but are less powerful than a complete Diva, the Apostolus were given to Jun, Miyama and Hatoko by Takashi to aid in awakening the true Divas.
Similarly, Joey Guerra of the "Houston Chronicle" commented that "Love on Top" is a "bouncy jam" which finds Knowles in "feel-good diva mode".
The diva's rendition of 'Love on Top' might not have been her best VMA performance ever, but there’s no denying the sheer electricity in the room when she ended her set by proudly revealing her pregnant tummy."
In the words of Shirley Bassey, who has cited Baker as her primary influence, "… she went from a 'petite danseuse sauvage' with a decent voice to 'la grande diva magnifique'.… I swear in all my life I have never seen, and probably never shall see again, such a spectacular singer and performer."
A new track entitled "Lighthouse" had its debut on an Drop Dead Diva.
Fox guest-starred in the Lifetime TV series "Drop Dead Diva".
His most notable collaborations with other music artists in his country include those with Croatian music diva Josipa Lisac, and his Montenegrin counterpart and close friend, Rambo Amadeus.
According to Diva (magazine) and The F Word (magazine) interviews in 2009, the two artists were taken with each other immediately.
It's both a metaphor for her soul-baring musical and a sartorial kiss-my-rear gesture to anyone who thinks there isn't some life left in the 76-year-old diva.
Spence D. of IGN declared; "There's no question that Jackson has the personality, the sensuality, and the voice to keep her at the top of the pop diva hierarchy."
There are also other Senegambian artists who sing the purest form of Njuup in the Serer language, some of these include Rémi Jegaan Dioh, the late Serer diva - Yandé Codou Sène, etc.
Influences.
During the 2007 Super Bowl, she appeared in a commercial for "GoDaddy.com" alongside former WWE Diva Candice Michelle.
Anna Moffo had risen to the rank of diva in the brief space of one night, thanks to television and her future husband, but the forms of diva-worship had in the meantime changed a great deal. It was the advent of the small screen itself which had been the principal agent of this change: bringing famous personalities, stars or heroes directly into everyone's home as though they were guests, setting into motion an unstoppable social and cultural leveling.
Ziggler then entered an on-screen relationship with WWE Diva Maria and she became his valet.
Mizanin became host of the annual WWE Diva Search competition in 2006.
Starting in July, Miz, along with Ashley Massaro, became host of the annual Diva Search competition on both "Raw" and "SmackDown!".
After the end of the Diva Search competition, The Miz returned exclusively to "SmackDown!" and as a villainous persona, starting his in-ring competition with win over Tatanka in September 2006 episode of "SmackDown!".
At the same time he began a feud with Diva Search winner Layla El, who spurned his advances on more than one occasion, leading to Miz helping Kristal defeat her in various competitions.
He also married former WWE Diva, Maryse Ouellet on February 20th, 2014.
She was fostered by cello-player Kamensky, son of the Russian opera diva Maria Kamenskaya.
She has recorded four tracks, "Stick to the Plan", "Missing the Target", "Infidelity" and the ballad "Why Must the Sunrise" for a diva album called "The Plan" for Night Dance Records, produced by Scandinavian songwriter Soren Jensen in collaboration with Clive Scott, formerly of Jigsaw.
However, Ivy Queen did not rise to fame until she moved to an independent record label to release her third studio album, "Diva" in 2003.
Queen's albums "Diva", "Flashback", and "Sentimiento" have all been awarded Gold and Platinum Record status by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
In 2003, Ivy Queen released "Diva", her third studio album.
After the success of the albumwhich was certified platinum by the RIAA, Ivy Queen released a platinum edition of "Diva" in 2004.
Sony's offer to record an English-language album came after they noticed that her previous Sony albums were being heard in London, thanks to the success of "Diva".
This ensured that the album was positioned in Latin and mainstream accounts that would normally not carry Latin product. Queen's first compilation album "The Best of Ivy Queen", consisting of tracks from "Diva" and "Real", was released the same year.
She then received the first Premio Juventud "Diva Award", which honored Queen for her musical career.
She is also known "La Diva", "La Potra", "La Caballota", and "La Reina".
Dana International from Israel narrowly won this year's Eurovision, with the song "Diva", written by Svika Pick and Yoav Ginai.
She was acclaimed by the jury and the public, her voice being linked to Egyptian diva Najat Essaghira.
During the competition, she was remembered for her beautiful angelic voice, which sounds like Egyptian diva Najat Essaghira.