Quem são os 30 maiores compositores americanos vivos, segundo o New York Times?

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Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, Lionel Richie, Bad Bunny, Bruce Springsteen… Os nomes de artistas de diferentes eras e gêneros musicais aparecem reunidos em uma lista do New York Times que definiu quem são os 30 maiores compositores americanos vivos.
Para apontar o atual cancioneiro americano, a publicação reuniu dezenas de críticos e especialistas em música.
Sem definir um ranking, o jornal apontou os trinta nomes e as cinco canções que são essenciais na carreira de cada um deles (interpretadas por eles ou outros artistas).
Alguns dos artistas citados se dedicam apenas à composição e escreveram hits que marcaram a história de grandes artistas. Como, por exemplo, Stephin Merritt, compositor de “The Book of Love”, sucesso de de Olivia Rodrigo; e The-Dream, que escreveu hits como “Single Ladies”, de Beyoncé, e “Umbrella”, de Rihanna.
Veja lista a seguir:
Nile Rodgers
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Good Times,” Chic
“Le Freak,” Chic
“I Want Your Love,” Chic
“He’s the Greatest Dancer,” Sister Sledge
“I’m Coming Out,” Diana Ross
Lucinda Williams
“I Just Wanted to See You So Bad”
“Hot Blood”
“Metal Firecracker”
“Fruits of My Labor”
“Where Is My Love?”
Stevie Wonder
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Girl Blue”
“Jesus Children of America”
“Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away”
“They Won’t Go When I Go”
“That Girl”
Jay-Z
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Dead Presidents II”
“Where I’m From”
“U Don’t Know”
“99 Problems”
“Public Service Announcement (Interlude)”
Paul Simon
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“American Tune”
“Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War”
“Graceland”
“Bernadette”
“The Sacred Harp”
Taylor Swift
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Our Song”
“Fifteen”
“Love Story”
“Dear John”
“Mirrorball”
Os irmãos Brian e Eddie Holland
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave,” Martha and the Vandellas
“Baby I Need Your Loving,” The Four Tops
“You’re a Wonderful One,” Marvin Gaye
“My World Is Empty Without You,” The Supremes
“7 Rooms of Gloom,” The Four Tops
Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott
Divulgação
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Get Ur Freak On”
“Work It”
“Gossip Folks”
“Bomb Intro/Pass That Dutch”
“On & On”
Lionel Richie
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Easy,” the Commodores
“Three Times a Lady,” the Commodores
“Endless Love,” Lionel Richie and Diana Ross
“Lady,” Kenny Rogers
“Hello,” Lionel Richie
Dolly Parton
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Jolene”
“I Will Always Love You”
“Coat of Many Colors”
“9 to 5”
“My Tennessee Mountain Home”
Young Thug
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Stoner”
“Best Friend”
“Picacho,” featuring Maceo
“Danny Glover”
“Wyclef Jean”
Diane Warren
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“I Don’t Wanna Live Without Your Love,” Chicago
“When I See You Smile,” Bad English
“Just Like Jesse James,” Cher
“Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” by Starship
“If You Asked Me To,” Patti LaBelle
O trio de compositores Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally e Josh Osborne
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Merry Go ’Round,” Kacey Musgraves
“Follow Your Arrow,” Kacey Musgraves
“Liberty,” Sam Hunt
“Maybe Love,” Brandy Clark & Shane McAnally
“Drinkin’ Problem,” Midland
Fiona Apple
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Sleep to Dream”
“The Way Things Are”
“Every Single Night”
“Tymps (The Sick in the Head Song)”
“Heavy Balloon”
Babyface
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Whip Appeal”
“Superwoman,” Karyn White
“I’m Your Baby Tonight,” Whitney Houston
“My, My, My,” Johnny Gill
“Not Gon’ Cry,” Mary J. Blige
Stephin Merritt
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Strange Powers,” the Magnetic Fields
“It’s Only Time,” the Magnetic Fields
“’01: “Have You Seen It in the Snow?” the Magnetic Fields
“You You You You You,” the 6ths
“The Book of Love,” Olivia Rodrigo
Romeo Santos
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Obsesión,” Aventura, featuring Judy Santos
“Un Beso,” Aventura
“Ella y Yo,” Aventura, featuring Don Omar
“Propuesta Indecente,” Romeo Santos
“Odio,” Romeo Santos, featuring Drake
Carole King
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“One Fine Day”
“Up on the Roof”
“Way Over Yonder”
“So Far Away”
“(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” Aretha Franklin
Outkast
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Da Art of Storytellin’ (Pt. 1)”
“Rosa Parks”
“SpottieOttieDopaliscious”
“B.O.B.”
“Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You),” UGK, featuring Outkast
Mariah Carey
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Fábio Tito/g1
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“We Belong Together”
“#Beautiful,” featuring Miguel
“Fantasy (Remix featuring O.D.B.)”
“Touch My Body”
“Whenever You Call”
Willie Nelson
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Medley: Funny How Time Slips Away/Crazy/Night Life”
“Me and Paul”
“On the Road Again”
“Who’ll Buy My Memories”
“We Don’t Run”
Kendrick Lamar
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Rigamortus”
“Swimming Pools (Drank)”
“Hood Politics”
“Count Me Out”
“Euphoria”
Valerie Simpson
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
“Solid,” Ashford & Simpson
“I’m Every Woman,” Chaka Khan
“Is It Still Good to Ya,” Ashford & Simpson
“California Soul,” Marlena Shaw
Bob Dylan
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Like a Rolling Stone”
“Tangled Up in Blue”
“Isis”
“Every Grain of Sand”
“Nettie Moore”
Lana Del Rey
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Video Games”
“Cruel World”
“The Greatest”
“Hope Is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman Like Me to Have — but I Have It”
“A&W”
The-Dream
“1+1,” Beyoncé
“Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” Beyoncé
“Umbrella,” Rihanna, feat. Jay-Z
“Ride,” Ciara, featuring Ludacris
“My Love,” featuring Mariah Carey
Jimmy Jam e Terry Lewis
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Nasty,” Janet Jackson
“All for You,” Janet Jackson
“Saturday Love,” Cherrelle and Alexander O’Neal
“Can You Stand the Rain,” New Edition
“On Bended Knee,” Boyz II Men
Bad Bunny
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Soy Peor”
“MIA,” featuring Drake
“Yo Perreo Sola”
“Callaita,” featuring Tainy
“Nuevayol”
Bruce Springsteen
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)”
“Born to Run”
“Nebraska”
“Born in the U.S.A.”
“American Skin (41 Shots)”
Smokey Robinson
Cinco músicas essenciais:
“My Girl,” the Temptations
“The Tracks of My Tears,” Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
“The Tears of a Clown,” Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
“Happy (Love Theme From ‘Lady Sings the Blues’)”
“Being With You”
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