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The Roots
The Roots


Background information
Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genre(s) Hip-hop
Jazz
Soul
Rock
Funk
Years active 1987—present
Label(s) Def Jam Recordings
Geffen Records
Interscope Records
Island Def Jam Music Group
MCA Records
DGC Records
Website Website
Members
Black Thought
Questlove
Kamal Gray
F. Knuckles
Captain Kirk Douglas
Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson
Owen Biddle
Former members
Ben Kenney
Kenyatta "Kid Crumbs" Warren
Josh "Rubberband" Abrams
Malik B.
Rahzel
Scott Storch
Martin Luther
Scratch
Dice Raw
Hub



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X Factor Finalists And Take That Storm UK Charts

November 28, 2010
X Factor Finalists And Take That Storm UK ChartsThe X Factor finalists have gone straight in at number one on the UK singles chart with their charity single 'Heroes'.

The track, a cover version of the David Bowie classic, features all 16 of this year's finalists, and pushed JLS off the top spot.

Rihanna had two entries in this week's chart with 'Only Girl (In The World)' slipping to number five and new sngle 'What's My Name' featuring Drake entered the chart at number ten.

Elsewhere, Ellie Goulding climbed one spot to number two with 'Your Song', while Olly Murs scored his second UK top 10 with 'Thinking Of Me'.

In the album chart, Take That's 'Progress' held the top spot for the second week running, selling more than 580,000 copies. The other new entry in this week's album chart was JLS's 'Outta This World' at number two.

(by Holly Frith)



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