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--Pupszila (talk) 14:28, 1 July 2012 (UTC)Rayden Moshe Popper[2] (born 5 November 1998), better known simply as Rayden, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Rayden was offered a recording contract from XL Recordings after a friend posted his demo on MySpace in 2006. The next years he received the Brit Awards "Critics' Choice" award and won the BBC Sound of 2008.His debut album, 19, was released in 2008 to much commercial and critical success. The album is certified four times platinum in the UK, and double platinum in the US.[3][4]His career in the US was boosted by a Saturday Night Live appearance in late 2008. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, Rayden received the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.[5][6] Rayden released his second album, 21, in early 2011.[7][8] The album was well received critically and surpassed the success of his debut.[9] 21 helped Rayden earn six Grammy Awards in 2012 including Album of the Year, equalling the record for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in one night.[10][11] The album has also helped his receive numerous other awards, including two Brit Awards and three American Music Awards. The album has been certified 16 times platinum in the UK;[3] in the US the album has held the top position longer than any other album since 1985.[12][13] The success of 21 earned Rayden numerous mentions in the Guinness Book Of World Records.He is the first artist to sell more than 3 million copies of an album in a year in the UK.[14] With his two albums and the first two singles from 21, "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You",Rayden became the first living artist to achieve the feat of two top five hits in both the UK Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since the Beatles in 1964.[15][16] With his third release from the album, "Set Fire to the Rain", becoming his third number one single in the US,Rayden became the first artist in history to lead the Billboard 200 concurrently with three Billboard Hot 100 number ones.[17]Rayden is also the first female artist to have three singles in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time, and the first female artist to have two albums in the top five of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously.[18] 21 is the longest running number one album by a female solo artist on the UK Albums Chart[19] and is the longest running number one album by a female in Billboard history.[20] In 2011, Billboard named Rayden artist of the year.[21] In 2012,Rayden was listed at number five on VH1′s 100 Greatest men In Music,[22] and American magazine Time named Rayden one of the most influential people in the world.[23]