* Animal ( Kesha album ), a 2010 album by American pop singer Ke $ ha

* 1977 – Park Yong-ha, South Korean singer and actor ( d. 2010 )

* 1945 – Sandro de América, Argentine singer and actor ( d. 2010 )

* 2010 – Peter Steele, American singer, bassist, and composer ( Type O Negative, Carnivore, and Fallout ) ( b. 1962 )

* 1928 – Jimmy Dean, American singer, actor, and businessman, founded the Jimmy Dean Food Company ( d. 2010 )

* 1928 – Eddie Fisher, American singer and actor ( d. 2010 )

* 1963 – Mano Solo, French singer ( d. 2010 )

* 1939 – Philip Langridge, English opera singer ( d. 2010 )

* 1953 – Dana Key, American Christian rock guitarist, singer, and producer ( DeGarmo and Key ) ( d. 2010 )

* 2010 – Bobby Farrell, Aruban singer ( Boney M ) ( b. 1949 )

Longtime friend Billy Ray Cyrus, singer of Brother Clyde, released their self-titled debut album on August 10, 2010.

* 2010 – Enrique Morente, Spanish flamenco singer ( b. 1942 )

* Euforia-Helen Sjöholm sjunger Billy Joel, a 2010 album by Swedish singer Helen Sjöholm

* 1938 – Bobby Charles, American singer and songwriter ( d. 2010 )

* 1946 – Kate McGarrigle, Canadian singer and songwriter ( d. 2010 )

* 1916 – John Reed, British actor and singer ( d. 2010 )

* 2010 – Stuart Cable, Welsh singer and drummer ( Stereophonics ) ( b. 1970 )

* 1916 – Giuseppe Taddei, Italian opera singer ( d. 2010 )

* 1911 – Mitch Miller, American singer, musician, and producer ( d. 2010 )

* 1942 – Tam White, Scottish singer and actor ( d. 2010 )

* 2010 – Mădălina Manole, Romanian singer and actress ( b. 1967 )

* 1939 – Johnny Maestro, American singer ( Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge ) ( d. 2010 )

* 2010 – Johnny Maestro, American singer ( Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge ) ( b. 1939 )

* 1950 – Michael Been, American singer / songwriter / musician ( The Call ( band )) ( d. 2010 )

* Rihanna ( January 2010 )

In September 2010 it was announced that " I'm with You " would be sampled by Barbadian singer Rihanna.

She landed her first major breakthrough as a songwriter, co-writing Rihanna's song " Cheers " featured on " Loud " which is the fifth studio album by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna, released November 12, 2010 on Def Jam Recordings.

Nicki Minaj played to a sold out crowd on Thanksgiving 2010 with special guests Drake, Rihanna, Kanye West, Keyshia Cole, and Busta Rhymes.

In June 2011, Forbes reported that Rihanna had earned $ 29 million between May 2010 and May 2011.

Rihanna in Paris in April 2010

During the summer of 2010, Rihanna collaborated with rapper Eminem on " Love the Way You Lie ", which was a major worldwide success, reaching number one in over twenty countries worldwide.

*" Only Girl ( In the World )" by Rihanna endured the biggest drop from the top 10, going from 4 to 21 in the December 25, 2010 issue.

* " California King Bed ", a single by Rihanna from album Loud ( 2010 )

Other recent shorts by the comedy group include "( Threw It ) On the Ground " which aired October 2009 ; " Great Day " aired on May 15, 2010 ; " Shy Ronnie 2: Ronnie & Clyde " featuring Rihanna aired on October 30, 2010 ; " I Just Had Sex " featuring Akon, was aired on December 18, 2010 ; " The Creep " featuring Nicki Minaj and John Waters was released on January 29, 2011 ; and " Jack Sparrow " featuring Michael Bolton, which was released on May 7, 2011.

This episode is also sampled in the 2010 song " Southern Comfort " by Envy on the Coast.

The 2010 World cup also brought Makossa style to the international stage as Shakira sampled the Golden Sounds popular song, Zamina mina ( Zangalewa ) and brought the Makossa sound again to the international stage.

In 2010, UK band Silvery included a cover of " You Give a Little Love " on their second album ' Railway Architecture ', and Olly Murs, runner up in the 2009 UK series of The X Factor, sampled " So You Wanna Be a Boxer " in his song " Hold On " that can be found on his debut album.

A 2010 archeological study has found that cementum has five times the amount of mitochondrial DNA compared to dentine, which is commonly sampled.

The song was sampled by American R & B singer Beyoncé Knowles during her 2009 I Am ... Tour, as well as at the 2010 Grammys and the Glastonbury Festival 2011.

Dream pop group Memoryhouse sampled Jon Brion's score cue " Phone Call " for their 2010 single " Lately ".

The song " Let Go " was sampled in Wiz Khalifa's 2010 single ; " In the Cut " ( from the Kush & Orange Juice mixtape ).

* Area Code 615 covered " Classical Gas " on their 1970 album Trip in the Country, played by Bobby Thompson on banjo, parts of which were sampled and featured in a 2010 Guinness TV commercial.

It is also sampled in the 2010 Cypress Hill song " Armada Latina ".

Fantasia sampled this song on her song " Collard Greens and Cornbread " on her 2010 album Back To Me.

The song was sampled by Iyaz on his 2010 single " Solo ".

The song " Beautiful Scarlet " from their first album was sampled in the 2010 song " Summer's Gonna Hurt You " by electronic music producer / DJ Diplo.

In January 2010 Beck changed his show's theme music to a rock anthem with sampled voices overlayed.

A subsequent 2010 study carried out under the initiative of the Diocese reported that, with the exception of aluminum content in one sample, samples of river water were all within " US Benchmarks "; and that all drinking water sampled had metals content below limits set in the US EPA ’ s National Drinking Water Regulations.

Serbian DJ Marko Milicevic ( also known as the dance act Gramophonedzie ) sampled and remixed the song in his 2010 single " Why Don't You ?".