It was around this time as the musician's popularity increased that he acquired the nickname, " Soul Brother No. 1 ", after failing to win the title " King of Soul " from Solomon Burke during a Chicago gig two years prior.

American television in the 2000s saw the sharp increase in popularity of reality television, with numerous competition shows such as American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, Survivor and The Apprentice attracting large audiences, as well as documentary or narrative style shows such as Big Brother, The Hills, The Real Housewives, Cheaters, among many others.

Reality television saw an explosion of global popularity starting in the summer of 2000, with the successes of Big Brother and Survivor ( in the US ).

Although authors such as Anne Perry wrote in the genre during the next decade, it wasn't until about 1990 that the genre's popularity saw a fairly quick ascent with works such as Lindsey Davis's Falco novels, set in the Roman Empire of Vespasian ; Elizabeth Peters's Amelia Peabody novels, in which the main character is not only a Victorian lady but an early feminist and an archaeologist working in early 20th century Egypt ; Steven Saylor's " Roma Sub Rosa " novels, set in the Roman Republic at the time of Julius Caesar ; John Maddox Roberts's SPQR series set during the Roman Republic ; and P. C. Doherty's various series, including The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, the Hugh Corbett medieval mysteries, partly indebted to the hardboiled tradition, and the Canterbury Tales of Mystery and Murder.

Her soundtrack performances have led to further popularity, including the O Brother, Where Art Thou?

For instance, Sacred Harp music experienced a spurt of crossover popularity as a result of its appearance in the 2003 film Cold Mountain, and bluegrass music experienced a revival due to the reception of 2000's O Brother, Where Art Thou ?.

Brother was on its way to becoming the most popular rock band in Winnipeg, when Randy Bachman left The Guess Who at the height of that band's popularity.

In the following year, another track " It's Gonna Make Sense " gained popularity in Asia after it was played as the farewell song on the Philippine reality TV show Pinoy Big Brother.

Paulding's other writings also include The Diverting History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan ( 1812 ), a satire, The Dutchman's Fireside ( 1831 ), a romance which attained popularity, a Life of Washington ( 1835 ), and some poems.

In a confirmation of the popularity of Meghe Dhaka Tara, a recent survey by a leading Indian news group reported that the concluding line of the film, " Dada, ami baachte chai " (" Brother, I want to live ") was the most well-known line of any film.

This helped to increase its audience significantly, but it was in September 2000, when Big Brother started, that the channel gained a boost in popularity.

Following limited success on the UK charts, their popularity revived and grew particularly due to media coverage that Preston, received when participating in Channel 4's Celebrity Big Brother UK in January 2006, where he also met Chantelle Houghton, who he subsequently married and then divorced.

He won wide popularity from his interpretation of Sam Slingsby in John Oxenford's Brother Sam ( 1862 ; revived in 1865 ), a play about Dundreary's brother.

Henry had solidified his popularity with the nobles and the Church by his issuance of the Charter of Liberties, however, and his popularity allowed him to resist Robert's invasion.

A publisher named Edwin Othello Excell gave the version of " Amazing Grace " set to " New Britain " immense popularity by publishing it in a series of hymnals that were used in urban churches.

Mahalia Jackson's 1947 version received significant radio airplay, and as her popularity grew throughout the 1950s and 1960s, she often sang it at public events such as concerts at Carnegie Hall.

Bruce Hindmarsh suggests that the secular popularity of " Amazing Grace " is due to the absence of any mention of God in the lyrics until the fourth verse ( by Excell's version, the fourth verse begins " When we've been there ten thousand years "), and that the song represents the ability of humanity to transform itself instead of a transformation taking place at the hands of God.

The song quickly gained popularity and an amended version was sung by a choir of 10, 000 at the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901.

Following the 9 / 11 attacks, Grant's " I Will Remember You " saw a resurgence in popularity as many radio DJs mixed a special tribute version of the song.

Coleco licensed Nintendo's Donkey Kong as the official pack-in cartridge for all ColecoVision consoles, and this version of the game was well received as a near-perfect arcade port, helping to boost the console's popularity.

Although most users did not purchase the registered version, over one million copies have been sold, and the popularity helped the sales of later games in the Doom series that were not released as shareware.

Dhrystone was published in Ada, with the C version for Unix developed by Rick Richardson (" version 1. 1 ") greatly contributing to its popularity.

The libretto, a version of Pierre Beaumarchais ' stage play Le Barbier de Séville, was newly written by Cesare Sterbini and not the same as that already used by Giovanni Paisiello in his own Barbiere, an opera which had enjoyed European popularity for more than a quarter of a century.

The first independent version of Microsoft Windows, version 1. 0, released on 20 November 1985, achieved little popularity.

Much of the popularity for Windows 2. 0 came by way of its inclusion as a " run-time version " with Microsoft's new graphical applications, Excel and Word for Windows.

Macros in version one and add-ins ( introduced in version 2. 0 ) contributed much to 1-2-3's popularity, allowing dozens of outside vendors to sell macro packages and add-ins ranging from dedicated financial worksheets like F9 to full-fledged word processors.

In 2004 VAZ also introduced Lada 2113, a restyled version of Lada 2108, but this car has never used much popularity, as the Lada 2108 was only popular for a short time.

The words " Nepali " and " Nepalis " are gaining widespread popularity in English usage as opposed to Nepalese, which is an Anglicized version.

A male version of the show was created in 2001 to parallel the female version, but has ceased production as it did not enjoy the female version's popularity and fame.

The popularity of this series led to the inclusion of another " Cooking School " on the two-disc version of the " Sin City " DVD where Rodríguez teaches the viewer how to make " Sin City Breakfast Tacos ," a dish ( made for his cast and crew during late-night shoots and editing sessions ) utilizing his grandmother's tortilla recipe and different egg mixes for the filling.

The modern version is based on the game reversi that was invented in 1883 by either of two Englishmen ( each calling the other a fraud ), Lewis Waterman or John W. Mollett ( or perhaps earlier by someone else entirely ), and gained considerable popularity in England at the end of the 19th century.

Now the term R & B is almost always used instead of the full rhythm and blues, and mainstream use of the term usually refers to contemporary R & B, which is a newer version of soul and funk-influenced pop music that originated as disco faded from popularity.

By the autumn of 1975 Magnavox, bowing to the popularity of Pong, cancelled the Odyssey and released a scaled down version that played only Pong and hockey, the Odyssey 100.

The band's popularity in the United States began to wane in 1956 – 57 as sexier, wilder acts such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard began to dominate the record charts ( although Haley's cover version of Little Richard's " Rip It Up "-which was released in direct competition-actually outsold the original ).

The band's popularity never waned in Europe, and the group signed a lucrative deal with Sonet Records of Sweden in 1968 that resulted in a new version of " Rock Around the Clock " hitting the European charts that year.

The ongoing popularity of the series spawned a 1993 film remake by 20th Century Fox.

The popularity of skateboarding at this time spawned a national magazine, Skateboarder Magazine, and the 1965 international championships were broadcast on national television.

The popularity of the Hawaii Five-O format spawned various police dramas on all the major television networks.

Donahue's earnest, high-pitched vocals and concentration on relatively concise, melodic songs gave the band's material an entirely new feel and much increased popularity ( Deserter's Songs spawned three UK Top 40 singles ).

It reached a good amount of popularity as it spawned a music video as well as its inclusion as downloadable content for Rock Band 2 via the Rock Band Network in March 2010.

Robin's instant popularity spawned a host of imitations, including such iconic characters as Bucky, Toro, Sandy the Golden Boy, and Speedy.

and Thompson Twins, whose popularity peaked in 1985 with the album Here's to Future Days, which reached the US top ten and spawned two top ten singles.

The popularity of the film spawned two sequels, The Santa Clause 2 in 2002 and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause in 2006.

* Radio: The popularity of the film series spawned a radio program based on them, The Adventures of the Thin Man.

Their version, which was produced by Vandals guitarist Warren Fitzgerald, received mainstream exposure and popularity and spawned a music video.

It was not until the huge box office success of John Carpenter's Halloween ( 1978 ) and Sean S. Cunningham's Friday the 13th ( 1980 ), both of which spawned numerous sequels and remakes and countless imitators, that the slasher genre began to gain widespread popularity.

The popularity of pancakes in Australia has spawned the Pancake Parlour and Pancakes on the Rocks franchised restaurants.

The film's popularity spawned a 1995 sequel, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, with Carrey returning in the lead role.

The popularity of the program and its reach into the untapped African-American demographic gained notice and spawned a host of imitators.

His popularity spawned a daily show titled Con Lo Que Cuenta Este País ( With What This Country Counts On ), broadcast by Telemundo Puerto Rico, and produced by Hector Marcano, which remained among the top shows in audience ratings for several years.

As the advent of a singles music chart spawned chart historians and chart-watchers and greatly affected pop culture and produced countless bits of trivia, the main purpose of the Hot 100 is to aid those within the music industry – to reflect the popularity of the " product " ( the singles, the albums, etc.

Such was its popularity in the UK that it spawned two theatrically released feature film spin-offs, Sweeney!

However, the legacy and popularity of WS & IM has spawned descendants based on the original which have strived to correct most of these perceived design flaws.

The character's popularity spawned the 1986 live-action movie Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures.

Gil the Crab's popularity has spawned a game similar to punchbuggy or slugbug, wherein seeing a Honda Element on the road gives the first viewer an opportunity to pinch their less-observant companion, exclaiming " I pinch!

The popularity of the series spawned other supernatural shows, such as The Sealed Book.

The popularity of the first batch of the models spawned the Mobile Suit Variations where the mecha designer Kunio Okawara started designing variant mobile suits that could perform different tasks or adapt to different combat zones ( for example a Zaku specialized for underwater operations ).

The popularity of the game spawned pog prizes at major fast-food chains ( see below ), as well as knockoffs, such as " Slammer Whammers ", a similar game released under a different brand name.

The popularity of Louisiana Hayride spawned various incarnations in other parts of the United States, most notably in Cincinnati on WLW / 700 and, later, television dubbed its version Midwestern Hayride.

The book pointed out that 1979 was the year that Space Invaders – which he credits for ushering in the golden age – was gaining considerable popularity in the United States, and the year that saw the advent of vector graphics technology which in turn spawned many of the popular early arcade games.