He and the British dance group Sonique lead the competition with four nominations each.

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Born in poverty, she became the lead singer of Cuba's greatest dance band, La Sonora Matancera.

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Zap Mama has evolved over the years into a pan-global dance group, with Daulne's powerful vocals still in the lead.

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Polunin, who at 19 became the Royal Ballet's youngest male principal, shocked the dance world in January 2012 by unexpectedly quitting a week before he was due to appear as the lead in a production of The Dream.

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Under a bright full moon, dozens of young, unmarried village women gather in a circle, join hands and sing and dance all night under the direction of a lead singer.

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- With four nods each, British dance group Sonique and pop singer Robbie Williams lead the nominations for the MTV Europe Music Awards, scheduled for next month in Sweden.

CNN: Robbie Williams, Sonique top MTV Europe nominations

Wozniak, who beat out former Go-Go's lead singer Belinda Carlisle after a dance-off in an earlier round, kept his smile throughout the storm of criticism.

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If there's a star to blame here (and, to be clear, I'm not sure there is I'd bet the amateur look and sound of the movie is what kept audiences away), it's lead actress Julianne Hough, whose first three music-and-dance features since leaving "Dancing with the Stars" have all been relative box office disappointments.

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