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Happy birthday Margaret Atwood (even if it turns out you did not ...

London Free Press - Found Nov. 19, 2008
... in it Happy birthday Margaret Atwood (even if it turns out you did not select the material for those avant-garde drapes in our dining room...

Posted on November 19, 2008, 10:53 am

Jimmy Avant: 'He was going to be somebody'

Chicago Sun-Times - Found Nov. 16, 2008
Jimmy Avant was an early bird -- going to bed at 8 p.m. most nights so he could get up early for school.

Posted on November 16, 2008, 7:37 am

Jimmy Avant

Chicago Tribune - Found Nov. 14, 2008
'With his heart, he wasn't going to do nothing but succeed.' Avant, 18, a senior at North Lawndale College Prep, was leaning toward attending...

Posted on November 14, 2008, 11:11 am

Edens & Avant buys retail portion of CityVista

Washington Business Journal - Found Nov. 13, 2008
Triangle neighborhood, have sold the 116,083-square-foot retail portion of the mixed-use project to Edens & Avant, a private East Coast retail...
Lowe Enterprises Sells Retail Portion of Cityvista, Mixed-Use ... - Forbes.com
Edens & Avant buys retail portion of CityVista - Washington Business Journal
Lowe Enterprises Sells Retail Portion of Cityvista, Mixed-Use ... - PR inside
Edens & Avant buys retail portion of CityVista - East Bay Business Journal
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Posted on November 13, 2008, 4:41 am

7th Shot: Avant

Six Shot - Found Nov. 11, 2008
It's not there for me right now. : Who is Avant when he's in love? Avant: Avant in love is an animal.

Posted on November 11, 2008, 3:22 am

Avant-garde vintage fashion market bucks crisis

Nine MSN Money - Found Nov. 9, 2008
If art is indeed the next to bubble to burst, top auction houses better savor sweeps like 'Resurrection: Avant-Garde Fashion,' the October 30...

Posted on November 9, 2008, 8:04 am

Film: Avant-Garde, 1920 Vintage, Is Back in Focus

New York Times - Found Nov. 8, 2008
... percussive rhythms, most likely was, in the words of the film historian Jan-Christopher Horak, ?the first avant-garde film produced in the...

Posted on November 8, 2008, 10:30 am

Innovative Yamagami is one to follow

Toronto Star Online - Found 1 hour ago
... stick to a tried-and-true program of greatest hits, Yamagami offered a solo Cello Sonata by Hungarian avant-gardist Gyorgy Ligeti (who died in...

Posted on November 21, 2008, 4:26 am

Anticon Celebrates Tenth Birthday in NYC

XLR8R - Found 40 minutes ago
Bay Area avant-hop label anticon. will celebrate its tenth birthday on December 18 at New York?s Knitting Factory.

Posted on November 21, 2008, 5:35 am

The gentleman thief who took a leaf out of...

The Times - Found 1 hour ago
La Perse en 1839-1840. Avec . . . un avant-propos du Comte Laurent de Sercey Author: Sercey, Flin douard de, Count, 1928 De Paris Samarkand.
Millionaire stole priceless pages from Bodleian books - The Independent
Guardian Daily: Price of oil falls to $50 a barrel - Guardian Unlimited
Scholar faces jail for page theft - BBC
Millionaire 'ruined' priceless books - Telegraph
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Posted on November 21, 2008, 4:49 am

Avant Biography

Avant
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Avant
Background information
Birth name Myron Avant
Born April 26, 1978 (1978-04-26) (age 30)
Origin United States
Genre(s) R&B, contemporary R&B, urban contemporary
Occupation(s) Singer, Songwriter
Years active 2000-Present
Label(s) MJM / MCA (2000–2003)

MJM / Geffen (2003–2007)
MJM / Capitol (2007–present)

Myron Avant (born April 26, 1978), better known simply as Avant is a multi-platinum American R&B singer. A graduate of the Cleveland School of the Arts in 1995 where he majored in theater, he is best known for hits such as "Separated" (the remix to which features Kelly Rowland), "My First Love," which one version features Ketara Wyatt, and "Read Your Mind" (the remix to which features Snoop Dogg on the extended promo vinyl). He was featured in the remix to the Lloyd Banks song "Karma" from the 2004 album The Hunger for More, and has also had a cameo appearance in the 2004 feature film BarberShop 2: Back in Business.

He also did a remix of The Pussycat Dolls song "Stickwitu." He stated that he refused to cooperate with The Pussycat Dolls at first until they offered him a better contract and to perform it and sing his way for a better single. In the past five years, he had a son, Chase, who was born c. 2002. Avant has also appeared on the Oxygen Network reality TV show Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency when he asked Janice to have models dance with him during the release party of the album Director.

Avant has recently left Geffen Records and signed with Capitol Records. His new single, "When It Hurts", has reached number 18 on the US R&B/Hip-Hop charts. His self-titled fifth album, Avant, is set to be released on December 9, 2008.

Contents

Discography

Albums

Solo singles

Year Chart Positions Album
US Hot 100 US R&B/Hip-Hop
2000 "Separated" #23 #1 My Thoughts
"My First Love" (featuring Keke Wyatt) #26 #4
2002 "Makin' Good Love" #27 #7 Ecstasy
"Don't Say No, Just Say Yes" #96 #51
2003 "Read Your Mind" (featuring Snoop Dogg) #13 #5 Private Room
2004 "Don't Take Your Love Away" #37 #13
"Can't Wait" - #55 Shark Tale Soundtrack
2006 "You Know What" (featuring Lil Wayne) - #58 Director
"4 Minutes" #57 #9
"Lie About Us" (featuring Nicole Scherzinger) - #101
2008 "When It Hurts" #104 #15 Avant

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Avant video Very bad song!!I like this artist!! clip
Title: Avant Separated
Description: Very bad song!!I like this artist!!
Avant video Music video by Avant performing 4 Minutes
with Bryan Barber, William Green
(C)  06 Geffen Records clip
Title: Avant 4 Minutes
Description: Music video by Avant performing 4 Minutes with Bryan Barber, William Green (C) 06 Geffen Records
Avant video Music video by Avant performing Read Your Mind
with Benny Boom, Mars Media
(C)  03 Geffen Records clip
Title: Avant Read Your Mind
Description: Music video by Avant performing Read Your Mind with Benny Boom, Mars Media (C) 03 Geffen Records
Avant video Music video by Avant performing Makin Good Love
with Steve Huff [Producer], Billie Woodruff [Video Director], Maz Makhani [Director of ... clip
Title: Avant Makin Good Love
Description: Music video by Avant performing Makin Good Love with Steve Huff [Producer], Billie Woodruff [Video Director], Maz Makhani [Director of ...
Avant video Music video by Avant performing You Know What
with Benny Boom, William Green
(C)  05 Geffen Records clip
Title: Avant You Know What
Description: Music video by Avant performing You Know What with Benny Boom, William Green (C) 05 Geffen Records
Avant video Avant   When It Hurts
CAPITOL
(P) (C)  08 Capitol Records, LLC. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws ... clip
Title: Avant When It Hurts
Description: Avant When It Hurts CAPITOL (P) (C) 08 Capitol Records, LLC. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws ...
Avant video Music video by Avant performing Dont Take Your Love Away
with Stizzle [Producer], Bryan Barber [Video Director], Caudio Miranda [Director of ... clip
Title: Avant Dont Take Your Love Away
Description: Music video by Avant performing Dont Take Your Love Away with Stizzle [Producer], Bryan Barber [Video Director], Caudio Miranda [Director of ...
Avant video Music video by Avant performing Dont Say No, Just Say Yes: BET Version
with Aaron Courseault, Carol Dorsey, Tom Marvel
(C)  02 Geffen Records ... clip
Title: Avant Dont Say No, Just Say Yes: BET Version
Description: Music video by Avant performing Dont Say No, Just Say Yes: BET Version with Aaron Courseault, Carol Dorsey, Tom Marvel (C) 02 Geffen Records ...