document_title: F major

question_text: how many flats or sharps are in the key of f major

text: F major

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text:
F major

Relative key
D minor

Parallel key
F minor

Dominant key
C major

Subdominant
B♭ major

Component pitches

F, G, A, B♭, C, D, E

text: F major (or the key of F) is a major scale based on F, with the pitches F, G, A, B♭, C, D, and E. Its key signature has one flat, B♭.

text: F major's relative minor is D minor, and its parallel minor is F minor.

text: F major is the home key of the English horn, the basset horn, the horn in F, the trumpet in F and the bass Wagner tuba. Thus, music in F major for these transposing instruments is written in C major. Most of these sound a perfect fifth lower than written, with the exception of the trumpet in F which sounds a fourth higher. (The basset horn also often sounds an octave and a fifth lower.)

text: Notable compositions in F major[edit]

text:
"Autumn" from The Four Seasons (RV 293) – Antonio Vivaldi
Brandenburg Concertos Nos 1 & 2, BWV 1046–1047 – Johann Sebastian Bach
Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 – Johann Sebastian Bach
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K. 459 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K. 332/300k – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Se vuol ballare (An aria from The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370/368b – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, "Pastoral" – Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 – Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18/1 – Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59/1 – Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 – Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10/2 – Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54 – Ludwig van Beethoven
Andante favori, WoO 57 – Ludwig van Beethoven
Octet in F major, D. 803 - Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 – Johannes Brahms
Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 – Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88 – Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99 – Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102 – Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 – Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet in F major - Maurice Ravel
Concerto in F – George Gershwin


document_title: List of countries by spending on education (% of GDP)

question_text: how much does us spend on education gdp

question_tokens: how much does us spend on education gdp

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text: This list shows the government education expenditure of various countries in % of GDP (1980-2009).[1][2]

tag: p

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Country
Expenditures on education (% of GDP)
Year
Source

 Timor-Leste
10.1
2012
[1]

 Trinidad and Tobago
3.8
2000
[1]

 Marshall Islands
14.6
2000
[1]

 Cuba
12.9
2012
[1]

 Lesotho
13
2012
[1]

 Kiribati
11
2000
[1]

 Maldives
7.2
2012
[1]

 Palau
9.8
2000
[1]

 Moldova
8.6
2012
[1]

 Saint Kitts and Nevis
4.2
2012
[1]

 Suriname
n.a.
n.a.
[1]

 Botswana
7.8
2012
[1]

 Djibouti
8.4
2012
[1]

 Burundi
6.1
2012
[1]

 Monaco
1.6
2012
[1]

 Denmark
8.7
2012
[1]

 Swaziland
7.8
2012
[1]

 Comoros
7.6
2012
[1]

 Iceland
7.8
2012
[1]

 Uzbekistan
n.a.
n.a.
[1]

 Libya
2.3
1999
[2]

 Tunisia
6.2
2012
[1]

 Kenya
6.7
2012
[1]

 Micronesia
6.7
2000
[1]

 Jordan
4.9
1999
[2]

 Norway
6.9
2012
[1]

 Tanzania
6.2
2012
[1]

 Barbados
7.5
2012
[1]

 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
5.1
2012
[1]

 Sweden
7
2012
[1]

 Argentina
5.8
2012
[1]

 Malta
5.4
2012
[1]

 Namibia
8.4
2012
[1]

 Bolivia
7.6
2012
[1]

 Costa Rica
6.3
2012
[1]

 Guyana
3.6
2012
[1]

 New Zealand
7.2
2012
[1]

 South Africa
6
2012
[1]

 Belgium
6.6
2012
[1]

 Cape Verde
5.6
2012
[1]

 Fiji
4.1
2012
[1]

 Finland
6.8
2012
[1]

 Israel
6
2012
[1]

 Kyrgyzstan
5.8
2012
[1]

 Tonga
4.9
2000
[1]

 Jamaica
6.4
2012
[1]

 Senegal
5.6
2012
[1]

 Belize
6.6
2012
[1]

 Samoa
5.8
2012
[1]

 Slovenia
5.7
2012
[1]

 France
5.9
2012
[1]

 Grenada
n.a.
n.a.
[1]

 Mongolia
5.5
2012
[1]

 Morocco
5.4
2012
[1]

 Saudi Arabia
5.6
2012
[1]

 Ethiopia
4.7
2012
[1]

 United Kingdom
5.6
2012
[1]

 United States
5.6
2012
[1]

 Austria
6
2012
[1]

 Ghana
8.2
2012
[1]

 Netherlands
6
2012
[1]

 Ukraine
5.3
2012
[1]

 Vietnam
6.6
2012
[1]

 Hungary
4.9
2012
[1]

 Malawi
5.4
2012
[1]

 Portugal
5.8
2012
[1]

 Solomon Islands
7.3
2012
[1]

  Switzerland
5.4
2012
[1]

 Yemen
5.2
2012
[1]

 Brazil
5.8
2012
[1]

 South Korea
5
2012
[2]

 Latvia
5
2012
[1]

 Mozambique
5
2012
[1]

 Seychelles
4.8
2012
[1]

 Albania
3.3
2012
[1]

 Canada
5.5
2012
[1]

 Ireland
6.5
2012
[1]

 Poland
5.2
2012
[1]

 Syria
5.1
2012
[1]

 Bhutan
4.7
2012
[1]

 Colombia
4.5
2012
[1]

 Estonia
5.7
2012
[1]

 Mexico
5.3
2012
[1]

 Vanuatu
5.2
2012
[1]

 Dominica
3.5
2012
[1]

 Iran
4.7
2012
[1]

 Lithuania
5.4
2012
[1]

 Serbia
4.7
2012
[1]

 Burkina Faso
3.4
2012
[1]

 Côte d'Ivoire
4.6
2012
[1]

 Croatia
4.3
2012
[1]

   Nepal
4.7
2012
[1]

 Togo
4.6
2012
[1]

 Zimbabwe
2.5
2012
[1]

 Australia
5.1
2012
[1]

 Belarus
5.2
2012
[1]

 Germany
5.1
2012
[1]

 Hong Kong
3.4
2012
[1]

 Niger
4.5
2012
[1]

 Saint Lucia
4.4
2012
[1]

 Uruguay
2.9
2012
[1]

 Mali
4.7
2012
[1]

 Algeria
4.3
2012
[1]

 China
>4.0
2016
[3]

 Italy
4.5
2012
[1]

 Romania
4.2
2012
[1]

 Sierra Leone
2.7
2012
[1]

 Spain
5
2012
[1]

 Czech Republic
4.2
2012
[1]

 Bulgaria
4.1
2012
[1]

 Cyprus
7.3
2012
[1]

 Iraq
2.3
1980
[1]

 Malaysia
5.1
2012
[1]

 Qatar
2.5
2012
[1]

 Rwanda
4.8
2012
[1]

 Thailand
5.8
2012
[1]

 Chile
4.1
2012
[1]

 Greece
4.1
2012
[1]

 Paraguay
4.1
2012
[1]

 Nicaragua
4.7
2012
[1]

 Oman
4.3
2012
[1]

 Russia
4.1
2012
[1]

 Egypt
3.8
2012
[1]

 Gabon
3.8
2000
[1]

 Kuwait
3.8
2012
[1]

 Panama
4.1
2012
[1]

 Brunei
3.3
2012
[1]

 Cameroon
3.2
2012
[1]

 Venezuela
3.6
2012
[1]

 El Salvador
3.4
2012
[1]

 Honduras
3
1980
[1]

 Slovakia
4.2
2012
[1]

 Benin
5.3
2012
[1]

 Japan
3.8
2012
[1]

 Tajikistan
3.9
2012
[1]

 Bahamas
2.8
2000
[1]

 Andorra
3
2012
[1]

 Chad
2.6
2012
[1]

 Georgia
2.7
2012
[1]

 Guatemala
2.8
2012
[1]

 Mauritius
3.7
2012
[1]

 Uganda
3.3
2012
[1]

 India
3.3
2012
[1]

 Armenia
3.1
2012
[1]

 Madagascar
2.8
2012
[1]

 Singapore
3.3
2012
[1]

 South Sudan
n.a.
n.a.
[1]

 Sudan
n.a.
n.a.
[1]

 Bahrain
2.9
2012
[1]

 Mauritania
3.7
2012
[1]

 Azerbaijan
2.8
2012
[1]

 Indonesia
2.8
2012
[1]

 Kazakhstan
3.1
2012
[1]

 Liberia
1.9
2012
[1]

 Philippines
2.7
2012
[1]

 Antigua and Barbuda
2.5
2012
[1]

 Gambia
3.9
2012
[1]

 Pakistan
2.4
2012
[1]

 Peru
2.6
2012
[1]

 Angola
3.5
2012
[1]

 Luxembourg
4.6
1980
[1]

 Sri Lanka
2
2012
[1]

 Turkey
2.9
2012
[1]

 Democratic Republic of the Congo
2.5
2012
[1]

 Bangladesh
2.2
2012
[1]

 Guinea
3.1
2012
[1]

 Dominican Republic
2.2
2012
[1]

 Laos
3.3
2012
[1]

 Cambodia
2.6
2012
[1]

 Eritrea
2.1
2012
[1]

 Liechtenstein
2.1
2012
[1]

 Afghanistan
3.1
2012
[2]

 Congo
6.2
2012
[1]

 Lebanon
1.6
2012
[1]

 Central African Republic
1.2
2012
[1]

 Ecuador
5.2
2012
[1]

 Zambia
1.3
2012
[1]

 United Arab Emirates
1.3
2000
[1]

 Haiti
n.a.
n.a.
[1]

 Nigeria
n.a.
n.a.
[1]

 Equatorial Guinea
0.7
2000
[1]

 Myanmar
0.8
2012
[1]

 Somalia
n.a.
n.a.
[1]

 Bosnia and Herzegovina
n.a.
n.a.
[1]

 Guinea-Bissau
2.1
2012
[2]

 Macedonia
n.a.
n.a.
[1]

 Montenegro
n.a.
n.a.
[1]

 Nauru
n.a.
n.a.
[1]

 North Korea
n.a.
n.a.
[1]

 State of Palestine
n.a.
n.a.
[1]

 Papua New Guinea
n.a.
n.a.
[1]

 San Marino
3.2
1990
[1]

 Sao Tome and Principe
6
2012
[2]

 Turkmenistan
3
2012
[2]

 Tuvalu
7.6
1990
[1]

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document_title: 1994 in British music

question_text: who knocked love is all around off number 1

text: 1994 in British music

text: Summary[edit]

text: The first number 1 single of the year was the 700th since charts began, a reggae version of "Twist and Shout" by Chaka Demus & Pliers. The next month saw Mariah Carey get her first (and, to date, only) solo UK number 1 with "Without You", after having 8 previous chart-toppers in the United States. Coincidentally, "Without You" did not top the US Billboard Hot 100.

text: In late May, Wet Wet Wet reached number 1 with "Love Is All Around", from the film Four Weddings and a Funeral. It would remain at number 1 for fifteen weeks, the second longest consecutive run at No. 1 ever in the UK Singles Chart, and become the biggest selling single of the year. When Danish singer Whigfield replaced it in September with "Saturday Night", she became the first ever act to enter the UK singles chart at No.1 with their debut single.

text: Manchester rockers Oasis found their success on their debut album, Definitely Maybe, which shot to number No. 1 on its first week out in September.

text: December saw the debut of Boyzone to the charts, with a No. 2 cover of The Osmonds 1974 No. 1 "Love Me For a Reason". They would go on to have another fifteen singles, six reaching No. 1 and the rest reaching the top five, as well as four No. 1 albums.

text: Aside from Wet Wet Wet and Whigfield, the only other million selling single this year came from Céline Dion, with "Think Twice" (though it wouldn't reach number 1 until 1995). In all, 15 singles topped the chart this year, the second lowest number for any year in the decade.

text: 1994 also saw a first for Prince, who scored his only UK No.1 single with "The Most Beautiful Girl in the world"

text: This was the year when Karl Jenkins, soon to be the UK's favourite classical composer,[1] launched his crossover project, Adiemus, with the album, Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary. Popularized through its use in TV commercials, the title track became known to classical and popular music fans alike. It also made the name of vocalist Miriam Stockley.

text: Another British composer, Stephen Warbeck, won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play, awarded for achievements in Broadway theatre; the award was made for his music for a production of An Inspector Calls.

text: A record was broken in 1994 for the longest song to become a UK top 10 hit when Bon Jovi released the single "Dry County" in March, when it peaked at #9. The song was 9 minutes and 52 seconds long.

text: Charts[edit]

text: Number-one singles[edit]

text:
Chart date
(week ending)
Song
Artist(s)

1 January
"Mr. Blobby"
Mr. Blobby

8 January
"Twist and Shout"
Chaka Demus & Pliers featuring Jack Radics & Taxi Gang

15 January

22 January
"Things Can Only Get Better"
D:Ream

29 January

5 February

12 February

19 February
"Without You"
Mariah Carey

26 February

5 March

12 March

19 March
"Doop"
Doop

26 March

2 April

9 April
"Everything Changes"
Take That

16 April

23 April
"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"
Prince

30 April

7 May
"The Real Thing "
Tony Di Bart

14 May
"Inside"
Stiltskin

21 May
"Come on You Reds"
Manchester United Football Squad

28 May

4 June
"Love Is All Around"
Wet Wet Wet

11 June

18 June

25 June

2 July

9 July

16 July

23 July

30 July

6 August

13 August

20 August

27 August

3 September

10 September

17 September
"Saturday Night"
Whigfield

24 September

1 October

8 October

15 October
"Sure"
Take That

22 October

29 October
"Baby Come Back"
Pato Banton

5 November

12 November

19 November

26 November
"Let Me Be Your Fantasy"
Baby D

3 December

10 December
"Stay Another Day"
East 17

17 December

24 December

31 December

text: Number-one albums[edit]

text:
Chart date
(week ending)
Album
Artist

1 January
Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell
Meat Loaf

8 January
Everything Changes
Take That

15 January
So Far So Good
Bryan Adams

22 January
One Woman: The Ultimate Collection
Diana Ross

29 January
Tease Me
Chaka Demus & Pliers

5 February

12 February
Under the Pink
Tori Amos

19 February
The Cross of Changes
Enigma

26 February
Music Box
Mariah Carey

5 March

12 March

19 March

26 March
Vauxhall and I
Morrissey

2 April
Music Box
Mariah Carey

9 April
The Division Bell
Pink Floyd

16 April

23 April

30 April

7 May
Parklife
Blur

14 May
Our Town - The Greatest Hits
Deacon Blue

21 May

28 May
I Say I Say I Say
Erasure

4 June
Seal
Seal

11 June

18 June
Real Things
2 Unlimited

25 June
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
The Cranberries

2 July
Happy Nation
Ace of Base

9 July

16 July
Music for the Jilted Generation
The Prodigy

23 July
Voodoo Lounge
The Rolling Stones

30 July
End of Part One: Their Greatest Hits
Wet Wet Wet

6 August

13 August

20 August

27 August
Come
Prince

3 September
End of Part One: Their Greatest Hits
Wet Wet Wet

10 September
Definitely Maybe
Oasis

17 September
The Three Tenors In Concert 1994
José Carreras, Plácido Domingo & Luciano Pavarotti with Orchestra Conducted by Zubin Mehta

24 September
From the Cradle
Eric Clapton

1 October
Songs
Luther Vandross

8 October
Monster
R.E.M.

15 October

22 October
Cross Road
Bon Jovi

29 October

5 November

12 November
MTV Unplugged in New York
Nirvana

19 November
Cross Road
Bon Jovi

26 November

3 December
Carry on up the Charts
The Beautiful South

10 December
Live at the BBC
The Beatles

17 December
Carry on up the Charts
The Beautiful South

24 December

31 December

text: Number-one compilation albums[edit]

text:
Chart date
(week ending)
Album

12 February
Sweet Soul Harmonies

19 February
Dance Hits '94 Volume 1

26 February

5 March

12 March
Soul Devotion

19 March

26 March

2 April

9 April
Now 27

16 April

23 April

30 April

7 May
Dance Zone Level One

14 May

21 May

28 May

4 June
Energy Rush – Xtermin8

11 June
Dance Hits '94 Volume 2

18 June
Pure Moods

25 June

2 July
Now Dance Summer 94

9 July

16 July
Dance Zone Level 2

23 July

30 July
It's the Ultimate Dance Album

6 August

13 August
Now 28

20 August

27 August

3 September

10 September

17 September
The Best Rock Album in the World...Ever!

24 September

1 October

8 October
Dance Zone Level 3

15 October
Now 1994

22 October

29 October

5 November

12 November
The Best Rock Album in the World...Ever!

19 November
The Love Album

26 November
Now 29

3 December

10 December

17 December

24 December

31 December

text: Year-end charts[edit]

text: Best-selling singles[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Artist
Peak
position

1
"Love Is All Around"
Wet Wet Wet
1

2
"Saturday Night"
Whigfield
1

3
"Stay Another Day"
East 17
1

4
"Baby Come Back"
Banton, PatoPato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell of UB40
1

5
"I Swear"
All-4-One
2

6
"Without You"
Carey, MariahMariah Carey
1

7
"Always"
Bon Jovi
2

8
"Crazy for You"
Let Loose
2

9
"Things Can Only Get Better" (D:Reamix)
D:Ream
1

10
"Doop"
Doop
1

11
"The Sign"
Ace of Base
2

12
"Come On You Reds"
Manchester United Football Squad, TheThe Manchester United Football Squad
1

13
"The Rhythm of the Night" (Rapino Brothers Radio Version)
Corona
2

14
"All I Want for Christmas Is You"
Carey, MariahMariah Carey
2

15
"I Like to Move It"
Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman
5

16
"7 Seconds"
N'Dour, YoussouYoussou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry
3

17
"Swamp Thing"
Grid, TheThe Grid
3

18
"Let Me Be Your Fantasy"
Baby D
1

19
"Love Me for a Reason"
Boyzone
3[a]

20
"Everything Changes"
Take That
1

21
"(Meet) The Flintstones"
BC-52's, TheThe BC-52's
3

22
"Streets of Philadelphia"
Springsteen, BruceBruce Springsteen
2

23
"Inside"
Stiltskin
1

24
"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"
Prince
1

25
"Searching"
China Black
4

26
"Crocodile Shoes"
Nail, JimmyJimmy Nail
4

27
"Compliments on Your Kiss"
Red Dragon with Brian and Tony Gold
2

28
"Return to Innocence"
Enigma
3

29
"We Have All the Time in the World"
Armstrong, LouisLouis Armstrong
3

30
"Baby, I Love Your Way"
Big Mountain
2

31
"Another Night"
(MC Sar &) The Real McCoy
2

32
"The Real Thing"
Di Bart, TonyTony Di Bart
1

33
"Breathe Again"
Braxton, ToniToni Braxton
2

34
"Think Twice"
Dion, CelineCeline Dion
5[b]

35
"Regulate"
G, WarrenWarren G and Nate Dogg
5

36
"Sweetness"
Gayle, MichelleMichelle Gayle
4

37
"All for Love"
Adams, BryanBryan Adams/Rod Stewart/Sting
2

38
"Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)"
Lauper, CyndiCyndi Lauper
4

39
"Around the World"
East 17
3

40
"Stay (I Missed You)"
Loeb, LisaLisa Loeb and Nine Stories
6

41
"Sweets for My Sweet"
Lewis, C.J.C.J. Lewis
3

42
"Sure"
Take That
1

43
"I'll Make Love to You"
Boyz II Men
5

44
"Endless Love"
Vandross, LutherLuther Vandross and Mariah Carey
3

45
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Rednex
5[c]

46
"Power Rangers"
Mighty Morph'n Power Rangers, TheThe Mighty Morph'n Power Rangers
3

47
"Shine"
Aswad
5

48
"Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"
Crash Test Dummies
2

49
"No Good (Start the Dance)"
Prodigy, TheThe Prodigy
4

50
"Get-A-Way"
Maxx
4

text: Best-selling albums[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Artist
Peak
position

1
Cross Road: The Best of Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi
1

2
Carry On up the Charts: The Best of the Beautiful South
Beautiful South, TheThe Beautiful South
1

3
Music Box
Carey, MariahMariah Carey
1

4
Always & Forever
Eternal
3[d]

5
The Division Bell
Pink Floyd
1

6
End of Part One: Their Greatest Hits
Wet Wet Wet
1

7
Monster
R.E.M.
1

8
Parklife
Blur
1

9
Live at the BBC
Beatles, TheThe Beatles
1

10
Steam
East 17
3

11
The Three Tenors in Concert 1994
Carreras, JoséJosé Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti,
orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta
1

12
Crocodile Shoes
Nail, JimmyJimmy Nail
2

13
Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994
Sting
2

14
The Cross of Changes
Enigma
1

15
The Hit List
Richard, CliffCliff Richard
3

16
12 Deadly Cyns... and Then Some
Lauper, CyndiCyndi Lauper
2

17
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
Cranberries, TheThe Cranberries
1

18
Our Town – The Greatest Hits
Deacon Blue
1

19
Happy Nation
Ace of Base
1

20
Elegant Slumming
M People
4[e]

21
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
1

22
Everything Changes
Take That
1

23
One Woman: The Ultimate Collection
Ross, DianaDiana Ross
1

24
Bedtime Stories
Madonna
2

25
Bizarre Fruit
M People
4[f]

26
Crazy
Iglesias, JulioJulio Iglesias
6

27
Labour of Love Volumes I and II
UB40
5

28
Music for the Jilted Generation
Prodigy, TheThe Prodigy
1

29
The Greatest Hits
INXS
3

30
Debut
Björk
3

31
MTV Unplugged in New York
Nirvana
1

32
The Essential Collection
Presley, ElvisElvis Presley
6

33
The Best of Chris Rea
Rea, ChrisChris Rea
3

34
No Need to Argue
Cranberries, TheThe Cranberries
2

35
Brother Sister
Brand New Heavies, TheThe Brand New Heavies
4

36
Songs
Vandross, LutherLuther Vandross
1

37
Seal
Seal
1

38
Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell
Meat Loaf
4[g]

39
(the best of) New Order
New Order
4

40
The Best of Sade
Sade
6

41
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
Estefan, GloriaGloria Estefan
5

42
So Close
Carroll, DinaDina Carroll
2

43
D:Ream On Vol. 1
D:Ream
5

44
Big Ones
Aerosmith
7

45
So Far So Good
Adams, BryanBryan Adams
1

46
Psyche – The Album
PJ & Duncan
5

47
Tease Me
Demus & Pliers, ChakaChaka Demus & Pliers
1

48
Under the Pink
Amos, ToriTori Amos
1

49
Toni Braxton
Braxton, ToniToni Braxton
4

50
God Shuffled His Feet
Crash Test Dummies
2

text: Best-selling compilation albums[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Peak
position

1
Now 29
1

2
Now 28
1

3
The Best Rock Album in the World... Ever!
1

4
The Love Album
1

5
Pure Moods
1

6
Now 27
1

7
Now That's What I Call Music! 1994
1

8
Dance Zone '94
2

9
The Very Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber
3

10
Four Weddings and a Funeral Original Soundtrack
5

text: Notes:

text:
Jump up ^ Reached number 2 in 1995
Jump up ^ Reached number 1 in 1995
Jump up ^ Reached number 1 in 1995
Jump up ^ Reached number 2 in 1995
Jump up ^ Reached number 2 in 1993
Jump up ^ Reached number 3 in 1996 as the reissued Bizarre Fruit II
Jump up ^ Reached number 1 in 1993

tag: ol

text: Classical music: new works[edit]

text:
Thomas Adès – Living Toys
Peter Maxwell Davies – Symphony No. 5
Graham Fitkin – Length
Jonathan Harvey – One Evening...
Alun Hoddinott – The Silver Swimmer, Op. 152/1 – for soprano and ensemble
Michael Nyman – MGV
John Rutter – "I will sing with the spirit"

tag: ul

text: Opera[edit]

text:
Harrison Birtwistle – The Second Mrs Kong
Andy Vores – Freshwater
Judith Weir – Blond Eckbert

text: Film and incidental music[edit]

text:
Richard Rodney Bennett – Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Howard Goodall – The Vicar of Dibley (setting of Psalm 23)

text: Musical films[edit]

text:
Backbeat
Brave

text: Music awards[edit]

text: BRIT Awards[edit]

text: The 1994 BRIT Awards winners were:

text:
Best soundtrack: "The Bodyguard"
Best British producer: Brian Eno
Best selling album & Single: Meat Loaf
British album: Stereo MC's – "Connected"
British breakthrough act: Gabrielle
British dance act: M People
British female solo artist: Dina Carroll
British group: Stereo MC's
British male solo artist: Sting
British single: Take That – "Pray"
British video: Take That – "Pray"
International breakthrough act: Björk
International female: Björk
International group: Crowded House
International male: Lenny Kravitz
Outstanding contribution: Van Morrison

text: Mercury Music Prize[edit]

text: The 1994 Mercury Music Prize was awarded to M People – Elegant Slumming.

text: Births[edit]

text:
1 February – Harry Styles, singer (One Direction)
25 June – Connor Fogel, pianist, singer and composer
23 September – Andrew Johnston, boy soprano

text: Deaths[edit]

text:
6 February – Norman Del Mar, conductor, horn player, and music writer, 74
1 March – Tim Souster, songwriter and composer of electronic music, 51
23 March – Donald Swann, pianist, composer and comedy entertainer, 70
23 May – Ronald Hanmer, conductor, composer and arranger, 77
14 June – Lionel Grigson, jazz pianist, cornettist, trumpeter, composer and teacher, 52[5]
26 June – Thomas Armstrong, organist, conductor, composer, educationalist and adjudicator, 96
29 July – William Mathias, composer, 57
31 July – Anne Shelton, British singer, 70
2 September – Roy Castle, musician and all-round entertainer, 62 (lung cancer)
6 September – Nicky Hopkins, pianist and organist, 50 (complications from intestinal surgery)
22 September – Leonard Feather, jazz pianist, composer, producer and music journalist, 80
11 November – Elizabeth Maconchy, composer, 87


document_title: South Carolina State House

question_text: when was the south carolina state house built

text: South Carolina State House

text: Architecture[edit]

text: The South Carolina State House was designed first by architect P. H. Hammarskold.[4] Construction began in 1851, but the original architect was dismissed for fraud and dereliction of duty.[5] Soon thereafter, the structure was largely dismantled because of defective materials and workmanship.[6] John Niernsee redesigned the structure and work began on it in 1855, slowed during the Civil War, and was suspended in 1865 as General W.T. Sherman's U.S. Army entered Columbia on February 17. Several public buildings were "put to the torch" when United States troops entered the city.

text: The capitol building was damaged by artillery shells and set afire by U.S. Army troops under Sherman's command.[7]

text: The reconstruction era poverty slowed progress. The building's main structure was finally completed in 1875. From 1888 to 1891, Niernsee’s son, Frank McHenry Niernsee, served as architect and much of the interior work was completed. In 1900 Frank Pierce Milburn began as architect,[8] but was replaced in 1905 by Charles Coker Wilson who finally finished the exterior in 1907.[9] Additional renovations were made in 1959 and 1998.

text: The State House was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976 for its significance in the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era.[2][10]

text: Grounds[edit]

text: The building's grounds are home to several monuments. On the north side, leading to the main entry,[11] is the Confederate Monument[12] which included a flagpole flying a traditional version of the Confederate battle flag until it was removed on July 10, 2015 by State Bill. The monument was established after a controversy during the state's 2000 presidential primary about the Confederate flag flying over the dome of the State House.[13] The flag, which was originally placed over the dome in 1962[14] by the state's governor, Democrat Ernest Hollings, to protest desegregation,[15] was moved near the monument on July 1, 2000, after passage of the South Carolina Heritage Act of 2000. It was then removed from the grounds on July 10, 2015 by order of Republican governor Nikki Haley,[16][17] and given to the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum.[18]

text: On the east side is the African-American History Monument, authorized by Act 457 of the General Assembly and unveiled on March 26, 2001.[19]

text: The grounds also include monuments to President George Washington, Revolutionary War Generals, the Palmetto Regiment of, the American-Mexican War, Wade Hampton III, Captain Swanson Lunsford, Confederate Women, U.S. Senators James F. Byrnes, Strom Thurmond and Benjamin Tillman, Dr. J. Marion Sims, and South Carolinian law enforcement officers killed while on duty.


document_title: Moana (2016 film)

question_text: who is the singing voice of the chief in moana

text: Moana (2016 film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: On the Polynesian island of Motunui, the inhabitants worship the goddess Te Fiti, who brought life to the ocean, using a pounamu stone as her heart and the source of her power. Maui, the shapeshifting demigod and master of sailing, steals the heart to give humanity the power of creation. However, Te Fiti disintegrates, and Maui is attacked by Te Kā, a volcanic demon, losing both his magical giant fishhook and the heart to the depths.

text: A millennium later, Moana, daughter of Motunui's chief Tui, is chosen by the ocean to return the heart to Te Fiti. However, Tui arrives and takes Moana away, causing her to lose the heart. Tui and Moana's mother Sina try to keep her away from the ocean to prepare for her ascension as the island's chief. Years later, after Moana has grown older, a blight strikes the island, rotting the coconuts and dwindling the number of fish caught. Moana suggests going beyond the island's reef to find more fish, but Tui forbids it. Sina explains to Moana that Tui and his best friend tried going beyond the reef, but the latter perished. Moana and her pet pig Pua try conquering the reef but are overpowered by the ocean's tides and end up shipwrecked back on Motunui.

text: Moana's grandmother Tala shows her a secret cave, where a number of ships are hidden, revealing to Moana that their people used to be voyagers. Tala explains they stopped when Maui stole Te Fiti's heart and that Te Kā's darkness is poisoning the island, but it can be cured if Moana and Maui return the heart to Te Fiti, which she gives to Moana. Tala falls ill shortly after and dies, but not before encouraging Moana to go and fulfil her destiny.

text: Moana sets sail on one of the hidden camakau, accidentally accompanied by her dim-witted rooster Heihei. Moana is caught in a typhoon and shipwrecked on an island where she finds the stranded Maui, who traps her and steals the camakau, but Moana catches up to him with help from the ocean. She demands that Maui return the heart but he refuses. Maui is accompanied by a sentient "Mini-Maui" tattoo, acting as his conscience.

text: They are attacked by Kakamora—coconut-armored pirates—who seek to steal the heart, but Moana and Maui outwit them. Moana realises Maui is no longer a hero, and convinces him to redeem himself by returning the heart. Maui first needs to obtain his fishhook, which is located in Lalotai, the Realm of Monsters, and is in the possession of Tamatoa, a giant, greedy coconut crab. Moana enters Tamatoa's lair, using herself as live bait to distract him and allowing Maui to climb atop the crab and retrieve his fish hook. However, Maui discovers he cannot control his shapeshifting and loses self-confidence, revealing that his first tattoo was earned when his mortal parents rejected him. After reassurance from Moana, Maui teaches her the art of sailing and regains control of his powers.

text: The two arrive at Te Fiti's island, only to be attacked by Te Kā, who damages Maui's fishhook. Fearful he will lose his power, Maui abandons Moana, who tearfully asks the ocean to find someone else to restore the heart. The ocean obliges and takes the heart from Moana. Tala's spirit appears, inspiring Moana to find her true calling. Moana decides to fulfill her destiny, retrieves the heart, and sails back to confront Te Kā. Maui returns, convinced by his tattoo to change his mind, but his fishhook is destroyed by Te Kā. Moana discovers Te Fiti is missing, but realises Te Kā is the goddess. Moana restores Te Fiti's heart, transforming her back to normal; Te Fiti then heals the ocean and islands of Te Kā's poison. Maui apologizes to Te Fiti, who forgivingly restores his fishhook and goes into a deep sleep. Moana bids farewell to Maui, returning home where she reunites with her parents and takes up the role of chief, setting sail on a voyage, accompanied from afar by Maui (in a form of a giant hawk) and Tala (in the form of a manta ray).

text: In a post-credits scene, Tamatoa, stuck on his back, addresses the audience, knowing they would help if he was named Sebastian and sang in a Jamaican accent (making reference to The Little Mermaid).

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Auli'i Cravalho as Moana, the 16-year-old daughter of village chief Tui and Sina, who is chosen by the ocean to restore the heart of Te Fiti

Louise Bush as a younger Moana

Dwayne Johnson as Maui, a legendary shapeshifting demigod who sets off with Moana on her journey
Rachel House as Tala, Moana's grandmother. Like Moana, Tala shares a passion for the ocean
Temuera Morrison as Tui, Moana's overprotective father, who is Tala's son, chief of Motunui Island

Christopher Jackson as Tui's singing voice

Jemaine Clement as Tamatoa, a giant treasure-hoarding coconut crab from Lalotai, the Realm of Monsters
Nicole Scherzinger as Sina, Moana's mother and Tui's wife
Alan Tudyk as Heihei, Moana's pet rooster

Tudyk also voices Villager No. 3, who suggests cooking Heihei

Oscar Kightley as a fisherman
Troy Polamalu as Villager No. 1
Puanani Cravalho (Auli'i's mother) as Villager No. 2

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: After directing The Princess and the Frog (2009), Clements and Musker started working on an adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Mort,[6] but problems with acquiring the necessary film rights prevented them from continuing with that project. To avoid a recurrence of that issue, they pitched three original ideas.[7] The genesis of one of those ideas (the one that was ultimately green-lighted) occurred in 2011, when Musker began reading up on Polynesian mythology, and learned of the heroic exploits of the demigod Māui. Intrigued with the rich culture of Polynesia, he felt it would be a suitable subject for an animated film. Shortly thereafter, Musker and Clements wrote a treatment and pitched it to John Lasseter, who recommended that both of them should go on research trips.[8][9] Accordingly, in 2012, Clements and Musker went on research trips to Fiji, Samoa, and Tahiti to meet the people of the South Pacific Ocean and learn about their culture.[10] At first, they had planned to make the film entirely about Maui, but their initial research trips inspired Clements to pitch a new idea focused on the young daughter of a chief.[11] They were fascinated to learn during their research that the people of Polynesia abruptly stopped making long-distance voyages about three thousand years ago, then resumed voyaging again a thousand years later, and no one really knows why. They set the film at the end of that era, about two thousand years ago, on a fictional island in the central Pacific Ocean, which drew inspiration from elements of the real-life island nations of Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga.[12]

text: Over the five years it took to develop and produce the film, Clements and Musker recruited experts from across the South Pacific to form an Oceanic Story Trust, who consulted on the film's cultural accuracy and sensitivity as the story evolved through nine versions.[13] The Trust responded negatively, for example, to a depiction of Maui as bald, and to a proposed scene in which Moana threw a tantrum by throwing coconuts. In response, Maui was reworked with long hair and the coconut scene was scrapped.[11]

text: Te Kā was referred to in early drafts of the film as Te Pō,[14] a reference to the Māori goddess Hine-nui-te-pō, who was originally the life-giving goddess Hine-tītama, but became the goddess of death upon discovering that her husband the god Tāne was also her father.[15] Māui set out to defeat her in order to bring immortality to humans, but failed and was himself killed.[16]

text: During the 2015 D23 Expo's panel for Disney's slate of upcoming animated films, Moana's last name was given as "Waialiki", but that name was not retained in the final film.[17]

text: Writing[edit]

text: Taika Waititi wrote the initial screenplay.[18] The first draft focused on Moana as the sole daughter in a family with "five or six brothers",[19] in which gender played into the story. However, the brothers and gender-based theme were deleted from the story, as the directors thought Moana's journey should be about finding herself.[9] A subsequent draft presented Moana's father as the one who wanted to resume navigation, but it was rewritten to have him oppose navigation so he would not overshadow Moana.[9] Instead, Pamela Ribon came up with the idea of a grandmother character for the film,[20] who would serve as a mentor linking Moana to ancient traditions.[19] Another version focused on Moana rescuing her father, who had been lost at sea.[21] The film's story changed drastically during the development phase (which happens with most Disney films), and that idea ultimately survived only as a subtle element of the father's backstory.[21] Aaron and Jordan Kandell joined the project during a critical period to help deepen the emotional story architecture of the film. They are credited with developing the core relationship between Moana and Maui, the prologue, the Cave of the Wayfinders, the Kakamora, and the collector crab Tamatoa (played by Jemaine Clement).[22] Jared Bush received sole credit as the writer of the final version of the screenplay.

text: Like most Disney and Pixar animated films, several major story problems were identified in 2015 only after the film had already transitioned from development into production, but computer-generated films tend to have much shorter production schedules and much larger animation teams (in this case, about 90 animators) than traditionally animated films.[21] Since Clements and Musker were already working 12-hour days (and Saturdays) directing such a large team of animators, Don Hall and Chris Williams (who had just finished directing Big Hero 6) came on board as co-directors to help fix the film's story issues.[21] The scene in which Maui and Moana encounter the Kakamora is an intentional homage to Mad Max: Fury Road.[21]

text: Casting[edit]

text: After the filmmakers sat through auditions of hundreds of candidates from across the Pacific,[10] 14-year-old high school freshman Auli'i Cravalho was cast as the lead character Moana.[23][24] At that point in time, the design of Moana's face and personality was already complete, and Cravalho's obvious physical resemblance to her character was simply a coincidence.[25] During animation production, Disney animators were able to integrate some of Cravalho's mannerisms into Moana's behavior as depicted onscreen.[25]

text: The majority of the film's cast members are of Polynesian descent: Auli'i Cravalho (Moana) and Nicole Scherzinger (Sina, Moana's mother) were born in Hawaii and are of Native Hawaiian heritage; Dwayne Johnson (Maui), Oscar Kightley (Fisherman), and Troy Polamalu (Villager No. 1) are of Samoan heritage; and New Zealand–born Rachel House (Tala, Moana's grandmother), Temuera Morrison (Tui, Moana's father), and Jemaine Clement (Tamatoa) are of Māori heritage.

text: Animation[edit]

text: Moana is Clements and Musker's first fully computer-animated film.[10][26] One of the reasons for using computer animation was that the environment, including the ocean, benefited much more from the use of CGI as opposed to traditional animation.[27] The filmmakers have also suggested that three-dimensional computer animation is well-suited to the "beautiful sculpturing" of the faces of the people of the South Pacific.[28] Eric Goldberg worked on the hand-drawn animation used to depict Maui's sentient tattoos.[29][30] During early development, the filmmakers considered the possibility of making the film with hand-drawn traditional animation, but only a few early animation tests were made in that style. In the final cut, only Maui's tattoos are hand-drawn.[31]

text: Moana was produced in makeshift quarters in a giant warehouse in North Hollywood (together with Zootopia), while Disney Animation's headquarters building in Burbank was being renovated. Musker observed that Moana was similar in that respect to The Little Mermaid, which was produced in a warehouse in Glendale. Production wrapped on October 20, 2016.[32]

text: Music and soundtrack[edit]

text: The film's soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records on November 18, 2016. The songs were written by Opetaia Foa'i, Mark Mancina, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, while the score was written by Mancina.[33][34] The lyrics are in English, Samoan and the Tokelauan language.[35] The soundtrack peaked at number two on the Billboard 200.[36]

text: Release[edit]

text: On October 20, 2014, Walt Disney Pictures announced that it would be releasing the film in late 2016,[37] and hinted that it might be the November 23, 2016 release window previously announced by the studio in March 2014 for a then-untitled film.[38] In November 2014, Disney confirmed that it would be releasing the film on November 23, 2016.[39] The film is accompanied by the short film, Inner Workings.[40] The film's world premiere was held at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on November 14, 2016.[41]

text: In many European countries, the name of the titular character, Moana, was changed to Vaiana due to a trademark conflict. The film was released in those countries to bear the alternative name in the title.[42] In Italy, Vaiana's film was released with the title Oceania.[43]

text: On October 25, 2016, at a press conference in Papeete, it was announced that the film will be the first motion picture to be fully dubbed in the Tahitian language.[44] This marks the third time Disney has released a special dubbing dedicated to the culture which inspired the film: the first case was The Lion King (1994), for which the directors travelled to South Africa to cast voice actors for a Zulu-dubbed version;[45] and the second case was Mulan (1998), which was the first Disney film to have a Mandarin Chinese dubbing made in China, separate from and independent of the version released in Taiwan.[46] In June 2017, a Māori-language dubbing of the movie was announced.[47] Rachel House, Jemaine Clement, Temuera Morrison and Oscar Kightley will reprise their respective roles in this version, which will be directed by Rachel House herself.[48][49]

text: In India, popular music composer Bappi Lahiri (who is known to be India's "gold-man") voiced the character of Tamatoa in the Hindi-dubbed version of the film; mostly because in reality, he too, similar to Tamatoa, has an immense love and fondness for gold.[50][51] In Russia, Tamatoa was voiced by a popular singer, Ilya Lagutenko, who performed Tamatoa's song with his distinctive soft "meowing" intonations.[52]

text: On January 27, 2017, a sing-along version of Moana was released in more than 2,000 theaters in the United States, featuring on-screen lyrics.[53]

text: Marketing[edit]

text: On October 15, 2016, Hawaiian Airlines unveiled their Moana-themed livery for three of their Airbus A330-200 fleet.[54]

text: There are currently meet-and-greets with Moana at Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Disneyland Paris, and at Aulani, a Disney Resort and Spa. At Hong Kong Disneyland, there will be a stage show called Moana's Village Festival, which is scheduled to open in 2018.

text: Home media[edit]

text: Moana was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on Blu-ray (2D and 3D) and DVD in the United States on March 7, 2017, with a digital release on February 21, 2017. The releases include the short film, Inner Workings. The Blu-ray release also introduces a short film featuring Maui and Moana, titled Gone Fishing.[55] The film is also available for streaming on Netflix.

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: Moana grossed $248.7 million in the U.S. and Canada and $394.5 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $643.3 million.[4] On January 22 and March 16, 2017, respectively, the film reached the $500 million and $600 million marks, becoming the fourth consecutive Walt Disney Animation Studios film to reach both milestones after Frozen (2013), Big Hero 6 (2014), and Zootopia (2016).[56][57] Although Disney has not disclosed the film's production budget, most of its animated films cost around $150 million.[58][59] Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be $121.3 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film, making it the 12th most profitable release of 2016.[2]

text: North America[edit]

text: In the United States, Moana was released during the Thanksgiving weekend. The film played in 3,875 theaters of which a majority of them (80%) screened it in 3D. It also played in 50 premium large format screens and more than 400 D-Box screens. It was projected to take in around $50 million in three days, with $75–85 million in five days (some estimates going as high as $90 million).[60][61][62] Deadline.com said the numbers were good for the original Disney film and marked a great rebound for the company in the wake of Pixar's The Good Dinosaur the previous year, which had made $55 million over five days off a production budget of $175–200 million.[63]

text: The film made $2.6 million from Tuesday paid previews which began at 7 pm, the highest ever for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film and for a non-Pixar Disney animated film.[64] On its opening day, it made $15.5 million, a new record for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film opening on Wednesday (breaking Frozen's record) and the biggest opening day ever for a film released on pre-Thanksgiving Day.[65] On Thanksgiving Day, it earned $9.9 million, a decrease of 36% from its previous day. On Black Friday—the highest-grossing day of the Thanksgiving stretch—it made $21.8 million, a 127% increase from the day before.[66] Through Sunday, the film posted a three-day opening weekend worth $56.6 million over its Friday-to-Sunday debut and $82.1 million from Wednesday to Sunday, the third biggest three-day Thanksgiving opening[67] (behind Frozen and Toy Story 2) and the second biggest five-day Thanksgiving opening[68] (behind Frozen), dethroning Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them off the top spot. Among all films that did not necessarily open in this weekend but may have played, Moana ranks sixth among three-day[69] weekends and fifth among five-day weekends.[70]

text: The film's opening was considered to be another animated success for the studio after Zootopia and Pixar's Finding Dory posted huge openings, respectively, the same year in March and June.[71]

text: In its second weekend, the film dropped by about 50% for a total of $28.3 million, a smaller drop than Toy Story 2, Frozen, Tangled, and The Good Dinosaur.[72][73] The film managed to top the box office for its third weekend, despite competition from newcomers and holdovers, earning $18.5 million while falling by 34%. It became the sixth film of 2016 to top the box office three times, following Deadpool, Zootopia, The Jungle Book, Finding Dory, and Suicide Squad.[74] The film was overtaken by Disney's own Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in its fourth weekend, despite only a marginal decline.[75]

text: It fell to number six in its fifth weekend, due to competition from four new releases—Sing, Passengers, Why Him?, and Assassin's Creed—despite a small drop again; it grossed $2.9 million on Christmas Day.[76] On the holiday week of December 23–29, the film finished at number four with a gross of $26 million, which was 14% up from the previous week, despite losing over 300 theaters.[77] It finished at number four in its sixth weekend, going up 42% and 97%, respectively, during the three-day[78] and four-day weekends;[79] it grossed $3.6 million on New Year's Day.

text: It fell outside the top ten in its eighth weekend (which included Martin Luther King Jr. Day), dropping 33% and 4% respectively, during the three-day[80] and four-day weekends.[81]

text: Outside North America[edit]

text: Internationally, the film earned $17.2 million in its first weekend from 12 markets, the bulk of which came from China. In its second weekend, the film expanded to a total of 30 markets, adding an additional $33.7 million.[82]

text: In China, the film had a November 25 opening day[83] with $1.9 million from 38,000 screenings. However, it enjoyed a big weekend bump on Saturday—even though its screens dipped—and Sunday.[84] In total, it scored an opening weekend of $17.2 million, the second best for a Disney animated title, behind only Zootopia. It was No. 2 behind Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Strong social media numbers showed among the highest the studio has seen there. Similar to how Zootopia started off slow and later became a blockbuster phenomenon.[85] The film slipped 55% in its second weekend, earning $5.8 million, and $21.8 in total in China.[86] It would eventually earn a total of $32.7 million in China.[83]

text: It had similar successful number-one debuts in France, Russia, Mexico and Spain. The film also saw success in Belgium, the Netherlands and French-speaking Switzerland.[82] In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the film faced competition from Fantastic Beasts—which was playing in its third weekend—and as a result, it posted a low opening of only £2.2 million ($2.8 million).[87]

text: The biggest earning markets to date have been Japan ($45.9 million), followed by France ($35.5 million), China ($32.8 million), the UK ($25.3 million), Brazil ($22.9 million), Australia ($19 million), Germany ($17 million), Italy ($15.9 million), and South Korea ($15.5 million).[88]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: Moana received acclaim from critics, holding an approval rating of 96% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 234 reviews and an average rating of 7.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "With a title character as three-dimensional as its lush animation and a story that adds fresh depth to Disney's time-tested formula, Moana is truly a family-friendly adventure for the ages."[89] Subsequently, the film is also listed as number 11 on the website's "50 Best Computer Animated Movies" list.[90]On Metacritic, the film holds a normalized score of 81 out of 100, based on 44 critics, indicating "universal acclaim."[91] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on a scale ranging from A+ to F.[92]

text: Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal proclaimed that "Moana is beautiful in more ways than I can tell, thanks to the brilliance of more animators than I could count."[93] Animator Eric Goldberg received praise from critics and audiences for his hand-drawn animation of Maui's tattoos, which they claimed "stole the show" from the actual CGI-animated motion picture.[94][95][96] Wai Chee Dimock, writing in the Los Angeles Review of Books, compared the ocean in Moana to the one in "The Water Baby," a short story by Jack London, saying that both are animated: one, by the tension between digital and analog animation, and the other, by the tension between an encroaching future and a past in retreat still capable of pushing back.[97]

text: Criticism[edit]

text: Colin Philp, an educator on Polynesian history, noted that the sailing canoe used by the film's protagonists is believed to be a Fijian camakau, and that the film's concept artists based it on one of the canoes they saw when they visited the Korova settlement in Laucala. Philp said that using that design without permission of the Korova community, could be viewed as a violation of the intellectual property rights of their elders.[98]

text: Brigham Young University–Hawaii sociocultural anthropologist Tēvita 'Ō. Ka'ili stated that "despite its important girl-power message, the film had a major flaw. It lacked symmetry by its omission of a heroic goddess. Disney resorted to reducing the mighty god Maui to a one-dimensional, selfish, borderline abusive, buffoon to foreground the strength of the movie's protagonist Moana." He went on to explain that, "the omission of a goddess-heroine is significant because Polynesia is a culture with a vast pantheon of powerful heroic goddesses. Hina, a companion goddess to the god Maui, was nowhere to be found in Disney's imagineering of Moana."[99]

text: Merchandise produced alongside the film has also been criticized. A Maui "skin suit" costume made to tie in with the film was pulled by Disney from its online store following complaints about it being culturally insensitive[100] and for appearing to promote brownface.[101]

text: Accolades[edit]