performer

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But from the moment he came to New York, Brunson has been the NBA’s most reliable crunch-time performer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

She is also the first performer to have won the Grammy Award for album of the year four times.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Yang: These two are forever paired in my head, but it’s because she’s another sketch performer: Cher.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

“I have Pavarotti coming. Pavarotti doesn’t perform for anybody. He’s the highest-paid performer in the world,” he once told the New Yorker.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

So sometimes the answer to "Why is it that way?" is simply "that's what is easiest for the performer," or "they borrowed that from an earlier music tradition."

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones