What is "showbiz"

n. showbusiness

Showbiz is the debut studio album by English alternative rock band Muse, released in the United Kingdom on 4 October 1999 through Mushroom Records. Recorded between April and May at RAK Studios and Sawmills Studio, respectively, the album was produced by John Leckie and Paul Reeve in conjunction with the band. Showbiz was a moderate commercial success, reaching number 29 on the UK Albums Chart.

Showbiz was released in various regions around the world through the band's different regional labels: Naïve in France; Motor in Germany, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine; Maverick in the United States; Play It Again Sam (PIAS) in Benelux; and Avex Trax in Japan. The album was also released earlier by some labels; in France it was released on 7 September, the Motor edition was sold from 20 September and the album entered American stores on 28 September. A bonus CD was released in Benelux, which contained the same content as the Random 1-8 extended play, without the hidden remixes of " Sunburn".

Showbiz is a vernacular term for show business.

Showbiz may also refer to:

• Stage name, a pseudonym used by entertainers - sometimes termed a "showbiz name"

In television:

• Showbiz Moms & Dads, an American reality television show on the Bravo network
• Showbiz Darts, a British televised celebrity darts tournament
• Showbiz India, a television program that focuses on entertainment from the South Asia
• Showbiz Tonight, an American entertainment news program on CNN Headline News
• Showbiz Central, a Filipino showbiz-oriented television talk show
• The Showbiz Show with David Spade, a weekly television program on Comedy Central that stars David Spade

In music:

• Showbiz (album), the debut album by UK rock band Muse
• Showbiz (Cud album), the fourth studio album by indie-rock band Cud
• Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, 1972-1980, a compilation album by Steely Dan
• Showbiz and A.G., an American hip hop duo
• Grant Showbiz, a British record producer and live sound recordist
• " Far from Showbiz", a 2003 song by Norwegian band Beyond Dawn

Other:

• Showbiz Pizza Place, a restaurant chain popular in the 1980s
• ArcSoft ShowBiz, a video editor by ArcSoft for the Windows operating system
• Showbiz (2007 film), a 2007 Hindi film, directed by Raju Khan

Showbiz is a 2007 Hindi film directed by Raju Khan. It stars Tushar Jalota, Mrinalini Sharma, Gulshan Grover, and Sushant Singh. The music was scored by Lalit Pandit, of Jatin-Lalit fame. The movie revolves around the journey of a budding artist Rohan Arya (Tushar Jalota) trying to make a mark in the Hindi music industry and his brushes with the ups and downs of fame and media which is after him and his personal life. It was the debut movie of Tushar Jalota later on he didn't appear in any movies.

Showbiz is the fourth studio album released by the Leeds-based indie rock band Cud in 1994. All tracks were written by vocalist Carl Puttnam and guitarist Mike Dunphy, and it was produced and engineered by Al Clay, who had previously worked with Frank Black, The Boo Radleys and Del Amitri. Showbiz reached number 46 in the UK album chart in April 1994. Lead single Neurotica reached number 37 in the UK singles chart in February 1994, while Sticks And Stones and One Giant Love both failed to reach the top 40.

The album was initially well received by critics, with Melody Maker describing it as "easily the most polished, carefully crafted Cud record to date," but retrospectives have dismissed it as "underwhelming" Showbiz failed to build on the success of its predecessor Asquarius, which reached number 30 in the UK album chart in July 1992, and the band split in 1995, although they reformed in 2006 and again in 2010.