Cooper Boone Wins ISSA's Top Country Song For 'Mending Fences;' Earns Nomination for IMA's Country Song For 'Country Living'
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Cooper Boone's song "Mending Fences" from his self-titled debut album snagged the top "Country Song" of the ISSA Christian Songwriting Contest this week, with the organization noting that Boone is "an artist who writes and performs with a most generous soul." ...
| Tiempo Libre Receives Best Tropical Latin Album Grammy Nomination for Latest Album Bach in Havana on Sony Masterworks
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Sony Masterworks) - The Cuban music group TIEMPO LIBRE has received a Grammy Award nomination in the category of Best Tropical Latin Album for its latest CD BACH IN HAVANA on Sony Masterworks. Bach in Havana has enjoyed 18 weeks in the Top 20 on Billboard's "Classical Crossover" ...
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Jackson Browne To Present Safety Harbor Kids Ambassador Of Goodwill Awards
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Safety Harbor Kids Official Website) - Safety Harbor Kids (SHK), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization helping orphaned and homeless children, announced today that singer-songwriter Jackson Browne will honor Elizabeth and Inara George at The Goodwill Ambassador Awards and Holiday ...
| More Performers Announced For The 38th CMAA Country Music Awards Of Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia (Top40 Charts/ CMAA) - With only a little over seven weeks until the 38th CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia are announced, the Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA) is thrilled to announce that multiple "Golden Guitar" winner and 2010 finalist, ADAM HARVEY, will be ...
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Neil Young | Gary Burden Get Grammy Music Nomination For Package Design
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ R. Twerk & Co.) - Gary Burden's design of the Neil Young Archives, Volume 1 has been nominated for a 52nd Annual Grammy Award in the Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package category. Lead art director and designer Gary Burden, R. Twerk & Co., says he had "no idea 'the ...
| Stevie Wonder Receives Grammy Award Nomination For 'All About The Love Again'
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Hidden Beach Recordings) - Stevie Wonder continues to write songs that positively affect global social issues with this year's Grammy nomination for Best Pop Male Vocal Performance of his song "All About The Love Again." With a total of 22 Awards, Stevie Wonder has been awarded ...
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The Recording Academy And Clive Davis Present The 2010 Pre-GRAMMY Gala
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Recording Academy) - The Recording Academy and Clive Davis will continue the tradition of the annual Pre-GRAMMY Gala. This exclusive, star-studded celebration - attended by artists and industry VIPs in music, film and television and featuring special musical performances - ...
| Dolly Parton Wins First-Ever International Heartbeat Award
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ DollyWood Official Website) - Dolly Parton added yet another award to her trophy case in November-her first-ever Heartbeat Award for Sha-Kon-O-Hey! Land of Blue Smoke, a $1.3 million production which opened at her Dollywood theme park on May 9, 2009. Dollywood has won 15 ...
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Cursive, Ra Ra Riot, Spinnerette, Vienna Teng And The Flatlanders Among Nominees Of The 9th Independent Music Awards
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Independent Music Awards) - Reflecting a broad spectrum of the global independent music scene, an eclectic mix of self-released and independent label talent culled from six continents were named by Music Resource Group (MRG) today as Nominees for The 9th annual Independent ...
| Francesca Battistelli's First Grammy Nomination For Best Gospel Performance Closes Out Remarkable Year
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Francesca Battistelli Official Website) - Singer-songwriter Francesca Battistelli earned her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Gospel Performance for her hit single "Free To Be Me" from her debut record, My Paper Heart. "Free To Be Me" shattered records when it became ...
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Q-Tip's The Renaissance Receives Grammy Nomination For Best Rap Album
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Q-Tip Official Website) - Q-Tip's critically acclaimed 2008 album The Renaissance is nominated in the Grammy Awards' Best Rap Album category. Upon its release, rave reviews came pouring in from critics and fans alike. The Los Angeles Times called it "a casually complex, brilliantly ...
| Star Central Magazine Nominates Russell Young 'Track Of The Year'!
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Russell Young Official Website) - Even though he sounds like a lyricist at heart, From a small town in "Virginia", a place that is non-existent to the hip-hop world's of "Atlanta", "New York", "Miami", or "L.A." comes an artist who to the naked eye is the lesser known of the ...
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Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds Nominated for 2010 Grammy Award for 'Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media'
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds has been nominated for a 2010 Grammy Award for 'Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media,' it was announced on Wednesday. The album, which was released by Warner ...
| The Wolf Trap Opera Company Honored With GRAMMY Nomination for Recording of John Musto's Volpone
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Wolf Trap Foundation For The Performing Arts) - The Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts proudly announces a GRAMMY nomination in the category of 'Best Opera Recording' for Volpone, a piece commissioned by the Foundation and performed by the organization's nationally ...
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10 Singers, 2 Bands from New England Selected as 'Community Auditions' Finalists
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Verizon) - Ten singers and two vocal groups from New England will compete for the Community Auditions 2009 Grand Championship to be held Sunday (Dec. 6) at the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino. The event is sponsored by Verizon. The 12 finalists have already wowed ...
| L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Condemns Grammy Nomination For 'Murder Musician' Buju Banton
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center) - In response to the appalling Grammy nomination for Buju Banton, a performer whose music promotes the violent murder of LGBT people, the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Chief Public Affairs Officer Jim Key issued the following statement: "We're shocked ...
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Lauderdale Receives Grammy Nom For Best Bluegrass Album
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Jim Lauderdale Official Website) - JIM LAUDERDALE received a Grammy nomination when his latest album Could We Get Any Closer was honored in the Best Bluegrass Album category. Lauderdale is also in the mix in two other categories this year: he co-wrote two songs on George Strait's ...
| RANDY KOHRS, SLACK KEY STUDIO GET GRAMMY NOD WITH JIM LAUDERDALE'S LATEST CD
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Rural Rhythm Records) - In 2008, Jim Lauderdale took home the prestigious Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album with The Bluegrass Diaries, which was produced, engineered, and mixed by world-renowned musician/artist Randy Kohrs in his own Slack Key studio. Kohrs distinctive resonator ...
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Shore Fire Artists Earn 28 Grammy Nominations
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Shore Fire artists earned 28 GRAMMY Award nominations, as announced last night by The Recording Academy. Maxwell earned six nominations, including Song of the Year, while Zac Brown Band earned three nominations, including Best New Artist. Additionally, Bruce ...
| Brian Setzer Garners Grammy Nod For 'Mr. Surfer Goes Jazzin'
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Brian Setzer claimed a Grammy nomination last night in the "Best Rock Instrumental" category for his finger-blistering slice of surf rock, "Mr. Surfer Goes Jazzin," from 'Songs From Lonely Avenue' (Surfdog). Setzer is a 3-time Grammy winner, and this marks ...
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