The Parlotones Win 2 International Songwriting Competition Awards
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Skylar Entertainment/ International Songwriting Competition) - The results of the International Songwriting competition have been announced and South Africa's The Parlotones have won 1st Place for Music Video for 'Overexposed' and 2nd Place for Performance for singer Kahn ...
| 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards Will Heat Up Las Vegas On November 5, 2009
MIAMI, FL. (Top40 Charts/ Latin Recording Academy) - The Latin Recording Academy, Univision Network, Mandalay Bay, and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority today announced that the 10th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards will take center stage at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on Thursday, Nov. 5, ...
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Holland-Dozier-Holland To Receive Songwriter's Hall Of Fame Johnny Mercer Award During Mercer Centennial Year
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - The Songwriter's Hall of Fame, the organization founded by in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond, will award the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award to the songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland during the 2009 centennial ...
| Paul Carrack No 1 Most Added At AC Radio This Week!
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ 429 Records) - Long a respected fixture in both the UK and U.S. music scenes, masterful vocalist, musician and songwriter Paul Carrack is back in a big way as his new single, "I Don't Want To Hear Any More" from his all new release I KNOW THAT NAME was No 1 Most Added ...
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Matthew West 'You Are Everything' Named ASCAP Christian Song Of The Year
Brentwood, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Sparrow Records) - Matthew West and his cowriter Sam Mizell accepted awards Monday night (April 20) for penning ASCAP's Christian song of the year, "You Are Everything." In accepting his award for song of the year, West admitted "You Are Everything" will always hold special ...
| NARM Honors Daryl Hall and John Oates For Sustained Creative Achievement
MARLTON, N.J. (Top40 Charts/ NARM) - The National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) announces that it will honor legendary musical artists Daryl Hall and John Oates with the Chairman's Award for Sustained Creative Achievement. The duo, which has sold more albums than any other in history ...
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Blues Foundation Adds Elvin Bishop, Watermelon Slim, Many Others To Blues Music Awards Bill
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - The Blues Foundation has announced additional performers at the 30th annual Blues Music Awards, stretching the ceremony into a six-plus hour concert featuring 29 sets and 46 performers. Here are the performers newly added to the 2009 BMAs (listed below), ...
| ASCAP Celebrates Pop Music Hitmakers At Star-Studded Event In Hollywood
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ ASCAP) - More than 600 songwriters, recording artists, industry leaders and members of the music community gathered at the 26th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards on Wednesday, April 22nd at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, California to salute the songwriters and ...
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Composer David Newman To Receive Richard Kirk Award At BMI Film & Television Awards
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ BMI) - Prolific composer David Newman will receive the Richard Kirk Award for outstanding career achievement at BMI's annual Film & Television Awards on Wednesday, May 20 in Los Angeles. Staged at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, the black-tie, invitation-only dinner will also ...
| 2009 Canadian Country Music Association Awards To Be Held Sept. 13 In Vancouver
NASHVILEL, TN (Top40 Charts/ AristoMedia) - This year's 2009 Canadian Country Music Awards will be held Sept. 13 in Vancouver, British Columbia at General Motors Place, concluding four days of exciting music industry events known as Country Music Week. Country Music Week, held Sept. 10-13, is the ...
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Jeff Beck Is No 1 On DVD Soundscan charts!
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Eagle Rock Entertainment) - Jeff Beck's Performing This Week...Live From Ronnie Scott's DVD has hit No 1 on this week's music DVD Soundscan charts! Released by Eagle Rock Entertainment on March 31, this DVD had a debut of No 2 last week, and was released simultaneously with ...
| Enrique Iglesias, Daddy Yankee, Ruben Blades y los Seis del Solar, Reik, Aventura, Akon and Wisin y Yandel Joins Performers At The 2009 Billboard Latin Music Awards
MIAMI, FL. (Top40 Charts/ Telemundo) - Latin music super-stars, Enrique Iglesias, Daddy Yankee, Ruben Blades y los Seis del Solar, Reik, Aventura, and Wisin y Yandel, will join the star-studded line-up of artists scheduled to perform at the 2009 Billboard Latin Music Awards, presented by State Farm. ...
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Charlie Daniels Receives Joe M. Rodgers Spirit Of America Award From MTSU
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Middle Tennessee State University) - Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) officials presented legendary musician Charlie Daniels with the Joe M. Rodgers Spirit of America Award, an honor presented to a businessperson who has demonstrated the best of the spirit of America ...
| The Black Eyed Peas Score Their First No 1 On Billboard's Hot 100 Chart
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Interscope Records) - "Boom Boom Pow," the new single from three-time Grammy Award winning, multi-platinum Interscope recording artists The Black Eyed Peas, lands at No 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. The first single from their upcoming release, The E.N.D. gave the Peas ...
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DEREK JOSEPH's 'No Cool Way' Reaches Top 75 On Music Row Chart!
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Little House Records) - Little House Records recording artist, DEREK JOSEPH, is celebrating his first Top 75 with 'No Cool Way'! The single made its debut appearance on the Music Row chart on January 29 and quickly landed within the Top 100. Just eleven weeks since its ...
| Diana Krall Earns Highest Ever Chart Debut With New Album 'Quiet Nights' Landing At No 3
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Diana Krall has earned her highest ever chart debut this week, landing at No 3 atop the Billboard 200 with her new album 'Quiet Nights' (Verve). With 104,000 scans, this is the musician's second biggest sales week of her career and her fourth consecutive ...
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Taylor Swift Wins Album Of The Year At Academy Of Country Music Awards
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Big Machine Records) - Taylor Swift won big at last night's 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, taking home THREE trophies, including the Album Of The Year Award, the most prestigious industry-awarded honor of the evening, for her triple-platinum-plus album Fearless. ...
| Pacha New York Wins Top Honors At WMC - Best Superclub & Best U.S. Club
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Pacha) - Pacha NYC returns to New York after a week of wildly successful parties at Winter Music Conference with record attendance and sold-out, at-capacity shows. Amidst the frenzy, Pacha NYC brings home five Disco Globes for the 2009 Club World Awards, including top honors ...
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Winners Announced For The 44th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS
LAS VEGAS, NV. (Top40 Charts/ Academy Of Country Music) - Winners have been announced for the 44th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, a star-studded ceremony broadcast LIVE tonight on the CBS Television Network from MGM GRAND in Las Vegas. More than half a million fans voted in the Entertainer ...
| Fifth Annual Musicares Map Fund Benefit Concert To Honor Anthony Kiedis
Santa Monica, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Recording Academy) - The fifth annual MusiCares MAP Fund benefit concert will honor multi-GRAMMY-winning Red Hot Chili Peppers co-founder and lead singer Anthony Kiedis, and it will take place for the first time at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on Friday, May 8, 2009. Kiedis ...
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