MIMS Earns Virgin Mobile USA Award
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Capitol Records) - Capitol Records RIAA platinum-certified artist MIMS is being honored by Virgin Mobile USA with a special award for being the 50-millionth ringtone purchased by Virgin Mobile customers. The milestone was reached earlier this year. Last year, Virgin Mobile ...
| It's Gonna Be a B-Day at The BET Awards '07 as Beyonce Tops All Nominees With Six Nods
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ BET Networks) - BET Networks, a unit of Viacom, today announced the nominees, host and recipients of the Lifetime Achievement and Humanitarian honors for their signature awards show - The BET Awards '07. As cable television's number 1 awards show, BET AWARDS '07 is raising ...
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'The Road to Austin' Live Music Event Celebrates Austin as the Live Music Capital of the World; Kris Kristofferson Recipient of Inaugural 'Texas Legends Award'
Austin, TX. (Top40 Charts/ Live Music Event Austin) - The Eyes of Texas and the world focus once more on Austin, Texas on May 19, as the city and music community celebrates "The Road to Austin," commemorating Austin's musical history and current designation as the Live Music Capital of the World. The ...
| Winners Announced For The 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards
LAS VEGAS, NV. (Top40 Charts/ Academy of Country Music) - Winners have been announced for the 42nd ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS. Honorees received their awards during a star-studded ceremony broadcast LIVE on the CBS Television Network from MGM GRAND in Las Vegas. This evening Kenny Chesney ...
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BMI Honors the Bee Gees as Icons at 55th Annual Pop Awards Ceremony
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ BMI) - Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), the leading U.S. performing rights organization, staged its 55th Annual Pop Awards tonight honoring the Bee Gees as its 2007 Pop Icons; Kara DioGuardi and Sean Garrett as Songwriters of the Year; 'Because of You' as Song of the Year; ...
| ASCAP to Honor Mary J. Blige at 20th Anniversary Rhythm & Soul Music Awards Celebration
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ ASCAP) - The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) will honor Mary J. Blige during its 20th Anniversary Rhythm & Soul Music Awards on June 25, 2007, at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. Blige will be presented with the ASCAP Voice ...
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Canadian Singer-Songwriter Christine Evans Wins Album of the Year at Vancouver's 2007 Island Music Awards
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Christine Evans Official Website) - Sixteen year-old Canadian singer-songwriter Christine Evans, who emerged from the same thriving Vancouver Island music scene that introduced Nelly Furtado and Diana Krall, won the Album of the Year honor at last month's Island Music ...
| mtvU, Epic records & College Students Crown Bamboo Shoots 2007 College 'Artist of the Year'
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ mtvU) - Last night on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," mtvU, MTV's 24-hour college network, and Epic Records unveiled the winner of mtvU's inaugural "Best Music on Campus Artist of the Year" competition: Bamboo Shoots, of Middlesex County College. Propelled by votes ...
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Public Has Decided On John Lennon Award Winners
New York, NY. (John Lennon Awards Website) - The $20,000 Maxell Song of the Year Prize Will Be Presented by 3-time Grammy Winner Fergie on June 21 in New York during the 'Fergie Verizon Mobile VIP Tour' The Grand Prize Winners from Session I and II of the year-round John Lennon Songwriting Contest ...
| Serbia's Marija Serifovic 'Molitva' (Prayer) Wins 52nd Eurovision Song Contest!
HELSINKI, Finland (Top40 Charts) - After one of the most exciting votings ever, Serbia won the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Molitva. Marija SERIFOVIC received 268 points from telephone voters in 42 countries with her potent but simply-staged ballad "Molitva", or "Prayer"! The winning song ...
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Helsinki Is Getting Ready For The Final Of The 2007 Eurovision Song Contest
HELSINKI, Finland (Top40 Charts) - The Final of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest will take place on 12th May, 2007, under the theme True Fantasy. The top-10 of the Semi-Final will take part, as well as last year's top-10 and the so-called 'Big Four' (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom). ...
| UNRULEY COOLEY On CJM Charts
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Unruley Cooley Official Website) - Unruley Cooley is No 28 on the Top 30 of the CJM April Charts. Please request their songs on KMUD radio. TOP 30 1 RON WHITEHEAD I Will Not Bow Down Self-Released 2 GREYBOY ALLSTARS What Happened To TV? SCI Fidelity 3 COWBOY JUNKIES Long Journey ...
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BMG Label Group Artists Place Four Albums In This Week's Top Ten
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ RCA Label Group) - Artists of the BMG Label Group dominate the chart this week with four of the country's Top Ten best-selling albums. Avril Lavigne's new RCA album, The Best Damn Thing, is the nation's Number One best-seller for a second week with an additional 121,630 ...
| EMI Christian Music Group Takes Home 13 Doves
Brentwood, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Sparrow Records) - EMI Christian Music Group took home 13 Dove Awards at the Gospel Music Association's annual award show last Wednesday. The evening started off with a bang with the show opening performance of 'Lose My Soul' by TobyMac featuring Kirk Franklin and American ...
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Jazz Newcomer Kellylee Evans Wins Canadian Smooth Jazz Award
Toronto, Canada (Top 40 Charts/ ENLIVEN! Media) - Less than a year after the indie release of her debut CD, 'Fight or Flight?' jazz singer and songwriter Kellylee Evans has won the 2007 Canadian Smooth Jazz Award for Female Vocalist of the Year. Her fellow nominees included veteran performers Carol ...
| The Zomba Label Group Dominates The Billboard Hot Ringmasters Chart
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Zomba Label Group) - The Zomba Label Group takes over the Billboard Hot RingMasters Chart. For the third week in a row, T-Pain, R. Kelly and Huey rule the charts and account for nearly three million in ringtone downloads. For the third week in a row, T-Pain tops the ...
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Off-Camera Winners Announced for the 42nd ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS
ENCINO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC) - Today the Academy of Country Music is announcing the winners of awards that will be presented before the live telecast of the 42nd ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS. The ceremony, which honors country music's top talent as well as the industry's ...
| Young Modern Eclipses Frogstomp
Sydney, AU. (Top40 Charts/EMI MUSIC Australia) - Silverchair's new album Young Modern officially became the most successful album of their career today when it racked up its fourth week at No 1 on the national albums chart. This achievement tops the three weeks their phenomenally successful debut Frogstomp ...
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The Recording Academy Presents 2007 Grammy Salute To Gospel
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Recording Academy) - Gospel Music Hall of Fame members the Clark Sisters, GRAMMY-winning artist Dr. Bobby Jones, and three-time GRAMMY winner Michael W. Smith, will be recipients of the President's Merit Award at the 2007 GRAMMY Salute To Gospel event on June 8 in Washington, ...
| RCA Music Group Artists Rule the Top Ten
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ RCA Music Group) - Artists of the RCA Music Group dominate the chart this week with three of the country's Top Ten best-selling albums. Avril Lavigne leads the way with the Number One debut of her new RCA album The Best Damn Thing, which scored first-week sales of 286,000 ...
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