Maria Mena's 'White Turns Blue' debuts at No 1 On Billboard's Heatseekers New Album Chart
NEW YORK (Columbia Records/ www.mariamenaonline.com ) - Released to stores on July 20, 2004, White Turns Blue, the Columbia Records debut album from singer/songwriter Maria Mena, has debuted at No 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers best-selling new albums chart. "You're The Only One," the first single from ...
| Black Eyed Peas, Cafe Quijano, Fher of Mana, Quincy Jones, La Ley, George Lopez, Cheech Marin, Dave Matthews, Ozomatli, Robi Rosa, Rob Thomas, Julieta Venegas honor International Superstar Carlos Santana as 2004 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year
MIAMI (Latin Recording Academy) - An impressive star-studded roster already has confirmed for the 2004 Latin Recording Academy Person Of The Year tribute honoring Carlos Santana. George Lopez and Cheech Marin will co-host and Quincy Jones will be the Executive Producer of the tribute gala to take place ...
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The Maynard Brothers Nominated for Best Album and Best Song
JOHNJONVILLE, NY (PacificSol) - PacificSol recording artists, The Maynard Brothers Band, 2nd CD release Nasty Packages and the stellar title cut has been nominated in the 2004 Just Plain Folks (JPF) Music Awards for Best Album and Best Song in the Blues category. The 2004 Just Plain Folks Music Awards ...
| Ashlee Simpson makes history, debuting No1 with 'Autobiography', her premiere Geffen album
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Geffen Records) - Marking yet another chapter in the year's most amazing musical success story, Geffen recording artist Ashlee Simpson has debuted No 1 for the week ending July 25, 2004 on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart selling over 398,000 copies of her newly-released CD Autobiography. ...
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Jay-Z tops 21st Annual MTV Video Music Awards 2004 with six nominations for '99 Problems'
NEW YORK (MTV Press release) - MTV: Music Television today announced the nominees for the "2004 MTV Video Music Awards." Jay-Z topped the list with six nominations for his music video "99 Problems." Beyonce, No Doubt, OutKast and Usher follow with five nods each. Beyonce nabbed four nods for her music ...
| Usher, Kanye West, Hoobastank, Yellowcard, Jet, & Jessica Simpson set to perform at the '2004 MTV Video Music Awards'
NEW YORK (MTV press release) - MTV: Music Television today announced that mega-chart toppers Usher, Kanye West, and Jessica Simpson will all perform at the "2004 MTV Video Music Awards." Hoobastank, Yellowcard, & Jet will also team up for a super-sized rock performance. This is the first in a rapidly ...
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Crossfade single 'Cold' hits No 1 on R&R's Active Rock Chart
NEW YORK (Columbia Records) - After hovering at No 2 for five straight weeks on the R&R Active Rock chart, the South Carolina hard rock quartet Crossfade has finally toppled Velvet Revolver this week to become the new No 1 artist at the top of the chart. "Cold," the first single from Crossfade's self-titled ...
| BPI support new Urban Music Awards
NEW YORK (BPI announcement) - The UMA (Urban Music Awards) is a new award ceremony supporting the best of UK Urban and Dance music. The UMA awards are in recognition of the various artists/dj's/musicians/labels/club nights that make up the vibrant underground, dance, and urban music scene. The UMA awards ...
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IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards) kicks off
LOS ANGELES (www.inacoustic.com) - IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards) promotes excellence in Acoustic Music Performance and Artistry. Acoustic artists in various genres can gain exciting radio and web exposure through this competition. IAMA is open to all independent artists and labels. Unlike ...
| Jimmy Buffet Chills at the top of Billboard's Chart
NASHVILLE, TN. & NEW YORK (RCA Records/ Top40 Charts) - Margaritaville's own Jimmy Buffett enjoys the biggest chart week and first No 1 record of his 25+ year career with the release of his latest album, the country/Caribbean License To Chill. The collection, which features duets with some of country's ...
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First Aannual Urban Gospel Industry Awards winners announced
LOS ANGELES (www.UrbanGospelAlliance.com) - The first annual Urban Gospel Industry Awards Show was held on Saturday, July 17th at the Riverside Convention Center. The show was co- hosted by former UPN star Cee Cee Michaela and featured performances by Tiffany Laing, Sean Slaughter, Al LaFons George, ...
| Franz Ferdinand leads Mercury Prize shortlist
LONDON, UK (Mercury prize Website) - Albums by the Streets and Franz Ferdinand are the leading contenders for the 2004 Nationwide Mercury Prize, a prestigious British music award. Newcomers with a good odds on an award are: Keane's Hopes & Fears, the Zutons' Who Killed ... The Zutons, Amy Winehouse's ...
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Award winning Canadian songwriter Rose Grgas scores big
NEW YORK (VH1 press release/ www.cymplyrose.com) - Toronto native Rose Grgas recently received the honor of being named Finalist by Song Of The Year (www.songoftheyear.com) songwriting contest. Song of the Year is an international songwriting contest,supporting VH-1's Save the Music Foundation. The ...
| Nominees for the 2004 Americana Honors & Awards Show announced, ceremony to be held September 24 at the Nashville Convention Center
NASHVILLE, TN (www.americanamusic.org) - Nominees for the 2004 Americana Honors & Awards show were announced this afternoon in a press conference held at BMI's Nashville offices. The Americana Honors & Awards — which recognizes the achievements of Americana music's greatest practitioners - is ...
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Cash Money Records dominates the Charts with hits from Lil Wayne, Teena Marie & Juvenile
NEW YORK (Universal Records) - Cash Money/Universal Records is dominating the charts with, Lil Wayne, Juvenile and Teena Marie. The label is enjoying success with Lil Wayne's highest solo album debut ever, Teena Marie's No 1 single and Juvenile's biggest radio hit to date. Cash Money's prodigy child, ...
| Lloyd Banks, Usher reign on US albums chart
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - According to Nielsen SoundScan data the rapper Lloyd Banks helded at the No 1 of the US albums chart. In the second spot remained Usher's "Confessions" which is the best-selling album of 2004 with 4.7 million copies only in North America. The US Singles chart continues to have ...
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The Cure debuts in the Top10 all around the world
NEW YORK (Geffen Records) - In the United States the album came in at No 7 on the Billboard Top 20. Some other great chart numbers include Mexico at No 1, Italy at No 2, Germany at No 3, France at No 4, Switzerland at No 5, Spain at No 5, Denmark at No 6, Argentina at No 6, United Kingdom at No 8, Belgium ...
| 5th Annual Latin Grammy nominees spotlight eclectic balance of established music makers and dynamic, emerging crossover scene
LOS ANGELES (Grammy press release) - NOMINATIONS LED BY BRAZILIAN PRODUCER TOM CAPONE WITH FIVE; ALVARO ALENCAR, MARIA RITA, ALEJANDRO SANZ, AND BEBO VALDES WITH FOUR EACH - CAFE TACUBA, DIEGO EL CIGALA, MICK GUZAUSKI, KEVIN JOHANSEN, JAVIER LIMON, PEPE LOECHES, ROBI DRACO ROSA, RAFA SARDINA, AND JULIETA ...
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Rev. Al Green to be honored as BMI Icon at 4th Annual BMI Urban Awards Aug. 27 in Miami
NEW YORK (BMI announcement) - BMI today announced that legendary soul songwriter and recording artist the Rev. Al Green will be honored as a BMI Icon at the performing rights organization's 4th annual Urban Awards. The gala awards and dinner will be held August 27 at Club Tropigala at the Fontainebleau ...
| Aussie trifecta on the ARIA Albums Charts
MELBOURNE, Australia (ARIA announcement) - In this week's ARIA Albums Chart, two Aussie albums have returned to the Top 3 to join the reigning Australian No.1 Album, Wayward Angel, by Kasey Chambers. This Aussie Trifecta - made up of Kasey, Pete Murray and Jet - has been rejoined by The John Butler ...
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