Beyonce and Jay-Z big winners at 2004 BET Awards
LOS ANGELES (BET TV Website) - R&B diva Beyonce and her rap star boyfriend Jay-Z won separate awards and were honoured for their hit song collaboration at the 2004 BET Awards. Beyonce was named best female R&B artist, and Jay-Z won the award to top male hip-hop artist. They both won for their collaboration ...
| 'Gemini Moon' by Lucinda has 20 months of airplay and still shining
RIDGEFIELD, NJ (Jerry Lembo Entertainment Group press release) - "Gemini Moon", the debut single from Lucinda's album Bright Light was released in November, 2002. The track was discovered by Joe Limardi (formerly Program Director for Y105 FM in Danbury, CT and currently Program Director for WRQQ in ...
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UK to get downloads chart
NEW YORK (BPI) - The UK's first legal download chart will launch on 1 September, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) announced yesterday. The Chart will be drawn from a number of download sites in the UK including Mycokemusic.com, Apple's iTunes, Napster, MSN, Playlouder, Virgin and 7 Digital Media. ...
| ASCAP celebrates its 17th annual Rhythm & Soul Music Awards in Los Angeles; 50 Cent picks up awards with Jay-Z and Rick James
LOS ANGELES (Bobbi Marcus Public Relations) - Over 600 music and entertainment luminaries gathered at the 17th Annual ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Music Awards tonight at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles to celebrate the songwriters behind some of today's most popular music as awards were presented ...
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5th Annual Latin Grammy Nominees to be announced on July 14 at the Mayan
LOS ANGELES (The Latin Recording Academy press release) - The Latin Recording Academy will announce the nominations for the 5th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards on Wednesday, July 14, 2004, 9:30 a.m. (PT). The 'Nominations' event will be held at the Mayan, 1038 South Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90015. The ...
| Beasties 'Ch-Check In' at No. 1
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - The Beastie Boys opened number 1 on the Billboard US Album Chart. The Boys sold 360,000 copies of 'To the 5 Boroughs' which is a bit of a disappointment. Music insiders were expecting the new album by the Beastie Boys, their first in six years, to sell more than 500,000 copies ...
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Berkeley Park Records announces the winners of the 2003-4 BPR Original Song Competition
LOS ANGELES (Berkely Park Records) - Berkeley Park Records (BPR) is excited to announce the winners of the 2003-4 BPR Original Song Competition. The BPR Original Song Competition focuses on launching careers by providing an opportunity for unsigned songwriters, original solo artists and indie bands ...
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Movie Music
LOS ANGELES (American Film Institute press release) - The American Film Institute (AFI) revealed the top movie songs of all time in AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs three-hour special television event hosted by John Travolta. Having contributed to the list himself-his dance moves helped SATURDAY NIGHT ...
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BMI Christian Music Awards proclaim 'To Ever Live Without Me' Song of the Year
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BMI Website)- 2004 Performing rights organization BMI saluted the writers and publishers of the past year's most performed Christian songs during the BMI Christian Music Awards tonight, with highest honors reserved for "To Ever Live Without Me" as Song of the Year; Steven Curtis Chapman, ...
| 2004 MMVAs full winners list
TORONTO, Canada (MuchMusic TV) - A video from the scruffy-faced rocker Sam Roberts (Montreal native) snagged three trophies as fans clamoured tonight at the gates of the music industry's annual house party, the MuchMusic Video Awards. Enthusiastic fans lined the streets around MuchMusic for the 15th ...
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Marc Anthony debuts No 1 in sales
MIAMI, FL. (Sony Norte)- Marc Anthony has debuted in the number one spot in sales in Billboard Magazine's "Latin Chart" with the international singer's most recent album "Amar Sin Mentiras" ("To Love Without Lies"), which was released Tuesday, June 8. Selling more than 35,000 copies in just a week, ...
| Nominations for 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards to be announced December 8
LOS ANGELES (The Recording Academy) - The National Acaemy of Recording Arts & Sciences is announcing today the Nominations date for the 47th Annual Grammy Awards: Wednesday, December 8, 2004. Dec. 8, the announcement of nominations for the 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards, including the addition of four new ...
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Indie Acoustic Project now accepting submissions for the Best CDs of 2004 Awards
BOULDER , CO. (Indie Acoustic Project) - What qualifies: any full-length (25 minutes or longer) CD that: (1) is mostly acoustic, and (2) has been (or will have been) released for sale to the public during 2004 by any entity other than a major US label. Recordings released by a non-major but distributed ...
| Leslie Clemmons debuts in AC Hot 100
NEW YORK (www.leslieclemmonsmusic.com) - Verdict Records has engaged veteran radio promoter Howard Rosen to work Leslie Clemmons' first Single from her Album "Stop The World" to Adult Contemporary radio stations around the country. In less than five weeks, Leslie's single "Lie In Your Arms" was one ...
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Velvet Revolver spins to top
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Velvet Revolver's "Contraband" remains on track to snag the top slot on The Billboard 200 Album chart from Usher, whose "Confessions" just finished its ninth winning week. Velvet Revolver debuts at No. 1 on first-week sales by selling 256,000 copies, and putting the album on ...
| BMI Christian Music Awards set for June 21
NEW YORK (BMI) - BMI will honor the songwriters and publishers of the past year's most performed Christian songs at the 2004 BMI Christian Music Awards on Monday, June 21. Staged at the company's Music Row offices, the invitation-only event will spotlight the top songs in the Adult Contemporary, Christian ...
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Alicia Keys, Ludacris, Jay-Z and Kanye West added in the performance lineup at BET Awards '04 on June 29 in LA
LOS ANGELES (Black Entertainment Television) - Unveiled on popular video countdown show 106 & PARK, BET announced the addition of some of music's leading lights to the sizzling performance lineup for BET AWARDS '04 airing live at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on Tuesday, June 29 at 8:00 p.m. ET. Songbird ...
| Jay-Z & Rick James to be honored with special in the 17th Annual ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards, June 28
LOS ANGEELS (ASCAP, The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) - Grammy Award winner Jay-Z is being honored with ASCAP's prestigious Golden Note Award for his groundbreaking achievements as a songwriter and artist. Jay-Z has been consistently topping the charts since his ...
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Katrina Carlson's 'Count On Me' entrance into the Top-5 on the ACQB charts
LOS ANGELES (Kataphonic Records) - The singer Katrina Carlson has just cracked the Top 5 on the ACQB charts with her second hit song, "Count On Me," from sophomore release, Untucked, establishing herself as a bona fide Adult Contemporary artist among her industry contemporaries. "Count On Me," mixed ...
| Virsione and AEP projected P/E Ratios for USA & EU 'Ringtones' chart
NEW YORK (Versione & AEP press release) - Virsione and AEP, the leading authority in ringtone charting application technologies announced the syndication of Songwriter Nico Demonte's publication of the top twenty ringtones chart for the EU and USA markets. Projected cost savings and P/E ratio for high ...
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