BBC Jazz Awards 2003
LONDON, UK (BBC Press Release) - The third annual BBC Jazz Awards are nearly upon us. Hosts for the night are legendary bandleader and radio presenter Humphrey Lyttelton and Britain's best known jazz musician Courtney Pine. A galaxy of jazz loving stars have been confirmed to present awards, including ...
| The 2003 MuchMusic Video Awards
TORONTO, Canada (MuchMusic Website) - It is the best TV music channel around the world. The ceremony was excellent, the mood was electrifying, and the performances were bang on! Here is the full list of winners for 2003 MMVA: Best International Video - Artist Sean Paul - Gimme The Light (VP/Virgin) ...
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Luther Vandross has debuted at No1
NEW YORK (Luther Vandross Fans Website) - Luther Vandross' new album, released as he lay in a hospital recovering from a stroke, has debuted at No. 1, according to industry figures released Wednesday. "Dance With My Father" sold more than 440,000 copies in its first week of release, marking the first ...
| Teen choice nominations
LOS ANGELES (Teen Choice Awards Website) - Nominations were announced today for the Teen Choice Awards, sponsored by Teen People magazine. Jennifer Lopez leads the pack with 12 nominations, followed by Eminem with seven. Oddly, Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini are nominated for their movie "From Justin ...
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Metallica storms charts worldwide
NEW YORK (Metallica Fans Forums) - The new album by Metallica, St. Anger, is proving to be a global giant, taking No. 1 chart positions on both sides of the Atlantic - and, in some countries, securing high chart entries on the basis of only a few days' sales. Although the release of the band's 11th ...
| Metallica's 'St. Anger' straight to No1!
NEW YORK (Metallica Fans Website) - Metallica's new album, St. Anger, was released on Thursday (June 5), and despite an abbreviated week, it will debut at Number One on the next US album chart. The album more than doubled the total of the next biggest-selling album, Jewel's 0304, which will debut at ...
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VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25
NEW YORK (VH1) - Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit has been voted the greatest song of the past 25 years. The Seattle band's groundbreaking grunge anthem is top of VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years. The countdown will air over five nights, starting next Monday, on the video music ...
| American Idols begin chart battle
NEW YORK (Amazon/American Idol websites) - American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken could upstage winner Ruben Studdard in the charts as the pair have released their debut singles on the same day. Aiken's cover of Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water is reported to be outselling Studdard's Flying ...
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Led Zeppelin debuts at US No1!
NEW YORK (Hits magazine) - It looks like Led Zeppelin will have both the No1 album and DVD in the U.S this week. The music industry trade magazine Hits reports that about 145,000 copies of the three-CD, How The West Was Won have been sold since it was released last week, which should put it at the top ...
| The 38th annual Academy of Country Music Awards complete list
LAS VEGAS (Top 40 charts) - The complee winners list of 28th ACM awards which broadcast live from Mandalay Bay Resort. TOP FEMALE VOCALIST - MARTINA McBRIDE TOP MALE VOCALIST - KENNY CHESNEY TOP VOCAL DUO - BROOKS & DUNN TOP VOCAL GROUP - RASCAL FLATTS TOP NEW FEMALE VOCALIST - KELLIE COFFEY ENTERTAINER ...
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Turkey wins Eurovision 2003 contest!
Riga, LATVIA (Eurovison Fans Website) - Turkey have won the Eurovision Song Contest, after a fiercely-fought contest with Russia's Tatu and Belgium's Urban Trad. The UK's entry Jemini - duo Chris Crosbey, 21, and Jemma Abbey, 20 - had the ignominy of being the only entry to score no points. It is the ...
| Scotland to play host to MTV awards
LONDON, UK (MTV) - The MTV Europe Music Awards are to be held in Scotland. They will take place at Western Harbour in Leith near Edinburgh on November 6. A 6,000-capacity venue will be built specially for the ceremony on the waterfront at Leith - in celebration of the event's 10th anniversary. A spokesman ...
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Chayanne, Montenegro win Latin Billboards 2003
MIAMI, Florida (Telestar) - A pair of singer-actors, Puerto Rico's Chayanne and Mexico's Pilar Montenegro, were the big winners at the star-studded Billboard Latin Music Awards, taking home three trophies apiece.
Chayanne and Montenegro performed their hit songs, and megastars Ricky Martin and Thalia ...
| Kid Rock goes Platinum 17 times!
LOS ANGELES (RIAA) - On Kid Rock's debut album Devil Without A Cause, the title track proudly boasts "I'm going platinum" - and that's what Rock has done, 17 times over. Devil Without A Cause has reached 11-times platinum, and Rock's latest album Cocky is now quadruple-platinum. Added to the double-platinum ...
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NYC hosts the 22nd Annual International Reggae & World Music Awards
NEW YORK (IRAWMA press release) - Efrim Martin, president of Martin's Inter-Culture, Ltd. host of the a star studded awards expressed his obvious delight saying. "I am truly proud and honored to have the opportunity to bring these meaningful awards to New York City, the music capital of the world and ...
| 2003 JUNO Award winners list
TORONTO, Canada (Juno Awards) - Single: Complicated, Avril Lavigne Fan Choice: Shania Twain Album: Let Go, Avril Lavigne Artist: Shania Twain New group: Theory of a Deadman Producer: Alanis Morissette, Hands Clean and So Unsexy Songwriter: Chad Kroeger, Nickelback for Hero, Too Bad and How You ...
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Miami will host Latin Grammys
NEW YORK (Latin Academy) - Miami will be the venue for this year's Latin Grammys, despite a possible renewed threat of protests by Cuban emigrants. The awards show was moved to Los Angeles from Miami two years ago after threats of similar protests. But after months of negotiations between Miami officials ...
| Saddam's name on singles chart!
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Pat Garrett Official Website) - Just a few weeks ago, Pat Garrett was happily running his business, a firm that sells sheepskin coats and western wear (www.sheepskinsusa.com) and performing country music in his native Pennsylvania ... that is until things with Saddam became more than ...
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Performers at Kids' Choice Awards
LOS ANGELES (Kids Choice Awards) - Both Justin Timberlake and B2K will perform live at Nickelodeon's 16th Annual Kids' Choice Awards on April 12 at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California. American Idol stars Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini are also scheduled to appear at the show. Others due to ...
| Final presenters announced for JUNO Awards
TORONTO, Canada (JUNO Awards) - Chantal Kreviazuk, Doc Walker, James Ehnes, Jane Bunnett, Kathleen Edwards, K-OS, Nickelback and Theory of a Deadman join previously announced presenters Alanis Morissette, Danko Jones, Glenn Lewis, Jully Black, Molly Johnson, Sarah Slean and Shawn Desman for the 2003 ...
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