Community WET Series II Helps Albany, Georgia Honor Its Most Famous Son
Albany, Georgia (Top40 Charts/ WET Series) - The city of Albany, Georgia has given a nod to its best-known native son with the opening of a park in his honor. Ray Charles Plaza includes a fountain featuring a life-sized revolving, lighted bronze sculpture of the famed musician seated at a grand piano. ...
| AMG Entertainment To Form New Label With Producer/Songwriter Marti Frederiksen
NEWPORT BEACH, CA. (Top40 Charts/ AMG Entertainment) - AMG Entertainment, Inc., one of the industry's fastest growing record labels, announced today that it has signed a joint venture letter of agreement to create a new music company with award-winning hit producer and songwriter Marti Frederiksen and ...
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Gibson Guitar Launches Dark Fire The Most Remarkable New Guitar In 50 Years On December 15, 2008
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Gibson Guitar) - Gibson Guitar, the world's premier musical instrument manufacturer and leader in music technology announced today the limited availability of the Gibson Dark Fire guitar. Embracing the spirit of innovation and technical advancement that inspired the original ...
| Island Def Jam & Thumbplay Introduce Jay-Z Videos For Mobile Phones
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Thumbplay) - Island Def Jam Music Group, a division of Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, and Thumbplay, the one-stop entertainment shop for today's mobile devices, today announced that, for the first time ever, nine of JAY-Z's most popular video ...
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Universal Music Enterprises Partners Up With Amazon To Offer Three UMe Albums For $25, TODAY!!!
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Enterprises) - Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) is coming to the rescue of financially-strapped or simply unimaginative gift-givers this holiday season. Forget the fruitcake, underwear, tie, socks or sweater that screams "I couldn't think of anything ...
| Hands-On Mobile's Guitar Hero World Tour Mobile Now Available Nationwide
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ mPRm Public Relations) - Mobile phone subscribers everywhere will now have the opportunity to strum guitar strings and play the drums to the tune of their favorite songs. Hands-On Mobile, Inc., the world's leading developer of connected games and applications, in partnership ...
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Universal Music Group (UMG) & Meebo Bring Real-Time Social Interaction To Music Videos
NEW YORK, NY. & MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Group) - Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, and Meebo, the company that enables real-time social interactions, today announced that they have entered into an agreement to provide Meebo users with ad-supported ...
| INgrooves Sharpens Metal Blade
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Group) - INgrooves, a leading provider of digital distribution, marketing and promotion services to the independent music community, has entered into a distribution agreement with Metal Blade Records, an independent heavy metal record label. The announcement ...
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Courtney Holt Named President Of MySpace Music
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ MySpace Music) - MySpace today announced that Courtney Holt (https://www.myspace.com/courtneyholt) has been appointed President of MySpace Music, the world's most popular music community. Beginning on January 5, 2009, Holt will be responsible for overseeing the growth ...
| Steinway Unveils Limited Edition Signature Series With Bruce Hornsby's Selection Of Model B Grands
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Steinway & Sons) - Steinway & Sons, widely recognized as manufacturer of the finest pianos in the world, announced today the introduction of its new Limited Edition Signature Series, featuring Steinway Artist and three-time Grammy winner Bruce Hornsby. Mr. Hornsby ...
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Pete Ganbarg Named Atlantic Executive VP Of A&R
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) - Pete Ganbarg has joined Atlantic Records as Executive Vice President of A&R, based at the company's New York headquarters. The announcement was made by Atlantic Chairman/CEO Craig Kallman and President Julie Greenwald. Ganbarg, who began his A&R career ...
| Giorgio Armani & Il Divo Collaborate Again For 2009 World Tour
London, UK. (Top40 Charts/ SONY BMG MUSIC Entertainment) - Giorgio Armani will once again be the designer of choice for "Il Divo" on their 2009 world tour "An evening with Il Divo." The quartet has also chosen to wear Giorgio Armani clothes during the promotional tour, that is currently travelling across ...
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The Recording Academy Announces Appointment Of Peter Anton As Vice President, Digital Media
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top 40 Charts/ Recording Academy) - The Recording Academy today announced that it has appointed Peter Anton as its Vice President, Digital Media. In this newly created role, Anton will report directly to Executive Vice President David Grossman. "With more than 20 years in digital ...
| Death Cab For Cutie Joins The Grammy Foundation And Do Something To Launch Grassroots Grant Program For Young People That Uses Music To Create Social Change
Santa Monica, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Recording Academy) - Multi-GRAMMY-nominees Death Cab for Cutie have joined the GRAMMY Foundation (www.grammyfoundation.com) and Do Something (www.DoSomething.org) to launch Key Change Grants, a program created by students attending the 2008 GRAMMY Camp that encourages ...
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Microsoft Announces New Zune Pass Music Subscription Model
REDMOND, WA. (Top40 Charts/ Microsoft) - Zune, Microsoft Corp.'s digital music and entertainment service, today announced landmark agreements with major and independent music labels to bring significant new value to the subscription music model. The Zune Pass subscription service currently gives consumers ...
| The Sims Label Announces Winifred Phillips As The Composer Of The Original Score For SimAnimals
REDWOOD CITY, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Electronic Arts) - Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced that award-winning composer Winifred Phillips will score the theme music for the newest IP in The Sims family, SimAnimals. Winner of four Game Audio Network Guild Awards, Phillips has been repeatedly ...
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Billboard & Eventful Announce A New Way To Top the Charts
San Diego, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Eventful Official Website) - Eventful, the leader in discovering and promoting local events, and Billboard, the world's premiere music brand, have joined forces to offer the 'Eventful Hottest Demand' and the 'Eventful Weekly Most in Demand' charts, ranking performers who ...
| The Fader And Southern Comfort Look To Brooklyn For Their Next Limited Edition 7-Inch Featuring Telepathe & 77klash
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ FADER) - The FADER, the definitive voice of emerging music, and Southern Comfort announce the eighth installment in their series of limited-edition 7-inch vinyl releases curated by the editors of The FADER. This rare pressing of only five hundred copies will also be accessible ...
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Nokia Music Store Italy: More Than 4 Million Songs
MILAN, Italy and ESPOO, Finland (Top40 Charts/ Nokia Corporation) - Today Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has announced the launch in Italy of its new digital music site, Nokia Music Store, which already has a catalogue of more than 4 million songs amongst which can be found top selling records, including records ...
| New Social Media Report Challenges Traditional Billboard Music Charts
MADISON, WI. (Top40 Charts/ Networked Insights) - Networked Insights, a provider of customer intelligence across social media, today released the second Measuring the Social report detailing the top 10 songs among the online audience as compared to Billboard's weekly Hot 100 chart. While traditional ...
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