R. Kelly Misses Court Date Because Of Tour Bus Delay
CHICAGO, IL. (Top40 Charts/ R. Kelly PR Team) - Recording artist R. Kelly, currently in the middle of a nationwide concert tour, missed a scheduled court appearance in Chicago today because of bad weather and a delay involving his tour bus. Kelly's bus, which was taking him from California back to ...
| Bodog Music Welcomes DMX To Label
VANCOUVER, Canada (Top40 Charts/ Bodog Music) - Bodog Music is thrilled to announce the worldwide signing of hip hop icon DMX to its growing roster of talented recording artists. Multi-platinum selling DMX has delivered five No. 1 Billboard albums, earning him the undisputed title as the king of ...
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R&B Superstar Rihanna Named Most-Streamed Artist On MSN Music In Concert For 2007
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Top40 Charts/ Waggener Edstrom Worldwide) - Rihanna will have to wait until February to see if she takes home a Grammy, but Control Room and MSN today announced the international star has already beaten out her competition as the most-streamed performer on MSN Music in Concert ...
| Zazzle Signs Disturbing tha Peace Records and Musician/Actor Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges to Strategic Custom Online On-Demand Merchandise Deal
REDWOOD CITY, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Zazzle) - Zazzle, the only on-demand, online retail platform to offer billions of products that ship in 24 hours, today announced a strategic online distribution deal with hip hop icon Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, and his Disturbing tha Peace (DTP) record company. DTP Records ...
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R&B Star Akon Breaks Into Huge South Asian Market
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Desi Hits!) - Last month it was rap sensation 50 Cent using https://www.desihits.com to break into the emerging and lucrative worldwide South Asian market-this month it's R&B megastar Akon. Once again, the world's leading fusion music hub Desi Hits! is the first to break ...
| R&B Legend Keith Sweat Returns With Brand-New Album 'JUST ME'
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Rhino Entertainment) - Atco Records, an imprint of Rhino Entertainment, announces the March 18 release of "JUST ME," the first new studio album from R&B legend Keith Sweat since his 2002 "Rebirth" set. The original "new jack" hitmaker, who celebrated 20 years as a chart ...
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Mary J. Blige To Perform Live On SIRIUS Satellite Radio
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ SIRIUS Satellite Radio) - SIRIUS Satellite Radio and Mary J. Blige will celebrate the release of her new album Growing Pains (Geffen) with a special pre-Christmas live performance exclusively for fans at SIRIUS' Rockefeller Center studios in New York City. Mary Xmas and ...
| Usher, NHL and Verizon Wireless Partner For 2008 NHL All-Star Benefit Performances
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ National Hockey League) - The National Hockey League (NHL) and Verizon Wireless have partnered with global superstar, singer, businessman and humanitarian Usher to host two benefit performances during the 2008 NHL All- Star Weekend in Atlanta. Proceeds from the events, which ...
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B Real (Cypress Hill) Has A New Mixtape Release 'The Gunslinger 3: For A Few Dollars More'
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Cypress Hill Official Website) - Rap icon B Real of Cypress Hill brings the heat just in time to melt away those holiday blues with the release of his eagerly anticipated new mixtape, The Gunslinger 3: For A Few Dollars More on Latin Thug Records, available in stores ...
| KOCH Records Announces New Album 'Silverback Gorilla' By Sheek Louch
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ KOCH Records) - KOCH Records is proud to announce the release of "Silverback Gorilla," the brand new album by D-Block member Sheek Louch. "Silverback Gorilla" will hit stores everywhere in February 2008. The album features a who's-who list of guest appearances including ...
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Tell Beanie Sigel What Your 'Solution' Is?
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Def Jam Records) - For the release of his new album Beanie Sigel will rely on the music and message of "The Solution", an album that promises to be the solution for what hip-hop is missing. 'The Solution' clearly addresses the problems: poverty, boredom, imitators, poor ...
| 'LUPE FIASCO'S THE COOL' Drops On December 18, 2007
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) - 1st & 15th/Atlantic recording artist Lupe Fiasco has announced next week's release of his hugely anticipated second album, "LUPE FIASCO'S THE COOL." Highlighted by the smash single/video, "Superstar (Feat. Matthew Santos)," the collection arrives in stores ...
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Chuck D Signs With Killer Tracks To Produce New Hip-Hop Library, Chuck D Presents
Beverly Hills, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Killer Tracks) - Chuck D, hip-hop icon and founding member of the controversial and pioneering rap group Public Enemy, has signed a worldwide production deal with Killer Tracks, the premier provider of music for use in film, television, advertising and interactive media. ...
| New CD Release, LaMont Anthony's 'In My Comfort Zone' On UjamGruvNited Records
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ UjamGruvNited Records) - I love music! I mean I knew from the time that I was young that I would have something to do with music. I did not know, however, that I would write and produce songs. I was influenced by Elton John, Parliament, Stevie Wonder. Prince, Earth, Wind ...
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JANET JACKSON TO RELEASE FIRST NEW 'FEEDBACK' AT ISLAND DEF JAM, IMPACTS JANUARY 7, 2008
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ By Laura Swanson/ Island Def Jam) - International megastar Janet Jackson, who has sold over 100 million albums worldwide and is the newest signing to the Island Def Jam Music Group, has completed her first new single for the label with hitmaking producer Rodney Jerkins. "Feedback" ...
| 'Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is' Premieres As The No 1 Series Telecast In BET History!
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ BET Networks) - It was a history-making night for BET, as the season finale of the network's critically acclaimed series KEYSHIA COLE: THE WAY IT IS triumphed as the No 1 series telecast in BET history. More than 2.9 million viewers and 2.0 million households tuned in on ...
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Snoop Dogg Hosts Third Annual Snoop Youth Football League Benefit Concert
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Geffen Records) - Megastar entertainer Snoop Dogg will host his third annual benefit concert to take place on Saturday, December 15th at the House of Blues in Los Angeles. All proceeds from the sold out show will go to the Snoop Youth Football League (SYFL), the 2,500 ...
| Keyshia Cole's 'Just Like You' Reaches Platinum Status!
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Geffen Records) - Double Grammy nominee Keyshia Cole's sophomore CD "Just Like You" (Imani/Geffen Records) has been certified platinum for selling over one million copies following the tremendous success of her 2005 platinum debut album "The Way It Is." "Just Like You" ...
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Legends Ashford & Simpson Release Ultimate Compilation: Definitive Two-Disc Set Of Club Classics & New Remixes
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - For fans of dance music and R&B from yesteryear and today, the highly anticipated release of the legendary ASHFORD & SIMPSON's "THE WARNER BROS. YEARS: HITS, REMIXES & RARITIES" is the ultimate compilation. The Rhino Records two-disc set exquisitely ...
| Music Innovator Wyclef Jean and Business Mogul Howard Misle In New Entertainment Venture In Ya Face
SAN JOSE, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Courtney Barnes Group) - Grammy Award Winning musician Ambassador Wyclef Jean and International business mogul Howard Misle have merged their vast media assets to form a new joint venture to produce an array of music, TV, and film projects under the In Ya Face/Refugee/Carnival ...
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