BURBANK, Calif. (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - Warner Bros. Records' buzzed-about pop vocal group V Factory have been nominated for two 2009 StarShine Magazine
Music Awards, including a nod for 'Favorite Band/Group.' The group's first single, 'Love Struck,' has also been nominated for 'Best Dance Song.'
StarShine Magazine's nominees were chosen by president and editor Sandy Lo and assistant editor Sa'iyda Shabazz. Established in 2001, StarShine is an online entertainment publication that brings its readers closer to their favorite stars of today and future stars of tomorrow and has been known to feature many artists before they become famous, like Taylor Swift and the Jonas Brothers. V Factory has been featured on the site www.starshinemag.com.
'Love Struck,' the lead-off track from V Factory's upcoming self-titled debut album, aired for the first time on Radio Disney and cruised straight to Top 40 radio stations nationwide. After impacting more than 45 pop radio stations in a month, 'Love Struck' has sold upwards of 107,000 digital tracks and was downloaded 150,000 times after being featured as a free "Discover and Download" on iTunes in March. V Factory was also crowned "Artist to Watch" on all Clear Channel pop station websites.
V Factory is: Asher Book, Wesley Quinn, Nick Teti, Jared Murillo and Nathaniel Flatt. Jared, a soft-spoken 20-year-old from Mapleton, UT, is now known to legions of young fans for his appearances as a featured dancer in High School Musical, its nationwide tour, and High School Musical II. Wesley Quinn, from Greenville, SC, is, at 19, the group's youngest and most fun-loving member.
25-year-old Philadelphia, PA, native Nick Teti, known by his nickname Nicky T, got his start doing musical theater in high school then taught himself to dance while in college. Nathaniel Flatt, 27, from Cookeville, TN, got his start acting in local plays and eventually found his way into musical theater.
Asher Book - a charismatic 20-year-old from Arlington, VA - got his big break at an open casting call for the theatrical production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast.
Cast in the principal role of Chip the Teacup, Asher traveled the U.S. on tour with the show for two and a half years - playing the character for longer than any other actor in the show's touring history. Asher Book is currently starring in the reinvention of the 1980 Oscar-winning motion picture Fame, which hit theaters in September.
For more information on V Factory, please visit www.vfactorymusic.com or www.myspace.com/vfactory
