LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Jean Rah Fya Records) - Jean Rah Fya Records recording artist
Bobby Tinsley won the award for Best R&B/Soul Artist at the 2009 HMMA awards alongside some of Hollywood's music industry greats. Also taking home awards were legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Dave
Mason and Oscar-nominated film composer
John Debney with Outstanding Career Achievement honors; Steve Rushton, BEST MUSIC VIDEO, for his song "Ready to Rock"; Alex Patsavas for OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION in Film for "
Twilight"; and PJ Bloom for OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION in TV for "Glee" and "Nip/Tuck," to name a few. Hollywood
Music in Media Awards chooses only a handful of nominees from thousands of submissions worldwide. With a sold-out crowd in attendance at the Hollywood
Music in Media Awards event, Tinsley edged out some of the hottest recording artists on the scene.
"It is such an honor to have won such a prestigious award and to be recognized by the judging professionals and music community of the HMMA's," says Tinsley. "Music is my life. And my current single titled 'Colored Girl' means the world to me and has touched women of all nationalities, cultures and backgrounds all over the world."
The Hollywood Music in Media Awards recognizes and honors the music in visual mediums, the talented individuals responsible for it, and the music of both mainstream and independent artists from around the globe for their compositions and recordings in all forms of media, including film, TV, video games, commercial advertisements, movie trailers and music videos; they have become one of the most sought after new events in Hollywood. The HMMA's will be televised in post around the globe to 17 countries including the UK.
About Bobby Tinsley:
Bobby Tinsley recently signed to the hot new record label Jean Rah Fya Records owned by NBA great Doug Christie and his author/ fashion designer CEO wife Jackie Christie. Tinsley is riding on the huge success of his latest album "What About Bob?" His new hit single "Colored Girl" is the title song to record label co-owner Jackie Christie's bestselling book "Proud to Be A Colored Girl," www.coloredgirl.com, which unites women of every nationality and removes the stigma of the words 'colored girl' to show all women that they are beautiful. Bobby, an amazing artist who entered the music world in 2004, has also enjoyed a considerable buzz and following, with almost 1.5 million page views and more than 3.6 million plays of his music on MySpace. He has some of the most loyal fans in the world who adore his music to the extent that they have made more than 280 different YouTube videos with their own versions of his songs. The total plays of these videos - driven completely by his fans - are more than 5 million. In May of 2008, he inked a deal with the newly formed Jean Rah Fya Records and has had continuous success ever since.
For more information, visit:
www.whataboutbjt.com
www.hmmawards.com
www.jeanrahfyarecords.com
