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Interactive Networks, the largest interactive out-of-home entertainment network in North America, has released news of its network's latest nationwide promotions which include music from Young the Giant and Lil Wayne. Full details on each upcoming promotion include:
Young the Giant New Single - My Body
Young the Giant made waves with their debut self-titled album release in January of 2011. The album's first single, "My Body," was offered as a week-long free download on iTunes in advance of the official release of the album. The song went on to peak at #5 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart. In March, 2011, Young the Giant headlined Billboard's showcase at South by Southwest in Austin, and were subsequently featured performers at Sasquatch!
Music Festival and the Great Escape Festival in Brighton. This summer, the band was named one of MTV's PUSH Artists of the Week for July and performed on Lollapalooza's main stage. On August 28, 2011, Young the Giant will make their VMA performance debut at the 2011 MTV Video
Music Awards. Timed with this special event, TouchTunes will promote the band's hit single, "My Body," across digital jukeboxes nationwide.
Wayne New Single - How to Love
Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records at nine years old as the youngest member of the label. As a member of
Hot Boys (Lil Wayne, Juvenile, B.G., Young Turk) he released Guerrilla Warfare, the group's sophomore major selling album, in 1999. That same year,
Lil Wayne released a solo album, Tha Block Is Hot, which debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 chart and sold over a million copies in the U.S. He reached even greater success in 2004 with the release of Tha Carter, which debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 and #2 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Tha Carter II and III were later released in 2005 and 2008 respectively, with Tha Carter III becoming Lil Wayne's most successful album to date, selling a million copies in the U.S. in its first week. The album included the #1 hit single "Lollipop," and won Wayne a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. Following Tha Carter III, Wayne released two more albums, Rebirth and I Am Not a Human Being, which became Wayne's second U.S. number-one album. August 29, 2011,
Lil Wayne is set to release his ninth studio album and the fourth installment of Tha Carter series, Tha Carter IV. In support of the release, TouchTunes will promote the album's hit lead single, "How To Love," across digital jukeboxes and TouchTunesTV screens nationwide.
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