NEW YORK (SONY BMG Music) - On Tuesday, October 11th, Nick Records/Sony BMG Strategic Marketing Group will release Dora the Explorer Dance Fiesta!, their second Dora the Explorer CD. With ten upbeat tracks, the enhanced CD is packed with timeless, fun and danceable songs that kids and moms already know and love, such as "Celebration," "Locomotion," "La Bamba," "Get On Your Feet" and "We Are Family," sung by Dora and her friends Backpack, Diego, Boots, Swiper and The Map. In addition, Dora the Explorer Dance Fiesta! will feature two duets with Grammy Award Winners
Carlos Santana and Los Lonely Boys.
"La Bamba is a song we've known our whole lives" said Henry Garza of Los Lonely Boys. "We used to be invited on stage with our father's band to sing that song when we were children. So recording the song for Dora brings it all full circle. A song that children respond to and being a song from our past is a blast to share."
Dora the Explorer Dance Fiesta! also features an exclusive music video for "Everyone Can Dance" from the "Dora Dance to the Rescue" DVD, which will be released simultaneously on October 11, distributed by Paramount Home Video. "Dora Dance to the Rescue" will then make its broadcast debut on Nick Jr. on Friday, November 11.
The previous Dora CD, Dora The Explorer, released September 2004, has scanned in excess of 250K units and climbed it's way to No 1 on the Children's Chart. It has remained in the Top 20 on the Children's Chart for over 40 weeks!
Nick Jr.'s Dora the Explorer has been the No 1 preschool show on commercial television for over three years. The program chronicles the life of Dora, an animated seven-year old Latina heroine whose adventures take place in an imaginative, tropical world filled with jungles, beaches and rainforests. In each episode, Dora teaches a Spanish word or phrase to the viewers and then asks them to use it to solve a problem.
In keeping with the show's commitment to bilingual content, Dora the Explorer Dance Fiesta! features popular songs in both Spanish and English. Just as the show is designed to engage its audience in an interactive quest using a variety of learning techniques, Dora the Explorer Dance Fiesta! is also designed to be interactive, energetic and fun, and will similarly inspire and entertain young minds.
"We are so pleased to be able to offer a second installment of music from Dora on this new CD," says Joe DiMuro, Executive Vice President/General Manager, Sony BMG Strategic Marketing Group. "We know parents and children alike are looking forward to enjoying these time honored dance favorites and Dora The Explorer Dance Fiesta! will surely become a children's classic."
"Dora the Explorer is one of today's most endearing and popular preschool characters," said Stephen Youngwood, Senior VP-Media Products, Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products. "Not only do kids love Dora, but they love music. This album will give parents and preschoolers a high-quality and entertaining music experience," he said.
Dora the Explorer has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Peabody Award in 2003; the Latino Spirit Award in 2003, the Imagen Award in 2001, 2002 and 2003, and the 2002 ALMA Award.
"DORA THE EXPLORER DANCE FIESTA" TRACK LISTING
1. Celebration
2. Dancing in the Street
3. Get On Your Feet
4. Limbo Rock
5. Locomotion
6. Rhythm is Gonna Get You
7. We Are Family
8. We Got The Beat
9. Oye Como Va
10. La Bamba
The newly formed SONY BMG STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP works closely with the company's labels to oversee and coordinate activities in a variety of areas, including master television, film and commercial licensing, creative product development, partnership marketing alliances, and the coordination of joint soundtrack projects between the Sony Music and BMG label groups, as well as overseeing Elvis Presley content management.
SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT is a global recorded music joint venture with a roster of current artists that includes a broad array of both local artists and international superstars, as well as a vast catalog that comprises some of the most important recordings in history. SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT is 50% owned by Bertelsmann A.G. and 50% owned by Sony Corporation of America.
NICK RECORDS is a newly formed partnership between Nickelodeon and the Sony BMG Strategic Marketing Group that will expand Nickelodeon's presence in the music business and create a major music brand for kids and tweens. It will focus on identifying and showcasing new and emerging young musical artists as well as feature talent from the network, soundtrack music based on its hit shows and compilations. An important component of the new Nick Records label will be to produce albums marketed to tweens and fill a void in the marketplace for music for kids 9-14. Product will include both music compilations from contemporary artists as well as original music and performances by popular Nick stars. The N, Nickelodeon's digital network for tweens and teens, will also provide content for the Nick Records label, as well as other network initiatives.
