Rod Stewart's 25 year journey back to No1; 'Stardust... The Great American Songbook: Volume III' enters the Billboard Top 200 at No 1 and marks Stewart's highest all-time Soundscan figure and first ever
NEW YORK (J Records) - As the saying goes, the third time's the charm. After a 25-year absence from the No 1 album spot, J Records artist Rod Stewart with his album Stardust ... The Great American Songbook: Volume III enters the Billboard 200 Album chart at No 1 on a first week Soundscan total of 240,043 ...
| 2004 People's Choice Awards nominations
LOS ANGELES (People's Choice Awards Website/ www.pcavote.com) - Nominees for the 31st People's Choice Awards have been announced. Unlike the Academy Awards or The Emmies the winners are chosen by the fans. For the first time in the show's history, all winners will be chosen by voters on the site www.pcavote.com. ...
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Stellar Awards extra information for the 20th anniversary
HOUSTON, TX. (JL Media Relations) - The nominees for the 20th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards were announced during a press conference at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. The Williams Brothers and Fred Hammond locked down six nominations each to lead a star-studded array of nominees ...
| New Billboard Hot Ringtones Chart confirms Mobile's Impact on Music Industry; Chart recognizes $300MM US Mobile Music Market
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (Consect/ HBPR/ www.hbpr.com) - Billboard, the world's leading music and digital entertainment print and online publication and Consect, the leading provider of U.S. mobile market analysis, announced today the launch of the new Billboard Hot Ringtones chart. The first of its kind ...
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Zomba Label Group's Verity and Gospocentric Records, receives a leading 22 Stellar Award Nominations; Fred Hammond, TONEX, Keith Wonderboy Johnson, Natalie Wilson, 7 Sons of Soul and Percy Bady among the nominees
NEW YORK (Zomba Label Group) - The Zomba Label Group, currently home to today's foremost Gospel labels Verity and Gospocentric Records received 22 Stellar Award nominations, it was announced today in a press conference. The Stellar Awards, the Gospel industry's most prestigious and important awards ...
| The 2004 Radio Music Awards
LAS VEGAS, NV. (Top40 Charts) - On Monday, October 25, the biggest names in music were in Las Vegas to celebrate their successes at the 2004 Radio Music Awards (at the Aladdin Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada). Following is the list of Radio Music Awards 2004 Winners: Artist of the Year - Hip Hop/Rythmic ...
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Robbie Williams' ringtone first to debut at Number One
LONDON, UK (KPMG/ www.m-e-f.org) - Robbie Williams is the first artist to go straight in at number one in the MEF Official UK Ringtone Chart (compiled by KPMG in association with OCC) with the ringtone taken from his current hit single 'Radio.' Robbie achieves another landmark as he becomes the first ...
| 2004 Nordic Music Awards
OSLO, Norway (Top40 Charts) - Usher and Anastacia have been voted the top male and female artists for the first Nordic Music Awards at the Oslo (Norway) ceremony on Sunday. The 2004 Nordic Awards Winners list: - Best International Female Artist: Anastacia - Best International male Artist: Usher - Best ...
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Additional performers announced for 2004 CMA Awards: Jimmy Buffett & Friends, Patty Loveless with Alan Jackson, Terri Clark and Montgomery Gentry
NASHVILLE, TN. (Country Music Association/ www.cmaworld.com) - "Country Music's Biggest Night" is living up to its reputation with the announcement of standout artists performing on "The 38th Annual CMA Awards" live on the CBS Television Network Tuesday, Nov. 9 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) from the Grand Ole ...
| Top40 Charts Exclusive Chart Story: Usher enters the pantheon of the artists having the most No 1 singles only in ONE year, in Billboard US Singles Charts and reminds us one unique record 34 years after!
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts Staff Writters Team) - Top40 Charts brings exclusively to you another 'Chart' story, a genuine success in music industry! We searched and found all the artists who have the highest number of No 1 Singles on Billboard Singles Top 100 ONLY IN ONE YEAR. (The period for time for this ...
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Keshia Chante, the Big Winner on Canadian Urban Music's biggest night
TORONTO, Canada (www.umac.ca) - Sixteen-year-old singing sensation Keshia Chante took centre stage earlier tonight at the 2004 Canadian Urban Music Awards (CUMAs), where she walked away with awards for New Artist of the Year and Fan's Choice. Chante, whose impressive self-titled debut album spawned ...
| Julieta Venegas Tops MTV Video Music Awards Latin America 2004 winners with three 'Tongues' followed by Cafe Tacvba and Maroon 5 with two
MIAMI, FL. (MTV Networks Latin America PR/ https://www.mtvla.com) - Hip Hop and Latin music fused MTV style at the 3rd Annual MTV Video Music Awards Latin America (VMALA), which broadcast tonight from the Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach to MTV Latin America, MTV2 and MTV Espanol in the United States ...
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Ray Charles scores first platinum recording of career; 'Genius Loves Company' is music legend's biggest hit since 1964
BEVERLY HILLS, CA. (Concord Records) - During his five-decade-long career, music legend Ray Charles had five gold records, including the classics "Georgia" and "I Can't Stop Loving You." Surprisingly, however, he never sold more than a million copies of any single recording. That is, until now. Last ...
| George Strait is No 1 US album for second consecutive week
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - The legendary country singer George Strait's 50 Number Ones held its No. 1 position on the Billboard 200 U.S. albums chart for a second consecutive week. The collection of hits sold 190,000 copies to earn the top spot on both the Billboard 200 and top country albums charts. ...
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Cabrera Presents... at the Radio Music Awards
LOS ANGELES (Atlantic records) - Ryan Cabrera has just been confirmed as a presenter on this year's Radio Music Awards. The awards air Monday, October 25th at 9PM ET/PT on NBC. He may be presenting awards to others, but Cabrera's no stranger to accomplishment - his album TAKE IT ALL AWAY debuted at ...
| ARIAs sing Jet's praises
LOS ANGELES (Atlantic Records) - 'I'd like to thank God but I can't because rock'n'roll is the devil's music and he writes the best tunes.' So said Jet guitarist Cameron Muncey when accepting one of six awards last night as the Melbourne rockers dominated the 18th Annual 2004 ARIA Music Awards, Australia's ...
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Infusion says 'thank you'
MELBOURNE, Australia (www.infusion.net.au) - From Infusion Website: Some of you might be aware that on Sunday night, after two previous nominations, we were awarded the ARIA for 'Best Dance Release' for 'Girls Can Be Cruel'. (nb, people from overseas, the ARIA Awards are the major national music awards ...
| Sony BMG dominates the charts: Usher, Britney Spears, Ciara, R. Kelly, Bowling For Soup and Three Days Grace; Usher explodes with with 24->2 SoundScan jump and 709% sales increase for worlwide 10-million selling 'Confessions (Special Edition)'
NEW YORK (Sony BMG) - LaFace recording artist Usher's Confessions (Special Edition) has posted an unprecedented 709% Soundscan sales increase this week, jumping from No 24 to No 2 on the Billboard 200 Albums charts and to No 1 on the Hot R&B/ Hip-Hop Albums chart. At the same time, Sho'nuff/LaFace recording ...
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George Strait, Martina McBride and Horizon Nominees added to growing list of performers for 2004 CMA Awards
NASHVILLE, TN. (Country Music Association/ www.cmaworld.com) - The impressive list of performers continues to grow for "The 38th Annual CMA Awards" with the addition of George Strait, Martina McBride and Horizon Nominees Dierks Bentley, Big & Rich, Julie Roberts and Josh Turner to the list of performers ...
| Pitbull to perform on The MTV Latin America Video Awards on October 21st
NEW YORK (TVT Records) - With his debut album "M.I.A.M.I" recently hitting No 14 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, Miami-based Latin MC Pitbull is set to perform on the MTV Latin America Video Awards on Thursday, October 21st. U.S. viewers can catch the Awards live on MTV2, and then re-broadcast ...
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