'Crank That (Soulja Boy)' Hits No 1 On The Pop Chart, No 1 In Ringtone Sales & No 1 Digital
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Interscope Records) - Seventeen-year-old rap phenom Soulja Boy Tell'em is being heard loud and clear on phones across America as "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" has become the No 1 Master Tone in the country - No 1 on AT&T, Verizon and Sprint, No 3 on T-Mobile. The digital single has ...
| Grammy Award Winner John Legend To Headline At TV Guide After Emmy Party
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ TV Guide) - Platinum Grammy award winning artist John Legend will give a special private performance at TV Guide's fifth annual after party celebrating the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, September 16th at Hollywood hotspot Les Deux. In addition, for the second ...
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Boyz II Men Return With New CD 'Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA' Out On November 13, 2007
NEW YORK (Decca Label Group) - Boyz II Men - one of the most successful R&B male vocal groups of all time - return to the limelight with their new CD, Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA. The four-time Grammy Award-winning threesome is poised to release their Decca debut on November 13th, helmed ...
| Rapper A.D. 'The VOICE' Chooses Hip Hop!
HOLLYWOOD, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Courtney Barnes Group) - Conscious rapper, A.D. the VOICE has committed his life to Hip Hop culture and its potential for social transformation. He has done so in spite of the six-figure offers he received from three different law firms upon graduating from the most elite ...
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Top West Coast Indie High Powered Entertainment is Dropping Back to Back Bangers in September with New Daz Dillinger and Outlawz LPs
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ High Powered Entertainment) - High Powered Entertainment is making major moves in September, dropping Thug In Thug Out from Tupac Shakur proteges Young Noble and Hussein Fatal on the 11th. The CD marks their first collaboration in over 10 years since the murders of Shakur ...
| Kanye West Unveils GRADUATION To The Press!
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Roc-A-Fella Records) - The musical genius that is Kanye West was in full effect at his listening session for GRADUATION in NYC yesterday. Those in attendance witnessed a historical moment in hip-hop as Kanye presented 13 solid tracks from his highly anticipated 3rd album. ...
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Motown Remixed Vol.2 A Mix of Latin Contemporary & Hip Hop Beats
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Motown Records) - 2 years ago Motown released its Motown Remixed CD. The project took classic Motown hits and remixed them using some of the best beat makers in the hip-hop and rap music business today. That project introduced many in the hip-hop and rap music arena to the ...
| Ludacris Celebrates 30th Birthday On September 7, 2007!
LAS VEGAS, NEV. (Top40 Charts/ XM Radio) - On Friday, September 7th at 7pm, Grammy Award-winning musician/actor Chris "Ludacris" Bridges will celebrate his 30th birthday with a private gathering of friends at an exclusive event presented by XM Radio and being held at Cafe Martorano in the fabulous ...
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Rapper Chamillionaire Launches 600 Limited Edition Commemorative Plaque Giveaway
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Motown Records) - Platinum, Grammy Award Winning Rapper, Chamillionaire, officially announced today he will be giving away 600 Commemorative Plaques (worth $300 each) for fans that support and purchase his highly anticipated sophomore album, 'Ultimate Victory' ...
| Wyclef Jean Returns To Columbia Records With 'The Carnival II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant'
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Columbia Records) - Wyclef Jean - the Grammy Award-winning musician, producer, hip-hop pioneer, and humanitarian who founded the legendary ensemble the Fugees - returns to Columbia Records with "The Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant," the artist's first full-length album ...
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Verve Launches Online Campaign with Brickfish to Find Fan-Designed Ledisi Tour Poster
SAN DIEGO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Verve Records) - Brickfish, the online content marketing platform, and music label Verve, today announced the launch of the 'Design a Tour Poster for Ledisi' campaign inviting R&B fans to create a tour poster for soul songstress Ledisi. The contest, located at https://www.brickfish.com/music/Ledisi ...
| Redman, Bizarre, Too Short, Bubba Sparxx, Kurupt, Jamal Anderson, Jason Wahler, Efren Ramirez and DMC Join MTV's 'Celebrity Rap Superstar'
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ MTV) - Redman, Bizarre, Too Short, Bubba Sparxx, Kurupt, Jamal Anderson, Jason Wahler, Efren Ramirez and DMC join "Celebrity Rap Superstar." On Thursday, August 30th at 10pm ET some of your favorite celebrities and rappers will make history during this huge live event. They ...
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Baby Bash Storms His Way To The Top With His New Album 'Cyclone' Due In Stores October 16, 2007
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Arista Records) - In just a few weeks Baby Bash's swirling single "Cyclone" has already gone Top 10 at rap radio (No 8) and rhythm radio (No 9), selling more than 190,000 ring tones and 120,000 digital singles and garnering nearly 2 million plays on MySpace, where the rapper ...
| Quincy Jones & Usher Call for Action on the Second Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with Habitat for Humanity
AMERICUS, GA. (Top40 Charts/ Habitat for Humanity International) - On the eve of the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall along the Mississippi and Louisiana gulf coasts, entertainment icon, mentor and humanitarian Quincy Jones and international pop sensation and humanitarian Usher have ...
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Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges To Premiere New Season Of His XM Radio Show On September 8, 2007
WASHINGTON, DC. (Top40 Charts/ XM Satellite Radio) - GRAMMY-winning multi-platinum-selling artist Ludacris kicks off a new season of his original XM Radio show, "Disturbing Tha Peace Presents: Ludacris' Open Mic," on September 8, it was announced today by XM. Hosted by Ludacris and long-time radio partner ...
| Keyshia Cole Sets Mark and New Record on Nielsen BDS With Urban Three-Peat
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Geffen Records) - Geffen Records platinum-selling R&B star Keyshia Cole becomes the first female in the history of the 14-year old Nielsen BDS-based Urban chart to land three consecutive No 1s as a lead artist as her hit single "Let It Go" climbs 3-1. "Let It Go," which ...
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New Mexico Hip Hop artist focuses on positive lyrics
Albuquerque, NM. (Top40 Charts/ Dirty Dawg Recordz) - Big Rich Tha Don has not only captivated the nation with his poetically structured street influenced lyrics but has sold over 120,000 downloads as a solo and independent rap artist. Big Rich Tha Don's first album which is titled Southwest Gangstas ...
| Roman Carter, Tom Rothrock Project Relaunches Bong Load Record Label
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Bong Load Custom Records) - Artist, producer, and film composer Tom Rothrock, legendary vocalist Roman Carter, and a host of studio session pros have completed a unique collaborative project titled: ROMAN CARTER "NEVER SLOW DOWN." A full length release is due out November ...
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Tego Calderon Is Ready For Action With The Release Of His New Album
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Warner Music Latina) - Tego Calderon considered by many as one of the top purveyors in the latin hip hop and reggaeton genres, is ready for action with the release of his new album "El Abayarde Contra-ataca" (El Abayarde Strikes Again) due out on Tuesday August 28th. The ...
| Chris Brown, Double-Platinum Recording Superstar, September's Featured Artist of the Month on Music Choice
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Music Choice) - Music Choice, the leading multi-platform music network, announces that double-platinum recording artist, Chris Brown, will be the Music Choice 'Artist of the Month' in September. Music Choice, the most popular On Demand music network in the nation with over ...
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