MUMBAI: T-Series has acquired the music rights of Shahrukh Khans IPL teams music album. Titled 2 Hot 2 Cool, which has been contrived for Kolkata Knight Riders, has its first video featuring Shahrukh on air.
read moreMUMBAI: Hosts Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus welcomed the CMT (Country Music Television) Music Awards 2008 on 14 April, Billy Curb Event Center at Belmont University in Nashville. Trace Adkins and Kellie Pickler emerged as the evening's biggest winners in the music awards.
read moreMUMBAI:Chandresh Kudwa, lead guitarist of band Dream out Loud recently donned the mantle of guitar guru. Chandresh took it upon himself to coach actor Arjun Rampal in the nuances of guitar playing for his role in Farhan Akhtar's movie ?‹?“Rock on. In Rock On, the band will also be seen performing a gig. Chandresh affirms, In the movie, we play the role of a rock band and Suraj, the vocalist of Dream out Loud has also rendered his voice for a song composed by Shankar-Eshaan-Loy.
read moreMUMBAI: eMusic, global digital retailer of independent music has announced that it has sold more than 200 million downloads since establishing its current subscription model in November 2003. eMusic also reports that it has sold 40 million downloads since the launch of Amazon MP3 on 25 September 2007.
read moreMUMBAI: Close Up has been roped in to be the presenting sponsor of Big FMs ?‹?“Punjabi-Please 5 city concert . Punjabi Please is an exclusive single composed and sung by Sonu Niigaam. Big FM has entered into a joint partnership with the artiste to exclusively market this song.Shortlisted participants across the five cities - Chandigarh, Delhi, Kolkata ,Bangalore, Mumbai, are busy brushing up their singing skills and working on enhancing their confidence level. The tour will be held on 16, 17,18,19 and 20 April respectively in each of the five cities.
read moreMUMBAI: Sony BMG has announced a tie-up with media company Big Stage and video sharing site YouTube to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson's album Thriller. Central to the tribute is the ability for fans to easily create a life-like 3D version of themselves that literally replaces the role of Michael Jackson in the music video. This technology was developed by Big Stage. The campaign begins at www.MichaelJackson.com/mythrillervideo.
read moreMUMBAI: US fast food major McDonalds has tied up with music based reality show American Idol to provide its guests for an American Idol Happy Meal. The new American Idol Happy Meal provides young guests with one of eight musical toys, each representing a favorite music genre. The toys are available with the purchase of a Happy Meal at participating McDonald's restaurants, while supplies last.McDonalds invites American families to pick which new American Idol Happy Meal toy will become America's favourite Happy Meal superstar.
read moreMUMBAI:Indian classical music maestro Shri Pandit Jasraj has rendered his voice first time for a commercial film. Pandit Jasraj has sung for a song titled 'Waada Tumshe Hai Waada', for Vikram Bhatts next -1920. It is a promotional video, whose shoot commenced on 13th April in Mumbai. The music has been designed by Adnan Sami and lyricist Sameer has written the song. The video has been choreographed by Raju Khan. 1920 is being produced by ASA Production and Enterprises Pvt Ltd.
read moreMUMBAI: Big FM has announced a new move in the company, with the appointment of Himanshu Shekhar as the Regional Head for North and West India. His role at Big FM will see the career movement from a communication planner to a media owner. His last stint was with Mindshare Fulcrum where he held the post of General Manager. Shekhar has been credited with his ongoing contribution to the growth of Fulcrum in Print,Radio and activation. At Big FM, Shekhar would be reporting to COO Tarun Katial.
read moreMUMBAI: Radio City has announced key changes in its senior management to reinforce its national teams.
read moreMUMBAI: T-Series is releasing a compilation of 100 songs of Bollywood hunk Salman Khan. The album 'Salman Khan-Bollywood Hunk' will include 100 songs in six CDs, which include songs from the actor's hit films.The album include songs that made Salman get a lover boy image like Maine Pyar Kiya, Sajan and Khamoshi and also comprises of hit from his latest releases like Partner and Jane-e-man. Earlier, T- Series had released compilation of King Khan's [Shah Rukh] hit songs named 'Chak De 100 Shah Rukh'.
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