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MUMBAI: As part of its label revamp, music major Universal has roped in Bangladesh's renowned rock musician, Hassan. Hassan, who has a formidable fan following in his home country, has been signed on by Universal on a three year contract. Part of a well known band Ark in the early nineties, Hassan went on to later form another band Jonmobhumi. Universal now plans to cut solo albums with the song writer- singer star as well as get him into mainstream Hindi, including Bollywood.
read moreMUMBAI: Big Music has acquired the music rights of Tamil movie ?‹?“Kuselan starring South-Indian superstar Rajnikanth. The album will be released in two languages, Tamil and Telugu. The music album will hit the stores across the country from 1 July.
read moreMUMBAI: Big Music, the label launched by ADAG in 2007, is now venturing into artiste management in a big way. The company recently tied up with a few Indian artists and is planning a 360 degree activity around their albums and performances. This apart, Big is also planning a new business arm which will take care of the composers and lyricists fraternity.
read moreMUMBAI: Worldwide Group's home video label Worldwide Home Entertainment has brought America's hugely popular music reality television show, 'American Idol' on DVD to India. The DVD & CD pack titled, 'The Best and The Worst of American Idol,' is a collection of television's most popular show American Idol's four most-talked about seasons. Worldwide Records managing director Ratnakar Kumar says, "This limited edition 3 disc set is being made with the serious American Idol fan in mind and includes an incredible Bonus Disc which is exclusively made available only on Worldwide Records."
read moreMUMBAI: STMicroelectronics and Worldspace satellite have announced a partnership to develop, manufacture and distribute chips for European Satellite Digital Radio (ESDR) receivers. This has been planned for a Worldspace pan-European and Middle East service starting 2009 with Italy.
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MUMBAI: Rapper Lil Wayne's new album 'Tha Carter III,' sells more than one million copies in a single week. As per chart reports, issued on 18 June morning by Nielsen SoundScan, the album tops the R&B Hip Hop genre. In its first week in the market, the rapper's new album has sold just over one million units. The last album to top that milestone was 50 Cent's "The Massacre" in March 2005. In a slumping industry where selling 200,000 albums in one week is becoming a rare feat, Lil Wayne's achievement is not only a triumph but a much-needed boost to the industry.
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MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has recreated the magic of Bollywood divas of each decade. It has come out with a compilation of original song videos of five Bollywood actresses, each representing their era from the 50s to 90s. These titles come under Shemaroos ?‹?“Bollywood Stars Series and is available on VCDs.
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MUMBAI: After the success of Jalwa I and II, DJ Akbar Sami is all set with his new version of the theme. Jalwa 2008 will be launched under Times Music label in two months. The album will have eight tracks, one original composed by Jatin Sharma and penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya. It will have the trademark 'Dekho dekho yeh hai jalwa' track and six other Bollywood remixes. Times Music COO Adarsh Gupta says, "We produced Akbar's Jalwa eight years ago and we reunite for his third one."
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MUMBAI: Radio City Hyderabad hunts for the city's first ever Fun J (Fun Jockey). The newly launched show is named 'Navvula Don,' the winner of which will win himself the opportunity to be part of City family and host the show on air. The show is a hunt for the wittiest Telugu radio jockey for the station. The series took off from June 14 and will go on till June 22.
read moreMUMBAI: Cellphone major Motorola has launched its Motomusic service in India on its new offering, Motorokr E8.
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MUMBAI: Saregama India has announced the launch of the music of Rituparno Ghosh's Khela, the first film to be rolled out from the Saregama stable this year. The music will be released on 28 June, and the film is slated to hit theatres on 11 July , nation wide in Hindi, and in Bengali in West Bengal. The film's music has been composed by a band from Kolkata called 21 Grams. The film stars Prosenjit, Manisha Koirala, and Raima Sen . Saregama's other projects this year include Karma, Confessions and Holi, Japanese Wife.
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MUMBAI: 93.5 Red FM, India’s leading private radio and entertainment network, is proud to announcread more
MUMBAI: IPRS, Indian Performing Rights Society, hosted a one of its kind landmark event aimed at read more
MUMBAI: Xiaomi India, a global technology brand renowned for its innovation, today announced a stread more
MUMBAI: UK-based audio software company DataMind Audio is launching its flagship plugin, The Combread more
MUMBAI: Ultra Media & Entertainment Group today announced the launch of a ground breaking bouread more
MUMBAI: For musicians the world over – both independent and managed - this should come as a breath of fresh air. The .music registry yesterday...read more
MUMBAI: Mahindra Independence Rock will be celebrating its 30th Edition milestone with its unique line-up, reuniting the legends and unleashing...read more
MUMBAI: Renowned Bollywood playback singer and composer Amit Trivedi is thrilled to announce his latest, Azaad Collab. Known for his soulful voice...read more
