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MUMBAI: Competing against downloading sites like Apple's iTunes, mobile handset giant Nokia will let consumers download millions of songs directly onto their PCs and Macs or straight onto their phones via mobile airwaves. Nokia taking aim at striking the Apple's dominance in the digital music business has started its online music store operations in Australia allowing millions of audio downloads from local and overseas artistes.
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MUMBAI: Universal Music will launch singer Babul Supriyo's new album, titled 'Untitled' on 26 April.
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MUMBAI: Babul Supriyo, the Kishore Kumar soundalike, who was one of the strong contenders on NDTV Imagine's Dhoom Macha De and succeeded in bringing tears to the eyes of judges and fellow contestants alike, is out of the fray. Apparently, all present on the sets were moved when Babul was struck out of the race, with rival Jaspinder even appealing to the judges to eliminate her instead of Babul. But the man himself is unfazed.
read moreMUMBAI: Entertainment Network (India) Limited (ENIL) has announced some major changes in the top managerial posts of Radio Mirchi.
read moreMUMBAI: Sun TV Networks private FM station SFM has launched in Rajkot, Aurangabad and Ahmedabad. SFM is part of Sun TVs subsidiary, South Asia FM Ltd. With these two launches of SFM, the total operational FM stations of Sun TV will go up to 35.
read moreMUMBAI: Veteran film producer Pahlaj Nihalani has joined the music label bandwagon with the launch of a stand alone music arm, titled Dhol Music.
read moreMUMBAI: The Record Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) has officially released the RIAJ Yearbook 2008 of its annual roundup of sales, figures, statistics and trends from the previous year.
read moreMUMBAI: Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician Bryan Adams is back with his new album titled '11'. The album released internationally on 17 March, arrives nearly four years after his last studio release, 2004's Room Service. It will be exclusively released in the US at Wal-Mart stores and Sam's Clubs on 13 May.The album produced by Adam's himself is his 11th album of all-original music and features 11 songs. It was recorded in hotel rooms and backstage at concert venues throughout continental Europe during the past two years.
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MUMBAI: Singer Kailash Kher, who has worked with a variety of composers, domestic and international, is now working in collaboration with renowned DJ Paul Oakenfold on an album. Says the sufi singer, I have composed a song for the upcoming album by DJ Paul Oakenfold. I am the author and singer for the song and the Kailasa trio Kailash-Paresh-Naresh has composed music for the song.The album is slated to release in Januray 2009.
read moreMUMBAI: Columbia Records has signed US tween TV star Miranda Cosgrove to be a recording artist. Miranda Cosgrove stars in US kids broadcaster Nickelodeon's convergent show iCarly. This is a part of the global partnership between Nick and the Sony Music Label Group. First up for Cosgrove is the release of iCarly iPlaylist. The album will not only feature songs inspired by the popular live-action TEENick series, but also include tracks from multi-platinum popular artists, like Natasha Bedingfield and Avril Lavigne. The album will be available at retail and online on 10 June 2008.
read moreMUMBAI: Chennai-based Pyramid Saimira Theatre Ltd (PSTL) will invest Rs 4 billion in the joint venture it has floated with China Society of Music Research Board (CSMRB), a unit of the Chinese ministry of culture. The JV company, Jiangsu Pyramid Longzhe Group, will create and operate theatres and distribute films, and engage in other entertainment, arts and cultural activities in China."We are looking to invest close to Rs 4 billion in the Jiangsu Pyramid Longzhe Group in the first year of operations itself," said PSTL MD PS Saminathan.
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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: Pop star Dhvani Bhanushali is all set to headline this year’s prestigious Mysore Dussehra, sharing the spotlight with musical legends like A....read more
MUMBAI: This is the first time that Shruti have created a multilingual track which includes the lyrics in three different languages Shruti Haasan who...read more
MUMBAI: Armaan Malik, hailed as the Prince of Pop, is aiming to bridge the gap between two different music sensibilities once again with his latest...read more
