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Ke$ha Squeaks Back Into The Top 10

Ke$ha leaps back into the Billboard Top 10 this week. Her debut album Animal (RCA Records / Kemosabe Entertainment) finds itself sitting at #8 on the Billboard Top 200 and #2 on the Digital Albums Chart.

Animal has scanned 600k units since and has been in the Top 20 albums every week since release in January and this marks its 5th week in the Top 10. Ke$ha has sold over 8.5 million tracks and ringtones in the U.S. alone.

Ke$ha just performed her third single "Your Love Is My Drug" on NBC's Saturday Night Live on April 17th. "Your Love Is My Drug" is #7 on the Digital Songs chart this week and is rapidly climbing the chart at Top 40 radio. - more on this story

Aaron Fresh Spending All His Time On Radio

Mixing his West Indian vocal dub style with a solid grounding in traditional American R&B, 17-year old Aaron Fresh, the latest addition to the growing Teen Island roster, is storming pop and rhythm radio formats with his debut single, "Spending All My Time."

The track is New & Active this week at #52-bullet on the Top 40 Mediabase chart, with over 3 million in audience and growing. Upon impact the single was added to 50 stations across the pop and rhythm radio formats.

Born in the U.S., Aaron Hinton-Marshall (aka Aaron Fresh) wanted to sing by age seven; at eight when he was sent to live with his grand¬mother in Port-Au-Spain, the tiny capitol city of the republic of Trinidad and Tobago. At a crucial time in his development, he gained a sincere appreciation for reggae, dub and calypso music, especially inspired by Jamaican stars Buju Banton and Sizzla. In middle school, Aaron started entering talent shows and trying out for agencies. "Any opportunity where I could showcase my talent," he says, "I was there." - more on this story

Iyaz To Debut With Replay

This year's breakthrough pop sensation Iyaz will release his debut album, Replay, on Beluga Heights/Reprise Records on June 8th, 2010. The album was produced by Beluga Heights founder J.R. Rotem, who has also produced scores of hits for Rihanna, Leona Lewis, Britney Spears, Sean Kingston, Jason Derulo, Rick Ross, and many others.

A native of the British Virgin Islands, Iyaz is at the forefront of the "Island Pop" sound — a brilliant fusion of rap, reggae, pop, and island vibes that has been popularized by fellow Beluga Heights recording artist Sean Kingston. Kingston discovered Iyaz through his MySpace Page in 2008 and introduced him to Rotem, who saw immediate potential in the 23-year-old's vocal and songwriting talent.

In just a few short months, Iyaz has already seen his star ascend with the blockbuster success of his debut single "Replay," which soared to No. 1 on the Top 40 chart and the UK singles chart, and has been certified triple-platinum by the R.I.A.A. - more on this story

T.I.T.S. Video

T.I.T.S (Two In The Shirt) is excited to announce the second release from its latest collaboration with Seattle's emerging hip-hop group Dyme Def.

The "Wet Dreams promo video" is the second release from their highly anticipated project, "Sex Tape" due to drop June 1st, 2010.

The "Wet Dreams" collab between T.I.T.S. and Dyme Def was shot in the T.I.T.S. warehouse with the actual staff on hand...and some pretty good looking staff at that. - Watch it here

Cameo and Parkway Records Reissues Coming Including Classics From Chubby Checker, Clint Eastwood, Bobby Rydell and More

On June 22, 2010, Collectors' Choice Music in conjunction with ABKCO Music & Records will begin a rollout of six reissues and compilations from the legendary Cameo and Parkway Records masters.

The initial six CDs, including four twofers, are Rawhide's Clint Eastwood Sings Cowboy Favorites, Bobby Rydell Salutes The Great Ones/Rydell at the Copa, Chubby Checker's It's Pony Time/Let's Twist Again, The Orlons' The Wah-Watusi/South Street, Terry Knight And The Pack/Reflections plus the compilation Remember Me Baby: Cameo Parkway Vocal Groups Vol. 1 which features The Lydells, The Dovells, The Tymes, Lee Andrews, Billy And The Essentials and more.

For some time ABKCO had been looking for the right team with whom to delve into its vaults to create an ongoing Cameo Parkway reissue program. ABKCO found the right mix in Collectors' Choice Music and have entered into an exclusive arrangement, ensuring that a flow of reissues and compilations will be available over the next few years. All releases will be curated by Teri Landi, ABKCO's resident engineer and catalog archivist, and annotated by respected music journalists. - more on this story

George Hodos Gets Snoop'dogg'd

International pop artist George Hodos will be making his United States debut with the release of his new single "Just A Man" featuring Snoop Dogg on May 4th.

The featured single is currently positioned at #32 on Billboard's Nextmusic Charts, and can been seen topping others including Billboard's Mike Bordes Sprint Radio Alltel Playlist, and Promo-only Charts.

George Hodos, working alongside Los Angeles-based producers "The Alumni", is scheduling to release his second full-length effort titled George Hodos-Just A Man through Universal Music Group. - more on this story

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Building Momentum On the Charts As They Hit The Road

Up From Below, the debut album from Los Angeles psych-folk collective Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros has now made it into Billboard's Top 200 for its second consecutive week. Last week marked the album's debut on the chart which was released in July, 2009.

The consecutive rankings are further proof that the album has been gathering a fierce and constantly expanding fan base. In addition, the band's first single "Home" makes its first appearance in the AAA top 20 chart.

The much-talked-about band made a triumphant first appearance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival in Indio, CA last weekend. Among the hoards of fans that came out for their show- which amassed the largest crowds for a daytime set that the festival saw all weekend- was hip-hop power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce. The band graced the cover of a recent New York Times arts section, also celebrating their performance. - more on this story

Jason Castro Debuts In The Top 20

Jason Castro's self-titled debut album enters the Digital Album chart at #7 after its first week in stores.

Additionally, "Jason Castro" debuts in the Top 20 on the Billboard 200 coming in at #18. The collection is already earning praise, with favorable reviews in Us Weekly, People and Entertainment Weekly among others.

Earlier this week, Castro kicked off his first-ever headlining tour with a sold out show at The Loft in his hometown of Dallas, TX. The cross-country trek celebrates the release of his self-titled debut LP and continues with dates into mid-May - dates

Dierks Bentley Snags Suzi Ragsdale Tune

Suzi Ragsdale, whose latest two-CD set, Best Regards/Less of the Same, continues to garner airplay at Americana radio, will have one of her songs featured on multi-platinum singer Dierks Bentley's upcoming CD, Up on the Ridge, set for release on June 8 by Capitol Nashville.

Ragsdale's track (co-written by Verlon Thompson), "Bad Angel," features Dierks Bentley joined by special guest vocalists Miranda Lambert and Jamey Johnson, two other powerhouses of country music. The song originally appeared on the Ragsdale/Thompson album, Out of Our Hands.

"I feel like I've found the proverbial magic lamp and the genie has granted my three wishes: Dierks, Miranda and Jamey," said Ragsdale upon hearing her song for the first time as it was performed on the new CD. - more on this story

Jason Reeves Officially A Sell Out

Jason Reeves' spring tour is off to an amazing start. The 25-year-old Iowa City native performed a sold-out show at Jammin' Java in Vienna, VA, near Washington DC, and is close to selling out his show at Boston's 939 Café on April 23rd. Please see below for all remaining tour dates.

Reeves has just launched a month-long spring tour throughout the East Coast and the Midwest. This past Monday, Jason performed "Terrified," a song he co-wrote with Warner Bros. Records' Senior Vice President of A&R and current American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi, on George Lopez's TBS show Lopez Tonight. Reeves sings a duet of the song with Katharine McPhee, who has included it on her current album Unbroken. The track was also performed multiple times on American Idol by contestant Didi Benami, who received rave reviews from the judges and fans.

Reeves, a 25-year-old Iowa City native who was signed by DioGuardi, is completing his first album for Warner Bros. Records. His independent album, The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache (and Other Frightening Tales), was re-released by Warner Bros. Records after selling briskly as an independent release in 2007. The album's hook-filled songs of love, hope, heartbreak, and renewal, matched with Reeves' engaging tenor voice, led iTunes to name Reeves one of the Top Indie Singer-Songwriters of 2007. - more on this story

Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same Coming To DVD

Director Jody Lee Lipes' critically acclaimed film Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same is set for its DVD release via Factory 25 on June 29. The film earned critical acclaim at its SXSW premiere leading Paste Magazine to proclaim it, "A provocation and an enigma…a remarkably assured debut." Earning a Special Jury Prize at the Sarasota Film Festival, the film screened at the prestigious Hot Docs film festival and had its New York City premiere at BAMcinemaFEST. For more information about the film, please visit www.brockenrightfilm.com.

The DVD and Blu-Ray package of Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same includes Blackgoat, a 69-minute film by Brock Enright, video loops used in his art installation, a conversation between Robert Longo & Brock Enright and an essay by artist Carroll Dunham. The limited edition package also includes a vinyl LP of music by Brock Enright and Kirsten Deirup titled Torben, a film poster and original artwork hand drawn on each record by Brock.

Lipes' vérité film follows controversial emerging artist Brock Enright and his girlfriend, painter Kirsten Deirup, as Enright prepares a career-breaking exhibition for New York City's prominent Perry Rubinstein Gallery. - more on this story

The O'Neill Brothers for Mother's Day

Just in time for Mother's Day, multi-million-selling pianists The O'Neill Brothers have released their latest CD, a collection of soothing lullabies inspired by stories from moms and grandmothers across the country. Lullabies: By Request provides a meaningful Mother's Day gift inspired by moms, for moms -- it's specifically designed to help infants and children relax and fall asleep, and encourage a child's development.

The nationally acclaimed Minnesota-based pianists launched a national search for song ideas -- and the stories behind them -- in February, and were inundated with hundreds of song suggestions and stories, some touching, some sentimental, some inspiring. Lullabies: By Request is available at www.pianobrothers.com, iTunes, Amazon and gift shops across the country.

The idea for the new CD was initially sparked by an experience that affected the entire O'Neill family. Last May, older O'Neill Brother Tim O'Neill and his wife Annie celebrated the birth of twins. Owen and Gabi O'Neill were born two months prematurely, and spent more than seven weeks in the NICU. The twins are at home with mom and dad now, and doing well, and Tim and Annie attribute at least some of the babies' recovery to the piano music they played for them throughout their hospital stay. - more on this story