Press ReleaseSource: SONY BMG
'NOW That's What I Call Music!' Franchise and VH1 Classic Announce Partnership To Co-Promote 'NOW That's What I Call The '80s!' CD
Friday March 7, 10:04 am ET VH1 CLASSIC TO PREMIERE "VH1 CLASSIC PRESENTS: NOW '80S" ON FRIDAY, MARCH 7 AT 11AM ET/PT Special To Feature Videos From Iconic '80s Artists Including The Police, Michael Jackson, Bob Seger, Duran Duran And Will Be Hosted By Mark Goodman with special guest Rick Springfield
NEW YORK, March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- "Now That's What I Call Music!" and VH1 Classic are pleased to announce a new partnership in which they will co- promote the release of "NOW That's What I Call The '80s!" compilation CD, in stores on March 11. The release is the first genre-specific compilation from the world's best selling multi-artist album series, "NOW That's What I Call Music!"
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In conjunction with the release of the CD, VH1 Classic will premiere a one-hour special "VH1 Classic Presents: Now '80s" on Friday, March 7 at 11:00 am ET/PT with videos from the artists featured on the album including Billy Joel, Wham!, Men At Work, Tears For Fears and more. The show will be hosted by one of the original VJ's, Mark Goodman, with a special guest appearance by '80s heartthrob Rick Springfield, who will reminisce about his musical experiences from the decade. Springfield will also delight viewers with a performance of his '80s hit "Jessie's Girl."
Launched in May 2000, VH1 Classic is a 24-hour network that present videos, concerts and music specials all day long, featuring the best of rock, soul and pop artists from the '60s, '70s, '80s and the early '90s including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, Led Zeppelin, Marvin Gaye, The Who, Stevie Wonder, The Police and many more. Learn more at www.vh1classic.com.
The "NOW That's What I Call Music!" series debuted in the United States in 1998 after the NOW brand had been an enormous, multi-platinum international success for nearly 20 years. To date, the NOW series has generated sales of over 200 million albums worldwide, and has sold over 67 million copies in the United States since its debut. Every album in the NOW series has reached the Billboard Top 10, and it is the only non-soundtrack, multi-artist collection to reach #1 Billboard status on the Billboard Top 200 Album Sales Chart.
"NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL THE '80s!" TRACK LISTING 1. Michael Jackson Billie Jean 2. Billy Joel Uptown Girl 3. Wham! Wake Me Up Before You Go Go 4. Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 5. Duran Duran Hungry Like The Wolf 6. Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me 7. The Fixx One Thing Leads To Another 8. Steve Miller Abracadabra 9. Bob Seger Shakedown 10. The Police Every Breath You Take 11. Whitesnake Here I Go Again 12. Survivor Eye Of The Tiger 13. Herbie Hancock Rockit 14. David Bowie Let's Dance 15. Men At Work Who Can It Be Now? 16. Tears For Fears Everybody Wants To Rule The World 17. Rick Springfield Jessie's Girl 18. Bryan Adams Heaven 19. Heart What About Love? 20. Bonnie Tyler Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Source: SONY BMG
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080307/nyf031.html?.v=101
Akon Wants Acquittal via Michael Jackson
As the go-to music guy of the moment, Akon is in hot demand. No wonder Michael Jackson recruited him to remix his classic tune "Wanna Be Startin Somethin" for the 25th anniversary edition of the landmark Thriller album.
Now, the King of Pop is returning the favor by making a cameo on Akon’s forthcoming album, Acquitted. According to reports, although Jackson has finished recording his part of the song, it was unclear whether all legal issues were handled. Still, Akon is confident the track will rank up there with his other big hits.
"It's a worldwide record," the crooner recently told MTVNews, adding that he is hopeful the Jackson collabo will make the album. "The record is so huge. It's too big. [Michael's] the only person I could have collaborated with. The other [songs] on the album are huge though."
As far as when Acquitted will hit stores, Akon promised that fans won’t have a long wait on their hands.
"We're trying to get it out by the first week of May," he said. "The album is practically done now." And while he is focused on completing work on Acquitted, Akon is already thinking ahead to his next opus.
"My fourth album is called Double Jeopardy,"said the singer, who is adding to his resume as the executive producer for the re-release Latin pop star Kat DeLuna’s debut album 9 Lives. "I'm already on it. It's all set up. If they want all the records now, it would take me 30 days to put it together."
http://allhiphop.com/stories/alternatives/archive/2008/03/07/19417976.aspx
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SoBe Lizards to Star on Billboards
NEW YORK This year's Super Bowl viewers saw a group of lizards dancing with supermodel (and cell phone enthusiast) Naomi Campbell to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in a spot for Pepsi's SoBe Life Water.
Directed by Peter Arnell, CEO of independent The Arnell Group here, the spot was the shop's first work for SoBe. Arnell was handed the estimated $20 million business late last year without a review, per sources. Publicis Groupe-backed Bartle Bogle Hegarty had handled the account. (BBH held the business for about a year but never produced any work for the client.)
The Super Bowl spot was just the beginning of a marketing push for the brand. Arnell's second effort, which is set to launch on March 19 in New York's Times Square and then move across the country, will focus on billboards that highlight the lizard, the Web site Thrillicious.com and show off the five SoBe flavors: blackberry grape, pomegranate cherry, orange tangerine, strawberry kiwi and passion fruit citrus.
"This billboard blitz will enable consumers to experience on a street level the uniqueness of SoBe, the SoBe lizards and the overall "Thrillicious" movement from New York to Los Angeles -- no matter where they work or live," said Massimo d'Amore, CEO of PepsiCo Americas Beverages, in a statement,
The dancing lizards are meant to represent the silhouette of a lizard that is seen on all bottles of SoBe.
"We created a series of characters that best represent the spirit of the product," said Arnell. "There's a great love for this type of character who is outrageous, underground and friendly but with an edge."
Arnell, who designed Jackson's Invincible cover art and marketing campaign, has big plans for the lizards. "They're the Nike swoosh of SoBe. There will be merchandise and we'll follow them around," he said. "We're not going to be the brand that works for them; they're going to work for us."
While Arnell is cagey about future plans, he does offer this hint: "All you need to do is think Disney."
'NOW That's What I Call Music!' Franchise and VH1 Classic Announce Partnership To Co-Promote 'NOW That's What I Call The '80s!' CD
Friday March 7, 10:04 am ET VH1 CLASSIC TO PREMIERE "VH1 CLASSIC PRESENTS: NOW '80S" ON FRIDAY, MARCH 7 AT 11AM ET/PT Special To Feature Videos From Iconic '80s Artists Including The Police, Michael Jackson, Bob Seger, Duran Duran And Will Be Hosted By Mark Goodman with special guest Rick Springfield
NEW YORK, March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- "Now That's What I Call Music!" and VH1 Classic are pleased to announce a new partnership in which they will co- promote the release of "NOW That's What I Call The '80s!" compilation CD, in stores on March 11. The release is the first genre-specific compilation from the world's best selling multi-artist album series, "NOW That's What I Call Music!"
[SIZE=-2]ADVERTISEMENT[/SIZE]
Launched in May 2000, VH1 Classic is a 24-hour network that present videos, concerts and music specials all day long, featuring the best of rock, soul and pop artists from the '60s, '70s, '80s and the early '90s including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, Led Zeppelin, Marvin Gaye, The Who, Stevie Wonder, The Police and many more. Learn more at www.vh1classic.com.
The "NOW That's What I Call Music!" series debuted in the United States in 1998 after the NOW brand had been an enormous, multi-platinum international success for nearly 20 years. To date, the NOW series has generated sales of over 200 million albums worldwide, and has sold over 67 million copies in the United States since its debut. Every album in the NOW series has reached the Billboard Top 10, and it is the only non-soundtrack, multi-artist collection to reach #1 Billboard status on the Billboard Top 200 Album Sales Chart.
"NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL THE '80s!" TRACK LISTING 1. Michael Jackson Billie Jean 2. Billy Joel Uptown Girl 3. Wham! Wake Me Up Before You Go Go 4. Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 5. Duran Duran Hungry Like The Wolf 6. Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me 7. The Fixx One Thing Leads To Another 8. Steve Miller Abracadabra 9. Bob Seger Shakedown 10. The Police Every Breath You Take 11. Whitesnake Here I Go Again 12. Survivor Eye Of The Tiger 13. Herbie Hancock Rockit 14. David Bowie Let's Dance 15. Men At Work Who Can It Be Now? 16. Tears For Fears Everybody Wants To Rule The World 17. Rick Springfield Jessie's Girl 18. Bryan Adams Heaven 19. Heart What About Love? 20. Bonnie Tyler Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Source: SONY BMG
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080307/nyf031.html?.v=101
Akon Wants Acquittal via Michael Jackson
As the go-to music guy of the moment, Akon is in hot demand. No wonder Michael Jackson recruited him to remix his classic tune "Wanna Be Startin Somethin" for the 25th anniversary edition of the landmark Thriller album.
Now, the King of Pop is returning the favor by making a cameo on Akon’s forthcoming album, Acquitted. According to reports, although Jackson has finished recording his part of the song, it was unclear whether all legal issues were handled. Still, Akon is confident the track will rank up there with his other big hits.
"It's a worldwide record," the crooner recently told MTVNews, adding that he is hopeful the Jackson collabo will make the album. "The record is so huge. It's too big. [Michael's] the only person I could have collaborated with. The other [songs] on the album are huge though."
As far as when Acquitted will hit stores, Akon promised that fans won’t have a long wait on their hands.
"We're trying to get it out by the first week of May," he said. "The album is practically done now." And while he is focused on completing work on Acquitted, Akon is already thinking ahead to his next opus.
"My fourth album is called Double Jeopardy,"said the singer, who is adding to his resume as the executive producer for the re-release Latin pop star Kat DeLuna’s debut album 9 Lives. "I'm already on it. It's all set up. If they want all the records now, it would take me 30 days to put it together."
http://allhiphop.com/stories/alternatives/archive/2008/03/07/19417976.aspx
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SoBe Lizards to Star on Billboards
NEW YORK This year's Super Bowl viewers saw a group of lizards dancing with supermodel (and cell phone enthusiast) Naomi Campbell to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in a spot for Pepsi's SoBe Life Water.
Directed by Peter Arnell, CEO of independent The Arnell Group here, the spot was the shop's first work for SoBe. Arnell was handed the estimated $20 million business late last year without a review, per sources. Publicis Groupe-backed Bartle Bogle Hegarty had handled the account. (BBH held the business for about a year but never produced any work for the client.)
The Super Bowl spot was just the beginning of a marketing push for the brand. Arnell's second effort, which is set to launch on March 19 in New York's Times Square and then move across the country, will focus on billboards that highlight the lizard, the Web site Thrillicious.com and show off the five SoBe flavors: blackberry grape, pomegranate cherry, orange tangerine, strawberry kiwi and passion fruit citrus.
"This billboard blitz will enable consumers to experience on a street level the uniqueness of SoBe, the SoBe lizards and the overall "Thrillicious" movement from New York to Los Angeles -- no matter where they work or live," said Massimo d'Amore, CEO of PepsiCo Americas Beverages, in a statement,
The dancing lizards are meant to represent the silhouette of a lizard that is seen on all bottles of SoBe.
"We created a series of characters that best represent the spirit of the product," said Arnell. "There's a great love for this type of character who is outrageous, underground and friendly but with an edge."
Arnell, who designed Jackson's Invincible cover art and marketing campaign, has big plans for the lizards. "They're the Nike swoosh of SoBe. There will be merchandise and we'll follow them around," he said. "We're not going to be the brand that works for them; they're going to work for us."
While Arnell is cagey about future plans, he does offer this hint: "All you need to do is think Disney."
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