Ellen Launches Record Label, Signs Youtube Hit Greyson Chance

 

According to People Ellen Degeneres is launching her own record label called eleveneleven. Degeneres says she was inspired by Greyson Chance the youtube sensation to start the label and has signed Chance on as her first artist.

12 year old Chance shot into the public eye a few weeks ago when a youtube video of him performing Lady Gaga's hit 'Paparazzi' at a middle school talent show, got millions of hits. DeGeneres came across the video when it had a measly 10,000 hits, the video now has over 20 million views.

In a taped segment to air this afternoon on The Ellen Show, DeDeneres made the announcement as well as presenting Chance with a check for 10,000 and a new piano.

Guy Oseary, who is Lady Gaga and Madonna's manager has signed up to manager Chance.

For updates and more information visit http://ellen.warnerbros.com/

A longtime music fan DeGeneres was the newest judge on American Idol this season. A beloved television icon and entertainment pioneer, DeGeneres' distinctive comic voice has resonated with audiences from her first stand-up comedy appearances through her work today on television, in film and in the literary world. DeGeneres has made a home for herself in the daytime arena with her hit syndicated talk show, "The Ellen Degeneres Show." The show, now entering its seventh season, won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host four years in a row and has earned a total of 29 Daytime Emmy Awards.

DeGeneres was recently included in Forbes' Top 5 "Most Influential Women in Media" and was voted "Best Daytime Talk-Show Host" by Parade.com readers. In addition, DeGeneres has been voted "Favorite TV Personality" by The Harris Poll's annual favorite television star list beating out Oprah Winfrey and Jay Leno. DeGeneres was included in MSNBC's "Power players who shape your TV habits." DeGeneres also was honored with Television Week's Syndication Personality of the Year and voted No. 1 in Oxygen's "50 Funniest Women Alive" special in the company of such comedic legends as Carol Burnett and Lily Tomlin and has been included in TIME's 100 Most Influential People.

DeGeneres had the honor of hosting the highly rated 79th Annual Academy Awards and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance In A Variety or Music Program. This follows her 2005 stint hosting the Primetime Emmy Awards, which marked her third time hosting the show. Her performance hosting the 2001 award show garnered her rave reviews for providing a perfect balance of wit with heartfelt emotion to the post-September 11 telecast audience. DeGeneres won an American Comedy Award for her inaugural effort hosting the show in 1994. Additionally, DeGeneres co-hosted AMERICAN IDOL's very successful IDOL GIVES BACK special that raised money for children in extreme poverty in America and Africa.

Prior to the launch of her talk show, DeGeneres scored simultaneous achievements on stage, film and in the literary world. She enjoyed unprecedented popular and critical response to her character, Dory, the fish with extreme short term memory, in the blockbuster animated feature film, "Finding Nemo." At the same time, DeGeneres crossed the country on a 35-city stand-up comedy tour, entitled the "Here and Now" tour. Her stop at the famed Beacon Theater in New York was turned into an HBO special and was subsequently nominated for two Emmys. Finally, in October, Simon & Schuster published DeGeneres' second book, "The Funny Thing Is.," comprised of the author's comedic short stories and essays. The book hit the New York Times' Bestseller list upon its release. In 2005, DeGeneres was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for the audio version of the book. Her first book, "My PointAnd I Do Have One," published in 1995, debuted at No. 1 on the The New York Times bestseller list.

 

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