Capitol Music Group (CMG), a division of Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, announced today that Ashley Newton has been named President of CMG and Executive Vice President of Creative/Special Projects for UMG. The announcement was made by CMG Chairman and CEO Steve Barnett and UMG Chairman and CEO Lucian Grainge, to whom Newton reports in his respective positions. In his newly-created CMG Presidency, Newton will work closely with Barnett and members of his executive team to set the creative direction of the company and oversee management of its day-to-day operations. In his UMG role, Newton will work with Grainge and his executive team on a variety of creative endeavors, including music, film and television projects. Newton will be based in Hollywood at CMG's iconic Capitol Tower.
Today, award-winning artist, songwriter, producer and trailblazer Kirk Franklin, announced the "20 Years in One Night Tour" in conjunction with Live Nation. The 24-city concert tour will visit major U.S. cities including Detroit at the Fox Theatre on Friday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m.
RCA Nashville's Chris Young made his third trip to The Ellen DeGeneres Show to perform the Billboard Top Country Airplay chart three-week #1 single and title track from his newly released album, I'm Comin' Over. Young celebrated the milestone seventh chart-topper with a performance on the popular daytime show yesterday, and the clip has earned over 1.4 million views in under 24 hours on the show's Facebook page. Stream the performance here and download the album here.
5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, Andy Grammer, Ellie Goulding, Elle King, Tove Lo, Rachel Platten and WALK THE MOON join the biggest music celebration of the year on ABC's telecast of “Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2016.”
Coach Gwen Stefani and multiple award-winning recording artist/hitmaking songwriter Sia will perform tonight, Nov. 30 and tomorrow, Dec. 1 telecasts, respectively, of NBC's Emmy Award-winning musical competition series “The Voice.”
Coach Gwen Stefani and multiple award-winning recording artist/hitmaking songwriter Sia will perform on the Monday, Nov. 30 and Tuesday, Dec. 1 telecasts, respectively, of NBC's Emmy Award-winning musical competition series “The Voice.”
Sony Music Entertainment is partnering with Youtube star Kurt Hugo Schneider to develop a new original series for digital video that will bring together one of the world's biggest YouTubers with some of the planet's hottest recording artists for exciting, never-before-seen musical creations.
Multi-GRAMMY® Award-winning artist, songwriter, producer and music icon Kirk Franklin, has crafted another #1 hit with his eleventh studio album, LOSING MY RELIGION
Sony Music Entertainment Canada today announces the latest release of Daniel Taylor. Known for his breathtaking passion and dedication to excellence, world-renowned countertenor Daniel Taylor returns with FOUR THOUSAND WINTER, a new release featuring 14 stunning seasonal pieces of winter and seasonal music.
Platinum-selling and chart-topping duo R. City, with special guest and coach Adam Levine, is set to perform their hit single “Locked Away” on tonight's live telecast of NBC's Emmy Award-winning musical competition series “The Voice.”
RCA Records Nashville artist Chris Young celebrated his latest No. 1 single, 'I'm Comin' Over,' the title track to his just released fifth studio album, with an appearance on NBC's Today Show earlier this morning.
Platinum-selling and chart-topping duo R. City, with special guest and coach Adam Levine, is set to perform their hit single “Locked Away” on the live Tuesday, Nov. 17 telecast of NBC's Emmy Award-winning musical competition series “The Voice.”
Clive Davis and The Recording Academy will present the annual Pre-GRAMMY Gala on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., the evening before the 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards.
Since its first appearance at the Royal Court Theatre in June 1973, Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show has become the world's favourite Rock N' Roll musical. It has been performed worldwide for over 40 years in over 30 countries and has been translated into more than 20 languages. Director Christopher Luscombe created a stunning new production to celebrate the 40th Anniversary and this critically acclaimed version of the classic show is back by popular demand, embarking on a year-long national adventure starting at Brighton's Theatre Royal on 17 December 2015.
With just days to go until the release of his new album I'm Comin' Over on November 13, fans are invited to make a date with Chris Young in the new year and join him on the 2016 “I'm Comin' Over” Tour, presented by AEG Live.