Universal Music Group News

Universal Republic Records and The Recording Academy's GRAMMY Recordings have partnered to release the 2012 GRAMMY Nominees album and give a music and GRAMMY fan an opportunity to attend the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2013.

For the fourth consecutive year, Clive Davis and The Recording Academy® will present the annual Pre-GRAMMY®Gala on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., the evening before the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards®(www.grammy.com).

Universal Republic Records and The Recording Academy's GRAMMY Recordings have partnered to release the 2012 GRAMMY Nominees album and give a music and GRAMMY fan an opportunity to attend the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2013.

The Producers & Engineers Wing® of The Recording Academy® will celebrate its fifth annual GRAMMY® Week event honoring legendary music producer and entrepreneur Jimmy Iovine for his commitment to excellence and ongoing support for the art and craft of recorded music.

The Producers & Engineers Wing of The Recording Academy®will celebrate its fifth annual GRAMMY Week event honoring legendary music producer and entrepreneur Jimmy Iovine for his commitment to excellence and ongoing support for the art and craft of recorded music.

Madonna will have a new album out in late March, it was officially confirmed today by Interscope Records.

The Recording Academy®'sGRAMMY Recordings® and Universal Republic Records have joined forces to release the 2012 GRAMMY® Nominees album on Jan. 24, 2012.

Cherrytree/A&M Records/Universal Music Group is pleased to announce the release of Sting: 25 Years, the definitive box set collection

The GRAMMY Foundation® and MusiCares Foundation® - the affiliated charities of The Recording Academy® - announced that their respective Boards have elected new Officers and Directors.Scott Pascucci has been elected to serve as the Chair of MusiCares, with Jon Platt, president of North America creative for EMI Music Publishing, elected as Vice Chair, and Gary Veloric elected asSecretary/Treasurer.

Universal Music Group and The Rolling Stones have announced the release on November 21, 2011 of the re-mastered, expanded, Super-Deluxe, Deluxe and Digital editions of Some Girls, the groundbreaking album which introduced the music of the Rolling Stones to a whole new generation of fans.

'Body and Soul' is the final recording made by Winehouse before her passing on July 23rd of this year, and is released today to mark what would have been the singer's 28th birthday. The single and video of 'Body and Soul' has also been released today on the iTunes Store to benefit The Amy Winehouse Foundation.

Internationally acclaimed tenor Andrea Bocelli will perform a free concert on Central Park's Great Lawn, Thursday, September 15th with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by its music director Alan Gilbert, as a special gift to New York City (tickets required for entry).

'Body and Soul' is the final recording made by Winehouse before her passing on July 23rd of this year, and is released today to mark what would have been the singer's 28th birthday.

Baby It's You! will play its final Broadway performance Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 3pm, at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street). Baby It's You will have played 33 preview and 151 regular performances.

The Highling Ballroom has announced their upcoming events for August 15-August 28.

The 'FRON' Male Welsh Choir will sing a free concert at St. Bartholomew's on Tuesday, August 23 at 12:30 pm as part of their US summer tour.

The cast of Broadway's Golden Oldie's musical, BABY IT'S YOU!, will perform at a fundraising event benefitting Passaic High School on Sunday August 7, at 7:30pm. Florence Greenberg's daughter, Mary Jane, first saw the four singers that her mother would make into the Shirelles at a talent show in the auditorium of Passaic High School, and in honor of that historic event the BABY IT'S YOU! cast will be performing numbers from the Broadway musical that chronicles the meteoric rise of the legendary girl group. The benefit will take place in the newly refurbished auditorium of Passaic High School (170 Paulison Avenue, Passaic, NJ) and will also feature a performance by the Passaic High School Band and a special Q&A with the cast of BABY IT'S YOU!. Tickets are $20 at the door and 100% of the proceeds will benefit a performing arts scholarship fund for a deserving Passaic High School Student.

Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, and Desi Hits! (www.desihits.com) The world's premier east/west fusion entertainment platform have signed award-winning Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra to a worldwide recording agreement.

LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, together with Universal Republic today announced a sweeping partnership on the soundtrack to the highly anticipated Lionsgate motion picture event THE HUNGER GAMES, which will be in theaters everywhere on March 23, 2012.