May 2009 Archives

American Idol season 8 winner Kris Allen, and runner-up Adam Lambert's versions of their debut single "No Boundaries" is available at iTunes now. An iTunes Pass for Kris Allen also launches today, featuring a download of his version of "No Boundaries" (19 Recordings), his debut album when released, and exclusive music and video content through the coming months.

With an iTunes Pass, music fans can get new and exclusive music, video and other content from their favorite artists over a set period of time, delivered to their iTunes library as soon as it's available. For the first time, an iTunes Pass is available immediately following tonight's American Idol finale, beginning with Kris Allen's winning single from the show tonight and culminating with his debut studio album.

Fans who purchase the Kris Allen iTunes Pass ($18.99) starting today will receive an instant download of "No Boundaries," and in the coming months will receive exclusive video performances from the 50-city Idol summer tour, the first single and video from the album before it's released, the album itself with special artwork, a special iTunes-only video holiday greeting at the end of the year, and more.

Additionally, Idol winner Kris Allen's version of "No Boundaries" will debut online exclusively on AOL's pop culture news site, PopEater.com.

"No Boundaries" was written by American Idol Judge Kara DioGuardi, Cathy Dennis and Mitch Allan and produced by Eman. "No Boundaries" was performed by both contestants on American Idol on both the Tuesday night performance show as well as the Wednesday night finale.

On Thursday, May 21st "No Boundaries" will be available at all digital music retailers.

Catch Kris Allen and Adam Lambert along with the rest of your top 10 American Idols on tour all summer, kicking off on July 5th in Portland, OR.

"American Idol" is created and executive-produced by Simon Fuller, founder of 19 Entertainment; and executive-produced by Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO, FremantleMedia North America; and Ken Warwick, executive producer, FremantleMedia North America.

Visit www.americanidol.com for exclusive videos and photos from the audition cities, special behind-the-scenes information and all of your "American Idol" news. For photo requests, please visit www.foxflash.com.

SOURCE 19 Entertainment

J Records recording artist Jamie Foxx sets the all-time record for 12 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Urban Mainstream chart with his hit single "Blame It" (TLC's "No Scrubs" was #1 for 11 weeks in 1999)! This unprecedented feat is coupled with "Blame It" coming in at #1 on the Hot 100 Audience chart for a 4th week with an audience of 119.6 million. The single also maintains its Top 5 status this week landing at #3 on the Rhythmic chart (after a 5 week run at #1), and #5 on the Top 40 chart. Additionally, "Blame It" is currently #3 on Nielsen's Ringscan chart as it crossed the million tone sales mark after peaking at #2 a few weeks ago. Foxx's RIAA-certified Platinum album Intuition is currently #6 on the R&B Albums chart.

Officially announced yesterday during his surprise appearance on BET's 106 & Park, Foxx will bring his unsurpassed talent as an all-around entertainer when he hosts and performs on the 9th annual BET Awards on June 28th at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium. Jamie also garnered three BET Awards nominations for "Best Male R&B Artist," "Best Collaboration" with T-Pain for "Blame It," and "Video of the Year" for the star-studded "Blame It" featuring Ron Howard, Forest Whitaker, Jake Gyllenhaal, Samuel L. Jackson, T-Pain and more. Prior to the BET Awards, Foxx will perform his hit single on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 18th and several songs from Intuition on Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series on June 19th.

Intuition, Foxx's third studio album was released December 16, 2008 and debuted at #3 on the Billboard's Top 200 and #2 on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, with sales of 265,000 copies in its first week. Since its release, Intuition has been a Top 10 staple on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, peaking at #1 three times. Last month, Foxx appeared on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with 3 singles simultaneously within the Top 10: "Blame It," "She Got Her Own," and "Just Like Me;" at #1, #2 and #8, respectively.

With his continuous chart-topping success in music, his widely popular The Foxxhole radio show on Sirius XM, creator and co-executive producer of one of MTV's highest-rated reality shows, From G's to Gents, and co-starring role alongside Robert Downey, Jr. in the critically-acclaimed film The Soloist, Academy Award winner and Grammy-nominated artist Jamie Foxx is the undisputed "King of all Media."

Source: RCA Music Group

Howard Benson Returns As Producer To Follow Up Debut, Which Sold 5 Million Copies Worldwide

Daughtry unveils the title of its second album Leave This Town (19 Recordings/RCA). Released on July 14, the album once again produced by Howard Benson (All-American Rejects, My Chemical Romance) features a dozen plus songs, including the first single, "No Surprise."

Chris Daughtry, bassist Josh Paul, drummer Joey Barnes, and guitarists Brian Craddock and Josh Steely recorded Leave This Town in Los Angeles. Much of the album explores the different paths we take in our search for transcendence. "A lot of it is about how leaps of faith can set us free or tie us down, and how we often find heartache when we run from something and redemption when we run toward something," says Chris Daughtry.

Musically, the album shifts gears smoothly between arena-rock anthems ("No Surprise," "Ghost of Me"), hushed ballads ("September"), emotional mid-tempos ("Life After You," "Learned My Lesson") and country-influenced ("Tennessee Line").

Leave This Town is Daughtry's follow-up to its 2006 GRAMMY-nominated debut, which sold 5 million copies worldwide. The eponymous album spawned a trio of #1 songs, was the largest-selling artist release for two years running, and earned multiple wins at the American Music Awards, the World Music Awards and the Billboard Music Awards.

Source: RCA Music Group