Buzz Track: Supersonic featuring Sean Kingston
Swiss pop singer Vava Voom is an up-and-coming artist. She teamed up with Sean Kingston (Beautiful Girls, Fire Burnin’, Beat It feat. Chris Brown) on her first single “Supersonic”. The single was produced by The Aristocrats (The Underdogs, Rodney Jerkins, Exo-K) and written by Esjay Jones (Akon, Rihanna, Shakira) and Pia Toscano (American Idol season 10). Vava Voom is currently at work on her debut album, which will be released later this year. “Supersonic” is her first single release in the United States.
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Buzz Track: Scream
Margaret Berger has become a Kings favorite with her new video release for her song Scream. She has released two albums under Sony BMG, she won a Norwegian Grammy for best music video in 2004, and was nominated for best newcomer. Her single “Samantha” from her second album “Pretty Scary Silver Fairy” became an international club hit. Recent releases includes singles “Human Race” and “Scream” released a month ago. Margaret is currently working on her third album “New Religion”
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With a fortune estimated at £45 million, Adele has topped the Sunday Times under-30s music rich list for the second year running. Despite releasing no new material last year, the singer’s wealth increased by £15 million in 2013.
Adele, 26, has released two studio albums – 19 (2008) and 21 (2011) – and wrote the theme tune to the 2012 James Bond film, Skyfall. She was also awarded an MBE last year for services to music.
DJ Calvin Harris is second on the list, with an estimated £30 million to his name. The DJ, whose real name is Adam Richard Wiles, released his third studio album, 18 Months, in 2012 and has enjoyed nine UK Top 10 hits from the record. First week sales of over 50,000 also propelled 18 Months to the top of the UK album chart.
Cheryl Cole, who has not released new music for two years, has dropped a position from last year and is now third in the list with £16 million.
The top 10 list is dominated by the five members of One Direction – Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson – who each have a fortune estimated at £14 million. Read more
Check out the video for the song We Run by Alex Rights. The video was filmed in the British countryside and the song is very licensable. Alex is a 24 year old singer-songwriter and just released the EP titled ‘We Run’. He has performed at venues in Montreal including The National as well as festivals in Quebec such as the Festival de Sorel. The full EP can be heard here.
Contact: alexrightsmusic@gmail.com