Carrie Underwood’s new album “Play On” sold 312,092 copies landing #1 on the Billboard album charts this week. Her last record “Carnival Ride” sold 527,000 in the first week. As of now, Underwoods fans are sticking with her…

Jared Lee signed an exclusive wordwide publishing deal with Chrysalis Music Publishing in Dec 2008 and has spent the better part of 2009 working on material for his debut EP (release TBD) with several heavy hitter writers/producers – most notably Evan Bogart and Greg Ogan from The Writing Camp (Beyonce, Britney Spears, Jesse McCartney, Sean Kingston).

His song “Hooray For Hollywood” was just featured in an episode of MTV’s “The Hills” and will be available on iTunes by week’s end.
Contact: ricky@idolroc.com

Check out the track Hollywood by The N Result. Check out their myspace for upcoming east coast shows.
Contact: eitanl@eden.rutgers.edu

Singer/songwriter Aaron Anderson was recently one of a handful of artists chosen by Jon Foreman of Switchfoot and Isaac Slade of The Fray to take part in an exclusive two-day artist’s retreat at the Nashville home of renowned writer/producer/artist Charlie Peacock. Listen to the track Where Do I Begin.
Contact: zane@551entertainment.com

Check out the track Puccini by Marissa Burns Trey.
Contact: magnus@catapult-music.com