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New York, 21 May 2013 -   Music executive, composer, and artist Chris Munger has expanded his relationship with BMG Chrysalis US. Along with his band My World, Munger has signed a co-publishing agreement with BMG Chrysalis and will support the company as a consultant going forward.  In this role, Munger will continue to bring AV opportunities for film and TV projects and scout new talent for BMG’s growing roster.

Munger’s work experience includes music supervision positions at Warner Chappell Music and Comedy Central, as well as projects for clients such as NBC, TV One, MTV, MSG, Gravity Games, Corona, the NHL and Versus.

My World is a NYC-based indie-rock trio known for mixing original compositions and obscure cover tunes with musical antics that has worked with Public Enemy and Run DMC; they recently released the album All Shapes and Sizes. The band has composed themes for Comedy Central, MSG, Fuse, VH1 and Versus. Currently their music can be heard as the theme song for Comedy Central’s TV show The Half Hour.

“My World is very fortunate to have experienced many memorable moments in the entertainment world and to have developed great friendships and working relationships with some of the best minds in the business,” said Munger. “It has been an honor to work with Keith Hauprich and the entire BMG family. We never thought we’d make it to the Super Bowl. Now we’re going to Disneyland.”

“Chris and My World band members are ambitious musicians who inject their cutting-edge rock sound into every project they touch,” said Keith Hauprich, Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs & A/V Business Development at BMG Chrysalis US.  “With the band joining the BMG family, we are pleased to maximize opportunities for their talent to be brought to a broader audience.”

Stockholm, 21 May 2013 – BMG songwriters Joy and Linnea Deb were honored with the Composer Award at the prestigious Marcel Bezençon Awards on 18 May 2013. Together with Robin Stjernberg and Joakim Harestad Haukaas, they wrote ‘You’, the song that was representing Sweden in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

The Composer Award is given to the best and most original composition as voted by the participating composers. Later in the evening, ‘You’, performed by Robin Stjernberg, was voted on place 14 in the Eurovision Song Contest.

The Marcel Bezençon Awards are held since 2002 right before the ESC in the three categories: Press Award, Artistic Award and Composer Award. They are named after the song contest’s creator Marcel Bezençon.

Congratulations!

New York, 17 May 2013: Grammy-winning songwriter, singer and guitarist Ben Harper has signed an exclusive, worldwide co-publishing agreement with BMG Chrysalis US.

Harper has been named one of the most innovative modern bluesmen and is internationally recognized for his live performances and distinguished songwriting craft.

The songwriter took home Grammys in 2004 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for ’11th Commandment’ and Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album for his collaboration with the Blind Boys of Alabama on an album of gospel songs, There Will Be a Light. Featuring original songs and covers, the disc reached Number One on Billboard‘s gospel albums chart.

For his twelfth studio album, Harper collaborated with critically acclaimed blues artist Charlie Musselwhite to release Get Up in January 2013. With this project, the duo, who first worked together with legendary blues guitarist John Lee Hooker in 1997, explore a range of blues textures.

“Get Up showcases a special musical chemistry between two legendary artists who complement each other’s unique talent and style while pushing artistic boundaries,” said Jill Pedone, Creative Director at BMG Chrysalis US.  “It is a rare opportunity to work with a songwriter such as Ben who flourishes with any musical genre.”

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Harper added: “I look forward to working with BMG.  They have an incredible roster that I’m proud to be a part of.  Laurent Hubert and his team are real leaders and innovators in the music publishing space, which is such an important part of an artist’s career.”

LONDON – BMG writers The Maccabees have been awarded one of the most outstanding accolades in songwriting, with their song ‘Pelican’ named Best Contemporary Song at the 2013 Ivor Novello Awards.

The band received their award at a ceremony in London where fellow BMG writer Gavin Rossdale, the creative force behind multi-million selling rock band Bush was also honoured with an International Achievement Award.

The Ivor for The Maccabees tops a stunning 12 months for the Brighton indie-rock band, which comprises Orlando Weeks, Hugo White, Felix White, Rupert Jarvis and Sam Doyle. Their third album, Given To The Wild– the first to be published by BMG – has become their most successful album yet and was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.

‘Pelican’ emerged victorious in the Best Contemporary Song category against tough competition from the two other nominated titles, ‘Fitzpleasure’ by Alt-J, and Plan B’s ‘Ill Manors’, co-written by BMG songwriters Al Shux, Peter Fox, David Conen and Vincent Graf-Schlippenbach.

The Best Contemporary Song category is one of the most prestigious at the Ivors, with previous winners including Amy Winehouse and Tinie Tempah. Last year’s winning song was Lana del Rey’s ‘Video Games’.

Meanwhile Gavin Rossdale was honoured with an Ivor for International Achievement to mark his 20 years of success, particularly in the US and Canada, as front man of Bush and as a solo artist. The award was presented to him by Coldplay’s Chris Martin. Rossdale said he was “honoured and humbled” to receive an Ivor.

Other BMG writers to be nominated included Natasha Khan, better known as Bat For Lashes, who was nominated in the category Best Song Musically and Lyrically for ‘Laura’, while Al Shux received an additional nomination  in the category Best Original Film Score for his work on the Ill Manors movie.

BMG Chrysalis UK SVP Alexi Cory-Smith said, “The Ivors are the ultimate accolade for songwriters, and so it is a distinction even to win a nomination. I am delighted that The Maccabees and Gavin have been recognised with awards. In both cases they are richly deserved.”

The Maccabees – 2013 IVORS Best Contemporary Song

Paris, 16 May 2013 – Nine BMG songwriters and artists were honored at this week’s Trace Urban Music Awards in Paris! A great night for the winners who succeeded in the following categories:

Best Collaboration
La Fouine feat. Zaho: ‘Ma Meilleure’
(co-write by BMG-signed Rodney Jerkins)

Best Album
La Foiune: Drôle De Parcours
(co-writes by BMG-signed Rodney Jerkins, Sonny Alves, So Loud, Crada, DikC, Gun Roulett, KsBa, French Montana)

Best Newcomer
Sultan

Trace Urban is the biggest French urban TV channel, focusing on urban music and culture, broadcasting it’s formats in over 80 countries worldwide. Once a year, the Trace Urban Music Awards honor the best Hip-Hop, R&B, Soul contribution of the year. This year, the event took place in Paris on 14 May and was presented by CanalSat. View the pictures here.

Congratulations to Rodney Jerkins, Sonny Alves, So Loud, Crada, DikC, Gun Roulett, KsBa, French Montana, and Sultan!

BERLIN, 16 May 2013 – Music rights management company BMG has announced it has concluded the acquisition from Sony/ATV Music Publishing and EMI Music Publishing of a series of prestigious music publishing catalogs, including worldwide rights in the Virgin Music publishing companies, Famous UK Music Publishing and selected current songwriters.

The copyrights concerned include iconic songs by the likes of Kurt Cobain, Tears for Fears, Iggy Pop, Duffy, Mark Ronson, The Human League, Terence Trent D’Arby and The Kooks.

The acquisition – first announced 21 December 2012 (see press release here) – has now been fully approved by the European Commission.

Earlier this month, BMG announced the closure of its acquisition of the Mute and Sanctuary catalogues of recordings.

Enquiries:
Annika Reiche-Seiz
E-Mail: annika.reiche-seiz@bmg.com
Phone: +49 (0) 30 300 133 382

Madrid, 10 May 2013 – Madrid-based pop rock band The Noises returns with three-song EP Rapto.

The new material has been recorded in Madrid at Reno Studios and The House of Thousand Noises and produced by Marc Waterman, who previously worked with Depeche Mode, Ash, Ride and Elastica, among others.

Mondosonoro, the most influential indie rock magazine in Spain, has supported The Noises from the beginning, and are now streaming Rapto exclusively on their website.

The band will begin touring Spain presenting their new songs during numerous concerts in spring / summer 2013, starting at famous “Sala Sol” in Madrid on June 15.

For more information about The Noises visit their official facebook page.

London, 9 May 2013 – Silence Yourself, the highly anticipated debut album from the BMG signed Savages, is released this week amidst a string of stellar reviews and growing support.

The London based four-piece, consisting of Jenny Beth, Gemma Thompson, Ayse Hassan, and Fay Milton have built a strong name for themselves on the back of a number of impressive live shows both in the UK, including a set at London’s Shacklewell Arms ,recorded for a promo video, and in the US at SXSW and Coachella earlier in the year.

Critically Silence Yourself has been lauded in virtually all corners with the bands intense brand of guitar rock reminiscent of Siouxise & The Banshees. Influential music blog Pitchfork scoring the album 8.7 arguing the album ‘proves that Savages are more than just talk. It’s one of rock’s most commanding and ferociously poised debuts in recent years, the work of a band whose outsized confidence and sharp clarity of vision doesn’t correlate with the short amount of time it’s been together.’

While The NME says, ‘the hypnotic rhythms of tracks such as ‘I Am Here’ entrance you until you agree that this isn’t a mere album, it’s a work of art.’

Savages are currently embarking on an extensive European tour before heading to the US in June. Full details are available here.

BERLIN, 1 May 2013 – Music rights management company BMG has announced it has concluded the significant acquisitions of legendary recorded music catalogues Mute and Sanctuary from Universal Music Group.

The Mute catalogue includes master recordings from such artists as Depeche Mode, Nick Cave, Goldfrapp and Yazoo. The Sanctuary Records catalogue of 170,000 recordings contains works by the likes of Black Sabbath, Motörhead, Megadeth, The Kinks and Uriah Heep.

The two acquisitions have now been fully approved by the European Commission.

BMG CEO Hartwig Masuch said, “These acquisitions are a significant step forward for BMG. Now the real work begins – to demonstrate to artists, writers and clients that their faith in us is justified. We remain committed to delivering on our promise to create a modern new artist-centric alternative to the legacy music companies.”

Enquiries:

Annika Reiche-Seiz
E-Mail: annika.reiche-seiz@bmg.com
Phone: +49 (0) 30 300 133 382

NASHVILLE, 30 April 2013: Hillary Lindsey, renowned Grammy-winning Nashville-based songwriter has re-signed her administration agreement with BMG Chrysalis US.

Lindsey has enjoyed tremendous success with memorable songs performed by some of the biggest names in country music such as the Grammy-winning ‘Jesus, Take the Wheel’ (Carrie Underwood), ‘American Honey’ (Lady Antebellum), ‘A Little Bit Stronger’ (Sara Evans) and ‘This One’s for the Girls’ (Martina McBride).

Underwood has taken six of Lindsey’s songs – ‘Jesus Take the Wheel,’ ‘So Small,’ ‘Wasted,’ ‘Last Name,’ ‘Just a Dream’ and most recently ‘Two Black Cadillacs’ – to the top of the charts, and Lady Antebellum hit Number One with ‘American Honey’ in 2010. Among her other recent chart accomplishments are ‘Fearless’ by Taylor Swift, ‘Unstoppable’ by Rascal Flatts, ‘Kiss Goodbye’ by Little Big Town, and ‘Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)’ by Gary Allan which reached Number One earlier in the year.

In addition to numerous accolades in the music industry, Lindsey received an Academy Award nomination in the Best Original Song category for the Gwyneth Paltrow-sung ‘Coming Home’ from the film Country Strong, while Golden Globe nominations went to both ‘Coming Home’ and ‘There’s a Place for Us,’ sung by Underwood, from the picture Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

“Hillary is one of the most respected songwriting talents of our generation and her music has greatly impacted the Nashville community and beyond,” said Laurent Hubert, President, Creative & Marketing, BMG Chrysalis North America. “It’s an honor she choose BMG to handle her timeless songs.”

Lindsey commented: “I am so excited for the opportunity to continue my relationship with BMG and work with my BMG family. I’m looking forward to our future together!”

TOKYO/BERLIN, 29 April 2013 – Fuji Pacific and BMG proudly congratulate Sebastian Thott, who has been honored for his songwriting skills for Japanese boy band Exile’s ‘Rising Sun’ with the 2013 JASRAC Award.

Since 30 years, JASRAC, the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers, annually presents the JASRAC Awards to artists whose musical works have been commercially most successful in Japan in the past year.

Thott, who’s song ‘Rising Sun’ earned more income than any other foreign copyright in Japan in 2012, comments on the success: “I’m very happy and honored that Exile’s ‘Rising Sun’ has received the annual JASRAC Award! I love writing songs for great artists and groups like Exile, and will hopefully continue doing that for a long time.”

Congratulations Sebastian!

Sebastian Thott

STOCKHOLM, 26 April 2013 – Swedish artist Jessica Andersson has signed a deal with BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia to release her upcoming album under its innovative new model recording deal. The agreement follows her publishing agreement signed with BMG in 2012.

Andersson gained popularity in Sweden when she competed in the television broadcast show Fame Factory in 2003 and soon after won the Melodifestivalen, the biggest music TV-show in Sweden with half the Swedish population watching, as part of the duo Fame with Magnus Bäcklund. Fame also represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2003.
In 2004 Andersson decided to pursue a career as a solo artist and has been successful as a singer, winner of Sweden’s Dancing With The Stars 2011, and author of her biography, which has sold over 120,000 copies, since then.

Andersson is currently writing songs for her upcoming album together with BMG’s Platinum selling artist and writer Peter Le Marc.

BMG Label Services offers a partnership-based approach to releasing records in which artist and company jointly agree every aspect of a release including budget, and artists potentially earn far more than is possible under a traditional record deal.

Berlin, 22 April 2013 – The American rapper, producer and songwriter will.i.am has released his long-anticipated album #willpower.

After his chart-topping hit single releases ‘Scream & Shout’ featuring Britney Spears – which became Germany’s best-selling song in 2013’s first quarter – and ‘#thatpower’ featuring Justin Bieber, he has now published his fourth long player. On #willpower, will.i.am collaborated with artists like Chris Brown, Eva Simons, Miley Cyrus and Nicole Scherzinger among others.

See below for the brand new video to ‘#thatpower’ featuring Justin Bieber.

Los Angeles, 18 April 2013 – Chris Braide, British singer and Ivor Novello award-winning songwriter and producer has signed an exclusive, worldwide co-publishing deal with BMG Chrysalis US.

During his career, Braide has worked with some of the most respected and influential artists in the world. Currently based in LA, Braide has composed songs for chart-topping artists such as David Guetta, Sia, Lana Del Rey, Christina Aguilera, Paloma Faith and Yuna.

Braide’s ‘Kill and Run’, co-written with and performed by Sia, will be included on the much buzzed-about soundtrack for the upcoming film from Baz Luhrmann, The Great Gatsby.  The soundtrack was supervised by Jay-Z and features a diverse roster of top musical talent.

Most recently, Braide co-wrote and co-produced the Pan European chart topping hit song for David Guetta ‘She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)’ featuring Sia and the standout song, ‘Blank Page’ for Christina Aguilera.  Currently he is contributing to upcoming albums from Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson and Sia.

This May, rock legend Bonnie Tyler will perform Braide’s song ‘Believe In Me’ at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Europe’s biggest music competition held in Sweden. The show will be broadcasted live, with an average of 120 million viewers.

Andrew Gould, Vice President of Creative at BMG Chrysalis US commented: “Chris’ passion for music is pure and unparalleled, and his compositions exude this in their timelessness.  We are fortunate to be working closely with him and are excited for his continued success.”

ʺLaurent and Richard have assembled a dream team of creativity, energy and passion with Zach, Andrew and David,ʺ added Braide.  “As a songwriter, their commitment and support means a lot to me. I’m looking forward to a long term relationship with BMG.ʺ

Left to Right: Richard Blackstone, EVP of Creative & Business Development at BMG Chrysalis US, Tim McDaniel, Manager at McDaniel Entertainment, Angela Pagano, Senior Director, Business Affairs at BMG Chrysalis US, Andrew Gould, VP of Creative at BMG Chrysalis US, Chris Braide, Laurent Hubert, President, Creative & Marketing, BMG Chrysalis North America, Zach Katz, EVP of Creative at BMG Chrysalis US, Anne Zogby, Manager at McDaniel Entertainment, Attorney Brian Schall of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP

Los Angeles, 18 April 2013 – BMG proudly congratulates its songwriters Dan Omelio, Steve Mac, Bruno Mars, Dan Wilson, Carl Falk, Ari Levine, Marlon Travis Barrows and Tyrone William Griffin, who won at the 30^th annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards last night.

The winning BMG songs are:

‘Ass Back Home’ (Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch)
BMG writer: Dan Omelio

‘Glad You Came’ (The Wanted)
BMG writer: Steve Mac

‘It Will Rain’ (Bruno Mars)
BMG writer: Bruno Mars

‘Payphone’ (Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa)
BMG writer: Dan Omelio

‘Someone Like You’ (Adele)
BMG writer: Dan Wilson

‘Starships’ (Nicki Minaj)
BMG writer: Carl Falk

‘What Makes You Beautiful’ (One Direction)
BMG writer: Carl Falk

‘Young Wild And Free’ (Snoop Doog and Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars)
BMG writers: Bruno Mars, Ari Levine, Marlon Travis Barrows, Tyrone William Griffin

ASCAP’s songwriters and publisher’s most performed pop songs were awarded at yesterday’s show at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

Congratulations!

Paris, 18 April 2013 – BMG is proud to announce that Pop Noire, one of France’s hottest upcoming labels and production units, has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with BMG. Pop Noire’s catalogue includes shares to songs of Lescop, Savages and John & Lehn.

The French singer Lescop was honored with a nomination in the category Best Newcomer at this year’s Victoires De La Musique Awards. His self-titled debut album was released in October 2012 and went Top 40 in France.

As one of UK’s upcoming sensations in post-punk rock, Savages were nominated for BBC’s Sound of 2013 poll. The four women will release their debut album Silence Yourself on 7 May 2013 in the UK and the US. Lead singer Jehnny Beth also plays together with Lescop collaborator Johnny Hostile in the indie duet John & Jehn. Among others, the duo has released two albums and contributed music for a documentary on the fashion label Chanel.

Savages’ Gemma Thompson (guitar), Ayse Hassan (bass) and Fay Milton (drums) are already signed to BMG via a direct deal with BMG Chrysalis UK, Jehnny Beth is now in the BMG family through BMG France.

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LONDON, 17 April 2013 – BMG writers have scored a series of nominations for the 2013 Ivor Novello Awards, the UK’s premier awards for songwriters.

BMG writers account for two of the three nominated songs in the important Best Contemporary Song category – The Maccabees for ‘Pelican’ and Al Shux, Peter Fox and The Krauts for their contribution to Plan B’s ‘Ill Manors’.

‘Pelican’ was the lead single from The Maccabees’s third album Given To The Wild. The album was nominated for the 2012 Mercury Music Prize and is their best-selling album to date.

The song ‘Ill Manors’ includes a prominent sample from ‘Alles Neu’ written by German hip-hop star Peter Fox and production team The Krauts together with a contribution from Al Shux.

Shux is also nominated in the category Best Original Film Score for his work on the Ill Manors movie.

Meanwhile Natasha Khan, better known as Bat For Lashes, is nominated in the category Best Song Musically and Lyrically for ‘Laura’, the lead single from her current album The Haunted Man. Natasha was nominated earlier this year for Best British Female at the BRIT Awards.

The Ivor Novello Awards will be presented at a ceremony in London on 16 May.

BERLIN/LONDON, 16 April 2013 – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark’s (OMD) new album English Electric, released under BMG’s innovative master model, enters the German Album charts at Number 10. It marks a major success for Synth-Pop Pioneers OMD, who celebrated their comeback in the original line-up after 20 years in 2010.

The new album follows the success of History Of Modern, the band’s 2010 self-released album, for which BMG handles the music publishing.

BMG Label Services offers a partnership-based approach to releasing records in which artist and company jointly agree every aspect of a release including budget, and artists potentially earn far more than is possible under a traditional record deal.

London, 15 April 2013 – The BMG Chrysalis signed Yeah Yeah Yeah’s release their hotly anticipated fourth studio album Mosquito today.

Following a number of impressive recent live performances in the run-up to the album’s release, including a rousing performance on Letterman and a headline appearance at Coachella, Mosquito has received strong reviews and media coverage, with everyone from the New York Times to the Guardian filing extensive features on the band.

In what is their first album since 2009’s critically acclaimed It’s Blitz!, the album marks both a return to New York, where the album was recorded in the band’s Brooklyn studio, and a return to their lo-fi origins leaving the Blondie-esque disco influences behind. On stand-out tracks such as ‘Sacrilege’, ‘Mosquito’, and the soaring ‘Despair’, the band are playing to their classic best with the guitar of Nick Zinner and vocals of Karen O very much to the fore.

The Yeah Yeah Yeah’s will be playing a number of dates in the UK in April, including a headline spot at their self-curated I’ll Be Your Mirror festival in London, before taking in more shows in the US and Europe this summer. Full details can be found here.

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LONDON, 12 April 2013: Bring Me The Horizon – currently celebrating the chart-topping release of their fourth album Sempiternal – have signed an exclusive worldwide publishing agreement with BMG Chrysalis UK.

Sempiternal – widely tipped as a breakthrough album for the Sheffield five-piece – debuted in the UK charts at Number Three this week and has already sold around half of what their previous album has sold in over two years. In the US Sempiternal entered the Billboard 200 at Number 11. The album debuted at an impressive Number One in the Australian albums chart, reflecting the growing momentum behind the band who have been widely credited with spearheading a resurgence in British metal.

The new album is Bring Me The Horizon’s major label debut, their first to be released through RCA.

BMG Chrysalis UK Senior VP Alexi Cory-Smith said, “Bring Me The Horizon are an amazing rock band with very strong management doing a classic artist development job. We are delighted they have chosen BMG to be their publishing partner. It is clear music is getting louder in 2013 and Bring Me The Horizon are leading the charge.”

Craig Jennings, CEO of the band’s management company, Raw Power Management, said, “We feel we have found kindred spirits at BMG. I am massively impressed by Alexi’s energy and drive and belief. Rather than just talking about things, BMG get things done. This is a young person’s business and BMG is a young thinking company.”

Bring Me The Horizon lead singer Oli Sykes said, “We couldn’t be more stoked to be working with BMG. We had a lot of offers and talks with publishers but no one impressed us more than BMG did. They were genuinely excited about this record, and got us really excited about future projects and collaborations.”

Later this month Bring Me The Horizon embark on a tour of the UK and Europe, followed by high profile festival appearances in Germany. From June til August they will be playing the Warped Tour 2013 in the US and Canada before appearances on the Main Stage at the Reading and Leeds festivals over the August Bank Holiday weekend.

Said Jennings said, “This week’s chart position is a fantastic result, particularly given we had to bring the release date forward a month because of an internet leak. We have been managing this band for five years, but to have the weight of Sony and now BMG behind us feels like a new start. We have massive ambitions for this band.”

London, 11 April 2012 – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) release their 12^th studio album this week through BMG’s unique masters model. English Electric is the second album since the reformation of the band’s classic 80’s line-up in 2006.

The album has received a string of strong reviews to date and is on track for an impressive chart placing in its first week having peaked at number three in the mid-week charts. More than thirty years since the release of their seminal album Architecture & Morality, OMD have clearly not lost the ability to create classic songs fusing their signature blend of melancholic lyrics and driving, electronic pop beats.

The release of English Electric is the latest album to be released through the unique BMG Masters Model, which offers artists a new alternative to the traditional record deal giving them creative and budgetary control and an industry-leading 75% share of revenues. Unlike an increasing number of labels, BMG does not seek to share in live or merchandising revenues.

OMD are currently on tour in the US before returning to the UK and Europe with a full calender of live dates, full details of which can be found here.

Berlin, 11 April 2013 – BMG is happy to announce that German writers Andreas Bourani, Heike Kospach, Manuel Reuter, Annette Focks, Torsten Goods as well as Die Toten Hosen are nominated for Musikautorenpreis, the GEMA writers award 2013.

Since 2009 the German collecting society GEMA hosts an annual ceremony to honor songwriters for their work. The awardees will be elected by a jury consisting of renowned composers and lyricists.

This year’s ceremony will be held on 25 April at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Berlin.

The list of nominated writers represented by BMG and categories:

Category Lyrics – Pop
Andreas Bourani and Heike Kospach

Category Composition  – Dance/Elektro
Manuel Reuter

Category Composition  – Rock/Pop
Die Toten Hosen (Michael Breitkopf, Andreas Frege, Andreas von Holst, Andreas Meurer, Stephen George Ritchie)

Category Composition – Film
Annette Focks

Category Newcomer
Torsten Goods

Find additional information on the official GEMA website.

Congratulations to all nominees!

STOCKHOLM, 10 April 2013 – Swedish DJ duo Kill FM has signed an exclusive songwriter agreement with BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia through a co-publishing deal with Big Wednesday, becoming the first act of that partnership.

The electro/house/moombahton/dubstep duo consists of Kim Lindén and Jimmy Andersson who, living in different cities, started communicating with each other through a music forum where they shared ideas of songs and developed their concept.

After months of remixes and developing songs for an EP, Kim and Jimmy decided to meet in person for the first time. With Kill FM they felt they had found a name that would define their sound best, and launched their project online in May 2012.

After releasing a preview of their original track ‘Bully’, the duo received an immense response from blogs and labels all over the world. Their EP, Revolt, will soon be released – the single ‘Spin It Now (Fuck ‘Em)’ already premiered on the US dance site VIBE on 11 March 2013.

“It feels good to be a part of the BMG family. There are so many people we really look up to and we’re excited what the future will bring.” commented Kim and Jimmy on the signing.

Sanken Sandqvist, General Manager BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia, said: ”When you see  talents like Kim and Jimmy from Kill FM there is only one thing to do…..Sign them and give them the time and support they need to develop themselves.”

L-R: Sanken Sandqvist (General Manager, BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia), Kim Lindén, Jimmy Andersson, Adrian Karvinen (Big Wednesday)

STOCKHOLM, 4 APRIL 2013 – Filip Sundberg, drummer of Swedish band Syket, has signed an exclusive songwriter agreement with BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia for his solo project Tiger Forest Cat.

Tiger Forest Cat’s debut single ‘Everybody’s Running’ will be released on 14 April 2013, followed by the album Affairs Of The Heart in fall. The single has recently been premiered on the website/blog PSL, which is hosted by national Swedish television channel SVT.

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New York, 28 March 2013 – Soundgarden, the multi-platinum selling, revolutionary rock group fronted by songwriter, singer and guitarist Chris Cornell, have signed a worldwide administration agreement with BMG Chrysalis US. The deal includes acclaimed rock anthems such as ‘Spoonman’, ‘Black Hole Sun’ and ‘Blow Up The Outside World’.

Soundgarden achieved monumental success with the 1994 album Superunknown, which debuted at Number One on the Billboard charts and yielded the Grammy Award-winning singles written by Cornell such as ʽBlack Hole Sunʼ and ʽSpoonman.ʹ Following a 12 year hiatus since the band dominated the rock mainstream, Soundgarden reassembled in 2010 to record and tour, playing select sold-out dates before headlining the Lollapalooza Festival. Their highly anticipated Fall 2012 release, King Animal, the first album from the band in 16 years, continues to be one of the most critically acclaimed records of the band’s career. The band is kicking off their second leg of their North American tour in May 2013.

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New York, 26 March 2013 – Congratulations to Mayra Veronica for her Number One song! Only once in the history of the Billboard Dance charts has a Spanish song achieved the coveted Number One position, and arrived there as quickly as Mayra Veronica’s ‘Ay Mama Mia.’

The record, which was originally produced by Roy Tavare, the creator of hits for names such as Shakira and Ricky Martin, was remixed by other top industry producers such as Dave Aude’, Chocolate Puma, Razor N Guido, Robbie Rivera, and Sick Individuals.

The song broke records on YouTube, becoming an overnight sensation, after garnishing millions of views. The video featured the pin up Icon Bettie Page. Mayra Veronica is known for her representation (as the spokesperson) to the Bettie Page Clothing Brand “I am proud to have achieved a number one on the Billboard Charts and being in the prestigious company of other greats who have achieved this position such as Cher, Madonna and Beyonce” Mayra quotes.

Check out the sultry video for ‘Ay Mama Mia’!

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New York, 25 March 2013 – Big Deal Music, the newly formed publishing company reuniting longtime Chrysalis Music colleagues Kenny MacPherson, Dave Ayers and Jamie Cerreta with Michael McDonald and Pete Robinson, have signed an expansive administration agreement with BMG.

Under the agreement, BMG will provide global state-of-the-art administration and pro-active exploitation services to the Big Deal catalog in North America, Germany, UK, Scandinavia, France, Benelux, Spain & Italy. The deal further provides a framework, when appropriate, for the two companies to sign talent jointly.

Big Deal will continue in its mission of finding and nurturing unique talent. Artists already signed to the Big Deal roster include My Morning Jacket, Jim James, The Black Angels, Ethan Johns, Missy Higgins, FIDLAR, The Walkmen, Korey Dane and songwriters Brad Tursi and Lee Anna McCollum.

“We’re all very happy to be in business with BMG,” Kenny MacPherson commented. “Several of us have a long history with Chrysalis Music so there’s a comfort level here knowing we’ll be working alongside many of our friends. We look forward to growing our business along with them.”

Hartwig Masuch, CEO of BMG Rights Management, said: “I am absolutely excited to be working closely with Kenny again, one of the most credible people in the music industry and somebody I’ve known since our days at Warner Chappell in the late ’80s.”

Laurent Hubert, President Creative & Marketing at BMG Chrysalis US, added: “Kenny, Dave and Jamie at Big Deal are proven A&R aces.  We are thrilled to pair our creative visions and administer a company focused on maximizing opportunities for exceptional songwriters.”

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LONDON – 22 March 2013 – Multi-platinum selling and Ivor Novello award-winning The Feeling have signed a masters and publishing deal with BMG Chrysalis UK for their fourth album due to be released later this year.

The Feeling have scored career sales of two million records in the UK. Their first album Twelve Stops And Home reached number two on the Official UK Album Chart and spawned a string of hit singles – ‘Never Be Lonely’, ‘Fill My Little World’, ‘Love It When You Call’ and ‘Rosé’, the latter securing a worldwide synch with Burberry. Its successor, Join With Us, debuted at Number One. The band were named Songwriters of the Year in 2007 at the Ivor Novello Awards.

The agreement with BMG comprises a worldwide publishing and recording deal for the new album, together with exclusive songwriter agreements with frontman Dan Gillespie Sells and bass player Richard Jones to facilitate their writing for and with other artists.

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Berlin, 22 March 2013 – BMG congratulates its songwriters and artists who were honored at last night’s Echo award show in Berlin!

As the most successful winners of the evening, the German rock and punk rock band Die Toten Hosen were awarded with four Echos in the categories Album of the Year, Group Rock/Pop National, Song of the Year and Producer National along with their producer Vincent Sorg. With their chart-topping album Ballast Der Republik, which includes the ‘unofficial’ German summer and football anthem ‘Tage Wie Diese’, the band celebrated their 30^th anniversary.

Violonist David Garrett received an award in the category Male Artist Rock/Pop National with his gold and platinum awarded album Music.

We also congratulate Vincent Stein and Alex G for their contribution to the success of newcomer Ivy Quainoo who took home an award as Best Female Artist Rock/Pop National for her album Ivy. Mike Daly, Roland “Roy” Knauf, Andreas Bourani and Steve Robson were also among the winners as they contributed as songwriters to the winning songs in the categories Newcomer International, Club/ Dance National/ International, Rock/ Alternative National and Radio Echo.

See below a full list of all winners in the following categories:

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Berlin, 21 March 2013 – BMG has struck a deal with the Berlin-based Odyssey Music Network to market and promote a wave of new rock, alternative and metal signings to its masters model.

The deal involves the creation of a new partnership, Heartwork Music, in which BMG will manage the release process, while Odyssey will look after marketing and promotion.

The first acts to benefit from the partnership will be The Dillinger Escape Plan and We Butter The Bread With Butter.

Björn Meyer, Label Manager at Odyssey Music Network, said: “BMG’s modern approach to master rights in partnership with artists is a natural fit with the Odyssey Music Network concept. The strong line-up of artists Heartwork Music is already representing shows the appeal of the BMG Masters Model.”

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Madrid, 13 March 2013 – BMG is happy to announce the release of the Spanish pop rock band Everlyn’s debut A Ticket To The Moon. The album is available for sale here.

Fronted by the stunning Karol Arribas, the band recorded their debut album A Ticket To The Moon with Berlin-based producer Flo Nowak, their most commercial music to date. The songs ‘Dreams Are For Those Who Sleep’ and ‘What Goes Around’ which features Arribas’ booming vocals and the quirky ‘Analogies’ already created a buzz and have their fans outside of Spain. The LP was recently selected by Spain’s Rockzone Magazine as one of the Most Anticipated albums of 2013.

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Berlin, 12 March 2013 – BMG songwriters Christopher Braide, Erik Bernholm, Manuel Reuter and Tony Cornelissen have credits in the songs representing the UK, Georgia and Germany at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Also, BMG artist Margaret Berger is taking part in Europe’s biggest music competition for her country Norway.

‘Believe In Me’ will be performed by rock legend Bonnie Tyler representing the UK, a song co-written by Christopher Braide together with Desmond Child and Lauren Christy.

Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani will present the song ‘Waterfall’, co-written by Erik Bernholm, as representatives of Georgia. Cascada will represent Germany with ‘Glorious’. The song is co-written by BMG writers Manuel Reuter and Tony Cornelissen.

Margaret Berger will represent Norway with ‘I Feed You My Love’.

The Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held for the 58th time in 2013, is considered Europe’s most important music competition. This year’s show will take place in Malmö, Sweden, on 18 May 2013, 21:00 CEST and will be watched by more than 125 million people worldwide.

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Alvin Lee
(1944–2013)

Alvin Lee was unquestionably one of the greatest guitarists of his age.
He was there from the start. Without him there would have been no Chrysalis.

Alvin Lee played a pivotal role in the foundation of Chrysalis, the company I started with Terry Ellis in 1968. Chrysalis really began when Alvin’s group came up to Manchester in 1966 to play a small student blues club I ran. I signed them to a management contract, and, later, under their new name Ten Years After they subsequently joined both Chrysalis Records and Chrysalis Music.

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London, 11 March 2013 – After 32 consecutive weeks of steady climbing, Young Guns have hit Number One on the Active Rock radio chart with ‘Bones’  the lead single and title track from their debut album. In what is a tremendous achievement for the band, ‘Bones’ now has the distinction of being the longest un-broken march to the top of the charts and of being the only new act in the chart’s Top 10, while the video has amassed an astonishing 1.7 million hits on Youtube (see below).

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NASHVILLE, 8 March 2013 – Music publishing veteran Kos Weaver will join BMG as Executive Vice President to oversee the Nashville Operations and continue build and expand BMG’s current roster.  Weaver will start in this position on March 15^th and will report directly to Laurent Hubert, President, Creative and Marketing at BMG Chrysalis North America.

Weaver joins BMG with nearly 30 years of experience in the music industry, beginning his career as a touring musician who later worked with and developed top songwriting and artist talent including Dave Berg, Jim Collins, Tim James, Wynn Varble, Brantley Gilbert (Valory Music Co.) and Canaan Smith (Mercury Records).

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London, 7 March 2013 – Virtuoso guitarist Alvin Lee, once dubbed “the fastest guitar in the West”, has died at the age of 68 in a hospital in Spain.

The former frontman of blues-rock band Ten Years After played a pivotal role in the history of Chrysalis. The company’s co-founder, now Chairman of BMG Chrysalis UK, Chris Wright, started his career in the music business managing Lee in 1966. Lee went on to be one of the first signings to Chrysalis in 1969, a relationship he has maintained with the company to this day.

Lee’s virtuoso performance of ‘I’m Going Home’ at the legendary Woodstock festival in 1969 was later acclaimed as one of the weekend’s highlights. Following their appearance in the festival’s iconic documentary film, Ten Years After became a huge draw on the festival and arena circuit. In total they released ten albums with Lee as band leader.

Key to their success was always Lee’s guitar-playing. Said Wright, “He was unquestionably one of the greatest guitarists of his age and right up alongside Clapton, Hendrix, Beck, et al.”

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Berlin / Gütersloh / New York, March 1, 2013 – We can confirm that, as of today, Bertelsmann has decided to take over BMG as a 100% wholly-owned subsidiary of the group. Please see the joint press release from Bertelsmann and KKR below:

Bertelsmann Acquires Full Ownership of Music Company BMG

• KKR sells its stake following successful build-up
• BMG has been jointly developed into a leading global music company
• Bertelsmann strengthens its growth area of music rights management

Gütersloh / New York, March 1, 2013 – Bertelsmann, the international media group, is taking full ownership of the innovative music rights management company BMG by acquiring the shares currently held by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), and will continue to develop BMG as a wholly owned subsidiary. The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, is scheduled to close during the first half of this year. The parties have agreed to keep the financial details of the transaction confidential. BMG administers the rights to more than one million songs, including works by such artists as Bruno Mars, Duran Duran, Gossip, Johnny Cash, and Will.i.am. It also represents the master rights (composition and recording) of artists who include Brian Ferry, Nena and Anastacia.

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Hilversum, 27 February 2013 – Platinum selling Dutch singer Wende has signed a masters deal with BMG Benelux. Under the agreement, her new album Last Resistance will be released on 10 May 2013 in BeNeLux and Germany in 2014 through BMG.

On this 4th studio album – her first international cooperation and recorded at the Hansa Studios in Berlin -  Wende shows a different side of herself:  She worked together with producers Nackt (Apparat, Warren Suicide) and Tilman Hopf and asked Michael Ilbert (The Hives, Royal Republic, Pink) to mix the album. The  artist, who was awarded with a Gouden Harp as well as two Edison Awards, mixes a variety of styles including pop, and electro.

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London, 28 February 2013 – BMG artists were among the night’s biggest winners at the annual NME Awards held at a ceremony in London’s Troxy last night (February 27). Johnny Marr was awarded the Godlike Genius award and The Cribs were awarded with the Teenage Cancer Trust Outstanding Contribution To Music award. The Maccabees took home the Best Album award for the Mercury Prize nominated Given To The Wild.

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New York, 26 February 2013 – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club recently collaborated with Dave Grohl for a new song called ‘Heaven and All’ which will be featured in the Sound City film as well as the lead track on the official soundtrack Sound City: From Reel to Real.

The documentary tells the story of the famous Los Angeles music studio Sound City and the Neve console where many of rock’s great albums  have been made. In addition BRMC, Grohl teamed up with Queens of the Stone Age, Rage Against the Machine, Foo Fighters, Kyuss and Cheap Trick, as well as singers Stevie Nicks, Rick Springfield, Trent Reznor, Lee Ving and Corey Taylor and violinist Jessy Greene to record songs for the soundtrack. You can currently pre-order the disc ahead of its March 12 release date.

You can pre-order the soundtrack now!

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Stockholm, 25 February 2013 – Mikhael Paskalev has signed an exclusive worldwide songwriter agreement with BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia.

The success story for young Norwegian/Bulgarian artist Mikhael Paskalev started with the release of his first single ever, the platinum selling ‘I Spy’, which became a hit in Norway after winning the annual unsigned artist competition Årets Urørt in 2012.

Paskalev’s music is best described as pop with a twist, and roots in indie and alternative country rock, inspired by names such as Paul Simon, The Shins, Edward Sharpe, The Mamas and the Papas and The Everly Brothers.

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Stockholm, 22 February 2013 – Norwegian punk band Honningbarna has signed an exclusive worldwide publishing agreement with BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia.

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Paris, 22 February 2013 – BMG Rights Management France (BMG) and Francis Kertekian announced a definitive agreement under which BMG has acquired FKO Music (FKO) and under which Kertekian and BMG will work together on the development of future signings and new acts through a co-pub agreement with Kertekian’s new company FKGC. Furthermore, Kertekian will remain closely involved in the exploitation and promotion of the FKO catalog and the liaison with FKO artists and representatives.

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London, 21 February 2013 – BMG artist Frank Ocean has been named Best International Male Solo Artist at the 2013 Brit Awards held at The O2 in London last night.

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Still Working Music and BMG Chrysalis US Launch Joint Publishing Venture

Hit Songwriter Tommy Lee James is the First Signing

New York, 19 February 2013: Music publishing company Still Working Music and BMG Chrysalis US have announced the formation of a strategic joint venture to discover and nurture new talent and sign established songwriters.

Nashville-based Still Working Music was founded by Barbara Orbison, who was a celebrated music executive and wife of the legendary Roy Orbison. BMG has worked with the Orbison catalog since 2002.

Both companies will combine their creative resources to expand opportunities for songwriters signed to the roster.

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Berlin/Hilversum, 15 February 2013 – Cascada won the national German finals to the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 last night with the song ‘Glorious’, co-written by BMG writers Tony Cornelissen (BMG Benelux) and Manuel Reuter (BMG Germany).

Cascada have already sold a large number of records and digital downloads worldwide over the past years, including hit singles such as ‘Evacuate The Dancefloor’, ‘San Francisco’ and ‘Summer Of Love’.

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BERLIN, 15 February 2013 – Music rights management company BMG has announced it has signed a binding agreement to acquire Sanctuary Records from Universal Music.

The proposed sale, which is subject to regulatory approval by the European Commission (EC), forms part of a series of divestments mandated by the EC following Universal’s purchase of EMI Recorded Music.

BMG CEO Hartwig Masuch said, “We are delighted to have won the opportunity to work with the exceptional line-up of artists in the Sanctuary catalogue. We have made no secret of our ambition to create a new force in the music industry focused on delivering service and revenue to artists. We believe this deal will be good news for those artists, good news for our partners particularly in the independent sector and good news for the music industry as a whole.”

The Sanctuary catalogue includes over 170,000 recordings from such legendary labels as Bronze, Creole, Immediate, Jet, Transatlantic, Trojan, Sugarhill, Pye and Solar, among them:

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New York, February 12, 2012 - BMG artist Bryan Ferry celebrates the release of his album The Jazz Age, which has been released today and has been called “Ferry’s most radical work yet,” by Pitchfork.

Bryan Ferry recently sat down with The New York Times to discuss his new album, which features some of his most famous compositions as instrumentals.

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London, 12 February 2013 – Modestep, published by BMG Chrysalis UK on behalf of Josh and Tony Friend,  release their long awaited debut album Evolution Theory this week having amassed over 22 million YouTube hits and built a strong reputation for their live performances.

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Los Angeles / Berlin, 11 February 2013 – Congratulations to all artists and writers that triumphed at last night’s 55^th Annual Grammy Awards! Find detailed information, photos and videos about this glamorous night on the official Grammy website.

BMG-signed artists and writers won in the following categories:

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Paris, 11 February 2013 – BMG is proud to announce that Skip The Use won the award for Best Rock Album at Les Victoires de la Musique 2013 with their gold-selling album Can Be Late!.

During the award show last Friday, the band played a stunning performance at Le Zenith in Paris, where the event took place.

Congratulations on this great success!

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MILAN, 11 February 2013 – Marta Sui Tubi, one of Italy’s most respected live bands, will release their new album Cinque – La Luna e Le Spine through BMG’s Master Model on 14 February 2013 in Italy.

The band has played over 140 sold-out concerts in the past two years and successfully collaborated with iconic Italian songwriter Lucio Dalla.

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Stockholm, 8 February 2013 – Congratulations to BMG-signed Swedish songwriter Darin and rock band Mando Diao’s chart successes!

This week’s official Swedish Album Chart, Sverige Topplistan, lists Darin’s new entry Exit on Number One and Mando Diao’s Infruset on Number Two. Until today, Mando Diao’s Swedish language album had topped the chart for thirteen weeks in a role.

The album Exit includes co-writes with BMG signed writers Jim Beanz and J Nick.

Darin’s new single ‘Playing With Fire’ entered the official single chart on Number 28. For Mando Diao it is already the sixteenth week in the Top100 with their most recent single ‘Strövtåg i hembygden’.

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New York, 5 February 2013 – Super Bowl XLVII reached an audience of 100 million+ and 30 second advertising spots were sold for 4 million dollars apiece. BMG synced music for several of these coveted ad slots which are such to be talked about long after the big game.

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New York, 05 February 2013 – BMG Chrysalis US has announced a publishing joint venture with Bella Union Songs, the publishing division of Bella Union Records.

Under the arrangement, BMG will provide worldwide rights management services to artists signed to the JV. Both companies will jointly provide creative support to further develop songwriting talent and expand opportunities internationally.

Bella Union Records is headed by Simon Raymonde who founded the UK-based indie label in 1997 with a strong intuition for discovering and nurturing talent. Raymonde and Bella Union have helped build the careers of cutting-edge artists such as Fleet Foxes, Beach House, Father John Misty, The Walkmen, Explosions in The Sky and Flaming Lips.

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London, 5 February, 2013 – BMG Chrysalis UK have been nominated in a number of categories  for the Music and Sound Awards 2013. Launched in 2011 the awards recognise and celebrate the role of music and sound in advertising, film, television and gaming.

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Berlin, 4 February 2013 – BMG artists and songwriters are recognized in a number of nominations for the ECHO 2013, the most important German music award. The ECHO show takes place on 21 March 2013 at the Palais im Funkturm in Berlin, assembling international as well as national artists and industry representatives.

The following works are nominated for the ECHO 2013 and represented by BMG:

Category: Album of the Year
Die Toten Hosen for Ballast der Republik
Unheilig for Lichter der Stadt
(BMG controlled song: ‘Wie Wir Waren’ (co-written by Andreas Bourani))

Category: Male Artist Rock/Pop National
David Garrett for Music
Heino for Mit freundlichen Grüßen
(BMG controlled song: ‘Haus Am See’ (Pierre Baigorry, The Krauts))

Category: Female Artist Rock/Pop National
Nena for Du Bist Gut

Y’Akoto for Babyblues

Mandy Capristo for Grace
(BMG controlled songs: Side Effects’ (Toby Gad), ‘It Don’t Matter’ (Mathias Wollo), ‘Risque’ (Sebastian Thott), ‘Intense’ (Shelly Peiken), ‘Pulse’ (Shelly Peiken, Kasia Livingston))

Ivy Quainoo for Ivy
(BMG controlled songs: ‘Do You Like What You See’ (Vincent Stein), ‘Glass Houses’ (Alex Geringas), ‘Walk Man’ (Vincent Stein))

Category: Female Artist Rock/Pop International
P!nk for The Truth About Love
(BMG controlled songs: ‘Try’ (Busbee, Benjamin West), ‘The Truth About Love’ (Billy Mann, David Schuler), ‘Beam Me Up’ (Billy Mann), ‘Where Did The Beat Go?’ (Billy Mann, Jon Keep, Steve Daly), ‘The Great Escape’ (Dan Wilson), ‘Good Old Days’ (Billy Mann, David Schuler), ‘The King Is Dead But The Queen Is Alive’ (Billy Mann))

Lana Del Rey for Born To Die
(BMG controlled song: ‘Diet Mountain Dew’ (Mike Daly)

Category: Group Rock/Pop National
Die Toten Hosen for Ballast der Republik

Category: Group Rock/Pop International
Gossip for A Joyful Noise

Category: Folk Music
Andreas Gabalier for Volksrock’n'Roller – Live
Kastelruther Spatzen for Leben und leben lassen

Category: Hip-Hop / Urban National / International
Max Herre for Hallo Welt!
(BMG songwriter Roberto Di Gioia)
Kollegah & Farid Bang for Jung, Brutal, Gutaussehend 2
Seeed for Seeed
(BMG songwriter The Krauts, Billy Mann)

Category: Club / Dance National / International
Deichkind for Befehl von Ganz Unten
(BMG songwriter and producer Roland „Roy“ Knauf)

Category: Rock / Alternative National
Unheilig for Lichter der Stadt
(BMG controlled song: ‘Wie Wir Waren’ (co-written by Andreas Bourani))

Category: Newcomer National
Ivy Quainoo for Ivy
(BMG controlled songs: ‘Do You Like What You See’ (Vincent Stein), ‘Glass Houses’ (Alex Geringas), ‘Walk Man’ (Vincent Stein))

Category: Newcomer International
Lana Del Rey for Born To Die
(BMG controlled song: ‘Diet Mountain Dew’ (Mike Daly)

Category: Song of the Year
‘One Day / Reckoning Song (Wankelmut Remix)’ by Asaf Avidan & The Mojos
‘Tage Wie Diese’ by Die Toten Hosen

Category: Music-DVD-Production
Die Toten Hosen with ‘Noches Como Estags – Live in Buenos Aires’

Category: Best Video National
Die Toten Hosen for ‘Tage Wie Diese’
Vincent Stein aka Beatzarre for Bushido’s ‘Kleine Bushidos’

Category: Radio Echo
‘Tage Wie Diese’ by Die Toten Hosen
‘Standing Still’, co-written by Steve Robson (performing artist Roman Lob)

Category: Producer National
Die Toten Hosen for Ballast der Republik
Seeed for Seeed
(BMG songwriter The Krauts, Billy Mann)

Category: Critics’ Choice
Deichkind for Befehl von Ganz Unten
(BMG songwriter and producer Roland „Roy“ Knauf)

Congratulations to all Echo 2013 nominees!

Find more info on the official Echo website.

Paris, 4 February 2013 – BMG congratulates Skip The Use on their nomination for Les Victoires de la Musique 2013, the French equivalent to the Grammys.

BMG France signed Skip The Use have the chance to with their first Victoire in the category of Rock Album Of The Year with Can Be late!. The event will take place on 8 February 2013 at Le Zenith in Paris. It will be hosted by Virginie Guilhaume and Laurent Ruquier and will be broadcasted by Channel 2 nationwide.

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LOS ANGELES, CA 31 January 2013 – The Grammy-winning group Boyz II Men has signed an exclusive worldwide publishing and masters agreement with BMG Chrysalis US. Boyz II Men is the most successful R&B group of all time, having sold over 60 million albums and generating three of the longest-running number one pop singles in history during their 20 year career.

Boyz II Men was formed in Philadelphia in 1990 and is known for their heartfelt ballads and blended harmonies heard on fan favorites such as ‘Motown Philly,’  ‘I’ll Make Love to You’ and the Grammy-winning ‘End of the Road.’ The soulful trio just concluded a worldwide tour in support of their most recent album Twenty, which debuted at Number One on the iTunes R&B Soul Album chart.  The legendary group was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in January 2012 — and to kick off the new year, the band announced a headlining residency at The Mirage in Las Vegas. Starting in March, the band will play weekend shows throughout the end of the year at the famed entertainment venue.

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New York, January 31, 2013 – This week at Midem, Sprint and Wilco were recognized for the groundbreaking commercial introducing the new EVO 4G LTE phone which was unveiled in the Summer of 2012.  The award was part of the Midem Marketing Competition, which showcases the most innovative music marketing campaigns and music in advertising.

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New York, January 30, 2012 – Music legend Johnny Cash’s legacy will live on in yet another form, as The United States Postal Service has announced that a Johnny Cash stamp will be issued this year as part of its new “Music Icons” series. The stamp will feature a photograph by Frank Bez taken for 1963′s Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash. The black-and-white design is meant to resemble a 45 rpm record sleeve.

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London, 30 January 2013 – BMG Chrysalis UK signing Pure Love have premiered an exclusive Director’s Cut video of ‘Beach of Diamonds’ taken from their forthcoming debut album Anthems.

Pure Love are former Gallows frontman Frank Carter and New York-native Jim Carroll. Having met at a gig in New York the pair hit it off and began sharing ideas and shaping what would become the complex mix of pop and heavier guitar songs that typifies the sound on the duo’s debut album.

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HILVERSUM, 28 JANUARY 2013 – Multi-million-selling Dutch symphonic rock band Within Temptation have signed a masters deal with BMG for their upcoming album, expected in September 2013, in partnership with their management AT Productions & Eye Sound.

Formed in 1996 by long-term partners Sharon den Adel (vocals) and Robert Westerholt (guitar), Within Temptation combine the epic scale of movie soundtracks with dark gothic and metal influences.

The band has sold over three million albums worldwide scoring 30 Gold and Platinum awards.

Previously signed to traditional record companies, Within Temptation have now opted for the BMG masters model which offers a partnership-based approach to releasing records in which artist and company jointly agree every aspect of a release including budget, and artists potentially earn far more than is possible under legacy recording deals.

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New York, 25 January 2013 – When the Flaming Lips formed nearly 30 years ago, the notion that the group would be performing a song called ‘Sun Blows Up Today’ in a Super Bowl ad would have been as surreal some of their lyrics. But that’s exactly what will happen when the group stars in one of Hyundai’s four spots during the big game, a 60-second commercial that will feature the band on-camera performing a brand-new, custom-written song bearing that name. Writing a song for a Super Bowl spot is a rare move for a major act – let alone one with a legacy as unusual as the Flaming Lips.

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London, 21 January 2013 – Manchester trio I Am Kloot have released their sixth studio album Let It All In today. The follow up to 2010’s Mercury Prize nominated Sky At Night, the album has received a string of strong reviews to date and looks set to cement the band’s reputation as one of the most intriguing and original acts performing today.

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Berlin, 18 January 2013 – BMG-signed artist, songwriter and producer will.i.am tops the charts at Number One in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Finland and Norway with his hit single ‘Scream & Shout’ featuring Britney Spears.

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New York, 16 January 2013 – BMG Chrysalis US has reached a broad agreement with legendary NYC-based Strictly Rhythm, the label celebrated for its high quality dance music. Under the arrangement, BMG will acquire the masters catalog of Strictly Rhythm and will administer the music publishing rights worldwide.

The catalog includes crossover hits such as Reel 2 Real’s ‘I Like To Move It,’ (featured as the theme song in the Madagascar films) Ultra Naté’s ‘Free,’ Wamdue Project’s ‘King Of My Castle’ (which reached Number One on the UK Singles Chart), Wink’s ‘Higher State Of Consciousness,’ and Planet Soul’s ‘Set U Free’ (which reached Gold status in the US).

Established in 1989 by businessman Mark Finkelstein and A&R Gladys Pizarro, Strictly Rhythm quickly rose to global prominence and played a pivotal role in the early definition of house music. The independent label gained a massive following with club DJs and fans and has remained a steady powerhouse for releasing top dance music by an impressive array of artists including Erick Morillo, Todd Terry, Louie Vega, Kenny Dope, Armand Van Helden, DJ Pierre, Roger Sanchez, Josh Wink, Ultra Naté and Barbara Tucker.

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Berlin, 14 January 2013 – BMG, the international music rights management company, has appointed Robert Stegmüller as Vice President of Copyright, a key role driving BMG’s administrative services to writers and artists.

Stegmüller is one of Europe’s most experienced music publishing executives with a career which has encompassed stints at SBK Songs, Sony/ATV and Universal Music Publishing. Most recently, he was General Manager of Warner Chappell GSA for seven years.

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London, 11 January 2013 – BMG songwriting talent has been recognised in a number of nominations for the 2013 Brit Awards. In the British Album of The Year Category Plan B’s Ill Manors, produced by Al Shux, has been nominated, as has Paloma Faith’s Fall to Grace on which Toby Gad, Dan Wilson, Sam Dixon and Shux all contribute. Rizzle Kicks’  ‘Mama Do The Hump’ has been nominated in the British Single of The Year category.

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Berlin/London 11 January 2013 – BMG has signed a worldwide deal with synth-pop pioneers Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) to release their next studio album under its innovative new model recording deal.

The new album will follow on from the success of History Of Modern, the 2010 self-released album which marked the comeback of their original line-up which split in 1989, and went on to sell over 100,000 copies worldwide.

BMG handled the music publishing for History Of Modern and will also publish the new album.

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Stockholm, 8 January 2013 – Norwegian artist A-Lee is nominated for the NRJ Music Awards 2013 in the categories Best Norwegian Act and Best Norwegian Hit for the song ‘Feelgood feat. Elisabeth Carew’. This is the second time in a row after his nominiation in 2012. Congratulations!

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New York, 03 January 2013: D-Pryde, a 19-year-old Canadian rapper/singer/songwriter with over 57 million YouTube views, has signed an exclusive publishing and masters agreement with BMG Chrysalis US.

In addition to the worldwide publishing arrangement, BMG will release D-Pryde’s debut EP through their new masters division, which aims to give artists full creative control and a larger share of revenue then a traditional record deal.

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New York, 28 December 2012 – Congratulations to all artists and songwriters named to be among the 2012 Top 50 albums from the Rolling Stone Magazine.

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New York, 26 December 2012 – Congratulations to BMG songwriters Dan Omelio, Ash Frances Howes, Steve Mac, David Gamson and Carl Falk, whose works are credited in six of the Top 10 of Billboard’s Best of 2012 Hot 100 Songs list.

Dan Omelio’s co-written ‘Payphone’ performed by Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa is Billboard’s fourths best song of 2012. Ellie Goudling and the BMG writer Ash Frances Howes are represented on position five with the single ‘Lights’. Steve Mac co-wrote The Wanted’s ‘Glad You Came’, which is listed on number six in the list. Furthermore, David Gamson is successful on position seven with ‘Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)’ by Kelly Clarkson. On nine and 10, Carl Falk is featured with Nicki Minaj’s ‘Starships’ and One Direction’s ‘What Makes You Beautiful’.

Congratulations to all our writers to this great success!

Berlin, 22 December 2012 – BMG has reached an agreement to acquire the catalogue of the legendary Mute Records label from Universal Music Group, subject to regulatory approval by the European Commission. The agreement includes recordings by the likes of Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Nick Cave and Moby.

The acquisition is the first to result from the disposal of assets ordered by the European Commission following Universal Music’s acquisition of EMI Records. BMG says it will continue to pursue further acquisition opportunities regarding master rights.

The agreement is pending subject to regulatory approval by the European Commission.

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BERLIN, 21 December 2012 – BMG has announced that it has signed a binding contract to acquire selected music publishing catalogs, including the worldwide rights for the Virgin Music Publishing Companies, Famous UK Music Publishing and selected current songwriters from Sony/ATV and EMI Music Publishing.

These include some of the biggest pop hits of the past three decades from artists such as Take That, Kurt Cobain, Tears for Fears, The Human League, Iggy Pop, Duffy, Mark Ronson and The Kooks.

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New York, 21 December 2012: Cutting-edge electronic musician Bassnectar has signed an exclusive worldwide administration agreement with BMG Chrysalis US.

Bassnectar is one of the longest standing and most respected artists in American electronic dance music and is distinguished for his riveting live performances that have gained him a loyal following of “Bass heads.”

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New York, 20 December  2012 – Bruno Mars stopped The Voice to perform his new hit single “When I Was Your Man” off his just released album Unorthodox Jukebox. The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and sets up Mars up for an incredible 2013!

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Paris, 20 December 2012 – Platinum and Gold selling French-Nigerian singer and songwriter ASA signed an exclusive, worldwide co-publishing agreement with BMG France.

Born in Paris and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, ASA grew up with her father’s record collection and, inspired by international successful artists like Marvin Gaye, Fela Kuti and Bob Marley, developed her own musical style. Her songs combine pop, R&B, funk and reggae elements with English and Yoruba lyrics. ASA’s first self-entitled album was released in 2008 and earned Platinum status in France. ASA’s second record Beautiful Imperfection (2010) was awarded Gold in France and brought the talented artist a Victoires De La Musique nomination for ‘Best Female Act’. The BBC calls her “a twenty-first century Bob Marley.”

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Stockholm, 19 December 2012 – We are happy to announce that twelve BMG writers and artists are nominated for the 2013 Swedish Grammy Awards, Grammis 13, which will be awarded in Stockholm on February 20. 

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MADRID, 18 December 2012 – The multi-platinum singer and winner of several awards, including the Ondas Award and the 40 Principales Award (the most influential Spanish radio station), has signed his first publishing contract with BMG. The agreement includes the album El Murmullo Del Fuego, currently being promoted, and the next album to be released in 2014. Over more than a decade of career, Macaco has numerous hit songs with extensive media coverage and has endorsed different campaigns of renowned brands such as Phillips, National Geographic and Braun, among others.

Macaco’s new album, El Murmullo Del Fuego, is entirely composed by Dani Macaco and produced by Dani Macaco, Jules Bikôkô and Roger Rodés. It is a brilliant album that opens wide spaces to bring a dose of joy in these shady times. Macaco bets for natural, simple and handmade songs that have the ability to create engaging choruses of strong ethno-musical and reggae roots as the main inspiration. A good example of the sound of this album is the first single, “Love Is The Only Way”, song used in the summer campaign of Orange, which contains all the elements that make Macaco one of the most personal artists in the music scene.

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London, 17 December 2012 – Bruno Mars’ second album, Unorthodox Jukebox has become the fastest selling solo album 2012 as it enters the UK album charts at Number One with huge sales of 136,000 in its first week.

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New York, 17 December 2012: John Fullbright, an Americana singer-songwriter from Oklahoma, has signed an exclusive, worldwide co-publishing agreement with BMG Chrysalis US. The young talent, who is being hailed as a budding songwriting legend, has been performing in festivals since his high school days and recorded his 2009 debut album, Live at the Blue Door, at Oklahoma City’s renowned venue, The Blue Door. Since then, Fullbright’s music and performances have garnered praise from The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal and NPR and he has opened for some of the biggest names in Americana music.

Most recently, Fullbright was nominated for a Grammy alongside other established artists for Best Americana Album for this year’s From the Ground Up, cementing his deserved spot among music’s elite. Earlier in the year, he was recognized by ASCAP with the Harold Adamson Lyric Award. Fullbright continues to tour throughout the US and will perform in the UK in early 2013.

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 WORK OF BMG WRITERS RECOGNISED IN 42 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS IN CATEGORIES

INCLUDING RECORD OF THE YEAR, SONG OF THE YEAR, ALBUM OF THE YEAR AND BEST NEW ARTIST

New York, 13 December 2012 - BMG is pleased to congratulate 44 of its writers whose work has earned an impressive array of 42 Grammy nominations including major categories. The nominations were announced last week for the 55^th Annual Grammy Awards, to be held in February 2013.

R&B sensation Frank Ocean was among the most nominated artists this year, landing a remarkable six nods including the highly anticipated Best New Artist award, Record of the Year for the singles ‘Thinkin Bout You’ and Album of the Year for his major-label debut Channel Orange.

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Madrid, 13 December 2012 – BMG’s Spanish office initiated the online game ‘You Shouldn’t Play With Music’ promoting BMG’s artists and songwriters through a game. The winners were announced on a party last week.

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LONDON, 12 December 2012 – Classical crossover star Katherine Jenkins has agreed a publishing deal with BMG Chrysalis UK which means the company now represents the majority of the copyrights on the Welsh mezzo-soprano’s hit seasonal offering This Is Christmas.

The album entered the US iTunes Classical Chart at Number One and the UK Classical Chart at Number Two. The album was also placed at Number One in the Billboard New Artists Chart.

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New York, December 12, 2012 – Check out and share IFC’s world premiere of Matt Pond’s new lyric video for ‘Love To Get Used’ from his new record The Lives Inside The Lines In Your Hand, which will be released via BMG on February 5th, 2012.

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Stockholm, 11 December 2012 – Adolphson & Falk’s song ‘Mer Jul’ is the most played christmas song in Sweden this year.

The BMG artists top the list at number one with  ‘Mer Jul’ according to a research by the Swedish collecting society STIM. The research is based on statistics from radio stations all over Sweden.

Congratulations Adolphson & Falk!

NASHVILLE/NEW YORK, December 10, 2012: BMG Chrysalis US has renewed their exclusive, worldwide co-publishing agreement with versatile songwriter and producer busbee.

LA-based busbee has enjoyed international success with a wide range of artists spanning rock, pop and country including P!nk, Timbaland, Keith Urban, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Rascal Flatts, Daughtry, Lady Antebellum, Alexandra Burke, Flo Rida, Adam Lambert, Jason Aldean, Kid Cudi, Toni Braxton, Blake Shelton, Backstreet Boys, Jessica Sutta, Hunter Hayes, Better Than Ezra, Liz Phair and Katharine McPhee. busbee’s music has also been used extensively in Film and TV.

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New York/Los Angeles, December 7, 2012- BMG Artist Bruno Mars is set to release his much anticipated sophomore album Unorthodox Jukebox in Europe today and on Tuesday, December 7th in the US.

The album features production from Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse), Jeff Bhasker (Beyonce), Emile Haynie (Eminem), Diplo (M.I.A., Usher) and Supa Dups (John Legend). Already receiving a rave review from Entertainment Weekly, Unorthodox Jukebox is set to catapult Mars back to the top of the charts.

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London, 6 December 2012 – BMG Chrysalis UK has formed joint venture publishing deals with two companies run by Sam Eldridge, last week named ‘Manager of the Year’ by the Music Managers Forum.

The first is linked to Merok Records, the label Eldridge runs with Milo Cordell.

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Stockholm, 5 December 2012 – Mando Diao and Alina Devecerski are nominated for the P3 Guld Awards taking place in Sweden in January 2013. Alina Devecerski is nominated in the categories Artist Of The Year as well as Best New Artist and Mando Diao have the chance to win the award for Group Of The Year.

Alina Devecerski had her charts breakthrough this summer with the hit single ‘Flytta På Dej!’, which topped the lists in Scandinavia at Number One. In November, she released her debut album Maraton that received great reviews in the Swedish media.

Mando Diao also topped the Swedish charts at Number One for three weeks with Infruset, which was published in October 2012. Infruset is the band’s sixth studio album and their first album entirely with Swedish lyrics.

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STOCKHOLM/Berlin, 5 December 2012 – BMG has rolled out its innovative new masters model to Scandinavia where The Bryan Ferry Orchestra’s The Jazz Age will be its first release on 12 December 2012 through Stockholm-based BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia.

The Stockholm office, headed by General Manager Sanken Sandqvist, has named Suzanne Rapp as Master New Recordings Manager, who will also report through Berlin-based Vice President New Recordings Dominique Kulling.

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Stockholm, 29 November 2012 -  BMG congratulates Swedish artist and songwriter Darin, whos single ‘Nobody Knows’ was awarded with platinum this week. Released on 10 February this year, it has sold over 40.000 copies this year in Sweden.

Congratulations Darin!

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LONDON, 28 November 2012 – Karen Poole, one of the UK’s most in-demand songwriters, has opted to sign her worldwide music publishing rights to BMG Chrysalis UK.

The exclusive songwriting agreement includes rights to songs for a raft of artists including Lily Allen with whom Poole has been writing for her next album and, with Greg Kurstin, for the forthcoming Bridget Jones The Musical, set to hit the West End in 2014.

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London, 28 November 2012 – Tame Impala’s critically acclaimed second album Lonerism has been named Album of The Year by the NME. In what has already been an extraordinary year for the Australian psychedelic rockers led by principle creative force Kevin Parker, this is a significant accolade.

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Los Angeles, 27 November, 2012 – BMG Chrysalis North America has renewed their exclusive worldwide administration deal with Jeff Tweedy, founding member and leader of American rock band Wilco and co-founder of the alt-country band Uncle Tupelo.

Tweedy is recognized as one of the most accomplished songwriters, musicians and performers in American music, having written over 400 songs to date. Together with Wilco, Tweedy has released eight studio albums, garnering praise from critics and fans alike for their innovative rock sound. The Chicago-based sextet’s most recent masterpiece was the Grammy nominated album The Whole Love (2011). Tweedy took home a Grammy in 2010 as a producer on soul legend Mavis Staples’ album, You Are Not Alone and also in 2004 for Wilco’s album A Ghost Is Born.

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Paris, 23 November 2012 – Collaboration between BMG’s French, UK and Scandinavian offices has delivered four tracks on legendary French superstar Johnny Hallyday’s hit new album L’Attente.

Coordinated by BMG’s Paris office, BMG Chrysalis UK songwriters David Ford and Blair Mackichan and BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia songwriters Andres Karlegard, Mats Rubarth and Marteen Karlegard wrote a total of four songs on L’Attente , which entered the French charts at Number One this week, selling 120,000 copies.

The album has been released in the UK and will be released in the US with David Ford adapting the first single ‘L’Attente’. His song ‘I’m Alright Now’ was re-recorded as ’20 Ans’ with his original English lyrics.

Marie Nowak, Director Artists & Repertoire, BMG France said : “This is a great success for our songwriters and is yet further evidence of BMG’s daily international co-operation.”

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London, 23 November 2012 – Bryan Ferry launched his new album The Jazz Age by The Bryan Ferry Orchestra with a glamorous Twenties themed party at legendary Mayfair niterie Annabel’s last night.

The album will be released through BMG’s innovative new masters model this Monday (November 26) as part of Ferry’s deal with the company covering both his music publishing rights and next three albums.

Pre-sales have been strong across Europe with the company already upping its initial pressing twice. It currently stands at Number One in Amazon’s Jazz Chart.

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Stockholm, 22 November 2012 – The Swedish songwriter Carl Falk tops the international charts as co-writer of One Direction’s new album.

Last week,  One Direction’s Take Me Home, of which Carl has co-written several songs, where both number one and number two on the iTunes Store Top 10 Albums charts in the US and UK. Moreover, the yearbook edition of the album was number one and the regular album version placed number two.

This week, One Direction’s Take Me Home topped the official album charts in 32 countries. In the US alone, 540,000 copies of the album were sold in the first week, making  One Direction the first non-US band to have their debut album and their second album at number one on Billboard.

Carl Falk wrote history together with One Direction with their first album Up All Night, beeing the first British band with a number one on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart. On Up All Night Carl co-wrote the hits ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ and ‘One Thing’ among others.

Congratulations Carl!

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PARIS, 20 November 2012 – BMG France has announced the signing of a worldwide administration deal with Gaëtan Roussel’s Gazoline Editions. The deal covers Roussel’s entire catalogue of songs as well as his future compositions.

Roussel is one of France’s most renowned and best-selling writers and producers. He started his solo career in 2007, writing and producing songs for top French artists, including the hits ‘Residents De La République’ for Alain Bashung (from the platinum-selling Victoires-awarded album Bleu Pétrole) and ‘Il y a’ for Vanessa Paradis.

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Stockholm, 15 November 2012 – Norwegian pop artist A-Lee recently signed to BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia.

A-Lee started to create his own music at the age of 14. Even though he is only 24 years old today, A-Lee has already published one EP and two studio albums and was awarded with two gold and two platinum singles (‘The One’ and ‘Feelgood’). He played of over 300 live performances, including festivals and supported international top artists like 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg and Busta Rhymes among others.

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London, 13 November 2012 – BMG writer Jon Cohen has scored a Number Five UK album chart entry for The Military Wives’ second album, Stronger Together, which he produced.

The album features a variety of popular songs including covers of BMG copyrights such as ‘Annie’s Song’ by John Denver, ‘Meet You At The Moon’, by Imelda May and and ‘Right Here Waiting’ by Richard Marx.

The album’s release rounds of an extraordinary year for the choir group whose  debut single ‘Wherever You Are’, arranged and produced by Cohen, was a Christmas Number One in the UK in 2011, selling 556,000 copies within a week of its release. The subsequent album, In My Dreams also topped the UK album charts in March 2012 raising £1 million for the Military Wives Choir Foundation in the process.

‘Wherever You Are’ was named Single Of The Year at the Classic Brit Awards in October. As a mark of the song’s success and the impact of Cohen’s crossover appeal, the song was also nominated for Best British Single at the 2012 Brit Awards.

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Stockholm/Berlin, 9 November 2012 – Today we can share the brilliant news, that Mando Diao’s album Infruset is number one on the Swedish albums charts! The album, which was released on 31 October, is the band’s first album sung in Swedish and has  had numerous excellent reviews from the Swedish media since its release.

Stockholm, 8 October 2012 – Tomorrow, on Friday 9 November 2012, Carl Falk has the chance to win two prizes at the annual Swedish MPA Awards in Stockholm. The “Musikförläggarnas Pris” will be rewarded to songwriters, lyricists and contemporary composers for the past year’s musical achievements.

Awards will be handed out in nine different categories and we are very proud that BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia writer Carl Falk has been nominated for:

Songwriter of the Year – Falk’s competitors in this category are Max Martin/Shellback, Johanna Söderberg/Klara Söderberg (First Aid Kit) and Tim “Avicii” Bergling.

International Achievement of the Year – Other nominees include Tim “Avicii” Bergling, Axel “Axwell” Hedfors/Sebastian Ingrosso/Steve “Angello” Fragogiannis (Swedish House Mafia) and Johanna Söderberg/Klara Söderberg (First Aid Kit).

Falk’s successes in the past year include credits for global hits like ‘Starships’ by Nicki Minaj and several singles with British boyband One Direction, the latest one being ‘Live While We’re Young’.

Read more about the Swedish MPA Awards here: http://www.musikforlaggarnaspris.se

London, 7 November 2012 – BMG Chrysalis UK songwriter Natasha Khan, better known as Bat For Lashes, is performing this week on BBC’s acclaimed live music show Later… with Jools Holland.

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LOS ANGELES/BERLIN, 6 November 2012 – BMG Chrysalis North America signed an exclusive worldwide co-publishing deal with hit producer and songwriter Fuego.

Raised in Berlin and now based in LA, Fuego has worked with an extensive list of chart topping artists including Shakira, Sia, Jason Derulo, Chris Brown, Willow Smith and The Ready Set.

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LONDON/BERLIN, 31 October 2012 – Bryan Ferry has signed a worldwide deal with BMG Chrysalis UK which will see the company release his next three albums and publish the majority of his 40 year song catalogue.

Bryan Ferry is one of the most influential and successful UK singers, musicians and songwriters of all time, with a career stretching back 40 years to the release of Roxy Music’s debut album in 1972. Bryan Ferry’s work created an entirely new aesthetic in popular music and has inspired artists as varied as David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Franz Ferdinand and The Killers.

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Stockholm, 31 October 2012 -  BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia announced the signing of a worldwide publishing agreement with Norwegian artist Maria Solheim today.

Maria combined her diverse musical abilities in the recording of her new album, In the Deep, to be released by MBO/Universal in Norway on 12 October.  For the production of In the Deep, Maria chose producer Nick Terry who already worked with artists such as Turbonegro, Libertines, Klaxons, Roger Sanchez, and Ian Brown former singer of The Stone Roses. She was  also joined in the studio by Henry Olsen, former Primal Scream member, who worked with Nico, the Velvet Underground, John Cale and others before. The result is a wild album with songs that range from quiet, simple guitar-based tunes, through rock, all the way to pop.

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Nashville, 30 October 2010 – Seven BMG songwriters have been honored at last night’s 50th ASCAP Country Music Awards at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville.

At the ceremony, songwriters and publishers of ASCAP’s most performed country songs from 1 April 2011 through 31 March 2012 were awarded. Congratulations to all our writers and artists to this great success!

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New York, 26 October 2012- Fresh off a successful CMJ performance and at the start of their US tour, Hank & Cupcakes released their new Ain’t No Love EP this week, via BMG Rights Management. The EP is available for purchase HERE.

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Berlin, 26 October 2012 – The new video for the recent single ‘Best of you’ by Anastacia is exclusively premiered worldwide on German video plattform Myvideo.de and on BILD.de! It’s a cover version of the Foo Fighters’ song taken from her upcoming album It’s a Man’s World. Her collection of classic male rock songs includes other tracks suchs as ‘Ramble On’ (Led Zeppelin) and ‘Dream On’ (Aerosmith).

Watch the video now by clicking here.

London, 23 October, 2012 – BMG songwriters were among the winners at last night’s Q Awards in London with Bobby Womack’s The Bravest Man In The Universe winning Best Album, co-written and produced by BMG writer Damon Albarn.

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BERLIN, 22 October 2012 – BMG Germany and independent label Selfmade Records extend their co-operation with a worldwide edition agreement. Not only existing writer agreements were renewed – including German Hip-Hop artists Kollegah and Favorite – but also new ones signed: 257ers, producer Johnny Illstrument and Hip-Hop duo Genetikk.

Selfmade Records is one of Germanys most successful Hip-Hop Labels, which introduced  – among others – Casper and Farid Bang to a wider audience. Elvir Omerbegovic, CEO Selfmade Records, proved his keen sense for new artists again, when rappers Favorite and Kollegah ranked within the Top 10 German album charts.

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New York, 17 October 2012 – Philadelphia based duo Sun Airway released their second album Soft Fall on Dead Ocean Records, yesterday. With Soft Fall Jon Barthmus and Patrick Marceill aka Sun Airway present a sophisticated Indie-Pop/Rock album – just like their debut Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier from 2010. As CMJ puts it, the album “happily leads the listeners out of the bedroom to the streets, with its lighthearted and ethereal sounds that make you feel weightless and worry-free”. Click here for upcoming Sun Airway tour dates!

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Nashville, 17 October 2012 – ­ BMG Chrysalis Nashville announced today that it has signed an exclusive co-publishing agreement with multi-platinum songwriter, producer and arranger Darrell Brown. BMG will also administer Darrell Brown’s back catalogue moving forward.

Darrell Brown has collaborated with some of the biggest names in music, leaving his distinct and enduring mark across an expansive range of genres, and generating music sales of over 70 million units. He has worked with artists including Keith Urban, Neil Young, Bon Jovi, Faith Hill, Rodney Foster, to name a few. His songwriting credits include number one hits for Keith Urban (‘You’ll Think of Me’, ‘Rainin’ on Sunday’), Josh Turner (‘Why Don’t We Just Dance’), and LeAnn Rimes (‘Nothin’ Better To Do’, ‘What I Cannot Change’).  His production and arrangement credits include Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s Americana, Chrome Dreams 2, and Living With War, for which Darrell conducted a one hundred voice choir.

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Berlin, 15 October 2012 – Finish Goth’n’Roll band and Helsinki Vampires The 69 Eyes released their eagerly awaited tenth studio album X on September, 28th. In this context, the new single ‘Red’ was released earlier this summer. Their tenth album is not only named after the Roman ten, it also contains ten songs displaying new facets of the five Finns. The 69 Eyes, consisting of singer Jyrki 69, lead guitarist Bazie, guitarist Timo-Timo, bassist Archzie and drummer Jussi 69, formed 22 years ago.

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New York, October 15, 2012 – BMG artist Hank & Cupcakes premiered their new track ‘Sweet Potion’ on MTV’s Hive. Praised for their ability to merge a “gritty realism to their dance tracks. Their latest banger ’Sweet Potion’ is filled equally with disappointment and hoppy synths.”

Hank & Cupcakes’ new EP Ain’t No Love will be released October 23.

Click HERE to listen to the song!

London, 10 October 2012 – BMG songwriters have been honoured this week by US performing rights organisations BMI and ASCAP at ceremonies in London this week .

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Stockholm, 11 October 2012 – Platinum–selling Swedish pop artist Darin has signed his publishing to BMG Chrysalis.

With several number ones on the Swedish charts and a brace of music awards  (Swedish Grammy for Best Song, a Rockbjörn for Best Male Artist and NRJ Award for Best Nordic Song) Darin is one of the most successful Swedish artists of the past decade.

Although he is best-known as a performer, Darin is also an accomplished songwriter both on his own albums, but also for a string of international artists. Darin has worked with songwriters and producers such as Max Martin (with whom he wrote ‘Extra Ordinary Love’), RedOne (with whom he wrote the hit ‘Step Up’) as well as Jörgen Elofsson, Arnthor Birgisson, Quiz & Larossi, Paddy Dalton, Bilal Hajji and Billy Mann.

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Stockholm/Berlin, 10 October 2012 – On October, 31 the Swedish rock band Mando Diao will release their first album Infruset in their native language. The release of the all Swedish album is something they hold near and dear. “Mando Diao in Swedish is something we have wanted to do for a long time. It’s always been close to our heart,” claims Björn Dixgård, next to Gustaf Norén, one of the lead singers and songwriters of the band.

The idea was developed after Norén was asked to compose a melody to a poem by Gustaf Fröding, who is known for his poems about alcohol and women, as part of the 100 year event marking the Swedish poet’s death. Together with Dixgård, he experienced an explosion of creativity during the composition process in their summer house barn in Dalafloda. In five days they recorded Infruset in collaboration with producer Björn Olsson. Norén describes the developing process as a very special one: “We don’t have especially good texts in English as we don’t handle the language, so to go over to our language to start with and then take care of these texts was magic.”

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Stockholm, 9 October 2012 – Alina Devercesrki’s debut single ‘Flytta På Dej’ achieved 7x platinum in the Nordic Countries last week: Three times platinum in Sweden, three times platinum in Norway and a platinum honoration in Denmark.

The single was released earlier this year and is written by Alina together with BMG songwriter Christoffer Vikberg. Her debut album Maraton will be released on November 19.

Congratulations Alina and Christoffer!

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London, 8 October 2012 – Australian psychedelic rockers Tame Impala have today released their eagerly awaited second album Lonerism to widespread critical acclaim.

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Stockholm, 8 October 2012 – BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia is happy to announce that Peter LeMarc tops the Swedish albums chart with his new longplayer Svag Doft Av Skymning. The album was released September 26th and has already reached gold status.

Peter LeMarc is one of the most iconic Swedish artist and songwriters, who already received several platinum certifications and Swedish “Grammis” awards during his long career. LeMarc’s former album Kärlek i Tystnadens Tid (14th studio album) was released in 2007. Watch his latest single ‘En sång som ingen radio spelar’ here.

Congratulations!

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London, 3 October 2012 –  Recent BMG Chrysalis signing, contemporary record producer and arranger Jon Cohen, has been awarded Single of The Year for his production of ‘Wherever You Are’ by Gareth Malone and The Military Wives at this year’s Classic Brit Awards at a ceremony at The Royal Albert Hall last night.

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Berlin, 1 October 2012 – Last week, BMG copyright staff from New York, London, Paris, Madrid, Milan, Stockholm, Hilversum and Berlin as well as our technology partner met for their annual International Copyright Conference to discuss their collaboration and ideas on how to further improve excellence in their field of expertise.

With the continual growth of BMG’s catalogue, the annual international meeting ensures that every team applies the same high standards across the board. Moreover, ideas for further improvement of our client services were discussed and changes in procedures agreed and implemented.

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New York/ Berlin, 28 September 2012 – BMG congratulates Benjamin West, Billy Mann, busbee, David Schuler, Jon Keep/ Steve Daly (Tracklacers), and Dan Wilson on the new album The Truth About Love by P!nk to top the Billboard 200 Chart with 280,000 units sold. It’s P!nk’s first #1 longplayer in the US charts as hottest music album!

BMG writers contributed to 5 tracks on The Truth About Love and to a total of 7 tracks on album versions. The album also reached the top of the charts in Australia, Canada, Germany, Sweden and Austria, and came in at #2 in the UK.

The next single to be released will be “Try” written by busbee and Benjamin West. P!nk released the lyric video to this song earlier. Watch it here: for English viewers and for German viewers.

Congrats to all!

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New York, September 27, 2012 – Faith Hill is set to debut her new single and lyric video for, “American Heart,” during a live chat with Twitter fans on September 30. The single, from her forthcoming album, will be simultaneously released to Country radio. “American Heart” was co-written by BMG writer Jonathan Singleton and Jim Beavers.

The social media event will take place prior to NBC’s Sunday Night Football, at 7:00 pm ET where fans can tweet questions to the hashtag #AskFaith

For a 30 second preview of the song click here!

Stockholm, 27 September 2012 – The new single “Live While We’re Young” by One Direction will be released this Sunday, September 30th. The song belongs to BMG’s repertoire through Swedish songwriter Carl Falk, other co-writers are Rami Yacoub and Savan Kotecha.

“Live While We’re Young” has been up for global pre-order since August 24th and has become the fastest-selling pre-order single in history! The EP which goes by the same name went #1 on the iTunes Store Top 10 Album charts in nine countries and the single topped the sales charts in forty countries.

London, 26 September 2012 – The BMG Chrysalis UK Synch Team hosted an exclusive Graham Coxon showcase event at the legendary Dublin Castle in Camden, north London last night.

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London, 26 September 2012 – Australian psychedelic rockers Tame Impala have announced details of their upcoming tour of the UK and Europe ahead of the highly anticipated release of their second studio album, Lonerism on 9 October.

Released in August, lead single ‘Elephant’ has attracted widespread critical acclaim and was named ‘Best New Track’ by Pitchfork. Music’s most influential blog notes how the song develops into the kind of “expansive and lyrical guitar jam that these guys are doing better than just about anyone else right now”.

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New York, September 25, 2012 – The video for Joey Ramone’s “New York City,” from his critically lauded posthumous album …ya know? premiered exclusively today across VEVO, the world’s leading all-premium music video and entertainment platform.

Award-winning filmmaker Greg Jardin directed the innovative, groundbreaking stop motion film, which includes over 1600 photographs taken throughout New York City, and boasts cameos by dozens of New Yorkers, including some of Joey Ramone’s closest friends and family and cameos from The Ramones, Anthony Bourdain, Andrew W.K., Matt and Kim, stars of NBC’s 30 Rock, and more!

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BERLIN, 17 September 2012 – Multi-million selling US singer Anastacia will release her next two albums through BMG using the company’s innovative new revenue-sharing model.

The first release under the deal will be It’s a Man’s World, produced by legendary producer-writer Glen Ballard, comprising Anastacia’s unique take on a collection of classic male rock songs, and utilising her powerful voice to advantage.

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STOCKHOLM, 17 September 2012 – BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia has hired Lars Olov „Olle“ Rönnbäck, one of the best-known figures in music publishing in the region as Director of Licensing and Marketing.

The appointment follows the nomination of Sanken Sandqvist as General Manager of BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia in March 2012.

Rönnbäck, formerly Head of Film & TV at Universal Music Publishing, started his music publishing career at Warner Bros in 1986, before joining Sweden Music, the Polygram subsidiary which controlled rights to the Abba catalogue, in 1992. With Polygram subsequently absorbed into Universal, Rönnbäck effectively spent 20 years with the company.

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Stockholm, 14 September 2012 – Swedish rock band Satan Takes A Holiday have signed with BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia as they prepare to launch their music internationally.

When Satan Takes A Holiday released their first self-titled album in 2009, it was nominated for a prestigious Swedish P3 Gold Award. The singles ‘Heartbreaker’ and ‘Missy’ won significant airplay, and the album received both critical and public acclaim. Renowned live performers, the band have supported both Juliette Lewis and the Swedish band Mustache.

This year Satan Takes A Holiday released their second album Who Do You Voodoo, again provoking a string of positive reviews. In a rundown of Sweden’s 100 best rock bands earlier this year, Satan Takes A Holiday ended up in a very creditable 2nd place. The first single ‘Karma Babe’ made it into Swedish radio channel P3′s Hall of Fame after winning four song competitions in a row (against The Hives and TSOOL among others). This success was followed by a second single ‘Who Do You Voodoo’, which generated widespread comment (see video below).

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DUBLIN/BERLIN, 13 September 2012 – Hotly-tipped Dublin band Little Green Cars have become the first signing to BMG Ireland.

The five-piece band, all aged just 20, have signed a worldwide music publishing deal with BMG, which is the only major international publishing company with a base in Ireland.

Little Green Cars released their first single on influential indie Young And Lost Club last summer, and subsequently signed a worldwide record deal with New York-based Glassnote Records, the company behind the worldwide success of Mumford & Sons. In the UK their releases will appear through Universal Island.

They have recorded their debut album, due for release next year, with Mumford & Sons, Coldplay and Arcade Fire producer Markus Dravs and will embark on a US tour in October.

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LOS ANGELES / BERLIN, 13 September 2012 – Arizona based alternative-folk band Calexico will start their European and North-America tour today in London and play shows until February 2013. Joey Burns and John Convertino just released their sixth album, inspired by New Orleans: They also named it after the neighbourhood “Algiers” were it was recorded at and that the duo chose because of a European feel.

Algiers is a truly wonderful and most enticing set of songs with influences from “Portugese fado, 50’s jazz, gypsy or romani music and its offshoots, 60’s surf and twang from Link Wray to country’s Duane Eddy, the spaghetti western epics of Ennio Morricone and dark indie rock singer songwriters.”

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New York, September 10, 2012 – Congratulations to BMG artist Mayra Veronica, who on Tuesday September 4th, was inducted into the Hard Rock Museum’s Hall of Fame. Her extensive humanitarian work with the USO and her Billboard Chart Topping hits earned her a spot in the Museum’s Main Lobby, across from Madonna.

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Los Angeles/Stockholm, 7 September 2012 – Last night in Los Angeles, at the MTV Video Music Award, BMG writers and artists were honored with one of the most important audience choice’ video awards:

Two BMG songs written by Carl Falk won four trophies: “What Makes You Beautiful” from One Direction was awarded in the categories ‘Best Pop Video,’ ‘Best New Artist’ and ‘Most Share-Worthy Video’. “Starships” from Nicki Minaj won the VMA for ‘Best Female Video’.

Demi Lovato’s “Skyscraper” co-written by Toby Gad, won the category ‘Best Video With A Message’

BMG artist Frank Ocean performed “Thinking About You” live on stage.

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London, 7 September 2012  – Nominations for the 2012 Q Awards mark the beginning of another awards season and BMG talent has made a significant impression on this year’s list.

Frank Ocean’s epic Channel Orange (and epic 2012) is rewarded with a nomination in the ‘Best New Act’ category. Rizzle Kicks’s ‘Mama Do The Hump’ is selected for ‘Best Track’, while The Maccabees’ Given To The Wild and Bobby Womack’s The Bravest Man In The Universe are both nominated for Best Album. Damon Albarn also features strongly in the nominations through his role as producer on The Bravest Man In The Universe, while Blur have also received two nominations. Fresh from their outstanding sets at Reading and Leeds, The Cribs have been nominated for ‘Best Live Act’.

The winners of the Q Awards will be announced in London on 22 October in a ceremony again hosted by Al Murray. Voting continues until mid-October here.

Nashville, 6 September 2012 – Congratulations to BMG Nashville’s nominated artists and songwriters for this year’s tremendously strong showing for the annual Country Music Awards. Stay tuned for the CMA’s prime time November 1st broadcast with featured live performances by many of the nominees at country music’s most important night of the year!

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Stockholm, 6 September 2012 -  BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia announced the signing of Swedish black metal band Watain today.

Watain was formed in the late 90′s and has become one of the biggest bands in its genre. Controversy and chaos can best describe Watain’s road to success and has resulted in Swedish Grammies, gold records and sold-out concerts around the world.

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Stockholm, 4 September 2012. The Swedish band Fatboy has released a new music video for their first single from the album Love Creole called “Walk Your Way”. The whole album will be released the 26th of September and this fall they will hit the Nordic roads presenting their new album.

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NEW YORK / MILAN, 3 September 2012 – BMG Italy announced the signing of a sub-publishing deal for Italy with Burt Bacharach today. Songwriting legend Burt Bacharach holds an unparalleled resume of awards, including three Academy and eight Grammy Awards, for hits like “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head”, “That’s What Friends Are For”, and “What The World Needs Now.”

With a musical career spanning over 50 years, Bacharach has earned iconic status and the deep respect of other legendary artists who have recorded his music, such as The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, and Aretha Franklin.

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Paris, 29 August 2012 – Skip the Use released their album, Can Be Late, in February of this year and it has already gone gold. The band’s single, ‘Ghost’ , is also #1 on iTunes in France. Skip the Use started back in 2008 and has since been known for their electro punk style and energetic live performances. Check out their website to see and hear some of these great performances. Congratulations!

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London, 28th August 2012 – BMG artists made a strong showing at this weekend’s Reading & Leeds Festivals with sets from 12 of the company’s signings:

Graham Coxon, Spector, The Maccabees, Young Guns, Feeder, The Cribs, Deaf Havana, The Horrors, Zulu Winter, Modestep, as well as international artists Foo Fighters and We Are Augustines.

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NEW YORK / BERLIN, 29 August 2012 – BMG Chrysalis US announced today that it has signed a worldwide publishing deal with songwriter, producer, and entertainer will.i.am.

The seven-time Grammy Award and multi-platinum winner is known not only for his work with The Black Eyed Peas, who have sold 31 million albums and 58 million singles worldwide, but also for his work as a producer with some of the entertainment industry’s biggest names, including Michael Jackson, Rihanna, Usher, Nicki Minaj, Britney Spears, David Guetta, and film composer Hans Zimmer. will.i.am recently released a new single titled ‘This is Love’ featuring Eva Simons which has charted number one in the UK, Belgium, Ireland and Finland and ranked Top10 in several other countries around the globe.

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Stockholm, 27 August 2012 – One Direction’s new EP Live While We’re Young is number one in nine countries on the iTunes Store Top 10 Albums charts, and it hasn’t even been released yet. As of today, Live While We’re Young is number one in Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.

The new track, ‘Live While We’re Young’, is written by BMG songwriter Carl Falk together with Rami Yacoub and Kotecha Savan. The EP contains two additional versions of the new song plus two live versions of previously released material, and is to be released September 30th.

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK – 24 August 2012. BMG Chrysalis North America has announced that it has purchased the Fred Alhert Music Catalogue. The catalogue has been administered by BMG Rights Management since 2011.

Independent publisher Fred Ahlert Jr. formed the Fred Ahlert Music Group in 1953 upon the death of his father Fred E. Ahlert. Ahlert Senior wrote such classics as “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter” and was a founding member of ASCAP. In the succeeding years Fred represented the works of such giants as Ted Koehler, Mort Dixon and Joe Burke as well as contemporary writers like Juice Newton, Bones Howe, Burt Bacharach, Hal David, and Chris Kenner. Among the standards in this wonderful and varied catalog are “Stormy Weather,” “I’ve Got the World On A String,” “Bye Bye Blackbird,” and “Land of 1000 Dances.”

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London, 21st August 2012 – BMG Chrysalis UK signings Spector have seen their debut album ‘Enjoy It While It Lasts’ reach Number One in the Official Record Store Charts, making it the most bought album in independent record stores last week – as well as reaching 12 in the overall UK album charts rundown.

High sales through specialist record stores reflect Spector’s growing reputation as ones to watch among committed music fans. The band has played at a string of festivals this summer, and their in-store gig at East London’s renowned indie Mecca Rough Trade East last week had fans queuing out of the door.

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NEW YORK/BERLIN- 20 August 2012. BMG Chrysalis US has announced that it has signed an exclusive worldwide publishing deal with the Flaming Lips. Through nearly three decades, the American rock band has accomplished the rare feat of garnering critical acclaim while having commercial success both in the US and abroad.

Consisting of Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins, Kliph Scurlock and Derek Brown, The Flaming Lips have recorded a total of 14 studio albums and EP’s, scoring their breakout hit in 1993 with “She Don’t Use Jelly.” In 2002, the band quickly gained an international fan base thanks to the string of European hits that came with the release of the album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.

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Los Angeles, August 16, 2012  -  BMG’s LA office has signed a worldwide co-publishing agreement with Purple, the indie rock trio hailing from Texas. Their debut EP, Violaceous, was released in April 2012 and includes the hot track “A Long Way”. Purple has formed a devoted fan base through their high-energy, live gigs and were a featured band at this year’s SXSW.

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New York, 15 August, 2012 – Tame Impala has announced their US tour dates for November and tickets go on sale this Saturday, 18 August. They’ll have special guests, the Amazing.  We certainly recommend taking advantage of getting tickets early, as their latest show in Brooklyn sold out. Listen to their latest single, “Elephant”, and get get more info here.

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Nashville, 9 August 2012 – The judges for the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) have been announced and include BMG singer-songwriters and artists such as Robert Earl Keen, Simon Le Bon and Roger Taylor from Duran Duran, Tegan and Sara, and Chris Hillman.

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BERLIN, 2 August 2012 – Ewert and the Two Dragons has signed an exclusive worldwide songwriting agreement with BMG Germany. The four-man Estonian indie-folk band consists of vocalist Ewert Sundja, guitarist Erki Pärnoja, drummer Kristjan Kallas, and bassist Ivo Etti, and is currently capturing the international music scene’s attention.

Their debut album, The Hills Behind The Hills, was released in 2009 and quickly gained popularity at home in Estonia and the Baltic region. Their second album, Good Man Down, released in 2011, received critical acclaim internationally.
It topped the Estonian music charts for 65 weeks and was also released in Sweden, Finland, Latvia, and France.

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NEW YORK, 1 August 2012 – BMG Chrysalis has announced that it has signed an exclusive, long-term publishing deal with Who’s on First? Productions PR, Inc., a new independent film production company with a slate of approximately ten films in development, including several that are fully developed and set to go into production.

The company was founded by seasoned producer Mark Lipsky (The Nutty Professor, Harlem Nights, Beverly Hills Cop III, Another 48 HRS, Boomerang, Coming to America) and Robert Agueli, the company’s CFO and a former principal at G.F. Tate & Co, a private equity firm.  The company will focus its development on the most popular genres – family films, horror films and teen comedies.  Some of the films already scheduled for production include Spring Break Chain Gang, a college fraternity comedy co-written by former SNL writers, A Tale of Two Horses, a family film that combines both live action and CGI effects, the horror film Digger 3 and the romantic gangster comedy Fickle – both to be directed by the highly respected indie film director John Gallagher, The Adventures of the For Earth Club, a fantasy adventure film about kids saving the environment, and Genie in a Bong, a comedy that takes its characters back to Woodstock where they were conceived, all the way to the UN where they ingeniously and hilariously take on the leaders of the world in the hopes of establishing “peace in our time.”

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New York, July 27th 2012 – David Banner, the man behind many hip-hop chart toppers,  has signed with BMG Chrysalis. He released an independent album for free back in May 2012 titled Sex, Drugs & Video Games. Check out his single “Amazing” featuring Chris Brown. BMG is a supporter of Banner’s pro-active desire to control his music’s destiny, an outlook that  influenced the free release of his last album. His belief in the taking control of his own music, movies, and content is represented in the 2M1 movement. Read more about the 2M1 movement and watch his videos here!

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London, 27th July 2012 – Recently signed to BMG Chrysalis, Aiden Grimshaw is receiving support across the board. As a 2010 X Factor finalist his re-emergence as a serious artist has been noticed, and the public have taken to his credible song writing. Enthusiastic support from NME, Q Magazine, and Record of The Day has followed after week one of “Curtain Call” going live Aiden received 500,000 YouTube views, and No.1 on Hypem and  Twitter charts. His debut single “Is This Love” made Radio 1 B-list, and on premièring in the US gained so much internet traffic it crashed their website. “Curtain Call” made it to Radio 1 B-list this week, and with Aiden’s album Misty Eye  out on 20th August, this summer spells success for our budding star.

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London, 26th July 2012 – Rizzle Kicks’ new video for “Dreamers” went live last night, with nearly 25,000 hits by this morning. The pair tell a story of looking to a more surreal world, preferring the land of their imagination to the real. Slightly psychedelic, the video suits the Rizzle Kicks’ to a tee.

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London, 25th July 2012 – Ivor Novello noinated Martin Brammer has signed to BMG Chrysalis this month. Brammer has worked with artists as diverse as Tina Turner, Olly Murs and The Lighthouse Family.

Brammer’s work with Olly Murs has proved to be an electric combination. Brammer contributed the title “I Blame Hollywood” and single “Busy” to Murs’ No.1 debut album, and the writing on Murs’ second album In Case You Didn’t Know.

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London, 24 July 2012 – Bat for Lashes is incapable of showing the world anything less than a beautifully written and poignant song with a tastefully done artistic video. Today she premieres her video, “Laura”, which you can enjoy here. She sings, “You’re more than a superstar” in the video and we couldn’t agree more. She is definitely more than a superstar and we appreciate her visual arts flair as well.

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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK- 18 JULY 2012- BMG has announced that it has signed an exclusive co-publishing deal with emblematic Los-Angeles punk band Pennywise.

Formed in the Southern California city of Hermosa Beach, a neighborhood with a rich punk rock history, Pennywise began in 1988. The band would go on to amass an international following through relentless touring and a high energy sound merging melodic surf punk, blistering hardcore and the classic punk of their youth. The group has solidified their place in punk history with songs like the raging “F*** Authority,” “Alien” and the band’s now legendary ode to brotherhood and departed friends “Bro Hymn.”

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Berlin, 18 July 2012 – Tonight, Joakim Thåström, arguably the best known rock musician to many Swedes, is giving his very first solo concert in Berlin. The experienced rock musician presents his new solo album, Beväpna dig med vingar, and brings along an exclusive Berlin t-shirt. The show takes place at 21:00 pm at Fritz Club (Postbahnhof).

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HILVERSUM, 17 July 2012 – BMG Rights Management BeNeLux concludes worldwide publishing deals with Afro-beat sensation Jungle by Night and successful pianist and composer Michiel Borstlap.

Hailing from Amsterdam, the young Afro-beat orchestra, Jungle by Night, released their first album last April. Hidden was presented to a full house at the Paradiso venue and was well received by the press.

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New York, 17 July 2012 – Today is the full release date for Frank Ocean’s album, Channel Orange. Not only is Ocean talented at writing R&B hits, he’s business savvy as well. He chose to release Channel Orange digitally via iTunes 1 week ahead in order to avoid leaks. He debuted the charts at #2 and #1 on iTunes. Also much discussed at the moment is his personal life, which has sparked controversy ever since he came out as bisexual. Listen to his album here to find out why despite the controversy, he’s winning over fans around the world, including Jay Z, Beyoncé, Kanye West, and Russell Simmons.

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Berlin/Los Angeles, 16 July 2012 – This year’s BMG International Creative Songplugger Meeting in Los Angeles (June 12-14) was a huge success. BMG creatives from Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, London, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Stockholm, Hilversum, and Berlin discussed recent songwriter signings and exchanged ideas about songwriter collaborations and catalogue exploitations. Also, the synch and licensing departments were included for updates.

BMG’s roster of writers strongly continues to grow and the regular international meetings ensure the best international creative writer services. BMG’s pro-active support led to many #1 hits and big cuts from the U.S. to Japan and from Europe to South-Korea in 2012. Some examples are Kelly Clarkson’s “What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger)” (David Gamson), Nicki Minaj’s “Starships” (Carl Falk), Arashi’s “Face Down” (Albi Albertsson, Vincent Stein) and many more.

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Stockholm/New York, 12 July 2012 – BMG writer Carl Falk has set a new record on the Billboard Hot 100. Together with his co-writers Rami Yacoub, RedOne, Wayne Hector and Onika Maraj, Carl Falk made Billboard history with the song “Starships” performed by Niki Minaj. The single has been one of the top ten songs on the Billboard Hot 100 for 21 consecutive weeks. This means that “Starships” surpassed “I gotta feeling” with Black Eyed Peas who held the previous record with 20 consecutive weeks.

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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, 11 July 2012 – BMG has announced that it has named Zach Katz Executive Vice President, Creative, North America, effective as of August 1, 2012. He will oversee BMG Chrysalis’s Los Angeles-based creative staff and direct efforts to attract, develop and sign new talent, as well as manage the current roster. He will report to Laurent Hubert, President, Creative & Marketing BMG Chrysalis North America, and work closely with the other members of the North America creative executive team including Richard Blackstone, Venus Brown, Darrell Franklin and David Hirshland. He joins BMG from Beluga Heights, a company he founded in 2006.

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PARIS, 10 July 2012- BMG artists Bat for Lashes, Red Foo (LMFAO), Skip the Use, Trombone Shorty and Zulu Winter will play at the 2012 three day summer festival Musilac taking place  July 13-15 in Aix-les-Bains, France.

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London, 9 July, 2012 – BMG Chrysalis UK have signed a worldwide publishing agreement with former X Factor finalist Aiden Grimshaw.

In April 2012, his debut single “Is This Love” co-written with BMGC’s Joel Pott was released (listen to it by clicking here). The track marked Grimshaw’s first material since his participation in the 2010 series of The X Factor, where he lost out in the sixth week of the live finals. Since his time on the show, Grimshaw has relocated from Blackpool to London, and has spent two years writing and recording demos with various writers and producers. Now signed to RCA/Sony, he will release his debut album Misty Eye on August 20th.

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PARIS, 6 July 2012 – French pop singer and songwriter Camélia Jordana just signed an exclusive worldwide agreement and co-publishing deal with BMG.

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LONDON,  5 July 2012 – Songwriter-producer Steve Mac one of the world’s most successful hitmakers, has signed an exclusive publishing deal for his Rokstone publishing catalogue with BMG Chrysalis UK.

Steve Mac boasts a career total of 58 Number One singles and albums and sales of over 140m records.

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Stockholm, 4 July 2012 – On September 26th Razzia Records will release Fatboy’s fourth album Love Creole in Scandinavia.

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LONDON, 3 July 2012 – Congratulations to our songwriters Will.i.am, Dan Omelio and Jean Baptiste to their pool positions in the UK single charts this week!

Black Eyed Peas star Will.I.Am scoops his first UK solo Number 1 with “This Is Love” feat. Eva Simons, becoming the 1200th single to reach Number 1 on the UK Official Singles Chart. “Payphone” co-written by BMG writer Dan Omelio and performed by Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa reached Number 2, followed by Chris Brown’s “Don’t Wake Me Up” at Number 3 co-written by BMG signed producer Jean Baptiste.

“We thrilled with the global success for our roster- it sends a strong message about the partnerships we build with our artists and the traction we have established in the urban and pop genres” – Laurent Hubert, President Creative and Marketing BMG Chrysalis North America.

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London, 3 July 2012: Pop dance icon Jimmy Somerville has signed his publishing to BMG Chrysalis UK.

The agreement includes copyrights written over a near-30 year career with Bronski Beat, The Communards and latterly as a solo artist, together with rights to future compositions.

BMG Chrysalis Senior Director, Creative, Kate Sweetsur, said, “Jimmy Somerville occupies a unique place in British pop history, but his latest work shows that there’s a whole lot more still to come. “We are delighted to welcome his three decades of music to BMG Chrysalis UK.”

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New York, 3 July 2012 – The making of …Ya Know?, the posthumous solo album from former Ramones frontman Joey Ramone, who died 11 years ago aged 49, is now available on YouTube.

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Los Angeles/Berlin, 2 July 2012 – Congratulations Quincy! The legendary musician and BMG songwriter Quincy Jones received the prestigious Founders Award at ASCAP’s 25th Annual Rhythm & Soul Music Awards hosted at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles on June, 29.

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NEW YORK / BERLIN, 28 June 2012 – BMG Chrysalis US announced today that it has signed an exclusive worldwide co-publishing agreement with Bangladesh, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta-based producer responsible for Lil Wayne’s “6 Foot 7 Foot,” Ke$ha’s “Sleazy,” Rihanna’s “Cockiness (Love It)” and Nicki Minaj’s “Did It On ‘em.” Additionally, Bangladesh has produced hits with artists including R. Kelly, Bad Meets Evil, Nelly, and Chris Brown.

Bangladesh’s current projects include a newly-released single with Brandy, “Put It Down” feat. Chris Brown, recent writing sessions with Rihanna and JLS, and the upcoming release of his much-awaited artist single “100″ feat. Pusha T, Jadakiss and 2 Chainz.

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London, 27th June 2012 – Tame Impala have released a short mysterious video giving us a taster of their new album, both name and date to be confirmed.

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NY/ BERLIN, 26 June 2012 – Since the triumphant opening night performance on 31 May at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne (Australia), the musical Moonshadow has been successfully showing off 40 great hits by Yusuf, also known as Cat Stevens. The musical was created by Yusuf – music and lyrics -, Rachel Wagstaff and Anders Albien.

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BERLIN, 26 June 2012 – German singer-songwriter Anna Depenbusch from Hamburg was awarded with the 24th Fred-Jay-Prize at the GEMA general meeting in Berlin yesterday, honoring her immense songwriting talent. Accepting the price on stage, she surprised the audience by playing a gig on the grand piano.

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London, 21 June 2012 – BBC Radio 1 presents its biggest free live music event, featuring more than 100 UK and international artists, bands and DJs. We have BMG artists such as will.i.am, Arthur Beatrice, The Maccabees, Rizzle Kicks and many many more.

Taking place at Hackney Marshes, London on 23^rd and 24^th June 2012, the 6 stages make this festival the biggest Radio 1 event ever held under Europe’s largest tent. Be sure to make your way around all stages from the Dance Arena, 1Xtra Stage, Outdoor DJ Stage and the exciting Introducing Stage where you’ll hear all of tomorrow’s talent. Let us know what you think on twitter and facebook on @BMGChrysalisUK and facebook.com/bmgchrysalisuk.

For the line-up, info and photos, visit the official homepage.

London, 19 June 2012 – BMG congratulates Rumer on her second album Boys Don’t Cry which was released on June 15th!

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Berlin, 18 June 2012 – After the great successes in 2011 including Exile’s “Rising Sun” co-written by BMG writer Sebastian Thott, Girls’ Generation’s ”Run Devil Run” co-written by busbee and Kalle Engström and Tomohisa Yamashita’s “One In A Million” co-written by Vincent Stein, BMG continously pro-actively improves its songwriter standing in the Asian music market.

Co-writing trips to Japan and Korea, the D-Pop camp by our partner TG Publishing in Denmark, the SM Entertainment writer camp in Berlin and the close relationship to our partners in Asia yielded impressive results. BMG writers Albi Albertsson and Vincent Stein celebrate their recent #1 in Japan with Arashi’s platinum single “Face Down” which sold more than 600.000 units so far.

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Nashville, 15 June 2012 – BMI toasted Kip Moore’s #1 hit “Somethin’ ‘Bout A Truck” on June 13th by throwing a “Truck” tailgate party. Congratulations on the #1 position!

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Berlin, 14 June 2012 – Bakkushan, fresh young 4-member indie-rock band, released the video to their first single “Nur die Nacht” today. The single will be in stores on June 29th,  their second album Kopf im Sturm on July 13th. We are exited to see their career develop and feel lucky to have the opportunity to support them.

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Nashville, 14 June 2012 – ASCAP and BMI co-hosted a #1 Party in honor of recent chart-topper “Banjo”, recorded by Rascal Flatts, presenting Banjos to songwriter Neil Thrasher who was honored alongside co-writers Tony Martin and Wendell Mobley, and publishers BMG Chrysalis among others. Producer Dann Huff was also celebrated at the party, with “Banjo” heralding Huff’s 32nd #1 song.

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New York, 13 June 2012 – BMG Chrysalis US has announced that it has signed a music publishing administration deal with Turner Broadcasting . The agreement is worldwide excluding the US and Canada where the company self-administers. The partnership covers the broadcasters’ +100 branded channels in some 30 languages to over 200 countries, including Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Sports, CNN, TCM, and TNT, TBS, and Tru.

“We look forward to pursuing our long and fruitful partnership with Turner. Their brand is synonomous with forward-looking programming and innovative entrepreneurship and we’re delighted to support them with our state-of-the-art music publishing administration capacity,” said Laurent Hubert, President, Creative & Marketing BMG Chrysalis North America.

London, 12 June 2012 – Joey Ramone’s posthumous 15 track solo album …ya know? and Dexys’ 11 track One Day I’m Going To Soar are available in UK stores now! Both albums were realized with the new BMG masters model.

…ya know? contains a collection of songs Joey Ramone would have been proud to share with the world. The album features great rock and roll songs such as “Eyes Of Green”, “New York City”, “I Couldn’t Sleep” and “21st Century Girl” in the typical Joey Ramone style. …ya know? was assembled by Joey’s brother Mickey Leigh; managed and produced by Dave Frey and Ed Stasium. It features contributions from a stellar cast of Ramone’s friends and collaborators, including Joan Jett, Little Steven Van Zandt, former Ramones drummer Richie Ramone, Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick, Dennis Diken of the Smithereens, Patti Smith Group guitarist Lenny Kaye and members of the Ramones’ punk-era contemporaries The Dictators.

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MILAN, 12 June 2012 – BMG Rights Management Italy announced today that it has signed an exclusive songwriter agreement with one of Italian music’s most significant figures, Samuele Bersani.

Under the deal BMG has acquired the rights to Bersani’s two most recent albums, L’Aldiqua and Manifesto Abusivo, together with future works from his publishing company, Fuori Classifica.
BMG now represents Samuele Bersani’s full catalogue, having already served as publisher for the singer-songwriter’s albums Ci hanno preso tutto, Freak, Samuele Bersani, L’oroscopo speciale and Caramella Smog. These include iconic songs such as “Spaccacuore” performed by Laura Pausini in both Italian and Spanish versions and “Canzone” performed by Lucio Dalla.

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London, 11th June 2012 – Young Guns post a new tour blog online, check it out below.

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STOCKHOLM, 11 June 2012 – After 30 years in music and over 30 albums Sweden’s most successful rock singer Joakim Thåström – known simply as Thåström – has signed his first ever music publishing contract with BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia.

Thåström has sold over 2.5m albums in Sweden in a career which began in the punk revolution with the band Ebba Grön and subsequently embraced a dizzying array of projects and musical styles from rock to industrial.

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London, 7th June 2012 – Beach House’ new ‘Lazuli’ video is out today, check it out below.

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Berlin, 7 June 2012 – BMG congratulates Accept, German hard rock/metal band from Solingen on their international charts presence! Accept has topped the German album charts at #4 with Stalingrad (released on April 6, 2012) and entered many other European top 40 as well as the US top 100 album charts.

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Berlin, 7 June 2012 – BMG warmly welcomes Beyond all Recognition into the family, a Swedish dubstep-metal band who signed a worldwide exclusive songwriter agreement with BMG Germany.

The five-headed band consisting of David Söhr (Vocals), David Eriksen (Guitar), Paul Gidlöf (Guitar), Pontus Bergström Warren (Bass) and Edwin Jansson (Drums) originate from Västerås, Sweden.

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Berlin, 5 June 2012 – BMG-signed Pickers will represent Rheinland-Pfalz at the Bundesvision Songcontest on September 28, 2012 in Berlin and perform their song “1000 Meilen”. Among their competitors in this German competition are stage veterans Xavier Naidoo, Kool Savas and König Boris. With the nomination, Lutz, Alex, Rob and Josh follow the steps of BMG writer and perfomer Andreas Bourani who participated last year.

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Berlin/Paris, 5 June 2012 – Graceful composer and performer Mai Lan will release her long-awaited debut album Mai Lan on August 27th. The colourful 12 song album understands and celebrates the human spirit: Mai Lan sings of loved ones, past and present, memories of Arizona and children growing up and never giving up on their dreams.

Born in Paris as daughter of artist Kiki Picassio and a Vietnamese mother, Mai Lan is part of a  family of music lovers: Willing to share its joys, open to everything the world has to offer. Learning about professional music at the age of seven, she sang  about dreadful things in “Gentiment je t’immole” to support the film Sheitan (produced by her brother Kim Chapiron) with an eerie angelic voice.

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Berlin, 4 June 2012 – Berlin based musician Barbara Morgenstern releases her sixth and new album Sweet Silence this week. The album contains a fresh collection of all new songs sung for the first time only in English.

As with all of Morgenstern’s music, Sweet Silence exudes a glorious honesty which is just what makes her electronic-pop sound so appealing. The record was mixed by Shitkatapult founder Marco Haas aka T.Raumschmiere giving the whole thing that unmistakable Berlin sound. Barbara’s songtexts have always contained a great depth of meaning and imagery as well as humour.

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Berlin, 4 June 2012 – Finally, after more than seven years, talented Berlin resident singer and songwriter Masha Qrella released her new 10 track album Analogies in May 2012. It has indeed been more than half a decade since the release of her last studio album Unsolved Remained back in 2005.

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PARIS, 1st  June 2012 – Skip The Use performed “I want to Know” live for the Canal Plus TV talk show “Grand Journal” during the  Cannes Film Festival yesterday and set the Croisette on fire…

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London, 1st June 2012 – Dexy’s long awaited album ‘One Day I’m Going To Soar’ is their first since 1985. They played a sell-out show in London at the beginning of May, and are due to tour the UK in September, dates below. The album features previous members Kevin Rowland, Mick Talbot on keyboards , Pete Williams on bass and Jim Paterson, as well as  Neil Hubbard and Tim Cansfield on guitars, Madeleine Hyland on vocals, Lucy Morgan on viola and Ben Trigg leading the string section.

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London, 31st May 2012 - Metric’s much anticipated new album, streamed below, gives us the mature raw electro-indie rock sound Metric are famous for. ‘Synthetica’ starts with a swelling, anthemic distorted intro, with no rush to kick in. When it does, however, “Youth Without Youth” creates a driving, foot-tapping, psychedelic rhythm you can’t help but be lost in. Emily Haines’ voice is subtle yet powerful, coming into it’s own in “The Void”.

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BERLIN – 31 May 2012: BMG Rights Management (BMG) – the joint venture music rights business formed by Bertelsmann and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) – has announced that the total number of music publishing copyrights it has under active management has exceeded one million in less than four years after the formation of the company in October 2008.

BMG estimates that this total puts the company fourth in the worldwide rankings of music publishing companies, following the announced takeover of EMI Music Publishing by a consortium led by Sony.

Breaking the one million copyright barrier in such a short period makes the company arguably the fastest growing start-up in music industry history.

As of 29 May 2012, BMG represents 1,057,858 copyrights according to its live computer systems. This equates to approximately 59,000 hours of continuous music. In addition it had approximately 23.000 recordings of songs in its master rights repertoire.

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PARIS/BERLIN, 30 May 2012 – BMG Rights Management (BMG) and leading French independent music company Francis Dreyfus Music (Dreyfus) today announced a definitive agreement under which BMG has acquired Dreyfus.

Founded in 1970 by Francis Dreyfus and headquartered in Paris (France), Dreyfus is an independent French music publishing and recording company. The Dreyfus catalogue (Disques Motors, FDM, Dreyfus Jazz), includes the publishing and master rights of iconic French artists such as Christophe, whose classic songs include “Les mots bleus”, “Aline”, “Succes fou”, “Les Paradis Perdus”, and Jean-Michel Jarre including his hit albums “Oxygène”, “Équinoxe” and “Chants Magnétiques”.

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NEW YORK, 30 May 2012 – BMG Chrysalis US announced today that it has renewed its exclusive worldwide administration agreement with The Pokémon Company International. Since Pokémon’s North American arrival in 1998, BMG Chrysalis US has managed various needs for the brand, including cue sheet preparation, ensuring public performance monies are received throughout the world, and selecting musicians and compiling soundtrack albums for the Pokémon animated television series. Pokémon is one of the most popular children’s entertainment properties in the world, offering video games, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, and animation.

“We have had the privilege of growing with Pokémon since its US debut in 1998. Pokémon was one of our first audio-visual based clients and has evolved into a cultural phenomenon, enjoying tremendous success throughout the world,” said Laurent Hubert, President, Creative & Marketing BMG Chrysalis US.

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Berlin, May 29, 2012 - We congratulate all of our writers who contributed to the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku!

Azerbaijani Sabina Babayeva caught the #4 position with her contribution ”When The Music Dies” composed by BMG writer Sandra Bjurman along with Stefan Örn, Anders Bagge and Johan Kronlund. An Azerbaijani version of this song was produced just for rotation on TV and radio in the host country. Sandra, a powerful and charismatic Swedish vocalist with strong melodic sense, and her partner Stefan were also the authors of last year’s ESC winning song “Running Scared” performed by Ell & Nikki.

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Benelux, 23 May 2012 – The British hip hop duo from Brighton makes a guest appearance on the Dutch national radio station 3FM to perform their golden hit single “Down With The Trumpets” – and they also do a good job speaking Dutch.

Their debut album Stereo Typical, featuring hits such as “Down with the Trumpets”, “When I Was a Youngster”, “Mama Do the Hump”, “Traveller’s Chant”, includes a mixture of pop and hip-hop incorporating the fun elements of the old school hip-hop era circa 1988-92. They have also featured on the number one Olly Murs song “Heart Skips a Beat”.

To watch the “Down With The Trumpets” guest appearance, click here

For more information on the Rizzle Kicks, please visit their official homepage

Berlin, 23 May 2012 – BMG gives a warm welcome to Matteo Capreoli who has signed an exclusive worldwide songwriter agreement with BMG Germany. Matteo’s German lyrics are backed with folk-soul, reggae and pop music, making him a musician with truly unique sound.

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BERLIN, 23 May 2012– BMG Rights Management and GEMA have reached an agreement which will simplify the licensing and administration of online rights for BMG’s Anglo-American repertoire across Europe. The cooperation is scheduled to start operations on July 1, 2012. It means digital service providers can now acquire licenses for BMG’s Anglo-American repertoire for all of Europe directly through GEMA. The service will particularly benefit cross-border digital music services.

BMG was founded in 2008 with a business model designed specifically to help both music artists and writers and music users make the most of today’s digital landscape. After several acquisitions and numerous international signings, BMG has assembled a strong catalogue of Anglo-American rights within just over three years. BMG believes that its new cooperation with GEMA will offer both music creators and users considerable advantages in rights administration.

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Berlin/ New York, 22 May 2012 – We are excited to announce three upcoming master releases on May 25 by BMG artists Joey Ramone, Sebel and Young Man. The BMG masters model offers artists a much enhanced revenue split and a modern alternative to traditional record companies. BMG agrees a budget with the artist and releases money for manufacturing, marketing and promotion – recouped according to the agreed revenue split. BMG CEO Hartwig Masuch quote as of Music Week: “The setup is a modern alternative to a record deal”.

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London, 23 May 2012 – Welsh ragga-metal band Skindred has released a new ferocious and wild sin city type music video for the song “Game Over” which appeared on their latest album Union Black in June 2011. The video was directed by long-term Skindred collaborator Tim Fox.

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New York, 21 May 2012  – BMG congratulates Irving Burgie for his standing ovation from Washington lawmakers and opinion leaders at ASCAP’S 4th annual event, “We Write the Songs” an evening of iconic hits performed by their authors to an audience filled with elected officials from both sides of the political aisle.

The ASCAP event highlights the value of our songs before an important audience of legislators and the Washington cultural community.  Irving performed “Jamaica Farewell” and “Day-O”, from Harry Belafonte’s album, Calypso, the first album in recorded music history to sell over one million copies, and for which Burgie wrote the majority of the songs.

Irving will be releasing a new songbook and cd of his beloved hits, as well as an updated version of his autobiography “Day-O!” on May 25th.

http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/afterhours/print/2012/05/16/the-library-of-congress-celebrates-ten-legendary-songwriters.php

Paris / New York: 21 May 2012 – Paris-based indie pop band The Dø is nominated for the best “Up & Comer” for the first ever A2IM (American Association of Independent Music) Libera Awards.

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NY, 18 May 2012 – Sadly, iconic performer, singer, guitarist and songwriter Chuck Brown passed away on May 16th at the age of 75 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Known as the “Godfather of Go-Go”, Chuck is considered to be the fundamental force behind significantly shaping the brand of funk music. Go-Go is a subgenre of funk, developed in and around Washington, D.C. in the mid- and late-1970s. Chuck combined Latin beats, African call and response chants and American Jazz, throwing in a touch of soul with a continuous drumbeat. This nonstop dance music is and has been a trademark of original creative music from the nation’s capital, and has gained Chuck Brown worldwide fans.

His most celebrated hits “Bustin’ Loose”, “Blow Your Whistle”, “Chuck Baby”, “Wind Me Up!” and “Love” amongst many others have not only been hits at the time, but also inspired many artists such as Nelly, Amerie, Eve, Jill Scott and Wale to imitate and implement Chuck’s Go-Go sound into their own music.

We will miss you.

For more information on the incredible artist, please visit his official homepage

London, 17 May 2012 – Classic-rock crossover visionary and violinist David Garrett launches his album Legacy in the US (New York) on June 5th this year. Legacy includes the Beethoven Violin Concerto in D-Major op. 61 and works of Fritz Kreisler.

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NY, 15 May 2012 – We congratulate talented musician Sara Watkins on the release of her second wonderful album Sun Midnight Sun on May 8, 2012. In Sun Midnight Sun Sara displays her instrumental breath: Not only as acclaimed singer-songwriter, but also by underlining her songs by playing the fiddle, the guitar and the ukulele.

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New York, May 7th, 2012 – BMG artist John Legend is appearing in the new ABC reality singing competition, Duets, that will air this summer. Legend will be part of a superstar panel on a quest to find the ultimate singing partners from across the country. Contestant and superstar will compete as a team every week in order to win a recording contract with Hollywood Records. Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Nettles and Robin Thicke round out the panel and MTV’s Quddus hosts. The series premieres Thursday, May 24th at 8 pm on ABC.

Berlin, 7 May 2012 – BMG songwriters Ali Tennant and Neil Thrasher have been awarded with #1 chart results this week:

Tulisa’s top hit single “Young” which was released in late April, peaks at #1 in the UK Singles Top 100 for the third week in a row. “Young” co-written by BMG songwriter Ali Tennant is the first single by Tulisa, former lead-singer of N-Dubz. To watch the refreshing video, click here.

In Nashville Rascal Flatts’ single “Banjo”, co-written by BMG Chrysalis writer Neil Thrasher, has also topped this week’s #1 on the Country Singles Charts. Listen to “Banjo” here

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DEAF HAVANA ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE ‘LITTLE WHITE LIES’ (FEAT. PORTIA CONN) FOR RELEASE ON MAY 28^th

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NY, 2 May 2012 – BMG Chrysalis US has announced that they have signed a co-publishing agreement with dancer, musician, and songwriter Mark Ballas. The Emmy-nominated Ballas has wowed over 20 million viewers on ABC’s top-ranked show, “Dancing with the Stars,” for eight consecutive seasons. He’s a two-time show champion (Season 6 with Kristi Yamaguchi and Season 8 with Shawn Johnson), and was the focus of a media frenzy when he took performance newcomer Bristol Palin all the way to the finals in Season 11. He garnered a 2011 Creative Arts Emmy nomination for Outstanding Choreography for his creative pieces during Season 12, and is currently topping the scoreboard on this season’s edition with his partner, classical singer Catherine Jenkins.

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New York, 30 April, 2012 – Lucky guests gathered on April 16th for an intimate concert with Carly Simon at BMG Chrysalis’ Los Angeles space, the first in a new series of showcases with the music rights company’s stellar signatures. Carly gave guests the gift of an unforgetable evening of music with hits that included “Your So Vain”, “Anticipation”, and debuted new songs including “I Can’t Thank You Enough.”

The following evening, Carly was honored with the Founders Award at ASCAP’s Annual Pop Awards for her unparalleled career spanning four decades of openhearted storytelling both in song and print.

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Nashville/ New York, 30 April 2012 – BMG Chrysalis US announced today that Daniel Lee has been named Creative Director within the company’s Nashville operation. He will report to Darrell Franklin, Executive Vice President, effective immediately. Lee’s responsibilities will include the full spectrum of creative functions including the signing and development of new talent as well as song plugging.

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Berlin, 27 April 2012 – Our Berlin office gave a warm welcome to the worldwide BMG synch team for the annual BMG International Synch Conference.

As BMG lives values such as quality of service and transparency, the close cooperation between all offices is considered essential and regular updates the basis. Following the invitation from the BMG headquarters in Berlin, the synch team gathered from Wednesday 25 April until late Thursday 26 April to discuss and brainstorm about the latest and upcoming issues.

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Paris, 26 April 2012 – Five member band Namasté and BMG just signed a co-publishing agreement. Since their first EP L’absurde in April 2010, Paris-based band Namasté has stayed at the top of the indie headlines in France.

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Stockholm, April 23, 2012 – Today the first single, “Flytta på dig”, from Alina Devecerski’s solo project is released and is put on “c-rotation” on Swedish radio!

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LOS ANGELES, APRIL 20, 2012 – BMG proudly congratulates its songwriters who took home numerous trophies at this year’s ASCAP Pop Awards. The evening’s highlights included BMG’s Carly Simon, who was honored with the ASCAP Founders Award. A group of lucky guests gathered around the artist for an intimate concert the previous evening at BMG’s LA space. Ari Levine and Bruno Mars were awarded Song of the Year for their smash hit “Just the Way You Are” performed by Bruno Mars. BMG songwriters brought home an additional 9 trophies for the year’s Most Performed Songs. They are:

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London, 19 April 2012 – the success of John Legend’s and co-writer will.i.am’s “Ordinary People” from 2005 never seems to reach its end. The song rocketed to #27 in the charts this week, the same position it peaked at in 2005.

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NEW YORK / BERLIN, 18 APRIL 2012 – BMG has scooped the worldwide rights to an unreleased posthumous solo album from former Ramones frontman Joey Ramone, who died 11 years ago aged 49.

The 15 track album “…ya know?” will be preceded on April 21 by a limited-edition 7” vinyl for lead track “Rock ‘N Roll Is the Answer” produced exclusively for Record Store Day, the annual celebration of independent record stores.

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London, 17 April 2012 – Successful artist and writer Marlon Roudette releases his single “New Age” in the UK today.

“New Age” has already topped  #1 in the Charts for eight weeks in Germany and in many European countries. His album Matter Fixed was declared the album of the week on Smoothradio (UK). We are very eager to hear more from Marlon in the near future.

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Berlin, 16 April 2012 – Having enjoyed international success with their dance beats, German group Cascada released their new single “Summer of Love” which has promptly entered the Charts this week.

Songwriter Tony Cornelissen and producer Manuel Reuter (both BMG) were involved in the production of “Summer of Love” which places #13 in Germany, #7 in Austria and #13 in Switzerland. Congratulations!

Listen to the new single: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHp6NNjdxbE
For more details, visit: www.cascada-music.de

Stockholm, 13 April 2012 – Congratulations to Carl Falk, who’s co-write “What makes you beautiful” by One Direction hit the 1 million mark this week and climbed to #4 on Billboard’s Hot 100 this week.

His Nicki Minaj Single “Starships” places #6 on Billboard Hot 100, making us eagerly await the outcome of her next single “Pound the alarm”. Nicki’s album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded  tops #1 on Billboard 200 – Carl’s second #1 album in 2012.

For more details, please visit: www.flavors.me/carlfalk

London, 11th April 2012 -  Swiss Lips play tonight in Hoxton Bar and Kitchen, Frank Turner to headline Wembley Arena on Friday, TEED album available to pre-order, Matt Corby sells out on his national tour, Asteroids Galaxy Tour perform last night in London, Rumer currently in an interview with The Times today.

Swiss Lips play tonight in Hoxton Bar and Kitchen, check out their video below for “U Got The Power”.

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BERLIN, 10 April 2012 – Million-selling Swedish rock band and European festival favourites Mando Diao have signed an exclusive publishing deal with BMG Germany.

Led by singer-songwriters Björn Dixgård and Gustaf Norén, the band has released five studio albums, a Best Of and an MTV Unplugged set over the past nine years with total sales of over one million albums, 600,000 of them in Germany.

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Nashville, 10 April 2012 – BNA Records’ Kenny Chesney and songwriter Brett James celebrated their recent co-written No. 1 chart-topper “Reality,” produced by Buddy Cannon, at Sambuca’s Sky Room on Thursday (4/5). BMI and ASCAP co-hosted the event, which honored Chesney’s 23rd trip to the top of the charts.

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New York, April 9, 2012 – We are pleased to announce that songwriter and musician Daniel Bensi has recently signed a co-publishing agreement with BMG. The agreement encompasses all nine songs that appear on BMG artist Diego Garcia’s 2011 release, Laura, which were co-written by Bensi. Click here to watch the video for their song ‘You Were Never There.’

BOSTON / BERLIN, 5 April 2012 – Singer-songwriter Chris Smither lives true cosmic blues through his 12th album Hundred Dollar Valentine (Signature Sounds), which will be available in US stores on June 19.

Smither’s cosmic blues are on full display in Hundred Dollar Valentine, a brilliant amalgam of equal parts past, present and future. It is music that has deep traditional roots, anchors its rhythms and textures in today, and reaches forward into the future, asking the Big Questions.

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London/Berlin, 2 April 2012 – As of today, BMG Chrysalis UK will be operating from brand new offices at 33 Wigmore Street in London, W1U 1QX.

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Nashville, March 28th, 2012 – BMG Chrysalis has the honor of participating in this year’s Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival in Nashville, TN. Tin Pan South is an annual event that celebrates Nashville’s unique music scene and puts the spotlight on what the town is most known for: songwriting. The event is named in honor of New York’s iconic Tin Pan Alley.

BMG Chrysalis has 23 songwriters participating in the festival. BMG’s participants are Allen Shamblin, Victoria Banks, Kevin Griffin, Jim Lauderdale, Jeff Stevens, Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson, Neal Carpenter, Adam James, Jon Mabe, Melissa Peirce, Steven Lee Olsen, Jonathan Singleton, Kylie Sackley, Jaron Boyer, Angelo, Matt Wertz, Tommy Lee James, Kendell Marvel, Joie Scott, Darrell Scott, Hayes Carll and Paul Williams. The festival runs from March 27th through March 31st.

Berlin, March 23, 2012 – BMG congratulates all our writers and artists on their success at the annual German music awards, the Echo!

BMG writers Fraser T. Smith and Dan Wilson triumph as Adele adds to her haul of awards – the British soul diva picked up the trophies for ‘Best Female Artist Rock/Pop International’ and ‘Best Album’ for 21, which includes significant contributions from both authors.

Bruno Mars, who signed on with BMG earlier this week, won Best Male Artist Rock/Pop International. His album Doo Wops and Hooligans also features songs by BMG-signed writer Ari Levine.

French DJ David Guetta was awarded ‘Best Club/Dance’ for the album Nothing But the Beat, which contains the song “Nothing Really Matters” by will.i.am.

We also congratulate BMG writers Thomas Azier, Thomas Küchler, Benjamin Bistram, and Friedrich Kautz, whose shares in the album XOXO helped German rapper Casper to the Echo for ‘Best Hip-Hop/Urban’.

Stockholm, March 22, 2012 - Alina, a 28-year-old songwriter raised in Sundbyberg Stockholm, with a thoughtful personality and a taste for the willful is now pulling herself together to kickstart her own solo project!

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New York/Berlin, 21 March 2012 – BMG Chrysalis US announced today that it has signed an exclusive worldwide publishing deal with Bruno Mars. The multi-talented singer/songwriter/producer/musician’s debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans has earned 36 Platinum certifications worldwide.

Mars’ first solo single “Just the Way You Are,” hit number 1 in multiple countries across the world and won the critically-acclaimed artist a Grammy Award for “Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.” Doo-Wops & Hooligans has claimed two additional hit singles “Grenade” and “The Lazy Song.” Mars is a 13-time Grammy Award nominee and has now sold over 36 million singles worldwide.

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Stockholm, 21 March 2012 – The success continues for Swedish writer Carl Falk! We are very proud to
announce that the One Direction album Up All Night, featuring 3 songs co-written by Falk, now debuted
#1 on Billboard 200, making history as the first British group to make such achievements! The album features also songs written by Toby Gad and Tom Meredith.

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London, 21 March 2012 –  New Cribs video, Laura Marling and Graham Coxon at BBC 6 Music’s 10th Anniversary, new Modestep video, One Direction take the US by storm.

The Cribs “Come On, Be A No-One”

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Hilversum, 15 March 2012 – Aiming at the discovery and development of new talent, TV presenter and singer Angela Groothuizen has joined the BMG family.

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Berlin, 15 March 2012 – Influential German production team The Krauts have entered into an exclusive Songwriter and Co-Publishing Agreement with BMG Germany.

The Krauts team of David Conen, Vincent Graf von Schlippenbach and Dirk Berger have sold millions of albums with their co-operations, projects and co-writes with national German stars such as Peter Fox, Seeed, Beatsteaks, Marteria, Cassandra Steen, Die Fantastischen Vier, Ich und Ich, as well as international ventures with P.Diddy, Amy Winehouse and currently Plan B, blending electronic beats with vintage sounds.

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NY, 14 March 2012 – Bruno Mars, celebrated Grammy Award Winner and currently one of America’s hottest musicians, will star on the cover of this year’s March issue of the Playboy Magazine.

As the 10th male to adorn the cover of Playboy, alongside Miss April Raquel Pomplun, he pays homage to the memory of Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley in (hair-) style and appearance. At the risk of maybe disappointing some of you, he will be fully dressed, wearing his own Armani suit on the cover and presenting a cool and colorful version of himself in Ray-Ban glasses and Re-Mix loafers inside the magazine.

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Milan, 14 March 2012 – Lucio Dalla, who tragically passed away two weeks ago, tops the Italian charts.

Dalla’s 12000 Lune entered the album charts at #1 this week, his albums Caro Amico Ti Scrivo, Best Of, Dallamericaruso, Work in Progress and Questo e’ Amore rank among the album Top 20. In the Italian top 10 singles charts, Dalla is represented with his works “Caruso”, “4 Marzo 1943”, “Piazza Grande” and “L’anno Che Verra”.

Dalla was an incredible Italian musician with fans around the globe. His work was adopted by worldwide renowned artists such as Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban and Maynard Ferguson. The singer-songwriter’s work has been played many million times.

His work will outlive him and still have an impact on the musical world.

For more details, visit http://www.luciodalla.it/

Paris, 14 March 2012 – Three months ago, French six-member rap band 1995 (pronounced Un-Neuf-Neuf-Cinq) was still unsigned. Today, they perform among top ranks in the charts.

Who could have imagined that successful French Hip Hop band 1995 managed its’ first release with neither the benefit of a label nor any significant marketing? La Source, the entirely self-produced and self-distributed EP, climbed up to #7 in the French Digital Album charts and #23 in the Physical Album charts in June 2011.

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Stockholm, 13 March 2012 – Carl Falk, celebrated songwriter and producer, has bounced to the top of international charts.

His latest credits include hits such as One Direction’s “One Thing” and “What Makes You Beautiful” and Taio Cruz’ “Troublemaker”, all of which are currently listed among the iTunes Store Top 10 songs in Australia, the US, Canada, Switzerland and Luxembourg.

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London, 13 March 2012 – Last night on Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show Beth Dito from Gossip announced their new album, released in May, will be called Perfect World, and gave the unsuspecting public their first bite.

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Berlin, 12 March 2012 – Rights management company BMG has appointed seasoned music executive Sanken Sandqvist to expand its operations in Scandinavia, based in Sweden, the world’s third biggest music export nation.

Sandqvist – an accomplished producer, engineer, recording studio owner, A&R executive and record label president – takes up the role of General Manager with immediate effect.

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London/Berlin, March 7, 2012 – Legendary UK soul band Dexys have confirmed they will release One Day I’m Going To Soar, their first album since 1985, in partnership with rights management company BMG.

Dexys is the most high profile signing to BMG’s record release programme since it announced it planned to double revenue from master recordings during 2012.

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Los Angeles, March 5, 2012 – BMG Chrysalis is thrilled to announce the addition of soul/jazz legend Bohannon to our catalog and artist roster. Coinciding with his signing, Bohannon will be releasing an innovative new album titled Let’s Start the Dance Electronic Soul Train, his first album of new material in 22 years.

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New York, March 5, 2012 - We are excited to announce singer/songwriter Valerie June has signed a co-publishing deal with BMG Chrysalis. June’s songs are a silky pastiche of country, delta blues and Americana roots musical styles. Her new album is co-written by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys and will be released at the end of 2012. Click here to watch her video for ‘Workin’ Woman Blues’ and here to watch her performing on John Forte’s ‘Give Me Water.’

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New York, March 5, 2012 – BMG welcomes Canadian singer, songwriter and artist Steven Lee Olsen to our roster. Olsen’s songs have been recorded by numerous artists including The Judds, Emerson Drive, Westlife and Armin van Buuren. As a performer, Olsen has achieved two top twenty hits on Canadian radio and was nominated for a Canadian Radio Music Award for his song “Now“.

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Berlin, March 5, 2012 – Ian Anderson, founder and head of the legendary rock band Jethro Tull, will receive the NatureLife Award for his commitment to biodiversity.

Ian Anderson, whose work has influenced the musical world with titles like “Locomotive Breath”, “Bungle in the Jungle” and the albums Aqualung or Thick as a Brick has proven that music is not his only passion. For decades now, he has engaged in environmental issues and has promoted the protection of endangered species and habitat renaturation.

While innovatively stirring up the musical world with the transverse flute mixed with heavy rock sounds, Anderson simultaneously helped protect the St. Lucia Reservation in South Africa, planted 35,000 trees in Scotland – his homeland – and saved woodlands from industrial acquisition.
Wildcats in their natural habitat and in zoos all around the globe have to thank Anderson for his financial aid.

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Stockholm, March 1, 2012 – BMG is delighted to announce the signing of Swedish hard rock band Blindside.

Blindside – Christian Lindskog, Simon Grenehed, Marcus Dahlström and Tomas Näslund – was born a decade ago in the suburbs of Stockholm. The band debuted in April 1997 in Sweden with their self-titled album. With its momentum building, Blindside became the first band signed to Warner/Elektra’s 3 Points imprint, and in 2002 released Silence, a tighter, more produced record.

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Milan/Berlin, 1 March 2012 – We are very sad about the sudden death of Lucio Dalla.

The popular Italian singer-songwriter unexpectedly passed away today, following a heart attack during his tour in Montreux, Switzerland.

“Caruso” one of the most popular songs among his incredible repertoire, was covered by many international artists, most successfully by Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli.

Stockholm, 1 March 2012 – BMG author Carl Falk recently won the Brit Award in the category ‘British Single’ for his co-write “What Makes You Beautiful”, performed by One Direction. The song was a huge international success, reaching #1 in the UK Singles Charts. It was just released in the US and charted at #28 in the Billboard Top 100 – the highest debut for a UK act since 1998.

Falk’s latest co-write – the new Nicki Minaj single “Starships” – is on its way to become a global smash hit. “Starships” entered the Billboard Top 100 at #9, and debuted at #7 in the UK. “Troublemaker”, performed by Taio Cruz, just peaked at #3 of the UK Singles Charts.

Recently returned from Los Angeles, Carl Falk has a number of co-writes in the pipeline: expect collaborations with RedOne, Nicki Minaj, Bono/U2, Shakira, J Lo, Akon, Cimmorelli, Marissa Jack, Lady Gaga, and Wayne Hector.

We are proud to support Carl Falk and to build on his successes in 2012!

The transaction adds 12,000 copyrights including 35 Top 10 hits and the catalogue of German rock icons Die Toten Hosen to BMG’s music publishing assets.

BERLIN, 1 March 2012 – BMG Rights Management (BMG) announced today the completion of a transaction whereby BMG acquired the assets of R2M Music (Lux) S.a.r.l (“R2M”). The transaction adds 12,000 copyrights including 35 Top 10 hits and many top songs from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s to BMG’s music publishing assets.

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Berlin, February 29, 2012 – We are proud to present our nominees for the 2012 ECHO Award, the German equivalent to the Grammy, or the Brit Award. The show will take place in Berlin on March 22, and will be broadcast live on German national televison.

The winner in the category ‘Best Video National’ is selected by the audience. Click here to cast your vote online (until March 11) and support Haudegen, Lena (writer: Gus Seyffert) and 23 (writer: Vincent Stein).

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CATEGORY: RADIO ECHO

“Nur in meinem Kopf” by Andreas Bourani (Andreas Bourani, Thomas Olbrich)
Song taken from the album Staub und Fantasie

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Berlin, February 28, 2012 – BMG Germany is happy to announce a publishing partnership with Björn Meyer (Edition Excellence Extreme Publishing), and the joint signing of Jesper Strömblad.

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New York/Los Angeles, February 22, 2012 – We are pleased to announce that Carly Simon will be presented with the ASCAP Founders Award during its 29^th Annual Pop Music Awards. This prestigious honor is being presented to Carly for her pioneering and timeless songwriting, artistic legacy, and her contributions to music. We congratulate Carly on receiving this esteemed award!

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London, 22 February 2012 –  BMG writers were again to the fore when the BRIT Awards were announced in London last night.

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New York, February 20, 2012 – BMG Chrysalis welcomes Brooklyn-based band, Exitmusic, to the roster via our joint venture with Frenchkiss. The husband and wife duo will release their new album in 2012.

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Berlin, February 17, 2012 – We are happy that “Standing Still”, performed by Roman Lob, will make its way to the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan on May 26, 2012. The song was chosen as the German entry for Baku by the audience of the casting show Unser Star für Baku. “Standing Still” was written by Steve Robson (BMG/Stage Three Music) alongside Jamie Cullum (EMI Publishing), and Wayne Hector (Sony/ATV).

Grammy nominee Steve Robson has sold over 30 million records as a songwriter and producer.  He has written hit songs for Take That, James Morrison, Rascal Flatts, Faith Hill, Jonas Brothers, Leann Rimes, or Tina Turner.

Paris, February 15, 2012 – BMG France is happy to announce the acquisition of publishing and master rights of French pop group GOLD. The band enjoyed tremendous success in the late 1980s, producing hits that many in France can hum along: “Capitaine abandonné”, “Ville de lumière”, “Laissez-nous chanter”, “Plus près des étoiles” or “Calicoba” have become evergreen standards. GOLD broke up in 1989. Their master recordings are currently distributed by Warner Music.

About ten years ago, former lead singer Emile partnered with IMAGES to land an impressive comeback under the name Emile & Images. Together, they re-recorded GOLD’s and IMAGES’ hits and sold over a million copies of both the studio and the subsequent live album. Emile tours regularly playing GOLD’s and Emile & Images’ music, recently in the context of the extremely successful RFM Party 80 tour.

We are delighted to promote these great songs.

Nashville, February 14, 2012 – ASCAP hosted a No. 1 Party for David Nail’s “Let It Rain,” a song Nail co-wrote with Jonathan Singleton. Producers Chuck Ainlay and Frank Liddell were also honored at the event alongside publishers BMG Chrysalis and Carnival Music.

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London, February 13, 2012 – Skindred have released a new video to their track “Doom Riff” from their album Union Black. Our Welsh rock band is due to headline the Jagermeister Music Tour, playing 5 gigs all over the UK in April 2012.

Los Angeles / Berlin, February 13, 2012 – BMG writers won a brace of Grammys at last night’s ceremony in LA including credits on Album of the Year ‘21’ from six-time Grammy winner Adele.

In all, BMG writers contributed to victory in 25 of the 78 categories.

Biggest winners on the night were Adele and Foo Fighters, who won five.

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Berlin, February 13, 2012 – Research from international record companies trade association the IFPI shows that BMG-signed writers accounted for five of the Top 10 biggest selling tracks of the past 12 months worldwide.

Leading the rankings with sales of 12.5 million units was ‘Just The Way You Are’ performed by Bruno Mars and co-written among others by BMG writers Bruno Mars and Ari Levine. The successful pairing of Mars and Levine was also among the writers of the second biggest-selling track of the year, ‘Grenade’, which sold 10.2 million downloads and ‘The Lazy Song’ which sold 6.5 million units.

The two other songs in the Top 10 from BMG writers were LMFAO’s ‘Party Rock Anthem’, which BMG represents in Scandinavia and the Baltic States, co-written by BMG writers Stefan Gordy, Skyer Gordy, David Listenbee, and Peter Schroeder, and ‘The Time (Dirty Bit)’, performed by The Black Eyed Peas and co-written by BMG writers Will Adams, John DeNicola, Damien Leroy, Donald Markowitz, and Allan Pineda.

London, January 31, 2012 – Spector’s new single ‘Chevy Thunder’ will be out on February 27th on Fiction label. The band will also be on tour throughout February and will be supporting Florence And The Machine on their UK and European Tour throughout March 2012.

Watch the new video for ‘Chevy Thunder’ shot on location in the wastelands of Southern California by clicking below.

Nashville, January 31st, 2012 – We are pleased to announce the release of Jason Aldean’s new single, “Fly Over States”, co-written by BMG Chrysalis writer Neil Thrasher. “Fly Over States” is the fifth single off Jason’s double-platinum album My Kinda Party, which was the top selling Country album of 2011. Congratulations to Neil and Jason on their release! Listen to “Fly Over States” by over on Jason Aldean’s official website.

Los Angeles, January 30, 2012 – American singer-songwriter Kina Grannis is starting her In Your Arms World Tour 2012  this Wednesday!

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Berlin, 29 January, 2012 – BMG, the global rights management business, has announced it is planning to double revenue from master recordings over the course of 2012.

The company says it has allocated a “significant” budget to increase this part of its business this year, as its emphasis moves from acquisition to organic growth.

BMG CEO Hartwig Masuch said, “Developing a strong catalogue of master recordings has formed part of our plan since BMG was founded in 2008. We see a lot of opportunity in the market and are now accelerating our investment.”

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Dublin, January 27, 2012 – We congratulate our writers Brett Beavers and Dan Wilson on their nomination at the 2012 Academy of Country Music Awards. Their collaboration “Home”, performed by Dierks Bentley, is nominated for Song of the Year!

Brett Beavers has written several number one Hot Country Songs for Dierks Bentley since 2001. Their partnership has produced hits like the Grammy Award-nominated “Long Trip Alone” and “Every Mile a Memory”. Brett Beavers has also written songs for Tim McGraw, Brooks & Dunn, or The Band Perry.

For Dan Wilson, the nomination is a continuation of an impressive success streak: he contributed three songs to Adele’s multi-platinum LP 21, which is a favorite for the 2012 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Among Wilson’s credits are “Don’t You Remember” and the hit single “Someone Like You”. Other artists who have recorded his songs include Jason Mraz, Weezer, or The Dixie Chicks, with whom he won the 2006 Grammy for Song of the Year for “Not Ready To Make Nice”.

London, January 27, 2012  – Rizzle Kicks’ new single ‘Mama Do The Hump’ moved swiftly into number 2 of the UK charts last week, with their album also appearing back in the top 10. They are due to have an exciting headline performance at XOYO this Friday at ‘Q Now: The Session’ – Rizzle Kicks’ are really making some noise.

London, January 27, 2012 – The Maccabees started their sell-out UK tour last weekend, with their first gig in Sheffield receiving 4 stars in The Guardian. They describe the performance as ‘beautifully cinematic’, and added the following on the new album: ‘It says much about their confidence in the new material that little appears from their old albums, with no less than three quarters of Given To The Wild.’

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New York, January  27, 2012 – BMG Chrysalis is proud to announce the signing of producer Rodney Jerkins. Jerkins has won multiple Grammy Awards including his first for Destiny Child’s “Say My Name”. He is recognized for his production on Toni Braxton, Lindsay Lohan, Keyshia Cole, Brandy, Michael Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Aaliyah, Britney Spears, Mary Mary, The Black Eyed Peas, Destiny’s Child, Spice Girls, TLC, Janet Jackson, Danity Kane, Beyoncé, Linda Király, Lady Gaga, Cascada, Tamia, Pussycat Dolls, Whitney Houston, Natasha Bedingfield, Mary J. Blige, Lionel Richie, JYJ, Wonder Girls, Austin Brown, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Utada Hikaru, LMFAO, and The Pussycat Dolls.

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New York, January  27, 2012 – BMG Chrysalis is happy to welcome urban, pop and dance producer, Megaman. Based out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Megaman has produced for platinum artists Lil Wayne, Drake, and Young Jeezy. His most recent cut “MegaMan” peaked at #52 on the Billboard Hot 100 and can be found on Lil Wayneʼs album ‘Tha Carter IV’, which to date has sold over 1.9 million units in the US alone.

Paris, January 27, 2012 – BMG France is proud to announce a sub-publishing deal with GEDEON Programmes. BMG will administer GEDEON’s catalog worldwide and publish it outside of France.

GEDEON Programmes is one of the main television production firms in France. Founded in 1994, the company has produced over 600 television documentaries to date, and currently produces an average of 50 documentaries each year. Its programs are broadcast on various TV channels in France – notably France Television, Canal +, and Arte – and are also being sold to foreign broadcasters to be aired in many territories of the world.

Most music used in GEDEON’s documentaries is original music commissioned and owned by the company itself. To date, GEDEON Programmes has gathered a large library of instrumental music that can be used for synch in third-party programs.

For more information on GEDEON Programmes, visit www.gedeonprogrammes.com/en/index.php.

New York, January 26, 2012 – BMG Chrysalis welcomes Denver-based duo Gauntlet Hair who have signed via our joint venture with Frenchkiss. The band released their debut full-length in October 2011 on Dead Oceans Records.

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Paris, January 23, 2012 – BMG congratulates our artists and writers to their nominations in the second and final round voting of the French Victoires 2012 Music Awards, the French equivalent of the Grammys:

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New York, January 25, 2012 – BMG Chrysalis US welcomes acclaimed singer-songwriter John Sebastian to our roster. Most famously known as the founder of The Lovin’ Spoonful, Sebastian’s career spans four decades and includes appearances at the Woodstock Music Festivals in 1969 and 1994, an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 and an induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008. He was signed with Bug Music and has now signed an Admin agreement worldwide. Sebastian’s presence at BMG will be a great addition.

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London, January 16, 2012 – BMG Chrysalis writers the Maccabees have kicked off 2012 in style with a Top Five entry for their third album, Given To The Wild, their first since signing to BMG Chrysalis in the middle of last year.

The album is already a critical hit, and this week it debuts on the UK charts at four to make The Maccabees the first breakthrough act of 2012.

BMG Chrysalis UK Vice-President of A&R Ben Bodie says, “This is a significant result which positions the band well for the year. This is a band which has hit its creative stride and we are delighted to be working with them.”

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New York, January 16, 2012 – BMG Chrysalis US welcomes Virginia Beach-based band We Are Trees who have signed a world-wide co-publishing deal via our joint venture with French Kiss. The band released EP Girlfriend in 2011 featuring single “I Don’t Believe in Love”. Check out their homepage and listen to the songs.

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London, January 13, 2012 – BMG writers were to the fore when the BRITs announced nominations for the 2012 awards show yesterday. BMG writers are represented in 11 of the 13 categories in relation to 26 of the nominees.

Writer/performers represented include Laura Marling (British Female Solo Artist), Fleet Foxes (International Group), Bruno Mars and Ryan Adams (both for International Male). Key non-performer writers represented among the nominees are Dan Wilson and Fraser T Smith for their work on multiple nominee Adele’s ‘21’. Five of the 10-strong Best British Single nominations list were written or co-written by BMG writers. BMG writer Ethan Johns was nominated for his work as a producer in the Best Producer category.

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Berlin, January 10, 2012 – BMG shooting stars The Asteroids Galaxy Tour release “Heart Attack”, the first single taken from their upcoming album Out Of Frequency. The follow-up to the Danish duo’s highly acclaimed debut, Fruit, will be released on February 24, 2012. To shorten the wait, watch the video to “Heart Attack” here!

London, January 10, 2012 – BMG currently has shares in eight of the Top 10 UK albums.  Adele’s 14-times platinum album, ’21′, has returned to the Number 1 spot, and in doing so becomes the longest chart-topping album release in nearly 42 years, as confirmed by the Official Charts Company.  The album, which is now also the biggest selling album of the 21st century, contains BMG shares on four tracks via writers Fraser T Smith (now with Sony) and Dan Wilson. BMG also has shares on UK Top 10 albums by Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Amy Winehouse, Beyonce, Olly Murs, Jessie J and Rihanna.

Nashville, January 9, 2012 -  The David Nail single “Let It Rain”, co-written with BMG Chrysalis writer Jonathan Singleton, reached #1 on the Country music charts today. Congratulations to Jonathan, David & MCA Records on taking “Let It Rain” to the top. Check out the official music video and read an interview with Jonathan about the writing of “Let It Rain.”

Nashville, January 9, 2012 – Country superstars Rascal Flatts are set to release a new single, “Banjo”, co-written by BMG Chrysalis writer Neil Thrasher. The song will debut on Country radio on January 17^th and will serve as the lead single off the band’s new album, which will be released this spring.

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New York, January 9, 2012  -  We are pleased to welcome the Brooklyn-based trio The Big Sleep to the BMG Chrysalis roster. The psych-rockers release their new full-length album, Nature Experiments, on January 31^st via Frenchkiss Records. Download the first single, “Ace”, and see more of The Big Sleep by clicking HERE.

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Berlin, January 4, 2012 – BMG is pleased to announce that the production- and writing team The Amplifiers signed a worldwide exclusive songwriter agreement with BMG (Edition You CAN Buy Taste / BMG Rights Management).

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Stockholm, December 8, 2011 – The album Solar by finnish indie rockers Rubik has made it to the final twelve nominees for the Nordic Music Prize, which is an award for the Best Nordic Album – where they will compete against the likes of Björk, Lykke Li, Ane Brun and The Field. The prize is a nordic equivalent to the Mercury Prize where influential people from the worldwide music industry select the nominees and winners.

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Stockholm, December 8, 2011 – Syket are rounding up nominations: After being nominated for The Music Publishers Prize for ‘Breakthrough of The Year’, now they also are one of the few acts who received a nomination in the category ‘Best Pop’ at the P3 Gold Awards. P3 is one of Swedens biggest national radio stations. The annual P3 Gold Award will be held for the tenth time, taking place in Gothenburg on January 21, 2012.

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES – DECEMBER 7^TH, 2011 – BMG Chrysalis is proud to announce a joint venture agreement with Trauma 2 Publishing.  The three-year deal will be an opportunity for BMG Chrysalis to enter the AV content creation business by securing rights in film and television score. In addition, the joint venture will allow BMG Chrysalis to sign writers specifically for film and give the BMG-Chrysalis catalog preferred placement in films scored by Trauma 2.

“The potential to co-own the score in a hit film or television series is highly desirable” said BMG Chrysalis EVP, COO Laurent Hubert, “Also through this joint venture, we will be able to attract unique talents such as Christine Connolly, and create new opportunities for our BMG Chrysalis catalog within the TV and Film world.”

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Berlin, December 6, 2011 – Besides an extensive tour plan of the last few months, including live performances on renowned festivals and venues in Russia, France, Sweden and Italy amongst others, drumming legend Billy Cobham has been working on an online educating project, the Billy Cobham Drum School as part of the Artistworks Drum Academy. Musicians from all over the world get the chance to watch online lessons and receive tips and feedback here from Billy Cobham himself. Billy Cobham is known as a unique drummer in the Jazz and Jazz Fusion scene since decades: He has played with renowned musicians such as Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Peter Gabriel and Santana.

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London, December 6, 2011 – BMG Chrysalis has come top of the UK indie publishers in the album market shares of Q3 2011 with a 17.9% share. BMG Chrysalis have also come second, closely behind Kobalt, in the singles market share by controlling 20.6% of the Q3 singles. With the added acquisition of Bug Music, BMG Chrysalis look set to maintain a strong market share in Q4 and beyond.

This fantastic Q3 result is largely down to BMG Chrysalis having splits on 3 of the top ten selling singles of Q3 (Olly Murs feat Rizzle Kicks: ‘Heart Skipd A Beat’ | One Direction: ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ | Adele: ‘Set Fire To The Rain’) and 4 of the top 10 selling albums of Q3 (Various Artists: ‘Now 79!’ | Adele: ‘21’ | Beyonce: ‘4’ | Ed Sheeran ‘+’).

New York, December 2, 2011 – BMG Chrysalis is proud to announce their 77 Grammy nominations this year. The 54^th awards ceremony will take place on February 12^th, 2012 in Los Angeles, California at 8:00pm EST/7:00pm CST on CBS. BMG Chrysalis is proud of all of its nominees, and with over 70 nominations, this shows the diversity of BMG’s catalog.

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Berlin/Hilversum, November 29, 2011 – The music project “Bart Constant” will be presented along with its debut album during two special mini exhibitions in galleries in Berlin and Amsterdam in January, 2012. The album is entitled Tell Yourself Whatever You Have To, and is something that became more than just a record. It is set for release on January 13, 2012.

For the record’s packaging a special neon sculpture of the typography was created and then hung in a secluded forest for a day, running on a generator, and photographed with beautiful, melancholic results. Additionally, last March saw the release of the video for the song Do Better; a seven-minute short that recently won Best Music Video at the Dutch Film Festival, and was chosen as Video of the Week by New York based tastemaker blog Stereogum. Image and sound not only seem to be made for each other, but actually are.

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London, November 22, 2011 – Deaf Havana’s album ‘Fools and Worthless Liars’ stormed to the top of the UK rock chart this week, edging competition from Evanescence, Lou Reed & Metallica, Megadeth, You Me At Six and legendary influences of theirs, both Nirvana and Foo Fighters.

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New York, November 21, 2011 – The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) held its annual Awards Gala in Toronto, November 16, 2011, presenting awards to the following Bug/Windswept songs and songwriters:

K’Naan received the International Achievement Award (presented to SOCAN members who received International recognition in 2010 through their music)

Wavin’ Flag (K’Naan/Jean Daval/Philip Lawrence/Bruno Mars) received a Pop/Rock Music Award (songs that achieved the greatest number of performances on domestic radio during 2010)

Sarah Harmer received the Folk/Roots Music Award (presented to SOCAN members whose current repertoire of creative works in this genre achieved the highest number of performances in domestic radio, pay audio, and concerts during 2010)

Prairie Oyster received the National Achievement Award (Presented to SOCAN members who have had outstanding success, predominantly in the Canadian music industry, over the span of their career)

Congratulations to all of our award winners!

London, November 15, 2011 – We are proud to announce that Alex Reid signed a worldwide exclusive songwriter agreement with BMG Chrysalis on November 2, 2011.

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Paris, November 11, 2011 – BMG is pleased to announce the signing of a worldwide co-publishing agreement with the French HipHop act “1995”. The six-member group has quickly attracted both a huge number of fans and significant buzz.

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Nasville, November 10, 2011 – BMG Chrysalis is proud to announce that its songwriters have been awarded no less than seven awards during the 59th annual BMI Country Awards ceremony that took place in Nashville, November 8, 2011. BMI celebrated the songwriters and publishers behind country music’s most-performed songs of the past year during the evening. The event was staged in BMI’s Nashville offices, located in the heart of Music Row, where behind-the-scenes hit-makers and center stage superstars came together to toast one another as songwriters.

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Nashville, November 10, 2011 – This year’s Country Music Awards (CMA), taking place on November 9, 2011, featured several BMG Chrysalis artists and writers on both the performance and award stages:

Matt Nathanson performs his song “Run” with Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland

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London, November 8, 2011 – Yesterday, UK rock band Deaf Havana released their debut album Fools And Worthless Liars, consisting of 13 tracks. On the 6th of November 2011, the album rocketed straight to the top of the rock iTunes charts after just ten minutes, following major demand from the public. The title has picked up some unbelievable press and reviews and has also trended internationally on Twitter, meaning it is one of the most talked-about things worldwide on Twitter.

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Berlin, November 7, 2011 – BMG invited the advertising and production industry to a presentation of the 2011 Lions Cannes-Reel at Berlin’s former Hungarian cultural center ‘.HBC’ on November 1, 2011. The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is the world’s biggest and premier showcase and celebration of creativity in communications. This year, more than 24,000 entries from all over the world were showcased and judged.

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New York, November 3, 2011 – At her sold-out Los Angeles concert at Largo Theater last night, November 2, 2011, LA-based singer-songwriter and recent MTV Award-winner Kina Grannis unveiled her “Secret Crazy Project” (SCP). More than 22-months in the making, the SCP was revealed to be a one-of-a-kind music video for her song “In Your Arms” – a video shot entirely using stop motion animation and constructed using more than a quarter-million Jelly Belly jelly beans. More specifically, “In Your Arms” was made from 288,000 Jelly Belly jelly beans, spread throughout 2,460 frames, filmed across 1,357 hours.

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New York, November 2, 2011 – Indie rock band The Dear Hunter, who have recently joined forces with BMG Chrysalis, are currently on a US tour with, Manchester Orchestra (also signed to BMG Chrysalis), ending with a final show in Atlanta, Georgia on November 23, 2011.

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Stockholm, October 27, 2011 – Syket’s critically acclaimed debut album With Love has awarded the six piece band a place as one of the four nominees for Best Newcomer at this year’s Music Publishers Prize. The ceremony will be held at Berns Salonger in Stockholm, November 11th, 2011. The award show honors Swedish songwriters, lyricists and composers of both popular and classical music. We’re keeping our finger’s crossed.

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New York, October 27, 2011 – Adele’s chart-breaking album ‘21’  returns to #1 on the Billboard Top 200 this week, rising from #2 back to the chart’s peak and marking its 13th week atop the tally. That is the most weeks at #1 since the soundtrack to “Titanic” set sail in 1998 and spent 16 weeks at the top.
Congratulations to Adele and our writers who feature on the album, Dan Wilson and Fraser T Smith!

London, October 25, 2011 – BMG Chrysalis UK is proud to have completed an exclusive songwriter agreement as well as a recording and exploitation deal with UK rock band Deaf Havana on October 20, 2011. The band marked the signing of the contracts with a performance in front of 5,000 people at Brixton Academy.

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Berlin, October 24, 2011 – BMG is delighted to announce the new releases of BMG songwriter and producer Toby Gad.

Kelly Clarkson`s brand new album Stronger is availbale in US stores now, contributing two songs by Gad: “The war is over” and “Einstein”. Also released in the US today was The Awakening from James Morrison, which already topped the UK album charts at #1. Morrison`s album includes three songs by Gad: “Slave to the rhythm,” “One life” and “Up”.

Multi-Platinum songwriter Toby Gad, known for his success with hits like “If I were a boy” by Beyonce and “Big Girls don’t cry” by Fergie has also written and produced the new UK Jessi J single “Who you are”, Demi Lovato´s “Skyscraper” and written Nicole Scherzinger`s “Don’t hold your breath”. With a great success – they are all climbing the charts.

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Berlin, October 18, 2011 – BMG hosted its annual Administration Meeting at the Head office in Berlin on October 10-13, 2011. Focal points of the meeting were current issues of Copyright Administration and Royalty Accounting, under which several lectures of the 35 participating BMG employees were held. The attendees, who were from each territory a BMG office is located in – Germany France, Italy, Scandinavia, Spain, UK, US and the Benelux – worked together during the meetings in order to improve all BMG service processes to better serve the needs of copyright owners.

New York, October 18, 2011 – The annual CMJ Music Marathon Festival, headquartered in downtown Manhattan, will begin its events of panel sessions, seminars and music showcases this Tuesday, October 18th.
BMG Chrysalis artists featured in this year’s festival include Torpedo Boyz, Penguin Prison, Aunt Martha, Little Red, Nikki Lane, CSS, Death Letters, De Staat and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs.

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London, October 11, 2011 – BMG Chrysalis collected no less than six BMI Awards at this year’s annual music awards ceremony held at the Dorchester Hotel in London, October 4, 2011.

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Berlin, September 21, 2011 – We are very proud to continue this week with another outstanding charts presence all around the world:

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Berlin, June 8, 2011 – Several of BMG songwriter Leonidas “Freakchild” Chantzaras’ works on records for various artists have recently been certified gold or platinum albums.

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Dublin/Berlin, 23 May 2011 – Mary Ann Slim has been appointed to the position
of Managing Director of BMG Rights Management (Ireland) Ltd.

In her new role, Slim will run the Dublin-based S1 Songs business (acquired by BMG
through its acquisition of Chrysalis), represent the overall BMG Chrysalis roster and
catalogue in Ireland, sign new writers and seek further catalogue acquisition
opportunities.

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Berlin, 22 April, 2011 – He was the coolest cat in town! A voice like velvet, dark sunglasses and an otherworldly range made Roy Orbison unique among a sea of performers.
BMG is looking foward to his upcoming 75th Birthday tomorrow with celebrations all over the world!

Watch the Birthday Video here!

BERLIN/NEW YORK, February 21, 2011 – BMG, a leading music rights company, announces the appointment of Steven Moran as its global Chief Operating Officer. Moran will join the Executive Team and will be based in the company’s headquarters in Berlin. In this newly created role, he will oversee the rights administration group, the company’s worldwide integration and technology operations, and be responsible for the human resources function as BMG executes on its extraordinary growth strategy.

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Berlin / Copenhagen, December 13, 2010 – The recently concluded sub-publishing agreement between BMG and TG Publishing shows initial success: The Danish dance/house DJ KATO is riding a true wave of success currently in Northern Europe.

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December 09, 2010 – BMG is proud to register 28 GRAMMY nominations on the final nominations list of the 53rd GRAMMY Awards. The ceremony will take place February 13, 2011.

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Berlin/Copenhagen, October 06, 2010 – TG Publishing from Denmark has entered into a global partnership with BMG Rights Management for their entire catalogue. As part of the deal, BMG acquired 50% of the catalogue and will sub-publish the remaining 50% in addition to future works.

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“The Marvelous Toy,” the classic children’s classic song written fifty years ago by folk legend Tom Paxton, and one of the first songs published by legendary indie Cherry Lane Music Publishing (part of BMG) is now available as a digital children’s book mobile app for the iPhone and iPad.

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Mary Travers, whose ringing, earnest vocals helped secure the international success of 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul, and Mary, passed away September 16 at the age of 72.

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