American Idol Season 8 Winner Kris Allen and Runner-Up Adam Lambert's First Single 'No Boundaries' is Available at iTunes Now

21 May 2009 04:05 Africa/Lagos

American Idol Season 8 Winner Kris Allen and Runner-Up Adam Lambert's First Single 'No Boundaries' is Available at iTunes Now

ITUNES PASS FOR IDOL WINNER ALSO LAUNCHES TODAY FEATURING 'NO BOUNDARIES' (19 RECORDINGS) AND EXCLUSIVE NEW MUSIC AND VIDEO CONTENT THROUGH THE COMING MONTHS

'NO BOUNDARIES' WAS WRITTEN BY AMERICAN IDOL JUDGE, KARA DIOGUARDI, CATHY DENNIS AND MITCH ALLAN AND WAS PRODUCED BY EMAN



LOS ANGELES May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- American Idol season 8 winner Kris Allen, and runner-up Adam Lambert's versions of their debut single "No Boundaries" is available at iTunes now. An iTunes Pass for Kris Allen also launches today, featuring a download of his version of "No Boundaries" (19 Recordings), his debut album when released, and exclusive music and video content through the coming months.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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Italian Vocal Superstar Elisa Poised for U.S. Debut With Her Album "Dancing"

Italian pop star Elisa. (PRNewsFoto/Tsunami Entertainment) LOS ANGELES, CA UNITED STATES 06/11/2008


11 Jun 2008 12:00 Africa/Lagos


Italian Vocal Superstar Elisa Poised for U.S. Debut With Her Album Dancing, Set for Release June 17 at iTunes and July 15 at Retail and Other Digital Outlets on Sugar/Universal

THE SOULFUL TITLE TRACK HAS BEEN AN ITUNES HIT IN THE U.S. SINCE JUNE '07, WHEN IT WAS FEATURED ON SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE - THE YOUTUBE CLIP HAS BEEN VIEWED OVER 1 MILLION TIMES

LOS ANGELES, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Italian-born singer-songwriter Elisa, already a multi-platinum, award-winning superstar in her native country, makes her North American debut this month with her new full-length album, Dancing (Sugar/Universal). The album, which powerfully showcases the genre-bending artist's emotionally resonant pop-rock sound, premieres at iTunes on June 17 (including a bonus track, Elisa's cover of the Stones' "Wild Horses") and will be released at physical retail and other digital outlets on July 15.


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Dancing builds on the love that Stateside audiences have been feeling for Elisa ever since the title track was featured on Fox-TV's hit show So You Think You Can Dance in June, 2007. Immediately following Lacey Schwimmer and Kameron Bink's breathtaking routine, "Dancing" shot into the Top 20 on iTunes (the only place it's currently available), and has since amassed more than 80,000 paid downloads, still selling briskly at 600+ downloads per week. On YouTube, organic audience reaction to the song has also resulted in more than one million views of the SYTYCD clip, making it the all-time most-viewed dance from the show online.


Fans of "Dancing" will feel in sync with the richly textured album's other songs including "Rainbow," an ethereal and hypnotic ballad that's another lead track. Highlights also include the delicate yet passionately soaring album opener "The Waves," the spare and aching "Broken," the rock-flavored "Stranger" and Elisa's gorgeous, almost elegiac take on Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," the album's one cover. Throughout, her emotional intelligence and soulfully immediate -- and intimate -- lead vocals make for a spellbinding musical journey.


"My songs are centered on emotions," said Elisa, whose work has drawn comparisons to artists including Leona Lewis, Alanis Morissette and Corinne Bailey Rae. "I describe states of mind, and my dynamic involves creating tension, building it and then releasing. It's like a rubber band, I try to stretch it as much as I can." GRAMMY(R)-winning producer Glenn Ballard, who worked with Elisa on her internationally released, top-selling 'best of' compilation Soundtrack '96-'06, said: "When I first met Elisa, I was very impressed to find a true and real artist. In the noise and fast-pace of today's culture, we need real artists who are able to express things we don't even have time to talk about."


In her extraordinary career to date, Elisa has had the opportunity to express herself on many remarkable world stages in the company of a host of global music legends. Most recently, she performed "Dancing" and dueted on "La Voce Del Silenzio" with Andrea Bocelli in Lajatico Italy -- both songs are features on the 2008 DVD Vivere: Andrea Bocelli Live In Tuscany. Previously, she has dueted with Luciano Pavarotti at the final session of Pavarotti & Friends, sung a gospel version of the Italian National Anthem at the closing ceremony for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and recorded the song "Teach Me Again" in tandem with Tina Turner. Her many accolades include five awards from Italy's prestigious Festival di Sanremo, an MTV European Music Awards Best Italian Artist honor and a Tenco Award for Best Debut Album for 1997's Pipes And Flowers.


An acclaimed and commanding live performer, Elisa will tour North America in support of Dancing in late 2008 (to date, she has only played once in the U.S., two sets for an April '08 gig at NYC's Joe's Pub). She is excited about coming to America, and experiencing a whole new world of audiences. "The important thing for me is to get out and play," she says, "and to connect with people. We're all the same, we share the same emotions. The world is one place."


For more information, log on to http://www.elisatoffoli.com/


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World AIDS Day: Red is the Colour of Love

DECEMBER 1ST IS WORLD AIDS DAY

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For red is the colour of love.

Just in time for World AIDS Day, (RED) is proud to announce that, thanks to your (RED) purchases, our partners' contributions to the Global Fund have reached over $50 million. (RED) funds are already at work as part of Global Fund grants in Rwanda, Swaziland and Ghana, funding programs with a primary focus on the health of women and children.

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Thanks to the Global Fund and (RED) money that you've helped generate with your (RED) purchase, an extremely effective medicine to treat HIV is becoming widely available to people in Africa. And it's as simple as two pills a day. It's so effective, in fact, it can return a person to vibrant health in about 60 days.
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