| Mariah
Carey jumps ship to join Virgin Records
The
rumor is confirmed.
Mariah Carey, the reigning queen of pop
leaves the label she has called home for the last 10 years.
Columbia Records
and
Mariah
in a joint statement to the press revealed
that they have officially parted ways due to creative control. She was
scheduled to release one more album (the soundtrack to her movie 'All
that Glitters ') which Sony said they will drop from her contract.
No sooner was the ink dry on her
statement to the press that Ms. Carey signed with
Virgin Records
home to the likes of Janet Jackson,
Lenny Kravitz
and
D'Angelo
to name a few. Her 1st
release will be the soundtrack 'All that Glitters
' which is due out in
August both movie and soundtrack.
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Sunshine Anderson: a new
shining light
 You're
probably saying I haven't heard of her..... have you, well you will be
hearing a lot more of her in the upcoming months and quite possibly a lot longer
because Sunshine Anderson wants to be 'Your woman
' fellas and most likely will
with her latest release 'Heard it all before'
The Charlotte NC native was discovered while
attending college at the North Carolina Central University "I was
in line at the cafeteria, humming a tune, when a friend of Mike City’s
approached me saying that he knows that
Mike City
would love to
hear my voice" says Sunshine with a laugh. "So Mike came over;
I sang for him; we became fast friends and have worked together ever
since."
The 22
track set is called 'Your Woman
' which by most is considered to be one of
the hottest sets released so far this year with a mixture of RNB and hip
hop beats harmonized by her soul and gospel tenor. The single is now
getting major radio airplay and will feature remixes on the CD single
format.
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The girls of 'Destiny'
aim to show they are true 'Survivers'
 The
world's reigning princesses of pop and RNB Destiny's Child are back (as
if they ever left to begin with) as they get set to release their 3rd LP
'Survivor ' on Columbia Records.
Beyonce,
Kelly and
Michelle have had a phenomenal
year winning America Music Awards and
Grammy's among other awards and
are currently on a world wind tour spreading across North America
and Europe!
The
album sees the return of
Rodney Jenkins as
co - executive producer alongside her manager/father
Matthrew Knowles
as well as
Beyonce herself serving as both producer and executive producer
The lead off
single will be the title cut that the girls just finished shooting the
video for which went into full rotation on MTV and BET. The release date
for the album is May 1st
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Faith Evans returns
with her latest effort 'Can't believe'
Bad
Boy's reigning queen Faith Evans returns to the spotlight with her
latest effort 'Can't believe
'. The single features label mate Carl
Thomas who lends his vocal talents for duet duties. Produced by
Shaun 'Puffy'
Combs and written by
Mario Winans the track is a bubbly little RNB song ripe for the picking at radio level and will no doubt do
well there.
Puffy
stays true to form by sampling a track from Nas to boost up the
bass line on
this one but again I'm sure radio formats won't pass up on it. The
single will be released on April 17th but the album date is yet to be
announced Once it's available it I'll post it in the next newsletter
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Maxwell's
'Now' delayed until further notice
 Maxwell's
latest release 'Get to know ya
' is
scorching up the airways as radio
stations across the country continue to add the track to their playlist.
However the man's 3rd studio release LP called 'Now' is rumoured to be
delayed yet again. It seems that
Maxwell
has yet to turn in the full length,
finished product to the
record label which draws concern to the studio heads at Columbia.
What's
funny is that a similar incident happened with his last release 'Embryo'
where the album was slated for release in Jan of 99 but was set back because
it was not turned in on time and it looks like a repeat performance may be at
hand. Who knows what's going on there, one can only hope that if the single is
any indication as to what's in for on the full length then its well worth
waiting for.
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