Francesca Battistelli Takes Over!!

Here is the latest press release from Francesca Battistelli – this week, she is all over the web, radio , and TV! Way to go, Fran!

 

FRANCESCA BATTISTELLI

Five-Time Dove Award Nominee Nabs AOL Music’s Video Of The Day;  Music Featured On ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” And NBC’s “Biggest Loser”;   Has #1 Single At AC Indicator And CHR, An AC First For A Female Since 2005!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Nashville, TN – March 19, 2008 – Five-time Dove Award nominee Francesca Battistelli is having one amazing week. After wrapping up the nationwide 35-city WinterJam tour last Sunday in Nashville, Battistelli continues to be heard everywhere from the world wide web to radio to network television.  

Today, Battistelli’s music video for “Free to be Me” was chosen to be AOL Music’s “Video of the Day”  ( http://music.aol.com). Adding to the huge coverage, her song “It’s Your Life” is currently being featured in the promo for ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” and also was featured on Tuesday’s episode of NBC’s “Biggest Loser.” 

“Free to be Me” continues to capture top airplay on radio stations nationwide, hitting the top spot on both CHR and AC Indicator. Additionally, “Free to be Me” is the first #1 single from a female at AC since 2005.   This New York City-born singer and songwriter is now readying for the upcoming Dove Awards. She is nominated for Female Vocalist and New Artist of the Year, while her Top 5 hit single “I’m Letting Go” has received Dove Award nominations for Song of the Year as well as Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year. Her summer 2008 debut CD, My Paper Heart, is nominated for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year.   For the first time, fans have the opportunity to cast their vote for the upcoming Dove Awards with the ability to help choose Artist of the Year and New Artist of the Year. Fan voting is being conducted through the Gospel Music Channel website (www.gospelmusicchannel.com) and at www.doveawards.com. The cumulative fan vote, which is open now and will continue through the live Dove Awards broadcast, will account for one-third of the total vote in these two categories. Visit both sites for more information and most of all, don’t forget to vote for Francesca for New Artist of the Year!   Visit www.Francescamusic.com for her blogs, current tour information, and more.  

 

 

 

2008 Readers’ Choice Christian Music Awards

Close to 6000 people participated in this year’s Christianity Today Readers’ Choice Awards – and Third Coast Artists came out on top!

We have posted the link below for you to check it out, but here are some highlights!

 

From Christianity Today:

“For Best Male Artist, it’s now been five years straight for Jeremy Camp, who just released Speaking Louder Than Before, his follow up to 2006’s Beyond Measure. Fans made this another landslide victory, awarding Camp twice as many votes as the runner up, tobyMac….

Meanwhile, longtime fourth place winner Natalie Grant finally makes a leap to the top. For years, she’s been the favorite among Dove Award voters – now she’s the favorite among our readers…

…Given their level of promotion and radio popularity, it comes s little surprise that readers went with Tenth Avenue North, easily the most visible of the new artists in 2008. Nevertheless, this was the closest contest in this year’s voting, with Addison Road and Children 18:3 closely following in second and third, respectively. “

Hooray!!

Best Male Artist – Jeremy Camp

Best Female Artist  - Natalie Grant

Best Group or Band – 4th place – Children 18:3

Best New Artist – Tenth Avenue North, 2nd place – Addison Road, 3rd place – Children 18:3, 5th place – Chris Sligh

Best Album – 4th place – Children 18:3
You can check out the full article HERE. 

 

Thanks for all your support of our artists! We appreciate you, and are excited to continue bringing readers’ favorites to your area!

Amazing people I get to work with…

So, besides the fact that I make HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS  A YEAR, one of the other benefits of my job is the extremely unique people that I get to work with.  One of them is the David Crowder Band.  Yes they are a great band.  Yes they are nice people. Yes, yes, yes.  BUT, in addition to all of the normal things…they are stupidly talented. They are constantly applying new technology in instrumentation, ie incorporating a guitar hero guitar into their set.  BWACK is said to be a “circuit bender.”  Whatever that is…but the result is some amazing things that I would have never thought of.  His creativity is not limited to musical instruments though, as evidenced by this super duper video…note the cleaning of the Dove Award…loved that!

You can watch it HERE.

In addition, Mercy Me has been updating their extremely popular blog relentlessly.  I must say, they are pretty funny, and might just have too much time on their hands.  You can check it out here! Pay particular attention to their  “Cover Tune Grab Bag.”  Did I mention they have too much time on their hands?