Shop Boyz End Year With Best Selling Ringtone
Friday, December 7th, 2007
#1 Single ‘Party Like A Rockstar’ Propels Atlanta Hip Hop Trio
As Most ‘Honored’ Group Of Year With 13 Award Nominations
Including 2008 Grammy Nod
(New York, NY – December 7, 2007) Universal Republic Records’ hip hop trailblazers Shop Boyz landed their first ever Grammy nod on Thursday, pulling down possible honors for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or A Group for their genre-leaping, multi-platform anthem “Party Like A Rockstar.” Incredibly, it was the 13th award nomination for the Atlanta hip hop trio, which have taken home 3 trophies in 2007 including Ringtone Of The Year at the 2007 Vibe Awards, the Andre 3000 Trendsetter Award at the 3rd Annual Radio One Dirty Awards, and most recently, Best Track honors a the 2nd Annual BET Hip Hop awards in October. The ‘Hood Rock’ pioneers are also nominated for a coveted People’s Choice Award for Favorite Hip Hop song, with the 34th Annual Awards scheduled to air on CBS on January 8, 2008. The 50th Annual Grammy Awards will be held at the Staples Center in LA on February 10.
Crowned as the biggest selling ringtone for in 2007, “Party Like A Rockstar” was spawned from their #11 debuting album Rockstar Mentality, cementing an unparalleled string of #1's in virtually ever radio, video, and wireless chart available. The cutting-edged smash single, selling over 3.3 million units, also became the fastest Universal Music Group mastertone to be certified platinum, reaching the coveted million-ringtone milestone in only six weeks of release. The raucous, genre-mashing, rap-meets-rock anthem has made the Atlanta trio the most honored hip hop artists’ in music in 2007 (see list below), dominating the Billboard’s Digital and Hot 100 Singles Charts all year long.
The hit single also reigned at #1 on Billboard’s Hot RingMasters Chart, and #2 on Billboard’s Hot Digital Songs Chart (as well as #1 on iTunes and myspace), becoming the fastest mover on every ringtone and wireless carrier chart of the format. And now, a special ‘holiday’ Ringtone version of the riveting hip hop classic will be made available to fans wanting to ‘Party Like A Rockstar’ with a seasonal twist.
Affirmed this past fall as a fan-certified hip hop favorite as an AOL ‘Breaker,’ the group’s barrier-smashing signature song catapulted them to the forefront of the popular music destination via interactive fan voting. After conquering the Ringtone, Urban, Rap, Myspace and iTune domains, the group is currently blowing out a sold-out tour with Marquee superstar Chris Brown. Earlier in the year they completed a much buzzed about road trek on the Mountain Dew sponsored Ball 4 Real Tour.
Establishing a lasting connection with fans across the globe, the following is the complete list of 2007 award nominations for hip hop’s most popular new artists:
50th Annual GRAMMY Awards
Best Rap performance by Group or Duo [ upcoming February 10, 2008]
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD (upcoming Tuesday, January 8th, 2008]
Favorite Hip-Hop Song
BET Hip Hop Awards
Best Track of The year- WON
VIBE Awards
Ringtone of the Year- WON
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD
Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Duo or Group
MTV VMA
Monster Single of The Year
Fox TEEN CHOICE Awards
Favorite Rap/Hip hop Track
Favorite Artist (Group)
3rd Annual Radio One DIRTY AWARDS
Andre 300 Trendsetter Award -WON
Best Rap Group
Dirty Song of The Year
OZONE Awards
Club Banger Of The Year
Breakthrough Artist
For more Shop Boyz information visit http://shopboyzonline.com/
Universal Motown Republic Group Recieves 21 Grammy Nominations
Thursday, December 6th, 2007
Congratulations to all UNIVERSAL MOTOWN REPUBLIC GROUP Grammy Nominees!
AKON
Best Contemporary R&B Album (Konvicted)
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (I Wanna Love You)
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals (The Sweet Escape)
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals (Bartender)
AMY WINEHOUSE
Record of the Year (Rehab)
Album of the Year (BACK TO BLACK)
Song of the Year (Rehab)
New Artist
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (Rehab)
Best Pop Album (BACK TO BLACK)
INDIA.ARIE
Best R&B Song (Beautiful Flower)
JOHN MELLENCAMP
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance (Our Country)
LIL WAYNE
Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group (Make It Rain)
MIKA
Best Dance Recording (Love Today)
SHINY TOY GUNS
Best Electronic/Dance Album (We Are Pilots)
SHOP BOYZ
Best Rap Performance By A Duo or Group
STEPHEN MARLEY
Best Reggae Album
TANK
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance (Please Don’t Go)
Best R&B Album (Sex, Love & Pain)
Special Mentions
TAYLOR SWIFT
New Artist
MARK RONSON
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (Back To Black)
Shop Boyz Join Chris Brown on Tour
Monday, December 3rd, 2007
Shop Boyz are going on tour with Chris Brown & Bow Wow! The tour starts THIS WEEK! Visit the Tour section for dates, cities, and venues. Click here for ticket info
