Urban Music Awards launches in the Caribbean
February 22nd, 2008, 10:35 pm Hobby Shops
OCHO RIOS, Jamaica: The 1st annual Caribbean Urban Music Awards launches in Jamaica on the April 26, 2008 in Ochios Rios. The Urban Music Awards is one of the biggest international awards ceremonies held in the USA, UK, France, and Germany and broadcast worldwide to an audience of 14.5 million viewers.The UMAs celebrated its 5th anniversary in 2007 by launching for the first time in New York on July 7, 2007. The Urban Music Awards was born out of the need to build a worldwide and independent awards ceremony to recognise the achievement of 100% urban based artists, producers, club nights, DJs , radio stations, record labels and artistes that are a product of the current urban music scene. With over 3 million urban music fans nominating and voting on the official UMA website internationally per year and urban music being the official biggest selling music genre in the world. Invincible Media Group’s ‘Urban Music Awards’ has become synonymous with great music and leading a fashion that is set to become even bigger in 2008 and beyond. From its inception all nominations and voting have been left for the public to decide. The public submit their nominees online for all 10 categories, with voting to be announced in February 2008 at a press conference in Kingston, Jamaica. For 5 years, the awards ceremony has been covered by: CNN, Vibe Magazine, BET, MTV, The BBC World Service, Hot 97, VH1, BBC Radio 1, BBC Entertainment Online, Invincible TV, Evening Standard, The Metro Newspaper, The Independent, The Guardian, Invincible, Channel 4, CD: UK, London Tonight, Choice fm, Daily Star, New York Daily, New Nation, The Voice, and many more. Chris Mitchell, Marketing Manager of Invincible Media Group %26amp; Urban Music Awards said: %26quot;The growth of the Urban Music Awards since it was launched by Invincible Media Group seven years ago has been incredible. As one of the biggest international Music Awards ceremonies, we are proud to launch the Caribbean Urban Music Awards for the first time annually in the Jamaica. We plan to make this a people’s choice awards ceremony which will serve to promote Caribbean music and artists internationally to millions of homes like never before.%26quot;In a move to unite all the Islands of the Caribbean via the Caribbean Urban Music Awards. the Urban Music Awards team has announced that it has entered into a licensing agreement to create a brand new television show. Launching in the Caribbean in February, North America in May and the United Kingdom in August 2008, the Caribbean Next Urban Superstar will be similar to Britain’s Next Urban Superstar and America’s Next Urban Superstar. It will be a unique television show of its kind to be directly associated with a major awards ceremony. Next Urban Superstar search will become the biggest annual urban televised singing competition directly associated with the Urban Music Awards. The Caribbean’s Next Urban Superstar will see the auditioning of thousands of acts from February 2008 giving a chance for the public to vote for the winners by SMS text and via the official website.Aspiring acts will be auditioned from Jamaica, Anguilla, Martinique, Antigua %26amp; Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, St. Lucia, Curacao, Dominica, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, St Kitts %26amp; Nevis, St. Vincent %26amp; the Grenadines, Trinidad %26amp; Tobago. Winners from Caribbean’s Next Urban Superstar will win a recording %26amp; management contract and will win the chance to perform at the UMAs in Jamaica, New York, and London all expenses paid). Winners of all 10 of the other categories at the CUMA awards show will also be determined by the public when voting commences in February. Jordan Kensington, CEO of Invincible Media Group %26amp; the Urban Music Awards said. %26quot;Invincible is a very iconic and pioneering brand and all our activities and events to date have been hugely successful. There have been several television shows dedicated at discovering the next big thing but never has there been a show solely dedicated to the discovery of the future urban stars and as the biggest Urban Music Awards ceremony in the world. We feel launching, the Next Urban Superstar search in the US, UK, and especially the Caribbean will seek to find, develop, and give a once in a lifetime opportunity to discover the next Sean Paul, Bob Marley, Beenie Man, Rhianna, Collie Buddz, Beyonce, Jay-Z, and much more. We are also proud to bring the Urban Music Awards to the Caribbean as the Caribbean was in need of an awards ceremony that reflects, promotes and provide worldwide opportunities for the different forms of Caribbean artists, music and culture.%26quot; Some of the acts already confirmed to perform at the Caribbean Urban Music Awards include Sizzla, Collie Buddz, Bobby Valentino and many more to be confirmed.
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