COLUMBIA RECORDS ARTIST HIGHLIGHTS 12/8
Adele
Adele's "Who's Next" performance is back on Yahoo Music following the announcement of her 4 Grammy nominations!
Her Grammy nominations were also picked up by Perez Hilton and NY Post's Pop Tracks

Angel Taylor
Check out Angel Taylor's brand new Official Site and Myspace page to learn more about this talented young artist!

Bruce Springsteen
Watch the video premiere of Bruce's new song "My Lucky Day" and pre-order his upcoming album now on Amazon.com

Cadillac Records Soundtrack
The Cadillac Records soundtrack is featured all week on imeem
Hear full album Listening Parties this week on AOL Music and MSN Music
The stars of "Cadillac Records" talk about the making of the film this week with Essence.com

Glasvegas
Congratulations to Glasvegas for being chosen as iTunes Best New Artist of 2008!
New tour dates for the band and some photos can be found on Brooklyn Vegan

Harry Connick, Jr.
Watch Harry perform his versions of some holiday classics on his just-launched AOL Sessions

Hey Monday
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Jim Jones
Prefix Mag took some amazing photos of Jim's recent performance at NYC's Mercury Lounge

John Legend
PreFix Mag has great photos from John's recent show with Raphael Saadiq on December 2 in NJ
A great interview with John is featured all this week on Song Writer Universe

John Mayer
John Mayer is streaming his December 6 performance at LA's Nokia Theater live on his website! In addition, Adele is the opening act, so she will be featured as well. Watch it all at JohnMayer.com

Kelly Rowland
Kelly's Joost artist page launched this week! Check it out at Joost.com

Manchester Orchestra
Shockhound has a great interview with Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra up this week
There is another interview with keyboardist Chris Freeman on Pop Wreckoning

Metro Station
"Behind the Scenes of Seventeen Forever"- the band's brand new video- is up on Buzznet!
Also, be sure to check out some behind the scenes photos from the "Seventeen Forever" video shoot on AOL Red and Alloy and Glam.com

MGMT
MGMT's album "Oracular Spectacular" has been named Best Album of 2008 by Filter Magazine!
Check out this video to see how MGMT celebrated Thankgiving on le Grand Journal in Paris
MGMT is featured as Rolling Stone's "Hot Band Everyone Wants To Be In" from their 2008 Hot List. They were featured on both RollingStone.com and their Rock and Roll Daily blog!

Michelle Williams
Seventeen.com's "What's In Her Purse" feature included quotes from both Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland this week

Raphael Saadiq
Congratulations to Raphael Saadiq for being selected as the #1 Best Album of the Year by iTunes!
Read an interview with Raphael and BlogCritics.org up this week

The Ting Tings
Watch the Ting Tings as they paint in the park and chat with Nylon TV!
The Ting Tings' album "We Started Nothing" has been named the #5 Best Album of 2008 by Last.fm!
Check out the band's appearance in the new star-studded Adidas ad running now! You can watch the video at The Tripwire

Valencia
Valencia's "Where Did You Go" Video is promoted this week on the homepage of Yahoo Music!
The new video was also featured on Myspace Music!
The first of four live "Kitchen Sessions" is now running on Absolute Punk!

Wild Light

Visit the band's brand new Myspace page to get tons of info and a free MP3!
COLUMBIA ARTISTS NOMINATED FOR 33 GRAMMY AWARDS!
Columbia Records artists have been nominated for an astounding 33 awards at the 2009 GRAMMYS. Check out all the artists and their nominations below and head over to their official sites to read more. The 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards ceremony will held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday Feb. 8, 2009.

ADELE
Best New Artist
Record of the Year
Song of the Year
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

JOHN MAYER
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television, Or Other Visual Media
Best Long Form Music Video
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals (Alicia Keys and John Mayer)

RAPHAEL SAADIQ
Best R&B Album
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
Best R&B Performance by a Duo/Group with Vocals

JOHN LEGEND
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Song Of The Year (writer on "American Boy")
Best R&B Performance by a Duo/Group with Vocals (Al Green feat. John Legend)

MARY MARY
Best Gospel Performance
Best Gospel Song
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Best Rock Song
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

AC/DC

Best Rock Performance by a Duo/Group with Vocals

BEYONCE
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

DAVID GILMOUR
Best Rock Instrumental Performance

TYE TRIBBETT & G.A.
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album

MGMT
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

AUGUST RUSH SOUNDTRACK
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

WALK HARD SOUNDTRACK
Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media

KATHY GRIFFIN
Best Comedy Album

RICK RUBIN
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
COLUMBIA RECORDS ARTISTS HIGHLIGHTS

ACDC

Brooklyn Vegan has a ton of incredible photos from the band's recent performance at NJ's Izod Center as well as set lists from their two shows at NYC's Madison Square Garden!

Head over to Idolator for a story about the cross-over success of the album "Black Ice"

Adele

Adele stopped by Best Week Ever this week and they covered it on their blog!

Also check out Adele on the NY Post's music blog Pop Tracks

Annuals

Daytrotter has a fantastic review of the album "Such Fun" up now

Grab this fun widget now to play Paint By Numbers to make your own "Such Fun" cover and put it on your sites!

The Avett Brothers

Some amazing show reviews from the band's current tour can be found at Nothing But The Rain Blog and The Times Argus and The Cornell Daily Sun

Beyonce

Beyonce's brand new official site launched this week! Check it out at Beyonceonline.com

Beyonce has an astounding 3 #1's on iTunes this week: #1 Album, #1 Song ("If I Were A Boy") and #1 Video ("Single Ladies")!

Beyonce is still all over Myspace this week after their worldwide premiere. See features on her in Myspace Music!

AOL Music has a new AOL Sessions, an exclusive interview, and a full CD Listening Party of "I Am... Sasha Fierce"

Also, there are some amazing album reviews this week on Artist Direct and Kiwibox.com

Black Kids

Watch a great interview with the band now up on Concert TV!

Glasvegas

Pop Matters calls "Glasvegas" an "Absolute Gem" and gave it a review of 8 out of 10

The video "Please Come Back Home" is now #1 on the Hot Videos section of Elbo.ws!

Hey Monday

Check out Hey Monday as a Featured Artist on Absolute Punk!

Enter to win a trip to NYC to see Hey Monday with The N's "Plus 1 Sweepstakes"!

Il Divo

An interview with Il Divo is now up on the Univision site this week

Jim Jones

Check out some amazing coverage of Jim's Off-Broadway performance, "Hip Hop Monologues" on MTV.com and PreFix Mag and XXL Mag!

Jim's recent appearance on the cover of Complex Magazine with an interview and video were all over this week. See some of the pick up at MOG and TheYBF.com

John Legend

Watch John perform tracks from his new album on Yahoo! Pepsi Smash this week

Check out a great video of John's recent performance on "Dancing With The Stars" on The Y2K Daily

2 Dope Boyz has the trailer for John's upcoming appearance on "The Colbert Report"!

Manchester Orchestra

Absolute Punk has a great interview with the band as well as insider information about the new album they just started mixing!

Metro Station

There is a great video interview with the band called "Backstage with Metro Station" this week on Blender

MGMT

Vote for MGMT's awesome video "Time To Pretend" to be Stereogum's Video Of The Year!

Michelle Williams

Check out a great interview with Michelle Williams now up on AT&T's Blue Room

The Ting Tings

The band's song "That's Not My Name" was picked by Samantha Ronson as part of her "New Year's Eve Playlist" feature on People.com!

Valencia

Watch Valencia's brand new video for "Where Did You Go" as a Featured Video on Myspace Music

Wild Sweet Orange

Wild Sweet Orange is featured on the homepage of Live Daily with a link to their Live Daily Session

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