MUMBAI: To celebrate New Year, Radio Mantra will feature 2011 top 100 songs in its annual property �91+9 Mega Countdown of the year', along with the glimpse of all the major landmark releases of the year through its new packaged capsule �Bollywood Rewind.'
The station has also planned five hours of non-stop music �Dil Ka DJ' for party animals which will be broadcasted from 9pm-2am. The station will also host a Bollywood quiz contest for its listeners.
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MUMBAI: Just one day for the year to end but Kolaveri Di still continues to make news for us. Gaining immense recognition and accolades in India, the song has now been announced as the �Most Popular Song of The Year 2011' by CNN International.
CNN International also in their news mentioned that the song's popularity has created a new concept where in by just typing the word �why' on Youtbe the first link that opens is of the song Why this Kolaveri Di of the Tamil movie �3'.
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MUMBAI: Sony Music's �Char baj gayi' (F.A.L.T.U) and �Saibo' (Shor in the City) composed by music directors Sachin – Jigar have bagged the top two spots for the most played songs on radio stations in 2011, according to the radio monitoring service AirCheck India.
Although not at the top of the list, Pritam Chakraborty dominates the Music directors list with seven songs out of the 20 in the AirCheck T20 Charts.
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MUMBAI: The two majors in the music business, 9XM and Hungama, have collaborated and launched an IVR radio, online and mobile bollywood music store.
�9XM.Hungama.com' offers music lovers an opportunity to sample, select and download their favourite Bollywood songs and movie trailers from a catalogue of over 1,00,000 songs across various genres. The store will facilitate music across various digital media at competitive price points.
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MUMBAI: Experimenting with international musical concept Mash-Up, T-Series is all set to release its �Zero Hour Mash-Up' single dance track featuring 2010-11 super hits on New Year's Eve.
The track conjured by DJ Kiran Kamath comprises of some of the biggest chartbusters from the movies like Ra-One, Mausam, Dum Maro Dum and Yamla Pagla Deewana. Some numbers from last year's Bhool Bhulaiyya and Dabbang has also been added.
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MUMBAI: With over 40 years as a composer in the film industry, he is the Big Boss of Bollywood music. After storming the Nation with this year's chartbuster �Ooh La La' from �The Dirty Picture' and his latest international jazz album �Walking On Love Street', Bappi Da will regale the participants of Bigg Boss 5 on New Year's eve.
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MUMBAI: Besides being music major, Worldwide Records is looking forward to establish its stronghold in the new-age digital media. The company has announced plans to invest Rs 200 million in online music and movie business next year.
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MUMBAI: Peter Frampton has sued Universal Music Group-owned A&M Records for unpaid digital royalties.
According to reports, the singer-songwriter has filed a lawsuit against his former label in Los Angeles, for breach of contract and unfair competition... in the belief that his digital sales profits have not been fairly distributed.
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MUMBAI: The Indian international stage will once again open in March 2012 for the grammy winning electronic dance artistes �David Guetta.'
In his first three-city India tour, Guetta will perform at an annual music festival �Eristoff invasion'.The tour will commence from 9 March in Delhi followed by Mumbai and Bengaluru respectively.
Guetta has delivered some of the great tracks like I Gotta Feeling, The World Is Mine, Little Bad Girl, Love Don't Let Me Go, I like th...
MUMBAI: 9X Tashan, Punjabi Music Channel will air new-year special animated show titled – �Elaan 2012 Da, Tashan Kayam Rahein Yaaran Da'.
Hosted by animated character Bhabhi, the show will feature 10 Punjabi hit songs by popular artistes including Raj Brar, Kanth Kaler, Nirmal Sidhu, Bee 2, Jaspinder Narula, Aman Hayer and Soch Band amongst others.
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