March 9, 2007

WORLD MUSIC AWARDS AIR TONIGHT

Michael Jackson Bestowed the Diamond Award at Earl's Court London.

The most famous pop star on the planet Michael Jackson was recently honoured with a Diamond Award at the World Music Awards and MY Network TV will be exclusively airing the show on March 10 at 8pm nationally. Michael Jackson is a living legend and cultural icon.

Thriller has sold over 50 million copies across the globe since it's release in 1981 making it the best-selling album of all time. The World Music Awards pays tribute to Michael and his unrivalled contribution to music by honoring him with their prestigious and much coveted Diamond Award.

The Diamond Award was created to honour artists who have sold over 100 million albums, which for any act is an incredible achievement. Past recipients of the Diamond Award which was created in 2001 include Bon Jovi, Rod Stewart, Mariah Carey and Celine Dion.

The World Music Awards is a fantastic event, synonymous with the highest quality of music entertainment in the world. With a mix of glamour, excitement, global superstars, quality music and the most hi tech fabulous Production of all, the World Music Awards is a most exciting television show.

Since its inception in 1989 it has continuously pulled in a stellar line-up. Over the years the World Music Awards have staged performances from top selling recording artists including Prince, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Usher, Destiny's Child, Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue, 50 Cent, P. Diddy, Outkast, Christina Aguilera, Pink, Kanye West, Avril Lavigne, Whitney Houston, Rod Stewart, The Bee Gees, Jon Bon Jovi, Cher, Carlos Santana, Celine Dion, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Andrea Bocelli, Enya, Shania Twain, Alicia Keys, Sheryl Crow, Ray Charles, Julio Iglesias and many more.

MY Network TV will air a special version of the recent World Music Awards exclusively on their network on March 10 at 8pm. The show will open with a knock out performance from Beyoncé of her hit single "Déjà vu" followed by performances from Nelly Furtado, Rihanna, Andrea Bocelli, Enya and many more. Chris Brown brings down the house with a superb rendition of the hit single "Thriller" as a Tribute to Michael Jackson who joins him onstage and closes the show with a choir of young fans performing "We are The World". The show is hosted by Lindsay Lohan and Awards are presented to the world's best-selling artists by a hord of beauties including Paris Hilton, Elle Macphersen, Natalie Imbruglia and Eva Herzigova. Unlike other awards, these awards are decided by the public as opposed to an industry panel. The World Music Awards are a reflection of genuine public opinion and are achieved by record sales. Sales figures are reported to the organization by the record companies and the national member groups of the IFPI, the International Federation of Phonographic Industry.

Year on year the World Music Awards keep getting bigger and better with relentless media interest from around the world. The World Music Awards have been instrumental in helping many artists achieve global success. It puts artists in front of a huge global TV audience and has more reach then any other music awards show.

The World Music Awards was established in 1989 and is the most televised music awards show in the world today, reaching an estimated one billion viewers in over 160 different countries. It is also the only European Awards show to air on primetime network television in America.

The World Music Awards is building a brand new World Music Awards Hospital in Africa this year from event proceeds. To date, there are 19 fully operational centres in the third world including a day hospital and school on the Ivory Coast; a health centre in Orissa, India with a ambulance service serving a population of 30,000 people; a school and orphanage in Madras, India; a home for abandoned children in Brazil; a home for handicapped girls in Katukuranda, Sri Lanka; a hospital, school and village for the homeless in Madagascar; a hospital in Mokatam, Egypt; a hospital and school in Niger; a shelter, hospital and orphanage in Cameroon; a hospital in Cambodia and a hospital and school in Mali.

Official website - www.WorldMusicAwards.com
Official Myspace - www.Myspace.com/WorldMusicAwards


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source:
Vincent Versher
VP Sales and Marketing
Core Entertainment Group
Vversher@corej1.com
Los Angeles, California 90013

Hmmmm.....Is it worth staying home on a Sat night to see MJ's first TV appearance since the 2003 BET Awards?

Let's hope so!

BTW, some pictures from that recent fan party in Japan... much better MJ! Much better!






[Edited 3/10/07 13:44pm]

wow.....3000 to stand next to a living skeleton with lip gloss

for christ's sake, how many different honors are th World Music Awards going to make up on the spot just to get MJ to attend. he's practically the only guy that shows up at this thing every year, so they have to give him some high-falutin' made up nonsense each time just to make sure he doesn't ditch it like every other self-respecting pop star.

They did the "Best Selling Pop Artist" award or something.....announced the nominees.....and MADONNA WON....problem is...they didn't show her in the nominee video!

pkidwell said:

Yeh I know ey? Friggin awesome!!

Chris Brown????? Why did the backing tape outsing his ass? Didn't get the dance right!

Tessa said:

First of all, I would like to say "bullshit" to the statement that MJ is the only person to show up every year. Was Michael there last year, the year before etc.? It's alright to be negative( it that's your thing); however, get your facts straight.

Now, on to the actual WMA's. The televised viewing just confirmed what I already knew- that the media are a bunch of lying @$$holes. The reception that Michael received was unprecedented. I've NEVER seen that reaction before for ANYONE, even Michael. The audience was in a frenzy and it was not just the fans. Everyone in that place, including the celebrities were in anticipation of Michael's appearance. When he came out, the reaction was OVERWHELMING. If anyone was stupid and gullible enough to believe the media you would have believed that he received no applause and that he was "booed" off of the stage. None of that was true. He was enthusiastically received. He swaggered out on stage oozing with confidence. He was humbled by the crowd's reaction, and showed class and dignity, as he always does. When he came back out, the reaction was even more frenzied. He sang a few lines with the song "We Are The World". Despite having to compete with the VERY LOUD pre-recorded( I don't know why the WMA organizers wouldn't use an instrumental version of this song) vocals of Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Wonder, Michael sounded great on the few lines that he sang. IF a person was stupid enough to believe the media reports, you would have thought that he sounded horrible. He did not.

It is not about making "excuses"( as some in this forum want to claim) about Michael. It is about telling the truth and telling the facts. Michael fans don't care if you like Michael, we just want the FACTS reported. The facts were not reported about the WMA's. The media and haters alike(probably the same people) deliberately manipulated the truth. They know that there was no booing. Even if it had been a few scattered "boos" there is no way in hell that these tabloids would have been able to hear them over the deafening screams of the audience. These people who made up these rumors were most likely not even there. Beyonce was smiling from ear-to-ear when she presented her idol his award. She said that if it hadn't been for Michael, she would have never wanted to be an entertainer. THis is something that she has always said. However, according to the lying media, Beyonce had to be forced to give MJ his award. See, these are the things that Michael fans are so defensive about. The lengths that the media and haters will go to to try and destroy this man is unbelievable. Yet, you have people saying that MJ fans over-react. Wanting FACTS reported accurately is not over-reacting. Fans of Prince, Janet, Madonna and every other entertainer wants the same thing- the TRUTH. Personal feelings should never cloud the truth and make way for the double standards that Michael receives from the media, haters and non-fans.

bboy87 said:

It was a Top 5 countdown. SInce it's based on sales there can't actually be nominees.

Yes skyecute, I was in the standing audience that night and the press reports the next morning were astounding. I didn't even believe that any of the writers of those articles were even there since they even reported things that were scheduled to happen but never did (i.e. Mary J Blige attending and performing).

We spoke to some of the press the next night and asked why the reports were lying and the journalists & photographers we talked to said they were there and didn't know why the general reports were so bad either. I don't even know why the editors even bothered making that shit up since it was televised less than a week later and proved it all wrong.
[Edited 3/11/07 13:34pm]

Ellie said:

Ellie, thanks for confirming what all MJ fans knew. You were there and so were many other fans. You know what happened.Can you believe that the anti-MJ people have the audacity to wonder why we get angry at the media? THese people deliberatly lied when there was footage to rebuke everything that they said. What really pissed me off was that the rest of the media blindly followed what the British media printed without checking to see if it was accurate. These people WANTED it to be true only because it was Michael. Sadly, there are fans of other entertainers who are so blinded by jealousy and hate for MJ that they wanted these reports to be true, also. It's a sad world when people WANT something negative to be true.