The Urban Music Awards© Urban Music Awards - New York

The 2nd annual Urban Music Awards USA   comes back to  New York in 2009 . The US is the heart of Urban Music worldwide and the awards cermony . The first Urban Music Awards USA was held at the Hammerstein Ballroom and hosted by Foxy Brown and Spragga Benz. 

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. Recognizing this harmony between the urban music awards and its core fan base. The Urban Music Awards today announced that it has entered into a licensing agreement to create a brand new Television show that is set to take the music industry by storm. Already launched in the Caribbean in 2006, launch in the UK in 2008. The Urban Music Awards is proud to launch America’s Next Urban Superstar in the USA from March 2009.

Invincible Media Group’s are owners of the Next Superstar & Next Urban Superstar format worldwide which is a unique and the only strictly urban talent search and Television show of its kind to be directly associated with a major awards ceremony.

The UK version of the successful format, Britain’s Next Urban Superstar is proud to officially announce Foot Locker as title sponsors. Foot Locker continue sponsorship after successfully sponsoring the Best Newcomer category at the UMA’s in 2007. This project is destined to become the biggest annual urban televised singing competition directly associated with the Urban Music Awards which is now held annually in 6 countries. The show is broadcast on Flava TV, Sky channel, 357 each and every Wednesday’s 7pm and repeated on Thursday’s and Friday’s.

“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 will seek to find, the next Jay-Z, Mary J Blige, or even Lupe Fiasco. We aim to find talent from the UK, who posses a special quality, marketability and the dedication required in becoming the Next Urban superstar said Jordan Kensington, C.E.O of Invincible Media Group & The Urban Music Awards

Hip-Hop/R&B /Soul/Jazz/Reggae and all talent are encouraged to enter the competition through 15 US states. Audition dates will be announced shortly. The outcomes of the latter stages of this competition will be determined by public voting, by SMS texting and via the official UMA site (www.urbanmusicawards.net ). The format will feature four judges and a guest celebrity judge who will critique the contestant’s performances in order to facilitate the voting.



For sponsorship/interview opps/ Other Enquiries:
Contact for the UMA:
Linda Sykes
T: +1 -213-291-8682
E-mail: Linda.sykes@urbanmusicawards.net

To register to audition (E-mail, name, contact address and State) to:
America@nexturbansuperstar.com





About Invincible:
Invincible Media Group is the international parent group of companies behind Invincible Magazine, Invincible USA newspaper (new), Invincible Radio, Invincible TV, and Invincible films, Invincible Jeans, Invincible Events and Invincible Mobile. Invincible was launched on the 1st July 1999 in London, as a style, ideas and impact conscious brand with the aim of serving our vibrant, multi-cultural society. Since its creation, with offices in the United Kingdom, USA, Germany, France and the Caribbean, Invincible has launched the careers of musicians, artists, photographers, designers, writers, models and actors around the world, while staking out an unchallenged position for itself at the cutting-edge of international urban cool and inspiration. Fuelled by a dedication to succeed, Invincible promotes a message of unity to empower diversity and creativity. Invincible events is also responsible for the Invincible Fashion Awards (Barbados), Urban Music Awards (held annually both in the UK, France, Caribbean, & U.S.A), British Music Week and the National Entrepreneurs Conference (NYC).

 To Sponsor/Get Involved/Further Information on the UMA’s.

Please contact: Charlie Simpson E-mail: Charlie@urbanmusicawards.net

Urban Music Awards, UK Press Office Tel: 0044 (0)870-743-6653 Direct Line: 0044 (0) 207-078-7333 Urban Music Awards, US Press Office Tel: 001 (0) 213- 291-8682 E-mail: charlie@urbanmusicawards.net

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