PROXIMITY BLUE JOINS LIST OF SPONSORS FOR THE URBAN MUSIC AWARDS USA!!

06.04.2009

PROXIMITY BLUE JOINS THE LIST OF SPONSORS FOR THE URBAN MUSIC AWARDS USA.......

New York/London, Worldwide 06/04/09; Forward thinking mobile marketing company, Proximity Blue has been anounced as one of official category sponsors of the UMA Living Legend award category at the the prestigous Urban Music Awards USA taking place on the 17th of July 2009 in New York City.

“Proximity Blue, the Future of Mobile Marketing, is happy to announce their sponsorship of the Urban Music Awards. Serving the entertainment and retail industries, Proximity Blue provides mobile marketing solutions, while sending the consumers all types of incentives directly to their mobile phones. The Urban Music Awards is a perfect venue for Proximity Blue to showcase their creative and technology innovations.” - President of Proximity Blue, Alex Teplish

Music fans from around the world are to get their chance to nominate and vote for which artists they feel deserve recognition. A record 1.350,000 members of the public have already nominated via www.urbanmusicawards.net . These nominations will be whittled down to shortlists of 5 to 7 in each category and the Official UMA 2009 nominees will be announced in April. The public will then be able to vote, again free of charge, to choose the winner in each category.

"We're committed to weaving our sponsor’s brands seamlessly into the Urban Music Awards 2009 and all of the great events we have planned in support of the big show," said Jordan Kensington, C.E.O of The Urban Music Awards & Invincible Media Group. "With such a high-profile awards show and it is integral that we are selective in the brands endorsed by the UMA’s. Proximity Blue represents the best in the future of mobile marketing and are very delighted to announce their partnership”

To mark the UMA’s 7th anniversary and in light of the recent success which have seen collaborations between UMA nominees, Estelle (UK) featuring Kanye West (USA) , Taoi Cruz (UK) feat. Busta Rhymes (USA), M.I.A (UK) featuring Jay-Z, TI, Kanye West and more. The UMA is following up this success by celebrating the achievements of both scenes live in the heart of New York City giving millions of viewers worldwide an opportunity to see the best UK has to offer coupled with the biggest US acts live on one stage. The confidence in both scenes can be tracked back as far as Eminem’s collaboration with Dido several years ago which gave birth to ‘Stan’ one of his biggest worldwide hits to date. UMA’s very own Lilly Allen’s collaboration with Common on ‘Driving me wild’ saw the US hiphop maestro win over millions of new fans in the European and Asian territories. Most recently past UMA winners Akon and Sway have gone into the studio to come out with a sure fire hit ‘Silver & Gold’ and who can forget Mark Ronson’s collaboration with Ghostface, Trife & Nate Dogg with the single ‘Ooh Wee’ or Adam F feat Redman with the classic hit ‘Smash Sumthin’.

You have the power to decide who gets the seven UMA Living Legend awards and all the other 18 categories by registering and nominating at www.urbanmusicawards.net
To mark what is set to be a very historical 2009 for the UMA’s, the organisation will release the UMA 2009 ‘United we Stand’ Compilation which will be distributed throughout 13 countries featuring the crème de la crème of talent from UK, USA, France & the Caribbean!

To register & submit your nominees for the Urban Music Awards USA. Please, go to:
http://www.urbanmusicawards.net/us_add_nominies.php
To register & submit your nominees for the Urban Music Awards UK/France edition. Please go to:
http://www.urbanmusicawards.net/uk_add_nominies.php


For Proximity Blue :
Alex Teplish
alex@proximityblue.com
718.664.8901
888.855.BLUE (2583)

For all UMA Sponsorship/Partnership opps:
Charlie Simpson
Marketing Manager
E-mail: Charlie@urbanmusicawards.net
Tel: 213. 291.8682
Alyssa Menard
Events Manager
E-mail: Alyssa@urbanmusicawards.net
To take part in America’s Next Urban Superstar:
E-mail: America@nexturbansuperstar.com

ABOUT PROXIMITY BLUE:
Proximity Blue serves the entertainment, retail, and other consumer industries with digital proximity and mobile interactive solutions. Utilizing the latest technologies, Proximity Blue provides content and interactivity to mobile phones, the most commonly carried item in today’s modern society. Use Proximity Blue to open the enormous potential of a targeted mobile marketing campaign using Bluetooth® technology. Proximity Blue provides solutions that target the audience in the area of the business's choice and because the content is sent to mobile phones it typically has a higher retention rate by consumers. Our technology enables brands, retailers, and information providers with the ability to deliver content to mobile devices, PDA's, and laptops. We provide solutions to all your mobile marketing needs.


About the UMA:
The NO. 1 premiere R&B, HipHop, Soul and Dance Music awards ceremony in the world. The Urban Music awards ceremony is held annually in the USA, UK, France, Caribbean, and Japan with plans to expand to Asia, Dubai and Africa. The Urban Music Awards was born out of the need to build a worldwide and independent awards ceremony to recognise the achievement of urban based artists, producers, club nights, dj’s , radio stations, record labels and artist that are or were previously unrecognised within their country of origin and are a product of the current Dance/R&B, HipHop, Neo Soul, Jazz, Grime, Garage and D&B music scene. Past winners at the Urban Music Awards in the UK have included; Grandmasterflash, Nas, Omarion, Danity Kane, Amy Winehouse, Leona Lewis, Adele, Vybez Cartel, Goldie, Dizzee Rascal, Terri Walker, Sean Paul, Beverley Knight , Raghav, Erup, Lemar, Sway, Boyz2Men, Beenie Man, T.O.K, Craig David, Lethal Bizzle, Shakira, Papoose and many more . The Urban Music Awards has set it self as a credible awards ceremony. From its inception all nominations and voting have been left for YOU, the public to decide! In 7 years, the prestigious awards ceremony has been covered by : The BBC World Service, CNN, MTV, BET, VH1, BBC Radio 1, BBC Entertainment Online, Invincible TV, Evening Standard, The Metro Newspaper , The Independent, The Guardian , Channel 4, CD:UK , London Tonight , Choice fm , New Nation, The Voice, and many more.

About Invincible Group:
Invincible Group is the international parent group of companies behind Invincible Magazine, Invincible newspaper, Invincible Radio, Invincible TV, and Invincible films, Invincible Jeans, Invincible Events and Invincible Mobile. Invincible was launched by 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 success, Invincible promotes a message of unity to empower ethnic diversity and creativity. Invincible events is also responsible for the Urban Music Awards (held annually both in the UK, France, Caribbean, & U.S.A), British Music Week and the National Entrepreneurs Conference (NYC).
Check our brand websites @ www.invinciblemag.com | www.invinciblemobile.com | www.urbanmusicawards.net | www.britishmusicweek.com | www.internationalfootballawards.com | www.invincibleradio.com | www.invinciblemediagroup.com (c) est. Since 1999