Shop Boyz End Year With Best Selling Ringtone

Friday, December 7th, 2007

(New York, NY – December 7, 2007)  Universal Republic Records’ hip hop trailblazers Shop Boyz landed their first ever Grammy nod on Thursday, pulling down possible honors for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or A Group for their genre-leaping, multi-platform anthem “Party Like A Rockstar.”  Incredibly, it was the 13th award nomination for the Atlanta hip hop trio, which have taken home 3 trophies in 2007 including Ringtone Of The Year at the 2007 Vibe Awards, the Andre 3000 Trendsetter Award at the 3rd Annual Radio One Dirty Awards, and most recently,  Best Track honors a the 2nd Annual BET Hip Hop awards in October.  The ‘Hood Rock’ pioneers are also nominated for a coveted People’s Choice Award for Favorite Hip Hop song, with the 34th Annual Awards scheduled to air on CBS on January 8, 2008.  The 50th Annual Grammy Awards will be held at the Staples Center in LA on February 10.

Crowned as the biggest selling ringtone for in 2007, “Party Like A Rockstar” was spawned from their #11 debuting album Rockstar Mentality, cementing an unparalleled string of #1's in virtually ever radio, video, and wireless chart available.  The cutting-edged smash single, selling over 3.3 million units, also became the fastest Universal Music Group mastertone to be certified platinum, reaching the coveted million-ringtone milestone in only six weeks of release.  The raucous, genre-mashing, rap-meets-rock anthem has made the Atlanta trio the most honored hip hop artists’ in music in 2007 (see list below), dominating the Billboard’s Digital and Hot 100 Singles Charts all year long.

The hit single also reigned at #1 on Billboard’s Hot RingMasters Chart, and #2 on Billboard’s Hot Digital Songs Chart (as well as #1 on iTunes and myspace), becoming the fastest mover on every ringtone and wireless carrier chart of the format.  And now, a special ‘holiday’ Ringtone version of the riveting hip hop classic will be made available to fans wanting to ‘Party Like A Rockstar’ with a seasonal twist.
Affirmed this past fall as a fan-certified hip hop favorite as an AOL ‘Breaker,’ the group’s barrier-smashing signature song catapulted them to the forefront of the popular music destination via interactive fan voting.  After conquering the Ringtone, Urban, Rap, Myspace and iTune domains, the group is currently blowing out a sold-out tour with Marquee superstar Chris Brown.  Earlier in the year they completed a much buzzed about road trek on the Mountain Dew sponsored Ball 4 Real Tour.

Establishing a lasting connection with fans across the globe, the following is the complete list of 2007 award nominations for hip hop’s most popular new artists:

50th Annual GRAMMY Awards
Best Rap performance by Group or Duo [ upcoming February  10, 2008]

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD (upcoming Tuesday, January 8th, 2008]
Favorite Hip-Hop Song

BET Hip Hop Awards
Best Track of The year- WON

VIBE Awards
Ringtone of the Year- WON

AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD
Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Duo or Group

MTV VMA
Monster Single of The Year

Fox TEEN CHOICE Awards
Favorite Rap/Hip hop Track
Favorite Artist (Group)

3rd Annual Radio One DIRTY AWARDS
Andre 300 Trendsetter Award -WON
Best Rap Group
Dirty Song of The Year

OZONE Awards
Club Banger Of The Year
Breakthrough Artist

For more Shop Boyz information visit http://shopboyzonline.com/

Shop Boyz Join Chris Brown on Tour

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Shop Boyz are going on tour with Chris Brown & Bow Wow! The tour starts THIS WEEK! Visit the Tour section for dates, cities, and venues. Click here for ticket info

Vote For Shop Boyz on People Choice Awards !

Friday, November 16th, 2007

make you vote count and vote for Shop Boyz "Party Like A Rockstar" for People Choice Awards- Favorite Hip Hop Song! VOTE NOW http://www.pcavote.com/pca/showvoting.jsp

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