AOL Music's First Listen Presents New Music From Aaliyah On Monday, October 28; Additional First Listen Debut Today From Missy Elliott.Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2002 America Online See AOL. , the world's leading interactive service, today announced exclusive premieres of new music from Aaliyah and Missy Elliott through its First Listen feature. "Miss You," a previously unreleased track and first single off Aaliyah's new album, I Care 4 U, will debut on October 28 on AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Keyword: First Listen. Also, today, at AOL Keyword: First Listen, music fans can tune-in to hear "Go to The Floor," a track from Missy Elliott's upcoming album Under Construction. "First Listen makes it possible for AOL members to be the first to hear the most eagerly anticipated new songs," said Evan Harrison, Executive Director, Music Industry Relations, AOL Music. "We are honored to offer a final recording from Aaliyah as well as this new track from the dynamic Missy Elliott." On December 10, 2002, Blackground Records Blackground Records is an American record label, owned by entertainment attorney and artist manager Barry Hankerson and his son Jomo Hankerson, and distributed through the Universal Music Groups' Universal Records. will release I Care 4 U a definitive collection of music from megastar, Aaliyah. I Care 4 U's first single, an unreleased track entitled "Miss You," is a poignant ballad of love and loss. The single will debut on AOL Music's First Listen (AOL Keyword: First Listen) on October 28 at 12:01 a.m. ET. Aaliyah's pioneering sound, sultry sul·try adj. sul·tri·er, sul·tri·est 1. a. Very humid and hot: sultry July weather. b. Extremely hot; torrid: the sultry sands of the desert. voice and trend-setting style made her one of the most influential and innovative artists in popular music. I Care 4 U is a continuation of Aaliyah's musical legacy and a chronicle of her short but legendary life in music. A portion of the album's proceeds will go to the Aaliyah Memorial Fund which benefits the Revlon UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Women Cancer Research Program and Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Harlem. "Go to The Floor," a track off of Missy Elliott's upcoming album Under Construction, premieres worldwide exclusively today at AOL Keyword: First Listen on Friday, October 25. It will also be available on the Web at Netscape Music (music.netscape.com) and across AOL's international properties starting tomorrow, Saturday, October 26. Under Construction is due out in the U.S. on November 12. AOL's December Artist of the Month, Missy Elliott can't be confined to one definition. She's a writer, producer, rapper, singer and icon. There is no urban or pop artist -- male or female -- with the credentials of Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott. From day one of her solo career at the release of Supa Dupa Fly and its classic single "The Rain," Missy Elliott has dropped hit upon brilliant hit, video after groundbreaking video, without breaking a sweat. Launched in December 2001, AOL Music's First Listen program has emerged as a premier outlet for music's hottest stars to exclusively debut their new songs. From Bruce Springsteen to Nelly nel·ly or nel·lie n. pl. nel·lies Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for an effeminate homosexual man. [Probably from the name Nelly, nickname for Helen.] , First Listen lets music fans hear new songs from their favorite artists before they are available anywhere else. First Listen offers artists an opportunity to reach an unmatched global audience through AOL Keyword: First Listen, as well as AOL Music's network of music sites on Netscape (www.music.netscape.com), AOL Instant Messenger's AIM Today, ICQ ("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. and CompuServe, as well as AOL's international affiliates in countries around the world. About AOL Music AOL Music, a division of America Online, Inc., reaches the largest audience of online music fans in the world through a rich array of programming products and services that make it easy to discover, experience, listen to and buy music online. AOL Music's leading offerings include the number one Internet music destination, AOL's Music Channel; premier online radio products, Radio@AOL and Radio@Netscape powered by Spinner; the most popular audio jukebox A storage device for multiple sets of CD-ROMs, DVDs, tape cartridges or disk modules. Using carousels, robot arms and other methods, a jukebox physically moves the storage medium from its assigned location to an optical or magnetic station for reading and writing. player, Winamp, and Webcaster directory, SHOUTcast. AOL Music programming, products and services are available throughout the AOL service, AOL Broadband Services and AOL's family of Web brands including Netscape, CompuServe, AIM and ICQ. America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of AOL Time Warner Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AOL). Based in Dulles, Virginia Dulles, Virginia is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The headquarters of AOL, Orbital Sciences Corporation and ODIN technologies and the former headquarters of MCI Inc. are located in Dulles. , America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. |
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