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Celebrities Turning to Photobucket to Further Engage Fan Communities on Social Network Sites.


Music Industry's Biggest Names Including Anthrax anthrax (ăn`thrăks), acute infectious disease of animals that can be secondarily transmitted to humans. It is caused by a bacterium (Bacillus anthracis , Hinder, Korn, Enrique Iglesias Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (born on May 8, 1975, in Madrid, Spain) is a singer/songwriter of Asian and European ancestry.

Iglesias's career started on Indie label Fonovisa who helped turn him into one of the most popular artists in Latin America and in the Latin market
, Bow Wow Shad Gregory Moss (born March 9, 1987), better known by his stage name Bow Wow (formerly Lil' Bow Wow), is an American rapper, actor, and music producer. [1] Biography
Bow Wow was born in Columbus, Ohio to Teresa and Junie Moss.
, Mudvayne, Chris Cornell and Otep Connect With Fans Using Photobucket for Images and Slideshows

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, Calif. -- Photobucket (http://www.photobucket.com), the online personal media company where over 32 million people create, manage and share their digital lives, today announced the launch of its community marketing relationship with Buddylube. Buddylube has introduced Photobucket to over 100 of the music industry's biggest names, who now use Photobucket as their preferred image and slideshow sharing provider on social networking sites including MySpace, Facebook, and Bebo.

Many of today's hottest artists, including Anthrax, Korn, Enrique Iglesias, Deftones, Chris Cornell, Army of Anyone, The Cinematics, and Otep, use Photobucket to share concert photos, album releases, fan contests, and more. Photobucket helped rap superstar and teen idol ? Who are "teen idols?"
Teen idols are usually actors or pop singers, but some sports figures have had an appeal to teenagers. The term encapsulates both some of the greatest performers of all time and some of the most inconsequential.
 Bow Wow launch a celebrity look-a-like contest on his MySpace page to celebrate the release of his new album "The Price of Fame."

Photobucket currently serves over 70 percent of all image, slideshow, and video links to social networking Web sites Following are the most popular social networking sites on the Web along with many innovators. There are many more, and sites emerge and wither away all the time. For more on social networking sites, see social networking site.

The Pioneers
www.myspace.
, distributing more than 90 billion image requests per month. Photobucket members are currently adding over 7 million new images daily.

"We have always searched for opportunities to connect in meaningful ways with our fans and supporters," said Otep, regarded by metal peers as the first Web 2.0 musical artist. "Photobucket allows us to do exactly that."

"Our fans are everything to us so being able to connect with them online is huge," said Aimee, with the rock band Dirtie Blonde Dirtie Blonde are an American rock band. The band consists of a female vocalist and four male instrumentalists. Amie Miriello, Jay Dmuchowski, Sean Kipe, Dean Moore and Tim Perez are the members of Dirtie Blonde. . "It's not just about selling music or doing shows. It's about creating a community with our fans who share our love for great music."

"We're connecting with our fans using Photobucket on our profiles," said Joe Garvey with the rock band Hinder. "Our fans are taking our slideshows and sharing them on their personal sites too. It's mind blowing, to see how their support is popping up in new places."

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 Coil's success has always been defined by the fans," said Cristina Scabbia Cristina Adriana Chiara Scabbia[1] (born June 6, 1972 in Milan, Italy) is one of the two vocalists in the Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil. She also has an advice column, alongside former Pantera and current Hellyeah drummer Vinnie Paul in the popular rock magazine , lead vocalist, Lacuna Coil. "It's that diehard devotion that gives us the fuel to create this music and we are extremely humbled by it. These photos represent just how loyal our fan base is, and we wish that we could give more back to them as thanks for all of their support. Our fans are part of our family and we would not exist without them."

"Photobucket is an ideal partner and solution for musicians and celebrities who want to engage and activate their fan bases across a variety of social networking sites," said John Eaton, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Buddylube. "It doesn't matter if it's Myspace, Xanga, Facebook, Bebo, Tagworld, or Friendster. Photobucket is there. It's cool. It's viral. And the celebrities and the fans love it."

The growing list of artists includes but is not limited to:
Anthrax            Deftones            Hustle
Army of Anyone     DirtyBlonde         Jim Jones
Blood Simple       Enrique Iglesias    Jordis
Bow Wow            GettyBoy            Korn
Chris Cornell      Hell Yeah           Labba
Cinematics         Hinder              Lacuna Coil
Lil John           New Years Day       Sanaz
Mistress Juliya    Nothing Face        Scott Ian
Mudvayne           OTEP


About Photobucket

Photobucket is the easiest and most reliable way for people to create, manage and share their personal media online. With more than 32 million users, Photobucket is a creative hub linking billions of personal photos, graphics and videos daily to hundreds of thousands of web sites -- including MySpace, Facebook, eBay, Craigslist, Blogger, Bebo, and Xanga. In addition to linking, Photobucket users share images and videos by email, instant messaging and mobile devices. Everyday over 7 million personal photos, graphics and videos are uploaded to Photobucket for sharing with family, friends and the online world. The company actively moderates content to create a safe environment for its users, partners and advertisers. Photobucket has offices in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation).
Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e.
, and Denver, Colorado, and is located online at www.photobucket.com
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