DanceStar USA 2003: Largest Televised Dance Music Event in the World Set for March 19th on Miami Beach.Entertainment Editors/Music and Dance Writers MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2003 Madonna, J-Lo and Justin Timberlake lead the nominations list - Dirty Vegas Dirty Vegas is a Grammy Award-winning British house music trio made up of Ben Harris and Paul Harris (no relation) on instruments and production and Steve Smith on vocals. History They joined forces in 2001 releasing "Days Go By,". , Paul Oakenfold Paul Oakenfold (born August 30, 1963 in Greenhithe, Kent[1] England) is a record producer and one of the best-known Trance DJs worldwide. History , Kylie Minogue  Kylie Ann Minogue (IPA: /'kaɪ. and DJ Sammy grab multiple nods. DanceStar USA The American Dance Music Awards is set for Wednesday March 19th on the sands of South Beach, Miami and has today announced its nominations for the second annual music awards show. Madonna, J-Lo and Justin Timberlake capture the spotlight this year, each with nominations for 'Best Chart Act' and 'Best Remix'. Dirty Vegas, Paul Oakenfold and DJ Sammy
DJ Sammy (born Samuel Bouriah, 29 October 1969, Majorca, Spain) is a dance music DJ. He has had four Top 10 hits in the United Kingdom. are also set to dominate the awards show after having been nominated for multiple awards. Dirty Vegas receives five award category nominations including 'Record of the Year' and 'Best Album' while Spain's DJ Sammy also scoops three. Paul Oakenfold, an original architect of the dance scene, has also been nominated in four categories including 'Best International DJ' and 'Best Act'. 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. and Founder of DanceStar, Andy Ruffell said: "DanceStar USA is the "X-Games" of modern music and our aim over the next few years is to build DanceStar into one of the biggest and most innovative music shows in America! Until now, the creativity and energy of the dance music lifestyle and culture has not had a media platform. That's why DanceStar is growing so fast and why broadcasters worldwide are taking notice..." The international success of the inaugural 2002 American Dance Music Awards, held at The Jackie Gleason Herbert John "Jackie" Gleason (February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987) was an iconic American comedian, actor, and musician. One of the most popular stars of early television, Gleason was respected for both comedic and dramatic roles. Theatre in Miami, made it the premier dance event of last year with broadcasts on MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. 2 USA, MTV Europe, Star TV Asia TV Asia is North America's first coast-to-coast entertainment and information channel for the community from the Indian subcontinent. TV Asia airs regularly scheduled programming in Hindi, English, Gujarati other regional languages, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. and a live web cast on Microsoft's windowsmedia.com featuring Jennifer Lopez, Lenny Kravitz, Fatboy Slim and Basement Jaxx. The show had an estimated global reach of nearly 1 billion viewers making it the largest global audience in dance music history. Approval has been given to stage the show 'live' on the beach in Lummus Park, just steps away from the legendary Ocean Drive, making this year's awards ceremony the first of it's kind in the U.S. Mayor of Miami Beach David Dermer said: "The City of Miami Beach is pleased to welcome back DanceStar USA and is privileged to be the chosen city of this unique, global music award ceremony. Miami Beach is the epicenter of dance music and electrifying e·lec·tri·fy tr.v. e·lec·tri·fied, e·lec·tri·fy·ing, e·lec·tri·fies 1. To produce electric charge on or in (a conductor). 2. a. nightlife and has suitably become the home of this event." Over 1 million consumers and are expected to vote online commencing February 1st via Dancestar.com. Tickets will also go on sale nationwide from February 1st through Ticketmaster and Groovetickets. The show's host, featured presenters and performances together with television broadcast details will be announced shortly. A further ten award categories have been added to this year's show including 'Best Use of Music in a Commercial', 'Best New Artist Album' and 'Best Celebrity DJ' for which Wesley Snipes Snipes (Diminutive for Snipers) is a text-mode networked computer game that was created in 1983 by SuperSet software. Snipes is officially credited as being the original inspiration for Novell NetWare. receives a nomination. A total of twenty-six award categories are featured in this year's show compared to sixteen in last year's inaugural ceremony, highlighting the expansion and increased recognition of dance music in the U.S. Since its launch in London in 2000, DanceStar has become the world's largest dance music awards platform, developed as the first globally televised dance music event with shows in London, the U.S and Asia. The shows were created to celebrate the achievements of the industry's main players and born out of the need to recognize the significant impact of dance music worldwide and the expansion of dance music culture. Further details and this year's nominees can be found at www.dancestar.com |
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