Dixie Chicks to Premiere 'Landslide' Exclusively On AOL Music First Listen Starting Monday, August 19.Business Editors & Entertainment Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2002 Beginning Monday, August 19, 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. Music First Listen will feature the worldwide exclusive premiere of the Dixie Chicks' new song "Landslide." For two days, "Landslide" will be available to AOL members and Web music fans at AOL Keyword: First Listen, Netscape Music (music.netscape.com), 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. Originally performed by Fleetwood Mac, "Landslide" will appear on the Dixie Chicks' forthcoming album, Home, which will debut at retail on Tuesday, August 27th. The Dixie Chicks critically acclaimed first release with Sony Music, Wide Open Spaces, (1998) became the best-selling debut album in the history of countrymusic, earning the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America, Washington, DC, www.riaa.com) A membership association of music recording companies. Its goal is to promote the record label industry and protect the rights of copyright owners. It was a major contributor to the SDMI digital distribution system. Diamond Award (given for sales in excess of 10 million units). Released in August 1999, the Dixie Chicks follow-up release, Fly, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and Country Albums Charts and went on to spend over 30 weeks at the No. 1 spot on the Country Chart, and to earn album awards from the Grammys, the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country music, the British Country Music Awards and the Billboard Awards. Fly has also earned the RIAA Diamond Award, making the Dixie Chicks the only female group in history to accrue two of these prestigious awards. AOL Music's First Listen program has emerged as a premier outlet for music's hottest stars to exclusively debut new music. From Brandy to Bruce Springsteen to Moby, First Listen lets music fans hear new songs from their favorite artists before they are available anywhere else. First Listen offers artists a compelling and coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. opportunity to reach a global audience through AOL Keyword: First Listen, AOL Music's network of music sites on Netscape, AOL Instant Messenger's AIM Today, ICQ and CompuServe, as well as AOL's international affiliates in countries around the world. About AOL Music: AOL Music, a division of America Online See AOL. , 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 player, Winamp, and Webcaster directory, SHOUTcast. AOL Music programming, products and services are available throughout the AOL Service, AOL High Speed Broadband Service See broadband and broadband service provider. , 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, America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. |
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