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'Hope for Haiti Now' Hits $66 Million Mark |
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The News
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Wednesday, 27 January 2010 |
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"Hope for Haiti Now" today announced that it has raised more than $66 million to date for Haiti relief and recovery efforts. The figure includes proceeds from sales of the "Hope for Haiti Now" album, a collection of live performances from last week's global telethon that today became the first-ever digital-only album to debut at no. 1 on the Billboard 200.
According to Nielsen SoundScan, "Hope for Haiti Now" was purchased for download more than 171,000 times in the United States through Sunday, January 24. The album sold an additional 60,000 copies outside of the U.S. through Sunday. "Hope for Haiti Now" also sold 300,000 individual audio performances as well as 15,000 downloads of the full two-hour video telecast through Sunday. The album has hit no. 1 on iTunes in 18 countries, and "Hope for Haiti Now" is the first project to simultaneously reach the No. 1 spot on the U.S. iTunes album, song ("Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" by Jay-Z, Bono, The Edge and Rihanna), and television charts.
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2010 Jamaica Jazz And Blues Gets Underway |
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Arts & Living
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Tuesday, 26 January 2010 |
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The 2010 Jamaica Jazz And Blues festival kicked off its inaugural week of performances Sunday evening, January 24, with Roy Ayers and Tony Greene at the Jamaica Pegasus in Kingston, Jamaica.
The Kingston performance marked the first time in the event's 14-year history that TurnKey Productions, producers of the annual event, has taken the show on the road and extended the event to an entire week-long focus on Jamaica.
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Digicel and Shaggy Collaborate on Song to Raise Funds for Haiti |
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Arts & Living
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Monday, 25 January 2010 |
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Digicel today announced details of its collaboration with international reggae artist, Shaggy, and renowned producer, Christopher Birch, to write and produce a song -- Rise Again -- to raise money for the Digicel Haiti Relief Fund.
Rise Again is a Caribbean song, which was written and performed by Caribbean artists for the people of Haiti.
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