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MTV World Stage Malaysia 2015 @ Surf Beach, Sunway Lagoon, Petaling Jaya (12/9/15)
“MTV WORLD STAGE MALAYSIA 2015”
TURNS THE LENS ON FANS AS IT RETURNS ON 12 SEPTEMBER FIVE ACTS TO BE ANNOUNCED, INCLUDING A #MOSTWANTED MALAYSIA ACT.
‘MTV BREAKS’ IGNITED BY XPAX TO OFFER TALENTED ASIA1 MILLENNIALS LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR A MENTORSHIP STINT2 ON MTV WORLD STAGE MALAYSIA IN KUALA LUMPUR.
SUNWAY, XPAX, BRICKFIELDS ASIA COLLEGE AND WATSONS MALAYSIA ARE INITIAL SPONSORS FOR SHOW’S 7th YEAR, WITH SUPPORTING PARTNER TOURISM MALAYSIA.
KUALA LUMPUR/ SINGAPORE, 7 JULY 2015 – Get ready, Kuala Lumpur! MTV World Stage Malaysia is back – bigger than ever as MTV turns the lens on its fans with unprecedented fan offerings! MTV, a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), has officially announced MTV World Stage Malaysia is back for the seventh-year running. Recorded live for global telecast, the highly-anticipated outdoor event is set to take place once again at Surf Beach, Sunway Lagoon on Saturday, 12 September 2015. The event will feature a line-up with five acts to be announced in the coming weeks including two international acts, two regional acts and one #MostWantedMalaysia act who will all join the MTV stage. MTV VJs Alan and Hanli will reprise their roles as the event’s hosts.
Additionally, MTV announced it will launch a new Asia multi-platform campaign MTV Breaks ignited by Xpax, which gives talented millennials across Asia1 the chance to kick-start a career in the creative industries by offering life-changing opportunities through a mentorship stint2 on MTV World Stage Malaysia 2015. Launched globally at last year’s MTV EMA, it is the first time this highly successful property aimed at creating economic opportunity for talented millennials, is being launched with an Asia version in the region.
MTV Breaks by Xpax is offering big ‘breaks’ to three talented, young creatives who will get the opportunity for a stint as a photographer, multimedia content creator or motion graphics designer at this year’s event. The selected candidates will be mentored by experts within the industry and the MTV team. Selected candidates will have their work featured on various MTV platforms. For more information on how to apply, visit worldstage.mtvasia.com/ from 16 July. The deadline for entries is 13 August.
Malaysia’s #MostWanted Act for MTV World Stage Malaysia 2015
In another offering to turn the spotlight on fans, MTV is presenting an opportunity for up and coming Malaysian acts to showcase their talents as Malaysia’s #MostWanted Act at MTV World Stage Malaysia. Local artists or bands keen to participate can submit their interest via worldstage.mtvasia.com from 13 – 26 July. From 30 July – 14 August, fans can show their support by hashtagging their preferred local band or artist they want to see perform at MTV World Stage Malaysia 2015. Based on fans’ votes and other performance criteria, Malaysia’s #MostWanted Act will perform as the opening act at the show.
“Each year, the MTV World Stage Malaysia is a spectacular, multi-platform music experience for our audiences in Malaysia and around Asia. Our focus this year is to build upon fan engagement, local talent support through new initiatives and to bring the most unique spectacle with a line-up of international, regional and local acts – presented through a powerful, talent-driven production only MTV can deliver,” said Paras Sharma, Vice President of MTV & Digital Media, Viacom International
Media Networks Asia. “We’re thrilled the eyes of the entertainment world will be on Kuala Lumpur, with Sunway Lagoon as the perfect backdrop for the MTV World Stage Malaysia in its seventh year. Get ready Kuala Lumpur, for a bigger experience this year.” MTV World Stage Malaysia 2015 is presented by Sunway and supported by Tourism Malaysia. In Malaysia, it is ignited by Xpax, brought to you by Brickfields Asia College, Watsons and supported by local broadcast partner, Astro.
The free-entry show is recorded live for global telecast under the MTV World Stage global series, which bring multi-genre talents with global relevance, to an international audience of more than three-quarters of a billion households in over 160 countries. The global series showcases the most exclusive gigs, world renowned music festivals and unique concert locations from around the world, providing music lovers the ‘front row seat’ to experience the biggest artists on the globe without leaving the comfort of their sofas. The Malaysia show is MTV’s first originally-produced MTV World Stage event globally, which started in 2009.
Over the last six years, MTV World Stage Malaysia has welcomed international award-winning international artists onto its stage including Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Robin Thicke, Far East Movement, B.o.B., Tokio Hotel, Kasabian, The All-American Rejects and Pixie Lott. The show has also featured popular K-pop acts such as EXO, Boys Republic, Jay Park, Beast, Wonder Girls, while showcasing local Malaysia acts like Yuna, Joe Flizzow, Mizz Nina, Pop Shuvit and Estranged.
Artistes Line Up (as of 22/7/15):
Apink
Apink started in 2011 with Son Na Eun, who was featured in Beast’s “Soom”, “Beautiful” and “Niga Jeil Joha” music videos in late 2010. Park Cho-rong, who appeared at the end of Beast’s “Shock” Japanese music video, joined next, as the group’s leader. This led to the addition of Oh Ha Young and Jeong Eun-ji, where the latter was introduced through a video of her singing a rendition of Jennifer Hudson’s “Love You I Do”. The final two members, Yoon Bo Mi and Kim Nam Joo, were introduced through the group’s reality show, Apink News.
The group has since gone on to release five Korean extended plays and one studio album. In April 2011, Apink released their first extended play (EP), “Seven Springs of Apink”, and performed a song from it, “Mollayo”, on Mnet’s M! Countdown. In the same year, they also released their first digital single, “It Girl” and a second EP, “Snow Pink”. Their rise was quickly recognized when they were awarded the “Best New Female Artist” at the 13th Mnet Asian Music Award and the “Idol Music Rookie Award” at the 19th Republic of Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards in the same year.
Over the last four years, the group has fast-tracked their success. In 2012, they released their first album, “Une Annee” and two digital singles, “April 19” and “Bubibu”. Their third EP was released in 2013, “Secret Garden” in 2014, they released their fourth digital single, “Good Morning Baby” and two EPs, “Pink Blossom” and “Pink Luv”, where the latter was released in November 2014 and was #1 on Gaon’s weekly album chart. In the same year, Apink released their first Japanese-language single, “NoNoNo” in October 2014.
The group has also performed live and on TV shows, including some members appearing on TV drama series.
The girl group popularity is clearly acknowledged well in the industry. With more than 20 music awards and more than 25 music program awards under the belt, their accolades have included “Best Newcomer Artist” at the 26th Golden Disk Awards, “Newcomer Award” at the 21st Seoul Music Awards, “Hot Performance Award” at the 3rd Gaon Chart K-pop Awards and the “Top 10” at the SBS Music Awards last year.
www.a-cube.co.kr/
twitter.com/Apink_2011
www.youtube.com/officialapink
www.facebook.com/Official.Apink2011
media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:uma:video:mtvasia.com:1221467
SEKAI NO OWARI
The hottest Japanese band started at a live music venue called club EARTH, which they created and managed on their own. They all lived there together creating music and discussing the future of the group. They even tore down the old walls to put up soundproof walls around the venue. Today, their passion and deep connection to each other has led to their status as one of the premier music acts in Japan.
Evolving at an incredible speed, most recently, they worked with Dan the Automator, an American hip hop producer (producer of Gorillaz’s debut album), and released the soundtrack, “ANTI-HERO”, the theme song for the highly-anticipated Japanese live-action movie, “Attack on Titan” last week. The movie will be released around the world in August (Part 1) and September (Part 2). “Attack on Titan” originated from the manga series, which has sold over 40 million copies in Japan since 2009.
SEKAI NO OWARI released their newest album, “Tree” in January 2015, which peaked at #1 on the Japan (Oricon) albums chart, which was also certified 2x Platinum sales in Japan after a month of its release. On 18-19 July, they performed a sold-out two-day show, “Twilight City” to about 140,000 fans at the Nissan Stadium, Japan’s largest venue.
Their originality and unique ideas are portrayed through “Tokyo Fantasy”, a concept that is of a large-scale fantasy, making attending the band’s live performances feel like a theme park, transporting fans to a completely different reality. This concept has been lauded all around the Japanese music industry.
In 2014, they held a major live music event which featured the popular American act OWL CITY as a special guest. Concurrently, SEKAI NO OWARI was featured in OWL CITY’s worldwide release “TOKYO”. They have also worked with renowned Dutch DJ/ Producer Nicky Romero on the release of their English single, “Dragon Night”.
In 2013, they released “RPG,” which has reached more than 73 million views on YouTube. In the same year, they performed their first outdoor live event, “Fire and Forest Carnival” to 60,000 fans over a 3-day period. Over the past four years, they have been consistently recognized in the Japanese music industry.
sekainoowari.jp/en
twitter.com/fromsekaowa
instagram.com/fukase_sekainoowari/
www.youtube.com/sekainoowari
www.facebook.com/OfficialPageSEKAINOOWARI
media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:uma:video:mtvasia.com:1221500
Carly Rae Jepsen
Today, Jepsen brings new depth and dimension to her undeniably hooky but heart-driven breed of pop music. With a sense of pure feeling and passion inspired by classic pop records of the early ‘80s, E·MO·TION finds Jepsen conjuring up pop’s most thrilling paradoxes and delivering songs both carefree and introspective, tender and bold, sensitive and self-assured. “The one intention I had going into making this album was to take my time and create something I was really proud of—something that showed sides of me that I hadn’t ever revealed in my music before,” Jepsen says.
The result of years of experimentation and creative soul-searching, E·MO·TION includes lead single “I Really Like You”, a Billboard Top 40 hit praised as “pop perfection” by BuzzFeed and “mind-blowing, fantastic, catchy-as-hell pop” by Idolator. Though Jepsen first sketched out many of the album’s tracks on the back of her tour bus while traveling the world in support of Kiss, she also teamed up with songwriters like Sia, Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange), and Ariel Rechtshaid (Haim, Madonna, Vampire Weekend) in bringing E·MO·TION to life. When it came time to record, Jepsen journeyed from New York to L.A. to London to Stockholm to join forces with such producers as Mattman & Robin (Tove Lo, Taylor Swift), Greg Kurstin (Charli XCX, Katy Perry), and Carl Falk and Rami Yacoub (Ariana Grande, One Direction).
Previously, after independently releasing her first album (2008’s Tug of War), Jepsen landed a deal with Schoolboy Records/Interscope and soon made her major-label debut with Kiss. Along with “Call Me Maybe”—which climbed to #1 on the iTunes Singles charts in more than 47 countries, it sold over 17 million singles worldwide, and earned Jepsen 2012 Grammy® Award nominations for Best Pop Solo Performance and Song of the Year. Jepsen took home “Best Song” and “Best PUSH Act” at the 2012 MTV EMAs. In that same year, she performed at MTV Video Music Awards Japan and took home “Best New Artist Video”. Today, the hit song has racked up over 700 million views on YouTube. Kiss featured follow-up hit “Good Time,” a duet with Owl City that’s now been certified double-platinum.
www.carlyraemusic.com/
twitter.com/carlyraejepsen
instagram.com/carlyraejepsen
www.youtube.com/user/CarlyRaeJepsenVEVO
www.facebook.com/Carlyraejepsen
Jason Derulo
Derulo will join MTV’s announced line-up of performers for MTV World Stage Malaysia 2015 – Grammy®-nominated singer-songwriter, Carly Rae Jepsen, Korea’s favorite K-pop idol female group, Apink and hottest Japanese band, SEKAI NO OWARI. Recorded live for global telecast, the one-night only outdoor event is one of the biggest Southeast Asia music nights of the year, which brings multi-genre talents onto a single stage. Malaysia’s #MostWanted Act is the final act to be announced shortly as voting phase for the coveted opening act at the show recently concluded.
"From Isle of MTV Malta to MTV World Stage Malaysia this summer… I am enjoying my ride with MTV and look forward to partying with my fans and sharing my new music." – Jason Derulo
Paras Sharma, Vice President, MTV & Digital Media, Viacom International Media Networks Asia commented: “With Jason confirmed to perform, we're thrilled to present another strong line-up this year. I think Malaysia fans are now awaiting with bated breath on who amongst their local talents will emerge as Malaysia’s #MostWanted act for the MTV stage.”
Derulo first made the world take notice when he broke onto the scene with his killer debut single ‘Whatcha Say’, which sold over five million digital downloads in the US alone. Boasting over 2 billion views on YouTube, over 50 million worldwide record sales, 27 million social media followers, a radio audience of over 17 billion (with 11 of his songs reaching the Top 10 on the Top 40 charts include four Number #1s) and three huge albums – Derulo continues to churn out hit singles where to date, he has 11 career-defining platinum singles, including ‘Don’t Wanna Go Home’, ‘The Other Side’, ‘In My Head’, ‘Ridin’ Solo’, ‘Talk Dirty’ (feat. 2 Chainz), ‘Wiggle’ (feat. Snoop Dogg) and ‘It Girl’.
With his fourth studio album, ‘Everything Is 4’, released in June 2015 is already adding to his massive success story. Its lead single ‘Want To Want Me’ continues to grow and is almost at 116 million views on YouTube. It became the biggest Top 40 radio launch ever in the United States. Derulo himself made headlines by being the first artist ever to release a video on the dating app Tinder, which has already received five million views since its launch in March.
The triple-threat singer, songwriter and dancer continues to break records and endorse his status as one of the world’s most successful artists in just five years, having received countless awards and nominations, including five BMI Pop Music Awards since he ascended from his beginnings writing songs for Lil Wayne, Pitbull, Diddy, Sean Kingston to name a few.
www.jasonderulo.com/
www.twitter.com/jasonderulo
www.youtube.com/JasonDerulo
instagram.com/jasonderulo
www.facebook.com/jasonderulo
Stacy
About Stacy
Award-winning Malaysian singer, Stacy (aka Stracie Angie Anam) had a humble beginning when she started out as a singer in local clubs to help support her family at the age of 16. Early on, Stacy participated in a few notable singing reality shows, but Stacy rose to fame after winning the sixth season of Akademi Fantasia in 2008, receiving 43 percent of over 3.8 million votes.
Her debut album, “Aku Stacy” was released in March 2009. Since then, the 25-year-old from Kota Kinabalu has been on a fast-track to stardom at home, having released two other albums, “Stay-C” and “Stacy #1” in 2011 and 2014 respectively with Warner Music Malaysia, where the latter album is also released in Singapore, Indonesia and Brunei. Proving her popularity over the last seven years, Stacy has bagged more than 12 awards locally, including two awards at Anugerah Bintang Popular Berita Harian and Album #1 at AIM Kulit Album Terbaik last year. Also known as the "Malaysia Dancing Queen", she has performed on a number of local shows and made numerous TV appearances.
instagram.com/stacyanam
twitter.com/Stacy_Angie
www.facebook.com/stacyaf6
WIN MTV WORLD STAGE CONCERT PASSES
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“MTV WORLD STAGE MALAYSIA 2015”
TURNS THE LENS ON FANS AS IT RETURNS ON 12 SEPTEMBER FIVE ACTS TO BE ANNOUNCED, INCLUDING A #MOSTWANTED MALAYSIA ACT.
‘MTV BREAKS’ IGNITED BY XPAX TO OFFER TALENTED ASIA1 MILLENNIALS LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR A MENTORSHIP STINT2 ON MTV WORLD STAGE MALAYSIA IN KUALA LUMPUR.
SUNWAY, XPAX, BRICKFIELDS ASIA COLLEGE AND WATSONS MALAYSIA ARE INITIAL SPONSORS FOR SHOW’S 7th YEAR, WITH SUPPORTING PARTNER TOURISM MALAYSIA.
KUALA LUMPUR/ SINGAPORE, 7 JULY 2015 – Get ready, Kuala Lumpur! MTV World Stage Malaysia is back – bigger than ever as MTV turns the lens on its fans with unprecedented fan offerings! MTV, a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), has officially announced MTV World Stage Malaysia is back for the seventh-year running. Recorded live for global telecast, the highly-anticipated outdoor event is set to take place once again at Surf Beach, Sunway Lagoon on Saturday, 12 September 2015. The event will feature a line-up with five acts to be announced in the coming weeks including two international acts, two regional acts and one #MostWantedMalaysia act who will all join the MTV stage. MTV VJs Alan and Hanli will reprise their roles as the event’s hosts.
Additionally, MTV announced it will launch a new Asia multi-platform campaign MTV Breaks ignited by Xpax, which gives talented millennials across Asia1 the chance to kick-start a career in the creative industries by offering life-changing opportunities through a mentorship stint2 on MTV World Stage Malaysia 2015. Launched globally at last year’s MTV EMA, it is the first time this highly successful property aimed at creating economic opportunity for talented millennials, is being launched with an Asia version in the region.
MTV Breaks by Xpax is offering big ‘breaks’ to three talented, young creatives who will get the opportunity for a stint as a photographer, multimedia content creator or motion graphics designer at this year’s event. The selected candidates will be mentored by experts within the industry and the MTV team. Selected candidates will have their work featured on various MTV platforms. For more information on how to apply, visit worldstage.mtvasia.com/ from 16 July. The deadline for entries is 13 August.
Malaysia’s #MostWanted Act for MTV World Stage Malaysia 2015
In another offering to turn the spotlight on fans, MTV is presenting an opportunity for up and coming Malaysian acts to showcase their talents as Malaysia’s #MostWanted Act at MTV World Stage Malaysia. Local artists or bands keen to participate can submit their interest via worldstage.mtvasia.com from 13 – 26 July. From 30 July – 14 August, fans can show their support by hashtagging their preferred local band or artist they want to see perform at MTV World Stage Malaysia 2015. Based on fans’ votes and other performance criteria, Malaysia’s #MostWanted Act will perform as the opening act at the show.
“Each year, the MTV World Stage Malaysia is a spectacular, multi-platform music experience for our audiences in Malaysia and around Asia. Our focus this year is to build upon fan engagement, local talent support through new initiatives and to bring the most unique spectacle with a line-up of international, regional and local acts – presented through a powerful, talent-driven production only MTV can deliver,” said Paras Sharma, Vice President of MTV & Digital Media, Viacom International
Media Networks Asia. “We’re thrilled the eyes of the entertainment world will be on Kuala Lumpur, with Sunway Lagoon as the perfect backdrop for the MTV World Stage Malaysia in its seventh year. Get ready Kuala Lumpur, for a bigger experience this year.” MTV World Stage Malaysia 2015 is presented by Sunway and supported by Tourism Malaysia. In Malaysia, it is ignited by Xpax, brought to you by Brickfields Asia College, Watsons and supported by local broadcast partner, Astro.
The free-entry show is recorded live for global telecast under the MTV World Stage global series, which bring multi-genre talents with global relevance, to an international audience of more than three-quarters of a billion households in over 160 countries. The global series showcases the most exclusive gigs, world renowned music festivals and unique concert locations from around the world, providing music lovers the ‘front row seat’ to experience the biggest artists on the globe without leaving the comfort of their sofas. The Malaysia show is MTV’s first originally-produced MTV World Stage event globally, which started in 2009.
Over the last six years, MTV World Stage Malaysia has welcomed international award-winning international artists onto its stage including Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Robin Thicke, Far East Movement, B.o.B., Tokio Hotel, Kasabian, The All-American Rejects and Pixie Lott. The show has also featured popular K-pop acts such as EXO, Boys Republic, Jay Park, Beast, Wonder Girls, while showcasing local Malaysia acts like Yuna, Joe Flizzow, Mizz Nina, Pop Shuvit and Estranged.
Artistes Line Up (as of 22/7/15):
Apink
Apink started in 2011 with Son Na Eun, who was featured in Beast’s “Soom”, “Beautiful” and “Niga Jeil Joha” music videos in late 2010. Park Cho-rong, who appeared at the end of Beast’s “Shock” Japanese music video, joined next, as the group’s leader. This led to the addition of Oh Ha Young and Jeong Eun-ji, where the latter was introduced through a video of her singing a rendition of Jennifer Hudson’s “Love You I Do”. The final two members, Yoon Bo Mi and Kim Nam Joo, were introduced through the group’s reality show, Apink News.
The group has since gone on to release five Korean extended plays and one studio album. In April 2011, Apink released their first extended play (EP), “Seven Springs of Apink”, and performed a song from it, “Mollayo”, on Mnet’s M! Countdown. In the same year, they also released their first digital single, “It Girl” and a second EP, “Snow Pink”. Their rise was quickly recognized when they were awarded the “Best New Female Artist” at the 13th Mnet Asian Music Award and the “Idol Music Rookie Award” at the 19th Republic of Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards in the same year.
Over the last four years, the group has fast-tracked their success. In 2012, they released their first album, “Une Annee” and two digital singles, “April 19” and “Bubibu”. Their third EP was released in 2013, “Secret Garden” in 2014, they released their fourth digital single, “Good Morning Baby” and two EPs, “Pink Blossom” and “Pink Luv”, where the latter was released in November 2014 and was #1 on Gaon’s weekly album chart. In the same year, Apink released their first Japanese-language single, “NoNoNo” in October 2014.
The group has also performed live and on TV shows, including some members appearing on TV drama series.
The girl group popularity is clearly acknowledged well in the industry. With more than 20 music awards and more than 25 music program awards under the belt, their accolades have included “Best Newcomer Artist” at the 26th Golden Disk Awards, “Newcomer Award” at the 21st Seoul Music Awards, “Hot Performance Award” at the 3rd Gaon Chart K-pop Awards and the “Top 10” at the SBS Music Awards last year.
www.a-cube.co.kr/
twitter.com/Apink_2011
www.youtube.com/officialapink
www.facebook.com/Official.Apink2011
media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:uma:video:mtvasia.com:1221467
SEKAI NO OWARI
The hottest Japanese band started at a live music venue called club EARTH, which they created and managed on their own. They all lived there together creating music and discussing the future of the group. They even tore down the old walls to put up soundproof walls around the venue. Today, their passion and deep connection to each other has led to their status as one of the premier music acts in Japan.
Evolving at an incredible speed, most recently, they worked with Dan the Automator, an American hip hop producer (producer of Gorillaz’s debut album), and released the soundtrack, “ANTI-HERO”, the theme song for the highly-anticipated Japanese live-action movie, “Attack on Titan” last week. The movie will be released around the world in August (Part 1) and September (Part 2). “Attack on Titan” originated from the manga series, which has sold over 40 million copies in Japan since 2009.
SEKAI NO OWARI released their newest album, “Tree” in January 2015, which peaked at #1 on the Japan (Oricon) albums chart, which was also certified 2x Platinum sales in Japan after a month of its release. On 18-19 July, they performed a sold-out two-day show, “Twilight City” to about 140,000 fans at the Nissan Stadium, Japan’s largest venue.
Their originality and unique ideas are portrayed through “Tokyo Fantasy”, a concept that is of a large-scale fantasy, making attending the band’s live performances feel like a theme park, transporting fans to a completely different reality. This concept has been lauded all around the Japanese music industry.
In 2014, they held a major live music event which featured the popular American act OWL CITY as a special guest. Concurrently, SEKAI NO OWARI was featured in OWL CITY’s worldwide release “TOKYO”. They have also worked with renowned Dutch DJ/ Producer Nicky Romero on the release of their English single, “Dragon Night”.
In 2013, they released “RPG,” which has reached more than 73 million views on YouTube. In the same year, they performed their first outdoor live event, “Fire and Forest Carnival” to 60,000 fans over a 3-day period. Over the past four years, they have been consistently recognized in the Japanese music industry.
sekainoowari.jp/en
twitter.com/fromsekaowa
instagram.com/fukase_sekainoowari/
www.youtube.com/sekainoowari
www.facebook.com/OfficialPageSEKAINOOWARI
media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:uma:video:mtvasia.com:1221500
Carly Rae Jepsen
Today, Jepsen brings new depth and dimension to her undeniably hooky but heart-driven breed of pop music. With a sense of pure feeling and passion inspired by classic pop records of the early ‘80s, E·MO·TION finds Jepsen conjuring up pop’s most thrilling paradoxes and delivering songs both carefree and introspective, tender and bold, sensitive and self-assured. “The one intention I had going into making this album was to take my time and create something I was really proud of—something that showed sides of me that I hadn’t ever revealed in my music before,” Jepsen says.
The result of years of experimentation and creative soul-searching, E·MO·TION includes lead single “I Really Like You”, a Billboard Top 40 hit praised as “pop perfection” by BuzzFeed and “mind-blowing, fantastic, catchy-as-hell pop” by Idolator. Though Jepsen first sketched out many of the album’s tracks on the back of her tour bus while traveling the world in support of Kiss, she also teamed up with songwriters like Sia, Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange), and Ariel Rechtshaid (Haim, Madonna, Vampire Weekend) in bringing E·MO·TION to life. When it came time to record, Jepsen journeyed from New York to L.A. to London to Stockholm to join forces with such producers as Mattman & Robin (Tove Lo, Taylor Swift), Greg Kurstin (Charli XCX, Katy Perry), and Carl Falk and Rami Yacoub (Ariana Grande, One Direction).
Previously, after independently releasing her first album (2008’s Tug of War), Jepsen landed a deal with Schoolboy Records/Interscope and soon made her major-label debut with Kiss. Along with “Call Me Maybe”—which climbed to #1 on the iTunes Singles charts in more than 47 countries, it sold over 17 million singles worldwide, and earned Jepsen 2012 Grammy® Award nominations for Best Pop Solo Performance and Song of the Year. Jepsen took home “Best Song” and “Best PUSH Act” at the 2012 MTV EMAs. In that same year, she performed at MTV Video Music Awards Japan and took home “Best New Artist Video”. Today, the hit song has racked up over 700 million views on YouTube. Kiss featured follow-up hit “Good Time,” a duet with Owl City that’s now been certified double-platinum.
www.carlyraemusic.com/
twitter.com/carlyraejepsen
instagram.com/carlyraejepsen
www.youtube.com/user/CarlyRaeJepsenVEVO
www.facebook.com/Carlyraejepsen
Jason Derulo
Derulo will join MTV’s announced line-up of performers for MTV World Stage Malaysia 2015 – Grammy®-nominated singer-songwriter, Carly Rae Jepsen, Korea’s favorite K-pop idol female group, Apink and hottest Japanese band, SEKAI NO OWARI. Recorded live for global telecast, the one-night only outdoor event is one of the biggest Southeast Asia music nights of the year, which brings multi-genre talents onto a single stage. Malaysia’s #MostWanted Act is the final act to be announced shortly as voting phase for the coveted opening act at the show recently concluded.
"From Isle of MTV Malta to MTV World Stage Malaysia this summer… I am enjoying my ride with MTV and look forward to partying with my fans and sharing my new music." – Jason Derulo
Paras Sharma, Vice President, MTV & Digital Media, Viacom International Media Networks Asia commented: “With Jason confirmed to perform, we're thrilled to present another strong line-up this year. I think Malaysia fans are now awaiting with bated breath on who amongst their local talents will emerge as Malaysia’s #MostWanted act for the MTV stage.”
Derulo first made the world take notice when he broke onto the scene with his killer debut single ‘Whatcha Say’, which sold over five million digital downloads in the US alone. Boasting over 2 billion views on YouTube, over 50 million worldwide record sales, 27 million social media followers, a radio audience of over 17 billion (with 11 of his songs reaching the Top 10 on the Top 40 charts include four Number #1s) and three huge albums – Derulo continues to churn out hit singles where to date, he has 11 career-defining platinum singles, including ‘Don’t Wanna Go Home’, ‘The Other Side’, ‘In My Head’, ‘Ridin’ Solo’, ‘Talk Dirty’ (feat. 2 Chainz), ‘Wiggle’ (feat. Snoop Dogg) and ‘It Girl’.
With his fourth studio album, ‘Everything Is 4’, released in June 2015 is already adding to his massive success story. Its lead single ‘Want To Want Me’ continues to grow and is almost at 116 million views on YouTube. It became the biggest Top 40 radio launch ever in the United States. Derulo himself made headlines by being the first artist ever to release a video on the dating app Tinder, which has already received five million views since its launch in March.
The triple-threat singer, songwriter and dancer continues to break records and endorse his status as one of the world’s most successful artists in just five years, having received countless awards and nominations, including five BMI Pop Music Awards since he ascended from his beginnings writing songs for Lil Wayne, Pitbull, Diddy, Sean Kingston to name a few.
www.jasonderulo.com/
www.twitter.com/jasonderulo
www.youtube.com/JasonDerulo
instagram.com/jasonderulo
www.facebook.com/jasonderulo
Stacy
About Stacy
Award-winning Malaysian singer, Stacy (aka Stracie Angie Anam) had a humble beginning when she started out as a singer in local clubs to help support her family at the age of 16. Early on, Stacy participated in a few notable singing reality shows, but Stacy rose to fame after winning the sixth season of Akademi Fantasia in 2008, receiving 43 percent of over 3.8 million votes.
Her debut album, “Aku Stacy” was released in March 2009. Since then, the 25-year-old from Kota Kinabalu has been on a fast-track to stardom at home, having released two other albums, “Stay-C” and “Stacy #1” in 2011 and 2014 respectively with Warner Music Malaysia, where the latter album is also released in Singapore, Indonesia and Brunei. Proving her popularity over the last seven years, Stacy has bagged more than 12 awards locally, including two awards at Anugerah Bintang Popular Berita Harian and Album #1 at AIM Kulit Album Terbaik last year. Also known as the "Malaysia Dancing Queen", she has performed on a number of local shows and made numerous TV appearances.
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