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Pasadena, Ca - DMI Records, a division of the leading music branding agency DMI Music & Media Solutions, announced that they will be releasing, 18-time GRAMMY® Award winning performer and recording artist, Aretha Franklin's long-awaited holiday album, This Christmas Aretha, on October 14, 2008.
Featuring classic and contemporary holiday favorites, Franklin 's first holiday album in her illustrious career, will take the listener on a journey of Franklin 's musical evolution, featuring songs infused with her trademark gospel, soul, R&B, and classical styles. It is sure to become a "must-have" addition to the collections of any Aretha Franklin fan and a staple in countless homes for many holidays to come.
Known around the world by her first name, Aretha has achieved global recognition on an unprecedented scale. She is one of the most influential and important voices in the history of pop music. Her ever-distinctive soulful, to-the-bone vocal style has graced the music charts for over four decades and her live performances have touched the hearts of tens of millions since she began her musical journey in Detroit as a gospel-singing child prodigy. Franklin has earned countless international and national awards as well as accolades and global recognition on an unprecedented scale including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a Kennedy Center Honor, the American National Medal of the Arts Award, 18 GRAMMY® Awards including Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for eight consecutive years, a GRAMMY Legend Award, a GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award, and five American Music Awards. In 1987, she was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in 1979 she received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Earlier this year, Franklin was named "2008 MusiCares® Person of the Year" by the Recording Academy and she was presented with the prestigious NAACP Vanguard Award.
Franklin joins the growing list of major artists who are collaborating with DMI for upcoming projects. Founded by Tena Clark, one of the first female record producers in the music industry, DMI is home to a talented roster of music and marketing executives. Clark and Franklin will together produce the upcoming holiday album.
"Tena Clark is a consummate professional, producer in the realm of music," says Franklin. "She is musician and track savvy in addition to the forgoing, she is one of the great lyricists in the business and I am delighted with this new musical association and very much appreciate the fact that she desires to bring the best to the project on every front."
"Aretha Franklin is a living legend who makes an impact on fans worldwide with every performance and every album," said Clark. "Having been privileged to work with Aretha, I know the passion she brings to every project, and I am committed to making her first-ever holiday album a special experience for her and her fans."
About DMI Records
DMI Records (DMI) was formed in 2003. DMI brings a roster of legendary artists and Grammy nominated recording, making it one of the fastest-growing independent music companies in the world.
About DMI Music & Media Solutions
DMI Music & Media Solutions ( http://www.dmimusic.com ) develops and executes comprehensive music branding strategies and programs using the emotional power of music, interactive media, and non-traditional distribution channels to connect brands to consumers. DMI works with brands to create their soundDNA™- the audio footprint that consumers recognize as the brand's identity across all product lines, age segmentations, and cultures. DMI's unique music branding strategies and creative executions- audio CDs, Enhanced-CDs, CRM, interactive web and mobile initiatives, experiential marketing campaigns, and promotions- use effective and measurable media and distribution alternatives to create campaigns that break through to today's media-savvy consumers for clients such as 7UP, AARP, Build-A-Bear Workshop, General Mills, McDonald's, Nestlé Purina, Procter & Gamble, Subway, Target, Toyota, United Airlines, and Victoria's Secret.
DMI's tightly integrated divisions deliver clients the only complete "360-degree" set of music branding capabilities including: music branding strategies (DMI Music Branding Group); in-venue audio and video programming (DMI Music & Media Networks); full-service recording and audio post facilities (Firehouse Recording Studios); a 25,000-song library of production music for television, film, and commercials (5 Alarm Music); an award-winning interactive design studio (Big Rig Interactive); and promotional music CDs (Disc Marketing). DMI is located in picturesque Old Town Pasadena, where its unique and charming campus resides in the historic 1889 Firehouse and Livery buildings. It also maintains satellite offices in New York and Detroit.
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