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    August 31st, 2010SomePlaBlondie

    Blondie is an American new wave/post-punk rock band, most famously consisting of Debbie Harry on lead vocals, Chris Stein on lead guitar, Frank Infante on rhythm guitar, Nigel Harrison on bass, Jimmy Destri on keyboards, piano and synthesiser and Clem Burke on drums and percussion.

    Formed in New York City in 1975, the group released their self-titled debut album with Private Stock Records the following year. It included the hit singles X-Offender, In the Flesh and Rip Her to Shreds. This was followed by 1977’s Plastic Letters and the UK Top 10 singles Denis and (I’m Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear. However it was their third album that would propel them to international stardom.

    Parallel Lines was released in September 1978 and was an instant hit. It shot to number one in the UK, number two in Australia and number six in the US, and sold over twenty million copies worldwide – making it one of the bestselling albums of the decade. The single Heart of Glass was an international smash hit, reaching number one in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Germany and several more countries, and is now considered one of the greatest songs of all time. The album also produced five further singles: Sunday Girl reached the top spot in the UK; Hanging on the Telephone and Picture This reached the UK Top 15; and One Way or Another hit number 24 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

    Blondie have since released a further five studio albums and scored hits with singles like Union City Blue, Call Me, Atomic, The Tide Is High, Rapture, Island of Lost Souls, War Child, Maria, Nothing Is Real But The Girl and Good Boys. These and many more Blondie ringtones such as Funkytown ringtone, Oh Mickey ringtone are available for download on mobijoy.com They’re set to release a new album, Panic of Girls, in late 2010 (US)/early 2011 (UK). 

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    August 16th, 2010NeveryJustin Timberlake

    Justin Timberlake is an American pop/dance/R&B singer-songwriter and musician.

    Born 31st January 1981 in Memphis, Tennessee, Timberlake first became known as a contestant on the television talent show Star Search, before joining the cast of The Mickey Mouse Club (along with other future stars like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera) in 1993. Although the show ended in 1994, Timberlake swiftly approached his fellow cast member JC Chasez about forming an all-male boy band.

    The band – later to be known ‘N Sync – was formed in by Timberlake and Chasez in 1995 and they soon recruited three more members: Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick. The group released their self-titled debut album *NSYNC in 1998, which reached number two on the Billboard 200, eventually selling more than ten million copies in the US alone. A total of eight singles were released worldwide, with I Want You Back reaching the US Top 20 and Tearin’ Up My Heart reaching the UK Top 40.

    The group’s second album No Strings Attached sold over one million copies in a day (ultimately becoming the biggest selling album of the 2000s) and produced three Top 5 singles: Bye Bye Bye, It’s Gonna Be Me and This I Promise You. This was followed by 2001’s Celebrity, which sold over ten million copies worldwide and spawned the hit singles Gone and Girlfriend. By the time ‘N Sync split in 2002 they had sold over 56 million records worldwide.

    After the band separated, Justin Timberlake embarked on a solo career – releasing his first album Justified in 2002. It debuted at number one in the UK and number two in the US, eventually selling more than seven million copies worldwide, and produced the Top 20 hits Like I Love You, Cry Me a River and Rock Your Body.

    This was followed by 2006’s FutureSex/LoveSounds, which sold over nine million copies and went straight to number one on the Billboard 200. It produced the chart-topping single SexyBack as well as the hits My Love, What Goes Around…/…Comes Around and Give It To Me.

    To date Justin Timberlake has won six Grammy Awards for his solo albums. If you like, you can download Justin Timberlake ringtones here.

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    August 12th, 2010SosweetBon Jovi

    Bon Jovi are an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey, currently consisting of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Jon Bon Jovi, lead guitarist Richie Sambora, bassist Hugh McDonald (previously Alec John Such), keyboardist David Bryan and drummer Tico Torres.

    Jon Bon Jovi (born John Bongiovi) began playing the piano and guitar at thirteen and set up a number of rock groups in his mid to late-teens, including Jon Bongiovi and the Wild Ones. This went through several incarnations and slowly evolved into Bon Jovi. They caught the eye of record executive Derek Shulman, who signed them to the major label Mercury Records, releasing their debut self-titled album in 1983. Although it was not a huge commercial success, it produced the Hot 100 Top 40 single Runaway and eventually went on to sell over two million copies in the US alone. This was followed by 1985’s 7800° Fahrenheit, which produced the Hot 100 singles Only Lonely and In and Out of Love.

    However, the group’s mainstream breakthrough was their 1986 album Slippery When Wet. It shot to number one on the Billboard 200 and produced the smash hit number one singles Livin’ on a Prayer and You Give Love a Bad Name, as well as the Top 10 hit Wanted Dead or Alive. It sold over 28 million copies worldwide – with 12 million shipped in the US alone – making it one of the bestselling albums of all time. This was followed by their final release of the 1980s, New Jersey, which also shot to number one in the US charts and produced five Hot 100 Top 10 singles (the most ever for a hard rock album): Bad Medicine, Born to Be My Baby, I’ll Be There For You, Lay Your Hands On Me and Living In Sin.

    During the 1990s and 2000s Bon Jovi released a further seven Top 10 studio albums, scoring hits with singles like Keep the Faith, Bed of Roses, Always, Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night, This Ain’t a Love Song, It’s My Life, One Wild Night 2001, Everyday, Have a Nice Day and (You Want To) Make a Memory. Their latest release, November 2009’s The Circle, has produced the single We Weren’t Born to Follow to date.

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    August 10th, 2010SosweetNo Doubt

    No Doubt is an American pop rock/ska punk band from Anaheim, California, currently consisting of Gwen Stefani on vocals, Tom Dumont on lead guitar and keyboards, Tony Kanal on bass guitar and keyboards and Adrian Young on drums and percussion.

    The group was formed by Eric Stefani and his sister Gwen in 1986. Originally called Applecore, they eventually got together a whole group of musicians and began practicing in their garage. After playing several gigs in the local area, the group was spotted by A&R man Tony Ferguson in 1990, and he quickly signed them to the label Interscope Records.

    The group’s self-titled debut album was released in 1992. It was a commercial flop, selling just 30,000 copies, and led to Eric departing the band in 1994. However, they continued to record music, releasing The Beacon Street Collection on their own independent label in March 1995. After it sold more than three times the copies of their debut, it convinced their label to invest more time and money in the production of their third studio album Tragic Kingdom, which was released in October 1995.

    The album was an instant success. It shot to number one in the Billboard 200 chart after the release of the hit single Just a Girl and went on to sell over sixteen million copies around the world. It also produced six further singles, including the international number one (and Grammy Award-nominated) hit Don’t Speak.

    No Doubt released two more albums over the next six years – Return of Saturn and Rock Steady – which both charted inside the US Top 10 and sold millions of copies between them. The records also produced several Top 40 singles, including Simple Kind of Life, Hey Baby (ft. Bounty Killer), Hella Good, Underneath It All (ft. Lady Saw) and It’s My Life, and earned the group a total of six Grammy Award nominations. They eventually won Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group for both Hey Baby and Underneath It All.

    Having been on hiatus for the last few years as Gwen Stefani enjoyed a successful solo career, No Doubt have recently returned to the studio to work on their sixth studio album – set to be released in 2011.

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    July 27th, 2010HippyLinkin Park

    Linkin Park is an American alternative rock/metal band from Agoura Hills, California, consisting of Chester Bennington on vocals, Brad Delson on lead guitar, Mike Shinoda on rhythm guitar and keyboard, David Farrell on bass, Joseph Hahn on turntables and Rob Bourdon on drums and percussion.

    Formed in 1996 as Xero, the group first changed their name to Hybrid Theory and then to Linkin Park – in homage to Santa Monica’s Lincoln Park. After landing a contract with Warner Bros. Records in the late 90s they began work on their debut album, which they decided to name after their previous incarnation.

    Hybrid Theory was released on 24th October 2000 and was an instant, phenomenal success. It reached number two on the Billboard 200 and eventually went on to sell ten million copies in the US – and over 29 million copies worldwide (making it the second biggest selling album of the decade, behind The Beatles’ 1). It produced four hit singles in total: the US number two smash hit In the End, the Grammy Award-winning Crawling and the UK Top 30 releases Papercut and One Step Closer.

    The group’s follow-up album Meteora was released in March 2003. Selling over ten million copies worldwide, the album reached number one on the Billboard 200 and also became the US Modern Rock Tracks chart’s most successful album ever. A total of six singles were released from the album, including the US number eleven hit Numb and the UK Top 40 singles Somewhere I Belong, Faint and Breaking the Habit.

    Linkin Park’s third studio album Minutes to Midnight was released in May 2007 and again shot to number one in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia and more than a dozen other countries around the world. It produced a total of five singles: What I’ve Done, Bleed It Out, Shadow of the Day, Given Up and New Divide.

    The group’s fourth studio album, A Thousand Suns, is due for release in September 2010.

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    July 25th, 2010SomePlaMarilyn Manson

    Brian Hugh Warner, better known as Marilyn Manson, is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist – best known as the lead singer of the eponymous band Marilyn Manson.

    Born 5th January 1969 in Canton, Ohio, Manson originally aspired to a career in journalism, but soon took a more active interest in music. He formed Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids in Florida in 1989 – choosing the name Marilyn Manson as a portmanteau of the Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe and the serial killer Charles Manson – but this was later shortened to simply Marilyn Manson.

    Manson and his band first came to fame with the release of their 1994 album Portrait of an American Family. Produced by Trent Raznor (of Nine Inch Nails fame) and released on Manson’s own record label Nothing Records, the album produced the singles Get Your Gunn and Lunchbox, and earned the group a cult following. They then entered the mainstream with their next album Antichrist Superstar. Released in October 1996, it shot to number three on the Billboard 200 and went on to sell over 7.5 million copies worldwide. It also produced two Mainstream Rock Tracks chart Top 30 hits: The Beautiful People and Tourniquet.

    Mechanical Animals, the group’s final album of the 1990s, hit the top spot of the Billboard 200 (and number eight in the UK) and spawned the UK number 12 hit The Dope Show, as well as the singles I Don’t Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me) and Rock Is Dead. Since the turn of the century they have released four more US Top 20 albums – Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death), The Golden Age of Grotesque, Eat Me Drink Me and The High End of Low – and scored hits with singles like Disposable Teens, Tainted Love, mOBSCENE, Personal Jesus and Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand).

    In December 2009, Manson stated that fans “can expect a new record a lot sooner than they think”.

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    July 22nd, 2010NeveryMichael Jackson

    Michael Jackson was an American singer-songwriter, often affectionately referred to as the ‘King of Pop’.

    Born 29th August 1958, the singer first gained fame in his pre-teens as a member of the phenomenally successful 1970s pop/R&B/disco band The Jackson 5. Appearing as the lead vocalist alongside his brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon, Michael quickly became a child superstar. The group released a total of thirteen albums between 1970 and 1976, selling in excess of 100 million records worldwide, and are best remembered now for catchy pop classics like I Want You Back, ABC and Rockin’ Robin.

    Jackson released his debut solo album Got to Be There in 1972, at the age of fourteen, and it sold over five million copies in the US. This was followed by his second album in the same year, which produced the singer’s first solo US number one hit Ben, and a further two albums while still in his teens.

    However, it was 1979’s Off the Wall that reinvented the singer and set him on the way to being a pop icon. It sold over twenty million copies worldwide and produced the number one hit Don’t Stop ‘til You Get Enough, as well as the Top 10 hits Rock with You, Off the Wall and She’s Out of My Life.

    Since then, Jackson has rewritten the record books. His next album, 1982’s Thriller, sold over 110 million copies worldwide, making it the bestselling album of all time. He scored a record thirteen US number one hits during his career, including Billie Jean, Beat It, Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel, Dirty Diana and Black or White, won 15 Grammy Awards and a record 26 American Music Awards. He is officially recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by the Guinness World Records.

    Sadly, Michael Jackson passed away on 25th June 2009. However, his success continues, and he has sold a further 35 million records since his death.

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    July 21st, 2010White44Alanis Morissette

    Alanis Morissette is a Canadian-American pop/alternative rock singer-songwriter.

    Born 1st June 1974 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Morissette began playing the piano at the age of six. She wrote her first song Stay with Me at the age of ten, and released it as a single with the backing of local folk singer Lindsay Morgan. Her musical education continued throughout elementary and high school, and at the age of twelve she also took an acting role as a regular character on the CTV/Nickelodeon show You Can’t Do That on Television.

    She entered a number of local talent competitions in her teens and won several of them. She also appeared on the renowned Star Search in New York, USA, but was sent home after just the first round. However, this appearance led to her signing her first record contract in 1988. She released two albums (in Canada only) in the early 1990s – Alanis and Now Is the Time – and scored Top 40 hits with the singles Too Hot, Walk Away, Feel Your Love, An Emotion Away, No Apologies and (Change Is) Never a Waste of Time.

    But it was 1995’s Jagged Little Pill that shot Morissette to international fame. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 (spending twelve weeks there in total) and sold over 33 million copies worldwide – making it one of the best-selling records of all time. It was nominated for six Grammy Awards (winning four) and produced five US Top 10 singles – You Oughta Know, Ironic, You Learn, Hand in My Pocket and Head over Feet.

    Alanis Morissette has released four more albums since then – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998), Under Rug Swept (2002), So-Called Chaos (2004) and Flavors of Entanglement (2008) – which have produced the hit singles Uninvited, Thank U, Hands Clean, Precious Illusions, Hands Clean, EverythingEight Easy Steps, Underneath and I Remain.

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    July 17th, 2010SosweetBritney Spears

    Britney Spears is a hugely successful American pop music singer-songwriter.

    Born 2nd December 1981, Spears began dancing at the age of three. She also learned to sing and entered several local talent competitions during her childhood, winning a number of them. By the age of nine she had signed with an agent in New York and landed in the musical Ruthless!, as well as auditioning for the national talent contest Star Search. In December 1992 she was cast in the Disney Channel show The Mickey Mouse Club, alongside future pop singers Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake.

    In the mid-1990s Spears recorded some demo songs and earned a contract with Jive Records. After appearing as the opening act for the boy band ‘N Sync (which included Timberlake), she release her debut album in January 1999. …Baby One More Time was an instant success, reaching number one in fifteen countries around the world, including the US and the UK, and selling over 25 million copies. It produced the phenomenally popular number one title single …Baby One More Time, which soon became of the best-selling songs of all time, as well as the US Top 10 singles Sometimes and (You Drive Me) Crazy, and the UK number one hit Born to Make You Happy.

    The singer’s follow-up album, Oops!… I Did It Again, was released in May 2000. It debuted at number one in the US charts, smashing the records for most first-day and first-week sales (500,000 and 1.3 million respectively) and eventually going on to sell over 20 million copies worldwide. The title single shot to number one in the UK, while the follow up singles Lucky and Stronger also reached the Top 10.

    Spears released four more albums during the 2000s and scored hits with the singles I’m a Slave 4 U, Overprotected, Everytime, Toxic, Me Against the Music, Do Somethin’, Gimme More, Piece of Me, Womanizer, Circus and If You Seek Amy. She is currently working on her seventh studio album.

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    July 16th, 2010HippyMy Chemical Romance

    My Chemical Romance are an American alternative rock/punk band from New Jersey. The group consists of Gerard Way on vocals, Ray Toro on lead guitar, Frank Iero on rhythm guitar and Mikey Way on bass guitar – along with former drummers Matt Pelissier and Bob Bryer.

    Formed by Way and Pelissier in September 2001, My Chemical Romance quickly signed to Eyeball Records and released their debut album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love in July 2002. Although not a mainstream success, the album earned the group a significant underground following and produced three singles: Honey This Mirror Isn’t Big Enough for the Two of Us, Vampires Will Never Hurt You and Headfirst for Halos.

    The group’s second album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, was released in June 2004. Unlike its predecessor, the album was an instant mainstream success – reaching the Top 30 on the US Billboard 200, selling over a million copies worldwide and producing three Billboard Hot 100 singles: I’m Not Okay (I Promise), Helena (a Top 40 hit) and The Ghost of You.

    After releasing the EP Warped Tour Bootleg in 2005, followed by the live album Life on the Murder Scene in early 2006, the group released their third studio album in October that year. The Black Parade shot to number two on the Billboard 200 and produced the UK number one single Welcome to the Black Parade, as well as the Top 20 hits Famous Last Words, I Don’t Love You and Teenagers.

    The group have since released three more EPs – 2007’s AOL Sessions and Live and Rare and 2009’s The Black Parade: The B-Sides – as well as the live album The Black Parade Is Dead! and the video album ¡Venganza! Their fourth studio album Monsters is due for release some time in late 2010.

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