Bobby Tinsley Wins for Best R&B/Soul Artist at the 2009 HMMA Awards
Jean Rah Fya Records Recording Artist Bobby Tinsley Wins for Best R&B/Soul Artist at the 2009 HMMA Awards!
Tinsley Dedicates Award to all women of every nationality around the world
HOLLYWOOD,Calif., Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ — Jean Rah Fya Records recording artistBobby Tinsley won the award for Best R&B/Soul Artist at the 2009HMMA awards alongside some of Hollywood’s music industry greats. Alsotaking home awards were legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducteeDave Mason and Oscar-nominated film composer John Debney withOutstanding Career Achievement honors; Steve Rushton, BEST MUSIC VIDEO,for his song “Ready to Rock”; Alex Patsavas for OUTSTANDING MUSICSUPERVISION in Film for “Twilight”; and PJ Bloom for OUTSTANDING MUSICSUPERVISION in TV for “Glee” and “Nip/Tuck,” to name a few. HollywoodMusic in Media Awards chooses only a handful of nominees from thousandsof submissions worldwide. With a sold-out crowd in attendance at theHollywood Music in Media Awards event, Tinsley edged out some of thehottest recording artists on the scene.
“Itis such an honor to have won such a prestigious award and to berecognized by the judging professionals and music community of theHMMA’s,” says Tinsley. “Music is my life. And my current single titled’Colored Girl’ means the world to me and has touched women of allnationalities, cultures and backgrounds all over the world.”
TheHollywood Music in Media Awards recognizes and honors the music invisual mediums, the talented individuals responsible for it, and themusic of both mainstream and independent artists from around the globefor their compositions and recordings in all forms of media, includingfilm, TV, video games, commercial advertisements, movie trailers andmusic videos; they have become one of the most sought after new eventsin Hollywood. The HMMA’s will be televised in post around the globe to17 countries including the UK.
About Bobby Tinsley:
BobbyTinsley recently signed to the hot new record label Jean Rah FyaRecords owned by NBA great Doug Christie and his author/ fashiondesigner CEO wife Jackie Christie. Tinsley is riding on the hugesuccess of his latest album “What About Bob?” His new hit single”Colored Girl” is the title song to record label co-owner JackieChristie’s bestselling book “Proud to Be A Colored Girl,” www.coloredgirl.com,which unites women of every nationality and removes the stigma of thewords ‘colored girl’ to show all women that they are beautiful. Bobby,an amazing artist who entered the music world in 2004, has also enjoyeda considerable buzz and following, with almost 1.5 million page viewsand more than 3.6 million plays of his music on MySpace. He has some ofthe most loyal fans in the world who adore his music to the extent thatthey have made more than 280 different YouTube videos with their ownversions of his songs. The total plays of these videos — drivencompletely by his fans — are more than 5 million. In May of 2008, heinked a deal with the newly formed Jean Rah Fya Records and has hadcontinuous success ever since.
About Jean Rah Fya Records:
Establishedin Dec. 2007, the label owned by NBA Star Doug Christie and hisbusiness savvy wife Jackie Christie is the home to some of the hottestyoung talents in the business. Jean Rah Fya Records’ goal is to promotepositive artists with unique vocals and electrifying sounds. This newlabel, the pioneer of “The Positive Youth Movement,” is quickly makingheadlines in the music industry. The label has an array of talentedartists on their roster, including Chani, Small Change, “Alexis” andBobby Tinsley.
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