Grammy’s
R&B songstress Beyoncé, picked up six wins, a record for a female artrist, at the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards, including Song Of The Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Song, and Best Contemporary R&B Album.
Taylor Swift was the evening's runner-up with four GRAMMY , including Album Of The Year for Fearless.
Black Eyed Peas and Kings Of Leon won three GRAMMYs each.
Beyoncé: Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment, and operates as an imprint of the Columbia/Epic Label Group.
Taylor Swift: Big Machine Records is an American independent record label specializing in country music artists. It was launched in 2005 by former DreamWorks Records executive Scott Borchetta.
Black Eyed Peas: Interscope Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group, and operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.
Kings Of Leon: Sony Music Entertainment (or Sony Music) is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America.
RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor) is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment.
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment, and operates as an imprint of the Columbia/Epic Label Group.
Monday, 1 February 2010
Apple Ipad
The best way to experience the web, email, photos and video. Hands down.
Imagine being able to page through websites, write an email, flick through photos or watch a film. All on a big, beautiful, Multi-Touch screen. With just the touch of a finger. Learn more
It’s hard to believe we could fit so many great ideas into something so thin.
iPad has a 9.7-inch, LED-backlit IPS display, with a remarkably precise Multi-Touch screen. And yet, at just 0.68 kg (1.5 lbs) and 13.4 mm (0.5 inches) thin, it’s easy to carry and use anywhere. Learn more
140,000 apps at your fingertips.
From day one.
Right now, iPad can run almost 140,000 of the apps on the App Store. It can even run the apps you’ve already downloaded for your iPhone or iPod touch. Learn more
Imagine being able to page through websites, write an email, flick through photos or watch a film. All on a big, beautiful, Multi-Touch screen. With just the touch of a finger. Learn more
It’s hard to believe we could fit so many great ideas into something so thin.
iPad has a 9.7-inch, LED-backlit IPS display, with a remarkably precise Multi-Touch screen. And yet, at just 0.68 kg (1.5 lbs) and 13.4 mm (0.5 inches) thin, it’s easy to carry and use anywhere. Learn more
140,000 apps at your fingertips.
From day one.
Right now, iPad can run almost 140,000 of the apps on the App Store. It can even run the apps you’ve already downloaded for your iPhone or iPod touch. Learn more
Convergence:
bring different parts of the media into one place- e.g iphones or laptops(music/internet/movies/pictures/phone/games).
mp3
(plays music/ Radio/ Music recording/ Voice recording/ Personal information management/Colour screens and photo viewing)
ipod
( Mail/ YouTube/ Contacts/ Calendar/ iTunes (for buying music)/ safari (internet browser)/ App Store with all games/ Photos/ Clock/ Stocks/ Maps (wifi needed)/ Calculator/ Notes/ and Weather)
iphone
(iPhone 3GS/Phone/iPod/Safari/Mail/Video Recording/Photos/Voice Control/Messages/Maps + Compass/Keyboard/Cut, Copy & Paste/Search/Voice Memos/Accessibility/Tethering/App Store/iTunes/Home Screen/ and everything that is included with the ipod touch)
xbox
(plays games/ dvd/ music/ downloads/ internet/ facebook)
ps3
(blue ray dvd's/ plays games/ dvd/ music/ downloads/ internet)
All of these are examples of convergence as they all include more then one type of media. All of them let you download music to them using any download websites.on the ipod and iphone you can watch youtube and have live streaming to music.
There are websites that you can download music illegally that will work on them.
Out of the music players i have researched i would most like to have an IPOD phone as it is the one with the most apps, it has the largest amount of convergence.
mp3
(plays music/ Radio/ Music recording/ Voice recording/ Personal information management/Colour screens and photo viewing)
ipod
( Mail/ YouTube/ Contacts/ Calendar/ iTunes (for buying music)/ safari (internet browser)/ App Store with all games/ Photos/ Clock/ Stocks/ Maps (wifi needed)/ Calculator/ Notes/ and Weather)
iphone
(iPhone 3GS/Phone/iPod/Safari/Mail/Video Recording/Photos/Voice Control/Messages/Maps + Compass/Keyboard/Cut, Copy & Paste/Search/Voice Memos/Accessibility/Tethering/App Store/iTunes/Home Screen/ and everything that is included with the ipod touch)
xbox
(plays games/ dvd/ music/ downloads/ internet/ facebook)
ps3
(blue ray dvd's/ plays games/ dvd/ music/ downloads/ internet)
All of these are examples of convergence as they all include more then one type of media. All of them let you download music to them using any download websites.on the ipod and iphone you can watch youtube and have live streaming to music.
There are websites that you can download music illegally that will work on them.
Out of the music players i have researched i would most like to have an IPOD phone as it is the one with the most apps, it has the largest amount of convergence.
Major record labels.
1. Universal Music Group
It is the most successfull of any other music label. They made up 25.5% of the music market in 2005. some of the most succesfull artist they have represented include:
Black Eyed Peas
50 Cent
Kanye West
2. Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the second biggest major record label in music sales. They made up 21.5% of he market in 2005. The company's well-known label imprints include Arista, Columbia, Epic, J, Jive, and RCA. Key artists are:
Kelly Clarkson
Alicia Keys
Outkast
3. EMI Group
The EMI Group is the third biggest major record label in music sales. They made13.4% of the market in 2005. The group's well-known label imprints include Astralwerks, Capitol, EMI, Mute, and Virgin. Key artists are:
Coldplay
Gorillaz
Robbie Williams
4. Warner Music Group
The Warner Music Group is the fourth major record label in music sales. They made up 11.3% of the market in 2005. The group's well-known label imprints include Asylum, Atlantic, Lava, Reprise, Rhino, and Warner Bros. Key artists are:
Green Day
Madonna
My Chemical Romance
It is the most successfull of any other music label. They made up 25.5% of the music market in 2005. some of the most succesfull artist they have represented include:
Black Eyed Peas
50 Cent
Kanye West
2. Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the second biggest major record label in music sales. They made up 21.5% of he market in 2005. The company's well-known label imprints include Arista, Columbia, Epic, J, Jive, and RCA. Key artists are:
Kelly Clarkson
Alicia Keys
Outkast
3. EMI Group
The EMI Group is the third biggest major record label in music sales. They made13.4% of the market in 2005. The group's well-known label imprints include Astralwerks, Capitol, EMI, Mute, and Virgin. Key artists are:
Coldplay
Gorillaz
Robbie Williams
4. Warner Music Group
The Warner Music Group is the fourth major record label in music sales. They made up 11.3% of the market in 2005. The group's well-known label imprints include Asylum, Atlantic, Lava, Reprise, Rhino, and Warner Bros. Key artists are:
Green Day
Madonna
My Chemical Romance
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