UMG drops 7 New International Singles Today!- Katy Perry, Imagine Dragons, Afrojack & David Guetta, The Vamps, One Republic, Fall Out Boy, Hailee Steinfeld

Keeping with the global 'New Music Friday' release day, Universal Music Group today unleashed a star studded line up of brand new singles that will enthrall music lovers all over! The line-up includes new music from superstars Katy Perry, Imagine Dragons, EDM masters Afrojack & David Guetta, rock icons Fall Out Boy, boy band The Vamps, rockers One Republic and exciting new talent in Hailee Steinfield. There’s something for every music lover to listen to over the long weekend coming up!

KATY PERRY

Today, Katy Perry gave fans another preview of her forthcoming album with the release of her new single, “Bon Appétit.” The track features Atlanta-based hip-hop trio Migos. Katy co-wrote “Bon Appétit” with Max Martin, Shellback, Oscar Holter, Ferras Alqaisi and Migos. The song is now available everywhere for streaming and download. Katy will make her third appearance as musical guest on “Saturday Night Live” on the season finale, airing May 20. “Chained to the Rhythm,” the first single from her new album, has now been certified Platinum in the U.S. Spotify streams of the song exceeded three million on the first day, setting an all-time record for the best first day of streaming of a single track by a female artist in Spotify history. Audio/visual streams of the single surpassed 500 million worldwide in the first 10 weeks of release.

Listen to the song here - https://UMGI.lnk.to/BonAppetit

IMAGINE DRAGONS

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Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning band Imagine Dragons released their second single “Thunder” from their highly anticipated new album. Led by Dan Reynolds, the band already has close to 10 Million albums and 27 Million singles worldwide. The band’s lead single “Believer” from their upcoming album has already reached 153 million audio streams worldwide and has currently amassed over 70 million YouTube views.

Listen to the song here- https://UMGI.lnk.to/IDThunder

AFROJACK & DAVID GUETTA

Afrojack and David Guetta joined forces alongside vocalist Ester Dean for a new collaboration, called “Another Life”, which was released today. The Dutch DJ Afrojack teased fans on Twitter by unveiling the anime inspired artwork of the song.  Combined with the EDM star David Guetta, the song features singer songwriter Ester Dean, who has collaborated with the likes of Chris Brown and Snoop Dogg in the past.

Listen to the song here- https://umgi.lnk.to/AnotherLife

THE VAMPS

The Vamps are back and announced their incredible new single, “Middle Of The Night”, a collaboration with Danish DJ and Record Producer Martin Jensen. “Middle Of The Night” is another sure-fire smash hit for the British four-piece and follows in the footsteps of “All Night”, their biggest single to date with a massive 200 million plays on Spotify globally. On “Middle Of The Night”, The Vamps teamed up with one of their favourite DJ’s Martin Jensen, best known for the 2016 single “Solo Dance” which earned him his first UK Top 10 single. Jensen is frequently picked as one of the world’s top DJs and The Vamps are excited to collaborate with him. The Vamps are Brad Simpson (Vocals, Guitar), James McVey (Guitar), Connor Ball (Bass) and Tristan Evans (Drums).

Listen to the song here- https://UMGI.lnk.to/MiddleOfTheNight

ONE REPUBLIC

US pop-rock band One Republic after much anticipation have dropped a brand new single- “No Vacancy” through a lyric video. The band teased their fans with the official artwork reveal and a 20 second teaser on their YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. The band released their fourth studio album “Oh My My” last year with singles “Wherever I Go” and “Kids”

Listen to the song here- https://UMGI.lnk.to/NoVacancy

FALL OUT BOY

Following a week of mysterious posts and buzz across social media, multi-platinum selling, Grammy-nominated band Fall Out Boy dropped a new song called “Young and Menace” today, which is available NOW on all digital service providers. “Young and Menace” – written and produced by Fall Out Boy – is the first taste of new music off the band’s forthcoming seventh studio album M A  N   I    A, out September 15, 2017. M A  N   I    A is the follow-up album to the band’s platinum-certified sixth studio album American Beauty/American Psycho, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 upon its January 2015 release.

Watch the Music Video here- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtVFTuIZFYU

HAILEE STEINFELD

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Hailee Steinfeld is one of pop music’s most prolific divas. After Grey & Zedd’s “Starving,” Kato & Sigala’s “Show You Love” and Machine Gun Kelly’s “At My Best.”, the singer revealed a brand new single, “Most Girls.” today. The 20 year old’s newest song is co-produced by Ryan Tedder, Zach Skelton and One Love. ”Most Girls” is the lead single from her long-anticipated full-length debut studio album which is scheduled to release later this year.

Listen to the song here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mTqqloMDjI

Amruta Fadnavis, Krishika Lulla, Laxmi Agarwal, Gauri Sawant, Shaheen Mistri and Farah Khan Ali honoured with the "I Am Woman" Awards

“A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform'.” – Diane Mariechild.

'I am Woman’ Awards initiative is a movement that believes and celebrates the fact that women are reservoirs of strength, and awards the inspiration of women. On this platform every year, powerful women speak about their personal and professional life and inspire many others. 

The brainchild of Harvard Alumni Karan Gupta, the founder of Karan Gupta Education Foundation and the Managing Director of IE Business School, I Am Woman derives its name from the lyrics of a 70s song, 'I am a woman... hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore.' 

The recipients of the ‘I Am Woman Award 2017’ include Amruta Fadnavis – Social Activist & Banker, Farah Khan Ali – Jewellery Designer, Krishika Lulla – Producer & Filmmaker, Gauri Sawant – Transgender Activist, Laxmi Agarwal – Campaigner – Stop Acid Attacks, Malini Agarwal – Founder & Creative Director of Miss Malini and Shaheen Mistri – Social Activist & Educator, each being a woman who has carved a niche for herself. Besides host Karan Gupta – a Harvard University Alumni, guests at the award ceremony included Madhoo Shah, Mansi Joshi Roy, Rohit Roy, educationists Nitish Shah and Dr.Kamal Gupta, Zarine Khan, Malaika Khan, Reshma Merchant, Kiran Bawa, Maheka Mirpuri, Bina Aziz among many others. 

Says Karan Gupta, "I have been working in the field of education for the last 17 years. Initially, when I started my journey I found that there is still a gap which we need to fill when it comes to women in our society. Nothing can be more inspiring than listening to the success stories of our power women. With I Am Woman, we aim to sow the seeds of courage, resilience and empowerment to thousands of women. KGEF and IE Business School are committed to the success of women and IE welcomes women to study in the various programs that the school offers,” said Karan.” 

A Brief on This Year’s I Am Woman Awardees…

Amruta Fadnavis – Social Activist & Banker

Our First Lady of Maharastra is working for women empowerment and development of rural India by adopting villages ‘Fetri’ and ‘Kawdas’ to improve sanitation and infrastructure. She supports BMC in wellness of the ‘Sweeper Community’ as well as ‘Film City’ in welfare of film workers.

Farah Khan Ali – Jewellery Designer

She is a renowned gemologist and jewellery designer for top Bollywood celebrities and India’s foremost business families. Farah is promoting and supporting the ‘Antarctic Treaty’ to preserve our planet recycling renewable energy and sustainable living.

Shaheen Mistri – Social Activist & Educator

As a young student she started Akanksha Foundation, a NGO to impact the lives of underprivileged children. Over two decades they have 3500 children in 58 centres and 6 schools. In 2008, Shaheen took on leadership at Teach For India to enlist teachers in low income schools.

Krishika Lulla – Producer & Filmmaker

One of India’s youngest and most successful movie producers who has created several successful and women-centric films like NH10 and Tanu Weds Manu. She has made regional cinema with movies like Phuntroo and Jara Hatke.

Maini Agarwal - Founder & Creative Director of Miss Malini Entertainment

India’s first famous celebrity blogger and social personality. She creates highly engaging multi-platform content towards India's Internet Generation. Malini reaches over 4 Million visitors from 200 countries of which over 80% are women.’

Gauri Sawant – Transgender Activist

Motherhood goes beyond biological ties and she has proved that by adopting a child of a sex worker. Gauri heads an NGO, Sakhi Char Trust that helps victims of HIV and AIDS. Gauri has dedicated her life to providing safety and freedom to transgender, hijras, and LGBT people.

Laxmi Agarwal  - Campaigner - Stop Acid Attacks

She was attacked in 2005 at age 15, by a man whose advances she had rejected.Laxmi advocaed to the Indian Supreme Court to curb acid sales. She is the director of Chhanv Foundation, a NGO dedicated to help the survivors of acid attacks.

Divya Dutta Is On A Signing Spree

Being one of the very few actresses that do not stick to one image that works for them on-screen, Divya Dutta has paved her way into the industry like the strong woman that she is.She plays around with characters and refuses to stick to one stereotypical image of an actress. Ever since the success of her book ‘Me and Ma’ and also going on to win the literacy award for excellence, Divya has been on a signing spree.Divya has signed not one or two but 8 films that are a mixture of commercial and artsy films. She will be seen working with Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddique, and Arunoday Singh.She is also extremely happy to work with director Rakeysh OmPrakash Mehra.Divya will soon be seen in Babumoshai Bandookbaaz with Nawazuddin Siddiqui and has begun shooting for ‘Raita’ with Irrfan Khan and director Abhinay Deo. 

KATY PERRY’S NEW SINGLE, “BON APPÉTIT” (FEATURING MIGOS), IS OUT TODAY

Today, Katy Perry gave fans another preview of her forthcoming album with the release of her new single, “Bon Appétit.” The track features Atlanta-based hip-hop trio Migos. Katy co-wrote “Bon Appétit” with Max Martin, Shellback, Oscar Holter, Ferras Alqaisi and Migos. The song is now available everywhere for streaming and download. Visit http://katy.to/bonappetit.

Katy will make her third appearance as musical guest on “Saturday Night Live” on the season finale, airing May 20. “Chained to the Rhythm,” the first single from her new album, has now been certified Platinum in the U.S. Spotify streams of the song exceeded three million on the first day, setting an all-time record for the best first day of streaming of a single track by a female artist in Spotify history. Audio/visual streams of the single surpassed 500 million worldwide in the first 10 weeks of release. 

In the U.K., “Chained to the Rhythm” reached No. 1 on the airplay charts and became the biggest airplay hit of the past 12 months. The single also topped the airplay charts in Ireland, Australia, Germany, Italy, Finland, Spain, Denmark, Poland and Japan. View the official video for “Chained to the Rhythm” HERE. 

Katy made her Capitol Records debut with 2008’s One of the Boys after signing to the label in 2007. She cemented her status as a global superstar with the follow-up album, Teenage Dream (2010). PRISM, her 2013 album, debuted at No. 1 on iTunes in 100 countries and has sold more than 12.5 million adjusted albums worldwide. With the singles “Firework” and “Dark Horse” each surpassing the 10 million threshold including song sales and streams, Katy is the first female artist to earn two RIAA Digital Single Diamond Awards. 

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In her 10 years with Capitol, she has racked up a cumulative 18+ billion streams alongside worldwide sales of more than 40+ million adjusted albums and 125+ million tracks. She is the most-followed person globally on Twitter. Katy played to a total of two million people on the sold-out, 151-date Prismatic World Tour and headlined the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show, which set a record as the most-watched Super Bowl halftime show ever.

Irrfan Khan shot with kids from Katputli colony (world’s largest community of street performers) for Hindi Medium’s Song Ek Jindari

The song also marks singing debut of Tanishka (Sachin’s daughter) 

Irrfan Khan starrer Hindi Medium has several impressive soundtracks and adding to the list is one more song- Ek Jindari. 

Ek Jindari, which is the climax song of the film, features Irrfan Khan was 50 kids from Katputli colony in Delhi. These kids are magicians, snake charmers, acrobats, singers, dancers, actors and musicians. They are also world’s largest community of street performers. 

Amongst these kids is a child prodigy drummer of India, Anshuman Nandi, who has won a National award at the age of 3. He will be seen playing drums in the song. 

The song has been composed by Sachin Jigar and marks the bollywood​ singing debut of Tanishka (Sachin's daughter). Well, it all happened when Irrfan heard her crooning to a stanza of the song and he was so mesmerized by the little champ that the composers decided to make her sing this beautiful song for Hindi Medium. The makers realising that she fits the perfect age group of the kids they were shooting with, flew her to Delhi to be a part of the song and sing it for the live audience. 

The song will be out tomorrow.

Hindi Medium is produced by Dinesh Vijan and Bhushan Kumar and is a T-series and Maddock films presentation.  Hindi Medium is a slice of life comedy based in the heartland of our country. The film is all set to release on 12th May 2017.