iCarly Star Miranda Cosgrove Signs With Columbia Records as Part of Ongoing
Global Partnership Between Nickelodeon and the Sony Music Label Group
Nickelodeon and Columbia Records Join Forces to Release iCarly iPlaylist,
Featuring Music From and Inspired by the Hit Live-Action TV Series
NEW YORK, April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia Records has signed tween TV
sensation Miranda Cosgrove, star of Nickelodeon's convergent mega-hit iCarly
to be a recording artist, as part of the global partnership between Nick and
the Sony Music Label Group. First up for Cosgrove is the release of iCarly
iPlaylist, the eagerly awaited album that also will feature songs inspired by
the popular live-action TEENick series, among other exclusive tracks from
multi-platinum popular artists, including Natasha Bedingfield and Avril
Lavigne. The album will be available at retail and online on Tuesday, June
10.
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iCarly iPlaylist will debut four original songs performed by Cosgrove,
including the series' theme song, "Leave It All to Me" (featuring Drake Bell),
which recently charted on the Billboard Hot 100. The hit song currently
averages a four-star rating with customers on iTunes, as well as charting on
the music store's Pop chart for 11 consecutive weeks. The new album also will
feature songs inspired by iCarly from top artists like Lavigne, Bedingfield,
Good Charlotte, Sean Kingston and a brand-new, exclusive song from The Naked
Brothers Band, stars of the Nick hit live-action series of the same name.
iCarly, one of the most watched live-action premieres in Nickelodeon
history, is the highest-rated program on all of TV in its time slot with kids
6-11 and tweens 9-14. Since its launch, kids have uploaded more than 100,000
videos to the iCarly.com website, and the site has received more than 11.6
million visits and averaged 2.8M monthly visitors in the first quarter of 2008
alone.*
"Miranda Cosgrove is one of today's brightest and fastest rising young
stars," said Steve Barnett of Columbia Records. "We are happy to welcome her
to the Columbia Records family and very excited to be releasing iCarly
iPlaylist."
"Nickelodeon is on the cutting-edge of programming for tweens and young
adults," said Rob Stringer, Chairman of the Sony Music Label Group. "With
iCarly, Nick has achieved a brilliant synthesis between television and the
internet. Sony Music is thrilled to be partnering with Nickelodeon to create
new ways for fans to interact with their favorite musicians, actors and media
stars."
"We've watched Miranda essentially grow up here at Nickelodeon and this is
an exciting next step she's taking in her career," said Cyma Zarghami,
President, Nickelodeon, MTV Networks Kids and Family Group. "iCarly is a true
creative innovation as a multi-media hit for kids and tweens, and we're
thrilled that Sony will bring Miranda to a brand new platform in music."
iCarly iPlaylist is a product of the development and production
partnership between Nickelodeon, the number-one entertainment brand for kids,
and the Sony Music Label Group and the Sony BMG Commercial Music Group.
Tracks from iCarly iPlaylist include:
1. Leave It All to Me - Miranda Cosgrove featuring Drake Bell (Theme from
iCarly)
2. Stay My Baby - Miranda Cosgrove
3. About You Now - Miranda Cosgrove
4. Beautiful Girls - Sean Kingston - (Nick mix)
5. I Don't Wanna Be In Love (Dance Floor Anthem) - Good Charlotte
6. I Like That Girl - Leon Thomas
7. Girlfriend -featuring Lil Mama (Dr. Luke/Nickelodeon remix) - Avril
Lavigne
8. Freckles - Natasha Bedingfield
9. Face In The Hall - The Naked Brothers Band
10. Let's Hear It For The Boy - The Stunners
11. Thunder - Boys Like Girls
12. Headphones On - Miranda Cosgrove
13. Move (Theme from Dance on Sunset) - Menudo
14. I'm Grown - Tiffany Evans featuring Bow Wow
DELUXE PACKAGE/FAN PACK - Bonus Tracks:
**15. Leave It All To Me - Miranda Cosgrove featuring Drake Bell (Theme
from iCarly) - Jason Nevins remix
**16. "Whatever My Love" - performed by Mickey Drummond (From iCarly
Episode "iLike Jake")
**17. "Take Me Back" - performed by Backhouse Mike (From iCarly Episode
"iAm Your Biggest Fan")
**(Bonus Tracks available on Fan Pack and Wal-Mart Versions only)
iCarly stars Miranda Cosgrove as Carly Shay, a teenager who lives with her
twenty-something brother/guardian Spencer (Jerry Trainor) and produces
webcasts from a makeshift loft studio with pals Sam (Jennette McCurdy) and
Freddie (Nathan Kress). iCarly is TV's only scripted series ever to let kids
contribute by incorporating videos they created to showcase their unusual
talents.
Cosgrove, 14, nabbed her first TV series and feature film at age nine: She
was cast first as Megan Parker, the deceptively sweet, scamming sister on
Drake & Josh's and soon after as Summer Hathaway, the over-achieving preppy
manager of Jack Black's rock band on the big screen in School of Rock. Her
other film credits include the '05 feature-film release Yours, Mine and Ours
from Paramount Pictures/Nickelodeon Movies and Keeping up with the Steins.
iCarly was created by Dan Schneider, the creative force behind other
Nickelodeon hits including Emmy Award-nominated Zoey 101, Drake & Josh, The
Amanda Show, Kenan & Kel and All That. Called "the Norman Lear of children's
television" by The New York Times, Schneider created the WB's What I Like
About You and wrote and co-produced the film Big Fat Liar.
About Nickelodeon: Nickelodeon, now in its 29th year, is the number-one
entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by
putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television
programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus
consumer products, online, recreation, books, magazines and feature films.
Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 96 million
households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for more than
13 consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos
are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B).
About Columbia Records: One of the most respected and successful record
labels in the world, Columbia Records is home to established superstars and
exciting new talent. Columbia Records is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SONY
BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
About Sony Music Label Group: Sony Music Label Group, a division of SONY
BMG Music Entertainment, is a global recorded music joint venture with a
roster of current artists that includes a broad array of both local artists
and international superstars, as well as a vast catalog that comprises some of
the most important recordings in history. SONY BMG Music Entertainment is 50%
owned by Bertelsmann A.G. and 50% owned by Sony Corporation of America.
*Source: NMR - 9/8/07 - 4/06/08
Source: Omniture SiteCatalyst V. 13.5 (1/1/08-3/31/08).
SOURCE Nickelodeon; Columbia Records
Anthony Coorey, +1-212-833-4140, anthony.coorey@sonybmg.com, or Yvette
Noel-Schure, +1-212-833-4483, Yvette.Noel-Schure@sonybmg.com, both of Columbia
Records, Media; or Jodi Davis of Nickelodeon, +1-212-846-5981,
Jodi.davis@nick.com
