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Bruno Mars' "Just the Way You Are" topped LyricFind's weekly chart of Top 25 Lyrics across the LyricFind ecosystem, which includes Microsoft's Bing, Rhapsody, Lyrics.com, Slacker, Shazam, Virgin Media UK, Cox Radio, mSpot, and more than 1,000 other web sites and mobile applications that use LyricFind to offer lyrics in their music services. The LyricFind Charts are available to all LyricFind clients through the new API released today, as well as on the company's mobile applications, LyricFind Lite and LyricFind Pro for the iPhone, iPad, and Android platforms.

Fans can now directly interact with their favorite music acts with free location-based mobile app, Flowd, which launched today across iPhone and Android smartphones.

Acts and artists looking for a deal to start the new year can be encouraged by the fact that there are always music companies out there that are actively seraching for a new project to get their teeth into.

On the surge of his successful summer single "Blue Collar Man," Johnny Jolin was approached about joining the Christian Country Music Association. Now as a member, Jolin adds to his exposure as well as reinforces the values that he shares with the organization.

It is time to embrace the unmet needs in our communities. Misinformation is the greatest obstacle to needs assessment analysis, strategic planning, development and implementation of relief and emergency assistance efforts. America's Action Plan for Community Service addresses these needs through optimization of communication networks that utilize internet, email, telephone and fax communications to reach every home through at least 5 different pathways.

December 6, 2010 ¡V King & Ballow attorneys Daniel B. Moskowitz and Patrick W. Ogilvy represented Washington, D.C.-based music production company Hard Hitterz Productions in an agreement with Funky Noble Productions, Inc., a company owned by internationally acclaimed and Grammy Award-nominated hip hop artist Redman. The agreement clears the way for "Lift It Up," a song co-written and produced by Jonathan Robinson p/k/a J-ROB, a producer signed to Hard Hitterz, to be featured on Redman's upcoming album, "Reggie" scheduled to be released by Def Jam Recordings on December 7, 2010.

The Sony/RED/MRI-distributed UrbanTone Records band is generating hits among a wide array of audiences, including among the Ganja generation. TBS have performed with acts like UB40, The Wailers and 311. There is buzz surrounding Tomorrows Bad Seeds as they shut down the 2010 Sunset Music Festival headlined by the Smashing Pumpkins.

The U.K.'s ska/punk/rock master Mister Jack must have been very, very good this year or very, very naughty depending on Santa's preferences. His Christmas video, "Santa Is Comin'" climbed the YouTube Charts of the Most Watched Video rapidly. On December 1st, the video held the number one spot, becoming the frontrunner to other celebrated artists such as Nicki Minaj with "Fly" featuring Rihanna holding the number two spot and Justin Bieber's "Latin Girl" at number five. In fact, Mister Jack even overtook fellow U.K. celeb Cher Lloyd of the X Factor, whose video had been number one on November 30th, knocking her to number four.

LyricFind, the world's leader in legal lyric solutions, announced today at SF Music Tech the launch of "Lyrics for Free," an ad-supported application that integrates millions of licensed lyrics from LyricFind's database to any website or mobile application for free. Using LyricFind's standard Web Service 2.0 APIs, there are no set-up fees, no monthly or CPM minimums, and once certain traffic levels are met, sites will be able to share in the ad revenue. LyricFind's ad network monetizes the lyrics traffic to compensate music publishers, and LyricFind ensures all tracks are properly licensed.

Michael Gaines, based in LA, and half of the songwriting team MarilynMusic, spent a couple of weeks in late November at MarilynMusic's Manhattan studio, 'The Vertical Room', writing new songs with partner Casey Conrad. They wrote and produced three new tracks: "Chinatown," "If You're Leaving," and "Don't Be Afraid," all to be released in 2011.