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Nettwerk sends a big congratulations to management client fun. for taking home the awards for "Best New Artist" and "Song Of The Year" at last night's 55th Annual Grammy Awards.  Early in the evening, the band (who were nominated for six awards total) took to the stage for a live performance of their latest single, "Carry On."

fun.--Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost and Jack Anatonoff--released their acclaimed debut album, Aim and Ignite, in 2009 via Nettwerk Records, and broke out in early 2012 with their smash single “We Are Young feat. Janelle Monae” from sophomore album Some Nights (Fueled by Ramen). The single has gone on to sell nearly 11 million digital copies worldwide and boasts more than 160 million YouTube views, while the album has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide. 

The band recently announced a summer tour with special guests Tegan & Sara starting July 6. Click here for tour dates. 

Nettwerk Music Group is excited to share that iTunes has named three of its artists in their “Best of 2012” round-ups in various territories around the globe: fun., Passenger and Wanting.

Nettwerk Management client fun. claims “Best Song of 2012” on the U.S. iTunes store for their smash single “We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe).” The track has sold nearly 6 million copies, with the video boasting more than 157 million YouTube views. The trio, who released their debut album Aim And Ignite on Nettwerk Records in 2009, recently received six GRAMMY nominations for their breakthrough album, Some Nights (Fueled By Ramen). Some Nights is also iTunes Canada's "Best Pop Album of 2012." Watch “We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe)” here: http://bit.ly/rKUQ1f.

Passenger, one of the latest additions to Nettwerk’s label roster, grabs the “Best Singer/Songwriter Album of 2012” in the UK iTunes store for his latest album, All The Little Lights. The UK-born troubadour (real name Mike Rosenberg) has spent the last year playing sold-out headline gigs around the globe, as well as opening for Ed Sheeran in North America and the UK. His break-out single “Let Her Go” has over 4 million YouTube views and continues to see track sales upwards of 2,000 copies a week. In the U.S., All The Little Lights is in its 15th straight week on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. Additionally, the iTunes U.S. store chose All The Little Lights for inclusion in their current 2012 Chart Toppers sale, while iTunes Canada chose to feature the album in their yearly competitive “Boxing Week” sale. Watch “Let Her Go” here: http://bit.ly/Op4Qxw.

Lastly, Netttwerk management, label and publishing client Wanting takes “Best Album of 2012” honors in four different iTunes territories: Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan. The Chinese-born, Vancouver-based singer/songwriter (who sings in both English and Mandarin) released her debut album Everything In The World earlier this year. The album went Platinum in China in its first week, and today is Triple Platinum in China, Double Platinum in Hong Kong and Platinum in Malaysia. Last week, Wanting received 10 Chinese Music Chart Award nominations, including "Album of the Year," "Most Popular New Artist of the Year," and "Best Singer/Songwriter of the Year." She has achieved more than 10 million combined views on YouTube, 8 million combined views on Chinese YouTube (YouKu) and has more than 600,000 followers on Chinese Twitter (Weibo). She has also been featured in a slew of North American press, from CBC’s The Q with Jian Ghomeshi, The Atlantic, Billboard.biz and CBC’s The National, to major Chinese-language media like Sinovision, World Journal, Sing Tao and Epoch Times. Watch the video for “You Exist In My Song” (featured in the Chinese cult film Love In The Buff) here: http://bit.ly/No6PT8.

Stay tuned for more exciting news from these and other Nettwerk artists in the new year!

Congratulations to Nettwerk Management artist fun. on their six Grammy® nominations - Best New Artist, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Pop Vocal, Record Of The Year and Best Pop Duo/Group - for their sophomore album Some Nights (Fueled By Ramen). The break-out album is the follow up to their 2009 debut Aim & Ignite out on Nettwerk Records. Fun. is the only act to land in all four top categories.

Performing at Grammy Nominations Concert Live!, the band was on-hand when the 2013 nominations were announced. Speaking with Rolling Stone backstage, guitarist Jack Antonoff sums it up, "People have said a lot of stuff to us this year about a lot of crazy things – some of them have happened, some of them haven't. We just put all the stock into the show; that's the only thing we've ever been able to count on as a band, is getting up there and playing for people and having control over what we do, so these things that we have no control over, we try not to think about them, and if they do happen, like tonight, it feels that much better because we didn't plan in any way."

Also up for the Best Long Form Video nomination is Big Easy Express, featuring Old Crow Medicine Show.

The 55th annual Grammy Awards will be held on February 10, 2013 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA.

 
“…if you liked previous singles ‘Some Nights’ and, of course, ‘We Are Young,’ you should feel right at home here. Set the night on fire, boys.” -- Spin.com

“Still, the message is clear: fun will carry you through the hard times.” -- RollingStone.com

In case you missed it, fun. premiered their new video for "Carry On" on EW.com earlier this week. Check it out above.  The band will make their debut Saturday Night Live appearance on November 3, alongside host Louis CK! 

fun. continues to own 2012 with the announcement of two 2012 MTV Video Music Awards nominations. The band scored a prestigious “Best New Artist” nod, while their record-breaking #1 hit, “We Are Young (Feat. Janelle Monáe),” was named in the “Best Pop Video” category. Fans are invited to vote for fun. at www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2012/categories.jhtml. The 2012 MTV Music Awards will be presented live on MTV on Thursday, September 6th at 8:00 pm/7:00c (check local listings).

Meanwhile, “Some Nights,” the title track of the band’s breakthrough Fueled By Ramen debut, is shaping up as yet another historic smash. The track has just followed the #1 success of “We Are Young” by topping the airplay charts at Alternative radio outlets nationwide, placing fun. alongside Green Day and Alanis Morissette as the only three acts in chart history to score consecutive #1s at the format with their first pair of singles. This week, the song surpassed the one million mark in sales.

fun. will have little time to rest on their laurels as their very busy summer schedule marches on. The jam-packed program includes both sold out headline shows, eagerly awaited performances, and a broad variety of high profile TV appearances. The latter itinerary will kick off with a monumental live set at the concert event of the summer, “StePhest Colbchella ‘012: Rocktaugustfest.” The multi-artist spectacular will be taped on New York City’s Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on Friday, August 10th, with fun.’s performance and interview set to begin a special weeklong series of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report on Monday, August 13th at 11:30 pm ET/PT.

Last night, MTV premiered the eagerly awaited new video from fun. for their latest single and album title track "Some Nights." Watch the epic video above and check out the post on MTV's "Buzzworthy Blog" here: http://on.mtv.com/JPYGd3.

And in case you missed it, fun. blew away the star-studded audience at the MTV Movie Awards this past Sunday night with a live performance of their hit single "We Are Young," featuring a special appearance by Janelle Monae. Watch it below.

fun. has announced details of their very busy summer schedule, including sold out headline shows, high profile TV appearances, and the arrival of a new single/video from their breakthrough album, Some Nights.

The jam-packed itinerary gets underway this weekend when fun. teams with Janelle Monáe for a much-anticipated live performance of their record-breaking #1 hit, “We Are Young (Feat. Janelle Monáe),” at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards, slated for Sunday, June 3rd at 9 pm ET/PT (check local listings).

Monday, June 4th will see fun. visiting ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! for an eagerly awaited performance on the show’s famed Outdoor Stage. That same day will also see the band partnering with AOL for a free concert at Los Angeles’ House of Blues Sunset celebrating “Signature Sounds,” an original video series and traveling music program hosted on AOL Music and AOL On. Tickets to the show will be available via an exclusive RSVP page, located at http://music.aol.com/signature-sounds/.

Monday will also see the long-awaited debut of the epic companion video to fun’s new single, “Some Nights.” The clip – directed by Anthony Mandler (Jay-Z, Rihanna, Drake, The Killers) – will have its world premiere exclusively on MTV and on www.mtv.com at 3:55 pm ET. In the meantime, fun. fans can get an early taste of the “Some Nights” video via a special teaser, streaming now.  To watch the video, see above.

In case you missed it, Nettwerk-management client fun. made their Late Show With David Letterman debut, performing their hit single "We Are Young."  Check it out above. 

fun. has achieved yet another milestone with their #1 breakthrough hit, “We Are Young (Feat. Janelle Monáe).” The single has just been confirmed as the top-selling track of 2012 thus far and is nearing 3 million in sales.

“We Are Young” – which can also be found on the band’s smash Fueled By Ramen debut album, Some Nights – continues to own the #1 spot on Billboard’s “Hot 100,” where it remains for the fifth consecutive week. What’s more, the track spent six weeks atop the “Top Digital Songs” chart while also dominating Billboard’s new “Top On-Demand Songs” chart. “We Are Young” is now in its fourth week atop the recently launched chart, which measures on-demand play requests and plays from unlimited listener-controlled radio channels.

As if that weren’t enough, “We Are Young” is the number one song in audience at both Modern Rock radio and Mainstream Top 40 radio. A multi-format radio sensation, the track is currently #2 on the “Top Rock Songs” ranking, as well as #4 on the “Top Pop Songs” chart.

fun. – who recently adorned the cover of Billboard – will celebrate the blockbuster success of “We Are Young” with an eagerly awaited performance on CBS’ Late Show with David Letterman, slated for April 23rd (check local listings). The appearance follows recent visits to TBS’ Conan and VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live.

The NYC-based band is currently in the midst of a major headline tour, with most dates already long sold out. The trek – which includes a sold-out headline date at the famed Barfly in London on May 14th – will culminate with a pair of instant hometown sell-outs at New York City’s Terminal 5 on June 16th and 17th. For full details and ticket availability, please see http://ournameisfun.com/tour.

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Artists from across the Nettwerk Music Group family are in Austin for SXSW this week. Check out which artists from our label, management and publishing rosters will be attending and their schedules below.  We also put together special SXSW playlists on Spotify and Rdio featuring tracks from some of these artists. Check them out!

Nettwerk @ SXSW on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/ysFR6P

Nettwerk @ SXSW on Rdio: http://bit.ly/yIaycw

Hope to see you in Austin!  (Aritsts and schedules after the jump.)