Music

The American Music Awards (AMAs) and The Coca-Cola Company, together with dick clark communications (DCC) and The CMJ Network (CMJ), launched "The American Music Awards presents the Coca-Cola New Music Award" competition.

CARMEN--the soundtrack to the music network's groundbreaking "first hip-hop musical"--is a modern retelling of Georges Bizet's 19th century opera "Carmen" incorporating contemporary urban music penned largely by Kip Collins and Sekani Williams.

DMX Music announced the first annual Latin DMX MUSIC Awards Show, where music fans can win prizes, while positively impacting the careers of their favorite artists by voting online to determine award winners.

For much of Mexico, Cinco de Mayo marks the victory of the Mexican Army over French forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. And for MP3.com, Inc.

Close to 30 million American adults have downloaded music files over the Internet and it has been one of the fastest growing Internet activities in the past half-year, especially among men.

Performing rights organization BMI presented its 8th Annual Latin Awards with top honors going to "Morir De Amor," songwriters Robert Dee Blades, Jose de Jesus Navarro and Kike Santander, and publisher Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc.

Latin sensation Son By Four, nominated in seven categories, has been added to the list of performers set to take the stage for the "Heineken en Vivo" Presents Billboard Latin Music Awards Show at Miami Beach's Jackie Gleason Theater of Performing Arts on April 26.