November 2007
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>A Banner Year For ole Synchs In 2007

With the recent song placements of John Lee Hooker's "I Want To Hug You," in a six-week national Sears Canada ad campaign; Cadence Grace's "High" in the popular MTV series The Hills and several Derek Brin compositions airing through the 13-episode season of ...
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>It's a Willie Mack Road Hammer Kind of Christmas

ole songwriter Willie Mack wants to be your Santa Claus.

So does chief Road Hammer Jason McCoy.

The Open Road Recordings artists are building a friendly rivalry in "I Wanna Be Your Santa Claus," a song where both Willie and Jason are ...
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>'I'm Already There' Lands On Chart-Topping U.K. Album

There's no stopping Irish pop group Westlife. After selling 36 million albums and registering 14 No. 1 hit singles, Westlife's latest album Back Home has debuted at No. 1 on the UK charts. The new album features a cover of the ole catalogue staple ...
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>ole Cracks Country Top 10 With Shane Yellowbird

The Shane Yellowbird hit "I Remember The Music," co-written by ole's Wade Kirby, has broken the Top 10 on Radio & Records' Canadian Country Chart after only six weeks on radio. ...
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>ole Lands Prestigious Anne Murray Cut

Anne Murray wasn't intending ever record a new album again, but long time manager Bruce Allen and EMI Canada convinced her to give it one more shot with Duets: Friends & Legends.

An album that sports duets ...
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>ole/Sound Of Pop's Cadence Grace Echoes Throughout The Hills

Cadence Grace has done it again! The ole/Sound Of Pop artist has landed another sync -- this time on MTV's popular reality show The Hills with her song "High."

"High" is just the latest of ...
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>Meet ole's Yun Wu: Senior Accountant/Analyst

ole isn't the first taste of the music business for Yun, our Senior Accountant and Analyst.

Wu served as a staff accountant for three years with Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Rounder ...
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ole/Bucks Music Group Graduates With Exclusive Canadian Kanye West Cut

Bucks Music Group - which is exclusively sub-published in Canada by ole -- is enjoying a lot of chart ...
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> FOCUS SONGS
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SELECTS
"U Boy"
  - Ben Dunk / Shawn Desman / Max Preece
(Pop, Female, Uptempo, Club, Fun)


"Two Forevers"
  Female Version
  Male Version
- Gilles Godard / Nick Carter / Andrew Fromm / Nicole Witt
(Country/Pop, Ballad, Romantic)


"Just The Way You Are"
  - Alex Tsisserev / Robbie Patterson / Kuya
(R&B, Female, Midtempo, Love)


PICTURE THE MUSIC
"After Tonight"
  - Justin Nozuka
(Indie, Acoustic, Soulful)


"Infected"
  - Rides Again
(Rock, Driving, Angry)


"Clubjumpin’"
  - Che’Nelle
(Urban, Reggaeton, Dance)


VIDEOS

"Wonder Why"
Rides Again



"Gonna Get Me A Cadillac"
Willie Mack



"Life We Live"
Let’s Go To War



"Flirtin’ With Me"
Jason Blaine



"After Tonight"
Justin Nozuka


> NEW RELEASES


Westlife
Back Home (SonyBMG)
"I’m Already There"


Anne Murray
Duets: Friends & Legends (EMI)
"Another Pot O’ Tea"


Kanye West
Graduation (Roc-A-Fella / Universal)
"Drunk And Hot Girls"
*Canada only


Faith Hill
The Hits (Warner Bros.)
"The Way You Love Me"


Justin Nozuka
Holly (Coalition Ent.)
"After Tonight"


Che’Nelle
Things Happen For A Reason (EMI)
"Club Jumpin’"


Loverboy
Just Getting Started (RockSTAR)
"Real Thing"


Rides Again
Into Existence (Put It On Records / Last Gang)


Joe Bonamassa
Sloe Gin (Premier Artists)
"Dirt In My Pocket"



> NOW SHOWING

Watch for:

"I Want To Hug You"
John Lee Hooker
"Sears"

"High"
"Cadence Grace"
"The Hills"


"Love & Truth"
Mother Mother
"Men In Trees"


"Various songs"
Derek Brin
"da Kink In My Hair"


"I’m A Road Hammer"
Casanova Trucka Man
"The Road Hammers II"


"Stain Of You"
Brandon Jones
"Degrassi: The Next Generation"

"Take Charge"
Keely Pressly
"Degrassi: The Next Generation"


"Amersham Road"
The Race
"Whistler"

"Find Out"
The Race
"Whistler"


"Live Tonight"
Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra
"Just Buried"


"Superclever"
Kinnie Starr
"Exes And Ohs"


SINGLES CHARTS (week ending November 24, 2007)
TW
LW
WKS
ARTIST/SONG/LABEL CHART
95 97 2 Shane Yellowbird /I Remember The Music /306 RECORDS Billboard Canadian Hot 100 Singles
16 12 27 Beyonce & Shakira /Beautiful Liar /SONY BMG Canadian Top 20 Singles (Sales)
48 52 - Shane Yellowbird /I Remember The Music /306 RECORDS Canadian Hits Charts (Airplay) Top 100 Singles
89 NEW - Doc Walker /That Train /OPEN ROAD Canadian Hits Charts (Airplay) Top 100 Singles
8 11 6 Shane Yellowbird /I Remember The Music /306 RECORDS Canadian Country National Airplay
21 32 3 Doc Walker /That Train /OPEN ROAD Canadian Country National Airplay
36 43 4 Willie Mack/Don't Waste Your Pretty /OPEN ROAD Canadian Country National Airplay
50 44 20 Doc Walker /What Do You See /OPEN ROAD Canadian Country National Airplay
69 - - Doc Walker /That Train /OPEN ROAD Canadian Country Most Increased Plays
14 - - Eva Avila /I Owe It All To You /SONY BMG Canada CHR/Mainstream Recurrent Airplay
4 - - James Blunt /You're Beautiful /WARNER Canadian AC Recurrent Airplay
DOMESTIC ALBUM CHARTS (week ending November 24, 2007)
TW
LW
WKS
ARTIST/ALBUM/SONG(s)/LABEL CHART
123  101 6 Faith Hill/Hits/The Way You Love Me /WARNER Billboard: 200
134  118 52 Akon/Konvicted/Once In A While /UNIVERSAL Billboard: 200
160 179 24 Jason Aldean/Relentless/I Break Everything I Touch/BROKEN BOW Billboard: 200
170 159 7 Craig Morgan/Little Bit Of Life/The Ballad of Mr. Jenkins /BROKEN BOW RECORDS Billboard: 200
190 193 38 Jason Michael Carroll/Waiting In The Country/Looking At You /ARISTA NASHVILLE Billboard: 200
140  106 6 Faith Hill/Hits/The Way You Love Me /WARNER Billboard: Comprehensive Albums
147 133 171 Tim McGraw/Greatest Hits/Something Like That/EMI Billboard: Comprehensive Albums
157 129 52 Akon/Konvicted/Once In A While /UNIVERSAL Billboard: Comprehensive Albums
189 Re-Entry 23 Jason Aldean/Relentless/I Break Everything I Touch/BROKEN BOW Billboard: Comprehensive Albums
20 19 24 Jason Aldean/Relentless/I Break Everything I Touch/BROKEN BOW Billboard: Top Independent Albums
22 15 42 Craig Morgan/Little Bit Of Life/The Ballad of Mr. Jenkins /BROKEN BOW RECORDS Billboard: Top Independent Albums
19 13 360 Tim McGraw/Greatest Hits/Something Like That/EMI Billboard: Top Pop Catalog
47 44 52 Akon/Konvicted/Once In A While /UNIVERSAL Billboard: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
28  19 6 Faith Hill/Hits/The Way You Love Me /WARNER Billboard: Top Country Albums
34 34 24 Jason Aldean/Relentless/I Break Everything I Touch/BROKEN BOW Billboard: Top Country Albums
36 29 54 Craig Morgan/Little Bit Of Life/The Ballad of Mr. Jenkins /BROKEN BOW RECORDS Billboard: Top Country Albums
39 36 40 Jason Michael Carroll/Waiting In The Country/Looking At You /ARISTA NASHVILLE Billboard: Top Country Albums
48 40 28 Blake Shelton/Pure BS/What I Wouldn't Give /WARNER Billboard: Top Country Albums
62 53 65 Trace Adkins/Dangerous Man/High/CAPITOL Billboard: Top Country Albums
4 1 364 Tim McGraw/Greatest Hits/Something Like That/EMI Billboard: Top Country Catalog Albums
25 25 284 Martina McBride /Greatest Hits/I Love You, Where Would You Be /SONY Billboard: Top Country Catalog Albums
48 46 9 Joe Bonamassa/Sloe Gin/Dirt In My Pocket /INDEPENDENT Billboard: Top Heat Seekers
2 1 12 Joe Bonamassa/Sloe Gin/Dirt In My Pocket /INDEPENDENT Billboard: Top Blues Albums
NEW 0 Westlife/Back Home/I'm Already There /RCA Billboard: European Top 100 Albums
23  21 9 Kanye West/Graduation/Drunk And Hot Girls /UNIVERSAL Top Selling Albums in Canada
302 26 109 James Blunt/Back To Bedlam/
You're Beautiful /WARNER
Top Selling Alternative Albums in Canada
17 10 6 Faith Hill/Hits/The Way You Love Me /WARNER Top Selling Country Albums in Canada
41 29 52 Various/Country Hits 2007-Best of New Country/I Am Ready /UNIVERSAL Top Selling Country Albums in Canada
5 3 9 Kanye West/Graduation/Drunk And Hot Girls /UNIVERSAL Top Selling R&B Albums In Canada
12 10 52 Akon/Konvicted/Once In A While /UNIVERSAL Top Selling R&B Albums In Canada
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM CHARTS (week ending November 24, 2007)
TW
LW
WKS
ARTIST/ALBUM/SONG(s)/LABEL CHART
47  NEW 1 Westlife/Back Home/I'm Already There /RCA ARIA (Australia) Top 50 Albums
14  12 52 Akon/Konvicted/Once In A While /UNIVERSAL ARIA (Australia) Top 40 Urban Albums
3 1 2 Westlife/Back Home/I'm Already There /RCA IRMA (Ireland) Top 100 Individual Artist Albums
92 65 51 Akon/Konvicted/Once In A While /UNIVERSAL IRMA (Ireland) Top 100 Individual Artist Albums
189 181 - Akon/Konvicted/Once In A While /UNIVERSAL IFOP (France) Top 200 Albums
19  NEW 1 Westlife/Back Home/I'm Already There /RCA Official Swiss Charts Top 100 Albums
3 1 2 Westlife/Back Home/I'm Already There /RCA Official UK Charts Co. Top 100 Albums
20 16 - Akon/Konvicted/Once In A While /UNIVERSAL Official UK Charts Co. Top 40 R&B Albums
13 NEW 1 Westlife/Back Home/I'm Already There /RCA RIANZ (New Zealand) Top 40 Albums
 
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