"Low" to Be Featured in "Step Up 2 The Streets"; Debut Album, "MAIL ON SUNDAY," Expected February 2008
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - December 20, 2007) - Poe Boy Entertainment/Atlantic recording artist Flo Rida continues his reign over the charts this week as his hit single, "Low (Feat. T-Pain)," has yet again taken the top spot on iTunes. "Low" has been #1 at iTunes for five consecutive weeks. The track is also #1 on the SoundScan Digital Song chart, selling nearly 160,000 downloads this week. Flo Rida remains #1 on the Billboard "Hot RingMasters" chart and jumps to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In addition, "Low" is the #1 song on Napster and #2 on Rhapsody.
Flo Rida is rapidly positioning himself as one of the hottest new voices in hip-hop. The Carol City, FL native has announced plans to release his major label debut album, "MAIL ON SUNDAY," in February of 2008. The album sees Flo Rida joined not only by T-Pain but other major-league guests including Rick Ross and Trey Songz, with production from an incredible line-up including The Runners, JR Rotem, and Atlanta's DJ Montay, who produced "Low."
"Low" will be prominently featured in the upcoming motion picture "Step Up 2 The Streets," which hits theatres February 14th, as well as in its accompanying soundtrack, which will also be released by Atlantic Records.
Flo Rida has been confirmed to perform live on MTV's "Tila Tequila's New Year's Eve Masquerade 2008," which will air live from the channel's Times Square studios in New York City on December 31st. The new companion video for "Low" is blowing up at MTV, where it has already been added to rotation at MTV, MTV2, MTV Hits, and MTV Jams, as well as at Heavy Rotation at BET. MTV's "TRL" and BET's "106 & Park" have both premiered the video, in addition to other recent premieres on MTV2's "Sucker Free" and BET's "Rap City."
At Rhythmic radio, "Low" is currently ranked at #1, and at Top 40 radio, the song has had yet another massive week, jumping to #9 with a bullet. The track is currently in full-time rotation at both Pop and Rhythmic formats in every major market in the country, and countless stations are reporting that "Low" is their #1 most-requested song.
On MySpace, Flo Rida comes in at #3 on the Top Indie Artists ranking, and at YouTube, where the video for "Low" has become a dance phenomenon, his official channel has received more than 3 million views to date.
Flo Rida can currently be heard on Poe Boy labelmate Rick Ross' new single, "Street Money." Both rappers just shot the song's music video in Miami. Flo Rida was also recently featured on fellow-Floridian DJ Khaled's current album, "We The Best," on the track "B***h I'm From Dade County." In addition, Flo Rida's "Radio" will appear on EA Game's "NFL Tour 2008," which hits stores in January.
Flo Rida is also currently featured on the cover of Ozone Magazine's December issue.
For more information, visit www.officialflo.com, www.myspace.com/officialflo, www.youtube.com/officialflo, and http://florida.imeem.com.
CONTACT:
Catharine McNelly
212-707-3069
catharine.mcnelly@atlanticrecords.com
Melissa Sessoms
305-772-6825
sessomspr@gmail.com
