NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM announced
today it has joined with global music superstar Pitbull to create a
channel featuring music by the international pop star as well as
his personal musical
selections.
The channel will be curated and presented by the pop star and
entrepreneur and will feature music from across multiple genres
exclusively for SiriusXM listeners. The channel will be
anchored by a weekly show hosted by Pitbull. The new channel
will be infused with Pitbull's music - from his early days in
Miami through his meteoric rise to
international fame and his current hits. In addition, the
artist will share music by fellow musicians.
Pitbull's channel is scheduled to debut in early 2015.
"We are thrilled to team up with Pitbull in the creation of this
exciting new music channel that will reach his massive
audience. Pitbull is truly 'Mr. Worldwide,' and his music and
collaborations have drawn legions of fans who will now have access
to a full-time channel that he is creating especially for them,"
said Scott Greenstein, President and
Chief Content Officer, SiriusXM. "Pitbull will bring the
excitement and energy of his live appearances to the channel, only
on SiriusXM."
"First of all, I want to thank SiriusXM for the opportunity to
touch my fans in a more personal way," said Pitbull (Armando Christian Perez). "I will also get a
chance to play all the music that I love and grew up listening -
most of all, we are going to have a lot of fun in the process – so,
preparense [get ready] y daleeeeee."
Armando Christian Perez aka
Pitbull is a musician, performer, entrepreneur, and actor with
career sales in excess of 5 million albums and over 60 million
singles worldwide. Pitbull has had #1 hits in more than 15
countries, his videos have over 5 billion views and his social
reach exceeds 78 million followers. His latest album, Global
Warming: Meltdown features the hit singles "Feel This Moment" with
Christina Aguilera, "Don't Stop The
Party," "Back In Time" and his second #1 hit on the Billboard Hot
100 chart "Timber" featuring Ke$ha. Pitbull's world tours
have sold out concerts in North and South
America, Europe, and the
Far East. Recently, Pitbull performed the official anthem "We
Are One (Ole Ola)" with Jennifer
Lopez and Claudia Leitte at
the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. A burgeoning entrepreneur,
Pitbull has his own line of premium vodkas (Voli); partnerships
with Playboy Enterprises and Sheets, the dissolvable energy strip;
and, premier fragrances for men and women. He recently
confirmed a fall co-headline U.S./Canada arena tour with Enrique Iglesias.
Pitbull's channel is an example of SiriusXM channels created
with iconic and prominent artists, including Bruce Springsteen's E Street Radio, Jimmy Buffett's Radio Margaritaville,
Willie Nelson's Roadhouse, The Pink
Floyd Channel, B.B, King's Bluesville, Elvis Radio, Siriusly
Sinatra, Ozzy Osbourne's Ozzy's
Boneyard, Pearl Jam Radio, Eminem's Shade 45, Tiesto's Club Life
Radio and Neil Diamond Radio.
For more information, please visit www.pitbullmusic.com and
www.siriusxm.com.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the world's largest
radio broadcaster measured by revenue and has more than 26.3
million subscribers. SiriusXM creates and broadcasts
commercial-free music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy;
news; exclusive talk and entertainment; and the most comprehensive
Latin music, sports and talk programming in radio. SiriusXM is
available in vehicles from every major car company in the U.S. and
from retailers nationwide as well as at shop.siriusxm.com. SiriusXM
programming is available through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App
for smartphones and other connected devices as well as online at
siriusxm.com. SiriusXM also provides premium traffic, weather, data
and information services for subscribers in cars, trucks, RVs,
boats and aircraft through SiriusXM Traffic™, SiriusXM Travel Link,
NavTraffic®, NavWeather™, SiriusXM Aviation, SiriusXM Marine™,
Sirius Marine Weather, XMWX
Aviation™, and XMWX Marine™. SiriusXM holds a minority
interest in SiriusXM Canada which has more than 2 million
subscribers.
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