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September 22, 2015Stingray, a leading business-to-business multi-platform music and in-store media solutions provider, today announced that it will be granting a $5,000 Stingray Rising Star award to the winner of the Album of the Year – Hip-Hop category during the Autre Gala de l’ADISQ on October 27th. Stingray thereby reaffirms its commitment to support Quebec music talents and to contribute to increasing their national and international profiles.
“Each year, it is with enormous enthusiasm that we renew our commitment to up-and-coming Quebec talents by offering a Stingray Rising Star award during the ADISQ Gala,” said Mathieu Péloquin, senior vice-president, marketing and communications of Stingray. « Contributing to advancing the careers of local musicians is fundamental for Stingray. We are impatient to discover this year’s winner and wish the best of luck to all nominees.”
Launched in 1998, the Stingray Rising Star program sets out to discover, encourage, promote and champion new up-and-coming Canadian artists. For more information about this program: http://music.stingray.com/en_CA/risingStar
The ADISQ Happy Hour
Local music aficionado? Between October 27th and November 8th, tune in to the Franco Pop Stingray Music channel between 5 pm and 7 pm to hear tracks by this year’s ADISQ gala nominees in all categories. On November 12th, following the gala, Franco Pop will feature all ADISQ winners.
ADISQ Vibes Channel
In addition, Stingray Music will create a Vibes channel that will only broadcast tracks by nominated artists (available on the Stingray Music mobile app starting October 15th.) To find the ADISQ Vibes channel, enter “ADISQ” in the mobile app’s search bar.