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March 29, 2007
Audi Announces 2008 R8 U.S. Pricing : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: The all-new 2008 Audi R8 will start at $109,000 when it launches this fall.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Audi of America, LLC has announced that pricing for the all-new 2008 R8 sports car. The R8 with a six- speed manual transmission will have a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $109,000 when it launches this fall in the United States. Models equipped with the six-speed R tronic automatic gearbox will start at $118,000. |GlobalGiants.com|
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Denmark: Prince Christian's First Day of School : GlobalGiants.com
Fredensborg, Denmark - Little Prince Christian arrives for his first day at public pre-school daycare. Prince Christian is the son of Crown Prince Frederik and second-in-line to the Danish throne. (ZUMA Press) |GlobalGiants.com|
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Virgin Records: Joss Stone Launches British Invasion of America : GlobalGiants.com
Introducing Joss Stone Debuts at Number 2 on Billboard Album Chart and Goes Top 10 in More Than 15 Countries.
British Soul Star's Introducing Joss Stone Is the Highest Chart Debut Ever for a Female British Artist in the SoundScan Era.
Photo: Joss Stone Debuts at # 2 on Billboard Charts. (Photo: Virgin Records, Paul Conroy)
NEW YORK -- With her album's Number 2 debut on Billboard's Top 200 Album chart this week, soul singer and songwriter Joss Stone leads a bona fide British chart invasion by female artists that includes KT Tunstall, Corinne Bailey Rae, Lily Allen, and Amy Winehouse. Introducing Joss Stone, the Grammy-winning star's third album, sold 118,000 copies in its first week, and is not only a personal best for Stone, but the highest-ever chart debut by a female artist from the U.K. since Billboard began deriving chart information from Nielsen SoundScan data in 1992. Worldwide, the album has gone Top 10 in more than 15 countries.
Introducing Joss Stone, which features special guests Common and Lauryn Hill, has received glowing reviews since its release by Virgin Records on March 20th.
Introducing Joss Stone was produced largely by Stone's main musical collaborator, Raphael Saadiq (The Roots, Macy Gray) and features lyrics written or co-written by Stone herself. "It's the first album that is truly me," the 19-year-old Devon, England, native says. "These are my words, and this is who I am as an artist." |GlobalGiants.com|
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Scholastic Releases Both Front and Back Covers of Highly Anticipated 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' : GlobalGiants.com
NEW YORK -- Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company has released both the front and back covers of the highly anticipated "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," J.K. Rowling's seventh and final Harry Potter book due in stores on July 21st at 12:01 a.m. Once again, the cover art was created by Mary GrandPre, the illustrator of all six previous U.S. editions of the Harry Potter books. |GlobalGiants.com|
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