{"id":6406,"date":"2017-01-26T07:31:07","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T07:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/01\/26\/nickelback-signs-with-bmg\/"},"modified":"2017-01-26T07:31:07","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T07:31:07","slug":"nickelback-signs-with-bmg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2017\/01\/26\/nickelback-signs-with-bmg\/","title":{"rendered":"Nickelback signs with BMG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bmg.com\/dam\/jcr:872bab9c-d265-4c78-9529-273f8296f8c0\/Nickelback_2017-320.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"216\" height=\"216\" \/><br \/>BMG has announced it has signed a worldwide recording agreement with chart-topping, multi-platinum rock band Nickelback. Currently in the studio, the band are working on material for their new full-length album to be released via BMG and are planning a major announcement slated for February 1.  <!--more-->  Since forming in Alberta, Canada in 1995, globally celebrated, Grammy-nominated rock band Nickelback have cemented themselves as one of the most commercially viable and important acts of the past two decades. Nickelback\u2019s success includes worldwide sales of more than 50 million units, solidifying their status as the \u201celeventh best-selling music act\u201d and second best-selling foreign act in the U.S. of the 21st century\u2014behind only The Beatles.<\/p>\n<p>BMG US President, Repertoire and Marketing, Zach Katz, said, &#8220;We are thrilled to welcome the legendary Nickelback to BMG. For us, the opportunity to work side by side with a band of their caliber, with an exceptional body of work reaching the highest levels of global success, truly speaks for itself. We are excited to let the world experience their extraordinary new music soon.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Nickelback adds, \u201cWe are honored to partner with the global BMG team and look forward to releasing new music for our fans. Sharing our vision and passion with such a dedicated team while being surrounded by some of the greatest music artists of all time is very humbling and we couldn\u2019t be more excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nickelback\u2019s inescapable and irresistible smash \u2018How You Remind Me\u2019 was named Billboard\u2019s \u2018Top Rock Song of the Decade\u2019 and was No. 4 on the Top 10 songs of the 2000s list.\u00a0 Amongst all of these accolades, they\u2019ve also been named Billboard\u2019s \u201cTop Rock Group of the Decade.\u201d\u00a0 Along the way, they have received a staggering nine Grammy Award nominations, three American Music Awards, a World Music Award, a People\u2019s Choice Award, 12 JUNO Awards, seven MuchMusic Video Awards and have been inducted into Canada\u2019s Walk of Fame (2007).\u00a0 With more than 23 chart-topping singles and fans spanning the globe, Nickelback boast twelve consecutive sold-out international tours, playing to more than eight million fans. Nickelback are Chad Kroeger (Lead Vocals, Guitars), Ryan Peake (Guitars, Backing Vocals), Mike Kroeger (Bass) and Daniel Adair (Drums, Backing Vocals).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: BMG<br \/>Image credit:\u00a0 Richard Beland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMG has announced it has signed a worldwide recording agreement with chart-topping, multi-platinum rock band&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}