StarAfrica Sounds: What if You Were the New Star?

StarAfrica Sounds: What if You Were the New Star?

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --





Orange launches in Africa, on StarAfrica.com, the 2nd edition of the music


contest in partnership with Deezer and Zimbalam



In order to promote new African music talent, StarAfrica.com launches the second
edition of the StarAfrica Sounds music contest, in partnership with Deezer and Zimbalam.



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Open to all, the contest aims to give maximum visibility to artists coming from the
African continent, notably through the distribution of their songs on the main streaming
and downloading streaming platforms.



The first stage will be held between April 2013, 15th and May 2013, 31st: the
candidates (singers, groups, artists, musicians...) will have the opportunity to register
on StarAfrica.com, proposing an original song, representative of their musical universe.
This song will then be online on StarAfrica.com, available for everyone to enjoy.



The second phase, from May 31st to July 1st, will let the public vote on
StarAfrica.com and support their favorite candidates. The 5 candidates who will have
collected the highest number of votes will then be selected for the final.



In a third and final stage, a jury composed of music professionals will designate the
overall winner from the five finalists. His identity will be revealed in exclusivity on
StarAfrica.com on July 2013, 8th.



The StarAfrica Sounds contest will allow the finalists to have their songs on Deezer
Africa and North Africa, and distributed on the main digital platforms thanks to Zimbalam.
Moreover, many prizes are to be won:




- 1st prize : an highlighting on StarAfrica.com and Deezer Africa and North
Africa, a contact with the prestigious African music label Musiki, a Deezer for
Artists certified account, a one year free access to Deezer Premium + and 3 album
accounts on zimbalam.com
- 2nd to 5th prizes : a Deezer for Artists certified account, a one year free
access to Deezer Premium + and 3 album accounts on zimbalam.com


The StarAfrica Sounds previous edition had been marked by the participation of more
than 60 artists, coming from 19 countries, and the final victory of Kutchala Sutchi with
his song "Gomanan".



Deezer, the global music subscription service, recently launched in Africa bringing
people access to over 20 million songs on any device with just one subscription.



Deezer's mantra is music discovery, helping fans rediscover the joy of finding and
sharing fantastic new music. Deezer's partnership with StarAfrica.com will offer artists
an exciting platform to reach new audiences around the world.



Thanks to the partnership with Zimbalam, the finalists will have the possibility to
sell their music on the streaming and downloading platforms all over the world, receiving
90% of the generated royalties, without exclusivity or time commitment: they remain
independent, free and owner of their music.



Find out all the details about the 2013 edition on:



http://en.starafrica.com/music/starafrica-sounds-2013



About StarAfrica.com



StarAfrica.com, the Orange Entertainment portal in Africa, aggregates content from all
the countries.



With more than 1 million visitors in January 2013**, available in French, English and
Arabic, StarAfrica.com is among the African youth top portals, especially with its
flagship channels: football, music and education. StarAfrica.com offers 7 thematic
channels: news, music, football, sport, education, jobs and the diaspora shop.



Find out more on StarAfrica.com on the internet:



en.StarAfrica.com [http://www.starafrica.com ]



Facebook: StarAfrica [https://www.facebook.com/starafrica ]



Twitter: star_africa [https://twitter.com/star_africa ]



**source Nielsen January 2013



About Deezer



Deezer delivers an exciting, broad and truly global music experience to more than 26
million music fans across over 182 countries. With 3 million subscribers, more than 1
million Facebook fans and more than 100 million shareable playlists, Deezer allows fans to
enjoy music unconstrained by any of the barriers of the past, providing unlimited access
to a catalogue of 20 million tracks, instantly available on any device - smartphone,
laptop, tablet, home speakers, car, or work PC.



Deezer's mantra is music discovery, helping fans rediscover the joy of finding and
sharing fantastic new music through specially selected editorial recommendations for every
single market in which it is present. With an international partnership with Facebook and
strategic telecoms partnerships with Orange, Everything Everywhere and Telenor, amongst
many others, Deezer is committed to bringing music to new audiences worldwide.



http://www.deezer.com



About Zimbalam



Zimbalam, founded by Believe Digital in 2009, is the first European digital music
distributor, dedicated to independent and self-produced artists. The vocation of Zimbalam
is to release talents, pay creation and promote the musical diversity. Zimbalam allows any
artist to make his music available on the main streaming and downloading platforms
worldwide, then remit him 90% of the generated royalties, without any exclusivity or time
commitment: the artist remains independent.



Available all over the world since 2012, Zimbalam has already seduced more than 80 000
artists.



http://www.zimbalam.com






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CONTACT: Mylène Blin, mylene.blin@orange.com, +33-1-44-44-93-93 ; Press contact: Juliette Charlot (juliette.charlot@believedigital.com)


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