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Three spring album releases certified Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Gold in just one month this April, according to the music group’s newest monthly Gold & Platinum Program tally.

Syco Records band One Direction’s “Up All Night,” Mercury Nashville legendLionel Richie’s first record in five years “Tuskegee” and the Universal Republic soundtrack to film “The Hunger Games” each sold more than 500,000 copies to earn timely golden awards in April. One Direction also received their first Platinum download certification for “What Makes You Beautiful” surpassing one million downloads sold in the United States.

You can check out the entire story HERE

Source: RIAA via Broadway World

What do you think? Super cute, right? We’re also guessing that it must have taken them a LONG time to put together this video. Let us know what you think in the comments!

You can click the image to see it in its full glory. Major credit to this–blog.tumblr.com for creating this stunning visual. The path almost beckons the viewer (and, presumably Katniss) down the path, away from the forest she’s always known to a different place. That place has forests too, but those forests are stained with blood and the suffering of children.

Here’s the Maroon 5 song, for you to listen to as you observe the image:

For those of us who have listened to (and let’s face it, are obsessed with) The Hunger Games Soundtrack, Songs From District 12 and Beyond, we are now familiar with Jayme Dee.  She is a relative newcomer who has contributed her song ‘Rules’ to the album.  Thank goodness for that!  That song is absolutely amazing, and really Jayme is quite talented, so the fact that I knew so little about her made me want to find out more! The first place I started was her official website www.jaymedee.com, here you can sign up for her email list you will get a free download of her song ‘Honey’, in case you are interested, no pressure!

You can also like her Facebook page HERE were you can see her DIP from the TheCapitol.PN, she’s from District 12!

To get a little more biographical information about her you’ll want to check out this article from BMI that features Jayme from December 2011 prior to her debut album’s release.  It gives some decent background information about her, which many of us are craving.

Sometimes real life truly can be the best teacher. That’s how 19-year-old singer/songwriter Jayme Dee sees things. Although she tried her hand at formal schooling, enrolling at the University of Southern California to study music, she dropped out after just one semester in order to pursue her dreams first-hand.

“I was a vocal major, and I was taking songwriting classes and things like that,” says Dee, who was born and raised in Redondo Beach. “But there’s nothing that compares to being in the music industry. Right now I’m immersed in all sorts of things you can’t learn through text books.”

Thanks in large measure to a series of ear-catching cover songs she posted on YouTube, Dee was signed to Universal Republic within weeks of leaving USC. Since then, she’s been busy writing and recording original songs that, in her words, put a contemporary twist on old-school ideas. A variety of producers, including the Matrix production team and Toby Gad, have been helping shape the material.

“I grew up listening to Frank Sinatra and Patsy Cline and Aretha Franklin – people like that,” explains Dee, whose mother was a music teacher. “I wasn’t into top 40 music, or contemporary pop. My songwriting is contemporary as far as the lyrics go, but musically it has a retro vibe.”

With her debut album set for release in early 2012, Dee playfully says her goals include making an appearance on The Tonight Show, and having a no. 1 single. “Another dream is to collaborate with John Mayer,” she adds, with a laugh. “Seeing him in concert was one thing that inspired me to pick up the guitar.”

Mostly, however, she simply wants to continue to write songs that listeners recognize as authentic. “I find it hard to write about something that hasn’t actually happened to me,” she says. “I try to live my life as fully as I can, or else I’ll have nothing to write about. I want my music to be genuine. I’m always striving to sing about things I’m passionate about.”

You’ll want to check out the original story HERE

And finally, Jayme has recorded a live version of ‘Rules’ and you can watch a video of that right here, right now!

Does that song sound AMAZING live or what?!  Seriously, that song is so beautiful, as is her voice.  Not to mention that songs fits so perfectly on the album.  The lyrics “We went around the rules” apply to the trilogy so well!  Nightlock berries and revolution!

Here’s how to get more on Jayme Dee:

Twitter: @jaymedee123

Myspace: jaymedeemusic

YouTube: jaymedee333

Facebook: jaymedeemusic

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