Queen Pheena went on to signed a publishing deal with super producer, Polow Da Don/UNIVERSAL Music Publishing Group who was responsible for the launching of Ester Dean, Hitboy, and Keri Hilson & having hits on Usher, (Love in this Club) Fergie (London Bridges, Glamorous) Pussycat Dolls (Loosen up My Buttons)  having a joint venture with Universal Music Publishing Group introduced Queen to Ethiopia Haptameriam, Universal Music Publishing Group President, with whom she released Cassie, King of Hearts and four songs on the Nickelodeon made for TV Movie, RAGS staring Keke Palmer, Max Schneider, Drake Bell, Avian Jogia, and Nick Cannon. The film became one of Nickelodeon's highest rated original films and rated #1 on iTunes. She went on to co-write the FIFA World Cup theme song.performed by international recording artist Shakira. She also landed song titled "Time for love" on Chris Brown's X Album.  

Queen Pheena has worked with some of the  industries most incredible professionals in such as Max Martin, Timbaland, Tboz of TLC, Diplo,  Lauren Christy, Happy Perez, Rodney Jerknins, Ammo, Beluga Heights or J.R. Rottem, Clive Davis, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis,The Underdogs, Soundz/Redzone, Jimmie Iovine/interscope, DJ Whiteshadow, Fernando Garibay, Bangladesh, 19 management, Nelly, Roc Nation, Universal Motown, Da Internz, HitBoy, Vince Herbert, Diddy, Cassie, Shakira, Avila Brothers, Harold Lilly, Rob Knox, Selena Gomez, Dev, Melanie Fiona, Shakira, Kanye West, Cassie, Mary J. Blige, Jean Baptiste, Billboard, Chanel West Coast, Rihanna, Alex da kid, Keke Palmer, Big Time Rush, Nick Cannon, James Fauntleroy, 6lack, LA Reid, HitCo, Roc Nation, Interscope Records, Def Jam, Epic Records, Sony Music, Atlantic Records, and Universal Motown Records. Although Queen continues to share her songs with other artists, she is now joining the ranks of Neyo and Bruno Mars, artists who have transitioned from writing to recording and beyond. Queen Pheena’s unique sense of style, drive and exceptional experience within the music industry makes her a force to be reckoned with.

For more than 15 years, well-respected worship leader Kari Jobe has been using her gifts to lead people into the presence of God. When she began leading worship at age 13, she never imagined she would be nominated for a GRAMMY®, win a Dove Award or be praised by the New York Times. She only knew she had a heart for broken people and a deep desire to lead them to the cross.

Jobe’s third album, Majestic (Capitol CMG), reveals her lifelong passion for the Church. “Worship, for me, has always been such a rescue place in my life,” she says. “When you get down to the very bare bones of worship, it is about us being thankful for the cross and magnifying the name of Jesus above all names. Anything past that is just feel-good music.”

Fronting the West Coast buzz band A Current Affair gave Jordan’s powerful vocals some major exposure right out of high school. The band performed on the Warped Tour and other high profile gigs before dissolving. But heavy metal was never Jordan’s passion; it was just a fun experience with his friends and a way to stretch musically. As a child, Jordan had grown up with R&B artists like Sam Cooke and Earth Wind & Fire providing the soundtrack to frequent family road trips. Artists from what his father called “the good music era.” Those were the sounds and stylings that stuck in Jordan’s musical memory and by the time he was old enough to realize that his own singing voice was a gift, it was those early groove-funk-soul singers that had shaped his personal aesthetic. If he was going to make records, those were the kind of influences he wanted to draw from. Which brings us back to that Nashville record deal he signed with Centricity Music.

Jordan Feliz’s first full-length project, The River, reinterprets the rich influence of 70’s sensibilities in a modern pop context. Intentionally constructing uncluttered tracks free of production tricks and excessive instrumentation, Jordan instead focused on arrangements that were designed to give his fine-grit-sandpapery-smooth vocals center stage. The eleven songs on The River are soul-influenced pop numbers, but the instruments present are precise and articulate in their voicings and melodies, saying only as much as they need to and no more.

Tag-team produced by Colby Wedgeworth (Lincoln Brewster, The Main, Lydia) and Josh Silverberg (Newsboys, Jon Foreman, Plumb), The River is packed with radio-friendly pop melodies that manage to hit those marks without compromising Jordan’s unique musical personality. The best example of his singular vision is the record’s powerhouse title track and first single, The River, which has already spent ten weeks on the radio charts at #1. While it sounds like a pulse-quickening mega-hit from the first listen—instantly singable and repeatedly listenable—The River actually rides on a deep current of soul-driven funk influence that serves to set it apart from other contemporary radio fare.

“I’m a big melody guy,” Jordan admits, “and musically The River is my own personal happy place. It’s a great driving groove that just feels good to sing. The song itself is an invitation to anyone who hears it—whether they’re stuck in pride and legalism or wallowing down in the mess they’ve made of their lives—it’s an invitation to take whatever we have and to run to Jesus. It’s an invitation to go down in amazing grace and to rise up being made new.”

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