Nickelodeon says Aloe Blacc and American Authors are confirmed to perform on the 27th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards on March 29, 2014. The annual celebrity-filled slime-fest will be hosted by Mark Wahlberg – soon to be seen taking over as the star of the Transformers franchise – and celebrates celebrities in 22 different categories including Favorite Female Buttkicker, Favorite Funny Star, and Most Enthusiastic Athlete. Voting is open now at Nick.com.
– Complete list of this year’s nominees
Aloe Blacc will perform a medley of his hits including “Wake Me Up” and “The Man” and American Authors will perform “Best Day of My Life.”
“We’re such big fans of Nickelodeon and the Kids’ Choice Awards!” said American Authors. “It’s an honor to be performing on the show March 29th, we can’t wait! PLEASE SLIME US!!!!”
Aloe Blacc’s Career [Courtesy of Nickelodeon]
Aloe Blacc’s “Wake Me Up”—the 2013 mega-hit he sang and co-wrote with Swedish DJ Avicii and saw climb to #1 in 102 countries across the globe—proved himself a singer/songwriter with an irresistible power to capture the complexities of human emotion. Now with his third solo album Lift Your Spirit (Blacc’s major-label full-length debut, released by XIX Recordings/Interscope Records), the rapper-turned-singer pushes further into a folk/soul/pop fusion and finds him teaming up with premier producers like Pharrell Williams, DJ Khalil (Eminem, Drake, Kendrick Lamar) and Rock Mafia (No Doubt, Miley Cyrus) to achieve a slick and smooth retro-soul sound. Blacc began writing rap lyrics at age nine, put out his first hip-hop mixtape in 1996 and released his soul/R&B-laced debut album Shine Through in 2006. Soon after, Blacc began work on the record that would change his life and career: Good Things, an album certified gold in the UK, France, Germany, and Australia, among other countries. Along with “I Need a Dollar” (the platinum-selling single that was selected as the theme song to HBO’s How To Make it In America), Good Things included the singles “Loving You Is Killing Me” and “Green Lights.” Blacc will tour the US this summer with Bruno Mars.
Details on American Authors [Courtesy of Nickelodeon]
Brooklyn-based American Authors’ debut album on Island Records (containing the #1 Hot AC hit single “Best Day Of My Life”) is available everywhere. Touring consistently across the U.S. and Canada through late summer, the band was recently selected for the highly influential VEVO LIFT emerging artists program after being chosen as VH1’s official “You Oughta Know” selection for February. Their hit single that just went platinum, “Best Day Of My Life” was featured in a commercial for Lowe’s, a trailer for the film Delivery Man, The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, a Major League Baseball Fan Cave commercial and the opening sequence of this year’s ESPN World Series Of Poker coverage. In addition to several performances on national television, they also appeared on The CW’s The Carrie Diaries. The four members of American Authors – Zac Barnett (vocals), James Adam Shelley (guitar/banjo), Dave Rublin (bass) and Matt Sanchez (drums) – came together at Boston’s Berklee College of Music. Each brings their own influences and experiences to the table, creating pop-flavored alt rock sprinkled with four-part harmonies, spirited lyrics and contagious optimism.
Source: Nickelodeon
-Posted by Rebecca Murray
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