Shop Boyz - Shop Boyz End Year With Best Selling Ringtone

(New York, NY – December 7, 2007) Universal Republic Records’ hip hop trailblazers Shop Boyz landed their first ever Grammy nod on Thursday, pulling down possible honors for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or A Group for their genre-leaping, multi-platform anthem “Party Like A Rockstar.” Incredibly, it was the 13th award nomination for the Atlanta hip hop trio, which have taken home 3 trophies in 2007 including Ringtone Of The Year at the 2007 Vibe Awards, the Andre 3000 Trendsetter Award at the 3rd Annual Radio One Dirty Awards, and most recently, Best Track honors a the 2nd Annual BET Hip Hop awards in October. The ‘Hood Rock’ pioneers are also nominated for a coveted People’s Choice Award for Favorite Hip Hop song, with the 34th Annual Awards scheduled to air on CBS on January 8, 2008. The 50th Annual Grammy Awards will be held at the Staples Center in LA on February 10.

Crowned as the biggest selling ringtone for in 2007, “Party Like A Rockstar” was spawned from their #11 debuting album Rockstar Mentality, cementing an unparalleled string of #1's in virtually ever radio, video, and wireless chart available. The cutting-edged smash single, selling over 3.3 million units, also became the fastest Universal Music Group mastertone to be certified platinum, reaching the coveted million-ringtone milestone in only six weeks of release. The raucous, genre-mashing, rap-meets-rock anthem has made the Atlanta trio the most honored hip hop artists’ in music in 2007 (see list below), dominating the Billboard’s Digital and Hot 100 Singles Charts all year long. more