Fan Favorites Now Open for Voting

Artists can register for the 17th Annual Billboard World Song Contest Fan Favorites competition and be featured on the website www.billboardsongcontest.com, where fans can vote for their favorite song writers. Artists register through Sonic Bids, within 2 business days they will be added to the site and receive notification via their registered email account. Artists will have the opportunity to review and ulitmately publish their own profiles for fan voting.

Additionally, each artists has their own media player that can be embedded in their band's or fan's site to encourage further voting. Fans can only vote once per artist, thumbs up or thumbs down.

Jim Halsey Company, operator of the Billboard World Song Contest, partnered with Tulsa, OK based New Medio for the development of their new site and fan voting tools. "We're honored to work with a music industry legend such as Jim Halsey, his insight and experience are invaluable" said Chris Zenthoefer, CEO of New Medio. New Medio has built a portfolio of music clients over the past few years including HANSON, Canadaian Male Artist of the Year Johnny Reid, and super group Tinted Windows. Zenthoefer added "We're excited about where the music industry is going and are ready to help artists make the most of what technology can do for them."

Fans can register votes for their favorite artists now.