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Amid the issue between artists and record labels recently, such as those involving compensation and artist treatment, Filipino band MONDO vocalist Mondo Castro (formerly of The Pin-Up Girls) believes that record labels still matter.

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Used to receiving “gold,” “platinum” and “diamond” honors for his best-selling albums, Jose Mari Chan has done a “first” in the local music industry by selflessly sharing the honors with his co-artists, lyricist/composers and musical/vocal arrangers of Going Home To Christmas which has turned platinum (more than 15,000 records sold), his second Christmas album recorded in 2010, roughly 20 years after the first, Christmas In Our Hearts (a “triple diamond,” with more than 1.2 million sold).

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Sony Music releases the albums of the hottest Korean pop artists — 2PM and Brian.

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Sony Music releases the albums of the hottest Korean pop artists — 2PM and Brian.

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