CMT AND CMT.COM TO WORLD PREMIERE REBA’S NEW VIDEO“SOMEBODY’S CHELSEA” ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
09/23/11
NASHVILLE – September 23, 2011 – CMT and CMT.com will host the exclusive world premiere of Reba’s new video “Somebody’s Chelsea” on Monday, September 26 at 8 a.m. ET/PT. Kicking off with a 15-minute special CMT PREMIERES: REBA – “SOMEBODY’S CHELSEA,” fans can see behind-the-scenes footage from the video shoot, which was filmed in Los Angeles and directed by Trey Fanjoy. Reba helped create the video concept with Fanjoy, which showcases a storybook love affair told through a chance encounter on an airplane. “Somebody’s Chelsea” is from Reba’s new Valory Music Co. album, All The Women I Am.
“Somebody’s Chelsea” was co-written by Reba, Liz Hengber and Will Robinson. The inspiration for the song came from a line of dialogue in the film P. S. I Love You, in which Harry Connick Jr’s character tells Hilary Swank, “I’m going to go find somebody because one of these days, I want to be somebody’s Frank.”
“I gasped and I got on the computer and emailed Liz saying, ‘This is a great idea for a song!’” said Reba. “So she got Will to help us with it and we wrote ‘Somebody’s Chelsea.’”
“Somebody’s Chelsea” will premiere across CMT’s multiple properties including CMT, CMT.com, CMT Pure, CMT Top 20 Countdown, and CMT’s social media platforms. The video will also debut on Palladia, MTV Networks’ high-definition music channel. CMT is the only country music network in the unique position to deliver world premiere exclusives to fans on demand, on multiple platforms.
CMT PREMIERES: REBA – “SOMEBODY’S CHELSEA” will be retelecast on Monday, September 26 at 10:45 a.m. ET/PT and on Tuesday, September 27 at 9:00 a.m. ET/PT.
About Reba:
One of the most successful female recording artists in history, Reba has sold over 56 million albums worldwide and her previous 13 studio albums have all achieved Gold or Platinum-plus status. As a leading lady in the genre, she was recently inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame for her contributions. She has won 15 American Music Awards; 13 Academy of Country Music Awards; 9 People’s Choice Awards; 6 Country Music Association Awards and 2 GRAMMY Awards. Reba’s reign of #1 hits spans four decades and the multimedia superstar was recently recognized by Billboard, Country Aircheck and Mediabase as the biggest female hit-maker in country music history. The superstar recently earned her 64th Top 10 hit with “Turn On The Radio” and her 35th #1 with the lead single from her new album, All The Women I Am.
This fall, Reba will embark on the All The Women I Am tour throughout the US and Canada. In conjunction with the tour’s launch, the touring industry’s leading trade outlets Pollstar and Billboard¹s Boxscore have named Reba the #1 female country touring artist, selling a combined total of over 9 million tickets.
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