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Lucie Diamond's impressive International profile and consistent quality global media coverage has won her a prestigious award in the European CMA country music awards.

The voting panel recognised the "impact" that Lucie and her music have had on an International basis in the last 12 months, and awarded her the brand new "ECMA Media Award."

In distinguished company, Lucie is one of only three females to win this year, along with US stars Carrie Underwood and Sheryl Crow. Legends George Strait, Vince Gill and Brooks & Dunn also scooped awards.

Singer-songwriter Lucie's unique talents and achievements were rewarded with a massive SIX nominations in the 2007 ECMA awards, the only British artist to be nominated. In the previous awards, she won 3 of her 4 nominations - European Country Music Artist of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year and the ECMA "Future Star" award - the sole Brit to win anything.

Reigning Female Vocalist of the Year Lucie, has to hand her crown to American Idol star Carrie Underwood, who just pipped her for the title this time.

"To be nominated 6 times, and to win this new award for spreading the word about modern country music far and wide, to an audience from 8 to 80, is just fantastic. In the UK, most country music may not have moved on much at all, but worldwide it is vibrant, exciting and growing, and I am happy to let people see it is not all about cowboy hats and rednecks."

"Country music is a very commercial entity and enjoyed by record buyers from Africa to Aberdeen, Nashville to Newcastle, and played on mainstream radio and TV almost everywhere, every day. That's got to be good for all of us that are writing and performing this kind of great music. Thanks to the ECMA and those who voted for me, and congratulations to my fellow award winners, " said Lucie, during a break from writing for her next CD.

In the UK Country Radio awards earlier this year, Lucie walked away with 2 gongs - The Presenters' Award, for sheer volume of nominations from the radio DJs for her CD "I Wanna Be Rich." She also won the Hotdisc Single of the Year award for "I Wanna Be Rich", after it topped the British Hotdisc chart for 8 weeks.

Her CD features a duet with multi-Grammy winner Delbert McClinton, and also has the guitar great Albert Lee playing on it. The 12-track CD has been given unanimous glowing reviews worldwide.

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Issued by: Kudos Music UK

50th Anniversary Set With Book, CD & Tour

George Hamilton IV, the “International Ambassador of Country Music”, celebrates his 50th Anniversary as an entertainer with a new book, cd and U.K. celebratory tour set for the autumn.

The book – the 50th Anniversary Scrapbook and PhotoBiography – was the brainchild of George Hamilton V who spent many months researching and identifying photographs that traced his father’s career through the decades, from initial pop success in 1956 with the million selling A Rose And A Baby Ruth to recently receiving the special BCMA award in recognition for his furtherance of country music on a worldwide basis. The photographs, which also includes shots with numerous celebrities and items from the family album, is accompanied by reproductions of newspaper clippings highlighting career achievements and assorted record and concert advertisements.

George Hamilton IV: 50th Anniversary Scrapbook & PhotoBiography, which runs to 90 pages, is published in the U.K. by the younger Hamilton in association with country music journalist Alan Cackett, editor of Maverick magazine.

Hamilton’s new cd, the latest in a highly prolific recording career, is titled Heritage And Legacy. It’s a 20 track collection that features new recordings of several of his chart hits – including Abilene, Break My Mind, Canadian Pacific, Truck Driving Man and Early Morning Rain - alongside newer material like HomeGrown, We Will Meet Again, Has Anybody Here Seen Hank and Forever Young. The album concludes with the George IV, V and VI joining forces with other family members on You Are My Sunshine.

Heritage And Legacy is produced by Dave Moody (of the Moody Brothers, who toured with Hamilton for several years) and recorded at the dLAB Studios in Monroe, NC. The album is released on Lamon Records (LR10387-2).

George Hamilton IV - in the UK for the launch of the book at Maidstone’s Soul Café (where he performed with one of Britain’s veteran country groups, the Jonny Young Band) and a headlining slot at Paul Wheater’s Whitby Gospel Music Convention, alongside several dates in Scotland - returns to these shores in the autumn for his latest round of club and concert appearances. On this occasion he’ll tour with Tony Goodacre, a stalwart of the British country music scene who’s also celebrating his 50th anniversary. The tour, appropriately named 100 Years In Country Music, begins in late September and continues through October.