AMAdea Records is thrilled to announce our partnership with a new digital partner, called Masterbeat - a new digital download music site that offers consumers a virtual shopping mall of current hits and classic tracks across a wide variety of dance and electronica genres including House, Disco, Electro, Trance, Garage and Pop. In addition to distribution deals with thousands of independent labels around the world, Masterbeat has secured rights to distribute the entire catalogs of Sony BMG and Warner Music Group, which means that you can find easily the music of Platinum-selling artists including Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Seal, Whitney Houston, and Cher.rnrnA key element to Masterbeat is promoting the genre as a community. In addition to being a retailer, Masterbeat.com is an educational tool, offering profiles and extensive information on its featured artists, DJs, remixers and record labels. Through partnerships with Billboard, DJ\'s and leading radio stations, Masterbeat.com posts weekly club charts and playlists, keeping fans up-to-the-minute on the hottest tracks.rnrnFinally, sales on Masterbeat.com count. Masterbeat.com will be the first online dance and electronica online distributor to be a reporting retailer to Nielsen Soundscan, the company that tallies artist sales charts for Billboard. Now sales of an artist\'s dance remixes can impact the record\'s Billboard chart position. rnrnIngestion of the AMAdea Records catalog into the Masterbeat system has already begun.