Billboard Pop/Dance Superstar Ricky Rebel is releasing his highly anticipated new album titled “The New Alpha” on Tuesday, October 31st, 2017.
THEN: In 1997, recording artist Ricky G. burst on the music scene as the lead vocalist of the boy-band No Authority who later toured with 98 Degrees, Destiny’s Child, Aaron Carter, Ashlee and Jessica Simpson among others. Rodney Jerkins (Whitney Houston, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears) produced their first album, “Keep On”, and Michael Jackson signed the band to his own MJJ Music custom-label at Sony. In 2000, they signed with Madonna’s Maverick label to release their namesake album. The album reached #18 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart. Their signature hit, “Can I Get Your Number” peaked at #33 on the Billboard Top 40 chart while “I’m Telling You This” appeared on “The Rugrats in Paris” soundtrack. The band then embarked on tour with Britney Spears. Following the break-up of No Authority, Ricky became the lead vocalist of Harlow from 2004-2009 during which time he released “Unstoppable” (2005), mixed and engineered by Jay Baumgardner at NRG Studios and produced by Grammy-winning producer Randy Cantor (Ricky Martin).
NOW: Ricky G. became Ricky Rebel and embarked on a solo career after My Chemical Romance invited him to co-star in their “NA NA NA” and “Sing” videos. In 2012, he won the Artist of the Year at the RAWards and released the “Manipulator” album featuring the hits “Geisha Dance”, “Get It On”, “You Need a Woman” and the title track. MTV’s “Good Vibes” also featured music from the album. In 2013, “Geisha Dance” spent ten weeks on the Mediabase Chart, the chart that powers “On Air with Ryan Seacrest”. Now, Ricky takes to the stage with The Rebel Mafia. Band members include Alyson Montez, a Grammy-winning violinist, drummer Robert Platz, guitarist Conrado Pesinato, synth player Tkeys, bass player Tak, and Full Dance troupe. with his new release, “The Blue Album” mixed by Claudio Cueni (JLo) with remixes for the “Star” single by world-renowned DJs Hector Fonseca (15 Billboard number-one hits for artists including Beyonce, Katy Perry, Sia), Casey Alva (Billboard number-one hit for Erika Jayne) and Tommy Love. Hector Fonseca recently remixed “Boys & Sometimes Girls” (Audio4Play Records) along with Billboard Charting DJ’s SaberZ and Sven Kirchhof. “Boys & Sometimes Girls” reached #28 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. In addition, Ricky played with Grammy-winners Mya, Switchfoot, Toby Keith, Patti Labelle, and Colbie Caillat, The Psychedelic Furs, Kesha, as well as selected West Coast tour dates with O-Townand Blood On The Dance Floor and appearances at Matinee Las Vegas and Matinee San Diego. He is also a fashion contributor to Us Weekly, signed to Revry TV the world’s first LGBTQ streaming platform, and sponsored by MustaeV Makeup. In 2017, Ricky Rebel performed at the South By Southwest Festival ( SXSW ) in Austin Texas. Most recently, he perfomed internationally at the Cannes Film Festival, Cinemoi Fashion Charity Concert raising money for orphaned children. Then he headlined ‘The Artist One Tour’ an Anti Bully Concert Series that played at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia along with co-headliners JAX (American Idol) and Youtube star Carl Chaze. Rebel’s Revry Original Documentary ‘Rebels Only’ was nominated for best Music Documentary at the Out Web Fest Awards. Rebel’s new single ‘If You Were My Baby (Remixes)’ will be released Sept 7th on Audio4Play Records and will feature remixes from world renowned DJ’s including the “God Father of EDM” Tommie Sunshine.
Check out the video for the first single on #TheNewAlpha “If You Were My Baby” who hit #2 on the Billboard Breakouts For Dance Club Music:
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