Flying into 2012 with New Single After Record Breaking Year!

   Los Angeles, CA --- Singing sensation Jay Scott Berry rolls into 2012 with a new single and the momentum of a bullet train. With two hit songs currently riding high on major charts, three IMN award nominations and a full year of concerts, TV shows and singles ahead, there is no question that Berry has arrived.

   Early last year, this talented artist burst upon the international music scene with his self-produced album, Keepsake and the first single, "Please Come to Boston". Within a few months, the song had gone to #1 on three charts and Berry was gaining recognition. After a world tour which began in Australia and included concerts in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Croatia, England, Ireland, Scotland and the US, it became clear that Berry was a force to be reckoned with in the industry. As 2011 drew to a close, Berry had another #1 hit single with his fresh rendition of "Solitary Man" and a third hit with his vocal performance of "Hallelujah".

   In many ways, the charts alone bear witness to this talented newcomer's meteoric rise. Berry's three hit singles amassed over 50,000 spins on US commercial radio in 2011. The December 29 issue of New Music Weekly Magazine show both "Solitary Man" and "Hallelujah" holding prominent positions on the Top 40 Main Chart, The Hot 100, the AC40 Main, the Indie Top 40 and the Indie AC40. The same is true on the FMQB charts, where both songs continue their strong upward momentum.

   Berry rapidly emerged as one of 2011's most popular voices on The Independent Music Network. He maintained a solid presence on the IMN Mainstream Top 30 charts for the entire year, spending most of that time in the Top 10 and often at #1. This chart action earned him three of the coveted IMN Award nominations for Best New Artist and Favorite International Mainstream Artist while "Please Come to Boston" was nominated for Favorite Single in the Mainstream Category.

   The accolades from industry and fans continue to roll in as Berry adeptly charts his course for 2012. Like a master magician, with each successive single he pulls another rabbit from his hat.

   As an artist, Berry displays a blend of talent, passion and sheer determination. In the highly competitive, rapidly changing world of modern music, he has somehow managed to carve a niche for himself. And against all odds, like a modern David, he battles on, "not against," he insists, "but alongside" the Goliaths of the major labels. "I believe that there is always room for excellence in any field, especially the Arts."

    Excellence is something that Berry has pursued his entire career, as a singer, composer and showman. Here is a man who practically grew up on stage, dancing and singing at the age of three, acting by five and playing in a string orchestra at eight. In his early teens, he was singing in musicals and dancing in The Nutcracker at Reno's Pioneer Theater Auditorium. As a professional entertainer, he has performed all over the world and, as a noted composer, even wrote and performed an original score for ballet at the Vienna Opera House.

    But even now, with all this success and acclaim, Berry remains an enigma, surprisingly down to earth. Chopping wood at home, you would barely recognize him as the same man who recently played to SRO crowds at the 800th Venice Carnival or at the Earls Court Festival in London. Ask him about all this current success and he just laughs and says, "I'm just the fool who rushes in where angels fear to tread."

    With at least four more singles still to come off Berry's acclaimed album Keepsake, all this momentum is set to continue well into 2012.