Cricket Announces New Music and Exclusive Commentary from T.I., Voz De Mando, Bridgit Mendler, and Los Tucanes de Tijuana

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cricket today announced exclusive new music and artist commentary from its monthly artist programs for December. This edition of Muve Music's monthly artist programs will showcase exclusive video and track by track commentary from Muve Headliner T.I.; an original exclusive track from Muve Latin Headliner Voz De Mando; a new, exclusive acoustic track from Muve First artist Bridgit Mendler; and a commentary album created solely for the Muve Music service from Los Tucanes de Tijuana.

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Muve Headliner Artist T.I. and Grand Hustle/Atlantic Records have partnered with Muve Music to launch an exclusive track-by-track commentary album for T.I.'s eighth studio album release, TROUBLE MAN: HEAVY IS THE HEAD. The commentary and full album will be available in the Muve Music service starting December 18^th, with a sneak peek only available on Muve Music on December 11^th. As an added bonus, Muve Music recorded a special video with T.I. wishing his fans a happy holiday season. For more information about T.I., go to trapmuzik.com. Follow multiple Grammy award winner, six time multi- platinum recording artist and label executive T.I. on Twitter and on Facebook.

Muve Headliner Group Voz De Mando has collaborated with Muve Music to launch their most recent album, Y AHORA RESULTA, and as a special offer to Muve Music fans, they released an exclusive track titled "Desilusion," only found on the Muve Music service. "We are thrilled to be Muve Music's Latin Headliner for December. The Muve Music service speaks directly to many of our Latin fans and connects us to an entire market of consumers that is hard to reach through other digital channels. Thanks to Muve Music for partnering with us." Voz De Mando's exclusive track will be available on Muve Music starting December 11. Follow Voz De Mando on Twitter and on Facebook.

Muve First Artist Bridgit Mendler has teamed up with Muve Music to launch her latest album HELLO MY NAME IS… and has recorded a track titled "Ready or Not (acoustic version)" exclusively for her fans on Muve Music. Hollywood Records recording artist Bridgit Mendler is featured as the Muve First Artist for the month of December and her album will be available on the Muve Music service beginning December 4. Look for Bridgit on Cricket's YouTube channel starting December 20 for a special holiday video. For more information about Bridgit Mendler, go to bridgitmendlermusic.com.  Follow Bridgit Mendler on Twitter and on Facebook.

Muve Icon Artist Los Tucanes de Tijuana has partnered with Muve Music to celebrate their 25^th Anniversary by launching an exclusive track by track commentary album. In addition to the commentary album, the recent Latin Grammy Awards Winner Los Tucanes de Tijuana's 25^th ANNIVERSARY LP is exclusive to Muve Music. For more information about Los Tucanes de Tijuana, go to lostucanesdetijuana.com. Follow Los Tucanes de Tijuana on Twitter and on Facebook.

Follow Muve Music's monthly artist programs for December with exclusives from T.I., Voz De Mando, Bridgit Mendler, and Los Tucanes de Tijuana through a series of social media blasts at www.twitter.com/cricketnation and at www.facebook.com/cricketwireless.

How to get Muve Music
Muve Music, now included in Cricket's unlimited nationwide music, talk, text, and data rate plans[1] at no additional cost, provides customers exclusive access to artist commentary, music and video through Muve Music's monthly artist programs.

Cricket offers Muve Music on a range of smartphones.  Find the phones you want, the plans you need and the service you'll love at Cricket company-owned stores, online at www.mycricket.com and through select partner retail outlets. Additional accessories are available for purchase, including premium headphones, an audio jack and Bluetooth adapter to connect to home and car stereos, either wired or wirelessly.

With the ever-growing Muve Music song catalog, customers can choose from millions of songs featuring the hottest artists from thousands of record labels, which are distributed through Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI Music and global rights agency Merlin, as well as independents CD Baby, IODA, INgrooves, The Orchard and TuneCore.

About Cricket
Cricket is the pioneer and leader in delivering innovative value-rich prepaid wireless services with no long-term contracts. Cricket offers nationwide wireless voice and mobile data services over high-quality, all-digital 4G LTE and 3G CDMA wireless networks. Cricket's innovative products and services, including the award-winning Muve Music^® - the first music service designed for a wireless phone, are available nationwide at Cricket branded retail stores, dealers, national retailers and at www.mycricket.com. For more information about Cricket, please visit www.mycricket.com.

[1] Muve Music^® is currently only available on select Cricket Android smartphones

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