• February 8, 2005

Heineken, the sponsor of the 47th Grammy awards, has chosen MSN as its official online content provider for the Heineken Lounge, an information site about the awards show, MSN announced Monday.

In addition to the Heineken promotion, MSN also announced a giveaway of Grammy-nominated songs on its music site. MSN users will be able to download one free song a day from among the best song nominees of each of five genres--pop, rock, rap/hip-hop, soul/R&B, and country. The promotion will be offered from Feb. 8 through Feb. 12, and in the U.S. only.

The songs offered will be selected by MSN's music editorial team, which consists of music industry insiders, and will represent their predictions on which artist will win the award in each category.

--Shankar Gupta