Britney Spears,Paris Hilton and the best of fashion week

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Hilton in the video for her hit Stars are Blind.
Hilton is the founder of Heiress Records, a sub-label of Warner Brothers Records, which she created in 2004. Though Heiress Records’ only release as of yet has been Paris, Hilton has said that she plans to sign new artists in the future.
Hilton began work on an album, in 2004. The album; Paris, was released on August 22 2006. Before release, Hilton hinted that her album would feature a number of genres, such as pop, reggae, and hip-hop. [4] Producers for Paris include Greg Wells, Kara DioGuardi, Jane wiedlin and Scott Storch. Hilton collaborated with Fat Joe and Jadakiss on the song “Fighting Over Me”. The first single from Paris “Stars Are Blind”, produced by Fernando Garibay, was released for download on June 20 2006 and was a success on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #18. “Turn It UP” and “Nothing in

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In the fall of 2004, Hilton released a book, Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose co-written by Merle Ginsberg, which has full color photographs of her and gives her tips on the do’s and don’ts of living as an heiress. Hilton was reportedly given $100,000 in advanced payment for this book. Some in the media panned the writing as amateurish, and the book was parodied by Robert Mundell on The Show with David Letterman. Nonetheless, the book became a New York Times bestseller. Hilton followed it up with a designer-diary, also with Ginsberg-Your Heiress Diary: Confess It All To Me. Aimed at her young fans, it contained paged encouraging fans to write about their goals, their friends and family, boys, celebrities they admire, etc. Hilton plans to release another book in 2007.

Hilton has helped design a collection of purses for Tokyo label Samantha Thavasa [8] and has also been involved in the design of a jewelry line, The Paris Hilton Collection, for Amazon.com. [9] Hilton launched the Paris Hilton Limited Edition Watch Collection brand during a news conference at the Tourneau store in New York November 30, 2005. Hilton’s 18kt white gold and diamond encrusted watches that she helped design [10] start at $100,000. [11] Hilton also has plans to launch a fashion line.

This World” followed “Stars Are Blind” as worldwide singles. Hilton is already planning and recording tracks for her second album, including a new song called “Daddy’s Little Girl”.
Some influential sources have bestowed the album with positive reviews. All Music Guide stated. “…it’s more fun than anything released by Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson, and a lot fresher, too.’ [5]
In August/September 2006, it was revealed that underground artists Banksy and Danger Mouse replaced 500 copies of Hilton’s debut album in various UK record stores with their own remixes and cover art. Along with completely reworked liner notes that included topless photos of Ms. Hilton slathered with slogans like “Every CD you buy puts me even further out of your league”, Danger Mouse has replaced Hilton’s original songs with his own remixes and given them titles such as “Why am I Famous?”, “What Am I For?” Banksy has doctored pictures of her on the CD sleeve to show Hilton topless and with a dog’s head. [6] [7]

Hilton began her own chain of nightclubs known as Club Paris in 2005. The first of which in Orlando, Florida has been a major success. The second located in Jacksonville, Florida opened July 1, 2006. Hilton is in talks to develop further clubs in Las Vegas, New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, and Cancun, Mexico. She also hoped to take the clubs to overseas markets and to expand the clubs to become five- star hotels featuring accommodation and casinos.

Gameloft, a developer and publisher of mobile games, previewed a Paris Hilton-branded mobile game called Paris Hilton’s diamond Quest at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). As of May 26, 2006, Gameloft’s press release states that “…the company decided on a title to reflect the fresh, dynamic and sexy appeal of the heiress extraordinaire.” [12]

In early May of 2004, Hilton was involved in the creation of a fragrance line by Parlux Fragrances. The perfume would be aptly named Paris Hilton. Hilton said, “It’s really hot. I mixed all these scents together…it smells so good” [13]. The perfume launch was a success. Originally set to be a small release, demand was high and necessitated a wider release before Christmas of 2004. The launch was followed by a 47% increase in sales for Parlux, which was predominantly due to sales of the Hilton-branded perfume. [14] After the success of Hilton’s perfume, Parlux Fragranced released Paris Hilton for Men, a cologne for Hilton’s male admirers, as well as another fragrance called Just Me by Paris Hilton, which is available for both women and men. Another perfume titled Heiress by Paris Hilton was released in October 2006. A counterpart for men, Heir by Paris Hilton, is also due by the end of the year, along with a new line of color cosmetics. [15]

In November 2004, Hilton participated in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Citizen Change campaign to encourage youths to vote in the presidential election. She drew criticism after it was revealed she had neither voted, nor even registered to do so [16] [17].