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Behind The Music, one of the most beloved series in the history of our network, is celebrating its 14th anniversary this August. Next month, a brand new cycle of shows debuts, featuring intimate looks at the lives and careers of some of the biggest stars in the music industry: Adam Lambert, Ice Cube, Missy Elliott, Ricky Martin, Mary J. Blige, Enrique Iglesias, and Miranda Lambert. What you’re about to read is a press release that’s just hitting the wires … NOW!

VH1’S ICONIC MUSIC SERIES BEHIND THE MUSIC RETURNS WITH SEVEN ALL NEW EPISODES BEGINNING IN JUNE

FEATURED ARTISTS INCLUDE RICKY MARTIN, ADAM LAMBERT, MARY J. BLIGE, ENRIQUE IGLESIAS MIRANDA LAMBERT, MISSY ELLIOTT AND ICE CUBE

Behind The Music: Missy Elliott Kicks Off The Season on Wednesday, June 29 at 10 PM ET/PT

SANTA MONICA, CA – May 23, 2011 – VH1’s most celebrated music documentary series Behind The Music returns with seven of today’s most successful and celebrated artists. The five-time Emmy® Award-nominated series gives viewers a front row seat to the most exclusive and intimate interviews with the artists as well as their families, friends and colleagues. Featured this season are Missy Elliott, Ice Cube, Miranda Lambert, Mary J. Blige, Enrique Iglesias, Adam Lambert and Ricky Martin. Beginning on Wednesday, June 29 at 9 PM ET/PT with Behind The Music: Missy Elliott, the series will bring viewers never-before-seen footage of these talented musicians and the people who know them best.

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Tags: Music, Television, Behind the Music, Behind The Music, Adam Lambert, Miranda Lambert, Ricky Martin, Ice Cube, Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige, Enrique Iglesias

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VH1′s pace is set to prove unrelenting this year with the launch of a slew of new shows, events, Behind the Music entries and Rock Docs. Info on it all — from the second seasons of Fantasia for Real and Scream Queens to new series starring Dr. Drew and Eva Longoria to specials featuring Christina Aguilera and 50 Cent to new VH1 Divas and Hip Hop Honors concerts — can be found in the press release below.

VH1 will produce a record 44 original series in 2010 to further build on the network’s connection to young adults and their hunger for programming centered around music, celebrity and real life stories.

Year-to-date, VH1 has launched 18 series – eight of those projects are brand new original franchises featuring such new faces to the channel as Jessica Simpson, Grammy Award-nominated Fantasia Barrino, and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas from TLC, one of the biggest-selling groups of all time, and Grammy Award-winning artist Brandy. Later in the year, VH1 will introduce more new faces such as NFL player Chad Ocho Cinco as well as shows demonstrating additional formats including VH1 Dad Camp and The OCD Project. VH1 also continues to develop the previously announced scripted movie from Academy Award-nominated and Grammy and Golden Globe winner Queen Latifah’s Flavor Unit Entertainment.

VH1’s programming build-out reflects the network’s commitment to its adult audience and what they want to see now on the network. To understand the “core of its core” audience, the network did an extensive study focusing on what VH1 calls “Gen Mix” – the young adults who make up the tail-end of Generation X and the very beginning of Gen Y or the Millennials, covering the ages between 25 and 34.

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Tags: Celebreality, Television, Fantasia, Celebrity Rehab 3, Scream Queens 2, Behind the Music, 2010 Hip Hop Honors, Dad Camp, You're Cut Off!, Do Something Awards 2010, The 2010 VH1 Do Something Awards