Nota Vocal Group Winners of The Sing-Off Acapella TV Reality Show Series-Music Album

Nota, from San Juan, Puerto Rico won the A Capella sing-off competition on the NBC network TV Reality Series. The competition was comprised of 8 acapella groups singing popular songs with only their voices, no musical instruments or music background. Their own vocal chords were the music as well as the singing. The winners walked away with a $100,000 cash prize and the ultimate prize--an Epic Records/Sony Music recording contract.

Hosted by Nick Lachey and a judges panel made up with Ben Folds, Shawn Stockman (Boys II Men), Nicole Scherzinger (Pussycat Dolls); Nota, The Beelzebubs and the Voices of Lee made the cut to the Final 3 show, where each performed one song chosen by the judges panel and one of their choice from an era of music. The TV viewers voted for the winner and Nota was chosen as winners of the first "The Sing-Off" television series 2009.

Aside from Nota, the other acts include Beelzebubs from Boston; Noteworthy from Utah; Face from Colorado; Maxx Factor from Baltimore; The SoCals from Los Angeles; Solo from Omaha, Nebraska and Voices of Lee from Tennessee.

The Sing Off Season 2 debuted on the NBC Network on December 6th with 10 A Capella groups singing for the chance at a cash prize of $100,000 and a Sony Recording contract.

The singing competition is much tougher this season with more talent after the success of the first season.

The Top 10 contestants to begin the Sing Off Season 2 are:

The Whiffenpoofs of Yale, Jerry Lawson and the Talk of the Town, Committed, On The Rocks, Street Corner Symphony, Men of Note, Groove For Thought, Pitch Slapped, Eleventh Hour and The Backbeats,

Thanks to the vocal singing competition TV reality show, "The Sing-Off," America was able to see what amazing music can be made by just the human voice. Barber-Shop Style singing has long been known for the richness and depth of vocal harmonies without any musical instruments. This unique style of singing has reached a new level with the sound of musical instruments being made by only the human voice.

Nota has a very unique Latin salsa rhythm sound that won over the viewers in the acapella competition and got them a $100,000 cash prize with a recording contract with Epic Records/Sony Music.

Nota is 6 puerto rican (boricuas) guys who have been singing for over 15 years in different vocal groups. Nota is a Latin vocal band that fuses different music styles and reinvents musical instruments with only the use of their voices. As Puerto Ricans, they bring alive a blend of salsa, hip-hop, reggae, r&b and meringue, with a hint of jazz. This is what NOTA calls vocal fusion.

Nota showed throughout the competition their musical diversity with each song selection. On the first show of the TV reality series, Nota was the first group to perform and we heard, "I'm Yours."The high bar standard was set from the beginning with this awesome display of vocal talent. Nota had made its mark to start.

The second night of competition Nota performed the Jay Sean hit "Down"and amazed everyone. Unbelievable rhythm and smoothness with R&B flavor to the song. You didn't even miss the fact there were no musical instruments in the background. The band member's ability to mix singing with being able to vocally sound like musical instrument with only 6 members is phenomenal. Nota also performed a second song on night #2. The performed the Bee Gees mega hit, "Stayin' Alive" and wowed the crowd even more.

The third night of competition each group remaining again had 2 songs to perform. A Jackson Five medley was another outstanding performance by Nota. The judges panel got to select one of the songs each group was to perform. Ben Folds chose the song "Sledge Hammer," by Peter Gabriel. Nota members were shocked it seemed by the selection and were not familiar with this song. But, being the talented singers and performers they were, worked the song selection out and gave a brilliant performance. The percussions, made by vocals only, were fantastic.

Finals-Three groups remained; Beelzebubs, Voices of Lee and Nota. A 2-hour Finals with much anticipation for the first season winner of The Sing-Off. Special guest Natasha Beddingfield, Bobby McFerrin and Smokey Robinson. The show was filled with great perfomances leading up to the announcement of the winner of the competition. Finally, the time came and to the delight of the audience Nota was crowned the winner of The Sing-Off 2009.