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NOVEMBER 19 9 9 Convention 2000 Sony And Columbia Plan Introduction Of Singer/Songwriter At NARM Scholarship Foundation Dinner

Sony Music Distribution and sing and perform as a child and took Columbia Records are very excited lessons in anything to do with mu- to be introducing French singer/ sic. She moved to Montreal when songwriter Lara Fabian at the 2000 she was just out of high school and NARM Convention in San Antonio. established her own independent la- She will perform at the Scholar- bel and production company. ship Foundation Dinner on Monday After learning all she could evening, February 28. about the industry and facing ob- Fabian has already taken France stacle after obstacle, her hard work and Quebec by storm, emerging as began to pay off in 1991, when her one of the biggest and brightest first album came out in Canada and stars of the French-speaking music sold 100,000 copies. scene, wowing audiences in numer- In 1994, her sophomore set, ous countries and selling an as- Carpe Diem, hit the streets and sold tounding six million units in the over 800,000 copies in the French French territories in just two years. territories. Pure, released in 1997, Despite her incredible talent, would go on to sell an astounding the voice that has charmed and cap- two million copies in France alone. tivated millions of listeners has been Word eventually filtered back to unheard in the United States. the heads of some of the biggest la- Her self-titled English-language bels in the world and, bowled over debut, set for a spring release, is by her music and captivated by her filled with her own emotional and LARA FABIAN live show, Sony Music signed her. evocative songs and production from COLUMBIA RECORDS “Sony and its labels have a solid Walter Afanasieff (Mariah Carey), track record of bringing to the Con- Pat Leonard (Madonna), Brian national appeal naturally. Her father vention new talent that soon takes Rawlings (Cher’s “Believe”), and is from , her mother is from the industry by storm. Do the names longtime collaborator Rick Allison. Sicily, and Lara was born in Belgium Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and Fabian, who also records in Ital- and raised there and in Italy. Charlotte Church ring a bell?” notes ian and Spanish, comes by her inter- Fabian realized she wanted to President Pamela Horovitz.

New Scholarship An Inside Look... Endowment Announced Latin Music Issue Forum ...... 2 Fall Conference Survey Winner .... 2 NARM Scholarship Foundation Executive Director Pat Daly is pleased to announce the establishment of a $20,000 Platinum Endow- 2000 Convention Schedule ...... 3 ment Fund by Crystal Clear Sound, an independent distributor from DVD Video Player Sales ...... 3 Dallas, Texas. The company’s President, Sam Paulos, confirmed the Educational Outreach ...... 4 generous donation to the Foundation on October 20. The recipient of the as yet untitled Endowment will be announced at the Scholarship Merchandising Schedules ...... 4 Foundation Dinner during the 2000 NARM Convention in San Antonio, Rock The Vote Program Update ... 5 Texas, on Monday evening, February 28. New Members ...... 5 A Platinum Endowment creates four $6,000 scholarships. If you are Facts & Figures ...... 6 interested in establishing a scholarship, please contact Daly at the NARM Office at (856) 596-2221. Wanted: Silent Auction Items ...... 8