FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 22, 1990 ©Copyright 1990, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or Billboard® transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written Music. Currently, Acosta, who is also an active singer permission of the publisher. in the Philadelphia area, is exploring recording possi- bilities ... Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario, one TOP ALBUMS.M of the island's dominant female performers of the last decade, previously with Melody /Fonovisa, has signed LATIN Notas a recording contract with Capitol -EMI Latin . BMG has confirmed its signing of Spanish -born singer Ca- cc o = Compiled from a national sample of retail store milo Sesto, who is returning to the record world after 0 o and one -stop sales reports. by Carlos Agudelo is w a Z an absence of several years. Sesto currently prepar- 3 vi O ing his comeback tour, which will take him to Puerto E 3 MYRIAM HERNANDEZ is the top figure in Chile's Rico, Venezuela, Mexico, Chile, the Dominican Repub- 1- N 3 ARTIST TITLE t. ABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL music scene. And she has done it by working very lic, and Aruba. In the U.S., Sesto is expected to per-
1 1 25 ANA GABRIEL QUIEN COMO TU ces 200310 hard at establishing her presence all over Latin Amer- form in Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Jose, Calif.; 2 2 37 DANIELA ROMO QUIERO AMANECER CON ALGUIEN CAPITOL -EMI LATIN ica and the U.S., including Puerto Rico, where she 42227 seems to have won a place in the heart of boricua 3 4 5 MIRIAN HERNANDEZ DOS CAPITOL -EMI LATIN 42358 fans. Her constant traveling promoting her albums 4 3 13 LUIS MIGUEL LUIS MIGUEL -20 ANOS WEA LATINA 71535-4 has kept her out of her country for the better part of Chilean Myriam Hernandez 5 6 15 RUDY LA SCALA CUANDO YO AMO SONOTONE 1437 the past year. Up until a few months ago, Hernandez 6 7 3 CHAYANNE TIEMPO DE VALS ces 80423 was riding the wave of her first big hit, "El Hombre is out with a new album 7 5 3 JOSE FELICIANO NINA CAPITOL-EMI LATIN 42352 Qué Yo Amo," in my opinion a perfect match for her 8 - 1 AZUCAR MORENO BANDIDO CBS 80380 /IND young, passionate voice. Now she is promoting "Myr- Miami; Chicago; El Paso and Laredo, Texas; and New 9 8 31 JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ JOSE L. RODRIGUEZ /M. VARGAS cas 842085 iam Hernandez 2," her second release for Capitol - York. In the Big Apple, Sesto will perform at the Bea- 10 9 7 MELLOW MAN ACE SCAPE FROM HAVANA CAPITOL 91295 EMI. It shouldn't be difficult for her, now that her ca- con Theatre Oct. 7 and 8. Also in New York and also 11 - 1 NELSON NED DEDICADO AL AMOR TH.RODVEN 2707 pacity and talent as a romantic singer have been clear- promoted by David Maldonado and Cardenas /Fer- cU. 12 10 27 MIJARES UN HOMBRE DISCRETO CAPITOL -EMI LATIN 42293 ly established, to continue with the success that she so nandez, there will be, of all possible things, a rodeo d 13 11 5 LOLA FLORES HOMENAJE CBS 80379 greatly deserves. Her current single, "Peligroso show with none other than the great Tony Aguilar 14 13 3 YOLANDITA MONJE PORTFOLIO CBS 80391 Amor," is already high on the Hot Latin Tracks chart. headlining. (I used to watch this guy's movies when I 15 14 5 DANNY RIVERA CANTO A LA HUMANIDAD ces 80397 was a boy, and he still looks the same.) Flor Silvestre 16 16 11 ROCIO DURCAL SI TE PUDIERA MENTIR ARIOLA 2271 /BMG AWARDS WINNERS: GLORIA ESTEFAN'S video and Veronica Castro, as special guest, will accompa- 17 - 1 NICOLA DI VARI 15 GRANDES EXITOS EN ESPANOL GLOBO 2249 "Oye Mi Canto" was chosen as the best in the Latin ny Aguilar on Sept. 30. And on Oct. 20, the same pro- 18 15 61 LOS BUKIS Y PARA SIEMPRE FONOVISA 8828 category at the recent MTV Video Music Awards (see moters will produce the annual Tide Fiesta Musical, 19 25 7 LOURDES ROBLES IMAGENES ces 80378 story, page 5). The clip was produced by Stratos sponsored by Procter & Gamble, with Emmanuel, 20 12 49 ROBERTO CARLOS SONRIE CBS 80179 Films and Line Portmyr and directed by Paula Juan Luis Guerra y la 440, Ana Gabriel, Pimpinella,
21 18 19 ALVARO TORRES SI ESTUVIERAS CONMIGO CAPITOL-EMI LATIN 42260 Walker ... Speaking of Estefan, CBS Discos is releas- Guillermo Davila, and Kiara ... "Carlos Barbosa- 22 17 43 MIRIAN HERNANDEZ MIRIAN HERNANDEZ CAPITOL -EMI LATIN 42162 ing "Exitos De Gloria Estefan," a 10 -song compilation Lima Plays The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim" and FONOVISA including tunes in Spanish. The album, which is "Carlos Barbosa -Lima Plays The Entertainer & Se- 23 - 1 ALEJANDRA GUZMAN ETERNAMENTE BELLA 8867 eight - 24 23 23 LUIS ANGEL SENALES DE VIDA CBS 80272 being released and handled exclusively by the Miami lected Works By Scott Joplin" are the two new Con- 25 19 15 PANDORA 999- RAZONES CAPITOL-EMI LATIN 42294 based Latin division, will be on the street Wednesday cord Records CD releases by the virtuoso Brazilian (19) ... Mini Acosta and Bobby Garret were the win- performer. For those who have not heard his music, 1 1 7 LUIS ENRIQUE Y EDDIE SANTIAGO LOS PRINCIPES DE LA SALSA CBS 80341 ners in the second Billboard Songwriting Contest in this will be a good time to catch up with the wonderful' gui- 2 2 23 JUAN MANUEL LEBRON EL PRIMERO CAPITOL -EMI LATIN 001 the Latin category with the composition "Más Que Un renditions of one of the most accomplished Latin
3 4 7 WILLIE ROSARIO VIVA ROSARIO BRONCO -SONOTONE 2507 / SONOTONE Recuerdo." Besides a $5,000 prize and a Gibson guitar, tarists of our time.
4 3 13 NINO SEGARRA CON LA MUSICA POR DENTRO M.P.I.6031 the winners also got a publishing contract with EMI 5 16 3 GILBERTO SANTARROSA PUNTO DE VISTA ces 80419
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(CD) Compac disk available. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of TODO EN MUSICA LATINA EVERYTHING IN LATIN MUSIC 500,000 units. RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units. 30 BILLBOARD SEPTEMBER 22, 1990