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www.americanradiohistory.com Nearing Set On FTC Media -Violence Probe Billboard BY BILL HOLLAND to have a difficult time. Their best opportu- have not been as active as video game com- WASHINGTON, D.C. Federal Trade nity is to come before the Commerce Com- panies and movie studios because they don't Editor in Chief: TIMOTHY WHITE -The Commission (FTC) will release the results of mittee in a spirit of cooperation rather than employ advertising of such product on TV EDITORIAL has potential subpoe- ing Editor: DON JEFFREY its yearlong probe Sept. 11 that concludes confrontation." McCain's committee Editor: Iry Lichtman na power to gather label and studio chiefs into EpExecutive Editor -New Media: Marilyn A. Gillen that U.S. record labels, movie studios, and McCain and Lieberman have been among Director of Special Issues: Gene Sculatti; Dalet Brady, Associate Director; who have acted the hearing room to answer tough questions. Katy Kroll Assistant Editor; Marin Jorgensen, Special Issues Coordinator video game companies violate their own vol- the most active lawmakers Bureau Chiefs: Leila Cobo (Caribbean and Latin America) Bill Holland labels by adver- upon their belief that there is a relation "It's definitely one option, but we've never (Washington), Melinda Newman (L.A.), Phyllis Stark ( Nashville) untary codes and warning Art Director: Jeff Nisbet; Assistant: Raymond Can') tising and marketing violent product to chil- between violent entertainment product and used it," says the McCain spokesman. "But Chief: Bruce Janice showed Copy Editors: Andrew Boorstyn, Man aina Gray, Carl Rosen dren. teen violence in the culture. the USAir and United Airlines execs Senior Editor: Ed Christman, Retail (N.Y.) and the Fire- Senior Writers: Chris Morris (L.A.), Chuck Taylor (N.Y.) A Senate Commerce Committee hearing The senators have co- sponsored several up for a high-visibility hearing, Talent Editor: Larry Flick (N.Y.) CEOs say they will testify at anoth- R &B Music: Gail Mitchell, Editor (L.A.) scheduled for Sept. 13 will review the highly stone tire Country/Christian Music: Deborah Evans Price (Nashville) highly visible [House] hearing. One can Dance Music: Paoletta, Editor (N.Y.) critical conclusions of the study. It couldn't be er Pro Audio/Technology: Christopher Walsh, Editor (N.Y.) only assume that the CEOs of these [enter- Digital Entertainment: Eileen Fitzpatrick, Editor (L.A.) more high profile: The hearing is being called Radio: Frank Saxe, Editor (N.Y.) presi- tainment] companies can find the time to Heatseekers Features/: Carla Hay, Editor (N.Y.) by its chairman, Republican former Financial Reporter: Brian Garrity (N.Y.) candidate John McCain, R-Ariz., and come. Touring Reporter: Ray Waddell (Nashville) dential Editorial Assistants: Rashaun Hall (N.Y.), Jilt Pesselnick (L.A.) Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. "Like I said," adds the spokesman, "the best Special Correspondent: Jim Bessman can do is to testi- Contributors: Bradley Bambarger, Fred Bronson, Raniro Burr, Lisa Collins, Joseph Lieberman, D -Conn. thing these corporate CEOs Larry LeBlanc, Moira McCormick, David Nathan, Catherine Applefeld Olson, spirit. Now is the time, and Dylan Siegler, Julie Taraska, Steve Traiman Lieberman, who with McCain has main- fy in a cooperative International Editor in Chief: ADAM WHITE in the media has a dele- here's an opportunity to correct these business International Deputy Editor: Thom Duffy tained that violence International Editor: Tom Ferguson terious effect on children, plans to attend and plans. Otherwise, their credibility with the International News Editor: Gordon Masson German Bureau Chief: Wolfgang Spahr testify. public will surely be undermined." Asia Bureau Chief: Steve McClure beliefs have Contributing Editors: Sam Andrews, Nigel Hunter, Kwaku, A non -detailed draft of the probe's gener- Lieberman's family -values Paul Sexton, Nigel Williamson also led him to a sometime partnership with Assistant to Editor In Chief: Jaime Yates al conclusions has been leaked to The Wash- NEWS ANALYSIS William Bennett, an CHARTS & RESEARCH ington Post, and its Aug. 27 article reports Republican conservative Director of Charts: GEOFF MAYFIELD alliance that has concerned many in the lib- Chart Managers: Anthony Colombo (Mainstream Rock/Spotlight Recaps) that the FTC found that all of the entertain- Ricardo Companioni (Dance, Latin), Steven Graybow (Adult Contemporary/ have marketed violent prod- bills both this year and last that called for eral entertainment community who believe Adult Top 40 //Blues/), Wade Jessen (Country/Contemporary ment industries Christian/Gospel), Stephanie Lopez (R &B/Hip -Hop), Mark Marone uct to children despite the use of their own either a task force to investigate violent prod- that violent media is a reflection of, and not a (Modern RocWStudio Action) Geoff Mayfield (Billboard 200/ Heatseekers/ in society. Catalog) Silvio Pietroluongo (-lot 100/Topp40 Tracks), Marc Zubatkin rating systems designed to protect them uct and teen behavior or standardized label- root cause of, violence (Video'CIassicaVKid Audio, /New Age) is only Chart Production Manager: Michael Cusson from such content. It also found that a weak- ing designed to help parents monitor what But that perspective hardly the Archive Research Manager: Adam Koelsch by of violence in Associate Chart Production Manager: Alex Vitoulis ness in all rating systems is enforcement and their children purchase. one adopted critics Administrative Assistants: Keith Caulfield (L.A.), Mary DeCroce (Nashville), initially pro- media -particularly critics with a liberal Murray (N.Y.) compliance at the retail level. McCain and Lieberman had Gordon As stated in a Commen- SALES A spokeswoman for the Recording Indus- posed legislation calling for the FTC probe political stance. Associate Publisher/Worldwide: IRWIN KORNFELD the trade before the Columbine tragedy occurred. tary in Billboard ("Music Biz Has To Bear Group Advertising Director (East & Telemarketing): Pat Jennings try Assn. of America (RIAA) says Advertising Directors: Andy Anderson (Urban), Ian Remmer (West) will not comment on the probe draft's They also co-sponsored the 21st Century Social Responsibility," Aug. 5) by Lynne New York: Evan Braunstein, Marc Lichtenstein group L.A.: Aki Kaneko, Darren Strothers, Michelle Wright conclusions until its officials read and analyze Media Responsibility Act, which would have Brody, executive director of Respond Inc., Nashville: Phil Hart Advertising Coordinators: Hollie Adams, Eric Vitoulis the report. RIAA president/CEO Hilary required that products such as movies, video a metropolitan Boston agency assisting Advertising Assistants: Inga Espenhain, Allison Farber and children, "The influ- Classified: Dave McLean Rosen has stated throughout the 18-month- games, and sound recordings carry stan- battered women Directories: Jeff Serrette long investigation that RIAA record compa- dardized warning labels about violent con- ence of culture on violence is the reason I Associate Publisher /International: GENE SMITH and Advertising Director (Europe): Christine Chinetti nies have not been marketing records with tent. Retailers would have had to enforce age am so disturbed to hear music critics UK/Ireland/Benelux: Matt Fendall 44- 207 -822 -8300 artists whose Asia- Pacific/Australia: Linda Matich 612 -9440 -7777. Fax: 612 -9440 -7788 violent lyrics to children. restrictions and would have received a record companies promoting Japan: Aki Kaneko 323- 525 -2299 to the rape, beating, and France: Francois Millet 33 -1-4549 -2933 "The music industry does not market vio- $10,000 fine for each stickered product sold lyrics promote Latin America/Miami: Marcia Olivet 305 -864 -7578. Fax: 305 -864 -3227 bill never made it out of commit- humiliation of women. No, one violent song Mexico/West Coast Latin: Daisy Ducret 323 -782 -6250 lence to children. We market artists. And I a child. The Jamaica/Caribbean: Betty Ward, 954- 929 -5120 Fax 954 -921 -2059 think there's a big difference," she told Bill- tee (Billboard, June 19,1999). does not cause a previously gentle man to MARKETING 8. LICENSING (Billboard, June 12,1999). The most recent McCain -Lieberman bill begin battering or raping his partner. But Associate Publisher: HOWARD APPELBAUM board last summer Promotion Director: Peggy Altenpohl Last winter, an RIAA source character- was introduced this May. It would require taken in a larger cultural context, violent Director of Rights and Clearances: Susan Kaplan behavior, Associate Art Director: Melissa Subatch ized FTC investigators as having a "pre- that products carry labels describing the songs reinforce stereotypes and Promotion Coordinator: Alexandra Merceron and allow Assistant Marketing Manager: Melissa Arnold sumptuous" attitude "that music is bad for nature and intensity of violence and that they give permission for violence ... Special Events Director: Michele Jacangelo (Billboard, Feb. 15). have an age requirement for rent or purchase those battering partners to minimize their Special Events Coordinator: Phyllis Demo children" Sponsorship Coordinator: Cebele Rodriguez President Clinton called for the probe in (Billboard, May 27). behavior. Especially when we consider the Circulation Director: JEANNE JAMIN McCain audience: young people who are still Group Sales Manager: Katia Ducheine June of last year following the student shoot- "Because of this report," says the target Circulation Promotion Manager: Lori Donohue "this hearing will be fundamen- learning the boundaries of male and female Circulation Assistant: Jason Acosta ings at Columbine High School in Colorado. spokesman, International Circulation Marketing Director: Ben Eva tally from the questions asked in behavior and who often emulate their Beames, Paul Brigden At the Sept. 13 hearing, McCain plans to different Circulation Marketing: Stephanie This report makes clear favorite musical artists." PRODUCTION put top movie, record, and video game com- earlier hearings. Director of Production & Manufacturing: MARIE R. GOMBERT pany executives on the hot seat. His staff is that at the same time these industries have At the hearing, three things seem cer- Advertising Production Manager: Johny Wallace Advertising Manufacturing Manager: Lydia Mikulko making it clear that the chairman is not inter- said their rating systems protect kids, they've tain: Congress, in light of the FTC report, Advertising Production Coordinator: Christine Paz with the market- Editorial Production Director: Terrence C. Sanders ested in hearing from Washington -based spent hundreds of millions in advertising to is growing exasperated Editorial Production Supervisor /QPS Administrator. Anthony T. Stallings ing of the entertainment indus- Specials Production Editor: Marc Giaquinto industry trade group representatives and lob- lure kids to buy this violent product." strategies Systems/Technology Supervisor: Barry Bishin the FTC, the tries, particularly the movie studios and Senior Composition Technician: Susan Chicola byists but wants the executives to attend and According to a source at Composition Technicians: Leilla Brooks, Rodger Leonard, Maria Manliclic story. report is planned for release Sept. 11 and video game business; the hearing room will Directories Production Manager: Len Durham present their side of the Classified Production Assistant: Gene Williams Says a McCain spokesman, "If in fact the "will be quite detailed and show that all of the be packed to the rafters with media; and NEW MEDIA [ratings] have been an exercise, if they industries have been aggressively marketing George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and their Editorial Director: KEN SCHLAGER sources handlers will be watching it all unfold on Billboard Bulletin: Carolyn Horwitz (Managing Editor), Wes Orshoski (News haven't been used to protect kids but as a violent product to children." Other Editor) Lars Brendle (International Ed.), Eileen Fitzpatrick (Associate Ed.), found that music labels C -SPAN. Derrick Mathis (EditoriaVProduction Associate) smokescreen, then these industries are going say that the probe Billboard.com: Barry Jeckell (Senior Editor), Jonathan Cohen (News Editor), Sam D. Bell (Sales Manager), Rachel Vilson (Product Manager) ADMINISTRATION Business Manager: Joellen Sommer Distribution Director: Edward Skiba Business Development Manager: Barbara Grieninger MTV Returns is Japan With Net Start-Up @JapanMedia Billing: Maria Ruiz Credit: Shawn Norton Assistant to the Publisher: Sylvia Sirin BY STEVE McCLURE satellite music TV channel Vibe (Bill- right opportunity. to a number of different PRESIDENT & PUBLISHER: HOWARD LANDER After a two -year break, MTV board, April 8). MTV Networks is taking "We talked and one of the things I'm BILLBOARD OFFICES: is re- entering the Japanese market. The an unspecified equity stake in Music companies, New York Washington, D.C. 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International: 740 -382 -3322 This time around, MTV comes into the 1.1 Japanese market not as a licenser but in RICCA ROEDY Details of the Internet offering have yet BILLBOARD ONLINE: http: / /www.billboard.com to be announced. 646- 654-5522, sbell @billboard.com partnership with Internet business hold- ing company @JapanMedia, formerly Asked why it has taken MTV two Vibe president Tetsuo "Ted" Kara - PRESIDENT: Howard Lander @japan.com. years to return to Japan -the world's sawa has been named chairman of MTV market Japan and will serve as acting president Vice Presidents: Howard Appelbaum, Marie In April, @japan.com took over Music second -biggest music -MTV Gombert, Irwin Kornfeld, Karen Oertley, Ken Channel, which since the end of its deal Networks executive VP Gregory Ricca of MTV Japan until a managing director Billboard Music Group Schlager, Joellen Sommer, Adam White with MTV has been operating cable/ says it was a question of identifying the (Continued on page 97)

BILLBOARD SEPTEMBER 9, 2000 www.billboard.com 7 www.americanradiohistory.com No. 1 IN BILLBOARD :. 1 VOLUME 112 NO. 37 THIS WEEK THIS WEEK THI WEEK BiIIb.arri THIS WEEK THIS WEEK THIS WEEK THE BILLBOARD 200 108 * COUNTRY GRAMMAR NELLY FO' REEL BWES TOP OF THE NEWS on "Sol Da Liberdade." 'Responsibility.' * RIDING WITH THE KING 53 10 Arista Records enters a 99 Music Video: BET settles B.B. KING & DUCK / REPRISE into INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN joint-venture agreement with into new New York digs with a 59 The Australian Labour Party * MOUNTAIN HIGH... VALLEY LOW 36 Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis' Flyle host of new music shows. YOLANDA ADAMS ELEKTRA announces plans to partially rein- Tyme Records. state parallel imports restrictions. FEATURES COUNTRY 33 * COYOTE UGLY SOUNDTRACK CURB ARTISTS Ei Music 62 Hits of the World: Madon- 90 Classifieds GOSPEL 12 Executive Turntable: Cyn- na's 'Music' debuts atop five 52 93 Update /Goodworks: Coun- T * MOUNTAIN HIGH... VALLEY LOW thia 'Cr Harris is promoted to international charts. YOLANDA ADAMS ELEKTRA try stars prep to lend their talents senior R VP of &B promotion for 63 Global Music Pulse: The to the Jerry Lewis Muscular P HEATSEEKERS Dys- 21 Columbia Records. Indian national anthem gets a * NO ONE DOES IT BETTER SOULDECISION MCA trophy Telethon. 16 Kandi offers sweet sounds on courtesy of A INDEPENDENT her solo debut, `Hey Kandi.' A.R. Rahman. * ART OFFICIAL INTEWGENCE DE LA SOUL ToMMY Boy 83 L 16 The Beat: British acts come B INTERNET MERCHANTS tt MARKETING stateside with the Done & Dusted * THE GREEN WORLD 86 81 Center rocks with U DAR WILLIAMS RAZOR 6 TIE tour. new click- and -brick strategy. KID 18 Boxscore: Dave Matthews M AUDIO 85 Declaration Indepen- S HEROES & VILLAINS THE POWERPUFF RHINO 83 of * GIRLS Band, Ben Harper, and Ozomatli Schmid are in the spotlight. dents: Ryko Distribution kicks back gross more than $4 million in THE BILLBOARD LATIN 50 25 R &B: Changing Faces invites at New Orleans sales convention. 58 Foxboro, Mass. * SON BY FOUR SON BY FOUR DISCOS listeners to listen in with "Visit Me.' 84 Retail Track: Rhino's sales 20 Soundtracks and Film POP 26 Rhythm Section: Wyclef and video staff joins the WEA CATALOG 18 Score News: 'Meal This Movie!" * MY OWN PRISON CREED WIND -UP Jean shows no signs of a sopho- family. soundtrack features all -star cast more slump with his latest debuting R&B /HIP-HOP 27 reworking classic tracks from such 85 Child's Play: Zany Brainy at No. 3 on the Top R &B /Hip -Hop * COUNTRY GRAMMAR NELLY FO" REEL artists as and John will 'Celebrate Friends' with a com- Albums chart. Lennon. pilation for kids. REGGAE 30 Dance: Junior Vasquez and * ART AND LIFE SHOCKING VIBES / VP 53 86 Sites + Sounds: Universal's the Tri-City Singers team for a toe- WORLD MUSIC eLabs debuts music programming tapping, spirit- lifting remix. for * WHO LET THE DOGS OUT 53 broadband users. BAHA MEN S -CURVE / SHERIDAN SO WRE 32 Country: Fast-rising single 87 Home Video: Studios look THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 106 builds anticipation for John Michael to scare up sales by releasing hor- * DOESN'T REALLY MATTER JANET DEF JAM / DEF SOUL Montgomery's newest set, 'Brand ror titles on DVD. 107 Hot 100 Spotlight: New Me.' dances up The Bill- ADULT CONTEMPORARY 96 PROGRAMMING board Hot 100 with her latest * YOU SANG TO ME COWMBUS 52 In the Spirit: Donnie McClurkin works hard to quell 94 Rock PDs question Arbi- single, 'Music.' ADULT TOP 40 96 rumors and promote new projects, tron's ability to properly survey for 110 Between the Bullets: * BENT MATCHBOX TWENTY LAVA their including his latest Verity set. format. Nelly chalks up his third week at

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TOP VIDEO SALES 88 * ERIN BROCKOVICH UNVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO Artist /Producer Dies At G3 T 0 DVD SALES BY CHRIS MORRIS Bono, then an A &R man at Art Rupe's Spe- single, "Rumble," reached No. 91. The fol- * ERIN BROCKOVICH UNVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO 88 P LOS ANGELES -"When I look at a list cialty Records, as a music copyist. He also lowing year, he co-wrote (with ex- employer HEALTH & FITNESS 89 of all the things I've done, it really does worked for a time at . Bono) one of his most enduring songs, "Nee- * BILLY BLANKS: TAE -BO WORKOUT VENTURA DISTRIBUTION V blow my mind. I really did a lot of stuff and In 1962, Nitzsche became an integral dles & Pins," which charted in three differ- nobody knows I MUSIC VIDEO SALES it," Jack Nitzsche said in an component of producer 's ent decades in versions by Jackie DeShan- D * AARON'S PARTY (COME GET IT) THE VIDEO 85 interview for "The Encyclopedia Of potent "." non, the Searchers, Smokie, and Tom Petty AARON CARTER JIVE / ZOMBA VIDEO Record Producers" (Billboard Books, He crafted arrange- & Stevie Nicks (and was even covered by E RECREATIONAL SPORTS 1999). O * WWF: TABLES LADDERS CHAIRS 89 ments for a number of punk group the Ramones). S WORLD WRESTUNG FEDERATION HOME VIDEO Nitzsche's 40 -year career in the record- Spector's biggest, and During the '60s, Nitzsche worked as an ing studios and sound stages of L.A. RENTALS was biggest -sounding, hits, arranger and producer for artists as * ERIN BROCKOVICH UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO indeed a staggeringly versatile one, encom- including ' diverse as , , Lesley passing important work as a musician, "" and Gore, Bob Lind, , and Gene , arranger, and producer. And "Baby I Love You," the McDaniels. He worked No. 1 ON THIS WEEK'S UNPUBLISHED CHARTS frequently as a for much of that career, he was a consum- NITZSCHE Crystals' "He's A sideman for , contribut- CLASSICAL mate "inside guy "- well-known to indus- Rebel," Bob B. Soxx & ing to such tracks as "Let's Spend * APPALACHIAN JOURNEY try cognoscenti, YO YO MA / EDGAR MEYER / MARK O'CONNOR SONY CLASSICAL virtually anonymous to the the Blue Jeans' "Zip -A -Dee Doo-Dah," and The Night Together," "Play With Fire," public at large. the producer's famed 1966 Pyrrhic victo- and "Paint It, Black." CLASSICAL CROSSOVER Nitzsche, 63, died Aug. 25 at Queen of ry, & * VOICE OF AN ANGEL CHARLOTTE CHURCH SONY CLASSICAL Ike 's grand, commer- In 1966, Nitzsche released "Chopin '66," Angels Hospital in . He suffered cially doomed "River Deep, Mountain which included pop of the tit- JAZZ cardiac arrest brought on by a recurring High." ular composer's work. (His later solo * WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYES DIANA KRALL VERVE bronchial infection. In 1963, Nitzsche scored the only real hit release, 1972's "St. Giles Cripplegate," was JAZZ / CONTEMPORARY Born in on April 22, 1937, and he ever had under his own name when his an orchestral work recorded in the titular * FOURPLAY... YES, PLEASE! FOURPLAY WARNER BROS. raised in Michigan, keyboardist/gui- moody orchestral number "The Lonely English church.) tarist/saxophonist Nitzsche moved to Surfer" reached No. NEW AGE LA 39 on Billboard's Hot In 1967, Nitzsche wrote the string * MY ROMANCE JIM BRICKMAN WINDHAM HILL in the late '50s. He was hired by Sonny 100 Singles chart, although a second Reprise (Continued on page 111)

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In addition to pro- Among those also here are, of course, ture Assn. of America (MPAA), the nary injunction on July 28 following and Terry Lewis' Los Angeles -based ducing artists for Flyte Tyme, Jam , Jam and Lewis, Briggs, National Academy of Recording Arts an order issued by U.S. District Flyte Tyme Records a wise business and Lewis will produce acts on Sean Combs' Bad Boy, and Sciences and Divine Mill (NARAS), and retail Judge Marilyn Hall Patel on July 26. decision. Arista and its affiliated labels. with producer KayGee, responsible group the Video Software Dealers Third -party friend -of-the -court "Jimmy and Terry are phenome- The duo -whose production cred- for bringing Next and Naughty By Assn. are preparing to file lend or briefs are in landmark cases, nal producers. I worked with them its include recordings by Mary J. Nature. We're stacking up all the best their name to amicus curiae or and if written well they can sway a when I worked with Boyz II Men," Blige, Mariah Carey, and TLC, as producers "friend in the world here." of the court" briefs in the court's ultimate decision, according to says Mark Singleterry, who manages well as Janet's Billboard Hot 100 No. Initial artists and projects under Napster appeal now with the 9th U.S. San Francisco copyright attorney LaFace /Arista act Pink. "[Arista 1 single "Doesn't Really Matter" - the new Flyte Tyme/Arista umbrel- Circuit Court of Appeals in San Fred von Lohmann of Morrison & president/CEO Antonio] 'L.A.' Reid joins Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs and la will be announced in the coming Francisco. Foerster. is very smart bringing such prolific other noted producers as members of weeks, says Flyte The National Assn. of Recording "A third party makes it clearer to producers to the table." the Arista family. Tyme's Jam. "As Merchandisers says it is also review- the court how important a case is, "I think it's a cool idea," echoes "This is a dream come true," says great as the idea is ing the issue and has not decided on and it carries weight," von Lohmann Terry McBride, manager of Arista Reid. "Because of Jimmy Jam and of signing with a course of action, according to a says. "With parties less directly in- acts Sarah McLachlan and Dido. Terry Lewis' unquestionable track Arista," adds Jam, spokesman. volved, it lets the court know there's "They have a great reputation, and record over the last 15 years and my "what means more NARAS, which submitted an affi- more at stake than one online digital I think it's a smart move." tremendous respect for them, it's is signing with a davit in the original copyright-in- music company." been my lifelong goal to work company that L.A. fringement lawsuit filed by the Re- The briefs don't sides take with them. They've proven JAM AND LEWIS Reid is running. cording Industry Assn. of America in the case but are meant to they can stand the test of The parallels (RIAA) in our last December, will file its offer a different perspective. time and have always made careers are significant: growing up amicus brief shortly, according to a "If persuasive, these briefs records that cross over well." in the Midwest, our long respective spokesman for the organization. can be powerful stuff, but the Prior to launching Flyte partnerships. We're looking forward On Aug. 25, the Consumer Elec- briefs of each of the parties Tyme Records in 1997 to working with L.A. and Arista." tronics Assn., the Digital Music Assn. are supposed to be the most t hrough Universal, Jam and Longtime Flyte Tyme president (DiMA), and lobbyist NetCoalition important," von Lohmann Lewis created Perspective Gwen Irby joins Jam and Lewis at each filed friend -of-the -court briefs says. Records in 1991. The A &M- Arista. saying that Napster's music file -shar- He speculates that the distributed label was home to In addition to Flyte Tyme ing technology must be compared Internet groups filed to Sounds Of Blackness, Mint Records, Minneapolis-based Jam and with the Supreme Court's 1984 Sony encourage the court to keep Condition, and Solo. During Lewis operate Flyte Tyme Produc- Corp. vs. Universal City Studios case, its decision as narrow as pos- its association with Univer- tions, the Flyte Tyme recording stu- which requires new technologies to sible. "They don't want the sal, Flyte Tyme released dios, and their own music publishing be judged on whether they have sub- court to chill other compa- "Album" by Angel Grant in companies. The companies remain stantial "non- infringing uses." nies." Governors and Saviors. VH1 Save the Music Founda- 1998 as well as the "How separate from the Arista deal. In addition, DiMAs brief cites the Von Lohmann also points tion recently received the 2000 Governors' Award from Stella Got Her Groove Back" Asked if similar joint ventures 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright out that in an appeals case no of Television Arts and Sciences for its exten- soundtrack the same year. are in the offing, Reid says, Act "safe harbor" provisions witnesses that are called and that sive campaign to help reintroduce music education into "This continues to build "We're looking to grow the roster limit the liability of service providers. the primary source of infor- public school curriculums, providing instruments and Arista in the R &B and pop but not necessarily through The 9th Circuit has scheduled oral mation the three -judge panel materials needed to restore programs. Pictured accepting genres," adds Reid. "And that's [more] big deals such as these." arguments for Oct. 2, and the RIAA will have is from briefs. `An the award, from left, are Tom Freston, chairman /CEO of the goal: to increase our ability will file its response to the appeal on appeal is an isolated experi- MTV Networks; John Sykes, president of VH1; and Bob to attract talent and find mate- Assistance in preparing this story Friday (8). The MPAA is expected to ence, and the is process dom- Morrison, executive director of VH1 Save the Music. rial for our artists. When I was provided by Melinda Newman file its amicus brief around the same inated by paper," he says. came to the company, there in, Los Angeles.

lucky Dog Offers `Pick Of the litter' American Originals Showcases Sony Imprint To Market Sets From , Shelby Lynne, Others Songwriters from Bluebird Cafe BY RAY WADDELL going through the vaults, I started to "I let myself be bullied and regretted BY DEBORAH EVANS PRICE already signed to be part of the next NASHVILLE -"Pick Of The Lit- realize that albums like Rodney Crow- it," says Crowell. "Parts of ["Keys "] I NASHVILLE -For nearly 20 wave of releases due out in January. ter," a septet of reissues due 19 Sept. ell's `Keys To The Highway' could liked, and parts of it I would rather years, Nashville's famed Bluebird The label plans to issue between 10 on the Sony Nashville /Lucky Dog stand up against any Americana have been scrapped. It could've been a Cafe has been a mag- and 15 "Live At The imprint, is being positioned and mar- artist's records today" really good record if I hadn't allowed net attracting stellar Bluebird" collections keted as a set of influential precur- myself to be rushed." performances from a Amy Kurland each year. sors to the current alt.country/roots RODNEY'S DOGS He cites "My Past Is Present," "If who's who of ac- "[My goal] for music movement. With two releases in the first "Pick Looks Could Kill," and "Many A claimed songwriters. ...hasa American Originals The first -time project is also Of The Litter" batch, Crowell is Long And Lonesome Highway" as his With the Sept. 12 has always been to designed devotion and to add some beef to Lucky favorite cuts on "Keys." Crowell adds launch of the "Live At be a /song- Dog, still in its puppyhood, with artists that both that album and the later The Bluebird" series, respect for writer label like Jack Ingram and Charlie and Bruce "Life Is Messy" (1992) are "me try- those performances Lifesong was," Kur- Robison currently signed to the label. ing to paint by numbers at the time. will be available on CD artists that I've nit says, referring to The seven reissues include critical- To me, `Life Is Messy' is a bit better for via the label he started ly acclaimed works from Rodney piece of work, born out of its own cir- New York -based label only seen a few in the 1970s with Crowell ("Keys To The Highway," cumstances. Overall, I think you could American Originals. Terry Cashman and "Life Is Messy "), Billy Joe Shaver go through all the records I made at The series, a joint times. Tommy West. Kur- ("Salt Of The Earth "), Marty Stuart CROWELL Columbia and compile what I would venture between nit currently heads ( Nashville "Let There Be Country "), and Joy call a pretty damn impressive piece of American Originals is up Metrostar and Lynn White ( "Between Midnight & pleased his past records are receiving work." and the Bluebird Cafe, blessed to have Winthrop Records. Hindsight "), as well as compilations renewed focus but stops short of say- Among the notable cuts on "Life Is will kick off with American Originals from the O'Kanes ( "The Only Years ") ing either release is among his best Messy" is "What Kind Of Love," with releases by Michael her and the is a joint venture and Shelby Lynne ( "Epic Record- work. "Parts of 'em are worth anoth- songwriting credits for Rodney Crow- Johnson, Angela between Winthrop ings"). er look," Crowell says. "The good ell, , and the late Roy Kaset, and Fred Bluebird' Records and South- "When we rust started Lucky Dog thing about [the reissues] is I don't Orbison. Crowell says that Orbison Knobloch and Jelly bound Music Group. a couple of years ago and brought in have a copy of `Life Is Messy' so now was dead before the song was written Roll Johnson. The - PHIL KURNIT - "My partner, Len Charlie, Bruce, and Jack, we knew we I can go out and buy one." but had previously committed the series will be distrib- Handler, introduced wanted to flesh it out some with the Crowell says "Keys To The High- melody to tape, from which the other uted by Koch Interna- me to [Bluebird own- catalog and make it a real label," says way" (1989) could have been a better two writers composed the song. tional. er] Amy Kurland," he adds. "She Dale Libby, Sony Nashville VP of record if he hadn't felt pressure to "Will and I were careful to try and According to American Originals has a devotion and respect for sales. "Given the mission of Lucky quickly follow up his highly successful write a very good song from [Orbi- president Phil Kurnit, Don Schlitz, artists that I've only seen a few Dog to sign these type artists, and in "Diamonds And Dirt" record (1988). (Continued on page 107) whose credits include Kenny times. Nashville is blessed to have Rogers' hit "The Gambler," is (Continued on page 111)

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www.americanradiohistory.com Meilencamp Extends TBA Quietly Turns Into Powerhouse Entertainment Co.'s Newest Ventures Include Web /TV Series BY RAY WADDELL turned president of Hard Rock Inter- utive VP at TBA. "From the artists' Impromptu Free Tour NASHVILLE -While SFX has been national plc, Weaver deftly parlays side of it, there is no question more and attracting the lion's share of attention lessons learned from both worlds into more are open to playing private cor- CINCINNATI -John Mellencamp lencamp took on the mini-tour, accor- on the event production front for the his vision for TBA. porate events. They don't have to fans seem to know a good thing when dionist Mike Flynn from Indiana past few years, TBA Entertainment Weaver says his original concept for worry about percentages and ticket they see it, and the artist himself con- band Old Pike and fiddler Merritt Corp. has quietly become one of the what became TEA Entertainment was sales -they just come in and play their curs, judging from continuing Lear from Chicago group Butterfly strongest and most diversified enter- to build a broad -based entertainment gig response to his free Live in the Child, have likewise had to adapt to tainment companies in the industry' pro- company with numerous fixed assets, Besides the aforementioned acts, Streets: The Good Samaritan Tour. the impromptu nature of the process. ducing more than 3,000 events annually. using entertainment to drive the train. TBA's artist management division now The impromptu road trek was ex- "I thought we'd be playing 10 songs The main catalyst for TBAs growth "We soon saw that our entertain- represents Chely Wright, Gary Chap- tended to four more cities (Cincinnati, of John's and there'd be the same set has been the company's ability to join ment assets were experiencing signif- man, Jerry Kilgore, Jaci Velásquez, Atlanta, Nashville, and the rocker's list every show with the same parts for the creative and corporate communities icantly greater growth, so we made Wayne Watson, 4HIM, FFH, Scott hometown of me," says Lear. in ways that work for both. the decision to sell all of our fixed Krippayne, Petra, and Jay Johnson. Bloomington, "But when I got to The most recent announcement assets and focus on growing the enter- `Artists that are developing careers Ind.) following an the first rehearsal from TBA, headed by entertainment tainment side of the business," need a [management] company that initial series of I was told by John business entrepreneur Thomas Jack- explains Weaver. "Since that time can negotiate record contracts and six surprise to `go nuts,' basi- son "Jock" Weaver III, was for the other business aspects but also can shows ("Mellen - cally. For even the upcoming "Music In High Places" secure corporate sponsorships and camp's Acoustic few songs of his Internet and television series. The endorsement situations," says Janese. Samaritans," we tend to play, venture, sponsored by Radio Shack, "As often as is appropriate, we utilize Music to My like `Pink Houses,' RCA, and MSN, features musical our artist management clients for Ears, Billboard, I've been instruct- artists in adventures/performances at these purposes." Aug. 26) that ed to improvise as exotic locales. It kicks off Oct. 6 with Mellencamp and musicians in Atlanta. kicked off Aug. much as possible." Alanis Morissette the Navajo we've (Photo: William Berry/AJC) at been growing our revenues at UNPLUGGED IN HIGH PLACES 11 before a star- "We're just Nation's Canyon de Chelly National double- and triple -digit rates and have "Music In High Places," the 12- tled throng of making it up as Monument in Arizona. come from a setup company with vir- episode music and travel series, will 400 in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse we go," adds a grinning Flynn, who "Music In High Places" is the lat- tually no revenues or assets to a com- debut on international satellite service Square, with the crowd size swelling ad -libbed new lyrics to the old Dono- est in a string of high- profile, corpo- pany with $80 million -$100 million in DirecTV and at Microsoft's MSN com to 15,000 by the time it surfaced in van /Animals classic "Hey Gyp" when rate America -supported events from [annual] revenue." Web portal (Billboardlsdletin, Aug. Chicago Aug. 21. Mellencamp turned the mike over to TBA. Just this year TBA produced the Such growth came from a narrow 29). Fueled by clues placed on his Web him during the in Cin- Hard Rock Cafe Rockfest near Chica- focus on creating a niche for TBA, The artists will perform "un- site and duly recirculated by radio sta- cinnati's packed Fountain Square. go presented by Oldsmobile and the Weaver says. "What we really do that's plugged" at various scenes on their tions in the designated cities (includ- Fans appeared to enjoy every off- 25 -date Montreux Festival tour pre- very different from most everybody "adventure," according to Marc ing Boston, Pittsburgh, and Cleve- hand aspect of the program, but sented by Oldsmobile Aurora. else in the industry is specialize in link- Oswald, co-executive producer of the land), the size of expectant audiences press coverage along the trail has Additionally, TBA has a corporate ing the creative community with the series for TBA. "It's almost like a long - for the hourlong lunchtime busking ranged from buoyant to bewildered, entertainment division, a highly active corporate community and by doing form music video," Oswald explains. ranged from 3,000 in Nashville to with The Cincinnati Enquirer noting fair division, a management division that producing some of the largest and "It's not really a concert, more like a 7,000 in Cincinnati Aug. 25 and 8,000 that "it's an unprecedented tour for that represents acts ranging from most successful programs in history," series of acoustic performances." in Atlanta, with the Bloomington an artist who remains a major con- Brooks & Dunn and Kathy Mattea to he observes. Morissette's performances in front finale on Aug. 31 drawing over 10,000. cert draw even though modern rock Point Of Grace and Nine Days, and a And, while SFX has attracted all the of Native Americans were unique, Asked in Ohio why he extended the radio doesn't play his new music." marketing arm that has been on the attention with its aggressively acquis- Oswald says. "Her presence and inter- tour, Mellencamp tells Billboard Edi- (For the record, Mellencamp has forefront of hooking up concert tours itive stance, TBA has been mostly action with the Navajo was nothing in tor Chief Timothy White, "It's never once appeared on Billboard's with promotion -minded corporations. under the radar in becoming an enter- short of sacred in itself," he says. "The been too much fun to stop, and I had Modern Rock Tracks radio chart When the company's special events tainment force in its own right. way she deals with people blew me a little more unscheduled time this since its inception in the issue dated (1998 Goodwill Games opening and "SFX -and other companies- invest- away." summer, so what the hell? Let's face Sept. 10, 1988, but he has remained a closing celebrations), television (pay - ed large amounts of in brick and Oswald says producers are cur- it, I've 20 spent over years in the staple on the Mainstream Rock per -views for Bad Company and Merle mortar, and the investments we've rently in discussions with some 50 grind of corporate obligations to play Tracks chart since it started in 1985.) Haggard), and merchandising efforts made have been in human capital," "major" acts to take part in "High or record, and I just wanted to break "Basically, the music fans of all are considered, TBA emerges as one of says Weaver. "In all of the operations Places," including rock, R&B, pop, the mold and get out of the box. I ages who've come to these shows are the most active and broad -based enter- we acquire we're investing in people Latin, and country performers. mean, let's just have fun, with no tick- just people in motion every day, and tainment companies. and in creating a pure service play, as The MSN Webcasts will be en- ets, no sound checks, no T-shirt I guess that includes me," says Mel - opposed to brick and mortar." hanced with additional content, and booths. Music outdoors with no cash lencamp. "Our culture is in constant TODAY'S TBA VISION While TBA has produced large the site will also sell "Music In High changing hands, what a concept!" motion and change, and I just want The mastermind of TBAs strategy tours, including Page & Plant and sev- Places" branded merchandise, from The two main accompanists Mel- (Continued on page 111) and growth is chairman /president/ eral big country names, the company which a portion of proceeds will bene- CEO Weaver. A financial magnate is not in a risk -taking position as a pro- fit the Grammy Foundation. moter. Instead, it brings corporate Oswald says the series will feature America on board to underwrite costs an "intense" Internet component, to and remains highly flexible, which begin 18. E X E C U T I V E T U R N T A B L E Oct. "The experience on the Weaver considers a competitive edge. Internet is second to none," he says. Is there a point where the artistic "The Internet is a huge part of this RECORD COMPANIES. Cynthia side can clash with the corporate side series." "CJ" Harris is promoted to senior and where marketing can reach criti- TBA is working with Tall Pony Pro- of R VP &B promotion for Colum- cal mass with the consumers? Weaver ductions and Innovative Media Pro- bia Records in New York. She was thinks the line is there but doesn't ductions in producing, senior national and plans call director of R &B think TBA has crossed it. for a cable network launch in January promotion. "There is a significant amount of 2001. "It will be something on basic Brian Shafton is promoted to commercialization in the marketplace, cable, likely one of the music chan- of VP sales for in and we think a lot of it goes beyond a nels," says Oswald. "We're talking to Los Angeles. He was director of HARRIS SHAFTON JACOBS HIRSCH level of integrity that should be main- all of them." sales, West Coast region. tained," says Weaver. "If you push "Music In High Places" was con- Susan Jacobs is named VP of promotion. in . She was an commercialization too far, you will not ceived by Innovative producer and publicity for Sony Classical in New promotes Jason A &R manager for EMI Music move your targeted constituency the marketing exec Parvene Michaels, York. She was co- president of McFadden to national promotion Canada. way you want to." who sought out TBA to lead the spon- Kahn & Jacobs Public Relations director in New York. Virgin Gizelle Galang is named direc- sorship and co- produce the event. and Marketing. Records also names Tyson Haller tor of business and legal affairs PRIVATE PARTIES Brian Murphy and Oswald of TBA, Lisa Hirsch is promoted to national manager of college pro- for the Island /Def Jam Music Much of TBA's linking of art and Anthony Eaton of Tall Pony, and senior director of artist relations motion in New York. They were, Group in New York. She was an commerce is in internal corporate Michaels will serve as executive pro- for Universal Records in Los An- respectively, a New York regional associate at L. Londell McMillan events. These aren't the company par- ducers of the series. geles. She was associate director promotion rep and national coordi- P.C. ties of yesteryear. TBA currently has offices in Los of artist relations. nator of college promotion and Shannon McSweeney is pro- "As companies' work forces reach Angeles, New York, and Nashville. Tony Hicks is promoted to sen- marketing for Elektra Entertain- moted to director of marketing the 35-45 age, they're no longer want- Sources say the announcement of a ior director of urban promotion for ment. services for Artemis Records in ing the Temptations and ; major presence by TBA in London and Restless Records in Los Angeles. Bonnie Fedrau is named direc- New York. She was manager of they're wanting Lenny Kravitz and other European markets could be He was national director of urban tor of A &R for Zomba Records A &R. ," says Greg Janese, exec- forthcoming.

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www.americanradiohistory.com PRO AUDIO Artistsd`lusicPOP ROCK R & B RAP DANCE COUNTRY LATIN CLASSICAL JAll Carter's Vìolìn Reverberates With `Motor City' Jazz On Verve BY STEVE GRAYBOW [blues guitarist] John Lee Hooker," Thanks to a sympathetic big-band "where the written music stops and the Mills cereal company to its consumer NEW YORK-Detroit, the home of the explains Carter. "Russell is from the teacher at Michigan's Oakley Universi- improvisation starts and how jazz is a base and will be included on 1 million automobile industry and the birthplace South, and he grew up playing that ty, Carter began to develop her own living, breathing conversation between CD -ROMs given away by Infiniti auto- of , has been indelibly stamped kind of blues. Most people in Detroit voice on her instrument. Rather than the musicians. I think that if more peo- mobiles in conjunction with Excite.com. into the American consciousness as an migrated from somewhere else, so in listening to the scant handful of existing ple understood jazz, more people would According to Suzanne Berg, senior incubator for ingenuity. Along with many ways the community just moved come to the shows and buy the music, VP of promotion for the Verve Music up South." because they would not be so intimi- Group, jazz radio will be serviced with such artists as and d "shesys. Marvin Gaye, the city boasts jazz leg- At age 16, Carter discovered jazz. the entire "Motor City Moments" ends Thad Jones, Milt Jackson, and "The problem with playing in a sym- Verve senior VP of sales Michael album, with emphasis on the tracks among its native sons. phony"- Carter's résumé includes a Kauffman calls Carter "a dynamic live "Don't Git Sassy," "Don't Mess With It can also brag of violinist Regina stint with the Detroit Civic Symphony artist" and notes that "getting people to Mr T," " Forever February," "Higher Carter, who fetes the music of her Orchestra-"was that I would be a see her in person is key to promoting Ground," and "Up South." hometown on "Motor City Moments" soloist with the orchestra, and I want- the new recede" Along with jazz clubs, "Jazz radio needs to go deep on a (Verve, Sept 19). Along with composi- ed to be out front," she says with a Carter typically expands her audience record," explains Berg. tions by Wonder, Gaye, Jackson, Jones, laugh. "At fast, I didn't know what jazz CARTER by playing live dates for subscription - "Regina's last record [1998's "Rhy- and Harris, Carter interprets Alex was or what my role in it could be, but based performing arts centers and thms Of The Heart" (Music to My North's "Lave Theme From Spartacus" Iknew Iwanted to be a part of it." jazz violinists, her teacher instructed plans to augment her upcoming tour Ears, Billboard, April 3, 1999)] sold (itself recorded by Detroit native Yusef Despite her enthusiasm, Carter's ini- her to listen to horn players and placed with in-store appearances. very consistently and continues to sell Lateef), along with a piece by saxo- tial introduction to jazz was less than an her in the school band's saxophone sec- Verve will extensively promote the based on word-of -mouth, radio, and phonist Lucky Thompson. epiphany. "No one taught jazzviolin, and tion There, Carter began transposing album in and around Detroit, partner- touring," notes Jessica Sendra, jazz Carter penned two compositions my teachers didn't know what to do with alto saxophone parts to the violin. She ing with such Michigan-based outlets buyer for Borders. "This record has found on "Motor City Moments," the me," she recalls. "I went to the music also began listening to jazz vocalists, as Harmony House and Borders Books the potential to do double or triple the melancholy "Forever February" and store and bought Ornette Coleman, Eric learning to phrase and let her notes & Musc. sales of the last one, and we plan to the blues "Up South," written and per- Dolph,; and albums, and I breathe like a singer would. Tracks from "Motor City Moments" work closely with Verve to spread the formed with guitarist Russell Malone. was really turned off. I felt jazz was Now, Carter holds jazz education will also be placed on 50,000 free sam- word about this very talented and orig- "I wanted to dedicate something to something I couldn't handle." clinics when she tours, showing people pler CDs distributed by the General inal musician."

Letting `Dogs Out' Benefits Iaha Men Ward-0l -Mouth Boosts Album Sales As S-Curve Single Drives U.S Success for ¡liUden leach's `Who IS J111 Scoff?' 2 BY CARLA HAY 1 on that chart in the Aug. 26 issue and then BY CARLA HAY Heatseekers Impact status in the Sept. NEW YORK-After a series of ups and downs reached Heatseekers Impact status when it NEW YORK-"Who is Jill Scott?" is a ques- issue when it jumped from No. 109 to No. 94 in their career, Balm Men have achieved a main- rocketed from No. 1 J3 to No. 59 on The Billboard tion that more people are getting the answer on The Billboard 200. This issue, the album is stream U.S. breakthrough with their unique 200 in the Sept 2 issue. This issue the album is to, as the jazz -influenced R &B singer fords No. 64 on that chart. blend of Caribbean rhythms and hip -hop. The at No. 35. a growing audience. Industry professionals Scott believes a large part of her appeal is group -named after its home country of the The song "Who Let The Dogs are saying that powerful word-of -mouth sup- because "I wrote this album like Bahamas -is getting Out" is shaping up to be one of port is the driving a human being. I sing like a attention for its fourth the more popular party -and- force behind a re- black woman. I didn't talk U.S. album, "Who Let HEAT sports anthems of the year, cent increase in H1i T about what everyone else is to aggtes- sales for Scott's de- talking about If the people The Dogs Out" (S- SEEKERS due in large part SEEKERS Curve /Sheridan ' sive marketing of the song but album, "Who Is who hear my album don't Square/Artemis Rec- .. GS° to various sports organiza- Jill Scott? Words ,mPAV share my experiences, at BARA MEN ords). Sales for the al- tions. scoTr And Sounds Vol. 1" least they understand." bum are being fueled "We knew that the song was (Hidden Beach/Epic The Philadelphia -based by exposure for the title track, according to going to have tremendous youth appeal," says Records). singer adds, "I also still leave something for industry observers. Artemis executive VP Michael Krumper. "And Released July 18, Scott's album bowed at my concerts, so when I perform the songs it's Released July 25 in the U.S., "Who Let the we knew the song would make a great theme No. 8 on the Heatseekers chart in the Aug. 5 something different." Dogs Out" debuted at No. 21 on the Heatseekers song for athletic events." issue. In the Aug. 26 issue, the album peaked Hidden Beach president/CEO Steve Mc- chart in the Aug. 19 issue. The album rose to No. (Continued on page 92) at No. 2 on that chart. Scott's album reached (Continued on page 92)

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Nit Songwriter Nandi Debuts As An Artist On Columbia Set BY LARRY FLICK man. But there's also a definite the summer on the road, playing have a wealth of incredible mate- NEW YORK-Kandi is ready for edge there that says, `Don't cross clubs and several R&B /hip -hop- rial to work with." her close -up. me, because I will cut you.' " leaning festivals. The label is Although Kandi should be used After crafting a string of hits Given her creative potency, it's mulling over several touring to such accolades, she isn't yet. by other acts, most notably TLC's hard to believe Kandi's admission options for autumn. "It's always a little bit of a jolt to "No Scrubs" and Destiny's to initially being "momentarily The artist is also preparing to realize that people are speaking Child's "Bills, Bills, Bills" (both frozen" while trying to cook up spend a portion of the fall so highly of me," she says. "It No. 1 records), the charismatic material. "I hit the wall," she trekking through the U.K. and only gets deeper as the songs get young woman is gunning for says. "I came up empty. The pres- continental Europe, where the bigger." deserved recognition as an artist sure was so intense. The expec- album will be released in Decem- Kandi's name may not ring an in her own right. She makes a tations for this record were ber. Columbia is also leaning instant memory bell to many, but solid case for her cause on her super- high." toward issuing a softer, more her music has amassed a legion of stellar Columbia debut, "Hey But the artist eventually trust- downtempo tune as the first sin- fans over the past five years. For Kandi," due Sept. 26. ed herself to simply let the words gle there. "Easier," a soulful starters, she's a founding member Bolstered by the singer /tune- and music flow. "I just got down with Faith Evans, is among the of Xscape, whose successful late - smith's continued collaboration to tellin' stories ... on myself, on KANDt candidates. '90s spree of hits- including the with longtime creative partner my friends, whatever," she "It's such a great song, and it's million -sellers "Can't Hang" and Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, the recalls. "Once we got rollin', the added it. certainly one of the songs we're "Feel So Good " -blazed a trail for collection is rife with the kind of fear lifted. I got back to trusting In addition to the standard considering for single release current girl-group darlings Des- cutting -edge hip -hop rhythms myself and my gift." round of press, radio, and retail here, too," Jackson notes. "We're tiny's Child. and candy-sweet hooks that radio Now it's Columbia's turn to visits, Kandi has spent much of extremely fortunate in that we (Continued on page 20) programmers currently require. deliver on that gift. According to Cuts like the rising first single, Quincy Jackson, associate direc- "Don't Think I'm Not," gain a tor of product marketing at the unique edge from lyrics that label, the approach to "Hey offer more than standard, Kandi" has been similar to that romance -rooted fodder. They tell for a rap project. "We started latest British Invasion Coming In 2001 relatable tales in real terms from underground, letting it swell up," the perspective of a woman who she says. is no shrinking violet. Early exposure for Kandi's solo When Done & Dusted Tour Nits U.S. Shores "I respect strong women who career has come via the inclusion lay it out, with no beating around of the skittling, beat -smart gem ONE IF BY LAND: The British are coming, but was going to be far more limited than it will be the bush," Kandi says. "That's "What I'm Gon' Do To You" on the this time we're getting plenty of warning. In Sep- next year because of recording schedules. Beth the kind of woman I've always rap -laden soundtrack supporting tember 2001, New York -based booking agency Lit- Orton and Stereophonics were making their next been, particularly when it comes the film "Big Momma's House." tle Big Man Booking plans to launch the Done & records, Gomez was going into the studio, Rob- to relationships. That raw hon- "Now that we're solid at street Dusted tour stateside. bie Williams wasn't available to do touring. esty and strength is at the core level, we're broadening the scope Named for an Internet music channel that "There was a whole cast of characters that we of every song I write." to include the mainstream pop streams British festivals, the U.S. dates will fea- were catching between touring cycles," Diamond No doubt. And for proof, all one and R &B worlds," Jackson says. ture up to two dozen British acts on at least two continues. "We felt that we were putting our back needs to do is investigate tunes That expansion includes issu- stages in an outdoor setting. Little Big Man Book- against the wall, and we wanted to make sure we like "Talkin' Bout Me," on which ing a slick videoclip for "Don't ing founder /president Marty Diamond says five launched it properly and were concerned about the artist "talks about the good Think I'm Not," directed by Billy cities are on the inaugural docket: Toronto, New putting the bands in the right environment. I side of relationships. I love that Woodruff. It is currently getting York, San Francisco, Los don't want to throw a party song because it communicates active airplay on BET and the Angeles, and Chicago. and have less than all the peo- how nice a woman can be with a Box, and MTV has recently "There's a lot of great ple show up." British music, and we'd like to While Diamond expects let it be seen in the light that people to come for the music, it's often seen in the U.K. -in he also thinks British acts a festival environment," says have their own special flair. cil4oZast. _Sioadway. Diamond. "We want one show "There is still a cachet to that shows the diversity of the being British," he says. "I just Walnot. J14adls.on GAvErLUE. BEiydoifs. music and creates an environ- think there is still something ment the acts are comfortable by Melinda Newman about being from across with." the Atlantic." Diamond hopes You're never far from exceptionally good company. to hold the For much more on the festivals in fields, as opposed to traditional British music scene in the U.S., see the package of venues, to make them more like the British expe- stories starting on page 1. From Lincoln Center to the Met, when you stay with us, rience. "There isn't an amphitheater circuit in the U.K. They don't understand the sea of blue seats," STUFF: Joan Osborne hit the road in support we'll keep you close to the best things in Manhattan. Diamond says. of her new album Sept. 1. The tour ends Oct. 11 Including fine dining at our Conservatory Restaurant & Cafe. "There will be between eight and 10 acts on the in Washington, D.C.... Perry Farrell's new main stage," adds Diamond, who expects the dates album, his Virgin Records label debut originally Happy Hour 5 p.m.-7 p.m. will feature between 15 and 20 acts per day. "The slated to come out in October, has been pushed second stage will be a dance stage, and a third back to early 2001. According to Farrell's repre- stage is possible as well." sentative, the delay is due to the artist putting - $190 Single $210 Double 8260 Suites The Chicago date will differ from the four other ishing touches on the project, titled "The Diamond cities because it will be held during the week Jubilee." For reservations, call 800- 223 -4164. instead of on a weekend. "That will be in a couple Indigo Girls will release a 16 -song greatest - of different clubs," says Diamond. "For example, hits package on Epic Oct. 3. The retrospective will the dance night might be at the Aragon Ballroom. also include two new tracks. Concurrently, Lega- It will be multiple nights since it falls in the mid- cy plans to four Indigo Girls albums: dle of the week." "Strange Fire," "Indigo Girls," "Nomads- Indians- Should the dates go well, Diamond says, he'd Saints," and "Rites Of Passage," all with new like to see the festival expand into a Lollapalooza packaging, bonus tracks, and new liner notes. or Lilith Fair type of tour. Diamond's partners in The releases are in conjunction with the duo's the tour are three British promoters: Dennis Honor the Earth tour, which starts in October. Desmond, Bob Angus, and Simon Moran. The benefit outing, which will feature such THE MAYFLOWER HOTEL Diamond had intended to do a test date this Sat- guest artists as Bonnie Raitt, Jackson ON THE PARK NEW YORK urday (9) at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, Browne, and Joan Baez, funds Native Ameri- 15 Central Park West at 61st Street, New York, NY 10023 212 -265 -OO6o N.J., www.mayflowcrhotel.com but "upon further consideration, we decided can grass -roots environmental and cultural to step away from it," he says. "The talent pool preservation projects.

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Harding Promotes Mammoth Set With Live `Confessions'

NEW YORK-In marketing "The Confessions Of St. Ace," John Wesley We've Got Harding's first effort for Mammoth Records, the label is creating scenar- ios that best flatter the venerable singer/songwriter's music. You Covered. "Wes has made the record he shaukl," says Mammoth president Rob Worldwide Affiliates. Seidenberg of the set, due Sept. 26. All 50 states throughout the U.S.,Canada, "He writes great songs, and he takes Mexico, England and Australia. his craft seriously. When Wes signed with us, we wanted him to make the English -speaking chauffeurs in Western music he heard in his head, knowing and Eastern Europe, that we would support him by pro- moting that music in a context that is Hong Kong and Japan. complementary" After a several- album phase where Harding worked in a sparse, largely acoustic frame- work, "St. Ace" is rife with richly HARDING detailed modern- pop tunes, offered in arrangements laced with string and horn flourishes. The listener is never distracted from Harding's vivid, often amusing storyteller lyrics. "So far, this has been a great ex- perience for me," says Harding, who first came to prominence in 1990 with the pop chestnut "Here Comes The Groom." "It's rare for an artist to feel like a creative being when dealing with a record company, as opposed to feeling like a commodity. And yet, I also feel like I'm in a sound business situation." Harding spent a large portion of the summer playing clubs in support of "St. Ace." When he tours this fall, it'll be the first time he hits the road with a full band in several years. "This is the most crucial element of our mar- keting plan," Seidenberg says. "We want to do justice to this record, and we believe that people will respond to hearing these songs in a live setting." Besides putting Harding on the road, Mammoth has begun working the sly tune "She's A Piece Of Work" to triple -A and rock radio. College stations will be serviced with the entire album in early September. Other avenues of exposure for the project so far have been a stellar appearance on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien," as well as the inclu- sion of the album cut "I'm Wrong About Everything" on the soundtrack to the motion picture "High Fidelity" Additionally, the Hastings, Eng- land, native has launched a Web site (wesweb.net) that offers timed-out downloads of cuts from the album, as Orange County 1 -714- 429 -0166 well as MP3 downloads of several Los Angeles 1- 800 -255 -4444 previously unavailable songs. EXPRELEx San Francisco 1 -415- 357 -5054 New York 1- 800 -421 -9494 "The site is exemplary of the way o I've conducted my career," says TCP80tA Harding. "It promotes my new mu- Limousine Service Nobody does better what we do best? sic, but it also talks about music, in general, and it allows people to com- municate with each other. That's ra,,m

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To p Pop. Catalog Albums.. COIpMFD FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE, MASS MERCHANT, AND INTERNET á SAXES REPORTS COI" ECffD. COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY SoundScane x Verve, Columbia /Legacy beam On Jazz' Series =WY wW ARTIST .111111 TITLE gW IMPRINT óW H 3 8 NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUG. LIST PRICE) BY CHRIS MORRIS ton, Joe Lovano, Jackie McLean, ed several pieces associated with LOS ANGELES -In an unprece- Joshua Redman, and Clark Terry. musicians like trumpeter Buddy -owl No. 1 MN- dented unified effort, Verve Music (A CREEDA° MY OWN PRISON number of interviewees, includ- Bolden, whose contributions to the 1 1 WIND -UP 13O49(11.9,'17.98} ® 32 weeks at No 1 152 Group and Columbia /Legacy Re- music predated the recording of jazz BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS w° LEGEND cordings are joining forces to release Marsalis says of Burns, "He's a 2 3 TUFF GONG/ISLAND 846210ADIMG (12.98/18.98) 584 24 separate collections tied to Ken great filmmaker in the documentary DIXIE CHICKS A' WIDE OPEN SPACES Burns' 10 19 3 - MONUMENT 68195/SONY (NASHVILLE) (10.96 E0/17.98)1111 135 -part, -hour history style, and his films attest to that. He's ,: METALLICA METALLICA "Jazz," which will air nationally on a tireless worker ... He's in that top 4 2 ELEKTRA61113 *7EEG(11.98/17.98) 472 PBS in t° January percentile of serious people-that N SYNC 5 4 RCA 67613 (11.98 /18.98) 127 On Nov. 7, the companies will issue midnight- oil -burnin' seriousness, BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BANDA' GREATEST HITS a five -CD, 94 -track "Jazz" boxed set, where you can't go to sleep unless it's 6 6 CAPITOL 30334* (10.98715.98) 305 a single -CD 20 -track soundtrack, and right. The thing I really respect PINK FLOYD V° DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 7 7 CAPITOL 46001* (10.98/17.98) 1223 22 individual -artist collections (11 about him is that hell listen to what A° LICENSED TO ILL from each label) surveying the work you haw to say, but he makes his film 8 9 DEF JAM 527351/1DJMG (6.98/11.98) 439 of musicians featured in the series. the way he wants it to be." DEF LEPPARDA' VAULT - GREATEST HITS 1980 -1995 9 10 MERCURY 528718ADJMG (10.98717.98) 199 (Columbia/Legacy will market the Vocalist and University of Toledo BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB boxed set and soundtrack CD in the BURNS jazz professor Jon Hendricks, who 10 8 WORLD C1RCURmNONESUG17947WAG (12-98/18.98) in 67 U.S., while Verve will take the for- appears in several episodes of "Jazz," ANDREA BOCELLIA' ROMANZA 11 11 PHIUPS 539207 (12.9108.98) OM 143 eign rights to those packages; each ing Lester Bowie, Harry "Sweets" believes the series will lead to a PEARL JAM*" TEN company has worldwide rights to its Edison, and Jimmy Rowles, died broader understanding of the music 12 - EPIC 47857* (10.98 EQ/17.98)101 264 individual-artist titles.) before the film was completed.) by a general audience. STYX GREATEST HITS 13 5 A&M 540387/INTERSCOPE (10.98717.9(3) 44 "Jazz" -a General Motors "Mark Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis was "That's going to be the best thing '° TAPESTRY Of Excellence" presentation that will interviewed extensively, and, as that's ever happened to explain what 14 46 EPIC 65850 (5.98 EI'11.98) 434 z air over a four-week period from Jan. senior creative consultant, he record- (Continued on next page) LENNY 5 15 12 VIRGIN 47758(12.98/7.7.98) 120 8 -31 -is the latest and perhaps most MATCHBOX 20" YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU ambitious work by director Burns, 16 14 LAVNATLANT1C 92721 */AG (1o.9ß/17.98) 8M 182 whose earlier multi- episode docu- JIMMY BUFFETTA° SONGS YOU KNOW BY HEART 17 30 MCA 325633* (12.9W18.98) 480 mentaries, "The Civil War" (1990) *" BACKSTREET BOYS and `Baseball" (1994), were critical- 18 13 JIVE 41589 (11.98/17.98) 159 amusement ly acclaimed ratings triumphs for the V° GREATEST HITS 19 19 ROCKET/ISLAND 512532ADJMG (6.98/11.98) 464 public television network. u s i n s s ORE b e e TOP 10 CONCERT GRBSSES DAVE MATTHEWS BAND A' CRASH Burns views the story of jazz mu- 20 24 RCA 66904 (11.98/17.98) 223 Gress AtWdaen sic as a central part of this country's ARTIST(S) Venue Date(s) Ticket Price(s) Capacity Promoter ERIC CLAPTON A' TIME PIECES - THE BEST OF ERIC CLAPTON 21 32 POLYDOR 800014/UNIVERSAL (6.9W11.98) fabric, as crucial as 321 the defining ONE IMn1EWS Is Foxboro Stadium July B-9 54,433,201 97.433 Don law CoJSFX CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL' CHRONICLE THE 20 GREATEST HITS events of the Civil War and as much OBI INVER, 02011611 Foxboro, Mass. $4550 trKiseb3uts Music Croup 22 21 FANTASY 2* (12.98/17.98) 359 in the American grain as the game of AC/DC4/16 BACK IN BLACK 23 16 EASIWEST 924181EEG (11.98/17.98) 320 baseball. CROSS ROAD "I think we've turned this garment 24 18 MRCURYY 55226O13ADJMG (10.9ßn7.98) 61 inside out and said you could look at 91 SYNC PM, SISQO. Fathom Stadium July 22 -23 $1.911.113 91,300 Don Law Go/SFX JAMES TAYLOR" GREATEST HITS ONN)SENSE Foxboro, Mass- 549.151539.75 two sdkods Music Group 25 20 WARNER BROS. 3113 (7.98/11.98) 511 20th -century American history from QUEEN A GREATEST HITS a different perspective," Burns says. 26 17 HOLLYWOOD 161265 (11.98/17.98) 373 "What we're trying to do is see in BON JOVI V2 SLIPPERY WHEN WET 27 23 MERCURY 830264ADJMG (7.98 E0/11.98) 59 that night world [of jazz] the whole of T)M11Nd1ER Olympia Stadium July 23 $2,776,840 73,920 SPX Tounrg BARRY WHITE BARRY WHITE'S GREATEST HITS VOLUME 1 America. you If turn this subject Munich (5803596 marks) seared 28 39 CASABLANcNMERCURY 822782ADIMG (6.98/11.98) 49 around and pull it from the inside out, $41131 TIM MCGRAW A' EVERYWHERE 29 15 CURB 77886 (10.98/16.98) 168 you have the opportunity to see the SUBLIME' SUBLIME history of the 20th century from a 30 27 GASOLINE ALLEY 111413/MCA (11.98/17.98) 204 jazz point of view ... It's really about, RNA TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERSA° GREATEST HITS TINKER Werchter Festival July 25 á2,52203 72,820 SFX Tounng 31 22 MCA 110813 (12.98/18.98) 333 I think, the inner mechanics of who Sde (1p,U1,436frncs) sellout Werchter, AMC 2 LIVE we are as a people-about a democ- $45/730 32 28 EASTWEST 92215/EEG (1.98/17.98) 128 ratic institution." BROOKS & DUNNA2 THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION 33 33 ARISTA NASHVILLE 18852/RLG (10.98/16.98) 130 Though his earlier films were dis- JO DEE MESSINAA2 I'M ALRIGHT tinguished by the creative use of TWA TURNER Ullevi Stadium Aug. 5 $2,415,729 55,180 SFX Tounrg 34 25 CURB 77904 (10.98/16.98) 128 music, Burns admits he came to Gothenberg, Sweden f22.1111,972 Mona) sellout DAVE MATTHEWS BAND AI BEFORE THESE CROWDED STREETS $+5440 35 35 RCA 67660* (11.98117.98) 101 "Jazz" six years ago as an uneducat- A2 BEE GEES GREATEST ed observer. "When I began this pro- 36 - POLYDOR 800071/UNIVERSAL (13.9822.98) 79 3 ject, I had maybe two or three jazz ABBA HUTURlER Parken Stadium Aug_ 3 $2,357,114 45,43 SFX Touring 37 36 POLYDOR 517007/UNIVERSAL (12.98/18.98) in my GOLD 177 CDs very vast collection. Now Copenhagen (19,253,909 krone) seared 3 WEEZER WEEZER I rarely listen to anything else in my $551$40 38 34 DGC 24629ANTERSCOPE 110.9W11.98)1;0 78 collection ... It's all jazz." VAN MORRISON A' THE BEST OF VAN MORRISON 39 40 POLYDOR 841970/UNIVERSAL (10.98/17.98) 482 "Jazz" focuses on the major cre- METALLICAA' ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ative artists of the genre, with spe- RNA TURNER Mungersdorfer- July 28 40 31 ELEKTRA 60812/EEG (11.9n/17.98) 538 $2,106,668 60,218 SFX Tourng cial attention devoted over the course stadion (4,411,524 marks) selbcd DMXA° ITS DARK AND HELL IS HOT Cologne. Germany $45431 41 38 RUFF RYDERS/DEF JAM 558227 *ADJMG (12.9W1&98) 117 of the series to a pair of towering fig- MEAT LOAF" BAT OUT OF HELL ures: Armstrong (whom Burns 42 26 CLEVELAND !NFL 34974 */EPIC Is (7.98 EQ/11.98) 230 calls "America's Bach ") and Duke MADONNA A' THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION 43 43 SIRE 264401WARNER BROS. (13.9W18.98) 313 Ellington. TINA MIRNER Olympic Stadium Aug 9-10 á1,931,731 42,021 SFX Tounng Helsinki (12,173127 markka) two sellouts AL GREEN A GREATEST HITS To tell the story of the music 44 41 HI/THE RIGHT STUFF 30800/CAPITOL (10.913/16.98) - 550440 110 from its roots in post-Civil War min- FAITH HILL FAITH 45 29 WARNER BROS. '(NASHVILLE) 4679WWRN (10.98/16.98) 116 strelsy and blues through its 20th - SAVAGE GARDEN A6 SAVAGE GARDEN century development and ascendance 46 42 COLUMBIA 67954JCRG (1198 Eß17.98) 166 TINA TURNER Waldsladme July 27 $1.926,238 51.460 SFX lounng -Burns and his longtime writer Frankfurt METALLICAA° MASTER OF PUPPETS (4,000,026 marks) sellout 47 37 ELEKTRA 60439/EEG (11.98/17.98) 483 Geoffrey Ward utilized 498 separate S50430 JOHN MELLENCAMP THE BEST THAT I COULD DO 1978 - 1988 pieces of music for the film's sound- 48 44 MERCURY 536738/I0JMG (11.98/17.98) 84 track, enlisted a host of consultants, MILES DAVIS A2 KIND OF BLUE 49 49 LEGACY/COLUMBIA 64935/CRG EQ/11.98) (7.98 81 and interviewed 75 subjects. TIM 11110ER Olympia Stadium July 21 $1,858,172 48,977 SFX Touring JIMMY BUFFETT LIVE - FEEDING FRENZY On- camera contributors include Berlin (3,895.658 marks) 50.000 50 - MCA 110022 (6.98/11.98) 4 $31 Catalog Ibums are 2- year -old titles that have fallen below No. 100 on The Billboard 200 or reissues of older albums. Iota Chart writers Gary Giddins, Stanley Weeks column reflects combined weeks title has appeared on The Billboard 200 and Top Pop Catalog Albums. Recording Indus- Crouch, Lincoln try Assn. Of America (RIM) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIM certification for net shipment of James Collier, Ger- 1 million units (Platinum). RIM certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Dia- ald Early, Albert Murray, Dan Mor- mond symbol indicates album's multi-platinum level. 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VERVE, COLUMBIA/LEGACY TEAM ON `JAll' SERIES (Continued from previous page) A. Knopf, this music is that I've ever seen in promotion of the "Jazz" titles as a col- spie, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holi- being lined up with the Starbucks In November, Alfred books America," says Hendricks. "I think lective effort. Jones notes, "We day, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, coffee chain, which might carry a which published the companion War" and `Base- it's going to cause a renewed interest thought, `Rather than battle with , and Lester Young. "Jazz" sampler or some of the "Jazz" for both "The Civil issue a companion volume in jazz on another level that's never [another] record company, why don't The labels will attempt to get high - titles, and the National Basketball ball," will $65, the lavishly been evinced in this country, on a real we reach out and join hands and profile retail displays for all the titles. Assn., which will feature jazz music for "Jazz." Priced at book by Burns cultural level." maximize the strengths of our cata- "We're trying to get it put in all the in its halftime events and during net- illustrated 512 -page by a 13- Executives at Legacy and Verve logs together ?' " stores together," Goldstein says. work broadcasts. and Ward will be supported also believe "Jazz" will be a flashpoint The "Jazz" soundtrack CD, which "That makes the most sense. So we "We really want to mainstream city author tour. released for wider appreciation of the genre. is priced at $18.98, was compiled and have to work very closely with the the project and not just narrowcast The "Jazz" series will be Legacy Recordings senior VP Jeff annotated by Burns himself. "My Sony people on this." it into the jazz world. That's the whole on DVD and VHS in January by PBS Jones says, "It's an introduction to idea was that it would just be hot," The companies have promoted point of the show," Jones says. Home Video. millions of people who think, `I don't the director says. "I spent months "Jazz" and its associated releases have any idea about jazz. I don't un- designing it, testing it, getting it with a prerelease enhanced CD that derstand it. It scares me. It intimi- down to length, losing things that I includes nine classic tracks and an dates me.' This show is swinging. loved, adding in something else." eight- minute video introduction to This show is fun. It's about America, The $59.98 boxed set, Burns says, the series. about folk heroes, about sex, about "will really be a pretty accurate "There'll be a tremendous press music, about drugs, about race rela- reflection of our series, and then effort," Jones says. "Ken will appear tions. It's about the history of this some ... It's allowed us to even on major television shows and in country. It's not intimidating. If expand on the vision of the film." major newspapers and magazines." you're not a jazz fan, you're gonna be Each "Jazz" single- artist collection The series and the albums will be hooked on jazz when you finish will be priced at $11.98 and will be heavily promoted on the Internet. watching." cross- licensed from as many labels The dedicated PBS site (PBS. Verve Music Group president as necessary. Goldstein says, "We're org /jazz), which becomes fully oper- Ron Goldstein notes that the series hoping [these] will be the ultimate ational in October, currently includes arrives at "a time when jazz is records, not just repertoire from an introduction to the series featur- struggling . The front -line Sony or from us." ing footage of Burns and Marsalis; it product that we all have, the instru- The Columbia/Legacy titles will will eventually incorporate articles mentalists, are not selling. The survey Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, by jazz scholars, lesson plans for edu- sales are very weak at this Dave Brubeck, Ornette Coleman, cational tie-ins, and general informa- moment." Miles Davis, Ellington, Benny Good- tion on jazz. The Legacy site (lega- Harmony With A Twist. The latest entry in the boy -band fray is BlackgroundNir- Following initial discussions man, Hancock, Fletcher Henderson, cyrecordings.com) and the Verve site gin quintet Outsiderz 4 Life. Their debut disc, due Oct. 10, is a blend of smooth between Goldstein and Charles Mingus, and Thelonious (vervemusicgroup.com) will also pro- harmonies, pop hooks, and street-wise R &B /hip -hop beats. Pictured, from left, Entertainment senior VP of business Monk. The Verve packages will sur- mote the show and the music in ded- are group members Jason Dowty, Jimmy Marble, Todd White, Alan Healy, and affairs /A&R administration Ron vey Count Basie, Art Blakey, John icated areas. Dave Smith. Wilcox, Legacy and Verve styled the Coltrane, , Dizzy Gille- Jones says that promotions are

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. HIT SONGWRITER KANDI DEBUTS AS AN ARTIST ON COLUMBIA SET . . . (Continued from page 16) Upon the act's quiet split, mercy of a man or anyone for eel of her ultimate goal: to Kandi teamed with hip -hop rene- music. We'll do it ourselves. become the Janet Jackson of the gade Briggs to write for a solo We're capable of doing it all." new millennium. \DTRAC

HE'S MEAN, HE'S GREEN, AND HE SOUNDS GREAT: In the era of hyper -realistic special effects, it is so refreshing to see a small piece of Americana return in its original low -tech form. "Godzilla 2000" has hit the theaters this summer, complete with a soundtrack on GNP/Crescendo Records composed by Takayuki Hattori. The album opens with the original "Godzilla" theme by Akira Ifukube, replete with his signature roar. Any soundtrack that begins with the roar that filled televisions on weekends and late nights across the land immediately gets my vote. But what is surprising is that in spite of all the camp, the music is actually quite lavish. While no cut on the 36 -track CD is longer than 4:39, the album shockingly conveys the emotionalism so closely tied to these classic films.

TIDBIT: Found a gem in a record store recently while in London. Silva Screen Records has released a double -CD set featuring 27 tracks and 130 minutes of music from some of the best science fic- tion films of the past decade. Titled "Space 3: Beyond The Final Click &hear. Frontier," the album features the City Of Prague Philharmonic www.CamOrigiralSoundtracks.com and the Crouch End Festival Chorus performing musical themes Distributed in the USA by MSI Music. For more information call Adam Herko at 1- 800 -899 -6674 and selections off everything from "Aliens" and "Ghostbusters" to "Deep Impact" and "Star Wars: Episode 1 Phantom Cinema iS also mUSiC_. Listen tO C:irlern.. -The Men- ace." A stateside pressing by Silva Screen is planned for the fall.

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8 NICOLE C. MULLEN WORD 63548/EPIC (11.98 Eo/16.98) NICOLE C. MULLEN ---11 No. 1 No- 2lì 32 NEW SOULDECISION MCA 112361 (11.98/17.98) NO ONE DOES IT BETTER O 27 14 5 THE CONGREGATION BULLETPROOF /KHAOTIC GENERATION 3111 /HENDU (11.98/15.98) BOOK I ( 2 ) NEW DONNIE MCCLURKIN VERITY 43150 (10.98/16.98) LIVE IN LONDON AND MORE... 28 27 8 LOUIE DEVITO E- LASTIK 5001 (16.98 CD) N.Y.C. UNDERGROUND PARTY 2 O NEW MAJOR FIGGAS RUFFNATION 47749/WARNER BROS. (11.98/17.98) FIGGAS 4 LIFE 29 20 13 U.P.O. EPIC 69869 (7.98 EQ/11.98) NO PLEASANTRIES ( 4 NEW ZEBRAHEAD COLUMBIA 63817/CRG (7.98 E(Ú13.98) PLAYMATE OF THE YEAR ) 30 26 56 BRAD PAISLEY ARISTA NASHVILLE 18871 /RLG (10.98/16.98) WHO NEEDS PICTURES M NEW BUJU BANTON EPITAPH 86580* (10.98/16.98) UNCHAINED SPIRIT 31 21 6 KINA DREAMWORKS 450113/INTERSCOPE (11.98/17.98) KINA 3 15 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 8586 (8.98/13.98) THE STATE © 32 18 3 HALFORD METAL-IS 85200 /SANCTUARY (11.98/17.98) RESURRECTION 1 1 9 NINA GORDON WARNER BROS. 47746 (11.98/17.98) TONIGHT AND THE REST OF MY LIFE 33 24 4 LOS HURACANES DEL NORTE FONOVISA 6088 (8.98/12.98) EN QUE TRABAJA EL MUCHACHO 8 2 6 THE UNION UNDERGROUND PORTRAIT /COLUMBIA 67778./CRG 7.9B E0/11.98) ...AN EDUCATION IN REBELLION 34 28 26 DOPE FLIP 63632/EPIC (7.98 EQ/11.98) FELONS & REVOLUTIONARIES O NEW DAR WILLIAMS RAZOR & TIE 82856 (17.98 Co) THE GREEN WORLD 35 31 2 ZOEGIRL SPARROW 51734 (15.98 CD) ZOEGIRL 10 5 12 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 165011 /HOLLYWOOD (8.98/12.98) RASCAL FLATTS 36 25 4 THE DANDY WARHOLS CAPITOL 57787 (16.98 CD) THIRTEEN TALES FROM URBAN BOHEMIA 11 4 4 MORCHEEBA SIRE 31137 (17.98 CD) FRAGMENTS OF FREEDOM 31 23 6 WRECKSHOP 4441 (11.98/16.98) CITY OF SYRUP 12 7 20 METHRONE CLATOWN 27567 /CAPITOL (10.98/16.98) MY LIFE 3$ NEW THIEVERY CORPORATION EIGHTHEENTH STREET LOUNGE 0033* (16.98 CD) MIRROR CONSPIRACY 1$ 12 1 DAVID GRAY ATO 21539 (16.98 CD) WHITE LADDER 39 29 6 THE KINLEYS EPIC (NASHVILLE) 69593/SONY (NASHVILLE) (10.98 EQ/17.98) II 14 NEW MARK CONDON HOSANNA! 1780 /INTEGRITY 1780 (9.98/12.98) MARVELOUS THINGS 40 35 2 DEBELAH MORGAN THE DAS LABEL/ATLANTIC 83342/AG (11.98/17.98) DANCE WITH ME 15 10 17 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL (NASHVILLE) 97591 (10.98/16.98) KEITH URBAN 41 33 21 TRAVIS INDEPENDIENTE 62151 /EPIC (11.98 EQ/16.98) THE MAN WHO 16 8 12 BT NETTWERK 30154 (12.98 CD) MOVEMENT IN STILL LIFE 42 41 5 FINGER ELEVEN WIND -UP 13055 (16.98 CD) GREYEST OF BLUE SKIES 17 6 2 RODNEY CARRINGTON CAPITOL (NASHVILLE) 24827 (10.98/17.98) MORNING WOOD 43 40 9 BUMPY KNUCKLES KJAC 2000*/LANDSPEED (11.98/16.98) INDUSTRY SHAKEDOWN 18 11 20 S CLUB 7 POLYDOR 543103/INTERSCOPE (11.98/17.98) S CLUB 7 44 39 77 SONICFLOOD GOTEE 2802 (15.98 CD) SONICFLOOD 19 9 19 ERIC HEATHERLY MERCURY (NASHVILLE) 170124 (8.98/12.98) SWIMMING IN CHAMPAGNE

45 38 5 BELA FLECK AND THE FLECKTONES COLUMBIA 62178/CRG (17.98 EQ CD) OUTBOUND 20 15 9 TAPROOT VELVET HAMMER/ATLANTIC 83341/AG (7.98/11.98) GIFT

46 17 BROCK WARNER BROS. (NASHVILLE) 47659/WRN (11.98/17.98) YES! 21 13 4 RACHAEL LAMPA WORD 61068/EPIC (11.98 EQ/16.98) LIVE FOR YOU 36 CHAD (11.98 EQ/16.98) MARK SCHULTZ 22 17 21 ARISTA 14642 (11.98/17.98) WESTLIFE 41 42 4 MARK SCHULTZ MYRRH/WORD 63839/EPIC NEVER NEVER LAND 23 16 73 STATIC -X WARNER BROS. 47271 (10.98/16.98) WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP 48 NEW JANE MONHEIT N -CODED 4207/WARLOCK (16.98 CD) HALFWAY DOWN THE SKY 24 19 11 SLUM VILLAGE BARAK/GOODVIBE 2025* /ATOMIC POP (14.98 CD) FANTASTIC VOL. 2 49 30 21 SPLENDER C2 /COLUMBIA 69144/CRG (7.98 EO/13.98) THERE AND BACK 25 22 2 OPM ATLANTIC 83369/AG (11.98/17.98) MENACE TO SOBRIETY 50 44 10 PAUL VAN DYK MUTE 9127 (18.98 CD) OUT

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SUPER JAZZ: Jazz duo son appears on the album `Hand' It To Jeni. Contempo- WBDR Watertown, N.Y.; The band has previously Supergenerous consists of track "Home On the rary Christian singer Jeni Var- and WCIL Carbondale, Ill. toured the U.S. extensive- percussionist Cyro Bap- Range." nadeau says she includes ly, including a stint with tista and guitarist Kevin The album has been serv- Bible scripture in her songs to WAITING TO `INHALE': the Promise Ring. Jets Breit, who have collectively iced to jazz and college bring "a theological basis for Rocker James Michael has To Brazil lead singer worked with , radio. Ads for the album what I'm doing." Varnadeau's been garnering attention for k.d. lang, Cassandra Wil- will appear in the promi- latest Organic Records album "Inhale," the title track and nent jazz publications Down is "Tracing His Hand." The first single from his debut Beat, Jazziz, and Jazz singer is currently on a U.S. album on Beyond Music. . tour. song has been getting played on several adult top 40 sta- PRECIOUS TIME: With tions, including KLLC San on hiatus and Francisco; WBMX Boston; not being able to REGIONAL HEATSEEKERS NO. is KQMB Salt Lake City; and match their U.K. WCPT Albany, N.Y. Rock Delicacy. Modern chart success in MOUNTAIN NORTHEAST The singer, who's rock band Caviar is get- Blue Man Group, Audio Dar Williams, The Green World the U.S., Capitol originally from ting airplay for "Tangerine Detroit and now re- In With The 'New.' is aiming Speedo," the first single to fill the U.S. EAST NORTH CENTRAL sides in Los Ange- from the band's self -titled band Vallejo's current SoulDecision, No One Does B eerier les, was the first album, "Into The New" chart void of Brit- album on Island /Def Jam. ish girl groups artist to have an Among the modern rock (Crescent Moon /550 album in an exclu- Music), is the first with Precious, stations giving early whose self-titled IA MIDDLE ATLANTIC sive Internet cross - release from Emilio Este - WEST NORTH CENTRAL Major Figgas, Rggos 4 Ute spins to the song are debut album is due SoudDeclsion, No One Does H Better promotional deal fan Jr.'s Crescent Moon r 1 WKQX Chicago, WFNX Oct. 10. l with Wherehouse/ Boston, and KNDD Seat- label. The Austin, Texas - Precious, whose SOUTH ATLANTIC Checkout.com. based Vallejo has been r Donnie McChMdn, LNeIn London And Moro... tle. Caviar lead singer/ five members' ages PACIFIC F Under the deal, guitarist Blake Smith inspired by Carlos San- Zebrahead, Playmate Of The Year range from 18 to Checkout.com will calls Caviar's album a tana, says lead singer N have exclusive A.J. Vallejo. He adds, 24, has already hit "healthy, 11- track, bounc- 10 SOUTH CENTRAL Internet rights to "Our new album is the the top in Eng- Big Moe, City Of Syrup ing baby aluminum cir- land with "Re- Webcasts and Web cle." Caviar plays Sept. most definitive record chats connected to we've ever done." Vallejo wind" and "Say It t-S 23 in Basking Ridge, N.J. The "Inhale." Where - goes on a U.S. tour with Again." latter won the British house.com has also featured Fuel beginning Sept. 19 song Great T H E R E G I O N A L R O U N D U P Song last year. Pre- Michael in its "New Artists" in Philadelphia. Contest cious has also toured with Rotating top 10 lists of best -selling titles by new and developing artists. section. Blake Schwarzenbach Boyzone and Five in the MOUNTAIN NORTHEAST previously fronted the 1. Blue Man Group Audio 1. Dar Williams The Green World U.K. 2. Nina Gordon Tonight And The Rest Of My Life 2. Buju Banton Unchained Spirit PUNKS OF BRAZIL: band Jawbreaker. Upcom- 3. Zebrahead Playmate Of The Year 3. Hangmen 3 No Skits Vol. 1 To son, Herbie Hancock, and "Say it Again" has been 4. The Union Underground ...An Education In Rebellion 4. Major Figgas Figgas 4 Life Punk band Jets To Brazil ing Jets Brazil tour - top 40 radio, 5. OPM Menace To Sobriety 5. SoulDecision No One Does It Better is on a U.S. tour in sup- dates include Sept. 18 in Laurie Anderson. Super released to 6. Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts 6. Nina Gordon Tonight And The Rest Of My Life generous releases its self- and it has been getting 7. Nickelback The State 7. David Gray White Ladder port of its latest album, West Hollywood; Sept. 20 8. Static -S Wisconsin Death Trip 8. Nickelback The State titled debut album Sept. 12 early airplay on such sta- 9. David Gray White Ladder 9. S Club 7 S Club 7 "Four Cornered Night," in San Francisco; and on . Wil- tions as KHTS San Diego; 10. Los Huracanes del Norte En Que Trabaja El Muchacho 10. The Union Underground ..An Education In Rebellion on Jade Tree Records. Sept. 23 in Seattle.

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music with a touch of modernity, Phil- S P O T L I G H T S P O T L I G H T S P O T L I G H T adelphia's No Question looks to leave YOUSSOU N'DOUR "no question" in the minds of listeners Joko (The Link) with its harmonious debut. The late - PRODUCERS: various teen quartet, which is the first R &B Nonesuch Records 79617 offering from Chris Schwartz's RuffNa- Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour has tion imprint, leads off its 21 -track set one of the most intense voices in Af- with the defiant "I Don't Care." The rica's popular music landscape. It's as single showcases the group's well - soothing as it is powerful, as calming honed vocals over a thumping midtem- as it is commanding, and as sentimen- po track, courtesy of producer Rick tal as it is fiery. Those in doubt need Starr and group member Damon Jer'- look no further than this new album, Core, who co- produced the majority of which is the singer's first collection of the album and who has a great ear for popular music since 1994's "The what works best with the group's Guide," which spawned the global hit vocals. He, along with mates Thomas BY MUD MICBAfI PAOIfiiA "7 Seconds" (a duet with Neneh - Blackwell, Dante Massey, and Nicholas ry). Issued earlier this year through- Johnson, has another potential single JACI VELASQUEZ out Europe, "Joko (The Link)" is an BACH: Sonatas And Partitas For Solo Violin on his hands with the danceable "You P O P Crystal Clear Afro-pop rhythmic feast that merges Benjamin Schmid, violin Can Get That." On the track, featuring PRODUCERS: Mark Heimermann, Rudy Perez PRODUCER: Jens Jamin Major Figgas' Bianca, its lyrical SARAH HARMER Cuban and Caribbean beats, as well as con- * Word 080688603946/22 Arte Nova,/BMG 74321-72113 tent resembles the materialistic vein of You Were Here elements of American rock, soul, and Anyone who may have been afraid The Rosetta stone of violin playing, today's standard R PRODUCERS: jazz. Lyrically, N'Dour explores such &B fare, but it's the Sarah Harmer, Peter Pnlesnik that Velásquez was going to abandon Bach's solo sonatas and Zoè Records 01143.1017 partitas thick guitar licks of Donald "Pup her Christian music fan base after last have presented some of the ultimate Dawg" Bolding Taking a break from her singing/songwrit - that'll keep listeners year's success in the Latin market ing duties for the Kingston, Ontario-based expressive challenges to violinists happily bouncing along. The group also (with "Llegar A Ti ") can kiss those band Weeping Tile, Sarah Harmer marks for some two- and -a -half centuries. knows how to slow things down, as evi- concerns . On cuts like "Just A In the recorded her U.S. solo debut with "You Were era, classic interpre- denced by the soulful "Just Can't Go Prayer Away," "He's My Savior," Here," an incredibly satisfying collection tations of the collection have been On" and a seamless cover of the Stylis- "Adore," and "You're Not There," laid that confidently blurs the borders be- down by talents from Yehudi tics' beautiful "You Make Me Feel Velásquez unwaveringly delivers songs Menuhin tween rock, roots, and pop. The set opens and Nathan Milstein to Brand New." that express her faith in God. The Gos- Arthur with the Dixie -speckled "Around This Cor- Grumiaux and Itzhak Perl- pel Music Assn.'s reigning female man. ner," which is the type of song that would Benjamin Schmid's accounts of vocalist (1999 and 2000), Velásquez C O U N T R Y surely bring a smile to the face of Aimee these masterworks hold their own in possesses a wonderful voice that is RAY HOOD Mann (and of her fans). From there, Har- the very best company. The 32 -year- equally capable of delivering big old Ray Hood mer takes listeners on a memorable ride, Viennese plays not only with a power ballads and uptempo polished bold, beautiful PRODUCERS: various one that encompasses all the joys and tone but with the pop jams. Her recent foray into the rhythmic Caption Records 15095 pains of love. On "Basement Apt.," which impetus vital for eliciting Latin market colors some of this col- the feeling Ray Hood is for real. It's not often an is equal parts Sheryl Crow and Kina, and of sublime inevitability in lection, as evidenced on the opening Bach's artist comes along who can ease from the feisty "Weakened State," Harmer themes as spirituality ( "Red Clay"), complex harmonic journey. cut "Escuchame." Producers Mark Moreover, heart -wrenching country ballads to grit- sings tales of longing. The k.d. lang- social issues ( "Mademba [The Elec- his command of dynamic Heimermann and Rudy Perez have ty machismo so effortlessly and convinc- splashed "Open Window (The Wedding tricity Is Out Again]"), and love ( "My force and finesse reveals the music's crafted an album that is a sonic de- ingly. With his authoritative Song)" finds the singer wishin' and hopin'. Hope Is In You "). On the heartfelt infinite degrees of emotional light baritone, light, with each track spotlighting Hood is equally at home on rough -hewn Throughout, Harmer's delivery is- "This Dream," N'Dour teams with and shade. Schmid has made excel- Velásquez's impressive voice. With her songs ( "Critical List" and "Risky Busi- thankfully -never self-pitying. Instead, it Peter Gabriel to create a colorful col- lent recordings before-solo Ysaye talent, looks, and personality, Vel- and more ness") and barroom laments ( "What's A just is. Rather refreshing, if ya ask us. lage that spotlights African textures Bach for Arte Nova, ásquez has loads of multi-format Little More Water" or "Where The Tall Distributed by Rounder Records. and Western musicalities. The track is Paganini and Pfitzner for MDG- appeal, and this fine new album should a wonderful reminder of N'Dour's con- but this set should serve notice far Grass Grows ") alike. It's on the latter THE 6THS keep her expanding her borders. tribution to Gabriel's 15- year-old track and wide that he is the real thing, a that his style echoes that of the master, Hyacinths And Thistles "In Your Eyes." With "Joko (The virtuoso with soul. Vern Gosdin. "Magic" has soul, and PRODUCER: "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" is a sad musical theater songs in the ingratiating Link)," N'Dour has created an album Merge 185 tale of dashed dreams well -told. Toss in Loesser -such as the title song, that will sit proudly alongside such Records released the original cast version The 6ths, with its shifting lineup and a biker ballad, "Freedom," and a tribute "Standing On The Corner," "Big D," and past albums as "Set" and "Eyes in both an edited and "complete" version, tongue- twister album titles, is more of an to the strength of the fair sex, "Ain't "I Love Everybody " -as well as big, per- Open." it wasn't as "complete" as this one. Show indie -rock all-star novelty than a band That Just Like A Woman," and this is suasive ballads like "Joey, Joey, Joey," music fans will want to add this produc- per se. Stephin Merritt of Magnetic one of the most complete, solid country "Somebody, Somewhere," and "My Heart tion to their collection. Fields and Emily Loesser, Richard Muenz (Emily's packages to come out of Nashville this fame Is So Full Of You." But the important writes and produces the songs and then real -life husband), and, in a special year. Musicianship is solid throughout, thing is that the show works on this three - appearance, by Loesser's widow, Jo Sulli- brings in a collection of cult- favorite B / H I P - H P and the record sounds great, despite its disc version. It is a "complete" version, van Loesser, who played Emily's lead role R& O artists to perform them. On the under - "production by committee" approach. augmented by six numbers originally cut NO QUESTION appreciated 1995 gem "Wasps' Nests," in the original 1956 production. John Give this guy some airplay and watch from the show. The cast is wonderful, led No Question Merritt recruited the likes of Barbara Owen Edwards conducts the National what happens. by the late opera singer Louis Quilco, Symphony Orchestra in Don Walker's PRODUCERS: various Manning, Luna's , and Yo RuffNation/Warner Bros. 47750 along with Loesser's granddaughter original . While Columbia LORETTA LYNN La Tengo's Georgia Hubley to produce a Looking to combine traditional soul wonderfully smart and fresh blend of lo-fi Still Country rock. This time out, Merritt indulges PRODUCER Randy Scruggs Audium 8119 more of his synth -pop leanings with help VITAL REISSUES Before cleavage and belly buttons, from Gary Numan, Cibo Matto's Miho LOUIS ARMSTRONG has been reissued countless times by there were strong country female role Hatori, and , among others. The Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven various labels, but thanks to the dedica- models who raised babies, Merritt's clever and, at times, sweet took no crap Recordings tion of producer Phil Schaap, his co -pro- in a man's world, and sang like the lyrics remain first -rate. And several of ORIGINAL PRODUCERS: Richard M. Jones, Tommy ducers Steve Berkowitz and Seth Roth- dickens. Queen among them was Loret- the tracks work extremely well, as on the Rockwell, and others not listed stein, and a skilled team of transfer and ta Lynn, and her first release in more Sarah Cracknell- fronted show tune REISSUE PRODUCER: Phil Schaap remastering engineers, the youthful than a decade shows this country clas- "Kissing Things" and the new wave Columbia/Legacy C4K 63527 bal- Satchmo's improbably soaring , sic still reigns supreme. Producer lad "Give Me Back My Dreams" with The folks at Legacy deserve a medal for his innovative vocals, and the indu- Randy Scruggs does a wonderful job of Sally Timms from the Mekons. But over- this four -disc boxed set, which consti- bitably hot interplay of the bands have marrying Lynn's standard -setting all, "Hyacinths And Thistles" finds itself tutes the deluxe restoration and repack- never sounded better. The packaging is vocals with the crispness and clarity boxed in by its deliberately airy and pre- aging of the Old Testament of jazz -the deluxe, with rarely seen vintage photos that modern recording studios make cious concept. Ultimately, it suffers from complete recordings of Louis Arm- of Armstrong and his milieu in New possible. Wisely, Scruggs lets Lynn cut failing to change pace. While an inconsis- strong's pioneering Hot Five and Hot Orleans, Chicago, and New York; there loose, stretching her sizable vocal tent Merritt & Co. is still better than Seven bands. Originally waxed for Okeh is also far more extensive documenta- chords on ballads like "On My Own most on their good days, the collabora- and Columbia from 1925-29, such classic tion on the music than ever previously Again" as well as on such golden coun- tion never quite recaptures the same tunes as "West End Blues," "Potato published. The excellent accompanying try nuggets as "Table For Two" and magic of the last 6ths project. Head Blues," "Basin Street Blues," essays come from Schaap and scholar "Don't Open That Door." Lynn sits "Cornet Chop Suey," "Tight Like This," Robert G. O'Meally, and there is a squarely in goosebump territory with STUDIO CAST "Muskrat Ramble," and "Struttin' With reflective note on his interaction with "I Can't Hear The Music," a totally The Most Happy Fella Some Barbecue" spread the gospel of the artist as a young man from Colum- authentic tear -jerker. She wraps the PRODUCER: John Yap American popular culture around the bia veteran George Avakian. Whether record on a much more note, Jay Records 1306 including upbeat globe- to places where jazz Armstrong was born in 1900 or 1901, and handles it all with seasoned Is 's "The Most Happy musicians had never actually set foot. this set is the ideal birthday present, for aplomb. On "Country In My Genes," Fella" a musical or an opera? It is often From 78s to LPs to CDs, the music here orchestrated and sung like one (an opera, him and for us. Lynn sings, "They say I'm too country." that is), but it also has a bevy of wonderful (Continued on next page)

SPOTLIGHT: Releases deemed by the review editors to deserve special attention on the basis of musical merit and/or Billboard chart potential. VITAL REISSUES: Rereleased albums of special artistic, archival, and commercial interest, and outstanding cam- ALBUMS-. tions of works by one or more artists. PICKS ( . ): New releases predicted to hit the top half of the chart in the corresponding format. CRITICS' CHOICES(*): New releases, regardless of chart potential, highly recommended because of their musical merit. MUSIC TO MY EARS (JJ): New releases deemed Picks that were featured in the Music to My Ears column as being among the most significant records of the year. All albums commercially available in the U.S. are eligible. Send review copies to Michael Paoletta, Billboard, 770 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10003. Send country albums to Ray Waddell, Billboard, 49 Music Square W., Nashville, TN 37203. Other contributors: Iry Lichtman (Broadway/cabaret/N.Y.); Bradley Bambarger (classicaVwod azz/pop/N.Y.); Steve Graybow (jazz/N.Y.); Deborah Evans Price (contemporary Christian/Nashville); Brian Garrity (pop/N.Y.): Gordon Ely (gospel); John Diliberto (new age); Philip van Vleck (blues/world); Leila Cobo (Latin).

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While the song's track and the appeal of preceding page) (Continued from WORLD MUSIC S P O T L I G H T Next is likely to get it on the radio, keep- SAVINA YANNATOU ing it there will be determined by those is * That's like saying Michael Jordan Mediterranea female listeners' (R&B radio's core listen - it, love it, play it. "too basketball." Hear PRODUCER: Tami Simon ership) reaction to the song. Sounds True MM00118D I Why (3:57) Savina Yannatou is a Greek singer of JERSEY AVE. Wonder Lil' Steven Russell, Titus Ellis JAll some import in Europe. This is her first PRODUCERS: WRITER: Ld' Steven Russell * CHARLES LLOYD U.S. release, and it's bound to provoke an PUBLISHER: not listed The Water Is Wide enthusiastic response from world music PRODUCERS: Charles Lloyd, Dorothy Darr MCA 25151 (CD promo) fans. Recording with Primavera En What's the formula? Have four young ECM 549043 Salonica, an acoustic ensemble that spe- With a career that broke ground in the guys sing over a slowed -down, three - cializes in using instruments of Eastern '60s, waned due to a self-imposed sab- step groove, throw in a catchy hook and origin, Yannatou takes us on a tour of the batical in the '70s, and flourished in the a little heartache, and you've got a hit traditional music of the Mediterranean SINGS record. Well, at least that's the case for '90e, Lloyd's trajectory has saxophonist basin, interpreting songs from Israel, as enigmatic as his music. While "I Wonder Why" by MC/Vs new act Jer- been Spain, , Greece, Sardinia, Cyprus, EDITED BY CHUCK TAYLOR Lloyd is a link to the jazz explosion that sey Ave. Sure, it's been done a thousand Turkey, Corsica, and other locales. It's occurred in response to the turbulence times before and will probably be done a impressive enough that Yannatou has col- IGLESIAS Sad Eyes mom of the '60s, his own music reflected the ENRIQUE thousand more. But what sets apart the lected these songs and mastered the vari- PRODUCERS: , Lester Mendez flower power aesthetic of San Francisco, POP guys of Jersey Ave. (they're from Mil- ous Mediterranean dialects in which WRITER: B. Springsteen drawing deeply from his own spiritual waukee, not New Jersey, by the way) is they're sung. These accomplishments, K.D. LANG The Consequences Of Falling (3:52) PUBLISHER: , ASCAP reservoir. In that regard, not much has PRODUCER: Damian IeGassick the song's lyrical content. The subject however, are overshadowed by her voice, 10177 (CD promo) changed, nor should it. The saxophonist WRITERS: Steinberg, Nowels, D'Ubaido matter is about a young father trying to an instrument with the grace and The fourth single from hottie Enrique takes his time probing the familiar PUBLISHERS: Jerk Awake/EMI April /Future Furniture, live up to his responsibilities to take strength of a willow. Yannatou sings this Iglesias' platinum -selling English -lan- ('s "Georgia "), the ASCAP; Hidden Pun, BMI care of his young child. A nice change of material -some of which could easily be a guage debut is yet another clear and Bros. (CD promo) pace, considering how many songs out spiritual ( "There Is A Balm In Gilead "), Warner 100368 winner and refreshingly different thousand years old -with an artistry radio easy there speak of low-down, Dudley Do- and several original compositions, creat- It was sad to see that didn't take from previous No. l's "Bailamos" and that's as pure as it is haunting. Eighteen Wrongs. The song is sung well, with just ing a warmth and calm analogous to a to the first single from k.d. lang's new Likewise, with its songs are featured here; each one is a "Be With You." the right mix of harmonies and a good whispered but fervent prayer. Anyone album, "Invincible Summer." That crisp, airy production, who in the treasure. Yannatou's performances of the how amount of soulfulness thrown in, but looking to be knocked off their feet track, "Summerfling," proved just world would suspect that Bruce Israeli song "Yad Anuga" and the Arab - vital continues without overdoing or over-singing the would be wise to look elsewhere, while this singer/songwriter Springsteen wrote this track? Gone is Andalusian "Lama Bada Yatathana," how- riffs (common with a lot of groups out those who appreciate life's subtle delica- to be, even with a lower level of com- the overt Latin flavor of Iglesias' pre- ever, are bewitching. in The today). Musically, "I Wonder Why" is the cies will find a wealth of beauty in mercial success than past years. vious hits, replaced here by a cascade usual R &B fare -but that's OK. It's sim- Lloyd's music. second radio release, "The Conse- vocal harmonies atop a rainfall of of ple and slow (real slow), combining a BLUES quences Of Falling," is another above - gentle , keyboards, and light bar track, featuring a cool hip- hop-lite drum machine groove with some key- GREEN percussion. Vocally, our man sounds L A T I N * PETER beat, lush strings, and wonderfully cre- boards. While there may be as many as Splinter Group less polished than usual, which, in the RICARDO ARJONA ative production tics. Vocally, lang 10 new R &B male quartets out this year, PRODUCER: not listed context of this song, gives him an edge Galería Caribe sounds as comfortable as a conversa- Jersey Ave. could be one of those that Snapper 155902 that works against the delicate instru- PRODUCERS: Ricardo Arjona, Angel " Cucco" Pena as she sings actually makes an impact. Previously available only as an import, tion with your best friend mental framework. Interscope has Sony Discos LAK -94014 love who this 1997 release quietly ushered in the about falling in with someone pulled out the stops here, with two dif- Guatemalan singer /songwriter Ricardo blues world's most unexpected of come- doesn't necessarily return the affec- ferent versions available (as well as a the Caribbean is I'm think - COUNTRY Arjona's tribute to backs. British guitarist Green founded tion: `Are you thinking what Spanish rendition, found exclusively reminiscent of many sounds -Ruben click in like mine/ GARY ALLAN Right Where I Need To Be :302) Fleetwood Mac as a blues band in the ing/Does your pulse on his current album). First is what Luis Guerra, to name I'm dreaming ? / PRODUCERS: Tony Brown, Mark Wright Blades and Juan late '60s, then spent most of the ensuing Are you dreaming what Interscope is pushing as the radio ver- a few manages to be uniquely I mind." Will radio find WRITERS: C. Beathard, K. Marvel -but decades in a haze of psychological trou- can't read your sion, produced by Guy Roche, which thanks to his fine are, PUBLISHERS: Acuff -Rose Music/601 Broadway Music, Arjona, trademark ble and near -obscurity. Recorded live room for this fine effort? Chances ups the tempo a bit, sounding some- lyrics. fault of BMI songs and thought -provoking with two additional studio tracks, this probably not, and through no what reminiscent of Fleetwood Mac's Arjona launches with the introductory lang's. If you take a look at the charts, MCA 02060 (CD promo) was Green's first return to the limelight "Seven Wonders." The Rodney The newest single from Gary Allan's "Carabelas," an accurate, if preachy, few formats are embracing pop /rock in nearly a decade. While his playing at Jerkins mix, as one might imagine, impressive "Smoke Rings In The Dark" assessment of what the Latin Carib- female singer/songwriters these the time sounds somewhat restrained adds a slightly funkier thrust, though, disc is a slice of life many will be able to bean is about. From that point forward, days what a crime. Fortunately, and tentative, it is his raw emotion that -and thankfully, the producer doesn't go so relate to. The lyric talks about balancing the album unfolds with Arjona's usual this timeless artist has a built -in base makes this set essential listening. Green far as to do a Destiny's Child to the the demands of career with the desires blend of nostalgia and humor bolstered of dedicated fans who will eagerly dis- tackles a host of classic blues songs, song. There's also a host of club mixes of love. His vocal aches with a working by Cucco Pena's salsa arrangements in cover this treasure on their own. singing with breathy, husky tones and from Eric Kupper and HQ3, including man's angst as he sings the line "There's many of the tracks. The latter manage playing reverb -drenched guitar lines an adventuresome, good -time, high - a flying out of here tonight, desti- not to be obtrusive, but Arjona is still ANGELA VÍA I Don't Care (3:42) plane that echo with the ghosts of his past PRODUCERS: David Frank, Steve Kipner energy radio edit. But you know what? nation New Orleans/Boss man says my best in tunes like the dreamy "Cuando" turmoil. Included is "The Stumble," his WRITERS: S. Kipner, D. Frank, P Sheyne Our favorite is the original version, promotion's , he says and the subtle, sly "Si Usted La Viera big late -'60s signature song, and live ver- PUBLISHERS: EMI April Music/Griff Griff Music/Stephen produced by Iglesias and Lester that's right where I need to be." Allan (Confesor)" than in harder -hitting sions of several Robert Johnson compo- A. Kipner Music, ASCAP; Apple Tree Songs, BM); Wamer/ Mendez. Overall, you can't lose here. has a gritty, Everyman quality to his songs like "Mujer Guanahaní." There sitions that appear on Green's subse- Chappell Music Iglesias' star continues to rise, and voice draws listener into the are many other gems here, and their that the quent studio tributes to the blues great. REMIXER: Soul Solution quality workmanship like "Sad Eyes" scenario. By the second verse, he's made quality is evidenced by the fact that the Atlantic 30025 (CD promo) should further his luster in the public's his choice, and there's an empty seat on album survives most of the dual ver- Despite promising early airplay, 18- eye. It's all good here. that New Orleans -bound plane. Allan sions of six songs for a total of 18 CLASSICAL year-old Angela Vía's debut single, turns in a performance that makes the tracks. It's a tad self -indulgent, but MEDIAEVAL BAEBES "Picture Perfect," failed to make the that's Arjona for you. Maddeningly tension and passion seem thick enough Undrentide mark at top 40 radio. Her second to cut with a knife. His strong vocals are good. R & B PRODUCER: John Cale attempt, "I Don't Care," while not as superbly supported by Brown and RCA Victor 75605 51359 still beautiful- NEXT Beauty Queen (3:46) DANIELA MERCURY immediately compelling, Wright's muscular production. All in all, * Mediaeval Baebes is a collective with ly showcases this lovely young talent. PRODUCER: KayGee Sol Da Liberdade it's a solid record that should appeal to going for it: chesty, tat- by industry vet WRITERS: K. Gist, E. Berkeley, T. Barbarella, R.L. Huggar PRODUCERS: various two things the Written evergreen programmers. tooed forms of its young, all- female Steve Kipner with David Frank and PUBLISHERS: Divine Mill Music/WB Music Corp. /Fingaz- BMG U.S. Latin 74821 73818 goal Entertainment/Fundout Music7Lonelm Music/Uh Oh membership and sizable worldwide Pam Sheyne and produced by Kipner TAMMY COCHRAN So What (3:21) Daniela Mercury's sixth album and Entertainment/Famous Music Corp., ASCAP sales figures (touted at some 250,000 and Frank, it's got all the pieces in PRODUCERS: Blake Chancey, Anthony Martin her first on BMG is a piece of joyful Arista 3879 (CD promo) S. Tillis, J. O'Neal exuberance elevated by impeccable, units for two previous discs). A partic- place for Vía to join the ranks of Jessi- Coming off their radio smash hit "Wifey," WRITERS: R. Dean, PUBLISHERS: WB Music Corp. /EMI April Music, ASCAP; complex arrangements; layers of per- ularly compelling interpretation of ca and Mandy, if only Atlantic can follows with the song that is, without Next Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI cussion piled atop syncopated cho- early music, though, is not something somehow manage to make her stand off their are a doubt, the strongest track Epic 15802 (CD promo) ruses, horns, accordion, and even elec- the group is burdened with. Led by out among today's wary pop program- sophomore set, "Nextasy." It's just a sur- Katharine Blake of English goth band mers who are working hard not to Epic newcomer Tammy Cochran caught tric guitar for thrusting, relentless prise that the label released it. You see, the country programmers' attention with her an , the amateurish exaggerate the youth phenomenon on effect. Mercury joins forces with album version of the song is by no means debut single, "If You Can." She follows arsenal of Brazilian stars -from Mil- singers of Mediaeval Baebes intone a the airwaves. One feather in this radio-friendly. With explicit sexual content mix of traditional tunes and Blake's release's cap is the presence of four that torchy ballad with another solid effort ton Nascimento, with whom she sings and profanity, it was unlikely to get any that showcases the strength of her vocals the title track, to Caetano Veloso, who backward -looking originals, aided by varied mixes: the album version is a airplay without serious editing. Thankfully, Celtic -style instrumentation. Produced straight -up pop number, the Soul Solu- and her appealing country -girl phrasing. contributed two tracks -and unlikely the trio obviously went back into the studio The lyric, penned by Roxie Dean, Sonny allies such as producer Will Nowat by avant-rocker John Cale of Velvet tion uptempo mix is a frothy high - to rerecord the song, changing many of the Underground fame, this album also energy dancefest, and the Stickmix is Tiflis, and Jamie O'Neal, finds a woman (Soul II Soul), African singer An- lyrics to more -palatable, less- blatant looking back on the hard lessons learned on "), features electronic accoutrements that funkier with an edgy street -lite beat. gelique Kidjo (who guests "Dara images. But it's important to point out that from a failed relationship and taking a and Jr. and Juan help to ameliorate the group's per- Only the last edit, the Soul Solution they did it without diminishing the song's fails enhance; philosophical approach to moving forward. Vicente Zambrano, who co- produced forming style, which can be numbingly mix show version, to street edge. "Beauty Queen" is the tale of Web, It's a portrait of a strong woman refusing two tracks. Although most of the disc bland. But the shortcomings of "Un- look up "generic" on the and a high school head -turner who "Startin' is to let a broken heart get the best of her as exhibits the party ambience of her drentide" are magnified when you con- you'll hear this as an audioclip. Vía going down/Sleepin' round/Look at you, sider the medieval music played with certainly a charming presence, but it's she sings, "Where I am and who I am is native Bahia, Brazil, Mercury demon- now/Disrespectin' yourself/Givin' it up/ worth every lesson." Cochran gives a strates her versatility in the soulful, real fire, beauty, and imagination on going to be up to radio as to whether Easy to touch/Ready to [edited profanityj/ discs by the likes of and she can the crowded gutsy performance that should help place yet simple "Soul Voce" and the exquis- Sequentia break through Now they're just callin' you 'slut.' " It's a Hesperion XX. The Mediaeval Baebes circuit party currently controlled by her above the current pack of new country ite "De Tanto Amor," a Roberto Carlos sobering story with a powerful message. chanteuses. track beautifully arranged for guitar do make a fetching sight live, though. the under -20- somethings. But one wonders if women will take it as and strings. positive advice or a negative judgement. (Continued on next page) potential action, that the reviewer highly recommends because of their musical merit. NEW AND NOTEWORTHY: Highlights new and PICKS ( ): New releases with the greatest chart potential. 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(Continued from preceding page) A Perfect Circle. Sure, a circle doesn't familiar saccharin -flavored harmony, really have three sides, but after scor- and young jazz musician Chris Potter ing big with the Modern Rock Tracks contributes a nice sax solo in the mid-

ROCK TRACKS chart hit "Judith," its follow -up is dle of the tune. Unfortunately, the song P R I N T Minority (2:46) another waltzing rock tune, appropri- isn't all that compelling, so the single PRODUCER: Green Day ately titled "3 Libras." But unlike its rides on the question of whether top- WRITERS: B.J. Armstrong, Green Day predecessor, this track finds the quin- notch production and performance can SPINNING BLUES INTO GOLD: The Chess the late '60s, and it was his venture- PUBLISHERS: WB Music Corp. /Green Daze Music, ASCAP tet painting a darker picture. make up for a song that isn't so strong Brothers And The Legendary Chess Records Reprise 100332 (CD promo) Paz Lenchantin to some spirit that helped keep Chess adds the eerie mood to begin with. Also, even the classic By Nadine Cohodas Before there was Blink-182, Green Day Records with a violin line, a rare find on a rock material from the Dan seems to be get- St. Martin's Press abreast of the changing had masterfully incorporated punk/hard- record. "Libras" also spotlights the ting more spins on smooth jazz radio 358 pages; $25.95 times, redesigning the sound of core influences and sufficient doses of other side of Maynard James Keenan's than classic rock, so expect the former label stalwarts Waters and Howlin' angst humor and into mainstream rock. vocal range. In contrast to his manic to eat this right up. There's also defi- Central to the geometry of Amer- Wolf and shaping the psychedelic The group holds true to this approach as it vocals on rockers like "Judith" and nite potential for triple -A and select ican popular culture is an unbreak- R prepares for "Warning:," its upcoming Tool's "Sober," Kennan sounds calmer ACs. Harder -rocking stations will &B sounds of Rotary Connection. fourth album, with the peppy leadoff sin- and certainly more vulnerable. Guitar probably decline... just like the last able triangle: the blues, Chicago, and Just as Chess' catalog grew gle "Minority." The tune deceivingly opens techie- cum -rock star Billy Howerdel season of "Growing Pains" when the Chess Records. The story of how beyond a single genre of music, so with an acoustic guitar line reminiscent of crafts and produces a slick recording, kids were too old, so they imported two brothers from immigrant Jew- too is the label's story more than one the trio's 1998 smash "Time of Your Life and his guitar work is solid as well. Leonardo DiCaprio, and Alan Thicke ish stock created the label synony- of music and success; it involves the (Good Riddance)," but after about six sec- This is a great tune for that low -key kept making the same sorry cracks mous with urban black music in the confluence of two disenfranchised onds, the rockin' starts. The driving beat ballady spot in modern rock playlists, à instead of composing TV theme songs. mid -20th century is the stuff of alludes a bit to their 1994 breakthrough la "Nothing Else Matters" or "Novem- may have to take its own leg- ethnic groups of seemingly anti- hit, "Longview" The song has all the mak- ber Rain." Like "The X- Files," it's advice and "Runaway." end, and therein lies the challenge thetical nature. Cohodas has a sure ings of another modern rock crossover hit spooky and a little weird, but it still to a prospective Chess biographer. hand in navigating the sensitive for these boys: the catchy hook, comes on every Sunday night. In the hands of a lesser talent, the areas of racial politics central to the the pulsating guitars, the 'tude, D A N C E and, uh, entwining threads of musical histo- formation of Chess Records. "Spin- an accordion? Kind of a move toward They STEELY DAN Janie Runaway 14:09) FRAGMA Toca's Miracle (3:01) PRODUCERS: , ry, racial politics, and ning" Might Be Giants' territory, but it works. PRODUCER: not listed cultural is enriched with signification WRITERS: W. Becker, Front man 's vocals D. Fagen WRITER: not listed upheaval spanning seven decades of Jewish customs and African - PUBLISHERS: Freejunket Music/Zeon ably express the message behind this 2k- Music, Len Freed- PUBLISHER: not listed could easily become a tangled paro- American folklore. When the two man Music, ASCAP minute ode to the underground lifestyle: Atlantic 300297 (CD promo) Giant 100342 (CD promo) dy of a James commingle, "I wanna be a minority." Luckily, the This peppy dance tune started out as a "" is the first Michener novel. the results are majority will rock along with Green Day bootleg circulating throughout the album of new material in 20 years from for this song. It's like "The Cosby U.K., featuring vocals lifted from the Fortunately, memorable: The jazz/rock duo Steely Dan. But you Show" -it's marginally funny, and Fat 1997 CoCo single "It's a Miracle" laid author Nadine guest list for wouldn't know it by the sounds Albert would approve. of this on top of Fragma's trancey "Toca Cohodas is more Marshall's single. Walter Becker and Donald bar Me" -much like when D.N.A. redid than equal to mitzvah includ- A PERFECT CIRCLE Fagen recapture the studio magic from 3 Libras (3:37) Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner" 10 years the task. Her ed leading DJs PRODUCER: Billy Howerdel the old days of masterpieces like "Aja." ago (which peaked 5 at No. on The Bill- way with "Spin- WRITERS: B. Howerdel, M.J. Keenan The production is as polished as any of board Hot 100). After bootlegs flew off from around the PUBLISHERS: Transfixed Music//Harry Merkin Music, the duo's classic records. The rhythm U.K. record store shelves, Fragma pro- ning Blues Into country, such ASCAP section creates the standard vibe, and fessionally re- created the combination Gold" combines key record-busi- Virgin 15760 (CD promo) the horns are tight, thanks to Fagen's in the studio, which shot to the top of the intelligence ness as Looks like three is a magic number for . There's a taste of the figures the U.K. dance charts earlier this year. and conciseness Atlantic's Jerry Here in the States, "Toca's Miracle" of a political THE CHESS BROTHERS AND THE Wexler, and per- N E W & N O T E W O R T H Y was released earlier in the summer on LEGENDARY CHESS RECORDS Groovilicious /Strictly Rhythm, becom- reporter and formances by the contagious OSCAR DE LA HOYA Run To Me 10, which includes three English songs ing a top 10 track on the Hot Dance 4P4i)INE several Chess PRODUCER: Rudy Perez and 10 in Spanish. Music/Club Play chart. Meanwhile, the enthusiasm of a artists. The WRITERS: Gibb Brothers ubiquitous DJ Skribble has included dyed- in -the- cokLO1)`S event was "a PUBLISHER: not listed SAMANTHA MUMBA Gotta Tell You (3:20) the track on his mix disc "Essential wool music fan. centuries -old EMI Latin (CD promo) PRODUCERS: BRG, Aanthor Dance 2000," and so Atlantic has aECORO c WRITERS: A. Bagge, No detail If Jennifer Lopez can turn sex appeal A. Birgisson, S. Mumba licensed the track to be rereleased com- ritual combined into hitmaking, then why not prize- PUBLISHERS: Air Chrysalis Scandinavia/Murlyn mercially. The song has lots of energy, escapes her with present - Songauniversal Music Publishing'Wamer- fighter Oscar de la Hoya? The beefy Chappell and the radio edit packs it all into a attention as she chronicles the day business. Hebrew chants mixed boxer's debut single on EMI Latin, U.K. concise Interscope 10163 three -minute nugget, without story of label founders Leonard and in with blues." "Run To Me," is a cover of the Bee (CD promo) losing Irish singer /songwriter Samantha any of the punch of the longer Phil Chess. Beginning with their Cohodas is unstinting in her Gees' top 201972 hit, recorded on the club mixes. The vocal fits so seamlessly Mumba is hardly your average 17- family's emigration from Poland to examination of indie -label econom- CD promo in both English and Span- with the instrumental track that it's year -old. Her debut, "Gotta Tell You," in ish. Vocally, 27- year -old de la Hoya is tough to believe Chicago the early 1900s, Coho- ics, including the payola scandals of already a hit in Ireland and the U.K., that this tune was once plenty competent, with a vulnerable, two separate pieces. Having already das tracks the brothers' progress the late '50s. She sifts through proved itself at clubs, and now with from their father's scrap metal accusations of the Chess brothers' Skribble's stamp of approval, "Miracle" business to the Macomba Lounge, maintenance of a sharecropper will translate well to the top 40 and the after -hours club that was the mentality in their relations with crossover crowds, opening the main- Chess siblings' first venture. It was black artists. Leonard maintained stream to what is well within reach of becoming a U.S. dance classic. there that they made their initial an impressionistic accounting style connections with the culture of that afforded musicians immediate transplanted Southern blacks and access to cash on demand, and he RAP were educated in the blues and jazz often made house and car payments BLACK EYED PEAS Weekends (3:59) that was the preferred listening of on their behalf. Evidence is offered PRODUCER: not listed WRITER: not listed their black clientele. Sensing a busi- that, in large measure, the artists PUBLISHER: not listed ness opportunity in an audience ne- benefited from being treated like Interscope 10170 (CD promo) glected by existing record compa- members of the Chess family. Everyone lives for the weekend, those nies, the brothers established the James was presented with the deed glorious two where days one can leave , which in to her house, youthful- sounding voice and thought- presents a wild contrast with the fresh - work or school behind for some carefree originally written in ful, emotional interpretation. Thank- faced cutie present on the CD promo. fun. Los Angeles -based Black Eyed time evolved into the Chess, Check- Leonard's name, after his death. fully, there are no signs of studio gim- Verses are sung in an enchantingly low Peas look to capitalize on that fact with er, and (initially) Argo imprints of She admitted that, were the house mickry such as vocoding or stacked timbre, à la TLC's T -Boz, with a com- their latest, "Weekends." The trio offers the Chess label group. deeded to her in the first place, she mand that immediately layers with his vocal track -it sounds elevates her the ready -made party jam as the intro- Spearheaded by the perceptive would have lost it years before. pure and confident on its own. Produc- far beyond the common view of many duction to their sophomore set, "Bridg- (and often caustic) Leonard, the Sadly, the tale ends with the corn - tion of this freshly whitewashed re- female teen singers. The song itself is ing The Gap." Will.I.Am, Apl.de.Ap, and an runaway, label's growing artist roster reads pany's takeover and dismember- make hits the bull's -eye, and it's sweet instant a fresh slice of pop Taboo continue their fun -loving style - and simple. On its own, "Run To Me" with just enough R &B flair to keep it this time over an old- school breakbeat. like a pantheon of popular music: ment by GRT and the ensuing liti- is lovely and has great potential at AC, on the tip. "Gotta Tell You" is already Will, the group's lead lyricist, helms the Muddy Waters, Nowlin' Wolf, Chuck gation. Waters, speaking at hot AC, and top 40, but obviously, with creating a buzz in a number of formi- scratch -laced joint, which is comple- Berry, Bo Diddley, Etta James, Leonard's graveside in 1969, gave dable radio markets here, with almost an artist like de la Hoya, a splashy mented by a smooth R &B hook. "Week- Ahmad Jamal, Ramsey Lewis, and words to - 100 smaller markets hopping on the the dread felt by the corn video with lots of grin- and -bear-it ends" is very reminiscent of the hip -hop numerous others whose consistent- pany's employees and artists: "It's shots could make the difference Mumba wagon out of the box. The rea- party jams of the early '90s. This may ly charting releases were intrinsic all over. No between this track being a novelty or son is clear enough: This is a break- work at radio, as several hip -hop acts more nothin', Leonard." an actual hit. In any ease, de la Hoya is through hit, maintaining top 40's love are getting back to the basics with easy- to Chess Records' success. Soon Yet Chess Records' impact on 20th - a surprisingly pleasing presence, with affair with youth acts but serving up going verses over danceable tracks. The enough, Leonard's son, Marshall, century culture endures, as should more expressed talent as a singer than something strikingly novel. Top 40, Peas, who've seen critical success with asserted his own influence in the Cohodas' defining account of the here's a no-brainer for you; a true any number of successful artists on their last effort, may have a bona fide company's A &R policy. He was legacy of Leonard and Phil Chess. today's pop landscape. How about smash with which to enter the fall rat- hit on their hands. ings period. attuned to the cultural ferment of RICHARD HENDERSON that? Look for his debut album Oct.

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www.americanradiohistory.com R &B ARTISTS & MUSIC Changing Faces cries Crossing Over Duo Shows Wide Range On Atlantic Set With Help From R. Kelly, Joe BY JEFF LOREZ we've established ourselves some- NEW YORK- Changing Faces is what." hoping that the Oct. 10 release of its Although the current single and third album, "Visit Me," will prove some of the pair's other material to be the proverbial charm in the places men in a less than flattering duo's quest to achieve widespread light, Changing Faces is quick to dis- crossover success and recognition. tance itself from the wave of male - The New Yorkers debuted in bashing songs sweeping female 1994 with an eponymous album on R &B. the "I can understand that it's topical Wilson's Back. Charlie Wilson will be releasing a solo album, "Absolutely," Big Beat/Atlantic containing R. Kelly- written and -produced and in some places it's very valid," on Major Label Records/Interscope this fall. The Gap Band front man recently honestly, it's a bit ID five "Stroke You Up," says Rose. "But shot the video for the album's first single, "Without You, at a Malibu, Calif., top smash followed by Kelly -helmed CHANGING FACES out of control now. I mean, if you mansion. Pictured, from left, are co- director Jeff Allen, Wilson, co- director another R from went to an all -female concert and all Moses Edinbarough, and Michael Paran, Wilson's manager. &B hit, "G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T.," the pair's 1997 Big Beat album, the groups were onstage dissin' "All Day, All Night." men, I don't think the ladies would However, other than those hits, both be able to find a man to take them members of Changing Faces - to the show. That's why we've always Charisse Rose and Cassandra Lucas included songs that show the affec- Flight At -readily agree that much of the rest tionate side toward men, too. `Visit Flyte Tyme Records Takes Arista; of their two albums fell on deaf ears. Me' is like that. It romances the This latest outing once again finds man in the same way as `Stroke You Opens R Vaults Kelly involved, this time with the sul- Up' did. We feel honored to have `ladies Man' Soundtrack &B try title track. And fellow R&B croon- been able to record it, because R. IN THE NEWS: By the time you read this, you should that repeats throughout the movie and recruited Hath- er Joe has co- penned and produced Kelly originally intended it for him- have heard that Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are bring- away's talented daughter Lalah to sing on it-one of the the first single, the self." ing their Flyte Tyme Records to Arista. See the full movie's musical interludes that's laced between the melodic, soulful "That `This is a group The duo is pub- story on page 10 ... Speaking of Arista, singer Kenny soundtrack's classic jams. "So we've got a cross- genera- Other Woman," which lished through War- Lattimore is now being managed by Ramon Hervey tional vibe going as well," says Hudlin. "Since `SNL' has was serviced to radio with depth and ner /Chappell. ... At press time, BET.com and 360hip- hop.com had a young, white demo and they don't have these records, July 17. Other produc- "People may have announced that the two Internet entities are discussing we're hoping to turn on a whole new generation with ers include Bryce Wil- staying power. expected Changing the latter site's potential acquisition by BET.com. these jams. This is an album I'm very proud of-it brings son, the Noontime Faces to come back According to ajoint statement, the two sites would con- the movie to life." camp, and Malik There are a lot with another R. Kelly tinue to exist independently, catering respectively to the Pendleton. song," says Ronnie African-American audience and the hip -hop youth online 'S ZMAN: Picking up on the Black - "Don't get me of sides to Johnson, senior VP of audience. ground /Virgin announcement that included Timba- wrong," explains Rose. urban promotions at land's Zman venture (Billboard, Aug. 26): The busy pro- "We're so blessed to Changing Faces Atlantic. "While we MUSICAL HUDLIN: For ducer and have Joe and to have R. that the public love `Visit Me,' we those who can't get enough soon-to-be- artist -in- his -own- Kelly involved again; think the Joe song is old- school R &B, stay tuned right describes Zman as a it's been very reward- isn't familiar every bit as strong for the soundtrack to "The The production deal with Black - ing to have him as part and gives the group a Ladies Man," the Reginald ground that launches with of our career since day with' different slant this Hudlin -directed, Paramount - Rhythm upcoming album projects by one. But our frustra- time around." KALLMAN - distributed Oct. 13 flick star- male artist Sincere and male tion has been in the - CRAIG "The group's image ring "Saturday Night Live" and the rapper Montana. past [that] we've only is on another level regular and script co-writer In the meantime, Timba- had two singles from what people Blues 13 songs on would expect," adds Craig Kallman, Tim Meadows (who reprises TM land-who says he goes into released when there are the studio soon to start Missy an album. It doesn't help showcase us Atlantic VP/office of the chairman. his Leon Phelps character by Gail Mitchell from the "SNL" skit of the Elliott's next album -is as writers or artists. People who just "The girls themselves look better movie's title) with Billy Dee putting the finishing touches see us as straight -up R &B artists than ever-edgy, very sexy, beauti- Williams, Karyn Parsons ( "The Fresh Of Bel - on his and Magoo's upcoming album, the 14 -track "Inde- might not know we can do pop, bal- ful -which comes across in the Air"), Julianne Moore, and others. The DreamWorks cent Proposal," which will bow in February on Black - lads, and uptempos equally as well. ["Woman "] video. It all ties in per- soundtrack -set for release Oct. 10- reaches into the ground /Virgin. Asked to describe what Timbaland the We believe an album should be given a fectly with the Joe song as one of R&B vaults for such '70s-era classics as "Don't Let Me Be artist brings to the table musically, the 10 -year industry chance to live." those instant- reaction records: pas- Lonely Tonight" (Isley Brothers), "Turn Off The veteran says, "I'm just doing whatever comes to mind. Changing Faces -managed by sionate and compelling. Lights" (Teddy Pendergrass), "Up For The Down People won't expect what they're going to hear on this Mark Pitts and Charnise Carter- "One of the main things we Stroke" (Parliament), "The Closer I Get To You" album-it's something different that doesn't sound like signed directly to Atlantic after an wanted to convey with this album ( & Donny Hathaway), and Johnny what people know about Timbaland." impromptu for producer is that this is a group with depth Gill's mouth-watering cover of another Pendergrass In Los Angeles to record with "Proposal" guest artist Kenny Smooth (who had a label deal and staying power," he continues. gem, "Close The Door." ( "We met through FarmClub, and I enjoy his for his Spoiled Rotten imprint with "There aren't a lot of R &B groups "When it comes to the music [on films], I'm usually up music"), Timbaland notes that other guests include Jay- Big Beat /Atlantic) on the street out- out there who are on their third in there pretty tight," says Hudlin, laughing; his reper- Z, Aaliyah, Elliott, Ginuwine, and Twista. side a Manhattan recording studio. album. There are a lot of sides to toire includes the "House Party" franchise and Lucas, who was raised in Harlem, Changing Faces that the public "Boomerang." "I really took the music front and center STAY TUNED FOR: The Aug. 29 release of "DJ Clue and Rose, who is from the Bronx, isn't familiar with." on this film, shooting the scenes while thinking about Presents Backstage Mixtape," the Roc -A -Fella sound- have established a core R&B follow- Changing Faces embarks on a 25- what music I was going to put in there. I tried to pick not track to the Miramax "Backstage" documentary that ing by straddling the fine line be- city radio promo tour for "Visit Me" just the obvious stuff but some of the left -field stuff as chronicles the behind-the- scenes happenings during last tween street and sweet, often dealing beginning the second week of Sep- well. We loaded it up right." year's Hard Knock Life tour. The 18 -track set- partial- with issues that don't pull any punch- tember, with possible select spot The soundtrack also comes loaded with something ly recorded during the tour -sports tracks by Jay -Z and es ("G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T." and "Foolin' dates (e.g., back -to- school jams and Hudlin has wanted to include on his films' soundtracks Mya, Memphis Bleek, Beanie Sigel, Cam'Ron, T-Boz, Around "). The new single, written by college events). In addition, an At- for a long time: parts of the movie's actual score. And and others; the documentary opens nationwide Wednes- Joe specifically with Changing Faces lantic postcard and CD -ROM cam- once again Hudlin has hooked up with his main music day (6) ... The simultaneous Sept. 12 release of Al in mind, expands on the duo's smooth, paign will reveal the duo's new man Marcus Miller, who's worked with Hudlin on the Green's HarperCollins autobiography "Take Me To The reality-based brand of R &B. image to press and radio. aforementioned films and "The Great White Hype," River" (co-written with historian Davin Seay) and the "It's classic Changing Faces," "Don't change the Faces," says whose soundtrack offered Lou Rawls and Biz Maride same- titled, 30-track double -CD greatest-hits collection says Lucas. "Not so rough and not so Sam Weaver, operations manager of warbling "I've Got You Under My Skin." from the Right Stuff/EMI. In conjunction with these soft. We hope that's what makes us Kansas City, Mo.'s KPRS and This time around, Miller composed a love theme motif (Continued on page 27) stand out. I guess the fact that we're KPRT. "This is a great record, prob- on our third album is proof that ably a top five."

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The (C) (D) (T) FO' REEL 156800/UNIVERSAL t Hot would have been 2 B *TCHES 22 17 7 14 TOO SHORT Shot Debut on Top R&B /Hip -Hop Albums at No. 3, Jean shows he still like, `What's wrong (C) (D) (T) SHORT 42701 /JIVE THE LIGHT has what it takes in the music business. with him ?" 23 16 15 7 COMMON (T) MCA 155763* t The first single from this project was "Thug Angels." Although only When Tonéx was 24 19 22 7 HEY PAPI JAY -Z FEATURING MEMPHIS BLEEK & AMIL released as a 12 -inch single, it got enough airplay to chart on Hot 10, he recorded a (T) DEF JAM /DEF SOUL 562862 * /IDJMG t HOT GAL TODAY (HAFFI GET DE GAL YAH) R &B/Hip -Hop Singles & Tracks in June. The second single, "It Doesn't gospel record TONÉX 25 23 17 14 & MR. VEGAS with (D) (T) 2 HARD 6349NP Matter," which features World Wrestling Federation star the Rock, his family. At 18, he MAKE IT HOT 26 RE -ENTRY 15 LEGEND peaked at No. 80 on Hot R &B /Hip -Hop Singles & Tracks. Now the album independently released his debut (C) (D) DEH TYME/DIRON 70473/ORPHEUS t FIRE BUSTA RHYMES hits retail, selling more than 95,000 units, and its biggest single to date, album, "Silent 27 24 44 3 X 516: The Self -Con- (T) FLIPMODE/ELEKTRA 67087 * /EEG t "911," which features Mary J. Blige, moves 73 -56 on the singles chart. frontation"; he issued his sophomore IMAGINE THAT 28 30 27 10 LL COOL J As a solo act, Jean is best-remembered for the Grammy- nominated, effort, "," the following year. (T) DEF JAM 562827 * /IDJMG t THE WAY I AM platinum single "Gone Till November," from his double -platinum solo 29 26 24 4 EMINEM His career is very much a family (T) WEB/AFTERMATH 497399 * /INTERSCOPE t debut, "Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival," in 1997. What most people IT TAKES effort: Tonéx manages and books 30 35 34 10 TWO DJ KOOL FEATURING FATMAN SCOOP don't realize is that Jean has been busy during the three -year hiatus. His himself with his wife, (T) (X) INSTANT 147 * /AV8 THE NEXT EPISODE DR. DRE FEATURING SNOOP DOGG most popular recent work was his writing of Santana's Grammy Award - Yvette Williams, who 31 34 30 15 serves as his (T) AFTERMATH 497333 * /INTERSCOPE t winning single "Maria Maria" (Arista). "Maria Maria" went on to make executive assistant. YOU 32 28 33 12 WHAT WANT DMX FEATURING SISQO Billboard history, marking the first time Santana had a No. 1 on the R &B The gospel fan base Tonéx has (T) RUFF RYDERS/DEF JAM 562808 * /IDJMG t BETWEEN ME AND YOU JA RULE FEATURING CHRISTINA MILIAN singles chart in his 30 -plus year career. since 33 41 26 6 established will be the focus of (T) MURDER INC. /DEF JAM 562890 * /IDJMG t

the labels' initial marketing cam- 34 39 41 7 WHAT MEANS THE WORLD TO YOU CAM'RON MORE' DUO: When an artist or group spends, in many cases, more paign, says Jazzy Jordan, VP of mar- (T) EPIC 79434* t GET BUCK JOVISHES than a year putting together an album, nothing is 35 42 20 13 greater than the day it keting for Verity/Jive. "Since it's com- (C) (D) (T) BONAFIDE 302/GROUND LEVEL t gets released to retail. That somehow legitimizes all the NO MATTER work done to date. ing out in the fourth quarter, we 36 29 23 10 WHAT THEY SAY LIL' KIM Ruff Endz's just-released album, "Love Crimes" (Epic), debuts at No. really have to establish the record," IT) (V) QUEEN BEE/UNDEAS 84703* /ATLANTIC t WHILE YOU TWURK 19 on 37 32 25 29 WHISTLE YING YANG this issue's Top R &B /Hip -Hop Albums chart. The only thing to he says. "Tonéx is very ministry -driv- (C) (T) (X) COLLIPARK 1005* t upstage the album's release was the fact LET THE DOGS that the duo's debut single, "No en, totally locked into his church. So 38 31 49 51 WHO OUT? CHUCK SMOOTH More," rose to No. 1 last issue on Hot R &B /Hip -Hop Singles & Tracks. we want to embrace that base, not IC) (D) (M) (T) (X) WINGSPAN 0002 39 36 2 KA-CHING SADAT X FEATURING HY TYMES Not bad for two guys from Baltimore - (T) who went through plenty of rough neglect it. With the Tommy Boy part- STIMULATED 1913` /LOUD times. One of the members, Davinch, grew up a preacher's son and knew nership, it makes it easy to do that. 40 38 40 9 4 DA FAM AMIL FEATURING BEANIE SIGEL, MEMPHIS BLEEK AND JAY -Z (T) ROC-A- FELLA/COLUMBIA singing was a way out of the trouble for him. I'd say he picked the right Both labels are very established in the 79378 * /CRG BOUNCE IT RE -ENTRY 5 MOB SQUAD path. gospel arena as well as on the secular CI (D) M.O.B. 1002 The follow -up to "No More" will be "Where Does Love Go TONGUE SONG From Here," side." 42 37 29 13 STRINGS for which the video has already been added to BET. Jordan will be (T) (X) EPIC 79433* servicing an elec- BOUNCE 43 47 38 32 MIRACLE tronic press kit with performance (M) (T) (X) MAJOR TURNOUT/SOUND OF ATLANTA 0001* /UNIVERSAL t AGAIN? BACK Among the many albums that debut this issue, I have to footage as well as video footage for 44 48 48 7 PHONE TIME CAPONE -N- NOREAGA mention KRS -One's latest project, "A Retrospective" (Jive). KRS -One is two IT) TOMMY BOY 2140* f tracks, "Personal Jesus" and HOT BOYZ 45 44 47 43 MISSY "MISDEMEANOR" ELLIOTT FEATURING NAS, EVE & Q no stranger to the charts. An advocate and leader among the hip-hop com- "Taxi." Tonéx will do a Sept. 14 show- (C) (D) (T) (X) THE GOLD MIND /EASTWEST 64029/EEG t for ANTE UP (ROBBING -HOODZ THEORY) munity various rights and issues, KRS -One has had many success sto- case at the National Assn. of Record- 46 50 36 5 M.O.P. (T) LOUD 1949* t ries on Billboard's charts, including "Rise 'N' Shine," "Outta Here," "MC's ing Merchandisers mini -convention in 47 49 2 JODEYR I DEFARI Act Like They Don't Know," and "Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight)," San Diego. He'll also perform on a - (T) ABB 1018 IT DOESN'T MATTER WYCLEF which each reached the top 10 on Hot Rap Singles. gospel bill presented Saturday (2) by 48 40 39 8 JEAN FEATURING THE ROCK & MELKY SEDECK (T) COLUMBIA 79448* /CRG t To complete his current contract with the label, Jive has elected to Jesus Alternative Ministries at the 49 27 18 8 000H DE LA SOUL FEATURING REDMAN release a greatest-hits package, thus "A Retrospective," which starts at University of Southern California's (T) TOMMY BOY 2118* t YOU KNOW MY NAME No. 62 on Top R &B/Hip -Hop Albums, selling 6,000 copies at the overall Boyard Auditorium in 50 RE-ENTRY 6 SOUTH PARK MEXICAN Los Angeles. co (X) DOPE HOUSE 2001* t SoundScan panel. This compilation shows the growth of one of the most Additional showcases are also being influential personas within the hip- hop/rap genre, a man who has worn planned. Q Records with the greatest sales gains this week. t Videoclip availability. Recording Industry Association of America (RIM) certification for net shipment of 500,000 the hats of writer, producer, A &R manager, and label owner units (Gold). RIM certification for net shipment of 1 throughout "We haven't felt this type of million units (Platinum). (C) Cassette single available. (D) CD single available. (M) Cassette maxi -single available. the span of his 10 -year career. artistry since we signed R. Kelly, says (T) Vinyl maxi -single available. (V) Vinyl single availabe. (X) CD maxi -single availabe. Catalog number is for (D). * Indicates (D) unavailable, in which case, catalog number is for (C), (X), (T) or (M) respectively, based on availability. (Continued on next page) 02000, Billboard/BPI Communications, and SoundScan, Inc.

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41 41 38 6 WILL DOWNING MOTOWN 157881 /UNIVERSAL (11.98/17.98) ALL THE MAN YOU NEED 25 99 77 74 10 JURASSIC 5 RAWKUS 490664 * / INTERSCOPE (8.98/12.98) QUALITY CONTROL 33 STREETS PAY ME 100 48 38 29 6 CANIBUS CRAZY WORLD159054 */UNIVERSAL(11.98/17.98) 2000 B.C. (BEFORE CAN -I -BUS) 6 ED NEW 1 WINDY CITY KINGS STAR CITY 01110.98/16.981 units (Dia- DAlbums with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIM certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIAA certification for net shipment of 10 million mond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi -platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums wi h a running Eme of 00 minutes or more, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. *Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EQ, and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit increase. Pacesetter indicates biggest percentage growth. Heatseek- er Impact shows albums removed from Heatseekers this week. 1112 indicates past or present Heatseeker title. ei 2000, Billboard/BPI Communications, and SoundScan, Inc.

TONEX AIMS FOR MAINSTREAM AUDIENCE THE RHYTHM AND THE BLUES (Continued from preceding page) (Continuedfrom page 25) Weiss. "Tonéx's a visionary. Although gospel base. Then we're going to take a current full CD out -getting so releases, the legendary soul man the Alchemist, the compilation sports he's a gospel artist, he defies catego- the urban approach with a video, much of a buzz. A lot has to do with embarks on a book-signing tour that guest stints by Xzibit, Goodie Mob, rization. I think the secular audience potentially for `Taxi.' That whole cam- the imaging, the way he packages kicks off Sept. 10 in Los Angeles Kurupt, Snoop Dogg, Dilated Peo- will come to him in the same way they paign is going to happen on the Jive himself, and his approach to gospel (House of Blues; Eso Won Books) and ples, and others. First single: GZA's ultimately came to Kirk Franklin and side." In addition, an official com- music in terms of the production and runs through Sept. 20-21 in New York "When The Fat Lady Sings." are now coming to Yolanda Adams." mercial single- established with content. He's just exciting and fresh." (Barnes & Noble in Rockefeller Cen- And if that audience doesn't come input from radio and the public -will Judy Copeland, sales manager and ter, Virgin Megastore in Times TAYLOR TRIBUTE: Sony Music immediately, there's a second mar- be released in January. gospel music buyer for Central South Square). Stopovers include Chicago, Entertainment is holding a memorial keting phase to help lure them. "This is probably the single most- Music Sales Inc., a Nashville -based Atlanta, Nashville, and Philadelphia tribute to recently deceased colleague "Phase two of our campaign starts in anticipated record in the last five or one -stop, agrees. "I've heard the "Muggs Presents The Soul Assas- LeBaron Taylor the evening of Sept. January," says Verity/Jive VP/GM six years in terms of gospel," says music, and I've seen [performance sins, Chapter 2," coming Oct. 3 from 12 (6-8 p.m.) at New York's Sony Playa Tara Griggs- Magee. "We want to Matt Anderson, PD of WPGC in footage]," she says. "He's a great the Warner Bros. -distributed Ruf- Past and present Sony Music employ- make sure his core audience is fully Washington, D.C. "It's just amazing entertainer. This project is going to do fLife/RuffNation label. Featuring pro- ees and Taylor's industry associates aware that he's very committed to the to see this fellow-who doesn't have very well." duction by Cypress Hill's Muggs and are invited; RSVP at 212 -833-8773.

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TITLE (Publisher - Licensing Org.) Sheet Music Dist. 82 100% (Let Me Show You, ASCAP /Joseph Cartagena, ASCAP /Jelly's Jams. ASCAP/For My Son, ASCAP/Wamer- Hot R&B/HipHop Airplay.. Tamerlane, BMI /Fox Fanfare, BMI) WBM No R&B/HipHo I Sing 30 #1 STUNNA (Money Mack, BMI) Compiled from a national sample of airplay supplied by Broadcast Data Systems' Radio Track service. 103 R&B stations 56 911 (Sony /AN Tunes, ASCAP/LLC/Huss Zwingli, ASCAP/EMI Compiled from a national sub-sample of POS (point of Ile) equipped key R &B retail stores which report number are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by gross impressions, computed by cross - Blackwood, BMI/TeBass, BMI) of units sold to SoundScan, Inc. This data is used in th Hot R &B Singles chart. referencing exact times of airplay with Arbitron listener data. This data is used in the Hot R &B Singles chart. 37 AS WE LAY (Troutman, BMI/Saja, BMI) SoundScan® 43 BABY U ARE (Divided, BMI/Zomba, BMI /Coopick, ASCAP) WBM III" 21 BAD BOY2 (Solomon's Work, ASCAPNniversal-Polytram International, ASCAP/EZ Elpee. ASCAP/Screen Gems -EMI, o 0 ó z 3 BMI /Jones Music America, ASCAP) Lt 0 w 63 BAD MAN (R.Kelly, BMI/Zomba, BMI) TITLE 3 Ñ TITLE Ñ W 9 BAG LADY (living, BMI/WB, ASCAP /AinY Nuthin' Coin' On But Ñ TITLE F ` TITLE ARTIST (IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL) g 3 ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) Funking, ASCAP/Loot On Loose Leaves, ASCAP/Big Yacht, 5 ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) 3 ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) ASCAP/Sony /ATV Tunes, ASCAP/Phat Cat, ASCAP/Antraphil, BETWEEN ME AND YOU 1 38 6 BMI /Sharon Hill, BMI /Nate Dogg, BMI/Divine Pimp, TAKE THAT NO. ® JA ROLE FEAT. MILIAN 38 19 13 --'r CHRISTINA MURDER INCNEF JAMADIMG) NO. 1 111--- ASCAP/BMG Songs, ASCAP) HI/WBM --11 TORREY CARTER (THE GOLD MIND /ERSTWEST/EEG) JUST BEA MAN ABOUT IT 1 1 16 YOUR FANTASY 95 BALL BALL (StrB ON The Block, BMI) DOESN'T REALLY MATTER 39 42 10 WHAT'S 1 1 4 BITCH WITH NO MAN JANET (DEF JAM + DE! ...,IDJMG) 3 wks at No I 39 22 10 LUDACRIS (/DEF JAM SOUTH /IDJMG) 60 BEST OF ME PART 2 (EKOP, BMI/Sony /AN Songs, BMI/ENOT, SOMETHIN FOR THE PEOPLE (WARNER BROS.) BMI/Sony /AN Tree, BMI/Shellies House, SESAC/Lil Lu Lu, SHAKE YA ASS YOU SHOULD'VE TOLD ME WI FEY 7 7 44 4 BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI/Copyright Control) HL 14 U4ME MYSTIKAL (JIVE) ® KELLY PRICE (DEF SODUIDJMG) NEXT (ARISTA) ® 54 7 39 BETWEEN ME AND YOU (Slavery, BMI/White Rhino, BMI/Lil 3PC. (312 ENTERTAINMENT) BAG LADY TRY AGAIN Rob, BMI) 6 7 41 BOUNCE WITH ME S * *T) COUNTRY GRAMMAR ERYKAH BADU (MOTOWN) 34 27 64 BITCH PLEASE (Eight Mile 5 4 41 48 26 (HOT AALIYAH (BLACKGROUNDNIRGIN) II Style, BMI/Ensign, BMI/Ain't LIL BOW WOW FEAT. XSCAPE ISO SO DEFCOLUMBIA) NELLY (FO' REEL/UNIVERSAL) Nuthin' Goin' On But Funking, ASCAP/Music Of Windswept, WIFEY CRAZY THINGS NO 4 5 18 42 37 15 ASCAP /Five Card, ASCAP/Elvis Mambo, ASCAP) 4 11 MORE BAG LADY NEXT (ARISTA) SAMMIE (FREEWORLD/CAPITOL) RUFF 42 30 3 5 BOUNCE WITH ME (EMI April, ASCAP/So So Def, ASCAP /Air ENDZ (EPIC) ERYKAH BADU (MOTOWN) NO MORE 000H. Control, ASCAP/Throwin' Tantrums, ASCAPBabyboy's Little, CALLIN' ME 5 2 19 51 9 9 2 B *TCHES RUFF ENDZ (EPIC) ® DE LA SOUL FEAT. REDMAN (TOMMY BOY) SESAC/Noontime South, SESAC/TCF, ASCAP/Fox Tunes, 43 37 14 LIL' ZANE FEAT. 112 (WORLDWIDE/PRIORITY) TOO SHORT (SHORT /JIVE) SESAC) HUWBM INCOMPLETE 6 4 21 WHAT MEANS THE WORLD TO YOU 10 CALLIN' ME (Kalinmia, ASCAP/Lil' Nettie, ASCAP/Mr. Fiss & INCOMPLETE THE LIGHT SISQO (DRAGON /DEF SODUIDJMG) ® 46 4 2 6 44 36 7 CAM'RON (EPIC) Diggie, BM)) SISQO (DRAGON /DEF SODUIDJMG) COMMON (MCA) LET'S GET MARRIED 911 69 CAN'T GO FOR THAT (Mass Confusion, ASCAP/WB, 3 23 2 LET'S GET MARRIED GET UP JAGGED EDGE (SO SO DEF /COLUMBIA) 45 63 ASCAP /One Shot Deal, SESAC/Unichappell, BMI/Hot -Cha, 7 9 45 41 5 WYCLEF JEAN FEAT. MARY J. BLIGE (COLUMBIA) JAGGED EDGE (SO SO DEF/COLUMBIA) JESSICA (G- FUNK/RESTLESS) BMI/Songs Of Windswept Pacific, BMI/Nuevo Dia, THE LIGHT BMI/Nature's Fynest, 11 13 GETTIN' IN THE WAY ASCAP) WBM I LIKE DEM GIRLZ ROLL WIT ME co COMMON (MCA) ® 49 4 12 23 46 44 13 JILL SCOTT (HIDDEN BEACH /EPIC) 20 CASE OF THE EX (WHATCHA GONNA DO) (Famous, LIL JON & THE EAST SIDE BOYZ (BME) CO -ED (RUBICON /UNIVERSAL) ASCAP/Tunes On The Verge Of Insanity, ASCAP /Mo Better WHAT YOU WANT PULL OVER TA DA 10 14 41 52 7 Grooves, ASCAP/Hitco South, ASCAP/Tabulous, ASCAPMale 8 6 MARIA MARIA DMX FEAT. SISQO (RUFF RYDERS/DEFJAM/IDJMG) TRINA (SLIP- N- SLIDE/ATLANTIC) 41 40 32 Yeah, SESAC) HL LIL' MO (EASTWEST/EEG) SANTANA FEAT. THE PRODUCT G &B (ARISTA) SEPARATED 78 COME RIDE WITH ME (Not Listed) 10 8 25 IMAGINE THAT JUMPIN', JUMPIN' HEY PAPI AVANT (MAGIC JOHNSON/MCA) 48 43 6 79 COMING BACK HOME (EMI Blackwood, BMIBenny's Music, 10 6 48 45 7 LL COOL J (DEF JAM /IDJMG) DESTINY'S CHILD (COLUMBIA) JAY -Z (DEF JAM/DEF SODUIDJMG) BMI/Zomba, ASCAP /563, ASCAP /AI Street, ASCAP/WB, TREAT HER 11 13 LIKE A LADY MARIA MARIA ASCAP/Magic Man, PRS) HUWBM YEAH THAT'S US 20 49 50 29 9 7 BEAUTIFUL LADY JOE (JIVE) SANTANA FEAT. THE PRODUCT G &B (ARISTA) 49 34 2 66 CONNECT (Get The Bo, ASCAPNoco, BMI/Point East, MAJOR FIGGAS (RUFFNATION/WARNER BROS.) ROGER TROUTMAN II (WORLDWIDE WILDSTYLE) BMI/Trescadecaphobia, WHERE I WANNA BE BMI) 12 9 27 DOWN FOR MY N'S DANCE WITH ME 50 54 3 50 I 14 7 GOTTA TELL YOU DONELL JONES )UNTOUCHABLES/LAFACE/ARISTA) C- MURDER (TRU /NO CRAZY THINGS DO (Famous, ASCAP/Tunes On The Verge Of 50 67 3 LIMIT /PRIORITY) DEBELAH MORGAN (THE DAS LABELATLANTIC) SAMANTHA MUMBA (WILD CARD/ INTERSCOPE) Insanity, ASCAP/Mo Better Grooves, ASCAP/Hitco South,

BOUNCE WITH ME GOT IT ALL ASCAP/Tabulous, ASCAP /Hale Yeah, SESAC) HL I 13 17 9 15 DON'T CARE HOT GAL TODAY (HAFFI GET DE GAL YAH) LIL BOW WOW FEAT. XSCAPE ISO SO DEF /COLUMBIA) 51 47 11 31 51 49 14 EVE & JADAKISS (RUFF RYDERS/INTERSCOPE) 84 CRYBABY (Sony /AN Songs, BMI/Rye Songs, BMI/WB, NO QUESTION (PHILADELPHIA INTI/RUFFNATIONWNARNER BROS.) SEAN PAUL & MR. VEGAS (2 HARDNP) ASCAP/Howie Hersh, ASCAP /Sony /AN Tunes, ASCAP/Smitty's (HOT S * *T) COUNTRY GRAMMAR BEST OF ME PART 2 DAILY 14 12 23 152 55 4 Son, BMI/11 Bomb H, ASCAP/Zomba, ASCAP/Donril, 13 6 I WANT YOUR BODY NELLY )FO' REEL/UNIVERSAL) MYA FEAT. JAY-Z (UNIVERSITY /INTERSCOPEJIDJMG) TQ (CLOCKWORK/EPIC) 52 51 10 ASCAP /Cal -Gene, BMI/EMI Virgin, BMI/Cal -Rock, ASCAP/EMI RPM 2000 (GRAND JURY/WARNER BROS.) OPEN MY HEART Virgin, ASCAP) HI/WBM 15 15 19 53 53 (PRAISE YOU) DON'T THINK I'M NOT (D MAKE IT HOT YOLANDA ADAMS (ELEKTRA/EEG) 26 57 DAILY 17 6 15 MARY MARY (C2/COLUMBIA) (Strickly TO, ASCAP/Sony /AN Tunes, ASCAP /Baby Ree, KANDI (COLUMBIA) - LEGEND (DEH TYME/DIRON / ORPHEUS) BMI/H Bomb H, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) HL/WBM JUMPIN', JUMPIN' DON'T NOT 16 14 18 56 10 THINK I'M 25 (U moe, ASCAP/Cool Abdul, CONNECT FIRE DESTINY'S CHILD (COLUMBIA) ® KANDI (COLUMBIA) 33 2 54 50 2 ASCAP/Watermelon Gid, BMI/Ensign, BMINniversal- PolyGram DJ HURRICANE WITH OZIBIT, BIG DIPP AND PHAROAHE MO (ND BUSTA RHYMES (FLIPMODE/ELEKTRNEEG) International, ASCAP/Tony! WHAT'CHU LIKE BAD MAN Toni! Tone!, ASCAP) HLYWBM Pmi YOU NASTY 17 18 20 55 45 14 18 2 MONICA DA BRAT FEAT. TYRESE (SO SO DEF/COLUMBIA) R. KELLY (JIVE/LAFACE/ARISTA) 52 DANCE WITH ME (Frank, ASCAP/Lakshmi Puja, ASCAP /J & 55 43 18 TOO SHORT (SHORT /JIVE) EFFORE DARK (RCA) Ross, ASCAP) CLM/HL SUMMER RAIN 22 7 BITCH PLEASE II 6 DOESN'T REALLY MATTER (EMI April. ASCAP/Flyte Tyme, UN -HUH SEPARATED CARL THOMAS (GHET- O- VISION/BAD BOY /ARISTA) 56 59 10 23 4 56 39 20 EMINEM (WEB/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE) ASCAP/Black Ice, BMI) HL DEVYNE STEPHENS "THE ENTERTAINER' (EASTWEST/EEG) AVANT (MAGIC JOHNSON/MCA) 42 DON'T MESS WITH MY MAN (Ugmoe, ASCAP/Watermelon Gid, 19 16 20 WHATEVER SAME SCRIPT, DIFFERENT CAST BABY U ARE IDEAL FEATURING MO 57 48 18 BMI/Ensign, BMI/Tenom, ASCAPNniversal- PolyGram 15 4 In IMAGINE THAT LIL' (VIRGIN) & ( 57 59 0 DEBORAH COX ARISTA) GERALD LEVERT (EASTWEST/EEG) LL COOL J (DEF JAM International, ASCAP/Tony! Toni! Tone!, ASCAP) /IDJMG) CASE OF THE EX (WHATCHA GONNA DO) BABY U ARE 32 DON'T THINK I'M NOT (Shek'em Down, BMI/Hitco South, 20 19 10 CHERCHEZ LAGHOST THE WAY I AM MYA (UNIVERSITY/ INTERSCOPE) 61 12 16 11 58 53 3 ® GERALD LEVERT (EASTWEST /EEG) ASCAP/Kandacy, ASCAP /Air Control, ASCAP/EMI April, GHOSTFACE KILLAH (WU-TANG/RAZOR SHARP/EPIC) EMINEM (WEB /AFTERMATH / INTERSCOPE) ASCAP/3rdi, BMI) HL DANCE TONIGHT I SINGS HOW MUCH YOU WANT ME 21 20 21 59 62 2 59 DOWN FOR MY N'S Not Listed) 27 5 IT TAKES TWO LUCY PEARL (OVERBROOIVPOOKIUBEYOND) MARY MARY FEAT. BBJ (C2/COLUMBIA) HAVANA (HEAT /LIGHTYEAR) 59 74 10 91 EMOTIONAL (Thom, ASCAPMicklo, ASCAP/Yellow Man, DJ KOOL FEAT. FATMAN SCOOP (INSTANT /AV8) THE WAY I AM BMI/Butter Jinx, BMI/Magnetic, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BM)) HL 22 30 6 60 58 20 GET YOUR ROLL ON COME RIDE WITH ME LOVE SETS YOU FREE EMINEM (WEB/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE) 87 FLAMBOYANT (Flamboyant, ASCAP/Ithica Street, ASCAP) 38 3 60 62 20 BIG TYMERS (CASH MONEY /UNIVERSAL) JAHARI (SUCCESS/LIGHTYEAR) KELLY PRICE & FRIENDS (DEF SODUIDJMG) 98 FROM THA STREETZ (Not Listed) HEY PAPI I DON'T CARE 55 LET ME BE THE ONE 29 7 61 60 6 GETTIN' IN THE WAY (Blues Baby, ASCAP /JATCAT, 35 2 I LIKE IT JAY -Z (DEF JAM/DEF SODUIDJMG) NO INTLMUFFNATIONAYARNER 61 66 39 QUESTION (PHILADELPHIA BROS.) ASCAP /Double Ohh Eight, ASCAP/Touched By Jazz, ASCAP/EMI RAM -Z (TVT) SAMMIE (FREEWORLD/CAPITOL) PASS YOU BY April, ASCAP) HL 24 26 10 MY FIRST LOVE WHOA! LIL' MAMA... FEELIN' SO GOOD BOYZ II MEN (UNIVERSAL) © 88 GET UP (Keiande, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/Kita, ASCAP) HL 31 8 62 51 18 - AVANT FEAT. KETARA WYATT (MAGIC JOHNSON/MCA) X-CON (FIRST STRING/GROUND LEVEL) JENNIFER LOPEZ (WORK/EPIC) 11 GET YOUR ROLL ON (Money Mack, BMI) #1 STUNNA WHERE I WANNA BE 85 GHETTO STAR (8 Ballen, BMI /Jim Edd, BMI) HOT 25 28 5 63 57 6 42 2 THE NEXT EPISODE BIG TYMERS (CASH MONEY /UNIVERSAL) SHADE ( 63 70 15 SHEIST BABY RE E/ LONDON- S RE) 38 (EMI Blackwood, BMI/The Waters Of TONI ESTES(PRIORITY) OR DRE FEAT. SNOOP DOGG IAFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE Nazerath, BMI/EMI April, ASCAP /Chase Chad, ASCAP) HL 26 DOESN'T REALLY MATTER NAH, NAH... CRYBABY 25 14 75 2 58 GOT IT ALL ( Blondie Rockwell, ASCAP/Dead Game, 20 14 WHAT YOU WANT JANET (DEF JAM/DEF SODUIDJMG) ® E 64 56 11 -40 FEAT. NATE DOGG (SICK WID' IT/JIVE) MARIAN CAREY FEAT. SNOOP DOGG (COLUMBIA) DMX FEAT. SI550 (RUFF RYDERS/DEF ASCAP /lae'wons, ASCAP/Janice Combs, ASCAP /EMI April, JAWIDJMG) THE NEXT EPISODE COMING BACK HOME ASCAP) HL GHETTO STAR 21 23 20 6 47 2 BETWEEN ME AND YOU DR. DRE FEAT. SNOOP DOGG (AFTERMATH,NTERSCOPE) ®73 BEBE FEAT. BRIAN MCKNIGHT 23 HEY PAPI (Lil Lu, 65 4 & JOE (MOTOWN) Lu BMI/EMI Blackwood, BMI/Virginia Beach. GREEN EYEZ (STREET SLANG/EVEJIM) - IA RULE FEAT. CHRISTINA MILIAN INC,DEE JAMPDJMGI )MURDER THAT OTHER WOMAN ASCAP) HL 28 35 5 CAN'T GO FOR THAT WITHOUT YOU CHANGING FACES 66 66 3 62 HOT (October Eighth, BMI/ Under My Clothes, 25 6 W RT MEANS THE WORLD TO YOU (ATLANTIC) TAMIA (ELEKTRNEEG) CHARLIE WILSON (MAJOR HITS/JAKE/INTERSCOPE) 66 - 2 ASCAP /Chrysalis, ASCAP) Hn LIAR 100% 15 HOT GAL TODAY (HAFFI GET DE GAL YAH) (Deadly, SO FLOSSY 29 32 4 67 64 13 52 14 GET BUCK PROFYLE (MOTOWN) BIG PUNISHER FEAT. TONY ASCAP/Greensleeves, PRS/EMI April, ASCAP) HL 61 12 SUNSHINE l LOUD/COLUMBIA 1 MIDWEST MAFIA FEAT, PHATTY BANKS (BUCHANAN) JOVISHES (BONAFIDE/GROUND LEVEL) 16 (HOT S* *T) COUNTRY GRAMMAR (Jackie Frost, GIRLS DEM SUGAR 30 40 6 TA DA BMI /Careers -BMG, BMI/Publishing Designee, BMI/Universal, SHAKE YA ASS NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY BEENIE MAN FEAT, MYA (SHOCKING VIBESNPNIRGIN) 68 65 9 24 5 68 58 10 LIL' MO (EASTWEST/EEG) ASCAP/Basement Beatz, ASCAP) HUWBM MYSTIKAL (JIVE) LIL' KIM (QUEEN BEE/UNDEAS/ATLANTIC) 76 HOW MUCH YOU WANT ME Rod, CALLIN' ME VE BE WAITING (Del BMI) SHAKE IT LIKE A DOG 31 33 7 71 2 1 WHILE YOU TWURK LIL' ZANE FEAT. 112 (WORLDWIDE/PRIORITY) 69 24 I DON'T CARE (Gamble -Huff, BMI/Monetam, BMIANB, ASCAP) 69 68 29 WHISTLE KEDVON EDIMO (RCA) KANE &ABEL FEAT. PNC AND 5TH WARD WEEK MST WANTED EMPIRE) VINO YANG TWINS (COLLIPARK) WBM BAD BOYZ 32 39 8 I WONDER WHY? (HE'S THE GREATEST DJ) 51 IMAGINE THAT (LL Cool 1, ASCAP/Sony /ATV Tunes, MONET IF YOU DON'T WANNA LOVE ME SITYNE FEAT. BARRINGTON LEVY (BAD BOY 10 69 11 32 3 70 71 26 /ARISTA) TONY TOUCH FEAT. KEISHA & PAM (TOMMY BOY) ASCAPAmma Play Jason, ASCAP) HL CAMARA (WINGSPAN) TAMAR (DREAMWORKS) 3 INCOMPLETE (Montell Jordan, ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP /Hudson I WISH 33 24 30 PITCH IN ONA PARTY BALL BALL I THOMAS 11 6 Jordan, ASCAP/Almo, ASCAP/Wixen, ASCAP) HL/WBM 46 7 71 THANK GOD FOUND YOU CARL (BAD BOY/ARISTA) - DJ ( ARISTA MUADA.1, NITTIE, UL GANGSTA, SHORT. HERON,V.S. IT DOWN) 60 32 QUIK 2001 /ARISTA) (LAY MARIAH CAREY FEAT. JOE & 98 DEGREES (COLUMBIA) 68 I SINGS (EMI April, ASCAP/Nyrraw, ASCAP/Thats Plum's Song, AS WE LAY JUST FRIENDS (SUNNY) ASCAPAt's Tea Tyme, ASCAP/Zomba Melodies, SESAC/Jizlat, SHACKLES (PRAISE YOU) 34 21 16 12 1 34 21 25 WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? KELLY PRICE (DEF SODUIDJMG) - MUSIQ (DEF JAM /DEF SOUL/IDJMG) SESAC) MARY MARY (C2 /COLUMBIA) 12 64 28 CHUCK SMOOTH (WINGSPAN) 41 I WANNA KNOW (Zomba, ASCAPA(iely, ASCAP /Conversation Tree, NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY 35 27 15 WW III ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/Foray,SESAC /1972, SESAC) HUWBM FLAMBOYANT KA -CHING 13 67 4 35 26 13 2 LIL' KIM (QUEEN BEE/UNDEAS/ATLANTIC) WUN. SNYbP DOGS, SCARFACE & JADM(ISS IRUR RYDERS7NTERSCDPE, BIG L (RAWKUS/PRIORITY) 13 75 36 I WISH (Tom. ASCAP/Mike City, BMI) SADAT X (STIMULATED /LOUD) I WANNA KNOW EMOTIONAL 80 I WONDER WHY? (HE'S THE GREATEST DJ) (Melaza, BAD BOYZ 36 31 52 74 3 36 29 9 SAY MY NAME JOE (JIVE) - CARL THOMAS (BAD BOY /ARISTA) ASCAP/T -Boy, ASCAP/Warner- Tamerlane, BMIBemard's SHYNE FEAT. BARRINGTON LEVY (BAD BOY 14 26 /ARISTA) - DESTINY'S CHILD (COLUMBIA) Other, BMI/Sony/AN Songs, BMI/Universal, ASCAP/Salsoul, DON'T MESS WITH MY MAN THIS WOMAN'S WORK ASCAP/EMI Blackwood, BMI/Stone Diamond, BMI /Comart, FLOWERS FOR THE DEAD 36 4 75 12 31 28 13 4 DA FAM LUCY PEARL (POOKIEJBEYOND) - MAXWELL (COLUMBIA) CUBAN LINK (TERROR 15 5 0 SQUAD/ATLANTIC) BMI/Howard Conrart, BMI) HL/WBM - AML FEAT BEANIE SIGEL MEMPHIS BLEB( AND JAY OOOCA.FE. /WLUMBMW 11 JUMPIN', JUMPIN' (All Black Music, SESAC/353 Music Records with the greatest airplay gains. © 2000 Bil board/BPI Communications. Records O Publishing, SESACBeyonce, ASCAP /Universal -PolyGram Q with the greatest sales gains. © 2000 Billboard/BPI Communications and SoundScan, Inc. International Tunes, SESAC /Universal -PolyGram International, ASCAP/Back Z Da Getto, ASCAP/AII Blac, ASCAP) WBM HOT RUMP-HOP RECURRENT AIRPLAY B JUST BE A MAN ABOUT IT (Braxtoni, BMI/Naked Under My 2 NO MORE (Eddie F., ASCAP /Sharay's, ASCAP/WB, ASCAPA 15 TREAT HER LIKE A LADY (Zomba, BMI/Tuff Huff. BMI/East Clothes, ASCAP /Chrysalis, ASCAP/October Eighth, BMI/Noontime Want My Daddy's Records, ASCAPNniversal-PolyGram Memphis, BMI /Irving, BMI) WBM BIG PIMPIN' Tunes, BMI/Black Baby, SESAC/Noontime, SESAC) WBM International Tunes, SESAC/lahgae Joints, SESAC) WBM 41 TRY AGAIN (Virginia Beach. ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/Herbilicious, 1 1 2 14 15 13 JAY -Z FEAT. (ROC- A- FELWDEF MI MISOMrEANOR' (THE UGK JAM /IDJMG) OT ELLIOTT GOLD MINDYASPNESTEEGI 91 JUST FRIENDS (SUNNY) (Warner- Tamerlane, BMI/Portable. 53 000H. IT -Girl. BMVDaisy Age, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane, BMI) WBM ASCAP/Black Fountain, ASCAP) WBM BMI /M.R.C., BMI) 18 OPEN MY HEART (EMI April, ASCAP/Flyte Tyme, 67 UN -HUH (D's Non -Stop, ASCAP/Thelma's Boy, ASCAP/Noka 1 HE WASN'T MAN ENOUGH UNTITLED (HOW DOES IT FEEL) 2 - 15 21 14 Bl LET ME BE THE ONE (North Avenue, ASCAP/Sewwis, ASCAP/Minneapolis Guys, ASCAP /Jibranda, ASCAP /lamyo. BM)) HL Intl ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP) HL TONI BRAXTON (LAFACE/ARISTA) D'ANGELO (CHEEBA SOUNDNIRGIN) ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP) 28 PASS YOU BY (Shawn Patrick, BMI/Ensign, BMI) 26 THE WAY I AM (Eight Mile Style, BMI/Ensign, BMU HL 3 2 2 YOUR CHILD COME BACK IN ONE PIECE 4 LETS GET MARRIED (So So Def, ASCAP/EMI April, 92 PITCH IN ONA PARTY (Way 2 Quik, ASCAP/Protoons, ASCAP) 19 WNAT'CHU LIKE (Throwin' Tantrums, ASCAP/EMI April, 16 13 3 MARY J. BLIGE (MCA) AALIYAH FEAT. DMX (BLACKGROUNDNIRGIN) ASCAP/Them Damn Twins, ASCAPBabyboy's Little, 54 PULL OVER (Funk So Rightous, BMI/First N' Gold, BMI/Kase, ASCAP /Air Control, ASCAP/So So Def, ASCAP/Wamer- SESAC/Noontime, SESAC) HL BMI /Ms. Trina, BMI/Duece Pop, BMI/Neko, BMI) Tamedane, BMVEdition Lollipop. SESAC) HLAYBM U KNOW WHAT'S UP VIVRANT THING 4 3 6 11 17 30 34 LIAR (E. Dixon, BMVZomba, BMI/Hitdistrict, BMI) 70 ROLL WIT ME (Track Team, BMI) 22 WHATEVER (Divine Mill. ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/Fingaz Goal, DONELL JONES (UNTOUCHABLES/LAFACE/ARISTA) 0 -TIP (VIOLATOR/DEF JAM /IDJMG) ASCAP/Songs For 12 THE LIGHT (EMI Blackwood, BMI/Sin- Drame, BMIBendan, 61 SAME SCRIPT, DIFFERENT CAST (Shep And Shep, Children, BMWh Oh, BMI/Ensign, BMI) HL/WBM 48 WHAT THONG SONG SHUT UP ASCAPNniversal-PolyGram International, ASCAP/E.P.H.C.Y., ASCAP/Rondor, ASCAPMudson Jordan, ASCAP/Shae Shae, MEANS THE WORLD TO YOU (Killer Cam, 5 4 7 18 14 5 ASCAPNnrivera, ASCAP/Wamer -Tamerlane, BMI 5(500 (DRAGON/DEF SOUIJIDJMG) TRICK DADDY (SLIP- N- SLIDE/ATLANTIC) ASCAP /Songs Of Universal, BMIBenseless, BMI) HUWBM ASCAP/Dove Daniels, BMI /Montell Jordan, ASCAP/Famous, /Armacien, BMI/Edmonds, BMI/EMI Blackwood, HUWBM 89 LOVE WILL BE WAITING (Bri Bd, BMIÆMI Blackwood, BMIBMG ASCAP/Almo, ASCAP/Wixen, ASCAP) HUWBM BMI) YOU OWE ME TOO CLOSE Songs, ASCAP/Tommy Sims, ASCAP/Bases Loaded, ASCAP) 44 WHAT'S YOUR FANTASY (Ludacris, ASCAPBre Santiago, ASCAP) 6 7 7 19 12 61 14 SEPARATED (Grindtime, BMI/Zomba, BMI/Tuff Huff, BMI) WON NAS FEATURING GINUWINE (COLUMBIA) NEXT (ARISTA) 13 WHAT YOU WANT (Boomer X, ASCAP/Ruff Ryder -Dead Game, 49 MARIA MARIA (Sony /AN Tunes, ASCAP/Huss Zwingli, 45 SHACKLES (PRAISE YOU) (Tea Tyme, ASCAP/That's Plum's ASCAP/TeBass, BMIÆMI Blackwood, BMI/Stellabella, ASCAP) ASCAP/North Avenue. ASCAP/Reach Ahead, ASCAP) GET IT ON TONITE NO LOVE (I'M NOT USED TO) Song, ASCAP/Nyrraw, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP) HL 7 9 12 20 18 10 HL/WBM 17 WHERE I WANNA BE (Check Man, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/Ness, MONTELL JORDAN (DEF SOUIJIDJMG) KEVON EDMONDS (RCA) 86 SHAKE IT LIKE A DOG (Full Pack, BMI/MW, BMI) 94 MONET (Warner -Tamerlane, Nitty & Capone, ASCAP/Willarie, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP) BMI/Sony/AN Songs, BMI/True 7 SHAKE YA ASS (Zomba, ASCAP/Bout N, ASCAP/The Waters Of VHllan ASCAP/Fu) HUWBM PARTY UP (UP IN HERE) BACK THAT THANG UP Brook, ASCAP) WBM Nazerath, BMIÆMI Blackwood, BMI/Chase Chad, ASCAP) HUWBM 8 8 6 21 16 22 71 WHERE I WANNA BE (Antrapphil, BMI/Divine Mill, ASCAP/WB. DMX (RUFF RYDERS/DEF JAM /IDJMG) JUVENILE (CASH MONEY/UNIVERSAL) 73 MY FIRST LOVE Not Listed) 100 SIPPIN' ON DA SYRUP (Tefnoise, BMI/Zomba, BMI) ASCAP/Dogg Foundation, BMI/E.balastin, ASCAP/Humbar, 14 NAH, NAH... (Zomba, BMIÆ -Forty, BMI/Show You How Daddy 90 SO FLOSSY (Success Bound, WOBBLE LOVE LIKE THIS BMQ ASCAP/N With The Words, ASCAP/Fingaz Goal, ASCAP) 9 6 4 WOBBLE 22 39 Ball, ASCAP/Black Fountain, ASCAP/Nate Dogg, BMI/Embassy. 21 SUMMER RAIN (Sounds From The ASCAP/Soul 504 BOYZ NO LIMIT/PRIORITY) - FAITH EVANS (BAD BOY /ARISTA) Soul, On Soul, 83 WHOA! (D P Jr, LIL' MAMA... BMW Convict, BMI) BMI) ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/Black Bull, ASCAP/Jobete, 1 WIFEY (Divine Mill, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/Fingaz Goal, ASCAPNh )0(PLOSIVE IT'S SO HARD 31 THE NEXT EPISODE (WB, ASCAP /AinY Nuthin' Goin' On But ASCAP/Nyrraw, ASCAP) HL 10 1 23 19 6 Oh, BM/Ensign, BMI) HUWBM - DR. DRE (AFTERMATH /INTERSCOPE) BIG PUNISHER FEAT. DONELL JONES(LOUD/COLUMBIA) Funking, ASCAP/Hard Workin Black Folks, ASCAP/My Own Chit, 29 TA DA (Shep And Shep, ASCAP/Rondor, ASCAP/Hudson Jordan, 65 WITHOUT YOU (EMI April, ASCAP/DJ, ASCAP/Hale Yeah. BMI/EMI Blackwood, BMI /Loot On Loose Leaves, ASCAP/Big ASCAP/Montell Jordan, ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP/Daniels, SESAC) HL SAY MY NAME NO MORE RAIN (IN THIS CLOUD) Yacht, ASCAPBeechwood, BMI) HUWBM 11 10 6 24 16 BMI/Wien, ASCAP) HL/WBM 93 WW III (Not Listed) DESTINY'S CHILD (COLUMBIA) - ANGIE STONE ( ARISTA) 33 NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY (Notorious N.I.M., BMINndeas, 99 TAKE THAT (Mass Confusion, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/Sony/AN 40 YEAH THAT'S US (Unrivera. BMI/Wamer- Tamerlane, BMI/R. BMI/Wamer -Tamerlane, BMI/No Gravity, BMI/Touched By Jazz, LOVING EACH OTHER 4 LIFE THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR Songs, BMI/Epic, BMIBolar, BMI/Sony/AN Tunes. East, ASCAP/M. Allen, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/Money -N- Pocket, 12 11 5 25 10 ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/J. Feliciano, BMI/Fania, BMI/Eric B & METHRONE (CLATOWN /CAPITOL) - DA BRAT (SO SO DEF /COLUMBIA) ASCAP/Portrait-Solar, ASCAP) HUWBM ASCAP/T. ASCAP) WBM ASCAP/B. Jones, Lovelace, Rakim, ASCAP/Robert Hill, BMI /Bridgeport, BMI/Special Ed, 35 THAT OTHER WOMAN (Zomba, ASCAP/563, ASCAP/Tallest Recu rents are ti les which have appeared on the Hot R &B/Hip- 12 YOU NASTY (Zomba, BMI/T. Shaw, BMVFuII Keel, I DON'T WANNA BMI/Sugarhill, BMI/Universal-Songs Of PolyGram 13 5 10 Hop Singles chart for more than 20 weeks and have dropped Tree, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) WBM ASCAP /Quinton "Black" Banks, ASCAP/Benton St, ASCAP) AALIYAH (BLACKGROUND/PRIORITY) International) HL/WBM below the top 50. 96 THIS WOMAN'S WORK (Kate Bush, BMVScreen Gems -EMI, BMI) 46 YOU SHOULD'VE TOLD ME (Lleroll. ASCAP)

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DANCE TRAX (Continued from preceding page) should be in stores early next year, still manages to work us years after Timo Maas are encouraged to streaming various tracks from the the pair collaborating with Bush says Cherry. Those desiring more its release. investigate the site for exclusive set. Additionally, there is video front man/guitarist Gavin Rossdale info about this noteworthy project video footage of the DJ /producer footage of Maas discussing the for an electronic- tinged retweaking should contact her at 410- 383 -2210. SURFING NEWS: One of the and previews of his forthcoming album's content. And on the album's of the band's original recording And for those who may have for- U.K.'s leading digital download Web album ( "Music For The Maases ") street date, iCrunch will offer the "Comedown." gotten, it was Cherry who master- sites (specializing in electronic and and new Perfecto U.K. single album for download. London -based production outfit minded such groundbreaking com- alternative independent releases), ( "Ubik "). Messy Boys (aka Zak Vratchevic) pilations as "Welcome To The Club" iCrunch.com, has opened a U.S. Leading up to the Sept. 25 release GOOD STUFF: On Oct. 23, the sec- has been keeping busy in the stu- (Jump Street Records) and office, which is helmed by senior VP of "Music For The Maases" (Hope ond single from Boilerhouse /Arista dio of late, remixing for the likes "Brazen" (Epic). She was also of business affairs Phil Blaine (for- Recordings U.K.) -a retrospective of U.K. duo Bleachin' (aka Jeremy of Kristine W. ("Stronger," RCA), responsible for getting Ultra Naté merly of 1500 Records, which he co- Maas' productions and remixes from Healy and Amos) is scheduled to be Sunkids Featuring Chance signed to WEA U.K. in the late founded) and content producer the past five years -iCrunch, which in stores. Culled from the act's ( "Rise Up," Decode U.K.), and '80s -ditto for U.K. duo Urban Simon Lamb. has dedicated a microsite to Maas debut, "Everyone Loves You, Every- Beatroute ( "Be Yourself," Vision Speech, whose single "Let Me Go" Speaking of iCrunch, fans of (iCrunch.com /timomaas), will be thing's Free," "Comin' Down" finds U.K.).

BILLBOARD SEPTEMBER 9, 2000 www.billboard.com 31 www.americanradiohistory.com ARTISTS & MUSIC Runaway `Girl' Jump -Starts Montgomery's Atlantic N'uille Set BY DEBORAH EVANS PRICE response," says Coburn. "One said album. "My producers were there, there on that cross /I don't know his radio will play it," he adds. "Radio NASHVILLE As a general rule, he wouldn't play it, and the other said and after it was over, everybody had name, but I know he got offfCause may be tired of hearing 10 hits. singles are recorded, released, and he probably would just play it on tears in their eyes," recalls Mont- he was there in my old house and Everything's starting to sound the vigorously promoted, but John Mi- Sunday mornings ... but we all felt gomery. "Barry played it to see if it held me close by his side /As I hid same. We need something a little chael Montgomery's current fast - internally it was an amazing record." was something I'd want to sing, and behind our couch/The night that my different, something unique. rising single, "The Little Girl," Before Atlantic could officially I told him, `The day I don't want to parents died." "I know everybody is down on ev- more or less escaped. According to mount a strategy at country radio, a sing songs like that is the day I quit Songwriter Harley Allen wrote erybody trying to go pop," he con- Barry Coburn, president of Atlantic sales rep mistakenly let the single singing.' The message is clear and I the song after seeing the informa- tinues, "but that's always been a Records' country division, the sin- out, and stations began playing it. consider myself a messenger . . . tion in an E -mail someone forward- part of the business ... There's gle was accidentally leaked by a Reaction has been swift and posi- This song pulls you in, and it's a very ed him. He didn't know if nothing wrong with a lit- staffer. Since then, the label has had tive. The single is at No. 22 on the powerful story." it was a true story or an tle bubble gum, but it to hustle to get the single to radio Hot Country Singles & Tracks The lyric chronicles a young girl's urban legend, but he takes real food to survive. and has subsequently moved up the chart; it received the Greatest Gain- troubled life and the murder/suicide wrote the song in about 10 I like chewing bubble release of Montgomery's forthcom- er designation in the Sept. 2 issue of of her parents. When she goes to minutes. gum, but you can't survive ing album, "Brand New Me," from Billboard. live in a new home and is taken to Coburn and Mont- on it." Oct. 10 to Sept. 26. Montgomery says Coburn played Sunday school, she looks up on the gomery admit they didn't Montgomery co -pro- "The first couple of radio people I him the song when they were wall at Jesus on the cross and tells know how radio would duced "Brand New Me" played it for didn't give me a warm searching for material for his new the teacher, "I know that man up respond to the record. with Norro Wilson and "Because of the content of Buddy Cannon. These the song, [we] just didn't days he's managing him- know how it would be MONTG OMERY self, though he still main- accepted," Montgomery tains a close relationship Still boing Strong At 15, Hank Thompson says. "Obviously, we were hoping it and gets advice from former man- would touch a lot of people out there ager John Dorris. "I'm still in the just like it did us, but you never same building," he says of his ven- Shaws Why He's Still The Real Thing know. Luckily, the response has been ture, the JMM Co. "John Dorris and tremendous. I'm excited, and every- I are still the best of friends. If I FEW COUNTRY performers can boast the career pleasing ourselves,' " he continues. "I got the idea one at the label is excited." need any advice, he's still there." longevity of the legendary Hank Thompson, who that if we please ourselves, we'll please a whole lot of WPOC Baltimore music director/ The Atlantic Nashville staff is celebrates his 75th birthday Sunday (3). He had his other people too." assistant PD Michael J. Foxx says, firmly in Montgomery's corner and, first hit, "Humpty Dumpty Heart," in 1948 and went What doesn't please Thompson these days is "[WPOC PD] Scott Lindy and I according to Coburn, the main on to chart 78 more singles over the next 35 years, what's passing for . "I have no objec- both felt we'd put it on and let the thrust of the marketing campaign including the No. 1 records "The Wild Side Of Life" tion to the music, whatever it is; just don't call it audience react to it, and they either for "Brand New Me" will be creat- in 1952 and "Rub-A- Dub -Dub" and "Wake Up, Irene" something [country] that it really isn't and then say, `Pull it off or play it.' Our atti- ing awareness of the street date. in 1953. exclude the real thing." As for country radio, he says, tude basically is if it's a superstar There has obviously been tremen- Now in his 54th year in the music business, "I don't think it has any semblance of what country artist, we've got to give the audi- dous demand for the song, but the Thompson says, "I've enjoyed every one of them." music is all about. It's very monotonous and boring. ence the benefit of the doubt and let label is not issuing a commercial sin- At his induction into the Country Music Hall of I can't stand to listen to it." them make their minds up. So gle. Thus, the first time consumers Fame in 1989, Thompson called the honor "a giant Asked if he ever felt any pressure to change his that's what we did, and we were can purchase "The Little Girl" will milestone, but not the end of the line." Now, he's prov- music to get airplay, Thompson says, "I do what I overwhelmed with the reaction we be when the album streets. ing he meant it, signing do. I can't change that. got. It was huge, and we're still "A great deal of what we're doing with HighTone Records I don't know how I'd playing it heavily." is to emphasize the availability of the in March and releasing go about doing some- Foxx attributes the reaction to the album," says Coburn. "We're doing an album on the label, thing else. I'd never performance and the quality of the special mailings to radio to make "Seven Decades," in Nashville want to try to sing like song. "It's a really good song," he them aware of the album's street July. Thompson still ." says. "It tells a story that I think date. Our receptionist says she's performs about 100 people like, and it ends with a posi- never had so many calls from people dates a year, including a ON THE ROW: Jim tive note." looking for a song." recent swing through lRYke Hester joins Spark Montgomery says this feels like Coburn says Atlantic plans to uti- Norway, Sweden, and Entertainment /VFR the biggest reaction he's had to a lize trade and account advertising, . m] Records as director of single since his hit "I Swear." How- as well as radio and TV spots. Thompson fans will new business develop- ever, "The Little Girl" isn't the only They've also filmed a video that will find the album an in- by Phyllis Stark ment. He had been song on the forthcoming album he's premiere Sept. 6 on CMT and the stant classic. Its 13 event manager for the excited about. He's particularly fond following day on Great American tracks feature six new Thompson originals, includ- Nashville Entertainment Assn.'s Extravaganza of a tune called "Thanks For The G Country. Atlantic has hired Nash- ing the amusing "Sting In This Ole Bee," plus covers event and principal in the Horton Group, which owns Chord," which he says reminds him ville -based Aristo Media to pro- of Jimmie Rodgers' "In The Jailhouse Now," Nat and operates Nashville club the Exit /In. As director of his father. mote the video to national and "King" Cole's "Dinner For One, Please, James," and of the Horton Group's artist management division, "My dad was a musician. He loved regional video outlets. Tex Williams' "The Night he directed the careers of several acts, including the it and wanted to be in the same place At radio there will be "win it be- Miss Nancy Ann's Hotel For Evinrudes. Previous experience includes a stint as I am today," says Montgomery. "Ob- fore you can buy it" contests. There Single Girls Burned Down." senior publicist at Network Ink Public Relations. viously, it didn't happen for him, but will also be a world premiere radio Thompson knows the Lloyd Nashville-based company 37212 has launched two if it wasn't for him and my mom, I special via MJI Broadcasting the Maines- produced project new Web sites aimed at the music community. wouldn't be here ... That song says night before the street date. represents some of his best Ontherow.com features information and news on everything. I feel like it was written According to Coburn, the label work ever. "I certainly don't what's happening in the industry, including artist about me. Everything in there I can plans "advance shipping to major think I've ever done anything news. Wotr.net, which stands for "We're On The Row relate to so closely. For personal rea- accounts" at retail, and there will be any better," he says. "I've had Network," offers three Internet radio stations. The sons, it may be my favorite one on "coming soon" banners heralding a lot of longtime fans tell me first, OnTheRow, features new country music. the whole album." the street date. He says they will the same thing. The main rea- OnThisRock programs contemporary Christian and Montgomery says he took a dif- also customize merchandising mate- son was I was able to do gospel music. OnTheRise features music from ferent approach in looking for songs rials to meet the specific needs of THOMPSON exactly what I wanted to do Nashville's independent artists. for this collection. "I used to go with the accounts. the way I wanted to do it. I the philosophy [that] I was going to He acknowledges that other for- wasn't trying to please anybody or [fit] anyone's idea ARTIST NEWS: Performers for the Canadian Coun- cut 10 hits," says Montgomery, who mats, particularly AC and R &B sta- of what [the record] should be. It was not a theme try Music Awards show, set for a live TNN telecast in is booked by Monterey Artists. tions, have been calling to request album like most of the albums I've done. This was the U.S. and Canada Sept. 11 from Edmonton, Alber- "Now I'm more into the philoso- the record. They've been shipping just a random selection of songs. ta, will be Julian Austin, Tara Lyn Hart, the Wilkin- phy -since I'm a little more the single to those who've asked, but "I told everybody when we got in the studio, `No. sons, Michelle Wright, Steve Fox, Adam Gregory, mature -to cut an album that has there are no concrete plans at this 1, we're here to have some fun and enjoy what we're Amanda Stott, John Landry, and Lace. Terri Clark more character around it. time to cross the single over. Coburn doing. Let's only worry about one thing, and that's (Continued on page 34) "[I want an album] to have char- says Atlantic's current emphasis is acter, but still be good enough that working the single to country radio.

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73 MONTGOMERY GENTRY COLUMBIA 69156 /SONYI1o.98E0/16.98)01 TATTOOS & SCARS 10 --'"111111111 HOT SHOT DEBUT Ill---- 52 49 45 14 14 NEW 1 BILL ENGVALL BNA 69311/12LG 10.981)6.981 NOW THAT'S AWSOME VARIOUS ARTISTS 53 56 57 21 CLASSIC COUNTRY EARLY '705 TIME LIFE 18434 (13.98 CD) 37 15 14 16 40 REBA MCENTIRE MCA NASHVILLE 170119 (11.98/17.98) SO GOOD TOGETHER 5 54 50 53 21 VARIOUS ARTISTS TIME LIFE 18435 (13.98 CD) CLASSIC COUNTRY LATE '605 36 16 16 19 44 ALAN JACKSON ARISTA NASHVILLE 18892/RLG (10.98/17.98) UNDER THE INFLUENCE 2 55 52 49 18 JEFF FOXWORTHY DREAMWORKS 450200/INTERSCOPE (10.98/16.98) BIG FUNNY 15 11 19 18 4 CHRIS LEDOUX CAPITOL 26601 (10.98/17.98) COWBOY 17 VARIOUS ARTISTS 56 58 56 21 CLASSIC COUNTRY 1970 - 1974 36 TIME LIFE 18433 (13.98 CD) 18 17 17 12 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 165011 /HOLLYWOOD (8.98/12.98)W RASCAL FLATTS 14 51 57 63 16 ROY ORBISON LEGACY/MONUMENT 69738/SONY(7.98 EQ/11.98) 16 BIGGEST HITS 57 19 21 22 78 KENNY CHESNEYA BNA67655/RLG (10.98/16.98) EVERYWHERE WE GO 5 DWIGHT YOAKAM LAST CHANCE FOR A THOUSAND YEARS: GREATEST HITS FROM THE 90'S 20 24 23 30 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL 97591(10.98/16.98) MR KEITH URBAN 20 59 55 67 10 10 ,' REPRISE 41389ANRN (10.9806.98) 21 20 14 45 ANNE MURRAY STRAIGHTWAY 20231(_9.98/19.98) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD 4 ALABAMA 3 59 55 52 105 FOR THE RECORD: 41 NUMBER ONE HITS 2 RCA 67633/RLG (19.98/28.98) 22 22 20 68 DREAMCATCHER004(11 -98/16.98) SHE RIDES WILD HORSES 6 60 60 59 56 ROUNDER 610465/MERCURY (11.98/17.98) FORGET ABOUT IT 5 PACESETTER IIIIII^- - 53 51 15 BLACKHAWK ARISTA NASHVILLE 18907/RLG (10.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS 18 61 CI 44 39 12 VARIOUS ARTISTS UTV 170137/UNIVERSAL (11.98/17.98 SONGS 19 62 62 54 13 DWIGHT YOAKAM REPRISE47714/WRN (12.98/18.98) DWIGHTYOAKAMACOUSTIC.NET 24 24 18 2 RODNEY CARRINGTON CAPITOL 28.927 (loss vsa) ® MORNING WOOD 18 ' 63 61 58 49 BROOKS & DUNN ARISTA NASHVILLE 18895/RLG (10.98/16.98) TIGHT ROPE 6 25 23 21 19 ERIC HEATHERLY MERCURY 170124 (8.98/12.98)® SWIMMING IN CHAMPAGNE 17 64 64 61 30 TRACY LAWRENCE ATLANTIC 83269/AG (10.98/16.98) LESSONS LEARNED 9 26 25 26 93 GARTH BROOKS*" CAPITOL 97424 (19.9826.98) DOUBLE LIVE 1 65 65 64 20 CLAY DAVIDSON VIRGIN 48854 (9.98/12.98) ME UNCONDITIONAL 33 21 28 27 50 MARTINA MCBRIDE RCA 67824/RLG (10.98 16.98) EMOTION 3 66 63 60 46 JEFF FOXWORTHY WARNER BROS. 47427/WRN (10.98/16.98) GREATEST BITS 17 GIANT 24748/WARNER BROS. 17.98) -7 2g 28 NEW 'i 1 NEAL MCCOY (11.98 24 -365 67 11 74 11 CAPITOL 23503 ä0.9a 17.98) FAITH IN YOU 31 17 29 31 30 64 í CHRIS LEDOUX CAPITOL 99781(10.98/16.98) 20 GREATEST HITS 68 66 65 22 JOE DIFFIE EPIC 69815/SONY (10.98 EQ/16.98) A NIGHT TO REMEMBER 23 30 26 2, ELVIS PRESLEY TIME LIFE 23725 (13.98/24.98) ELVIS - COUNTRY 26 HITS 5 69 70 72 68 MCA NASHVILLE 170048(11.98/17.98) KEEPERS /GREATEST 31 29 28 4ó.:: CLINT BLACK RCA67823/RLG(10.9A/16.98) D'LECTRIFIED 7 10 68 67 67 CHELY WRIGHT MCA NASHVILLE 170052 (10.98/17.98)® SINGLE WHITE FEMALE 15 32 30 31 65..' BRAD PAISLEY ARISTA NASHVILLE 18871 /RLG (10.98/16.98)0 WHO NEEDS PICTURES 13 11 67 62 31 ALECIA ELLIOTT MCA NASHVILLE 170087 (8.9812.98) ® I'M DIGGIN' IT 18 33 27 24 ' 33 :' MARK WILLS MERCURY 546296 (11.98/17.98) PERMANENTLY 3 72 69 69 71 TRACY LAWRENCE ATLANTIC 83137/AG (18.98/16.98) THE BEST OF TRACY LAWRENCE 13 34 32 25 6 THE KINLEYS EPIC 69593/SONY ä0.9e EQ 17.98) ® II 18 13 74 68 64 PARTY DOLL AND OTHER FAVORITES 4 35 46 48 94 TOBY KEITH MERCURY 558962 (11.98/17.98) GREATEST HITS VOLUME ONE 5 COLUMBIAMBIA68751/SONYA(ROPE8NTTER9 VINCE GILL MERLE HAGGARD LIVE AT BILLY BOB'S TEXAS: MOTORCYCLE COWBOY 36 33 19 LET'S MAKE SURE WE KISS GOODBYE 14 73 70 12 61 36 MCA NASHVILLE 170098 (11.98117.98) 4 SMITH MUSIC GROUP 85000/RAZOR & TIE (10.98/15.98) (10.98/16.98) COLD HARD TRUTH 5 37 33 35 17 CHAD BROCK WARNER BROS. 47659/WRN (11.98/17.981M YES! 17 CI RE -ENTRY 60 GEORGE JONES ASYLUM 62368/WRN

1 RIAA certification for net shipment of 10 million units 0 Albums wi h the g eatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIM) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of million units (Platinum). (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi -platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time that exceeds 100 minutes or more, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. `Asterisk indicates LP is avail- percentage able. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EQ, and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit increase. Pacesetter indicates biggest growth. Heatseeker Impact shows albums removed from Heatseekers this week. 1118 indicates past or present Heatseeker title. CO 2000, Billboard/BPI Communications, and SoundScan, Inc.

COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE, MASS MERCHANT, AND INTERNET SALES REPORTS COLLECTED, COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY SoundScan® I'll" BiIIEi'd Top Country Catalog Albums. SEPTEMBER 9, 2000 CC _U H

A9 (5.98 EQ/9.98) SUPER HITS 291 1 DIXIE CHICKS MONUMENT 68195/SONY (10.98 EQ/17.98) ME 1 week at No. 1 WIDE OPEN SPACES 135 14 14 CHARLIE DANIELS EPIC 64182/SONY

2 TIM MCGRAW ° CURB 77886 (10.98/16.98) EVERYWHERE 169 15 13 SOUNDTRACK A CAPITOL 93402 (10.98/17.98) HOPE FLOATS 119

3 4 BROOKS & DUNN A' ARISTA NASHVILLE 18852/RLG (10.98/16.98) THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION 154 16 15 TRISHA YEARWOOD A' MCA NASHVILLE 170011 (11.98/17.98) (SONGBOOK) A COLLECTION OF HITS 155

CURB 77904 (10.98/16.98) I'M ALRIGHT 128 4 2 JO DEE MESSINA A' 11 17 COLUMBIA 64184/SONY (5.98 EQ/9.98) SUPER HITS 309

5 3 FAITH HILL A° WARNER BROS. 46790/WRN (10.98/16.981 FAITH 123 18 16 SHANIA TWAIN*" MERCURY 522886 (12.98/18.98) II THE WOMAN IN ME 290 6 10 PATSY CLINE 9 MCA NASHVILLE 320012 (6.98/11.98) 12 GREATEST HITS 701 19 20 ALISON KRAUSS A' ROUNDER 610325 * /I0IMG (11.98/17.98)M NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU: A COLLECTION 202 5 JOHN DENVER MADACY 4750 (5.98/9.98) THE BEST OF JOHN DENVER 114 20 19 MARTINA MCBRIDE A' RCA 67516/RLG (10.98/16.98) EVOLUTION 157 8 9 PATSY CLINE A MCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS 420265/MCA (3.98/6.98) HEARTACHES 89 21 21 TRAVIS TRITT WARNER BROS. 46001/WRN (10.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS - FROM THE BEGINNING 228 9 6 WILLIE NELSON LEGACY /COLUMBIA 69322/SONY (7.98 E0/11.98) 16 BIGGEST HITS 107 22 18 THE JUDDS CURB 77965 (7.98/11.98) NUMBER ONE HITS 25 10 8 ALAN JACKSON A° ARISTA NASHVILLE 18801 /RLG (10.98/16.98) THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION 253 23 23 ROY ORBISON COLUMBIA 67297/SONY (5.98 EQ/9.98) SUPER HITS 96 11 7 JR. A' CURB 77638 (5.98/9.98) GREATEST HITS, VOL. 1 325 24 24 GEORGE JONES LEGACY/EPIC 69319/SONY (7.98 EQ/11.98) 16 BIGGEST HITS 72 12 11 TIM MCGRAW ' CURB 77659 (7.98/16.98) NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON 335 ALL I WANT 135 13 12 THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND A' EPIC 65694/SONY (7.98 EQ/11.98) A DECADE OF HITS 531 25 22 TIM MCGRAW A' CURB 77800 (7.98/11.98)

net of album units (Gold). RIM cer- Catalog albums are 2- year-old titles that have fallen below No. 100 on The Billboard 200 or reissues of older albums. Total Chart Weeks column reflects combined weeks title has appeared on Top Country Albums and Top Country Catalog. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for shipment 500,000 double albums a running time that exceeds 100 minutes or more, the RIM multiplies shipments by the num- ification or net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIAA certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi -platinum level. For boxed sets, and with Heatseeker title. 2000, BillboarcVBPI Communications and SoundScan, Inc. ber of discs and/or tapes. 'Asterisk indicates vinyl LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EQ, and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. Ii indicates past D

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www.americanradiohistory.com Country ARTISTS & MUSIC Isaacs Does Salo turn On lyric Street BY JIM BESSMAN mixed in with the initial Gill -pro- Pointing to Lyric Street's parent NEW YORK -She's not giving up duced tracks -hence the delay in company, Walt Disney, Goodman her spot in the bluegrass /Southern completing the album. notes that Disney's "synergy con- gospel family group the Isaacs, but "The headline should read, `The sciousness" has already been ap- with Lyric Street's Oct. 10 release of record finally comes out,' " says plied. "They came to us and wanted Sonya Isaacs' self-titled debut solo Lyric Street president Randy Good- Sonya to sing the title song for `Gep- album, the accomplished singer and man, who says that Isaacs was actu- petto,' a `Wonderful World Of Dis- mandolin player is pursuing the solo ally the first act pursued by the label ney' special starring Drew Carey as career she's long dreamed of -and when it launched three years ago. the father of Pinocchio," he says, "so sometimes doubted would happen. "We could have gone with the we're making people aware of her in "My family ties are so strong, and record as it was," Goodman notes, the Disney organization." it's hard to break them even a little," "but the marketplace is so unfor- Goodman anticipates additional says Isaacs. "But I've dreamed of a giving now that we decided to pull press and media awareness and vis- country music career back and take a bolder ibility to follow in the wake of the since junior high, and sonic approach. So now Disney synergy. He also looks to tie so everybody's been sup- there's a great mix of in the single with efforts on behalf of Down The Road He Goes. Travis Tritt recently introduced Sony Music Distribu- portive." the Vince stuff with the St. Jude Children's Research Hospi- tion staffers to songs from his upcoming Columbia debut, "Down The Road I Isaacs is hardly mak- new songs that show tal in Memphis. Go." Pictured, from left, are Sony Music Nashville VP of sales Dale Libby, Sony ing a She how clean break. Sonya has evolved But Goodman further senses a Music Distribution senior VP John Murphy, Tritt, Sony Music Distribution chair- continues to perform in both as a vocalist and "unique opportunity" promoting a man Danny Yarbrough, and Sony Music Nashville senior VP of sales and market- with the Isaacs when not mandolin player. new country artist who already has ing Mike Kraski. on the road solo. But "We're also more a fan base, both through the Isaacs with an album partly aware of who she is: a and on her own. "Last year she did a produced by longtime young woman who's whole promo setup at radio and supporter Vince Gill and steeped in bluegrass developed a huge core of fans there," NASHVILLE SCENE (Continued from page 32) featuring such illustrious and gospel but loves all he says. guests as , ISAA Cs kinds of music," he Closson notes that Isaacs has and Paul Brandt will host. Pam Tillis, Ronnie Milsap, and Steve Wariner, Jason adds. "The latter ses- played WUBE's annual Chili Fest will issue a new Brad Paisley will be featured in a Sellers, Chely Wright, Joe Diffie, sions have allowed her to push those this past October and its stage at last album of rare Hank Williams taped segment from the Grand Ole Rodney Crowell, her Isaacs siblings parameters a little more, so now Memorial Day weekend's Taste of material, "Alone With His Guitar," Opry that will be included in Jerry Ben Isaacs and Becky Bowman, and there's an exciting balance that Cincinnati festival. "Our air staff just Sept. 19. Ten of the album's 18 cuts Lewis' Labor Day telethon for the Gill himself, her current concern is works commercially but still has loves her as a person as well as an come from Williams' radio appear- Muscular Dystrophy Assn. clearly "Sonya Isaacs." the essence and magic that Vince artist, and when they get that jazzed, ances on KWKH Shreveport, La. Lee Ann Womack will tape an Isaacs, who is published by Miss captured in Sonya -that is the core it's the sign of something special," Most of the other tracks are demos. appearance Sept. 25 for the PBS Surrett Music (BMI), had a hand in of the project." says Closson. Williams biographer Colin Escott series "Austin City Limits." It will five songs on the album, which Gill The just -out new single is "Bare- Goodman now hopes to capitalize compiled the tracks from the Gram- air later this year. Ronnie Milsap began producing in October 1998. foot In The Grass," a Shaye Smith/ on Isaacs' continuing appearances my- winning "Complete Hank will be featured on A &E's "Biogra- "He's my musical hero, and after Ken Harrell ballad. "We met resis- with her family and her own solo Williams" boxed set he co- produced phy" series Oct. 12. I met him at the Opry in '95 or so, he tance with ballads before," says shots. For her part, the Buddy Lee - in 1998. Joe Diffie recently received the asked me and some of the family to Goodman, "but it's such a compelling booked, Mark Ketchem- managed Brad Paisley enlisted the help of American Spirit Award for his phil- sing onstage with him that same song that showcases Sonya's vocals artist is excited about both career George Jones, Bill Anderson, and anthropic work from the Ladies night," says Isaacs, who also toured so well." thrusts, though she well understands Buck Owens on the song "Too Auxiliary to the Veterans of For- with Gill in 1998. "He loved our kind Admittedly biased, WUBE (B105) the challenge in bringing some peo- Country" for his sophomore eign Wars. of music, so I asked him to produce Cincinnati PD Tim Closson, whose ple to both parties. Arista /Nashville release, due in the record." station covers Nashville resident "I've gotten some very strong sup- late spring 2001. The song was AROUND TOWN: Nashville -based But when Isaacs' first two singles, Isaacs' nearby hometown of Morrow, port, but I've also gotten a lot of criti- written by Anderson and Chuck virtual retailer @The -Record -Store " To You" and "I've For- Ohio, says that the single, about a cism, because some people feel it's Cannon. will host a benefit concert for Van- gotten How You Feel," failed to young girl's terminal illness sung wrong for me to sing secular music," Dreamcatcher Records artist derbilt Children's Hospital Sept. 26 establish her at radio, producers from the perspective of her sister, is she says. "I get letters asking, `How Linda Davis and her husband, at the Ryman Auditorium. The Shelby Kennedy, Lyric Street's A&R indeed the right song to grab pro- can [you] sell out and leave the family?' musician Lang Scott, welcomed three -hour show will be followed by director, and Mike Clute were grammers' attention. "Well, I haven't left the family, and daughter Rylee Jean Scott Aug. 25. an artist /fan reception at a nearby brought in to cut new material to be "Sonya's got a special quality I'm not selling out. I'm the same per- Kathy Mattea will kick off the restaurant. The concert will be about her, and I haven't played 'Bare- son regardless of where I am, and I scheduled 60 hours of live perfor- Webcast live to all the House of foot In The Grass' for anyone who hope people who are shaking their mances on tap for the Tennessee Blues clubs. Performers will include TO OUR READERS hasn't had a tear well up in their fingers step back and take a look at Performing Arts Center's new arts Dobie Gray, Baillie & the Boys, Country Corner will return next eyes," Closson says. "It's a strong the whole picture. Just because festival, Fest de Ville Nashville. Dan Seals, Toto's David Hungate, week. candidate for single or song of the someone's a plumber doesn't mean Mattea performs Sept. 22 at Leg- Bread's , and Jim year in 2001." they can only plumb in churches." islative Plaza. Photoglo.

COUNTRY SINGLES A -Z Cross Keys, ASCAP) HL 61 SEVENTEEN (Careers-BMG, BMVSiNerkiss, BMI) HL Nicholson, ASCAP/Universal-MCA, ASCAP/Love My Music, PUBLISHERS /PERFORMANCE RIGHTS /SHEET MUSIC 22 THE LITTLE GIRL (Coburn, BMVfen Ten, BMI) WBM 56 SHE'S GONE (Songs Of Windswept Pacific, BMVVellow Desert ASCAP) WBM 19 LONELY (WB, ASCAP/Mavenck, ASCAP/Big Red Tractor, ASCAP) BMVMy Life's Work, BMVLitte Blue Bat ASCAP/Airstream 24 THE WAY YOU LOVE ME (Encore, ASCAP/Scott And Soda, WBM Dreams, ASCAP/Coyote House, ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP) HIANBM ASCAP/Fallamo Crew, ASCAP/Airstream Dreams, ASCAP/Coyote TITLE (Publisher - Licensing Org.) Sheet Music Dist. 66 A LOVE UKE THAT )EMI April, ASCAP/X -Town, ASCAP/WB, 62 SIN WAGON (Scrapin' Toast ASCAPANooly Puddin', BMVBug House, ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP) HL ASCAP/Plahnum Plow, ASCAP) HUWBM BMVEMI Blackwood, BMVSIngles On BMI) HL 27 WE DANCED (EMI April, ASCAP/Sea Gayle, ASCAP) HL 10 BAREFOOT IN THE GRASS (EMI Blackwood, BMI/Mark Alan 34 I LOST IT (Major Bob, ASCAP/lamer-Tamerlane, BMVfabcaster, 31 LOVE SHE CAN'T LWE WITHOUT (Blackened, BMVAculf -Rose, 11 SO WHAT (WB, ASCAP/Wamer- Tamerlane, BMVEMI Ap I, ASCAP) 63 WE'RE SO GOOD TOGETHER (Alno, ASCAP /Arena, Springer, BMVAculf -Nose, BMI) HL BMI) WBM BMI) HL /WBM ASCAP/Sony/AN Songs, BMI/Nothing But The Wolf, BMI) HL 18 BEST OF INTENTIONS (Post Oak BMI) HL 44 I'M GONNA LOVE YOU ANYWAY (EMI Blackwood, BMVSong 53 MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH (Universal- PoyGram Inter- 73 STUFFSony /AN Cross Keys, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood, BMVSongs 2 WHAT ABOUT NOW MB, ASCAP/Mavenck, ASCAP/Notes To 26 BLUE MOON (Acrynon, BMVWCR, BMI) Island, BMVMcSpadden, BMVReynsong BMWWrensong BMI) HL national, ASCAP/Sondan YAd, ASCAPMámer- Tamerlane, Of Sea Gayle, BMI) HL Music, ASCAP/O -Tex, BMVBIind Sparrow, BMVMuy Bueno, 28 BORN TO FLY (Sony /AN Tree, BMVCareers-BMG, BMVFloyCs 35 PM HOLDIN' ON TO LOVE (TO SAVE MY UFE) (Universal-Songs BMVSeII The Cow, BMI) WBM 48 TAKE ME WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO (Songs Of Universal, BMVSeny /AN Tree, BMVRon Harbin, ASCAP) HI/VBM Dream, BMVChuck Wagon Gournet, ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP) HL Of PolyGram International, BMVLoon Echo, BMVLomba, ASCAP) 64 MY CELLMATE THINKS PM SEXY (Scarlet Moon, BMVEMI, BMVClitterfish, BMVthayymn, BMI) 65 WHAT CHILDREN BELIEVE (Three Little Lambs, ASCAP/EMI 36 COLD DAY IN JULY (EMI U Catalog ASCAP/Lion Hearted, WBM BMVEMI Blackwood, BMVJelinda, BMI) HL 23 THAT'S THE BEAT OF A HEART (Kodeks, ASCAP/MitMo, ASCAP/Cabinet HL ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP) WBM 13 I NEED YOU Slime, ASCAP/EMI Christian, ASCAP/EMI April, 41 MY LOVE GOES ON AND ON (Caliber, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/Plat- ASCAP/ITC, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, BMVFdty Seven Varieties, 75 HEN WILL BE LOVED Scuff-Rose, AM)) 8 COUNTRY COMES TO TOWN (Tolosa) Tunes, BMI) ASCAP/JesKar, ASCAP) HL inum Plow, ASCAP) WBM BMI) WBM 42 WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME AGAIN We Fences, 49 EYERYBODYS GOTTA GROW UP SOMETIME (Songs Of 55 I PRAY FOR YOU ( Sony /AN Cross Keys, ASCAP /hats Rich, 41 MY NEXT THIRTY YEARS (EMI April, ASCAP/Phil Vassar, ASCAP) 30 THAT'S THE KIND OF MOOD I'M IN (EMI Blackwood, BMI/Bull ASCAP/Major Bob, ASCAP/In My Dreams, ASCAP) WBM Nashville DreamYbrks, BMVEMI Longihide, BMVBamey Building ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP) HL HL Cut, BMVfy land, BMVMike Curb, BMVDiamond Storm, BMI) 20 WHEN YOU NEED MY LOVE (EMI Blackwood, BMVStarstuck BMUCLMANBM 1 IT MUST BE LOVE (Universal- PolyGram International, 54 NO PLACE UNE HOME (blamer-Tamedane, BMVCrutchfield, HI/WBM Angel, BMI) HL 60 EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF (Sony/AN Tree, BMVEMI Blackwood, ASCAP/Ranger Bob, ASCAP) WBM BMVMAS Venture, BMI) WBM 3 THAT'S THE WAY (Almo, ASCAP /Anwa, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/Plat- 68 WHERE ARE YOU NOW (Mighty Nice, BMI/Wad No Mae, BMVIim Johnson, BMI) 7 ITS ALWAYS SOMETHIN' (Wamer- Tamerlane, BMVGoldenWheat 59 NOW THAT'S AWESOME (For Ice Cream, ASCAP/fhere's One, inum Plow, ASCAP) WBM BMVBlue Water, BMVWhy Walk, ASCAP) HL 15 FEELS LIKE LOVE (Ynny Mae, BMI) WBM BMVCareers-BMG, BM)) HUWBM ASCAP/Iwin Spurs, BMI) 45 THERE IS NO ARIZONA (EMI April, ASCAP/PangToon, BMVJersey 38 WITHOUT YOU (Scrapin' Toast, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/703, 10 GOON (Hamstein Cumberland, BMVBaby Mae, BMVGtlterfish, 4 I WILL...BUT (Without Anna, ASCAP/Magrolia Hill, 52 ONCE IN A LIFETIME LOVE (Lori Jayne, BMVSondaddy, BMVMuy GA, BMVEMI Blackwood, BMVMark Alan Springer, BMI) HL ASCAP) HL BMVBuna Boy, BMI) WBM ASCAP/McSpadden -Smdh, ASCAP) CLM/HL Bueno, BMI) 11 THERE YOU ARE (Universal -MCA, ASCAP/Soda Creek 16 YES! 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ASCAP/Daddy Rabbit ASCAP) HL/WBM Tree, BMVDon Cook, BMI) HL BMAMusic Hill, BMI) HI/WBM BMVCuts R Us, BMI) HL 39 I CANT UE TO ME (Steel , BMVCLMAT, BMVAculf -Rose, 29 KATIE WANTS A FAST ONE (Songs Of Peer, ASCAP/Steve Wanner, 46 PARADISE ( Sony /AN Tree, BMV Triple Shoes, BMVCebum, 69 THIS EVERYDAY LOVE (Irving BMIA60 Music, SESACEmelia, 6 YOU'LL ALWAYS BE LOVED BY ME (Sony/AN Tree, BMVShow- BMVMilone, ASCAP) HL BMI) HL/WBM BMVTen Ten, BMI/Sony/AN Songs, BMI) HL/BM SESAC) WBM bily, BMI) HL I INTO Colonel, 9 KISS THIS BMVRoa Later, BMVCurb, ASCAP/Charlie 74 DON'T PAINT MYSELF CORNERS (Tennessee (Acuff-Rose, 12 PERFECT WORLD (Travelin' Zoo, ASCAP/1b Man, BMVWacissa 43 THIS TIME AROUND (Warner- Tamerlane, BMVSmilh Haven, BMI) 5 YOUR EVERYTHING (Songs Of Nashville DreamWorks, ASCAP/Rebecca Lynn Howard, ASCAP/Mopan River, ASCAP/Big Monk, ASCAP/Mick Hits, ASCAP) HLMBM River, BMVMRBI, BMI) WBM nY River, BMVDMG Songs, ASCAP/essiree Bob, ASCAP) 12 Red Tractor, ASCAPACG, ASCAP/Ice Trey, ASCAP) LETS MAKE LOVE (Songs Of Nashville DreamWaks, BMV'Cherry 14 PRAWN' FOR DAYLIGHT (Warner- Tamerlane, BMVCareers-BMG, 51 TIRED OF LOVING THIS WAY (EMI Blackwood, BMVBritSar, CLM/HL 11 I HOPE YOU DANCE (Universal -MCA, ASCAP/Soda Creek River, BMI/Wamer- Tamerlane,BMVColden Wheat BMVCareers- BMVSonlanner, BMI) HI/WBM BMVBMG Songs, ASCAP/Bases Loaded, ASCAP) HL 61 YOU WITH ME (blamer- Tamerlane, BMVChenowee, BMI) WBM BMI/Ensign, BMI) BMI) ASCAP/Choice Is Tragic, HLMBM BMG, BMVSilverkiss, CLM/HL/BM 50 RUN AWAY (Curb, ASCAP/Shane McAnaiy, ASCAP/Reynsong 37 THE VISIT (Major Bob, ASCAP/Mid- Summa, ASCAP) WBM 32 YOU WON'T BE LONELY NOW (Sony/AN Tree, BMVSongs Of Ter- 58 I KNEW I LOVED YOU (Rough Cut ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) WBM 33 A LITTLE GASOUNE (Mighty Nice, BMVBIue Water, BMVSary/AN BMI) HI/WBM 57 WAITIN' ON SUNDOWN (Fourth Floor, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/Gary acel, BMI/Big Red Tractor, ASCAP/Hay Wagon, ASCAP) HL

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IT MUST BE LOVE ALAN JACKSON 1 11 HE WILL, SHE KNOWS KENNY ROGERS 2 2 20 40 41 42 40 CI K.STEGALI (B.MCDILU ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT K.ROGERS (S.LESLIE,F.ROGERS) DREAMCATCHER ALBUM CUT f WHAT ABOUT NOW LONESTAR I MY LOVE GOES ON AND ON 2 1 1 22 41 43 47 7 41 D.HUFF (A.SMITH,A.BARKER,R.HARBIN) (V) BNA 60212 t R.WRIGHT (C.CAGLE,D.PFRIMMER) VIRGIN ALBUM CUT THAT'S THE WAY JO DEE MESSINA WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME AGAIN GARTH BROOKS 21 3 3 17 3 42 38 36 18 O B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (A.ROBOFF,H.LAMAR) (D) CURB 73106 t A.REYNOLDS (G.BROOKS,J.YATES) CAPITOL PROMO SINGLE t I WILL...BUT SHEDAISY 4 YANKEE GREY 4 6 ,J THIS TIME AROUND 43 ® D.HUFF (K.OSBORN,I.DEERE) LYRIC STREET ALBUM CUT 43 44 45 11 t O R.E.ORRALL,J.LEO (T.HUNT,J.CAVERLEE,T.CLAYTON) MONUMENT ALBUM CUT t YOUR EVERYTHING KEITH URBAN 5 I'M GONNA LOVE YOU ANYWAY TRACE ADKINS Q5 6 7 29 49 52 7 44 M.ROLLINGS, K.URBAN (C.LINDSEY,B.REGAN) (V) CAPITOL 58847 t ® T.BRUCE (D.MILLER,S.D.CAMPBELL) CAPITOL ALBUM CUT YOU'LL ALWAYS BE LOVED BY ME BROOKS & DUNN 5 THERE IS NO ARIZONA JAMIE O'NEAL 6 5 8 26 45 48 49 5 45 B.GALLIMORE,R.DUNN,K.BROOKS (R.DUNN,T.MCBRIDE) (C) (V) ARISTA NASHVILLE 13198 K.STEGALL (1.O'NEAL,L.DREW,S.SMITH) (V) MERCURY 172177 t JOE DIFFIE IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHIN' 7 PARADISE CRAIG MORGAN Q7 7 9 31 O 48 14 46 EPIC ALBUM CUT 46 46 D.000KL.WILSON (M.GREEN,A.MAYO) t g CANNON,N.WILSON (C.MORGAN,H.ALLEN) ATLANTIC ALBUM CUT t COUNTRY COMES TO TOWN TOBY KEITH 8 10 10 16 MY NEXT THIRTY YEARS TIM MCGRAW ® 1.STROUD,T.KEITH (T.KEITH) DREAMWORKS ALBUM CUT 41 52 60 18 4J t B.GALLIMORE,J.STROUD,T.MCGRAW (P.VASSAR) CURB ALBUM CUT KISS THIS AARON TIPPIN g 11 14 16 TAKE ME WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO TRACY BYRD 48 Q9 A.TIPPIN,B.WATSON,M.BRADLEY (A.TIPPIN,T.-IPPIN,P.DOUGLAS) LYRIC STREET ALBUM CUT t 48 63 2 0 B.J.WALKER,JR.,T.BYRD (M.NESLER,J.HANSON) RCA ALBUM CUT GO ON GEORGE STRAIT 10 10 12 13 7 EVERYBODY'S GOTTA GROW UP SOMETIME SONS OF THE DESERT T.BROWN,G.STRAIT (T.MARTIN,M.NESLER) (V) MCA NASHVILLE 172169 49 51 51 5 49 J.SLATE,M.WRIGHT,SONS OF THE DESERT (C.LINDSEY,S.SEEKEL) (V) MCA NASHVILLE 172179 f 25 I HOPE YOU DANCE LEE ANN WOMACK WITH SONS OF THE DESERT I RUN AWAY SHANE MCANALLY 11 8 5 56 55 6 50 M.WRIGHT (M.D. SANDERS,T.SILLERS) (V) MCA NASHVILLE 172158 t CI R.HERRING (S.MCANALLY,R.HERRING,B.DALY) (D) CURB 73114 FAITH HILL WITH TIM MCGRAW LET'S MAKE LOVE 12 RAYS BOBBIE EAKES CI 13 12 37 TIRED OF LOVING THIS WAY COLLIN WITH 51 B.GALLIMORE,F.HILL ( C. LINDSEY ,M.GREEN,B.LUTHER,A.MAYO) WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT/CURB/WRN t 53 54 11 CI D.HUFF,C.RAYE (G.LESAGE,A.MELLON) EPIC ALBUM CUT t

I NEED YOU LEANN RIMES 13 14 16 22 ONCE IN A LIFETIME LOVE CLAY WALKER CI B. HEARN ,E.DEGARMO,E.LAMBERG,M.CURB (T.LACY,D.MATKOSKY) (C) (D) (V) SPARROW 58863 /CAPITOUCURB t 52 50 57 9 50 D.JOHNSON,C.WALKER (C.WALKER,M.J.GREENE) GIANT ALBUM CUT PRAYIN' FOR DAYLIGHT RASCAL FLATTS 3 14 9 4 28 MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH THE CLARK FAMILY EXPERIENCE M.BRIGHT,M.WILLIAMS (S.BOGARD,R.GILES) (D) LYRIC STREET 164039 t 53 62 65 7 53 B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (G.KENNEDY,W.KIRKPATRICK) CURB ALBUM CUT FEELS LIKE LOVE VINCE GILL 15 15 16 19 17 NO PLACE LIKE HOME GEORGIA MIDDLEMAN T.BROWN (V.GILL) (V) MCA NASHVILLE 172168 t 54 57 56 9 53 T.HASELDEN,R.ZAVITSON (K.ROCHELLE,A.J.MASTERS) (C) (D) (V) GIANT 16852 YES! CHAD BROCK 1 16 17 15 30 - I PRAY FOR YOU JOHN RICH O N. WILSON,B.CANNON (C.BROCK,S.SMITH.J COLLINS) (C) (D) (V) WARNER BROS. 16876/WRN t 55 59 58 10 53 J.RICH,S.VAUGHN (J.RICH,K.ALPHIN) (C) (D) BNA 60269 t SHE'S GONE RICOCHET -No AIRPOWER 1- 56 54 63 4 54 D. MALLOY (J.STEELE,J.HOBBS,M.DULANEY) COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT THERE YOU ARE MARTINA MCBRIDE 17 11 18 22 18 M. MCBRIDE.P.WORLEY (B.DIPIERO,E.HILI.,M.D. SANDERS) (V) RCA 60214 ON SUNDOWN ANDY GRIGGS 57 55 50 6 WAITIN' 50 D.MALLOY,J.G.SMITH (R.SMITH,G.NICHOLSON) RCA ALBUM CUT

I KNEW I LOVED YOU DARYLE SINGLETARY AIRPOWER 58 58 59 8 56 G.COLE (D.HAYES,D.JONES) AUDIUM ALBUM CUT t BEST OF INTENTIONS TRAVIS TRITT 18 18 20 27 11 B.J. WALKER,JR.,T.TRITT (T.TRITTI (C) (D) COLUMBIA 79404 t NOW THAT'S AWESOME BILL ENGVALL FEATURING TRACY BYRD, NEAL MCCOY & T. 59 70 2 59 D.GRAU (B.ENGVALL,P.HOWELL) (C) (D) BNA 60286 t LONELY TRACY LAWRENCE 19 22 26 16 19 EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF NEAL MCCOY E.ANDERSON,T.LAWRENCE,B.CARR (R.DEAN,R.L.BRUCE) ATLANTIC ALBUM CUT 73 _ 2 60 0 GIANT ALBUM CUT E.sEAV,1.HOges (M.ELLIOTT,T.JOHNSON) YOU NEED MY LOVE DARRYL WORLEY 20 15 17 24 WHEN 15 (V) DREAMWORKS 459043 YOU WITH ME ANITA COCHRAN J.STROUD,F.ROGERS (D.WORLEY,W.VARBLE) (C) (D) t 61 61 66 6 61 J.E.NORMAN,A.COCHRAN (A.COCHRAN) WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT/MN t JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE PHIL VASSAR 21 26 29 14 21 SIN WAGON DIXIE CHICKS B.GALLIMORE,P.VASSAR (P.VASSAR,C.WISEMAN) ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT t 62 66 68 9 62 B.CHANOEY,P.WORLEY (N.MAINES,E.ROBISONS.SMIrH) MONUMENT ALBUM cur THE LITTLE GIRL JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY 22 30 39 4 22 B. CANNON, N .WILSON,J.M.MONTGOMERY(H.ALLEN) ATLANTIC ALBUM CUT HOT SHOT DEBUT 1.11."- THAT'S THE BEAT OF A HEART THE WARREN BROTHERS FEATURING SARA EVANS 23 23 25 25 23 WE'RE SO GOOD TOGETHER REBA MCENTIRE C.FARREN (T.CLARK,T.HEINTZ) (V) BNA 62013 t 63 NEW I 63 D.MALLOY,R.MCENTIRE (A.ROBOEI ,B UI PIER0,I.S.SHERRIW MCA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT t THE WAY YOU LOVE ME FAITH HILL Ci 24 23 36 1 MY CELLMATE THINKS I'M SEXY CLEDUS T. JUDD B. GALLIMORE,F.HILL (K.FOLLESE,M.DULANEY) WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT/WRN t 74 3 64 CI 75 ,J.COLLINS,C.T.JUDD,C.CLARK) MONUMENT ALBUM CUT ONE VOICE BILLY GILMAN 20 C.T.JUDD,C.CLARK (P.OVERSTREET 25 21 21 16 D.000K,B.CHANCEY,D.MALLOY (D.MALLOY,D.000K) (C) (D) EPIC 79396 t WHAT CHILDREN BELIEVE SHENANDOAH 65 65 NEW i FREEFALLS ALBUM CUT t BLUE MOON STEVE HOLY 26 SHENAZNDOAH (B.LAMB,J.SALLEY,J.I.ELLIOT) 26 27 28 21 (C) (D) (V) CURB 73087 LOVE LIKE THAT TY HERNDON W.C.RIMES (G.LEACH,M.TINNEY) 67 64 9 A 58 66 EPIC ALBUM CUT DANCED BRAD PAISLEY J.SCAIFE (M.BEESON,D.PFRIMMER) 28 30 11 WE 27 CI F.ROGERS (B. PAISLEY,C.DUBOIS) ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT SEVENTEEN TIM MCGRAW B4 67 69 69 11 SARA EVANS B.GALLIMORE,J.STROUD,T.MCGRAW (A.MAYO,B.LUTHER,C.LINDSEY) CURB ALBUM CUT O BORN TO FLY 28 28 33 32 11 p WORLEY (S.EVANS,M.HUMMON,D.SCOTT) RCA ALBUM CUT t WHERE ARE YOU NOW TRISHA YEARWOOD 45 68 60 53 13 NASHVILLE 172170 KATIE WANTS A FAST ONE STEVE WARINER WITH GARTH BROOKS G. FUNDIS,T.YEARWOOD (K.RICHEY,M.C.CARPENTER) (V) MCA t 29 34 37 10 29 s WARINER (R.CARNES,S.WARINER) CAPITOL ALBUM CUT THIS EVERYDAY LOVE RASCAL FLATTS 69 74 71 4 69 THAT'S THE KIND OF MOOD I'M IN PATTY LOVELESS 30 M.BRIGHT,M.WILLIAMS (D.WELLS,G.NELSON) LYRIC STREET ALBUM CUT 32 33 14 CI E.GORDY,JR. (R.GILES,T.NICHOLS,G.GODARD; (C) (D) EPIC 79447 t BAREFOOT IN THE GRASS SONYA ISAACS 10 64 75 4 64 M.D.CLUTE,S.KENNEDY (S.SMITH,K.HARRELL) LYRIC STREET ALBUM CUT LOVE SHE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT CLINT BLACK 31 31 31 34 12 C.BLACK (C.BLACK,S.EWING) RCA ALBUM CUT SO WHAT TAMMY COCHRAN 71 11 NEW 1 YOU WON'T BE LONELY NOW BILLY RAY CYRUS 32 B.CHANCEY (R.DEAN,S.TILLIS,J.O'NEAL) EPIC ALBUM CUT CI 35 35 10 D.HUFF (B.JAMES,J.BETTIS) (C) (D) MONUMENT 79440 t PERFECT WORLD SAWYER BROWN 12 68 61 12 50 A LITTLE GASOLINE TERRI CLARK 33 M.A.MILLER,B.TANKERSLEY (M.A. MILLER ,P.THORN,B.MADDOX,C.CANNON) CURB ALBUM CUT 33 36 38 8 S.SMITH,K.STEGALL,T.CLARK (D.MILLER,T.ROGERS) (V) MERCURY 172178 t STUFF DIAMOND RIO 73 72 67 17 36 M.D.CLUTE,DIAMOND RIO (K.GARRETT,T.OWENS) ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT t I LOST IT KENNY CHESNEY 34 39 44 4 ® B. CANNON,N.WILSON (N.THRASHER,J.OLANDER) BNA ALBUM CUT t I DON'T PAINT MYSELF INTO CORNERS REBECCA LYNN HOWARD 14 NEW 1 74 I'M HOLDIN' ON TO LOVE (TO SAVE MY LIFE) SHANIA TWAIN 35 M.WRIGHT (R.L.HOWARD,T.BRUCE) (V) MCA NASHVILLE 172171 42 46 10 CI MERCURY R.J.LANGE (S.TWAIN,R.J.LANGE) (V) 562582 WHEN WILL I BE LOVED REBEL HEARTS 15 NEW 1 75 COLD DAY IN JULY DIXIE CHICKS 10 D.MCDOWELL,L.TAGGART (P.EVERLY) HOUSE OF TUNES ALBUM CUT t 36 29 18 17 B. CHANCEY,P.WORLEY (R.LEIGH) MONUMENT ALBUM CUT Records showing an increase in detections over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. Airpower awarded to songs appearing in the THE VISIT CHAD BROCK 0 31 37 43 6 37 op 20 on both the BDS Airplay and Audience charts for the first time with increases in both detections and audience. Titles below the top 25 are N.WILSON,B.CANNON (C.STEFL,G.ELLSWORTH,B.RODGERS) WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT/WRN removed from the chart after 20 weeks. t Videoclip availability. Catalog number is for CD single, or vinyl single if CD single is unavailable. (C) Cassette WITHOUT YOU DIXIE CHICKS 38 45 62 7 38 single availability. (D) CD single availability. (M) Cassette maxi -single availability. (T) Vinyl maxi -single availability. (V) Vinyl single availability. (X) B,CHANCEY,P.WORLEY (N.MAINES,E.SILVER) MONUMENT ALBUM CUT I'll ... .m,. ei,..,io m makirn, r, ., nnn RolFnnnUROI crI,,,,,,i,ntr2rhc

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4 4 13 MARY MARY C2 /COLUMBIA 7602/WORD THANKFUL attuned to efficacies of the Internet, as nity" (of about 100,000 names so far). selves like orchestras, which have seen the percentage of classical discs sold via GMN E -mails word of site offerings to their recording profiles diminish in © NEW DONNIE MCCLURKIN Web sites from Amazon.com to Tower that list weekly. recent years as labels shrink from VERITY 43150 /PROVIDENT® LIVE IN LONDON AND MORE... Online is more than double that sold at Although Lubin realizes that those often untenable cost/benefit equations. -and 6 5 7 THIRD DAY ESSENTIAL 10670/PROVIDENT OFFERINGS: A WORSHIP ALBUM brick -mortar retail. Mike Lubin, first over the wire often fall, he insists Groups from the New York Philhar- CEO of the Global Music Network, has that GMN can build a substantive monic to the London Symphony 7 6 14 PLUS ONE 143 /ATLANTIC83329 /CHORDANT THE PROMISE been betting on that affinity with his company by developing relationships Orchestra have begun putting out their classical- and jazz- oriented Web ven- own new and archival CDs, to some 8 7 22 VARIOUS ARTISTS ture. GMN.com is a multifaceted HOSANNANEGRITY 1723/03RD WOW WORSHIP ORANGE: TODAY'S 30 MOST POWERFUL WORSHIP SONGS site success. While the Orpheus Chamber that synthesizes attributes of various eteii Orchestra hasn't gone the self-pub- VARIOUS ARTISTS ® 9 63 old media, being part retailer and part lishing route, it is developing a similar- MARANATHAVINTEGRITY 1583/WORD WOW WORSHIP: TODAY'S 30 MOST POWERFUL WORSHIP SONGS magazine, radio, and TV outlet. KEEPING ly forward -minded future model. A wireless-communications entre- Long innovative musically lO NEW MARK CONDON HOSANNA! /INTEGRITY 1780/WORD ME MARVELOUS THINGS and orga- preneur and performing-arts enthusi- SCORE nizationally, the conductor-less 11 8 45 ANNE MURRAY STRAIGHTWAY 0231;CHORDANT WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD ast, Lubin launched GMN with conduc- Orpheus has made more than 50 tor David Atherton just over two years by Bradley Baruba) yer major -label recordings since the early 12 NEW VARIOUS ARTISTS ago. Like many E -music ventures, the '70s. Although the pace has slowed ESSENTIAL 10607/PROVIDENT CITY ON A HILL -SONGS OF WORSHIP AND PRAISE London- and New York-based GMN with great artists-which may even significantly, the group still has major met with blush of success, 13 11 10 VARIOUS ARTISTS a fast as pio- include some of them entering rev- albums in the works with Sony Clas- PROVIDENT 10533 WOW GOLD: 30 LANDMARK CHRISTIAN SONGS OF THE 70'5, 80'5 AND 90'S neering partnerships with such artists enue- earning deals to endorse high - sical (featuring jazz sax star Branford as Placido Domingo and Valery Gergiev end consumer products like wine and Marsalis), Nonesuch, and Deutsche VARIOUS ARTISTS 14 13 44 led to three rounds travel packages on the site. Grammophon. "Leadership Ensem- SPARROW 1703/CHORDANT WOW 2000: THE YEAR'S 30 TOP CHRISTIAN ARTISTS AND SONGS of successful outside "We aim to not only be a music Web ble," a book on the Orpheus business 15 10 4 RACHAEL LAMPA WORD 6036IID LIVE FOR YOU financing. But with site but a lifestyle portal for people model, is due next spring, as is a doc- the recent crash in interested in the arts," he says. "But umentary film on the orchestra co- 12 15 MXPX TOOTH & NAILJA &M 1156 * / 16 CHORDANT E- commerce's for any music site to attract a grow- produced by EuroArts and NHK. But standing among the ing audience, you have to take advan- 17 14 23 FRED HAMMOND & RADICAL FOR CHRIST Orpheus manager Harvey Seifter is VERITY43140 /PROVIDENT PURPOSE BY DESIGN investment commu- tage of the Internet as a unique medi- looking more and more to new media nity, GMN's most um, not as a replacement medium that and the means to fund it. Orpheus will VARIOUS a 16 12 ARTISTS recent financing sells CDs online instead of in a store. be featured in an ambitious public WORSHIP TOGETHER O282/CHORDANT I COULD SING OF YOUR LOVE FOREVER: 25 MODERN WORSHIP SONGS LUBIN foray was disap- You have to maximize the Web's inter- radio Webcast to mark the Aaron a 19 11 NICOLE C. MULLEN WORD 6762E NICOLE C. MULLEN pointing, and the activity and global reach, enabling Copland centenary this November, company had to downsize from about 50 people to experience things they can't and the group is planning an interac- 20 15 63 STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN SPARROW 1695 /CHORDANT (SPEECHLESS) to 40 employees. on a CD or on the radio. And I really tive multimedia exhibition at a West Still, Lubin is confident that in- believe there is an under -served de- Coast technology museum for 2002. 21 11 5 4HIM BENSON 83320 /PROVIDENT HYMNS: A PLACE OF WORSHIP vestors will realize that his site serves mand in the arts, as the major corpo- "Coming back to classical music 22 18 2 ZOEGIRL SPARROW 51734 ZOEGIRL a more attractive demographic-one rations write off quality in favor of after some years in the theater, it was he says is far "easier to monetize" quantity." like I was Rip van 23 20 45 CECE WINANS WELLSPRING GOSPEUSPARROW 1711/CHORDANT ALABASTER BOX than most. If the limited capabilities of MP3 Winkle and woke up GMN offers audiovisual 24 21 79 SONICFLOOD GOTEE 2802/CHORDANT II SONICFLOOD streaming hardly make it attractive for those who to find that the of interviews and live performances want to listen to a Beethoven sympho- audience for record- 25 23 13 MARK SCHULTZ MYRRH 7002/WORD MARK SCHULTZ by Atherton and such "family" artists ny (much less one by Mahler), the cus- ings had vanished," as Domingo, Gergiev, cellist Lynn tom CD compilation market offers a Seifter says. "You 26 25 16 POINT OF GRACE WORD 7572 RARITIES & REMIXES Harrell, and pianist Anne -Marie more compelling option. Musicmak- can blame it partly McDermott, 27 24 22 SOUNDTRACK SPARROW/CAPITOL 1730/CHORDANT JESUS - THE EPIC MINI- SERIES among scores of others er.com just started offering discs that on a lack of arts (who earn GMN stock options in consumers can have compiled from the education. I also 28 27 100 KIRK FRANKLIN GOSPOCENTRIC/NTERSCOPE490241/WORD THE NU NATION PROJECT ' return). GMN also struck a deal with catalogs of such labels as EMI, Naxos, SEIFTER think it's just an the British musicians' union that goes Nimbus, and Koch. Still, what has accident of history 29 26 26 JENNIFER KNAPP GOTEE 2816 /CHORDANT LAY IT DOWN beyond the recent moves by the exploded on the Web isn't classical and evolution, and I don't think the 30 29 40 MICHAEL W. SMITH REUNION 10041/PROVIDENT THIS IS YOUR TIME American Federation of Musicians to music per se as much as information classical industry has adapted well. Al- allow not only audiovisual streaming about that music -which is vital, given though I don't think people's ears have 31 32 3 MAX LUCADO HERE TO HIM/BRENTWOOD 72176/PROVIDENT HE CHOSE THE NAILS of live events but downloads and mar- that the art's profile in the main- changed -classical music still has the RICKY DILLARD & "NEW G" NEW keting of custom CD compilations. stream media lessens all the time. power to excite and really move peo- ® 34 3 CRYSTAL ROSE 0960 /CHORDANT NO LIMIT London's Philharmonia has been fea- On its ambitious Web site, Gramo- ple -but intense real-time concentra- tured extensively on GMN.com. The phone magazine makes its 26,000 - tion is harder to come by these days. 33 28 35 TRIN -I -TEE 5:7 B-RITE 6952/WORD Mil SPIRITUAL LOVE site's archive also holds hours of review archive accessible for free, Listening to music has become a back- unique footage from various interna- with plans to put up vintage inter- ground activity." 34 30 50 AUDIO ADRENALINE OREFRONT5225 /CHORDANT UNDERDOG tional festivals, from the Atherton-led views with the likes of Karajan and In exploring ways of returning clas- 35 31 21 YOLANDA ADAMS VERITY 43144/PROVIDENT THE BEST OF YOLANDA ADAMS Mostly Mozart in San Diego to Klemperer next. The site of the sical music to a more vital foreground Gergiev's White Nights in Russia. American Music Center is a font of role, Seifter says he and his charges 36 33 10 WATERMARK ROCKETOWN 7592/WORD ® ALL THINGS NEW GMN is ahead of its time in a key knowledge, synched to sound samples seek to create "the sort of integral

37 37 23 GINNY OWENS ROCKETOWN 6262/WORDME WITHOUT CONDITION aspect, since the experience of and purchasing links, and a new clas- audiovisual experiences that people streamed video for any sizable classi- sical Web 'zine, ClassicsToday.com, make more time for now. Whether it's 38 35 42 JARS OF CLAY ESSENTIAL/SILVERTONE 10499/PROVIDENT IF I LEFT THE ZOO cal performance online (or download- was recently launched in the U.S. on DVD or via the Web, I think that ing the audio) is tedious at best. As Companies from Universal to only by incorporating visuals and some 39 38 25 FFH ESSENTIAL 10529 /PROVIDENT FOUND A PLACE Lubin says, "Only as broadband Web Naxos have invested in getting their element of interactivity with the music access becomes in the next two massive catalogs con- 40 22 5 VARIOUS ARTISTS wider and additional can we cultivate new demand. The SPRING HOUSE 2272CHORDANT GAITHER GOSPEL SERIES: HYMNS WITH THE HOMECOMING FRIENDS to five years will it make any sense to tent online, but for labels, the infor- business spends a lot of time worrying charge for downloads or offer pay - mation flow goes ways. Angel/ how people will pay music c Records with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIM) certifi- both about for on cation for ne shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold) RIM certification for net shipment of 1 million per -view broadcasts." EMI marketing director Andria Thy the Web, but toll gates can always be units (Platinum). RIM certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi- platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with But in addition to featuring free says that by studying the purchase created. What we need to invest in is a running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIM multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. downloads, GMN.com sells custom profiles on Amazon.com and other trying to create new experiences that All albums available on cassette and CD. *Asterisk indicates vinyl available. ® indicates past or puent Heat- seeker title. ç 2000, Billboard/BPI Communications. compilations from its live archive, plus sites, she and her cohorts have found people will want to pay for."

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The past symphony orchestras in recent years, as diminished All the sets have done very well, particularly in New York decade's low was 2.8% in '97, and the high was 3.7% in '94 patronage from the major record labels and the and Japan, and the Bernstein set could do the best of all. and '92. boon of advancing technology have led various institutions When it comes to classical music, a rising tide lifts all boats, At least according to those figures, classical is in slightly to take control of their destinies on disc. From the New I think." better shape than jazz, and certainly less volatile. Although York Philharmonic's hit series of archival sets to the jazz rebounded to 3% of the market last year from a low of London Symphony Orchestra's line of new live albums, CENTENARY BOXED SET less than 2% in '98, the genre has fallen far from its peak groups are using homegrown recordings to both cultivate Philadelphia and Boston have taken a cue from the of 4.8% in 1990. (The overall market is more diffuse these their legacies and keep their international profiles high. savvy New York model. Last year, the Philadelphia days, with rock now just about one- quarter of the take, Yet the trend of orchestras producing their own archival Orchestra issued a 12 -disc centenary boxed set (signifi- instead of the one -third that it once was. The only consis- boxed sets is rooted in goals more idealistic than pragmat- cantly less deluxe than its New York predecessors but with tently growing category of recent years is "other," which ic. As Chicago Symphony Orchestra president Henry similar care taken over the repertoire and remastering by covers world music and is up to just over 9% of the mar- Fogel points out, his group's pioneering set of historic artistic consultant Mark Orbert Thorn), and it has market- ket.) Beyond the U.S., classical music fares better, with broadcast recordings was issued to mark the CSO's ed the release both directly and through an exclusive market shares typically higher in England -whose popu- centenary, in 1991 -when the classical record Tower deal. According to orchestra reports, lation buys more discs per capita than any other coun- business was near its latter -day peak. The ven- 1; the project has already broken even with try's-and in Japan, currently the world's second-biggest ture proved a remarkable success, 3,500 copies sold (at $200 each) - recorded -music market. with the 12 -disc collection soon 1,250 through Tower and 2,250 paying for itself by selling more through its Web site, gift shop CORE -CATALOG INCREASE than 3,000 copies in the first and mail order. Although the classical stats are obviously fattened by year alone. "We did it out of a As part of celebrations this inclusion of crossover sales, love for the rich musical history October for the centenary of its good news regarding core those recordings represented, Symphony Hall, the Boston classical repertoire comes so we were thrilled that a lot of Symphony Orchestra will release from such diverse sources as other people felt the same way," Fogel says. The CSO has a 10 -disc set of broadcast recordings made in the venue Universal Classics and just issued its second edition of historic broadcasts (a 10- across five decades. The collection was produced in league Naxos. Universal reports a disc set for $225), and Fogel says there are "so many won- with IMG Artists Europe, the same team that has played a $1 million increase in core - derful things in our archives that we could issue another vital role in the BBC's successful "BBC Legends" series. catalog sales over last year, five or six sets." and the repertoire- driven The Cleveland Orchestra soon followed suit with its own FEWER MAJOR -LABEL PROJECTS Naxos has upped its sales in anniversary archival boxed set-which, like Chicago's, was With the market for core classical records contracting in the U.S.-previously the produced according to a "shared risk, shared reward" pol- recent years and the major labels pulling back their stakes weakest link in its chain-by icy with the musicians' union. Instead of an up -front pay- in the music, American orchestras have found themselves nearly 50 %. Although BMG ment, as with traditional recording projects, the orchestra priced out of the new -recordings game (losing their posi- lias apparently abdicated members would take 50% of the gross proceeds from the tions to less- expensive European bands). BMG still seems from the classical business set; the orchestra administration paid for costs out of its committed to Michael Tilson Thomas and his San Anonymous 4 and Sony Classical has be- 50 %. Per that standard agreement, the Chicago and Francisco Symphony, although projects will undoubtedly come extremely "selective" Cleveland sets were limited- editions that could only be be fewer and farther between. The Chicago Symphony's in its participation, other companies have sought creative sold through the group's gift shop and via phone and mail Teldec deal is up for renewal (with the label devoted to solutions to marketing challenges. Earlier this year, EMI order. music director Daniel Barenboim), and Boston is hanging forged a deal with Allegro Corp. The independent distrib- on, if barely, with a couple of concerto projects pending utor now racks EMI Imports, helping to free up EMI DEAL WITH TOWER with . But New York's Teldec con- Music Distribution resources even as it helps get the label's The New York Philharmonic set an innovative prece- tract expired last year. Meecham says, "The days of long- worthy deep- catalog items into the retail bins. dent in 1997, when the administration worked a deal with term contracts are over, I'm afraid." the musicians that allowed its 10 -CD "Historic Broadcasts: Again, though, need has provided impetus. The New INVESTING ONLINE 1923 -1987" to be sold not only via the orchestra's gift shop York Philharmonic was two months away from making a Traditional, brick- and -mortar retail is still the source for and Web site but through an exclusive relationship with star -studded live recording of 's ambi- half the sales of recorded music in the U.S., with Internet Tower Records outlets around the world. Since then, the tious musical- theater work "Sweeney Todd" when sales accounting for less than 3 %. But, with classical -music Philharmonic has culled its treasure trove to issue "The Deutsche Grammophon backed out of the project. Keen to CDs consistently commanding a greater percentage of Mahler Broadcasts: 1948- 1982" and "An American document the unique event, the orchestra engineered the sales via the Internet than they do at brick -and -mortar Celebration: 1936 -1999" sets on its Special Editions label, performance in -house and took advantage of the union's shops, nearly every classical company is investing in with the 10 -disc "Leonard Bernstein Live!" coming Oct. rule allowing a 25% discount on musicians' rates for limit- enhanced Web sites, from the English indie Chandos to 10. Conceived by Philharmonic archivist Barbara Haws ed pressings (10,000 copies) of live recordings. Additional multi -label giant Universal. But, as far as tangible new and producer Sedgwick Clark, the deluxe boxed sets have donations from a board member have enabled the orches- media goes, Munich -based Kinowelt Home Entertainment not only been critical sensations but trend -stoking com- tra to produce a two -disc set with a 100 -page booklet, to be has leaped in where most firms fear to tread: classical DVD mercial successes. issued Sept. 26 via Special Editions. Video. Although Sony has released a handful of Herbert New York has sold 5,500 copies of the $185 "Historic von Karajan titles and NVC Arts/ Warner has started to Broadcasts" so far. "Selling 5,500 classical discs in today's PHILLY MEETS LILY put out some of its acclaimed documentaries in the new climate is pretty remarkable," says the Philharmonic's GM, Philadelphia hasn't made a major -label recording in format, Kinowelt has forged a worldwide deal with Naxos Paul Meecham. "I think, in many ways, these sets have cre- years, but the group made one of the rare independent - distribution firm HNH International to issue scores of ated their own market, one big enough to keep more pro- label recordings in its history recently in a joint- venture classical titles under its Arthaus Musik imprint. jects coming." with the Northern California audiophile company Haws points out that the budget for each New York set Waterlily Acoustics. Energized by that experience and the BULLISH ON DVD VIDEO (substantially underwritten by beneficent donors) acceptance of its boxed set, the orchestra has set up a Naxos/HNH CEO Klaus Heymann says he is "very bull- includes money for promotion, with sampler discs media center for the development of future projects- ish" on DVD Video, as his company is releasing 25 Arthaus released in advance. "We get on the phone to Tower, say, "CDs in the short term and Internet distribution in the titles in the U.S. by Christmas-and double that number in in Denver or in London every week -the contact really long term," says the orchestra's president, Joe Kluger, who Europe. Plus, Kinowelt-which now owns the catalogs of helps," she says. adds that the orchestra is studying the example being set Stuttgart's EuroArts and other major studios -has hun- Clark adds that their operation has learned that its by the London Symphony Orchestra. dreds more classical titles to gradually draw upon. In "first-class all the way" attitude to sonic quality, packaging There is a definite, if finite, market for historic record- Japan, a "Marriage Of Figaro" (in a Deutsche Staatsoper and documentation has been key to the sets' allure. ings of classical music. The demand for new recordings - Berlin production starring soprano Dorothea Röschmann Tower classical director Ray Edwards is a great fan of the particularly of oft -recorded repertoire -is also finite but and led by Daniel Barenboim) sold a heartening 1,000 - New York boxed sets, even though "We don't make any far less definite. Yet the LSO has issued the first three in an plus copies upon release, according to Heymann. Other money from selling them," he notes. (For example, the ongoing line of new, budget- priced live recordings on its standout Arthaus DVD Videos include a Leipzig concert chain paid $200 for the Mahler sets, retailing them for LSO Live imprint, with distribution by Harmonia Mundi commemorating the nonviolent demonstrations in $225.) "We do it to help the orchestra have access to a in the U.K., Empire Music in the U.S. and through Tower Continued on page 48 broader market, and our exclusive association with the Continued on page 48

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CLAIR (21) Walt Disney/Universal Classics Group 7 THE RED VIOLIN- Joshua Bell/Esa -Pekka Salonen -Sony 4 LASERLIGHT (8) 4 APPALACHIAN JOURNEY -Yo -Yo Ma /Edgar Meyer/Mark Classical 5 POINT CLASSICS (3) O'Connor -Sony Classical 8 GREATEST HITS: 1969 -1999 -John Williams -Sony Classical 5 THE MOST RELAXING CLASSICAL ALBUM IN THE 9 THE SONGS THAT GOT AWAY Brightman -Sarah -Really ToP `Li'YIFWlQVu12! ulVWl%daJISI 1u{re WORLD...EVER!- Various Artists- Circa /Virgin /Angel Records Useful/Decca/Universal Classics Group 6 THE BEST OPERA ALBUM IN THE WORLD...EVER!- Various 10 ARIA 2: NEW HORIZON -Aria -Astor Place Pos. LABEL (No. of Charted Titles) Artists- Circa /Virgin /Angel Records 11 BACK TO TITANIC -London Symphony Orchestra (Horner) - 7 PAUL MCCARTNEY'S WORKING CLASSICAL -London Sony Classical 1 PLATINUM (14) Symphony Orchestra Loma Mar Quartet- MPL /Angel/Angel 12 STEPMOM -John Williams/Christopher Parkening -Sony 2 MADACY (12) Records Classical 3 ST. 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IMPRINT (No. of Charted Titles) T1 JOSE CARRERAS (4) Sony Classical 14 CLASSIC WILLIAMS -John Williams -Sony Classical SONY 4 I SOLISTI VENETI (1) Erato/AG 1 SONY CLASSICAL (12) 5 SNOOPY (1) Direct Source Special Products 2 DECCA (5) `rDP [4VaUlüly Ei! 3 REALLY USEFUL (2) Top MRD-1LirmE aziSS)IICAtz Emu 4 ANGEL (2) CLASSICAL Pos. IMPRINT (No. of Charted Titles) 5 NEMO STUDIO (1) Pos. TITLE- Artist -Imprint/Label 1 PHILIPS (5) croP CVESS>«ulr, CIlZoSSivirkE E3! LIETELS 2 SONY CLASSICAL (12) PHILIPS 1 A TENOR'S CHRISTMAS- Carreras- Domingo -Pavarotti -Sony 3 WALT DISNEY (1) Classical 4 VIRGIN (5) Pos. LABEL (No. of Charted Titles) 2 MOZART FOR YOUR MIND -Various Artists -Philips/Universal 5 DG (5) Classics Group 1 SONY CLASSICAL (12) 3 ONLY CLASSICAL CD YOU NEED - Various Artists-RCA `roP e$VISS]dGIlL it,zirEELS 2 UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP (6) Victor/BMG Classics 3 ANGEL RECORDS (2) 4 PACHELBEL CANON- Various Artists-RCA Victor/BMG Classics 4 WARNER BROS. 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The concerts includes film and stage music, song coincided with the release of a live cycles, songs and a transcription of recording of the complete quartets "Tea For Two" called "Tahiti Trot." on Deutsche Grammophon, which will surely win the Emersons another Wha t Was Shostakovich ANNIVERSARY EDITION Grammy. But most striking, one BMG also has reissued a two -CD month into the new century, was the set of David Oistrakh recordings, cycle's billing: "The Quintessential which features performances of the Twentieth Century Man And His Really Like? two violin concertos by the man for Music." whom they were written. The cello The Twentieth Century Man Shos- Twenty-five years after his death, the 20//i Century Man and his music are everywhere concertos were written for, pre- takovich is usually cast as is Winston miered by and dedicated to Mstislav Smith, the protagonist of Orwell's -and still perplexing interpreters. Rostropovich, who performs the first "1984," but whether as a man ground of them on BBC Legends. Later, of down by or rebelling against Big BY JOE GOLDBERG course, Rostropovich became a con- Brother depends on the commenta- ductor. His impassioned perfor- tor. Twenty -five years after his death, however, it has mances of his friend's symphony cycle is on Teldec. And apparently been decided that the music of Shostakovich Decca is reissuing, singly, Bernard Haitink's respective needs a narrative. cycle. There is a fine new performance of the piano con- certos on Sony, by Yefim Bronfman with Esa -Pekka DUELING PERSPECTIVES Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. As Don DeLillo, in his novel "White Noise," posited a This fall, Le Chant du Monde will release a 25th college department of "Hitler studies," so now we have Anniversary Edition, which will include song cycles, bal- obsessed practitioners of Shostakovich studies. These peo- lets, chamber music and, best of all, symphonies per- ple share the idea that Shostakovich's music is a kind of formed by perhaps the finest of all Shostakovich conduc- code, from which we can infer the composer's thoughts tors, Evgeny Mravinsky, who premiered six of the sym- about living under Stalin's communism. Some decode the phonies with his Leningrad Philharmonic. Praga current- music to mean the composer was a good party man. Some ly has a four -CD box featuring four of the symphonies in think he was a coward, saying and doing what he was told Mravinsky performances from Czech radio and a blazing to maintain his teaching position and apartment. Still oth- Oistrakh performance of the first violin concerto. ers see a Gogol -like trickster, bland on the surface but Mravinsky also performs various symphonies on RCA enraged and sardonic within. The Ur -Text or perhaps the Masur with the New York Philharmonic. Michael Tilson Russian Disc and Erato. The finest of them all, the Eighth, Apocrypha of these Shostakovich studies is "Testimony: Thomas and his San Francisco Symphony are touring with which is dedicated to him, is on BBC. The Thirteenth, The Memoirs Of Dmitri Shostakovich As Related To And the Eleventh, which depicts the slaughter of civilians by "Babi Yar," about Soviet anti -Semitism, which Mravinsky Edited By Solomon Volkov," smuggled out of The Soviet soldiers of the Tsar. "Lady Macbeth Of Mzensk," an opera refused to perform, gets a powerful reading on Teldec by Union and published here three years after the compos- which so angered Stalin that Shostakovich feared for his Masur and the New York Philharmonic. Shostakovich er's death in 1975. Some people believe the book is what it life, was performed at the Met. A waltz from his second often showed solidarity with Jews when it was dangerous purports to be; others do not. And they write books back Jazz Suite provided the theme for Stanley Kubrick's "Eyes to do so. There are many recordings of "From Jewish Folk and forth about it. Wide Shut." Shostakovich is everywhere. He is replacing Poetry," but the one on Bridge features the great Jan de Most preposterous of these is "The New Shostakovich," his model, Mahler, as the purveyor of angst on programs, Gaetani. by the English critic Ian MacDonald, whose work reminds just as Mahler replaced Tchaikovsky. Mahler first became One code Shostakovich certainly used in his music was one of the phrase "Mickey- Mousing," which film com- popular when Leonard Bernstein provided not only pas- his own signature. His initials in Cyrillic translate in posers use to describe the style of background scoring in sionate performances, but a narrative of private torment to German as D. Sch., equal to the notes D, Eb, C and B. He which every action is accompanied by a musical cue, as in accompany the music. Both the Seventh and Eleventh often used these notes as a motto just as Bach, another of cartoons. For MacDonald, as for cartoonists, every little Symphonies are narratives, and both have titles - his models, used BACH. The monumental Preludes and movement has a meaning all its own. He often reads like "Leningrad" and "The Year 1905." Fugues, Op. 87, are a conscious attempt to write a con- Walt Disney himself, turning Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du Some of the most popular classics have acquired temporary Well Tempered Clavier. Vladimir Ashkenazy's Printemps" into a prequel to `Jurassic Park." names -the "Revolutionary" Etude, the "Pathetique" performance on London last year won him a Grammy. It was, of course, Stravinsky himself who famously said, Symphony-to identify the narrative that someone-usu- Keith Jarrett's ECM recording is a model of lucidity. BMG "Music is powerless to express anything." Apparently, ally not the composer and usually after the fact-has has a version by Roger Woodward in its vaults that Toscanini agreed with him. Once asked whether he consid- attached to the work. The Seventh and Eleventh sym- deserves re- release, and Philips likewise has a selection of ered the narrative attending a famous piece of music, phonies are not the composer's best, but they are effective the pieces by the legendary Sviatoslav Richter, perhaps Toscanini replied, "For me, it is allegro ma non troppo " - Socialist Realism, audible posters, the equivalent of what Shostakovich's finest pianistic interpreter. in other words, what it says in the score. Toscanini beat out were once called tone poems, telling the audience what to the conductor of Disney's "Fantasia," Stokowski, to gain the think and feel. Shostakovich was gifted at musical scene BALLETS AND SOUNDTRACKS coveted opportunity to conduct the first American perfor- and action painting, having earned much of his living for There are ongoing quartet cycles by the St. Petersburg mance, broadcast coast-to- coast, of Shostakovich's Seventh years writing scores for motion pictures, a kind of aural String Quartet on Hyperion, the Yggdrasil on Bis, and the Symphony, about the World War II siege of Leningrad. Hitchcock. So it should come as no surprise that one of the Sorrel on Chandos. "Lady Macbeth" is currently available The picture of Shostakovich in a fireman's hat, scanning finest of all Shostakovich conductors is André Prévin, who, in a live, German- language performance recorded in the skies above Leningrad for enemy bombers, that graced with four Academy Awards for scoring films, is also 1996, on Antes. Rozhdestvensky has the ballets The Bolt the cover of Time coincident to the premiere, now serves as extremely cognizant of the audience. "You can listen to and The Golden Age, as well as the operetta Moskva, the logo for Propaganda Films of Hollywood. any four bars of any of those symphonies," Prévin once Cheremushki. And Capriccio has German recordings of told me, "and tell immediately who wrote it." many of Shostakovich's film scores, ranging from hack- POSTHUMOUS NARRATIVE ATTACHMENT There are 15 of them, the same as the number of string work to music of great power, from "The Fall Of Berlin" Tlic Scventb is being perlin-med this season bJ Kurt quartets. Apparently a very symmetrical man. and "Five Days And Five Nights" to "Hamlet," "King Lear" and "The New Babylon." There are haunting photographs of Shostakovich in his round glasses and his eternal cigarette framing his face in smoke, looking like nothing quite so much as the consum- mate party man and consummate trickster Bertolt Brecht. POSTCARDS WORK! After his days as a Hollywood screenwriter, he testified blandly and uninformatively to the House Un- American Activities Committee on the same day as Ronald 118 pt. paper, thicker Reagan than any other company. and then flew back to Europe to found, at Communist expense, one of the great theatrical enterprises of the cen- 5,000 postcards for S400. tury, the Berliner Ensemble. Shostakovich's last completed work was a sonata for viola and piano. The last movement Guaranteed turnaround time. quotes from perhaps the most famous of all classical works to which a title and narrative have been attached, When you call, a live person answers the phone! Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata. And then he left us won- dering what he meant by his extremely explicit music. For samples & rates, go to POSTCARD.COM or call: Perhaps by 2006, the year of the Shostakovich centennial, we will have a better idea. Or perhaps the best answer is T.S. Eliot's: "I meant what it said."

France's Center Shostakovitch (sic) in Paris, maintains a well- stocked archive dedicated to the composer. Its Web site address is www.devinci.fr /chostakovitch.

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www.americanradiohistory.com THE RISE OF D -I -Y (laSçkdl Continued from page 40 in Japan. The initiative is not primarily a money- making venture, according to LSO marketing manager Chaz Jenkins. "The orchestra's business is giving concerts -85 a year," he says. "The CDs are a means of documenting the group's living legacy and a tool for spreading the word about both the LSO and classical music in general." International Intrigue RELATIONSHIP PRESERVATION The LSO Lip e line is currcnth concentrating on pre- serving the orchestra's relationship with Sir Colin Davis in News From The Classical Capitals the conductor's prime repertoire. Two Dvorák symphonies and Berlioz's "Romeo And Juliet" taped last season are out now. A far more adventurous project -one forbidding to any commercial label these days -is an all -star December FRANCE: In this time of diminished recording oppor- ly of late, with two acclaimed orchestral albums in recording of the massive Berlioz opera "The Trojans," tunities for young classical performers, the German - Deutsche Grammophon's "20/21" series, a sterling reissue with a four -disc set recorded in Direct Stream Digital even- born, Paris -residing violinist Isabelle Faust is something of in EMI's HMV Classics line and an upcoming chamber set tually to sell for about $32 (far less than any competing a rare creature: an up- and -coming artist whose ever- on Koch, among others. Japanese pianist Noriko Ogawa version, even Davis' Philips midpriced reissue from the expanding discography doesn't reflect a deal made with not only recorded Takemitsu's complete keyboard output early '70s). the Devil. Although she has a winning smile and charm to for the BIS label, she has essayed a BIS album of lesser - In keeping with the LSO's education and outreach man- burn, Faust's allure resides first and foremost with her known Japanese classical composers, including such date, LSO Live will issue a CD -ROM in the spring that incisive, individual musicianship. names as Akio Yashiro, Kiyoshige Koyama and Yasuji combines the 20 minutes of Britten's "Young Person's In 1997, Faust earned Gramophone's Young Artist Of The Kiyose. Guide To The Orchestra" with 50 -plus minutes of multi- Year award for her debut disc of solo Bartók in Harmonia The title piece of Ogawa's Japanese survey, `Just For media content. More industrious projects are under way, Mundi's "Les Nouveaux Interpretes" series -a rare case of Me," is an early solo work by composer /keyboardist involving traditional recordings, new media and electron- a British award going to a German musician playing Ryuichi Sakamoto, now better known for his award -win- ic distribution. Hungarian music for a French label. Understandably, she ning film scores and long line of avant -pop hits. Warner The burgeoning do- it- yourself ethos of the major felt some pressure in recording her follow -up Bartók Japan and Sony Classical have issued three Sakamoto col- orchestras still may not represent a significant revenue album for Harmonia Mundi, although "It came out better lections in the past couple of years: "Discord," featuring stream (at least in the short term), but it does maintain in the end," she says. "Bartòk's music benefits from some his ambitious orchestral work "Untitled 01 "; "BTTB," a set recorded music as a primary tool for cultivating elusive struggle -it isn't Mozart after all. Yet Bartók also isn't of solo piano pieces that was a massive hit in Japan; and audiences, at home and abroad. As Jenkins says, after the mathematical or dry, as people sometimes suspect; if you "Cinemage," a collection of his key film themes played in doom -and -gloom of the past few years, there is "a light play his music the right way, it is rich and alive -even concert. Just out on Warner Japan is the two -disc live shining now." romantic." Beyond Bartók and Harmonia Mundi, Faust recording of Sakamoto's polyglot, Erik Satie meets has recorded familiar and rare concertos for Hänssler Robert Wilson theater piece "Raw Life." Classic's complete Bach edition, and a Stuttgart Radio tap- The album should see light in the West MARKET WATCH ing of the three Schumann sonatas is just out via CPO. to coincide with a tour of the work next Continued from /gage 40 Best of all, her recording of Karl Amadeus Hartmann's year. moving "Concerto Funebre" for ECM is due soon. Perhaps nothing will help widen the October 1989 that led to the downfall of the East German view of classical composition in Japan regime. Set in the beautiful St. Nicolai Church, the concert GERMANY: Widely regarded as the world's most - like the `Japanese Classics" series in includes violinist Viktoria Mullova in solo Bach, and there recorded singer, Dietrich Fischer -Dieskau is also one production by Naxos. Akin to the bud- is the bonus of a moving, 15- minute documentary on the of the prime living links to the golden age of classical get label's well- received "American "Protest Of Silence" (which features recollections from recording. This year has brought the German baritone's Classics" line, `Japanese Classics" will highlight native com- movement -leader Kurt Masur). Along with opera, such 75th birthday, and several record companies are celebrat- posers and artists in what Naxos CEO Klaus Heymann items are an ideal use of the rich DVD medium. ing the jubilee year. Foremost among them is Deutsche promises will be another wide- ranging, long-term edition. On good old CD, this fall's classical releases will include Grammophon, whose 21 -disc "Dietrich Fischer -Dieskau The primary orchestras will include the Tokyo more fruits of the Bach anniversary year. The jubilee con- Edition" features many items new to CD -as well as one Metropolitan Symphony and Philharmonic, as well tinues to yield beautiful traditional recordings (such as the major performance never -before -released in any format, a as the Ulster Orchestra led by Takuo Yuasa. Works by Purcell Quartet's Trio Sonatas on Chandos), as well as off- 1968 take on Schubert's wistful song cycle "Die Schöne Yoshimatsu and Koyama figure in an initial `Japanese beat- but -inspired takes on the master's works. One of the Müllerin" with pianist Jörg Demus that the singer says Masterpieces" set, and Hiroshi Oguri will be among the prime items to figure in a major Sony Classical Bach retail seems "somehow special" in retrospect. Another birthday first composers to receive an album -length survey. campaign is a disc from star double- bassist Edgar Meyer present from the label highlights his involvement with featuring his transcriptions of three Bach cello suites. modern music: the first CD release of the live 1978 record- HE U.S: Classical crossover has tended to denote clas- Farther afield is jazz pianist Uri Caine's latest post - ing of Aribert Reimann's expressionistic Shakespearean sical artists letting their hair down with a foray into postmodern makeover project for German indie Winter & opera "Lear," with Fischer -Dieskau as the mad king. more popular genres, whether it is Dawn Upshaw singing Winter: Bach's "Goldberg Variations" in a rendition for EMI's German arm has put together two enterprising show tunes or Kennedy essaying Hendrix. On a more various jazzers, DJs and (even) Baroque specialists. three -disc Fischer -Dieskau birthday sets: "Great under -the -radar level, various American indie -rock acts Moments," an anthology of rarer have lately aspired to their own, populist brand of cham- BARTOLI SINGS HADYN opera arias, oratorio extracts and song; ber music. The minimalism- influenced sounds of the Although long-term major -label contracts for conduc- JiacL- iaL and the revelatory " Lieder," a travelogue Rachel's have been the most widely touted, as the group's tors have become a rarity, Teldec has done the right thing through mostly forgotten byways post- albums on the E D I T 1 o x) of Quarterstick imprint of Chicago's Touch by inking an exclusive lifetime deal with Nikolaus Schumann art song (recorded in the '70s And Go label (famous for such acts as the Butthole Surfers, Harnoncourt- arguably the most exciting conductor of with composer Reimann at the keyboard), the Jesus Lizard and Girls Against Boys) have reached out "old music" today. The 71- year -old Viennese artist's fall and a disc in EMI's historical "Références" series that to young punk- rockers who might never even have heard releases include the first period- instrument recording of surveys Fischer -Dieskau's 1958 -60 Bach cantata project of Philip Glass. Comprising a core unit of pianist Rachel Haydn's opera "Armida." Taped live this summer in with conductor Karl Forster. Another anniversary issue is Grimes, guitarist Jason Noble and violist Christian Vienna, the set stars Cecilia Bartoli, along with the live recording of a 1970 Fischer -Dieskau Mahler recital Frederickson, the Louisville -based Rachel's often expands Harnoncourt's Concentus Musicus. The conductor has in London with pianist Karl Engel. Out via the BBC to three times the size; on such carefully wrought discs as made hundreds of recordings for Teldec (and its previous Legends imprint, it's a keepsake of an obviously extraor- "Handwriting," "Music For Egon Schiele" and "Seleno- incarnation Telefunken) over the decades, including dinary evening, with the singer's expressiveness in the graphy," the collective creates nocturnes that are simple numerous items in the label's complete "Bach 2000" edi- "Rückert -Lieder" at its most refined and concentrated. A but organic with the resonance of wood -a sound rarely tion. In addition to recent issues of Bruckner, Harnon- more dynamic take on the same repertoire can be found in heard in an increasingly electronic world. court has lately eased forward in time -recording Franz his '68 Mahler studio sessions with Leonard Bernstein at A similarly eclectic Schmidt's 1930s monolith "The Book With Seven Seals" the piano, reissued in the last installment of Sony act is Northern Cali- and performing music of Alban Berg. Classical's "Bernstein Century" edition. fornia's Threnody Since retiring from singing in 1993 -a transition high- Ensemble, which fea- FINAL MASS lighted in Bruno Monsaingeon's film biography "Autumn tures cellist Dom- Among the chart -bound September releases are Andrea Journey" (NVC Arts /Warner)- Fischer -Dieskau has inique Davison with Bocelli's Verdi album on Philips and Renee Fleming's set amassed a sizable discography as a conductor. His discs on guitarists Dave Cerf of Italian arias on Decca, as well as Anonymous 4's catchy the Austrian Orfeo label include Wagner, Strauss and and Erik Hoversten "1000: A Mass For The End Of Time" on Harmonia Verdi scenes with his wife, soprano Julia Varady. He has (of the band A Minor Mundi. also been passing on his wisdom in recent years to such Forest). "Timbre Hol- In the crossover arena, Simon Rattle tries his hand at singers as star baritone Matthias Goerne. low," the trio's aptly titled debut on iconic Bay Area indie Duke Ellington this month for EMI. 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3 17 C2 [his 3 MARY MARY /COLUMBIA 63740/CRG THANKFUL GILD RD brother] Brock's place. We added two people who DONENI MCCLURKIN had not been affiliated with us before in Steve French Co 20 2 VERITY 431501® LIVE IN LONDON AND MORE... by Deborah Evans Price and Russ Farrar. This is the first convention with 5 4 24 FRED HAMMOND & RADICAL FOR CHRIST them as directors." VERITY43140 PURPOSE BY DESIGN SHARING THE JOY: September is Southern Gospel Beasley says the Cathedrals' retirement last year 6 5 46 CECE WINANS WELLSPRING GOSPEL 51711/SPARROW ALABASTER BOX Music Month. The theme this year is "Share The Joy," has left a void in the industry. "It's a turning point for 6 P9 VARIOUS ARTISTS and nowhere will that joy be more abundant than the the industry in that we are continuing on without our EMNVORD 43149NERIIY WOW GOSPEL 2000 THE YEAR'S 30 TOP GOSPEL ARTISTS - AND SONGS 42nd annual National Quartet Convention (NQC), Sept. No. 1 group," he says. "It has never happened in our 8 7 100 KIRK FRANKLIN A GOSPO CENTRIC 490I78MINTERSCOPE THE NU NATION PROJECT 18-23 in Louisville, Ky., at the Kentucky Fair and Expo industry's past where the No. 1 group has retired as Center. The Florida Boys, the Bishops, the Hoppers, No. 1 The void left by the Cathedrals will never be ® 12 38 NORMAN HUTCHINS JDI 1258 ® BATTLEFIELD ... Greater Vision, Kingdom Heirs, Jeff & Sheri East- filled totally, but there are some great quartets and lo 11 6 RICKY DILLARD & "NEW G" NEW CRYSTAL ROSE 20960 NO LIMIT er, and the Gaither Vocal Band will be among the great groups that are coming to the forefront to take numerous Southern gospel acts performing at the the torch and it on, so 11 8 36 TRIN -I -TEE 5:7 B-RITE 490359/INTERSCOPE OM SPIRITUAL LOVE carry to speak. This will be a event. convention where that's manifested for the first time. Q 16 22 CHESTER D.T. BALDWIN & MUSIC MINISTRY MASS Heralded as largest JDI 1259 SING IT ON SUNDAY MORNING! the gospel music gathering in Legacy V will be appearing and the Dove Brothers, the world, the NQC routinely draws more than 40,000 N Harmony, and new groups coming 13 10 44 YOLANDA ADAMS VERmr43144 THE BEST OF YOLANDA ADAMS that are along visitors and pumps more than $11 million into the and shouldering the burden of the industry for the HEZEKIAH WALKER & THE LOVE FELLOWSHIP CRUSADE CHOIR 14 9 42 VERITY 43132 1E1 FAMILY AFFAIR Louisville economy in that one week. The Friday and future." Saturday BRENT T.P. evening concerts routinely sell out the Beasley says there will be some logistical changes 30 57 JONES AND MOBB a HOLY ROLLER 7012/MCG ® BRENT JONES AND T.P. MOBB 20,000 -seat venue, with attendees lining up before this year as well. "The staging and lighting are going DONALD LAWRENCE PRESENTS THE TRI -CITY SINGERS leaving to purchase tickets for the next year. to be much 16 13 26 -enhanced," he says. "Probably the most EMI GOSPEL 20251 II© TRI- CITY4.COM Participants are drawn by the strong schedule of noticeable change will be the absence of our rotating SAINTS WITH A VISION MUSIC & ARTS SEMINAR MASS 28 14 CHOIR events, including concerts from 6 p.m. until midnight stage. We've decided to go to a stationary round con- 0 MEEK4004 CALLING ALL SAINTS that feature Southern gospel's top acts, as well as figuration. The stage will still be in the center, but it's DERRICK MILAN WITH THE PETER'S ROCK MASS CHOIR 37 ii SOUND OF GOSPEL 2231ININE DERRICK MILAN'S MINISTRY OF PRAISE WITH THE PETER'S afternoon sessions featuring prominent speakers. This going to be a stationary configuration gives us a ROCK MASS CHOIR that year Dr. Charles Stanley will make his first appear- more stage area to work from and allows us more TONYDTIIDWELL & RIGHTEOUS eas- i9 39 9 LIVING GET YOUR PRAYZE ON ance. Bill Gaither will once again host a "class sing," ily to do our afternoon programs. Some of the pro- 01O RE -ENTRY MASQUE MEEK 4008 THANK YOU a group sing-along featuring the best -loved artists in grams like the Pianorama with the five grand the Southern gospel community. Another highlight will and the Gaither sing -along presentations a DOOPGONDRE8W00DS AND CHOSEN -the with 21 RE -ENTRY SOIS ANDRE WOODS AND CHOSEN likely be the Blackwood Reunion. Slated for Saturday lot of people onstage -it would have been almost THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE afternoon (Sept. 23), the event will reunite members of impossible to do those on the rotating stage." 22 15 19 CHOIR M2 .O COMMUNICATIONS/WORD 63805/EPIC GOD IS WORKING - LIVE the Blackwood Brothers Quartet and will include a According to Beasley, the lighting has been upgraded 23 23 10 TARRALYN RAMSEY VERITY43118 TARRALYN RAMSEY special tribute to the legendary James Blackwood. (Continued on next page) 24 17 73 T.D. JAKES ISLAND INSPIRATIONAL 524630/IDJMG ® SACRED LOVE SONGS BISHOP CLARENCE E MCCLENDON PRESENTS THE HARVEST FIRE MEGA MASS CHOIR 25 14 19 INTEGRITY/WORD 63542/EPIC SHOUT HALLELUJAH

26 19 52 WINANS PHASE2 MYRRH/WORD 69881 /EPIC® WE GOT NEXT VARIOUS ARTISTS 27 21 84 MALACO 1002 CELEBRATE THE HERITAGE OF GOSPEL tkvz4 placed its lead single, "Rejoice," in high rotation. VARIOUS ARTISTS The quick- witted contralto-known for her mastery 28 24 30 MALACO 1003 CELEBRATE THE HERITAGE OF GOSPEL 2 of the fine art of musical improvisation-is backed by 29 22 28 THE WILLIAMS BROTHERS BLACKBERRY 1626 /MALACO THE CONCERT Bobby Jones and his Nashville Super Choir on four of VARIOUS ARTISTS the live cuts. 30 18 79 EMI GOSPEL 20209 GREAT WOMEN OF GOSPEL VOLUME II SPIRIT "When you're live, you have the audience to motivate VARIOUS ARTISTS you," Caesar says. "They make you really just let go and 31 32 79 VERITY 43125 WOW GOSPEL 1999 - THE YEAR'S 30 TOP GOSPEL ARTISTS AND SONGS let God have his way. Because of that, I think this album 32 25 41 GOD SQUAD AMEN 1501 GOOD MORNING NEIGHBOR has a lot of spiritual electricity." by Lisa Collins The centerpiece of the label's national media cam- CI 35 25 COMMISSIONED VERITY 4313611111 TIME & SEASONS paign and promotional is 22- THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE CHOIR rollout a minute video doc- 34 31 24 ATIANBC 83297/AG HALLELUJAH! THE VERY BEST OF THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE CHOIR IN RARE FORM: Donnie McClurkin put all of the umenting Caesar in the studio during the making of the RICHARD SMALLWOOD WITH VISION curiosity regarding his vocal health to rest-at least album. While serviced to local and regional TV outlets, 35 26 66 VERITY 43119® HEALING -LIVE IN DETROIT momentarily -with the standout performance he the video will also be used as a value -added promotion- THE MISSISSIPPI MASS CHOIR turned in at a recent KISS -FM promotion New York's al item 36 29 51 at available to consumers via MusicForce.com. MALACO 6031 EMMANUEL (GOD WITH US) World Trade Center in conjunction with the Aug. 22 31 34 12 DARWIN HOBBS EMI GOSPEL 20252 VERTICAL release of his Verity Records debut, "Live In London & MORE NEWS FROM MECCA: Despite the notice- More ® NEW PAUL BEASLEY AND THE ORIGINAL GOSPEL KEYNOTES ..." able absence of some big names at last month's 33rd J &M7284 YOU ARE THE ONE The speculation, fueled by the cancellation of several annual convention of the Gospel Music Workshop of 39 NEW THE CANTON SPIRITUALS BLACKBERRY 1627 / MALACO THE GREATEST HITS major dates this summer, stems from a cyst on his vocal America -including the Mississippi Mass Choir, chords, which caused doctors to insist that he rest. But Yolanda Adams, 40 36 62 GOSPEL GANGSTAZ B -RITE 4900YUnNTERSCOPE ME I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW Hezekiah Walker, Fred Hammond, with the release of the album, featuring guest vocals the Winans (BeBe and CeCe), P. Kee (whose Q Reco ds with the g eatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 John album un is (Gold). RIRA certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIM certification for net shipment of 10 million from Marvin Winans, McClurkin is gearing up for a intended appearance was disrupted by units (Diamond). Nume al following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi -platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with the stork), and a running time of 100 minutes or more ,tethe RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. All albums available on cassette and promotional blitz in key markets, including Atlanta, Dal- Donnie McClurkin remains no Co. 'Asterisk indicates inyl available. indicates past or present Heatseeker titles. ® 2000, Billboard/BPI Communications. -there better barome- las, and Washington, D.C.; a TBN series, which is set to ter of product to come or showcase opportunity for new begin taping later this year; and the release of his first artists to the greater gospel community. Let's go back to church... book, "Eternal Victim, Eternal Victor," due Charles (-r. `Fiu Ïcr out later this Emerging acts generating the most buzz from the (Dr. with Dr. Charles Hayes and the year on Pneuma Publishing. New Orleans meet include Tonex (Tommy Boy/Verity o ,f Truve C Cosmo,mo, intu Church Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir. Verity execs project a top five chart debut for the Records), Natalie Wilson & the SOP Chorale (Gospo Gospel's premier interdenominational eclectic artist, whose only platform is that he is "serving Centric), Damita Haddon (Atlantic), Tarralyn Ram- choir is back with one of their greatest it [gospel] up straight, and that's what a lot of people are sey (Verity), and Shadonna (MarxAn). Speaking of albums yet, "Have Thine Own Way looking for." emerging artists, Brent Jones has entered into an Lord ". This album is full of energetic, exclusive agreement with EMI Gospel. soul stirring, foot stompin', hand C ENTER STAGE: Gospel's first lady of song, Shirley In other news, Dallas-based ALW Entertainment is clappin' songs that will surely take you Caesar, returns to center stage with the Tuesday (5) gearing up for the Sisters in the Spirit tour. The 36 -city back to church. release of her 35th recording, "You Can Make It," from tour, featuring Yolanda Adams, Mary Mary, Shirley Myrrh Records. The live/studio recording, capturing the Caesar, and Angella Christie, kicks off Sept. 26 in 01.0Sr.4 full range of Caesar's gospel genius, is already gener- Chattanooga, Tenn., and will wind down Nov 26 in AFg ating excitement at gospel radio, where announcers have Sacramento, Calif.

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. w COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE, MASS MERCHANT, SndScan® AND REPORTS COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY 1111111111 Lil 3 6 INTERNET SALES COLLECTED, N Ñ ui Q TITLE ,T . 35 IMPRINT & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LAB 11 ARTIST `Birdland' Series Takes Flight On Noch -"NIS NO. 1 SOON: Sonny Rollins RIDING WITH THE KINGA B.B. KING & ERIC CLAPTON LIVE FROM NEW YORK: The COMING 1 I 11 DUCK/REPRISE 47612/WARNER BROS. I weeks- at Na 1 recently completed work on "This Is name "Birdland" is one of the jazz J GOTTA GET THE GROOVE BACK JOHNNIE TAYLOR world's most recognizable monikers, What I Do" (Milestone), featuring 2 2 42 MALACO 7499 evoking smoky images of late -night pianist Stephen Scott, bassist Bob LIVE ON KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND 3 46 BLUE trombonist Clifton 3 GIANT /REPRISE 24729/WARNER BROS. jam sessions where musical history Cranshaw, WANDER THIS WORLD JONNY LANG was made. Named for Charlie "Bird" NOTES Anderson, and drummers Jack 4 97 ® A &M 540984 /INTERSCOPE Parker, the club opened its original DeJohnette and Perry Wilson. The BEST OF ETTA JAMES ETTA JAMES early- November release includes 5 BD MCA 111953 52nd Street location in New York in by Steve Graybow three new Rollins compositions. 6 THE REAL DEAL GREATEST HITS VOLUME 2 STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE December 1949 and stayed there for 8 76 LEGACY 65873/EPIC more than two decades. In 1986, Bird- of Dexter Gordon, while vocalist Contemporary jazz guitarist Doc 5 BLUES AT SUNRISE STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE 21 land reopened on Broadway and 105th Seifers (with appropriately sympa- Powell has signed with Santa Moni- 7 LEGACY 63842/EPIC ca, Calif.-based Samson Records, with LOUD GUITARS, BIG SUSPICIONS SHANNON CURFMAN Street before moving to its current thetic backing by pianist Michael 8 6 46 ARISTA 14614 Times Square location four years ago. Kanan) boasts a simplicity -is -best an album expected in early 2001. BEST OF B.B. KING THE MILLENNIUM COLLECTION B.B. KING (Warn- 67 The club's creative atmosphere and approach that draws deeply from her Brad Mehldau's "Places" 9 9 MCA 111939 name focal points own emotional reservoir. The Souri- er Bros.) (Tuesday [5]), includes CIRCLE INDIGENOUS trademark are the 10 10 16 PACHYDERM 8I I of the new "Birdland Sessions" series, au set showcases the pianist /com- recordings by Mehldau's trio (featur- O MAKIN' LOVE IS GOOD FOR YOU B.B. KING issued on the Koch Jazz label. Slated poser's ability to place complex ideas ing bassist Larry Grenedier and 11 13 18 MCA 112241 for release Sept. 26 are albums by gui- within a riveting yet accessible con- drummer Jorge Rossy) and solo BLUES ERIC CLAPTON RE -ENTRY ID POLYDOR 547178 /UNIVERSAL tarist Garrison Fewell, vocalist Jill text. piano tracks. The material was com- IN SESSION ALBERT KING WITH STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN Seifers, and the Magali Souriau Donald Elfman, director of jazz posed in various cities around the 13 14 51 STAX 7501 /FANTASY Orchestra. All were recorded on for Koch Entertainment, releases on world while Mehldau was on tour. MATERIAL THINGS MEL WAITERS 14 11 49 WALDOXY 2825 /MALACO Birdland's stage; the club houses its the Koch Jazz label approximately 15 Guitarist Andy Summers cele- ROYAL BLUE KOKO TAYLOR own 24 -track recording facility. albums a year by current jazz artists, brates the music of Charles Mingus 15 12 9 ALLIGATOR 4873 "The focus of the series, initially, is along with approximately 40 reissues. on "Peggy's Blue Skylight" (RCA, new artists," says series producer Elfrnan hopes that the "Birdland Ses- Sept. 26) along with guest vocalist TOP REGGAE ALBUMS. Ryan Paternite. "For the first re- sions" will attract an audience with its Deborah Harry, rapper Q -Tip (recit- leases, we chose artists who have famous name, retaining buyers' ing Mingus' poem "Where Can A played at the club and done well, who patronage by virtue of the series' Man Find Peace "), and the Kronos NO. 1 BEENIE MAN have a following even if they are not appealing music. Quartet. Summers' previous release, 7 ART AND LIFE 1 - 1 SHOCKING VIBESNP 4909,3"/VIRGIN . known on a large scale. Most im- "The fact is, without new talent, "Green Chimneys," feted the music of UNCHAINED SPIRIT BUJU BANTON portantly, we wanted artists who we the music dies," says Elfman. "We . (2.) NEW ANTI /PENTHOUSE 86580 * /EPITAPH so unique to say, have a small, precious market, and Rapper Guru releases the third REGGAE GOLD 2000 VARIOUS ARTISTS felt had something 2 14 3 VP 1599* musically." we have to nurture it with new ar- installment of the R&B-meets-jazz CHANT DOWN BABYLON BOB MARLEY Fewell, in a tists." Elfman notes that recent cut- "Jazzmatazz" (Virgin) series Sept. 26, 4 3 41 Guitarist performing TUFF GONG/ISLAND 546404 * /IDJMG quartet setting, has an adventurous backs in roster size by major labels with special guests Herbie Hancock STAGE ONE SEAN PAUL 4 23 5 2 HARD 1572 *NP approach to both melody and impro- will possibly provide smaller labels and , among others. 5 3Q BIGGEST RAGGA DANCEHALL ANTHEMS VARIOUS ARTISTS visation that Paternite likens to that like Koch "access to some great Contemporary jazz saxophonist © 9 GREENSLEEVES 4001 artists searching for a new home." Marion Meadows explores Latin MORE FIRE CAPLETON 16 You" 26), 7 6 DAVID HOUSE 1587 *NP He hopes to have releases by estab- rhythms on "Next To (Sept. REGGAE PARTY VARIOUS ARTISTS lished jazz artists joining those by his second date for Heads Up. 8 7 58 HIGHER GROUND POLYGRAM TV /ISLAND 565654/IDJMG new artists. The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, led DANCEHALL XPLOSION 2000 VARIOUS ARTISTS (Continued from preceding page) 14 has by composer William Russo, releas- 9 8 JAMDOWN 40033 Currently, producer Paternite A La THE BEST OF BOB MARLEY BOB MARLEY to produce an even better quality two additional "Birdland Sessions" es its sophomore date, "Kenton O10 13 7 RETRO 9805 /ST. CLAIR video of the year. ready for release, one by trumpeter Russo: Live At The Jazz Showcase" REGGAE XPLOSION 2000 VARIOUS ARTISTS was Herb Pomeroy's quartet and one by (Hallway), Sept. 12. The Ensemble 11 10 14 JAMDOWN 40034 Last year the event captured on CD and video and released as Pierre Dorge & New Jungle Orches- will perform at the Jazz Showcase in SCROLLS OF THE PROPHET - THE BEST OF PETER TOSH PETER TOSH 12 9 60 COLUMBIA 65921/CRG "NQC Live" as a joint venture by the tra. Paternite anticipates a total of 25 Chicago Sept. 11 to celebrate the JIMMY CLIFF - ULTIMATE COLLECTION JIMMY CLIFF Daywind and Homeland labels. The releases over the course of five years. release. 11 27 13 HIP-0 546727 /UNIVERSAL last NQC per- The series will be on sale at the club Challenge Records releases a set SPIRIT OF MUSIC & THE MELODY MAKERS collection featured the 1CD RE -ENTRY ELEKTRA 62396/EEG formance of the late Cathedrals (along with traditional retail outlets) of solo piano music by Dutch pianist REGGAE GOLD 1999 VARIOUS ARTISTS who was so ill and will be promoted on the club's Misha Mengelberg Sept. 12. Titled 15 14 67 vocalist Glen Payne, VP 1559* he contributed his performance by Web site, birdlandjavz.com, with a link "Solo," the album includes both clas- phone. This year the NQC will be to amazon.com. sically tinged compositions and spon- TOP WORLD MUSIC ALBUMS recorded and released on video and Birdland will host a release party taneous improvisations, all showcas- CD by Daywind during the fourth Sept. 27, with performances by ing Mengelberg's uncanny ability to quarter. Seifers, Fewell, and the Magali Souri- imbue his music with countless sur- --.. NO. 1 LET THE DOGS OUT BAHA MEN Another change this year is that the au Orchestra. prises. 1 5 WHO S- CURVE/SHERIDAN SQUARE 751052 /ARTEMIS -"' -,s at No. 1 NQC will begin handling hotel reser- SOGNOA' ANDREA BOCELLI 2 2 74 POLYDOR 547222 vations for those purchasing tickets TANTO TEMPO BEBEL GILBERTO for the event. "It will be one -stop shop- 3 4 17 ZIRIGUIBOOM 1026 /SIX DEGREES im ping for attendees," says Beasley. BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB PRESENTS OMARA PORTUONDO OMARA PORTUONDO 3 16 The event will be promoted via 4 WORLD CIRCUIT /NONESUCH 79603/AG Mil DRALION CIRQUE DU SOLEIL radio and TV ads. Beasley notes that RE -ENTRY O RCA VICTOR 63559 ad buys in conjunction with Gaither 6 BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB PRESENTS IBRAHIM FERRER IBRAHIM FERRER 6 64 television shows airing on the TNN WORLD CIRCUIT /NONESUCH 79532/AG Mil PECORDS and PAX network are particularly THE IRISH TENORS JOHN MCDERMOTT/ANTHONY KEARNS/RONAN TYNAN 6 77 MASTERTONE 8552/POINT IN effective. The NQC will also distrib- THE IRISH TENORS LIVE IN BELFAST ANTHONY KEARNS/RONAN TYNAN /FINBAR WRIGHT ute a printed promotional piece for 8 7 26 ' MASTERTONE 9018/POINT IIM artists to hand out at their product POCKET FULL OF PARADISE NA LEO RE -ENTRY Q THE MOUNTAIN APPLE COMPANY 83010 tables after concerts. iWii0ii(ii ISLAND ROOTS VARIOUS ARTISTS Since this September marks the 10 11 19 QUIET STORM 1008 11th annual observance of Southern 0 CIRQUE DU SOLEIL 21 Il 8 RCA VICTOR 63358 Gospel Music month, everyone in the TAKE ME HOME ALEE community will be looking to raise the MUSIC 12 9 3 HAWAIIAN RACK SERVICES 19064 music's profile. To help celebrate the HOTTEST 12" SINGLES LA NOUBA CIRQUE DU SOLEIL 13 12 13 RCA VICTOR 63502 genre's roots and encourage growth "OANCEHAII 101" WATER FROM THE WELL THE CHIEFTAINS in the future, the Southern Gospel COI VP1592 & 11P1593 14 14 27 RCA VICTOR 63637 Music Guild is offering "idea kits" JOAO VOZ E VIOLAO JOAO GILBERTO CALL TOLL FREE TO PLACE ORDERS 1.800.441.4041 FAX:118.658.3573 10 3 through its Web site at sgmg.org, S 21ST 15 VERVE 546713 MAIN BRANCH : 89-05 138TH STREET. VP FLORIDA 6022 W. STREET items to aid radio JAMAICA, NY 11435 TEL: 17181291 -7058 MIRAMAR, FLORIDA 33023 Albums wlh t e greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIM) certification for net shipment of 500.000 album units (Gold). which will contain O A TEL 19541 966 -4744 FAX :1954) 966 -8766 ne 1 RIAA cemficahon for net shipment of 10 million undo (Diamond). Numeral following Play Fi RIM certification for shipment of million unos (Platinum). o, Di mond s mbol indicates album's mullr.platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more. the RIM muni stations, promoters, and artists in pro- pliems snipm nts by he number of 0rscs anWar tapes. All albums available on cauete and CD. RIM Latin awards: O Certification for net shipment of 100.000 units (oro). G Certi icahon of 200.000 units (Platino). A' Certification of 400.000 Lints (Muni -Platino). 'Asterisk Indicates vinyl available. ® indicates past and moting Southern gospel. present He tseelers tines G 2000, Billbard/BPI Communications and Soundsan. Inc.

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www.americanradiohistory.com Pro Audio ARTISTS & MUSIC Presence Studios Turns 20 With Upgrades, Expansìon L OCATED LESS THAN one A three -room facility devoted artists living in the area, Fair- the agency heads, and creative Neve VR60 is housed in the con- hour's drive from Manhattan in to music recording and post -pro- field County is home to countless directors," Russell says. "Fair- trol room of Studio A, Presence the community of Westport, duction, Presence Studios is advertising executives and cre- field County is a who's who of Studios' main tracking space. Conn., Presence Studios West- marking its 20th anniversary ative directors as well as CEOs these guys." The control room is equipped port seems a world away from the with expansion and equipment With neighbors like these, with a surround monitoring simmering cauldron that is sum- upgrades. Founded by artist Jon Presence Studios has positioned array, which has been put to use mer in New York. Russell in 1980 in New Haven, itself perfectly, from both a geo- on projects such as the multi- Despite close proximity to New Presence Studios has had sever- graphic standpoint and that of its channel mix of Sting's "Brand York, Westport looks and feels al homes, settling in Westport in equipment and services. Further, New Day," for DTS release. The like the New England community 1993 in a space built from the Presence Studios' use of ISDN 5.1 mix for "Brand New Day" was it is, and Presence Studios ground up by the Dallas -based (Integrated Services Digital Net- done by Scheiner, a Fairfield reflects its surroundings with a Russ Berger Design Group. work, an international communi- County resident and frequent comfortable, luxurious vibe that While Presence Studios' client cations standard for sending client. suits many of the producers, engi- base had steadily grown -from by Christopher Walsh voice, video, and data over tele- Russell is quick to mention his neers, and artists living in the regional to national to interna- phone lines) enables the facility affinity for a manufacturer also vicinity. While Presence Studios tional- during its earlier incar- to work with talent from any- celebrating an anniversary this is equipped as one would expect nations in New Haven, the West- from the business world at large. where in the world, such as year. After purchasing his first any high -end studio in New York port facility signaled its arrival This additional client base pro- William Shatner, who provides Fairlight -a CMI Series II -in to be, the emphasis on quality of as a world -class facility. Presence vides Presence Studios with voice -overs for Priceline.com ads, 1982, he has been an ardent sup- life is everywhere, from the dis- Studios, in fact, is a member of ample advertising work, such as or artist John Fogerty, who porter of the manufacturer of creet exterior of the waterfront the elite World Studio Group, an ads for Priceline.com and Home reviewed mixes of his "Premoni- digital audio systems ever since facility to the well- appointed inte- organization of 30 of the most Depot. tion" album from his Los Angeles and has recently added two rior, complete with comfortable prestigious studios in the world. "A lot of guys from Young & home while engineer Elliot Prodigy digital audio worksta- lounges and office services for In addition to the many suc- Rubicam live in town -the Scheiner worked in Studio A. tions, the latest system from visiting clients. cessful producers, engineers, and account executives, in some cases Catering to music clients, a (Continued on next page)

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NASHVILLE services, because we have access to ing album, assisted by Bobby Morse. (Papa Roach, Eve 6, Orgy) handled tant Jeremy Welch. Lucille Rollins virtually every digital and analog for- Collin Raye and engineer Billy the Pro Tools system. produced. ON JULY 24, Dreamhire Profes- mat as well as the most popular types Sherrill mixed in the Euphonix Producer/engineer Matt Wallace New and classic Cleo Laine re- sional Audio Rentals welcomed Nash- of analog multitrack noise reduction." CS3000 room, assisted by Morse. (Faith No More, Train, Paul West- cordings were given Studer Dyaxis ville's music community to the grand Dreamhire's three locations - Grammy -winner Thoener also mixed erberg) mixed the new single "Flight mastering treatment in Studio C for opening of Dreamhire Professional Nashville, New York, and London - a Moby/Elton John duet for Moby's 601" for Universal act Fenix TX. an upcoming greatest-hits collection Audio Services (DPAS). Located at offer audio services to the pro audio upcoming self -produced album. Wallace also produced and mixed and live release, recorded at Car- 916 19th Ave. S. in the heart of Music community. Weeks assisted. songs for the upcoming Sony debut negie Hall. Row, DPAS is a dedicated facility for "It's the natural evolution of meet- Producer Clyde Brooks mixed from Flybanger. Both sessions uti- Latin jazz king Chico O'Farrill pre -mastering and mastering, inter - ing the demands of our high -end artist Chris Michaels in the Mix lized 2 -inch analog tape and Pro and his ensemble also recorded in and intra-format transfer, archiving, clientele," adds David Olivier, sales Room at Emerald Sound Studios. Tools. Studio A, to Studer D827 digital 48- audio and tape restoration, tape for- and marketing manager in Dream - Emerald installed a Euphonix Sys- Producer /engineer John Travis track, for a La Casa release. matting, Pro Tools, RADAR II, dig- hire's New York office. tern 5 digital console in the Mix (Kid Rock, Sugar Ray, Save Ferris) At the Loft Recording Studios in ital editing, tape editing /copying, and Co -owner Dave Cline reports a Room in the spring. Jim Cotton mixed Buckcherry's forthcoming Bronxville, Columbia act C -Note CD duplication. busy summer at Seventeen Grand engineered, assisted by Graham DreamWorks album. All sessions completed two tracks written by With so much work now done in Recording. Among the sessions were Lewis. At Ardent Studios in Mem- were mixed on Scream's Solid State Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken for small, private project studios in Mindy McCready and producer phis, Brooks and engineer John Logic 9000 J Series console and its debut album. Al Hemberger en- Nashville (and elsewhere), DPAS Billy Joe Walker in the Neve room Hampton mixed Australian group assisted by Jay Goin. gineered. Sturken, Rogers, and provides an interface between these with engineers Chuck Ainlay and Coloryard on Ardent's Solid State At Skip Saylor Recording, Flava Hemberger also mixed a song by rooms and larger studios in town. David Thoener, who recorded over- Logic G Series console. Matt Mar - Unit artist Queen Latifah, with pro- Innocent/Virgin artist Martine "Dreamhire has always stayed on dubs and mixed, assisted by Amy tone assisted. ducers BuD'Da and Kendu, tracked McCutcheon. The track, written top of all of the digital formats so that Frigo and Matt Weeks. Walker also Several changes have been and mixed an upcoming release. and produced by Sturken and we could provide top -notch technical produced Travis Tritt in the Neve announced at East Iris Recording Daniel Romero and Chris Puram Rogers, was recorded at Eden Stu- support to our clients," says Jeff room. Ainlay mixed, assisted by Studios. Nashville music veteran engineered, assisted by Paul Smith dios in London. Jack Clark assisted Altheide, GM of Dreamhire Frigo. Milan Bogdan has been named GM, and Regula Merz. on the mix. Nashville. "It made perfect sense for Kenny Rogers and engineer Jim and Sharon Cumbee is now handling Loud Records act Tha Alkaholiks At 22nd Street Studios in Manhat- us to begin offering these types of McKell worked on Rogers' upcom- marketing and media projects. Also were in with producer E -Swift track- tan, producer Eve Nelson recently joining the staff are engineers Kevin ing and mixing for an upcoming finished a track with MCA's Mandah Szymanski and Monte McDearis. album. Romero engineered and and tracks for Billy Crawford's Recent sessions at East Iris mixed with Merz and Smith assisting. upcoming V2 release. 22nd Street include Faith Hill with producer Interscope's gospel act 4th Studios is the private studio for Nel- Chris Noll and engineer Ben Avenue Jones mixed an upcoming son-O'Reilly Productions. Fowler, recording for an Alltel Com- album with producers Kip Wilson munication commercial. and Ahmad. Puram mixed with CHICAGO Chely Wright was mixing for an assistance from Ian Blanch. Rick Sims, former leader of the upcoming MCA release with produc- DJ Quik was also at Skip Saylor Didjits, has been at Chicago's ers Tony Brown and Buddy Can- Recording, doing remixes for his al- Engine Music Studios with his new non and engineers Justin Neibank bum "Balance & Options." Smith and band, the Gaza Strippers. The Strip- and Szymanski, who also assisted on Merz assisted. pers recorded tracks straight to ana- the Hill session. log in Studio C for their fall 2000 NEW YORK Lookout! Records release. The ses- LOS ANGELES sion was engineered by Jason Ward CLIENTS AT CLINTON Record- and Chris Brickley. P RODUCER/ENGINEER Bill ing on 10th Avenue in Manhattan this Love Session. Laura Love recorded her latest Rounder /Universal release at Kennedy (Nine Inch Nails, Filter, summer include the legendary Please send material forAudio Track Bear Creek Studios in Seattle. Pictured, from left, are producer Joe Chiccarelli, Staind) was at Scream Studios mix- Sonny Rollins, who tracked with his to Christopher Walsh, pro audio edi- drummer Chris Leighton, Love, manager Mary McFoul, guitarist Rod Cook, and ing the new Megadeth album with group in Studio A for an upcoming tor, Billboard, 770 Broadway New engineer Brad Zefferin. co- producer Dave Mustaine for Fantasy Records release. Troy York, N.Y. 10003; fax: 646- 654 -4681; Capitol Records. James Murray Halderson engineered with assis- E -mail: cwalsh @billboard.com.

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`'ffir,sound qualitg,.J,, STUDIO MONITOR (Continued from preceding page) herg!, Fairlight, which is 25 years old make up for a lack of processing we're going high -tech digital, we The next phase of Presence Stu- this year. The Prodigy system power." still use a lot of high -quality ana- dios' expansion is upstairs, where combines a 24 -track hard disc In conjunction with the Fairlight log equipment on the front end. Russell expects a new room to be recorder, digital audio editor, and digital systems, Presence Studios And in addition to the high- quali- online in November. The second fully automated digital mixer in continues to employ analog equip- ty Fairlight converters, we also Prodigy will be installed here. one package, designed specifical- ment on the front end, Russell use Apogee converters for certain "That room is going to be a lux- ly for audio production, post -pro- adds. applications." ury suite," Russell duction, and mixing. "We use GML 8200 microphone One Prodigy sys- explains. "The other "Fairlight retains the integri- preamplifiers for the Prodigys," he tem has just been A lot of guys rooms are really dedi- ty of the data far superior to any says. "They're wonderful, crystal installed in Studio cated to audio record- machine out there," Russell says. clear. We use those exclusively. It's B, which caters to from Young & ing, whereas this "It does so because it has the pro- a wonderful combination with the audio post- produc- live in room, in addition to cessing power to continually read Prodigy. We still use Tube Tech tion projects as well Rubicam having the latest gear the original data, as opposed to tube EQs, Neve 33609 compres- as overdubs and town -the and everything, is having to rewrite it in order to sors, things like that. Just because mastering and had really going to empha- most recently fea- account size client comfort. tured a Fairlight The room has got 9- MFX3plus digital executives, the foot palladium win- workstation. The dows overlooking the intimate atmos- agency heads, water. It's really beau- phere of Studio B is tiful up there. In the a favorite of adver- and creative music industry, I'll tising directors as directors. probably do a reason- well as film and able amount of mas- television produc- Fairfield tering up there, ers. because it's going to Presence Stu- County is a be a really nice atmos- dios' third room, phere to do that in. Edit C, is a who's who of But it's mainly going Fairlight MXF3- to be geared toward equipped editing these guys' corporate work, film and duplication - JON RUSSELL - post -production, suite. Duplication, assembly, things like while not a large that." A Little Louder. Little Labs founder Jonathan Little, left, and engineer Joe Bar - resi point to the Little Labs PCP Instrument Distro Rev 2.5 guitar splitter at Extasy part of the overall I SAW Mule in Sep- South in Los Angeles, where Barresi is mixing American Records artist Louder- business, offers a significant FIRST Gov't milk. return on a relatively small invest- tember 1994. The power trio ment. played to a packed house for some- thing like four hours, jamming with numerous guests along the way, including Joan Osborne and ex -Spin Doctor Eric Schenk - man. With a lineup consisting of PRODUCTION CREDITS then -Allman Brothers Band BILLBOARD'S NO. 1 SINGLES (SEPTEMBER 2, 2000) players Warren Haynes and CATEGORY HOT 100 R &B COUNTRY ADULT TOP 40 MAINSTREAM Allen Woody, and Matt Abts on TITLE DOESN'T REALLY MATTER NO MORE WHAT ABOUT NOW BENT LAST RESORT drums, Gov't Mule roared through Artist/ Janet/J. Jam, T. Lewis, J. Ruff Endz/ Lonestar Matchbox 20/ Papa Roach! Jackson Producer Eddie F, D. Lighty D. Huff M. Serletic J. Baumgardner one song after another, finishing Jam /Def Soul) (Label) (Def (Epic) (BNA) (Lava/Atlantic) (Dreamworks) its last set shortly before sunrise. While it was a very new band in '94, its reputation had quickly RECORDING FLYTE TYME PLAYGROUND/ THE TRACKING ROOM TREE SOUND NRG STUDIO(S) (Edina, MN) MINIMANSION (Nashville) (Atlanta) (Los Angeles) spread, and the band was on a fast Engineer(s) Steve Hodge (New Jersey) Jeff Balding Noel Golden David Dominguez upward trajectory. Its unfath- Sheldon Goode omable improvisational journeys, something like a marriage of the CONSOLE(S)/ Harrison series 10 Amek Galileo SSL 90001 Pro Tools Neve 8078 Allmans' Southern rock sensibili- DAW(S) Amek Galileo ty with Cream's psychedelic for-

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www.americanradiohistory.com Son.writers & Publishers ARTISTS & MUSIC NO_ 7 SONG CREITS T I T L E - W R I T E R P U B L IS H E R Music City Does The Tighten-Up THE HOT 100 DOESN'T REALLY MATTER Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis EMI April /ASCAP, Flyte cyme /ASCAP, Black IceBMI Post-Boom Nashville Publishers Have Changed Business Practices HOT COUNTRY SINGLES & TRACKS IT MUST BE LOVE Bob McDill Universal -PolyGram International/ ASCAP, Ranger Bob /ASCAP BY WADE JESSEN up or a contract comes up for rene- instincts for creative compatibility. NASHVILLE -Like many sectors gotiation, we do a lot of analysis and Those contracts, Higdon adds, are HOT R&B SINGLES WIFEY Keir Gist, Eddie Berkeley, R.L. Huggar Divine Mill /ASCAP, WB /ASCAP, Fingaz Goal/ASCAP, Uh of the music industry, Nashville's take a real hard look. We're making being dealt with one at a time as they Oh /BMI, Ensign /BMI music publishing community contin- some difficult cuts sometimes. If it's come up for renewal. He also says HOT RAP SINGLES ues to redirect itself with quiet opti- not working, we just acknowledge that there was some inevitable fallout. BOUNCE WITH ME Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat, Bryan -Michael Cox EMI April /ASCAP, So So Def /ASCAP, mism following the early '90s country that and move on." "Naturally, when you go through a Air Control/ASCAP, Throwin' Tantrums /ASCAP, Babyboÿ s Little/SESAC, Noontime South/SESAC, music boom. The trimming of fat merger, some people just don't want TCF /ASCAP, Fox Tunes /SESAC from writer rosters, microscopically POST- MERGER PROGRESS to stay," he says. HOT LATIN TRACKS evaluated new writer deals, and Pat Higdon, senior VP/GM at Uni- IMAGINAME SIN TI Mark Portmann, Rudy Perez Rubet /ASCAP, Universal /ASCAP, Marport/ASCAP increased catalog exploitation have versal Music's Nashville shop, says his DOES MORE PLAY EQUAL inspired a senior manager at one pub- company is operating on solid ground, MORE INCOME? lishing superpower to title the wild- although he admits that it took a while Up the street at Warner/Chappell, cat growth period "the era of the stu- for it to happen following the April 1, an understandably tight -lipped exec- Rare Music By Theater Composers pid deal." 1999, merger of MCA and PolyGram. utive VP/GM Tim Wipperman won't Meanwhile, the onslaught of un- "Obviously, they were two large com- comment about his company's pend- Find A Home On Oakton Recordings signed writers is bringing new vital- panies with pretty detailed historical ing merger with EMI, but he says ity to independent companies as perspectives to them," says Higdon. that too much of the post -boom focus A LEGACY TO PASS ON: Ben- Connor are joined on this album many of them significantly refine "It was not a cakewalk to fold those has been on consolidation, when the jamin Sears and Bradford Con- by cabaret act Valerie Anastasio their creative banks and extend the things together. We still have issues real issue is the constriction of the nor, entertainers as well as and Tim Harbold. reach of various opportunities. Old to deal with in regards to that, on country music business. entrepreneurs of a Boston -based Sears notes that yet another both the business and creative sides." boutique label, have been giving new album, "Rest You Merry," As for the merger itself, Higdon fans of musical theater their ren- celebrates the Christmas season A lot of deals done adds that Universal is making rela- `Even with the ditions of a bevy of rare, early with several rarities. There is a tively quick progress on those unre- works, mostly beyond the reaches 1917 piece -a in the boom time solved situations and says the mar- obvious benefits of of copyright protection. ragtime Christmas carol based are causing riage has created "one of the most a smaller company Sears, a vocalist, and Connor, a on "God Rest You Merry Gen- powerful catalogs the [industry] has pianist (and sometimes vocalist), tlemen," which was commis- [writers] to be ever seen. In our Nashville market- -like more operate Oakton Recordings, sioned by New York World mag- place, it created a unique opportuni- which started things off in 1995, azine. "Even the Kern clan deeply in the red to ty to have a large, deep well of catalog personalized seven years after they formed a didn't know about this one," says that is generally under -exploited, cabaret act. Sears. their publishing unlike some of the other corporate attention -most "We knew early [Irving] Berlin Berlin makes two appearances publishers who have gone through songs that we thought would be fun on the album, with the holiday companies' that." [songwriters] are to record," says Connor. "There songs "Santa Claus," written in a was on of 1916, - WOODY BOMAR - Higdon adds that plan may be being more sensible little interest the part and "Christmas Time unveiled soon that involves strategic established companies, so we did it Seems Years And Years Away," affiances with publishers and others about their ourselves. We thought it was a from 1910. (Berlin, of course, hot -button issues, such as song holds, who have a history with various veins great hook to would decades have cooled down, too. in Universal's catalog. "The three or prospects' start with early later pen his As with any unpleasant fallout due four people [we have in mind] have Berlin, half of classic "White to leaner times, the elimination of experience with some of the catalogs - CYNDI FORMAN - which [most Words &Musìç Christmas. ") many accomplished yet unproductive we now own, yet are very active and fans probably] A fourth tunesmiths has churned out some less aggressive on an entrepreneurial "Now that [radio] singles are last- never heard. rarity is a than glowing press. Woody Bomar, basis on their own behalf," he says. ing 24 -26 weeks or more [on the Labels also said George Ger- VP/GM of creative for Sony /ATV Ideally, Higdon contends, such chart], there are 30 % -40% fewer that they didn't shwin piece, Tree Publishing, says much of the agreements would also encompass co- releases during the chart year," he want an album by In Lichtman "Snow." hoopla that arose nearly two years signings of new writers: "This would says. "Because so much of our income [that was half] Another song, ago while his company was beginning keep [those] publishers from having is based on performances, the ques- unknown songs." and Oscar to tighten its creative force was to sign five or six writers to be com- tion is, Does the increased length of So, selling direct and with dis- Hammerstein's "Happy Christ- unfounded. petitive with songs on a small -pub- play on a given single translate into a tribution through Original Cast mas Little Friend," was intro- "There was publicity about us hav- lisher basis. They would be working commensurate increase in perfor- Records, the label has produced duced with great fanfare in 1952 ing this dramatic new policy, which our catalog while looking for new mance income ?" six albums so far, basically hold- in Life magazine as the official came from [an industry forum] panel writers to sign." Although time may be the only ing to the half-rare, half-familiar Christmas song. discussion," he says. "It was greatly provider of a definitive answer, Wip- programming format. Aside from these latest two over -dramatized." Bomar says the NO CAP ON NEW SIGNINGS perman says he has doubts that the The original Berlin package, releases, Oakton Recordings will panic wasn't limited to Sony. "A lot Although Universal now has an query has been adequately ad- "Come On And Hear!," which cov- continue to explore more early of deals done in the boom time are expansive catalog, Higdon says it dressed. "I'm not entirely convinced ers 1909 -15, was later augmented Berlin, with songs from the causing [writers] to be deeply in the doesn't mean that there has been a that, if a given single is played 26 by another Berlin package, "Keep revues "The Ziegfeld Follies" and red to their publishing companies cap on new signings. He says, "We weeks instead of 14 weeks," he says, On Smiling," which continues the "Music Box." now because of money they were had a large roster when we merged "that I'm going to get 26/14ths of that tuneful chronology from 1915 -18. With pressing runs of about advanced, and the activity has not the companies, and we knew that we income." For their third and fourth 2,000 for each album, Connor been there to support it." couldn't maintain and service it the Wipperman says Warner /Chappell efforts, Sears and Connor turned notes that they "try to at least Bomar is quick to add that most of way it should be serviced [at] the size was "about where I wanted it to be" to the Gershwin brothers, first break even on these ventures." the cuts that have been made -and it was." Higdon's evaluation of the in terms of roster size around the celebrating Ira's 100th birthday "If our fellow performers never will continue to be made -are based bulky roll ultimately led to the elimi- time country music business began to in 1996 with "Delicious- Lyrics hear [these songs], they'll never solely upon financial decisions and not nation of more than 30 writers from decline, so no significant adjustments By Ira Gershwin" and then his do them," says Sears. necessarily creative differences. "The a post -merger total of about 65. The were made. "It's something that con- brother George's centennial saying usually is that people aren't remainder of the short -term plan will cerns me," he admits, "but it hasn't year in 1998 with "Sweet And PRINT ON PRINT: The follow- doing `stupid deals' anymore," he be rounded out by aggressive catalog forced me to drop more writers." Low Down," released in 1997. A ing are the best -selling folios explains. "They seem stupid now; exploitation. However, with the EMI merger on fifth album, "Beyond The Rain- from Hal Leonard: they didn't seem stupid at the time. Once Higdon identified and se- the table and no measurable trend to bow," paid tribute to the lyrics of 1. Rage Against The Machine, They seemed like pretty smart busi- cured what he terms "our marquee signal an upswing in the number of E.Y. Harburg. "The Battle Of Los Angeles." ness, and many of them were. But writers," which include Gary Burr, singles released, Wipperman may For their latest offering, Sears 2. Creed, "Human Clay." times have changed." Gordon Kennedy, and Bob McDill, he well be operating under new direc- and Connor have paired the 3. "Buena Vista Social Club." So, how is Sony making certain reviewed the remaining individual tives in the near future. works of Cole Porter and Noël 4. "Pat Metheny Songbook." that the haphazard deals of yore don't writer deals based upon duplication Meanwhile, Nashville's indepen- Coward in "Noël And Cole - 5. Red Hot Chili Peppers, happen anymore? Bomar reveals that of writers with similar styles and dent publishing houses aren't picking Together With Music." Sears and "Californication." "every time a writer's option comes financial histories and with his own (Continued on page 93)

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COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF AIRPLAY SUPPLIED BY BROADCAST z DATA SYSTEMS' RADIO TRACK SERVICE. 90 STATIONS ARE ELEC- wi I- TRONICALLY MONITORED 6 AM TO 12 MIDNIGHT, 7 DAYS A WEEK Mercury On Samba Sound "- w áÑ w 0 á ARTIST TITLE N á =ci IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) DANIELA MERCURY describes Music Center on Sept. 20. Just before --r No. 1 Now-- herself as a sambista. She can't help traveling to the States, the gregari- 3 3 9 LUIS FONSI IMAGINAME SIN TI it. She can't escape it. "Even when I ous 93- year -old and musicians filmed 0 UNIVERSAL LATINO t 1 week at No. I R.PEREZ (M.PORTMANN,R.PEREZ). SON BY FOUR A PURO DOLOR sing funky, I put some samba mix. I a commercial for a Japanese high - 2 10 8 9 SONY DISCOS t A.JAEN (O.ALFANNO) sing with this rhythm in my soul," tech company at Havana's Casa de la GISSELLE JURAME Notas 3 2 2 14 says Mercury. "In the middle of Amistad. ARIOLNBMG LATIN t K.SANTANDER,B.OSSA (K.SANTANDER) MARC ANTHONY MUY DENTRO DE MI 4 5 6 21 other rhythms there's always a little The group performed "Chan COLUMBIA/SONY DISCOS t C.ROONEY (M.ANTHONY,C.ROONEY) FERNANDEZ SI TE samba in my voice." by Leila Cobo Chan" and other tunes while young 5 4 4 $ SONY DISCOS E.ESTEFAN JR.,K.SANTANDER (K.SA TA DER) Which is why Mercury's sixth al- couples danced on the patio of the 7 9 GLORIA ESTEFAN COMO ME DUELE PERDERTE © 5 bum, "Sol Da Liberdade," is essen- Still, Mercury remains steadfast elegant former mansion, where EPIC/SONY DISCOS E.ESTEFAN JR.,G.NORIEGA,R.BLADES (M.FLORES) JOAN SEBASTIAN SECRETO DE AMOR 7 6 5 19 tially a celebration of samba even as it in her commitment to furthering the Segundo often performs when at MUSART /BALBOA J.SEBASTIAN ( J.SEBASTIAN) explores new idioms, sounds, and even cause of Brazilian music worldwide, home in the Cuban capital. Which is RICARDO ARJONA CUANDO 15 29 3 even in the face of her Spanish -lan- not often, these days. The cigar - ® SONY DISCOS t R.ARJONA,A.00000 PENA (R.ARJONA) CHRISTINA AGUILERA POR SIEMPRE TU 9 9 7 9 guage recordings. smoking senior toured Europe over RCA/BMG LATIN t R.PEREZ (D.WARREN) CHRISTIAN CASTRO POR AMARTE ASI "Singing in Spanish is a positive the summer and will perform in 10 13 15 6 ARIOLNBMG LATIN K.SANTANDER ( E.REYES,A.MONTALBAN) thing so people understand the words, fall. His new album, Japan this JULIO IGLESIAS GOZAR LA VIDA 11 10 8 9 because they're obviously important recorded in Malaga, Spain, is to be COLUMBIA/SONY DISCOS t ESTEFANO (ESTEFANQJ.IGLESIAS) BANDA EL RECODO YO SE QUE TE ACORDARAS as well," she says. "But I sing better released at year's end. 10 12 14 21 FONOVISA NOT LISTED (J.MARQUEZ) in Portuguese. Each language has a Omara Portuondo, whose new CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA EN CADA GOTA DE MI SANGRE 13 8 11 6 special sound, a musicality. I wish peo- solo album was recently released on FONOVISA J.GUILLEN (J.DE JESUS PINEDA RAMOS) MELINA LEON CUANDO UNA MUJER 12 21 3 ple would attempt to appreciate Por- Nonesuch Records, is also touring 14 SONY DISCOS A.JAEN (O.ALFANNO) listen a U.S., in Atlanta on VICTOR DMANUELLE tuguese and that they'd with the premiering 15 11 16 7 dictionary," she adds with a laugh. Sept. 15 and wrapping up at New COMOED(UELE Regardless, the issue of marketing York's Beacon Theatre on Oct. 28. --111 GREATEST GAINER REY RUIZ MUEVELO 33 35 3 a Portuguese- language album in Opening for Portuondo and her 16 BOHEMINUNIVERSAL LATINO. J.SILVESTRINI (J,FLORES,A.GARCIA,N.SEROUSSII other countries is tricky. Mercury '40s- flavored band is Barbarito Tor- RUBIO LO HARE POR TI 11 16 13 7 PAULINA MERCURY just came back from 24 tour dates in res, the lute player who is also a UNIVERSAL LATINO ESTEFANO (ESTEFANO) ROGELIO MARTINEZ Y SIGUES SIENDO TU 20 19 13 Europe, and in Brazil, her recently member of the Buena Vista gang. 18 DISCOS CISNE NOT LISTED (S.TWAIN,R.LANGE) languages. Released in Brazil last released single "Como Vai Vocé ?," a As previously reported, another LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE DE PAISANO A PAISANO 19 NEW 10. I by BMG Brazil, "Sol" was soap opera theme played on Brazil - Buena Vista alumnus, Eliades FONOVISA LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE (NOT LISTED) spring MICKEY TAVERAS HISTORIA ENTRE TUS DEDOS 20 17 14 6 released Aug. 22 in the U.S. and in ian radio, has boosted sales of "Sol" Ochoa, will also launch a 14 -city KAREN/UNIVERSAL LATINO M.TAVERAS (G.GRIGNANI) fall, pro- LUIS ENRIQUE QUE SE YO Europe by BMG U.S. Latin in its orig- even though it's not an album track. North American tour this 21 32 2 - WEACARIBFJWEA LATINA t O.HERNANDEZ,L.ENRIQUE MEDIA (LENRIQUE MEDIA) final version and in a sec- U.S., has - moting his upcoming CD, "Tribute Portuguese In the where Mercury got RIKARENA CUANDO EL AMOR SE DANA 22 19 17 7 ond edition that includes six tracks ten no airplay outside of college sta- To The Cuarteto Patria," due Sept. AN/SONY DISCOS B.CEPEDA ( B.CEPEDA) EL PODER DEL NORTE A ELLA into Spanish. tions, she still garners an avid fol- 12 in the U.S. on Higher Octave (Bill - Cl) 35 2 translated - DISNEMI LATIN M.TORRES (E.GUERRA) Mercury wrote several tracks, and lowing and will be touring several (Continued on next page) LOS TEMERARIOS ERAS TODO PARA MI 24 26 20 5 except for two tracks produced by U.S. cities in September. Appear- FONOVISA t NOT LISTED (A.A.ALBA) FRANCISCO CESPEDES DONDE ESTA LA VIDA 25 21 12 12 Emilio Estefan Jr. and Juan ances include Sept. 14 at the Roxy in WEA LATINA t D.FOSTER (FCESPEDES) LIMITE ACARICIAME Vicente Zambrano, she produced the New York as well as stops in San LATIN TRACKS A -Z 26 22 27 17 album with Andres Levin and Francisco; Los Angeles; Washington, UNIVERSAL LATINO t J.CARRILLO (ALAZAN) entire TITLE (Publisher - Licensing Org.) EL COYOTE Y SU BANDA TIERRA SANTA NO PUEDO OLVIDAR TU VOZ 21 18 18 12 Will Mowat (who had worked with D.C.; Boston; and Miami. 23 A ELLA (Huina, BMI) EMI LATIN NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED) 31 A ESCONDIDAS (Sony /ATV Latin, BMI) LOS HURACANES DEL NORTE EN QUE TRABAJA EL MUCHACHO 36 5 Soul II Soul and Fernanda Abreu). "For years I've been convincing 28 34 FONOVISA NOT LISTED (J.EGOMEZ) 2 A PURO DOLOR (EMOA, ASCAP) t "I wanted to work with a main- record executives to work with this TITO ROJAS QUE MAS TU QUIERES DE MI 26 ACARICIAME (W.B.M., SESAC) 1110. 29 NEW M.P./SONY DISCOS J.GUNDA MERCED (R.MARTINEZ) stream producer so that my music crazy woman who sings in Por- 15 COMO DUELE (Ventura, ASCAP) JYVE V ENTRE TU Y YO 30 30 33 13 could cross borders more easily with- tuguese and wants to get into the pop 6 COMO ME DUELE PERDERTE (Estefan, ASCAP/Mas Sa de EMI LATIN t E.REYES,A.MONTALBAN (E.REYES,A.MONTALBAN) out losing its identity," Mercury says market," says Mercury ruefully. "It's C.V., ASCAP) EMANUEL ORTEGA A ESCONDIDAS 31 27 26 3 of her decision to work with Estefan. very strange for them, but they've 8 CUANDO (Sony /ATV Discos, ASCAP/Arjona Musical, ASCAP) FONOVISA t E.ORTEGA (R.A.VIDALON,E.ORTEGA) 22 CUANDO EL AMOR SE DANA ASCAP) LOS RIELEROS DEL NORTE MENTIROSA DAN, 32 29 24 4 "When I met Emilio, I was surprised released the album in Europe. I want FONOVISA NOT LISTED (RGARZA) 14 CUANDO UNA MUJER (EMOA, ASCAP) po. TIRANOS DEL NORTE PA' QUE SON PASIONES because he told me he knew my BMG to believe. When we're so far, PAISANO A PAISANO 1 19 DE (Not Listed) 33 NEW SONY DISCOS NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED) albums, and I understood that he everything seems impossible. But at 25 DONDE ESTA LA VIDA (Warner/Chappell) LOS TOROS BAND MI NINA 34 23 28 5 liked what I do." least, we have to try to open new 13 EN CADA GOTA DE MI SANGRE (Mundo Musical) UNIVERSAL LATINO t J.P.DIAZ,G.DIAZ (FVELOZ) 28 EN QUE TRABAJA EL MUCHACHO (Ganes, BM)) JULIO PRECIADO Y SU BANDA PERLA DEL PACIFICO ME CAISTE DEL CIELO 35 31 38 12 Indeed, the Estefan/Zambrano con- spaces for artists who sing in other ARIOLNBMG LATIN M.ABDALA (C.REYNA) 30 ENTRE TU Y YO (Erami, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) tributions, including a new version of languages." VICENTE FERNANDEZ LOBO HERIDO 24 ERAS TODO PARA MI )ABG, SESAC) 36 28 25 15 "Creencia Y Fe," are very faithful to SONY DISCOS NOT LISTED (A.MANZANERO) 11 GOZAR LA VIDA (World Deep Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Latin, BMI) AZUL AZUL LA BOMBA 31 NEW 1 the traditional Mercury sound. But HERNANDEZ DEBUTS STRONG - 20 HISTORIA ENTRE TUS DEDOS (Universal -Songs Of PolyGram, SONY DISCOS t R.SAAVEDRA ¢.ZAMBRANA MARCHETTI) BMI) LOS ANGELES AZULES SIN TI NO SE VIVIR the singer /dancer (Mercury has been LY IN CHILE: Only 48 hours after 1, 38 NEW 1 DISNEMI LATIN NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED) 1 IMAGINAME SIN TI [IMAGINE ME WITHOUT YOU] ( Ruhet, dancing since she was 8), best known releasing her new album, romantic CHARLIE ZAA POR TU AMOR 39 24 I 22 12 as the "Queen of Axé," stretches her Chilean singer Myriam Hernández's ASCAP/Universal, ASCAP/Marport, ASCAP) SONOLU%/SONY DISCOS t E.ESTEFAN JR.,J.A.MOLINA (J.AVEDANO) 3 JURAME (EI.PP, BMI) JACI VELASQUEZ UN LUGAR CELESTIAL 40 NEW 1 boundaries by experimenting with "+ Y Más" (Sony Discos) went gold 37 LA BOMBA (Sony /ATV Discos, ASCAP) SONY DISCOS RPERQ M.HBMERMANNILGOMEZ ESCO ' M.HBMERAWIN B.FARREL D.VEIAS(M) WWI touches of funk and , with sales of more than 15,000 copies. 11 LO HARE POR TI (Sony/ATV Latin, BMI/World Deep Music, POP TROPICAL/SALSA REGIONAL MEXICAN notably in "Itapua @no 2000," an Hernández, considered Chile's best- ASCAP) edgy track that finds Mercury rap - known female balladeer since the late 36 LOBO HERIDO (Manzamusic, SACM/D'Nico Inri, BMI) FONOVISA 35 ME CAISTE DEL CIELO (Reyna Cornelio, ASCAP/Rightsong, 1 SON BY FOUR SONY DISCOS 1 LUIS FONSI UNIVERSAL LATI- 1 BANDA EL RECODO ping about a futuristic, urban Bahia, '80s, has been getting airplay with A PURO DOLOR No IMAGINAME SIN TI YO SE QUE TE ACORDARAS BMI) Brazil. which has 2 LUIS FONSI UNIVERSAL LATI- 2 REY RUIZ BOHEMIA/UNIVER- 2 CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA FONOVISA the single "Mañana," 32 MENTIROSA (Arpa, BMI) NO IMAGINAME SIN TI SAL LATINO MUEVELO EN CADA GOTA DE MI SANGRE 3 ARIOLNBMG LATIN 3 ROGELIO MARTINEZ DISCOS Immediately following, Mercury touches of hip -hop and electronica. 34 MI NINA (Universal Musica, ASCAP) 3 RICARDO ARJONA SONY DIS- GISSELLE COS CUANDO JURAME CISNE Y SIGUES SIENDO TU turns velvety in her rendition of Cae- The producers of Hernández's new 16 MUEVELO (Universal -Musica Unica, BMI/Insignia, 4 ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ 4 VICTOR MANUELLE SONY 4 LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE FONO. tano Veloso's soothing "Sou Voce," a album are Kike Santander, Hum - ASCAP/Universal, ASCAP/Linkser, BMI) SONY DISCOS SI TE VAS DISCOS COMO DUELE VISA DE PAISANO A PAISANO 5 JULIO IGLESIAS COLUMBINSONY 5 GLORIA ESTEFAN EPIC/SONY DIS- 5 EL PODER DEL NORTE 4 MUY DENTRO DE MI [YOU SANG TO ME] (Sony /ATV Songs, bossa nova accompanied by acoustic berto Gatica, and Juan Andrés Os- DISCOS GOZAR LA VIDA cos COMO ME DUELE PERDERTE DISNEMI LATIN A ELLA guitar and strings. sandón. BMI /Cori Tiffani, BMI/Sony /AN Tunes, ASCAP) 6 CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCABMG 6 MICKEY TAVERAS KAREN/UNIVERSAL 6 JOAN SEBASTIAN MUSART/BAL- 21 NO PUEDO OLVIDAR TU VOZ (Not Listed) LATIN POR SIEMPRE TU LATINO HISTORIA ENTRE TUS... BOA SECRETO DE AMOR 7 GISSELLE ARIOLNBMG LATIN 7 LUIS ENRIQUE WEACARIBEiWEA 7 LOS TEMERARIOS FONOVISA "When I chose my repertoire, I 33 PA' QUE SON PASIONES (Not Listed) JURAME LATINA QUE SE YO ERAS TODO PARA MI was looking for original songs, dif- BBUENA VISTA EVERYWHERE: 10 POR AMARTE ASI ( Erami, ASCAP/Warner/Chappell) 8 UNIVERSAL 8 MARC ANTHONY COLUMBIA/SONY 8 LIMITE UNIVERSAL LATINO LATINO LO HARE POR TI DISCOS MUY DENTRO DE MI ACARICIAME its in 1997, the Gram - 9 POR SIEMPRE TU II TURN TO YOU] )Realsongs, ASCAP/WB. ferent songs that people made in Since release 9 MELINA LEON SONY DISCOS 9 SON BY FOUR SONY DISCOS 9 EL COYOTE Y SU BANDA TIERRA ASCAP) other generations," says Mercury, my- winning album "Buena Vista CUANDO UNA MUJER A PURO DOLOR SANTA EMI LATIN NO PUEDO... 39 POR TU AMOR (Copyright Control) 10 CHRISTIAN CASTRO ARIOLNBMG 10 TITO ROJAS M.R/SONY DISCOS 10 LOS ANGELES AZULES DISNEMI who tapped composers as disparate Social Club" has become synonymous LATIN POR AMARTE ASI QUE MAS TU QUIERES DE MI LATIN EL LISTON DE TU PELO 29 QUE MAS TU QUIERES DE MI (Not Usted) as Roberto Carlos and Bahia's Már- with Cuban music for millions of peo- 11 MARC ANTHONY COLUMBINSONY 11 RIKARENA AN/SONY Discos 11 LOS HURACANES DEL NORTE 21 QUE SE YO (Lemelo, ASCAP/Universal Musica, ASCAP) DISCOS MUY DENTRO DE MI CUANDO EL AMOR SE DANA FONOVISA EN QUE TRABAJA EL... LOS cio Mello. "But I'm trying to do dif- ple worldwide, and its seasoned stars 7 SECRETO DE AMOR (Edimusa, ASCAP) 12 JOAN SEBASTIAN MUSART/BAL- 12 MELINA LEON SONY ()Isms 12 RIELEROS DEL NORTE BOA SECRETO DE AMOR CUANDO UNA MUJER FONOVISA MENTIROSA 5 SI TE VAS (EI.PP, BMI) ferent things in the harmony, mix dif- show no signs of slowing down. 13 GLORIA ESTEFAN EPIC/SONY DIS- 13 CHRISTIAN CASTRO ARIOLNBMG 13 TIRANOS DEL NORTE SONY DIS- ferent elements. The most important Guitarist /singer Compay Segun- 38 SIN TI NO SE VIVIR (Not listed) COS COMO ME DUELE PERDERTE LATIN POR AMARTE ASI cos PA' QUE SON PASIONES JULIO PRECIADO Y SU BONDA PERLA Oft. 40 UN LUGAR CELESTIAL (Fun Attic, ASCAP/McSpadden- Smith, 14 CHAYANNE SONY DISCOS 14 LOS TOROS BAND UNIVER- 14 thing for me, too -I don't want to be do and his band have started a 14- ATADO A TU AMOR SAL LATINO MI NINA PACIFICO ARIOLNVMG LATIN MECAISTE ... SESAC/Bob Farrell, ASCAP/Word, ASCAP) I U.S., which stops 15 EMANUEL ORTEGA FONO- 15 F2F M.PJSONY DISCOS 15 CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA only a singer; want to create things. city tour of the at 18 Y SIGUES SIENDO TU [YOU'RE STILL THE ONE] (Universal - VISA A ESCONDIDAS ESPEJISMO FONOVISA MORIR DE AMOR an increase in audience over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. A record which has been on the chart for As a woman and a composer, I want New York's Town Hall on Friday (8) Songs Of PolyGram, BMI/Loon Echo, BM!) Records showing more than 20 weeks will not receive a bullet. even if it registers an increase in audience. Greatest Gainer indicates song with largest audience played more is placed first. Records below the top 20 are removed Mann 12 YO SE QUE TE ACORDARAS (Maximo Aguirre, BMI) growth. 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www.americanradiohistory.com SEPTEMBER 9, 2000 NOTAS (Continued from preceding page) THE Billboard,, 5OTMSOUndSIÍ® board, Sept. 2). Latin Billboard's A 2001 COMPILED FROM NATIONAL SAMPLE RETAIL STORE, MASS MERCHANT, AND INTERNET SALES REPORTS COLLECTED, COMPILED. AND FRONDED BY Of """I x IT'S ALL IN THE FAMILY as un r Angel and Isabel Parra, the children ? 3 ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL TITLE of songwriter Violeta Parra, release INTERNATIONAL new albums, both on Warner Music --moll No. 1 1111110- Chile. Isabel's disc, "Colores," is her 28 SON BY FOUR ^I. reo IN ,,,,,o,, JI N,- t SON BY FOUR new first album of material in five 2 2 14 GLORIA ESTEFAN - BREAN SOUL years. Angel has released "Brindis Y 3 3 4 LOS HURACANES DEL NORTE ® EN QUE TRABAJA EL MUCHACHO Cuecas Caballas," an album of his 4 5 18 THALIA A EMI LATIN 26232 ® ARRASANDO mother's compositions performed LATIN MUSIC 5 7 2 TITO ROJAS M.P 56328/SONY DISCOS ROMPIENDO NOCHES with a group of musicians that 6 4 16 OMARA PORTUONDOwomoaR&M rtmNN[vaiaarc® BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB PRESENTS OMARAPORTUONDO includes his son and namesake and 7 6 42 MARC ANTHONY RMM 83580/SONY DISCOS DESDE UN PRINCIPIO - FROM THE BEGINNING Alvaro Henriquez. Both were part of 8 10 10 JULIO IGLESIAS 0 COLUMBIA 61382/SONY DISCOS NOCHE DE CUATRO LUNAS the now defunct rock band Los Tres. 9 11 18 ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ SONY DISCOS 83812 ME ENTRE TUS BRAZOS At the same time, a legal agree- BUYER'S GUIDE 10 12 18 JOAN SEBASTIAN MUSART/BALBOA 2280/CA IMAN DI SECRETO DE AMOR ment has been reached between Parra's heirs and those of Luis 11 18 5 ROCIO DURCAL ARIOLA 75173/BMG LATIN ® CARICIAS Jaime Cereceda Parra, whom the 12 13 26 LOS TEMERARIOS FONOVISA 0519 f -N LA MADRUGADA SE FUE tour One Stop Guide to singer recognized as her legitimate 13 9 14 LIMITE UNIVERSAL LATINO 157H-1 E i POR ENCIMA DE TODO son in 1939, even though she wasn't 14 15 75 A.B. QUINTANILLA Y LOS KUMBIA KINGS T, , . ® AMOR, FAMILIA Y RESPETO... his biological mother. Few people -"odd GREATEST GAINER knew of this relationship until last the Music Market ,,1 Latin 15 36 year, when Cereceda Parra's family 2 PEPE AGUILAR LO GRANDE DE LOS GRANDES 16 14 45 CARLOS VIVES EMI LATIr. ® EL AMOR DE (he died in 1975) claimed a portion of A Parra's songwriter royalties. Violeta 11 17 26 SONY DISCOS 9377 [ER MTV UNPLUGGED Parra, whose songs have been re- 18 24 2 BANDA MACHOS WEAMEX é.. .VFA LATINA MI GUITARRA Y YO corded in several languages, com- 19 8 12 MELINA LEON SONY DISCOS 8388, BANO DE LUNA mitted suicide in 1967. Lawyers 20 25 44 BANDA EL RECODO FONOVIs,'. - 12 _0 MEJOR DE MI VIDA agreed to pay Cereceda Parra's fam- 21 21 31 CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA l _A1 r, woo I u >uviaA ® MORIR DE AMOR ily 25% of the royalties accrued in the 22 20 101 SHAKIRAA SONY DISCOS 8274608 DON DE ESTAN LOS LADRONES? past five years. 23 16 10 LUIS FONSI O UNIVERSAL LATINO 159074Il ETERNO C ADILLACS CUMPLEN 24 23 62 MANA WEA LATINA 27864 MW UNPLUGGED QUINCE: Los Fabulosos Cadillacs 25 30 9 PAULINA RUBIO UNIVERSAL LATINO 543319 PAULINA Billboard will celebrate their quinceañera- 26 31 65 CHRISTIAN CASTRO A ARIOLA 66275/BMG LATIN ® MI VIDA SIN TU AMOR international yes, the Cadillacs have turned 15- 21 22 38 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS FONOVISA0518 THE BEST HITS with two sold-out shows Sept. 1 at the 28 19 6 TITO PUENTE & EDDIE PALMIERI RMM 284033 OBRA MAESTRA (MASTERPIECE) Obras Sanitarias theater in Buenos 29 28 83 MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS FONOVISA 0516316 TROZOS DE MI ALMA Aires. The Cadillacs are also fav- 30 29 26 SELENA EMI LATIN 23332 ALL MY HITS - TODOS MIS EXITOS VOL. 2

orites to pick up an MTV Interna- 31 26 16 JUAN GABRIEL ARIOLA 75837/BMG LATIN QUERIDA tional Award for Latin America in 32 33 57 INTOCABLE A EMI LATIN 21502 ® CONTIGO LATIN the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards slated for Thursday (7). 33 27 64 (BRAN FERRER WORLD CIRCUIT/TOW 7953SAG ® BUENA ASTA SOCIAL CLUB PRESENTS IBRAHIM FERRER The Cadillacs are up for "La Vida." 34 34 8 GRUPO BRYNDIS Y LOS ACOSTA DISA 27284/EMI LATIN LOS DOS GRANDES ROMANTICOS FRENTE A FRENTE Other nominees in the southern 35 38 4 AZUL AZUL SONY DISCOS 83941 EL SAPO MUSIC region are Illya Kuryaki for 36 32 (2 GISSELLE ARIOLA 74911/BMG LATIN ® VOY A ENAMORARTE "Coolo," Diego Torres for "Donde 37 39 10 LOS ANGELES AZULES Y RAPITO COLOMBIANO DISH 26969/EMI LATIN FRENTE A FRENTE buyer,. guide Van," for "Paseo 38 43 46 PEPE AGUILAR MUSART 2198 /BALBOA POR UNA MUJER BONITA Inmoral," and Shakira for "Ojos 39 40 13 DLG SONY DISCOS 83887 GREATEST HITS Así." 40 48 21 LOS ANGELES DE CHARLY FONOVISA 9863 LA MAGIA DEL AMOR Nominees for the north /central 41 35 51 JACI VELASQUEZ A SONY DISCOS 83212 LLEGAR A TI he One-Stop Guide to the region are Jumbo for "Siento Qué," Moenia for "Manto Estelar," Aleks 42 45 39 LOS ANGELES AZULES DISA 23516/EMI LATIN UNA LLUVIA DE ROSAS Latin Music Market Syntek for "Tu Necesitas," La Ley 43 44 43 RICARDO ARJONA SONY DISCOS 83592 0ág RICARDO ARJONA VIVO 44 42 9 CONTROL EMI LATIN 23554 CUMBIAS SIN CONTROL for "Aquí," and Shakira, again, for "Ojos." Favored status goes to Shaki- (i) 49 3 BANDA ARKANGEL R -15 SONY DISCOS 84003 ESTOS SI SON CORRIDOS F ra. 46 41 19 RAMON AYALA Y SUS BRAVOS DEL NORTE FPTT' ! eos OUEMAME LOS OJOS

Over 3,000 listings from 19 countries: As for a whole video awards show - HOT SHOT DEBUT 11111110"- on Latin music, rumor has it that 47 NEW DISCOS record company executives, music MTV Latin America is discussing OV7 SONY 83967 CODO staging its own Premios MTV The ® NEW O. VARIOUS ARTISTS APONTE 60101 BORICUA NY publishers, wholesalers and distribu- awards would take place in the first 49 NEW EL PODER DEL NORTE DISA 28227/EMI LATIN A ELLAS part of 2001, possibly somewhere in 50 41 18 VARIOUS ARTISTS UNIVERSAL LATINO 541596 BILLBOARD LATIN MUSIC AWARDS Latin America, although all details POP TROPICAL /SALSA REGIONAL MEXICAN tors, latin music radio stations in the are still preliminary. 1 THALIA EMI LATIN 1 SON BY FOUR SONY DISCOS 1 LOS HURACANES DEL NORTE ARRASANDO SON BY FOUR FONOVISA EN QUE TRABAJA EL.. U.S., clubs, artists, managers, agents, I MMORTAL TITO: Saturday (9) is 2 JULIO IGLESIAS COIUMBIA/SONV DIS 2 GLORIA ESTEFAN EPICISONY DISCOS 2 JOAN SEBASTIAN MUSART/BAL COS NOCHE DE CUATRO LUNAS ALMA CARIBENA -- CARIBBEAN SOUL BOACAIMAN SECRETO DE AMOR the date for the much -awaited Madi- 3 ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ SONY 3 TITO ROJAS M.P/SONY DISCOS 3 LOS TEMERARIOS FONOVISA songwriters and much more! son Square Garden, N.Y., tribute to DISCOS ENTRE TUS BRAZOS ROMPIENDO NOCHES EN LA MADRUGADA SE FUE 4 ROCIO DURCAL ARIOLA/BMG 4 OMARA PORTUONDO WORLD CIR- 4 LIMITE UNIVERSAL LATINO Tito Puente that coincides with LATIN CARICIAS NONESUCH/AG BUENA VISTA... POR ENCIMA DE TODO RMM's 25th 5 A.B. QUINTANILLA Y LOS KUMBIA 5 MARC ANTHONY RMM/SONY DIS- 5 PEPE AGUILAR MUSART/BALBOA annual salsa festival. KINGS EMI LATIN AMOR, FAMILIA... cos DESDE UN PRINCIPIO... LO GRANDE DE LOS GRANDES Eddie Palmieri, who partnered with 6 SHAKIRA SONY DISCOS 6 CARLOS VIVES EMI LATIN 6 BANDA MACHOS WEAMEX/WEA MTV UNPLUGGED EL AMOR DE MI TIERRA LATINA MI GUITARRA Y YO

Puente on the late percussionist's last 7 SHAKIRA SONY DISCOS DONDE 7 MELINA LEON SONY DISCOS 7 BANDA EL RECODO FONO - album, "Masterpiece," will join the ESTAN LOS LADRONES? BANG DE LUNA VISA LO MEJOR DE MI VIDA 8 LUIS FONSI UNIVERSAL LATI- 8 TITO PUENTE & EDDIE PALMIERI 8 CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA Tito Puente Orchestra for the show. NO ETERNO RMM OBRA MAESTRA... G.M.P./FONOVISA MORIR DE AMOR (International call 732 -363 -4156). Or send check for $90 plus $6 shipping 9 MANA WEA LATINA 9 IBRAHIM FERRER WORLD 9 SELENA EMI LATIN ALL MY HITS As previously reported, the Latin MTV UNPLUGGED CIRCUITMONESUCAAG BUENA VISTA... -- TODOS MIS EXITOS VOL. 2 & handling ($14 for international orders) with this ad to: Billboard Directories, Grammy Awards will also air a trib- 10 PAULINA RUBIO UNIVERSAL 10 GISSELLE ARIOLA/BMG LATIN 10 INTOCABLE EMI LATIN LATINO PAULINA VOY A ENAMORARTE CONTIGO PO Box 2016, Lakewood, NJ 08701. ute to Puente as part of its telecast, 11 CHRISTIAN CASTRO ARIOLA/BMG 11 DLG SONY DISCOS 11 GRUPO BRYNDIS Y LOS ACOSTA with Celia Cruz among those set to LATIN MI VIDA SIN TU AMOR GREATEST HITS DISAIEMI LATIN LOS DOS GRANDES... Add appropriate sales tax in NY, NJ, CA, TN, MA, IL, PA, OH, VA & DC. 12 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS FONO- 12 ANTHONY MALDONADO AN/SONY DI& 12 LOS ANGELES AZULES Y RAROS perform. VISA THE BEST HITS cos SERAS PARTE DE MI MUNDO COLOMBIANO DIS5EMI LATIN FRENTE... Orders payable in U.S. funds only. All sales are final. 13 MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS FONO- 13 GILBERTO SANTA ROSA 13 PEPE AGUILAR MUSART/BALBOA VISA TROZOS DE MI ALMA SONY DISCOS EXPRESION POR UNA MUJER BONITA 14 JUAN GABRIEL ARIOL /BMG 14 CUBANISMO! HANNIBAL MARDI 14 LOS ANGELES DE CHARLY Leila Cobo may be reached at 305- LATIN QUERIDA GRAS MAMBO- CUBANISMO! IN... FONOVISA LA MAGIA DEL AMOR 361-5279 or at lcobo @billboard.com 15 AZUL AZUL SONY DISCOS 15 VARIOUS ARTISTS J &N /SONY 15 LOS ANGELES AZULES DISA/EMI Nnw auailáhla nn rliskgtta nr mailing labels; for FI SAPO Discos MERENHITS 2000 LATIN UNA LLUVIA DE ROSAS Assistance in prewgiltolumn rates email: [email protected] was provided by Judy Cantor in Q Albums with the greatest sales gains this wee Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIO) edification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIAA certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). BDLG3160 Miami Fortuno in Santia- Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol i dlcafes album's multi -platinum level. RIAA Latin wards: O Certification for net shipment of www.billboard.com and Sergio 100,000 units (Oro), A Certification of 200,000 units (Platino). A' Certification of 400,000 units (Multi- Platino). For boxed sets. and double go, albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more. the RIAA multiplies shipments by the number f discs and/or tapes. Greatest Gainer shows Chile. chart's largest unit increase. ®indicates past and present Heatseeker titles. O 2000, Billboard /BPI Communications and SoundScan, Inc.

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www.americanradiohistory.com nfernationaT H E L A T E S T NEWS A N D V I E W S FROM A R O U N D T H E W O R L D Parallel Imports Rollbach Proposed Zomba -Affiliated Studio Australian Labour Party Offers Plan In Advance Of Election BY CHRISTIE ELIEZER the Copyright Act, record companies control imports would assist greatly in A nnounces Its Closure -The parallel imports here have released high- priority prod- reducing piracy in Australia." debate has been triggered here again ucts simultaneously with overseas ARIA's approach since 1998 has BY KAI R. LOFTHUS boardBidletin, Aug. 28). by the country's major opposition schedules, often with value -added been to bow to pragmatism, work with STOCKHOLM- Rediscovering the However, before wrapping up the party, the Australian Labour Party tracks. the new rules, and work with the gov- entrepreneurial ambitions of its '80s highly successful business venture and (ALP). The thrust toward freeing the mar- ernment on various issues, including heyday has persuaded the Stockholm - launching three new separate produc- That organization announced Aug. ket was led starting in the late 1980s legislation governing digital copyright. based production house Cheiron Stu- tion companies on Jan. 1, 2001, Che- 24 that if it wins the national elections, by professor Alan Fels, chairman of All is not necessarily forgiven. dios to abandon its trademark and pre- iron's producers are working in high set for next year, it would partly repeal the Prices Surveillance Authority "Are we still upset? Yes we're pare for the closure of its 4- year -old gear to finalize Christmas releases the present government's July 1998 (PSA), now the Australian Consumer upset," says Denis Handlin, chairman/ joint production and publishing ven- from Backstreet Boys (Jive /Zomba) lifting of parallel import restrictions. and Competition Commission (ACCC). (Continued on page 61) ture with the Zomba Group (Bill- and Westlife (BMG), as well as upcom- The ALP says it will implement a 30- Fels argued that the move would widen ing albums from Steps and Jessica day "use it or lose consumer choices and lower CD prices. Folcker (both on Jive/Zomba). it" policy. The impact of parallel imports While both Zomba and Cheiron In a joint state - always rested on the premise that the claim their working relationship will ment, ALP arts Australian dollar would return to its continue, Billboard understands that spokesman Duncan early -'90s U.S. equivalent of 70 cents. the new constellations pave the way for Kerr and shadow But in the last two years, the weak- the producers to have more control over Industry Minister ened Australian dollar has hovered their own copyrights and to cultivate Bob McMullan said between 56 and 64 cents. their creative capacities independently CANDI that the monthlong However, opening the market to out- from both each other and Zomba. deadline "will pro- side forces created a piracy problem Songs published under the expir- vide security to copyright holders and that, according to ARIA, has doubled in ing deal will continue to be adminis- give Australian consumers access to Australia in the last two years and now tered by Zomba Music. No new pub- the most up -to -date music, books, accounts for about 7% of the market. lishing deal has yet been signed. [and] computer, software, and video ARIA's executive director, The respective companies, whose games." Emmanuel Candi, says, "The `use it Sweet Deal. EMI Music Publishing has entered an exclusive worldwide deal with names haven't yet been determined, The 30-day rule has been in place in or lose was it' rule recommended as British teen trio . The band's latest single, "Overload," is playlisted on will be headed by Tom Talomaa and the book industry since 1996. policy an acceptable alternative by major stations around Europe and is due for release Monday (4) on London , Kristian Lundin and The initiative ALP's has received the PSA in 1990. The rule is not as Records. Sugababes' 16- year-old members, , , Jake, and David Kreuger and Per approval from the Australian Record strong as the parallel import rights and Siobhan Donaghy, are now working on their debut album, which is due out Magnusson. The remaining produc- Industry Assn. (ARIA), the Aus- afforded to copyright owners in later this year. EMI Music Publishing has also inked an overall deal with manage- ers, Alexander Kronlund, Alexan- tralasian Performing Rights Assn. Europe and America. It is, howev- ment and production company Metamorphosis Music, which represents the Sug- dra, , Jörgen Elof- (APRA), and Music in line the Australian er, with the relevant policy ababes as well as various other writers' interests. Says Sally Perryman, senior VP sson, and Rami, will be hired on a Retailers Assn. (AMRA). of those trading nations. The New of A &R and creative at EMI Music Publishing, "The Sugababes are a breath of project basis by the individual com- The "use it or lose it" policy will Zealand government has pledged to fresh air in a very manufactured market. We see them at the forefront of a new panies. Talomas, who handles busi- pressure local license -holders to issue reintroduce parallel import laws as wave of talent and are very excited about our involvement with them and Meta- ness affairs for Cheiron, takes on their product within weeks of its inter- well." morphosis." Shown, from left, are Buena, Perryman, Buchanan, and Donaghy. similar responsibilities, including national release. Since the change in Candi adds, "Having the ability to being an adviser, for all companies. As for studios, Lundin and Jake are understood to be remaining in Che- iron's adjoining offices with Jive/Zomba at Kungsholmen in Stock- EEG Sets Up `Secondary' Music Plus label In Hong Nang holm, while the others will be setting up separate studios elsewhere. CEO Frankie Lee Says Label Plans To Shake Up Music Scene & Target Wide Audience Base With these moves, the company- formed in 1993 under a deal with BY WINNIE CHUNG external causes such as piracy or Also signed to the new label is vet- everything from investment and real BMG Ariola in Munich-discontin- HONG KONG-Despite the piracy MP3. We have to ask ourselves, `Is eran singer , who is cur- estate to restaurant franchises. ues its formal affiliation with other gloom shrouding the music industry there a problem with our art and rently recording a jazz album in New Lee says EEG initially will invest music companies and will operate on in Asia, the Emperor Entertainment creativity?' " York for Music Plus. about $10 million in the new label, an independent basis. Group (EEG) has announced the The first artist to sign to Music The Music Plus marketing team which he says is preparing itself for A prepared statement from Talo- launch of a new label called Music Plus is , previously with will be headed by Lisa Kan, previ- the Greater market. "In that maa and Martin, who co -owns Che- Plus. Capital Artists. Chan, known for his ously with Universal Music, where respect, Mr. Yeung's vision and mine iron with Zomba, and the estate of Music Plus will be a "secondary" AC style, is expected to release his she looked after artists such as Jacky are the same. We both feel that this Dag "" Volle says, label to the group's EEG label, whose first album on Music Plus at the end Cheung. A &R activities will be over- is a good time to be investing our "Cheiron was created with the inten- roster includes such as Nicholas of September. seen by EEG A &R chief Tony Kiang. resources, so that when Greater tion of having fun, making a few hits, Tse and . Overseeing Mu- "With Eason, I think there is a lot Also on Lee's management team are China opens up, we will be ready to and not getting too serious about it. sic Plus' operations will be EEG of untapped potential that is waiting senior VP of international affairs take on the challenge," he adds. At the end of this year, we have ful- director/CEO Frankie Lee. An artist to be revealed," Lee says. "And we Sam Ho, previously a VP at Rock "One of our advantages is that we filled our commitments and are able management and record industry have promised him that we will cap- Records, and managing director Gor- are Chinese, so we understand the to do as we please. We feel that the veteran, Lee is credited with orches- italize on that to develop his full don Cheng, formerly GM of Warner Chinese market better," Lee notes. hype of Cheiron has become bigger trating the highly successful careers potential as a singer." Music Hong Kong. "Our team has got more than 20 than itself, and it's time to quit while of stars and Sammi Cheng. Music Plus is expected to concen- EEG is part of the Emperor Group years experience working in Hong we're ahead. Denniz made all the Using the slogan "Play different," trate on AC repertoire, although Lee presided over by chairman Albert Kong, , and China, and we incredible success we have experi- Music Plus aims to shake some life does not rule out younger acts. "We Yeung Sau- shing. The Emperor fully understand that this is an art- enced possible, and we want Cheiron into the Hong Kong music scene, will be tailoring our repertoire for a Group -which now has four publicly ist-oriented business. And we re- to be remembered like it is today." says Lee. "For the past three years, much wider audience base; it just listed companies -started out as a spect our artists and have their From being a production /record the music industry has seen new means that we won't be just making watch and clock retail shop in 1942. trust. That is important because we company (as SweMix in 1986), re- lows. We can't just keep blaming songs for teenagers," he says. Business has expanded to include are investing a lot of money in them." leasing eight albums by six artists and (Continued on page 61)

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www.americanradiohistory.com International Tyson Album, Stage Show Draw On newsline... Her life And long Career In Music SPANIARDS LAST YEAR spent an average of 2,446 pesetas ($13.30) each on CDs and cassettes, compared with 2,006 pesetas ($10.90) on the cinema, BY LARRY LeBLANC Ian & Sylvia split in 1975 as an act stardom from growing up in the late according to a report on cultural spending habits compiled by the Span- TORONTO -With her national tour- and as a couple. The two have reunit- '40s and '50s in rural Chatham, ish authors and publishers' society SGAE. Spending on sound carriers ing theatrical show and newly released ed only once in public performance, for Ontario. It was there that she was fell slightly from the 1998 average of 2,511 pesetas ($13.65), but the report album, both of which are titled "River the CBC -TV special "The Ian & Sylvia raised on English literature, Eliza - said this could be put down to an increase in piracy. The average entry Road And Other Stories," Canadian Reunion" in 1986, but their influence bethean Childe ballads, and R &B from price for pop/rock concerts was 1,843 pesetas ($10), but the report points singer/songwriter Sylvia Tyson su- on a generation of musicians is incal- nearby Detroit radio. out that a surprising 74.4% of all pop concerts are free events staged by perbly sums up a remarkable four - culable. Sylvia in particular was a role While the production, booked by local authorities or other institutions, especially during the summer fies- decade career. model for such Canadian performers Robert Missen Artists in Toronto, is ta season. The report stresses that the actual amount spent by music The 18 -song album, featuring a as Joni Mitchell, Kate & Anna McGar- fairly autobiographical and chronolog- lovers is much higher than the figures indicate, as the report also found poignant photo of Canada's folk/coun- rigle, Shirley Eikhard, Marie -Lynn ical, it is not the inclusive story of that 44.2% of Spaniards never buy sound carriers, 76.7% never go to pop try music matriarch by fellow coun- Hammond, and Rita MacNeil, as well Tyson's life. Instead, in her distinctive concerts, 90.5% never attend classical music concerts, 49.3% never go to tryman Bryan Adams, was released as for such American performers as full voice, she sings songs and relates the movies, and 78.1% never buy videotapes. HOWELL LLEWELLYN Tuesday (5) by her Salt Music label, , Bonnie Raitt, and stories evoking memories of friends, which is distributed in Canada by Out- . acquaintances, and relatives of hers THE NORWEGIAN AFFILIATE of Minneapolis -based download/streaming oper- side Music. "Sylvia was a true [musical] pio- that anyone might have known while ation Freetrax has developed an MP3 search engine that identifies down - Still brimming with unbridled enthu- neer," says Eikhard, growing up. loadable songs on the controversial Gnutella network and compensates siasm over the July sessions, helmed by who penned Raitt's "In some ways, as is any small authors, performers, and record companies for the downloads. The search producer Danny Greenspoon at the 1991 pop hit "Some- town, Chatham was like the Texas engine, named Robin Hood, was made available Aug. 25 on freetrax.com. Canterbury Music Company Studios thing To Talk town portrayed in Peter Bog - Before a song can be downloaded, the user will have to type in the name of here, Tyson, who turns 60 on Sept. 19, About." "She does- danovich's [film] `The Last Picture the artist and the song, and all banner advertising funds created during the jokes, "The album was put together in n't write like any- Show,' " says Tyson. "But I'm finding search procedure will be allocated to copyright owners through their respec- land speed record [time] due to grow- body else, and she with the show how universal that tive collecting societies. The company says the search engine eventually will ing [theater] commitments. I was a real never has. She has [small-town] experience is. Even peo- be able to handle searches of other MP3 sources as well. KAI R. LOFThUS bitch on the phone. I got on everybody's her own voice." ple raised in big cities have had the case to get it done." Former String - experience of the Saturday night AUSTRALIAN MUSIC and lingerie retailer Brazin, owner of music retail mar- "It's quite a range of songs. She's a band singer Ham- [car] cruise or know of an old aunt or ket leader Sanity Music, estimated its year-old online music division, San- remarkable woman," says Green - mond recalls being neighbor who was a gossip. Those are itycom, sapped profits by $3 million Australian ($1.75 million) in the year spoon, who played in Tyson's backing captivated by Ian & universal experiences." ending June 30. The Brazin group's total profits fell 5% to $26.7 million group from 1978 -86, replacing now Sylvia's folk record- "The show is like rediscovering old Australian ($15.5 million); total sales improved 18% to $393.8 million Aus- internationally renowned producer ings while growing friends," says Eikhard. "It's great tralian ($228 million). Managing director Brett Blundy says record sales Daniel Lanois. up in North Bay, hearing these songs again with their had improved considerably since slipping before the introduction of the The album and theatrical show fea- Ontario. "Whenev- richness of lyric and depth of content. country's goods and services tax on July 1. Sanity recently purchased 23 tures Tyson repertoire from through- TYSON er I bought an Ian When Sylvia performed Woman's stores from Adelaide -based CC Music, bringing its total number of outlets out her lengthy career, including "You & Sylvia album, I World,' I had goose bumps. The song to 260 (BillboardBulletin, July 3); the retailer claims market share of Were On My Mind," "River Road" looked to see what Sylvia had written. is timeless, in that [the lyrics are] so about 30 %. Sanity aims to widen its brand through youth dance parties (recorded by in 1980), I remember buying the single of `Four true." and the opening this September of a nightclub in Sydney. The chain already "Denim Blue Eyes," and "Woman's Strong Winds' and trying to learn her In 1962, following Bob Dylan's lead, owns the Sain Bar in . CHRISTIE ELIEZER World." There are also two previously harmony part. I didn't want to be Ian Tyson began to write songs. Her first unrecorded songs, "Hazel's First [who had written the song and sang attempt was, ironically, her best - THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSN. OF JAPAN (RIAJ) Ride" and "Donegal Tavern." The the- lead]. I wanted to be able to sing har- known song, "You Were On My Mind." was set to launch on Sept. 1 the Contents Security atrical presentation also includes mony with Sylvia's voice, that myste- As recorded by the U.S. folk /pop Management Center, a new division within the asso- Tyson's stories and personal anecdotes, rious sound below the main melody." group We Five, it reached No. 3 on ciation dedicated to preventing illegal downloading which are available in a booklet that can Following Ian & Sylvia's breakup, Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart in of music to next-generation cell phones. "We will be be ordered separately. she released seven solo albums and 1965 and No. 1 on Billboard's AC chart talking with telephone carriers and equipment makers involved in releasing "Despite the autobiographical aspect had sizable success in Canada as a (then titled Easy Listening) the same the new cell phones to see to it that their security and copyright protection of it, the show is about songwriting," country artist. In the '70s, she also year. It also peaked at No. 2 on the measures aren't found lacking and that they meet our standards," says a says Tyson. "I'm quite proud of [the hosted CBC -Radio's influential roots U.K. singles chart for Crispian St. RIAJ representative. These standards follow the open technology specifi- production] because I've never put [the music series "Touch The Earth" and Peters and was a hit for Los Barracu- cations released by the Secure Digital Music Initiative, the RIAJ says. songs] together like this before." hosted CBC -TV's "Country In My das in Spain. "Once we see that these standards are met, we will issue our certification "The album should do well, because Soul" series. "I keep getting calls from Italy and for the phones," adds the representative. For certification, the RIAJ is there's not been a recording as com- "Following Ian & Sylvia, I focused Spain to use the song for commer- exploring electronic means using microchips. RAJ N. MAHTANI plete as this by Sylvia," says Stewart my life in Canada," she says. "Having cials," says Tyson. "In Australia it was Duncan, director of music at the Indi- [their son] Clay and being on my own, used [in a commercial] for a restaurant LONDON -BASED digital broadcaster Music Choice has made an undis- go Books Music & Cafe chain, which I had to make decisions to where I chain called Hungry Jack's." closed investment in online music retailer Floot.com Ltd. The compa- operates 14 stores in Ontario. was going to work and what I was Tyson, who in 1996 compiled, with nies say the deal includes options to take Music Choice's stake in Bath, Tyson first made her mark in the going to work at." Last month Clay U.S. singer/songwriter Tom Russell, U.K. -based Floot.com up to approximately 20% during the next 15 '60s with the folk /country duo Ian & Tyson, now 34, released his debut the incisive Arsenal Pulp Press collec- months. The companies also agreed to work together to develop the on- Sylvia, who recorded 13 albums for the album, "Kick It Down," on Borealis tion "And Then I Wrote -The Song- line market for "specialist" music. The investment forms part of Music U.S. labels Vanguard Records, MGM, Records in Canada. writer Speaks," describes a good song- Choice's expansion plans to build a strategic network of partners cover- Ampex, and Columbia. Inducted into In 1994, Sylvia teamed up with writer as being a "vicious editor." She ing all music genres, across all media platforms, and with a wide selec- Canada's Juno Hall of Fame in 1991, three of Canada's top female singer/ says, "The essence of songwriting is tion of customer purchase options. Music Choice, which is a joint ven- Ian and Sylvia Tyson, who married in songwriters, Colleen Peterson, Caitlin to put forward complicated ideas in ture among BSkyB, Sony, Warner Music, and EMI, offers subscribers 1964, were at the forefront of the '60s Hanford, and Cindy Church, to form simple language. You can't waste a digital- quality music delivered via cable /satellite TV the Internet, and, North American folk movement. the country/folk act Quartette, which word or have throwaway lines, because eventually, the mobile platform. The company claims to have a database While the duo's 1969 album "Great has since recorded four albums. you don't have a lot of time." of more than 40,000 albums representing more than 500,000 tracks. Speckled Bird" on Ampex sold poorly, While Quartette continues to tour An interview with the late French- GORDON MASSON it is widely considered today to be the extensively in Canada, Tyson, like the Canadian traditional fiddler Jean foundation of the country/rock genre. other members, has maintained her Carignan several years ago led Tyson WITHIN JUST four months of its launch, India's Bollywood for You (B4U) Produced by Todd Rundgren, it was own solo career. "The beauty of Quar- to change her own writing methods. has captured a 38% market share, according to figures released by AC reissued in Canada by Stony Plain tette is that I only have one-quarter of "He told me if he wanted to learn a Nielsen. In the week ending July 29, competitors Zee Music and MTV Records in 1994. "Todd showed up at responsibility at any given time," she new tune on the fiddle, he worked it earned 26% market share each; Channel V had 10 %. Reports from Tele- the sessions in Nashville at Jack Cle- says. "We get along extremely well. out in his head before he picked up the vision Audience Measurement indicate B4U took 10% of the viewership ment's studio with [the late groupie] Better than four guys. No punch -ups. fiddle. I came to realize that when you share in the first week after its launch. In the same period, MTV was Miss Christine of the GTOs," recalls We're due for another album, but we work strictly from memory, you lose leading with 36 %, Music Asia had 33 %, and Channel V held the remain- Tyson. "Of course, Nashville [musi- haven't got rolling on it yet." all the useless boring bits. It's a self- ing share. B4U Music, which launched in April, owns the rights to a vast cians] took one look at Todd and hated The cornerstone of the "River Road editing process. If it ain't good, you Hindi film library. NYAY BHUSHAN his guts. But he knew what he was And Other Stories" theatrical produc- don't remember it. I don't put a song doing in the studio." tion is the story of Tyson's evolution to on paper until I'm sure it's right." fi0 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD SEPTEMBER 9, 2000

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Cheffron Studios Milestones Virgin India Drops Milestone For EMI From Covering The Hits To Creating Them Indie Label Expected Its Distribution Pact To Be Renewed Since 1986, SweMix -the com- industry and subsequently signed pany that preceded Cheiron- to Mega Records in Copenhagen. BY NYAY BHUSHAN national has not renewed its licens- ty in India. But Mahapatra says practically invented the Swedish In 1993, he started Cheiron to- NEW DELHI, India - Virgin Rec- ing agreement with indie label Music EMI doesn't have any applications dance music scene and has laid gether with Talomaa under a deal ords India Pvt. Ltd., a wholly owned Today, which expired in March, or pending with India's Foreign Invest- the foundation for the music with BMG. Volle was approached subsidiary of EMI Music Asia, an- entered into any ment Promotion Board to set up such export climate in recent years. by Max Martin, who played in the nounced Aug. 23 that it will become new alliances, leav- a company. After identifying a void in the heavy metal band It's Alive and EMI's sole licensee in India effec- ing it unrepresent- "EMI first applied to set up a market for suitable dancefloor needed a remix of one of their tive Monday (4). This ends the EMI ed in India. wholly owned subsidiary about versions of the latest interna- songs. (The remix was never major's distribution deal with Mum - i One industry three years ago, and when per- tional chart hits, six of Stock- released.) Martin joined Cheiron bai -based indie label Milestone source speculates mission came through in 1998, holm's most popular DJs, includ- as co- songwriter /producer and Entertainment, which was estab- that because of the global EMI - EMI decided to call the venture ing Dag "Denniz PoP" Volle, did songs for such acts as Back- lished after EMI parted ways with Warner merger, the two labels may Virgin Records India Ltd.," he formed SweMix Productions to street Boys, `N Sync, 3T, Rednex, longtime licensee Gramophone Com- try to set up an EMI -Warner enti- notes. make those remixes themselves. , and Five. pany of India Ltd. (GCIL) in Decem- Eventually, the DJs discovered Talomaa, Volle, and Martin ber 1998. their musical abilities and start- inked a joint venture deal with Milestone, which is owned by for- ed to record their own songs as the Zomba Group in 1997. mer GCIL executives Rajeev and well. Volle, a self- professed fan of Jayant Sharma, distributed Virgin India's Gramophone Company SweMix Records was formed games (treasure hunts, charades, product until March, after which with the aid of Tom Talomaa, who computer games, softball) and Virgin India took over. Virgin India owned Ritz, one of Stockholm's design -, film -, and photo-produc- was established as a separate sub- Chooses New Name, nightclubs, which had staged per- tion software, often arranged sidiary in 1998. Strateg! formances by such artists as gatherings for Cheiron staff and Milestone managing director Ra- BY NYAY BHUSHAN Sanjeev Goenka recently said in a Duran Duran and LL Cool J. the Swedish music industry. He jeev Sharma says he's surprised by NEW DELHI, India -EMI's for- statement that the name "was syn- In 1989, Volle scored his first was reportedly always on the the move. "[Until] about two months mer Indian licensee, the Gramo- onymous with Indian music to commercial hit with Dr. Alban's winning team (except for the ago, it looked like they'd be renew- phone Company of India Ltd. everybody." "Hello Afrika." Volle later became occasional water fight in the stu- ing the agreement, as our initial (GCIL) -the country's oldest rec- With the change in name, the a mentor and producer for Ace Of dio). However, Volle lost his battle understanding was to extend our ord company -is seeking to estab- GCIL's entire business, including Base, a band that was neglected with cancer on Aug. 31, 1998. relationship into a joint venture," lish its own identity by renaming its London -based subsidiary by the entire Swedish recording KAI R. LOFTHUS Sharma says. "Frankly, this tactic itself Saregama India Ltd., after Saregama plc -which was by EMI of using a local company to the first three Indian musical launched last summer with a list- establish a beachhead and then to notes. ing on the U.K.'s OFEX stock move on to its own subsidiary [Vir- EMI still holds 8% equity in the exchange -will come under the ZOMBA- AFFILIATED STUDIO gin] is not healthy for the industry." GCIL, which has always operated purview of Saregama India Ltd., But Sharma says Milestone may under the HMV brand, with a as will the GCIL's expanding chain (Continued from page .59) continue to work with EMI by majority stake held by the Calcutta - of music retail stores, MusicWorld. 43 singles by 18 artists, the company director at Stockholm Records, who licensing Milestone repertoire to based RPG business group. Saregama plc markets the has (as Cheiron since 1993) evolved has worked with Cheiron on their E- EMI for territories outside India. As part of its agreement with GCIL's entire range of film, re- into a genre -defining production out- Type albums, says, "I think it was the The Virgin -EMI pact covers rep- EMI, the GCIL will have the right gional, devotional, classical, and fit, writing and producing a total of right thing to do. Max Martin has ertoire from the EMI, Virgin, to use the HMV brand for the next other genres to overseas markets 197 songs, recorded by 32 artists. had some sort of supervisory role, Disky, EMI Plus, Chrysalis, Capi- 25 years in India only. The GCIL's via traditional retail and its Web Recent clients include Bon Jovi, M2M, while the other producers have had a tol, and Parlophone labels, among repositioning strategy means that site. Five, Bryan Adams, and Celine Dion. delivery role. This helps everyone to others. Virgin India, in turn, has a the HMV brand will exist only to Saregama India Ltd. also has In an interview with Billboard, get new angles on their projects." distribution deal with BMG's Indi- market its archive catalog of devo- plans to list on either the New York Talomaa, a vocally direct executive Pelle Lidell, managing director of an affiliate, BMG- Crescendo, which tional and classical music in addition Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq with- who prefers to stay out of the lime- Murlyn Songs, who shares a work- has offices in India's major cities. to a newly set -up label, Gramo- in a year to raise additional funds of light, says, "The reports in media are ing relationship with Cheiron since Without EMI, Milestone is now left phone, which will also represent $50 million to $75 million to fund its out of proportion, to say the least. his tenure as creative director at Air with U.K. -based indie Nation other segments of the GCIL's vast overall expansion plans and acquisi- They give the impression we have all Chrysalis Music Scandinavia, says, Records, Prism, CMC, and Hong catalog. The third new label, tion of regional labels. died in a plane crash. Everyone will "They're still the same people who Kong-based classical label Naxos. Saregama, will focus on new Indian The GCIL has some of Indian cin- keep on working as usual. [Martin they were when they started out. Virgin India managing director pop artists. ema's biggest -selling soundtracks to and I] are just moving studios and They've definitely been a source of Mohan Mahapatra says Milestone In the company's next annual its credit. Its latest runaway suc- changing the name of [Cheiron]." inspiration for me, and I don't see will be allowed to sell off its re- general meeting, scheduled for cess is for the film "Kaho Na Pyar Zomba International Record Group them as competition. I think they're maining stocks of EMI product in Sunday (3), shareholder approval Hai" (Say It's Love), which has managing director Stuart Watson the best, coolest producers since the next six months beginning Sun- will be sought to rename it Sar- clocked over 10 million units in would not comment. Zomba Records Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. day (3). egama India Ltd. Vice chairman about six months. Sweden managing director Magnus They're in their own league." Meanwhile, Warner Music Inter- Bohman also declined to comment specifically on the events but says that some of Cheiron's producers and song- PARALLEL IMPORTS ROLLBACK PROPOSED writers will continue to be involved in (Continued from page 59) the production of new albums by acts like Steps and Folcker. CEO of Sony Music Australia. "But we counting, "which means our margins they did use the issue to force tougher says, "In the face of alternate options Says Talomaa, "Jive /Zomba has have to get on with life and with busi- are eroded, which doesn't help when negotiated deals. Sanity (which has provided by the [government], the 30 definitely done a great job for us. But ness. Piracy is a major problem, and I the market is so slow as it is." 28% of the market) and HMV (10 %) days is a better bet. It's not ideal, but while we're not going to have any think it's fantastic that the ALP has Says Robert Walker, executive offi- experimented with cheaper overseas it's better than nothing and a more deal or commitment to them, we will restated its commitment to the music cer of AMRA, "The 30-day [rule] was products after some department balanced view from a political angle." still deliver repertoire. We're becom- industry." a platform of the AMRA. We were retailers brought in product from The ALP initiative was also wel- ing more independent, as we're not Tim Prescott, managing director of negotiating a deal with ARIA before Asia that was sold here for about $20 comed by the National Copyright going to enter into any alliance with BMG Australia, says that while he has parallel imports came in. At the time Australian ($11.60). A full-price new Industry Alliance, which covers the any other companies either." no beef with the ACCC, its continued we were starting to feel competition CD is $31 Australian ($18). book publishing, audiovisual, screen - Bohman adds, "[Cheiron's pro- court charges against some major from Internet retailers. AMRA But retailers have mainly distanced writing, and music industries. But the ducers are] very sympathetic people. labels -Sony Music Entertainment strongly supports the rights of copy- themselves from imports for a num- Australian Consumer Assn.'s policy They can become excited about a sin- Australia, Warner Music Australia, right owners, and our offer had a lot ber of reasons, including lesser prod- officer, Charles Britton, described the gle going top 20 in Finland, while and PolyGram Music Australia-for of conditions attached to it, mostly that uct quality, reliability of supply, prob- proposed 30-day rule as "a very poor they really shouldn't care because allegedly pressuring retailers not to retailers would only import if the sup- lems with returns, and being held way of helping local industry." it's No. 1 in the rest of the world." import has caused resentment in some pliers definitely decided not to bring responsible for product that turned Sen. Richard Alston, minister of The Swedish music industry was quarters. in a title. So certainly we support the out to be pirated. arts and communication, who pushed slightly shocked but not surprised Peter Bond, president of Universal idea of a 30-day window" Peter Hebbes, managing director the 1998 bill through, dismissed the over Cheiron's decision to close its Music Australia, claims a legacy of the Major music retailers remained of Universal Music Publishing and rule as "pandering to special interest doors. Ola Hakansson, managing deregulated market is heavy dis- with Australian suppliers, although vice chairman of the APRA board, groups."

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1 1 ROCK DJ ROBBIE WILLIAMS CHRYSALIS 1 1 I WOULD STAY KREZIP WARNER Amina, and from France's Wendy Mseleku. The 26- year -old singer 2 2 QUE SI QUE NO JODY BERNAL DINO /BMG 2 6 GROOVEJET SPILLER POSITIVA Brittany region, has found a new chal- died after having been in a coma for sev- 3 3 K3 BMG 3 2 LUCKY BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE ALLE KLEUREN 4 4 TURN THE TIDE LIQUID FEATURING SILVY lenge in combining the rhythms of reggae eral weeks, following complications from 4 5 OUT OF YOUR MIND TRUESTEPPERS FEATURING BYTE/ZOMBA VICTORIA BECKHAM NULIFE/ARISTA with the sounds of rai, the musical genre the birth of her second child. The niece of 5 5 THEY STOOD UP FOR LOVE LIVE RADIOACTIVE/ 5 4 GRADUATION (FRIENDS FOREVER) VITAMIN C originating from Algeria and popularized renowned jazz pianist Bheki Mseleku, UNIVERSAL ELEKTRA 6 8 THE 6TH GATE D- DEVILS BYTE/ZOMBA internationally by . He is executive she began working as a backup singer for 6 8 I TURN TO YOU MELANIE C VIRGIN 7 6 HONEYBEE BELLE PEREZ ANTER- SUBWAY/EMI producer of an album due in January that the likes of Sibongile Khumalo, Moses 7 3 FREESTYLER BOMFUNK MC'S DANCEPOOL/SONV 8 NEW I TURN TO YOU MELANIE C VIRGIN unites reggae acts Sly & Robbie, Grego- Molelekwa, Tsepho Tshola, and 8 9 7 DAYS CRAIG DAVID WILDSTAR 9 10 LUCKY BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/ZOMBA 9 7 THE REAL SLIM SHADY EMINEM INTERSCOPE 10 RE YOU SANG TO ME MARC ANTHONY COLUMBIA ry Isaacs, Chaka Demus & Pliers, and Angélique Kidjo and recently scored sev- io NEW MUSIC MADONNA MAVERICK/WEA ALBUMS with the new generation of eral hits of her own, including "Ding ALBUMS 1 1 KREZIP NOTHING LESS WARNER rai singers. "The marriage works well," Dong" and "Picking Up The Pieces." She 2 1 LIVE THE DISTANCE TO HERE RADIOACTIVE/UNIVERSAL 1 1 CRAIG DAVID BORN TO DO IT WILDSTAR Meissonnier says. "Rai artists love reggae, also appeared in Mbongeni Ngema's hit 2 2 THE CORRS IN BLUE 143/LAVNEASTWEST 3 3 THE CORRS IN BLUE 143/LAVNWARNER 4 4 BON JOVI CRUSH MERCURY /UNIVERSAL and reggae musicians are excited because musical "Sarafina!" "The memory that 3 3 DAVID GRAY WHITE LADDER IHT 5 6 DREAMLOVERS 15 HITS ROADRUNNER ARCADE MUSIC 4 4 EMINEM THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP INTERSCOPE the mix is surprising." The project has keeps flashing into my mind is of the girl 6 5 K3 PARELS 2000 ems 5 7 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS CALIFORNICATION been steered by Guillaume Bougard, who approached me nine years ago and 7 7 MOBY PLAY PIAS WARNER BROS./WEA 8 8 LIMP BIZKIT SIGNIFICANT OTHER INTERSCOPE/ founder of Paris -based label Taboul, and with an innocence on her face told me that 6 6 MOBY PLAY MUTE UNIVERSAL Meissonnier, who returns to Jamaica in she wanted to sing. I saw her enthusiasm 7 5 DAVID GRAY LOST SONGS 95 -98 IHT 9 9 BRITNEY SPEARS OOPS! ... I DID IT AGAIN JIVE/ September to work on the project. The rai and watched her professionalism grow," 8 9 COLDPLAY PARACHUTES PARLOPHONE ZOMBA 9 8 RONAN KEATING RONAN POLYDOR 10 10 EMINEM THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP INTERSCOPE) element comes from a new wave of Khumalo says. DIANE COETZER 10 10 BRITNEY SPEARS OOPS! ... I DID IT AGAIN JIVE UNIVERSAL singers, most of them living in France, he says. EMMANUEL LEGRAND THE CELEBRATED JAll CLUB Sweet Basil is AUSTRIA (Austrian IFPI /Austria Top 40) 08/24/00 SWITZERLAND (Media Control Switzerland) 09/03/00 to open for business in Seoul, South THIS LAST THIS LAST MANDARIN pop singer Yan Zi Korea. Modeled on clubs of the same WEB( WEB( SINGLES WEB( WEB( SINGLES has successfully adopted the unusual name in New York and Tokyo, the new 1 2 LUCKY BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/ZOMBA 1 NEW MUSIC MADONNA MAVERICKWARNER strategy of launching her self -titled venue could be operating by December. 2 1 AROUND THE WORLD ATC BMG 2 1 AROUND THE WORLD ATC ems

3 NEW I TURN TO YOU MELANIE C VIRGIN 3 1 LUCKY BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/ZOMBA debut album in Taiwan first. Released in According to Honkil Kark, president of 4 4 TAKE A LOOK AROUND LIMP BIZKIT UNIVERSAL 4 4 IT FEELS SO GOOD SONIQUE UNIVERSAL June, it has now achieved double -plat- Sweet Basil Korea Inc., the Korean enter- 5 3 IT FEELS SO GOOD SONIQUE UNIVERSAL 5 6 THE REAL SLIM SHADY EMINEM UNIVERSAL inum status with sales of over 100,000 tainment scene is geared mainly toward 6 NEW MUSIC MADONNA MAVERICK/WARNER 6 5 I'M OUTTA LOVE ANASTACIA sow units. The record was released in her teenage tastes. "Sweet Basil Korea will 7 6 THE REAL SLIM SHADY EMINEM UNIVERSAL 7 3 FREESTYLER BOMFUNK MC'S sow own country in July. "We'd rather have appeal to an older and more sophisticat- 8 5 I'M OUTTA LOVE ANASTACIA SONY 8 NEW I TURN TO YOU MELANIE C EMI 9 9 ROCK DJ ROBBIE WILLIAMS EMI 9 8 TAKE A LOOK AROUND LIMP BIZKIT UNIVERSAL Taiwan build the base for Yan Zi first, as ed market," he says. The club will also 10 NEW I'LL BE BACK RAPUBLIC EMI 10 7 CES SOIREES LA YANNICK sow Warner Taiwan signed her," says Kath- deal in online marketing, record licens- ALBUMS ALBUMS leen Tan, managing director of Warner ing, and artist management. The live

1 2 GIGI D'AGOSTINO L'AMOUR TOUJOURS zvx 1 1 THE CORRS IN BLUE 143 /LAVA/WARNER Music Singapore. To build her profile, venue will be named Sweet Basil 127, fol- 2 1 THE CORRS IN BLUE 143/LAVA/WARNER 2 3 ANASTACIA NOT THAT KIND SONY Yan Zi, 22, was also featured in six adver- lowing the tradition of naming clubs by 3 3 BON JOVI CRUSH UNIVERSAL 3 2 GOLA VOLKSMUSIG SOUND SERVICE tisements on Taiwan TV PHILIP CHEAH the longitude on which they are located. 4 NEW SOUNDTRACK GONE IN 60 SECONDS UNIVERSAL 4 NEW RONAN KEATING RONAN UNIVERSAL 5 NEW AUSTRIA 3 DIE DRITTE BMG 5 4 BON JOVI CRUSH UNIVERSAL It will stage jazz, rock, blues, and pop. THE 6 5 ANASTACIA NOT THAT KIND sow 6 5 BRITNEY SPEARS OOPS! ... I DID IT AGAIN JIVE/ U.K.'S most acclaimed young folk Kark plans to make live performances 7 6 BRITNEY SPEARS OOPS! ... I DID IT AGAIN JIVE/ ZOMBA artist, Eliza Carthy, is about to launch a available on the Web, and Korean artists ZOMBA 7 6 EMINEM THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP UNIVERSAL pop career. Carthy's first solo album for will appear alongside international acts. 8 4 SOUNDTRACK MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2 EDEL 8 9 ARISTNBMG SANTANA SUPERNATURAL WEA, "Angels And Cigarettes," will be "We have world -class musicians, and we 9 8 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS CALIFORNICATION 9 7 MORCHEEBA FRAGMENTS OF FREEDOM WARNER WARNER 10 NEW WYCLEF JEAN THE ECLEFTIC: 2 SIDES II A BOOK released Sept. 18; her 10 compositions on plan to give them the push they need," he 10 NEW RONAN KEATING RONAN UNIVERSAL 50NV it are in an unashamed pop vein, with only says. ELISA KIM

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Cologne Plays Host To 12th Annual PopKomm Conference The 12th annual German music industry conference, PopKomm, at- tracted more than 16,000 represen- tatives from all walks of the music business. Cologne welcomed more than 800 exhibitors from 25 countries for the three -day event, held Aug. 17- 19. The Messe conference center staged keynote speeches, panels, and showcases, while visitors were invit- ed to numerous social events at other venues in the city. Bertelsmann CEO Dr. Thomas Middelhoff used his keynote address to urge the major labels to speed up the digitalization of catalog so that the industry can start effectively fighting online pira- cy and copyright infringement.

Dr. Gabriel M. Steinschulte, director of authors' rights society GEMA, left, welcomes Dr. Heinz Stroh, managing director of the German Music Publishers' Assn., and Polydor head of promotion Midtrael Kucharski, left, product manager Jochen Gerd Gebhardt, president of Warner Music Central and Northern Europe, to the Schuster, and managing director Joerg Hellweg get into the "Formula 1' spirit GEMA exhibition area. at the company's show floor stand. Christoph Schmidt, managing direc- tor of BMG Entertainment, left, con- gratulates Rudi Gassner on his recent appointments to chairman of the board at edel and to the board at Internet start-up Ecapella.

Jens Geisemeyer, managing director of edel Records, left, and Chris Geor- gi, managing director of edel Media & Entertainment, team up to brief visi- tors at the edel booth on the latest developments at the company.

Dr. Thomas Mi ide hoff, CEO o' Beltels earn, left, enjoys a joke pith Wolf -D. Gramatke, chairman /CEO of Universal GSA, and Thomas Stein, chairman/ From lest, Wolfgang Clement, p:emFr of t',crth Rhine- Westphalia; Dr. Gabriel CEO of BlVG Entertainment GSA and Eastern Europe. M. Steinschulte, director of GEMA; professor Juergen Becker, managing director of GEMA; and Dieter Gorny. managing director of Viva Media, take the opportunity to talk business during a meeting at the GEMA exhibition stand.

Bob Lewis, left, director general of the British Assn. of Record Dealers, catches up with Dr. Heinz Stroh, managing director of the German Music Publishers' Assn., during a seminar for European retailers.

Peter Zombik, managing director of Germany's Federal Assn. of the Phonographic Industry, left, joins Dr. From left, Rudo Schendler, managing director of Koch Musikverlage; Andres Martin Schaefer, managing director Schubert, managing director of Koch International Polen; and Frank Koch, of the International Federation of the Wolf -D. Gramatke, chairman /CEO of Universal GSA, left, and Dieter Gorny, man- managing director cf Koch International. take time between business meet- Phonographic Industry in Germany, aging director of Viva Media, listen to Bertelsmann CEO Dr. Thomas Middel- ings to compare PopKomm notes. for a tour of the PopKomm show floor. hoff's keynote.

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WNile the rest of the Japanese music ON THE SCENE industry is stuck in the doldrums, the Playing the indie game in Japan is still very territory's vibrant indie sector is grow- much hit -or -miss, although the gradual decline ing by leaps and bounds in an explosion of cre- in recording and manufacturing costs that ative and commercial energy. comes with digital technology has made it pos- Indie product now accounts for between 5% sible for indie operations to survive on a sound and 6% of Japan's total prerecorded music sales, business footing. according to Kimisada Kato, chief producer at One of the major challenges facing Japan's Warner Indies Network, a label set up last year by indie labels is distribution. Although specialist dis- Warner Music Japan to get in on the indie boom. tributors such as 3 -D System, Daiki and Haragaki "Three years from now, Indies' share of the market are getting more indie product into more retail out- will likely rise to 10 %," Kato says. lets, the consensus is that indie releases could be better -distributed. THE INDIE BOOM Typical of the new breed of focused, professional At Tower Records' flagship store in Tokyo's Japanese indie labels is LD &K Records, whose office is district, sales of local indie product have doubled in the crammed to the rafters with CDs waiting to be shipped out. past year. LD &K Records is located above a convenience store in And the music itself? Well, it's inspired, confident and Tokyo's Shibuya district. The label was established in 1994 amazingly eclectic- running the stylistic gamut from the by producer Hidemasa "Tony" Otani, a self- described uchi- "melo- core" (melodious hardcore) of three -man band Hi mata (which translates roughly as "nerd "). Standard to the dark ambient musings of Kyoto's Mana Otani, speaking for many in the Japanese indie world, and just about every conceivable musical genre in says he set up the label because he wanted to release between, except for J -pop. the kind of music he likes -in his case, melodious soft Behind the indie boom is the simple reality of people pop that hearkens back to mid -'60s bands such as who love non -mainstream musical genres, committing Spanky & Our Gang and the Free Design. These cultural their time and resources to making and marketing that reference points are reinforced by the retro look of the music. Together, with cheaper and easier access to stu- CD jackets, which are designed in -house by Otani and dio and manufacturing technology and a strong sense of his staff of eight. entrepreneurial vision, it adds up to an artistically fasci- LD &K's biggest success story to date is the Cymbals, a three -member band specializing in jangly, hook -laden pop. LD &K, which manages and produces the Cymbals, now licenses the band's product to Victor Enter- tainment, which has sold some 40,000 copies of the band's recent album, "That's Entertain ment." Indie Music Like many members of the Japanese indie scene, Otani says the expansion of foreign retail chains Virgin, Takes Root Tower and HMV through the '90s played a crucial role in exposing Feed Tower Shibuya Japanese music fans to a wider range of music. nating and increasingly profitable aspect of the In Japan "The musical environment in Japan changed," says Japanese music industry. Otani. "More information about music became available, "The Indies are more focused than the majors," com- and now people are listening to many different kinds of ments one industry source. "They're able to concentrate Indie labels now account for music." on a relatively small number of releases, while major Japanese labels release an incredibly large number of close to 10% of music sales in PUNK'S IN STYLE titles, compared to the norm in other territories. More recently, the foreign retailers and specialist "And the indie labels are not blowing their money on Japan. And the music they're domestic outlets, such as the Disk Union and Cisco hostess bars in Ginza; they're working in a relatively chains, have been stocking more and more Japanese simple world where they know their medium and have indie product, giving the indie sector a major boost. low budgets," the source notes. releasing is getting better and The indie section of Tower's and HMV's Shibuya If an indie label has a major hit, as artist -owned label stores offer an unparalleled range of Japanese indie Pizza Of Death had last year with Hi Standard's "Making better too. product, with knowledgeable staff whose enthusiasm The Road," which sold more than 700,000 copies, the for the music is patently evident. Yoshikane Yamana, result can be lots of yen in the bank. BY STEVE McCLURE head buyer of indie product at Tower's Shibuya outlet, is Cnn(inurd on page 70

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AVEX INC. Chairman /president: Tom Yoda Web site: http: / /www.avex.co.jp/ Major acts: , globe, every little thing, Max

BEING GROUP (Zain, Rooms Record, B -Gram) President: TK Web site: http: / /www.being.co.jp /bmf /index.html Major acts: B'z, Zard

BMG FUNHOUSE President: Hidehiko Tashiro Web site: http: / /www2.bmgjapan.com/ Major act: Misia Online Retailers Offer Consumers Everything .Misia From Gagaku Court Music To J -pop. President: Inaba Akinori BY PHILIP BRASOR Web site: http: / /www.ponycanyon.co.jp/ Major act: Glay Sony is promoting the latest version of its Vaio personal computer as the best system on

t he market for music lovers, offering not only superior sound quality but features that SONY MUSIC make it extremely easy for anyone to download music files from the Internet. ENTERTAINMENT (Japan) Because of Japan's reputation for technological innovation and its citizens' fondness for President/CEO: Shigeo Maruyama gadgetry, Sony would seem to have an edge over other electronics manufacturers in the Web site: http: / /www.sonymusic.co.jp/ Major acts: , Ken Hirai rush to take advantage of the rising interest in MP3 files and similar technologies. But, in Japan, downloading music isn't as easy as in most other developed countries. TOSHIBA -EMI TIME IS MONEY sites mainly as places for music fans to check out samples President: Masaaki Saito Last December, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) - of songs, rather than for downloading and purchasing the label a download ser- songs. Web site: http: //www.toshiba- .co.jp/ the territory's biggest -launched vice called bitmusic (http: //bit.sonymusic.co jp /). SMEJ Major acts: Utada Hikaru, Yazawa Eikichi, says that the bitmusic site receives about 600,000 hits a LEADING THE WAY Ulfuls month, but that only 10,000 of these actually result in In another sign of how labels are leading the way in complete downloads, which cost 350 yen ($3.27) apiece. developing online music delivery in Japan, Sony With a conventional telephone line and modem connec- Communications Network (SCN) recently launched a platform to support music - :\ mho Mayo download services by Japanese TOYS FACTORY S.i labels. President: Takamitsu Idei .0, TRACKS Dubbed Label Gate, the ..r-9.1,. x,iv,.maram...... 101111M platform provides system Web site: http: //www.toysfactory.co.jp/ operation, online billing, Major acts: Speed, Mr. Children Ell F ,, music -data storage and distri- OR $ C , bution services for labels 9 operating their own music - lJf, i. w.-s ..TH > download sites. Universal Music Japan Other labels that have fol- President: Kei Ishizaka lowed Sony's lead include Web site: http: //www.universal- music.co.jp/ Japan's biggest independent label, Avex, which launched its acts: Spitz, Masaharu Fukuyama Major rAn®ctImpoilrAegge1e®ma own download service in April, and Pony Canyon, which offers Label Gate MP3 files of its artists. In April, VICTOR ENTERTAINMENT Nippon Columbia started post- tion, it takes more than 20 minutes to download a five - ing a wide range of classical Japanese music, including tra- President: Motoo Nishimura minute song, and the label concludes that a lot of poten- ditional song forms such as nagauta and gagaku court Web site: http:/ /www.jvcmusic.co.jp/ tial downloaders stop midway once they realize how long music. For Life Records and Warner Music Japan have Major acts: Southern All Stars, UA, Kiroro it is going to take. said they will launch download sites in the near future. In this case, time really is money. Unlike in other coun- Some Japanese companies are already selling MP3s over tries, where telephone subscribers pay a fixed monthly fee the Internet. First out of the starting gate was Music.co jp for unlimited local calls, Japanese customers pay by the (http://www.music.cojp/), which launched its download ser- WARNER MUSIC JAPAN minute for all calls, local as well as long distance. This vice last September. Most of the artists featured on the site Chairman: Hiroshi Inagaki means that downloading files on the Internet costs money are Japanese, and songs can be bought for an average of to 250 yen ($2.34). Midi and karaoke files can also be down- Web site: http: / /www.warnermusic.co.jp/ above and beyond whatever fees are required purchase the downloaded material. loaded. Pia, Tokyo's longest- running events listing maga- Major Yuki Koyanagi, Ryoko Hirosue, Sugar Soul acts: The result is that Japanese labels are using their Web Continued on page 78

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Artist: SSA U Artist: DRY : HEAVY HER Album: Full Contact KISS HER Label: Beat Records Album: "No! No! No!" Distributor: Beat Records Label: Trattoria Menu Publisher: Sony Music Publishing, Distributor: Polystar Beat Ink Publisher: Polystar Publishing Management: Beat Ink Management: Trattoria In our house, when we want dub, we reach for Dry & Heavy. Why? Because, while many SSKHKH has moved a couple of levels dub outfits just churn out repetitious, one - beyond its previous album, "17," with this set dimensional sludge, D &H knows it's impor- of deeply personal, passionate songs. On tant to vary the musical menu. On "Full tunes such as "Baby Run" and "A Guitar For Contact," the group bends and stretches this Me And Milk For Her," vocalist/guitarist /song- rigidly defined musical style with awesome writer Aiha Higurashi, once again singing skill. D &H are drummer Shigemoto Nanao entirely in English, sings about recently and bassist Takeshi Akimoto with - becoming a mother, in her characteristically dub outfit Audio Active. For a side project, intense, direct style. On "No! No! No!," the D &H is pretty damned impressive. On "Full band's sound has a tighter, harder edge than Contact," Nanao and Akimoto are joined by its previous efforts, and SSKHKH has solidi- folks like vocalists Likkle Mai (who excels on fied its reputation as one of Japan's most the killer track "Dawn Is Breaking ") and Ao interesting and gutsy bands. Inoue (who is fantastic on "Rumble "), as well Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her as guitarists Keiichi Rikitake and Kei Horiguchi. D &H has realized that, for dub to work, you have to create a very special Artist: SUGAR sense of wide -open music space, and on this, SOW the third album, the group has definitely Album: "uzu" done that. Label: WEA Japan Distributor: Warner Music Japan Publisher: Warner Artists /New World Artist: ell OrOIAr Productions Inc. Album: "Hamster" Management: New World Label: NeoSite Discs Productions Inc. Distributor: Sony Music Of the many female R &B -style singers to Entertainment (Japan) have achieved popularity on the Japanese Various music scene in the past couple of years, Publisher: Sugar Soul (aka Aiko) has emerged as per- Management: 3 -D Corporation haps the most creative and sophisticated. Like many of the best albums being made in Female vocalist Chocolat (whose sister, Japan these days, "uzu" features various pro- Heaco, is also a recording artist), who works ducers and backing musicians, all of whom with some of the brightest talents on the help to bring out different aspects of Sugar Japanese music scene, recently came up with Soul's music. The overall vibe is a smoky, this absolutely lovely collection of pop tunes. late -night one, with the stylistic bases cov- Chocolat's voice, on first listen, could unfair- ered- ranging from the relentless, Indian - ly be dismissed as lightweight, but that's pre- flavored drum'n'bass track "Siva 1999" to cisely the source of her charm. The stylistic Sugar Soul the hook -laden hit single "Respect Yourself" range on "Hamster" extends from the dark, to the funky feel of "Charisma." "Uzu" is yet ambient feel created by producer Yoshinori another example of how Japanese pop keeps Sunahara on Chocolat's cover of Janis Ian's going from strength to strength. "At Seventeen" to the impossibly happy and upbeat "Baseball And Elvis Presley," pro- duced and co- written by Tomoki Kanda. All of which makes it a crying shame that Sony Chocolat has dropped Chocolat from its roster. Continued on page 74

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whose 10- year -old company employs 25 people and isn't always clear in Japan. Avex, now one of the coun- has acts such as the Garlic Boys and Yellow Machine try's biggest labels, started out in 1988 as a small indie Gun. "I don't think the Japanese indie scene is healthy; specializing in imported dance music. Since it's pri- it's become too big. Everybody's saying they're an vately owned, Avex can still be considered an indie independent. It's growing too fast," says Kosugi, label. The same holds true for another highly success- expressing concern that a sudden end to the current ful Tokyo based label, Toys Factory, which, in recent boom may hurt the indie sector's long -term potential. years, has become one of the Japanese industry's biggest players due to the success of acts such as the FROM SPEED TO SNAIL RAMP female group Speed. What's being lost sight of amid the current indie Playing a crucial role in promoting Japanese indie boom, says Kosugi, is the crucial difference between product are specialist magazines such as Beikoku indies and majors. Ongaku and Indies, both of which include CD samplers "The reason major companies make CDs is to sell so that readers can listen to the acts written up in the

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to check out samples of songs on offer, TOKYO POP AND and SKACORE rather than downloading And the Los Angeles - based Japanese pop- purchasing the songs. culture magazine Tokyo Pop is setting selection of Japanese ers can download music from the Internet onto blank up a label, also and foreign artists, MiniDiscs. called Tokyo Pop, to including a large roster Shinseido's service appears to be modeled on the rapid- Tower's Yamana sign new Japanese of indie acts. ly expanding Music Deli kiosk service. Music Deli has ter- acts directly. David Softbank, a major minals in various key locations, such as CD stores and Ponak, formerly a sampling /clearances specialist at Tokyo-based computer multiplex cinemas. Warner Bros. Records, is now working as Tokyo Music Pod kiosk retail and service com- Considering how much it costs to download music at Pop's A &R head. Another U.S. label with an active pany, was planning to home, Music Deli, along with competitors such as Music interest in the Japanese indie scene is Emperor start its own download site in August. It will charge only Pod, may be the perfect way to get consumers used to Norton Records, which has licensed various acts 100 yen (93 cents) per song. Just what effect this low fee downloading music. from Japan. will have on other services remains to be seen. Overseas interest in Japan's burgeoning indie scene Tsutaya, a nationwide chain of video and CD rental Philip Brasor is a Tokyo based freelance writer. isn't confined to the U.S. Belgium's Roadrunner Records, for example, which recently established a Tokyo -based subsidiary, has signed Japanese skacore band Kemuri to a direct deal. The next stage in the evolution of the Japanese indie scene could be the emergence of Japan's version of Ahmet Ertegun or Clive Davis -someone who corn - bines business acumen with a real love for the music.

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An additional center.com. cents per share, on sales of is coming as close as possi- four to six smaller stores are expected The site does $485.7 million. ble to providing the high to open per year for the next two to not sell product From 1995 -99, the company quality customer care and five years. Helm anticipates that the directly, but it states that its net sales grew at service that an indepen- company will meet its 20 % -a -year does advertise an annual compound growth dent can provide." Most growth strategy. ALBERTSON specials and run rate of 31.2 %. Comparable - independent stores falter Guitar Center chooses its locations contests and pro- store sales were up 13% in 1997 Guitar Center currently owns 77 stores that cover about when it comes to matching judiciously, Albertson says. "We look motions. Instruments and equip- and again in 1998, while the 17,000 square feet. the chain from a marketing for an area with around half a million ment can be purchased through increase was a slightly lower and price perspective, he people when opening a smaller store the musiciansfriend.com site. 10% in 1999. says. and a million for a larger store. We also "We are not of belief the that the In the first half of 2000, Guitar rently operates 30 stores nationwide; Albertson notes that approximately look for a concentration of things .. . Internet will replace any aspect of Center reported a net income of $8.2 MARS, 36. 80% of his company's sales come from such as studios and nightclubs that retailing," states president/co -CEO million on net sales of $354.4 million, However, it is often the smaller, musical instruments, with the remain- would support a working musician." Marty Albertson, who joined Guitar compared with a net income of independent stores that provide Gui- ing 20% from sales of public address In assessing the competition, Helm Center's San Francisco store 22 years $400,000 on sales of $274.6 million in tar Center with its strongest competi- systems, audio equipment, and relat- says, "Five years from now, the ques- ago as a salesman. "With our experi- the same time frame last year. tion in a given market. Unlike the ed accessories. tion is whether or not there is enough ence of owning Musician's Friend, we In a published report, Goldman, major chains, which serve a wide vari- The latter percentage is on the up- market share for several big box oper- have found that the Internet has aug- Sachs analyst Matt Fassler estimates ety of consumers by stocking a large swing thanks to the Internet, which ators to exist in this field. The future mented both catalog and brick -and- that total sales for 2000 will be $772 assortment of brands and types of has "given musicians a tremendous depends on how well Sam Ash and mortar store sales." million (an increase of 24 %), and pre- instruments, the smaller stores can tool to distribute their music and MARS can compete, because Guitar For instance, many of the people dicts earnings per share of 99 cents. specialize in a single type of instru- develop a fan base, essentially for Center clearly holds all of the cards." who contact the company through the Guitar Center's stock went public in ment, such as drums, thereby allow- free," he says. "It is driving a lot of In Helm's view, Guitar Center's sta- Internet still want to talk to a sales- June 1998. On Aug. 30 it traded at ing them to carry a deeper product enthusiasm for equipment that allows tus as a publicly held company gives person before they make a purchase, $14.19, giving the company a market assortment while providing detailed musicians to record their own music the chain an advantage in financial he explains. Also, "many people who capitalization of about $311 million. customer service. . .. Digital technology is making many strength, which will allow it to grow. have a catalog end up ordering on the Although Guitar Center prides Smaller stores can also provide more features and benefits available "[Blair & Co. is] very enthusiastic Internet, and many people who come itself in beating competitors' prices, specialized service by renting band at an affordable price." about this company and its ability to into our stores to Albertson admits that it is difficult to and orchestra instruments to schools An additional source of Guitar consolidate this industry," he states. try the products out be the price leader on everything the and providing lessons to aspiring Center's sales comes from houses of Helm notes that there are untapped star end up getting a chain sells. `A lot of our vendors are musicians. worship, which are sensing a need to opportunities for instrument sales in ter catalog at home and concerned about the way that their According to Albertson, the only upgrade their public address systems the global market and believes that The Musician aoice purchasing through products are marketed," he says. independent instrument retailers to satisfy the ears of baby boomers Guitar Center's established Internet that," he adds. "It is "They won't tell us what price to sell who have a difficult time competing who are accustomed to high -end and catalog presence makes it a an interactive shop- at, but more and more they are going against the larger chains are "those audio systems and are expanding prospective global leader. ping experience; one does not replace the other." Founded in 1964, Guitar Center cur- rently claims 79 stores, which carry guitars, basses, drums, keyboards, Berkner Survives Snafus To Succeed In On and musical equipment for recording Kids' Audio Own label and sound amplification. Most top BY TAMMY LA GORCE share of breaks. her own Two Tomatoes label -they watching sales of "Whaddaya Think manufacturers are represented at the NEW YORK- Laurie Berkner is a Before the thought of becoming the so enjoyed it that one mother led her Of That," plus a second album, `Buz7 store locations, save for the Gibson gui- case study of the off-putting profusion next Raffi made a ripple in her mind, by the arm into area independent toy Buzz," climb steadily on her Web site, tar company, which can be found only of hoops performers have to jump an army of well- heeled Manhattan stores and demanded shop owners twotomatoes.com. And, through spins in the Musician's Friend catalog. Prior through to make it in the notoriously parents pestered her enter the stu- give her a listen and stock a few of her records at a local hot spot for to the merger, Musician's Friend had narrow-scoped, fickle children's audio dio -they wanted to hear her at home albums, thus setting in motion a small kids and nannies, she'd secured what operated nine retail stores, seven of market. along with their kids, whom she but important citywide buzz on the she thought would be "this very life- which have since been re- branded with It's not as if luck hasn't been on her taught at various preschool programs artist, who pens her own (mostly silly) changing" gig-a birthday party per- the Guitar Center name. side since she started singing for kids around the city. songs, plays acoustic guitar, and pro- formance for the toddler most likely Guitar Center is centrally managed, five years ago. Instead, as she'll be the Once she did record an album - duces her own albums. to be crowned princess of pop, with purchasing done at the Augora first to admit, she's had more than her 1997's " Whaddaya Think Of That," on By fall of last year, Berkner was (Continued on next page) Hills, Calif., headquarters. However,

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BERKNER SURVIVES SNAFUS TO SUCCEED IN KID'S AUDIO ON OWN LABEL (Continued from preceding page) Madonna's daughter Lourdes (Child's and a third album behind her ("Victor living-room inventory through sales at newsline... Play, Billboard, Aug. 26). Vito" was released early this year), Amazon.com (which doesn't release To some extent, though not to what Berkner is cautiously optimistic about sales figures) and her own Web site, K -TEL INTERNATIONAL INC. plans to pay off $1.945 million in company she'd hoped -Rosie O'Donnell wasn't her chances of being mentioned In the which has moved about 800 units since debt by issuing 1.945 million shares of preferred stock to its lender, K- in attendance and thus wasn't clamor- same breath as Barney," when the sub- December 1999, with the bulk of it 5 Leisure Products-a company principally owned by K-tel chief exec- ing for a TV show performance, and ject of kids' music crops up. But it's not coming since February, when she was utive Philip Kives. The preferred shares will be convertible into common Madonna, though she "danced her butt as if she's expecting fortunes to follow featured on the public radio program stock. An '; : million credit line that the company previously established off," didn't engage Berkner in a musi- fame. "I used to have nightmares "Infinite Mind." And, as her own with K-5, which funded the debt in question, will remain in place. In a cian-to- musician sort of way -the about all this money I owed"-money agent and sales manager, she works statement, K -tel says that Nasdaq may require shareholder approval party did change her life. It planted spent getting her albums made and directly with merchants when the for the company to offer the shares to K -5. K -tel says the move is not in her on a trajectory of playing bigwigs' passing them out as promos. Finally, opportunity is available. response to Nasdaq's intent to delist the company from its National Mar- kids' birthday parties, including she is starting to see money trickle in. Jennifer Bergman, co -owner of ket for failing to meet basic capitalization requirements, a decision the Sting's 4- year -old son Giacomo's, Meredith Tredeau, RounderKids' Westside Kids, a New York specialty company is appealing. Kives says that he considers K-tel "undervalued" where parent Bruce Springsteen was director of purchasing, estimates toy retailer, calls herself one of Berkn- and that the company is looking to leverage its music catalog in new- an audience member. (She says she Berkner's sales at 5,000 units com- er's first fans. "We plug Laurie all the media formats. was surprised to be booked as the fea- bined since the company started dis- time," she says. "When she first came tured entertainer because the little tributing her six months ago strictly into the store, she asked me to listen to AMAZON.COM and America Online (AOL) have extended their existing boy was "something of a heckler" at in independent her music. I get [tapes] all the time, but marketing relationship. The deal will more widely promote Amazon his friend Lourdes' party) On a good stores. (SoundScan hers was different, and I said I'd take across AOL sites including AOL.com, Netscape Netcenter, and Com- day, she found she could sell 80 or more currently does not a few. I grew to love the music, and so puServe, and it makes the Internet service giant Amazon's largest CDs per party. register sales of did my staff. It never gets grating." online partner. Financial terms were not disclosed. More important, though, the star her albums.) In With that kind of support, Berkner In other news, Amazon is launching Amazon.fr, a French- language circuit soon propelled her onto the what Berkner calls outsells children's music superstar site offering books, music CDs, DVDs, and videos dedicated to customers pages of People magazine, which pub- "a weird tightrope Raffi 3-to -1 at Westside Kids. But in France. Amazon.fr is Amazon.com Inc.'s third European site. lished a short piece on Berkner's pop- to walk," she has- Bergman went beyond the pale for her ularity but spelled her name wrong- BERKNER n't put muscle At this year's Assn. of Specialty Toy URBANFETCH.COM laid off about 2% of its staff in New York, a move that thwarting what Berkner speculates behind the market- Retailers' Convention, Bergman impacted mostly warehouse employees and delivery personnel. The move were hundreds of attempts to reach ing it takes to generate sales for a passed out 200 tapes, one of which follows recent word that Kozmo.com, its chief competitor and rumored her through the Internet. kids' artist in chains like Barnes & landed in the hands of Doug Morris, potential merger partner, is laying off roughly 1% of its New York work "I'm laughing about it now," says Noble, because she faces a dilemma owner of Little Hands Toy Shop in force. The number of employees at Urbanfetch.com was not available. Berkner. "But at the time I felt so shared by lots of baby acts and indie Glen Ellyn, Ill., who played it in his upset. This [was] my first little slice labels: it's cost -prohibitive. store. A CD bought by a Chicago Tri- INTERNATIONAL DATA CORP. (ICD), a technology research group, says in of national exposure, and people Without that sort of marketing and bune writer at Little Hands resulted a new report that commerce conducted over cellular phones in Western couldn't find me ... it took me a long despite her big -name background, in a flattering profile in that newspa- Europe is expected to rise to $37.7 billion in 2004 from $51.2 million in time to get the search engine updat- bona fide kids' market stardom seems per, which netted a two -day tally of 150 2000, coinciding with an increase in the number of phone subscribers ed" so that the misspelling would lead far off. Still, Tredeau says Berkner's orders through twotomatoes.com vs. and services. ICD expects the number of cell phone users to increase to to her site. But once it did, any pro- "doing very, very well for an indie artist the average of one or two per day. That 300 million by 2004, up from a current level of 200 million. jected sales spike for the artist, then without major -label bucks behind her, led to a June Chicago -area tour. on the verge of establishing her cur- and so far -knock on wood -[her There's also a contingent of KMART CORP. reports a second -quarter net loss of $448 million, or 93 rent deal with RounderKids for dis- albums aren't] coming back. We wish Rounder sales reps "rooting for me," cents per share, vs. a net loss of $92 million, or 19 cents per share, last tribution, had fizzled. we'd picked her up a little sooner." says Berkner. Rounder sales repre- year. Total consolidated sales increased 2.5% to $8.99 billion from $8.78 Still, the People mention led to yet Berkner doesn't seem put off at the sentative Brian McCarthy says Berk- billion last year. Comparable sales for the same period increased 0.7 %. another high -profile booking -she prospect of growing grass -roots ner is "one of the fresh, new artists Kmart operates 2,165 Kmart, Big Kmart, and Super Kmart retail played for a crowd of between 30,000 rather than securing overnight suc- whose expectations are panning out. outlets. and 50,000 at this year's annual East- cess. After putting in calls to one chil- We're giving her a lot of support." Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says second -quarter net income rose to $1.596 er Egg Roll in Washington, D.C., and dren's label, where she was told unso- That's included featuring her on the billion, or 36 cents per share, from $1.25 billion, or 28 cents per share a her two sets were broadcast live over licited demos weren't welcome, and RounderKids listening post, which year ago. Sales for the quarter rose 20% to $46.11 billion from $38.47 bil- the Internet on the White House's digesting `old experiences having recently landed at 80 independent toy lion. Wal-Mart operates 1,766 Wal -Mart stores, 796 Supercenters, and Web site. But even that engagement been in rock bands" (five years ago, stores. For an artist who's "pretty bad 466 Sam's Club stores in the U.S. had its drawbacks. For security rea- she was making the rounds in New at selling myself," Berkner is becom- son, Berkner could not mention in her York's coffeehouse circuit), she opted ing a shrewd businesswoman. SEALEDMEDIA, a digital rights management (DRM) services compa- marketing materials that she was cho- for the indie way of life. She won't deny By all accounts, including her own, ny, says it will provide DRM solutions for music sold online by Digi- sen for such a potentially attention - it has its share of frustrations, but the appeal of Berkner's songs rests in talpressure.com, the online division of independent music publisher getting performance. she's also reaping indie- exclusive their accessibility. "Some parents love peermusic. No with her fair share of fanfare rewards. Among them is whittling her the music," she reports, even though the subject matter ranges from buzzing MP3.COM is teaming with Expression Engines Inc., a developer of E- bees, to the importance of trees, to a mail marketing services and technologies, to promote its artists with colony of fish that take showers. E X E C U T I V E T U R N T A B L E hyperlinked graphics and streaming audio in E -mail messages. The hy- All three albums are free of syn- perlinks connect the E -mail recipient to a Web site specified by the thesizers, simply produced, and set to sender and can stream music and other forms of multimedia with one HOME VIDEO. Chris Saito is named acoustic guitar rounded out by piano, click. As part of the deal, MP3.com will also utilize Expression Engines' VP of brand marketing for Univer- bass, and a horn section. The songs Favemail technology as an E -mail "complement" to its affiliate -mar- sal Studios Home Video in Univer- invite movement, and in live perfor- keting program. sal City, Calif. He was executive mances a few well - placed don't director of marketing for MGM hurt, either. "I used to worry, `Does it DOLBY LABORATORIES says that BMG Entertainment and Universal Home Entertainment. seem silly to people that I have stuffed Music Group are using its AAC audio compression standard in their Paramount Home Entertain- animals on my head ?'" says Berliner. respective programs for digital music delivery. ment promotes Jocelyn Estrada "I've finally gotten past that." to director of sell- through mar- SAITO STESSEL Now, she's fixated on forcing reali- POPCAST COMMUNICATIONS Corp., a Webeasting company that has pro- keting and Deanna Lee to direc- ty to sink in, noting that "it's been a duced Internet broadcasts of the Grammy, Emmy, and Tony awards tor of rental marketing in Holly- technology for the Recording big emotional journey, but I have to shows, has received $10.8 million in venture capital from Intel Capital wood. They were senior product Industry Assn. of America, and kind of accept it: Wow! I'm making it and Telesystem Ltd. managers. Belinsky was senior VP of business doing music!" development for Macrovision Corp. Up next for Berliner, who's booked Agency in EMUSIC'S Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA) is sponsoring NEW MEDIA. Larry Stessel is Tom Burke is named VP of by the Charles Rothschild is a contest to discover videos from unsigned bands. The promotion, known named president of the music divi- media sales for Music.com in New New York on a per -gig basis, an new as I- Candy, will collect video submissions through Sept. 18. The top 20 sion for MCY.com in New York. He York. He was director of sales, appearance on the FX network's videos, selected by IUMA, will appear on the I -Candy contest site on was president and founder of Tril- East Coast, for Listen.com. "American Baby" show this fall. She'll Think Of Oct. 16. Fans will determine the winner by voting for their favorite video. lium Entertainment. Marvin Richman is named VP also release "Whaddaya The winning band will receive a cash prize of $5,000 and "be showcased Audiosoft names David Steb- of finance for OnePage Inc. in That" as a CD in September. In Feb- 2001 first video to hundreds of IUMA and EMusic record label partners." bings and Mark S. Belinsky to its Redwood City, Calif. He was ruary or March of her board of directors in San Francis- senior VP of Urban Investment will hit the shelves, to be followed by a co. Stebbings was senior VP of and Development Co. fourth album in summer.

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-.won NO. 1 DE LA SOUL ART OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE:-- MOSAIC THUMP 1 I 3 At Sales Confab In The Big Easy TOMMY BOY 1361* (12.98/18.98) 3 weeks at No I BAHR MEN 3 5 WHO LET THE DOGS OUT RYKO HITS THE BIG EASY: We a cheap hotel room provided a wel- U S- CURVE/SHERIDAN SQUARE 751052 /ARTEMIS (10.98/16.98) THREE 6 MAFIA WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS SIXTY 6, SIXTY 1 couldn't make Ryko Distribution's come respite from a freezing tour 3 2 11 HYPNOTIZE MINDS 1732/LOUD (11.98/17.98) sales convention Aug. 15 -19 at the bus. "If You Wanna Rock & Roll" SLIPKNOT 4 4 33 SLIPKNOT Omni Royal Orleans Hotel in New approximates the sounds Dion heard I AM 8655`/ROADRUNNER (11.98/17.98) lii BUJU BANTON Orleans. To hear company president O UNCHAINED SPIRIT at the famed Apollo Theatre in NEW Ili' ANTI /PENTHOUSE 86580 * /EPITAPH (10.98/16.98) OM Cuomo tell it, we Jim missed a really Harlem. "I Can Laugh At It Now" .2..j. KITTIE 6 5 good 'un. was inspired by a Bronx building NG/SHERIDAN SQUARE 751002/ARTEMIS (10.98/16.98) ® SPIT NICKELBACK Cuomo says the notion of spending 1CD 10 19 superintendent who, in Dion's words, ROADRUNNER 8586 (8.98/13.98) MI THE STATE a laid -back five days in America's by Chris Morris "was a solid guy who passed on a lot 8 & THE BLACK CROWES 7 8 LIVE AT THE GREEK party/music city was calculated as a of good stuff to me, musically and TVT 2140 (24.98 CD) C -BO contrast to the average annual sales oldies stations a 9 5 say it's new record, spiritually." 9 WEST COAST MAFIA 2829/WARLOCK (11.98/17.98) ENEMY OF THE STATE conference, where "they march guys and the [contemporary] stations say The album also includes covers of RANCID 10 6 4 RANCID into a room, bombard 'em for four it's an oldie." But, he adds, "They're two Bruce Springsteen songs. Dion HELLCAT 80427* /EPITAPH (10.98/16.98) KENNY ROGERS hours, give 'em a quick lunch, and bom- breaking the rules for it I 12 33 ... just gotta says, "I was tellin' Bruce, `You use 11 DREAMCATCHER (11.98/16.98) SHE RIDES WILD HORSES 'em again." 004 bard The executive says find enough people who are into synthesizers like I VARIOUS ARTISTS 12 11 11 MTV: THE RETURN OF THE ROCK he's attended all too many such music- breaking the rules." use a vocal group - ROADRUNNER 8536 (11.98/17.98) SNOOP DOGG & THA EASTSIDAZ biz confabs, where there was "nothing Happily, there are some rule-break- "oohs" and 13 30 "ahhs" 13 DOGG HOUSE 2040 (10.98/17.98) SNOOP DOGG PRESENTS THA EASTSIDAZ about any music thought I was at * /TVT -I a ers out there in radioland who are and "dit- dit- dits." JOHNNIE TAYLOR 14 14 24 GOTTA GET THE GROOVE BACK washing machine convention." responding to Dion's exceptionally I'll show you what I MALACO 7499 (10.98115.98) SOUNDTRACK 2GETHER: MUSIC FROM THE MTV ORIGINAL TV MOVIE Ryko structured its convention to marvelous record, which -as the mean.' And I did 8 19 15 TVT SOUNDTRAX 6800TrVT 110.98/17.98 ) move at a leisurely pace and to be open singer himself tells Declarations of `Book Of Dreams." MO THUGS FAMILY LAYZIE BONE PRESENTS MO THUGS III: THE MOTHERSHIP 16 15 9 to all. "The sessions were wide open to Independents in an exclusive chat- A second Spring - MO THUGS/STATE STREET 8111 /KOCH (10.98/ 17.98) everybody every time," Cuomo says. VARIOUS ARTISTS was calculated as a return to another steen number, "If I DION 11 16 10 PUNK 0 RAMA #5 "The dinners were wide open every era of record -making. Should Fall Be- EPITAPH 86588 (4.98 CD) VARIOUS ARTISTS LOVE SERENADE BODY + SOUL TWENTY -FOUR SENSUAL GROOVES O16 31 28 time." hind," was drawn from Dion's 1992 TIME LIFE 3397 /MADACY (17.98/19.98) The convention -attended by Palm SLUM VILLAGE album, " Fire." 19 18 11 FANTASTIC VOL. 2 `I'm one of those BARAK/GOODVIBE 2025* /ATOMIC POP (14.98 CD) EN Pictures topper , Dion himself seems to understand VARIOUS ARTISTS reps from 13 15 20 20 14 REGGAE GOLD 2000 of Ryko's labels, 30 singers -I don't that he was working on a higher plane VP 1599* (9.98/15.98) salespeople, and administrative when he cut the album. "I was really THE CONGREGATION 21 17 5 BOOK I BULLETPROOF /KHAOTIC GENERATION 3111/HENDU (11.98/15.98) ® staffers from New York -often ven- produce what I do, I in the zone when I did these things," BROTHA LYNCH HUNG 22 22 9 EBK4 tured out of the hotel and into the Big he says. "I'm one of those singers -I BLACK MARKET 4321 (11.98/17.98) Easy's night spots. express what I do. I do, I ELVIS PRESLEY don't produce what express 19 2 ELVIS 23 TIME LIFE 23725 (13.98/24.98) - COUNTRY "One thing I said was, `Please, what I do. I'm more of an expression- LOUIE DEVITO pace yourselves," I'm more of an 24 27 9 N.Y.C. UNDERGROUND PARTY 2 Cuomo says with ist, so when I'm in the zone, it's worth E- LASTIK 5001 (16.98 CD) iii a chuckle. a million dollars. When I'm not, forget TONY TOUCH expressionist, so 25 21 19 THE PIECE MAKER Six Degrees Records' showcase at about it." TOMMY BOY 1347* (11.98/17.98) LOS HURACANES DEL NORTE Tipitina's featured Dutch DJs Zuco 26 24 4 EN QUE TRABAJA EL MUCHACHO when I'm in the Dion says his peers responded FONOVISA 6088 (8.98/12.98) II 103 and dZihan & Kamien. A multi- immediately to "Déjà Nu." "Every AIMEE MANN 21 26 17 BACHELOR NO. 2 OR THE LAST REMAINS OF THE DODO label showcase by John McVey (Paras zone, it's worth a once in a while I'd print up a few SUPEREGO (16.98 CD) BIG MOE Group), (Blix 23 6 the Groobees Street), copies, give one to Paul Simon, to 28 WRECKSHOP 4441 (11.98/16.98) 111 CITY OF SYRUP Shemekia Copeland (Alligator), and million dollars. Springsteen, to Lou Reed-Whad- THIEVERY CORPORATION NEW MIRROR CONSPIRACY Texas Music Group's Guy Forsyth daya think ?' I'd get great response ... LOUNGE 33` (16.98 CD) ® When I'm not, forget KURUPT and Barbara Lynn took 25 33 over Sto- I gave a copy to Bob Dylan before it 30 ANTRA 2001 * /ARTEMIS (10.98/16.98) THA STREETZ IZ A MUTHA ryville. Palm Pictures showcased the came out. He got back to me, and he about it' 31 28 11 NPgpH PUMP UP THE VALUUM Honeydogs, Mocean Worker, and said, `I love "Every Day." I'm gonna try 86584* (10.98/16.98) BUMPY KNUCKLES Elwood at the House of Blues. Retail- _ to do I never 30 9 INDUSTRY SHAKEDOWN DION - that.' thought I'd get a 32 KJAC 2000` /LANDSPEED (11.98/16.98) OR er Louisiana Music Factory hosted an response like that ... It made me feel VARIOUS ARTISTS 33 40 26 TWISTA PRESENTS: LEGIT BALLIN' THE ALBUM VOL. 1 appearance by John Boutté (who is good that he even responded to the LEGIT BALLIN' 50000 (11.98/16.98) featured on the new Cubanismo "I recorded it with all the same thing. I NEW JANE thought he'd maybe throw it (34) ED 407/WRLOCK(16.98CD)IBM NEVER NEVER LAND album "Mardi Mambo "), Gras Snooks equipment and techniques, even vocal- up on the shelf and never listen. But he PAUL VAN DYK 35 36 10 OUT THERE AND BACK Eaglin, and Davell Crawford. Anoth- ly, that I did back then," Dion says. "I calls me back -I've been listening to MUTE 9127 (18.98 CD)11111 SEVENDUST er House of Blues performance pre- wanted to really capture the expres- it all 35 night!" 36 33 TVT 5820 (10.98/16.98) HOME sented the Rykodisc /Slow River artist sion and the passion of the way we However, Dion says, "nobody want- BEBEL GILBERTO RE -ENTRY TANTO TEMPO Jess Klein. Everything wrapped up recorded records back then." ed to put it out." In fact, adds Greene, ID ZIRIGUIBOOM 1026/SIX DEGREES (16.98 CD) gm 38 JIMMY BUFFETT with an Aug. 19 tourney at that local Dion began cutting the songs a year the singer considered 33 BUFFETT selling the 34 MAILBOAT 2000 (9.98/16.98) LIVE: TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS institution the Rock 'N' Bowl, with live and a half ago, QVC. after actor /writer album over After getting wind SOLDIERZ AT WAR 39 NEW HU$$LIN 4 A KAU$E music by Rockin' Dopsie & the Zyde- Chazz Palminteri -a native, like of the project, Collectables-one of the MILLITARY 57571 (8.98/13.98) co Twisters and STEVE EARLE Rockin' Ronnie Dion, of the Bronx, N.Y., and the best-established oldies labels in the 40 32 12 TRANSCENDENTAL BLUES Dawson. author and co -star of Robert De E-SQUARED/SHERIDAN SQUARE 751033 /ARTEMIS (16.98 CD) country-decided to take it on. BEASLEY All this, 41 38 6 WALTER WON'TON'T YOU LET ME LOVE YOU plus product presentations, Niro's 1993 film "A Bronx Tale" - Collectables, which employs two in- 5071 (17.98 CD) two-hour lunches, and beignets at Cafe began putting together YING YANG TWINS a screenplay house promotion people, hired six 42 39 17 THUG WALKIN' du Monde, too. based on the musician's autobiography independents COLLIPARK 1006 (10.98/16.98) IM to work "Déjà Nu." BAHAMADIA 43 RE -ENTRY BB QUEEN "This was not a forced march," says "The Wanderer." Palminteri wanted to Efforts focused on the market the GOODVIBE 2021*/ATOMIC POP (8.98 CD) El Cuomo. "In a nutshell, I think we suc- use some of Dion's classic material, but label knows TAYLOR AND JIMMY VAN M best, which also was the 44 33 5 TRANCE NATION AMERICA ceeded in getting everybody to work the price tag was high. likeliest home for a new Dion record ULTRA 1062 (19.98 CD) - SASHA AND JOHN DIGWEED 37 10 together as one big unit." "Licensing some of the songs was oldies radio. 45 KINETIC 5465 (19.98 CD)MEI COMMUNICATE He says he plans to return the con- becoming so ridiculous mean, the Some DEAD PREZ -I oldies stations have been 46 46 22 LET'S GET FREE vention to New Orleans next year. budget was, like, through the roof," the album's earliest champions. LOUD 1867* (10.98/16.98) LUDACRIS 42 3 PRESENTS: Sounds like a good idea to us. recalls Dion. "So I said, `Let me fill it According to Greene, WCBS -FM 47 DISTURBING THA PEACE 911 (10.98/16.98) LUDACRIS INCOGNEGRO in. I'll write some songs.' " New York, WOGL Philadelphia, and PROJECT PAT 48 29 5 MURDERERS & ROBBERS FLAG WAVING: Jerry Greene, who The result is a cycle of sharply WWWS Pittsburgh have all placed PROJECT 9996 /STREET LEVEL (11.98/16.98) RICHARD "HUMPTY" VISSION runs Ardmore, Pa. -based 45 6 SHUT THE F Collectibles penned songs that reflect various as- the record in rotation. Collectables 49 TOMMY BOY SILVER LABEL 1402/TOMMY BOY (17.98 CD) * ** UP AND DANCE Records with Nine Greene, his wife pects of the great vocalist's life and claims that some 300 outlets have JOAN SEBASTIAN 50 49 18 SECRETO DE AMOR of 38 years, has a rare challenge in career. "Hug My Radiator " -a song been spinning it. MUSART/BALBOA 2280 /CAIMAN (10.98/16.98) SE Top Independent Album are current titles that are sold via independent distribution, including those which are fulfilled via major branch distribu- promoting "Déjà Nu," the captivating Dion had attempted to work up for his Greene says Dion will be guesting rs. °Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. DI America (RIRA) certification for net shipment of 500.000 album unis (Gold). RIM certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIM certification for net shipment of 10 million units new . Numeral album by rock'n'roll veteran 1959 tour mates Buddy Holly and in September on the syndicated pub- (Diamond following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi -platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running Dion. ime of 100 minutes or more, the RIM multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. RIM Latin awards: O Certification for net ship- Ritchie Valens but never complet- lic radio show "World Cafe" and will ment of 100,000 units (Oro). 0 Certification of 200.000 units ( Platino). 4' Certification of 400.000 units (Multi -Platina). *Asterisk indicates vinyl LP is avail ble. Most tape prices are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EQ and most CD prces are equivalent prices, which are projected from "It's simple," Greene says. "The ed- recalls the days when a heater in also appear on NPR's "Fresh Air." wholesale prices. .indicates past or present Healseeker title. 02000, Billboard/BPI Communications, and SoundScan, Inc.

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Combining Rhino & WEA; Catching Up With Northeast One Stop

W EA MADE AN interesting Mount reports. dent sales at Valley, has been tried to return to RCA Label ing, who played a character called move to bring catalog sales and brought in to be COO at North- Group chairman Joe Galante in Little Dickie; Rick Cohen, who marketing under the auspices of S PEAKING OF WEA: Dave east. Initially, Gerstein is over- order to collect a reward. Special played Ricky Cashews; and Tom the Rhino staff. Or rather, Mount, as he reported the above seeing independent sales, but his agents Mulder and Scully - O'Flynn, VP of sales and branch should I say to bring the Rhino to me, was just back from the role will be expanded eventually, played, respectively, by Jennifer distribution, who played Jelly. sales and marketing staff under WEA Convention, where the staff Nix reports. In addition to Ger- Day and Andy Griggs (it's a par- Later in the convention, the the auspices of WEA? had the pleasure of viewing per- stein, other key executives at ody, after all) were hot on the Arista presentation began by As reported recently (Bill - formances from 22 of the compa- Northeast include Jay Fink, trail of the secret box. Also, Brad taking "The Baritones" to task, boardBulletin, Aug. 18), the 22 ny's recording acts. Although director of sales, and Paul Paisley, who recently captured enlisting two actors from "The members of Rhino's sales and Mount wouldn't confirm it, I hear Billingslea, director of opera- six Country Music Assn. Award Sopranos," Vincent Pastore, video staff are now employees that one of the acts, Barenaked tions. Also, I hear Lou Delsig- nominations, played a gum -chew- who plays Big Pussy Bompen- of WEA, as is Bob Carlton, Ladies, took a potshot or two at nore, Northeast One Stop ing receptionist. siero, and Fedrico Castelluccio, who changes from being VP of Warner VP of sales Dave Stein founder and chairman, still puts In addition to videos by the who plays Furio Giunta. A video Rhino to senior VP at WEA, and at WEA executive VP of above acts, the presentation fea- showed the two discovering "The reporting to Alan Voss, execu- sales Fran Aliberti (two very de- tured music from Lonestar, Allan Baritones" video amid a bootleg tive VP /GM of the distributor. serving targets, in Retail Track's Jackson, Martina McBride, and cache and ended with them leav- The Rhino sales and market- view). RETAIL Kenny Chesney, all of whom have ing New Jersey to look for those ing staff will now be called the new albums coming out, as well as responsible. WEA Strategic Catalog Mar- I N CASE YOU ARE wondering albums that have been in the mar- Next thing you know, they are will ride herd what Northeast One Stop has TRACK ket for a while and are still doing live, in Canada, and bursting into keting Group and by Ed Christman over about $500 million in WEA been up to, read on. Back in June well. the auditorium at the convention, music catalog, as well as over- the company moved into a new carrying baseball bats and call- see WEA's video titles. Also, warehouse, which has about STAR SIGHTING: The Restless ing for their boss, Antonio, to they are still responsible for 88,000 square feet, reports com- in a hard day's work. product presentation at the BMG deal with the situation. And, of working the new Rhino titles. pany president Ron Nix. Not meet was notable for its humorous course, at that juncture, Antonio Rhino, as well as special mar- only that, but "we can expand it I RECENTLY ATTENDED the video, which featured Frankie "L.A." Reid, Arista's new presi- kets, was quietly placed in WEA to another 40,000 square feet," he BMG Distribution Convention, Muniz of the sitcom hit "Malcolm dent, made his grand entrance Inc. chairman Dave Mount's adds. The company is now in and here are some things I In The Middle" and a tight set into the convention -and his portfolio of responsibilities back Menands, N.Y., a hop, skip, and a picked up there but previously from new signee They Might Be Arista debut. in the beginning of the year. jump from the old warehouse, didn't report. First off, the folks Giants. Rhino entered the Warner Music which was in Latham, N.Y. from the RCA Label Group S TREET DATE: Who noticed Group as a joint venture with Nix reports that Northeast still couldn't make it (because of the ANOTHER STAR SIGHTING: that the latest Harry Potter Atlantic and became wholly has its carousel -based replenish- consolidation of RCA Nashville At the convention, the BMG book, "Harry Potter And The owned by Warner in May 1998. ment system but plans to aug- and Arista, the company and its national staff presented on video a Goblet Of Fire" came out in July Mount says the realignment ment it the first quarter next artist roster are under construc- funny spoof of the cable -TV show with a Saturday street date? I was "a logical move" that puts a year with Dorner equipment - tion), so they sent a video con- "The Sopranos." Titled "The Bari- wasn't the only one: A senior little more focus on the WEA the same type of automation taining their product presenta- tones," it starred, among others, major distribution executive catalog. The Rhino regionals found in Valley Media's ware- tion, based on "The X- Files." Bob Morelli, VP of marketing, lamented to me that he wished will be reporting to the WEA house. The Warren Brothers played and Patti Schrieber, label liaison the book industry would embrace regional VPs but will get day - Speaking of Valley, Bill Ger- down -on- their -luck musicians director, with cameos by Rick a Tuesday street date. to -day direction from Carlton, stein, who headed up indepen- who found a secret box that they Bleiweiss, senior VP of market- The book industry is still in the early days of street date. There are three significant dates: the publishing date, the laydown date, and the street date. lIl The publishing date is when 1 L I, in 1 M publishers start making books available to merchants but is no '...Turns Bricks and Mortar "...TheStore24 " has allowed us to offer reflection of when the book internet shoppers all of the conveniences that should be in stores. The laydown Into Clicks and Mortar! date is the day by which all our much larger competitors have spent retailers should have their sup- thousands of dollars for, without the headache ply. And until a couple of years ago, there wasn't any street date and stress of developing, managing for books. That's why a book mer- & maintaining direct fulfillment for our chant once told me that a Robert Jordan "Wheel Of Time" book customers. While others snooze & lose, we are that I anxiously was awaiting the confident that this has helped us bridge a huge arrival of would be available sometime during the first two gap in service that we otherwise would not weeks of the next month. have been able to offer." Nowadays, some big books have street dates. Jordan's next -Chris Wester "Wheel Of Time" book, "Win- Down In The Valley ter's Heart," is set for a Nov. 7 www.downinthevalley.com release, which, you will be happy to know, is a Tuesday. And "Faith .,ms <. 2'.YU.aM.d. ®_=.

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To p Music Videos.. I- COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE, MASS MERCHANT, AND INTERNET Y = SALES REPORTS COLLECTED, COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY Zany rain y Releases 'Frìends' SSet U SoundScaniw v a 3 Ó 1111111 4-',1.= A BRAINY IDEA: In the most dem- urne I,' hoping there will be a `II,' `III,' ,n v, TITLE, Lable Principal Ea: -- Distributing Label, Catalog Number Performers onstrative commitment yet to children's and so on," he says. It's also the first ñ music by a prominent national retailer proprietary album released by Zany NO. 1 -- multimedia chain Zany Brainy -- -which Brainy, which recently launched in- AARON'S PARTY (COME GET IT) THE VIDEO NEW Aaron Carter 9.98 encompasses 175 stores, with a pro- house toys, craft kits, and art supplies. 1 Jive/Zomba Video BMG Video 41721 jected expansion to 188 by December- Spurgeon says that Zany Brainy TIME OUT WITH BRITNEY SPEARS 2 2 40 Britney Spears 19.98 is releasing its own compilation of songs and Taubman have been "working on Jive/Zomba Video 41651 -3 by kids' artists on Sept- 15. Called "Cel- this album for most of this year." He BECAUSE HE LIVES 3 1 4 Bill & Gloria Gaither 29.98 ebrate Friends," the 13 -track CD -only by Moira McCormick says planning took an especially pro- Spring House Video Chordant Dist. Group 44396 album will be specially priced at $9.99 ductive turn after a March 25 gala for BIG MONEY HUSTLAS 4 3 6 Insane Clown Posse 24.95 rather than at Zany Brainy's regular Jessica Harper, Billy Jonas, and the U.S. Department of Education's Psychopathic/Island Universal Music & Video Dist. 053809 price point of $14.99. Peter Himmelman. (Several acts will Afterschool Alliance program, which S &M 5 4 40 Metallica 19.95 "Celebrate Friends" was produced provide more than one cut.) Zany Brainy sponsored at Universal Elektra Entertainment 40218 -3 by veteran children's HELL FREEZES OVER A' artist Craig According to Keith Spurgeon, Studios in California. 6 5 232 Eagles 24.99 Taubman of Craig 'N Co. It features chairman/CEO of Zany Brainy (head- "We have a long relationship with Geffen Home Video Universal Music & Video Dist. 39548 LISTENER SUPPORTED songs from that group as well as from quartered in King of Prussia, Pa.), 41 Dave Matthews Band 19.98 Craig, the Trouts, Sugar Beats, BMG Video 65015 Sugar Beats, Tom Chapin, Joanie "Celebrate Friends" is the first in a Joanie, etc., selling their music and 'N THE MIX WITH 'N SYNC Bartels, 8 6 94 'N Sync 19.95 Trout Fishing In America, projected series. "We're calling it 'Vol- having them play in our stores -and BMG Video 65000 ' out of the stores, too, such as at the DEATH ROW UNCUT 9 9 34 2 Pac/Snoop Doggy Dogg 19.98 Afterschool Alliance gala," Spurgeon Death Row Ventura Distribution 66200 Billboard® SEPTEMBER 9, 2000 says. Noting that Taubman has been MEMPHIS HOMECOMING 10 34 18 Bill & Gloria Gaither 29.98 extremely active in promoting chil- Spring House Video Chordant Dist. Group 44397 dren's music through concert series OH, MY GLORY 11 39 18 Bill & Gloria Gaither 29.98 Spring House Video Chordant Dist. Group 44398 Top Kid Audio TM and other activities in and around Taubman's THE GREATEST HITS home base of Los Angeles, 12 10 15 WHITNEY: Whitney Houston 15.98 cc Arista Records Inc. BMG Video 15746 COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE CIF RETAIL STORE, MASS MERCHANT, SoundScan® Spurgeon says he was a natural to = AND INTERNET SALES REPORTS COLLECTED, COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY 1111111 SPIT IN YOUR EYE -w U coordinate the "Celebrate 8 7 Kittie 14.98 w Friends" 13 Artemis 751037 3 3 zo ARTIST /SERIES TITLE project. "We have an affinity for what BRIDGES TO BABYLON: 1998 LIVE IN CONCERT g IMPRINT, CATALOG NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SHELF PRICE) he does," Spurgeon says. 14 28 67 The Rolling Stones 19.98 il 3 Image Entertainment 4734 Zany Brainy typically stores carry PURPOSE BY DESIGN 15 NEW1110. Fred Hammond & Radical For Christ 19.98 -.mail No. 1 ll- -- 400 -500 children's music titles each, Verity Video 43140 -3 and Spurgeon stresses that "we don't THE POWERPUFF GIRLS HEROES & VILLAINS WELCOME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD 1 1 5 16 11 42 Slipknot 9.98 RHINO 75848(10.98/16.98) do the preteen stuff- Britney, Back- Roadrunner Video 981 VARIOUS ARTISTS LA VIDA MICKEY street Boys, etc. We're dedicated to MTV'S TOTAL REQUEST LIVE 2 2 16 17 12 9 Various Artists 12.98 WALT DISNEY 860680(9.98/12.98) supporting children's music." That MTV Home Video Sony Music Entertainment 55381 VARIOUS ARTISTS TODDLER TUNES: 26 CLASSIC SONGS FOR TODDLERS dedication extends to the chain's ongo- CUNNING STUNTS A' 3 3 194 18 16 89 Metallica 34.98 BENSON 84056(3.98/5.98) ing listening station promotions, which Elektra Entertainment 40202 VARIOUS ARTISTS RADIO DISNEY TALES FROM MARGARITAVISION 4 4 26 JAMS VOL. 2 feature eight different kids' audio 19 13 11 Jimmy Buffett 19.98 WALT DISNEY 860980(9.98/12.98) titles per month. MCA Music Video Universal Music & Video Dist. 53211 THE GENIE GETS HER WISH VARIOUS ARTISTS A' DISNEY CHILDREN'S FAVORITE SONGS VOLUME 1 5 5 The Sept. 15 14 37 Christina Aguilera 19.98 243 release date of "Cele- 20 BMG Video 65006 WALT DISNEY 860605(6.98/9.98) brate Friends" "coincides with our BEAR BEAR IN THE BIG BLUE HOUSE THE DANCE 6 8 60 company -wide meeting, in 21 17 155 Fleetwood Mac 19.98 WALT DISNEY 860640(9.98 Cassette) which we Warner Reprise Video 3 -38486 bring in our store managers from VARIOUS ARTISTS TODDLER FAVORITES THONG SONG 7 6 96 22 15 4 Sisqo 14.98 MUSIC FOR LITTLE PEOPLE/KID RHINO 75262/RHINO(3.98/6.98) around the country," says Spurgeon. Ventura Distribution 40143 "We'll have some of the artists per- LIVE FROM AUSTIN, VARIOUS ARTISTS CLASSIC DISNEY VOL. I - 60 YEARS OF MUSICAL MAGIC TEXAS 8 7 262 23 19 231 Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble 19.98 WALT DISNEY 860865(10.98/16.98) form at the meeting and get our store Epic Music Video Sony Music Entertainment 50130 READ -ALONG TIGGER teams jazzed up for the `Celebrate TWO AGAINST NATURE 9 14 27 24 18 11 Steely Dan 15.98 WALT DISNEY 860442(6.98 Cassette) Friends' release. We'll be featuring it Image Entertainment 9584 CEDARMONT KIDS CLASSICS SILLY SONGS in in -store HOMECOMING -LIVE IN ORLANDO A' 10 10 177 merchandising, playing it 25 21 70 Backstreet Boys 19.98 BENSON 82220(3.98/5.98) in- store, and launching other promo- Jive/Zomba Video 41675-3 LIVE A' P08 VARIOUS ARTISTS DISNEY'S PRINCESS COLLECTION tional events." 20 68 Shania Twain 19.95 11 9 26 USA Home Entertainment 45059955 WALT DISNEY 860897(9.98/12.98) One of these, he says, will be a draw- RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE VEGGIE TUNES VEGGIE TUNES 27 26 129 Rage Against The Machine 19.98 12 16 125 ing in which the winner will receive a Epic Music Video Sony Music BIG IDEA/WORD 9451 /LYRICK Entertainment 19V50160 -3 STUDIOS(6.98 /10.98) concert for his or her school with one LIVE IN CONCERT VARIOUS ARTISTS A2 DISNEY CHILDREN'S FAVORITES VOLUME 2 22 41 Cher 19.98 13 12 174 or more of the album's acts. 28 HBO Home Video Warner Music Vision WALT DISNEY 860606(6.98/9.98) Spurgeon 91683

says that, depending on the various IN CONCERT: A BENEFIT FOR THE CROSSROADS CENTRE BARNEY A' BARNEY'S FAVORITES 1 14 11 248 VOLUME 29 37 37 Warner Eric Clayton 19.98 BARNEY MUSIC 27115/CAPITOL(9.98/15.98) acts' availability, there may be a single Reprise Video 3 -38510 CEDARMONT KIDS CLASSICS ACTION BIBLE national winner or several regional ONE LOVE: THE BOB MARLEY TRIBUTE 15 17 206 SONGS 30 23 13 Various Artists 19.95 BENSON 82217(3.98/5.98) winners. Palm Pictures 3016 ONE NIGHT ONLY: LIVE VARIOUS ARTISTS CLASSIC DISNEY VOL. II - YEARS OF MUSICAL The album opens with Craig 'N 16 15 226 60 MAGIC 31 33 85 Bee Gees 19.98 WALT DISNEY 860866(10.98/15.98) Co.'s "It's Magic," with a guest ap- Eagle Rock Entertainment Image Entertainment 5474 CEDARMONT KIDS CLASSICS HISTORY ON FILM: VOLUME II 17 13 197 SUNDAY SCHOOL SONGS pearance by Clarence Clemmons, on 32 36 64 19.98 BENSON 82218(3.98/5.98) sax. Next is Sugar Beats' cover of Epic Music Video Sony Music Entertainment 50138 VARIOUS ARTISTS VEGGIE WOODSTOCK 99 18 107 TUNES 2 "How Sweet It Is," with guest vocals 33 38 36 Various Artists 19.95 18 Hybrid/Epic Music Video Sony Music Entertainment 50207 BIG IDEA/WORD 9451 /LYRICK STUDIOS(6.98/10.98) by Carole King, who's the mother of MOMMY & ME TWINKY TWINKLY LITTLE STAR THE VIDEO COLLECTION 93 -99 19 23 3 Sugar Beats leader Sherry 34 24 40 Madonna 19.98 MADACY 50572(2.98/4.98) Goffin Warner Reprise Video 38506 Kondor. Chapin's `All Of My Friends" VARIOUS ARTISTS LIVE AT THE BEACON THEATRE 20 NEW DISNEY'S LULLABY ALBUM 35 35 62 James Taylor 19.98 WALT DISNEY 860677(9.98/12.98) follows, featuring guest artists Ros- Columbia Music Video Sony Music Entertainment 50171 anne Cash on vocals and Branford 25 YEARS OF #1 HITS: ARISTA'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY READ -ALONG TOY STORY 2 32 12 Various Artists 19.98 21 20 40 36 Arista Records Inc. BMG Video 15748 WALT DISNEY 860428(6.98 Cassette) Marsalis on tenor sax. Also included are Bartels' "When HOUSE OF YES VARIOUS ARTISTS MORE SILLY SONGS 29 7 Yes 19.95 22 19 97 37 Beyond BMG Video 78084 WALT DISNEY 860632(10.98/16.98) You Smile," Trout Fishing In Ameri- ca's "Nobody," URETHRA CHRONICLES READ -ALONG DINOSAUR Harper's "It's A Won- 40 37 Blink -182 14.95 23 21 17 38 MCA Music Video Universal Music & Video Dist. 53830 WALT DISNEY 860469(6.98 Cassette) derful Life," Jonas' "One," Sugar Beats' 50 YEARS 62 BARNEY I LOVE TO SING WITH BARNEY "You've Got A Friend," Himmelman's 39 RE -ENTRY The Happy Goodmans 29.98 24 22 House Video Chordant Dist. Group 44404 PPY BARNEY MUSIC 9463 /LYRICK STUDIOS(8.98/11.98) "My Best Friend Is A Salamander," COME ON OVER: VIDEO COLLECTION 21 CEDARMONT KIDS CLASSICS GOSPEL BIBLE SONGS Bartels' 31 42 Shania Twain 12.95 25 24 "Best Friends," Trout Fishing 40 USA Home Entertainment 440059951 BENSON 83347(3.98/5.98) In America's "Carry Me," Craig 'N Children's recordings: o iginal motion picture soundtracks excluded. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification Co.'s "One World," and the finale, "My O RIAA gold cert. for sales of 25,000 units for video singles; RIAA gold cert. for sales of 50,000 units or sale of 500,000 un'ts. A RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units, with multimillion sellers indicated by a numeral following the for SF or LF videos; A RIAA platinum cert. for sales of 50,000 units for video singles; RIAA platinum symbol. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time that exceeds two hours, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the number Zany Music," penned by Taubman and cert. for sales of 100,000 units for SF or LF videos; O RIAA gold of discs and /or tapes. Most albums available on cassette and CD. 'Asterisk indicates vinyl LP is available. Most tape prices, and cert. for 25,000 units for SF or LF CD videos prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EQ, and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which featuring Harper, Bartels, and Trout certified prior to April 1, 1991; RIAA platinum cert. for 50,000 units for SF or LF videos certi- are projected fied prior to April 1, 1991. © 2000, from wholesale prices. *2000, Billboard/BPI Communications, and Soundscan, Inc. Fishing In America. Billboard /BPI Communications.

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M E R C H A N T S & M A R K E T I N G

the viewing lounge\ Program Mode Universal Concocts Broadband Pilots In Its Blabs Video an Demand Day It? anti ; Playing Video... This issue's column was prepared by WindowsMedia.com, and Apple's etas May maid Marilyn A. Gillen QuickTime TM as well as via digital - subscriber- line /cable providers Artist: SITE SH- Denson MAY still be only a Excite @Home, Sprint, and Winfire. Video: BROADBAND V Only big-pipe dream for the majority of .. UMG has also set up its own broad- Album: SOUNDS This Time Around Web users, but Universal Music band portal at musicUwant.com, but Label: Mercury Group (UMG) is confident that the Farris says this is seen as a short - Director: fast -growing user base- investment ularly updated during its four -month term venture. Desid Meyers bank Veronis, Suhler forecasts there run, Farris says, and several "We are really hoping that, after will be 18.9 million U.S. subscribers in more shows will debut within the next the pilot run and as we move forward 2004 will soon be demanding music two months. with this, these shows and others will programming created with them in Given its developer, it will likely be available in many, many different mind. come as no surprise to learn that the places," Farris says. Toward that end, the company's programming features Universal acts. eLabs division on Aug. 29 rolled out NO STONE UNTURNED: If you Cv200o Universal Music Oroup. Inc. All Right- its first slate of music -themed online wouldn't necessarily think to use the Do not duplicate or redistribute in any r:.:m programming targeted squarely at Doobie Brothers and digital down- Feedbag the broadband user, with more shows loads in the same sentence, think The Viewing Lounge," Universal Music Group's interactive music video channel. in development. The programs were "Absolutely we see this as a way to again. created to take fullest advantage of promote our music- that's one of our The classic band behind such '70s the plumped -up capabilities that fat goals -but it's a whole new way to get hits as "Long Train Runnin'," "Black banner ads into free downloadable nership with Sony /Columbia artist pipes offer, according to eLabs senior music out to consumers," Farris says. Water," and "" music files, has reached an agreement JIVEjones, whose debut album is due VP of marketing Lisa Farris. Universal will also close the sale, if is back with a new album and a multi - with the artist to offer an exclusive out next year. "We've reached a point where the fan is so inclined: "Buy" links from pronged marketing campaign behind track on its playj.com Web site, as well Among the many tie -ups, PlayJ will broadband is about to hit critical the shows will take viewers to the Get- it that runs the gamut from timed-out as through its Web affiliates, such as produce a JIVEjones CD sampler mass," Farris says. "There's almost 8 Music site, which is jointly owned by downloads, to custom CDs, to radio Listen.com and Launch.com. previewing the album that includes a million people now who have broad- UMG and BMG Entertainment. and traditional retail. All artist proceeds from the as-yet- PlayJ-encoded bonus track accessible band in their homes or access to it at E- commerce is only one potential Dubbed "clicks to bricks," the cam- unnamed track, which does not ap- by putting the disc in a computer's colleges or work, and we really revenue stream for Universal, howev- paign kicked off Aug. 31 when 15 pear on his new Columbia album, will ROM drive. PlayJ is also the prime weren't focusing on anything partic- er. The company also expects to newly recorded live tracks were made go to charity via the Wyclef Jean sponsor of JIVEjones' pre -release ular for broadband. explore multiple business models for available for free download at Win - Foundation, as will a portion of all promotional tour. "So we began about six months ago its content development, including dowsMedia.com. advertising dollars generated from More than 60 record labels have defining what kind of content we striking syndication, licensing, and Phase II begins when the down- the song. already made their music available should look at and how we could deliv- other distribution pacts. loads "time out" on Sept. 15 and con- The track will be exclusive to PlayJ for use in the PlayJ system, the com- er music in the best way possible for The shows are currently accessible sumers will be directed to such par- and its partners for 45 days, begin- pany says, and some 400 advertisers people with broadband connections," at sites including RealNetworks' Real- ticipating E- tailers as twec.com, ning Wednesday (6). have committed to using the novel she adds. Guide, Microsoft's Checkoutcom, and CDnow and to cus- PlayJ has also sewn up an exten- platform to reach the music -buying UMG seized on a television analo- tom compilation site imix.com. There, sive -and partially exclusive -part- demo. gy, deciding to work with outside com- they will be given the chance to buy a custom CD culled from those 15 panies to develop a lineup of music - TRAFFIC TICKER Billboard SEPTEMBER 9, 2000 themed programming that offered tracks or four more from the forth- high-quality video and animation, but Top Music Info Sites coming album, or to purchase them as tweaked the concept by including individual downloads. Top Internet Album Sales.. plenty of the kinds of interactivity The final phase - bricks-will see Unique Visitors (in 000s) Y Y Soundscan o that only Web programming allows. the release of the 13 -song album, "Sib- COMPILED FROM INTERNET SALES REPORTS cc COLLECTED, COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY 1111 ap á 3 3 Si_ mo The first three "pilots" that came ling Rivalry," to stores on Pyramid rn Ñ tiQ TITLE á Y out of the development process are a Records. 3 5 IMPRINT & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL ARTIST m° 1. .com 2,815 AMFM, a primary shareholder in mix of the traditional -music video 2. mp3.com 2,800 imix, via --4011111 NO. 1 111m.-- shows -and the offbeat: 3. rollingstone.com 1 967 will support the promotion THE GREEN WORLD DAR WILLIAMS 1 NEW 143 "The Viewing Lounge" is an 4. sonicnet.com 1 672 its network of radio stations. RAZOR & TIE 82856 1 week at No 1 5. launch.com 1 238 ATTACKS VOL. I (EP) INCUBUS interactive music video channel that INCUBUS 41 1 2 NEW WHEN 6. spinner.com 181 PEAKING OF IMIX, the compa- IMMORTAL 61395/EPIC Farris describes as "customizable." 7. vhl.com 783 s COYOTE UGLY SOUNDTRACK 1 3 10 Visitors can choose a genre of music, 8. ubl.com 734 ny still best known for its custom CD 3 CURB 78703 670 and the program will then create a 9. nsync.com business has just rolled out a new FOURPLAY... YES, PLEASE! FOURPLAY 4 NEW 135 bloc of programming based on that 10. checkout.com 664 video entertainment division aimed at WARNER BROS. 47694 HUMAN CLAY' CREED 5 choice. As videos screen, information securing content for its recently 5 3 36 AT-HOME VISITORS WIND -UP 13053* line. and facts about the acts, along with launched CustomDVD RIDING WITH THE KINGA B.B. KING & ERIC CLAPTON 6 2 11 15 lyrics and photos, pop up. 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Farris says this show takes as its films for use by customers in compil- COLUMBIA 62180 8. ubl.com 600 OOPS!...I DID IT AGAIN A' BRITNEY SPEARS 2 4 15 starting point the oft -spoken request 9. nsync.com 604 ing their custom DVDs, according to 10 JIVE 41704 from fans that they want to know- 10. vhl.com 585 imix CEO David Gould. THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP A' EMINEM 3 11 6 14 and see -more and still more about The division will be headed by WEB/AFTERMATH 490629`/INTERSCOPE NO STRINGS ATTACHED A' 'N SYNC 6 AT -WORK VISITORS newly hired senior VP Michael H. 10 23 their favorite artists' lives. 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Media Metrix de- from Jean, three words: check music is prominently featured in that fines unique visitors as the Media Wyclef 20 17 7 SONGS FROM AN AMERICAN MOVIE VOL ONE: LEARNING HOW TO SMILE EVERCLEAR 29 khetrsx 97061 mix-somehow. "It's really hard to actual number of users who out PlayJ. CAPITOL I m Ilan visited each site, without duplication, once in a given Recwdin Industry Assn. Of America (RIM) certification for net shipment of 500.000 album un,ls (Gold) RIM cernhcatan for net shipment of The New York -based music division Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi. Farris allows. "You really nits ( Piati um). RIM c rtihcation for net shipment of ID million units (Diamond). explain," number tapes. month. More than 40000 individuals throughout the platinum level. DS boxed sets, and double albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more. the RIM multiplies shipments by the of discs ands need to see it." of EverAd, which has carved out a All albums vailable on cassette and CD. *Asterisk indicates 0nyl available. I. indicates past and present Heatseekers titles C 2000. Billboard/BPI Communica- U.S. participate in the Media Metrix sample. SaundScan, Inc. Current programming will be reg- unique business model by encrypting tions and 86 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD SETPEMBER 9, 2000 www.americanradiohistory.com Home Video M E R C H A N T S & M A R K E T I N G Halloween Inspires Hiller Releases Studios Bring New And Remastered Horror Titles To DVD BY CATHERINE CELLA Gunderia says that titles such as the horror craze. Commemorating COOKEVILLE, Tenn. As far back the supplier's "A Nightmare On its 25th anniversary, "The Rocky as the silent era's "Nosferatu" and Elm Street" have reached classic Horror Picture Show" will be re- "The Cabinet Of Doctor Caligari," status and that new generations of leased Oct. 3 as a special- edition horror has been a Hollywood staple. fans are making them staples in VHS and first -time DVD by 20th But with the success of the "Scream" their collections. Century Fox. The DVD is appro- and "I Know What You Did Last New Line capitalized on that in- priately filled with songs, DVD - Happy Ending. The real Erin Brockovich and Ed Masry signed copies of Uni- Summer" series, horror and Hal- terest in "Nightmare" and Halloween ROM features, and supplementary versal Studios Home Video's "Erin Brockovich" at Silver Screen Video in loween are hip again. by releasing each film in the series on tracks to make the experience Barstow, Calif., to celebrate the video's Aug. 15 release. Silver Screen Video "Over the past few years, we've def- DVD for the first time in August. party- worthy. is owned by Roberta Walker, who was the inspiration for the character Donna initely seen an enormous increase in Last year, New Line released the On Tuesday (5), Fox will also re- Jensen, played by Marg Helgenberger in the hit film. Julia Roberts played the the business," says New Line Home series only as a boxed set. promote "The Omen," "The Fly," title role and Albert Finney played Masry. The mayor of Barstow also honored Video VP of marketing Beth Gunde- "The spoof movies are great - and "Edward Scissorhands: 10th An- the film by declaring Aug. 15 Erin Brockovich Day. ria. "Halloween is the third hottest - everybody loves them," admits Gun - niversary" on DVD. selling season now" deria. "But people also like to look Since Halloween falls on a tradi- back at the older titles and be really tional Tuesday street date, some stu- scared." dios are taking full advantage with In addition, New Line has the new some especially timely releases. title "Final Destination" to add to its Universal Studios Home Video, for ovo Shipments Of `Mission: Impossible 2,' horror offerings. The film, about instance, will release the remastered teenagers who die in mysterious ways classic "Touch Of Evil," which was after one's premonition keeps them painstakingly restored from Orson 'Gladiator' To Hit The Multimillion Marty off an ill -fated plane, will be released Welles' original vision. Universal will Sept. 26 as a Platinum Series DVD also release "Somewhere In Time: UP UP & AWAY: While Universal Studios Home Video sumers are in for an action -packed disc. In its most and loaded with extras, including a The 20th Anniversary Edition." touted its million -unit DVD shipment for "Erin Brock- ambitious offering to date, Paramount is putting more documentary on people who have had Holiday gift sets also abound from ovich," others are predicting multimillion-unit ship- than 60 minutes of extras on the title. premonitions. the likes of Alfred Hitchcock, Abbott ments for fourth -quarter releases "Mission: Impossi- Mainly concentrating on director John Woo's amaz- Even spooky satire can cash in on (Continued on page 89) ble 2" and "Gladiator." ing stunt sequences, a 40- minute segment titled A 5- million -unit shipment figure for DreamWorks "Impossible Shots" will zero in on how Woo shot 11 of Home Entertainment's "Gladiator," expected in late the scenes, including the opening rock climbing scene, November, was flying fast and furious around the which had the film's star, Tom Cruise, dangling from a `the Matrix,' `Terminator 2' Snare recent Los Angeles DVD Entertainment 2000 con- cliff. Stunt coordinator Brian Smrz also joins Woo in fab, hosted by the International Recording Media the segment. Assn. For Paramount Other bonus elements Most DIVI Awards At Conference Home Video's Nov. 7 include the Metallica release of "M:I -2," video of "I Disappear," an The special effects -laden film some attending the con- alternate title sequence, "The Matrix" has not only sold ference were predicting and the MTV Movie more than 3 million units on DVD, a 7- million -unit ship- Awards parody of the but it has also won two DiVi ment over two release film, "Mission: Improba- Awards at the DVD Entertainment waves within a four- to ble," with Cruise, Ben 2000 conference, held Aug. 23 -24 in six -month time frame, Stiller, and Woo. DVD - Los Angeles. according to replication ROM enhancements The Warner Home Video title sources attending the include a link to the new picked up prizes for best overall re- two -day event. by Eileen Fitzpatrick "Mission: Impossible 2" lease and best DVD -ROM support. At least one studio Web site that has been Winners of the third annual source says that the numbers are grossly inflated and upgraded with new games and other bonus material. awards were decided by a panel of that each title will most likely ship about half that num- The disc's retail price is $29.99. The film grossed $500 home video industry executive ber. Even at 50 %, both titles will still set new shipment million, topping the summer box office chart. judges as well as by select mem- records. bers of the press and were The 5- million- and 7- million -unit ship predictions QUEUING UP: Q Records, the 2- year -old label start- announced Aug. 24 at the confer- are a bit overzealous, considering the installed base ed by home shopping network QVC, will release its first ence. The only other multiple - for DVD players is 7.5 million, according to the music video title Sept. 26. The title, "Luciano Pavarot- award winner was "Terminator 2: DVD Entertainment Group. Instead of a chicken ti-The Recital," is priced at $14.98 VHS and $19.99 Judgment Day-The Ultimate Edi- in every pot, it will be a copy of "Gladiator" and DVD. The 84-minute program was recorded for Span- tion" from Artisan Home Enter- "M:I -2" in every DVD player. Even if total house- ish television in 1989 and features 23 songs accompa- tainment, which picked up best THE MATRIX hold penetration hits 10 million players after the nied only by piano. special edition and best authoring. holidays, that's still a lot to sell. Granted, a gener- More than 200 entries were sub- Best video compression: "Fight ous amount of units for both titles will head to the R -RATED `RASCALS': Anyone looking for those rare mitted in 12 categories. DVD Club," 20th Century Fox Home En- rental market, which could account for 500,000 to R -rated "Little Rascals" videos can stop searching. Entertainment 2000 was hosted by tertainment. 1 million copies. Last week, Artisan Home Entertainment put out an the International Recording Media Best audio compression: "Saving While there appears to be plenty of software announcement for a "Little Rascals: Collector's Edi- Assn. Following is a complete list Private Ryan," DreamWorks Home around, attendees at DVD Entertainment 2000 say tion" that said the program was rated R. Within 24 of winners: Entertainment. there could be a hardware shortage this fall. The hours a new announcement was released saying the rat- Best overall DVD release: "The Best menu design: "The problem apparently stems from a reduction in the ing was "obviously a mistake." Artisan further clari- Matrix," Warner Home Video. Abyss," 20th Century Fox Home number of microchips needed to manufacture the fied that the title is not rated. Best standard release: "Dracu- Entertainment. player. Seems that other consumer electronic goods, ct la," Universal Studios Home Video. Best special features: "Men In like cell phones, are eating up all the microchips. On LAWRENCE' OF DVD: Look for Columbia TriStar Best special edition: "Termi- Black," Columbia TriStar Home the other hand, it could be yet another clever mar- Home Video to release the epic 1962 film "Lawrence Of nator 2: Judgment Day -The Ulti- Video. keting ploy to get dealers to stock up now to handle Arabia" on DVD in February, according to executive mate Edition," Artisan Home Best authoring: "Terminator 2: the holiday rush. With machines down to the $150 director of retail marketing Janet Wheeler. The sup- Entertainment. Judgment Day -The Ultimate Edi- mark, this buying season is shaping up to be even big- plier is still deciding whether to release it as a single Best music release: "Pink tion," Artisan Home Entertainment. ger than last year. DVD -18 disc or a two -disc set. Floyd: The Wall," Sony Music Best DVD -ROM support: "The c Meanwhile, Columbia's summer epic "The Patriot" Entertainment. Matrix," Warner Home Video. MISSION INCREDIBLE: Whether or not "Mission: with Mel Gibson hits stores Oct. 24. A special edition Best educational /documentary Best presentation /packaging Impossible 2" shatters any DVD shipment records, con- DVD is priced at $27.96. title: "Rome: Power & Glory," design: "Repo Man: Limited Edi- Questar. tion," Anchor Bay Entertainment.

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PLAYBOY'S WET & Playboy Home Video 4 10 THE GREEN MILE (R) Warner Home Video 2579 Various Artists 2000 NR 19.98 10 Michel Clarke Duncan 1 7 8 WILD- SLIPPERY WHEN WET Universal Music & Video Dist. PBV0864 Miramax Home Entertainment Tobey Maguire MARY -KATE & ASHLEY: Dualstar Video Mary-Kate & 11 NEW THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (PG -13) 2000 NR 19.96 Buena Vista Home Entert ainment 18306 Michael Caine 8 8 5 SCHOOLDANCE PARTY Warner Home Video 56501 Ashley Olsen Jet Li (R) Warner Home Video 18128 Playboy Home Video 12 17 3 ROMEO MUST DIE Aaliyah 9 10 11 PLAYBOY'S LUSTY LATIN LADIES Various Artists 2000 NR 19.98 Universal Music & Video Dist. PBV0862 Columbia TriStar Home Video Winona Ryder 13 10 11 GIRL, INTERRUPTED (R) 02711 Angelina Jolie Keanu Reeves 9 THE MATRIX Warner Home Video 17737 1999 R 19.98 10 36 Laurence Fishburne Dimension Home Video Ben Affleck 2 (R) 14 14 REINDEER GAMES Buena Vista Home Entertainment 18312 Gary Sinew HBO Home Video Sarah Jessica Parker 2000 NR 39.92 DEUCE BIGALOW: Touchstone Home Video 11 6 13 SEX AND THE CITY 11 9 Rob Schneider Warner Home Video 99301 Kim Cattrall 15 MALE GIGOLO (R) Buena Vista Home Entertainment 20054 SLIPKNOT: WELCOME TO Anthony Hopkins 12 28 40 Roadrunner Video 981 Slipknot 1999 NR 5.98 16 NEW TITOS (R) FoxVideo 2000528 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD Jessica Lange Miramax Home etEnainmn PLAYBOY VIDEO CENTERFOLD Playboy Home Video 17 NEW HOLY SMOKE (R) Kate Winslet 13 17 16 Jodi Ann Paterson 2000 NR 19.98 Buena Vista Home Entertainment 1362 PLAYMATE OF THE YEAR 2000 Universal Music & Video Dist. PBV0861 Ed MARY -KATE & ASHLEY: Dualstar Video Mary-Kate & 18 12 17 FIGHT CLUB (R) FoxVideo 2000306 Edward Norton 14 16 20 2000 NR 19.96 Video Ashley Olsen SWITCHING GOALS Warner Home 36879 Columbia TriStar Home Video Danny DeVito 19 20 4 DROWNING MONA (PG -13) BRITNEY SPEARS: TIME OUT 05055 15 15 39 Jive/Zomba Video 41651 -3 Britney Spears 1999 NR 19.98 WITH BRITNEY SPEARS New Line Home Video 20 15 11 NEXT FRIDAY (R) Warner Home Video N5034 Ice Cube STAR WARS EPISODE 1: Liam Neeson 20 FoxVideo 2000092 1999 PG 24.98 16 14 THE PHANTOM MENACE Ewan McGregor IRMA gold certification for a minimum of 125,000 units or a dollar volume of $9 million at retail for theatrically released programs, o of at least 25,000 units and $1 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. Q IRMA platinum certification for a minimum sale of 250,000 units or a dollar volume of $18 million at retail for theatrically released programs, and of at 11 35 3 THE FOG MGM Home Entertainment 100812 Jamie Lee Curtis 1979 R 9.94 least, 50,000 units and $2 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. ©2000, Billboard/BPI Communications.

Buena Vista 18 13 35 VISTA SOCIAL CLUB Artisan Home Entertainment 10171 1999 G 22.98 BUENA Social Club Billboard SEPTEMBER 9, 2000 Playboy Home Video 19 34 9 PLAYBOY'S NO BOYS ALLOWED Various Artists 2000 NR 19.98 Universal Music & Video Dist. PBV0856 Death Row 2 Pac 25 26 DEATH ROW UNCUT 2000 NR 19.98 20 Ventura Distribution 66200 Snoop Doggy Dogg To DVD Sales.. Geena Davis p 21 20 19 STUART LITTLE Columbia TriStar Home Video 05215 1999 PG 24.96 Michael J. Fox COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF . Playboy Home Video cc 22 23 2 PLAYBOY'S SEXY GIRLS NEXT DOOR Various Artists 2000 NR 19.98 , = RETAIL STORE AND RACK SALES REPORTS Universal Music & Video Dist. PBV0865 o w w COLLECTED, COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY Pierce Brosnan 11 15 IS NOT ENOUGH MGM Home Entertainment M208103 1999 PG -I3 19.98 cn 23 THE WORLD Sophie Marceau Label Principal `- TITLE (Rating) (Price) IT- Distributing Label. Catalog Number Performers Psychopathic/Island 24 38 4 BIG MONEY HUSTLAS Insane Clown Posse 2000 NR 24.95 Universal Music & Video Dist. 053809 --. No. 1 i-- Pierce Brosnan Julia Roberts 25 30 2 THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR MGM Home Entertainment 907452 1999 R 14.95 Rene Russo 1 1 2 ERIN BROCKOVICH (R) (2b 98) Universal Studios Home Video 20783 Albert Finney

Playboy Home Video Walt Disney Home Video/Buena 26 22 22 PLAYBOY'S GIRLFRIENDS 2 Various Artists 2000 NR 19.98 2 THE TIGGER MOVIE 1C) (29.991 Animated Universal Music & Video Dist. PBV0858 NEW Vista Home Entertainment 19302 Jet Li Tim Allen 3 4 ROMEO MUST DIE (R) (24.98) Warner Home Video 18128 12 17 QUEST DreamWorks Home Entertainment 4560 1999 PG 22.99 3 Aaliyah 27 GALAXY Sigourney Weaver Cary Elwes Ashley Judd 4 6 6 THE PRINCESS BRIDE (PG) (19.98) MGM Home Entertainment 908064 Robin Wright 4 JEOPARDY Paramount Home Video 333153 1999 R 19.98 28 24 DOUBLE Tommy Lee Jones Mom Hanks 5 2 11 THE GREEN MILE (R) (24.98) Wamer Home Video 2579 THE POWERPUFF GIRLS: MONKEY Michael Clarke Duncan 29 29 6 Warner Home Video 1579 Animated 2000 NR 14.95 SEE, DOGGIE DO Lau Reeves 6 5 49 THE MATRIX (R) (24.98) Warner Home Video 7737 Laurence Fishburne 30 26 10 GANGSTRESSES Ground -Zero Entertainment 2040 Mary_J Blige 2000 NR 19.95 James Spaderser 7 NEW SUPERNOVA (R) (26.98) MGM Home Entertainment 1000832 Angela Bassett Ikue Ootani Miramax Home Entertainment/Buena Tobey Maguire 18 23 POKEMON MOVIE Warner Home Video 18020 1999 G 26.99 31 THE Veronica Taylor 8 4 2 THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (PG -I3) (32.99) Vista Home Entertainment 18306 Michael Caine Richard Gere The Rock Paramount Home Video 323843 1999 PG 19.95 9 NEW BEYOND THE MAT (DIECTOR'S CUT) (NR) (29.98) Universal Studios Home Video 20910 Vince McMahon 32 32 8 RUNAWAY BRIDE Julia Roberts

MCA Music Video 10 10 6 THE WHOLE NINE YARDS (R) (24.98) Wamer Home Video 18381 Matthew Perry 33 21 36 BLINK -182: URETHRA CHRONICLES Blink -182 1999 NR 14.95 Universal Music & Video Dist. 53830 Tim Robbins Touchstone Home Video Julia Stiles 11 RE -ENTRY THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (R) (19.98) Columbia TriStar Home Video 2583 Morgan Freeman 27 19 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU 1999 PG -13 19.99 34 10 Buena Vista Home Entertainment 18142 Heath Ledger 12 11 9 INDEPENDENCE DAY (PG -13) (34.98) FoxVideo 2000045 Goldblum GIRLS GONE WILD -COLLEGE Jeff 35 40 2 Ventura Distribution 0213 Various Artists 2000 NR 19.95 BUZZ LIGHTYEAR OF STAR COMMAND: Walt Disney Home indmIn uena CO -EDS: MARDI GRAS Animated 13 7 3 THE ADVENTURE BEGINS (NR) (29.99) Vista Home Entertainment 19574 Miramax Home Entertainment 36 31 16 LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL Roberto Benigni 1998 PG -13 19.99 JAWS ANNIVERSARY COLLECTOR'S Roy Scheider Buena Vista Home Entertainment 60502 9 7 Universal StudiStudios H VideoVid 20912 14 EDITION (DOLBY) (PG) (26.98) Richard Dreyfuss Dimension Home Video/Buena Ben Affleck 33 8 SHAFT MGM Home Entertainment 95051 Richard Roundtree 1971 R 9.94 37 15 8 3 REINDEER GAMES (R) (29.99) Vista Home Entertainment 18312 Gary Sinew Patricia Arquette Robert Niro MGM Home Entertainment 907269 1999 R 14.95 16 RE -ENTRY HEAT (R) (24.98) Warner Home Video 14192 38 39 2 STIGMATA Gabriel Byrne Al Pacino

17 12 7 THE HURRICANE (R) (26.98) Universal Studios Home Video 20719 Denzel Washington 39 NEW SAMURAI X A.D.V. Films001D Animated 2000 NR 19.98 Seant CnneLambert Video 18 17 22 HIGHLANDER (DIRECTOR'S CUT) (R) (9.99) Republic Pictures Home 35895 Sean Co nnery R 9.94 40 37 2 THE HOWLING MGM Home Entertainment 100813 Dee Wallace Stone 1981 Jason Biggs 19 18 36 AMERICAN PIE INR) (29.98) Universal Studios Home Video 20735 Alyson Hannigan platinum cert. for sales of 100,000 units or $2 million in sales at suggested RIAA gold cert. for sales of 50,000 units or $1 million in sales at suggested retail. RIAA Brad Pitt units and retail. IRMA gold certification for a minimum of 125,000 units or a dollar volume of $9 million at retail for theatrically released programs, or of at least 25,000 20 16 12 FIGHT CLUB (R) (34.98) FoxVideo 2000035 Edward Norton O IRMA platinum certification for a minimum sale of 250,000 units or a dollar volume of $18 million at retail for $1 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. W 20 0. Billboard/BPI Communications and Videoscan. Inc. theatrically released programs, and of at least, 50,000 units and $2 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. © 2000, Billboard/BPI Communications. 88 www.billboard.corn BILLBOARD SEPTEMBER 9. 2000 www.americanradiohistory.com Home Video

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HALLOWEEN INSPIRES KILLER RELEASES (Continued from page 87) and Costello, and James Stewart. la," "Frankenstein," and the original Not surprisingly, Artisan Enter- Warner's bag of treats for retail- Other studios' Halloween treats Universal's Classic Monsters gift "The Mummy-" Twenty -five different tainment is repromoting its smash ers includes new compilations for kids include Austin, Texas-based set hits stores Aug. 29 with "Dracu- VHS special editions, including "The thriller "The Blair Witch Project" "Scooby -Doo's Creepiest Capers," Big Kids' "Kids Discover Bats," Bone Collector," "Psycho" (1998), and with the new release "Stir Of "Casper Saves Halloween," and Columbia TriStar Home Video's "The Mummy," round out Universal's Echoes." Columbia TriStar plies "Bugs Bunny's Halloween Hijinks," "Bear In The Big Blue House: Hal- Halloween Haunts. "The Craft -Special Edition" DVD as well as "The Scarecrow" direct - loween And ," Buena Many first -time DVDs will be re- Sept. 12, with director's commen- to -video animation. Vista Home Video's "The Black Caul- leased for the holiday, including "The tary and witchcraft lore. A haunted house -themed mer- dron," Fox's "The Simpsons Trick Or Amityville Horror," "A Bucket Of Image Entertainment has a ghoul- chandising holds 18, 24, 36, or 48 Treehouse," and Goldhil's "Making Blood," and Edgar Allan Poe's "Tales ish lineup in "The Blood Trilogy" pieces of product, says Brody, and Halloween Special." Of Terror" from MGM Home Enter- boxed set, due Oct. 3, and "Franken- features all the Halloween charac- Lyrick Studios is also repro - tainment Sept. 19. stein's Castle Of Freaks" on Oct. 17. ters from the studio's "Beetlejuice" moting "Barney's Halloween On Oct. 3, MPI Home Video un- While adults enjoy being scared to and "Gremlins" movies. Party," and Paramount Home leashes Jack Palance in the double - death, there's also plenty of non - In October, Warner plans the Hal - Video adds DVD dimensions to feature DVD "Dracula /The Strange scary videos and DVDs for kids to loween-y direct -to-videos "Scooby- "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde." enjoy. Doo And The Alien Invaders" and Brown," which will be released in Paramount Home Video frights "Halloween is really a kids' holi- "Batman Beyond: Return Of The the format Sept. 12. include "Pet Sematary" and "Dead day," says Warner Home Video Joker." The titles will be on DVD. "Kids like to be scared or chal- Zone," due in stores Sept. 19; director of family entertainment "We're getting ready for the DVD lenged -look at the `Goosebumps' "Rosemary's Baby" and a repriced marketing Justine Brody. "And I explosion," says Brody, who predicts and `Harry Potter' phenomena," "Sleepy Hollow," Oct. 3; and "Friday think it's become important par- that with PlayStation 2 and lower- Brody notes. "And parents are look- The 13th" parts three and four on tially because of the significant priced DVD players, the family DVD ing for nice, safe entertainment Oct. 17. amount of merchandising. Retailers market will take off. their kids can enjoy on Halloween. Claiming that nothing says Hal- are setting up their Halloween sec- Rounding out Warner's Halloween Our videos really appeal to that loween like a severed head and a tion just as the kids are back in kids' lineup is the PBS title "Tele- client." chainsaw, Pioneer Entertainment school. It's the first major holiday." tubbies: The Magic Pumpkin." has just released "Bride Of Re -Ani- mator" and "Texas Chainsaw Mas- sacre" on DVD. Rhino Home Video Charlton Heston as Ramon Miguel Billboard. SEPTEMBER 9, 2000 "Mike" Vargas in Orson Welles' 1958 releases "Blood Mania" on Oct. 10, film noir classic "Touch Of Evil." The and Trimark Home Video streets restored film will be released Oct. 31 "Dead Alive" Sept. 12, Pauly Shore's on DVD and VHS from Universal Stu- "The Bogus Witch Project" Oct. 10, Top Special Interest Video Sales.. dios Home Video. and Kiefer Sutherland in "Eye Of

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LIFEbeat, The Music Industry With the help of Fred Tarube from venated the group," enthuses Green- also featured in their own Nick- Mid-Atlantic Integrated Marketing, berg. "Baha Men have now been able `We knew the elodeon TV special. Fights AIDS, seeks that the song was worked to major -league to incorporate original junkanoo with "We even made sure the record EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR and college ballparks for this year's hip- hop." song was going to was in the Toys `R' Us chain," adds to manage a staff of ten and hundreds of baseball season. "Steve Greenberg from S -Curve is Krumper. volunteers at this progressive AIDS Ser- "We got a tremendous response the man," says Taylor. "He believed in have tremendous The song "Who Let The Dogs Out" vice Organization focused on youth HIV from the athletic leagues," says us and stuck with us. All the major will also be featured on the movie prevention. From our New York office you youth appeal. And will liaise with leaders in the music industry Krumper. "The Seattle Mariners even labels we've been on combined haven't soundtrack to "Rugrats In Paris," and AIDS community. Innovative fundrais- invited the Baha Men to perform at done a fraction of the work that Steve we knew the song due sometime in November. ing, strong networking, communication and one of their games. Right now we're has done for us." Baha Men have been on a U.S. pro- management skills required. A minimum of doing a 30- second clip of the `Dogs' Taylor says the band's change in motional tour, which has included 10 years of proven achievement in the en- would make a great tertainment or health professions is ideal. video that we're going to service to sound has also meant a change in its appearances on "Live With Regis & Please fax resume /cover letter to: ballparks, and we're hoping that they'll audience. "The people who listened to theme song for Kathie Lee" and New York's Central (212) 966 -3910 Attn: JN play it on their big screens." our music three years ago are a frac- Park Summerstage concert series. In anticipation of the upcoming foot- tion of the audience that listens to our athletic events' The group, managed by Stu Ric and S- music now" booked by Johnny Podell, is planning ball season, Curve /Artemis also - MICHAEL KRUMPER - plans to service the song to National Baha Men's new audience is now a U.S. concert tour for this fall. By considerably younger, and Krumper then, the next single, "You All Dat" SALES REPS Football League organizations. Top 40 radio airplay for the "Who says that the record company imple- Request Live" program. (which samples the classic song "The All Music Wholesale is searching for Let The Dogs Out" single is also gain- mented a marketing plan to reach a In addition, S- Curve /Artemis Lion Sleeps Tonight "), is expected to Sales Representatives in Europe, Asia. ing momentum. The song has been ris- youth -oriented audience. invested in advertising the "Who Let be released. and America. Candidate will be re- ing up the Top 40 Tracks chart, where Before the album's release, the The Dogs Out" album on MTV Nick- Krumper says, "The biggest chal- it stands this issue at No. 26. record label, with the help of indepen- elodeon, and the Fox Family Chan- lenge we have is to let people know sponsible for selling our catalog music Brian B. Wilde, music director at dent Hi- Frequency Marketing, dis- nel. On Nickelodeon, a direct- that this is a real band that can per- items to wholesalers and retailers in mainstream top 40 station WKSE tributed promotional materials (fliers, response Baha Men commercial form live, and Baha Men are not just those countries and will be paid on a corn - Buffalo, N.Y., says of the song, "It's posters, and stickers) at concerts for aired in which viewers who called a about one song." mision basis. gotten top five phone [requests] for us. acts such as Christina Aguilera and toll -free number were given a free Taylor says he's not taking the Please email or fax resume to: It's a fun, upbeat record, and it just Hanson. Frisbee. Baha Men's long sought-after success like At Nickelodeon.com, the video for for granted, and he passes on these service @allmusicwholesale.com sounds like the kind of record we Promotional materials were also to play at this station." given away at radio station events, "Who Let The Dogs Out" was at one words of advice to aspiring artists: FAX: 49- 211 -575605. Attn: Lu d g e r Errol Persad, manager of Down- shopping malls, beaches, teen dance time voted video of the week, beating "If you expect everything to be posi- town Records & Imports in New York, clubs, parks, and outside the MTV stu- out acts like `N Sync and Britney tive in this business, then I would adds, "We consistently sell out of the dios during the network's "Total Spears. In August, Baha Men were advise you to get out of the business." single. It's good to see a Caribbean MUSIC DIRECTOR group doing so well. `Who Let The Dogs Out' is a classic because it has West coast based satellite /internet music `WHO IS JILL SCOTT' that old -school vibe, but it still sounds company with multi -national distribution is (Continued from page 15) like a party song." preparing to enlarge it's Latin Music depart- `Who Keever of discovering Scott, Temple University and once planned sound like else out ment by up to 3 fold. In preparation for this "The song Let The Dogs Out' recalls everything bold step, we are seeking Music Directors for was really chosen for young people," "In 1998, I heard an original demo, to be a teacher -says she's been there." review. A management position will also be says Baha Men founder Isiah Taylor. and I was blown away by her writ- involved in every aspect of her solo Harry Patterson, product manag- evaluated. Please send resume with cover let- "Our music is colorful, and it's differ- ing and her presence. She has the career and wanted to consciously er of retailer the Wherehouse's Cen- ter detailing your past accomplishments and ent because of all the percussion." warmth and personality in person avoid too much hype over her al- tinela Avenue location in Los Ange- career vision to the following address: Baha Men's songs are based on the that show on her record." bum's launch. "When I named the les, reports, "Jill Scott's album is the Billboard Magazine Bahamian form of music called junk - Scott was the first artist signed album, I told the record label that I No. 1 seller for our store. This Classified Dept. anoo, which has roots in West Africa to the Santa Monica, Calif. -based didn't want it to make some kind of record has been selling mainly Resp. Box 667 and is played on goatskin drums and Hidden Beach, which McKeever `Buy this!' marketing. I just wanted because of word -of- mouth. Most 770 Broadway. NY. NY, 10003 cowbells. founded in 1998. Other artists on the to make good music so they'll tell a albums' sales peak after the first The mainstream acceptance of label's roster are Brenda Russell friend. It's just grown from there." two weeks they've been out, but Jill Baha Men comes after the group, and Mike Phillips. McKeever-who co- executive -pro- Scott's album has been out for a which was formed over 20 years ago, McKeever says, "Almost every- duced Scott's album with Jeff Townes while, and sales for it have actually PUBLICIST endured setbacks that would have dis- thing about the marketing plan for (also known as DJ Jazzy Jeff) -adds, doubled for us in the last few developed an of interns weeks." Edel America Records seeks in -house banded many other acts. Jill Scott wasn't very traditional. We "We've army Publicist with firm music industry publicity S -Curve Records founder/president released the album without a video. who've been a big part of spreading Scott -managed by Tony Rice in background and relationships. Position en- Steve Greenberg remembers, "I first I always wanted this record's the word about Jill. Before the album the U.S. and by Colin Gayle outside tails generating and coordinating press for signed Baha Men to [former Atlantic growth to be organic and a natural was released, we started by distrib- the U.S. -says she doesn't want to genres. several artists/projects of different `Who ?' herself as being a singer. Must be assertive and aggressive, flexible, Records affiliate] Big Beat Records in thing that should happen." uting Is Jill Scott promotion- define just self- motivated, organized, meet deadlines 1991, when I was the head of A &R for He adds, "There's a marketplace al items such as T- shirts and stickers. "I've got a company called Blues and lastly, have an outgoing personality. Big Beat. After Atlantic dropped the for people growing frustrated with [Web site] Okayplayer.com also Baby that I'm getting together for College degree and 3 yrs of music indus- band, they had a hard time getting a albums that have only one or two embraced Jill early on." writing projects. I write screen- try experience. I love Fax resume to HR @ (212)664 -8391 record deal in the U.S." good songs on them. I don't think The Hidden Beach chief says that plays, poetry, and books, and By 1997, Baha Men had become a there's anything more powerful Scott's teaching background served writing songs for other people," says platinum act in Japan but were still than word -of- mouth. The music has as a basis for her speaking and per- Scott, who co -wrote the Roots' largely ignored by the American pub- ultimately been the best marketing forming at a rally for Philadelphia Grammy -winning hit "You Got Me." lic, as the group's third U.S. album - tool we've had. We weren't going to schoolchildren in the fall of last year. Scott's songs are published by Jill HAVE A POSITION TO FILL'' "I Like What I Like" on Mercury Rec- play a first -week game with the "We thought, `Why not bring her Scott /Blues Baby Music Jat Cat ords-failed to make a dent on the record." music talent and her love of teach- Music (ASCAP). WANT TO REACH HIGHLY U.S. charts. Previous Baha Men al- Scott, who toured last year as a ing to children in schools ?' " Throughout August, Scott went bums-1992's "Junkanoo" and 1994's vocalist with the Roots, says that she Scott also participated in a con- on a series of promotional appear- QUALIFIED PEOPLE FAST? "Kalik" -were also released with no knew Hidden Beach was the right test sponsored by Eastman -Kodak ances, including those on "The Chris I in which the company donated cam- Rock Show" and "Soul Train." Scott, LOOK NO FURTHER! impact on the U.S. charts. label for her because "when sent When original lead singer Nehemi- out my demo, I didn't send pictures eras to Philadelphia schoolchildren. who is booked by Cara Lewis, is DLL60'AIZOQAS IFNM ah Hield left Baha Men last year to with the demo. If labels called and if McKeever explains, "We took a expected to go on a U.S. tour later become a backup singer for Lenny the first question they asked was very inspirational song called `Try' this year. IS THE Kravitz, the band reached a cross- what I looked like, I wasn't interest- and gave them the song and said, 'Go Her higher profile in the enter- roads. ed. Steve McKeever didn't do that, out and shoot what this means.' " tainment industry has meant more HIRE AUTHORITY! & Instead of calling it quits, Baha Men and he didn't try to change me. He Selected footage will appear in a Jill demands on Scott's time, but the recruited three new members under has a passion and intensity for music Scott video, says McKeever. artist says she's determined not to NOW THE CLASSIFIED the age of 23- Marvin Prosper, Rick that's so deep, it can't be denied." Scott's current single, "Gettin' In fall victim to the pitfalls of being a Way," has getting notable workaholic. "I've already experi- SECTION IS ON-LINE! Carey, and Omerit Hield (Nehemiah's McKeever's admiration is mutu- The been nephew) -who all serve as vocalists/ al. "Jill is a multitalented person airplay on R &B stations. The song enced burnout because I shot two WWW.BILLBOARD.COM front men for the band. bursting with creative expression. is No. 55 this issue on the Hot R &B/ videos in two days- `Gettin' In The With a new lineup and a new record Her album wasn't one of several Hip -Hop Singles & Tracks chart. Way' and `A Long Walk.' I'll never do CALL: David Mclean label (New York-based S- Curve), Baha projects going on at the time, so we Rickie Ricardo, PD /music direc- that again. I'm going to take my time to work with Jill on tor for R &B station WNEZ Hart- time in writing new songs and doing @:800 Men's music evolved from having a tra- had the -390-1489 ditional world music sound to having a how we wanted to present her and ford, Conn., says of the song, "Lis- what I do. I won't be afraid to say no for more info. more contemporary R &B/pop flavor. the album." tener requests are going up. We when I want to take a break and "The three new members have reju- Scott -who studied English at added the single because it doesn't chill with my family and friends."

92 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD SEPTEMBER 9.2000 www.americanradiohistory.com MUSIC CITY DOES THE TIGHTEN -UP (Continued from page 56) up as many of the unsigned writers wish they had our signature on that that have flooded the market after piece of paper, so they sometimes the '90s gold rush as would typically regret not having an agreement." Update be expected. As have their Goliath Although no longer official, the competitors, they are expressing policy, says Bomar, is still basically in many of the same concerns with force, and clients are more respectful CALENDAR respect to leaner times. of the intent of Sony's former law. Kevin Lamb, GM at peermusic in "We keep track of it in our computer Nashville, says his company's focus system and manage it by communi- SEPTEMBER um of Art, New York. 212 -245 -5440, ext. 370. Oct 30, Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund is on "filling holes that make sense cating better, instead of faxing Sept. 5 -10, Sixth Annual College Urban Sept. 23, 16th Annual TEC Awards, Regal Annual Dinner, New York Sheraton, New York. 323- to fill" and not merely adding writ- paperwork back and forth." Music Fest, Atlanta University Center and Geor- Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles. 925 -939 -6149. 938-2364. ers or administrative deals for sheer Official or not, he concludes that gia State University, Atlanta. 770- 908 -6102. Sept. 29-30, 18th Annual Town Point Jazz numbers. Lamb says, "I know some the move to make the policy has Sept. 7, MTV Video Music Awards, Radio City And Blues Festival, Norfolk waterfront, Va. NOVEMBER people look must at us and say, helped. "The principles of the 30 -day Music Hall, New York. 212 -258-8000. 757- 441 -2345. Nov. 8 -10, Billboard Music Video Conference `What in the world are they doing thing have helped us tremendously," Sept. 11, Canadian Country Music Assn. & Awards, Universal Hilton, Universal City, Calif. 646- over there ?' because our focus is he says. "We are involved in very few Awards, Skyreach Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, OCTOBER 654 -4660. much different in that we're not a hold wars, because we stay on top of Canada. 615 -269 -7071, ext. 144. Oct. 3, 48th Annual BMI Country Awards, BMI publicly held company. It's a com- it better. Holds are not as big a topic Sept. 13, , Staples Cen- Nashville office, Nashville. 615- 401 -2000. DECEMBER pletely different mind -set, and we're anymore. The idea has rubbed off on ter, Los Angeles. 310 -392-3777. Oct. 5, A &R: Will It Ever Be The Same?, pre- Dec. 5, Recording Academy New York Heroes able to be more personal." the greater community. In fact, I had Sept. 13 -15, National Assn. Of Recording sented by the New York chapter of the National Award, presented by the New York chapter of the many, many people ask me to fax Merchandisers Fall Conference, Coronado Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Web- National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, NASHVILLE'S ENHANCED IMAGE them a copy of the contract so that Island Marriott Resort, Coronado, Calif. 856 -596- ster Hall, New York. 212 -245 -5440, ext. 370. Hotel Roosevelt, New York. 212 -245 -5440. Lamb, who has just nine writers they could utilize it in their compa- 2221, ext. 25. Oct. 5 -6, IRMA 2000 -12th Annual Tech- under exclusive contract, quickly nies-it only truly works if it's a Sept. 15 -16, The Great Midwest Guitar nology And Manufacturing Conference, Please submit items for Lifelines, adds that the perception of Nashville - group effort." Show, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis. 314- Scottsdale, Ariz. 609 -279 -1700. Good Works, and Calendar to Jill based copyrights has changed dra- On the other hand, Melanie Smith - 533 -9900. Oct. 5 -7, Billboard /Airplay Monitor Radio Pesselnick, Billboard, 5055 Wilshire matically over the past few years, Howard, managing partner at the Sept. 15 -17, ChangeMusic San Francisco, Seminar And Awards, New York Hilton, New Bled, Los Angeles, Calif 90036, or especially in the international copy- independent Harlan Howard Songs, Hotel Nikko, San Francisco. 877 -6- FESTIVAL. York. 646 -654 -4660. [email protected]. right arena. "Going back a few years, thinks the idea of an official hold pol- Sept. 16, 3rd Annual Capital Soulfest, Bull Oct. 5 -7, Internet/Music/2000 Conference, Fair things like `' icy at her company is "ludicrous." Run Park, Fairfax, Va. 301 -322 -8100. Lakes Hyatt, Fairfax, Va. 909 -986 -7502. and `I Swear' greatly enhanced the "We are a boutique company, so we Sept. 16, How To Start And Run Your Own Oct 7 -8, Southwest Florida Folk And Blues Fest, image of Nashville." Despite the have a different style -small, selec- Record Label, sponsored by Revenge Produc- KOA Kampgrounds, Pine Island, Fla. 941- 283 -5166. GOOD WORKS overall drop in country singles op- tive and attentive. The first one who tions, New Yorker Hotel, New York. 212- 688 -3504. Oct. 9, Bill Boyd Celebrity Golf Classic, pre- portunities, Lamb says, the Nashville cuts it gets [the song], so the only pol- Sept. 18 -23, National Quartet Convention, sented by the Academy of Country Music, De Bell Golf publishing business is still better off icy we have is, `If you want the song, Kentucky Fair & Expo Center, Louisville, Ky. 800- Course, Burbank, Calif. 323 -462 -2351. than before the early '90s explosion. cut it.' " 846 -8499. Oct. 13-20, International Children's Film Festi- TELETHON SEGMENTS: Country At Balmur Music (a division of Smith -Howard views songs that Sept. 19, 2000 Global Entertainment, val, Media City Center, Burbank, Calf. 310-440 -0184. stars Pam Tillis, Ronnie Milsap, Anne Murray's Toronto -based Bal- are held for lengthy periods as vic- Media And Communications Summit: Real- Oct. 16-19, IBMA Trade Show, the Galt House, and Brad Paisley will contribute seg- mur Entertainment), creative direc- tims of bad business. "I think it's izing The Value Of Convergence, presented by Louisville, Ky. 270 -684 -9025. ments to the Jerry Lewis Muscular tor Cyndi Forman says she has been restraint of trade to take my song off PricewaterhouseCoopers, Marriott Marquis, Oct. 16-22, IBMA World Of Bluegrass Week, Dystrophy Telethon, which airs on taking appointments with unsigned the market or to ask me to take it off New York. 212 -259 -2413. the Galt House, Louisville, Ky. 270 -684 -9025. over 200 stations nationwide from writers, and, despite the fact that based upon a promise, and most of Sept. 20 -23, NAB Radio Show, Moscone Con- Oct. 17, British Music Industry Trust's Award, Sept. 2-4. The performances were all Balmur is always looking to build its the time, not much of a promise," she vention Center, San Francisco. 800 -342 -2460. Grosvenor House Hotel, London. 44- 207 -851 -4000. taped at the Grand 01e Opry. Con- marquee value with high -profile says. Sept. 20 -24, 8th Annual Cutting Edge Oct. 19, International Bluegrass Music tact: Tom Adkinson at 615-316 -6302. writers, finds that accomplished Like Bomar, Smith -Howard says Music Conference & Roots Music Seminar, Awards, Kentucky Center for the Arts, Louisville, composers willing to are settle for that good communication is the key sponsored by the Louisiana Music Commission, Ky. 270 -684 -9025. ENTERTAINING WALKERS: less negotiations. during to successful marketing of songs. Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans. 504- Oct. 19, Ritmo Latino Music Awards, Univer- Participants in the Walk for Hope "The days of the $400,000 draw "There are those that are better at 945 -1800. sal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles. 310 -385 -1697. Against Breast Cancer will be treat- are over, and these writers know it," following through with their holds," Sept. 21, 11th Annual MuchMusic Video Oct. 19, The Spirit Of Life Awards, presented by ed to the sounds of the LA Blues - she says. "Even with the obvious she explains, "and you know who Awards, MuchMusic headquarters, Toronto. the Music and Entertainment Industry for City of Hope, casters when they reach the finish benefits of a smaller company-like those people are, going in. I won't 416 -591 -7400. Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, line at the City of Hope event in more personalized attention -most say that I won't hold a song for Sept. 23, Rhythm & Beats: Making It In Cafrf. 213 -202 -5735, ext. 6540. Duarte, Calif., on Sept. 10. After of them are being more sensible someone-and I may pitch it while R &B And Hip -Hop Music, presented by the Oct. 27 -29, 2000 Dance Championship "Mas- raising money for breast cancer re- about their prospects." it's on hold -but I'm honest about New York chapter of the National Academy of querade Ball," Universal Hilton Towers, Universal City, search in various walking and run- Tinti Moffat, VP/GM of Balmur's where it's at." Recording Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn Muse- Calif. 818 -329 -6097. ning challenges, fund -raisers will music division, adds that the compa- hear three sets from the blues band. ny is a vertically integrated one that Contact: Alicia Accardi at 213 -202- includes film, television, and chil- 5735, ext. 6250. dren's animation, which requires a balanced creative force. i LIFELINES LEUKEMIA WALK: Myrrh/Epic Records recording artist Mark HOLDS: PUT IT IN WRITING BIRTHS DEATHS Douglas Allen Woody, 44, of an Schultz will be the celebrity Another controversial aspect of the Twin girls, Ella Aalund and Audie Ashworth, at an undisclosed unknown cause, in Queens, N.Y. spokesman for the Sept. 21 "Light Nashville publishing business is the Claire Mary, to Karen Aalund age, due to a heart attack, Aug. 24 Woody, the bass player for Gov't The Night" Leukemia Walk in handshake agreement for putting Carlander and David Carlan- in Nashville. Ashworth was a music Mule, was found dead in a motel Brentwood, Tenn. The Tennessee on hold. songs During country's der, July 11 in Dallas. Mother is publisher of such hits as Kenny room Aug. 26. An autopsy proved chapter of the Leukemia & Lym- boom time, the traditional gentle- the Southwest national sales Rogers' "The Gambler." He began inconclusive. Woody began playing phoma Society will host the three - men's agreement was abused to the manager for Walt Disney his career in radio and became one bass as a teen and joined the mile walk, which will raise funds to point that Sony issued a written pol- Records. of Nashville's popular disc jockeys Artimus Pyle Band in the mid - support leukemia, lymphoma, icy. Bomar says, "A year and a half at WKDA. He next worked under '80s. He was a member of the All- Hodgkin's disease, and myeloma ago, we instituted a written hold pol- Boy, Michael Alan, to Joseph the tutelage of Hubert Long, the man Brothers Band by 1989. research. Contact: Guy McCain at icy wherein we offered to sign an Palmaccio and Alexandra owner of the Moss Ross organiza- Woody met blues guitarist Warren 310 -860 -9170. agreement telling people we would Rockafellar, July 24 in Mt. tion, a music publishing and artist Haynes while with the Allman hold songs for 30 days. The agree- Kisco, N.Y. Father is a mastering management firm. He became Brothers, and in 1994 the duo THE MUSIC CIRCLE, founded by ment was renewable on a 30 -day engineer at Sony Music Studios executive VP there and directed formed Gov't Mule with drummer Ravi Shankar and Harihar Rao in basis. in New York. material written by Bill Anderson, Matt Abts as a side project. Woody 1973 to preserve Indian art and music, "There were other particulars, David Wilkins, and Kris Kristof- and Haynes parted from the All- is presenting a fund -raising concert including one which dictated that any Girl, Etta Rain, to Joseph DeMarti- ferson. After a stint as a producer man Brothers in 1997 to devote Sept. 10 at Royce Hall, UCLA, Los song which was being held was artist- no and Robin Lentz, Aug. 8 at and A &R administrator for Capitol their full attention to Gov't Mule. Angeles. The concert is a tribute to specific," he adds. "In other words, a Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. Records, Ashworth formed the Woody is survived by his wife, his Indian tabla master Allarakha, who label couldn't hold a song and run it Father is manager of product fix- publishing firm Audigram. The father, and a daughter. In lieu of died earlier this year, and will feature through the roster." tures for Sony Distribution. company published hits by J.J. flowers, the family suggests that two of his sons, Zakir Hussain and Bomar says that the policy got Cale, Eric Clapton, and Lynyrd donations be made to the Savannah Fazal Qureshi, along with L. bogged down in the administrative Girl, Rylee Jean, to Linda Davis Skynyrd. Ashworth is survived by Woody Educational Fund c/o Hard Shankar, T.H. Vinayakram, and execution. "Over time, we found that and Lang Scott, Aug. 25 in Nash- his wife and two daughters. In lieu Head Management, P.O. Box 651, Niladri Kumar. Contact: 626 -405- people really didn't want to fool with ville. Mother is a recording artist of flowers, the family requests that Village Station, New York, N.Y. 9759 or 626-449 -6987; fax 626 -405- the paperwork," he says. "We've had for Dreamcatcher Records. Father donations be made to Vanderbilt 10014. 9438. For donor tickets, call 818 -557- some situations where [clients] did is a musician /performer. Children's Hospital. 8536.

BILLBOARD SEPTEMBER 9, 2000 www.billboard.com 93 www.americanradiohistory.com RADIOPROMOTIONSNETWORKS SYNDICATIONAIRWAVESMUSIC VIDEOVIDEO MONITOR Stations See Arbs Fluctuate Sharply newsline... Do Sampling Methods Or Programming & Marketing Cause Wobble? to see a station CLEAR CHANNEL CLOSES ON AMFM. Nearly 10 months after Clear BY FRANK SAXE Chris Kennedy cited a 15% drop in become less unusual Channel Communications announced the $23.8 billion buyout of NEW YORK-When rock radio was response rates for internal go up and down sharply more than AMFM, it has closed on the deal. It took a U.S. Court of Appeals hit with a series of bad Arbitron research, forcing the remaining once in a year's time. judge in the District of Columbia Circuit less than a day to sign off books last winter, some PDs sur- responses to be "overvalued," some- On the rock side, consider (K-Rock) New on a consent decree filed Aug. 29 by Clear Channel and the Justice veyed by Billboard were able to cite thing he thought was likely happen- modern WXRK Department, which details the company's spinoff of 108 radio stations a variety of programming explana- ing to Arbitron also. York, which has trended 3.6- 4.1 -4.0- and its intention to sell a 29% stake in Lamar Advertising. Just hours tions for the disappointing winter. While it's often easy to dismiss 3.4 in the past year; after getting the court's approval, Clear Channel closed on AMFM. But others thought the numbers "It was only a wobble" as wishful album WYSP Philadelphia (5.8- While divesting considerable assets, Clear Channel still owns more were out of sync with perceptual re- thinking, rock radio did stage a 6.6-4.7-5.3), than 900 radio stations, 19 TV stations, and more than 700,000 out- search that showed that rock radio notable in the spring classic hits KIHT St. Louis door ad displays in 40 countries. Clear Channel Radio president was still healthy. And several pro- book. Album rock, down 6.6 -6.1 12- (2.7- 3.4- 4.3 -3.5); Randy Michaels says the merger with AMFM ushers in a "new era" grammers thought there were Arbi- plus when Billboard crunched the modern WBCN Boston (4.6 -5.0- for radio, creating "the first national footprint" for U.S. radio. tron sampling issues involved, espe- national Arbitron numbers for win- 3.9-4.3); cially as 18- to 34- year -old males get ter, rebounded 6.5. Classic rock, classic rock KGGO Des Moines, (5.4- 7.1- 5.7- 5.7 -7.2); and BRIEF DEFENSE OF LPFM. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) harder to track. modern rock, and triple -A were all Iowa Nashville (1.7- attorneys have filed a 44 -page brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals "I believe it is a problem Arbitron up as well. triple -A WRLT for the District of Columbia Circuit defending its licensing of low - has with reaching active young Beyond that, there have been 1.0-0.9-2.0). power FM (LPFM) radio stations. The National Assn. of Broadcast- males," LBJS Broadcasting opera- signs in recent books of larger - And rock stations were hardly From spring ers (NAB) has filed suit, asking the court to rule that the FCC over- tions manager Jeff Carrol, whose than -usual ratings fluctuations at the only ones affected. stepped its bounds when it launched its LPFM initiative in January. oversight includes album rock stations in both rock and other for- '99 to spring 2000, classic country But chief FCC attorney Christopher Wright argues the FCC is sim- KLBJ and modern rock KROX mats. While it's not unusual to see KKNG Oklahoma City went 3.7 -4.8- responding to a mature FM band and "sharp consolidation" in the Austin, Texas, told Billboard. Simi- a station have one atypically good or 4.3-5.0-2.9- sharply reversing ply four ownership of those stations. "The FCC responded to these circum- larly, Joint Communications senior bad book, then return to a more nor- direction each book. In its past stances, as well as a substantial demand from groups and individu- program and research consultant mal level in the next quarter, it's books, adult R &B WFXC /WFXK als arguing that there was a need for greater diversity," states the Raleigh, N.C., went 5.0- 4.1- 6.3 -4.6. document. In the past, you were more likely fluctuations in certain A separate suit, filed by former pirate Greg Ruggiero, seeks to pre- to see large where diary place- vent the FCC from blocking pirates from obtaining LPFM licenses on Consolidation Trend Continues shadow markets, Wright argues the courts have allowed ment could affect whether the num- First Amendment grounds. within the the agency to consider applicants' "character qualifications." If Con- NEW YORK -Four years after the Infinity Broadcasting, which spent bers favored stations from larg- gress does not sideline LPFM first, the NAB's suit is set to be argued passage of the 1996 Telecom Act, $1.523 billion to add 25 stations to its market or their brethren or in the numbers Nov 28. radio consolidation continues into the portfolio, and minority broadcaster er adjacent cities, new millennium. In the first half of Radio One, which laid out $1.38 bil- of stations that traditionally had a cume high time spent lis- LISTENING GROWS: The number of Americans who have lis- 2000, station sales have totaled $8.7 lion for 22 sticks. small and ONLINE WRLT, which tened to radio online has more than tripled, from 6% in 1998 to 20% billion, compared with $2.1 billion in Clear Channel was also the big- tening (TSL), such as affected by the in July 2000, according to a new Arbitron /Edison Media Research 1999 and $3.2 billion in 1998. gest buyer in terms of number of could be heavily of diaries. Internet study. When listening to Net -only stations is added, that An analysis of sales data prepared stations purchased in the first six placement of a handful But there have been recent exam- number rises to 25 % -or 57 million people. It also found 15% have by Kagan Media shows that the top months. It added 99 stations, spend- fluctuations in all for- viewed online video. Respondents also indicate by a 3 -to -1 ratio that 10 buyers accounted for 72% of the ing $492 million, which averages out ples of sharp market sizes recently. And they would find a Web site more enjoyable if audio and video were first half's deal activity, while the top to a mere $5 million per station. A mats and The full study will be released at the NAB's Radio Show in 25 buyers spent 88.5% of the dollars significant number of these stations if those wobbles aren't being driven included. then they San Francisco; an expanded version will be unveiled at the Bill- invested. The top 10 dealmakers are in small and unrated markets. by ratings methodology, implication that audience board /Airplay Monitor Radio Seminar Oct. 5 -7 in New York. spent $6.5 billion to buy 280 radio Spanish -language broadcaster carry the stations between January and June, Entravision was the second -most tastes are more mercurial than ever. followed Certainly, the fluctuations haven't SIRIUS DELAY: Sirius Satellite Radio will send up its second satellite, paying an average of $32 million per active, buying 39 stations, million gone unnoticed. After the winter Sirius -2, Sept. 5 from Kazakhstan. A third goes up in October. The station. Most of the deals were fueled by Citadel, which spent $341 was a conference call company announced Aug. 22 that its spare satellite, Sirius -4, was by Clear Channel's spinoff of more for 34 stations. Religious broadcast- book, there and that its scheduled December launch than 100 stations as part of its er Salem Communications was also between Arbitron and a number of damaged during assembly powerhouse That was enough to give investors pause, cutting 7% AMFM buyout. in buy mode, adding 17 stations in GMs and PDs from will be delayed. Broadcasting. from the stock's value. In the first half, only two compa- the first six months of 2000. rock owner Infinity nies spent more than $1 billion: FRANK SAXE (Continued on page 98)

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Z TITLE ARTIST O IMPRINT & NUMBER: RUI. '- ..AL3Lt i. N 3 S Hip-Hop Finds A Home In Fort Myers -- No. 1 No- MARC ANTHONY 27 YOU SANG TO ME Domino, Mathews Switch Listeners On To Florida's WBTT 1 1 3 Wynter, COLUMBIA 79406 t 5 weeks at No I R We'll have to Backstreet Boys and `N Sync, BREATHE FAITH HILL This story was prepared by Airplay ance of rap to &B. 2 2 1 32 WARNER BROS. 16884 t Monitor's Dana Halt take it on a record -by- record basis. Mathews says it's unlikely "at this TAKING YOU HOME no real formula or rules for point for us to play either of them 3 2 18 WARNER There's O BROS. ALBUM CUT t We may evolve LEANN RIMES NEW YORK -With successful which R &B records or artists we or bands like them. I NEED YOU 4 4 4 P3 SPARROW 58863 /CAPITOUCURB t R &B -based rhythmic top 40s pop- add and which we do not. For exam- down the road, or maybe they'll I TURN TO YOU CHRISTINA AGUILERA someday, but 6 5 18 ping up from Anchorage, Alaska, to ple, Toni Braxton at times takes on make harder records RCA 60251 t 0 for now, there are two top 40s in the AMAZED LONESTAR Johnson City, Tenn., maybe it an adult stance but will later 6 5 6 52 BNA 65957 t shouldn't have been much of a sur- release a record that has a younger- market playing their music. We I KNEW I LOVED YOU SAVAGE GARDEN 7 7 7 48 prise earlier this month when Clear skewing feel, and so the perception don't need to." COLUMBIA 79236 t Despite its reputation as an older THAT'S THE WAY IT IS CELINE DION Channel flipped coun- of her as an artist 8 8 8 46 550 MUSIC 79473 * /550 -WORK t try WQNU Fort changes depending on market-something that might dis- SHOW ME THE MEANING OF BEING LONELY BACKSTREET BOYS 18 9 9 9 32 Myers, Fla., to the the record she has out courage an -34- targeted sta- JIVE ALBUM CUT t at the time." tion- Wynter says Fort Myers is COULD I HAVE THIS KISS FOREVER WHITNEY HOUSTON & ENRIQUE IGLESIAS Beat: Blazin' Hip -Hop, 16 11 10 15 ARISTA/INTERSCOPE ALBUMS CUT t picking up the WBTT And the reason the much like fast -growing Jack- BACK HERE BBMAK can play 16 sonville was 10 years ago. "It's not 11 15 16 5 calls from the compa- Beat HOLLYWOOD 164040 t records an hour is it a retirement community by any BACK AT ONE BRIAN MCKNIGHT ny's former rhythmic 12 10 11 37 MOTOWN 156501* /UNIVERSAL t top 40 in Dayton, Ohio. signed on with the stretch of the imagination." I WILL LOVE AGAIN LARA FABIAN 10,000 "The town is actually growing 13 12 14 14 The start -up was pledge to play COLUMBIA 79375* t records in a row, com- younger," says Mathews. "The YOU'LL BE IN MY HEART overseen by three pro- 14 13 13 73 WALT DISNEY 860025/HOLLYWOOD t grammers, Clear mercial -free, backed median age here, surprising to CRASH AND BURN SAVAGE GARDEN many, is around 33 -34 There's 15 14 12 23 Channel director of up by a $1 million ... COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT t guarantee. "That also a new college nearby, so we THERE YOU ARE MARTINA MCBRIDE urban programming 16 19 21 6 RCA ALBUM CUT Doc Wynter, who also should wrap up some- can tap into that growing popula- SMOOTH SANTANA FEATURING WYN Day," I've been here, I've 17 16 15 45 oversees WJBT/ TER time after Labor tion. Since ARISTA 13718 t says Wynter, jokingly started to see the downtown area THE ONE BACKSTREET BOYS WSOL Jacksonville, 18 17 18 11 JIVE ALBUM CUT t Fla.; Dom "Domino" Theodore, PD adding that the station will proba- grow in terms of nightlife, with YOU (LIVE) SARAH MCLACHLAN new We 19 18 19 71 of top 40 WFLZ Tampa, Fla.; and bly play "10,005 just to be sure ... clubs and restaurants. ARISTA ALBUM CUT t we doing the things you plan to turn Fort Myers into a SOMEDAY OUT OF THE BLUE ELTON JOHN new PD Bo Mathews, who had been Overall, are 20 20 17 28 DREAMWORKS 459039 t doing nights at WQNU's main- typically do at this stage: We are party town." THE LOVE I FOUND IN YOU JIM BRICKMAN WITH DAVE KOZ WOST to grow Can a radio 21 22 23 4 stream top 40 sister, (Star trying WINDHAM HILL ALBUM CUT /RCA 100.1), since last fall. our cume by station really I WANNA KNOW JOE 22 21 24 7 JIVE SOUNDTRACK & ALBUM CUT t As its positioner implies, WBTT playing a lot of `We're getting calls change a city's DESERT ROSE STING FEATURING CHEB MAMI and rap, "with a spat- familiar music lifestyle? "Oh, 23 27 29 3 plays hip -hop - A&M 497321 * /INTERSCOPE t tering of R &B titles," says Wynter. recurrents and from males and yes," says Wyn- I TRY MACY GRAY 24 23 26 21 ter. "With the EPIC ALBUM CUT t "We're going to let people shake the hottest hits females THE WAY YOU LOVE ME FAITH HILL from 6 a.m. to midnight." today hit- young music we play, 25 NEW 1 their ass -and WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT t In deciding what direction to ting them fre- and adult alike the vibe we cre- quently." - ate in the streets, take, Wynter says, "we looked at Top 40 the demographic composition of the According to who have been and the shows Adult market [which is 6% black], and we Mathews, the that come to town once they --.. No. 1 sow -- knew it couldn't be a straight -up station's powers starving to hear BENT MATCHBOX TWENTY R &B [outlet]. We also looked at rotate about start to see the O 1 1 20 LAVA 84704 /ATLANTIC t 7 weeks W No. 1 what the competition was doing. every 1.5 hours. this type of music potential audi- ABSOLUTELY (STORY OF A GIRL) NINE DAYS a 2 2 2 20 [WXKB] B103 is a mainstream top But Mathews ence here. It's 550 MUSIC ALBUM CUT /550 -WORK t on the radio' huge untapped DESERT ROSE STING FEATURING CHEB MAMI 40, but they [play] kind of a smor- adds that the 3 3 4 22 A &M 497321 * /INTERSCOPE t gasbord of music. When I was in station may soon - BO MATHEWS - community EVERYTHING YOU WANT VERTICAL HORIZON 4 4 3 40 Marvin become more starving for fun RCA 65981 t town, I heard them playing EVERCLEAR Gaye's 'I Heard It Through The musically ag- things to do." 5 6 9 WONDERFUL c CAPITOL ALBUM CUT t Grapevine.' " gressive. "It may even be sooner Mathews has put together a CHANGE YOUR MIND SISTER HAZEL who live 6 5 14 I than we planned," he says. "It's street team of young folks © UNIVERSAL ALBUM CUT Mathews adds, "Last night In addition, there are HIGHER CREED heard Juvenile's `Back That Thang amazing, the immediate reaction the lifestyle. 7 7 7 29 WIND -UP ALBUM CUT t Up' into Papa Roach." we've been getting from listeners. two local jocks on- air -Mathews in TONIGHT AND THE REST OF MY LIFE NINA GORDON 9 12 11 Not only is the cume afternoons and former WLLD ® WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT t While it was clear Big Mama and KRYPTONITE 3 DOORS DOWN that nobody was growing rapidly and Tampa night crew E9 13 18 8 REPUBLIC ALBUM CUT/UNIVERSAL t super- serving hip-hop new people are tuning the Wild Bunch at night. In addi- SMOOTH SANTANA FEATURING ROB THOMAS 11 62 in every day, but those tion, there will be voice -tracking by l0 li ARISTA 13718 t and R &B, the pro- had to ask, people are saying Clear Channel -owned KATZ St. I TRY MACY GRAY grammers 11 10 9 36 Vu EPIC ALBUM CUT t "Was there a demand they keep us on exclu- Louis MD/middayer Deja in BACK HERE BBMAK middays and by WJBT morning 12 14 13 18 for it ?" Mathews says, sively." HOLLYWOOD 164040 t The trio has a crew the Flavor Unit in mornings. YOU'RE A GOD VERTICAL HORIZON "I looked at Sound - 13 15 17 8 RCA ALBUM CUT t Scan for weeks before weekly conference Wynter says, "It's a cost-effective BROADWAY GOO GOO DOLLS way of putting in better air talent 14 8 8 22 we made the [format] call to discuss new WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT t music, so the sound of in a market that may not be able to NEVER LET YOU GO THIRD EYE BLIND decision, and I would 15 12 10 35 ELEKTRA ALBUM CUT /EEG t consistently see five or the Beat is a reflec- afford that caliber of air talent. The THEN THE MORNING COMES SMASH MOUTH is one you 16 18 16 46 more rap singles sell- tion of what's happen- downside -if there -is INTERSCOPE ALBUM CUT t in Tampa and might be losing an opportunity for BREATHE FAITH HILL ing in the top 10, and ing 17 17 15 32 WARNER BROS. 16884 t that was without any MATH EWS Jacksonville as well as someone locally to have a job. But IT'S MY LIFE BON JOVI the end of the day, that's not what 18 20 23 7 airplay in the market. Fort Myers. "We feel at ISLAND ALBUM CUT/IDJMG t from Orlando [Fla.], we are here for. We have to put the CRAZY FOR THIS GIRL EVAN & JARON "And now that we're on the air, our music 19 22 28 4 on, us COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT I've seen records like Dr. Dre's, Jacksonville, and Tampa, rather best talent available to enable AN OCEAN FASTBALL to in the market." 23 29 4 YOU'RE which was moving down, shoot back than from southern Florida, like win HOLLYWOOD ALBUM CUT t up on the charts," he adds. "We're Miami," says Wynter. "But there is Mathews can work with that. He PINCH ME BARENAKED LADIES 21 25 33 3 I "There is a difference REPRISE ALBUM CUT t getting calls from males and a real Dirty South influence. says, TAKING YOU HOME DON HENLEY females and adult alike think the best way to describe it is between voice -tracking and syndi- 22 16 14 16 WARNER -young - BROS. ALBUM CUT t to hear this to say the station takes on the per- cation. Yes, we lose a local jock, but HERE WITH ME DIDO who have been starving 24 24 14 least they are preparing a show 23 ARISTA ALBUM CUT t type of music on the radio." sonalities of all three program- at SIMPLE KIND OF LIFE NO DOUBT I am mers involved. And Bo is the point customized for my market and not 19 19 15 Wynter adds, "Even though 24 TRAUMA 490365 /INTERSCOPE t in market daily, I know hip - person who filters it all through just simulcasting for multiple sta- CRASH AND BURN SAVAGE GARDEN not the 25 21 20 21 the same time. It's an COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT t hop works. Now, as we get to know his vibe for what would work in tions at lec- Data systems' làda Track service. 73 atlud contempuary Statwns ar' 86 aE u I t tap 40 slations are e Compiled horn a nation I sample of airplay suiJplied M Broadcast entirely different presentation and Tracks snowing an increase in detections over die previous week. regardless composition of our lis- Fort Myers." tronlcally monitored 24 hours a day, ' days a week. Sang, ranked by number of (fete-tens Q the ethnic vie generally not twee a bullet even i1 it registers an increase in detections. Aupover of chan movement A retard which has been on tan chan to more than 20 weeks is home to the effect." the first time with increases in WA detections and audience. t VAeoclip will determine the bal- Although Florida awarded to songs appearing in the top 20 on both the BAS Airplay and Audru cn charts for teners, that

available . a 2000. Billboard/BPI Commumratnns. BILLBOARD SEPTEMBER 9, 2000 w. b i l l b o a r d. corn 96 w w www.americanradiohistory.com 3 l-17. MC7/0 BY JILL PESSELNICK I1t ii-:IZN GE MTV RETURNS TO JAPAN (Continued from page 7) A/like Herrera of MxPx doesn't want to be a agement. No one is uplifted." was in high school. Herrera says, "I started to lis- grown -up. He'd rather stay as far away These positive concepts are found throughout ten to punk rock in junior high. I thought to is recruited. The MTV Japan man- from the dreaded world of responsibilities MxPx's A &M album "The Ever Passing Moment." myself, `I could do that.' I figured that I would aging director will report to the as he can. This title can mean that "your life is ending one probably never be in a big band or sign to a record board of Music Channel, which will Herrera's anti -adult feelings were directly label, but I can play . We actually start- likely be renamed in the near future. translated into the group's single "Responsibili- 'I don't want to ed the band in '92 when I was in ninth grade." Vibe's current staff, including on- write a song just ty," which is No. 25 on this issue's Modern Rock so radio will play Since then, he says, "our career has been grad- air personalities, will join MTV Tracks chart. The vocalist /bassist says that the it' ual. A lot of our fans are fans that we've had for a Japan, which will be based at Vibe's track is "a combination of thinking about how I while. Once you get bigger, their brothers and sis- Tokyo office. Vibe currently reaches was as a kid and how fun it was and how I don't ters start liking you. Maybe we'll start getting some 2.8 million households in want to grow up right now" interviewed by Teen Beat magazine and stuff like Japan, and international repertoire When kids listen to this track and other MxPx minute at a time or you're living it one minute at a that. I want our band to do well, but at the same accounts for some 75% of the mate - songs, Herrera wants them to just feel good about time," Herrera says. "You've got to live each moment time, I want to have integrity. I want the radio to rial it airs. themselves as they are. "There's a lot of negatives or life will pass you by. You'll never get it back." play us because we wrote a good song. But I don't "Japan is very important to MTV out there," he says. "No one hears any encour- MxPx has been living its dream since the trio want to write a song just so radio will play it." and we look forward to partnering with @JapanMedia to create a chan- nel that will best reflect the inter- Billboard® SEPTEMBER 9, 2000 Billboard SEPTEMBER 9, 2000 ests of today's Japanese audiences," said MTV Networks International president William Roedy in a state-

TracksTM ment released Aug. 29. "Our Mainstream Rock Tracks. Modern Rock research indicates that Japan is Y Y cri Z TRACK TITLE ARTIST TRACK TITLE ARTIST under -served by the current music I- 3 3 w 3 3 O ALBUM TITLE (IF ANY) IMPRINT PROMOTION IABEL I- 3 _i 3 » 3 3 5 ALBUM TITLE IF ANY) IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL television offering, so MTV Japan aims to deliver and --ow No. 1 ---oil No 1 the experiences

I week at N I sense of peo- LOSER 3 DOORS DOWN LAST RESORT 5 weeks at No. 1 PAPA ROACH community that young 2 4 12 1 1 1 21 THE BETTER LIFE REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL f, -!".I DREAMWORKS t ple are seeking." CALIFORNICATION RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS RIGHT NOW SR -71 1 1 11 4 5 16 Says @JapanMedia president 0 CALIFORNICATION WARNER BROS. f 0 NOW YOU SEE INSIDE RCA t I DISAPPEAR Shoji Doyama, " @JapanMedia's in- 4 3 19 METALLICA CHANGE (IN THE HOUSE OF FLIES) DEFTONES 43 "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2" SOUNDTRACK HOLLYWOOD CI 3 3 16 t WHITE PONY MAVERICK f tention is to build a media power- KRYPTONITE 4 3 2 32 3 DOORS DOWN STELLAR INCUBUS THE BETTER LIFE REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL 5 1 11 house in Japan by delivering a port- t ® MAKE YOURSELF IMMORTAL/EPIC t LAST RESORT PAPA ROACH folio of new and cutting -edge 5 6 5 19 CALIFORNICATION RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS INFEST DREAMWORKS 5 2 2 13 t CALIFORNICATION WARNER BROS. t content currently unavailable in this ARMS WIDE OPEN CREED 6 5 6 21 WITH KRYPTONITE 3 DOORS DOWN HUMAN CLAY WIND -UP t 6 7 6 25 country. Music is one of our core THE BETTER LIFE REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL t JUDITH A PERFECT CIRCLE 7 7 Y0 TEENAGE DIRTBAG WHEATUS 0 MER DE NOMS VIRGIN t Q7 8 11 8 WHEATUS COLUMBIA t N.I.B. PRIMUS WITH OZZY 8 11 9 EVE 6 ` ® NATIVITY IN BLACK IS TRIBUTE TO BLACK SABBATH DIVINE/PRIORITY 8 6 4 13 PROMISE @JapanMedia's HORRORSCOPE RCA t 9 BAD RELIGION GODSMACK O 9 13 HEMORRHAGE (IN MY HANDS) FUEL GODSMACK REPUBLIC,/UNIVERSAL Q9 16 27 3 SOMETHING LIKE HUMAN 550 MUSIC/550-WORK t intention is to CHANGE (IN THE HOUSE OF FLIES) DEFTONES 10 10 10 15 JUDITH A PERFECT CIRCLE WHITE PONY MAVERICK t 10 9 8 20 MER DE NOMS VIRGIN t build a media 10 TURN ME ON "MR. DEADMAN" THE UNION UNDERGROUND 11 14 18 LOSER 3 DOORS DOWN AN EDUCATION IN REBELLION PORTRAIT/COLUMBIA t 11 11 14 6 STUPIFY THE BETTER LIFE REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL powerhouse in 12 13 15 17 DISTURBED THE SICKNESS STUPIFY DISTURBED GIANT /REPRISE t 12 15 15 12 THE SICKNESS /REPRISE BREATHE NICKELBACK GIANT t 13 17 21 5 Japan by delivering THE STATE ARMS WIDE ROADRUNNER 13 12 12 23 WITH OPEN CREED LAST GOODBYE KENNY WAYNE HUMAN CLAY WIND -UP t 14 15 16 7 SHEPHERD BAND LIVE ON GIANT/REPRISE t SOUR GIRL STONE TEMPLE PILOTS a portfolio of new 14 13 10 21 NO. 4 ATLANTIC t AIRPOWER Illo.-- EVERCLEAR 15 10 9 15 WONDERFUL and cutting -edge HEMORRHAGE (IN MY HANDS) FUEL SONGS FROM AN AMERICAN MOVIE, VOL. ONE LEARNING HOW TO SMILE CAPITOL t 15 22 40 3 - SOMETHING LIKE HUMAN 550 MUSIC/55D -WORK t TESTIFY RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE 16 17 18 5 GODLESS THE BATTLE OF " EPIC t content currently 16 11 8 21 U.P.O. NO PLEASANTRIES EPIC ---,worn AIRPOWER unavailable in --NOS AIRPOWER Masi.- MINORITY GREEN DAY 17 NEW 1 EVERYTHING WARNING REPRISE 11 21 22 7 QUESTION 8STOPS7 IN MODERATION REPRISE t FREE VAST this country' 18 23 29 3 STELLAR MUSIC FOR PEOPLE ELEKTRA/EEG 18 19 20 9 INCUBUS t MAKE YOURSELF IMMORTAUEPIC t SHOJI DOYAMA HEAVEN IS A HALFPIPE (IF I DIE) OPM - - 19 18 21 6 SOUR GIRL MENACE TO SOCIETY 19 12 12 21 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS ATLANTIC t NO. 4 ATLANTIC t TAKE A LOOK 20 14 13 20 AROUND LIMP BIZKIT PAINTED PERFECT "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 20 16 17 9 ONE WAY RIDE 2" SOUNDTRACK HOLLYWOOD t STRAIGHT UP! REFUGE/MCA LEADER OF MEN NICKELBACK focus areas, and we feel that com- CI 21 23 11 SATELLITE BLUES AC /DC THE STATE 21 18 14 15 ROADRUNNER f bining MTV's proven expertise with STIFF UPPER LIP EASTWEST /EEG t_ YOU'RE A GOD VERTICAL HORIZON HELL ON HIGH HEELS 22 19 19 10 our knowledge of the domestic mar- 22 20 13 11 MOTLEY CRUE EVERYTHING YOU WANT RCA t NEW TATTOO MOTLEY /BEYOND t FICTION (DREAMS IN DIGITAL) ORGY ket will enable us to create the TESTIFY RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE 23 NEW 1 23 26 26 5 VAPOR TRANSMISSION ELEMENTREUREPRISE t undisputed leader in the Japanese THE BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES EPIC t NEVER GONNA COME BACK DOWN BT THEY STOOD UP FOR LOVE 24 20 16 9 music television business." 24 27 27 6 LIVE MOVEMENT IN STILL LIFE NETTWERK/CAPITOL t THE DISTANCE TO HERE RADIOACTIVE/MCA t RESPONSIBILITY MXPX Meanwhile, MTV further SOMEBODY SOMEONE KORN 25 24 24 7 25 23 24 7 THE EVER PASSING MOMENT A &M/INTERSCOPE strengthened its foothold in Asia by ISSUES IMMORTAL/EPIC t SONG BLINK -182 WHERE DID YOU GO? FULL DEVIL JACKET 26 25 22 26 ADAM'S inking an alliance with Philippines - CI 34 - 2 ENEMA OF THE STATE MCA t FULL DEVIL JACKET THE ENCLAVE/ISLAND /IDJMG I DISAPPEAR METALLICA based Nation Broadcasting Corp. ROCK THE PARTY (OFF THE HOOK) P.O.D. 21 22 17 19 21 25 30 6 "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2" SOUNDTRACK HOLLYWOOD THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF SOUTHTOWN ATLANTIC t t (NBC) to bring a new 24 -hour ter- 8 QUESTION EVERYTHING 8STOPS7 2 FREE VAST 28 26 25 restrial MTV service to that coun- 28 35 - IN MODERATION REPRISE MUSIC FOR PEOPLE ELEKTRA/EEG t t BOHEMIAN LIKE YOU THE DANDY WARHOLS try. LITTLE SCENE ISLE OF Q 29 28 35 4 29 29 32 6 THIRTEEN TALES FROM URBAN BOEHMIA ISLE OF O UNIVERSAL t CAPITOL t The pact with NBC supersedes LOST ART OF KEEPING A SECRET QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE NEXT YEAR F00 FIGHTERS 30 24 23 11 THE 30 NEW 1 one with MTV's current terrestrial I THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE ROSWELL/RCA RATED R INTERSCOPE t t partner in the Philippines, Studio ROCK THE PARTY (OFF THE HOOK) P.O.D. BARTENDER (I JUST WANT YOUR COMPANY) (HED) PLANET EARTH 31 30 33 4 31 32 36 3 THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS 23. BROKE VOLCANO/JIVE t OF SOUTHTOWN ATLANTIC t MTV Philippines will continue to SCUM OF LEAVING TOWN DEXTER FREEBISH 1 32 28 25 7 THE EARTH ROB ZOMBIE 32 37 39 3 be distributed via cable to million "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2" SOUNDTRACK HOLLYWOOD A LIFE OF SATURDAYS CAPITOL households in the country. TAKE A LOOK AROUND LIMP BIZKIT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE SUM 41 33 30 29 16 CI 32 37 4 "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2" SOUNDTRACK HOLLYWOOD t HALF HOUR OF POWER BIG RIG/ISLAND/ IDJMG However, under the new deal, TEN YEARS GONE JIMMY PAGE & THE BLACK CROWES 2 PINCH ME BARENAKED LADIES NBC will set up and operate the new 34 33 34 6 34 34 - JIMMY PAGE & THE BLACK CROWES: LIVE AT THE GREEK MUSICMAKER.COM/TVT MAROON REPRISE t UHF channel MTV Philippines, JUST GOT WICKED COLD (ROCK) SUPERSTAR CYPRESS HILL 35 NEW 1 35 29 28 23 13 WAYS TO BLEED ON STAGE FLIP/GEFFEN /INTERSCOPE SKULL & BONES COLUMBIA t which will air MTV-originated and PROMISE EVE 6 SAD SWEETHEART 36 31 28 9 36 38 2 OF RODEO HARVEY DANGER branded content 24 hours a day. HORRORSCOPE - RCA t KING JAMES VERSION LONDON /SIRE When the new service launches ear- 2 WASTING TIME KID ROCK TOUCH AND GO VIBROLUSH CI 36 - 31 35 38 5 DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE TOP DOG/LAVA/ATLANTIC TOUCH & GO V2 ly next year, it will aim to reach ARE YOU READY? CREED 38 NEW 1 THE LOST ART OF KEEPING A SECRET QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE some 2 million households in Metro HUMAN CLAY WIND 38 40 - 2 -UP RATED R INTERSCOPE t YOU SPIN ME ROUND (LIKE A RECORD) DOPE Manila and surrounding areas. 39 40 37 3 8 SOMEBODY SOMEONE KORN FELONS AND REVOLUTIONARIES 39 27 26 FLIP /EPIC ISSUES IMMORTAUEPIC t MTV and NBC hope to expand the RIGHT NOW 40 38 2 SR -71 BAD RELIGION GODSMACK - 40 33 32 6 service to several other major cities NOW YOU SEE INSIDE RCA -1. GODSMACK REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL in the Philippines within its first Compiled from a a national sample of rplay supplied by Broadcast Data Systems' Radio Track service. 105 mainstream rock stations a H 67 modern rock statio s are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by number of detections. Tracks howing an increase in detections ° over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. A record which has been on the chart for more than 20 weeks will ge erally no receive a bullet, even if it registers an increase in detections. Airpower awarded to songs appearing in the year of operation. op 20 on both the BDS Airplay and Audience charts for the first time with increases in both detections and audience. t Videoclip availability. D2000, Billboard/BPI Communications. BILLBOARD SEPTEMBER 9, 2000 www.billboard.com 97 www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard, SEPTEMBER 9, 2000 Radi o

P R O G R A M M I N G To p 40 Tracks.. , z TRACK TITLE ARTIST STATIONS SEE ARBS FLUCTUATE SHARPLY I- 3 N O IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL (Continued from page 94) No. i --- I`-- There was also concern at the other numbers to move, and a lot of that market. DOESN'T REALLY MATTER 1 week at No. 1 JANET 3 4 10 end of the market scale. stuff works." Marketing, he says, This on- the -go technology should SOUVIDJMG DEF JAM/DEF "The small markets have been "does get people to change their help capture more rock listeners, 20 BENT MATCHBOX TWENTY 2 1 1 very vocal about this; it's become a habits, if only it's temporarily." many say. LAVA/ATLANTIC major point of focus for us," says "The more active the individual, JUMPIN', JUMPIN' DESTINY'S CHILD 3 2 2 20 Mickey Luckoff, who chairs the Ar- STATIONS BLAME ARBITRON the harder they are to measure," COLUMBIA bitron Advisory Council. The coun- But broadcasters who have expe- says one GM of a Midwestern rock MUSIC MADONNA 5 10 5 cil is made up of GMs from around rienced a back -and-forth fluctuation cluster. "The only stations where I ® MAVERICK/WARNER BROS. the country and represents Arbi- are likely to talk about program- see stability are stations with a ABSOLUTELY (STORY OF A GIRL) NINE DAYS 5 4 3 17 Heritage rock majority of their listeners over 55. 550 MUSIC/550-WORK tron's radio customers. After the ming or marketing. fluctuations became a topic of KYYS (99.71(Y) Kansas City, Mo., Obviously, my stations don't have I WANNA KNOW JOE 6 6 5 23 JIVE debate between the council and has trended 5.0- 3.7- 5.142. GM Bob that." He thinks PPM will help cap- Arbitron, the company agreed to Zuroweste does believe there are ture his listeners more accurately. COME ON OVER BABY (ALL I WANT IS YOU) CHRISTINA AGUILERA Q7 14 19 7 RCA form a "wobble board," so to speak, research issues "Lifestyles have changed in the past KRYPTONITE 3 DOORS DOWN to look into what may be causing the here, particularly 40 years," says the GM, "but the 13 16 7 ® REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL highs and lows. for a station like methodology has not. I hope this HE WASN'T MAN ENOUGH TONI BRAXTON Chuck Tweedle, who is vice chair- his with a low - will help fix that." 9 8 11 " 19 LAFACE/ARISTA man of the council and president of cume /high -TSL Under its preliminary plan, Arbi- HIGHER CREED Bonneville's San Francisco cluster, combination, par- tron will enlist participants who will 10 7 9 26 WIND -UP says the issue is more pronounced ticularly in a situ- take part in a survey for a longer BACK HERE BBMAK in two -book markets, although it ation where diary period of time. "Things should 11 11 12 17 HOLLYWOOD can occur in large markets as well. return is already smooth out a bit when you use a TRY AGAIN AALIYAH "Certain people are more challeng- COHEN an issue. panel instead of a diary, because it's 12 10 7 22 BLACKGROUNDNIRGIN ing to recruit for Arbitron for the Modern WBCN the same people day after day, and (HOT S * *T) COUNTRY GRAMMAR NELLY diary process, but this bounce does- Boston GM Tony Berardini says he those people should have habits," 13 15 18 8 FO' REEL/UNIVERSAL n't seem to be a format issue." has given up trying to figure out says Cohen. That said, the jury is IT'S GONNA BE ME 'N SYNC Tweedle says way to the numbers, although he believes still out on whether it will flatten 14 9 8 19 the easiest JIVE address the wobbles would be to Arbitron does not put enough the peaks and valleys. "It may not EVERYTHING YOU WANT VERTICAL HORIZON to bounce as much as now, but we're a 15 12 6 34 increase the sample, which he does- diaries into the marketplace RCA n't expect to happen because of its accurately gauge listening to his long way from knowing that." LUCKY BRITNEY SPEARS 16 16 17 6 higher price tag. young- skewing station. "They've Luckoff agrees, saying, "If the JIVE been trying to figure out why men same people hold on to the PPMs GIVE ME JUST ONE NIGHT (UNA NOCHE) 98 DEGREES 11 20 21 4 ARBITRON RESPONSE RATE RISES 18 -34 don't fill out diaries. I think longer, that in itself will lend itself UNIVERSAL For its part, Arbitron says it's they should form groups and do the to more stability. If it doesn't settle MOST GIRLS PINK 21 23 6 already stopped the decline in re- studies, but I don't expect anything the problem, we're going to have to a LAFACE/ARISTA sponse rates that has hit most re- will happen, because nothing has live with it one way or another." DESERT ROSE STING FEATURING CHEB MAMI 19 19 15 15 searchers. In the spring it mailed happened with [men's response Not everyone believes PPM is the A &M/INTERSCOPE every diary in a brown cardboard rates] in 20 years." cure. "It could , WONDERFUL EVERCLEAR 20 22 20 8 box that resembled a box of checks. "I've seen so many weird things since it will deal with what people CAPITOL That was enough to increase the out there that can't be explained," are really listening to," says I THINK I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU JESSICA SIMPSON 21 18 14 12 response rate 1% from 1999 levels, says KROX GM Bruce Walden. "I Zuroweste. However, he foresees COLUMBIA to 38.6 %. Its response rate, or the see stations wobble all over the wobble will still be an issue. "It all YOU'RE A GOD VERTICAL HORIZON 22 25 27 4 number of people that completed place, and I find it hard to believe depends on where the PPMs go." RCA the diaries and mailed them back in, the listening audience is changing IT'S MY LIFE BON JOVI 23 23 24 5 rose 1.3% over last year, to 53.9 %. that much." KROX has trended 4.2- ISLAND /IDJMG Ed Cohen, Arbitron's director of 3.7-5.0-4.7 in the past four books. WITH ARMS WIDE OPEN CREED 24 34 - 2 and a vet- Walden, who also believes there are WIND -UP domestic radio research for Clear sampling issues at play here, says FADED SOULDECISION FEATURING THRUST eran research director 25 26 26 7 MCA Channel, concedes there are wob- more diaries would solve the prob- lem, it's not something he's will- LET THE DOGS OUT BAHA MEN bles in the numbers but is reluctant but 26 30 33 3 WHO S- CURVE/SHERIDAN SQUARE/ARTEMIS to explain what may cause them. ing to pay for. "I'd rather we got rid "It's real easy to get a correlation; of the ratings all together," he jokes. I WANNA BE WITH YOU MANDY MOORE 21 24 22 15 550 MUSIC/550-WORK it's a lot harder to get cause and But album WBAB Long Island, DON'T THINK I'M NOT KANDI effect. If this were a panel, you may N.Y., PD Ted Edwards says his sta- 28 28 40 3 COLUMBIA be able to find that. Instead, we use tion's ratings can be tracked to pro- BIG PIMPIN' JAY -Z FEATURING UGK different sets of people in every sur- gramming changes. "There are a lot 29 27 25 16 ROC- A- FELLA/DEF JAM /IDJMG vey week. We can control where and of reasons for wobbles, and it's PUREST OF PAIN (A PURO DOLOR) SON BY FOUR how the sample is placed; the one rarely Arbitron's fault." 30 29 36 5 SONY DISCOS/COLUMBIA thing we cannot control is getting Edwards says lower -rated sta- THE NEXT EPISODE DR. DRE FEATURING SNOOP DOGG somebody to fill out a diary." tions are more likely to wobble. 31 31 29 10 AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE The effect, says Cohen, is a small- "Often the [low- rated] stations that DEEP INSIDE OF YOU THIRD EYE BLIND er sample or a lower confidence fluctuate the most do so because 31 33 35 3 ELEKTRNEEG level. "I hate to talk statistics, but when you have fewer people to CHANGE YOUR MIND SISTER HAZEL when we talk about estimates and depend on to deliver information to 33 32 31 10 UNIVERSAL you have a 95% confidence level, Arbitron, it's harder to hit them, so NO MORE RUFF ENDZ a chance one it appears that you have a wobble, NEW 1 that means there's that ® EPIC out of every 20 estimates is out in but it's really low ratings that is the CASE OF THE EX (WHATCHA GONNA DO) MYA problem." 35 NEW 1 the ozone." UNIVERSITY /INTERSCOPE But for the most part, however, PINCH ME BARENAKED LADIES of pro- WAITING FOR PPM CjI NEW 1 both Cohen and Arbitron VP Country Comes To Beantown. More REPRISE gramming services Bob Michaels After a successful initial round of than 17,000 people attended the MY BABY YOU MARC ANTHONY in Manchester, England, last 31 NEW 1 say the fluctuations are the result testing WKLB Country Music Festival Aug. 26 COLUMBIA of an ever -changing radio land- year, Arbitron will begin field test- near Boston. The show, at the Tweeter COULD I HAVE THIS KISS FOREVER WHITNEY HOUSTON & ENRIQUE IGLESIAS 38 31 30 12 scape. "The numbers do bounce," ing in the U.S. of the Portable Per- Center in suburban Mansfield, Mass., ARISTNINTERSCOPE says Michaels. "Does that have to do sonal Meter (PPM) this fall. The was headlined by Reba McEntire. Also BE WITH YOU ENRIQUE IGLESIAS 39 39 37 25 with methodology? Maybe, but beeper -size device detects the sta- on the bill were Mark Wills, Yankee INTERSCOPE more than likely it's somebody tions heard by whoever is wearing Grey, and John Berry performing with WIFEY NEXT 40 38 2 going after that share." it. The field test will take place in and Billy Dean as the ARISTA Suzy Bogguss He believes in 95% of the two phases. The initial deployment left, are WKLB Top 40 and Adult Top 40 stations that Trio. Shown, from Compiled from a national sample of airplay of Mainstream Top 40, Rhythmic 300 meters in the Wilming- supplied by Broadcast Data Systems' Radio Track service. 247 Top 40 stations are electronically monitored 24 cases, a wobble is caused by some- will use music director Ginny Rogers, Wills, °Tracks an increase in hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs are ranked by Audience Impressions. showing thing other than what Arbitron has ton, Del., radio metro. Late in 2001, and WKLB promotion director Jen 20 weeks will generally Audience over the previous week. A record which has been on the chart for more than done. "There are a lot of companies Arbitron plans to begin increasing not recieve a bullet, even if it registers an increase in audience. Records below the top 20 are removed from the Joy. chart after 26 weeks. ©2000, Billboard/BPI Communications. out there whose job is to get those the sample to cover the Philadelphia

2000 98 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD SEPTEMBER 9. www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING AUGUST 22, 2000 Music Video Biliboad Video Monitor P R O G R A M M I N G THE MOST-PLAYED CLIPS AS MONITORED BY BROADCAST DATA SYSTEMS "NEW ONS" ARE REPORTED BY THE NETWORKS (NOT BY BDS) FOR THE WEEK AHEAD 0 BET Brings New York On -Air; mMUSIC FIRST 14 (ours daily Continuous programming ContiiRmus pogramming Continuous programming MuchMusic Awards Sets lineup 1899 9th Street NE 2806 Opryland Dr., 1515 Broadw , NY, P4 10036 1515 Broadway, NY, NY 10036 Washington, D.C. 2áO18 Nashville, TN 37214 1 Eminen, The Way I Am 1 Sting Feat. Cheb Mami, Desert Rose BET'S NEW MUSIC SHOWS: audience research. She was 1 Yolanda Adams, Open My Heart 1 Keith Urban, Your Everything 2 Christina Aguirre, Come On Over Baby 2 Matchbox Twenty, Bent VP of 2 Mystikal, Shake Ya Ass 2 Faith Hill W/fm McGraw, (&'s Make Love 3 Melly, (Hot 5'0 Country Grammar 3 Creed, Higher BET is gearing up for a music pro- audience research. 3 DMX Feat. SLsgo, What You Want 3 Guth Brooks, When Tin Care Bad To Me Ain 4 Incubus, Stellar 4 Faith HiN, The Way You Love Me 4 Joe, Treat Her Like A lady 4 Aaron Tippin, Kiss This 5 2Getlle, The Hardest Part Of Breaking Up 5 Janet, Doesn't Really Matter gramming makeover now that its VH1 has named Sandy Alouete 5 LL Cool J, Imayjne That 5 Vince Gill, Feels Like Love 6 Britney Spears, Lucky 6 Madonna, Music 6 LW Bow Wow, Bounce With Me 6 Lee Ann Wonted', I Hope You Dance 7 P.O.D., Rock The Party (Off The Hook) 7 Vertical Horizon, You're A God music department has relocated director of music and talent rela- Hot Country Grammar 7 Joe Diffie, It's AMrays Somethin 8 Dettones, Change 8 3 Doom Down, Kryptonite 8 Mya (Case Of The Ex 8 Rr'oche, She's Gone 9 Papa Roach, last Resort 9 Bon Joni, It's My Life from Washington, D.C., to New tions. She was previously Sire Rec- 9 Common, The Light 9 Jo Dee Messina, That's The Way 10 Janet, Doesn't Really Matter 10 Barenaked I Pinch Me 10 Toni Braxton, Just Be A Man About K 10 Rascal Hafts, R ayin' FIX Daylight 11 Hanson, B Only 11 Nine Days, Absolutely (Story Of A Gin) York. BET has several new music ords Group VP of international 11 Next, Wiley 11 ShedaisH, I Will...But 12 98 Degrees, Give Me Just One Night 12 Everolear, Wonderful programs 12 Jagged Edge, Let's Get Married 12 Toby Keith, Country Comes To Town 13 Madonna, Music 13 Foo Fighters, Next Year planned to debut this and artist development. 13 Big Tyaers, #1 Stunna 13 Lehr Rimes, I Need You 14 Red Hot Chi Peppers, Calitomication 14 Creed, With Arms Wide Open fall, with some having the city Shooting Gallery Productions 14 Ideal Feat Ul' Mo, Whatever 14 Larestar, What About Now 15 'N Sync, Ws Gonna Be Me 15 Red Hot Chik Peppers, Califanication 15 Destiny's Child, Jumpin, Jumpin 15 Da vyl Worley, When You Need My Lae 16 Bon Joni, It's My Life 16 B.B. king & Eric , Riding With The King playing a central role in the shows. has launched a music video division 16 Cad Thomas, Summer Rain 16 By Gilman, Ore Voice 17 DMX Feat. Sis, What You Want 17 Toni Braxton, He Wasn't Man Enough 17 Hey Papi You 17 Big Ray Cyrus, Wont Be Lardy Nan 18 Ruff Endz, No More 18 Brian Setzer Ordiestra, Getin' In The Mood The new shows are as follows. under the leadership of president/ 18 IhM No More 18 Jamie O'Neal, There Is No Arizona 19 Busta Rhymes, Fire 19 Destiny's Child, Jumpin, Jumpin 19 Zane 19 Of The Desert, Everybody's Gotta Lit' Feat 112, Catlin Me km Gan.. 20 Dr. Die Feat. Snoop Dog, The Next Episode 20 Metallica, I Disappear "106th & Park: BET Top 10 executive producer Tim Clawson. 20 Emblem, The Way I Am 20 Lisa An lie, A Woman Gets Lonely 21 Korn, Somebody Someone 21 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Otherside 21 Bebe, Coming Back Home 21 , Call Me Crazy 22 Common, The Light 22 Third Eye Blind, Deep Inside Of You Live," a new music video count- Kris Toledo-Foster, who was pre- 22 Boyz IIMea,Pass You By 22 Terri Clark, A Little Gasoline 23 Mya, Case Of The Ex 23 Moby, Porcelain 23 C- Murder, Down For My N s 23 Clay Davidson, Can't Lie To Me 24 De La Soul, Oooh 24 Nina Gordon, Tonight And The Rest... down show named after the BET viously a video commissioner at 24 Charming Faces, That Other Woman 24 Eric Heathery, Flowers On The Wall 25 Next, Wiley 25 The Corrs, Breathless music department's location in Priority Records, has joined Shoot- 25 Lucy Pearl, Don't Mess With My Man 25 Jolie & The Wanted, I Would 26 Disturbed, Stupify 26 No Doubt, Simple Kind Of Life 26 De La Soul, Oooh 26 Kenny Chesney, I Lost It 27 Big Tymers, #1 Stunna 27 Madonna, Beautiful Stranger New York. Musical guests will also ing Gallery as executive producer. 27 Shyne, Bad Boyz 27 Sara Evans, Bon To Fh' 28 BB Back Here 28 Shania Trail, That Dont Impress Me Much 28 Kelly Price, You Should've Told Me 28 Chalee Tennison. Makin Up With You 29 M Z, Best Of Me Part 2 29 Jennifer Lopez, Waiting For Tonight be part of this videos -by-request Shooting Gallery has also struck 29 Trina, Pull Over 29 Yankee Grey, This lime Around 30 Jessica I'm la.. 30 Goo Goo Dolls, Slide 30 Kandi, Don't Think l'm Not 30 Diamond Roo, Stuff 31 Foo Fighters, Next Year 31 Jennifer Lopez, N You Had My Love a deal with London -based Quick on 31 Prof*, Liar 31 Bill Engvall, Now That's Awesome 32 Mac? Gray, Why Didnt You Call Me 32 Faith Hill, Breathe p- 32 Blaque, As I 32 Chris LeDoux, Silence On The Line 33 Destiny's Child, Jumpin, Jumpin 33 Frio Fighters, Leam To Fly "AM @BET," a news and the Draw (QD) Productions and 33 Lit' Kim, No Matter What They Say 33 Kenny Rogers, He Will She Knows 34 SR -71, Right Now 34 Boyz II Men, Pass You By 34 Big Pun, 100% 34 Eric Heatherly, Swimming In Champwe 35 Limp Bidet, Break Stuff 35 Christina Aguilera, Come On Over Baby music video program shown in the executive producer Abe Torres to 35 la Rule, Between Me And You 35 The Kinleys, She Ain't The Gin For You 36 Blink -182 Adam's Song 36 Janet Jackson, Love Will Never Do... mornings. 36 Cam'ron, What Means The World To You 36 Patty Loveless, That'y The i 37 Destiny's Chill, Say My Name 37 Toni Braxton, You're Makin' Me High represent QD's roster of directors 37 Tamia, Can't Go For That 37 Loretta trio, Country In My 38 Bloodhound Gang, The Bad Touch 38 Len, Steal My Sunshine T: INY" (the in U.S. 38 Big L, Holden' R Down 38 CChelyRWrr".: She Wart Out FarCiggaettes 39 Korn, Make Me Bad 39 Lenny Kravitz, Fly Away the and Canada. 39 Janet, Doesn't Really Matter 39 Marly Dayton, 40 Jay-Z Feat. UGK, Big Pimpin 40 Macy Gray, Why Didn't You Call Me "INY" acronym stands The directors include 40 Major Figgas, Yeah That's Us 40 Faith Hill, You Love Mew 41 Thong Song 41 Christina Aguilera, What A Girl Wants 41 Beenie Man Feat Myn Girls Dem Sugar 41 Warren Brothers/Sara Enos, That's The Neat... 42 DMX, Up 42 Santana F/fhe Product G&B, Maria Mane for "in New York "), a Simon Brand, Cam- 42 Busta Rhymes, Fire 42 Anita Cochran, You With Me 43 Metallica, I Disappear 43 Santana F/Evenast, Put Your Lights On 43 Stephen Simmon&., I Can't Do That 43 Cain Rate WIBobbe Eake , Tien UI Uahg.. 44 Toni Braxton, Just Be A Man About N 44 Goo Goo Dolls, Ins program that will show- eron Casey, Tony Van- & Jay-Z, 44 Best 44 Mya Best Of Me Part 2 Travis Tritt, Of Intentions 45 Britney Spears, Oops!.. I Did It Again 45 Mary Gray, I Try 45 R. Kelly, I Wish 45 Allison Homer, Send An Angel case Down 46 Kid Rock, American Bad Ass 46 U2, I Still Haven't Found What... BET's popular T HE den Ende, Steve Hiam, 46 Ruff Ryden, WW It 46 Trent Summar, New Money 47 Eminem, The Real Slim Shady 47 No Doubt, Just A Girl 47 No Question, I Don't Care 47 Trisha Newwood, Where Are You Now 48 Mystikal, Shake Ya Ass 48 Fiona Apple, Criminal videos. Andy Hutch, Felipe 48 Sammie, Crazy Things I Do 48 John Rich, I Pray For You 49 Li' Kim, No Matter What They Say 49 Mariah Carey, Honey "BET Next," a pro- Nino, and 49 Amil, I Got That 49 Phil Vassar, Just Mother Day In Paradise 50 Baba Men, Who Let The Dogs Out 50 Britney Spears, ...Baby One More Time Alex Parker. 50 M.O.P., Ante Up 50 Doyle Singletary, I Knew I Loved You gram will Indicates MTV Exclusive that introduce E YE "Jazz Alley TV," which Indicates Hot Shots NEW OHS NEW OHS new music videos. has relocated from the NEW ONS NEW ONS Matchbox Twenty, N You're Gone " - Jill Scott, Gettin' In The Way Fuel, Hemorraghe (In My Hands) UnCut," a late Denver area to Hawaii, Three 6 Mafia, Tongue Ring Robbie Williams, Rock DJ Steve Holy, Blue Moon Toni Braxton, Just Be A Man About K night program that will has new Ludacris F/Shawnna, What's Your Fantasy Mystikal, Shake It Fast added affiliates Tamara Walker, Didn't We Love Elton John, Tiny Dancer 504 Boyz, Whodi Fuel, Hemorrhage (In My Hands) feature uncensored ver- The Wallflowers, KMEB -TV in Maui, Mack 10, Tight To Def Sleepwalker 1 Sis, Incomplete sions of videos. "UnCut" Hawaii, and the Unicorn Absolute, Is It Really Like That? r Matchbox Twenty, If You're Gone Orgy, Fiction (Dreams In Digital) is probably the most eye- network in Japan. Papa Roach, Broken Home brow- raising program- Denver -based Music ming move by BET, con- Link Productions has sidering that many R&B byCCarla launched a new hard - A SAMPLING OF PLAYLISTS SUBMITTED BY and hip -hop videos NATIONAL & LOCAL MUSIC VIDEO OUTLETS FOR are ay edged music show called THE CLIP LIST THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 9, 2000. already heavily criticized "Eleven" (see Local for how they may influence people Show Spotlight). Producer/music with violence or sexual content. director Stefan Goldby says that W1E0 BET VP of music programming the program will focus on "all music network TELEVISION Stephen Hill addressed this issue kinds of hard-edge music, includ- Continuous programming at last month's Billboard /BET ing punk, hardcore, active rock, Continuous programming Continuous programming Five hours weekly 1221 Collins Ave R&B/Hip -Hop Conference by say- -hop, 1515 Broadway 1111 Lincoln Rd 223 -225 Washington St hip and rap." According to Miami Beach,FL 33139 New York,NY 10036 Miami Beach,FL 33139 Newark,NJ 07102 ing, "There's a demand from our Goldby, the program's title was BOXTOPS viewers to see uncut versions NEW Plastilina Mesh, Human Disco Ball Madonna, Music of inspired by a scene in the rock La Ley, Fuera De Mi 8.B. King & Enc The King favorite videos. Mya, Case Of The Ex (Whatcha Gonna Do) Clapin, Riding With their The program satire film "This Is Spinal Tap," in Robbie Williams, Rock DJ 3LW, No Bloodhound Gang, The Bad Touch Red Hot Chili Peppers, Calitornication More (Baby l'ma Do Right) Good Charlotte, will be on at 3 a.m., when kids which hilariously dimwitted Spinal Little Things Bon Jovi, Its My Life Precious N Boyz I I Men, Pass You By UK, Say Again Papa Roach, Broken Home Ul Kabah, Antro Kid Rock, American Bad Ass shouldn't be up watching TV any- Tap guitarist Nigel Tufnel assert- Bow Wow Fed. Xaape, Bounce With Me Tahiti 80, Heartbeat M2M, Mirror Mirror No Doubt, Simple Kind Of Life Eminent, The Way I Am Dido, Here With Me way. This is definitely a program ed that the act's audio equipment Trina, Pull Over Travis, Why Does It Always Rain On Me? Mary Gray, Why Didn't You Call Me Lucy Pearl, Don't Mess With My Man The Corns, for adults only." Nally, (Hot S`U Country Grammar Breathless U.S. Crush, Same Old Story was better than others because in- Madonna, Music Five, We Will Rock You Pink, Most Girls stead of the volume level going up Christina Aguilera, I Turn To You AC/DC, Satellite Blues Wheatus, Teenage Dirtbag & THAT: 10, Disturbed, Stupify Moby, Porcelain Toni Braxton, Just Be A Man About It THIS Barenaked La- to it went up to 11. Music Link Limp Bizkit, Take A Look Around The Christina Aguilera, Come On Over Baby Brian Sehe Orchestra, Getto In The Mood dies, Blink -182, Choclair, Des- Productions also produces Denver Whitney limbs & Dv* Iglesias, Could I Have Ths... Bon Joni, Its My Life 98 Degrees, Give Me Just One Night tiny's Child, Matthew Good music video Bloodhound Gang, Mope Blink -182, Adam's Song Christina Aguilera, Come On Over Baby programs "Music No Doubt, Britney Spears, Lucky Simple Kind Of Life Janet, Doesn't Really Matter Band, Moby, and SoulDecision Link" (modern rock) and "BPM" Big Tymers, #1 Matchbox Twenty, Bent Boyz II Men, Pass You By Stunna Continuous programming are among the acts who will per- (dance/electromca/ska). Wyclef Jean, lt Doesn't Madonna, Music Our Lady Peace, Thief Matter 299 Queen St West DMX Feat. Saul Hernandez, Dtslizandote Duran Duran, Someone Else Not Me form MuchMusic Sisgo, What You Want Toronto, at this year's Ontario M5V2Z5 Britney Spears, Lucky Foo Fighters, Next Aaron Carter, Aaron's Party (Come Get It) Year Video Awards. Presenters will LOCAL SHOW SPOTLIGHT: Eminem, The Real Slim I Feel Mystikal, Shake N Fast Shady Holm, How Do Rage Against The Machine, Testify (NEW) Pink, Most Girls include Aqua, Ben Harper, b 4 4, This issue's spotlight is on Denver- Robbie Williams, Rock DJ (NEW) Baba Men, Who Let The Dogs Out Baba Men, Who Let The Dogs Out (NEW) Love Inc., and members of 'N based hard music show "Eleven." Toni Braxton, Just Be A Man About It Jake, Let Me Know (NEW) Janet, Doesn't Really Matter Sync. The awards show will be TV affiliate: KBDI -TV Denver. Wheatus, Teenage Dirtbag (NEW) Samantha Mumba, Gotta Tell You Snow, Everybody Wants To Be Like You CALIFORNIA MUSIC CHANNEL televised Sept. 21 from MuchMu- Time slot: Midnight on Wednes- 'N Sync, Its Gonna Be Me Matthew Good Band, Strange Days 121MAN i#ESSNß Beenie Man Feat. Mya, Girls Dem Sugar sic headquarters in Toronto. days and Sundays. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Califomication 2 hours weekly 15 hours weekly Our Lady Peace, Thief The Music Video Production E -mail address: hitgold@ NEW 3900 Main St 10227 E 14th St Britney Spears, Lucky Philadelphia,PA 19127 Oakland,CA 94603 Assn. (MVPA) will be having a mediaone.net. Tragically Hip, My Music Capone -N- Noreaga, Phone Time Everclear, Wonderful screening of the winning music Following are five videos from Changing Faces, That Other Woman Doug E. Fresh, Come Again Madonna, Music Janet, Doesn't Really Matter D:REAM, He Loves U Not Cam'Ron, What Means The World To You Christina Aguilera, Come On Over Baby videos from this year's MVPA the episode that aired the week Creed, With Amis Wide Open Dungee F/Silk -E, VIP Status Mystikal, Shake It Fast Britney Spears, Lucky Awards. SoulDecision, Ooh Its Kirida Crazy The screening takes place ending Sept. 2: (Hed) Planet Earth, Bartender Janet, Doesn't Really Matter UI Bow Wow Feat. Xscape, Bounce With Me Choclair, Rubbin 9 p.m. Tuesday Simla, Incomplete Eminent, The Way I Am Mya, Case 01 The Ex (Whatcha Gonna Do) at (5) at Lot 61, 550 Public Enemy & Anthrax, Destiny's Child, Jumpin', Jumpin' Slimm Calhoun, It's OK Jay -Z F/Memphis Sleek & Amil, Hey Papi Wheatus, Teenage Dirtbag West 21st St. in New York. Admis- Noise" Nelly, (Hot S1) Country Grammar "Bring (Islarld/DefJam). South Park Mexican, You Know My Name Busta Rhymes, Fire Ben Hailer & The Imocent Gin iaah, Steal My kisses Jessica Simpson, I Think I'm In Love.. Taproot, Again & Again Mya Feat Jay -Z, Best Of Me Part 2 Matchbox Twenty, Bent sion is free, but space is limited, Cypress Hill, "Can't Get The Madonna, Music The Wallflowers, Sleepwalker De La Soul Feat. Redman, Oooh. Wyclef Jean, It Doesn't Matter and reservations are recommend- Best Of Me" (Columbia). Unified Theory, Califomia No Question, I Don't Care Nine Days, Absolutely (Story Of A Girl) ed. Reservations can be made by V12, "Rumble" (Priority). The Union Underground, ium Me On 'Mr. Devin e Ram Squad, Ball (Up In Here) Janet, Doesn't Really Matter M.O.P., Ante Up (Robbing-Hoodz Theory) Destiny's Child, Jumpin', Jumpin' calling the MVPA at 323 -469 -9494. AFI, "Total Immortal" (Nitro). Philly's Most Wanted, Cross The Border Vertical Horizon, You're A God MTV Networks Boyz 11 Men, Pass You By 'N Sync, It's Gonna Be Me has promoted Crazy Town, "Darkside" 100X, Wanna Know The Cons, Breathless Nicole Alemanne to senior VP of (Columbia).

BILLBOARD SEPTEMBER 9. 2000 www.billboard.corn 99 www.americanradiohistory.com Era TIPS FOR BRITS WHO WANT U.S. SUCCESS WO(Continued from page 5) U.S. England. Now it can look anywhere," America is akin to working the whole that we played first time round. He's U.K.'s A &R culture. In a market Other themes emerging from the reflects Instant Karma managing of Europe at the same time. You can the hardest- working pop man in the awash with openly manufactured boy survey: director and former Warner Music have difficulty getting acts to work the British music industry, and if he can't and girl bands and with a singles British acts with American aspi- U.K. chairman Rob Dickins. whole of Europe at one point, then if break America, no one's going to." chart climate in which those acts are rations should spend less time And this from Boy George, the fig- you load [North] America into it then Travis this month will be playing its consumed by teen and preteen record bemoaning America's far more rigid- urehead of the second British invasion South America, and Southeast Asia, it biggest American venues so far, buyers at an alarming rate, they con- ly formatted radio network and more of 1983: "People in America looked to becomes impossible to be everywhere including the 3,200 -capacity Roseland sider the British industry to have time making records that will fit the England for revolutionary ideas, but at once. Video helped for a while, but Ballroom in New York on Wednesday betrayed its traditional talent medium. that's stopped now The industry here now there's less and less video play, so (6). Lead singer Fran Healy says that strengths. Working the American market has stopped caring about the quality it's more important for acts to turn up unlike some British acts, the band is When so many wannabes sound entails a great deal more than per- of materiaL" and do the things local acts do." enjoying the American groundwork. like bargain-basement stunt doubles forming media showcases in New chairman/ Muff Wimvood, managing director "For some people, the thought of get- for Britney Spears and `N Sync, some York and Los Angeles. CEO Roger Ames is one of several of Sony's S2 label, is convinced that ting success in [their own] territory, of these intrinsically disposable U.K. Much modern British pop is sim- executives expressing the belief that staggered releases can help an artist's then going back to start all over again acts would appear to have American ply inferior in production values to its British artists and managers cannot international development and advises somewhere else, is kind of stupid, but prospects roughly as valid as a three American counterpart. grasp the sheer size of the U.S. mar- his U.S. counterparts to hold off on a I kind of like the idea. We're flying the dollar bill. "American youth finds its role mod- ket, and he says even if they do, the successful U.K artist until there is real flag OK, but not for the country, just "People often make the assumption els in hip -hop, and it's becoming practicalities of working it are often momentum. "I always tell the record for `proper' music, if you want to call that because something's been big in increasingly oblivious to British unmanageable. company, `Don't release at the same it that" England, it will be big in America," trends," says veteran English talent "America is the biggest local mar- time as us -wait, wait, wait,'" he says. BBMak's Mark Barry, who has kept says Jonathan Shalit, managing direc- guru Andrew Wickham, Warner ket in the world, more so even than "If you do the first year in Europe, a diary of the group's American tor of Shalit Management and former Bros. VP of A&R worldwide. Japan at this point," he says. "But the Japan, and Australia, that'll be your adventures this year, reveals that it manager of Welsh multi -platinum "America always had to look to whole world's more local. Working album, three singles, three videos," he has so far been on 88 flights in 2000, prodigy Charlotte Church. "But if you continues. "Then you go to America, not to mention endless days on the listen to American productions, par- they can look at where you've had suc- tour bus. "You've got to be committed ticularly of pop, they're so superior. In cess in other parts of the world, and 110%," says Barry. "[Irish boy band England, there are too many ama- you can have all the bullets loaded in and U.K. chart sensation] Westlife teurs having a go at it. On the Road In America your gun before you go." tried to do America, but they had to "In many cases videos from Amer- "What's that expression? The only come back because they were wanted ica are of a much higher level, their Top U.K. Acts In Concert place where success comes before everywhere else." expectation of visual imagery is huge, touring is in the dictionary," says "You have to make a commitment and I don't think we give them what (A Decade Comparison) Bryce Edge of Courtyard Manage- to work the territory for a minimum they require," he adds. "You often ment, co-manager of Radiohead, one of a year," says BBMak's manager, hear of bands who've already spent 1989 1999 of the handful of current British rock Diane Young of Daytime Entertain- 120,000 pounds [$180,000] on their acts to leave a stateside imprint. But ment. "You have to be prepared to fly video having to remake it, and often 1) THE ROLLING STONES 1) THE ROLLING STONES Ian Dickson, GM of Fast Coast to West the record has to be Total gross: $79,057,493 Total gross: $63,010,521 RCA Records U.K, Coast and endure a remixed for Ameri- Total attendance: 2,794,797 Total attendance: 573,492 says, "Selling grueling schedule, ca as well." 49 No. of shows (sellouts): 33 (33) No. of shows (sellouts): (49) records in the U.S. do the meet and "British acts Album sales ( "Bridges To Babylon "): 1.2 million is the Holy Grail, greet, press flesh, don't do it as well," 2) THE WHO 2) ELTON JOHN but when you have a go into radio sta- says one former Total gross: $32,577,372 Total gross: $23,919,983 Total attendance: 1,379,679 Total attendance: 418,409 huge [audience] tions, meet retailers U.K. label manag- No. of shows (sellouts): 32 (23) No. of shows (sellouts): 36 (29) base in Europe and ... everybody's ing director who Album sales ( "The Big Picture "): 765,000 a huge base in Asia, DICKINS important. That's ANDERSON wished to remain AMES 3) ELTON JOHN 3) BLACK SABBATH sometimes it's a why I think anonymous. "The Total gross: $8,467,504 Total gross: $17,060,583 very brave company that forgoes that BBMak's happened." Young adds that records are made differently, if you lis- Total attendance: 365,810 Total attendance: 424,064 to put in the necessary promotional the U.K. market will not be re- ten to [the] production values. Listen No. of shows (sellouts): 23 (22) No. of shows (sellouts): 30 (21) time to nail America" addressed until next year to a Ronan Keating record vs. a Dixie Album sales: N/A "It might be easier to break a pop "You come home from America, Chicks record, and you'll hear it" 4) ROD STEWART 4) ROD STEWART act in the U.K.," says Catherine stick the radio on, and the charts in But Ames points to the massive Total gross: $6,467,793 Total gross: $14,696,179 Davies, VP of international at Sony England are just so false and fake," success of the Swedish production Total attendance: 321,440 Total attendance: 336,427 Music you can do 25 says Barry. "In America you hear team Cheiron with Britney Spears, No. of shows (sellouts): 28 (17) No. of shows (sellouts): 35 (8) U.K., "because Album sales ( "When We Were..'): 285,000 TV shows, school tours -you can do these bands, and it's real music, real Backstreet Boys, and `N Sync. "You all these things in a month because of talent. It's good for us, because the could argue that European music is 5) THE CURE 5) SARAH BRIGHTMAN do Al now defunct] 911, unbelievably popular in America at Total gross: $5,131,765 Total gross: $8,275,394 the size of the U.K. Trying to the likes of and [the Total attendance: 254,012 Total attendance: 174,323 same sort of thing in America takes a they can't go to America because they the moment. The face on it is Ameri- No. of shows (sellouts): 13 (10) No. of shows (sellouts): 57 (14) six-month commitment" don't have something they can use." can, but the writers and producers are Album sales ( "Eden "): 475,000 Also making American inroads European." 6) NEW ORDER 6) STING FOUR FOR THE ROAD after a stellar year at home is singer/ "Why should [British acts] mean Total gross: $3,078,613 Total gross: $7,172,070 Among those current British acts songwriter David Gray, whose IHT/ something just because they're Total attendance: 180,891 Total attendance: 94,711 who are reaping the benefits of their FastWest album "White Ladder" is British? They should mean something No. of shows (sellouts): 16 (10) No. of shows (sellouts): 26 (26) commitment are pop trio BBMak, platinum (300,000 units) in the U.K. because they're good," says English Album sales ( "Brand New Day "): 2.1 million which has scored a top 15 single on Released in America by ATO, which singer/songwriter Amanda Ghost, 7) OZZY OSBOURNE 7) ROGER WATERS The Billboard Hot 100 with "Back is part-owned by multiplatinum Dave who has had a positive early response Total gross: $2,864,526 Total gross: $5,891,806 Here" and has a gold album with its Matthews, the album entered The in the U.S. to her debut Warner Bros. Total attendance: 164,414 Total attendance: 210,350 No. of shows (sellouts): 22 (5) No. of shows (sellouts): 18 (6) Hollywood debut, "Sooner Or Later," Billboard 200 last issue at No. 190 album, "Ghost Stories." Album sales: N/A despite minimal recognition in after Gray's considerable live and pro- "We were very avant- garde, always always new and fresh," 8) JETHRO TULL 8) JEFF BECK Britain, and Travis, which returns to motional efforts in the U.S. taking risks, Total gross: $2,800,307 Total gross: $2,490,972 the U.S. in September for its fourth "I think we've made a really good adds Ghost of British artists. "Now Total attendance: 155,701 Total attendance: 90,105 tour of the year, with its Epic/Inde- choice [with ATO]," says Gray. "I'm we're poor imitations of what Ameri- No. of shows (sellouts): 27 (5) No. of shows: 29 (4) pendiente album "The Man Who" (a really impressed by the way they've ca does really well. We're not corning Album sales ("Who Else!"): 105,000 2 million-seller at home) now at U.S. gone about it. They've got this hard - up with something that's new and 9) JOE JACKSON 9) DURAN DURAN sales of 145,000, according to Sound - work style-minimum bullshit, max- 5Warneredgy" Total gross: $1,170,232 Total gross: $1,670,643 Scan. imum effort. The Dave Matthews Music U.K.'s Dickins Total attendance: 60,590 Total attendance: 63,036 Also, Morcheeba debuted at No. 1 Band have got there through touring agrees. "America looked to the U.K 23 (13) No. of shows (sellouts): 12 (2) No. of shows (sellouts): Aug. 19 and touring, building up a very solid to be alternative, and we've become Album sales ( "Medanaland"): 95,000 on the Heatseekers chart with "Fragments Of Freedom," fan base, so that's the style they're sweeter and poppier. Kid Rock and 10) DURAN DURAN 10) SEAL released in the U.S. on Sire. Com- taking for my thing. In America, Marilyn Manson are more outrageous Total gross: Total gross: $1,472,461 $1,130,682 you've to do if you want than anything we've come up with," Total attendance: 62,948 Total attendance: 57,020 bined American sales of its predeces- that's what got No. of shows (sellouts): 16 (4) No. of shows (sellouts): 16 (3) sors, "Who Can You Trust" and "Big enduring success. It's a vast project. he adds. Album sales ("Human Being"): 465,000 Calm," stand at 315,000. Here, there's London; if you can break Charlotte Church's "Voice Of An "In America, touring sold us our the media, you're all right. There, Angel" album for Sony Classical was Ranking is based on data published by Billboard sister publication Amusement Business for British records, because we wouldn't get any there's eight ." one of only two British albums to sell artists touring U.S. concert venues in calendar years 1999 and 1989. The album sales shown in the radio play," says Morcheeba's Paul 1 million copies, by SoundScan's fig- 1999 ranking are cumulative U.S. sales since release of each act's last studio album, according to Godfrey. His brother Ross adds, BRIT TALENT BETRAYED? ures, in the U.S. during 1999, but her Soundscan. In the case of Black Sabbath and Roger Waters, their last studio releases were 1995 and "Even [the U.K.'s best -selling male The industry's worldwide turn former manager Shalit believes that 1992, respectively. solo artist of 1999] Robbie Williams toward pop in the past two years is notions of nationality are entirely sec- would be out there playing the clubs seen by some to reflect badly on the (Continued on next page)

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www.americanradiohistory.com TIPS FOR BRITS WHO WANT U.S. SUCCESS (Continued from preceding page) ondary to the time- honored priority: comfortable with the idea of flaunting antic reception in America. "At the Nevertheless, Spice Girls' work them." talent his acts' nationality. "We never tried end of the day," Blackburn concurs, ethic in wooing the U.S. market was "Her nationality was used as part to make it a factor, actually, selling "it's about having a good record." Yet an example to others, says Winwood. CULTURAL QUALIFICATIONS of the marketing, but I don't think it Radiohead or Supergrass as a British once one has got the good record and "I've got a feeling that probably the Matt Johnson, of long-serving Eng- was the reason for her success," he act," he says. "We've tried to avoid any the initial goodwill, it seems one has longest tour undertaken by a U.K. act lish modern rock act The The, has says. "She [is] a brilliant artist, and of that. Music is music. Obviously to take them on the road to North in America in the past five years was lived in New York for seven years and Sony marketed her brilliantly. She there are cultural differences, but America to cultivate the maximum [theirs]. They could probably kick feels that the U.K. overestimates its could have come from Bulgaria, and if making a point of those, it all gets hor- benefit in that territory-providing most of our `tough' rock bands into a cultural qualifications in America. Sony did what they did, it would have ribly nationalistic and feels terribly either critical curiosity or popular cocked hat" He adds that in order to "The interesting point about this so- worked just as welL" wrong." infatuation haven't faded by the time gain a stateside foothold, S2's domes- called special relationship between Garry Blackburn, the manager of you book passage. tically well-established rock band Reef Britain and America is that it's only IS NATIONALITY RELEVANT? last year's other million- album - selling will take up residence in the U.S. next special from the British point of view," "National characteristics in music U.K. artist in America, ' SPICE GIRLS BACKLASH year. "That's the only way they can do he says. `Britain rarely gets a mention are threatened by the tyranny of the Fatboy Slim, says that accenting one's One U.S. label head believes that it," he says. on the American news. The only thing Internet and its global village," says Englishness can still be profitable. some of the current antipathy toward Kristin Kyriacou of G1oBe Artists they're interested in is gossip about Wickham, "but as we've seen from the "Geri Halliwell [then of Spice Girls] in British pop could be a Spice Girls manages Gary Barlow, the chief song- the royal family. Britain is invisible. recent explosion in Latin music, a Union Jack miniskirt was brilliant" backlash. With current SoundScan writer in erstwhile British pop sensa- "It's sad that Britain is so obsessed nationality is still relevant." he muses, "and Noel's [Gallagher, of sales for their two Virgin albums, tion Take That who, after a whirlwind by American culture," adds Johnson. Radiohead's other co- manager, Oasis] Union Jack guitar was good." "Spice" and "Spiceworld," at 7.3 mil- start to his solo career, recently part- "There's something Bill Bryson said Courtyard's Chris Hufford, who with Better still are the continuing lion and 4.3 million, respectively, Spice ed company with RCA U.K Kyriacou in one of his books-that you'd imag- Edge also looks after another leading stream of British albums from acts as Girls are far and away Britain's most believes that Barlow typifies the kind ine by the amount of coverage [in the British rock act, Supergrass (now diverse as Kate Rushy, Belle & Sebas- successful U.S. export of recent times. of artist marginalized by the British British media] that, geographically, signed in the U.S. to Island), is un- tian, and Elastica that get an enthusi- Perhaps surprisingly, one member of industry's obsession with youth and France and Germany were in the Sey- the group does not refute the backlash image and its increasing acceptance chelles somewhere and that America accusation. of lip -syncing, even on supposed live is where Ireland is." "We made an awful lot of money appearances. Fran Healy of Travis takes a simi- with pop music," says Melanie C, "so "Quite a lot of U.K. [executives] stall lar view. "We've spent about 20 weeks On The Charts In America a lot of record companies and man- have the mentality that It's OK as in America this year," he says, "and agers jumped on the bandwagon. Ws long as it looks good, we'll sort out the we've been there enough to know that Top U.K. Acts In Billboard very manipulative of young people, rest-it doesn't matter whether they people don't give a toss about Britain. and I do feel partly responsible. In can sing, because we can auto-tune It doesn't feature on the news, or even Following is British artists' 1980: 14.6 some respects it's good; in some it's the demo,' " says Kyriacou. "You can on MTV They connect Britain with share of the Billboard not. What scares me [is] people are get away with lip- syncing to an Sting and the more established sort of 1981: 17.5 doing it so young ... They get hardly extent, but in America, especially in bands. But it makes sense album -Ameri- charts, based on any money, they get worked like a dog, the smaller regions, [radio and retail] ca's massive; why should they care the year -end top 100 1982: 23.1 and I can really see a lot of them hav- don't buy all this lip- syncing-they about Britain? album rankings, published ing problems." want people to come in and sing to (Continued on page 104) 1983: 29.1 annually. 1984: 23.2 1965: 17.8 1985:23.1 Corrs Prepare 1966: 17.2 Strategy Win 1986: 32 is U.S.

1967: 11.2 1987: 14.6 Atlantic's Irish Quartet Focuses On TV Spots, Radio Play

1968: 10.8 1988: 22.3 BY CHUCK TAYLOR national shows like "Good Morning "On their first record in 1995, NEW YORK-With the July release America," "The Tonight Show With we 1969 21.6 1989: 13.9 spent an awfully long time in of their third studio album, "In Jay Leno," "Late Night With America, opening for Celine Dion, 1970: 20.8 1990: 13.5 Blue," Ireland's the Corrs quickly Conan O'Brien," "Weekend Today," Michael Bolton, and the Rolling hit No. 1 in some 18 countries, from and "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" Stones," says the Corrs' longtime 1971: 19.7 1991: 7.4 (The year SoundScan was introduced) Germany to South Africa to Slove- Next, the focus goes to radio, manager, John Hughes. "For the nia, cementing their near-manic suc- where the joyous, pure pop first second record, we did 2,000-seat 1972: 26.3 1992: 9.9 cess as global superstars. And yet, single, "Breathless " -produced by theaters, which all sold out. But the brother/sister quartet has yet to the industry has changed; because 1973: 26 1993: 10.7 build such a following in the U.S., of the nature of the business, it where they were signed by Atlantic 1974: 21.2 seems you've got to get a pole posi- Mi t3 Records in 1995. tion quicker. There's not time to

1975: 20.9 1995: 8 "It's always been a challenge in tour from coast to coast." every country. We've fought damn Adds Corr, "We wouldn't do that 1976: 20.2 1996: 9.2 hard everywhere for 10 years; in the U.S. We've got commitments that's just life," says band member all over the world, so it makes 1977: 18.4 1997: 6.3 Sharon Corr. But, she notes, in sense to wait until more people are America, the challenge is even familiar with the album. 1978:15 It's just 1998: 6 greater. too early" "In the States, it takes longer to 1979: 18.4 1 1999: 02 The band is committed to U.S. cover the territory, and people are promotion through mid -October; so different in various states," it will return for a couple of Corr says. "There's not a cohe- weeks in December and then in siveness musically from state to THE COORS February- March. Depending on state. But I think there's a time how the record sells here, a U.S. Brits At The Summit for everyone." The last three albums and singles by U.K. Robert "Mutt" Lange -will be tour may be launched then. (A acts Like so many of their U.K. worked to top the Billboard hard at all mainstream major tour is already scheduled charts brethren, they have found winning formats. In its first weeks, the in from (ALL SOUNDSCAN SALES FIGURES Europe November FOR U.S. TO DATE) success in America is indeed a ball- song has already scored airplay on through January.) The Billboard 200 The Billboard game with a different set of rules. modern adult, mainstream top 40, "But at the moment, we're here Hot 100 Both the label and the Corrs' man- and AC stations. In addition, VHl to work television, newspapers, Prodigy Elton John agement intend to employ their has added the video out of the box and radio. They're working 15- "Fat Of The Land" (1997) "Candle In The Wind 1997" (1997) worldwide blueprint to make the in medium rotation. and 16 -hour days," says Barry 2,388,000 8,816,000 magic happen here, too. Grass -roots touring, however, is Garter, the Corrs' longtime busi- "The thing that has worked for an Spice Girls area that will have to wait, des- ness affairs manager. Spice Girls them everywhere in the world is pite "Spice" (1997) Atlantic's own quintessential All agree that the television "Wannabe" (1997) TV," says Ron Shapiro, executive example 7,283,000 1,800,000 of warming up Jewel exposure is the best way at pre- VP/GM for Atlantic. Surrounding through a year of touring before sent to expose the group to the Bush Seal the album's U.S. release date Sept. hitting radio and despite the suc- masses. "Our experience has been "Razorblade Suitcase" (1996) "" (1995) 12, he says, "we have them lined up cesses shared by Irish acts U2 and that when you see the Corrs, you 2,860,000 737,000 solid for the first four weeks" on the Cranberries. buy the Corrs," says Gaster.

BILLBOARD SEPTEMBER 9. 2000 www.billboard.com 101 www.americanradiohistory.com en HOW THE U.K. LOST ITS GRIP ON THE U.S (Continued from page 5) Radìo Voìees In On Why has seen its sales dwindle from 3.4 iting methods that worked in the mond, president of New York-based million units for 1995's "(What's The past. Little Big Man Booking, which rep- Story) Morning Glory" to 200,000 "Tour, tour, tour" is the rallying resents a number of British acts in units for this year's "Standing On The cry industry executives give when the U.S., including Robbie Williams, Brits Can't Get A Break Shoulder Of Giants" (Creation/Epic). it comes to breaking a British band Stereophonics, Charlatans, Beth BY JILL PESSELNICK thought it was a good record, but While there have been some in the U.S. And then, tour some Orton, and David Gray (see The LOS ANGELES-Find a current there was never a good push." bright spots- Robbie Williams' more. Beat, page 16). British rock group on U.S. radio David Massey, executive VP of U.S. debut, 1999's "The Ego Has "One of the reasons we were suc- While Diamond feels that "most today? Suddenly locating the needle MR at Travis' label, Epic Records, Landed" (Capitol), has sold 515,000 cessful in breaking Bush in Ameri- labels now don't have the same in the proverbial haystac k seems even adds that breaking Travis, currently copies, according to SoundScan, ca is that we made a financial com- artist development perspective they more daunting. revered as one of the top rock acts in and BBMak is at 315,000 units with mitment to tour more than 200 dates used to," he adds that U.S. record U.S. radio has its focus locked on the U.K., has been tricky because of its Hollywood debut, "Sooner Or a year," says Kahane. "Most British company presidents are often in a very American, youth -tinged modern radio's hard -rock climate. "We've Later " -no U.K. acts appeared in acts think committing to a national tug of war with their international rock bands, while such critically ac- been able to penetrate radio to an the top 80 of 1999's best -selling tour is playing New York and Los counterparts when it comes to get- claimed British groups as Travis and extent, but it's been tough to go all the albums, according to SoundScan Angeles. The English have been ting acts to spend time in America. Stereophonics are being shunned waY." data. Even Capitol Records presi- completely remiss in really laying "[Virgin Records America co- across the commercial dial. Travis has gotten a fair amount of dent Roy Lott, who oversaw out a plan to play all the major and president] Ray Cooper begged Although there isn't a clear con - airplay on triple -A stations and sold Williams' stateside launch, admits, secondary markets. Their work Gomez to come back and tour again, sensus on why Brits have had such a out a date at the Wiltern Theater here "For many years, if something was ethic is completely different than but they had to go play Europe," tough time breaking into the U.S. in July, and it undertakes its biggest from England, it was a stamp of that of an American band." says Diamond. "It would have pro- market of late, domestic radio pro- U.S. tour to date this month (see coolness in the . It "You hear [British] managers pelled the record further if they had grammers offer avariety of opinions. story, Page 5). means nothing now" who say their act is going to do New come back, no doubt about it." One reason is that radio stations "Robbie Williams is another one" "There are huge stories of acts York and L.A.," says Lott. "They Diamond, who feels the touring are conforming to the listeners' pre- who hasn't been able to make the U.S. that labels can't cross over into the don't understand you've also got to market for British acts in the U.S. vailing demands for hard -driving, radio breakthrough, notes Ivey, al- U.S. marketplace," says Matt Pol- do Boston, Dallas, Washington is strong, points to artists like American modern rock groups. Brian though "The Ego Has Landed" has lack, senior VP of promotion for V2 [D.C.] ... and to have the impact Arista's Dido as an example of how Philips, Susquehanna Radio's direc- sold more than 515,000 units here, Records (U.S.). to build an artist. tor of FM programming for Atlanta according to SoundScan. "You can sell "We have Stereo - `Teenage More than a year and Dallas, says, "We have a him out in England. Over phonics. They girls, in after the label lot of hard and simple gut- here, he's got the dry wit have a multi -plat- particular, connect issued her critical- level rock records being humor that doesn't work. The inum fan base ly lauded 1999 played. It's not a good time 99X best single [off his album], across the rest of to Britney or debut, "No for a softer, more melodic, or which was `Angels,' wasn't the world and can Angel," she is smarter point of view. There's just a worked first -it was worked second. do stadiums with Mandy because reaping the bene- lot of youthful American rock" You need to work the best single first COPELAND 40,000- 50,000 peo- fits of seemingly DIAMOND Gary Cee, PD for Long Island, You don't get a second or a third ple. Here, they're they can see these nonstop touring N.Y.'s WLIR, concurs. "The taste in chance. That's the labels. They're not good for 500 -1,000 people, and artists as and promotion, with her album hav- America is leaning awfully masculine signing or promoting [English] bands that's mainly in major markets. ing sold more than 320,000 copies, and awfully abrasive," he says. `Trav- as much." There's just this aversion from reflections of according to SoundScan. is has such a great record, but the Another argument for the lack of radio programmers to British "She decided from the outset public just doesn't have the patience. British groups on the airwaves is that music" (see story, this page). themselves. A key that she wanted to break this mar- " the bands are not promoting them- Stereophonics' latest release, ket, so she's worked here almost to In the 1980s, Brits seemed to have selves through U.S. mad trips. Ivey "Performance & Cocktails," has element to breaking the exclusion of other territories," no trouble breaking through in the says, "I think what you see is some of sold only 35,000 units in the U.S., says J Records VP of A &R Peter U.S. The weekly syndicated series these bands that are big deals in according to SoundScan. a teen act is Edge, who signed Dido to Arista "Rock Over London," which debuted [England] are less flexible about Some say the real reason British relatability' during his tenure there as senior in 1983 on such powerful U.S. stations doing things in the States." music isn't doing very well stateside director of A &R. "And it's paying as WNEW New York, KLOS LA, Philips adds, "There have been is that, frankly, it's not very good. - DAVID MASSEY - off. She's gone from playing small WXRT Chicago, and WMMR times when we had three or four "The quality of songs that are corn- clubs to mid -size venues and open- Philadelphia and ran in the U.S. [British] things on 99X [WNNX ing out of the U.K. are not in line ing for Sting. It's a classic artist - through 1999, helped build interest in Atlanta]. But the bands break up, or with bands like the Cure, Depeche did on `Ed Sullivan,' you development story." such U.K. bands as Culture Club and they fail to evolve, or they don't tour Mode, the Smiths, or the Clash," have to do eight TV shows." For the artist, focusing on the Duran Duran during the so- called enough." says Trauma Records head Rob "Because there's no national States was always part of the plan. "second British invasion." Ivey says he doesn't watch Kahane, who is the past manager of radio here, you have to break piece- Upon the release of "No Angel," Donald J. Eberle, presi- LIR the British charts to scout such artists as . meal, market by market, simply by Dido told Billboard, "This really is dent of Radio Ventures, the for new radio-friendly songs. "The innovative music that is start- playing a town over and over the place that artists all over the program's New York distrib- "There's enough product ing to create new categories of again," says Miles Copeland, man- world crave success. It's a pleasure ution company, says, "The 2,7 over here. I'm not in dire music is coming out of the U.S." ager of Sting and former manager to be appreciated in my home coun- show had nine of the top 10 need to search for some- Execs point to acts like Limp of the Police. "In the U.K., you can try, but making it in the part of the markets and helped to launch groups thing that 111 be the only guy play- Bizkit and Korn as being on the get on national radio, you break world where so many of my musical like Eurythmics and Wham! in ing. When you've got a band that's leading edge of the rap/rock fusion London, you break England. In influences originate is extremely America. This was prior to the over - breaking over here, they may be on movement, while the teen acts that America, we don't have that. The important ... on a personal level." researched, over- consulted radio [ "The Tonight Show With Jay are dominating the pop charts are only thing we "The bands that have consistent- business that we have today. The year Leaf], the °lbday' show they're get- almost exclusively native sons and have is MTV and ly made the promise to come back Nirvana came out, that changed ting Rolling Stone and USA Today daughters. VH1, but if you here have succeeded," Diamond everything. Once America had its press. That's a help for our listeners Breaking hugely popular U.K. look at MTV, it's says. "Dido is coming back again for own modern rock, that was the begin- to know our artist. But not if an acts like Billie (Piper), Five, and moved very far the fourth time, and we're 16 ning of the end." artist isn't doing anything over Ireland's Boyzone and Westlife in a away from videos. months into the project" U.K. acts that broke before the here." crowded stateside field dominated They rarely play Mammoth artist John Wesley 1990s can still capture a modern audi- "Radio programmers are simply by homegrown darlings `N Sync, .. unknown acts." Harding is another British -born ence. Cee says, `Brits on my playlist not as interested in playing an act Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Copeland says artist who has decided to focus include Sting and [Ireland's] Sinéad from the U.K. just for the sake of it," and Mandy Moore, among others, MASSEY the rules haven't largely on gaining success in the O'Connor, people who broke through says Massey. has been hindered, in part, by cul- changed since he U.S. In fact, he will spend the first in the '80:k I don't see any [new] Brits Matt Pollack, senior VP of promo- tural differences, says David helped break the Police in the U.S. leg of promotion for his new disc, on my playlist right now. I don't know tion for V2 Records (U.S.), takes it Massey, executive VP of A &R at in the late '70s by simply putting "The Confessions Of St. Ace" why." one step further. "I've had PDs say, Epic Records (U.S.). them on the road and touring (released Aug. 29), working the The public cannot acquire a taste `English music doesn't work for us,' " "Teenage girls, in particular, relentlessly. "You would break a stateside market (see story; page 17). for modern British rock if the groups he says. "You're walking in with this connect to Britney or Mandy band from England exactly the "This is a vast country, but it's one are not promoted by record labels, negativity hanging in the air. In because they can see these artists same way now. Run them around in that is rich with musical history" he says John Ivey, PD at WXKS Boston. radio's defense, the domestic stuff is as reflections of themselves," a van. You simply have to put the says. "I haven't denounced or for- "If we're getting things put in front what's working right now, but people Massey says. "A key element to time in. The Police didn't play sta- gotten about my home country, but I of us and they're being worked active- just seem very unwilling to roll the breaking a teen act is relatability." diums until their fifth album, and fund that there's a wider audience for ly, then things will happen. Travis dice and take a shot." they never needed tour support the music I'm making here. It's a came by the station early, and the WHAT'S A BRITISH ACT TO DO? from A &M." challenge, because everything here label introduced the song ["Why Does Assistance in preparing this story As domestic music continues to "If there's a fault my brethren is bigger and more difficult But it's It Always Rain On Me ?"], but then it was provided by Paul Sexton in Lon- dominate the charts, labels are from overseas have, it's not staying extremely rewarding when you feel was never introduced to top 40. I don and Larry Flick in New York. looking at new ways to draw atten- the course and coming back the sec- like you've hit the mark." tion to British acts, as well as revis- ond or third time," says Marty Dia- (Continued on next page)

102 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD SEPTEMBRER 9, 2000 www.americanradiohistory.com HOW THE U.K. LOST ITS GRIP ON THE U.S. (Continued from page 5) Virgin Records has long been one launch a new campaign for Spice enhance the record in this market the company that is releasing the in January [1979], you look at the of the biggest proponents of British Girl Melanie C's solo record, to use Andy." album in its own territory," Kahane Billboard import chart, and the bands in the U.S., having brought "Northern Star," which has so far Dido has been helped by the says. "I think we're light years Police were No. 1 on the chart," such acts as Spice Girls, Blur, been dismally received in the U.S. weekly exposure she receives from away from seeing [global super- recalls Copeland. "I get a call Gomez, and the Verve -and now despite being a hit in other territo- her song "Here With Me" being stars] like George Michael or Elton from [A &M co- founder] Jerry that defunct band's lead singer, ries (it earned an International played during the opening credits John until the record companies Moss. He says, 'I'm looking at the Richard Ashcroft -across the Federation of the Phonographic to the WB television series decide to restructure the econom- chart. Is that our artist ?' I go, waters. Cooper says he's learned to Industry Platinum Europe Award "Roswell." ics of it." `Yes,' and he says, `Let's get gauge an act's level of commitment for European sales of 1 million). Still, as Copeland points out, behind this.' " when it comes to breaking in Amer- "We have a remix for [next sin- STILL SIGNING BRITISH ACTS the excitement about an act can "It's always been that way," ica. gle] 'I Turn To You,' and we think Given the tough time British get to the level that the U.S. label says Kahane. "If you look histori- For example, Virgin is in final we've got a shot at clubs and a shot bands are having, some label execs has no choice but to take on the cally, bands like the Clash have negotiations to release Craig at rhythmic radio," says Cooper. say that they are either looking at group, even at a discounted royal- been imported by kids that have David's "Time To Party" debut in "We're going to kick off that cam- other territories to find artists or ty rate. While A &M had released picked them up, and then radio the states. David, who is signed to paign and then lead that into the waiting to release British acts here. a single by the Police, it had stations start to pick them up, and Wildstar outside the U.S., debuted new Spice Girls record. With these While Kahane says he'll still con- declined to release the group's then the domestic record compa- at No. l on the U.K. album chart for British artists, you have to have a sider signing U.K. artists, "I'd sign debut album domestically. "Then ny is forced to pick them up." the week ending Saturday (2). structure to get you there -you an Australian band over a British "If we get Craig, we know we're can't just come out with great band right now," he says. "We think dealing with a person of tremen- records." Australia has been an overlooked dous maturity. He knows he wants Pairing a British artist with a market." Trauma has signed two to take America seriously and that popular U.S. act or producer by no acts, act Crash the time spent here is the most means guarantees a hit, as Melanie Palace and rock band Noogie. New Web Site To Gìve valuable thing," says Cooper. "He's C herself discovered when her "We're bringing them over here. going to put out a new single at European smash "Never Be The They're going to live here, and Christmas and then relocate to Same Again," featuring Lisa "Left they're just going to tour and tour." America for a sub- Massey believes U.N. Acts U.S. Exposure stantial period of that the future time and be here. `Because there's no will not necessari- BY MARILYN A. GILLEN creative." He's being very ly include another NEW YORK -While some might Basu -Barua says that while acts proactive." national radio British invasion, joke that U.S. support for British that have already made a name in For its part, here, you have to but rather a tidal bands is already "virtual," a new the U.K. market, such as Williams, Pollack says V2 wave of acts from Web site launched by retailer Vir- will be prominent features on the learned its lesson break piecemeal, continental Eu- gin Entertainment Group and cable site, theBritbeat.com also has a COOPER from the last rope. LOTT channel BBC America aims to put mandate to seek out newer acts that Stereophonics al- market by market, "The interna- some substance behind the concept may still be only on of even bum. "The biggest element that tional acts that are making the big- by offering exposure of U.K. acts to Britain's musical radar. "We're was missing last time was that they simply by playing a ger waves here -like Alice Deejay a wired American audience. excited about getting small inde- were not over here constantly," says town over and Eiffel 65, for example -are The site, at theBritbeat.com, pendent bands in the U.K. who are Pollack. "I think, psychologically, if and over European. In fact, it's arguable that debuted Aug. 28 with a live chat by only just breaking there and giving we're able to have the band over again' some of the biggest supposed home- recording artist Robbie Williams. In them a chance to be heard here," here [touring] before the [next] grown records, like those by Brit - addition to such chats, other fea- she says. album comes out in the first quar- - MILES COPELAND - ney Spears and 'N Sync, are large- tures on the co- branded site include Echoing his counterpart, Dave ter, that will work wonders. We'll ly created in Sweden [by producers U.K. music news, discussion boards, Alder, GM /senior VP of Virgin have the band over here a lot; we'll Cheiron]. So, you even have Amer- contests, a segment from popular Megastores Online (U.S.), describes be able to do showcases. People will Eye" Lopes of TLC, missed the ican artists making a case for the U.K. music show "Later With Jules the pairing with BBC America on be feeling this buzz on the band mark in the U.S. But it is one way importance of the music being Holland," and a link to the new "Brit the site as "a fantastic brand before a [promotional] CD hits a to try to create a sound that is con- made in continental Europe." Beat" channel on Virgin's online match." programmer's office." sistent with what people are hear- Cooper says he's concentrating radio station, radiofreevirgin.com, "What we are really trying to do For many acts, coming to the ing on radio. For example, for their on the mandate he was given when which promises to program "the lat- is combine the BBC's credibility in U.S. and having to start over after third album "Forever," out in he and Ashley Newton took over est in British music." the news arena with Virgin's edito- experiencing massive success in November, Spice Girls turned to Virgin America more than two But while the site is the center- rial and retail skills to create an their native U.K. is a blow to their such U.S. producers as Rodney and years ago. "I think what you have piece of the joint initiative, the pro- online events area that is fresh and ego. Fred Jerkins and Jimmy Jam and to do is dedicate your concentration ject will extend offline as well to interesting," he says. "And that "Emotionally, they can't get their Terry Lewis. to breaking American acts," he encompass such means not just fea- head around coming here and not "The Spice Girls have said they'd says. "The fact that American things as in -store turing established, being able to bring all the bells and like to work with American pro- artists are making such significant showcases for Brit- the Brit credible British whistles," says Copeland. "Can ducers," says Cooper. "The Spice breakthroughs, any company based ish bands and on -air artists but also new they come in and not want to stay Girls have kept up a huge loyal fan here has to reflect that." promotion on BBC America's TV artists that perhaps haven't yet got- at the Four Seasons? Will the musi- base in the rest of the world. While Cooper says that Virgin is network, executives at the companies ten exposure within the U.S." cians share a Whether it's a fan releasing "a lot less British music say. Virgin has also begun putting up Of course, Virgin has built into room ?" base here that's in the U.S. marketplace," it does signage in its stores alerting shop- the site a "buy" link to its online Additionally, moving on or a still tap into the British market pers to the site, and BBC America is retail store, virginmega.com, to acts have to scenario where through a number of acts signed to cross -promoting it on its own Web feed the desires of those visitors accept that com- radio prefers to the label, as well as through its joint site. whose appetites for British music ing to America play American ventures, like Astralwerks. "It is the lifeblood of the [music] may be whetted by a trip to the site. doesn't just mean pop, I think you V2's Pollack admits "we have industry to get new talent coming Ward notes that Virgin Mega - playing gigs -it always have the some pop acts that I'm sure our through, but it has been increasing- stores has already carved out a rep- POLLACK means shaking chance of re- HARDING U.K. company would like us to ly hard to break acts -not just utation in the U.S. market for its hands and kissing establishing a release over here, but the time's not British acts but all acts," says Glen wide range of offerings from around babies. "There's a much more inter- base here. I'm sure there will be right. We have to wait until it's a hit Ward, president of the Virgin the world and has discovered that active relationship here between bumps in the road, but I think the first. It's not just that the act is Entertainment Group's North American music fans are interested the media, retail, and the artist," album will sell." British. But we do not release an American operations. "So it gives us in non-U.S. fare. says Cooper. "In America, people No decision has been made yet on act if the story isn't big enough over a great deal of pleasure to be able "The Virgin stores have been want to touch the artist, they want whether Spice Girls will tour the there." to support that process with this superb at pushing imports," he to be involved, and the artists have U.S. behind the new album, accord- Given the pressure on U.S. labels project." says. "We've really come from the to be prepared for it: for the meets ing to Virgin. to present strong quarterly results, "Everybody knows what a difficult perspective that we're a global and greets, the retail visits. I think For its new album, Stereophonics Kahane posits that since U.S. labels market [the U.S.] is to break into," operation, and to use the cliché of some artists coming out of the U.K. turned to hot U.S. producer Andy receive less money in royalties adds Parule Basu -Barua, the New music being the universal language, are taken aback by what we ask Wallace to mix the record. "Right when they license a band signed to York -based VP of BBC America we've always felt that our con- for." there, that's going to put a major the U.K. (or any other territory) Online /business development. "It's sumers are quite happy to find out influence on what's going to work rather than one signed directly to such a big place, and it's such a what's happening elsewhere in the HOW TO FIX IT for the U.S., because Andy has such the American label, there is less diverse group of people. Because the world." If the acts can't commit to long an understanding of the market," incentive to work the acts. British Isles is tiny, you can play just "Our challenge is to get them that stretches of time in the U.S., then says Pollack. "This is a very artist - "I would bet there's quality music a couple of gigs, and quite a few peo- information," adds Alder. "And the labels have to turn to other friendly record, and we don't force that never gets out of the U.K. ple [there] have seen you. Here, it's that's what we're trying to do with means to catch market awareness. anything on the artists, but they're given that the inter -company roy- not so easy, and you have to be more theBritbeat.com." For example, Virgin now plans to smart enough to know it would alty rate is so drastically in favor of

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www.americanradiohistory.com a TIPS FOR BRITS WHO WANT U.S. SUCCESS la (Continued from page 101) "I felt the same thing when we went hard rock band got signed to a British "New bands have instant hits too soul singer Sonique, meanwhile, did to Australia," adds Healy. "They look record company," Mercuriadis adds. 'People in America quickly," he says. "In America, it's not achieve a domestic No. 1 With her at us like antiques, curiosities in an "What's happening [in Britain] is much harder. Many acts, by the time "It Feels So Good" single for Seri- antique shop. The same way we look completely at loggerheads with what looked to England they're successful, have done the ous /Universal until it had been a top at [ancient] Rome." is happening in America, and the only revolutionary graft. Here, if you don't chart top 10 10 Hot 100 success on Farm Club/ "In the '60s," says Wickham, "we common ground between the two is for week one, you're finished." Republic. were selling American music back to pop. However, if British pop is going ideas, but that's "The British chart is completely out Boy George believes that the U.K. the Americans, only kitted out in to make it in America, then the acts of control," says Melanie C, speaking singles scene has become a celebra- Carnaby Street and Mersey blather. are going to have to come to America stopped now. The the week after "I Turn To You," the tion of mediocrity. "We're applauding The impact of all this was so massive in the same way that our modern rock most recent single from her Virgin people for doing well, no matter how that anything British was favorably acts are going to have to come to industry [in the solo album "Northern Star," went talentless they are," he says, with cus- received by the American media for America and invest the time. straight to the top of the U.K. sales tomary forthrightness. "You wouldn't the next 20 years. But British bands "Most of those artists are not pre- U.K.] has stopped survey. "My single was No. 1 last say that about an arms dealer, would are beginning to find it increasingly pared to do that because they do very the week, and I didn't even look at the you? `He sold lots of arms, he did difficult to make headway in Ameri- well in Britain. I don't blame an act caring about chart this week. I thought I'd be lucky great.' What we're sending over there ca in light of the changing radio land- like Manic Street Preachers-if quality of material' to be in the top 10." [to the U.S.] is rubbish, and if they've scape." they've sold 1 million -plus records in Adds RCA's Ian Dickson, "I think got their own rubbish, why do they Britain, why should they invest time - BOY GEORGE - the credibility of the U.K. chart, in need ours?" VET INVADERS ROADWORTHY and money to come and play in Amer- terms of the impact it has interna- But even if, in American terms, Against this gloomy backdrop, an ica when they've already made that tionally, has been in question for some some feel that the British talent pool examination of American concert money in the U.K.? You have to tour tarist Ed O'Brien. `But all American years. Unfortunately, the very quick currently looks more like a puddle, business by visiting British artists America three or four times on an guitar bands tour, tour, and tour - nature of our charts has really Warner Music U.K.'s Dickins con- holds revelations that would doubtless album cycle and do as many as 60 to they all build up a following. For a reduced its impact in the interna- cludes that the future can still be surprise many in the U.K. industry. 100 shows in order to make an British band [in America], it's a lot tional arena to the point where any- bright. "None of the reasons the Bea- As the accompanying box office data impact." more expensive to do that." thing less than a top five [hit] is tles, the Police, or the Clash happened from Amusement Business shows, Courtyard Management's Edge Courtyard's other charge, Super- deemed these days as a bit of a fail- in America have gone away," he says. many Brits considered a spent or min- recalls that Radiohead's U.S. success grass, has not yet found that break- ure." "It's tougher, and you have to be bet- imal retail force still do remarkable with "Creep" from its first album, through song but is taking a grass- "Nobody cares about the [U.K.] ter. But if a charismatic, brilliant live business in the U.S., with a strong "The Bends," allowed it a privileged roots approach to the U.S. "They charts anymore," agrees John Reid, British band or solo artist comes classic rock flavor among the 1999 peek through the American looking enjoy going back to America," says who has held senior lah'1 posts on both along, as long as they're prepared to attractions from Black Sabbath, Jeff glass. "One of the problems for U.K. Edge, "because they can go in front of sides of the Atlantic. `But American put the work in, they will still break Beck, and Roger Waters. acts is that they never get a chance to 1,000 people at a small venue. They're record companies will take a record America." Other veteran rock acts, such as see how the [American] machinery going to tour [in the U.S.] with Pearl at face value from England. Did Bush Yes, the Moody Blues, and Jethro Tull, works. That opened a lot of doors for Jam for five weeks in the fall." sell any records in Britain before they Assistance in preparing these sto- continue to tour America extensively. the band, and we took advantage by broke in America? No, I don't think ries was provided by Bob Allen in "There's now an alternative circuit of doing lots and lots of touring," Edge HELP BEGINS AT HOME they did." Nashville, Fred Bronson and Keith music venues that didn't exist 10 years says. SoundScan measures total sales Shalit is one of several observers One burgeoning British artist in Caulfield in Los Angeles, and ago," says Jethro Tull front man Ian of the band's three albums in the U.S. who feels that a long-term improve- America is Arista's Dido, whose "No Donna Reid of SoundScan and Anderson, stopping home between at 2.9 million. ment in the international fortunes of Angel" album reached No. 1 on the Sean Ross in New York. The chart tours to open the mail and feed the "There'll always be a [British] band British artists can only begin at home, Aug. 1 Heatseekers chart but for legal analysis was prepared by Bill cat. that comes along, is amazing live, and not least by addressing the breakneck reasons is not even released in the Judd /Music Audit in London. Jethro Tull, which figured among bucks the trend," says Radiohead gui- turnover of the U.K. singles chart. U.K. (Billboard, Aug. 26). British pop/ the 1989 box -office Brits' top 10, is again among the U.S.' leading attrac- tions 11 years later, as it undoubtedly UMG, MP3 COURT CASE HINGES ON `WILLFULNESS' was 11 years earlier, even though U.S. (Continued from page 5) sales of its most recent album, last year's "Tull Dot Com" (Fuel 2000/ holders if they are creating a musical Court for the Southern District of New edly by Universal. About 4,700 regis- fore the judge. The other companies Varèse Sarabande), are a relatively database to enable that York are certainlyweighty to MP3.com: trations have been submitted, according agreed to settle for figures put by modest 60,000, according to Sound - That fact was made clear by U.S. Did it know, or should it have known, that to a source, but MP3.com's attorneys sources at around $20 million each. Scan. The act is booked in the U.S. by District Judge Jed Rakoff in his April it was violating copyright law when it say they intend to challenge them. The motivations for Universal's deci- William Morris. 28 summary judgment that MP3.com copied CDs to create its database -and Among the various challenges MP3. sion to pursue the case figured in day Recalling how Jethro Tull and other had infringed the copyrights of the five is it necessary to impose a "significantly corn plans to bring, as outlined in a brief three of the proceedings, with MP3. British rock giants usurped many major -label groups in creating the high" level of damages to deter future obtained by Billboard, is that the regis- com attempting to argue that Univer- home -grown attractions on the Amer- database for its My.MP3.com stream- infringements from other firms? trations were filed as "works made for sal views it as a competitor and thus ican concert scene in the late 1960s ing -audio service without those licens- hire," as is standard practice by labels would like to "put it out of business or and early '70s, Anderson is sanguine es in hand. Rakoff at that point reject- WAS IT WILLFUL? despite the fact that until a controver- publicly vilify it," in the words of MP3. about the current situation. "There's ed the argument that My.MP3.com The answers to those questions - sial change late last year, recordings corn attorney Michael Carlinsky. always been this to-ing and fro-ing- was merely "enabling" an existing generally referred to as "willfulness" were not included in the U.S. Copyright Carlinsky called presi- that's fine. It was a bit too much one- right of consumers to make a copy of and "deterrence "-could mean a half- Act among a limited list of nine other dent/CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. as a way for a while, from the U.K. headed their CDs for personal use and thus did billion dollars or more to the company. types of works that can be considered hostile witness in his efforts to prove west. not need any licenses. If judged willful, it could be assessed as such. That changed in November that contention. Rakoff ultimately dis- "We aren't doing very well these Some observers, in fact, note that as much as $150,000 per infringement; 1999, when the RIAA had a line classi- missed Bronfman and threw out his days, but that's because the new the most significant precedent to otherwise, damages would likely top fying sound recordings as works made testimony as irrelevant, noting that, British bands are pop bands," he adds. emerge from MP3.com's now eight - out at $30,000 each. for hire inserted into an unrelated bill. whatever Universal's motivations in "When something comes out with its month -long legal saga may have been MP3.com's defense The MP3.com brief pursuing the case, it is MP3.com's own identity, it will do well." Jethro set in the out -of-court settlements the has been severely com- cites testimony from motivations that are at issue. Tull began another U.S. itinerary company struck with four of the plicated by its decision leading copyright ex- "You think Mr. Bronfman and his Aug. 27; the Moody Blues will head majors before trial, as part of which not to waive attorney- perts and artists dur- company have a motive to economical- out on its latest, 27 -date American BMG, Warner, EMI, and Sony agreed client privilege and ing congressionalhear- ly damage [MP3.com]," Rakoff said to tour in October. to license their catalogs. Sources say reveal what legal advice ings on that change in Carlinsky. "You've presented no evi- MP3.com will pay them 1.5 cents for it received before the Copyright Act - dence of that, but assuming you did, it's BETWEEN HARD ROCK each of their tracks registered in a launch. Universal attorney Hadrian which the parties have since agreed to irrelevant" He added that "no one is AND A POP PLACE My.MP3.com locker and streaming Katz has pressed the point that, since have rolled back to its former status obliged to settle a lawsuit" Merck Mercuriadis, assistant man- fees of about one-third of a cent each MP3.com says it did have legal coun- as evidence that "plaintiff's purported Not that MP3.com isn't still trying. aging director of Sanctuary Music, time one is accessed. sel, any testimony from company exec- rights to the sound recordings at issue President Robin Richards, who testi- which has enjoyed sustained Ameri- "If MP3.com, negotiating from aposi- utives about their "state of mind" here as `works for hire' are dubious at fied following Bronfman, said he had can success with another longstand- tion of weakness [as it tried to settle the should not be allowed in the absence of best" and that any copyright certifi- been attempting to settle with Univer- ing British rock act, , suits], set the benchmark for what these information on the legal advice they cates issued on that basis are "invalid sal as late as the night before. says, "If British record companies licenses are going to [cost], which I think would have been weighing. in that respect" Katz, meanwhile, spent the final day want to have artists that are going to they have, then that's significant and Rakoff will rule on willfulness Sept. The occasionally heated Aug. 28-30 pushing "deterrence." "Other would -be succeed in America, they have to unfortunate," says an executive at an 6 and may announce a per- infringe- trial, which concludes with closing ar- entrepreneurs will look at MP3.com think about what sort of artists online music company, who asks not to be ment figure then as well. The number guments Tuesday (5), was one that and assess [whether] at the end of the they're signing. If you look at [U.S.] identified, about the case's wider impact of CDs judged eligible for those dam- most pundits believed would never hap- day -even after damages are paid - modern rock radio, it's virtually heavy However they are viewed by the in- ages will be decided at a second trial in pen. Expectations right up until the MP3.com ends up ahead of the game," Rakoff should metal, whether it's Limp Bizkit, Korn, dustry at large, the issues still on the October, following MP3.com's request opening gavel were that Universal Katz said, arguing that levies damages Disturbed, or Papa Roach. table at the Aug. 28 opening of the bench for a discovery period to examine the would join its major-label brethren and consider that when he "I don't know when the last time a trial against MP3.com in U.S. District copyright certificates presented belat- settle with MP3.com before going be- on the company.

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sons] melody," says Crowell. "I said, Shaver recalls. "Then about six moved on since then and pretty much `If we're gonna do this, we can't fuck months later they came out with Steve write all my own stuff now" newsline... around.' Personally, I think the song Earle's `Guitar Town,' which I think The record contains "Cold Day In stands up very well." was pretty much in the same direc- July," a song currently riding the coun- CAPRICORN RECORDS HAS BEEN SUED by the members of its top -selling tion." try charts as performed by Dixie act, 311, who allege that the label breached their contract. The band is BILLY JOE & JOY LYNN Shaver wrote every song on "Salt" Chicks. "I heard [' version] seeking a termination of its recording agreement. In the suit, filed Aug. Veteran outlaw Billy Joe Shaver and still writes as much as ever, he once, but I don't listen to a lot of com- 28 in California Superior Court in Los Angeles, Nicholas Hexum, Tim- learned from Billboard that "Salt Of says. "Writing's the cheapest psychi- mercial radio, and I don't get CMT," othy Mahoney, Chad Sexton, Doug Martinez, and Aaron Wills claim that The Earth" would be reissued on atrist there is, I and sure as heck still says White. "I take it as a compliment Capricorn's shifting major -label partnerships and distribution deals Lucky Dog but was nonetheless need one," he says. for people to cop what I do." over the past eight years were detrimental to the group's career and thrilled. "There's nothing on that rec- Joy Lynn White, now a full- fledged While "Between Midnight & Hind- that the label made an "empty promise" that it would find ord I'm ashamed of," says another major- Shaver. "We member of the alt.country scene, says sight" was an earnest attempt to label association. The group alleges that Capricorn's walked in with our band and recorded existing deal with "Between Midnight & Hindsight," break at commercial country radio, Universal will end as of Aug. 31 and the it in about three days." that label "continues to spiral which was originally released in 1992, White says she's happily ensconced in towards failure." The action also seeks compensatory, punitive, and Shaver says the record, released on is a good representation of her musi- alt.country territory now "I'm glad exemplary damages to be determined. A Capricorn spokeswoman says CBS in 1987, was done well before cal stance at that time. "I'm very excit- everything worked out the way it did, the label has no comment. CHRIS MORRIS then. "I took that record to Jimmy ed it's going to be reissued, because it and I'm glad I'm not in that [main- Bowen [at MCA], and he listened to it should be out there," she says. "I'm stream country] world," she says. A GROUP OF CDNOW SHAREHOLDERS has filed a class- action lawsuit for about a month and then said, proud of the record, because that's "Singing harmony with Lucinda against the online retailer and a handful of its top executives, including `We're not going in that direction,'" where I was at that time musically. I've Williams, that's my world." CEO Jason Olim, for allegedly failing to promptly disclose an auditor's White adds she doesn't expect to warning and other important information about the company's cash prob- make any money off the reissues. "I lems in the months preceding the breakup of its planned merger with never made any money off any of my Columbia House. According to the complaint, filed in the U.S. District records," she says. "The only way we Court of Eastern Pennsylvania on behalf of Richard Zorn and invest- make any money is by keeping our ment funds associated with the asses out on the road and hopefully Zorn family, the defendants selling a few CDs from the stage." "failed to reveal that, on or IIOT100mow before Jan. 28, CDnow's outside DOGS FOR SALE auditor advised CDnow manage- SPOTLIGHT The packages will be affordably ment of its `substantial doubt priced and released with original art- about [CDnow's] ability to continue as a going concern,' that this `going work, except for the O'Kanes and concern' qualification would impede the merger with Columbia House, by Silvio Pietroluongo Lynne sets, which will feature new art. and that CDnow could not survive without a merger partner." The audi- The line of reissues will sport a "nice tor's "going concern" qualification was disclosed in CDnow's Form 10- M ADONNAMANIA: Madonna continues her climb toward the top of The price" midline price tag. They are con- K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission March 28. Shares Billboard Hot 100, as "Music" (Maverick /Warner Bros.) jumps 14 -2. In a sidered an outgrowth of the Lucky in the company fell from $12 to $5.06 between January and March. The move that could be considered either unusual or genius, Warner Bros. stag- Dog label concept, which boasts a ros- stock has fallen more than 74% in the past 6 months. The suit further gered the configuration release of "Music" over two weeks, with the maxi - ter of artists outside the country main- argues that CDnow also failed to disclose the same material informa- CD and 12 -inch vinyl hitting retail in the last tracking week and the cassette stream, including Jack Ingram and tion in its July 26 filing in connection with its pending merger deal with and CD versions following Aug. 29. "Music" pushes 62,500 total units to debut the two Robisons. Bertelsmann AG. CDnow officials declined comment. at No. 3 on the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart, making it Madonna's highest - Libby says Sony has no illusions BRIAN GARRITY debuting sales title. Of the total units scanned, 60,500 can be attributed to the that sales of the reissues will go maxi -CD, with the rest belonging to the 12 -inch vinyl and street -date viola- through the roof, adding that the GETMUSIC AND BERTELSMANN'S BOL.COM have struck a strategic part- tions for the regular- length configurations. I'm finding it quite difficult to Lynne compilation may fare best due nership that will see the latter online retailer handle all physical sales think of another maxi -CD that has scanned that many units in a week. to her current success in the pop mar- and fulfillment for GetMusic's localized sites outside the States. Get- That sales total is so impressive that only one other Madonna title has ever ket. "Will the racks come to the party? Music, which has repositioned itself to emphasize content and commu- scanned more units in a week in any combination of configurations. "Ray Of I think they will on Shelby, but with nity over commerce, handles its own music sales in the U.S. The Light" scanned pact ini- between 65,000 and 75,000 each week from July 11-25,1998. the others I'm not real sure," says tially covers Germany, France, the U.K., Switzerland, and the Unless many Madonnaphiles are satisfied with just having the remixed ver- Libby. "We'll micro-market and look Netherlands. GetMusic president/CEO Andrew Nibley says he expects sion of "Music" in their collection, Madonna should easily surpass her one- for slots via in-store positioning and to have GetMusic sites operational in those territories by year's end. week sales record next issue. offering value adds. There aren't huge The partnership also calls for GetMusic content, such as artist inter- marketing dollars behind this, but we views and performance footage, to be integrated into co- branded areas TWO RIMES TWO: LeAnn Rimes debuts with "Can't Fight The Moon- intend to do the best we can from a of BOL.com in each country. BOL.com, which is in 14 countries, began light" (Curb) on both the Hot 100 (No. 82) and Hot 100 Singles Sales charts small budget." as a books -only retailer but has been ramping up its music operations. (No. 13). This gives Rimes two songs in the top 15 of the sales chart, as "I The Internet can play a big role in GetMusic is a joint venture of Bertelsmann's BMG Entertainment Need You" slips 5-8. The last time an act placed two titles in the top 15 in the drawing attention to the series. "We and Universal Music Group. MARILYN A. GILLEN same week was in the Sept. 28, 1996, issue, when Los Del Rio had two ver- want to build a case at twec.com sions of "Macarena" (RCA) on the chart (the Spanglish Bayside Boys Mix [Trans World Entertainment] and SALEM COMMUNICATIONS CORP. HAS ACQUIRED KLTY -FM in Dallas from version was at No. 1, while the original all- Spanish version rested at No. 13). Amazon.com, or any other dotcoms we Sunburst Media in exchange for Salem's KDGE -FM, also in Dallas. The If we go back to the last time an act achieved this feat with two totally dif- can entice to talk about our line and companies signed an agreement to begin operating the stations Oct. 1. ferent titles, it would be April 22, 1995, when TLC was at No. 3 with "Red help us promote it," says Libby. "The Pending all regulatory approvals, the deal should officially close late Light Special" (LaFace /Arista) in and No. 12 with "Creep." Americana twist will help. Rodney the fourth quarter. Salem also recently launched a new Christian sta- "Moonlight" is the first single from the soundtrack to the motion picture Crowell, for example, has the same tion in Orange County, Calif. Originating from KFSH-FM, "the New "Coyote Ugly," in which Rimes makes an appearance crooning the song. appeal as a Jack Ingram, Charlie 95.9 FM" will be heard in all of Orange County and in many areas of Los "Ugly" earns the Greatest Gainer title on The Billboard 200 and moves 11- Robison, or John Hiatt. Here are some Angeles County. KFSH -FM is the only commercial radio station in the 10, once again debunking the theory that the release of a retail single eats classic albums from our vaults that I Southern California market playing contemporary Christian music 24 into an album's sales total. think consumers of Americana prod- hours a day. DEBORAH EVANS PRICE ucts will appreciate." DOG EAT DOG: Although not bulleted on the Hot 100 in the past two Feedback has been positive so far, BET.COM IS IN DISCUSSIONS to purchase 360hip- hop.com. According issues, "Who Let The Dogs Out" by Baha Men to (S- Curve /Sheridan Libby adds. "Obviously, the Shelby BET.com, both sites would continue to exist independently, with BET.com Square/Artemis) has been building quite nicely at radio. Improving on its 2 Lynne has been the `pick of the litter,' focused on an overall African -American audience, while 360hiphop.com million audience gain from last issue, "Dogs" picks up another 4.5 million so to speak," he says. "This is a 16-cut would concentrate on hip -hop youth culture. BET.com is owned by the listeners and is the highest debut on the Hot 100 Airplay chart at No. 65. album that any fans of her current privately held BET Holdings, while 360hiphop.com was founded by mogul On the Hot 100, "Dogs" moves 61 -58. The reason that the title has posted album [ "I Am Shelby Lynne" on Russell Simmons and a group of investors. CARLA HAY overall point losses with such airplay totals is that the limited allotment of Island] will appreciate." singles has just about been exhausted, resulting in a dramatic drop in sales If the reissues receive renewed THE FIRST-PRIZE WINNER in the 11th annual Ralph J. Gleason Music Book points (down 56 %). In the meantime, those fans looking to bark along with attention, then the project will be a Awards is "Workin' Man Blues: Country Music In California" by Ger- the recording are snapping up the album of the same name, as it earns the success, according to Libby. "This ald W Haslam (University of California Press). Second place was award- Pacesetter award for the second week in a row on The Billboard 200, jump- whole thing is born out of a desire to ed to "Flowers In The Dustbin: The Rise Of , 1947-1977" ing 59 -35. With not too much singles exposure remaining, "Dogs'" chart have these records exposed again," he by James Miller (Simon & Schuster); third prize went to "Dancing In run should now be fueled solely by radio points, which should help the title says. "They've been cutouts for a num- The Street: Motown And The Cultural Politics Of Detroit" (Harvard reclaim its bullet and move back up the Hot 100. ber of years, and I didn't think that University Press) by Suzanne E. Smith (Music to My Ears, Billboard, was right, considering the depth of March 18). The awards were presented Aug. 24 at New York's FOR THE RECORD: Due to a production Sony error, the Retail Launch desig- these projects. And this will certainly Club in a ceremony dedicated to the memory of Gleason nation was mistakenly awarded Awards founder to Ruff Endz' "No More" (Epic) last issue. flesh out the Lucky Dog label and and chairman Bob Rolontz, who died in The It should have been given June. awards are sponsored to "Wifey" by Next (Arista), whose chart move bring some nice credibility. But most- by performance right group BMI, was fueled Rolling Stone magazine, and New by the release of a CD single. ly this is about putting this music back York University. out into the street."

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d). R AA certification or net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIAA certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numera sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Go O Albums with the greatest by the number of discs and/or tapes. RIAA Latin awards: O Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro). album's multi -platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time of 100 minutes o more, the RIM multiplies shipments ollowing Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD p ices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EQ, and all other P Certification of 200,000 units (Platino). 4' Certification of 400,000 units (Multi -Platino). *Asterisk Inc. albums emoved from Heatseekers this week. indicates past or present Heatseeker title. ® 2000, Billboard/BPI Communications, and SoundScan, wholesale prices. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit increase. Pacesetter indicates biggest percentage growth. Heatseeker Impact shows is

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154 150 138 25 VITAMIN C ELEKTRA 52406/EEG (11.98/17.98) A RETROSPECTIVE 200

TOP ALBUMS A-1 (LISTED BY ARTISTS)

2Pac 190 Jim Brickman 83 Everclear 29 Jay-Z 57 Reba McEntire 147 Plus One 133 Bring It On 139 Keith Urban 180 3 Doors Down Buju Banton 128 Wyclef Jean 9 Lara Fabian 124 Tim McGraw 108 Coyote Ugly 10 504 Boyz 99 Busta Rhymes 91 VARIOUS ARTISTS Fourplay 135 Joe 21 Brian McKnight 188 Kelly Price 39 Mission: Impossible 2 61 Donell Jones 116 City On A Hill-Songs Of Worship AC/DC 174 Canibus 130 Kirk Franklin Presents 1NC 72 Sarah McLachlan 175 Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 14 Rage Against The Machine 160 And Praise 193 Yolanda Adams 36 C-B0 153 Jurassic 5 122 Jo Dee Messina 54 The Original Kings Of Comedy 50 Billy Gilman 26 Rancid 179 Monsters Of Rap 79 Christina Aguilera 18 Kenny Chesney 172 Juvenile 158 Metallica 132 Pokemon The Movie 2000: The Godsmack 77 Rascal Flatts 165 MTV: The Retum Of The Rock 186 Alice Deejay 145 Phil Collins 199 Toby Keith Methrone 169 Power Of One 164 Goo Goo Dolls 120 Red Hot Chili Peppers 13 Marc Anthony 58 Common 55 123 Moby 46, 176 Romeo Must Die The Kid Rock 31, 51 Kenny Rogers 185 - Album 97 A.Teens 100 Mark Condon 178 Nina Gordon 134 Mandy Moore 94 Shaft 148 Ryde Or Die Vol. ll 20 David Kittie 129 Ruff Endz 52 Smooth Grooves The Avant 92 Creed 5 Gray 171 Morcheeba 167 Tarzan 191 - Essential Macy Gray Korn 119 Collection Cypress Hill 89 38 Anne Murray 182 Sammie 65 South Park Mexican 90 110 13.B. King & Eric Clapton 15 Kottonmouth Kings 197 The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards Hanson 183 Mya 73 Santana 40 Britney Spears 2, 75 Backstreet Boys 70 Da Brat 118 Diana Krall 151 2000-The Album 17 Ben Harper And The Innocent KRS-One Savage Garden 82 SR-71 101 Baha Men 35 De La Soul 27 200 Nelly 1 Teen Riot 189 Criminals 195 Jill Scott 64 Cat Stevens 121 BBMak 43 Deftones 53 Next 45 Totally Hits k.d. lang 157 The Brian Setzer Orchestra 106 Sting 11 2 66 Beenie Man 93 Destiny's Child 12 Nickelback 131 Ultimate Dance Party 2000 177 Don Henley Shaggy 111 Stone Temple Pilots 112 Big L 49 Dido 74 71 Nine Days 98 WoW Worship Gerald Levert 184 SheDaisy 84 George Strait 138 Orange: Todays 30 Big Punisher 156 Celine Dion Faith Hill 24 No Doubt 86 81 Lil' Zane 25 Jessica Simpson 34 Most Powerful Worship Songs 161 Big Tymers 32 Disturbed Whitney Houston 68 'N Sync 6 Third 37 Lil' Kim 42 Sisqo 48 Day 125 WoW Worship: Todays 30 Most Blaque 192 Dixie Chicks 28 Third Eye Blind Ice Cube 137 Limp Bizkit 62 Sinead O'Connor 187 Sister Hazel 117 107 Powerful Worship Songs 162 Mary J. Blige 181 DMX 23 Ideal 105 Lonestar 109 Slipknot 114 Carl Thomas 69 Vertical Horizon 80 Blink-182 104 Will Downing Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes Three 166 Enrique Iglesias 78 Lucy Pearl 85 Smash Mouth 159 6 Mafia 44 Vitamin C 154 Bloodhound Gang 150 Dr. Dre 19 Incubus 41, 47 149 Aaron Tippin 60 Lynyrd Skynyrd 146 Son By Four 155 Wheatus Andrea Bocelli 170 Papa Roach 8 Trick Daddy 198 96 Eiffel 65 144 SoulDecision 103 Bon Jovi 22 Alan Jackson 152 Major Figgas 115 Pearl Jam 141 Trina 126 Dar Williams 143 Eminem 3, 95 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony 194 Jagged Edge 87 Mary Mary 102 A Perfect Circle 59 SOUNDTRACK Shania Twain 88 Lee Ann Womack 56 Bill Engvall 140 Boney James/Rick Braun 196 matchbox twenty 30 Toni Braxton 16 Phish 142 10 Things I Hate About You 168 Zebrahead Eve 6 67 The Union Underground 127 Donnie McClurkin 113 Pink 33 Big Momma's House 173 136

BILLBOARD SEPTEMBER 9. 2000 www.billboard.com 109 www.americanradiohistory.com PHOEBE SNOW TEAMS WITH CLICKRADIO RAW (Continued from page 5) BETWEEN THE Snow's chance meeting with his broth- Essentially, then, ClickRadio is now generating awareness and interest- er, MTV Networks president Tom giving Snow the same opportunity for and maybe exciting the ears of A &R Freston, at a fund- raiser for Ms. mag- exposure afforded the other artists on guys," he says. BULLETS .. azine. its 44 current programming "chan- "Classic artists" like Snow, Snow then auditioned her tape at nels," which Freston says will expand Berkowitz adds, are "between a rock ClickRadio's offices. "We all went into to 75 music categories by the end of and a hard place" in today's "very by Geoff Mayfield a conference room [at ClickRadio], and the year. The mechanics of the service, fickle" marketplace. But he notes the everyone went, `Wow!' " says Snow, which was founded in 1998 by Ben- example of Warren Zevon, who whose last album, "I Can't Complain," jamin and CEO Hank Williams, recently came back with a strong SUMMERTIME BLUES: Despite a 9% decline from prior-issue sales, came out on House of Blues in 1998. involve the Internet, though ClickRa- album entry on Artemis and says that Nelly maintains a large lead on The Billboard 200. As the rap rookie She previously recorded for Shelter, dio is not Internet radio, streaming "I've Been Changed," the new Snow chalks up his third week at No. 1, easily outdistancing Britney Spears Columbia, Atlantic, and Elektra. audio, or a Web site. song now available on ClickRadio, 213,500 units to 173,000, it occurs to me that the No. 1 position has hard- Sony Legacy Records, the catalog Via free software, ClickRadio users "sounds like classic Phoebe-but for ly been a revolving door this summer. department for the Columbia, Epic, receive new music whenever they're the year 2000." From the first frame of June through the current chart, which repre- and Sony Music labels, is now prepar- connected to the Internet. The music Snow, who stole the show as a guest sents the sales week that closed Aug. 27, there have only been three chart - ing a Snow career retrospective. "Her is then stored in an opaque cache on artist at June's Songwriters' Hall of toppers, with Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP" (eight weeks) and records bear the test of time very well, their computers' hard drives. The Fame induction ceremony in New the multi-act "Now 4" preceding Nelly's "Country Grammar." Turns out especially in the blues and jazz areas," advertiser-supported programming York when she sang "Save The Last there were only three No. l's last summer during the comparable sales says Sony Legacy Records A &R VP can then be accessed by users either Dance For Me," clearly remains a weeks, when Backstreet Boys and Limp Bizkit passed the torch back Steve Berkowitz. "She has a great feel online or offline. superb live performer. and forth before Christina Aguilera bowed at No. 1 to grab her lone and vast knowledge for all kinds of Listeners are led through the vari- "I saw her get onstage with Levon week on the chart's highest rung. music-plus, she has all this great new ous programming genres by Music - Helm at B.B. King's a few weeks ago, Three No. l's is just a tad smaller yield than The Billboard 200 saw stuff. She just never stuck herself in Guides -air personalities like radio and she blew the roof off-as she over the 10 previous summers. From 1990 -99, the chart averaged almost one kind of [musical] bag." veteran Charlie Kendall (ClickRadio's always does," says Meg Griffin, the five No. l's during those same weeks. Of those years, the smallest turnover Indeed, Snow laments the fact that VP of entertainment programming), veteran New York radio personality happened in 1992 when, of all people, Billy Ray Cyrus chalked up 17 many people hold narrow misconcep- former MTV exec Patti Galluzzi (Click - who now manages the triple-A and straight weeks at No. 1 with his debut album, "Some Gave All," the longest tions of her abilities based on her pre- Radio's overall adviser for music and roots music /alternative country chan- consecutive -week streak the chart has seen since Billboard adopted vious pop successes, not to mention a content), and WPLJ New York's Scott nels for Sirius Satellite Radio. "If SoundScan data in 1991. There were but two No. l's in 1990, when a frequently aired 8-year -old ceiling fan Shannon. By clicking various icons on [ ClickRadio] are programming monopoly by M.C. Hammer's "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em" got TV commercial featuring her version the ClickRadio screen, listeners can Phoebe, good for them. Anybody who interrupted for one week by New Kids On The Block's "Step By Step." No. 1 in 11 years of Seals & Crofts' "Summer accept, reject, or skip the offerings, all doesn't is missing the boat." By contrast, the highest summer churn at the past Breeze" -which was supposed to run the while educating the service about ClickRadio has an extensive rollout was in '97, when nine different albums took turns on the throne. In the only three weeks. their individual music tastes. They can campaign, focusing on a mid- Septem- winners' circle that busy season were albums by Spice Girls, Wu -Tang "I started out as a blues guitarist," also obtain song lyrics, artist bios, ber college marketing and distribu- Clan, Bob Carlisle, Prodigy, Puff Daddy, Bone Thugs -N- Harmony, says Snow, who established herself in track lists, album art, and links to tion program utilizing heavily adver- Fleetwood Mac, and the soundtrack to "Men In Black." the early '70s Greenwich Village club artist Web sites. tised demonstrations at 120 schools. Of graver concern this summer than the slow turnover at the chart's scene in New York, hitting it big in "There's no programming risk for "College students are the low -hang- pole position is what appears to be a lower -octane release schedule than 1974 with her self-titled Shelter debut us," notes Freston. "You'll change the ing fruit," says ClickRadio senior VP we've seen the past few summers. From the first issue of August (dated album and its hit single `Poetry Man." song, not the channel. And we're of marketing Jim L'Heureux. "They Aug. 5) through the current chart, 71 titles have bowed on The Billboard "I'm not a folk or jazz singer, more a happy to be playing Phoebe's songs love music, own PCs, and have high- 200. That's six more than did so during the same weeks of '99, but fewer hard -edged pop singer-with some and providing her bio and other infor- bandwidth connections." than the 92 that debuted in 1998 and the 76 that joined the list in 1997. rock and song hooks. You hear the mation. Even though she doesn't have L'Heureux also looks to favorable Look at the top 10, however, and this summer's batch looks all the more No. only album to debut in [ "Summer Breeze "] jingle and think a new album available, she's a very word -of-mouth, online advertising, anemic. Wyclef Jean, at 9, becomes the third that's what I do-but that's not me," important artist who's being over- and a major media effort to further the top 10 since the Aug. 5 issue. Ten albums did so during the same weeks she says with a laugh. looked, and because of our research awareness of the new service, which last summer, while the comparable spans of 1997 and 1998 each had 11 Luckily, Snow knew former Colum- ability, we can provide ammunition to can be accessed by visiting the Web albums start in the top 10. bia label executives Bill Freston and take to record companies and terres- site or obtaining a free CD, which ClickRadio vice chairman/senior VP trial radio." includes software for downloading the TWO AND THREE: It might be an unusual strategy to release two titles of entertainment David Benjamin The self-managed, William Morris - ClickRadio tuner along with 300 in less than a year, but it works for rock band Incubus. The Ozzfest act's from her Columbia tenure. represented Snow feels that ClickRa- songs for immediate play. new EP bows at No. 41. That's a higher rank than last year's album, which "We both go back 25 years with dio will prove "an incredible promo- ClickRadio is now securing distri- bowed at No. 80 in November, has seen to date. Two earlier sets failed to Phoebe," says Benjamin, who notes tional tool" for her and others. "It's a bution deals with computer manufac- chart. No. 47, its that ClickRadio offers the opportunity remarkable concept -the new dawn turers to install the tuner onto new In the wake of the new title, Incubus' '99 album advances to to program the older, established of music distribution," she says. computer desktops, adds L'Heureux. highest rank to date, which makes it the only act to place two albums in in top artists whom the music business has Ken Feldman, director of market- The music programmed by Click - this issue's top 50. Only three other artists have two albums the "historically" abandoned after they ing for the HMV retail group in the Radio, Freston stresses, is fully half of The Billboard 200: Britney Spears (Nos. 2 and 75), Eminem (Nos. outgrow the dominant youth target U.S., also thinks ClickRadio can pro- licensed. The service has just patted 3 and 95), and Kid Rock (Nos. 31 and 51). market. Adds Freston, "We have a vide Snow the potential to get new with all the labels under the Warner While Incubus celebrates a pair, the Razor & Tie label is popping corks debt and responsibility to artists we music out there and reach people with- Music Group umbrella and has made because, for the first time in the label's young history, it places three & Tie's "Monsters like Phoebe -and can take a out a label platform. "I hope it creates other licensing deals with Universal albums simultaneously on the big chart. Joining Razor -like compilation chance and do creative things. She's a a technological springboard for artists and BMG and indie labels, including Of Rap" (No. 79) are the new Dar Williams album and the true diva." in getting out into the public eye and Alligator. "Teen Riot" (No. 189). For singer/songwriter Williams, her first -week sales of 8,000 units marks a career high. Her last album, "End Of The Summer," moved 6,500 when it bowed at No. 169 in 1997, while "Mortal City" spent two weeks Discography: the Poetry Of Phoebe Snow on Heatseekers the year before that. Although Phoebe Snow is cur- the memory of her mother, Lili, and FUN FACTS: First-week sales for the new WyclefJean collection stand album rently without a label, much of her featured her title track original. Her at 95,500 units, 40,000 more than the Fugees member's last solo 16 Billboard classic album catalog remains in most recent album was the had in its biggest week. That '97 title peaked at No. on The Hot Shot Debut ribbons print, starting with her 1974 self - acclaimed but obscure 1998 "I Can't 200, while the new one starts at No. 9, winning Rhythm Sec- titled debut. Originally released on Complain" outing for House of on both the big chart and Top R &B /Hip -Hop Albums (see Shelter Records, "Phoebe Snow," Blues, which included a duet with tion, page 26) ... At BMG Distribution's recent convention, Jive presi- which contains her self-penned Michael McDonald on "Right To dent Barry Weiss vowed that his label would break its first rock act with its latest bows at No. breakthrough hit "Poetry Man" The End" and a cover of Jackie Wil- ( hed)p.e. A step in that direction has been made, as 1997 The "Coyote Ugly" album is and a cover of "Let The Good Times son's "Baby, Work Out." 63. Its first album failed to chart in ... more noise than the Roll" featuring the Persuasions, In 1991, Snow appeared on "The shaping up as one of those soundtracks that makes multi- set, which features can still be found on vinyl; there's New York Rock & Soul Revue," a movie from which it hails. The eclectic artist film, wins its third consecutive Great- also a "Gold Disc" version released live album on Giant that also fea- LeAnn Rimes, who appears in the 10 (11 -10, up by 20 %). The movie by DCC Compact Classic 1994 that tured McDonald, Donald Fagen, Boz est Gainer title as it bolts into the top Reporter's box office chart, contains bonus tracks. Scaggs, and Charles Brown. She is going the other direction on The Hollywood each of the top five albums From her Columbia output, "Sec- can also be found on numerous sliding 9-11... Led by pop act SoulDecision, 2 -5, respectively, are Snow's 1976 label title track was written by Stephen multi- artist compilations, most on Heatseekers is new to the chart. Residing in Nos. ond Childhood," rock band debut, contains the single "Two Bishop. "The Best Of Phoebe Snow" notably the 1997 Astor Place "Time Christian artist Donnie McClurkin, rappers Major Figgas, SoulDecision and Major Fisted Love." "It Looks Like Snow" came out on Sony Music in 1981. And Love: The Music Of Laura Zebrahead, and reggae veteran Buju Banton. earlier albums on followed that same year, and 1977 Snow's 1989 Elektra release, Nyro," on which she performs the Figgas are rookies; each of the other three has placed brought "Never Letting Go," whose "Something Real," was dedicated to title track. JIM BESSMAN the Heatseekers list.

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her and the Bluebird." of that live performance." April and May and took the best of He's penned Kurland songs for such artists Mark Vasquez, music manager at says she's thrilled to Johnson says the Bluebird has those nights." as Trisha Yearwood, Faith Hill, have a label partner interested Barnes & Noble in Long Beach, in always had a special place in his Also available in the first batch of George Strait, Neal McCoy, Sawyer Calif., plans to promoting the spirit of the Bluebird carry the series. heart. "I've known the Bluebird releases are live albums by Angela Brown, Etta James, and Ray "We have a really and the performances she's cap- diverse range of since they opened in 1982," says Kaset and Fred Knobloch and Jelly Charles. Jelly Roll Johnson is a customers that come in tured there during years of record- here, and a Johnson, known for such hits as Roll Johnson. Kaset was named highly regarded harmonica player lot of them tend to buy ing the nightly 9 p.m. shows. Thus "Bluer singer/ Than Blue," "I Will Whisper SESAC's Country Songwriter of who has recorded with Shania songwriter albums. If people hear far, the only records to be released Your Name," and "Give Me Wings." the year in 1997. She's written Twain, Beth Nielsen Chapman, it, I think it will sell," he says of the from the Bluebird have been a "I used to go in there and have songs for Aaron Tippin, Janie Randy Travis, and the Judds. series, adding that the TV expo- Christmas album benefiting St. lunch. I'd had some pop success, but Fricke, Victoria Shaw, and Doug In marketing the series, Kurnit sure on Turner South Patrick's Shelter and two should help projects really I was nobody in town. Amy Stone and is best known for author- says, he'd like to "export the in -the- broaden awareness benefiting Alive Hospice. of the Bluebird. and everyone was just wonderful .. ing the hit "Some- round performances" the Bluebird is Kurland agrees and says there "Koch is a tremendous distribu- so supportive and always there." thing In Red." noted for. "I'm working to set some- is a lot of synergy between the TV tor for this kind of record," she says. For the "Live At The Bluebird" Knobloch has been a fixture in thing up for these artists in Austin series, which is now in its second "They can take it all over the world, series, Johnson's initial idea was to the Nashville songwriting commu- [Texas] and New York and see if we year of tapings, and the CD really care about it, and take their feature songs he had played over the nity since 1983. He recorded with can just get into some major areas releases. "Turner is taking a time. If they don't sell a bunch of years but hadn't recorded on a pre- Thom Schuyler and Paul Over- where these artists can be exposed," series of print ads in Atlanta them the first week, they for won't give vious project. "Maybe half the street as Schuyler, Knobloch and he says. "We are also doing a lot with the show," she says, up. They have an idea "and I think it I think real- album is that," he says, "but then of Overstreet (which later became press and publicity. Ginger Warden will be our responsibility ly works, that the Bluebird to make name course I had to do `Bluer Than Blue' Schuyler, Knobloch, and Bickhardt at Dolphin in Florida is working very sure nearby some can help sell the artists." there are ads and `Cain's Blood.' We went back in when Overstreet departed and hard to get some national print and for the records. All of the artists Nashville is recognized as a and [recorded] on three nights in Craig Bickhardt joined the lineup). TV exposure." that are on the records so far will "songwriter's town," and Blue- the be on the show" bird is internationally known as the premier Kurland is also booking a series writer's venue, a place of songwriter shows where hit tunesmiths routinely ARTIST/PRODUCER JACK NITZSCHE DIES AT 63 beginning (Continued from page 8) Sept. 15 -16 at the Swallow in north showcase their new wares for pro- Atlanta. Georgia ducers, publishers, natives Tony and artists as arrangement for "Expecting To Fly," with neo -R &B singer Willy De- Arata, Brett Jones, and well Wynn Var- as fans. The little club was the a lush song written by Jack Nitzsche was Ville, and in 1979 he helmed ble will kick off the series. setting for Peter Bogdanovich's film and included on "Again," the second "," perhaps Kurland just signed a publishing "The Thing Called Love," featuring album by the L.A. rock band Buffa- part of Phil the finest work by English singer/ deal with HarperCollins for a book Sandra Bullock, the late River lo Springfield. songwriter . that will include Phoenix, stories from song- Samantha Mathis, and That track began a long on- Spector's `Wall Of In 1983, Nitzsche received two writers about their first appearance Dermot Mulroney, and is currently again- off -again relationship Academy Award nominations for or most significant performance at being featured as a TV Sound,' worked as series on the between the two men. With Young, his work on "An Officer And A the Bluebird. The book will coincide Turner South network. Nitzsche co- produced the singer/ Gentleman." Though he lost in the with the venue's 20th anniversary in Kurland turned over a sideman for the DATs to songwriter /guitarist's self-titled best original score category, "Up 2002. "My true mission is to help Handler, who waded through years 1969 Reprise solo debut and later Rolling Stones, Where We Belong," a ballad co- these songwriters get an audience, of recordings and to glean music for the produced and arranged tracks on written by Nitzsche, Will Jen- and if the Bluebird name helps to series. "One of the reasons I want- Young's hit album "Harvest" (1972) produced and nings, and Buffy Sainte -Marie provide that," says Kurland, "then ed to do this is because the tapes and its sequel -of- sorts, "Harvest (who was then Nitzsche's wife), I'm accomplishing what I really are so good," she says. "I used to Moon" (1992). When Young's back- arranged multiple took the best Oscar. dream of being able to do." drive around with them in the car up band Crazy Horse cut its woe- Neil Young albums (The tune had reached No. 1 in and listen to them. What's lost in fully underrated debut album in 1982 in its soundtrack rendition by sonic quality is more than made up 1971, Nitzsche served as co -pro- Joe Cocker & .) in the intimacy and the excitement ducer and full -time keyboardist; he Other notable scores by Nitzsche also wrote or co -wrote three of the 1973, Nitzsche scored "The Exor- included "The Jewel Of The Nile," album's songs and took lead vocals cist." He received an Academy "Stand By Me," "91/2 Weeks," and THIS WEEK on one, "Crow Jane Lady." Award nomination for best original "" (which memorably -01r1717' @ Nitzsche's career as a producer score for director Milos Forman's mated the talents of bluesman John and composer of film soundtracks 1975 film "One Flew Over The Lee Hooker and jazz trumpeter DA ,E began inauspiciously in 1965 with Cuckoo's Nest." Miles Davis). Two of his last scores tuiiacI 300 BillboGA Bert I. Gordon's sci -fi quickie "Vil- He utilized some risky talents in were for films directed by actor lage Of The Giants." He made a his film work: In 1978, he recorded , "" just COM. bold mark, though, with his next for the main (1991) and "The Crossing Guard" soundtrack, for the controversial title music of Paul Shrader's "Blue (1995). $99 1970 film "Performance." It fea- Collar," and in 1980 he produced Nitzsche's personal life Exclusive was Album Reviews tured 's guitar work and five songs by the L.A. punk band often a high -wire act. In the late two memorable vocals, Dar Williams Randy New - the Germs for 's '70s, he was charged with assault- man's "Gone Dead Train" and thriller "Cruising." "Green World" ing actress ; he "," a showpiece Though soundtrack work took up received three years probation for (Razor & Tie) When You Make for the film's star, the Stones' Mick an increasing amount of Nitzsche's a lesser charge. He struggled for CDs Trans Am Jagger. time from the '70s on, he found many years with drug addiction with Disc Makers! Soundtracks for a "Red Line" number of time to work on some provocative and frequently committed himself Full color, glossy, 11 "x 17" posters are the ideal high -profile features followed. In (Thrill Jockey) albums. He produced three records to rehabilitation facilities. In one way to promote gigs, record releases, or store incident in the late '90s, his arrest appearances. 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