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BY LARRY LeBLANC, ED CHRISTMAN Exchange soared to a five -year high of $22 and MATTHEW BENZ Canadian ($15.74) -a 29% increase from its closing price the day before. NEW YORK -How much difference can $1.05 For AOL TW, proceeds from the sale will billion make? help the company trim its net debt, which In the case of Cinram International -which stood at $24.2 billion June 30. Chairman/CEO is paying that amount for the CD and DVD Dick Parsons has pledged to cut it to $20 bil- manufacturing and physical distribution busi- lion by the end of 2004. nesses of the (Billboard But AOL TW is losing a primary contribu- Bulletin, July 21) -the answer: is quite a lot. tor of cash flow. Had the Cinram deal oc- The all -cash acquisition will more than curred at the start of 2003, AOL TW operat- double sales and operating profits at Cinram, ing income through June 30 would have been which began manufacturing eight -track tapes reduced by $100 million. Even with that in a Montreal basement in 1969. income, WMG showed an operating loss in The effects on WMG, parent AOL Time that same period of $8 million. Warner and WEA Inc. CEO Jim Caparro are Following the deal, AOL TW announced somewhat mixed. second -quarter results. For the fiscal year ending Nov. 30, the Scar- WMG reported revenue for the quarter of borough, Ontario -based Cinram-an enter- $1.05 billion, up 8% from one year ago on a tainment -media manufacturing company- $49 million gain on foreign currency exchange expects the acquired assets to generate and increased music shipments. Operating revenue of $1.1 billion and earnings before income fell to $6 million from $29 million, as interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization depreciation and amortization expenses rose. of $230 million. Net income at AOL TW rose 170% to $1.06 When the acquisition was announced July billion, or 23 cents per diluted share, as it 18, Cinram's stock on the Toronto Stock (Continued on page 70) Anti- Piracy Lawmakers To Push One Bill On Hill BACILOS: LATIN GRAMMY WINNERS ARE AGAIN IN THE RUNNING

BY BILL HOLLAND on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Prop- erty say they will hold discussions during the WASHINGTON, D.C. -House lawmakers recess to lay the groundwork for a compro- Producer/ George pushing bills to step up anti -piracy efforts on mise bill. Members would begin crafting the the Internet plan to forge a single measure measure after Labor Day. to give it a greater chance of pass- Opponents have zeroed in on Tops Latin Grammy Noms ing, Billboard has learned. a section that effectively allows The shift in focus follows com- prosecutors to view the uploader BY LEILA COBO rge led the nominations plaints from Internet users and of an unauthorized copyrighted with six nods, while rock some scholars. They file to a public network as a pos- be MIAMI-An edgier brand producer Gustavo San - say a provision in the most sible felon. Infringers could of -one that is taolalla and pop /rocker recently introduced bill is over- fined $250,000 and face a five - not always represented Juanes followed with reaching. year jail term. on U.S. sales charts - five nominations aac:z. If there is a hearing this fall, "A criminal law doesn't come dominates the list of The biggest surprise was "there's going to be a lot of fire- with a user's manual," Jaszi says. finalists for the fourth that Mexican newcomer works," says Peter Jaszi, a copy- "It's not good public policy to annual Latin Grammy Natalia LaFourcade- right law professor at American write an overbroad law and then Awards. But despite a practically unknown in University. cross your fingers. modified nominating the U.S. -got four nods, "This provision applies to process, regional Mexi- including best new art- TOUGHNESS QUESTIONED activity on any publicly accessi- can music was notably ist, for her self -titled Members flew home July 25 ble network, like the one I use underrepresented. debut album. for the August recess, a four- to six -week with my students, and to any copyrighted he adds. "There's Prolific producer/ - Multicultural trio Baci- retreat from the heat and humidity of the material, not just music," songwriter Sergio Geo- (Continued on page 67) nation's capital. no checks to restrain abuse of this legislation." But staffers on the House Subcommittee (Continued on page 67)

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www.americanradiohistory.com Upfront Just How Standardized :111:11111111M-- Are Today's Radio `Now' To Steal No. l From `Boys' Stations? BY GEOFF MAYFIELD the neighborhood of 40 %, like the one Beyoncé's "Dangerously in Love" BY SEAN ROSS tion Airplay Monitor decided to find out music at CC top 40 stations was about LOS ANGELES-Is now the time for saw in its second frame, there could just how much homogeneity there 65 %, considerably less than what was "Now! 13 "? be a close battle for the chart's top "Cookie- cutter" playlists. really is among radio stations, starting perceived by format observers. The latest edition in the multi-label shelf. That description has been bandied with a group of stations often held up We also found, more anecdotally, "Now That's What I Call Music!" Volcano/Zomba's 311 is steering about frequently in recent years by crit- in the consumer press as a poster child that there was also 65% correlation series is the best contender of an for a start of 125,000 copies with ics of today's group -owned radio and for standardized radio: Clear Channel's among non -CC-owned stations as well, ample July 22 album slate to replace "Evolver," which would be the band's even, reluctantly, by some of its advo- top 40 outlets. and some of those other stations actu- the "Bad Boys II" soundtrack on next biggest Nielsen SoundScan week cates. Group broadcasters claim their Monitor also tried to get a handle on ally looked as much or more like our issue's . since 1997. stations make individual music deci- exactly what critics and industry ob- benchmark station than most other CC Featuring hits from Justin Tim- New from Jane's Addiction sions; one, Entercom's David Field, servers had in mind when they decried stations. berlake, Jennifer Lopez, B2K, Jay -Z, (Capitol), Mya (A&M/Interscope) and recently went as far as to dismiss the cookie -cutter playlists by asking them In hopes of quantifying how much , and Brad Paisley (Arista Nashville/RCA perception of standardized playlists as how much standardization they thought overlap existed among CC stations, we others, "Now! 13" appears on course Label Group) are also likely to start an "urban legend." actually existed at those stations. took the 40 most -played records on one to begin in the range of 180,000- in the 100,000 -plus club. Such sales Billboard sister radio-trade publica- The result: The overlap in current (Continued on page 56) 200,000 copies, according to retailers' blasts would not only represent the first-day sales. biggest SoundScan frames for each If the "Bad Boys II" album sees a act but also the first time any of them second -week drop of about 60 %, as reaches the top 10. Ashanti's "Chapter II" did a few weeks Jane's Addiction's best Billboard Canadian ago, "Now! 13" should land at No. 1. 200 rank to date is No. 19, Mya's is No. Labels, If "Bad Boys" Radio the decline is more in 15 and Paisley's is No. 31. Prep For CanCon Review

BY LARRY LeBLANC with other parties we share an interest Missy Elliott Tops with for this review. Everybody is start- TORONTO- Canadian broadcasters ing to develop positions." and record companies are drawing Toronto -based Canadian Indepen- up campaign plans ahead of an antic- dent Record Production Assn. presi- VMA Noms List ipated review of commercial radio dent Brian Chater says, "Fights are very policy here. expensive and very acrimonious." BY CARLA HAY four nods each for Christina Aguil- Industry insiders predict that with- CIRPA represents the Canadian NEW YORK -With eight nomina- era's "," Beyond Featuring Jay - in the next few months, regulator the indie sector, including record pro- tions, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott's Z's "," Jennifer Lopez's Canadian Radio -Television and Tele- ducers, labels, artist managers and "Work It" is the top contender for "I'm Glad," 's "There communications Commission (CRTC) music publishers. "We'd rather nego- the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. There" and ' "Seven will announce that it is to seek com- tiate with the broadcasters if we can," The awards show will be telecast live Nation Army." O'FARRELL: `INDUSTRY CAN'T ments from broadcast and music SUSTAIN Chater insists. Aug. 28 from New York's Radio City Kelly Clarkson's "Miss Indepen- ALL THREATS' industry sectors here in a five -year The CRTC regulates all aspects of Music Hall. dent," Coldplay's "The Scientist" and review of its commercial radio policy. Canadian Assn. of Broadcasters pres- the Canadian broadcasting system; The "Work It" clip's nominations Good Charlotte's "Lifestyles of the The review is expected to be con- ident/CEO Glenn O'Farrell in Ottawa it is an independent public authori- include best video of the year, best Rich and Famous" earned three nom- firmed this fall, and hearings would says, "We are now taking the lay of the ty and reports to the Minister of female video and best hip -hop video. inations each. take place in 2004. land, both with our constituency and (Continued on page 56) Eligible videos were scored a total of seven those that premiered on nods for his videos: five for MTV between June 1, "Cry Me a River" and two 2002, and June 9, 2003. for "Rock Your Body." The winners in most Republican To Head RIAA? "Cry Me a River" is up of the categories are against' Work It" for best determined by a group of video of the year, along voters selected by MTV, AOL Exec John Buckley Emerges As Top Candidate with 's consisting of a fairly even "Hurt," 's "In Da split of music- industry BY BILL HOLLAND us to interview a Republican as a pos- threatened to investigate the mutual Club" and 's professionals and MTV sible successor," RIRA spokeswoman fund industry unless the trade group "Lose Yourself," which are viewers. About 1,000 bal- WASHINGTON, D.C. -At a time Amy Weiss says. hired a Republican to succeed its all multiple nominees. lots will be mailed to the when conservatives are applying soon -to- retire president. Oxley is the Other nods for "Cry voters to choose the win- unprecedented pressure on trade FULL-COURT PRESS chairman of the House Finance Com- Me a River" are best male ners in all categories groups to hire Republicans, the Veteran observers here say that mittee, which oversees the industry. video, best pop video, except for viewers' choice record industry's leading organiza- the Bush administration, aided by Weiss and RIAA president Cary Sher- best direction in a video and the MTV2 Award, tion seems to be taking the hint. conservative lobbying groups, has man deny that they have been col- and viewers' choice. which the public votes on Although the Recording Industry been more aggressive than any pre- lared by DeLay's K Street Project "Hurt" scored six at .com. Assn. of America claims no one is vious administration in promoting crowd. "There's no `there' there," nods, including best Chris Rock will host twisting its arm, John Buckley, a ideologically like- minded individu- they say. male video, best direction the awards show for the Republican executive with AOL in als to head private -interest groups. Buckley, however, has solid Re- in a video and best cine- third time. He previous- Washington, has emerged as a top The recruiting program, known as publican credentials. He was deputy matography in a video. ly hosted the VMAs in candidate for the job. the "K Street Corridor Project," is press secretary for the 1984 Reagan - In addition to com- 1997 and 1999. If chosen, he would become the one of several political fundraising Bush campaign and press secretary peting for best video of the year, "In Da At press time, Aguilera and Coldplay first Republican ever to lead the operations masterminded by House for the 1988 Kemp presidential cam- Club" and "Lose Yourself'--each with were confirmed performers. Other industry trade group. Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R -Texas, paign. He was also director of com- five noms -will go head to head in performers and presenters for the "In a town where there is a Repub- who is also a leading GOP strategist. munications for the 1996 Dole - such categories as best rap video, view- VMAs will be announced. lican administration, a Republican - reported Kemp campaign. ers' choice and best male video. For a complete list of nominations, controlled Senate and a Republican - recently that another GOP leader, Outside of politics, he has written Other multiple nominees include log on to billboard.com/awards. controlled House, it makes sense for Ohio Republican Michael Oxley, had (Continued on page 70)

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www.americanradiohistory.com Upfront Lollapalooza Cuts Dates NEWSLINE. THE . But Organizers Insist Tour Is Still Doing Well WEEK IN BRIEF Sony reported 1.6 trillion yen ($13.4 billion) in revenue in its first quarter - BY RAY WADDELL that routinely host touring festi- ture that allows you to take addi- 6.9% lower than one year ago as sales in music, electronics, games and vals, less- than -hoped -for sales led tional kinds of chances that you film fell. Net income fell 98% to 1.1 billion yen ($9 million). Music revenue The cost of meeting Lollapa- to the plug being pulled on shows can't take in a field or a nontradi- fell 8.8% to 117 billion yen ($975 million), but the operating loss shrunk looza's production needs at nontra- in smaller markets in Ionia, Mich., tional venue." 40% to 6 billion yen ($50 million). Revenue at U.S. -based Sony Music ditional venues created an untenable In other words, the sizable guar- Entertainment was 8% lower, but because of several hit releases, sales at risk /reward ratio that has con- antee compounded with addition- Sony Music Entertainment Japan rose 11 %. Elsewhere, Viacom's second - tributed to the cancellation of two al production costs make the quarter profit increased 21% from one year ago to $660 million, or 37 dates on the tour. break -even very tough at nontra- cents per diluted share, as revenue rose 10% to $6.42 billion. Helped by a But the amphitheater dates on ditional venues. "It's like doing a 33% increase in ad revenue at MW Networks, Viacom's cable revenue rose the route are performing well stadium show -a very expensive 22% to $1.35 billion. Operating income for the division was up 33% to enough, despite organizers' belief proposition," Wavra says. "It adds a $493 million. But Infinity Broadcasting continued to struggle. Sales fell that the tour is being perceived as level of expense that amphithe- 3% to $551 million, and operating income slipped 5% to $266 million. less than successful. aters have already considered a MATTHEW BENZ "This tour is doing fantastic," says capital investment." Peter Grosslight, who heads the Even so, ticket sales at the non- Senate opponents of further media consolidation will have a lot on their music division for the William Mor- traditional venues were not in the plate when they return from summer recess in September. On July 23, ris Agency. "We're fighting a per- league of what the CCE dates were the House voted 400 -21 to approve a spending bill containing language ception. Lollapalooza is doing great generating. "We're seeing some very that blocks the Federal Communications Commission's decision to let as an amphitheater tour." good counts," says Wavra, citing companies own TV stations serving up to 45% of the country's viewers. Grosslight admits that two dates 17,000 in Philadelphia (Tweeter Republican supporters will try to get the provision deleted in conference, at alternative venues did not work Center, Camden, N.J., July 27), and the Bush administration has threatened to veto any rollback meas- out. "We, and a couple of promoters, and Vernon, N.Y. 17,000 in Boston (7iveeter Center, ure the Senate may pass. Democrat FCC commissioner Michael Copps were too bullish in two situations," CCE is promoting 22 of Lolla- Mansfield, Mass., July 25), 12,000 in has also proposed that there should be broadcast license renewal town he says. "We could have done 15,000 palooza's 30 dates. Brad Wavra, VP Chicago (Tweeter Center, Tinley meetings in the future. He also would like shorter license renewal terms people, but the promoters would of CCE's touring division, believes it Park, Ill., July 12) and Detroit (DTE and tougher public interest standards. BILL HOLLAND have lost a lot of money." is no coincidence that the canceled Energy Center, Clarkston, Mich., With a cost to talent buyers of dates are not at CCE venues. July 18) and close to sold -out in Online musicians' network Tonos Entertainment says it will cease opera- $500,000, Lollapalooza is already "We did a lot of research to figure Holmdel, N.J. (PNC Bank Arts Cen- tions Sept. 1. The Los Angeles -based company is distributing a notice to on a tight profit margin. And while out where we could have the best ter, July 23). its members notifying them of its intent to shut down. The tonos.com Clear Channel Entertainment - success," Wavra says. "Amphithe- "These are good numbers in this Web site is still active. However, it has stopped offering A &R services promoted dates are at CCE sheds aters were built with the infrastruc- (Continued on page 67) through its subscription -based networking operation, Tonos Pro. Its message boards shuttered July 23. Carole Bayer Sager, and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds founded Tonos in 1999. The company had artist- development deals with Atlantic, Columbia, J, DreamWorks, Jive and Interscope Geffen A &M. It charged its members a fee to have their music exposed to industry professionals. Tonos says it is exploring Sanity Shutters U.K Stores ways to stay operational, but unless a merger or investment comes through quickly, it will close. Tonos president Justin Herz did not BY CHRISTIE ELIEZER Ho, Sydney -based director and acting CFO of Brazin. return calls seeking comment. BRIAN GARRITY In Australia, 17 of Sanity's 300 music stores will be SYDNEY - Australian music retailer Sanity Entertain- shuttered, and 50 will be shifted from CD/DVD to DVD- As expected, Irving Azoff has resigned as co- chairman of Con- ment is withdrawing from the U.K. music market after only. DVD now accounts for 30% of Sanity's business, certs West to devote his time to his management firm, Azoff Enter- only 18 months, claiming it simply isn't profitable enough. compared with 6% in 2001. tainment (Billboard, July 19). Azoff-who directs the careers of the An ongoing strategic review of the business of parent Brazin says the overhaul will cost $7 million Aus- Eagles, , Steely Dan, Seal and Jewel -will stay on as company Brazin suggests that Brazin will enjoy more tralian ($4.5 million) in restructuring charges and will a special consultant with the promoter's parent, Anschutz Entertain- profitable growth in the U.K. from its lingerie and drag down 2003's profit to $1 million Australian ment Group, which will acquire his interest in West. apparel interests. ($650,000). But profits are expected to rebound in 2004. Timothy J. Leiweke remains chairman of Concerts West, as well as As a result, in addition to the Sanity closures, Brazin will Although some label executives privately express con- president/CEO of AEG. Azoff was in AEG's purchase of close 95 of the 100 Our Price cerns -such as extending too Concerts West in December 2000. CHRIS MORRIS budget music stores it bought much credit -Brazin founder from Virgin Entertainment and CEO Brett Blundy has as- Pioneer Corp. is selling its audio/video software divisions -Long Beach, Group in October 2001. Brazin sured record companies that Calif. -based Pioneer Entertainment and Tokyo -based Pioneer LDC -to paid $23 million Australian Sanity remains committed to Tokyo advertising firm Dentsu. The companies are keeping private the ($11.8 million) for the stores. stocking music in Australia. terms of the deal and when it will be completed. Pioneer Corp. wants to The remaining five stores Sanity is "undergoing a focus more exclusively on hardware, including plasma products and digi- will be used, during a six - period of change and consol- tal video recorders, says Amy Friendly, Pioneer Entertainment director of month trial, to explore surfwear idation right now, but I have corporate communications. JILL KIPNIS and footwear opportunities. no doubt they'll emerge from Bob Lewis, director gener- it stronger than ever," ob- Several prominent Hong Kong entertainment figures were arrested in mid -July al of the British Assn. of Rec- serves BMG Australia man- on corruption charges. Among those nabbed and later released on bail were ord Dealers, comments, "Re- aging director Ed St. John. Emperor Entertainment Group chairman Albert Yeung Sau- shing, Univer- tailers are business people; Shaun James, chairman of sal Music Hong Kong president Alex Chan Siu-po and Universal vocalist ST. JOHN: BELIEVES IN SANITY they buy and sell products to Warner Music Australia, Juno Mak. According to reports, they and at least 25 others were arrested by the consumer for a profit. If notes that Sanity's 25% mar- the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). The execs are you can't make a profit on the products that you are sell- ket share makes it "important in breaking new acts." alleged to have offered money and other items to senior executives of TV ing to the consumer or the consumer does not want the James adds, "Our business together has been solid-com- station TVB in an apparent bribery scam for honors at the network's Jade products because of the lack of quality, then you change munication is good and we expect that to continue." Solid Gold music awards, held each January. The allegations were subse- products. It's not rocket science." Brazin is also planning to expand the Virgin Megastore quently expanded to include share -price manipulation on the Hong Kong Lewis says Sanity's move "is only reflecting how . In a secondary deal struck with VEG in October 2001, stock exchange, according to reports. In a statement, Universal Music Asia music is at the moment." it acquired the Virgin name in Australia for 10 years through Pacific stated that "two of our Hong Kong executives and one contracted Last year, Sanity U.K. made a profit of $2.5 million payment of a 1% royalty fee. It has opened two Megastores artist" were under investigation. "Universal Music trusts that the ICAC will Australian ($1.6 million). in Melbourne and will open a third in Sydney in September. handle the matter in the most professional manner, and we will continue to "The view is that we would earn higher returns on offer them our cooperation in their investigations." STEVE McCLURE investments in alternative retail concepts," says Andrew Additional reporting by Gordon Masson in London.

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www.americanradiohistory.com Opinion Technological Advances Have Led To A Market Breakdown Licensing Could Solve Internet Piracy labels for use of their records Sales of recorded musk in the industry's woes is a federal law pro- to the fund could be adjusted artists' music online. As a consult- online threaten not to record U.S. and throughout the viding for a statutory license that upwards. ant for one of the major authorized album or with some other world have declined for three would legalize the sharing of The contribution of each ISP online services, I had to delete another form of retaliation, even if they are consecutive years. Three of the five music online while compensating and computer manufacturer would approximately 80% of hip -hop obliged to allow the major record companies are now copyright owners for lost sales. be determined by a body designat- music because sampling agree- contractually labels to use their music in any reportedly for sale. Layoffs are dec- A federal law implementing a ed by the U.S. Copyright imating record industry profes- statutory license could legalize the Office. The payments would media. A statutory license could cut sionals. transmission of all recorded music be delivered to a central these knots while guaran- The International Federation of for purposes of sharing music over administrator on behalf of through fair compensation to the the Phonographic Industry the labels and the artists. teeing blames the situation on This fund would be allo- artists. The proponents of a free market CD burning and unautho- cated based on downloads argue that the market is the rized Internet . of each master as tabulated would best device in establishing a fair The problem can be Taking by digital- rights manage- for all private property, traced in large part to the ment technology similar to price music . Digital Millennium Copy- what the performing-rights including However, the technological right Act of 1998. Issue societies already use to count the performances of advances created by the Internet have led to what economists call a QUID PRO QUO dik songs on broadcast radio breakdown" in the record- In negotiations for By Steve Gordon and TV. "market ing business. drafting the law, the record The fund administrator a compromise as labels agreed to make the would then pay each label Without -such license Internet service providers immune the Internet and downloading per- and artist on an equal basis, a compulsory -between economic interests from liabil- manent, portable copies. just as ASCAP and BMI pay the competing (e.g., hardware vs. content), every- ity for the acts of those subscribing Fees would be paid by those songwriters and music pub- lose. to their services. directly profiting from file shar- lishers. There would also be one will This was part of the quid pro ing-that is, the makers of CD a separate fund for music is an entertainment quo for giving owners of musical burners, including computer man- publishing. In fact, the rate for ments typically do not permit sales Steve Gordon based in recordings the exclusive right to ufacturers, and the ISPs, whose downloading songs is already sub- via the Internet or as singles of attorney and consultant York. He formerly served as digitally transmit masters on the subscribers already pay in part for ject to a compulsory license of 8 tracks on which samples are used. New business affairs for Internet. Because they could not access to such services as . cents per song under the Copy- Third -party artists who record director of Music Entertainment. attack the ISPs for allowing such As CD sales continue to decline right Act. with other artists often include the Sony services as Napster to exist, the because of an ever increasing num- same restrictions. record labels began attacking the ber of households acquiring com- CONTRACT ISSUES And many major artists who are Reprinted with permission from the May 2003 file -sharing services. puters and high -speed Internet Some artists' contracts do not justifiably afraid that they will not edition of LIN's & Finance The solution to the music connections, the amount payable allow record companies to put the be adequately compensated by the © 2003 ALM Properties, Inc. All rights reserved. Letters Spacious Charts Would Be More Reader -Friendly have seen In the "new" Billboard you If you add [those totals of] page charts-, Reggae, town for 25 years and No Love For a drop in sales over the last asked, "Does something make 9/32 and 3/8, that equals 21/32 - World Music, /Contemporary, 20% two years. I don't know how you jump and shout ?" (Billboard, that's 5/8 inch and 1/32 inch Classical, Classical Crossover, Courtney Q &A of drop is the eco- June 21). For me (and probably a more space. New Age, Contemporary Christ- much the vs. the rampant lot of others) it is more like Take 1/32 inch from under ian, Gospel, Internet and Sound- Billboard's new editor -in -chief nomic slump cringe and go blind! each Airplay chart name for tracks -are not so bad. may not have much music -busi- downloading. however, I've seen My discussion references the another 3/32. The total now But ... ouch! Recreational ness experience, but his journal- Recently, and had new Hot Latin Tracks and the three stands at 3/4 inch! Sports and Health & Fitness, ism credentials are impeccable. improving numbers in and tell me Latin Airplay charts. Use the extra 3/4 inch for where's the electron microscope? Therefore, it was surprising to customers come no downloading Look at the wasted space at each chart (1/4 inch each) to Is it W.W.E. or W.W.F.? You tell read that your front -page Court- they are longer music through file- sharing pro - the bottom of each chart. The increase the type size by 1 or me without a magnifier! ney Love interview (July 19), "at because they "don't want gutter between the Hot Latin even 2 [points]. This will help The charts may be fine to the her management's insistence, grams Tracks and the Airplay charts is the eyesight of everyone who person(s) composing them on was conducted via e- mail." to get sued." lesson here is that the 1/4 inch. Between the Airplay reads Billboard. the computer with a 21 -inch Surely, Billboard has more So, the legal approach of threatening charts it is 7/32 inch. This could America is aging. Although a monitor, but give the reading clout than to cave in to a demand is working; at least be reduced to 1/4 inch, gaining lot of the music is aimed at the public a break. like this. music stealers I can see some positive results 3/32 inch times three for a 9/32 youth of America, I believe that I have been a Billboard sub- If not, there are plenty of other inch total. most people who read Billboard scriber since my college days things to write about. Your that are encouraging. I record companies Between the This Week/Last are older. (1968) and have seen the "exclusive Q &A" only begs the Q: hope the and the Recording Industry Assn. Week [columns] and the top of The full -page charts are fine. changes- mostly for the better - Who wrote the A? Isler of America keep up the fight, the chart banner is 1/4 inch. The non -full -page charts in but when you reduced these Scott N.Y. it and do not overlook any Between Nielsen Broadcast Data Billboard that have This charts, I seriously considered Brooklyn, expand to discourage music theft. Systems and the heavy line is Week/Last Week/Wks. On stopping my subscription means of the music business 7/32 inch. [columns] could be changed to because of their size. The future Threats To Music is at stake. Move the BDS down a bit This Wk. /Last Wk./Wks. On to I hope this will prompt at least Sal Lucido (shorten to 3/8 inch) and you save some space and shift it to a study of what I explained above. Working Thieves Blue Sky Music gain 1/8 inch times three for a the actual chart listings. John Medero Ojai, Calif. 3/8 inch total. Aside from that, the non -full- Milford, N.J. I've run a music store in my

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POP / ROCK / COUNTRY / R &B / HIP -HOP / LATIN / DANCE / TOURING Shortlist Prize Seeks Greater Exposure The 2003 Shortlist Music Prize are ineligible if they have sold more will be awarded Oct. 16 at Los Ange- than 500,000 copies in the U.S. les' Wiltern Theater. This year marks Among this year's 20 listmakers the third annual competition, which, are Dave Matthews, , Tom like the U.K.'s Panasonic Mercury Waits, Coldplay's Chris Martin, Prize, honors projects for their cre- Spike Jonze, Cameron Crowe, Mos ative and adventurous appeal rather Def, Gwen Stefani, , than their commercial success. the Roots' Ahmir " ?uestlove" The 2003 edition will be bolstered Thompson and . "The listmakers seem to understand what we're trying to do better and better The every year-we get fewer nominations from artists who have Beat sold a ton of records and we get more and more with a remark- By Melinda Newman able range and diver- mnewman @billboard.com sity," Spotts says. The listmakers will select 10 finalists, who by a TV tie -in, as well as plans for a will be announced around Labor Day. tour and a compilation CD. They will then pick the winner on the 'We're in discussions for a Shortlist evening of the awards ceremony, which television special with a cable outlet," will include performances by several of says Tom Sarig, former MCA VP of the finalists. Among the prizes will be A &R who founded the Shortlist Music $5,000 from Sirius Satellite Radio. Project with marketing consultant Greg Spotts. 'We're also planning a MATRIX RELOADED: has tour right now that will go out right signed a record deal with Columbia after the show, as well as a compila- Records. The production/songwriting team of Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards and Scott Spode-which has penned hits for Avril Lavigne, Britney Spears and , among others will release its label debut in spring 2004. It is currently holding auditions for two lead vocalists. But, Christy says, don't look for them to just pick beautiful faces with Global Cal voices. want to do what Paul's pretty 'We Sean Fleetwood Mac did with Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. They Artist's Dancehall Beat Is Heard Around The World had their own record out, but Mick Fleetwood brought them in. We're interested in having an ongoing col- BY ADAM HOWORTH dancehall a really big opportunity." laboration and then continuing the An amalgam of hip -hop and reggae characterized bra ow - Matrix, and these artists have their LONDON -Dancehall reggae has finally broken free by uptempo electronic rhythms, dancehall has pro- THE MATRIX: RECORDING FOR COLUMBIA own solo careers as well." of its Jamaican island shores after a decade's fer- duced international hit singles in the past from Christy adds that she and her part- mentation and is making a sizable impact on the such performers as Beenie Man and Shabba tion CD featuring many of the nomi- ners weren't looking for a deal, but international album charts and on radio waves Ranks -but it wasn't until now that an artist was nees. Basically, we're expanding on senior VP of A&R/ around the world. able to develop a consistent album -selling fan base. our mission to enlarge the audience West Coast GM Tun Devine "ap- The global call is being spearheaded by 30- year -old for some of the best emerging artists." proached us about [signing with Jamaican DJ Sean Paul, who has turned the hip -hop- CORE ARTIST Additionally, launch.com will Columbia as artists], and we really influenced rhythm into the flavor of the summer. "It has rarely followed up with a core artist built stream videos by the nominees and liked him," she says. `Basically, since "Dancehall has been at the underbelly for 15 in a global way, short of Shaggy," Kallman says. "It will feature the winner as the Novem- we're always behind the scenes, we years, but the stars were aligned for us with Sean has been a long time coming to bring an artist to the ber artist of the month. wanted to put out our ideas." Paul," says , the New York -based co- mainstream from a roots perspective. The timing was The nominees are selected by 20 That was also Devine's thinking. "I president of , which signed the right to step out and endorse reggae in a way that "listmakers," each of whom selects look at them as great songwriters breakthrough artist. "Musically, the climate is not has never been done before, except by [Island seven albums released between July who had a recorded past, and rather being invigorated with new sounds -which gave (Continued on page 19) 1, 2002, and June 30, 2003. Albums (Continued on page 15)

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www.americanradiohistory.com Music Billbearel. Ma Captures Potent Brazil With Elegant, Intoxicating Disc S_CA s Superstar cellist Yo -Yo Ma is ready however, is the for his next musical destination - way in which the Brazil. It's not surprising, given his concept for NATIVE AMERICAN reputation for being one of the hard- "Obrigado Classical est- working performers in the world Brazil" devel- In advance of this year's Native and among the most artistically oped organically , Billboard inquisitive. His impressive discogra- as a result of Score.. presents a special report on this keen- phy ranges from Bach and bluegrass connections ly creative genre. We spotlight new Piazzolla. to Prokofiev and made through- strategies for promoting Native In the past year alone, Ma has out his career. By Steve Smith American artists, look at their increas- toured with his groundbreaking One impor- [email protected] Silk Road Ensemble, premiered tant connection ing impact at retail and online, and new large -scale compositions by was Brazilian guitarist Oscar Cas- with both Cuban and Brazilian mas- provide a guide to key Native Elliott Carter, Tan Dun and Bright tro- Neves, who worked with Ma on ter drummers, introduced Ma to the American music labels and upcoming Sheng and recorded an album of his Grammy Award -winning Piaz- inimitable rhythmic secrets of releases. French romantic zolla project, "Soul of samba, bossa nova and other tradi- repertoire with pianist the Tango." tional Brazilian forms. issue date: august 30 ad close: august 5 Kathleen Stott, issued "At 17, Castro -Neves Another longtime friend and col- Michelle Wright 323.525.2302 [email protected] by Sony Classical. met and worked with league, the distinguished Brazilian Now Ma has gath- [Antonio Carlos] cellist Aldo Parisot, also encouraged ered a group of notable Jobim," Ma says. "He's Ma to explore the country's classical musicians and recorded this really elegant gen- music tradition. Parisot particularly JOSE JOSE "Obrigado Brazil," a tleman, very courtly pointed to the music of Heitor Villa - graceful, elegant disc of and wise and warm and Lobos, who composed a number of 40 Y R ANNIVERSARY Brazilian fare issued generous. And he would significant works for cello. In honor of legend Jose July 29 by Sony. talk to me about Ma was eager to work once again The music of Brazil [Brazilian] music and with Brazilian guitarists Sergio and Jose's 40th anniversary, Billboard cel- has had a potent effect play for me, and we Odair Assad, who had appeared on ebrates with a special tribute. We on countless musicians promised each other "Soul of the Tango." Further re- recount Jose Jose's four decades in over the years, and Ma that we would do some- search into Brazilian history and the music industry from his first single is no exception, though thing together." culture only deepened Ma's appre- even he has a hard Beyond Castro - ciation of the central position that releases, breakthrough albums in the time defining the Neves, other Ma collab- music played in the country's 70s, film roles in the 80s, and arena music's ineffable pull. orators directed the cel- development. tours in the 90s to his recent redis- "I've always loved list's attention toward Given the gentle nudging of so covery by young Latin musicians. Brazilian music; I don't Brazil. Percussionist many gifted , the idea for Ma know why," he says Mark Suter, a member to record an album of Brazilian with a laugh. 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dolph and Steven Beer have closed The Beat their law firm. Beer has joined Greenberg Traurig, and Rudolph has Continued from page 13 opened Reigndeer Entertainment, which will handle exclusive manage- ment for Britney Spears and Nick than just use them as producers and Lachey, as well as co -manage Dream writers, I thought they could be and Nikki Cleary. CELIA CRUZ brought back to the forefront as Rudolph co- managed Spears with artists as well," he says. Christy, who Johnny Wright for four years and had two albums out in the '90s, will began solely representing her in Feb- 1925 -2003 not sing on the project: "I'm kind of ruary. He believes his law experience over wanting to be a pop star." will hold him in good stead. "There's Ahora y Siempre The Matrix will continue to work such a huge benefit in being a manag- with other acts; the team has most er who knows the inner workings of a recently worked with recording agreement, knows and and the Mooney Suzuki. understands the details of a publish- JackieGltASON ing or merchandise deal and where theater of the Pertormoq erts LET IT REIGN: Attorneys Larry Ru- the bodies are buried."

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The artist completed a short Paul returns to Europe in Sep- gae music is very opportune for Busy' a network priority" in Eu- Paul's tour and promo trip of Europe, tember to capitalize on the Aug. 8 re- the summer." rope, she says. "That showed radio Sean taking in the key markets of the lease there of next single "." Media reaction is steadily pick- that it wasn't scary. It's just damn U.K., France, Germany and Italy After the European tour, Warn- ing up in line with Paul's growing good pop music." in the middle of July. er Music International plans to visibility. "We believed very early In the U.K., BBC Radio 1 editor Global Call Paul notes, "I've just come back send Paul to Japan this fall, fol- that dancehall could be the sound of music policy Alex Jones- Donel- of and Sean Paul ly was another early supporter of Continued from page 13 to the U.K. to do a bit of promo- lowed by Australia. "In September the summer, tion after a little 21/2 -week Euro- we should be able to say we've had really worked nicely across the Paul. "It's fantastic to have anoth- pean tour; going to the U.K., the album of the summer," says whole network," MTV Network er reggae star central to Radio l's Records founder] Chris Blackwell." going on Eurostar to France and Jay Durgan, senior VP of market- Europe's VP of music program- output; he really makes a differ- Paul tells Billboard, "Dancehall playing to 17,000 people; then ing for WMI in London, which ming Hans Hagman says. ence for the sound of the station. to has been on the international Germany, where I performed in distributes the album in some re- Wildish says TV was "one of the I'm really looking forward `Like is scene for 10 years, but it wasn't ; Switzerland [to 12,000 gions. "I believe in the seasonali- most important things" in break- Glue.' `Baby Boy' with Beyoncé represented on TV or radio sta- people]; and then on to Rome." ty of singles, and dancehall reg- ing the artist. "MTV made `Get also a hot track." tions until Shabba Ranks changed that. Now, after being in the clubs for 10 years, the radio stations are playing it and so is TV." The artist's sophomore set, "Dutty Rock," released through New York indie reggae specialist VP Records in conjunction with li- censee Atlantic Records, has al- ready sold half a million copies outside of the U.S. since April 28. The album has charted in the top 20 in seven territories. Meanwhile, in the States, the record has sold 1.7 million units since its Nov. 12, 2002, release, reaching No. 9 on The Billboard 200 and spawning the No. 1 Bill- board Hot 100 and Hot 100 Airplay single "." The timing on Atlantic's part fol- Latin Alternative Music Conference lowed healthy sales of Paul's debut album, "," released through VP in March 2000. "That was at a time when VP was selling 15,000 [units] per August 14 - 16, 2003 Las Angeles artist," Paul says. "Selling 75,000 copies of my first album [in the U.S.] gave an indication of what was coming." Live performances by major artists With Atlantic on board, Paul enjoyed crossover success with the Panel discussions with key professionals single "," which was released internationally Sept. International deal making forums 9, 2002, entering Music & Media's Networking with industry leaders Eurochart Hot 100 Singles at No. 99 and peaking at No. 3 this month. Reach tastemakers & Latino market

`BUSY' ON THE CHARTS In May, follow -up single "Get Busy" was unleashed to the glob- al market, where it has reached the top 10 in 12 territories, including Denmark, Germany, Holland, Italy, Sweden, Switzer- land, the U.K., Singapore, Leba- non and Thailand. Open Air Concert "The problem had been radio's LAMO Showcase response, because it is so format- ted to a very young audience that Battle of the Bands listens to basic pop," says Sue Acoustic Showcase Wildish, Atlantic's head of inter- national in New York. Indie Showcase "But once we went to the sec- ond single, we moved from Closing Night Party 300,000 in album sales to 1 mil- La Banda Elastica Music Awards lion over the course of a single," she says. Paul's biggest territories outside the U.S. are the U.K. and Japan, us 1 where the album has sold 200,000 for more information visit and 120,000 units, respectively. Momentum outside the U.S. has FUERTE been building up in large part www.latinalternative.com because of Paul's overseas com- mitment; he spent much of July in Europe for promotional duties.

BILLBOARD AUGUST 2, 2003 www.billboard.com 19 www.americanradiohistory.com Music ouring Sex Pistols Ready To Bring Anarchy To The U.S.A. BY RAY WADDELL that tour were reported to Billboard 5,000 in 1996, but the show was even Boxscore, with an average gross of more successful on another level. Never mind the bollocks. Can the $96,578 and average attendance per "This was one of the best shows Sex Pistols sell tickets? show at 4,143. we've ever done here, not in terms of "That's a good question," says Jim Lydon considers the '96 tour "very sales, but how the joint was rocking," Glancy, VP for promoter Clear Chan- successful, but not money -wise. How Lefko recalls. "It seemed like the whole nel Entertainment in New York. The would it be? We're the Sex Pistols, amphitheater was pogo -ing." answer will come soon enough; the nobody likes us and we don't care." Lefko believes the Pistols tour fills punk pioneers embark on their first So why reunite now? an underserved niche. "This audience tour in seven years this summer. "Who says we reunited ?" Lydon asks. doesn't have much out there any- The Pistols' John "Johnny Rotten" "We never separated. We don't need a more," he says. "It's a really cool audi- SEX PISTOLS: READY FOR MORE FILTHY LUCRE? Lydon has no false illusions that tick- reason for anything. Let the copycats ence, but they're not gonna go see ets will fly out the window. sit around and come up with reasons Korn or a lot of what's on the radio." kinds of denials and red tape," Lydon office clout to the tour, particularly in "They won't blow out," he says with for things." Individual promoter deals were cut says. "I'm slowly cutting my way their home town. According to a sneer. 'We're just filling in between Still, Lydon seems to think the time in each market, with buyers including through it." Somers, "The last time Dropkick Mur- [the dates for venues]. And I don't care; is right to spread a little anarchy in CCE, HOB and independents. "Every- So would a Baghdad date be consid- phys played Boston over St. Patrick's I just do what I do. Bloody hell." North America. "There is a vast one's really excited," Opaleski says. ered entertainment or punishment? Day [March 14 -17], they sold out four Despite punk's enduring populari- amount of disenfranchised [people] in "This is a band that shaped the scope "Entertainment, for people that don't nights at the Avalon in advance-over ty- perhaps best exemplified by the America," he says. "It's important to let of contemporary music." have fuck-all and never had fuck-all. If 8,000 tickets." consistently successful Vans Warped them know we're still here." Lydon is not surprised that promot- you want to give them democracy, do it Glancy, too, thinks the package tour -the Sex Pistols' drawing power ers came to the table. "They always do, properly. Give them the Sex Pistols. works. "Dropkick Murphys have a good remains somewhat of an enigma. BACK FOR MORE mate," he says. "We need them, and Wake up, America." following in New York, and Reverend Not counting their ill- fated, seven - Glancy would like to do better than they need us." Lydon says the band would pro- Horton Heat has a following here." date 1978 fiasco, the band has only the 1996 average on his Aug. 21 show Despite the tour's brevity, it is mote the show "as an act of charity," Lydon calls Dropkick Murphys "a toured North America once, on 1996's at Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Per- unlikely other dates will be added. "We adding, "I don't do these things as a good bunch of lads." But he is mostly Filthy Lucre reunion tour. forming Arts Center in Wantagh, N.Y. wanted to hit the major majors and joke or a prank, as strange as that may unimpressed with today's punk artists. The absence makes the band a bit of Break -even is between 5,000 and keep it short and sweet," Opaleski says. sound to those of lesser mental abili- "Britney Spears is as punk as that an unknown entity. "I have a pretty 6,000, and Glancy says the curiosity "This is all we could get," Lydon ties that really don't get the point of silly Lavigne bird," he says. "I never, good idea about what I'm gonna do factor alone ought to be enough to hit counters. "If we can get more [dates] being alive." ever cared for Green Day, with their ice with something like classic rock, mod- that number. "I'd be disappointed if we along the way, we will." The current route includes large cream van and huge video produc- em rock or country," Glancy says, `but didn't do 6,000- 7,000," he says. Tick- The Pistol's production will be pre- sheds, clubs and other venues. Accord- tions. As far as I'm concerned, any- with the Sex Pistols, I have nothing to ets are $27.50 and $47.50 for the Jones dictably low -fi. "There will be no ing to Opaleski, "The shows that are thing that's MTV-led I worry about. compare it to." Beach show. twaddling about playing with knobs up are doing well." MW is like a headless chicken." The Pistols package includes Drop- Elliott Lefko, VP of artist develop- and all that," he says. "We're the Dropkick Murphys, a Boston - Lydon feels young punk acts might kick Murphys and the Reverend Hor- ment for House of Blues Concerts smallest- equipped band possible, but based, Celtic- tinged punk band, will be well -served to see the Pistols in ton Heat. The tour is just 13 dates, Canada, promoted the Pistols in '96 we kick up a ferocious sound." hook up with the Sex Pistols follow- action this summer. beginning Aug. 20 at FleetBoston Pavil- and is looking forward to HOB's Aug. ing a stint on Warped. "We can't find sponsors, we don't ion in Boston and wrapping Sept. 7 at 25 Pistols show at Toronto's Molson BIG IN BAGHDAD? "Dropkick Murphys are big fans of have a record company. But we're still the San Diego Street Scene festival. Amphitheatre. Lydon says he is indeed serious the Sex Pistols," says Andy Somers, here. That might be a bloody good lit- The 1996 reunion tour did "solid Lefko says ticket sales are "about when asked about published reports agent for the band at the Agency tle education for anyone out there that business," according to Ron Opaleski, what we thought they would be" in that the Pistols want to play Baghdad. Group. "This tour will allow an older wants to be a pop star. They shouldn't agent for the Sex Pistols at the William the early going, at between 3,000 and "We're very, very interested in play- demographic to discover this band." want to be. They should want to be Morris Agency. Only 11 shows from 4,000. He says they ended up at about ing Baghdad, and we're meeting all The Murphys also bring some box- something more serious -à la us." Farnham's Touring Finale Sets Aussie Records BY CHRISTIE ELIEZER late January and June 1 was held in a in Melbourne, which marked Farn- Farnham too old) and sold out in time record of 39 shows, agrees. "As 4,000 -seat outdoor venue, with an ham's 86th show and his millionth regional areas gripped by the worst far as venues are concerned, he's the MELBOURNE, Australia- Australian entourage of 105 people using 50 ticket at the venue. A Seven Network drought in 100 years. most obliging performer ever," she singer John Farnham's the Last Time moving vehicles. telecast of the June 15 show won in its Wheatley admits, "Some of John's says. "He's an entertainer who gets to tour, seventh on Billboard Boxscores' time slot, reaching a national audience other advisers were apprehensive know his audience, lets them into his top tours for the mid -year, has of 1.7 million. about going into the Bush. But I knew space, and they in turn have a very entered the record books Down Farnham's longtime manager, that if anyone could do it, John Farn- warm feeling about him." Under as the biggest tour ever by a Glenn Wheatley of Talentworks, did ham would. There were some soft Aside from the concert grosses, domestic artist. not supply specific figures. But other spots in the tour like [mining towns] the tour also took in extra millions The tour grossed $53 million Aus- promoters estimate the tour's profit Kalgoorlie and Broken Hill, where from such sponsors as telecommu- tralian ($36 million), drawing 430,000 at $15 million Australian ($10.2 mil- people were clearly having hard times. nication giant Telstra, retailer Har- people at 95 dates. lion), after Farnham's cut of $20 mil- "But for his incredibly loyal fan vey Norman, Qantas airlines and It was named the Last Time be- lion Australian ($13.6 million). Tal- base, which spans three generations, Arnotts confectionary. cause the 54 -year -old singer has said entworks' share was unofficially it was about more than coming to Merchandising, through Aus- he will not do any more lengthy tours. estimated at $6 million Australian ($4 hear his music and having a good tralian Tour Merchandising, report- "I want to go out on a high note, million), with a further cut of profits time," Wheatley continues. "They edly grossed $1 million Australian rather than face the prospect of play- to the tour's promoter. were coming to see a living legend. ($680,000). ing to dwindling crowds," he tells Bill- The tour's success is not surprising, The shows were emotional: Some last- An album of new songs, "The Last board, although he will continue to WHEATLEY (LEFT) AND FARNHAM: considering that Farnham, who ed over three hours. Neither John nor Time," released last October through do short tours here and in Europe. SETTING RECORDS launched his career in 1967, has sold the fans wanted to say goodbye." BMG Australia, has sold 260,000 units. A run of capital cities in arenas took 5 million records here. But it pulled Natalie Cutcliffe, marketing man- (Platinum is 70,000 units.) A DVD place between November and Decem- The tour bowed with three shows at these figures despite virtually no radio ager at the Sydney Entertainment from the tour is due in late August, ber last year. A regional stint between the 16,000 -capacity Rod Laver Arena support (major networks consider Centre where Farnham holds the all- with a greatest hits set in October.

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www.americanradiohistory.com L,ourin Music Hanson Takes To The Clubs Billrd Family Act Returns With Late- Summer Tour, New Album Directories BY SUSANNE AULT mar, known for teaming with signa- Starting from the ground up is new ture singer /songwriter James Taylor, for Hanson, which will be club -hopping The Definitve Source for Industry Information LOS ANGELES -This isn't your lit- co- produced the track "Penny & Me." for the first time while on the road. tle sister's Hanson. In the meantime, a CD full of acoustic The band exploded onto the scene in Three years have passed since the sessions of this new material will be for the mid- 1990s, getting its touring feet wet once -premiere kiddie pop group per- sale on Hanson's Web site starting Aug. 9. with amphitheaters and arenas. During INTERNATIONAL BUYER'S GUIDE: formed live and released an album. Drummer Zac Hanson, 17, believes its 1998 tour, the 25 dates reported to Bill- Jam -packed with key personnel and other Next month, the Hanson brothers will veteran fans of the band will embrace board Boxscore averaged 13,537 in atten- information about every major and independent embark on a tour specifically to pro- the revamped group. dance and $349,902 in per-show grosses. record company, video company, , mote that they are all grown up. "A lot of our fans are in college now Its debut, "Middle of Nowhere," has digital music company and seller of products and The gigs showcase fresh songs the [and] I definitely feel [they] have grown," sold more than 4 million copies to services for the entertainment industry worldwide. Hansons crafted during their hiatus. he notes. date, according to Nielsen SoundScan. A powerful tool. $179 To reacquaint themselves with their To publicize the tour's mature face, Taylor Hanson wants to regain that fans more personally, they will only profile: "This is all about the begin- B8 b.a.l play sets small clubs with ning. This isn't a career of clubs. This acoustic at TALENT & TOURING capacities of fewer than 1,000 seats. is about giving our fans a really special TAL \T& INTERNATIONAL GUIDE: Starting Aug. 9 at the Recher The- thank -you -a real intimate show." or TOÚRI\G atre in Towson, Md., the tour will wind By sales counts so far, Hanson The leading source for those who promote 13 East could have easily played bigger ven- manage talent. Over 22,000 listings from 60 through mainly West and Thfr'«t Coast dates before wrapping Aug. 28 at ues. Members of the band's official countries including: talent, booking agencies, 2004 :nternótiorY) the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood. Web site were able to snag tickets facilities, services and products. $139 More shows are expected to be added before the general on -sales and have in September, reaching the South and essentially pre -sold out the tour. Midwest markets. Tickets are $20 apiece. "So far it's been a phenomenal reac- INTERNATIONAL GUIDE: "When we were planning out the pro- tion," says Paul Manna, talent buyer AUDARENA 4,100 arenas, auditoriums, motion [of the band], we started to talk for the Recher Theatre. Of the 750 Complete data on over about how to introduce people to this available tickets for that venue's show, stadiums, exhibit halls and amphitheaters music. We couldn't see as dynamic a set- 650 were sold on Hanson's site. worldwide, as well as listings of companies offering ting as where people are 20 to 30 rows "People are just so excited that they are services and supplies to the industry. $99 from the front," says Taylor Hanson, 20, coming back out on the road," Manna the group's lead singer. "[Crowds] will see says. "They could have played a larger the absolute core of what the band is." room. It's refreshing that the tour is not "Un- acoustic CDs will be given away on sta- about how much money they are making Hanson's next studio album, INTERNATIONAL LATIN MUSIC derneath," is scheduled for release in tions with modern adult formats, but a re- connection with the fans." BUYER'S GUIDE: February 2004. The band is not signed bypassing the pure top 40 stations that Packing the clubs is part of the plan The most accurate reference source available on to a label- having split from Island played Hanson heavily in the past. to rebreak the band into the music the Latin Music marketplace. Over 3,000 business - Def Jam in May-so Hanson is likely "[That] is an extension for Hanson world, Berliant says. to business contacts in 20 countries. $109 to release the disc independently. in terms of demographic reach," "Hanson is deliberately underplay- Distribution details will come Berliant explains. ing the market," he notes. "Rather than shortly, promises Jordan Berliant, GM But he says that previous audiences just take a generic approach of sending at 10th Street Entertainment, which are still on board: "Pop culture has [the new studio album] to radio, ship- manages Hanson. caught up with where Hanson is." ping it to retail and [seeing] what hap- RECORD RETAILING DIRECTORY: Songs from the forthcoming disc Zac Hanson says that songs from the pens, the band wants the same kind of The essential tool for those who service or sell carry rawer work than previous band's younger years will be included in care taken in its presentation to the products to the retail music community. Detailed efforts and display a rootsy feel rather the set lists because "everyone can sing marketplace as was given to the artis- information on thousands of independent, chain than straight -up pop. Danny Kortch- along. We still love playing that stuff." tic endeavor [of creating it]." store and online operations across the USA. $215

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BILLBOARD AUGUST2,2003 www.billboard.com 21 www.americanradiohistory.com AUGUST 2 Zoos BOXSCOCONCERT GROSSES R ET Music BIrVENUE/ GROSS/ ATTENDANCE/ ARTIST(S) DATE TICKET PRICE(S) CAPACITY PROMOTER DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, ROBERT Alpine Valley Music $2,582,090 67,183 Clear Channel RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND Theatre, East Troy, Wis. $52.50/$35 70,226 two shows Entertainment July 5 -6 one sellout SUMMER SANITARIUM TOUR: SkyDome, $2.341,286 36,562 Clear Channel Bloom Is METALLICA, Off LINKIN PARK, LIMP Toronto ($3,137,570 Canadian) 37,447 Entertainment BIZKIT, DEFTONES, MUDVAYNE July5 $67.16/$5930

SHANIA TWAIN, THE MAVERICKS, Hyde Park, $2,178,720 35,000 Clear Channel BJORN AGAIN London (£1,335,000) sellout Entertainment-U.K. July 12 $73.44/$57.12 The Rose Quarter FLEETWOOD MAC MGM Grand Garden, $1,842,900 12220 Concerts West Las Vegas $250/5125/$85 sellout A major bloodletting has taken under Jim," Isaac says. "This was a July 5 place place at the Rose Quarter very difficult situation, but you do SUMMER SANITARIUM TOUR: Turner Field, $1,667295 22.957 Clear Channel Entertainment METALLICA. LINKIN PARK, LIMP Atlanta $79 50,043 OCESA Presents, North of the arena complex in Portland, Ore., what you have to do. We're doing BIZKIT, DEFTONES, MUDVAYNE July 11 Border, Frank Productions resulting in more than 88 layoffs. all we can to help the people we've PEARL JAM, BUZZCOCKS Tweeter Center at the $1,645,264 41,836 Clear Channel Affected were the Portland Trail- laid off." Waterfront, Camden, N.J. $43/539 49,940 two shows Entertainment July 5 -6 The complex includes the

JAMES TAYLOR Tommy Hilfiger atJones Beach $1,463,521 26,618 Clear Channel 20,000 -seat Rose Garden Arena, Theater, Wantagh, N.Y. $67.50/$31.50 27,888 two shows Entertainment the 12,000 July 3, 5 -seat Coliseum, the 5,800 -seat Theatre : OZZY OSBOURNE, KORN, Hyundai Pavilion at Glen $1,445,289 27,473 Clear Channel MARILYN MANSON, DISTURBED, CHEVELLE, Helen, Devore, Calif. $128.75/$10 44,637 Entertainment of the Clouds and a commons area CRADLE OF FILTH, VOIVOD & OTHERS July 5 with a capacity of 3,500. FLEETWOOD MAC Ford Center, $1,415,276 15,674 Concerts West McCue's last day Oklahoma City $125/$75/$46.50/$32 sellout at the Quar- July 1 ter was July 10, but he tells On FLEETWOOD MAC ARCO Arena, $1,330,123 15,239 Concerts West the Road that he'd like to stay in Sacramento, Calif. $125/$75/$47.75 sellout July 6 the region. "I'm going to pursue opportu- PEARL JAM, BUZZCOCKS, Madison Square Garden, $1,282,085 36,631 Clear Channel SLEATER -KINNEY New York $35 38,040 two shows Entertainment nities in the Northwest but am July 8 -9 open to other options," he says. JIMMY BUFFETT Nissan Pavilion at Stone $1,185,702 24,944 Clear Channel "We had a Ridge, Bristow, Va. $66/$36 24,966 Entertainment great group in Port- July 5 land, and we did well with every- FLEETWOOD MAC American Airlines Center, $1,102,137 13,932 Concerts West thing from Roy Jones Jr. to the Dallas $125/575/$49.50 sellout July 3 Rolling Stones." McCue formerly was event SUMMER XS: BLUE, BUSTED, Milton Keynes National Bowl, $940,050 45,000 Clear Channel SUGABABES & OTHERS Milton Keynes, England (£562,500) sellout Entertainment -U.K. director at the Palace of Auburn June 15 $20.89 blazers front office and the Oregon Hills (Mich.) and an agent with DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, ROBERT Target Center, $874,913 16,835 Clear Channel Arena Assn. (OAC), RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND Minneapolis $52.50 sellout Entertainment the venue ICM. He can be contacted at jim- July 9 management arm of the Trailblaz- mccue @comcast.net. ALABAMA Oak Mountain $861,071 18,370 Clear Channel ers, which runs the Amphitheater, Pelham, Ala. $999/$31 21,072 two shows Entertainment June 21, 28 one sellout Rose Quarter. The "reduction in DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, ROBERT UMB Bank Pavilion, $849,695 21,000 Clear Channel RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND Maryland Heights, Mo. $52.50/$35 sellout Entertainment force" was orchestrat- July 10 ed by Paul Allen, On The OZZFEST: OZZY OSBOURNE, KORN, Coors Amphitheatre, $711246 12,895 House of Blues Concerts MARILYN MANSON, DISTURBED, CHEVELLE, Chula Vista, Calif. $108.25/$75.25/$50.25 15,000 owner of the Trailblaz- CRADLE OF FILTH, VOIVOD & OTHERS July 3 ers. Among those exit- KENNY CHESNEY, KEITH URBAN, Tweeter CemerforthePerforming $6 78,588 19,677 Clear Channel ing are veteran venue DEANA CARTER Arts, Mansfield, Mass. $50/$36.50/$25 sellout Entertainment, Road.. July 20 The Messina Group executive Jim McCue, who carried the OZZFEST: OZZY OSBOURNE, KORN, Sleep Train Amphitheatre, $653,888 12,756 Clear Channel title MARILYN MANSON, DISTURBED, CHEVELLE, Marysville, Calif. 575.75/$6.25 18,500 Entertainment of VP of facility sales CRADLE OF FILTH, VOIVOD & OTHERS July 9 By Ray Waddell and marketing. rwaddell @billboard.com 50 CENT & JAY-Z, MISSY ELLIOTT, Nissan Pavilion at Stone $649,457 19,373 Clear Channel , FABOLOUS Ridge, Bristow, Va. $47.50/$10 22,662 Entertainment J.E. "Jay" Isaac, July 6 senior VP of business KENNY CHESNEY, KEITH URBAN, Nissan Pavilion at Stone $626,436 23,810 Clear Channel affairs for OAC, to whom McCue SAY CHEESE: Colorado -based jam DEANA CARTER Ridge, Bristow, Va. $49.75/$42.75/$28 /$24.50 sellout Entertainment, July 12 The Messina Group reported, has taken over the tat- band String Cheese Incident ter's ALABAMA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, $616245 18,762 Clear Channel duties. (SCI) starts a fall tour with a two - Charlotte, N.C. $1,000/$10 sellout Entertainment "We had to look at some cost - night stand at Red Rocks Amphi- July 11 cutting situations," says Isaac, who theater in Morrison, Colo. SCI 50 CENT & JAY-Z, MISSY ELLIOTT, Tormry Hilfiger at Jones Beach $588.166 13,982 Clear Channel BUSTA RHYMES, FABOLOUS Theater, Wantagh, N.Y. $49.50/$35 sellout Entertainment adds that many of those let go will team with DJ Logic and July 7 from the arena side of the organi- Medeski, Martin & Wood for the PETER GABRIEL, SEVARA Bell Centre, $585,310 10,736 Clear Channel Entertainment zation will return as part- timers. first show and STS9 and DJ Grey - NAZARKHAN Montreal ($783,264 Canadian) 11,429 Gillett Entertainment Group July 6 $68/$53.06/$35.12 Other functions will now be out- boy for the second.

PEARL JAM, SLEATER- KINNEY Tweeter Center for the Performing $584,570 16,488 Clear Channel Other notable stops include the Arts, Mansfield, Mass. $44.50/540.50 19,900 Entertainment Austin City Limits Sept. July 11 20 in Austin, the Fox Theatre in PEARL JAM, BUZZCOCKS, REVIS Molson Amphitheatre, $572.034 16,047 House of Blues Canada Toronto ($770,468 Canadian) sellout Atlanta Sept. 26 -27, the Tower The- June 28 $38.98/$31.55 atre in Philadelphia Oct. 4 -5, the KENNY CHESNEY, KEITH URBAN, Blossom Music Center, $556,936 19,067 House of Blues Concerts, Orpheum in Boston Oct. 11 -12 and DEANA CARTER Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio $49.50/$39.50/$25 20,051 The Messina Group July 10 the Oct. 13 wrap -up date at Kool Haus

R.E.M. Carling Academy Brixton, $548,838 9,400 Clear Channel in Toronto. SCI's label, ticketing, London (£329,000) two sellouts Entertainment-U.K. booking, management June 24 -25 $58.39 and publicity are all handled in- house. 50 CENT & JAY-Z, MISSY ELLIOTT, Verimn WirelessAmphitheater, $546,324 15,519 Clear Channel BUSTA RHYMES, FABOLOUS Virginia Beach, Va. $51.75/$10 20,000 Entertainment July 5 MULE HEADS OUT: Gov't Mule AMERICAN LIVE Joe Louis Arena, $545,543 14,147 AEG Live, Olympia begins its fall touring efforts Oct. Detroit $47.50/527.50 sellout Entertainment July 20 10 at the Electric Factory in

PHISH Coors Amphitheatre, $532,223 12235 House of Blues Concerts Philadelphia. Chris Robinson and Chula Vista, Calif. $43.50 15,000 New Earth Mud support on all July 8 dates, which go on sale July 25 JOURNEY, REO SPEEDWAGON & Savvis Center, $498,125 10,550 Concerts West STYX St. Louis $65 /$47.50/$37.50 14,380 through Gov't Mule Ticketing. The June 20 Mule remains out through its Nov. CHER, DOM IRRERA Yakima Valley SunDome, $496,063 6,911 Clear Channel sourced, including conversions 9 date at the Ryman Auditorium in Yakima, Wash. $80/$60 7,055 Entertainment June 21 and housekeeping. Nashville. A holiday run begins

JOURNEY, STYX & REO Kemper Arena, $495,215 9,441 Concerts West "We still have a real strong Dec. 26 at a site to be determined SPEEDWAGON Kansas City, Mo. $55/545/$35 17.776 marketing department, including and includes Dec. 29 -31 dates at June 21 VNU Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Boxscores should be to: Bob Allen, Nashville. a lot of the key people who worked the Beacon Theatre in New York. Copynght 2003, submitted FOR MORE BOXSCORE RESULTS GO TO BILLBOARD.COM Phone: 615-321 -9171. Fax: 615- 321 -0878. For research information and pricing, call Bob Allen, 615- 321 -9171.

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BY GAIL MITCHELL cie Spencer and Sammie. The label's dicated Rhythm (Christina Aguilera, strings maestro Larry Gold. showcases and songs live during current roster includes rap groups Amy Grant) and executive producer Javier possesses a voice reminiscent radio station visits. Capitol Records is determined to Slum Village and Dilated Peoples. Kevin Cloud. Guest players include of a young Kenny Lattimore. He co- "I walk around everywhere with my reclaim a sizable share of the black The difference this time around, wrote every song for his debut. guitar strapped to my back," the unas- music market. Bivins says, "is that A &R has improved. "In this day and age, new artists suming Javier says. "I'm a musician. I Under the direction of Priority /Capi- We're really picking artists, not records. don't get that kind of creative control," want to give people my music as it is, tol VP/urban promotion Geo Bivins, We're looking for longevity." says Javier, who writes about every- how it was written." the label's newly relaunched urban The label thinks it has this in Javier. thing from love to spirituality. Bivins adds, 'We went to urban AC division is already making inroads with The singer/songwriter is also a multi - "There are a lot of male singers com- first. We still have a lot of work to do at rap newcomer Chingy's "Right Thurr." instrumentalist (guitar, keyboards, per- ing out now. I have my work cut out the mainstream level, which is so rap - The /Capitol sin- cussion) who graduated from Hartford, for me, trying to be different," he says. driven. But we're gaining momentum. gle is No. 3 on the Hot R &B/Hip -Hop Conn.'s Hartt School of Music with a "But I'm looking forward to helping After his acoustic performances, peo- Singles & Tracks chart and No. 4 on degree in music education. bring back R&B to the charts." ple become believers." The Billboard Hot 100. His earlier stints with a neo - Javier's voice is what caught the ear of With another 30 days of promotion On the rapper's heels is another group and the rocking Derek Trucks Capitol senior VP of A &R Wendy Gold- in the offing, Javier has made the newcomer, Javier. The 25- year-old's Band, led by Allman Brothers guitarist stein. "He's a real musician with perfect "Rated Next" cut on BET. The Chris self -titled debut arrives Aug. 5 and Derek Trucks, opened the door to the pitch. That's why it was important to us Robinson-directed "Crazy" video has marks the division's first R &B proj- variety of styles found on Javier's debut. for the record to have his own flavor. also been added to BET's rotation. The ect. Mellow midtempo lead single Veering from R &B to pop to Latin Women like musicians who can write a singer is managed by Will Smith's "Crazy" is No. 55 on Hot R &B /Hip- (his dad operates Spanish- formatted song, play and sing to them. Javier is a Overbrook Entertainment. Hop Singles & Tracks. AM station WCUM Bridgeport, the Roots' Ahmir " ?uestlove" Thomp- lot different from what's out there now." Beyond Javier, Capitol is eyeing In the late '90s, Capitol generated Conn.), Javier worked with producers son, jazz masters Roy Hargrove and The promotional strategy behind new releases by Zane (formerly Lil'), some buzz with such R &B acts as Tra- the Underdogs (Brandy, Tyrese), Syn- Mulgrew Miller and Philadelphia Javier's project draws from Bivins' Loud Dilated Peoples, Slum Village and Records background. "The focus there another R&B newcomer, Van Hunt, was building records from the street who is managed by Randy Jackson of up. I've carried that plan to each place "." I've worked," Bivins says. 'We're determined," Bivins says of With that in mind, Javier has Javier. "Capitol is behind this, and we're Dupri Is Main Attraction been on tour for 30 days, doing not giving up. It's not about one song. acoustic breakfasts and lunches It's about breaking this artist. He's a Keynote Q &A Added To R&B /Hip -Hop Conference In Miami across the country, performing live career artist"

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KELLY (JIVE) __EPHANT MAN IVP) Northern State defies that myth with based radio DJ Mike Nardone cele- 8 Get Low ® 35 Light Your Ass On Fire 61 Rain On Me its . m stellar debut, "Dying in Stereo." i "We JON& THE EAST SIDE BOYZ (BME/TVT) BUSTA RHYMES (STARTRAK/ARISTAI :.SHAM' (MURDERINCJDEFJAMRDJMGI brates the 15th anniversary of 10 Frontin' 43 Can't Stop, Won't Stop m 59 Feelin' Freaky Formed in 2000, the trio of Hesta Came From Beyond," his radio show HARRELL ® ' FEAT. JAY-2 (STAR TRAK/ARISTA) YOUNG GUNZ A- FELLNDEFJAM /IDJMG) L',K (ROC- '. CANNON FEAT. B2K INICK/JIVE) Prynn, Guinea Love and DJ Sprout on noncommercial triple -A KXLU, 6 Magic Stick EN 41 If I Can't 64 Cop That She! L KIM FEAT. 50 CENT (QUEEN BEE/ATLANTICI 50 CENT (SHADY /AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE) 0 '.IBAUWO & MAGOO /UMRGI IBLACKGROUNONNIVERSAI recorded the album independently with the release of the second 7 Rock Wit U (Awww Baby) 34 . 29 What Would You Do? m 67 The Only Thing Missin' last summer. -:SHANII installment of (MURDER INCJOEFJAM/IDJMG) THE ISLET BROTHERS IDREAMWORKSI : HETHA FRANKUN (ARISTA) the compilation -10 9 Never Leave You - Uh Ooh, Uh Oooh! ® 39 Dance With My Father 60 60 Lights Out "We had been selling it on our series, "Mike Nardone Presents We AMIDEE (UNIVERSAI/UMRGI LUTHERVANDROSS /RMG) IJ ', ESTSIDECONNECTION IHOO-BANGIN'IBABYREEJBUNGALOI Web site and at shows while we were Came From Beyond Volume 2" al 12 Like Glue 36 27 I Know What You Want 61 63 Ice Cream [AN PAUL(VP/ATLANTIC) BUSTA RHYMES & MARIAH CAREY IJ/MONARC/RMGIIDJMG) :IIDREAMWORKSI looking for national distribution," DJ (Razor & Tie). 14 Into You 40 Superstar 62 62 Fanatic ® ® says. "We I :BOLOUS (DESERT STORM/ELEKTR/VEEG) RUBEN STUDDARD (J/RMG) ':'IAN GREEN (COLUMBIA) Sprout simultaneously "When started, I saw [the show] all i 1 Love At 1st Sight I) 42 La -La -La (Excuse Me Again) m 65 Flipside signed with 'LARY J. BLIGE FEAT. (GEFFEN) JAY -Z (BAD BOY/UMRG) -LEWAY FEAT. PEEOIE CRAKK 'ROC- A- FELWBEFJAMIIOJMGI Columbia and m 13 Come Over 47 Love Calls 69 Na Na Na Na ,ALIVAH (BLACKGROUNDNNIVERSAW MRGI o KEM FEAT. (KEMISTRY/MOTOWNNMRG) o 112 SUPER CAT BOY/DEF SOUL/IOJMG) (BAD released `Dying in 15 15 Like A Pimp 40 33 What Up Gangsta m 68 Ridin' Spinners AVID FEAT. BANNER UL FUR ISRC/UNIVERSAL/TIMRGI 50 CENT ISHADY /AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE) ' HREE 6 MAFIA (HYPNOTIZE MINDS /LOUD/COLUMBIA) Stereo' through 16 17 I Wish I Wasn't 41 31 4 Ever 66 66 Summertime Star Time [Inter- -EATHER HEADIER (RCAIRMGI AL MD FEAT. FABULOUS (THE GOLD MIND/ELEKTRNEEG) BEVONCE FEAT. GHOSTFACE KILLAH NO IABELI Beats national] so it ED 26 Shake Ya Tailfeather 42 34 Snake m 71 Where The Hood At? '.ELLY, P DIDDY& MURPHY LEE (BAD BOY /UMRG) R. KELLY FEAT. BIGTIGGER (JIVE) DMX (RUFF RYOERS/DEFJAM/IOJMG) could come out CD 23 Thoia Thoing m 51 Officially Missing You CD - Clubbin B KELLY (JIVE) TAMIA on an indie label IELEKTRNEEG) MARQUES HOUSTON FEAT. JOE BUDDER RUG.) Rhymes_ Q 24 Signs Of Love Makin' C) 46 Damn! 69 73 Find A Way since it's an indie TYRESE IJIRMGI VOUNGBL000Z FEAT. UL JON 'ARISTAI _TWELE (VIRGIN) record," 20 18 ! Put That Woman First 45 37 Pump It Up 70 55 How You Want That -LL JAHEIM (DIVINE MILL/WARNER BROS I JOE BUDDER (DEFJAMAOJMG) LOON FEAT. KEUS (BAD BOY /UMRGI The group has By Rashaun Hall 21 21 it Get Busy 54 24's 71 74 Faithful To You O_ SEAN PAUL (VP/ATLANTIC) o TI, HUSTLE/ATLANTIC) already (GRAND SYLEENA JOHNSON (JIVE) begun rhall @billboard.com ® 25 Let's Get Down 47 50 Beautiful I® Forever recording its BOW WOW FEAT. BABY (COLUMBIA) SNOOP 000G - R KELLY (JIVE) IOOGGYSTYLE/PRIORITYICAPITOLI Columbia debut. 23 20 Never Scared m 53 Baby Boy : Let Me Know BONE CRUSHER (BREAK' EM OFF/SO SO DEF /ARISTAI BEYONCE FEAT. SEAN PAUL ®- ?' HI (COLUMBIA) -C FEAT. DJ OUIK (HI-LIFEI It hopes to work with a host of pro- as an outlet to expose new music to m 28 I'll Never Leave 49 38 How You Gonna Act Like That m - Rest Of Our Lives R KELLY (JIVE) TYRESE W /RMG' JEFFREY OSBORNE (JAY OZ/KOCH) ducers, but Northern State does not people," Nardone says. "Being able 25 22 Act A Fool 50 48 In Da Club m - You Already Know plan to change its signature style. to do it for so long has enabled me -,, LUDACRIS (DISTURBING THA PEACHDEFJAM SOUTHWIOJMGI 50 CENT )SHADY /AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE) H A K. FEAT. BIGT (GHETTO DREAMS /GAME FACE) "Part of the reason we signed the to do all these other things like the 111, Records with the greatest impressions increase. 8) 2003. VNU Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Compiled from a national sample of airplay supplied by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems' Radio deal was so that we Track service. 142 stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by gross impressions, computed by cross -referencing exact times of airplay with Arbitron listener data. could have access compilations." This data is used to compile the Hot R &B/Hip -Hop Singles & Tracks chart. to the producers that we've dreamed Due Aug. 12, the set features such of working with and bigger and bet- underground and indie favorites as ter studio equipment," Prynn says. People Under the Stairs, Aesop AUG03UST 2 "That said, we're the core of every Rock, Planet Asia and J -Live. 2 HOT Billboard® R &B/HIP-HOP SINGLES SALES TM song-we write all the lyrics and co- Y Y write all the music. We don't know HERE &THERE: Producers Cool & Dre w w W IILI w w w any other way." (Fat 3 3 3 3 3 Joe, Killer Mike, ) frx I- Having toured TITLE _ TITLE with the Roots and recently inked an imprint deal with Q TITLE g ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) ARTIST H- (IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL) F=- g ARTIST IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL , Northern State returns Jive Records. Manager/entertainment

N81.MBER 1 T. 1 to the road in August. That is where attorney Nova Perry of McMil- i Superstar/Hying Without Wings 6Wt¢NNo.1 26 12 If You Let Me 51 26, Step Daddy James RUBEN STUDDARD W/RMG LOU MOSLEY . (JENSTARI HITMAN SAMMY SAM (ROCKY ROAD/COWPARKIUMRG) lan PC orchestrated Let's Get Down CO Na Na Na Na 52 47. 29's 2 2 BOW WOW FEAT. BABY COLUMBIA) 112 FEAT. SUPER CAT (BAD BOY/DEFSOUI/IDJMGI T. L (GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC the deal for their Epi- Love Is Like... Wo - .My m 33 Snake /I'll Never Leave 53 36 In Da Club demic imprint. The © 5 MYA IA &M /INTERSCOPEI R. KELLY (JIVE) 50 CENT (SHADY /AFTERMATHANTERSCOPE) first artist to be re- Crazy In Love CD 44 Into You m 65 4 4 BEYONCE FEAT. JAY -Z ICOLUMBIA FABOLOUS FEAT. TAMIA (DESERT STORM/ELEKTRA/EEGI LIL KIM FEAT. MR. CHEEKS QUEEN BEE/ATLANTIC leased on Epidemic/ .Blowin' Me Up (Collin' Me) 30 20 Miss You 55 48. Roll Wit M.V.P. (We Be Like! The La La Song) © 8 ZION (ZION/NATIVE/PAL) AALIYAH IBLACKGROUND /UNIVERSAWMRGI STAGGA LEE IM.V.P/ARTISTDIRECT) Jive will be Miami - All Night Long I® 35 Like Glue 56 41 Beautiful based MC Dirtbag, 6 6 SEDUCTION WITH SADDLER (JENSTAR ® SEAN PAUL VP/ATLANTIC) SNOOP DOGS DOGGYSTYWPRIORITY / CAPITOLI O 60 P.I.M.P. 32 27 Never Leave You - Uh Ooh, Uh Oooh! Feelin' Freaky While A Thbe 50 ® CENT (SHADY /AFTERMATH /INTERSCOPEI -._ LUMIOEE (UNIVERSAUUMRG) NICK CANNON FEAT B2K INICK/JIVE) Called Quest still 53 Thoia Thoing 33 25 You . o How Want That 58 59 Flipside R KELLY JIVE) . LOON FEAT. KEUS BAD BOYNMRG FREEWAY FEAT. PEED' CRAKK IROC- A- FEUA/DEF JAM/RAMC) works out a possible Officially Missing You 34 23 Angel 59 46. Can't Let You Go/Damn TAMIA reunion (Beats & Q - (ELEKTRA/EEGI . AMANDA PEREZ (POWERHOWSE/VIRGIN) FABULOUS (DESERTSTORM'ELEKTRA/EEG) 10 7 Don't Wanna Try ® 42 21 Questions CD 71 Candi Bar Rhymes, Billboard, FRANKIEJ COLUMBIA) 50 CENT ISHADY /AFTERMATHANTERSCOPEI . KEITH MURRAY DEFJAM/IDJMG July 5), member Q- 39.I Can 36 32 Through The Rain ea I Don't Wanna Hurt You Q SAS (ILL WM /COLUMBIA) . MARIAH CAREY IMONARC/ISLANO/IDJMGI LATIF IMOTOWN /UMRGI Tip has just signed 12 - 3 Right Thurr 37 19 I'm Glad 62 50. Girlfriend Dream CHINGY DISTURBING THA PEACE/CAPITOL JENNIFER LOPEZ EPIC) B2K (TU.G/EPIC with Works. 14.Frontin' 38 21 11, Get Busy 63 45. Get Down In addition to PHARRELL FEAT. JAY -Z (STAR TRAK/ARISTAI SEAN PAUL (VP/ATLANTIC) SAS (ILL WILL/COLUMBIA) signing as solo artist, CD 15 Respect My Pimpin' CO -® Love At 1st Sight 64 49 OK GRAM INTERNATIONAL GRAFT MARY J. OLIVE FEAT METHOD MAN GEFFEN) SHEEK LOUCH D- BLOCK/UNIVERSAL/UMRGI the rapper cut a deal 15 9 Never Scared 40 28 IN Like A Pimp m Dipset (Santana's Town) BONE for his own imprint, . CRUSHER (BREAK 'EM OFF/SO SO DEF /ARISTA) DAVID BANNER FEAT LIE FLIP ISRCAINIVERSAL/IIMRGI - JUELZ SANTANA FEAT CAM'RON IROC-A-FELWOEFJAM/IOJMGI m 38 Rock Wit U (Awww Baby) op 43 So Gone C2I 73 Stingy Abstract Artworks. ASHANTI MURDER INCJDEFJAM/IDJMG MONICA J/RMGI GINUWINE (EPIC) NORTHERN STATE: SIGNED DEALTO REACH 'DREAM PRODUCERS' The first release CEO 51 Fire (Yes, Yes Y'all) 42 31 Get Low CD Didn't You Know JOE BUDDEN FEAT BASTA RHYMES WEFJAM/IDJMG) LILJON &THE EAST BOYZ -. SIDE IBME/TVTI THA RAYNE (DIVINE MILL/ARISTA) from that union will 18 16 Chow, Chow, Chow 43 30 Be About Yours Tonite, I'm Yours it developed its following. be Q -Tip's "Starfoods." Previously . SHOTGUN THE REPRESENTER (BLACK 5 ENTERTAINMENT) . JAY-EL POWERSOURCE/ORPHEUSI - ZANE FEAT. TANK PRIORITY /CAPITOL cl 24 Jimmy Mathis 44 40 I Love You 69 63. Come Close (Closer) "It's definitely a strange thing signed to Arista, Q -Tip released his . BUBBASPAR000 (BEAT CLUB/INTERSCOPE) . ORO HILL IDEF SOUL/IDJMGI COMMON IMCAI these days to achieve success in solo debut, "Amplified," in 2000. 20 10 Starting With Me 45 29 Made You Look 70 55 Bump, Bump, Bump BRANDY MOSS -SCOTT HEAVENLY TUNES . NAS ILLWIU/COLUMBIA B2K & P DIDDY .U.G/EPIC hip -hop as a live band first," Love Definitive Jux -label home to 21 13 Beware Of The Boys (Mundian To Bach KO cil - Ghetto Musick ID Get By PANJABI MC FEAT. -Z says. "We're definitely an anomaly El -P, Mr. Lif, Ox JAY (SEQUENCE' OUTKAST ( ARISTA) -. TALIB KWEU (RAWKUS/MCA) Cannibal and 22 18 Pump It Up 47 34 ® Act A Fool ® 4 Ever in that sense and in many other RJD2 -is now getting into the JOE BUDDEN DEEJAM/IDJMG LUDACRIS IDISTURBING THA PEACE/IDEF JAM SOUTHADJMGI -I LIL MO FEAT. FABULOUS THE GOLDMINO/ELEKTRNEEG ways. It's something we're really DVD biz. The indie has teamed 23 11 In Love Wit Chu 54 Yeah Yeah U Know It 73 57 ® Naggin DA BRAT FEAT CHERISH SO DEF /ARISTAI c' KEITH MURRAY FEAT. . (SO DEFSGUAD (DEFJAM/IDJMG) VINO YANG TWINS ICOWPARK/NTI . proud of. We've been working on with Palm to release "The Revenge 24 17 63/64 CID 52 Uh -Oh 74 75 ® I Know What You Want ROEZ BOYZ GREEN TEETH/BAYSIDE) THE PROJECT28 RHYMES& MARIAH our live show for three years now. of the Robots." Due July 29, the . . NYCE/ORPHEUS BUSTA CAREY J/MONARC/RMG /IDJMG 25 22 Breathe 50 37 Stop/Excuse Me Miss Again m - iii Rich Man [That] process has been really hard DVD features a one -hour tour film BLU CANTRELL FEAT.SEAN PAUL (REDZONE/ARISTAI . JAY -Z IROC)A- FELLNOEFJAM/IOJMG) RUSSELL FEAT. R. KELLY (R/PYRAMID/ ORPHEUS) work, but seeing the response is from 2002's Revenge of the Robots Records with the greatest sales gains. C 2003, VNU Business Media, Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved. Compiled by Nielsen SoundScan from a national subset panel of core R &B/Hip -Hop stores. This data is used to compile the Hot R &B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. really rewarding." tour, music videos and more.

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www.americanradiohistory.com Latin Music Café Tacuba Taps Geffen For Spanish Albur five dates in BY LEILA COBO our music." but they're not going to fall through Elliot says. "How we get out of the Sept. 24, including Tacuba, one of the most innovative the cracks." gate is important, but how we finish Puerto Rico. says, "We MIAMI -Crossover acts have almost bands in Latin rock, is also one of the On its first week of release, "Cua- is [more]. We're going to stay a year In addition, Croshal up always released their Spanish-lan- most commercially successful and tro" -which was initially shipped with this band." know that it's now about teaming guage albums on Latin labels and critically acclaimed. with the MCA logo but will eventual- Without any commercial airplay to with the right rock bands and that their English- language albums on Its last studio support the re- we really need to focus on the col- focus mainstream labels. album, 1999's dou- lease, Geffenistak- lege market. We really need to listen to But Mexican band Café Tacuba's ble-CD "Revés/Yo ing what it deems on those kids that maybe "Cuatro Caminos" breaks the mold Soy," won a Gram- a "grassroots" ap- Jane's Addiction." with its July 8 release on Geffen. my Award, even proach to promot- The music's devotees believe that It is the first all- Spanish album on though it was a ingand marketing Latin rock is, first and foremost, language that label. It is also the first time in dense recording the record. rock; therefore, they insist, recent memory that a Spanish rock that did not sell The focus is on doesn't matter. album has been released on a main- anywhere near as college radio, But aside from a handful of excep- stream label that does not have a well as previous National Public tions, mainstream radio and TV out- Latin department. albums. Radio, lifestyle lets rarely play the music, even Whether any Latin rock band can "Revés" also marketing, the though mainstream press coverage for truly make it on a non -Latin label is a marked the end of Internet, fliers tends to be more extensive than big question. But with the career pro- Tacuba's longtime and billboards. any other Latin music. file that Tacuba has, the band has a contract with War- Elemental Latin rock acts do get asked to better chance than most. ner. Several labels Media, a Latin PR play on mainstream rock tours. US HERE' "More and more kids will find out approached the CAFÉTACUBA:'OUR IRRATIONALITY OR INTELLIGENCE HAS KEPT firm, is handling And at least two bands in recent about this band because they're a band, but it made Latin press and memory -Puya (RCA) and cool, hip rock band," says Fred the unusual move of signing with ly carry the Geffen logo -sold slight- national TV advertising. The latter is Ozomatli (Almo Sounds) -have Croshal, head of marketing for Geffen MCA in the U.S. and Universal Music ly upwards of 3,000 copies, according running on such alternative networks been on non -Latin labels. (Puya Records. "There are people that don't Mexico in its native country. to Nielsen SoundScan. as mun2, MTV2 and Fuse. was subsequently dropped.) speak a word of Spanish that have "Cuatro Caminos" has been heavi- It debuted at No. 11 on the Bill- Elliot says Universal Music Distri- Aside from the contractual benefits embraced this band." ly touted for the past year. But only board Top Latin Albums chart, a bution -not the label -is helping MCA offered Tacuba, band members Tacuba keyboardist/vocalist Em- weeks before the release, Marco Bissi, good -if not remarkable- showing with marketing specifically to the say they wanted the opportunity to manuel del Real has his own theory president of Universal Music Mexico, for a Latin rock album. This issue, Latin retail market. expand their fan base. "Especially about the development. left the company. in its third week of release, it is at Touring will play a major role in because, since we were kids, we lis- "I don't know if it has to do with In the U.S., MCA restructured. Sud- No. 23. the promotion, Croshal says. The tened to music in English and never our irrationality," he jokes. "But our denly, "Cuatro Caminos" was set for Judging by its performance so far, band is touring alone Aug. 31- questioned it," del Real says. irrationality or intelligence has kept release on Geffen. Many of those who it would seem that promoting an us here 14 years, and we're still mak- initially worked the project were no alternative Latin album is as chal- ing music. longer with the company. lenging for a mainstream as it is for a "It was interesting to have a "As much as this shifted, the Latin label. North American company take so [marketing] plan was in place," Gef- But Geffen is undaunted. much interest in us," he adds. "It's fen marketing director Jock Elliot "This is really not about how we indicative of the [wider] interest in says. "They handed the baton over, start this record but how we end it," Remembering Celia Cruz, Latin's Tireless Advocate

When the Latin Grammy sweet and nostalgically old - was the style. But later, she con- Awards premiered in September fashioned or, at worst, they fessed, it was because she really 2000, Celia Cruz was the first looked desperate. needed them: She didn't have performer to take the much hair. stage of that inaugural But above everything, Cruz alum 311111 telecast. performed and recorded tire- 15 STREET BANGERS OF LATIN HIP -HOP That illustrates a lot lessly. And she always recorded about Cruz. While Latin new material. u..wT[-swL Sel # 176 160 200 -2 other artists and man- "I don't like to sing what ...... agers waffled about the others have sung," Cruz told 15 banging tracks of the latest Latin Hip Hop. fledgling "little" Gram - Notas.. Billboard last year. "Sure, I This release contains the music today's mys, she was ada- sometimes sing old stuff people Latin youth is after. The release includes mantly in favor of want me to sing, but if it's to original tracks by them as a new way to By Leila Cobo become a hit, I'll be the one to DON DINERO, ENEMIGO, PEARL promote and expose [email protected] make it happen." PORTOROCK BLADES, and other Hip Hop Latin music. While wallowed Super Stars. At 74 years old, she in stagnation a few years ago, was the face that launched the Cruz remained hip. And during Cruz was championing inno- REYES RECORDS INC., Latin Grammy brand on prime - nearly 60 years in showbiz, she vation. MLJSIC 1ST21BUT02S. hip managed that by never doing any- An advocate of new music, time TV. This was one very CD'S - CASSETTES - DVD'S & MUSICAL VIDEOS lady. And that was, in a nutshell, thing differently. Cruz always recorded tracks with the secret of Cruz's success. She always put sequins in her that classic Cuban sound that 140 N.. 22 Avenue Miami, Florida 33125 Tel: (305) 541.66861 Fax: (305) 642.2785 Other artists cut their hair, glasses and put big wigs-of defined her. But she was always www. reyesrecords.com Email: reyesrecords @reyesrecords.com raised their skirts and changed many colors, shapes and styles- on the lookout for the freshest, TODD EN MUSICA ' EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN MUSIC on her head. At first, she did this newest material. their names, genres and style. MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED In doing so, they at best became because it was the 1960s and that (Continued on page 30)

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29 25 27 37 L. Grandes Exitos 1 4 MANA 4 IBRAHIM FERRER 4 BANDA EL RECODO SONY DISCOS 87611 115.98 ES CO) REVOLUCION DE AMOR (WARNER LATINAI BUENOS HERMAN OS (WORLD CIRCUIT/NONESUCH /AG) NUESTRA HISTORIA IFONOVISA/UG) 30 27 25 23 INTOCABLE La Historia 3 5 A.B. QUINTANILLA III PRESENTS KUMBIA KINGS 5 MONCHY& ALEXANDRA 5 Ammo EMI LATIN 80818 114.98 CDI 4 IEMI LATIN) THE MIX (J &N/SONY DISCOS) PROYECTO AKWIO IUNIVISION/UG) RE -ENTRY 2 PEPE AGUILAR Coleccion De Oro 31 6 THAUA 6 VARIOUSARTISTS 6 MARCO ANTONIO SOUS ® MUSART 12891/BALBOA 11298 C01 THALIA'S HITS REMIXED IEMI LATIN) SALSA AROUND THE WORLD IPUTUMAY01 TU AMOR O TU DESPRECIO IFONOVISA/UGI o32 31 42 SELENA o Ones 4 7 CEUA CRUZ 7 EMI LATIN 42096 116.96 CDI CELIA CRUZ 7 LOS ORIGINALES OE SAN JUAN SIEMPRE CELIA CRUZ BOLEROS ETERNOS IVENE/EMI LATINI EDICIONLIMITADA (UNIVERSAL LATINO) LA MOTOSIERRA IEMI LATINI 33 28 20 17 CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA Nuestra Historia 4 8 FONOVISA 350786/ÚG (148 CO) [H] 8 CAFE TACUBA INDIA 8 SOUNDTRACK CUATRO CAMINOS IMCAI LATIN SONGBIRD. MI ALMA Y CORAZDN (SONY DISCOS) FRIOA (DG/UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP) 34 24 21 17 PEPE AGUILAR Y Tenerte Otra Vez 1 9 UNIVISION 310119/ÚG 116.98 CDI [H] SORAYA 9 CEUA CRUZ 9 PALOMO/CONJUNTOPRIMAVERA SORAYA IEMI LATINI SERIE 32 (UNIVERSAL LATINO) ENCUENTRO DE TITANES (DISA) 35 29 28 16 LOS TEMERARIOS /LOS BUKIS 20 Inolvidables 1 FONOVISA 35832/UG 114,8 CDI 10 THAUA 10 VARIOUS ARTISTS 10 GRUPO BRYNDIS THALIA IEMI LATINI BACHATAHITS 2003 IJ &N /SONY DISCOS) MEMORIAS IRISA) 41 45 9 HECTOR & TITO La Historia Live 4 VI 450583 (2298 CDI [HI 11 SHAKIRA 11 GILBERTO SANTA ROSA 11 PANCHO BARRAZA GRANDES EXITOS (SONY DISCOS) VICEVERSA (SONY DISCOS) LAS ROMANTICAS DE PANCHO BARRAZA (MUSART/BALBOA) 37 26 23 17 BRONCO 30 Inolvidables 3 FONOVISA350787 /U6(14.98 CO) [HI 12 SELENA 12 FLORDETABACO 17 CUISILLOS DE ARTURO MACIAS ONES ATINI FLOR DE TABACO 38 30 22 19 VARIOUS ARTISTS Historia Musical Grupera 16 IEMI (ERAMINII LAS ROMANTICAS DE CUISILLOS (MUSART /BALBOA) DISA 727039 113. 8 COI 13 HECTOR & TITO 13 AVENTURA 13 JOAN SEBASTIAN 39 31 35 7 EROS RAMAZZOTTI 9 (Spanish Version) 30 LA HISTORIA LIVE (VII WE BROKE THE RULES (PREMIUM LATIN/J&N) COLECCION OE ORO IMUSART /RALBOA) ARIOLA 52254 /BRAG LATIN 67.8 COI 14 EROS RAMAZZOTTI 14 MARC ANTHONY 14 LOS HURACANES DEL NORTE oNEW 1 CELIA CRUZ Carnaval De Exitos 40 9 (SPANISH VERSIONI IARIOL4/BMG LATIN) LIBRE ICOLUMBIA/SONY DISCOS) EN EL TIEMPO IUNIVISION/UGI UNIVERSAL LATINO 5164571148 CSI 15 SAMUEL HERNANDEZ 15 ELVIS CRESPO 15 LOS PLAYER'S 41 34 33 9 LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA Imperio 11 JESUS SIEMPRE LLEGA A TIEMPO ISHI GREATEST HITS (SONY DISCOS) RANCHERO DE (MUSART/BALBOA) UNIVERSAL LATINO 082021t4.98 CDI [M] 16 LA OREJA DE VAN GOGH 16 MONCHY &ALEXANDRA 16 LOS FREODY'S 42 40 41 27 ANTONIO AGUILAR Con Tambora 40 LO METE CONTE MIENTRAS TEHACIAS LA DORMIDA (SONY DISCOS) CONFESIONES.- (J&N /SONY DISCOS) 30 INOLVIDABLES IUNIVISION/UG) MUSART 12708/BALBOA 1598n29B1 17 LA LEY 17 EDDIE PALMIERI 17 15 INTOCABLE JRE -ENTRY EL PODER DEL NORTE Imaginate Sin Ellos 13 LIBERTAD (WEA ROCK/WARNER LATINA) RITMO CALIENTE (CONCORD PICANTE/CONCOROI LA HISTORIA IEMI LATIN) DISA 727021 18 913/13.981 18 JENOR BOLERO2 18 VpLSOUSp20003 18 PEPECIONDE 44 36 3 SAMUEL HERNANDEZ Jesus Siempre Liege o - P 9 ATiem P 36 SENOR BOLEfl02 (UNIVERSAL 2/Á7)N01 SALSAHITS 2003 W &WSONY DISCOS) COLBCCION OE ORO (MUSART/BALBOA) SH 500361138 CO)

19 ALEXANDREPIRES 19 VARIOUSAR )STS 19 CONJUNTOPRIMAVERA 48 44 18 IBRAHIM FERRER Buenos Hermanos 6 ESTRELLA GULA IARIOLA/BMG LATIN) THE REVENTON: 30 PEGADITAS IMOCK& ROLI/SONY DISCOS) NUESTRA HISTORIA WORLD CIRCUIT /NONESUCH 79650/AG (18.98 CD) [N] IFONOVISA/UG) ENRIQUE IGLESIAS 7.0 CELIA CRUZ 20 PEPE AGUILARAR ID 49 55 4 LA OREJA DE VAN GOGH Lo Que Te Conte Mientras Te Hacias La Dormida 46 20 QUIZÁS (UNIVERSAL LATINO) AT THE BEGINNING... )UNIVERSAL (ATINO) SONY DISCOS 70451115.9ßE0 CD) YTENERTE OTRA VEZ IUNIVISIONNGI 47 52 51 9 VARIOUS ARTISTS Parranda Tequilera:25 Exitos 38 kAlbums with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIM) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units RIAA certification for net shipment 1 mil- UNIVISION 310126/ÚG CDI IGoldl. of 114.8 lion 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 LA LEY Libertad albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIM multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. RIM Latin awards: c Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro) A Certifica- bon of 203,000unds ( Platino). Certification of 400,000 units Pladno).'Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD for BMG and WEA labels, WEA ROCK 60265NVARNER LATINA (17.8 CD) c' )Multi- prices are suggested lists. Tape prices narked E0, and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are protected from wholesale prices. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit increase. Pacesetter indicates biggest percentage growth. Heatseeker Impact shows albums removed from Heatseekers this week. indicates present `N] pastor Heatseekertitg. ©20LO, VNU Business Media, Inc , and Nielsen SeundScan, Inc Al! rights reserved.

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(O.I.TREVINO) UNIVISION MUSART /BALBOA PLATINO 14 9 SUENA INTOCABLE 34 31 ASI, ASI LA ONDA 48 50 44 CLAVAME TU AMOR Noelia 9 5 EMI LATIN EMI LATIN J.GAVIRIA IJ.LARROYAVE,O.SANCHEZI FONOVISA 15 15 VETE VA VALENTIN ELIZALDE - OTRA VEZ VICTOR GARCIA UNIVERSAL LATINO Q SONY DISCOS 49 43 30 TRAICION India 26 16 17 DE UNO Y DE TODOS LOS M000S PALOMO - LIMAS SI, QU12A8 NO GRUPO BRYNDIS EESTEFAN JR .,N.TOVART.MARDINIJ.GAZMEYINDIA .ESTEFAN,JR.,N.TOVAR,T.MARDINII SONY DISCOS IE DISA Q DISA ENTREGA TOTAL Pablo Montero 20 20 TE METISTE EN MI CAMA PALOMO 36 SI TU TE VAS RODEOS MARTINEZ m DISA Q FONOVISA %CAZAREO (A.PULIDOI RCA /BMG LATIN 18 14 TU AMOR 0 TU DESPRECIO MARCO ANTONIO SOUS - LAS MULAS DE MORENO ARAN CUEN FONOVISA Q MUSART /BALBOA Compiled from a nat onal sample of airplay supplied by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems' Radio Track service. A panel of 98 stations (38 Latin Pop, 15 Tropi al /Salsa, 19 SOY ASI LIMITE NOMAS POR TUCULPA LDS HURACANES DEL NORTE 53 Regional Mexican) are electronically monitored 24 hm. a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by Audience Impressions. Records showing an increase in audience - 4l UNIVERSAL LATINO Q UNIVISION over the previous week, regardless of chart movement A record which has been on the chart for more than 20 weeks will generally not receive a bullet even if it reg o 28 13 MUY A TU MANERA INTOCABLE 39 FRENTE A FRENTE AROMA inters an increase in audience. Greatest Gainer indicates song with largest audience growth. If two records are tied in audience size, the record being played on EMI LATIN Q FONOVISA more stations is placed first. Records below the top 20 are removed from the chart after 26 weeks. 9 Videoclip avaliability. ©2003, VNU Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved.

BILLBOARD AUGUST 2, 2003 www.billboard.com 29 www.americanradiohistory.com n Music atin fiance América Latina. BT Q &A Highlights NEWS FROM SOUTH OF THE BORDER Dance Summit In Mexico: Yahir Othón was the winner of "Desafío In Colombia: Colombian singer /songwriter de Estrellas" (Star Challenge), a contest among Andrés Cepeda has changed his taste. After five The wheels are very much in Miami, among other radio stations. the 30 participants of TV reality shows "La Acade- years of performing jingles for Coca -Cola's motion for the 10th annual Bill- In the production and remix mia" and "La Academia Segunda Generación." "Siempre Coca -Cola" campaign, he has struck a board Dance Music Summit, which departments, BT has worked with "Desafío" lasted 15 weeks and ended with a July deal with Colombiana, a soft drink made by takes place Sept. 22 -24 at the Union Madonna, Britney Spears, 'N Sync, 13 concert at a Monterrey park that was attended Coca -Cola competitor Postobón. A commercial Square Ballroom in New York. Seal, Deep Dish and others. Along by about 15,000 people. Yahir (he goes by his first released in July features Cepeda for We are lining up top -notch juries the way, he scored such as name) received $600,000, the biggest cash award Colombiana as he travels through Bogotá. Two for the summit's educational, enter- "The Fast and the Furious" and in the history of Mexican TV. Contestant Nadia other artists, Carolina Sabino- winner of the taining and eye- opening panels. "Under Suspicion." López, aka Nadia, ended up in second place with a Viña del Mar Festival -and Andrés Cabas are Already confirmed are Atlantic BT's musical journey has been il- house as her prize, while third -place contestant also endorsing Colombiana ... In what may be Records co- president Craig Kaltman, lustrious. Expect the Q&A to encom- Myriam Montemayor won an apartment. "Desafío" a first for the Colombian record industry, EMI Ultra Records president aired on TV Azteca, which is already preparing the Music, Universal Music, Sony Music, Warner Patrick Moxey, Trust the third installment, "La Academia Terecera Gen - Music and Sum Records have teamed for a proj- DJ president Lynn Cos - eración." In the meantime, its Sunday slot will be ect. Under the label "El Festival del DVD," the grave and songwriter/ filled by "Homenaje A ... ," a show on which 30 labels are offering more than 250 DVD titles at producer Chucky Beat developing acts pay tribute to such established discounted prices at the country's most promi- Thompson, among artists and as Roberto Carlos, Juan nent retail outlets. GUSTAVO GOMEZ others. Carlos Calderón and Manuel Alejandro ... Mexi- Also part of this Box.. co's Premios Oye will add four new categories to In Argentina: " " -originated girl band year's panels will be its second edition, set to take place Nov. 15. The Bandana has released its third album for BMG, the Billboard Q &A. new categories are record of the year, song of the "Vivir Intentando," to coincide with its debut A one -on-one inter- By Michael Paoleffa year and best new artist of the year for a non - on the silver screen. The movie of the same view between yours truly [email protected] Spanish language song, plus a best new artist cat- name, starring members of the group, and a dance/electronic egory for a grupero, ranchero, banda or tropical opened June 26 at local theaters. The film was luminary, the Billboard artist. Winners will be voted upon by the 1,000 produced by entertainment group RGB and Q&A will surely be a conference high - pass his past, present and future. members of Mexico's recording academy, who will Patagonik Film Group. It is distributed by light-particularly because the inter- For additional info on the Dance choose from recordings released between July 16, Buena Vista. It was directed by Tomas Yankele- viewee is the globally revered BT. Music Summit, log on to billboard - 2002, and June 30, 2003. Televisa will again vich and features snippets of four songs, events.com. broadcast the event, which will take place at Mexi- including the single "Sigo Dando Vueltas." co City's Auditorio Nacional. TERESA AGUILERA MARCELO FERNANDEZ BITAR BEATS THAT RESONATE: Armed with a new beat-mixed CD, "Resonate" (Statrax/Statra Recordings), DJ /pro- ducer Victor Calderone is expanding his global horizons the old -fash- Latin Albums chart. "La Negra Last week, more than 50,000 ioned way: by touring. Cruz Tiene Tumbao" re- entered the mourners passed by Cruz's coffin Calderone will spend August and Celia chart at No. 8, while a host of in Miami (see BackBeat, page 47). the bulk of September trekking Continued from page 27 compilations -"Siempre Celia On July 22, New York Mayor throughout Europe. He will ply his Cruz, Boleros," "Carnaval de Michael Bloomberg, New York turntable skills at record release When she recorded the single Exitos," "Edición Limitada," state Governor George Pataki and parties in many club -savvy cities, "La Vida Es un Carnaval" in 1998, "Serie 32" and "At the Begin- Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton including Zurich; Barcelona; Ibiza, she went out on a limb with a new ning" -also charted. walked alongside her casket in the Spain; and London. dance rhythm reminiscent of rain. More than 20,000 New York- "It's the first time I'm doing such Argentine bailanta. And she ers looked on. a major DJ tour in Europe," Cal - scored an international hit. Patti sang "Ave María" derone says. "Until now, I've focused In 2001, her rendition of "La inside St. Patrick's Cathedral. on the U.S. Now, it's time to expand Negra Tiene Tumbao," with its And, as Victor Manuelle sang "La into that market. I want to break mid -section rap, became the blue - Vida Es un Carnaval," Cruz was into the overseas scene." print-to this day -for a host of probably singing right along. Helping Calderone accomplish this other recordings featuring much Fifth Avenue was closed from feat are his manager (Mitch Clark of younger acts. St. Patrick's on 50th Street to Sanctuary Artist Management in Her upcoming album, "Regalo 31st Street. Later, the FDR London) and booking agent for the del Alma," features duets with Drive was shut down, at rush world excluding the U.S. (Nicole rapper El General and Brazilian hour, as the funeral proceeded Moudaber of Worldbeats in London). dance band Axé Bahía. to the cemetery. For us, BT (aka Brian Transeau) Calderone's upcoming DJ sets will It was an album recorded in If Cruz was watching, she was was an obvious choice. Classically surely spotlight his recent remixes, typical Cruz manner: quickly and probably shaking her head in trained, BT proudly wears many which include Sting's "Send Your from the heart. disbelief. hats: artist, producer, remixer, com- Love," Madonna's "Hollywood," She was due to record last poser and DJ. Goldfrapp's "Strict Machine" and December but was forced to LATIN HEROES: On July 22, the In his 10 -year career, BT has Tom "Superchumbo" Stephan's undergo an operation instead. In same day it was announced that released three artist albums ( "Ima," "This Beat Is." February, as soon as her doctor Celia Cruz would be honored at "ESCM" and "Movement in Still gave her the OK to leave her bed, this year's Latin Grammy Awards, Life "). And singles like "Remember" THE STORY CONTINUES: Fave nü- she went into the studio. She had another type of tribute took place. and "Blue Skies" (featuring Tori electro song from last year, finished recording the 10 tracks That evening, , Amos) have topped the Billboard "Destroy She Said" by Circ, finally by March. Sam Moore and Eric Schilling Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. sees a proper U.S. release July 29 on The album is set for release July received the National Academy of A fourth full- length, "Emotional Radikal Records. 29, but Cruz's legacy is already all Recording Arts and Sciences 2003 Technology," is due Aug. 5 from Although written prior to Sept. over the sales map. Florida Heroes Award. Nettwerk America. Its lead single, 11, 2001, the song's opening lines This issue, seven Cruz albums Despite her consistent output, The three honorees were feted "Simply Being Loved (Somnambu- ( "Like towers falling down/Like a can be found on the Billboard Cruz was not a huge seller. Per- at a dinner at the Mandarin Orien- list)," recently peaked at No. 5 on bomb blast in your town/Like a Latin charts. haps that's why she was, by many tal Hotel, where the nominees of the Club Play chart; it is receiving hostage tied in chains/I could not "Hits Mix" rose from No. 39 accounts, skeptical of the magni- the fourth annual Latin Grammys spins at mainstream top 40 KIIS Los forget your name ") take on added to No. 2 on the Billboard Top tude of her fame. were also recognized. Angeles and rhythmic top 40 WPYM meaning today.

30 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD AUGUST 2,2003 www.americanradiohistory.com °%UN° Billboard® HOT DANCE MUSIC.. Dance Singles Sales and Sales Breakouts data compiled by Nielsen W W Club Play Dance Singles Sales SoundScan 3

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5 4 6 REAL LOVE EMERGE 30070/CENTAUR Deborah Cooper 24 THE DISTRICT SLEEPS ALONE TONIGHT SuevoP7061e ® o The Postal Service

15 27 6 5 3 JENSTAR1364 Seduction With Saddler O HOLLYWOOD (REMIXES) MAVERICK 42638/WARNER BROS. Madonna 5 ALL NIGHT LONG OF 7 1 2 INTUITION (REMIXES) ATLANTIC86122 Jewel 5 7 4 8 CRAZY IN LOVE (J. VASQUEZ & M. JOSHUA MIXES) COLUMBIA79947/SONY MUSIC O Beyonce

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14 20 12 10 10 13 BOY ® DON'T MAKE ME COME TO VEGAS (TIMO MAAS REMIX) EPIC 79888 Tori Amos NEVER (PAST TENSE) TOMMY BOY SILVER LABEL 2401/TOMMY O O The Roc Project Featuring Tina Arena 13 12 7 PLAY YOUR PART (REMIXES) JPROMO/RMG Deborah Cox o 13 12 13 NOTHING BUT YOU mat not O O Paul Van Dyk Featuring Hemstock & Jennings 5 20 25 BRASS IN POCKET BLUFIRE0a2 Ultra Nate 14 11 11 DIE ANOTHER DAY (REMIXES) WARNER BROS. 42492 O O Madonna t

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22 23 18 16 13 MUTE/REPRISE 426204WARNER BROS. Dave Gahan xz CD FOR THE MUSIC (T, STONE, F. MONTANEZ, GUIDO, V. CALDERONE MIXES) 001001D61014 Colourful Karma Featuring Terra Deva DIRTY STICKY FLOORS (REMIXES) O O

19 22 TALK 2 ME TOMMY BOY SILVER LABEL 2407/TOMMY BOY K -Klass Featuring Kinane 19 17 19 BUCCI BAG STAR 691263 O O Andrea Doria 26 31 20 19 20 Lasgo CD BUCCI BAG STAR 691263 Andrea Doria ALONE ROBBINS72074 O O

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27 30 WHENEVER (THE REMIXES) PEACE BISOUITI% Jody Watley I'M IN HEAVEN uLTaAn61 O O Jason Nevins Presents Holly James 24 21 17 Vivian Green G BANG ON NERVOUS 20524 Purple Kitty Featuring Latanza Waters FANATIC (REMIXES) COLUMBIA 79904/SONY MUSIC O 31 37 ® MORNING STAR (THUNDERPUSS, THICK DICK, 29 PALMS MIXES) DREAMWORKSPROMO Cooler Kids Ttles with the rea:e t sales or club play increases this week. Power Pick on Club Play is awarded for the largest point increase among singles below the top 20. The Club Play chart is omp l d from a national sample of reports from club DJs. 57 Videoclip availability. Catalog number is for vinyl maxi -single, or CD maxi -single, or CD single CD 30 34 MEDICINE NERVOUS20485 DJ Mike Cruz Presents Chyna Ro & Sandy B respectively, base upan availability. On Sales chart: O CD Single available. © CD Maxi -Single available. O Vinyl Maxi -Single available. © Cassette Maxi -Single available. ©2003, VNU B siness Media, Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved. 34 39 m HAREM (MANNY LEHMAN & ROBBIE RIVERA MIXES) NEMO slum PROMO/ANGEL Sarah Brightman 28 24 24 LET ME BE YOUR ANGEL HENRY STREET sea Krista AUGUST 2 36 77 STRINGS UNCOMMONTRAXGDI Kurtis Mantronik Presents Chamonix Billboard TOP ELECTRONIC ALBUMS TM 30 18 16 NEVER (PAST TENSE) TOMMY BOY SILVER LABEL 2401/TOMMY BOY The Roc Project Featuring Tina Arena Sales data compiled by fi m m z 39 OFFICIALLY MISSING YOU (REMIXES) ELEKTRA 474361EEG Tamia ^;2 o Nielsen

46 FANATIC (REMIXES) cowMBIA79904 Vivian Green SoundScan Title `ol i ARTIST g + IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL 35 42 TREMBLE (MOREL, SMITTY /DAVENPORT, M. CRUZ, D. DUBIOUS MIXES) DCIDE001 Clare Guilty

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1 1 5 LOUIE DEVITO Louie DeVito's Dance Factory Level 2 35 33 26 I DON'T WANNA STOP RADIKAL99180 ATB SEE VEE 0006/MUS I CRAMA

36 17 13 NOT GONNA GET US (D. AUDE, R. MOREL, & L. TEE MIXES) INTERSCOPEPROMO t.A.T.u. ^2 2 3 3 , THE HAPPY BOYS Trance Party (Volume Three) - ROBBINS 75038 [N] 45 MY TIME EmN1002 Dutch Featuring Crystal Waters ® - 3 2 4 DELERIUM Chimera NETYWERK30M6 [N] 40 - YOU SPIN ME ROUND (REMIXES) LEGACYPROMO/EPIC Dead Or Alive 4 15 THE POSTAL SERVICE Give Up Q SUB POP 595 (N] 39 38 45 FURIOUS ANGELS REPRISE PROMO Rob Dougan 9 8 14 VARIOUS ARTISTS 30th Anniversary Collection: Ultimate o MAOACY 4981 41 46 CAN YOU FIND THE HEART NITEGROoVES187/KINGSTREET Ananda Project Featuring Nicola Hitchcock 6 6 16 THALIA Thalia's Hits Remixed 41 37 41 DON'T WANNA TRY (AL B. RICH REMIXES) COWMBIA PROMO Frankie J 9 EMI LATIN 81595 [N] 7 7 9 Reg?DAVID WAXMAN Ultra.Trence:2 42 25 12 13 GETAWAY (THICK DICK, D. AUDE, & M. RIZZO MIXES) UNP/EBSALPROMONMRD Becky Beefing N 43 29 18 Paul Van Dyk Featuring Hemstock & Jennings 8 5 2 VIC LATINO Summer Vibes NOTHING BUT YOU mama TOMMY BOY 1569 IN] r7 g.11 16 3 DJ BEEJ The Big Bang HOT SHOT DEBUT Q MOMA 4233 al) CRAZY IN LOVE (J. VASQUEZ & M. JOSHUA MIXES) COLUMBIA79947 Beyonce ^;z 10 11 5 DJ SKRIBBLE/DAVID WAXMAN Ministry Of Sound: American Annual ULTRA 1166

45 MEMORIES TOMMY BOY SILVER LABEL 2406/TOMMY BOY Rockik :. 11 9 - 5.' :. Vulnerable SANCTUARY 84518' WHITE HORSE TOMMY BOY SILVER LABEL 240arTOMmy BOY The Orange Factory 12 10 9 . ELECTRIC SIX Fire XL 169' /BEGGARS GROUP CD BLINDSIDED (DANCE MIXES) ATIANTIC88172 Lucy Woodward 13 12 11 Nyana NETTWERK30314 [N] 48 TURN ME OUT (GUIDO & ESCAPE REMIX) 2- KIST 001 Praxis Featuring Kathy Brown .< Bush 49 9 CLOCKS (REMIXES) CAPITOL PROMO Coldplay 9 Q NEW MfgBLUECHIP 10003 15 15 3 ATB Addicted To Music 50 13 LOVE THAT MAN (DANCE MIXES) ARISTA 523% Whitney Houston RADIKAL 90062 16 14 6 DEEP DISH Global Underground: Toronto GLOBAL UNDERGROUND 025 [N] 17 13 9 ` SOUNDTRACK Queer As Folk: The Third Season AUGUST TOMMY BOY 1568

2 18 17 21'- JOHNNY VICIOUS Ultra. Dance 03 Billboard HOT DANCE BREAKOUTS ULTRA 1155 (N] 19 18 14 LOUIE DEVITO Dance Divas DEE VEE 00(5 /MUSICRAMA Club Play Dance Singles Sales 20 19 23 100th Window VIRGIN 81239 21 20 133. THE STREETS Original Pirate Materiel VICE 83181' /ATLANTIC 1 INTO THE SUN 1 WHITE HORSE [N] Weekend Players MULTIPLY/FFRRANARNER STRATEGIC MARKETING The Orange Factory TOMMY BOY SILVERLABEL/TOMMY BOY RE -ENTRY DJ CHEB I SABBAH As Far As: A DJ Mix ® 510 DEGREES 1092 2 YOU ARE MY NUMBER ONE (E.KUPPER & MINGE BINGE MIXES) 2 APPRECIATE ME NEW VARIOUS ARTISTS Pure Trance 2 ®- WATER 000603 Smash Mouth INTERSCOPF Amuka STAR69 24 22 36 KUMBIA KINGS o All Mixed Up: Los Remixes 3 SOUL DEEP (D. AUDE, RIVA, & H2 MIXES) 3 INTO THE GROOVE EMI LATIN 42526 Laura Turner CURB Madhouse RADIKAL 25 21 9 DJ IRENE Fearless SURGE 00201WARLOCK 4 TIME (JUNIOR VASQUEZ REMIX) 4 JUST FOR TONIGHT RIAA Pretenders ARTEMIS Seiko FLORAMIP-O Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America IRIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). certification for net shipment of 1 million units IPlatinuml. 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 double albums with running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the num- 5 I'M FEELIN' HIGH 5 GLAMOUR GIRL ber of discs and/or tapes. RIAA Latin awards: O Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro). A, Certification of 200,000 units (Platino). 4' Certification of Whorizon CUTTING Chicks On Speed EFA/CAROLINE 400,000 units IMulti- Platino). "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. [N] indicates past or present Heatseeker title. ©2003, VNU Business Breakouts: Titles with future chart potential, based on club play or sales reported this week. © 2003, VNU Business Media, Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved. Media, Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

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BY DEBORAH EVANS PRICE deal with them, they didn't [have ords. Joe Diffie is also signed to Bro- independent label, people really did- If it hadn't been for these two groups distribution], so we walked away. ken Bow/C4. n't take them seriously and didn't of people coming together and build- NASHVILLE -It's always an uphill We then came back to the table The C4 imprint launched last fall think they could be a major player." ing this new corporation, I don't climb for independent country when they got the distribution deal, when Broken Bow principals forged Martinovich credits the commit- know what I'd be doing right now." labels competing with the majors. but they have, by far, the best pro- a partnership with the Consortium, ment of Broken Bow founder and But with Craig Morgan's hit single motion team in Nashville." a marketing /management firm president Benny Brown, the label's TARGETING RADIO "Almost Home," Nashville -based owned by partners Mike Martinovich, staff and Morgan's talent with - Broken Bow senior VP of mar- Broken Bow Records demonstrates SIZE DOESN'T MATTER putting the company on keting Jim Yerger credits the BBR that the combination of the right Morgan feels that the map. promotion team, led by Rick Baum- resources, experience and artistry radio is becoming less »D Before signing with gartner, for getting Morgan and can equal success. interested in whether )1 Broken Bow/C4, Austin Austin heard at country radio. "Almost Home," from Morgan's an act is on a major saw six singles chart "We are proud of our promotion Broken Bow album "I Love It," label or an indie. during her tenure with team," he says. "Putting them to- peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot "The radio industry Arista Nashville and gether was absolutely the most cru- Country Singles & Tracks chart in is focusing more on during her brief stint cial thing for us to do. With Craig, the July 5 issue. The album peaked whether that label is with the independent we felt the importance of not only at No. 16 on the Top Country Al- going to be able to sup- WE Records label. breaking the song and breaking the bums chart the same issue. Mor- port the artist," Morgan "With both of those artist, but more importantly, break- gan's new single, "Every Friday says. "Once they see that experiences, I learned a ing the label. Afternoon," goes to radio July 28. [support], they grab lot," Austin says. Bro- "Being able to focus on one specific Morgan says his recent visit to the hold of it and they want ken Bow Records "is song allowed us over the last 40 weeks top 10 through an indie label is to be a part of it as well. almost like a combina- to hopefully break down some of the "absolutely amazing." The singer/ Radio is just as much a tion of both of those ex- barriers we had on radio," Yerger con- songwriter had previously released a part of an artist's career periences, because it is tinues. "But it all goes back to the same self-titled set on Atlantic Records in as the record label. So, an independent com- old thing, and that is [that] you have to May 2000, which produced four once they feel confident pany, but it is very well - have the best music possible." charting singles. After the label fold- that they are not just AN (LEFT) AND AUSTIN: RELISHING THEIR NEW DEALS equipped at competing RED Distribution president Ken ed, he began exploring other options. going to be beating their in the marketplace." Antonelli agrees. "Any time we have "Two of the most integral ele- head against the wall for something Stan Moress, Bernard Porter and Al Austin's first single for the label, success like that, I always attribute ments in a record company [are] the that's going to go away, they support Schiltz (Billboard, Nov. 23, 2002). "Streets of Heaven," is currently No. it to the music. It's just making a promotion team and the distribu- it if it's a good song." Martinovich admits that it is 34 on Hot Country Singles & Tracks. connection with people," Antonelli tion. They happen to have both," he Morgan's success on Broken Bow often difficult for indie labels to "It's been an incredible experi- says, adding that Morgan's album is says of Broken Bow, which is dis- is paving the way for Sherrié Aus- break through, something Broken ence," Austin says of her new deal. "I "selling everywhere," even in New tributed by Sony's RED Distribution. tin, whose album is due Aug. 12 on Bow struggled with in the begin- was about to give up on being an York, which lacks a country radio "When I first started discussing a joint venture Broken Bow /C4 Rec- ning: "Initially, [because] it's an artist, because I was just burned out. station to expose the single.

Twain Tops CCMA Noms Clint Black Heads New Label BY LARRY LeBLANC female, fan choice award, top single and video for "I Just Wanna Be Mad" Look for an end -of- the -month American Country has declined to Entertainment through Image TORONTO -With seven nomina- and top album for "Pain to Kill." launch of a new record label to be play the new Rascal Flatts video for Entertainment. Under the new tions, Shania 'wain is the top con- Announced as inductees into the run by Clint Black; his business its single "Melt," because a group deal, Morrow's catalog will also be tender for the 2003 Canadian Coun- Hall of Fame were Toronto -based manager, Charles Sussman; his member's naked backside briefly ap- distributed through Smith/Image. try Music Awards (CCMA) announced singer /songwriter Sylvia Tyson, best - personal manager, Jim Morey of pears in the clip. GAC president Jeff Toby Keith will release his next here July 22. known as one -half of Canadian folk Morey Management Group; and Wayne says, "Because it contains DreamWorks album, "Shock 'N Mercury Records' I\\vain received a duo Ian & Sylvia and for writing such former Sony Music Nashville nudity, it does not meet our net- Y'all," Nov. 4. The first single, "I nomination in virtually standards as "You Were executive VP /GM Mike Kraski. work's programming standards ... Love This Bar," goes to country every major CCMA cate- on My Mind" and "River Black previously recorded for GAC is a family- oriented network radio Aug. 18. gory for which she was Road," and Ed Preston, RCA Records. ... Our viewers eligible. This includes former VP/GM of RCA Regina Stuve has been promot- don't expect to top female artist, top Victor Canada. ed to director of media and public see nudity as single and song for "For- The CCMA show, to be relations at Capitol Records in portrayed in this Nashville ever and for Always" hosted by Paul Brandt, Nashville. Dixie Weathersby joins video, and that's (co- written with Mutt will be held Sept. 8 at the Capitol in the same capacity. Stuve where we draw Lange), the fan choice Pengrowth Saddledome was the label's manager of media the line." award, top album for in Calgary, Alberta, and and public relations. Weathersby Meanwhile, Scene_ "Up!" and a pair of top will be broadcast live in was senior publicist at CMT. Rascal Flatts video nominations for Canada on CBC -TV and Altissimo Recordings has signed and Martina "Forever and for Always" in the U.S. on CMT, with an agreement with Emergent Mar- McBride will By Phyllis Stark and "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" re- broadcasts on CMT Canada. keting to be nationally distributed announce the [email protected] In addition, "Up!" is a finalist in the The CCMA show is the finale of by RED Distribution. Altissimo is a nominees for top -selling album category, along with Week that runs from Brentwood, Tenn. -based independ- the 37th annual Country Music SIGNINGS: DreamWorks artist albums by Alan Jackson, Anne Mur- Sept. 5-8 in Calgary. ent label specializing in military- Assn. Awards Aug. 26 in Nashville. Jimmy Wayne has signed with Bor- ray, Dixie Chicks and Toby Keith. The CCMA winners are voted on band music. recently left War- man Entertainment for personal RCAs Aaron Lines scored six nom- by the CCMA membership, except for ing, Texas -based 823 Management management. inations for top male, the fan choice the fan choice award, which is voted ARTIST NEWS: Allison Moorer has and is now self- managed. Frank Americana Entertainment has award, the award, top sin- for online by fans. The top-selling asked for and been granted a re- Jackson, formerly of Southwest signed 19- year-old singer /song- gle and top video for "You Can't Hide album category is determined by lease from her contract with Uni- Wholesale, is serving in an ad- writer Brittany Bailey to its Beautiful" and top album for "Living sales submitted by labels and verified versal South Records. She record- visory capacity. Morrow's new publishing roster in a develop- Out Loud." by the CCMA. ed one studio album and one live CD /DVD project, "Full Exposure," ment deal. Mercury veteran Terri Clark For a complete list of nominees, album for the label and previously was released July 22 on his own Murrah Music has signed song- received five nominations: top go to billboard.com/awards. was signed to MCA Nashville. Write On Records, which has a new writer Mike Mobley to its Castle Music video network Great distribution agreement with Smith Street Music division.

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1 1 Faith Hill 9 28 NUMBER 1 Week At Number 30 28 YOU'RE STILL HERE ,. B,GALLIMORE,F.HILL (A.MAYO,M.BERG) O O WARNER BROS. 16647/WRN

2 4 RED DIRT ROAD Brooks & Dunn 9 1 32 35 39 CHICKS DIG IT Chris Cagle 32 - K.BROOKS,R.DUNN,M,WRIGHT IK,BROOKS.R,DUNNI ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT C.CAGLE,R,WRIGHT IC.CAGLE,C.CROWE) CAPITOL ALBUM CUT

o 7 ITS FIVE O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE Alan Jackson &Jimmy Buffett 9 2 37 40 HONESTY (WRITE ME A LIST) Rodney Atkins 33 Q T.HEW ITTRATKINS (D.KENT,P,CLEMENTSI CURB ALBUM CUT o K.STEGALL IJ,BROWN,D,ROLLIN.: ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT 4 5 CELEBRITY Brad Paisley 9 3 34 34 37 STREETS OF HEAVEN Sherrie Austin 34 D.HUFFJ.BALDING AUSTIN,POUNCANA.KASHAI BROKEN BOW ALBUM CUT FROGERS IB.PAISLEY) ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT IS Jamie O'Neal 35 2 MY FRONT PORCH LOOKING IN Lonestar 9 1 35 38 38 EVERY LITTLE THING K.STEGALL MERCURY 880584 D, HUFFIR ,MCDONALO,F.MYERS,D.PFRIMMERI BNA ALBUM CUT IJ.O'NEALR.DEAN,S.TILLISI O 40 45 PLAYBOYS THE WORLD Blake Shelton 36 3 1 BEER FOR MY HORSES Toby Keith Duet With 9 1 36 OF SOUTHWESTERN WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUTAVRN J.STROUD,T.KEITH (TKEITH.S,EMERICKI O DREAMWORKS 450785 B.BRADDOCK (N.COTY,R.VAN WARMER) Darryl Worley 37 7 8 NO SHOES, NO SHIRT, NO PROBLEMS Kenny Chesney 9 6 Q 43 47 TENNESSEE RIVER RUN DREAMWORKS ALBUM CUT N,WILSON,B.CANNON,K,CHESNEY IC,BEATHAROI BNA ALBUM CUT F ROGERS,J.STROUD ID,WORLEY,S,LFSLIE)

9 10 FOREVER AND FOR ALWAYS Shania Twain 9 7 38 42 44 CAN YOU HEAR ME WHEN I TALK TO YOU? Ashley Gearing 38 C.DOWNS LYRIC STREET 164075 R J.LANGE (S.TWAIN,R,J.LANGE) MERCURY ALBUM CUT IJ.HARNEN,R,MANWILLERI O

5 3 STAY GONE Jimmy Wayne 9 3 41 46 LONG BLACK TRAIN Josh Turner 39 Q M,WRIGHT,F,ROGERS IJ.TURNERI MCA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT C.LINOSEY.J.STROUD (J.WAYNE,B.KIRSCH) O O DREAMWORKS 000345

12 15 REAL GOOD MAN Tim McGraw 9 9 40 39 32 ONE LAST TIME Dusty Drake 26 WARNER BROS. 16651/WRN B,GALLIMORE,TMCGRAW,D.SMITH IR,RUTHERFORD,G.TERENI CURB ALBUM CUT B.CRAIN,C.SCHLEICHER,P.WORLEY IP.J,MATTHEWS,K.K,PHILLIPSI O 41 11 12 99.9% SURE (I'VE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE) Brian McComas 9 10 41 46 57 ULTIMATE LOVE Phil Vassar B.GALLIMORE,PVASSAR PVASSAR ,R,CLAWSON,J.WtOD- VASSARI ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT LREYNOLOS IB.AUSTIN,G.BARNHILLI LYRIC STREET ALBUM CUT ( Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives 42 15 16 WHAT WAS I THINKIN' Dierks Bentley 9 11 42 47 51 IF THERE AIN'T THERE OUGHTA' BE M.STUART.J.NIEBANK COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT B.BEAVERS ID.RUTTAN,B,BEAVERS,D,BENTLEY) O CAPITOL 77%3 IB.PINSON,T.BRUCE)

14 14 THEN THEY DO Trace Adkins 9 12 43 36 35 I'M JUST A GIRL Deana Carter 35 D.CARTER,D,HUFF ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT S.HENDRICKS,TBRUCE IJ.COLLINS,S,RUSSI CAPITOL ALBUM CUT ID.CARTER,B.MANNI

13 8 6 SPEED Montgomery Gentry 9 5 =17 HOT SHOT DEBUT B.CHANCEY IJ,STEELE,C,WALLINI © O COLUMBIA 79864 Diamond Rio 44 16 19 WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS Wynonna 14 WRINKLES MD.CLUTE.DIAMOND RIO IR.SCAIFE,N.THRASHERI ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CL _ Q O.HUFF,WYNONNA (H.LAMAR,B,JAMESI ASYLUM.CURB ALBUM CUT 18 22 HELP POUR OUT THE RAIN (LACEY'S SONG) Buddy Jewell 9 15 45 59 - HELL YEAH Montgomery Gentry 45 ALBUM ® C.BLACK COLUMBIA 79885 B.CHANCEY W.STEELE,C.WISEMANI COLUMBIA CUT (B.JEWELL) O O Q 19 20 BACKSEAT OF A GREYHOUND BUS Sara Evans 16 46 49 I WISH Jo Dee Messina 46 B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW CURB ALBUM CUT FiMikS.EVANS,P.W ORLEY IC. LINDSEY ,H.LINDSEY,A.MAYO,T.VERGE51 RCA ALBUM CUT (T.LJAMES,E,HILLI 47 Q 21 21 A FEW QUESTIONS AIRPOWER Clay Walker 17 47 52 - I CAN'T TAKE YOU ANYWHERE Scotty Emerick With Toby Keith EMERICK,T.KEITH) DREAMWORKS ALBUM CUT J.RITCHEV C WAI KEY IPMOOYTY SCOTT.0 WHEELER) RCA ALBUM CUT J.STROUD,T.KEITH IS.

22 24 THIS ONE'S FOR THE GIRLS AIRPOWER iii, Martilla McBride9 18 48 56 WHEN YOU COME AROUND Deric Riman 9 48 LYRIC ALBUM CUT Q M.MCBRIDEPWORLEY IC.LINOSEYH.LINDSEV,A.MAYO/ RCA ALBUM CUT S.BOGARD (D.RUTTAN,S.BOGARD) STREET

1 50 52 IN MY DREAMS Rick Trevino 9 49 19 :. 17 13 THE TRUTH ABOUT MEN Tracy Byrd 9 R.MALO WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT/WRN BJ.WALKER,JR ITJOHNSON,R.LEE,P,OVERSTREET) RCA ALBUM CUT IR.TREVINO,R.MALOA.MILLERI

20 13 11 TELL ME SOMETHING BAD ABOUT TULSA George Strait 11 50 51 53 I CAN ONLY IMAGINE Jeff Carson 50 D.JOHNSON,M,LLOYD.M.CURB ASYLUM -CURB ALBUM CUT T,BROW N,G.STRAIT (R.LANEI 0 MCA NASHVILLE 000586 (B.MILLARD) 23 26 WHO WOULDN'T WANNA BE ME Keith Urban 9 21 51 55 WHAT A SHAME Rebecca Lynn Howard 51 EGOROYJR.,J.NIEBANK (D.PRASIERT.DAMPHIER.H.BUTLERI MCA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT Q K.URBAN IM.POWELLK,URBAN I CAPITOL ALBUM CUT 24 25 SHE ONLY SMOKES WHEN SHE DRINKS Joe Nichols 9 22 52 58 - AND THE CROWD GOES WILD Mark Wills 52 MERCURY ALBUM CUT o B.ROWAN IC.HARRINGTON,T.MARTIN,T NICHOLSI 0 UNIVERSAL SOUTH 000157 C.LINDSEY,M.WILLS IJ.STEELE,CWISEMANI 25 29 TOUGH LITTLE BOYS Gary Allan 23 53 HALF A HEART TATTOO Jennifer Hanson 53 CAPITOL ALBUM CUT Q M.WBIGHTG.ALIAN MCA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT J.HANSON,G.OROMAN W .HANSON,M.P.HEENEY,A.J.MASTERS) (D.SAMPSON,H.ALLEN)

28 34 WAVE ON WAVE Pat Green 9 24 54 54 59 BREAK THE RECORD The Warren Brothers 54 TMCGRAW,B.GALLIMORE (M.T.BARNES,C.MAYO) BNA ALBUM CUT Q D.MORRIS,T.BROWN IP.GREEN,D.NEUHAUSER,J,POLLARD) REPUBLIC ALBUM CUT /UNIVERSAL SOUTH

26 30 WALK A LITTLE STRAIGHTER Billy Currington 9 25 55 I'LL BE AROUND Sawyer Brown 55 M.A.MILLER (C.WISEMAN,T.NICHOLS) LYRIC STREET ALBUM CUT o C. CHAMBERLAIN( B.CURRINGTON ,C.CHAMBERLAIN,C.BEATHARDI 0 MERCURY 000587

33 43 I MELT Rascal Flatts 9 26 56 I'M ONE OF YOU Hank Williams Jr. 56 O.JOHNSON ASYLUM -CURB ALBUM CUT Q M.BRIGHT,M.WILLIAMS,RASCAL FLATTS IG.LEVOX,N.THRASHERWMOBLEYI LYRIC STREET ALBUM CUT IN.COTY,J.MELTONI

32 36 LOVIN' ALL NIGHT Patty Loveless 9 27 57 THE LATE GREAT GOLDEN STATE DwightYoakam 57 P.ANOERSON (M.STINSON) AUDIUM ALBUM CUT m E.GORDY,JR. (R.CROWELLI O EPIC 79954/EMN

27 27 ONLY GOD (COULD STOP ME LOVING YOU) Emerson Drive 27 58 I'M YOUR MAN Steve Wariner 58 o S.WARINER (B.REGAN,S.HOGIN,S.WARINERI SELECTONE ALBUM CUT J.KING,J.STROUD,R.MARX IR,J.LANGEI O DREAMWORKS 450788 31 33 DAYS LIKE THIS Rachel Proctor 29 59 56 - PRAY FOR THE FISH Randy Travis 56 -CURB ALBUM CUT/WARNER BROS. CHRISTIAN o C.LINDSEY BNA ALBUM CUT K.LEHNING IP.MOOREA.MURPH,R.SCOTTI WORD IR.PROCTOR,O.BLACKMAN)

29 31 I CAN'T BE YOUR FRIEND Rushlow 29 60 53 49 GODSPEED (SWEET DREAMS) Dixie Chicks 48 MONUMENT ALBUM CUT/EMN Q J.BALDING,C.DINAPOLLT.RUSHLOW IR.CLAWSON,B.CRISLERI LYRIC STREET ALBUM CUT DIXIE CHICKS,LMAINES (R.FOSTER) en Records showing an increase in detections over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. Compiled from a national sample of airplay supplied by Nielsen Broadcast Da a Sys ems' adio track service. 148 Country Stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by number of detections. tur- power awarded to sangs appearing in the top 20 on both the BOS Airplay and Audience charts for the first time with increases in both detections and audience. Tales below he top 20 are rem ved from the chart fter 20weeks..sa Videoclip availability. Catalog number is for CD Single, or Vinyl Single if CD Single is unavailable. OCD Single available. OO DVD Sin- gle available. © CD Maxi -Single available. © available. O Vinyl Maxi -Single available. O Vinyl Single available. O Cassette Maxi-Single available 02003, MU Bu ness Media, Inc. All rights reserved.

AUGUST HOT COUNTRY AUGUST TOP BLUEGRASS 2003 2gillboard 2 3 2Billboard SINGLES SALESTM °0ALBUMS TM '. W Sales data compiled by IL Sales data compiled by CI. Nielsen SoundScan W Nielsen ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Title 3L.' SoundScan , e; 37 Weeks At Number Ñ U // NUMBER 1 = TITLE IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Artist s 1 ALISON KRAUSS + UNION STATION ROUNDER610515 Live

34 Weeks At Number I /1Y(' NUMBER 1 =1"t= EARL SCRUGGS / /RICKY SKAGGS ROUNDER610526 The Three Pickers 2 NICKEL CREEK SuGAR HILL 3941 This Side 1 1 PICTURE UNIVERSAL SOUTH 172274 Kid Rock Featuring Allison Mower 3'. 0 5 ALISON KRAUSS + UNION STATION ROUNDER610495 New Favorite 2 2 HELP POUR OUT THE RAIN (LACEY'S SONG) COLUMBIA 79885/SONY MUSIC Buddy Jewell 5 3 VARIOUS ARTISTS WARNER SPECIAL PRODUCTS 15828/TIME LIFE Bluegrass Today

3 WAS I THINKIN' CAPITOL 77963 Dierks Bentley co . WHAT 6 4 RHONDA VINCENT ROUNDER610497 tut One Step Ahead 6 RICKY SKAGGS & KENTUCKY THUNDER SKAGGS FAMILY/LYRIC STREET 501004/HOLLYW00Dtin Live At The Charleston Music Hall CO 5 CARRY THE FLAG SLR 0006 Dean Justin Q 8 7 THE APPALACHIAN PICKERS K -TEL 3063 Old limey Gospel 5 4 STAY GONE UREAMWORKS000345/INTERSCOPE Jimmy Wayne 9 8 VARIOUS ARTISTS MADACY CHRISTIAN 3241 /MADACY Best Of Bluegrass Gospel CAN YOU HEAR ME WHEN I TALK TO YOU? LYRIC STREET 164075/HOLLYWOOD Ashley Gearing Q m 13 BLUE HIGHWAY ROUNDER 610624 Wondrous Love FROG PAD 0103 Hands 7 -6 LANDSLIDE MONUMENT /COLUMBIA79857 /SONY MUSIC Dixie Chicks 11 9 YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND & BENNY GALLOWAY Old 12 VARIOUS ARTISTS UNIVERSAL SPECIAL PRODUCTS 18701/TIME LIFE Time- Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass 8 8 SPEED COLUMBIA79864/SONY MUSIC Montgomery Gentry ® 13 11 VARIOUS ARTISTS WALT DISNEY660063 O Mickey, Where Art Thou ?: The Voices Of Bluegrass Sing The Best Of Disney 9 7 YOU'RE STILL HERE WARNER BROS .16647AVRN Faith Hill 14 10 ACOUSTIC DISC 53 Life Of Sorrow m 9 BROKENHEARTSVILLE UNIVERSAL SOUTH 000782 Joe Nichols 15 15 THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND CAPITOL40177 Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume Ill

Records wth the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America(RIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of l million nits (Platinum), with multimillion titles indicated by a numeral following the symbol. [HI indicates past or present Heatseeker title. ©2W3, VNU Business Media, Inc., and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

BILLBOARD AUGUST 2, 2003 www.billboard.com 33 www.americanradiohistory.com AU2003T2 Billboard''' TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS.. lc Sales data compiled by kip N, o W CI Nielsen rJ ÿ+L++ 1 O o h SoundScan ARTIST Title G ti Ñ 3 ARTIST Title ÿ g ry IMPRINT & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL i á IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL o° 35 38 NICKEL CREEK This Side 2 1 1 WeekAtNumberl NUMBER / HOT SHOT DEBUT SUGAR HILL 3947 (iaae CD)

BROOKS & DUNN Red Dirt Road 1 39' 36 35 TERRI CLARK Pain To Kill 5 ARISTA NASHVILLE 67070/RLG (1298/183N MERCURY 170025/UMGN 111.98/18.98)

PAT GREEN Wave On Wave 2 40 38 37 BLAKE SHELTON The Dreamer 2 REPUBLIC 000562/UNIVERSAL SOUTH (10.98!17.981 WARNER BROS. 48237/00ßN 112.98118.981

3 3 3 TOBY KEITH 3 Unleashed 1 41.., 37 39 RODNEY CARRINGTON Nut Sack 14 CAPITOL 36579118.98 DREAMWORKS 450254/INTERSCOPE (11.98/1a.98) CO)

2 2 LONESTAR From There To Here: Greatest Hits 1 4 42 43 TOBY KEITH A2 Pull My Chain 1 RNA 67076/ß1G 12.98/18.98) OREAMWORKS 450297/INTERSCOPE (12.98/18.98)

5' 1 TRACE ADKINS Greatest Hits Collection, Volume I 1 4 40 48 MARTY STUART AND HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES Country Music 40 CAPITOL 81512110.98/18.98) COLUMBIA 87G83/SONY MUSIC (9.96 EQ CD)

6P, 6 6 SHANIA TWAIN Up! 1 39 36 DOLLY PARTON Ultimate Dolly Parton 20 RCA/BMG MERCURY 170314NMGN 19.98 CD) HERITAGE 52008/ß1G (18.98 CD)

7!, S 4 GEORGE STRAIT Honkytonkville 1 4 ï 41 34 JEFF BATES Rainbow Man 14 MCA NASHVILLE 000114NMGN (12 .98/18.98) , RCA 67071/R13 (11.98/17.98)[X]

8 7 7 KENNY CHESNEY A3 No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems 1 46 , 44 49 SOUNDTRACK Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie 29 WARNER RNA 67038/013 (1298118.98) BROS. 48424/WRN 118.98 CD)

9 4 1 BUDDY JEWELL Buddy Jewell 1 47 , 46 44 Next Big Thing 4 MCA NASHVILLE 170286/UMGN COLUMBIA 90131 /SONY MUSIC 112.98 EO/18.981 $ (12.98/18.98) 10 9 TIM MCGRAW A2 Tim McGraw And The Dancehall Doctors 2 48 47 47 MARK WILLS Greatest Hits 16 MERCURY o CURB 7871611298/18.98) x 170313/UMGN (11.98/18.98)

11 12 RASCAL FLATTS Melt 1 49 52 64 PAT GREEN Three Days 7 m LYRIC 165031/HOLLYW000112.98/18.98) REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL 01601861MRG 18.98/11981 STREET 12 9 8 WILLIE NELSON & FRIENDS Live And Kickin' 4 50 45 45 ROY D. MERCER Roy D. Mercer Hits The Road 31 LOST HIGHWAY 000463NMGN 18.98401 CAPITOL 393880738 CD) 111] 1 8 5 TRACY BYRD The Truth About Men 5 JOE ELY Streets Of Sin 51 ROUNDER 613181 CD) RCA 67073/ß1G 111.98/18.981 118.98

1 12 13 DIXIE CHICKS A6 Home 1 Ea 59 60 ALISON KRAUSS + UNION STATION New Favorite 3 r MONUMENT /COLUMBIA 86810'/SONY MUSIC 12.98 EQ/18.981 HOUNDER 610495111.98/17.98)

1 14 15 MARTINA MCBRIDE A2 Greatest Hits 1 53 48 51 VARIOUS ARTISTS Bluegrass Today 48 PRODUCTS 15828/TIME RCA 670125E 1298/18.981 WARNER SPECIAL LIFE 124.98/24.98) 1 13 17 KEITH URBAN Golden Road 3 54 43 42 ALABAMA In The Mood: The Love Songs 4 CAPITOL 32936110.98/18.981 RCA 67052/RLG 08.98 CD)

1Z 17 16 JO DEE MESSINA Greatest Hits 1 55 51 53 GARY ALLAN Alright Guy 4 CURB 78790 118.98 CD) MCA NASHVILLE 170201 /UMGN (11.98/17.98)

18 15 11 DARRYL WORLEY Have You Forgotten? 1 56 50 57 EMERSON DRIVE Emerson Drive 13 DREAMWORKS 450272/INTERSCOPE .98/14.98) OREAMWORK5000640/INTERSCOPE112.98 /18.98) 18 [N] 19 16 10 JIMMY WAYNE Jimmy Wayne 7 57 53 56 LINDA RONSTADT The Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt 19 ELEKTRA 0ß0A8/00 ORKS 450358/1NTE85LOPE 08.98 401 76109/RHINO 117.98 CD) ED 19 20 JOE NICHOLS Man With A Memory 9 58 54 50 GEORGE JONES The Gospel Collection: George Jones Sings The Greatest Stories Ever Told 19 BANDIT /BNA 67000/RLG 111.98/18.98) UNIVERSAL SOUTH 1 7028511.98/17.981 [N] 21 20 19 MONTGOMERY GENTRY My Town 3 9- 55 68 RHONDA VINCENT One Step Ahead 30 ROUNDER 610497(1898 CO) COLUMBIA 86520/SONY MUSIC 111.98 EO/17.98) IN] 22 a 18 14 DWIGHTYOAKAM Population: Me PACESETTER e10` AUDIUM 8176/KOCH 118.98 CD)

23, 22 21 CRAIG MORGAN I Love k 16 68 71 Rules Of Travel 16 BROKEN BOW 77567 113.98 CD) [NI CAPITOL 3775718.98 CD) 2 21 18 RANDY TRAVIS Rise And Shine 8 61 57 52 DUSTY DRAKE Dusty Drake 30 WORD -CURB 86236/WARNER BROS. 111.98/18.98) WARNER BROS. 48051/WRN (18.98 CD) IN] 62.. 62 61 VARIOUS ARTISTS Totally Country Vol.2 5 TEST GAINER EPIC/WEA/UNIVERSAURLG 86920/SONY MUSIC 11298 EO/17.981 28 29 ALISON KRAUSS + UNION STATION Live 9 63`' 56 58 BILLY RAY CYRUS lime Flies 56 ROUNDER 610 51 5 119. CO) SMCMG 4114/MADACY (19.98 CD)

I 26 - 27 27 FAITH HILL A2 Cry 1 64 ` 64 69~ LARRY THE CABLE GUY Lord, Apologize 64 ARK 21 810076 WARNER BROS. 413001/WRN (1298/18.98) 11898 COI 58 & 18 27 26 28 3 Elvis:30 #1 Hits 1 65;: 59 WILLIE NELSON & FRIENDS Stars LOST HIGHWAY 170340/UMGN (18.98 CDI RCA 68079'/8MG 112.98/19.98)

1 28 25 23 CHRIS CAGLE Chris Cagle 1 66,, ` 66 67 GEORGE STRAIT The Road Less Traveled CAPITOL 40516111.98/18.98) t MCA NASHVILLE 170220 /UMGN 11.98/18.98) 29 23 22 GEORGE STRAIT For The Last lime: Live From The Astrodome 2 67;;^ 49 40 TRACE ADKINS Chrome 4 MCA NASHVILLE 17031961M6N 12.98/18.98) CAPITOL 30618110.98/17.981 One Day Time: 22 Time Favorites Vol. II 30 29 26 ALAN JACKSON 4 Drive 1 68 65 65 CRISTY LANE At A All I& 64 LS 1198019.98 CD) ARISTA NASHVILLE 67039/RLG 112.98/18.981 31 24 24 JOHNNY CASH American IV: The Man Comes Around 4 69_ 69 63 LEANN RIMES Twisted Angel 3 AMERICAN 063339'/LOST HIGHWAY 118.98 CDI CURB 78747112.98/18.98) 32 30 25 DIAMOND RIO Completely 3 70 72 - RICKY SKAGGS & KENTUCKY THUNDER Live At The Charleston Music Hall 32 ARISTA NASHVILLE 67046/R1G (11.98/17.94/ SKAGGS FAMILY /LYRIC STREET 901004 /HOLLYWOOD 18.98 CD) [N] 33 33 JESSICA ANDREWS Now 4 71 60 55 BILLY GILMAN Music Through Heartsongs: Songs Based On The Poems Of Mattie J.T. Stepanek 15 o DREAMWORKS 45IX6811NTERSCOPE112.98/18.961 EPIC 86954/SONY MUSIC 112.98 E0/18.98) 34 31 30 TOBY KEITH The Best Of Toby Keith:20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection 5 72 67 72 DEANA CARTER l'm Just A Girl 6 MERCURY 170351/UMGN 12.98 COI ARISTA NASHVILLE 67054/RIG 111.98/1898) 35 32 32 GEORGE STRAIT The Best Of George Strait: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection 8 73, 74 - VARIOUS ARTISTS Totally Country 2 MCA NASHVILLE 170280/UMGN 11.98 COI CAA 67043/ß1G 112.98/17.981 EARL SCRUGGS/DOC WATSON /RICKY SKAGGS The Three Pickers 36 7 is 71 73 CHARLEY PRIDE 22 All -Time Greatest Hits 64 I F ROUNDER 61052618.98 CD) FVEE 0708/1MG (7.98/12.98) fill 34 31 WILLIE NELSON The Essential Willie Neslon 24 7` A3 Scarecrow 1 C.nPITOL LEGACY /COLUMBIA 98748/SONY MUSIC 125.98 ES CD) 3133010.98/1898)

Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIM certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond sym- bol indicates album's multi- platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and /or tapes. RIM Latin awards: °Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro). A Certification of 200,000 units (Platino). 0 Certification of 400,000 units (Multi- Platino). *Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked ta, 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 percent- age growth. Heatseeker Impact shows albums removed from Heatseekers this week. IN] indicates past or present Heatseeker title. © 2003, VNU Business Media, Inc., and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

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$BIBS data compiled by N W 5l. c s iÿ W Nielsen 3 SoundScan F á Ñ e ti < CC x 12 5 ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Title 4=.a z 5 ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Title ° c5i

5 Weeks At Number 1 ,-'a NUMBER 1 - = 13 ARISTA NASHVILLE 18981 /RLG ( ALAN JACKSON An 112.98/18.98) The Greatest Hits Collection 404 2 CURB 77978 (12.98/18.981. Hits 139 TIM MCGRAW 3 Greatest 14 15 PATSY CLINE 5 MCA NASHVILLE 320012/UMGN16.98/11.9n 12 Greatest Hits 790 2 i KENNY CHESNEY A3 BNA 67976/1113 112.98/18.98) Greatest Hits 147 15 14 GARTH BROOKS 15 CAPITOL 97424(19.98/26.98) Double Live 203 ID 5 SOUNDTRACK A7 LOST HIGHWAY /MERCURY 170069 /UMGN 12.98119.981 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 137 17 SOUNDTRACK 3 CURB 78703111.98/17.98) Coyote Ugly 154 4 4 SHANIA TWAIN 19 MERCURY 5-ir0031UM5N(12.98/18.981 Come On Over 298 18 WILLIE A LEGACY/COLUMBIA 64184/SONY MUSIC (598 00/998) Super Hits 364 52 NELSON !7 6 DIXIE CHICKS MONUMENT 68195 /SONY MUSIC /10.98 00/17.98)IN) Wide Open Spaces 286 = 20 BRAD PAISLEY ARISTA NASHVILLE 67008 /RLG11.98/18.981 Part Il 112 6 3 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 165011/HOLLYWOOD 111.98/18.98) [HI Rascal Flatts 163 22 TOBY KEITH 2 MERCURY 558962/UMGN 01.98/17.981 Greatest Hits Volume One 242 7 7 BROOKS & DUNN 3 ARISTA NASHVILLE 19852/RLG (12.98/18.98) The Greatest Hits Collection 305 r 21 TIM MCGRAW A2 CURB 7671112.98/18.98) Set This Circus Down 116 8 8 DIXIE CHICKS 4,10 MONUMENT 69678/SONY MUSIC 11298 E0/18.98) Fly 203 cp 25 TIM MCGRAW A4 CURB 778981.98/11.981 Everywhere 254 69739/SONY E0/1L98) 16 224 2 9 9 JOHNNY CASH A LEGACY/COLUMBIA MUSIC (7.98 Biggest Hits Ç) - TIM MCGRAW CURB 77800 (7.98/11381 AllIWant 149 iti4 10 WILLIE NELSON LEGACY/COLUMBIA69322SONY MUSIC 17.98 E0/11.90) 16 Biggest Hits 254 23 19 HANK WILLIAMS MERCURY 536o29NMGN11138/17.98) 20 Of Hank Williams Greatest Flits 122 11 11 HANK WILLIAMS JR. 4 CURB 7763815.98/9.98) Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 468 24 16 BROOKS & DUNN ARISTA NASHVILLE 67o03/RLG 112.98/18.981 Steers & Stripes 112 12 12 JOHN DENVER MAOACY4750(590/9.981 The Best Of John Denver 257 25 23 GEORGE JONES LEGACY/EPIC 69318/50 NY MUSIC (7.98 E0/11.98) 16 Biggest Hits 130

Albumswith the greatest salessams this week. Catalog albums are 2- year -old elles that have fallen below No. 100 on The Billboard 200 or reissues of older albums. Total Chart Weeks column relie Is combined weeks tille has a peered on Top Country Albums and Top Country Catalog Recording Industry Assn. Of America 181AAl certification for net shipment of 510300 album units ¡Geld) ASIAA cervncabo for net ship- ment of l millmn nes (Platinum). RIRA certificat ion for net shipmem of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Plednum or Diamond symbol indicates album's mufti-platinum level. For boxed s is and double albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIM multiplies shipments 6by the number of discs and /or tapes. RIRA Latin awards: 0 Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units 10ro), A Certification Cl 210,1700 units (Plat rial. A' Certification of 400,000 units (Multi- Plabnol.'Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices mar ell EQ. and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which ere projected from wholesale prices. [N] indicates pest Heetseekerdtle. © 2003, VNU Business Media, Inc., and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights resery d.

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Jam & Terry Lewis and Rockwilder), Mya the singer becomes lost among ALBUMS E S S E N T I A L S some of the more slickly produced, paint -by- numbers cuts. -GM Edited by Michael Paoletta The Artist in the Ambulance THE TONY RICH PROJECT NARTIM U NIENCE WILL SMITH PRODUCER: Brian McTernan Resurrected POP Island B0000295 PRODUCER: Tony Rich RELEASE DATE: July 22 Compendia Music Group 5472 MACY GRAY After two well- received independent RELEASE DATE: July 15 The Trouble With Being Myself releases, Orange County, Calif.'s Touted as a musical wunderkind when PRODUCERS: various BAD Thrice delivers the goods on its his 1996 debut "Words" claimed the Epic EK 86535 major -label debut. The band has Grammy Award for best R &B album, RELEASE DATE: July 15 refined its "" in a way that Tony Rich took a break after follow -up The trouble with Gray's third album is BOYS II appeals to math -rock, metal and AFI "Birdseye" languished into oblivion. that it has arrived without much fan- fans alike while not alienating origi- The appropriately titled "Resurrected," fare. This is unfortunate, particularly nal devotees. Equally melodic, techni- his first new album in five years, leans because it is a much better album than cal and visceral, "Artist" at times heavily on rock, pop and funk. The its predecessor, "The Id," which had a sounds like , Bad Reli- singer/songwriter's expressive tenor is lot to live up to, arriving on the heels SOUNDTRACK gion and Rush jamming (which CHINGY best showcased on ballads like the of the artist's Grammy Award -nomi- Bad Boys Il Jackpot introspective "2 Waters." Shaking off nated debut, "On How Life Is." This PRODUCERS: various PRODUCERS: the Trak Starz, Da Quiksta the R &B tag he was labeled with early time around, Gray -she of the unmis- Bad Boy /Universal 0329 Disturbing Tha Peace /Capitol 81827 on, Rich rocks out credibly on "Future takable voice -has created her own lit' RELEASE DATE: July 15 RELEASE DATE: July 15 Daze." However, at 15 tracks, the house party, with guests like producer Sean "P. Diddy" Combs wasted no Chingy proves that St. Louis is not a album begins to drag halfway through Dallas Austin, singer and DJ time pulling out the big guns for his one -rapper town with his Capitol and teeter on self -indulgence. Still, , among others, joining first release under the Universal debut. The newly appointed member Rich's freshness is a welcome break in the festivities. "The Trouble With Music banner. The soundtrack to the of Ludacris' Disturbing Tha Peace from today's formulaic tripe. -GM Being Myself" is equal parts Dusty summer sequel "Bad Boys II" has camp shines on his major-label bow, Springfield soul and "Raspberry more stars than the film itself. Lead "Jackpot." Lead single "Right Thurr" Beret" -era Prince funk. Opening track single "La -La -La (Excuse Me Again)," has already established him as a red - COUNTRY "When I See You," "She Don't Write a remix of Jay -Z's "Excuse Me Miss," hot hip -hop newcomer. With its Songs About You" and "Come Togeth- is a hypnotic party track that is rep- catchy hook and feel -good party vibe, BRAD PAISLEY er" are positively jubilant in both resentative of much of the album. the single is a bona fide summer Mud on the Tires music and lyric. Lyrically twisted yet Combs, who serves as one of the set's anthem and introduces a new dance, PRODUCER: Frank Rogers clever tracks like "My Fondest Child- executive producers, steps out from the Chickenhead, to the masses. Like Arista 82876 hood Memories," "Happiness" and behind the boards on several tracks. "Right Thurr," much of "Jackpot" is RELEASE DATE: July 22 "Screamin' " could have only been He teams with Nelly and Murphy Lee sounds a lot better on disc than it about pimping and partying. That In the third installment of what's penned by Gray. As for "Jesus for a for the infectious "Shake Ya Tail - looks on paper). The young band said, Chingy and the Trak Starz, who already shaping up as a remarkably Day" and "She Ain't Right for You," feather." Elsewhere, Combs rocks blends such disparate elements as produced the bulk of the set, find a consistent and imaginative recording color them gorgeous. -MP out with Lenny Kravitz, Pharrell dual guitar harmonies, technical way to make these trite topics career, Brad Paisley again sets the stan- Williams and Loon on ultra -funky rhythm changes and strings into such vibrant and new, thanks to synthed- dard of what modern traditional coun- EVE 6 "Show Me Your Soul." Other high- songs as "Cold Cash and Colder out tracks and Chingy's easy -going try can be. The title track is bigger It's All in Your Head lights include Mary J. Blige's "Didn't Hearts" and "The Melting Point of drawl. Witness "Gettin' It" and than just an ode to a new truck, and PRODUCER: Gregg Wattenberg Mean," Freeway's street anthem Wax." Thrice also crafts near -perfect "Sample That Ass" (featuring Mur- superbly written tunes like "Little RCA 52346 "Flipside" and the previously unre- radio songs like first single "All That's phy Lee). With infectious songs to Moments," the bluesy "That's Love" RELEASE DATE: July 22 leased Notorious B.I.G. and 50 Cent Left" and "Stare at the Sun." With the keep the party going through the and country gold "Hold Me in Your Where do you go next if you get a con- collaboration "Realest N *ggas." The four -piece a main -stage act on this rest of the summer and well into fall, Arms (And Let Me Fall)" are pure tract with a major label while you're set debuts at No. 1 this week on The summer's Vans Warped tour, expect Chingy's "Jackpot" is a safe bet for romance. "Whiskey Lullaby" with Ali- still in high school and your first pair Billboard 200.-RH big things for Thrice's third.-BT any hip -hop fan. -RH son Krauss is sheer perfection, and a of albums go platinum and gold, cover of Vern Gosdin's "Is It Raining at respectively? Well, if you're Southern Your House" nearly captures Gosdin's California trio Eve 6, you grow. Gener- Thomas' musical backgrounds are so girl's attempts to change him. Beyond belting overwhelms the material. abject forlornness. Paisley is a formida- ally labeled a punk -pop act, "It's All in much more inclusive than exclusive that, "Living Outside" hits notes that Melissa Errico, as his love interest, ble picker (check out Your Head" belies that description, that the result of their collaboration have been played many times before, brings subtler shading to her handful "Make a Mistake" and "Spaghetti West- shooting off as it does in all directions. must have been wildly unpredictable. veering into the past -its -peak nu -metal of songs, especially the poignant ern Swing ") and a top -shelf songwriter, Sure, the opening track "Without You What has emerged, however, owes pri- genre. Sense Field's distinctive vision "Other People's Stories." She makes but his ace in the hole is his humor, Here" and the riff-driven blazer "Still mary allegiance to funk and funk/jazz, is clouded by ordinary guitar work and you wonder how this French import hugely evident on the deadly accurate Here Waiting" fit the punk -pop bill, but hip -hop breakbeats and R &B. These uninspired hooks on several songs. failed to find an audience. -MS "Celebrity" and smartly rendered then there's the Celtic folk textures of tracks do cook. From the sexy remem- Much of the album comes off like safe, "Cigar Song." This guy is a monster "Hey Montana," the soft -loud "Bring brance of "Carolyn" to the monster middle -of- the -road rock. Thankfully, talent, and "Mud on the Tires" is hall of the Night On," the strings -embellished groove of "Sups Killa," the genre - though, the too few examples of musi- R&B/HIP-HOP fame material.-RW "Girlfriend" and the tough metal grunt crunching "Lost & Paranoid" and the cal wizardry do manage to outweigh of "Hokis." Meanwhile, the bop -and- acoustic tune "Joy," Bigham and the exceptions-SA MYA * JOE ELY blare lead single, "Think Twice," has Thomas have created a distinctive col- Streets of Sin already proved to be radio -friendly. lection of polished, very hip tunes. ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST PRODUCERS: various PRODUCER: Joe Ely Maturity is definitely in play here -this "The Soul of John Black" is racked by Amour A &M /Interscope B0000734 Rounder 31812 is an album born of patience and an Brody Group/RED. PW PRODUCERS: Joel Moss, Kurt Deutsch RELEASE DATE: July 22 RELEASE DATE: July 15 acute sense of craft. -AZ Sh -K -Boom 4003 On her third album, Mya offers a mixed Austin -based singer/songwriter Joe Ely SENSE FIELD RELEASE DATE: July 8 bag encompassing her various musical has built a devoted following through * THE SOUL OF JOHN BLACK Living Outside Oddly enough, the most memorable moods: R &B, hip -hop, techno, pop and haunting, powerful albums and fierce The Soul of John Black PRODUCERS: Chris Evenson, Brad Wood, performance on the recording of reggae. But like a mood ring, the album live shows. After a stint with the Flat - PRODUCERS: John Bigham, Christopher Ken Andrews "Amour" is not from a member of the only intermittently glows hot. Things landers and a live release that marked Thomas, Keefus Nettwerk America 30323 cast. In a bonus track featuring corn- get off to a steamy, sexy start with the his debut on Rounder, Ely returns to No Mayo 1004 RELEASE DATE: July 22 poser Michel Legrand (best -known for Missy Elliott -produced single "My Love the studio with another spirited effort, RELEASE DATE: July 15 "Burn," the opening song on Sense standards like "I Will Wait for You" and Is Like ... Wo." And the humorous populated with themes of stoic survival The Soul of John Black is the collabo- Field's latest album, is a scorching suc- "The Windmills of Your Mind ") singing techno cut "Whatever Bitch" is the per- and passion. The Zevon -esque ode to ration of John Bigham and Christopher cess. Underlined with sinister "An Ordinary Man," it is impossible not fect female and club anthem. It's a preoccupation "Fightin' for My Life," Thomas, multi -instrumentalists who melodies, the track -about romantic to be moved by his wistful voice. Not so pleasingly looser Mya on the bonus desperate "I'm on the Run Again" and have worked with an impressive array pain-sets the pace for the disc to be with Malcolm Gets, who sings the track (and Coca-Cola campaign theme) pulsing, hardscrabble "All That You of acts, including , Betty one giant shower of fireworks. Too bad same song in this Tony Award -nomi- "Real Compared to What" featuring Need" are all fine work. "That's Why I Carter, Eminem, Henry Butler, Ever - the display is short. There is another nated musical about a love- struck rapper Common. However, with no less Love You Like I Do" and "Flood on Our last, , Joshua and the gem with "I Refuse " -a smart, sapless bachelor who finds that he possesses than 10 producers on the project Hands" own a timeless, forlorn quality. Brian Blade Fellowship. Bigham and ballad about a guy revolting against a unusual powers. His Broadway -style (including the artist herself, Jimmy (Continued on page 36)

Susanne Ault, Bradley Bambarger, Jim Bessman, Rashaun Hall, Gail Mitchell, Wes Orshoski,Tamara Palmer, Michael Paoletta, Deborah Evans Price, Mark Sullivan, Chuck Taylor, BramTeitelman, Philip van Vleck, CONTRIBUTORS. Ray Waddell, Adrian Zupp. ESSENTIALS: 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 collections 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. All albums commercially available in the U.S. are eligible. Send album review copies to Michael Paoletta and singles review copies to ChuckTaylor (Billboard, 770 Broadway, 6th floor, NewYork, N.Y. 10003) or to the writers in the appropriate bureaus.

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(Continued from page 35) live set visualizes the groundbreaking bluegrass group's essentially ego -less The title cut is as big as Texas, and Ely commitment to excellence. In fact, SINGLES E S S E N T I A L S is stylish and knowing on the swirling, Krauss herself lauds this very fact in perfectly drawn "Carnival Bum" and the bonus -feature -laden second disc. Edited by Chuck Taylor swinging "Twisty River Bridge." The Elsewhere, the group's cover of the artist's production is smart and unob- Foundations' "Baby, Now That I've trusive, and the music leans more Found You" plays while adorable home - POP toward acoustic, traditional instrumen- movie footage of Krauss as a baby and a tation -and not the harder -edged rock toddler rolls on. Union Station gui- * COOLER KIDS Morning Star (3:33) approach often seen live and on past tarists Dan Tyminski and Ron Block, PRODUCER: Pop Rox studio efforts. Ely is in a zone here, and bassist Barry Bales and master WRITERS: S. Hollander, D. Schommer, this is a fine addition to his already Jerry Douglas are also interviewed, and J. Cunniff, S.Treasure strong catalog. -RW behind -the-scenes material includes PUBLISHERS: Pop Rox /DreamWorks/ sound check and tour bus hijinx and a Streetwise Lullabies /Wiggin Out, ASCAP bowling break. It all takes on an entire- DreamWorks 14136 (CD promo) JAZZ ly different tone, though, with a touch- Summer breezes, wine coolers, sunny ing photo tribute to Frank Edmonson, days, party nights ... Pack it all into a RAMSEY LEWIS & NANCY WILSON the band's beloved road manager, who song and you've got Cooler Kids' 112 FEATURING SUPER CAT Na Na Na STACIE ORRICO (There's Gotta Be) More Simple Pleasures died last year. -lB "Morning Star," the year's giddiest (3:47) to Life (3:20) PRODUCER: Ramsey Lewis guilty pleasure. The song, a virtual PRODUCER: Daron Jones PRODUCERS: the Underdogs Narada Jazz 70876 -17874 MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH: disco ball on a disc, gyrates with WRITERS: M. Keith, Q. Parker, WRITERS: L. Woodward, K. Kadish, RELEASE DATE: July 22 Shostakovich /Prokofiev mirthful abandon with its madcap M. Scandrick, D. Jones, W. Maragh S. Breer, H. Mason, D. Thomas Jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis and vocalist EMI Classics 7243 -4- 90121 -9 -6 chorus and youthful vocals. It also PUBLISHERS: various PUBLISHERS: various Nancy Wilson have renewed their occa- RELEASE DATE: July 8 makes no apologies for personifying Bad Boy /Def Soul 15882 (CD promo) Virgin 179333 (CD promo) sional collaboration that began with Part of the second wave in EMI's bubblegum pop in a way that walks Atlanta -based quartet 112 returns Virgin's bid for an in -house pop the 1984 album "The Two of Us." Lewis "Classic Archive" DVD series -which that rare line between Radio Disney with the first single from its antici- princess got off to a promising start and Wilson gravitated toward the restores long- unseen performances and being cool enough to blare with pated fourth set, "Hot and Wet." "Na with Stacie Orrico's R &B- tweaked melodicism of pop and imbued that by great classical musicians -this car windows down, à la Hanson's Na Na," a seductive uptempo ditty, is "Stuck," which almost cracked the style of music with a jazz sensibility program showcases the intense art of "Mmmbop." Duo Kaz Gamble and a logical next step for the R &B group upper half of The Billboard Hot 100. long ago, and that's essentially what's Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. Sisely Treasure deliver the freshest, that crafted such hits as "Peaches & The artist continues to showcase her happening here. The 10 tracks are In a black- and -white BBC broadcast most fun track in years -and there's Cream" and "Anywhere." Produced musical charms with second radio divided evenly between instrumental from 1961, "Slava" performs 10 more to embrace on the full -length by group member Daron Jones, the release "(There's Gotta Be) More to and vocal numbers. Lewis' best solo Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto DreamWorks debut "Punk Debu- track showcases Mike, Slim, Q and Life," which turns down the R &B effort comes with his rendition of with the London Symphony Orches- tante." "Star" is the song of the sum- the aforementioned Jones' syrupy - flava for a more mainstream taste. "Slipping Into Darkness," performed in tra led by Charles Groves; with Okko mer from an act with appreciable, all - sweet vocals over a sparse, percus- It's an immeasurably more convinc- a trio setting. His extended solo is rem- Kamu and the Monte Carlo Opera too -rare originality. -CT sive track. Dancehall veteran and ing platform for the one -time Christ- iniscent of the propulsive groove he Orchestra, he plays Prokofiev's Sym- recent Star Trak signee Super Cat ian songbird, with the song's hypnot- mined so effectively on "The In Crowd" phony- Concerto, in a French color AMANDA PEREZ Never (3:44) adds a spicy reggae vibe to the pro- ic chorus, finger- drumming tempo nearly 40 years ago. Wilson's vocal TV film from 1970. The soloist PRODUCER: not listed ceedings. The group's popularity and and Orrico's masterful vocal chords work is as smooth as ever. Her most amazes in both pieces; as a bonus, he WRITER: not listed the public's current fascination with layered to heavenly perfection. Inter- relaxed and soulful tune, "Lost Up in also provides piano accompaniment PUBLISHER: not listed dancehall should make this one an esting note: The song was co- written Loving You," is just the sort of down - for his wife, soprano Galina Vish- Virgin Records (CD promo) easy sell at mainstream R &B radio by Lucy Woodward, Atlanta's would - tempo torch song that has always suit- nevskaya, in a pungent take on Mus- Amanda Perez's "Angel" spent almost nationwide. Serving as the first offer- be post -Britney songstress. Early ed her cozy voice. -PVV sorgsky's "Songs and Dances of six months on Top 40 Tracks, because ing from the group's new joint deal signs at top 40 radio are surprisingly Death." Wonderfully produced by the its emotional lyric touched the mass- with Bad Boy and Def Soul, "Na Na optimistic. Imagine America's air- French firm Idéale Audience and es. Follow -up "Never," however, has Na" proves that this foursome of waves integrating pop music back WORLD Britain's IMG Artists, all of the "Clas- few merits to sustain the street -tough guys still has what it takes to heat into the mix -it could be a summer sic Archive" DVDs include sample Latina's career. Vocally, it is as thin as things up. -RH to remember, after all. -CT * CIBELLE clips from the other titles in the a splinter-and about as painful to lis- Cibelle series, as well as substantive book- ten to -while the clichéd R &B pro- PRODUCERS: Apollo 9, Cibelle lets. The rest of the line ranges from duction sounds as if it was punched in with lots of great accenting Open up!" If you're not moved by this Ziriguiboom /Six Degrees 657036 10912 Leopold Stokowski to Glenn Gould, on an eight -track recorder with a Travis' stunning baritone; he has never one, you've got no soul. It would nice RELEASE DATE: July 8 with more on the way. -BB manual in hand. So many hitworthy sounded better. The song is a slice of for radio to loosen up and indulge this This is Brazilian vocalist Cibelle's tracks are slipping through the fin- summertime fun that deserves to be song. And it would be even better if debut disc, which she co-produced DEAD KENNEDYS gers of top 40 PDs, as corporate radio another chart- topper. -DEP Zevon were around long enough to see with Sao Paulo -based trendsetter Apol- In God We Trust, Inc. -The Lost Tapes programmers numbly obsess on nar- that happen. -WO lo 9. For anyone whose idea of Brazil- Decay Music /Music Video Distributors rowcasting anything that sounds like ian pop music revolves around Tropi- DR -4351 it came from the hood. This record is ROCK calismo, samba or bossa nova, Cibelle's RELEASE DATE: July 22 a definitive example of how unfortu- AC pop sound will require some mental An ultimate dream for any Dead nate that trend is. -CT * WARREN ZEVON Knockin' on readjustments. Bebel Gilberto's hit Kennedys fan: The original recordings Heaven's Door (4:15) * KENNY LOGGINS With This Ring (4:14) record "Tanto Tempo" (2000), with its of their landmark 1981 EP, "In God We PRODUCER: not listed PRODUCERS: Kenny Loggins,Tommy Sims novo bossa nova/subliminal electronica Trust" (with such memorable and COUNTRY WRITER: WRITERS: K. Loggins, R. Marx vibe, clearly anticipated this album. In incendiary anthems as "Religious PUBLISHERS: not listed PUBLISHERS: Ginossos /Chi -Boy, ASCAP the case of Cibelle, however, the stylis- Vomit "), which have never seen the RANDY TRAVIS Pray for the Fish (3:01) Artemis ARTCD -203 (CD promo) All the Best! Records ALL2001 (CD promo) tic palette is broader, and electronica is light of day, have been repaired and are PRODUCER: Kyle Lehning This one is an absolute heart -tugger. Like so many other '70s and '80s radio really the unifying element. As a spotlighted on this DVD. Since tape WRITERS: P Moore, D. Murph, R. Scott Considering that Warren Zevon is staples marking their mainstream singer, Cibelle flashes a good deal of deterioration prevented the original PUBLISHERS: Green Dogg /Springer, BMI; dying of lung and liver cancer, he could return -Hall & Oates, the Eagles and Brazilian cool, her pleasing voice takes from appearing on the EP, it's a Maroon Dogg Music, ASCAP not have picked a more appropriate Fleetwood Mac-Kenny Loggins is embracing every tune with confidence, real treat to hear the subtle song differ- Word Records/Curb 886236 (CD promo) cover for his final studio album, "The receiving a supportive welcome from be it the languid sensuality of Tom ences and to watch the group in the The fact that Randy Travis' previous Wind," arriving Aug. 26. Diagnosed late his friends at AC radio. The enduring Jobim's bossa tune "Inutil Paisagem" recording process. One more bonus: "Three Wooden Crosses" hit No. 1 on last summer, he didn't even expect to and instantly recognizable singer wrote or the more rock -oriented "No Prego." With 5.1 surround sound, the Hot Country Singles & Tracks -even see 2003: He has literally been stand- the lovelorn "With This Ring" with bal- Throughout, Apollo 9's soundscapes Kennedys' raucous energy now fills though it was an overtly spiritual song ing on heaven's doorstep every day this lad master Richard Marx for his own are lyrical and expansive, and while not every corner of the room.- TP released on a Christian label- demon- year. What's more, the track was writ- imprint, All the Best! Records, and it always thoroughly organic, they never strates the power of a great song and a ten by an admirer of Zevon's -Bob will certainly leave a lasting impression sound forced. This is a very credible great singer to move an audience and Dylan, who has played Zevon's songs in on fans of his more recent acoustic debut for Cibelle. PW Billboard.com radio programmers. Travis follows that concert recently as a tribute to his work. Obviously, "Ring" addresses the hit with "Pray for the Fish," another friend. Adding weight to the track are promise of everlasting love that comes Also reviewed online this week: strong single from his second gospel more famous friends -Tommy with marriage, with its tender chorus: DVD collection, "Rise and Shine," that's Shaw, Jackson Browne, Steve Gorman "I'll be your lover, I'll be your friend, Super Furry Animals, "Phantom worthy of the top slot. The lyric (Black Crowes), John Waite and Billy for the rest of your days, I'll be the road Power" (XL Recordings/Beggars Group) ALISON KRAUSS + UNION STATION recounts the baptism of a notorious Bob Thornton. When his that takes you home/I will be true to Live The Clientele, "The Violet Hour" character and offers up a humorous briefly takes the spotlight after the first my heart, I promise you, with this Rounder 116 610 515 -9 (Merge) plea to "pray for the fish/They won't chorus, Randy Mitchell sounds as if ring." Sweet stuff that will no doubt RELEASE DATE: July 15 Pearl Jam, "State College, Pa. know what's comin' when the sin starts he's pulling tears out of the listener. It appeal to adult women who dug the This double -DVD companion piece to 5/3/03" (Epic) rollin' off the likes of him." The song is gets even heavier toward the song's singer from the days of "Forever" and last year's near -platinum double -CD lyrically clever and musically inventive end, when Zevon utters, "Open up! "Meet Me Halfway. " -CT

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BY ARAM SINNREICH paign against individual users of P2P software in an attempt to LOS ANGELES- Although peer -to- staunch casual downloading. peer (P2P) network operators have "Everyone on both sides of the won at least one important legal file- sharing debate is waiting to see battle against the recording indus- how these decisions play out," try, "the war is far from over," says Graves says. Lucas Graves, a media analyst with Digital Technology Consulting. STILL STRUGGLING The industry suffered a major But four years after Napster first legal setback in April, when U.S. reared its head, the recording District Court Judge Stephen Wil- industry is still struggling to thwart son ruled that P2P software pro- the online trading of unlicensed viders Streamcast and music files through P2P software. were not responsible for illegal file And as recent litigation moves trading by its software users. against individual consumers and A review of the decision by the operators of file- sharing networks Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is prove, attacking the problem at its only one of several pending legal source is anything but easy. initiatives. Verizon -which was recently In addition, the Recording In- compelled to surrender personal dustry Assn. of America (RIAA) information about four of its wants to turn up the heat on P2P Internet service provider (ISP) software distributors through a users who engaged in file shar- series of actions that may also set ing -has an appeal hearing sched- precedents. uled for September. The Seventh Circuit Court is A ruling in favor of Verizon could expected to render a decision on the undermine the RIAA's strategy Aimster case -another file- sharing- against individual consumers. suit-by the end of the summer. What's more, a new breed of P2P And the industry is embarking networks is cropping up that makes on an ambitious litigation cam- (Continued on page 42) )YDs Go To The Extreme In Sports, That Is

BY JILL KIPNIS video has experienced notable growth along- access and playability. Four, its versatility, and units. "These are significant sales for titles side the videogame and live event markets. five, it has inherent instructional and enter- with very low production costs," says Terry LOS ANGELES -Extreme sports are more Such established independent sports video tainment qualities." Hardy, a SLAM partner. than a fad; they are a major part of today's companies as Video Action About 70% of VAS sales Consumers who have shown interest in youth culture, and home video companies are Sports (VAS) are now shar- are from DVDs this year. the sports category are buying more home starting to notice. ing shelf space with such Burns estimates that figure video titles because of the DVD format. Skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, surf- newer independents as will grow to 90% next year. "Instead of buying five or six tapes each year, ing, BMX and motocross have been growing SLAM Films and majors like Upcoming titles for VAS people are buying eight to 10 DVDs," says in popularity since the mid -'90s. The success Warner Home Video. include the fourth -quarter Joel Satin, director of home video for World of skateboarder Tony Hawk's "Pro Skater" Expectations for the cat- release of "Chlorine," a pool Wrestling Entertainment. "DVD is so hot and videogames (Activision) and the rise in view- egory's future are high be- skating documentary that price -friendly." ers and attendees of the annual ESPN -spon- cause of the DVD format's will be released through the sored X Games have further broadened the compatibility with sports Rise Above imprint, and EXPANDING SELECTION extreme sports market. programming. "Misfits" (Aug. 5), a "Jack- Retailers and major studios are responding The "Pro Skater 2" game was the best- "We made a commitment ass" -style skateboarding to consumer interest in the category. selling videogame in the U.S. for the three years ago to push the skit program. "This is a growing avenue, and we are PlayStation console during 2000, according market into the DVD for- Sales on a unit basis are getting deeper into it," says Rick Timmer - to NPD's TRSTS data. Meanwhile, last year's mat for a number of rea- also becoming more signif- mans, video buyer for the West Sacramen- X Games VIII in Philadelphia was the most - sons," VAS marketing di- icant. SLAM, which prima- to, Calif. -based Tower Records chain. "We watched X Games ever: 62.7 million view- rector Scot Burns says. rily creates Tony Hawk and have racks in some of our stores that are ers tuned in to ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC, "One, the image resolution CKY skateboarding titles, centered around accessory items that have according to ESPN. is superior. Two, its dura- says that some of its DVDs Tony Hawk or some of the [other] extreme Extreme sports programming on home bility. Three, its ease of can easily sell 100,000 (Continued on page 38)

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RED 1 RECORDS Us RCA With Indie Distributor Flying WithoutWings 886,276 Can't Hold Down 1,444,285 2. * 2. EVANESCENCE*

SoYesterday HOLLYWOOD 759,944 wiso.uP 1,244,277 RED GAINS IMMORTALITY: In an sees similar possibilities for his dis- started and having a real artist - may increas- company. development sense." 3. CLAY AIKEN 3. MYA that tribution This IsThe Night RCA 753,133 My Love Is Like ... Wo INTERSCOPE 640,758 ingly point to the way of the "We always want to be involved Walters says Immortal has the 4. ASHANTI*, 4.50 CENT future, Immortal Records has with people we feel are on the cut- opportunity to get the best of I Found Love DEE lAM 674,294 21 Questions SHADY/AFTERMATH / INTERSCOPE 477,730 nailed down a long -term exclu- ting edge," Antonelli says. "Cer- both possible worlds: If an act 5. MARY J. BLIGE* 5. SEAN PAUL GEFFEN/INTERSCOPE Glue VP/ATLANTIC 442,911 falls RED, it Love @ 1st Sight 654,129 Like sive North American deal with tainly, Immortal into that cat- really takes off at can 6. ASHANTI, 6. KELLY CLARKSON

RED Distribution. egory. It's a phenomenal company. then be upstreamed to Sony Rock Wit U DEFJAM 604,516 Miss Independent RCA 430,681 Immortal -the label that It covers a lot of different types of Music Distribution. 7. CLAY AIKEN 7. ASHANTI** spawned hard rock heroes Korn music. It's a natural for RED." Immortal's first release under Bridge OverTroubled Water we 399,616 Rock Wit U DEF LAM 411,286 and Incubus -most recently was Both Antonelli and Walters note the new arrangement will probably 8. LUTHERVANDROSS FEAT. BUSTA RHYMES* 8. LISA MARIE PRESLEY Lovely Day 1 RECORDS 381,736 Lights Out," CAPITOL 379,567 handled by Virgin Records, whose that in a major -label universe be an EP from Velvet Revolver, the 9. BEYONCE FEAT. JAY-Z 9. PINK product is distributed by EMI where the quickly attained hit is newly formed group that includes Crazy in Love coLUMBLR 356,598 Feel GoodTime coLUMBw 262,733 Music Distribution. Scott Weiland of Stone Temple 10. KENNY G* 10. ERIC CLAPTON Everlasting MISTA 224,406 Layla (Live) wit 229,867 The label's exit from Pilots; former Guns N' Roses Virgin late in Slash, Duff McKagan last year members * First Listen/FirstView ' Artist of the Month " Breaker Artist ", Sessions @AOL some ways was a case of and Matt Sorum; and Dave Kush- Source: AOL Music for June 2003 history repeating itself, The ner of Suicidal Tendencies. Ac- according to Happy cording to Walters, it will be a one - Walters, who heads the off deal, since the group is also Los Angeles -based firm. pursuing talks with major labels. When Immortal Indies,. Immortal's current roster also Billboard Debuts New signed its deal with Vir- includes the hard rock bands No gin in 1999 (Billboard, By Chris Morris One and Switched; Walters is Sept. 4, 1999), Ken [email protected] scouting other prospective signees. Berry, Ray Cooper and Korn and Incubus remain Immor- AOL Streams Chart Ashley Newton were tal /Epic acts, while 30 Seconds to the key executives at the latter the most desirable hit, independ- Mars may remain at Virgin. The This issue, Billboard introduces sions @AOL. label. All those players have since ent distribution affords labels the label will probably release a sound- a new feature that reflects a major AOL Music claims 16 million left the company. A similar situa- opportunity to develop an act over track for the film "Blood Money" form of online exposure for current unique visitors per month. Inclu- tion occurred while Immortal was a longer period of time. featuring Busta Rhymes and Xzib- music. sion in its promotional streaming with Epic Records; there, presi- Antonelli says, "The real issue at it by the end of the year. The AOL Music: Total Monthly programs -and similar programs dent Richard Griffiths was jetti- the end of the day is, How do you Streams chart lists the top 10 audio run by other sites -has become an soned after Walters renewed his get a record started, get all the IN GEAR: San Francisco -based and top 10 video titles streamed on important option for labels want- distribution agreement. attention you need? That's what punk label Gearhead Records has AOL Music for the preceding four - ing to expose new music. Walters says of his departure we offer ... We're making a differ- signed an exclusive distribution week period. This is the first time a monthly from Virgin after three years, ence in terms of getting artists deal with Koch Entertainment Dis- Each entry includes the total roll -up of AOL Music activity has "Because of all the changes in tribution in Port Washington, N.Y. number of streams requested for been published. The chart will run regimes, it was kind of crazy." Gearhead, founded in 2000 as an the month by AOL Music users, as every four weeks in the Retail sec- However, Immortal's move to offshoot of the car culture /rock reported to Billboard by AOL. tion of Billboard. the indie side wasn't merely predi- magazine Gearhead, was the first Additionally, the chart indicates Weekly AOL Music audio and cated by changes at the majors. label to issue the music of Swedish which titles are featured in such video streaming lists are posted "The music business has changed garage -rock band the Hives in the AOL Music promotional programs regularly on billboard.com and a lot in the last three years," Wal- U.S. Its roster includes the River- as First Listen, First View, Artist of run every Monday in Billboard ters says, perhaps understating the boat Gamblers, the New Bomb the Month, Breaker Artist and Ses- Bulletin. case. "There are more opportunities Turks. the Demons and the Hella- for an independent label right now copters. Big Daddy previously dis- than there have ever been." tributed Gearhead. He continues, "Selling 100,000, 200,000 units doesn't make a lot of FOR THE RECORD: Campus Circle [economic] sense when a major's Newspaper is the publication in- doing their thing. I see a lot of volved in the promotion of Amoeba Sampling AMG opportunities for those kinds of Music's "Home Grown" program bands and for our signings." and concerts. The name was mis- ANTONELLI: IMMORTAL A'NATURAL' FOR RED SonicGuide Is A New Service For Music Online RED president Ken Antonelli stated in our July 12 column.

BY BRIAN GARRITY SonicGuide provides us with fea- ture -rich tools to build that to give more attention to action look at action sports titles, they are NEW YORK- Alliance Entertain- experience." sports. Warner Home Video also videogame- and music- driven. This ment's All Media Guide (AMG), a AMG has entered into licensing DVDs Go To releases NFL, NBA and NHL -ori- gives us an opportunity to also provider of entertainment data- agreements with each of the five ented titles. expose our [music] artists." base services, is launching an major labels that allow AMG to Rhino Transport's first release is Beug also says that young film- online music sampling service feature music samples and cover The Extreme "Flipped Out" (Aug. 12), a freestyle makers who used to explore innova- called SonicGuide. art in the service. As Continued from page 37 motocross movie featuring athletes tive techniques through music part of the announcement, SonicGuide will be integrated Carey Hart, Mike Metzger and videos are increasingly attracted to AMG says Trans World Entertain- into AMG's music database, All Caleb Wyatt. The film also includes creating sports titles. ment will use SonicGuide with its Music Guide. sports guys on them. We have music by Tantric, Audiovent and While WHV's releases are more Web sites, including fye.com. The service is compatible with shelves on the side of the racks Earshot. professional sports- oriented, it is "At Trans World, we are com- both Microsoft's Windows Media where we feature DVDs." "This is a business that runs in exploring new ways to present its mitted to providing our customers Audio and Real Networks' Real Even studios are entering the parallel to the music business," says titles on DVD. The July 22 release with the best tools for discovering Audio formats. fray. Warner Strategic Marketing's John Beug, senior VP of film/video of "NFL Fantasy Preview 2003 - music," says Fred Fox, Trans SonicGuide is a rival to Rhino Home Video division launch- production and marketing for The DVD," for example, includes World executive VP of merchan- Muze's streaming sample serv- ed the Rhino Transport label in May Warner Strategic Marketing. "If you (Continued on page 43 dising and marketing. "AMG's ice, MuzeTunes.

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BY CRAIG ROSEN page views monthly. Quealy is confident that such expo- The ninth annual Jupiter Plug.IN sure will help Plug.IN reach a broad- Conference & Expo couldn't come er audience. "It's not just Billboard at a more appropriate time. and their readers and Jupitermedia The music industry is still glowing and our contacts," he says. "It's the from the recent launch of Apple's people who read our newsletters. iTunes Music Store and is bracing for There will be a lot of young people Roxio's unveiling of the Pressplay interested in the conference." music service under the Napster While verbal sparring between labels name, as well as the likely entry of and digital music companies marked Web giants Microsoft, Yahoo, ama- past conferences, this year's meet will zon.com and AOL into the full -serv- likely have a more cooperative spirit. ice, pay -per-download arena. The two sides have realized they must Those ventures will likely be work together to thrive. among the key topics of discussion at In his keynote speech July 28, "Mak- this year's confab, set for July 28 -29 ing'Yacks in the Digital World," Gorog at the Crowne Plaza Times Square in will examine the factors helping to New York. Keynoters are Chris Gorog, boost the business of legal online music president/CEO of Roxio; Peter Lowe, services. Those include legal efforts to director of shut down marketing unautho- for applica- rized music - tions and 'UI iter Plug.INlu download services for CONFERENCE & EXPO 2003. sites and the Apple Com- willingness Web Watershed puter; and of major la- Larry Kenswil, president of Universal bels to license portions of their catalogs Music Group's eLabs. to subscription services for download- "The timing is impeccable, with all ing and CD burning. Execs: Online Music Ready For Mainstream Acceptance the things going on with Apple, the Also on that day, Plug.IN will offer RIM [Recording Industry Assn. of "The Outlook for Online Music" from BY BRIAN GARRITY see a path to this all making sense as only on Apple computers, which ac- America] and college campuses," says Jupiter Research senior analyst Lee an offering for consumers and as a count for 2% of the U.S. market. Stewart Quealy, director of Jupiter Black. Among the thought -provoking NEW YORK -What a difference a business for us and the labels." A host of leading media and tech- Events. "It's a great platform for dis- panels set for that date are "Saving the year makes to the maturation of the That Apple and AOL, two of the nology brands bet that well- market- cussion, and I couldn't think of a bet- Music Industry: Getting the Channels digital music market. biggest names in Internet and tech- ed pay -per-download offerings are the ter time for it than right now." in Line," "Creating Digital Music Com- In the past 12 months, the major nology, have generated a total of $4 way to go. In its eight years, Plug.IN's growth merce," "New Music Marketplaces" and labels have opened the content flood- million in revenue may not seem like Apple is developing a Windows ver- and growing pains have mirrored "Digital Rights: Market Inhibitor or gates, authorizing hundreds of thou- much in the context of the $32 billion sion of its iTunes service. .com, those of the online music industry. Commerce Enabler ?" sands of tracks for Internet distribu- global music business. AOL, MTVNH1, Yahoo and Music - After a modest start in a basement at Among the panels scheduled for the tion; Apple Computer has sold more But it shows clearly, for the first Match are in various stages of explor- Cooper Union in Manhattan, the con- second day of the conference is "The than 6 million downloads through its time, that consumers will pay for ing download services of their own. ference grew in subsequent years but Billboard Roundtable: A View From the iTunes Music Store since its debut in digital music. "There's no question: The race is suffered from the shakeout when the Top," hosted by the Billboard Informa- April; and since launching in Febru- That will be the topic du jour among on," says Peter Csathy, president/C00 dotcom bubble burst in 2000. Now tion Group, the event's media sponsor. ary, AOL claims that more than attendees July 28 -29 at the Jupiter of San Diego -based MusicMatch, Plug.IN, like the digital music business BIG executive editor Ken Schlager, 75,000 subscribers are paying $10 per Plug.IN Conference in New York. about the scramble to develop down- it focuses on, is poised to rebound. who will moderate the panel, says, month to access on- demand music The challenge now facing Internet load services. Aside from its timeliness, Plug.IN "There are important new initiatives through MusicNet. and music executives is how to take But the future of subscription -based also will benefit from affiliations that throughout the digital music space. This growth spurt for sales of the digital music business to the services remains to be seen. its parent Jupiter Research and Events This year's Plug.IN program reflects music in digital form comes at the mainstream market. Companies specializing in subscrip- gained during the past year, following that recharged atmosphere." end of five years of plodding develop- "The focus will be on crossing over tions are now consolidating because of its acquisition by the INT Media Group. Other July 29 highlights include ment, frustration and false starts. from the enthusiast to the general pub- slow growth and rethinking their INT, which changed its name to the keynote addresses from Lowe and Online music executives hope that lic," listen.com CEO Sean Ryan says. strategies on à la carte singles. Jupitermedia Corp. following the Kenswil and a discussion of online recent developments signal that the Much of the talk at the ninth annu- Sony Music Entertainment and August 2002 acquisition, includes the music in Europe led by Jupiter concept finally is al Plug.IN confab will likely center on recently internet.com and earthweb.com net- Research analyst Mark Mulligan. poised for mainstream acceptance. feeding demand for online music agreed to sell their subscription works of more than 150 Web sites and Panel discussions that day will focus "We think we are at the tipping among PC users, who account for 98% service, Pressplay, to Roxio, a maker 200 e-mail newsletters. Collectively, on music marketing online and digi- point," says Richard Wolpert, chief of the U.S. computer market. In con- of CD- burning software that owns those generate more than 225 million tal programming. strategist at Real Networks. "We can trast, the iTunes Music Store works (Continued on page 40)

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Subscription businesses are re- that sell digital music in the context of experience in the PC market will be to spend a significant amount on Watershed sponding to the rise of such services broader programming and those that challenging, both in developing prod- marketing to roll out the new Press - as iTunes by tweaking the price of CD sell it in a narrow browsing context. ucts and gaining label support, play- powered Napster. And Real Continued from page 39 burning in their monthly access The likes of AOL and MusicMatch according to industry sources. Networks will likely increase mar- packages and stressing the cost- effec- offer so- called "contextualized com- Apple, which specializes in propri- keting for Rhapsody. the Napster brand name. tiveness of their offer. merce," using programming like radio etary products and services for its Label executives and operators of Meanwhile, Real Networks has Listen.com lowered the price it and CD premieres to gain subscribers. own operating system (OS), must other digital music services are hop- entered a deal to acquire listen.com, charges for burnable tracks through AOL Music VP/GM Evan Harrison now develop software for use with a ing that such marketing evangelism operator of the Rhapsody subscrip- Rhapsody, whose subscribers pay 79 says MusicNet signs up most new cus- foreign OS. And competing compa- and sales success will create a halo tion service. As part of that move, cents per track when burning songs tomers in connection with its First nies must match Apple's design and effect for the legal digital -music mar- Real discontinued its distribution of to a CD. Previously, CD burns cost 99 Listen CD debut programming. ease -of-use innovations. ket as a whole. MusicNet -a joint venture with cents. Rhapsody offers unlimited The company plans to use similar Recording companies also have to But operators of digital services Warner Music Group, BMG Enter- access to on- demand streaming strategies in driving pay- per-down- become comfortable with an iTunes - point out that for mass -market tainment and EMI Recorded Music- music for $9.95 per month. load sales. for- Windows concept. acceptance, greater artist support is in favor of Rhapsody. Listen.com executives describe the Some major -label executives, for needed as well. At the same time, ventures like pricing strategy as an advantage of example, say that iTunes is not secure The amount of music available for MusicNet on AOL, Pressplay and lis- subscription services over à la carte `This is the year enough for PC distribution. digital downloads from the majors has ten.com's Rhapsody are exploring the for high -volume music consumers. to connect the dots Some executives want to see doubled in the past year. But some of possibility of expanding their busi- The company reports that Rhap- greater control over how many times the most popular artists still resist nesses to also sell downloads à la carte sody users are consuming 250 to 300 with sales.' a copy can be made or synched to requests to sell individual tracks from without a monthly subscription, unique songs per month through on- another computer before making their albums online, either as à la carte sources say. demand streaming, in addition to -EVAN HARRISON, AOL MUSIC iTunes available for Windows. downloads or on -demand streams. In such a scenario, consumers burning select tracks. Despite these concerns, digital Top artists and their representa- would have to download the subscrip- For such users, subscription advo- music companies will likely launch tives express concern about the cre- tion service's software, but they could cates say, the Rhapsody model is much "This is the year to connect the new offerings before Christmas-and ative and financial implications of purchase tracks without an upfront fee. more compelling, because buying a dots with sales," he says. that will require big marketing budg- shifting to a singles -based economic That's not to say the subscription large number of tracks online via an à Meanwhile, those already in the à ets to reach a broad audience. model. In response, some acts re- model is dead. It will likely co -exist la carte service is cost-prohibitive. la carte download business on the PC "Going mass- market means a huge quire their music be sold exclusively with à la carte services. Pay -per-download services typically side -Liquid Audio and Ecast-want marketing, advertising and promo- in an album bundle. "It's not an either/or proposition," charge 99 cents per track. Subscrip- to capitalize on the attention sur- tion initiative so the business goes Fred Goldring, a leading industry MusicNet CEO Alan McGlade says. tion services, by contrast, can charge rounding iTunes to spur greater from something in the background to attorney whose firm represents "It's a false debate." a lower price for CD burns because support from record -company and something that's front and center," clients including Will Smith and Ala - Subscription advocates maintain their revenue streams are diversified. retail partners for their services. The MusicNet's McGlade says. nis Morissette, says the concern of that any competitive digital music sce- Some maintain, then, that the Web sites of retailers that sell down- Apple already has launched a musicians makes sense: "The fear nario will ultimately offer a mix of debate is not between the pay -per -track loads do not promote and market high -profile ad campaign to pro- among artists is that the work of art radio programming, subscription con- services and subscription business that service as strongly as iTunes has. mote iTunes. Others are expected to they put together, the album, will tent and à la carte downloads. models. Rather, it is between services But replicating an iTunes -style follow. Roxio, for one, says it plans become a thing of the past."

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www.americanradiohistory.com Retail Music Network Execs May Buy Fire -Sale Stores

Although Music Network filed for ment.) Michael Goldwasser, the other come into the stores and help ensure will provide a $200 million facility, co's parent, Cerberus Partners, 11 Chapter protection July 21, the principal in the chain along with a more successful liquidation. From which will be fully underwritten by acquired a 10% equity stake in Music - chain is expected to be liquidated dur- Parkerson, also might be interested the product suppliers' point of view, the two banks. That means that the land, supposedly ponying up $1 mil- ing the next three months. Already, in trying to buy a couple of outlets, the 546 -G would allow them to loan would be fully funded and does lion for its piece of the pie. the remaining stores have launched Parkerson reports. reduce the money due them, not have to be parceled out to other Cerberus, of course, is the former "going " sales. Music "The offer to buy the stores has to because the trade would probably be owner of Wherehouse Entertain- Network has 36 stores, down from be at least as good as the liquidation something like $2 of returned prod- ment. Its equity was wiped out when the 125 units it had at its peak in value," Parkerson explains. uct for $1 of credit. that chain filed for bankruptcy pro- August 2001, when it had acquired 64 To ensure that the liquidation Music Network got into trouble tection earlier this year. Wherehouse stores for $25 million. after buying the Where- When the deal closes, the $200 Currently, the company owes its house stores. That acqui- million facility is seen as enough bank, Wells Fargo, about $13 million; sition was funded by credit to get Musicland through the the majors about $23 million; other debt. After the acquisi- holiday selling season. After that, product suppliers about $5 million; Retail tion was completed, the Musicland will begin closing stores. and Cerberus Partners, Wherehouse's music industry went into According to Leder, the leases former owner, about $3 million from a tailspin. expire for 125 Musicland outlets the Wherehouse store acquisition. Track.._ Between the debt and early next year. In addition, Sun Music Network has $12 million in the fall -off in sales, Music Capital and Musicland have budget- inventory, according to Michael Network missed making ed $25 million to negotiate the clo- Parkerson, CEO of the Norcross, By Ed Christman payments to product sup- sure of an additional 175 stores. The Ga. -based chain, which means that echristman @billboard.com pliers in May 2002. The money allotted for the closures is the liquidation is basically for the majors agreed to try and "spot -on" the amount that the land- benefit of the bank, which is a save the company, but it lenders. The deal is not yet signed, lords will get if there was a Chapter secured lender. raises as many funds as possible, did not work. but it is expected to close in August. 11 filing, he says. While all 36 stores are holding the chain might make a 546 -G plea, Sources say that the loan will be However, if some of the landlords clearance sales, some of the outlets which is a part of the bankruptcy STARTING OVER: The Musicland secured by Musicland inventory. won't allow Musicland to buy its way might be saved. Parkerson confirms code that allows a company operat- Group is on the verge of getting a The loan would replace the $75 out of its leases, Leder says there is no that he is interested in three or four ing in Chapter 11 to return product new revolving credit facility, million credit facility provided by danger of a Chapter 11 filing at of the outlets, while sources say that to critical vendors in return for according to Marc Leder, managing Abelco Finance, which apparently is Musicland. Instead, those stores head of retail operations Marc Appel- new credit. director of Sun Capital Partners, being used as a "bridge" revolver, if would "blast the loudest heavy metal baum is interested in six to 10 stores Such a move would enable the which acquired the chain in June you will, until the new loan deal is music and hire employees with pur- in the Washington, D.C., area. (Appel- stores to have key hit titles in stock from Best Buy. signed. The Abelco revolver was ple hair," Leder says. "The [mall] baum did not return a call for com- so they could entice customers to According to Leder, Congress arranged when Sun Capital acquired landlords will beg us to close the Financial and Fleet Retail Finance Musicland. As part of that deal, Abel- stores." Sounds like a plan to me.

the networks more reliable and less did something for intellectual Waiting vulnerable to prying eyes. property, but we didn't," says Bob These technical enhancements Kalal, director of IT policy at Ohio include proxy software that makes State University. it virtually impossible to identify a The school assisted police in Game downloader's Internet protocol obtaining warrants against four Continued from page 37 address (and therefore his name and students who operated file -sharing location) and improved search func- networks. Although the students tions that weed out fake or poten- have not yet been charged, their tracking the identity of the file shar- tially damaging files. computers were seized. er much more difficult. Kalal claims that the Ohio State Much of the attention is being PICKING A TARGET students were targeted for appropri- paid to Earthstation 5 -a Palestine - Given the continued uncertain- ating undue amounts of bandwidth, is a National Baker& Taylor based file- swapping service that ty surrounding efforts to stop soft- rather than for violating copyright. of music, movies, distributor promises users anonymity. ware distributors and individual "Do I have a service problem with stu- and books with 3 Another likely haven for refugees consumers, ISPs may become dents doing things that deepest are ille- centers and the from Grokster and Morpheus is increasingly attractive targets for gal? Yes," says Karyn Williams, in the industry. catalog . The free, open- source P2P the recording industry, sources say. network services manager at Cal- system was developed expressly for Fueled by its success in the Ver- ifornia Institute of the Arts. "But care second to none. Customer the purpose of eluding observation. izon case, the RIAA has stepped up I'm not the Internet police. It's Although Freenet was designed pressure on all ISPs -especially not my responsibility." * 200,000 unique music, to aid political dissidents in oppres- those run by universities par- say is DVD and video -to Sources there clearly a SKU's sive regimes, it provides the per- in policing on -hand. ticipate and punishing connection between the Verizon fect environment for the anony- file sharers. case and the sudden jump in uni- ,. mous exchange of music, movies "The ISPs Music, Movies, and universities are versity policing and punishment of Books or software. becoming a primary in from one source. target the students who file share. Freenet sends search requests RIAA's war against file sharing," says If the pending court decisions and files through a Call us today at... such circuitous Fred Von Lohmann, senior staff support the RIAA's cause, the or- 800 -775 route that it is impossible for any attorney with the Electronic Frontier ganization may succeed in mak- 1- -2600 ext.2151 observer -even the engineers who Foundation. "To what extent they will ing file sharing a far more diffi- built it -to know who is doing fight back is an interesting question." cult and risky undertaking than it what. What's more, there is no way This question is not so easily is today. to pull the plug on the technology. answered. Yet the existence of such anony- "They could put a gun to my Several universities have recently mous services as Freenet and the head, and I still wouldn't be able to taken action against students who enduring enthusiasm of music fans 4.4 shut down Freenet," Freenet co- were caught sharing files. But rep- probably mean that file sharing will b BAKER &TAYLOR. cwW.ht01.0l111 founder Ian Clarke says. resentatives of these universities are never entirely disappear. ` Information and E.unRninmew 1 mìee, Such already popular file -sharing often unwilling to attribute their "File sharing, in one form or services as Kazaa and Morpheus are actions to pressure from the RIAA. another, will always be with us," also working on upgrades that make "Everybody keeps thinking we Graves says.

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8 7 ROLIE POLIE OLIE: THE BABY BOT CHASE 2003 19.98 a searchable catalog of the top AUSON KRAUSS AND UNION STATION - UVE ROUNDER 10615 Nison Krauss + Union Station 24.98 DVD WALT DISNEY HOME ENTERTAINMENT/BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 30063 100 players and exclusive insight 9 8 ELMO'S WORLD: THE GREAT OUTDOOS 2003 9.98 SONY WONDER /SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT 55326 from NFL analysts. There are 14 4 GREATEST HITS EMI LATIN VIDEO 90398 Selena 21.98CD/DVD 10 18 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS: BIKINI BOTTOM BASH 2003 12.98 million Fantasy fans, according NICKELODEON VIDEO /PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 875443 CHILD -WORLD TOUR SONY MUSIC VIDEOSONY MUSIC ENTEWFAINMENT 54216 Destiny's Child 14.98 DVD 11 14 BABY MOZART 2000 14.98 to WHV. 3 DESTINY'S WALT DISNEY HOME ENTERTAINMENT /BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAIN MEN' 61799 12 13 SPONGEBOB SQUAREBANTS: SEA STORIES 2002 12.98 6 CRAZY IN LOVE SONY MUSIC VIDEO/SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT 79349 BeyonCBFeatunrlgJay-Z 7.98 DVD NICKELODEON VIDEO /PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 875623 MARKETING CONCERNS 13 16 BABY EINSTEIN: BABY NEPTUNE- DISCOVERING WATER 2003 14.98 Marketing to the extreme sports WALT DISNEY HOME ENTERTAINMENT /BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 30172 fan is a sensitive area. While compa- NOT FALLING SONY MUSIC VIDEO /SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT 57589 Mudvayne 9.98 DVD 14 15 SPRING FOR STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE 2003 12.98 DIC ENTERTAINMENT /FOXVIDEO 2007030 nies want to expand the category, s 15 10 POWER RANGERS NINJA STORM VOL 1: PRELUDE TO A STORM 2003 14.98 10 HELL FREEZES OVER GEFFEN HOME VIDEO /UNIVERSAL MUSIC & VIDEO DIST 39548 Eagles 24.98/24.98 WALT DISNEY HOME ENTERTAINMENT /BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 28908 extreme sports fans tend to be inde- 16 12 MEET STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE 2003 12.98 pendent- minded. DIC ENTERTAINMENT/FOXVIDEO 2006934 "Being too popular or too main- 12 9 UVE IN NEW ORLEANS i BLUE 901575Ml HOME Y/SEO 51427 Norah Jones 14.98 DVD 17 17 THE WIGGLES: WIGGLES BAY 2003 14.98 HIT ENTERTAINMENT 2502 stream doesn't work with this con- 13 8 QUEEN:LIVE AT WEMBLEY '86 ROLL WY000 MUSIC M0E0 /UNIVERSAL MUSIC 8, VIDEO DIST162400 01201 19.98/19.98 18.11 CHARLOTTE'S WEB 2: WILBUR'S GREAT ADVENTURE 2002 14.98 sumer," says Jennifer Schaidler, GM PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 871843 1 BLUE'S CLUES: ABC'S AND 123'S 1998 9.98 of Redline Entertainment. Redline, 14 5 LOW ROSWEWRCA/BMG VIDEO 53912 Foo Fighters 7.98 DVD - NICKELODEON VIDEO /PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 835743 whose upcoming releases include SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS: THE SPONGE WHO COULD FLY 2003 12.98 NICKELODEON VIDEO /PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 875603 "Tony Hawk Giant Skate Park Tour 12 EVERYONE'S A STAR RAZOR &TIE/OMGVIDEO 89085 Kidz Bop Kids 12.98/16.98 21' - 20 DORA'S BACKPACK ADVENTURE 2002 12.98 Season 3" (August) and skateboard- NICKELODEON VIDEO /PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 876853 er Mike V's greatest hits, is a wholly 22 24 DORA THE EXPLORER: WISH ON A STAR 2001 12.98 11 THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY 'a CAPITOL VIDEO 90190 The Beatles 149.98/69.98 -,/ NICKELODEON VIDEO /PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 8 74673 owned subsidiary of Best Buy and is THE WIGGLES: MAGICAL ADVENTURE 2003 14.98 distributed by Ventura Distribution. HIT ENTERTAINMENT 2519 15 MN UNPLUGGED V2.0 VAGRANT378 Dashboard Confessional 18.98 CD/DVD BABY EINSTEIN: BABY BACH 2002 14.98 Ventura also distributes VAS and WALT DISNEY HOME ENTERTAINMENT / BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 000531 SLAM titles. 13 JOSH GROBANIN CONCERT 143REPRISE MUSIC VIDSOWARNER MUSIC VIDEO 48413 Josh Groban 27.98 CD/DVD SCOOBY DOO'S GREATEST MYSTERIES 1999 14.98 CARTOON NETWORK VIDEO/WARNER HOME VIDEO 03867 When crafting the marketing cam-

paign for the DVD release of "Keep 14 WHEN THE LIGHTS GO DOWN WARNER MUSIC VIDEO 38579 Faith Hill 16.98 DVD Your Eyes Open" (Aug. 19), Artisan AUGUST 2 Home Entertainment had to be "anti - 16 THE WALL-LIVE IN BERLIN USA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 0826493 Roger Waters 9.98/13.98 2003 Billboard RECREATIONAL SPORTS DVD TM mainstream," says the compány's sen- , Sales data compiled by wLe ti Nielsen ior VP of marketing, Hosea Belcher. 21 17 I'M GLAD /ALL I HAVE EPIC HOME VIDEO/SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT 79927 Jennifer Lopez 7.98 DVD 3 VideoScan ~ ULu The film, directed by Tamra Davis áco TITLE PROGRAM SUPPLIER & NUMBER á ( "Billy Madison," "Half Baked "), 22 18 LET'S GET LOUD EPIC MUSIC VIDEO/SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT 54137 Jennifer Lopez 14.98/19.98

='%'NUMBER 1 'YL-` 1 Week At Number l showcases daring stunts from a IMM 2002-2003 NBA CHAMPIONS SAN ANTOINO SPURS WARNER HOME VIDEO 27960 24.98 wealth of extreme sports athletes - 23 7 LNEATCAPITOLMIWNG SONrMUSICVOEOSONYMUSIGENTERwNMENr5581D The Ataris 9.98 DVD tin= E: :I,4 , VA LT- HAWN MI . _ INYM I ENTERTAINM T:.4_, WM Eric Koston, Marc Frank Montoya, 3 11111111y7SViYPIUXlIIyiJhtlh4.114Y{fIKI 11,H7, I114:Iß111114ItlA1b1.K:éM1,11 24 20 TRILOGY EAGLE VISION 30036 The Cure 24.98 DVD 4 MIME 11,1, ; 1 P CHAMPIONS ::1 :.IOW I I Matt Hoffman, Travis Patrana -who 5 1 . . 41 ©llllll. N 1 .: lErri ...T: also discuss what it takes to be a star 6 0M AIA : -, 411 .1 I, NT RTAI N I 11 . 25 21 LOVERS LIVE EPIC MUSIC VIDEO/SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT 54204 Sade 14.98/19.98 7 /LI i a I: I. 1 :: 111 1 ,: }Ìi.*:1 in their fields. 8 vi TREETB, THE ANDI I To ' F: 11 T 411 .. MEE L T" ': E}Z''T}.'i 9 u 1.1.1- I I 1 :: I .. 11 1 :I 1r:i The campaign has been mainly io 111 I 1 DRIVE- THRU VIDEO EOM 16.98 DVD Various Artists 10 01 A MIXT, ' I, :I I1 : backed with a grassroots approach. 26 24 DRIVE -THRU RECORDS 11 11 1 mum 9 C 1 d:I .. 11.,I win 12 M HI F: I 1; 1Y ,Wr:i The film will also be screened Aug. 2 . i 13 13 I1 iITT:1 27 25 LEE FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS a' EPIC MUSICNCEOISONY WIC ENISRTONMEM9 1130 Staie Ray Iaugten And Double Trl11tle 14.98/19.98 14 :IIu tt RI,I 1TTI u.N 7:.1' IIIIIlrin at select AMC theaters. Winners of an 15 14 iirdlrillI i I, -' i I it II I.I lr I 1, i Mr. online sweepstakes (keepyoureyes- 19.98 16 NMI 28 19 SHOW UNIVERSAL SOUTH/UNIVERSAL MUSIC &VIDEO DIST0o097 Allison Moorer 18.98CD/DVD 1¡ 1 I I 17 ® 1 I. I . I,4 I I t. open.com) will receive a surfing trip - 18 1111' APED : .ltr 1 :I TUT IN I .I 1 New heli -ski to 1 I to Zealand or a trip I 1 I 19 I I 1 ' : : 1 . - .I 1 NMI 29 26 HEART: AUVE IN SEATTLE IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT 9559 Heart 19.98/24 98 20 ENE V9WE: DIVAS-DESERT HEAT SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT 58256 19.98 British Columbia. Opportunities to do a film like 30 23 AN EVENING WITH THE DIXIE CHICKS' mum MIL VIDESSONYMUSCENTEmAINI&NT553a be Chicks 14.98/19.98 "Keep Your Eyes Open" were not AUG 03T 2 available until about 10 years ago, Billboard. HEALTH & FITNESS TM 31 22 GREATEST HITS OLIVIDEO/NAVARRE VIDEO DISTRIBUTION 514 Bjork 16.98 OVO says snowboarder Tina Basich, who oY, Sales data compiled by L Nielsen in '. VideoScan participated the project. 31 HISTORY ON FILM: VOLUME II EPIC MUSICVIDEO50NY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT 50138 MI1hael Jackson 14.98/19.98 ci "To the mainstream [market], it E. S TITLE PROGRAM SUPPLIER & NUMBER E seems like it happened all at once. 33 27 MADE YOU LOOK:GODS SON UVE ILLW111/COLUMMA MUSIC NOEO/SONV MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT 550 Nas 14.98 DVD ,-vr., NUMBER 1 e 10 Weeks At Number But I've seen it gradually happen," 1 PILATES FOR DUMMIES ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT 10948 9.98 she says. "I remember when the X 34 34 EVIL OR DIVINE EAGLE VISION 30035 Dio 19.98 DVD = 2 THE METHOD PRATES: TARGET SPECIFICS CURRENT WELLNESS 840 12.98 3 CRUNCH: PICK YOUR SPOT PRATES ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT 12273 9.98 Games came around and the spon- 4 4 METHOD-ALI IN ONE CURRENT WELLNESS 906 12.98 35 29 SECRET WORLD UVE GEFFEN HOMEVIDEO/UNIVERSAL MUSIC& VIDEO DIST 493594 Peter Gabriel 24.98/19.98 5 5 LESLIESANSONE:SUPERFATBURNING GOODTIMES HOME VIDEO 530210 998 sors at our contests started being 6 6 LESLIE SANSONE: HIGH CALORIE BURN GDODTIMES HOME VIDEO 430210 9.98 corporate. It was an odd thing, 7 7 PILATES:BEGINNINGMATWORKOUT GAIAM VIDEO 1231 1498 FOR THE LAST TIME LNE FROM THE ASTRODOME eGNA51MUEM5EOSNIOSAL Mat B00E001mRi61 GeugeSTait 19.98 DVD 8 9 LESLIE SANSONE: WALK THE WALK GOODTIMES HOME VIDEO 1790 24.98 because we were used to being the 36 30 / 9 10 DENISE AUSTIN: MAT WORKOUT BASED ON THE WORK OFJ .H.PRATES ARTISAN HOME ENTERTAINMENT10152 14.98 rebel, misfit athletes." 10 11 TARGET TONINGWORKOUT- ABSOFSTEEL WARNER HOME VIDEO 51388 9.98 BOULDER, COLORADO a 'CAMEO PROD INC/OMWVOE0eo42 Dave Matthews 19.98/24.98 11 8 LESLIE SANSONE: GET UP & GET STARTED GDODTIMES HOME VIDEO 330210 9.98 Each of these sports are now in 37 33 UVEATFOLSOMRELD, Bat 12 12 FIRM PARTS: SCULPTED BUNS, HIPS & THIGHS GDODTIMES HOME VIDEO 20156 9.98 13 13 BILLY BLANKS: THE BEST OF TAE-BO-ULTIMATE ABS VENTURA DISTRIBUTION 2001 1298. virtually every kid's bedroom, Davis 14 14 PILATES YOGA TWO -PACK ARTISAN HOME ENTERTAINMENT 61294 19.98 says. 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In a music industry beset by as the primary recording tool, entire Record Plant will be a Wi -Fi even more, and it's easy to see how and drill them for the lowest rate. declining sales, the severe pres- Stevens thinks that such high -end [wireless fidelity] hot spot where any challenging survival can become in a "At the end of the day, we need sure under which commercial facilities as Record Plant can survive client can basically grab his laptop prolonged music industry downturn. each other, and I appeal to the record recording studios have been oper- and thrive while continuing to offer and go to one of our relaxing areas Lease payments on a large -format company presidents and heads of ating has prompted major changes the level of service to which its and pick up e -mail, or browse the console alone are substantial, yet the A &R to work with us and be support- at Rick Stevens' legendary Record clients are accustomed. Web or do the other things he may console presents just one, albeit con- ive of us in that time. The market Plant in Hollywood. "Clearly, with the changes and need to do," he says. siderable, aspect of a traditional pro- will turn, and the relationships and Stevens, the owner of the five - challenges going on not just in the A third area of adaptation is a fessional recording environment. trust that have been built up over a room facility, has returned to Los recording studio marketplace but the move to attract work unrelated to On this issue, Stevens chooses long period of time between the Angeles, after a few years in Florida, music market, I felt that I needed to the album projects that Record words carefully. "Let's face it," he record labels and the major studios is to resume day -to -day management take a long look at our business and Plant has long to remain intact. It's the thread of of the facility. find out what it was we could do to catered to. continuity for the future," he says. In addition, recording industry be more successful in the environ- Stevens points Given that, Record Plant, like veteran Bill Dooley, who most ment," Stevens says. to a recent ses- many-though not all-of its corn - recently served as technical direc- "I know that in adversity there's sion for a Siudio petitors, exhibits flexibility with tor at the Village in West Los opportunity-if one is willing to find McDonald's com- regard to rates, based on length of Angeles, has been named a plan and execute it. So I decided to mercial as an time booked. GM/director of recording. come back and take over the reins of example of the Monitor. As in other fields, the importance Founded in 1968 in New York by the Record Plant. diverse range of of forging mutually beneficial Chris Stone and the late Gary Kell- "In addition to that, the conclu- audio services alliances during periods of scarcity is gren, Record Plant rapidly expanded sion I came to about the marketplace Record Plant can By Christopher Walsh not lost on businesses with high to facilities in Los Angeles and was that it's becoming very much a provide, a stance cwalsh @billboard.com overhead, such as a commercial Sausalito, Calif. Pro Tools- centric world, and rather many high -end recording facility. For decades, Record Plant has than fighting the reality of Pro Tools, commercial facil- "Record Plant has always had to been widely considered the modern I wanted to retool the studio, to ities have adopted in recent years. says. "Our clients are the record get a top -end rate in order to provide recording studio archetype. It make it the most work- "At different points we were very companies, and the record compa- the additional services we provide," emphasized a luxurious environment station- centric world that I could active in international [clientele]," nies are going through an extremely Stevens says. "But having said that, and five -star client services, catering possibly make it," he adds. Stevens recalls. 'We're going back to difficult period. There are a handful we have some terrific clients who to every desire of elite artists, produc- Record Plant's four large-format international, we're going back after of the key studios through the major we're willing to work with, if they're ers and engineers. And it maintained Solid State Logic consoles will commercials and we're going back to markets of the United States, many willing to make longer -term com- a cutting -edge equipment arsenal. remain, Stevens says. a world we were very active in at one of whom have a long history, like mitments to us." It's one of a small handful of stu- 'We believe our role combines the time, the film soundtrack world." Record Plant. A facility that has endured for 35 dios that can boast of such clients as SSL with the most ergonomically One aspect of the commercial "If ever there was a time when the years is no stranger to change: Pre- Juni Hendrix, John Lennon, Bob viable Pro Tools interface possible. So recording industry that sparks con- record companies and the recording vailing recording technology of 1968 Dylan and . Yet it is among other things, part of what troversy is the sensitive issue of rates. studios need to be mutually support- bears little resemblance to that of faced with the same challenges as we're doing is to create -and we're One commercial studio equipped ive, this is the time. This is not the 2003, while today's record labels have any other high -end facility. still evolving the exact formula -some with the tools that most top profession- time for the record companies to take undergone a similarly dramatic evolu- "This business, as I've seen it for sort of custom interfaces," he says. als demand represents an investment advantage of the overall marketplace, tion. "This is simply a realization that the last 30 years, is one that has been 'We're at the beginning of a that can easily reach seven figures. or some of the problems that are fac- the world is changing," Stevens adds, constantly evolving," Dooley says. process of taking our own ideas to Multiply that by three, four or ing many of the marginal studios, "and that we must change with it." "There wasn't any time where our clients and asking them about there were doors closing where there modifications or additional features weren't other doors opening. We are which will provide them with the looking to them with great interest, ergonomic working environment AUG hoping we can keep the place going they want. 03T2 Billboard PRODUCTION CREDITS in the same manner that has been "The idea is not that it's Pro Tools by Rick the last 14 vs. SSL or Neve or any other console, established over BILLBOARD'S NO. 1 SINGLES (JULY 26, 2003) years," he adds. it's basically to combine the func- Since the music industry down- tionality of the existing consoles with CATEGORY HOT 100 R &B COUNTRY MODERN ROCK MAINSTREAM ROCK turn, now in its third year, the the best of what Pro Tools and other TITLE CRAZY IN LOVE CRAZY IN LOVE MY FRONT PORCH HEADSTRONG "recording studio as five -star hotel" DAWs have to offer," he adds. Artist/ Beyoncé Featuring Jay -Z/ Beyoncé Featuring Jay -Z/ LOOKING IN The White Stripes/ Tragt/ Producer R. Harrison, B. Knowles R. Harrison, B. Knowles Lonestar/ J. White GGGarth, Tragt model seems increasingly obsolete, Plans also call for upgrading the (Label) (Columbia) (Columbia) D. Huff (Third Man/V2) (Warner Bros.) given the diminishing pool of facility's internal networks, a mod- (BNA) that will improve trans- artists -and recording budgets. ernization RECORDING STUDIOIS) SONY SONY EMERALD TOERAG WAREHOUSE By adapting to a new environment mission of audio to the outside world (Location) HIT FACTORY HIT FACTORY (Nashville, TN) (London) (Vancouver, Liam Watson British Columbia) by smaller budgets and and client comforts within. Engineer(s) (New York) New York) Jeff Balding characterized Jim Caruana, Pat Thrall Jim Caruana, Pat Thrall Dean Maher the digital audio workstation (DAW) 'Within the next 45 days, the CONSOLEISI/ Neve 88 R, SSL 9000 J Neve 88 R, SSL 9000 J SSL 9000 J Calrec M Series Neve (Air) DAMS)

RECORDERS) Pro Tools Pro Tools Pro Tools Strider A 80 Sony 3348, Pro Tools

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MIX DOWN STUDIOIS) HIT FACTORY HIT FACTORY EMERALD TOERAG SOUNDTRACK ILocaliunl (New York) (New York) (Nashville, TN) (London) (New York) Engineer(s) Tony Maserati Tony Maserati Jeff Balding Liam Watson Andy Wallace

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MASTERING STERLNG SOUND STERLING SOUND THE LAB TRANSFERMATION STERLING SOUND ILrocatiunl (New York) (New York) (Los Angeles) (London) New York) Engineer Tom Coyne Tom Coyne Doug Sax, Robert Hadley Noel Summerville Ted Jensen

CD/CASSETTE SONY SONY BMG BMG WEA MANUFACTURER Changing With the Times. The new management team at Record Plant includes, ©2003, VNU Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Hot 100, R &B & Country appear each week; Mainstream Rock, Modern Rods, Rap, Adult Contemporary, Dance Club Play, and Dance from left, Danielle Cole, booking manager; Rick Stevens, chairman /CEO; and Sales rotate weekly. Please submit material for Production Credits to Keith Caulfield,Telephone 323 -525-2297, Fax 323- 525 -2394 or 323 -525 -2395, kcaulfield @billboard.com. Bill Dooley, GM /director of recording.

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www.americanradiohistory.com People /Places /Events Ba ckbee t Edited By Wes Orshoski EXECUTIVE TURNTABLE.

RECORD of sales and retail marketing; and COMPANIES: Jay Jaron Cupak, previously national Samit is named advertising marketing coordina- senior VP of tor, to Northeast regional mar- strategy for keting manager. They are based Sony Music in New York. Entertainment in New York and DISTRIBUTION: Gillian Kellie is Los Angeles. He named CFO of WEA in New York. was president of digital distribu- She was VP of finance and special tion and development for EMI projects for Warner Music Group. Recorded Music. The Handle- Yo, How You Feelin', Baghdad? Karen Kwak man Co. names Atlantic hip -hop act Nappy Roots, above, completed a brief tour of the Persian is promoted to Todd Pretty, Gulf, performing USO shows for thousands of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, Kuwait and senior VP of previously a Qatar.The Louisville, Ky., natives were part of a group of entertainers (including A &R operations marketing stu- Kid Rock) and athletes that made the trip, which was part of Project Salute and administra- dent, merchan- 2003, the first large -scale entertainment tour to hit the region since Operation tion for Arista dise allocator; Iraqi Freedom. In addition to concerts at Kuwait's Camp Doha and Qatar's Camp Records in New Kristen Smith, As Sayliyah, the act visited Baghdad.What was originally planned as an opportu- York. She was previously a nity for troops to meet and get autographs from the Roots turned into an im- VP of A &R management student, college promptu show in a packed hangar at Baghdad International Airport. Nappy's administration. recruitment coordinator; Brian Skinny Deville says,rTo be freestylin' in Baghdad in 130 -degree weather was Dave Yeskel is Gabriel, previously a manage- something that we will never forget, and the vibe and the energy of the whole trip named VP senior ment student, supply chain ana- was just amazing. It felt like a pilgrimage, which really tested our faith in what we of sales for V2 lyst; Jiehan Dabish, previously a believe in." At left, group member Big V signs autographs. (Photos: Mike Caren) Records in New merchandise management stu- York. He was VP dent, Albany district manager; of sales for J Shannon Atelski, previously a Capturing Bonnaroo Records. marketing student, advertising Photographer Danny Clinch, far left, shot a docu- Adrian Mor- coordinator; Leaza Cohen, previ- mentary DVD at the second annual Bonnaroo festival eira is promoted ously a management and market- in , Tenn. Clinch -seen here snapping to VP of adult formats for RCA ing student, business analyst; and shots of James Brown, pictured with members of his Music Group in New York. He Stephanie Kelly, previously an entourage behind the festival's main stage just before was senior di- organizational studies student, showtime -also took portraits of the many acts that rector of adult logistics coordinator. They are played the three -day festival. His documentary, to be formats. based in Troy, Mich. issued Oct. 7, will be preceded by Sanctuary Records' Chuck Ansel The Handleman Co. also Aug. 19 release of a two -disc live set from the event, is promoted to names Kevin Garvey assistant which also induded performances by the Allman VP of opera- manager of distribution in Indi- Brothers Band, Widespread Panic, Neil Young tions/finance for anapolis. He was a marketing and the Flaming Lips.The DVD will be Ginch's sec- BMG Produc- and management student. ond, after the Ben Harper documentary "Pleasure tion Music in and Pain."At right is Brown's wife and backup singer, Los Angeles. He was director of HOME VIDEO: Tony Vandeveer- Toni Rae Brown. (Photo: Wes Orshoski) operations. donk is named director of home Elektra Records promotes Jay video sales for FUNimation Pro- Perloff, previously VP of sales, to ductions in Fort Worth, Texas. K.NA s1.10-rs by Mark Parisi head of sales; Tony Martinez, pre- He was senior national sales viously national marketing man- manager for Pioneer Entertain- TrEA?EST MuSc FASloa5 J ager, to senior national director ment USA.

Pitching In ó E The Blind Boys of Alabama donated $5,000 to the American Diabetes Assn. RoBEt4 -%DDAR'i) at the ADA's national convention in New I-111ZT 5AC6 540-A0 American Diabetes Orleans. Representing the group was Association , 5,000 founder Clarence Fountain, right, and drummer Ricky McKinnie.The gospel Coney Island Rawk! act is also donating a portion of its forth- coming Christmas disc, "GoTell It on the TheVillageVoice held its third Siren Music Festival in mid -July Mountain" (out Sept. 17 on Real World), at Coney Island, N.Y. The annual bonanza featured to the ADA. The disc features guest turns sets by Sweden's Sahara Hotnights, above, Modest Mouse, 5o CFtJT Ci-lW51f4A A,Gu1LERA by Tom Waits, Michael Franti, Solo- Idlewild, Hot Hot Heat, the Datsuns and others. (Photo: KEN/JAR Vi-ST ACTivJEAR mon Burke, Aaron Neville and others. Theo Wargo/Wirelmage.com)

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Addicted To Music Therapy

ane's Addiction drummer Calif. -based summer camp -but it Stephen Perkins chuckles has led to Perkins organizing and ilwhile recalling his original leading drum circles there for sev- plan for the shaker he invent- eral years now. Men On Film ed, the Go -Jo Bag. Word of the joys of the Go -Jo Bag The original lineup of played its first U.S. "My drum tech, Joey, and I were spread, and it has since been sold as show in 18 years July 15 at the Roxy in Hollywood. Start- like, `We're gonna sell them to Gui- a music therapy device to hospitals ing with "Friends of Mine, " vocalist Simon LeBon, left, tar Center,' la dee -da," he says, throughout the country. and company performed a 14 -song set that included such laughing. "But we found a whole Through the years, Perkins, sit- hits as "Hungry Like the Wolf," "Wild Boys" and "Notori- new home [for them]." ting at a four -piece drum set, has ous." Above, posing for cameras prior to the show, from Perkins laughs because the per- led people in drum circles at the left, are Roger Taylor, Nick Rhodes, LeBon, John Taylor cussion instrument-essentially a camp. Before Jane's Addiction and Andy Taylor. (Group photo: Galella/Wirelmage.com; mesh bag of marbles with a velcro reunited, he even brought three - Live photo: Steve Granitz/Wirelmage.com) strap around it -has taken an en- fourths of his former band, Porno tirely different path than the one he for Pyros, up to the camp for an originally envisioned. acoustic performance. Quite simply, making the shaker He has been particularly charmed Saying has changed his life and led to by the children who join in. events that have had a deeply mean- "Some of these kids have in- ingful impact on him in a way that credible energy," he says, noting Goodbye merely selling the that they suffer Thousands of fans of late salsa great product at a musi- from various dis- Celia Cruz recently paid their final cal- instrument abilities. "They just respects to the Cuban singer July 19 at chain could never have a chance to go Miami's FreedomTower. Fans started lin- have had. wild and focus in on ing up to get a peek at Cruz's casket the Shortly after something. I have a night before. By the 10 a.m. viewing, Perkins created it little microphone, the line to get into FreedomTower five or six years ago, and I tell everybody, extended several blocks to nearby Inter- the Go -Jo Bag's re- `Just free yourself. Perkins' Invention state 395. Above Cruz's casket was a tail destiny was in- And if you don't statue of La Virgen de la Caridad, the terrupted one day when the drum- think the rhythm is shaking with patron saint of Cuba. Cruz was dressed mer was hanging out with friend somebody else's rhythm, that's OK. in a tall blonde wig and a white silk and neighbor Scott Weinberg at You've got your own rhythm. It's not gown; a white rosary was placed in her home in Tarzana, Calif. going to be perfect.' " hands. Her casket, which was flanked by Perkins had befriended Wein- During one particularly moving the Cuban and American flags, was berg, who has muscular dystrophy, session a few years back, Perkins draped in the Cuban standard. (Photo: shortly after moving to Tarzana. noticed that a young girl was react- Gary I. Rothstein/Wirelmage.com) Weinberg, who must use a wheel- ing to the sound of his crash cym- chair for mobility, would often play bal, so he started hitting the crash, bongos or other percussion instru- hoping to illicit more of a response One For Rosetta ments with Perkins at his home. from her. One day, when Weinberg's "She kind of got up and went Joan Osborne teamed with the Holmes strength was beginning to weaken nuts for a while; she really freed her- Brothers on a cover of the traditional and he could no longer hold a mara- self. It was unbelievable to see that I "Nobody's Fault but Mine" for the forth- ca, Perkins suggested that he try his was connecting with this girl, who I coming Sister Rosetta Tharpe tribute new creation, as the velcro strap never talked to-she knows noth- album.The song was cut atTiki Studios in would ease the problem Weinberg ing of Jane's Addiction. Glen Cove, N.Y. Pictured at the studio, had with clenching something in I realized that I opened up a from left, are Mark Carpentieri, produc- his hand. door for somebody. At the end of er /president of M.C. Records; bassist/ Weinberg loved it and suggested the drum circle, her parents came vocalist Sherman Holmes; Osborne; gui- that Perkins join him at Camp Joan up to me and said that they had tarist/vocalist Wendell Holmes; engineer Meir, a gathering place for disabled never seen her laugh and dance - Fred Guarino; and drummer /vocalist people of all ages, where he was sure ever. All the time I spent practic- Popsy Dixon (Dixon is behind Guarino). the shaker would be a big hit as a ing chops and rudiments doesn't Set for release Aug. 12 on M.C. Records, form of musical therapy. mean anything -this is really "Shout, Sister, Shout" also features Maria Not only was it a hit -especially when it counts." Muldaur, Michelle Shocked, Victoria with the children at the Malibu, WES ORSHOSKI Williams and others.

BILLBOARD AUGUST 2, 2003 www.billboard.com 47 www.americanradiohistory.com Songwriters & Publishers Tannen CD Spotlights Bluegrass, Country

BY JIM BESSMAN songs] when Pop decided to start Tan- Williams and the Chordettes-and a Chip Taylor compositions like "Then have since merged under the Tannen nen Music, but it showed that his coun- young kid they just signed named I'll Count Again" and "Worry," both of Music banner, with a combined cata- Tannen Music marks its 60th an- try music instincts were good." Johnny Tillotson. I held another job for which were cut by Tillotson, and "If log of more than 1,800 titles ranging niversary next year, but the Stamford, After Tannen Music incorporated in a small European company, Pallette You Were Mine Mary," which Tannen from mid -'40s country classics to con- Conn.-based boutique music publish- 1944 and affiliated with BMI, most of Records, which had a pretty decent brought to Eddy Arnold- having temporary jazz, folk, country and pop. er is already celebrating with "Blue- its early catalog was country- "which American hit, 'Manhattan Spiritual' by inherited a fondness for Nashville Samples from 100 key songs are avail- grass & Country Classics," its first was pretty unusual back then if you Reg Owen. music from his father. able on the tannenmusic.com Web site. promo compilation. weren't living in Nashville or Okla- "Then Father picked up a song by "Then he got an offer from April - The `Bluegrass & Country Classics" As the title indicates, the 28 -song homa or the South," Tannen says. Hal Greene and Dick Wolfe -`True Blackwood," Tannen recalls. "The CD sampler bears a photo of Nat Tan - CD features such catalog classics as The company's midtown Manhat- Happiness' -that he wanted the biggest mistake I ever made was not nen sticking out of a denim pocket. "Mountain Dew," the moonshine saga tan location was also the home of Tan- getting a bank loan to pay him $150 Paul notes that the compilation came written by Bascomb L. Lundsford and nen's Hillbilly Music Center-the first a week." about because of increased awareness Scott Wiseman and made most and only hillbilly country record store Tannen later bought out Tillotson of bluegrass and classic country in the famous by but record- in New York. After teaming with local and is now sole owner of Ridge's 479 wake of "0 Brother, Where Art Thou ?" ed by scores of others. country radio air personality and RCA songs. Other Ridge writer /artists "There's an incredible version of But as company president Paul Tan- recording artist Rosalie Allen, the include country notable Steve Young, 'Mountain Dew' by the Stanley Broth- nen notes, Tannen Music boasts a store became Rosalie Allen's Hillbilly jazz guitarist Mark Whitfield, the post - ers and 'Memories of Mother and Dad' "diversified" repertoire beyond its blue- Music Center. "Louie Louie" Kingsmen and comedi- by Ricky Skaggs and ," Tan - grass and country core, including rock, "In the back he had a sheet music - an Pat Cooper. nen says. The latter number is an jazz and even comedy. selling agency -Keys Music -and was Tannen's brother Michael, mean- Albert Price song previously recorded Indeed, the roots of the firm lie in the selling agent for Acuff-Rose," Tan - while, founded ASCAP affiliate DeShuf- by Bill Monroe in 1953. Irving Berlin Music, where Tannen's nen continues, noting its biggest sheet flin in 1971 with . Now He also singles out "one of my father and Tannen Music founder Nat music hit, "Tennessee Waltz." "All this wholly owned by Tannen, DeShufflin favorite titles of all time ": Martha Ellis' Tannen started out as an office boy and was on 54th Street: When country has some 400 songs by such estimable "I Ain't Broke but I'm Badly Bent," TANNEN: 'DIVERSIFIED' sold sheet music. When fellow Berlin stars and music industry people like REPERTOIRE singer /songwriters as the Roches, which is represented on the disc by employee Sol Boume left to launch Chet Atkins came to town, it was Loudon Wainwright III and Carly IIIrd Tyme Out's version. Boume Music, he took with him Tan - always their first stop." Chordettes to record, but they cut it Simon; also included, through a co- "There are a lot of things nobody's nen, who then toured the U.S. pro- The elder Tannen, who died in 1962, with Johnny." venture with Bob James, are jazz titles heard of," Tannen adds, specifying moting Bourne catalog to big bands. headed Frank Loesser's Frank Music This sparked a relationship between from Richard Tee and Kirk Whalum. 'Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out," On one trip to Texas, Tannen met in the mid -'50s but continued to run Paul Tannen and Tillotson that result- Tannen cites another Tannen Music a 1969 cut for Ernest Tubb and Loret- Western swing king Bob Wills and his own company. ed in their 1961 formation of Ridge "offshoot" in his mid -'60s partnership ta Lynn that was written by Tillotson, picked up a pair of Wills standards, "San "I came on the scene in '60 and '61, Music Corp. to publish Tillotson's with "Roses are Red" songwriter Paul Lucille Cosenza and Teddy Wilburn. Antonio Rose" and " Rag." after I graduated college and left the tunes, many co -written by the pair and Evans. Tannen's Natson , Otherwise, Tannen Music is "still "Boume almost threw Pop out of the army," Paul Tannen says. "Pop couldn't produced by Tannen. which featured country hits cleffed by plugging away, trying to get synch office with 'that a -ha crap,' " Tannen afford to pay me, so I also did record Tillotson's self -penned 1962 pop hit Evans and Paul Parnes, was then licenses and working on a computer recalls, citing Boume's denunciation of promotion for Archie Bleyer's Cadence "It Keeps Right on A- Hurtin" was the acquired by DeShufflin in 1982. game involving one of the songs," Wills' Texas Playboys band's vocal trade- Records, promoting records for the biggest song in the Ridge catalog, Tan- Tannen Music, DeShufflin, Ridge Tannen says. "Things are constantly mark. "Boume wouldn't sell [the Wills likes of the Everly Brothers, Andy nen says. But it also included early and a fourth catalog, New Media Music, coming up."

artist Ashanti tops the albums WINDSWEPT'S FISCHERSPOONER chart with her new sophomore PACT: Windswept Pacific has signed Iry album "Chapter Gotti, famous Music II," fueled by its an exclusive worldwide publishing pop/R &B hit single "Rock Wit U deal with Fischerspooner. The pact (Awww Baby)." involves both the solo and collec- His upcoming projects include tive music works of the New York - Extend Publishing Deal an Ashanti concert DVD and based music and multimedia duo Christmas Famous Music has extended its album; a Ja Rule worldwide publishing venture EP, DVD and with Murder Inc. boss Iry Gotti double -album; and his DJ Iry Music, which has and albums Words& been doing business with Famous' from Charli BMI affiliate Ensign Music since Baltimore, Cad - early 2000. dillac Tah, Music. The move follows a banner year Black Child and for Gotti, who recently won the numerous new title of BMI pop songwriter of the artists. By Jim Bessman year based on placing five titles on "We've had an jbessman @billboard.com BMI's Most Performed List of 50: amazingly suc- "Always on Time" (Ja Rule Featur- cessful year with ing Ashanti), "Foolish" (Ashanti), Irv, and I'm very excited about the of Warren Fischer and Casey "I'm Real (Jennifer Lopez with Ja coming year and all of its possibili- Spooner, whose recently released Rule), "Livin' It Up" (Ja Rule Fea- ties," says Tanya Brown, Famous Capitol Records debut album turing Case) and "What's Luv ?" Music's senior creative director of " #1" includes a bonus DVD fea- (Fat Joe Featuring Ashanti). urban, who previously served with turing their artwork, photogra- Additionally, Gotti tied for BMI's Gotti as A &R coordinator at Def phy and videos. 2002 Urban Awards as songwriter Pictured at Murder Inc.'s headquarters in New York, from left, are Famous Music Jam Records, distributor of Mur- "Their creativity extends into so of the year and was also honored chairman/CEO Irwin Z. Robinson, Gotti, Famous Music senior creative director of der Inc. many realms- music, film, art, with a top producer award. urban Tanya Brown and Murder Inc. VP of A &R Chris Gotti. Famous chairman/CEO Irwin Z. dance-and we think we'll be able He placed in the top five of Hot Robinson adds, "It's been great to to expand the traditional relation- 100 Songwriters and Hot end charts and was named overall Songwriter Magazine's 2002 work with Iry and his staff. They ship between publisher and artist," R &B /Hip -Hop Songwriters and songwriter, publisher and pro- annual awards. are truly pros and are very serious says John Anderson, Windswept's Producers in the Billboard year- ducer of the year in American Currently, Gotti's Murder Inc. about producing hits." senior VP of film and TV licensing.

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UNITED KINGDOMGlola / EUROPE / ASIA / JAPAN / AUSTRALIA / AFRICA / CANADA Italian bassist Massimo Moriconi, one of many Italian artists performing at the 2003 Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia. European Majors Catching Up Online

BY JULIANA KORANTENG music to a variety of retailers selling music to home computer users. Differences in culture, LONDON-As major record companies in the language, geography and copyright laws make U.S. seek to sell an increasing amount of music the sale of music online in the European Union online using the legal digital music services of more complicated than it is in the U.S. AOL, Apple Computer, Press - As a result, major and inde- play and others, their sister pendent record companies labels in Europe are quickly work with more than 100 dif- catching up-and then some. ferent online retailers across Europe is plagued by the the Continent. same kind of illegal peer -to- European consumers are peer (P2P) file- sharing serv- also generally unable to down- ices that have blighted the load from U.S. -based services. U.S. music business. But the Today's technology makes it majors here are as ardent as possible for the retailer to their U.S counterparts in know of the sub- their drive to boost access to scriber making the online licensed repertoire for the purchase, and U.S. sites carry still- developing digital music warnings informing sub- retail business. scribers that only orders from 'We're attempting to make our assets available U.S. -based addresses will be fulfilled. (Such dis- to all [legal] digital retailers," says Jay Durgan, claimers are necessary for tax purposes.) London-based senior VP of marketing for Warn- The technical muscle for many online retail er Music International (WMI). "We want to sup- sites in Europe comes from OD2, the U.K. -based port and collaborate with them any way we can." digital service co-founded by Peter Gabriel, which WMI and the other four majors offer their (Continued on page 53)

Oz Labels, Cyber Firms Team For Download Plans BY CHRISTIE ELIEZER artists and the rights of the consumers." It ¡an Jazz Picks Up Insiders confirm that labels here have begun MELBOURNE, Australia -The early success of to aggressively negotiate download clauses with Labels Hope Interest Is Sparked Abroad Apple's iTunes Music Store service in the U.S. has their domestic artists. sparked a shift in attitude toward downloads At the same time, Internet companies are jock- BY MARK WORDEN among Australian record com- eying for position in the devel- panies and artists. oping Australian market for MILAN-Italian labels are counting on a new level of popularity for local jaz "Three years ago, when we legal online music. artists here to spark international success for those acts. launched .com.au, record Apple Music Australia has The healthy state of the domestic jazz scene was reflected in record atten companies didn't want to been meeting with labels and dance at the Umbria Jazz Festival, the genre's premier live event in Italy. know about us," recalls copyright agencies in ad- Dominic managing vance of the potential ex- From July 11 -20, Perugia picturesque city north of Rome, with a popula Carosa, -a director of Melbourne -based pansion of the iTunes Music invaded by 250,000 music fans. They came for the 30t tion of 200,000-was Internet company Destra. 'We Store Down Under. edition of the festival and, thanks to the addition of new venues around the city were the Antichrist. Now they Stuart Harris, Apple Aus- their numbers were up by 20% on the previous year. see us as part of the future of tralia software product man- The event attracted an array of international performers, including Keith Jar their business." ager, says, "We are certain that rett, Omette Coleman and Herbie Hancock. But the presence of home -grown musi Purchases on iTunes can SIMON: SIMPLE AND CONV ENIENT' BUSINESS MODEL there is a strong, viable mar- cians was particularly notable. only be made with a U.S. ket for [the service] in Aus- use tralia." He declines to comment on specific plans. "I've been accused in the past of not giving Italian artists enough space, but thi credit card. That means Australians cannot the service. Label executives say Apple will introduce the intentional. It's [that] weren't many in the same league as the bi was never just there But Jon Simon, Warner Music's VP of new iTunes Music Store in Australia for the PC format names," says Carlo Pagnotta, artistic director of Umbria Jazz. `But that has changed music, Asia- Pacific, praises the Apple operation as by year's end; at that time, Australian consumers (Continued on page 52 "a business model which is simple, convenient, using Apple computers will also be able to access and takes into consideration the rights of the (Continued on page 53)

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1 NEW YASEI NO ENERGY 1 1 CRAZY IN LOVE 1 1 AICHA 1 1 CHIHUAHUA B'Z VERMIWON RECORDS BEYONCE FEATURING JAY-Z COLUMBIA OUTLANDISH ARIOLA DJ BOBO VOGUE 2 1 & 2 NEW SATISFACTION 2 2 ICH KENNE NIGHTS 2 2 LIVE IS LIFE AVUMI HAMASAKI AVER TRAX BENNY BENASSI PRESENTS THE BIZ DATA/MOS RZA FEATURING XAVIER NAIDOO VIRGIN HERMES HOUSE BAND A DJ OTZI ULM 3 NEW RIGHT ON, BABE 3 7 NO LETTING GO 3 NEW I DON'T THINK SO 3 NEW JE VOULAIS TE DIRE QUE JE T'ATTENDS THE GOSPELLERS KI /DON WAYNE WONDER VP /ATLANTIC GRACIA HANSA JONATAN CERRADA RCA 4 NEW NATSU NO OMOIDE 4 5 BRING ME TO LIFE 4 3 GET BUSY 4 4 LAISSE PARLER LES GENS KETSUMEISHI TOYS FACTORY EVANESCENCE FEATURING PAUL McCOY WINO -UP/EPIC SEAN PAUL ATLANTIC JOCELYNELABYLLE A JACOB DESVARIEUX UP MUSIC 5 NEW LOVE IS FOREVER 5 NEW PASS IT ON 5 NEW SOMEDAY 5 3 SUR UN AIR LATINO TOMMY FEBRUARY DEFSTAR THE CORAL DELTASONIC NO ANGELS POLYDOR LORIE EPG

6 1 NEW WAIT TLL I CAN DREAM 6 3 FEEL GOOD TIME 5 6 CRAZY IN LOVE 6 9 BRING ME TO LIFE I TOMMY HEAVENLY DEFSTAR PINK FEATURING WILLIAM ORBIT COLUMBIA BEYONCÉ FEATURING JAY-Z COLUMBIA EVANESCENCE FEATURING PAUL McCOY WINO -UP 7 NEW PUT 'EM UP 7 NEW INVISIBLE 7 11 IN THE SHADOWS 7 6 FAN NAMIEAMURO AVEXTRAX D -SIDE WEA THE RASMUS PLAYGROUND PASCALOBISPO EPIC 8 NEW PERSEUS 8 4 REAL THINGS 3 4 REIGN 8 5 WE WILL ROCK YOU HITOMI SHIMATANI AVER TRAX JAVINE INNOCENT JA RULE DEF JAM/MERCURY KCPK ULM 9 NEW LOVE SOMEBODY 9 8 FAST FOOD SONG 9 16 STUCK 9 12 DJ YUJI ODA WITH MAXI PRIEST UNIVERSAL FAST FOOD ROCKERS BETTER THE DEVIL STACIE ORRICO VIRGIN GIAM'S HOSTILENIRGIN -0 11 SAKURA (DOKUSYO) 10 11 FLY ON THE WINGS OF LOVE 10 NEW STUCK ON YOU 10 13 SATISFACTION NAOTARO MORIYAMA UNIVERSAL XTM & DJ CHUCKY PRESENTS ANNIA SERIOUS MARK' OH SONY BENNY BENASSI PRESENTS THE BIZ ULM HOT MOVER SINGLES HOT MOVER SINGLES HOT MOVER SINGLES HOT MOVER SINGLES

- 2 NEW CLAUDIA 13 NEW GOLDEN RETRIEVER 16 25 FEEL GOOD TIME 20 23 SUNRISE KYOSUKE HIMURO TOSHIBA/EMI SUPER FURRY ANIMALS EPIC PINK FEATURING WIWAM ORBIT COLUMBIA SIMPLY RED AZ RECORDS 9 NEW RE -SET 14 NEW JUST BECAUSE 20 NEW GET MY PARTY ON 22 NEW MARYLIN TAKUI COLUMBIA JANE'S ADDICTION CAPITOL SHAGGY FEATURING CHAKA KHAN MCA INDOCHINE COLUMBIA 21 NEW SHANGHAI HONEY 22 NEW YOU'RE FREE 21 NEW ANGEL OF DARKNESS 32 45 JE VAIS TE CHERCHER ORANGE RANGE SONY YOMANDA INCENTIVE ALEX C. FEATURING YASMIN K. EPIC CHIMENE BADI AZ RECORDS 28 NEW KOSAMEMACHI 24 NEW WHITE WEDDING 29 32 LOVE RULES 33 38 IN DA CLUB HIROKO HATTORI TOSHIBA/EMI MURDERDOLLS ROADRUNNER THE LOVE COMMITTEE HANSA 50 CENT INTERSCOPE 29 NEW STILL IN THE GROOVE 25 NEW LOOSE CANNON 34 THE MAGIC KEY 34 40 NICE PEOPLE NANA MIZUKI KI/OON KIWNG JOKE ZOMA ONE -T8 COOL -T MERCURY NICE PEOPLE UNE MUSIQUE ALBUMS ALBUMS ALBUMS ALBUMS

1 NEW RIP SLYME 1 1 BEYONCE 1 NEW BEYONCÉ 1 1 NORAH JONES TIME TO GO WARNER MUSIC JAPAN DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE COLUMBIA DANGEROUSLYIN LOVE COLUMBIA COME AWAY WITH ME BLUE NOTE 2 1 2 3 DELTA GOODREM 2 3 NENA 2 2 EVANESCENCE IF I BELIEVE GIZA STUDIO INNOCENT EYES EPIC 20 JAHRE-NENA FEAT NENA WARNER STRATEGIC MARKETING FALLEN EPIC 3 NEW TUBE 3 5 KINGS OF LEON 3 4 SHANIA TWAIN 3 3 FLORENT PAGNY OASIS SONY MUSIC ASSOCIATED RECORDS YOUTH AND YOUNG MANHOOD HAND ME DOWN/RCA UP! MERCURY AILLEURS LANG MERCURY 4 3 CHEMISTRY 4 2 THE DARKNESS 4 2 EROS RAMAZZOTTI 4 5 KYO BETWEEN THE UNES DEFSTAR PERMISSION TO LAND MUST DESTROY 9 ARIOLA LE CHEMIN JIVE

5 4 SMAP 5 8 GEORGE BENSON 5 1 METALLICA 5 6 MADONNA SMAP01G/MIJ VICTOR THE VERY BEST OF -THE GREATEST HITS WARNER BROS. ST ANGER VERTIGO AMERICANUFE MAVERICK/WARNER BROS. 6 5 SOWELU 6 4 OSMONDS 5 8 ROBBIE WILLIAMS 6 4 JEAN -JACQUES GOLDMAN GEOFU DEFSTAR ULTIMATE COLLECTION UMTV ESCAPOLOGY CHRYSALIS UN TOUR ENSEMBLE COLUMBIA 7 7 HY 7 11 STEREOPHONICS 7 6 WIR SIND HELDEN 7 9 BENNY BENASSI & THE BIZ STREET STORY CLIMAX ENTERTAINMENT YOU GOTTA GO THERE TO COME BACK V2 VIRGIN HYPNOTICA ULM TV MARKETING 8 9 EVANESCENCE 8 6 THE THRILLS 3 7 EVANESCENCE 8 10 CARLA BRUNI FALLEN EPIC SO MUCH FOR THE CITY VIRGIN FALLEN WIND -UP QUELQU'UN MA DIT NAIVE 9 NEW VARIOUS ARTISTS 9 7 EVANESCENCE 9 9 XAVIER NAIDOO 9 7 SNIPER MELODIES -THE BEST OF AOR WARNER MUSIC JAPAN FALLEN WIND -UP/EPIC ... ALLES GUTE VOR UNS... SPV GRAVE DANS LA ROCHE EAST WEST '0 6 NAOTARO MORIYAMA 10 9 MORCHEEBA 10 15 OUTLANDISH 10 11 TRYO IKUTSUMONO KAWAO KOETE UMARETA KOTOBATAC UNIVERSAL PARTS OF THE PROCESS EASTWEST BREAD AND BARRELS OF WATER ARIOLA GRAIN DE SABLE COLUMBIA

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1 1 BRIDGE IS 1 OVER TROUBLED WATER/THIS THE NIGHT 1 MOTIVOS DE UN SENTIMIENTO 1 1 IGNITION 1 1 GET BUSY CLAY AIKEN RCA/BMG JOAQUIN SABINA BMG /ARIOLA R. KELLY JIVE SEAN PAUL ATLANTIC 2 2 FLYING WITHOUT WINGS/SUPERSTAR 2 NEW HOLLYWOOD 2 2 CRAZY IN LOVE 2 2 BRING ME TO LIFE RUBEN STUDDARD J/BMG MADONNA MAVERICK/WARNER BROS. BEYONCÉ FEATURING JAY -Z COLUMBIA EVANESCENCE FEATURING PAUL McCOY WIND- UP/EPIC 3 3 BRING ME TO LIFE 3 3 LOS PLANETAS 3 3 INNOCENT EYES 3 3 HOLLYWOOD EVANESCENCE FEATURING PAUL McCOY EPIC/SONY MUSIC LA BUENA VIDA SINNAMON DELTA GOODREM EPIC MADONNA MAVERICK/WARNER BROS. 4 NEW CRAZY IN LOVE 4 5 TOUR DE FRANCE '03 4 4 I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT 4 4 GOCCE DI MEMORIA BEYONCÉ FEATURING JAY -Z COLUMBIA/SONY MUSIC KRAFTWERK CAPITOL BUSTA RHYMES FEATURING MARIAN CAREY ARISTA GIORGIA DISCHI DI CIOCCOLATA 5 NEW HOLLYWOOD 5 4 MAS QUE NADA 5 5 21 QUESTIONS 5 5 UN' EMOZIONE PER SEMPRE MADONNA MAVERICK/WARNER TANGA GIRLS MUXXIC 50 CENT FEATURING NATE DOGG INTERSCOPE EROS RAMAZZOTTI ARIOLA 6 4 FIGHTER 5 7 E SAMBA 6 6 BRING ME TO LIFE 6 9 LA CANZONE DEL CAPITANO CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA/BMG JUNIOR JACK BLANCO Y NEGRO EVANESCENCE FEATURING PAUL McCOY WIND -UP/EPIC DJ FRANCESCO DO IT YOURSELF 7 5 ROCK WIT U (AWWW BABY) 7 6 LA NINA 7 NEW FEEL GOOD TIME 7 6 MA DAI ASHANTI MURDER( CJDEF JAM/UNIVERSAL MALA RODRIGUEZ UNIVERSAL PINK FEATURING WILLIAM ORBIT COLUMBIA CARDILLO A. SUGAR 8 NEW 21 QUESTIONS 3 8 EVERYWAY THAT I CAN 8 7 INTUITION 8 7 CRAZY IN LOVE 50 CENT FEATURING NATE DOGG SHADY /AFTERMATHANTERSCOPEBNIVERSAL SERTAB EBENER COLUMBIA JEWEL EAST WEST BEYONCE FEATURING JAY -Z COLUMBIA 9 10 PICTURE 9 19 JALEO 9 10 THE REIGN 9 8 FAKE KID ROCK FEATURING UNIVERSAL SOUTH/UNIVERSAL RICKY MARTIN COLUMBIA JA RULE DEF JAM/MERCURY SIMPLY RED NUN '.0 7 IF YOU'RE NOT THE ONE 10 9 ST. ANGER 10 13 GET BUSY 10 10 I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT DANIEL BEDINGFIELD POLYDORASLAND/UNIVERSAL METAWCA VERTIGO SEAN PAUL VP /ATLANTIC BUSTA RHYMES FEATURING MARIAH CAREY BMG RICORDI HOT MOVER SINGLES HOT MOVER SINGLES HOT MOVER SINGLES HOT MOVER SINGLES 22 25 LOSE YOURSELF 20 NEW HEAVEN'S GATE ' l NEW ANGEL 13 23 NON L'HAI MICA CAPITO REMIX EMINEM SHADYANTERSCOPE/UNIVERSAL AVISPA SARATOGA ' AMANDA PEREZ EMI VASCO ROSSI VS. DUB -J RICORDI 27 RE HOLE IN THE WORLD 5 25 OBSESSION 16 32 GIULIA EAGLES ERC/33RD STREET AMIEL FESTIVAL DJ LHASA UNIVERSAL ' 6 NEW HOLLYWOOD 17 22 PRIMA DI PARTIRE PER UN LUNGO VIAGGIO MADONNA MAVERICK/WARNER IRENE GRANDI CGD 77 31 20 30 IN DA CLUB SADDLE CLUB SHOCK 50 CENT INTERSCOPE NEW STAB 23 29 SUNRISE WEA SIMPLY RED NUN ALBUMS ALBUMS ALBUMS ALBUMS

i NEW SOUNDTRACK 1 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS 1 1 POWDERFINGER 1 1 EROS RAMAZZOTTI BAD BOY II BAD BOY/UNIVERSAL CARIBE 2W3 VALE MUSIC VULTURE STREET UNIVERSAL 9 ARIOLA 2 1 SEAN PAUL 2 5 NINO BRAVO 2 2 DELTA GOODREM 2 2 MARISA MONTE DUTTY ROCK VP/ATLANTIC/WARNER TOSO NINO UNIVERSAL INNOCENT EYES EPIC TRIBALISTAS WITH CARUNHOS BROWN A ARNALDO CAPITOL 3 2 BEYONCÉ 3 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS 3 5 NORAH JONES 3 4 EVANESCENCE DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE COLUMBIA/SONY MUSIC DISCO ESTRELLA 2003 VALE MUSIC COME AWAY WITH ME BLUE NOTE FALLEN WIND -UP/EPIC 4 3 METALLICA 4 3 LA OREJA DE VAN GOGH 4 4 SOUNDTRACK 4 5 NOMADI ST ANGER ELEKTRA/WARNER LO QUE CONTE MIENTRAS... EPIC CHARLIE'S ANGELS -FULL THROTTLE COLUMBIA NOMADI 40 CGD S 6 EVANESCENCE 3 6 HUGO 5 6 BEYONCÉ 5 3 SIMPLY RED FALLEN WIND -UP/EPIC/SONYMUSIC EL HEROE DE TU VIDA VALE MUSIC DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE COLUMBIA HOME NUN 6 10 50 CENT 6 8 VARIOUS ARTISTS 5 8 SOUNDTRACK 6 6 CLAUDIO BAGLIONI GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE/UNIVERSAL CARACTER LATINO 2003 DRO THE LIZZIE McGUIRE MOVIE FESTIVAL SONO 10- L'UOMO DELLA STORIA ACCANTO COLUMBIA 7 4 NORAH JONES 7 12 ANDY & LUCAS 7 15 COLDPLAY 7 12 GIORGIA COME AWAY WITH ME BLUE NOTE/EMI ANDY & LUCAS BMG /ARIOLA A RUSH OF TO THE BLOOD HEAD PARLOPHONE GREATEST HITS ILE COSE NON VANNO MAI ... I DISCHI DI CIOCCOLATA 8 5 VARIOUS ARTISTS 3 4 AINHOA 8 9 EVANESCENCE 8 10 SEAN PAUL DON JUAN GUY CLOUTIER/SELECT ESENCIA NATURAL VALE MUSIC FALLEN WIND -UP/EPIC DOTTY ROCK ATLANTIC 9 8 LINKIN PARK 9 7 MIGUEL NANDEZ 9 10 JACK JOHNSON 9 8 METALLICA METEORA WARNER MIGUEL NANDEZ BMG /ARIOLA ON AND ON MOD ST ANGER VERTIGO '0 9 AVRIL LAVIGNE 10 11 EL CANTO DEL LOCO 10 7 METALLICA 10 9 MORCHEEBA LET GO NETTWERK/ARISTABMG ESTADOS DE ANIMO BMG /ARIOLA ST ANGER VERTIGO PARTS OF THE PROCESS EASTWEST

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BEST AV ALT NORWAVE 3 ANDRE HAZES "Avalanche." The 25 JAAR -HET ALLERBESTE VAN EMI SAYBIA 23-year -old's fifth 4 BEYONCÉ THE SECOND YOU SLEEP EMI DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE COWMBIA LIZA NILSSON release is an aston- Global 5 BLOF SAMLADE SANGER 1992 -M01 DIESEL OMARM CAPITOL ishingly literate col- SEAN PAUL ?MUSIC & MEDIA, 07.23 03 DOTTY ROCK ATLANTIC lection of songs that SINGLES SWEDEN EVANESCENCE marks another FALLEN WIND -UP Pulse. 1 1 CRAZY IN LOVE career leap. Reviews BEYONCE FEATURING JAY -Z COLUMBIA i 07/18/03 for 2 2 BRING ME TO LIFE (GLF) the album- EVANESCENCEFEATLNJG PAULMCCOY WINO- UREPIC SINGLES which will be issued Nigel Williamson, Editor 3 4 GET BUSY NEW ZEALAND SEAN PAUL VP/ATLANTIC 1 HAR KOMMER ALLA KANSLORNA Aug. 11 on inde- [email protected] 4 5 CHIHUAHUA PER GESSLE CAPITOL DJ BOBO HANSA/RCA/DJ BOBONOGUE 2 EVERYWAY THAT I CAN pendent label Hun- SERTAB ERENER COLUMBIA 5 36 SATISFACTION (RECORD PUBLICATIONS LTD.I 07/21/01 in BENNY BENASSI PRESENTS THE BIZ ULM 3 BRING ME TO LIFE gry Dog Records EVANESCENCEEEAIUIGNG PAULIA COY WIND UPEPIC 6 7 AICHA SINGLES the U.K.-are already describing her aback when we heard her album, as OUTLANDISH ARIOIA 4 CRAZY IN LOVE -Z COLUMBIA BEYONCE FEATURING JAY 1 IGNITION a few of our 7 as the best new British female we'd already written 19 NO LETTING GO R. KELLY ZOMBA WAYNE WONDER VP /ATLANTIC 5 GET BUSY SEAN PAUL VP /ATLANTIC singer /songwriter since Beth Orton. tunes," says Jean-Yves Le Porcher, 2 6 FEEL GOOD TIME 3 CRAZY IN LOVE PINK FEATURING WIWAM ORBIT COLUMBIA I ALBUMS BEYONCÉ FEATURING JAY -Z COLUMBIA Switching between acoustic folk and one -half of Datafolk alongside Fred 9 10 LIVE IS LIFE 2 ANGEL 1 PER GESSLE Bargain. `But although the basic HERMES HOUSE BAND & DJ 0721 ULM MAZARIN CAPITOL AMANDA PEREZ VIRGIN 10 9 ICH KENNE NICHTS 2 CAROLA 6 PHLEX ingredients of our music may have RZA FEATURING XAVIER NAI000 EDELNIRGIN GOLD PLATINA&PASSION-DET BASTA SONET BUNDSPOTT CAPITOL much in common with the approach HOT MOVER SINGLES 3 NEW VARIOUS ARTISTS ORIENTAL SUMMER HITS WARNER BROS. 5 ROCK YOUR BODY NEW JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE of her producer Mirwais, our sound is 12 JE VOULAIS TE DIRE QUE JE T'ATTENDS 4 EVANESCENCE 1 JONATANCERRADA RCA FALLEN WIND -UP/EPIC ALBUMS a lot warmer. It's more Chicago 13 NEW I DON'T THINK SO 5 METALLICA 1 P GRACIA HANSA ST. ANGER VERTIGO NEW ELEMENO house than '80s cold wave." "Brand LOVE AND DISRESPECT UNIVERSAL 17 NEW PASS IT ON of nine sum- THE CORAL DELTASONIC 2 BIC RUNGA New Harvest" consists BEAUTIFUL COWSION COLUMBIA 19 NEW SOMEDAY mery pop songs and four punchy NO ANGELS CHEYENNE 3 EVANESCENCE DENMARK FALLEN WIND -UP/EPIC instrumentals, marked by a distinctly 21 NEW INVISIBLE B D -SIDE WEA 4 NEW rural spin-represented by their ALBUMS HOTEL PAPER MAVERICK/WARNER BROS. (IFPUNIELSEN MARKETING RESEARCH) 07/22/03 scarecrow mascot sets them 5 COLDPLAY -that 4 BEYONCÉ SINGLES A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD PARWPHONE A DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE COLUMBIA apart from the crowd. new single 1 1 HVER DAG 2 EVANESCENCE UFO YEPHA PLAYGROUND follows in September. JAMES MARTIN FALLEN WIND -UP/EPIC 2 2 BRING ME TO LIFE 3 EROS RAMAZZOTI1 EVN&sN EFE/OURINGPNANtCOY WIND- UP/PIC 9 ARIOLA 3 IF YOU'RE NOT THE ONE PORTUGAL DOUBLE LOSS: South Africa's music 1 METALLICA DANIEL BEDINGRELD POLYDOR ST ANGER VERTIGO 4 10 GET BUSY community recently lost two of its 5 NORAH JONES SEAN PAUL VP/ATLANTIC COME AWAY WITH ME BLUE NOTE (PORTUGAI/AFP) 07/22/03 stalwarts. One of the country's great- 5 4 WHIKETYWHACKG(I AIN'T COMING) 6 SEAN PAUL CHRISTINE MILTON BM est jazz musicians, Allen Kwela, died DUTEV ROCK VP /ATLANTIC SINGLES ALBUMS 30 at age 64. Durban- 14 ROBBIE WILLIAMS 1 SING FOR THE MOMENT of asthma June ESCAPOLOGY CHRYSALIS 1 EVANESCENCE EMINEM INTERSCOPE FALLEN WINO -UP/EPIC born Kwela made his first guitar 9 SHANIA TWAIN 0 UP! MERCURY 2 PA SLAGET 12 2 NEW HOLLYWOOD MADONNA MAVERICK/WARNERBROS. amped -up rock, she says, "I like to from a gallon tin and cable wire and 8 SIMPLY RED LETS DANCE3 RECART HOME SIMPLYRED.COM JULIE 3 10 JALEO play with genres. I don't believe in helped to develop kwela music in the 10 NENA HOME CAPITOL RICKY MARTIN COWMBIA BAT. NENA STRATEGIC MARKCONG I 1950s, late Spokes NJMRE -NENA WWIRRMER 4 DANIEL BEDINGFIELD 4 2 LOSE YOURSELF classification. don't want anyone to together with the GOTTA GET THRU THIS POLYDOR EMINEM INTERSCOPE career, he also expect me to follow some formula." Mashiane. During his I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER(MYSELF) UNIVERSAL 5 5 BEM LONGE, NUM SONHO MEU STEVE ADAMS ANJOS VIDISCO taught guitar in Canada. His death ALBUMS was followed two days later July 2 by TRIBALISTAS TOMORROW PEOPLE According to his that of Bertha Egnos Godfrey, pro- TRIBALISTAS VIRGIN label boss, Stefano Senardi of indie ducer and creator of globally EVANESCENCE COMMON CURRENCY FALLEN WIND -UP NuN Entertainment, Mauro Pagani is renowned musical "Ipi Tombi." God- CABECAS NO AR "a legend in Italian music." Pagani was frey was 90. DIANE COETZER CABECAS NO AR CAPITOL SANTOS & PECADORES violinist with '70s rock group PFM OS PRIMEIROS SO ANOS RCA and went on to become a producer, ar- SMOKIN' SMOKK: Top Polish produc- A weekly scorecard of albums simultaneously attaining top 10 chart status METALLICA in three or more leading world markets. ST. ANGER VERTIGO ranger and film . His stand- er /multi -instrumentalist Andrzej Smolik has released his second solo Repertoire owner: B: BMG, E: EMI, I: Independent, S: Sony, U: Universal, W: Warner 1 ing in the industry is evident from the guest list for his new album, "Doma- album, "Smolik," on BMG's Sissy ARGENTINA ni," which features rocker Luciano Records. The album features seven Ligabue and former Bluvertigo leader guest vocalists, singing mostly in

ICAf'II IC/72:I,.i Morgan. Released on NuN at the end English. In the '90s, Smolik played ARTIST FRA ITA NTH assorted gen- with numerous Polish acts, including USA JPN UK GER CAN SPN AUS ALBUMS of June, the songs cover Hey, Robert 1 BANDANA res and subjects and include an Allen Wilk?, Myslovitz and BEYONCÉ VIVIR INTENTANDO BMG 3 1 1 3 5 4 He Dangerously in Love (S) Ginsberg poem set to music and an Gawlinski. has since become the 2 ALEX UBAGO DUE PIDES 1117 BROS. most sought-after producer of the e WARNER indictment of Italian prime minister 3 NE W PINON FUO Silvio Berlusconi "Domani" is only new millennium. His 2001 debut solo EVANESCENCE LOS CHICOS 8 9 8 2 5 8 3 TAMBIEN CENTRALIZA/BMG Fallen (S) Pagani's third solo album in 25 years, album, also titled "Smolik," was a 4 5 MANA REVOLUCION DE AMOR WEA LATINA and he admits this could have some- successful attempt to move into elec- 5 10 RICARDO ARJONA NORAH JONES thing to do with perfectionism: "I've tronics. "I try to blend electronic 9 1 7 3 9 SANTO PECADO COLUMBIA Come Away With Me IEI worked on other albums but thrown sounds with my own beats," the 33- 6 NEW NORAH JONES COME AWAY WITH ME BLUE NOTE [them] away when I realized how year-old says. The first single is `Who METALLICA 7 NEW MADONNA awful they were." MARK WORDEN Told You." Pawel Jozwicki of Sissy 4 10 9 1C- AMERICAN LIFE MAVERICK/WARNER BROS. St. Anger (W/S/U) "It's with 8 ERREWAY Records says, great to work TIEMPO SONY RURAL RHYTHMS: "Brand New Har- an artist who knows how to express EROS RAMAZZOTTI 9 PINON FIJO in a European way and 1 7 POR LOS CHICOS... VIVO CENTRALIZA/BMG vest" (Mercury), the debut album himself truly 9(BI 4 111 10 NEW VARIOUS ARTISTS from French duo Datafolk, is a heady can compete with the big -time guys, MUSIC ESCALERA A LA FAMA BMG/EMI/SONY blend of folk guitars and house beats, like Zero 7." ROMEK ROGOWIECKI

BILLBOARD AUGUST 2, 2003 www.billboard.com 51 www.americanradiohistory.com Gbbal Germany's Popkomm Confirms Move Industry Reaction Is Mixed About The Music Trade Fair's Relocation To Berlin

This story was prepared by OlafFur- statement confirming that effective from Eastern European states, partic- His view is echoed by BMG Ger- drop in registrations to 14,000, and in Berlin niss and Wolfgang Spahr in July 15, they had entered a strategic ularly those due to join the European many /Switzerland/Austria president sources have predicted a substantial , Germany. partnership that will include the organ- Union in 2004. Thomas Stein. "Popkomm cannot decline when the event takes place for ization of Popkomm. He also suggests -as do other afford to be defined as a self- centered the final time in Cologne (Aug. 14-16). German -based European music Viva Media CEO Dieter Gorny says industry insiders -that in recent years, show for music companies," he says. Lange, who divides his working time trade fair Popkomm is to decamp from the partnership will also cover the the trade fair had become an excuse for Since its launch in 1990, Popkomm between the EMI /Capitol Germany Cologne to Berlin in 2004. "joint execution, and television ex- the music industry to celebrate itself has been hosted in Cologne. Many division's Cologne base and Virgin Ger- The move follows the takeover of ploitation, of youth- oriented events." rather than the music it sells. Renner record company executives still regard many's Munich home, says the timing Popkomm's parent organization Mu- Viva Media's interests include German cites the annual Frankfurt Book Fair the show as Europe's leading event for of the news could further dent atten- sikKomm earlier this year by Cologne - music TV channels Viva and Viva Plus as a model for the event to follow, say- showcasing international talent and dance at this year's show. based Viva Media. Viva and exhibition and affiliated channels in Switzerland, ing that "it provides a platform for new cutting -edge labels. Taking an ambivalent view of the organizer Berlin Messe issued a joint Hungary, Poland and the Netherlands. books, not the publishers." Gomy co- founded Popkomm before prospective move, Lange points out Popkomm's shift to the country's leaving to launch Viva in 1993. Earlier that Cologne is in Germany's most capital comes as the German industry this year, he successfully steered the densely populated state, Nordrein- faces steeply declining sales. It follows sale of his 51% stake in MusikKomm Westphalia. "Berlin is a good place to widespread calls from executives in to Viva Media. Sources saw this as be for the purposes of lobbying gov- recent months for an overhaul of the Gorny divesting himself of a potential ernment, but if it is youth culture you annual show. liability, as Popkomm's fortunes de- are targeting, then Popkomm does not "Popkomm had to reinvent itself, clined. In 2002, Popkomm saw a 14% have to be in the capital." and even in Cologne it would have had to change," EMI Germany presi- dent Udo Lange He says. adds, GLOBAL EDITOR [email protected]. "Although the news is not tragic, it is Emmanuel Legrand GREECE -Maria Paravantes, 6 Karyotaki St. Athens 11141; Phone: 30 210 223 sad for ([email protected]) 3366: Cologne." [email protected]. Universal Germany chairman/CEO HONG KONG -Clarence Tsui, 15d Tung Hoi Man Tim Renner says he regards the switch INTERNATIONAL EDITOR Sion, Taikoo Shing; Phone: 85 2 2567 599:3: Tom Ferguson [email protected]. as an opportunity to Pop- ICELAND- Birgir Örn Steinarsson, Langahlid 25. reposition ([email protected]. corn) IS -105 Reykjavik; [email protected]. komm. Renner adds that the move INTERNATIONAL NEWS EDITOR INDIA -Nyay Bhushan, e -2 Greater Kailash Part LANGE: TRADE FAIR NEEDS REINVENTION RENNER: MOVE MAY ATTRACT REGISTRATIONS could also help attract registrations Gordon Masson II, New Delhi, 110048; Phone: 91 11 641 6666: (gmasson @eu. b i liboard.com) mail @connectmagazine.com. IRELAND -Ken Stewart, 75 Sydney Parade Ave.. INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL Dublin 4; Phone/Fax: 35 31 283 7695. SECTIONS EDITOR Nick Kelly, 13 Waterville Terrace, Blanchards- Thom Duffy ([email protected]) town, Dublin 15; Phone 353 1 803 5648: Faraò is signed to the Rome -based in third at this year's Sanremo Festi- [email protected]. Cam Jazz label, which, like NuN, val with the song "Tutto Quello the Billboard London, Endeavour House, 5th ISRAEL-Sasha Levy, 40/2 Nahal Zohar St., Modi Italian Jazz Floor, 189 Shaftesbury Ave.,London in 71700; Phone: 972 8 972 0804; sashltg opened for business in 2000. Cam un Uomo," before topping the album WC2H BTJ, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 012.net.il. 207 420 6003; Fax: 44 207 420 6014. ITALY-Mark Worden, Via San Michele Del Carso Continued from page 49 president Francesca Campi says, "The charts with his debut album, "Dalla ASIA BUREAU CHIEF 5, 20144 Milano; Phone: 39 02 4802 4127;markworden music industry may be in a crisis, but Pace del Mare Lontano," which has Steve McClure, 5 -12 -13 Higashi Oizumi, @ libero. it. JAMAICA -Elena Dumano, 51 MacDougal jazz is really holding up. Our albums shipped Nerima -Ku, Tokyo, Japan, 178; Phone: St.. more than 150,000 units in Suite 180, New York, N.Y. 10012, USA; Phone: I 813 3867 0617; novalis @inter.net and think Italy now has the best jazz are selling throughout Europe, but Italy, according to the label. 1 212 477 0222; Fax: 1 212 533 3862. AUSTRALASIA BUREAU CHIEF musicians in Europe." also in Japan and in less obvious MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE -Steven Patrick, No. 7. mar- Cammariere has been cited as a Christie Eliezer, Ace Media International, 32 SS 3/26, Petaling Jaya, Selangor 47300: Eaglemont Crescent, Industry observers point to the kets, like South Korea and Israel." successor to Warner Music Italy artist Eaglemont, Victo Phone: 60 12 2930102; steven @thestar ria, Australia 3084; Phone: 6139 459 increased attendance -and the March Nick the Nightfly, Scottish -born Paolo .com.my. Conte, Italy's most successful 3188; 100566.3372 @compuserve.com. MEXICO -Teresa Aguilera, Providencia #1111 -1, opening in Milan of Europe's first presenter for AC network Radio Mon - jazz- oriented act in recent years. EMI CANADA BUREAU CHIEF Col. Del Valle, 03100 Mexico D.F; Phone: Larry LeBlanc, 15 Independence 01152559 2627; tereaguilera_2000@yahoo. Blue Note Jazz Club as indicators of tecarlo, suggests that Japan Italy VP A Drive, Scar- -which of &R Fabrizio Giannini says borough, Ontario, M1K 3R7; Phone: 416 com.mx. the health of Italian jazz. has four Blue Note clubs -should that "even though [Cammariere] has 265 3277; ULE @aol.com. NETHERLANDS- Jennifer Dempsey, Korte "Italian jazz has really blossomed start receiving more visits from Ital- GERMAN BUREAU CHIEF Leidsedwarsstraat 35 -C, Amsterdam: played in jazz clubs for the last 20 Phone:003120 421 2065; jfxdempsey@hot of late," Wolfgang Spahr, P.O. Box 1150, 23795 Bad says Stefano Senardi, head of ian artists now that the Blue Note years, his album is a mixture of jazz Segeberg; Phone: 49 4551 81428; mail.com. NEW ZEALAND -David McNickel, P.O. Milan -based indie label NuN Enter- club has opened in Milan's Via Bor - and pop. When you get the right mix of 100407.1133 @compuserve.com. Box 10, 266 Dominion Road, Auckland; Phone: 64 9 634 tainment. He cites trumpeters Enrico sieri district, as should the original genres, you can produce great results." 8969; [email protected]. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENTS John Ferguson, Apartment 1A, 11 Charlotte Rava, 64, and Paolo Fresu, 42, who New York venue. EMI Italy also has high hopes for ARGENTINA- Marcelo Fernandez Bitar, Charcas Street, Eden Terrace, Auckland 1003; Phone: 3397, 6 "A," Buenos Aires, 1425; Phone: 1 have been building followings in The radio presenter -born Mal- Amalia Gré, whom Giannini de- 54 0064 9379 3389; [email protected]. 4772 9494; [email protected]. PANAMA- Anastacio Puertas Caicedo, San France for their live work and record- colm Charlton -doubles as the club's scribes as "somewhere between [vet- BELGIUM -Marc Maes, Kapelstraat 41, 2040 Miguelito Paraiso, talle h casa 8 -20, Panma; ings on various labels. Antwerp; Phone: 32 3 568 8082; maesant artistic director, and he broadcasts a eran Italian vocalist] Mina and Norah Phone: 50 7 267 19 36; @yucom.be. anastaciopuerta "This @terra.com.ar. has had a [domino] effect weekly live show from the club. He Jones." The artist, whose debut BRAZIL -Tom Comes, Rua Cleide No. 55, Sao Paolo, PORTUGAL -Chris Graeme; Rua Arnaldo Gama in Italy," 04616010; Phone: 55 11 5531 2155. he says, "although the transferred the show to Perugia dur- album is due in the fall, has already 7, Lisboa CHILE- Sergio Fortuño, Eliodoro Yáñez 1783, 1000 -023; Phone: 351 21 8401488; íp215869 French tend to be more attentive to ing the Umbria Festival. Charlton says, showcased in France. Providencia, Santiago de Chile; Phone: 562 @ip.pt PUERTO RICO -Randy Luna, Calle Cristobal Colon musical culture [than other Euro- "This is a great period not only for Ital- CGD East West Italy GM Luciano 737 880; [email protected]. CHINA -Steven Schwankert, 6 -2 -22 Jianguomen #1 Interior Caguas, PR 00725; Phone: 787636- pean countries]." ian jazz but for quality music in gen- Linzi reports that Conte's compilation wai Diplomatic Compound, Beijing, 100600; 7717; [email protected]. RUSSIA-Aleksey Kruzin, The NuN jazz -related roster in- eral. I think it's more mass -appeal album, "Reveries," has shipped Phone: 8610 8779 4751; stevenschwankert@ 35 Arbat Street, yahoo.com. Office 565 Moscow, 121 835; Phone: 7 cludes veteran Italian crooner Nicola music, like pop, that's in trouble." 300,000 units worldwide since its May COLOMBIA-Guatavo Cornez, Calle 105 No. 30- 902140 -4765; fax: 7 095 248 -9156; alekruz@ Arigliano, 79. NuN has released two release on Nonesuch. That 67, Bogota; Phone: 011 57 13387045; online. ru. result, SOUTH AFRICA -Diane Coetzer, Suite 217, Post live [email protected]. albums by the vocalist: "Go Man!" MATURING AUDIENCE combined with the 70,000 units CZECH REPUBLIC -Mark Andress, Radlicka 2, net X11, Craighall 2024, Gauteng; Phone/ (2001) and "My Name is Pasquale" That view is shared by Claudio Fer- shipped in Italy of "Tonite! Renzo 150,00 Prada 5; Phone 42 0251 562 536; man Fax:27 1 1 442 7954; [email protected]. [email protected] SOUTH KOREA -Mark Russell, KPO Box 68, (2002). They were followed by a dou- rante, managing director of Milan Swing!" -the 2002 release by another DENMARK-Charles Ferro, Hardangergade 4,11h, Seoul 110 -600; Phone 82 11 9736 1788; ble- package version that was sold at indie Carosello. Ferrante says: "Peo- CGD act, Renzo Arbore & His Swing DK 2100 Copenhagen; Phone: 45 3369 0701; [email protected]. newsstands across Italy earlier this ple are more [email protected]. SPAIN -Howell Llewellyn, Modesto Lafuente 6, mature and more Maniacs -would seem to offer proof EUROPEAN UNION (Brussels) -Leo Cendrowicz, 5A, 28010 Madrid; Phone/Fax: 34 91 593 2429; year. Senardi says the albums have sophisticated, and they're tired of that Italian jazz is commercially viable. 174 Ave Louise, Brussels 1050; Phone: 32 [email protected]. 27377705; leo.cendrowicz produced "combined [shipments] of mass- produced @eis.be. SWEDEN - Jeffrey de Hart, Mörbygárden 63, SE- music; they're look- Linzi sees another trend: "Italian FINLAND -Jonathan Mander, Nylandsgata 33B, 186 32 Vallentuna; Phone: 46 70 405 1030; 100,000" in Italy. ing for alternatives." singer /songwriters are increasingly 14, FI -00120 Helsinki; Phone: 35 8 9612 3008; jeffrey.dehart @telia.com. Arigliano jm @paperjam.to. -Tim Culpan, 147-1, IF, Lane 600, Alley performed at Umbria this The alternatives proliferating in incorporating jazz elements. In our FRANCE -James Martin, 39 Rue Poliveau, 75005 76, Wu -hsing Street, . Phone: 88 692218 year, as did Rava and such younger Italy, however, are not confined to the case, there's Vinicio Capossela and Paris; Phone: 33 6 72 08004 9; jamesmar- 0935; [email protected]. [email protected] THAILAND- Andrew Hiransomboon, 904/232 SVCity musicians as pianists Stefano Bollani, indie sector. EMI Italy is still enjoying [pop -rock artist] Irene Grandi. GERMANY -Ellie Weinert, Rama III Road, Yannawa, Bangkok, Will. -Dull Strasse 9, 10120. Phone: 66 02 2403700;andhran 31, and Antonio Faraò, 38, and sax the success of 42- year -old jazz pianist "The growing jazz influence," Linzi 80638 Munich; Phone: 49 89 157 3250; @yahoo.com. player Stefano Di Battista, 34. Sergio Cammariere. The artist came concludes, "isn't just a passing phase."

52 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD AUGUST 2, 2003 www.americanradiohistory.com As i Pac f C A BILLBOARD SPECIAL REPORT Sponsors Help Ease Cost Of Promotion

BY STEVE McCLURE oped strong relationships with such region- al business partners as Chivas, Martell and TOKYO -As declining sales cause promo- Levi's, as well as many local brands. tional budgets to tighten, record companies BMG Asia Pacific COO Swee Wong says, in Asia are increasingly turning to sponsor- "Corporate sponsorship, for us, is largely ship deals to help market their artists. restricted to do- "We're constantly on the lookout for spon- mestic acts, as sors to finance trips by artists or for product there is more flexi- endorsement," Sony Music Asia president bility. Bakery Mu- Richard Denekamp says. "All of our compa- sic, our boutique nies are active in that field." label in Thailand, is Norman Cheng, chairman/CEO of EMI at the forefront of Recorded Music Southeast Asia, says his this kind of activi- company is careful about which partners ty, with [the costs it signs sponsorship deals with, first study- of] live concerts ing how music fits into their marketing and campus /pub programs. tours being cov- "We have had many potential business ered by corporate partners coming to us for music, but, frankly, sponsors." it was very apparent to our marketing teams Among the most that these were people that did not know how popular corporate the recording industry worked and somehow partners for the felt they could take ownership of many acts music industry in for almost free," Cheng says. "EMI in Asia Asia are mobile -phone companies, whose would not wish to even enter into a short - hardware can deliver music straight to fans. term relationship with these types of busi- For example, Sony Korea's recent collabo- ness partners." ration with local mobile -phone company SK However, Cheng adds that EMI has devel- (Continued on page AP -2) CHEUNG: SUBJECT OF VIDEO CONFERENCE DURING SARS OUTBREAK High -Speed Internet Ili .s SARS Adds To Woes Outbreak Causes More Problems For Asian Music Advantages For Korea

BY STEVE McCLURE especially in the first phase of the crisis. BY MARK RUSSELL this nation of 48 million signing up for the When fear of infection kept people away Soribada file -sharing program. file- sharing sites TOYKO -In challenging times, observers from such public places as CD stores, music SEOUL, South Korea -How will the music Hundreds of alternative in Asia often note that the Chinese word sales undoubtedly suffered. industry and artists benefit from the future for "crisis" combines the symbols for "dan- But as time went on, it became increas- growth of high -speed Internet connections? ger" and "opportunity." That comes to ingly common for one member of the Korea offers an answer right now. mind again when looking at the impact of household to go out and buy several CDs More than 70% of Internet users in Korea the recent SARS outbreak on the Asian and DVDs to keep everyone entertained until already have broadband access, according to music industry. the outbreak had run its course. the Ministry of Information and Communi- The consensus among regional label exec- "More leisure time has been spent in- cation. That is twice the broadband penetra- utives is that SARS simply added one more doors, which has meant greater time spent tion rate of the U.S., where 35.9% of Web layer of problems to an industry still reeling on computers and the Internet," says Nor- surfers have high -speed access, according to from the 1997 economic crisis and the man Cheng, chairman/CEO of EMI Record- the June Bandwidth Report. region's ongoing piracy problem. ed Music Southeast Asia. "Therefore, new The Internet hit Korea like a hurricane, International Federation of the Phono- media in all its many forms and formats was becoming a major economic and cultural graphic Industry data obtained by Billboard being used more than ever." force in only a couple of years. Today, millions shows that in the three major markets of As such major territories as Hong Kong of young people while away hours in PC Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea, first - and Taiwan imposed quarantines for visitors rooms, playing the hottest game of the quarter sales were down 2 %, 11% and 28 %, from other SARS- affected areas, labels dras- moment, and online shoppers rang up 1.7 tril- respectively, compared with the first three tically cut back promo tours within the lion won ($1.5 billion) in goods during first- months of 2002. region by local artists. quarter 2003 alone. Yet the SARS crisis did not start until Faced with that situation, Universal Music Broadband, however, has had ambivalent also exist. Korean music execs, like their file April. And it had both negative and positive Southeast Asia held a region -wide video - effects on the music industry. Koreans took counterparts elsewhere, lament that effects on the region's music business- (Continued on page AP-4) to online file sharing as if it were part of their sharing is a leading cause of plummeting 3,000 -year history, with 8 million people in (Continued on page AP-4)

AP-1 BILLBOARD AUGUST 2, 2003 www.billboard.com www.americanradiohistory.com Special Report A S I A P A C I F I C Q U A R T E R L Y 3 Fighting Fire With Fire Jacintha Finds An China's Labels Cut Cost Of CDs To Battle Piracy

BY STEVEN Audiophile SCHWANKERT Niche original release date than officially "entry- level" price, says Huang approved copies, because of the time Feng, international marketing man- BEIJING a country where mu- -In it takes for official reviews of CD ager for Warner Music China. BY PHILIP CHEAH word -of- mouth, Tan says. sic piracy runs rampant, legitimate releases. And pirated CDs often con- Most legitimate CDs from inter- "These shows record companies are also good ven- have begun to tain tracks censored by Chinese cul- national artists are sold at retail for SINGAPORE- Singapore jazz diva ues to meet audiophile software fight the pirates on their own terms: tural authorities and deleted from 60 to 80 Chinese yuan ($7.25 -$9.65), Jacintha has made an impact on the retailers and importers from all over with cut -rate CD prices. audiophile market worldwide, thanks the world," he notes. "The Consumer Warner Music China has taken to targeted marketing by her label Electronics Show in Vegas every Jan- more than two- thirds off the cus- here, Groove Note Records. uary is also another useful event. tomary retail price of Linkin Park's When Groove Note first opened for "As I said, these are not huge new album, "Meteora." The goal is business in 1998 with Jacintha's markets. But in this bear market, to lure fans from low -price counter- debut album, "Here's to Ben," Sony the audiophile niche is still holding feit discs to the authentic product. invited the company to participate in very steady, and our strength in this Unit sales of cassettes outnum- its pilot program in Asia for the audio- market will help us weather ber unit sales the of CDs in China phile Super Audio CD (SACD) format. slowdown in the music business." three -to -one, according to figures Since then, Groove Note has sold Amid the overall slowdown in from the International Federation its SACD discs in the U.S., Japan music sales, SARS further affected of the Phonographic Industry. But and Korea and has also marketed the market in Asia, Tan says. "The with the rise of CD players in com- 180 -gram audiophile vinyl press- SARS situation seems to have put a puters, CD -ready DVD players and ings for markets in the U.S., Japan dent in the local market record -able [in Singa- CDs, the format is and Germany. pore], as well as Malaysia, Hong increasingly popular among young "We always work hard to promote Kong and Taiwan. people in this country's cities -and it is increasingly easy for pirates to r. LINKIN PARK:THE copy product. The IFPI estimates PRICE OF ITS ` METEORA' WAS SLASHED IN CHINA that pirated material accounts for well more than half of the country's official Chinese versions. based on a wholesale cost of 16 to 20 music sales. Warner Music China received per- yuan ($1.90 -$2.40). In contrast, For the Chinese music fan, pirat- mission from Warner Bros. in the pirated discs are sold for as little as ed discs have two advantages, in U.S., Linkin Park's home label, and 8 yuan (95 cents) but usually for 10 addition to a typically lower price. from the band's management, to to 15 yuan ($1.30 -$1.90). They appear in China nearer to the offer "Meteora" at what it calls an (Continued on page AP-4)

location -based promotion in which Although executives in the Sponsors users' phones beeped when they region -like their counterparts in were near a shop where the album the rest of the world -are excited Continued from page AP -1 was on sale. about the prospect of the Internet "We had five to six times the and mobile phones as ways of pro- Telecom featured Ricky Martin's anticipated results" in terms of user moting and eventually distributing Spanish -language single "Jaleo" in response, Hui says. "We'll do more music, they certainly haven't for- a campaign to promote its mobile - and more of this type of campaign." gotten about traditional brick -and- based video download service. Like many people in the Asian mortar retail outlets. Denekamp says that SK Telecom music industry, Wong is excited Cheng says, "At retail, because of spent the equivalent of $250,000 about the potential of mobile phones the competitiveness for space, we on the campaign and that given as a promotional medium. have made a very concerted effort to the state of the Asian music busi- "On new media, we will focus pri- upgrade our point -of -sale material. ness these days, labels generally marily on the mobile platform, par- That has meant an upgrading of our can't afford that kind of promo- ticularly in Korea and Taiwan, which overall creative product and strate- tional budget. are more advanced than the rest at gic thinking and marketing." "The effect of the campaign was this moment," Wong says. "We are Wong adds: "There is enormous that Ricky Martin re- established in the process of establishing cross - pressure on pricing and consign- himself as an artist in Korea," promotional opportunities with ment, and we work closely with Denekamp says. "It showed us that interested parties." retail partners to maintain the mobile -phone technology is a Warner Music Asia president right balance." JACINTHA: AUDIOPHILES INVIGORATE SALES OF HER `LUSH LIFE.' great vehicle for us to get atten- Lachie Rutherford says that while Hui says that the second half of tion for an artist." such new media as mobile phones 2003 will see a "flood" of promo- our titles in the audiophile market, "These are all usually strong Denekamp says Sony Korea present valuable promotional tional activities by the region's labels a niche market whose overall size markets for new Jacintha titles, but shipped 20,000 copies of Martin's opportunities for record labels, once the SARS threat has receded. may be too limited to interest the orders have been slow coming in. new Spanish -language album, "AI- "you still have to have hit rec- But, he adds, "there's no clear major labels," label founder Ying Tan However, the big orders from Japan mas del Silencio " impressive -an ords -the basic success factors road map -there is no `silver bullet' says. "But for a small outfit like us, and Korea have more than made up amount for a country not known as don't change." solution for all the challenges the it can be very rewarding. for this." a major Latin market. Foremost among those factors, industry faces right now." In markets outside the U.S., Jacintha's new album, "Jacintha Universal Music Southeast Asia Rutherford says, is timing. "It's ter- Hui says the Asian music indus- Groove Note largely depends on its Is Her Name (Dedicated to Julie president Harry Hui is similarly ribly important," he notes. "Kids try faces three primary challenges: distributors for marketing and pro- London)," arrived from Groove Note enthusiastic about using mobile these days want it with a sizzle." "We have to reconnect with audi- motion. "In the U.S., I handle a lot of last month. phones to promote music, citing Rutherford cites Warner Tai- ences, we have to evolve and this myself, especially in the audio- " Jacintha's popularity went in Universal's recent agreement with wan's recent success in breaking change how we deliver the music phile market," Tan says. "I have the tandem with the trend for jazz divas, Hong Kong telecom provider Orange local rap group Machi as an exam- and we have to find good, com- contacts and experience." such as Diana Krall or Cassandra Telecom to promote Jacky Cheung's ple of the ongoing importance of pelling music." Groove Note arranged to play Wilson," Singapore radio DJ Chris album "Where Is He ?" A&R savvy that anticipates and cre- Cheng says, "There was a time Jacintha's 2002 album "Lush Life" Ho says. "But she was really in that The campaign included - short ates musical trends. when things looked extremely bleak. at audiophile trade shows and ex- style long before, and to her credit, messaging system missives to intro- "You have to try and find ways to stay However, I believe that we have hibits in the U.S., Germany and the she has led the wave of new Singa- duce and promote the album and in touch with the consumer," he says. turned the corner." U.K. This boosted Jacintha's sales via pore jazz divas."

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make her the only choice for Valen- In a country where mobile Media Partners tine's Day," Chen says. Korea phones are so common, JYP Enter- Among the events to promote "A tainment, under its president Park Beautiful Life" was an outdoor con- Continued from page AP -1 Jin- young, jumped at the chance to cert promoted jointly with radio link an artist to a mobile -phone Boost Taiwan's Acts station Hit FM, which raised aware- CD sales. From a high point of service. Because one of JYP's ness of the album with pre- concert $516 million in retail sales in largest shareholders is Daum Com- announcements. 1996, music sales fell to only $240 munications-an Internet portal BY TIM CULPAN joint promotions you have, the An innovative prerelease deal with million in 2002, according to the and Korea's largest e-mail pro- more resources you have to [sell] video rental chain Blockbuster also Recording Industry Assn. of Korea. vider -the music company has TAIPEI, Taiwan- Promoting a new the album." had an impact. Rock distributed a But it is not all bad news. "The ail- long wanted to use the Internet to album amid declining music sales is For Rock Records, a pioneer with- small number of album -preview ing part is the record business," says promote artists. a challenge for any record company in the Asian music industry, joint video CDs (a format unique to Asia) Michael Kim, CEO of local enter- So when SK Telecom was ready to in this market. For independent promotions with media companies to each Blockbuster store that cus- tainment giant Plenus Entertain- launch its mobile multimedia EV- record companies, negotiating pro- are crucial to competing with the tomers could borrow for free. Chen ment. "People's love of music is as DO service in June, it naturally motions with media partners is one deeper pockets of multinational says those few thousand discs were high as ever, but we don't know how turned to JYP Entertainment. important strategy. music companies. constantly out of stock. to cash in yet." The result was a strategic part- "Cost control is the basic ap- Hooking up with MTV Taiwan was Gradually, though, Korean music nership with JYP boy band Noel. JYP proach we have to take," says Ason another important part of the companies and artists are discover- created music videos specifically for Chen, president of Rock Records, process. Leong was the station's ing ways to make the Internet work the mobile -phone service, as well as Taiwan's leading independent mu- artist of the month for February and for them. the usual plethora of ring tones and sic company. was also a guest VJ. SM Entertainment, one of other services, available at the One economically savvy move was Getting that kind of promotion is Korea's biggest music labels, packs group's Web site, noel4u.com. Rock's recently announced sales and not always easy, because Rock does its Web site (smtown.com) with an "We're young and most active in distribution deal with Universal Rock's latest album from female not spend much on advertising with elaborate array of flashy, catchy dealing with information," says Music Southeast Asia (Billboard, soloist Leong Jing -ru, "A Beautiful media partners. information and sound files for its Chung Wook, director of the digital July 26). But Rock also makes smart Life," arrived early this year. The "It's difficult, because we don't many popular artists. contents team for JYP Entertain- use of media deals. company chose a marketing theme, have as much money to invest per SM also is using the Internet to ment. "We're fast in accepting new "Co- operation with the media then worked with media partners to album [as the majors], but we have help boost sales. For example, it technology. Mobile phones are bet- will be the key point; we can do a drive it home. many releases yearly," he says. often includes CD -plus code num- ter than the Internet, which is not lot of joint promotion. The more "We did everything to try and Rock's release volume -it expects bers with its CDs. The codes provide organized and full of illegal servic- to release 30 albums this year from those who buy the music with es," Chung says, "so with mobile 24 artists -gives it some negotiat- access online to hidden tracks or services, both consumers and sup- managers to issue CDs at a similar ing clout with media companies, as extra information about the artist. pliers can be satisfied." China price point for 20 titles from inter- does the top names on its roster. Although U.S. labels also have used The Internet revolution began national acts, including Missy Elliott this strategy, broadband access here as a decidedly non -corporate Continued from page AP-2 and Staind. encourages more fans in Korea to entity, a grassroots forum for people Other strategies to lure music tap the bonus material online. to put up home pages and exchange Warner Music China lowered the buyers to legitimate product include As a label whose artists enjoy sub- messages about any topic. retail price of "Meteora" to 20 yuan limited- edition CDs, which contain stantial success outside its home Byul is a local independent artist by cutting its wholesale price to 4 video CDs or DVDs, or additional market, SM also has used the Inter- who stays true to that spirit, filling yuan (45 cents). tracks not available on the North net for regional promotion. It is his home page with songs, remixes While the company is cutting American release, which is the ver- Among the top artists sought by the gradually offering more Web site and musical doodles, while building prices on "Meteora," it is not cutting sion most likely to reach the streets media and signed to Rock are Richie information in English, Japanese a small but passionate following its marketing plans. It launched a of China in pirated form. Ren, a popular male vocalist from and Chinese. online. His experience suggests the campaign in China using the catch China's independent record China, and May Day, an act returning SM superstar BoA, in particular, potential of high -speed Internet for phrase: "Die Hard Fans: Help Linkin companies pioneered the price - to the scene this summer after a two - gets heavy online marketing. Fol- independent acts. Park Stand Up." The company urged reduction strategy. Modern Sky year break. (Taiwan's compulsory mil- lowing SM's licensing deal in Japan Since opening his site in Novem- fans to send in a postcard or e-mail Records in Beijing in 1999 first cut itary service requirements frequently with Avex, her latest single, "Shine ber 2001, Byul has watched traffic pledging they would purchase only the price of almost all of its titles, suspend the careers of young artists.) We Are," was her first to top the Ori- grow to about 300 visitors a day, the legitimate CD. Warner Music predominately releases by alterna- "Every time we try to sign up an con singles chart in early June. Her with about 2,500 downloads per China received about 1,000 respons- tive rock acts performing in Man- artist [for key promotions], we think most recent album, "Listen to Your month. His music -a mixture of es, Huang says. darin, from 80 yuan to 38 yuan about which labels are friendly to Heart," also went to No. 1 on the sitars, ocarina, guitars, keyboards The company has also linked the ($4.35). Modern Sky president us," says Oscar Lin, manager of pro- chart. and midi sequencers- appeared in possibility of a Linkin Park tour of Shen Lihui notably even cut the gramming and talent relations for SM also maintains an online com- the soundtrack to the highly China to sales of legitimate CDs. price on releases from his own MTV Taiwan. munity that the label says currently regarded film "Take Care of My Huang says that Warner Music band, Sober, signed to his own Chen acknowledges that the pro- has 3 million members, citing it as a Cat," and this summer he has per- China is seeking authorization from label, to 30 yuan ($3.60) to beat the motional campaign for "A Beautiful strong marketing advantage. "We formed in the Korea gallery at the its U.S. sister company and artist pirates at their own game. Life" brought mixed results. Sales can contact our customers most Venice Biennale. hit 80,000 units, shy of a goal of directly by the Internet," says Han But to Byul, the digital connec- 100,000 units. But the problem, he Se -min, manager of the business tion to his fans is very democratic the SARS outbreak was when Sarah says, was the musical direction of administration team at SM. Online, and easygoing. "We feel we're just SARS Brightman braved the crisis to make the album rather than a failure of SM lets fans know about their stars' hanging out with friends," Byul says a special promotional visit to Tai- media promotion. newest projects, hear new releases of his online community. Continued from page AP -1 wan," Cheng says. "The songs were more mature first and know about concerts and Together with Heo Yu, Byul pub- "During the three to four days than before, and we did not target other appearances. "However, off- lishes an independent magazine conference to announce its re -sign- she was there, Brightman met teenagers like we did for the previ- line promotions are still the main called "Monthly Vampire," which ing of top Asian star Jacky Cheung, with media around the region and ous album," he says. part of our marketing," he adds. comes with a CD of Byul's latest instead of taking him on the road to made several TV appearances. This MTV Taiwan has helped Rock seek Closely tied to the growth of music. Despite the name, only two such key markets as Taiwan. was rewarded when her new al- a slightly older audience for the singer, Internet use is the growth of issues have been created so far, but The SARS epidemic affected inter- bum, `Harem,' topped the charts and this should boost sales of Leong's wireless access through mobile Byul says that he hopes it will national acts' visibility in the region in Taiwan." next album. Again, for Rock, a media phones, especially as the latest 3G become a bona fide monthly at some as well. Post -SARS, the regional music partnership in the process is essential. technology enables large amounts of point in the future. "We canceled all promo trips by industry will turn its attention to the "Her songs are well- known, but data to travel quickly. The E -Biz- But he has no plans of signing a international artists in April and long -term challenges of declining her personality is not well under- group estimates that revenue from contract with any record label. "We May," says Lachie Rutherford, pres- markets and piracy. stood," Lin says. In Taiwan, saccha- mobile -phone commerce in Korea think that the pirate publishing style ident of Warner Music Asia. "Obviously, the big thing now is rine love songs are a pop staple, and will zoom from $980 million in 2001 is more appropriate for us," he says, But the SARS crisis did not faze to get back on track," says Richard artists rarely are portrayed with to $2.3 billion in 2003; the number emphasizing his still- amateur sta- British female vocalist Sarah Denekamp, president of Sony Mu- much personality. So Lin says that of Koreans with wireless Internet tus. "But still, a Web site is the best Brightman. sic Asia. He expects the SARS cri- presenting Leong as a guest VJ, as a subscriptions rose almost tenfold, way for us to show exactly what we "For us, one of the most moving sis to have run its course by the personality rather than a pop idol, from 2.6 million to 21.2 million, want to, without interruption, and moments during the very height of beginning of this month. was an important step. during that same period. we can get immediate feedback."

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Apple Europe's U.K. -based targeted European retail brands as HMV, European communications manager, Alan Hely, in France and World of Music in Ger- says there are plans to bring the many. NEWSLINE. iTunes Music Store service to Europe; "If you're going to achieve the same THE INTERNATIONAL WEEK IN BRIEF no launch dates have been confirmed. levels as Apple in the U.S., you need Majors If the U.S. is any indication, the that [same level of] marketing invest- The European Union Council of Ministers agreed on measures July 22 in Continued from page 49 Apple launch could attract consider- ment," Averdieck says. "To get to the Brussels to strengthen the powers of customs authorities across the EU to able attention. Averdieck acknowl- 1- million- downloads -per -week stage, clamp down on counterfeit CDs, DVDs and videos crossing borders. The edges the substantial marketing clout you need access to repertoire, corn - new measures, which take effect July 1, 2004, will streamline procedures has spurred the development of the that Apple Computer has placed petitive pricing and working with part- and make it easier for companies to ask customs to seize and destroy coun- digital music market in Europe. behind the service in the U.S. ners that will shout about it." terfeit products without having to await the outcome of substantive legal OD2 first obtains rights through- Additionally, AOL Music launched OD2 client Tiscali is among the top proceedings that could take years. The law also grants customs officials the out Europe to songs from labels. It its service in the U.K. in April, giving e- tailers using its influence to encour- right to open investigations rather than having to wait for a formal com- then packages the content with its subscribers there localized editions of age subscribers to reject illegal file plaint and to improve data sharing between industry and governments technology and supplies it to retail sharing and instead pay for licensed about the trade in fake products. EU internal market commissioner Frits clients, which sell the music through songs. Bolkestein, who originally proposed the reform only six months ago, says their own branded Web sites. "Europe still lags behind the U.S., the speed with which the EU institutions have pushed it through indicates OD2's clients include Microsoft's but access to [commercial] digital how seriously they take the scourge of piracy. LEO CENDROWICZ U.K. portal for MSN, Italian -based music is accelerating at a faster rate Pan -European Internet service here," says Richard Ayers, portal direc- Parlophone stablemates Coldplay and Radiohead emerged as joint favorites provider Tiscali, U.K. telecommuni- tor at tiscali.co.uk. "The main prob- for the 2003 Panasonic Mercury Prize when the short -list for the annual cations company BT and its Dotmu- lem isn't whether you get people to U.K. and Irish album of the year award was announced July 22 in Lon- sic on Demand service, German retail pay for subscription -based services or don. U.K. bookmaker William Hill has offered odds of 4 -1 on Coldpay's "A chain Karstadt, U.K. music retail individual downloads. The problem is Rush of Blood to the Head" and Radiohead's "Hail to the Thief" to win chain HMV and MTV Networks getting them to pay at all." the award. The other 10 nominated albums are "So Much for the City" by Europe. For now, at least, buying music OD2's platform, EMI online is more expensive for fans in Irish band the Thrills (Virgin Records), "Permission to Land" by the Through AVERDIECK: SELLS CATALOG FROM ALL MAJORS Darkness (Must Destroy Music/Atlantic Records), "Boy in Da Corner" by Recorded Music alone licensed more Europe than it is for those in the U.S. Dizzee Rascal (XL Recordings), "Vehicles and Animals" by Athlete (Par - than 140,000 tracks to 20 music retail its First View, First Listen and Listen- The average downloadable track in lophone), "Untitled" by Terri Walker (Def Soul Records), "Floetic" by sites in six European markets in April. ing Parties offerings. Those programs Europe costs the equivalent of $1.50- Floetry (SKG Music), "Conversations With the Unseen" by Soweto OD2 has also signed licensing deals provide access to exclusive videos and $2, compared with 99 cents per song Kinch, "Anglicana" by Eliza Carthy, "Quixotic" by Martina Topley -Bird with WMI, BMG Entertainment, Uni- tracks before they hit the retail for U.S. buyers through iTunes. (Independiente), and Lost Horizons by (XL Recordings). Ten versal Music International and, more shelves. "The pricing in Europe needs to judges, chaired by music academic Simon Frith, chose the nominees recently, Sony Music Entertainment. The service will be rolled out else- match [the lower] U.S. levels," Aver - from more than 180 albums. JULIANA KORANTENG "Now we have repertoire from all where in Europe soon. But AOL's ver- dieck says. "Also, U.S. customers don't five," OD2 marketing director Ed sion of MusicNet still is not in Europe. pay sales tax on online sales, which is Italian concert promoters association Assomusica has offered its services as Averdieck says. "We'll be on an equal No decision has yet been made on compulsory in the European Union." a partner in organizing the country's troubled Sanremo Festival, follow- footing with the best services in the U.S." the possible European introduction of WMI's Durgan adds that "iTunes ing labels body FIMI's announcement that its members will not partici- OD2 is not alone in the digital Pressplay. According to U.S.-based dig- comes into the marketplace [with 99 pate in the 2004 edition (Billboard, July 19) or in subsequent editions. download sector in Europe. Such ital music service provider Roxio cents per track]; then you see Rhap- Assomusica president Roberto Meglioli says the association could work independent retail players as Wippit in (which owns Pressplay), it will first be sody with 79 [cents per track]. That is with state -owned network RAI TV in running the event. Meglioli said in a the U.K., which operates an auth- merged with a new commercial ver- competition. I think the market has statement, " Sanremo represents an extraordinary opportunity for the orized P2P file -sharing service, are sion of Napster in the U.S. to find its own rate, but I do have con- promotion of Italian music, although its formula needs to be reinvent- also negotiating with the majors for OD2, however, has the advantage of cern for what that means for local ed." The future of the festival, the key annual music event in Italy since high -profile repertoire. its partnerships with such well -known repertoire." the early '50s, is in doubt, although Italy's independent labels body, AFI, has confirmed that its members will participate in 2004. MARK WORDEN

Raids organized by labels body the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) board Bulletin, Jan. 22, 2002). grant the necessary licenses in return and the U.K. government's Department of Work and Pensions in the Oz Labels A number of Australian record exec- for an undertaking to keep account and North of England have led to two arrests on music piracy charges. The utives tell Billboard that they will not eventually pay in accordance with the arrests resulted from raids in the English towns of Huddersfield, Wigan Continued from page 49 negotiate with Sharman. But the com- terms of the long -term arrangement and Blackpool, at which counterfeit CDs and manufacturing equip- pany says it aims to offer legally "swap - once concluded," Peach explains. ment were seized. The two suspects arrested had allegedly produced pable" downloads by the end of 2003. AMCOS and APRA have proposed a illegal recordings of the recent Glastonbury Festival, one of the U.K.'s the service. But sources suggest that the There is another primary hurdle for combined performance and mech- leading annual live events. The raid was the first under an alliance complexities of renegotiating digital the download services. Two authors' anical royalty rate for downloads of between the BPI and the government body to investigate links between delivery deals could see that deadline 12% of the gross subscriber /consumer piracy and welfare fraud. JULIANA KORANTENG stretch into mid -2004. payments. ARIA has not proposed a Destra is negotiating with labels to rate at this stage but wants the royal- The British music industry has been celebrating the lower the price of a single -track down- ty to be based on the wholesale price adoption of its amendments to the Communications load from $4 Australian ($2.72) to of the downloads. Act (Billboard, July 12), after Parliament passed the $0.99 Australian (65 cents) by the end AMCOS /APRA also believe the roy- bill into law July 17. Andrew Yeates, director general of the year. According to Carosa, alty should be payable by e- tailers, of the British Phonographic Industry, says all of the mp3.com.au registers 150,000 down- while ARIA believes that suppliers music industry's amendments were approved. These loads per month. should pay the royalty and then `bun- include assurances that new communications regu- One of Destra's shareholders, music dle" the rights in their supply agree- lator Ofcom has the power to consider the impact retail chain Sanity, has already said it ments with e- tailers. on musical diversity of changes in radio -station will promote digital downloads through APRA/AMCOS CEO Brett Cottle says ownership (Billboard Bulletin, July 2). "Our next its 300 stores. Destra also plans to intro- there is "clearly a reasonable likelihood" challenge is to build a good working relationship duce prepaid digital download cards for that the dispute may have to be settled with Ofcom," Yeates says. GORDON MASSON use online, aimed at under-18 shoppers by the Australian Copyright Tribunal. who do not have credit cards. bodies -the Australasian Performing Cottle also says the two sides have a dif- Scarborough. Ontario-based disc duplicator Cinram International is to Another company eyeing legal Right Assn. (APRA) and the Australasian ferent perspective on the nature of dig- open its first DVD manufacturing operation in the U.K. The facility, downloads is Sydney -based Sharman Mechanical Copyright Owners Society ital distribution. located at Cinram's VHS duplication plant in Ipswich, Suffolk, should be Networks, whose Kazaa peer -to -peer (AMCOS)-are locked in a dispute with "We see downloads as constituting he fully operational by September, with a capacity of 43 million DVDs per technology has been a magnet for labels body the Australian Record a new market paradigm," says, year. Cinram previously supplied the U.K. DVD market from its plant in copyright infringement lawsuits by the Industry Assn. (ARIA) regarding the "rather than simply as an extension of Normandy, France. On July 18, Cinram announced it was to acquire the global music and film industries. Shar- royalty rate for online sales. the market for sales of physical prod- global CD and DVD manufacturing and distribution businesses of AOL man purchased Kazaa when it ARIA CEO Stephen Peach says an uct. Our impression is that the record- Time Warner for $1.05 billion in cash (see story, page 5). SAM ANDREWS acquired certain assets of Netherlands- interim royalty arrangement is in place. ing industry sees a download as just based Kazaa BV in January 2002 (Bill- "APRA and AMCOS are prepared to another CD sale."

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CALLING ALL ANGELS S THREE 6 MAFIARIDDIN' SPINNERS S SHANIA TWAIN, FOREVER AND FOR ALWAYS 5 MYA 6 COLDPLAY, THE SCIENTIST - 6 GOOD CHARLOTTE, GIRLS & BOYS avoid calls from telemarketers, radio Keymarket VP of programming 6 ASHAN11, ROCK WIT U 6 BRAD PAISLEY, CELEBRITY 7 PAUL LIKE GLUE I U2 PHAIR, WHY CANT I 7 SEAN PAUL LIKE GLUE 7 RASCAL RATTS, I MELT SEAN ARE YOU HAPPY NOW Bell adds, "My is most JIMMY WAYNE STAY GONE 8 LUMIDEE, NEVER LEAVE YOU (UH 000H, UH 000HI B MICHELLE BRANCH, researchers and consultants are split Frank guess I 50 CENT, 21 QUESTIONS 0 YOU NOW 9 BLACK EYED PEAS, WHERE IS THE LOVE 6 CHINGY RIGHTTHURR 9 EAGLES, HOLE IN THE WORLD 9 MICHELLE BRANCH, ARE HAPPY 10 MONICA, SO GONE 10 MAROON 5, HARDER TO BREATHE as to whether the success of the "Do of these `active avoiders' have been 10 LUMIDEE, NEVER LEAVE YOU IUH 000H, OH 500H) 10 JESSICA ANDREWS, GOOD TIME THE REMEDY WON'T WORRY) 11 LOVELESS, LOVIN' ALL NIGHT 11 CHRISTINAAGUILERA, CANT HOLD US DOWN 11 JASON MRAZ II 11 NELLY P. DIDDY& MURPHY LEEPNYLEE SHAKE YATAILFEAHER PATTY to PHARRELL FRONTIN 12 MARY J. BUGE LOVE AT IST SIGHT Not Call" (DNC) registry will have using their answering machines 12 UL JON & THE EAST SIDE BOYZ GET LOW 12 BRIAN MCCOMAS, 99.9% SURE 12 NEW. THE QUIET HANGS THAT NO ONE EVER KNOWS 13 UNCLE KRACKER, DRIFT AWAY 13 MARY J. BUGE LOVE AT IST SIGHT 13 DERIC RUTTAN, WHEN YOU COME AROUND 13 BRAND for time." 14 J. LOVE AT 1ST SIGHT 14 ALL- AMERICAN REJECTS , SWING SWING positive results for radio. So says a screen calls some 14 LOON, HOW YOU WANT THAT 14 PAT GREEN, WAVE ON WAVE MARY BUGS SENIOR, MOVE YOUR FEET 15 KELLY CLARKSON, MISS INDEPENDENT 15 GINUWINE. IN THOSE JEANS 15 MONTGOMERY GENTRY, SPEED 15 JUNIOR Shane says, "I predict an immedi- 16 FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE, STACY'S MOM 16 PINK. FEEL GOOD TIME recent story in Billboard sister pub- 16 JAY-Z, LA, LA, LA (EXCUSE ME AGAIN) 16 RASCAL FLATTS, THESE DAYS MISS INDEPENDENT 17 ASHANTI, ROCK WIT U 17 LUDACRIS, ACT FOOL 17 VINCE GILL SOMEDAY 17 KELLY CLARKSON, lication Airplay Monitor. ate backlash. The first calls from any 18 CHINGY RIGHTTHURR 18 LISA MARIE PRESLEY, SINKING IN 18 B2K WHAT A GIRL WANTS 18 KEITH URBAN, SOMEBODY LIKE YOU YOU 19 THORNS. I CANT REMEMBER 19 NICK CANNON, FEELIN FREAKY 19 TERRI CLARK THREE MISSISSIPPI 19 FABULOUS, INTO Callout surveys are the backbone researcher after the deadline will be 20 KORN, DID MY TIME 20 MADONNA HOLLYWOOD 20 R. KELLY, SNAKE w FAITH HILL YOU'RE STILL HERE RUBEN STODDARD,FLYING WITHOUTWINGS 21 WHITE STRIPES, SEVEN NATION ARMY 21 JOEBUDDEN, PUMP IT UP 21 DWIGHT YOAKAM, THE BACK OF YOUR HAND 21 of station music research. While met with wrath." 22 LEANN RIMES, WE CAN 22 BLACK EYED PEAS, WHERE IS THE LOVE 22 MARIAN CAREY, BRINGIN' ON THE HEARTBREAK n FABULOUS , INTO YOU JUST BECAUSE 23 THALIA,I WANT YOU/ME PONES BUY 23 T1.,24'á Z1 TOBYKEITH, COURTESY OF THE RED, WHITE& BLUE 23 JANE'S ADDICTION, research calls are 24 LUDACRIS, ACT A FOOL 24 GOO GOO DOLLS, SYMPATHY 24 BUSTA RHYMESB MARIAN CMEY,I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT 24 RICK TREVINO, IN MY DREAMS DON'T LET ME GET ME I UL JON & THE EAST SIDE BOYZ GET LOW 25 PINK, Z5 DAVID BANNER, LIKE A PIMP 25 DIERKS BENTLEY, WHAT WAS THINKIN' 25 exempt from the 26 LIVE HEAVEN 26 RUBEN WITHOUT WINGS 27 HELP POUR ANGEACEY'SSONGI DREAM, AMERICAN REJECTS,THE LAST SONG 27 JENNIFER LOPEZ, I'M GEAR 27 TAMIA, OFFICIALLY MISSING YOU 27 MARTINA MCBRIOE CONCREIEANGEI T7 ALL-AMERICANALL- new rule, respon- 28 MADONNA HOLLYWOOD 28 SUGAR RAY, MR. BARTENDER (IT'S SO EASY) 28 MYA MY LOVE IS LIKE._ WO 28 DIXIE CHICKS, LONG TIME GONE LOON. HOW YOU WANT THAT 29 EAGLES. HOLE IN THE WORLD 29 MONICA. SO GONE 29 LONESTAR. MY FRONT PORCH LOOKING IN a dents are split as IN THOSE JEANS 30 CEUNE DION, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE 30 50 CENT,PI.M.P. 30 JOHN MELLENCAMP, TEARDROPSWILLFALL 30 GINUWINE DON'T YOU In. 31 RHONDA VINCENT YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU 31 COLDPLAY. THE SCIENTIST 31 SANTANA, WHY &I to whether con- Tuned 31 JAHEIM, PUT THAT WOMAN FIRST RAOIOHEAO, THERE THERE 32 F00 FIGHTERS TIMES LIKE THESE 32 TYRESE. SIGNS OF LOVE MAKIN' 32 BLAKE SHELTON, HEAVY LIFTIN' 32 33 UNKIN PARK, FAINT 33 LIKE A STONE sumers will make 33 YOUNG GUNZ, CAN'T STOP, WDN'T STOP 33 JOE NICHOLS. SHE ONLY SMOKES WHEN SHE DRINKS 34 DAVID BANNER, UKE A PIMP 34 3 DOORS DOW N. WHEN I'M GONE 34 JS, ICE CREAM 34 DOLLY PARTON,I'M GONE JEWEL INTUITION 35 COLDPLAY, CLOCKS that distinction. 35 MARQUES HOUSTON, CLUBBIN 35 GEORGE STRAIT, SHE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH A SMILE 35 36 JESSICA SIMPSON, SWEETEST SIN 36 SANTANA. THE GAME OF LOVE 36 JAVIER, CRAZY 36 KENNY CHESNEY, BIG STAR ROONEY, BLUE SIDE 37 NO DOUBT, UNDERNEATH IT ALL That such a 37 YOUNGBLOODZ DAMN 37 FAITH HILL WHEN THE LIGHTS GO DOWN 37 Radio. ANGER 3B NO DOUBT, HELLA G000 38 BUBBA SPARDXX, DELIVERANCE 38 ARSON KRAUSS. THE LUCKY ONE 38 METAWCA. ST. JAHEIM. PUT THAT WOMAN FIRST 39 NORAH JONES, COME AWAY WITH ME list exists "really 39 COPSE, HOT DAMN 39 UNCLE KRACKER, DRIFT AWAY 39 ADKINS, THEN THEY DO 40 WHITE STRIPES, SEVEN NATION ARMY 40 CREED, ONE LAST BREATH lets us know just 40 NAPPY ROOTS, ROUN THE GLOBE 40 TRACE NEW ONS NEW ONS NEW ONS NEW ONS By Marc Schiffman 50 CENT, PI M.P. USA MARIE PRESLEY, SINKING IN LELSHAKEYATANYATHER how fed up con- NQLY,P. BIDDY AWRY IBM ALAN JACKSON& JIMMY BUFFETT, O S FIVE O CLOCK BRAND NEW, THE QUIET THINGS THAT NO ONE MARIAH CAREY, BRINGIN' ON THE HEARTBREAK B2K WHAT A GIRL WANTS are [email protected] FABULOUS. INTO YOU MARY J. BUGS LOVE AT 1ST SIGHT sumers YOUR FEET RUBEN S ITODARD, FLYING WITHOUT WINGS JUNIOR SENIOR MOVE OF WAYNE STACY'S MOM about telemar- 50 CENT, PIMP FOUNTAINS YOUNG GUNZ CAN'T STOP, WON'T STOP FABOLOUS, INTO YOU keting interruptions," Ed Shane of Saga executive VP Steve Gold- MARQUES HOUSTON, CLUBBIN UL JON 8 THE EAST SIDE BOYZ GET LOW JAVIER, CRAZY DREAM, CRAZY Shane Media says. "Somebody said stein says, "I am not sure people will in disdain that only a fifth of Ameri- understand the distinction." can households [were One possible clue as agAWN w signed up], but I read to how potential 2 CANADA as a 20 research subjects will that share." 1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 299 Queen St West Toronto, Ontario M5V2Z5 9697 E. Mineral Ave., Englewood, CO 80112 Many that Monitor respond to a phone call: 200 Jericho Quadrangle, Jericho, NY 11753 1 UNKIN PARK FAINT 1 GOOD CHARLOTTE, GIRLS B BOYS 1 ATARIS, THE BOYS OF SUMMER 1 JIMMY WAYNE, STAY GONE 2 COLDPLAY, THE SCIENTIST 2 BEYONCE KNOWLES, CRAZY IN LOVE to, including con- in a hitpredictor.com 2 UNKIN PARK FAINT 2 MONTGOMERY GENTRY, SPEED talked 3 IN ESSENCE, FRIEND OF MINE 3 WHITE STRIPES, SEVEN NATION ARMY 3 SHANIA TWAIN. FOREVER AND FOR ALWAYS 3 SEAN PAUL LIKE GLUE 4 CHINGY, RIGHTTHURR 4 UNKIN PARK FAINT sultant Alan Burns, online poll, 35% of 4 KORN, DID MYTIME 4 TOBY KEITH. BEER FOR MY HORSES BUSTER, AMSTERDAM 5 SKYE SWEETNAM, BILLY S 5 BRAND NEW, PE QUIET THINGS THAT NO ONE EVER KNOWS 5 BROOKS B DUNN, REO DIRT ROAD 5 6 A.F.I., THE LEAVING SONG PT. II 6 MICHELLE BRANCH, ARE YOU HAPPY NOW believe that "the registry respondents said they 6 DEFTONES,MINERVA 6 KENNY CHESNEY, NO SHOES, NO SHIRT NO PROBLEMS DELIVERANCE 7 SEAN PAUL LIKE GLUE 7 ALL -AMERICAN REJECTS, THE LAST SONG 7 LONESTAR, MY FRONT PORCH LOOKING IN 7 BUBBA SPARIDIX, BEYONCE CRAZY IN LOVE 8 ASHANTI, ROCK WIT will actually help radio had joined the DNC 8 STARTING LINE, THE BEST OF ME 8 BRAD PAISLEY, CELEBRITY 8 KENNAFREETIME 9 NELLY P.DIDOY&MURPNYLH, SHAKE YATMLFEATHER 9 THRICE ALL THAT'S LEFT 8 AWN JACKSON&JMMY BUFFET. ET'SFMO'CLOCI(SOMEWHEN 9 50 CENT, PIMP. 10 THREE DAYS GRACE. ii HATE) EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU research. As people get registry. And those are 10 QUEENS OF THE STONE A. GO WITH THE FLOW 10 BUDDY JEWELL HELP PDUR URINE RAIN OACEYS SONG) 10 11 GOB, GIVE UP THE GRUDGE 11 GOOD CHARLOTTE. GIRLS & BOYS 11 FAITH HILL YOU'RE STILL HERE 11 ROONEY BLUE SIDE PHARRELL FRONTIN' 12 METAWCA, ST ANGER fewer annoying telemar- people already partici- 12 COLD, STUPID GIRL 12 BRIAN MCCOMAS, 999% SURE ONE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE) 12 ADDICTION,JUST BECAUSE 13 BLACK EYED PEAS, WHERE IS THE LOVE 13 FCO FIGHTERS. TIMES LIKE THESE 13 BLAKE SHELTON. HEAVY LIFTIN' 13 JANE'S 14 OF WAYNE, STACY'S MOM 14 SAM ROBERTS, WHERE RAVE ALL THE GOODPEOPU GONE keting calls, they may be pating in online music 14 ALKALINE TRIO, WE'VE HAD ENOUGH 14 TRACE ADKINS. THEN THEY 00 FOUNTAINS 15 MARY J. BUGE. LOVE AT IST SIGHT 15 MYA, MY LOVE IS LIKE... WO 15 CHEVELU, SEND THE PAIN BELOW 15 DIERKS BENTLEY, WHATWAS I THEREIN' of BELLY, P. DIDDY 8 MURPHY LEE SHAKE YATAIUFATHER 16 50 CENT, 21 QUESTIONS more inclined to answer research. None the 16 TRAPT HEADSTRONG 16 DWIGHT YOAKAM, THE BACK DR YOUR HAND 16 JUNIOR SENIOR, MOVE YOUR FEET 17 SHAWN DESMAN, SPREAD MY WINGS 17 VENDETTA RED, SHATTERDAY 17 JOE NICHOLS, SHE ONLY SMOKES WHEN SHE DRINKS 17 that 18 8. THE EAST SI, GET LOW 18 EVANESCENCE GOING UNDER their telephones and less many verbatims 18 SIMPLE PLAN, ADDICTED 18 PAT GREEN, WAVE ON WAVE UL JON 19 SMILE EMPTY SOUL BOTTOM OF A BOTTLE 19 , GOOD TIMES 19 STAIND. SO FAR AWAY 19 BILLY RAY CYRUS, BACK TO MEMPHIS went with the respons- EVANESCENCE GOING UNDER 70 ATARIS, THE BOYS OF SUMMER annoyed when a legiti- 20 AUDIOSLAVE SHOW ME HOW TO LIVE 20 PHIL VASSAR, ATHENS GREASE 20 21 INTERPOL. OBSTACLE I 21 AVRIL LAVIGNE, LOSING GRIP 21 AEI., THE LEAVING SONG PT.II 21. TRACY BYRD, THE TRUTH ABOUT MEN es suggested that Tl AVRIL LAVIGNE, KNOCKIN ON HEAVEN'S DOOR mate surveyor, as 22 HOT HOT HEAT, BANDAGES 22 PATTY LOVELESS, LOVIN' ALL NIGHT 22 VENDETTA RED, SHATTERDAV AWAY 23 CHINGY, RIGHTTHURR 23 RADIOHEAD, THERE THERE 23 EMERSON DRIVE ONLY GOD ICOULO STOP ME LOVINGYOUI 23 STAINS. SO FAR a respondents specifically 24 A.F.I., GIRLS NOT GREY opposed to salesper- 24 EVANESCENCE BRING ME TOUFE 24 RANDY TRAVIS. THREE WOODEN CROSSES 24 LUMIDEE, NEVER LEAVE YOUIUH 00011. UH 000HI 25 BANNER, LIKE A PIMP 25 EVANESCENCE BRING ME TO LIFE 25 GOOD CHARLOTTE, THE YOUNG AND THE HOPELESS 25 JESSICA ANDREWS, GOOD TIME DAVID son, calls." viewed music research TRYING, GONE 26 STAIND, SO FAR AWAY 26 EVANESCENCE GOING UNDER 26 EMERSON DRIVE, FALL INTO ME 26 DIE OXYGEN'S BRAND NEW, THE QUIET TRINES THATE° ONE EVER KNOWS 27 WHITE STRIPES. SEVEN NATION ARMY 21 NAPPY ROOTS, ROUN THE GLOBE 27 LEANN RIMES, WE CAN 27 Edison Media separately. THE OF SUMMER 28 NICK CANNON, FEELIN FREAKY 28 DIE TRYING, OXYGEN'S GONE 28 JENNIFER HANSON, THIS FAR GONE 20 ATARIS, BOYS 29 METALLCA ST. ANGER 29 KELLY CLARKSON, MISS INDEPENDENT - Another possible 2S AUOIOSLAVE, LIKE A STONE 29 DOLLY PARTON. I'M GONE Research VP Rob Farb GINUWINE, IN THOSE JEANS 30 SNOOP DOGG. BEAUTIFUL 30 50 CENT, 21 QUESTIONS 30 DERIC RATTAN. WHEN YOU COME AROUND 30 man says, "Once we get radio upside of the DNC NEW ONS NEW ONS NEW ONS NEW ONS FIVE EVANESCENCE GOING UNDER ATARIS, THE BOYS OF SUMMER ALAN JACKSON B JIMMY BUFFETT, ITS O'CLOCK LUSTER. AMSTERDAM `Today we con- list: Kelly Music ATARIS, THE BOYS OF SUMMER to are KORN, DID MY TIME TIM MCGRAW. REAL GOOD MAN/THE RIDE 50 CENT, PI.M.P MOM STAIND. SO FAR AWAY BRAND NEW, THE QUIET THINGS THAT NO ONE RAY STEVENS, THANK YOU FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE, STACY'S Research's Tom Kelly is NICK CANNON, FEELIN FREAKY ducting a survey about NAPPY ROOTS, ROUN' THE GLOBE MARY J. BUGE LOVE AT 1ST SIGHT THINGS THAT NO ONE FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE STACY'S MOM BOWUNG FOR SOUP, 101 BRAND NEW, THE QUIET music and radio,' we one of several respon- PANJABI MC, JOGI LIVE ON RELEASE LET'S GO NELLY. P. DIDDY 8 MURPHY LEE, SHAKE YA TAIUEATHER JANE'S ADDICTION, JANE SAYS NOT BY CHOICE. STAND ALONE THREE DAYS GRACE, II HATEEVERYTHING ABOUT YOU 6217, WHAT A GIRL WANTS have most people's dents who thought that JANE'S ADDICTION, JUST BECAUSE attention, and many telemarketing budgets BY agree to participate. If the only would be moved to other media - NATIONAL & LOCAL MUSIC VIDEO OUTLETS FOR THE W EKK ENDINGIAUGUSBT calls people received during din- including, one hopes, radio. THE CLIP LIST nertime were calls asking them to listen to music clusters and to rate INFINITE CHANGES: Infinity/New our response rates York senior VP/market manager personalities, QQQ 1.41tiir JB11/ ,EUROPEI TELEVI is VP of would rise steadily." 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BUGE, LOVE AT SIGHT FAITH HILL YOU'RE STILL HERE SORAYA, CASI FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE. STACY'S MOM SEAN PAUL GET BUSY PATTY LOVELESS, LOVIN' ALL NIGHT they are immune from all calls, San Francisco duties. And Don DAVID BISBAL DIGALE THE DANDY WARHOLS. WE USED TO BE FRIENDS METAWCA, ST ANGER think LEANN RIMES, WE CAN RICARDO MONTANER, UVE GANAS ADEMA, UNSTABLE RED HOT CHIU PEPPERS, UNIVERSALLY SPEAKING NO LETTING GO TYPE 0 NEGATIVE. I DON'T WAN NA BE ME ROBBIE WIWAMS, SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL WAYNE WONDER. and they will get even more focused Bouloukos returns to Infinity as JENNIFER LOPEZ, ALL I HAVE WRITE YOU A LETTER) PLAY, GOD PUT A SMILE UPON YOUR FACE SMASH MOUTH, YOU ARE MY NUMBER ONE LA LEY, AMATE Y SALVATE CUS TER, AMS'ERDAM IGONNA COLD THE DONNAS. WHO INVITED YOU manager. ANDRES CEPEDA, MIENTRAS MAS PASABA ELTIEMPO RIVER CITY REBELS, LIFE'S A DRAG LINKIN PARK FAINT on calls that invade their home." Philadelphia market SANTANA, WHY DON'T YOU 8I VOZ VEIS, AUNQUE SEA POCO SILVERSTEIN, GIVING UP RICKY MARTIN. JALLO 21 QUESTIONS RIVER CITY REBELS, LIFE'S A DRAG Bill Figenshu joins Citadel as West- NATALIA LAFOURCADE. EN EL2000 THE ATARIS, THE BOYS OF SUMMER 50 CENT, Pinnacle Media president/CEO FRONTIN' MEMENTO, NOTHING SACRED THALIA, A QUEEN LE IMPORTA? PHARRELL MICHELLE BRANCH. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW? RICARDO ARJONA, DAME SHAGGY. HEY SEXY LADY Bob Lawrence expects the benefit ern region president. He was senior SWITCHFOOT, MEANT TO LIVE ENRIQUE IGLESIAS, PARA QUE LA VIDA AVRIL LAVIGNE, LOSING GRIP BLUR. OUT OF TIME only VP at Infinity. Also at Citadel, VP Bob BACILOS, CARALUNA BLUE MAN GROUP, THE CURRENT to radio researchers to apply ALEX UBAGO, SIN MIEDO A NADA "to a very small degree, since those Proffit and VP of product development who don't like answering the Scott Mahalick exit.

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average shared by CC stations was 25, nearby WPST Trenton, N.J., both of between the two geographically clos- How or 63%. The highest overlap was 31 which shared 29 titles (72.5 %). est stations, WKFS and WDKF, and songs, or 77% (ironically, on CC's other Are These As might be inferred from the that was only 27 songs. Z100, KKRZ Portland, Ore.); the low- WPST overlap, there was actually Standardized est was 19, or 48 %, on WKFS (Kiss - Stations more correlation between Z100 and ITS IN THE WAY THAT YOU USE IT FM) Cincinnati. other top 40s in its region than the Seeing so many stations, including In any scenario, the sharing was Homogenized? national CC number. When you aver- some that do not sound very much like Are Today's considerably less than public percep- age WPST; WBLI Long Island, N.Y.; Z100, around the 65% mark just goes tion. Even some Monitor staffers had and WXPK/ WSPK Westchester to show that there are always going to expected that number to be somewhere County, N.Y., their overlap is 28 titles. be a certain number of songs that are Sharing of songs with Z100 New in the low 30s. And even WXPK station known national hits for a reason, and it is what Stations? York (out of 40 songs) at Clear -a Between those extremes, there for finding its own hits-shared 30 of PDs do with the remainder of their Continued from page 6 Channel mainstream top 40s were a remarkable number of stations Z100's most -played titles. playlist that gives a station its flavor. KKRZ Portland, Ore. 31 sharing about 25 songs with Z100. In fact, with top 40 considered to KKDM Des Moines, Iowa 29 Some of them are stations that share WHAT ABOUT THE KISS STATIONS? be in the doldrums, only 65% over- WKCI New Haven, Conn. 28 of its flagship top 40s, WHTZ (Z100) the rhythmic lean and skew toward Looking at every CC top 40 playlist lap might suggest that there are MIS Los Angeles 27 New York, for the Airplay Monitor issue active records that Z100 helped for a given week, you come to realize not enough true consensus hits at WXKS -FM Boston 26 of June 27, then looked at the other 54 champion four or five years ago, such certain things. One is that Z100 is more the moment. WIOQ Philadelphia 25 CC-owned mainstream top 40 reporters as WKQI Detroit (which shared 25 current -based than a lot of its sister sta- Radio observers who worry that WFLZ Tampa, Fla. 23 to Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, to titles), WIOQ Philadelphia (25) and tions. It wasn't uncommon to see localism is dead would have drawn at WIHT Washington, D.C. 23 see how many of those records were WFLZ Tampa, Fla. (23). Daniel Bedingfield's "Gotta Get Thru least some encouragement from scru- WKFS Cincinnati 19 among their 40 most-played songs. But some of the CC top 40s that This" getting four spins per day on tinizing the week of playlists that we At the same time, we asked a hand- also came in around the 25 -song smaller- market CC stations. But not examined, where the hits at individ- ful of radio writers and industry benchmark were stations that are here. While that might not have made ual stations ranged from Course of Sharing with Z100 by non-Clear observers how much standardization regarded in the industry as very dif- it the most typical CC station to use as Nature's "Caught in (at Channel stations the Sun" they perceived as being out there when ferent, including adult-leaning WAEB- a benchmark, its willingness to step out KRUF Shreveport, La.) and Jack WXPK Westchester, N.Y. 30 they talked about cookie -cutter radio. FM Allentown, Pa. (25); - on both rhythm and pop titles does give Johnson's "Flake" (at WAEV Savan- KBKS Seattle 29 We asked how many of the 40 most- flavored WDCG Raleigh, N.C. (25); it a greater chance of matching the rest nah, Ga.) to "Hypnotize" by the Noto- WNOU Indianapolis 29 played songs they would expect to be and KBFM McAllen, Texas (24), which of the panel. rious B.I.G. and "Keep Ya Head Up" WPST Trenton, NJ. 29 shared from one station to the next. plays Latin crossover titles that show But just to apply a second test here, by 2Pac -both of which were being KRBE Houston 27 Of those who responded, most up on no other English-language top we also looked at CC's WKFS (Kiss - treated as currents by WKGS. WBLI Long Island, N.Y. 24 were expecting standardization of 40 reporter. FM) Cincinnati, a station that clearly Does that make top 40 a format WDRQDetroit 24 90% or more. inspired other CC -owned top 40s in of wrongly maligned individually KRBV Dallas 23 "Out of 40, I'd say I'd expect 38. My CC OR NOT CC? the region, including WDKF Dayton, programmed stations, each perfect- WBZZ Pittsburgh 22 perception is that it's very tight: very We also compared Z100 with the Ohio; WAKS Cleveland; WKST Pitts- ly tailored to their own markets? WSTR Atlanta 17 little local wiggle room," said one daily non -CC -owned stations in similar burgh; WKSC Chicago; WAKZ Not necessarily. newspaper writer who covers radio. large- market situations with a similar Youngstown, Ohio; and WKGS As one of our format observers Another veteran broadcast observer active lean and access to research. Of Rochester, N.Y. Those stations are all pointed out, it is the imitating in Sharing with WKFS Cincinnati guessed 36. "The amount of localism those nine stations, the correlation known for sharing a certain number other areas (recurrents, imaging ele- by other "Kiss FMs" in the region on [our Clear Channel top 40] is prac- with Z100 was also 63 %, the same as of records that did not become major ments, shared air talent) that also WDKF Dayton, Ohio 27 tically nil. Therefore, my number the national average. hits elsewhere, such as Blaque's "808" contributes to the format's perceived WAKS Cleveland 26 would be 39," another writer said. Again, a station's lean did not nec- and TLC's "Girl Talk." homogeneity. And knowing that WAKZ Youngstown, Ohio 24 The lowest number guessed was 33 essarily affect its overlap with Z100. But the correlation between WKFS playlists are a little less homogenous WKGS Rochester, N.Y. 23 out of 40 (82.5 %). One Boston resident The musically aggressive WBZZ Pitts- and those six stations was only than the public perception may not WKSC Chicago 22 guessed 35 out of 40 titles. He added, burgh shared 22 titles, as did the slightly higher than the Z100 aver- make listeners any happier. But it WKST Pittsburgh 22 "What would I like to see? I think 25 to much more conservative WNKS age: 65 %. While all of those stations does give radio advocates who believe 28 would be fair." Charlotte, N.C. The highest overlap were fast on rhythm and slow on their biggest problem is public rela- Well, out of 40 songs on Z100, the with Z100 was at KBKS Seattle and pop /rock, the greatest overlap was tions a place to start.

played each week was Canadian, effec- recordings for broadcast, and an hard to maintain its market share." CanCon tive Jan. 3, 1999. Previously, the figure "ephemeral" right that addresses sta- Labels and broadcasters agree that had been 30 %. The increase originated tions' practice of making temporary the increased CanCon percentage alone from the first comprehensive review of ( "ephemeral") copies of programs or led only to increased airplay for top Review Canadian radio regulations since their music onto a digital hard -drive stor- Canadian artists and did little to stimu- introduction in 1971. age system for easier access. late the exposure of new Canadian acts Continued from page 6 In 1998, the CRTC indicated it "It's all a cash grab from the music for which it was intended. "Radio just would return to the quota issue in a industry," one broadcaster com- played more Celine Dion," Chater says. later review. The prospect of a fur- plains. "Whether it's charging us for Under the coming review, observers Canadian Heritage. ther increase, probably taking the putting CDs into hard drives or predict broadcasters will lobby for Among the potentially contentious CanCon level to 40 %, worries many adding the 5% to the 30 %, it's shov- revamping the four -point MAPL grad- issues that sources expect to be covered Canadian broadcasters. ing its business troubles onto the one ing system in favor of an incentive - by its review are modifying Canadian "Going to 40% would serve no pur- CHATER:'BROADCASTERS MAKE MON =Y cash cow that's visible: radio. They based version that could stimulate HAND OVER FIST' content (CanCon) quotas, format diver- pose," says Gary Slaight, president of can't chase offshore servers for Inter- exposure of new Canadian- generated sity in the marketplace, the tight con- Toronto -based Standard Radio Inc. "If net fees, but they can keep hammer- music on commercial radio. centration of ownership of Canadian it is left at 35 %, we will continue to municate with on this issue." ing radio for lost revenues." "There's all kinds of ideas kicking radio licenses and the consequences of work [with the music industry] as we Canada's commercial broadcasters Chater counters, "Broadcasters are around over MAPL reform," O'Farrell government-supported rights legisla- have over the past five years." contend that they are already support- making money hand over fist at the concedes. `We're looking at all of them. tion on broadcasters. However, Chater points out that ive enough of Canadian music. In addi- moment. But they aren't paying We want to make sure we promote the Under the current CanCon grading "most of the new [Canadian] radio sta- tion to airplay, they contribute via their enough for music use on radio." concept that is best to embrace the system, a recording is considered Cana- tions in the mainstream that have been Radio Star Maker Fund-which sup- O'Farrell acknowledges that Canada's future. I cannot say which one that is dian if two of four criteria -music, licensed in the past five years have been ports marketing of Canadian record- lucrative radio industry-with revenue yet, because we are not sure." artist, production and lyrics (MAPL)- licensed at 40%." ings and through paying two rights exceeding $1 billion Canadian ($712 But any modification of MAPL con- are met. One point is awarded for each. Brian Robertson, president of labels introduced through 1997 revisions to million) in 2000, according to govern- tent qualifications is likely to face stiff The CRTC last amended its radio body the Canadian Recording Industry Canada's Copyright Act. ment figures -is much healthier than opposition, particularly from the inde- regulations in 1998, when it boosted Assn., says that in 1998, "we didn't Those revisions introduced neigh- it was five years ago. But, he cautions, pendent sector. Chater says, "My view the CanCon quota for English -lan- support 40 %, but we didn't oppose boring rights, under which perform- "that doesn't mean it can sustain all is, If it isn't broken, why fix it? There guage stations. As a result, broadcasters 35 %. We have a fairly wide member- ers and producers are entitled to roy- threats or economic challenges. It's a may be a better [grading system], but I had to ensure that 35% of all music ship base, which we now have to cotn- alty payments for use of their sound medium that needs to continue to work haven't heard it."

56 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD AUGUST 2,2003 www.americanradiohistory.com 62 64 Point of Grace In Singles wins Greatest Minded: Avril Gainer honors Lavigne rocks on Christian Hot Digital Albums chart Charts Tracks SALES / AIRPLAY / TRENDS / ANALYSIS Diddy's 'Bad' Market Watch Eagles Spread A Weekly National Music Sales Report Does WEEKLY ALBUM SALES Chart Span Good 35 Last summer he bragged about inventing the remix. Now After the Eagles stopped recording, there was a gap of his new deal through the Universal label invents P. Diddy's 30 more than 13 years between "Seven Bridges Road" reaching biggest Nielsen SoundScan week since 1997. - 2003 No. 21 on The Billboard Hot 100 in 1981 and "Get Over It" by co 25 With an all -star cast on his "Bad Boys II" soundtrack, the , - 2002 the reunited Eagles peaking at No. 31 in 1994. "Get Over It" movie's big opening week and Diddy making wall -to -wall TV didn't exactly signal a new rush of Eagles chart entries, as 20 appearances, his latest pro- another eight years have elapsed between appearances on the the group's own ERC duction nets an opening öt Hot 100. "Hole in the World," issued on 15 imprint, enters at No. 77 this issue. MARTIN LAWRENCE WILL SMITH week of 324,000 copies. or -. That's more than enough That means the Eagles' span of chart hits has expanded to 10 for his third No. 1 on The 31 years and two months, dating back to the debut of "Take It week of June 3, 1972. was 24 when that Billboard 200 and his 5 Easy" the fourth on Top R &B /Hip- first Eagles' single entered the chart, and was 23, Hop Albums. Hot rap rook- o so they have spent well over half their lives in the band. ie Chingy follows at No. 2 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec with first -week sales of ALBUM SALES `SOMEWHERE' OUT THERE: The members of the Eagles aren't BOYSI. the only '70s icons soaring on The Billboard Hot 100. Jimmy derzeorommommerm 157,000 copies. This Week 10,666,000 This Week 2002 11,836,000 THE SOUNDTRACK The "Bad Boys II" number Buffett, who made his debut on this chart the week of May Change a9.9% not only beats last year's Last Week 10,020,000 18, 1974, with "Come Monday," collects the second- highest- 255,500 start for "We Invented the Remix," the final Arista Change -6.4% ranking song of his career this issue. His duet with Alan outing for Diddy's Bad Boy label, but also tops each of his SINGLES SALES Jackson, "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (Arista), takes a 10- albums since his first solo project, "No Way Out," made noise point jump, 35 -25. That makes "Somewhere" second only to This Week 290,000 This Week 2002 217,000 with an opener of 561,000 units. That was in 1997, when he Buffett's signature song, " Margaritaville," which peaked at still wanted us to call him Puff Daddy. Last Week 291,000 Change -33.6% No. 8 in 1977. In 1999, "Forever" began with 205,000, while "The Saga Change a0.3% The only other Buffett song to reach the top 30 of the Hot Continues" did 186,000 when it hit stores in 2001. 100 other than "Margaritaville" and "It's Five O'Clock Some- YEAR TO DATE ALBUM SALES YEAR TO DATE SINGLES SALES which went to No. 30. "Bad Boys II" is only the fifth soundtrack to debut at No. 1 ...... where" is "Come Monday," 2003 317 m 2003 6.7 m

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Singles 7,309,000 6,722,000 1 `8.0%) BY ALBUM F '. _i AT YEAR -TO -DATE SALES STRING -ALONGS: If you're a veteran country artist and you in the history of The Billboard 200 and the first since "8 2002 2003 Mile" arrived at the top last October. Like "8 Mile" and haven't released a new CD in 2003, maybe you should rethink ( `6.6%) "Howard Stern's Private Parts," the "Bad Boys" sequel has CD 327,507,000 306,012,000 your plans. It's been a great year for longtime artists. In the

10,245,000 ( 42.9 %) Lane and Ray Price the distinction of debuting at No. 1 on the box -office chart as Cassette 17,953,000 past few weeks, Charley Pride, Cristy all had new releases debut on Top Country Albums, and its soundtrack does so on the albums chart. Other 842,000 989,000 ( 17.5 %) have The "Bad Boys II" set has the third -best opening sales Willie Nelson has been enjoying a great chart year. YEAR TO DATE CURRENT ALBUM SALES YEAR TO DATE CATALOG ALBUM SALES week ever for a soundtrack, topped only by the aforemen- This issue, vets Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson find tioned "8 Mile" (702,000 units) and the Snoop Dogg vehicle themselves on the country album chart, teamed with player Ricky Skaggs on "The Three Pickers" (Rounder), new at "Murder Was the Case," which opened at No. 1 with 329,000 2003 199 m 2003 117 m units in 1994. The only other soundtracks to have debuted at No. 36. As one -half of bluegrass duo Flatt & Scruggs with Lester country albums chart No. 1 were "Private Parts" and "Gridlock'd." Flat, Scruggs appeared on the second Diddy was frequently seen on TV as this soundtrack 2002 212 m 2002 134 m ever published, the week of Jan. 25, 1964. That gives him a span came to market, including "Entertainment Tonight," "Live of chart albums stretching 39 years, six months and one week. Regis Kelly," "Access Hollywood," "Extra" and Scruggs last appeared on this chart with "Earl Scruggs and With and 0 50 ,00 150 200 250 0 20 40 EO 80 100 120 140 MTV's "Total Request Live," not to mention his ongoing WIWI. of Unie MWon. of Wks Friends," which peaked at No. 39 in March 2002. "The Three "Making the Band 2." 50 Cent, Jay -Z, Mary J. Blige, Bey- YEAR -TO -DATE SALES BY ALBUM CATEGORY Pickers" is his highest- charting title since "The Earl Scruggs 1976. ond, Nelly and Justin Timberlake are among the artists 2002 2003 Revue, Volume II" found its way to No. 32 in featured on the album. Watson has had four previous entries on Top Country Current 212,207,000 199,332,000 (''6.1%) Albums, starting with "Elementary Doctor Watson!" in 1972. so ONCOMING TRAFFIC: The slim July 8 album slate looked like Catalog 134,095,000 117,315,000 ('12.5%) None of the four made the top 40 portion of the chart, new "The Three Pickers" represents a new career high for Watson. a quiet country road last issue, when it only placed two Deep Catalog 92,888,000 83,002,000 ('10.6 %) entries in The Billboard 200's top 50. Next to that, the July Nielsen SoundScan counts as current only sales within the first 18 months of an album's release (12 months for classical and jazz albums). Titles that stay in the top half of The Bill- TWENTY TO ONE: "Unwell" by Matchbox Twenty leads the 15 schedule seems like Broadway at rush hour, and the July board 200, however remain as current. Titles older than 18 months are catalog. Deep cata- 22 slate should give next issue's chart the appearance of a log is a subset of catalog for titles out more than 36 months. Adult Top 40 chart for the 14th week, making it the group's 7120/03. You're Gone" both had bustling freeway (see A Look Ahead, page 6). For week endin Compiled from national sample of retail store and rack N. Nielsai longest chart -topper. "Bent" and "If Rounded figures. sales reports collected, compiled and provided by X011 "' (Continued on page 60) 13 -week reigns.

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.21 24 STAIND 14 1 Shades Of Grey 71 68 73 JOHN MAYER 3 Room For Squares 8 FLIP / ELEKTRA 62882/EEG CDI 118.98 AWARE/COLUMBIA 85293` /SONY MUSIC (7.98 EO/18.981 [N]

22 22 TOBY 3 KEITH Unleashed 1 72 54 - THE PETER MALICK GROUP FEATURING NORAH JONES New York City 54 DREAMW ORKS (NASHVILLE) 450254/INTERSCOPE (11.98/1898) KOCH 8678113.98 CDI 23 21 THREE 6 MAFIA Da Unbreakables 4 73 73 77 UNCLE KRACKER No Stranger To Shame 43 HYPNOTIZE MINDS/COLUMBIA 89030' /SONY MUSIC 111.98 E0/18.98) LAVA 83542'/AG (1298/18981 144 20 r LONESTAR From There To Here: Greatest Hits 7 74 64 61 VARIOUS ARTISTS Reggae Gold 2003 43 RNA 67076/RLG (12.98/18.981 VP /ATLANTIC 83654'/AG 117.98 CDI 18 $5 ANNIE LENNOX Bare 4 78 83 3 DOORS DOWN Away From The Sun 8 L 52350/RMG 118.98 CD/ ® REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL 064396/UMRG 112.98 /18 98) 81: I-- ít6 19 SOUNDTRACK 2 Fast 2 Furious 5 76 62 40 GANG STARR The Ownerz 18 DISTURBING - THA PEACE/OFF JAM SOUTH 000426`S0JMG (12.98/18.981 VIRGIN Lunar 112.98/18.98) 7 25 23 THE BEACH BOYS The Very Best Of The Beach Boys: Sounds Of Summer 16 77 72 69 COLD Year Of The Spider 3 CAPITOL 82710(1898 CD) FLIP / GEFFEN 000006/INTERSCOPE 118.98 CDI ,P8 28 54 CELINE DION 2 One Heart 2 78 70 76 GODSMACK 1 EPIC 87185/SONY MUSIC 112.98 EO/18.981 REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL 067854/UMR6 (12.98/18.98)

CO 35 34 GOOD CHARLOTTE 2 The Young And The Hopeless 7 79 66 65 BONE CRUSHER AttenCHUN! 11 DAYLIGHT/EPIC 86486/SONY MUSIC (18.98 EG CO) BREAK 'EM OFF /SO SO DEF 50995' / ARISTA (18.98 CDI 30 27 35 14 JIMMY BUFFETT A Meet Me In Margaritaville: Jimmy Buffett The Ultimate Collection 9 01 85 84 TIM MCGRAW 2 Tim McGraw And The Dancehall Doctors 2 MAILBOAT/MCA 987781 /UME (25.98 CO) :: URB 78746112.98/18.981 31 31 32 35 AUDIOSLAVE Audioslave 7 CD 84 106 MERCYME Almost There 67 INTERSCOPE/EPIC 86960' /SONY MUSIC 118 98 Ell CD) NO 66133/CURB 11698 CD) [N] 32 34 41 4 BLACK EYED PEAS Elephunk 32 83 97 AFI Sing The Sorrow 5 A &M 000699/INTERSCOPE 118.98 CDI 0 ',ITRO/DREAMWORKS 450380' /INTERSCOPE 1998 CO) 33 26 21 6 RADIOHEAD Hail To The Thief 3 83 59 57 LIZ PHAIR Liz Phair 27 CAPITOL 84543' 118.98 COI CAPITOL 8392818.90 CD) $` GREATEST GAINER $ =''' THE USED Maybe Memories 84 O REPRISE /WARNER -`. 48503 BASS. (1998 C0 /DVDI 41 43 38 LIL JON & THE EAST SIDE BOYZ Kings Of Drunk 15 CD 92 100 RASCAL FLATTS Melt 5 BME2370'/TVT 113.98/1798) -YRIC STREET 165031 /HOLLYWOOD 112.98/18.98) 35 9 2 - TRACE ADKINS Greatest Hits Collection, Volume I 9 86 87 88 VARIOUS ARTISTS Vans Warped Tour 2003 Compilation 21 CAPITOL (NASHVILLE) 8151210.98/18 981 L DE ONE DUMMY 71237 1998 CD)

36 29 24 7 JEWEL 0304 2 87 89 96 DANIEL BEDINGFIELD Gotta Get Thru This 41 ATLANTIC 83638/AG (10.98 CD) ISLAND 065113' /IDJMG 17.98 CD) 37 15 12 4 SOUNDTRACK Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 12 88 75 78 FLEETWOOD MAC Say You Will 3 COLUMBIA 93132/SONY MUSIC 1898 EO CD) REPRISE 48394NJARNER BROS. 118.98 COI

38 27 R. 2 30 22 KELLY Chocolate Factory 1 89 80 68 BLU CANTRELL Bittersweet 37 JIVE 41812/ZOMBA 18.98 CDI REDZONE 51132/ARISTA II898 CD) 39 36 29 16 THE WHITE STRIPES Elephant 6 90 74 74 DEFTONES Deftones 2 THIRD MAN 27148'42(18.98 CO) MAVERICK 48350'/WARNER BOOS. 118.98 CDI CD 1 KEITH MURRAY NEW He's Keith Murray 40 91 76 64 STEELY DAN Everything Must Go 9 DEF JAM 000316'/IDJMG 111.98/18901 REPRISE 48435/WARNER BROS. 11898 CD) 41 39 42 38 CHRISTINA AGUILERA 2 Stripped 2 92 69 59 WILLIE NELSON & FRIENDS Live And Kickin' 42 RCA 68037'/RMG 112.98/18981 DST HIGHWAY 000453/UMGN 118.98 CD) 42 33 31 7 TRAIN My Private Nation 6 93 77 71 WEIRD AL YANKOVIC Poodle Hat 17 COLUMBIA 86593/SONY MUSIC EO CD) 118.98 :':'AY MOBYNOLCANO 31294 /ZOMBA 118.98 CDI 48 47 20 FABOLOUS Street Dreams 3 94 88 111 KIDZ BOP KIDS Kidz Bop 3 17 DESERT STORM / ELEKTRA 62791'/EEG 11298/18.981 ''AZOR & TIE 89060111.98/17.98) NEW 1 MACY GRAY The Trouble With Being Myself 44 95 65 33 TRACY BYRD The Truth About Men 33 EPIC 86535 /SONY MUSIC 118.98 ED CD) -:CA (NASHVILLE167073 /RLG 11198/18.98)

45 38 36 19 JACK JOHNSON On O And On 3 96 86 86 NELLY Nellyville 1 JACK JOHNSON /UNIVERSAL 075012' /UMRG CD) - 118.98 /..;,. REEUUNIVERSAL 017747 /UMRG 112.98 /18.98) 42 45 46 SHANIA TWAIN Up! 1 97 82 81 SARAH BRIGHTMAN Harem 29 MERCURY I70314/UMGN 119.98 CD) 'IMO STUDIO 37180/ANGEL 11898 CO) 47 40 28 GEORGE STRAIT Honkytonkville 5 98 93 89 CHEVELLE Wonder What's Next 14

-- MCA NASHVILLE 000114/UMGN 12.98/18.98) 'x AC 86157/SONY MUSIC (9,98 ED COI 48 51 50. THE ALL -AMERICAN REJECTS The All- American Rejects 25 99 94 67 LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE Herencia Musical: 20 Corridos Inolvidables 67 DOGHOUSE/DREAMWORKS 450407/INTERSCOPE (1898 CD) [N] - ONOVISA 350871/UG 11498 CDI 49 44 46 17 VARIOUS ARTISTS Now 12 3 100 97 108 SOUNDTRACK Chicago 2 EMI /UNIVERSAUSONY20MBA 82344 /CAPITOL 11298/18981 -TIC 87018 /SONY MUSIC 118.98 ED CO)

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6 I Love It 124 102 95 101 DIXIE CHICKS Home 1 152 140 137 CRAIG MORGAN BROKEN BOW 77561 (13.98 CD) MONUMENT /COLUMBIA86840'/SONY MUSIC 12.98 E0/18.98) [N] And Shine 73 103 98 99 JAMES TAYLOR The Best Of James Taylor 11 153 137 121 RANDY TRAVIS Rise WORD -CURB 86236/WARNER BROS. 111.98 /18.981 WARNER BROS. 7 3837 /WARNER STRATEGIC MARKETING (18.98 CDI Deja Entendu 63 104 104 87 GUSTER Keep It Together 35 170 186 BRAND NEW TRIPLE CROWN 82896/RAZOR & TIE112.98 CD) PALM /REPRISE 48306NJARNER BROS. 114.98 CD) a ft 2 Live 36 105 106 109 MARTINA MCBRIDE Greatest Hits 5 RE -ENTRY ALISON KRAUSS + UNION STATION ® CD) ROUNDER 610515 (19.98 RCA )NASHVILLE) 67012/RLG 112 .98/18.981 Songs For The Deaf 17 106 108 92 JAHEIM Still Ghetto 8 161 169 47 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE INTERSCOPE 493425 118.98 CD) DIVINE MILL 48214/WARNER BROS. (18.98 CD) 0 Anthem 45 107 101 104 1Q MARILYN MANSON The Golden Age Of Grotesque 1 ® 158 170 9 LESS THAN JAKE SIRE 48459/WARNER BROS. (14.98 CO) '/ TITHING 000370 /INTERSCOPE 118.98 CO) 108 102 90 THE MARS VOLTA De- Loused In The Comatorium 39 158 144 154 49 SOUNDTRACK Lizzie McGuire 31 GOLOSTANDARDLABS /STRUMMER 000593/UMRG 19.98 CD) BUENA VISTA 860791/WALT DISNEY (1198 CO) Leave A Whisper 159 (ED 120 146 MAROON 5 Songs About Jane 109 7 SHINEDOWN ATLANTIC (12.98 CD) . -C 83566/AG [NI OCTONE/J 50001 /RMG 11198 C01011 ).y World Without Tears 18 110 96 110 FRANKIE J What's A Man To Do? 53 160 142 132 LUCINDA WILLIAMS rIST 170355 118.98 CD) COLUMBIA 90073/SONV MUSIC 112.98 EQ CD) HIGHWAY Pandemonium! 10 111 90 80 SOUNDTRACK The Matrix Reloaded: The Album 5 co 166 190 B2K 0.0.0 86995'/SONY MUSIC E0/18.98) WARNER SUNSET/MAVERICK 48411/WARNER BROS. 119.98 CD) /EPIC 11298 Vicious Cycle 30 112 100 117 KEITH URBAN Golden Road 11 162 132 128 9 LYNYRD SKYNYRD SANCTUARY 84610 118.98 CO) CAPITOL (NASHVILLE) 32936110.98/18.98) Hits Mix 163 113 91 66 VARIOUS ARTISTS Totally R &B 66 (MD CELIA CRUZ CD) WARNER MUSIC GROUP/BMG STRATEGIC MARKETING 52552/AAL 11890 C0) LAY DISCOS 87607 114.98 ED The Beautiful Letdown 85 114 103 95 " KENNY G Ultimate Kenny G 42 164 154 175 = SWITCHFOOT COLUMBIA 71083/RED INK 1998 CD) BMG HERITAGE 50997 / ARISTA 112.98/18.98) 165 150 160 - z" JOHN MAYER Any Given Thursday 17 00` PACESETTER >®- AWARE/COLUMBIA 8 7199 /SONY MUSIC (1998 EQ CD) 115 ® 149 168 4 SMILE EMPTY SOUL Smile Empty Soul CD 173 199 THE USED The Used 63 THROBACK/LAVA 83639/AG 112.98 CD) MI REPRISE 48287NVAHNER BROS. 118.98 COIN] By The 2 167 130 118 SNOOP DOGG Paid Tha Cost To Be Da BOSS 12 116 112 120 ` RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Way OOGGYSTYLE/PRIORITY 39157'/CAPITOL (12.98 /18.98) WARNER BROS. 48140' 11818 CD) ® 118 94 KEM Kemistry 94 168 148 155 " FLEETWOOD MAC The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac 12 MOTOWN 067516 /UMRG (898/12981M HE PRISE 73775NJARNER BROS. 12498 CD) PEARL State College, Pennsylvania: May 3, 2003 169 118 107 105 F00 FIGHTERS One By One 3 NEW JAM EPIC 90500 /SONY MUSIC 119.98 ES CD) ROSW e ELL/RCA E8008` /RMG 118.98 CO) Phrenology 119 111 113 JO DEE MESSINA Greatest Hits 14 ®i 169 172 THE ROOTS 28 t.URB 78790 118.98 C0) rACA 112996' 08.90 COI The Worship Album 33 120 99 148 SOUNDTRACK How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days 96 171 156 162 NEWSBOYS Adoration: SPARROW 41763 (1898 COI VIRGIN 81522 1113.98 CO) The End Of All Things To Come 17 121 109 91 DARRYL WORLEY Have You Forgotten? 4 ® 187 193 MUDVAYNE I PIC /SONY MUSIC (18.98 Ea CD) IIREAMW ORKS (NASHVILLE) 000640/INTERSCOPE 112.98/18.981 86487 Michael Buble 80 122 116 124 ROD STEWART It Had To Be You ... The Great American Songbook 4 EN MICHAEL BUBLE ®N 143/REPRISE 48376 /WARNER BROS. 118.98 CD) [N] J ]0039/flMG 112.98/18981 24 136 126 167 LISA MARIE PRESLEY To Whom It May Concern 5 RE -EN POINT OF GRACE ® WORD -CURB 86251/WARNER BROS. 11998 CO) CAPITOL 96668 111.98/18.981 The Journey Within 175 124 121 119 50 CENT The New Breed 2 (ED NEW,, BERNIE WILLIAMS GRP 000725NG 118.98 CO) SHADY /AFTERMATH 000708/INTEflSCOPE 119.98 DVO /CDI [N] Make Up The Breakdown 176 125 110 85 JIMMY WAYNE Jimmy Wayne 64 er, 192 - HOT HOT HEAT SUB POP 70599' CD) OREAMWORKS (NASHVILLE) 450355/INTERSCOPE 118.98 CO) 11298 (NI Holes 80 126 119 127 VARIOUS ARTISTS WOW Worship (Yellow) 44 177 155 145 SOUNDTRACK WALT DISNEY 860092 118.98 CD) I MI CMG/WORD/PROVIDENT 80198/ZOMBA 11998/22.981 VICKIE WINANS Bringing It All Together 110 127 114 115 TYRESE I Wanna Go There 16 RE ' VERITY 43214 /ZOMBA 111.98/18.98) [N] J 10011 /RMG 11298/78.981 6 136 147 STACIE ORRICO Stacie Orrice 59 179 162 151 PINK ° M!ssundaztood FOREFRONT 32589/VIRGIN (1198/18.981[X] ARISTA 14718 (12.98/1898) In The Pursuit Of Leisure 29 129 124 144: LIVE Birds Of Pray 28 180 159 141 SUGAR RAY ATLANTIC 83616/AG (18.98 CO) RADIOACTIVE 000374/MCA (1898 CD) 02 Almas Del Silencio 12 127 130 JOE NICHOLS Man With A Memory 72 181 163 143 RICKY MARTIN ANY DISCOS 70439 (17.98 EO CD) UNIVERSAL SOUTH 170285111.98/1 ] 981 [N) 158 PRESENTS THE DIPLOMATS Diplomatic Immunity 8 131 123 123 I!4' JOSH GROBAN 3 Josh Grohan 8 182 157 CAM'RON ROC -A-FELLA /DEF JAM 063211 /)DJMG 11298 CO) 143 /REPRISE 48154 /WARNER BROS. 110.98 CD) (N]

2 183 TRIO Good Mourning 20 132 129 140 SANTANA Shaman 1 178 176 ALKALINE VAGRANT 381'(12.98 CD) _. ARISTA 14737112.98/18981 The Very Best Of War 133 184 172 173 THE THORNS The Thorns 62 NEW 1 WAR AWARE /COLUMBIA86958'/SONY MUSIC 11298 E0 CO) ® r ...n1 .. AVENUE 73895/RHINO 12598 C0) Places For Breathing 115 134 135 139 ROONEY Rooney 133 185 176 142 REVIS [PIC 86514 /SONY MUSIC 19.98 Et CD) GEFFEN 000242/INTERSCOPE 19.98 CDI [N] [x] Days & Latter Days: The Best Of Led Zeppelin Volume One And Two 116 135 113 114 T.A.T.U. 200 KM /H In The Wrong Lane 13 186 184 180 LED ZEPPELIN Early ATLANTIC 83619/AG 11938 CO) NTERSCOPE 1184107 (1898 CDI [N] Diamonds On The Inside 19 136 105 93 PLAY Replay 67 187 165 159 BEN HARPER VIRGIN 00640118.98 CD) MUSIC WORLD /COLUMBIA 8 7177 /SONY MUSIC 1898 EO/I2.981 Dance Factory Level 2 132 137 128 116 MICHAEL MCDONALD Motown 78 188 167 164 LOUIE DEVITO Louie DeVito's CD) MOTOWN 000651 /UMRG (18.98 CD) DEE VEE 0006/MUSICRAMA 11798 Blackout 83 138 122 133 MEST Mest 64 189 177 178 DROPKICK MURPHYS MAVERICK 48456/WARNER BROS. (12.98 CDI HELLCAT 80446'/EPITAPH 118.98 CD) Priceless 10 151 166 VENDETTA RED Between The Never And The Now 101 190 185 174 KELLY PRICE OFF SOUL 586777/10JM6112.98/18.98) EPIC 86415 /SONY MUSIC 19.98 ES COI [N] Toxicity 1 140 131 129 MONTGOMERY GENTRY My Town 26 191 191 177 SYSTEM OF A DOWN 3 AMERICAN/COLUMBIA 622411' /SONY MUSIC 112.98 EO/18.981 I OLUMBIA (NASHVILLE) 86520/SONY MUSIC (11.98 E0/17.98) Hard Candy 5 141 115 103 HEATHER HEADLEY This Is Who I Am 38 CD : COUNTING CROWS GEFFEN 493356/INTERSCOPE (1898 CO) RCA 69376/flMG (12.98 142 117 107 DWIGHT YOAKAM Population: Me 75 LCD 194 SOUNDTRACK A Walk To Remember 34 AUD10M 8176/KOCH 118.98/1898), CO) I PIC 86311 /SONY MUSIC 118.98 EQ CD) JOSH KELLEY For The Ride Home 194 143 135 JENNIFER LOPEZ 2 This Is Me...Then 2 't HOLLYWOOD 162377 19.98 CDI [N] EPIC 86231/SONY MUSIC 11898 E0 CDI - 195 168 163 POWERMAN 5000 Transform 27 144 125 136 SOUNDTRACK 4 8 Mile 1 UREAMWORKS 450433/INTERSCOPE 118.98 CD) SHADY493508'/1NTERSCOPE (12.98119981 It Ain't Safe No More... 43 145 133 122 FLOETRY Floetic 19 196 160 153 BUSTA RHYMES J 20043N/RMG DREAMWORKS 450313/INTERSCOPE (17.98 CDI 112.98/18.98) 197 153 138 JOHN MELLENCAMP Trouble No More 31 146 146 165. DISTURBED Believe 1 COLUMBIA 90133/SONY MUSIC (1898 EQ CD) REPRISE 48320 /WARNER BRO6 (18.98 CD) FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Welcome Interstate Managers 150 147 141 134. ELTON JOHN 2 Greatest Hits 1970-2002 12 S CURVE 90875NIRGIN 110.98 CD) [HI ROCKET/UN 063178 /UME (24 98 C01 ® x ., _. Forty 2 The Resignation 148 199 183 181 THE ROLLING STONES 4 Licks CD NEW RX BANDITS ORIVE -THRU 000835/MCA (15.98001 MI ABKCO 13378NIRGIN (29.98 CD1 149 134 98 POISON THE WELL You Come Before You 98 200 152 150 LIONEL RICHIE The Definitive Collection 19 VELVET HAMMER/ATLANTIC 83645/AG 112.98 CD) - MOTOWN UTV 0681 .UME 1898 CD 150 139 125 MADONNA American Life MAVERICK 48439/WARNER BROS. 118.98 CDI Platinum or Diamond 1 RIAA for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units )Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of million units Platinum). certification . 400,000 Latin awards: o Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro). A Certification of 200,000 units ( Platino A Certification of indicates album's multi-platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. RIAA symbol from wholesale prices. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit increase. Pacesetter indicates biggest units (Multi- Platinc). "Asterisk Indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for OMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EQ, and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are protected percentage growth. Heatseeker Impact shows albums removed from Heatseekers this week. [e] indicates past or present Heatseeker title. © 2003, VNU Business Media, Inc., and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

BILLBOARD AUGUST 2, 2003 www.billboard.com 59 www.americanradiohistory.com .i. AUG003UST 2 TOP AUGU03ST2 2 Billboard INTERNET ALBUM SALES. Billboard TOP SOUNDTRACKSM Sales data and intemet sales reports compiled by Nielsen Sales data compiled by Nielsen SoundScan Z w w m.ó 3 SoundScan Y á ' ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Title °oN 2 m H g TITLE IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL

1 NUMBER 1 -31 - 1 Week At Number l vo NUMBER 1 yr t Week AtNumberl PAT GREEN REPUBUC000562/UNIVERSALSaum Wave On Wave 10 BAD BOYS II BAD BOY 000716/UMRG

1 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE 32088 [N] 7 Come Away With Me 9 2 2 THE LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE WALT DISNEY 860080 2 DRIVE- THR0000155/MCA [M] From The Depths Of Dreams (EP) - 3 3 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS DISTURBING THAPEACE/OEF JAM SOUTH 000426'7I0JMG 7 DJ BEEJ MDMA4233 The Big Bang - 4 1 CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE COLUMBIA 90132/SONY MUSIC

3 ANNIE J52350/RMG LENNOX Bare 25 5 6 CHICAGO EPIC 87018/SONY MUSIC

PEARL JAM EPIC 90258/SONY MUSIC New York City, NY: July 8, 2003 - 6 4 AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 2: ALL -TIME CLASSIC AMERICAN LOVE SONGS RCA 51169/RMG PEARL JAM EPIC 90255/SONY MUSIC Philadelphia, PA: 5, 2003 July 7 5 THE MATRIX RELOADED: THE ALBUM WARNER SUNSET/MAVERICK 48411AVARNER BROS.

PEARL JAM EPIC 90252/SONY MUSIC Boston, MA: July 2, 2003 8 7 HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS VIRGIN 81522

5 VARIOUS ARTISTS WALT DISNEY 860787 5 Radio Disney Jams: Vol. - 9 8 8 MILE A4 SHADY493508' /INTERSCOPE

4 VARIOUS EMI SPECIAL MARKETS6320I(TIME UFE ARTISTS Worship Together. I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever 57 10 9 LIZZIE MCGUIRE BUENA VISTA 860791/WALT DISNEY 8 RADIOHEAD CAPITOL 84543 Hail To The Thief 33 11 10 HOLES WALT DISNEY 860092

MACY GRAY EPIC 86535/SONY MUSIC Trouble With Being Myself 44 ® 11 O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? A7 LOST HIGHWAY /MERCURY 170069/IDJMG WIND-UP 9 EVANESCENCE 2 13063 Fallen 6 12 A WALK EPIC ® TO REMEMBER 86311 /SONY MUSIC 11 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 86386 /SONY MUSIC 4 Dangerously In Love 3 14 13 DISNEY'S LILO & STITCH WALT DISNEY 860734

15 6 CHER GEFPEN/MCAmARNER EROS. t5VWARNER STRATEGIC MARKETING The Very Best Of Cher 14 15 14 SHREK DREAMWORKS 450305/INTERSCOPE

15 CAPITOL 40584. A2 1b COLDPLAY 2 A Rush Of Blood To The Head 20 16 16 MOULIN ROUGE INTERSCO PE 493035 14 THE EARLY NOVEMBER DRIVE-THRU 060081 /MCA For All Of This (EP) - ¢% HOW TO DEAL CAPITOL83672

BROOKS & DUNN ARISTA NASHVILLE 67070/RLG Red Dirt Road 4 18 15 LEGALLY BLONDE 2: RED, WHITE & BLONDE CURB 78822

JIMMY BUFFETT MAILBOAT/MCA067781/UME Meet Me In Margaritaville: Jimmy Buffett The Ultimate Collection 30 19 19 FRIDA Ds 474150/UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP

PEARL JAM EPIC 90249/SONYMUSIC Washington, D.C.: July 1, 2003 - 20 18 DAREDEVIL: THE ALBUM WIND -UP 13079

13 LUTHER VANDROSS J 5188510MG Dance With My Father 8 21 20 FINDING NEMO WALT DISNEY 860078

GUSTER PALM /REPRISE 48306/WARNER BROS. Keep It Together 104 22 23 SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON APM 493304/ INTERSCOPE

JACK JOHNSON JACK JOHNSON/UNIVERSAL075012' /UMRG On And On 45 23 22 SWEET HOME ALABAMA HOLLYWOOD 162364

18 STEELY DAN REPRISE 48435/WARNER BROS. Everything Must Go 91 24 17 CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE BL000LINE/DEE JAM 063615' / IDJMG

20 THE WHITE STRIPES THIRD MAN27148'N2 Elephant 39 25 24 COYOTE UGLY A3 CURB 78703

lop Internet Album Sales reflects physical albums ordered through Internet merchants, based on data collected by Nielsen SoundScan. Unlike most Billboard album charts, catalog titles are included on the Internet and Soundtrack charts. Albums with the greatest sales gain 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). 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 a running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIM multiplies shipments by the number of discs and /or tapes. RIAA Latin awards: 0 Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro.) 4 Certification of 200,000 units (Platino). 4' Certification of 400,000 units (Multi- Platino).'Asterisk indicates vinyl available. IN] indicates past or present Heatseeker title © 2003, VNU Business Media, Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

THE BILLBOARD 200 A -Z (LISTED BY ARTISTS)

3 Doors Down 75 Tracy Byrd 95 Foo Fighters 118 R. Kelly 38 Martina McBride 105 Lisa Marie Presley 123 Chicago 100 Shania Twain 46 50 Cent 7, 124 Fountains Of Wayne 198 Kern 117 Cam'ron Presents The Diplomats Michael McDonald 137 Kelly Price 190 Holes 177 Tyrese 127 Frankie J 110 Kid Rock Tim McGraw Trace Adkins 35 182 66 80 How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days Kidz Bop Kids 94 John Meilencamp 197 Queens Of The Stone Age 156 120 Uncle Kracker 73 AFI 82 Blu Cantrell 89 Kenny G 114 Keith Urban 112 Alison Krauss + Union Station 155 MercyMe 81 Radiohead 33 Lizzie McGuire 158 Christina Aguilera 41 Cher 14 Gang Starr 76 The Used Jo Dee Messina 119 Rascal Flatts The Lizzie 84, 166 Alkaline Trio 183 Kenny Chesney 52 Ginuwine 53 Avril Lavigne 64 85 McGuire Movie 19 Mest 138 Red Hot Chili Peppers The Matrix The The All- American Rejects 48 Chevelle 98 Godsmack 78 Led Zeppelin 67, 186 116 Reloaded: Album Luther Vandross 8 Metallica 13 Revis 185 111 Ashanti 5 Chingy 2 Good Charlotte 29 Annie Lennox 25 VARIOUS ARTISTS Monica 18 Lionel Richie 200 A Walk To Remember 193 The Ataris 65 Kelly Clarkson 15 Macy Gray 44 Less Than Jake 157 Now 12 Montgomery Gentry 140 The Rolling Stones 199 Staind 21 49 Audioslave 31 Cold 77 Pat Green 10 Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz 34 Craig Morgan 152 Rooney Reggae Gold 2003 74 Coldplay 20 Josh Groban 131 Lil' Kim 54 134 Steely Dan 91 B2K 161 Jason Mraz 70 The Roots Rod Totally Hip Hop 60 Counting Crows 192 Guster 104 Linkin Park 12 170 Stewart 122 David Banner 58 Mudvayne 172 RX Bandits Totally R &B 113 Celia Cruz 163 Live 129 148 George Strait 47 The Beach Boys 27 Ben Harper 187 Keith Murray 40 Vans Warped Tour 2003 Lonestar 24 Sugar Ray 180 Daniel Bedingfield 87 Da Brat 17 Heather Headley 141 Santana 132 Compilation 86 Jennifer Lopez 143 Nelly 96 Switchfoot 164 Bernie Williams 175 Deftones 90 Hot Hot Heat 176 Sean Paul 16 Worship Together: I Could Sing Of Lumidee Nelson System Of A Down 191 Beyonce 3 Louie DeVito 188 50 Willie & Friends 92 Shinedown 159 Your Love Forever 57 The Isley Brothers Featuring Ronald Lynyrd Skynyrd Newsboys Black Eyed Peas 32 Celine Dion 28 162 171 Simple Plan 69 t.A.T.u. 135 WOW Worship (Yellow) 126 Isley 68 Joe Nichols Bone Crusher 79 Disturbed 146 Madonna 150 130 Smile Empty Soul 115 James Taylor 103 Vendetta Red 139 Snoop Dogg 167 Thalia 61 Michelle Branch 11 Dixie Chicks 102 Jaheim 106 The Peter Malick Group Featuring Stacie Orrico 128 War 133 Third Day 151 Brand New 154 Dropkick Murphys 189 Buddy Jewell 56 Norah Jones 72 SOUNDTRACK Pearl Jam 169 The Thoms 184 Jimmy Wayne 125 Sarah Brightman 97 Jewel 36 Marilyn Manson 107 2 Fast 2 Furious 26 The Eminem 62 Liz Phair 83 Three 6 Mafia 23 White Stripes 39 Brooks & Dunn 4 Elton John 147 Maroon 5 109 8 Mile 144 Lucinda Williams 160 Evanescence 6 Pink 179 Los Tigres Del Norte 99 Michael Buble 173 Jack Johnson 45 The Mars Volta 108 American Idol Season 2: All -Time Vickie Play 136 Justin Timberlake 59 Winans 178 Joe Budden 55 Fabolous 43 Norah Jones 9 Ricky Martin 181 Classic American Love Songs 101 Worley Point Of Grace 174 Train 42 Darryl 121 Jimmy Buffett 30 Fleetwood Mac 88, 168 matchbox twenty 51 Bad Boy II 1 Toby Keith 22 Poison The Well 149 Trapt 63 Weird Al Yankovic Busta Rhymes 196 Floetry 145 John Mayer 71, 165 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 37 93 Josh Kelley 194 Powerman 5000 195 Randy Travis 153 Dwight Yoakam 142

week (138,000 and 147,000, the smallest SoundScan opener of release and the chart's Greatest The burst for remix album "Hits Diddy's 'Bad' respectively). her career. Her last album for Gainer (39 -2). "Siempre Celia Cruz Mix," which sells more than five B &D's lead track "Red Dirt Road," Columbia began at No. 5 on The Boleros Eternos," a compilation times its prior-week sum, also which rides to No. 1 on Top Country Billboard 200 and No. 1 on Top issued in June by EMI Latin, is the places that title at No. 163 on The Singles & Tracks, paved the way for R&B/Hip -Hop Albums in 2000, Hot Shot Debut (No. 21). Billboard 200 (6,500 copies). Does Good this quick start. selling 143,500 that week. Incredibly, this marks Cruz's first Continued from page 57 The next two chart bows show We also have a New York Yankee appearance on the big chart. acts going in opposite directions, on our charts, as centerfielder The past few weeks have been as Pat Green enters at No. 10 Bernie Williams turns out to be a tough for mature music lovers, Including "Bad Boys II" and (52,500 copies), while Da Brat tasteful guitarist. He's No. 175 on with the deaths of jazz greats Her - Chingy's debut album in the top returns at No. 17 (39,500). the big chart, No. 8 on Heatseekers bie Mann and Benny Carter, two spots, the July 15 batch brings This issue marks career -high and, at billboard.com, No. 3 on Top Cuban luminary Compay Segundo, seven bows to the top 50, including standings for Green on Top Coun- Contemporary Jazz. and R &B's velvet Barry White pre- four in the top 10. try Albums, where he enters at No. ceding that of Cruz. As diverse as Seasoned country duo Brooks & 2, and on the big chart, as well as LONG LIVE SALSA'S QUEEN: It is their styles were from one another, Dunn ride in at No. 4 on 114,000 his biggest SoundScan week. His hardly an exaggeration to suggest they shared a common denomina- copies, the largest opening sum by previous peaks: No. 7 on the coun- that Celia Cruz was as much an tor: music that mattered. any of the act's 10 career albums try list, No. 86 on The Billboard ambassador for Latin music as Shuffle CDs by each of them in and its largest sales week since 200 and 14,500 copies. was for jazz in your player and you will hear a sig- "The Greatest Hits Collection." At least 61% of Green's opening his lifetime. The sales reaction to nificant collage of 20th century That 1997 collection moved total comes from his native Texas, her death surely underlines the Cruz albums also lock up six out music. Think I'll do that next time 103,000 in its first stanza but sold with almost half of the 32,500 that stature of her career. of 20 slots, including the top three, our family rolls out the barbecue. 119,500 in its second, then had he sold in that state coming from Four of her albums make waves on Tropical /Salsa Albums and even larger totals the week before the Dallas/Fort Worth market. on Top Latin Albums, including seven of 15 rungs on our in -house Additional reporting by Todd Christmas and during the holiday Meanwhile, rapper Da Brat has "Hits Mix," her latest Sony Discos Tropical Salsa Catalog list. Martens in Los Angeles.

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2 3 1 BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS X10 Legend $' GREA ,_... 2 2 THE PETER MAUCK GROUP FEATURING NORAH JONES New York City TUFF GONG /ISLAND 548904 /IDJMG (12.98/18.8) - 4 7 SMILE EMPTY SOUL Smile Empty Soul KOCH 8678 (13.98 CD) 7 4 TIM MCGRAW Greatest Hits ... THROBACK/LAVA 8363WAG (12.98 CD) o 3 3 4 VARIOUS ARTISTS Vans Warped Tour 2003 Compilation CURB 77978 (12.98/18.98) © 3 2 3 ROONEY Rooney SIDE ONE DUMMY71237 18.98 CDI 4 4 3 BARRY WHITE All Time Greatest Hits GEFFEN 000242/INTERSCOPE (9.98 CDI Population: Me MERCURY 522459/IDJMG 01.98/1898) 4 4 5 DWIGHT YOAKAM 4 5 6 VENDETTA RED Between The Never And The Now AUDIUM 8176/KOCH 118.96 CD) 5 6 9 EMINEM A° The Marshall Mathers LP EPIC 86415/SONY MUSIC (998 Ell CD) I Love WEB /AFTERMATH 490629 /INTERSCOPE 02.98/18.81 5 5 7 CRAIG MORGeAN[ It BROKEN =17 HOT SHOT DEBUT Hits Volume 1 6 2 6 BARRY WHITE Barry White's Greatest IHEATN] Make Up The Breakdown CASABLANCA/MERCURY822782/IDJMG 18.98/11981 RX BANDITS The Resignation 12 12 HOT HOT SUB POP 70599. 000835/MCA CD) 0 TRITE-TORO (1598 7 8 10 COLDPLAY Parachutes NETTWERK 30162/CAPITOL 111.98/17.98)M 7 10 9 ALKALINE TRIO Good Mourning 3 2 CRAIG MORGAN I Love It VAGRANT 380' (1298 CDI BROKEN BOW 77567 (13.98 CD) 11 12 PARK Theory) LINKIN 8 [Hybrid LOUIE DEVITO Louie DeVito's Dance Factory Level 2 0 WARNER BROS. 47755 112.98/18.981 8 8 8 7 SHINEDOWN Leave A Whisper OEEVEE 0006/MUSICRAMA (17.98 CO) ATLANTIC 83566/AG 112.98 CDI 9 9 7 JACK JOHNSON Brushfire Fairytales Blackout ENJOY/UNIVERSAL 860994' /UMRG 118.98 CD) [NI 8 The Journey Within 9 9 10 DROPKICK MURPHYS BERNIE WILLIAMS HELLCAT 80446'/EPITAPH (18.98 CDI GRP 000725NG 118.98 CDI 5 Hits 10 5 KENNY CHESNEY 3 Greatest Punk -O- Rama 8 BNA 67976/RLG 112.98/18.981 8 8 HOT HOT HEAT Make Up The Breakdown 10 14 11 VARIOUS ARTISTS O EPITAPH 86673 (7.98 CD) SUB POP 7059V 112.98 CDI _$/- GREATEST GAINER =$ 17 10 VICKIE WINANS Bringing It All Together 11 7 6 ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES Take A Break 650 04.98 CDI [N] 18 25 PHIL COLLINS A2 ...Hits VERITY 43214/ZOMBA 111.98118.981 FACE VALUE/ATLANTIC 83139/AG 00.98/1798) 7 4 REVIS Places For Breathing 12 6 2 TWIZTID The Green Book PSYCHOPATHIC 4014 (17.8 CD) 15 16 DISTURBED A3 The Sickness EPIC 86514/SONY MUSIC (9.98 ES CD) GIANT 24738/WARNER BROS. (11.98/17.981 [N] 16 26 JOSH KELLEY For The Ride Home 13 16 15 BLACK LABEL SOCIETY The Blessed Hellride A6 HOLLYWOOD 162377 19.98 CD) SPITFIRE 15091 118.98 CDI 13 12 17 CELINE DION All The Way...A Decade Of Song 550 MUSIC/EPIC 63760/SONY MUSIC (12.98 E11/18.98) 10 9 FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Welcome Interstate Managers 14 15 14 STEVE WINWOOD About Time S -CURVE 90875NIRGIN CD) WINCRAFT 0001 117.98 CD) 14 10 8 BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND 8 Greatest Hits 118.98 CAPITOL30334 (1098/15.98) 14 6 1 ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES Take A Break 15 11 3 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER/C.W. MCCALL American Spirit FAT WRECK CHORDS 650 (14.98 CDI AMERICAN GRAMAPHDNE 1776 116.98 CO) 17 19 GOOD CHARLOTTE Good Charlotte DAYLIGHT/EPIC 85845/SONY MUSIC /13.98 ED COI [NI 14 27 DIE TRYING Die Trying 16 19 17 NOFX The War On Errorism ® ISLAND 000099/IDJMG (9.98 CDI FAT WRECK CHORDS 657 (14.98 CDI 13 15 METALLICA A8 Master Of Puppets ELEKTRA 60439/EEG 111.98/18.98) 16 11 12 THE STARTING LINE Say It Like You Mean It 17 20 16 BROTHA LYNCH HUNG Lynch By Inch: Suicide Note DRIVE -THRU 060063/M CA 11238 CDI SICCMADE 07013 117.98 CDI 24 23 SOUNDTRACK A7 O Brother, Where Art Thou? I LOST HIGHWAY/MERCURY 170069/ILL/MG (12.98/19.981 all 20 11 28 27 SHEKINAH GLORY MINISTRY Praise Is What I Do MAVERICK 48323ANARNER BROS. (12.98 CD) KINGDOM 001/PGE (11.98/17.981 [N] 1 o 21 18 THE BEATLES A° o APPLE 29325/CAPITOL 112.98/18.981 18 9 13 BOWLING FOR SOUP Drunk Enough To Dance 2 27 VARIOUS ARTISTS Get The Blues Vol. SILVERTONE/JIVE 41819/ZOMBA (12.98 CD) - NARM 50009 CD) 19 16 28 EMINEM AT The Slim Shady LP 11.8 WEB /AFTERMATH 490287 /INTERSCOPE 11298/18.981 21 15 KINDRED THE FAMILY SOUL Surrender To Love 20 13 BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY Save My Soul Q HIDDEN BEACH /EPIC 86491 /SONY MUSIC (I3.98 EO CD) - 27 26 ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING Mamma Mial BIG BAD 79742NANGUARD 116.96 CDI o DECCA BROADWAY 543115 11898 CO) 20 19 21 DAMIEN RICE O 21 22 19 MOBB DEEP Free Agents: The Murda Mix Tape VECTOR 48507/WARNER BROS. 08.8 CDI ® 29 32 MADONNA 10 The Immaculate Collection LANDSPEED 912 NXOCH 1148 COI SIRE 26440'/WARNER BROS. 03.98/18.8) 33 17 DON OMAR The Last Don 25 28 THE POSTAL SERVICE Give Up ® VI 45087 CD) (15.8 22 19 24 METALLICA 8 ...And Justice For All ® Sue POP 58 (148 CD) [N] ELEKTRA 60312/EEG 111.8/18.81 22 13 24 THE HAPPY BOYS Trance Party (Volume Three) Tell All Your Friends BOBBINS 75038 118.8 CDI 23 23 21 TAKING/ BACK SUNDAY 23 22 22 SHANIA TWAIN .19 Come On Over MERCURY 536003NMGN 112.98/18.98) 23 24 19 LOS CADETES DE LINARES 30 Inolvidables Soul Journey UNIVISION 310127/UG 114.8 CD) 24 21 18 GILLIAN WELCH ACONY 0305 118.8 CDI [N] co 31 29 ABBA 8 Gold - Greatest Hits A2 POLYDORNNIVERSAL 517007/UMRG (12.98/18.98) 24 18 20 JUANES Un Dia Normal Up SURCO 017532/UNIVERSAL LATINO 116.8 CO) 2 17 13 DAZ DPGC-U Know What I'm Throwin' 25 26 14 DIXIE CHICKS 12 Wide Open Spaces GANGSTA ADVISORY 164 117.8 CDI MONUMENT 68195/SONY MUSIC 00.8 F0/17.981[14] 25. 25 31 SMOKIE NORFUL I Need You Now EMI GOSPEL 20374 19.98/16.8) 26 26 24 NICKEL CREEK This Side 26 14 13 RASCAL FLATTS Rascal Flans SUGAR HILL 3941 (18.8 CDI LYRIC STREET 165011 /HOLLYWOOD 111.98/18.981[M 26 26 44 LOS ANGELES AZULES /LOS ANGELES DE CHARLY Encuentro De Angeles Vol.1 DISA 727044 114.8 CDI 2 29 26 PETER CINCOTTI Peter Cincotti 27 20 20 BEE GEES One Night Only CONCORD 2159 (18.8 CD) [N] POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL 559220/UMRG 02.98/18.81 27 ; 12 18 DELERIUM Chimera NETTWERK 30306 119.8 CDI 39 25 EARTH, WIND & FIRE Promise 32 30 DEF LEPPARD 3 Vault - Greatest Hits 1980 -1995 o KALIMBA 973002 118.8 CDI o MERCURY 528718/IDJMG 0198118.8) 28 39 43 SHEKINAH GLORY MINISTRY Praise Is What I Do KINGDOM 001/PGE (11.98/17.8) 13) 37 29 RUFIO MCMLXXXV 29 28 36 METALLICA 5 Ride The Lightning NITRO 15853 (14.98 CDI [N] MEGAFORCE/ELEKTRA 60396/EEG 111.98/18981 29 22 29 BANDA EL RECODO Nuestra Historia FONOVISA 35813/UG (14.8 CD) 30 35 30 INTERPOL Turn On The Bright Lights 30 30 11 MICHAEL JACKSON 26 Thriller MATADOR 54V cD1[N] EPIC 66073/SONY MUSIC 1128 E0/18.81 42 50 AKWID Proyecto Akwid o UNIVISION 310155/ÚG (14.98 CDI 46 - 50 CENT Guess Who's Back? 31 23 21 QUEEN A7 Greatest Hits ® FULL CLIP 2083 (16.8 CO) [N] HOLLYWOOD 161265 111.98/17.81 31 38 45 THE POSTAL SERVICE Give Up SUB POP 595 (14.8 CD) DARYL HALL JOHN OATES Do It For Love 39 34 EAGLES 41,28 Their Greatest Hits 1971 -1975 all U -WATCH 8018 08.8 CD) o 105/EEG 32 27 22 BRIAN CULBERTSON Come On Up ASYLUM/ELEKTRA 111.8/17.81 WARNER BROS. 46300 118.8 CD) 33 30 23. MO THUGS The Movement BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN A4 Greatest Hits D3/M0 THUGS 9918/RIVIERA 118.8 CO) ® COLUMBIA 670611I'/SONY MUSIC E0/17.81 33 31 37 SENSES FAIL From The Depths Of Dreams (EP) 110.8 I9 DRIVE -THRU 000155 /MCA 18.8 CDI 34 36 32 PANCHO BARRAZA Las Romanticas De Pancho Barraza 34 38 31 AC/DC Back In Black Tell Your Friends MUSART 2713/BALBOA 188 CDI [NJ LEGACY /EPIC 80207/SONY MUSIC 08.8 ED CDI 34 28 33 TAKING BACK SUNDAY All VICTORY 176 (12.8 CDI 35 33 FMNNYPACKec01[N] So Stylistic Hits - 46 - JOURNEY 10 Journey's Greatest 35 16 GILLIAN WELCH Soul Journey ® COLUMBIA 44493/SONYMUSIC 111.8 E0/17.8) 23 AGONY0305 (18.8 CD) o 44 42 VARIOUS ARTISTS 30th Anniversary Collection: Ultimate Disco 36 41 49 SUBLIME 5 Sublime Roscoe Philaphornia MADACY 4981 119.8 CDI GASOLINE ALLEY 111413/MCA 112.98/18.81 36 30 25 ROSCOE Young PRIORITY 28291 /CAPITOL 11698/18.8) 37 34 35 JOHN HIATT & THE GONERS Beneath This Gruff Exterior Licensed To III NEW 6045 CD) 37 40 45 8 37 29 23 ROY HARGROVE PRESENTS THE RH FACTOR Hard Groove . WEST 118.8 DEF JAM 527351/1 OJMG 16.98/1198) VERVE 065192'N6 112.8 CD) 38 32 22 KRS -ONE Kristyles 38 37 46 LYNYRD A(YNYRD The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd: 20111 Century Masten The Misri Carden 38 32 35 LIZZ WRIGHT Salt FRONT PAGE/1N THE PAINT 8342/KOCH 08.8 CDI MCA 111941 16.8/11.8) VERVE589933NG 11298 CD) 39 42 38 GEORGE LOPEZ Team Leader 39 35 27 SIMON & GARFUNKEL .10 Greatest Hits 39 36 40 12 Stones OGLIO 89133 (16.8 CDI [NI COLUMBIA 31350/SONY MUSIC 110.8 E0/17.81 WIND -UP 13069 117.8 CDI 40 24 20 LEE WILLIAMS AND THE SPIRITUAL QC'S Right On Time 45 SOUNDTRACK Shrek 40 40 38 PETER CINCOTTI Peter Cincotti MCG 7029/MALACO 111.98/16.8/ [N] DREAMWORKS 450305/INTERSCOPE 112.8/188) CONCORD 2159 118.8 CDI 41 40 36 VARIOUS ARTISTS Atticus: Dragging The Lake Il A3 Hits Collection 41 36 - BROOKS & DUNN The Greatest 41 43 39 TOBYMAC Re:Mix Momentum SIDE ONE DUMMY 71236 188 CDI ARISTA NASHVILLE 1852/RLG 112.98/18.8) FOREFRONT 83182 198 CD) B.G. Livin' Legend 44 44 Hits 48 47. 42 2PAC 9 Greatest f YEAR OF THE RABBIT Year Of The Rabbit G CHOPPA CITY/IN THE PAINT 8465/KOCH 118.8 CO) 490301 /INTERSCOPE AMARU/DEATH ROW 119.98/24.81 ELEKTRA 62863/EEG (1498 CDI 16 43 45 33 JOHNNIE TAYLOR There's No Good In Goodbye 43 34 35 GUNS N' ROSES Appetite For Destruction 43 15 LOS ORIGINALES DE SAN JUAN La Motosierra MALACO 7515 117.8 CDI GEFFEN - 424148/INTERSCOPE 02.98/18.81 EMI LATIN 84836 114.8 CDI 50 48 CUISILLOS DE ARTURO MACIAS Las Romanticas De Cuisillos 44 42 39 A6 A Day Without Rain 44 35 14 PALOALTO Heroes And Villains o MUSART 2709/BALBOA 16.8 CDI REPRISE 47426/WARNER BROS. 112.98/18.81 AMERICAN 063037 /IDJMB 19.98 CO) 45 38 31 MTADOROG IoseAI Happy Songs For Happy People TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS 9 Greatest Hits 45 47 48 DWELE Subject MAr (1s.8c01[N] o MCA 110813 112.8/18181 VIRGIN 80919' (98 CD) 46 43 41 DAVID WAXMAN Ultra.Trance: 2 BON JOVI A4 Cross Road 46 46 PALOMO /CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA Encuentro De Thanes CD - ULTRA 1165 (21.98 CO) [NI MERCURY 526013/IDJMG 11098/17.98) DISA727043 (168 CD) Electric Version REVIVAL A4 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits 47 THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS 47 50 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER 47 37 36 MARVIN SAPP Diary Of A Psalmist MATADOR 551. 116.8 CD) [NI FANTASY 2' (12.8/17.81 VERITY 43227/ZOMBA 111.98/188) Devil Without A Cause MCMLXXXV 4 41 40 JOAN SEBASTIAN Coleccion De Oro KID ROCK .11 48 50 46 RUFIO MUSART 1287/BALBOA 18.98/13.81 CD TOP DOG /LAVA 63119NAG 112.98/18.981[H] NITRO 1853 114.8 CD) STRIPES White Blood Cells JEREMY CAMP Stay 49 SHADOWS FALL The Art Of Balance THE WHITE CENTURY MEDIA 8128 116.8 CDI [N] THIRD MAN 27124'82 (18.8 CO) [N] iii/ BEC 40456 (188 CD) Beware 43 40 JIM/ HENDRIX A Experience Hendrix: The Best Of Jimi Hendrix 50 48 47 INTERPOL Turn On The Bright Lights 5C PANJABI MC 11. SEQUENCE 815 1108 CD) EXPERIENCE HENDRIX 111671'/ CA 1128/18.8) MATADOR 545' (9.8 CD)

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NUMBER 1 t; 6 Weeks At Number 1 - "-'V NUMBER 1 dk "- 13 Weeks At Number 1 1 2 JOHN MELLENCAMP Trouble No More 1' 1 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS EMI SPECIAL MARKETS/TIME LIFE 2010/CHORDANT Worship Together. I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever COLUMBIA 90133 /SONY MUSIC 2 2 MERCYME INDEL '.CORD -CURB [N] Almost There 3 VARIOUS ARTISTS Get The Blues Vol.2 3 4 FMI CMG/WORD /PROVIDENT e NARM VARIOUS ARTISTS 8019R WOW Worship (Yellow) 50009 4 5 STACIE ORRICO FOREFRONTNIRGIN 2589/CHOROANT [N] Stacie Orrico 3 6 JOHNNIE TAYLOR There's No Good In Goodbye MALACO 7515 5 6 6 THIRD DAY ESSENTIAL 10706/PROVIDENT Offerings II: All I Have To Give 4 4 THE ROBERT CRAY BAND Tune Will Tell 6 5 3 RANDY TRAVIS WORD- CURB/WARNER BROS. 86236/WORD-CURB Rise And Shine SANCTUARY 84613 7 7 8 SWITCHFOOT SPARROW 1976/CHORDANT The Beautiful Letdown 5 5 B.B. KING Reflections 8 8 7 NEWSBOYS SPARROW 1763/CHORDANT Adoration: MCA 000577 The Worship Album 6 8 TAJ MAHAL & HULA BLUES BAND Hanapepe Dream S GREATEST GAINER $ TONE -COOL 51173 21 23 POINT OF GRACE WORD.CURB/WARNER BROS. 86251/WORD -CURB 24

7 7 BUDDY GUY Blues Singer 9 9 RE LIENT K GOTEE 2890/CHORDANT Two Lefts Don't Make A Right..But Three Do SILVERTONE 41843/ZOMBA [N] 11 'x 10 13 MERCYME IN086218/WORD -CURB Spoken For 11 STRIAE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble 12 12 11 INTEGRITY 0 LEGACY /EPIC 86473/SONY MUSIC VARIOUS ARTISTS 82336/WORD-CURB iWorship: A Total Worship Experience 9 9 SUSAN TEDESCHI Wait For Me 13 11 10 AVALON SPARROW 2949 /CHORDANT The Very Best Of Avalon: Testify To Love TONE -COOL 751146/ARTEMIS [N] Q) 15 17 VARIOUS ARTISTS EMI CMG/ PROVIDENT/WORD /SPARROW 9776/CHORDANT WOW Hits 2003 10 10 ETTA JAMES Let's Roll 15 13 12 DONNIE MCCLURKIN VERITY 43199/PROVIDENT Donnie McClurkin... Again PRIVATE MUSIC 11646/AAL 16 16 16 MICHAEL W. SMITH REUNION I0025/PROVIDENT Worship 11 12 JIM BELUSHI, DAN AYKROYD Have Love Will Travel HAVE LOVE 80200 [N] 17 14 14 MICHAEL W. SMITH REUNION10074/PROVIDENT Worship Again 13 MARCIA BALL So Many Rivers 18 20 19 REBECCA ST. JAMES FOREFRONT2835/CHORDANT Wait For Me: The Best From Rebecca St James ALLIGATOR 4891 [N] 19 17 22 STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN SPARROW 1762/CHOROANT All About Love 13 15 DELBERT MCCLINTON Room To Breathe 20 18 21 12 STONES WIND -UP 13069/PROVIDENT [N] 12 Stones NEW WEST 6042 21 22 20 TOBYMAC FOREFRONT3182/CHORDANT [N] Re:Mix Momentum OD TAB BENOIT The Sea Saint Sessions TELARC BLUES 83573/TELARC 22 19 18 MARVIN SAPP VERITY43227 /PROVIDENT [N] Diary Of A Psalmist 23 24 35 JEREMY CAMP BEC0456/CHORDANT [N] ® SONNY LANDRETH The Road Were On Stay SUGAR HILL 3964 24 23 24 P.O.D. Aa ATLANTIC 83496'/WORD -CURB Satellite

25 25 27 L . W. 13 i I 'I .. I' i' I l I t, :. I. I 30 28 PILLAR FLICKER6172/CHOROANT [N] I Fireproof AU20GUST 2 FURTHER SEEMS FOREVER TOOTH &NAIL9418 /CHOROANT[N] 03 0E0 TOP REGGAE ALBUMS T Bilboard 28 29 34 HEZEKIAH WALKER & THE LOVE FELLOWSHIP CRUSADE CHOIR VERITY43176PROVIDENT [N] Family Affair II: Live At Radio City Music Hall Y Sales data compiled by 29 26 32 JACI VELASQUEZ WORD-CURB/WARNER BROS. 86223/W0R5.CURB [Unspoken] W 1l 30 27 29 FFH ESSENTIAL 10705/PROVIDENT 3 3 +1 Nielsen Ready To Fly 31 28 31 NICHOLE NORDEMAN SPARROW 1934 / CHORDANT [N] 4 ÿ SoundScan Woven & Spun r 5 ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Title MO RELIENT K GOTEE 2847/CHORDANT [NI The Anatomy Of The Tongue In Cheek 33 32 36 DEITRICK HADDON TYSCOTNERITY43195/PROVIDENT [N] Lost And Found --`1:1'- NUMBER 1 ``d 36 Weeks At Number 1 34 31 38 JARS OF CLAY ESSENTIAL 10689/PROVIDENT Futhermore: From The Studio, From The Stage 1 1 SEAN PAULA DuttyRock 40 VARIOUS ARTISTS TIME LIFE/INTEGRITY 23952NVORO -CURE VP/ATLANTIC 83620' /AG ® 35 Songs 4 Worship: Devotion 2 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS Reggae Gold 2003 36 40 15 BY THE TREE FERVENT30037 /PROVIDENT [N] Root VP /ATLANTIC 83654'/AG CL'Ii THIRD DAY ESSENTIAL 10658/PROVIDENT Come Together 4 3 WAYNE WONDER No Holding Back 38' 37 JUMPS SPARROW 1992/CHORDANT All The Time In The World VP /ATLANTIC 83628' /AG HOT SHOT ' 4 3 VARIOUS ARTISTS Rasta Jamz RAZOR & TIE 89062 VARIOUS ARTISTS HOSANNAI/ HILLSONGAUSTRAUA /INTFGRITY8 /676NVORD -TURK Shout To The Lord: The Platinum Collection. Vol.2 Q 5 ZIGGY MARLEY Dragonfly 38 133 GEORGE JONES BANDIT /BNA67063/CHORDANT The Gospel Collection: George Jones Sings The Greatest Stories Ever Told PRIVATE MUSIC /RCA VICTOR 11636/AAL 6 6 BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS Bob Marley & The Wailer Live At The Roxy TUFF GONG /ISLAND 000516/IDJMG Q 8 SHAGGY Lucky Day BIG YARD 113070'/MCA 8 7 VARIOUS ARTISTS Ultimate Reggae AUGUST UTV 000061 /UME ? TTr Q 9 Friends For Life Tiliboard TOP GOSPEL ALBUM VP /ATLANTIC 63634'/A6 [N] Y o Sales data compiled by 10 10 BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS Legend (Deluxe Edition) < ID Nielsen TUFF GONG /ISLAND 586714/IOJMG SoundScan 11 EASY STAR ALL -STARS Dub Side Of The Moon 5., ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL EASY STAR 1012 Title

® 12 VARIOUS ARTISTS Reggae Pulse 2: Hit Songs -Jamaican Style -2 NUMBER 1 /GREATEST GAINER '1a' 8 Weeks At Number 1 TROJAN 80408/SANCTUARY 1 - 2 1 VICKIE WINANS VERITY 43214/ZOMBA[N] Bringing It All Together 15 SIZZLA Da Real Thing ® 2' 1 2 VARIOUS EMI CHRISTIAN/WORONERITY4321320MBA VP 1649' ARTISTS WOW Gospel 2003 14 13 BEENIE MAN Tropical Storm 3`.° 4 5 SMOKIE NORFUL EMI GOSPEL 20374 [N] I Need You Now SHOCKING VIBESNP 13134'NIRGIN 4 3 3 DONNIE MCCLURKIN VERITY4319920MBA Donnie McClurkin... Again

15 14 BURNING SPEAR Freeman /PGE o 7 8 SHEKINAH GLORY MINISTRY KINGDOM801 [N] Praise Is What I Do BURNING SPEAR 0001 6 6 7 MARVIN SAPP VERITY 43227/ZOMBA [N] Diary Of A Psalmist

7 9 9 1 R I \ /.u: 1 I'. I 1.1 ¡I, I 8 5 4 LEE WILLIAMS AND THE SPIRITUAL QC'S MCG 70 MALACO [N] Right On lime A 2 9 8 6 VARIOUS ARTISTS DMI /UTV067763/UME 2003 Church: Songs Of Soul & Inspiration Bard: TOP WORLD ALBUMS? 10 12 10 HEZEKIAH WALKER & THE LOVE FELLOWSHIP CRUSADE CHOIR VERITY4317R20MBA [N] Family Affair II: Live At Radio City Music Hall Sales data compiled by 11 13 11 DEITRICK HADDON TYSCOTNERITY4319520MBA [NJ Lost And Found Y W 18 18 EVELYN TURRENTINE -AGEE ATLANTA INT'L10281 3 3 1 Nielsen ft's Already Done e I- SoundScan 13 15 16 BYRON CAGE GOSPO CENTRIC7004720MBA [N] Byron Cage ' 5 ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL Title 14 14 13 HARVEY WATKINS, JR. VERITY43224/ZOMBA ft's In My Heart-Live In Raymond MS 15 16 14 MARY MARY COLUMBIA 85690/SONYMUSIC Incredible .1BER 1 `'t 12 Weeks At Number 1 s21 20 DOTTIE PEOPLES ATLANTA INT'L 10279 Churchin' With Dottie 1 1 SOUNDTRACK Aide DG 474150/UNIVERSALCLAS ROUP 27 37 BRODERICK E. RICE BORN AGAIN 54493/LIGHTYEAR Get Yo Laugh On! Q 8 CIRQUE DU SOLEIL Varekai 18 19 22 FRED HAMMOND VERITY43197/ZOMBA Speak Those Things: POL Chapter 3 CIRQUE DU SOLEIL 93928 19 22 19 JAMES BIGNON & THE DELIVERANCE MASS CHOIR ZHANA193 God Is Great 2 PANJABI MC Beware © 20 20 21 BISHOP T.D. JAKES AND THE POTTER'S HOUSE MASS CHOIR DEXTERITY SOUNDS 29378/EMI GOSPEL A Wing And A Prayer SEQUENCE 8015 21 23 25 DONALD LAWRENCE & THE TRI -CITY SINGERS CRYSTAL ROSE20360/EMI GOSPEL [N] Go Get Your Life Back 4 6 IBRAHIM FERRER Buenos Hermanos WORLD CIRCUIT/NONESUCH 79650/AG [N] 22 26 24 YOLANDA ADAMS VERITV43222/ZOMBA The Praise And Worship Songs Of Yolanda Adams 4 ISRAEL KAMAKAWIWO'OLE Alone In Iz World ® 30 26 POOH AND THE YOUNG INSPIRATIONS OPHIR10121 /PGE ft's About Time BIG BOY 5907/THE MOUNTAIN APPLE COMPANY 24 24 23 YOLANDA ADAMS ELEKTRA62690/EEG Believe 3 SOUNDTRACK Bend It Like Beckham 25 25 17 RIZEN LIGHT5517 /COMPENDIA Rizen MILAN 36010 26 10 VARIOUS ARTISTS UNIVERSAL SPECIAL PRODUCTS 60603/TIME LIFE Living The Gospel: 7 VARIOUS ARTISTS Salsa Around The World - Gospel Legends PUTUMAYO 213 27 17 15 GEORGIA MASS CHOIR SAVOY7129 /MALACO [N] I Owe You The Praise AFROCELTS Seed 28 29 27 VARIOUS ARTISTS INTEGRITY GOSPEL 18659/TIME LIFE Songs 4 Worship Gospel: God Is In The House REAL WORLD 81508NIRGIN 29 31 30 JUANITA BYNUM SHEKINAH INTERNATIONAL 1662 [N] Behind The Veil: Morning Glory 2 5 RY COODER MANUEL GALBAN Mambo Sinuendo 30 28 28 JOHN P. KEE & NEW LIFE VERITY43200/ZOMBA [N] PERRO VERDE/NONESUCH 79691/AG Blessed By Association 37 31 VARIOUS ARTISTS PINNACLE 0001 /OTC The Pinnacle Project Bricks With Straw... Volume 1 Gospel 1 1 DJ CHEB I SABBAH As Far As: A DJ Mix ® SIX DEGREES 1092 32 32 29 RENEE SPEARMAN AND PREZ FEATURING PROSPERITY BLACKSPHERE1002 Celebrate 9 LISA GERRARD Whale Rider - Original Soundtrack ® 38 38 KIRK WHALUM SDUINT- CURB/WORS 86233NVARNER BROS. The Gospel According to Jazz - Chapter II Osa 72304/BEGGARS GROUP 34 34 33 ALVIN SLAUGHTER INTEGRITY GOSPEI /EPIC86758/SONYMUSIC On The Inside 10 DANIEL O'DONNELL The Daniel O'Donnell Show 35 33 LIL IROCC WILLIAMS FOREFRONT /EMI GOSPEL 81553 [N] Lil iROCC DPTY MEDIA 0004 - Williams 36 35 32 AARON NEVILLE TELL IT20381/EMIGOSPEL VARIOUS ARTISTS Soca Gold 2003 Believe VP 1690' ® THE SHEPHERDS AMEN 1504 Trilogy: Live In Augusta, GA 15 DAVID VISAN Buddha -Bar V 38 39 34 TRIN -I -TEE 5:7 B- RITE/GOSPO CENTRIC 7003820MBA The Kiss GEORGE V71034 39 36 35 RAMIYAH MUSIC WORLD/INTEGRITY GOSPEL 82599/SONY MUSIC Ramiyah 13 THE CHIEFTAINS Down The Old Plank Road/The Nashville Sessions DARWIN HOBBS EMI GOSPEL20359 [N] Broken iji RCA VICTOR 63971 /ML O

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BMI) LT 42 Chart Codes: CS (Hot Country Singles); Hioo (Hot ioo Singles); LT (Hot Latin Tracks) and RBH (Hot R &B Hip/Hop Singles). -N- SPEED (Gottahaveable, BMI /Songs Of Windswept NAGGIN (ColliPark, BMI /Da Crippler, BMI /EWC, BMI) Pacific, BMI /Songs Of Bud Dog, ASCAP /Music Of TITLE (Publisher - Licensing Org.) Sheet Music Dist., Chart, Position. RBH 77 Windswept, ASCAP), WBM, CS 13; Igloo 73 NA NA NA NA (Da Twelve, ASCAP /lustin Combs, STAY GONE (DreamWorks Songs, ASCAP /Cherry Lane, 21 QUESTIONS (High On Life, ASCAP /Break North, BMI/Jumping Bean, BMI) Htoo 35; RBH 82 HL /WBM, CS 26 ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP /Wild Apache, ASCAP), HL, RBH ASCAP, CLM /WBM, CS 8; Hioo 52 SOCAN /Me- benish, ASCAP /Universal, ASCAP /5o Cent, DREAM EYES (Aniyah's, ASCAP /Horrible, ASCAP /Lit I'M GLAD (Nuyorican, BMI /Sony/AN Songs, 60 STEP IN THE NAME OF LOVE (Zomba Songs, ASCAP), WBM, Htoo 22; RBH 27 Van, ASCAP /Sounds-of- seventytwo, ASCAP) RBH 88 BMI /Milk Chocolate Factory, ASCAP /TuneSmith Advance- NAS' ANGELS... THE FLYEST (Zomba, ASCAP/III Will, BMI / R.Kelly, BMI), WBM, RBH 32 245 (Ya Majesty's Music, ASCAP /Toompstone, BMI) DRIFT AWAY (Almo, ASCAP), HL, H1oo 9 ments, ASCAP /Jaedon Christopher, ASCAP /Cori Tiffani, ASCAP /EMI Blackwood, BMI /The Waters Of Nazareth, STILL BALLIN (Universal, ASCAP/Black Hipsanic, ASCAP /Chase Chad, ASCAP), HL /WBM, Hioo 99; RBH 46 BMI /Zomba Songs, BMI), HL/WBM, H10092 BMI/EMI April, ASCAP /Antraphil, BMI /BMG Songs, ASCAP /Pimentel, 4 EVER (WBM, SESAC /Babyboy's Little, SESAC /Noon- -E- I'M JUST A GIRL (Deanaling, ASCAP /BPJ Administra- RBH 79 BMI /Trick N' Rick, BMI /First N' Gold, BMI /Wamer -Tamer- Race, ASCAP NEVER LEAVE YOU - UH 00H, UH 000H! (1433. time South, SESAC /C'Amore, BMI /Mo Loving, ASCAP/) ENTREGA TOTAL (EMI Blackwood, BMI), WBM, LT 5o tion, ASCAP /Turtle Wins The /Annotation, lane, BMI), HL /WBM, H100 98 ASCAP ASCAP), CS ASCAP /Tafari, ASCAP /Greensleeves, PRS) Htoo 5; RBH to Brasco, ASCAP), WBM, Htoo 96; RBH 43 ESTOY A PUNTO (Ser -Ca, BMI) LT 21 /WB, WBM, 43 STREETS OF HEAVEN (Magic Mustang, BMI /Write Em NEVER SCARED (Bonecrusher, ASCAP) Woo 70; RBH 99.9% SURE (I'VE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE) (WB, EVERY LITTLE THING (EMI April, ASCAP /Pang Toon, I'M ONE OF YOU (Warner- Tamerlane, BMI /Melanie Cowgirl, BMI /Annie And Clyde, ASCAP /Anthology, ASCAP) ASCAP /Songs Of R. ASCAP/French Hip, Howard, ASCAP), WBM, CS 56 23 Joseph, BMI /Songs Of Universal, BMI /Tunes Of The Village, CS 34 YOUR MAN (BMG Songs, ASCAP /Yessiree Bob, NO LETTING GO (Greensleeves, PRS/Singso WW, ASCAP /Annotation, ASCAP), WBM, CS lo; Htoo 61 BMI /Zomba Melodies, SESAC /Agatha Monroe, SESAC), I'M STUPID GIRL (WB, ASCAP /Into Everything Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree, BMI /Sam's BMI), HL, CS BMI) H1oo 37 HL/WBM, CS 35 lammin', ASCAP /E.O. Smith, BMI), WBM, Htoo 94 NO PODRAS (Kike Santander, BMI) LT 17 58 SUELTALO (Eli; ASCAP) LT 11 -A- NO SHOES, NO SHIRT, NO PROBLEMS (Sony /ATV IN DA CLUB (High On Life, ASCAP /Ain't Nuthin' Gobn' ACA ENTRE NOS (LOA, BMI) LT 18 SUMMERTIME (EMI April, ASCAP/Justin Combs, -F- On But Funking, ASCAP /WB, ASCAP /Blotter, ASCAP /Elvis Acuff Rose, BMI), HL, CS 6; Hioo 36 ACT A FOOL (Ludacris, ASCAP /EMI April, FAINT (Zomba Songs, BMI /Chesterchaz, ASCAP /Big ASCAP /Phoenix Ave, ASCAP /EMI Blackwood, BMI /Janice Mambo, ASCAP /Universal, ASCAP /5o Cent, ASCAP /Music ASCAP /Copyright Control), HL, Htoo 58; RBH 26 Bad Mr. Hahn, BMI /Nondisclosure Agreement, BMI /Rob Combs, BMI /Marsky, BMI /Beyonce, ASCAP), HL, RBH 68 Of Windswept, ASCAP), WBM, H1oo 46; RBH 48 Not ACTOS DE UN TONTO (Seg Son, BMI) LT 13 Bourdon, BMI /Kenji Kobayashi, BMI /Pancakey Cakes, SUPERSTAR (Embassy, BMI /Young Carney, ASCAP) IN LOVE WIT CHU (Thowin' Tantrums, ASCAP /Air Con- OFFICIALLY MISSING YOU (Aurelius, ASCAP /Famous, ADDICTED (Warner Chappell, SOCAN /Wet Wheelie, BMQ, WBM, Htoo 71 RBH 24 trol, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP /T Funk, BMI /Notting Hill, ASCAP), HL, Htoo 88; RBH 38 SOCAN /High- Maintenance, SOCAN /Stinky Music, FAITHFUL TO YOU (Zomba, ASCAP /Nikeeya, SWING, SWING (Smells Like Phys Ed, ASCAP) Hum 64 BMI /Songs Of Universal, BMI), HL, Hioo 89; RBH 83 ONE LAST TIME (EMI April, ASCAP /Zomba, SOCAN /Drop Out, SOCAN /Slutty, SOCAN /Lanni Tunes, ASCAP /Blackfire, ASCAP /Famous, ASCAP), HL /WBM, IN MY DREAMS (Mundo, BMI /EMI Blackwood, ASCAP /Sufferin' Succotash, ASCAP), HL/WBM, CS 40 SOCAN), WBM, Htoo 51 RBH 71 BMI /Rumbalo, BMI /Toto Tunes, ASCAP /Winning Circle, ALL IN THE WAY (Maurice White, ASCAP/Sony/ATV ONLY GOD (COULD STOP ME LOVING YOU) (Zomba, -T- FANATIC (Sony/ATV Tunes, ASCAP /Vivian S. Green, ASCAP /Bluewater, ASCAP), HL, CS 49 ASCAP), WBM, CS 28 TALVEZ (Muziekuitgeveris Artemis BV, BMI), WBM, LT Tunes, ASCAP/Stilla Qid, ASCAP /Vaughnwa, ASCAP/Fred David Kenney, Jr., ASCAP), HL, RBH 65 IN THOSE JEANS (Music Of Windswept, ASCAP /Hand THE ONLY THING MISSIN' (Kharatroy, ASCAP/October 6 ASCAP /Wendi Vaughn, ASCAP /National League, ASCAP), FAR AWAY (Family Soul, ASCAP /Babies Formula, BMI) In My Pocket, ASCAP /Harvey "The Rock" Hester, ASCAP), 12th, ASCAP /Hitco South, ASCAP /Music Of Windswept, TELL ME SOMETHING BAD ABOUT TULSA (Sony /AN HL, RBH 95 RBH 54 WBM, H1oo 8; RBH 3 ASCAP /Divinebushbaby, SESAC /Evamaemusic, ASCAP), Tree, BMI), HL, CS 20; H1oo 97 ALL NIGHT LONG (Stone City, ASCAP) RBH 94 FEELIN' FREAKY (Nickelodeon, ASCAP/N-Can-N, INTO YOU 0 Brasco, ASCAP /Desert Storm, BMI /Mr. HL, RBH 63 TE METISTE EN MI CAMA (Edimonsa, ASCAP) LT 41 ALMOST HOME (Triple Shoes, BMI /Magic Mustang, ASCAP/ Famous, ASCAP /Zomba, ASCAP /Zomba Songs, Manatti, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI /Duro, BMI /Songs Of 00H WEE (Not Listed) RBH 89 TENNESSEE RIVER RUN (EMI April, ASCAP /Pittsburg BMI /Sufferin' Succotash, ASCAP) Htoo 87 BMI /R.Kelly, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs, BMI /EKOP, DreamWorks, BMI /Time For Flytes, BMI /EMI April, Landing, ASCAP /Chord Boy, BMI /Bradley, BMI), WBM, CS AMAME (EMI April, ASCAP) LT 31 BMI /Sony /ATV Tunes, ASCAP /ENOT, ASCAP /F. Jones, ASCAP /Plus 1, ASCAP /D. Brasco, ASCAP /Cherry River, AND THE CROWD GOES WILD (Gottahaveable, ASCAP /Empire, ASCAP /Troy Moet, ASCAP /M0' Lyric's, 37 BMI), CLM /HL Htoo 14; RBH 13 -P- TE REGALO MI TRISTEZA (ADG, SESAC) LT 40 BMI /Songs Of Windswept Pacific, BMI /BMG Songs, ASCAP), HL /WBM, RBH 56 PEQUENA Y FRAGIL (SADAIC Latin, BMI) LT 33 INTUITION (Wiggly Tooth, ASCAP /EMI April, Musica, ASCAP /Gemini's ASCAP /Mrs. Lumpkins Poodle, ASCAP) CS 52 A FEW QUESTIONS (Noble Vision, ASCAP /Green Dog, P.I.M.P. (High On Life, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP /Deity TE VAS AMOR (Universal ASCAP /Apollinaire, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI), HL, Hioo LT 20 ANTES (Copyright ControO LT 28 BMI) CS 17 Works, ASCAP /Universal, ASCAP), HL/WBM, Htoo 7; RBH Musical, SACM) 21 ARE YOU HAPPY NOW? (I'm With The Band, FIGHTER (Mina, BMI /, ASCAP /TVT, THEN THEY DO (Wamer- Tamerlane, BMI /Makeshift, I STILL LOVE YOU (EMI Blackwood, BMI /The Waters ASCAP /WB, ASCAP /Dillon Jackson, ASCAP), HL /WBM, ASCAP /BMG- Careers, BMI), HL, Htoo 5 PLAYBOYS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN WORLD (Mur- BMQ, WBM, CS 12; H1oo 67 59 Of Nazareth, BMI /EMI April, ASCAP /Chase Chad, ASCAP), Hioo 19 FIND A WAY (Modat, ASCAP /916, BMI) RBH 70 rah, BMI /VanWarmer, ASCAP), WBM, CS 36 THIS IS THE NIGHT (Aldo Nova, SOCAN /Deston, HL, RBH 86 ASI TE QUIERO (Edimusa, ASCAP) LT 38 FIRE (YES, YES Y'ALL) (Joe Budden, ASCAP /On Top, PON DE RIVER, PON DE BANK (Greensleeves, ASCAP / Brrr..., ASCAP /WB, ASCAP), HL /WBM, Htoo 23 IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE (EMI April, ASCAP/ Universal, ASCAP /F.O.B., ASCAP /N.Q.C., PRS /Copyright Control) RBH 53 THIS ONE'S FOR THE GIRLS (DreamWorks Songs, ASCAP /Sea Gayle, ASCAP /Warner-Tamerlane, BMI /R. ASCAP / Starbus, BMI /Ensign, BMI /Sugar Hill, BMI /Twen- PRAY FOR THE FISH (Green Dog, BMI /Springer Ink, ASCAP /Monkey Feet, ASCAP /Cherry Lane, -B- Joseph, BMI), HL /WBM, CS 2; Htoo 25 BABY BOY (Beyonce, ASCAP South, ty Nine Black, BMI /Future Sights And Sounds, BMI /Deco, BMI) CS 59 ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP /Animal Fair, ASCAP /Careers- /Hitco I WANTYOU (Cori Tiffani, BMI/Mindsetter's Music, BMI), HL, RBH 51 PUEDES CONTAR CONMIGO (Sony /AN Discos, BMG, BMI /Silverkiss, BMI), CLM /HL, CS 18 ASCAP /Music Of Windswept, ASCAP /Scott Storch, BMI /Gregory Bruno's, BMI /JadaChris, BMI/Sony/ATV FUPSIDE (Efartooee, ASCAP/F.O.B., ASCAP/Copyright ASCAP) LT 8 THOIATHOING (Zomba Songs, BMI / R.Kelly, BMI), ASCAP /Tuff Jew, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP /Dutty Rock, Songs, BMI /Jelly's Jams, ASCAP /Joseph Cartagena, Control) RBH 64 PUMP IT UP (Copyright Control/F.O.B., ASCAP/N.Q.C., WBM, Htoo 42; RBH 16 ASCAP /Black Owned Musik, ASCAP /Music World, ASCAP /Almo, ASCAP, HL, Htoo 27; RBH 8o ASCAP /Carter Boys, ASCAP /TVT, ASCAP), HL, RBH 50 FLYING WITHOUT WINGS (Rokstone, PRS /Songs Of ASCAP /Ensign, BMI /Zomba, SESAC), HL /WBM, Htoo 84; THREE WOODEN CROSSES (Sweet Radical, I WISH (Still Working For The Man, BMI /Tommy Lee Windswept Pacific, BMI /Irving, BMI), HL /WBM, H1oo RBH 42 BMI /Sony Cross Keys, ASCAP/Mike Curb, BMI), HL, BACKSEAT OF A GREYHOUND BUS (Nashville Dream - 55 James, BMI /ICG, BMI /Careers -BMG, BMI /Music Hill, BMI) /AN ASCAP Feet, ASCAP Lane, FOREVER (R.Kelly, BMI /Zomba Songs, BMI), WBM, PUT THAT WOMAN FIRST (Divine Mill, ASCAP /WB, Htoo 80 Works Songs, /Monkey /Cherry CS 46 ASCAP /Famous, ASCAP /Animal Fair, ASCAP /Careers- RBH 72 ASCAP /Dinky B, ASCAP /Universal-PolyGram International THUG LIN (Notorious K.I.M., BMI /Warner -Tamerlane, I WISH I WASN'T (EMI April, ASCAP /Flyte Tyme, FOREVER AND FOR ALWAYS (Universal -Songs Of Poly- Tunes, SESAC/Jahqae Joints, SESAC /I Want My Daddy's ASCAP /Feels So Good BMG, BMI /Silverkiss, BMI /Songs Of Universal, ASCAP /Minneapolis Guys, ASCAP /Ji Branda, ASCAP), HL, BMI /Scott Storch, ASCAP /TVT, Gram International, BMI /Loon Echo, BMI /Out Of Pocket, Records, ASCAP /Miss Mary's, BMI /Nitty & Capone, BMI /Macadoo, BMQ, CLM /HL /WBM, CS 16 Htoo 62; RBH 19 Music, ASCAP),WBM, RBH 99 BEAUTIFUL (My Own Chit, BMI /The Waters Of ASCAP /Zomba, ASCAP), WBM, CS 7; Htoo 30 BMI /Warner- Tamerlane, BMI /Jasane Drama, ASCAP /Irv- TONITE, I'M YOURS (Top Of The World Enterprises, Nazareth, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI /Chase Chad, FOTOGRAFIA (Peermusic Ill, BMI/Camaleon, BMI) LT 2 ing, BMI), HL /WBM, Htoo 69; RBH 21 ASCAP /My Atomz Muzik, ASCAP /5 Stooges, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP), HL, RBH 47 FRONTIN' (The Waters Of Nazareth, BMI /EMI Black- -J- ASCAP /Flowers And Cream, ASCAP /Lil' Nettie, ASCAP), JALEO (Sony /ATV Discos, ASCAP /Nueva Ventura, BEER FOR MY HORSES ( lokeco Tunes, BMI /Sony /ATV wood, BMI /EMI April, ASCAP /Carter Boys, ASCAP), HL, WBM, RBH ASCAP /Wamer- Tamerlane, BMI) LT9 -Q- 97 Tree, BMI /Big Yellow Dog, BMQ, HL, CS 5; Htoo 34 Htoo 20; RBH 7 QUEDATE CALLADA ( Edimonsa, ASCAP) LT 25 TOUGH LITTLE BOYS (EMI April, ASCAP /Sea Gayle, JUST BECAUSE (I'll Hit You Back, BMI /Embryonic, BEWARE OF THE BOYS (MUNDIAN TO BACH KE) QUE GANAS (Hecho A Mano, ASCAP /EMI April, /Coburn, BMI), HL /WBM, CS 23 BMI /Swizzle Stick, BMI /Ezerman, BMI /ZaneyChaney, ASCAP (Songs Of Universal, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI), ASCAP /Clear Mind, ASCAP /Famous, ASCAP /Clear Heart, TRAICION (F.I.P.P., BMI/Estefan,ASCAP) LT -G- ASCAP) Htoo 72 49 HL /WBM, RBH 91 GET BUSY (EMI April, ASCAP /Tafari, ASCAP), HL, Htoo BMI /Ensign, BMI) LT 7 THE TRUTH ABOUT MEN (Warner- Tamerlane, BIG YELLOW TAXI (Siquomb, BMI), WBM, Htoo 54 15; 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RCA Label Group Repeats NEW RELEASES WITH RECENTLY TESTED SONGS WITH ORMAT TOP 10 CAHOOT POTENTIAL TOP 10 CAL1011 POTENTIAL CHRISTINA AGUILERA 81.6 Its Chart -Topping Trifecta Can't Hold Us Down RCA/RMG NO NEW SONGS SHOWED 2 IDWo derHOLLYWOOD 79.8 THE ATARIS 712 The RCA Label Group (RLG) ATTACK OF THE CLONES: Pharrell up for the soundtrack each rebound 3 TOP 10 CALLOUT POTENTIAL The Boys Of Summer COLUMBIA dominates Hot Country Singles & Williams of the Neptunes earns four positions (43 -39 and 68 -64). THIS WEEK TRAPT 4 15.4 Tracks at practically every level of Greatest Gainer/Airplay honors on Also contributing to strong first- Headstrong WARNER BROS the chart this issue, starting with The Billboard Hot 100 (No. 20, up week sales of the soundtrack is STACIE ORRICO 5 (There's Gotta Be) More To Life 1,G ' 74.4 the occupation of the top four posi- 10 million listener impressions) and "Realest N *ggas" by the Notorious JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE tions led by Brooks & Dunn's "Red Hot R &B/Hip -Hop Singles & Tracks B.I.G. & 50 Cent, which has neither 1 97.0 Senorita IIV1- Dirt Road," which climbs 2 -1. BNAs (No. 7, up 8 million impressions) appeared on a previous album nor 89.0 Kenny Chesney has the fattest with "Frontin'," featuring Jay -Z. been released as a single. `Realest" NO NEW SONGS SHOWED 2 B° c DoowWnCOLUMBIA "Frontin'" is Williams' first top 10 peaked at No. 30 in April and recently & MAGOO 84.0 TOP 10 CALLOUT POTENTIAL 3 Cop That Sh# UMRG single as a lead JAHEIM THIS WEEK 4 artist and is the Put That Woman First WARNER BROS 810 initial single BABY BASH 5 Suga Suga UMRG 74.0 Nep- from "The i tunes & Star d Trak Present Silvio Pietroluongo SALIVA 1 78.8 CLONES," a silvio @billboard.com NO NEW SONGS SHOWEE Rest In Pieces IDJMG BEU SISTERS compilation TOP 10 CALLOUT POTENTIAL 2 72 6 Patel Was Only (Seventeen) S -CURVE project due at Minai [email protected] THIS WEEK THE ATARIS 3 10.1 retail Aug. 19. The Boys Of Summer COLUMBIA The follow-up Wade Jessen wjessen @billboard.com single, "Light Your Ass on Fire" THREE DAYS GRACE 1 (I Hate) Everything About You JIVE 83.5 by Busta Rhymes, also posts signifi- topped R &B/Hip -Hop Recurrents in ME FIRST AND GIMMES 2 increase on the chart, with "No cant gains at radio, moving 37 -31 on the Billboard Information Network. NO NEW SONGS SHOWED I Believe I Can Fly FAT WRECK CHORDS 75.5 Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" gain- Singles & Tracks. THE USED TOP 10 CALLOUT POTENTIAL 3 74.4 NOW APPEARING: This issue marks REPRISE ing 616 detections and moving 7 -6, TRAPT THIS WEEK 4 13.8 while RCA stable mates Martina BOY ZONE: Also posting multiple the Billboard debut of HitPredictor Still Frame /JARNER BROS McBride and Clay Walker nab dou- tracks on Hot R &B/Hip -Hop Singles (see chart, right), the online music DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL ITFPNfOPF 10.1 ble Airpower honors at No. 17 and & Tracks is this issue's top -selling research service that provides a look 5 Hands Down No. 18, respectively. album, "Bad Boys II." "Shake Ya Tail - at potential hits. Each week on this Songs are blind tested online by Promosquad ising multiple listens and a nationwide sample of The intrepid RLG sweep also feather" from Nelly, P. Diddy & Mur- page, you'll find a chart of the high- carefully profiled music consumers. Songs are rated on a 1 -5 scale; final results are based on No. phy Lee leads titles est- new and recent releases weighted positives. Songs with a score of 65 or more are judged to have top 10 callout poten- includes the Hot Shot Debut at the three charting testing tial, although that benchmark number can fluctuate based on the strength of available music. 44 with Diamond Rio's "Wrinkles," from the soundtrack at No. 18.Tvo for mainstream top 40, rhythmic top New Releases are songs that have been recently serviced to or impacted at their respective for- marking the group's highest debut singles previously released on Roc -a- 40, adult top 40 and modern rock mats; Recently Tested Songs are the five songs tested during the past month with the highest score. Mainstream Top 40 respondents are divided into two age groups: 13 -29 and 13 -24. For a to date on the chart. fella/Def Jam/IDJMG that were picked (see editorial, page 10). complete list of current songs with Top 10 Calout Potential, see HitPredictor.com. 'c 2003. Hit - With the chart's top three titles, Predictor and Promosquad are trademarks of Think Fast L.L.C. Arista Nashville repeats a feat it ac- complished in the Oct. 29, 1994, AUGUST 2 AUGUST 2y AÜdUS`2. 2003 MAINSTREAM 2003 issue, which was also the last time

40TM Billboar2003 ` this chart- topping trifecta occurred. Billboard' TOP Billboard TOP 40TM d ROCKTM MCA Nashville is the only other w imprint to stack this chart's top 3 I- three in the Nielsen Broadcast Data TITLE TITLE TITLE TITLE ARTIST LABEL, ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) W- W ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) (IMPRINT/PROMOTION ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) Systems era, being the first to do so >.6.. F- NUMBER 1 , / t"- NUMBER 1 il/t NUMBER 1 'YT L W NUMBER 1 'It` 1 2 WKAtNo in March 1992. II 1 Miss Independent 6N6s At No Right Thurr 2 woo Unwell M WN AINO.I Just Because o JANE'S ADDICTION KELLY CLARKSON RCNRMG) 0 CHINGY (DISTURBING TUA PEACE/CAPITOL) MATCHBOX1WENTY (CAPITOL) (ATLANTIC) 2 ® Where Is The Love? Crazy In Love 2 Calling All Angels © Faint BLACK EYED PEAS A&M/INTERSCOPE o BEYONCE FEATURINGJAV -Z TRAIN UNKIN PARK BROS .I DOWN AND OUT: Avril Lavigne (COLUMBIA) (COLUMBIA) (WARNER If Crazy In Love 3 Into You 3 3 Drift Away 3 1 Seven Nation Army Digital Tracks OR THE debuts on Hot with 3 DEYONGE FEATURING JAY-Z (COLUMBIA) FABOIDUSIEATTAMIA ASHANTI (DESERTSTORMFIEKTMYEE:: UNCLE KRACKER FEATURING DOBLE GRAY (LAVAI WHITE STRIPES (THIRD MANN2I all five of the tracks from her live Unwell 4 Rock Wit U (Awww Baby) 4 Bring Me To Life 4 3 Send The Pain Below MATCHBOX TWENTY ATLANTIC) ASHANTI (MURDER INCJDEFJAMADJMGI EVANESCENCE FEATURING PAUL MCCOY (WIND UP) CHEVEttE (EPIC) EP, "Try to Shut Me Up," which is 5 Bring Me To Life 5 Magic Stick 6 Intuition © 6 The Boys Of Summer available exclusively as a download 4 1 EVANESCENCE FEATURING PAUL MCCOY (WIND -UP) LIL' KIM FEATURING 50 CENT (QUEEN BEF/AIIANTICI JEWEL AATLANTICI THE ATARIS (COLUMBIA) IIAre You Happy Now? O Never Leave You - Uh Ooh, Uh Oooh! O 8 Are You Happy Now? 6 5 Headstrong iTunes. TRAPT BROS.) through Apple Consumers MICHELLE BRANCH MAVERICK/WARNER BROS .1 LUMIOEE (UNIVERSAWMRG( MICHELLE BRANCH (MAVERICK/WARNER BROS.I WARNER o 6 can purchase the entire EP or each IIMagic Stick P.I.M.P. 7 5 The Remedy (I Won't Worry) 9 So Far Away o STAIND song individually. Since the bundle o 8 LIL KIM FEATURING 50 CENT (QUEEN BEEJARANOC) 50 CENT ISHADY /AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPEI JASON MRAZ (ELEKTANEEG) (FUPIELEKrRA/EEGI 0 12 Rock Wit U (Awww Baby) Shake Ya Tailfeather 8 7 When I'm Gone 7 Go With The Flow 0 NELLY, P MURPHY LEE QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE (INTERSCOPE) is not affixed with a UPC code, ASHANTI MURDER INCJDEFJA DJMG) 0100V & (BAD BOY/UMRGI 3 DOORS DOWN (REPUBUCNNNERSALNMRG) IIIntuition 9 Where Is The Love? O 11 Why Don't You & I O 11 Creatures (For A While) is treating sales JEWEL BLACK EYED PEAS (A&MANTERSCOPE) SANTANA FEAT. ALE( BAND OR CHAD KROEGER ARISTA) 311 VOLCANO/JIVE( Nielsen SoundScan (ATLANTIC) ( o 7 of this set as separate tracks rather l0 10 111 Drift Away Y/ Like Glue 9 Big Yellow Taxi 10 10 Stupid Girl UNCLE KRACKER FEATURING DOBIE GRAY (LAVAI SEAN PAUL (VP/ATLANTIC) COUNTING CROWS FEAT VANESSA CANTON (GEFFEMNIEASCOPE) COLD (RJP/AEFFENANTERSCOPE) than an album buy, thereby apply- 1l 13 Addicted 11 21 Questions 10 Clocks 11 8 Like A Stone ing a sale to each song when the SIMPLE PLAN (LAVA) 50 CENT RAT NATE DOGG ISHADY/AFTERMATIMNTDBCOPEI COLDPLAY (CAPITOL) AUDIOSLAVE (INTERSCOPE/EPIC) ® 16 111 I Want You Love At 1st Sight 13 Amazing ® 12 Show Me How To Live entire EP is purchased. The most um THALA FEATURING FAT JOE (EMI LATINNIRGIN MARY J- BUGE FEATURING METHOD MAN (GEFFEN JOSH KELLEY IHOLLVW000I AUDIOSLAVE (INTERSCOPE/EPIC) popular track is Lavigne's rendition 13 9 II I Know What You Want In Those Jeans 12 Why Georgia 13 14 Bottom Of A Bottle BUSTA RHYMES & MARIAH CAREYIJ(MONARCJRMGADJMGI GINIIWINE (EPIC) JOHN MAYER (AWARE/COLUMBIA) SMILE EMPTY SOUL (LAVA) of Green Day's "Basket Case," which 14 11 111 Get Busy My Love Is Like... Wo 15 Heaven 16 Think Twice is No. 2 on the chart with 1,000 paid SEAN PAUL VP /ATLANTIC) MYA (A&M/INTERSCOPE) LIVE (RADIOACTIVE/MCA) EVE 6 IRCA/RMGI 15 15 II Ignition 4/3 Get Low 14 I'm With You 15 15 Dosed RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS BROS.) downloads. It is the only song on R KELLY (JIVE) LIL JON & THE EAST SIDE BOYZ (BME/TVTI AVRIL LAVIGNE ( ARISTA) WARNER the EP that does not appear on her 16 14 1 Rock Your Body 16 I Want You 7 Why Can't I 4D 18 Going Under JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE THALIA FEATURING FAT JOE (EMI LATINMRGIN) LIZ PHAIR (CAPITOL) EVANESCENCE (WIND -UP) multi -platinum album "Let Go." 17 19 Swing, Swing 17 Get Busy 16 Sympathy 17 13 On Hot 100 Singles Sales, the -/ ALL AMERICAN REJECTS (00GH0US0OREAMWORKS) SEAN PAUL (VP/ATLANTIC) GOO GOO DOLLS WARNER BROS.) LINKIN PARK WARNER BROSI CD 23. Shake Ya Tailfeather 18 Act A Fool 18 Miss Independent 18 17 Times Like These ROO FIGHTERS Eagles debut at No. 3 with "Hole in NELLY P. DIDDY & MURPHY LEE (BAO BOYNMRGI WOAmS (DISTURBING THAPEACENEF JAMSOUIFVIOJM6) KELLY CIARKSON (RCA/HMG( IROSWELIJRCAIRMGI 9,500 units. 25 II Girls And Boys Frontin' 19 Harder To Breathe 4D 20 Shatterday the World," scanning o PHARRELL FEATURING JAY -Z TRAK/ARISTA) MAROONS E NOETTA RED (EPIC) GOOD CHARLOTTE OAYIJGHT PIC (STAR (OCTONE/J/RMG) Released as a one -month exclusive 20 17 1111 21 Questions 20 No Letting Go 25 White Flag 22 Did My Tune KORN (IMMORTAL/EPIC) for Best Buy in June, 'World" is now SOCENT FEAT NATEOOGG ISHADV /AFTERMATHANTERSCOPEI WAYNE WONDER (VP /ATLANTIC) MOO ( ARISTA) eligible to chart as it has become Compiled from a national sample of data supplied by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. 122 mainstream top 40, 53 rhythmic top 40, 88 adult top 40 and 89 modern rock are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by number of detections. Songs with an increase in detections over the previous week are bulleted regardless of chart movement. A song which has been on the chart for more than 20 weeks will generally not receive a bullet, even if it registers an increase in available to all retailers. detections. Songs below the top 15 on Adult Top 40 are removed from the chart after 26 weeks. © 2W3, VNU Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved.

64 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD AUGUST 2, 2003 www.americanradiohistory.com were revised by a nominating more than half of all Latin music Villamizar says Bacilos does not committee before the five final- As credible as the in the U.S., according focus on sales. "It's about making latin ists in each category were an- to Nielsen SoundScan and the ," he says. Villamizar has nounced. This time, however, the nominations are, Recording Industry Assn. of two songs -"Caraluna" and "Mi five finalists in each category America. Primer Millón " -competing in the Grammy were decided by general vote regional Mexican The Latin Grammys, of course, song of the year category. from LARAS voting members and music was, once have to represent Latin music Record executives are hoping that scrutinized by accounting firm worldwide, not just in the U.S. the exposure provided by the Latin Nominations Deloitte & Touche. again, almost Abaroa says, "All Latin music will Grammys will boost sales for nomi- Only major categories were ex- be represented in the Latin nees and eventual winners, as it pre- Continued from page 5 amined by a nominating committee, absent from the Grammys." viously did for Juanes. according to LARAS president main categories. Top nominee George gathered In 2001, the Colombian artist los, which won the best Latin pop Gabriel Abaroa. nods in the album, song and rec- garnered seven nominations for his album Grammy earlier this year for The result is a less esoteric but ord of the year categories for his solo debut, "Fijate Bien." The album "Caraluna," also received three nom- equally merit -worthy list of nomi- work on Bacilos' album "Caralu- did not sell well and received negli- inations, including record and nees. More important, it is a far and improve the nominating pro- na" (Warner Music Latina) and the gible airplay in the U.S. But Juanes' album of the year. more balanced list, with popular acts cess," LARAS board of trustees pres- track "Mi Primer Millón" from follow -up, "Un Día Normal," has The band's lead songwriter, that were often absent in the past ident Manolo Díaz says. "The mem- that album. remained in the top 10 of the Bill- Jorge Villamizar, garnered three sharing the spotlight with more bers create the quality, and the Although "Caraluna" has been board Top Latin Albums chart for 61 separate nods for tracks he wrote niche acts. board provides credibility." successful in other Latin mar- weeks and was nominated for album for the album. This nominating process is one As credible as the nominations kets, in the U.S., the album only of the year, among others. The Latin Academy of Record- of several changes that have taken are, regional Mexican music was, spent 10 weeks on the Top Latin Juanes attributes the album's ing Arts and Sciences has long place inside LARAS since the once again, almost absent from the Albums chart. sales success to its more upbeat sub- been partial to the pop genre and departure of Michael Greene as main categories and from the press The lack of significant domestic ject matter. to eclectic, sometimes lesser - president /CEO of the National conference itself. sales highlights the fact that LARAS The Latin Grammys will take known acts. But the alterations to Academy of Recording Arts and "I'm surprised the regional Mexi- is an international entity, with vot- place Sept. 3 in Miami and will air the nominating process (Bill- Sciences and LARAS last year and can categories were practically un- ers weighing in from all Spanish - live on CBS. A tribute to the late board, Sept. 28, 2002) this year the creation of LARAS' own board mentioned," says Claribel Cuevas, and Portuguese- speaking coun- Celia Cruz was announced as part of changed some of the flavor of the of trustees. senior creative director of Famous tries. It also underscores that what the awards show. nominations. The changes were made "to in- Music Publishing. is critically acclaimed is not always For a complete list of nominees, In the past, all 41 categories crease the credibility of the awards Regional Mexican accounts for what sells. log on to billboard.com/awards.

prosecutor to have to meet," the that "at least one agent" dealing with erican Federation of Television and Illegal statement said. copyright infringement would be Radio Artists, says the bills provide The bill -the Author, Consumer assigned to any unit at the Depart- the government with the resources and Computer Owner Protection ment of Justice responsible for and authority to educate the public, and Security Act of 2003 (2752) - investigating computer hacking or develop deterrence programs and Uploads was introduced July 17 by Reps. intellectual property crimes. address the threats created by Continued from page 5 John Conyers Jr., D- Mich., and Berman and Conyers are co- online technology. Howard Berman, D- Calif. sponsors of Smith's bill. They say "In HR 2752, prosecutors still Among other things, it would give they crafted their own measure to bear the burden of showing that The authors say the reasoning the FBI $15 million to develop pub- offer more enforcement muscle. such an act was done deliberately behind the provision hits at the core lic awareness programs about the Smith pulled his bill from a mark- with an intent to violate copyrights," of why peer-to -peer (P2P) networks dangers of illegal file sharing and up vote after the new measure was she says. are so lethal to the industry: One other pirate activity. introduced. Jay Rosenthal, co- counsel for the casual upload is downloaded by The earlier bill, the Piracy Deter- Both bills have industry support. Recording Artists' Coalition, says many thousands, if not millions, of rence and Education Act of 2003 (HR "We applaud the efforts of Mr. the RAC supports the Smith bill but file traders. 2517), was introduced June 19 by Berman and Mr. Conyers to facilitate has problems with the Conyers - Thus, such an upload, they say, Rep. Lamar S. Smith, R- Texas, chair- the enforcement of existing laws Berman measure. meets the legal threshold employed man of the subcommittee. BOUCHER:'PROVISION COULD BE MISAPPLIED' against Internet theft," says Cary "It needs fine -tuning to mini- in the physical -goods world that dic- It does not con- Sherman, presi- mize the possibility of abuse or mis- tates that felonious copyright in- tain the so- called dent of the Rec- use by authorities unfamiliar with fringement occurs when 10 or more felony provision, ording Industry the copyright law and this prob- copies of a work worth $2,500 or nor does it offer Assn. of America. lem," he says. "No one wants to see more are distributed. funding for new "The provisions a kid looking at jail time, especial- The provision is viewed as the anti -piracy pro- contained in this ly for a first offense. Perhaps a boldest legislative effort yet by an grams at the FBI legislation, in ad- `three strikes and you're out' con- exasperated Congress to short -cir- and other federal dition to those cept would work better." cuit the P2P networks that are dev- agencies. contained in the Rep. Rick Boucher, D -Va., the astating the record industry. The Smith bill Smith /Berman veteran Internet champion who The authors said in a statement grants authority to enforcement bill, also sits on the subcommittee, that the measure is not over- reach- the Bureau of Cus- will help serve to says the provision is fraught with ing but "a reasonable approach." A toms and Border deter illegal ac- possibilities of potential misap- prosecutor would still have to Protection to seize tivity online." plication. prove beyond reasonable doubt infringing materi- Ann Chaito- "It is not the mission of the FBI that a copyright infringement al. It also requires vitz, director of to have to learn copyright law and occurred and that it was willful. the U.S. Attorney BERMAN (LEFT) AND CONYERS: CO- SPONSORED HR sound record- then inform people what they may "This is a very high standard for a General to ensure ings for the Am- or may not do," he asserts.

50,000 for a Willie Nelson/Dead con- to have been promoted by Jack Utsick exception of the Aug. 24 tour closer neering festival returns this year after Lollapalooza cert earlier this year. But the Lolla- Presents and Touring Pro. at the 25,000- capacity Columbia a five -year hiatus. palooza date, to have been promoted Wavra says CCE brought Lolla- Meadows in St. Helens, Ore. That date Meanwhile, both Grosslight and Continued from page 8 by Stuart Green of Magic City Pro- palooza what it felt was its best mar- will be promoted by Touring Pro. Wavra remain bullish about the tour. ductions, had only sold about 4,000 kets in a highly competitive hard - The brainchild of Jane's Addiction's `We're happy with the dates we have tickets as the show neared, according music summer. "When you're re- Perry Farrell, Lollapalooza is pro- on Lollapalooza," Wavra says. "What's day and age," Wavra says. to published reports. establishing a brand, you have to be duced by Sanctuary Artist Manage- important here is, in the face of a lot of It is also worth noting that Lolla- According to Lollapalooza publi- smart about routing and competition ment and the William Morris Agency. naysayers, they have put a great prod- palooza is better-suited to large mar- cists, the Ionia date was canceled in the marketplace," he says. "We The main -stage lineup features uct together. Perry Farrell, William kets, and the markets Wavra cites are because of production deficiencies, brought them the markets we were Queens of the Stone Age (replaced Morris and Sanctuary have put a lot of much larger than Ionia, near Grand though the fairgrounds where it was most confident in." Aug. 16 by A Perfect Circle), Jurassic time into trying to do something dif- Rapids, and Vernon, near Syracuse. to be held have in the past hosted The remaining dates are at large, Five, the Donnas, Incubus, Audio - ferent, and they have succeeded. This Vernon Downs hosted some such acts as Metallica. That date was mostly corporate sheds, with the slave and Jane's Addiction. The pio- is something you can build on."

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odically spread to modern rock and to Levy. "Spain worked very early - then top 40. To date, "Fallen," radio got the track off the Internet Europe released in the U.S. March 4, has and started playing it, and it took off reached No. 3 on The Billboard 200 very quickly," he says. "We've sold and has sold 1.8 million copies, 75,000 copies in Spain, which was Goes according to Nielsen SoundScan. the first market to pick up on them, "Bring Me to Life" peaked at No. 5 along with Canada." on the Hot 100 in late June. On top of the "Daredevil" expo- Gothic Overseas, Ailsa Robertson, Sony sure, a decision to tour Europe on U.K. London -based marketing man- the eve of the war in Iraq worked in Continued from page I ager, says, "The `Daredevil' soundtrack Evanescence's favor internationally. was important in getting early pick -up "They went to Europe in March which has exclusive licensing and at rock clubs; that was the first intro- and early April and returned in June distribution for Wind -up acts out- duction to Evanescence in the U.K." twice for gigs and promo," Levy says. side the U.S. Although specialist rock stations Levy points out that the act has Levy describes the inclusion of the were quick to support Evanescence, now shifted 1.1 million albums in band's first single -"Bring Me to Stringer attests that the press, Europe- 450,000 of these in the 2004 International Guide Life," featuring Paul McCoy from 12 rather than radio, played the biggest U.K. -and sold 900,000 copies of recording artists managers promoters agents venues touring services tocility equipment Stones on vocals -on the soundtrack role in breaking the act in the key "Bring Me to Life" outside the U.S. to the Fox Studios movie "Daredevil" U.K. market. "Even when there's been no as an international "springboard." Stringer says, "It shows you can radio, it's worked through word -of- Sony Music U.K. chairman Rob bypass conventional media chan- mouth," he says. "It's even taken off Stringer concurs. "When we heard the nels, which is a fantastic thing, or in Australia. It shows you can still track on the `Daredevil' soundtrack, else we're in danger of creating a have success very quickly when there was a big buzz. But we had no homogenized environment, and that consumers start to talk about it. idea of what they looked like, and I depresses me. "They're also huge in Asia, where don't think they had ever played live." "It's the best [time] in Britain for they've sold 300,000 albums - music coming from the under- which is something I haven't seen Over 17,000 international listings: HOME -GROWN ground in 10 years. You can defi- from a rock act in a very long time," Fronted by 20- year-old Amy Lee, nitely bypass radio, and I'm very Levy continues. "In Japan, they Evanescence formed in Little Rock, excited by that -the press is back." entered straight at No. 1, which is ARTISTS CONCERT PROMOTERS Ark., at the end of the '90s, when the The record went top five in its unheard -of for a brand -new inter- singer met bassist/songwriter Ben fourth week on the Music & Media national artist." AGENTS & MANAGERS SOUND &LIGHTING Moody at youth camp. European Top 100 Albums chart. Levy says the band will tour Aus- Joined by guitarist John Le Two weeks later, it was at No. 1, a tralia and Japan through the end of SERVICES VENUES CLUBS Compt and drummer , position it has retained for two con- July; it will be in the U.S. during the band began songwriting togeth- secutive weeks. August and September and in EQUIPMENT RENTALS SECURITY SERVICES er and released a few EPs. It devel- "We have sold 1.8 million albums Europe Sept. 6 -Nov. 6. oped a following, despite never per- outside the U.S. since early April," Levy STAGING & SPECIAL EFFECTS forming live- because it couldn't says. "The setup of the project came SOPHOMORE SINGLE afford to pay musicians. very early -we received the demos in Evanescence's sophomore single CHARTER TRANSPORTATION Once signed in the U.S. by Wind- December, and we played them to the will coincide with the band's next up -home of Creed and 12 Stones- countries. Then it was very quick." European trip, Robertson says. The MERCHANDISERS INSURANCE COMPANIES Evanescence was given the chance "Bring Me to Life," released interna- song "Going Under" is just ramping to mature, a rarity in today's fast - tionally June 2, spent five consecutive up its campaign to rock radio, TV paced music business. weeks at No. 1 on the Music & Media and clubs-including the U.S. ORDER THE TALENT & TOURING "The industry was not ready for Eurochart Hot 100 Singles chart. "There are lots of tales of doom an act like this when we signed "For us, `Bring Me to Life' was a and gloom in the industry, and it is INTERNATIONAL GUIDE ONLINE: them," Lerner says. "We gave them breakthrough track, because it is the very tough, as we're selling less and the opportunity to grow, both as first single with nil-metal under- less," Levy says. "But when you see www.orderbillboard.com people and as performers. We knew tones that we have supported in a good band that is prepared to work we had found incredible talent." such a big way," says James Curran, hard, you can still sell big numbers. ! AL . o 92 Moody says, "We have a great head of music at London -based It's all about quality, and consumers chemistry, like brother and sister. We national rock station Virgin Radio, react to quality." Internationa 815- 734 -12 Fax: 740 -3 -5574 fight like crazy, but we love each where it is their most -played track. Lerner says, "Evanescence is the By Mail: Send payment of $139 plus $7 shipping other, too. We go through a lot "It has a which big breakthrough act this year ($15 for international orders) per directory with this ad to: don't commerciality and compromise when we're much of nü -metal does not have; it because they an emotional Billboard Directories, PO Box 2011, Marion, OH 43306. of stress strike Please add appropriate sales tax in NY, NJ, PA, CA, TN, MA, IL, writing like a lot of bands do. We have is a beautifully sung track with an nerve. Their music really speaks to OH, VA & DC. Orders payable in U.S. funds only. All sales are final. a similar vision, because we love our incredibly catchy chorus -a bit like the people." music so much." Meat Loaf meets Linkin Park." Some available on diskette or mailing labels, for information, The band was first targeted to the The first international territory to Additional reporting by Mark A. mail: mwie Christian marketplace, then meth- back the band was Spain, according Newman.

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www.americanradiohistory.com brick -and -mortar stores, according quarter alone, a 13% increase over Internet to Hastings. last year. In the first quarter, the "The subscription plan is the mas- 1,678 -store Movie Gallery generat- TRACKING NETFLIX'S SUBSCRIBER GROWTH ter stroke of the online rental mech- ed $168.6 million in revenue, a 37% anism," Andersen says. 1,200,000 increase over last year. Rentals Rise Netflix users pay $19.95 a month Meanwhile, Blockbuster, which for an unlimited number of has more than 8,500 company -oper- 1,000,000 movies. They can rent up to three ated and -franchised stores, totaled For DVDs titles at once from its selection of $1.39 billion in revenue in the sec- 15,000 offerings. More than half of ond quarter, a 9.5% increase over Continued from page 1 800,000 Netflix customers are guaranteed In last year's second -quarter total of a one -day delivery based on their :n $1.27 billion. caddy.com, formerly called dvdrental- proximity to the Netflix 600,000 distribu- CI) central.com. tion centers. The company cur- PERSONAL LINKS Though Blockbuster has entered rently has 20 distribution points in 400.000 If other online rental companies the online rental fray, spokesman the U.S. are going to expand or join the busi- Randy Hargrove says the area is "a As Netflix has grown, it also has ness, customer -friendly features will limited business opportunity" for increased its distribution centers 200,000 be critical. the chain. "Consumers spent more and implemented a "queue" feature Walmart.com and Netflix users than $8 billion on rentals last year for consumer selections. make lists of the movies they would in the U.S.," he says. "They spent less At walmart.com, consumers can 0 like to view. Netflix calls this a cus- than $200 million renting movies choose from one of three subscrip- 12/99 6/00 12/00 6/01 12/01 6/02 12/02 6/03 tomer's "queue." online." tion plans -for $15.54, $18.76 or DATA: NETFLIX Customers are automatically sent A Movie Gallery representative $21.94 a month -which allow for other DVDs listed in their queue would not comment on whether the two, three or four discs to be rented after they return previous rentals to the chain has plans for online at a time. The site carries 13,000 Netflix by mail. Netflix also recom- rentals. Calls to Hollywood Video titles and promises two -day deliver- natives to traditional video rentals. The VSDA reports that U.S. con- mends DVD titles based on cus- were not returned by press time. ies for 93% of the country. Buena Vista is testing Flexplay's lim- sumers spent $2.22 billion renting tomers' queue preferences. It sends A number of other retailers, in- Blockbuster's filmcaddy.com also ited -play, EZ -D discs in August in a 692.3 million DVDs in the first half out about 30 million personal rec- cluding Best Buy and Tower Rec- offers up to four films at a time for few markets nationwide (Billboard, of 2003, a 71.1% increase over the ommendations daily. ords, do not have any online rental $19.95. June 7). first half of 2002. The total rental Video suppliers praise this feature, plans but are keeping close watch on "The Internet allows for a good The disposable discs use a chem- market for VHS and DVD in the first because it can drive traffic to cata- this sector, according to company technology solution to avoid the late ical process that enables play for half was $4.34 billion, a 3.5% log or lesser-known titles. representatives. fees and overcharges that make only 48 hours, eliminating the need increase over last year's mid -year "With a studio like us that has An abundance of smaller online video stores their money," says Matt to return them to the retailer. total. smaller titles mixed in with big ones, DVD rental sites are also operating, Sevick, manager of Wal- Mart's DVD "We are looking forward to seeing While VSDA's Andersen was un- it helps create awareness for titles including cafedvd.com, that are direct -to -video or theatrical avenue.com, dvdbarn.com, dvdover titles that didn't see the light of day," night.com, qwikfliks.com and solod- New Line's Lasorsa says. "These vds.com. titles would get lost on a shelf in a Netflix, which launched in 1998, brick -and -mortar store." has grown into the largest online Netflix has taken this even further renter of DVDs, with a 5.5% share of with its recent launch of Netflix the total DVD rental market and First, a program designed to expose more than 90% of the online mar- customers to films they may not ket, according to New York -based otherwise see. research firm Alexander & Associ- Their first partner in the initiative ates. is Docurama, a documentary film label. Four Docurama projects are POTENT PATENT being made available at Netflix in an Although competition is building, exclusive window before they are Netflix may have some potent distributed elsewhere. weapons in its quest to maintain "This is sort of the equivalent of market leadership. opening a film in New York, Los In addition to being the first to SAVAGE: PACT WILL 'CREATE A BUZZ' LASORSA: IN LINE WITH 'QUEUE' FEATURE Angeles and Chicago and getting the establish itself as a significant online critics to create a buzz," says Steve rental brand, Netflix was recently rentals division. "We wanted to pres- how the test does," notes Matt able to provide figures detailing how Savage, president and co- founder of granted a patent on its rental sub- ent an honest and fair way of bring- Lasorsa, senior VP of marketing for much DVD business comes from New Video, the parent company of scription model (Picture This, Bill- ing people movies." New Line Home Entertainment. online rentals, he is certain that Docurama. "Netflix sees the big pic- board, July 12). Brick -and -mortar stores are just "Each new development will online rental spending has added a ture; they know this isn't going to The patent covers the entire beginning to get into subscription hopefully incrementally broaden the healthy nudge to the industry's make or break their business plan. rental process, including such ele- plans. category as opposed to cannibaliz- totals. It will help them serve their cus- ments as the return envelopes used Blockbuster has been testing a ing it. This could be a boon to us. We "Going forward, we're going to be tomers better." in each transaction. store -based subscription model have an obligation to try to meet able to identify the amount of turns Despite its success, Netflix says it Netflix is still determining how to called the Freedom Pass since last consumer needs," he adds. in online rentals," he says. is not tied to its mail -order model. wield this patent. "We are just study- summer in six markets and 700 What can already be identified is "In the long term, we plan on ing our options," Hastings says. stores. Customers can rent as many RENTAL MILESTONES the growth of Netflix. The company offering our consumers the choice The odds are likely that this will movies as they want, keeping two Increasingly, the consumer is generated revenue of $152.8 million of getting their DVDs by mail or not be a "sword of Damacles over the or three at a time, for about $25. opting for DVD rentals, whether last year. DVDs downloaded to their comput- industry," says Bo Andersen, presi- Fees vary in the different test mar- online or from traditional stores. Netflix launched its initial public er," Hastings says. "That won't be dent of the Video Software Dealers kets. DVD hardware sales have grown offering in May 2002 and posted its until at least a few years from now, Assn. (VSDA). "Sure, it could poten- Similarly, grocery chain Albert - steadily since the format's debut in first profitable three -month period but it is just a matter of time." tially be used as a market -clearing sons has launched a rental sub- 1997, and players are now in more in second -quarter 2003. CEO Hast- Blockbuster is also searching for device, but nobody wants to stunt scription plan at more than 800 than 50 million U.S. households, ings further reports that revenue for a way to combine online and in- the growth of online rental in gen- stores in California; Portland, Ore.; according to the DVD Entertain- 2003 is expected to hover around store rentals. eral." and Seattle. The plan costs $19.95 ment Group. $255 million. Netflix stock, which is "We believe the real win for Andersen believes Netflix will be per month. For the DVD rental business, a traded on the Nasdaq market, closed Blockbuster customers may be a willing to license the core elements Most in -store subscription plans number of milestones have been July 22 at $24.70, up from $11.45 on fully integrated store and online of its patent to other sites "at very are still in the test phase, as retail- reached of late. Jan. 1. combination," Hargrove says. reasonable terms." ers determine customer interest and For the first time, consumers Although these numbers are "This approach would allow our Netflix and other subscription the financial impact of decreased rented more DVDs than VHS cas- impressive for a 5- year-old start -up, customers to rent online or in one plans address the most common late fee revenue. More than 10% of a settes for the week ending June 15, they are no competition to the big of our stores and return their customer complaint about tradi- store's gross rental revenue can be according to the VSDA (Billboard, brick- and -mortar companies. movies by mail or to a store. They tional rentals: late fees. earned from late charges, according July 5). DVD rental revenue also sur- The 1,800 -store Hollywood Video would have the flexibility to rent Consumers annually fork over to the VSDA. passed VHS revenue for the first chain, for example, had $389.4 mil- either through a subscription pro- more than $1 billion in late fees to Studios also are looking for alter- time in the week ending March 16. lion in revenue during the second gram or a single transaction."

BILLBOARD AUGUST2,2003 www.billboard.com 69 www.americanradiohistory.com "No one's ever heard of BuyMusic. from downloads in the first year of ing music through iTunes can play sells portable digital music players, BuyMusic But after 14 days, if anyone watches business. their music on up to three comput- such as Nomad's new 5,000 -song, TV, they'll definitely know who Buy- ers, synch their collections with 20GB Jukebox Zen player, but not Music is," Blum says. "Hopefully DETAILS, DETAILS every iPod they own, burn unlimit- the iPod. that buzz will create more buzz." Leigh warns that the devil is in ed CDs of individual songs and burn The store is described as inde- Opens For The TV spots, with a minimalist the details when it comes to con- unchanged playlists up to 10 times pendent of online retailer buy.com, look reminiscent of the iTunes cam- sumer acceptance of any PC re- each. another Blum- controlled venture. paign, emphasize the starting price sponse to iTunes. While the labels agreed to these The company currently has a staff Windows point of 79 cents and direct watchers He says the popularity of any serv- consistent terms for iTunes, it of two: Blum, the CEO, and Liz to "get loaded." ice will depend on its consumer - appears they are still uncomfortable Brooks, the former VP of marketing Continued from page 1 Consistency issues aside, BuyMu- usage rules. with an iTunes- for-Windows con- for Napster, who has been hired to sic does offer substantial content, Such rules cover the number of cept. serve in a similar role for BuyMusic. environment, it is not as liberal as the and much of it is priced in the same copies that can be made of a song Much of the concern centers on Back -end commerce services for iTunes Music Store," Raymond James range as iTunes. security. BuyMusic are being powered by and Associates analyst Phil Leigh says. The service -which Some major labels want BuyServices, a wholly -owned sub- claims to have deals with to see greater control over sidiary of buy.com. BuyServices also NO STANDARDS all five major labels and a how many times a copy can negotiated BuyMusic's wholesale Unlike iTunes -which prices host of indies- boasts a be made, or synched to licensing agreements with the most singles at 99 cents and albums catalog of 300,000 tracks. another computer, before labels. at $9.99 and offers consistent porta- Songs sell for between making an iTunes -like Blum says that under the deals bility rules -BuyMusic downloads 79 cents and $1.49, while experience available for the with the majors, the rights granted have varying price points and func- albums retail for $7.95 CI. larger Windows market. to BuyServices only cover BuyMu- tionality rules. and up. The average track Compared with iTunes, sic. However, he says BuyServices "The problem with the industry is costs 99 cents; albums there are other shortcom- plans to expand its licensing deals so there's no digital rights standard typically cost $10. ings as well to the BuyMu- it can offer digital download servic- among the five major labels," Blum But even with mass sic experience. es to third parties. acknowledges. "But you have to marketing and competi- For one thing, it does not BuyMusic has been in develop- have standards, or the business tive prices, Blum (who is have one -click shopping - ment for the past six months, doesn't take off." fully funding the venture) a key attraction of iTunes. according to Blum. It is rooted in a Shortcomings aside, the dark - cautions that the service Further, the shopping digital music store buy.com was Lee -ding the Way. Buymusic.corn is running 2,500 TV ads fea- horse company is hoping its first - will take longer to scale experience is not embedded developing one year ago with Liq- turing Motley Crüe's Tommy Lee (seen here in a screen shot) aggressive up iTunes. That is in a music management uid Audio. That service never mover positioning and than to generate interest in its new pay -per-download service. The marketing will give it a leg up on the because Windows -based commercials have a minimalist look reminiscent of Apple software application. Buy- launched. half -dozen other media and tech- products have a much Computer's campaign for the iTunes Music Store. Music customers have to BuyMusic, which does not require nology powers looking to move into larger target audience. open a Web browser to pur- a subscription, marks the first the pay -per-download space in the "It's going to take some chase tracks. launch of a digital music store since coming months (see story, page 39). time," Blum says. "The PC side is and the number of times a song can Also, tracks are not directly the bow of Apple Computer's iTunes Blum is banking on his market- going to be completely opposite the be transferred to other computers portable to the PC- version iPod, Music Store in April. ing campaign to help create a cus- Mac side." and devices. Apple's popular digital music player, Services from AOL, listen.com tomer base for the service. He says BuyMusic will be a slow - The rules can vary, depending on because BuyMusic uses Windows and MusicMatch, among others, are Aliso Viejo, Calif. -based BuyMusic growth proposition compared with the rights granted by individual Media Audio files. expected to bow later this year. is spending a reported $40 million the eye -popping iTunes launch, labels. For example, a user might be Similar problems already exist in Early announcements from some on advertising -much of it in the which claimed 1 million download able to transfer a given track to a à la carte download offerings from companies on download store plans form of a current two -week nation- sales in the service's opening week. portable device unlimited times but Best Buy, Tower and FYE, all of are expected at the Jupiter P1ug.IN al TV ad blitz featuring former Möt- Still, Blum hopes to generate as only burn it to a CD three times. which are powered by Liquid Audio. conference being held July 28 -29 in ley Crue drummer Tommy Lee. much as $80 million in revenue By contrast, consumers purchas- As part of its service, BuyMusic New York.

Time Warner's online division. Pre- One was to establish that a rec- that records were genuine hits. office. He moved the RIAA office to viously, he was VP of communica- ord "industry" indeed existed, a new It was only in 1965 that the New Washington and set up the efficient Republican tions for AOL Time Warner and a upstart force in the domestic econ- York -based RIAA made forays into lobbying shop that exists today. strategist on policy and corporate omy. public policy in Washington. It used Berman left at the end of 1997 to communications issues. The second was to put in place a the Democratic -leaning D.C. law take the IFPI job and turned over To Head Buckley also logged time as sen- national technical "playback" stan- firm of Arnold & Porter as its gov- the reins to one of his first hires, ior VP of communications at the dard among the major companies ernment relations agent. Hilary Rosen. Fannie Mae Corp., managing the during the introduction of high - The RIAA's first president was All were dyed -in- the -wool Demo- RIAA? company's corporate communica- fidelity long play records (LPs). Stanley M. Gortikov, who had pre- crats. tions and advertising. It was important to assure the viously been the head of Capitol Gortikov and his wife are still Continued from page 6 industry's new, affluent, hi-fi -mind- Records. In 1987, Gortikov retired, active in anti -war efforts. Before his EVOLVING MISSION ed customers that the quality of and current International Federa- Warner Brothers and RIAA job, a couple of well- received comic nov- The RIAA was founded in the recordings would be consistent. tion of the Phonographic Industry Berman worked for a Democratic els and in his younger days con- 1950s, four decades before U.S. The other early goal was the chairman Jason Berman took the senator, and Rosen has been con- tributed rock criticism to Rolling record companies were folded in as establishment of the venerable RIAA helm. sistently mentioned as a Clinton Stone and The Village Voice. the corporate music divisions of gold (and later platinum and multi - A Washington insider, Berman White House insider. She has begun Today, Buckley is executive VP of international conglomerates. platinum) certification program, a had previously worked as the head a new career as a Democratic-lean - corporate communications for AOL Its initial goals were modest. classy promotion designed to ensure of Warner Communications' D.C. ing commentator on TV.

manufacturing and distribution ful- largely up to Caparro" whether he with AOL TW. contracts with Twentieth Century Cinram fillment contract, compared with wants to remain as WEA CEO. In 2001, Cinram began handling Fox and Artisan. Cinram's six years. Thomson SA was If he does, his responsibilities direct -to- retail distribution of Warn- To fund the purchase, Cinram - Continued from page 5 another suitor. would be fewer as a result of the er Home Video's DVD and VHS prod- which had no debt before the Cinram's offer was seen as better deal. Cinram gains WEA Manufac- uct in France. This followed from deal-secured a bank loan of $1.05 for WEA Manufacturing employees, turing, Warner Music Manufactur- distribution that Cin- billion and a $150 million revolv- recorded gains on the sale of Come- who were assured that no jobs would ing Europe, printing and packaging ram already had in place for Warner ing line of credit, at an effective dy Central and a settlement with be lost as a result of the deal. provider Ivy Hill, Giant Merchandis- Home Video in Canada and the interest rate of 5.3% for four to Microsoft. Revenue rose 6% to $10.8 Caparro has been on an unofficial ing and the physical distribution Benelux countries. seven years. billion. leave of absence during the bidding operations of WEA Corp. WEA's sales Cinram will now have exclu- "The interest component of the The sale to Cinram also puts in process. This was his second attempt and marketing operations remain sive, six -year agreements with debt is extremely favorable," Cinram doubt the future of Caparro. to put together a company that with WMG. Warner Home Video, Warner founder and CEO Isidore Philosophe Caparro headed an investment would consolidate manufacturing Sources say Caparro is taking Music Group and New Line Cine- tells Billboard. "I feel we can pay the group that is believed to have offered and fulfillment operations among some time to decide his next move. ma to manufacture, package and debt faster than we forecasted." more money-$1.3 billion -but major labels. Also aiding Cinram in its bid were distribute DVDs and CDs in North The deal is expected to close in asked AOL TW for an eight -year According to WMG sources, "it's longstanding business relationships America and Europe. It also has September.

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Rapper 50 662 -2838. 221- 6509 -7620. ner Honoring Bruce Lundvall, present- Cent is up for 10 awards including R &B /hip- July 29 -31, Video Software Dealers Aug. 14-16, Sixth Australasian Music ed by the Nordoff- Robbins Music Thera- hop album of the year and rap album of the Assn. Home Entertainment 2003 Con- Business Conference, Sydney Super- py Foundation, Essex House, New York. year for "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," R &B/hip -hop ference, Venetian Resort Hotel & Casi- dome Olympic Park, Homebush, Aus- 212 -707 -2818. ANTHONY HAMILTON MYSTIC single of the year for "In Da Club," and Sept. 11, Fifth Annual Grammy Golf Tournament, presented by the Chicago R &B/hip -hop artist of the year. Up against 50 chapter of NARAS, Harborside Golf Cent is Nellyfor R &B /hip-hop album of the year Group. He received the Boston Course, Chicago. 312 -786 -1121. and rap album of the year for "Nellyville." Hall of Fame honor in Sept. 13, 25th Annual Georgia Music R. Kelly is in the running for R &B/hip -hop B. Mur- 2001. Dee is survived by his father Hall of Fame Awards, Thomas album of the year for "Chocolate Factory" and and two siblings. Memorial contri- phy Ballroom, Georgia World Congress R &B hip-hop single of the year for "Ignition" LINES butions can be made to the Mikey Center, Atlanta. 770 -934 -0906. NAPPY ROOTS NOVEL Dee Musicians Benefit Trust, 580 Sept. 17 -19, Second Annual Ear to Scheduled to appear at the awards show are BIRTHS Harrison Ave., Fourth Floor, Da Streets Music Producer Conference, B.G., Tego Calderon, Dennis Da Menace, Ty Fyffe, Anthony Hamilton, Jacki 0, Little Girl, Rachael Presley, to Shelly and Boston, Mass. 02118. Graduate Center, City University of New Brother, Mobb Deep, Mystic, Nappy Roots, Novel and Kanye West, among others. Tony Jarman, June 25 in Franklin, York. 212 -368 -1628. Tenn. is a of Phil Ceccola, 48, of brain cancer, July Sept. 18 -20, Fourth Annual Father member contem- The awards show closes the 2003 Billboard /AURN R &B/HipHop Conference, porary Christian group Legacy Five. 12 in Souderton, Pa. Best -known for Americana Music Assn. Conference, which takes place Aug. 6-8 at the Roney Palace in Miami Beach. For more infor- his photographs of Bruce Springsteen, Renaissance Nashville Hotel. 615- or contact Michele Jacangelo at 646-654-4660. Boy, Isaiah Stephens, to Deborah Cox Ceccola's career as a behind- the-scenes 438 -7500. mation visit billboardevents.com and Lascelles Stephens, July 1 in Fort rock photographer began at age il, Sept. 21, Healing the Divide Benefit Lauderdale, Fla. Mother is an R &B when he took pictures of a Tempta- Concert, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Cen- recording artist. tions concert in Atlantic City, N.J. ter, New York. 212-582 -5400. Later, as managing editor of now - Sept. 22 -24, 2003 Billboard Dance Billboard Honors Betty Wright Boy, John Ross, to Ansley and Mike defunct alternative newspaper The Music Summit, Union Square Ballroom, Cooley, July 15 in Birmingham, Ala. Drummer, Ceccola photographed the New York. 646 -654 -4660. Father is a member of country-rock concerts of Billy Joel; Jimmy Buffett; Sept. 25, 2003 Chicago Heroes And Grandmaster Flash band Drive -By Truckers. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; David Awards, presented by the Chicago chap- Billboard will honor the extraordinary careers of Bowie; Fleetwood Mac; and Elton ter of NARAS, venue to be determined. Grandmaster Flash and Betty Wright with its second DEATHS John. His pictures of Springsteen were 312 -786 -1121. annual Founder's Awards at the 2003 Billboard -AURN Mikey Dee, 40, of pneumonia, July featured in , VH1's "Leg- Sept. 29 -Oct. 5, Annual World of 6 in Boston. Dee was a drummer for ends" documentaries and in the Bluegrass Trade Show and Fan Fest, R &B/Hip -Hop Awards show Aug. 8. The Founder's FLASH such local Boston music groups as singer's recent book, "Songs"; his 1975 presented by the International Bluegrass Awards recognize artists for their achievements and influ- GRANDMASTER Carolinas, the Heavy Fruit, Butter- shot of Springsteen is featured on the Music Assn., Galt House Hotel, Louis- ence on others in the R &B/hip -hop genre, as chosen by scott, the Willard Grant Conspiracy cover of the artist's "Tracks" album. ville, Ky. 615 -256 -3222. the editors of Billboard. and Star Crunch and performed Beginning Aug. 7, Ceccola's prints will musicals with the Boston Rock be exhibited at the Orbit Gallery in Submit items for Lifelines and Events DJ Grandmaster Flash, a rap innovator since the 1970s, Opera. Dee hosted "On the Town" Manayunk, Pa. 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BY TOM FERGUSON get back to the situation where those independents can grow and not be swallowed up. I hate this constant majors/indies cate- Peter Jamieson's career in the music industry stretches 37 gorization; independence is a state of mind. It's all about the years and encompasses three continents. thinking; there are some great independent cells within the During those years, he has been directly involved in the majors, and there are also some pretty lousy independents. domestic and overseas success of a string of U.K. acts, including

Queen, Duran Duran, the Pet Shop Boys, Lisa Stansfield, Rick Q. Is consolidation inevitable within the record industry? Astley and Nigel Kennedy. Born in the U.K. in 1945, Jamieson became the youngest ever A: The accountants tell me so. Part of the process of transi- managing director of an EMI company in 1973, when he took tion the industry is going through is contraction of the majors. over the helm of its Greek operation, EMI Lambropolous. Dur- In the established business, you've got 100 years of record com- ing the next two years, he steered the company to a market -lead- panies selling a non -physical product in physical form. Every ing position, before being lured back to his homeland as GM of single piece of infrastructure around the world is set up to do the international division at EMI Records U.K. that. That part of the industry is contracting, and the only way it He subsequently emigrated to oversee EMI's operations in seems the sums can keep making sense is for there to be more Australia and New Zealand, before returning once again in 1983 contraction. I hate it; I'm an expansionist. to the U.K. to head up EMI's British company. His travels next took him to the Asia- Pacific region, initially Q: How much of a threat is consolidation to the record as senior VP /CEO of BMG Asia Pacific, then from 1995 to 1997 industry in the U.K. broadcasting sector? as president of MTV Asia. MTV Networks International president Bill Roedy, to whom A: We have to fight for the continuing diversity of music, the Jamieson reported when at the music channel, calls him "an availability and access to music that we get from compulsory ideal representative for the music industry." Roedy describes license arrangements on radio. We've got to have access to regu- Jamieson as "a strong leader-professional, charismatic, ener- lators, to make sure that license -holders can't swallow each getic and articulate." He adds, "Peter helped build MTV Asia into other up and make playlist economies that work to the detri- the powerhouse that it is today." ment of British music. The amendments that we got into the A longtime proponent of industry trade bodies, Jamieson had Communications Bill, through the lobbying of the British Music been chairman of the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in Forum, go a long way toward creating those safeguards. 1988 -1989 and was named chairman of the International Feder- ation of the Phonographic Industry (Asia -Pacific) in 1994. Q: Last year, singles shipments in the U.K. fell 12%. Can Jamieson became the first full -time executive chairman of the the business turn that around, and, if so, how? BPI in October 2002. A. I see singles as being the most evolutionary of all the mar- Q. Why do you think you were chosen as the BPI's first full- kets. It's going to move from singles to tracks, it's going to be time chairman? The Last online and off-line -both physical and downloaded singles. I'm also a great believer in the two -track single selling at £1.99 A: I think I've got a pretty unique set of experiences for the [$3.15]. I believe we're going to move on to a situation where job. There isn't a market around the world that I haven't worked you may have short albums and long albums, but is it going to in-or am not familiar with-and that overseas experience be a viable thing for a five -track piece of product to be released? brought me a view of the U.K. in the world market. I really believe representative bodies looking after the collective inter- ord Q: What's the bigger industry problem: piracy or a consumer ests of the music industry can play a much greater role in this view that doesn't see its product as enticing enough? kind of transitionary period for an industry than they can in nor- mal times. That's why I went for this job. A: Music is as enticing as it always was. The public is just A 61 &A With Peter Jamieson telling us that our existing industry models are not adapting Q. Have the Brits lost the knack for selling their music fast enough to its needs. I believe that if we can "monetize" abroad? the Internet and other forms of music fairly, we will stimulate Peter Jamieson that demand even more. Once we are in tune with the con- A: It's just getting harder. All markets at the moment are in sumer, if we are able to monetize music properly and fairly on 2002 -present: Executive chairman, BPI some form of contraction, and it's a sign of contraction that they a track basis, we are in for the biggest boom since the inven- 1997 -2002: CEO, Linguaphone Group; director,Telstar Music Group become more insular. America in particular is becoming very tion of the CD. 1995 -1997: President, MTV Asia insular, for all sorts of cultural and political reasons. For exam- 1989 -1995: Senior VP /CEO, BMG Asia Pacific ple, recent events have made getting U.S. visas for acts very, very Q: How much of a boost to the European music business 1987 -1988: Chairman, RCA/BMG U.K. difficult. To get over that, [we're] going to need the strength of would a cut in VAT on recorded music provide? 1983 -1986: Managing director, EMI Records, U.K. and Eire something like the BPI and trade partners -and [the] govern- 1980 -1982: Managing director, EMI Records, Australia ment's understanding that we need assistance. If there was a cut, in recognition of music being a cultural 1978 -1979: Managing director, EMI Ltd., New Zealand A: product, it would be a huge stimulus. But there are two steps in 1976 -1977: GM, international division, EMI Records U.K. Q: The U.K. industry has two labels bodies, the BPI and the the VAT process. One is to get recorded music VAT -listed as cul- 1973 -1975: Managing director, EMI Lambropolous, Greece Assn. of Independent Music, representing indie companies. Is tural goods; the second is to try and influence the individual tax 1971 -1972: Commercial director, EMI Middle East/EMI Columbia Greece that a problem? regimes in Europe. 1969 -1970: Executive assistant to managing director, EMI Records, Spain Governments have to understand that the legitimate music 1966 -1968: Management trainee, EMI Limited U.K. A: It's frustrating. I think it particularly irritates the govern- business is having to compete with "free" music and with crimi- ment that there are two associations; they would prefer there to Married to classical musician Jane Jamieson; three children nality. Countries whose great skills are in the creative industries be one. Four years ago, the independent sector split [to form have got to take a more serious view on how they are going to AIM] because some independent members of the BPI left the bring us all back to the same table. help those industries. table. It would certainly be a good thing if we could reverse that. As our pricing models try and narrow the gap between "up The agenda is now on the table to do everything that the inde- Q: Do indie labels have any role other than feeding majors, there" and free, taxation simply works against us and makes it pendents require, but it's difficult to do it with only some of or as a home for niche genres? harder. So this is a huge issue. It's not simply a European VAT them within the BPI. The issues that divide the majors and the issue, it's about the government understanding how to work in indies are so small -compared to those the industry is facing - A: Of course. Their role is to develop and break acts, and if we the 21st century with intellectual property and copyright. I don't it's just a question of finding the right way and the right time to have a very healthy, prosperous industry going forward, we will think they get it -yet.

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