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his debut album The Way I'm Made Includes "Horseshoes" 2- RPM - Monday June 12, 2000 Verve/Universal release new Denial Sinclaire album tribute Unforgettable. As Densil Pinnock, he released two previous Hot on the heels of the enormous international vocalist-pianist," notes Ken Druker, label manager albums, IWaited For You and Mona Lisa, appeared success of BC native Diana Krall, Verve Records is for Verve. in numerous stage productions and starred in his offering the new release, titled IFound Love, from Sinclaire is agraduate of McGill University, own Bravo! television special. He also received the Vancouver native Denzal Sinclaire, formerly known obtaining a Bachelor of Music Degree in jazz Jazz Report male jazz vocalist award three years as Densil Pinnock. performance. Having performed at various festivals running (1994-97). The album, recorded in Vancouver, is an all- throughout Europe and North America, Sinclaire has IFound Love was released to retail on May Canadian production, featuring three original tracks performed with the likes of Jimmy Heath, Richard 23. Sinclair is slated to perform at the Vancouver written by Sinclaire and longtime collaborator Bill Wyans and Campbell Ryga. In April of this year he East Cultural Centre (June 27) and the Montreal Coon. The songs highlight Sinclaire's strong tenor portrayed Nat King Cole in the acclaimed musical International Jazz Festival (July 6). vocals and Coon's arrangements. According to Mark Miller of The Globe And HMV Canada promotes Best Unsigned Band Mail, "He is a smooth, dry tenor that positively HMV, in conjunction with the North By Northeast promoted in the HMV exposed new artist program. shines on the long notes. When he trifles with asong, Festival and Universal Music Canada, are Under this program, the band's CD will be he does so gently...he might steal afew liberties sponsoring a promotion to find Canada's best prominently racked in all HMV stores across the putting his excellent timing and innotation to the unsigned band. Beginning June 8, HMV exposed, country. The band will also receive listening post test and elongating amelody in away that brings the retailer's national developing artist program, will placement, in-store promotion, advertising and on- new emphasis to alyric." host The Best Unsigned Canadian Band Contest to line presence through HMV.com. Other than the three Sinclaire/Coon originals, promote the hottest young talent to be seen at this According to HMV North America marketing the album will also feature amixture of jazz and year's NXNE Festival. director Mike Arsenault, "This year marks the launch pop standards from the likes of Roberta Flack, Burt Fans attending the festival are encouraged to of the HMV exposed program in Canada and the Bacharach and The Beatles. fill out contest ballots and place their votes for the first year of its North By Northeast Festival "Denzal's performance on this album has truly best band at any of the 27 festival venues or on-line sponsorship. We're delighted to be involved with confirmed his reputation as an exceptional jazz at HMV.com. The winning band will have aCD the festival and to expand our role in promoting new manufactured and distributed by Universal. Upon artists such as J. Englishman, Elwood, jacksoul, Bessie Markouzis to release, the CD will be made available at HMV Travis, 3Doors Down and McMaster & James to Loggerhead promotions exclusively for 60 days and will be prominently Canadian music lovers." Andrew McCain, president of Loggerhead Records, has announced the appointment of Bessie Markouzis Rik Emmett signs with Bob Roper management to the position of national promotions manager. Former Triumph frontman, now multi-dimensional Magazine, a teacher at Humber College, and a Markouzis joins Loggerhead from True North.. solo artist Rik Emmett has signed anew agreement member of the board of directors of the Songwriters "We are thrilled to have Bessie as part of our with the Bob Roper Company, aToronto-based Association of Canada. team," noted McCain. "We are confident in her skills management firm. Emmett's upcoming new album, Live At and are looking forward to the results." Emmett, who helped guide Triumph to a Berklee, was recorded in Boston earlier this year, In other moves at Loggerhead, Lori Chappell number of gold and platinum records in Canada and and will be released in Canada on June 4, with a moves over to national sales and marketing; Juliet throughout the world in the '70s and '80s, has release in Europe and the US to follow. Suddaby has been appointed to the position of develop an intriguing solo career in the years since The artist is also in the midst of refurbishing business affairs manager and Jodi Sylvester is upped his split with Triumph. The singer/songwriter/ his website (www.rikemmett.com), and his music to marketing assistant. guitarist has recorded four CDs on his own Open will be featured in the upcoming Jason Priestly film Loggerhead's roster of artists includes Ashley House label, started his own publishing company Highwayman. As well, Emmett will make his acting MacIsaac, the Carson Downey Band, See Spot Run, (with international sub-publishing deals), and debut in the forthcoming Canadian TV movie the Punters, Denise Murray and Wayne Nicholson. continued his work as a contributor to Guitar Conspiracy Guy, to be seen on the Space Channel later this year. Commenting on the new partnership, Roper noted, "He's made major steps towards establishing himself as asolo artist; he played some 60 concerts last year in smaller theatres, listening clubs and festivals. And now we're planning tours in Australia and Japan in the fall." Bob Roper is the former tour manager with Supertramp and A&R executive who previously helmed the solo career of Larry Gowan. Universal, Canoe and Sun team for Top 20 songs Universal Music Canada, Canoe.ca and Sun Publishing are joining forces to determine the top 20 Canadian rock songs of all time, in avote to be determined by the public. Beginning this past Sunday (June 4), music fans could find ballots either by logging on to Canoe.ca or by checking out the daily Sun newspaper in Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton. The ballot features amaster list of 100 Canadian rock songs from the past 30 years. Voters can choose their top 20 from that list, or write in their own if it isn't on the master. The voting period will end on Canada Day (July 1), at which time the final list of 20 tunes will be compiled. That list of 20 will then appear on asingle CD (subject to rights approval/clearance) to be released in the fall, with partial proceeds going to the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund. Fans who vote will be eligible for various prize Following their 3X platinum presentation (cover shot), Blink182 pose with some of the Universal packages, including entire catalogues of all 20 artists staff with their new hardware. (Photos by Dustin Rabin) chosen for the compilation. AVAILABLE NOW!

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dated May 29, and it looks like he is moving onto As the morning goes!!! It'll take more than a online in abig way and servicing abunch of radio crowbar and all the CRTC's kings, queens, bishops, cantrsAys... stations to boot (EC: You know what they say, old rooks and pawns to dump humpty-dumpty Howard radio programmers never fade away, or something Stem from Canadian airwaves. (EC: You got the like that!!!) inside???) The guy just gets worse and worse and worse, which parlays into more and more and more Remember back when??? Iremember it well radio listeners. Don't have the exact cumes from ... when keenly competitive, bushy-tailed aggressive the recent Toronto book, but Q's share in the program directors, or as they're called today, morning must be through the roof, and maybe even operations managers, used to hunt high and low more since that million buck US giveaway to one of across both Canada and the US in search of, of all those Toronto (Grimsby) listeners. The on-air trivia rvith Elvira Capreese people, morning personalities. You know what they contest was sponsored by Jackpot.com, an online say, as the morning show goes, so goes the rest of Ish ud have known!!! Well! EC stands corrected. casino ... and Stern gave away the bundle, on-air, the day, with a few exceptions of course. I'm Iguess we should have said "the record business". and don't think that wasn't blanketed by the print reminded that one of those programming geniuses, AG took the time to correct us. Funny how you forget media. (EC: A million US bucks? How much was he JRW, outfitted akid with acar and expensive tape things and people after you don't hear from them left with after taxes???) recorder and sent him as far west as Saskatoon, as for along time. (EC: Send them arate sheet!!!) far east as Boston and St. John's and down as far as Raff i's got guts!!! One clown out... another clown Lew has heart!!! What apleasant surprise this Nashville. His job was to tape the morning shows at in. No sooner had children's entertainer Raffi told past weekend to hear Tom Fulton on-air at CFRB in various stations along the way. Out of acouple promoters that he was out because amajor corporate Toronto. He was filling in for John Donabie, another hundred samplings, they picked up only afew big sponsor of the Vancouver Children's Festival was seasoned on-air personality who holds down the voices. But it gave the kid doing the taping, an idea displaying product throughout the site, then in steps morning slot for weekends on `RB. Fulton spread of what radio was all about. Iwonder where he is Fred Penner. Now, who's right? The major sponsor his wings early in his career from his home in now? (EC: Probably one of those great voices who was Kia Motors (EC: Maybe they don't have kid's Quesnel, BC, Ithink it was sometime in the late was put out to pasture!!!) seats!!!) '60s, and he landed in Toronto where he became Dirty pool... or what??? That online gossip sheet Trouble for a big box??? They came in with a very popular at CKFH. You know what they say ... zeros in on the president of aCanadian independent bang and went head to toe with acouple of other "old DJs ..." I'm sure you know the rest. Come to label... and it isn't too complimentary. Sounds like big boxers and tried to cover not only the book think of it, there are more than afew great voices sour grapes from someone who was privy to the industry, but the record business. Early signs would out there who were put out to pasture too soon. Most sanctum sanctorum of the operation. What's that old seem to indicate they bit off more than they could of them have probably put their egos to rest and expression ... "sticks and stones will break my bones, chew. After squeezing out all the moms and pops would just like another kick at the mike. (EC: Is Lew but words will never hurt me" ... or something like and quality service operations, like the Book Cellar, the only broadcaster with heart???) that. Both AMs will survive ... with or without each Britnells and even Lichtman's, they suddenly came The grass is greener!!! Just got wind of aveteran other. (EC: Ambiguous ... but Iget it!!!) face to face with too much competition. Something programmer who was lucky to get that early signal has to give. (EC: Like whatshisface says "the times Some real gossip!!! That same gossip sheet is to shift down and spend more time with his family. they are achangin"!!!) predicting avery popular diva from amajor label is Although he was turned off at the time he got the about to ride off into the sunset, probably because This and that!!! (EC: What's this?) GD is getting gate, he's happy now that it happened. He has of avery lucrative offer. TM is alittle worried about boring, too political and lonely since he lost DT or become even more recognized on both sides of the the skeletons she might reveal that are still in his TW!!! The Sun don't shine anymore!///Search the border and he's having fun with his nine and 12- closet. (EC: Not another industry exposé???) Globe for more celebrity news and photos. It is the year old kids. And he still has his finger on the pulse new millennium, and tradition is one thing ... but of things. If you happen to be up Leddington, A corporate structural fault??? Things are obsolecence is hard to spell!///Crap TV! New phrase Michigan way, there's asmall town station there with getting alittle testy in New York and abroad over that means the lowest form of Cancon just to squeek the ingenious call letters of WMOM. The station is the latest coup by CD. Apparently the millions paid by. A licence to expand and expand and ahybrid between Top 30 and alternative, aformat him to go away wasn't enough. They've wooed him expand!! \\\Behind the scenes on the way to the that would work in urban-blighted Toronto. There's with afew more million to come back and do it again, BCAs. May be agood story for next week's edition aCancon connection at the station with Stone Jones with another label. Is SZ on the hot seat ... or what??? or save it for the book!///Yes Idid! No Ididn't! Yes (aka WC) doing the news. (EC: Urban-blighted (EC: You tell us!!!) Iwould if the offer had come from another paper! If Toronto???) The official word??? All we got was FIFO ... it does, Iwill! (EC: We'll miss you!!!) How does Remember Roy Hennessy??? He was once the and that four letter word is too violent to repeat Elvira Says grab you? (EC: A star is born!!!) (EC: In this column???) so we'll still wait to hear kingpin of Vancouver radio not to mention, the [email protected] centre fold of McLean's Magazine, alocal monthly the official word. We did hear about the hole in the ... Ithink that's the spelling ... and we ran the whole deep pockets ... something like $1.8 million, some The more "hits" the better fold thing in RPM. Anyway, Mr. Hennessy, as he's of which is buried in that tits-up operation that was now addressed, is the president of MediaNet supplying avideo chain that pulled out of music. So Communications, aToronto-based full service with can you blame AG for turning nasty? He's never FREE OF CHARGE alist of services three pages long, who recently lost before. At least with all his experience he should signed adeal with webradio.com. You can catch up have the savvy to belly up to the public trough. If he RPM on the INTERNET to Mr. Hennessy's career through avery informative hasn't, he has an expert on side who will show him piece in the National Post by Peter Kuitenbrouwer, how. (EC: You won't get the official word now!!!) rpmweekly.com RPM - Monday June 12, 2000 -5 Chanelle Dupre: Making Her Move towards success songs, it was sometime before she received the appropriate funding from FACTOR to actually head by Ron Rogers performances in the Toronto area, the sheer financial into the studio to record the album. burden of getting there is asignificant stumbling Once that funding arrived, she brought in Trying to make it as an independent artist today is block. respected rock producer Dale Penner (Matthew tough enough, but trying to do it in the dance/pop "Dance music is happening in Toronto, and I Good, Econoline Crush) to handle the production field, and out of Vancouver, makes the task doubly do have alot of opportunities over in Toronto to chores. The choice of Penner might seem an odd difficult. perform, but it does cost money to get out there. one, given the nature of her material, but Dupre felt But Chanelle Dupre seems undaunted by the And that's really the only challenge, the fact that that using Penner would help to differentiate her mountainous task in front of her. Filled with the kind my genre of music is better received out east, but it music from the rest of the pop/dance field. of unbridled exhuberance that's necessary to make costs you alot of money to get down there." The recording process was an exhausting one, it in the rock and roll business, Dupre is also armed Dupre admits to still being something of a however. The nature of the FACTOR funding with ahost of talent, not to mention afair degree of novice when it comes to the dog-eat-dog world that requires the artist to work as quickly as possible, in business savvy. is the music business. She is still occasionally set order to cut down on the studio time. As aresult, A lot of that confidence comes from her back at the difficulties inherent in trying to promote the entire album was recorded in less than aweek, training. Dupre began studying dance when she was herself and her music —just trying to get her name with Dupre spending hour after hour each day still atoddler, and shortly thereafter turned her out there. recording all the vocal tracks. Thankfully, Penner attention to music. She started with piano lessons at was apatient producer, and was able to handle age eight, eventually completing the Royal Dupre's penchance for perfection. Conservatory of Music's program in both piano and "Dale was great, he's avery pleasant guy to voice. Not content with just the piano and voice work with, and he works well under stress, which is training, she's also accomplished on the guitar, bass, good, because I'm avery demanding person. But I percussion and violin. knew what Iwanted, and it was amatter of trying to But, while she certainly has the talent and make it fit within the budget. When you have training to perform in the classical field, Dupre FACTOR funding, and it's your main source of actually shies away from the genre, feeling that the financing, it's actually quite difficult, because you're strict, regimented classical world would hinder her pressed for time, and you're pressed for money as own creativity. well. But FACTOR is agreat organization, they've "I just find that performing classical music funded all of my demos, so they've really helped." involves way too many restrictions, and it restricts With her album topping Vancouver's local indic your creativity. I've done my years and years of charts, and her songs popping up on radio throughout reading and exams and theory, and Ijust felt I'd had the country, Dupre took advantage of her newfound enough of that, and Ineeded to go in adifferent notoriety to help out some worthy causes. In addition direction, because it hinders you creatively. But I to working for the Children's Wish Foundation of found that it was avery difficult transition between Canada, Dupre has also helped organize fundraising performing music that was given to you, and creating events for the Canadian Cancer Society and the BC it. " Children's Hospital. Dupre released her debut self-titled CD in 1999, Most recently, she helped arrange afundraiser an album containing 10 of her own compositions. at the Purple Onion Cabaret in Vancouver, featuring The lead single from the album, Always On My herself and other local female artists, with the Mind, wound up placing first in the CDIS national proceeds going to set up ascholarship fund to help songwriting competition, and garnered the artist a local young women trying to start out on amusical '99 West Coast Music Award for best urban/hip- career. hop release. Ultimately, the song reached the And she's also busy with other projects, playlists of several stations across the country, while including afilm proposal which will take her to LA the dance clubs picked up on it and two other songs sometime in the next few weeks. At some point after from the album —Run To Me and Something Over that, she'd like to get to Toronto ta perform some Me. press and promotion, provided the price is right. The emerging interest from radio, and the Meanwhile, her work has captured the attention recognition via the West Coast Music Awards, Dupre of at least acouple of major labels from south of the feels she's ready to take her musical career to the border. And while she had nothing to announce just Of course, the fact that she's doing most of the next level. The only problem standing in her way yet, Dupre is hopeful that something will come out promotional work herself makes her job that much may be her location. Vancouver is aproven rock of the talks. tougher. But in some ways, it's also refreshing to town, but when it comes to dance or pop music, the "I obviously can't say anything at this point, hear an artist so determined and so focused on interest just isn't there. but there are acouple of labels who are looking into success, and willing to make her own calls to the Toronto is obviously the place where Dupre's everything, and there's one who's in communication media for coverage. music would work best, but knowing that and being with me almost every day. So we'll see what And the fact that she has asubstantial group of able to do something about it are two entirely happens." different things. While Dupre would love to set up people backing her up, including ahost of corporate the usual array of promotional stops and sponsors, makes her struggle just atad easier. "If Ididn't have the support of the people I have backing me right now, it'd be really difficult. Major Label Services: It's astruggle out there, because you don't make the money initially. Imean, my own dancers are putting COURIERS TO THE their own money in to travel -that's how badly they MUSIC INDUSTRY want this thing to work. But I'm so lucky that Ihave VINYL RECORDS! corporate sponsors who pay for things like 7"8, 12" instruments, clothes for whatever appearances I have. So it's not really amoney situation for me, I SHORT RUN CDS! think it's more acase of I've proven my drive and 24 hr turnaround - no minimum passion for it, and they've decided to come on board because it's rewarding for them. COURIER CO. LTD. GRAPHIC DESIGN "I think every independent artist just tries to SPECIALIZED PACKAGING keep their head above water, and it's difficult, for www.yorkregion.net/tac sure, because you have to juggle afull-time job at the same time, and then I'm doing my own radio d Mie- USIC tracking, publicity, everything. So it's definitely a (905) 470-1390 M ANUFACTURING challenge." 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IDid It -Britney Spears Sour Girl -Stone Temple Pilots Givin' Up On You - Lara Fabian Don't Make -Shannon Curfman Tattooed -Damhnait Doyle Bent -Matchbox Twenty Breathe -Faith Hill Fa Fa -Guster Breathe -Nickleback ITurn To You -Christina Aguilera Adam's Song -Blink 182 Taking You Home -Don Henley macic IDisappear -Metallica Someday Out Of The -Elton John Kryptonite -3 Doors Down You Sang To Me -Marc Anthony evee Broadway -Goo Goo Dolls Show Me -Backstreet Boys 10 Days Late -Third Eye Blind OSHAVVA PEACE RIVER IWant You To Need -Celine Dion SHAWN TURNER KASZ MICHAELS MONCTON YOU'RE A GOD ABUSED el el Y Vertical Horizon J. Englishman MIKE SHANNON Never Let You -Third Eye Blind Absolutely -Nine Days Kryptonite -3 Doors Down k1 id 1 Ll vi1A Desert Rose -Sting Change Your Mind -Sister Hazel Someday Out Of The -Elton John Mrs. Potter's -Counting Crows Jumpin'Jumpin' -Destiny's Child Maria Maria -Santana Keeping working Broadway -Goo Goo Dolls Somebody Waits -Blue Rodeo Bent -Matchbox Twenty Canada's with Fa Fa -Ouster Wasn't Man Enough -Toni Braxton My Music At Work -Tragically Hip I'm Gonna Make You -Jayhawks Wanna Be With You -Mandy Moore Only God Knows Why -Kid Rock entertainment industry RADIO & RETAIL Bent -Matchbox Twenty Give Me You -Mary J. Blige Settle -Headstones informed for more than Heavy Things -Phish Bent -Matchbox Twenty Sleepless -Jann Arden to compile our charts Baby -Robert Bradley's Blackwater I'm Outta Love -Anastacia With Arms Wide Open -Creed 36 years The Cure -Maybe Someday Otherside -Red Hot Chili Peppers ITry -Macy Gray RPM - Monday June 12, 2000 -7

e__', C H S I MEDICINE HAT i REGINA JAMES RICHARDS YORKTON MARC STEVENSON KISS THIS LISA ROBERTS ALMOST DOESN'T COUNT Aaron Tippin MY HEART SAYS YES Mark Wills SAINT JOHN Cold Day In July -Dixie Chicks John Landry/Stacey Lee Chain Of Love -Clay Walker Black -Amanda Stott DERRICK BARR Flowers -Eric Heatherly Dance -Womack/Sons of Desert Runni Wild -Johnny Reid COUNTRY COMES TO TOWN Me Neither -Brad Paisley Yes -Chad Brock Unconditional -Clay Davidson Toby Keith Dance -Womack/Sons of Desert Moment -Collin Raye What About Now -Lonestar Horseshoes -Adam Gregory Yes -Chad Brock More -Trace Adkins Faith In You -Steve Warmer Daylight -Rascall Flatts Some Things -Tim McGraw Only You -Farmer's Daughter Some Things -Tim McGraw End Of World -Allison Paige Horseshoes -Adam Gregory Some Things -Tim McGraw Only You -Farmer's Daughter Yes -Chad Brock PETERBOROUGH What About Now -Lonestar Flowers -Eric Heatherly Your Everything -Keith Urban Moment -Collin Raye Flowers -Eric Heatherly I'll Be -Reba McEntire Horseshoes -Adam Gregory BRIAN ELLIS What About Now -Lonestar Dance -Womack/Sons of Desert Always Be Loved -Brooks & Dunn Same Things -Poverty Plainsmen Rubber -Sunshine Shame On Me -VVilkinsons todMis Mrj7" not, ertuttry More -J. Englishman She's More -Andy Griggs 750 Everything You -Vertical Horizon I'll Be -Reba McEntire crcrun Workin' It -Don Henley Black -Amanda Stott 5 FM Settle -Headstones Ci 11R DAUPHIN CHET Pumping On Your -Supergrass . BRUCE LEPERRE CHETWYND Nothing As It Seems -Pearl Jam ilae 13e6t Cotehnit STORY OF MY LIFE DONNA McCORKELL Crowd Surfing -Dunk MELFORT Jessica Robinson LONELY Bent -Matchbox Twenty Tracy Lawrence Always Getting -Blue Rodeo New Country FM CAL GRATTON Same Things -Poverty Plainsmen ANGELINE She's More -Andy Griggs The Way -Jo Dee Messina DURHAM Sean Hogan Yes -Chad Brock Hurts Me -Chris Cummings Horseshoes -Adam Gregory Éi141Phbh i gtO Pod100,3 fm You Love Me -Faith Hill Change -Sons of Desert PETER WALKER Moment -Collin Raye Nine Minutes -Yankee Grey IWill -SheDaisy THERE YOU ARE Heart -Landry & Lee Yes -Chad Brock Need You -Blackhawk Martina McBride Dance -Womack/Sons of Desert Dance -Womack/Sons of Desert What About Now -Lonestar Chain Of Love -Clay Walker Dance -Womack/Sons of Desert Moment -Collin Raye Dance -Womack/Sons of Desert Unconditional -Clay Davidson Unconditional -Clay Davidson Some Things -Tim McGraw Horseshoes -Adam Gregory Jump -Rick Tippe MATT MAULER Yes -Chad Brock More -Trace Adkins Love -Tracy Byrd SMILE More -Trace Adkins Horseshoes -Adam Gregory Loved By Me -Brooks & Dunn Need to Do -Kenny Chesney 1050 Wide Mouth Mason Unconditional -Clay Davidson You Love Me -Faith Hill Kryptonite -3 Doors Down Chain Of Love -Clay Walker Moment -Collin Raye ÇJNB FTledianet_ My Music At Work -Tragically Hip o Chain Of Love -Clay Walker Sour Girl -Stone Temple Pilots Hurts Me -Chris Cummings ÇIIMS TORONTO Take A Look Around -Limp Bizkit Horseshoes -Adam Gregory Wonderful -Everclear NORTH BATTLEFORD BILL WILSON With Arms Wide Open -Creed WHEN YOU COME BACK DOUG HARRISON Strange Days -Matthew Good Band PETERBOROUGH Garth Brooks KISS THIS Smile -Wide Mouth Mason e711.exia. The Way You Love Me — Faith Hill BRIAN YOUNG Aaron Tippin Judith -Perfect Circle She's More — Andy Griggs 2 LET'S MAKE LOVE Painted On My Heart -The Cult 4.7r Dance -Womack/Sons of Desert Last A Moment — Collin Raye Faith Hill/Tim McGraw NEW COUNTRY Need You -LeAnn Rimes What INeed — Kenny Chesney She's More -Andy Griggs Black -Amanda Stott Chain Of Love — Clay Walker Tie MAX VANCOUVER Yes -Chad Brock What About Now -Lonestar Yes! — Chad Brock Chain Of Love -Clay Walker Heart -Warren Bros Dance — VVomacic/S.O.T. Desert MARK PATRIC fél Unconditional -Clay Davidson Almost -Mark Wills More —Trace Adkins MADE ANY DIFFERENCE Moment -Collin Raye Horsehoes -Adam Gregory Flowers — Eric Heatherly Allison Krauss Best Day -George Strait Must Be Love -Alan Jackson Never Change —Tim McGraw PRINCE GEORGE Rose -Rogers & Krauss You Love Me -Faith Hill You Are -John M.Montgomery Chain Of Love -Clay Walker Need To Do -Kenny Chesney LOCHLIN CROSS Hurts Me -Chris Cummings Must Be Love -Alan Jackson PROMISE Moment -Collin Raye More -Trace Adkins Eve 6 You Love Me -Faith Hill Flowers -Eric Heatherly Pumping On Your -Supergrass Some Things -Tim McGraw Otherside -Red Hot Chili Peppers YL COUNTRY Back to Hamilton Need To Do -Kenny Chesney Kryptonite -3 Doors Down She's More -Andy Griggs PEACE RIVER Mrs. Potter's -Counting Crows for 2001 Juno Awards Horseshoes -Adam Gregory Bounce -Danko Jones KASZ MICHAELS What About Now -Lonestar Comes & Goes -Moist LETS MAKE LOVE In ajoint statement from CARAS president Daisy Falle Sad To Say -Mighty Bosstones Faith Hill/Tim McGraw and CBC executive director of A&E programming With Arms Wide Open -Creed Nine Minutes -Yankee Grey Deborah Bernstein, it was announced that the Juno Nothing As It Seems -Pearl Jam Flowers -Eric Heatherly Settle -Headstones Daylight -Rascal Flatts Awards will move back to Hamilton next year for its 30th Dance -Womack/Sons of Desert anniversary awards presentation. 104 hn Yes -Chad Brock Falle points out that "Copps Coliseum and the people Power classic rock WELLAND What About Now -Lonestar I'll Be -Reba McEntire of Hamilton have been incredibly supportive of our show, BRIAN SALMON KELOWNA More -Trace Adkins COLD DAY IN JULY having hosted it four times over the past six years. They Your Everything -Keith Urban ROB BYE Dixie Chicks Lessons -Tracy Lawrence helped us move the show up anotch in 1995 when we Bent -Matchbox Twenty Need To Do -Kenny Chesney held our first ever large arena show at Copps, so it seems Kryptonite -3 Doors Down Chain Of Love -Clay Walker only fitting for them to share with us in this special year More -J.Englishman Yes -Chad Brock Nothing As It Seems -Pearl Jam e6.7cHYR You Love Me -Faith Hill COUNTRY MUSIC RADIO of the Junos." Mrs. Potter's -Counting Crows Dance -Womack/Sons of Desert LEAMINGTON "CBC Television is committed to the development Sour Girl -Stone Temple Pilots Must Be Love -Alan Jackson Strange Days -Matthew Good Band of Canadian talent," says Bernstein. "and our partnership Some Things -Tim McGraw HEIDI HOTZTETZLOFF My Music At Work -Tragically Hip Flowers -Eric Heatherly COME BACK TO ME with CARAS ensures that the entire country can share in Broadway -Goo Goo Dolls Moment -Collin Raye Garth Brooks celebrating some of the world's greatest musicians. Over It's My Life -Bon Jovi Daylight -Rascal Flatts Yes -Chad Brock the last few years, the awards show has increased the Unconditional -Clay Davidson ATTENTION Dance -Womack/Sons of Desert number of musical acts and garnered a more youthful Programmers & Music Directors Moment -Collin Raye audience. The 30th anniversary show promises to be the More -Trace Adkins most exciting Juno Awards ever." Please submit all Top 10 playlists and Some Things -Tim McGraw hit picks before noon on Wednesdays Chain Of Love -Clay Walker The awards presentation will be televised live on Need to Do -Kenny Chesney CBC Television on March 4, beginning at 8 pm (local Fax to: Rachel Buddel -416-425-8629 I'll Be -Reba McEntire Same Things -Poverty Plainsmen time), 9pm (AT) and 9:30 pm (NF). er:100 HIT TRACKS sre it where to find them

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IDID IT AGAIN 35 35 15 DEAR LIFE 68 69 25 IF YOU SLEEP Britney Spears •Oops! ...I Did Ir Again Chantal Kreviazuk -Colour Moving And Still Tal Bachman - Tal Bachman Zomba 44175 (CD Track) -N Columbia 80391 (comp 95) -H Elk Columbia 67956 (comp 93) -H 4 12 BE WITH YOU 36 41 5 SUNSHINE 69 70 11 ANOTHER DUMB BLONDE Enrique Iglesias -Enrique Rubber -Self Titled Hoku -Snow Day OST lnterscope 069 480 540 (CD Track) J WEA 29884 (pro single) -P 1St Interscope 069 490 598 (comp 4039) -J 3 2 9 THONG SONG mEri 44 5 IS SHE A LOT LIKE ME 70 78 58 STEAL MY SUNSHINE Sisqo -Unleash The Dragon Luba -Bitter To The Sweet Len -You Can't Stop The Bum Rush Universal 314 546 816 (pro single) -J Azure (pro single) Work 69528 (pro single) -H 4 11 5 THE ONE 38 72 2 ABSOLUTELY 71 77 37 BEFORE YOU Backstreet Boys -Millennium Nine Days -The Madding Crowd Chantal Kreviazuk -Colour Moving And Still Jive/Zomba 41672 (CD Track) -N Epic/550 63634 (pro single) -H Columbia 80391 (pro single) -H -97 BENT 39 17 11 THE BAD TOUCH 82 9 WASTE Matchbox Twenty -Mad Season Bloodhound Gang -Hooray For Boobies Smash Mouth - Astro Lounge Atlantic 8339 (CD Track) -P Geffen 069 490 455 (pro single) -J Interscope 6601 (pro single) -J 6 18 2 ITS GONNA BE ME 40 46 16 SLEEPLESS 73 63 32 THEN THE MORNING COMES 'N Sync -No Strings Attached Jann Arden -Blood Red Cherry Smash Mouth • Astro Lounge Jive/Zomba 44168 (CD Track) -N Universal 012 157 527 (pro single) -J Interscope 6601 (pro single) -J 12 4 GRADUATION 41 37 18 WHEN 74 65 33 LOVE WINS EVERYTIME Vitamin C- Vitamin C Shania Twain -Come On Over (Remixes) McMaster &James -Self Titled Elektra 62406 (CD Track) -P Mercury/Universal -314-536•003-J Vik 51780 ¡comp 56) -N 8 6 7 THERE YOU GO 42 38 8 AS IF 75 67 35 WAITING FOR TONIGHT Pink -Can't Take Me Home Jason Allan - Mucho Mambo Jennnifer Lopez -On The 6 LaFace 26062 IPromo CD) -N Popular 83320 (pro single) -F Iffik Work 69351 (CD Track) -H 9 8 7 TRY AGAIN 43 49 16 IWILL BE WAITING 76 71 39 MISERY Aaliyah -Romeo Must Die OST D- Cru -Self Titled The Moffatts -Chapter 1:A New Beginning Virgin 49052 ICD Track) -F Dexter (CD Track) EMI 97939 (pro single) -F 10 7 7 ITURN TO YOU 44 40 3 IWANNA BE WITH YOU 77 80 23 FALLS APART Christina Aguilera -Christina Aguilera Mandy Moore -Title Track Sugar Ray -14:59 RCA 67690 (CD Track) -N Columbia 62195 (pro single) -H Atlantic 83151 (pro single) -P 11 3 16 ITRY 45 45 14 OTHERSIDE 78 68 20 BRING IT ALL TO ME Macy Gray-On How Life Is Red Hot Chili Peppers -Califomication Blague -Self Titled Epic 69490 (CD Track) -H Warner 47386 (pro single) -P Columbia 68987 (pro single) -H • 19 HE WASN'T MAN ENOUGH 46 42 11 THIS TIME AROUND 79 87 34 GET IN LINE Toni Braxton -The Heat Hanson -Title Track Barenaked Ladies -King Of The Hill O.S.T. LaFace 26069 (Promo CD) -N Mercury 314 562 716 (pro single) -J Elektra 62441 (comp 412) -P 13 5 18 IT FEELS SO GOOD 47 28 11 WHERE YOU ARE 80 83 39 ARRIBA Sonique -Hear My Cry Jessica Simpson feat. Nick Lachey -Sweet Kisses Joee -Upcoming Republic/Universal -0121562472-J Columbia 69096 (pro single) -H Universal (pro single) -J 14 13 21 EVERYTHING YOU WANT 48 NEW BOOM 81 81 61 SHE'S SO HIGH Vertical Horizon -Vertical Horizon Trinket -N/A Tal Bachman -Self Titled RCA 678182 (comp 58) -N RCA (pro single) -N Columbia 67956 (promo CO) -H 15 14 12 CRASH AND BURN 49 NEW PRIDE 82 76 30 BLUE Savage Garden -Affirmation Simon Collins -All Of Who You Are Eiffel 65 -Europop 4 1) Columbia 63711 (pro single) -H WEA 80904 (promo CD) -P Popular 820002 (pro single) -F 16 21 3 IWANNA KNOW 50 53 32 AMAZED 83 74 33 MEET VIRGINIA Joe -My Name Is Joe Lonestar -Lonely Grill Train -Self Titled Jive 44174 (CD Track) •N BNA 67762 (comp 51729) -N Sony 38052 (comp 901 -H 17 20 7 BROADWAY 51 47 25 FADED 84 84 53 GENIE IN A BOTTLE Goo Goo Dolls -Dizzy Up The Girl Soul Decision -No One Does It Better Christina Aguilera -Self Titled Warner Bros 47058 (CD Track) -P Universal 314 542 068 (pro single) -J RCA (CD Track) - 23 9 39 5 85 88 37 18 NO ONE DOES IT BETTER isse% 52 IF ICOULD INEED TO KNOW soulDecision -Title Track Pip Lorraine Lawson -If ICould Marc Anthony -Marc Anthony Universal 314 542 068 (pro single) -J Page 1472 (Promo CD) Columbia 69726 (pro single) -H 19 25 17 CAN'T STOP 53 51 17 GET IT ON TONITE 86 91 37 ICE CREAM Jacksoul -Sleepless Montel Jordan -Get It On Tonite Sarah McLachlan -Mirrorball ViK 68993 Ipro Sine! - Def Soul 3124 546 7142-J Nettwerk 67003 (pro single) -F if& 20 26 16 MARIA MARIA 54 50 23 SHOW ME THE MEANING 87 85 33 LEARN TO FLY Santana -Supernatural Backstreet Boys -Millennium Foo Fighters -There Is Nothing Left To Lose BMG 19080 (CD Track) -N Jive 41672 (CD Track) -N RCA 67892 (pro single) -N 34 3 GET DOWN 55 48 25 IF IFALL 88 79 16 THE GROUND BENEATH HER FEET 84 -4 - Self Titled Tara MacLean -Passenger U2 -The Million Dollar Hotel Columbia 80486 (pro single) -H Nettwerk 30144 (pro single) -F lrè Island 314 542 395 (pro single) - 1E0 31 3 THE REAL SLIM SHADY 56 55 32 THAT'S THE WAY IT IS 89 75 28 RHYHM DIVINE Eminem -The Marshall Mathers LP Celine Dion -All The Way... A Decade Of Songs Enrique Iglesias -Enrique Aftermath 069 490 629 (Promo CD) -J Epic 63760 (pro single) -H Interscope 069 480 540 (pro single) -J 23 10 12 SAY MY NAME 57 57 45 SMOOTH 90 73 18 ALL THE SMALL THINGS Destiny's Child -The Writing On The Wall Santana feat. Rob Thomas -Supernatural Blink 182 -Enema Of The State Sony 69870 (pro single) -H BMG 190802 (CD Track) -N MCA MCADE 119 50-J 24 15 12 YOU SANG TO ME 58 52 37 IKNEW ILOVED YOU 91 89 54 AMERICAN WOMAN Marc Anthony •Marc Anthony Savage Garden -Affirmation Lenny Kravitz -Austin Powers:The Spy Who Shagged le Columbia 69726 (pro single) •H Columbia 63711 (pro single) -H Maverick 47348 (CDTrack) -P 25 16 20 BYE BYE BYE 59 60 16 AMERICAN PIE 92 86 35 BACK AT ONE •N Sync •No Strings Attached Madonna -The Next Best Thing OST Brian McKnight -Back At One Zomba 0124 144 168 (CD Track) -N Maverick 47595 (pro single) -P Motown 0121 537 082 (pro single) -J 26 27 15 THANK YOU 60 61 18 WHATCHA GOT 93 94 28 SOMEBODY WAITS McMaster &James -Sett Piled Carlos Morgan -\Nhatcha Got Blue Rodeo -The Days In Between ViK 51780 (pro single) -N MCA UMD 81054-J ISM WEA 80936 (CD Track) -P 27 30 11 SHADES OF GREY 61 62 25 TAKE A PICTURE 94 96 57 CALL AND ANSWER Amanda Marshall -Tuesdays Child Filter -Title Of Record Barenaked Ladies -Stunt/ED TV Soundtrack Epic 80380 (pro single) -H Warner Bros. 47388 Icomp418) •P Reprise 46963 (comp 395) -P 28 24 9 BETTER OFF ALONE 62 66 15 PRIVATE EMOTION 95 93 22 TRICKY, TRICKY Alice Deejay -Who Needs Guitars Anyway? Ricky Martin -Ricky Martin Lou Bega -A Little Bit Of Mambo Isba 5056 (CD Track) C2/Columbia 69891 (comp 98) -H RCA 67887 (CD Track) •N 29 22 20 ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY 63 54 17 MOVE YOUR BODY 96 92 31 BEST OF ME Kid Rock -Devil Without ACause Eiffel 65 -Europa') Bryan Adams -The Best Of Me Atlantic 83119 (pro single) -P Popular 820002 (CD Track) -F A6M/Universal 069 490 513 -J 30 43 3 BACK HERE 64 58 9 IBELONG TO YOU 97 90 36 IF IDIDN'T HAVE YOU BB Mak -Sooner Or Later Lenny Kravitz -5 Amanda Marshall -Tuesday's Child Hollywood 622602 (pro single) -J Virgin 45605 ICD Track) - Epic 80380 (pro single) -H 31 32 12 MAMBOLEO 65 56 15 FEELIN' SO GOOD 98 95 34 HANGINAROUND Elissa - Mucho Mambo Jennifer Lopez •On The 6 Counting Crows -This Desert Life Popular 83320 (CD Track) -F Work 69351 (comp 98) -H Geffen 069 490 415 (pro single) J 32 33 15 TATTOOED 66 59 17 ICAUGHT YOU CRYING 97 15 EUROPA Dahmnait Doyle -Hyperdramatic Jason Allan -Self Titled Prozzak -Hot Show Ifek 99 EMI 20836 (pro single) -F Popular (comp 30( -F Epic 80367 (pro single) H 33 29 15 BETTER MAN 67 64 27 WHAT A GIRL WANTS 100 98 29 ANYWHERE BUT HERE J.Gaines 6Soul Attorneys Another Day Christina Aguilera -Self Titled k.d Lang -Anywhere But Here 0.S T. 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Chad Brock hits #1, as predicted, with Yes, his COUNTRY Lace, contrary to rumours, are still active and will most recent single release. Written by Brock, soon be on release with anew single titled Truc Love. Stephony Smith and Jim Collins, the single is the The song was written by Lace member Beverley title track from his Warner Bros CD, produced by Horton's Green Door Celebrity Golf Tournament in Mahood and Mark Dineen. This is the follow-up to Norro Wilson and Buddy Cannon (RPM New Cheticamp, Nova Scotia (7-8). Gracie's new CD, Kiss 'ern All, now descending the chart after 20 Releases). The buzz is still very strong over Brock's which will ship shortly, is titled John Gracie Live - weeks (#54). The trio was nominated for a Big performing the duet of No One with Shirley Myers, Off the Floor and Close To The Ground. Country Award this year as Outstanding New Group. Although Giselle and newcomer Stacey Lee won't asong Myers wrote with Rod Nicholson, who comes Jo Dee Messina has a hot new release. That's be attending the awards show, Mahood will be. She from Myers home province of New Brunswick. The The Way, written by Annie Roboff and Holly Lamar, track is to be included On Warner Bros' upcoming won aBig Country Award in 1998 as Outstanding is the biggest jumper this week, moving up to #47 release of New Country 7. Brock is trying the song New Female Artist, and this year, besides as a from #78 after two weeks. The new single is the member of Lace, has been nominated with Jamie out on his audience on his current tour, using his follow-up to Because You Love Me, which enjoyed fiddle player for Myers' part. Warren in the Outstanding New Group or Duo arun of 30 weeks on the RPM Country 100. category. John Gracie, nominated for aBig Country Award Billy Gilman has been turning heads in country as Outstanding New Male Vocalist, is no stranger Montgomery Steele has been on the road selling music. The 12-year old youngster from Hope Valley to the awards business. He has won three East Coast CDs and promoting his name throughout BC. He (Providence) Road Island has an out-of-the-box hit happened by chance to hook up with CBC Radio in Music Awards as Male Artist of the Year and is ready with One Voice, the title track from his upcoming to set out across Canada on his Summer Tour 2000. Tumbler Ridge where they were broadcasting for Epic debut, which enters the chart at #69. Interesting the first time. Steele met the "infamous" Mark After making an appearance at the Big Country too is that he is the youngest solo artist to debut on Awards on June 9, he returns home to Halifax for a Harvey and the very next day Harvey played Steele's the American trades, and certainly the youngest in Metro Centre (Convention) on June 11, followed River Song and talked about the career of the 35 years to debut on the RPM Country 100. The Dawson Creek native. Steele has had meetings with the next day by the Halifax Metro Centre's Play With song was written by David Malloy and Don Cook, The Stars Golf Tournament, and then he's off to PDs and MDs in his hometown and in Ft. St. John who also produced the album with Blake Chancey. Edmonton for the 2nd Annual Global Country The song, which is about gun violence among the COUNTRY continued on page 30 Celebrity Golf Tournament and All Star Concert (19- young, has also caused some controversy with those 20), the Soundwaves Waterfront Festival in Ottawa who follow the National Rifle Association's edict. (July 1), the Pictou Lobster Carnival (6), Tim 11 Ii VIDEO & INSTANT TOP FORTY I'll Be -Reba McEntire el Y COITISPInEnt A.3LOBUIVIS Moment -Collin Raye el fil11 gmjugme-- indicates biggest mover Flowers -Eric Heatherly Dance -Womack/Sons of Desert

1W LW WO June 12, 2000 MAPL: Indicates album has some Cancon You Love Me -Faith Hill 1.3 2 27 FAITH HILL 25 2 BLACKHAWK Goodbye Earl -Dixie Chicks Breathe Greatest Hits Warner Bros-47373-P Arista-07822-18907-N Lovin You -Gary Allan 2 1 37 DIXIE CHICKS 22 14 47 KENNY ROGERS Dream Vacation -Sean Hogan Fly She Rides Wild Horses Monument-69678-H Navarre Canada-30004-F IWill -SheDaisy 3 3 131 SHANIA TWAIN 23 19 29 ALAN JACKSON Come On Over Under The Influence Chain Of Love-Clay Walker Mercurerwersal-314-536-003-J Arista Nashville-18892-N Almost -Mark Wills 4 4 48 LONESTAR 24 22 151 SHANIA TWAIN Lonely Ovil The Woman in Me Faith In You -Steve Wariner BNA-67762-N Mercury-314 522 866-J Come Back -Garth Brooks 5 5 12 GEORGE STRAIT 25 17 24 REBA McENTIRE latest greatest straitest hits So Good Together Me Neither -Brad Paisley MCA Nashville-088 170 100-J MCA-088 170 119-J 6 7 8 THE WILKINSONS 26 RE 25 FARMER'S DAUGHTER Daylight -Rascall Flatts Here BNow '41P Missing You -Shirley Myers Grant-24736-P BeUnsryte0rstal-53957-J Walking -Diane Chase MEI 12 2 ERIC HEATHERLY MEN 31 5 CLAY WALKER Mercury-1 70124-J Live Laugh Love Horseshoes-Adam Gregory BNA-67963-n Giant-24717-P 8 9 4 COLLIN RAYE 28 35 2 KEITH URBAN Money -Julian Austin Tracks Self-titled Epic-69995-H Capitol-7243-97591-F Black -Amanda Stott 9 6 9 TRISHA YEARWOOD 29 27 21 MARK WILLS Yes -Chad Brock Real Live Woman Permanently MCA-088-170-102-J Mercury-314-546-296-J Heart -Warren Bros/Evans 10 10 7 JULIAN AUSTIN 30 20 46 BRAD PAISLEY Words -Jame Warren Back In Your Life 17 Who Needs Pictures ViK/BMG-43216-89942-N Arista Nashville-18871-N Motorcycle -Merle Haggard 11 8 5 VINCE GILL 31 32 5 JEFF FOXVVORTHY Lets Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye Big Funny My Heart -John Landry MCA-088 170098-J Oreamworks-0044-120-098-J Need YOu -LeAnn Rimes 12 NEW 32 30 30 NEW COUNTRY 6 LEE ANN WOMACK trr‘ IHope You Dance Various Artists Cigarettes -Chely Wright MCA-088 170 099-j WEA-38018-P Only You -Farmer's Daughter 13 11 54 TIM McGRAW 33 29 29 MICHELLE WRIGHT Place In The Sun The Greatest Hits Collection Ain't The Girl -Kinleys Curb-77942-F Arista-18906-N 14 NEW ADAM GREGORY 34 23 10 CHRIS CUMMINGS You Ain't Seen -Tracy Byrd The Way I'm Made Lonesomeville Unconditional -Clay Davidson Epic-80480 -H Warner Bros-47637-P 18 26 TOBY KEITH 35 33 36 MARTINA McBRIDE Live Woman -Trisha Yearwood How Do You Like Me Now? Emotion Dreamwarks/Universal-450964-J RCNBMG-67824-N Girlfriend -VVilkinsons 16 16 18 COUNTRY HEAT 2000 36 26 52 PAUL BRANDT Need You -Blackhawk Various Artists That's The Truth BMG-743-2171-1507-N Reprise-47319-P 4t) You Came -Tara Lyn Hart 17 13 119 DIXIE CHICKS 37 28 18 WYNONNA JUDD Jesus -Sawyer Brown Wide Open Spaces New Day Dawning Monument-68195-H Mercury/Universal-314 541 067-J You Like Me -Toby Keith 18 21 2 THE JUDDS 38 34 24 GARY ALLAN Reunion live Smoke Rings In The Dark Change -Sons of the Desert Mercury-I 70134-J MCA Nashville-088 170 191-j Don't Know -Steve Fox 19 15 29 LEANN RIMES 39 36 30 LACE Self-titled Self-titled Been There -Black &Wariner Curb/EMI-77947-F 143iNVerner Bros-47449-P 20 24 8 AMANDA STOTT 40 37 39 ANNE MURRAY BREAKOUT VIDEO Se If-titled What AWonderful World The Way You Love Me -Faith Hill WEA-80791-P EMI-20932-F PICK HIT My Heart Says Yes -John Landry COUNTRY 100 e I Canada's Only National 100 Country Survey Artist/Album Title/Where to find it (Songwriter) Producer (Label) Record Distributor Codes: Indicates biggest mover BMG -N EMI -F Universal -J Polygram -Q Sony -H Warner -P

1W LW WO June 12, 2000 79 12 THATS THE BEAT OF A HEART Mil 3 14 YES ! 46 4 IT MUST BE LOVE 68 Chad Brock/Title track/comp 424-P Alan Jackson/Under The Influence/pro single-N Warren Brothers w/Sara Evane.. 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B.Chancey/P.Worley (Monument) IG.Brooks/J.Yates) A.Reynolds 8 13 IHOPE YOU DANCE 39 23 22 BEEN THERE 72 67 28 LESSONS LEARNED Lee Ann Womack W/Sons of Desert/Title track/pro sin Clint Black AL' Steve Wariner/Dlectrified/pro single-N Tracy Lawrence/Title trace/comp 416-P (M.D.SanderseSillers) M.Wright IMCA) (C.Black) C.Black IRCA) (Lawrence/Nelson/Boone) Lawrence/Anderson/Carr (Atlantic) 6 7 16 THE CHAIN OF LOVE 40 40 18 ISURRENDER 73 NEW STUFF Michelle Wright/Greatest Hits/Pro single-N Diamond Rio/Title track/pro single-N Clay Walker/Uve,Laugh,Love/CD track-P 1.31 ("Bamett/Rtee) D.Johnson/CWalker (Giant) (M.Wrighl/E.Silver) E.Silver (Windham Hill) IK.Garrett/T.Owens) M.d.Cluet/Diamond Rio (Arista) 7 9 17 WHAT INEED TO DO 41 32 31 CARLENE 74 82 2 COUNTRY COMES TO TOWN Kenny Chesney/Everywhere We Go/CD track-N Phil Vassar/Self-titled/Pro single -N Toby Keith/Flow Do You Like Me Now/pro single-J (B.Luther/T.Damphier) B.Cannon/N.Wilson (BNA) (P.Vassar/C.Black/R.M.Bourkel B.Gallimore (Arista) IT .Keith) J.Stroucl/T.Keith (Dreamwrks) 10 17 MORE 42 31 21 ANOTHER NINE MINUTES 75 54 24 JIMMY'S GOT A GIRLFRIEND Trace Adkins/Title track/CD track-F Yankee Grey/Untamed/corny 355-H The Wilkinsons/Here And Now/comp 419-P (nmcHugh/D.Gray) T.Bruce (Capitol) (DouglasiCrain/Buppen) Orralneo IMonument) 'McDonald/Smith/Harbin) Johnson/Zavitson/Haselden (Giant) 9 11 14 FLOWERS ON THE WALL 43 38 22 THE BEST DAY 76 77 5 IWILL Eric Heatherly/Swimming In Champagne/pro single.J George Strait/Latest Greatest Straitest/pro single-J Eli Barsi w/Joel Feeney/Eli Barsi (Sandstone) ILDewitt) K.Stegall (Mercury) liCi.sChamberlain/DDillon) T.BrownaStrait )MCA( (D.Steele/T.Taylor) S.Bogard/M.D.Clute (Mercury) 10 13 3 NO ONE HURTS ME MORE ... 44 50 15 ALWAYS SOMETHIN ' 77 NEW THAT'STHE KIND OF MOOD I'M IN Chris Cummings/Lonesomeville/comp 426)-P Joe Diff ie/A Night To Remember/CD track-H Amanda lee/Upcoming/pro single IC.Cummings/Lewis) RScott/J.E.Norman MA) (M.Green/A.Mayo) D.Cook/L.Wilson (Epic) 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(R.Giles/S.BogardlE.Seay/J.Hobbs (Giant) 14 16 8 SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE 48 44 14 INEED YOU ALL THE TIME 81 66 5 INEVER GAVE UP HOPE Tim McGraw/Everywhere/pro single-1 Blackhawk/Greatest Hits/pro single-N Latrie Church/lNever Gave Up Hope/CD track (B.Crisler/W.Aldridgel Ballimore/StrouciNcGraw ICurb) (P.Bunch/J.Pnce/S.Teeters) B.Huff/Blackhawk (Arista) IC.Rawson/L.Church/K.Tribblel K.Tribble/C.Rawsen Eagle ill) 15 16 12 YOU AND ONLY YOU mt, 49 43 29 LOVE'STHE ONLY HOUSE 82 83 3 PAPA JOE Farmers Daughter/The Best Of... /pro single-J 'Q Martina McBride/Emotion/CD track-N Foster Martin Band/Moonshine 'N Moonlight/CD track Ise (Kostas/W.Wilson) T.Rudner (Universal) (T.Douglas/P.Cason) M.McBride/P.Worley (RCA) II.Foster/R.Martin) C.Fotheringham (Royalty) 16 17 12 STUCK IN LOVE 50 56 B ALMOST DOESN'T COUNT 83 75 3 FALLIN'NEVER FELT SO GOOD The Judds/New Day Dawning/pro single-J Mark VVills/Permanently/pro single-J Mark Chesnutt/Confessing My Love/pro single-J (G.NicholsorePatton) 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PRAYIN 'FOR DAYLIGHT 54 52 20 KISS 'EM ALL 87 81 24 THAT'LL TEACH HER Rascal Flatts/One Good Love/pro single-J Lace/Self-titled/comp 419-P Chris Cummings/Lonesomeville/comp 419)-P IS.Bogard/R.Giles) M.Bright/M.Williams (Lyric Street) )Regan/Pennigl D.Foster (143/Warner Bros) IC.Cummings/G.Burr) R.Scott/J.E.Norman (VVEA) ▪ 35 3 SHAME ON ME 62 4 WHEN YOU NEED MY LOVE 88 NEW WHATS A BOY TO DO The Wilkinsons/Here And Now/CD track-P Darryl Worley/Hard Rain Don't Last/pro single-F McLachlan &Richards/Sowing The Seed/lndie (Willdnson/Burrl Johnson/Zavitson/Haselden) Giant) (D.Worley/W.Varble) J.Stroud/F.Flogers (Drmwrks) (D .McLachlaR.Richards)n/ D.McLachlan/R.Richards/B.Braun 22 22 14 WORDS YOU CANT TAKE BACK 56 12 2 FEELS LIKE LOVE 89 87 19 NO MERCY Jamie Warren/Just Not The Same/CD track Vince Gill/Let sMake Sure ... /pro single-J Ty Herndon/Steam/pro single -Fi (J.Warren/"Banyl J.R.Hutt (Spin) IV.Gill) T.8rown (MCA) )D.Morgang.Cemey/S.A.Davis) J.Scaife (Epic) ▪ 39 5 WHEN YOU SAY JUMP 64 8 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BUT 64 57 23 ROCK THIS COUNTRY 97 se 34 COME ON OVER riAp Shania Twain/Title track/pro single-J SheDaisy/The Whole SheBang/pro single" Shania Twain/Come On Over/pro single-J .1 (K.Osbom/J.Deerel D.Huff ILyric Street) (S.Twain/R "Lange) R.J.Lange IMercury) (S.Twain/R.J.Lange) R.J.Lange Mercury) ▪ 41 12 ONE TRUE LOVE 65 53 21 SAVE ME 98 94 28 DADDY WONT SELL THE FARM dh dh Montgomery Gentry/Tattoos Er Scars/CD track-H Charlie Major/444/CD track PL Tara Lyn Hart/Self-titled/comp 355-H Pry IC.Major) H.Stinson/C.Major (Dead Reckoning) Iflart/Draper/Cluilico) J.Leo IEpic) IS.Fox/R.Brandal J.Scalfe (Columbia) 32 33 13 YOUR EVERYTHING 66 60 12 FAITH IN YOU 99 85 36 SMILE Lonestar/Lonely Grill/pro single-N Keith Urban/Self-titled/pro single -F Steve Wormer/lisle track/comp 10-F )C.Lindsey/B.Regan) M./Rollings/K.Urban ICapitoli IS.Wariner/B.Andersonl S.Wariner (Capitol) ICUndsey/K Follesél /D.Huff (BNA) 33 20 17 SAME THINGS 67 65 23 IDON 'T LOVE EASILY 100 97 21 DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO Poverty Plainsmen/There's No Lookin' Back/C0 track Brent McAthey/Believe In Me/CD track IS.Fox) L.Sedmak (Poverty) (K.Floen/T.A.Ross/L.Floen) K.Floen/B.McAthey (Mal) 34 28 17 ME NEITHER Brad Paisley/Who Needs Pictures/CD track-N (B.PaIsley/C.Oubois/F.Rogers) F.Rogers (Arista) HONOURING DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN THE CANADIAN COUNTRY MUSIC INDUSTRY

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HISTORICAL HIGHPOINTS OF THE BIG COUNTRY AWARDS

Sept. 22-23, 1973 RPM stages first Big Country Conference at the Holiday Inn in Don Mills, Ont. where 86 paid registrants attend. Nov. 23-24, 1974 RPM stages second Big Country Conference at the Inn On The Park in Toronto. June 21, 1975 Country Week is launched as aregular section of RPM Weekly to promote Canadian country music. Aug. 1, 1975 RPM announces formation of CACMA (Canadian Academy of Country Music Advancement) to raise funds to start an academy. Sept. 27-28, 1975 The third Big Country Conference is held at Toronto's Inn On The Park. Sept. 28, 1975 The first Big Country Awards Banquet attracts 250 people to the Café de L'Auberge of the Inn On The Park. Sept. 25-26, 1976 The second Big Country Awards Banquet is part of the fourth conference held at Edmonton's Plaza Hotel. Sept. 19-23, 1977 Big Country approves Ottawa Host Committee to stage Canadian Country Music Week, Ottawa 1977, as aconsumer event prior to Big Country. Sept. 24-25, 1977 The fifth conference and third awards presentation is staged at Ottawa's Skyline Hotel. Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 1978 Regina hosts Big Country at the Regina Inn. The sixth conference features the fourth year of the Big Country Awards. Global Television films documentary of the Big Country events. Sept. 17-21, 1979 ACME applies to Big Country to stage Canadian Country Music Week at the Skyline Hotel in Mississauga, Ont., as a consumer event prior to the annual conference and awards show. Sept. 22-23, 1979 The fifth annual Big Country Awards are held at Mississauga's Skyline Hotel as part of the seventh Big Country Conference. Sept. 20-21, 1980 The Winnipeg Inn is the setting for the sixth awards and the eighth annual Big Country Conference. Sept. 19-20, 1981 The seventh annual Big County Awards are staged as the fmale to the Big Country Weekend at Ottawa's Talisman Motor Hotel. Jan. 25, 1982 ACME distributes ballot to members asking if they want separate awards from Big Country. Eighty-four percent of respondents say yes. The Big Country Awards are suspended until 1985.

April 28, 1985 The Big Country Awards are back with abanquet at Toronto's Inn On The Park. The tradition of having an awards ceremony without musical performances begins. The event is carried nationally on radio via Broadcast News and locally on television by CITY-TV. May 4, 1986 Toronto's Inn On The Park hosts the ninth Big Country Awards. May 24, 1987 The 10th Big Country Awards are held at Toronto's Inn On The Park. May 6, 1988 The first Variety Club Special Luncheon: Salute to the Big Country Awards is held at Toronto's Inn On The Park. Tommy Hunter emcees and performs along with Carroll Baker, Ronnie Hawkins and The Good Brothers.

May 8, 1988 Jack Feeney is inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame at the Big Country Awards presentation at Toronto's Inn On The Park. May 26, 1989 The Variety Club Luncheon becomes an annual event as the second one is emceed by Don Harron (Charlie Farquharson) at Toronto's Inn On The Park. J.K. Gulley, Anita Perras, Mike Francis and Blue Rodeo perform.

May 28, 1989 The 12'h Big Country Awards take place at Toronto's Inn On The Park. May 25, 1990 Walt Grealis hosts the Variety Club Luncheon at Toronto's Inn On The Park. Michelle Wright and Silver & Degazio perform. May 27, 1990 Carroll Baker hosts the Big Country Awards at Toronto's Inn On The Park. Leonard Rambeau is inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame. May 24, 1991 The Variety Club Luncheon moves to Toronto's Westin Harbour Castle. CHAM Hamilton's Cliff Dumas and Vickie Van Dyke emcee the show, which features performances by Carroll Baker, Michelle Wright, Gary Fjellgard, Larry Mercey, Larry Good, Laura and Larry Mattson, Kimberly Richards, Morris P. Rainville, David Hutchins, Mike Peters, Dyanne Halliday, Ron Victors, Terry Hill and Ronnie Hawkins. May 26, 1991 The Big Country Awards dinner also moves to Toronto's Westin Harbour Castle Hotel. June 5, 1992 The Variety Club Luncheon is held at the Westin Harbour Castle and features performances by Larry Mercey, The Good Brothers, J.K. Gulley and his band, Joel Feeney, Lindsay Thomas Morgan and Sylvia Tyson.

June 7, 1992 Toronto's Westin Harbour Castle hosts the 15'h Big Country Awards. June 8, 1992 Almost 400,000 people across Canada watch the Big Country Awards on television as the CBC televises the show nationally for the first time. May 28, 1993 The Variety Club Luncheon moves the the Concert Hall of Toronto's Royal York Hotel. Cliff Dumas and Jane Brown of Toronto's CISS-FM emcee and Cassandra Vasik, Don Neilson, Anita Perras, and Mark LaForme and his band perform.

May 30, 1993 The Big Country Awards are held on the 33rd floor of Toronto's Sutton Place Hotel. May 31, 1993 CBC televises the Big Country Awards for the second consecutive year. May 29, 1994 CBC televises the 17'h Big Country Awards from the Westin Harbour Castle Convention Centre. Keith James is inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame.

May 28, 1995 The 18th Big Country Awards are held at the Westin Harbour Castle, televised three nights later by the CBC. Shania Twain wins outstanding new artist honours, marking her arrival on the Canadian country music scene.

May 26, 1996 The 191hBig Country Awards take place at Toronto's Colony Hotel. EMI Music Canada president Deane Cameron is inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame. June 1, 1997 The Concert Hall at Toronto's Royal York Hotel is the setting for the Big Country Awards. BMG Music Canada president Paul Alofs is inducted into the Hall of Fame, while Warner's Paul Brandt scoops five awards. June 28, 1998 The Big Country Awards are held once again at the Royal York Hotel's Concert Hall, and telecast on July 11 by CTV. FACTOR executive director Heather Ostertag is the first woman inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame.

June 2, 1999 The Royal York Hotel hosts the Big Country Awards, televised nationally by CTV, and hosted by Farmer's Daughter. Warner Music Canada and its affiliated labels took home half of the sixteen awards. 14 -RPM - Monday June 12, 2000

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DIANE CHASE The youngest in afamily of 10 children, this Sudbury native began singing at the age of five, and was already touring Ontario and Quebec as ateenager as the lead singer in the band Flirt. However, Chase realized that, if she was going to make it in the music business, she had to relocate to Toronto. But before she made the move, she helped recruit anew lead singer for Flirt, someone named Eileen Twain. Once in Toronto, Chase earned her securities license and began working as an investment banker by day, while searching for ameans into the music business. Her search led her to Cedar Tree Studios in Kitchener, home to one of Canada's leading country producers, Rick Hutt. Working alongside fellow country artists Beverley Mahood and Oiselle (both from Lace), Chase released aCD single, In The Middle Of Something, which hit the top ten on the country charts. The video for the song, meanwhile, landed on CMT's Top 20 Countdown. Chase's second single, Walking Away With You, also scored well on the charts, and the accompanying video, shot in Cuba, also gained substantial airtime on CMT. Diane Chase is nominated for outstanding new female vocalist at this year's Big Country Awards.

TARA LYN HART Growing up on afarm in Roblin, Manitoba, Tara Lyn Hart heard her first music while riding in her father's tractor on their farm. "Out where we lived," the singer notes, "there were only three radio stations that we could pick up: one was an oldies station and the other two were country. In fact, until Iwas 12, Ididn't realize that any other kind of recorded music existed." Like most other musical hopefuls, Hart was singing in front of family and friends while still atoddler, and whenever company came by, her parents would bring her out to sing. It wasn't long before Hart's powerful voice was earning her invites to perform at local functions in and around the farming community. Hart started getting out-of-town bookings while still in the sixth grade, and was forced to make up her schoolwork on the road. Eventually, the grind of the road led her parents to opt for homeschooling. When Hart was 17 she won alocal talent contest and earned achance to record apair of songs for national distribution. The producer she wound up working with was also working with an act already signed to Sony Music Canada. The connection paid off for Hart, who was signed to Sony shortly thereafter. The list of producers who worked with Hart on her Sony debut is impressive: Walter Afanasieff, Peter Asher, Barry Beckett, Dan Huff, Josh Leo and Tom Shapiro. The album has produced atrio of hit singles — including That's When You Came Along, Save Me, and the current hit, IWill Be Loving You (#27 — RPM Country 100 —June 5/00). Tara Lyn Hart is nominated for outstanding new female vocalist at the 2000 Big Country Awards.

JENNIFER JOHNSTON Born and raised in Renfrew, Ontario (outside of Ottawa), this twenty-something artist still calls the Ottawa Valley home. Johnston's self-titled debut was co-produced by country veteran Randall Prescott, along with Johnston's cousin and former country artist Dan Paul Rodgers. Since the 1999 release of the album, Johnston has had four singles reach the chart, including her biggest hit to date, Trouble Is A Woman. She has also had apair of videos receive regular airplay on CMT. At the moment, Johnston is in negotiations with an American label to have her record released in the US. In the near future, Johnston will undertake atour of Canadian Armed Forces bases in Italy, and will have afeatured spot at Agrifest 2000 in Cayuga, Ontario on August 6'h, which features headliners Travis Tritt, Lonestar, Stompin' Tom Connors and Lee-Ann Womack. Johnston is nominated for outstanding new female vocalist at the 2000 Big Country Awards. RPM - Monday June 12, 2000 -17

SHIRLEY LANGE This Calgary-based singer first came to musical prominence in the mid-eighties, fronting the Toronto pop-rock outfit Headlines. The artist toured throughout Canada, the US and Japan, and also recently showcased at Nashville's famed Blue Bird Café. Lange seemed like anatural for today's new country sound, and she took that sound into the studio, resulting in the 1999 release This Time. Produced by husband/musician John Thiel at Calgary's Sundae Sound, the album features awho's who of Canadian session players, including bassist Phil Hall, keyboardist Keith Floen, drummer Jerry Adolphe, and Thiel himself on guitar. The album's lead single, The One You Used To Love, was accompanied by a video directed by Robert Cuffley (who previously won the CCMA for best video for Jason McCoy's Born Again In Dixieland). Lange herself wrote or co-wrote nine of the ten tracks on the album, displaying her developing songwriting skills. Hoping to use the 2000 Big Country Awards as the launching pad for the next phase in her career, Shirley Lange is nominated for outstanding new female vocalist.

AMANDA LEE "I like my music to represent simplicity and get my message out clearly," says this Calgary native, who first took to the stage at three years of age to sing alongside Canadian country hall of famer Ronnie Prophet. Still just twenty years old, Lee is just acouple of years removed from Brock High School in Cannington, Ontario, where the naturally ambitious teen was an OAC honour grad. Her singing talents have been recognized with anumber of honours. She placed in the top three at the Canadian Open Country Music Contest, and at the Canadian National Exhibition singing contest, both in 1997. And in 1998 came the release of her first single, Yes Words, followed just afew months later by her second single, I'd Love To See You Try. 1999 saw a showcase at the Canadian Country Music Awards in Ottawa, as well as appearances at the Canadian National Exhibition and the Markham Fair. Lee also showcased last year at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions in Banff. For the year 2000, Lee can plan on performances at the Calgary Stampede, and the Merritt Mountain Music Festival. And she can add to her list of accomplishments a2000 Big Country nomination for outstanding new female vocalist.

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JIM CUDDY It was back in the mid-seventies, while the pair was still in high school, that Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor first formed aband called the HiFi's. After attempting (and failing) to land a

4F recording deal in New York, the duo returned to Toronto to agrowing club scene, that was an ideal launching pad for their countryfied rock. After several chance meetings and classified ads, Blue Rodeo was born. In the many years since, Blue Rodeo has become one of Canada's most popular recording and touring acts, with close to adozen records to their credit, and sales in Canada of more than two million units. It was during the rare breaks in Blue Rodeo's touring and recording schedule that Cuddy wrote and recorded the tracks for his debut solo release, All In Time. Joining Cuddy on the record were acore band that included drummer Gavin Brown, guitarist and vocalist Colin Cripps and regular Blue Rodeo bassist Bazil Donovan. And without atime schedule pushing him, Cuddy was able to incorporate anumber of friends on the album, including violinist Melanie Doane, regular Blue Rodeo keyboardist James Gray, singers Michelle McAdorey (Crash Vegas) and Sarah Harmer (Weeping Tile), and Wilco's Jay Bennett and Jeff Tweedy. The resulting 11 tracks became one of the Canadian country scene's most popular records in 1999, and have garnered the Blue Rodeo 'veteran' Cuddy a 2000 Big Country nomination for outstanding new male vocalist.

JOHN GRACIE This Glace Bay, Nova Scotia native began taking singing lessons at age six, and music has been his life ever since. Gracie's first album, Thinkin"Bout Midnight, reached gold status in Canada and earned the singer two consecutive East Coast Music Awards male artist titles. Gracie restored the music of one of this country's most respected songwriters with his release John Gracie — A Gene MacLellan Tribute, which was distributed in Canada by EMI. Three more albums came after that, including aChristmas album which sold well in eastern Canada. In 1999 Gracie released his latest album, Identity, which was aturn back towards mainstream country. The album produced four singles that reached the top 40 on the RPM Country 100 chart, and sparked an international tour, which included dates on Tom Jackson's Huron Carol. Gracie earned athird consecutive ECMA artist of the year award in '99, but chose to boycott the awards after aplanned tribute to Hank Snow was cancelled. Gracie has made countless TV and radio appearances, including spots on Gabereau, Momingside, Today's Country, Midday, Country Beat, and Inside Country, and he co-hosted aChristmas special with Shirley Eilchard on the US Fox Network. Currently in the works is asoon-to-be-released live album, Off The Floor And Close To The Ground, as well as three other studio releases. Gracie is honoured this year with an outstanding new male vocalist nomination at the 2000 Big Country Awards.

CHAD KLINGER This 21 year-old native of Lashburn, Saskatchewan made his first public performance at the age of 16, when he sang at his sister's wedding. The thrill of that performance gave Klinger the performing bug, and he's been carving out his place in the country field ever since. Klinger didn't pick up the guitar until he was 19, and quickly taught himself to play, and began writing his own songs. As fate would have it, Klinger's dreams of acareer in music began with a chance encounter with country hitmakers Lonestar. Following the group's July '98 show in Edmonton, Klinger's manager, Chris Scheetz, encountered the group in the parking lot and asked if they might listen to acouple of Klinger's songs. Lonestar's Dean Sams was so impressed that he invited Klinger down to Nashville to record. The resulting first single from that Nashville recording session, Who Needs The Moon, was an instant chart success, finishing at #88 on RPM's 1999 Year-End Country chart. The second single Klinger released, Bring It On, was another top 20 hit on the country charts. At the moment, Klinger is writing more songs to finish his upcoming new album, and he continues to perform throughout western Canada. Klinger was also recently named Saskatchewan country male vocalist of the year. For the 2000 Big Country Awards, Chad Klinger has been nominated as outstanding new male vocalist. 20 -RPM - Monday June 12, 2000

JOHN LANDRY "If it moves you, then it's music, regardless of it's melodic style." That's according to eastern Quebec native John Landry, who's own CD collection reflects such diverse tastes, ranging from Mozart to Elton John. Landry's first performance took place in front of his grandmother when he was just four years old, and she recorded his version of Charlie Pride's Snakes Crawl At Night on an old tape recorder. Although Landry went to school to become aflight medic, he held on to his dreams of making music his career. When Landry wrote asong for afriend dealing with some tough times, he was amazed at the affect the song had, and realized that music was where his future lay. Landry's debut CD, Forever Took Too Long, came about after he performed at afundraiser alongside Julian Austin and Jamie Warren. The latter introduced Landry to noted producer J. Richard Hutt, and the album Forever Took Too Long was born. The record produced several charted singles, including Bit By Bit, which hit #53 on the RPM Top 100 Country chart of 1999, and There You Were, which reached #87 on the same chart. The third single, Long Gone And Forgotten, was another top 20 hit for Landry. The hard work has earned Landry a2000 Big Country nomination as outstanding new male vocalist.

KEVIN WAARA This native of Thunder Bay penned his first song at the age of fifteen, and prodded on by his close friends, began performing and recording the songs. Waara started recording as far back as 1972, and it was at this time that he met veteran Canadian country producer Don Grashey. The two began amusical partnership which lasted more than adecade, and produced anumber of recordings. One of Waara's first recordings, Sweet Lorene, was well received by critics both north and south of the border. But success came slowly —another recording, asingle featuring a pair of Elvis songs, sold awhopping 311 copies. Waara performed with ahost of bands throughout the '70s and '80s, including Apollo, Wheatstone-Bridge, Rockslide, The Reflections, The Marbles, The Colts, Coldshot, The Keys, and most recently, Kevin & The Hi-Fives. In 1980, Waara released the album Breakthrough, which resulted in four charted singles in RPM, including A Dream And A Fool, which hit the top ten and remained there for six weeks. The success of that recording led to a 1981 CCMA nomination for top male artist. Waara's latest recording, Horseplay, produced acouple of charted singles, Texas Two Step and There Ain't A Minute That Goes By, both of which have helped to earn Waara a2000 Big Country nomination for outstanding new male vocalist. ... some past Big Country memories

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OUTSTANDING NEW GROUP OR DUO

LACE The original Lace trio of Beverley Mahood, Giselle and Corbi Dyann was the brainchild of veteran Canadian producer David Foster, who saw avoid in the country field for such an act, and signed the trio to his own 143 Records label. Leading the way for the group is Kitchener native Mahood, who's already earned considerable success with her debut solo record, Girl Out Of The Ordinary. That album produced several radio singles, including hits in the title track, A Little Thing Called Love and The Way A Woman Feels. But it was during the 1997 CCMA Awards that Foster got in touch with Mahood, looking to include her in anew female trio he was forming. Shortly after signing with Foster, there was several days of auditioning before Mahood tipped Foster off to afriend of hers, fellow Kitchener native Giselle. Finding the third voice was atad more difficult, but after listening to several audition tapes, the group decided on Texan Corbi Dyann, who flew up to Canada to meet with the other two. The trio hit it off immediately, and anew group was born. The album featured the legendary production touch of Foster, along with fellow producing giants Chris Farren, Humberto Gatica and Rick Hutt. The radio response was immediate, with the lead single, IWant A Man, peaking at #13 on the RPM Country 100 chart. The followup single, Kiss 'Ern All, did even better, soaring to #6 on the charts. Recently, Corbi Dyann parted ways with the group, and was replaced by newcomer Stacey Lee. Following up their 2000 Juno nomination for top country group or duo, Lace have now been nominated for outstanding new group or duo at the 2000 Big Country Awards.

BEVERLEY MAHOOD & JAMIE WARREN Born in Northern Ireland, and raised in the Kitchener/Waterloo area, Beverley Mahood's debut release, appropriately titled Girl Out Of The Ordinary, was released in 1997. Featuring 10 songs co-written by Mahood, the album was produced by veteran Canadian producer J. Richard Hutt, who helped craft Mahood's career since she was a teenager. The lead single from the album, the title track, reached the top ten on the Canadian country charts, followed shortly thereafter by another top ten single, A Little Thing Called Love. Mahood's career received ahuge shot in the arm in 1999 when David Foster recruited her for anew all-female country trio dubbed Lace. The group's debut single, IWant A Man, became one of the biggest Canadian country songs of 1999 (#60 on the RPM Year-End country chart), and established Lace as one of the hottest young country acts in Canada. While Mahood is still arelative newcomer to the game, country veteran Jamie Warren has been writing and recording country hits since the early '80s. Warren first hit the country charts back in 1985 with Take Me Home Mississippi, which peaked at #10 on the RPM Country 100 chart. The song also garnered Warren an outstanding new artist award at the 1985 Big Country Awards. Although Warren went into semi-retirement during the early nineties, he re-emerged in 1996 with the album Fallen Angel. The album spawned several top twenty singles, including the song The Secret, about an abusive relationship, which inspired Warren to form the Warren Foundation for Victims Of Abuse. That album was eventually picked up by Mercury/Polydor in the US for an American release. His 1998 release, Just Not The Same, produced another immediate hit in Cried All The Way Home, and earned Warren atrio of 1999 CCMA nominations, including top male artist. For the 2000 Big Country Awards, Beverley Mahood and Jamie Warren have been nominated in the top group or duo category for their hit ILove How You Listen To Me.

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SHIRLEY MYERS & DUANE STEELE Born and raised in New Brunswick, Shirley Myers was already on stage by the time she was four years old, singing alongside her sister. It didn't hurt that her father, Gerry Myers, was awell-known country artist in the Maritimes, and star of the Bunkhouse Boys TV show in the '50s and '60s. Accomplished on both the guitar and drums, Myers got her first break when she won the $10,000 first prize at the 1988 CCMA Talent Search. Myers eventually teamed up with fellow Maritimer Peter Leggett and his Nashville-based management firm, and Leggett used his Nashville clout to secure opening slots for the likes of George Jones, Terri Clark and John Michael Montgomery. Her first album produced ahit in the title track, Let It Rain, which also earned the singer a'97 Juno nomination. Myers' second album on the Stony Plain label, There Will Come A Day, which earned Myers a1999 CCMA nod for the Wrangler Rising Star Award. For Alberta native Duane Steele, his career in the Canadian country field has been long in the making. Steele first made noise in his native province with the band Northern Sunrise, which played at parties and festivals throughout the province. Later came another band, Waterhole, formed with his longtime friend Dave Milner. He and Milner teamed up again with Rock 'N Horse, agroup that produced several top 20 singles, and earned a Juno nomination as country group of the year. However, the band never did get the big break they needed, and called it quits after eight years together. In 1996, Steele signed apublishing deal with Warner/Chappell and moved to Nashville. His first solo record, PO Box 423, was released by Mercury/Polydor in early '96, and produced three top 10 hits, including his first #1 song, Anita Got Married. The following year, Steele won the CCMA award for top vocal collaboration for the duet, Two Name On An Overpass, with Lisa Brokop. Steele's 1997 album, This Is The Life, produced seven top 30 singles. In early 1999, Steele wrote and recorded Forever In Love with Shirley Myers. That song has garnered the pair a2000 Big Country nod for outstanding new duo or group.

QUARTETTE It might seem strange to see this foursome in the 'new' group or duo category, given the impressive track record of the four ladies involved. Sylvia Tyson, of course, is renowned as the other half of the acclaimed '60s duo Ian & Sylvia, who's country/folk sound was the inspiration for countless artists that followed. While Ian & Sylvia parted ways in the early '70s, Sylvia Tyson went on to carve an impressive solo career, releasing several solo albums, including the most recent, Gypsy Cadillac, via Sony Music Canada. She was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1992. Nova Scotia native Cindy Church first came to prominence as amember of Ian Tyson's backing band, The Chinook Arch Riders. Later, she and guitarist Nathan Tinlcham helped form the Great Western Orchestra, who released aself-titled album in 1989. Church went on to release three solo albums with Stony Plain, the most recent being her 1996 self-titled release. Caitlin Hanford first gained attention through her writing and recording collaborations with husband Chris Whiteley, apartnership that garnered the pair abest country group nomination at the '84 Junos. In 1989, Hanford created athree-part CBC radio series on the history of women in country, dubbed Honky Tonk Angels. Hanford's most recently released her first solo album, Bluer Skies. Finally, Winnipeg native Gwen Swick had the difficult task of replacing the late Colleen Peterson in Quartette. Swick's most recent recording, A Pebble Of Mercy, offered the song IShould Feel Empty, which appeared on the soundtrack for the film Never Talk To Strangers. Despite the impressive resumes of the four women involved, Quartette is still new to many country radio listeners, as evidenced by their 2000 Big Country nod for outstanding new group or duo.

THE SPURS This new country duo is headed up by the husband and wife team of Phil and Becky Holmes. Although Phil Holmes began the group back in Calgary, the band now makes its home in Ottawa, where they are in constant demand to perform at local fairs and festivals. Phil is the principal writer for the group, as well as the lead guitarist and vocalist. Becky Holmes was raised in Pembroke, Ontario, and grew up on the fiddle and step-dancing circuit. It is Becky's combination of strong vocals, fiddling, keyboards and step-dancing that brings an added dimension to the Spurs' live show. The Spurs first album, Black Top Fever, was released in January of 1999, and created an instant buzz on the country charts. Easy As 1-2-3 became the group's first top 20 hit, eventually peaking at #17 on the RPM 100 Country chart. The song also received extensive airplay overseas. Following the success of that single, the Spurs released their second single, Swingin' Door Of Love, which remained on the RPM Country 100 chart for 37 weeks. The group's current single is Flowers, Candy & Cash. The Spurs have been nominated for top country group or duo at this year's Big Country Awards. 151 91 PAST WINNERS eel FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR OUTSTANDING NEW FEMALE ARTIST TOP COUNTRY PRODUCER(S)

1975 Carroll Baker 1975 Sylvia Tyson 1975 Gary Buck 1976 Carroll Baker 1976 Sylvia Tyson 1976 R.Harlan Smith 1977 Carroll Baker 1977 Myrna Lorrie 1977 Jack Feeney 1978 Carroll Baker 1978 Glory-Anne Carriere 1978 Dallas Harms 1979 Anne Murray 1979 Marie Bottrell 1979 Dallas Harms 1980 Carroll Baker 1980 Glory-Anne Carriere 1980 R.Harlan Smith 1981 Carroll Baker 1981 Chris Nielsen 1981 Larry, Lloyd & Ray Mercey (cancelled) (cancelled) (cancelled) 1985 Anne Murray 1998 Beverley Mahood 1985 Dallas Harms & Mike Francis 1986 Anne Murray 1999 Stephanie Beaumont 1986 Gilles Godard 1987 Carroll Baker 1987 David Foster 1988 Anne Murray OUTSTANDING NEW MALE ARTIST 1988 TerryBrown 1989 Michelle Wright 1989 Randall Prescott 1975 Ian Tyson 1990 k.d.lang 1990 Randall Prescott 1976 Ronnie Prophet 1991 Michelle Wright 1991 Howie Vickers 1977 Barry Brown 1992 Michelle Wright 1992 Randall Prescott 1978 Orval Prophet 1993 Michelle Wright 1993 Chad lrschick 1979 Wayne Rostad 1994 Michelle Wright 1994 Chad Irschick 1980 Ronnie Prophet 1995 Michelle Wright 1995 Johnny Douglas 1981 Eddie Eastman 1996 Shania Twain 1996 Chad Irschick (cancelled) 1997 Terri Clark 1997 Chad Irschick 1998 Terri Clark 1998 Bruce Guthro 1998 Chad Irschick 1999 Shania Twain 1999 Gil Grand 1999 Chad Irschick

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR OUTSTANDING NEW GROUP OR DUO COUNTRY RADIO PERSONALITY 1975 Gary Buck 1975 Bob Murphy & Big Buffalo 1975....Charlie Russell CJCJ -Woodstock 1976 Dick Damron 1976 The Good Brothers 1976....Johnny Murphy CHML -Hamilton 1977 Dick Damron 1977 The Carlton Showband 1977. Ted Daigle CKBY-FM -Ottawa 1978 Dick Damron 1978. Bill Anderson CFRB -Toronto 1979 Eddie Eastman 1978 Terry Carisse & Tenderfoot 1979....Stan Campbell CFGM -Toronto 1980 Terry Carisse 1979 Ralph Carlson & Country Mile 1980....Bill Anderson CFRB -Toronto 1981 Terry Carisse 1980 The Good Brothers 1981....Bill Anderson CFRB -Toronto (cancelled) 1981 Ralph Carlson & Country Mile (cancelled) 1985 Murray McLauchlan (cancelled) 1985....Bill Anderson CFRB -Toronto 1986 Murray McLauchlan 1998 Montana Sky 1986. Robin Ingram CFAC -Calgary 1987 Terry Carisse 1987....Cliff Dumas CHAM - Hamilton 1988 Murray McLauchlan 1999 Johner Brothers 1988....Randy Owen CKGL -Kitchener 1989 George Fox 1989....Cliff Dumas CHAM -Hamilton 1990 George Fox OUTSTANDING NEW ARTIST 1990....Paul Kennedy CHFX-FM -Halifax 1991 George Fox 1985 Jamie Warren 1991....Cliff Dumas CHAM -Hamilton 1992 George Fox 1986 The Haggertys 1992. Cliff Dumas CHAM -Hamilton 1993 George Fox 1993....Cliff Dumas CHAM -Hamilton 1994 Charlie Major 1987 Double Eagle Band (cancelled) 1995 Charlie Major 1988 Blue Rodeo 1995....Cliff Dumas CISS-FM Toronto 1996 Charlie Major 1989 Carmen VVestfall 1996....Cliff Dumas CISS-FM Toronto 1997 Paul Brandt 1990 Great Western Orchestra 1997....Cliff Dumas CISS-FM Toronto 1998 Paul Brandt 1991 Patricia Conroy 1998. Cliff Dumas CISS-FM Toronto 1999 Paul Brandt 1992 Joel Feeney 1999....Cliff Dumas CISS-FM Toronto 1993 The Rankin Family GROUP OF THE YEAR MAJOR RECORD COMPANY 1994 Jim Witter 1975 Eastwind 1975 Broadland Records 1995 Shama Twain 1976 The Family Brown 1976 RCA Ltd. 1977 The Family Brown 1996 Jason McCoy 1977 RCA Ltd. 1978 The Family Brown 1997 Chris Cummings 1978 RCA Ltd. 1979 The Family Brown (cancelled) 1979 RCA Ltd. 1980 The Family Brown 1980 RCA Ltd. 1981 The Family Brown TOP COUNTRY COMPOSER(S) 1981 RCA Ltd. (cancelled) 1975 Dallas Harms (cancelled) 1985 The Family Brown 1976 Dick Damron 1985 RCA Ltd. 1986 The Mercey Brothers 1977 Dallas Harms 1986 RCA Ltd. 1987 The Family Brown 1978 Dallas Harms 1987 BMG Music Canada 1988 Blue Rodeo 1979 Dallas Harms 1988 BMG Music Canada 1989 The Family Brown 1980 Barry Brown 1989 WEA Music Canada 1990 The Family Brown 1981 Terry Carisse & Barry Brown 1990 Savannah Records 1991 Prairie Oyster (cancelled) 1991 Warner Music Canada 1992 Prairie Oyster 1987 David Foster & Jim Vallance 1992 BMG Music Canada 1993 The Rankin Family 1988 Greg Keelor & Jim Cuddy 1993 BMG Music Canada 1994 Prairie Oyster 1989 George Fox 1994 BMG Music Canada 1995 Prairie Oyster 1990 Gary Fjellgaard 1995 BMG Music Canada 1996 Prairie Oyster 1991 Gary Fjellgaard 1996 BMG Music Canada 1997 Farmer's Daughter 1992 Keith Glass & Joan Besen 1997 BMG Music Canada 1998 Leahy 1993 Joan Besen 1998 BMG Music Canada 1999 The Wilkinsons 1994 Charlie Major & Barry Brown 1999 Warner Music Canada 1995 Jim Witter & Johnny Douglas 1996 Shania Tawin 1997 Shania Twain 1998 Julian Austin 1999 Bruce Guthro RPM - Monday June 12, 2000 -25

INDEPENDENT RECORD COMPANY CANADIAN COUNTRY ARTIST 1993 Savannah Records OF THE YEAR 1994 Stony Plain Records 1978 Carroll Baker 1995 Stony Plain Records 1979 Anne Murray 1996 Stony Plain Records 1980 Carroll Baker 1997 Stony Plain Records 1981 The Family Brown 1998 Stony Plain Records (cancelled) 1999 Stony Plain Records 1985 Anne Murray 1986 The Family Brown COUNTRY RADIO STATION 1987 Anne Murray 1985....CFGM Toronto 1988 Ian Tyson 1986....CHAM Hamilton 1989 George Fox 1987....CHAM Hamilton 1990 k.d.lang 1988....CHAM Hamilton 1991 Michelle Wright 1989....CHAM Hamilton 1992 Prairie Oyster 1990....CHAM Hamilton 1993 Michelle Wright 1991....CHAM Hamilton 1994 Charlie Major 1992....CHAM Hamilton 1995 Charlie Major (cancelled) 1996 Shania Twain 1995....CKRY-FM Calgary 1997 Paul Brandt 1996....CKRY-FM Calgary 1998 Shania Twain 1997....CISS-FM Toronto 1999 Shania Twain 1998....CISS-FM Toronto 1999....CHAM Hamilton CANADIAN COUNTRY VIDEO 1997....My Heart Has A History Paul Brandt TOP CANADIAN COUNTRY TV SHOW 1998..Little 01' Kisses Julian Austin 1975Ian Tyson 1999....26 Cents The Wilkinsons 1976Grand Old CountryRonnie Prophet 1977Grand Old CountryRonnie Prophet 1978Tommy Hunter Country 1979Grand Old CountryRonnie Prophet 1980Grand Old CountryRonnie Prophet 1981 Family Brown Country (cancelled) Charlie Major with evidence of his Big Country sweep. BEST COUNTRY SINGLE

1975....Paper Rosie Dallas Harms 1976....Georgia I'm Cheating On You Tonight Dallas Harms Congratulations 1977....Susan Flowers Dick Damron 1978....Wild Honey Johnny Burke & Eastwind 1979....Stay With Me The Family Brown 1980....The Star Marie Bottrell to all 1981....Windship Terry Carisse (cancelled) 1985....Nobody Loves Me Like You Do Anne Murray 1986.. .Nobody Loves Me Like You Do Anne Murray 1987....Now And Forever Anne Murray 1988.. Try Blue Rodeo 1989... Angelina George Fox 0IG 1990....Full Moon Of Love Prairie Oyster 1991....Goodbye, So Long, Hello Prairie Oyster 1992....Something To Remember You By Prairie Oyster 1993....He Would Be Sixteen Michelle Wright GaUeeelel 1994....I'm Gonna Drive You Out Of My Mind Charlie Major 1995....Such A Lonely One Prairie Oyster piralealj 1996....Any Man Of Mine Shania Twain 1997....My Heart Has A History Paul Brandt 1998....Little '01 Kisses Julian Austin 1999....25 Cents TheWilkinsons

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM NOMINEES 1975....'01 Eon lanTyson 1976....Carroll Baker Carroll Baker 1977....Here Comes Yesterday R.Harlan Smith 1978....Wild Honey Johnny Burke & Eastwind from everyone 1979....Familiar Faces, Familiar Places The Family Brown 1980....111 Always Love You Anne Murray 1981....We Can Make Beautiful Music Together Terry Carisse (cancelled) at 1985....Heart Over Mind Anne Murray 1986....Feel The Fire The Family Brown 1987....None Of The Feeling Is Gone Terry Carisse 1988....Cowboyography Ian Tyson 1989....These Days The Family Brown 1990....Absolute Torch & Twang k.d.lang 1991....With All My Might George Fox el 01 Y 1992....Everybody Knows Prairie Oyster 1993....Now And Then Michelle Wright 1994....The Other Side Charlie Major 1995....Only One Moon Prairie Oyster 1996....The Woman In Me Shania Twain L.1 aAA 1997....Calm Before The Storm Paul Brandt 1998....Come On Over Shania Twain 1999....Nothing But Love TheWilkinsons 26 -RPM - Monday June 12, 2000

A PAGE FRON1 THE PAST -Dec. 19,1970 C1RPA...producers form action association

by Walt Grealis be taken to "test" the fairness of tions is moot. Most of their ex- Picture, if you can, 21 record the broadcasters in record pro- perience is in analysing trade producers sitting around a table duction. charts and listings. Their "ear" in Toronto's Inn On The Park. The situation was made very for hits in formulated radio has This was the scene on December clear by one of the early speakers: never had to develop. Did they really know a hit sound when they the 4th, when for the first time, "We the producers, make records this group of producers who knew and beg for airplay. They the heard one? Why were they so cri- tical of what was being done in very little about each other met broadcasters, have the right to re- Canada when they played any to find out that they had a great fuse us and play their own. This "hype" that the foreign trade deal in common. They all were right is granted to them by the sheets recommended without dissatisfied with their lack of people of Canada as holders of a mileage in Canada from their in- question? very valuable franchise, the use vestment. of the publicly-owned airwaves. As the meeting drew to a close, it A couple of million dollars had Simply, should they be in the po- was voted that a strong association been spent by this group in making sition to be able to play their own was needed. The Association would be formed on the strength of the records and with the exception of product when they are so critical issues which had been discussed two of the producers who had hit of our work and talent?" and whatever recourse the broad- the magic million mark, the bal- Surprisingly, the producers knew casters might take, the group would ance had not seen either anything more about the rash of broadcaster- stand united. that would resemble a profit or owned record enterprises than did anything like a good chart listing. many of the people who control In the same way as the broad- casters descended on Ottawa to As the meeting began, it became this very area. From coast-to-coast in Canada, broadcasters are gear- fight the 30% ruling, the producers obvious that the very cool start ing their programming operations were now united to fight the would develop into something ex- broadcasters' threat to their work traordinary. As they started to to include record production. In in giving birth to the industry. discuss their problems, the pro- what seems to be anger at the CRTC for enforcing this form of ducers realized that the fight for CIRPA was born. The Canadian a place in the sun for Canadian control, the broadcasters have Independent Record Producers' productions was going sour. The taken a stand that if they are Association. They will be fighting going to be forced to do anything, CRTC ruling which guaranteed to make the production arena for they will make sure that it works them a competitive arena in which records a nice place to work in. they could fight the foreign pro- to their advantage. Strangely enough, for an observer duct was slowly being taken over Unanimously, the producers agreed to see and hear this whole pro- by a new group of producers, the to take steps to bring the problem ceeding was an experience. You broadcast-production and music to the attention of the government publishing houses. Their greatest left surprised at their "guts", bodies concerned with what but above all, pleased that this adversaries over the past number broadcasters are allowed to do as was a group of gentlemen who of years, the broadcasters were well as seeking other methods of had a problem they had to lick. It stepping right in to take advan- making their problem known to was frightening the way the words tage of the regulations and make anyone who would have difficulty boycott and blacklist were being sure that anything that they understanding. Few had ever been thrown around, but the producers were "forced" to play would turn asked what their problems were.Up were an inspiration as they agreed over a profit which didn't leave until this meeting, it was felt that to work together for the first time. their hands - at least not too few would discuss their problems This could be the biggest "session' often. openly fearing boycott of their of all time and the outcome could product or blacklisting. They were It became clear that as individuals be a "hit sound" that will be presently feeling the result of they might fall, but collectively heard around the world. they would be able to fight for both from the radio people. They will be a group to contend survival. They had the talent. The Maple Leaf System was with, and you couldn't help feeling There was still some money, the brought up for discussion, and it that the non-broadcasting pro- ruling was imminent, but the pos- was agreed by all present that sibility of the airwaves being the System was "sudden death" to ducers had one thing on their side - overcrowded with the product of any records that didn't win in the an honesty of purpose. They proved the broadcasters' own production voting. The System had flattered it years ago, when they walked houses posed a threat to their and impressed the record companies into Canada's studios with just a very "survival." but the producers were ignored. pipe dream of a million seller. They weren't considered in any of They deserve to win and they'll do There was no outright bitterness the discussions of "aiding the it with a license to play their own on the part of any of the producers. record industry in Canada". With productions. Even where there should have been each conference call the MLS had downright hate, the producers scrapped literally tens of thousands took the approach that this wasn't of dollars of time, talent and cul- a fight they wanted. It was a battle ture as being "simply" not good they were forced into. This was enough. The question of the no vigilante group that was out qualifications of the MLS members for the broadcasters' blood. It be- in judging the merits of produc- came clear that there were legal and ethical courses which could Top 100 CDs e

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2 2 3 BRITNEY SPEARS 36 46 30 SAVAGE GARDEN 69 58 10 ICE CUBE Oops! IDid It Again (Jive/Zomba! 44175 N Affirmation (Columbia) 63711 -H War Er Peace Vol. 2(Virgin) -F

3 NEW KID ROCK 37 20 29 DR. DRE 70 70 11 TOM JONES History Of Rock (Atlantic) 83314 -P 2001 (Aftermath/Interscope) 90486 -J Reload (Attic) 1550

4 5 4 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2O.S.T. 38 32 54 BLINK 182 71 64 57 AMANDA MARSHALL Various Artists IHollywood) 62244 -J Enema Of State (Universal) 11950 -J Tuesdays Child (Epic) 80380 -H

5 6 18 MACY GRAY 39 27 6 CYPRESS HILL 72 66 7 PINK FLOYD On How life is (EPIC) 69490•H Skull Et Bones (Sony) 69990 -H Is There Anybody Out There? (Sony) 62055 -H

6 3 2 MATCHBOX TWENTY 40 22 2 FAMILY VALUES TOUR 1999 73 73 7 HIGH FIDELITY O.S.T. Mad Season (Atlantic) 8339 -P Various Artists (Geffen) 069 490 641 -J Various Artists (Hollywood) 62188 -J

7 9 41 SANTANA 41 34 4 MAMMA MIA O.S.T. 74 74 16 MASSIVE 2001 Supernatural (BMG) 190802 -N Various Artists (Universal( 314 543 115 -J Various Artists 83300 (Popular) -F

8 10 6 TONI BRAXTON 42 37 4 GLADIATOR/2000 O.S.T. 75 67 5 MYA The Heat (LaFacel 26069 -N Various Artists (Decca) 289 467 094 - J Fear Of Flying (Interscope) 069 490 640 -J

9 8 2 DON HENLEY 43 43 15 yTy BIG FUN PARTY MIX 76 77 19 CHRIS SHEPPARD Inside Job Marner Bros.) 47083 -P Various Artists (Universal) 314 541 317 -J 4•1 Club Cutz 303 (BMG) 72527 -N

10 11 3 WHITNEY HOUSTON 44 50 29 CELINE DION 77 79 23 DMX Greatest Hits lArista! 14626 - All The Way:A Decade Of Songs (Epic) 63760 - Fi bThen There Was X(Def Jam) 314 546 933 -J

11 7 3 PEARL JAM 45 47 8 NO DOUBT 78 83 51 SARAH McLACHLAN Binaural (Epic) 63665 -H Return Of Saturn (Interscopel 069 490 441 -J Mirrorball (Nettwerk) 6700 30140 -F

12 4 2 A PERFECT CIRCLE 46 26 38 KID ROCK 79 80 14 Ac/Dc Mer De Noms (Virgin) 49253 -F Devil Wthout A Cause (Atlantic) 83119 -P Stiff Upper UP (East/VVest) 62494 -P

25 14 mOBY 47 52 8 SONIQUE 80 86 17 TRAVIS Play (42) -N Hear My Cry (Republic) 012 156 247 J Man Who (Epic) 91321 -H

14 17 2 REGGAE HITS 48 56 51 DIANA KRALL 81 75 10 VVVVF AGGRESSION Various Artists (Universal) 314 541 842 -J When lLook (Verve) IMPD 304 - Various Artists (Virgin) 50120 •F

19 35 MARC ANTHONY 49 54 28 MUCH DANCE 2000 82 76 72 BRITNEY SPEARS Marc Anthony IColumbia! 69726 •H Various Artists (Much) 24061 -F Baby One More Time IJive! 41651 -N

16 16 2 LUCY PEARL so 55 13 MC MARIO MIXDOWN 2000 83 84 28 SHANIA TWAIN Lucy Pearl [EMI) 78059 .F Various Artists (Sony Music Direct) 24064 -H Come On Over :Remixes (Mercury) 088 170 123 -J

ZEI 24 36 STING 51 53 17 GRAMMY NOMINEES 2000 84 71 17 TINA TURNER Brand New Day IA6M) 0694904432 -J Various Artists (Grammy/ACA) 67945 -N 24/7 (Virgin) 23180 -F

18 12 5 CHRIS SHEPPARD GROOVE STATION 6 52 30 2 CATHERINE WHEEL 85 78 9 BIG PUNISHER Various Artists [Areal 72525 -N Wishville (Columbia) 69515 -H Yeeeh Baby ILoud) 91280 -H

19 NEW PURE DANCE 5 53 35 30 FAITH HILL 86 87 53 JENNIFER LOPEZ Various Artists (Universal) 314 541 730 -J Breathe (Warner Bros )47373 -P On the 6(Work) 69351 -H

20 13 11 * N SYNC 54 40 40 DIXIE CHICKS 87 88 16 FIVE No Strings Attached (Jive/Zomba( 44168 -N Fly (Monument) 69678 -H Invincible (BMG) 713922 -N

21 14 28 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS 55 57 14 AQUA 88 90 31 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Enrique lInterscope) 069 480 540 -J Aquarius (Universal) 012 157 305 -J Battle Of Los Angeles (Epic) 69630 -H

22 21 52 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 56 59 16 TRACY CHAPMAN 89 82 126 SHANIA TWAIN Califomication (Warner Bros.) 47386 -P Telling Stories lElektra) 62478 -P Come On Over (Mercury) 314 536 003 -J

23 NEW IRON MAIDEN 57 29 10 ROMEO MUST DIE OST 90 85 11 BLACK ROB Brave New World (EMI) 26605 -F Various Artists (Virgin) 49052 -F Life Story (Bad Boy) 73026 -N

24 18 13 BLOODHOUND GANG 58 45 28 BIG SHINY TUNES 4 91 94 23 JAY Z Hooray For Boobies (Universal) 069 490 455 -J Various Artists (Much) 306725 -F Life Ei Times Of SCarter (Roc-A-Fella( 314 546 822 -J

25 15 20 SISQ0 59 51 23 SCLUB 7 92 96 28 mETALLICA Unleash The Dragon 314 546 816 (Universal) -J SClub 7(Universal) 543237 -J SEt M (Elektral 62463 -P

26 28 45 DESTINY'S CHILD 60 48 4 HANSON 93 93 29 KORN The Writing On The Wall (Sony) 69870 -H This lime Around (Island) 314 542 383 -J Issues (Epic/Immortal( 63710 -H

39 5 3DOORS DOWN 61 63 38 MATTHEW GOOD BAND 94 95 40 LOU BEGA A Better Life (Republic) 012 153 920 -J Beautiful Midnight (Universal) 53786 -J A Little Bit Of Mambo (RCA) 67887 -N

28 31 41 CHRISTINA AGUILERA 62 36 11 VENGABOYS 95 72 9 HEADSTONES Self Titled (RCA) 67690 -N Flatinum Album Ilsba/DEPI 5055 Nickels For Your ... (Universal) 012 157 517 -J

29 44 2 PAUL SIMON 63 62 50 LIMP BIZKIT 96 89 35 LIVE Greatest Hits (Warner Bros.) 47721 -P Significant Other finterscope) 90335 -J Distance To Hem (Radio Active) 088 111 966 -J

30 41 6 NEIL YOUNG 64 65 37 OUR LADY PEACE 97 97 52 TEA PARTY Silver Er Gold (Reprise) 47305 -P Happiness... Is not aFish (Columbia) 63707 -H TRIPtych (EMI) 96545 -F e

31 23 7 JOE 65 68 35 CHANTAL KREVIAZUK 98 98 17 THE BEACH O.S.T. My Name Is Joe (Jive) 44174 -N Colour Moving And Still (Columbia) 80391 -H Various Artists (London) 31079 -P

WEI 38 11 JANN ARDEN 66 69 11 JONI MITCHELL 99 100 21 BLUE RODEO Blood Red Cherry (Universal) 012 157 527 -J Both Sides Now (Warner) 47620 -P Days In Between (MA) 80936 -P

33 33 55 BACKSTREET BOYS 67 60 23 EIFFEL 65 100 91 36 ALL STARS 2000 Millennium (Arista) 41672 -N Europop (Popular) 83316 -F Various Artists IPopular) 820002 -F

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20th century. Guest musicians include Joe Jackson, is free, and there will be free parking, and free shuttle What's Taj Mahal, Ben Folds and John Pizzarelli. Featured bus service between the Downsview subway and the songs include Cycles (originally recorded by Frank site. Happenning Sinatra), Trouble Man (Marvin Gaye), For No One Diana Krall returns to Toronto for an August (The Beatles) and One Hand, One Heart (from West 19 show at the Molson Amphitheatre. ICrall will be Side Story). Jones is confirmed for aseries of dates Shyne Factory's latest independent album, Lava, performing before a34-piece orchestra, with guests in western Canada, including shows at Edmonton's is being aided by their current single, Bring Me the Michael Brecker Quartet. Krall's 1997 release, Winspear Centre (June 24), Calgary's Jubilee Down, which is gaining significant airplay across Love Scenes, was nominated for aGrammy, and Auditorium (25), Vancouver's Vogue Theatre (27), the country, while the video is in rotation at Much. became the first jazz record to bc certified platinum the Royal Theatre in Victoria (28) and the Montreal Bring Me Down has also been picked as the lead in Canada. Krall's latest release, When ILook In Jazz Festival (30). track for the upcoming IndieBlast '00 compilation, Your Eyes, won a Grammy for best jazz vocal produced by RCD Music Ltd., and available through Montreal pop artist Lauren Taylor has just performance, and aJuno for best vocal jazz album. CDPlus.com on the Bhurr Records label. In addition, completed abrand new distribution agreement with Her last appearance in Toronto featured three Shyne Factory have been chosen as the first indic Japanese independent distributor Avex, which will consecutive sold-out nights at Massey Hall. artist to participate in the HMV Exposed program. see her indie CD released in Japan in the fall of 2000. Scott Morin has been appointed label manager for Shyne Factory will perform at the Molson Canadian The release will feature all the songs that appeared the Verve Music Group, in an announcement made Rocks IndieBlast Stage (at the Molson on Taylor's Let Me In Your Heart album, along with by Rick Dunlop, director, Universal Classics & Jazz. Amphitheatre) on June 15, the Oasis in Toronto (17) an additional track, Dance With Me. Taylor's latest Morin will oversee the marketing, product and the Horseshoe (19). single, She's Not The One, is currently moving up exploitation and retail promotions for the Verve, the pop charts, and the video (directed by Warren k.d. lang, fresh off her appearance on GRP, Fantasy and Telarc labels. Morin has abachelor Sonoda), has been added into rotation at Much. MuchMoreMusic's Intimate & Interactive, is now of music degree from Capilano College in North firmed for August 23 at the Hummingbird Centre, The Deftones, from Sacramento, California, Vancouver. His marketing experience includes ajob with very special guest, Shelby Lynne. Lang's latest have just released their third album, White Pony, as jazz department manager at Vancouver's Virgin release, Invincible Summer, features "equal parts via Warner Music. This is the followup to their '97 Megastore. He went on to an A&R internship at surf and samba; capris and cotton candy; Beach Boys release, Around The Fur. The group have toured with Verve Music Group's head office in New York. and bossa nova". the likes of Bad Brains, Korn, White Zombie, and Everclear have put the finishing touches on Songs also appeared on the 1998 Vans Warped Tour. The The Aboriginal Voices Festival takes place at From An American Movie, Vol. 1/Learning How group will appear the Guvernment on July 171h, with various venues throughout Toronto the week of June To Smile, the first of two CDs the group is releasing guest Glass Jaw. 17-21. Kicking off the festival on Saturday, June 17 this year on Capitol/EMI Music Canada. Lead single is 2000 Juno winner Chester Knight & the Wind, Downsview Park outside of Toronto will play Wonderful was one of the hottest adds at rock radio performing at 10 pm at the Tranzac Club (262 host to its second annual Canada Day Celebration this past week. The group is firmed to perform on Brunswick St.), to be followed at 11 pm by 2000 on July 1, from 11 am to dusk. Headliners for the the Tonight Show on July 10, while the band's Art Juno nominee No Reservations. On Sunday, the event include children's favourites Bananas In Alexakis will appear on Politically Correct on July Metro Hall Lawn will host the Honouring Our Pyjamas (1:45 pm), reggae king Lazo (4:30 pm), 14. The second record from the band this year, Songs Father's Showcase, featuring Pam Schreiber and Canadian rap pioneer Maestro (6 pm), Nova Scotia From An American Movie, Vol. 2: Good Time For Aaron White, Peacemaker, Breach Of Trust, Chester singer/songwriter Melanie Doane (7:30 pm), and A Bad Attitude, will be released in the fall of 2000. Knight & The Wind and Jani Lauzon. Sunday's Warner artist Colin James (9 pm). Sponsors for the Loggerhead Records artist The Carson Downey (June 18) program at the Tranzac will feature an event include VIA Rail, Baldwin Pianos, Robert Band has signed with the Agency Group. Notes open stage jam. Monday (June 19) at the Tranzac Lowrey's Piano Experts, HMV Canada, the TTC, Ralph James of the Agency Group, "This band has will feature Bezhig (11 pm), Lucie Idlout (12 am) International Teledata Group and Zantac. In addition, an amazing live presence and a passionate those attending the Canada Day festivities will be and an open stage jam (1 am). Wednesday will organization behind it with Loggerhead Records. We feature aNational Aboriginal Day show at Nathan able to fill out aballot to win one of three grand look forward to being part of the team and expect Phillips Square featuring M.C. Moccasin Joe with prizes. First prize is tickets for afamily of four from very big things from the Carson Downey Band." VIA Rail for around-trip between Vancouver and 2000 Juno nominee Elizabeth Hill. The Carson Downey Band's debut album, All The Toronto, including VIA's first class Silver & Blue Artemis Records have signed noted singer/ Way, was released in May. service, accomodation and dining. Second prize is songwriter Ricicie Lee Jones, and will release her anew Baldwin Pianovelle GRP3LE Digital Grand Other concert news: The Allman Brothers Band debut with the label in September of this year. The Piano supplied by Robert Lowrey's Piano Experts. are firmed for the Molson Amphitheatre on July 30, album, tentatively titled It's Like This, will feature Third prize is a$1,000 online shopping spree from with guests Hot Tuna. Jones covering some of the greatest songs of the HMV.com. Admission to the Canada Day festivities

T.N.A.'s Ruth Kearney and Oasis Entertainment's Andrea Morris with While in Toronto. Matchbox 20's Kyle Cook and Rob Thomas hooked up the E Street Band's Little Steven. with the original Kid Rock. 30 -RPM - Monday June 12, 2000

Love (#31*), he is scheduled for the Festival of Saturday (22) will close activities on the Heywagon COUNTRY continued from page 10 Nations in Chatham, Ontario on June 30, followed Stage with Black Water, Lauren Starchuck, Foster and was granted an interview with Channel 10 by Canada Day celebrations in Athabasca, Alberta Martin Band, After Midnite, Desert Rose Dancers, community TV News. Damned Old Rodeo was (July 1), the Carlton Trail Jamboree in Rabbit Lake, Kixt Kickin Country Dancers and the North country scheduled to hit the airwaves on June 5and because Saskatchewan (8), and at Nashville North at the Dancers. of the Dawson Creek/Ft. St. John TV rotation was Calgary Stampede (16). Major's single is included expected to be heard by upwards of 40,000 listeners. on 4,44, his debut on the Dead Reckoning label. Because of Steele's aggressive promotion activity, el me 1 Y Kelly Vohnn, who was named Entertainer of the he estimates that Damned Old Rodeo has been heard Year at the 2000 Golden Music Awards which were Li gi à by more than 20 million people worldwide, "and held in Nashville, returns to Nashville as headliner published weekly since I'm being conservative," he modestly admits. at the 1st annual Canadian Showcase during Fan February 24th, 1964,by Through the important rotation of Steele's music Fair Week. The event, being coordinated by Bob RPM Music Publications LTD. video The River Song, he has become quite the Cousins (RPM -June 5/00), is being held at the 6Brentcliffe Road hometown VIP. As asidenote, on his way home from Nashville Nightlife Theatre on June 14. Other Toronto, Ontario Ft. St. John, Steele stopped in at the Taylor M4G 3Y2 Cancon artists are expected to join the lineup. Restaurant, where they have "the best ham and eggs Vohnn's new single Waitin' Tables, is being tracked 416-425-0257 FAX :416-425-8629 in town," quips Steele, and where the owner is by Deborah Wood. The track was taken from her displaying and selling his CDs at the front counter. CD A New Beginning, released on the EMAIL ADDRESS Prairie Oyster, nominated for a Big Country P.A.Y.B.A.C.K label distributed in Canada by Oasis [email protected] Award in the Group or Duo category, are hitting hard Entertainment. with their new release, Man In The Moon, which Walt Grealis, 0.C. Mountainfest 2000 has landed a lineup of entered the chart last week at #74 and bullets up to Publisher [email protected] country's best from both sides of the border for its #59 this week. Taken from their ViK CD, String Of Sean LaRose three-day (July 20-23) extravaganza in Merritt BC. Pearls: A Greatest Hits Collection, the song was Editor-in-Chief [email protected] A warm-up session will hit the Heywagon Stage written by Chris Whitley. The album was produced (Beverage Garden) on July 19. Included in the lineup Rachel Buddel by Oyster and Bob Doidge and recorded and mixed are Jim Byrnes, Carlos del Junco, Aaron Pritchett, Chart Editor [email protected] by Doidge at Hamilton's Grant Avenue Studio. The Taylor James, The Brent Lee Band, Rodney Ron Rogers new single is 100% Cancon. Joan Besen, the band's Edmond, Debbie Bergeron, Trama and Jolene News & Features [email protected] keyboardist, has been nominated for aBig Country Landygo. The next day the Mountain Main Stage Award in the Canadian Songwriter category for Stan Klees will feature The Kentucky Headhunters, McQueen, writing Canadian Sunrise. The band won their first Movies, Theatre, Books Clayton Bellamy, Jimmy Murphy, Jolene Landygo, & Advertising [email protected] Big Country Award in 1990 for Full Moon Of Love, The Molnars and Tiana Lefebvre. That same day which won as Best Country Single of the Year. The Tony Sutherland the Heywagon Stage will feature Brent Knutsen, next year (1991) they won Group of the Year, Urban Reviews Clayton Bellamy, Brent Lee, Trama, Blue Ridge winning in this category the following year (1992) Bill Watt Dancers, Stompin' Outlaws and Midnight Flames. and again in 1994, 1995 and 1996. Unfortunately Classical & Jazz [email protected] The next day will feature performances by Angela the band is on tour and won't be able to make the Harris, Justine & Reflections, Aaron Pritchett, Kixt awards show, one of the few Russell deCarle or Keith MAPL Cancon Kickin Country Dancers and North Country The MAPL logo was created by Stan Klees Glass have missed since winning their first award. Dancers. The Mountain Main Stage will be busy for RPM in 1970 and is available to Canadian Amanda Lee makes a move onto the chart with (21) with Brooks & Dunn, Julian Austin, Duane record companies to identify the quantity of her latest single That's The Kind Of Mood I'm In. Steele, Kenny Hess, Foster Martin Band with Jamie Cancon on label copy. The single, which enters the chart at #77, was written C. Taylor, Bobbi Smith, Adam Gregory, Justine, The by Rick Giles, Tim Nichols and Canadian Gilles Carsons and Tania Elizebeth. The next day (22) Godard. Released on the Boardwalk label, the track Jamie Warren, Sean Hogan and Michelle Wright will M -Music was composed by aCanadian was produced by Greg Kavanagh. be featured along with Randy Travis, Asleep At the A -Artist who is featured is aCanadian citizen P- Production was wholly recorded in Canada McLachlan/Richards have hung in and, through Wheel and Denny Dray-Petterson. 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Congratulations to this year's nominees for the Big Country Canadian Songwriter Award

Joan Besen

Angela Kelman, Jake Leiske, Sha una Rae Samograd, Stan Meissner _F-i(Jrczr,» Dave Martin

Amanda Wilkinson, Steve Wilkinson

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