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w w Compiled from a national sample of retail store and rack sales SoundScan GOTEE GROWS INTO CHRISTIAN BOUTIQUE 3 3' ó, reports collected, compiled, and provided by I I I I III N TITLE (Continued from page 12) x Ñ ÿá n c=i LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL ARTIST very confident." Grits album in February, Elwood says, Elwood admits that McKeehan's vis- the label is excited about "Small Talk," * * NO. 1 * * ( STRICTLY THE BEST SEVENTEEN VARIOUS ARTISTS ibility as a member of dc Talk has its a children's album slated for release 1 2 3 ) VP 1489' 1 week at No. 1 pros and cons. "I would daresay it's next summer that was written and pro- MY XPERIENCE BOUNTY KILLER 1 I been a blessing and a curse," he says duced by McKeehan, Collins, and 2 I BLUNT/VP 1461'/TVT lID good -naturedly. "It's opened a ton of writer /producer Mark Heimerman. STRICTLY THE BEST EIGHTEEN VARIOUS ARTISTS doors, [but] there hasn't not been a "I think as adults we tend to under- 3 3 3 VP 1490 I've I've market," Elwood says of the BOOMBASTIC SHAGGY meeting been in where had to shoot the 4 4 72 VIRGIN 40158' to say at one point, `If you want to talk to tendency of some children's projects MAN WITH THE FUN MAXI PRIEST dc Talk, then you have to call their man- talk down to their audience. "We want 5 5 2O VIRGIN 41612 agement' or `No, this isn't a way to get to shoot above them a little bit and make 6 NATURAL MYSTIC BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS 6 79 do Talk involved in this project.' One a good, quality album, spin it off into a TUFF GONG 524103 /ISLAND REGGAE GOLD 1996 VARIOUS ARTISTS 7 way or another, someone tries to work '90s version of `Fat Albert,' and do a car- 7 26 VP 1479* - do Talk into the picture, whatever I'm toon series that ends with the theme BEST OF-VOLUME ONE UB40 4 THE talking about. I could go in there and song and a good moral theme. We've o) 9 54 VIRGIN 41009 talk about Grits, and they'd start talk- been talking to people about the TV end SOUL ALMIGHTY- THE FORMATIVE YEARS VOL. 1 BOB MARLEY O 10 27 JAD 1001 ing about do Talk. I need to constantly of it for almost a year now" FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN VARIOUS ARTISTS 11 29 keep getting people to concentrate on Elwood says that he, Collins, and 10 POW WOW 7462 Gotee in the discussion." McKeehan have had "tons of surprises" LOVE FROM A DISTANCE BERES HAMMOND 11 8 16 Looking ahead to 1997, Gotee will as they've developed their label, but that VP 1480* new none of them would exchange the expe- THE BEST OF- VOLUME TWO UB4O continue to push the Out Of Eden 12 12 55 VIRGIN 41010 project, as well as move into the next rience for anything. "It's an exhausting 'TIL SHILOH BUJU BANTON 13 71 phase of marketing Christafari's "Val- process, but it's the most rewarding 13 LOOSE CANNON 524119" /ISLAND INI ley Of Decision." 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