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1 1 SEX TONY BLANCO Y NEGRO 1 1 OOPS! ... I DID IT AGAIN BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE MACHINE SWEAT 2 2 IT'S MY LIFE BON JOVI MERCURY/UNIVERSAL 2 2 IT'S MY LIFE BON JOVI MERCURY 3 NEW I LIKE YOU ONE TRACK MIND MERCURY/UNIVERSAL 3 3 FREESTYLER BOMFUNK MC'S EPIDROMEISONY OOPS! I Mi1SIC 4 3 ... DID IT AGAIN BRITNEY SPEARS PULSE 4 6 CES SOIREES LA YANNICK LA TRIBU/SONY JIVENIRGIN 5 5 IT FEELS SO GOOD SONIQUE SERIOUS/UNIVERSAL THE LATEST NEWS THE 5 5 SUENO SU BOCA RAUL HORUS MUSIC FROM AROUND PLANET 6 4 NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN MELANIE C VIRGIN 6 6 BOMBA KING AFRICA VALE 7 7 MARIA MARIA SANTANA ARISTA 7 4 NO ME DEJES DE QUERER GLORIA ESTEFAN EPIC 8 NEW THONG SONG SISQO DEF SOUL/MERCURY 8 NEW TOLD YOU LATIN.COM POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL EDITED BY NIGEL WILLIAMSON 9 8 ICH VERMISS DICH (WIE DIE HOLLE) ZLATKO 9 9 (LA DI DA DA) FRENCH ARIOLA AFFAIR RCA 10 7 THE WICKER MAN IRON MAIDEN EMI STUTTGART, -BASED 10 10 AIMER CECILIA DARA & DAMIEN SARGUE Fool's Gar- launching the record in Scandinavia, BAXTER/UNIVERSAL den, which scored a worldwide hit with Germany, and other territories where ALBUMS 1 NEW CAMELA SIMPLEMENTE AMOR HISPAVOX "Lemon Tree" in 1996, is back with a new the original single made an impact. 2 NEW BON JOVI CRUSH MERCURY/UNIVERSAL 1 NEW JOVI MERCURY 1 BON CRUSH 3 1 BARRY WHITE THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION that is pointedly titled "For Sale." Meanwhile, the brothers hold the No. 2 1 BRITNEY SPEARS OOPS! ... I DID IT AGAIN JIVE UNIVERSAL After the act's record company (Intercord) slots on the Danish album and singles 3 2 WHITNEY HOUSTON WHITNEY: THE GREATEST 4 2 GLORIA ESTEFAN ALMA CARIBENA EPIC was sold to EMI, it was closed down, and charts. The single has charted across HITS ARISTA 5 NEW MOJINOS ESCOZIOS EN UN CORTIJO GRANDE, EL 4 3 SANTANA SUPERNATURAL ARISTA TONTO SE DRO Fool's Garden is now signed to producer most of Europe, and the album hit the 6 4 WHITNEY HOUSTON WHITNEY: THE GREATEST 5 NEW IRON MAIDEN BRAVE NEW WORLD EMI Jack White's Seven Days label, which is top slot in Norway. CHARLES FERRO HITS ARISTA/BMG 6 4 EMINEM THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP INTERSCOPE 7 3 BRITNEY SPEARS OOPS! ... I DID IT AGAIN distributed via BMG Ariola. The first sin- 7 6 MOBY PLAY MUTE JIVENIRGIN gle, "Suzy," is still enjoying a stay on the AT A TIME when there is a major political 8 5 PEARL JAM BINAURAL EPIC 8 NEW IRON MAIDEN BRAVE NEW WORLD EMI 9 8 TOM JONES RELOAD GUT/V2 9 5 TOM JONES GOLD UNIVERSAL Media Control German singles chart after debate over the relevance of Afrikaans 10 7 TONI BRAXTON THE HEAT LA FACE/ARISTA 10 6 RAUL SUENO SU BOCA HORUS eight weeks, and the album was released (now just one of 11 official languages in June 5. After a nationwide promo tour and South Africa), Gallo Records has taken NEW ZEALAND (Record Publications Ltd.) 06/11/00 PORTUGAL (Portugal /AFP) 06/13/00 Munich showcase, the band is off to Singa- the bold step of releasing "Om Te THts LAST THIS LAST pore to perform at the June 18 Radio Music Breyten" (To Breyten), an 18-track com- WED( Wm( ALBUMS Wm( Wm( ALBUMS Awards. All songs were penned by lead pilation showcasing the poetry of 1 2 VENGABOYS THE PLATINUM ALBUM VIOLENT/EMI 1 1 BRITNEY SPEARS OOPS! ... I DID IT AGAIN singer Peter Freudenthaler and guitarist Breyten Breytenbach, a respected 2 NEW A PERFECT CIRCLE MER DE NOMS VIRGIN JIVE/EMI 3 3 MARTIN WINCH ESPRESSO GUITAR TWO sow Volker Hinkel, who co- produced the album writer, painter, and political activist, 2 RE STING BRAND NEW DAY POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL 4 1 MOBY PLAY FESTIVAL with James Herter. "The group has had accompanied by music from an impres- 5 RE BEN HARPER BURN TO SHINE VIRGIN 3 4 ERA ERA 2 MERCURY/UNIVERSAL time to grow creatively, and the songs are sive array of 18 Afrikaans acts. From 6 RE ROBBIE WILLIAMS THE EGO HAS LANDED EMI 4 3 GUANO APES DON'T GIVE ME NAMES RMG more mature with a rock edge while still 9's "Klanke" (Sounds) to 7 Battery eerie NEW MATCHBOX TWENTY MAD SEASON BY MATCHBOX 5 5 MADREDEUS ANTOLOGIA EMI TWENTY WARNER maintaining their Beatlesque style," says Cape of Good Hope Province -based hip - 6 7 BON JOVI CRUSH ISLAND/UNIVERSAL 8 4 LIMP BIZKIT SIGNIFICANT OTHER UNIVERSAL manager Steffen Koch. The album is slat- hop crew Brasse Vannie Kaap's edgy, 7 2 SANTANA SUPERNATURAL ARISTA/BMG 9 RE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS CALIFORNICATION ed for release in South Africa, Mexico, street -inspired "Gedagtes Van Die 8 8 VENGABOYS THE PLATINUM ALBUM VIOLENT /EMI WARNER Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Gedigte" (Thoughts Of The Poet), the 10 10 DESTINY'S CHILD THE WRITINGS ON THE WALL 9 6 PEARL JAM BINAURAL sow SONY 10 NEW SANTAMARIA VOAR VIDISCo Indonesia, the Philippines, and Japan. album is gloriously diverse. One of the ELLIE WEINERT most beautiful cuts is Anton Goosen's SWEDEN (GLF) 06/15/00 (IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research) 06/12/00 uncluttered "Om Te Breyten," a Breyten- STACEY EARLE has much for in 1981. THIS LAST THIS LAST too affection bach poem he set to music "The Wm( WEEK SINGLES WED( WEEK SINGLES big brother Steve to say she has been project was very free. The only rule was 1 MERA MALI MARKOOLIO FEATURING ARNE SMUK SOM ET STJERNESKUD standing in his creative shadow, but she choose a poem you dig, make sure no one HEGERFORS CNR/ARCADE CMC 2 4 CAMPIONE 2000 E -TYPE STOCKHOLM 2 NEW EVERYBODY SCREAM PAFFENDORF EDEL is now reaping the rewards of exhaustive overlaps, and do it in your own time, in 3 3 OOPS! ... I DID IT AGAIN BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/ZOMBA 3 7 SANDSTORM DARUDE BMG international touring with her second your own studio," says Goosen, who pro- 4 2 FLY ON THE WINGS OF LOVE OLSEN BROTHERS CMC 4 6 ALL WE NEED IS LOVE DET BRUNE 5 5 IT'S MY LIFE BON JOVI MERCURY /UNIVERSAL PUNKTUM /LANDSHOLDET CMC album, "Dancin' With Them That Brung duced the album. DIANE COETZER 6 7 EXPLODERA STAFFAN HELLSTRAND EMI 5 5 WHERE ARE YOU PAFFENDORF EDEL Me." Released 7 NEW HIPHOPPER THOMAS RUSIAK FEATURING 6 4 MARIA MARIA SANTANA FEATURING THE TEDDYBEARS STOCKHOLM LED /UNIVERSAL PRODUCT G &B ARISTNBMG in the U.K. in FINNISH 10 -PIECE Värttinä has entered 8 6 HAPPY GIRL BUBBLES CNR/ARCADE 7 3 THONG SONG SISQO UNIVERSAL early May on the top 10 of Europe's world music 9 9 THONG SONG SISQO DEF SOUL/UNIVERSAL 8 2 IT'S MY LIFE BON JOVI UNIVERSAL 10 NEW THE WICKER MAN IRON MAIDEN EMI 9 10 OOPS! ... I DID IT AGAIN BRITNEY SPEARS her Gearle label chart with its eighth album, "Ilmatar" ALBUMS JIVENIRGIN via Proper Dis- (Goddess Of Air), produced by French- 10 9 ITS A FINE DAY BARCODE BROTHERS UNIVERSAL 1 NEW OLSEN BROTHERS WINGS OF LOVE CMC tribution, it man Hughes de Courson. The album, 2 2 BON JOVI CRUSH MERCURY/UNIVERSAL ALBUMS lodged in 3 1 IRON MAIDEN BRAVE NEW WORLD EMI 1 OLSEN BROTHERS WINGS OF LOVE CMC the the act's second for the BMG- distrib- 4 3 BRITNEY SPEARS OOPS! ... I DID IT AGAIN 2 2 WHITNEY HOUSTON WHITNEY: THE GREATEST top 15 of the uted imprint Wicklow, follows "Vihma," JIVE/ZOMBA HITS ARISTA/BMG 1 5 NEW TEDDYBEARS STOCKHOLM ROCK'N'ROLL 3 NEW BON JOVI CRUSH UNIVERSAL Chart Informa- which went to No. on the world music MVG/MNW HIGHSCHOOL 4 3 BRITNEY SPEARS OOPS! ... I DID IT AGAIN tion Network - chart in 1998. "Some expected Värttinä 6 5 MARIE FREDRIKSSON ANTLIGEN-MARIE JIVENIRGIN FREDRIKSSONS BASTA 1984 -2000 EMI 5 7 VARIOUS ARTISTS EUROVISION SONG CONTEST compiled coun- to follow a modern path, as with 7 4 VARIOUS ARTISTS EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2000 BMG try sales chart, EARLE ` Vihma,' but they've turned left with STOCKHOLM 2000 ARIOLNBMG 6 8 SANTANA SUPERNATURAL ARISTNBMG helped by a ` a 6 WHITNEY HOUSTON WHITNEY: THE GREATEST HITS 7 5 JAMES LAST THE VERY BEST OF UNIVERSAL Ilmatar,' producing something primi- ARISTA/BMG 8 NEW ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK HAN STORSTE HITS seven -date British tour. The album is also tive and adventurous," says manager 9 7 EMINEM THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP UNIVERSAL available at her staceyearle.com Web site. IN TERSCOPE/UNIVERSAL 9 4 D.A.D EVERYTHING GLOWS EMI MEDLEY Phillip Page. "Ilmatar" has already 10 8 ERA ERA 2 MERCURY /UNIVERSAL 10 9 AQUA AQUARIUS UNIVERSAL Touring with her husband and co -gui- been released in Japan, but plans for tarist, Mark Stuart (whose "Songs From release elsewhere are now in doubt NORWAY (Verdens Gang Norway) 06/13/00 FINLAND (Radiomafia /IFPI Finland) 06/11/00 A Corner Stage" is also on Gearle), Earle given the uncertainty over Wicklow's THLs LAST THIS LAST calculates that she played 274 gigs last future (see story, page 10). Summer live WED( WEEK SINGLES WEEK WM( ALBUMS

1 year, and the couple was rarely home for dates have been scheduled in Japan, 1 NEW BXNDA FRA NORD 2000 RACER SONY 1 BON JOVI CRUSH MERCURY/UNIVERSAL

2 4 BRITNEY SPEARS OOPS! I DID IT AGAIN JIVE/EMI 2 1 IT FEELS SO GOOD SONIQUE UNIVERSAL ... more than four nights. "Sometimes you France, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Austria, 3 3 NIGHTWISH WISHMASTER SPINEFARM 3 2 OOPS! ... I DID IT AGAIN BRITNEY SPEARS 4 8 TOMAS LEDIN VOUDET 1972 -2000 AREN WEA/WARNER do wake up and call downstairs in the and Finland. JIVE/ZOMBA 5 2 IRON MAIDEN BRAVE NEW WORLD EMI hotel and ask, `Where are we ?' " she says. JONATHAN MANDER 4 3 IT'S MY LIFE BON JOVI UNIVERSAL 6 6 EMINEM THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP INTERSCOPE/JNMERSAL PAUL 5 4 THONG SONG SISQO UNIVERSAL 7 NEW LEEVI & THE LEAVINGS BULEBULE PYRAMID/ SEXTON 6 7 sow JOHANNA KUSTANNUS "THE ART OF LISTENING," a new album by 7 5 THE WHISTLE SONG DJ ALIGATOR PROJECT EMI 8 7 WALDO'S PEOPLE NO MAN'S LAND RCABMG IN THE WAKE of the Eurovision Song Con- band 8 6 FLY ON THE WINGS OF LOVE OLSEN BROTHERS 9 RE CMX CLOACA MAXIMA HERODES/EMI veteran Singapore alternative Glob- NORSKE GRAM 10 5 TEHOSEKOITIN ROCK AND ROLL MONSTER MOVIE test victory by Denmark's Olsen Broth- al Chaos, has been released by Pony SHOW LEVY -YHTIO 9 8 NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN MELANIE C VIRGIN ers, Spin Music /edel has released a Canyon Malaysia, the label's first signing 10 NEW AMAZED LONESTAR BMG dance version of the winning song, "Fly of a Singapore act. "We played in Johor ARGENTINA (CAPIF) 05/21/00 ALBUMS On The Wings Love," remixed DJ LAST Of by [Malaysia] early this year, and Pony OLSEN BROTHERS WINGS OF LOVE NORSKE GRAM Tris WEEK WEEK ALBUMS Cookie. The disc contains Canyon came down to see us," says 2 2 BRITNEY SPEARS OOPS! ... I DID IT AGAIN JIVE/ZOMBA 1 1 LOS NOCHEROS NOCHEROS EMI club mixes of the song, three in English, bandleader Adam Yusop. "They were 3 6 EMINEM THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP UNIVERSAL 2 4 MANA MTV UNPLUGGED WARNER and the original Danish-language ver- impressed enough to sign us. This album 4 8 SANTANA SUPERNATURAL ARISTNBMG 3 3 SHAKIRA MTV UNPLUGGED SONY sion, "Smuk Som Stjerneskud." The isn't released in Singapore, we 5 3 MOBY PLAY PLAYGROUND 4 5 LOS PERICOS 1000 VIVOS EMI Et but felt that 6 5 BON JOVI CRUSH UNIVERSAL 5 7 A *TEENS THE ABBA GENERATION UNIVERSAL outing marks Cookie's debut, but edel this was the way to introduce Global Chaos 7 10 WHITNEY HOUSTON WHITNEY: THE GREATEST 6 2 RODERIGO A 2000 BMG says an album from the 13- year -old to Malaysia." The band will be touring HITS ARISTA/BMG 7 6 SANTANA SUPERNATURAL BMG singer /DJ is in the works. Edel's Malaysia to support the release. 8 7 A -HA MINOR EARTH MAJOR SKY WARNER 8 NEW LUCIANO PEREYRA RECORDANDOTE EMI Jan 9 4 IRON MAIDEN BRAVE NEW WORLD EMI 9 8 DIVIDIDOS NARIGON DEL SIGLO BMG Wagner Holm says the label will be PHILIP CHEAH 10 9 D.D.E. JIPPI NORSKE GRAM 10 10 LOS NOCHEROS SIGNOS EMI

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