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of - were publisher Growth In Ringback decline from the peak of $600 million and sell both in one transaction. As ring ALICIA KEYS "No One' recently the year to EMI in 2006. Yet ringback tones are more tones are still the dominant format - became the first ringback tone to Music Publishing Tones Energizes surpass sales of 500,000 copies in than compensating for the decline. Keys' "No One" has sold 2 million and song of the Mobile Market the United States. Ringback sales are expected to increase master ringtones to its 500,000 ring - year, a tie between which dominate the ringtone space. Fergie's "Big Girls As the cash cow that was the ringtones 50 %, or $70 million, to reach $210 mil- backs -such bundling of the two re- format is Don't Cry" and market slowly heads to pasture, the lion this year. sults in greater sales. The key to expanding the Gwen Stefani's music industry is turning to a new mo- And while total ringtone revenue is RealNetworks' WiderThan division, marketing. Sony BMG and Warner "The Sweet bile stud -ringback tones. almost twice as large as that from ring - which powers Verizon's ringback tone Music Group have had artists film "An- Escape." Ringbacks represent the only area of backs, research group IDC says global service, says bundling ringbacks with swerTones 101" videos for AT &T, ex- significant growth for mobile music -re- ringback revenue will outpace that of ringtones results in 30% more sales. plaining what ringback tones are and »>DUPRI TO lated applications in the last year. The ringtones by 2010. But beyond simple sales figures is encouraging fans to purchase them. The HEAD TAG number of mobile subscribers who re- " Ringback tone revenues are now a how ringback tones are used to pro- videos appear on YouTube and AT &T Island Def Jam ported purchasing a ringback tone in- steady, reliable stream," RCA Records mote new releases and exploit back cat- Mobility's Web site. After one such video Music Group and creased 69% from February 2007 to director of mobile marketing Sean alogs. While both are basically by country artist Blake Shelton, the ring - Procter & is first to 30- second clips of longer songs, ring - back tone for "Don't Make Me" became Gamble's TAG February 2008, according to data from Rosenberg says. The label the the No. 1 seller on AT &T for three brand are teaming M:Metrics. By comparison, neither ring - boast of gold -level ringback sales with tones and ringbacks are fundamentally weeks. for a joint- venture tones nor wallpaper images could keep the single "No One" by Alicia Keys, different applications. straight hip -hop label that pace with the overall market growth, in- which surpassed 500,000 in sales in the Only those calling a ringback user can The music and wireless industries will be led by creasing by only 4.3% and 6.2 %, respec- United States alone. hear the clip, while ringtones are audi- feel that more marketing around ring - Island Urban tively, in the same time frame. While declining to provide specific ble to anyone in the vicinity of the phone. back tones is necessary, and often point president "The growth of ringbacks is among data, record labels and analysts inter- Going further, ringbacks can be set to to the other as responsible for doing so Jermaine Dupri. the fastest trajectory for growth of any viewed for this story point to Verizon play only for specific callers, like the wife (see story, page 14). But both also feel TAG Records' first services we're tracking," M:Metrics an- Wireless as the leading operator driving or best friend of the owner of the phone. that this is the year where that effort gets artist will be Donovan says. the ringback tone market. Part of its suc- Therefore, there's an opportunity to over the hump and propels the format announced in May, alyst Mark For that has long re- cess is credited to a more robust mobile make the song a personal message. to more mainstream attention. according to a a music industry statement from lied on ringtones to pad its digital rev- music marketing effort compared with That has not yet translated into a hit "All that awareness builds up over IDJ. enue pie, this has several implications, other operators -but Verizon also ringback tone outselling its ringtone time and is reflected in adoption," AT &T both financial and promotional. stands out as the only operator that can counterpart. According to label sources, director of music and personalization According to figures from BM I, U.S. bundle ringbacks with ringtone sales. the format is still too young to support Mark Nagel says. "I think it's that time ringtone revenue fell slightly more than This means that customers choos- a breakout hit. Neither ringback tones for ringbacks." 8 %, in 2007, and is ex- ing to buy a ringtone will receive a nor the also- emerging mobile format of or $50 million, For 24/7 news and analysis on pected to fall another $40 million, or prompt asking if they want to also buy full -song downloads have taken hold in your cell phone or mobile device, .biz go to: mobile.billboard.biz. 7 %, this year to $510 million -a sharp the ringback tone for the same track, genres outside of R &B and hip -hop,
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» >JUNO AWARDS OPPORTUNITY RATINGS JUMP 56% With eclectic singer KNOCKS Feist taking home WISIN & YANDEL have become a three Juno Awards Latin Conference Points To Diversifying Business model of branding in the Latin music space. Meanwhile, KAT DeLUNA during the April 6 (inset, left) and THE D.E.Y. are reaching televised portion of "The industry is evolving ... and so a slew of branding initiatives for the duo. bilingual audiences in new ways. the Canadian music must you!" Those include watches, a branded Zune, showcase (and five That phrase appeared on a Power - a branded preloaded SunCom phone concert promotion and merchandising have a shared, overall), the CTV TV Point presentation by WyMo, the mo- and the customized promotional con- under one roof in a partnership with TV network saw its vested interest bile aggregator started by reggaetón stars tent offered ratings skyrocket, up through the WyMo joint giant Televisa. Roptus' next priority proj- in breaking a 56% from the previous Wisin & Yandel, at the Billboard Latin venture with Mymobile. ects are Diego and Lola, both of whom new bilingual year. CTV says the Music Conference & Awards this week "A lot of artists have a hit ... but they were launched with successful TV shows. act on both fronts simultaneously, program was the (see story, page 43). But it could have ap- don't take advantage of the boom in their "If we go by everything we read, that Fuerte principal Jerry Blair said at the most -watched show plied to several of the acts and compa- career," Juan Luis "Wisin" Morera Luna the manager and label will be extinct, "Urban Moves" panel. Using the newest on Canadian TV that nies that have created new business said. "We have to be able to evolve." I don't know who is going to be around version of Menudo on Epic as an exam- night. In total, the opportunities for themselves in brand- Regional Mexican star Diana Reyes to do all the work that needs to be ple, he said, "You're never going to fully two -hour awards ing, merchandising and media. scored two top lOs on Billboard's Top done," Day 1 managing director Ruben accomplish what you can accomplish special was watched During a panel at the Seminole Hard Latin Albums chart last week, with re- Leyva said. ... until such time as you get things in all or in part by 4.3 Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Fla., Wisin & leases on her new independent million Canadians. label Other highlights from the conference: working in sync." Yandel revealed that their next single, DBC Entertainment. She has been At the MTV Tr3s- sponsored "Urban IN mun2 GM Alex Pels revealed in a " Síguelo," will released » >AEG, MARK be in partnership doing in- stores nonstop, selling not only Moves" panel, sparks flew when Kat Q &A that in a study commissioned by BURNETT with Pepsi. The beverage maker footed her new album but also her own calen- DeLuna and the D.E.Y. defended their the Latino youth channel, 71% of re- PARTNER FOR the bill for the video, where it gets prod- dars and other merchandise. ability to reach an audience bilingually spondents felt that no major brand LIVE EVENTS uct placement, and the artists appear in Reyes' label is distributed by Select - without first establishing a base in spoke to them or represented them. AEG and Mark Burnett a Pepsi commercial using the song and O -Hits, a nearly 50- year -old company Spanish. Responding to a comment by Still, several teens on a mun2- Productions have some of the same footage from the video. based in Memphis that began distribut- producer Sergio George that groups sponsored panel said they had bought partnered to develop "Pepsi as a brand has generous budg- ing Latin labels two years ago. must break into Spanish -language branded perfumes from Paris Hilton and produce live ets when it comes to media spend, but "My albums come out under a label radio first in order to establish a loyal and Britney entertainment events, Spears. we don't have the content," said Shanna I'm also a part of, so in that sense it helps following, D.E.Y. singer Élan In tours and other said, "I a sitdown Q &A, Enrique Iglesias related programming Parra, regional marketing platforms me. We're all focused on one thing," said agree when he is talking about your said he hopes to release another Span- manager for PepsiCo International. "We Reyes, who traded in her - foundation. across a variety of usual midriff But we have to think about ish- language studio album late this year venues. Programming understood what everyone's objective baring vest for a business suit for the building new houses... if Univision feels or early next year, plus tour stateside under the new multi- was: music, content, mobile integration, occasion. "I'm involved in fields I never they need a more Spanish song, we're this fall. The singer has had acting roles year partnership will Internet. That helped us build a core thought I would be in. I love the idea of going to cut it for them." But don't in Robert Rodriguez's "El Mariachi" and be based on MBP- marketing plan." developing other artists too." count on every D.E.Y. song being recut CBS'"Two and a Half Men," but says he owned reality and The Pepsi partnership, created for the Sony BMG's Day 1 Entertainment in Spanish, she said. "That is why the doesn't plan to pursue a career on- game be shows, to be May 22 release of the deluxe edition of serves as a management wing that seeks D.E.Y. started, so we can do [both] at screen. "The only movies I'm in are presented on AEG - Wisin & Yandel's "Los Extraterrestres" sponsorship and other ancillaries. A hy- the same time." home movies," he joked. After a pause, owned properties. album on WY/Machete, is in the latest brid upstart, Roptus, puts management, Mainstream and Latin labels don't he added, "And they're not porn." . » >PRINCE TO HEADLINE SECOND NIGHT PUBLISHING BY SUSAN BUTLER OF COACHELLA From left, Universal Music Prince will make what Publishing Group is believed to be his chairman /CEO DAVID first U.S. festival Universal RENZER and executive VP appearance at of operations /worldwide CFO MICHAEL J. SAMMIS Coachella later this pose with MasterSource month. Organizers president MARC FERRARI confirmed that the SingsA and Universal Publishing artist will headline the Production Music worldwide president GARY GROSS. April 26 lineup, joining previously New Tune rari, whose ties to the indus- announced headliners try are "incredible," Gross Jack Johnson (April Publisher Acquires `Unique' says. "He knows almost 25) and Roger Waters Production Library every major music supervi- (April 27). This year's sor and every studio." Goldenvoice- Universal Music Publishing into our existing business and tal recordings of compositions sal in 2006, generated in 2003- Ferrari, former member of produced Coachella Group is diversifying its pro- start distributing it interna- written for background use in 05 an average of 39 million rock band Keel signed to Uni- will also feature duction music offerings. The tionally," Universal Publishing films, TV programs and com- ($49 million) in annual net pub- versal in performances by the '80s, says he de- Kraftwerk, publisher has acquired Master - Production Music worldwide mercials. Production houses lisher's share of revenue (NPS, cided to sell his company to Portishead, the Verve, Source, which includes music president Gary Gross says. "It own the compositions, pro- the amount the publisher re- Universal to keep up with all Aphex Twin, My more akin to a pop catalog fits a middle ground between duce the recordings and li- tains after paying other right the licensing opportunities Morning Jacket, than to traditional production a normal [production] music cense both at prices much holders), according to confi- that his small staff was han- Spiritualized and the music offerings. library and a pop catalog - lower than compositions writ- dential documents reviewed by dling. He will lead the Mas- Breeders, among MasterSource music has priced more like production ten for recording artists. Billboard in 2005 when BMG terSource team at Universal. many others. been used in more than 8,600 music, but sounds like pop. Since companies typically was for sale. This was roughly After acquiring BMG -where films including Academy Award Even though it's not recogniz- own all compositions and 23% of the publisher's total NPS. Gross was president of BMG winners "Brokeback Mountain," able like pop, it has really high - recording rights in production In addition to the content, Production Music -Universal "Walk the Line," "Little Miss quality vocals." music, owning a library can be Universal was attracted to became the largest produc- Sunshine" and "Sideways." About 85% of production a lucrative business. BMG Music the MasterSource brand bon music publisher. It now has "We can tuck MasterSource music consists of instrumen- Publishing, acquired by Univer- built by founder Marc Fer- 17 offices in 12 countries.
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» >ANALYST: DIGITAL SALES TO HIT $40B A Reason Analyst firm InStat predicts digital music sales will represent 40% of worldwide To music Believe sales, or $40.2 billion, by 2012 -a Record Store Day Has store is anymore," Kurtz says. sharp rise from the Retailers Feeling Good Artists have come out of the woodwork 10% it in represented to support Record Store Day, in- 2007. Contributing to As April 19 approaches, "Record Store cluding numerous testimonials the growth will be the Day" continues to gain momentum, global expansion of on recordstoreday.com, which broadband Internet with everyone from Metallica to the gov- measures 60,000 unique visi- networks, demand for ernor of Maine onboard to support the tors per month. single -track down- promotional vehicle. The April 19 lineup also in- loads and the rise of On that day, record stores across the cludes Panic at the Disco meet- mobile downloads in United States will give out free promo- ing with fans at Waterloo in Bull Moose VP CHRIS BROWN markets like Japan, tional music CDs, vinyl and videos as Austin and Steve Earle and Alli- (above) helped secure approval from the governor of Maine for the company says. well as other bag -stuffers, and host per- son Moorer doing the Record same at Store Day, which will be highlighted formances and meet -and -greets by every- Manifest in Charlotte, N.C. by a METALLICA meet -and -greet » >U2 RETURNS one from Metallica (Rasputin's in outside San Francisco. TO STUDIO "Once we explained what Mountain View, Calif.) to Regina Spek- Record Store Day was, After an Easter break, Metallica tor (Sound Fix in U2 is back in the Williamsburg, N.Y.). was like, 'Let's do it,' " says one store in London, says he's hard at work studio in Dublin to The idea, conceived last fall at the indie of the band's managers, Marc lining up performances and in -store work on its next store -focused Noise in the Basement Reiter of Q Prime Management. signings. He reports that other U.K. album with producers convention, initially was launched and It took no convincing on our part. [Metal - and Universal Music Group; a Flyleaf EP stores have also embraced the concept. Brian Eno and Daniel embraced by the three U.S. rock coali- lica] shops at Rasputin's. They love [Cal - from Octone; a Nonesuch sampler; and "We heard about it from our friends Lanois. "Everyone [is] tions: 124 -unit Music Monitor Network ifomiá s] Amoeba and they loved Tower." a Rhino Records calendar and the Freaky in the trade and grabbed the baton to cel- still hoping the new (MMN), which includes 23 stores in In fact, Q Prime is trying to get as Creature Comics Book from WEA. ebrate Record Store Day here in the album will be out this Canada; 51 -unit Coalition of Indepen- many of its acts involved as possible, Also, plenty of catalog promotions and U.K.," he says. "I know of 25 other U.K. year," a post on dent Music Stores; and 32 -unit Alliance whether it be through signings, in -store commercial releases are being issued in I U2.com says. The as- stores involved, but am sure there are of Independent Media yet- untitled disc will Stores (AIMS); performances or working as clerks or time for Record Store Day, including a plenty of others who have heard about as well as the 27 -unit Newbury Comics cashiers in the be followed by a 2009 stores, he adds. $9.99 sale for Metallica's CD catalog and it and are embracing the day." tour, U2's first since chain and the 17 independent record "It's like lightning in a bottle when reissues of the band's first two albums on But what about the name? To be sure, recently cementing a stores run by the 60 -unit Value Music music consumers discover artists at an 180 -gram vinyl. WEA is also supplying record stores are not just record stores 12 -year deal with Live chain. In addition, another 100 U.S. indie record store, particularly for new the event with for -sale 7 -inch singles fea- anymore, what with all the DVDs, T- Nation Artists. stores have signed on to support the con- and developing artists who want to have turing the Black Keys, Panic at the Disco, shirts, dolls, trading cards, comic books, cept, as have an additional 25 stores an authentic, meaningful, long -term ca- Death Cab for Cutie and Jason Mraz. collectibles and other product lines on >`HIGH » around the world. reer," Spektor manager Ron Shapiro says. What's more, participating stores will fea- offer. "We have mostly all morphed into SCHOOL In fact, the idea proved so popular that In MUSICAL addition to signings and perform- ture DVDs for $3.99 -$9.99 and a massive something else," Bull Moose VP of op- 4' organizers were forced to have a sign -up ances, MMN ALREADY IN director of marketing Car- selection of CD catalog for $10 or less. erations and marketing Chris Brown cutoffdate for THE WORKS fear that there wouldn't be rie Colliton estimates the stores So far, the reception for the event has says. "We need a new name." Even before "High enough promotional material to supply participating in the event will give away been "overwhelming," according to Value Music buyer Brian Poehner School Musical 3" hits al] stores. Maine Governor John A. Bal- 100,000 units of promotional merchan- Levin. "I don't think anyone could have agrees with Brown, saying that his stores movie theaters in the dacci has also chimed in by proclaiming dise, from about 25 different suppliers. imagined it would have rolled this are more like "pop- culture stores. We fall, Disney Channel is April 19 Record Store Day in that state. This includes 3 -D glasses from the One quickly, received international attention have a better selection of videogames starting work on With the mainstream press continu- Little Indian label to screenings ofa new and so many retailers and labels looking than any Gamestop out there, and the "High School Musical ally writing about how digital develop- 3 -D version of Björk's "Wanderlust" to participate, all in the first year," he says. same goes for DVDs. We are a multi- 4." "We are writing ments are causing the death of the CD, video; an EP from 36 Crazyfists; a 12 -inch In the United Kingdom, Stephen God - dimensional type of store and we are `High School Musical "it seems that there is a perception that album sampler from both Sony BMG froy, director of the Rough Trade East changing with the times." - 4,' " Disney Channel .- record stores are something ofa joke - Worldwide president like we are all dinosaurs stuck in the tar," Rich Ross says. The says Eric Levin, owner news comes as the of Criminal stars of the two smash Records in Atlanta and head of AIMS. THE STARS ALIGN hit TV movies are Consequently, "it was time for the Record Store Day will feature a range of events and artist appearances, from in -store performances to meet - preparing for record stores to step out and throw our- and -greet signings. Artists have also signed on to spin records and wait on customers throughout the day. production on the selves a party," MMN president Michael third installment of Kurtz says. "We want to get the word out PERFORMANCES City), Will Oldham (Bonnie Prince EVENTS the series, which will on what is happening in our stores and AND APPEARANCES Billy, Palace /Drag City), Kurt Wag- Soundtree Records will showcase begin filming this show our place in the community." Nada Surf and others at Vintage Vinyl ner (Lambchop/Merge) and Wooden their bands with a barbecue catered month in Utah. More important, Kurtz says his goals in Fords, N.J.; Thrice at Zia Records in Wand (Kill Rock Stars) at Grimey's in toward 14- to 17- year -old kids at include evolving the event in a few years Phoenix; Jackie Greene at Twist & Nashville. Other events include Dres- Stinkweeds in Tempe, Ariz.; Compiled by Chris M. Luna into a volume Walsh. Reporting by big sales day. like Black Fri- Shout in Denver; Marshall Crenshaw den Dolls' Amanda Palmer creating a Music in Indianapolis will have a veg- Antony Bruno, Jonathan day, to help establish the indie record at Plan 9 in Charlottesville, Va.; Dan painting to be given away to a lucky gie burger cookout, with Doge of Cohen, Paul Gough, Gail store as a different class of retailer from the Automator at Amoeba in San customer at Newbury Comics' Har- My Old Kentucky Blog doing a live Mitchell, Mitchell the mass merchants and online retail- Francisco; Anna Kramer & the Lost vard Square store in remote for Sirius Satel- Peters, Robert ers. Ifthat happens, maybe indie record Cause and others at Criminal Records Boston, while Interpol's lite Radio; and an indie Thompson, Ray Waddell stores can get special functional dis- in Atlanta; and Tim O'Brien and De Sam Fogarino will DJ at film fest will be held in and Chris M. Walsh. counts like those afforded to the rackjob- Novo Dahl steering a Louvin Brothers Other Music in New York tandem with perform- bers that service the discount depar tinent tribute at Grimey's in Nashville. Booths and Peanut Butter Wolf ances by Gaza and Royal For 24/7 news and analysis on your stores. Plus, retailers hope the day "will for meet-and -greets will be manned will spin at Amoeba in Bliss at Graywhale in Salt . IZ mobile device, go to: attract the kids, the generation that we by David Berman (Silver Jews /Drag Los Angeles. Lake City. -EC m o b i l e. b i l l b oa r d. b i z. lost, who don't know what a good record
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make one deal for one amount. deal, which offer the rate agreed But for international repertoire, to under the Sony BMG deals. the operator would have to The publishers and societies THE DIGITAL DANCE make separate deals with a then license the operator di- Sony BMG, Publishers Team Up For Asian Licensing label, one or more publishers rectly. In some countries, the for mechanical rights and a operator will account and pay Sony BMG Music Entertain- 8% of retail price less certain ing. Publishers are reticent to where nearly half of all music songwriter's society for per- Sony BMG, which will then pay ment is joining forces with taxes and other required pay- simply hand over royalty col- sales are for international formance rights. publishing and songwriter roy- major publishers to streamline ments -for songs on Sony lection to major labels, and col- repertoire, most Asian coun- "It becomes a very complex alties to the publishers and so- digital licensing and royalty BMG recordings. lecting societies for songwrit- tries sell more local repertoire. proposition for operators to cieties. In other countries, the collections across Asia. The types of digital sales in- ers and composers also hold "As international compa- be sure they're doing a deal for operator will account and pay Billboard has learned that clude mobile products like certain performance rights in nies, we haven't been able to the right licensing compo- Sony BMG and the society, Sony/ATV Music Publishing master ringtones, ringback some countries. structure a simple deal for our nents, that they're paying all which will then pay the pub- has agreed to have Sony BMG tones and full -track downloads Even so, publishers and [digital] partners to effectively the copyright [holders] and lishers and songwriters. collect certain digital royalties and such online products as many societies aren't yet set do business with us where that they're not going to be "We want to do this so we for it in China, India and other audio and video downloads, up for effective collections of there's one point of payment," sued along the way," van den can move business very countries. The agreement as well as subscription and digital royalties in most Asian says Ruuben van den Heuvel, Heuvel says. quickly," van den Heuvel says. basically mirrors the prece- streaming services. They do countries, and rates in most Sony BMG's senior VP of digi- Under the Sony BMG ar- "Overtime, the publishers may dent- setting deal in January not include monophonic and countries have not been set. tal and new business develop- rangements, the label offers have the desire to be ac- between Sony BMG and Uni- polyphonic ringtones. For Labels in India have refused to ment in Asia. recordings of songs controlled counted to directly by our [dig- versal Music Publishing Group India, the contracts also set a pay publishers mechanical roy- In most Asian countries, do- by publishers in the digital for- ital] partners. We just want to (billboard.biz, Jan. 29). If mechanical royalty rate for alties for international reper- mestic music companies gen- mats covered by the agree- make sure the business kick - everything goes as planned, physical units. Sources say this toire since the '70s (Billboard, erally own master and publish- ments. Sony BMG alerts the starts at a particularly difficult the label /publisher relation- rate is 5.5% of the posted price Feb. 24, 2007). And unlike ing rights. A digital music publishers and the songwriters' time in Asia as we're affected, ships will create simple and to dealers (PPD, roughly the most European countries operator would only need to societies of the potential digital like the rest of the world, by effective digital licensing of label's wholesale price). piracy and home copying." international repertoire to ex- "This agreement represents Several sources say that Uni- pand the Asian markets. another important step in our - versal Music Group and Warner The deal covers certain dig- ongoing campaign to expand want to make sure Music Group are in various ital sales in China, Hong Kong, the legitimate digital market the business kiek -starts stages negotiations with pub- India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the in the Asian region," says Kel- lishers, and Warner/Chappell Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan vin Wadsworth, president of at a particularly difficult is actively negotiating with at and Thailand. The agreements Sony BMG's Asian region. time in Asia least one label. But EMI Music set one publishing royalty rate The Sony BMG deals have and EMI Music Publishing ac- -according to several sources, been several years in the mak- -RUUBEN VAN DEN HEUVEL, SONY BMG tivities are unknown.
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I WANT MTV MySpace is slipping. iTunes PARENTAL TO BE MINE holds an 82% brand recog- MTV is accepting music nition rate, with Napster sec- submissions from unknown ond at 76% and MySpace acts that want their music falling to third at 60 %. Those NEGLECT to appear on the network. voting for "the best" online Through a contest-I Want music destination pick Issues Ringback Marketing Underline My Music on MTV -aspiring iTunes with 50%, Napster at Mobile, Music Biz Divide artists can upload music 10% and MySpace at 5%. videos to a site where fans Rhapsody and Yahoo trail at Ifa ringback tone launches on dollars there. will view and rate submis- 4%- behind Wal -Mart at 6%, a network and nobody hears The wireless industry, for sions. The top 20 finalists despite the fact that it no it, did it ever really exist? instance, is overwhelmingly will be announced April 28, longer has access to Sony With the exception of ring - dominated by voice minutes. and the top six vote -getters BMG and Warner Music tones, no single mobile music Take a look at your mobile will have the chance to Group content. application has yet to score an phone bill. Unless you're a appear on an MTV show. obvious home run with mo- teenage text -message fanatic, The contest also features a LABELS MOBILIZE bile users, even though the the bulk of that bill is cover- lounge on Virtual MTV MOBILE? number of mobile music ing your talk time, not for con- sponsored by Gamier Fruc- Record labels may want to products has exploded in re- tent and services. tis, where fans and artist consider launching their cent years. CTIA -The Wireless Assn. avatars can mingle and own mobile music services And while there's been revealed at its annual confer- GAVIN DeGRAW is taping video messages for AT&T view the submitted videos. independent of the wireless fans buy his tones. The wireless much discussion about how ence earlier this month that encouraging to ringback In other MTV news, the operators -it's a strategy industry hopes to see more artists marketing their products. ease -of-use, need for innova- what it calls "data revenue" company revealed that half that NBC Universal is con- tion, pricing and so on con- now makes up 17% of carrier up about 75% of the mobile T- Mobile uses CallerTunes, of the 17 million mobile sidering. It would create a tribute to the problem, one of revenue. That's an impressive figure. So at best, all other mo- and Sprint likes CallTones. video streams it facilitated "Hulu for wireless," as dis- the overlooked issues is that 53% increase over the year be- bile music applications corn - Only Verizon Wireless simply last year were music videos. cussed by chief digital offi- of marketing. Talk to any mo- fore. But data revenue to a bined contribute maybe 3% to calls them Ringback Tones. cer George Kliavkoff during bile industry exec or major - wireless operator is any cash a label's bottom line. The same situation occurred TUNED IN TO (TUNES Billboard's Mobile Enter- label rep, and they'll tell you earned from something other Spending more on market- with master ringtones (True - According to an Ipsos In- tainment Live event. "We're all about how excited they are than voice minutes. That in- ing may bump these figures Tones, RealTones, etc.), but sight branding study, ready to put some money over ringback tones, mobile cludes text messages, corpo- for both industries, but how labels could simply refer to them iTunes remains the top on- where our mouth is and cre- video, full -song downloads rate e -mail applications, photo much can you justify spend- using the familiar "ringtone" line music destination in ated some original mobile and such. But ask them to take messaging, etc. According to ing on such a niche product? moniker. Ringback tones take terms of mind share -and content," he told attendees. out their checkbook and pay data from research firm The argument could be longer to explain. for some advertising around M:Metrics, only about 15% of made that mobile music is Finally, ringback tones are HOT RINCaIVIAS I these services and you'll soon mobile users even buy ring - more important for the a network service, not a device be facing empty air. tones, and far less buy full music industry -which des- download like ringtones and COMPILED BY Ilieke¡T TITLE .,n Mobile music is the bas- songs, ringback tones and perately needs new revenue games. Because ringback ORIGINAL ARTIST #1 LOLLIPOP it is to the within the 1 2 tard child of mobile and other products. channels -than tones operate WKs LIL WAYNE FEATURING STATIC MAJOR music industry parents, and Record labels to a degree are wireless industry -which is network, only the network LOVE IN THIS CLUB 2 7 neither wants to take full re- in the same boat. This is an in- making loads of cash of voice provider can sell them. That USHER FEATURING YOUNG JEEZY TOUCH MY BODY 3 6 sponsibility. Both want to dustry built on selling records, minutes. And therefore, the means labels can't work with MARIAN CAREY SEXY CAN I 4 5 7 make money on mobile mu- and as such its marketing core music industry should shoul- third -party content providers RAY J & YUNG BERG sic, want the other are based on der the brunt of the market- like Thumbplay or Jamster to BLEEDING LOVE but both competencies 5 7 6 new ing effort. market and sell them, nor can LEONA LEWIS to pay for advertising and promoting music and LOW 4 25 marketing needed to gener- selling albums, not educating But wireless operators labels sell them from artists' FLO RIDA FEATURING T -PAIN THE BOSS 6 7 ate consumer interest. fans on a new technology. Dig- don't make it easy to do so. Web sites directly, like they do RICK ROSS FEATURING T-PAIN ital in Take with ringtones. NO AIR Each has its own "legiti- music revenue total con- ringback tones. With 8 8 JORDIN SPARKS DUET WITH CHRIS BROWS to "Everybody calls it some- mate" child that dominates tributes roughly 30% labels' ringtone sales sliding, ring- WITH YOU 9 9 20 their attention. Both indus- overall revenue pie. Mobile back tones have been pegged thing different, and the only CHRIS BROWN INDEPENDENT 10 19 tries make far more money makes up about by the music and mobile way to get it is on the deck," 10 WEBBIE on other products and as half that total, with industries as the next RCA Records director of Gi such direct their marketing ringtones making growth area (see story, mobile marketing Sean One week after becoming the 17- month -old chart's first No. 1 debut, Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" page 9). Rosenberg says. "How do we more than doubles its output to 170,000 units. First, there's pricing. message this to our fans ?" That's the best one -week sum since Mims'"This Is Why I'm Hot" moved 181,000 units in March 2007. ACTING ON INSTINCT A ringback tone costs Fortunately, ringbacks are Sprint upstaged its UpStage music phone this about $2 a pop, of which a viral application that in a SHE GOT IT 11 11 9 LISTOLS FEAFURING T-PAIN & TAY DI0,1 year with the introduction of the Instinct -an co the label gets a cut. But way market themselves. Call BUST IT BABY (PART 2) 12 13 ; iPhone -like touch -screen phone with heaps of operators charge an ad- a friend with one and you im- IES FEATURING NE -YD 4- DAMAGED multimedia capabilities. ditional $1 per month to mediately get the idea. Other 13 14 3 'LNITY KANE
Created in partnership with manufacturer Sam- maintain the service, of mobile music services aren't THE WAY THAT I LOVE YOU 14 15 5 sung, the Instinct prominently features the touch -sci tall which labels don't see a cent. so lucky. For them to thrive in SHANTI SUPERSTAR 15 12 14 main menu that leads to its 2 megapixel camera, a full Why, labels argue, should they a digital entertainment mar- _UPE FIASCO FEATURING MATTHEW SANTOS TE QUIERO Web browser, Sprint TV, search and Global Positiol ling rev- increasingly 16 19 7 spend their dwindling ket growing FLEX System capabilities. Of course, it also has lots of mi sic. enue marketing a service in more competitive, mommy SORRY 17 18 14 BUCKCHERRY The phone can access the Sprint Music Store and Sr rint which they don't share in all and daddy are going to have I'M ME 18 22 8 Radio and has Bluetooth technology to stream mus c to the proceeds? to start providing a bit more LIL WAYNE UMMA DO ME 19 16 10 supported speakers and headphones wirelessly. Then there's branding nurturing to their neglected ROCKO It comes with broadband -speed wireless connecti vity, Each love child. YAHHH! challenges. operator 20 17 12 SOUDA BOY TELLEM FEATURING ARAB a 2 GB storage capacity and two batteries. It shout d be calls its ringback tones serv- For 24/7 digital news sea on master Nngtones sá available this June for around $300. -AB ice something different and analysis, see ng5can. a service of N,eIsen Moblescan. Chart endorsed by - - The Mobile .biz IA Wireless Association and Entertainment Ferm AT&T has Answer Tones, billboard.biz /digital.
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www.americanradiohistory.com QU IESTK)Ns with TOM SHEPARD MIZEMIZEM "MAN, WE'RE I)()LNG 4()MI3'l'IIIrTG lII3AI.i.Y t:()t)I) HERE, Shortly after jumping on- build with Festival Pro- AND 1Tt)'l' board last October, Festival ductions, which was sold I'M Network CEO Tom Shepard to Festival Network in .iIJ4'l' 'lAI.IIING ABOUT received some helpful ad- 2007. With the goal of vice from the company's booking unique artist col- OUR GROOVE." previous owner, George laborations and offering Wein, founder of Festival unforgettable festival lo- Productions. "He said, `The cations, Festival Network festival is the star; the star this summer will launch isn't the festival,' " Shepard new events in Whistler, recalls. "That is very differ- British Columbia; Jack- ent than the model we're son Hole, Wyo.; Monte seeing by some of the Carlo, Monaco; Beijing; major producers." and San Francisco. With that in mind, Shep- Shepard, a former mar- ard, who in his new leader- keting and sponsorship ship role has some 20 worldwide jazz /folk- executive at Visa International, recently themed music festivals (Playboy Jazz Festival, spoke with Billboard about sponsorship op- JVC Jazz Festival New York, JVC Jazz Festi- portunities, Festival Network's 54 years of val Paris) at his fingertips, will attempt to revi- archival festival footage, new events and ex- talize and maintain the legacy that Wein helped pansive programming.
From a sponsorship what good programmers want to be a part of. People perspective, what potential bring in these smaller, more who are interested in travel- does having 20 -plus world- intimate settings. ing are interested in great wide festivals bring to your places. We're an enhance- corporate partners? How is your festival ment to that experience.
What I want to do philosophi- programming unique? Are cally, and what we want to do you looking to expand into With the acquisition of as a company, is approach different musical genres? Festival Productions in 2007, major companies that have We consider ourselves purvey- you gained 50 -plus years of global and national footprints. ors and producers of sophisti- archival footage from many We're saying to them, "Look, cated music. We have a legacy heritage events. How do you here are all of our assets ... let's of jazz, but the music aficiona- plan to roll that out? talk about what your objectives dos in our company will tell you We've got 54 years of archives, rtainment in Japan are, and then let's create a link that jazz is the basis for so and we're digitizing them. We between our company and much of today's music, includ- are also capturing the new con- your company." Ideally, we're ing hip -hop. We want to make tent from the festivals. Part of "For a No-th Carolina jazz band like us, traveling across the world to going to end up with a few sure we're appealing to people what I'm doing is figuring out play for the servicemen and women who protect our country has pretty high -level partners that um- who enjoy different types of how to properly monetize that much been a life- changing experience. I mean, we're playing for our the Festival Network. music. - rich history. brella We're trying to match part of musical troops and visiting historic and far -off places we never thought We'll complement that with make the music to the commu- We'll be using that for our part- we'd see. I think you can ask anyone from our group, the most local partners. [Our] goal is to nity and people who are going ners to provide them some as- if it has be in a real groove up sell not just multiple events but to attend. We'll absolutely have sets. If you think about the link meaningful part all to when we'd get the whole network. jazz, R &B and folk, and in between music and a brand, on stage and look out and see the troops letting loose and dancing. some cases we'll move into dif- our ability to bring that to life It was really something -it made us feel like, man we're doing o Your festivals are pri- ferent genres if they're appro- with some of the history of something really good here." marily jazz /folk -themed and priate to the audiences. music we have is incredible. attract between 10,000 and STANLEY BAIRD JAll ARTIST 12,000 people. Do you oFestival Network also Does Festival Network consider large -scale fes- prides itself on having have plans to launch more tivals like Coachella or unique festival locations. events in 2009? Bonnaroo as competitors? Any favorites? We're growing aggressively Having 50,000 people is not At [Rhode Island's] Newport under some very careful cri- an intimate experience. For a Folk Festival, we're at a ven- teria. The great part about youthful population, a com- erable old fort surrounded by where we're sitting right now munity within a community the ocean -it's the most in- is that people with festivals of is a very compelling value credible backdrop in the note are coming to us to be proposition. But our model is world. We also recently an- part of the Festival Network. ARME D very different. From an nounced Whistler, where we'll We're being approached by FORCES ENTERTAINMENT. artist's perspective, many be in an unbelievable setting some great festivals that we times they're looking for a in the middle of the moun- will probably acquire. I think WHERE STARS EARN THEIR STRIPES much different experience taiíls. We'll be in Jackson you'll be seeing announce- than playing to an audience Hole, Wyo., which has incred- ment after announcement FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO TOUR. of 50,000 raucous people. ible equity. And we'll be on the this summer. I'm hoping to GO TO ARMEDFORCESENTERTAINMENT.COM. They're also looking for the palace grounds in Monaco. have at least another one or collaborative elements of Those are places that people two within the month. _
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Acer Arena, Sydney, April 5 -6 20,605 21,752 tw._ Michael Coppel Presents $1,750,867 ROD STEWART (18.759.544 pesos) Retail Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City, Iiack 18,436 $200.66/532.67 March 29 -30 two sseliouts CIE ED CHRISTMAN [email protected] v ©$1,208,955 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND $95/565 Rose Garden, Portland, Ore., 13,798 Live Nation March 28 15.555 1101 $1,139,996 KISS, VANESSA AMOROSI f.. Acer Arena, Sydney, March 20 9,265 Andrew McManus Presents 9.446 $866,006 GEORGE STRAIT, LITTLE BIG TOWN, SARAH JOHNS $66.50/$56.50 1st Mariner Arena, Baltimore, 13 825 Varnell Enterprises CD 0 April 4 sellout Club Over? FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS $707,541 A Direct -Marketing Pioneer Succumbs In The Internet Age $71.50/561.50 Capital One Bank Theatre, 11,133 Live Nation v Westbury, N.Y., March 27-30 four sellouts 690,335 F00 FIGHTERS, HIFI HANDGRENADES, AGAINST ME! In preparation for NARM's 50th anniversary, I album sales, according to the RIAA. Today, ac- .., ÇyMi,adan) Rexall Place, Edmonton, Alberta, 13,628 Live Nation have been paging through every 1958 issue of cording to Nielsen SoundScan, the nontradi- 't' 58 - .65 March 28 sellout the Billboard, as this magazine was then known. tional category -which includes iTunes, $628,535 BARRY MANILOW $150/$9.99 8.905 Some pretty fascinating stuff happening back Amazon, Starbucks, concert sales and TV 800 - Philips Arena, Atlanta, March 29 Live Nation, in -house 0 1.126 then, which I will undoubtedly share with you number sales about a 17.5% market share. -has $627,645 JONAS BROTHERS, ROONEY at a later date when I finish reading through In dollars and cents, at their peak in the mid - 547/527 Izod Center, East Rutherford, 15,919 Live Nation v N.J., March 22 sellout that year. But one hot -button issue that had all '90s, the two record clubs accounted for $1.5 bil- MATCHBOX TWENTY, ALANIS MORISSETTE, MUTEMATH the dealers -as the independent record store lion in music sales. Today, Billboard estimates $621,456 Staples Center, Los Angeles, 10,881 Live Nation, AEG Live merchants were identified in the Billboard's the clubs' music sales at about $300 million. March 16 11.428 $618,636 FOO FIGHTERS, HIFI HANDGRENADES, AGAINST ME! pages at the time -up in arms about was the And the record clubs aren't the only old- school .
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www.americanradiohistory.com U2 members (from left) LARRY MULLEN JR., ADAM CLAYTON and (from right) THE EDGE and BONO flank ARTHUR FOGEL and PAUL RAY`WADDELL r Iboard.com McGUINNESS. Behind The Leal Longstanding etmaster next year and launch we're having fun," he says. "A Relationships an in -house ticketing company. public company gives us more Helped Cement "That was a huge decision, challenges and opportunities." U2 /Live Nation no question," Cohl says. "It Pact wasn't that we just casually DANNY & DOLLY: Previous said, 'Wé re not going to renew gigs for Danny Nozell, Dolly The chain of events that led to with Ticketmaster.' We went Parton's manager and GM of U2 signing a 12 -year multi - back and forth and back and her Dolly Records, include a stint rights deal with Live Nation forth for more than a year." as tour manager for Slipknot, Artists (billboard.biz, March It's clear that McGuinness begging the question ofwhether 31) actually began decades ago, sees value in the ticketing as- Parton is a big Slipknot fan. according to band manager pect of the new deal and the "I didn't even know who they Paul McGuinness. three tours it will likely encom- were, just like [Nozell] didn't What's happening now is pass. "The Live Nation guys are know anything about country the logical evolution of pro- brilliant at ticketing," McGuin- music," Parton says. But I had moter consolidation, in ness says, pointing out that it's worked with Danny on some of McGuinness' view. "It has not like the Live Nation brain our tours when we were work- been some time since Bob trust of CEO Michael Rapino, ing with House of Blues." Sillerman rolled up all the pro- Cohl and global touring CEO Actually, Nozell first worked moters, and I'm sure you can Arthur Fogel are rookies in with Parton in the security remember how everyone the ticketing game. realm. "Then we all noticed thought [Sillerman] was crazy "Their ticketing has been that Danny was doing so many and didn't understand what through Ticketmaster in the things behind the scenes. He HERE'S SOMETHING THAT that meant," McGuinness majority of venues historically, was pretty much keeping that says. Live Nation "is the suc- but they have a deep, deep whole show running, from ac- cessor to that idea and they knowledge of ticketing and counting to everything else," DESERVES A DRUM ROLL. have the best promoters when tickets for a big tour go she says. "I just watched him, around the world in every ter- on sale," McGuinness says. "I and Kent Wells, who is my ritory and pretty well all the don't know if you've ever been bandleader and co- writer /co- Look for your entry for the markets of the United States. to their back room in Toronto producer. He's the one who And, by and large, these are -it's like ground control, brought Danny to my atten- 24th ANNUAL KENTUCKY DERBY BET. the promoters U2 has been Houston. Michael set it up tion; he said, 'You know, working with since the begin- some years ago and that's the Danny does all kinds of stuff. ning of their career anyway." back room that really runs the We should hire him as our The evolution of this land- global tours for U2 and their tour manager.' " Promoters know we know how to make them feel special. scape dates back to original U2 other major clients, Madonna, Parton says she didn't want agent Frank Barsalona and the Stones and the Police." to be responsible for poaching Now, we'll place a $2 wager for you on the horse of your choice the network of promoters McGuinness says Live Na- Nozell from House of Blues, Barsalona fostered in North tion's "great sense of the world" now under the Live Nation in the Kentucky Derby. No strings attached. It's our way of saying America, McGuinness says. is another key factor. "They fold. "But Kent says he's not "They were hippies in those know how to strategize, how exclusively with them -he's days, but those small hippie to market, how to launch a an independent," she says. "you're always a winner at the Kentucky Exposition Center in promoters became regionally tour," he says. "It's no longer Then, Nozell came onboard dominant corporations, and enough simply to get an agent with Team Parton first as tour Louisville." Watch the mail for your invitation to play. when they were rolled up into and a promoter and book a few manager. "We watched him SFX, that was basically the venues, certainly not at the close and I thought, 'Man, that
time when I suppose all this level of investment required little sucker can just do every- became possible," he says. for these sort of big tours." thing,' " she recalls. "He hadn't "When it went worldwide as For his part, Cohl has always been in so- called 'manage- well, they produced a machine been intensely close -to -the -vest ment' before. I think he had FREEDOM NALL that I think would be impossi- in the structure of his deals and been with a record label so he ble to replicate. I don't think admits being chairman of a knew about that, and he just BROADBENT ARENA CARDINAL STADIUM anyone can." public company and the trans- wanted an opportunity to have In talking about the U2 deal parency it requires isn't his fa- a chance to prove what all he and what it entails, Live Nation vorite part of the gig. "I've been could do."
chairman Michael Cohl terribly private and I'll remain 1100.618.5151 KYEXPO.ORC For 24/7 touring news shared his thoughts on the pro- as private as I can be, but and analysis, see > .biz moter's decision to leave Tick- things are what they are and billboard.biz /touring.
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www.americanradiohistory.com SUPERGRASS in sessio DAB station BBC 6
Cà I_O I3A 1_ BY MARK SUTHERLAND To DAB Or Not To DAB, That Is The Question U.K. Digital Radio At Crossroads
LONDON -Britain's digital broadcasters deny forms like digital TV (DTV, 3.1 %) that their platform is in crisis, despite concerns and the Internet (1.9 %). from commercial operators that the platform "Radio needs a digital transmis- is currently "not economically viable." sion system to fully participate in DAB digital transmissions began in the a converged digital media future," United Kingdom in the '90s, promising lis- Harrison says. "DTV and broad- teners improved sound quality and an in- band are good at helping radio creased range of stations. Music networks build reach, but less good at build- make up a large part of the DAB offering, tak- ing hours and market share. In that ing seven slots in the top 10 most -listened -to context, right now, DAB is pretty digital -only stations and providing valuable much the only game in town." airplay and exposure for many acts that A Digital Radio Working Group AM /FM radio neglects. was set up last year under the aus- DAB set penetration and digital audiences pices of the government's Depart- took off after the launch of five BBC digital -only ment for Culture, Media and Sport to map out "It's a really bad idea," he announced in the lineup for services in 2002, but the sector was recently the future for the medium. Harrison says many says. "We need to think about the much -anticipated second rocked when GCap Media, the United Kingdom's of his members would welcome a planned dig- positive reasons to go digital 9 9 3 Wo national digital commercial largest commercial radio group, announced its ital switch -over similar to that being under- rather than negative reasons The percentage of adults in multiplex, run by advertising - intention to sell its digital multiplex, gone by U.K. TV, where the analog not to." the United Kingdom who funded public service TV Digital One, and close or sell its two re- signal will disappear by 2012. David Lloyd, radio program- own a DAB set at home broadcaster Channel 4. maining digital -only networks, classic But Mark Friend, BBC controller ming and marketing director That service-which prom- rock station Planet Rock and jazz out- of multimedia and interactive, audio for Virgin Radio, which broadcasts its main ised four music- orientated stations among its let the Jazz. and music, says radio represents a analog rock service on DAB alongside digital - 10- station -strong lineup -is due to launch later GCap's likely acquisition by rival very different landscape. only offerings Virgin Classic Rock and mod- this year, but has already been hit by rumors Global Radio, which was still in "We do need a clear road map," he ern rock network Virgin Extreme, agrees. that Channel 4 is experiencing cold feet over progress at press time, may yet see says, "but do we need a plan for dig- "Listening to music radio on AM [the band on its expansion into radio. that decision reversed, although the AN DREW ital switch -over? I'm not convinced. which Virgin Radio broadcasts nationally] is 4 Digital Group chairwoman Nathalie HAR RISON Jazz shuttered March 31. But GCap (abo ve) and It could be really destabilizing. The difficult," he says. "And DAB is a way to up- Schwarz denies this, stressing that "Channel strategy director Will Harding warns MARK FRIEND TV [switch -over] discussion didn't grade that listening experience. But we don't 4 is still fully committed to the launch" and say- that "the takeover doesn't change the even take place until we had 50 %" want to switch off a platform which is deliver- ing she's confident its multiplex can make economics of DAB." set penetration. ing a lot of listening." money where GCap's couldn't. "Planet Rock and the Jazz were suc- Friend says the BBC -whose digi- Lloyd maintains that Virgin's digital -only "Other operators do have commercially suc- cessful in terms of audience in com- tal -only stations are seen as significant stations are profitable and that the decision to cessful digital radio strategies," she says. "Our parison to other digital -only stations," drivers in DAB set penetration -re- ax digital -only R&B station Virgin Groove came [multiplex] will have a much more partnership - he says. "But the economics of broad- mains fully committed to DAB as a only because "a female -focused soul [station] led strategy, plus we have strong brands and casting on DAB and the transmission platform, but would not be in favor of was at odds with what Virgin is about -male- the means to cross -promote them." contracts as they stand meant the sta- migrating any of its five national ana- focused, rock -based products." That also led Parlophone U.K. head of radio Kevin Mc- tions were not economically viable." log services to digital -only broadcast, despite Virgin to scrap the launch of another female - Cabe, who plugs acts including Radiohead and After a spate of other closures and service calls from the commercial sector. focused network, Virgin Viva, which had been Coldplay, says labels are looking forward to the reductions -and a report from launch, with DAB stations in- media research company En- creasingly on the radar. ders Analysis that concluded DIGITAL LOVE Three Digital Stations Your Artist Should Be On "Some of the listening fig- "the master plan for DAB" was ures can be small," he says. "simply not going to work" - THE HITS BBC 6 MUSIC BBC 1XTRA "But if you listen to a station Andrew Harrison, CEO of Owner: Bauer Radio Owner: BBC Owner: BBC like 6 Music or Planet Rock or commercial radio body Radio - Genre: Top 40 Genre: Modern rock Genre: Urban Virgin Classic Rock, you have Centre, says: "There's a general Weekly reach:1.4 million Weekly reach: 493,000 Weekly reach: 453,000 to be a dedicated music buyer. consensus that DAB is still an The Hits, the most popular digital - Initially conceived as an "albums and 1Xtra launched in 2002 under Radio l's The percentage of people who important part of the future - only station in the United Kingdom, archive" station for listeners who had umbrella and quickly won a reputation could buy the music poten- but there's also a general does exactly what its name says: de- outgrown the corporation's top 40 for playing the latest in hip -hop, R &B tially weighs out against a play consensus that it's not econom- liver a nonstop diet of hot pop and network Radio 1 but weren't yet ready and garage, as well as giving airtime to on a station with a much big- ically viable right now." R &B tunes, with minimal DJ interven- for AC offering Radio 2, 6 Music has other, less mainstream urban genres. ger audience." According to audience meas- tion. Unlike many digital offerings, it become more mainstream since its Its playlist features U.K. up- and -comers Industry insiders say that if urement body RAJAR, 22.3% offers something that can be found 2002 launch. It now attracts appear- alongside U.S. superstars; 1Xtra also the Channel 4 launch fails, it of adults own a DAB set at just as easily on AM /FM radio. Yet with ances from big -name alternative acts stages shows. "I was very impressed could prove devastating for DAB. home as of December 2007, a weekly reach beyond all but the like Radiohead and Supergrass, and with their 1Xtra Live event [March 22] in But, in the meantime, many re- while DAB as a platform ac- biggest analog networks, many labels its playlist is considered increasingly Coventry [England]," McCabe says. "It main convinced the platform counted for a record 9.9% of all consider it increasingly significant - influential. "I actively plug them," Par - ran like clockwork." -MS represents radio's future. radio listening in fourth - albeit for already -established artists. lophone head of radio Kevin McCabe "All we've got to do," Friend quarter 2007. This puts it sig- says. "My top -line acts support 6 Music Audience figures for fourth- quarter says, "is make sure [DAB] con- nificantly ahead of radio because they listen to it." 200Z according to RAJAR. tent remains compelling and listening on other digital plat- that it's really easy to get." -
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GLASTONBURY happening somewhere." TICKET SALES SLOW England is known for many things, but Every morning, Glastonbury Festival head good weather isn't one of them. And in re- Michael Eavis swims 40 laps of a chilly pool. cent years, Glastonbury has bore the brunt But sales of tickets for this year's show of the worst of it. The previous two editions aren't performing quite so swimmingly. were drenched, transforming the Worth The team behind the June 27 -29 festi- Farm site in Somerset in southwest Eng- val has taken the unprecedented step of land into a giant mud bath. The weather, restarting the ticket- registration process, Eavis says, "is taking its toll." And with the after stubs failed to sell out. ground capacity pushed to 177,500, up Eavis says reasons for the lethargic sales from 150,000, overcrowding has become are a mystery. Interest, however, remains a regular gripe. To combat congestion, the high. In February, roughly 225,000 people site has reclaimed another 40 -50 acres. registered for tickets. But in the context of The British press, Eavis says, has been "a bit Glastonbury, that's something of a slump. hostile" toward Glastonbury this year, direct- The corresponding registration-a requisite ing blame on competition from other fests to buying tickets -was 400,000 last year. and Jay -Z's booking as a headliner. "The point After tickets went public April 6. only is we've got a fantastic lineup ready to go on 100,000 were snapped up, prompting May 1. It knocks all the other shows into a Eavis to reopen registration two days later. cocked hat," Eavis says. If we haven't sold Last year, the entire allocation of 137,500 out by then, we'll just keep the lines open." tickets sold out in about two hours. Rival fest promoters aren't reporting a "Why did all those people preregis- broader malaise. With a bill featuring head- ter then ?" Eavis asks. "Something is liners the Verve, Rage Against the Machine
and R.E.M., the July 11 -13 T in the Park in Balado sold out its 40,000 tickets in less than an hour, promoter Geoff Ellis says. The Reading and Leeds fests On your Billboard Hot Singles Sales charting success. also boast sellouts, with or- friends at Bryan Farrish Radio Promotion. ganizer Festival Republic From your claiming 200,000 ticket sales in 24 hours. Among the acts expected to play Glastonbury are the Verve, Kings of Leon, Hot Chip, Leonard Cohen and Neil Diamond. -Lars Brandie
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Elsewhere, several Kusasa service suppliers /subcontractors have publicly complained that accounts from previous years' shows remain unpaid; promoters confirm to Billboard that such B IGGER companies are now demanding payment upfront. At Ticket Connection, the chosen ticketing agency for the Dion and Groban tours, client services director Lise Kuhle admits the B UT negative publicity is off-putting for prospective clients and the NOt public. "We need to weather the storms and take it from there," she says. Ticket Connection and its rival Strictly Tickets were launched B ETTER? during the past two years to challenge the hugely dominant Growth And Grief In Computicket. (Market -share figures do not exist.) In March, South Africa's Concert Biz Strictly Tickets co -owner Gary Charlie formally complained to the Competition Commission that Computicket's exclusivity JOHANNESBURG -South Africa's concert and ticketing agreements with local organizers /venues block it from offer- businesses are expanding rapidly-but they're also suffering ing tickets for major domestic events. growing pains. JOSH1GROBAN blamed local promoter Kusasa for the cancellation "We have plans to get into high -level live music ticketing and Local promoters keen to establish South Africa as a regular of eight South NfOca shows in March. are determined not to let Computicket hamper our develop- international tour stop estimate ticket sales' value grew 15 %- ment," Charlie says. 20% year on year during 2007, and major names like Elton John, management that it could avoid the highly publicized problems A Computicket spokesman claims exclusivity lets it reduce er- Chris Cornell and Good Charlotte have been early -2008 visitors. that afflicted the promoter's Dion tour (Feb. 14 -27). Complaints rors, increase audience safety and eliminate "overselling through However, promoters are now anxious about the effect of Josh there ranged from chaotic traffic arrangements-blamed by multiple ticketing agents." However, he insists that Computicket Groban recently canceling eight shows (March 16 -29) follow- police on Kusasá s poor planning-to restricted -view seats being is "not in a position to force any promoter to partner with it." ing bad publicity over Celine Dion dates in the country. They sold as premium tickets. Carel Hoffmann is president of OppiKoppi Productions, whose fear negative headlines will make international agents skepti- Heafleld did not return calls for comment, but has claimed promotions include the annual 15,000-capacity OppiKoppi Fes- cal about scheduling South African shows. in the press that criticism of Kusasa is being orchestrated by tival. While "most times it makes sense" to use Computicket, John Langford is COO of promoter Big Concerts, which claims other promoters. On April 2, he launched a defamation of char- Hoffmann says, OppiKoppi is working with other agencies to a 70% national market share. "Many serious players [here] de- acter and breach of contract lawsuit against Tony and Hazel offer customers improved services. Big Concerts and Showtime liver great productions on a global standard," Langford says. Feldman, co- owners of Johannesburg -based promoter Show - both say they enjoy good relationships with Computicket. However, he warns of the presence of "unscrupulous promot- time Entertainment. Despite its teething problems, South Africa's live business ers [who] have no place in the industry. The sooner the bad ap- That followed Showtime's February victory over Kusasa in remains attractive, says Sipho Dlamini, VP of operations at ples are removed through public pressure, the better." Pretoria's High Court. "We were not happy with the way [our] promoter /producer Center Stage Management, based in Dubai. Groban announced the cancellations March 8 on his Web site, joint venture [with Kusasa] for the Dion shows was being man- Center Stage Management is bringing Akon to South Africa citing the "failure" of tour promoter Duncan Heafield of Kusasa aged, so we pulled out," Tony Feldman says. We had to go to in April. "to perform his obligations." Although ticketholders are being court in order to get our investment back." "We're investing in venues and shows in South Africa," refunded, new dates are not yet confirmed. Feldman calls Heafield's current allegations "completely Dlamini says. "We believe it has the infrastructure, numbers Local press reports suggest Kusasa had not satisfied Groban's unsubstantiated." and sustainability to make it worth our while."
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that record labels have been recently touting. Write contracts clearly -so clearly that any- "In record business 360 deals, just about any one who reads the contact 10 years later will new artist will probably say, 'OK, you can take understand what the parties intended. If an- a percentage of all my revenue,' " Robinson other lawyer you're reviewing a contract pro- says. "But to the companies, that doesn't mean vision with says, "Well, this is what it means," too much unless they really get lucky and other that's a sign the contract isn't written clearly. revenue sources become substantial." And if a contract requires an example of how a There are publishers, Robinson says, that have clause might operate when it's applied to a par- succeeded making 360 deals with new writers. ticular situation, Indursky says, the contract But in those deals, he says, publishers want a clause hasn't been written clearly. smaller percentage than a record company would Use plain English, so non -lawyers can under- ' want; the share is only on other revenue streams stand what the deal is about. Get rid of words that are directly related to the songs -such as like "whereas," "heretofore" and "therein." merchandise that uses song titles or lyrics -and the Outline contracts before writing them -par- 360 Pu u lishing Deals? publisher may stop sharing the revenue once the ticularly "when you have a complex deal," In- publisher has recouped its songwriter advance. dursky says. "Many lawyers just start to write, Irwin Robinson And Arthur Indursky Talk Contracts Such a publishing deal might also include shar- and that's a mistake. Use subpoints to make ing a producer/writer's production royalties until sure you have everything covered." The music business program at New York Uni- as they reminisced about drafting music indus- the publisher recoups the advance it paid to the When the other party's lawyer claims a par- versity's Steinhardt School presented music try contracts in the '70s and how the industry person as a songwriter, Robinson says. ticular clause is "standard," don't merely ac- publishing icon Irwin Robinson with its first Vi- continues to change. Knowing that very few The reason for these deals, Robinson explains, cept it as a fact. "I ignore it. It's an excuse to sup- sionary Award this month. As I sat in the audi- young lawyers will ever have the opportunity is that even with successful artist /songwriters, port their point. The deal terms dictate what's ence listening to the accolades about Robin- to meet these men, I persuaded them to share often the songs they write aren't hit singles. In- in a contract, not what's 'standard.' " son during the past 45 years, my ears perked some insight about contracts today. stead, they're album tracks that -given dwindling When a deal has been substantially negoti- up when attorney Arthur Indursky took the Indursky puts to rest the erroneous assumption album sales-don't earn as much in mechanical ated, put the contract aside. Think about the stage. It turns out that Robinson, who is also a that nearly every songwriter, publishing and royalties. So 360 deals are a way fora publisher to deal. "Come back and overview what you've lawyer, hired Indursky for one of his first music record deal is based on some "form" or template. be able to afford songwriter advances. done," Indursky says, "making sure that every- industry gigs before he co- founded powerhouse "There's no such things as a form contract," One crucial challenge, Robinson says, is draft- thing is covered that needs to be covered from boutique firm Grubman, lndursky & Shire. They he says. "You may have formats that you use, ing contracts properly at a time when deals are a conceptual point of view." worked together at the publishing division of but every deal is different." changing so radically. To help ensure contracts Columbia Pictures about 35 years ago. Robinson says some publishers are setting effectively represent what the parties intend, L. For 24/7 legal news and analysis, see .uIZ billboard.biz/legal. I caught up with the two men after the event up their own version of the 360- degree deals Indursky offers several contract -drafting tips:
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what's for Camila and what's Network. Once a listener study last year showed that for another artist? texts in a shortcode, he or she U.S. Latinos are more than When I get halfway through a SACRED TEXTS can opt in to receive future twice as likely as non -Latinos song, I already say, this is for me Spanish Broadcasters Take Their Marketing Mobile messages and promotions. to stream or download music or it's for someone else. And in The partnership reflects to their mobile phones. the end I give it the same effort Spanish -language broad- delivered to their phones, entry came in were given dis- high rates of Hispanic mobile "There's only so many [ad] because, whoever sings it, it's a casters looking for new ways among other offers. counts on Pepsi products at a use and pressure from adver- dollars out there and they are song that has my name on it . So to connect their advertisers In a recent promotion at a local grocery chain. tisers to capture an audience going to be redirected," says when people ask me for songs with listeners are taking their Latin station in Houston, HipCricket is offering cus- that has entertainment Angie Balderas, VP of na- that I have lying around some- marketing messages to mo- tional sales and northern Cal- where, there is no such thing bile phones. ifornia operations for Bustos and I don't do it. I prefer writ- Bustos Media, Border fear more a. goal Media, which operates 25 ing from scratch for an artist. I Media Partners and Lotus 'lt's of radio stations. imagine it with the voice of the Communications, which op- databasing and interacting Brands "can do a single buy person who is going to sing it. erate radio stations in music and access this network across formats from regional Mexi- to let listeners ask for formats and demographics," Camila recently did a song can to pop to AC, have linked things and let the station HipCricket CEO Ivan Braiker for an Energizer campaign. up with mobile marketing says. "On the broadcasting Will you be doing more of company HipCricket to cre- respond to them.' side, it's far more a goal of that anytime soon? ate promotions delivered via -IVAN BRAIKER, HIPCRICKET databasing, interacting ... [to] I don't think so. "Amor Eterno," text message. Listeners can let [listeners] ask for things is a song we did just for that cam- text in requests and interact HipCricket says 5,447 text en- tomized promotions across choices beyond radio over and let the station respond to paign. And now it's No. 1 in Bo- ° with DJs, enter to win concert tries of the word "Pepsi" various Latin broadcast prop- the air. A Forrester Research them." -Ayala Ben -Yehuda livia and it's playing on the radio z tickets, find out what song just came in to win a trip to a erties that are part of what in Chile. It's very strange [but] > played and get discount Mariah Carey concert. Those the company is calling the For news and developments relating to the Billboard we're very happy with it. COrrl Music Awards, see billboardevents.com. coupons for local businesses who texted after the winning Hispanic Mobile Marketing Latin -Ayala Ben -Yehuda
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Lately I feel like I've fallen into a time warp. The they actually pay for the album. The Lemon - economy is in recession, a Clinton is running heads album, for its part, has sold only 17,000 for the White House, and even the old synthetic copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. neon track jackets my mom used to wear have Other strategies for connecting to the started popping up on certain hip artists. Plus, younger crowd have emerged, most of them in- a spate of recent musical happenings have now volving the Internet. " 'Exile' isn't even avail- cemented my belief that it is, in fact, the '90s able online right now," Salter says. "With the all over again. rerelease, we're planning on getting it on iTunes, The Lemonheads just reissued "It's a Shame eMusic and Rhapsody to make sure that the About Ray" on Rhino and played the entire greatest number of people are exposed." ?1518tiftE album at New York's Bowery Ballroom; the Not everyone is invested in turning out the Breeders released a new record April 8; and teens. "My core audience is really composed of Liz Phair just announced that, as part of her older people who have lives," Phair says. "My new deal with ATO, she'll rerelease "Exile in core fan base will be the same people that have Guyville" in a deluxe edition. been fans since the beginning." Alas, as much as I'd like to whip out my Doc The fans who have hung in since the begin- It's Golden Gate in 2008 for NARM's Golden Martens and start rocking the plastic bar- rettes again, the truth is that we're all Anniversary. Join us as we highlight the still living in 2008. As more '90s acts re- turn and sign to indie labels, a particu- convention in San Francisco with lar set of challenges and opportunities begins to emerge. How does an indie contributions from a broad range of sectors reintroduce a band that has been out of including labels, merchants, distributors, the spotlight for several years? How does it appeal to a new crowd without alien- digital entertainment moguls, and venture ating the now -older core fan base? And why has the act chosen to continue its capitalists who describe the evolving career on an indie as opposed to other landscape of music retailing, alternatives, like returning to majors or leaving music altogether? "Our goal is to re- educate the audi- Applaud the golden anniversary of ence, and cover all the ground we can," says Miwa Okumura, senior product NARM in the special feature and manager at Beggars Group, whose 4AD label is releasing the new Breeders album after the band was dormant for six years. "It seems like everybody is familiar with the band, and we're not treating it like After three albums for they are a new band, we're Capitol, LIZ PHAIR is back on treating it like a new record. an indie with ATO. Her label debut will be a deluxe reissue When we took it to college of her first Matador album, Issue Date: May 10th radio, all the kids knew who 'Exile in Guyville' (inset). Ad Close: April 16th they were." College radio, fittingly ping have seen all three acts go Due: 22nd Creative April enough, seems to play a major through the same transition: break on role in marketing all of these an indie, sign to a major and then re- acts. "We really worked college turn to an indie. "These acts have had hard," says Dan Gill, GM of Vagrant Records, a taste of the major life, and it was probably which put out the Lemonheads' self-titled record profitable for them, but now they see the model in 2006. ATO product manager Jon Salter says, is not working," Okumura says. "One of the "We are planning on working Liz's records to reasons Kim [Deal of the Breeders] came back college radio, and also extending that to include to 4AD was that she enjoyed the camaraderie specialty and [noncommercial] stations like KEXP of a small label and that we have a tremendous To advertise, please contact [Seattle] and KCRW [Santa Monica, Calif.]." amount of respect for her vision." Aki Kaneko / 323.525.2299 / AKaneko @Billboard.com But when the goal is to connect with a For Phair, the decision to come back to an younger crowd -which is crucial in working indie was easy. "I never wanted to go to a these records -college radio is only part of the major in the first place, but Matador basically strategy. what [Lemonheads front - sold me to Capitol, when TO ADVERTISE, CONTACT: "Part of drew and they divested, man] Evan [Dando] to Vagrant was that we have I was left there," she says. 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Pictured are Madonna stills from a Sunsilk commercial that Sweet Dreams features her single '4 Minutes.' Suddenly, The Music Business Is Using Its Imagination
Gladys Knight & the Pips had in the music industry of today. her wings. A top artist doing length versions of tracks (not more. First Madonna, then two from consumers buying 99 a tune that's tattooed in my Consider: appearances for a soap com- the customary Clorox jingles) of the only other acts quite as cent tracks. mind, like so many of those pany's micro -series? Dove, via used in their broadcast TV and titanic: Live Nation snaps up wonderful 180 -second super SCENARIO NO. 1 an integrated TV and Web for- Web advertising. Jay -Z and U2 -the former to SCENARIO NO. 7 songs of the "70s' AM radio The band that had a thing, but mat, will be releasing such release his albums and share You'll have to leave this one to days. It's called "I've Got to wants to stay relevant. Who three -minute episodes, to be SCENARIO NO. 4 in his multiplatform, multi - the imagination -or at least fill Use My Imagination." The could have imagined a main- shown in the United States dur- The futurist wants to stay ahead. branded revenue, the latter in your best guess. But I've chorus went: stream liquor company sign- ing MTV's "The Hills," called One of the most famous and rel- partnering for almost every- heard of at least one recent No. "I've really got to use ..." ing a "hip" band, paying the "Fresh Takes," about 20 -some- evant artists in the world leav- thing but the album. 1 act selling its music as if from (Pips: "I've got to use ... ") principals in the group a re- thing- year -old women, and ing her label, doing deals with a Chinese menu. And this act "My imagination." (Pips: "My spectable salary, booking per- Alicia Keys will be a main part shampoo, camera and cell SCENARIO NO. 6 isn't alone. It is rumored that imagination. ") formances at company spon- of the programming. phone companies and releas- The major labels embracing several acts whose albums are "To think of good reasons sored events and distributing ing her newest single in a broad- the digital space? Now the not selling as hoped are offering ..." (Pips: "To think of good the music to consumers. Yet SCENARIO NO. 3 cast TV ad? Madonna released major labels (except EMI, their music to brands at price - reasons... ") that's what Bacardi did re- A brand wants to play the the first single from her April29 which it is rumored will join fixed, discounted, precleared "To keep on keeping on." cently when it signed dance music game. Say "bleach" to "Hard Candy" album, "4 Min - shortly) will be creating a prices. Stay tuned. And as (Pips: "Keep on keeping on. ") act Groove Armada -not the most music fans and they may utes,"through Sunsilk (like Dove, music site with MySpace. The Knight and her Pips would sing, "I've got to make the emperor's new clothes, but think of Nirvana's first album. part of the Unilever Holding Co.). music companies will appar- "Keep on keeping on." best of..." (Pips: "Best of, certainly an act that has cachet, Now Clorox is hoping they will Additionally, Vodaphone will ently own minority stakes in best of... ") hipness and relevance to Bac- think of "The Blue Sky Project: allow its mobile customers to the venture and will make their Grey group senior VP/direc- "A bad situation." (Pips: ardi's message, aura and po- A Clorox Charity Collection" listen to seven of the album's entire music catalogs available. tor of music Josh Rabinowitz "Bad sit -u -a- shun. ") tential consumers. that has seven songs, five of songs the day before release. A one -stop shop for all majors' writes a biweekly column. Seems to me that these which were created for the music in all formats, plus rev- For 24/7 branding news words have become the SCENARIO NO. 2 company's TV advertising SCENARIO NO. 5 enue from banner ads on the and analysis, see .biz billboard.biz /branding. mantra for the varied players A No. 1 artist needs to spread campaign. Some are full- The kings of their genre want new site, as opposed to solely
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www.americanradiohistory.com "I "IiL 13 11_LI3 OAR D BY CORTNEY HARDING Bob Morellí Under Morelli's master plan for RED, breaking artists goes beyond savvy distribution.
In less than three years, RED Distribution president Bob Morelli has managed to expand his They were probably justified in not company from, as he puts it, "a very good distribution company" to what he calls "an artist being pleased, initially. But I think development company." Morelli, who spent 19 years at BMG before joining RED three years the fact that the record came in at ago, realized that to stay competitive in the business, he had to grow the capacity of his No. 1, especially with an unusual company, and he's done so at a rapid pace. release date, is a testament to the The new vision for RED is clearly evidenced as Morelli described the plans for the new strength of physical retail. I think Apocalyptica record, which will be released April 15 on Jive. "Not only are we fulfilling the the project has turned out to be very physical orders for the record, we are involved in a collaborative effort with the label at radio, successful in the long term and that which has led to them being at No. 7 on the Active Rock chart and No. 9 on the Mainstream indie retailers should be looking at Rock chart." Morelli adds that RED's 25,000- strong online street team has been dispatched the glass as half full -the initial re- to spread the word about the new release, and the college team is working with the label to lease strategy stimulated their fan brand the street date. base and drove customers to buy "Pretty much every label we work with takes advantage of some aspect of our marketing the physical disc. capability," he says. This could be a big reason many of his labels stay in the RED family -Morelli has just re- signed heavyweights Broken Bow and Victory and has several more in the pipeline. What role do you see for physi- The gregarious and mustachioed industry veteran sat down with Billboard to tell us how he cal product going forward? expanded his operation so quickly. Physical product is still going to be a big part of the pie. I think it will Five months ago, you changed shirts, and we've added hats and fig- well. I think we're be more than half of the overall pie the name of your company to RED: urines and all sorts of other goods. in just about as for the next several years. That said, An Artist Development Company. In terms of next steps, we are plan- good a position as we can be in you can't just stick your head in the Was it just a branding decision, ning on adding digital and mobile this market. sand and not notice that the market or was it something deeper? content and developing the ability to is changing. The good news is that Part of the change was just ceremo- release a record and the associated Some other distributors have people are consuming more music nial, but it also reflected the way merchandise simultaneously. lost labels when they tried to People now than they ever have before. We we've grown and the new services make them re -sign deals that in- just need to find a way to make sure we offer. When I came on in July of Upstreaming was a hot issue cluded physical and digital dis- are con- we have a piece of that. 2005, I walked into a company that at RED for a while, but that tribution. Why is it better for a was a very good distribution com- trend seems to have ended. label to do its digital distribu- suming What initiatives are you work- pany, and that was about it. Now we What changed? tion through RED as opposed to ing on, and what can we expect offer a whole range of additional We've only upstreamed two records a company that specializes in more from RED in the coming year? services that can aid the develop- in the last few years, because the digital distribution for indies? We continue to sign and re -sign la- ment process of both established artists we have at RED are doing Our back end is the Sony Global music bels-we have just signed Eulogy and and developing artists. well right where they are. We now Digital team, and they certainly have we have a fairly new deal with Orig- We built up the radio department have the capability to slowly and me- some resources behind them now than inal Signal, and we are working with and we started both online public- thodically develop them, and be- [laughs]. By going with us, labels Glassnote Records, the new label ity and viral departments. We cause of the range of services we are able to create synergies with re- they ever from the legendary Daniel Glass. started the retail company and we now offer, we can do many of the gard to the physical and digital prod- We continue to be aggressive grew RED Ink, which works our things an artist will need to grow. uct. For instance, we have the have with vinyl and want to keep grow- major -label albums. Because of all digital /mobile sales staff work with ing the merch, and we are also in- this, we can take records like Ma- If you are not upstreaming bands the online department on a release terested in expanding into the tisyahu and Peter, Bjorn and John, to Sony BMG, what is your rela- to make sure everything aligns. before- lifestyle branding arena. We have both of which didn't ship very much tionship with them? How many Every deal we sign is different, been meeting with [clothing com- initially, and build them up. We al- of their records are you working but I can say more and more we that just pany] Wet Seal about a promotion ways work in partnership with the at a given time? labels are making digital distribu- they are doing called Chicks Rock, label's marketing department and We're in a good position because tion part of their arrangement with need to and we'll have one of our artists, try to supplement their efforts. Sony sees us as an asset and we have us. In terms of our digital sales fig- Mandy Perkins, featured in that. We access to their infrastructure, and ures, they are increasing. make are pursuing more third -party mar- How is the merch company yet we are an indie company. About keting and branding opportunities, doing? How are you planning to 85% of our records are released by One band that you've worked sure we and are looking to spread out. expand it? our indie -label partners; we're work- with that made digital distribu- That said, we can't afford to lose We kicked it off in the summer of ing about a dozen Sony albums at tion a major part of its release have a sight of our core day job, which is 2007, and I think it's doing well. any given moment and work them strategy is Radiohead. By doing getting the records out and devel- We're selling to retail at this point through RED Ink. this, though, the group ruffled piece oping the artists we work with. We and working very closely with Steve We're in a great position because a lot of feathers in the brick -and- are so fortunate in that we are both Reddy of Equal Vision and his Merch we have the ability as an indie to be mortar retail community. Was of that. a buttoned -up sales and marketing Now company, and that has been nimble and flexible and draw on the the anger from traditional retail- company and also a fun -loving, great. We started off just selling resources of our parent company as ers justified? rocking music company.
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www.americanradiohistory.com ROCK, ßESURRECTE[1 Three Years Ago, Buckcherry Was Left For Dead. But Now, With A Platinum -Hus Album And The Biggest Hit Of Its Career, The Band Is Having The Last Laugh By Gary Graff
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www.americanradiohistory.com 2001's "Time Bomb." and Nelson at an impasse, "Crazy Bitch," a riff- `It started even though the singer says driven, F -bomb -laden they had started writing mate- rock anthem that cele- to limp rial- including "Crazy Bitch" brates a woman's sex- -for a third album. uality in the tradition and then it "It started to limp and then of Mötley Crüe's "Girls, it started to hobble, then it Girls, Girls," has sold started to came to a stop," Nelson says. CROWD AT DETROIT'S JOE LOUIS more than 1.2 million digital But Todd says he and Nelson, Arena is primed, rowdy and copies and nearly 1.6 million hobble, who were part of a nascent ver- ready to rock, anxiously antici- ringtones. It was also the No. sion of Velvet Revolver that pating a Febr night with 8- selling ringtone of 2007 and then it didn't pan out, never formally hometown hero Kid Rock with scored a Grammy Award nom- called it a day. the kind of fervor _ ion for best hard rock came to "We just thought we would e to distract. performance. take a break from one an- Until, that is, the onstage The format- crossing ballad a stop.' other," says Todd, who re- DJ spins "Crazy Bitch," the sig- "Sorry," meanwhile, is sweep- -JOSH TODD ON leased a solo album, "You nature hit from Buckcherry's ing behind the album's other Me," in 2004, BUCKCHERRY'S Made which sold third album, "15." For three singles ( "Everything," "Next 2 just 14,000 copies. "We never minutes and 22 seconds, the You" and "Broken Glass ") and CAREER decided we were broken up, Kid Rock partisans have only is nearing a million downloads but we definitely needed a Buckcherry on the brain, and 225,000 ringtones. It's also break, so we just stopped."
singing every word while Buckcherry's first top 10 hit, With "a lot of things in corn - dancing and pumping fists peaking at No. 9 on the Bill- mon in our personal lives," with such ferocity you'd think board Hot 100 and No. 2 on the Todd says that in early 2005, the band itself was onstage. Hot AC survey. And more than he and Nelson -who focused It's a moment of pure rock - 300 live shows since before the on production and songwrit- went looking for manage- [the band] and its era," Arfa 'n'roll transcendence -and a album's release kept the heat ing during the interim - ment. They found it in says. "Their history was not a clear illustration of the tran- on high for "15." decided to return to writing Kovac's Tenth Street Enter- positive ... It was almost a scendence Buckcherry has Not bad for an album that together and make Buck - tainment, which had worked negative to them as opposed made from what manager nobody -at least not in the cherry a going concern again. with what Todd calls "bands to, 'Oh, this is something we Allen Kovac calls "beyond United States-wanted when Todd says the three new that have had somewhat of a can jump on.' " dead" to a return to platinum the group recorded it. members of Buckcherry-gui- career and had a slump," such But Keith Cunningham status with 2006's "15." "Everybody passed," Buck - tarist Stevie D., bassist Jimmy as Motley Crüe. "They know of Michigan -based consult- The album, which is about cherry guitarist and "15" co- Ashhurst and drummer Xavier how to take that brand that ing firm Jacobs Media ques- to celebrate its second birth- producer Keith Nelson says. Muriel -were the only ones he you built and just kind of re- tions whether Buckcherry day, has spawned such multi - "A lot of majors were not will- and Nelson auditioned for the develop it," Todd says. was as dead as some may format hits as "Crazy Bitch" ing to gamble on something band. "We just said, 'If you Nevertheless, Kovac was have thought. and "Sorry" during a marathon like us. I think there were a lot guys want to be in this band, surprised by the pronounced "The song 'Lit Up' is really campaign that may blend of question marks about how just show up here on this day indifference he encountered a party anthem," Cunning- seamlessly with the setup for we would be perceived and and bring studio rent.' They all when he began shopping ham says. "You can hear it in Buckcherry's next set, expected whether they could market showed up with their studio Buckcherry's new material. any strip club and in most rock this summer. and sell a band like us. So we rent and we just started work- "From my conversations, bars. It's on who knows how The group is also the van- just went out and did it our- ing five days a week. I think they passed because many millions of jukeboxes. guard ofa rock resurgence that selves at first, and the [indus- "We didn't have anything," it wasn't 'cool,' " Kovac says. So in the grand scheme of includes CHR crossover suc- try] caught up to us." Todd adds. "We just had our- "Nobody was listening to the things, I'm not sure Buck - cess by such groups as Finger Livia Tortella, senior VP of selves. We just started work- music. Everybody was trying cherry ever died in the con- Eleven, Daughtry, Three Days marketing for Atlantic Records ing, writing new songs and to define what was cool, and sciousness of rock fans. They Grace, Flyleaf and Lifehouse. -which upstreamed "15" becoming a band." they clearly didn't think it may not have bought their "It's a fucking great come- shortly after its release -calls Nelson says that was "not was [ Buckcherry]." CDs, and the band did disband back story," Buckcherry the album's success "a great so much a reunion as a con- AG l's Arfa says that Buck- for awhile, but that song has frontman Josh Todd says, story of old-fashioned artist de- tinuation of where we left off. cherry's quick initial rise and stuck around in rock circles." and he's far from alone in velopment. It's nothing really We definitely felt like there fall as a one -hit album wonder While "nearly every major that assessment. glitzy or out of the ordinary- was unfinished business." was a primary "detriment" to label in the world passed on "It's beyond a comeback," just a classic rock'n'roll band As the new music was for- the group's return. "There this band," according to Kovac, says Dennis Arfa, president of coming back with some really mulating, Todd and Nelson were so many things against Buckcherry financed the the Artist Group International great songs, sticking to it from (AGI) agency, who passed on day one and having it connect an opportunity to represent with an audience on a really Video substance, not style: The gritty, low- budget Buckcherry before "15" came basic, grass -roots level. To sell CHERRY BLOSSOMS "Crazy Bitch" video was just the ticket to convey the out. "A resurgence of Buck - a million units ofa rock album right image and message about Buckcherry -that, Five Lessons By 3 cherry, in every format? I cer- these days as 'quietly' as Learned The Surprising according to Jacobs Media's Keith Cunningham, "they tainly didn't believe this would Buckcherry has, it goes to show Success Of Buckcherry's `15' embody rock'n'roll. They are loud, they are crude, they're be what it is. I thought [the that kids want this type ofrock." tattooed to the hilt. You look at them and they just scream, band] was beyond rescue. To They wanted it in 1999, too, iRock isn't dead: A platinum album, 'Rock!' There aren't many bands these days that cut me, this is the story ofthe year." when Buckcherry released its five hit singles, a phenomenon through like that on an image level." It's a story that's certainly self-titled debut album on ( "Crazy Bitch ") and a format- cross- Strip it down: Lifestyle branding is potent when it's borne out by the numbers. To DreamWorks, bucking the ing smash ( "Sorry ") made Buckcherry done right, and don't be afraid to go where the fans date, "15" has sold more than teen pop and rap -rock trends the vanguard of a new rock movement 4 are. Buckcherry wasn't; pushing "Crazy Bitch" through 1.1 million copies in the of the time to score gold sales that's pollinating the worlds of the Bill- strip clubs took the song right to a core audience that United States, according to and such modern rock chart board Hot 100 and hot AC. responded in a big way. Nielsen SoundScan, more hits as "Lit Up," "Check Your Viral rules: Before Atlantic upstreamed "15," Buckcherry The devil's in the details: Atlantic's careful at- than 48,000 of them digital. Head" and "For the Movies." and its management company/initial label Eleven Seven tention to where Buckcherry's singles were play- That's 20% better than the But its 2001 follow -up, "Time 2 Entertainment used MySpace, YouTube and other Web 5 ing and its surgical follow -up strategies ensured combined total of Buck - Bomb," failed to ignite. The sites to spread the word that Buckcherry was back and hot. a long sustained build for "15," with the last single cherry's two previous albums, group imploded in 2002 with There was already a there there when the big guns of the out the door -"Sorry " -turning into the album's 1999's self -titled debut and three members leaving Todd major label started to fire. biggest hit. -GG
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www.americanradiohistory.com paign. "It became a song every were from this same band and and rock are indeed back, all dancer wanted to dance to," this same album. concerned are chomping at Buckcherry's Todd says, ac- "It's just about working sin- the bit for the band's next re- knowledging he witnessed gle after single ... It's kind of lease. The album will be re- some of that firsthand. magic when you can show a leased by Atlantic but will also "The whole thing was really programmer that after a few carry the Eleven Seven logo. just connecting all the dots, spins it'll get good phones or Todd says the band, with utilizing all the rock'n'roll good sales, and you just keep all members now contribut- markets," he says. "Where do going on that." ing, is "finishing up the song- rock'n'roll fans go? They go to Tortella says the label also writing" process for the strip clubs and wrestling supported markets where album. Buckcherry plans to shows. They're out in the flick- Buckcherry was being played hit the studio in May with the ing trenches. We wanted to get with "aggressive" co -op pro- "15" production team-gui- to all of them, and we knew grams and pricing, while At- tarist Nelson, Mike Plotnikoff where they were." lantic's press department was and Paul DeCarli -and Todd Tortella says the label rec- equally active in setting up in- says that "there's some really ognized that a solid founda- terviews and TV appearances. great songs. There's some tion had been laid for the Jacobs Media's Cunning- deep lyrics. It's a rock record. album by the time it came on- ham says that Atlantic's in- It's not like we're reinventing board. "It's always seductive volvement and push for the wheel ... but we've ma- to say, 'We can shoot it bet- "Crazy Bitch" (in an edited tured as songwriters, and I ter,' and ask, `Do we need to form) was key in taking the thing it's going to be more shoot another video ?' But we song to a phenomenon level melodic. I think people are knew Allen and his team re- and towing "15" in its wake. going to be happy." ally had things going in the "Radio really became aware Todd says that Buckcherry right direction. We sort of of `Crary Bitch' when it started is approaching the new recording of"15"-tracked in BUCKCHERRY, here came in behind them with to be worked as a single," album, which Kovac hopes to 15 days, hence the title performing in October promotion and some of the Cunningham says. "A lot of have out in July, with confi- -with 2006 at New York's an advance from Universal Webster Hall, augmented campaign elements." [PDs] looked at 'Crazy Bitch' dence and trepidation. Japan, the one company that Atlantic's radio push with The result, according to with some caution because of "We've had the biggest record constant touring. did believe in the project. The Kovac, was a "collaboration" the lyrical content ... and of our career," he says, "and group, which toured Japan was radio [promotion] and dis- between Eleven Seven and also, did anybody care about now we got to follow it up, twice before the album's April tribution and all the things both Atlantic and Lava that ac- Buckcherry? Because they and it's not easy. To us it's the 11, 2006, release at home, sub- smaller labels need from us." celerated the album's trajec- hadn't been around. So it was sophomore slump all over sequently signed with Univer- Prior to Atlantic's up- tory. Tortella calls it "just run a bit slow out of the box, but again." Another goal, he sal Canada as well. stream of "15," Eleven Seven of the mill, putting the music once it got up on the air and adds, is to "be a band that can But without a U.S. label drew on in -house research out in the right places," but THE LONG listeners went crazy for it, it sell out an arena on our own stepping up, Kovac and the and made extensive use of done in a manner that was ef- was one of those reaction as a headliner," though band decided to make "15" the MySpace and YouTube to lock ficient and effective. HAUL records where you just Buckcherry is expected to be first release on his Eleven into Buckcherry's fan base via While Eleven Seven contin- 2001's "Time couldn't escape it. The phones part of Mötley Crüé s Crüe- Seven imprint, the successor the gritty, low- budget video ued to push an extensive viral Bomb" was on and would light up- 'What's that fest that will be on the road to his previous label, Beyond for "Crazy Bitch." campaign for the album, off the chart in a `bitch' song ?' " this summer. Music. Eleven Seven then "The Internet is this gener- Tortella says Atlantic was par- month, but While all these maneuvers Kovac says the only pres- signed an upstreaming agree- ation's FM radio," Kovac says, ticularly proactive in tracking Buckcherry's "15" made "15" a rock hit, front - sure on Buckcherry this time ment with Warner Music adding that the success of Möt- markets where the songs were has spent more than man Todd says the group out is to do what it did with Group's Alternative Distribu- ley Crüés 2005 single "If I Die getting airplay and following 100 weeks on the knew all along that it had "15" -make music that tion Alliance that allowed Tomorrow" was an early indi- up with radio awareness cam- Billboard 200, "Sorry" in its pocket with even comes naturally. "On our Warner to take over a project cator that there was an unfed paigns, mostly spots featuring despite never going greater crossover potential. label, we tend to want bands once it had shipped between audience appetite for hard - "Crazy Bitch" and the other higher than "The aggravating part," he to make their own records," 75,000 and 100,000 units. hitting rock. previous singles. "We had a No. 39. says with a laugh, "was it was he says. "We're not looking for They didn't have to wait long. " 'Guitar Hero, "Rock Band,' very localized approach to just taking so long to get to that people who want to make it "15," which shipped 40,000 MySpace and the Internet marketing, based around song because 'Crazy Bitch' had sound like what's on the radio. units to start, made a surpris- clearly showed us there was a awareness and radio and tour- such a long run. We were just We like the idea of artists who ing debut at No. 48 on the Bill- movement to rock and a decay ing," Tortella says. "We wanted like, 'This song better flicking make music for their fans and board 200, selling 26,000 units. in hip -hop, pop and alt," to help people connect the dots get the shot it deserves' -and have a standard of quality By the album's third week of re- Kovac says. Using in -house and realize that all these songs it did." based on entertaining." lease, Atlantic was on the case research, he launched a Tortella says the label Tortella, meanwhile, says -an irony, since former Lava "strategic lifestyle campaign" agreed with Kovac that it was that with "Sorry" breaking chief Jason Flom had expressed for Buckcherry "that started important to "really bring the through largely after Buck - heavy interest in signing on the Internet with the kids rock base back first" for Buck - cherry finished touring to sup- Buckcherry but was overruled that liked music videogames, cherry but says nobody lost port "15," there will be a by his superiors. musicians, lifestyles like sight of what "Sorry" could do natural bridge from one al- "I don't know why we didn't wrestling, strip clubs." for the band. bum to the next. sign them directly," Atlantic's "We just saw a lot of move- "The vision that [Kovac] laid "They're not going away for U.S. Nielsen Tortella says, "but I think it was ment away from what was SoundScan Sales: 8 000 118,000 1,126,000 out for this band was, 'One another two years," she says. really great for them to come considered cool to what is con- milestone at a time,' " she "They're not stopping, which Debut: 128 64 48 on an indie and tackle it that sidered cool now," Kovac con- says. "There was a lot of pa- I think is the best thing ever. way. Sometimes when you have tinues. "And I think a lot of Debut Date: 4/24/1999 4/l4/2001 tience to make sure it was It's so easy to go away and fall to reinvent yourselfyou have to people who are middle -aged done the right way. Going with into a trap of trying to be per- The Billboard 200 do something different. adults who are gatekeepers [at Peak: 39' 'Next 2 You' and the others, fect and overthink everything.
"On [Eleven Seven] they labels and media outlets] are still The Billboard 200 even if they weren't highly "The way we're setting it could take a more organic ap- trying to grasp onto what was Peak Date: 6/5/1999 3/15/2006' charted singles, laid ground- up, it's going to feel seam- proach and take it to the streets cool two or three years ago and Weeks on Chart: 30 5 102' work for them. And then less and continuous. They're and get a real viral campaign haven't migrated yet to rock." "Buckcherry" "Time Bomb" "15" 'Sorry' was the one that re- not giving anybody a chance going. They did the right The strip club push for DreamWorks/ DreamWorks/ Eleven Seven/ acted the most." to forget about them. The Interscope Interscope Atlantic thing, and then we came in "Crazy Bitch" was also key in 1999 2001 2006 Convinced by the showing fans can't wait, and neither SOURCE: The Billboard 200 through the April 12 chart. Sales through the week ending March 30. with the heavy artillery, which the early part of the "15" cam- 'Album still charting. of "15" that both Buckcherry can we."
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www.americanradiohistory.com The European Union (EU) was formed under the dream that its member THE STATE OF LICENSIN ountries would be united politically-and as one market. Yet while the United PAN -EUROPEAN DIGITAL tates' digital music revenue streams continue to grow -they represented RIGHTS IS IN CHAOS, early two- thirds of the global market in 2007, according to figures from the BUT PUBLISHERS AND ankee Group and the IFPI- Europe lags behind. The glitch to harnessing the COLLECTING SOCIETIE uropean digital dream? It's next to impossible to license Pan- European music REMAIN HOPEFUL FO ublishing rights without going country by country. Europe should in fact b A STREAMLINED FUTURE offering the most lucrative business opportunities in the digital music space. BY SUSAN BUTLER is copyright laws are in place. Europeans' consumption of music has created ILLUSTRATIONS BY VIKTOR KOEN ubstantial revenue in many of the countries for decades. And roughly half of he repertoire generating revenue is international.
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www.americanradiohistory.com www.americanradiohistory.com However, the century-old network of collecting so- Contrary any sort of a base. They got forced into deals, which we cieties, which were built for licensing compositions just didn't like and we felt were [bad for] writers because for physical goods, is in a state of transitional chaos. to the EU's they underestimated the market potential and under- Contrary to the EU's one -market philosophy, each one-market estimated the rates that could be enforced. They had es- country's performance right and mechanical right so- tablished tariffs [called royalty rates in America], then cieties only operate within their own borders. So dig- philosophy all of a sudden we found that the tariffs that had been ital services haven't been able to get Pan -European 's agreed [to] by the boards of the individual societies had licenses from a single society-at least not without the each country been undercut by themselves. Then they started to do threat of lawsuits by right holders. performance Pan -European deals where they didn't have the rights." Publishers can't directly grant these licenses to serv- "And then they undercut rates in other territories," ices because of the way the collecting society network and another publishing executive says. has been set up. In fact, even major publishers are mechanical Meanwhile, some societies and digital users could- struggling to find money that they've yet to receive from n't agree on the tariffs. So the societies held the money societies that should have been collected for digital right societies in "suspense accounts" until they could be agreed upon. uses during the past several years. Even when they agreed on tariffs, there weren't any The collecting societies are now facing competition only operate mechanisms in place to track the digital use of each from their sister societies for the first time as a result within their song. And services weren't providing metadata that iden- of the EU government's intervention. tified song titles, songwriters and publishers. All of this is happening under the watchful eyes of own borders. "The metadata was rubbish, partly due to the users the European Commission (EC) and, at times, the Eu- not being willing to get the information to the societies ropean Parliament. and the societies not being able to get it to the users," Now, for the first time, executives with music pub- one of the publishing executives says. lishers, digital services and collecting societies, as well One publisher says there is a host of users who as lawyers and government insiders, discuss the chaos launched companies and simply told societies that their and the dream -on condition of anonymity. digital business models just wouldn't work with the so- "Every publisher you talk to has a different idea of cieties' tariffs. what's going on," a British music lawyer says. "Aston- "Then the whole mess started without any sort of re- WHAT'S SO COMPLICATED? ishingly few people in the publishing community ac- course," he says. "They made a fortune, closed their busi- Licensing rights differ in the United States, the United tually know how the [European] flow of rights works." nesses and there we were." Empty- handed. Kingdom and continental Europe. As a result, publish- Another publisher believes that money that has been ers can't simply issue licenses themselves. WHERE'S THE MONEY?! paid by digital service providers to the societies three or In the States, nearly all songwriters select one of the Most experts estimate that major publishers own or con- more years ago hasn't yet reached publishers or writers. three competing performing rights societies (AS CAP, trol 65 % -70% of the repertoire that currently generates "I've heard writers complain that digital revenue in BMI, SE SAC) to manage 50% of their performance
revenue worldwide. The majors won't say how much of their writer statements [ from a collecting society] is only rights (the writer's share). The writers then either form their revenue comes from European uses. But confiden- a tiny percentage of their [royalties]," one publishing ex- a publishing company themselves or sign a deal with a tial documents reviewed by Billboard in 2005, when Ber- ecutive says. "I say it's not only about the rates that are publisher, which then owns or controls the remaining telsmann AG put BMG Music Publishing up for sale, being charged or the unlicensed users, it's about the 50% (the publisher's share) of the performance rights. shed some light on the importance ofthe European mar- monies sloshing around the system somewhere between American songwriters typically grant all or most of ket to the then- third -largest publisher in the world. societies in a suspense account or with a DSP because their reproduction rights (aka mechanical rights) to Below, from left, are In 2003 -05, BMG generated about 59% of its annual, Warner /Chappell's nobody sent them an invoice. This is what publishers publishers by contract. The publisher issues licenses average worldwide gross revenue of453 million ($546.8 DAVE JOHNSON, are trying to address, but the danger is that people are and collects the mechanical royalties- either directly from Europe 61% its net MCPS -PRS Alliance's taking the wrong information from the fact they're get- with users or through an agent like the Harry Fox million) and of publisher's STEVE PORTER, share (NPS, the amount the publisher retains after pay- Warner/C happell's ting so little income." Agency -and pays a portion of royalties to the writers. ing royalties to songwriters and other third -party right JANE DYBALL, STIM's Meanwhile, digital use is growing in Europe. Accord- And when a U.S. co -writer (or the writer's publisher) KATRIN SALWEN holders) from that territory. and GEMA's ing to the IFPI's Digital Music Report 2008, 77.6 mil- wants to grant a nonexclusive license, there is normally Less than 1% of BMG's total worldwide NPS came ALEXANDER WOLF. lion digital tracks were purchased in the United Kingdom no need to get the other writers' permission as long as from "new media." Many publishers claim that this kind Bottom, left: in 2007, a 47% increase over 2006. The German digital the license terms are commercially reasonable and the EC commissioners of figure demonstrates a failure on the part of collect- CHARLIE McCREEVY market grew by an estimated 38 %. other writers are paid their share of the royalties. ing societies, which negotiate licenses and collect roy- (Internal Market) and Even so, it's not that easy to alter a licensing network U.K. writers also select a performing rights society KROES NEELIE in place for so long. (PRS is the only U.K. society) and typically grant me- alties, rather than a lackluster market. Indeed, New (Competition). that's been York -based Consect reported nearly $1.5 billion in ring - chanical rights to publishers, which often collect through tone revenue during 2005 in Europe. Yet publishers saw the MCP S. The PRS -MCPS Alliance handles licensing "de minimis" receipts, a major publisher executive says. and collections for both rights. "Anglo- American reper- "The societies simply weren't set up to handle digi- toire" includes songs by American and U.K. writers. tal licensing," another major publisher executive says. But in continental Europe, writers grant a portion Like so many others in the music industry, he adds, so- of their performance rights and a portion of their me- cieties were slow to react to changes in the market. chanical rights directly to a collective rights society in "At the moment they needed to start licensing, they their country of residence. In some countries there is were disorganized and didn't have the staff to take care one society that manages both rights, while in others of digital licensing," the executive says. "It was like in- there are separate societies for each right. Most pub- dividual societies trying to do business without having lishers also enter contracts with the societies to license and collect royalties for certain uses. In the United Kingdom and Europe -unlike in the States -each co -writer may only license his or her share T; n4 .-1 .yo9 fr11)MINI= EC's EMI Music MARCH 2007: The Euro- JULY OCTOBER 2005: The European Commission's JANUARY 2006: The Competition unit r JANUARY 2007: Internal Market unit (which is re- (responsible for investigating possible antitrust j Publishing is the first major pub- pean Parliament calls on Ce as 2007: lisher to set up a framework for the EC to revise its Octo- Dutch society Buma/ sponsible for facilitating the 27 Eu- violations) objects to contract terms entered GEMA ropean Union countries in into between European collecting societies that Pan -European licenses. To meet ber 2005 recommenda- Stemra lodges antitrust operating as a single Eu- in effect require songwriters to license their the needs of EMI, the United tion, claiming it would complaint against CELAS. ropean market) rec- rights only through the collecting society in Kingdom's MCPS -PRS Alliance wipe out dozens of soci- ommends changes their country of residence. As a result, any and Germany's GEMA form a eties and local repertoire. McCREEVY to the way collect- company that wants to license the compo- joint venture called CELAS to offer Pan -Euro- ing societies manage and license sitions for digital use must do so in each coun- pean licenses for digital uses of the publisher's compositions for online uses. KROES try rather than on a Pan- European basis. Anglo- American repertoire.
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www.americanradiohistory.com Something to sing about: RADIOHEAD of the song. A user must obtain permission from all lisher's Latin -American repertoire, while the MCPS- (shown here in concert at the BBC Radio Theatre in London) rocked what right holders. PRS Alliance has the exclusive right for the Anglo- amounts to an elusive Pan -European Most societies work with other societies around the American repertoire. license on its current release. world to help license the repertoire internationally. In "It has been a painful process to get where we are their contracts, they generally agree that they may li- now, but it is beginning to work," a major publisher cense each other's repertoire, but only for use within executive says. "The main difficulty has been how to their own country. For example, Germany's GEMA deal with split copyrights." could license the right to all worldwide repertoire for While services can get Pan - European licenses, they use within Germany. still have to go to more than one society for songs that But in 2000, digital services complained to the EC are co- published. For example, CELAS will not be a that they shouldn't have to go to each society in each one -stop shop for all of EMI's Anglo-American reper- country in order to license songs throughout the EU; toire since it cannot grant rights in songs co-written they should be able to obtain a Pan -European license. by writers with other publishers -unless all those pub- Five years later in 2005, the EC's Directorate Gen- lishers also authorize CELAS to offer their Pan -Euro- eral of Internal Markets, charged with the responsibil- pean rights. ity to ensure the free flow of goods through a single European market, issued a formal recommendation DIGITAL DILEMMA to EU member states. The EU was falling way behind "Be careful what you wish for," one digital service ex- the United States in the sale of digital music. The way ecutive says. Pan -European licenses for a limited type collecting societies were licensing rights for online use of repertoire have only created another place he has to had to change; the societies must become more com- go for licenses. petitive; and right holders should be able to select which "It's becoming less clear where to go for rights," society may grant Pan - European licenses for them. he says. Head Of The Class What followed in the marketplace has consistently eMusic chose to locate its European computer servers Radiohead is yet again at the heart of a digital experiment. After first offer- been characterized as chaos. in the Netherlands when Dutch Buma /Stemra took ing a name -your -price album, the band teamed up with Warner/Chappell Since publishers don't control all mechanical rights the position that it had the right to grant Pan -European for a one -stop -shop digital offering. to their repertoire in continental Europe, they can't rights in all repertoire to companies within its borders. Neither the band's songwriters nor the publisher are going through col- simply switch all rights from one society to another. Since then, eMusic and Buma /Stemra (the society lecting societies to handle issuing certain types of digital licenses worldwide. But they do have more control over Anglo-American that lodged an antitrust complaint against CELAS) have Instead, the publisher is doing direct licensing for songs and recordings. repertoire. So many publishers have begun focusing been threatened with lawsuits by some societies in "We've licensed about a dozen services so far," Warner /Chappell senior on granting Pan -European licenses for those songs. countries where consumers hear or download the music VP of international legal and business affairs Jane Dyball says. "If you li- as well as by some publishers. But publishing and legal cense directly, you choose who you license, you approach it in a commer- PUBLISHERS AND SOCIETIES RESPOND sources say that a case could be hard to win in a Dutch cial manner, and the writers get more say in who gets a license." And the writ- EMI Music Publishing licensed rights in its Anglo- court against a Dutch society, and filing a case in an ers don't wait years to see their royalties. American and German repertoire exclusively to a joint EU court would be costly and time-consuming. Even though the staff can't possibly handle licensing every webcaster venture called CELAS, formed by the British MCPS- Record labels are voicing concerns in an EC antitrust and download service -and it's unlikely that the publisher could adapt the PRS Alliance and the German GEMA. Other EMI reper- investigation involving the societies. Labels fear they plan for its entire catalog -Dyball expects the exercise to be lucrative and toire must be licensed on a country-by- country basis. won't be able to license compositions -and thereby very revealing. Universal Music Publishing Group formed a joint offer a one -stop shop for masters and compositions to "We want to show the user community how hard we're trying and how im- venture with French SACEM, which allows that soci- digital services -since societies only want to license portant it is to us to come up with easy licensing systems," she says. "We want ety and France's mechanical rights society SDRM to services that sell directly to consumers. to show societies that this is the kind of flexibility, transparency and speed grant Pan - European digital licenses for the publisher's Aside from licensing issues, the more pressing of turnaround that we want and expect." -Susan Butler Anglo- American and French repertoire. Other soci- problems facing digital services involve reporting ,1111111111111111 eties may offer their Universal repertoire through requirements. SACEM for Pan -European licensing, or they may in- Digital services mostly track titles on the basis of a Digital service would create an entity that would maintain, in con- dependently license the Anglo- American repertoire CD's ISRC code and rely on publishing information fidence, a database of all societies' repertoire. The within the society's own country. contained on the CD, which is often incomplete and executives entity would then point the services to the societies Warner/Chappell Music is conducting a two -part ex- sometimes inaccurate. that represent rights in designated compositions. periment. One part is offering direct one -stop digital "We don't have song information, so reporting be- don't believe The individual societies would negotiate the Pan - and mobile licensing for Radiohead's compositions comes a nightmare," one executive says. they will European licenses for rights they represent. The and recordings completely outside the collecting soci- And societies are either unwilling or unable to pro- services would send their reports to the neutral en- ety system (see story, right). vide a list of all repertoire they control, he adds. ever be able tity, which would determine which societies receive Part two is giving a number of societies -currently In an attempt to help, some societies tell the digital what portion of the amounts due. the MCPS -PRS Alliance, GEMA and Swedish STIM- services to report all usage to them -all sales and to secure While this proposal would likely avoid antitrust prob- the nonexclusive right to grant Pan- European licenses streams for every track. The societies would then let PanEuropean lems, it would require all societies to come onboard for the publisher's Anglo- American repertoire. Like the services know which percentages of which reper- while knowing that not all of them would be able to the Universal setup, other societies may offer licenses toire they control. licenses at one compete with the larger societies to garner publishers' for the repertoire within its borders. "That would be like telling Warner Bros. all the Uni- acceptable Pan -European rights. Sony /ATV is expected to complete an exclusive li- versal, EMI and Sony BMG sales. It's confidential," a Under another plan, the societies would all be share- cense for its Anglo- American repertoire any day now digital service executive says. rate. holders in a new society created for licensing and re- with one society that has agreed to comply with certain And naturally there is dispute over price. U.K. and porting purposes. service standards. German copyright tribunals set tariffs when the par- Lawyers question whether this plan could overcome For peermusic, Spanish SGAE has the exclusive ties fail to agree, but most other EU countries do not antitrust objections. right to grant Pan -European licenses for the pub- have tribunals. The parties must reach an agreement As for tariffs, one Pan -European tariff is not ob- to secure a license. jectionable to most publishers. But since the United Kingdom and Germany have copyright tribunals, the FEBRUARY 2008: he APRIL 2008: All of the CALM AFTER CHAOS? tariff would have to somehow blend those amounts EC's Internal Market unit above EC investigations Digital service executives contacted by Billboard don't into a legally acceptable rate -without violating an- is satisfied with the mar- and monitoring are still believe they will ever be able to secure Pan -European titrust regulations. ket response to the rec- ongoing. -SB licenses for all repertoire at one acceptable rate -or Meanwhile, digital services are still securing licenses ommendation; continues that there ever could be a Pan - European service. country by country, and should expect to do so for an- to monitor. But most publishers as well as executives with the other three to five years. larger societies are more optimistic. Several sources say there are a couple of plans in the talking stages For more information on what publishers and societies about creating a Pan - European portal. are doing to promote Pan -European licensing, visit Under one of these plans, a neutral third party billboard.biz /publishing.
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www.americanradiohistory.com IN THE WINGS 1 Dove Award Nominees Include Veteran And Emerging his family frequently does volunteer work in ERNIE HAASE & SIGNATURE Artists Across Genres BY DEBORAH EVANS PRICE Chinese orphanages. SOUND Gaither Music Group This year's slate of Dove Award nominees again reflects the diversity of KIRK FRANKLIN erniehaase .musiccitynetworks.com the Christian /gospel community, from the legendary Clark Sisters to Fo Yo Soul /Zomba Gospel Ernie Haase, formerly tenor for the famed kirkfranklin.us Cathedral Quartet, founded this group in pop veteran Point Grace Christian of and worship leader Chris Tomlin Kirk Franklin is the top -selling gospel artist 2002. One of the Southern gospel commu- to Southern gospel's Ernie Haase & Signature Sound. Here's a look at of the Nielsen SoundScan era. His Decem- nity's top acts, Ernie Haase & Signature some key nominees as well as other acts making an impact in the for- ber 2007 release, "The Fight of My Life," is Sound has steadily gained popularity, thanks mat in 2008. his ninth record to hit No. 1 on Billboard's in part to their appearances on the Gaither Top Gospel Albums chart, scanning 75,000 Homecoming videos and tours. Nominated CASTING CROWNS gospel album and best gospel song. The ladies units the first week. The CD, Franklin's sec- for Dove Awards for Southern gospel album Beach Street /Reunion Records are nominated for four Dove Awards, includ- ond on his own Fo Yo Soul imprint, also de- and long -form video of the year for "Get castingcrowns.com ing artist of the year. The Clarks' successful buted atop Billboard's Top Christian Albums, Away, Jordan" and Southern gospel recorded The band's 2003 self -titled debut album made reunion tour launched last fall and contin- his sixth No. 1 title on that list. Franklin, who song for the title track, the foursome also Casting Crowns the fastest -selling new act in ues this spring. hosts BET's weekly series "Sunday Best," has picked up a nomination in the multigenre Christian music, and the Georgia -based group won five Grammy Awards and 13 Doves. He group of the year category. The quartet is has maintained that momentum with 2003's STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN recently signed with a speaker's bureau and now working on a fall release. "Lifesong" and its third studio album, "The Sparrow Records has become a sought -after public speaker. Altar and the Door," which was released last stevencurtischapman.com ISRAEL HOUGHTON summer to debut at No. 2 on the Billboard Steven Curtis Chapman is celebrat- NATALIE GRANT Integrity Music 200 and No. 1 on the Hot Christian Albums ing his 20th anniversary in Chris- Curb Records newbreed.com chart. The act has been busy on the road with tian music and is the genre's nataliegrant.com As founder /frontman for Israel & New Breed, the Altar and the Door tour, which helps kick most -awarded artist with a whop- Natalie Grant is the reigning Dove Houghton's efforts have been described as off GMA Music Week with an April 19 stop ping 51 Dove Awards to his credit. Award winner in the female vocalist Earth, Wind & Fire meets Pat Metheny Group. in Nashville. The band has racked up numer- His 16th studio album, "This Mo- category, having captured the prize the The group has netted four Dove Awards, two ous accolades, including Grammy, Dove and ment," was released last fall, and last two years. She's nominated for the Stellar Awards, a Soul Train Award and a American Music Awards. Casting Crowns is the veteran singer /songwriter honor again and has also received Grammy. Israel & New Breed are nominated nominated for four Doves, including artist has been touring heavily her first nod in the artist of for Doves in the contemporary Gospel album of the year. Lead vocalist /principal songwriter in support of the disc. the year category. In Febru- category for "A Deeper Level" and contempo- Mark Hall received an additional six individ- His current single, ary, Grant released her sev- rary Gospel recorded song for "Say So." Ad- ual nominations, including male vocalist. "Cinderella," is not enth album, "Relentless," ditionally, Houghton received a nod for only garnering and is headlining a spring producer of the year. He is one of the song- THE CLARK SISTERS airplay at Christ- tour. In addition to being writers who participated in the Compassion - EMI Gospel ian radio, but on a mainstay on Christian art songwriter's retreat for charity and has a theclarksisters.com mainstream AC radio, Grant is one of duet with Michael W. Smith, "So Great," Since reuniting last year for the EMI Gospel stations as well. the few artists to crack climbing the charts. release "Live ... One Last Time," the Clark An activist as mainstream AC radio, Sisters have enjoyed one of the most success- well as an art- most notably with POINT OF GRACE ful comebacks in gospel music history. ist, Chapman 2005 single "Held." Word Records Twinkie Clark, Karen Clark Sheard, Dorinda founded the Already a hit at Chris- pointofgrace.net Clark Cole and Jacky Clark Chisholm swept organization tian radio, Grant's After more than 15 years, Point of Grace re- the Stellar Awards in January with four hon- Shaohannah's latest, "In Better mains the most successful female group in ors, including artist of the year. In February, Hope to aid Hands," is now being contemporary Christian music. The four- they added three Grammys to their collec- couples with worked to main- some won its first Dove for new artist in 1994 tion: best gospel performance, best traditional adoption, and stream AC. and has since claimed seven other trophies.
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www.americanradiohistory.com FLYING i 11c.31 I Live Doves Highlight GMA Music Week BY DEBORAH EVANS PRICE
Artists and industry personnel represent- period of time to get up to speed in every ing all facets of the Christian/gospel music aspect of the music business." community will gather April 19 -23 in One of the sessions sure to be among Nashville for GMA Music Week, the Gospel the convention's highlights is the " 'Fish Music Assn.'s annual gathering. Bowl' Hot Topics Forum: Record Label The highlight of GMA Music Week is the Fast Forward." Moderated by Chaffee 39th annual GMA Dove Awards on April Management Group president Jim Chaf- 23. The show will be telecast live from the fee, the panelists are EMI Christian Music Grand Ole Opry on the Gospel Music Group president /CEO Bill Hearn, Provi- Channel, marking the first time the awards dent Label Group president /CEO Terry have been broadcast live since 2002. (In Hemmings, Platform Artist Management recent years, the program has aired in syn- co- owner /manager Chance Hoag, Cre- dication.) The GMA is also sponsoring an ative Artists Agency booking agent John after -show party, which will be held at Huie, Daywind Music Group president Ed Nashville's Two Rivers Mansion. Christian Leonard, INO Records/M.20 Communi- rock pioneers DeGarmo & Key are reunit- cations president /CEO Jeff Moseley, Cre- ing to perform at the event. ative Trust president Dan Raines and Word "The Dove Awards celebrate all styles, Entertainment CEO Jim Van Hook. much like the Gospel Music Channel," Among the high -profile speakers slated Gospel Music Channel founder/president for GMA Music Week are author Ken Blan- Charles Humbard says. "We share a very chard; Louie Giglio, founder of the Pas- similar mission and values with them." sion conferences and head of sixsteps- The TV deal has not only fueled syn- records; and Digital Music News founder/ ergy between the GMA and the GMC, but editor Paul Resnikoff, who will present Acts with spirit, from left, opposite the rest of the industry as well. For the first page: NATALIE GRANT, POINT OF time, representatives from various labels, and TING CROWNS agencies and other companies below left, KIRK FRANKLIN. booking have banded together to create a task force to promote the show. "The industry This year, Point of Grace is nominated for sure tour with Jeremy Camp and Matthew has really gotten behind the Doves from five Doves, fueled by the success of the West, which was sponsored by AT &T, mark- a marketing standpoint," GMA presi- group's current release "How You Live." The ing the first time the company has spon- dent/CEO John Styli says. "There's going video for title track "How You Live (Turn Up sored a Christian tour. to be a lot of marketing to drive viewers to the Music)" is airing on GAC, and :he single the show. So more people are going to be is gaining steam on mainstream country CHRIS TOMLIN aware of it and likely to watch it this year radio stations. sixstepsrecords than ever before." christomlin.com The marketing task force has created SKILLET In just three short years, Chris Tomlin has e -mail blasts that key companies and as Atlantic /Lava /Ardent /INO Records collected 12 Dove Awards, including back - artists are sending to their databases skillet.com to -back wins in the male vocalist and artist well as a videoclip that artists can use on Released in October 2006, Skillet's album, of the year categories in 2006 and 2007. The tour to promote the Doves. "You'll see "Comatose," still has legs, selling steadily and Texas native rose to prominence as a wor- Web site banners on our site, radio sta- helping earn the band a Dove nod for artist ship leader with the popular Passion con- tion sites and other Web sites," Styli says. 2012: A View of the Music of the year, not an easy feat for a rock band in ferences. According to Christian Copyright "You're going to see visibility at retail both "Digital Odyssey an industry dominated by pop, soft rock and Licensing International's list of the top 25 physically and online." Industry in 2012." worship music. The title track is up for rock U.S. worship songs as of August 2007, Tom- The Doves will conclude four days of In addition to the boot camps, work- recorded song and two singles from "Co- lin held five spots with songs he had either seminars, showcases and workshops. The shops and panel discussions, GMA Music matose" are hitting the airwaves. "The Older written or co- written. He received five nom- GMA serves its diverse membership by Week will include the Radio Echo Awards luncheon and the Southern Gospel Music I Get" is garnering airplay at Christian radio inations for this year's Doves, among them running four concurrent tracks: CMB- The Sunday while "The Last Night," which was R &R's No. artist and male vocalist nods as well as song Christian Music Broadcasters, CMRC- Guild's Harmony Honors. Retail MAPS evening worship service will take place 1 Christian CH R song of the year in 2007, is and worship song for "Amazing Grace (My Christian Music Conference, - Seminar April 20 at Nashville's historic Ryman Au- gaining steam at mainstream rock. The four - Chains Are Gone)." Managers, Agents & Promoters piece band, fronted by John Cooper, recently and MP -The Music Professional Track. ditorium and will be hosted by Michael W. finished the Winter Jam tour and will head- THIRD DAY "We are bringing in speakers to discuss Smith, Mandisa, Fred Hammond and Is- line its Comatose trek this spring. Essential Records topics that are really important in this day rael & New Breed. ASCAP will hold its an- r thirdday.com and age, [including] changing business nual Christian Music Awards April 21. BMI TO BY M AC Last year these Atlanta rockers released two models, what the digital revolution means is sponsoring the annual Songwriter ForeFront Records hits packages, "Chronology" volumes one and and how the touring market is changing," Showcase, and there will be nightly con- tobymac.com two, spanning a 15 -year career that has Styli says. "We have an incredible lineup certs spotlighting all the diverse styles umbrella, includ- As a member of pioneering trio dcTalk, Toby brought them numerous accolades, includ- of speakers to educate on the key aspects under the gospel music McKeehan has long been a groundbreaking ing 23 Doves and two Grammys. Third Day's of that business. GMA Music Week is an ing pop, rock, rap, Southern gospel, urban creative force in Christian music. Known new studio album, "Revelation," drops July interdisciplinary convention. We have gospel and Latin music. these days as tobyMac, the singer /song- 29. Produced by Howard Benson (Daughtry, radio, retail, managers, agents, promot- "Not only are we interdisciplinary, we writer is nominated for five Doves, includ- P.O.D., Flyleaf), the project features guest ap- ers and songwriters, artists, record com- are multigenre," Styli says. "There's never ing artist, male vocalist and song of the year pearances by Chris Daughtry, Flyleaf's Lacey panies, all together for education. It's a a time that's been more important to for "Made to Love." "Portable Sounds" is Mosely and pedal steel guitarist Robert Ran- very serious convention in terms of the come together and deal with the issues nominated for rock /contemporary album dolph. The first single, "Call My Name," went content and the topics that are going to be and for people to become more educated handle the challenges. and has been a consistently strong seller to radio April 4. Look for Third Day to tour in discussed and the people who are going and more savvy to since its release in February 2007. TobyMac the fall with Switchfoot and Robert Randolph to be presenting the information. It's a re- GMA week is one way that we, as an or- recently wrapped the Boomin' Beyond Mea- & the Family Band. ally great opportunity in a relatively short ganization, can facilitate that."
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in Switzerland, and going top 20 in Norway and Belgium. The earlier March 24 digital release sent the album to No. 1 on iTunes Germany and No. 5 on iTunes France; the combined CD shipment for both markets' late -March release was 100,000, with it charting on imports alone in Germany. In conversation, Duffy has a guileless quality that Bernard Butler, one of her producers and collaborators, attributes to her isolated Welsh upbringing. Nefyn was a bus ride away from the nearest record shop, which only stocked the top 40. That store has doubtless been doing good business with "Mercy," which spent five weeks atop the British chart. Now the upbeat, string -laden track is spearheading her U.S. campaign, where the album will be released May 13 via the re- launched Mercury imprint (Billboard, April 12). "The buzz is only just starting for Duffy," British -born Mer- cury president David Massey says. "What we need to do from now until the record comes out is turn buzz into demand." "Mercy" is already airing on such tastemaker stations as non- commercial KCRW Santa Monica, Calif., and modern rock KNRK Portland, Ore., but Massey says it won't be pushed to pop radio until mid- to late April, "because we want to let it grow in other formats. My vision is for it to be one of the songs of the summer." MTV and VH1 have joined forces for a "dual- network album launch," including the March 26 premiere of the American video for "Mercy" on vhl.com, vhlsoul.com and mtv.com, as well as both TV networks. In April she became an MTV "Discover and Download" artist and a VH1 You Oughta Know act, and she will feature in 13 30- second "On the Road With ..." VH1 promos up to June 22. "MTV and VH1 were early adopters," Massey says. "I took her to both places and there was an incredible reaction. The two sta- tions decided to work together, which is unusual for them, and it allows us to reach a huge number of demographics." After appearances at SXSW and New York's Hiro Ballroom, Duffy- managed by Rough Trade Management's Jeannette Lee- is due to play Coachella and the Roxy in Los Angeles at the end of April. She will be in the United States for promo May 11 -17, including a slot on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno." Duffy is quick to dismiss press comparisons to Dusty Spring- field-" For me, that's so far removed from where I am sonically, SMALL-TOWN GIRL it couldn't be more wrong" -while Massey shuns parallels with signed U.K. soul singer, Amy Winehouse. U.K. Sensation Duffy Gears Up For U.S. Success another Universal- "We haven't been marketing [Duffy's] personality, although and become a celebrity," he says. As a music lover who grew up in the tiny Welsh coastal town of voice to a fresh take on classic soul and the '60s girl group she is starting to cross over natural and innocent and fun." Nefyn, 23-year -old U.K. chart phenomenon Duffy admits she's sound, enjoyed the biggest first-week sales so far this year "She's the girl next door -very British tabloid property, but says, still struggling to comprehend her sudden popularity. when it moved more than 180,000 copies after its March 3 Duffy has already become I Too things have hurt "There were more people in the Scuth by Southwest [SXSW] release, according to the Official U.K. Charts Co. (OCC). "I'm doing something that love. many is one thing that's not going to hurt me. audience [at my show] than there are in my town," says the for- "That was mind -blowing," she says. "I'm not going to pretend me in my life and this my face." mer Aimee Duffy, whose hometown has a population of 2,550. it isn't strange. You really do have a new life overnight." I just try to keep a smile on appearances at "Three thousand people watched me at Stubb's." The album stayed at No. 1 throughout March, racking up U.K. And she does, enthusing about her summer want to be the first girl to Duffy, tipped for success in Billboard's Best Bets issue sales to date of more than 400,000, according to the OCC. In Eu- the V and Glastonbury Festivals. "I says with a laugh. (Jan. 5), is gearing up for her U.S. launch on the back of im- rope, the positive reaction to the single 'Mercy" at radio meant sing on the moon, too," she pressive sales at home. In the United Kingdom, her the scheduled April 7 release was brouglt forward, with "Rock - by Cortney Harding. A &M /Polydor debut, "Rockferry," which marries her rich ferry" debuting at No. 2 in Holland, No. 3 in Denmark, and No. 7 Additional reporting
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» >ALL -NEW NEIL Neil Diamond's second album with producer Rick Think Pink Rubin, "Home Before Dark," is due May 6 via Eclectic Spanish Duo Heads For Warped Tour Columbia and features a duet with the Dixie Like some sort of hipster virus, the markets large and small. Chicks' Natalie Maines on Pinker Tones' poppy electronica has The Pinker Tones have played "Las the track "Another Day spread from the duo's hometown of Vegas, Red Square, the Great Wall (That Time Forgot)." The of Barcelona via quietly aggressive means: China and everywhere in - album is led by the single between," Cook public radio love, "Pretty Amazing Grace" TV synchs, worldwide man says. "They've taken a global ap- gigs and will be available in a and, particularly, the digital space. proach to their music, and it works well." deluxe edition with a Now with 43 dates ahead of it on this That approach translates to "Wild four -song DVD of summer's Vans Warped tour, the pair of Animals," which has just one song in Diamond performing Mister Furia and Professor Manso is well - Spanish. It's mostly in English but also tracks live in the studio. positioned to build on its stateside buzz features songs in German and French, Among them is a cover of with its newest release, "Wild Animals," reflecting the international schools Simon & Garfunkel's "The due digitally May 6 and in physical for- that the Pinker Tones attended grow- Boxer," which is not on mat June 3. ing up. the album. DJ/ producer /multi -instrumentalists "Wild Animals" has touches of the » >UNHAPPY Furia (Salvador Rey) and Manso (Alex Beach Boys and Air, cut -and -pasted Llovet) have `BIRTHDAY' their own PinkerLand with kitschy retro samples, Kraftwerk- Warped tour founder Kevin Lyman, commercial KCRW Santa Monica, Calif. Records imprint, via U.K. The intended first single label Out- like electronica, pop and funk. There's who invited the group on the road after That stateside exposure is thanks to standing Records, from the Roots' new and license to labels even a track, "On Se Promenait," that seeing it at South by Southwest last year, Nacional, which aggressively courts in- album has fallen around the world off -including Nacional Furia describes as "Charles Aznavour put it this way on his blog last month: dependent retail, college radio and music "Rising Down," due April in the United States Mexico. and In meets the Beatles." "Punk to me is stretching the limits, and supervisors, the last of which via its pub- 29 via Def Jam. Spain, the Pinker Tones have sold 45,000 "Sometimes people forget ... that this act today stretches the limits in my lishing venture Drummer /co- producer with Nettwerk. Already, copies of their albums, according to Na- there are musicians behind the music, mind, just like the Beastie Boys Ahmir " ?uestlove" did four songs from "Wild Animals" are cional, and have performed at clubs and not only DJs," says Furia, whose Thompson told band many years ago." being used in an online campaign from festivals worldwide. Billboard.com that the will play Barcelona's international elec- In the States, the Pinker Tones have beer maker Pacifico. Nacional president track "Birthday Girl," Tomas Cookman tronic festival, Sonar, in addition to sold just 4,000 copies of their previous With 43% of the Pinker Tones' 2006 sees the Warped tour the Warped which features Fall Out -where this summer. "We have a DJ albums, according to Nielsen Sound - studio album, "The Million Colour Rev- Pinker Tones will play extended Boy's Patrick Stump, has sets in [Niño] with us, but we are a band. We are Scan, but have had their music heard in olution," sold digitally in the States, ac- the been bumped simply Skull Candy electronic tent and musicians and we sing songs. That is also many other places, among them HBO's cording to Nielsen SoundScan, feature because it does not fit the show off their own branded Skull why we wanted to develop the acoustic "Entourage," ABC's "Ugly Betty," video - placements on MySpace and Rhapsody tone of what he calls "the Candy DJ headphones -as an extended format, which is something people don't games and taste -making radio show are in the works to take advantage of the most incendiary, political opportunity to be in people's faces" in expect from a so- called electronic band." "Morning Becomes Eclectic" on non- group's album of our career to online audience. date" However, the song will be available on iTunes later this month. COUNTRY BY KEN TUCKER
» >LET'S MAKE ways knew it was a hit." A DEAL "Why Don't Ya," which features Los Lonely Boys, Bryan Adams' latest was written by Shawn Sahm (son of late Tex -Mex star album, "11," will be `Common' Ground Doug Sahm), Max Baca and Speedy Sparks. "It's released May 13 Vassar Starts Fresh With, Scores Hit From kickin'," Vassar says of the song, which was recorded exclusively via Wal -Mart Universal South Debut in Austin. "I'll cut anybody's song if it's great." and Sam's Club stores in Country star Phil Vassar hopes his recent move from the first time, and says the process was "ridiculously Country WKIS Miami PD Ken Boesen says Vassar's the United States. The set Sony BMG's Arista Nashville label to Universal fun. I felt like the inmates had the keys was released in March to the asylum. songs typically "brighten up a radio station. 'Carlene' Records South will provide a spark to his career, which internationally by We can make all the decisions in this room, in this is a great 'turn it up' kind of song; so is 'American is by no means a failure. But it could a Universal. Adams had stand little jolt. studio, right now. It felt like my first album again." Child' and 'Love Is a Beautiful Thing.' All these songs Vassar says recorded for A &M his his exit from Arista was "not a bitter While Vassar wrote or co -wrote 10 of the album's deal with everyday lives and are all pretty uplifting." thing at all. A lot of times entire career until 2004's creatively you need a shot 12 cuts, he didn't write current single "Love Is a Beau- To spread the word, Vassar will perform an acoustic in the arm. "Room Service," which Things kind of get stagnant." tiful Thing." The track is No. 8 on Hot Country Songs, concert for select local radio stations and syndicated wasn't released Since his in the chart debut in 1999, Vassar has scored and was penned by hit songwriters Jeffrey Steele shows April 27 at his Nashville home. The next day States until the following eight top 10s on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, and Craig Wiseman almost 10 years ago. "I've heard those same outlets will do their morning shows from year via Mercury. It has including two No.1s: "Just Another Day in Paradise" that song around town forever," Vassar says. "I al- his home. "Radio is looking for ways to make morn- sold just 44,000 U.S. in 2002 and "In a Real Love" in 2004. But his track ing copies, according to drive interesting and different," Foster says. record has been inconsistent; for every top 10 he's Nielsen SoundScan. Foster adds that an initiative with Clear Channel had, there's another single that didn't break through. stations in which listeners can submit their wedding It's part of the reason that, despite his radio suc- » >HOMETOWN photos to be included in a video that will air on Clear cess and aggressive touring, he's yet to a HEROES score plat- Channel Web sites is one way the label is trying to inum album. Two Avenged Sevenfold shot a albums -his 2000 self -titled debut connect the dots for Vassar. "It's interacting directly and his live DVD during its April 10 2006 greatest -hits package- account for with fans, which is something we need to do, espe- hometown show at Long 853,000, or 66 %, of the 1.3 million units he's sold, cially with an artist like Phil who the fans maybe Beach (Calif.) Arena, according Nielsen to SoundScan. haven't made that personal connection to," he says. which will be out before Universal South senior VP /GM Fletcher Foster says TV opportunities are also being explored. "He's year's end via Warner label is the aware of the disconnect. "He's had radio such a great performer, and people, whether Bros. According to the they're success, but it hasn't been consistent," he says. "It's band, the as- yet -untitled in the industry or not, recognize that," Foster says. been a little bit of a roller coaster. Radio loves him release will also feature "We need to take that to the masses." Still, he adds, and loves to play him, but never -before -heard because of the inconsis- the key to marketing Vassar is to "not get to fancy. For tracks. tency, he's not that given artist out of the box." him, we've got to get to that core country audience. Universal South is hoping to change that with "Phil's got an incredible base out there," he says. Reporting by Jonathan "Prayer of a Common Man," due April 22. Vassar "I don't think all the possibilities have been explored Cohen and Gary Graff. manned the boards with Universal South president as to what his base can be and the opportunities are and noted producer Mark Wright (Brooks & Dunn) for to take him to the next level."
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www.americanradiohistory.com BY MICHAEL D. AYERS When Aziz Ansari, Paul Scheer shirt as anything else, have also tive comedy. If you're an indie comedians wasn't originally in and Rob Huebel, the creators of been a constant presence at music fan, you're not going to the playbook. sketch comedy show "Human South by Southwest. like mainstream comedy." "We saw a community of like - Tracks Giant," took over MTV's pro- "Bonnaroo is one of the largest Ansari found similar success minded individuals that really Laugh indie acts the resembled the indie music gramming for 24 hours last comedy events in the country skewering hot of "Early in my career I scene," he says. The label's first Indie Comedy Finds Its Footing May, it was more than just a last - now," festival co- creator Rick Far- moment. At Festivals, Retail minute effort to get their show man says. "We'll do between had a couple ofvideos that con- release, Cross' 2002 album renewed for a second season. 25,000 and 30,000 people in our nected with my audience," he "Shut Up You Fucking Baby," They wrangled indie music comedy tents and we're turning recalls. "Eugene Mirman and I validated that belief. It went on pals Ted Leo, Tegan & Sara, away 500 -1,000 people for every did this thing about M.I.A., right to sell 109,000 copies in the Mastodon and the National for show." when M.I.A. was blowing up. United States, according to live performances, giving According to Farman, the And a lot of people linked to it, Nielsen SoundScan. we at a them exposure on a network success stems from Bonnaroo's because you don't have a lot of "Back in 2002, were that doesn't have a dedicated 24 -hour atmosphere, allowing people doing comedy about low point for the label -a far cry place for their type of music. fans to hunker down in the something like that." from where the indie commu- In a lot of ways, Human comedy tent and break the rou- Indie labels have taken no- nity is today," Kiewel recalls. "I Giant was simply return- tine of running from stage to tice. Last year, Drag City re- think we had one artist that had ing the favor. Music fes- stage to see bands. "It's hard to leased a DVD from "Saturday scanned over 20,000 at that tivals at one time weren't pull yourself away when there Night Live" star Fred point of the active roster. But exactly the first place a are 20 bands you want to see in Armisen, and Matador jumps these [comedians] were touring comedian would look one afternoon," he says. "That into the game April 22 with a and selling out places, getting morning radio shows and to make a splash, but hour to get away with comedy - compilation from Earles and on in recent years, Bon- that dynamic really works in a Jensen, a prank phone call late -night television, and they naroo, Noise Pop, camping atmosphere." team that resembles a less weren't promoting anything. Bumbershoot and For comedians, these gigs af- vulgar Jerky Boys. That just seemed really inter- Coachella have rolled ford the chance to indulge in But Sub Pop has taken the esting to me." out extensive comedy subject matter they say just deepest plunge, with a roster Now, Bonnaroo is trying to programs featuring such wouldn't fly at a traditional com- that includes "Mr. Show " / "Ar- up its own ante, slotting its first so- called indie comics as edy club. rested Development" alum comedian for the main stage at Human Giant, David "We've done a few sketches Cross, "King of Queens" prin- the 2008 event in mid -June. Cross, Patton Oswalt, Eu- where we reference the music cipal Oswalt, Mirman and Chris Rock will perform right gene Mirman and Zach industry and kind of make fun spoof-folk duo Flight of the Con - before Metallica, to what Far- be Galifianakis. These of it, and I think that helps us chords, who had a hit show on man estimates should comedians, who with this audience," Huebel HBO last year and will release 70,000- 80,000 people. are as likely to says of Human Giant's new- their self-titled debut for the "We feel very lucky to come hit the stage found outlets. "I think the tastes label April 22. out to these festivals and per- HUMAN GIANT; wearing a Su- and the sensibilities of indie According to the label's head form," Ansari says. "And peo- right: a EUGENE we MIRMAN T -shirt perchunk T- music fans stem from alterna- of A &R Tony Kiewel, signing ple know who are."
about the rise of do- it- yourself music culture; it seemed apt to have someone like Holly, who's living the DIY ethic." Rose's producer/manager Jeff Calvert launched Whisky EDITED BY TOM FERGUSON to release her material, which is published by Silverdown Music. Rose is completing her debut album, "Apple," for a »>AT HIS AGE ing the Venice Festival of Media conference (April 13 -16) for summer U.K. release. She is booked for U.K. live work by the Sexton Currently touring his home country and the Netherlands, Bel- advertising /media /content development professionals. Rose's Agency. -Paul gian singer /songwriter Milow is winning across -the board March 17 debut U.K. single for the Pinnacle- distributed Whisky radio support from Flanders' top 40 stations for his single label, "I Don't Care," is airing on national AC broadcaster BBC » >GREAT DANE is already "The Ride" (Homerun Records /Munich), released March 24. Radio 2. Rose describes the Venice invitation as "the oppor- Although only 21, Danish cellist Andreas Brantelid having debuted at 14 as a It's the latest step in a success story that began in March tunity of a lifetime, to be up close and personal" with an influ- a veteran of the concert stage, 2007 when Milow's first hit single, "You Don't Know," pulled ential, 800- strong audience. soloist with the Royal Danish Orchestra. Classics' his 2006 debut album "The Bigger Picture" into the top 10 The Venice event, now in its second year, is organized by He is the latest young musician to record for EMI clas- of the Ultratop Flanders chart. Milow says that album has now London -based media marketing /publishing company C Debut Series, started in 1997 to champion emerging sold more than 15,000 copies domestically, but it's set to be Squared Communications. Rose was asked to perform by sical artists. To date, the series has launched the careers overtaken by sophomore set "Coming of Age," which entered U.K. -based music marketing /research firm Citizensound, of British pianist /composer Thomas Adès and trumpeter -born opera singer Feb. 2 at No.1. which is hosting a panel at the conference. "[Having] seen Alison Balsom plus New Zealand Milow is booked through Lichtaart -based Quiet Concerts her live, we could personally vouch for her abilities to the or- Jonathan Lemalu. which and published by Homerun, his own company. Distribution ganizers," Citizensound founder Paul Bay says. "Our panel is Now comes Brantelid's debut, "Cello Concertos," Kingdom. Fast- becom- and promotion in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg will be released May 5 in the United Brantelid was are through Munich, which issued "Coming of Age" March 13 ing one of his generation's leading cellists, Young Musi- in the Netherlands. Milow says he's "looking for deals out- the first Scandinavian to win the Eurovision Cello side the Benelux countries," where he plans to include "You cians Competition (2006) and the Paolo International Don't Know" on "Coming of Age." Competition (2007). by Schumann and On the new set, Milow -born Jonathan Vandenbroeck- "Cello Concertos" features compositions a Rococo aimed to tackle more serious issues than on his debut. He Saint -Saëns and Tchaikovsky's "Variations on Brantelid says, does that on tracks like "Herald of Free Enterprise" (about a Theme." The Saint -Saëns and Tchaikovsky,
I have played 1987 shipping disaster) and "The Priest," a song, he says, "have a particular place in my heart because "about the choices you make when you are young which will them since I was 11 years old. I followed my heart and chose for Cello & Orchestra in A Minor' as I have a huge impact on the rest of your life." -Marc Maes Schumann's 'Concerto have had many good live experiences with it." In 2008, Bran - » >ROSE OF ENGLAND telid will give recitals in major halls in Birmingham, England; Germany; Lux- English singer /songwriter Holly Rose has a rare chance to Brussels; Vienna; Salzburg, Austria; Cologne, He makes his London bloom for an audience of international tastemakers this month. embourg; Stockholm; and Amsterdam. Davis Rose is the only artist performing at an April 15 gala dinner dur- debut June 28 at Wigmore Hall. -Hazel
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www.americanradiohistory.com i,:) \Alli 1 =AIS YOUR GUIDE TO UNSIGNED BANDS by Katie Hasty » >SUMMERBIRDS IN THE CELLAR » >DOUG LEVITT Contact: Ken Hertz, management, 310 - 248 -3107 Contact: John Youngman, man- Singer/songwriter Doug Levitt specializes in war zones. lnitialty working as an overseas re- ager, john a flysouthmusic.com, porter for outlets like CNN and MSNBC, he'd gather firsthand accounts from people in 407 -841 -6169; Jeff Leven, legal, Rwanda, Iran and Bosnia. But now the Washington, D.C., native is "reporting" on conflicts jleven a davisshapiro.com, 310- of a different kind. 248 -3400 Four years ago, after returning to the United States, Levitt boarded a Greyhound bus with It's rare for a band to be hand- a bag and a guitar and crossed America for six weeks. He interviewed other travelers -many picked by an act as big as of them armed service veterans -and began writing songs based on stories of poverty and R.E.M. to play as an opener, but sticky social issues. He performed in bus terminals and at political that's precisely rallies and city meetings. what happened - When he returned home, he burned some CDs of the songs and wrote a book, `The Greyhound to Summerbirds in the Cellar at - Diaries," published by Dogged Pony. Then he did it all again. And again. South by Southwest this year. "I'm political to the extent my music reflects what people are feeling and speaks to Within the last four years, co- - the conflicts of the moment," Levitt says. "I write on our human portrait. We're dealing founders Brad Register and Cur- with a different war here." tis Brown, originally from Lake- Levitt has since created a Web series that features his music and narrative accounts land, Fla., made Athens, Ga., on douglevitt.com, a home for his thoughts on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East their "second home." Once and hopeful musings on America's shifting political climate. His support of the Demo- there, Register started making cratic party has also lead to a unique way to share his music: He is a surrogate for the connections through his job Barack Obama campaign and has stumped for the presidential candidate when he was working the door at Athens' ven- unable to make an appearance at rallies himself. erable 40 Watt Club. Register "I consider myself a musician first, but there's a shift toward being a multiplatform and Brown were eventually artist," the 36- year -old says. Levitt has been moving forward with licensing opportunities with the asked to play in Athens rock act help of powerhouse lawyer Ken Hertz (Will Smith, Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera) and is Now It's Overhead (Saddle in talks with TV producer Bryn Freedman ( "TMZ," A &E's "Intervention ") about bringing "The Creek), fronted by musician /en- Greyhound Diaries" to cable. He has already released a "Greyhound Diaries" EP, produced gineer Andy LeMaster who, in by David Henry (Guster, Josh Rouse) and is planning to ,elease a full -length by turn, asked Summerbirds Septem- to ber -just in time for elect' 'n season. open for his band on a national SUMMERBIRDS IN THE CELLAR tour. LeMaster also produced the Summerbirds' 2005 debut, "With the Hands of the Hunter It All Becomes Dead," as LEVITT well as its ambitious full -length "Druids," which was soft -released in October. "On `Druids,' we were writing more as a band. We had a more cohesive style. It was more of a complete thought," Register says. The group's sound is inspired in part by bands like My Bloody Valentine and the Jesus and Mary Chain and combines electronic and dance elements with fuzzy guitars and Register's dream -like tenor. LeMaster put the band's records into the hands of his Athens buddies, including R.E.M.'s Mike Mills and Michael Stipe -and a connection was made. Summerbirds' Austin show was broadcast live on more than 20 radio stations and featured on NPR's "All Things Considered." The group will be on tour in North America this summer with Tokyo Police Club and Maserati. » >LUKE TEMPLE Contact: Foye Johnson, manager, fj a intriguegroup.net; Ian Wheeler, publicity, ian.wheelerathemusebox.net It'd be an understatement to say Luke Tem- ple is just another dude strumming on New York's stages. His pop -based folk songs are immaculately arranged and composed, uti- lizing organic, orchestral and electronic ele- ments. "I'm trying to take the guy with the guitar and put him in a new suit," the Brook- lyn -based songwriter says. In a way, Temple paints landscapes with his songs, much like he does in his other job as a visual artist. Temple went to college in Boston at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and began playing guitar as he earned his de- gree for painting. He moved to New York when he was 24, playing "terrified" on the stages of small clubs until, of course, other talented acts caught on. He has opened for Death Cab for Cutie, Guster, Sufjan Stevens, Doves, Mark Kozelek and, most recently, Beach House. Additionally, he toured with Sad- dle Creek's the Good Life and his song "Make Right With You" could be heard in a season three episode of "Grey's Anatomy."
Temple has released two full -length albums, "Snowbeast" and "Hold a Match for a Gaso- line World," and a self -titled EP through micro -indie Mill Pond, which have sold a combined 3,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. He also issued a five -song 7 -inch through the limited pressing Seven Inch Project and has another vinyl project in the works for St. Ives. "I've noticed that people tend to buy vinyl before they buy CDs at a show. They have more pride in buying something unique like that," he says.
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www.americanradiohistory.com TEE B 1.1.130ARD 14 i AI_13 U IVI S ELECTRONIC Astralwerks derwriting Burks' howling has power and soul, made M83 Release Date: April 15 MARIAH CAREY lead guitar. For a further all the more uplifting by Saturdays = Youth The Kooks aren't E =MC2 dose of diamond -hard Charles Calello's rich horn Producers: Ken Thomas, exactly redefining the Producers: Mariah Carey, Antonio blues -rock, cue up "Quiet arrangements that instantly Ewan Pearson, Anthony sound of British pop /rock on "L.A." Reid Little Town." The song cuts recall early Chicago. -EN Gonzalez their sophomore album, but Island Def Jam a mean groove, and Burks ure Release-Date: April 15 assays an appropriately RYAN DAN Release Date: April 15 it a bad name either. The She's proclaimed emancipation before, but Mariah wicked solo. He also dips RyanDan "Saturdays = Youth" is a midtempo "See the Sun" Carey's never sounded as free as she does on her 10th into the well of classic soul Producer: Steve Anderson celebration of just that: doesn't bring the heat as album. The usual hummable radio hip -hop and bold and comes up with a beau- Decca the feelings of confusion, angst much as the title implies, but ballads are here, in pristine form. ( "Bye Bye," a memo- tiful original tune, "Don't Release Date: April 8 " the pop - and lust tied to one's forma- single "Always Where I Need rial for a lost loved one, is particularly effective.) But Waste My Time. -PVV ©Overseas, tive teenage years, which for to Be" is the real scorcher, so are some coy surprises, like the irresistible "I'm classical movement French electronic artist An- with heavy guitar lines and That Chick" (which covertly samples "Off the Wall" steams ahead, with acts like thony Gonzalez are synony- Luke Pritchard's boyish yelp for an early Michael Jackson disco bounce) and the HILARY McRAE Andrea Bocelli, II Divo and mous with the aesthetic cap- carrying the tune. "Do You Swizz Beatz -produced "O.O.C.," which is catchy Through These Walls Three Graces consistently tured by John Hughes films. Wanna," with the sublimely enough to make that the vernacular's standard abbre- Producer: Zach Ziskin topping album charts. Comely Thus, "Saturdays" pulses with familiar refrain of "Do you viation for "out of control." Carey even digs deep and Hear Music Canadian -based identical a very '80s vibe (and boasts a wanna make love to me ?," pulls up "Side Effects," a Scott Storch- produced, dark Release Date: April 15 twins Ryan and Dan Kowarsky Molly Ringwald reference to could be an easy commer- hip -hop track that follows a passive woman's descent ®Twenty- one -year -old have already hit the top 10 boot) and also marks a new di- cial hit. But it's on tracks like into domestic abuse ( "Sleeping with the enemy/ singer /songwriter Hi- at home, and now their rection for M83 with more dis- "Gap" and "Tick of Time" Aware that he was smothering every last part of me "). lary McRae has scored the sights are set on the United tinct song structures and where the young foursome Capping it off with Bible- quoting, upright -piano distinction of being the first States. Opener "Like the melodies. The verse- chorus- earns its stripes, with gospel ( "I Wish You Well "), Carey's made a pop album emerging artist signed to Sun" sets the stage, with verse composition of "Kim & stripped -down, soulful with equal parts levity and gravity. -KM Hear Music, the Starbucks abundant vocal bravado and Jessie" is an unmistakable pop songs that show off its wit Entertainment /Concord a melodramatic torrent of number; "Graveyard Girl," with and musicianship. If nothing Music Group label that orchestral strings. More re- its emo- leaning lyrics, chan- else, "Konk" is a fantastic sheen, remains intact. convey the polarized, mean- launched last year with strained "The Face" is utterly nels New Order; and the primer for the band's spring Opener "Never Again" could dering spirit of "Air," which high -profile releases from luscious, as is a sweetly re- thumping 4/4 beat underpin- U.S. tour. -KH fit in right alongside earlier sometimes drifts gently and Paul McCartney, Joni invented cover of "I'll Be ning "Couleurs" establishes a hits "Don't Cry" or "Heat of sometimes blows in hard Mitchell and James Taylor. There," the poppiest offer- dance groove before dipping ASIA the Moment." Several songs, gusts. "Earth" is even more It's not hard to appreciate ing here, and stirring finale into syrupy, synth -heavy elec- Phoenix like closer "An Extraordinary delicate than "Air," with cuts why she's been singled out. "Tears of an Angel," which tro. Though nothing quite Producer: Asia Life," are informed by vocal- like "Digging My Own Grave" McRae's strong, unaffected the boys wrote about the reaches the heights of past EMI America ist /bassist John Wetton's and "The Lion and the Wolf" alto belies her young age, passing of their young niece. work, there's ambience to Release Date: April 15 recent heart surgery and set to spartan piano lines. and her pop /R &B hybrid has Producer Steve Anderson, spare on "We Own the Night" It's been 25 years since the subsequent recovery, giving "Moving Mountains" and roots that stretch back be- known for his work with Kylie and the lush "Highway of End- original lineup of Asia them some gravitas and a "Come All You Weary" push fore her birth. Her debut Minogue and Paul McCart- less Dreams." -JM released an album, and sense of hope. But with the farthest experimentally, opens with the memorable ney, indulges the genre to a "Phoenix" picks up right exception of the aforemen- verging on bluegrass and "Every Day (When Will You "T," but brings enough main- where it left off in 1983. tioned new songs and the country twang. -CLT Be Mine)," followed by 11 stream sensibility to poten- THE KOOKS Everything, from the Roger proggy "Parallel Worlds /Vor- tracks that delve into love's tially seduce millions of Josh Konk Dean album artwork to the tex/Deya," there aren't many BLUES highs and lows without Groban fans who still put up Producer: Tony Hoffer overslick '80s production standouts. While it's hard to MICHAEL BURKS much poetry. But the music cash to buy music. -CT imagine Asia's brand of non- Iron Man ironic commercial rock win- Producers: Bruce lglauer. JAMES OTTO ning it a new audience, fans Michael Burks CECE WINANS Sunset Man of its '80s output won't be Alligator Thy Kingdom Come Producers: John Rich, Jay DeMarcus disappointed. -BT Release Date: April 8 Producers: various Raybaw/Warner Bros. This exceptional blues PureSpring /EMI Christian Music Release Date: April 8 THRICE album began with a Group -- Release Date -1 James Otto's- second album (his- The Alchemy Index Vols.Ill -shrewd decFsion :- Michael :April first was released four years ago on Mercury & IV: Air & Earth Burks went into the studio Cece Winans possesses one of those magnificent Nashville) proves that some things are indeed Producer: Teppei Teranishi with his road band instead voices that knows no boundaries, and indeed she's worth the wait. His brand of "country soul," as he Vagrant of session players. Wayne found success in gospel, R &B and contemporary calls it, comes across strong and confident on this Release Date: April 15 Sharp (organ, piano), Chuck Christian formats during the past two decades. "Thy new set. "Just Got Started Loving You" is a sultry ©On the last two install- "Popcorn" Louden (drums) Kingdom Come" finds her targeting the church with a promise of passion in the tradition of Conway ments of this four -part and Don Garrett (bass) powerful collection of songs. The reverent, majestic Twitty's "I'd Love to Lay You Down." "For You" is a series, Thrice almost com- joined Burks to hammer to- opener "We Welcome You" sets a worshipful tone, soaring ballad that Otto squeezes every bit of emo- pletely tosses the striking, gether what is definitely his leading into the effervescent "Forever" and the single tion from, and "Where Angels Hang Around" is a guitar -heavy sound for most forceful CD to date. "Waging War," which calls on believers to fight a spir- moving tribute to St. Jude Children's Research which it's known. For "The Burks' exquisite growl of a itual battle against the darkness in the world. It's a Hospital. Otto moans his way through the blue - Alchemy Index Vols. Ill & IV: voice and his fierce lead gui- credit to the album's cast of different producers Sims, Percy Bady, Luther "Mano" Haynes, eyed, soul -filled "The Man That I Am," which he Air & Earth," the material is tar rule this record from the (Tommy accurately describes as "sex on tape." It's not all appropriately lofty to repre- get -go. "Iron Man" opens at Victor and Cedric Caldwell, and Winans' son, Alvin love and tenderness love songs; the hilarious "Drink sent the former element but a fever pitch with "Love Dis- Love Ill) that "Kingdom" is so cohesive. But it's no & Dial" warns against mixing alcohol and late -night surprisingly sparse for the ease," which strikes like a huge surprise, as Winans never disappoints, and she's phone calls. -KT latter. "A Song for Milly hammer blow, the heavy- not starting here. -DEP Michaelson" and "Daedalus" weight rhythm section un-
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www.americanradiohistory.com i i i SI \GUS sically more upbeat than POP contenders to grace country in VARIOUS ARTISTS her previous efforts, the al- DANITY KANE a good while. -DEP RYAN CABRERA Miles ... From India bum is filled with memo- Damaged (4:04) Say (3:36) Producer: Bob Belden rable worship songs that Producers: Stereotypes, Sean Producers: Daniel James, Leah Times Square Records are equally suited for con- "Diddy" Combs, Mario Winans JOSH GROBAN Haywood Release Date: April 15 gregational singalongs or Writers: various Awake (3:47) Writers: R. Cabrera, L. Haywood, ©The ingenious two -CD quiet, personal reflection. Publishers: various Producer: Humerto Gatica D. James "Miles ... From India" Among the most notable Bad Boy Writers: J. Groben, Publishers: EMI/Universal /Kobalt, is arguably the most ambi- tracks are the title tune; the QWith its release last E. Mouquet, T Salter ASCAP tious and certainly the most earnest, thoughtful "Sit month of second album Publishers: various Frolic Room /Papa Joe hybrid of Miles Davis tribute With You Awhile "; and the "Welcome to the Dollhouse," 143/Reprise For the upside of a year now, the United Kingdom has projects. Bob Belden, an in- vibrant "Everything to Me." reality TV girl group Danity Josh Groban's last studio ushered the lion's share of chart- worthy new pop talent tegral figure in Columbia's Sometimes described as a Kane -the mother lode of Sean album, "Awake," relegated to these shores. American label priorities become all the boxed -set documentations mix of Sarah McLachlan "Diddy" Combs' "Making the its namesake track to a special more confounding after a single spin of Ryan Cabrera's of the icon's career at the and Janis Joplin, Kelly's Band " -became the first fe- edition of the 2006 release. With "Say," the catchiest, coolest, most immediate release of label, assembled alums from voice has more grit than male group in Billboard history his performance on upcoming the year -since the platinum -selling artist is currently Davis' bands and classical/ most worship leaders and to debut at No.1 with its debut "Awake Live," a CD/DVD combo unsigned. Altogether: Duh! Cabrera, best -known for jazz musicians from India to it's that edge that makes and sophomore sets. That cer- that also promises a PBS special, 2004 top 15 "On the Way Down," self- financed new set explore a range of the trum- these songs so com- tainly sets things up nicely for the AC staple brings the tome "The Moon Under Water," due in May, and man, does he peter's masterworks, includ- pelling. -DEP first single "Damaged," hand- about an uncertain relationship put money where his mouth is. This summertime smash ing such albums as "Kind of picked by fans on the group's to the forefront. As an anthem, brings to mind New Radicals' equally frisky "You Get Blue" and "Bitches Brew." MySpace page. The sexy, it is less immediate than hits "You What You Give," with driving tempo, an inescapably The result is a scintillating DOES IT OFFEND breathy opening line is enough Raise Me Up" and "You Are blithe singalong chorus, pop/rock instrumentation that cross -pollination of music YOU, YEAH? to grab attention: "Do -do you Loved (Don't Give Up)," but would make grandma get down and a loose, breezy rooted in extended improv- You Have No Idea What You got a first aid kit handy ?" From given the smash success of vocal -not to mention the 25- year -old's manly new look: isations and buoyed by the Are Getting Yourself Into there, a notable shift from its fourth -quarter '07 album "Noel," The blond spikes have retreated for curly, brunette sonic spice of such Indian Producer: Rich Costey previous hip -hop signature to AC radio isn't likely to put up shoulder -length locks. It's all here, baby. Cabrera 2.0 is instruments as sitar, sarod Almost Gold Recordings dance /pop showcases strong much of a fight. The studio ver- primed for his close- up. -CT and tablas. Standouts Release Date: April 15 vocals bouncing along a finely sion ably delivers Groban's pure among the more than two - ©If Does It Offend You, produced pop gem that sparkles passion, but the live edit amps dozen participants include Yeah? has your hype and blips over blended har- up instrumentation a notch and Sarah Brightman has never strings. Brightman's skyscraping Wallace Roney's exhilarated detector going haywire, monies. The only "Damage" is actually preferred. The world been much of a radio presence soprano vocals are a given, but trumpeting on "Spanish know that the buzz around here will be watching them tear has shown it loves Master Josh, in the United States, but her No. the addition of the surprisingly Key," Pete Cosey's guitar fire the British electro -rock act's up top 40 radio. -MM so why not hear a little applause 13 Billboard 200 February earnest Stanley is pure guilty on "Ife" and the percussive debut isn't just talk. What to accompany one of the few debut with "Symphony" shows pleasure. AC radio may pass, but COUNTRY Indian rhythm section on the disc might lack in sub- format heroes ? -CT she has quite a captive follow- Brightman's many followers are "So What. " -DO stance, it makes up for in CHUCK WICKS ing. "I Will Be With You" is the in full swoon mode-CT some of the best sleazy, All I Ever Wanted (3:19) SARAH BRIGHTMAN kind of song that earns "Diva" synthy, testosterone -fueled Producers: Monty Powell, & PAUL STANLEY its capital "D." The duet with TRIPLE A SARAH KELLY electronica since the Dann Huff I Will Be With You (3:48) Kiss vocalist Paul Stanley is JAKOB DYLAN Born to Worship Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Writers: C. Wicks, M. Powell, Producer: Frank Peterson pure bombast, but its journey Something Good This Way Producer: Mitch Dane Up." Though juvenile and A. Wilson Writers: F. Peterson, E. Lind, to the peak is seductively Comes (3:39) Gotee Records pretty much devoid of any Publishers: Universal -MGB/ M. Rostandmo, A. Bjorklund melodic with a decided edge, Producer: Rick Rubin Release Date: April 1 depth -not that it really Dirty Water Dog/Lanark Publisher: not listed meshing pounding percussion Writer: J. Dylan aSarah Kelly's third al- even matters here -macho, Village Tunes/Jazz Your Azz Manhattan and a cascade of heavenly Publisher: not listed bum demonstrates an digital rock like "Let's Make Tunes, ASCAP Starbucks/Columbia artist really hitting her cre- Out" and "With a Heavy RCA laWith the Wallflowers on ative stride. "Born to Wor- Heart (I Regret to Inform aNewcomer Chuck Wicks DISTURBED hiatus, Jakob Dylan has ship" kicks off with the You)" could very easily -and got off to a great start Inside the Fire (3:53) been flying solo for a while, and buoyant "Brand New Day," quickly -turn these masters with No. 5 "Stealing Cinderella," Producers: Dan Donegan, David something clicked when he with Kelly exulting her free- of the long title and their a beautiful country ballad that Drainman, Mike Wengren opened as an acoustic artist for dom to "live" and "love in a meld of fluffy new wave, established him as one of the Writer: Disturbed T -Bone Burnett in 2006. The whole new way." The light, early -'90s Britpop and rave -y format's hottest new artists. He Publishers: Mother Culture/ first single from his Rick Rubin - breezy tone continues on rock into the next big act of looks sure to maintain momen- Warner Bros., ASCAP produced solo debut, "Seeing "You Overwhelm Me." Mu- the moment. -WO tum with uptempo, radio -ready Reprise/Intoxication Things" (June 10), recalls the "All I Ever Wanted." Some There was little question that Disturbed would rile the minimalist storytelling of coun- songs 1:k1 just make you feel good airwaves when it dropped its next single, and the hot try blues masters like Robert ti aM] all over: The melody lifts your reception at radio for "Inside the Fire" proves that the nü Johnson, while offering a mod- EDITED BY JONATHAN COHEN CRITICS' CHOICE *: A new soul and sweeps you up in the metal survivor has an audience awaiting new album em, latte- friendly sound. Over (ALBUMS) AND CHUCK TAYLOR release, regardless of chart (SINGLES) potential, highly recommended emotion of the lyric, which cap- "Indestructible," out in June. Frontman David Drainman a spare, finger -picked acoustic for musical merit. CONTRIBUTORS: Katie Hasty, Kerri tures that breathless, light- is still inserting demonic chuckles into his repertoire, guitar, Dylan dreams of picture - Mason, Jill Menze, Michael All albums commercially available hearted feeling of being in love. giving over to syncopated word play that he flicks off his perfect Americana ( "Got sweet Menachem, Evie Nagy, Wes in the United States are eligible. Wicks' warm performance tongue. Guitar licks are taut, the sound is sparse yet full, apple pie on the stove /The Orshoski, Dan Ouellette, Sven Send album review copies to Philipp, Deborah Evans Price, Jonathan Cohen and singles makes you want to hear the and the lyric is a tale of plunging into the afterlife in birds are all flying low "), but it is Chuck Taylor, Bram Teitelman, review copies to Chuck Taylor song over and again -and you hopes of reuniting with a child taken too soon. The his relaxed, Springsteen -esque Christa L. Titus, Ken Tucker, Philip (both at Billboard, 770 Broadway, feel it. That unique ability, com- fuzzed -up rocker is classic Disturbed that punches the vocal, laced with subtle har- Van Vleck Seventh Floor, New York, N.V. 10003) or to the writers in the bined with boyish good looks necessary programmer buttons. Expect this to blaze to monies, that makes this triple PICK A new release predicted to : appropriate bureaus. hit the top half of the chart in the and insightful songwriting, the top at respective rock formats.-- CLT A airplay gainer so powerful, corresponding format. make him one of the strongest warm and soothing. -SP
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Sharing The Wealth DIY Array Of Acts Score Big At Billboard Latin DELIGHTS: Music Awards SUN KIL Rare eclecticism marked the 19th an- nual Billboard Latin Music Awards, MOON with no one artist or genre dominat- ing the list of winners. Mark Kozelek has seen both sides of the Instead, the changing Latin demo- artist /label relationship in his 15 -plus- graphic, already reflected in increas- year career with Red House Painters, ingly diverse radio formats and Sun Kil Moon and as a solo artist. broader TV options, permeated the At 4AD, his early ascent was winners' list in sales and radio airplay nurtured by label head No Watts - categories. The honors were handed Russell, "who pushed me when I out April 10 in Miami and aired live would have never been able to afford on Telemundo. to do it myself," Kozelek says. But with Leading the pack with three wins the good came the bad. Red House was veteran tropical star Juan Luis Painters were dropped from Island Guerra and his group 440, whose after a solitary album,1996's "Songs album "La Llave de Mi fora Blue Guitar "; its follow -up, "Old Corazón "(EMI /Televisa) won in the Ramon," was tied up in legal red tape tropical album of the year, duo or group for three years before Sub Pop finally category. Guerra and 440 also won Hot released it in 2001. Latin Songs artist of the year, and Since then, Kozelek has largely gone Guerra took home producer of the year, it alone, releasing his music through his underscoring the perennial radio ap- Redeye- distributed Caldo Verde label peal of his songs. and hiring friends to help him with CD And the DIY spirit is paying Scoring two wins each were reg - mailings. gaetón star Daddy Yankee; banda diva of the year nod went to Elizalde, ceived the Spirit of Hope Award for Like a Cholo." off big- time-this week Kozelek scores Jenni Rivera; pop star Gloria Estefan; whose sales have soared since he was humanitarian work done with his On April 9 at the Billboard Bash, his first Billboard 200 appearance at urban bachata group Aventura; late shot to death a little more than a year Mi Sangre foundation. Sony /ATV Discos (ASCAP) collected No.127 and best sales week for Sun Kil regional Mexican singer Valentin ago. In a surprising twist, the Hot Finalists and winners are deter- the publisher of the year award and Moon's "April," which sold 6,200 first - Elizalde; duranguense group Alfredo Latin Song of the year award went to mined by their performance on the EMI Music Publishing won publish- week copies in the United States, ac- Ramirez y Los Creadorez del Pasito Aventura's "Mi Corazoncito," which Billboard charts, as measured by ing corporation of the year. Sony BMG cording to Nielsen SoundScan. Duranguense; reggaetón duo R.K.M. spent virtually the entire eligibility Nielsen SoundScan and BDS dur- Norte won five awards, including Hot The album also debuts at No. 2 on 15 & Ken -Y; and new pop acts Kany Gar- period on the Hot Latin Songs chart. ing a one -year period from the Feb. Latin Songs label of the year, while Top Heatseekers and No. on Top cía and Camila. This year's songwriter of the year 10, 2007, issue through this year's Univision Music Group, the top -sell- Independent Albums, and is No. 2 on Daddy Yankee's wins included the award went to Mexican star Marco Feb. 2 issue. ing label in the Latin space, won Top three regional Heatseekers charts. newly created Latin album of the year Antonio Solis. Special awards went This year, awards were given in Latin Albums label of the year. Kozelek catered specifically to the category for "El Cartel: The Big Boss" to Conjunto Primavera, which re- 54 categories. Besides Latin album "completist" who have fueled his 2,000 auto- (El Cartel /Interscope /IGA), the top - ceived Billboard's Lifetime Achieve- of the year, the other new category, For a complete list of winners, go to acclaim, earmarking selling album during the eligibility ment Award celebrating its 30 years Latin ringmaster of the year, was billboard.com, billboard.biz or graphed copies of the album for sale period. The Top Latin Albums artist in the business, and Juanes, who re- won by Down AKA Kilo's "Lean billboardenespanol.com. exclusively from his Web site and bundling "April" with a four -song bonus disc of alternate versions. "In this day and age, artists are forced to think creatively," he says. "You have ALLI DO'S WALE OF A DEAL to think of things like packaging and consider flying to [Redeye home] Mark Ronson has partnered with Interscope to dis- has the core sound of D.C. with the commercial for the Hard Rock Hotel Group and several films, in- North Carolina to sign 2,000 CDs." tribute his Allido Records label, Billboard has appeal of hip-hop." cluding the Academy Award -nominated "Half Nel- Kozelek says he and his team did learned. The first fruit of the joint venture will be an Allido launched in 2004 as an independent im- son." But last year, Ronson's fame grew exponen- everything they could to prevent album from Washington, D.C. -based MC Wale. print. The company has released several albums and tially after he produced Amy Winehouse's multiple "April" from leaking by limiting The go- go- influenced MC made a name for him- served as music supervisor on a compilation series Grammy Award- winning "Back to Black" album, advances to password -protected self with Internet track "Nike Boots" featuring Lil which earned him a producer of the year trophy. streams. But they also streamed the Wayne and the mixtapes "Scion A/V Presents: Wale "One of the foundations of Interscope has been album on MySpace in the weeks lead- vs. 45 King" and "100 Miles & Running." The rapper partnering with producers who can move the nee- ing up to street date, ensuring fans is also prepping for release next month "A Mixtape dle of popular culture," Interscope chairman would have an authorized place to About Nothing," inspired completely by the TV show Jimmy !ovine says. "Mark has that rare ear for hear the music. "Seinfeld" Included amid the music is a skit featuring great songs and artists who will have extraordinary "That's not really my style or how an appearance by show star Julia Louis -Dreyfus. careers. We're thrilled to be in business with him." ideally I'd like to do things," Kozelek Wale's as- yet -untitled debut is slated for re- Allido's prior releases, Rhymefest's 2006 set says. "But I knew if I didn't let people lease later this year. "Wale created his own buzz," "Blue Collar" and Ronson's own 2007 album hear it, some guy I never met before Allido co -owner Rich Kleiman says. "He took what "Version," were released via RCA, but the im- would have." he created in his hometown and became this un- print never signed an exclusive distribution deal Kozelek will tour solo throughout spoken prodigal son of Washington, D.C. Everyone with the major label. Currently, Daniel Merri- the summer, but is hoping to visit Eu- from Jay -Z to RCA sat with Wale and loved him. weather, Ronson and Rhymefest are still signed rope in the fall with a full band. Nothing from D.C. has worked before, but Wale to RCA as artists. -Hillary Crosley -Jonathan Cohen
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www.americanradiohistory.com POP BY DEBORAH EVANS PRICE RECURRING DREAM blessed by it," she says, "but it's a record that's ACADEMY really for the church and encouraging the church to stand up and be the church, reminding them Country Acts Score Winans For of the authority we have in Jesus Christ." With Revived '80s Hit The first single, "Waging War," is No. 23 on Hot Gospel Songs. Did Winans worry about the Sugarland, Little Big Town and Jake title scaring people off in light of the current Owen, three acts that toured together political climate? "I never even thought about last fall, are also climbing the chart to- The Win it that way," she says of the song, which is about gether this spring. Their version of "Life `Kingdom' Comes On Strong On Gospel, Christian Charts Christians waging spiritual warfare through in a Northern Town," a mid -'80s hit for prayer. "It's definitely not there to encourage the Dream Academy, is No. 50 on Bill- On her new effort, "Thy Kingdom Come," CeCe "Thy Kingdom Come" could have broad appeal, that war [in Iraq] at all, but something I pray board's Hot Country Songs chart, Winans targets the church crowd and is see- but admits she focused her music on communi- for daily is our soldiers and our leaders ... I thanks to significant airplay at radio
ing 1 a chorus of support that placed her April cating to churchgoers. "Everybody can be didn't mean for this to be connected to that stations in Minneapolis, Detroit and release 1 at No. on Billboard's Top Gospel Al- war except as a reminder to us to pray." Sarasota, Fla., among other markets. bums chart, No. 2 Top on Christian Albums In marketing the record, PureSprings Gospel But the song is not a single and No. 12 R and on Top &B Albums. president /GM Demetrus Stewart says the label doesn't appear on any album. Stations The new set is being released on her own is focusing on Winans' core audience. "We're are playing a live version of the song, PureSprings Gospel imprint through EMI visiting a lot of churches, just going into their taken from last fall's CMT tour, on which Christian Music Group. "This record Sunday morning services or Wednesday night all three acts performed. The audio is was going to be a hymns record services. CeCe is just singing three or four but we got into the studio and songs," she says. "We're targeting some re- decided to add a few songs," ally nice churches that we believe are heavy says Winans, who turned the into praise and worship and are also trying project into the label and to target places we have never been be- found that "they felt like it was fore to try to spread her reach." almost two records, The label also partnered with Verizon to and they really wanted offer the track "Forever" as a full -length the hymns record to be song, ringtone and ringback in advance of all hymns. So we'll release the album's street date. The set is also gar- the hymns record later on, nering exposure through key media appear- taken from an exclusive video airing and I decided to do 'Thy ances, including an April 15 Trinity Broad- on CMT, cmt.com and CMT Canada. Kingdom Come' first." cast Network special that Winans is hosting. Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles says During the last two In recording "Thy Kingdom Come," the song -with its "Hey, na, na, na, na" decades, the nine -time Winans teamed with producers Tommy chorus -was the perfect choice for Grammy Award winner Sims and Percy Bady, Luther "Mano" the acts to perform as a show closer. has been successful in the Haynes, and Victor and Cedric Caldwell. "Between us, our band, Little Big gospel, R &B and contem- She also worked for the first time with Town and Jake Owen, we had a choir porary Christian arenas. her son, Alvin Love Ill, as a producer. "He so we thought the big chorus would It's been three years since wrote some on 'Purified,' but this time sound beautiful," she says. "It did." Winans' previous release, he wrote a song and also co- produced. And even though Sugarland has a "Purified," which has sold That was kind of funny having to do what lot of young fans, Nettles says the 286,000 copies, according my son told me to do. It was kind of song still connects. "I definitely see to Nielsen SoundScan. WINANS weird, but we made it," Winans says people recognize the song; some For this outing, she feels with a laugh. from the first few lines." The original version peaked at No. 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart and No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in KARINA early 1986. PASIAN:WORTH THE WAIT Nettles says she hopes the new ver- sion sends fans "running to the Inter- When you're the subject of a high- promptu performance. net to hear the original. That sort of stakes bidding war among Bad Boy, Things took off from there. In 2003, Pasian won sharing of musical heritage and influ- Interscope and Def Jam while still on "Star Search." Appearances at Jones' "We Are ence across genre is important to me." a preteen, expectations will be extra the Future" concert in Rome and at the White Country KEEP Minneapolis PD high for your debut. House quickly followed. Now Pasian is sorting Gregg Swedberg says he first heard But so far, 16- year -old Karina through more than 70 songs for "First Love," on the song when the tour came to his Pasian is making good. The Do- which she collaborated with Ne -Yo, Tricky Stew- market. The fact that Sugarland and minican- American singer, who art, the -Dream, Gordon Chambers, Carlos McK- Little Big Town don't have current sin- signed with Def Jam in 2006, inney and John Legend. Lil Mama is the solo gles out factored into his decision to scores her first chart ink this week featured artist so far. play the song. with "16 @ War," which enters Bill- Beyond traditional radio and TV promotions, Def Listeners are reacting. "There has board's Hot R &B /Hip -Hop Songs Jam is rolling out an aggressive online and visual been a ton of response on it, people at No. 93. campaign. A personal blog, webisodes via her My- wanting to know where they can get The track comes from Pasian's Space page and YouTube channel, and partnerships it, if it's going to be on a CD -for debut album, "First Love," due June with iTunes, Yahoo, Amazon, AOL and Clear Chan- awhile it was the most -requested 3. The artist has been taking piano nel are all in the works, according to Island Def Jam thing we played," Swedberg says. (A lessons since the age of 3; at 4 she Music Group president /COO Steve Bartels. Pasian, spokeswoman for Sugarland's label, began dance classes and in kinder- who is set to film the video to "16 @ War" next month, Mercury Nashville, says there aren't garten started studying classical will also embark on a nationwide tour. any plans for the song to be released music. By 8, she had met her vocal coach, who still ingly refers to as her "Godfather in music " -in- "My dad used to tell people he was going to take commercially.) trains her today. vited the teenybopper and her family to his Bel me to Hollywood. He would always say that I was All three acts will perform the Pasian's big break came five years ago, when Air, Calif., home after hearing her nascent record- going to be a star," an excited Pasian says. "To be here song April 14 at the 2008 CMT Music music mogul Quincy Jones -who she endear- ings. He took an immediate liking after an im- now is really, really crazy." -Mariel Concepcion Awards. -Ken Tucker
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A WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF NOTABLE CHART ACHIEVEMENTS Over the (.'punter GEOFF MAYFIELD [email protected] Get Social; Strait Line To No. 1 CHURCH PERCH Billboard Charts > Billboard takes its first step toward For the third week since Billboard's and Radio & Records for the past two fourth No. 1 on the big chart, his first Albums and her seventh No.1 charting music activity among social Web sites picked up the iLike charts, years, adds oversight of the Pop 100 to Billboard 200 topper since "Some- that chart, as "Thy Kingdom networks with the addition of two lists Chris Brown's "With You" is the most - his desk. where Down in Texas" in 2005. Come" opens with 12,000 sales 166,000 for "Trou- copies. On Top Christian Albu from iLike. added song to users' profiles. Murray, who joined the charts team First -week of Canadian rock group Hawk San Francisco -based iLike facilitates The agreement to post iLike data on in 1998 and interned for the depart- badour" are lighter than those of his its first No.1 wi Nelson snares Billboard was announced Oct. ment prior to that, also manages Bill- last studio album but more than dou- Frien music functions among social network platforms sites including Facebook, his, My- 22 at Billboard's Mobile Entertainment board's jazz albums lists, as well as Top ble those of his last charting title. The Space, Bebo and soon Orkut. The iLike Live in San Francisco, the event that World Albums, Top New Age Albums compilation "22 More Hits" opened at Aside from No. 13 on the Billboard 200 with 80,000 Amy Winehouse's seven -we charts measure music preferences serves as the official kickoff to the bian- and Top Comedy Albums. reign atop the Albums from a worldwide universe of more nual conferences ofCTIA -The Wireless his chart duties, Murray oversees Bill- copies in the Dec. 1, 2007, issue. Eurochart. "Accelerate" thus than 23 million users. Assn. (Billboard, Oct. 27, 2007). board Research, which provides chart Strait's last studio set, "It Just becomes the band's sixth N the big chart set on the Euro list, and its One chart, iLike Profiles: Most In the magazine, the iLike charts will histories, chart archive packages and Comes Natural," entered since "Around the Sun" led Added, measures the songs that were soon migrate from the Charts section customized research. at No. 3 on first -week sales of 232,000 in Its first 2004. to Digital Entertainment pages. Vitoulis becomes classical charts in 2006. er in 1994. placed on the most social network sub- our scribers' music profiles during the Later this year, Billboard will pick manager. In his role as associate chart tracking week. The other, iLike Li- up a third iLike chart, measuring the production manager, the 11 -year Bill- braries: Most Added, chronicles the top songs among unsigned artists. board staffer has long played an inte- top songs included in users' Apple Billboard's charts team is also ex- gral role in coordinating data for all of iTunes or Windows libraries during ploring data options from other facil- the magazine's retail lists, but this the week. itators, with an eye toward expanding marks his first stint as chart manager. The charts also appear on Face - its measurement of music activity in He has assisted supervision of the book and iLike.com and reflect seven the social networking space. classical charts since late 2006. days of activity, ending at 11:59 p.m. each Sunday. JUGGLING THE LINEUP: Captaining STRAIT UP: George Strait has been The two iLike lists officially joined Billboard's social networking charts will here before, straddling the summits Brad Paisley notches a fi the charts menus of billboard.com and be Gordon Murray, one of three chart of Top Country Albums and the Bill- op 10 from his aptly titled billboard.biz during the week of the department staffers taking on new roles. board 200. "Troubadour" marks his album "5th Gear" on Hot Country Songs. The last art magazine's April 5 issue. Each chart Gary Trust and Alex Vitoulis have also 22nd No. 1 on the former, more than with that many country top will appear in the magazine once a expanded their responsibilities. any other act. from one set was Kenny month, starting this issue with iLike Chart manager Trust, who has or- That pads Strait's lead over Merle Chesney, with "The Road a the Radio," which charted Profiles: Most Added (see page 60), re- chestrated the Adult Contemporary Haggard, who has notched 15 No. is singles in 2005 and 2006. flecting activity through April 6. and Adult Top 40 charts for Billboard Oil the country list. This also marks his
A Weekly National Music Sales Report Ia rI(e ` Watch`ch For week ending April 6, 2008 Figures are rounded niclscn Compiled horn a national sample of retail store and rack CHARF sales reports collected and provided by Weekly Unit Sales Year -To -Date SoundScan DIGITAL DIGITAL 2008 CHANGE I3EA'ï ALBUMS ALBUMS' TRACKS 2007 2008 CHANGE 2007 BY ALBUM CATEGORY »Van Morrison has charted 40 This Week 7,991,000 1,206,000 20,381,000 OVERALL UNIT SALES YEAR -TO -DATE SALES albums in 40 years and has -11.9% -18.1% Last Week 7,719,000 1,238,000 21,979,000 Albums 127,693,000 112,528,000 Current 76,483,000 62,614,000 spent 787 weeks on the Digital Tracks 234,748,000 301,806,000 28.6% -2.5% Billboard 200, but only one of Change 3.5% -2.6% -7.3% Catalog 51,210,000 49,913,000 those weeks has been spent in Store Singles 602,000 412,000 -31.6% -2.3% I isWefklastKear 10,582,000 957,000 16,148,000 Deep Catalog 36,385,000 35,555,000 10: this week. "Keep It the top Total 363,043,000 414,746,000 14.2% Simple" enters at No. 10 and Change -24.5% 26.0% 26.2% Albumsw/TEA" 151,167,800 142,708,600 -5.6% instantly becomes Morrison's 'Olgital album sales are also counted within album sales. highest- charting album, besting 'Includes track equivalent album sales (TEA) with 10 track downloads equivalent to one album sale. No.15 peak of "Saint the Weekly Album Sales (Million Units) CURRENT ALBUM SALES Dominic's Preview" in 1972. 30 '07 Ned »The first Rolling Stones album DIGITAL TRACKS SALES to chart in 1964 just missed the 25 '08 62.6 million The top 10, peaking at No.11. '07 r ...:...»'. d. ... veteran rockers haven't peaked '08 301.8 million in that position again, but may 20 2008 CATALOG ALBUM SALES have this week: The soundtrack "Martin Scorsese: Shine a Light" '07,:- c1t2nalgDi enters at No.11. It will either 15 move up to become the Stones' '08 49.9 million 37th top 10 set or slide down to 10 SALES BY ALBUM FORMAT become the group's second (D 114,831,000 95,165,000 -17.1% album to settle for No. 11. 7.9M 5 Digital 12,492,000 16,916,000 35.4% Fred Nielsen SoundScan counts as current only sales within the first 18 months of an Read Bronson album's release (12 months for classical and jazz albums). Titles that stay in the every week at Cassette 112,000 34,000 -69.6% top half of The Billboard 200, however. remain as current. Titles older than 18 billboard.com /f red. o months am catalog. Deep catalog is a subset of catalog for titles out more than e 413,000 60.1% 36 months. 0 J FM AM J J A S ON D J Other 258,000
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x o ARTIST Title ARTIST 3ó IMPRINT 8 NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL (PRICE, Title IMPRINT 8 NUMBER ! DISTRIBUTING LABEL (PRICE, HOT SNOT GEORGE STRAIT SOUNDTRACK GEBOT Troubadour 1 51 39 33 August o SONY MUSIC S) OLUMBIA 87796/SONY MUSIC (16 Rush 33 98) R.E.M. SOUNDTRACK :WARNER Accelerate 52 38 25 BROS .. 981 + Juno 1 ©® FOX RHINO 1.0 -' - . 98) VARIOUS ARTISTS 3 5 2 NOW 27 2 45 LINKIN PARK 'Fr.1BA 22781'SONY BMG STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP ,The band 53 35 Minutes To 1 (18 98) '. MACHINE SHUT' - -- -RNER BROS (18 98) +'. Midnight B DAY26 returns with its 4 1 - SIMON & DAY26 1 GARFUNKEL 54 33 Live 33 highest -charting COLUMBIA. LEGACY 9 : s. EMS (15.98) 1969 GREATEST SOUNDTRACK © .LS 11 18 VARIOUS ARTISTS Alvin And The Chipmunks 5 set since "New 36 NOW That's What I Call The 80s GAINER 10x 82.986 RAZOR X. TIE l6.9, 55 23 11 RMG EM)'UNIVERSAL ZOMBA 22784 SON9 BMG STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP Adventures (18 98) TRINA EAGLES ,1 ,DOE 72008 (18 Still Da Baddest 6 56 46 54 98) In Hi -Fi" also Long Road Out Of Eden D 1 0 10 -900 ES (14 -98) DANITY KANE at No. 2 7 :1 1 II "opened CECE WINANS Welcome To The 1 BAU L'uY 444604. AG (18 98) Dollhouse Thy PRINGS GOSPEL 849661EMI GOSPEL (17 98) Kingdom Come 57 =111 1996. CD® 8 3 COUNTING CROWS a Saturday PARAMORE Nights & Sunday 3 I)G' ,EFFEN 010212 IBA 113.981 Mornings 58 47 57 15 >',MEN 159612- AG 113.98I RIOT! RICK ROSS 9 6 3 Trilla THE -DREAM "RIDE DEF JAM 009536' IOJMG 113 981 56 71 Love /Hate 30 Ili RAD. - 2EF JAM 009872v1OJMG (13 98) Rt VAN MODRRISON RADIOHEAD ® Keep It Simple 10 60 51 61 in 000R 010658' LOST HIGHWAY 98, The ninth live 1 113 TBD 21622' AT0 )13.98) In Rainbows THE ROLLING STONES Martin Scorsese: Shine A Light (Soundtrack) set from the In 61 42 El SOUNDTRACK STONES POLYDOR INTERSCOPE 010960 IGA 113.98) + 38 Once 7 group to chart CANVASBACK SONY MUSIC SOUNDTRAX 10586' COLUMBIA (13.98) PANIC AT THE DISCO 12 2 2 also doubles ROBERT PLANT / ALISON KRAUSS ONCE FUELED BY KAMEN 430524 AG (18 98) Pretty.Odd. 62 48 50 ROUNDER 619075' (18.98) Raising Sand 2 JACK JOHNSON as the 1: 8 5 Sleep Through 111 SUGARLAND IBN 0'0500") MPG 13 981 The Static 1 63 53 52 soundtrack to MERCURY NASHVILLE 207411'UMGN (13.98) Enjoy The Ride B 4 THE BLACK KEYS the concert film FERGIE Attack & Release 14 64 55 42 P BROS (15.98) m The Dutchess © 2 ® directed by WILL.I AM /A&M /INTERSCOPE 007490 IGA (13 -98) FLO RIDA 15 9 4 Mail 4 NICKELBACK 'n IL ,E2748 AG (18 98) On Sunday Martin Scorsese. 65 54 59 All The ROADRUNNER 618300 (18 98) + Right Reasons D 1 TAYLOR SWIFT 14 1e 8 5 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 8 981 +. Taylor Swift B 66 60 51 ARISTA ARISTA NASHVILLE 71197 RMG (18.98) Some Hearts D 2 SARA BAREILLES 17 10 9 MICHAEL BUBLE '1, 1198) Little Voice 7 67 52 63 m 143 /REPRISE 100313 WARNER BROS (18.98) Me Irresponsible THE RACONTEURS 7 KID ROCK 18 - Consolers Of The Lonely 7 'BIRD MAN 456060' WARNER BROS. (18.98) 82 80 m Rock N Roll Jesus 11 O TOP 050,OTLANTIC 2905561 AG (18 98) SEVENDUST RIHANNA cSYLUM Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow 19 429692/WARNER BROS. (18 98) 69 63 62 Good Girl Gone Bad gl ® m SRP /DEF JAM 008968' IDJMG 113 981 ALAN JACKSON 20 15 14 Cill RASCAL FLATTS RISTA NASHVILLE 19943)SBN (18.98) Good Time 1 70 59 22 LYRIC STREET 000384 HOLLYWOOD (18 98) Still Feels Good 1 SNOOP DOGG Country legend 21 13 7 Ego Trippin --"'--41 DOLLY PARTON P-TVLE GEFFEN 010835`/IGA (13.98) 112 85 Backwoods 17 charges with a CD DOLLY 925 (13.98) Barbie 12 GNARLS BARKLEY LUPE 22 18 The Odd Couple 12 51% increase 57 FIASCO DOW NTOWN. ATLANTIC 450236: AG (18.98) 72 68 Lupe Fiasco's The Cool 141 . '. STH/ATLANTIC 368316 AG 118 981 after she was GEORGE MICHAEL VAMPIRE WEEKEND AEGEAN EPIC 02492. SONY MUSIC (19.98) Twentyfive 23 73 43 40 showcased on BEGGARS GROUP (11.98) Vampire Weekend ALICIA KEYS 4 24 17 13 ` "American Idol" FLEX '6K 11513' RMG (18.98) ± AsIAm D 1 80 91 Te '1 EMI TELEVISA (13 Quiero 701 April 1 and 2. 98) JONAS BROTHERS 25 19 12 SOUNDTRACK ,lLYWUOU 000282 (18.98) ± Jonas Brothers 5 75 41 39 Enchanted 39 S THEORY OF A DEADMAN SOUNDTRACK Scars & 26 b04 618009/ROADRUNNER (11 98) Souvenirs 76 24 WWE: The Music Volume 8 24 ! 'USEC 118.981 é, M OBY KENNY Last Night 27 76 60 CHESNEY Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates CD BNA l '. )18.981 3 Tj/ IN FLAMES m A EDDIE VEDDER 28 Sense Of Purpose 78 70 84 Into The Wild (Soundtrack) 111 MONKEY WRENCH J 15944" PM (18.98) MILEY CYRUS a 29 23 6 Hannah Montana 2 ) y VARIOUS ARTISTS Vintage Country: The Golden Age Of Country Music . 10 0, NF 12s 9R, (Soundtrack /Meet Mile Cyrus 1 79 65 - If SONY BMG CUSTOM MARKETING GROUP 08651 EX /STARBUCKS (13 981 COLBIE CAILLAT s4 30 22 19 5 BRAD PAISLEY 1., VFRS: PEP I. ,MRG (10.98) Coco 80 69 65 =A NASHVILLE 07171 OSA (18.98) 5th Gear 3} JORDIN SPARKS With 21,000 25 29 MARVIN SAPP :E.. .- 390ß Jordin Sparks to 81 68 90 @ sold, Moby "it , ZOMBA (17-98) Thirsty MILEY CYRUS Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: The Best Of Both Worlds Concert starts one slot 32 20 10 10 THREE DAYS GRACE L.v D. OD 00125-. Lx WALT DISNEY 82 64 72 (18.98 CD/DVD) , One - X 5 higher than he JIVL'.,-, ZOMBA (18.98) 11 JOSH GRACIN We Weren't 33 VARIOUS ARTISTS .11C STREET 165063.HOLLYWOOD (18.98) Crazy did last time out 83 58 30 ® NOW 26 ® EMI. SONY 8MG STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP UNIVERSAL'ZOMBA 10765; CAP TOL (18.98) HAWK NELSON ( "Hotel" in Hawk Nelson...ls My Friend 34 49 SHERYL CROW -C 15346 TOOTH & NAIL (17 98) 84 45 Detours ® 2005) but with A8M INTERSCOPE 010599')59 (13.98) + AMY 24 WINEHOUSE 35 21 Back To 2 a 42% smaller WEBBIE .., :.L REPUBLIC 008428' UMRG (10.98) Black B 85 66 64 2 TRILL ASYLUM ATLANTIC 427836 AO 118 98) Savage Life DAUGHTRY opening week. a 36 27 27 111 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD A Daughtry El 1 87 R8860'RMG 82 Pocketful Of Sunshine 3_ gm PHONOGENIC EPIC 11748 SONY MUSIC 117 981 CHRIS BROWN 37 31 26 MAROON 5 Exclusive 4 87 75 70 m It Won't Be A &M'SCTONE 008917/159 118.98) Soon Before Long 1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 38 37 15 111 YAEL NAIM ION (18.981 Carnival Ride B 1 88 50 55 TOT OU TARO /ATLANTIC 461628'90 (13.98) Yael Naim 50:
KEYSHIA T 1 36 COLE 39 34 2 JOE SATRIANI 11FIDEI.- FEN 0094759 IGA (13 98) Just Like You NEW Professor p RED INK 21262 /EPIC Satchafunkilus And The Musterion of Rock CD (15.98) MARY J. BLIGE 40 32 32 ROCK() Growing Pains 1 62 21 '4TRIAR,.n ) ..31,9GA (13.98) A 90 ROCKY ROADISLAND URBAN 010773'IDJMG (11.98) Self -Made 21; TRACE 41 26 50 ADKINS SEETHER American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II 22 91 89 89 CI WINDUP 13127 (18.98) Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces ENRIQUE 18 IGLESIAS 42 10 At No. 5, eI JAHEIM LATINO 010974 (14 981 .+ 95/08 92 90 78 The DIVINE MILL AG 118.981 Makings Of A Man 11 ONEREPUBLIC soundtrack to 43 29 26 Dreaming Out Loud 14` 112 RAHEEM DEVAUGHN );TERSCOPE 010266/I0A (13.981 "Alvin and the 93 92 is Love Behind The Melody JIVE 19080,ZOMAA 117 98) S` GARTH 40 44 BROOKS Chipmunks" 44 The Ultimate Hits 3 DAVE BARNES 1 + 25.98 CD /DVD) Me & You & The World 94 earns its best RAZOR 8 TIE 82976 (10.981 JANET 45 30 17 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM ISl '0735'/IDJMG (13.98) + Discipline 1 sales week since 95 83 66 ® COLLIPARK.INTERSCOPE 009962' IGA (13.98) souljaboytellem.com 4; MUSE HAARP Live At Wembley Stadium, London, 16 June 2007 Christmas (and a 46 168 159 gi GEORGE STRAIT 378364 /WARNER BROS 119 98 CD/DVD) r+ ICI 22 More Hits 13 © © new chart peak) MCA NASHVILLE 015256'UMGN (13.98) SOUNDTRACK 47 35 3_ Across thanks to LIFEHOUSE 'ERSCOPE 010271,159 (19.98) The Universe: Deluxe Edition 2 100 116 We GEFFEN 009153409 113.98) Who Are 41. THE B -52S interest stirred 48 11 - THE BLACK CROWES 'TRALWERKU 28311.1. Funplex 11 98 61 69 115.98) by the film's SILVER ARROW 01' MEGAFORCE (15.98) Warpaint 5 BUCKCHERRY 49 44 43- 103 DVD release. PACE SOUNDTRACK Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street ELEVEN SF,T- :-1LSNTIC (13.98) 15 34 192 192 16 16 SETTER NONESUCH 366572/WARNER BROS. (25.98) 7311 ERYKAH BADO LT 5U 26 3/ New Amerykah: Part 2 LC/ir- UNIVERSAL 500'u RG One (4th World War) 100 95 98 113 98) '.M TONE 650005 IGA (12 981 + Flyleaf 57.
156 F00 FIGHTERS 120 JAHEIM 92 SEAN KINGSTON 178 LIFEHOUSE 97 THE BILLBOARD 200 ARTIST INDEX JAMESOIROWNN CCONSPIRACY 183 DANITY KANE FAT KIRK FRANKLIN JOE 151 HERBIE HANCOCK JANET 45 LENNY KRAVITZ 180 LIL WAYNE AND MICHAEL BUGLE 67 CELTIC THUNDER ....119 DAUGHTRY 36 FEIST 195 TRACE ADKINS 41 ERYKAH BADU 50 MARY J. BLIGE 40 NELSON 34 JAY-Z 137 A.B. OUINTANILLA III BIRDMAN 198 BUCKCHERRY 49 CELTIC WOMAN 194 DAY26 4 FERGIE 64 HILLSONG GARY ALLAN 168 SARA BAREILLES 17 ANDREA BOCELLI _116, 1469 117 J. HOLIDAY 128 PRESENTS KUMBIA LINKIN PARK 53 BULLET FOR MY KENNY CHESNEY 77 RAHEEM DEVAUGHN ...93 VICENTE FERNANDEZ 167 ANTI -FLAG 118 DAVE BARNES 94 BON JOVI 184 KENNYÓ JACK JOHNSON 13 ALL STARZ 148 VALENTINE 150 KEYSHIA COLE 39 CEUNE DION 123 LUPE FIASCO 72 JUAN GABRIEL 8 ANA RODNEnATKINS ., 143 THE BEATLES 142 BOYS LIKE GIRLS 185 JONAS BROTHERS 25 DANE COOK 197 DREAM THEATER 122 FINGER ELEVEN 140 AVENGED SEVENFOLD 153 NATASHA BEOINGRELD ..86 BREAKING BENJAMIN 192 GABRIEL 136 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS 42 MARIO 129 COUNTING CROWS 8 THE -DREAM 59 FLEX 74 GNARLS BARKLEY . .22 AZ 141 BIRDMAN 199 TEDDY BRENT 179 IN FLAMES 28 MIRANDA LAMBERT ..138 MAROON 5 87 CHRIS CAGLE 155 SHERYL CROW 84 FLOGGING MOLLY 103 GODSMACK ... _ 164 ALICIA KEYS K THE BLACK CROWNS ..98 SARAH BRIGHTMAN 158 0 24 LANG 170 MATCHBOX TWENTY 146 COLBIE CAILLAT 30 MILEY CYRUS 29, 32 FLORIDA 15 JOSH GRACIN 33 THE BLACK KEYS 14 GARTH BROOKS 44 KID ROCK 68 AVRIL LAVIGNE 196 JOHN MAYER 147 CAMILA 186 EAGLES FLYLEAF 100 KIDZ BOP KIDS THE BLACK TIDE 171 CHRIS BROWN 37 0 ALANJACKSÖ 121 LEEISI 200 MICHAEL MCDONALD 157 B-12Ö CASTING CROWNS 109 LEE ZEPPELIN 101
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DOH EPIC) JAMES OTTO RAYBAWWARNER O HOME WITHOUT YOU APOLOGIZE 4 MINUTES WON'T GO 5 23 NO AIR 41 3 6 17 L*1 7 10 MAROON 5 '.1. INTLRSCOPF nM&LANO FEAT. ONEREPUKIC DUET WITH CHRIS BROWN JIVE ZOMB:-, MADONNA FEAT. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ¡WARNER BR(( O JOROIN SPARKS 119 O O HOME WHAT KINDA GONE PARALYZER 4 48 LOVE SONG 33 11 6 5 37 6 1J 6 13 ® FINGER ELEVEN WINO UP, OAUGHTRY O SARA BAREILLES (EPIC) CHRIS CAGLE (CAPITOL NASHVILLE, TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR LOW I WON'T TELL SAY 8 15 28 15 9 16 ( M,,CHINE REPII, itl 7 5 25 32 IMPERIAL CAPII UL, JOHN MAYER (AWARE COLUMBIA) TAYLOR SWIFT UNIVERSAL FLO RIDA FEAT. T -PAIN (POE BOY ATLANTIC, FAT JOE FEAT J. HOLIDAY (TERROR SQUAD O O APOLOGIZE WHO KNEW DON'T STOP THE MUSIC DEY KNOW 7 27 8 6 35 17 33 30 13 8 PINK 'e1ß0.) ll 8 8 PMAALANO FEAT ONEREPUBLIC (LA(-,' RIHANNA (SRP DEE JAM. ITJMG) SHAWTY LO (DAL ASYLUM) THE DAY YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) HIGHER AND HIGHER LOVE PARALYZER SHADOW OF 11 13 BLEEDING 9 8 24 T,IOTOWN, 16 5 34 34 36 LINKIN PARK (WARNER BR, MICHAEL MCDONALD (UNIVERSAL O LEONA LEWIS (SACO J RMG) FINGER ELEVEN ¡WINO -UP) O TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR THESE HARD TIMES WAIT FOR YOU APOLOGIZE 32 33 11 16 iO 9 40 itr 10 9 30 35 REPUBLIUI MATCHBOX TWENTY (MELISMA ATLANIII. ELLIOTT YAMIN ¡HICKORY RED) TIMBALAND FEAT. ONEREPUBUC ,MOSLEM BLA'NG110UND INIk(ISCOPE( TAYLOR SWIFT (BIG MACHINE UNIVERSAL NO ONE NO ONE LOLLIPOP WHAT YOU GOT 10 12 15 3 38 5 11 20 ALICIA KEYS J RMGI td 22 GEFFEN INTERSCOPE, ALICIA KEYS ,MBK .1 OMS) (MBK LIL WAYNE FEAT STATIC MAJOR (CASH MON)YUNIVERSAI MOTOW'., CD COLBY O'DONIS FEAT. AKON ,KONLIVE. TATTOO TAKE YOU THERE REALIZE 13 14 NO ONE 27 21 14 12 ® LtI 12 10 31 37 COLBIE CAILLAT (UNIVERSAL REPURLL MINN SPARKS 119 JIVE ZOMBA ALICIA KEYS (MAY J:RMG) SEAN KINGSTON (BELUGA HEIGHTS KOCH EPIC LAUGHED UNTIL WE CRIED BUBBLY IN MY ARMS INDEPENDENT 42 10 13 12 40 14 10 13 11 19 COLBIE CAILLAT ,UNIVERSAL REPURLL PLUMB REPRISEI WEBBIE. LIL PRAT & LIE BOOSIE ¡TRILL ASYLUM AEI. ANTI) O JASON ALOEAN (BROKEN BOW) IN LOVE WITH A GIRL BUSY BEING FABULOUS SEE YOU AGAIN TATTOO 15 8 14 15 9 17 13 39 39 25 @ OEGRAW EAGLES MILEY CYRUS (HOLLYWOOD) JORDIN SPARKS '9 ori 7F,In HF GAVIN LATE FALLING IN LOVE AT A COFFEE SHOP SORRY PICTURE TO BURN NEVER TOO 15 16 8 43 7 15 13 18 LANDON PIGG .; u.N.. 15 15 16 TAYLOR SWIFT THREE DAYS GRACE .I ZOMBA, BUCKCHERRY (LI I VI N SEVEN ATLANIIC HRP) Q SMALL TOWN SOUTHERN MAN STOP AND STARE FORGIVE ME I REMEMBER 31 16 12 17 7 16 13 17 41 15 ONEREPUBLIC '.'., OPE CNOTE K" KEYSHIA COLE IrGEFFENIINTERSCOPE) ALAN JACKSON FEELS LIKE TONIGHT I LOVE YOU LOVE IS FREE SUPERSTAR THE WAY THAT 17 17 12 21 6 14 11 57 3 - 17 ASHANTI SHERYL CROW AM., IN ERSCOPE, DAUGHTRY LUPE FIASCO . '5TH ATLANTIC) SENSUAL SEDUCTION HOLLYWOOD'S NOT AMERICA FALL LIKE YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN 19 19 6 20 5 18 12 22 43 37 FERRAS 1t1 KIMBERLEY LOCKE =r REPRMA ALICIA KEYS '. HMO) SNOOP DOGG NTERSCOPE( ELEVATOR IF I HAD EYES OVER YOU YOU'RE GONNA MISS THIS 21 9 19 18 19 20 9 48 4 ,RRIISHFIRE.UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC, DAUGHTRY (RCA RMGI TRACE ATKINS 'II OL NASHVILLE, FLO RIDA FEAT. TIMBALAND (POE BOY ATLANTIC) JACK JOHNSON IT EVERY DAY STAY BEAUTIFUL BRAVE SHE GOT 4 23 6 20 19 9 25 7 52 O THE LAST GOODNIGHT )VIRGIN) IRINA MENZEL (WARNER BROS ' 2 PISTOLS REPUBLIC'( O RASCAL FLATTS (LYRIC STREET( CLEANING THIS GUN (COME ON IN BOY) TWO WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE SAY SUFFOCATE 46 40 15 21 22 10 ® 26 5 21 18 21 PAT (COLUMBIA) LI JOHN MAYER 'AWARE COLUMBIA, J. HOLIDAY I.' RODNEY ATKINS (CURS) MONAHAN WON'T GO HOME WITHOUT YOU CRYING OUT FOR ME KILLA SEE YOU AGAIN 28 2 45 7 24 10 ® INTERSCOPEI 22 21 16 47 MAROON 5 (A0M OCTONE MARIO CHERISH FEAT. YUNG JOC (OHO NUFF'CAPITOL, O MILEY CYRUS (HOLLYWOOD, LIKE LOVE IS A BEAUTIFUL THING IT'S NOT MY TIME POETRY MAN FEELS TONIGHT 50 8 30 3 23 23 7 23 10 O 3 DOORS DOWN IIINIVERSAL REPUBLIC, 1*t QUEEN LATIFAH (FLAVOR UNIT VERSE' ® DAUGHTRY It' 0 PHIL VASSAR UNIVER' Li THI BELIEVE CINDERELLA I SAW GOD TODAY I'M STILL A GUY 24 6 54 4 25 9 CURTIS CHAPMAN EMI CMG, 29 8 I' THE BRAVERY (ISLAND CMG, STEVEN (SPARROW GEORGE STRAIT NASHVILLE BRAD PAISLEY :. -' O THE WAY I AM THE BOSS SHADOW OF THE DAY SAY IT AGAIN 25 22 11 50 46 19 26 8 INGRID MICHAELSON ¡CABIN 24 ORIGINAL SIGNAL RED) 24 6 PORE MARIE DIM (HOLLYWOOD, RICE RUSS FEAT. T -PAIN 'J LINKIN O 1,290 stations, Comprised of top 40, adult contemporary. RAB /hip -hop, country, rock, gospel, smooth jazz, Latin, and Christian formats, are electronically monitored 24 hours a day. 7 days a week. This data Is used to compile The Billboard Hot 100. (HOT DIGITAL SONGS. MODERN ROCK.
. TITLE 3 TITLE TITLE TITLE ARTIST ¡IMPRINT PROMOTION LABEL) á3 3ó ARTIST (IMPRINT ( PROMOTION LABEL) .1,3 3ó ARTIST (IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL) 4 3ó ARTIST ,IMPRINT PROMOTION LABEL á33ó INSIDE THE FIRE PSYCHO 4 MINUTES APOLOGIZE 49 2 2 23 2 2 28 26 36 51 PUDDLE OF RABO OMBAIANA FEAT. ONEREPUBUC t Li FLACKUI-IIN-, ,NSERSC("- DISTURBED -,I .r O MADONNA FEAT, JASON SMBERLAKE NAI(NFR BROS) ' o SHE GOT IT LONG ROAD TO RUIN BLEEDING LOVE BUST IT BABY (PART 2) 2 1 24 28 2 58 5 FAA FIGHTERS t'T PLIES FEAT NE -Y0 GATES SLIP- N- SLIDEIATLANIIL 2 PISTOLS FEAT. T -PAIN N TAY OM (UNIVERSAL RIP O 3 LEONA LEWIS )BIG YOU RISE ABOVE THIS LOLLIPOP SORRY WHAT GOT 4 7 ,© 4 28 27 17 64 4 © 3 /ATLANTICiRRPI COLBY O'DONIS FEAT. AKON (KONLIVE GEFFEN INTERSCOPF, SEETHER LB WAYNE FEAT. STATIC MAI(111 BUCKCHERRY (ELEVEN SEVEN O AMERICA FALLING DOWN TOUCH MY BODY REALIZE HOLLYWOOD'S NOT 11 30 11 1 3 W 4 1 2 - FERRAS ATREYU MARIAH CAREY US¡ AND !DWG) O COLBIE CAILLAT (UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC) CD (CAPITOL) O PIECE OF ME BELIEVE LOVE IN THIS CLUB SAY 55 54 23 5 27 5 6 6 37 14 BRITNEY SPEARS ZOMBA) THE BRAVERY USHER FEAT. YOUNG JEEZY (JIVE ZOMBA) 0 JOHN MAYER ,AWARE /COLUMBIA) (JIVE O NO OUR SONG SWEETEST GIRL (DOLLAR BILL) in IT'S NOT MY TIME AIR 31 28 56 50 33 7 7 l 6 5 13 31 WYCLEF JEAN FEAT. AKON. LIL WAYNE & NIIA 3 DOORS DOWN JOROIN SPARKS DUET WITH CHRIS BROWN (JIVE /ZOM1i4 TAYLOR SWIFT O SEDUCTION THE PRETENDER SEXY CAN I NEVER TOO LATE SENSUAL 7 8 36 7 32 25 57 44 17 l'J 8 32 DAYS (JIVE JUMBO) SNOOP DOGG (DOGGYSTYLE INTERSCOPL) FOR FIGHTERS O RAY J & YUNG BERG (KNOCKOUT'DEJA 34 KOCHÆI'IA THREE GRACE CLUMSY NINE IN THE AFTERNOON BEAT IT PARTY PEOPLE 25 8 10 10 33 25 2 58 55 PANIC AT THE DISCO Lf II 2 I AM ASM- )NTERSCOPE . r rP FEAT. FERGIE UNIVERSAL MOTOWN, FERGIE (WILL O FALL OUT BOY FEAT JOHN MAYER ,l l Ar,r) h1 ((AA'_'. ,' -A r ('(., NELLY (DERRTY KISS KISS SHADOW OF THE DAY STOP AND STARE WHATEVER IT TAKES 9 6 27 15 35 10 59 62 25 SR 1*! 9 9 O LIFEHOUSE (GEFFEN /INTERSCOPE) CHRIS BROWN FEAT T -PAIN (JIVEZOMBA, LINKIN PARK )WARNER ONEREPUBLIC IMOSLEY/INTERSCOPEI STONE SEE YOU AGAIN SHADOW OF THE DAY PSYCHO 13 11 15 18 35 33 21 PUDDLE MUDD )FLAWLESS' GEFFEN INTERSCOPE, ASHES DIVIDE MILEY CYRUS ¡HOLLYWOOD) LINKIN PARK (WARNER BROS.I O 1 OF FAKE IT SALUTE YOUR SOLUTION LOW THE BOSS 65 25 26 2 11 13 22 43 4 IDJN1', SEETHER -UP) THE RACONTEURS FLO RIDA FEAT. T -PAIN BOY ATLANTIC) RICK ROSS FEAT. T -PAIN '( -HLIDE DEE JAM (WIND O (POE HEART THERE BUBBLY I WILL POSSESS YOUR LOVE SONG TAKE YOU 62 53 38 22 3 12 12 22 37 36 23 COLBIE CAILLAT ,UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC) DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - SARA BAREILLES (EPIC) SEAN KINGSTON ON MY GUITAR STRONGER FAKE IT DAMAGED TEARDROPS 71 13 9 32 1J 14 4 38 34 50 37 SEETHER ,WIND -UP, 13 TAYLOR I.:, I. I¡,':1, KANYE WEST ,ROC- A- FELLADEE JAM,IDJMG, SANITY KANE ¡BAD BOY, ATLANTIC, SWIFT b.0 Q I SAW GOD TODAY INSIDE THE FIRE NUDE FEEDBACK 3 23 2 45 14 NASHVILLE( DISTURBED ¡REPRISEI TAD RED) JANET (ISLAND IDJMG) GEORGE STRAIT ,MCA 1 RAOIOHEAD( O I'M NOT JESUS NEW SOUL TATTOO WE WEREN'T CRAZY 16 8 15 10 10 40 39 28 JOSH GRACIN ,LYRIC SIRE EI, APOCALYPTICA FEAT COREY TAYLOR (JIVE ZOMBA, YAEL NAIM ¡TOT Ou I,RI, - -II r.',',, JORDIN SPARKS (JIVE /OMBA, 0 1 OF YAHHH! ROLL THE GOOD LEFT UNDONE POCKETFUL SUNSHINE 41 10 66 19 3 16 14 41 21 7 41 FLO RISA FEAT. SEAN KINGSTON (pm' SOY ATLANTIC, RISE AGAINST .''.TER,: HP, Ci NATASHA BEDINGFIELII SDUWABOYTELLEM FEAT ARAB L'',' IPA.RK/INTERSCOPE GIVEN UP MISS THIS ALL -AMERICAN GIRL DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' 19 YOU'RE GONNA 38 11 CD37 5 17 8 3 42 JOURNEY .- LINKIN PARK :. TRACE ATKINS CARRIE UNDERWOOD NA,Hb'll-.E, - IF I HAD EYES STOP THE MUSIC NO ONE SHAKE IT 12 18 DON'T 1 18 IC, 18 16 18 4.3 42 30 METRO STATION RED INK (1) l' JACK JOHNSON SAL REPURL RIHANNA ALICIA KEYS (MBK J R(. KILLA JUST GOT STARTED LOVIN' YOU BEAUTIFUL WITH YOU 1 15 8 46 7 YEARS 19 14 19 44 YUNG JUL LIf JAMES OTTO 10 CHRIS BROWN CHERISH FEAT. LINE CAPITOL, O TO BURN THE ANTHEM CRUSHCRUSHCRUSH ELEVATOR PICTURE 70 0i 5 20 11 21 20 r1 7 CD 52 4 PITBULL FEAT LIL JON FAMOUS PARAMORE FLO RIDE FEAT. TIMBALAND 'P01 ROY'AILANTIC) TAYLOR SWIFT .r GO HOME WITHOUT YOU SUPERNATURAL SUPERSERIOUS SO HAPPY SUPERSTAR WON'T 1 18 10 21 20 16 46 40 17 THEORY OF A DEADMAN LUPE FIASCO FEAT MATTHEW SANTU, I51H MAROON CRANK THAT (SOULJA BOY) CRUSHCRUSHCRUSH SUPERNATURAL SUPERSERIOUS SHAWTY GET LOOSE 47 72 63 20 22 21 8 22 17 4 47 39 PARAMORE ED BY RAMENRRP LIL MAMA FEAT CHRIS BROWN A T -PAIN SOULJA BOY TELLER PARALYZER INTO THE NIGHT THE WESTERN WORLD INDEPENDENT 73 57 27 © 27 5 23 23 13 48 48 39 RMG PENNYWISE :. SANTANA FEAT CHAD KROEGER ¡ARISTA WEBBIE. LIE PRAT & LIE BOOSIE ITEPI FINGER ELEVEN IN EYES BREAK THE ICE LOVE LIKE THIS RIOT WHEN YOU LOOK ME THE 61 4 74 69 25 24 16 24 22 11 FEAT SEAN KINGSTON THREE DAYS GRACE Lt JONAS BROTHERS II, 1Di 0 BRITNEY SPEARS NATASHA BEDINGFIELO A IN AFTERNOON FEELS LIKE TONIGHT ALL AROUND ME -PUNK NINE THE 51 9 75 74 2 29 8 25 24 9 50 FLYLEAF IAOT,1 SCTONE. INTERSCOPEI VAMPIRE WEEKEND PANIC AT THE DISCO (D- NC( RAMER HT, DAUGHTRY
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TITLE TITLE ü TITLE Principal Performers ARTIST ;IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL) ARTIST (IMPRINT / PROMOTION 533ó LABEL) LABEL / DISTRIBUTING LABEL 8 NUMBER (PRICE) W BLEEDING LOVE ryl WITH YOU *: LIVE IN PHOENIX 16 LEONA LEWIS CHRIS BROWN .,E ZOMBA) Fall Out Boy 1 _HSAL MUSIC & VIDEO DIST. 010935 (14.98 DOM 4 MINUTES 3 LOVE SONG LIVE IN LAS VEGAS: A NEW DAY 2 14 1 17 3 MADONNA FEAT. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE (WARNER BROS.) SARA BAREILLES 2 Celine Dion O o (EPIC) COLUMBIA MUSIC VIDEO/SONv VIDEO 713716 (21,98 DVD) NO AIR NO AIR 4 19 5 17 HOW TO BE A MEGASTAR LIVE! JARDIN SPARKS DUET WITH CHRIS BROWN (19/JIVE/ZOMBA) JORDIN 3 Blue Man Group O © SPARKS SUET WITH CHRIS BROWN (19,UNE'ZOMBA HOME VIDEO /WARNER MUSIC VISION 447292 (19.98 DVD) TOUCH MY BODY BLEEDING LOVE 4 1 8 7 7 LIVE IN LAS VEGAS: 50TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION CONCERT MARIAN CAREY (ISLAND /IDJMG) 4 The Osmonds o LEONA LEWIS (SYCO /J /RMG) PENON /WARNER MUSIC VISION 17688 (19.98 DAD) WITH YOU 19 SEE YOU AGAIN CELTIC THUNDER: 5 6 6 20 2 THE SHOW CHRIS BROWN (JIVE /ZOMBA) MILEY CYRUS (HOLLYWOOD) 5 3 Celtic Thunder o CELTIC THUNOI It 7ERSAL MUSIC & VIDEO DIST 002 (19.98 DVD) 6 LOVE SONG LOW THE BEYONCE EXPERIENCE: 5 24 6 3 23 6 4 LIVE SARA BAREILLES (EPIC) FLO RIDA FEAT. T -PAIN (POE BOY 20 Beyonce /ATLANTIC) MUSIC WORLD.;. 'JBIA /SONY BMG VIDEO 18087 (14.98 DAD) LOVE IN THIS CLUB DONT STOP THE MUSIC 7 7 4 20 7 FAREWELL I TOUR: LIVE FROM MELBOURNE USHER FEAT. YOUNG JEEZY (LAFACE /ZOMBA) RIHANNA (SRP /DEF JAM/IDJMG) 3 147 Eagles RHINO HOME VIDEO; WARNER MUSIC VISION 70423 (29.98 DVD) SEE YOU AGAIN LOVE IN THIS CLUB 10 23 8 7 IN WONDERLAND MILEY CYRUS (HOLLYWOOD) 8 Andre Rieu o o USHER FEAT. YOUNG JEEZY (LAFACE /ZOMBAi DENON /WARNER MUSIC VISION 17699 (24.98 DVD) LOW TOUCH MY BODY 9 8 23 9 8 FUTURESEX /LOVESHOW: LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN FLO RIDA FEAT. T-PAIN (POE BOY/ATLANTIC) MARIAN CAREY )ISLAND 9 Justin Timberlake /IDJMG) JIVE / ZOMBA VIDEO/SONY BMG VIDEO 19336 EX (19.98 CND) LOLLIPOP 12 4 STOP AND STARE CROSSROADS 11 18 5 GUITAR FESTIVAL 2007 LIL WAYNE FEAT. STATIC MAJOR (CASH MONEYNNNERSAL MOTOWN ONEREPUBLIC 10 20 Eric Clayton (1) w (MOSLEM / INTERSCOPE) RHINO HOME VIDEO/WARNER MUSIC VISION 352124 (29.98 DVD) DON'T STOP THE MUSIC SORRY 11 9 21 11' 10 18 NUMBER ONES RIHANNA (SRP /DEF JAM /IDJMG) BUCKCHERRY (ELEVEN 11 8 2033 Michael Jackson SEVEN /ATLANTIC) "IISIC VIDEO /SONY BMG VIDEO 56999 (14.98 DVD) SEXY CAN I 4 MINUTES 13 10 15 3 LIVE AT BABEVILLE RAY J & YUNG BERG (KNOCKOUT /DEJA 34 /KOCH /EPIC) MADONNA 12 Ani DiFranco ® FEAT. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE (WARNER BROS.I Ara IFOUS BABE /KOCH VISION VIDEO 56 (19.98 DUD) STOP AND STARE SUPERSTAR 13 11 19 13 10 TWENTY FIVE ONEREPUBLIC (MOSLEY /INTERSCOPE) 13 George Michael ® UWE NASCO FEAT. MATTHEW SANTOS (1ST & 15TWATLANTIC1 :'IISIC VIDEO /SONY IMO VIDEO 29197 (21.98 DVD) SORRY 14 14 20 SEXY CAN I ORAL FIXATION TOUR 19 6 14 6 BUCKCHERRY (ELEVEN SEVEN /ATLANTIC /RRP) RAY J & YUNG BERG (KNOCKOUT TA KOCH EPICi Shakira /DEJA . I,IUSIC VIDEO /SONY BMG VIDEO 70/I/25 (19.98 DVD) SUPERSTAR FEELS LIKE 15 18 14 13 TONIGHT AMAZING JOURNEY: THE STORY OF THE WHO LUPE FIASCO FEAT MATTHEW SANTOS (1ST & 15D-1/ATLANTIC) DAUGHTRY 15 The Who (RCA/RMG) INIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VI - i. ,US (29.98 DAD) APOLOGIZE 16 16 41 APOLOGIZE A NEW JOURNEY: LIVE AT 16 12 32 16 7 60 SLANE CASTLE, IRELAND T1MBALAND FEAT ONEREPUBLIC (MOSLEY'BLACKGROUNDANTERSCOPE) TMBWAND FEAT DAi@IH1C v*r Celtic Woman tsMSLEYipAD GROMIMFACCno ''ANHATTAN /EMM MUSI ;L 106 (19.98 DVD) DAMAGED TAKE YOU THERE 18 6 17 16 25 17 LIVE IN LAS VEGAS: 50TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION CONCERT - DELUXE EDITION DANITY KANE(BAD BOY /ATLANTIC) SEAN KINGSTON (BELUGA HEIGHTS /EPIC) Ll The Osmonds e DENON /WARNER MUSIC Ii I'1 17721 (34.98 DVD) WHEN YOU LOOK ME IN THE EYES NEVER TOO LATE MTV IN 18 17 11 20 22 10 UNPLUGGED NEW YORK JONAS BROTHERS (HOLLYWOOD) THREE DAYS 18 20 Nirvana GRACE (JIVE / ZOMBA) DGC /UME VIDEO/UNIVEH'.. ... MUSIC & VIDEO DIST. 010263 (19.98 DAD) NEVER TOO LATE WHEN YOU LOOK ME IN THE EYES 23 32 19 17 11 LIVE AFTER DEATH THREE DAYS GRACE (JIVE /ZOMBA) JONAS BROTHERS (HOLLYWOOD) 19 9 9 Iron Maiden COLUMBIA MUS'.. : !ifr BMG VIDEO 722737 (19.98 DVD) 0 POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE NO ONE 27 11 20 18 26 ALIVE: MUSIC &DANCE NATASHA BEDINGFIELD (PHONOGENIC /EPIC) 20 13 5 John Tesh ALICIA KEYS (MBK /J /RMG) GARDEN CI - IT 24 BEAT KILLA THE ULTIMATE VIDEO 2 Ci) 24 9 21 15 20 COLLECTION FALL OUT BOY FEAT JOHN MAYER ( Nickelback RIFLED BY RAMENISLANO1OJMG, CHERISH FEAT. YUNG JOC (SHO'NUFF /CAPITOL) ROADRUNNER VIDEO 09269 (9.98 DVD) FEELS LIKE TONIGHT TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR 22 13 22 21 22 HELP! DAUGHTRY (RCA/RMG) 22 17 22 The Beatles TAYLOR SWIFT (BIG MACHINE/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC) APPLE/CAPITOL /EMM MUSIC VIDEO 10347 (29.98 DVD) TAKE YOU THERE CLUMSY 23 20 26 23 22 29 PLUG ME IN SEAN KINGSTON (BELUGA HEIGHTS /EPIC) 111 23 20 25 AC/DC FERGIE (WILL.I.AM /A&M /INTERSCOPE) COLUMBIA MUSIC VIDEO/SONY EMS VIDEO 710417 (29.98 DVD) NO ONE TATTOO ELTON LIVE 24 26 30 24 23 32 19 60: AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ALICIA KEYS (MBK/J/RMG) JORDIN SPARKS 24 26 Elton John (19 /JIVE/ZOMBA) ISLAND VIDEO /UNIVERSAL MUSIC & VIDEO DIST. 000998 (19.98 DVD) TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR DAMAGED 25 25 52 34 4 LIVE IN PARIS + TAYLOR SWIFT (BIG MACHINE /UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC) DANITY KANE /ATLANTIC) 25 16 9 Jill Scott o (BAD BOY HIDDEN BEACH /UNIVERSAL MUSIC & VIDEO DIST. 20 (19.98 DVD) KILLA 127 mainstream tcp 40 stations a ^vtored 31 10 24 hours a day. 7 Jays a week. Tn -. odeile the Poo 100 CHERISH FEAT. YUNG JOC (SHO'NUFF /CAPITOL) INDEPENDENT 27 29 14 WEBBIE, LIL' PRAT & LIL' BOOSIE (TRILIIASYLUM /ATLANTIC) HOT TATTOO 28 28 32 JORDIN SPARKS (19/JIVE /ZOMBA) SINGLES SALES . EOCLIPS. VIDEO MONITOR.. CLUMSY 29 30 29 1 FERGIE (WILL. I. AM /A&M /INTERSCOPE) TITLE ELEVATOR TITLE 32 9 ARTIST [IMPRINT ' PROMOTION LABEL. ARTIST TITLE FLO RIDA FEAT TIMBALAND (POE BOY /ATLANTIC) $. ARTIST (IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL) rylTOUCH MY WHATEVER IT TAKES SHINE BODY CD34 16 1 2 MARIAN CAREY LIFEHOUSE ANNA NALICK (EPIC) LOLLIPOP REALIZE NEVER WANTED TO DANCE 2 2 36 15 2 LIL WAYNE FE A T STATIC MAJOR I I MONEVNNNERSAL MO OWN COLBIE CAILLAI (UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC) MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE IUCR THL LEO) NO AIR BREAK THE ICE WHAT TIME IS IT 3 5 LEONA LEWIS, BLEEDING LOVE cD37 11 JORDIN SPARKS DUET WITH CHRIS BROWN 19 /JIVE / ZOMBA BARNEY SPEARS (JIVE /ZOMBA) I HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 CAST (WALT DISNEY) ALICIA KEYS, LIKE YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN BLEEDING LOVE OUR SONG A SONG FOR YOU 4 7 4 cD38 28 LEONA LEWIS SYCO /J /RMG SARA BAREILLES, LOVE SONG TAYLOR SWIFT (BIG MACHINE /UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC) RITZY BONE (AFTER PLATINUM) ELEVATOR BUCKCHERRY, SORRY NUDE CONQUEST 5 5 5 3 9' FLO RIDA FEATURING TIMBALAND POE BOY /ATLANTIC THE WHITE STRIPES (THIRD MAN /WARNER CD RAOIOHEAD (TBD /RED) BROS I ONEREPUBLIC, STOP AND STARE THE BOSS NEW SOUL PAPER PLANES 6 2 4 MARIAN CAREY, TOUCH MY Boor 36 21 10 5 4 RICK ROSS FEAT. T -PAIN SLIP -N -SLIDE /DEF JAM /IDJMG YAEL NAIM (TOT OU TARO /ATLANTIC) M.I.A. (XL /INTERSCOPE) LIFE OF DA PARTY LIFEHOUSE, WHATEVER IT TAKES YOU'RE GONNA MISS THIS WE FLY 7 11 3 37 19 4 - 1 SfWOP OOOS FEAT. TOD NILAR & MSTNI FAH. DOGGrSMFGOTENINIEASCOPE FEELS LIKE TONIGHT TRACE ADKINS (CAPITOL NASHVILLE) AG (WRECKLESS ENTERTAINMENT) DAUGHTRY, SEXY CAN I ALL AROUND ME LET ME SEE SOMETHING 8 9 4 COLBIE CAILLAT, REALIZE 40 13 9 56 RAY J & YUNG BERG KNOCKOUT /DEJA 34 /KOCH /EPIC FLYLEAF (A &M /OCTONE A.G. & WRECKLESS E.N.T. (WRECKLESS ENTERTAINMENT) /INTERSCOPE) 10 JORDIN SPARKS DUET WITH CHRIS BROWN, NO AIR DROP & GIMME 50 SHADOW OF THE DAY INSIDE OUT 9 8 3 39 33 24 7 57 LINKIN PARK (WARNER BROS.) TEMAR UNDERWOOD (KINGS MOUNTAIN)
THE WAY THAT I LOVE YOU 41, THE ANTHEM SWAGGA 10 15 4 46 13 41 18 ASHANTI THE INC PITBULL FEAT. LIL JON (FAMOUS ARTISTS /NT) EMMANUEL (5TH WORLD) LIKE YOU'LL NEVER SEE DOWN 4 WHATEVA 11 6 17 ME AGAIN SHAWTY GET LOOSE ,ï 41 35 5 11 11 18 ALICIA KEYS MOP J HMG 1 30 SECONDS TO MARS, A BEAUTIFUL LIE LIL MAMA FEAT. CHRIS BROWN & T-PAW (FAMILIAR FACES'JMET&dUA) LONESOME THUG LADY (OHIO SOUNDL AB) LOVE KISS KISS ITS RIGHT HERE 12 SONG WE THE KINGS, CHECK YES JULIET 42 43 26 12 10 9 SARA BAREILLES EPIC CHRIS BROWN FEAT. T-PAIN (JIVE /ZOMBA) TANIKA TURNER (KOUNTREE BOYZ) ' 3 FLO RIDA FEAT. TIMBALAND, ELEVATOR GOOD LOVE LIKE YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN KOOL AID 13 NEW 4 RISE ABOVE THIS 43 41 21 13 15 85 SHEER LOUCH 0 -BLOCK /KOCH SEETHER, ALICIA KEYS (MBK'J /RMG) LIL' BASS FEAT. JT MONEY (PIPELINE) KILLA RICK ROSS FEAT. TPAIN, THE BASS SAY FOUNDATIONS 14 NEW 54 17 14 8 30 CHERISH FEATURING YUNG JOE SHO'NUFF /CAPITOL KATE STORY OF THE YEAR, WAKE UP JOHN MAYER I AWARE 'COLUMBIA) NASH (FICTION /GEFFEN /INTERSCOPE) STOP AND STARE PARTY PEOPLE I WANT TO KNOW YOU FOREVER 15 10 , ASHES DIVIDE, THE STONE 45 39 2 31 2 ONEREPUBLIC MOSLEY / INTERSCOPE NELLY FEAT. FERGIE (DERRTY /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN) PETRELLA (TMG /STREET PRIDE) W MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK, IT HAD TO BE YOU SORRY NINE IN THE AFTERNOON TO ALL MY HUSTLERS 16 17 12 46 45 10 29 2 BUCKCHERRY ELEVEN SEVEN /ATLANTIC /RRP TOKIO HOTEL, READY, SET, COI PANIC AT THE DISCO (DECAYDANCETUELED RY HAI.'EN, ARP CHAIN GANG PAROLEES (TMG /STREET PRIDE) NEVER TOO LATE SHAWTY LO, DUNN, DUNN PIECE OF ME WE WILL BECOME SILHOUETTES/BE STILL MY HEART 17 NEW 47 42 23 17' 23 165 THREE DAYS GRACE JIVE /ZOMBA BRITNEY SPEARS (JIVE /ZOMBA) THE POSTAL SERVICE (SUB POP) FEELS LIKE TONIGHT SHAKE IT MOONLIGHT RENDEZVOUS 18 NEW 68 4 18 14 7 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG METRO STATION (RED INKRED /COLUMBIA) WAYNA (QUIET POWER /FACE2FACE) SMALL TOWN SOUTHERN TAKE A BOW EVERY DAY IS EXACTLY THE SAME 19 NE-ENTRY MAN 58 3 20 18 105 ALAN JACKSON ARISTA NASHVILLE NINE INCH NAILS W RIHANNA ( SRP,'DEF JAMIDJMG) (NOTHING /INTERSCOPE) ERYKAH BADU, HONEY PICTURE TO BURN BUST IT BABY (PART 2) FEEDBACK 20 1R 2 48 2 21 16 6 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 2 TALIB KWELI, HOSTILE GOSPEL PT. 1 (DELIVER US) PLIES FEAT. 14E -YO r.iU h4TES/SLIP -N -SLIDE /ATLANTIC) JANET (ISLAND /IDJMG) MJUST GOT STARTED LOVIN' YOU 3 RAHEEM DEVAUGHN, CUSTOMER *For a complete listing of the Pop 100. WAITING 21 22 40 2 JAMES OTTO RAVBAW /WARNER BROS. (NASHVILLE) /WRN check out www.billboard.biz HUN (SAB) 4 JANET, ROCK WITH U YOU'RE GONNA MISS THIS A&E 22 S ; KUTIMAN FEAT. KAROLINA, MUSIC IS RULING MY WORLD 23 17 8 TRACE ADKINS CAPITOL NASHVILLE POP 100: The top Pop singles & tracks, according to mainstream top 40 GOLDFRAPP (MUTE) radio audience impressions measured by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. RUN (I'M A NATURAL DISASTER) 6 GNARLS BARKLEY, RUN and sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan POP 100 AIRPLAY: Legend MAKE IT BOUNCE 4 YA 23 GE -ENTRY located below chart. NOT SINGLES SALES: The top -selling retail -available 24 6 5 GNARLS BARKLEY DOWNTOWN /ATLANTIC LIZZ WRIGHT, MY HEART PARIS HOUSTON FFAL KIt K,AÌA (GRAM SLAIVTKOMPKNS MARKETING) physical singles, as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. This data is used to SUPERSTAR compile both the Hot 100 and Pop 100. TOP MUSIC VIDEOS: The top - JUMP 24 GE-ENTRY LENNY KRAVITZ, I'LL BE WAITING selting retail -available music videos. as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. 36 LUPE FIASCO FEAT. MATTHEW SANTOS 101 & 15TH/ATLANTIC MADONNA (WARNER BROS.) NOT VIDEOCLIPS: Based on audience -weighted plays from MTV, VH1, BET ® J. HOLIDAY, BED and CNT. and non -weighted from TRYING TO STOP YOUR plays eight other channels. as monitored GET BUCK IN HERE 25 NEW LEAVING by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. VIDEO MONITOR: Rotating playlets 26 21 15 DIERKS BENTLEY CAPITOL NASHVILLE NE YO, BECAUSE OF YOU FEN from 12 channels All charts e 2008. Nielsen Business Medía Inc. and N FELFEAT. DAUW AKON LUHACIAS A LA JON (BLAIN IJR&AH44 W) N elsen SoundScan. Inc. All rights reserved.
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ARTIST Title ® ARTIST Title .IMPRINT 8 NUMBER! DISTRIBUTING LABEL (PRICE) g dd .17PRIN1- 8 NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL (PRICE) TRINA TIMBALAND Timbaland Presents Shock Value 3 Da Baddest 1 51 Still I MOSLEM /BLACKGBOUND /INTERSCOPE 008594'/IGA (13 98) IP IDE 72008 (18.98) 4® 2PAC RICK ROSS 55 56 The Best Of 2Pac - Part 1: Thug 13 Trilla 1 AMARU /DEATH ROW / INTERSCOPE 010072/UME (11.98) .1M 009536' /IDJMG (13,98) PASTOR TROY DAY26 60 53 Attitude Adjuster 15 DAY26 1 REAL TALK 44 (17 98) BAD Buv . ,40 /AG (18.98) BOYZ II MEN A Through Hitsville USA 6 DANITY KANE 1 54 51 Motown: Journey 2 1 Welcome To The Dollhouse DECCA 009444 (17.98) BAD BT', :';04 /AG (18.98) CHERI DENNIS SNOOPDOGG 59 48 In And Out Of Love 11 4 4 Ego Trippin 2 ,.:.0 BOY 83952/AG (13.98) DOGGY- NEFFEN 010835 * /IGA (13.98)
50 CENT 2 FLO RIDA 3 62 60 Curtis 5 3 Mail On Sunday SHADY /AFTERMATH / INTERSCOPE 008931" /IGA (13.98) POE BOY ANTIC 442748/AG (18.98) MARCUS MILLER Marcus 29 KEYSHIA COLE 1 7 11 Just Like You III 3 DEUCES /CONCORD JAll 30264 /CONCORD (18.98) CONFIDENTIAL /IMANI /GEFFEN 009475 * /IGA (13.98) MARY J. BLIGE LIL WAYNE AND BIRDMAN Birdman & Lil Wayne Present: Happy Fathers Day 63 8 10 Growing Pains 1 BCD 63170 (14.98) MATRIARCH /GEFFEN 010313'/IGA 113 981 0 GREATEST THE -DREAM HURRICANE CHRIS 51/50 Ratchet 4 11 1F 17 Love /Hate GROUNDS /J 18697 /RMG (15.98) d GAINER RADIO KILLA/DEF JAM 009872' /IDJMG (13.98) DRAMA ERYKAH BADU 58 50 Gangsta Grillz: The Album 3 0 13 New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) 2 T TIC 185852/AG (18.98) UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 010800' /UMRG (13.98) VARIOUS ARTISTS KRAYZIE BONE The Fixtape Volume One: Smoke On This 66 NOW 27 4 THUGLINE 27: RAC 07 98) SONY BMG /EMI /UNIVERSAL / ZOMBA 22781/SONY BMG STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 18.98 ®.s; KENNY G CECE WINANS 53 59 Rhythm & Romance 15 Thy Kingdom Come 12 STARBUCKS 30670 /CONCORD (18.98) PURESPRINGS GOSPEL 84966/EMI GOSPEL (17.98) G 2PAC RAHEEM DEVAUGHN 75 84 The Best Of 2Pac - Part 2: Life 15 Love Behind The Melody 1 AMARU/INTERSCOPE 010221/UME (11.98) JIVE 19080 /ZOMBA 17.98 T.I. ALICIA KEYS 64 69 T.I. Vs T.I.P. 14 13 9 As I Am © 1 HUSTLE /ATLANTIC 202172'/AG (18.98) MBK /J 11513'/RMG (18.98) 4) GRAND PITBULL ROCKO 72 66 The Boatlift 13 15 10 6 Self -Made 6 FAMOUS ARTISTS /DIAZ BROTHERS 2960'/TVT (18 98) ROCKY ROAD /ISLAND URBAN 010773` /IDJMG (11.98) JANET T-PAIN The Hitmen Presents T-Pain: The Midas Touch Man 71 16 10 7 Discipline THE HITMEN 30 (13.98) ISLAND 010735/IDJMG (13.98) O+ PETE ROCK SHAWTY LO 68 78 NY's Finest 16 20 Units In The City 4 NATURE SOUNDS 135' (16.98) 04L 331708 /ASYLUM (18.98) JOHN LEGEND WEBBIE 2 65 62 Once Again 17 14 Savage Life G 0.0.0. 80323 /SONY MUSIC (18.98) TRILL /ASYLUM /ATLANTIC 427836/AG 18.9 /COLUMBIA TRIN -I -TEE 5:7 MARVIN SAPP 78 77 T57 19 21 Thirsty P1RIT RISING 0402 /MUSIC WORLD (15.98) VERITY 09433 /ZOMBA 17.9 BONE THUGS GNARLS BARKLEY 63 47 Still Creepin On Ah Come Up 14 52 The Odd Couple 14 TEAL TALK 57 (17 98) DOWNTOWN /ATLANTIC 450236/AG (18 98)
JAHEIM The Makings Of A Man 3 N For a complete listing of the Hot R &B /Hip -Hop Albums, check out www.billboard.com DIVINE MILL /ATLANTIC 377532/AG (18.98)
CHRIS BROWN Exclusive 2 JIVE 12049/ZOMBA (18.98) +O LUPE FIASCO Lupe Fiasco's The Cool 4 TOP 1ST 8 15TH /ATLANTIC 368316'/AG (18.98) gh AZ Undeniable 24 BLUES ALBUMS r" NEW ERA /QUIET MONEY 5027;KOCH (17.98) SHEEK LOUCH 25 18 8 Silverback Gorilla 8 0-BLOCK 5595/KOCH 17.98 ARTIST Title . MINTER ' LABEL FAT JOE DISTRIBUTING 26 20 12 The Elephant In The Room 3 TERROR SQUAD 14619 /IMPERIAL 18.9 STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE 1 The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Vol. 1 AMY WINEHOUSE 17wK8 26 23 Back To Black Ell 4 HI AL E UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 008428' /UMRG 10.98 2 JEFF Mess Of Blues JAY -Z ,,,JF 11eo 30 25 American Gangster 1 VAUGHAN & ROCA- FELLA/DEF JAM 010229`/IDJMG (13.98) 3 STEVIE RAY FRIENDS Solos, Sessions & Encores r'GACY /EPIC E; u'iV BMG MARIO Go 4 3RD STREET /J 21569/RMG (18,98) 4 BACK DOOR SLAM Roll Away LIX STREET 10087 8 BALL Doin' It Big 30 REAL TALK 47 (17.98) 5 NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS Hernando LEDISI `NGS OF THE SOUTH 006 Lost & Found 10 ERIC VERVE 008909/VG (10,98) 6 BIBB Get Onboard RIHANNA I LARC BLUES 83675 /TELARC 29 28 Good Girl Gone Bad 3 SRP /DEF JAM 008968' /IDJMG (13.98) JOE BONAMASSA Sloe Gin A R ADVENTURES 60283 VARIOUS ARTISTS We The Best MTS 29/RBC (13.98) B.B. KING Live J. HOLIDAY (FFEN 009770/UME 28 26 Back Of My Lac MUSIC LINE 11805' /CAPITOL (12.98) SOUNDTRACK Black Snake Moan TREY SONGZ NEW WEST 6105 33 37",- Trey Day 2 SONG BOOK /ATLANTIC 135740/AG (18.98) KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD 10 Days Out: Blues From The Backroads JIM JONES Zrq /. REPRISE 49294` /WARNER BROS. G+ 36 32 HARLEMs American Gangster 3 KOCH 5073 (17.98) ANTHONY GOMES RE -ENTRY Live PLIES RUF 1136 kii3 36' The Real Testament 2 BIG GATES /SLIP -N- SLIDE/ATLANTIC 185340/AG 18,98 OTIS TAYLOR Recapturing The Banjo JILL SCOTT TELARC BLUES 83667 /TELARC 32 27 The Real Thing: Words And Sounds Vol. 3 2 HIDDEN BEACH 00050 (18.98)¡5 SMOKIN' JOE KUBEK & BNOIS KING Blood Brothers ALLIGATOR 4920 KIRK FRANKLIN The Fight Of My Life 7 I® 35 34 FO YO SOUL/GOSPO CENTRIC 16772 /ZOMBA (18.98) ROOMFUL OF BLUES Raisin' A Ruckus CHRISETTE MICHELE ALLIGATOR 4919 34 33 IAm 5 DEF TOO SLIM AND THE TAILDRAGGERS JAM 008774/IDJMG (10.98) 15 RE-ENTRY The Fortune Teller RICK ROSS UNDERWORLD 0013 . 31 - M.I. Yayo 31 MAYBACH 3202 /TRAFFIC (15.98 CD /DVD) U SOULJA BOY TELL'EM 42 37 31 souljaboytellem.com 4 COLLIPARK /INTERSCOPE 009962/IGA (13.98) dSOUNDTRACK 43 22 24, Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns 22 449020/AG ATLANTIC (18.98) BETWEEN THE BULLETS rgeorgeor billhoard.co!- 1KANYE WEST 44 40 38 Graduation El 1 ROC -A- FELLA /DEF JAM 009541 /IDJMG 113.98) BIRDMAN RAPPER TRINA WRAPS FIRST NO. 1 41 39 5 *Stunna 3 CASH MONEY /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 010351 /UMRG 13.98 Trina crowns Top R &B /Hip -Hop Albums and Gospel star CeCe Winans posts her career - JOHN LEGEND 43 30 Live From Philadelphia 4 G.O.O.D. /COLUMBIA 21265 EX/SONY MUSIC (14.98) O0 cracks the top 10 of the Billboard best solo bow on R &B Albums at SCARFACE 17 42 Made 2 RAP -ALOT 4 LIFE /RAP-A -LOT 331772 /ASYLUM 18,9 200 at No. 6 as her fourth album, No. 11 with "Thy Kingdom SOUNDTRACK 48 ,9 29 Step Up 2: The Streets 7 with Come." It's her best chart rank ATLANTIC 409212/AG 18.98 "Still Da Baddest," bows VARIOUS ARTISTS since "Different Lifestyles" with 49 44 40'f NOW 2s 4 47,000 units. EMI /SONY BMG STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP /UNIVERSAL / ZOMBA 10765 /CAPITOL (18.98) GUCCI MANE The debuts on both charts are her brother BeBe Winans topped 49 44 Back To The Traphouse 11 CZAR /S0 ICEY /ASYLUM /ATLANTIC 313516/AG 18.9 bests for the rapper the list in 1991. ANGIE STONE career 48 45'` The Art Of Love &War 1 STAR 30146 /CONCORD (18.98) whose last set, "Glamorest Other debuts in the top 50 are KINGSTON 45 43 SEAN Sean Kingston 3 BELUGA HEIGHTS/KOCH /EPIC 12999/SONY MUSIC (18.98) Life," entered R &B Albums at taken by AZ at No. 24, 8 Ball at !i MICHAEL MCDONALD 42 41 Soul Speak 10 No. 2 and the big board at No. No. 30 and a compilation with UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 010806 /UMRG (13.98) CHAKA KHAN a sum cuts from Fat Joe and Rick Ross 50 64 Funk This 5 11. That one had heftier BURGUNDY 09022 /SONY BMG (17.98) No. 33. George NE-YO of 77,000 in 2005. at -Raphael 46 55 Because Of Vim 1 VER JAM 008697' /IDJMG (13.98)
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I REMEMBER HONEY 28 2C I REMEMBER ,(YSHIA COLE (IMANI /GEFFEN/ INTERSCOPE) ERYKAH BADO (UNIVERSAL MOTOWN) N EYSHIA COLE (IMANI/GEFFEN / INTERSCOPE) SEXY CAN I GO ON 29 31 14 GIRL LIKE YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN -A.Y J 8 YUNG BERG (KNOCKOUT /DEJA 34 /EPIC /KOCH) 3 NE -TO (DEF JAM /IDJMG) ALICIA KEYS (MBK/J /RMG) FALSETTO SOMETIMES 5 30 29 JUST FINE '.i E DREAM (RADIO KILLA/DEF JAM /IDJMG) 1( 5 26 ANGIE STONE (STAX/CMG) MARY J. BLIGE (MATRIARCH /GEFFEN/ INTERSCOPE) S UFFOCATE NEVER NEVER LAND 31 34 12 HONEY HOLIDAY (MUSIC LINE /CAPITOL) 6 20 LYFE JENNINGS (COLUMBIA) ERYKAH BADS (UNIVERSAL MOTOWN) LOLLIPOP GOT ME GOING 30 6 SOMETIMES LIT. WAYNE FEAT. STATIC MAJOR (CASH MONEY/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN) DAY26 (BAD BOY/ATLANTIC) ANGIE STONE (STAX/CMG) LIKE YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN NO ONE 33 22 TOUCH MY BODY ALICIA KEYS (MBK/J /RMG) 33 7 8 ALICIA KEYS (MBK /J /RMG) MARIAN CAREY (ISLAND /IDJMG) CRYING OUT FOR ME SUPERSTAR 34 26 17 SUGA SUGA SUGA MARIO (3RD STREET /J/RMG) LUPE NASCO 9 11 (1ST 8 15TH /ATLANTIC) KEITH SWEAT FEAT. PAISLEY BETTIS (KEIA/ATCO /RHINO) 11 THE BOSS FLASHING 35 32 24 LIGHTS MY LOVE T RICK ROSS FEAT. T-PAIN (SLIP- N- SLIDE/DEF JAM /IDJMG) 10 24 KANYE WEST FEAT. DWELE (ROC- A- FELLA/DEF JAM /IDJMG) JILL SCOTT (HIDDEN BEACH) JUST FINE TEACHME T1 9 28 .2 56 SUPA SEXXY MARY J. KLUGE (MATRIARCH /GEFFEN / INTERSCOPE) MUSIC 14 10 4 SOULCHILD (ATLANTIC) CHARLIE WILSON FEAT. T-PAIN (JIVE /ZOMBA) THE WAY THAT I LOVE YOU 18 7 1a MY LOVE MY LOVE ASHANTI (THE INC /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN) '41 11 35 JILL SCOTT (HIDDEN BEACH) JOE (JIVE / ZOMBA) NEVER ! 14 UNTIL THE END OF TIME 2tì ` 35 55 SUFFOCATE JAHEIM (DIVINE MILL /ATLANTIC) JUSTIN 17 16 TIMBERLAKE DUET WITH BEYONCE (JIVE /ZOMBA) J. HOLIDAY (MUSIC LINE /CAPITOL) DEY KNOW STAY DOWN 14 12 24 37 4 ONE FOR ALL TIME SHAWTY LO (04UASYLUM) 13 18 MARY J. BLIGE (MATRIARCH /GEFFEN / INTERSCOPE) CHAKA KHAN (BURGUNDY/COLUMBIA) 13 UMMA DO ME MY DOUGIE 15 20 ! 40 19 NEVER WOULD HAVE MADE IT ROOM (ROCKY ROAD/ISLAND URBAN /IDJMG) 16 16 LIE WIL (RUDEBWOY/UNAUTHORIZED /ASYLUM) MARVIN SAPP (VERITY /ZOMBA) I WON'T TELL THAT 16 20 45 18 WORK IN THE MORNING FAT JOE FEAT. J. HOLIDAY (TERROR SOUAD/IMPERIAUCAPITOL) 4k1_, 15 9 MARY J. BLIGE (MATRIARCH /GEFFEN/INTERSCOPE) LEDISI (VERVE FORECASTNERVE) WITH YOU 10 19 GOOD LIFE NEVER NEVER LAND CHRIS BROWN (JIVE / ZOMBA) 31 ;18 10 Elt KANYE WEST FEAT. T-PAIN (ROC- A- FELLA/DEF JAM /IDJMG) LYFE JENNINGS (COLUMBIA) SHE GOT IT SUGA SUGA 19 10 44 9 SUGA THE RIVER 2 PISTOLS (UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC) cy KEITH 20 6 SWEAT FEAT. PAISLEY BETTIS (KEIA/ATCO /RHINO) NOEL GOURDIN (EPIC) NO AIR NEVER WOULD 30 5 54 10 HAVE MADE IT FREE JORDIN SPARKS DUET WITH CHRIS BROWN CI: 21 7 (19 /JIVE/ ZOMBA) MARVIN SAPP (VERITY /ZOMBA) MARCUS MILLER FEAT. CORINNE BAILEY RAE (3 DEUCES /CMG) CUSTOMER I KNOW 22 12 46 12 LUV RAHEEM DEVAUGHN (JIVE / ZOMBA) cf: 19 6 JAY-Z FEAT. PHAI1RELL (ROC- A- FELLNDEF JAM /IDJMG) JANET (ISLAND/IDJMG) INDEPENDENT DIAMOND GIRL 17 2S, 38 11 HURT AGAIN WEBBIE, LIE PRAT 8 LIT.' BOOSIE (TRILUASYLUM /ATLANTIC) ,24 10 1. RYAN LESLIE (NEXTSELECTION /CASABLANCA/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN) MARY J. BLIGE (MATRIARCH /GEFFENANTERSCOPE) WOMAN WHEN I U 21 31 47 58 SEE WORK THAT RAHEEM DEVAUGHN (JIVE /ZOMBA) 22 15 FANTASIA (J /RMG) MARY J. BLIGE (MATRIARCH /GEFFEN / INTERSCOPE) LAST TIME THE RIVER 23 10, 55 7 LOVE IS YOU TREY SONGO (SONG BOOK/ATLANTIC) 3 NOEL GOURDIN (EPIC) CHRISETTE MICHELE (DEF JAM /IDJMG) SENSUAL SEDUCTION CHING -LING 20 22 39 13 -A I'VE CHANGED SNOOP DOGS (DOGGYSTYLE /GEFFEN / INTERSCOPE) MISSY tUr ELLIOTT (THE GOLD MIND /ATLANTIC) JAHEIM FEAT. KEYSHIA COLE (DIVINE MILL/ATLANTIC) LOW DROP & GIMME 50 CUSTOMER FLO RIDA FEAT. T -PAIN (POE BOY/ATLANTIC) MIKE JONES FEAT. NURNDAIIE CHRIS IICE AGE/SWISHAHOUSE/ASVLUM/WARNER BROS.I a RAHEEM DEVAUGHN (JIVE / ZOMBA)
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SELLERS) .1 RICH (J.OTTO,JFEMINO.D,V,WILLIAMS) 0 O 10 places I CAN SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD Jason Michael Carroll PICTURE TO BURN Taylor Swift 38 39 7 fourth among D.GEHMAN ( J- M- CARROLL,J.COLLINS,R.RUTHERFORD) to ARISTA NASHVILLE Q N. CHAPMAN (T. SWIFT,L.ROSE) O BIG MACHINE CD ntry acts THAT SONG IN MY HEAD Julianne Hough LAUGHED UNTIL WE CRIED Jason Aldean 39 38 6 8 O MOBLEYT. MARTIN) e MERCURY M.KNOX (K.LOVELACE,A.GORLEY) e BROKEN BOW most D. MALLOY (J.COLLINS,W. TIL I WAS A DADDY TOO Tracy Lawrence SMALL TOWN SOUTHERN MAN Alan Jackson 10 songs 36 36 4 1 37 CI, 7 T. LAWRENCE.J.KING,F.ANDERSON BOONE,T. LAWRENCE.PNELSON) 0 ROCKY COMFORT K. STEGALL (A.JACKSON) e ARISTA NASHVILLE (L is decade. LEARNING HOW TO BEND Gary Allan LOVE IS A BEAUTIFUL THING Phil Vassar 41 51 IQ 10 10 M.WRIGHT,G.ALLAN (G.ALLAN,M.WARREN.J.LEBLANC) a MCA NASHVILLE M. WRIGHTPVASSAR (J,STEELE,C.WISEMANI e UNIVERSAL SOUTH gle draws C) EVERY DAY Rascal Flatts MIDNIGHT SUN Garth Brooks 45 53 PEARL MACHINE 11 12 A.REYNOLDS (J.L.NIEMAN.R.BROWN.G.BROOKS) /BIG D HUFF.RASCAL FLATTS (J.STEELE,A.MORENO) 0 LYRIC STREET Q WORKIN' FOR A LIVIN' Garth Brooks & Huey Lewis I'M STILL A GUY Brad Paisley 40 37 12 13 A. REYNOLDS (H.LEWIS,C. HAYES) PEARL/BIG MACHINE F. ROGERS (K.LOVELACE,B. PAISLEYL.T MILLER) e ARISTA NASHVILLE Bucky Covington HOLLER BACK The Lost Trailers IT'S GOOD TO BE US 11 CD43 41 13 11 B. NIELSON,T.JAMES) a BNA M. A. MILLER.D,OLIVER (D,BERG,T.JAMESI 0 LYRIC STREET BEAVERS (S. Carrie Underwood FALLING INTO YOU Whiskey Falls ALL -AMERICAN GIRL 1 44 42 12 9 5 C. DOWNS,B.BRANDT.WHISKEY FALLS,WE3KINGS (S.WILLIAMS,W BRANDT,B.BRANDT.C.00WNS) e MIDAS NEW REVOLUTION M. BRIGHT (C.UNDERWOOD K LOVELACE,A.GORLEN) e ARISTA/ARISTA NASHVILII Q LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE Lady Antebellum BUSY BEING FABULOUS Eagles 14 14 13 43 35 29 ERE LOST HIGHWAY, /MERCURY PWORLEY.V,SHAW (D.HAYWOOD,C. KELLEY,H.SCOTT) e CAPITOL NASHVIL. EAGLES (O.HENLEY.G.FREY) 0 ROCKS IN YOUR SHOES Emily West STRONGER WOMAN Jewel 14 42 44 15 15 J.STOVER (E.WEST,D.BERG,A.TATE) e CAPITOL NASHVILLE O J. KILCHER,J.RICH (J.KILCHER,M. GREEN) 0 VALOr, O Bentley. COUNTRY MAN Luke Bryan TRYING TO STOP YOUR LEAVING Dierks 15 47 50 17 17 Debut roses, J STEVENS (L. BRYAN,J. PMATTHEWS.G. GRIFFIN) e CAPITOL NASHVILLE RE AVERS (.IBEAVERS,B.BEAVERSD.BENTLEY) e CAPITOL NASHVILL Trick Heidi Newfield SOh1ETHIN' ABOUT A WOMAN Jake Owen former NOT 1 JOHNNY & JUNE 18 19 16 ASYLUM -CURB ,)WEN,B REGANJ RITCHEY) RCA Pony lead singer T. BROWN (H.NEWFIELD,D.BRYANT,S.SMITH) FRIEND AND A GLASS OF WINE LeAnn Rimes AIR LAST NAME Carrie Underwood on solo GOOD 21 28 4 17 'embarks 49 46 Cl ASYLUM -CURE POWE M.BRIGHT (C.UNDERW000,L.LAIRD,H,LINOSEY) O ARISTA /ARISTA NASHVILLE D.HUFF IL. RIMES,D.BROWN.B.DALY) l career with ode Kellie Pickier DO YOU BELIEVE ME NOW Jimmy Wayne THING 3 THAT NEVER CROSS A MAN'S MIND 16 53 - 16 16 icons Johnny J. WEST.D.PAHANISH (J WEST,D.PAHANISH,T.JOHNSON) e VALORY B. CHANCEY ( T.JOHNSON,D,POYTHRESS,W.VARBLE) to Jo Dee Messina BACK WHEN I KNEW IT ALL Montgomery Gentry and June I'M DONE 20 19 46 45 CURB 20 COLUMB J. FLOWERS,J.D.MESSINA (J.O.MESSINA,J. FLOWERS,M.POWELL) a B. CHANCEY (1. HANNAN,PO'DONNELL.T.WILLMON) e Carter (ash. LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN Sugarland Feat. Little Big Town & Jake Owen , Nichols IT AIN'T O CRIME Joe 18 54 57 19 18 NOT LISTED (N.LAIRD- CLOWES.G.GABRIELI MERCURY M WRIGHT. B.R WAN IT SHAPIRO,T. MARTIN,M NESLER) e UNIVERSAL SOUTH W GREATEST Kenny Chesney SHE LIKES IT IN THE MORNING Clay Walker ETTER AS A MEMORY 21 48 43 25 51 OO ASYLUM -CURB ANNON,K.CHESNEY (S.CARUSOE,L.G00DMANj 0 BNA K.STEGALL (C.WALKER,M.J. GREENE) Ashton Shepherd HE HATES ME Sarah Johns TAKIN' OF THIS PAIN 21 51 48 23 21 (S.JOHNS,T. NICHOLS,J.SELLERS) e BNA B.CANNON (A.SH ERE)) to MCA NASHVILI J.SCAIFE I DON'T LOVE YOU LIKE THAT Jypsi HOME Blake Shelton 50 40 24 23 23 53 (L,ROSE.S.CHAPMAN) Or ARISTA NASHVILLE B.ROWAN A.CHANG,A,FOSTER GILLES) WARNER BROS.(WF B. CHANCEY The Road Hammers ANOTHER T Josh Turner Featuring Trisha Yearwood 1 DON'T KNOW WHEN TO QUIT 22 22 22 55 52 MONTAGE MCA NASHVILI' M.KNOX,J. MCCOY (A.GORLEYB.SIMPSON) e F ROGERS (C.STAP) ON,J.SPILLMAN) Or His second Keith YOU CAN LET GO Crystal Shawanda SHE'S A HO TIE Toby 25 58 60 26 26 chart entry S.HENDRICKS (C. BATTEN.K.BLAZY,R. L. FEEK) to RCA T KEITH IT KEITH,B.I NOON) o SHOW DOG NASHVILLE draws 570,000 JESUS & GRAVITY Dolly Parton WE WEREN'1 CRAZY Josh Gracin 25 28 25 K.WELLS.E PARTON (C.WISEMAN,B. ULMER) o DOLLY CO5 B. JAMES (J. GRACIN .LOPACINSKI,B.PINSON) o LYRIC STREET impressions. It 0 = IN Jamey Johnson MAYBE SHE' L GET LONELY Jack Ingram follows "The COLOR CD27 24 24 MERCURY BIG MACHINE THE KENT HARDLEY PLAYBOYS (J.JOHNSON,L.T. MILLER.J.OTTO) e J.STOVER,D.LANCIO . INGRAM (J STOVER,J,PAULIN,J.KENNEDY) 00 7 Dollar," which Miranda Lambert I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ME Rockie Lynne GUNPOWDEI & LEAD 27 58 57 54 CD29 27 peaked at No.14 R. LYNNE,M.PRENTICE (R.LYNNE.T,JOHNSON) o ROBBINS NASHVILLE F LIDDELL,M,WRUCF IM.LAMBERT,H.LITTLE) e COLUMBIA Anderson in March 2006. WHEN IT RAINS Eli Young Band I STILL MISS YOU Keith 29 519 56 55 30 30 J.J. LESTER,E.HERBST )J.YOANO) o CARNIVAL CD J. STEELE (K.ANDER I N.T.NICHOLS,J,SE_LERS) 0 COLUMBIA Tim McGraw LET ME LOVE YOU Lonestar KRISTOFFEF ON 30 CD33 34 (C. WISEMAN,D.MATKOSKY) o LONESTAR:'COS B.GALLIMORE,T.MCI ' AW,D.SMITH (A. SMITH,R.NIELSEN) e CURB C® LONESTAR,J.NIEBANK
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Chart Rank ARTIST/Tide/LABEL (Score) Chart Rank ARTIST/Tide /LABEL,(Score) Chart Rank ARTIST/Tite'LABEL 'ISCore)
27 COUNTRY It's Good To Be Us LYRIC STREET (76.4) 11 Maybe She'll Get Lonely BIG MACHINE (83.2) Trying To Stop Your Leaving CAPITOL NASHVILLE (88.2) 15 Gunpowder & Lead COLUMBIA (81.5) 28 CE You're Gonn1 Miss This CAPITOL NASHVILLE (90.6) 1 IERKS BENTL 29 Last Name ARISTA NASHVILLE (93.9) 17 I Still Miss You COLUMBIA (75.0) ORG 1 Saw God today MCA NASHVILLE (79.9) 2 1$ CARRIE A BHA (85.3) 18 Every Other Weekend MCA NASHVILLE (85.3) 31 CHRIS CAS What Kinda Gone CAPITOL NASHVILLE (88.3) 3 KELLIE PIC Things That Never Cross Man's Mind 33 I (86.2) 19 Some Things Never Change RCA (85.0) JAMES OT Just Got Started Lovin' You WARNER BROS. (76.1) 4 MONTGOM Back When Knew It All COLUMBIA 23 Learning How To Bend MCA NASHVILLE (80.6) 38 TAYLOR S Picture To Burn BIG MACHINE (83.1) 5 Home WARNER BROS. (81.5) Midnight Sun BIG MACHINE (85.7) 39 JASON AL Laughed Until We Cried BROKEN BOW (88.5) 6 Another Try MCA NASHVILLE (79.2) 24 I'm Done CURB (83.3) 49 PHIL VASS Love Is A Beautiful Thing UNIVERSAL SOUTH (75.8) 8 She's A Hottie SHOW DOG NASHVILLE (85.8) 25 You Can Let Go RCA (83.2) 55 RASCAL F Every Day LYRIC STREET (91.4) 9 We Weren't Crazy LYRIC STREET (80.5) 26 BRAD P- I'm Still A Guy ARISTA NASHVILLE (91.8) 10
Don't miss another important BETW' LETS .. billboan R &R COUNTRY DAILY FAST MOVE MAKES `NAME' FOR UNDERWOOD As Trace Adkins' "You're Gonna Miss This" Also, Underwood's Sony BMG Nashville logs a second week atop Hot Country Songs, stable mate Kenny Chesney snares the lJ P DAT E Carrie Underwood grabs Airpower with Greatest Gainer with `Better as a Memory" Visit www.radioandrecords.com to sign up for your free daily "Last Name" (21 -17). Her third single from (25 -21). The fourth track from his "Poets & Country Radie Blast. "Carnival Ride" dents the top 20 in its fourth Pirates" set gains 3.4 million impressions in RaclioanclRec;orcis.c;om chart week, the quickest top 20 trek for a solo its third chart week. To find another track female since Underwood herself became the with a like number of chart weeks, you'd
HOT COUNTRY SONGS: 112 country stations are electronically monitored by Nielsen Broadest Data only one to debut inside that part of the chart need to drop down to Gary Allan's "Learn- Systems 2. hours a day. 7 days a week. Airpower awarded to songs appearing in the top 20 on both the BDS Airplay and Audience charts for the first time with increases in both detections and Brooks' "Mid- audience. 't 2008 Nielsen Business Media. Inc. All rights reserved. in the Nielsen BDS era, starting in January ing How to Bend" and Garth HITPREDICTOR: 2008, Promosquad and HitPredictor are trademarks of Think Fast LLC. 1990. That happened when "So Small" ar- night Sun," which crack the top 40 at Nos. .e ALL CHARTS: - Chart Legend For rules and explanations. rived at No. 20 in the Dec. 1, 2007, issue. 38 and 39, respectively. -Wade Jessen
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www.americanradiohistory.com HOT LATIN SONGS: A panel of 107 stations (26 Latin pop, 16 tropical, 10 Latin rhythm, 55 regional Mexican) are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 2008 Nielsen Business Media. Inc. Alf right reserved. TOP LATIN ALBUMS: See Charts Legend for rules and explanations. O 2008. Nielsen Business Media. Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved. AIRPLAY SALES DATA MONITORED BY COMPILED BY APR MI nielsen ITicisen BDS SoundScan 1 L) HOT LATIN SONGS.. : TITLE Artist TITLE Artist .s..3 á3Há 3ó RODUCER ISO'. IMPRINT PROMOTION LARI. IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL dñ TE QUIERO 22 Flex TE QUIERO MUCHO Patrulla 81 EP; , .a IR. (J.MENDL. 15 . SI NO TE HUBIERAS IDO 2 Mans RUMBO AL SUR 23 23 Los Tigres Del Norte WARNER 13 LAY' I IGRES DEL Fi. _. _ -. ORTEGA CONTRERAS) FONO'. DONDE ESTAN CORAZON 3 3 Enrique Iglesias 2}7! AMANTES ESCONDIDOS 1 32 49 German Montero UNIVERSAL LATE Group's hit L E 28 W PAVAN (W. CASTILLO) UNI'i s GOTAS DE AGUA DULCE 2 2 Juanes skyrockets on a ME MUERO 4 1 29 31 Diana Reyes E . -L (j ARISIICABa- UNIVERSAL LAII:. LISTED IN.JIMENEZ.A 29 95% audience AVILA) TE LLORE Conjunto Primavera COMO EN LOS BUENOS TIEMPOS Grupo Montez De Durango R6A1 gain, thanks to 30 24 25 24 FONO'dl. (E. CORTAZAR,A. PIERAGOSTINO.J L.TERRAZASI AHORA ES Wisin & Yandel adds in New CALABRIA 2008 8 14 6 31 28 33 Enur Featuring Natasja NL L.VEGUILLA MALAVE E F PU LUI 1,1AHIINEZI MACH'.I .,, 28 0 York, Oklahoma H NoLSCH (R.R.KOLSCH.N. SAADI EL PERDEDOR Aventura INOLVIDABLE 7 5 7 City, Chicago 37 Jenni Rivera L SAr, PREMIUM 38 32 L- NOT LISTED NOT LISTED) FONU'.I TOMAME O DEJAME and throughout 31 29 Banda El Recodo TE AMO Los Horoscopos De Durango ALIZAkHAI:.-- --,:Gi. ..,,,:ALDERO'!, 8 Texas. 33 O PONCE © ® ERRAZAS,V TERRAZAS (M. A SOLIST ME ENAMORA Juanes NO ME DIGAS QUE NO 9 11 8 34 27 41 Xtreme Featuring Adrienne G SANTAOLAL,A..IUANES (J. E.ARISTIZABAI UNIVERSAL LAll 26 SOBRE MIS PIES La Arrolladora El 10 6 4 Banda Limos DON'T STOP THE MUSIC '1 3 Jenni Rivera 35 39 Rihanna II CHAVEZ ESPINOZA PAZ) RISA E"' 35 O ' ),ATE IT E 111 RMANSEN.M. S.ERIKSEN,T. OABNEY.M.JACKSON) Eve OE1 ,;AM UN BUEN PERDEDOR makes two 11 K-Paz With Franco DU vil, O 39 LLEGASTE TU Jesse & Joy BISA EAi. appearances, 36 at /TED I EDUARDO HUERTA UECKET.JOY HUERTA UECKEI WARNER G' CONTEO REGRESIVO 12 10 15 Gilberto Santa Ros,, No. 32 with AMIGA POR FAVOR Pedro Fernandez J.M.LUC(I 7 37 34 36 34 SONY BMG NL= "Inolvidable" MAC,' ESTOS CELOS Vicente 13 12 6 Fernando. LA RATA FLACA La Autentica De Jerez J. SEBASTIAN. r,I SEBASTIAN) and at No. 48 as O 40 30 24 SONY BMG N{ _- C HAVEZ ESPINOZA PAZ) SI TE AGARRAN LAS GANAS (CIERRA LOS OJOS) El Chapo De Sinalo.I duet partner on PERDON 14 3 9 7 SIN Hector Acosta EL CHAPO DE SISAL, , 39 26 46 26 pop version of VENE I.1,1 LA VECINA Angel & Khnz 18 26 15 Olga Tañón hit. 43 42 NG2 GTT Li' (2 COLON. .1 SANTANA.J.BARBOSA) VI /MACRI 40 o Q TONS BC1G'. .1I1 Her brother EL VASO DERRAMA EI Potro De Sinaloa 16 COMO UN LOBO Miguel Bose Featuring Bimba Bose 'INOZA PAZ) 45 43 38 MACHEI lupillo debuts _L U VANNI.[ LUTAOFRIO.P COSTA r: I'U'_ETREEI WAksIWA) . IF . 0 - SOY IGUAL QUE TU Alexis & Fide at No. 49. AMOR 13 44 48 MORTAL Los Inquietos Del Norte _ - DRITZ.J- MARTINEZ. O. RIVERA) SONY BMG 42 O - . MEZA,RME_; IF'JED», POR QUIEN ME DEJAS Los Creadorez Del Pasito Duranguense De Alfredo Ramirez TAL VEZ 9 Ponzona Musical I VARAL IC 35 SANCHEZ) SIDA IEOIMI'. O 'ITT LISTED) SIN TU AMOR ® Alacranes Musical 9 AMOR DESPERDICIADO Frank Reyes R AVITIA IJ. LUGARDO DEL TORO.O.SANCHEZ) UNIVC. © ® 44 CADA QUE... Belanova 20 MALDITO TEXTO Dinastia De Tuzantla IJ IED d. UNIVERSAL LATI 34 O VENEr.'IV ENTENDI ® Yurid13 PEGADITO 21 20 16 16 Tommy Torres J CALDERON (J -CALDI NOE SONY BMG WARNER L5 'I LA DERROTA o ® Vicente Fernandez 21 21 Mexican star SOLO TENGO OJOS PARA TI Juan Luis Guerra Y 440 20 47 36 28 28 returns with EMI TELE. ' HOTSHOT SI TU TE ATREVES LW, MIgl16 1 COSAS DEL AMOR Olga Tanon Featuring Milly Quezada Or Jenni Rivera DEBUT first single from RE-ENTRY 48 .I H. PEREZ) UNIVI) .. YO QUIERO "Complices," 24 16 13 CamJ.I DE QUE ME PRESUMES Lupillo Rivera 11 DOMM TEMAS (M.DUMM.E.GRENCI) SUNY NO. 49 BI:lA due May 6. 1 ENDEZI HASTA EL DIA DE HOY Los Dareyes De La Sierr.1 DUELE 33 25 (CRAZY) Kalimba O. CASTI) 'S RAMIREZ FLOR))) I1. 38 ER PBARRYK.M.IBARI SONY BMG
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x x Wo,y,Y,v n ARTIST Title ARTIST Title 6ÿ tnuni .1't ARTIST Title .s.3 á3 -2%E, IMPRINT & NUMBER DISTRIBUTING LABEL (PRICE) IMPRINT & NUMBER í DISTRIBUTING LABEL (PRICE) á3 3á Co rL 3 á3 N< 3ó NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL (PRICE) ElENRIQUE IGLESIAS 95.08 PACE 1 2 46 40 LOS TEMERARIOSRecuerdos Del Alma EL POTRO DE SINALOA Los Mejores Corridos UNIVERSAL LATINO 010974 + 27 1 57 44 44 114.981 SETTER CD [:HETE 008497 I11 981 FLEX Te Quiero LA ARRULLADORA BANDA EL LIMON La Historia De La RRAZEROS 26 25 Arrolladora MUSICAL DE DURANGO Linea De Oro: La Abeja Miope... LIED 15221 EMI TELEVISA (13.98) 27 14 52 44 45 21 I. . ,IE 2157: A- 29316UG 15981 JUAN GABRIEL & ANA GABRIEL Los Gabeel...Cantan A Mexico 3 4 LOS CREADDREZ TEE PASITO aUgqNCUfNSEDE ALFREDO RMb1EZ UerosMondos YAnrados PATRULLA 81 A Mi Ley 3 28 24 14 2 82 48 30 6 I.ISA 724121 NG (12 98) "J9.. VG 112.981
GREATEST AB OAINTANILLA In MEWS KUMBIA ALL SRN Planea Kumbia . 5 4 LA FACTORIA Nueva Metas K-PAZ DE LA SIERRA Pero Te Vas A Arrepentir Y Mucho Exitos Mas _a00 29 23 50 23 CD 51 49 17 O GAINER 7 (i4 901 'I:LI :.5 N0 008062 (12.98) U- 258 AG 17981 MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS La Mejor... Coleccion 7 5 CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA Que Ganas De Volver ESPINOZA PAZ El Canta Autor Del Pueblo 2 32 23 55 O VV m ®. _...-, MACHETE (10.98) VICENTE FERNANDEZ Para Siempre 6 3 2 LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA 20 Aniversario ANDREA BOCELLI Lo Mejor De Andrea Bocetli: Vivere IL 50115 R': tE 14632 (15.98) 31 31 26 12 56 53 47 5 911. I t1 O un.. ITS US 113.98) I, 1'.'L I ,NIVERBAL LATINO 118 981 LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE Raices AVENTURA 7 5 2 1 K.O.B.: Live VARIOUS ARTISTS Bachatahits 2008 FONOVISA 353488/UG (72 98) 32 28 22 2 30 "RN,', '3 ..' N 20560,SONY BMG NORTE (18.98 CD DAD) + II'.. ',:RTE (12.98) DIANA REYES Insatisfecha 0= 2 - BANDA EL REC000 30 Pegadifas: Puros Corridos Y Rancheras RICARDO ARJONA Ouien Dijo Ayer: Special Edition 8 2 33 30 27 22 58 55 59 ABC 8700 (11.98) AFT1 RTO 50587 (6.98) 55 CAMILA Todo Cambio EL CHIVO Cicatrices LOS BUKIS 30 9 8 4 1 58 55 Recuerdos Inolvidables SONY BMG NORTE 78272 114 98) .+ ® 34 CD 12 WISIN & YANDEL Wisin Vs. Yandel: Los Extraterrestres 10 11 6 LA ARROLLADORA BANDA EL LIMON Y Que Quede Claro LOS DAREYES DE LA SIERRA Con Banda 1 39 37 60 MACHETE 010293 (16.98) UBA 721127 A,91 U 117 9 © IL JUANES La Vida... Es ® Un Ratico LOS BAZOS DE SACRAMENTO Y REYNALDO E Dueno Del Perico PESADO Corridos: Defendiendo El 1 29 24 14 81 54 48 Honor D010159(1798) +. SUNY BMG NORTE 16391 (12 98) 25 K-PAZ DE LA SIERRA En Vivo Desde El Auditorio Nac 10 7 K -PAZ DE LA SIERRA 15 Autenticos Exitos EL TRONO DE MEXICO Fuego Nuevo 12 1 38 39 63 53 9a CO /DVD) 1±.1 12 13 DILA 293'3 VG 2 481 (11 98) VICENTE FERNANDEZ Historia De Un Idolo ALACRANES MUSICAL Y TIERRA 15 10 1 34 Ahora Siempre CALI Grandes Exitos Originales 5ONV BMG NORTE (16 98, 29 12_ 1 68 59 .,TINO 112.981 + AVENRJRA Kings Of B&lvea: Sold Out At Madison Square Garden 14 12 9 BRONCO LOS BUKIS J LOS TEMERARIOS BBT LOS RIELEROS DEL NORTE Mas Rieleros...Que Nunca PREMIUM 3 37 38 7 56 41 DIFCES 605 LATIN 17E34'SONV BMG NORTE (16.98) 1+ 32 AKWID 13 La Novela VARIOUS ARTISTS 30 Corridos: Muy Perrones VARIOUS ARTISTS 18 Exitos: Sonidero Vol. 3 15 13 10 36 46 24 Hits '.I, TUO 112 9.5 '098) ® 65 LOS CUATES DE SINALOA Puros 19 16 Exitos Chacas EL CHAPO DE SINALOA 15 Autenticos Exitos MARC ANTHONY El Cantante (Soundtrack) 14 41 32 21 67 56 '1824(16.981 HOT SHOT TOMMY TORRES Tarde O Temprano LOS TERRIBLES DEL NORTE La Mejor... Coleccion De Cumbia JUAN LUIS GUERRA Y 440 La Llave De Mi Corazon DEBUT 17 42 34 24 m 98) 114.981 JUAN GABRIEL & ANA GABRIEL Los Gabriel... Simplemente Amigos ANGEL & KHRIZ Showtime LA AUTORIDAD DE LA Todo 17 17 33 21 18 69 60 SIERRA Cambio I ", NORTE 27 (14.981 (14 081 © 'I198) DUELO Historias De Valientes LOS PRIMOS DE DURANGO Voy A Convencerte XTREME Haciendo Historia 20 19 50 36 4 61 57 1001T'VG 113.981 O 13 EL TRONO DE MEXICO 9 Cruzando Fronteras GRUPO MONTEZ DE DURANGO Agarrese! JENNI RIVERA Mi Vida Loca 2 20 9 52 43 1 70 UKC EBI 65 n IVI
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VARIOUS ARTISTS Bachata # 1s ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ 15 Anos De Exitos LA ARROLLADORA BANDA EL LIMON Linea De Oro: En Los Puros Huesos... ® 18 12 6 47 31 7 72 60 63 27 LA CALLE 330050 AG (12 98, o BMG NORTE (16.981 + ... 1JG IS 98) GRUPO NUEVA VIDA Mejores Cantos Religiosos 21 18 15 RAPHAEL Yo So Aquel... Los Exitos JOSE ALFREDO JIMENEZ Tesoros De Colecciona 30 Grandes Canciones MULTIMUSIC 40 33 33 70 67 11533 (6.98) BMG NORTE (14.98) + R 2RTE 06009 (10 98) LOS HOROSCOPOS DE DURANGO Ayer Hoy Y Siempre LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA La Mejor... Coleccion: De Corridos VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW 3 24 22 15 8 49 51 Latino UNIVISION 311271 AG 9 2 112.98) m® ,IEGO MARKETING GROUP,EMLUNNERSAL 50237ÆM1 TELEVISA 116 98V MANA Amar Es Combatir LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE 25 Joyas RBD Empezar Desde Cero 25 20 1 50 35 35 12 75 43 28 O ', VARNER LATINA 63661 (18.981 + __'. Ï_I .r,A I1690
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www.americanradiohistory.com AIRPLAY CHARTS: Panels of 26 Latin pop, 16 tropical. 10 Latin rhythm. 55 regional Mexican stations, See hart legend for Hof Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Singles Sales rules and exp!anatrons 2008. N e ben Business Medan inc. and N.euen respectively. are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.: 2008 Nielsen Business SoundScan Inc All nghts reserved. HOT DANCE AIRPLAY: 7 dance stations are elettron:caliy mon.tered by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems AIRPLAY SALES DATA Media, Inc. All rights reserved.ALBUM CHARTS: See Charts Legend for rules and explanations. _.. See chart legend for rules and explanations < 2008. Nielsen Business Media. Inc. Al! rights reserved. MONITORED BY COMPILED BY 2008. Nielsen Business Media. Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan. Inc. All rights reserved
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COLECCION (FONOVISANG) IF MY LIFE AGAIN ME ENAMORA CAMILA COLETTE 0M LAUREN HILDEBRANDT RED WALLET 4 7 4 3 JUANES (UNIVERSAL LATINO) TODO CAMBIO (SONY BMG NORTE) THE LONGEST ROAD FOOL (IF YOU THINK ITS OVER) 11 7 TODO CAMBIO JUANES MORGAN PAGE FEATURING LISSIE NETTWERK NEMESIS RISING CURB /REPRISE 6 6 ® 4 CAMILA (SONY BMG NORTE) LA VIDA... ES UN RATICO (UNIVERSAL LATINO) TOUCH MY BODY RELAX, TAKE IT EASY 16 3 13 AHORA ENTENDI O TOMMY TORRES MARIAN CAREY ISLAND /10JMG MIKA CASABLANCA/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 6 8 VARIERA (SONY BMG NORTE) TARDE 0 TEMPRANO ( WARNER LATINA) GET THIS PARTY STARTED TOGETHER 3 11 23 14 YO QUIERO JUAN GABRIEL & ANA GABRIEL SHIRLEY BASSET LOCK STOCK AND BARREL/DECCA BOB SINGCAR 8 SINE EDWARDS YELLOW/SLYER LABFL/TONR+dY BOY 7 5 CAMILA (SONY BMG NORTE) O 5 LOS GABRIEL... SIMPLEMENTE AMIGOS (DISCOS 605/SONY BMG NORTE) EVERYBODY UP CLAP YOUR HANDS 12 7 5 TE QUIERO GRUPO NUEVA VIDA ALTAR FEAT. JEANIE TRACY SILVER LABEL/TOMMY BOY RAMADA UP IN THE AIR 11 O FLEX (EMI TELEVISA) O 6 MEJORES CANTOS RELIGIOSOS (MULTIMUSIC) FEEDBACK LEAVIN' 8 10 42 3 ALGUIEN SOY YO MANA JANET ISLANDiIDJMG JESSE MCCARTNEY HOLLYWOOD 9 4 7 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS (INTERSCOPE/UNIVERSAL LATINO) O AMAR ES COMBATIR (WARNER LATINA) DAYLIGHT LONG TIME 14 7 32 9 CADA QUE... ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ KELLY ROWLAND FEAT TRAVIS MCCOY MUSIC WORLD/COLUMBIA it ROD CARRILLO FEAT. RONNIE SUMRALL CARRILLO MUSIC C) 23 11 SELANOVA (UNIVERSAL LATINO) 15 ANOS DE EXITED (DISCOS 605 /SONY BMG NORTE) WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN' 2008 THIS IS NOT REAL LOVE 5 41 3 OJALA PUDIERA BORRARTE RAPHAEL MICHAEL JACKSON WITH AKON LEGACY /EPIC GEORGE MICHAEL 8 MUTTA EPIC 11 10 11 9 MANN ( WARNER LATINA) YO SO AQUEL... LOS EXITOS (DISCOS 605/SONY BMG NORTE) THE FLAME 2008 DRUM NATION it 38 5 POR AMARTE ANDREA BOCELLI ERIN HAMILTON TRAY CI MIDNIGHT SOCIETY FEAT. LOLA SOUNOGROOVE 12 17 12 12 PEPE AGUILAR (EMI TELEVISA) LO MEJOR DE ANDREA 0005111: WVEIE (SUGHA/MEN(FNNMERSALLATINO) THE BOSS WORK IT 14 10 13 llef 43 4 LLEGASTE TU RICARDO ARJONA KRISTINE W FLY AGAIN DJ KILO CARRILLO MUSIC 14 13 13 JESSE 8 JOY (WARNER LATINA) QUIEN DIJO AYER: SPECIAL EDITION (SONY BMG NORTE) WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT DESTINY 15 5 11 40 33 10 NO PUEDO OLVIDARLA SIN BANDERA BOBYN-KONICHIWA/CHERRYTREE/INTERSCOPE AMBERROSE MARIE CATZ 14 9 14 MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS (FONOVISA) HASTA AHORA ':Y BMG NORTE) LOVELIGHT I CAN HEAR THE MONEY m 8 , 46 4 ROBBIE EMI Et LENNA DAUMAN COMO UN LOBO VARIOUS ARTISTS WILLIAMS 15 15 MIGUEL BOSE FEATURING BIMBA BOSE ( WARNER LATIN! rIOw LA11103. LJ,ERSVBd " BREAKAWAY THE RIGHT LIFE 8 49 2 DJ BILL BENNETT 8 IRAYA DAY BIG RHYTHM STUDIOS SEAL WARNER BROS. BEAUTIFUL BLEEDING LOVE 18 13 13 TAYLOR DAYNE INTENTION LEONA LEIM6 SYCO/J/RMG DROP THAT BEAT FREAK ... 24 6 R HY1'H IVI R HYTH IVI RIVEM HAZE STRICTLY RHYTHM TWISTED DEE HAMMER SANDY 8 DANCE LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW DISCO LIES 29 3 PAULA ABDUL 8 RANDY JACKSON DREAM MERCHANT 21 /CMG MOBY MUTE ï ÿw TITLE ARTIST PROMOTION I á3 4,il ARTIST (IMPRINT ! LABEL) TITLE 41" IIISTRIBUTING LABEL) g ay tea. LOVE SWEET SOUND IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH SARAH ATERETH BEGUILE i AHORA ES FLEX GROOVE ARMADA FEAT. CANDI STATOR STRICTLY RHYTHM 1 WISIN 8 VANE. (MACHETE) TE QUIERO (AS) ERISCO /SDAD. EMI TELEVISA) I GET OFF I FEEL UPSIDE DOWN O 25 7 EL PERDEDOR WISIN & YANDEL RON PERKOV ARPEE THE ONES A TOUCH OF CLASS /PEACE BISOUIT 2 2 AVENTURA (PREMIUM LATIN) WISIN VS. YANDEL: LOS EXTRATERRESTRES (MACHETE) BESITO PA TI FUNPLEX 15 10 LA VECINA AKWID LA LUPE EMUSICA/FANIA THE II-52S ASTRALWERKS ' 4 3 3 ANGEL 8 KHRIZ (VI /MACHETE) LA NOVELA (UNIVISION /UG) GORGEOUS TURN IT UP 0 20 14 TE QUIERO LA FACTORIA IDINA MENZEL WARNER BROS. MARK PICCHIOTTI PRESENTS BASSTOT SLUEPLATE 4 3 4 4 FLEX (EMI TELEVISA) NUEVA METAS (UNIVERSAL LATINO) GIVE IT PIECE OF ME SOY IGUAL QUE TU X -PRESS 2 SILVER LABEL/TOMMY BOY BRITNEY SPEARS JIVEiZOMBA 6 O EL CHIVO O ALEXIS 8 FIDE (SONY BMG NORTE) CICATRICES (VIRUS) SEXY MOVIMIENTO ANGEL & KHRIZ 6 9 6 5 WISIN 8 YANDEL (MACHETE) SHOWTIME (VI /MACHETE) NO ME DIGAS QUE NO IVY QUEEN 7 5 7 6 -4 XTREME FEATURING ADRIENNE (LA CALLE /UNIVISION) SENTIMIENTO (UNIVISION /UG) PERDONAME DON OMAR 8 7 LA FACTORIA (UNIVERSAL LATINO) O 9 KING Of KINGS (VI /MACHETE) THE ANTHEM ALEXIS & FIDO .- yS ARTIST TITLE 9 10 7 PITBULL FEATURING LIL JON (FAMOUS ARTISTS /TVT) O SOBRENATURAL (SONY BMG NORTE) 14, 3 3ó TITLE'MPRINT 8 NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL ARTIST IMPRINT NUMBER / PROMOTION LABEL SOMOS DE CALLE DADDY YANKEE ®GNARLS BARKLEY I CAN'T HELP MYSELF 10 11 10 8 10 # DADDY YANKEE (EL CARTEL/INTERSCOPE) EL CARTEL THE BIG BOSS (EL CARTEL/INTERSCOPE /IGA) THE ODD COUPLE 3YM5 BELLATflAX FEATURING SOPHIA MAY NERVOUS LOW DON OMAR MOBY NOW YOU'RE GONE 11 " 12 11 10 FLO RIDA FEATURING T -PAIN (POE BOY /ATLANTIC) KING OF KINGS LIVE (VI /MACHETE) LAST NIGHT MUTE 9383` BASSHUNTER FEAT. DJ MENTAL THEWS BAZZHEAOS ULTRA DONT STOP THE MUSIC AKWID HANNAH MONTANA LET ME THINK ABOUT IT ® 13 11 2 10 RIHANNA (SRP /DEF JAM /IDJMG) GREATEST EXITOS (HEADLINERS /UNIVISION /UG) IW#WI MONTANA 2 NON -STDI' unlit "Alitt IDA CORR LIFTED /KICK/DISCO:WAX/WARNER BROS. CANCION DE AMOR TITO "EL BAMBINO' KYLIE MINOGUE 4 MINUTES 13 14 12 DON OMAR (VI 'MACHETE) ITS MY TIME (EMI TELEVISA) X ASTRALWERKS /CAPITOL 14780 MADONNA FEATURING JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE WARNER BROS. PERMITAME CALLE 13 ARTISTS HANDLE ME 27 14 771:VARIOUS 4141) TONY SIZE (WY /MACHETE RESIDENTE 0 VISITANTE (SONY BMG NORTE) ULTRA.OANCE 09 ULTRA 1636 ROBYN KONICHIWA/CHERRYTREE /INTERSCOPE TOUCH MY BODY ZION M.I.A. JUST FINE 16 15 33 41r) MORAY CAREY (ISLAND/IDJMG( THE PERFECT MELODY (BABY/CMG/SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWNNMRG) KAU XL/INTERSCOPE 009659/IGA MARY J. ELIGE MATRIARCH /GEFFEN/ INTERSCOPE DJ SKRIBBLE TOUCH MY BODY 13 TOTAL DANCE 2009 THRIVEDANCE 90780/THRIVE MARIAN CAREY ISLAND /IDJMG CASCADA BABY WHEN THE LIGHT e 3 5 PERFECT DAY BOBBINS 75079 DAVID GUETDL WITH STEVE ANELLO FEAT. COD PERFECTO/ULTRA IVI tM REGIONAL NIEXIC:ANTM R EG IONAL EXICAN METRO ANTHEM 29 STATION METRO STATION RED INK 10521 FILO 8 PERI FEATURING ERIC LUMIERE ULTRA TITLE ARTIST VARIOUS ARTISTS LOVE SWEET SOUND 10 6 16 ARTIST (IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL) TITLE (IMPRINT / DISTRIBUTING LABEL) HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 NONSTOP WINCE PART' M.7E0E-Y00106 GROOVE ARMADA FEAT. CANDI STATOR STRICTLY RHYTHM TOMAME O DEJAME JUAN GABRIEL & ANA GABRIEL CRYSTAL CASTLES BLEEDING LOVE 15 1 2 7 3 i:,iì ii , CRYSTAL CASTLES LIES 200962/LAST GANG LEONA LEWIS SYCO /J /RMG o BANDA EL RECODO (FONOVISA) LOS GABRIEL...CANTAN A MEXICO (SONY BM(, SOBRE PIES VICENTE SOUNDTRACK RUN THE SHOW 2 MIS FERNANDEZ 2 LA ARROLLADORA BANDA EL LIMON (DISA/EDIMONSA) ORA SIEMPRE (SONY BMG NORTE) 21 COLUMBIA 22777/SONY MUSIC KAT DELUNA FEATURING BUSTA RHYMES EPIC TE LLORE LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE YELLE LOVE HAS GONE 3 3 13 8 2 3 15924 DAVE ARMSTRONG 8 REDROCHE ULTRA Q CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA (FONOVISA) KAICES (FONOVISA/UG) POP-UP SOURCE ETC. /CAROLINE HOT CHIP WHAT HURTS THE MOST UN BUEN PERDEDOR DIANA REYES 11 9 4 5 4 1 14 K -PAZ WITH FRANCO OE VITA (DISA/EDIMONSA) INSATISFECHA (DBC) MADE IN THE DARK DFA 18094 /ASTRALWERKS'T CASCADA ROBBINS SI TE AGARRAN LAS GANAS (CIERRA LOS OJOS) K-PAZ DE LA SIERRA DAFT PUNK FEEDBACK 6 4 15 12 18 . _.i IDJMG EL CHAPO DE SINALOA (DISA) EN VIVO DESDE EL AUDITORIO NAC (DISA /UG) ALIVE 2007 VIRGIN 09841 JANET 7 JUSTICE LOVE LIKE THIS EL VASO DERRAMA O VICENTE FERNANDEZ 16 13 39 6 6 PHONOGENIC,'EFIC EL POTRO OE SINALOA (MACHETE) HISTORIA DE UN IDOLO (DISCOS 605 /SONY BMG NORTE) CROSS ED BANGER /BECAUSE 224892/VICE - NATASHA BEDRIGRELD FEAT. SEAN KINGSTON VARIOUS ARTISTS SENSUAL SEDUCTION POR QUIEN ME DEJAS LOS CUATES DE SINALOA 17 14 10 8 PULSE: PLATINUM EDITION RAZOR 8 TIE 89179 SNOOP 00GG DOGGYSTYLE/GEFFEN / INTERSCOPE o LOS CREALORld DBPANTO WReBGAENSEOE AURE00 ROW AISP.E' 0 l'uROS EXITOS CMCAS (SONY BMG NORTE) SIN TU AMOR DUELO PAUL OAKENFOLD DEEP AT NIGHT B 1D 18 16 24 e PERFECTO 1603 ERCOLA NERVOUS ALACRANES MUSICAL (UNIVISION) O HISTORIAS DE VALIENTES (UNIVISION /UG) GREATEST HITS 8 REMIXES /ULTRA/+ NINE INCH NAILS ingiaTHE RIGHT LIFE LA DERROTA EL TRONO DE MEXICO 17 20 19 BROS. VICENTE FERNANDEZ (SONY BMG NORTE) ..ROZANDO FRONTERAS (DBC) Y34RZ3B0R3MIX3D INTERSCOPE 515331/IGAOR 111 SEAL WARNER TREVOR SIMPSON & CATO K cDANCE LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW HASTA EL DIA DE HOY K PAZ DE LA SIERRA 19 22 20 PAULA RANDY DREAM MERCHANT 21 /CMG DE i. APAZ DE TODO POR TI (SISA/UG) ULTRA.2008 ULTRA 1596 ABDUL 8 JACKSON LOS DAREYES LA SIERRA (DISA) . TIESTO SEE YOU AGAIN TE QUIERO MUCHO LOS HOROSCOPOS DE DURANGO 21 20 25 Prilri MILEY HOLLYWOOD PATRULLA 81 (DISA) ATER HOY Y SIEMPRE (UNIVISION/UG) !N SEARCH OF S1881BE 8: BOA BLACK HXE 30754NETM'EFV( CYRUS ESTOS CELOS LOS TEMERARIOS DEPECHE MODE APOLOGIZE 9 22 22 73 12 THE ANOE VOLUME :MALAWI FEAT OHEREPIBl1C MOSIEYRLACKGROUNMM9öCAPE VICENTE FERNANDEZ (SONY BMG NORTE) m ./ECUERDOS DEL ALMA (AFG SIGMA /FONOVISA/UG) BEST O OSYGE GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY FREAK RUMBO AL SUR LA ARROLLADORA BANDA EL LIMON 18 6 13 12 13 13 23 TRASHY SANDY RIVERA 8 HAZE STRICTLY RHYTHM LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE (FONOVISA) LA HISTORIA DE LA ARROLLADORA (SONY BMG NORTE) ROBOTIQUE MAJESTIOUE MOPED 04
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ARTIST WI ARTIST SING LIE SALES TITLE IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL r TITLE IMPRINT 8 NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL NOT WIRT EIHAWK NELSON DANNY LISTON IEBYT HAWK NELSON... IS MY FRIEND BEC/TOOTH & NAIL 5346 /EMI CMG NO OTHER NAME ABOVE 20020 tiY ROCHARTS ARE BY BILLBOARD FROM THE NATIONAL SINGLES AND o CD COMPILED CI UM SALES 20 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. APRIL 9. CECE WINANS TOBYMAC 53 3 CHARTS OF 2008 27 18 59 THY SOUNDS) FOREFRONT 03791MI CMG W. LEEDING LOVE KINGDOM COME PURESPRINGS GOSPEL EMI GOSPEL 4966E1.1I CMG (PORTABLE 1 1 'I 1NA LEWIS SYCO FLYLEAF MANDISA 1 119 O 45 36 ERCY FLYLEAF A &M OCTONE 650005 IGA /+1 TRUE BEAUTY SPARROW 5720/EMI CMG 2 2 FFY A&M CASTING CROWNS STELLAR KART 4 2 32 32 6 3W THE ALTAR AND THE DOOR BEACH STREET /REUNION 10117 /PROVIDENT -INTEGRITY EXPECT THE IMPOSSIBLE WORD -CURB 887296 3 4 RIGA FEAT. T -PAIN POE BOY HILLSONG VARIOUS ARTISTS /ATLANTIC 30 31 33 THE I HEART REVOLUTION: WITH HEARTS AS ONE INTEGRITY 4370 INTEGRII' SONGS MEOW MUM TM LORD: SPECIAL EOIDN NIEMRIY+HE LIFE I GAXPRVABEM4ITEGRRY .+ VIEW SOUL /PROVIDENT- 4 3 f4EL NAIM TARD MARTHA MUNIZZI PASSION WORSHIP BAND TOT OU 31 22 9 MERICAN BOY CHANGE THE WORLD MARTHA MUNIZZI 38610 + PASSION: GOD OF THIS CITY SIXSTEPS!SPARROW 5422 EMI CMG 5 5 FELLE FT. KAYNE WEST HOME SCHOOL /ATLANTIC KIRK FRANKLIN SANCTUS REAL 4 16 32 26 8 WE NEED EACH 1027; EMI CMG JSCHEL SONG THE FIGHT OF MY LIFE FO YO SODUGOSPO CENTRIC 16772/PROVIDENT- INTEGRITY OTHER SPARROW 6 6 HNUFFEL COLUMBIA VARIOUS ARTISTS DECEMBERADIO 3 27 8 DECEMBERADIO .. '1136 ANGEROUS WOW HITS 2008 WORD- CURB /PROVIDENT- INTEGRITY 6677 EMI CMG SLANT WORD-CURB 7 7 = PONDRA FT. SEBASTIAN /TIMBERLAND CAPITOL VARIOUS ARTISTS DAVID CROWDER BAND 6 27 34 23 28 SONGS 4 WORSHIP: COUNTRY TIME LIFE 19523 /PROVIDENT-INTEGRITY REMEDY SIXS // 21,04. EMI CMG 1 -OP AND STARE o 8 10 EREPUBLIC MOSLEY / INTERSCOPE VARIOUS ARTISTS JACI VELASQUEZ 10 5 9 3 HOW HAAT1RDI OM GOSPEL MORRIS MOM RE GRMO NE OPRY'. IM . +41_ r_>M3YPRM1$11'NIEBf, LOVE OUT LOUD A I I +004 /WORD -CURB O STRESS 9 11 IIRENT WOLF FT. ERIC CARTER COLUMBIA GREATEST MOPPONWHOCWHOM DOE AND ORCHESTRABT1BFlO SOME (1SSOOKIERE) SHAWN MCDONALD 44 3 36 - 21 4 GAINER CALLED TO SERVE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR 5004111 ROOTS SPARROW 1042 EMI LU1+ LWAYS WHERE I NEED TO BE 10 NEW E KOOKS VIRGIN ME RCYM E AMY GRANT p 12 20 37 28 26 H POLOGIZE ALL THAT IS WITHIN ME INO, COLUMBIA 12573 /PROVIDENT- INTEGRITY + GREATEST HITS SPARROW 2797/EMI CMG 11 9 IBALANO FT. ONEREPUBLIC MOSLEY /BLACKGROUND /INTERSCOPE STARFIELD CANTON JONES 13 2 38 24 9 ALERIE I WILL GO SPARROW 1091 /EMI CMG KINGDOM BUSINESS ARROW /UMCG 4234091: EMI CMG 12 8 ..RK RONSON FT AMY WINEHOUSE ALLIDO /COLUMBIA STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN FIREFLIGHT 14 24 39 30 5 DUCH MY BODY THIS MOMENT SPARROW 6393/EMI CMG UNBREAKABLE FLICKER 10866 /PROVIDENT- INTEGRITY 13 NEW ¡RAH SKILLET MATTHEW WEST CAREY ISLAND 79 40 20 12 MINUTES COMATOSE ARDENT /SRE/LAVA 2546 /PROVIDENT-INTEGRITY SOMETHING TO SAY SPARROW 4520/EMI CMG 14 14 DONNA FT. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE WARNER BROS NATALIE GRANT THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH 16 8 ±! HAT HURTS THE MOST RELENTLESS CURB 79025/WORD -CURB THE FLAME IN ALL OF US TOOTH & NAIL 8247/EMI CMG 15 121 PILLAR THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE CHOIR SCADA ZOOLANG 17 6 33 10 FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME ESSENTIAL 10869: PROVIDENT- INTEGRITY I'LL SAY YES INTEGRITY 4359 PROVIDENT- INTEGRITY POINT OF GRACE VARIOUS ARTISTS 18 32 43 25 36 HOW YOU LIVE WORD -CURB 887090 GLORY REVEALED: THE WORD OF GOD IN WORSHIP REUNION 10823.PROVIDENT- INTEGRITY GRUPO NUEVA VIDA WOMEN OF FAITH WORSHIP TEAM 19 13 MEJORES CANTOS RELIGIOSOS MULTIMUSIC 11533 INFINITE DANCE MYRRH 887389 WORD -CURB RED BARLOWGIRL 20 88 45 38 '3T END OF SILENCE ESSENTIAL 10807 /PROVIDENT-INTEGRITY W HOW CAN WE BE SILENT FERVENT 887197: WORDCURB
APRIL 9, 2088 LEELAND SEARCH THE CITY 21 15 6 R.E.M. OPPOSITE WAY ESSENTIAL 10854/PROVIDENT- INTEGRITY Q A FIRE SO BIG THE HEAVENS CAN SEE IT TOOTH & NAIL 0407/EMI CMG 1 NEW © JARS OF CLAY AVALON ACCELERATE WARNER BROS 47 29 6 AMY WINEHOUSE ® GREATEST HITS ESSENTIAL 10880 PROVIDENT- INTEGRITY ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PUCE: TIMELESS CHRISTIAN CLASSICS SPARROW 2429/EMI CMG 1 ® 2 THIRD DAY NICOLE C. MULLEN BACK TO BLACK ISLAND 23 17 35 DUFFY CHRONOLOGY VOLUME TWO: 2001.2006 ESSENTIAL 10839 /PROVIDENT- INTEGRITY 13 O SHARECROPPER'S SEED VOLUME I WORT 1 27144 3 2 ROCKFERRY OEM DELIRIOUS? GAITHER VOCAL BAND AND ERNIE HAASE & SIGNATURE SOUND GI; LEONA LEWIS KINGDOM OF COMFORT SPARROW 5685,EMI CMG m TOGETHER GAITHER MUSIC . 4 3 © THE AFTERS /I!1 49 7 BILL & GLORIA GAITHER WITH THE HOMECOMING FRIENDS SPIRIT SACO 19 6 NEVER IRO 4306 A CAMPFIRE HOMECOMING GAIM[R MULL-17 ön :.SP 2723 EMI CMG UDO LINDENBERG GOING BACK TO OK /PROVIDENT -INTEGRITY Vï 5 NEW STARK WIE ZWEI WARNER ONEREPUBLIC 6 8 DREAMING OUT LOUD INTERSCOPE 7 7 MICHAEL JACKSON THRILLER 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION LEGACY /EPIC MOBY 8 NEW LAST NIGHT MUTE
MIKA ARTIST I ARTIST 9 9 s LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION CASABLANCAISLAND p TITLE IMPRINT & NUMBERS DISTRIBUTING LABEL TITLE IMPRINT & NUMBER; DISTRIBUTING LABEL JAMES BLUNT NOT SHOT 13 CECE WINANS FLAME 10 DEBUT 16 ALL THE LOST SOULS CUSTARD /ATLANTIC o THY KINGDOM COME PURESPRINGS GOSPEL 84966/EMI GOSPEL OUR WORLD: REDEEMED THE SEQUEL CRO /c MUSE MARVIN SAPP JONATHAN NELSON FEATURING PURPOSE 17 5 2 1 40 10 HAAR? A&E%HELLIUM 3 WARNER BROS THIRSTY VERITY 09433/ZOMBA RIGHT NOW PRAISE INTEGRI s LAMB/A: -.'USIC NICKELBACK VARIOUS ARTISTS YOUTHFUL PRAISE FEATURING JJ HAIRSTON 12 25 2 B RE-ENTRY ALL THE RIGHT REASONS ROADRUNNER WOW GOSPEL 2008 WORD-CURB /EMI CHRISTIAN MUSIC GROUP VERITY 19290/ ZOMBA EXALTED...LIVE IN BALTIMORE _ .. +T BRYAN ADAMS MARTHA MUNIZZI LECRAE 13 6 29 11 87 11 BADMAN /POLYDOR ® CHANGE THE WORLD MARTHA MUNIZZI 38610 AFTER THE MUSIC STOPS REACH 30021,CROSS MOVEMENT ALAIN BASHUNG KIRK FRANKLIN MARVIN WINANS 14 14 5 3 17 30 28 28 BLEU PÉTROLE BARCLAY THE FIGHT OF MY LIFE FO YO SODUGOSPO CENTRIC 167721OMBA ALONE BUT NOT ALONE PURESPRINGS GOSPEL 86278EMI GOSPEL THE RACONTEURS SHEKINAH GLORY MINISTRY DONNIE MCCLURKIN 15 24 8 4 28 31 31 28 CONSOLERS OF THE LONELY THIRD MAN WARNER BROS JESUS KINGDOM 3003/BOOKWORLD THE ESSENTIAL DONNIE MCCLURKIN VERITY /LEGACY 15388 SONY BMG ISRAEL & NEW BREED JEFF MAJORS 5 31 32 24 10 A DEEPER LEVEL: LIVE INTEGRITY COLUMBIA 11986 SONY MUSIC + SACRED MAJOR 7TH MUSIC ONE 753171 THE CLARK SISTERS THE CLARK SISTERS niclscn 8 6 52 33 35 8 LIVE ONE LAST TIME EMI GOSPEL 81094 +: THE BEST OF THE RARE S MIERS: ENCORE DEXfERTV SOMVDS1AH140 CUSTOM PRODUCTS 41945214810 RADIO AIRPLAY Music Control CANTON JONES MYRON WILLIAMS 9 7 9 34 33 5 KINGDOM BUSINESS ARROW 4234091 MADE TO WORSHIP FLOW 8040 RADIO AIRPLAY INFORMATION FROM 17 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AS MONITORED AND THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE CHOIR THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA á$ 10 8 11 35 19 10 TABULATED BY NIELSEN MUSIC CONTROL. APRIL 9, 2008 I'LL SAY YES INTEGRITY'COLUMBIA 21732/SONY MUSIC DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS TIME LIFE 1954B BLEEDING LOVE RICKY DILLARD & NEW G VARIOUS ARTISTS 11 9 27 36 32 5 LEONA LEWIS SYCO THE 7TH EPISODE LIVE IN TORONTO NUSPRING 02676 EMI GOSPEL WIRES' RIE ULTIMATE GOM M. CO.LEC1DI BET SONY 8141, CUSTOM MAAREING GIC P 22t2í2. TRIE LIFE 4 MINUTES NICOLE C. MULLEN VARIOUS ARTISTS 2 4 4T 51 37 26 2 GOSPEL MADONNA WARNER BROS SHARECROPPER'S SEED VOLUME 1 WORD-CURB 887144WARNE4 BROS GOSPEL WORSHIPTOGETNEA: 25 WORSHIP FAVOMIES WORSHIPTOGEOWRCOM 03102101
MERCY BISHOP PAUL S. MORTON PRESENTS FGBCF PRAISE AND WORSHIP BYRON CAGE 3 2 38 30 29 DUFFY O &M EMBRACING THE NEXT GENERATION ILrl,.l LIVE AT THE APOLLO: THE PROCLAMATION SOAPS CENTRIC 11114' PROVIDENT-INTEGRITY APOLOGIZE LARUE HOWARD BISHOP NOEL JONES PRESENTS THE CITY OF REFUGE SANCTUARY CHOIR 4 3 RE-ENTRY 50 30 TIMBALANO FT. ONEREPUBLIC MOSLEY/BLACKGROUND/INTERSCOPE ® HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD EMI GOSPEL 03100 WELCOME TO THE CITY TYSCOT 984159 LASE IS STOP AND STARE BISHOP PAUL S. MORTON YOLANDA ADAMS 5 5 'I 25 74 40 37 48 ONEREPUBLIC MOSLEY / INTERSCOPE 0 STILL STANDING TEHILLAH 6528 LIGHT W THE BEST OF ME ELEKTRA ATLANTIC 156604 AG I'LL BE WAITING VARIOUS ARTISTS ®DIONNE WARWICK 6 6 16 14 26 LENNY KRAVITZ VIRGIN GOTTA HAVE GOSPEL15 INTEGRITY /GOSPO CENTRIC 12755; ZOMBA WHY WE SING RHINO 346044 IN MY ARMS CLINT BROWN TAMELA MANN 7 10 27 8 42 34 19 KYLIE MINOGUE PARLOPHONE e FALL LIKE RAIN TRIBE 2008 THE LIVE EXPERIENCE TILLYMANN 101 ± NO ONE VARIOUS ARTISTS BEVERLY CRAWFORD 8 7 18 13 62 ALICIA KEYS MBK /J WOW GOSPEL 2007 VERITY/WORD -CURB /EMI CMG 02499. ZOMBA LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES JDI 1271 NEW SOUL NORMAN HUTCHINS ISAIAH D. THOMAS & ELEMENTS OF PRAISE 8 4 8 29 THE GREATEST HABAKKUK 003 TARI NAIM TOT OU TARD S° SPONTANEOUS PRAISE VOLUME ONE IR 020 BUBBLY TRIN -I -TEE 5:7 DEITRICK HADDON PRESENTS VOICES OF UNITY 10 12 20 18 29 COLBIE CAILLAT UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC T57 SPIRIT RISING 0402 MUSIC WORLD TOGETHER IN WORSHIP TYSCOT 984160 WITH YOU J PATTI LABELLE 14 MOSS 11 21 53 TO 0/.0159 BONGAL. CHRIS BROWN JIVE/ZOMBA ® V2... PAJAM/GOSPO CENTRIC 87214 / ZOMBA THE GOSPEL ACCORDING PATTI LABELLE UMBRELLA SUPERNATURAL SUPERSERIOUS VARIOUS ARTISTS 13 SHIRLEY CAESAR 12 22 22 I, R.E.M. WARNER BROS AFTER 40 YEARS ... STILL CELEBRATING THROUGH THE CITY SHU -BEL 6930: LIS GOTTA HAVE =Pal WORSHIP IMEGROYGOSPO CENTRICZOMBA COLUMBIA 0926650NY TOUCH MY BODY LEE WILLIAMS AND THE SPIRITUAL QC'S THE CANTON SPIRITUALS 13 23 23 22 31 48 i1 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR MCG 7056 DRIVEN VERITY 10029 ZOMBA VARIOUS ARTISTS CHASING PAVEMENTS DEWAYNE WOODS & WHEN SINGERS MEET 1Ei 14 9 24 12 60 49 30 64, 72,1 ADELE XL INTRODUCING DEWAYNE WOODS H WHEN SINGERS MEET DUET WATERVERIW 0533320MBA THE VERY BEST OFPFWSEA WORSHIP VOLUME 2. --;Rlr. AMERICAN BOY VARIOUS ARTISTS THE NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHOIR FEATURING JOHN P KEE 50 TO 31 15 27 25 23 48 TYSCDT L :51.1,89 ESTELLE FT. KAYNE WEST HOME SCHOOL /ATLANTIC WOW GOSPEI #15'. 30 OF THE GREATEST GOSPEL HITS EVERT EMI CMG/VERAV WOAO -CURB 0816420n'Á+ NOTHING BUT WORSHIP NEW LIFE AC, I,
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FAI :/_1a1.`i Sales data compiled from a comprehesive' pool of U.S. music merchants by Nielsen SoundScan. Sales data for R &B /hip -hop retail charts is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan from a national subset of core stores that specialize in those genres. ARTIST ARTIST Title Hz Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. TITLE IMPRINT 8 NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL (PRICE 3 3ó IN FLAMES ® R.E.M. GREATEST mWhere included, this award indicates the title A SENSE Of PURPOSE KOCH 4498 (17.98) (: GAINER with the chart's largest unit increase. COUNTING Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings GARTH BROOKS 2 CROWS THE ULTIMATE HITS PEARL 213 (25.98 CD /DVD) O+ N /GA
PACE Where included, this award indicates the title with EAGLES MOBY Last Night 0 3 27 SETTER the chart's biggest percentage growth. ,4.p. LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN ERC 4500 EX (14.98) MUTE RADIOHEAD ®GEORGE STRAIT Troubadour 4 1 A MCA NASHVILLE HEATSEEKER Indicates album entered top 100 of The Billboard 200 IN RAINBOWS TBD 21622'/ATO (13.98) GRADUATE and has been removed from Heatseekers chart. THE BLACK KEYS Attack & Release SOUNDTRACK 5 14 ONCE CANVASBACK/SONY MUSIC SOUNDTRAX 10586'ICOLUMBIA 113 5c ''.RNER BROS. PRICING /CONFIGURATION /AVAILABILITY GREATEST DOLLY PARTON PANIC AT THE DISCO Pretty.Odd. 14 6 6 12 CD/Cassette prices are suggested list or equivalent prices, which are projected GAINER BACKWOODS BARBIE DOLLY 925 (13.98) c CAYDANCEiFUELED BY RAMER /AG from wholesale prices. © after price indicates album only available on DualDisc. VAMPIRE WEEKEND THE RACONTEURS Consolers Of The Lonely 7 18 CD/DVD after price indicates CD/DVD combo only available. # DualDisc available. VAMPIRE WEEKEND XL 318' /BEGGARS GROUP (11.98) THIRD MAN /WARNER BROS. ci CD /DVD combo available. indicates vinyl LP is available. Pricing and vinyl LP ARTISTS VAN MORRISON Keep It Simple VARIOUS 8 10 . %: availability are not included on all charts. EX after catalog number indicates title is .. %WAGE COUNTRY: THE GOLDEN NAOFCOUIN MUSIC WSW CUSTOM MARXENEGROUP (86Sí EXUTNI&.CYS(13 EXILE /POLYDOR /LOST HIGHWAY exclusive to one account or has limited distribution. JOE GEORGE MICHAEL Twentyfive SATRIANI 9 23 PROFESSOR SATCHAFUNKIWS AND THE MUSTERION OF ROCK RED INK 21262/EPIC (18.931 AEGEAN/EPIC /SONY MUSIC E.4111[0-1 pE,`[01 THE BLACK CROWES THE ROLLING STONES Martin Scorsese: Shine A Light (Soundtrack) 011.3 6 10 11 WARPAINT SILVER ARROW 01' /MEGAFORCE (15.98) ROLLING STONES/POLYDOR /INTERSCOPE /IDA ) RADIO AIRPLAY SINGLES CHARTS SOUNDTRACK Across The Universe: Deluxe Edition THE SWORD 11 47 Compiled from a national sample of data supplied by Nielsen Broadcast Data GODS OF THE EARTH KEMADO 071' (12.98) -jr' in. GA Systems. Charts are ranked by number of gross audience impressions, computed by FLOGGING MOLLY JOSH GRACIN We Weren1 Crazy 12 9 12 33 cross -referencing exact times of airplay with Arbitron listener data. The exceptions FLOAT SIDEONEDUMMY 1348' (16.98) vr1;ELi ;HOLLYWOOD
are the Rhythmic Airplay, Adult Top 40, Adult Contemporary, Modern Rock and 1 SHE & HIM DAVE BARNES Me 8 You & The World a 13 94 Adult R&B charts, which are ranked by total detections. VOLUME ONE MERGE 324 (15.98) LOA 8 TIE Songs showing an increase in audience (or detections) VARIOUS ARTISTS JACK JOHNSON Sleep Through The Static 1ä . 13 2 14 13 over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. FROM THE COFFEEHOUSE RHINO CUSTOM PRODUCTS 8175 E)STARBUCKS (13.98) /USHFIRE /UMRG IIMCMSUN KIL MOON 15 DANITY KANE Welcome To The Dollhouse RECURRENT RULES APRIL CALDO VERDE 006 (15.98) ^.R Pnv .05 Songs are removed from The Billboard Hot 100 and Hot 100 Airplay charts SHEEK LOUCH 11 g simultaneously if they have been on The Billboard Hot 100 for more than 20 weeks SILVERBACK GORILLA 0-BLOCK 5595 /KOCH (17.98) and rank below No. 50. Songs are removed from the Not R &B /Hip -Hop Songs and MARTHA MUNIZZI 17 NEW Hot R &B /Hip -Hop Airplay charts simultaneously if they have been on the Hot CHANGE THE WORLD MARTHA MUNIZZI 38610 (17.98 CO!OVD) O TOP R &B /Hip -Hop Songs for more than 20 weeks and rank below No. 50. Songs are AZ 1e NEW removed from the Pop 100 and Pop 100 Airplay charts simultaneously if they have UNDENIABLE NEW ERA /QUIET MONEY 5027 /KOCH (17.98) WORLD ,a been on the Pop 100 for more than 30 weeks and rank below No. 30. Titles are SIXX: 18 A.M. removed from Hot Country Songs if they have been on the chart for more than 20 THE HEROIN DIARIES SOUNDTRACK ELEVEN SEVEN 171 (15.98) ARTIST weeks and rank below No. 10 in detections or audience, provided that they are not BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE 20 15 10 á3 3ó still gaining enough audience points to bullet. Songs are removed from Hot Latin SCREAM AIM FIRE 20 -20 ENT/JIVE 21393'/ZOMBA (16.98) 3 Songs if they have been on the chart for more than 20 weeks and rank below CRAIG MORGAN CELTIC THUNDER 21 17 63 CELTIC THUNDER: THE SHOW .I No. 20. Songs on Latin Airplay charts are removed after 20 weeks if they rank below LITTLE BIT OF LIFE BROKEN BOW 7797 (18.98) CELTIC WOMAN No. 20 in both audience and detections. Descending songs are removed from Adult JACKSON BROWNE 62 Contemporary if they have been on the chart for more than 20 weeks and rank SOLO ACOUSTIC VOL. 2 INSIDE 8021 (16.98) A NEW JOURNEY MANHATTAN 75110/BLG below No. 15, if they have been on the chart for more than 26 weeks and rank below VARIOUS ARTISTS 28 SOUNDTRACK THE DARJEELING LIMITED FOX 9243 /ABKCO No. 10, or if they have been on the chart for more than 52 weeks and rank below WE THE BEST MTS 29 /RBC (13.98) No. 5. Songs are removed from the Adult Top 40, Adult R &B, and Hot Dance Airplay INGRID MICHAELSON THE HIGH KINGS h1 THE HIGH KINGS MANHATTAN 21344 BLG charts if they have been on the chart for more than 20 weeks and rank below No. 15 GIRLS AND BOYS CABIN 24 03 /ORIGINAL SIGNAL (11.98) (No. 20 for Rhythmic Airplay and Modern Rock) or if they have been on the chart AARON WATSON VARIOUS ARTISTS IN THE NAME OF LOVE: AFRICA CELEBRATES U2 SHOUT! FACTORY 10608 /SONY RMG for more than 52 weeks and rank below No. 10. ANGELS 8 OUTLAWS BIG LABEL 5739544/THIRTY TIGERS (14.98) TEDDY BRENT ISRAEL "IZ" KAMAKAWIWO'OLE SINGLES SALES CHARTS FASHIONABLE KASS 21347 (12.98) WONDERFUL WORLD BIG BOY 591' /MOUNTAIN APPLE a DIANA REYES THE STARLITE SINGERS The top selling singles compiled from national sample of retail store, mass 10 7 588 27 2 IRISH FAVORITES MADACY SPECIA_ PRODUCTS 52835 /MADACY merchant, and internet sales reports collected, compiled, and provided by Nielsen INSATISFECHA DBC 8700 (11.98) - THE SoundScan. For R&B /Hip -Hop Singles Sales, sales data is compiled from a national JAMES BROWN 8 ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS 28 21 2 SPIRIT OF THE GLEN UCJ 597/FONTANA INTERTATIONAL subset panel of core R &B /Hip -Hop stores by Nielsen Soundscan. SOUL BROTHER NO. 1 UNIVERSAL SPECIAL PRODUCTS 009440 EX/STARBUCKS (13 98) MICHELLE AMATO/ROSALIND MCALLISTER/SARAH MOORE Singles with the greatest sales gains. DANE COOK 29 20 21 CELTIC LADIES: COLLECTOR'S EDITION MADACY ROUGH AROUND ME EDGES: WNE FR@A MADISON SDUARE GARDEN COMEDY CENTRAL 0051(16.98 CsVN) C' 53173 CONFIGURATIONS LIL WAYNE AND BIRDMAN DENGUE FEVER VENUS ON EARTH M80 101' O CD single available. Or Digital Download available. © DVD single available. BIRDMAN 8 LIL WAYNE PRESENT: HAPPY FATHERS OAT BCD 63170 (14.98) O Vinyl Maxi -Single available. O Vinyl single available. O CD Maxi -Single JASON ALDEAN VARIOUS ARTISTS IRISH TENORS MADACY SPECIAL PRODUCTS 52839/MADACY available. Configurations are not included on all singles charts. RELENTLESS BROKEN BOW 7047 (17.98) MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA AT TEMPLE SOUARE LOREENA MCKENNITT (JESSOP/WILBERG) 12 , gg, HITPREDICTOR CALLED TO SERVE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR 5004111 (16.98) AN ANCIENT MUSE QUINLAN ROAD;VERVE 007920/VG in JIM JONES CHEB I SABBAH it Indicates title earned HitPredictor status that particular format based on 30 7 13 DEVOTION SIX DEGREES 1142 research data provided by Promosquad. Songs are tested online by Promosquad HARLEMS AMERICAN GANGSTER KOCH 5073 (17 98) PENNYWISE ,. MANU CHAO using multiple listens and a nationwide sample of carefully profiled music 34 12 2 REASON TO BELIEVE MYSPACE 10013 (12.981 14 LA RADIOLINA BECAUSE 68496' /NACIONAL consumers. Songs are rated on a 1 -5 scale; final results are based on weighted CHAMBAO positives. Songs with a score of 65 or more (75 or more for country) are judged SHEKINAH GLORY MINISTRY 35 29 23 CON OTRO AIRE SONY WAG NORTE 720220 to have Hit Potential; although that benchmark number can fluctuate per format JESUS KINGDOM 3003 /BOOKWORLD based on the strength of available music. For a complete and updated list of VARIOUS ARTISTS current songs with Hit Potential, commentary, polls and more, please visit ULTRA.DANCE 09 ULTRA 1636 (18.98) www.hitpred ictor.com. BO BICE SEE THE LIGHT SUGARMONEY 40929 EX/STRATART (9.98) (i !LIKE PROFILES: DANCE CLUB PLAY 8 BALL DOIN' IT BIG REAL TALK 47 (17.98) Compiled from a national sample of reports from club DJs. IVIOST ADD E D DROPKICK MURPHYS Titles with the greatest club play increase over the previous week. 39 25' 24 THE MEANEST OF TIMES BOON 8 BRED 001' /ILG (15 TITLE STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS 3ó Ai..i. /T ,MPRINT -' PROMOTION LABEL ti III 40 5 ati REAL EMOTIONAL TRASH MATADOR 772' (14.98) a +r1 WITH YOU SOUNDTRACK ALBUM CHARTS 41 39 3WK5 CHRIS BROWN (JIVE/ZOMBA) HAIRSPRAY NEW LINE 39089 (16.98) Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for net shipment of IN DA CLUB ALL TIME LOW 2 500,000 albums (Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of 1 million units 42 12 ,0 CENT (SHADY AFTERMATH INTERSCOPE) i SO WRONG, ITS RIGHT HOPELESS 693 (13.98) (Platinum). RIAA certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). BLEEDING LOVE DJ SKRIBBLE 3 Numeral within Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi -platinum level. 43 43 13 L ERNA LEWIS (SYCO/J /RMG) TOTAL DANCE 2008 THRIVEDANCE 90780 /THRIVE (18 9,, For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more, the GIRLFRIEND EL TRONO DE MEXICO 4 RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and /or tapes. - Certification for 44 22 2 AVRIL LAVIGNE )RCA /RMG) CRUZANDO FRONTERAS DBC 8701 (11.98) net shipments of 100,000 units (Oro). E Certification of 200,000 units (Platino). NO AIR SPOON 5 5 LC Certification of 400,000 units (Multi- Platino). 45 45 38 GROIN SPARKS DUET WITH CHRIS BROWN (19/JIVE/ZOMBA) GA GA GA GA GA MERGE 295' (15.98) SEXY CAN I CAT POWER 6 10 SINGLES CHARTS 46 41 Il HAY J 8 YUNG BERG (KNOCKOUT. /DEJA 34/EPIC /KOCH) JUKEBOX MATADOR 754' (15.98) RIAA certification for 500,000 paid downloads (Gold). RIAA certification for APOLOGIZE PILLAR 7 7 1 million paid downloads (Platinum). Numeral within platinum symbol indicates song's 47 1^ 6 fIMBALAND FEATURING ONEREPUBLIC (MOSLEYBLACKGROUND'INTERSCOPE) FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME ESSENTIAL 10869 (13.98) multiplatinum level. 1, ` RIAA certification for net shipment of 500,000 singles (Gold). STOP AND STARE GRUPO NUEVA VIDA 8 8 3 48 5 ONEREPUBLIC (MOSLEY /INTERSCOPE) MEJORES CANTOS RELIGIOSOS MULTIMUSIC 11533 (6.98) MUSIC VIDEO SALES CHARTS LOVE SONG THE KILLS 9 6 3 RIAA gold certification for net shipment of 25000 units for video singles. 49 37 SARA BAREILLES (EPIC) MIDNIGHT BOOM DOMINO 164' (13.98) RIAA gold certification for net shipment of 50,000 units for shortform or 4 MINUTES RED ,0 72 2 longterm videos. RIAA platinum certification for net shipment of 50,000 units for 50 MADONNA FEATURING JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE (WARNER BROS.I END OF SILENCE ESSENTIAL 10807 (12.98) fr video singles. Li RIAA platinum certification for sales of 100,000 units for shortform or NO ONE longterm videos. Numeral within platinum symbol indicates song's multiplatinum level. ALICIA KEYS (MAX /J /RMG) TOP INDEPENDENT ALBUMS: Independent Albums are current titles that are sold via independent APOLOGIZE 12 9 i DVD SALES /VHS SALES /VIDEO RENTALS cl strib.tion. including those that are fulfilled via major branch distributors. TOP DIGITAL Release ONEREPUBLIC (MOSLEY /BLACKGROUND /INTERSCOPE) sold as a complete bundle through digital download services WORLD: See charts legend for rules RIAA gold certification for net shipment of 50,000 units or $1 million in sales at and explanations. BILLBOARD.BIZ CHART: A weekly spotlight on one of the charts that are updated LOW weekly on blllboard.biz including ones that are exclusive to Billboard's websltes 2008. Nielsen 13 12 3 FLO RIDA FEATURING T -PAIN (POE BDY,ATLANTIC) suggested retail price. RIAA platinum certification for sales of 100,000 units or $2 P.rsine,s Media. Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan. Inc. All rights reserved million in sales at suggested retail price. O IRMA gold certification for a minimum TOUCH MY BODY 14 20 2 sale of 125,000 units or a dollar volume of $9 million at retail for theatrically released MARIAH CAREY (ISLAND /IDJMG) programs; or of at least 25,000 units and $1 million at suggested retail for 15_ IN THE END LINKIN PARK BROS.) non -theatrical titles..? IRMA platinum certification for a minimum sale of 250,000 . (WARNER units or a dollar volume of $18 million at retail for theatrically released programs, and of at least 50,000 units and $2 million at suggested retail for non -theatrical titles. 60 Go to www.billboard.biz for complete chart data Data for week of APRIL 19, 2008
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ARTIST Metro Station ARTIST LABEL 8 NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL (PRICE) LABEL 8 NUMBER I DISTRIBUTINGLABEL (PRICE) (No.15) sees THE SWORD LEVON HELM Farmer its third 9 23 Dirt WK KEMADO 071 (12.981 or DIRT FARMER 79844NANGUARD (16.98) straight sales MISSY HIGGINS SUN KIL MOON 46 6 On A Clear Night April ELEVEN /REPRISE 422652/WARNER BROS. (13.98) CALDO VERDE 006 (15.98) gain thanks 12 MGMT DEVOTCHKA 1 Oracular Spectacular to rising A Mad & Faithful Telling COLUMBIA 19512' /SONY MUSIC (11.98) ANTI- 86940 /EPITAPH (16.98) hit single "Shake AARON WATSON THE WOOD BROTHERS Loaded Angels & Outlaws BLUE NOTE 96365 /BLG (17.98) I J o m BIG LABEL 57395J 1'THIRTY TIGERS I 981 It," which jumps GREATEST TEDDY BRENT 68 -48 on Pop NICK SWARDSON ``,. 5 6 Fashionable Party GAINER KASS 2134712 981 COMEDY CENTRAL 0056 (15.98 CD/DVD) +' o 100 and debuts FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH JO JO JORGE FALCON 3 36 The Way Of The Fist Hot at Los Mejores 99 Chistes Vol. 1 CAM 70116 (12.98) on 100 TITANIO 1031 (5.98) No.88. WE THE KINGS DANNY LISTON No Other Name We The Kings ABOVE S -CURVE 52001 (8.98) 20020 (13.98) LA ARROLLADORA BANDA EL LIMON DRAGONFORCE Inhuman Rampage La Historia De La Arrolladora SANCTUARY 618034 /ROADRUNNER (17 98) + Fueled by his SONY BMG NORTE 21574 (12.98) '± FERRAS "Hollywood's THE HIGH KINGS Aliens & Rainbows The High Kings CAPITOL 68706 (12.98) MANHATTAN 21344/BLG (18 98) Not America" hit JACKIE GREENE PADDY CASEY Giving Up The Ghost (which at Addicted To Company [Part 1] 429 17694/SLG (13.98) bullets VICTOR 21945 SONY BMG 113 981 LOS CUATES DE SINALOA No.18 on the FLOBOTS Fight With Tools 15 8 Puros Exitos Chacas FLOBOTS 15179 (13.98) SONY BMG NORTE 22541 (12.98) +' Adult Top 40 TOMMY TORRES AIRBOURNE Tarde O Temprano chart), the 37 30 10 Runnin' Wild m, WARNER LATINA 456444 (15.98) ROADRUNNER 617963 (13 98) cl Calf SAVING ABEL LA FACTORIA Os- 18 4 Saving Abel 2 Nueva Metas SKIDDCO 06053 /VIRGIN (12.98) UNIVERSAL LATINO 008062 112.981 MELODY GARDOT MARCUS MILLER 14 12 5 Worrisome Heart 39 37 5 Marcus 11 VERVE 010468/VG (6.98) 3 DEUCES /CONCORD JAll 30264/CONCORD (18.98) METRO STATION KATHLEEN EDWARDS 27 20 Metro Station 40 22 5 Asking For Flowers RED INK 10521 (12.98) ZOE 431115 /ROUNDER (17.98) GRUPO NUEVA VIDA THE DODOS 16 19 13 Mejores Cantos Religiosos 41 31 3 Visiter MULTIMUSIC 11533 (6.98) FRENCHKISS 033' (12.981 THE KILLS DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN 1f 7 3 Midnight Boom 42 26 4 Eleventh Hour DOMINO 164' (13.98) DEFINITIVE JUX 156 (13.98) LUDO CRYSTAL CASTLES 43 35 6 You're Awful, I Love You 1B 13 3 Crystal Castles REDBIRD LIES 200962 /LAST GANG (13.98) /ISLAND 009497 /IDJMG (9.98) Irish star Paddy SICK PUPPIES ®NO USE FOR A NAME The Feel Good Record Of The Year 44 33 53 Dressed Up As Life FAT WRECK CHORDS 730' (13.98) II Casey (No. 35) RMR 89752 /VIRGIN (12.98) THE RAVEONETTES takes his ®LOS CAMPESINOS! Hold On Now, Youngster... 2G- 6 7 Lust Lust Lust WICHITA 031. /ARTS 8 CRAFTS (15 98) VICE 80002' (13.98) Billboard chart ®ORIGIN TIFT MERRITT Antithesis bow thanks to 20 6 Another Country RELAPSE 7002 (14.98) FANTASY 30455 /CONCORD (18.98) BON IVER his inclusion in YELLE 11 For Emma, Forever Ago Pop -Up JAGJAGUWAR 115' (14.98) MTV's 52/52 SOURCE ETC. 15924 /CAROLINE (12.98) BURY YOUR DEAD campaign as DECEMBERADIO 8 3 Bury Your Dead LLNEW DecembeRadio VICTORY 409 (13.98) SLANTED 421136/SPRING HILL (12.98) .. well as a VICTOR WOOTEN EL CHIVO Cicatrices , Palmystery "Letterman" gig VIXLIX 3135 /HEADS UP (18.98) VIRUS 9410 (14.98) SONDRE LERCHE on April 3. ®BLESSTHEFALL His Last Walk ®11 Dan In Real Life (Soundtrack) .16 VIRGIN 08679 (18.98) II RECORD COLLECTION 49980 (11.98)
®TASI_IVIAKI_RSa REGIONAL HI:ATS1_1=KhR #'!s - ARTIST MID ATLANTIC TITLE IMPRINIBNUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABE. The Way Of The Fist Fashionable Gods Of The Earth R.E.M. The Sword ACCELERATE WARNER BROS 418620:t Five Finger Death Punch Teddy Brent The Sword Gods Of The Earth THE BLACK KEYS WEST NORTH CENTRAL,_ Sun Kil Moon ATTACK 8 RELEASE NONESUCH 292476'/WARNER BROS April THE RACONTEURS 1 2 Victor Wooten CONSOLERS OF THE LONELY THIRD MAN 456060/WARNER BROS Palmystery VAN MORRISON KEEP IT SIMPLE EXILE/POLYDOR 01065B,LOST HIGHWAY MGMT THE SWORD Oracular Spectacular GODS OF THE EARTH KEMADO 07I Teddy Brent THE ROLLING STONES Fashionable Mena SWRSESE: SHI E A LIMIT (SOINIDIRICK) RUNG STONESPOLYDORINTERSCOPE 01.5604GÁ 1+ We The Kings GNARLS BARKLEY 3 3 We The Kings THE ODD COUPLE DOWNTOWN /ATLANTIC 450236/AG RICK ROSS Five Finger Death Punch 6 4 TRILLA SLIP -N- SLIDE/DER JAM 009536 /IDJMG The Way Of The Fist MOBY NEW Melody Gardot LAST NIGHT MUTE 9383' Worrisome Heart COUNTING CROWS 2 2 SATURDAY NIGHTS 8 SUNDAY MORNINGS DGC /GEFFEN 010212/IGA Dragonforce Inhuman Rampage SUN KIL MOON APRIL CALDO VERDE 006 El Chaval IN FLAMES Ya Me Canse A SENSE OF PURPOSE KOCH 4498 + MUSE ® NEW MOUNTAIN HAARP ME AT WBABLEY STADIUM. LONDON, 16 JUNE 2007 HELIUM -3 378364iWARNER BRD'. + The Sword 9 SNOOP DOGG d Gods Of The Earth a EGO TRIPPIN DOGGYSTYLE,' GEFFEN 010835' /IGA VAMPIRE WEEKEND Flobots rid, a VAMPIRE WEEKEND XL 318' /BEGGARS GROUP Fight With Tools Giving Up The Ghost Angels & Outlaws Tarde O Temprano Los Cuates De Sinaloa Puros Exitos Chacas Jackie Greene Aaron Watson Tommy Torres Five Finger Death Punch PACIFIC SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH ATLANTIC The Way Of The Fist BREAKING & ENTERING Sun Kil Moon The Dodos are alive and well. That is, the San Francisco April pop /rock duo that's currently flying at No. 41 on Top HEATSEEKERS: The best -selling albums Los Dareyes De La Sierra by new and developing acts, defined as Con Banda PROGRESS REPORT those who have never appeared In the top Heatseekers. The act, which has been 100 of The Billboard 200 or the top 10 of Top Country Albums. Top RUB/Nip -Hop Kenneth Cope getting love from National Public Radio, Flobots, "Fight With Tools" Albums, Top Chnshan Albums, Top Gospel All About You Albums or Top Latin Albums If a Heatseekers title reaches that level. It and talks to billboard.com about its new The heretofore indie act was recently signed to Universal the act's subsequent albums are Dragonforce immediately ineligible to appear on the Inhuman Rampage album, "Visiter." Republic and celebrates a No. 27 bow on the Modern Rock chart Heatseekerschart TASTEMAKERS: Tastemakers ranks the best selling albums We The Kings in an influential subset panel of more than with "Handlebars." In turn, the eclectic hip -hop act's album, first 350 stores from independent retailer We The Kings Go to billboard.com /breaking to Coalitions and smaller regional chains. See discover developing artists making released in September, enters Heatseekers at No. 36. Chart Legend for rules and explanations. MGMT ,Cam ODO r 2008. Nielsen Business Media. Inc. and their inaugural chart runs each week. Nielsen SoundScan, Inc All rights reserved Oracular Spectacular
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Chart Codes: CS (Hot entry soeros), H100 (Hot 100 Songs). LT (Hot 0éí n snips): POP (Pop 100 Song a, 1 RBH i Hot vOY,- Hip -H0c songs). ZSONG INI)IEX. TITLE (Publisher - Licensing Org.) Sheet Music Ost., Chart, Position.
it 1_. 16 @ WAR (Songs 01 Peer ASCAP/March 9th Publish- RONDE ESTAN CORAZON Cuique Iglesias Music, HL RBH 85 LA VECINA - 9141 'iT.At ^II1 , SESAC HL CS 5.8 100 44: POP 67 ASCRBH AP /Underdogs West Songs. ASCAP) HLWBM. ing, SCAP/2082 Music Publishing, ASCAPANB Music. ASCAP EMI April. ASCAP/Doble Acuarela Songs, HURT AGAIN (Mary J Bilge ASGA, tilt .VI, PIECE OF ME ¡¡Crosstown Sono UK. PRS/Music Of 54 ASCAP). WBM. RBH 70 ASCAP/Warner Ctyweli GOAL). HLWBM LT 3 Corporation, ASCAP/Dirty Dre Music ASCAP //Lu LEARNING HOW TO BEND - Windswept. ASCAP/Universal Music Publishing Scandi- TAKE YOU THEE (Eyes Above Water
4 MINUS (Web() Girl Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music. DONT STOP THE MUSIC IEMI April. ASCAP :Sony/AN Music, ASCAP/Bryan Sledge Publishingg ASCAI L'A. iI navia AB . HL ANBM POP 47 ASCAPBheighismusic. ASCAP /Jonathan Rotem Music. ASCAPNirrgqinia Beach. ASCAP,Danjabandz Muzik. Tunes. ASCAPÆrankie Storm. B )/Sony /AN Songs. Blackwood. BMI/Uncle Bobby Music, BMI), HLWBM, LEAVIN' iHol, Lotion Music ASCU 0rliverceil POCKETRIL OF SUNSHINE (EMI Blackwood. BMVGator BMVSouthside Independent Music. BMVHeres Lookrn Al SESAC;W.B M Music. SESACTennman Tunes. BRM it c M c.MVWa rn r -Tam rl one Pu b l' sh m g. RBH 55 MGB Songs ASCAP/Movie JB Songs BMVSon Ba. b"y ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tunes, ASCAP), You Kidd Music -BM VBe uua Heights M us BM R eat h
ASC P iJniw' (11 Mr, -. ZTI kko ASCAP, H1NBP.4 S +Vh ABM 81 0011, LT 35. POP 11 HYPNOTIZED (First N' Gold, BMWJarner- TamerlanePub - Peer, ASCAP1Marcr ?'ii Publishing. ASCAP/20802 PM r HBMVEMI 0 POP /31n C.11 Sena' 6M6TM Music Publishing SCAP/Uni- DO YOU BELIEVE ME NOW (Sony/AN Tree. BMVSong lishing BMIByyeiall Music ASCAP/Sony/AN Harmony. PPublishing ASCCr ,5 Music. ASCAP), HLWBM. F0/ POR QUIEN ME DEJAS `tier International BMI) LT 18 notation, ASCAP //Sony /ATV Tunes. MY Good Girl EMI/Totally Wrigghteous Music. ASCAP) HLWBM POP 74 PSYCHO sic. ASCAP/WB Music. 41 810031 POP 23 LOVE YOU ASCAPBig 0AP dinivecndul °.npto. (Gin A The Bigger They Are SESAC/S 1 Songs, SESAC), LET ME umpkins Poodle Musli TAKIN' OFF THIS PAIN Road. BMI) CS 22 st CS 48 Loud r-0,1- 1." al Music - MGB Songs, In/- rnF TAL VEZ Nul _Isled) LT 43 AHORA ENTENDI DROP A GIMME 50 (Mike Jones, BMVHCO Develop- ASCAP ' ' AP/Koball Music Publishing, TATTOO (Sony/ATV Tunes, ASCAP/EMI April A ment. BMUCroomstacular Music. BMVAn What Music. I CAN SLEEP WHEN PM DEAD (Universal Music A f A CAP/Amanda Ghost Bucks Music Group Limited Careers BMLtore Than Rhymes Music. BMEMope -N- LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN :Y: orner- Tamerlane Pub- , -nArlan HLWBM. 6100 POP BMINauwaver Publishing, BMV2 Boys And A Girl Dench Music, BMI) 30, IV AHORA ES inlversal Musica, ASCAP) LT 6 BMI /ColliPark Music, BMVEMI Blackwood, BMVBack- Cal BMI/Sexy Tractor Music. BMVCaI Entertainment READY. SET, DON'T GO ASCAP/Memphers- LIFE DA PARTY ALL-AMERICAN GIRL (Carrie -Okie Music BMVLaird yard Publishing EMI/Kernel Music, BMI /10th Ward BMI Universal Music Corporation. OF Music. BMVEMI TEACHME Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Latif Rued Al _ (.. ASCAP/Universal Music MGB HL RBH lo f "I HLWBM CS 35 ,k 11 m,: ivblishin , SESACT Music Publishing. ASCAP/Songs Of Universal - Songs.. Brick, BMI/Black And Mild, BMO, 50 _- ASCAPDidn't Have To Be Music. ASCAP/EMI April DUELE (CRAZY) (Metrophonrc. ASCAP/Universal Music I CANT BELIEVEITS ME (Carolina Blue Any Music. Slaw IRik SCAP,Faeva Ala, ASCAu! REALIZE Cocorrarre Music, BMI /Dancin Sgmnel, EMI/Tetragrammaton Music, ASCAP/Meiodic Plano Pro - mal Songs Rye, PEN rien ASCAP Sons Of Combustion Music. ASCAP/Music Of Cor ,ratio) is CAP n1v e'1-i,a Mus( MGB Sonar 01 SESAC/The Bigger 1SCAPTNAFI Music. ASCAP/Opium For -The fào le du CAP ;HC 1030 Publishing. ASCAP /Smoolh- r :r ASCAP. HLWBM. CS 12: H100 52, POP 58 LIKE WHOA i'MliSeven Summits r -ir ASCAP /Sony /AN Tunes, ASCAP. HL H100 46. 1 C "PARI 'i nraduclibns ASCAP(. HL RBH DUNN.DUNN I DONT KNOW WHEN TO QUIT (Songs Of Combustion The Mouth Of The Woll. vï it Of Windswept, ASCAP/Mr Noise. PT. 2 Not RBH 100 AL' L AROUND ME (Universal Music - Z Songs, BMI /Ke. RIDER Listed) TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR (Sony/ AN Amber. 111 f n vantent. BMI) LIKE YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN THE , !un Publishing. BMVC L Culpepper CS 54 lenpwProdur- RIVER (Divine Mill Music, ASCAP/WB Music .vi SESAC/Sony/AN Tree Lrnrel. I LIVE YOU LIKE THAT (Sony/ AN Timber. n I /Lady lun MusictiMI /YOssarian Music, BMI /Coked Up Werewolf E ISN'T GAP And A Tramp. ASCAP/Noel Gourdin ubP - c BMI). HL H100 2E, POP 25 SESACMillsboro Valley. Tree. hing, Mus r BMVCulture Rock, BMI), HL H100 72. POP 38 SESAC/Sony/ATV s ASCAP/Mable's Girl Music. ASCAPNniversal- TEENAGE LOVE AFFAIR Mellow Productions, BM PC ikr Taker EMI), HL CS 53 LLEGASTE TD vOnrn International Tunes. SESAC), HLWBM. RBH Lf ,..ni ASCAPsTouchyleelyy Music, ALMOST r - n Seep ASCAP) RBH 71 Cue rL hl alit IF YOU DI ONT LOVE ME (Sony/AN Cross Keys, LOLLIPOP EMI Warner-Tamer- ASCAP Planet° Experience Music, ASCAP/Uncle Bobby AMANTES ESCONDIDOS (J & N. ASCAP) LT 28 ASCAPSir Kay Drive Publishing ASCAP Sony/ATV e ional Music Of 1091. ASCAP /Cherry .. 'lMVHerbalicious Music ASCAP /Black ROCKS IN YOUR SHOES (MGB Songs. ASCAPDes Music, BMVEMI Blackwood. BMVSVipe Music. BM1rv- AMERICAN BOY u am Music, BM /Cherry River. Tunes ASCAP). HLWBM, H101 22. POP 30, RBH 52 arne-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI/This Is u ig ASCAPÆMI April, ASCAP/Jimipub. r; Music, ASCAP/Universal Music - MGB Sow ng BMI HL. RBH 59 t Hr., . gs. BMVPlease Gimme My Publish- ELLA MENEA Nol Listed LT 40 II v. reapg. BMI/Troy D Songs, r.h EMI oecyw nod, EMI/Three il And A Crown. ASCO /'Cal IV Songps. ASCAP /Graviton Music. TE LLON )Universal Musica Inc.. ASCAP/Pnmavera ing. BMVEMI Blackwood, BMI/Larry Leron Music EMOTIONAL (MR HYDE MUSIC ASCAPBiaz Brothers U5 AMP/The Royalty Network. ASCA P). HLWBM. 81 00 SESACWluadda8vyMadef SESAC /Carnival Music Grout. ^, rldwlde Music ASCAP) LT 5 Btv165peir Music BMI /Copyrighl Control). CLMML RBH PMI/Sony/ATV Tunes ASCAP/Scott Alan Miisr I GOTTA ¡HANG ux; YOU, Diamond Princess Music, 4, P 70 RBH( CS TE QUIERO Honor San Angel S. A. DE C. V)H10091, UT Abr i'a Music ASCAP, HL. RBH 77 L ' Slick Sal Mii : :c BMV The Point Music Publishing. LONG ROME TO RUIN (M J. Twelve. AMP Love The Punk ROCK STAR(Walt Disney. ASCAP/Wonderland Mu,. AMIGA POR FAVOR NOI Listed) LT 37 ESTOS CELOS Johanna Musical BMI) LT 13 BMI /She Wrote Il. ASCAP) RBH 78 Rock Music BMVSongs 01 Universal, BMVLiving Under Company, BUJ POP 84y TE QUIERO MUCHO Edimusa. ASCAP) LT 26 AMOR DESPERDICIADO (Not Listed) LT 44 EVERY DAY . ftrey Steele. BMVBPJ. BMVMy Own I KNOW (Caner Boys Publishing. ASCAP/The Waters Of A Rock, ASCAP 'Universal Music Corporation, ROLL (E -Class b fishing ASCAP /Jonathan Rotem THAT'S GANGSTA i2 Trill Enterprises, ASCAP/Eyes AMOR MORTAL '-usic And Whisky, ASCAP) LT 42 1 C' (:lie Striber. BMI/Provident Financial Man Nazareth BMVEMI Blackwood. BMI), HL. RBH 45 ASCAP/Flying Earfonn. BMI/Bug. BMI), HL H100 100 Music, BMVSouthside Independent Music. BMVFeed- e Wakr ASi,AP/Bheightsmusic. ASCAP/Sorrryy/AN TE AMO a ASCAP) LT 33 ' l'.' WBM. CS9.H10073 I LUV YOUR GIRL (2082 Music Publishing. ASCAP/WB LOST Cm The Last Man Sanding, SOCANNVarner Chap- mybabeez, ASCAP /Almo Music, ASCAP'Aydl Smusic. Tunes, ASCAP /Jonathan Rotem Music, BMVSony /AN ANOTHER TRY (EMI April. ASCAP/Sea Gayle Music, EVERY OTHER WEEKEND (WE Music. ASCAP/Platinum Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Peer, ASCAP/March 9th Pub - pell, OCAWSongs Of Universal, BMVGirI On The Moon ASCAP). HL. POP 79 Melody, BMVUniversal Music - Z Tunes ASCA /OImp irrversal Music Corrpporation. ASCAP/Songs 0t lishing, ASCAP. WBM, 9131-151 BMVUniversal -Poi Gram International ASCAPrlhan Zahn ROYAL F1US11 (Chrysalis Songs, BMI/Polar Bear Toenails My Pen International ASCAP) HLWBM. RBH 92 age. ASCAP) HL CS 24 I'M DONE (Dreambound Writers Group. BMI/Universal Music, BMVSon AN Songs. BMI) H100 97 Music, BMVRick Wallkk Musick, ASCAP'J Ward Pub- MATS HOW YOU KNOW (Wonderland Music Compa- THE ANTNEM (EMI Blackwood BMVEMI Denmark. Music Corporation, ASCAP/Lanark Village Tunes. LOVE DONT HERE (Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, lishing Designee, SCAPWe Dont Play Even When We ny Ml'WuP Disney, ASCAP POP 93 AMiEdiciones Musicales MVO/EMI Columbia. ASCAP), HLWBM, CS 49 BMWWHaywood. BMI/AADIOBULLETSPubushing Be Playin ASCAP/UniversalMusic - Careers, BMVWu- THAT SONG IN MY HEAD (Ho -N -Cal BM Se Trac- April. FAKE ASCAP/Fondo Musical. ASCAP/EMI ASCAP/PI IT 'ro Publishing. BMLkye Music. BMIi, I Productions. ASCAPI1WB MISS YOU (Trill Music, BMVHiIlary Dawn, SESAC /Shaw EnuY. SESAC,Mulü- Tang, BMVShapiro, Bemstein & Co., ASCAP /EMI April, tor ' -ai iV Entertainment BMA merlamer - bulls Legacy Publishing BMWniversal Music - Caret '3 ASCAP/Lionel Richie Publishing, ASCAP/BrendaRiche. songs. SESAC /Universal Tunes, SESAC(. HLWBM, CS ASCAP/Bovin Music. ASCAP), HL/WBM. RBH 81 P Boatwright Baby RMVSony /AN Rr.^ HI 110066. POP 40 FALLING INTO YOU (One Mad King Publishing, ASCAP/Brockman, ASCAP/Lyrica Anderson Publishing 13, H100 79 RUMBO Al. SUR (EMI Blackwood. BMIÆmi Musical S.A. 1i WBM, CS 36 APOLOGIZE Virginia Beach, ASCAPJMidnight Miracle IIJIYGIRLS, ASCAP) CS 42 Designee. ASCAP /Philip Lawrence, ASCAP /Music LOVE DRUG (Universal Music - Z Tunes ASCAP /Ahmad's deCV LT27 THINGS THAT NEVER CROSS A MANS MIND P-'SSony/AN Tunes. ASCAP( HL, H100 14 FALSETTO (2082 Music Publishing, ASCAPNVB Music. Famamanem. ASCAP), RBH 73 ASCAP /Stoll Music, World Storch Music ASCAP/NT RUN TH SHOW (AID Entertainment, BMVDeLunatunes _ :. SESACThe Bigger They CAP Songs Of Peer. ASCAPMarch 9th Publishing. .ASCAP) HIJWBM, RBH PM ME (Yours Money Publishing, RMVWarner-Tamerlane 79 Rill rig 'N` :gs BMVJ. Sewell Pub- e'i ,,cm SESAC/Don PoPo ihres. ASCAP). WBM H10050. RBH 5 Publishing, BMVMoflings Music. ASCAPArociasty LOVE IN THIS CLUB (OR -IV Music ASCAP/EMI April, ',1 ",Mh HL. POP 65 ASCAP Universal Music MGB Sonos. ASCAP/Warner- B FEEDBACK (Rodney Jerkins Productions. BMVEMI Black- Music, RMII, WBM RBH 99 ASCAPSongs Of Universal, BMI/My Diet Sans Tomor- Tamerlane Publishing BMI /Precious Flour Music, wood BMVDernst Mile 11, 11 BM/International Music Pub- PM ONLY ME WHEN I'M WITH YOU )Sony /AN Tree. row, BMLYoun Jeery Music Inc., BMVEMI Blackwood, P 11 --.d n "') Corporation. ASCAP). HLWBM,
I i ili BACK WHEN KNEW IT ALL i( toho ,31AIL Blscuu lishing. BTailored 45 Music, BMVTaSfawn Daniels BMVTaylor Swill Music, BMI/fen Ten Tunes, HMI), HLWBM. H1005 POP 7 PBH 1 le Moo. BMUDaphil Music. Productions ASCAP), HL. 8100 70. ASCAP/EMI April. ASCAP/Orrall Fixation, ASCAP/Universal- PolyGram Inter- WV A BEAUTIFUL THING 1SongsE)IS Ot Windswept SAY THIS IS ME YOU'RE TALKING TO (Sonyy/AN Tree, (AP New Sea Gayle ASCAPEazy POP 56, RBH 69 national. ASCAP/Green Wagon ASCAP). - Music, Pacific. BMI/My Life's Work, BMI/Universal Music MGB i r ' Ballad BOy RMLSIiII r1, ASCAP(, HL CS 19, H100 98 FEELS LIKE ( Maratone AB. HLWBM POP 87 /Almo ASCAP). TONIGHT STIMn(oball Music SongsTA SCAP Music, HLWBM, CS 8, SEE YOU AGAIN )dui Lu r C HL CS 32 %II BEAT IT Music, BMI 8100 19 POP 21 - hun4g ASCAP/Kasz Money Publishing ASCAPN2 I'M STILL A GUY (EMI April, ASCAP/Didn't Have To Be BMVAntorn THROUGH THE FIRE AND FLAMES (Copyright Control)
/Carnival 11 BETTER AS A MEMORY Gravitron, SESAC Publishing Limited, PRS/Sony/AN Songs. BMI), Music. ASCAP/NewSea Gale. ASC AP EMI Blackwood. LOVEVE UULIKE THIS IS MY. ASCAP/Sony /AN Tunes. r ,ks Music ASCAP h - - .1 Group, SESAC/Midwest Midnight EMVCarnival H_ 810027: POP 22 ASCAP/Rico Love ASCAP April ASCAPNR -IV -10012 POP8 TIL I WAS A DADDY TOO ra:nck Stuart Music, i Group, [WI) CS 21 FINALLY (John Legend Publishingg.BMVCherry River. BMNew SSnPs10: ÓGye BßVNuah'sLittleBoat.6 Music, ASCAP/Write 2 Live. ASCAPBreakthruaph Cre- SENSUAL SEDUCTION (My Own Chit Music ,, ,' J 3MVLyrical Mile Music. BLEEDING LOVE (Wale 2 Live ASCAPr
CLUMSY , River. UMVHead- In SESAC /Aron Clarke Publishing SESAC December First NEVER NEVER LAND (Lyle Publishing. ',areers, BMI/Willies Pudgie Music BMIBro Wayne. WHEN I SEE U :Kthrough Creations, ASCAP/EMI
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29 SESAC/Noontime South. SESAC.4io1 Heat Music. JESUS & GRAVITY 1 NEVER TOO LATE:EMI April Canada, OCAW3 Days A SONG FOR YOU (After Platinum Publishing, SOCAN/Sony /AN Music Publish- COMO EN LOS BUENOS TIEMPOS ,.-:nef-Tamerlane ASCA Big Red Cnn 1 ,I E'.41 ASCAP/Noodles For ASCAPShai Jones Music, BMVSongs Of Universal, i 'n April. Everyone Tariez Music. SESAC) ROH 61 ' Waynne Writers, ASCAP/J. Sewell :1n JOHNNY & JUNE (Bi Hit Makers Music, 1l'19 LT 30 BMI , HLI'WBM. H100 87, POP 92. RBH 32 BMkHainy Gra- SORRY 'ash and Carry Music ASCAP /Lick The Star Golden The Super Kid Music, COMO UN LOBO ORIPPIN (Team S Dot Publishing BMI'Hitco Music. ham. BMVAmylase Music. ASCAPTeII Taxas Tunes Ill, NEVER WOULD HAVE MADE IT (Marvin L. Sapp Music r I ',nP+Dagn Ped Music, ASCAP/Chrva Music.
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