Webcasting Plans by Gareth Thomas European Top 100 Albums by Juliana Koranteng Have to Approach the Local Royalties BON JOVI Collection Society in Each EU State
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OCTOBER 12, 2002 Volume 20, Issue 42 Music £3.95 euros 6.5 Bon Jovi's Bounce (Island) goes straight in at number one on this weeks's Euro- Media® pean Top 100 Albums chart. we taller it-4E3P M&M chart toppers this week EU toapprove IFPIMTV Awards Eurochart Hot 100 Singles LAS KETCHUP Asereje I The Ketchup Song rock harder (Columbia) webcasting plans by Gareth Thomas European Top 100 Albums by Juliana Koranteng have to approach the local royalties BON JOVI collection society in each EU state. LONDON- It's official: rock music is Bounce BRUSSELS - In a move Apart from being a costly back. (Island) that could transform the and time consuming exer- Acknowledging the genre's resur- way Europeancollection cise-simulcast stations gence of across Europe, MTV has European Radio Top 50 societies opeate, the Euro- need to pay fees to each decided to add a Best Hard Rock AVRIL LAVIGNE pean Commission looks set national society-rightsaward toits25 category -strong Complicated to green -light an IFPI- ini- owners lose out, since each Europe Music Awards 2002 show, to (Arista) tiativethatwillprovide society has to deduct its be held at the Palau Sant Jordi in European Dance Traxx terrestrialradiostations administration fees. Barcelona on November 14. around Europe with a one - An IFPI spokesperson TIM DELUXE stop licensing shop for re -transmit-says that the international music It Just Won't Do ting (or "simulcasting") their FM orindustry trade body is confident the (Underwater) AM output on the Internet. initiative will receive the Commis- Currently,copyrightorganisa-sion's approval to issue Europe -wide Inside M&M this week tions that grant simulcast licencessimulcast licences later this month. hold the exclusive rights in theirIn addition, Lucy Cronin (pictured), own local markets. Stations seekingexecutive director at Brussels -based BORDER BREAKER licences to simulcast copyrightedEDiMA (European Digital Media Coldplay, Kylie Minogue, Swiss radio operator Pio Fontana is works via the border -less Internet continued on page 25 Eminem, Pink, Shakira and claiming that NRJ is illegally tar- Enrique Iglesias each go into this geting Geneva listeners through its year's ceremony with four nods two local stations based just over apiece.Elsewhere, U2, Red Hot the French border in Archamps. Williams in licensing deal with EMI Chili Peppers and Nelly find them- Page 6 by Emmanuel Legrand selves perched behind the front-run- ners with three nominations each. THE FINNISHED ARTICLE? London - After months of intense Among the artists performing live Two years on from Finland's cel- speculation Robbie Williams will at the show will be Robbie Williams, ebrated "invasion" of Europe's release his fifth solo effort, Escapol- Wyclef Jean, Coldplay and Enrique charts through the likes of Born - ogy, worldwide on November 18 Iglesias. funk MCs and HIM, Jonathan through EMI Recorded Music. "This year's hosts and artists Mander investigates how the The singer's new contract with will be every bit as star-studded as country's music industry has EMI, announced on October 2 and last year,"said MTV Networks been building on that success, described as "groundbreaking" by Europe president & chief executive and takes a look at the next wave of bothparties,coversboththe Brent Hansen at the unveiling of new Finnish talent. Plus there's a recording and non -recording activi- the nominees in London on Sep- profile of Poko Rekords MD Epe ties of the artist. A long-term multi - tember 30. He added that the Helenius. Pages 9.13 album licensing recording deal, it awards are "the pride of our net- should link the artist with the UK work. It's an event I'm very proud DANCIN' DANES major until the end of the decade. to be part of." Meet Junior Senior, the little n' According to sources it calls for at Rapper and producer Sean "Puffy" large pop duo from Denmark who least five albums, two of which Combs, aka P Diddy (pictured above are getting everyone dancing with could be "best of compilations. with Hansen), will present the cere- Move Your Feet (Crunchy Williams will retain ownership of mony.Promisinga"bigparty", Frog/Capitol/Universal). Page 14 all masters (this does not apply to Combssaid:"Especiallyatthe continued on page 25 continued on page 25 if=)=)i (1(1i=): ()(;40.0:)f 2:1 (ilti'll(Mk (1:)(1(.111(10: ()(;i0Z)=)f ) I (;0 ()(;t9i1;)(I ;i tti ;7or :i()(:.)11 0,14)")1.) /491)41),!;3 Ili 111 AmericanRadioHistory.Com NEWS is not a secret that EMI Recorded Music chairman Alain Music Levy has the ambition to expand his company's streams of revenues to non -recording aspects of an artist's activities. Media. Upfront The payback must have been sufficiently attractive for Cal I M&M on: by Emmanuel Legrand, Music & Media editor -in -chief Robbie's lawyers and managers to accept sharing these tel (+44) 207 420 6005 revenues with EMI. fax (+44) 207 420 6016 So, Robbie Williams is a somewhat richer entertainer than Robbie is currently the UK's biggest act, at the peak of before. And EMI, doubtless breathing a sigh of relief, ishis career. Now he has to live up to the hype, with the For direct lines dial +44 207 420, meanwhile spared the embarrassment of losing its top act. world scrutinising his-and EMI's-performance. followed by the required extension From what can be understood of a complex, multi - On different matter, if Williams had released today a Editor -in -chief: Emmanuel Legrand (6155) pronged deal, Williams now has the kind of arrangement a "best of" compilation, he might not have topped Music & Director of operations: Kate Leech (6017) superstar deserves, but one can give credit to EMI's man- Media's European Top 100 Album chart, as has happened Ecitori d I agement that it is a sensible one (unlike, some observers Deputy editor: Jon Heasman (6167) this week to Elvis Presley. The King's album I missed the News editor: Hamish Champ (6163) are keen to remind us, the Mariah Carey deal). With the top slot due to one factor-it did not chart in France's Music & talent editor: Gareth Thomas (6162) right kind of exploitation of his back -catalogue (an activity album chart, which M&M uses to help Features/specials editor: Steve Adams which they're quite good at, after all), EMI can certainlycompile its pan-European sales charts. Charts 8cresearch recoup most of its costs. France is the only country to have dis- Charts editor: Real Cairo (6156) Chart production manager: Beverley Evans (6157) The so-called "groundbreaking" deal like the onecarded single artist compilations from Charts researcher: Paul Pomfret (6165). between EMI and Robbie is a rarity these days, as few actsthe regular album charts, parking Production can command such global reach as Robbie-save for the them in the compilations chart along- Production & art co-ordinator. Mat Deaves (6110) US, but that should now simply be a matter of time. Hope- side multiple artist compilations. It is Correspondents fully. about time France's ceases another of Belgium: Marc Maes - (32) 3 568 8082 Robbie's new deal apparently also introduces a new typeits peculiar cultural exceptions and re- Classical/jazz: Tarry Beme - (34) 91 474 4640 Dance: Gary Smith - (33) 49172 4753 of relationship between artists and labels, covering a wide introduces artist compilations to its Denmark: Charles Ferro - (45) 3369 0701 range of activities including merchandising and touring. Italbum chart. Finland: Jonathan Mander - (358) 503 527384 France: Joanna Shore - (33) 14735 7042 Music & Media values its readers' opinions-you can e-mail the editor -in -chief at: [email protected] Germany: Gesa Birnkraut - (49) 4101 45930 Michael Lawton - (49) 172 241 2107 Olaf Furniss - (44) 797 457 2072 Greece: Maria Paravantes - (30) 932 665432 Ireland: Ann Scott - (353) 864 061 570 Berlin's Spreeradio put Italy: Mark Worden - (39) 02 4802 4127 up for sale Netherlands: Menno Visser - (31) 206 738 378 New Media: Juliana Koranteng -(44)208 891 3893 by Michael Lawton tells M&M: "There's more money intion, and is therefore optimistic it will Portugal: Chris Graeme - (351) 21 840 1488 Spain: Howell Llewellyn - (34) 9 1593 2429 national advertising with 58,000 AC lis- stay on the air. Sweden: Johan Lindstrom - (46) 8 470 3730 COLOGNE - Following several years ofteners than with 128,000 schlager- Spreeradio is one of several stations Sales clricl Marketing fallingaudiences Dornier Media's fans." owned by Dornier Media that have got International sales director: Berlin -based AC/Gold Silvius Dornier and into financial difficulties recently. The Archie Carmichael - (44) 207 420 6154 Sales executives: Patrick Jansen (Benelux) - station Spreeradio his son David currentlygroup's two stations in the western (31) 655 995 972 105.5 has applied forS Rp,ree105 it" g 5own 55% of the stationtown of Aachen applied for insolvency Francois Millet (France) -(33)145 49 29 33 Lidia Bonguardo (Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal) insolvency protection. between them. A further in July; one is expected to be taken over - (39) 031570056 Hourly listener num- 44% is owned by Werner Testrut, by dance station Sunshine Live, the Siren Ramsing (Scandinavia) - (44) 207 420 6048 bers have dropped to 58,000 froma property developer who is now insol- other by Saarland regional Hot AC Sales & marketing co-ordinator: 128,000 two years ago,and the compa- vent and has called his loans in. Radio Salu. Claudia Engel (6159) International circulation marketing ny was no longer able to pay its bills. David Dornier says that his father is Meanwhile, the start of Dornier's director: Ben Eva (6010) Launched