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FEBRUARY 23, 2002 Volume 20, Issue 9 £3.95 Music euros 6.5 Shakira's Laundry Service (Epic) moves up to num- berthreeandisthis week's Sales Breaker on the European Top100 Mediae Albums chart. we talleroco rya Ii M&M chart toppers this week EMI starts to make CAPITAL- Eurochart Hot 100 Singles THE BIGGEST SOUND PINK IN RADIO. Get The Pary Started cuts across Europe (Arista) European Top 100 Albums A Music & Media staff report says this consideration to act as swiftly ANASTACIA as possible has been taken on board by Freak Of Nature LONDON - Country by country, EMI is the company's top management. "We (Epic) rolling out its new management and want everything done quickly," Munns operational plan outlined on February told M&M's sisterpublicationBill- European Radio Top 50 7, leaving hundreds of employees inboard. "We know this is painful; we ALANIS MORISSETTE doubt about their futures. know people are worried." Hands Clean The restructuring (M&M, February After the UK and Germany, details (Maverick/Warner Bros.) 16) will mean the lossof "a fairof the new structures have emerged for amount" of jobs according to EMI Spain and France. In the latter country, European Dance Traxx Recorded Music vice-chairman David M&M has learned that Marc Lumbroso, 110 Munns, although he could not name apresident of Capitol France (formerly Rapture figure: "It's not just jobs, it's offices, EMI Music France) was asked to 'leave (Made/Ministry Of Sound) systems. Virgin and EMI had a sepa- the company following a February 12 rate royaltyaccountingsystem. visit to Paris by the division's chairman London CHR station 95.8 Capital FMhas launched a striking new Inside M&M this week There's unnecessary clutter on the Alain Levy. systems side." At time of going to press, no formal TV ad campaign by French anima- Munns acknowledges the riskof announcement has been made by EMI tors Numero Six. "Their creative DJs WHO DON'T SWITCH OFF destabilising EMI's staff worldwide and continued on page 21 executionseesCapital'sDJs Radio consultant ValerieGeller switching London 'on', and turn- argues that truly creative radio ing London into one big party," air talent should be engaged in explainsCapital FM managing show prep 24 hours a day, seven Morissette and MTV join hands director Andria Vidler. The ad also days a week. Pages 7-8 by Adam Howorth features a soundtrack by Paul Oakenfold from his forthcoming 2001'sWORLD-BEATERS LONDON - Alanis Morissette's third album and will be worked through For the first time, M&M's sister studio album, Under Rug Swept, is all of Capital's jingles, sound beds publication Billboard has put shaping up to be another big seller for and promos to become synony- together a top 20 chart of the Warner Music Europe. mous with the station. biggest albums world-widein Described by the label's London - 2001, based on record company based marketing directorfor US Albarn launches shipments. This unique piece of repertoire Paul McGhie as "a return data makes for fascinating read- to form," its first cut, Hands Clean, Honest Jon label ing... Page 9 spent two weeks at number one on M&M's European Radio Top 50 prior by Nigel Williamson SOLID GOLD NICKELBACK to its February 11 release. Impor- Riding on the crest of the current tantly, Warner has enjoyed good LONDON - Blur frontman Damon rock wave, Canadian rockers Nick- access to the artist in Europe since Albarn is launching his own record elback are enjoy- the start of the year and has enlisted label, whose first flagship release will ing widespread MTV as a key ally. be an album he recorded with a group success with their Brent Hansen, president and chief of African musicians whom he refers first European al- executive of MTV Networks Europe, to as "my third group." bum release,Sil- tells M&M: "MTV Europe certainly Albarn, who has spent the last ver Side Up (Road- considers Alanis Morissette to be a year working on his phenomenally runner).Page 10 core artist. This week we taped an successful Gorillaz project for EMI, continued on page 21 continued on page 21 has sold over 20 million albums worldwide? has had 2 record breaking #1 singles that spent a combined 181 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart? DARREN HAYES The voice of Savage Garden returns with a powerful sound that's all his own Produced and Arranged by Walter Afanasieff INSATIABLE Co -Produced by Darren Hayes The first single released March 11 Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge from his solo debut album SPIN released April 1 www darrenhayes com At Radio Across Europe Now www sonymusiceurope com (:01,1 \MI AmericanRadioHistory.Com AMERICA'S BIGGEST BAND AmericanRadioHistory.Com 8Already weeks atover #1 in5 millionthe US soldBillboard in album chart IncludesWorldwideTop20 Europeanthe careersinglealbumalbum"My Sacrifice" salesover25 million The Album First single "Nly Sacrifice - www.sonymusiceurope.comTIEwww.creed.comDeyithiplori Ewer Artists have undermined the free spirit of the company Mktisic Richard Branson built (and which persisted after he sold it): both labels never really mingled, and EMI Media. Upfront was perceived by the Virgin team as a gentrified, by Emmanuel Legrand, Music & Media editor -in -chief uncool company. Secondly, it was Berry's back-up Call M&M on: plan and insurance policy that if things went wrong tel (+44) 207 420 6005 fax (+44) 207 420 6016 With Ken Berry having more time to go hiking and a at EMI, Virgin could have been sold and he could new, down-to-earth management team of Main Levyhave moved on. For direct lines dial +44 207 420, and David Munns installed at EMI Recorded Music, it When all the merger options had been explored and followed by the required extension., was obvious to most observers that the venerable old abandoned, Berry's position became untenable and Publisher: Ron Betist (ext. 6154) British lady that was EMI was in line for a major wake-there was an urgency to slice into the fat of the compa- Editor -in -chief: Emmanuel Legrand (6155) up call. And by the sound of it, that call is exceeding allny and look at Virgin and EMI from a structural point Director of operations: Kate Leech (6017) previous expectations. of view. Editorial The harsh medicine that doctor Levy and professor For Levy and Munns, that was the only way forward. Deputy editor: Jon Heasman (6167) News editor: Gareth Thomas (6162) Munns are administering to the body of EMI willThe dynamic duo's rush to get things done before the clo- Features/specials editor: Steve Adams undoubtedly leave some scarring, but is viewed bysure of its financial year (in order to start with a clean Music editor. Adam Howorth (6161) Reporter: Siri Stavenes Dove (6163) many, not least in the company itself, as emergencybalance sheet) is understandable. They reckon that they Charts 8c reseOrc treatment that should have been carried out before. can trim down the size of the companywithoutaffecting Charts editor: Raul Cairo (6156) But the point is that it hadn't-and it couldn't massively its ability to deliver music. Charts researcher: Beverley Evans (6157) have-been done. That was broadly what they did at Production There are at least two reasons. One was the pres- PolyGram, and it didn't do too badly Production & art co-ordinator Mat Deaves (6110) ence of a Virgin man, Ken Berry, at the top of the com- for them. Correspondents pany. The other was the painful process the company There is a human cost, however, Belgium: Marc Maes - (32) 3 568 8082 Classical/jazz: Terry Berne - (34) 91 474 4640 went through with its unsuccessful proposed mergeras well as the risk of losing some of Dance: Gary Smith - (33) 49172 4753 with first Warner and then BMG, which froze anythe free spirit that made Virgin a Denmark: Charles Ferro - (45) 3369 0701 Finland: Jonathan Mander - (358) 503 527384 changes for over two years. different record company. Once they France: Joanna Shore - (33) 14735 7042 As long as Berry was there, Virgin's status as ahave put the new structure and Germany: Gesa Bimkraut - (49) 4101 45930 management in place, all they need Michael Lawton - (49) 172 241 2107 stand-alone label within the EMI empire was not Greece: Maria Paravantes - (30) 932 665432 likely to be tampered with. First because it wouldis hits. That's the hardest part! Ireland: Ann Scott - (353) 864 061 570 Italy: Mark Worden - (39) 02 4802 4127 Music & Media values its readers' opinions-you can e-mail the editor -in -chief at. [email protected] Netherlands: Menno Visser - (31) 206 738 378 New Media Juliana Koranteng - (44) 208 891 3893 Norway: Kai R. Lofthus - (47) 918 21 208 Spain: Howell Llewellyn - (34) 9 1593 2429 Sweden: Johan LindstrOm - (46) 8 470 3730 Soles and Marketing UK follows France in bucking trend International sales director: by Gareth Thomas British artists. The best-sellingter overseas than for many years." Ron Betist (UK, USA) - (31) 299 420274; mobile: (31) 653 194133 album of the year was Dido's No A further feature of album sales Sales executives: Patrick Jansen (Benelux & LONDON - Following in the foot-Angel (Cheeky/BMG), which soldin 2001 was the impact of greatest Scandinavia) - (31) 299 420274 Francois Millet (France) -(33)145 49 29 33 steps of France, the UK's recordedover two million copies in the UKhits collections, which accounted Lidia Bonguardo (Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal) music market bucked the alone. Other top -sellingfor 23.5% of top 100 album sales. - (39) 031570056 global trend by registering albums came from EMI'sThis was an increase on 17.9% in Sales & marketing co-ordinator: an increase in sales for RobbieWilliams,Tel - 2000, despite the fact that a similar Claudia Engel (6159) 2001, largely thanks to the star's Craig David andnumber of "best of titles were Marketing assistant: Miriam Hubner (6158) International circulation marketing performance of local reper- Gorillaz (Parlophone).