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Verizon [PlayStation 3], which isa whole different demographic." representatives Paramount Home Studios' revelation last month Warner Home Video will release 's According to Stimmel, reaching the high-defin ition were unavailable that it was dropping support of Blu -ray and exclu- "The Song Remains the Same" on Blu -ray and HD early adopter meant having proper messaging "in all for ccmment at sively siding with HD DVD is further evidence that DVD Nov. 20 for the first time with all 14 songs from the places where all the people who adopted this new press time. the next -generation high-definition format war won't the original 1976 concert film. 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The business, folks would know face several months of further un- service works on us not only from our ads or certainty after the music giant's music -specialized BY EVIE NAGY mobile phones and ing to park maintenance. Web site, they would know us new owner Terra Firma moved to PCs. Music purchased Those payoff are as the brand that actually remove CEO Eric Nicoli (bill - from the service will huge productions, and one helped them do something board.biz, Aug. 29). In an internal be protected in the each year is broadcast on in their community." memo on his departure, Nicoli said Windows Media Audio MTV2. Smaller tour stops in- According to a 2006 BMRC he will continue to serve as an ad- format. The store is People volve a weekend of projects, survey, 38% of 2005 volunteers viser to Terra Firma and EMI. limited to the and either an exclusive club did volunteer for a community But a similar internal commu- European market for show or tickets to an existing organization within a year of nication from Terra Firma CEO now, and will expand concert with access to a BMRC their BMRC experience. Guy Hands makes it clear the to Asia later this year. Have The VIP tent. "We really see the Participating artists aren't upheaval is not over yet. Hands No plans were power in the exclusivity," in it for the money, although confirmed his executive team disclosed for a U.S. rollout. BMRC co- founder /COO BMRC does pay at least will meet with EMI management Grady Lee says. "We love that enough to cover costs. But in coming weeks. On that time »,PAISLEY, Power entire branded experience for the biggest benefit is the scale, any new management STRAIT LEAD Boost Mobile Rock Corps Rewards Boost and the volunteers." vibe. "It's cool because you're team is unlikely to be up CMA NODS Community Service With Live Music BMRC launched in 2005 playing a show that everyone and running until Brad Paisley and when Boost Mobile partnered had to work real hard to get November. George Strait lead the "Who's ready to get dirty ?" chief marketing officer Dar- with Rock Corps, a fledgling into," Taking Back Sunday An EMI rep- field with five Vanessa Dumey yells to 100 - ryl Cobbin. After four hours company that saw concert lead Adam Lazzara resentative nominations each for plus young New Yorkers, of work, each volunteer will tickets as a way to attract says. After playing at Radio declined to the Assn. Awards, which while a house mix roars from get lunch and a free ticket to young people to volunteer City in 2006, the band signed comment on take place in the PA behind her. Wooting an exclusive concert Oct. 6 service. Rock Corps had on to do four BMRC shows how the man- November in Nashville. ensues and everyone is at fea- evolved from the Greenbucks this year, including an Aug. agement shake- Reigning entertainer game. But this isn't a club on turing Ludacris and artists Foundation, a Telluride, 27 gig in Philadelphia that up might affect of the year Kenny Saturday night -it's 9 a.m. to be confirmed. Colo., nonprofit that became felt like a private show for the company's release Chesney, Alison Krauss on Sunday, and these kids The New York show wraps Rock Corps when the 300 friends. "We really feel schedule. Front -line titles from and Martina McBride have gathered at Manhat- an 11 -city tour with the slo- founders decided to change like we earned the tickets," Kylie Minogue, KT Tunstall, the each received four tan's Inwood Hill Park to pull gan "Got 2 Give 2 Get," in- the funding model. says Kate Adams, 19, a fan Spice Girls and Daft Punk are nominations, and Big & up weeds. cluding performances at "We were very deliberate who helped clean Philadel- among those slated for release Rich's John Rich, This invasive plant re- various stops by Taking Back about Rock Corps not being phia's Hunting Park in July. ahead of the Christmas rush. Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban each moval on Aug. 19 was a Sunday, Young Jeezy, Korn, a nonprofit, but rather a pro- "We have a very glass -half- "Clearly Terra Firma will make scored three nods. The community service project the Game and others. The duction company that ben- full view of 14- to 24 -year- some major changes sooner 41st annual CMA organized by Boost Mobile program grew this year from efited our nonprofit partners olds," Lee says. "They have so rather than later," says artist man- Awards will take place Rock Corps (BMRC), where eight cities in 2006, includ- and didn't compete with much energy, and our non- ager Jonathan Shalit, whose pro- Nov. 7 at the Sommet Dumey is a program man- ing the addition of as their funding stream," profit partners are stunned tégé Jamelia's "Superstar -The Center in Nashville. ager. The Corps is a center- an anchor stop. BMRC co- founder /CEO that so much work gets done. Hits" is due Sept. 24 on EMI's Par - The show will air on piece of Boost Mobile's In New York, Los Angeles Stephen Greene says. "We The whole time they're danc- lophone label. Other artist man- ABC. national branding strategy "to and Atlanta, 3,000 -5,000 vol- wanted it to be a marketing ing, talking, giggling and agers declined to comment. But one » >GUERRA boost the lifestyle and status unteers participated in one of program for big brands, working their butts off. And EMI insider says, "It's actually pretty LEADS LATIN of young people in ways that several dozen service projects which we thought was the at the shows, they levitate. demoralizing here at the moment. GRAMMY NODS matter," according to VP/ that range from mural paint- way you can get big quickly They just can't stand it." I'm keeping my head down." Juan Luis Guerra leads the nominations for the eighth annual Latin went on serve and searching for bars that serve a variety of roles, including research Grammy Awards with as music edi- West Coast microbrews. editor and Web site associate. A five nods. Following tor of the Jessica Letkemann joined the Bill- - native Brooklynite with a Guerra are Puerto Portland Tri- board staff as editor of Billboard.com B.A. in journalism from NYU and a Rican star Ricky Martin 360 DEGREES OF BILLBOARD bune and has in June. She comes to Billboard from penchant for Pearl Jam and photog- and urban duo Calle 13, written for Premiere.com, where she was editor. raphy, she also co -runs a fan site, with four nods each; HARDING, LETKEMANN JOIN The Village Voice, the Associated Letkemann had previously artists up for three worked TwoFeetThick.com, and plays guitar awards each include BILLBOARD STAFF Press, Bust, Venus, Idolator and a at Spin magazine for several years in badly, she says. Miguel Bosé and Billboard is proud to announce the number of alt- weeklies. 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Mitchell and Gomez. club aspect, too, and that bands will be Welcome treated fairly and taken care of." >>>MYSPACE READIES TOUR Roger Lewis, drummer for Saddle MySpace is launching conversations with [them] over the last Creek bands the Good Life and Neva Di- its first branded music few years, saying, 'Here's what we're nova, isn't worried that the label's atten- To thinking so far, tell us what works and tion might become too focused on the tour this fall with The Club headliners Say Indie Labels Experimenting With Their Own Venues doesn't work.' " venue. He says that Saddle Creek pres- Anything and Hello - As a result, the Slowdown-part of a ident Robb Nansel and Kulbel "are 100% goodbye. Kicking off Traditionally, record companies stick to eous Babe president Scot Fisher, who Saddle Creek -owned multimillion-dol - into both things, and that's why they've Oct. 16 at the Show - what they do best: selling and promot- also manages DiFranco, says owning a lar mixed -use complex comprising art hired a venue manager. They're the kind Box in - , the all ing albums. But some labels are easing venue is a way to expand into different house theaters, retail stores, a restau- of people who can do more than one ages MySpace Music their way into the concert venue busi- facets of the music business. rant and apartments -offers a washer/ thing and be successful at it." Tour will stop off in ness, the most high -profile being Sad- "It's more challenging out there," dryer and a shower, along with Not all labels are ready to more than 30 venues parking record jump through Thanksgiving dle Creek's recently opened 470 -capacity Fisher says, noting that labels are becom- and a load -in door behind the club. "It's into the concert venue game just yet. weekend in . club Slowdown in Omaha, Neb. ing more interested in touring artists. the little things that make bands happy "We've thought a lot about getting in- Tickets go on sale Righteous Babe Records and Nettwerk "There are a lot more revenue sources . . . and ultimately make them want to come volved with a venue that could sustain Sept. 6 to the general Music Group have also tapped into the live the traditional ones are disappearing." back," Kulbel says. itself, but I don't know if it's the sort of public, though music space in hopes of driving revenue In Omaha, Saddle Creek label man- From a booking perspective, Slowdown nightmare we want to invite into our MySpace users will and creating a setting to showcase artists ager and Slowdown co -owner Jason in -house talent buyer Val Nelson says Sad- lives right now," says Chris Swanson, have a chance to while potentially recruiting new ones. Kulbel says that having a roster of ac- dle Creek's reputation in the record in- co -owner of powerhouse Bloomington, purchase starting "It's a way to break down the barrier tively touring artists was a benefit when dustry has been beneficial. "They treat Ind. -based indie Secretly Canadian. Aug. 31. between the public and the ," designing the all -ages venue. "Our their bands right," Nelson says. "So when "We're trying to remain focused on de- »SONY BMG says Nettwerk CEO Terry McBride, who bands have obviously been to every you're opening a new club, the agents veloping our artists. It's so much work GERMANY BUYS in 2006 opened Sync music lounges at club in America," Kulbel says. "We had know that reputation will go over into the just trying to sell records." MTS, BUCARDO Nettwerk offices in Vancouver, Los An- STAKES geles and Nashville. Sony BMG Germany is While regularly showcasing live per- FACTORY RENOVATION novative, quality music, and not spend all my time chas- entering the artist formances from Nettwerk artists, the A New Booker From Portland Sets ing the 'hot' band." management and live 75- to 200 -capacity Sync venues (which Out To Revitalize New York Club Hylton's vision for the club includes a number of part- entertainment are connected to label offices) welcome nerships, such as a Monday night series curated by local business. The music local artists as well. As a benefit to those During the past 20 years, New York the Knit- music bloggers and teaming up with other businesses major has bought acts, the spaces offer built -in sound sys- ting Factory has grown into Knitting Factory Enter- that, in her words, "think about music and how they want majority stakes in tems see Münster -based and recording facilities. "We've tainment, which encompasses two clubs (the original to music happen management firm MTS had artists take the audiovisual and put and a Hollywood location), seven now -dormant record in ." and comedy booking it up on their MySpace pages," McBride labels and the Pacific Northwest -based production She is also planning agency Bucardo, says. "And we don't charge for that . . company Bravo Entertainment. Since early this year, on diversifying the whose business they just have to give us a blank CD." however, reports of the building being on the market type of shows the accounts for combined Although Nettwerk hasn't yet signed and perceptions of unfocused booking have fueled space hosts, with a sales of more than an outside artist who has performed at speculation online that the Knit might succumb to stand -up comedy se- 600,000 tickets. a Sync location, McBride isn't losing competitive pressure and close its doors. ries and a number of Financial details of the hope. "Maybe someday the next Jimi In an effort to revitalize and reinvent the club, assistant hip -hop shows in the respective deals were Hendrix will play there and we'll have manager Tim Putnam reached out to Chantelle Hylton, works. Hylton not disclosed. also it recorded and be smart enough to sign who spent seven years booking a variety of clubs in Port- hopes to reach out to the local music community and says. land, Ore., where she Compiled by Chris M. them," he became known for two things: cre- showcase New York-based talent "There really aren't any Walsh. Reporting by Meanwhile, New York -based Right- ative, quirky bills and being the last person to book three spaces here for home -grown music," she says. "We do a Leila Cobo, Jonathan eous Babe this month will open Asbury now -shuttered clubs. Still, Putnam and GM Shay Vishawa- hundred shows a month and have three rooms with differ- Cohen, Katie Hasty, Hall, a 1,200- capacity performance hall dia liked Hylton's vision enough to bring her onboard as ent capacities, so there are a lot of opportunities for dif- Andre Paine, Wolfgang that sits inside a 19th -century Buffalo, senior talent buyer. ferent kinds of bands." Spahr, Ken Tucker and N.Y., church, which the label bought "I definitely learned some lessons in Portland," Hyl- Whether this translates into profit or crowds remains Chris M. Walsh. from the city in 2000. The church, ton says. "I finally embraced the idea that venues need to to be seen. But, Hylton says, "One thing I've discovered is For 24/7 news and Babeville, with - make money and pay the bills in analysis on your dubbed launches back order to stay open. With that people have a lot of affection and respect for the space. . IL mobile device, go to: to -back concerts from label founder/ that said, my goal is to focus on booking thoughtful, in- I really think it can only improve." -Cortney Harding mobi I e.bil l board.bi z. artist Ani DiFranco Sept. 11 -12. Right-

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Hilly Kristal died for some- like me and resented having to come to me for body's sins but not mine. help. And, second, he was too stubborn to take If only that were true. I my advice. He wasn't easy to like. But I'd de- was a disappointment to cided a long time ago that the art is always more him as, I suspect, most of important than the artist. And, even apart from his life had been. He loved the bands, the dub itselfwas a work of art. After country music, bluegrass he left my office, I gathered my gang together and blues -you know, as and told them I felt this was a fight worth fight- in "CBGB" -and had no ing -but, unlike our typical underdog status interest whatsoever in that usually finds a way to win, this was a hun- HILLY KRISTAL outsF,CBGB in 1977; inset, young tattered misfits play- dred to one shot, so I'd leave it up to them. They right: Kristal, left, and ITTLE STEVEN VAN we made a go of it, but ZANDT after a 2005 press conference in New ing bad rock'n'roll, but were unanimous and York to announce an effort to save CBGB. that's what he got. the fix was in. There must have been On the final night I slipped in quickly and your lit- quietly, Smith and Lenny Kaye onstage, want- BY ED CHRISTMAN some pride later on, knowing that on tle stage, in your little joint, in the sleaziest ing to avoid the press since I was secretly ne- part of town, , Television and gotiating a Hail Mary with the new owner to would invent save the club. When I found indie- art -punk. Blondie him, he almost smiled for the and first time in the year or so I'd Hilly Kristal would invent pop -art- known him, and he gave me punk, and the a heartfelt hug. He looked at would invent punk. me straight in the eyes -an- But in the beginning, the other first -and just nodded. club's clientele pretty much We both knew we'd never see Hilly Kristal, the godfather of ple. But Kristal's club proved to rented for $600 per month. matched its talent. Junkies, each other again. , died Aug. 28 due to be an anchor that would help re- Despite a protracted legal drunks, transvestite hook- He gave young bands a lung cancer complications. He vive not only the but the battle and campaign to save the ers, the homeless, the tired, chance. He gave us the was 75. entire East Village, as thousands club, CBGB closed for good in the poor. I'm sure that's not Ramones. Anyone who Kristal's death comes less of young adults from across October 2006 after a series of what he had in mind. digs . Pearl than a year after his landlord America flocked to live in the shows by many of the bands To Kristal's credit, once Jam, Arcade Fire or 112 broke his heart and forced the area's tenements to be a part of that called it home, including he started the open door owes him a lot. We all closing of his legendary CBGB, the burgeoning downtown the Dictators, Bad Brains and policy of new bands devel- owe him a lot. the Bowery club in music scene. a final show by Smith. oping their talent right I feel guilt. Sins of that served as the launching After punk hit the main- "I don't know what life there on his stage he never omission. I should have pad for the Ramones, Televi- stream, Kristal helped bring a would have been like without changed it. Virtually any worked harder. Should sion, Blondie, Talking Heads, new underground form of it to CBGB or Hilly," the Dictators' band with attitude, amplification and ambi- have been more effective. Should have been the Patti Smith Group and the fore when he started his Handsome Dick Manitoba tion was welcome. The Ramones could not able to rally more help. Should have found a dozens of others that would be- all -ages hardcore Sunday mati- says. "That's because, for over have existed without CBGB. way to save CBGB. come synonymous with punk nee shows. 30 years, I played his club, I met Kristal at the tail end of what would be Let's hope we'll do a better job ensur- rock and its many offshoots. Ironically, the club had ini- watched others play his club the lost war to save the club. At the end of the ing he's remembered than we did keeping "Hilly was our good shep- tially featured country bands and and visited Hilly and the staff. first meeting I knew two things. First, he didn't him alive. herd; he opened up his house traditional Irish music. But soon "There was a special chem- to us, and he was so support- it was the only place in New York istry that comes from sharing COOLEST GARAGE (, 0 01_ I_ ST GARAGE ive," Patti Smith says. He championing "open booking something important in life - SONGS AI_B U IVI S didn't judge us or ask us for no one else was doing it," says with another person," Manitoba anything, except to be good Tom Verlaine, guitarist for Tele- says. "It was a person, a time, a Back then, there was vision, the band credited with place and an experience that EST people. SONG STREAKS AND was IN THE FLASHES no place for Television or relocating the club's stage and powerful and symbiotic." WORLD THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS / ICKY THUMP HIS WEEK THE WHITE STRIPES / WARNER BROS. Richard Hell or myself, be- with first performing original In Verlaine's mind, Kristal's i (COOL WICKED COOL' 1 club. is in RADIO NOWHERE cause we didn't fit in with the music at the character distinctive & THE HAVE MERCY E- STREET BAND** COLUMBIA THE MOONEY SUZUKI / ELIXIA trends of the industry. We were At the time, most small New today's industry. "He was a to- 2 / 2 disenfranchised, and he took York venues booked only cover tally great guy and completely SUZANNA BABY 81 THE WILD BIRDS / REPUBLIC BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB / RCA a place on skid row and made bands; Max's Kansas City and honest," he says. "Those two 3 3/ it a home and shelter for us. It the Mercer Arts Center were things are kind of rare in the BELINDA / HENTCH -FORTH FIVE THE STABILISERS / WICKED COOL' `"1" THE HENTCHMEN / ITALY RECORDS became a haven for poets and occasional exceptions. But be- music business." 4 artists and musicians." fore long, several other venues Kristal is survived by his LIEN ON YOUR DREAMS HERE FOR A LAUGH BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB RCA THE BREAKERS / FUNZALO Kristal was born in 1932 in had switched over to unsigned, daughter, Lisa Kristal Burgma; 5 / 5 Highstown, N.J., and moved original bands, and New York and his son, Mark Dana Kristal. SALAD DAYS CBGB FOREVER UP VARIOUS ARTISTS / CBGB FOREVER to New York to become a had regained its status as the Contributions in Kristal's honor 6 THE GRIP WEEDS / GROUND J6 singer. He later worked in music industry's hotspot. may be made in his name to the CRUEL GIRL THE WEIRDNESS THE RED BUTTON GRIMBLE THE STOOGES / VIRGIN as a folk But the only club that stood American Cancer Society or to 7 / ¡-7 singer before becoming the the test of time was CBGB. That the Hilly Kristal Foundation for DO THE ROBOT CODE FUN SISELY & THE SAFETY PIN -UPS TEENACIDE BLACK TIE REVUE / GEARHEAD manager of the Village Van- is until the venue was derailed Musicians and Artists (168 Sec- 8 / 8lJ guard. In the '70s he opened by its landlord, the Bowery Res- ond Ave., PMB 207, New York, LINDSAY NEVER GETS LONELY IN STITCHES THE SOFT DRIVE THE ACTUAL / SOFT DRIVE his own club, Hilly's, which idents Committee, which, ac- NY 10003). 9 ACTUAL / WANNA DO THE WILD would become CBGB in 1973. cording to press reports, wanted 99% PLASTIC BRANE LOVE THING? THE MOONEY SUZUKI / ELIXIA THE STABILISERS / WICKED COOL' CBGB opened at a time when Kristal to pay anywhere from Additional reporting by 10 10 the Bowery was still known for $40,000 to $65,000 per month Jonathan Cohen and NEW YORK -BASED WICKED COOL RECORDS IS CREATED AND HEADED BY LITTLE STEVEN VAN ZANDT. flophouses and homeless peo- for the club that he initially Cortney Harding. 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THE SWEET SMELL OF SPONSORSHIP Chile Today, Hot A Paco Rabanne Black XS Grass -Roots Mexican -American Rapper Chingo Bling Graduates From The Taco Circuit cologne sponsorship will kick off next month's rerelease of Drive around or and you're bound sage has become fodder for conservative talk shows- is Texas, but nationally he does what he calls "the the hit debut album by Mexi- to see the strategically placed billboard: "They Can't whose debate has helped put Chingo Bling, who raps Taco circuit," playing wherever there are Mexicans. can pop -punk band Allison. Deport Us All," it says, over a caricature of a man in English to Latin audiences, in the mainstream "Someone who goes by SoundScan and radio, Beginning next month, Alli- jumping a fence. spotlight like never before. they'll say, 'Chingo, he's nobody,' " Chingo Bling says. son videos that air on MTV A political statement, to be sure, but also the title "They Can't Deport Us All," released Aug. 14, "But if you go to a market and you see me open for Latin America will be followed of the new album by Houston rapper Chingo Bling debuted at No. 11 on Billboard's Top Rap Albums someone or headline, you'll say, 'Man, this guy is big.' by 10- to 15- second spots for (real name José Herrera III). Regardless, the mes- chart and at No. 4 on the Heatseekers chart, sell- It's under the radar. It's like an immigrant without Black XS. Interviews and pho- ing 6,000 units in its opening week, according to papers. You know we're there, but you can't face it." tos of the band will also appear Nielsen SoundScan. With "They Can't," however, Chingo Bling is fac- on a Black XS microsite. The numbers aren't monumental -but consider ing it head -on. The album was released under a new The campaign is timed with

that Chingo Bling is mostly a local, underground distribution deal with Warner /Asylum, which is also Sony BMG Mexico's Sept. 11 phenomenon who has always produced, promoted putting money into marketing and promotion. Now, reissue of Allison's self -titled and released his albums independently. for the first time, a Chingo album can be found in album, the first edition of which Although his past solo effort, 2004's "Tamale outlets like Best Buy. went platinum in Mexico. Kingpin," sold 17,000 copies, according to Sound - "I always felt a lot of people didn't take us seriously The rerelease will feature Scan, "They Can't" marks his first appearance on because we didn't have SoundScan," he says. "I six bonus tracks, including a the Billboard charts. wanted a bigger platform as an artist and entertainer, cover of Juan Gabriel's clas- As tempting as it may be to attribute this showing so I could turn around and get a better movie deal, sic "Amor Eterno," to be to the controversy, there is much else behind it. endorsement or merchandising." worked as a single. For years now, Chingo Bling has been releasing Chingo Bling retains ownership of his masters The CD will be accompanied mixtapes out of the back of his truck, touting him- and has final say on all marketing. He's also nego- by a bonus DVD and a special self with the braggadocio of the infinitely self-confi- tiating with Warner to be allowed to manufacture 10 -digit code with which fans dent, in keeping with his 10- gallon hat and Nike separate copies of his album for distribution at a can access another site, allison- ostrich boots. lower price to the indie retailers with which he has rifa.com. That site will contain From his Big Chile Enterprises offices in Houston, long done business. exclusive videos, acoustic he presides over his own record label and a distribu- And, despite his major deal, don't expect Chingo tracks, footage and interviews tion company that sells his music and other indie Bling to put aside his entrepreneurial spirit. from the Vans , on releases along with a slew of merchandise, from "It's very fundamental," he says with a laugh. "My which Allison played four bobblehead dolls to T-shirts and chili sauce. His theory is, you can't worry about the finish line. It's dates. -Ayala Ben -Yehuda major outlets are the Internet, like basketball: Instead of worrying about winning, swap meets and mom -and -pop you should worry about dribbling the basketball. A CARLOS DEPARTS EMI stores that for years he has lot of kids worry about getting signed instead of wor- TELEVISA served personally. rying about posting your blog, getting on YouTube, EMI Televisa VP of marketing "We like to call it the under- putting up posters on poles, passing out fliers. I'm and promotion Pietro Carlos ground," Chingo Bling says. not above that. I have no shame." has left the company. Carlos, "And the underground is very, who had long successfully run very big." For 24/7 Latin news his own independent promo- and analysis, see biliboard.biz /latin. Chingo Bling's core circuit 0 tion company, PCM Entertain- ment, was hired as VP of pro- motions for EMI Latin three years ago. His job was later ex- panded to include the duties of NOTJUST MARIACHI marketing VP for EMI Televisa. During Carlos' tenure, sev-

A Festival In San Jose Broadens Its Base eral EMI Televisa acts hit No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs The San Jose International Mariachi 20,000 over three days. This year, of cheese products. chart, including Fonseca, RBD Festival, celebrating a niche sub - festivities include three days of "There isn't an icon event in and Juan Luis Guerra. genre of Latin music, is looking to workshops and seminars followed San Jose," Marquez Brothers Sources familiar with the sit- expand into a signature event with by two days of performances by Entertainment GM Tim Luce uation indicate another vet- broad appeal. roughly a dozen mariachi artists, stu- says. "This could be a solid eran promotion executive, The 16th edition of the fest, taking dent groups and a dozen acts that destination event that builds Jorge Ramos, would come in place Sept. 26 -30 in San Jose, Calif., fall into the pop /world music realm, year after year." as VP of promotions. -LC should see a surge in its attendance including Ozomatli. As part of its sponsorship, thanks to a widening of the festival It's a change from when Davidson Marquez brought in Solís to MOBILE GLORIA and to three major headliners: Linda took over the small, local event linked perform. The singer will play AT&T will celebrate Hispanic Ronstadt, Los Lobos and Marco An- to mariachi education programs three the festival as part of his cur- Heritage Month with an ex- tonio Solís, none specifically a mari- years ago. rent U.S. tour. clusive cut of Gloria Este - achi act. In 2006, the fest expanded by Davidson has already seen the fes- $200,000 last year. The money is fan's "No Llores" single. The "We want to establish a broader au- bringing in Mexican pop /ranchera tival's gross income jump, from reinvested in educational programs. ringtone will get top -deck dience for the traditional music and icon Juan Gabriel as headliner, $250,000 in 2005 to $1.1 million last "The more net profit I have, the promotion on the company's we wanted to reach a younger gener- which led Marquez Brothers Enter- year. Net profits also went from more capacity to hire more instruc- Media Mall from Sept. 15 to ation," says Marcela Davidson, presi- tainment to come in as sponsor this $50,000 in 2004 to more than tors," Davidson says. -LC Oct. 15. As previously re- dent /CEO of Mexican Heritage Plaza year. The company promotes mul- ported, the song will also be EN LA RED: For 24/7 coverage of the Latin music world, Billboard has and executive producer of the event. tiple Latin events during the year, .Cyril partnered with MSN. For a complete roundup in Spanish, go to the theme for a national Typically, the festival attracts tying them to its El Mexicano brand Billboard.Latino.MSN.com. AT &T campaign. -ABY

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to 'Don't Blink,' " Montgomery says. STARTING AT THE TOP But Chesney's new record may be short- lived, now that radio is overwhelmingly receiving Brooks' new single, "More Than a Chesney Debuts High On Hot Country Memory." Part of the forthcoming "The Ultimate Hits' package is promoted by Nashville - Songs Chart, Garth To Go Higher? on Brooks' own Pearl Records, the single based Big Machine Records. New singles from country superstars Kenny Chesney and Garth Digitally delivered to radio at midnight ET Aug. 27, the single Brooks are experiencing unprecedented early success at radio. has already garnered enough airplay in three days to place it at Chesney shatters the Nielsen BDS -era benchmark for the top No. i on a Nielsen BDS country airplay building chart. (A build- debut on Hot Country Songs in this week's issue, and matches ing chart ranks airplay based on the number of days in a given the all -time record, as "Don't Blinks" (BNA) scores Hot Shot Debut week that BDS has data for.) at No. 16. The second single from Chesney's Sept. 11 release, Country WDXB Birmingham, Ala., is among the stations that "Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates," tallied 12.7 million audience have played the new single -in some cases, more than any other impressions out of the box. record on their respective playlists. "We played it every hour The quick start marks the highest bow since the chart began from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday," OM Tom Hanrahan says. using BDS -based airplay tracking in 1990. Keith Urban's "Once "The reason was simple: It was Garth, and the song has the clas- in a Lifetime" debuted at No. 17 a year ago. Prior to the advent of sic Garth sound." BDS, the highest opener was a No. 16 start by Buck Owens' "My There's another reason cited by Hanrahan and other program- Heart Skips a Beat" in 1964. .0 mers: nostalgia. "Hearing new music from him reminds me of Meanwhile, the first single from Chesney's new album, "Never Chesney's new record may good times in the format -the early '90s during the boom time Wanted Nothing More," falls 1 -3 after spending five weeks in the of country." top spot. be short-lived now that radio Country KMPS Seattle PD Becky Brenner says the fact that Like a number of other stations, country WBCT Grand Rapids, is overwhelmingly receiving both Chesney's and Brooks' singles were available for consump- Mich., played Chesney's new single in a significant rotation -in tion only at country radio was also a factor. "A majority of music this case 35 times per week -while still spinning his previous Brooks' new single. consumers still say that they find out about new music from their single a good bit -25 times per week. WBCT PD Doug Mont- favorite radio station," she says. "In the case of Garth's new sin- gomery says two factors came into play. gle, it is also a huge plus that he sticks by his 'only available on "It was based on both who he is as an artist-he's the top -test- fall." The song deals with living life to its fullest and not taking the radio' promise. It give us something exclusive that we rarely ing artist for us -and because he delivers a bull's -eye shot right anything for granted. get anymore." to the heart of every parent who is taking their kids back to school, "We had a dad call in the other morning bawling because his or even maybe more pointedly, to school for the first time this daughter was starting high school that day and he related directly Additional reporting by Wade _lessen in Nashville.

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www.americanradiohistory.com MUSIC BY ANTONY BRUNO 131TS &I313I1=I=S Subscription FACE THE network. She will upload Prescription MUSIC TASTES most of the photos and How To Cure The Ills Of The All- You -Can -Eat Digital Approach Social networking giant videos -as well as share a list Facebook reportedly is of her favorite music, fash- My, how the subscription campaigns-in addition to its porting the earlier initiative tively low level of use that working on a new advertis- ion, makeup and travel dis- music landscape has changed. own on -air and online pro- became much less of a prior- their free services experience ing system designed to let coveries each week -from a At this time last year, Vir- gramming. Additionally, the ity. Napster is doing so now, it's easy to do. But advertisers target specific mobile phone provided by gin Digital, AOL and MTV involvement of Verizon Wire- through partnerships with launching on Facebook would users based on age, gender Buzznet. As part of the ef- were still offering service. less as a mobile partner adds Circuit City, AOL and such generate a great deal more and musical tastes, among fort, fans will be invited to Sure, MTV's Urge is still ac- another strong marketing wireless operators as Japan's traffic and place greater bur- other things. Facebook con- enter a contest for "Best tive, but it's being folded into presence to the effort. Even if NTT DoCoMo and AT &T, dens on compensation. firmed it is designing a sys- (Worst) Break -Up" story for RealNetworks' Rhapsody tem, but did not provide de- a chance to meet Moore dur- service. Virgin Digital and tails. The site's existing ad ing the tour. AOL got out of the game alto- OEM. platform requires company gether and migrated their The pool of users is going to staff to sell and create the ORCHARD GROWN customers to Napster. ads, while the proposed new Digital distributor the Or- But as much as the view has increase immensely when system would be automated. chard has licensed its cata- changed, the subscription we bring subscription Key to the system are pre- log of indie and world music music market has a lot more dictive algorithms that will to eCast, a provider of touch - evolving to do before it can music to the Web.' learn Facebook users' pref- screen, Internet -connected play a significant role in the -IAN ROGERS, YAHOO erences and make sugges- jukeboxes. eCast has some digital music space. It may tions on potential ad topics. 10,000 jukeboxes in distri- look different, but the chal- bution, as well as content lenges remain the same. Rhapsody had the funds to while Rhapsody teams with Maybe when Facebook MOORE MOBILE, deals with all the major la- launch a full advertising as- Comcast, Verizon and others. completes the targeted ad sys- MOORE BLOGGING bels and the Independent MARKETING sault, most consumers But why stop there? The tem it's reportedly working Mandy Moore will be blog- Online Distribution Alliance. Most people just don't under- haven't heard of either Real - best thing these companies on, it will be easier for music ging her thoughts and be- Users can search for specific stand the subscription model. Networks or Rhapsody, while can do is team up with a so- services to partner with the hind- the -scenes photos and songs and download them Educating customers on the MTV and Verizon are house- cial networking service, such site and tap into that greater videos, as well as hold con- to each jukebox for subse- value proposition takes exten- hold names. as a Facebook, MySpace, revenue stream. tests in tandem with her up- quent play. Additionally, sive (and expensive) advertis- "The level of marketing Last.fm or MOG. Facebook, coming tour in support of users can store personal ing, which no subscription commitment is well beyond for , lets members DEVICES new album "Wild Hope" and playlists with the eCast sys- music provider has done to anything we've ever done in show their favorite music in Let's face it: People love their her new film "Dedication," tem that they can access date. They've jabbed at a few the past," RealNetworks CEO their profiles, but doesn't iPods, and digital music serv- through the Buzznet social from multiple locations. print ads here and there, or Rob Glaser says. "The notion allow other members to ices that don't work with the the occasional short -term TV of combining with these two stream those songs directly. popular device are in for a campaign (remember Nap - marketing behemoths is very, It requires some kind of tough challenge. But people ster's Super Bowl ad ?), but very exciting." widget (like Last.fm's appli- also like their mobile COMP/LEDBY ITielsen TITLE Mobile nothing has even come close cation), but in many cases phones. AT &T Mobility and ORIGINAL ARTIST CRANK THAT (SOULJA BOY) to the marketing muscle and DISTRIBUTION even those are limited to 30- Verizon Wireless are taking 6 #1 2WKS SOUDA BOY creative supporting Apple's Few people seek out subscrip- second samples. the first step by letting users A BAY BAY 2 14 iTunes service. tion music services. The way Adding full -song stream- transfer subscription tracks HURRICANE CHRIS SHAWTY 15 MTV never pulled the trig- to get around this is to strike ing from a subscription music from their PCs to their mo- PLIES FEATURING T -PAIN BEAUTIFUL GIRLS ger on the promised market- distribution deals with more provider could work wonders. bile phones. 13 SEAN KINGSTON ing campaign behind the popular and recognizable "The pool of users is going But it will be some time LET IT GO B Urge service, which to be fair brands to add subscription ca- to increase immensely when before users can download KEYSHIA COLE FEATURING MISSY ELLIOTT A LIL KIM BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY 6 6 14 never officially emerged from pabilities to their services. we bring this to the Web," subscription music over the FERGIE ROCK STAR beta. Through its deal with MTV by Yahoo Music GM 10 35 tried just this Ian Rogers air and charge the plan to Rhapsody, however, the corn - bundling Urge with Windows says. During the next six their phone bill. All- you -can- BARTENDER 14 pany is contractually obli- Media Player 11, but Mi- months, Yahoo will add eat media plans are expen- T -PAIN FEATURING BED 25 3 gated to spending $230 crosoft proved a fickle part- streaming music from its sub- sive and tax the capacity of J HOLIDAY STRONGER million during the next five ner, as it launched the Zune scription service to wireless networks 13 6 other still mak- KANYE WES I years on "hard advertising" - strategy soon Yahoo services like blog ing most of their money on meaning print, TV and other after and sup- profiles, news and re- voice calls. Just as subscrip- .1. Holiday's "Bed" nearly doubles in views, and search results. tion music services don't downloads as it blasts 25 -9. A 96% increase Napster and Rhap- want too many people using brings this week's tally to 35,000 units. MOTO -ROLL WITH IT sody will have to pair their ad- supported plans, Perhaps responding to the iPhone onslaught, with a social networking wireless operators don't want THE WAY I ARE Motorola is positioning the new version of service to do the same. too much media traffic on TIMBALAND FEATURING KERI H9_SON I GET MONEY 12 16 3 the Q smart phone as a mobile entertainment The challenge is provid- flat -rate plans. 0 CENT PARTY LIKE A ROCKSTAR device. The Moto Q music 9m doesn't have ing users a free, ad-sup- "To be frank, how fully we 13 9 18 ",: `.. SHOP BOYS the same ring to it as the iPhone, but it does ported version of their can implement unlimited MAKE ME BETTER 14 11 14 heavily emphasize the multimedia capabili- service that everyone can [subscription] downloads is FABULOUS FEATURING NE -Y0 CAN'T LEAVE 'EM ALONE 15 7 ties of today's high -end phone. Users can use, but also offering an something that is subject to k CIARA FEATURING CYCLONE switch from the traditional Windows -based work incentive to migrate to paying different pricing themes," 16 18 6 FEATURING T -PAIN screen to a multimedia- focused interface. It features customers. Verizon VP of digital media BIG THINGS POPPIN' (DO IT) 17 15 17 over- the -air music downloads from Verizon Wireless' And a robust advertising John Harrobin says. "It may TI. HEY THERE DELILAH 18 14 11 V Cast service and removable storage of up to 32 GB. system is crucial. For each not be practically feasible in PLAIN WHRE TB LEAN LIKE A CHOLO It's available now for $300, after a $50 rebate and song they let users stream for the we to 19 19 10 near term, but need DOWN A.K.A. KILO two -year service agreement. For an extra $50, buyers free, Rhapsody and Napster aspire to that." HOOD FIGGA ; 20 23 4 can get a 2 GB miniSD card and stereo headset. have to sell an ad that sup- For 24/7 digital news U on master rin9tones sales data reported by Nielsen -Antony Bruno ports the fee it must pay the and analysis, see . can. a service of Nielsen Mobile. Chart endorsed by - The Wireless Association and Mobile Entertainment Forum MEF music industry. At the rela- billboard.biz /digital. PA

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Like most of the music industry, award- winning Don Was is struggling to make sense of the Internet. His foray takes the form of a syndicated Web video series on the newly launched My Damn Channel where he interviews such rock stars as Ozzy Osbourne and films studio sessions with artists like Jill Sobule. Any music recorded for the site can be downloaded for free, subsidized by Internet ad- vertising. In addition, content created for the site can be found on YouTube, and soon will spread to other digital platforms. Was also has added a podcast series, and hints at additional innovations down the line. His method is to let the outlet -the Web site -drive the content creation, rather than cre- ate content first and then find a Web outlet for distribution. The World's Leading Was chatted with Billboard about the new Web service, why he's doing it and what the industry might learn. Independent Digital Music Distributor What are you trying to ac- www.irisdistribution.com complish with the My Damn Channel portal? In general, people are looking for a way to continue to make music in an ever-changing busi- ness frontier. The old model, which I hoped would last for- ever, needs a shot of ... some- thing. So everything I'm doing represents new ways to do the thing I love to do, which is make music, but in a context that ad- dresses reality.

Who are you trying to reach? I have no idea. There's not enough precedent. I approach it the same way I approach mak- MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY ing records. I think that's what a good record producer does - EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION make a record you'd like to own and assume that if you enjoy it that others will too. Everybody won't, but there will be enough NOVATI people to justify the action.

Why My Damn Channel? Why not just make your own Web site? LEADERSHIP They're doing something that's really different, partic- ularly when you apply it to W W W_illelea.Org music rather than comedy videos. There's a real excitement to it. It's No. I think the fact that the music industry, just something new to do, and there's some- which should really be leading the charge on ...More music. thing electrifying about doing something for technology and putting it to good use, are like SUBSCRIBE ...More technology. the first time. a bunch of gra zdmas trying to figure out e- I ...More indi-stry trend- s3otting. mail 20 years afi er the fact. It's so slow to apply ...More forecasting. You're subsidizing free downloads with it creatively; is probably the leading cause of ...More stars. advertising. Why? the woes they're experiencing right now. ...Mcre charts. That seemed like something worth pursuing. It basically uses network TV as the business You're using a mix of podcasts, free down- model. To look at an ad on a page while you're loads, video. What was the inspiration for downloading a song for free doesn't seem like how you've put all this together? it's asking too much for people. And if it works, When I wanted to explain the layout of the it's the end of the piracy issue. It just goes away. page, I couldn't find a good way to describe it. Think of the billions being spent in R &D to The closest thing I can come to is art galleries fight piracy, and it just goes away. You can get online. Galleries and the hipper museums back to making records. I'm not looking to re- have great Web sites. They offer all this stuff place the music biz; I'm looking to help it. from being able to walk through the museum a 1:18C'i6A62:2706 www.tillb3ard.com and see the work they have, to music, to lec- Online: www.billboard.biz /subscribe .vww.billtoard.tiz Is the music industry taking advantage tures. And I thought, "This is what I want to Billboarel. THE of the online tools available? do with music." EXPERIENCE BUZZ

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foster competition, it also ensures that law- Why Labels suits involving the issue will be very costly, one lawyer familiar with the ruling says. Won't Set For example, the Supreme Court ruling only affects federal law, but 37 state attorneys gen- eral filed briefs arguing for the court's deci- Minimum- sion to maintain the status quo. So if minimum - pricing restraints are instituted, labels could still find themselves facing state prosecutors Pricing and trying to convince state supreme courts to follow federal thinking. Restraints Another consideration: The music indus- try is a special case in that its copyright laws Retailer theories and arguments aside (see include the first -sale doctrine, which says last issue's Retail Track), six weeks after the that once you buy a creative work like a CD, Supreme Court decided that minimum pric- you have the right to resell it without the ing is no longer by definition illegal if it can copyright holder's permission. So if discoun- be proved to enhance competition, lawyers worldwide market place for bookers, promoters, festival organizers, A &Rs, at three of the majors appear to have de- artist managements,publishers, cided that the ruling changes nothing. Con- venue managers, merchandisers, sources say, those labels won't music journalists sequently, .rl'hough the implement any new pricing strategies. The lawyers' stance is no surprise. After Supreme Court all, lawyers at the majors already had their Main Sponsor Trade Shoe; Panser Country 2007 ruling opens the chance to stand up and be counted when the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chal- door for minimum www.popkomm.com iVEW%RKER lenged them at the turn of the century on pricing, lawsuits minimum -advertising pricing policies. A little history is needed to explain that chal- would be costly.' lenge. In the early to mid -'90s, five of the six majors implemented what is termed a "soft" ters decided to legally fight minimum pric- MAP policy. In that scenario, any retailer ad- ing, the labels could find themselves in a Your Definitive Source for vertising specific designated titles below a costly legal quagmire with another spin be- vendor's MAP prices -which ranged from sides antitrust violations. Industry Information $11.99 to $13.99, depending on the major -was Also muddying the situation: Many labels ineligible to access cooperative advertising sell direct and are, in effect, competitors with funds, which manufacturers describe as their retail accounts. So if such a label a privilege, not a condition of doing implements minimum pricing, a legal INTERNATIONAL business with them. Since vendors argument might arise as to whether said retailers could sell for any price, such restraints are vertical or hori- AUDARENA GUIDE: governmental agencies viewed that zontal. 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www.americanradiohistory.com 9 7 F BY LARS BRANDLE MITE ND H! Ad a Ellfr MAMA's Houses Over 25 0 CD titles Acquisitions Put Group At Forefront Of British Live Market Over vD titles LONDON -British music ment didn't want to do it. It the previous year. Adult, High Margin Items group MAMA is stepping up would have been like turkeys "Obviously, they're a seri- Accessories, and Other into the big leagues with the voting for Christmas." ous contender, having taken acquisition of several key Lon- MAMA consists of three on those venues," says Bob Great Prices don venues and some aggres- divisions. Live Music gathers Angus, managing director of sive expansion plans. the existing Barfly network leading independent promoter The £6 million ($12 million) with those newly acquired ven- Metropolis Music and director Deepest Catalog in the Industry deal to buy the brand, Web site ues and has interests in sev of Live Nation /Gaiety-owned and six further venues from eral events. The Consumer venues group Academy Music Personalized Service (sales reps across the U.S.) British live music powerhouse division features magazine Group. "Dean really seems to Mean Fiddler Music Group - The Fly and specialist media be the mover and shaker." Best B2B Real -Time ordering Site in the Business after MAMA had previously and marketing agency Cam- Others in the live industry purchased the London Forum pus Group, while the Artist: privately wonder whether -is just the start, according to Services arm encompasses MAMA might be over- Same Day Shipping co -CEO Dean James. He says artist and producer manage- reaching, but James says he the group has a further p mil- ment, music publishing and has no such worries. "We are Free Display Materials lion ($14 million) to invest. merchandising. ready to make the big step up," "We have 18 venues now, and This includes SuperVision says the former MFMG CEO, Free aec Database we've now got two brands -Jazz Management's roster of acts who jointly runs the business Café and G -A-Y [both part of the that contains Franz Ferdinand, with Adam Driscoll, co- founder MFMG deal] -for which we'd Kaiser Chiefs and rising acts of MAMA's Channelfly sub- Weekly Award Winning sped Magazine like to open more venues," he the Cribs and Howling Bells. sidiary. "My background is in says. "In the mid -term, we'd like "Because we find bands at £1 billion [$2 billion] PLCs, so New accounts call 800 -635 -9082 to have 30 venues at maximum a very early stage through the this is still quite small for me." Or E -mail us at [email protected] [capacity of 2,000]." Barfly network we get good MFMG has now rebranded Visit our web site: www.aent.com That would strengthen what lead indicators," James says. as Festival Republic, with man- already looks like a dominant "We can see how many tickets aging director Melvin Benn position in the under- 2,000- they sell, how many pints of dismissive of the impact of capacity sector. Since floating beer are sold across the MAMA's acquisition. on the Alternate Investment counter at our venues. It all "Anything that was worth- Market segment afthe London fits together." while is with the new Festival Stock Exchange in 2002, MAMA's latest purchase will Republic company," he says. MAMA has largely operated beefup the business consider- "Anything that we considered underneath the radar of the ably. The six venues brought in not of great value to us, we sold." wider business, emerging reported combined sales of "It's disappointing to hear briefly last year when it nearly/8 million ($16 million) those comments," James launched a bid for Sanctuary for 2006, with a before -tax says. "If they were a part of Group, subsequently sold to profit of £466,000 ($932,000). the Mean Fiddler group Universal Music Group. For the six months ending which weren't valuable, they James says 60% of Sanctu- Jan. 31, MAMA reported group were certainly with the com- ary shareholders approved the revenue of £5.48 million pany for a long time. The Jazz bid but it ultimately foundered ($10 9 million), up 43.5% from Café is one of the best venues because "Sanctuary's manage- the corresponding period in in London."

MAMA's Artist Services arm serves the SuperVision Management roster, including such acts as KAISER CHIEFS.

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® BY PAUL SEXTON eled a top 10 debut for his "Hymn for My Soul" album (Parlophone /EMI). Parlo- PAST ITS phone head of TV Helena Mc- Geough says the label delayed the album release to accom- modate the booking. HMV rock /pop buyer John PRIME? Hirst says that while tele- vised award ceremonies can U.K. Music TV Flourishes In Late -Night Margins be a powerful sales tool, "live appearances on shows such LONDON -A year after the helped its third album "Siem- festivals, concerts Filmin day as 'Later' can be equally im- Night ,4 .17: demise of "Top of the Pops," pre" (Syco) on BBC1 and digi- when achieve the ALAN CARR, , YE pactful, particularly the window to U.K. music TV group's best first -week U.K. tal channel BBC4, WEST and JUSTIN LEE they introduce a new artist to is still open -but it's a diffi- sales (166,000). and BBC2's vener- COLLINS (from left). a wider audience. Below: PAULO NUTINI on cult one to climb through BBC TV creative head of able performance Parkinson' (left); audition "When Corinne Bailey Rae these days. music entertainment Mark show "Later . . . for 'The X Factor' (right). first appeared on the show a With the BBC ending the Cooper takes a positive view. With Jools Hol- couple of years back," he adds, legendary chart show's 42 -year "Music on television is in a land." The last of which viewers to access BBC TV out- Bookings on chat shows "it prompted huge demand at run last year, and the likes of better state than it was five continues to be hugely sought- put for a week after broadcast. "Friday Night With Jonathan HMV stores even though she "CD: UK" (ITV) and "Pop - years ago," he says, describing after, punching well above the "Generally our shows are Ross" (BBC1) and ITV1's hadn't yet been signed." world" (Channel 4) also axed, a particularly busy period for weight of its Friday 11:35 p.m. on late at night," Cooper says. "Parkinson" are also much Other shows like Channel TV "pluggers" have more hope his department involving cov- slot. He also enthuses about "Will it always be that way? desired. Veteran British 4's "The Friday Night Project" than expectation that the in- erage of June's Glastonbury the new BBC iPlayer, down - Probably, but it doesn't vocalist Joe Cocker's May and "Transmission" may rarely dustry will again have a prime - and August's Reading /Leeds loadable software that allows bother me." "Parkinson" performance fu- exceed 2 million viewers, but time, music -only show to call its own. Meanwhile, the scramble for popular slots has THE SHOWS (YOU) MUST GO ON Six Essential U.K. TV Appearances For Your Artists become ultra- competitive. "All of us think it's tougher `PARKINSON' broadcaster. New season starts Sept. the show's channel and time slot - Take That were among those featured than it's ever been," one pro- (ITV1, SATURDAYS) 7, and in 2008 will extend to run 40 belies mere "tastemaker" status. last season. motions executive says. Hosted by Michael Parkinson, a chat weeks of the year. Last series peaked But there remain plenty of show mainstay since 1971. This fall's with audience of 4.7 million. Wide - `THE NATIONAL LOTTERY programs with music content 12 -week run is ranging music policy, with alternative DRAWS' (BBC1, WEDNESDAYS) on British TV, even if the only his last. Most rock emphasis. First guests on new Five -minute slot featuring what ex- mass -audience programs to recent pro- series: the Polyphonic Spree. ecutives call a "straight plugging book music guests are essen- gram, in June, platform" for chart- friendly acts like tially reality or contest -driven pulled 3.5 mil- `LATER ... WITH JOOLS pop quintet Girls Aloud. Draws series such as ITV's "The X lion viewers. HOLLAND' (BBC2, FRIDAYS) around 4.5 million viewers. Factor" or BBC1's "Strictly Best -known Bedrock of performance music TV `THE FRIDAY NIGHT PROJECT' Come Dancing," both of for championing AC- leaning artists since 1992. "Later" completed its `THE X FACTOR' (CHANNEL 4, FRIDAYS) which command audiences of such as Katie Melua and Michael Bublé. 29th season in June with typically (ITV1, SATURDAYS) Comedy /entertainment show, ends some 10 million. eclectic lineup including Paul Mc- Began new series Aug.18 with aver- fifth season Aug. 31. Attracts aver- They also sell records: Clas- `FRIDAY NIGHT WITH Cartney and New York electro age audience of 9.5 million. Will fea- age 1.7 -1.8 million viewers. Favors sical crossover quartet I1 JONATHAN ROSS' dance act Shy Child, and returns in ture music guests from start of live young -leaning pop -rock acts: recent Divo's performance on "The (BBC1, FRIDAYS) November. Average audience of contest phase in October. Specializes guests have included the Coral, Amy X Factor" last November Chat show presented by popular U.K. 700,000 -a significant number for in mainstream pop acts -II Divo and Macdonald and Hard -Fi. -PS

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South Africa has a new royalty »>WENZEL RISES, MASUCH Universal Music Publishing Germany in Berlin collecting society. Labels body OUT AT UNIVERSAL PUB since 2003. RiSA used the platform of the GERMANY During his tenure at BMG Music Publishing, Aug. 22 -25 Moshito Music Con- Markus Wenzel has been appointed managing Masuch helped build a formidable roster of ference and Exhibition to un- director of Universal Music Publishing Group local repertoire, with such acts as Rammstein, veil details of the South African Germany, the new company formed after Uni- Rosenstolz, Sportfreunde Stiller, Gentleman Music Performance Rights versal acquired BMG Publishing. and Max Herre. - Wolfgang Spahr Assn. (SAMPRA), which has At the same time, Hartwig Masuch, managing The site houses two rooms, with 100 and 200 been established to collect "Needletime" roy- director of BMG Music Publishing Germany since »MARQUEE CLUB capacities. The firm's in -house team will fea- alties from music users. 1991, has left the company. RETURNS TO LONDON ture three to four bands per week, plus show- Legislation covering Needletime, the prac- In his new role, effective immediately, Wen- London's legendary Marquee Club is set to reap- cases and industry events, Lowry says. tice of "paying for play time," was added to the zel takes responsibility for the integration of pear on the capital's live music scene. "We will book a mixture of bands, from rock, Copyright Amendment Bill in 2001 after a the two companies, reporting to Paul Connolly, The club's current owner, Northern Irish en- indie, alternative and well -known acts who want decade of lobbying by the recording industry the publisher's London -based president of Eu- trepreneur/bar owner Nathan Lowry, says the to do new material and secret gigs," Lowry says. and performers. rope /managing director of the United King- Marquee will reopen as a live venue in the week It's the sixth location for the Marquee since SAMPRA follows the minister of trade and dom, and Frank Briegmann, president /CEO of beginning Sept. 3 at a new site,14 Upper Saint it first opened its doors in 1958 in the base- industry's June 2006 publication of regulations Universal Music Germany in Berlin. Martin's Lane, close to the Soho area most ment of 165 Oxford St. in central London. for creating collecting societies. Wenzel has served as managing director of closely associated with the club. -Lars Brandie Sony BMG managing director Keith Lister

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For the IPI report, Siwek had to So I checked out that source. Pietz and Wael- determine a variable that would work broeck concluded that online piracy could have New Report On U.S. Economic as a substitution rate, i.e., if there were caused a 20% "reduction in music sales" in 1998- Toll May Not Add Up no pirated product available, to what 2002. Another study I obtained concluded that degree would consumers who ac- online piracy reduced sales by 10 % -20% "units." quired pirated product buy legiti- These figures refer to a 20% reduction in mate product? With a substitution the number of physical units sold -not to the rate, he could calculate dollar percentage of total illegal downloads that amounts linked to those lost sales. would be purchased but for piracy, as used

He used rates of 65.7% for physi- in the IPI report. I question how the figure can cal -goods piracy and 20% for down- be used in this way, especially considering load piracy to conclude that the U.S. the likely demographics of those who illegally recording industry lost $5.3 billion and download music and their disposable income. U.S. retail lost $1.04 billion in 2005. For example, my friend purchased an iPod here's no debating that record piracy centage of music that consumers who illegally Although the physical substitution rate seemed as a gift for his wife a few years ago. Before has contributed enormously to financial download music would have instead pur- high (I've heard lawyers use 25 %), the 20% rate wrapping it, his friend filled it with 10,000 loss in the music industry and the econ- chased from legitimate sources if there were for online piracy especially drew my attention. music files he had downloaded through Kazaa omy as a whole. But just how much of that no piracy. This substitution rate is one of the Would 20% of illegally downloaded U.S. songs for his own iPod. Following the IPI analysis, damage is directly attributable to piracy - figures used to conclude that the U.S. econ- really be purchased legitimately but for piracy? my friend and his friend would each have spent as opposed to the quality, availability and pric- omy loses $12.5 billion in total output annu- According to the report, Siwek began his cal- at least $2,000 to buy 20% of those down- ing of music -has always been a point of con- ally (i.e., revenue and related economic per- culations with the IFPI estimate of 20 billion il- loads. Neither has that much disposable in- tention. And the latest piracy report is unlikely formance) and 71,060 jobs, U.S. workers lose legal downloads worldwide. He then concluded come. (By the way, his wife deleted the files to still this debate. $2.7 billion in earnings annually, and U.S. fed- that 66% of those downloads (13.2 billion) rep- after Christmas, albeit because she didn't like The Institute of Policy Innovation has released eral, state and local governments lose a min- resented U.S. recorded music, while U.S. con- the sound quality of the tracks.) "The True Cost of Sound Recording Piracy to imum of $422 million in tax revenue annually. sumers were responsible for 20% (4 billion) of Siwek says that consumer surveys support the U.S. Economy." But one thing my past litiga- The 27 -page IPI report was prepared by the global illegal downloads (thus affecting U.S. the 65.7% physical -goods rate. While dispos- tion experience taught me is that the figures in Stephen Siwek, a principal of Economists Inc., retail sales). Using the 20% substitution rate, able income wasn't taken into consideration, he economic reports don't always support the find- who has more than 30 years' experience in he calculated that 20% of these downloaded believes that other academic and research pa-

ings. So to test the findings, I looked at the fig- research and consulting. songs would have been purchased legitimately pers support the 20% online substitution rate.

ures used in what I call the "but for" section. In As with most expert opinions, his conclu- if piracy did not exist. Next to the 20% figure is But don't take my questioning the report as the IPI report, this section is where the author sions depend on certain assumptions. These a footnote, which states: "A number of aca- questioning the effects of piracy. If you ever see discusses the methodology for determining assumptions, in turn, are based on information demic studies have attempted to estimate the a woman in a New York subway station stopping that the music industry would have generated provided by third parties that compile data impact that file sharing has had on sound by a blanket of counterfeit goods and urging X billions of dollars but for piracy. on their industries (like the IFPI, the global recording sales. The specific estimate of 20% tourists not to buy them, that would be me. One calculation in particular caught my at- label trade group), past research studies is taken from Pietz, M. and Waelbroeck, P., 'The For 24/7 legal news tention. It's the percentage used as a "substi- (some public and some private, confidential), Effect of Internet Piracy on Music Sales: Cross .biz and analysis, see tution rate" for online piracy. That is, that per- original research and other sources. Section Evidence ..: pp. 78." billboard.biz /legal.

Pirate partners: In back, from left, are CHRIS McHALE, TOM GAUDIE and IVIaIdng Ilie I3rancl CHRIS TAIT; seated are TOM EYMUNDSON, left, MICHAEL PAOLETTA mpaoletta @billboard.com and TERRY O'REILLY.

when he played his last song, "Time of Our Lives." Saunter- ing onto the stage was Pirate Pairing frontman Johnny McDaid, Production House, Creative Agency Join Forces whose Irish vocals adorn the global smash from Van Dyk's Pirate is one of Canada's more house and artist management. year, artist manager Ian last album, 2003's "Reflec- innovative TV and radio audio In doing so, they are pooling Zaider and others formed tions." The anthemic jam is production houses. New York - their resources to create an touring -festival production now also featured in an om- based McHale (formerly Mc- arrangement where one plus company Festival Network, nipresent Jeep campaign. Hale /Barone), meanwhile, is one equals three. which acquired George Unlike Dirty Vegas' "Days a leading audio - for-video cre- Collectively, the two global Wein's Festival Productions. York will be seeking branding evening, we went to see Paul Go By," which became a pop ative agency. The two compa- companies have worked with Zaidei s IZ Management corn - opportunities for Junior Senior Van Dyk at an outdoor con- hit a few years ago because of nies are coming together to a wide range of brands, includ- pany has since been integrated and Zap Mama, Zaider says. cert in New York. Sure, the a Mitsubishi campaign, "Time form Pirate New York, Bill- ing Toyota, Molsen, Hyundai, into Festival Network, and McHale, a producer /writer rain was pouring down, but of Our Lives" is not crossing board has learned. The newly Ford, Budweiser, T- Mobile, Zaider -who manages the ca- on Zap Mama's new album, that didn't stop the 5,000 or so over to radio. This needs to created hybrid company- Volkswagen and McDonald's. reers of Junior Senior and "Supermoon (Heads Up)," fans from pouring in to Cen- change. Perhaps it simply equal parts agency creatives Along the way, they've picked Zap Mama -now heads up says one goal is to expose Zap - tral Park SummerStage. It was needs a little TLC -a promo- and music production special - up awards from the Clios, Festival Network Media. Mama to "a chablis- drinking the first of Van Dyk's two sold - tional push, if you will -from ists-is helmed by McHale Cannes Lions and other adver- Last year, McHale estab- demographic." Zap Mama "- out SummerStage shows. And Mute parent company Capitol founder Chris McHale and Pi- tising organizations. lished ties with Ludorum An- doesn't sell lots of records, but it was, in a word, thrilling. Music Group. Such assistance rate partners Terry O'Reilly Pirate New York will work imation and Festival Network. people know her name," The four-hour set spotlighted could potentially turn the now - and Tom Eymundson. with brands and agencies, Though there is no formal re- Zaider says. "It's time to build Van Dyk's skills as a laptop classic club hit into a very cur- With this business mar- with a focus on pushing the lationship or connection be- on that." DJ -and saw him playing nu- rent pop hit. riage, Pirate and McHale are boundaries of new media. But tween Pirate New York and merous jams from his new For 24/7 branding news blurring the lines among ad there is more to the company's these two entities, there is a TIME OF OUR LIVES: Acou- Mute studio album, "In Be- .biz and analysis, see agency, music production inner workings. Earlier this synergy. Indeed, Pirate New ple of weeks ago, on a Friday tween." But all hell broke loose billboard.biz /branding.

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Since the start of 2005, 22 EPs When Beirut released its not financially feasible and have appeared on The Billboard debut album in spring 2006, often tend to lose money. Major 200 or the Heatseekers chart. its immediate success came as retailers charge the same to In 2007 alone, eight EPs -de- somewhat of a shock to the stock a record, be it an EP, a CD fined by Billboard as releases band's label, Ba Da Bing. Label or a single. We've released EPs priced less than $9.99, with five head Ben Goldberg realized thinking they would help a to nine different songs (or fewer that the band wouldn't be able band's other albums, and than five, if the release is not to quickly turn around a full - they've done nothing. I think named after one ofthe songs) - length, but that there were a people really want full- lengths." have entered one of those few songs in the can that would But Eric Levin, Atlanta - charts, and six ofthem came out not really fit in with the sound based head of indie retail coali- tion Alliance of Independent Media Stores, says he's seen a resurgence in 7 -inch and vinyl EP sales, and that putting them out is smart from an A&R standpoint. "The consumer is OK with paying four or five dollars for an EP," he says. "It keeps the band's name out there, and because music production and record- ing has become so much easier, they make more sense to pro- duce now than ever before." Steven Peterson, of Long Beach, Calif., band Run Doris Run, may be a case in point. FLIGHT OF THE "An A &R guy we worked with CONCHORDS didn't told us releasing a few EPs was have time to make a full - length, so they debuted a better move than releasing with an EP. one full -length, because the more music out there with END THE SUMMER on independent labels. All told, of the next album. "We had a your name on it, the better," 15 of the 22 charting EPs have collection of live songs we he says. "Besides, we'd rather WITa A SWIZZ(LE). been indies. And the trend has wanted to record, and we release five great songs than a retailers and labels taking no- wanted to give people a taste of full- length with five great Celetrate v.i :h Billboard es we reaort tice. (For a major label EP strat- the live show, so we went ahead songs and five mediocre ones." on the Eolc debut album, ` 01E Mar egy, see story, page 45.) and put out the EP," Goldberg In some cases, consumers Eand ' frxn Swizz Beatz. "I've definitely noticed an says. The risk paid off; the "Lon will also purchase EPs with uptick in EP sales recently," says Gisland" EP charted and has minimal promotion from the Michael Kurtz, executive di- since sold 14,000 copies, ac- record label -and catering to Your message will be like "Money the to Nielsen SoundScan. completists can result in de- rector of the Music Monitor cording Bar,," that i=_ sure to be seer bi ou' Network, a coalition of inde- Goldberg says, "EPs are an cent numbers. Sub Pop's Steve prominent audience of incustry le_ders. pendent regional music chains. opportunity to experiment with Manning says that he pur- "They've emerged as an inex- things, to test the water and to chased almost no ads and pensive way for fans to get the open up a band's sound. EPs didn't push interviews for Iron feel of a band, and for bands to are also more quickly forgot- and Wine's 2005 EP "Woman FOR AD'vEFT1SING ISSUE CATE Sept 29 keep their relationships with ten than full- lengths, so the risk King." Yet it moved 94,000 INFOPMATION. fans going between records." is lower." Despite this, Gold- units, according to SoundScan. PLEASE 'Z.-ON-TACT: AD CLOSE ieGt 5 Some indies are releasing berg still sees major problems The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Is Is," Aki ill:aneka EPs out of necessity. In July, with the format. "They're hon- released last month, has moved 323 525.2299 Sub Pop put out the Flight of estly not my favorite things, be- 25,000 units and peaked at No. AKaneko a Bill c.ard.ccm AFT DUE S.pt 11 the Conchords' "Distant Fu- cause they're not cost -effective. 72 on The Billboard 200 by of- ture" EP to play on the success They cost as much to make as fering live recordings of previ- of their HBO show, because a regular CD, even though the ously unreleased fan favorites. that same success prevented sale price is lower." 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FLATTS, JASON A_DEAN Bamboozle, a multiday held each row and talent buyers Phil Ernst, Jason Miller, $65 Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn 15,305 Hills, Mich., July 20 '9195 Live Nation year in the New York metropolitan area, repre- Jason Stone and Sean Striegel. Joining JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, sents a critical U.S. property for the company. D'Esposito will be Bamboozle marketing direc- $854,260 $300'575 Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, 9,735 Live Nation, in -house Whether festivals continue to be a priority for tor Rob George and production manager Corm., Aug. 11 9.760 Live Nation remains to be seen. But whatthe move Anthony Baldwin. $845,021 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, TOOTS & TH? MAYTALS Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 18,401 Live Nation does mean is a bigger stage for the self-described In terms of what Live Nation brings to the Virginia Beach, Va., Aug. 15 20C'`_á "kids from Jersey" who founded Bamboozle five Bamboozle party, Morrow says most of the im- $780,966 RASCA_ FLATTS, JASON A_DEAN years ago, led by fest creator John D'Esposito. pact will be at the "back room" level, including $ïú /$43 Caláotnia Mid State Fair, Paso 11,674 Caitfornia Mid -State Fair Robles, Calif., Aug. 2 seo,. +ut D'Esposito started Bamboozle in 2003 at the production, marketing clout "and one of the $773,992 TOJR: LINKIN DARK & OTHERS Stone Pony in Asbury Park, N.J. "The first year greatest sponsorship teams in the world." $76/$40 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, 13,797 Live Nation Wantagh, N.Y., Aug. 15 13,429 we weren't very successful at the Stone Pony, But the brand will grow under Live Nation, m PROJEKT REVOLUTION TOJR: LINKIN DARK & OTHERS so we decided to change the philosophy and beginning with Bamboozle West in Los Ange- $693,697 $70/$24 50 Ford Amphitheatre, Tampa, Fla., 17,304 Live Nation move it to Convention Hall and basically incor- les in April at a venue TBA. "From there we will Aug. 17 19.433 porate the town of Asbury with multiple ven- tour across the country with a property called $691,159 RASCA- FLATTS, JASON A.-DEAN ues," D'Esposito says. We outgrew Asbury and the Bamboozle Road Show," D'Esposito says. $65/537 Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, 11,027 Live Nation m Y 16.2_ had to move to a new venue. We looked at a "We'll take the best young [acts], put them on a 20 $680,847 RASCA_ FLATTS, JASON A _DE A.N bunch of options and chose the Meadowlands." package and tour them from L.A. to New Jer- $65/$39.75 American Airlines Center, Dallas, 11,039 Live July 27 11.57 Nation The 2007 Bamboozle Festival last May at Gi- sey. We're also looking at a Bamboozle in Lon- oaf- LEPPARD, STYX, FOREIGNER ants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., featured don next October." $656,328 $96/$26 Nikon at Jbnes Beach Theater, 10,963 Live Nation 187 bands on eight stages, drawing more than D'Esposito seems stoked to be part of the Wantagh, N.Y., Aug. 14 13' :. 85,000 fans and grossing in excess of $2.6 mil- Live Nation Northeast team, and will split his $651,062 RASCA_ PLATTS, JASON A_DEA.N $65/339.75 Ford Center, , 10,377 Live Nation lion. Among the acts were , My time between Jersey and New York. He'll con- July 26 11,94e Chemical Romance and Lordi. tinue to book the Stone Pony and also such Live $631,036 DE1FLEPPARD, STYX, FOREIGNER Tweeter Cent_, for the Performing $75/525 15,626 Live Nation Asked about the booking philosophy for Bam- Nation rooms as the Blender Theatre at Arts, Mansfield. Mass., Aug. 11 19.82' boozle, D'Esposito says it's all about artist de- Gramercy and other smaller venues. $605,172 AMERICAN IDOLS LIVE velopment. "We don't usually go out and get a Live Nation already produces successful fes- $7250/542.50 Allstate Arena, Rosemont, III., 10,034 AEG Live, Jam Productions Aug. 7 12,521 big headliner. We usually try to develop within tivals in the United Kingdom and Europe, in- $600,985 KEITH URBAN, THE WRECKERS as they grow," he says. " started cluding such prestigious multiday events as Resch Center, Green Bay, Wis., 11,284 Frank Productions, G.A.M.E. on the small stage and eventually headlined to Reading, Leeds and Download in the United Jul 31-Aug. 1 15,002 tw o shop+ over 30,000 people. Same thing with My Chem. Kingdom, Werchter in and Lowlands $598,130 AMERICAN IDOLS LIVE $72.5 $39 50 Jobiing.com Arena, Glendale, 9,701 AEG Live Hopefully this year we'll have another one like in Holland. So it's not surprising the company Ariz., July 18 10.412 or the ." would look to strengthen its position in this $575,782 MICHAEL 3JBLE, JANN ARC'EN Bamboozle is also one of the more affordably space, given the boom market for festivals in $85/565 Oracle Arena, Oakland, Calif, 7,399 Beaver Productions Aug. 25 sellout priced multi-act festivals, which D'Esposito says the . $568,995 PROJEKT REVOLUTION TOJR: LINKIN DARK & OTHERS has a "as long Rival AEG Live been priority, as the bands are international promoter sub- $70/524 50 Sound Advice Amphitheatre, 17,154 Live Nation West Palm Beach, Fla., Aug. 10 19.25' willing to work with us and we don't have to pay sidiary Goldenvoice produces Coachella in Indio, RASCA.. FLATTS, JASON A_DEAN extravagant guarantees. It's a philosophy: Bam- Calif., and has a producer's stake in the New Or- $568,642 $65 Van Ainde[ Arena, Grand Rapids, 8,498 - Live Nation boozlé s not your payday, it's your credibility." leans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which grossed an Mich., July 19 11.927 Live Nation has backed Bamboozle since it estimated $20 million this year, as well as Seat- 30 $564,014 BRAD PAISLEY, JACK INGRAM, NELLIE PICKLER, TAYLOR SWIFT $43/$33 M nnesota State Fair, St. Paul, 13,148 Minnesota State Fair moved out ofAsbury Park, but now it owns it out- tle's . C3- produced in Minn., Aug. 23 sel loLt right. Why sell a successful property? "They do Chicago took in nearly $10 million in tickets, and $563,864 NICKELBACK, PUDDLE OF MUDD, ANGER ELEVEN this every day, and we're just some kids from Point Bonnaroo last June in Manchester, Tenn., grossed $57.50/537.50 C.W. Mitchell Pavilion, The 12,559 Live Nation, in-house 111 Woodiandk, Texas, Aug. 16 15,7 39 Pleasant, N.J.," D'Esposito says. "We got over our an estimated $17 million in its sixth year. Newer $550,930 AMERICAN /DOLS LIVE heads. There was a point where as an entrepre- festivals like the Virgin Mobile Festival at Pim- $72.50/$39.50 Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn 9,24$ AE6 Live Hills, Mich, Aug 12 11,3`_9 neur you have to look at something and say, 'I can lico Race Course in Baltimore are also gaining ® AMERICAN IDOLS LIVE do it myselfand fail, or I can go and get somebody traction; V-Fest grossed $5.4 million from 55,636 1:1 $549,488 Xc:ei Energy Center, St. Paul, 9,843 AE6 Live, Jam Productions with the experience and the resources.' " paid attendance in August. 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' Katreese MUSIC DIRECTOR Barnes TÓm Roberta Flack and Elton John to J.U.I.C.Y. and `,' this woman's work is never done.

For "Saturday Night Live" music director Katreese Barnes, being nominated for an Emmy Award for the hilarious skit "Dick in a Box" was something she almost foresaw. The boy band spoof featuring Justin Timberlake was a viral video sensation last

year. As soon as they brought the song to me, I said, 'If the video matches the song, it's a hit,' " says Barnes, who has been part of the show since 2000. "When you hear something that's catchy, you can feel it. And when NBC released the uncensored ver- sion online the next day, it just exploded." Barnes, Timberlake, , Asa Taccone, Akiva Schaffer and Andy Samberg are all co- nominated for an Emmy for outstanding original music and lyrics for their contributions to "Dick in a Box," which will vie for the honor at the Sept.16 ceremony. Barnes' road to "SNL" began as half of North Carolinian R &B duo J.U.I.C.Y. (Joint United Incredible Creative Youth), with her brother, Jerry. Signed to Epic Records as a "young, young, young" woman, Barnes made two albums with J.U.I.C.Y. and eventu- ally joined Roberta Flack's band, helping write and produce songs for her Grammy Award -nominated album "Set the Night to Music." She talked with Billboard about the "Dick" phenomenon, how "SNL" stays musically fresh and the art of composing.

How did the "Dick in a Box" Where does "Saturday Night to come up with skit come about? Live" draw the line on which material, not It was thrown together really fast material is too risqué? getting in the because Boys We have a censor who sits there way of being [Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and goes through each script and funny and working with them to How did your musical theater and Akiva Schaffer] do all the dig- makes those decisions. make the material funny. show "Rocket Man" come about? ital shorts for the show. They were I created "Rocket Man" two a group before they were hired as What's the musical creative Are there certain musical keys The Emmys years ago and I perform it "SNL" writers. They'd presented process for a comedy show that spark a laugh easier? maybe every two months at the Justin Timberlake with three dif- like "SNL "? Every now and then if something wanted Triad Theater in New York. The ferent ideas that he wasn't too into, This is a really talented cast. Guys is too low, it might be funnier in show is based on Elton John so they didn't have a concept like Fred Armisen and Will Forte a higher key or vice versa. It all the guys songs but it's a musical comedy. nailed down until Thursday. I did play the guitar and sometimes depends. Sometimes a composi- There's more information at the music before they even came compose their own music too. tion could be funnier if we just to perform myspace.com /rocketmanshow. up with the idea. I'm not sure who Usually, on Tuesday night, the changed a key or if we just It's basically my funk arrange- exactly hatched the idea but Justin writers sing us ideas or give us ex- changed a key for an actor's corn - `Dick in a ments of Elton John songs. The had a big hand in coming up with amples of music they want us to fort level. That way they won't next one is Oct. 22. the melody and writing the lyrics. mimic. Sometimes we get the lib- have to think too hard about Box' but It's my answer to performing They spent a lot of time perfect- erty of coming up with something singing and can simply focus on without having a hit record. I ing that, which in our world is al- on our own. With "Dick in a Box," performing well. they wanted said, "I'm at 'SNL,' and I'm most three hours. the writers just said, "We're doing to change doing comedy, so I'll write a mu- a'90s thing." How do you keep your mate- sical comedy and incorporate my Did you expect such a huge rial timely? the lyrics. style of funk, like I used to do response? How do you compose personally? As each year passes, of course the with J.U.I.C.Y." It's not the kind I thought the fans would like it but Prior to "SNL," I was a song- newer generations are going to re- It would of stuff that gets played on the I didn't know it was going to be an writer, and I think there's just a late more to newer musicals like radio now, but I just felt like, Internet hit. NBC thought the way to hone into what people "Hairspray" instead of "South Pa- just be "Are we musicians supposed to short was so funny that it deserved want. It's almost like being a psy- cific." They're also going to relate just pack up and die? No!" to be released uncensored because chic in a way. I am really fortu- more to Justin Timberlake rather retarded "SNL" doesn't usually release un- nate that I have good chemistry than Tom Jones. If we did a spoof How do you feel about being censored shorts. NBC is so care- with the "SNL" writers and we can on Tom Jones now, people would to do nominated for an Emmy? ful with their censorship laws. come up with things pretty ask, "Who's that ?" But unfortu- anything I love that we can have an award The Emmys wanted the guys quickly without too many nately Tom Jones is still alive, so no for a song like "Dick in a Box." to perform "Dick in a Box" at the glitches. It's really hard to be dis, Tom. You're still hot, baby. I ac- but perform Sometimes I cringe at what award show but [they] wanted to funny. You have to be patient with tually sang backup for Tom Jones award shows have become. change the lyrics. It would just comedic talent because they're five years ago for the rain forest gig it the Sometimes they're too commer- be retarded to do anything but under so much pressure to be at Carnegie Hall. Sting, Billy Joel cial or too political, so after perform it the way it is. But I funny. As a musician prior to this, and Elton John hosted it and Tom way it is. years of being a disgruntled doubt that's going to happen un- if I performed somewhere, I'd get Jones was one of the performers. award -show watcher, I love the less they just bleeped the exple- a clap. They depend on a laugh. He's like 109 and just so adorable. idea of being nominated for a tives each time. So it's a balance of allowing them He really thinks he's still got it. song like this.

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www.americanradiohistory.com www.americanradiohistory.com www.americanradiohistory.com it as the lone reason for her current popularity. "I knew she was going to do well, but I think what she's achieved is quite re- markable. It's exceeded all expectations," he says, phoning in liding through the crowd from his holiday in the south of France. "'s [debut] album sold -if I remember right-about 2.6 million and Ruben [Studdard's] sold about 1.8 million. So I would say between a in a pale blue BCBG Max Azria designer dress and impressively high heels, Carrie Underwood million and two [in sales] is 'Idol.' Anything over two [million] is the picture- perfect hostess as she graciously chats with the throng of well -wishers gathered is down to Carrie and her amazing voice." at the Country Music Hall of Fame to celebrate the multiplatinum success of her debut album, In the wake of a debut album that sold nearly 6 million, what can she expect next? Any other artist would seem extremely for- "Some Hearts." Unlike some artists who might remain cloistered in a velvet -roped side room tunate to sell 2 or 3 million on a sophomore record, but would during such events, Underwood seems happy to mingle with the crowd, thanking radio that look like a slip for Underwood? "It's always a problem when personnel, retailers, journalists and anyone else who has played a role in her fairytale rise to you set the bar high -you've got to beat it," country WQYK superstardom. As the 24- year -old pride of Checotah, Okla., poses for pictures and shakes hands, Tampa Bay, Fla., OM Mike Culotta says. "I think she can. She's her mother, Carole -a retired schoolteacher who still lives in Checotah with Underwood's bringing people into our format and exposing them to it. They retired paper mill- worker dad, Steve -beams proudly. may not have believed that it's country. I'm very proud that when she goes out and does stuff, she makes it known she's country." Everyone loves the girl next door. And when you're noting this page). Its video helped propel the success of the single Executives in Underwood's camp are optimistic and realis- factors that spurred Underwood's groundbreaking success, her and showed a more aggressive and heretofore unseen side of tic when it comes to repeating her sales figures. "Trying to match fresh -faced enthusiasm and accessible demeanor-visibly on Underwood's persona, as she lashed out against an unfaith- that in a marketplace that is declining is going to be difficult," display that night last year -have proved as beneficial as her ful boyfriend's personal property with a Louisville Slugger. Sony BMG Nashville chairman Joe Galante says. "None of us powerhouse vocals. Such qualities were a magnet to the "Amer- But unlike some artists who more explicitly court airplay in is under the illusion we're going to do 7 million. ican Idol" crowd, and they've continued to serve Underwood another format by altering the music's sound, Underwood re- "What we focus on is the growth from the musical standpoint, well as her career has shifted into high gear. fused play that game. and that's really what it's about," he continues. "If we can do Now, with the Oct. 23 release of her 19 Recordings /Arista "We started out thinking that [ "Before He Cheats "] might be better in making this next album so that Carrié s fans buy into Nashville album "Carnival Ride," the whirlwind that has be- cool on other radio stations than country music, but we were her on the second time around and people get to see her as some- come Underwood's life is about to accelerate even more. Since told flat out that it was too country-and I'm not willing to body who's not a one -off on 'American Idol' but is going to have winning "American Idol" in 2005, Underwood has sold nearly change it," she says. "Just because it has some a good 20 -year career, then we've accomplished 6 million copies of "Some Hearts." But her new album, she fiddle on it, I don't understand why other peo- our job." feels, is an even stronger reflection of who she is. ple wouldn't like it. I didn't want to take that Retailers, meanwhile, are understandably "My favorite line on the whole album pretty much sums up out to make it something else." anxious to get the new Underwood disc. everything that I've been through, and I think everybody could Such convictions did nothing to slow down "While it will be a daunting task to even try to find something in this particular line: 'God put us here on this sales. "Some Hearts" sold 315,000 units its first exceed the sales of the debut given the erod- carnival ride /We close our eyes never knowing where it will week, making Underwood the highest- debut- ing physical sales patterns seen today, with take us next,' " Underwood says of the tune, which was penned ing new artist in the country genre since the right songs and continued fabulous videos by Hillary Lindsey, Chris Lindsey and Aimee Mayo. "It's beau- Nielsen Sound Scan began tracking sales. The it is not impossible," says Brian Smith, VP of tiful and so true. We don't know what we're doing or where album spent 27 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's store operations for Marietta, Ga. -based Value we're headed. We just kind of trust and hope that whatever ride Top Country Albums chart, and has sold 5.9 Sony BMGchairn Music Concepts. "Her career has been expertly we're on in life takes us where we need to go." million units, according to SoundScan. In one GALANTE, left, and managed, and her label has done a masterful executive VP BUTCH On this particular late August day, Underwood knows where album, Underwood has reached the level of suc- WAUGH, right, present job at selecting the right songs in the right se- she's headed -to Paris for a much -needed vacation. The pre- cess it took other superstar acts several years CARRIE UNDERWOOD her quence to showcase her diversity. six -times -platinum award. vious night, she'd performed a private show for Target in Min- and albums to achieve. "Speaking as a retailer dependent on foot neapolis; after chatting with Billboard about her new disc, she'll Underwood credits her impressive jump -start to that little traffic, we appreciate that fact that her album was so deep with embark on her French adventure. singing competition on Fox. "Coming off 'American Idol,' peo- viable content," Smith continues. "So often the records today "I have never been anywhere in that direction before, so I ple already knew who I was," she says. "Most people spend years have one, maybe two commercially successful singles. Not since just had a little bit of time and I figured I better take a vacation trying to [get fans to] recognize who they are. I already had that Shania [Twain] can I remember a country female artist having before things get really crazy. I consider myself a pretty uncul- massive recognition factor." so many great songs that target so many demos, and it took tured person," she says. "If you want to get a taste of culture, I Country KMPS Seattle OM /PD Becky Brenner agrees that Shania several years to get to that point." hear France is pretty nice." "Idol" was a major component in Underwood's launch. "I wasn't surprised by it," she says of Underwood's success. I'M FLYING HIGH THEN I'M WONDERING WHY.. . IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE IT "She was America's sweetheart, so it was clear that she was The pressure to follow up such as successful debut could cre- CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE .. . going to be huge. When they announced that she was going atively paralyze an artist, but Underwood has worked her way In two short years, her sweet down -home charm has combined to be country, I thought, 'This is awesome for us,' because through it. " 'Is there really anywhere to go but down ?' There with a killer set of pipes to transform Underwood into a phe- she already had a huge built -in fan base. Those people are so was that fear in my head," Underwood says. "Then we started 4 nomenon -and one with a lengthy list of accolades. She's the active and so passionate, and the reason is they take owner- picking songs and I realized it was more [about] making an 3 , Country Music Assn.'s reigning female vocalist of the year. ship in her success. They feel like they made her." album for myself that I love and I know I have a huge hand in oL Z -+ "Some Hearts" was named the Academy of Country Music's Simon Fuller -Underwood's manager, creator of "Ameri- making. Whatever happens, it's icing on the cake." á° _; 2007 album of the year, and she netted Grammy Awards for can Idol" and founder /chief executive of 19 Entertainment On "Carnival Ride," Underwood was involved in g- L - more the Y J best new artist and best female country vocal performance for obviously acknowledges the power of the show, but doesn't view songwriting process than on the debut. She set up a writers "Jesus, Take the Wheel," which won best country song. It also won the Gospel Music Assn.'s country recorded song of the year, and was designated ASCAP and the Nashville Songwrit- Core At Country, Accessible To AC ers Assn. International's song of the year. Meanwhile, she's become a core artist at country radio, and Underwood has ascended to superstar status on country radio as quickly as any artist since Garth Brooks, and four of her hits ascended to superstar status in the eyes of radio and fans, more have crossed over to the AC chart. Here are the singles she's scored with so far: quickly than perhaps anyone since fellow Oklahoman Garth TITLE PEAK PEAK DATE WEE KS ON CHART A( PEAK AC PEAK DATE WEE KS ON CHART LABEL

Brooks. "Jesus, Take the Wheel" spent six weeks at No. 1 on "Bless the Broken Road" (with RascalFlatts) 50 6/11/2005 1 Arista /RMG

Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. Its successor, "Before He "Inside Your Heaven" 52 7/16/2005 12 12 10/22/2006 21 Arista /RMG

Cheats," topped the chart for five weeks, followed by "Don't "Jesus, Take the Wheel" 1 (Aweeks) 1/21/2006 23 23 5/6/2006 20 Arista /Arista Nashville

Forget to Remember Me," which peaked at No. 2, and "Wasted," "Before He Cheats" 1 (Sweeks) 11/11/2006 46 7 ** 7/21/2007 18 ** Arista /Arista Nashville which hit No.1 for three weeks. "So Small," the lead single from "Don't Forget to Remember Me" 2 8/5/2006 27 Arista /Arista Nashville her new album, made Underwood the first female to debut in "Wasted" 1 (3weeks) 4/21/2007 25 Arista /Arista Nashville

Hot Country Songs' top 20 in 43 years. The single is No. 11 only "I'll Stand by You" 41 7/14/2007 18 Femantle /19 four weeks after release. "So Small" 11" 9/8/2007 4* Arista /Arista Nashville

She's even had luck at AC radio, where four singles have "Some Hearts" 12 5/27/2006 20 Arista /Arista Nashville scored, and "Before He Cheats" peaked at No. 7 (see chart, 'Still charting. SOURCE: Hot Country Songs through the Sept. 8 chart. 'Still charting. SOURCE: Ad silt Contemporary through the Sept. 8 chart.

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"So Small" 2,000 Ryman to collaborate Underwood has tallied more than 4.5 million digital retreat at Nashville's famed Auditorium "Inside Your Heaven" 28,000 with such Music Row tunesmiths as Hillary Lindsey, Craig sales and 1.3 million mobile sales so far. Here's how "Don't Forget to 241,000 Wiseman, Rivers Rutherford and Gordie Sampson. "On the Remember Me" she's fared, song by song: first album, we started picking out songs and making it on May "Some Hearts" 31,000 25, and it came out Nov. 15, so that's really not much time," "Inside Your Heaven" 303,000 Underwood says. "On the new album, I took a lot of time writ- "Don't Forget to 50,000 ing with a lot of great people." Remember Me"

After co- writing "So Small," "the next day we wrote another "I'll Stand by You" 352,000 one that is called' Last Name,' which is pretty much a complete 133,000 Ringtones opposite," she says. " 'So Small' is very thoughtful and has a "Wasted" 384,000 Digital Songs really great message. 'Last Name' is just fun and it's kind of 263,000 gritty. It's more like a 'Before He Cheats' kind of song." "Jesus, Take the Wheel" 1,039,000 One of the most poignant tracks, "Just a Dream," is about a 851,000 soldier dying and the emotions his fiancé experiences as she "Before He (heats" 1,734,000 comes to terms with the tragedy. "It's a pretty heavy lyric," SOURCE: Ringtones on RingScan: Digital Galante says, "and Carrie makes you feel every single emotion that this girl is going through." about everything you do, and if you decide to go ahead and do IT'S THE WHEEL OF THE WORLD TURNING Underwood says, "It's such a haunting song. Then what [pro- it anyway, realize that everybody is going to talk about it the AROUND AND AROUND .. . ducer] Mark Bright did with it, he used these different licks on next day. I'm 24 years old, and if I have a glass of wine in my Arista Nashville VP of marketing and artist development Jon it that really made it come to life. hand and somebody takes a picture of it, somebody somewhere Elliot says the thrust of the label's marketing campaign for "Car- f "I don't think I've ever done a sad song," she continues. is going to get mad because I'm being 'a bad role model.' It's a nival Ride" is to "keep her visible, put her in the right places " 'Jesus, Take the Wheel' was serious, but ["Just a Dream "] shows fine line, and you have to realize that I'm a human too." and try to get out of the way. It's pretty much 'Roll up your a different side, and it was very vocally challenging." And according to Underwood, her alleged romance with sleeves and let people know the album is out.' " Underwood includes only one cover on the set, a remake of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo was just a media fan- Elliot says a strong Internet presence will be key to the proj- the Randy Travis hit "I Told You So." The rest are new tunes, tasy. "We're really good friends and support each other, but ect. "She appeals [more] to a younger demo than most country some by Hillary Lindsey, who she singles out as one of her fa- we're not together, nor have we ever been together," she says, artists," he says. "Obviously, the Web is a big part of what we vorite writers. "It's very hard for me to find writers that really wanting to set the record straight. "I understand because we do in terms of marketing to a younger audience. Her MySpace get kind of young female [artists]. There are all these male writ- went to the [Academy of Country Music Awards] together and page is very active. Her sales on iTunes have been fantastic. Our ers and they are great at what they do," she says, "but I'm a 24- I go watch him play football that people might get the wrong ability to use her Web site to help promote single releases and year -old girl, and I imagine it would be hard for these guys to impression, but hardly any people ever ask me. They just kind the album is a part of what we do. She's very Web -friendly across think like a 24- year -old girl. So it's really awesome that I've of ran with the story anyway. I read stuff now that one of us is all platforms, including mobile." been able to get together with her." trying to get the other back and that I spend the night crying Underwood has sold more than 4.5 million digital songs, ac- by myself. It's awful." cording to Nielsen Soundscan -including 1.7 million copies IT NEVER EVEN SLOWS DOWN .. Galante is impressed with how Underwood has handled fame. of "Before He Cheats" and 1 million of "Jesus, Take the Wheel." When it comes to the Ferris wheel that is Underwood's life, cre- "She grew up in a small town. She knows what it is to work hard. All five of her singles have been available as ringtones, and her ating music and seeing it succeed is the obvious high. But Un- She realizes how blessed she is to be where she's at, and she con- mobile sales, according to Nielsen RingScan, are more than derwood admits there are certain aspects of celebrity that have tinues to work very hard," he says. "She's respectful of the things 1.3 million; "Before He Cheats" alone is at 851,000. (See chart, taken some getting used to, especially the tabloid rumors and she needs to be respectful of, and she's playful when she needs this page.) Her MySpace page lists more than 370,000 "friends" constant scrutiny. "It's really awkward to think, 'Oh, gosh, some- to be playful. As a person, she really is great. She's honest and and has more than 12 million profile views. body is going to snap a picture of me dancing and then they'll open, and she has a great sense of humor. I think people will dis- "This past year we've started a fan club and a blog to keep say I'm a party girl,' which I'm not," she says. "You have to think cover more and more about her as she goes through this." everybody informed on what's going on," Underwood says. "That's when I get to talk to the fans and have direct contact with people." Following Up A Phenomenon Underwood toured extensively in 2006 on the first record. "The first thing we did was open for Kenny Chesney early on Despite the fact that her debut album, SOPHOMORE SLUMP? in the record cycle," says Jeff Frasco, Underwood's responsible "Some Hearts," has sold 5.8 million In the Nielsen SoundScan era, most country artists who've broken through with agent at Creative Artists Agency in Los Angeles and booker of copies, Carrie Underwood's best sales multiplatinum albums have seen marked sales dips with their next releases. the American Idols tours. Last year she played fair dates in the days may be behind her. 8.6M summer and also headlined small theaters in secondary and As jarring as it may be to admit it, 8.3M tertiary markets. "She sold all those out, and she did extremely 1.5M history is not on the 24- year -old's well on all of the fair dates," Frasco says. "Then we came back side. If past follow -ups to huge coun- and special -guested with Brad Paisley in the fall." are any Under - Underwood's touring development "went from level to level try debuts indication, 6M wood's forthcoming album "Carnival to level," Frasco says. By December, he says, she had played Ride" probably will not sell more more than 100 dates, "and I don't think we repeated more than copies than her first. 4.5M three markets." Forget that album sales are off by Frasco and CAA hope to continue the process on the new album, double -digit figures in 2007 -in the though Underwood probably won't undertake a full -blown tour 16 years since Nielsen SoundScan until 2008. She's now a legitimate headliner, and plans for her became the currency of record for 2.4M next tour will find her either headlining or co- headlining with an- the measurement of music sales, no other artist. "When the album comes out in October, she is going sold 3 million or to do a bunch of promotion and probably start touring somewhere country act that 1.3M 1.2M more albums on its major -label nchained "Here "Ali "Wide around February or March," Frasco says. debut topped that number on its "Some on'tBe lody/The for the Jacked Open Given her track record, it's hard to believe Underwood would Gave All" the Last" "Blue" ly Years" Party" Up" Spaces" "Fly" next release. have any concerns about filling venues. But perhaps it's her LeANN RIMES GRETCHEN WILSON DIXIE CHICKS More simply put, incredible sales BILLY RAY CYRUS Oklahoma naiveté that prompts her to say, "I don't feel I'm success on an act's first major -label re- up "It Won't Be the Last." something to shoot for, it's ready to headline. What if nobody shows up? It would be ab- lease doesn't ensure comparable re- Likewise, Rimes' 1996 Curb debut neck -and -neck performance of the solutely horrifying if nobody showed up." sults thereafter. tallied nearly 6 million in sales, while Dixie Chicks. The band's 1998 break- That seems unlikely. After all, Underwood has become Amer- Think about some of the biggest the subsequent "Unchained Melody" through, "Wide Open Spaces," has ica's sweetheart. She's the girl who showed everyone a country debut albums of the last 15 years: Billy scored a still impressive 2.4 million, ac- sold 8.6 million units, and its sopho- singer could take the "American Idol" prize, then proceeded to Ray Cyrus' "Some Gave All," LeAnn cording to SoundScan. Ditto with Wil- more release, "Fly," has notched nearly jump -start the format with her groundbreaking success. Yes, Rimes' "Blue" and Gretchen Wilson's son, who sold 4.5 million on 2004's 8.3 million. -Ken Tucker life has been a crazy carnival ride for Underwood, and she's "Here for the Party." Cyrus went from "Here for the Party" and 1.2 million on about to take another upward twirl. 7.5 million copies sold on his 1992 Mer- "All Jacked Up." Additional reporting by Keith cury debut to 1.3 million on the follow- If Underwood and her label have Caulfield and Wade Jessen. Additional reporting by Ray Waddell in Nashville.

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www.americanradiohistory.com New Releases Can Be Had For Amazon is used daily by millions of people to find information Rock - Bottom Prices At The about or buy practically every commodity available for AMAZON MARKETPLACE. purchasing. But many of them seem unaware that a whole But Exactly Who other world lurks underneath its surface: the Amazon Marketplace. If To travel there, visit the Amazon store and Is Doing The Selling? perform a search for an artist or title. When it comes up, look By Ed Christman for Amazon's price for the item. Right next to it, you will see a for, new copies available. If you click on Illustrations by Wesley Bedrosian link say, 74 used and that link, you will be whisked away to another sphere, populated by 1.1 million sellers other than Amazon, dozens of whom compete with Amazon and are offering the very same item either used or new at prices that seem to defy economic reality. If After helping industry executives gain entrance to the Marketplace, one after another told Billboard, "I had no idea." ¶ But after a little exploration, they began to understand why many sellers are up in arms about the Marketplace, which is turning into a veritable Wild West of music retail. If The out -of- control element revolves around low pricing, but it's an issue that comes from different angles, depending on which seller is complaining. ¶ The venue needs sheriffs, sellers insist, but the only times the host plays that role is when it comes to protecting customers. When policing is needed to enforce music industry rules and ensure a level playing field among sellers, both Amazon and eBay, which owns the Markeplace -esque Half.com, are missing in action, some sellers charge.

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www.americanradiohistory.com How big is the Amazon Marketplace? According who sells there but not in the Amazon Marketplace. ing there. While Amazon allows buyers to rate sellers, to Amazon VP of music and movies Peter Faricy, it eBay gets 15 %, and 60 cents of the $2.99 charged for it won't provide any other seller information. generates 30% of the company's total music sales, shipping and handling per CD. The difference is the "It has a lot of gray and shady areas, and it has cre- which he declines to specify. seller actually completes the sale, not eBay. ated a level of competition that is intense," says one Unlike most other music accounts, it's hard to de- Making money from shipping and handling charges wholesaler who watches the Marketplace to monitor termine exactly how large a player Amazon is in the is a typical direct -marketing profit strategy, industry how retailers are pricing his goods. "But what happens music sector. Billboard estimates that Amazon's pur- experts say. if you create a perfect marketplace? The price will drop chases from labels total 4% market share, but the com- "A lot of these sellers are bedroom distributors," says and drop." pany also buys daily from wholesalers like Alliance one wholesaler who supplies services to Amazon Mar- Besides the customer, who wins in that kind of en- Entertainment Corp., Baker &Taylor and Super D. And ketplace sellers. "They negotiate pick, pack and ship vironment? Amazon, most Marketplace participants then there are Marketplace sales, which are not re- from us, figure in Amazon's take and then sell at that and observers agree. Sure, it gets a cut of each trans- ported to Nielsen SoundScan, at least not by Amazon. price, and never touch the product, just pocketing the action, but it also can brand the company as a low -cost Thus, Billboard estimates Amazon's overall music mar- profit from shipping." seller. Most shoppers will remember that they initially ket share at just above 6% and its annual music rev- In addition to pricing and selection, Amazon pro- went to Amazon and got a super low price, making the enue at about $500 million. That would place the vides other information to help customers make Mar- merchant the destination of choice, regardless of who Marketplace's annual volume at about $150 million, ketplace purchases. For each sale, it encourages consumers ultimately buy from once there. but neither dollar volume estimate includes shipping customers to rate sellers and shows approval ratings But traditional music merchandisers are alarmed and handling charges. in increments of 30 days, 90 days, 1 year and lifetime. because many current hits and popular catalog titles With those kind of numbers, the Marketplace nat- The ratings allow customers to see who is trustwor- can be acquired brand -new from third -party merchants urally has some supporters. thy and who are the biggest sellers. The main sellers, at well below the wholesale cost. As one independent "What we are finding is the Amazon Marketplace is based on the number of customer-approval rating sur- distribution executive puts it, "The Amazon Market- becoming a giant source ofrevenue and is really integral veys filled out, appear to be Caiman.com, with 394,000 place makes Best Buy, Wal -Mart and Target look like to our stores' success," says Don Van Cleave, who heads customer ratings in the last 12 months; Super D, which UMGD president JIM price gougers." up the Coalition of Independent Music Stores. It's also operates under the name importcds, with 185,000 cus- URIE (top) says his For example, on July 11 the White Stripes' "Icky company is keeping an good for customers because the dwindling retail scene tomer ratings; smokymtnbooks, with 155,000 customer eye on the Marketplace, Thump," which is an $18.98 list -price CD and carries leaves many towns without decent record stores, he adds. ratings during the 12 -month period; warehousedeals, and Amazon VP of music a $12.05 wholesale boxlot cost, could be purchased with and movies PETER brand -new from the Amazon Marketplace for less than In Rochester, N.Y., Record Archive co -owner Alaya with 142,000 customer ratings; moviemarscom, FARICY (bottom) says Hill says the Marketplace now accounts for 20% of the 125,000 customers rating them; and Hastings Enter- the company will $9, from six different sellers, each with a $2.98 ship- store's business. And on Long Island, Karl Groeger, tainment, with more than 89,000 ratings. monitor any 'issues' ping charge. Two of the sellers are less than $7: dav- brought to its attention. co -owner of indie store Looney Tunes in West Baby- If approval ratings drop too low, or if too many or- But sellers say parallel euris2002, which ships from , was offering lon, N.Y., says he is doing phenomenally well selling ders aren't fulfilled, Amazon will remove the seller imports from Argentina, a new copy at $6.94, while Dolphywas1, which ships on the Amazon Marketplace and other online markets. from the system. It won't listen to appeals, regardless like John Mayer's from New York, was offering it at $6.95. 'Continuum,' bought via "Our online sales total about 10% of our business," if a seller refunded monies immediately and whether the Marketplace, remain A similar pricing environment exists on eBay's he says. "Our brick- and -mortar store sales are up 3% the seller can prove how mishaps innocently occurred, a problem. Half.com. On Aug. 2, Norah Jones' "Come Away With so far this year, but overall we are up 16 %, thanks to our Marketplace sellers complain. If cut off from selling Me," which has an $18.98 list price with a $12.02 boxlot online sales." On the day Groeger talked to Billboard, on the Marketplace, the only way back in is to buy a cost, could be purchased for less than $9 from nine dif- Looney Tunes shipped out 411 parcels. He employs new computer with a new address, get a new bank and ferent sellers, the lowest at $5.79. three full -time staffers and two part- timers devoted to use a different name and mailing address. But eBay and Half.com are not griped about as loudly handling the store's direct marketing operation. because eBay itself doesn't buy direct or have relation- What's more, with retail stores closing and surviv- WHO'S SELLING TO WHO? ships with labels the way Amazon does. Also, Amazon ing stores reducing inventory, labels are turning to the With 1.1 million sellers participating in the Amazon may not have been able to match eBay's auction busi- Amazon Marketplace to ensure that their slow -mov- Marketplace on the company's Web sites around the ness, but the Amazon Marketplace generates a much ing titles are at least commercially available somewhere. globe, and most identified only by their e-mail handles larger sales volume than Half.com, according to sell- But that leaves indie merchants annoyed that not and addresses, it's hard to figure out who exactly is sell- ers operating in both venues. only are their suppliers competing against them, but Still, how can some Marketplace sellers price that some vendors are hiding behind storefront aliases music below cost? Some suggest loss leaders, while and selling product directly to consumers at prices others say it's the last remnant of the Internet funny - lower than they sell to stores. money economy. "I just assumed it's because it's that Internet thing," HOW IT WORKS says a one -stop executive whose company doesn't sell Amazon was thinking about more than additional sales 1-ß,e White Stripes' on Amazon. "You remember how back during the In- volume when it launched the Marketplace. ternet bubble, people were handing out money on the "We want to create the best shopping experience for street corners to anybody just for customer acquisi- our customers," Faricy says. "The three pillars that we 'Icky Thump' ancl tion? I just figured it's that mentality all over again." focus on are selection, value and discovery, and the But the loss leader explanation sometimes falls flat Marketplace really enables the customer [in those areas]. when probing deeper. First off, while one can shop par- So, it's a critical part or our strategy." ticular sellers in the Amazon Marketplace, it's not easy. Norah a sellers With 1.3 million music titles available, super low Jones' Amazon doesn't provide directory of nor does pricing and robust editorial content, it certainly ap- it highlight the Marketplace with its own page, so the pears as if Amazon has fulfilled that mission. loss leader strategy will hardly drive traffic to Market- But how does the Marketplace really work? It's sim- `ß:0111G' Away place merchants. ple. Customers enter the Marketplace and can place On July 11, Billboard searched through Amazon's orders from multiple sellers. Each order is billed sep- top 100, and found 42 $18.98 list-price albums, which arately, and shipped by the seller, but Amazon collects With hile' cost $19 means a boxlot cost of about $12, but 18 of them were the money from the customer's charge card and then selling for $8 or less. disburses payment to sellers twice a month. "We can't compete on price on the Marketplace, On each sale, Amazon makes a 15% commission. In wholesale, but which I find kind of ironic since we buy direct from addition, the seller and Amazon make money off the the labels," one music merchandiser says. Even more shipping. Two CDs Billboard bought from Innuendo ironic, Amazon itself often fails to beat the lowball pric- Entertainment may have cost $14.73, but they also car- could be had new ing for new product in its own marketplace, even though ried a $5.96 shipping and handling charge for standard the online merchant has supplanted the big -box retail- shipping. However, Billboard's mailroom says the pack- ers as the music industry's price leader in recent years. age cost only $2.16 to ship. That means Innuendo made foro less than $7 on Amazon also allows sellers to change prices almost $2.40 in shipping, while Amazon made $1.40 in ship- instantaneously. During a phone conversation where ping and $2.21 in commission for a total of $3.61. both sides sat in front of computers logged on to the Half.com has a similar structure, says a wholesaler the IVlarketplace. Amazon site, one Marketplace seller showed Billboard

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www.americanradiohistory.com a record he was selling at what appeared to be the fifth - lowest price there. A minute later, that seller instructed Billboard to refresh the page, which revealed that his company now had the lowest price. In fact, more sophisticated sellers have created their own software programs or used readily available ones like Monsoon to actively monitor and adjust pricing on all titles. Such programs allow sellers to set collars for low and high price on each title, and respond auto- matically to pricing adjustments made by competitors. As a result, Marketplace pricing is continually shifting throughout the day. ' HE PRICE IS RIGHT .. ANI) WRONG A look at two albums bought via the Amazon Market- place might offer some insight into how some Ama- zon and eBay sellers can operate with albums priced below cost. On May 17, Billboard ordered John Mayer's "Con- tinuum," which has a $11.86 boxlot cost, for $7.74; and Norah Jones' "Not Too Late," which has a $12.02 boxlot cost, for $6.99 from Innuendo Entertainment, each with a $2.98 shipping charge for a total of $20.69. When those titles were delivered, the back -tray card revealed they were parallel imports from Ar- gentina, where the major labels sell to local retailers and wholesalers at a boxlot cost about 30% cheaper than the U.S. price. A U.S. wholesaler reported that "Not Too Late" could be purchased from an Argentina wholesaler for $6.27, while the Mayer album went for $7.32 on July 10. Innuendo didn't respond to e- mails seeking comment. "The main problem in the Marketplace is all the low- priced parallel imports and Amazon's unwilling- price leaders. "There are a lot of folks who provide THE JURY'S STILL OUT ness to clean it up," because it benefits from cus- great value in the Marketplace who do nothing il- Not everyone sees the Marketplace as an insidious force. tomer perception that it's the cheapest site, one seller legal," Faricy insists. A few sources say Amazon at least has addressed some says. Another seller adds that Half.com is even worse. For instance, some companies buy pallets of CDs seller issues, even if some big problems still remain. "That's where the parallel import sellers really flour- and other goods lost in transit from the trucking car- And others praise Amazon, saying the creation of its ish," that source says. riers and overnight delivery companies at extremely Marketplace more closely resembles the cavalry com- Those sellers call for Amazon to police the Market- low prices, and those goods often wind up for sale in ing to the rescue of traditional merchandisers. Whether place better, or failing that, wish that the labels would the Amazon Marketplace. sellers be retailers, wholesalers or labels, the Amazon step up to pressure Amazon to deal with the issue. Like Urie, Billboard also discovered some legitimate Marketplace provides a revenue windfall in a brick - When Billboard relayed its experience with parallel low- priced new titles moving through the Marketplace. and- mortar environment suffering a precipitous de- imports, Amazon executives declined to provide the Billboard purchased a new copy of the Turtles' Howard cline in CD sales. identity, phone number or any contact information Kaylan's solo album, "Dust Bunnies," for 99 cents from While Amazon has no qualms about how Market- whatsoever for those sellers beyond the e-mails ad- jukeboxonline ®gmail.com. When it arrived, it was place sellers price their products there, it does not allow dresses that are provided to customers at the time of shrinkwrapped and carried a Tower Records price tag. sellers to list a title before street date; only Amazon gets purchase. Billboard tried contacting Innuendo Enter- to collect pre -orders. Also, Amazon gives itself the home - tainment by e -mail, but never heard back. Faricy says court advantage by ranking other sellers with shipping that if sellers or labels complained about any Market- costs included while allowing itself to be ranked with- place issue, Amazon would investigate and take appro- out that cost included in its price, since customers buy- priate action if needed. ing from Amazon can qualify for free shipping when Newbury Comics CEO Mike Dreese says parallel im- 1:01 distributors, making purchases totaling more than $25. ports are a "huge issue," but he says it's not just in the Other sellers say Amazon has shown it can move Amazon Marketplace. "The importation of parallel quickly when it comes to protecting its customers. product at a lower price is a great concern for sellers "They do a very good job of spotting stammers," one sale really have the every counts Marketplace seller says. "They cleaned who want a level playing field," he says. "It should be a concern for all rights holders, who should be paying Marketplace up." attention to all mail -order platforms." Two years ago, plenty ofrogue sellers could be found Billboard contacted senior executives at all four major in today's bLisiness on the Marketplace peddling bootlegged product priced label distribution companies as well as the head of sales at $3 from places like China, but Amazon took "great at one of the labels owned by each major, and all were action in pursuing a cleanup," Newbury's Dreese says. astounded by the low pricing. But they said they were climate. laut in the As a result, the Marketplace is very dean compared with unaware of parallel imports being available on eBay Half.com, he says. Dreese adds that he is confident that and the Amazon Marketplace. Amazon will address the imports issue eventually. Universal Music Group Distribution president Jim lVla rketplace, But there's some merchants are feeling the Urie says that about 15 months ago, the company in- Marketplace's sting, and some wonder why any retail- vestigated the Marketplace and didn't find any paral- ers or one -stops would sell there at all. "Amazon is the lel imports. But he says the company will do another they're competing biggest threat to other retailers," says Rob Roth at Vin- spot check. The other label executives declined com- tage Vinyl in Fords, N.J. "Why sell your product to an ment for this story. Amazon customer instead of your own? I don't do any Amazon's Faricy says he is unaware of parallel directly with business there. You vote with your dollars, and I don't imports being offered for sale in the Marketplace. want to help the guys who are looking to put me down. He suggests that whatever below -cost prices can be Yet, wholesalers and merchants are feeding the Ama- found there are due to the desire by sellers to be retailers. zon beast."

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Optimism Amid Growing Pains As The Young Genre Refines Its Place In Latin Music BY LEILA COBS

For a while, reggaetón was the new wunderkind on the musical block. year -end sales figures for Latin music, the rhythmic genre, which e- - A new genre so different and powerful that it made the mainstream compasses reggaetón and Latin hip -hop, registered a small drop =z sit up and listen even if the music was in another language. sales, going from 4 87 million unis sold in its heyday in 2005 to 4.74 Now, for tl.e first time since 2005, reggaetón has seen its fortunes million sold in 2006. It's a tiny drop -only 2.8% -but then again, : t decline, although not nearly as dramatically as detractors would was the only Latin to register a drop. have you think. More telling, rhythmic accounted for 12.5% of all Latin music Instead, reggaetón has remained a relatively stable niche within sold in the United States in 2006, moving a total of 4.7 million the Latin music marketplace. But a niche it is, with a market share units. But for the week ending July 29, rhythmic's share had far more modest than that commanded by regional Mexican music dropped slightly, to 10.7%. or Latin pop. Looking back at the top -selling Latin albums of On the other hand, reggaetón is undergoing a musical change, from the past two years, we find five reggaetón ti- its straight -ahead street beat and raw production values into more hip - tles among the top 10 of 2006 anc hop, pop and R &B realms. It is a mix that can no longer simply be four for 2005. called reggae tón. Indeed, there are only two In the process, it has opened the door for a fledgling Latin urban reggaetón albums -Daddy Yan- music movement that simply wasn't commercially viable before. kee's "El Cartel: The Big Boss" "What I see is an evolution of reggaetón, and those who stayed and Wisin & Yandel's " Wisin & behind stayed behind," says Edgar Andino, who handles Wisin & Yandel Presenta: Los Vaqueros, Yandel, one of the top acts in the market. The duo has recently Vol. 2 " -in the top 10 of Billboard's recorded singles with the likes of David Bisbal and Gloria Estefan, Top Latin Albums chart. among other mainstream acts, and is readying to release a new stu- For , the dio album in November. urban music label whose While labels aren't signing reggaetón acts or releasing reggaetón continued on »p37 albums in the sheer numbers they were doing before, those acts that have remained in the market, Andino says, are doing better than ever when it comes to performance fees and ancillary rev- enue. "Our world is expanding," Andino says. ASCAP senior VP of membership Alexandra Lioutikoff agrees. "The urban market is smaller than other Latin genres, but the urban act that is established makes more money because he gets play in mainstream radio, sells ringtones, gets synch licenses," she says. "What I see, more than a rise or a decline, is stability. Those that are still around are as strong as they were three years ago." Today, the Latin Rhythm airplay and sales charts feature reggaetón heavily, of course, along with a spat- tering ofurban bachata names as well as some West Coast urban acts like Akwid and Kinto Sol. But while in its heyday reggaetón produced dozens and dozens of artists and releases, in the past three years, it's clear that its glory lies in less than a dozen acts. And, with the exception of Zion-who was al- ready established as part of the duo Zion & Lennox -and Casa de Leones, the newly released group produced by reggaetón maven Elias de León and re- leased on Warner, there are not a lot of new reggaetón names on the charts. According to Nielsen SoundScan's

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www.americanradiohistory.com Es Tu Géoero,. Tu Mundo, Tu Casa ;1 - www.ascaplatino.com www.americanradiohistory.com from »p35 acts include Wisin & Yandel and Don Omar, it's Five Rising Reggaetón Stars been more of a "maintenance" year, president Gus- tavo López says, as none of its major acts have yet To Watch BY AYALA BEN-YEHUDA released a new studio set. But production is under way for the new Wisin & Yandel album, and for the new Don Omar re- lease, due early next year (although a live album will be released by year's end). "The focus for me is taking our artists and mak- e new ing them even bigger, whether that means through eat pure reggaetón or a fusion of styles," López says. "We need to be creative and look for sounds that have mass appeal, although always maintaining the street credibility and the creativity of reg- gaetón," he adds. More than ever, López says, there is renewed focus on the entire A &R process, a thought echoed again and again in several interviews. While at one point reggaetón acts could get away with going into a home studio, using a cheap computer program and cranking out an album, now a more discerning audience, coupled with more limited options at radio, has forced these acts to really take note of production values and of making music that stands out in the reg- gaetón crowd. "There's just enough quality music out there that justifies keeping the format," says Alfredo Alonso, senior VP of Hispanic radio for Clear Channel. Alonso was the first to give broad radio airplay on a massive scale to reggaetón when, in 2006, he flipped several Clear Channel stations to a "hurban" format that heavily featured reggaetón. Today, all his hurban stations have slowly but surely evolved toward a more pop -based format, with reg- gaetón tracks playing, at best, once an hour. "If there is a hot hit, we'll play it. But today, it's hard to find a hard hit that's new," he says. From a purely radio perspective, Alonso says, reg- gaetón was also hurt by the youth of the movement. "It's very difficult to sell a radio station where the age that sells the largest portion of the au- dience are teens," Alonso says, echoing thoughts repeated throughout the year by multiple sta- tion owners and programmers. "A lot of the ad- vertisers are not interested." In addition, he says, part of the lure of reggaetón was that it was re- garded as a format that could reach English - speaking Latinos. DALMATA & HEJO "The reality was, that never materialized," The duo of Fernando Mangual Vazquez (Dalmata) and Carlos Alonso says. "Seventy percent of our audience Planas (Ñejo) is slated to release "Broke & Famous" in Novem- was primarily Spanish -speaking. That tells you L-er on DJ Nelson's Urban Music System, a joint- venture label [English- speaking] Americans aren't listening. with Universal, the infltential producer says. DJ Nelson fea- Maybe a few are, but that's not enough to build a tured their tracks on his ' Flow la Discoteka 2" album in March. radio station." The two, who both hail from Ponce, Puerto Rico. have had sep- Nor, apparently, is it enough to build a longlast- arate hit singles in the last year: "Pasarela," featuring Dalmata's ing purist movement. goofy, sing -song delivery, hit No. 48 on Billboard's Hot Latin Instead, reggaetón is increasingly mixing its songs chart in May, and "No Quiere Novio," Ñejo's collabora- beat with other beats. 's recent sin- t on with established reggaetón star Tego Calderón, hit No. 31 gle, " Impacto," for example, features Fergie. Other last October. The song "Sexo en la Playa," from Dalmata & Ñejó s tracks are straight -ahead rap, while still others forthcoming album, is a ready getting airplay in Puerto Rico. have a salsa beat stronger than the reggaetón beat. The two, who have appeared on several reggaetón compilations, Rakim & Ken -Y, one of the top -selling acts in net while working on the "Fatal Fantasy 2" collection. They re- the market, are ostensibly reggaetón, but their c ntly toured in Central and South America. sound is equal parts R &B, with soulful melodies driving their hit "Down." And, although scarce, new reggaetón talent does Fifer a slew of hit singles as part of reggaetón duo Zion & pop up from time to time. The most notable in re- Lennox -whose album " vlotivando a la Yal" sold 93,000 copies cent months is Casa de Leones, a quintet put to- h the United States and Puerto Rico, according to Nielsen Sound - gether by De León, who originally signed Calle 13 Scan -Zion (real name: Felix Ortiz -Torres) struck out on his and Tego Calderon. All its members are planning own, forming his own imprint, Baby, and releasing his solo debut solo projects, including lead singer Randy. De León "The Perfect Melody" wi -h CMG and Universal Motown. The is also planning to release an album by Arcangel Jane effort by the Carolina, Puerto Rico, native has spawned hit (of Arcangel and ), already known to s ngles "Zun Dada" and "," the latter a bilin- listeners for the single "Noche de Entierro." gual duet with Akon that reached No. 11 on Billboard's Hot Latin "Things are amazingly promising," De León Songs chart. The album scld 42,000 copies in its first two months, says. "This music: doesn't just stay with reggaetón. according to Nielsen SoundScan. Zion uses his melodic deliv- The genre is evolving. You won't hear the same ey to merge even R &B and cumbia on "La Neta," his collabora- ZION sound forever." tion with Cruz Martinez of Los Super Reyes.

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www.americanradiohistory.com JOWELL & RANDY/ CASA DE LEONES For its second reggaetón release, Warner Music Latina partnered with Black Lion Records and producer Elias de Leon -known for his work with up- and- coming talent like Calle 13 on Sony BMG. The result is a double -disc from reggaetón quintet Casa de Leones and popular duo Jowell & Randy, who are also part of Casa de Leones. Jowell & Randy collaborated with Arcangel on " Agresivo" last year, and have recorded with such artists as Daddy Yankee and Voltio. Miguel de Jesus, Jaime Borge, Hector Padilla, Randy Ortiz and Jow- ell Munoz all pinch -hit for each other on such melodic tracks as "No Te Veo," which hit No. 4 on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart. The self-titled album from Casa de Leones debuted at No. 3 on Bill- board's Top Latin Albums chart in June. ARCANGEL FRANCO EL GORILA New York -born Austin Santos (aka Arcangel) One -time chef Luis Francisco Cortés Torres of moved to Puerto Rico as a boy with his mother, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, was signed to Wisin & who wanted to work on her singing career. By Yandel's WY Records in 2005. Since then, Cortés the age of 21, he'd become a reggaetón star, with- Torres (aka Franco el Gorila) has appeared on out his own album, by collaborating on hit sin- several albums, including the duo's "Pa'l Mundo" gles with De la Ghetto, Jowell & Randy and and most recently the "Los Vaqueros: Wild Wild others; playing live in the Caribbean and South Mixes" compilation, with tracks including "Dame America; and amassing a huge MySpace follow- Un Kiss" and "Encaje." WY /Machete is planning ing (his music has attracted more than 2.5 mil- to release Franco El Gorilá s debut, "Welcome to lion plays). Appropriately, the seductively funky the Jungle," in either November or February with MC scored with "Chica Virtual," a retro dance - guest appearances from Arcangel, Toby Love, floor anthem on DJ Nelson's "Flow la Discoteka Wisin, Tony Dize, Don Omar and Jayko. His ag- 2" album; the track hit No. 22 on Billboard's Hot gressive rap style was heard on Wisin & Yandel's Latin Songs chart. Arcangel was in talks with hit "Atrevete," which hit No. 8 on Billboard's Hot labels at press time to release his solo debut, Latin Songs chart last year. "La Maravilla."

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ents sent him to a Montana military school to set him straight. "I was 'little DMX,' " Berg says. "Running red lights and just causing trouble." In 2002, Berg left Montana for L.A. After learning the music business while workng in Eve's camp, he contin- ued to rhyme, and eventually recorded "Sexy Lady" on July 4, 2006. The song, which Berg produced, features a catchy horn -driven introduction and a smooth hook sung by new crooner Junior. It samples a bit of Doug E. Fresh's "The Show." By September 2006, radio had started a buzz with the record, and Epic signed Berg the following March. Now, "Sexy Lady" has racked up 261,000 digital downloads ar_d 189,000 mastertones sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan. On July 24, Epic released a six -song EP to precede Berg's full -length album, "Look What You Made Me," tentatively slated for October. The EP, "Almost Famous," wholesaling for $5.99 and selling for around $7, has sold 36,000 units. "The EP is our response to what we've been hearing from both retailers and consumers " Epic GM Adam Granite says. (For more on EP strategy, see The Indies, page 19.1 "Not that Berg is our guinea pig, but if everything is aligned and we hear positive feedback, then we can look forward to amaz- ing opportunities with this idea." So far, retailers seem to approve of the EP strategy. "We didn't expect anything giant because it's a new artist and 'Sexy Lady' has been out for quite some time," Trans World director of urban music Violet Brown says. "But we were able to sell some units. We're excited that Sony is think- ing of new ways to sell their product." Kelvin Anderson, owner of Long Beach, Calif. -based World Famous V.I.P. Records, adds, "The price point worked well because most people recognized the EP as a CD. People don't listen beyond two or three cuts anyway, and the hit song on it definitely helped the project out. I think the industry should BY HILLARY CRCSLE" embrace the EP price point." So far, Epic says no other EPs have been scheduled. But the label is looking into initiating a format called "singles " - which feature two or three sings and codes for ringtones and mobile wallpaper -possibly beginning around October. `Sexy' Strategy While strengthening its own urban department, Epic has Yung Berg Initiates Epic's EP Format, JV With Koch also recruited Koch Records to handle Berg's promotion. "Epic approached us since we're a very street -driven com- fier an initial botchec attempt at rap stardom v a record. It had 150 spins before I had my deal.' pany on the urban side," Koch senior VP of marketing John DMX's Bloodline Records. 21- year -o13 Chicago na- Power 106 miner DJ Reflex says, "I thought _t was a really Franck says. "They felt the marriage of the two companies tive Yung Berg finally hi: gold with one o' 2007's good radio retort, the best thing I'd heard from an inde- could work, and we're extremely excited. We're also doing big summer jams: 'Sexe Lady." which peaked at pendent. We ha .'e a daily feature, New at 2, where we play Sean Kingston's project, helping out with radio promotion No. 17 on Billboar_'s Hot R &B /H_p -Hop Songs an hour of new music and get feedback from listeners. After and marketing support whenever we can." chart and Na. 18 on The Billboard H )t 100. No Berg _s Ep c a week or two, the listener feedback was huge." Meanwhile, Berg has just finished up a slot on the Scream - Records' first EP artist and the. first project fir the libel s Yung Berg, born Christian Ward, originally signed to fest tour and released a second single, "Where Do We Go" joint marketing dea. with Koch Records. So "Sexy Lacr" has DMX's Bloodline 2ecords as a teen. After mee:ing the bark- featuring Twista. come a ways from its backroo -i origins. ing rapper at his "What These Bitches Want" video shoot in "I want people to grow with me as an artist," Berg says. "I made Sexy Lady' in the back D my mar_ager's :r b." 1993, Berg mewed to to record and picked up "For nobody knowing me, and my video to peak at No. 2 on Berg says. "Los Angeles' Power 10` KPWR] really brake my DMX's law -breaking tendencies. Not long after, Berg's par- BET's '106 & Park,' that's a good look."

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www.americanradiohistory.com 13 lJ ZZ ROCK BY MOLLY BROWN >> BRITNEY'S BACK A new track, "Gimme More," is No Average expected to hit the Joe airwaves next week, Henry Strips Down On First Album In Four Years according to sources at Jive Records. The Last fall, Joe Henry not only got to work smart casting director, about having uptempo cut, produced with his childhood hero Loudon Wain- the right people in the room," Henry by Timbaland right -hand wright Ill on "Strange Weirdos," the says. "All those people know how to man Nate "Danjahandz" soundtrack for the comedy "Knocked listen to a song." Hills, will appear on he Spears' new album, due Up," also found the drive to write Collaboration is nothing new for before year's end. But the bulk of his next album. Henry. In addition to Wainwright, he's sources say it has yet to be "The last couple records I've made worked with Allen Toussaint and Elvis decided whether it will be have been sprawling production ideas Costello on 2006's "The River in Re- the official lead single or driven by ambitious band concepts," verse" and Solomon Burke's Grammy a simply setup track. Henry says. "With Loudon, I found Award- winning "Don't Give Up on myself stripping away more and more Me," which was released in 2002. » >WYCLEF'S [and] challenging myself to live within "I'd never introduce myself as a `CARNIVAL' the same constraints. The idea was record producer. I'm an artist who stream on Rhapsody the week before tello," Epitaph /Anti- VP of sales Jon Wyclef Jean has confirmed not to be softer or quieter, but to clear produces records at times," Henry its release, and the label will also tar- Strickland says. "We want to get a Nov. 6 release for his [and] I next Columbia album, out the clutter let things be bold says. "But don't find it any less sat- get retail outlets, focusing buyer e- those fans of those artists." in "Carnival Il (Memoirs of an their frankness." isfying to help another artist realize mails to those who purchased "Strange Henry will play New York, Los Ange- Immigrant)." First single It's been four years since Henry's a musical moment than if I'm doing it Weirdos" through Amazon and plug- les and Boston in September. He also "Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)" last album, "Tiny Voices." "Civilians," on my own behalf. You are completely ging it in a Borders e-mail. Anti- will recently produced seven tracks for the features Akon and Lil' his second record on Anti- that streets invested in the process, but your ego also market it in movie theaters, inde- upcoming film "I'm Not There: Suppo- Wayne; other guests Sept. 11, is a different affair -guests, is not in the way." pendent bookstores and cafes. sitions on a Film Concerning Dylan." include Paul Simon, Mary J. including jazz guitarist Bill Frisell and Henry's own material has stayed "You have to treat it as a develop- Producing aside, though, Henry's Akon, Norah Blige, Jones, Van Dyke Parks on piano, provide a mostly under the mainstream radar. His ing artist to an extent, but also capi- duties as an artist come first. "The Serj Tankian of System of a sparse yet rich background that best -selling album is 2001's "Scar" with talize on people who have become ambition is to do something timeless, Down and T.I. This will be showcases some of Henry's sharpest 33,000 copies sold in the United States, familiar with him through things like not timely," he says. "For me, the Jean's first major -label in Nielsen Anti - a is album since 2003's "The writing yet. Recorded just three according to SoundScan. 'Strange Weirdos' and lot of big pro- essence of that not having preset Preacher's Son" (J). The days, the songs are all captured in live hopes "Civilians" will resonate with dis- duction credits, working with Ani conceived notions of what music can following year, he issued performances. "It's all about being a criminating listeners. The record will DiFranco, Solomon Burke, Elvis Cos- be or should be." "Welcome to Haiti: Creole 101" under the radar on Sak Pase Records. leases, Columbia Germany senior prod- cusing on press and radio-is under » >HIGH VOLTAGE w GIobaI Pulse uct manager Patrick von Strenge says. way in Europe and the United King- AC /DC will break several E' Album releases in those countries are dom, and tour dates will follow. Ayers years of inactivity with the N« TOM FERGUSON [email protected] being considered as well. is booked by X- Ray Touring for the Oct.16 release of "Plug Me is by In." The double -DVD Medlock published Blue Obses- world except the United States. Columbia set sports five sion Music /Arabella and BMG Music Warner /Chappell publishes Ayers' cat- hours of concert and TV Publishing. Berlin's 113 Music handles alog, but the artist retains copyright performances, most of his booking. -Wolfgang Spahr for "Unfairground." -Steve Adams which have never been Mr Popular commercially released. A German `Idol Winner AYERS ROCKS: Kevin Ayers has come TV STAR: South African artist Watkin limited edition of the Earns Fans Home And Abroad out of his shell with a new album, " Un- Tudor -Jones is something of a project adds a third DVD fairground." A founding member of in- chameleon in the country's hip -hop with 21 extra live perfor- Since the release of his debut album "Mr the album's producer Dieter Bohlen fluential '60s psychedelic outfit Soft scene. Having plied his craft under var- mances. The group is said Lonely," German "Pop Idol" winner also topped the German singles chart. Machine, Ayers was until recently liv- ious guises, including Yang Weapon to be working on its first Mark Medlock has made many friends. Pop Medlock, ing as a a MC Rad, he self- studio album in seven singer the son of an recluse in France. But after set and Totally for which years, for which there's The Sony BMG set is certified platinum African -American father and a Ger- of his new demos caught the ear of Lo- released his 2005 album "The Fantastic no release date. in Germany, having shifted more than man mother, won the fourth edition of Max Records head of A &R Bernard Kill," Tudor -Jones has resurrected an 200,000 units since its No. 1 bow in June. TV channel RTL's "Deutschland Sucht MacMahon, the label got behind Ayers earlier incarnation to power a new hip - » >HOT HOT HOT Opening single "Now or Never" was is- Den Superstar." and released the project Sept. 3 in the hop concept. He describes MaxNor- Perry Farrell, Cursive's Tm sued May 11 and reached No. 1 in Ger- He now plans to expand his sales base United Kingdom. mal.Tv as "a high- energy hip -hop Kasher and Spin editor many, Switzerland and Austria. It's now across Europe. "You Can Get It" has al- Recorded in Tucson, Ariz., and Glas- PowerPoint presentation," combining Doug Brod will judge the platinum at home, having pushed past ready been distributed to radio in a dozen gow, Scotland, the album features col- a strong audiovisual element and lyrics Hot Pursuit, a new online 300,000 units. Follow -up track "You Can European markets, and in several of laborations with an array of young that are an incisive commentary on con- competition in search of Get It " duet between Medlock and them, Sony BMG is planning digital re- admirers members of temporary South Africa. His five -mem- unsigned rock talent. The -a -including Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Teenage Fan - crew -piece contest is sponsored by ber performed wearing three Spin and Music Nation, club and the Trashcan Sinatras -plus suits at the Ampli5 festival dates in Au- and can be entered at some old friends in Robert Wyatt and gust in Cape Town and Johannesburg. spin.com /thecompe- Phil Manzanera. A full MaxNormal release is planned tition. The winner MacMahon believes a younger audi- for later in 2007 -Tudor -Jones has yet will receive a joint ence will be just as enthralled. "When- to confirm a label deal for the album, record deal with Epic ever I played [the album] loud, the kids but signed a worldwide publishing deal and Original Signal in the park next to our office would come with Sony ATV in July. Recordings, a set at over and ask what it was." Tudor -Jones, who handles his own Spin's 2008 South by "Unfairground" will be rolled out live bookings and created the "mascot" Southwest party and a across Europe via Schott Music, Aus- and other visual for song placement in a 2K elements August's Sports videogame. tralia on Shock Records and Japan on Opikoppi festival in South Africa, is ex- JVC /Victor, with a U.S. release pending, ploring avenues for taking his venture Written by Jonathan MacMahon says. into cinema. "Movies are my umbrella," Cohen. Promotional activity -largely fo- Tudor-Jones says. -Diane Coetzer

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"Richard's visibility in the U.S. increased as a result of his nom- ination, which is a real credibility indicator," says Hawley's U.S. marketing consultant Bruce Kirkland of Los Angeles -based Luck Be Tsunami Entertainment. "It was after the fact in terms of influ- encing the last album, so it's having a very positive effect" setting up the new "Lady's Bridge"-which Mute released Aug. 20 in the United Kingdom and will put out Oct. 2 in the United States. A `Lady' Hawley is shrugging off any notion of pressure. "Once the album's recorded, my job's done," he says. "I'm really pleased Hawley's Profile Is Rising, with it but I'm not going to shit myself if it doesn't go in the charts." Whether He Likes It Or Not It would seem the artist has little reason to worry. "Lady's Bridge " -named, like its predecessor, after a Sheffield land - U.K. crooner Richard Hawley has a fast. growing reputation as mark-is another delightful record that Mute North America di- a musician's musician. rector of marketing Nicole Blonder says is likely to find favor When Arctic Monkeys received the 2006 Nationwide Mercury with U.S. audiences, despite just 5,500 sales of "Coles Corner," Prize, Monkeys frontman Alex Turner famously declared, "Some- according to Nielsen SoundScan. body call 999- Richard Hawley's been robbed." But the self- "We're targeting key noncommercial and triple -A radio for effacing singer / /guitarist insists he was grateful not airplay and promotions [and] aggressively going after fall tele- to have won. vision synchs via [licensing division] EMI Film and TV," she "I was more nervous about winning than not winning," he says. "Given the quality of Richard's music, we'll be focusing says. "I was with the Arctics all night -we sat together like a heavily on retail accounts like Borders, Barnes & Noble, and pro- Sheffield enclave and got drunk. But I'm still surprised anyone's grams like Paste Recommends with the indie stores." interested in [my music]. I have to re-evaluate my opinion of the At home, lead single "Tonight the Streets Are Ours" (released human race every time I release a record." Aug. 6) became the most -played record on BBC Radio 2, the Kelham Island Brewery launching four Richard Hawley ales,. Despite not taking top prize, the Mercury nomination for United Kingdom's most listened -to radio station. Hawley will undertake a fall U.S. tour, booked by Big Shot Hawley's fourth album, "Coles Corner." turned out to be more "The single has been picked up across the board," says Dave Touring, after 17 U.K. shows (booked by X -Ray Touring) that than a "great n -ght out" for the Sheffield -born, -bred and -based Chase, London -based product manager at Mute U.K. "From kick off Aug. 30. The length of the American trek will depend artist. According to market -leading retailer HMV, U.K. sales of launch, 'Lady's Bridge' will be a much bigger deal." on Hawley, who freely admits he lacks ambition -he recently the album increased 336% in the aftermath ofits nomination - Chase reports a "much higher" shipment than for the previ- turned down an offer to write with . more than any other record on the Mercury shortlist. It's now ous album, but says much of the marketing will reflect Haw - "[It] probably upsets the record company [but] I'm just not certified gold (100,000 shipments), with over- the -counter sales ley's down -to -earth northern roots, with Sheffield -based greedy-in fact I don't want to be a millionaire," he says. "Too of 95,000, according to the Official U.K. Charts Co. Hawley's companies Henderson's Relish producing a special brand of many artists pick up a guitar as a career move. For me, it's all star has been rising ever since. sauce named after the album (as it did for "Coles Corner ") and about the music."

No.1 DJ," as selected by the in- slide that reads, "Should've as "Smoke Machine" (an ode famous Top 100 annual poll in voted for Above & Beyond," to the hazy black boxes) and U.K. magazine DJs. The poll af- and footage from one of their "AC /DC" (as explosive as the fects booking fees and album bigger gigs, some YouTube band). But "Lazy" was am- sales throughout the subse- commentators are convinced bling, slow and funky, and fea- quent year and sends usually that Rudloe is real. tured David Byrne singing aloof jocks into a vote- getting "One guy has angrily chal- about the virtues of doing PR frenzy. lenged Clive to a DJ faceoff," nothing. It hit No. 2 on the U.K.

"I always knew that I was the McGuiness says. "Clive's not rul- pop charts. No.1 wedding DJ in the world; ing anything out at this stage." The success of "Lazy" was that was clear to me in the "a bolt out of the blue, really," early '80s," a puffy Rudloe NECESSARY WORDS: "I Beedle says. "That had a lot to says, sans sarcasm. "At some think we danced ourselves to do with the direction we went

weddings I could get up to 75 death," Ashley Beedle says on this album." people on the floor." with a laugh from his London Some tracks sound like self- While nothing would please studio. "This album's a bit aware "Lazy" sequels, but the some folks more than an un- more cerebral." bulk of "Makeshift" confidently cool outsider topping the Top Beedle is part of X -Press 2, a struts through other doors. 100, Rudloe is a viral creation U.K. production trio rounded Opener "Give It" wraps Lamb - of Above & Beyond, a trance out by Darren "Rocky" Rock chop frontman Kurt Wagner's duo that has parlayed increas- and Darren "Diesel" House. protest -style spoken word in ingly high chart placements The group is responsible for kitschy gospel, complete with into more and better gigs dur- some of the most widely used strings- plucked guitar and a 13Pqtbox ing the last five years. dancefloor instrumentals in the choir "ooh- ooh'ing" in ominous "The idea came out of a dis- history of the genre. (Some- "Rocky Horror" style. "Kill 100" a KERR1 MASON

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www.americanradiohistory.com Gathered at R &B Live New York, from left, are Jive Records senior VP of A &R WAYNE WILLIAMS, Zomba Label Group senior VP /head of marketing JULIA LIPARI, R. KELLY, SHANTI DAS, ERIC NICKS and Jive Records VP of urban jReaI 1a11( promotions DAVID LAWRENCE. HILLARY CROSLEY [email protected] CiirtîsVs. Kanve Who Will Emerge Victorious In A Battle Of Rap Re eases?

Since Kanye West and 50 Cent both con- Scan doesn't monitor firmed a Sept. 11 release date for their new al- those. Therefore, I'm bums, retailers, rap fans and bloggers have only utilizing numbers I whipped themselves into a frenzy over who'll from American retailers. sell more units. And the battle was pure. That In 2003, 50 Cent's is, until Kenny Chesney confused matters by debut, "Get Rich or announcing the same date. Die Tryin'," sold Still, the Ches isn't talking as crazy as either 872,000 units 50 or West. 50 recently told sohh.com that if its first week West outsells him, he'll quit the rap game. and has moved West answered sarcastically -from another nearly 7.7 mil- country, of course -that he really likes 50's lion. West's music and would hate for him to stop rhyming 2004 debut, once his own "Graduation" sells more than "The College Rilytlillin 50's "Curtis." Dropout," sold I & I3ILIes Indeed, the weeks leading up to major hip - 441,000 units its GAIL MITCHELL gmitchell abillboard.com hop releases are always rife with wild state- debut week and ments and publicity stunts. (Was it a is just shy of 3 coincidence 50 Cent's crew was involved in a million overall. shoot -out with the Game's outside R &B /hip- 50's 2005 soph- Where My Execs At? hop WQHT [Hot 97] New York right before omore album, "The Massacre" dropped ?) But I doubt retail- "The Massacre," Industry Bigwigs Rubbing Elbows At New York Showcase ers care if this media circus is contrived -they sold a mam- just want consumers buying some product. moth 1.14 mil- There's a new urban industry hang that aims Open to developing and established acts, So, let's lay the numbers side by side for 50 lion units out of to quell laments about the lack of artist de- the performer lineup isn't restricted solely and West. Before we get started, I must clarify the gate and is at velopment, become a national platform for to Universal artists. There's only one main that while 50's been using the term "interna- 5.1 million so far. live soul music and provide a no- pressure requirement, according to Das' partner tional sales" quite a bit lately, Nielsen Sound- Later that year, West's zone for industry execs and other tastemak- Nicks, who doubles as senior VP of A &R at ers to enjoy R &B music. Universal Motown. That's a pretty lofty mission statement. But "To get onstage here, the requirement is Tuesday nights at R &B Live New York has been you have to be able to sing," he says in all steadily gaining devotees since June, when seriousness. "You have a lot of albums corn- opening -night performers Jaguar Wright, ing out heavily based on marketing versus Blackground /Universal's Tank and Atlantic music and talent. You don't have to be Akon's newcomer Deemi christened the venture. cousin or signed to Universal. Being able to Since then, performers who've hit the R &B sing ... that's all we care about." Live stage -at Times Square venue Spotlight Constructed around a supper club format -include Chrisette Michele, Mya, Claudette of dinner and drinks, R &B Live gets the Ortiz (formerly of City High), Lyfe Jennings, groove started at 8 p.m. The venue seats Kedar Massenburg protégé Algebra and So- 250 -300; between performances a DJ will lange Knowles, as part of Mathew Knowles' sometimes spin tunes or house band Ur- Music Word Entertainment showcase. And banology -which plays behind Philadelphia on any given Tuesday evening, you'll no doubt singer Wright -will throw down old- school . -- see Universal Motown's Sylvia Rhone, Island classics. At 11 p.m., it's time to go. Def Jam's Antonio "L.A." Reid, BET's Stephen Started as a monthly gathering, R &B Live Hill, Bad Boy's Sean Combs, songwriter/pro- is segueing into a weekly affair. And testi- ducers Swizz Beatz and Bryan -Michael Cox, monials have been pouring in. Radio One Jazz Nots and 's Kevin Liles drop in programmer Helen Little says attending the for a listen. Michele performance helped move her off DAN OUELLETTE douellette.a billb Universal Motown executives and R &B the fence about adding the newcomer's Live co- principals Shanti Das and Eric Nicks record. And BET's Hill calls R &B Live his "new say this is exactly what they envisioned Tuesday night hangout." when they conceived the idea and set up A J Records night held Aug. 28 featured shop as 1st Class Entertainment. Their con- Fantasia. Beyond that, Das and Nicks are Miles Ahead cept is patterned after now -defunct New looking at opening up R &B Live to con- Remix CD, Six -Disc Box Deepen Jazz Legend's Catalog York establishment Chaz and Wilson's, sumers via a 10 -city tour of 2,500-seat ven- which hosted a popular music soiree on Sun- ues. "The R &B touring business is horrible, Even in death, the fascination time, even though he endured remix project "Evolution ofthe day nights. and we want to do our part to help it along," with ' music con- derision for his rock fusion Groove," released Aug. 21 on "We thought there was a void in the music Das says. Also in the offing: R &B Live setups tinues with listeners across experimentation. Columbia /Legacy, where Davis' industry and in to showcase in Los Angeles and Atlanta. generations and musical Today, the trumpeter /band- music has been updated to res- live talent," says Das, whose day gig is ex- "This feels like the old industry, with exec- styles. And given his procliv- leader, inducted into the Rock onate with beat -craving young ecutive VP of urban marketing and artist de- utives feeling comfortable enough to hang ity to hurdle over boundaries and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, audiences. The album was pro- velopment for Universal Motown. "There out and enjoy music rather than feeling forced throughout his career, he remains heralded as a sonic duced by guitarist /remixer Pat aren't many opportunities for R &B artists to to see someone," Das adds. "It's an element could well be championed as seeker who was far ahead ofthe Thrall and features guest ap- get out and gain exposure." that has completely been missing." the greatest jazz artist of all curve. Witness the five -track pearances by Carlos Santana

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www.americanradiohistory.com "Late Registration" bowed with 860,000, and sumers. its total is now at 2.82 million. It's important "Generally, I can be a little more complex to remember that the consumer market in 2003 than where we are right now," 50 Cent told was much different from that in 2005. Folks onsmash.com in a video interview. "So I got eC still willingly went to Best Buy for CDs, where to simmer down, so [my music's] actually ac- now it's a veritable struggle to pry kids away ceptable to the public. You got artists who's with TRAVIS TRITT from iTunes and file- sharing applications. records are working like 'Ay Bay Bay' ... it by KATIE HAS 50 Cent has been more successful doesn't take a lot of lyrical ability to make on the Billboard singles charts, those records. But this is just the cli- with seven top 10 hits to West's mate of what's going on now in the art It's taken country star Travis Tritt more than a dozen albums to finally arrive at a point where four on Hot R &B /Hip -Hop form. I'll go straight toward making he's achieved "total, utter freedom" to craft the "album I've always wanted to make." That re- Songs and seven top 10 hits to the chorus. I've got a hit record where lease, "The Storm" (appropriately issued through Category 5 Records), arrived Aug. 21 and West's three'on The Billboard I don't even say the chorus." sports everything from -penned ballads to a funk -inflected take on Richard Marx's Hot 100. I only counted the But then again, 50's reliable "You Never Take Me Dancing" to Hank Williams Jr.'s "The Pressure Is On." songs each artist has as a solo marketing formula casts It's not your traditional Tritt fare, though his trademark baritone lords over each track. The performer, so "Hate It or Love him as the underdog and decidedly soulful set was produced by veteran engineer, musician and "American Idol" umpire It" by the Game featuring 50 now that he's an inter- Randy Jackson. Tritt, 44, took time to discuss "The Storm," life after Columbia and co- writing Cent isn't included, and nei- national superstar, it's with other hitmakers like Rob Thomas. ther is Twista's "Slow not working so well. Jamz" featuring West. So perhaps all the Genre -wise, this is one of your most di- dio with me. While they may be really good Contextually, it's obvious jiggered release verse albums yet. Was this all waiting to producers and make big hits, the fact is that if that 50 may be through with dates, squelched sin- come out? someone doesn't get me and doesn't get my . After a questionable gles and destroyed I've felt more freedom making this album background and what I love, then it's just not BET Awards performance, office TVs will give more than anything else in the past. I was al- going to be a good relationship in the studio. which left his audience hip -hop fans the ways fine making a country record for a coun- Randy is someone who gets me. I hear albums staring blankly as he angry 50 they miss. try label because you're sort of obligated to in my head before I make them, and Randy walked around, and And maybe, just give that, but I fought my whole career as being was able to achieve them without adding to it releasing several maybe, life's giving pegged as just this one thing. Then the pres- or taking away. He went looking outside the singles /videos 50 his best market- ident of Category 5 gave me a carte blanche. box, and that's how we got those [Diane] War-

( "Follow My Lead," ing plan yet: implo- He said, "Look, whatever record you end up ren songs on there. "Ayo Technology," sion. Perhaps this doing for this label, it should be that one that "Amusement Park ") will force the lets people know something about you that "Rub Off on Me" is pretty raunchy com- that didn't garner the immediate Queens, N.Y., rap- they don't already know." pared with the rest of your musical history. and significant chart response per to resharpen What's the story behind that track? he's accustomed to, he just does- his tools while After you left Columbia, were you look- It's one of those songs that took a strange turn. n't seem excited. In fact, he ap- fans holler that ing for a specific label situation, indie or [Co- writer] Casey [Beathard's] demoed version pears to be grudgingly he's past his expi- otherwise? was very country, but I picked up on this R &B reassessing this year's con- ration date. I wasn't even looking for a record deal after it nuance in it. I just took that edge to the max was over. I just knew I needed a situation where and then a step beyond and got these great girls I didn't need to compromise or rely on some- singing backup, very Motown -style. This was and rapper Nas. sentially ignored when it sions with the '60s quintet one else's opinions or ideas of who I was. just the time for a song like that. "Miles touches everyone," came out, in large part be- and John Coltrane. The says drummer Vince Wilburn cause Columbia didn't pro- biggest- selling set, according How do you feel Randy Jackson affected How was recording with Kenny Wayne Jr., Davis' nephew and the mote it-or didn't know how. to Nielsen SoundScan, has the way this album was made? Shepherd? album's co- executive producer. Today it's seen as a precur- been "The Complete Bitches A lot of people have told me over the years that Normally, session guitar players come in, bring- "It's eerie but it's also magical sor to the remix movement. Brew Sessions" (31,000 they like my music and want to work in the stu- ing in racks and racks of gear, with 10 -15 gui- how his music reaches out to Liner -note writer Paul metallic boxes, plus 8,000 tars. Kenny Wayne walked in that people. When I played with Buckmaster believes the ma- booklike versions), followed day with a Fender amp in one him, it was uncanny how he terial has "stood the rigorous by "The Complete In a Silent hand and a Strat in the other and took the music to new places. test of time ... and sounds Way Sessions" (22,000 metal- a stomp pedal. That's it. Every- Miles had a thirst for moving even more fresh and new lic, 3,000 books). thing else is done with the magic ahead. Today, we're still trying today ... Musicians from gen- Meanwhile, the telling of of the hands. We would be sit- to catch up." erations yet to come will be the Davis odyssey appears to ting there twisting our brains, Hot on the heels of this traveling in these regions be primed for film. Actor hating this kid because we loved project comes what Legacy [that] Miles Davis discovered." Don Cheadle reportedly what he did so much. claims will be the last edition Co- producer Bob Belden plans to star in and direct a of its successful boxed -set se- says, "Miles planted all the biopic, while a film probing Why did you write with Richard ries of Davis Columbia re- seeds. He covered all the the depths of Davis' music in Marx and Rob Thomas? cordings: the six -CD "The bases. During this period his latter days may soon be Richard and I had been mean- Complete On the Corner Ses- Miles was hanging out, en- in the works. ing to write together for about sions," encompassing record- joying crossover, inviting "Considering that the Ray four years. When we worked on ings from 1972 to 1974 and people to the studio to audi- Charles film and now a mu- "Never Take Me Dancing," featuring more than two tion, then just rolling the sical emerged shortly after his Richard and I were laughing hours of previously unre- tape. He wasn't worried death, it is unbelievable to me about the bits of [Stevie Won- leased music. about melody. He was jam- that a figure of such historical der's] "Superstition" in it, with The set, encased in a lim- ming over rhythms." flare and importance as Miles all that funky bass. Randy piped ited- edition metal spine, will Legacy's nine boxed sets would not have a film that doc- up and said that he played bass street Sept. 25. It covers have been a successful artis- uments all that he was," says on the original demo version of Davis' most daring -and tic and commercial franchise. keyboardist Robert Irving Ill, "Dancing," and we just took it as controversial -period, Inaugurated in 1996 with a mainstay of Davis' final a sign that this was all meant to where he melded funk, rock, "Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The bands in the late '80s and early be. Richard has an innate sense avant -garde electronics and Complete Columbia Studio '90s. "A whole new generation of melody. Rob has the same Indian music. The center- Recordings," the projects of young people are just now thing. We could bond as lead vo- piece, "On the Corner," the have covered several periods becoming aware of Miles' calists, and as being your own electrifying album of edits, of Davis' shape- shifting ca- iconic historical status as a mu- songwriter. He had an appreci- loops and overdubs, was es- reer, including complete ses- sical innovator." ation of a great melody.

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www.americanradiohistory.com made sure all of the new media tied into the ELVIS: OUT OF U.K. COPYRIGHT, theme of the album and fed into the record BACK IN THE CHARTS with the messaging and art." Elvis Presley is now the first artist to make the U.K. Welt's department created a widget for top 40 with an out -of- copyright recording released Kweli's Web site, which allowed fans to by a label other than his official record company. But learn more about "Eardrum" through key the label releasing the single denies it's cashing in words. Fans could also embed the widget on the 30th anniversary of Elvis' death. onto their own MySpace page or blog. Kweli "My Baby Left Me" (Memphis Recording Ser- wrote long "text message novellas" that were vice) entered the Aug. 26 Official U.K. Charts Co. list- to his mobile listserv, and which BY HILLARY CROSLEY distributed ing at No.19, after selling shared more personal information on the more than 6,500 copies album. Welt also set up and listed a phone on CD and vinyl. Presley number that fans could call to hear voice originally recorded the umming messages from Kweli. "Blacksmith TV," a song in 1956, so it en- reality show tracking Kweli and labelmates tered the public domain Jean Grae and Strongarm Steady, was de- Jan. 1, 2007. veloped into a 10 -part series distributed on "I'm an Elvis fan," Mem- Creative Web Campail)n YouTube. Kweli's DJ Chaps also taped their phis managing director Boosts Kweli's Chart Entt'y performances and the pair posted the con- Joseph Pirzdada says. "I'm certs on Kweli's Web site in real time. trying to get the best [qual- After nearly a decade in the music industry, Kweli says. "I do almost 200 hip -hop But what Welt is most excited about is

ity music] I can out there. Talib Kweli has scored his first top 10 entry shows per year." Warner's partnership with Meebo.com, an It's not fora quick buck, on The Billboard 200 with "Eardrum," which He admits, though, that he was nervous online chatting conduit whose recent it's for the love of what enters at No. 2 this week -and he reaches about promoting "Eardrum" via the Inter- "Eardrum" promotion partnership is the I'm doing." that mark without the album's first single, net. "I hadn't used my laptop until a year site's first music -related tie -in. Warner "My Baby Left Me" is "Hot Thing," cracking the Hot R&B/ Hip- ago," Kweli says. "Now, I've taught myself banked on Meebo's 2 million unique daily distributed by Cargo Hop Songs chart. how to use the Internet and crack my laptop visitors and 750,000 registered members to and sold exclusively Boosted by touring and a creative new - open every morning." virally promote "Eardrum" while expanding through HMV. Presley's U.K. recordings were originally media campaign, "Eardrum" -which also In January, the MC released "Liberation," Kweli's consumer base. Together, these on- released on the HMV label. On the same chart, RCA's checks in at No. 2 on the Top R &B /Hip -Hop a free, Internet -only Madlib- produced EP, line campaigns increased Kweli's Web site official reissue of "Blue Suede Shoes" hit No.13. RCA Albums chart -sold 60,000 units, 9,000 of on a whim. Once the release had catalyzed a traffic by 3,000 %. could not be reached for comment at press time. which were digital, in its first week, accord- significant buzz with hip -hop consumers on "We started his campaign more tradi- Despite furious lobbying from the music indus- ing to Nielsen SoundScan. the Web, it was Warner Bros. new -media sen- tionally but we weren't happy with the buzz try, the U.K. government recently backed the Gow- Kweli attributes his chart success to play- ior VP Jeremy Welt's turn to digitally pro- we garnered," Welt says. "So we went back ers Review, which recommended the copyright ing live and perfecting his craft. mote "Eardrum." to the drawing board and came up with term for sound recordings should remain at 50 "Radio and street buzz are important "We developed cool new things in wire- every crazy idea we could think of and put years (Billboard, Aug. 4). -Andre Paine but they don't entirely determine sales," less, Web and video," Welt says. "But we it into action."

KEYSHIA COLE'S URBAN CHART THREE -PEAT that have no idea who [Rodrigo y Gabriela] are," ATO marketing director Jon Salter says. UNPRECEDENTED The duo's MTV spots featured a guitar tu- Keyshia Cole's lucky number must be three. The torial and footage from Mexico, the group's Oakland, Calif., native's gritty mix of sass and soul birth country. Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela didn't fully click until her third single ( "I Should Have Quintero are now based in Dublin, where Cheated ") from her 2005 debut, "The Way It Is." they met Damien Rice while busking on the And now, with "Let It Go" featuring Missy Elliott and street and were invited to open shows for Lil' Kim, Cole has clinched a three -peat on Billboard him before recording their album. sister publication Radio & Records' Urban chart. The acoustic twosome cover and She is the first female in the Nielsen BDS -based Led Zeppelin but also compose music in- chart's history to score three consecutive No. is as spired by its world travels. a lead artist ( "Let It Go," "I Should Have Cheated" and "You have no rules to follow, and you de- "Love "). As Elliott sensuously drawls on "Let It Go," velop a way to create different sounds," now enjoying a second week at No.1 on Billboard's

Sanchez told billboard.com last year. "We Hot R &B /Hip -Hop Songs chart : "Damn, that's hot." didn't get into that classical training, and I'm Currently on tour with Geffen labelmate Ray happy now [that] we didn't." Lavender and Capitol's J. Holiday, Cole will take WORLD MUSIC BY AYALA BEN -YEHUDA ATO also placed banner ads on 1,500 Web time out to sing the national anthem live during sites and partnered with MTV for online mar- NBC's NFL season kickoff (Sept. 6); release her keting last week. second Geffen album, "Just Like You" (Sept. 25); Acoustic Acceleration Rodrigo y Gabriela experienced their high- and start the second season of her BET reality est sales spike during Christmas week 2006, show, "The Way It Is" (Oct. 30). MTV's 52/52 Initiative rank on The Billboard 200 at No. 98, gradu- when an appearance on "Late Show With "She's just got this thing," says Geffen chair- Spurs Sales For ating from the Top Heatseekers chart and David Letterman," along with select TV ad- man Ron Fair, who signed Cole. "Earthiness, grit, Rodrigo Y Gabriela hitting No. 1 for the first time on the World vertising in markets with radio support, freshness and the most soulful voice. People just Albums chart. The set sold 7,000 copies last moved 10,000 units, more than doubling what relate to her." -Gail Mitchell With festival tours, late -night TV and pub- week, bringing its U.S. total to 148,000, ac- they did the week before. Their sales also lic radio support, guitar -slinging duo Ro- cording to Nielsen SoundScan. spiked in the run -up to their Coachella ap- drigo y Gabriela has steadily built an The 52/52 initiative features a different pearance in April, when they played "Jimmy audience of tastemakers following the re- act for every week of the year in all of MTV's Kimmel Live" and New York's Webster Hall. lease last October of its self-titled debut on on -air promo spots. The week before Ro- The duo kicked off its fall U.S. tour this ATO Records. But thanks to MTV's 52/52 drigo y Gabriela, the 52/52 exposure worked week, and will play "The Tonight Show With promo campaign and an aggressive online its magic for Paramore, whose "RIOT!" Jay Leno" Sept. 4. push, the instrumental act posted a 209% album zoomed from No. 43 to No. 15 with sales increase last week. a 127% sales gain. Additional reporting by Keith Caulfield in Rodrigo y Gabriela notched their highest "We were able to go and mine out new fans Los Angeles.

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"Like Any Woman Would," Now" is familiar and fresh. It's with Mountain Goat John DARREN HAYES the "Sally Go Round the MANU CHAO fitting the album starts with Darnielle comes off spare This Delicate Thing We've Roses" snippet in "The La Radiolina "The Bus Ride," a tale about and splashy, and "Citronella" Made Word" and the Janis Ian "So- Producer: Manu Chao making new friends on a jour- deftly weaves life- affirming Producers: Darren Hayes, ciety's Child" nod in "Town Nacional/Because ney, because with "Sweet Dan- halftime horns with a creepy Justin Shave Called Heartbreak," while Release Date: Sept. 4 ger," Bogguss is likely to do just rubber bassline. -JV Powdered Sugar "Play Around" sounds like a Six year=_s afterft.. Many Chaos lest U.S. that. -KT 21 & studio release, "La Radiolina" swoops in to save the day Release Date: Aug. lost Lieber Stoller tune for rrimerormut Darren Hayes' double - the Drifters. -GG with the renowned energy of his live shows. Not content LIL' MO disc "This Delicate to just be bangin' on his bongo drum, Chao brings a pal- AESOP ROCK Pain & Paper Thing We've Made" is a mo- pable sense of urgency to rock anthems like "Rainin' in None Shall Pass Producers: various mentous spiritual tour de Paradize," "El Hoyo" and "El Kitapena." More than just Producers: Aesop Rock, Honey Child/Koch force, an undressed lyrical Producer: Casey Bates an anti -establishment figure in his politics, Chao's song - Blockhead, El-P Rob Sonic Release Date: Aug. 28 exploration of a soul reborn, Equal Vision writing lives by its own rules too; similar arrangements Definitive Jux 113 On her indie debut, tucked into a labyrinth of Release Date: Sept. 4 are repeated throughout, but their beautiful textures- Release Date: Aug. 28 much like her previous sonic textures. After pub- Vans Warped tour dar- reggae, flamenco, horns and guitar -picking that's banjo - Aesop Rock's mo- albums, Long Island, N.Y. -bred licly coming out and reveal- lings Chiodos are back like in its precision -are involving enough to reel you in lasses- tongued flow Lil' Mo emotively relates ing details of a tumultuous in a big way. Never mind the every time. The simple, humanizing beauty of "Me probably qualifies as a na- around- the -way tales of love childhood, Hayes shears the ridiculously massive pre - Llaman Calle" does for prostitutes what "Clandestino" tional curiosity; almost noth- and lust, heartache and heart- velvet veneer of hits like order campaign surround- did for immigrants in 1998. With poetic melancholy, ing about its chunky ver- break. On the Donny Roc - "Truly Madly Deeply," often ing the Equal Vision act's lat- absurdist whimsy and direct shout -outs to a world no biage and oft -impenetrable assisted "Heartbeat," she re- conjuring frenetic, nervous est effort, "Bone Palace more just than it was on his last album, there's enough image after freak show gretfully chants over the thud dance beats and such Ballet" -the beefed -up pro- to carry fans until Chao's next one. -ABY metaphor after random of a heart monitor about not telling titles as "A Fear of duction harnesses the raw, thought should work for saying goodbye to a lover Falling Under" and "A Con- unrestrained energy of the more than a bizarro track or killed during a club brawl. versation With God." But all group's breakout release, Phil Vassar) and "It's Me Again two. But Rock's fifth full - Meanwhile, the self -pro- is not dark: Melodic moxie 2005's "All's Well That Ends CLEDUS T. JUDD Margaret" (with Trace Adkins) length has a good shot at claimed godmother of R &B springs forth via "The Sun Well," into a grander, more Boogity, Boogity: A come across as dated, the best appealing well beyond the seeks the help of a love doctor Is Always Blinding Me" and substantive affair. The album Tribute to the Comic cut far and away is Vince Gill's blogs that are all over it al- on the aptly titled "Broken "Listen All You People," as still packs the hardcore Genius of Ray Stevens and Sonya Isaacs' version of ready. It doesn't take any- Heart," requesting everything plush ballads "Maybe" and punch of the band's previ- Producers: Cledus T Judd, the Erroll Garner/Johnny Burke thing away from his histori- from an ambulance and med- "Words" further soften ous work, with plenty of Chris Clark classic "Misty" that Stevens re- cal weirdness to say that ical intervention to therapy spiked edges. Fans have the heavy, blistering guitar riffs Curb leased in 1975. "Everything Is "None Shall Pass" has some and surgery to mend her clear choice to simply sing and frontman Craig Owens' Release Date: Aug. 28 Beautiful," with vocals from of his most understandable shambled heart. Even when along to the surface or look rough growls and shrieks. Cledus T. Judd will be such names as Michael Eng- hip -hop to date, as long as belting about simple- minded beyond the beats to see in- But there's a newfound or- the first one to tell you lish, Wynonna and Rascal you don't worry much about matters like dating a much side a man in his 30s who chestral and melodic touch, he didn't set out to reinvent the Flatts, is another highlight. what he's trying to impart. younger man on "Youngin" has triumphed in a tug of with livelier, piano- driven music of Ray Stevens. What he Tribute records can go horri- "Keep Off the Lawn," "The and sending naughty flicks of war with demons. -CT jaunts that nod to Queen - did do is enlist the help of bly wrong, but this one's right Harbor Is Yours" and the title herself to a mate on the flirty see "Lexington (Joey Pea - country stars to record a fit- on track. -KT track even sport twisting, "Sexy Pictures," Mo's vocals Pot With a Monkey Face)" - ting tribute. Keith Urban plays twirling and gummy cho- and creative arrangements PATTI SCIALFA and stripped -down, guitar on "Gitarzan," Charlie SUZY BOGGUSS ruses, of all things. Else- soar, overshadowing the ho- Play It As It Lays string- backed ballads ( "In- Daniels duets on "Shriner's Sweet Danger where, an initially head - hum topics. -MC Producers: Steve Jordan, tensity in Ten Cities "). A ma- Convention," and Stevens him- Producers: Jason Miles, scratching collaboration continued on »p52 Ron Anielio, Patti Scialfa ture step up for a band on self guests on "The Streak." Suzy Bogguss Columbia the rise. -JM While "Ahab the Arab" (with Loyal Dutchess Records Release Date: Sept. 4 Release Date: Sept. 4 PINBACK CIIt's to Patti Scialfa's There's always been a Autumn of the Seraphs considerable credit CALVIN HARRIS depth and diversity to Producer: Pinback that she's launched a potent I Created Disco Suzy Bogguss that signaled Touch & Go solo career in the shadow of Producer: Calvin Harris she was more than a country Release Date: Sept. 4 husband Bruce Springsteen, Almost Gold singer, so her collaboration with The unassuming lads in Pinback and in doing so has not tried Release Date: Sept 4 jazz producer Jason Miles isn't earned some TV airtime and commercial radio airplay to chase after anything but So far, this 23- year -old-Scot has-cut surprising. While some of for songs from 2004's masterwork "Summer in the mature kind of music a public figure antithetical to the usual scrappy pop- Nashville's top Abaddon," but there are no overt lunges for the main- she naturally makes. The ulists who hit the big time via MySpace. He's disaffected contributed (Gary Burr, Beth stream on their fourth full -length. If anything, save for Garden State native is at and snide; the kind of guy who would take credit for Nielsen- Chapman and Doug the frenetic opener "From Nothing to Nowhere," heart a Greenwich Village starting a genre that expired before his birth or make a Crider -Bogguss' husband - "Autumn" is noticeably less immediate than its prede- troubadour with a soul of track eschewing the entire record biz ( "This Is Industry ") among others) it's her pairing cessor. But it's also less inward -looking, particularly on ... well, soul, the classic va- prior to the release of his debut album. "I Created Disco" with Miles and a mix of the downright jolly "Good to Sea," a perfect blend of riety from Memphis as dis- feels renegade, and that's what makes it more than irre- Nashville and New York musi- vintage synth beeps, sturdy basslines and rhythmic gui- tilled by scores of Jersey sistibly fun synth -pop. Harris favors analog synths over cians that set the project apart. tar figures that keep creeping in and out of the mix, and shore joints. The latter gets software, giving "Disco" a unique sonic heft. But where One of music's purest vocalists, the "Message in a Bottle" -style riff and gleeful lyrics of a particularly strong ride on next -big- things like overly arty Fischerspooner and Bogguss changes things up on "Blue Harvest" ( "Goodie for me, my favorite part"). "Play It As It Lays," Scialfa's sampling trickster Mylo failed, Harris succeeds. This is an "No Good Way to Go," which Several songs near the end go on too long, content to third and most accom- accessible album that post -grunge millennials -kids still finds her analyzing her options just keep repeating riffs over and over. Still, when plished solo album. She in the single digits when Kurt Cobain died -can claim as for leaving her lover, poetry - "Autumn" is on point, it offers some of Pinback's best makes her sources clear on their own. -KM slam style. Her turn on tunes yet. -JC the Chiffons- referencing Chicago's "If You Leave Me

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FORCIONE in the mix, and there's an econ- Producer: Eric Rosse tionship work. It shows listen- Hate That I Love You (3:39) Heartplay omy to the album, with only a Writer: S. Bareilles ers that real rappers have feel- Producers: StarGate, Ne -Yo Producers: Charlie Haden, few songs cracking the five - Publisher: not listed ings ... or at least it's a great Writers: S. Smith, T.E. Hermansen, Antonio Forcione minute range. Four of the 10 Epic gimmick to please the ladies. M.S. Eriksen Naim tracks are instrumental, with Eureka, Calif. -bred Sara Bar - Either way, Fabolous' genius Publishers: various Release Date: Sept. 4 frontman John Balzley singing eilles won a handful of music lyric matched with T- Pain's Def Jam/IDJMG This collaboration be- sparingly on the songs that do competitions while study- harmonies on the hook will The year's pre- eminent female artist bonds with tween bassist Charlie have vocals. Aided by great ing communications at the have radio and clubs spinning today's most in- demand young producer /male vocal- Haden and guitarist Antonio pacing, this is a confident, as- University of California at this song until the disc wears ist for a can't -miss track that further fuels reinvention Forcione is an awfully appeal- sured debut that should ap- Los Angeles, but a major - out. Dupri's touch proves that of contemporary pop /R &B in the best possible way. A ing duet encounter. "Heartplay" peal to metalheads, hipsters label record deal was still boardroom meetings and ex- durable melody, proud vocal prowess and guaranteed is a lovely bit of acoustic jazz, and everyone in between. -BT years of open -mic nights pense reports haven't gotten value beyond the typical six -week cycle -you know, comprising seven original away. Before signing with in the way of his 16 years of instant saturation; clichéd, gimmicky production; and tunes and a fine cover of Fred FERRABY Epic Records in 2005, the production glory. The hit pa- hasty burnout ... never to be heard again -that has Hersch's "Child's Song." The LIONHEART gifted singer/songwriter rade continues. -CP marked so much of top 40's output this decade. vibe is gentle and contempla- Catch the Brass Ring worked as a waitress and Rihanna and Ne -Yo are trailblazers for modern popu- ROCK tive, and the performance is a Producer: Ferraby Lionheart co- produced her own demo, lar music. A lofty obligation, but "Hate That I Love study in patience and accent. Nettwerk "Careful Confessions." First KID ROCK You" will prove its merit at the top of the charts in Haden's bass has an infectious Release Date: Sept. 4 single "Love Song," from So Hott (4:07) short order. Bravo -rama. -CT warmth, and he displays his ©Ferraby Lionheart is a second full -length album Producers: Kid Rock, typical fluency throughout the songwriter of modera- "Little Voice," is an irre- Rob Cavallo tracks. Forcione's guitar is by tion. He doesn't waste his sistible, piano- driven anti - Writers: R.J. Ritchie, M. Young like the devil and you smell like "ye- e- eh- ah -ah." Fuzzed -out turns bright then moody; his breath on unnecessary de- ballad meshing the ethos of Publishers: RJR Publishing/ sex" for an opening line. But guitars and foot -stomping sound on the Hersch cover is scriptors or repetition in his '70s soft rock superstars like Jo Ray Dean Music (BMl) when coupled with Rock's cut - drum booms equate an instant crystalline, and his finger work simple, thoughtful prose, and Carole King with the seen - Atlantic rate pimp routine, it's white - anthem for every pickup joint in is deft. Then, cue up Forcione's his ageless voice never takes it -all world- weariness of QAll right, we'll cop the trash charisma. Detroit's work- town. Caveman crude. Un- song "Nocturne" and check out on superfluous, melodramatic Fiona Apple. Bareilles, who cliché: Kid Rock is indeed ing -class hero wrote the apologetically sweaty. Com- how he picks his way through ache. The accompaniment to will tour with Maroon 5 this "So Hott." The trail he's blazing mantra for anyone on the hunt: pletely irresistible. -CLT the melody; the silence be- his chamber-pop tunes never fall, has already proved she up the charts at rock, active "I don't wanna be your friend, I tween notes is as portentous gets too loud, nor are the can connect with savvy In- rock and alternative proves the wanna (bleep) you like I'm m as his guitar. -PVV pretty melodies beaten into ternet aficionados: Her tale heat that lead single from never gonna see you again." He KIMBERLEY LOCKE the ground. On his fetching of modern love and skepti- "Rock N Roll Jesus" (Oct. 9) is goes Black Label Society at the Band of Gold (3:01) solo debut, "Catch the Brass cism was the No.1 download generating. In some quarters, chorus and Soundgarden at Producers: Michael Lloyd, BARONESS Ring," tracks like "The Car on iTunes for two weeks, it's a slap- inducing insult for a the verse, doing a credible Mike Curb The Red Album Maker" and "Small Planet" are propelling the album to a man to use "You've got a body Chris Cornell right down to the Writers: R. Dunbar, E. Wayne Producer: Phillip Cope tastefully punctuated with horns No. 45 launch on The Bill- Publishers: Gold Forever/ Relapse or a string section. While the board 200. Now it's radio's Songs of Universal, BMl Release Date: Sept. 4 effort is a success on the whole, turn to bring this promising EAGLES Curb There are only a hand- Lionheart is particularly af- new artist deserved main- Now Long (.:u) aFreda Payne's 1970 No. ful of heavy bands that fecting during the piano -led stream acclaim. -AC Producers: Eagles 3 hit "Band of Gold" stretch outside the genre, "Call Me the Sea" and guitar - Writer: J.D. Souther may have been done to death, blurring the lines between driven "Put Me in Your Play," FABOLOUS Publishers: EMI Apri //WB, ASCAP but a refresher course with metal and indie rock. Masto- both slow numbers. -KH FEATURING T -PAIN Eagles Recording Co. ll ignition control of Kimberley don's complex, innovative Baby Don't Go (3:36) Comebacks are tricky business. An act must sound Locke turns "Gold" green sound has found acceptance Additional reviews Producer: J. Dupri familiar enough not to alienate enduring fans, yet again. As with every song she .GOBI online this week outside of metal, as has the at- at billboard.com: Writers: J. Jackson, J. Dupri, fresh enough to remain viable. The Eagles pull it off has delivered, the "American mospheric minimalism of Divine Heresy, "Bleed the F. Najm, V. Bell beautifully on the launch single from highly anticipat- Idol" alumnus -who earned post -hardcore bands like Isis, Fifth" (Century Media) Publishers: various ed "Long Road out of Eden," their first album of all - high marks with her perform- Madlib, "The Beat new in 28 years. is a vin- Pelican and Russian Circles. Konducta 2: Beat Konducta Def Jam studio material "How Long" ance of this track on season Following several EPs, Baroness in India" (Stones Throw) Fabolous returned to the tage gem culled from J.D. Souther's 1972 debut solo two of the series -has com- has crafted a debut that com- Earlmart, "Mentor scene with hit album "From effort. (He had a hand in the Eagles classics "Best of manded an enduring love af- Tormentor" (Majordomo) bines the best parts of the Nothin' to Somethin' " being My Love," "Heartache Tonight" and "New Kid in fair at AC radio, with six hits certified gold and top 10 sin- Town. ") With clever, literate lines ( "Like a bluebird and two No.1s, including pre- AXel:M1 ti 10 UM gle "Make Me Better," featur- with his heart removed, lonely as a train ") and instan- vious No. 6 "Change" from ing labelmate Ne -Yo. For fol- taneous singalong melody, the song is commanded by current CD "Based on a True EDITED BY JONATHAN COHEN CRITICS' CHOICE *: A new low-up "Baby Don't Go," Loso lead vocalists Don Henley and Glenn Frey, who deliver Story." With a firm base in the (ALBUMS) AND CHUCK TAYLOR release, regardless of chart (SINGLES) potential, highly recommended for connected with Island Urban a signature sound as novel and warm as 30 years ago. gay community, the Bimbo musical merit. president Jermaine Dupri and Joe Walsh contributes a searing guitar solo, and Timothy Jones remix will only extend CONTRIBUTORS: Ayala Ben - Yehuda, Alexandra Cahill, Jonathan All albums commercially available the hottest R &B singer of the B. Schmit's distinctive voice bolsters memorable Locke's reach. So many sea- Cohen, Mariel Concepcion, Gary in the United States are eligible. moment, T-Pain, to concoct Eagles harmonies. If it took this long for the band to sons into the show, fewer Graff, Katie Hasty, Kerri Mason, Jill Send album review copies to Long" was worth rel- Mente, Charles Perez, Deborah Jonathan Cohen and singles the perfect formula for a create something this good, "How original victors maintain Evans Price, Chuck Taylor, Bram review copies to Chuck Taylor smash. Fab is arguably the the wait. Already a Hot Shot debut at No. 44 at coun- evance. (That's the way of the Teitelman, Christa L. Titus, Ken (both at Billboard, 770 Broadway, best street orator of his time try radio and Most Added at AC, the Eagles' return pop world.) But Locke has Tucker, Philip Van Vleck, Jeff Vrabel Seventh Floor, New York, N.Y. 10003) or to the writers in the when rapping about relation- proves to be more than a fond reminiscence. These drop- kicked Ruben Studdard PICK A new release predicted to : appropriate bureaus. a guys are simply poised to soar all over again. and Clay Aiken as the hit the top half of the chart in the ships. This tale tells of sor- -DEP season's corresponding format. rowful Fabolous asking his real winner. -CT

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There are seven new entries On Several Charts, It's Disney's World After All In the top 10 of To a 1 Independent Albu ns, Including one by the New 4 Even with a second -week decline of 40%, Walt Disney, in fact, owns six of TAKE TWO: Early last year, when the TAKE THREE: Remember when a sec- Pornographers at No. 4. The the soundtrack to "High School Musi- 2007's 10 best -selling soundtracks on original "High School Musical" first ond -week decline of 40% sounded debuts hold each 'slot from cal 2" remains the big man on The Bill- Nielsen SoundScan's year -to -date logs. hit Disney Channel, songs from the alarming? In the current environment, Nos. 2 -8. That's the most top 10 debuts the india chart has board 200's campus, leading the That compares with three for the label first soundtrack took The Billboard such a drop represents continuity. Of seen since it joined Billboard's runner -up by a margin of 307,000 copies. at this time last year, when the first Hot 100 by storm. Fueled almost albums that have opened at 500,000 after 2000. Fact is, "HSM 2" has become the "HSM," "Cars" and "The Cheetah Girls solely by digital sales, nine different a normal Tuesday release, the last one second- best -selling soundtrack of 2" represented the label. tracks from the first soundtrack in- to experience a smaller percentage slide On just one dal of airplay, 2007 in just two short weeks, with Its recent showing stands in stark vaded the Feb. 11, 2006, chart, more in its second week than "High School Alicia Key's "No Cine" bows on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (see 982,000 sold. And, with Walt Disney contrast to 2005, when Walt Disney's simultaneous entries than any single Musical 2" was Kenny Chesney's Between the Bullets, page 61). best seller in the category, "Chee- album had ever accomplished. That "When the Sun Goes Down." which had with just two days at And, The cast of 'High School Musical 2.' tah Girls EP," ranked 21st week saw 10 tunes reach Hot Digital a modest 36% erosion after it began with radio, Garth Brooss' "More - to move 551,000 in February 2004. Than a Memory" debuts on 0410, among soundtracks on Sound Songs, which combined Hot 100 Airplay (!.ee story, Scan's year-end list. 329,000 downloads, while seven Only two albums since had smaller page 11). Aside from "Montana 2" and charted songs accounted for another second -week declines, and both of "HSM 2," the other top 10 Dis- 169,000 the following week. those were rushed to market with off- ney soundtracks this year include There were six Hot 100 entries cycle street dates, when advertising was . the original "Hannah Montana" from "HSM 2" last issue, and I was- still targeted to the original release (830,000 copies in 2007), "Jump n't surprised to see total volume of dates. Under such conditions, 50 In!" (469,000), the first "HSM" songs placed on Hot Digital Songs Cent's "The Massacre" had a 32% dip (408,000) and "Cars" (170,000). was down 5% from last year's banner in its second chart week after it began Meanwhile, the label's al- week. After all, with the "HSM" fran- at 1.1 million in March 2005, while Em-

liance with sister company Dis- chise becoming such a known corn - inem's "Encore" actually managed a ney Channel has shifted the modity, I figured more kids would be 22% gain after its off-cycle street date Records placing four titles in The Bill- balance of power in soundtracks from eager to buy the whole album instead courted a launch of 711,000 in late 2004. board 200's top 50 in each of the last the big screen to the small screen. Five of individual tracks. From the start of 2006 until "HSM With his best N ielsen two issues, you needn't think too hard of this year's top seven soundtracks Time to conjure a new theory, be- 2," each of the albums that started in SoundScan week Joe about which label owns the year's top - come from either TV series or made - cause as the album hits its in- the half-million club had declines of at .Bonamassa not only plates his least 48 %. Larger erosions, like the 79% third No. 1 on Top Blues selling soundtrack. for-TV movies. evitable second -week slide, its Albums, he also hakes his The best -selling film or TV album In 2006, four of the 10 best- selling digital tracks explode. All told, nine drop that Jay -Z's "Kingdom Come" suf- =first appearance an The its frame during :Billboard 200. His "Sloe Gin" of 2007 remains "Hannah Montana 2/ soundtracks came from TV projects "HSM 2" entries on this issue's Hot fered in sophomore k enters at No. 184 with 4,000 Meet Miley Cyrus," with 1.1 million, while just one was among the top 10 Digital Songs combine to sell last year's fourth quarter, have become -week sales. first now No. 3 on The Billboard 200. soundtracks of 2005. 535,000 units. more .

IVla A Weekly National Music Sales Report Ii(et Watch For week ending Aug. 26. 2007 Figures are rounded. nicken Compiled from a national sample of retail Store and rack R-r Weekly L'nit Sales Year -To -Date sales reports collected .and orovided cv SoundScan DIGITAL DIGITAL -r ALBUMS ALBUMS' TRACKS 2006 2007 CHANGE Year -To -Date Album This Week 8,054,000 927,000 15,210,000 OVERALL UNIT SALES Sales By Store Type »Can you name he 13 titles Albums -142% Last 9.ek £,47 ,000 969,000 15,511,000 344,609,000 295,812,000 150 million units that have been N 1 on The Digital Tracks 538,406,000 47.5% Billboard Hot 10 two or more (hang' -4.9% -4.3% -1.9% 364,950,000 times by gracing completely Store Singles 2,672,000 1,551,000 -42.0% different songs? red Bronson TllissWe!k Last Year 9,545,000 599,000 10,854,000 ,0 021 Total 712,231,000 835,769,000 17.3% can, and he so in does Chart (hang' -45.6% 54.8% 40.1% 120 Albums w/TfA' 381,104,000 349,652,600 -8.3% Beat, beginning ith "Big Girls 'Digi a alt um sales are also counted within album sales. Don't Cry," a tit! of a Four 'Includes track equivalent album sales (TEA) with 10 track downloads equivalent to one album sale. Seasons chart -to per in 1962 Weekly Album Sales (Minion Units) and now a Fergie No. 1 hit in 2007. With more than 44 years 35 90 between the two songs, it's the ALBUM SALES longest gap between same - 30 titled, different- ong No. ls. '06 N 25 20C 7 Ñ »Babyface retu As to the Adult '07 295.8 million 60 M + Contemporary cl art with an update of James Taylor's "Fire 20 and Rain." It's th first time the song has charted at AC since 15 30 Taylor had a hit fth his own SALES BY ALBUM FORMAT song in 1970. But who took it to 10 the AC chart bef ,re Taylor ?' CD 324,063,000 264,135,000 -18.5% Find out in Chart Beat online. 5 Digital 19,108,000 30,804,000 61.2% CRead Fred Bronson Cassette 840,000 216,000 -74.3% o - every week at 0 Indies Non- Mass Chain billboard.com /fred. J F M A M J J A S ON DJ Other 598,000 657,000 9.9% traditional Merchant

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www.americanradiohistory.com See Charts Legend hr rules and explanations. c 2007, Nielsen Business Media, Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved. SALESDATA COMPILED BY SEP niclscn 9 SounlScan o ó x Y o t. ARTIST Title qW S Ño W ARTIST Title 11APRINT / IMPRINT & NUMBER DISTRIBUTING LABEL (PRICE) dg 3 i 3ó & NUMBER DISTRIBUTING LABEL (PRICE) +T. 7t SOUNDTRACK PRINCE 2 #1 High School Musical 2 1 51 41 20 Planet Earth 2WKS WALT DISNEY 000651 (18 981 NPG /COLUMBIA 12970 / (18.98) TALIB KWELI RASCAL FLATTS 52 50 47 73 Me And My Gang 1 Eardrum 165075 l O Eil :07H 277244'/WARNER BROS. (13.98) LYRIC STREET /HOLLYWOOD (18.98) MILEY CYRUS FABOLOUS 3 2 Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack) /Meet Miley Cyrus 53 47 35 From Nothin' To Somethin' S DESERT STORM/DEF JAM 008162' /IDJMG (13.98) 4 SOUNDTRACK AIDEN 4 Hairspray Rock act gives Conviction NEW LINE 3908`.' o VICTORY 349 (15.98) VARIOUS the Metal Blade MARC ANTHONY 5 ARTISTS NOW 25 es 44 32 El Cantante (Soundtrack) SONY BMG NORTE 11824 (16.98) UNIVERSAL/EMI /SONY BM0,ZOMBA 009055/UMRG (18.98) label its first top FERGIE LUKE BRYAN 6 .- - The Dutchess © 3' 10 album as the e6 24 - Ill Stay Me WILL.LAM / /INTERSCOPE 007490/IGA (13.98) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 63251 (12.98) band scores its THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA SWIZZ BEATZ One Man Band Man Plaguc, O D UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 008895/UMRG (13.98) best sales week Cll RISE 51' (13.98) AS I LAY DYING R. KELLY An Ocean Between Us 8 with 39,000. 58 57 44 Double U:, METAL BLADE 14632 (13.98) JIVE 0153:: PAT, n 6 9H' GREATEST NICKELBACK RICARDO ARJONA 95 O Quien Dijo Ay' E 11,;,,; 5.98) GAINER ROADRUNNER 618300 (18.98) O+ © ® SONY B'.' UGK MICHAEL W. SMITH 10 Underground King/ 00 51 48 Stan:', 48 ZOMBA (18.981 REUNION I! 09 (17.98) JONAS BROTHERS ELVIS PRESLEY 11 Jonas Brothers 5. fil 54 105 Elvis: Viva Las Veg'i 000282 (18.98) RCA/SONY BMA STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 11867 /SONY BMG (18.98) LINKIN PARK SIXX: AM 1 The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack 62 12 12 'ï Minutes To Midnight II (15.98) 'A CHINE SHOP 44477 /WARNER BROS. (18.98) C © ® ELEVEN SEVEN 171 T.I. 13 11 T.I. Vs T.I.P, 1' 63 58 50 The Sweet Escape U INTERSCOPE 008099/IGA ...AND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC 202172'/AG (18.98) 2á (13.98) AMY WINEHOUSE U.K. artist's AKON 14 14 Back To Black 6 i 64 62 54 Konvicted © 21 UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 008428' /UMRG (10.98) debut set, KONVICT/UPFRONT /SRC /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 007968'/UMRG (13.98) d COMMON "Arular," FLYLEAF 15 10 Finding Forever 65 66 Flyleaf J.O.D. /GEFFEN 009382'/IGA (13.98) ABM /OCTONE 650005/IGA (9.98) peaked at No. TAYLOR SWIFT THE SMASHING PUMPKINS 16 Taylor Swift 13? 190 in 2005. 88 55 41 Zeitgeist MACHINE 120702 (18.98) MARTHA'S MUSIC/REPRISE 138620/WARNER BROS (18.98) SOUNDTRACK New tine blows BIG & RICH 17 16 High School Musical (37 56 45 Between Raising Hell And Amazing Grace lEY 861426 (12.98) in wits WARNER BROS (NASHVILLE) 43255/WRN (18.98) BLAQK AUDIO M.I.A. Kala 18 29,000 units. Cexcells ® INTERSCOPE 009659'/IGA (9.98) TINY EVIL/INTERSCOPE 009512/10A (13.98) DAVE MATTHEWS AND TIM REYNOLDS DEAN MARTIN 19 3 Live At Radio City Forever Cool TO /RCA 13102 /RMG (19.98) CAPITOL 97441 (18.98) O* CARTEL ROBIN THICKE Cartel 20 The Evolution Of Robin Thicke o 1112 , THE MILITIA GROUP/EPIC 09835/SONY MUSIC (11.98) STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 006146' /IGA (13.98) PLIES FINGER ELEVEN 71 9 2 The Real Testament 2 Them Vs. You Vs. Me BIG GATES /SLIP.N- SLIDE/ATLANTIC 185340/AG (18.98) WIND -UP 13112 (18.98)

R LO KERNER Under The Blacklight 22 Boys Like Girls OI 1Y ,CO COLUMBIA 05572/SONY MUSIC (11.98) ® GROSIL. 89372 (13.98) ® A 28,000 SUGARLAND JOE NICHOLS Real Things 23! 73 Enjoy The Ride MERCURY 007411 /UMGN (13.98) - - UNIVERSAL SOUTH 008888 (13.98) start greets the MAROON 5 album, which It Won't Be Soon Before Long 1 Planet Of Ice ABM /OCTONE 008917/IGA (18.98) SUICIDE SOUEEZE 065' (15.98) was recorded m THREE DAYS GRACE PARAMORE 73 69 One - X RIOT! 15 a 75 FUELED BY RAMEN 159612/AG (13.98) during "Big JIVE 83504/ZOMBA (18.98) SEAN KINGSTON Brother" -like Dr ELLIOTT YAMIN Sean Kingston 6 89 82 Elliott Yamin °ELUGA HEIGHTS/KOCH /EPIC 12999/5099 MUSIC (18.98) HICKORY 90019 (18.98) Pepper /MTV I LIFEHOUSE R HANNA Good Girl Gone Bad 24 3romotion dur- 7-r 75 67 Who We Are -'.FF JAM 008968'/IDJMG (13.98) GEFFEN 009153/IGA (13.98) TRAVIS TRITT ng the summer. FALL OUT BOY The Storm 28' 78 64 57 Infinity On High 1 O ® 5 500103 (18.98) Watch their FUELED BY RAMEN/ISLAND 008109 /IDJMG (13.98) nterview and JOSH RITTER 29 26 18 '' Lost Highway The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter ISLAND 008902 /UMGN /IDJMG (13.98) VICTOR 12256 /SONY BMG (13.98) 3ertormance at CHRISETTE MICHELE 30 25 2. The Best Damn Thing lillboard.com/ 10 I Am '4/RMG (18.98) O+ DEF JAM 008774/IDJMG (10.98) T -PAIN mderground JOHN MAYER 1' :) 81 50 Continuu.- 31 2' Epiphany MUSIC I NAPPY BOY /JIVE 08719 /ZOMBA (18.98) AWARE /COLUMBIA 79019' /SONY 118.98) MICHAEL BUBLE SOUNDTRACK Me 1 1 Halloween 32 30 Call Irresponsible U HIP + 43 /REPRISE 100313/WARNER BROS. (18.98) -0 009604 /UME (13.98) DAUGHTRY SOUNDTRACK 33 33 30 Daughtry D 1 83 13 Once RCA 88860 /RMG (18.98) CANVASBACK /SONY MUSIC SSVNDTRAX 10586 /COLUMBIA (13.98) THE ALISON KRAUSS NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Challengers 34 84 21 A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection O ® ® MATADOR 770' (15.98) ROUNDER 610555 (17.98) KORN 35 21 10 Untitled 44 The Black Parade VIRGIN 03878' (18.98)0 REPRISE 44427 /WARNER BROS (18,98) Blue Oyster PLAIN WHITE T'S JASON ALDEAN 36 28 22 Every Second Counts 10 "(Don't 13 Relentless FEARLESS 000377 /HOLLYWOOD (11.98) :tilt's BROKEN BOW 7047 (17.98) TIMBALAND -ear) the HINDER 37 32 29 Timbaland Presents Shock Value 5 l 87 79 78 Extreme Behavior El ® MOSLEY /BLACKGROUND /INTERSCOPE 008594' /IGA (13.98) Reaper," which UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 005390/UMRG (13.98) BRAD PAISLEY CAMILA 38 29 23 5th Gear 3,',. appeared in the 88 76 128 Todo Cambio 71 ARISTA NASHVILLE 07171/SBN (18.98) SONY BMG NORTE 78272 (14.98) uriginal 1978 TIM MCGRAW 39 31 24 Let It Go t4 89 68 51 Underclass Hero CURB 78974 (18.98) iim, also plays ISLAND 008987/10JMG (13.98) JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE i1 Rob Zombie's CORINNE BAILEY RAE 40 35 34 FutureSex /LoveSounds 90 Corinne Bailey Rae U 4 D CAPITOL 66361 (12.98) JIVE 88062' /ZOMBA (18.98) ;007 remake KIDZ BOP KIDS JOSH GROBAN Kidz Bop 12 1s. ind on its 91 Awake RAZOR & TIE 891', 1.1 ' FPRISE 44435/WARNER BROS. (18.98) O+ Soundtrack. BEYONCE COLBIE CAILLAT Coco 5 92 B'Day D t UNIVERSAL REPLI 00219, (10.98) LU+UMBIA 90920' /SONY MUSIC (18.98) NELLY FURTADO SOUNDTRACK Hannah Montana f' 92 85 79 Loose O+ MOSLEY /GEFFEN 006300' /IGA (13.98) WALT DISNEY 86'' ' 6.98) i THE WHITE STRIPES SPOON Icky Thump 2 94 71 63 Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 11 THIRD MAN 162940': WARNER BROS. (18.98) be album MERGE 295' (15.98) BONE THUGS -N- HARMONY KELLY CLARKSON My December sores its best 95 92 76 Strength & Loyalty RCA 06900 /RMG (18.98) FULL SURFACE /INTERSCOPE 008209'/IGA 113 981 ales Irome 4 ALY & AJ BILLY RAY CYRUS Insomniatic since June as 9E 74 52 Home At Last 21 HOLLYWOOD 162642 (18.98) WALT DISNEY 000707 (18.98) current single VELVET REVOLVER CARRIE UNDERWOOD 97 77 61 Libertad Some Hearts RCA 88859/RMG (18 ARISTA/ARISTA NASHVILLE 71197/RMG ' Who -98) 4 HEATSEEKER RODRIGO Y GABRIELA NE -YO ',new" rises 20- RE-ENTRY 6 Rodrigo Y Gabriela 98 Because Of You f. Aí0 '557 + DEF JAM 008697' /IDJMG (13.98) m GRADUATE '398: b on The MITIM MCGRAW TOBY KEITH 99 91 80 Greatest Hits Vol 2: Reflected 49 43 38 Big Dog Daddy 611board 78891 (18.98) II m SHOW DOG NASHVILLE 005 (18.98) CURB NM PINK hot 100 BM BLAZE RRa I Ltockwork Gray i;;;) 52 53 i. I'm Not Dead 6 LAFACE 80320 /ZOMBA (18.98) V `1V PSYCHOPATHIC 4300 (11.98)

BONE 111055-9- CARIBOU 193 RR,''.'I A LOS THE DEVIL WEARS FERGIE 6 TRACY LAWRENCE . 122 THE BILLBOARD 200 ARTIST INDEX HARMONY 95 BRANDI CARLILE 152 BUPEP REYES 134 PRADA 57 VICENTE FERNANDEZ ..183 - ENRIQUE IGLESIAS ...142 TOBY KEITH 49 LIFEHOUSE 77 BON JOVi 29 JASON MICHAEL BILLY CURRINGTON ...195 DJ KHALED 162 A FINE FRENZY 108 RODRIGO Y GABRIELA 98 INCUBUS 130 R. KELLY 58 LINKIN PARK . , , _12 _ AJ 46 BEASTIE BOYS 175 © 2PAC _ _173 ALY & .. BOYS LIKE GIRLS 72 CARROLL 168 BILLY RAY CYRUS .... _96 DROP DEAD. FINGER ELEVEN _ 71 JOSH OROBAN 91 INTERPOL 117 KIDZ BOP KIDS 41 LITTLE BIG TOWN ... 157

12 STONES -1TO MARC ANTHONY . .. 55 129 BREAKING BENJAMIN 131 CARTEL 20 MILEY CYRUS ...... 3 GORGEOUS 197 ELLA FITZGERALD , ...120 159 SEAN KINGSTON 26 101 59 DIERKS BENTLEY ....153 30 SECONDS TO MARS. RICARDO ARJONA LUKE BRYAN 56 CELTIC WOMAN 172 DROWNING POOL ... 149 THE FLAMING LIPS ...185 KORN 35

I BEYONCE _ _92 AS LAY DYING 8 ..... MICHAEL BUGLE 32 KENNY CHESNEY ...... 104 FLIGHT OF THE ELTON JOHN ALISON KRAUSS 84 107 RYAN ADAMS .139 RODNEY ATKINS 109 BIG & RICH 67 . , . 116 CHINGO BLIND 166 DADDYYANKEE 179 CONCHORDS 119 HALFWAY TO HAZARD ..200 JONAS BROTHERS . ...11 MANDISA . , .. , - 135 136 BLAOK AUDIO 68 ADEN 54 AVENTURA KELLY CLARKSON _ _ 45 SHOP 80YZ 101 FAROLOUS 53 FLYLEAF 65 HELLYEAH 132 NORAH JONES 151 MARILYN MANSON 160 BLAZE 00 0AKON E4 COMMON 15 0DAUGHTER ...... 33 FALL OUT :30Y 78 THE FRAY 138 HINDER 87 MIRANDA LAMBERT ..150 MAROON 5 ., .. _24 JASON ALDEAN 86 ' CORBIN BLEU 182 178 FANTASIA 188 FUEL . 148 VANESSA HUDGENS 199 AVRIL LAVIGNE 30 DEAN MARTIN 69 COLBIECOLBIE CAILÖ BECKY COVINGTON...115 KAT DELUNA 0 169 JOE BONAMASSA .184 LILY ALLEN 133 BARLOWGIRL CAMILA ..88 MARTINEZ CRUZ DEVILDRIVER 194 FEIST 105 NELLY FURTADO 93 0 DAVE MATTHEWS AND 54 Go to www.billboard.biz for complete chart data Data for week of SEPTEMBER 8, 2007 CHARTS LEGEND on Page 58

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I SEE U BIG THINGS POPPIN' (DO IT) DIG NO ONE IS TO BLAME WHEN 29 18 21 19 18 27 20 6 21 20 22 46 KATRINA HOWARD JONES FANTASIA (J,RF. TI. (GRAND HILFT I INCUBUS ,IMMORTAL EPIC) CARLSON WITH (K4TAPHONIC

LOVESTONED I GOT IT FROM MY MAMA REHAB KNEW 26 6 CD 59 3 22 15 03 27 3 WHO PINK L .,FACE ZOMBAI JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE (JIVE /ZOMBA) WILLIAM (WILL.LAM /INTERSCOPE) AMY WINEHOUSE ¡UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC) 0 ROCKSTAR IF YOU'RE READING THIS ALL AT ONCE HEAVEN KNOWS 27 10 55 4 2211 Itl TAYLOR HICKS (ARISTA /RMG) NICKELBACK (ROADRUNNER /ATLANTIC /LAVA TIM MCGRAW (CURB) ® THE FRAY (EPIC) TEACHME SO SMALL IF YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE BEST OF ME 24 21 17 50 3 24 14 21 8 MUSIO SOULCHILO (ATLANTIC) CARRIE UNDERW000 (A'c.I EMERSON HART (MANHATTAN /CAPITOL( CHRISETTE MICHELE (DEF JAM /IDJMG) SEXY LADY PARTY LIKE A ROCKSTAR WHAT I'VE DONE BUBBLY 25 19 19 50 32 22 25 23 18 24 4 YUNG BERG FEAT_ JUNIOR II SHOP BOYZ .1'':'IFI - LINKIN PARE (WARNER BROS.) COLBIE CAILLAT (UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC)

1,300 stations. comprise of top 40. adult contemporary, RBB /hip-hcp, country, rock, gosaeE smooth Jazz, Latin. and Christian formats, are electronically moult red 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This datais used to compile The Billboard Hot 100.

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SHUT UP AND DRIVE ALL FOR ONE BEFORE HE CHEATS SAY THIS SOONER (NO ONE WILL SEE THINGS THE WAY I DO) 17 13 12 42 25 2 67 64 50 17 9 25 RIHANNA DEF JAM /IDJMG) HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 CAST (WALT DISNEY. CARRIE UNDERWOOD (ARISTA /ARISTA NASHVILL_ THE ALMOST. (TOOTH 8 NAIL VIRGIN) AYO TECHNOLOGY THE SWEET ESCAPE THE HEINRICH MANEUVER WHAT I'VE DONE 88 63 34 10 13 16 18 12 3 -. 43 36 21 INTERPOL # 50 CEN II ry /AFTERMATH/INIERSCOPE) LINKIN PARK (MACHINE SHOP/WARNER DROP GWEN STEFAN( FEAT. AKON (INTERSCOPEI (CAPITOL) SWEETEST GIRL (DOLLAR BILL) SO HOTT POTENTIAL BREAKUP SONG WHINE UP 69 56 2 25 2 22 9 44 40 11 KID ROCK DOG: ATLANTICI ALY 8 AJ IIIL)LLYWOOD) KAT DELUNA FEAT. ELEPHANT MAN (EPIC WYCLEF JEAN FEAT. AXON, UL WAYNE 8 NIIA e (TOP HOLD ON APOLOGIZE SEXY LADY BREATH 20 17 5 45 37 4 8 2130 19 33 JONAS ((ROTHERS (HOLLYWOOD) TIMBALAND (MOSLEY /BLACKGROUND /INTERSCOPE) o YUNG BERG FEAT. JUNIOR (YUNG BOSS EPIC) BREAKING BENJAMIN (HOLLYWOOD) EVERYDAY TEENAGERS NOBODY'S PERFECT STIFF KITTENS 11 71 65 12 21 20 7 33 2 a47 BLACK ':TERSCOPE) CD ZAC EFRON AND VANESSA ANNE HUDGENS (WALT DISNE MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE (REPRISE) HANNAH MONTANA AUDIO PARTY LIKE A ROCKSTAR PARALYZER LIKE THIS THRASH UNREAL 20 14 50 7 72 75 12 28 5 22 II AGAINST MET. SHOP BOYZ (ON T? IIVERSAL 11E1'11 O FINGER ELEVEN (WIND -UP) MIME (CAE WHEN YOURE GONE MAKE ME BETTER TIME AFTER TIME FAMOUS 23 23 8 48 45 11 23 22 13 AVRIL LAVIGNE IR. I;f.IG) FABOLOUS FEAT. NE -YO (DESERT STORM/DEF JAM /IDJMG. m--1 OUIETORIVE PUDDLE OF MUDD (FLAW L MISERY BUSINESS GIRLFRIEND GLAMOROUS THE GOOD LEFT UNDONE 24 l 7 49 42 26 74 61 30 26 9 PARAMERE (FUI. "-I N ATLANTIC/LAVA) AVRIL LAVIGNE (RCA /RMG) FERGIE FEAT. LUDACRIS (GEFFEN) WHO KNEW EVERYTHING NEVER WANTED NOTHING MORE YOU ARE THE ONE 25 8 8 27 20 6 57 KENNY SHINY (UNIVERSAL MOTOWN) PINK (LAFACE / ZOMAA) MICHAEL BUBLE (143 /REPRISE) o CHESNEY (ANA) I TOY GUNS

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ROCKSTAR TIME AFTER TIME BUY U A DRANK ( SHAWTY SNAPPIN) f AYO TECHNOLOGY 12 J 11 NICKELBACK (ROADRUNNER /ATLANTIC /LAVA) DUIETDRIVE (RED INK/EPIC) T-PAIN FEAT. YUNG JOC (KOFMCT/NAPPY BOY/JIVE/ZOMBA) 1735 50 CENT (SHADY /AFTERMATH / INTERSCOPE) WHO KNEW TEENAGERS BEAUTIFUL GIRLS PARTY LIKE A ROCKSTAR L2 12 26 15 PINK (LAFACUZOMBA) MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE (REPRISE) SEAN KINGSTON (BELUGA HEIGHTS /EPIC) SHOP BOYZ (ONDECVUNIVERSAL REPUBLIC) 111 CRANK THAT (SOULJA BOY) BED THE GREAT ESCAPE WAKE UP CALL E1 5 96 3 SOUUA BOY (COLLIPARK/INTERSCOPE) J. HOLIDAY (MUSIC LINE /CAPITOL) BOYS LIKE GIRLS (COLUMBIA) MAROON 5 (ASM /OCTONE/INTERSCOPE) BARTENDER APOLOGIZE BARTENDER GIRLFRIEND `7 9 34 25 T -PAIN FEAT. AXON (KONVICT /NAPPY BOY /JIVE /ZOMBA) TIMBALAND (MOSLEY/BLACKGROUND /INTERSCOPE) T-PAIN FEAT AKON (KOFIVICT/NAPPY BOY /JIVE/ZOMBA) AVRIL LAVIGNE (RCA/RMG) LOVESTONED GET IT SHAWTY MAKE ME BETTER DO IT $1 F. 2 24 38 5 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE (JIVE /ZOMBA) LLOYD (THE INC. /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN) FABOLOUS FEAT. NE -YO (DESERT STORNVDEF JAMADJMG). it) NELLY FURTADO (MOSLEY/GEFFEN) 111 ME LOVE DO IT ROCKSTAR GET IT SHAWTY 4 5 7 33 16 SEAN KINGSTON (BELUGA HEIGHTS /EPIC) NELLY FURTADO (MOSLEY /GEFFEN) NICKELBACK (ROADRUNNER/ATLANTIC/LAVA) LLCM ITHE INC./UNIVERSAL MOTOWN) 4 SHAWTY I THE GREAT ESCAPE IN THE MORNING UMBRELLA '6 19 13 15 2 BOYS LIKE GIRLS (COLUMBIA) GWEN STEFANI ( INTERSCOPE) RIHANNA FEAT. JAY-Z (SRP /DEF JAM /IDJMG) EV PLIES FEAT. T-PAIN (SLIP -N- SLIDE /ATLANTIC) UMBRELLA ALL FOR ONE SUMMER LOVE BECAUSE OF YOU 14 7 2 64 `.8 2 10 22 Fa 42 25 RIHANNA FEAT. JAY-2 (SRP /DEF JAM /IDJMG) s HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 CAST (WALT DISNEY) JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE (JIVE/ZOMBA) NE -YO (DEF JAM /IDJMG) I I DON'T WANNA BE IN LOVE (DANCE FLOOR ANTHEM) ME LOVE DO IT WELL BUY U A DRANK ( SHAWTY SNAPPIN') 7 4 15 1 7y; 18 6 T -PAIN FEAT. YUNG JOC (KONVICT /NAPPY BOY /JIVE/ZOMBA) GOOD CHARLOTTE (DAYLIGHT/EPIC) SEAN KINGSTON (BELUGA HEIGHTS /EPIC) JENNIFER LOPEZ (EPIC) 'M.. Illt', SHUT UP AND DRIVE BECAUSE OF YOU WHEN YOU'RE GONE TIME AFTER TIME 16 3 1! 66 5 24 17 10 1 41 9 RIHANNA (SRP /DEF JAM /IDJMG) NE -YO (DEF JAM /IDJMG) AVRIL LAVIGNE (RCA/RMG) UUIETDRIVE (RED INK/EPIC) MAKE ME BETTER EVERYTHING SHUT UP AND DRIVE HOW FAR WE'VE COME 9 11 "2 14 16 13 ID 46 3 wE11/ FABOLOUS FEAT. NE -YO (DESERT STORM /DEF JAM /IDJMG) MICHAEL BUBLE (143 /REPRISE) RIHANNA (SRP /DEF JAM /IDJMG) MATCHBOX TWENTY (MELISMA/ATLANTIC) WHEN YOU'RE GONE IF YOU'RE READING THIS STRONGER WHAT I'VE DONE 8 12 68 ,6 3 143 37 19 L*I VV AVRIL LAVIGNE (RCA/RMG) TIM MCGRAW (CURB) KANYE WEST ROC- A-FELLNDEF JAM /IDJMG) LINKIN PARK (WARDER BROS.) S.O.S. YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS MAKES ME WONDER LIKE A BOY 19 7 2 8 8 15 22 14 40 20 JONAS BROTHERS (HOLLYWOOD) T.I. FEAT. WYCLEF JEAN (GRAND HUSTLE /ATLANTIC) MAROON 5 (ASM/OCTONE /INTERSCOPE) CLAIM 1LAFACE/ZOMBA) A BAY BAY TIMEBOMB THNKS FR TH MMRS INCONSOLABLE 20 21 1) 19 19 10 50 2 HURRICANE CHRIS (POLO GROUNDS /J /RMG) BECK ( INTERSCOPE) FALL OUT BOY FUELED BY RAMEN /ISLAND /IDJMG) BACKSTREET BOYS (JIVE /ZOMBA) TJ

I GOT IT FROM MY MAMA TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR I GOT IT FROM MY MAMA 4 IN THE MORNING 31 5 27 23 5 39 16 ® WILLIAM (WILL.I.AM /INTERSCOPE) TAYLOR SWIFT (BIG MACHINE) WILLIAM (WILL.I.AM /INTERSCOPE) GWEN STEFANI ( INTERSCOPE) SUMMER LOVE NEVER AGAIN OVER YOU NEVER AGAIN 22 2(I 21 38 19 25 4 147 44 20 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE (JIVE / ZOMBA) KELLY CLARKSON (RCA /RMG) DAUGHTRY (RCA/RMG) KELLY CLARKSON (RCA/RMG) FIRST TIME WORK THIS OUT FIRST TIME BETTER THAN ME 27 32 2 24 9 148 49 26 cp HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 CAST (WALT DISNEY) LIFEHOUSE (GEFFEN) HINDER (UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC) LIFEHOUSE (GEFFEN) da_`; SORRY, BLAME IT ON ME BLEED IT OUT WHINE UP LAST NIGHT 26 i 3 4 29 17 149 45 30 CD AKON (KONVICT /UPFRONT /SRC /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN) LINKIN PARK (WARNER BROS.) o KAT DELUNA FEAT. ELEPHANT MAN (EPIC) DIDDY FEAT. KEYSNA COLE BAD BOY /ATLANTIC) THNKS FR TH MMRS BETTER THAN ME HOME LEAN LIKE A CHOLO 25 25 21 75 14 29 25 22 23 No 48 12 FALL OUT BOY (FUELED BY RAMEN /ISLAND /IDJMG) HINDER (UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC) DAUGHTRY (RCA/RMG) DOWN A.K.A. KILO (SILENT GIANT /MACHETE) LIKE A BOY 127 maiestream top 40 state( onlcally monitored 24 hours a day. AYO TECHNOLOGY This Is Pop 100. 26 23 1 76 57 26 7 days . week data the 50 CENT (SHADY /AFTERMATH / INTERSCOPE) CIABA (LAFACE /ZOMBA) MAKES ME WONDER 39 SWEETEST GIRL (DOLLAR BILL) 27 22 22` 77 2 MAROON 5 (ASM /OCTONE/INTERSCOPE) WYCLEF JEAN FEAT. AKON, A NIIA (COLUMBIA)

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POP 100 AIRPLAY EASY POP, LOCK 8 DROP IT BACK DOWN 33 32 83 71 27 RIGG FACE (IV EVA ENTERTAINMENT /FACE2FACE) PAULA DEANDA FEAT. BOW WOW (ARISTA/RMG) HUEY (RITZ COMMITTEE /JIVE /ZOMBA) Over You AMC (78.8) 22 HOME NOBODYS PERFECT ONLY THE WORLD 34 34 26;'. 84 79 1 MANDISA (SPARROW) DAUGHTRY (RCA/RMG) HANNAH MONTANA (WALT DISNEY) Ayo Technology INTERSCOPE (65.7) 32 BET ON IT HATE THAT I LOVE YOU INSIDE OUT 43 9..:-...": TEMAR UNDERWOOD (KINGS MOUNTAIN) ZAC EFRON (WALT DISNEY) RIHANNA FEAT. NE -YO (SRP /DEF JAM /IDJMG) How For We've Come ATLANTIC (65.2) 42 SEXY LADY DO IT WELL GET ME BODIED Inconsolable ZOMBA (68.3) 45 43 6 BEYONCE (MUSIC WORLD/COLUMBIA) YUNG BERG FEAT. JUNIOR (YUNG BOSS /EPIC) JENNIFER LOPEZ (EPIC) GIVE IT TO ME HOW FAR WE'VE COME AYO TECHNOLOGY Hats That I Love You IDJMG (715) 37 41 30` 50 CENT (SHADY/ AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE /UNIVERSAL) TIMBALAND (MOSLEY /BLACKGROUND /INTERSCOPE) MATCHBOX TWENTY (MELISMA /ATLANTIC) Pictures Of You VIRGIN (68.7) I GET IT IN WAKE UP CALL NEVER WANTED NOTHING MORE Bubbly UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC (69.2) 47 5 CHAOS THA COMMUNITY SERVA (FAM FIRST) VIr MAROON 5 (AAM/OCTONE /INTERSCOPE) KENNY CHESNEY (RNA) Beautiful Disaster IDJMG (72.8) WHAT TIME IS IT UNDENIABLE SHE IS 39 28 E BETTINA HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 CAST (WALT DISNEY) MAT KEARNEY (AWARE /COLUMBIA) (TBD) Yew Guardian Angel VIRGIN (6 POTENTIAL BREAKUP SONG IN THE GHETTO BEAUTIFUL LIAR 45 E BEYONCE A SHAKIRA (MUSIC WORLD /COLUMBIA) ALY B AJ (HOLLYWOOD) ELVIS AND LISA MARIE PRESLEY (LMP/RCNSONY BMG) ADULT TOP 40 SHAWTY ONLINE BOY WITH A COIN 46 IRON AND WINE (SUB POP) 15 1:111 7 PLIES FEAT. T -PAIN (SLIP -N- SLIDE/ATLANTIC) BRAG PAISLEY (ARISTA NASHVILLE) Bubbly UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC (67.0) 00H WEE Watt For You HICKORY (73.7) 16 GIRLFRIEND I NEED YOU 14 42 37 26 92 86 12 AYANNA (ELESE) AVRIL LAVIGNE (RCA/RMG) TIM MCGRAW WITH (CURB) Thnks Fr Th MmrS IDJMG (70.3) 17 DO IT LIKE THIS LOST IN THIS MOMENT BIG Over YOU RMG (73.3) 18 43 42 16 93 89 23 SMOOT (KWIK /FACE2FACE) MIMS (CAPITOL) BIG A RICH (WARNER BROS. (NASHVILLE)/WRN) 4 In The Morning INTERSCOPE (73.8) 19 HOLD ON THE PRETENDER SWERVING 44 : 8 `. 81 TMI JONAS BROTHERS (HOLLYWOOD) FAO FIGHTERS (ROSWELURCA/RMG) BOYZ (TMI /FACE2FACE) Reaming With A Broken Hear. COLUMBIA (68.7) 20 YOU ARE THE MUSIC IN ME LET ME SEE SOMETHING WHAT I'VE DONE )14 24 At Once EPIC (72.2) 23 45 c0 21 95 1 A.G. A WRECKLESS E.N.T. (WRECKLESS ENTERTAINMENT) All LINKIN PARK (WARNER BROS.) ASHLEY TISDALE (WALT DISNEY) SHAWTY 1973 ATLANTIC (66.4) 27 EVERYDAY CUPID SHUFFLE 6 12 7 55 96 94 PLIES FEAT. T -PAIN (SLIP -N- SLIDE /ATLANTIC) $T RIHAN Nt Up And Drive IDJMG (75.7) 35 SAC EFRON AND VANESSA ANNE HUDGENS (WALT DISNEYL CUPID (ASYLUM/ATLANTIC /LAVA) PARTY LIKE A ROCKSTAR *UIETD Time After Time EPIC (71.1) MISERY BUSINESS INTL PLAYERS ANTHEM (I CHOOSE YOU) 10 14 47 30 13; 97 85 : SHOP BOYZ (ONDECK/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC) PARAMORE (FUELED BY RAMEN /ATLANTIC /LAVA) UGK FEAT. OUTKAST (UGK/JIVE /ZOMBA) YOUR KISSES ARE WASTED ON ME ADM, CONTEMPORARY CLOTHES OFF!! LIP GLOSS 29 12 35 11 98 88 13 48 LIL MAMA (JIVE /ZOMBA) THE PIPETTES (CHERRYTREE /INTERSCOPE) GYM CLASS HEROES (DECAYDANCERS.ED BY MEN/ATLANTIC/LAVA) Hey There Delilah HOLLYW000 (71.4) 12 CASH DROP REHAB ICKY THUMP My Wish HoLawooB (82.0) 13 49 36 23i, 99 97 13 CHAIN GANG PAROLEES (SODA FREE/STREET PRIDE) AMY WINEHOUSE (UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC) THE WHITE STRIPES (THIRD MAN /WARNER BROS.) WHITE LIES Wait For You HICKORY (86.7) 14 I DON'T DANCE COFFEE SHOP 50 2 FEAT. JESSICA SUTTA (MUTE) Lost In This Moment WARNER BRUS. (65.0) 17 CORBIN BLEU AND LUCAS GRABEEL (WALT DISNEY) YUNG JOC (BLOCK/BAD BOY SOUTH /ATLANTIC) YE AIN'T BOUT DAT o Knew ZOMBA (72.8) 22 KELZ (NO TYZE/FACE2FACE) Almost Lover VIRGIN (80.0) POP 100: The top Pop singles 8 tracks. according to mainstream top 40 radio audience impressions measured by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. and IN THIS PLACE sales compilec by Nielsen SoundScan. See Chart Legend for rules and explanations. u 2007, Nielsen Business Media. Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All right, SINGLES This Billboard 100 100. M.E. PAIGE (M.E. PAIGE) MODERN ROCK See Ctrort Legendd foresrOOd an explanations. a200Nielsen 7e BunesssMedia. Inc. Al rights reserved.ee HITPRED CTOR: See Chart Legend for rules and PEACEBONE explanations. O 2007, Promosquad and HitPredictor are trademarks of Think Fast LLC Left GEFFEN(79.1) ANIMAL COLLECTIVE (DOMINO) The Good Undone 24 KOOL AID Get N EPIC(67.3) 33 LIL' BASS FEAT. 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Bad Azz - 2 GRAND HUSTLE /ATLANTIC 202172/AG (18.98) TRILL 68587 /ASYLUM (18.98) STYLES P I12 T PAIN Epiphany Independence 51 KONVICT /NAPPY BOY /JIVE 08719/ZOMBA (18.98) SICCNESS.NET 22 (17.98) I AMY WINEHOUSE STEVIE WONDER 24 Back To Black Number 1's 63 UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 008428 /UMRG 110.98 UNIVEFSAL MOTOWN 009479/UME (13.98) NE -YO NE -YO 9 17 Because Of You In My Own Words p DEF JAM 008697 /IDJMG (13.98) DEE JAM 004934 /IDJMG (13.98) RICKY SEAN KINGSTON PRETTY 1 4 Sean Kingston Late Night Special BELUGA HEIGHTS /KOCH /EPIC 12999/SONY MUSIC 18.98 BLUES-AR /ATLANTIC 94603/AG (18.98) R. KELLY YOUNG BUCK 14 Double Up Buck The World JIVE 08537 /ZOMBA (18.98) G- UNIT /INTERSCOPE 008030 /IGA (13.98) .1. RIHANNA PACE PHAROAHE MONCH 12 12 Good Girl Gone Bad 90 66 9 Desire 13I SRP/DEF JAM 008968' /IDJMG 13.98 e SETTER SRC /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 008096 /UMRG (13.98) CHRISETTE MICHELE DIPLOMATS PRESENTS FREEKEY ZEKEY Ezekiel 13 10 I Am Book Of DEF JAM 008774/IDJMG 10.98 DIPLOMATIC MAN 196924 /ASYLUM (18.98) VARIOUS ARTISTS LIL WYTE 6 NOW 25 The One And Only UNIVERSAL/EMI /SONY BMG /ZOMBA 009055/UMRG 8.9 HYPNOTIZE MINDS 68619/ASYLUM (18.98) FABOLOUS RICH BOY 11 From Nothin' To Somethin' Rico Boy DESERT STORM /DEF JAM 008162 /IDJMGj3.98) ZONE NINTERSCOPE 008556/IGA (10.98) LUTHER VANDROSS PRINCE Planet Earth The Ultimate Luther Vandross NPG /COLUMBIA 12970/SONY MUSIC 16.98 LEGACY /EPIC /J 97700 /SONY MUSIC /RMG (18.98) TIMBERLAKE TECH N9NE CALLABOS 50 JUSTIN FutureSex/LoveSounds Misery Loves Korepany JIVE 88062*/ZOMBA 1818 STRANGE 04 (18.98) ROBIN THICKE THE NOTORIOUS B.1.G. 47 The Evolution Of Robin Thicke Greatest Hits STAR TRAK /INTERSCOPE 006146/IGA 3.9 BAD BOY 101830/AG (18.98) T.I. 19 121 TIMBALAND Timbaland Presents Shock Value King MOSLEY/BLACKGROUND/INTERSCOPE C08594/IGA 13.98 GRANO HUSTLE /ATLANTIC 83800 /AG (18.98) O WC Guilty By Affiliation 75 Get Money Stu? True LENCH MOB 03881 1818 SWISHAHOUSE/ASYLUM/ATLANTIC 101555/AG (18.98) TANK 21 ;15 Sex Love & Pain FF 'or a complete listing of the Hot R8,8/1-1,p-Hop Albums, check out www.aillboard.com BLACKGROUND /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 008982/UMRG (13.98) FANTASIA 22 37 Fantasia J 78962 /RMG 18.98 PROJECT PAT 23 NEW 1 What Cha Starin' At? HYPNOTIZE MINDS 3618 1618 TOP BEYONCE 52 B'Day ED 13I_11ES AI_I3111VIS COLUMBIA 90920 /SONY MUSIC 18.9E 2PAC 2 Nu Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2 (Evolution: Duets And Remixes) DEATH ROW 5930 (17 98) YOUNG PRESENTS 14 JEEZY U.S.D.A. Cold Summer: The Authorized Mixtape CORPORATE THUGLDEF JAM 008738.4DJMG 10.98 NEW #1 JOE BONAMASSA Sloe Gin AKON 1 W J K R ADVENTURES 60283 41 Konvicted KONVICT/UPFRONT/SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 007968/UMRG (13.98) SOUNDTRACK Black Snake Moan NEW WEST 6105 24 MUSIO SOULCHILD Luvanmusiq ATLANTIC 105404/AG 18.98 LOUISIANA'S LEROUX WEI TAB BENOIT WITH Power Of The Pontchartrain DJ KHALED TELARC BLLES 83654/TELARC 11 We The Best TERROR SQUAD 4229/KOCHJ17.98) STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE The Real Deal: Greatest I-its Vol. 1 BONE THUGS -N- HARMONY LEGACY/EPIC 81511/SONY MUSIC 101 30 25 Strength & Loyalty FULL SURFACE/INTERSCOPE 008209/GA 13.9 ROBBEN FORD Truth CORINNE BAILEY RAE CONCORD 230234 32 30 55 Corinne Bailey Rae EI CAPITOL 66381 (12.98) OMAR KENT DYKES & JIMMIE VAUGHAN 6 NEW On The Jimmy Reed Highway KELLY ROWLAND RUF 1122 .22 20 Ms. Kelly 18.98 IIII MUSIC WORLD /COLUMBIA 75588/SONY MUSIC KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD 10 Days Out: Blues From The Backroads YUNG BERG REPRISE 49294 /WARNER BROS. OO i5 Almost Famous: The Sexy Lady EP YUNG BOSS /KOCH /EPIC 10583 /SONY MUSIC 8.98 KEB' MO' Suitcase ONE HAVEN,EPIC 77621/RED INK 34 1 NEW 1 Clockwork Gray 11.98 & COTTON MUDDY WATERS, JOHNNY WINTER, JAMES Breakin' It Up, Breakir' It Down CHINGO BLING LEGACY/EFL; 07283 /SONY BMG 28 They Can't Deport Us All 28 111 BIG CHILE 123452 /ASYLUM (18.98) TOO SLIM AND THE TAILDRAGGERS The Fortune Teller LLOYD UNDERWOR_D 0013 34 31 Street Love 1 HE INC. /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 008554/UMRG (13.98) CHRIS DUARTE GROUP Blue Velocity GREATEST ELLIOTT YAMIN BLUES BUREAU 2057 /SHRAPNEL ® 39 Elliott Y.nnm 11 GAINER HICKORY 90019 18.98 GARY MOORE Close As You Get SHOP BOYZ EAGLE 20112 33 Rockstar Mentality W ONDECK/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 00913E /UMRG 3.9 oak JOE BONAMASSA 1 3 NE-EUTRY You & Me CIARA PREMIER ARTISTS 60282/) &R ADVENTURES E36 ,38 Ciara: The Evolution LAFACE 03336 /ZOMBA 18.98 O+ THE DEREK TRUCKS BAND Songlines KEITH MURRAY COLUMBIA 92844/SONY MUSIC 35 4 Rap -Murr -Phobia (The Fear Of Real Hip -Hop) E DEF SQUAD 5858 /KOCH 17.98 JOAN ARMATRADING Into The Blues LIL BOOSIE, WEBBIE & FOXX 429 17625/SLG 37 34 Survival Of The Fittest El TRILL 100454 /ASYLUM 18.98 STONE 4s 47 JOSS Introducing Joss Stone E VIRGIN 76268* 18.98 O TAMIA ',43 40 41 Between Friends PLUS 1 3784 /IMAGE 15.98 E BETWEEN THE BULLETS rgeorge(a)billboard.com CARL THOMAS 40 39 2 So Much Better UMBRELLA 970118/BUNGALO 15.98 JOE BEATZ PRODUCES HIS OWN NO. 1 45 38 41 >a Ain't Nothing Like Me JIVE 06704 /ZOMBA 18.98 BOBBY VALENTINO He started his career assisting DMX, Eve and cause Billboard's R &B /hip -hop sales lists atre 11i Special Occasion DTP /DEF JAM 007226'/IDJMG 13.98 Cassidy land chart- topping albums. Now pro- compiled from a subset of stores that special- ALI & GIPP 2 Ali & Gipp Present: Kinfolk DERRTY/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 007160,UMRG 13.98 ducer Swizz Beatz scores his first as an artist, as ize in urban music. GERALD LEVERT 28 In My Songs ATLANTIC 100341/AG 18.98 "One Man Band Man" scores Swizz booms a: radio as JOHN LEGEND 45 Once Again the Hot Shot Debut at No. l on "Money in the Bark" dimts G.O.O.D. /COLUMBIA 80323/SONY MUSIC 18.98 BIRDMAN & LIL WAYNE Top R &B /Hip -Hop Albums. 28 -26 on Hot R &B!Hip -Hap 43 Like Father, Like Son CASH MONEY /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 007563` /UMRG 13.98 already rank VARIOUS ARTISTS With 45,000 units, Swizz Songs, his best Forever Soul R &B MADACY SPECIAL PRODUCTS 52253 /NADACY 13.98 starts at No. 7 on The Bill- as a lead or featured artist. DMX 11 The Definition Of X: Pick Of The Litter RUFF RYDERS /DEF JAM 008988 /IDJMG 13.98 O+ board 200, behind Talib Kweli, The album's first single, PASTOR TROY 8 Tool Muziq MONEY 8 POWER 185/SMC 16.98 who enters the big chart at No. "It's Me Snitches," peaked at LIL WAYNE AND JUELZ SANTANA 15 When The North & South Collide 2 on 60,000 copies. Their No. 30 in May. STARZ 6303 /BCD 14.98 YOUNG JEEZY ranks differ on this page be- -Raphael George 38 The Inspiration CORPORATE THUGLDEF JAM 0072275DJMG (13.98)

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SHAWTY DUFFLE BAG BOY WHEN I SEE U ¿ PLIES FEAT. T-PAIN (SLIP -N- SLIDE/ATLANTIC) PLAYA2 CIRCLE FEAT. LIL WAYNE (DTP /DEF JAM /IDJMG) FANTASIA (J/RMG) WHEN I SEE U HOW DO I BREATHE PLEASE DON'T GO FANTASIA (J /RMG) MARIO (3RD STREET /J /RMG) TANK (GOOD GAME /BLACKGROUND /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN)

TEACHME IF I HAVE MY WAY IF I HAVE MY WAY Ism MUSIO SOULCHILD (ATLANTIC) CHRISETTE MICHELE (DEF JAM /IDJMG) 16 CHRISETTE MICHELE (DEE JAM /IDJMG) CRANK THAT (SOULJA BOY) FREAKY GURL FUTURE BABY MAMA SOULJA BOY (COLLIPARK/INTERSCOPE) GUCCI MANE (BIG CAT/ASYLUM /ATLANTIC) PRINCE (NPG /COLUMBIA) MAKE ME BETTER LOST WITHOUT U DJ DON'T FABOLOUS FEAT. NE -YO (DESERT STORM /DEF JAM /IDJMG) ROBIN THICKE (STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE) GERALD LEVERT (ATLANTIC) DO YOU SHAWTY IS DA SH *! (10) ..lLOST WITHOUT U mow NE -YO (DEF JAM/IDJMG) THE -DREAM (DEE JAM/IDJMG) ROBIN THICKE (STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE) UNTIL THE END OF TIME ME ..IF I WAS YOUR MAN

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE (JIVE /ZOMBA) TAMIA (PLUS 1 /IMAGE) JOE (JIVE /ZOMBA) BARTENDER DJ DON'T lBABY NIN T-PAIN FEAT. AKON (KONVICT/NAPPY BOY /JIVE /ZOMBA) GERALD LEVERT (ATLANTIC) 10 ANGIE STONE FEAT. BETTY WRIGHT (STAWCONCORD) CAN'T LEAVE 'EM ALONE A BAY BAY IN MY SONGS CIARA FEAT. 50 CENT (LAFACE /ZOMBA) HURRICANE CHRIS (POLO GROUNDS /J /RMG) I. GERALD LEVERT (ATLANTIC) PLEASE DON'T GO UMBRELLA A YOU TANK (GOOD GAME /BLACKGROUND /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN) RIHANNA FEAT. JAY -2 (SRP /DEF JAM/IDJMG) NE -Y0 (DEF JAM /IDJMG) INT'L PLAYERS ANTHEM (I CHOOSE YOU) HYDROLIC .ANN OTHER AGAIN UGK FEAT. THREE 0 MAFIA (UGK/JIVE /ZOMBA) B5 FEAT. BOW WOW (BAD BOY/ATLANTIC) 111 JOHN LEGEND (G.O.O.D. /COLUMBIA) YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS MY DRINK N' MY 2 STEP ME

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BEAUTIFUL LIAR PARTY LIKE A ROCKSTAR Ayo TeCh11010gV INTERSCOPE (69.9) BEYONCE A SHAKIRA (MUSIC WORLD/COLUMBIA) SHOP BOYZ (ONDECK/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC) i You Know What It IS ATLANTIC (82.3) LIKE THIS BUY U A DRANK (SHAWTY SNAPPIN') Can't Leave 'Em Alone ZOMBA 173.3) KELLY ROWLAND FEAT. EVE (MUSIC WORLD/COLUMBIA) T-PAIN FEAT. YUNG JOC (KONVICT/NAPPY BOY/JIVE /ZOMBA) h Bed CAPITOL (68.1) I LIKE CAN'T LEAVE 'EM ALONE W3doyaname UNIVERSAL MOTOWN (65.6) SAKAI (FAMILY TREE) CIARA FEAT. 50 CENT (LAFACE /ZOMBA) I Shawty Is Da Sh "(10) IDJMG (71.9) STEEL DREAMS GET IT SHAWTY LoveStoned ZOMBA (83.2) EL GRECO (LEVEL 3) LLOYD (THE INC. /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN) h Wait For You HICKORY (77.1) 20 WELCOME TO MY PARTY 20 I GOT IT FROM MY MAMA ARMIR (ARMIR) WILLIAM (WILLIAM/INTERSCOPE) AYO TECHNOLOGY BED Set Buck In Here ROCK HILL (70 50 CENT (SHADY/ AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE /UNIVERSAL) J. HOLIDAY (MUSIC LINE /CAPITOL) C H KOOL AID BIG THINGS POPPIN' (DO IT) LIU BASS FEAT. JT MONET (PIPELINE) T.I. (GRAND HUSTLE /ATLANTIC) THE PEOPLE CANDY KISSES COMMON (G.O.O.D. /GEFFEN) AMANDA PEREZ (UPSTAIRS) MY 64 ME LOVE ADULT R&D AND RHYTHMIC AIRPLAY: 71 adult RAB stations and 75 rhythmic stations are electronically monitored by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, 24 hours a day. 7 days a week. © 2007 MIKE FEAT. BUN B S SNOOP DOGE (ICE AGE/SWISHAHOUSE/ASYLUM/WARNER BROS.) SEAN KINGSTON (BELUGA HEIGHTS /EPIC) JONES Nielsen Business Media, Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. HOT 00B/HIP-HOP SINGLES SALES: this YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE THIS data is used to compile Hot R &B /Hip -Hop Songs. TT. 2007 Nielsen Business Media. Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. HITPREDICTOR: E 2007, Promosquad and HitPredictor are trademarks of T.I. FEAT. WYCLEF JEAN (GRAND HUSTLE /ATLANTIC) MIME (CAPITOL) Think Fast LLC.

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1 with "These Are My People" (2 -1 , the fond- Sept. 2, 2006, issue. U P I)A1 I= est thunder on Hot Country Songs Dreals just It also matches Buck Owens' No. 16 Visit wvew.eadioandrecords.com to sign up for your free daily No. 16. That is wl-_ere 'Jotrt't start with "My Heart Skips a Beate (March Country Radin Blast. down the chart at Blink" -the second single from Kenny Ches- 1964) as the highest debut since the chat Ra cl ioanclRe(;orlcls.c;oir ney's Sept. 11 release, `Just Who I Am Pmts expanded tc 50 positions in January 1964. & Pirates " -starts, establishing a new high Considering the fast response to semi- NOT COUNTFY sales 130 country stations are electronical y monitored by Nielsen Broadcast Data debut threshold in the modern era and Hatch- retired Garb Brooks' "More Than a Memo- Systems. 24 tours 3 ca 7 days a week. Ajrpower awarded to songs appearing in the top 20 on both the BDS airplay a.d Aidience charts for the first time with increases in both detections and audience. G c707 Jesen Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved. ing the all -time high Dow on this list. Cw.s- ry," sent to programmers Aug. 27, Chesney -IITPREDICTOR: C 2C0 ?, Promosquad and HitPredictor are trademarks of Think Fast LLC. neÿ s song tops the Nielsen BDS-era record might have a small window in which to en- ALL CHARTS See Tter. Legend for rules and explanations. for high debuts set when Keith Urban's "Once joy his chart feat. -Wade lessen

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OP LATI \ AI_13lJIVIS.A, rrr z p ,t h WFi ARTIST Weo Title 'fF] W o ARTIST Title áó ARTIST Title 3á 3ó - .1BER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL (PRICE) 3 á3 3¢ 3ú IMPRINT 8 NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABE. (PRICE, 3ó''RINT 8 NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL (PRICE) MARC ANTHONY El Cantante (Soundtrack) ZION The Perfect Melody BRONCO LOS BUKIS I LOS TEMERARIOS BBT 5 26 20 20 2 60 55 / - 1824 (16.98) :ABY/CMG.'SRCiJNIVERSAL MOTOWN )09029/UMRG (13 98) (VISA 352772/00 (10.98) RICARDO ARJONA Quien Dijo Ayer DUELO En Las Manos De Un Angel IVY QUEEN Sentimiento 1 2 27 24 33 4 52 38 29 4 8 B IL 1,838 '5.98) ';1015109 311056/00 (12.98) .ISION 311140/ÚG (13.98) CAM ILA Todo Cambic TIERRA CALI Enamorado Ce Ti: Edition Especial BRAZEROS MUSICAL DE DURANGO Volvio El Dolor 3 2 3 28 26 27 26 53 47 40 10 .272 (14.981 4NEMUSIC 653210 /UNIVERSAL LATIN) (13.98 CDIDVD) , I. >;. 721081 (11.98)

MARTINEZ CRUZ PRESENTA LOS SUPER REYES El Regrso De Los Reyes LOS BUKIS 30 Recuerdos Inolvidables RETO Y BUSCANANOS Lien De Oro: No Puedo Olvidarte V Mochas Ezbs Mas 4 3 3 29 22 24 12 54 41 41 .,,RNLH LAI.'. 152 (15.98) UNOVISA 353263/ÚG (10.98) c. 729326 (5.98) AVENTURA K.O.H Ln, HECTOR LAVOE A Man Aid His Music LOS CADETES DE LINARES Las Mas Canonas 5 5 6 2 30 18 15 15 67 59 33 I9 .. '1.V ; + '!IIRTF 19 FANIA 130-44 /EMUSICA (19.98) I P5,5 BCI (6.98) GRUPO MONTEZ DE DURANGO Agarresel LOS TUCANES CE TIJUANA La Mejpr... Colecoon De Corridos JENNIFER LOPEZ Como Ama Una Mujer s 4 2 31 33 31 9 58 47 UNIVISION 3111 -0 /ÚG (10.98) NORTE (18.98) DADDY YANKEE EI Cartel: The Big Boss LOS TERRIBLES DEL NORIE 30 Corridos Hisorias Ncrtenas KANY GARCIA Cualquier Dia 6 4 ® 42 44 26 57 48 48 37/IGA (13.98) FREDDIE 1969 (9.98) _.e, )14.98) VICENTE FERNANDEZ Historia De Un Idolo DON OMAR King Of Kings AKWID Greatest Exitos s 7 33 36 30 1 58 56 52 26 NORTE (16 98) V: 006662-'EIACFETE (15.98) . . 'r183'UG (9.98)

MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS La Mejor... Coleccion VARIOUS ARTISTS 3 3 Bachatas Perms Lo Nuevo Y Lo Me?or 2007 MONCHY & ALEXANDRA Exitos 8 9 3 34 32 35 32 59 55 51 11 FONOVISA 353', I^IL. 8 R.. _L 61201/SONY BMG NORTE (13.9E) BMG NORTE (13.98)

GREATEST VARIOUS ARTISTS Bachata a 1s MAZIZO ML SICAL Unea De Oro: Loco Por Ti Y Muy Exitos Mas R.K.M. & KEN -Y Masterpiece: Commemorative Edition 4 35 31 53 31 60 54 58 GAINER 08 ="1:0/05 (5.98) :A. 008481 /UNIVERSAL LATINO (15.98 W /DVD) OO HECTOR LAVOE EI Cantante: The Originals R B D Celestial MARIANO BARBA En Vivo 5 36 28 19 1 61 52 39 11 IANIA/EMUSICA 130269 /UNIVERSAL LATINO (14.98) 'iY,11 .L_EVISA75852/VIRGIN (13.98) 'ILE SOUND 621 (13.98) VARIOUS ARTISTS Los Vaqueros: Wild Wild Mixes VALENTIN ELIZALDE Vencedor JUAN LUIS GUERRA Y 440 La Llave De Mi Corazon 12 10 8 4 37 43 37 62 50 49 WY 009208/MACHETE (16.98 CD /DVD) O NIVERSAL LATINO 006611 (9.98) O I ELEVISA 88392 (14.98) ALACRANES MUSICAL Ahora Y Siempre A.B. DIANFANBIA I PRESENTS BURMA )DIG: ,.ieetea fits Album Versions CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA Dejando Huella ...El Final 13 13 12 44 38 63 49 46 20 ,INIVISION 311054/0G (12.98) TELEVISO 90331 (13.98) (VISA 353258/05 (12.98) BANDA ARKANGEL R -15 La Historia De La Mera Mera á Mas Flow: Los Benjamins GRUPO BRYNDIS Solo Pienso En Ti CD14 16 13 39 40 34 68 68 3 DISCOS 605 10591 /SONY BMG NORTE (16.98) '.100 FLOW 230013 (15.98) /MACHETE Cr: ö 1 +i CHRISTIAN CASTRO El Indomable SERGIO YEGP Dueno De Ti._ Lo Mejor De El Shaka VARIOUS ARTISTS WY Records Presents. Los Vaqueros 16 14 40 34 28 20 65 62 57 2 UNIVERSAL LATINO 009199 (10.98) )8r ONY BMG NORTE 10261 (16.98 CD /DJD) U !08010 /MACHETE (13 98, +

VARIOUS ARTISTS Echo Presenta: Invasion LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE 23 Corridos Prohioidos ,READOREZ DEL MODOW&UENSE DE ALFREDO RAMIREZ Rolo. Redo ASf Cr, 18 12 10 41 66 66 66 'I 009207 /MACHETE (14.98) rm 5NOVISA 3532E6/UG (12.98) D (11.98) MANA Amar Es Combatir WISIN & YANDEL Pal Mundo MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS Trozos De Mi Alma 2 17 17 18 42 45 36 1 67 59 56 1 . - '.ER LATINA 63661 (18.98) O+ MACHETE 5614132 (15.98) O 98) ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ Viento A Favor JOSE LUIS PERALES Y Como Es EI? ...Los Exitos VALENTIN ELIZALDE Mi Ultima Bohemia (En Vivo) 19 15 13 43 39 45 14 68 57 43 13 :I/O NORTE 10111 (16.98) DISCOS 605 10567 /SONY BMG NORTE (14.981 49 ERSAL LATINO 009376 (13.98) EL CHAPO DE SINALOA Te Va A Gustar JENNI RIVERA Mi Vida Loca VARIOUS ARTISTS 30 Corridos: Muy Perrones 19 19 17 3 44 35 26 2 69 64 71 24 12.98) INOVISA 3530(1/UG (12.98) LUISA 353170/ÚG (10.98)

LOS HUMILDES VS. LA MIGRA Los Humildes Vs. La Migra IAMtlRDADDWI BANDA atlAM lieaDe Oro :EaLne Puros Hums VMudnsEat. Mhs CALLE 13 O Visitante 21) 21 23 20 45 37 37 70 74 67 L I III 11593/BCI (6.98) OBA 729327 (5_98) BMG NORTE 03170 (16.98)

D N BRAZEROS MUSICALa U RA GO Lite De do: La Abele Mope Y Muden Extce M e 's BRONCO / LOS BUKIS / LOS TEMERARIOS B.B.T. 2 GRUPO EXTERMINADOR A Ti 30 50 21 46 46 41 10 Adicto 19 1155 ' 725 'F I; û. 98) FONOVISA 3531(3/ÚG (10.98) ® s0 353030/UG (12.98) EL TRONO DE MEXICO Fuego Nuevo MENUDO La Historia GRUPO BRYNDIS Remezclados Y Remasterizados 27 25 13 47 29 42 10 72 73 75 58 UNIVERSAL LATINO 009532 (11.98) DISCOS 605 09631 SONY BMG NORTE 114.981 +. dBU9 (9.98)

RAMON AYALA Y SUS BRAVOS DEL NORTE Cruzando Fronteras PACE KARIS Los 4 Fantasticos :, AIEIOSOAO a IA SHERPA Lise Dedo: Ma Cade Sin Nado Y Muchos Ellos Mas 23 65 32 4 73 53 - 53 a 12 FREDDIE 1990 (7.98) SETTER PINI 270195 uNIVERSAL AVI) '131 /, ;128 15.98) ALEJANDRA GUZMAN Reina De Corazones: La Histona MIGUEL BOSE Papito LOS CAMINANTES La Historia.. Lo Mas Chulo, Chulo. Chulo 24 25 22 22 49 51 48 6 74 72 65 2 DISCOS 605 11622 /SONY BMG NORTE (14.96. + -uG 1.ORTE 05302 (12.98) ís,

LOS BUKIS / BRONCO / LOS TEMERARIOS B.B.T 3 CASA DE LEONES Los Leones La ARROLLAOOM RAMA a LIMON Pare TI Exclusivo: Dende Amase. Jai En Vivo 17 3 RE-ENTRY 58 FONOVISA 353269/ÚG (10.98) KARNER' LATINA232444 (15 981 0 721048 (11.98)

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POP_ PC)PTM ARTIST IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL ARTIST IMPRINT; PROMOTION LABEL MI DONT STOP THE MUSIC EVERYBODY DANCE (CLAP YOUR HANDS) 2 7 #1 TITLE TITLE 1WK RIHANNA SRI' Di I.'EM DEBORAH COX DECO ARTIST (IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL) ARTIST ( IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL) DEEP INTO YOUR SOUL WHITE LIES 11;1 3 7 FRISCIA A LAMBOY NERVOUS PAUL VAN DYK FEATURING JESSICA BUTA MUTE 1 DIMELO RICARDO ARJONA ENRIQUI IGLESIAS (INTERSCOPE /UNIVERSAL LATINO, OIIIEN DIJO AYER (SONY BMG NORTE) MAKE IT LAST , STAND BACK D. 6 6 ID DAVE AUDE FEATURING JESSICA BOTTA AUDACIOUS STEVIE NICKS REPRISE TE VOY A PERDER 2 CAMILA ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ (SONY BMG NORTE) TODO CAMBIO (SONY BMG NORTE) MY MAN ARIZONA BUMP 4 9 B, AMUKA JVM ROD CARRILLO ROD CARRILLO 4 TODO CAMBIO 2; MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS CAMILA (SONY BMG NORTE) LA MEJOR... COLECCION (FONOVISA/UG) STEP INTO THE LIGHT BUT BEAUTIFUL 9 BILLIE HOLIDAY LEGACY /COLUMBIA 5 HOY YAMEVOY MANA DARREN HAYES POWDERED SUGAR ` O 4 KANY GARCIA (SONY BMG NORTE) AMAR ES COMBATIR (WARNER LATINA) LIKE THIS EVOLUTION 1 9 3 SI NOS QUEDARA POCO TIEMPO ALEJANDRO KELLY ROWLAND FUT. EVE MUSIC WORLD /COLUMBIA KORN VIRGIN 3 FERNANDEZ CHAYANNE (SONY BMG NORTE) VIENTO A FAVOR (SONY BMG NORTE) LOVE VIBRATIONS 00H LA LISHIOUS 13 5 32 2E 1 Et BARBARA TUCKER B STAR /MUSIC PLANT JAY MEN MARIAN OJALA PUDIERA BORRARTE 5 10 ALEJANDRA GUZMAN MONA (WARNER LATINA) REINA DE CORAZONES: LA HISTORIA... (DISCOS 605/SONY BMG NORTE) SOUND OF FREEDOM MAKES ME WONDER °- 5 11 33 24 1- QUIEN RBD B08 SINCLAR YELLOW /SILVER LABEL/TOMMY BOY MAROON 5 A &M /OCTONE/INTERSCOPE 8 fi O RICARDO ARJONA (SONY BMG NORTE) CELESTIAL (EMI TELEVISANIRGIN) ACTIVATE MY BODY 34 ç BE FREE 17 6 2g TU A.B. QUINTANILLA III PRESENTS KUMBIA KINGS PERRY TWINS FEATURING JANIA PERRY TWINS JASON ANTONE CHICKIE/MUSIC PLANI 8 6 9 JEREMIAS (UNIVERSAL LATINO) GREATEST HITS ALBUM VERSIONS (EMI TELEVISA) LET'S DO IT OUTTA MY MIND 4 OHSHA KAI ACT 2/MUSIC PLANT NOA TYLO CLIMAX MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT MTh' 9 LO MEJOR DE TU VIDA 9 JOSE LUIS PERALES ALEXANDRE PIRES (EMI TELEVISA) Y COMO ES EL? ...LOS EXITOS (DISCOS 605 /SONY BMG NORTE) HEART SHAPED GLASSES I N THEIFAFE GIDES THEHNCI Er STRANGER =,iS 3 ME DUELE AMARTE MENUDO HILARY DUFF HOLLYWOOD MARILYN MUNSON INTERSCOPE 70 (2 = 70 7 REIK (SONY BMG NORTE) LA HISTORIA (DISCOS 605 /SONY BMG NORTE) GIRL, I TOLD YA SHE'S MADONNA 40 Z ROBBIE WILLIAMS WITH PET SHOP BOYS VIRGIN VALERIA INTERSCOPE ME MUERO 1 MIGUEL BOSE 13 > 11 LA 5A ESTACION (SONY BMG NORTE) PAPITO (WARNER LATINA) SO FAR DEFYING GRAVITY 8 11 2G h NO LLORES JENNIFER LOPEZ MIGUEL MIGS SALTED /OM MINA MENZEL REPRISE/WARNER BROS. 5 2 GLORIA 'STEFAN (BURGUNDY /SONY BMG NORTE) COMO AMA UNA MUJER (EPIC /SONY BMG NORTE) STAY SALALA 5 39 2 7 ¡YSITEDIGO KANY GARCIA SIMPLY RED SIMPLYRED.COM ANGELIQUE KIDJO FEAT PETER GABRIEL STFRBUCKSRAZOR & DE _13 13 o FANNY LU (UNIVERSAL LATINO) CUALQUIER DIA (SONY BMG NORTE) LOVESTONED max- LOVE TODAY 2 BENDITA TU LUZ MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE /ZOMBA MIKA A;ABLANCNUNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 14 11 3 MANA (WARNER LATINA) TROZOS OE MI ALMA 2 (FONOVISNUG) THNKS FR TH MMRS BECAUSE OF YOU 16 19 6 CON TU NOMBRE ROBERTO CARLOS FALL OUT BOY FUELED BY RAMEN /ISLAND /IDJMG SE -YO DEF JAM/IDJMG 16 RICKY MARTIN (SONY BMG NORTE) GRANDES EXITOS (DISCOS 605 /SONY BMG NORTE) TIME ROLLERCOASTER 41) 17 11 12 SPEAKERBOX FEAT. MICHELLE SHAPROW TRACKWORKS ERIKA JAYNE RM RECORDS LOST AND FOUND UMBRELLAUMBREL 1a 12 13 1c DELERIUM NEUWERK L8 RIHANNA FEATURING JAY -Z SRP /DEF JAM /IDJMG WHINE UP BOOM BOOM... REMIXED 9 12 44 45 7 RIHYTIHIVI_ KAT DELUNA FEATURING ELEPHANT MAN EPIC PAUL LEKAKIS RNL M311E13=1 ç GIVE NEVER AGAIN ME DANGER 23 7 45 17 is DANGEROUS BROS. KELLY CLARKSON RCA/RMG ÑW TITLE TITLE MUSE SIRE/WARNER g# ARTIST (IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL) ARTIST (IMPRINT i PROMOTION LABEL) FIND A NEW WAY ALL GOOD THINGS (COME TO AN END) ' 22 9 46 50 17 ELLA ME LEVANTO DADDY YANKEE YOUNG LOVE ISLAND /IDJMG NELLY FURTADO MOSLEY /GEFFEN 1 DADDY YANKEE (EL CARTEL /INTERSCOPE1 EL CARTEL: THE BIG BOSS (EL CARTEUINIERSCOPEIGA) LIVE, LUV, DANCE RAPTURE 2007 22 18 10 47 48 1E MI CORAZONCITO VARIOUS ARTISTS RON PERKOV ARPEE ILO MADE 2 3 2 AVENTURA (PREMIUM LATIN) LOS VAQUEROS: WILD WILD MIXES (WY /MACHETE) POWER WALK AWAY DO YOU KNOW? (THE PING PONG SONG) 48 43 TE NO TE VEO VARIOUS ARTISTS PICK TONY MORN( FEAT eatusE W ENRIQUE IGLESIAS UNIVERSAL LATINOANTERSCOPE 2 3 CASA DE LEONES (WARNER LATINA) ECHO PRESENTA: INVASION (VI /MACHETE) POWER OF ATTRACTION JACK'S SUITE o 49 44 8 AYER LA VI ZION NATALIA UNLEASHED HANS ZIMMER WALT DISNEY 5 4 DON OMAR (VI /MACHETE) THE PERFECT MELODY (BABY /CMG/SRCNNIVERSAL MOTOWNNMRG) IN NOT FEATURING YOU I JUST DIED IN YOUR ARMS TONIGHT NUESTRO AMOR ES ASI DON OMAR TAYLOR BAYNE SILVER LABEUTOMMY BOY - LEANA SWEDISH DIVA 6 MAGNATE (VI /MACHETE) KING OF KINGS (VI /MACHETE) LLORARAS LUNY TUNES & TAINY 4 6 R.N.M. & KEN -Y (PINA /UNIVERSAL LATINO) MAS FLOW: LOS BENJAMINS (MAS FLOW/MACHETE) YO TE QUIERO WISIN & YANDEL HOT 7 WISIN & YANDEL (WY /MACHETE) PAL MUNDO (MACHETE) 5 LETRAS CASA DE LEONES I)ANCI_ AIRPLAY. 11 11 ALEXIS & PIDO (SONY BMG NORTE) LOS LEONES (WARNER LATINA) ZUN DADA IVY QUEEN TITL 9 ZION (BABY /CMG /SRC /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN) SENTIMIENTO (UNIVISION /UG) IMPRINT S NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL 11 ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER / PROMOTON LABEL THE WAY SHE MOVES AKWID nLOVESTONED 8 10 13 M.I.A. ZION FEATURING ANON (BABY /CMG /SRC/UNIVERSAL AOTOWN) GREATEST EXITOS (UNIVISION/UG) KAU XL/INTERSCOPE 009659' /IGA JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE O. SIENTE EL BOOM R.K.M. & KEN -Y BLAOK AUDIO STRANGER 10 ?11 10 TITO' EL BAMBINO" FEATURING RANDY (EMI TELEVISA) MASTERPIECE: COMMEMORATIVE EDITION (PINANNIVERSAL LATINO) CEXCELLS TINY EVIUINTERSCOPE 009512/IGA HILARY DUFF HOLLYWOOD IMPACTO VARIOUS ARTISTS PAUL VAN DYK FEELS LIKE HOME 12 12 5 11 DADDY YANKEE FEATURING FERGIE (EL CARTEL/INTEF SCOPE) WY RECORDS PRESENTS: LOS VAQUEROS (WY /MACHETE) IN BETWEEN MUTE 9364' MECK FEATURING DINO YOSHITOSHI /DEEP DISH APARENTEMENTE CALLE 13 KMFDM STOP ME 13 15 4 6 YAGA Y MACKIE FEAT. 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IGLESIAS INTERSCOPE 17 19 14 ' 42 4E 6 ALL OF THE ABOVE HILLSONG AUSTRALIA/INTEGRITY 4174/PROVIDER %INTEGRITY OPEN BOOK CROSS MOVEMENT 30029/PROVIDENT- INTEGRITY LEELAND BRANDON HEATH 18 22 31 SOUND OF MELODIES ESSENTIAL 10812 /PROVIDENT -INTEGRITY DONT GET COMFORTABLE MONDMODE /REUNION 10105 /PROVIDENT-INTEGRITY TODD AGNEW VARIOUS ARTISTS 19 18 6 ALBUMS BETTER QUESTIONS ARDENT/INO /COLUMBIA 254' /PROVIDENT- INTEGRTY WOW WORSHIP (AQUA) WORD- CJRB/EMI CMG/SONY BMG 10814/PROVIDENT- INTEGRITY OVER ASHES 20 5 2 45 COME NOW SLEEP TOOTH & NAIL 2908/EMI CMG BEGIN AGAIN TAG 00100 JON MCLAUGHLIN VARIOUS ARTISTS AUGUST 29, 2007 21 20 12. 46 MIKA INDIANA ISLAND 008882/EMI CMG WORSHIP PLATINUM INTEGRITY 4077 /PROVIDENT-INTEGRITY 1 1 THIRD DAY BIG DADDY WEAVE LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION CASABLANCA /ISLAND 22 25 22 47 1E CHRONOLOGY: VOLUME ONE: 16 -2000 ESSENTIAL 10838/PROVIDENT- INTEGRITY O+ EVERY TIME I BREATHE FERVENT 886530/WORD -CURB ELVIS PRESLEY 2 3 CAMP VARIOUS ARTISTS THE KING RCA 23 23 43 JEREMY BEYOND MY INTEGRIT' AMY WINEHOUSE MEASURE BEC 3723/EMI CMG O+ OPEN THE EYES OF HEART NO /EPIC 3649 /PROVIDENT- 2 RUSH OF FOOLS JOSLING GROVE CHORAL SOCIETY BACK TO BLACK ISLAND 34 16 49 RE ENTRY RIHANNA RUSH OF FOOLS MIDAS 0150 /EMI CMG THOMAS KINKADE. AMAZING GRACE MADACY 52765 O+ 4 5 P.O.D. GOOD GIRL GONE BAD SRP /DEF JAM 36 27i 50 RE ENTRY TIMBALAND CITIES TOOTH & NAIL 3673 /EMI CMG Q GREATEST HITS: THE ATLANTIC YEARS ATLANTIC /RHINO 74790/WORD -CURB 5 7 TIMBALAND PRESENTS SHOCK VALUE INTERSCOPE NELLY FURTADO 6 4 LOOSE MOSLEY/GEFFEN LINKIN PARK 6 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT MACHINE SHOP/WARNER BROS. BEFOUR 8 8 ALL 4 ONE UNIVERSAL NEWTON FAULKNER ARTIST 9 3 ARTIST HAND BUILT BY ROBOTS UGLY TRUTH TITLE IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL TITLE O1PRINT 8 NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL MICHAEL BUBLE MARVIN SAPP DONALD LAWRENCE PRESENTS THE TRI -CITY SINGERS 10 12 1 8 26 21 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE REPRISE THIRSTY VERITY 09433 /ZOMBA THE GRAND FINALE: ENCOURAGE YOURSELF EMI GOSPEL 84547

MARQUESS VARIOUS ARTISTS 5 JOANN ROSARIO 11 9 30 27 ,- 5 FRENETICA WARNER WOW GOSPEL 2007 VERITY /WORD -CURB /EMI CMG 02499 / ZOMEA JOYOUS SALVATION F HAMMOKDNERITY 08065 / ZOMBA MIGUEL BOSE VARIOUS ARTISTS BYRON CAGE 12 16 2 16 a28 2) 91 PAPITO CAROSELLO WOWGOSPB. e15: 300F THE GREATEST GOSPEL ETS EVBVEM CMGNERIY/WCOICU7E08764400/13A AN INVITATION TO WORSHIP GCSPO CENTRIC 71281 /ZOMBA AVRIL LAVIGNE THE CLARK SISTERS HEZEKIAH WALKER & LFC 13 15 4 + 2(1 29 3( 9) THE BEST DAMN THING RCA LIVE...ONE LAST TIME EMI GOSPEL 81094 20/05 THE EXPERIENCE VERITY 62829 /ZOMBA KATE NASH JUANITA BYNUM DEWAYNE WOODS & WHEN SINGERS MEET 14 9 5 30 2 2E MADE OF BRICKS FICTIOWPOLYDOR A PIECE OF MY PASSION FLOW 9301 I1590000ING DEWAYNE WOODS & WHEN SINGERS MEET OLET WAIERNERf1YS5333/20M8A JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 11 J MOSS DAVID G. EVANS 15 FUTURESEX/LOVESOUNDS 6 3f 2E JIVE/ ZOMBA V'7 : '0M8Á HEALED WITHOUT SCARS ABUNDANT HARVEST 0849 GEORGIA MASS CHOIR REV. TIMOTHY WRIGHT & THE NEW YORK FELLOWSHIP MASS CHOIR 2'. 2E TEL, IT JESUS, JESUS, JESUS MOM /JE6 5987 /KOCH KIRK FRANKLIN TRIN -I -TEE 5:7 niclscn 1011 HERO FU ,L JUUL,, `,TRIC 71019 / ZOMEA HOLLA: THE BEST OF TRIN -I-TEE 5:7 LEGACY/ GOSPO CENTRIC 11291/SONY BMG RADIO AIRPLAY Music Contro PASTOR RUDOLPH MCKISSICK JR. AND THE WORD & WORSHIP MASS CHOIR JUANITA BYNUM & JONATHAN BUTLER INTIMATE WORSHIP EI.:. ,P 31518 GOSPEL GOES CLASSICAL FLOW 1894 /MARANATHAI RADIO SHIPLEY INFORMATION FROM 17 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AS MONITORED AND TYE & G A. 66 TRIBBETT SMOKIE NORFUL TABULATED 10 47 BY NIELSEN MUSIC CONTROL. AUGUST 29, 2007 VICTORY LIVEI INTEGRI I .OLUMBIA 77526 /SONY MUSIC LIFE CHANGING EMI GOSPEL 33347 UMBRELLA DA' T.R.U.T.H. Il KELLY PRICE 11 2 3< 44 RIHANNA FT. JAY -2 SRP / POLYDOR OPEN BOOK CROSS MOVEMENT 30029 THIS IS WHO I AM GOSPO CENTRIC 88167/ZOMBA LOVE IS GONE MAVIS STAPLES BISHOP NOEL JONES PRESENTS THE CITY OF REFUGE SANCTUARY CHOIR 2 19 18 37 31 9 DAVID GUETTA & CHRIS WILLIS VIRGIN WELL NEVER TURN BACK ANTI- 6830 /EPITAPH WELCOME TO THE CITY TYSCO- 984159/TASEIS LOVESTONED /I THINK SHE KNOWS INTERLUDE RICHARD SMALLWOOD WITH VISION VARIOUS ARTISTS 5 13 12 38 2 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JOURNEY: LIVE IN NEW YORK VERITY 62226 / ZOMBA THE VERY BEST OF PMISE & WORSi BOWIE 2 LEGACY/VERITY/GOSPOCEMFIC 1019920N6Á SAY IT RIGHT BISHOP G.E. PATTERSON THE MCCLURKIN PROJECT 4 3 14 14 29 39 4r 24 NELLY FURTADO MOSLEY /GEFFEN HAVING CHURCH WITH THE SAINTS: VOLUME 1 PODIUM 2506 WE PRAISE YOU GOSPO CENTRIC 69697/ZOMBA 1973 YOLANDA ADAMS WILLIAM MURPHY IH 5 4 15 11 16 3E 17 JAMES BLUNT CUSTARD /ATLANTIC THE BEST OF ME ELEKTRA/ATLANTIC 156604/AG THE SOUND: LIVE IN ATLANTA M3M 8020 BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY VARIOUS ARTISTS BISHOP T.D. JAKES AND THE POTTER'S HOUSE MASS CHOIR 6 6 16 15 12 42- 23 FERGIE WILL.I.AM /A &M /INTERSCOPE GOTT/UMW IöLP81K01181F ECHYGOSP0?AEUITY/SCSP0CEMP:C/10MMAZUJOA0925ESCWMUSC LIVE IN KENYA: GRACE: THE KENYA EXPIERENCE DEXTERITY SOUNDS 103420/RHINO WHEN YOU'RE GONE NICOLE C. MULLEN CHICAGO MASS CHOIR 17 16 68 42 3E 2 AVRIL LAVIGNE RCA REDEEMER: THE BEST OF NICOLE C. MULLEN WORD -CURB 8656E/WARIER BROS. JUST HAVING CHURCH: LIVE NEW HAVEN 8073 THE WAY I ARE BISHOP PAUL S. MORTON VARIOUS ARTISTS 8 8 18 18 42 43 4E 63 TIMBERLAND FT. KERI HILSON INTERSCOPE STILL STANDING TEHILLAH 6528 /LIGHT O+ THE VERY BEST OF PRAISE & WORSHIP LEGACYNERITY 81605 / ZOMBA HOW TO SAVE A LIFE NICOLE C. MULLEN THE CROSS MOVEMENT 9 9 19 4 21 44 4E 12 THE FRAY EPIC SHARECROPPERS SEED: VOLUME 1 WORD -CURB 387144/WARNER BRAS. HISTORY: OUR PLACE IN HIS STORY CROSS MOVEMENT 30024 RELAX, TAKE IT EASY KIRK FRANKLIN BISHOP G.E. PATTERSON & CONGREGATION 10 10 20 21 42 45 4L 70 MIKA CASABLANCA/ISLAND SONGS FROM THE STORM, VOLUME I FO YO SOUL; GOSPO CENTFIC 88°01 / ZOMBA SINGING THE OLD TIME WAY VOLUME 2 PODIUM 2505 BEAUTIFUL GIRLS PATTI LABELLE DONALD LAWRENCE PRESENTS THE TRI -CITY SINGERS Y1 15 21 20 40 46 43 68 SEAN KINGSTON SONY BMG THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PATTI LABELLE UMBRELLA 970109/BUNGAO FINALE: ACT TWO EMI GOSPEL 54835 O+ HEY THERE DELILAH LECRAE VARIOUS ARTISTS 12 18 22 13 55 47 4E 81 PLAIN WHITE PS ANGEL AFTER THE MUSIC STOPS REACH 30021 /CROSS MOVEMENT WOW GOSPEL 2006 EMI CMG /WORD -CURB 75160 /ZOMBA DO YOU KNOW? (THE PING PONG SONG) JONATHAN BUTLER SHIRLEY MURDOCK 13 13 23 ï 12 48 3E 17 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS INTERSCOPE BRAND NEW DAY MARANATHA! 971902 SOULFOOD TYSCOT 4155 4 IN THE MORNING FRED HAMMOND 5 YOLANDA ADAMS 14 12 29 47 49 GWEN STEFANI INTERSCOPE FREE TO WORSHIP VERITY 85990 / ZOMBA O+ DAY BY DAY ELEKTRA/ATLANTIO 83789/AG D.A.N.C.E ISRAEL & NEW BREED DAVID MANN 15 16 25 26 97 50 RE -F3 TRY JUSTICE BECAUSE ALIVE IN SOUTH AFRICA INTEGRITY GOSPEL/EPIC 94893/SONY MUSIC MR. BROWN'S GOOD EL' TIME CHURCH TILLYMANN 100

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TUp 1.1I :111 i71 tii,`- C ASTEMAICI_RS Sales data compiled from a comprehesive pool of U.S. music merchants by Nielsen INDEPENDENT- s 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 Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. TITLE IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL (PRICE) TITLE IMPRINT &NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL SOUNDTRACK M.I.A. GREATEST riWhere included, this award indicates the title HAIRSPRAY NEW LINE 39089 (16.98) GALA XL'INTERSCOPE 009659* IGA GAINER with the chart's largest unit increase. HOT &NOT AS I LAY DYING TALIB KWELI OEaUT AN OCEAN BETWEEN US METAL BLADE 14632 (13.98) EARDRUM BLACKSMITH 277244' /WARNER BROS.

PACE Where included, this award indicates the title with TRAVIS TRITT NEW RILO KILEY SETTER ® N_W the chart's biggest percentage growth. THE STORM CATEGORY 5 500103 (18.98í UNDER THE BLACKLIGHT WARNER BROS. 189372 THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS NI W N =_W MATADOR HEATSEEKER Indicates album entered top 100 of The Billboard 200 CHALLENGERS 770* (15 98) CHALLENGERS MATADOR 770' GRADUATE and has been removed from Heatseekers chart. AIDEN NI W ®AS I LAY DYING CONVICTION VICTORY 349 (15.98) AN OCEAN BETWEEN US METAL BLADE 14632 PRICING /CONFIGURATION THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA UGK NI W 1. CD /Cassette prices are suggested list or equivalent prices, which are projected from PLAGUES RISE 51 (13.98) UNDERGROUND KINGZ UGK/JIVE 02633/ZOMBA (- wholesale prices. 0 after price indicates album only available on DualDisc. CD /DVD SIXX: AM it COMMON NI W after price indicates CD/DVD combo only available. ® DualDisc available. THE HEROIN DIARIES SOUNDTRACK ELEVEN SEVEN 171 (15.98) IIII FINDING FOREVER 5,0.0.5. /GEFFEN 009382'/IGA CD /DVD combo available. indicates vinyl LP is available. Pricing and vinyl LP NI W MINUS THE BEAR MINUS THE BEAR availability are not included on all charts. PLANET OF ICE SUICIDE SQUEEZE 065' (15.98) PLANET OF ICE SUICIDE SQUEEZE 065' ELLIOTT YAMIN N,W JOSH RITTER ELLIOTT YAMIN HICKORY 90019 (18.98) THE HISTORICAL CONQUESTS OF JOSH RITTER VICTOR 12256/SONY BMG 4111R-1111:6110 SOUNDTRACK Mt, 10 SPOON RADIO AIRPLAY SINGLES CHARTS ONCE CANVASBACK/SONY MUSIC SOUNDTRAX 10586 /COLUMBIA (13.98) GA GA GA GA GA MERGE 295' Compiled from a national sample of data supplied by Nielsen Broadcast Data JASON ALDEAN PLIES 11 I 3 Systems. Charts are ranked by number of gross audience impressions, computed by RELENTLESS BROKEN BOW 7047 (17.981 THE REAL TESTAMENT BIG GATES /SLIP -N- SLIDE/ATLANTIC 185340/AG cross -referencing exact times of airplay with Arbitron listener data. The exceptions SPOON 12 AMY WINEHOUSE are the Rhythmic Airplay, Adult Top 40, Adult Contemporary, Modem Rock and GA GA GA GA GA MERGE 295" 115.98 9ACK TO BLACK UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 008428' /UMRG Adult R &B charts, which are ranked by total detections. GREATEST RODRIGO Y GABRIELA THE WHITE STRIPES 13 3 10 Songs showing an increase in audience (or detections) GAINER RODRIGO Y GABRIELA A, ICKY THUMP THIRD MAN I62940'/WARNER BROS. over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. BLAZE THE FLAMING LIPS CLOCKWORK GRAY PSYCHOPATHIC 4300 (11.98) U.F.O.S AT THE ZOO: THE LEGENDARY CONCERT IN OKLAHOMA CITY WARNER BROS. 44437 RECURRENT RULES 2PAC T.I. 15 2 2 Songs are removed from The Billboard Hot 100 and Hot 100 Airplay charts NU Mlxx KLAZZICS VOL. 2 (EVOLUTION: DUETS ANO REMIXES) DEATH ROW 5930 (17.98) T.I. VS T.I.P. GRAND HUSTLE /ATLANTIC 202172'/ÁG simultaneously if they have been on The Billboard Hot 100 for more than 20 weeks FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS 16 11 3 and rank below No. 50. Songs are removed from the Hot R&B /Hip-Hop Songs and THE DISTANT FUTURE (EP) SUB POP 746 (4.98) R have been TRACY LAWRENCE Hot &B /Hip -Hop Airplay charts simultaneously if they on the Hot 17 12 30 FOR THE LOVE ROCKY COMFORT 90012 (12.98) R &B /Hip -Hop Songs for more than 20 weeks and rank below No. 50. Songs are the Pop 100 Pop 100 Airplay charts simultaneously if they have VARIOUS ARTISTS removed from and 18 7 12 been on the Pop 100 for more than 30 weeks and rank below No. 30. Titles are VANS WARPED TOUR: 2007 TOUR COMPILATION SIDEONEDUMMY 1331 (9.981 if they have the chart for more 20 DROWNING POOL removed from Hot Country Songs been on than 19 9 3 weeks and rank below No. 10 in detections or audience, provided that they are not FULL CIRCLE ELEVEN SEVEN 140 (15.98) ARTIST still gaining enough audience points to bullet. Songs are removed from Hot Latin SLIGHTLY STOOPID 20 10 3 TITLE IMPRINT&NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL Songs if they have been on the chart for more than 20 weeks and rank below CHRONCHITIS STOOPID 01 (15.98) LITTLE BIG TOWN E RODRIGO Y GABRIELA No. 20. Songs on Latin Airplay charts are removed after 20 weeks if they rank below 21 14 99 47 -- - RODRIGO Y GABRIELA ATO 21557* No. 20 in both audience and detections. Descending songs are removed from Adult THE ROAD TO HERE EQUITY 3010 (13.98) CELTIC WOMAN Contemporary if they have been on the chart for more than 20 weeks and rank DJ KHALED 30 22 ;) 11 r A NEW JOURNEY MANHATTAN 75110 /BLG WE THE BEST TERROR SQUAD 4229/KOCH (17,98) below No. 15, if they have been on the chart for more than 26 weeks and rank below LOREENA MCKENNITT No.10, or if they have been on the chart for more than 52 weeks and rank below MATT NATHANSON 23 NIGHTS FROM THE ALHAMBRA QUINLAN ROAD /VERVE SOME MAD HOPE ACROBATNANGUARD 79827/WELK (16.98) 009459/VG O+ No. 5. Songs are removed from the Adult Top 40, Adult R &B, and Hot Dance Airplay L ISRAEL "IZ" KAMAKAWIWO'OLE charts if they have been on the chart for more than 20 weeks and rank below No. 15 JOE BONAMASSA WONDERFUL WORLD BIG BOY 5911 /MOUNTAIN APPLE (No. 20 for Rhythmic Airplay and Modem Rock) or if they have been on the chart SLOE GIN J 8 R ADVENTURES 60283 (17.98) VARIOUS ARTISTS for more than 52 weeks and rank below No. 10. OKKERVIL RIVER 4 4 CELTIC FAVORITES MADACY SPECIAL PRODUCTS 52297 /MADACY THE STAGE NAMES JAGJAGUWAR 110 (15.98) 5 17 ANGELIQUE KIDJO SINGLES SALES CHARTS CARIBOU DJIN DJIN STARBOCKS /RAZOR F. TIE ANDORRA MERGE 308* (15.98) 82967 The singles compiled from a national sample of retail store, mass top selling LOREENA MCKENNITT Internet sales reports by Nielsen DROP DEAD, GORGEOUS merchant, and collected, compiled, and provided AN ANCIENT MUSE QUINLAN ROADNERVE 007920NG WORSE THAN A FAIRY TALE SURETONE 009607 (12.98) For R data is compiled from a national SoundScan. &B /Hip-Hop Singles Sales, sales ZAP MAMA core R &B SILVERSTEIN subset panel of /Hip -Hop stores by Nielsen Soundscan. SUPERMOON HEADS UP 3132 ARRIVALS A DEPARTURES VICTORY 350 (16.98) Singles with the greatest sales gains. KMFDM THE STARLITE SINGERS IRISH FAVORITES MADACY SPECIAL PRODUCTS 52835 /MADACY CONFIGURATIONS TOHUVABOHU KMFDM 500/METROPOLIS (15.98) CEU CD Download VARIOUS ARTISTS ' 9 O single available. O Digital available. © DVD single available. !D CEU URBAN JUNGLE /HEAR / STARBUCKS 361 I29 /SIX DEGREES FOREVER SOUL RED MADACY SPECIAL PRODUCTS 52253/MADACY (13.98) O Vinyl Maxi -Single available. Vinyl single available. CD Maxi -Single 0 0 CIRQUE DU SOLEIL are all ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI available. Configurations not included on singles charts. KA CIRQUE DU SOLEIL 20024 PLACES LIKE THIS POLYVINYL 139 (13.98) VARIOUS ARTISTS GALACTIC 12 '3 9 HITPREDICTOR PUTUMAYO PRESENTS: LATIN PUTUMAYO 265 FROM THE CORNER TO THE BLOCK ANTI- 86889 /EPITAPH (16.98) JAll *r Indicates title earned HitPredictor status in that particular format based on THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN & GAUDI research data provided by Promosquad. Songs are tested online by Promosquad DUB DEGREES 1137 MALICE PROSTHETIC 10046 (13.98) UAWWALI SIX using multiple listens and a nationwide sample of carefully profiled music SILVERCHAIR BEBEL GILBERTO consumers. Songs are rated on a 1 -5 scale; final results are based on weighted r.IOMENTO ZIRIGUIBOOM /CRAMMED DISCS 1133/SIX DEGREES YOUNG MODERN ELEVEN: 255548/EAST WEST (13.98) O* positives. Songs with a score of 65 or more (75 or more for country) are judged THROWDOWN DANIEL O'DONNELL to have Hit Potential; although that benchmark number can fluctuate per format YOU FEEL THE LOVE DPTV MEDIA 40 VENOM A TEARS TRUSTKILL 94 (13.98) CAN based on the strength of available music. For a complete and updated list of YEAH YEAHS current songs with Hit Potential, commentary, polls and more, please visit YEAH IS IS (EP) DRESS UP 009381 /INTERSCOPE (7.98) www.hitpredlctor.com. THE N W OVER RHINE THE TRUMPET CHILD GREAT SPECKLED DOG 101' (15.98) DANCE CLUB PLAY VARIOUS ARTISTS Compiled from a national sample of reports from club DJs. #1 HITS OF THE 505 AND 60S MADACY SPECIAL PRODUCTS 52251/MADACY (13.98) increase over the previous Titles with the greatest club play week. THE POISON TRUSTKILL 74 (13.98) O TITLE EMERSON DRIVE 31; 005151 (IMPRINT DISTRIBUTING LABEL) ti Obi 14 MI OW 414 40 26 29 f3 COUNTRIFIED MONTAGE 90088/MIDAS (13.98) ALBUM CHARTS AN OCEAN BETWEEN US ISRAEL "IZ" KAMAKAWIWO'OLE Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for net shipment of 41 29 9 AS I LAY DYING WONDERFUL WORLD BIG 80Y 5911 /MOUNTAIN APPLE (16.98) 500,000 albums (Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of 1 million units ALL THE RIGHT REASONS BAD RELIGION NICKELBACK (ROADRUNNE. (Platinum). it> RIAA certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). 42 22 7 NEW MAPS OF HELL EPITAPH 86863* (13.98) Numeral within Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi -platinum level. MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT THE COUNTDOWN SINGERS For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more, the 33 16 LINKIN PARK (MACHINE SHOP /WARNER BROS.) FOREVER 80S MADACY SPECIAL PRODUCTS 52381 /MADACY (13.98) RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and /or tapes. Certification for LIVE AT RADIO CITY DARREN HAYES t 2 net shipments of 100,000 units (Oro). Certification of 200,000 units (Platino). 44 N'W DAVE MATTHEWS AND TIM REYNOLDS (ATO/RCA /RMG) THIS DELICATE THING WERE MADE POWDERED SUGAR 001 (17.98) [31 Certification of 400,000 units (Multi -Platino). CARTEL PROJECT PAT CARTEL (THE MILITIA GROUP /EPIC /SONY MUSIC) 415 _ N:W WHAT CHU STARIN' AT? HYPNOTIZE MINDS 3618 (16.96) SINGLES CHARTS UNDER THE BLACKLIGHT BOB MARLEY RIAA certification for paid downloads (Gold). RIAA certification for 39 17 KILO KILEY (WARNER BROS.) 500,000 FOREVER BOB MARLEY MADACY SPECIAL PRODUCTS 52245 /MADACY (13.98) 1 paid downloads (Platinum). Numeral within platinum symbol indicates song's RIOT! million PETER BJORN AND JOHN multiplatinum level. RIAA certification for net shipment singles (Gold). 47 36 25 PARAMORE (FUELED BY RAMEN /AG) of 500,000 WRITER'S BLOCK ALMOSTGOLD 002' (12.98) LOST HIGHWAY THE SHINS 7 10 : 38 31 BON JOVI (MERCURY /ISLAND /UMGN/IDJMG) MUSIC VIDEO SALES CHARTS WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY SUB POP 705' (15.98) DAUGHTRY RIAA gold certification for net shipment of 25,000 units for video singles. 9 40 KEITH MURRAY DAUGHTRY (RCA/RMG) _.' 49 30 4 RIAA gold certification for net shipment of 50.000 units for shortform or OF DEF (17.98) RAP-MURR- PHOBIA (THE FEAR REAL HIP-HOP) SQUAD 5858/KOCH CHALLENGERS longform videos./ RIAA platinum certification for net shipment of 50,000 units for 1 TECH N9NE CALLABOS THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS (MATADOR) video singles. L7 RIAA platinum certification for sales of 100,000 units for shortform 50_ (18.98) MISERY LOVES KOMPANY STRANGE 04 UNTITLED or longform videos. 6 4 KORN (VIRGIN)

No. EVERY SECOND COUNTS DVD SALES /VHS SALES /VIDEO RENTALS TOP POP CATALOG: Catalog Albums are 2 -year old titles that have fallen below 100 on The 12 8 15 Billboard 200 or re- issues of older albums. Total Weeks column reflects combined weeks title has PLAIN WHITE TS (FEARLESS /HOLLYWOOD) RIAA gold certification for net shipment of 50,000 units or $1 million in sales at Eppeared on The Billboard 200 and Top Pop Catalog Albums. TOP INTERNET: Reflects physical Elbows ordemd through Internet merchants, based on data collected by Nielsen SoundScan. Catalog k COCO suggested retail price. U RIAA platinum certification for sales of 100,000 units or $2 `13 11 6 titles am incleded. TOP DIGITAL: Release sold as a complete album bundle through digital download COLBIE CAILLAT (UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC /UMRG) million in sales at suggested retail price. IRMA gold certification for a minimum services. BILLBOARD.BIZ CHART: See Chart Legend for rules and explanations. 2007. Nielsen Business Media. Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan. Inc. All rights reserved. ICKY THUMP sale of 125,000 units or a dollar volume of $9 million at retail for theatrically released 14 10 10 THE WHITE STRIPES (THIRD MAN /WARNER BROS.) programs; or of at least 25,000 units and 51 million at suggested retail for non -theatrical titles. IRMA platinum certification for a minimum sale of 250,000 CONVICTION } AIDEN (VICTORY) 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. 68 Go to www.billboard.biz for complete chart data Data for week of SEPTEMBER 8, 2007

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LIVE IN DUBLIN 24 18 Bruce Springsteen With The Sessions Band INGRAM HILL Cold In California 111 12° COLIMBIA MUSIC VIDEO /SONY BMG VIDEO 10139 (19.98 CO/DVD) HOLLYWOOD 162598 (11.98) FA MILY JEWELS DE 20 AC/DC EL TRONO MEXICO Fuego Nuevo a EPIC MSICU VIDEO /SONY BMG VIDEO 58843 (19.98 DVD) UNIVERSAL LATINO 009532 (11.98) GREATEST From Them, Through Us, To You GAINER ROADRUNNER 618085 (11.98) We're In Like Sin 111 41t/ BROKEN ENGLISH 10014 /EAST WEST (15.98) 11.:41 GUZMAN lb ALEJANDRA Reina De Corazones: La Historia... 711:)E.00LIPS- DISCOS 605 11622/SONY BMG NORTE (14.98) O+ W 29 COLD AR KIDS Robbers & Cowards 'TITLE DOWNTOWN 70009 (13.98) ARTISF IMPRINT END OF IF 3 , / PROMOTION LABEL) 3C THE RECEIVING SIRENS The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi 11 'YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS TRIPLE CROWN 03072 /EAST WEST (15.98) T.I. FEAT. WYCLEF JEAN GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC TIERRA CALI 1 31 Enamorado De Ti: Edicion Especial VENEMUSIC 653210 /UNIVERSAL LATINO (13.98 CD/DVD) EF 2 LET IT GO . 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FLYLEAF, ALL AROUND ME VICTORY 347 1 GYM CLASS HEROES DECAYDANCEA IELED BY RAMEN/AILVNTMaLAVA PARAMORE, MISERY BUSINESS HIP HOP POLICE 22 a SEAN KINGSTON, BEAUTIFUL GIRLS == I . BREAKING 8 ENTERING CHAMIUN)NAME F EA T SUM RI C K MEJJTARYATJNTRSAL MOTOWN THREE DAYS GRACE, NEVER TOO LATE SHUT UP AND DRIVE Neither architects nor from Finland's capital, indie -pop troupe Architecture in Helsinki is a Land tha- 1.145 RIHANNA SRP /DEF JAM /IDJMG GYM CLASS HEROES, CLOTHES OFFII has earned its Billboard chart stripes with "Places Like This' at No. 7 on Heatseekers. Discove developing artists making their inaugural chart -uns each week in Breaking & Entering on billboard.com WHEN YOU'RE GONE AVRIL LAVIGNE, WHEN YOU'RE GONE 24 : ifita AVRIL LAVIGNE RCA/RMG USED, PRETTY HANDSOME AWKWARD WALL TO WALL The best -selling z It ums by new and developing acts, defined as those who have never appeared in the top 100 of The Billboard 200. If a Heatseekers ti le es that leve . t and the act's subsequent albums are immediately ineligible to appear on the Heatseekers chart. See Chart Legend for ru es and éE BOYS LIKE GIRLS, THE GREAT ESCAPE CHRIS BROWN JIVE /ZOMBA expanations 2D )7. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. and Nielsen Soundscan. Inc. All rights reserved. . ... Data for W D-91< of SEPTEMBER 8, 2007 For chart reprints call 646.654.4633 Go to www.billboard.biz for complete chart data 69

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Chart Codes: CS (Hot Country Songs); H100 (Hot 100 Songs); LT (Hot Latin Songs); POP (Pop 100 Song and RBN (Hot R &B /Hip -Hop Songs). SONG INDEX TITLE (Publisher - Licensing Org.) Sheet Music Dist.. Chart, Position.

4IN THE MORNING Harajuku Lover Music, Publishing. BMI HLWBM. RBH 35 HOW LONG (EMI April. ASCAP/WB Music. ASCAP). LOST WITHOUT U (I Like Em Thicke, ASCAP,DOs- Music. ASCAP/Upper Clazzmen Muzic. ASCAP/4 Jeff N TILL WE AIN'T STRANGERSANYMORE (Universal - :4usi4 ASCAP) H100 90 POP 63 DO R (Nelstar Publishinngg, ASCAPNirginia bue., BM. CS 33 DuellcsMussic, ASSAY) RBH 32 Rod Publishing ASCAP). HL. POP 83 PolyGrain International. ASCAP bon Jovi Publishing, LETRAS " o. ASCAP) LT 48 ASCAP/WB Music. ASCAP/DantahandzMunk. SESAC). HOY TENGO GANAS DE TI (Screen Gems-EMI. LOVE ME IF YOU CAN (Big Loud Shirt Industries. POR AMARTE AM (WB Music. ASCAP/Erami. ASCAP) ASCAP/Sony /AN Cross Keys, ASCAP /Aggressive. WBM, POP 62 ' /SAE. BMI) LT 41 ASCAP/Music 01 Windswept, ASCAP/Songs 01 Bud LT 11 ASCAP/Stage Three Music. BMVBrett James Cornelius, 00 IT BIG (Smool Music ASCAP/The Rand That Feeds HOY YA ME VOY (WB Music, ASCAP) LT 22 Dog, ASCAP/Wallerin. ASCAP) CS 6, 9100 68 POTENTIAL BREAKUP SONG (Half Heart Music, ASSAY), HE CS 57 Me Publishing. ASCAP/Chubby Any Music. ASCAP) HYDROLIC (62 Leventhal Music. ASCAP/Matarod Pub - LOVESTONED (Tennman Tunes, ASCAP/Zomba Enter- BMVSeven Summits. BMVAntonira Songs, ASCAPpo TIME AFTER TIME Rellla. BMVSony /AN Songs. ALL FOR ONE ASCAP) H100 98. POP 64 RBH 91 ASCAP/Melvin Watson Publishing prises. ASCAPNirginia Beach ASCAP/WB Music, The Mouth 01 The Wolf, BMI) H 100 41, POP 40 BMVWB Music, ASCAP/Duh Notes. ASCAP). HL/WBM, Twelve. The ALL MY FRIENDS SAY , Murrah Music Corporation. DO IT WELL (Write 2 Live. ASCAP/EMI April, AuSAI'.'Street Lyrics Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music. ASCAP/Wamer-Tamerlane Publishingg. BMVDanlahandz THE PRETENDER (M J. BMVt Love Punk POP 57 i - , le. BMVFuII Circle, BMVBIack V ASCAPAudacris Universal Publishing. ASCAP/Stone ASCAP/Heavnz Music SESAC/Shagpo. SESAC /Carlos Munk. SESAC/WBM Music, SESACANarner. SESAC). BMVSongs 01 Universal. BMVLivi Under TIMEBOMB(NNot Listed) POP 70 -'.. Groove Puppy Music. ASCAP) CS Diamond Music. AMI). HL. POP 86 Nissan Rit'llshing RMII WBM PM-13.9 WBM, H100 23. POP 11 A Rock, ASCAP/Flying Eadorm, BM), HL. 810002: POP A11 SI PUEDO DECIRTE (Edimonsa, ASCAP/Siempre, W i4 DONT BUNK (Sony/ATV Tree. BMVWB Music, 94 ASCAP LT 12 ALRIGHT (Blue Toes Music Wblishing Designee AP'Mama's Dream ASCAP), HLWBM. CS 16 PROMISE RING (Ezeke International Music, BMVChristo- TODO CAMBIO Sony/AN Discos, ASCAP LT 9 ASCAP/Uncle Buddies Music. ASCAP) RBH 59 DO YOU (Super Sayin Publishing. BMVZomba Songs Ober Mathew BMVHitco Music. BMVSongs Of TOUGH (Steel Wheels. BMVCum Songs. ASCAP), WBM. ANGEL (Chats Khan. ASCAP /JI Branda Music Works GMVJoJo Beats, ASCAP/The Alen Any Publishr: ICKY THUMP i i, permurl tripe Music. RV) POP 99 MAKE ME BETTER (J Brasco. ASCAPNirginia Beach, Windswept Pacific. BMWniversal- PolyGram International 8100 95 Tunes. SESAC /Jahgqaae Joints..qSSeESACupUniversal Music ASCAP/Minneapolis Guys Music. ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP), WBM, H100 36. RBH 8 I DONT DANCE Walt Disney ASCAP) 810L170, POP 50 ASCAP/WB Music, ASCAP/Super Sayin Publishing. TRADICIONAL A W BRAVO )Not Listed) LT 45

ASCAP) Hl RPH 52 DO YOU KNOW? (THE PING PONG SONG)/DIMELO I DONT WANNA BE IN LOVE (DANCE FLOOR BMVZomba Songs, BMVEMI April. ASCAP/No Question TU (WO Music. ASCAP) LT 20 ANOTHER AGAIN 'n Legend Publishing. BMVCherry (Team S Dol Publishing, BMVHitco Music. BMLDUI- ANTHEM) (EMI Blackwood, BMV 5e Madden Brothers Entertainment, ASCAP), HLAW'BM. 0100 8, POP 17, Publishingg,ASCAP/E BIlackwrood BMVCOIIiPararkul TUYA (Blur Tunes, ASCAP/FMI April ASCAP/Gunhill HL RBH me My Publishing. BMIÆMI lanaire Publishing. BMVSongs Of Universal. BMVEnriguu Publishing, OMIMigh Speed Chase. ASCAP). HL, POP RBH 7 Music6M1), 67 Music. ASCAP) LT 32 PROUD OF THE HOUSE WE BUILT (Sony /AN Tree. honk n hlishir+ BMVDimp Iglesias. ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP) H100 9,1 IT 2 65 MAKES ME WONDER (Careers -BMG Music Publishing, Lu BMVShowbilly Music. BMUWarner-Tamerlane Publish- 'i Ì). HL RBH 57 DUFFLE BAG BOY )(DoILa Boy Publishing '.' i IF I HAVE MY WAY (EMI Music Publishing UK, BMVFebrualy Twenty Second. BMI), WBM, H100 28: ing, BMVSycamore Canyon Music, BMVTurn Me On ANOTHER SIDE OF YOU - Songs Of The Epps Music. ASCAP/Young Money P u I SESAC/Foray Music, ESAC /Chrsette Michele Music,sic, POP 27 MusicMusic. BM/Still Working For The Man Music. BMVICG. r :', .0 (Slavery. BMVSongs C .., i. RI. HL_ CS BMI Widmer Tì e a r Rb Irh, R SESAC/Fou r King s Pr odud o n In c SESACStank in MAKEYOUHAPPY ISoulchild, ASCAP/UniversalMusic UH- OHHH!! Of Universal. BMI/D3 BMI . CS 5.1-T100 71 23 Music. ASCAP/UndendogsWest Songs. ASCAP/Almo Corporation, ASCAP/Wet Ink Red Music. ASCAP/EMI Irv. BMVOId Negro Spirituals. BMVWarner -Tamerlane PUTA LITTLE UMPH IN R (Shaniah Cyymone Music. APOLOGIZE (Virginia Beach. ASCAP/WB Music. Music. ASCAP/Black Lion, ASCAP/Underdog East April, ASSAF HL RBH 94 Publishing BMINoung Money Publishing. BMI). ASCAP/EMI April. ASCAPSeal Music, AMVOMG- RBH ASCAP/Midni ht Miracle Music. ASCAP/Sony /AN Snn r BA119 rving BMI), HL RBH 30 MILLDEFO AMOR) (J & N. ASCAP) LT 33 HLWBM 87 E Careers, BMUThem Damn Twins. ASCAP/Naked Under Peer. ASCAP Publish - ASCAP), HL WBM. H14848 POP 60 IF I WAS YOUR MAN (Sony /AN Tunes. ASCAP/EMI ME (She 'n Shep. ASCAP /Atmo Music, ASCAP/Universal UMBRELLA (Songs 01 /March 9th My Clothes, ASCAP /Chrysalis Music, ASCAP /Air Control AS IF Careers - MG Music Publishing BMVGingerdog EASY ellar Songs. ASCAP/Water Music Pub - Music Corporation, ASCAP). HL. RBH 33 ing, ASCAP/2082 Music Publishing. ASCAP/Saga Music. ASCAP), HL. RBH 51 A)ril. RMIRa lene Music, ASCAPIWB Music, 11,4 'i) e1 A8H4V MEASURE OF A MAN (Universal-PolyGram International, Wu BMVCarrter Boyyss Publishing ASCAPBMI ASCAP), HLWBM. 810010 LT POP 14 RBH - Shanks Music. ASCAP). WBM. CS 22 ,,Al GnM AllUy ¡U. ui0.,;(L /A'Iylfht str- IF YOU'RE READING THIS = Ay/ATV Tree. BMVL' ASCAP/Spunker Songs, ASCAP/Passing Stranger. 39. 31 UNDENIABLE (EMI Blackwood. BMVFacade Aside, AYER LA VI 'crown P, BMVSebastian. BMI) LT 17 ing. BMVJance Combs Publishing, BMVEMI Blackwood, Des AI - Clyde. ASCAP). HL, CS ASCAP/Songs Of Combustion Music ASCAP/Music 01 AYO TECHNOLOGY (50 Cent Music, ASCAP/Universal BMLMIoneyy Mack. BMVWamer Tamerlane Publishing, 10 Oneii t i Windswept. ASCAP/No Such Music, SOCAN). HL, CS BMVMeaux Mercy. BMIAMI CMG. BMp. HL. POP 89 QUEIME DES TU CARINO (Et Conuco. BMVRedomi. BMII LT Mi Corpporation. ASCAPNirginia Beach, ASCAP/WB BMI). HLÁVBM. 0100 75, POP 33 I GET IT IN Mu Me Music. ASCAP) ROH 83 18 UN JUEGO Son 26 Tunes. Music, ASCAP/Wnlahandz Munk SESACAWBM Music. ELLA ME LEVANTO (Los Cangris. ASCAP) LT 6 I GET MONEY Su Cent Music, ASCAP/Universal Music ME Music Publishing. um. THE END OF TIME (iennman DUELE AMARTE ILeCova BMVJ & QUIEN(SonyiAN Discos. ASCAP/Arjona Musical. . ASCAP/Zomba ASCAPNirginia SESAC.'TPnnman Tunes ASCAP 7omha Fnterpris ESO Y MAS (Jullantla Musical. ASCAPBdimusa, ASCAP) Ce Titi ' SCAPAWilliam Stanberry Designee, N, ASCAP LT 36 Enterprises Beach, LT 14 BMI, engs Et Universal, BMVFirst Priority BM21-101 But- ME LOVE B Music, ASCAP). WBM. H100 17: POP 12 ASCAPNVB Music ASCA //Varner- Tamerlane Publish - EVERYBODY (Chi -Boy. ASCAP/Babble On Songs. ler Milk, ASCAPACGAlliance. ASCAP), HL. 8100 85: MEN BUY E DRINKS (GIRLS CALL THE SHOTS) ingg BMVDanyhandz Muzik, SESAC/WBM Music. B BMI/1-had Ter Music BMI) CS 37 RBH 14 (Mar light Music. SESACMIultisongs BMG. R SESAC Warner. SESAC). WBM. 9100 77. RBH 9 EVERYDAY my ASCAP) H100 65. POP 46 I IT FROM MY MAMA (will.i Music BM Publishing, ' GOT am /Cherry SESAC/Kyleezo. SESAC/Geornac READY SET, DONT GO (sunnaUeronimo BMVSony/AN

BABY ' EVERYDAY AMERICA Jennifer Nettles, ASCAP/Dirkpil. Lane, ASCAP/KlugerPartners Music, ASCAP). CLM. SESAC /Calhoun Enterprises, SESAC CS 39 Acuff pose. BMVtavender Zoo Music, BMI). HL, CS 54 es. ASCAP/Big Alpha Writer H100 32. POP 21 Latin, ASSAY) LT 3 1111111111111111 MI CORAZONCITO (Premium REHAB (EMI Blackwood. BMI). HL, H 1 W 61, POP 49 Mi 1. WAOSYANAME ':e Bee Dooinit. ASCAP/2 Big Produc- ,miic it 'rdl ' CS9H10080 I GOT MY GAME ON (EMI Blackwood. BMVBig Gassed MI GENTE (Fania, IMO LT 28 RIDIN (Esther Dean Publishing Designee, BMVPoertunes. 4ry Lane, ASCAP /Cord Kayla. BABY DONT GO ,,esco, ASCAP/EMI April, EVERYTHING in The Last Man Standing, SOCANAWarn- Hittites. BMVHouse Full 01 Circle Music, BMVSexy Trac- MIL HERIDAS Arpa. BMI) LT 8 SESAC/lisle Yeah. SESAC /Jevon Sims Publishing ICAN4han ASCAP /Jackie Frost. ASCA BMG -,one Music. ASCAP/1JappyPub, Zahn Music PMIVSonu.AN tor BMI'CaI IV Entertainment BMI), HL CS 40 MIRAME W B M Music. ASCAP) LT 25 Dirieinee. ASCAP/EMydd Songgs. BMI) RBH 64 I YWBM ROH 4B5 as. BM/Universal Music Corporation, I LIKE . -um BMVPhenomenal Woman MISERY BUSINESS (WB Music. ASCAPi& Father I Just ROC A FELLA BILLHINAHIES (Transporter Entertain - WAIT FOR YOU I!elNHLlarSongs AS. P MI April. WBM, RBH 58 Publishing. BMI) RBH 95 Want To SITS Music, ASCAP /Josh's Music, ASCAP), n iversal Music Corporation. ASCAP/EMI Blackwood. BAD FOR ME Magic Mustang. BMVOven Music. BMI) I'LL STAND BY YOU (Hynde House of Hits. ASCAP /Clive WBM, 8100 57. POP 47 t Clan ,A1 Blackmon, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tunes, ':blishing, ASCAP). HL. H100 13: F &mks ASCAP.Jerk Awake. ASCAP/Tom Kelly. MONEY IN THE BANK (Swim Beata. SESACiUniversal CAP Carter Boys Publishing,Publishing ASCAP /Chrysalis Music, BARTENDER , Zomba Songs. BM /Nappy Boy Publishing, ASCAP/EMI April. ASCAP) HLWBM. CS 56 Tunes, SESAC/Songs Of Universal. SESAC/Mayheezy ASCAP/Notable,ASCAP), HL. 80 WAKE UP CALL r eers BRAG Music RlhlishiffpIQ. ASCAP/Byefall Music. ASCAP). 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BMI), ing Designee. ASCAP/Trac -N -Field Entertainment, Publishing, ASCAP/Notorious KIM.. BMVUndeas ROCKSTAR arner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMVArm Your nillo WATCHING AIRPLANES nn /AN Tree. BMVJoseybix BEAUTIFUL GIRLS 4 Rotem Music 8M/South - BM)Totling Dale Sons, ASCAP). WBM. RBH 53 Music, BMV Warner - Tamerlane Publishing BMVDeric SOCA Zero -G. SOCA Black Diesel -r: .ASCAP). HL. CS 31 fe : -pcn Eyes Above Water. FAMOUS IN A SMALL TOWN 'Stony /AN Songs rM WDN THE BAND arner- Tamerlane Publishing, Angeleffie Music. BMVEMI Blackwood. BMVSa -Velte Rl.ick Adder Music. SOCAN). WBM. H100 11, WAY BACK TEXAS ryanner- Tamerlane Publishing ASCAP /Beluga Heights Music. BMVFeedmybabeez. ASCAP). HL CS 20 BMVSell The Cow. B VTower One BMVWB Music Music, BMWniclappppeell Music. BMI/My Babyis Music Music. BMLBig Loud Shirt Indus- ASCAP /Almo Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs, BMII. FIRECRACKER .4 Music. BMVTravelin ASCAP/Tower Two. ASCAPBLA. ASCAP). WBM. 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PUBLISHING: Universal Music Publishing Group Germany, the new company formed after Universal acquired BMG Pub- lishing, taps Markus Wenzel as managing director. He previ- ously served in the same role at Universal Music Publishing The Recording Acadenv's Los Angeles Chapte' and the Prod cers & Germany in Berlin. Engineers Wing renW presented "Unsigned 3rd Making It.' an interactive panel discussion that h:used on film and TV pacernentsas dternative Stevie Welder, pictured at his keyboard, following his soido.it streams of music bL.siress revenue. From left a-e Natural Energy Lab founder snow Aug. 26 at Sleep Train Pavlion in Concord, Calif. Star ding, Danny Benair, the 88 members Adam Merrin and Keith Slettedahl. producer/ frm left, ae Live Nation's production manager Steve Paine, prc- engineer Mike Clink Ci pp Shop Music owner Alexandra Datsavas and d.kction coordirato- Clndi Wilson, production director Ror OF Tommy Tallarico Sludioe and Video Ga _ -_ - founder ommy Tallarico. Bergman and general ma-lager -revor Ralph. PHOTO. cOURT6" EDWARD RUIZ LIVE NATION PHOTO _OURTES OF THE RECORDING ACADEM - LIVAN /WREIM,GECOM

BILLBOARD LIVE The Billboard Live music club in Tokyo launched Axg. 18 wit-1 a live set from the le endary Steely Dan. Led by funding TOURING: Live Nation promotes Alan Ridgeway to CEO of members Donald Fagen and ./alter Becker, they treated tt its international music division. His previously role as CFO 330 -seat club to a set of '70s will be filled by Kathy Willard, who was executive VP /chief ac- classics. The day bef_re, the official launch party aas counting officer. attended by Billboard executive editor/associate in Los Angeles names VP of strate- Roptus Aaron Simon publisher Tamara Co-m iff and gic marketing and business development. He was market- Nielsen Business Med a VP Howard Appelbaum. who ing director at Virgin Records. presented Tsuneaki Miyazaki, Ticketmaster appoints Geoff Carns senior GM for the president of venue ozerator -ianshin Contents Link, with a Southern California region. He served in the same role for award to celebrate the the company's Northwest region. opening of the club. Steely Dan also played the -i-st night Venue management firm SMG names Tina Suca GM of the of the Billboard Live club in on Aug. 26 will GM Dsaka art 18,600 -seat Forum in Inglewood, Calif. She was at the open the Fukuoka venue on Wiltern theater in Los Angeles. Sept. 3. Other acts bpoked to appear at Billboard Live Palace Sports & Entertainment names John O'Reilly ex- nclude Rickie Lee Jcnes, ecutive VP /CFO and Peter M. Skorich executive VP of broad- 3abyface and Sean Lennon casting and multimedia. O'Reilly was senior VP /CFO, and _EFT: Donald Fagen -entertaining the Billboard Skorich was senior VP of broadcasting and multimedia. ive audience. RIGHT: Walter Becker on guitar indulging the crowd. RELATED FIELDS: Online music community Music Nation appoints Matt: Sternberg VP of business development. He was director of distribution sales at online video net- work ROO. The Academy of Country Music names Michelle Goble di- rector of membership events. She was director of media re- lations at ASCAP Nashville. Integrated Copyright Group, a division of EverGreen Copy- rights, appoints Rusty Reid director of copyright adminis- tration and Glenda Johnson audit manager. Reid was senior copyright analyst at Sony /ATV Music Publishing, and John- son was mechanical royalty manager at Sanctuary Records. The Latin Recording Academy names Betty del Rio mem- bership manager. She was founder of public relations firm Top One Entertainment. by Mitchell Peters -Edited Jordin Sparks, the >airáest "American Idol" wisrtr n the po4 ular TV franchise's h t tory, sig -led with 19 Recordinçs /Jive Recordé, with her ciabut album scheduled to ht ;$ores in November. From let. are Zonsoa Label Group senior VP of A &R Jeff Fenster, 19 Eitertainment's lain Pince, Z2 prm- ident/CEO Barry Weiss, Sparks, 19 Entertainment's Stirling Mc iwaine and ZLG senor VP Peer Thee.

INSIDE TRACK (XX)I)WOR (S NIKON, VOLVO AND SPRING TAKE IT FOUR-TO-THE-FLOOR MACY'S RAISES FUNDS FOR CANCER AND ART Track has learred that Nikon is part- by Spring managing director Mictael GUPELI Macy's annual fashion and entertainment charity event, Glam- nering with Spring LLC as the title Aiken. Formerly in finance, Aiken orama, raised $400,000 each for the Children's Cancer Re- sponsor of the Is tter's Four- to -the- founded Spring as an alterr ative to the search Fund and the Art Institute of Chicago. Held Aug. 17 at Floor tour. The fo Jr -city trek kicks off tradi-ioral record label rodel. The the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis and Aug. 24 at the Sept. 19 in Ch cago and features up- company will "maintain the whole pie,- Chicago Theatre in the Windy City, Glamorama featured live and- coming DJs spinning alongside Aiker says. "We'll control tte complete performances by Muzik Mafia acts Big & Rich, Gretchen Wil- live musicians. Vo vo is also a sponsor. property not only CDs bt t sponsor- son and Cowboy Troy. "We're breakir g the stereotype for ship, merchandise, everytt ing rely :ed dance music," :our consultant Nosh to the arist. Because the way music SPEAKING UP FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT Gureli says. "'Mhz usually sponsors sales are going, that's the c71ly way we Autism Speaks /Cure Autism Now received a $17,000 check dance music tours? Energy drinks or can extract enough value and gerer- from VH 1 Classic and Razor & Tie Entertainment. The check liquor. This isn t typical." ate enough income to be s Jccessfel." pilaticn in early 2008. represents the proceeds from sales of Twisted Sister's holiday Gureli, a mu sic industry vet who re- The tour will feature four of Sprirg's "N kon i; just tryinc to penet-ate disc, "A Twisted Christmas." A half-hour special about the cently left a lengthy tenure in Sony DJ /artiste, hand -picked by Gureli, r nd the consumer; the youthful audience album, " Hangire' With Twisted Sister," aired last December BMG's dance deoartment to pursue in- culmi late with the release of a dig tal that wants to capture their experience " on VH1 Classic. On Sept. 25, R &T will issue the DVD "A dependen- pro.ects, was brought on EP in late September, and a full com- Aiken says. Twisted Christmas Live."

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Seventeen- year-old artist Sean Kingston ypr visited the Children's F ou nded by music industry veteran Aid Society's Dunlevy Thomas "TJ" Chapman, TJ's DJ's Tastemakers Milbank Boys & Girls Only Music Conference brought together the music industry's d tb in Harlem, where he top brass, Southern artists, DJs, record labels, music producers, Performed his hit single retailers, models and industry tastemakers for networking, panel discussions "Bjtiful Girls" and shared and sponsored seminars. From left at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown its story with attendees. Miami are USDA member Blood Raw, , Chapman, Crime Mob's Princess, PHOTO: COURTESY OF LÍI' Scrappy and Crime Mob's Diamond. PHoro: COURTESY OF RAY TAMARRA/GETTY IMAGES SARA JAYE WEISS ...... M / PEePLES GAS. MtmJA ums. rjysçEd KPLE, 11 ED NATURAL GAS DELIVERY W IN'08

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Chaka khan, le t, and Lyfe Jennings, right. with Hip -hop superstar Kanye Billocard ecvertisirg account West and the Strong American executive MicEael Merachem at the Schools' Education in '08 campaign artists' in -store CD sgning at J &R Music Worb announced that the artist will be featured followi ig their perfb-manceat City Park Hall e in a series of TV public service announcements NeW York. PHOTO COUWESV OF R1AN EARKAN /FRESH BREAD urging the 2008 presidential candidates to address America's education crisis and dropout epidemic. From left are Education in '08 executive director Marc Lampkin, West and West's mother, Dr. Donda West.

INSIDE TRACK MOUSE PLAYS WITH KEYS The rumors are true: is producing the new Black Keys album, which should be out early next spring via Nonesuch. In late April, Keys drummer Patrick Carney told Billboard the group had already recorded nine songs, and that R &B legend Ike Turner would be involved in some fashion, but all parties declined fur- ther comment about the current state of the project. F-ed Durst right, ias kmpt a low profile as of la but the Limp Bizkit While finishing up Leela James perfolrned Aug. 11 du-ing t-le tiler -day Long Beach `rontman visited Aaror _ewis when the Staind Siger hit Los Angeles new Bark- Jazz Festival, one cf the premier jazz and misic rests in Southern 'cr his solc acoustic tau- Have Guitar, Will Trave , which sold out the the Gnarls California, showzas.ng the best in jazz, F &3 aie smooth jazz. r/'iltern Theater. ley album, Danger Mouse has also found time to helm Martina Topley- Bird's latest, "The Blue God," due early next year.

LILLYWHITE HELMS 2009 MATCHBOX ALBUM Rob Thomas told billboard.com in June that a new Matchbox Twenty album should arrive in 2009. But now he tells Track to expect the one and only Steve Lillywhite to be at the helm. Lillywhite produced the six new Matchbox Twenty tracks that will come bundled with the band's first greatest -hits package, "Exile on Mainstream," due Oct. 2 via Atlantic. "We had a lot more than six songs, but the label wouldn't let us in- clude more than that on the retrospective," Thomas says. "Honestly, we could have put out a whole new album now. We've got enough songs we're happy with that it wouldn't make sense not to do the next album with Steve." Nickelback celebrases its six- times-platirjrl atx-n "All the Right Reasons; as well as tie banc's overall worldwde sales mark o 25 million copies. From left are WEA president /CEO John Esposito, Fcadrunner Records president Jonas Nacshin, At antic Records chairman /CEO Craig Kaltman, Nickelback's , Atlantic Records Frasident Julie :=eenwald, Nickelback's Mike Kroeger, Warne. Mu.i: Group U.E. Recorded MLEic chairman /CEO Lyor Cohen, Nickelback s Daniel Adair, Nicke hack Ala lager Bryan Coleman and Jickelback's Ryan PeaLc PHOTO: :OLRTESY OF SARA JA: = WEISS

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