advertisement JULY 17, 1999 Music Volume 16, Issue 29 £3.95 Jamiroquai takes the M&M DM11 European Top 100 Albums FFR35 "SalesBreaker"titlethis US$7 week, asSynkronized(Sony) DFL11.50 smashes its way from 93 to Number 1in only its second edia®we tea ll to radio week on the chart. M&M chart toppers this week Prisa launches latin music group Eurochart Hot 100 Singles by Howell Llewellyn cially launch in October, bankrolledbe the music publishing division; and WILL SMITH by Grupo Prisa, Spain's biggest mediaPlanet Events will be a merchandis- Wild Wild West MADRID - 'The single most impor-player whose interests include radioing management and tour promotion (Columbia) tant change in the Spanish musicgroup SER, newspaper El Pais, andcompany. industry for many years." TV channel Canal Plus. "The main thrust of the operation European Top 100 Albums That's the assessment of Jaime de GVM will incorporate three keywillbethepromotionoflatin JAMIROQUAI Polanco, managing director of the businesses: Polaris Music will be anmusic," says De Polanco. "Our activ- Synkronized country's new Gran Via Musical umbrellalabelforfourspecialistitieswill mean that more latin (Sony S2) (GVM) music group, which will offi- labels; Nova Ediciones Musicales will continued on page 17 European Radio Top 50 MADONNA French radio rejects quota talksWild Smith tames Beautiful Stranger by Remi Bouton The meeting had been called to European airwaves (Maverick/Warner Bros.) enable radio stations to comment on by Christian Lorenz PARIS - France's main radio groups the government's proposed amend- have boycotted the July 7 meeting setments to the quotas law. However, Inside M&M this week up by culture minister Catherine radio operators feel that there is little LONDON - Two years on from Men in Trautmann to discuss changes to theto discuss as, according to sources, Black, Will Smith shows he still has country's musicquotas regimeTrautmann has already made up her that fresh appeal. GOLDEN HANDSHAKE? (M&M, July 10). continued on page 17 Wild Wild West (Overbrook/ Is European radio's Gold format Columbia)-the signature tune of his ready to retire and give way to a upcoming comedy-isthesecond younger, less '60s & '70s -oriented most -playedrecordonEuropean mix? The first of M&M's "Format radio this week, and isNo.1 on Clinics" looks at the current Gold M&M's Eurochart Hot 100. standard in Europe, and cross-ref- Smith's mass appeal has ballooned erences to the "Jammin' Oldies" since 1987 when he started out as concept which is making inroads The Fresh Prince in the in the US. Pages 5-7 rap duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, PRECOCIOUS CHILD and today stretches Firstborn, the farbeyondtradi- moniker adopted by tional R&B and hip Irish artist and for- hop audiences. mer Marxman sam- Sara Silver,London - ple ace Oisin Lun- basedColumbia VP ny, is crashing the marketing, was clubs across Europe with Smith at the thisseasonwith start of his record- debut disc The Over 100,000 revellers soaked up the sun ing career. "Will is Mood Club, a piano - at 95.8 Capital FM's Party In The Park a major star devel- driven, Northern on July 4. Staged at London's Hyde oping a hit Soul -tinged stomper which has Park, the concert was a joint project between Capital record," says Sil- already won powerfulfriends and The Prince's Trust, with profits going to the royal charity. Pictured ver,who adds among club DJs and radio presen- (clockwise from left): Steps backstage with Prince Charles; one of the that Wild Wild ters. M&M chartsFirstborn's concert's hosts, Capital FM breakfast presenter Chris Tarrant; Culture West's initial summer campaigntoconquer Club's Boy George and Geri Halliwell. Other stars performing at the shipment of WiU Smith Europe. 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Authority itself has admitted that it will lead to stations Call M&M on: There's been some genuinely good news for British radiobeing able to compete with each other more directly, tel (+44) 171 323 6686 groups in the past few weeks. thereby giving a freer reign to programming talent. fax (+44) 171 323 2314/16 No, not the appointment of Greg Dyke as the BBC's Of course, the downside of this new freedom for sta- Publisher: Ron Betist new director general (we've yet to hear about his attitudes tions and the people they employ will be that if they fail Editor in chief: Emmanuel Legrand Director of operations: Kate Leech towards music radio), but the announcement that-atto attract an audience, there will be no hiding place-they will have no one else to blame but Editorial last-the UK is to get a proper independent frequency Deputy editor: Jon Heasman audit, which (in theory at least) should put an end to the themselves. The days of the regula- News editor: Lucy Aitken wastage of scarce spectrum and consequently lead to moretor as scapegoat could be coming to Features/specials editor: Terry Heath an end. Music business/talent editor: Christian Lorenz new stations being licensed. As the recent French experience showed, such audits These moves are all steps in the Charts 8( research are not easy to carry out, but almost always result in new right direction. Their effect will be Charts editor: Raul Cairo Charts researchers. Menno Visser, frequencies becoming available. In addition to givingto ease the life of radio operators Siri Stavenes breaks to new or small radio players, it will also give bigand make for a more broadcaster - Production radio groups the opportunity to buy more stations, as the friendly system, bringing the UK Production manager: Jonathan Crouch overall radio "cake" grows bigger. more into line with the looser radio Designer: Dominic Salmon Further welcome news for the industry is the way inregulatory frameworks to be found Correspondents: which, as exclusively revealed in last week's M&M, the in most other European countries. Austria: Susan L. Schuhmayer - (43) 1 334 9608 Belgium: Marc Maes - (32) 3 568 8082 Classical/jazz: Terry Berne - (34) 9 3458 3791 Dance Grooves: Gary Smith -(34)9 3488 2180 Denmark: Charles Ferro - (45) 3391 9156 Chassagne leaves V2 for SonyScandinavian France: Remi Bouton (radio and music business) - (33) 1 4586 8466; Cecile Thsseyre by RendBouton question the role of another executive, (artist profiles) - (33) 1 4909 0896 Germany: Gesa Birnkraut (Hamburg) (49) 4101 Luigi -TheoCalabrese,managing safe, despite 45930; Ed Meza (Berlin) (49) 30 423 9782 PARIS - After two -and -a -half yearsdirector of LTC Tristar-the joint ven- Greece: Cosmas Develegas - (30) 935 65641 Italy: Mark Dezzani - (39) 0184 292 824 as an independent, V2 Music Franceture between Calabrese's company The Netherlands: Robbert Tilli - (31) 20-672 2566 general manager Thierry Chassagne LTC and Sony's Tristar label set up in departures Norway: Kai Lofthua - (47) 918 21 208 Spain: Howell Llewellyn -(34)9 1593 2429; is returning to Sony Music, where he March 1997. The venture between by Charles Ferro Sweden: Fredrik Nilsson - (46) 8 735 9750 becomes managing director of theLTC and Sony is said to be under Solos and IVIorkesting Epic Group from September 1. review. Calabrese also served as International sales director: Chassagne, who reports to Sony senior consultant for the Epic group. COPENHAGEN - It's business as Ron Betist (UK, USA) - (31) 299 420274; Music Entertainment France CEO At V2, Chassagne will be replaced usual for Scandinavian Records, mobile: (31) 653 194133 Sales executives: Igor Rooselaar (Benelux; Paul -Rene Albertini, will be in charge by current V2 deputy general manag- despite a flurry of departures from Scandinavia) - (31) 299 420274 of a division incorporating Epic, erSophieZannettacchi.