NOVEMBER28, 1998 Music Volume 15, Issue 48 £3.95 DM11 FFR35 US$7 Cher'sBelievetops the DFL11.50 Eurochart Hot 100 singles chart for the second suc- cessive week. Media®we to ll lt411E30 raclzo M&M chart toppers this week Police probe Radio Authority 'corruption by Mike McGeever Janet Lee, the RA's deputy head ofcapital on November 11. Lit's office Eur t 100 Singles programming and advertising, was at Sunrise's London headquarters CHER LONDON - A senior staff member ofarrested at her London home onwas also raided by the Fraud Squad, November 5 where, according to Scot- according to police. Believe U.K. commercial radio regulator the Radio Authority (RA) and the chair-land Yard, a number of documents Both Lit and Lee have been bailed man of ethnic broadcaster Sunrise were seized. to appear at a central London police Radio have been arrested by the Dr. Avtar Lit, chairman of Sun-station "at a date in late January, Eur 00 Alb Fraud Squad of London's Scotlandrise Radio, which operates Asian sta- pending further enquiries," according Yard police headquarters on suspi-tions in London and Bradford, was to a police spokeswoman, who would -199 cion of corruption, it has emerged. arrested at a police station in the continued on page 24

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Inside M&M this week MADRID - The future of Europeanradioholds opportunities as well as STATE OF INDEPENDENCE risks and hurdles, and French indie labels are currently demands a sharper focus flourishing in a favourable cli- on the true nature of the mate, nurturing local talent and business: radio. eyeing new distribution opportu- continued on page 25 nities. In a six -page French Spot- light, Remi Bouton examines the French celts come riseof the independents, and Cecile Tesseyre highlights some Swedish songstress Emilia was recently presented with a double plat- of the up-and-coming acts they inum award by her record company Universal in recognition of theout from the fringe are developing. Pages 7-12 stunning sales success in her home country of her debut single Big, by Cecile Tesseyre Big World. Pictured with Emilia are Universal Music's area director FERRIS' WHEEL OF FORTUNE for Scandinavia, Gert Holmfred (left) and Universal Music Interna- PARIS - Bagpipes, harps and bin- Ferris Bueller, formerly of tional's senior VP of marketing and A&R, Max Hole. ious are enticing French audiences the German dance/techno act down onto the dance floor this year. Scooter,launcheshissolo The latest celtic revival seems to career with the unashamedly Euro-indies welcome U.K.'s AIM be marching boldly on in France- classic pop single, Girl (edel), A Music & Media staff report tional by January 1" according to following the summertime success of ahead of a spring '99 album chief executiveAlison Wenham. Manau's debut single La Tribu de release aimed at conquering LONDON - Europe's independentShe is currently in the process of 1a new pop audience. Page 6 label associations are welcomingrecruiting four staff, and is seeking the advent of the U.K. indie sector'soffices in London. END OF THE BLUE DANUBE ? first viable representative body for "The U.K. indies have woken up Vienna'slong-timeforeignlan- a decade, the Association of Inde-a little late," says Franco Donato, guage station Blue Danube Radio pendent Music (AIM). secretary general of Italy's190 - is threatened with closure follow- Leaders of the British indiesstrong indies association AFI, "but ing the intallation of a new regime have been discussing the concept ofit is at the right moment to give at its public broadcaster parent having their own trade body for 18more power to the international ORF. Page 24 months. Now it has been movement for independent produc- announced that AIM will be "opera- continued on page 25 continued on page 25

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com AmericanRadioHistory.Com NEWS Music Michael Kreissl departs as Viva Media.splits its programming teams Call M&M on: tel (+44) 171 323 6686 fax (+44) 171 323 2314/16 by Scott Roxborough ities is in line with the company's plan Editorial to more distinctly brand its two chan- Editor in chief: Emmanuel Legrand nels: "By separating playlist decisions Deputy editor/news editor: Jonathan Heasman COLOGNE - Michael Kreissl has Features/specials editor: Terry Heath announced that he will be stepping we can focus more directly on each Music business/talent editor: Christian Lorenz channel's separate audience -teen- Programming editor: Mike McGeever down as programme directorof German music TV stations Viva and agers and Top 40 listeners for Viva, Charts 84. research Viva 2 at the end of this month. Kreissl declined to comment on his and 25-35 year -old alternative music Charts editor: Raul Cairo Charts researchers: Menno Viaser, Patricia Gebhardt, producer of thereasons for his departure, but a fans for Viva 2." Siri Stavenes popular youth/music show Bravo TVsource at the broadcaster says that, Gebhardt says that she isn't plan- Production on RTL2, will take over as Viva's pro- after four years as programme direc- ning any big changes to Viva's format. Production manager: Jonathan Crouch grammedirector,whileElmartor, Kreissl was looking for a change: "Viva has been extraordinarily suc- Designer: Dominic Salmon Geglinger will step into the program- "I don't think it was easy for him tocessful in the last five years," she Correspondents: mer's post at Viva 2. Geglinger is cur- leave, but I don't think it was toosays. "But of course there's always Austria: Susan L. Schuhmayer - (43) 1 334 9608 room for improvement -we can con- Belgium: Marc Maes - (32) 3 568 8082 rently programme manager (and hard either." Classical/jazz: Terry Berne - (34) 9 3458 3791 Kreissl's deputy) at the second Viva A Viva spokesman says that thestantly hone our programming so Czech Republic: Michele Legge - new split in programming responsibil- serves our audience even better." (42) 2 248 75000 service. Dance Grooves: Gary Smith -(34)9 3488 2180 Denmark: Charles Ferro - (45) 3391 9156 France: Remi Bouton (radio and music business) - (33) 1 4586 8466; Cecile Thsseyre Modiamotrie: full -service making a comeback? (artist profiles) - (33) 1 4909 0896 Germany: Gesa Birnkraut (Hamburg) (49) 4101 by Remi Bouton 45930; Ed Meza (Berlin) (49) 30 423 9782; Scott CLT-UFA's Roxborough (Cologne) (49) 221 9833 148 Fun Radio Top 10 French networks Greece: Cosmas Develegas - (30) 935 65641 (C/i daily reach) Italy: Mark Dezzani - (39) 0184 292 824 PARIS - Reports of the slow death oflost 470,000 The Netherlands: Robbert Tilli - (31) 20-672 2566 full -service radio in France may havelisteners. Sept -Oct Apr -Jun Sept -Oct Norway: Kai Lofthus - (47) 918 21 208 been greatly exaggerated. "The figuresStation (format) Spain: Howell Llewellyn -(34)9 1593 2429; '98 '98 '97 Sweden: Fredrik Nilsson - (46) 8 735 9750 Official Mediametrie audience rat- are not really ings for September and October show a surprise forRTL (full -service) 18.0 17.2 17.9 Sales and Marketing 11.9 11.5 11.6 Director of advertising sales: that leading full -service network RTL thestation,France Inter (full -service) Christine Chinetti has put on 400,000 listeners since the which is stillFrance Info (news) 11.4 10.0 11.1 International sales director: 11.1 11.6 Ron Betist (UK, USA) - (31) 299 420274; previous (April -June) survey, increas- undergoingNRJ (CHR) 12.0 mobile: (31) 653 194133 ing its market -leading daily reach toreconstruc-Europe 1 (full -service) 9.5 8.3 9.2 Sales executives: Christine Chinetti (G/S/A) - (44) 171 323 6686; Igor Rooselaar (Benelux; 18 percent. Full -service Europe 1 has tion," ex-Skyrock (CHR/urban) 6.5 6.9 5.8 Scandinavia) - (31) 299 420274 also achieved its best ratings book for plainsFunEurope 2 (AC) 6.3 6.1 5.4 Francois Millet (France) - (33) 145 49 29 33 Beth Dell'Isola (US Radio) - (1) 770 908 8373; many years, up 1.2 percent to 9.5 per-Radio CEOCherie FM (soft AC) 5.9 5.0 4.1 Lidia Bonguardo (Italy, Spain, Greece, cent, while the reach of public full - Axel Duroux,Nostalgie (AC/gold) 5.5 4.5 4.7 Portugal) - (39) 031570056. "but what Sales & marketing co-ordinator: service station France Inter has Fun Radio (CHR) 5.2 6.2 5.8 Claudia Engel increased to 11.9 percent. surprises me Sou Mediametric International circulation director: "These excellent figures send tois the gener- Tim Freeman European circulation promotion the market a strong signal about theally bad performance of the CHR for- Cherie FM has achieved its best daily manager: Paul Brigden good health of the full -service for-mats. It seems that the younger audi- reach ever. AC/gold Nostalgie has won Financial controller: Kate Leech Accounts assistant: Christopher Barrett mat,"saysRTL vice-presidentence is waiting for something new." 470,000 new listenerssinceits Office manager: Linda Nash Philippe Labro. On the contrary, French AC net-takeover by NRJ last June and its subsequent move to major on gold Music & Media Amongst the music -intensive for-works are in rude health -their com- 23 Ridgmount St, London WC1E 7AH mats, the news was good for AC broad-bined reach was up from 21.3 to 26.4tunes. "We are very proud of this -it UNITED KINGDOM proves the efficiency of the group," Phone numbers : (44) 171 323 6686, (44) casters, but bad for CHR stations.percent compared to the same period 01858 435326 (subscriptions) Leading CHR network NRJ lostlast year. Europe 2 has gained almostcomments NRJ general manager Fax numbers : (44) 171 323 2314 (editorial) 100,000 listeners following its deci-Alain Weill.Soft AC RTL2 also (44) 171 631 0428 (sales), (44) 01858 432164 425,000 listeners compared to the April -June survey, while audiences at sion to focus on the music of blackimproved its ratings, while AC/gold Subscription rates : CHR/urban Skyrock also fell, andartists, and at 5.9 percent, soft AC RFM's audience held steady. United Kingdom UK£160 ; Germany DM399; Benelux Dfl 397 ; Rest of Europe US$ 269; USA/ Canada US$ 275; Rest of the world US$ 275 Printed by: Headley Brothers Ltd, Queens Road, Ashford, M&M unveils new German reporting team Kent TN24 8HH HEAT, a weekly youth/music TV show ISSN : 1385-612 LONDON-MUSiC & Media is expanding © 1998 by BPI Communications Inc. its German coverage with the appoint-on Deutsche Welle TV, and also presents M&M editor-in- All rights reserved. No part of this publication ment of a new team of correspondents, Deutsche Welle's monthly science pro- chiefEmmanuel may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any and is also making changes to its granune Patent. Legrand."Isin- means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, London -based editorial team. Birnkraut (27) studied business and cerely wish him recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. In Germany, M&M's Berlin -based arts administration in Hamburg, andthe best in the correspondent Ed Meza will now behas been instrumental in organising future." joined by Scott Roxborough in Cologne M&M's Radio Village facility at the As a result of o_o___ and Gesa Birnkraut in Hamburg to pro- Popkomm. trade fair for the past twothis move, news vide the most comprehensive coverage years. She also works for Vereins-Und editor Jonathan Biboard Music Group possible of Europe's largest music and Westbank, organising and publicisingHeasman is app- cultural and music events intheointed to the President: Howard Lander radiomarket.The newregional Senior VP/general counsel: approach to German coverage in the Hamburg area. newly -created Georgina Challis magazine will aim to better reflect the Meanwhile, in London, Tom position of deputy Vice presidents: Irwin Komfeld, Karen Oertley, Adam White country's federal nature. Ferguson, M&M's managing editor for editor, and produc- Director of strategic development: Originally from Nova Scotia in the past two years, has been re -assigned tion manager Jon- Ken Schlager Business manager: Joellen Sommer Canada, Roxborough, 27, writes for to a new role within the Billboard Music athan Crouch will BPI CorrirrturilcotIciris M&M's sister publication The Group. "Thm played over the past two now take over all the Chairman: Gerald S. Hobbs responsibilities lin- President & CEO: John B. Babcock, Jr. Hollywood Reporter, and is a freelance years a vital role in getting the maga- Executive vice.presidentsi Mark Dacey, Robert J. Dowling, broadcasterfor, amongstothers, zine up and running during the reloca- ked to the maga- Howard Lander tion process from Amsterdam, and in zine's design, produc- Senior vice-presidents: Georgina Challis, Paul Curran, Ann Bloomberg Business News, SABC and Haire, Rosales Lovett, Craig Reiss Vatican Radio. He writes material formaking M&M more focused and sharply tion and printing. Vice-president: Glenn Heffernan Chairman Emeritus: W.D. Littleford MUSIC &MEDIA0NOVEMBER 28, 1998 AmericanRadioHistory.Com Open mikeWrangles delay Flemish radio plan Paul De Wyngaert by Marc Maes Station manager, VRT Radio 2 ing a smaller number of stations toFlemish media minister Eric Van broadcast more powerful signals. Rompuy, says the Flemish Government Named head of the BRUSSELS - Belgium's new frequency But because of the problems of over- has now asked Elio Di Rupo, Belgium's public Belgian plan, originally scheduled to become lapping signals between the Flemishnational minister of telecommunica- operational from January 1 next year, and French sectors of the country, thetions, to intervene in the discussions AC/talk network in has been postponed due to disagree-Flemish government had planned to between the two governments so that a September, De ments between the country's Flemishdraw up its new frequency plan withnew frequency plan for Flanders can be Wyngaert has com- and French governments. the French community's media minis-drawn up as soon as possible. "Until missioned a major The Flemish (northern Belgium) gov- terLauretteOnkelinx.However, then, the current [radio] licences remain restructuring of the ernment agreed on a new radio frequen- attempts to start negotiations with thevalid, but we cannot move ahead with Flemish station, to cy plan for Flanders in June this yearsouthern government have met with the new high-powered conurbation sta- be completed by (M&M, June 6), which aimed to reducelittle response. tions in Flanders until the frequency January 1 next year. overcrowding on the FM band by allow- Walter Aertssens, spokesman for plan is ready," asserts Aertssens.

Q:What are the changes planned France to test ratings watch for Radio 2? A: A major step will be the centrali- by Renzi Bouton tener diaries (which both rely on peo- sation of the production of all Radio ple'smemories),andwillalso 2's networkedprogrammesin PARIS - Frenchratingsbodyimprove the tracking of "involuntari- Brussels. This will have effects on Mediametrie has announced plans toly listening." This covers the type of personnel, and consequently on the conduct a trial ratings survey nextsituation, for example, where a lis- programmes, since some staff will spring using Europe's new "radiotener hears radio in a shop or in a prefer to remain working in the watch" audience measurement tech-taxi. "This watch can detect the gap regional production centres. But nology. between what people say they listen whatever the changes might be, I The radio watch, which was firstto and what they really listen to," will ensure that Radio 2's profile and developed in Switzerland, contains a claims Saint -Roman. image, personified by the station's microphone and a microchip, which Next spring's trial survey will see "Friends ForLife"slogan,will compares what the listener is hear-around 100 listeners across France remain unchanged. ing with the real-time output of radio wearing the watch. "Then we will be In Stockholm recently as part of stations, thanks to inaudible elec-able see all the problems of such their European tour, The Manic Q: Will the changes mean more tronic "fingerprints" transmitted inmethods and the likely differences Street Preachers were presented consistent programming slots? each station's signal. between our current ratings system with gold discs representing over A: Yes indeed.I want to each time "We have tested the system and it [based on telephone interviews] and 40,000 Swedish sales of their cur- slot in the schedule associated with works," confirms Arnaud de Saint -this new one," says the Mediametrie rent Epic album This Is My Truth the same type of [editorial] content Roman, head of radio at executive. Me Yours. Pictured with the each day. For example, food and Mediametrie. "We are also able to tell The major problem with the new group's Sean Moore, James Dean travel in the 08.00-10.00 morning if the survey participants are reallysystem is the cost-at present, each Bradfield and Nicky Wire are (back slot; humour and music between wearing the watch, as it is equipped radio watch costs around Ffr5,000 ($ row, l -r): Per Sundin (managing 10.00 and 12.00; showbusiness and with a thermometer and can detect1,000). The trial research is being director, Sony Music Sweden); Paul mediainthe13.00-15.00pro- movement." paid for by Mediametrie, "but if this Burger (chairman and CEO, Sony gramme The radio watch offersa far newsystembringsinteresting Music U.K.); Martin Hall (manager); greater degree of accuracy compared results and if the stations really want Richard Ogden (senior VP, Sony Q:Will the tighter format mean to existing ratings methodologies it,they'll have to pay for it them- Music Europe); and Rob Stringer less speech on Radio 2? such as telephone interviews and lis- selves," warns Saint -Roman. (MD, Epic, Sony Music U.K.). A: Overall,I would say that the speech/music ratio will be heading towards more music as from January 1-but the spoken word has its U.K. radio advertising revenues hit new high value as well. by Mike McGeever diturefromnational Meanwhile, according advertisers was up by 19 to the quarterly report of Q: Do you anticipate any changes London - A rise in the number ofpercent, while there was theU.K.Advertising to the music format? national advertisers on British com-a 25.2 percent jump in Association, commercial A: Right now, we are training pro- mercial radio during the third quar-new brands using radio radioadvertisingacc- grammers to work with Selector ter of this year has pushed the medi-to promote their prod- THE ounted for 5.5 percent of [music scheduling software]-a com- um'stotaladvertisingrevenue ucts and services. RADIO total display advertising mittee of five producers is currently through the £400 million ($640 mil- BetweenJulyand ADVERTISINGin the U.K. during the making the necessary definitions for lion) barrier for the past 12 months,September this year, the second quarter of 1998. the system. The same committee has according figures from the Radiomedium's top 10 adver- BUREAU During that time, the also agreed upon introducing one Advertising Bureau (RAB). tisers-which include annual growth rate of hour thematic programmes at night: Commercial radio's revenue for the compilation album specialists Tel-display advertising as a whole was crooners, musicals, chanson plus the third quarter 1998 totalled £100 mil- star-collectively spent £17.4 million, 7.4 percent, which radio outstripped return of country music to Radio 2. lion, a hike of 11.5 percent year -on - an increase of £1 million on the previ-more than twofold by recording a Interview by Marc Maes year. During the same period, expen-ous quarter. growth rate of 18.5 percent.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com Locals score in Norway as Denmark's Voice booms by Charles Ferro by Kai R. Lofthus later. But local outlets have recently time that the sta- attempted to meet this increased tion has broken OSLO - Norway's local stations arecompetition by introducing more mel- COPENHAGEN - The controversialthe 200,000 lis- reaping the rewards of tighter music low, tightly -formatted AC formats. antics of The Voice's Kaos Krew morn- tener threshold. formatting and a focus on adult con- However, local operators argue ing show-which have included cou- Market share is temporary. that it's not just the music they're get- ples peiforming sex acts on the air and up, too, from 4.2 Third quarter ratings from Gallup ting right. "The music mix is the most breast enhancement operations being to 4.8 percent. reveal that while the national sta-important part of the branding," says offered as competition prizes-appear It was a flat quarter for Danish com- tions' audiencesremain stable, theRadio 102/Nord Rogaland head ofto have paid off for the Copenhagen mercial radio in general, however, with overall reach of local commercialmusic Egil Houeland, " but what you CHR station. share up just 0.1 percent to 25.5 percent. radio has increased by two percent onare able to provide in the way of local According to Gallup's Danish ratings Public broadcaster Danmarks Radio the previous quarter. personality and other input is ulti- figures for the third quarter of 1998, The saw its dominant market share grow Localradio'saudiencesandmately what your success depends Voice has seen its audience jump by even bigger, up from 68.6 percent to 69.3 finances have suffered significantly inon." Houeland's Hot AC station saw around 10 percent to 203,000 averagepercent. Its national CHR station P3 recent years, following public broad-its reach move up from 29 percent to daily listeners, compared with 185,000 enjoyed a healthy rise from 28.9 percent caster NRK's expansion from two to33 percent this quarter, overtaking just three months ago. It marks the first to 29.7 percent. three national channels in 1993 andnational AC outlet P4 and more than the launch of a national commercialdoubling its lead over NRK's CHR Top Danish stations station, the AC -formatted P4, a year station P3 in its transmission area. (% market share) NRJ Norway managing director Norwegian national Finn Eirik Nordvold, whose station's Station (format) Q2'98 Q3'98 stations ratings are threatening long-time Danmarks Radio P4 (full -service, local) 30.6 30.9 (% daily reach) No.1 local commercial outlet in Oslo, Danmarks Radio P3 (CHR) 28.9 29.7 Radio1, comments: "We are now Radio Jylland Group (various, local) 10.9 10.6 Station (format) Q3 '9793'98 beginningtoseethelisteners' Danmarks Radio P1 (news/talk) 5.2 5.1 NRK P1 (AC) 37 37 response to the work we have laid The Voice (CHR) 4.2 4.8 P4 (AC) 25 26 down in formatting our music. Our Danmarks Radio P2 (classical/jazz) 4.0 3.6 NRK P3 (CHR) 12 11 concept has proved to be a little ahead Radio 2 (AC) 2.2 2.0 NRK P2 (cultural) 5 6 of the other stations [in Oslo], and the Radio Uptown (CHR) 0.8 1.1 Source: Gallup market seems to appreciate that." Source: Gallup

VTM begins Top Radio partnership internet in -site No Doubt land by Marc Maes network next March. www nodoubt com VTM CEO Eric Claeys says the syn- BRUSSELS - Flemish commercial TV ergies between the young audience of No Doubt have struck a good balance broadcaster VTM has finally conclud- VTM's Kanaal 2 channel and the dance - between style and purpose with their newly - editslong-awaiteddealwithoriented Top Radio makes the move a launched site. Retro graphics are given a CHR/dance network Top Radio, and "logical step," allowing the group to wacky spin, creating a colourful amusement will change its name to Vlaamse reach new markets and audiences. park theme that remains simple to navi- Media Maatschappij to reflect its new One example of thiswillsee gate. Visitors can view an exclusive video interests. Kanaal 2 giving viewers the chance to greeting from the band before entering, The new -look company will now see what's happening in the Top after which they can choose from the usual comprise three business units: TV chan- Radio studios each day between mid- offerings. Fans will be particularly pleased nels VTM and Kanaal 2, and a radionight and 16.00, thanks to a studio to find transcriptions of on-line Q&A sessions, lyrics and even guitar tabla- department. The 20 -strong Tap Radio camera. Kanaal 2 viewers will also be tures, as well as an extensive (albeit commercially -oriented) biography. networkwasscheduled to be able to hear the station's output and Instructions for purchasing merchandise acknowledge an international audi- relaunched on November 21, and there see the network's frequencies scrolled ence, although the site is entirely in English. Chris Marlowe are also plans to launch a new soft AC across the TV screen. licence for the 94.8 FM Berlin fre- raise up to £600,000 ($996,000) to quency in February 1997, but the enable the company to expand. 01\1 77I BI AT station's backers failed to secure the Launched in October, Razorcuts' ser- funds to get the station off the vice allows customers to select tracks GROFF'S SANREMO SUCCESS Variato 22 (RCA/BMG Ricordi) is ground, and Makaria was forced to by post, phone or Internet and put MILAN - Singer/songwriter Daniele released at the end of this month. hand its licence back to the MABB their own title on the disc and sleeve, Groff has won this year's Sanremo in December last year. Some 26 with delivery by mail within five Famosi talent contest, held on Novem- SYNDICATED '80s SHOW DEBUTS applicants applied for the re -adver- days. So far, it has secured access to ber 11. Chosen by the telephone votes LONDON - The recent '80s revival tised licence, but the MABB decided the Castle Communications cata- of viewers to national public TV chan- in U.K. radio is continuing apace to give Makaria Radio a second logue, as well as those of budget label nel RAIUNO, the winner gains auto- with the launch of A Trip Up The chance, citing the region's large Naxos and soundtrack specialist matic entry to the newcomers section Eighties, a new syndicated pro- Turkish -speakingpopulation. A Silva Screen, and is in talks with in the main Sanremo song festival gramme produced jointly by region- MABB spokesperson says the sta- other copyright holders. next February. Groff beat many al promotions company Push and tion had some initial problems with promising new acts to win the contest, Plug and Talk Of The Devil Radio some Turkey -based investors, but SKY WINS BOX OFFICE AWARD although some record companies com- Productions. The two-hour show, this time the finance is coming from LONDON - Satellite broadcaster plained to the which is already airing on five local other German media companies. British Sky Broadcasting has won RAI and Tele- stations, features a weekly "Face Of Makaria is set to start broadcasting the prize for the best on -air promo- com Italia that The '80s" selecting their favourite early next year. tion campaign at the TV industry's telephone voting tracks from the decade and a Classic annual Promax awards. The acco- lines for two of '80s Top Three. RAZORCUT TO FLOAT lade was for one of Sky's first music the major con- LONDON - U.K.-based Razorcuts, pay -perview events-a Robbie tenders, Max TURKISH To BE SECOND ME LUCKY? which specialises in producing cus- Williams concert which was aired on Gazze and Irene BERLIN - Makaria Radio is set to tomised compilation albums for both the new Sky Box Office channel in La Medica, had become Germany's first full-time individuals and companies, was June. The Williams concert has sub- not been work- Turkish -language broadcaster after scheduled to float 35 percent of its sequently been followed by Spice ing. Groff's Brit - Berlin radio regulator MABB grant- stock on OFEX, the unregulated Girls and Boyzone pay -per -view con- pop -influenced ed it a second lease of life. The sta- market of London's stock exchange, certs on Sky, and more will follow debut album tion originally won a broadcast on November 18. The listing aims to next year. MUSIC &MEDIA0NOVEMBER 28, 1998 AmericanRadioHistory.Com ARTISTS & NUSIf I=Decinc The Ms still the people's choice by Nigel Williamson actually planned before Fresco and we were con- tracted to do it. We are writing all the time and They may be the band the music press most when we started to select the tracks we felt on a grooves loves to hate, but M People's appeal seems roll with new songs. It was irritating that we impervious to their lack of critical acclaim. The weren't making a whole new album. We had band's 1994 album Bizarre Fruit stayed in theenough songs, and that's why we added three by Gary Smith U.K charts for two and a half years and sold 1.9 new tracks here." One, What A Fool Believes, is a million copies. Last year's Fresco has to date sold cover of the Michael McDonald song, but the two APPLAUSE PLEASE 750,000 units. new originals, Testify, the new single, and The Sunclub remix of Kadoc's Clap Your Hands (Urban Their new collection, The Best Of M People Dreaming, are among the best they have ever Sounds of Amsterdam/Holland) adds a spacey vibe to this (BMG), released simultaneously across Europe recorded, according to singer Heather Small. dynamic tech/house classic. With a powerful, jump-up on November 2, looks set to repeat the pattern. "We've done four albums and it seemed the hook plus lashings of pleasantly cheesy strings and piano, "As a collective body of work it reinforces where right time to put out a compilation," she says. the track is already licensed to all major territories and we are as a band," says Mike Pickering, the "My ambition when we started was just to sing looks set to be massive. Although first and foremost a band's founder. "It's funny because people think songs that we could be proud of as a band- floorfiller, C. Y.H. has just about enough sassy lyrical con- they know a couple of our songs. Then they and I feel really good about those new songs. tent to warrant playlist consideration. remember another and someone reminds them To be able to say eight years down the line that of yet another and suddenly they realise they you are only now producing your best work is MAD BELGIANS probably know about a dozen of them." very unusual." The Psycho Chixx trip is to take the idea of bigbeat then As a result, BMG has devised a major televi- Dreaming will go to radio before Christmas as push it into heads -down, no-nonsense funkrock territory. sion and radio advertising campaign in the U.K. a second single, with a planned January release. On Don'tStopThe Rock(MrCheng'sQuality which will bypass the largely unsupportive press The third new track,What A Fool Tunes/Holland) the title forms an insistent, shanty chorus and take the product straight to the consumer. Believes. will follow and keep while the beat shudders and quakes underneath. Heavy, "We did a lot of market research about the band's the momentum behind almost Zeppelin-esque guitar and bass riffery and a positioning,"says Kevin Dawson, product the album going into manic vocal delivery make this a most promising debut. manger at BMG U.K "What that told us was nextSpring."Then Second track, PsychoChixx, is more restrained and no less that the band is so ultra -mainstream and the there will be a new riffy--until the middle eight when it goes totally over- recognition factor is so high that all we needed to album," says Pickering. board. Highly entertaining. do was get across just how many hits there are "It's virtually written on this album. After that the plot writes itself." already." Supported by a UK stadium tour starting in TIMEWARP M People Kicking off with some odd sounding buzz -saw guitar, the late November, the collection will be a strong Soul Hooligans' Sweet Pea (Freskanova/UK) sounds like contender for the top spot in the run-up to The Cramps doing soulfunk. Further on, the spooky half - Christmas. The first 100,000 copies come in a spoken chorus and splashes of organ put this track stylis- limited edition with an additional eight live tically in a field all its own: '60s souljazz meets hip hop tracks from the Later With Jools Holland TV and rock. The Plump DJs remix is rhythmically heavier, Special, shown on BBC last Easter, and an musically more delicate and, especially after the four enhanced CD-ROM with interviews and video minute mark, shimmeringly brilliant. clips. Television advertising began November 2nd. and will run at least until December 14th TALK TALK with two different ads, each featuring five songs. Electribe 101's Talking With Myself '98 now comes with a Pickering insists that the Best Of album does neat, vocal -focussed Canny Radio Edit which goes some not mean the band has run out of ideas. "It was way to explaining why this 1990 track is currently shap- ing up as a crossover hit. The Canny Remix is an alto- gether more Balearic affair which trades the stomp and bluster of the radio edit for a more thoughtful, trancy, Ex -scooter rides the pop trail nearly beat -free approach. Girl is a classic pop song with intelligent, struc- FILE UNDER AMBIENT tured harmonies, romantic string arrange- After a clutch of highly acclaimed and ments and virtuoso natural drums. Besides his genre -defining house EPs in the mid '90s instrumental and composing talents, 27 -year - Coco, Steel & Lovebomb surprised every- old Ferris also convinces with his vocals. The one with their 1997 debut album New single features a radio mix, a romantic World (Other Records/UK). In place of unplugged version, a funky nightflight mix and "arms aloft," sub -disco chants the group a caribbean rhythm -and -brass -oriented had morphed into purveyors of subtle, Ipanema Mix. A second single will follow in melody -drenched mood music, loosely February '99, and the release of the album is based around their travel experiences. planned for April '99. Besides the pop songs, Second album, A Collection Of Balearic I Chill Out some Britpop guitar arrangements are also in Moods And Grooves, continues the approach of New World prospect. For Ferris Bueller the realisation of this pro- but, as the title suggests, takes the idea of moods being by Gesa Birnkraut attached to places one stage further. "Like the first ject means "the most important and biggest per- album, the sound is laid back," says band leader Chris sonal decision for my future." Looking back, he Coco, "but this time the music is purer, basically because After a four-year successful dance/techno career feels that his work exclusively with synthesiser there are less samples." with Scooter, Ferris Bueller left the group in and sampler was "cold and impersonal. In the The decision to minimise the use of samples is obvious April -this year to pursue his musical ambitions studio," he continues, "you feel a totally differ- from the first track, the fresh, intense Summer Of Love. in another direction. Together with Nils ent vibe." Patricia Tamaschke, senior product Melody is the key word here with rich, textured keyboard Ruzicka and Thomas Pusch, Ferris produced manager at edel, comments on the difficulties of sounds, cello and a sprinkling of grand piano creating one his solo debut in his own Limestreet Studios in positioning Ferris m this new pop segment of this year's most evocative musical moments. Further Hannover. Star producer Jens Krause from the "No-one knows how the teethes are going to down the line Clear Skies, Easy 1, the percussion -led After Peppermint ParkStudio(Furyinthe react." Girl is already playlisted at music TV Hours and the wistfulness of Sunflower confirm C, S & L Slaughterhouse) is also part of.the team. But ifchannel Viva, and Ferris is embarked on an as thoroughly modern composers who know better than one expects just a different kind of "four to the intensive radio promotion tour. "I'm sure a lot of most how to paint with sound. floor" rhythm or electronic instrumentation, Scooter fans will want to know what Ferris is that is not what the "new" Ferris is about. doing now, but I wonder if we can pull them into All new releases, biographies and photographs for con- His debut single,Girl,isreleased in our new target group," says Tamaschke. "Ferris sideration for inclusion in the Dance Grooves column Germany on November 16 by the Hamburg -is a very enthusiastic worker, and I'm sure he should be sent direct to: Gary Smith, c/o. Roger de based indie label edel. Other European releases will convince the audience with his band and the music he is creating." Lluria 45 -3° -2, 08009 Barcelona, Spain. are scheduled to follow in the next few weeks. MUSIC &MEDIA NOVEMBER 28, 1998 AmericanRadioHistory.Com AB DISQUES VIDEO ABS BELLESSIMA ACTIVE MUSIC ADELE ADN MUSIC AFRIC MUSIC AFRIDISC ALCINTER ALIZE DP PRODUCTION ALLURE AMPLITUDE ED. 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AmericanRadioHistory.Com FUND Mill GMT Gallic independents take the initiative he industry climate in France are via labels distributed by majors, par- Sony's Gastineau considers that, The current flowering of seems more favourable to indieticularly Sony Music. According to Sony despite the creation of a number of new independentlabels in growth than at any time in theMusic VP and general manager Jean- companies, the market is not overcrowd- past 20 years: witness the fact Claude Gastineau, "It stands to reasoned for the indies. "The market today is France has lifted some of that three early '90s CEOs ofthat independents' share has increased very open to different music segments, them out of their tradition-majors PolyGram, Sony and Virgin have again, because this market is comple- and very specialised labels have every this year founded their own indie labels, mentary to the majors, and because chance to do well, depending on the qual- alniche markets, and and younger executives are also joiningindies are more pro -active and often ity of their products." brought them into directthe indie adventure, some with signifi- more creative, even in France where Sony has had great success during competition with the cant success. they have a relatively small presence." the last 18 months with emerging labels De Bodinat sees the indie wave as a such as Atmospheriques (with the rock majors, at least on anRight place, right time response to profound changes in the group Louise Attaque) and V2 Music artistic level. Others areAccording to Henri de Bodinat, formermarket. "We are emerging from ten(male rap singer Passi), but also with CEO of Sony and founder/CEO of the years of strong economic growth, fuelled older companies such as Charles Talar's attemptingtodevelopindie company Musisoft, the currentby the CD and the development of TV Pomme Music, label of the musical Notre alternative distribution ser-growth of indies in France is hardly sur- advertising," he says. "The golden age of Dame de Paris. Sony has built its indie vices. !MiniBoutonassess-prising. "France was late [developing its the marketing -driven approach-whose label distribution success-which repre- independent labels]," he says. "It is the main exponents and beneficiaries were sents around 20 percent of its total es the conditions whichfifth biggest record market in the world, Sony and PolyGram-is now over.turnover-on two guiding principles, have led to the flourishingyet, it was the poorest in terms of indieMajors work mainly on mass marketsaccording to Gastineau. "For a long companies-Germany had Edel, Belgium and with short-term vision, but we are time," he says, "we have maintained not state of indies, and investi-PIAS and the Netherlands Arcade." now entering a more segmented marketonly a distributor relationship but also a gates future growth De Bodinat notes that the global mar- where long-term artist development is very close collaboration with our distrib- prospects. ket share claimed by indies is near 25 more important. In this environment,uted labels. We take joint decisions on percent, and argues: "In France there is majors don't know how to produce prof- promotion and marketing, even if those room for a number of indie companies. itability, and that's the reason why sosectors belong to the labels. With the current overall value of the many indie companies have been creat- Furthermore-and this is crucial-our market at around Ffr8 billion [$1.45 bil- ed," De Bodinat concludes. commercial strategy requires that we lion], their natural share would be FFr2 treat their products as if it they were billion [$360 million], and we're still a Independent ambitions ours." long way below that." Musisoft, founded in association with Patrick Zelnik, another former CEO Jean Karakos (of Lambada fame) and The distribution battleground of a major (Virgin) and now president offocused on two traditional indie niches, Meanwhile, a new entrant is competing full -service label Naive, has a different world music and techno, aims for awith Sony to distribute middle -range vision and different objectives. Thestockmarket launch within 3 years to indie labels, those turning over between indies' emergence, according to him, isfinance an enhancement of its catalogue Ffr10 million and 50 million ($1.8-$9 primarily the reaction to an increasing via external acquisitions. million) annually. Managed by concentration in the industry. Naive aims to break down barriers Stephane Bourdoiseau, Wagram Music "Excessive concentration within the betweendifferentcreativemedia. is the product of the former Arcade majors tends naturally towards the cre- Dedicated to the a wide range of cultur- Music France. "After Sony, Wagram is ation of indie labels, which become the al products including books, records the second distributor able to welcome only means of bringing artistic diversity and video, it is via records that Naive is and offer advantages to indie labels," to the public," says Zelnik. principally pursuing growth. "The realsays Bourdoiseau, for whom distribu- However, major record companies challenge is not only to find new talent, tion is the main development axis of the still hold sway in France in terms of dis- but to demonstrate that it is possible to company. tribution, with an overall market share find alternative ways of distribution," With an annual turnover of Ffr250 of around 87 percent, according to says Zelnik, who considers that "distri- million ($45 million), Wagram has a industry body SNEP. The new up-and-bution is a fundamental asset of an strong distribution base, and the compa- coming indies are still very small, and indie company. ny has just signed a deal for the distrib- currently we're not seeing any signifi- "Majors have been using the same ution of French labels Mister Music cant economic shifts," says a SNEPmethods and outlets for 15 years," he (blues), Chance Records (chanson) and spokesperson. It is not easy to calculate continues. "We want to develop new dis- Freedonia (chanson), and is poised to the economic power of the indies. "A lot tribution networks by using new outlets,add more in the next few months. of them are licensed by majors because including booksellers and newsagents, In the meantime, considering that they haven't the economic resources to museums, airport shops... and obviously the minimum viable size for a distributor work in distribution," notes Jeromethe Internet." Zelnik describes Naive'sis reckoned to be around Ffr400 million Roger, general manager of the indie aspirations to restructure its distribu- ($72 million) annual turnover, label body UPFI. tion network as follows: "Today, [leadingBourdoiseau's aim is to bring other indie retailer] Fnac represents 50 percent ofdistributors and bring them into the Majors benefit from indie surge our turnover, realised through ourWagram fold. "There's not room for a The majors appear not to be worried by Auvidis products which are essentiallylarge number of small distributing com- the indie wave, particular when they are classical and world music. Within five panies in France," he says, "and one day handling distribution. Indeed, the most years I want to bring this share down to some of them will have to ask them- significant indie commercial successes 20 percent by using other outlets." selves questions about their future." mellow Album Another mellow winter Mellow Maxi single www.atmospheriques.com/mellow Out 19.1.1999 Includes remixes by Ashley Beedle & Fila Brazillia mixes Avaible on CD and 12" atmospheriques

AmericanRadioHistory.Com French independent labels are home to aSages, produced by MC Solaar's former was playlisted on public youth -oriented partner Jimmy Jay, which sold in excess station Le Mouv'. Music channel MCM diverse range of talent. Music & Media's Cecileof 50,000 units, rap combo Les Sages is dedicating Blok a special MCM Tesseyre profiles some of the new up-and-com-Poetes de la Rue are back with a new Session in November. opus, a double CD Jusqu'd L'Amour on ing acts signed to indies, and charts the their own label Beat de Boul, licensed to JEROME MINIERE Edel. Featuring Wu -Tang's BuddhaLa Nuit Eclaire Le Jour Qui Suit progress of their latest releases. Monk, the album is fllavoured with var- (Lithium/Labels) ious hip -hop influences and even jazz. Sitting on the top of college radio net- SINSEMILIA prise French success. Formed in Brest Lyrics are also more mature, away from work's Radio Campus Charts, Jerome Resistances (Double T Music) (Brittany), the four -piece band soldtraditiorial rap clichés. The track On Miniere, former movie school student, "When I first saw 30,000 units of their debut self -produced Inonde Les Ondes was featured thisis at cross-roads in between pop and Sinsemilia play, I and self -distributed single Les Moutons, summer on urban/rap network electronica. Miniere, who claims he realised thatbefore signing to indie label Trema. Skyrock's playlist. "It was a good sum-writes music like a movie director edits there was no Their debut album, La Ouache, was mer track," says Skyrock general man- a film, has just released his second other group likereleased on 9 June 1998 and has ager/programmes Laurent Bouneau. album, a double CD, La Nuit Eclaire Le them in France."reached the 200,000 unit sales mark, "The band are one of the pillars ofJour Qui Suit (Lithium/Labels). The SosaysHerve according to the label, a success mostly French rap." "We have used a 'classic' album is a compilation of instrumental Deplasse, generalbased on the band's constant touring. rap marketing strategy," says Matthieutracks inspired by the longs car journey manager of theTheir single, Lambe An Dro, a classic Damade, the group's product manager he undertook with his parents. Born in French affiliate ofCeltic tune with a funky beat in a style at Edel. "We've done a lot of street teas- Orleans, he has travelled to Brussels Belgian indie label Double T Music.the band describes as "ethno-celtic ing and press advertising and promo." and Montreal where the album was "They are a protest band," he adds,rock", started to receive airplay only in Member Zoxea is also a solo recordingrecorded. "Jerome Miniere is clearly an referring to the reggae act's politically October, including exposure on CHRact on NTM's Kool Shen's label 4 Myartist that is worth listening to," says and socially conscious profile. Their first stations NRJ and Fun Radio. People, distributed by WEA. "FromParis adult rock station Oui FM's head single, La Flamme (The Flame), was an what I've heard, this album promises to of programming, Jean -Patrick Laurent. anthem against extreme right-wing RENE AUBRY be very interesting,"comments "In a constantly risky exploration, he party Front National which hardly Plaisirs d'Arnour (Hopi Mesa) Bouneau. searches for new sounds.Ilike his received a spin on French radio. TheOff the beaten track of traditional lyrics and his musical commitment." just -released new single, La Mauuaisepop, Rene Aubry may not be a house- STEPHANE BLOK Reputation (Bad Reputation) from their hold name for mainstream audiences Le Principe Du Sedentaire (Chantons Sous BOB SINCLAR second album Resistances, is becoming a but his instrumental music is known La Truie/Boucherie Productions) Paradise (Yellow Productions/East-West) favourite. by most French people from Released on Bob Sinclar's debut album Paradise Formed ten years ago, Sinsemilia the several soundtracks he October 12, has been clouded by some legal prob- as their name implies-have beenhas composed for films and TV Stephane Blok's lems associated with the single Gym deeply influenced by Jamaican reggae, shows. "I don't see his musical debut CDfor Tonic written and produced by Daft to which they have added their personal styledevelopingwithina Boucherie Punk'shalfThomasBangalter. rock -oriented guitar touch. Their first major company," says Jacques Productions'However, Paradise has been released album,theself -financedPremiereMarbehant, founder of Aubry's sub -labelall over Europe, and in France has Recolte (First Crop), was released inlabel Hopi Mesa. Winner of Chantons Sousjumped up to the 27th position in the 1996 and sold more than 40,000 units. thelastFrenchVictoires LaTruie, Le French charts and sold, so far, 30,000 Building from this base, they signed to awards in the jazz and classi- Principe Du units. Bob Sinclar is a character-con- Double T and released Resistancesin cal section, the 42 -year -old Sedentaire, wascept-a '70s inspired disco -fan play- May 1998. Mostly sung in French, it has Aubry rose to fame composing part of the boy-as much as an artist. Behind the achieved similar popular appeal with musicfordancer Carolyn monthly 8 - character lies Chris Le Friant, founder sales exceeding 50,000 units. Deplasse Carlson's ballet and puppet album selection and director of Yellow Productions, who says promotion for the band is focused director Philippe Genty, and made by the pro- started his career as a DJ at 18 and is a on stage performances, since radio sup- for movie soundtracks such as grammers of massive hip hop fan (his album was port still seems to be hard to come by. La Revolte Des Enfants and Paris stationmixed by rap act CuteeB.). Sinclar's The band are currently on tour in Killer Kid. His music can be described FIP. "Blok is a very interesting artist,"music is currently played on stations France, and play two dates at Parisas ambient and melodic. His latestsays Bernard Chereze, FIP programmes such as Voltage(dance),Skyrock Elysees-Montmartre on December 4threcording, the 13 -track almost fully manager. "His album reflects a specific (urban/rap) and NRJ (CHR). and 5th. instrumental journey Plaisirs atmosphere. He is definitely one of the d'Amour, has been critically mostcreativenewcomertohave MATMATAH acclaimed and opened new doors.emerged lately." Born in Lausanne, in La Ouache (Trema) "Aubry is a regular on FIP," saysFrench speaking Switzerland, Blok Bernard Chereze, programme manag-kicked off his career ten years ago er of the Paris -based public free -style singing in most of his native country's station. "His music is intelligent andstreets. Composing soundtracks for ani- beautifullyproduced.Plaisirsd' mated movies, he has released two self - Amour is a superb album." produced albums, Esperanza Nicol- asohn in 1994 and Les Heretiques in SAGES POE7ES DE LA RUE 1995. His latest displays a large selec- Jusqu'a L'Amour (Beat de Boul/Edel) tion of instruments (guitar, harmonium, Unknown six months ago, Matmatah Four years after their smash debut violin, trombone, balalaika...) and styl- are turning out to be this autumn's sur-album Qu'est Ce Qui Fait Marcher Les ish lyrics. 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AmericanRadioHistory.Com HUNCH PONGH1 edijFRANCE New indies support YOUR local acts across genres by Remi Bouton cal tastes than we were, and also that more and more actsare taking FRENCH PARTNER Anew generation of indie responsibility for themselves and, for producers is taking over,example, not waiting for radio airplay FOR GLOBAL even if the old lions areto move their careers on." stillroaring." So says Thanks to Louise Attaque's success Jerome Roger,generalThonon can, financially, look ahead manager of French independenttwo years, but he remains cautious: labels' body UPFI. "The contribution"We will release a maximum of 6 of indie production is crucial in thealbums a year so as to have enough HITS landscape," he adds, noting thattime to promote them well. That's "among the 1,180 local acts signed to somethingthemajorscan'tdo, labels and listed in the Officiel De La because they are working on too many Musique directory, 80 percent areproducts at the same time. under contract with indie producers." "Having few releases is also a way Indie labels have had many suc- tosavemoney,"Thononadds, cesses this year in France, and appear "because when you work under pres- to be moving forward with local acts sure you don't have enough time to JENNIFER in a very wide range of styles appeal- plan your budget." ing to consumers in both niche mar- Atmospheriquesisinvolved in PAIGE kets and mass audience sectors. three different music styles: rock; new «Crush» "Indies are equally spread across music (electronic, techno); and chan- all musical styles," Roger adds. The son-although Thonon says "I consid- new trend is that, whilst the border - er that all our acts belong to the rock BEST NATIONAL crossing qualities of techno, worldculture." Future releases include music and jazz remain a safe bet for songwriting trio Mellow, and the tech - AIRPLAY CHART indies, there has also been a move no -leaning act Grand Tourism. towards more mainstream styles, N°2 from pop/rock to rap, where competi- Covering the genres tion with the major record companies V2 is another fast -emerging label, is a great deal fiercer. thanks particularly to the success of rap act Passi (400,000 units of the first Commercial impact album sold). General manager Thierry The first great success of this "new Chassagne asserts that "even if we are indie generation" was achieved by an indie we have to cover all the musi- MOUSSE T rock group Louise Attaque on the cal styles." An example of this strategy «Horny 98» Atmospheriques label, which wasis the recent signing of funk group founded 30 months ago by Marc FFF, formerly with Epic where they Thonon in a joint venture with one ofhad cumulative sales of more than BEST NATIONAL the "old lions," the near 30 -year -old 200,000 units from three albums. indie label Trema. "Selling 1.4 mil- "This is a strongly branded group AIRPLAY CHART lions unit with a first album is excep-with huge potential," says former tional and I know that it happens Sony executive Chassagne, noting N°6 only once in a professional life," says that other indies and majors were in Thonon. "What has changed in the stiff competition to sign them. "Even landscape is that today young peopleif V2's offer was not the most impor- are much more eclectic in their musi-tant on a financial level, we won Indies on the radio SASH The share of indie airplay on French radio stations has «Mysterious times» increased dramatically, according to monitoring body Ipsos Music, reaching 14 percent during the September/October 1998 period. BEST NATIONAL AIRPLAY CHART Top 10 indie labels on the radio 1 Trema N°8 2 Scorpio 3 Wagram Music 4 Edel 5 Happy Music 6 V2 7 M6 Interactions 8 Airplay 9 Pomme Music 10 Pias trerno

Information : Michel Petre - Senior European A&R Executive According to Ipsos Music, CHR and dance -formatted stations are the most Edel Records AB - Gamla Brogatan 29 - 10125 Stockholm - Sweden open to indie product. Between January and October 1998, the share of indie- fax : 00 46 8 402 8701 produced titles has increased from 11 to 27 percent on leading CHR station EDEL FRANCE : 21, rue de Mirosmenil 75008 Paris NRJ, "Probably," says Ipsos analyst Stephane Rogeon, "because NRJ is mov- ing to more dance music." DISTRIBUTION Dance -formatted regional station Contact FM has increased indie content Sony Music LISTEN TO from 25 to 42 percent in the same period, while Paris' Voltage FM has seen an THE FUTURE increase from 25 to 40 percent.

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FUS MUSIC 'bony uric vous dit AmericanRadioHistory.Com pourDELPHINE votre cion lance SCORPIO HOT TRACKS FRENCH SPONIGHI because V2 is pro -active, and this is tool is the A&R," says Chassagne. With national catalogue is at the heart of our asset," Chassagne says. this strategy, V2 has generated 70 per- its development strategy. "Everybody at V2 is working in thecent of its first year's turnover with "We don't have our own distribu- same direction and focusing on one local acts. tion, but working with different dis- objective only: artist development. tributors we've accumulated a lot of Because we don't have any back cata- Going multinational knowledge about how to pep up sales logue to produce turnover, it's crucial This is not the case with Edel France, by improving relations with the dis- to break new talent". a subsidiary of a German indie man- tributor," explains Bressand. "Our V2 has just signed a second rap aged by Stephane Girard. "Our aim is aim is to bring a full distribution ser- artist, Faf La Rage, and is preparingto work like a multinational, with pri- vice to overseas labels by working for the release of a ority given to international cata- their products in France as if they first album by main-logue," Girard explains. "The domes- it can breakacts on the major radiowere ours." XIII bis has just opened stream female sin-tic artists will come later, when we stations. an office in Germany, and is poised to ger Isabelle Boulay, are known for our work at interna- Rap act Mafia Trece has also hadopen othersin Scandinavia and licensed from tional level. success, selling almost 100,000 copiesBenelux in coming months. Quebec. "We'll use "Forexample,"hecontinues,of their first album with XIII bis the same means as a"we're becoming known in techno cir- Records, a company managed byTouring as a promotion tool majortodevelop cles because we have Carl Cox, but it's Gilles Bressand which focuses onFor the smaller label, when radio net- her-that is, big pro- clear that sooner or later we'll have todefined niche markets. The company works are unattainable and TV ads motion and TV have a local act." Meanwhile Edel,has an international perspective-fortoo expensive, touring is one of the advertising-butwhich is active in hip hop with actsexample licensingthe second most important promotional activi- never forgetting that such as rap group Les Sages PoetesRammstein album from PolyGramties. Toulouse -based Willing the best marketingDe La Rue, has proved this year thatGermany-and distribution of inter-Productions uses touring "to bypass the obstacles," says founder and man- ager Bernard Villeneuve. "Thanks to concerts we can sell around 10,000 copies [of an album], which is a wor- Pr du thy result compared to what majors do with new talent, and this allows us to reach break even, which is not the case for majors." Former Midem artistic manager BernardBatzenhas refinedthisstrategy Dist with the Rue Bleue label."Thelabelis ndep linked to our concert pro- motion company Azimuth, and our aim is to maximise synergies between touring and records," explain Batzen. Rue Bleue has sold 10,000 copies of male 1 9 9 latino-style singer Cyrius' first album by 9cat-a3164e this method. 'There is no doubt that ndepertdant today it's the indies which take on the A&R role," he says. Indies at A&R forefront Fabrice Nataf, general manager of indie Freedonia and former executive at Virgin and BMG, is more emphatic. "Since the majors have replaced A&R CROFT managers with answering machines," he says, "it's clear that indies are the essential artist developers." Nataf has put Freedonia's distribution in the to be successful in France: hands of indie Wagram Music. "We completed the negotiations in only a few days. That would be impossible with a major. I'd like to sign an artist on Monday and be able to send the record to radio a week after, because if you wait too long the records lose their freshness." FRONT 24 Head office Independence is also a way to pro- 34rui.149tneFlachat- 75017 Pans fn 01 42 12 52 82 fax : (33) 0142 12 52 8.3,, duce things majors don't want to do, and sometimes to be a little more sub- versive in artistic choices. Le Maquis German Offce is a small label founded by former WillibaldsrtaBe 17- 9049 0rnberg tel (49) 911 510 92 89 ) 911 51092.3? journalist and writer Philippe Pierre - Adolphe. "We want to develop con- U . KOff ic e cepts majors refuse-or don't dare-to Home 1-touse. Hampton Court Road do. For example our rap/ragga compi- on upon Thames. Surrey KT1 4AE London lation Canabissimo, based around a tel: (44) 181 977 06 66 Fax : (44)181 977 06 6C celebration of the joint, has already sold 13,000 copies via our distributor Musisoft." More seriously, Le Maquis www.ind-cat com aims to cross barriers between litera- ture, cinema and music with creative concepts-a "major shortcoming in 12sMies, covorres3ezMuSik BABY itTA I.. N 0 T EMU the majors," according to Pierre -Adolphe.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com the track any favours. The second remake on the album is an uptempo Eurochart A/Z Indexes L\J1:;ia ry-1 version of Brown's 1965 hit Papa's Got A Brand New Hot 100 singles Bag. There's an Acid Jazz feel to this new reading, 1,2,3 Soleils 55 Immortality 24 spoil ic--11-1-1- All About The Money 79 Iris 56 by Christian Lorenz but the feverishcall -and -responsebit between All I Want 94 La 90 Brown and his female backing choir pulls it off. Amokk 97 La Tribu De Dana 47 Other highlights on I'm Back include Kare, a Another One Bites The Dust 20 Life 31 Are U Ready? 76 Little Bit Of Lovin' 77 JAMES BROWN modern uptempo classic with a full -voiced Brown, Are You That Somebody? 64 Lords Of The Boards 74 I'M BACK jabbing brass riffs and a sizzling female choir; the Bailando 96 Ma B'nz 88 Private I/Eagle Records rough-and-ready organ instrumental Every Part Of Believe 1 Millennium 29 Believe 70 Move Mania 92 International release date: November 16 My Heart; and Peace In The World, the strongest of Belle 9 Music Sounds Better With You 21 The godfather of funk is on top form on his first new three ballads on the album. Peace starts with pure Big Big World 16 My Favourite Game 38 studio album for 10 years. Brown cuts loose withspaghetti western trumpets and James preaching Blue Angels 34 Narcotic 98 Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom 26 No Matter What 2 some of his most soulful and fiery peace before introducing a subtle Brother Louie '98 25 Once Upon A Time 18 vocal performances since the early acoustic guitar and mean electric Bye Bye 41 Outside 7 '70s, supported by producer Der- funk chops. Check out how the C'Est Beau La Vie 65 Panique Celtique 43 rick Monk's choice of fine female tea/ jerking female choir makes Calcutta (Taxi Taxi Taxi) 86 Perfect 10 54 Chanter Pour Ceux Qui Sont Loin De Chez Eon11 Personne Ne Saurait 81 and male backing singers, who place for a funky horn crescendo Come With Me 40 Pray 48 add gospelfervour and urban at 3:20, only to drop into the Crush 6 Protect Your Mind 45 R&B slickness respectively. biggest guitar riff of the year at Daydreamin' 73 Pulverturm 75 Deeper Underground 69 Rester Femme 53 Top marks to Brown and Monk 3:44so good that the same riff Dis Moi 58 Rollercoaster 100 for eschewing computer wizardry turns up again on the closing Doo Wop (ThatThing) 30 S.O.S. (The Tiger Took My Family)66 and relying on a real brass sec- track James On The Loose. Doodah 85 Sex On The Beach 99 Each Time 12 Si Tu M'Aimes 44 tion, vintage organ and authentic The release of Brown's new Egoist 39 Simarik 10 drum and bass. The opener, Can't album is timely, since Polydor Everybody Get Up 62 Sit Down '98 32 Stand It-one of the two vintage havejustre-released large Falling In Love Again 27 Solo Una Volta 82 Flugzeuge Im Bauch 4 Stand By Me 35 Brown songs on I'm Back-is pos- chunks of his legendary album Free 95 Stay 72 sibly the weakest track. Skip to back catalogue from the '60s and Geil 78 Straight From The Heart 80 the S -Class mix of Funk On Ah Roll and enjoy'70s on vinyl and CD. Once again there's a James Ghetto Supastar 59 Sweetest Thing 5 Girlfriend 71 Sweetheart 67 Brown shrieking and growling his way through a Brown buzz on the club scene and the "new" Brown God Is A DJ 14 Tell Me Ma 63 lean, contemporary funk groove dominated by gui-on I'm Back has what it takes to stroll into the spot- Guess I Was A Fool 60 Thank U 17 tar and drums. The Original J.B. Mix of the track light and deliver the funk. Hands 93 That's My Way To Say Goodbye 57 Heartbeat/Tragedy 15 The Bartender & The Thief 22 adds drums and guitar to a vintage funk orchestra, Here I Go Again 87 The Boy Is Mine 13 with keyboards and horns taking the lead. There's a Please send review copies, information and artist How Deep Is Your Love 49 The Dope Show 51 third club mix of On Ah Roll, but the start/stop G - photographs for consideration as Album Spotlight entries How Much Is The Fish? 91 The Power Of Goodbye 36 funk beats and sparse use of Brown's vocals don't do to: Christian Lorenz, Music Editor, Music & Media, I Don't Want To Miss A Thing 3 This Is How We Party 46 23 Ridgmount Street, London, WC I E 7AH, U.K. I Just Wanna Be Loved 42 This Kiss 84 I Went To Spend My Lifetime Loving You37 Ti Amo '98 68 I Want You Back 52 Top Of The World 89 I'm Your Angel 28 Up And Down 83 If We Try 50 Viva Forever 61 Bll If You Believe 33 We Like To Party 23 *** rd *** If You Buy This Record 8 Would You... 19 Top100 albums TOP 20 US SINGLE TOP 20 US ALBUMS Abba 90Louise Attaque 45 NOVEMBER28, 1998 Bryan Adams 32Ulf Lundell 78 Aerosmith 38M -People 13 Eirr SoundScan SoundScan Another Level 66Madonna 35 1 1 1 111118 NErcast Dam system 1111111® Aux Suivants - Artistes Divers 99Manau 54 ,n ,.LJ H ,.1 cn w 1- w w ...,,,n w TITLE - w ,n w TITLE B*witched 58Manic Street Preachers 82 ARTIST = , ..q ARTIST F 3 -3 3 LABEUDISTRIBUTING LABEL 1- ..> _,.,., LABEUDISTRIBUTING LABEL Bodo Bach 89Marilyn Manson 97 Michael Ball 68Meat Loaf 39 (-) 2 LATELY SUPPOSED FORMER INFATUATION JUNKIE 1 1 Beautiful South 37George Michael 3 PENDULUM/RED ANT DIVINE MAVERICK/REPRISE/WARNER BROS. ALANIS MORISSETTE Beck 43Miossec 67 DOO WOP (THAT THING) 2 1 Bee Gees 11 Modern Talking 85 RUFFHOUSE/COLUMBIA LAURYN HILL a)NEW R. JIVE R. KELLY Bailee Onkelz 96Alanis Morissette 2 ,a), 5 NOBODY'S SUPPOSED TO BE HERE 3 4 THESE ARE SPECIAL TIMES Boyzone 14Xaxier Naidoo 75 ARISTA DEBORAH COX 550 MUSIC/EPIC CELINE DION Garth Brooks 70No Mercy 81 4 3 BECAUSE OF YOU 4 3 VOL. 2... HARD KNOCK LIFE The Cardigans 41 Oasis 7 MOTOWN 98 DEGREES ROC-A-FELLNDEF JAM/MERCURY JAY -Z Cher 10 Original Cast - Notre Dame De Paris 20 5 4 THE FIRST NIGHT 5 2 THE BEST OF 1980-1990/THE B-SIDES Charlotte Church 87Oh P. 63 ARISTA MONICA ISLAND U2 Joe Cocker 26Florent Pagny 42 6 6 ONE WEEK 6 'N SYNC Phil Collins 5 Florent Pagny 83 REPRISE BARENAKED LADIES RCA 'N SYNC Carmen Consoli 92 Laura Pausini 34 7 9 THIS KISS NEwo.HOME FOR CHRISTMAS m The COITS 16Pavarotti & Friends 29 WARNER BROS. (NASHVILLE) FAITH HILL RCA 'N SYNC Sheryl Crow 80Wolfgang Petry 44 8 7 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE 9 COME ON OVER op 65 74 ISLAND/DEF JAM/MERCURY DRU HILL FEATURING REDMAN MERCURY (NASHVILLE) SHANIA TWAIN Culture Club Portishead Cypress Hill 88 Pras 46 I'LL BE 9 8 ENTER THE DRU 9 10 6 LAVA/ATLANTIC EDWIN MCCAIN UNIVERSITY/ISLAND DRU HILL Depeche Mode 22R.E.M. Depeche Mode 76Eros Ramazzotti 12 CRUSH BACKSTREET BOYS 10 8 070-) 11 8 64 EDEL AMERICA/HOLLYWOOD JENNIFER PAIGE JIVE BACKSTREET BOYS Celine Dion Eros Ramazzotti Celine Dion 19Axelle Red 72 THE POWER OF GOOD-BYE 5 BELLY 11 13 ii Celine Dion 50Andre Rieu 33 MAVERICK/WARNER BROS. MADONNA DEF JAM/MERCURY SOUNDTRACK Dion/Estefan/Franklin/Twain/Carey15The Rolling Stones 27 I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL 12 11 12 10 Dire Straits 4Rosana 47 COLUMBIA AEROSMITH RUFFHOUSE/COLUMBIA LAURYN HILL Duran Duran 49Vasco Rossi 86 WESTSIDE WIDE OPEN SPACES 13 12 13 12 28 21 CLOCKWORK/EPIC TQ MONUMENT/SONY (NASHVILLE) DIXIE CHICKS Les Enfoires Die Roten Rosen Faith No More 48Vonda Shepard 23 cff.,, 17 ...BABY ONE MORE TIME NEVER S -A -Y NEVER (___) 14 84Fatboy Slim 52 JIVE BRITNEY SPEARS ATLANTIC/AG BRANDY_ Faithless Lesley Garrett 95MC Solaar 100 m 15 LOVE LIKE THIS (=, 15 STUNT BAD BOY/ARISTA FAITH EVANS REPRISE/WARNER BROS. 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Jewel- Hands Presence- Sense Of Danger week 48/98 Sarah Henderson - Head Of Music Bryan Adams- When You're Gone Manic Street Pr.- The Everlasting Venga Boy.- Up Power Rotation: Emilie- Big Big World Robbie Williams- No Regrets Honeys -End Of Madonna- The Power Of Goodbye Savage Garden- I Want You 107.7 CHELMER FM/Chelmsford 13 Bryan Adams/Mel C. When You'reGone Playlist Addition.: Manic Street Pr.- The Everlasting Sheryl Crow- Them GoesThe Soft AC (A&M) 33 Air- All I Need Slimed O'Connor- Chiquitita Steps- Heartbeat David Baker - Head Of Music Aah- Wild Surf Stare On 54- If You Could Reed Tatyana Ali- Daydreamin' Playlist Additions: Madonna The Power Of Goodbye Diva Surprise/Jones- On The Top Whitney & Mariah-When You Believe Boyzonw I Love The Way... (Maverick/Sire) 25 Faith Evans- Love Like FORTH INVEdiriburgh G C.DMnfitllelly- Fm Your Angel Five- Until The Time CHR KIX 96/Coventry Dean Friedman- Saturday Fathers Mariah & Whitney When You Believe Manic Street Pr.- The Everlasting Tom Wilson - Music Co-ordinator CHR Emma- FIl Never Fall (Columbia) 23 Steps- Heartbeat Playlist Additions: Chris Brooks - Head Of Music Madonna- The Power Of Goodbye Venga Boys- Up Emilia- Big Big World Playliot Additions: Twain & White- From This Moment On Manic Street Preachers The Everlasting Will Smith -Miami Five- Until The Time En Vogue- Hold On Simply Red- Ghetto Girl Sta. On 54 If You Could Read (Epic) 22 Madonna- The Power Of Goodbye Henry,- End Of KEY 109/Manchester P Soul Renegades/fens. You'll Never Know JO feat. Martel,- Sweetheart Janet Jackson Every lime CHR Spice Girls- Goodbye &Midi McNeal. The Greatest Love MORAY FIRTH RADIO/Inverness B Dave Shearer - Programme Director Manic Street Pr.- The Everlasting CHR (Virgin) 18 Mike Bawden Deputy Programme Director GALAXY 101 FM/Bristol G Mie Chevaia- Say Something Thomas Prag Prog Cent/MD Spice Girls Goodbye Playlist Additions: Dance/CHR Savage Garden- I Went You Tim McCooey - Head Of Music Electrasy- Best Friends Girl John Dash - Programme Director Solid Harmonic.- To Love Or. Again Playlist Additions: (Virgin) 18 Fierce- Right Here Alike Cass Deputy Programme Controller Steps -Heartbeat Alexander O'Neal- Criticize S8 The Corrs So Young Madonna- The Power Of Goodbye Playlist Additions: Tatyana Ali- Daydream& Blackstreet/Mya/Matie- Take Me There REAL -Lotus N -Trance- Tears Tamperer- If You Buy Bey. Adman- When You're Gone (Lava/Atlantic) 17 Spice Girls- Goodbye Emma- Ill Never Fall Faithless- Take The Long Way The Tamperer/Maya If You Buy This Venga Boys- Up GALAXY 102/Manchester G Q 102.9 FM/Loodonderry S Dance CHR Fat Les- Naughty Chrietoms (Time/Jive) 16 METRO FAII/Newemtle P Jim Hicks - Programme Director Steve Kirk - Head Of Music Foundations- Build Me Up Tropicalia CUR Chris Buckley Head Of Music Power Rotation: James- Sit Down Beck Sean Marley - Programme Controller Playlist Additions: Bewitched- To You I Belong N -Trance- Tears (Geffen) 14 Playlist Additions: Bodyguard -Ghost Fat Les- Naughty Christmas Neo- Pink Panther Honeys- End Of Robbie Williams- No Regrets Big Big World Bryan Adm.- When You're Gone Emilia- Big Big World Emilia Emilia- Big Big World Lutricia McNeal. The Greatest Love Janet Jackson- Every Time Simply Red- Ghetto Girl (Universal) 14 Honey, End Of Madonna- The Power Of Goodbye Space- We Gotta Get Out Tatyana Ali- Daydream.' Most Addedarethosesongswhich Manic Street Pr.- The Everlasting Romario- Low Rider Playlist Additions: Bruce Springsteen Sad Eyes Ruff DriverzlArrola- Dreaming Will Smith- Miami Spice Ghia- Go'odhye ORCHARD FM/Taunton B (Columbia) 14 received the highest number of playlist Savage Garden- I Want You CUR additions during the week. In the case of a Stars On 54- If You Could Read HALLA51 FM/Sheffield G TAY FM/Dundee S Bob McCreadie Programme Controller No Regrets Robbie Williams tie, songs are listed alphabetically by artist. Venga Boys- Up CHR CHR Playlist Additions: (Chrysalis) 14 Tony McKenzie- Programme Controller Arthur Bellingall Frog Dir Boyzone- I Love The Way... CHOICE FM/London G Chris Straw - Head Of Music John Darroch - FM Coordinator C.Dion/113elly. I'm Your Angel Dance Playlist Additions: Playliot Additions: Doolally- Straight From Station Reports include all new additions to the playlist. Some reports will also include "Power Ivor Etienne Programme Controller Savage Garden- I Want You Air- All I Need E-17- Each Time Play" songs, which receive special emphasis during the week. All Power Play songs are printed, Kirk Anthony - Head Of Music Space- We Gotta Get Out Alabama W. Converted Faith Evans- Love Like whether they are reported for the first time or not. Some lists include featured new albums, as indi- Playlist Additions: Al Saints- War Of Nerves James- Sit Down Beanie Man- Gwaan So INVICTA FM/Whitetable G Ash- Wild Surf Jewel -Hands cated by the abbreviation "AL" Within each country, stations are grouped by ranking and listed Beres Hammond- It' Not Official Yet CHR Bryan Adams- When You're Gone McGann- Just My alphabetically. Rankings include: platinum (P), Gold (G), Silver (S) and Bronze (B). All playlists must Buccaneer- Bruit Out Tim Stewart - Head Of Music Clock- Blame It On Paul Weller- Brand New Start be received by Monday at 13.00 h. CET. Glanuna Kid- Fashion '98 Playlist Additions: Corns- So Young Sash! feat Shannon -Move Mania Hawkeye- Man Poppy Show Ace Of Base -Always Have, Always Divine Comedy -The Certainty Steps- Heartbeat LirMo/Miaay Elliott- 5 Minutes Beautiful South- Dumb Dolly Parton- Peace Train Tatyana Ali- Daydream.' Men Of Visions- Do You Feel Me Fierce- Right Here Doolally- Straight From Touch & Go- Would You.. Adam Hahn- Prog Dir Spike- Respect Robbie Williams- No Regrets Will Smith- Miami Honey.- End Of Dope Smuggles- The Word GERMANY Frank Wilkat -Head Of Music Stereophoni.- The Bartender Sneekie- And You Don't Stop James- Sit Down Electrasy- Beet Friends Girl RADIO WAVE/Blackpool B Playlist Additions: Tamperer- If You Buy Spike- Respect AC ANTENNE BAYERN/Munich P CITY FM/Liverpool C Jay -Z- Hard Knock Life Emilia- Big Big World Ash- Wild Sail Touch & Go- Would You..? Spice Girls- Goodbye Simon Tate Programme Controller CHR CHR Havana. Funky Love Faithless- Take The Long Way Beck- Tropi.lia Vast- Pretty When You Cry Whitney & Mariah. When Too Believe Mare Henry Deputy Prognume Controller Stephan Offierowsld - Programme Director Paul Jordan - Programme Director Madonna- The Power Of Goodbye Five- Until The Time Fun UR& Criminals- Big Night Out Venga Boya- We Like To Party Playliot Additions: Richard Maddock Head Of Music Manic Street Pr.- The Everlasting Hannah Jones- You Only Have Playlist Additions: Manic Street Pr.- The Everlasting Xi:bit/Method Man- Paddy Pop RADIO FFN/Hannover C Beautiful South- Dumb Falco- Egoist Playliet Additions: Prim- Blue Angels Honey, End Of Sheryl Crow- There Goes The York- Jastamba CHB Honey, End Of Madonne- The Power Of Goodbye Bomone- 1 Love The Way-.. Savage Garden- I Want You Havana- Funky Love Soul Coughing- Circles Rainer AL Catarrhs Prog Dir Bryan Adams When You're Gone Spice Girls- Goodbye Lelani- Madness Thing James- Sit Down Therapy?- Stay Happy ORB/FRITZ: FRITZ ROADSHOW/ Antje Schmidt Head Of Music BR: 3/Frankfurt P Emilia- Big Big World Lutricia McNeal -The Greatest Love Madonna- The Power Of Goodbye Potsdam C Playlist Additions: CHR Honeys- End Of CENTURY FM/Gateshead S Madonna- The Power Of Goodbye Savage Garden- I Want You HIT RADIO N 1/Nuremberg G CHR/Roek Bryan Adams- When You're Gone Sheryl Crow- There Goes The Flans-Jfirg Bombed. - Programme Director Janet Jackson- Every Time CHR Manic Street Pr.- The Everlasting Dance Bern Albrecht, Frank Menzel Caught In The Act- I Wenn° Stay With Playlist Additions: McGanns- Just My John Myers - Managing Director Sheryl Crow- There Goes The Space- We Gotta Get Out Stefan Metzner Prog Dir Jens Molle - Producer's C.Dion/R.Helly- Cm Your Angel Another Level- Guess I Was A Fool Sash! feat Shannon- Move Mania John Simons - Programme Director Silversun- Sharks Spice Girls- Goodbye Eranie Funderhunk MUBie Editor Playlist Additions: Des'ree- What's Your Sign? Culture Club- I Just Wanna Be Loved Savage Garden -1 Want You Playlist Additions: Sonique- Love It Feels Power Rotation: Absolute Beginner- Liebe, Lied KKlass- Live It Up SUNSHINE 855 MI/Ludlow B Guano Apes- Lords Of The Boards Venga Hoye- Up Boyzone- I Love The Way... Stem- Heartbeat Madonna- The Power Of Goodbye Africa Bambaata- I.F.O. Loom- Hijo De La Luna CHR Madonna- The Power Of Goodbye E.17- Each Time Symbol- Come On Playlist Additions: Bacon Popper- Free Ricky- Schmerz In Mir Tampere, If You Buy CLYDE 1 FM/Glasgow G Eagle -Eye Cherry- Falling In Touch & Go- Would You...? Graham Symonds - Managing Director 98 Degrees- True De/Vision- Hear Me Calling Playlist Additions: Touch & Go- Would You...? CHR Luteicia McNeal -The Greatest Love Novy vs. Eniac- Someday Somehow Die Aewte- 1/2 Lovesong RADIO RPR 2/Ludwigshafen G /Image- My Little Secret Roos Afaefadgen - Head Of Music U2- Sweetest Thing 107.6CRASHFIVLiverpool B Bryan Mama. When You're Gone IPNG- Darlui Madonna- The Power Of Goodbye National Music Playlist Additions: Alternative Divine Comedy- The Certainty Oasis- The Mesterei. Guido Muller- Music Dir NDR 2/Hamburg P HUNDERT 6/Berlin G °Hearin- Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) Playlist Additions: AC/CHR Rage..Machine- No Shelter Gans Scholl Feist. lunge Junge Jorg Bollmarm Programme Director AIR ARairiCer Gratin . Music Dir Rob- Onanie lot Veil been Sheer- Tennessee Waltz Fred Schoenegel . Head Of Music Playlist Additions: Rote Rosen- Weilmachtsman Michael Kern- Alle Madchen Werdea Playlist Additions: ALL I NEED Bette Midler- That's How Love Total Vocal- Love Parade 1998 Olaf Henning- Herzdame Colin Rich- Fly Bruce Springsteen- Sad Eyes U1- Sweetest Thing Vivian Lindt- Du Hast Mir Manic Street Pr.- If You Tolerate Th. Source/Virgin Dune- One Of Us Venga Boys- We Like To Party Zucchero- Btu Garland Jeffreya- Sexuality RADIO SALD/Saarbruecken Producers: Jean -Benoit Dunckel & Nicolas Godin Meat Loaf. A Kiss Is A Terrible RADIO 7/Ulm G AC/CHR RADIO NRW/Oberhauaen P Robbie Williams- No Regrets CBR Jan -Michael Meinecke GM/Prog Die Publisher: Revolvair/MCA/PolyGram AC Walter Not. Head Of Mimic Thoraten Mathieu - Head Of Music Carsten Royer - Head Of Music NJOY RADIO/Hamburg G Playlist Additions: Pleyliet Additions: Playlist .Additions: CHR 98 Degrem- True 2-4 Family- Stay Bap -Lena Thoraten Engel - Programme Director Billy Crawford- Urgently Iv Love Meja- All 'Bout The Money Dune- One Of Us 'Henry Gross - Head Of Music Bryan Adams- When You're Gone Whitney & Alsriah. When You Believe Playlist Additions: Lauryn Hill- DooWop (That Thing) RSH/Kiel G Freundeskreia- Halt Dich M -People- Testify CHH These inventive Frenchmen have repeatedly RADIO RPR 1/Ludwigshafen P Ricky- Scherer. In Mir Madonna- The Power Of Goodbye Meike Ziegert Head Of Music CHR proved that they can venture into a multitude Sash! feat. Shannon- Move Mania Ophelle Winter- I Spy Beate Struve Assistent Head Of Music Uwe Frigge Programme Director Queen/WycleLPras- Another One Bites Playlist Unchanged Playlisi Additions: of musical scenarios without losing the plot. This time around they have opted for ORB/FRITZ/Potadam G Will Smith- Miami Caught In The Act- I Wanna Stay With CHR JAM FM/BerlinS Culture Club- I Just Wanna Be Loved the out-and-out psychedelic, even more so than on their previous single Kelly Bernd Albrecht, Frank Menzel, RADIO ARABELIA/Munich G Dance Dune- One OIL:, Jens Molle - Producers National Music Frank Nordmann Programme Director Watch The Stars. In spite of all this it remains a very listenable pop tune. Basyl de Falco Egoist Playlist Additions: Matthias Friedrich - Prog Dir Playlist Additions: Innosense. Where You .Are Ac- Enjoy Yourself Playlist Additions: Foxy Brown- Hot Spot Groot, one of the programmers at Dutch public national CHR network Radio Madonna- The Power Of Goodbye Bran Van 3000- Afrodisiac Ireen Sheer- Tennessee Waltz Kenny Lattimore- For You 3/Hilversum,explains why their programming team decided to make it the Cher- Believe Nicole- Halt Dich Feat Kirk Fr. & Friends- Lean On Me WDR 2/Cologne P Divine- Lately Roger Whittaker- Die Schneeweissen Lionel Richie- Lady AC/CHR Megahit(powerplay) of the week. "In general we have decided not to pick DJ Tomcraft- The Mission Xsibit/Method Man- Paddy Pop Michael Zimmermann - Music Director Echo Wo Hist Du Jetzt RADIO ENERGY/Munich Tom Petersen - Music Editor sure-fire hits any more, because those records end up being very successful any- Faithless- Take The Long Way Rock RADIO F/Nuremberg S Playlist Additions: Foxy Brown- Hot Spot Georg Hesse Music Die AC way. Instead, we tend to pick tracks which are not very likely to make it without Bap -Lena Freestylers- Warning Stefan Htiper Frog Dir Ziggie Hoga - Prog Dir Blair- Have Fun Go Mad Janet Jackson. Every Time Power Rotation: Petra Steel Prog Coord proper radio support, but could just squeeze through with it." De Groot elabo- Boynton. No Matter Jeux Moran:- 50 Miles Around Mania Morissette- Thank U Playlist Additions: Bryan Adams- When You're Gone Joana- Million Years Cher -Believe Juliana Wending -Manner Kommen rates: "It is all very easy to choose a record with the stamp 'major hit' all over it Daude- Vamos Fugir Kai Tracid Liquid Skies Lauryn Hill- Doo-Wop (That Thing) Eric Clanton- Circa., and say we got it right again, but that's not very gratifying.I am quite sure that Knorkator- Beene Liquids- Narcotic Herbert Gronemeyer- Hach Mir Robbie Williams- No Regrets Playlist Additions: UNITED KINGDOM Temptations- Stay this one would sink without trace if it didn't receive radio backing, but by playing Rob- Onmie 1st Vol! Janet Jackson- Every Time 96.4FM-BRMB/Birmingluan P Sash! feat. Shamus, Move Mania Lenny Kravitz- Fly Away DELTA RADIO/Kiel G CHR it heavily we hope it will make it after all," he concludes. Raul Cairo Sheryl Crow- There Goes The Nana- Father RockPop Paul Jackson Programme Controller

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. While George Michael and Cher struggle for pole Original Total New LWWOC Artist/Title position on M&M's European Radio Top 50, a TW Label Stations Adds coupleofothernumber 1 contendersare emerging. 1 1 9 GEORGE MICHAEL/OUTSIDE (EPIC) 141 2 Although both records achieve the same total 2 5 6 Cher/Believe (WEA) 141 12 of 141 stations, George Michael's Outside (Epic) 3 3 8 Alanis Morissette/Thank U (Maverick/Warner Bros.) 122 2 pips Cher's Believe (WEA) to the top spot by getting airplay on more platinum stations. In the 4 2 8 U2/Sweetest Thing (Island) 125 4 coming weeks those two tracks face competition 5 4 14 Jennifer Paige/Crush (Edel) 105 2 fromMadonna'sThe PowerOf Goodbye (Maverick/Warner Bros.) 100 25 (Maverick/Warner Bros.), at number 6 in the r,6-; 9 4 Madonna/The Power Of Goodbye European chart but already number 2 in the 7 6 9 R.E.M./Daysleeper (Warner Bros.) 87 1 regional listing for the G/S/A territories, as the 8 6 Des'ree/What's Your Sign? (Sony S2) 97 8 Major Market Airplay section shows. Also in (Chrysalis) 74 0 contention is this week's fastest -climbing song, 9 7 14 Robbie Williams/Millennium When You're Gone (A&M), the duet between Bryan 10 12 15 Boyzone/No Matter What (Polydor) 73 1 Adams and Mel C. ® 13 9 Meja/All 'Bout The Money nett (Columbia) 75 5 Now at number 19, it's doubled its total 12 11 21 Aerosmith/I Don't Want To Miss A Thing (Columbia) 63 0 amount of stations to 13 10 11 Phil Collins/True Colours (Virgin/WEA) 66 0 66.Andlet'snot 14 14 15 Eagle-EyeCherry/Falling In Love Again liltiftei(Superstudio/Polydor) 61 2 forgetthehighest new entry this week, 15 17 10 The Cardigans/My Favourite Game litiftg (Trampolene/Stockholm) 70 0 When YouBelieve 16 16 15 Manic Street Preachers/If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (Epic) 65 2 (Columbia) by Whit- 4._; )1' 21 7 Culture Club/I Just Wanna Be Loved (Virgin) 65 2 neyHoustonand MariahCarey,al- 18 20 9 Beautiful South/Perfect 10 (Go Discs/Mercury) 70 5 ready showing potential beyond the AC format. *41 2 Bryan Adams & Mel C./When You're Gone (A&M) 66 33 The duet of the divas has opened with promise in 4429 3 The Tamperer feat. Maya/If You Buy This Record liteht(Time/Jive) 62 16 Spain and Scandinavia. Further down the list, after bubbling under for 21 15 10 Lutricia McNeal/Someone Loves You Honey litW; (Siljemark/CNR/Wildstar) 52 1 a few weeks, True To Your Heart (Motown) by 98 22 18 12 Faithless/God Is A DJ (Cheeky) 48 0 Degrees featuring Stevie Wonder enters at 43. (2Th 23 4 Seal/Human Beings (Warner Bros.) 58 10 Kent Kordt Roder, programme director at Danish regional Hot AC station Radio Viborg, waited a (24, .-NEWhitney Houston & Mariah Carey/When You Believe (Columbia) 45 23 week to add the track from the Disney movie ,i&36 2 Emilia/Big Big World 11191,4g (Universal) 56 14 Mulan. He comments: "At the beginning, we thought it was a little too edgy for us, but because 26 19 12 Bryan Adams/On A Day Like Today (A&M) 47 0 of the heavy rotations of the film commercials we 27 24 17 Stardust/Music Sounds Better With You littebt (RouleNirgin) 50 1 received many requests from grown-ups." The fact 28 22 6 M-People/Testify (M People/BMG) 67 3 that soul veteran Stevie Wonder appears on the track makes a difference, says Roder: "When '2449 2 Robbie Williams/No Regrets (Chrysalis) 40 14 deciding, it makes you listen with more care." (3640 2 Touch & Go/Would You...? (Oval/V2) 44 9 The Mel C./Bryan Adams duet is another case 73-1-.'' 38 2 Celine Dion & R. Kelly/I'm Your Angel (Epic) 50 11 in point, according to Roder: "Mel C. is the only Spice Girl who really can sing, and she attracts 32 25 15 Sheryl Crow/My Favorite Mistake (A&M) 41 0 younger listeners to Bryan Adams." J. 43 3 Sash! feat. Shannon/Move Mania 11191.1it (X -IT) 42 8 In September Radio Viborg switched formats 45 2 Will Smith/Miami (Columbia) 45 11 from EHR to Hot AC. Roder, a recruit from competingstationRadioABC, foundthe 35 28 4 Joe Cocker/What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted (EMI) 48 2 successful new niche: "By carefully studying the 16;33 3 Pras/Blue Angels (Ruffhouse/Columbia) 44 5 population in this part of the country, I found out Lauryn Hill/Doo-Wop (That Thing) (Ruffhouse/Columbia) 47 3 it was time for a format change." It paid off: 37 26 9 ratings are reportedly 20 percent up already. To 38 30 3 Stars On 54/If You Could Read My Mind (Tommy Boy) 43 6 build the brand even further, the stationis 39 2723 Karen Ramirez/Looking For Love (Manifesto) 32 0 organising a Christmas party in the city's biggest (Polydor) 35 2 discotheque with artists such as Los Umbrellos, 40 31 2 Zuccherodilu 1119,,,i Christina and Tiggy. 41 37 4 Queen feat. Wyclef Jean & Pras Michel/Another One Bites The Dust (Interscope) 47 1 Other new entries in the European Radio Top 42 35 3 Karen Ramirez/If We Try (Manifesto) 40 1 50 include The Everlasting(Epic) by Manic Street Preachers at 44, whose If you Tolerate 4 NE98 Degrees feat. Stevie Wonder/True To Your Heart (Motown) 37 6 This... is still at number 16 this week. The new 44-NEManic Street Preachers/The Everlasting (Epic) 37 22 single,a breathtaking ballad,receives early ,,g46 3 Another Level/Guess I Was A Fool (Northwestside) 41 2 plays in the U.K., Poland and Scandinavia. And at 49, There Goes The Neighborhood, the second 46 32 8 B*witched/Rollercoaster (Glow Worm/Epic) 46 0 single from Sheryl Crow's album The Globe 47 39 3 Simply Red/To Be Free (East West) 32 1 Sessions (A&M), comes in due to airplay in the 4850 2 Jewel/Hands (Atlantic) 35 5 U.K., Denmark and Switzerland. 35 11 Finally, bubbling under this week are Goodbye '=4 )=. NESheryl Crow/There Goes The Neighborhood (A&M) by The Spice Girls (Virgin), Flugzeuge Im Bauch 50 34 20 Spice Girls/Viva Forever (Virgin) 22 0 by Oh P.(Ariola),So Young by The Corrs The European Radio Top 50 chart is based on a weighted -scoring system. (Lava/Atlantic), That's All I Need To Know by Eros Songs score points by achieving airplay on all of M&M's reporting stations with contemporary music fulltime or during specific dayparts. Ramazzotti & Joe Cocker (DDD) and Tropicalia by Stations are weighted by market size and by the number of hours per week. TW = This Week, LW = Last Week, NE = New Entry, TS = Total Stations Beck (Geffen). per..Indicates singles which previously featured in the Border Breakers chart Li Highest new entry Greatest chart points gainer Menno Visser

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Mixed messages in U.K. music figures Austria's Blue Danube faces closure by Susan L. Schuhmayer cabinet is scheduled to discuss anstation might have on the country's by Christian Lorenz amendment to the law later this commercial radio sector. "I think it's VIENNA -A proposal to shut downmonth which would abolish the for-a rather dangerous development LONDON -Third quarter figuresBlue Danube Radio, Austria's onlyeign -language requirement. which would undermine the efforts published by U.K labels' body the foreign -language radiostation,is The presidents of both the U.S.of commercial radio to get estab- BPI show a surge of strong newdrawing criticism from the Ameri-and French chambers of commercelished," says Wittmann, who also album releases, but total music sales can and French chambers of com-have sent letters of protest to Ger-serves on the country's regional are down 6.6 percent on the same merce in Vienna, and is also raisinghard Weis, who took over as ORF's radio authority. period last year. concerns that a format change onnew director last month. Alain de Commercial radio made its full Compared to the third quarter ofthe frequency could take its toll onKrassny, president of the French debut in Austria on April 1, and, as 1997, total U.K shipments are downthe country's fledgling commercialchamber, describes Weis' proposalrecently published ratings figures from £243.4 million ($389.1m) to stations. as "very unfortunate," and calls onshow, many of the new stations are £227.3m. Album sales were fairly Blue Danube was launched bythe public broadcaster to "maintain struggling to get a foothold after constant at £197.2m (£198.3m in '97) Austrian public broadcaster ORF inthe European character of Blueyears of ORF dominance (M&M, but the singles market fell to £30m 1979 to coincide with the opening ofDanube Radio." November 21). from a record £45m last year. Howev-a major United Nations office in Heinz Wittmann, a media consul- However, although the Conserva- er, last year's third quarter figuresVienna. Along with an eclectic mixtant for the Conservative Party, thetives favour keeping Blue Danube were distorted by the release of Eltonof music, it offers news in German,junior partner in Austria's govern-intact, Austria's governing Socialists John's tribute to the Princess ofEnglish and French, including aning coalition, has expressed concernare understood to be more open to Wales, Candle In The Wind 1997. hour-long English -language newsabout the impact a new public youththe idea of closing the station. The BPI comments in a statementmagazine each evening. that "sales for the Elton John single The ORF, which recently had a were an add-on and did not replacechange of director,is hoping toTorgersen departs Norway's P4 other sales." It calculates that "with-close Blue Danube and use the fre- out this effect, the fall in overallquency for another German -lan- by Kai R. Lofthus no decision has yet been made sales value would have been limitedguage station, possibly a full-time about the extent of the budget to one percent." cutting -edge "youth" station to sup-OSLO -P4 programme directorcuts. A decision is expected at the More promisingdevelopmentsplement its mainstream CHR out-Svein Torgersen is quitting the Nor-end of the month, when the bud- can be seen in the album market.let 03. ORF's existing youth sta-wegian AC station following a dis-gets for 1999 will be discussed by Whilst compilations accounted fortion, FM4, currently broadcasts onagreement with the station's ownersP4's board of directors. half of the U.K's 10 best sellingBlue Danube'sfrequency in theabout proposed cuts in the broad- During the first nine months of albums in the third quarter of 1997,evenings, and there is speculationcaster's programming budgets. 1998, P4's pre-tax profits have the same period this year is domi-that this could become a round-the- Neither the station or Torg-totalled Nkr 54.6 million ($7.3 mil- nated by studio recordings. Seven clock home for FM4 if Blue Danube ersenwould comment onhislion). A source at the station, who out of eight non -compilation albums is shut. departure from the independently -also disagrees with the program- in the Top 10 are also by relatively Such a change would currentlyowned national station, which fol-ming cuts, says: "Last year, the new artists-Robbie Williams,fallfoulof Austrian law, whichlows P4 president Svein Larsen'sowners made Nkr30 million in Catatonia, The Corrs, Manic Streetrequires that one ORF frequency beresignation on October 4. profits.Onlyillegalarms and Preachers, Boyzone, Savage Gardenset aside for foreign -language pro- P4's programming departmentcocaine smuggling are more prof- and the Lighthouse Family. gramming. However, the Austriancurrently employs 31 people, butitable!"

IV/ Radio Authority torrupfion' probe continued from page 1 London CHR station 95.8 to Capital FM has teamed up not confirm their appearance dates have cooperated fully with the police with mobile phone retailer and would not comment on any con-inquiry...and hope that the inquiry and service provider One 2 nection between the two arrests. Nowill be shortly concluded in order to One in a strategic market- formal charges have yet been filed. puttoan end theunfortunate ingpartnership.Besides Since her arrest, Lee has beenrumour and speculation that has getting a conventional suspended from her job at the RA. A arisen in connection with the subject mobile phone service, users statement from the regulator says: matter of the inquiry." oftheCapitalbranded "The RA confirms that Janet Lee has The RA is responsible for licens- phones (pictured) can listen been questioned by police in connec- ing and regulating the U.K's com- to the station plus book tion with a visit to India in 1996.mercial radioindustry, and for concert tickets and make Consequently, she has been sus-making new licenceawards,in reservations at the broad- pended from duty." The RA will notaccordance with government legis- caster's radio-themed Capi- comment further on Lee's arrestlation. As well as his chairman's tal Cafe in Leicester until the outcome of Scotland Yard'sposition, Lit is also chief executive square. 9b° 0 egix- investigation. and programme controller of Sun- car Lit, who was out of the country at rise Radio. He is also currently part press time, was not available for of the Yes FM consortium intending comment, but a statement issued onto apply for a new north London behalf of Sunrisesays:"Sunriselocal licence to be advertised by the Radio's management and Dr. LitRA in January 1999.

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French celts come out from the fringe continued from page 1 NAB Madrid continued from page 1 Dana, which sold over a million the track spent the rest -of the winteralso become an unexpected hit in the copies for Polydor, this autumn's on RTL's evening playlist. Netherlands. Basyl de Groot, one of That was the consensus of &le- unexpected chart success has come Eventually, Matmatah signed athe programmers at Dutch public gates at the sixth annual National from Brittany in the shape of thelicensing deal with indie label Tre-CHR station Radio 3FM, points out Association of Broadcasters (NAB) previously unknown rock act Mat- ma. The latest single Lambe An Dro, that "celtic-flavoured music has been European Radio Conference held matah. taken from their debut album Lavery popular for years over here. atMadrid'sPalaceHotelon "The celtic music trend reallyOuache, is described by the band asArtists like Clannad, The Corrs and November 15-17. started at the beginning of the '90s," "ethno-celtic rock"-a classic celticEnya have sold masses of albums Raising a glass to toast the assesses Pascal Amiaud, a program- tune with a funky beat which haslargely without the aid of radio or strides which European radio has mer for full -service network RTL. now becomearegularonthethe use of singles as a marketing takenrecently,MartinBrisac, `There is a real enthusiasm from the playlists of CHR networks NRJ and tool." CEO of French radio group EDI, public for music with a celtic touch. Fun Radio. De Groot says of the success of La told the 300 -plus delegates during But it has really exploded this year Celtic hip -hoppers Manau hail Tribu De Dana : "First and foremost, his keynote speech: "As an indus- with Manau and Matmatah. This fromVilletaneuse, anorthernit's an incredibly catchy tune that try, we have many reasons to be music is an invitation to party and to Parisian suburb, and are the brain-works its way into people's heads proud of what we have achieved have a good time!" child of Cedric and Martial, who-and stays there. Another reason that during the past 10 years." Thesuccessof Manau-whodespite their Paris upbringing-bothit did so well over here is the fact Josep Marti, general manager blend traditional celtic songs withhave Breton parents. Naming theirthat it was already a huge hit in of SER's Radio Barcelona, con- hip hop beats-and Matmatah, agroup after the Isle of Man, theyFrance during the summer holiday curred: "After decades of domina- classic rock outfit with strong celticbuilt their summer hit La Tribu deseason, which is the most popular tion by public broadcasters, radio's influences, goes far beyond the tra-Dana around a sample from Tri holiday destination for the Dutch." private sector is now emerging in ditional boundaries of this genre,Martolod, a traditional celtic hymn But will the new celtic wave sur- most European countries." which experienced its heyday inrendered famous in the '70s by Alanvive the "this year's novelty" syn- The large turnout of delegates, France in the early '70s with theStivell. RTL's Amiaud describes thedrome? "Fashion definitely made which included radio professionals likes of Alan Stivell. What is also idea of mixing hip hop into 7'ri Mar- this music cross over to massive com- from the U.S. and a number of new is that, while celtic music is tolodas"astrokeofgenius,"mercial success," admits Jean-Pierre other non -European countries, is usuallyassociatedwith"worldalthoughheworries"itmightPichard, director of French celtic fes- indicativeof astrong market, music" and therefore rarely playedbecome a gimmick." Released lasttival Interceltique de Lorient, "but according to Terri Rabel, NAB's on radio, Manau's tracks are asJuly, Manau's debut album Paniqueit's here to stay." senior vice president of operations much airplay as sales successes. Celtique has sold 590,000 copies to "It'll not go away just like that," and international business devel- FormedinBrest,Matmatahdate, according to Polydor. agrees Amiaud. "I think it comes opment. "This year's conference recorded, produced and distributed Manau's La Tribu de Dana is now down to people's need for music has been particularly good, with their debut single Les Moutons,crossing borders into neighbouringthat genuinely touches them and attendance up 50 percent. That which ended up on Amiaud's desk atterritories and has spent five weeksputs them into an upbeat mood, was quite unexpected," she says. RTL. The station started airing it onon M&M's Border Breakers charts,and celtic music happens to cap- However, some European exec- its evening show in November 1997.peaking at number 20 this week. Itture that feeling." utives in Madrid were warning of "We got instant requests for theis being played in French-speakingAdditionalreporting byEmmanuel thedangerswhich accompany song," recalls Amiaud, who adds thatBelgium and Switzerland, and has Legrand and Raul Cairo. very rapid development. Augusto Delkader,general managerof Continental indies welcome U.K.'s AIM continued from pagel Spain's SER radio group says: "There are three great concerns ers to combat the policies of thenational indie groups. It is vital political lobbying. from broadcasters in my country. multinationalsandtheIFPI,that the independent producers Wenham was formerly manag- They are digital broadcasting, the which dominate the distribution ofhave an international voice to puting director of indie classical label future of which is still uncertain; music worldwide." over our interests in formulatingConifer before (and after) it was new frequency allocations which Jerome Roger, general managernewlegislation,"saysDonato. sold to BMG three years ago. BPI [in Spain] will increase the num- of French indie group UPFI, also"Next week we are meeting the director general John Deacon says ber of FM licences by 35 percent; welcomes the creation of an organ-Europeanparliament'sculturalher appointment is a sign that and the intrusion of politics into isation representing indie labels incommission to communicate theAIM is in the mood to do business the radio field." EDI's Brisac stat- a market as important as the U.K.,independents' point of view on thewith the BPI. "They could have ed that broadcasters must remain echoing what happened a fewnew [EU] copyright legislation." appointedsomebodyanti-estab- focused: "People in radio should years ago in France. Roger also believes the creationlishment, whereas Alison is a for- take more care of their companies "I think it is not a coincidence of AIM will pave the way for moremer BPI councilmember," he and less of their egos." that this is happening now, withpan-European action. He believesnotes. The other main instigators Meanwhile, Je- the ongoing consolidation of thethat previous attempts to create aof AIM are also former or current ff Smulyan, CEOJeff Smulyan market into a few mastodons suchEuropean umbrella body bringingBPIcouncilmembers: Beggars and chairman of as UniGram. It shows that inde-together national indie labels' bod-Banquet chairman Martin Mills, U.S. media com- pendent companies have differenties have been a "fiasco," but hePinnacle chairman Steve Mason, pany Emmis concerns than major companiesthinks the situation could changeandChinaRecordschairman Communications, and reflects the need to voice theirwith the arrival of AIM. "With ourDerek Green. which has radio interests," says Roger. He arguescounterparts inItaly, Germany Wenham confirmsthatthe interests in Hun- that the creation of groups such asand now in the U.K., I am con-motive behind the formation ofgary, had words AIM is not necessarily a sign thatvinced that we share some com-AIM was not a sense of dissatisfac- of advice for over- there isconflict between indiesmon interests on several issuestion with the BPI, but a desire by seas investors and majors, but reveals "a need tosuch as mechanicals, or ways tothe British indies to better exer- whoareeyeing haveanautonomouswayoffacilitate the creation of more pan-cise the clout their estimated 20- Europe for possi- expressing our concerns." European indie distributors." 30 percent market share gives ble expansion. The AFI's Donato is also presi- Like Donato, Roger says hethem. During his dent of the Italian branch of theintends to get in contact with AIM " I do not regard it as an indica- well -received key- Federation of International Inde-in the forthcoming days to proposetion of failure on the BPI's part," notespeechhe pendent Producers (FIPI), formeda get-together of similar bodies atsays Deacon of AIM's establish- said: "You must at Midem in1995, ' which nowMidem. "I'm sure we'll have a lotment. "I accept that times change, respect the values of the local mar- includes 12 affiliate organisationsto discuss," he says. things move forward and indie ket. You must be willing to play by in Europe, Latin America, and However, the new British asso-companies feel it's necessary for the rules. All cultures are unique. Asia. ciation-unlike its '80s predeces-them to have their own represen- Andthoseculturesmustbe Donato extends an open invita-sor Umbrella-is planning to betation. It's a growing industry and respected when we venture into tion to AIM to join FIPI at theclosetothemajor -dominatedit's natural that they want to have new markets to have local part- Midem trade fair next January.labels' trade body, the BPI. Indeed,their say." ners-only local partners can help "FIPI will be holding a conventionchief executive Wenham says herThis story was prepared by Jeff Clark - us understand about their culture. where wewillbelookingto organisation and the BPIwillMeads (international news editor, Bill- As part of this global media revo- enlarge our membership to themake common cause over issues ofboard), Emmanuel Legrand and Mark lution you must be willing to learn new British association and othermutual concern such as piracy and Dezzani every day."

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CountryOf Paul Keogh, who departed the major on TW LWWOC Artist/Title Original Label Signing TS November 10, is understood to be setting up his own label, 11 (COLUMBIA) SWEDEN 76 0 1 MEJA/ALL 'BOUT THE MONEY tentatively named Dark 2 2 17 Eagle -Eye Cherry/Falling In Love Again(Superstudio/Polydor) SWEDEN 63 House. Based in rural Wicklow, Keogh is apparently 4 11 The Cardigans/My Favourite Game (Trampolene/Stockholm) SWEDEN 61 interested in extending his 0 activities to include tradition- alIrish music. He isalso 6 6 The Tamperer feat. Maya/If You Buy This Recordr(Time/Jive) ITALY 56 0 rumoured to be discussing a two-way licensing/distribu- 5 3 12 Lutricia McNeal/Someone Loves You Honey (Siljemark/CNR/Wildstar) SWEDEN 40 tion arrangement with anoth- er ex-PolyGram man, former 6 5 18 Stardust/Music Sounds Better With You (Roule/Virgin) FRANCE 50 A&M U.K. MD Osman Eralp, who is setting up 7 4 Sash! feat. Shannon/Move Mania (X -IT) GERMANY 38 an imprint of his own and is currently in talks with U.K. indie Mute about a possible distribu- ®14 3 Emilia/Big Big World (Universal) SWEDEN 34 tion deal. Meanwhile, expect the first release on to appear under the moniker 11 3 Eros Ramazzotti & Joe Cocker/That's All I Need To Know (DDD) ITALY 27 Keogh's label 0 Dark Haus, since there seems to be a U.S. indie 1*9 4 Zucchero/Blu (Polydor) ITALY 26 already operating under the name Dark House. Former BMG Francepresident Herve 1.. 19 3 Venga Boys/Up And Down (Violator/Jive) HOLLAND 20 Lasseigne is back in the record industry, and 12 823 4 The Cause/Stand By Me (RCA) GERMANY 15 plans to launch a new independent label togeth- er with his former A&R at RCA, Dominique 013 8 Venga Boys/We Like To Party (Violator/Jive) HOLLAND 23 Nee, and Thierry Rueda, founder of progres- sive dance label Omnisonus, which was distrib- 14 10 21 Sash! feat. Tina Cousins/Mysterious Times (X -IT) GERMANY 15 uted by BMG France. 105) 15 7 Laura Pausini/Un' Emergenza D'Amore (CGD) ITALY 18 Former Talk Radio managing director Paul Robinson, who was escorted out of the U.K 16 12 31 Lutricia McNeal/Stranded (Siljemark/CNR/Wildstar) SWEDEN 9 speech station's building by security staff follow- ing a takeover by a consortium headed by former 17 16 6 Edyta Gorniak/Anything (EMI) POLAND 16 Sun newspaper editor Kelvin McKenzie, is 21 2 Bacon Popper/Free (S.A.I.F.A.M.) ITALY 15 apparently being forced to seek compensation for the termination of hiscontract through his 020 5 Ophelie Winter/I Spy (East West) FRANCE 16 lawyers. Meanwhile, Talk's new management 23 5 Manau/La Tribu De Dana (Polydor) FRANCE 13 have also fired presenters Tommy Boyd and 0 Nick Abbott. 22 3 Ace Of Base/Travel To Romantis (Mega/Polydor) DENMARK 19 Itlookslike December10isthedate Universal's management has chosen to go pub- 22 18 5 Aqua/Good Morning Sunshine (Universal) DENMARK 22 lic with details of the integration of PolyGram 23 17 2 Jessica Folcker/Tell Me What You Like (Jive/Zomba) SWEDEN 17 intotheirgroup. MeanwhilePolyGram Austria marketing manager Jurgen Muller 025 2 Cartoons/Doodah (EMI -Medley) SWEDEN 8 will leave the company on November 30. A suc- cessor for Muller had not been named at press 2524 3 Anggun/Snow On The Sahara (Columbia) FRANCE 5 time.Also on the move is Sony Music U.K. A&R and promotions manager Mark Bounds, TW = This Week, LW = Last Week, WOC = Weeks On Chart, TS = Total Stations, NE = New Entry, RE = Re -Entry.Titlesregistering asignificant point gain are awarded a bullet. who has left the company and plans to set up r} indicates the Road Runner award, assigned to the single with the biggest increase in chart points. his own dance imprint. Just where is the NAB European Radio Conference going to be held next year? A few Forthcoming Special Supplements in Music & Media citiesare under consideration, with Berlin, Lisbon, and Dublin most frequently mentioned; but Brussels could be a strong contender. Producer Nellee Hooper, best known for his Classical Special work with U.K. dance pioneers Soul II Soul and Icelandic diva Bjork, has announced he will Year-end Review launch his own record label called Meanwhile, which is being set up in close cooperation with Virgin Records U.K. Classical Special Whilst drag queens and transsexuals have Issue no. 50 - cover date December 19 hosted their own shows on Italy's commercial TV For details call: Street date December 7 stations for many years, the first drag queen to Artwork deadline November 30 present a regular programme on Italian radio has Claudia Engel been signed up by the Station One network. The "all new music" station's secret weapon in the bat- Tel: (+44) 171 323 6686 Year-end Review tle for listeners is Platinette, whose nightly walk on the wild side, it is hoped, will drag the station Issue no. 51 - cover date December 12 or call your local representative Street date December 14 out of the ratings doldrums. Programme director Artwork deadline December 1 Stefano Carboni says that to reach their young (18-25) target audience, "we have adopted a lan- guage without too many limits or false moralising."

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The most aired songs in Europe's leading radio markets TW=This Week, LW -Last Week, WOC=Weeks On Chart, TS -Total Stations

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1 5 10 EAGLE -EYE CHERRY/FALLING IN LOVE (POLYDOR) 26 1 1 6 CHER/BELIEVE (WEA)35 1 5 4 TAMPERER/IF YOU BUY (TIME/JIVE) 2 6 8 Cleopatra/I Want You Back (WEA) 3 Madonna/The Power Of Goodbye (Maverick/Warner Bros.) 29 2 3 7 Mania MorissettoThank U (Maverick/Warner Bros.) 25 2 11 3 2 8 Jennifer Paige/Crush (Edel) 3 6 5 Cher/Believe (WEA)28 3 3 9 Boyzone/No Matter What (Polydor)28 4 3 5 Bacon Popper/Free (Hot Tracks) (Superstudio/Polydor)24 4 2 6 George Michael/Outside (Epic) 27 5 1 U Jean -Jacques Goldman/Bonne Idee (Columbia) 4 7 4 Eagle -Eye Cherry/Falling In (DLA) 28 5 4 6 R.E.111./Daysleeper (Warner Bros.) 26 6 4 7 Laam/Chanter Pour Ceux Qui Sont Loin 5 1 8 George Michael/Outside (Epic) 7 Axelle Red/Rester Femme (Virgin) (Edel) 25 8 20 6 13 3 Touch & Go/Would You...? (Oval/V2) 23 6 5 13 Jennifer Paige/Crush 8 7 15 Lutricia McNeal/Stranded (CNR) 25 7 2 8 U2/Sweetest Thing (Island)27 7 6 5 Oli PJFIugzeuge Im Bauch (Ariola) 9 10 19 Stardust/Music Sounds Better (Labels) Five/Until The Time Is Through (RCA)20 8 9 3 U2/Sweetest Thing (Island) 27 10 22 5 Teri Moise/Fais Semblaint (Source) 8 n NE (Pomme) 21 9 7 5 Mania MorissettefThank U (Maverick/Warner Bros.) 27 11 9 10 Lavoie/Fiori/Belle 9 > NEWill Smith/Miami (Columbia) 12 15 6 Louis Attaque/Lea (Atmospherique) 13 (Chrysalis) 21 10 11 4 E.17/Each Time (Ulster)22 10 8 Robbie Williams/Millennium 13 16 7 Lenny Kravitz/I Belong To You (Vnin) 19 14 3 Pras/Blue Angels (Ruffhouse/Columbia)21 11 12 4 Lutricia McNeal/Someone Loves (Siljemark/CNR) 14 19 3 Outside/George Michael (Epic) 22 11 (Epic) er 12 Another Level/Guess I Was A Fool (Northwestside)22 12 14 3 Des'ree/What's Your Sign? (Sony S2) 15 14 Jamir' oquaiMeeper Underground 8 6 BrandyAlase/Thp Of The World (Eaatwest) 21 13 10 7 `51 Sync/U Drive Me Crazy (Ariola) 20 16 13 4 13 16 2 Corrs/So Young (Lava/Atlantic) 4 Matmatab/Lambe An Dro (Troma) 19 17 23 14 15 3 Cardigans/My Favourite Game(Trampolene/Stockholm) 16 14 ). NECulture Club/I Just Wanna Be Loved (Virgin) 18 21 4 Celine DionS'll Suffisait (Columbia) 15 17 3 All Saints/War Of Nerves (London) 17 15 17 2 Sasha/If You Believe (WEA) 17 19 18 4 All Saints/Under The Bridge (Barclay) (Eastweat) 16 10 6 Aerosmith/I Don't Want 'lb Miss (Columbia)20 16 > RE Joe Cocker/Broken Hearted (EMI) 17 20 12 20 Brandy & Monica/The Boy Is Mine 13 9 Eagle -Eye Cherry/Falling In (Superstudio/Polydor) 17 21 20 7 Meja/All 'Bout The Money (Columbia) 17 n NE Robbie Williams/No Regrets (Chrysalis) 15 17 (Columbia) 18 2239 2 Stomy Bugsy/Gangster D'Amour 18 n NE Boyzone/I Love The Way... (Polydor)20 18 > NE Bryan Adams/When You're Gone (A&M) 23 35 3 U2/Sweetest Thing (Island) 19 4 7 Kele Le Roc/Little Bit Of Levin' (1st Avenue/Polydor) 21 19 15 16 Aerosmith/I Don't Want To Miss (Columbia) 15 24 11 12 4 The Cause/Stand By Me (RCA) 20 ). NE Madonna/The Power Of Goodbye (Maverick/Warner Bros.) 19 20 > REBeautiful South/Perfect 10 (Go Disca/Mercury) 16 25 17 13 Aerosmith/I Don't Want To Miss (Columbia) Compiled by M&M on the basis of playlist reports, using a weighted -scoring system, Compiled by M&M on the basis of playlist reports, using a weighted -scoring system, Data supplied by SNEP/IPSOS from an electronically monitored panel of national and based on audience size. based on audience size. regional stations. Songs are ranked by number of plays and weighted by audience. J L_MI MN sim r -IM EMIpiirjud THEIMMait 1W LW WOC Artistaitle Original Label TS TW LW WOC ArtiettlItl Original Label TS TW LWWOC Artist/Title Local Label

1 16 (EDEL) 1 2 7 GEORGE MICHAEL/OUTSIDE (EPIC) 9 1 2 6 EMILIA/BIG BIG WORLD (UNIVERSAL)23 1 JENNIFER PAIGE/CRUSH 13 Volumial/Hou Me Vast (RCA) (WEA) 23 2 2 2 1 4 U2/Sweetest Thing (Island) 9 2 3 6 Cher/Believe 11 Boyzone/No Matter What (Polydor) 3 3 3 3 5 Zucchero/Blu (Polydor) 8 3 1 9 Jennifer Brown/Tuesday Afternoon (Arista)22 4 4 9 George Michael/Outside (Epic) 4 4 4 Alanis Morissette/Thank U (Maverick/Warner Bros.) 7 4 4 8 Mania Morissette/Thank U (Maverick/Warner Bros.)20 5 11 15 Anoa/Sacrifice (Dino) Goo Goo Dolls/Iris (Metal Blade/WEA) 8 5 5 8 George Michael/Outside (Epic) 20 6 9 9 Meja/All 'Bout The Money (Columbia) 5 5 5 7 6 11 Blef/Wat Zou Je Doen? (EMI) 6 19 2 Jennifer Paige/Crush (Edel) 8 6 6 8 U2/Sweetest Thing (Island)19 (Epic) 8 526 Des'ree/Life 7 10 9 X-Treme/Love Song (Dance Factory) 6 7 10 7 Beautiful South/Perfect10 (GoDiscs/Mercury) 16 9 10 13 hlanau/La Tribu De Dana (Polydor) 8 11 Aerosmith/I Don't Want To Miss 9 8 7 7 R.E.MJDaysleeper (Warner Bros.) 17 10 7 7 U2/Sweetest Thing (Mercury) 8 (Columbia) (Zomba) 9 9 4 Neja/Shock (LUP/New Music) 6 9 11 4 Madonna/The Power Of Goodbye (Maverick/Warner Bros.) 20 11 18 6 Vengabovs/Boom Boom 12 24 5 RomeoMying (Dureco) 10 (WEA) 8 10 14 2 Bryan Adams/When You're Gone (A&M) 16 7 5 Ligabue/Ho Perso Le Parole 13 14 6 Mamie Morisette/Thank U (Maverick) U 12 4 Meja/All Bout The Money (Columbia) 8 11 8 15 Jennifer Paige/Crush (Edel) 15 14 27 7 Aaliyah/Are You That Somebody (Warner) 12 (Warner Bros.) 7 12 12 4 Des'ree/What's Your Sign? (Sony S2) 16 15 44 6 Jewel/Hands (Warner) II 8 R.E1VL/Daysleeper (BMG) (RouleNirgin) 6 13 9 14 Manic Street Preachers/1f You Tolerate This (Epic) 16 16 55 6 Another LeveUGuess I Was A Fool 13 13 6 Stardust/Music Sounds Better 17 37 4 Barenaked Ladies/One Week (Warner) 14 14 3 Anggun/Snow On The Sahara (Columbia) 4 Collinsffrue Colours (Virgin/WEA) 12 5 Touch And Go/Would You (V2) 18 16 15 nNETamperer/If You Buy (Time/Jive) 7 15 > REHoneyz/Finally Found (1st Avenue/Mercury) 13 19 15 12 Lauryn Hill/Doo Wop (Columbia) 16 NEWamdue Project/King Of My Castle (Airplane) 5 16 n NEWhitney & Mariah/When You Believe (Columbia) 15 20 8 12 Nomads/Yakalelo (Epic) > Menk Westbroek/Zelfs Je Naam Is Mooi (Columbiina) 17 6 11 Robbie Williams/Millennium (Chrysalis) 5 17 17 11 Cardigans/My Favourite Game (Trampolene/Stockholm) 11 21 12 28 10 Melanie B. & Missy Elliott/I Want You Back (Warner Bros.) 12 22 20 (Virg) 18 18 2 RafNita, Storie E Pensieri Di Un (CGD) 6 18 n RESeal/HumanBeings 10 Cardigans/My Favourite Game (Polydor) 22 17 19 >NEKaren Ramirez/If We Try (Manifesto) 7 19 18 3 Culture Club/I Just Wanna Be Loved (Virgin) 11 24 268 Shania Twain/From This Moment On (Mercury) Divas/A Natural Woman (Epic) 4 20 19 2 M-Peopleflbstify (M People/BMG) 15 25 564 98 Degrees/ rue To Your Heart (Polydor) 20 >NE

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TS TW LW WOC Artiat/Title Original Label TW LW WOC ArtistflItle Original Label TS TW LW WOC Artssern Original Label

12 1 7 ROBBIE WILLIAMS/MILLENNIUM (CHRYSALIS) 1 4 6 MANOLO GARCIA/ZAPATERO (ARIOLA) 4 1 1 3 JUSTYNA STECROWSKA/ERYMINALNA MEOW (POMATON) 2 (Edel) 2 3 5 Rosana/Contigo (MCA) 4 2 2 4 George Michael/Outside (Epic) 13 2 3 8 Jennifer Paige/Crush 3 2 8 Especialistas/Me Pudro Por Ti (Polydor) 4 3 8 2 Seal/Human Beings (Warner Bros.) 11 3 4 4 Phil Collins/True Colours (WEA) 12 4 > NE Amokfutok/Csak A Csillagok (Magneoton) 4 1 4 Alvaro Urquijo/Cada Minuto (Columbia) 4 4 3 Des'ree/What's Your Sign? (Sony S2) (Polydor) 5 U 2 Ella Baila Sola/Deapidete (Hispavox) 3 5 NEBillie Myers/You Send Me Flying (Universal) 9 5 1 8 Boyzone/No Matter What (Epic) 6 12 3 Nell.Lo/La Banda Del/Palabras Vacias (Universal) 3 6 NE Eros RamazzottUThat's All I Need To (DDD) 10 6 9 3 George Michael/Outside Bryan Adams/On A Day Like Today 7 10 6 Laura Pausini/Un' Emergenza D'Amore (CGD) 3 7 4 4 Cher/Believe (WEA) 13 7 6 3 (A&M) 8 9 2 Marta Sanchez/Quiero Mas De Ti (Mercury) 3 8 NE Raz, Dwa, Trzy/Nie Tylko Dla Ciebie (Pomaton) 9 8 n RESpice Girls/Viva Forever (Virgin) (Ariola) 9 8 6 Alejandro Sanz/Si Hay Dios (WEA) 3 9 7 2 Devlins/Waiting (BMG) 9 9 >. NE Csonka Andras/Csokokkal Varsz (Joyride) 10 18 7 U2/Sweetest Thing (Island) 3 10 5 3 Magma/Dzien Jak Piekna (PolyGram) 12 10 17 2 Splash/Hozd El A Holnapot! 11 12 (PolyGram) 11 6 5 Girasoules/Ceremonia Robot (EMI) 3 U 2 Oasis/Acquiesce (Creation) 9 2 Bon Bon/Valassz Engem 12 Sashl/Mysterious Times (X -IT) 12 5 3 Sabor Ketama/Como Librarme De Ti (Mercury) 3 12 2 Budka Suflera/Martwe Morze (New Abra) 10 n RE (Arista) 13 ). NE Whitney & Mariah/When You Believe (Columbia) 3 13 NE Urszula/Dnie-Ye (Zic-Zac) 7 13 n RE Akos/Vegre C'Est La Vie/I Love You Baby (Sony) 14 > RE Seal/Human Beings (Warner Bros.) 3 14 6 3 Beautiful South/Perfect 10 (Go Discs/Mercury) 9 14 > NE 15 16 2 Karen Ramirez/Looking For Love (Manifesto) 15 > REOasis/The Masterplan (Creation) 3 15 15 2 Metallicaffurn The Page (Vertigo) 9 > NE Manhattan/A Szerelem Ennyit Er (Hungaraton) 16 > NE Bruce Springsteen/Sad Eyes (Columbia) 3 16 NE Bruce Hornsby/See The Same Way (RCA) 9 18 17 Des'ree/Life (Sony S2) 17 n REMeja/All Bout The Money (Columbia) 3 17 NEQuidam/Jest Taki Samotny Dom (Rock Serwis) 7 17 11 18 ). NE Madonna/The Power Of Goodbye (Maverick/Warner Bros.) 3 IR 16 2 FastbalVFire Escape (Hollywood/Polydor) 8 18 10 3 Charlie/Kavehaz (Warner) (EMI) 19 n RE Cher/Believe (WEA) 3 19 NE Edyta Gorniak/Lustro (Orca/Pomaton) 9 19 n NE Peter Cox/Ain't Gonna Cry Again (MI -5) 2020 2 Jewel/Hands (Atlantic) 3 20 10 4 M-PeoplefTestify (M People/BMG) 10 20 13 2 Omega/Egy Eletre Szol by the Hungarian Commercial Radio Association on the basis of playlist Compiled by M&M on the basis of playlist reports, using a weighted -scoring system, Compiled by M&Mon the basis of playlist reports, using a weighted -scoring system, Compiled reports, using a weighted -scoring system, based on audience size. based on audience size. based on audience size.

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