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HOME ENTERTAINMENT THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC, VIDEO, AND Labels Hitching Stars To Clive Greeted As New RCA Chief Global Consumer Brands Artists, Managers Heap Praise On Davis, But Some Just Want Stability given five -year contracts, according BY MELINDA NEWMAN BY BRIAN GARRITY Goldstuck had been pres- While managers of acts signed to to Davis. NEW YORK -In the latest sign of J Records. Richard RCA Records are quick to praise out- ident/C00 that the marketing of music is will continue as executive going RCA Music Group (RMG) Sanders undergoing a sea change, the RCA Records. chairman Bob Jamieson, they are also VP /GM of major labels are forging closer ties "We absolutely loved and have heralding the news that J Records with global consumer brands in with Bob Jamieson head Clive Davis will now control enjoyed working an effort to gain exposure for their and hope our paths will cross with him both the J label and RCA Records. acts. As the deals become more says artist manager Irving BMG announced Nov. 19 that it is again," pervasive, they raise questions for whose client buying out Davis' 50 %, stake in J Azoff, artists, who have typically cut on RCA Oct. 29. "I've Records -the label he formed in released Stripped their own sponsorship deals. and been friends with Clive 2000 following his ouster by BMG known In the latest case in point, Sony so this is a situation where from Arista Records -and is giving since 1971, Music Entertainment and Pepsi - were extremely thrilled with Bob Davis oversight of both labels in a we Cola North America have inked a thrilled with Clive. I'm sure Christina -spon- newly configured RMG. and are extremely broad -based cross -marketing pact tured in a variety of Pepsi administration." Davis will report to BMG chairman /CEO Rolf will flourish under the new in which Sony artists will be fea- sored promotions on radio, TV, and "Bob Gold - Vertical Horizon's manager John Scher adds, at retail (Billboard, Nov. 23). Schmidt -Holtz, who has also named Charles been (Continued on page 75) Such music tie -ins are becom- stuck president/C00 of RMG. Both men have ing an ever -more crucial element of branding and advertising stra- tegies for marketers from soft - drink giants to car makers to telecommunications companies; Biz Awaits Rap Boom record companies -fac- Touring in turn, rock, and it's only going to get stronger. ing slumping sales -are moving BY RAY WADDELL Like any business, it needs developing, and to take advantage of growing pro- NASHVILLE -Rap may rule the roost believe me, it is developing." motional opportunities. at retail, but the genre remains a rel- Phil Casey, senior VP of Interna- These deals come as labels look atively weak sister in terms of touring, tional Creative Management and a vet- to form more partnership -based plagued by a dearth of arena -level eran urban music agent, adds, "The ventures with artists, where they headliners and enduring -if often hip -hop market is good if you can put are involved in everything from unfounded -negative perceptions. the right package together. Truth be merchandising to touring to "I think the rap market has some this does business; the right pack- publishing. problems attached to it," Jackson, told, can do 13,000- 14,000 a night at a "It raises the stakes in Miss. -based promoter Lee King admits. age $40- average ticket." this whole thing," says "The shows can be expensive to do, but Jason Miller, VP for House of Ken Hertz of law firm the right show draws very well." Concerts in Denver, agrees: "Rap Goldring, Hertz, Licht- Indeed, some players in the rap tour- (HOB) is a great market, under-utilized and ever-exploding. It enstein & Haft, who ing game in many ways consider this to be the best of what kids want to see." represents times. "It has never been easier to work hip -hop than it is is what's selling records and Billboard year-end and , right now," says Brent Smith, the Los Angeles -based agent That said, rap has yet to crack the (Continued on page 74) (Continued on page 76) for Snoop Dogg and other rap acts. "Hip -hop is the new

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www.americanradiohistory.com EMI Interim Results Show Boosted Profits Billboard. BY GORDON MASSON million ($318.4 million) but operating Editor in Chief (1991-2002): TIMOTHY WHITE and HAMISH CHAMP profit down slightly to £51 million ($80.3 LONDON -The impact of piracy was million), compared with £51.2 million EDITORIAL ($80.6 million) one year ago. Managing Editor: MICHAEL EWS "clearly underestimated" and the music Bureau Chiefs: Leila Cobo (Latin, Miami), Bill Holland (Washington, D.C.). industry should expect "a further two years In May, EMI sold part of its stake in the Melinda Newman (L.A.), Phyllis Stark (Nashville) Senior Editors: Ed Christman (Retail), Larry Flick (Talent), Marc Schiffman (News), of pain" before recovery sets in. That was HMV record chain, which along with sell- Chuck Taylor (Features), Ray Waddell (Touring, Nashville) Senior Writer: Chris Morris (L.A.) the message EMI Recorded Music chair- ing a stake in Viva Media helped to produce Special Correspondent /Music Publishing Editor: Jim Bessman mil- Art Director. Jeff Nisbet man Alain Levy delivered Nov. 19 while an extra, exceptional profit of £174.8 Associate Editors: Jill Kipnis (HomeVideo, L.A.), lion ($275.3 million) during the half -year. Brian Garrity (Merchants & Marketing/Music & Money), detailing the company's mixed bag of inter- Carla Hay (Heatseekers /Music & Showbiz), Gail Mitchell (R&B /Rap, L.A.), Was Orshoski, im results. "We're making progress on the EMI will sell its remaining HMV stake for Michael Paoletta (Dance), Deborah Evans Price (Country/Christian, Nashville), Emma Warby (Copy), ChristaTitas anti -piracy front," Levy says, "but the about £69 million ($108.7 million). Staff Writers: Susanne Ault (L.A.), Matthew Benz, Rashaun Hall Assistant Editors: Christopher Walsh (Pro Audio), Chris Woods impact will be over 18 months to two Analysts had not expected the global Art Assistant: Raymond Carlson music market to be down 6% in the first Contributors: Bradley Bambarger, Rhonda Baraka, Fred Bronson, Ramiro Burr, Lisa Collins, years -it won't be overnight." Steven Graybow, Larry LeBlanc, Moira McCormick, Catherine Applefeld Olson, six let alone EMI recorded music Matthew Robinson, Steve Smith, SteveTraiman Thanks to what EMI Group chairman months, Editorial Assistants: Allison Farber, Margo Whitmire (L.A.) Eric Nicoli describes as "a spectacular to be down 12.5 %. "Extrapolate that and it INTERNATIONAL (London) in guidance International Editor. Tom Ferguson recovery in recorded music, accompanied gets ugly, bearing mind the News Editor: Gordon Masson was that the market would be flat," one Bureau Chiefs: Christie Eliezer (Australasia, Melbourne), Steve McClure (Asia,Tokyo), by the customary good performance from Wolfgang Spahr (, Hamburg) music publishing," the London -based million) loss one year ago. analyst comments. EMI is "under-per- Contributing Editors: Sam Andrews, Nigel Hunter, Kwaku, Paul Sexton, Nigel Williamson now tell you the SPECIAL SECTIONS major's operating profit soared 83.3% to Looking ahead, Levy observes, "We are forming. They're going to Director of Special Sections: GENE SCULATTI (LA.) last year, market is going to bounce in the second International Editor: Thom Duffy £79 million ($124.4 million) for the six in a much better position than Associate Director: Dalet Brady (L.A.) Sept. 30, despite sales drop- where we had some big releases in Octo- half and they are going to outperform it; Assistant Editor: Katy Kroll months ended deliver." CHARTS & RESEARCH ping 10% to £961.5 million ($1.5 billion). ber but after that we pretty much dried it's a lot to Director of Charts: GEOFF MAYFIELD (L.A.) Nicoli to a huge improvement in out. Then we had absolutely no releases in EMI will pay about $170 million early Chart Managers: Bob Mien ( Boxscore, Nashville), Keith Caulfield (Pop Catalog, Soundtracks, points Production Credits, LA.), Anthony Colombo (Mainstream Rods, Spotlight Recaps), gross margin and first -half cost savings of the fourth quarter." He adds that he next year to acquire the remaining 50% it Ricardo Companion (Dance, Latin), Steven Graybow (lazy, Blues, Modem Rock), Wade lessen (Blue- grass, Country, Contemporary Christian, Gospel, Nashville), Geoff Mayfield (The Billboard 200, £32 million ($50.4 million) as the major remains confident of delivering "some- does not own of the Jobete publishing cat- Heatseekers, L.A.), Patrick McGowan (Adult Contemporary, AduhTop 40), Gordon Murray (Electronic), Minai Patel (R &B /Hip Hop), Silvio Pietro uongo (Ilse Billboard Hot 100,Top 40 factors that catapulted the recorded -music where between 8 % -9% operating margin alog -home to the standards of Motown's Tracks), Marc Zubatkin (Video, Classical, Kid Audio, World Music, New Age, ) Chart Production Manager: Michael Cusson business to an operating profit of £28 mil- for this year." golden era, including 100 No. ls. Bandier Associate Chart Production Manager: AlexVitoulis Marty tells Billboard that a planned Broadway Administrative Assistant: Mary DeCroce (Nashville) lion ($44.1 million) in the first half of this EMI Music Publishing chairman Archive Research: 646 -654 -4633 financial year, from an £8.1 million ($12.8 Bandier reports sales up 1.1% to £202.2 show "devoted solely to the songs of the SALES will be a to Associate Publisher /Worldwide: IRWIN KORNFELD Motown generation" catalyst Group Advertising Director (East & Telemarketing): Pat Jennings exploiting the catalog. "The bottom line is Advertising Director: Andy Anderson (Urban) New York: Joe Maimone that nobody can do the life story of the Los Angeles: Aki Kaneko, Michelle Wright Nashville: Phil Hart, Cynthia Mellow, Lee Ann Photoglo Supremes, [or] Marvin Gaye, [or] Stevie Advertising Coordinator. Eric Vitoulis UMG SellingTracksVia Liquid Advertising Assistants: Loreta Genco (L.A.), Rosa laquez, Kelly Gateson (U.K.) Wonder, or any show at all without corn- Classified /Directories: Jeff Serrette ing to EMI for approval," he says. "Those Associate Publisher/International: GENE SMITH More Than 43,000 Songs Will Be Available For 99 Cents Each Advertising Director (Europe): Christine Chinetti are very valuable rights -you can't put a Northern Europe /U.K.: Frederic Fenucd, +44- 207 -420-6075 Asia- Pacific/: Linda Matich, 612 -9440 -7777, Fax: 612 -9440 -7788 BY BRIAN GARRITY The rollout of the program comes on price tag on them." Japan: Aki Kaneko, 323-525-2299 Latin America /Miami: Marcia Olival, 305 -864-7578, Fax: 305- 864-3227 NEW YORK -In a move that further illus- the heels of similar initiatives in the past Mexico /West Coast Latin: Daisy Ducret, 323 -782 -6250 Caribbean: Betty Ward, 954- 929 -5120 trates the major labels' growing interest in two months by EMI Recorded Music and MARKETING & LICENSING getting consumers to pay for digital music, . Associate Publisher: HOWARD APPELBAUM Promotion Director: Peggy A)tenpohl (UMG) has launch- Unlike some other download initia- Director of Rights & Clearances: Susan Kaplan VU Entertainment Associate Art Director: Melissa Subatch ed the largest commercial download ini- tives in which content is sold on a whole- Promotion Coordinator: Mary Ann Kim tiative the industry has seen to date, mak- sale basis to e- commerce retailers, UMG Director of Conferences & Special Events: Michele lacangelo Special Events Coordinator: Phyllis Demo ing more than 43,000 tracks available for is making tracks available under the Bidder Emerges; Sponsorship Coordinator: Cebele Rodriguez via Liquid Audio. agency model, meaning that the label Circulation Director: JEANNE JAMIN sale Group Sales Manager: Katia Duchesne UMG officials are positioning the pro- sets the price. Circulation Manager: Anastasia Wahl Probe Escalates Assistant Circulation Manager: Lakesha Adis gram as a shot across the bow of peer - Kenswil says one of the advantages of Circulation Coordinator: lamie DeFour International Circulation Marketing Director: Ben Eva (London) to -peer services and those using the agency model is BY MATTHEW BENZ Subscriptions Marketing Manager: Karen Griffith NEW YORK billionaire Marvin International Circulation Marketing: Paul Brigden (London) who use them that claim a that it assures that con- -Oil PRODUCTION lack of commercial con- sumers are being offered Davis, who once owned the 20th Cen- Director of Production & Manufacturing: MARIE R. GOMBERT Advertising Production Director: Lydia Mikulko tent availability. content at the 99 cent price tury Fox movie studio, is offering to Assistant Advertising Production Manager: Chris Dexter Larry Kenswil, president point widely believed to be buy Universal Music Group and Viven- Advertising Production Coordinator: Jason Acosta - Editorial Production Director: Terrence C. Sanders of UMG's eLabs division, the price for incentivizing di Universal's (VU) other entertain- Editorial Production Supervisor/QPS Administrator. Anthony T. Stallings Specials Production Editor: Marc Giaquinto says that UMG is committed digital purchases. ment assets for about $15 billion. Systems/Technology Supervisor: Barry Bishin Senior Composition Technician: Susan Chicola to making every recording it In kicking off the initiative, "We believe our proposal provides Composition Technicians: Rodger Leonard, Maria Manlidic, Leilla Sivey Directories Production Manager: Len Durham (Nashville) controls available for Inter- UMG is making "Through full and fair value, and VU's response Classified Production Assistant: Gene Williams net distribution. Featured the Rain," the new single has been positive," Davis says. He NEW MEDIA Editorial Director: KEN SCHLAGER acts in the initiative include from , available believes an acquisition could be com- Billboard Bulletin: Carolyn Horwitz (Managing Editor), Erik Gruenwedel (News Editor, L.A.), Lars Brandie (International Editor, London), Counting Crows, Shania online before the release of pleted in three or four months. Troy Carpenter (Assistant Editor),Todd Martens (Assistant Editor, L.A.) Twain, Sheryl Crow, the her upcoming album. The A VU spokesperson declined to com- Billboard.com: Barry Jeckell (Senior Editor), Jonathan Cohen (News /Reviews Editor), Sam D. Bell (Director, Business Development), Enid Maran (Product Manager) Wallflowers, and U2. The track will be exclusively ment. But sources close to the compa- Evan Kramer (Advertising Account Executive) available to online con- ny say there are not any current plans ADMINISTRATION company plans to have Business Manager: JOELLEN SOMMER more than 60,000 tracks sumers for the next two to sell the entertainment assets; what's Distribution Director: Lou Bradfield Business Development Manager: Barbara Grieninger available for purchase before weeks. The album, Charm - more, executives consider the bid too Billing: Mirna Gomez Credit: Shawn Norton the year is out. bracelet (Island Records) will be available low to be entertained. Assistant to the Publisher: Sylvia Sirin "We have listened to the public, and we in stores Dec. 3. Meanwhile, VU says the informal in- PRESIDENT & PUBLISHER: HOWARD LANDER are offering the music that people want at Rollout of the UMG download pro- quiry into the company that the Secu-

BILLBOARD OFFICES a reasonable price that fairly compensates gram has been anticipated for months, rities and Exchange Commission the artists, , and the tens of yet the launch was delayed by in- fight- (SEC) recently launched (Billboard, New York Washington, D.C. London 770 Broadway 910 17th Street N.W. Endeavour House thousands of hard -working individuals ing at Liquid Audio and its recently Nov. 16) is now "a formal investiga- NewYork, NY 10003 Suite 215 189 Shaftesbury Avenue 646- 654 -4400 Washington, DC 20006 London WC2H 811 who make their living in the music indus- failed merger deal with Alliance Enter- tion." That means that the SEC now Edit fax: 646 -654 -4681 202--833- 8692 +44 (0) 20 7 420-6003 Advertising fax: 646-654 -4799 Fax: 202 -833 -8672 Fax +44 (0) 20 7 4246014 try," Kenswil says. "There is nothing that tainment (Billboard, Nov. 23). has subpoena power. VU says it will Los Angeles Nashville can justify resorting to illegal services to While Liquid's future remains uncertain fully cooperate. 5055 Wilshire Blvd. 49 Music Square W. Los Angeles, CA 90036 Nashville,T 37203 get UMG music on the Internet." (see Music & Money, page 56), Kenswil The investigation is said to focus on 323-525 -2300 615- 321-4290 Fax 323 -525- 2394/2395 Fax: 615-320-0454 The digital tracks will be available for says that there is an arrangement in place financial disclosures made under for-

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ALISON KRAUSS + UNION STATION Live 17 Touring: Security a Top of the News remains Programming hot topic at the 2002 ICMC. DE LBERT MCCLINTON Room To Breathe 8 Future of Music Coalition 61 Music & Showbiz: Hip -hop's 18 Boxscore: issues controversial report on role in film is discussed at the Hip- and gross more VARIOUS ARTISTS WOW Christmas radio consolidation. Hop Odyssey Film Festival. than $2 million from two shows. 19 Reviews & Previews: Jay DIXIE CHICKS Home Artists & Music - Features Z, ShaniaTwain, and George Har- 9 Executive Turntable: Steve Market Watch LOUIE DEVITO N Y C. Under round Part 5 rison take the spotlight. 8 Backer is named executive R &B: Chris Thomas 46 Update /Good Works: Ali- VP /GM of V2 Records. 22 King JOHnJ P. KEE & NEW LIFE Blessed B Association launches his label, 21st Century cia Keys and others in Scholas- 11 Sum 41 asks Does This Blues Records, with his own Dirty tic's Read for 2003. JOHtl P. KEE & NEW LIFE Blessed B Association Look Infected? via its new South Hip -Hop Blues. 59 Classifieds Island release. 25 Words & Deeds: Lil Jon & Between VARIOUS ARTISTS NowThat's What I Call Christmas' 63 the Bullets: Jay -Z the Eastside Boyz "trunk "things bows at No. 1 on The Billboard up JIM JOHNSTON WorldWrestlin Enterweat Presee VIG EAntlmo with their sophomore set. 36 Songwriters & Publishers: 200, with The Blueprint 2: The 26 Beat Box: Nervous Records Peermusic Canada purchases the Gift & the Curse. U2 The Best Of 1990 -2000 & B -Sides aims for crossover success with Song Corp.'s publishing catalog. 67 Holiday Chart: First week the Sicilians' "L'Italiano." for 2002 seasonal chart. LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE La Reina Del Sur International iiiiiiii 28 Country: Bill Anderson 77 Billboard.com: What's visits with country legends on France's online this week. JAY-Z The Blue trint 2: The Gift And The Curse 47 recent stance on his XM Satellite Radio show. value -added tax on prerecorded 78 The Billboard BackBeat SEAN 'AUL Dutt Rock 31 Latin Notas: Juanes and music is receiving support across Celia Cruz lead nominations for the European Union. 8 Mile the 15th Premios Lo Nuestro 48 Hits of the World: "Aserejé Latin Music Awards. (The Ketchup Song)" tops five

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www.americanradiohistory.com FMC Radio Report Riles NAB, RIAA A LOOK AHEAD Coalition Says Consolidation Has Decreased Competition, Diversity Of Playlists Huge First Week Expected For `UP!' BY BILL HOLLAND consolidation; most want less repeti- BY GEOFF MAYFIELD lying sales in 1991. The album lowed WASHINGTON, D.C. -A new report tion of songs and longer playlists with LOS ANGELES -The artist with the 50 weeks at No. 1 on Top CountryAl- the Future of Music Coalition (FMC) more variety. A majority of respon- best -selling album of the past dozen bums but never rose above 2 filed with the Federal Communica- No. on dents, 68%, say they support congres- years, Shania Twain, will mount one The Billboard 200. tions Commission (FCC) Nov. 18 has sional involvement to curb the use by of 2002's largest sales weeks when her 's The Last ?femptatbn riled the giant National Assn. of Broad- big radio companies of payola -like sys- new album debuts at No. 1 on next (Murder Inc./Def Jam) and the epony- casters (NAB) trade group and prompt- tems in which independent promoters week's Billboard 200. mous debut from Audioslave (Epic), ed the Recording Industry Assn. of pay huge fees for their client's product Based on first-day numbers report- also released Nov. 19, a -e both on America (RIAA) to take issue as well. to be considered for airplay. ed by retailers, chart watchers conser- course for the big chart's top five, wirh The report concludes that consolida- A written NAB statement says the vatively guess that 1ivain's new Mer- at least 200,000 units each. The la- tion of the radio industry in the past FMC survey flies in the face of the pos- cury release, UP.!, will field an opener ter matches Soundgardlen singer decade, following deregulation of FCC itive results of a larger recent survey exceeding 800,000 units. A sales VF at Chris Connell with the insirumenta- ownership rules, has led to less com- of 3,000 listeners conducted by Arbi- a rival label expects the title will sur- ists from Rage Against the Machine petition, less programming diversity, tron/Edison Research that found lis- pass 900,000, while some prognosti- Matchbox Th*enty (Atlantic) should and unsatisfied listeners. teners satisfied with the current state cators suggest the album will join the have next issue's fourth -highest bow The RIAA took issue with the re- of radio. The NAB mocked the small million -plus club in its first week. -in the range cf 140,000- 150,000- port's finding that the five major NAB spokesman says, "has all the sampling of listeners in the FMC study. Her last album, the 1997 title while Toni Braxton (Arista), Mud - record companies have limited their credibility of Miss Cleo," referring to It did not address the independent pro- Come On Over, has sold 14.4 million vayne (Epic), and a postiumous promotion efforts due to shrinking the TV psychic recently discredited by motion payment issue. units to date, according to Nielsen George Harrison album (Capitol) playlists, creating "a double bottle- the Federal Trade Commission for FMC co- founder Michael Bracy SoundScan -more than any album each have shots at first weeks above neck" for artists trying to get exposure. deceptive advertising. maintains, "The 500 in our survey is tracked since SoundScan began tal- the 100,000 -unit threshold. An RIAA spokesman comments: Concerned members of Congress, a perfectly valid sample size. We've "Record companies of all sizes are con- as well as the NAB and the FMC, will be been very public about our [small] stantly pushing for more diverse and watching closely to see if the FCC margin of error. I'm not sure what expanded playlists. The focus should incorporates the study and other anti - their concern is." not be on a record industry that makes consolidation complaints into its The report's data analysis concludes Market Watch and markets more than 30,000 new ongoing review of current ownership that the U.S. radio industry is an "oli- A Weekly National Music Sales Report CDs a year but [on] a radio promotion rules, which chairman Michael Pow- gopoly," reporting that every geo- system that, as this report finds, needs ell calls the "most comprehensive graphic radio market in the U.S. is YEAR -TO-DATE OVERALL UNIT SALES to be reformed." undertaking in the area of media own- dominated by four companies, which 2001 2002 The NAB charges that the study ership in the commission's history." control 70% or more of market share. otal uses flawed methodology and calls its (Powell's FCC tilts heavily toward fur- It also finds that 10 parent corpora- 634,729,000 553,401,000 (012.8%) assertions "myths." "This survey," an ther deregulation.) tions of broadcast companies control QIbums 605,994,000 542,475,000 (x10.5 %) Sen. Russ Feingold, D -Wis., howev- two -thirds of both listeners and rev- ;ingles 28,735,000 10,926,000 (62.0 %) er, is expected to reintroduce a bill next enue nationwide and that two of year that calls for the FCC to critically them -Clear Channel Communica- YEAR -TO -DATE SALES BY ALBUM FORMAT In The News look at whether consolidation has tions and Viacom combined -control 2001 ?nn? resulted in diminished diversity and 42% of listeners and 45% of industry ;D 562,613,000 515,048,000 (ó.5 %) Kinetic Records founder and programming choices for citizens. revenue. It also finds that in 28 of the ;assette 42,210,000 26,040,000 (x383 %) president Steve Lau has bought The FMC report analyzes current 30 major markets, four companies or ther back BMG U.K.'s 49% interest in industry data compiled from Billboard fewer control more than 50% of lis- 1,171,000 1,387,000 (Q18.4 %) the New York -based dance label. sister publication Airplay Monitor and teners, with even higher percentages The major acquired the stake other trade magazines, finding "format in smaller markets. ms viíeek 14,035,000 This Week 200 1 15,774,000 nearly two years ago. Kinetic redundancy" as well as "considerable As a result, the FMC report says, a continues to be distributed by format homogeneity-playlist overlap small number of companies control ast Week 13,135,000 Change 11.0% BMG in the U.S. between supposedly distinct formats the news on the radio, and format con- hange 6.9% [by] as much as 76%." solidation has also produced a nega- The Copyright Office of the Li- The report also includes the results tive impact on the music industry, brary of Congress seeks written of a survey it commissioned with 500 leading to control of specific formats, 13,861,000 This W.. 15,468,000 comments and proposals for the radio listeners, which gives big radio a shorter playlists, and fewer opportuni- ast Week 12,959,000 Cbangc 10.4% scheduling of a new Copyright black eye. Eighty percent of respon- ties for record companies and indie flange 7.0% Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP) dents support action to prevent further artists to get airplay. to adjust future royalty rates and terms governing ephemeral iris Week 174,000 This Week recordings and digital transmis- 306,000 sions of performances of sound Buys Run Tones Ast Week 176,000 Change 43.1% recordings for the 2003 -2004 BY BRIAN GARRITY photo service RUNpics. The company hange 1.1% period. Rates will cover non -sub- NEW YORK -Sony Music Entertain- also offers a range of business- to-busi- scription services that make dig- ment has acquired New York -based ness services. Its customers and partners ital transmissions of sound re- wireless entertainment company Run include Warner Music Group, Sony Pic- cordings. Comments are due Tones. The major is using the purchase tures Digital Entertainment, Adobe. 30,036,000 28,222,000 (a6.0 %) Dec. 2. Groups wishing to partic- to launch a division specifically focused AT&T Wireless, Ericsson, and Nokia. ipate in the new CARP need to on content and services for mobile The Mobile Products Group will be 77,621,000 68,118,000 (12.2%) file by Dec. 23. phones and other devices. Financial led by Run Tones principals J.J. Rose 85,235,000 78,050,000 (a8.4 %) terms were not disclosed. and Tim Nilson, both former execu- The Eagles will begin a major- The new Mobile Products Group will tives of defunct e- commerce music 35,783,000 32,376,000 (a9.5 %) market arena tour May 8, 2003, in be part of the Sony Music tech division, N2K. company Rosen has been named 107,745,000 98,236,000 a city to be determined, according which has been renamed Sony Music VP of Mobile Products Group and to manager Irving Azoff (Billboard Digital Services (SMDS). The Mobile SMDS, in addition to continuing as 82,636,000 74,965,000 (a9.3 %) Bulletin, Nov. 20). The band will Products Group will be responsible for CEO of Run Tones. He reports to 41,672,000 38,119,000 (,-8.5 %) play 40 dates through the sum- the expansion of Sony Music's global Thomas Gewecke, senior VP of SMDS. mer and 40 more next fall. A deal wireless efforts, which currently in- Nilson has added the title of VP of 101,884,000 96,961,000 (a4.8 %) for a promoter has not been set. clude ring previews; tones and album mobile technology for SMDS and ROUNDED FIGURES FOR WEEK ENDING 11/17/02 The Eagles will issue a new album this includes overseeing the Run Tones remains chief technology officer of fall Compiled from a national sample of retail store and rack sales reports collected, compiled, and provided by next on an indie label Azoff brand and business. Run Tones. He reports to Phil Wiser, 1 Nielsen calls "Eagles Recording Co." Run Tones currently operates ring - CTO of Sony Music Entertainment. SoundScan tone service RUNtones and personal Both are based in New York.

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www.americanradiohistory.com LLLLLLLJ Lame Duck Congress Passes For Q4 Bump counting of new releases by lower - Small -Webtaster Royalty Rate Bill ineduldustrye s overhead mass merchants. 17 were able to come up with a solution structure with small- company Web - e h 'may Meanwhile, Hastings Entertain- BY BILL HOLLAND for a large number of casters, which would then be net loss for its third quarter WASHINGTON, D.C. -The Record- that worked n recent years ment's authorized by the librarian. Non- million, or ing Industry Assn. of America Webcasters and something that name artists, ended Oct. 31 rose to $6.6 a six - mom - worked for the artists and labels. commercial Webcasters get 58 cents per share, from $5.5 million. (RIAA), artists' groups, and 6 esults and corn- in business." month stay of payments. last year. and -pop Webcasters are hailing the Bottom line: We're still retailers suggest or 46 cents peper diluted share, The National Religious Broad- and Nov. 15 passage of the amended The bill gives small- company 'be enough to off - It cited a higher volume of music License Committee the Webcasters making less than $1 casters Music returned to vendors. Small Webcaster Act of 2002 by ;;D burning, free dig - books break on digital- (NRBMLC) led the charge in oppos- million. House of Representatives as a first million annually a and mass merchants' Sales rose 7% to $110.6 to ing the inclusion of performance of step toward providing much -need- performance royalties owed nce in music retail. Yet through the first nine months royalty rates in legislative language, - ed stability to the online streaming 1Vorld Entertainment chair - its fiscal year, Hastings' sales of new although the National Assn. of marketplace. The measure, which man/CEO Robert Higgins, who has release CDs fell 9.1 %; the entire Broadcasters (NAB) also opposed gives small Webcasters a break on cited CD burning and file sharing as music category, which includes used the measure. There were concerns instru- the rate of digital royalties due reasons behind his firm's lagging CDs, accessories, and musical that such language might set a legal record companies and artists, now music sales, said there is "reason for ments, fell 5.2 %. precedent that would affect an the goes to the White House to be optimism" this quarter. Releases from Based on current trends, ongoing court case brought by the signed into law. such artists as Jay-Z, , Amarillo, Texas -based retailer- a Copyright Office John Simson, executive director NAB, challenging Santana, and Shania Twain mean which has 146 superstores -now ruling that held that digitally simul- diluted of SoundExchange (the collecting "there's something for everybody." expects full -year earnings per cast broadcast programs over the agent for digital -performance roy- For its fiscal third quarter ended share of 13 cents -18 cents, down from Internet are subject to royalties. of 38 cents -43 alties composed of an equal num- Nov. 2,11-ans World had a net loss of its earlier forecast "Over- the -air" broadcasts have long in a malaise, and we ber of members from labels and $14.1 million, or 35 cents per share, in cents. "We're been exempt from performance roy- for some time," Hastings artists groups), says he is pleased line with forecasts. The Albany, N.Y. - have been alties to labels under U.S. law. VP /CFO Dan Crow says. "You get Wal- and urges "Webcasters, broadcast- based retailer, which operates 888 The RIAA and the NRBMLC and Best Buy selling below cost. ers, and others to meet us in good stores, had a net loss of $11.6 million, Mart reached an agreement on the amend- per share, in the same peri- and that impacts on sales." faith to find marketplace solutions, or 28 cents record companies and artists. They ed language Nov. 14. Following that were $251.2 million, One firm that has benefited from rather than fighting in court and od of 2001. Sales had complained to lawmakers and agreement, Sen. Jesse Helms, R.- down 8%. Same -store sales fell 5 %. the mass -merchant trend is Troy, other forums." of sound officials of the Library of Congress N.C., then released a hold he had put Yet Goldman Sachs retail analysts Mich., rackjobber Handleman Co., Ann Chaitovitz, director Feder- and the Copyright Office that the on the bill in October after hearing Trans World's forecast for whose customers include Wal -Mart, recordings for the American say that set by the Librarian of from religious broadcasters in his Best Buy, and Kmart. Sales for its fis- ation of Television and Radio initial rate fourth -quarter earnings per share of (Billboard, Nov. 2). The Senate were Artists, says, "Getting the legislation Congress was so high that it would state 65 cents -70 cents, compared with 82 cal second quarter ended Oct. 26 in an and passed unan- drive them out of business. passed the amended legislation cents a year ago, suggests that it will $348.9 million, down 2% from last to the House floor The amended bill jettisoned leg- evening session Nov. 14. "only marginally capitalize on a year. Net income was $16 million, or imously took all of our resources, islative language setting out lower Direct payment of royalties to promising" fourth -quarter release 61 cents per diluted share, up from but ... now small Webcasters will rates of either 7% of gross revenue artists and a provision allowing lineup. They say Trans World's prob- net income of $15.7 million, or 58 have the relief they need to be able of operating expenses. In- deductability of the costs of creat- lem, like that of other primarily cents per share. It's the company's to play a broad variety of music." or 5% stead, it enables SoundExchange to ing SoundExchange are included mall -based music retailers, is the dis- highest second -quarter profit ever. Mike Roe, president of Webcast Radio in Jacksonville, Fla., says, "We negotiate deals of the same rate in the bill. Roxio Awaits Approval Of Napster Bid Court Will Decide Success Of $5 Million Deal To Acquire Swappery's Assets

BY BRIAN GARRITY Roxio is dabbling increasingly in digital -music serv- NEW YORK In a move that could be seen as the first ices. The company is a distribution partner of Pressplay, step in the reintroduction of the Napster brand, Roxio- the subscription service from Universal Music Group a leading maker of CD- burning software -has entered and Sony Music Entertainment. into an agreement to acquire the bulk of the assets of How such an initiative, if in fact pursued, will play Napster, Inc. for $5 million in cash and 100,000 war- with the music industry remains to be seen. Announc- rants to purchase Roxio common stock. ing the deal, Gorog took care to point out that the com- As part of the agreement, Roxio will receive pany looks forward to continuing to work all of Napster's intellectual property, including with its partners in the entertainment indus- its technology patent portfolio. Roxio says it is try. Besides its collaboration with Pressplay, not assuming any of Napster's liabilities, includ- the company is also working with EMI on ing pending litigation. The acquisition is sub- developing secure burning solutions. ject to approval by the bankruptcy court. But neither Roxio nor Napster are licensed RECORD COMPANIES: Steve Back- the Los Angeles United Way. Napster, based in Redwood City, Calif., filed to directly sell digital music controlled by the er is named executive VP /GM of IT Cheryl Broz is named director of national promotion and artist devel- for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection June majors; therefore, the company would have Records in New York and Los An- for EMI CMG in Nashville. 3. It listed assets of $7.9 million and liabili- to go out and acquire such clearances. geles. He was West Coast executive opment of nation- ties of $101 million, as of April 30. The majors thus far have been loathe to VP of EMI Music Publishing. She was associate director for Arista Records. Roxio declines to comment on its specific license content to any commercial offering Steve Leeds is named senior VP al promotion intentions for the Napster assets at this point. based on peer -to -peer technology. They have of promotion for Virgin Records was MUSIC VIDEO: Kevin Mackall is pro- A more detailed vision for the swappery's also been working to develop CD copy - America in New York. He sen- -air promo- assets will not be outlined until after the protection technology to curb the unautho- ior VP of radio and video promo- moted to senior VP of on in New York close of the transaction. rized burning of CDs. tion for Universal Records. tions for MTV and MTV2 promotions. The company currently only says that Napster has value Roxio stock rose 13% on the news Friday, Nov. 15, Valerie Williams is promoted to He was VP of on-air that "is synergistic with Roxio's current digital -media offer- closing up 47 cents at $3.85. senior VP of urban music for Chry- PUBLISHING: Alfred Taren is pro- ings, as well as with its long -term vision for the future of Bertelsmann originally offered $9 million for the corn - salis Music Group in Los Angeles. of con- digital media and entertainment." Roxio president/CEO pany's assets earlier this year. That deal was blocked by a She was VP of urban music. moted to senior director for Universal Chris Gorog adds that Roxio's acquisition of Napster "will Delaware Bankruptcy court (Billboard Bulletin, Sept. 4). Marco Antonio Gonzales is named tract administration in Los expand our role in the digital -media landscape and enhance At its peak, Napster attracted some 60 million users publicity manager of Univision Music Music Publishing Group of con- our offerings to consumers." But the move presumably but was crippled by legal showdowns with the world's Group in Woodland Hills, Calif. He Angeles. He was director paves the way for Roxio to start its own subscription largest record companies, who accused the company of was director of communications for tract administration. offering using Napster's technology and brand. widescale copyright infringement.

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www.americanradiohistory.com Great Divide Keeps If Together Sum 41 Spreads `Infected' For E92 Disc `Remain' Pop -Punk Quartet's New Island Disc Is Harder, More Thoughtful care veneer is the vulnerable "Hell Song," Goin' for Broke. The follow -up, Break in the BY MARGO WHITMIRE BY PHYLLIS STARK deserted which Whibley wrote after learning his best has its Storm, sold so well independently in the South- For most people, passing out in a The Great Divide is a group that friend had contracted HIV. west that ' Nashville division field while large birds peck at your head would act together, from both a musical and a "That song just came out in, like, half an signed the band and rereleased that album in be unpleasant. For Sum 41, it was an experi- business standpoint. Tuesday (26) hour when I just found out," he says. "I wasn't handles nearly 1998. But the next album, Revolutions, became a ence that inspired the title of its The Oklahoma -based outfit even meaning to write about it, but for some of the label shifts beginning to take place Island release, Does This Look Infected? every aspect of its business in- house. In its early victim out right away." shortly before Atlantic Finding themselves incoherent in strange reason that just came days, it established its own booking agency, Skin- in Nashville. It was released Island, is nothing new to the members of the Livia Tortella, head of marketing for Tours; a publishing company, Cowboys and chairman Rick Blackburn retired and much of places ny who -since the is encouraged by the response from radio. "It's arm; and a , the remaining staff was fired. Thus, the band says pop -punk Canadian quartet, Sailors; a merchandising a different thing for Sum 41," she says. "The the project was never properly worked. multi -platinum success of their 2001 debut, E92. Only its management, Tony Tuthill's Pacif- has been overwhelmingly good." When Atlantic folded and Warner Bros. All Killer, No Filler -have enjoyed a whirlwind reaction ic Music, is an outside interest. Along with lead guitarist Dave "Brown - absorbed its roster, the group asked for release of wild debauchery while "totally exploiting the The strategy has paid off for the group, which Baksh and bassist Cone McCaslin, from its contract and struck out on its own again fact that we're 21 and in a rock band," as drum- sound" has made a living from touring and album sales are in the middle of a small It later entered a licensing mer Steve "Stevo 32" Jocz puts it. Whibley and Jocz for a decade. The Great Divide started off by releas- to record Afterglow. on Your Face club Records in Nashville. With so much expend- Sum ing its own records, then tried the major -label deal with Broken Bow promote the al- After a couple able energy, only a quick tour to system for a Booked by Andy albums that some month -and -a -half was bum. few years, and is Somers of the Agency, the fans thought did spent in New York re- now back to re- group will then embark not instrumental- cording the sophomore leasing its own on a club tour of England, ly represent the vehicle that would enable music again. followed by an eight -week band's live sound, them to return to life on Its excellent the U.S. Green says that the road. stint in fifth album, Re- the kind of 'Remain got back Produced by Greig Capturing main, was re- that made a to true form for Nori, who also manages crazy antics leased Nov. 5 on for Sum 41 during the Great Divide: the group, Does This name E92. In an un- the success of its first usual deal, E92 three and Look Infected? delivers album is a bonus DVD became the first drums." frenetic drum beats ac- featuring a "mockumen- company to con- The Great Di- companied by the un- tary" the band's alter tract with Nash- vide has been likely combination of of ego, Pain for Pleasure. ville -based VFR accepted as a melodic guitar sections Records' new label- services division, which vital part of the Texas country movement, and aggressive vocals, The Spinal Tap -esque exposé takes the viewer works outside projects to radio. The band also whose acts are sometimes better -known for showcasing a harder and a from the other companies to handle radio their anti -Nashville stance than they are for more thoughtful sound on journey hired three band's first performance promotion, as well as hiring Emergent Music actually selling records. But the group is try- than the pop leanings of to a rock'n'roll suicide. Marketing to handle sales and distribution via ing to walk the fine line between the Nashville its predecessor. record Released in a limited run of the first ship- Emergent's relationship with RED Distribution. and Texas music communities. "We definitely sought to make this D" ments, the DVD will also feature short films The group comprises lead singer /primary "I can't honestly say there hasn't been some heavier," singer /guitarist Deryck "Bizzy a different kind of illustrating the mishaps of Sum 41's recent Mike McClure, bassist Kelley Green, anti -Nashville [comment] out of someone in our Whibley says. "We wanted melody international tour through Australia and Japan, and brothers J.J. and Scotte Lester, who play camp," Green says. But that Remain was record- record without sacrificing any of the music by labelmates Autopilot Off. drums and lead guitar, respectively. Its sound is ed in Nashville with producer Chris Leuzinger or harmony we had on the first." along with says. day a raw country/rock hybrid that has earned it a and engineer Bob Bullock is evidence, Green Of the songwriting process, Whibley says he "It's a lot of fun," Tortella "Since loyal following, particularly in college towns in says, that the group has no anti -Nashville bias, came up with most of the concepts in a little one, they've been the kind of band that films Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa. even though it earned some derisive accusations makeshift studio in the back of the bus during their own stuff and edits it, and they just have Thus far, the Great Divide has not generated any of selling out from some Texas -based musicians. the group's first tour. a lot of fun with it." national hits despite years of making quality Green says the Great Divide would welcome the "I write a song and do as much as I can with To encourage consumers to purchase rather music, but it does have supporters. right offer from another Nashville label. it before I introduce it to the group," he says. than download the album, the first 500,000 Brian Jennings, PD of country KZKX Lin- Emergent president David Macias says his "Then everyone has their input, and it sounds copies bought in stores will include an access coln, Neb., says: "The Great Divide is huge in company and the band will be "aggressive about totally different once the band is playing code to a secret Web site that will enable fans Lincoln. They sell out every concert." getting out there and doing in -store events in key instead of just me." to pick from a series of live shows and burn a The group's self-released debut was 1994's markets where they have a lot of fans." In sharp contrast to the group's devil -may- customized EP for themselves.

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BY CHARLES KAREL BOULEY then here I am. It was a combination now we've done hundreds of shows For most artists, fame comes as a of three factors: They were legitimate all over the world. We invite any crit- by- product of creating music; hardly singers; they sang a cappella with har- ic of the TV show to come watch our ever is music the by- product of fame. monies. No. 2, they were a known act, stage show -it's really us, it's where As they near the release of their soph- the public was aware of them, and we get to shine." eat_ omore outing, the five members of they weren't coming [out] as an Davis adds, "We come to this al- 0 -Town find themselves trying to unknown artists. Third, there was the bum with a burden -and the burden AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS: R &B and , and Slint guitarist David grow out of being regarded largely as interest of MTV." is to reach those who haven't had the rap artists dominate the nominations Pajo. Corgan sings ead and plays guitar. the rare example of the latter. chance to see the guys. This is a for the 30th annual American Music The quintet wil' play a number of Ashley Parker Angel, Erik -Michael A DEBUT DIPPED IN PLATINUM strong performing group with a Awards, which were announced Nov. 19 radio shows in De :ember, including Estrada, Dan Miller, Trevor Penick, and Davis signed the group, and its tremendously articulate intelligence, in Los Angeles by Dick Clark, Toni gigs for WBOS Bcston (11), WXRK Jacob Underwood -whose 02 went to eponymous debut was certified double - and they just keep growing." Braxton, and 'N Sync's JC Chavez. New York (12), WI IFS Washington, retail Nov. 12-became instant house- platinum. Each of the three singles If the group's members seem as Newcomer Ashanti garnered five D.C. (13), WPLY P liladelphia (15), hold names through the reality TV gained more success than the previous, though they have something to nominations, including nods for and CIMX Detroit 17). A warm -up show Making the Band. While many with the last, "All or Nothing," becom- prove, it's because they feel they do- favorite album (Ashanti, Def Jam) and gig at the Joint in Lis Vegas is slated fans -particularly young teenage ing a top 5 hit Hot 100 hit. Still, some and that 02 is the album to do it. On favorite new artist in both the pop /rock for Dec. 5. girls-fell instantly in love, to many in thought the band lacked credibility. it, the band is allowed to explore its and hip- hop/R&B categories. Eminem the industry the show only perpetuat- "In analyzing what happened with own talents, with half the project and Nelly both received four nomina- UKE A VIRGIN: , whose ed the stereotype that labels were sim- the first large album -a worldwide being written by the group. tions each and will go head to head in new album, Escapoloç y, is expected to ply "adding water and "The music sounds the pop /rock favorite male artist cate- come in at No. 1 in thi U.K. this week, mixing" to create dis- so different on gory, this as well as in both the pop/rock and has shifted from Capitc I Records in the posable, less- than -tal- record -it's more real, U.S. to Virgin Records. Williams previ- ented bands for a buck. more organic, [and] ously released The Ego I las Landed and So, while the show may not as synthesized and Sing When You're Wii 'ping through have been a blessing for slick- sounding as the Capitol. His last album, I. Est year's Swing visibility, for five guys last," Angel says. When You're Winning, was not released looking to be taken seri- "Erick and I wrote al- in the U.S. In the U.K. his music is ously as artists it was a most half the record released through Chrysalis/EMI. double -edged sword. No this time, and that's a Sources say the shift was made in one really expected the huge thing for us as a part because the project s a huge pri- by-product of the show group. Clive would tell ority for EMI Recordec Music vice - to be a viable, talented us how Whitney [Hou- chairman/EMI Recorded Music North pop band -and accord- ston] used to submit America CEO David Munns, whose ing to Angel, not even songs that didn't make hip- hop /R &B categories for favorite office is in the same build ng as Virgin the producers of the the records, meaning album. Eminem is nominated for The in New York. "Capitol's re ease sched- show itself. he had standards. If he Eminem Show (Interscope), while Nelly ule is more demanding in he first few "They weren't ex- was going to execu- is represented by Nellyville (Fo'Reel/ months of 2003, so there's more space pecting a real music tive- produce, he want- Universal). for the new Robbie Williams album on group to form," he says. ed good songs no mat- Other artists landing multiple nom- Virgin," Munns says. "It's al. ,o better to "There was no record ter who wrote them. inations are Enrique Iglesias, Toby have the team headquarter ed in New deal built into the show. Getting to success-the percentage of sales that So to choose five or six of ours is a Keith, , Dixie Chicks, Pink, York, now that Virgin has mn wed to the [former J Records chairman /CEO] initially came off of TV ended up being huge deal." Creed, B2K, Nappy Roots, Alan Jack- East Coast." Escapology is s ated to be Clive [Davis] was the moment of less than a third of their total album "It comes down to the power and son, and Celine Dion. released in the U.S. in March 2003, and truth. Three months after the first sales," Davis says. "So here's a group impact of the songs they deliver," A total of 20 awards are handed out will be preceded by first singl "Feel." season of Making the Band, it looked that could have been written off as a says Richard Palmese, executive VP in eight categories: pop /rock, hip - "Capitol's release schedul is more like there'd be no more of the show. creation of television, formulaic. [But] of promotion for J Records. " `All or hop/R&B, country, adult contemporary, demanding in the first few n onths of So, we started on our own, renting I knew when they sang and when I Nothing' didn't only score with Latin, contemporary inspirational, 2003. So there's more spat for the out a rehearsal space. We practiced spoke with them that their intelligence teens but the 18 -34 demographic as alternative, and soundtracks. new Robbie Williams album on Vir- every day, lived in little tiny apart- factor was always there, especially their well. They're not just pigeonholed Additionally, this year will mark the gin," Munns says. "It's also I etter to ments in Orlando [Fla.], and practiced musical intelligence. They were an there. As their fans grow up, as long second time the Coca -Cola New Music have the team headquarterea in New our asses off until we felt ready. Clive impressive group of guys. After the as the music connects and is still Award will be presented, which high- York now that Virgin has m wed to was leaving Arista, and through success of the third single, they were relevant -and as long as their songs lights an unsigned band selected from the East Coast." mutual we contacts got a meeting at able to take it through their touring still touch you -it's not a matter of a nationwide competition. Escapology is the first releas ' under his house. We sat in his living room and show their talents. No one was age. As long as a song is bright, and The three -hour show, which airs Jan. Williams' new contract, which allows and sang a cappella. We were flipping prepared for their ability as headliners it has a message that everyone will 13, 2003, on ABC, will be hosted by the EMI to share in Williams' tourin ;, pub- out; we felt it was the biggest thing to and their talent as performers." respond to." Osbournes live from Los Angeles' lishing, and merchandising re'enue. happen to us." While 02 is the group's second Shrine Auditorium. Williams has announced a 15-dab sum- It turned out to be just that. PERFORMANCE PRIDE full- length release, the members of Nominees are compiled from music - mer tour of Europe that starts h ne 28 Davis says, "Lou Pearlman set up The group puts on a show that 0 -Town feel it is more of a debut industry publications. Winners are in Edinburgh, Scotland. No U.S. dates a meeting. We were organizing the not only showcases its pop sensibil- album. A mixture of ballads, dance, selected by a national sampling of have been announced. final incorporation of J Records, and ities but also allows each member pop, and even rock, the set show- approximately 20,000 people who are they were impressive in . to come out and sing solo, provid- cases the band and presents it as a sent ballots by a polling firm. STUFF: According to their man iger, Every other company was interest- ing the opportunity to explore new grown -up, cohesive musical unit For a complete list of nominees, log Irving Azoff, the Eagles next al )um ed in coming out with an album to musical genres. and not a prefab boy -band creation. on to billboard.com. will arrive next year on an indie I abet include the material being utilized Angel recalls, "We've been touring "I hated that the TV show stood he calls Eagles Recording Co. OM- on the TV show and were going to with a live band since the beginning. for the fact that you could just add BILLY'S BACK "Honestly," the first sin- board Bulletin, Nov. 20). The gro ap's rush an album out. I said I would We felt strongly about that, so we water and mix and create a pop gle from 's new band, last set, Hell Freezes Over, was re- not be interested in that even if we would set ourselves apart onstage. band," Angel says. "We hated what , went to radio Nov. 22. It is the leased in 1994 on Geffen ... El on ere open for business, because for No one could control our stage we stood for, and we didn't know lead -off song from the still -untitled John will perform Dec. 1 at Londe n's

1 in the material, and that show -that was our territory-so we how to manipulate the situation to Reprise album that is slated for a Jan. Royal Opera House in a concert ;et -e rushed. I opted for the spent the extra money that we didn't bend it in our favor except to do the 28, 2003, release. for broadcast on the BBC later that v 'rm approach." have and hired a live band to go with best we could on the first record, The band, which is managed by month. The orchestra will be con- .inues, "I told them that if us. We didn't want to be a pop -track [with the hope] we could start to Elliot Roberts, also includes Corgan's ducted by composer James Newton Pumpkins drummer Howard, who played keyboards for interested in a much act . It was the unedited, uncom- create something organic [after- former Smashing A for a of years, career, not one depend - mercialized version of us. We devel- ward]. On the second record, that's , Perfect Circle John number starting guitarist in 1975. vitalization of a TV show, oped ourselves as a touring act and what we've done." bassist , Chavez

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www.americanradiohistory.com Dweezil Tapping Zappa Vault With New Imprint Score_

BY JIM BESSMAN MUSIC ON OCCASION: At first, it instrumental repertoire that Drift.. Dweezil Zappa has started a new might seem that the New York encompasses the widest range of label, Vaulternative, to make avail- Philomusica, one of the city's most eras in a program that will be lis- able scores of unreleased recordings respected chamber-music ensem- tenable in its own right. TAKING A SECOND LOOK: One of rest of the distance. (oryon.com) by his late father, Frank Zappa. bles, is the latest to jump on the Comprising six releases origi- the true joys of presiding over a Studfinder, a Seattle punk The first release, FZ:OZ-Frank artist -run label bandwagon. The nally issued between 1992 and column like Continental Drift is outfit that is currently making a Zappa Live in Australia, is already ensemble, however, was actually 1997, the New York Philomusica the opportunity to be among the big booming noise with a self - out via the Zappa family's zappa. well ahead of this particular back catalog features music that first to hear -and then bang the made, 22 -song disc that happily com Web site. The double -CD set curve -the New York Philomusica ranges from Telemann and drum on behalf of-the great new reaches back to the good ol' days, of mid -'70s Zappa Australian con- label was originally founded in Beethoven to contemporary corn- bands and artists of the future. when punk tunes came in the cert material will be followed by a 1991 and issued its first release a posers Iain Hamilton and Jacob It's with that in mind that we form of bite -size noise nuggets 1978 Halloween concert from the year later. Dormant for the past Druckman (both of whom served remind you of some of our per- replete with appropriately chaot- several years, the label has been as Philomusica's featured compos- sonal favorites in recent times. If ic instrumentation and youthful resurrected as part of the ensem- er, a position currently held by you missed the chance to check rebel yells. For information, con- ble's 30th -anniversary season. In John Harbison). The ensemble on these acts out the first time, tact lawlorpop @msn.com. an effort to boost its profile at re- those discs -which expands and please do so now. Without our Kinsey Sicks, which remains tail, the label has also secured contracts in size according to the collective support and willingness one of the most unusual (and national distribution, patting needs of the music-includes such exclusively with New Jersey -based Big Daddy Music. One particularly notable element of the label's relaunch is the release of a specially priced six -CD boxed set, Complete Mozart Divertimen- tos: Historic First Recorded Edi- tion, which repackages recordings initially released on the Vox label in 1975. The ensemble -at the Palladium in New York, to be re- time led by such legendary figures leased in conjunction with DTS as Felix Galimir and Isidore Entertainment. Cohen -was the first ever to take Future Vaulternative product will on the entire series of 17 works, continue with live and studio re- which were written primarily for cordings from the voluminous social occasions. Lovingly remas- well -known artists as violinist Todd Frank Zappa vaults, which span the tered, the recordings retain their Phillips, violist Nobuko Imai, and artist's whole career, Dweezil Zappa exceptional charm and value. Aside clarinetist David Krakauer. All six to try something new, we're charming) acts we've encountered says, with a focus on the elder from the box, the six discs are have been repackaged with dis- doomed to hear the same ol' thing in recent years. This harmony act Zappa's band lineups that have been available separately at budget price; tinctive new cover inserts that give over and over again. is self -described as a "beauty -shop heretofore less represented in the an additional two -CD set includes the catalog a unified look and Mark Weigle, a San Francis- quartet," since it marries smooth marketplace. Mozart's wind serenades and repriced as a budget line with a co -based singer /songwriter who a cappella vocals à la classic bar- "There were certain lineups arrangements of music from the suggested retail price of $7.98. The has been making strides in his bid bershop quartets with drag. The where the band was very large or operas Cosi Fan Tutte and The Mar- six releases were resolicited simul- to make it cool to e,nörace group is currently promoting its very small, and there aren't that riage of Figaro. All of the sets boast taneously with the Mozart sets. troubadours. He's just wrapped a 1'...klarious new CD, Sicks in the many recordings of these extreme new liner notes by pianist and - Given the difficulties and U.S. club tour in support of his City: -,(kinseysicks.com) versions of the band," Dweezil says. nent Mozart scholar Robert Levin. expense involved in such a major latest disc, Out of the Loop, Johíl. Anthony, a New York - "There will be a lot of material that It's fitting that both Mozart and undertaking, it is a welcome sur- which has garnered rave reviews based pop AC belter who bests people have heard, but not with Levin feature so prominently in the prise to see the New York Philo- for the way it blends universal many a m or -label act with his these musicians and arrangements." latest Philomusica project, since musica label relaunched as a budg- themes of love and an unflinch- sleek, met 'culously produced The OZ set, Dweezil notes, pres- both also played a vital role in the et line. "We didn't want to be ing view of one gay man's life. What a Man Can Do collection. ents one of onlÿ ^t tnDown Under label's inception more than 10 ignored at a crucial moment (markweigle.com) Anthony has impressive pipes and concert treks undert en by his years ago. Levin was prominently because of pricing competition," Lava Baby, a New York quin- songwriting skills that could father. "It features is most featured in a 1991 Philomusica Johnson says. "The investment tet that deftly combines home- make Michael Bolton and George stripped -down bands, with'! riv concert that ranked the bicenten- having been made, we decided to spun soul à la the Dixie Chicks Michael nervous. (johnanthony- Bozzio on drums and Roy Estrada nial of Mozart's death. Ttïali pis r g t'the discsl as widely dissemi- with the giddy pogo -pop of the music.com) on bass and only a couple other formance provided the impetus for nated as possible, sò ttfa6m would Go -Go's. They had a brief flirta- Andy Northrup, a Canadian musicians. He rarely had a small the founding of the New York get a firm place on people's lists of tion with a major after the singer /songwriter who has drawn band like that." Philomusica label, which was also things that are musts for their col- release of their sterling, must - deserved critical praise for his The disc was mixed by Joe Chic - a response to the nebulous status lections." have album Big Muff, but are self -made debut, Slow Burn carelli, who had engineered the of Vox and mounting difficulties in Johnson hopes to build on the now back on the indie trail. Don't Avenue, a set that initially lures concert early in his career, recording classical repertoire in an ensemble's past achievements count these scrappy rockers out. the listener with a smooth, seem- Dweezil notes, "so there's themat- uncompromising manner. while expanding into even bolder And don't pass up the chance to ingly simplistic surface. But once ic coherence." "The obvious A&R insensibility incentives, including touring and see them live. They kick ass! you investigate the material clos- The copious previously released to classical music that has emerged international performances. (lavababy.com) er, you realize that the artist is Zappa catalog remains available on over the last three decades was Future releases of new recordings Oryon, a Los Angeles- rooted smarter than your average guitar - Rykodisc. Dweezil says that Vaulter - something we were well aware of are currently in the planning pop artist who aims to be an toting artist. His lyric construc- native will now issue all Zappa prod- and powerless to do anything stages, as well. Whether those earthy, dance -rooted one -man tion is palpably sophisticated, uct not in circulation already. about," says Philomusica founder releases will also be issued at budg- equivalent to and though he also infuses an earthy, Dweezil says he has always want- and artistic director A. Robert et price remains to be seen, but 'N Sync. It's not easy to be a main- I've- lived -every -word sincerity. ed to involve himself in overseeing Johnson, who also plays French Johnson remains mindful of the stream, top -40- geared independ- He's particularly effective on the his father's unreleased output. "I horn in the ensemble. "We could realities of today's classical -music ent artist, but Oryon is relentless radio -ready title cut, which don't think anybody else would finally say something about it by marketplace. "I think we'll be as in his efforts. That alone will carry unfolds like a heartbreaking, have the same feel for the stuff- making a catalog that would reflect competitive as necessary," Johnson him far. His solid, instantly infec- wholly relatable audio movie. and the attention to detail and en- the program ideal that we have had says. "We know it's a hardball tious material will take him the (anorthrup.com) thusiasm for it." since the beginning, with a mixed game, and we're here to stay."

14 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 30, 2002 www.americanradiohistory.com Rancid, Blink-182 Members Join With Unknown To Form Transplants BY TODD MARTENS Despite the presence of Rancid's Tim Armstrong and Blink -182's Travis Barker-as well as guest shots from the Distillers' Brody Armstrong, Rancid's Lars Frederiksen, and the Slackers' Vic Ruggiero -the Trans- plants are not a punk super group. "I'm not comfortable with that term, because it reminds me of the Damn Yankees," says Chris Lasalle, who runs Epitaph's Hellcat imprint. "This wasn't a premediated thing on our part, like, `Let's go out and build this band.' " No, but to say that the Trans- plants began as a band isn't accurate either. A smattering of hip -hop, reg-

gae, and punk guitars that kicks the Clash's Sandinista! into the 21st century, the Transplants' self -titled Hellcat debut (which went to retail Oct. 22), was a project more than ,RK ROPE r Oë HOST two years in the making. Born in Armstrong's basement TRE RERFGR during Rancid's time off, the Trans- plants started as a casual collabora- tion between Amrstrong and singer Rob Aston, whom the Rancid vocal- ist met when Aston was selling mer- chandise for AFI. The two began heavily experimenting with loops and samples, and the result was leaning uncomfortably toward the ...AN TO THE NOM NEES, , MANAGERS AND EVERYONE EL INVOLVED N MAKING T THE industrial side of the spectrum. It wasn't until Blink -182 /Box Car DlGC ST AND BEST MTtt F5RUPE UM AWARDS YET! Racer drummer $axker_ entered the pictur? tinatThe Transplants started to resemble a group. "I was originally just supposed to be a guest," Barker says, "but we met up and everything clicked. We worked on the record whenever we had time. We didn't start taking it seriously until the last few months of making the record. We thought it was so different from anything we've heard. It's like three punk kids got sponsored by hold of a drum machine and stole a bunch of hip -hop records." vDdofon0 In fact, first single "Diamonds & DO?FìES Guns" has a punk- meets -Gorillaz live! Foot Locker feel, thanks to a guest rap from com;global Funkdoobiest's Son Doobie. The cut doicegabbanaàt vodafone.com feoflacker-earope.com americanerpress has been one of the most-requested songs on Los Angeles radio station KROQ in recent weeks.

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Smiley Starts Worship, Church Music Imprint

BY DEBORAH EVANS PRICE NASHVILLE -Billy Smiley, a found- Spirit.. ing member of seminal Christian Ground.. rock band Whiteheart, is launching a BUILDING THE MARY MARY BRAND: we're now setting up for the second new label, Devotion Music. The new ROUND TWO: One of the things that tion of what she pulls off live. We are After two years in the making and single, 'I Try,' which is being aggres- venture, which will be distributed by has made such a more pleased than we could have preceded by a high -powered rollout, sively worked on the gospel side, as the Butterfly Group, is a division of successful independent label is the imagined." He also says they are it was one of gospel's most antici- well as urban AC. Cul -de -Sac Records, the Scottsdale, level of commitment it devotes to its looking to "educate [consumers] a pated releases. But despite robust "With the shift in management, Ariz. -based label Smiley and partner artists and their music. In keeping little deeper that she has an album sales, Mary Mary's sophomore re- the tour with Fred Hammond going Eric Tooker started in 2001. with that spirit, the label is initiating out, because we waited three years lease, Incredible, has not performed out at the end of January, a role in the "It came from churches coming to a phase -two marketing campaign for between records. What we have according to expectations. movie [The Fighting Temptations], me [and] asking me to help get their Ginny Owens that will continue to found is people forget, even though and the book [a pictorial titled Mans- music out," Smiley says of the label, shine a spotlight on her sophomore there's a powerful song like `If You parent that features the girls' per- which will focus on worship music and album, Something More, released in Want Me To' [and the fact that] she sonal stories], I believe that Mary church recordings. "When you see a March, as well as Blueprint, an en- was the [Gospel Music Assn.'s 2000] Mary is uniquely positioned to capi- need in the church, you try to fulfill hanced seven -song EP that hit new artist of the year." talize on the current double -digit that. My goal is if there's a church shelves Nov. 19. Blueprint marks the first time growth in the gospel/contemporary denomination that needs some help . Rocketown president Don Don- Owens collaborated with Becker. Christian arena," Guidy concludes. . . this is just an exciting way to help ahue says, "We are serious about artist "Meeting with Margaret, you have to "The fact is [that] Mary Mary is a them record." development and the whole artist pic- have a few legal pads with you, be- great brand, and we're going to con- On Dec. 3, the label will release ture. Due to her album sales and cause she has so many ideas coming tinue to build on that brand." Worship Extreme, a multi -artist col- radio performances, we've obtained out that it's hard to keep up with lection featuring Pillar, East West, Jus- enough momentum to pour a little everything she wants to do," Donahue KEEPING IT REAL: Integrity Gospel is tifide, and others. more fuel on it to get her to the top says. "Margaret is an extremely trust- pulling out the stops with Real, the Smiley also wants to do a series tier that we think she deserves." ed name, and I like the next chapter latest recording effort from Dove that will revive classic hymns. "We she tends to be leaning toward, which Award -nominated artist Israel and are going to try to do a whole hymn is more of a kind of mentor role." New Breed. The album, which de- series," he says, "bringing back great "She's very organized and came to For many, the assessment is an buted at No. 13 on the Billboard Top hymns to a generation who hasn't the table with ideas about the differ- easy one to make, given the success Gospel Albums chart earlier this heard them." ent songs," Owens says. "Don thought of the duo's debut, Thankful, which month, is the follow-up to Israel's Devotion is the latest chapter in her ideas were wonderful, and so did was certified gold and scored suc- Dove Award- nominated New Season, Smiley's impressive career. As a mem- I. We had a blast, and we were hard- cess on the R &B charts. But no one which was released in July 2001. ber of Whiteheart, he helped make working women." is about to count out gospel's Real combines an array of musical rock'n'roll a dominant force in the con- Blueprint and Something More newest golden girls. In fact, with influences ranging from gospel, R&B, temporary Christian music arena. The will be racked together at Christian recent news of a change in man- jazz, and a modem taste of 1970s soul pioneering outfit launched in 1982 and retail in a counter-top display. Blue- agement, a forthcoming tour, co- to create one the most unique wor- spent nearly 17 years on the road before print is being sold for $6.98 on its hosting duties at the upcoming ship albums of the year. With this retiring from the stage in 1998. own and $19.98 in combination with Stellar Awards, and a book due out diverse sonic heritage, Israel's pas- Though Smiley doesn't rule out a Something More. Blueprint includes Jan. 1, 2003, the dynamic sister duo sionate songwriting and the studio reunion at some point, for now the Owen's first concept video for the is poised for its best year yet. mastery of Grammy Award-winning band's principal members have moved single "With Me." "We're excited," Erica and Tina producer Tommy Sims, Real appeals on. Mark Gersmehl released a solo In an era when most labels con- Booked by Jeff Roberts & Associ- Atkins say. "We've got a new man- to a broader musical audience. album this centrate the majority of their efforts ates, Owens has been touring this fall agement team, a fresh outlook, and "Israel's music, like the man him- year on Spring on getting big street -week sales with labelmate Watermark and will although the response to the CD has self, defies categorization," Integrity Hill Music numbers, Owens is happy to have a embark on a Christmas tour with been different, it is selling in really Gospel GM Jackie Patillo says. "He is Group; lead label committed to the long-term life Mark Schultz, NewSong, Brothers big numbers, and the last time we truly a pioneer in praise- and -worship, vocalist Rick of her record. "I couldn't be any Keeper, and Freddie Colloca. looked [it] was No. 2 on the charts." and, with Tommy Sims at his side, he Florian has be- more grateful," she says. "Being an (It is No. 3 this week on the Top has forged new ground with Real." come a Nash- artist who enjoys experimenting NEWS NOTES: The 2003 Gospel Gospel Albums chart.) As a singer /songwriter /produc- ville realtor. with music and being creative some- Music Assn. (GMA) convention, That last point is one that new er/musician, Israel has authored more "We just lov- times to a fault, I couldn't be happi- titled Zeal With Knowledge, will be manager Demmette Guidry of New than 150 praise- and -worship songs ingly call it `an er to have a label who supports that held April 5 -10 in Nashville. Those York -based management firm the and has contributed to numerous eternal sabbat- and is far -sighted and is willing to who register prior to Dec. 2, 2002, Trydent Group can't seem to empha- projects, recently producing the chil- ical,' " he says. continue to work to promote and will receive a discount off the regu- size enough. "When you have a big dren's gospel album Shout Praises! "We are good friends, and in a month market my records. Any other label lar registration fee and a free ticket hit record like 'Shackles,' everyone He also appeared as a guest artist on we might decide to do something or we would not be a good fit for me. to the Newsboys concert that kicks is expecting the same response," labelmate Joe Pace's current CD, might wait three years." Short -sightedness and focusing on off GMA Week Saturday, April 5. Pre- Guidry says. "However, for a gospel Shake the Foundation, and serves as Initially when the band came off the street week would probably not sell registration is available online at record to have been out 16 weeks the featured worship leader for the road, Smiley worked as A &R director us many records and would not gospelmusic.org ... Cheryl Broz has and sold over 300,000 units is hard- Promise Keepers' national tour. for Nashville -based KMG Records. After allow the music to be heard." been named to the newly created ly chopped liver. Where the first sin- the label began to falter, he explored his Blueprint, produced by Margaret post of director of national promo- gle, 'In the Morning,' did not meet BRIEFLY: Other new releases that are options. "I have that passion for devel- Becker, serves up stripped -down tion and artist development for EMI the urban radio expectation, it did generating excitement include oping [artists], and I thought I'd like to recordings of six of Owens' best - Christian Music Group ... South- establish a great foundation for a Angela Spivey's Determined (Aleho try and do it with my own label," Smi- known songs, as well as one brand - em-gospel veteran act Gold City has second single and served to open up Records), which features a soul -stir- ley says. "So that's where Cul -de -Sac new track. According to Rocketown signed with Cathedral Records . . . doors on the Christian side. For the ring medley of Dorothy Love Coates' kind of came into play two years ago. director of media relations April Skillet's first DVD, Alien Youth: The first time with this record, we chart- signature classics, and GMWA Wo- Cul -de -Sac was started as my commit- Hefner, "The idea is to capture the Unplugged Invasion, streeted Nov. ed on the [top 40] side. men of Worship's When Praises Go ment to mentor and develop new Norah Jones -esque feel of Ginny's 19. The project is retailing for a spe- "For the last six, seven weeks, Up (also on Aleho), which features artists. That's the whole goal of it." live show and give fans a different cial $5.99 promotional price, and there has been a lull in momentum stellar vocals from Mimi Redd, Yvette Smiley is also developing two new taste of her incredible artistry." DVD customers will also receive a $4 because there hasn't been a focused Flunder, Leanne Fain, and Kathy acts, Anthem and DW. Both will have Donahue agrees: "We wanted to coupon toward the purchase of Skil- single," Guidry continues, "but Taylor- Brown. debut albums next year. give people a little more representa- let's 2001 release, Alien Youth.

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BY SUSANNE AULT rocky economic environment. security additions, which included the Delta Center, "most of my clients sive security solutions do exist. His LOS ANGELES- November 2001's "I've had people complaining closed -circuit TV cameras. Yet Cory are mid -range," added Mike Reichert, own RBC Center building has created International Crowd Management [that] things are too intense," said Meredith, president/CEO of event co -owner of Denver -based Event "speed lines" where people can enter Conference (ICMC) unspooled only a Cathy Derr, event manager at the services firm StaffPro, noted that Security Management. "So if you if they bring just their tickets, leaving few weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. But she Delta Center was spiffed up courtesy were to implement everything here, searchable bags and cell phones at so the venue -security -themed work- added, "We're continuing at a serious of the 2002 Winter Olympics Com- it would be cost -prohibitive for my home. Those who bring personal shops were understandably dominat- level, because our employees are now mittee, which enabled the venue to clients to pay me to do it all." items must go through the slower, ed by terrorism concerns. Yet early already trained." purchase equipment worth $250,000 But Meredith commended ICMC more security- intensive main lines. last week -more than one year since At an arena town -hall meeting for the discounted price of $50,000. for getting in people's faces and "get- Overall, Perkins said, "we've done the tragedy -Sept. 11 was just as covering a variety of security issues, Meredith admitted, "When the old - ting them to react. If anything, we're Best Practices six, seven months ago, pressing an issue, if not more so, at Gabriel Iza, assistant director of secu- fashioned way is working OK, it's going to be better-prepared for other and I'm surprised how long it's taking ICMC 2002. rity at Syracuse, N.Y.'s Oncenter tough to justify the extra expense. types of disasters -things that are to put these things in place. The That distance between the tra- Complex, went so far as to say that Then it costs a lot of money to man more likely to happen than terrorism. unthinkable is now thinkable. It is gedies and now is causing venue balancing between protection and the equipment." Lives will be saved in the long run." now real, and we have to step up and managers and their guests to become making guests feel comfortable "is Unlike primary market arenas like Perkins pointed out that inexpen- take action." dangerously complacent about secu- probably the toughest thing we deal rity, according to leaders of the Inter- with. Our venues in our industry are national Arena Assn. of Managers supposed to be customer-friendly. At (IAAM), ICMC's organizing body. the same time, you have the respon- `Life Goes on' As Russia Recovers From Theater Siege IAAM's Safety and Security Task sibility to keep things secure." Force (SSTF), for instance, issued last Good news for the IAAM's security BY ALEKSEY KRUZIN "A big part of our shows take place in ital Kiev, more tours now include such spring its "Best Practices" guidelines, aspirations for its members is that MOSCOW- Following the late -Octo- [the] Kremlin, and there's as much recently unknown places as Ekaterin- advising buildings how to beef up this year's ICMC attracted about 270 ber terrorist siege of Moscow's Theater security as can possibly be. If we make burg, Samara, Rostov, and Vladivostok. their post -Sept. 11 protection proce- people, which -other than last Center -where more than 700 view- a stadium show, various government With starting the dures. But several attendees of ICMC year -was the most people the con- ers of best -selling patriotic musical agencies provide up to 1,500 security European leg of his Brutal Planet tour 2002 (which took place Nov. 10 -13 at ference had drawn since its inception Nord-Ost were held hostage for four [officers], including Federal Security in Moscow's Luznkini Sports Complex Reno, Nev.'s Silver Legacy Resort & 20 years ago, said Joe Floreano, IAAM days-the international partners of the Service agents in civilian clothes and a week after the attack, "the business is Casino) admitted that they haven't president and executive director of Moscow -based entertainment indus- anti -terrorist units checking the ven- going back to usual very fast," Ivanov yet implemented those suggestions, Rochester, N.Y.'s Riverside Conven- try expressed their support and con- ues before each event. says. "It was very professionally or- saying that their patrons -not see- tion Center. "Attendance is great," he cern but did not change any plans. "However, as an extra measure, we ganzied by our colleagues at JSA ing an immediate threat -are be- remarked. "We're not losing them in "During those four days, practically practically doubled the security," agency, and I think with the enormous coming impatient with heightened the afternoon to golf. They are corn- every one of our partners from Los Solovyova says, pointing out that demand for Alice Cooper, could do very security measures. ing here to learn." Angeles to Japan [called] to find out if unlike any major theaters in the U.K. well everywhere else in Russia." Dallas American Airlines Center they [could] be of help," says Nadezhda or U.S., Russian theaters rarely ever While these other cities can only TIME DIMS MEMORY OF TERROR VP/GM Dave Brown called the topics Solovyova, chairman of Russia's lead- afford artists with performance fees "There seems to be a gap, and that "extremely valuable" and added that ing concert promoter SAV Entertain- that are well below $50,000, fre- gap simply is this: We've developed "even the best facility in terms of ment. But she says that no plans have quenting the capitals' smaller -size Best Practices, but we're finding that developing their crowd -management been changed and that two George venues still remains an option that is people aren't taking the time to take programs hasn't covered all the Benson shows several days after the often chosen by the likes of Modem it through its paces," explained Larry ground this conference has covered." tragedy were unaffected. Talking and Londonbeat, which seem Perkins, ICMC committee chair and The SSTF is working on ways to The siege, however, caused the sec- to have an unfading popularity assistant GM of Raleigh, N.C.'s RBC combat complacency, Perkins said, ond of two Darren Hayes shows in among the casino -going capital pub- Center. "Things have shifted from with future audio conferences sched- Moscow's Kremlin Palace to be can- lic. "It was a very marked thing for me 9/11 to now. Before, people didn't uled for January and February 2003. celed, although not for security reasons. when we first came here," London - mind waiting in long, long lines. But Plus, a number of ICMC 2002 sessions 'We have canceled the second show out beat's Jimmy Helmes says. "I realized drilled into attendees the importance of respect for people," says Hayes, whose it's not really like what I read about it of truly practicing their security other show date was named a national at all. Now that it is a fairly free soci- policy, when too many appear to be day of mourning shortly after the out- ety, it totally changed my perspective. just saying they will practice. come of the tragedy. It seems to me with everything that's "It is sad that my first visit to this going on in the world now, every ter- THEORY VS. REALITY wonderful country has coincided with ritory that has been living in some Wayne Coleman, president of the such a tragic event. My show is very had much more security present than false sense of security realizes that it's Training Assembly Managers & Em- intimate -it's just me and my mu- "a couple of babushkas checking tick- not going to last like that." ployees group, talked during his pres- sic-and I wanted to be really con- ets" and a few guards. "Now they will "We are trying to build an indus- entation on emergency issues about nected with my audience," says Hayes have to take the first security meas- try here," says Solovyova, whose the "difference between orientation of his post - Garden tour, which ures ever in their history, which is in career started with the Soviet State and training. If it's just a talking -head played a SL Petersburg arena show the many cases over a hundred years. Concert Agency back in the '80s. 'We lecture in a classroom, you'll get out day before coming to Moscow. [But] life goes on here, just as the fact have been striving to make Moscow there [in a life- threatening situation] "That show could not have taken that there have been terrorist acts in a place as usual to go to as anywhere and you won't know how to perform." place by any means," says Alex Ivanov, England doesn't make anyone less in Scandinavia." On top of facility managers' rou- general producer of ICA, the company willing to go there." Andrey Agapov, director general of tine run -throughs of safety tech- that brought Hayes to Russia. "The While such major acts as Michael ICA-who also has some 20 years of now they are getting a little more niques, Coleman said they should artist's management agreed that it Jackson, , and Sting experience in the business -says, impatient. They're saying, `Look, adopt annual full -scale practices, would have been disruptive to the rep- may have performed in Russia only "Within the past couple of years, I we're in North Carolina, where where the city's police and fire offi- utation of the artist, especially [since] once or twice, a whole echelon of finally got the feeling that we have there's nothing going on.' " cials contribute to the emergency - the venue is located within the Krem- artists visits the vast country year after been accepted by the international The session updating ICMC preparedness activities as well. lin walls, literally a few yards away year, discovering more and more industry as part of it. And we are very attendees about the SSTF's current But many ICMC attendees argued from the presidential premises." remote areas with every new tour. thankful that Darren [Hayes] did not plans- namely, looking for Best that even if they wanted to, it is too "Anything like that terrorist attack Solovyova says, 'We have just done 12 refuse to come under these tragic Practices feedback -was punctuat- expensive to follow every suggested would never have happened at any of cities with Scorpions, last year six cities circumstances. Terrorism is a new, ed with complaints regarding the security guideline. During a facility- our events," says Solovyova, whose with , and this year five 21st -century type of war. It is now rollout of bolstered security regula- security presentation, Jim Bell, VP of track record lists some 400 shows from cities with Joe Cocker." happening on a global scale, and tions. Criticism included worries public safety at Salt Lake City's Delta pop to Luciano Pavarotti's state -corn- Besides such major cities as Mos- nobody knows where is it going to about upsetting patrons in this Center, cited his building's recent missioned Red Square performance. cow, St. Petersburg, and Ukraine cap- hit the next time."

BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 30. 2002 www.billboard.com 17 www.americanradiohistory.com ® OVEMBER 30 a I 2002 BOXSCONCERT CaGROSSES R E i11181'Ir VENUE/ GROSS/ ATTENDANCE/ ARTISTS) DATE TICKET PRICE(S) CAPACITY PROMOTER GEORGE STRAIT, JO DEE MESSINA American Airlines Center, $1,018,309 18,108 The Messina Group Dallas $59.50/$49.50 sellout

Nov. 1

GEORGE STRAIT, JO DEE MESSINA SBC Center, $1,011,609 18,467 The Messina Group rSan Antonio $59.50/$49.50 sellout Nov. 2

SANTANA, OZOMATLI Hollywood Bowl, $919,335 16,737 House of Blues Concerts, Hollywood $75/526.50 sellout Andrew Hewitt, Bill Oct. 12 Silva Presents

AEROSMITH, KID ROCK Tacoma Dome, $859,110 14,172 Clear Channel Tacoma, Wash. $70/$45 15,897 Entertainment Nov. 12

PETER GABRIEL First Union Center, $854,130 10,608 Clear Channel $96 /$76/$46 18,000 Entertainment Nov. 18 Views. , CenturyTel Center, $771,806 11,610 Clear Channel Bossier City, La. $78/$58/$38 sellout Entertainment Nov. 16 FRESH PRODUCE: Event -production event managers in Moscow, and lit-

CHER, CYNDI LAUPER New Orleans Arena, $767,431 11,876 Clear Channel conference EventPro Forum will be erally people from all over this coun- New Orleans $79.75/$34.75 sellout Entertainment, SW held Feb. 17-20, 2003, at Green Valley try," Billups says. "We were amazed Nov. 14 Ranch Resort & Spa in Las Vegas. at how well it came together." & THE E Rupp Arena, $713.025 9,507 Jam Prods. STREET BAND Lexington, Ky. $75 11,500 The confab is geared toward event - Nov. 14 production pros for amphitheaters, VOODOO LOUNGE: The fourth THE OTHER ONES Pepsi Arena, $658,113 15,485 Clear Channel arenas, auditoriums, concerts, fairs, annual Voodoo Music Experience, Albany, N.Y. $42 sellout Entertainment Nov. 16 corporate functions, festivals, sport- Voodoo 02, drew more than 90,000

AEROSMITH, KID ROCK, MUST Coors Amphitheatre. $655,001 10,915 House of Blues Concerts ing events, theme parks, and tours. to New Orleans Nov. 2 to see 23 Chula Vista, Calif. $79.50/$70.50/$35.50 19,002 EventPro Forum 2003 will feature artists on two stages and a DJ tent. Nov. 5 industry speakers, professional devel- Among the performers were the CREED, DEFAULT, STEREO FUSE Palace of Auburn Hills, $627,470 15,401 Clear Channel Auburn Hills, Mich. $42.50 sellout Entertainment, Palace opment panels, and a series of Blind Boys of Alabama, the North Nov. 13 Sports & Entertainment roundtable discussions. Special Mississippi Allstars, Spearhead, CREED, DEFAULT, STEREO FUSE Van Andel Arena, $531,843 12,161 Clear Channel events include a golf tournament, Galactic, Jack Johnson, Jurassic 5, Grand Rapids, Mich. $48.50/$42.50 sellout Entertainment Nov. 11 welcome reception, wrap party, and Macy Gray, Counting Crows, TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS, Tacoma Dome, $529,292 13,384 Concerts West backstage tour of Las Vegas venues. (hed)pe, Nappy Roots, Sum 41, JACKSON BROWNE Tacoma, Wash. $55/$49.50/529.50 /$9.25 16,258 The trade show will showcase Garbage, Down, No Doubt, 311, Nov. 9 products and services for the event - DJs Haul and Manson, Cut Chem- WIDESPREAD PANIC, MORFO, Mid -South Coliseum, $442,888 15,272 Beaver Prods. MAVIS STAPLES Memphis $29 two sellouts production industry, including air- ist, and the Crystal Method. Nov. 15 -16 craft charter, bus leasing, catering, The Voodoo Music Experience is KEGL FREAKERS BALL: KORN, Smirnoff Music Centre, $428,970 12,215 House of Blues Concerts, freight forwarding, hotels, insurance, produced by Rehage Entertainment; DISTURBED, TRUSTCOMPANY Dallas 575/$37.50/$29.50 /527.50 17,000 The Eagle Oct. 31 lighting, limousines, passes, pro- sponsors include PlayStation 2, Cox ALAN JACKSON, CAROLYN DAWN The Pyramid, $407,425 9,411 Beaver Prods. duction equipment, pyrotechnics, Communications, Miller, nola.com, JOHNSON, Memphis $45/035 10,000 KKND (the New Ex- Nov. 16 rigging, security, sound, special End) Orleans, effects, staging, talent representa- treme, M @x Racks, rollingstone- TOBY KEITH, RASCAL FLATTS Bryce Jordan Center, $400,408 11,504 Yarnell Enterprises University Park, Pa. $35/$29.50 sellout tion, theatrical supply, ticketing sys- .com, and Gambit Weekly. Nov. 16 tems, travel services, trucking, and TOBY KEITH, RASCAL FLATTS Pepsi Arena, $399,031 9,935 Clear Channel video production. PETTY PPV: Tom Petty & the Albany, N.Y. $46.75/536.75 11,391 Entertainment Nov. 14 The first EventPro Forum was held Heartbreakers' Oct. 15 show at the

NELLY, BIG TYMERS, FABOLOUS, MCI Center, $378,180 8,404 Dimensions in February, with 150 attending. CFB Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los AMERIE Washington, D.C. $45 10,243 Entertainment Dec. 7 pay Oct. 12 Productions, a veteran personal man- Angeles will air on -per- agement and special-events produc- view stations. BOB DYLAN First Union Center, $372,723 9,047 Clear Channel Philadelphia $45.50/533 12,500 Entertainment tion firm, is the producer of Event - Nov. 15 Pro Forum. LEVEL- HEADED LOU: Lou Rawls' Nov. JAMES TAYLOR Breslin Student Events $348,330 8,278 Beaver Prods. manager Clinton Bil- 10 show at the Ritz Theatre in Tiffin, Center, East Lansing, Mich. $45/$35 sellout Conference Nov. 15 lups says the event is intended to fill Ohio, was interrupted by a tornado, JAMES TAYLOR Resch Center, $348,065 8,038 Beaver Prods. a void in entertainment- oriented con- with an unplanned 20- minute inter- Green Bay, Wis. $45/635 sellout Nov. 12 fabs. "Over the years, as a personal mission that sent the audience seek- ing cover under the balcony. ALAN JACKSON, CAROLYN DAWN New Orleans Arena, $340,830 8,068 Beaver Prods. JOHNSON, JOE NICHOLS New Orleans $45 /535 10,000 Ritz Theatre executive director Nov. 17 Dennis Sankovich says, "Lou was JAMES TAYLOR Peoria Civic Center, $315,800 7,328 Beaver Prods. a Peoria, Ill. $45/$35 sellout alerted to the situation during bass Nov. 16 solo and on his next chorus started JOHN MAYER, ROBERT RANDOLPH UIC Pavilion, $300,030 10,001 MAJ Concerts, House of singing to the audience that there & THE FAMILY BAND Chicago $30 sellout Blues Concerts Nov. 16 was a tornado. He had to say, `I'm serious.' I don't think people knew GUNS N' ROSES, MIXMASTER MIKE Tacoma Dome, $290,266 6,668 Clear Channel Tacoma, Wash. $55/545/$35 17,641 Entertainment what to think or do at that time, but Nov. 8 they were calmed by how calm Lou TONY HAWK'S BOOM BOOM HUCK Alamodome, 5278,574 9,342 Clear Channel JAM, FACE TO FACE San Antonio 575/517.50 22,098 Entertainment was acting in the situation." Rawls Oct. 20 came back and finished the show with COME TOGETHER & WORSHIP: Ford Center, $277,125 11,870 Outback Concerts. two encores amid standing ovations. MICHAEL W. SMITH, THIRD DAY, Oklahoma City $25/$20 14,361 Rush Concerts MAX LUCADO Nov. 17 0 COME ALL YE HEADBANGERS: JOHN MELLENCAMP, Roberts Stadium, W6,085 7,033 Clear Channel ALICE PEACOCK Evansville, Ind. $41.50/$30.50 7,737 Entertainment 89X Detroit's the Night 89X Stole Nov. 1 Christmas 5 is set for Dec. 17 at THE STATLER BROTHERS Salem Civic Center, $274.460 6,285 Zar Entertainment Salem, Va. $45 sellout manager, it was frustrating to me Cobo Arena, with a lineup of Box Oct. 26 [that] so many great events in con- Car Racer; Good Charlotte; New NELLY, BIG TYMERS, FABOLOUS, Cricket Pavilion, $274,293 9,715 Clear Channel cept did not come off well because Found Glory; Billy Corgan's new AMERIE Phoenix 548.50/$20.50 19,337 Entertainment Oct 17 they were improperly produced," he band, Zwan, Trust Co.; the Vines; says. "A lot of great TOOL MESHUGGAH Mississippi Coast $273,315 7,809 Beaver Prods. trade associations and the Used. Coliseum, Biloxi, Miss. $35 sellout serve the various segments of the Nov. 9 industry, but they are all focused BACK IN BUSINESS: Nashville pro- WILD 97.9 FALL BALL: NELLY, Ford Center, $273,200 8,616 Jack Utsick Presents, ASHANTI, ISYSS, PRIMARY COLORZ Oklahoma City $32.50/527.50 9,541 KKWD Radio, Touring Pro, around the type of venue. It seemed moter Ric Whetsel of Great Big Nov. 10 Jeff McClusky &Associates to me there was a need to cross - Shows has subleased the Exit/In and KBLX FESTIVAL CHAKA Chronicle Pavilion at $272.297 6.752 Clear Channel pollinate and bring all these produc- will reopen the venerable Nashville KHAN, GAP BAND, TEENA MARIE, Concord, Concord, Calif. $62.25/$32.25 12,500 Entertainment S.O.S. BAND, ZAPP, CLUB NOUVEAU Oct. 5 tion people together." venue, which was closed back in interna- August A TOOL, MESHUGGAH Riverside Centroplex, $271,635 7,761 Beaver Prods. Attendance this year was for non -payment of taxes. Baton Rouge, La. $35 sellout tional in scope. "We had two guys grand- opening show with Cowboy Nov. 8 from London, two of the biggest Mouth is set for Friday (29). Copyright 2002, VNU Business Media, Inc. All rights reseryed. Boxscores should be submitted to: Bob Allen, Nashville. FOR MORE BOXSCORE RESULTS GO TO BILLBOARD. Phone: 615-321 -9171. Fan: 615- 321-0878. For research information and pricing, call Bob Allen, 615 -321 -9171. 18 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 30, 2002

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tory, challenging, sublime, unfath- omable. Do not adjust your set. -AZ S H DAVID BERKELEY Edited by Michael Paoletta SHANIA TWAIN The Confluence UP! PRODUCER: Alex Weinstein PRODUCER: Robert John "Mutt" Lange Ten Good 02 POP Mercury 088170 This 11 -track first volley from debutant This double -CD follow -up to Shania folkster David Berkeley shows a talent in JOHN 1Wain's previous two multiplatinum its genesis. The songs are inviting and Greatest Hits 1970 -2002 efforts features both "pop" and "more nicely crafted, the musicianship is profi- PRODUCERS: various pop" versions of 19 new livain/Lange cient, and all the right sensibilities seem UTV /Universal /UME 440 063 478 compositions. Both discs boast a signa- to be in place. While rising above that In this career -spanning collection, ture Lange sound- crisp, punchy, middle tier of folk singer/songwriters Elton John gathers together 34 stellar multi -layered, with hooks for days. It's who are difficult to distinguish one from songs -most of which should be famil- also quintessential Shania, light as another, Berkeley is still a touch shy of iar to even the most casual fan. The vapor, sweet as sugar, rendered with knocking out those quiet and mighty double -disc, digitally remastered set personality and undeniable charisma. hymns that mark the best of the folk comes in two versions, one for the U.S. Twain works hard on such bouncy fare genre. His melodies are fresh and sweet and another (with an altered tracklist) JAY-Z as the title cut, the swirling debut sin- GEORGE HARRISON though not quite unforgettable. His for the rest of the world. The American The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse Brainwashed lyrics, often captivating (as on "The City edition includes 22 of John's top 10 PRODUCERS: various PRODUCERS: George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, of the Second Hand"), are also a tad trite Hot 100 singles- though a few notable Roc -A -Fella /Island Def Jam 440 063 381 Dhani Harrison at times ( "Waters whisper out my tracks are missing, including the No. 1 Jay -Z delivers the most ambitious Dark Horse /EMI 41969 name. ") That said, one can't deny the "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds." and most fully realized album of With Brainwashed-the album on dramatic punch of "Drowning," the fret - Since John has too many hits to in- his career with the masterful dou- which 1992 Billboard Century Award board finesse of "Miss Maybe," or the lilt- clude in a two -disc set, there is room ble -disc Blueprint 2. With contri- honoree George Harrison was work- ing appeal of "A Moon Song." Berkeley to quibble with the content. Still, there butions from Dr. Dre, OutKast's ing at the time of his death almost could well have what it takes to win a isn't a clunker in the bunch, and there- Big Boi, the Neptunes, and even one year ago-' other wide audience. But his better moments fore it's a solid overview of the Rocket Notorious B.I.G. (posthumously), songwriter has left us with a transcen- on The Confluence suggest that first he Man's oeuvre. Fans take note: The first the album plays like a who's who of dent musical postcard. With 11 origi- may need to forget everything he has pressing of the album includes a limit- A -list hip -hop. Even with such an nal cuts (plus a mirthful ukulele cover learned and trust his gut for a while. ed- edition bonus disc with a handful of abundance of high -profile guests, of Count Basie's "Between the Devil Contact 917- 273 -1497. -AZ extra tracks, including the No. 1 "Don't the star remains Jay -Z, who contin- and the Deep Blue Sea"), his signature Let the Sun Go Down on Me" with ues to grow as an artist. Whether lead and slide guitar work, and an . -KC dueting with Beyoncé Knowles indefatigable combination of social R&B/HIP-HOP ( "'03 Bonnie & Clyde "), rhyming indictment ( "Brainwashed "), wry * BADLY DRAWN BOY over a guitar riff gle "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!," and humor ("P2 Vatican Blues "), and spiri- DJ QUIK Have You Fed the Fish? ( "Guns & Roses "), or infusing such interchangeable girl -power tuality ( "Looking for My Life "), there The Best of DJ Quik /Da Finale PRODUCERS:Tom Rothrock, Badly Drawn Boy operatic samples into his work anthems as "She's Not Just a Pretty isn't a flat moment on the disc. The PRODUCERS: DJ Quik, G -One, Rob ArtistDirect 1066 ( "Blueprint 2 "), he continually Face," "Nah!," "In My Car (I'll be the songs of this album, admirably com- "Fonksta" Bacon Brit alt -pop phenomenon Badly Drawn pushes the envelope of his aesthet- Driver)," and Latin- tinged "Juanita." pleted by his son Dhani and longtime BMG Heritage /Arista 0611 Boy (aka Damon Gough) is a man of ic landscape. Lyrically and themati- The breezy "Forever and for Always" friend Jeff Lynne, further confirm Longevity in rap music is rare. In a shrugging airs and saving graces. In a cally, Jay -Z sticks to familiar turf: shows impressive range, and 'wain Harrison's importance to the Beatles, genre that is often unfriendly to veter- world of mimicry and way too much disc 1 (The Gift) is essentially a infuses "I Ain't Goin' Down" with some as well as his individual brilliance. an acts, DJ Quik has ably maintained a yawn -metal, Have You Fed the Fish? is a party album, while disc 2 (The passion. It's hard to stay UP! over the Beautifully fatalistic and unimposing - lucrative career for the better part of treasure trove of musical curios; a Curse) is a grittier mix of observa- course of 19 cuts (never mind 38), and ly pedagogical, Brainwashed is quite 12 years. A pioneer of West Coast hip - pixie's melting pot of gems and bottle - tions on the urban experience and Twain's trademark vocal tricks do get possibly Harrison's next-to -best album hop, David "DJ Quik" Blake was first caps -from Beatles references to clunky the rapper's latest response to his repetitive. All the better for her fans, and a sober reminder that his passing introduced to the world via Quik Is the piano giggle ballads ( "40 Days, 40 hangers -on and detractors. -BG though; expect precious metal.-RW is a loss too large to measure.-AZ Name (Profile). Quik put his own Fights "), from bare -bones acoustic touch on West Coast hip -hop as one of tracks to the odd dash of soul ( "Using the first artist/producers in the game. Our Feet"). And, lyrically, the Boy just * BLACK DICE ric acid. But even that analogy sug- musicians disrupting the disrupted Five albums later, his funk -inspired may be the new J.D. Salinger of pop. Beaches & Canyons gests way too much cohesion to char- inner man and gunning down all para- tales of parties, ladies, and gangs in the This is one man's unabashed non -fash- PRODUCER: NicolasVernhes acterize this hour -long aural on- digms. There is hardly a vocal to be streets of Compton, Calif., still have ion statement with songs that have a DFA 2125 slaught. Fact is, there isn't any. This is found, apart from a few incoherent heads nodding. Classic tracks like delightfully casual- though never Here is an album for which new adjec- sonic anarchy -too interesting and too chants and monkey rants. And yet "Tonite" and "Born and Raised in disheveled-feel to them. But the over- tives need to be invented. Unfortunate- thought -provoking to cast aside: five Beaches probably reflects the world Compton" are both nostalgic and re- arching impression of nonchalance ly, George Orwell isn't available. Black long tracks of electronic bleeps and better than anything Springsteen has freshing. The album also includes two belies the depth of talent in play. In an Dice's Beaches & Canyons is like blurps, echoes, loops, and walls of feed- done. But can you handle the truth? new tracks, "Streets Iz Catlin' " and the era of musical plastic surgery, Fish is a getting jiggy with Charles back that just might drive you half This isn't "thinking outside the box" - wry smile of an album.-AZ Manson ... in a huge vat of hydrochlo- crazy. And that may be the point: four there is no box. Maddening, hallucina- (Continued on page 20)

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ENYA even casual listeners, from the spartan VARIOUS ARTISTS together 33 of the 36 released tracks Only lime-The Collection instrumental "Watermark," the haunt- Virginia Roots: The 1929 Richmond cut in October 1929 by 13 different PRODUCER: Nicky Ryan ing "On Your Shore," and more upbeat Sessions Richmond -area acts. Drawing from a Reprise 92112 fare such as "Book of Days" (the latter REISSUE PRODUCER: Ron T. Curry pool of talent that mainly performed Musical trends come and go, but for rerecorded with new lyrics for the film ORIGINAL PRODUCERS: various on local radio, OKeh recorded a the past 15 years, Enya's popularity has Far and Away) and "Storms of Africa." Outhouse 1001 broad variety of roots music -jubilee only grown more widespread. Pigeon- Indeed, there are very few, if any, of Ralph Peer's 1927 Bristol, Tenn., ses- quartets (doing both sacred and holed early in her career for her Enya's best recordings absent here sions (recently issued on CD by BMG blues material), shape -note singers, a music's more overt new -age leanings, ( "Orinoco Flow" starts disc two). A Heritage), which introduced Jimmie blues harmonica soloist, country fid- the Irish vocalist persevered and has handful of obscurities sweeten the pot, Rodgers and the Carter Family, are dlers, even a Hawaiian -guitar band. rung up sales in excess of 60 million including "Ofche Chiúin (Silent probably the best-known commercial Virginia Roots not only probes the albums worldwide since her 1987 Night)" from a BBC Christmas special field recordings of them all. But richness of musical tradition in the debut, The Celts. That release is the and the Japan-only "Isobella." The set these lesser -known OKeh Records region but also affords a thrilling starting point for Only Time-The closes with the video of "Ofche sides are no less revelatory. The pres- glimpse into the methodology of Collection, a four-disc, 51 -track career Chiúin." Only Time is a bit compre- ent two -CD set -released in con- bush -beating recording expeditions retrospective packed with favorites and hensive for beginners, but is the ulti- junction with an exhibit that runs in the bygone days of "race" and some hard -to -find material. Any num- mate place to turn for those with an through next March at the Library of "hillbilly" recording. Distributed ber of these songs will be familiar to unquenchable Enya habit. -!C Virginia in Richmond -brings by Sidestreet. -CM

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(Continued from preceding page) "Strung Out" (alter ego to Bowie's Abnadonao," for example, has a rocka- Arkadas," then sample the sensual multi- channel sound -is definitely the "Heroes ") and the tepid- transient billy accompaniment, "Yo Soy Igual atmosphere of "A Storia i mi Patri." A one to have. Telarc's SACD titles are instrumental groove "Quik's Groove "Lover." Then there's "Wishing Stone" Que Tú" is built on Caribbean beats, concept album that works. -PW hybrid, dual -layer discs, so they also VII." The latter, with its adult jazz in- -a folk song with a really cool mi- with both sounding equally convinc- play as state -of- the -art stereo discs in fluences, is a perfect illustration of the graine. A pair of rave -the -roof remixes ing. More important, even at its most standard CD players. -BB artist's growth. Quik's recent resur- close out the disc in scorching style. pared down ( "Nada es Para Siempre "), GOSPEL gence with the production of the Truth True, a couple of cuts lack push or the disc is memorable. -LC Hurts smash "Addictive" has intro- pull, but will they prevent Science JOHN P. KEE & NEW LIFE CLASSICAL duced him to a whole new generation from getting your synapses blipping? Blessed by Association of R &B and hip -hop fans.-RH No way, padre! -AZ WORLD PRODUCER: John R Kee LEONARD BERNSTEIN: West Side Story Verity 01241 -43200 Betsi Morrison, Mike Eldred, Marianne * SYLEENA JOHNSON * TINARIWEN Mainstay Kee and his vocal ensemble, Cooke, Michael San Giovanni, Robert Chapter 2: The Voice COUNTRY The Radio Tisdas Sessions New Life, return on the heels of their Dean; Nashville Symphony PRODUCERS: various PRODUCERS: Justin Adams, Lo'Jo gold -selling Not Guilty! ... the Experi- Orchestra /Kenneth Schermerhorn Jive 41815 * THE GREAT DIVIDE World Village 468010 ence with a new set of Kee originals PRODUCER: Andrew Walton Syleena Johnson's soulful, full-bodied Remain Tinariwen is a band comprised of Kel that arrestingly asserts his gift for mar- Naxos 8.559126 voice debuted last year by way of her PRODUCER: Chris Leuzinger Tamashek people (they prefer this name rying traditional and contemporary Although recordings of the wonderful first Jive album, Chapter 1: Love, Pain E92 Records 750021 to Tuareg), nomads from the remote gospel into a seamless and singular Symphonic Dances from West Side & Forgiveness. But the album's the- Rock solid Okies the Great Divide, Saharan region of Mali, beyond Tim- whole. "I Won't Let Go" is a bona fide Story are fairly thick on the ground, ver- matic focus on a relationship gone bad together 10 years while lesser acts have buktu. Though they have long been Sunday- morning foot-stomper. "He's sions of the classic full theatrical score didn't translate into commercial suc- come and gone, follow their top -notch known as a fiercely independent people the Greatest" is funk -driven choral are relatively few. This welcome new- cess and overshadowed the sing- Afterglow with another champion familiar with warfare, struggle, and music at its best, while "Enough Is comer holds its own with the recently er /songwriter's considerable vocal tal- effort. Remain finds the quartet in a institutionalized discrimination, Tinari- Enough" sports a sturdy hip -hop spin. reissued original cast album (on Sony) ent. Now Johnson has completed the stylishly guitar- driven mind -set; the wen's music is anything but fierce. Its Kee is equally adept at slowing things and surpasses in idiomatic feel the noto- next chapter -a more balanced entry pulsing "Fly On" is Petty-esque in lyrics are frequently social/political, down. "That's Why I Praise You" is a rious operatic version led by composer whose main character is, rightfully, her theme and tone, and "Lost in the while its arrangements are as sparse heart -tugging ballad, and the acoustic - Leonard Bernstein in his latter days voice. A throwback to such earthy Night" is a winner with crisp acoustics, and entrancing as the southern Sahara. guitar- driven "More Than Anything" a (Deutsche Grammophon). Along with singers as Betty Wright and Chaka winning Mike McClure vocals, and Guitars and percussion pretty much memorable song of praise. Blessed by the plucky Nashville Symphony, this Khan, Johnson comes by her chops small -town romanticism. Elsewhere, sums up the sound. The lead vocalists Association is an exciting, entertain- disc features an eager cast of young naturally, as the daughter of bluesman the Divide rock out on "Gypsy Steel" are men, frequently augmented by a ing -even engulfing- experience, and musical- theater artists, conducted by Syl Johnson. And it's her natural, I'm- and torch -twang admirably on "If Not female chorus of three. The songs -all a rousing reiteration of Kee and New Nashville music director (and Bernstein every-woman feel that nourishes this for You." They also offer subtle intro- originals -have a surprisingly gentle, Life's determination to speak the protégé) Kenneth Schermerhorn. satisfying set produced by Hi -Tek and spection in "Other Side of Midnight," drowsy vibe. The voices have a timeless Gospel through the power and persua- "Somewhere," sung rather formally here Ivan Barias & Carvin Haggins (Musiq), reach extraordinarily funky slacker quality that's difficult to liken to any sion of music. -GE by Michelle Prentice, has been done among others. Whether professing her heights on "Bummin' Around," then other type of African singing. Tinari- more affectingly in myriad ways. But, faithfulness and devotion ( "Faithful to startle with the soulfully poetic "Moon wen's sound is more akin to the among the highlights, Mike Eldred sings You," "Now That I Got You "), letting is Almost Full" and rollicking domes- Maghreb than it is to traditional Bam- JAZZ "Maria" in a nicely ardent tone. The loose sexually ( "Tonight I'm Gonna Let ticity of "Mary Hold On." This is one bara or Manding music. Like the desert ensemble singing comes across with a Go "), or doing a sultry cover (Alicia fantastic record, begging the question: the Kel Tamashek inhabit, this music * RAY BROWN WITH MONTY sense of theater, and much of the Myers' "If You Play Your Cards Right "), Why aren't these guys stars ? -RW has a quiet, stirring mystery. Distrib- ALEXANDER AND RUSSELL MALONE orchestral playing is fine. This could end Johnson's voice commands deserved uted by Harmonia Mundi. PW PRODUCERS: Ray Brown, Elaine Martone up being the version of choice for many attention -and appreciation. -GM Telarc SACD -63562 new listeners, particularly at the Naxos LATIN * MILAGRO ACUSTICO It's so sad that prolific jazz bass legend budget price. It's another coup in the I Storie ò Café di lu Furestiero Ray Brown didn't live to see the release label's exemplary American Classics DANCE /ELECTRONIC ELEFANTE PRODUCER: Bob Salmieri of this, the finest album of his latter- series, with good studio sound and Lo Que Andábamos Buscando Tinder 861082 day career (he passed away July 2, at engaging annotation by Schermerhom * DOT ALLISON PRODUCER: Carlos Narea Milagro Acustico is the creation of age 75). And not only is this collabora- and longtime Bernstein friend and col- We Are Science Sony Discos LAK- 084955 multi -instrumentalist /composer Bob tion with pianist Monty Alexander and laborator Sid Ramin. -BB PRODUCERS: Dave Fridmann, Dot Allison, How long will it take for Mexico's Ele- Salmieri, a Sicilian with a yen for exot- guitarist Russell Malone Brown's finest Keith Tenniswood fante to break in the U.S.? One of the ic music and the imagination to bring Telarc disc -it's one of the label's best Mantra Recordings /Beggars Group 1028 most compelling Spanish -language that music to life. The album title - jazz releases ever and one of the most HOLIDAY Bonnie Scottish electro lass Dot Alli- pop /rock bands to emerge in recent "The story of the stranger's coffee" - delightful mainstream jazz albums of son returns to the recording fold after years, Elefante has garnered success at alludes to the premise of this concept the year. With a relaxed, after -hours DOROTHY MOORE a three -year absence with her sopho- home with memorable songs that album. Salmieri and Milagro Acustico ambience, this session sees the trio Please Come Home for Christmas more album, We Are Science. With the marry contagious melodies with invite us to a Sicilian café where emi- reanimating jazz standards ( "Django ") PRODUCER: Dorothy Moore help of a deuce of ace producers and a unusually well -written lyrics and ele- grants, pilgrims, and immigrants share and left -field classics (Milt Jackson's Farish Street Records of Mississippi 1001 mother lode of programming, Allison gant, even sophisticated arrangements their stories, mainly in Sicilian dialects "Compassion "), as well as showcasing has come up with a disc that is alter- (note the unexpected chord progres- (which are translated into English in originals by each player. Brown's tone CHRIS BOTTI nately dreamy and vivacious, '80s -retro sions of "La Limpia"), where musical the liner notes). The stories are fasci- and taste are that of a jazz sage, December and cutting edge. Electronic mantras lines (notably guitars) are as prevalent nating; the music is seductive. An array Alexander has never sounded better PRODUCER: Bobby Colomby like "We're Only Science" and "I Think as the leading voice. Unlike labelmate of instruments from clarinet to darbu- (especially on his gorgeous Francopho- Columbia CK 86864 I Love You" contrast with the eerie Sin Bandera, which plays with more ka, kora, and grand piano animate ne intro to "Django "), and Malone's space- vampire dabblings of "You Can standard Latin pop and R &B influ- tunes that draw on Mediterranean gritty, bluesy touch seems just right. LOS STRAITJACKETS Be Replaced" and "Performance " - ences, Elefante leans decidedly toward music both ancient and recent, from The CD comes with a free bonus disc 'Tis the Season for Los Straitjackets! both of which showcase the artist's the singer /songwriter traditions of Ceuta to Istanbul and beyond. Let showcasing highlights from Brown's PRODUCERS: Four Masked Men, Mike wraith -waif vocal style-and more con- Spaniards like Joaquín Sabina and a Milagro Acustico put you through Telarc catalog. But the SACD version - Campbell, Mark Linnett ventional "songs" like the fabulous light rock sound. But while "El some stylistic changes with "Tessekkur featuring amazing high- resolution, Yep Roc 2041

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THE PRETENDERS Robbie -inflected "Time," the Pre- cording them with a 70 -piece orches- Loose Screw tenders channel "Walking in the tra, a 13-person choir, and a backing PRODUCERS: , Jonathan Rain" -era (who, years ago, band that includes keyboardist Herbie Quarmby covered the band's "Private Life "). Hancock and saxophonist Wayne Artemis 751153 Throughout, Hynde-who co -wrote Shorter. In this light, songs like "For For their eighth studio album, the all but one song (a cover of U.K. col- the Roses" (from the 1972 album of Pretenders take the best blues- and lective All Seeing I's "Walk Like a Pan- the same name) and "Sex Kills" (from soul- etched rock elements from past ther")- explores love in all its twisted the 10- year -old Tlrrbulent Indigo) albums like Pretenders and Learning glory. The graceful and highly charged become even more epic and dramatic. to Crawl and merge them with sun - "I Should Of," home to signature At the same time, a somberness pre- splashed reggae rhythms. While this Hynde lyrics, is surely a future clas- vails throughout much of Travelogue. may cause some Pretenders purists to sic -quite like the album itself. -MP And while this isn't a bad thing, it re- balk, they shouldn't, as Loose Screw is quires active -not passive -listening. a near -perfect marriage of aggression JONI MITCHELL Of course, hardcore Mitchell fans and sweetness. Opening track "Lie to Travelogue wouldn't have it any other way. Other Me" is classic Pretenders, with guitar (Adam Seymour), bass (Andy PRODUCERS: Larry Klein, Joni Mitchell is compelling: 1995 Billboard Century noteworthy gems include "Hejira," Chrissie Hynde's incredibly distinctive Hobson), and drums (Martin Cham- Nonesuch 79817 Award Honoree Joni Mitchell revisits "God Must be a Boogie Man," and vocals ferociously complemented by bers). One track later, on the Sly & The basic concept for this two -disc set 22 songs from her rich catalog, rere- "Otis and Marlena. " -MP

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ain't no rhyme." The production swirling background S P G H T delivers, with SINGLES vocals, punchy guitar work, and appropriate thump. It's all in place for Edited by Chuck Taylor B2K AND R DIDDY Bump, Bump, this to be Eric Heatherly's time. -RW Bump (3:59) PRODUCER: R. Kelly POP WRITERS: R. Kelly,V. Smith RAP PUBLISHERS: Zomba Songs o /b /o itself 2PAC (3:59) * NICK CARTER Do I Have to Cry and R. Kelly Publishing, BMI; BuBo for You (3:37) Music /That's Whats Up, ASCAP PRODUCERS: Suge Knight, PRODUCERS: Brian Kieruff, Josh Schwartz Epic 59304 (CD promo) WRITER: not listed WRITERS: N. Carter, B. Kieruff, J. Schwartz Serving capably as R &B's current boy PUBLISHER: not listed PUBLISHERS: Zomba /BDN, ASCAP; band du jour, B2K has established a Amaru Entertainment /Interscope 10879 Zomba /Kieruff Songs /Mugsy Boy, BMI loyal and large fan base of screaming (CD promo) Jive 40069 (CD promo) pre -teen and teenage girls. The quar- 2Pac returns from the other side once Nick Carter is not slam -dunking the tet's eponymous debut entered The more with yet another posthumous solo hits in the U.S. with the same Billboard 200 at No. 2 and Hot R &B/ release, "Thugz Mansion," from the ease as boy -band contemporary Justin Hip -Hop Singles & Tracks at No. 1. A upcoming double -disc, Timberlake, but he is doing an I'm With You (3:44) follow -up remix set and a Christmas Cry Me a River due Nov. 26. This is the rapper's sixth admirable job of carving out a new PRODUCERS: the Matrix (4:46) album following his 1996 murder and niche for himself as a pop lothario WRITERS: A. Lavigne, the Matrix PRODUCERS: the 10th since his first big hit, "I Get with more natural poise and charisma PUBLISHERS: Almo /WB Music /Tix WRITERS: J. Timberlake,T. Mosley, S. Storch Around," a No. 6 Billboard Hot 100 hit than he ever displayed as a member of Music /Ferry Hill, ASCAP; Warner- PUBLISHERS: Tennman Tunes /Zomba/ 11 years ago. The new release is an Backstreet Boys. This second single Tamerlane /Hollylodge /Rainbow WB /Virginia Beach /TVT Songs /Scott insightful song that ominously and from the solid set Now or Never is an Fish /Mr. Spock, BMI; Avril Lavigne Storch Music, ASCAP prophetically seems to reflect his instantly likeable, rock -edged ballad Publishing, SOCAN Jive 40068 (CD promo) entrance into the afterlife: "There has that plays to Carter's vocal strengths. Arista 5201 (CD promo) "Like I Love You," with its rough -hewn to be a place better then this, in Heav- He often sounds like at Avril Lavigne is the hottest thing hip -hop beats and quirky, often salacious en/So right before I sleep, dear God, vocals, did exactly what it needed to do. what I'm askin' /Remember this face, his peak here, belting with arena -ready going these days, equally appealing to BUMP. BUMP. BUMP intensity over an arrangement that male and female post -Britney kids and FEATUflINC P, IDIOCY It splashed cold water into the faces of save me a place in Thugz Mansion." builds from sweetly spare piano lines adult top 40 pop- rockers. Following boy-band naysayers and jolted listeners- The track, which features a smooth into tasty, theatrical guitar power - the massive success of the Grammy at -large into viewing Timberlake as hook sung by Anthony Hamilton, has chords. It's easy to imagine this track Award -sniffing "Complicated" and more than the "curly- haired blond" in 'N a midtempo beat with a signature winning immediate approval among chainsaw- driving "," Lavi- Sync. With the follow-up, "Cry Me a West Coast vibe. 2Pac's popularity the Total Request Live set, though it gne and her master production/song - River," he faces a tougher challenge: continues because of his incompara- also deserves to receive a warm wel- writing team, the Matrix, slow the establishing himself as an artist who can ble storytelling, witty wordplay, and come from listeners who might not tempo for a beautifully performed, disc, Santa Hooked Me Up, have also back up the hype with substance. Cre- thought -provoking messages -to have previously given Carter fair con- musically sophisticated outing that performed well. B2K's forthcoming set, atively speaking, he hits the mark, weav- which " Thugz Mansion" ably sideration -and isn't that the ultimate showcases a surprisingly emotional Pandemonium!, is likely to do the ing a surprisingly gritty and soulful vocal attests. -DD goal of a good solo project ? -LF vocal from the 17- year -old. She sings same, if not better. The boys get a little into a grinding slow -funk groove that's of loneliness, "I'm standing on the help from P. Diddy on lead single iced with an unshakable pop hook. An bridge, I'm waiting in the dark/I "Bump, Bump, Bump." The high -ener- easy top 40 sell, the R&B credibility that CHRISTMAS COUNTRY thought that you'd be here by now/ gy party -driven track is sprinkled with Timberlake has been cultivating will be There's nothing but the rain/No foot- just enough sexual innuendo to keep strengthened by a collabortion with stu- PERRY PAYNE Santa Claus Won't Get * DOLLY PARTON Hello God (2:59) steps on the ground/I'm listening but more mature fans interested while still dio heavyweight Timbaland that shows Lit Up (At the Trailer Park This Year) PRODUCER: Dolly Parton there's no sound/Isn't anyone trying holding to a PG -13 rating for B2K's the artist more than holding his own. In (no timing listed) WRITER: D. Parton to find me? Won't somebody come younger fans. Seventeen -year-olds fact, given how unique this track stands Hometown Productions 214 (CD single) PUBLISHER:VelvetApple Music, BMI take me home ?" Along with a fistful of themselves, Omarion, J -Boog, Lil' Fizz, against Timbaland's previous output, it's Contact: 212- 795 -7278. Blue Eye /Sugarhill 394654 (CD promo) electric guitars, the song pauses and Raz -B are still growing into their arguable that Timberlake has nudged Culled from Dolly Parton's excellent between verses for some affecting voices but show promise with each the producer/writer to explore his own CHRIS BOTTI Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Halos & Horns album, this affecting acoustic guitar licks from soloist successive single. Produced and co- potential to be a composer and producer Let It Snow! (4:04) song demonstrates the vocal and Corky James and even a touch of written by R. Kelly, "Bump, Bump, of more depth. Gossip-mongers will Columbia Records (CD promo) songwriting chops that have made her cello. Teens will relate to the isolation Bump" is more or less standard R &B delight in the song's embittered prose a creative tour de force in popular theme, grown -ups will appreciate the fare, with P. Diddy contributing a verse about a love gone terribly wrong, while TOBYMAC This Christmas (3:15) music for decades. Penned in the graciously woven workmanship, and and his signature ad-libs. Mainstream others will simply wonder if Timberlake Forefront 77815 (CD promo) aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, the lyric the world will sing along with the fly- R &B would be foolish not to pick up will ever consider going back to being finds Dolly at her most vulnerable and paper hook. Avril and the top 10 are this slam -dunk. This may shape up to one of five voices when his own solo KENNY G Auld Lang Syne confessional, as she reaches out to certainly becoming good friends. -CT be a very B2K Christmas. -RH pipes are so undeniably strong. -LF (Freedom Mix) (4:53) God in such lines as, "I have ques- Arista 15215 (CD promo) tioned your existence /My resistance leaves me cold /Can you help me go friendly persona, Eric Heatherly tively with Hammond organ -start valuable buffalo nickel to making JO DEE MESSINA Have Yourself a the distance ?" The song packs an makes another run at country radio the proceedings, followed by a one's own luck with a "gold -top Gib- Merry Little Christmas/A Joyful Noise emotional wallop because of the emo- with this hook -heavy midtempo that relaxed, confident vocal. The mix is son." It's also about not thinking too (2:57/3:49) tional honesty in the lyric and the has style and verve. Fat guitars and perfect, as Heatherly waxes on the much: "Sometimes it's just your Curb Records 1724 (CD promo) directness in Parton's delivery. It rock -solid bottom -seasoned effec- glories of opportunity, from finding a time/There ain't no reason and there could have appeal at a variety of BROOKS & DUNN It Won't Be music formats -country, Christian, Christmas Without You (3:43) and perhaps adult contemporary, Arista Nashville 67067 (CD promo) because of the powerful message and N E W & N O T E W O R T H Y Parton's passion. "Hello" got prime DAVE KOZ WITH KENNY LOGGINS exposure Nov. 6 via Parton's perform- WAYNE WONDER No Letting Go enced dancehall. "No Letting Go," December Makes Me Feel This Way ance during the Assn. (3:26) which originally appeared on the (3:37) Awards on CBS -TV. Given proper PRODUCER: Stephen "Lenky" Marsden Greensleeves compilation Diwali, is Capitol 617567 (CD promo) exposure, it could strike a chord with WRITERS:V.W. Charles, S. Marsden both infectious and moving. Wonder's the masses. -DEP PUBLISHERS: Singso smooth tenor glides over the bass -driv- JOHNNY MATHIS Frosty the Snowman Music/Greensleeves Publishing en track courtesy of Stephen "Lenky" (2:32) ERIC HEATHERLY Sometimes It's Just VP 1661 (CD promo) Marsden. Lyrically, the song is no differ- Columbia Records (CD promo) Your lime (3:42) With reggae again gaining ground in ent from any other R &B ballad, as Won- PRODUCERS: Eric Heatherly, James Stroud the mainstream, the timing couldn't be der thanks his lover for being there STEVE TYRELL Rudolph the Red - WRITERS: E. Heatherly, K. Tribble, better for Wayne Wonder to wiggle his through thick and thin. With the recent Nosed Reindeer (3:17) D.L. Murphy way into mainstream consciousness. success of VP labelmate at Columbia Records (CD promo) PUBLISHERS: Psychobilly Music /Old The reggae veteran, who has appeared radio, "No Letting Go" should be an easy Desperados, ASCAP on numerous reggae compilations over sell to open- minded PDs across the Winter Wonderland (3:19)

DreamWorks Records 14043 the past few years, should receive posi- ing Back. Unlike many of his ch.: i ng board. The single, which serves as Won- BNA 7863 (CD cut) (CD promo) tive attention with "No Letting Go," the contemporaries, Wonder relies more on der's first chart entry, is further proof An axe -slinger with songwriting lead single to his VP debut set, No Hold- traditional reggae than hip- hop -influ- that reggae is again on the rise. -RH My Favorite Things (3:44) chops, accessible vocals, and a video- BNA 64687 (c /o BMG) (CD cut)

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BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 30, 2002 www.billboard.corn 21 www.americanradiohistory.com RSPB/ -HOP King's Own Brand Of Blues Artist's 21st Century Blues Label Debuts With His `Dirty South' CD BY MOIRA McCORMICK new album). "Our roots music is the the label Web site (2lcbrecords.com) 'We don't have to throw out the old blues, and to sell 20,000 blues records before it hit stores. to embrace the new," says Chris is seen as successful. "I now have this new audience and Thomas King, citing the philosophy of "The hip -hop audience is not only can tour as much as I want to at the and The Blues.. his newly launched independent label, teens," King continues. "People who moment," says King, who is booked by 21st Century Blues Records. Its inau- grew up listening to Run -D.M.C., Pub- Paul Kahn at Nashville -based Con- ON THE RECORD: ArtistDirect Rec- During that time, there was some- gural release, King's own Dirty South lic Enemy, and the Beastie Boys still certed Efforts and is currently playing ords signs Pras Michel (the Fugees) thing in our contract that came up, Hip -Hop Blues -an audacious, excit- want to listen to hip -hop. They haven't a series of fall dates with bassist protégé Sharli McQueen. The R &B stating that if they didn't give us 'x' ing blend of contemporary hip -hop changed their taste. But they want Anthony Hardesty and DJ Spin. "But I singer and Washington, D.C., native amount of money to produce prod- and traditional blues- streeted Oct. substance; something deeper than Lil' really need to take time out and get my is currently recording her epony- uct by 'x' amount of time, we were 15 and is distributed domestically by Romeo. That audience is under- served. company off the ground, because I'm mous 2003 debut, working with free to leave. That's what happened. Select -O -Hits. We fill a void in hip -hop as well as in very serious about the label." such producers as New Ark Enter- They didn't even care enough to The 0 Brother, Where Art Thou? blues." King says he sold several thou- 21st Century Blues Records (whose tainment's Vada Nobels, Omar Ben- fight it. It was a mutual thing. They film was a breakthrough for King, who sand copies of the CD on tour and via other signed act is hip -hop trio 21 -CB der, and Rasheem Pugh, as well as would have kept us, but they weren't appeared in the movie as fabled blues - Boyz) is headquartered in uptown Tiger Wilson and Cliff Lighty of Wil- going to fight to keep us, which was man Tommy Johnson and was includ- New Orleans. The city is King's home son Brothers Entertainment. fortunate for us." ed on the spinoff Down From the base, as well as that of local label suc- Release dates have shifted for Naming the album after the well - Mountain tour. He says his 0 Brother cesses Cash Money and New No Limit. Arista's Blu Cantrell and Motown's known folk tale, Moore believes the exposure helped secure national dis- King is currently recording the trio - 702. Cantrell's next album is now adage is a reflection of the group's tribution for 21st Century Blues, comprising rapper Akil, singer/musi- slated for Feb. 11, 2003, while 702 ongoing struggle in the music busi- which had previously existed but cian Katori Wood, and turntablist DJ will bow its new set in March . . . ness. "When we say The Tortoise & "more as a production company." Plus Spin -at his New Orleans studios, Coming Feb. 4 via Arista is the the Hare, we definitely consider our- it all but ensured him an audience for aiming for a March 2003 release. Kenny Lattimore /Chanté Moore selves the tortoise and the industry his hybrid creation. 'We're very small," King says of his project ... Nivea's eponymous Jive the hare. It's about that constant "Millions of people saw the movie, label, adding that while staffers man album carries a Dec. 10 release tag struggle in trying to stay true to our and 7 million bought the album," says the phones and mail room, `we're hir- ... Also coming Dec. 10: the Free pace, as opposed to rushing ahead to King (whose 0 Brother track, a field ing independent people for market- Agentz's new release, BustBack2. the finish line. Regardless, we're recording of Skip James' "Hard Time ing and promotion. We also have a It's available through Charlotte, going to make it to the finish line, Killing Floor Blues," shows up as a representative in Jackson, Miss., and N.C. -based label bustback.com. and we'll probably beat the hare, just rerecorded studio version on King's publicists in Los Angeles. Headed by CEO Gary Williams, the like the folk tale." "These days," observes King, who is label is presently talking with poten- seeking new management, "you don't tial distributors. SCREEN SCENE: Aretha Franklin and NOVZMMB2ER 30Billboard HOT need a staff of 60 people to promote a BMG- distributed Empire Music - Lou Rawls will host the next install- RAP TRACKSTM record if you're a small label with some werks is issuing several R &B great- ment of American Soundtrack, the Airplay monitored by W Nielsen kind of identity in the marketplace. I'm est -hits compilations spanning the PBS -TV series of concert shows pro- 3 Broadcast Data Systems speaking as a record -company presi- late '60s into the '80s, offering col- duced by WQED Pittsburgh and cre- S TITLE IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL Artist dent right now, 'cause as an artist, I lections by Linda Jones, the Es- ated by T.J. Lubinsky. Taping Tues- f NUMBER 1 I`3° 5 Weeks At Number i couldn't care less about marketing, corts, and Eugene Wilde. day (26) in Pittsburgh (air dates are 1 1 WORK IT Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott 9 demographics, all that kind of stuff." to be announced), the show will play THE GOLD MIND/ELEKTRAIEEG King, an acclaimed JAZZY JAMS: The ladies of - R &B 2 2 LUV U BETTER LL Cool J 9 contemporary the Jazzy host to such memory- makers DEFJAM /IDJMG blues artist since the late '80s, started fatnastees- Tracey Moore and Mer- as Bobby Purify, Dennis Edwards 4 LOSE YOURSELF Eminem 9 SHADWINTERSCOPE blending hip -hop and blues a decade cedes Martinez -hope that "slow (the Temptations), Friends of Dis- 4 3 Sean Paul 9 ago but encountered resistance from and steady wins the race." The duo tinction, Teddy Pendergrass, Peach- 2 HARDNP /ATLANTIC U.S. labels. He began recording his first & Tavares. 5 '03 BONNIE & CLYDE Jay -Z Featuring Beyonce Knowles 9 returns with the follow -up to its es Herb, and ROC- A- FELLA/DEF JAM /IDJMG such project, 1995's 21st Century Blues 1999 Motive /MCA debut, Once & Motown ushers in the holiday sea- 9 AIR FORCE ONES Nelly Featuring Kyjuan, Ali & Murphy Lee FO' REEWNIVERSAVUMRG ... From Da 'Hood, as a semi- expatri- Future. Released Sept. 3, The Tor- son with USA Cable Network's pres- 7 WHEN THE LAST TIME Clipse 9 ate in Copenhagen. Dirty South Hip - toise & the Hare marks the pair's entation ofA Motown Christmas Spe- STAR TRAK/ARISTA Hop Blues, his ninth is a Cool 8 6 DILEMMA Nelly Featuring Kelly Rowland 9 album, tour move to indie imprint Hunter. cial. Taped at Hollywood's Kodak FO REEWNIVERSAUUMRG de force for King: He produced, per- Theatre, the D.L. Hughley-hosted spe- 9 8 HEY MA Cam'ron Featuring Judie Santana, Freekey Zekey & Toya 9 ROC- A- FELLNDEF JAM /IDJM G formed, and played all the instruments cial features Brian McKnight, Take 6, 10 REACT Erick Sermon Featuring Redman a9 on the album and wrote all but one of the Temptations, and Thelma Hous- J its 21 '11 11 PO' FOLKS Nappy Roots Featuring Anthony Hamilton 9 tracks. (His publishing company ton, among others. It airs Dec. 8. á ATLANTIC is Young Blues Rebel Music [BMI].) Not only is producer /songwriter 16 SATISFACTION V D RUFFRYDERS /INTERSCOPE Radio -wise, King says the first sin- Dallas Austin the executive music pro- 13 12 MOVE B * * *H Ludacris Featuring Mystikal & Infamous 2.0 '9 gle is "Revelations," a club track that is ducer for Twentieth Century Fox film DISTURBING THA PEACE/DEF JAM SOUTH /IDJMG 12 15 THUG LOVIN' Ja Rule Featuring Bobby Brown 9 being done as a -inch, while "Ghet- Drumlin (Words & Deeds, Billboard, MURDER INC./DEF JAM/IDJMG to Child, You're Not Alone" has pop Jan. 26), he also doubles as the execu- 111) 18 WANKSTA 9 GUNIT /SHADY /INTERSCOPE potential. King is also "hoping to get tive producer of the film, inspired in 66 13 GANGSTA LOVIN' Eve Featuring 9 some urban AC play" on "Feel Me," part by Austin's experiences as a drum- RUFF RYDERS/INTERSCOPE with its Fender Rhodes and soul- 17 14 NOTHIN' N.O.R.E. '9 piano mer in his high- school marching DEF JAM/IDJMG ful vocal phrasing. For the blues for- band. The movie -which opens C 24 DO THAT... Baby Featuring R. Diddy 9 CASH MONEYNNIVERSAUUMRG mats and specialty shows, he plans to nationally Dec. 13 -stars Nickelo- Busta Rhymes Featuring Spliff Star 9 put together three or four stripped - deon's Nick Cannon (Music & Show- J down blues cuts, such as "Hard Time biz, Billboard, Nov. 23). The accompa- 4 21 ROCK THE PARTY Benzino 9 SURRENDER/ELEKTRNEEG Killing Floor Blues" and "Ghetto Life." nying soundtrack arrives Dec. 10. The 22 THE STREETS WC Featuring Nate Dogg 9 DEF JAWIDJMG Another noteworthy cut is "Da Thrill "They weren't very supportive of lead single is Joe and Jadakiss' "I Want 2 20 OH YEAH! Big Tymers Featuring Tateeze, Boo & Gotti 9 Is Gone From Here." Its guest vocalist what we were trying to do," Moore a Girl Like You"; second single is JC CASH MONEYNNIVERSAUUMRG is King's father, renowned Louisiana says of Jazzyfatnastees' departure Chasez's ('N Sync) "Blowin' Me Up 25 MULTIPLY Xzibit ^;z LOUD /COLUMBIA bluesman Tabby Thomas. from MCA. "They just really weren't (With Her Love)." Additional sound- THUGZ MANSION 2Pac AMARU/DEATH ROW/ INTERSCOPE 'We're not trying to get all 7 million interested, and that started showing. track offerings include cuts by Alicia MADE YOU LOOK Nas 9 [0 Brother fans] to buy Dirty South We started our second album, and Keys, Monica, and Nappy Roots. ILL WILUCOLUMBIA Hip Hop Blues," King says, "but maybe they tried to close our budget. There Records with the nreatest increase in audience impressions. The ran tracks audience is comoiled from 98 mainstream R &B and 47 rhythmic top 40 stations which are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by number of that 5% who are real hardcore Chris was just a bunch of stuff going on, Additional reporting by Rashaun audience, computed by cross -referencing exact times of airplay with Arbitron listener data. l Videoclip availability. ® 2002, VNU Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Thomas King fans-I'll ." and we had put the album on hold. Hall in New York.

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BRIAN & BRANDON CASEY WIVEI / FREEWAY (ROC- A- FELLA/DEF JAM/IOJMG) leased Oct. 22, the album debuted at er for Murder Inc. and is now carv- 10 Baby 27 Nothin' 61 Stole ','L KELLY ROWLAND WORLD/COLUMBIA( No. 56 on the Top R &B /Hip -Hop ing his own niche. ASHANTI (MURDERINCJAJM /IOJMG) - N.OA.E. (DEFJAM/IDJMGI (MUSIC 13 Stingy 22 Braid My Hair 70 Thug Holiday Albums chart and currently stands "It's been strong momentum," GINUWINE (EPIC) MARIO (3RD STREET/J) TRICK DADDY FEAT LATDCHA SCOTT /SUP- N- SUOE/ATLANTC on the list at No. 10. Aurelius says of his recent success. 12 Dilemma 45 Hit The Freeway 66 Ching, Ching NELLY FEAT KELLY ROWLAND (FT REEUUNIVERSAUUMRGI ', "ONI BRAXTON FEAT LOON IARISTA) MS. JADE (BEAT CLUB /INTERSCOPE) The success of Kings of Crunk "I've decided to start my own label 14 React 37 From Tha Chuuuch To Da Palace 62 Wake Up should come as no surprise: The [the Seventh Sign]. It's taken a lot TRICK SERMON FEAT. REDMAN (J) "A SNOOP DOGG (DOGGVSTYLE/PRIORITY /CAPITOL, SHADE SHEIST(BABY REE/MCA) 15 Fabulous 35 Funny - Come Close To Me GERALD LEVERT COMMON FEAT MARY J. BUGS (MCA) trio's debut set, Put Ya Hood Up, of groundwork, but I've finally found JAHEIM FEAT. THA RAYNE (DIVINE MILI/WARNER BROS.) "' IELEKTRA/EEGI 18 Thug Lovin' 30 Gangsta Lovin' 59 Are We Cuttin' peaked at No. 6 on the Top R &B/ the right artists. I have three or four PASTOR TROY JA RULE FEAT. BOBBY BROWN (MURDER INCJDEFJAM /IDJMGI EVE FEAT ALICIA KEYS (RUFF RYOERS/INTERSCO PE, IMADD SOCIETY/UNIVERSAUUMRGI Hip -Hop Albums chart. artists that I know are future stars. 20 Wanksta 51 No Letting Go 64 Single For The Rest Of My Life I'm now putting all my focus and 50 CENT IG- UNIT /SHADY /INTERSCOPEI WAYNE WONDER (GREENSLEEVESNPI ISYSS IARISTAI 25 Miss You 42 One Of Those Days 63 More Than A Woman creative juices into them. AAUYAH IBLACKGROUND IARISTAI ANGIE STONE & JOE IJI 26 Ignition 44 29 halfcrazy L, ' 73 B R Right "Because of the success that I've TRINA N- R. KELLY WIVE) M(ISIO IDEF SOUL/WWI FEAT LUDACRIS (SLIP- SLIDE/ATLANTIC) had and all the different artists that 36 Bump, Bump, Bump 49 He Is - 8 Mile B2K FEAT P 0IOOY (EPIC) c HEATHER HEADLEY (RCA( EMINEM (SHADY /INTERSCOPEI I've been privileged to work with, I 16 Hey Ma 46 43 The Streets - Beautiful (You Are) now understand the formula and CAM RON (ROC-A- FELLA/DEFJAM/IOJMGI WC FEAT NATE DWG IDEFJAM/IDJMG) IMX (TU.GJNEW LINE) 17 Po' Folks 47 40 Multiply 72' 69 One Man format of what people want and NAPPY ROOTS FEAT. ANTHONY HAMILTON (ATLANTIC) xLIBIT (LOUD /COLUMBIA( TANK (BLACKGROUNDI more than anything, what radio 32 Satisfaction 48 39 Crush Tonight 73`1 72 The Way We Ball FAT JOE FEAT.GINUWINE SQUAD /ATLANTIC) LIL' FLIP ISUCKAFREE/LOUD /COLUMBIAI wants," Aurelius adds. "I've had a EVE (RUFF RYDERS /INTERSCOPE) (TERROR 28 I Should Be... 49 47 Someone To Love You UV 75 This Is My Party RUFFENDZ (EPIC) h. n tOUS (DESERT STORM/ELEKTRA/EEGI strong hand in creating this new MU HILL (DEFSOULJIDJMGI 23 Girl Talk 57 Sick Of Being Lonely Nothins Free 0 OOBIE FEAT. LIL JON THE EAST SIDE BOYZ .. & IBME/IVT) pop sound, and everything that's TLC (ARISTA) .., - -. FIELD MOB (MCA) hot now is hot now, but there is a o 7 b...urds with tI e greatest impressions increase. LP 2002. VNU Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Compiled from a national sample a,pl Y sup (lied by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems' Radio future. Those artists who are Track service. 138 stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by gross impressions, computed by cross- eferencing enact times of airplay with Arbitron listener data. signed to my label are the future. This data is used to compile the Hot R &B/Hip -Hop Singles & Tracks chart. That's really what I want to pro- mote-those next stars, the stars NOVEMBER 30 of tomorrow." TM 2002 Billboard R SINGLES SALES Although there are distribution HOT &B/HIp.HOP W 10" deals in the works with four of the MI le 3 W "We want to do the same old major labels, Aurelius has yet to 3 H vs H thing with the new album, just take decide where his imprint will land. TITLE TITLE _ TITLE Q it to another level," Lil Jon says. "We No longer with Murder Inc., ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) ARTIST (IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL) 1- ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) ' NUMBER 1 Iiif I proved that we're viable artists to the Aurelius has nothing but praise for 1 Ignition 50/AsaN I13 Precious 51 42 It Just Happened label and to the streets when people the imprint. "Murder Inc. is fami- R. KELLY (JIVE) RI (YOUNG LIFE) - NIKIE BATEY (AVS) 2 Don't Mess With My Man i 36 Ahh Dee Ahh 52 28 Tonight I'm Gonna Let Go

NIVEA FEAT BRIAN & BRANDON CASEY (JIVE) -: SANDMAN ILO END) SVLEENA JOHNSON WIVE) said [Put Ya Hood Up] wouldn't sell." ly, and I've learned a lot from [Mur- t Kings of Crunk features guest der Inc. CEO] Iry Gotti as far as 3 Virginity 120 When The Last Time 53 50 Like I Love You TG4 (T.U.GJA&M /INTERSCOPEI i CLIPSE (STARTRAK/ARISTA) JUSTIN TIMBER(AKE (JIVE) appearances from Jadakiss, Styles marketing -he's a marketing gen- Gangsta Lovin' 138 Girl Talk 54 15 Me U Want ILC KAY-PI FEAT. UL GENIUS GOLD) P., Too Short, Fat Joe, Trick Daddy, ius," Aurelius says. "I also learned EVE FEAT. ALICIA KEYS (RUFF RYDERSRNTERSCOPE: IARISTAI (CARIBBEAN 48 '03 Bonnie & Clyde 121 Baby 0 - I Want A Girl Like You and Pastor Troy, among others. a lot as far as the importance of JAY-ZFFAT REYONCE KNOWLES IAOCAFELWDEFJAMIOJT ASHANTI (MURDER INCJAIM/IEJMG) JOE FEAT. JADAKISS IFOX/JIVE) "Our popularity with other artists radio relationships and the overall 45 Dilemma /Air Force Ones 112 Hit The Freeway 56 56 Over The Years NELLY (F0' REEUUNIVERSAIJUMRGI TONI BRAXTON FEAT LOON ( ARISTA) GOOD BAD UGLY (PAPER DOWN) comes from them being in the format of pop, R &B, and hip -hop. - Thug Lovin' 18 Skills 57 60 Hey Ma South or the Midwest and going to There are so many different places JA RULE FEAT BOBBY BROWN (MURDERINCAEF JAM.,." :.;` GANG STARR (VIRGIN) CAM'RON (ROC- A-FELLAUDEFJAM/IDJMGI 4 Shady - Take You Home e3 65 Up & Down (In & Out) clubs and hearing our records that people start from; I was privi- BIG 'C' ISOUTHPAW/KES) ). ': ANGIE MARTINEZ FEAT. KELIS IELEKTRA/EEGI DEBORAH COX IM 5 Heatseeker 32 Blue Jeans 59 55 Move B " " "h (Vinyl) [there]," Jon notes. "We run the leged to start from a place that's YOUNG MC. (STIMULUS) YASMEEN (MAGIC JOHNSON/MCA) LUDACRIS IDISTURBINGTHA PEACE/DEF JAM SOUTH/IDJMGI clubs. We also got with a lot of cats had so much of an impact in the 10 Truly Yours 35 26 This Is My Party 60 46 Full Moon BRANDY because we were fans and wanted to last few years." NARAE (KIRVI FABULOUS (DESERT STORM/ELEKTRA/EEGI (ATLANTIC( Gimme The Light 36 ; 16 Run 4 Us ( ) - Waitin' For The DJ work with them." Having firmly established himself SEAN PAUL (BLACK SHADOW /2 HARONP /ATLANRC) ` MARK LANE IINTELLIGENT /EAST CLEVELAND) TALIB KWELI FEAT BILAL IRAWKUS/MCAI Make It Clap 37 24 Rock The Party (ß - B R Right The album's lead single, "I Don't as a hitmaker, Aurelius is looking to BUSTA RHYMES FEAT. SPLIFF STAR (J) BENZIN() ISURRENDER/ELEKTRNEEGI TRINA FEAT LUDACRIS (SLIP- N- SLIDE/ATLANTICI Give A ... ," features Mystikal and branch out and craft his own music. Work It 38 31 Luv U Better m - Who U Rollin Wit? MISSY'MISOEMEANOA' ELLIOTT (THE GOLD MINO/ELEKTRA/EEGI LL COOLJ (DEFJAM/IDJMG) LIL' TYKES FEAT. DON WON (MAMA'S BOY) Krayzie Bone. Like Jon's previous "Ultimately, I don't want to be 6 I Don't Really Know 49 Full Mode (9 73 Give It To Me BRANDY MOSS-SCOTT (HEAVENLY TUNES) N. OBE. (OFF JAM/BONG) MAD LION FEAT TOTAL (KILIAN PRIDE/ORPHEUS) singles, "I Don't Give A ... " is a known as a producer. I want to be I- Product Of Our Environment 40 40 Break You Oft (3 - Don't Mess With The Radio high- octane club anthem. known as several things, including ()URN PREDATORS (THREE GEMS/STREET PRIDE) FEAT. MUSID (MCA) NIVEA IJIVEI

"That's why we make music," Jon an artist. I've already collected seven : 6 Here And Now (Full Circle) (3). 69 Oxygen 66 59 I'm Gonna Be Alright TERRY STEELE IJTS) KRUMB SNATCHA (OVERNIGHT SENSATION/CAD) JENNIFER LOPEZ FEAT NAS (EPIC) explains. "We want to see mother - to 10 songs for my album right now. 11 React 42 22 Throw Up 67 41 Hey Sexy Lady fuckers get up and get motivated. I'm going to keep on recording and ERICK SERMON FEAT. REDMAN IJ) RACKET CITY L447/LANOSPEE01 SHAGGY FEAT BRIAN & TONY GOLD (BIG YARD/MCA) 25 Crush Tonight 43 39 Lights, Camera, Action! CD - Guess Who's Back We don't consider ourselves rap- am looking for a fourth -quarter FATJOE FEAT. GINUWINE TERRORSQUAD/ATLANTIC( MR CHEEKS UNIVERSAL/UMRG) SCARFACE DEFJAM SOUTH /IDJMGI pers. We consider ourselves `crunk release [in] 2003." .fe ` 23 Come Close To Me - Outreach 5 69 53 One More Chance /Stay With Me COMMON FEAT. MARY J. BUSE (MCA) I MR GIBES (RHYMESAYERS ENTERTAINMENT/FAT BEATS( THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. (BAD BOY/ARISTA) a artists,' and the goal of crunk 20 ` 62 Play Wit It 45 43 Grindin' tip - Classic artist is to get the party started." KOCH RAPS: Koch Entertainment THE DIRTY SOUTH DIVAS (DIRTY DOWN/WARLOCK) CLIPSE ISTARTRAK/ARISTA) SPONTANEOUS (GOODVIBE/FAT BEATS( 21 14 From Tha Chuuuch To Da Palace 46 33 Feel It Boy 71 57 Big Poppa/Warning THE BOY is digging deeper into hip -hop with SNOOP DODO IDOGGYSTYLF/PRIORITV /CAPITOLI :' 13EENIE MAN FEAT. JANET IVPNIRGINI NOTORIOUS B.I.G. IBAS /ARISTAI LUCKY NUMBER: Although you its latest crop of artist signings. 22 19 Do That... Q 68 Lose Yourself 72 61 SLAY. BABY FEAT. P. BIDDY (CASH MONEYNNIVERSAINMRG) EMINEM (SHADY /INTERSCOPEI J- ZONE (OLD MAID/FAT BEATS) G may not know the name 7 Aure- The label has signed Kool Rap, 23 37 Love Of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop) 48 30 What We Do - Hypnotize lius, you've definitely heard his B.G. (formerly of the Cash Money ERYKAH BADS FEAT, COMMON (FOX/MCA) FREEWAY IROC.A FELLA/DEF JAWIDJMGI THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. IBAD BOY /ARISTAI 24 27 Day + Night CD - Ching, Ching CI - Sex, Money, & Music music. Having either produced or label), and Tash. The label has also ISYSS FEATJAOAKISS IARISTAI MS. JADE (BEATCLUB(INTERSCOPEI ABOVE THE LAW IWESTWORL01 co- produced hit singles for Eve inked a deal with Game Recordings 25 54 Wanksta 71 Are We Cuttin (Vinyl) ea - U Don't Have To Call ,,, a 50 CENT IG- UNIT /SHADY /INTERSCOPEI o ,.,: PASTOR TROY IMAGO SOCIETY/UNIVERSAI/UMRG) -'E IARISTAI n ( "Gangsta Lovin' "), Ja Rule ( "Al- to release the debut set by Royce . Records with the greatest sales gains. e 2002. VNU Business Media, Inc. an Niel en SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved. Compiled by Nielsen SoundScan from a national subset panel of core ways on Time "), Ashanti ( "Fool- Da 5'9 ". R &B/Hip -Hop stores. This data is used to compile the Hot R &B /Hip -Hop Singles & Track chart.

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Escoffery's 4th -Quarter Debut b Michael Paoletta BY KWAKU Blue," and "Space Rider" have reached the release of the remix album. LONDON-The holiday season may wider audiences courtesy of remixes Delivered to club DJs earlier this BOX.. not be the best time for a label to by Todd Terry, MJ Cole, K- Klass, and 4 year, DJ Spinna & Ticklah's remix of release an artist's debut album, but Hero, among others. "Days Like This" has been championed that didn't prevent U.K. independent For his full -length debut, Escoffery by numerous global jocks, including TOTO REDUX: For 11 years, New was masterminded by producers Oyster Music from issuing Shaun worked with a colorful cross -section Roger Sanchez, Dreem Teem, and York independent Nervous Records DJ Serg (aka Sergio Michilli), Escoffery's eponymous set Nov. 4. of producers, including Geoffrey Wil- "Little" Louie Vega. has been steadily building a strong Craven Moorhaus, Chris Gargani, "Christmastime is not ideal, partic- liams, Ed Case, Bacon & Quamby, "His voice is amazing, and the song foundation -a healthy catalog (sin- and Donato Petagine. ularly with all the big -name artist is amazing," says Vega, who has invited gles, artist albums, and compila- "It's a tribute to my father-in -law, albums and those dreadful compila- Escoffery to write and perform on the tions) -both here and abroad. who passed away one year ago," DJ tions being released," Oyster Music next Nuyorican Soul project. And DJ The label's dancefloor hits are Serg says. "It was his favorite song." managing director Adrian Fitt offers. Spinna adds, "I couldn't believe some- many, including Kim English's From the get -go, DJ Serg says, the But Fitt says the label has a two - one like this, today, sounded as soulful "Unspeakable Joy," Charlotte's track was created solely for the clubs- prong tactic to lure early adopters to as he did. Shaun has a very old -soul "Skin," Sandy B.'s "Feel Like Sing- specifically Arena in New Rochelle and Shaun Escoffery: The first 5,000 CDs spirit in his music but is still very cur- ing," Barry Harris Featuring Pep- Pearl in White Plains, N.Y. (DJ Serg include a limited- edition disc contain- rent and refreshing at the same time." per Mashay's "Dive in the Pool," holds a residency at both) -complete ing DJ Spinna Sr Ticklah's remix of His fans are many, including MJ and Byron Stingily's "Get Up." Most with wedding singer Venuto at the "Days Like This," while the vinyl ver- Cole, who tapped Escoffery to supply recently, Nervous scored another microphone. (Michael Schweiger of sion includes Urban Irmyl, a previously vocals to two tracks on his forthcom- No. 1 smash on the Billboard Hot New York -based Central Entertain- released promo -only four -track EP of ing sophomore set. Additionally, Dance Music /Club Play chart with ment Group has confirmed Venuto for Don E reconstructions. Escoffery can be heard on the 2 -step "I Don't Want U" by Widelife. bookings through the year's end.) With the much -anticipated album track "Indigo," included on Ed Case's Now, in these final weeks of Upon hearing the track and ob- having barely touched down among Ed's Guest List album, and on "Music 2002, the label is gearing up for serving crowd reaction, Musicology the fourth quarter's heavy- hitters, the in Me (Come Alive)," which appears on what could very well be its first Events' A -Luv (aka Anthony Piac- label plans not only to step up its pro- DJ Spinna's album Here to There (due major crossover smash. Since it quadio) -who promotes nights at motion when the market has quieted Rialto's Jonny Bull, and 4 Hero's Marc early next year). was leaked to rhythm and top 40 Arena and Pearl -and Fokus Mu- in the new year but also to further the Mac. The album showcases an artist Outside the recording studio, Es- radio a few weeks ago, the ener- sic's Joe Lodi stepped in to execu- genre-blending artist's fan base by whose soulful vocals work well with coffery is most at home on the stage, getic "L'Italiano" by the Sicilians tive- produce the track. On Oct. 4, releasing a remix album. a variety of musical styles, encom- whether supporting Beverley Knight, Featuring Angelo Venuto has been WKTU introduced the then- label- "We want to reinforce interest at passing broken -beat, old- school funk, , or Angie Stone at a Lon- embraced by WKTU New York and less song to its listening audience. [the] club level as well as reinforce his house, U.K. garage, and touches of don concert -or performing at Lon- WXXP Long Island, N.Y., among "The response was immediate," versatility as an artist," says Es- pop and rock. don's Ministry of Sound or New York's others. Now, top 40 WHTZ (Z100) says WKTU APD /music director Jeff coffery's manager, Paul Johnson of "People have always tried to put me Club Shelter. New York is testing the track. Z, who first experienced the track Croydon, England -based Eclipse - in a box," explains the Jarmin Songs/ According to Fitt, there is "strong in July at Arena. "We're getting calls PJM. "After the success of the DJ Oyster Songs -published artist. "I'm a interest" from other European mar- from everyone about this record. It's Spinna remix of `Days Like This,' we black kid from East London, so I must kets to license Shaun Escoffery from one of the highest- requested songs began getting calls from internation- be doing R&B, and to be honest with Oyster Music, which recently exited its in the station's history." al producers and remixers." you, I'll never be satisfied with just international deal with Sony. By the end of October -and after Scheduled for a February 2003 that. Artists have to have room to With potential licensing deäls on discussions with other labels -the release, the remix album will feature experiment-to be artists." the table in Europe, Escoffery has his Sicilians had secured a deal with such cutting -edge producers as Koop, Which helps to explain why the eyes set on America. "I've been [to the Nervous via A &R director Kevin Rae & Christian, DJ Cam, Jazzanova, label gave Escoffery more freedom to U.S.] a few times, and the people get Williams. DJ Serg notes, "It still and Attica Blue. Once "dead against" create the album he wanted, instead of my music straight away," the artist amazes us that the record took off remixes, Escoffery now embraces the the "stereotypical R &B product people says. "They understand the vibe and before we had a label deal." art, as long as he gets to re -cut the thought he'd release," notes Fitt, who where I'm coming from as an artist." One person it doesn't amaze is Z. tracks' vocals. Thus far, such Escoffery adds that the label and artist will dis- Escoffery is booked by Paul Franklin "For a station like ours, there was no singles as "Days Like This," "Into the cuss the latter's future direction after of Helier Skelter in London. way to ignore this track, label or not," Z says. "This is a song that older Italians know-it's part of their heritage. At the same time, kids are Victor Calderone, "The Drive" infuse emotion into a primarily "We could never have predicted responding to the cool beats. Com- (Statrax/Statra Recordings single). instrumental journey. Here, such excitement," Nervous presi- bine the generations, and we've got The debut release from Statrax- strings and padded keys cavort dent Michael Weiss says, referring a very reactive song on our hands." the new imprint helmed by Cal - Hot Plate with feisty finger snaps, hand to the New York -originating track. Though never intended as some- derone and Statra's Dave Tomasel- claps, and a mighty kick. It ably "It seems to be resonating with a thing for the masses, the commer- li -finds the DJ /producer going way, while Jori Hulkkonen's re -rubs straddles the fence between purist wide variety of people, from club cially appealing, Italian- language "L'I- back to his dancefloor roots. "The go in a tech -house direction. and progressive DJs. B -side track kids to their grandparents -and not taliano" is being enjoyed by just that. Drive" sits comfortably among past François K., The Relix EP "Fantasy Situation" has much in just here in America." Weiss says, "This is one of those cases Calderone productions "Give It Up" (Wave Music single). Long a staple common with the recordings of Weiss says the infectious track is where underground club producers and "Beat Me Harder." Racked by of François K.'s DJ sets, the 11- Larry Heard. garnering tremendous interest have created something that is being Alternative Distribution Alliance, minute version of "Moov "- origi- Soul Station, "I Believe" (West from European labels, which he embraced by the mainstream." expect this in stores early next year. nally recorded /mixed in 1995 - End single). This soulful, gospel - partly attributes to its pole -position But unlike equally infectious Flunk, "Blue Monday" (Guid- finally makes its official release via tinged house jam is tailor-made for placement on WKTU's playlist for rhythm -constructed tracks like Eiffel ance Recordings single). Norwegian this disc. It's the type of moody, globally revered West End. Like the the past three weeks. "I have over- 65's "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" and Las Ket- folk -electronic act Flunk previews its mind -altering instrumental track bulk of the songs in the label's im- seas labels faxing me 'KTU's playlist. chup's "The Ketchup Song (Heh fine debut (For Sleepyheads Only, that Paradise Garage DJ Larry Levan pressive back catalog, "I Believe" They all want to know about 'L'Ital- Hah)," this new version of " L'Italiano" due Feb. 3, 2003) with this deli- would've surely championed. offers tasty beats and lyrics to sing iano.' It's pretty amazing." was made in the U.S. "It's nice to have ciously downtempo, Björk- meets- Charles Webster, "It's Not along to. Big Moses' vocal remix "L'Italiano," which streeted Nov. local heroes," Weiss notes. "From the Beck -styled cover of New Order's What It Was" (Dance Tracks single). adds soaring strings and a heavier 19 (in both CD- single and 12 -inch beginning, we had high hopes and "Blue Monday." Blue States' remix House -music maestro /producer bottom into the mix. vinyl formats) -and which is a big expectations for this record. Toto While it's too early to tell how huge is dramatic in a very Art of Noise Charles Webster sure knows how to MICHAEL PAOLETTA modern -day interpretation of Cutugno's early -'80s Italian hit- it will be, it is off to a good start."

26 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 30, 2002 www.americanradiohistory.com a T. . USICI: Maxi -Singles Sales and Sales Breakouts data compiled by Nielsen lub Play Taxi- Singles Sales SoundScan

TITLE IMPRINT & NUMBER /PROMOTION LABEL Artist TITLE IMPRINT& NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Artist

4 1 1 Week At Number 1 1 Weeks At Number ' q- NUMBER i- NUMBER 'tq Madonna ' DIE ANOTHER DAY (REMIXES) WARNER BROS-42492 Madonna 'Y DIE ANOTHER DAY (REMIXES) WARNER BROS. 42492 O O Lopez MR. LONELY (DANCE MIXES) JPROMO ALIVE (THUNDERPUSS REMIX) EPIC 7W59 0 O Jennifer 'Y

1 3 IRRESISTIBLE! TWISTED 7/827/THE RIGHT STUFF Superchumbo LIKE I LOVE YOU (DEEP DISH & BASEMENT JAXX MIXES) JIVE 40071 O Justin Timberlake '4

9 13 TROY (THE PHOENIX FROM THE FLAME) RADIKAL99155 Sinead O'Connor^ 4 SURRENDER (REMIXES) ATLANTIC 49446/AG O O Laura Pausini Def 8 10 BODY [REACH OUT] (WIDELIFE & HARD ATTACK MIXES) TOMMY BOY SILVER LABEL2382/TOMMYBoy Faith Trent 3 3 SIX DAYS MCA 063814 O O DJ Shadow Featuring Mos .t 'Y 5 9 DANCE TO THE MUSIC (PETER RAUHOFER REMIXES) STAR 6912NI Laszlo Panaflex 5 4 FULL MOON (DANCE MIXES) ATLANTIC 85320/AG © O Brandy 9 8 Usher ^a 12 18 POOR LENO WALL OF SOUND 46732/ASTRALWERKS Royksopp U DON'T HAVE TO CALL (REMIXES) ARISTA15125 O

7 3 1 INSATIABLE SONDOSD24 Thick Dick Featuring Latanza Waters 6 HEAVEN ROBBINS72057 O O DJ Sammy & Yanou Featuring Do .2

17 23 THE SOUND OF VIOLENCE ASTRALWERKS 38842 Cassius With Steve Edwards 6 5 A DIFFERENT KIND OF LOVE SONG WARNER BROS. 42455 O O Cher

13 16 STARRY EYED SURPRISE MAVERICK PROMO/REPRISE Oakenfold Featuring Shifty Shellshock 16 15 THANK YOU (DEEP DISH REMIX) ARISTA lams O O Dido

42 6 6 SUPER WOMAN AVE< 1148/KING STREET GTS Featuring Karyn White 10 11 DON'T LET ME GET ME (REMIXES) ARISTA15117 0 Pink

10 4 SERVE THE EGO (REMIXES) ATLANTIC 85398 Jewel 11 9 SONG FOR THE LONELY WARNER BROS. 42422 O O Cher Rit

15 19 WAKE UP WITH YOU (THE I WANNA SONG] (REMIXES) VANGUARD 80814 Julia Fordham 12 14 SOMETHING ROBBINS 72056 O O Lasgo

7 2 TWO MONTHS OFF JB0m6AA/2 Underworld 8 7 SERVE THE EGO (REMIXES) ATLANTIC 85398/AG O O Jewel

11 12 STEVE MCQUEEN (REMIXES) A &MPROMO/INTERSCOPE Sheryl Crows' 15 10 RAPTURE (TASTES SO SWEET) UNIVERSAL015672/UMRG O O iio c

20 24 SORROW (ORANGE FACTORY & E- SMOOVE MIXES) TOMMY BOY SILVER LABEL 2385/TOMMY BOY Dolce TEARS ROBBINS 72076 OO Rockell 21 17 Sade 19 27 ALIVE SERIOUS 25876/MCA Alive Featuring D.D. Klein BY YOUR SIDE (REMIXES) EPIC 79544 O O 9

14 12 COLUMBIA79751/CRG Anthony 25 36 DARK BEAT TWISTED nessrrHE RIGHT smFF Oscar G & Ralph Falcon I'VE GOT YOU (CHRIS PANAGHI & ERIC KUPPER MIXES) O O Marc c

22 30 I'LL BE HERE DEFINITYan Automagic Featuring Nashorn STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN RADIXAL99124 © o Jana 18 18 14 LOVE STORY XL IMPORT/BEGGARS GROUP Layo & Bushwacka! L'ITALIANO NERVOUS20527 O O The Sicilians Featuring Angelo Venuto

27 34 YOU CAN GET OVER HARLEQUIN 1243 Shauna Solomon 19 13 I DON'T WANT U NERVOUS 20517 O O Widelife

16 11 GOTTA GET THRU THIS (THE PASSENGERZ & STELLA BROWNE MIXES) ISLAND57097MOIMG Daniel Bedingfield z 17 16 REASON ROBBINS 72070 O O Ian Van Dahl

14 5 SEARCH'N 24/72403/ARTEMIS Nicole J. McCloud 'Y THE NEED TO BE NAKED TOMMY BOY 2366 O O Amber

STOLE (REMIXES) MUSIC WORLD/COLUMBIA 79820/CRG O Kelly Rowland .r

33 SOME LOVIN' TOMMY BOY SILVER LABEL 2376/TOMMY BOY Murk vs. Kristine W ANOTHER NEW DAY ROPEADOPE979B7/AG O O Jazzanova

Play is for the largest point increase among singles below the top 20. The 24 17 DESIRE MOONSHINE 88486 GusGus Ti les with the greatest sales or club play increases this week. Power Pick on Club awarded Club Play chart is campi ed from a national sample of reports from club DJs. .2 Videoclip availability. Catalog number is for vinyl maxi- single, or CD maxi- single if vinyl is unavalable. On Sales chart: CD Maxi -Single available. Vinyl Maxi- Single available. Cassette Maxi -Single available. ©2002, VNU Business Media, Inc. and 32 38 EVIL MOOGAFOOGA MTA2776BN2 Spacefunk © O O Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

34 47 ANYWAY (MEN ARE FROM MARS) TOMMY BOY 2387 Amber

21 21 OTHERWISE CHINNSIRE PROMO/REPRISE Morcheeba NOVEMBER 30 39 COME INTO MY WORLD CAPITOL77829 9 2002 TOP B IDoard ELECTRONIC ALBUMS TM 29 28 JVM010 Lectroluv Featuring Sabrina Johnston MOVIN' ON Sales data compiled by

28 29 IS YOU IS OR IS YOU AIN'T MY BABY? VERVE PROMO Rae & Christian Featuring Dinah Washington Nielsen SoundScan 36 45 BURNING MAN PSYCHOBABY 30021 Daniel Ash ARTIST Title IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL 35 43 PUNK MOONSHINE 8B489 Ferry Gersten ç'

,','.t.!4'? ,° 2 Weeks At Number 1 31 25 ENDANGERED SPECIES SAINT GEORGE IMPORT /SONY Deep Forest NUMB

1 LOUIE DEVITO N.Y.C. Underground Party 5 40 48 BREATHE (REMIXES) REDZONE PROMUARISTA Blu Cantrell DEE VEE 0004/MUSICRAMA

2 BJORK Greatest Hits ELEKTRA 62181/EEG

LOVE REVOLUTION FRIXION 9001 /JUNGLEREO Pat Hodges With Inspirations 3 OAKENFOLD Bunkka MAVERICK 48204IWARNER BROS. WHITE LIPSTICK GIRL UNCOMMON UNDERGROUND 002 Anny 4 KUMBIA KINGS All Mixed Up: Los Remixes EMI LATIN 42526 SURRENDER (REMIXES) ATLANTIC49446 Laura Pausini 5 DJ SAMMY Heaven ROBBINS MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR UNIVERSAL 065913/UMR6 Sophie Ellis Bextor 75031 9 ZOEGIRL Mix Of Life 23 20 HOW MANY EMERGE 30008/CENTAUR Taylor Dayne SPARROW 40586 [N] 10 Dance Party (Like H's 2003) 26 22 SERIOUS O63864M1CA THE HAPPY BOYS MOTHER M- Factor ROBBING 15034 IN] The Richest Man In Babylon HE IS (REMIXES) RCA PROMO Heather Headley w 8 THIEVERY CORPORATION EIGHTEENTH STREET LOUNGE 060' pit 37 41 AVE MARIA ONAK 45i/CUTTING Lord Of The Drumz 7 DIRTY VEGAS Dirty Vegas CREDENCE 39966/CAPITOL 48 DID I DREAM (SONG OF THE SIREN) RAOIKAL49141 Lost Witness - 11 THE HAPPY BOYS Trance Party (Volume Two) ROBBING 75030 IN] LIKE I LOVE YOU (DEEP DISH & BASEMENT JAXX MIXES) JIVE 40071 Justin Timberlake 15 í) VARIOUS ARTISTS Ultra.Trance:l ULTRA 1138 YANG YANG (PETER RAUHOFER & ORANGE FACTORY REMIXES) MINOTRAIN I2502/STAR69 Ono 12 TELEPOPMUSIK Genetic World CATALOGUE 38657/CAPITOL [NI DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY (E -N AND FRIBURN & URIK MIXES) STAR691249 e-n Featuring Ceevox r DOMJ MARK FARINA Mushroom Jau 4 30 15 I DON'T WANT U ( WIDELIFE & DEZROK MIXES) NERVOUS 20517 Widelife 225 M 13 MOBY 18 LONG TIME MINISTRY OF SOUND 2588 /MCA Static Revenger Featuring The Mullet Men V227127

46 40 SHINY DISCO BALLS SUBUSA 10/SUBLIMINAL Who Da Funk Featuring Jessica Eve 14 VARIOUS ARTISTS Uhra.Chilled03 ULTRA 1145

6 BJORK Family Tree ELEKTRA 62815/EEG 20 STEPHANE POMPOUGNAC Hotel Costes V.5 WAGRAM 324301/M61 17 VIC LATINO Vic Latino Presents: 80's NOW! TOMMY BOY 1557 [N]

21 RACHAEL LAMPA Blur Club Play Maxi- Singles Sale! WORD-CURB 86235/WARNER BROS. 24 ROYKSOPP Melody A.M. WALL OF SOONG 13352/ASTRALWERKS

18 VARIOUS ARTISTS This Is Ultimate Dance! HEAD DARK BEAT J 20034 ! ' Thunderpuss & Barnes NO LABEL Oscar G & Ralph Falcon TWISTED/THE RIGHT STUFF 16 UNDERWORLD AHundredDaysOH. JB027137/V7 TEARS FROM THE MOON IN MY DREAMS 25 THERIDDLER Dance Mix NYC- Vol. 2 Conjure One Featuring Sinead O'Connor NETTWERK Noemi ROBBINS TOMMY BOY1556 M 23 DJ GEOFFE Best Of Club Hits Vol.1 I SHOULD KNOW JETLAG URL0901 CREDENCE/CAPITOL Kaskade NAKEOMUSIC/ASTRALWERKS Dirty Vegas Petalpusher & ZERO Simple Things QUANGO/ULTIMATE DILEMMA 5001 /PALM IN] BEAUTIFUL CHILD (A DEEPER LOVE) IT AIN'T NUTTIN' Alburtis with the g eatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIAA Madelyne XTRAVAGANZARAOIKAL Herbaliser NINJA TUNE certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIAA certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi -platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIM multiplies shipments by the num- GATES OF MIND MUZAIK ber of discs and/or tapes. RIAA Latin awards: O Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro). 4 Certification of 200,000 units (Platinol. 4' Certification of 400,000 units (Mufti- Platino). *Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EQ, Sterbinszky & Tranzident Featuring Jewls PROVOCATIVE/THE RIGHT STUFF Infernal ROBBING and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. [N] indicates past or present Heatseeker title. ©2002, VNU Business Breakouts: Titles with future chart potential. based on club play or sales reported this week. ©2m2. VNU Business Media. Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan. Inc. All rights reserved. Media, Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

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www.americanradiohistory.com Legendary Bill Anderson Chats With Country Icons On XM BY JIM BESSMAN get great feedback from listeners." and even if 95% of them on satel- Country Music Hall of Famer America Channel PD Ray Knight lite radio are in a vehicle some- Scene.. Bill Anderson's career has come says that XM gets "tons" of positive where riding down the road, it's full circle with the recent exten- phone calls and e-mails regarding really still just you and them. Hope- PUSHING BOUNDARIES: Should coun- promotion [for this record], and we sion of his contract with XM Satel- Legends. "People in the industry fully, at the end of an hour you see try radio push the format's musical expect to be paid for it." lite Radio through November 2004. believe that fans don't care, but that you've driven 65 miles with boundaries, much as CMT is doing Logan responded, "Record com- The circle, which began while he they do," says Knight, crediting Bill Anderson and his friends there with such eyebrow- raising choices as panies who don't want to play those was working as a DJ at Commerce, Anderson -who was recently hon- in the car with you." adding Bruce Springsteen's "Lone- games should not play those games," Ga., country station WJJC at age ored with BMI's Icon Award (Bill- some Day" video into rotation? a comment that elicited quiet snorts 19, will remain unbroken at least board, Nov. 16) -with "opening up MUSICALLY MODEST Some of the programmers who of laughter from record promoters until then. a whole world" for country music Anderson is pleased to have made up the panel at Country Radio sitting in at least one corner of the Anderson, who wrote the 1958 fans thirsting for the "inside story" the new Chesney single repre- Broadcasters' Fall Forum, held Nov. room; one of them muttered, "Yeah, Ray Price hit "City Lights" while surrounding favorite artists and senting him again at mainstream 5 in Nashville, think radio should fol- and not get your record played." working at WJJC, returned to radio their songs. country radio, but he still has low the lead of CMT, which is more Logan continued, "If Nashville is con- when the Washington, D.C. -based some reservations about the for- broadly defining what "country" is trolling the music and they want it XM launched one year ago, carrying mat from his vantage point as a than country radio. to stop, then make it stop." his hour -long Bill Anderson Visits country -radio veteran. Infinity Broadcasting VP of pro- The event drew nearly 300 With the Legends on its America "Lord knows I don't want to gramming Eric Logan said his sta- attendees. Channel. After paying tribute to the offend anyone in country radio, but tion, WUSN (US99) Chicago, played late Chet Atkins on his first install- to me it's so restrictive, with un- Sheryl Crow's "Abilene" and Kelly ACM UPDATE: As first tipped here last ment, Anderson has highlighted the godly large amounts of commer- Clarkson's "A Moment Like This" and issue, the Academy of Country Music likes of Vince Gill, , Eddy cials to deal with," he says. "So it's "both tested [well]." Logan said he's will move its awards show from its Arnold, and Charlie Louvin on the good to have the freedom and flex- not on the Springsteen song -yet. longtime home at the Universal program, which is taped in Nashville ibility to do something like what (Epic/Monument recently shipped an Amphitheatre in Los Angeles to the and airs eight times a week. I'm doing at XM. I don't know that edit of the song to country radio.) Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las "I've been in business 40 years, I could take it and put it in a struc- Vegas next year. The show, which will and I'm still doing what I started tured environment -and the fact once again be hosted by Reba McEn- with," the busy Anderson -who co- that it has no structure is one of its tire, is set for May 21, 2003. It will be wrote 's latest sin- real charms." televised live in the U.S. on CBS. gle, "A Lot of Things Different," Anderson is free to play his own with Dean Dillon -says with a "It's like sitting around the kit- music but rarely does. "The only ON THE ROW: Kelly Clague Wright laugh. "I'm still writing songs and chen table with a couple beers talk- record of mine that I remember has been promoted from VP of cre- doing radio shows -I haven't pro- ing about the world of country playing is [1964 hit] `Three A.M.,' ative to senior VP of rpm manage- gressed at all!" music of the last 50 years," Knight when I did a theme show on steel - ment. She has been with the compa- Anderson's initial one -year con- adds. "And when you've got a leg- guitar players that included Weldon ny since its inception more than five tract called for 45 episodes of Leg- end like Bill doing it, you end up Myrick, my original steel player," years ago. Rpm's client roster in- ends, which is produced in cooper- with one more legend in the room he says. "I didn't play it because it cludes Tim McGraw, Jessica An- ation with the Country Music Hall to begin with." was my record but to show off the drews, Billy Gilman, Carolyn Dawn of Fame and Museum by Roxanne Anderson has, of course, seen unusual steel work he did on it. I Johnson, and Mark McGuinn. Russell, longtime producer of An- numerous technological changes in also played some songs I wrote for Veteran song plugger Amy Smith derson's Opry Backstage TNN the radio industry since he first other people, but that's not why I Heinz has opened the independent series. Tapings for the next episodes entered the business decades ago. do the show. And when the guests "Our belief in Chicago is that there publishing company Wilderness commence this month. "But in a lot of ways, it really hasn't start talking about me, I try to is this myopic view of what country Music and signed writer /artist Greg changed," he says. "Radio still of- switch the subject." should be," Logan said, adding that Barnhill. Heinz previously worked at 'A CONVERSATION WITH FRIENDS' fers the most personal and intimate As for Anderson's own recording was something WUSN would prefer Harlan Howard Songs and purchased "I think the show's done well. form of communicating -even if career, Varese Sarabande issued its to define for itself. "If you think it's the company name "Wilderness" They've certainly given me a tre- you're bouncing off a satellite. fifth Anderson disc Oct. 29, There's important to your station to run from the late Harlan Howard for $1 mendous amount of freedom," You're just right there with people, No Place Like Home on Christmas. [music] through a country funnel- in 1997. Howard once owned a com- Anderson says of XM. "It's an hour and we don't -then `Abilene' is [still] pany of the same name. show, but if I get a guest like Willie going to come back more country Jennifer Shaffer Thorpe and Neda Nelson or -who than what some of our superstars are Tobin join Lyric Street as regional you're not liable to get often-I can doing. We're trying to widen the view promotion directors for the North- do 90 minutes." of what country radio is in Chicago. east and Southwest, respectively. He modestly notes that the show's [CMT] is breaking down a lot of per- Thorpe most recently held a region- content is well- indicated by its title. ceived barriers. The further you push, al position at MCA Nashville. Tobin "I'm certainly not an interviewer," he the more opportunity there is for a joins from Atlantic Records, where says. "I just turn on the tape and it's mainstream act. Our goal is to be a she did pop promotion. a conversation with friends-with a mass-appeal station." Universal South hires Shane Allen few hundred thousand of our closest KPLX (the Wolf) Dallas PD Paul for West Coast promotion duties. buddies listening in. A lot of the Williams said if his station hadn't Allen, who previously was secondary shows have live music, like when already staked out its niche with Texas promoter for MCA Nashville, succeeds Willie brought a guitar and sat there country music, he would "get hold of Denise Roberts, who is moving to and sang and talked. Same thing bluegrass and make it my point of dif- Nashville as the label's new director of with Mac Davis. There are no com- Rockin' the Barn. Lonestar, Sara Evans, , Rascal Flatts, and Brenda ferentiation," much as CMT has done. national promotion (Billboard, Nov. 9). mercial breaks, and we're not con- Lee were among those who participated in the second annual Rock the Barn Moderator Charlie Cook of West- Nashville -based singer /songwriter stricted by any kind of format. What- benefit, raising $75,000 for the Saint Thomas Center for Breast Health. Hosted wood One broached the subject of Jim Reilley, who was profiled in this ever we want to do, we do it, and it by Brooks & Dunn's Ronnie Dunn and his wife, Janine, at their Nashville included a concert and live auction, which were organized by payola by relating a story about a column in the Feb. 23 issue, has land- makes for some fun stuff. And from home, the event ASCAP Nashville senior VP Connie Bradley and Sony /ATV Music Publishing added a station he did ed a recording contract with Raleigh, me being friends with these people, record being at Nashville president/CEO Donna Hilley. Pictured, from left, are Lonestar's Planet Records. The they know I'm not going to embar- not name. The station promptly in- N.C.-based Silent Keech Rainwater, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Lonestar's Richie McDonald, Bradley, voiced the record label for the add, label will release his album, The rass them or put them in a negative and Lonestar's Michael Britt and Dean Sams. allegedly telling the label, "We did a Return of Buddy Cruel, April 1, 2003. light, so they really open up-and we

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www.americanradiohistory.com NOVf -_20N DER 30 TOP Billboard COUNTRY ALBUMSM Y áo ` Sales data compiled by Y Y a W Nielsen z W t4a Q z t7 o SoundScan 711 Title h 3 ARTIST Title '' ÿ iñ ARTIST in 5 ,v IMPRINT & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL d °s r - r., IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL d d TRAVIS Rise And Shine 18 1 = 5 Weeks At Number l 38 32 34 RANDY --; '-- - NUMBER :or,- ',,JORO-CUR886236/WARNER BROS. (11.90/18.981 Room To Breathe 12 2 3 DIXIE CHICKS A3 Home 1 46 32 DELBERT MCCLINTON _.: NEW WEST 6042(17.98 CD1 MONUMENT /COLUMBIA 86840`/CRG 112.98 E0/18.98) e 40 37 37 BROOKS & DUNN Steers & Stripes 1 FAITH HILL 2 Cry 1 ARISTA NASHVILLE 67003/RLG 112.98/1198) WARNER BROS. 4800I/WRN 112 98/18.98) LEE The Season For Romance 41 4 4 A2 Elvis: 3041 Hits 1 44 46 ANN WOMACK MCA NASHVILLE 170289(11.98/18.981 RCA 68079` 11238/19.981 Something Worth Leaving Behind 2 3 1 RASCAL FLATTS Melt 1 42 36 22 LEE ANN WOMACK MCA NASHVILLE 170287(12.98/18.90) LYRIC STREET 165031 /HOLLYWOOD 112.98/18.98)

I'm Already There 1 5 6 TOBY KEITH Unleashed 1 43 42 39 LONESTAR BNA 67011/RLG (12.98/18.98) DREAMWOflK5150254IINTEflSCOPE 111.98/18.981 Down The Old Plank Road/The Nashville Sessions 21 6 12 ALAN JACKSON A3 Drive 1 44 43 28 THE CHIEFTAINS ARISTA NASHVILLE 67039/fllG (12.98/1198) RCA VICTOR 63971 (1218/1898)

41 I Miss My Friend 1 7 7 KENNY CHESNEY No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems 1 45 35 DARRYL WORLEY DREAMWORKS 450351 /INTERSCOPE (11.98/17.98) BNA 67038/RLG 112.98/18.901 8 5 VARIOUS ARTISTS Totally Country Vol. 2 5 46 38 21 THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume Ill 18 CAPITOL 40177 (19.98 CD) EPIC/WEA/UNIVERSAL/RIG 86920/SONY 112.98 EO/17.981 53 45 VARIOUS ARTISTS Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash 17 =$ GREATEST GAINER =$S COLUMBIA 86310 /CRG 118.98 ES COI 4 10 ALAN JACKSON Let It Be Christmas 9 48 47 43 TRACE ADKINS Chrome - CAPITOL 30618110.98/17.98) o ARISTA NASHVILLE 61062/flLG 111 18/17.981 - 49 48 40 BLAKE SHELTON Blake Shelton 3 10 9 ALISON KRAUSS + UNION STATION Live 9 - WARNER BROS. 54731/WRN (11.98/1118) ROUNDER .98C01 50 50 41 EMERSON DRIVE Emerson Drive 13 11 12 8 Golden Road 3 KEITH URBAN DREAMWORKS450272 /INTERSCOPE(8.98/14981 [N] CAPITOL 32936 (1898/18.98) 51 49 38 LINDA RONSTADT The Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt 19 12 11 10 MARTINA MCBRIDE Greatest Hits 1 E LEKTRA 76109 /RHINO 117.98 CD) RCA 67012/RLG (1298/18.981 52 45 27 TAMMY COCHRAN Life Happened 11 11 0 Brother, Where Art Thou? 1 13 16 SOUNDTRACK A6 EPIC 86052/SONY (11.98 EO /17.981 LOST HIGHWAY 170069/MERCURY 112.98/11981 53 54 42 STEVE EARLE Jerusalem 7 14 14 JOHNNY CASH American IV: The Man Comes Around 14 - E -SQUARED 751147 /ARTEMIS 117.98 CD) AMERICAN /LOST HIGHWAY 063339NUME118.98CO) 54 55 50 TRICK PONY Trick Pony 12 Angel 3 15 15 9 LEANN RIMES Twisted WARNER BROS. 47927/WRN 01.98/17.98) CURB e1 55 51 51 KELLIE COFFEY When You Lie Next To Me 5 1 16 17 14 GEORGE STRAITST The Road Less Traveled ANA 67040/ßL6 110.98/16.981 MCA NASHVILLE 170220 11118/1 8.981 56 56 48 BILL ENGVALL Cheap Drunk: An Autobiography 37 17 13 TRICK PONY On A Mission 13 - WARNER BROS. 48340/WRN 111.98/17.981 WARNER BROS. 48n6/WRN (12.98/18.98) 20 15 TIM MCGRAW A3 Greatest Hits 1 tit' HOT SHOT DEBUT r' o CURB 7797811298/18.981 CLEDUS T. JUDD Cledus Navidad 57 19 18 WILLIE NELSON & FRIENDS Stars & Guitars 18 - GI MONUMENT 86744 /SONY 117.98 ES CO) [N] LOST HIGHWAY 170340/UME (18 98 CD) The Great Divide 5 20 21 18 MONTGOMERY GENTRY My Town 3 58 58 54 WILLIE NELSON LOST HIGHWAY 186231 /MERCURY 112.98/18.98) COLUMBIA 86528/SONY 117.98 EO /11.98) 58 29 31 BROOKS & DUNN It Won't Be Christmas Without You 21 59 64 58 Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas I PIC 85967 /SONY EC CO) G ARISTA NASHVILLE 67058/ßL6 (11.90/17.981 11718 22 24 17 REBECCA LYNN HOWARD Forgive 5 60 61 47 Pictures 13 WARNER BROS. 48341/WRN 11218/18.981 MCA NASHVILLE 170288(17.98/1898) 23 23 20 NICKEL CREEK This Side 2 61 60 49 TRACY BYRD Ten Rounds 12 RCA 67009 /RLG III /8/17.98/

24 22 25 BRAD PAISLEY Part II 3 BOB RIVERS White Trash Christmas 62 ATLANTIC 83591/AG 11798 CDI ARISTA NASHVILLE 67008/flLG 111.98/17.981 ._ 25 19 - Greatest Hits 19 63 59 56 PHIL VASSAR American Child 4 ARISTA NASHVILLE 67040 (11.98/17.981 MERCURY 170313(11.98/18.98) /RI1 26 26 13 Country Croonin' 13 64 57 44 PINMONKEY Pinmonkey 17 BNA 67049/ßL6 11198/16.98) STRAIGHTWAY 39779119.98/19.981 [NI 27 25 16 Completely 3 65 66 63 CLEDUS T. JUDD Cledus Envy 19 MONUMENT 85897 /SONY (11.9805/17.98) ARISTA NASHVILLE 67048/ßL6 111.98/17.98) [NI 2E 27 19 TRAVIS TRITT Strong Enough 4 66 65 53 SHEDAISY Knock On The Sky 3 LYRIC STREET 165015 /HOLLYWOOD 11298/1898) COLUMBIA 86660 /SONY (129800/18.981 _ 67 63 69 CAROLYN DAWN JOHNSON Room With A View 8 29 28 24 TOBY KEITH A2 Pull My Chain 1 ARISTA NASHVILLE 69336/11L6 (10.98/16.98) OREAMWORKS 450297 / INTERSCOPE II2.98 /18,981 33 23 GARY ALLAN Alright Guy 4 68 69 65 STEVE AZAR Waitin' On Joe 29 MERCURY 176269 (11.98/17.98) [N] o MCA NASHVILLE 170201111.98/17981 31 35 36 GEORGE STRAIT The Best Of George Strait 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection 8 An Inconvenient Christmas 69 0 SPRING HILLNVORO 21034/WARNER BROS. 116.98 CD) MCA NASHVILLE 1 70 280 (11.98 C0) -- 32 30 29 ALISON KRAUSS + UNION STATION New Favorite 3 70 62 59 WAYLON JENNINGS RCA Country Legends: Waylon Jennings 19 HMG HERITAGE/RCA 99788/RLG (24.98 CD) ROUNDER 61 0 49 5/118/ 0 (11.98 /1738) 33 39 33 JOE NICHOLS Man With A Memory 12 71 68 60 TANYA TUCKER Tanya 39 TUCKERTIME 38827/CAPITOL UNIVERSAL SOUTH 170285(11 .98/17.98) [N] 110.90/17.981 67 57 AARON Stars & Stripes 10 34 26 TIM MCGRAW A2 Set This Circus Down 1 72 TIPPIN LYRIC ru HH 7871111298/ío961 8Tß007165033/HOLLRW000112.96/18.981 31 52 DOLLY PARTON Halos & Horns 4 73 74 70 VARIOUS ARTISTS Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass 27 T ME LIFE 18701 (19.98 _ BLUE EYE 3946/SUGAR HILL (1098/18981 CD) VARIOUS ARTISTS A Country Superstar Christmas 4 47 - YIPS SRSOR7 /UMRS COI c PACESETTER T; (1196 52 55 JO DEE MESSINA A Joyful Noise 36 75 70 64 REBA MCENTIRE Greatest Hits Volume III I'm A Survivor 1 MCA NASHVILLE 17D202111.9811898) i'.0 R8 78755118.98 C01

37 40 30 VARIOUS ARTISTS Totally Country 2 UNA 670438/LG (12.98/17181

Albums wi h the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America IRIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units l Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of l million units (Platinum). RIAA certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond sym- bol indicates album' mufti -platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more, the R) AA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and /or tapes. RIAA Latin awards: OCertification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro). A Certification of 200,000 units (Platino).0 Certification of 400,000 units IMJIII- Platino) *Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EQ, and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit increase. Pacesetter indicates biggest percent- age growth. Heatseeker Impact shows albums removed from Heatseekers this week. [N] indicates past or present Heatseeker title. ® 2002, VNU Business Media, Inc., and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

NOVEOMOBER30 Billboard, TOP COUNTRY CATALOG ALBU MST. Sales data compiled by to Y Y en W Nielsen 3 ; g SoundScan F cc á cc ti rn 1- I_ a 5 ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Title le e=.a .. 5 ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Title F2 V

13 Weeks At Number 1 UA4 NUMBER 1 ' YL 13 12 WILLIE NELSON LEGACY/COLUMBIA 69322/SONY17.ú8E0/11.981 16 Bionest Hits 219 1 1 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 165011 /HOLLYW000111.98 /18.981[NI Rascal Flans 128 14 13 FAITH HILL ° WARNER BROS. 47373wRNU29818.981 Breathe 158 11 2 DIXIE CHICKS MONUMENT 68195 /SONY(10.98ES/17.96) [N] Wide Open Spaces 251 el 20 ALAN JACKSON A ARISTA NASHVILLE 21735/LASERLICHT1698CD) Hanky Tonk Christmas 60 4 SHANIATWAIN 19 MERCURY 536003 )1298/18981 Come On Over 263 16 17 BROOKS & DUNN A 3 ARISTA NASHVILLE 18852/RLG112.98/18.981 The Greatest Hits Collection 270 5 DIXIE CHICKS I° MONUMENT 69678/SONY112.98EW18.98) Fly 168 17 15 NICKEL CREEK SUGAR HILL 3909117_98 CD) [N] Nickel Creek 102 5 3 KENNY CHESNEY 2 BNA67976 /RLG (1298/18.98) Greatest Hits 112 18 16 LEE ANN WOMACK 3 MCA NASHVILLE 170099111.98/17.981 I Hope You Dance 130 11 MARTINA MCBRIDE RCA 67842/RLG0g.98/18.981 White Christmas 42 19 18 TRAVIS TRITT COLUMBIA 62165/SONY(1,98EO/17.98) Down The Road I Go 111 9 ANNE MURRAY STRAIGHTWAY 20335(19.98 CD/ What A Wonderful Christmas 15 20 19 GEORGE STRAIT MCA NASHVILLE 170100(1198/17.98/ Latest Greatest Straitest Hits 123 14 BURL IVES MCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS 322177/MCA(6.90CD) Rudolph The Red -Nosed Reindeer 40 21 24 TIM MCGRAW A° CURB 7788617.98/11.98) Everywhere 224 9 7 TOBY KEITH MERCURY 558962111.98/17.981 Greatest Hits Volume One 207 ;T.) - GEORGE STRAIT MCA NASHVILLE 170093111.98/17.981 Merry Christmas Wherever You Are 27 10 6 JOHNNY CASH A LEGACY/COLUMBIA 69739/SONY 17.98EW11.981 16 Biggest Hits 189 Fp - REBA MCENTIRE MCA NASHVILLE 170097111.98 /17.981 Secret Of Giving: A Christmas Collection 25 11 8 SOUNDTRACK CURB 78703 (11.98/17,981 120 MCaNaSHVLit IDD00 3 Coyote Ugly - VINCE GILL WITH PATRICK WILLIAMS AND HIS ORCHESTRA /12(11 Breath Of Heaven -A Christmas Collection 36 12 10 ALAN JACKSON A' ARISTA NASHVILLE 18001 /RLG(12.98/18.98) The Greatest Hits Collection 369 fp' - ALABAMA BMG SPECIAL PRODUCTS 44753(S90 /6.981 Alabama Christmas 6 albums with the greatest salosogakts this week. Catalog albums are 2- year-old tides that have fallen below No. 100 on The Billboard 200 or reissues of older albums. Total Chart Weeks column retie rs combined weeks title has a peered on Too Country Albums and Top County Catalog Recording Industry Assn. Of America lAIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album unos (Gold). ARSAA certificate for net ship- mom ofl million nits IPlbuml. RIM certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi-platinum level. For boxed sets and double albums with a rnning toe of 100 minutes or more, the 81AÁ multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. RIRA Latin awards: O Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro). A Cerbficelion of 70000 units lPlatnol.. Certification of 400,000 rots IM tl. Platnol'A.sterskmdcelesLPisavailable. Most tape prices, and CO prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked ES. and all other CO prices, are equvalent paces, which are projected fromwholeeale onces. IN] indicates pest Heatseeker äíÌe. 8/2002, VNU Business Media, Inc., and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 30, 2002 www.billboard.com 29 www.americanradiohistory.com NOV20MOBER30 Billboard HOT COUNTRY. SINGLES & TRACKS Airplay monitored by 47 ry IL á Nielsen z f W á z 3 ,,; Broadcast Data e 3 3 ri o 5Cÿ 5c n3 TITLE Systems Artist S'' TITLE Artist ~ 3 PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT & NUMBER/PROMOTION LABEL M g PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT & NUMBER/PROMOTION LABEL `t á i. S d

-g NUMBER 1 =. 1 Week At Number) 32 34 BEAUTIFUL GOODBYE Jennifer Hanson sa 31 Q J.HANSON,G.DORMAN IJ.HANSON,K.PATTON- JOHNSTON) O CAPITOL 77816

2 3 THESE DAYS Rascal Flans sa 1 33 32 WAITIN' ON JOE Steve Azar v 32 M .BRIGHT,M W ILLIAMS,RASCAL FLATTS J.STEELE.O.WELLS,S.ROBSONI LYRIC STREET ALBUM CUT ® RUM HOY (S.AZAR) O MERCURY 172257 s' 1 1 SOMEBODY LIKE YOU Keith Urban 9 1 34 36 FAMILY TREE Darryl Worley 33 O.HUFFK.URBAN IK.URBAN,J.SHANKSI CAPITOL ALBUM CUT ® FROGERS,J.STROUD IO.SCOTTI O DREAMWORKS 450814 3 2 LANDSLIDE Dixie Chicks 9 2 Q 36 38 THERE'S NO LIMIT 34 DIXIE CHICKS,LMAINES IS.NICKS/ O MONUMENT 79791/EMN O.HUFFD.CARTER (O.CARTER,R.SCRUGGS) ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT

4 6 SHE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH A SMILE George Strait 59 4 35 37 PRACTICE LIFE Andy Griggs With Martina McBride 35 T.BROWN,G.STRAIT © D.MALLOY IA.GRIGGS,B.JAMES) RCA ALBUM CUT IO.BLACKMAN,J.KNOWLESI O MCA NASHVILLE 172255 7 7 WHO'S YOUR DADDY? Toby Keith st 5 Q 39 50 NEXT BIG THING Vince Gill 36 J.STROUD,T.KEITH ITKEITH) O DREAMWORKS 450815 V. GILL(V.GILLA.ANDERSON,J.HOBBS) MCA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT 40 42 BROKENHEARTSVILLE 5 5 MY TOWN Montgomery Gentry ^.a 5 Q Joe Nichols .9 37 B. ROWAN R. BOUDREAUX B.CHANCEY IJ.STEELE,R.NIELSENI o COLUMBIA 79786 ( ,C.DANIELS,D.KEES,B.MEVISI O UNIVERSAL SOUTH 172241

10 11 RED RAG TOP Tim McGraw 7 38 39 A MEMORY LIKE I'M GONNA BE Tanya Tucker 37 O. GALLIMORE,TMCGRAW,D.SMITH Q 13 BECKETT,J.LASETER IJ.LASETER,R.MURRAHI TUCKERTIME ALBUM CUT IJ.WHITEI CURB ALBUM CUT

6 4 WORK IN PROGRESS Alan Jackson 3 ® 42 40 MY OLD MAN Rodney Atkins 39 K.STEGALL IA.JACKSON) ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT T HEWITT,J.NIEBANK (RATKINS,THEWITT) CURB ALBUM CUT

8 10 I'M GONNA GETCHA GOOD! Shania Twain ça 8 40 37 33 CRY Faith HiII s' 12 R.J.LANGE (S.T WAIN,R.J.LANGE) O MERCURY 172272 M.FREDERIKSEN,FHILL IA.APARO) O WARNER BROS. 16688/WRN

sz 10 9 8 BEAUTIFUL MESS Diamond Rio 1 41 41 JOHN J. BLANCHARD Anthony Smith 41 M.O.CLUTE.OIAMONO RIO LEMAIRE,C.MILLS,S.MINOR) ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM Q B. TERRY IA.SMITH,C, WALLINI MERCURY 172266 IS. CUT O

13 14 FALL INTO ME Emerson Drive .a 11 43 43 FOREVER Lee Ann Womack 42 R. MARX IO.ORTON,J.STOVERI DREAMWORKS ALBUM Q M. WRIGHT,LA.WOMACK IC PATTON- JOHNSTON,D.O'DAV) MCA NASHVILLE 172263 w CUT O

18 21 19 SOMETHIN' Mark Wills sz 12 44 44 WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO ABOUT IT Tommy Shane Steiner With Bridgette Wilson -Sampras 43 C LINDSEY Q J.RITCHEV ILTMILLER,C.DUBOISI RCA ALBUM CUT ® (C.DUBOIS,D.LEEI O MERCURY 172267

17 19 A LOT OF THINGS DIFFERENT Kenny Chesney 13 46 52 IT'LL GO AWAY Kevin Denney 44 m L REYNOLOS IK.DENNEYD.SAMPSONI LYRIC STREET ALBUM CUT ® N. WILSON,B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY IB.ANDERSON,ODILLON) O BNA 69172

14 16 I JUST WANNA BE MAD 9 14 53 - WHEN THE LIGHTS GO DOWN Faith Hill 45 o 0 HUFF,F. HILL ( C .WISEMAN,J.STEELE,R.RUTHERFORDI WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT/W RN B.GALLIMORE MERCURY 172262 Q (K.LOVELACE,LT.MILLER) O Q 16 15 STRONG ENOUGH TO BE YOUR MAN Travis Tritt st 15 49 55 LATELY (BEEN DREAMIN' 'BOUT BABIES) Tracy Byrd 46 Q B. J.WALKER,JR. IR.HAMMI RCA ALBUM CUT BJ.WALKER,JR.,TTRITT ITTRITTI O COLUMBIA 79787 15 17 EVERY RIVER Brooks & Dunn 15 Q 47 48 I WANT MY BABY BACK 47 Q K. OR00KS,R.DUNN,M.WRIGHT (ANGELOTLITTLEFIELO,K.RICHEY) ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT B.J. WALKER,JR. (T.MARTIN,T.SHAPIRO,M.NESLER) COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT

17 12 13 FORGIVE Rebecca Lynn Howard 52 12 Q 45 46 PICTURE Kid Rock Featuring Sheryl Crow Or Allison Moorer 45 M W RIGHT,T BRUCE IR.L.HOWARO,T.BRUCEI O MCA NASHVILLE 172242 KID ROCK IR.J.RITCHIEI O LAVA ALBUM CUT /ATLANTIC OR UNIVERSAL SOUTH 172274 18 11 9 WHERE WOULD YOU BE Martina McBride sz 3 Q 57 - WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY Chris Cagle 49 M MCBRIDE,P.WORLEY (R.PROCTOR,R.FERRELLI O RCA69173 RWRIGHT IC.CAGLE,M.POWELL) CAPITOL ALBUM CUT 47 21 22 I WISH YOU'D STAY AIRPOWER . Brad Paisley 19 Q+ 48 I'D LOVE TO LAY YOU DOWN Daryle Singletary 43 F.ROGERS - ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT G. COLE (FA.MACRAE) AUDIUM ALBUM CUT Q (CDUBOIS,B.PAISLEY)

51 53 ALMOST HOME Craig Morgan 51 19 20 THE GOOD STUFF Kenny Chesney st 1 Q o C. MORGAN,P..O'DONNELL BROKEN BOW ALBUM B.CANNON,N.W ILSON.K.CHESNEY (J. COLUNS,GW ISEMANI O BNA 69172 (C,MORGAN,K.K.PHILUPS) CUT

22 23 'TIL NOTHING COMES BETWEEN US John Michael Montgomery 21 o - HOT SHOT DEBUT r Q S HENORICKS ITMARTYK.HARVICK,R.MARSHALLI WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT/WRN 23 25 YOU CAN'T HIDE BEAUTIFUL Aaron Lines 5, 22 CONCRETE ANGEL Martina McBride 52 M MCBRIDE,P WORLEY IS.BENTLEYR CROSBY) RCA ALBUM CUT ® C. FARREN IM.OULANEY,J.SELLERSI RCA ALBUM CUT

25 26 MAN TO MAN Gary Allan 23 50 49 THE LUCKIEST MAN IN THE WORLD Neal McCoy 46 ESILVER BROS. I6B80/WRN ® T. BROWN,M.WRIGHT IJ.O'HARAI O MCA NASHVILLE 172256 IE.SILVER.M.POWELLI 0 O WARNER

24 24 UNUSUALLY UNUSUAL Lonestar c 24 54 59 I DROVE ALL NIGHT Pinmonkey 54 D. HUFF ALBUM CUT Q P WORLEY (B.STEINBERG,T.KELLYI BNA ALBUM CUT Q (M.MCGUINN) BNA

® 27 35 THE BABY Blake Shelton 25 Q 58 - I BELIEVE Diamond Rio 55 B BRADDOCK IH.ALLEN,M.WHITEI WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT/WRN MD.CLUTE (S.EWING,D.KEES) ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT

28 29 AT THE END OF THE DAY Kellie Coffey 26 56 52 51 RUB ME THE RIGHT WAY Brad Martin 51 Q D. HUFF IK.COFFEYB.JAMES) BNA ALBUM CUT B WALKER,JR. IB.MARTIN,M.GEIGER,J.RAMEY) EPIC ALBUM CUT /EMN 26 27 ONE DAY CLOSER TO YOU Carolyn Dawn Johnson 26 Q RAINING ON SUNDAY Keith Urban 57 ® P W ORLEY,C.0.J045005 IC.D.JOHNSON,M.DANNAI ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT D.HUFF,K.URBAN IS.BRO WN,RPOSTERI CAPITOL ALBUM CUT

29 28 ON A MISSION Trick Pony sa 28 58 56 56 LONESOME ROAD Chalee Tennison 56 J.STROUD IB.SIMPSONA.GORLEY,M.PIERCE) DREAMWORKS 450813 Q C HOWARD II DEAN,K TRIBBLE,D.L.MURPHY) WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT/WRN O sz TINY DANCER Tim McGraw 59 30 30 CHROME Trace Adkins 29 Q, ; o B GALLIMORE,T MCGRAWD.SMITH CURB ALBUM CUT D.HUFF IJ.STEELE,A.SMITH) CAPITOL ALBUM CUT IE.JOHN,B.TAUPIN)

31 31 I'M NOT BREAKIN' Steve Holy 30 60 59 54 EVERYDAY ANGEL Radney Foster 9 43 FOSTER Q G. HUNTG.LEACH,S.HOLY (J.FOSTERM.CHRISTIAN) CURB ALBUM CUT R. IR.FOSTERI DUALTONE ALBUM CUT

Records showing an inc ease in detections over the previous week, regardless of chart movement Compiled from a national sample of airplay supplied by Niels n Broadcast Data Sys ems' adio rack service. 150 Country Stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by number of dete tions. power awarded to songs appearing in the top 20 on both the BDS Airplay and Audience charts for the first bme with increases in both detections and audience. Titles below the top 20 are removed from the chart fter 20 weeks. Videoclip availability. Catalog number is for CD Single, or Vinyl Single if CD Single is unavailable. OCD Single available. OO DVD Sin- gle available. © CD Maxi -Single available. O Cassette Single available. 0 Vinyl Maxi -Single available. O Vinyl Single available. © Cassette Maxi -Single available S 2002, VNJ Business Media, nc. All rights reserved.

.Ä NOToor 30Billboarad TOP BLUEGRASS vOVEI ZR3OBiIIbocid8 TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS. SINGLES SALESTM Sales data compiled by Nielsen Sales data compiled by SoundScan VD Nielsen ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Title 3 SoundScan

2 Weeks At Number 1 i" NUMBER 1 -7:., á TITLE IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Artist 1 ALISON KRAUSS + UNION STATION ROUNDER610515/UME Live

1 Week At Number I e 2 SOUNDTRACK 6 LOST HIGHWAY /MERCURY170069IIDJMG O Brother, Where Art Thou? 'UMBER 3 3 NICKEL CREEK SUGAR HILL 3941 This Side PICTURE UNIVERSAL SOUTH 172274 Kid Rock Featuring Allison Moorer 4 4 ALISON KRAUSS + UNION STATION ROUNDERB10495/UME New Favorite 1 BEAUTIFUL GOODBYE CAPITOL 77816 Jennifer Hanson 5 5 DOLLY PARTON BLUE EYE 3946/SUGAR HILL Halos &Horns 2 LONG TIME GONE MONUMENT79790 /CRG Dixie Chicks 6 6 THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND CAPITOL40177 Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III $ 7 PATTY LOVELESS EPIC85967 /SONY Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas 4 3 GOD BLESS THE USA CURB73128 8 VARIOUS ARTISTS TIME LIFE 18701 Time- Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass 8 5 4 CAN'T FIGHT THE MOONLIGHT CURB 73116 LeAnn Rimes 11 PATTY LOVELESS EPIC85651 /SONY Mountain Soul o 6 8 HOW DO I LIVE A' CURB73022 LeAnn Rimes 10 9 SOUNDTRACK LOST HIGHWAY 170221 /MERCURY Down From The Mountain Gal 13 VARIOUS ARTISTS ROUNDER616499NME 0 Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection 7 6 THE IMPOSSIBLE UNIVERSAL SOUTH 172241 Joe Nichols VARIOUS ARTISTS ROUNDER610506/UME 0 Sister 2: A Women's Bluegrass Collection 12 10 8 - AMERICA WILL ALWAYS STAND RELENTLESS NASHVILLE 5137'/MAOACY 13 12 OLD & IN THE GRAY ACOUSTIC DISC 51 Old & In The Gray 9 5 I SHOULD BE SLEEPING SREAMWORKS450362/INTERSCOPE Emerson Drive VARIOUS ARTISTS UNIVERSAL SOUTH 064852 Christmas On The Mountain IA Bluegrass Christmas) a: 10 7 ROCKY TOP '96 SECCA 155274/MCA NASHVILLE The Osborne Brothers 15 14 HAYSEED DIXIE DUALTONE 1104/RAZOR & TIE AHillbillyTributeToAC/DC

1 multimillion indicated a numeral following the symbol. indicates past or present Heatseeker title. ©2062, VNU Business Media, Records with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America IRIAAI certhcadon for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). A RIAA certification for net shipment of million units (Platinum), with titles by (H) Inc., and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

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BY HOWELL LLEWELLYN porated into GVM Eventos because "it MADRID- Spanish music conglom- did not make sense to have Planet erate Gran Vía Musical (GVM) has GVM Events and Media Festivals as sepa- appointed Pedro Danés as its new rate divisions when their functions director general. It plans to lay off an often coincided," says Merino, who is unknown number of staff and has Appoints also director general of leisure and reduced its divisions from five to four entertainment at GVM's parent corn - as it prepares to expand activity in pany, Grupo Prisa. Mexico in the new year. Danés, 38, Merino says GVM Eventos is "the replaces Ignacio Iglesias. Danés, premier operator of Latin artists in Notas_ "My appointment is managerial, Spain," having organized in recent because a clear business focus was lack- months tours and concerts by Shaki- AWARD NOMINEES: With a total of six director Roberto Arciniegas says is ing until now," Danés tells Billboard. ra, Enrique Iglesias, Paulina Rubio, nods each, Juanes and Celia Cruz lead designed to "reposition the band." "The music -industry crisis obliges us Reduces Maná, Juanes, Caetano Veloso, and the nominations for the 15th annual Arciniegas says that the disc is ben- to be more rigorous and to reduce size Eros Ramazotti. Premios Lo Nuestro Latin Music efiting from a "mix of promotion work so that cost increases are zero." GVM Discos includes labels Muxxic, Awards, which will be broadcast live on their part, a TV campaign, radio An important section of GVM in Size SunnyLuna, Horns, Palo Nuevo, Rock Feb. 5, 2003, from Miami on the Univi- airplay, the novelty of having a book this plan is touring and concert -pro- Muxxic, World Muxxic, and Freequen- sion network Other multiple nominees out by a respected author which bears motion arm Planet Events, which is cy, with such artists as Marta Sánchez, include Carlos Vives and Marc Anthony, the name of the album, and of course, part of new division GVM Eventos, María Jiménez, Tamara, Sôber, Papa with five nominations each. A slew of we think the single and the album are with Sandra Retondo as director. Levante, Gian Marco, Miami Sound other acts garnered four nominations both very good." Music-festival arm Media Festivals has Machine, Jon Secada, and Chocolate. each; of those, the most notable are La Reina del Sur was initially re- been incorporated into GVM Eventos, Carlos Sanmartín continues as director. debut acts Cabas and Sin Bandera, leased four weeks ago with a radio blitz and its former director, José María Gran Vía Distribución and GVM Celso Piña, and Pilar Montenegro -the that has enabled the title track to Palacios, has exited. Editorial remain unchanged as GVM's only artist to get nods in both pop and remain in the top five of the regional Another key feature of the changes distribution and publishing arms, regional Mexican categories. Mexican airplay chart (though it has not is that GVM Mexico, which was creat- with Felix Iriondo and Dominic Gib- Awards will be given in a total of 32 reached No. 1); it sits at No. 3 this week. ed this year, will appoint a director son as respective directors. categories for pop, tropical, urban, and The marketing effort was aided last early next year. It is currently headed Merino says, "The aim of the changes regional Mexican music released week with the launch of a contest in Los by Miami -based Marco Antonio Rubí, is to make GVM more solid, and more between Oct. 1, 2001, and Sept. 30, Angeles Spanish - language daily news- who is director of the Muxxic Latina changes and enterprises will be 2002. Winners are voted for by Latin paper La Opinión in which fans can win label, of which GVM owns 75% and announced after the new year-espe - radio programmers nationwide, while deluxe press kits, as well as a joint pro- Universal Music Group (UMG) the cially on the other side of the Atlantic, fans determine the winners of the five motion between fonovisa.com and Uni- remaining 25 %. GVM CEO Luis Meri- which helped arrange some of Spain's where we have to be more active." GVM People's Internet Awards. In celebra- vision TV show El Gordo y la Flaca, no says there have not been any top music festivals, including Festi- was created three years ago and has tion of the awards' 15th anniversary, where fans can vie to win a pick-up truck changes in Miami so far and that GVM mad and Esparrago Rock, was incor- offices in Miami and Mexico City. show organizer Univision will host a According to Arciniegas, album is looking to optimize its 2- year -old pre -awards gala Feb. 4 in Miami Beach. shipments are at 350,000 copies; it is relationship with UMG regarding Nominees were announced this week expected that 400,000 copies will be Muxxic Latina. Miami will continue to at the New York Museum of Television sold in the U.S. alone by year's end. be the regional headquarters of Muxxic & Radio, which announced plans to Incidentally, although Las Ketchup Latina under Rubí. Your One -Stop Guide to launch a Center for Spanish -Language and are almost neck and neck Danés says, "Mexico is to be the

Programs. Univision will donate to the in the charts, the No. 4-Luis Miguel's passport to the U.S. for [ GVM's] Span- center hundreds of hours of its taped Mis Boleros Favoritos- registers less ish artists, such as Marta Sánchez, atin Music Market programming, including the 15 edi- than half of Shakira's sales. Raúl, and Agüita Salá. The general idea tions of Premios Lo Nuestro. is that our successful artists will be ARBITRON BREAKTHROUGH: Arbitron promoted in Mexico with the aim of STALKING THE TOP SPOT: Los Tigres has committed to begin using langi ¡age them then reaching U.S. audiences." BILLBOARD'S 2003 del Norte are consistent big sellers. Why preference for Hispanic diary- keepers As part of the changes, GVM's activ- then, should their renewed climb to the when tabulating ratings. But when this ities in Miami have been incorporat- INTERNATIONAL No. 1 spot on the Billboard Top Latin will take effect will not become clear ed into the UMG structure to make Albums chart be of note? Because their until the beginning of the year, after them more efficient. Danés says the LATIN MUSIC leap from last week's third place to this Arbitron determines the best way to de- Miami structure "has been condensed. fine language preferences and modifies "We want Mexico to be our launch BUYER'S GUIDE its software to do it. pad into the U.S. and Latin America Although Arbitron has been tracking in general," he continues. "It is not OVER 3000 language preference (in this case, always enough for our artists to be FROM 2p STI yGS whether listeners speak Spanish) since successful in Spain: Our aim is to 1997, it hasn't actually applied the in- internationalize them." RIES: formation to ratings measurement. But Danés stresses that the priority is to & Indi? Labels Publishing Companies Concert Hispanic broadcasters, who met with strengthen GVM in Spain. The exact Maor company reps earlier this month, have number of staff to be laid off will be Promoters Wholesalers & Distributors Artists & Managers long it is argued that a key factor that known in January 2003, "but our & Agents Radio Stations Plus -these NEW sections drives listenership. Arbitron's summer structure will be smaller," he says. Reta l c=hains & Stores & Composers Los Angeles books, for example, regis- Three back -office personnel are known specialty Songwriters tered particularly low ratings for most to have been let go already, apart from National Music Programmers Network TV Music Supervisors Spanish-language stations. And for that the exits of Iglesias, Palacios, and for- Music Media Programmers ratings period, Arbitron VP of commu- mer GVM financial director Juan nications Thom Mocarsky says, only Piedra, who is now VP of finance at CRJER THE INTEP ' GUIDE ONLINE 47% of Hispanic diary- keepers said their Radio Caracol. week's No. 1 spot puts them at a con- primary language was Spanish -the Danés adds that the biggest differ- siderable distance in units scanned (ap- lowest number since 1997. Mocarsky ence between GVM before and now is or call 1.800 745.8922 nter-`ationa 815.734.1216 proximately 16,000 units vs. 13,000 says, `We think it's one of the factors its size. "It is now smaller and is to Fax. 740.382.5866 By Mail: Send payment for 5109 plus 57 S &H (515 for units) from the chart's No. 2, Las Ketch- that affect how Hispanics use radio." operate under different business cri- ntern3tional orders) with this ad to: Billboard Directories, PO Box 2011, up (which retains its spot after Shakira's Although the L.A. numbers were teria." Danés previously worked as a Mariol, OH 43306 Please add appropriate sales tax in NY, NJ, PA, CA, TN, MA, greatest -hits album -which debuted at low, the previous three surveys of 2002 business administrator in a leading IL, OH VA & DC. Crders payable in U.S. funds only. No. 1 last week-fell to No. 3). have been the highest for Spanish -lan- insurance company. The 27% leap in sales for La Reina guage stations in the overall top 100 Merino says that GVM's four divi- To advertise, contact Gene Smith: 800 -223 -7524 646- 654 -4616 del Sur follows a massive marketing markets. And, Mocarsky adds, the Arbi- sions will be labels, events, distribu- gsmith @billboard.com campaign that Fonovisa marketing tron summer L.A. book is just fine. tion, and publishing. Media Festivals,

BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 30, 2002 www.billboard.com 31 www.americanradiohistory.com NOVEMBER 30 ' p N 2002 Billboard TO LATI AL B 1111 Sales data compiled by 1l le Nielsen kkr o y SoundScan ARTIST Title s ARTIST Title ~ IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL r IMPRINT& NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL iOa NUMBER 1 /GREATEST =;agi- 2 WeeksAtNumberl LSO 59 56 PILAR MONTENEGRO A Desahogo GAINER UNIVISION 310026/UG (9 98/13.98) [N] LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE La Reina Del Sur 46 42 MONCHY & FONOVISA 50666 114.98 COI ALEXANDRA Confesiones... all J &N 84839/SONY DISCOS E0/13.981 It [N]

2 2 LAS KETCHUP Las Ketchup 56 41 VARIOUS ARTISTS Pegaditas De..Ayer Y Hoy © SHAKETOWN/CDLUMBIA 86980/SONY DISCOS 115.98 EQ CDI [N] Dise 727027/UG 18.98/13.981 SHAKIRA Grandes Exitos 53 44 JERRY RIVERA Vuela Muy Alto SONY DISCOS 87611 (15.98 EQ CDI ARIOLA 94877/BMG LATIN 110.98/15.981 [N]

4 LUIS MIGUEL Mis Boleros Favoritos 3 50 48 LOS INVASORES DE NUEVO LEON 20 Exitos WARNER LATINA 49277 119.96 CO) EMI LATIN 34432 (12.98 CDI

3 KUMBIA KINGS All Mixed Up: Los Remixes 3 47 52 INTOCABLE 14 Grandes Exitos EMI LATIN 4252617.98/11.981 EMI LATIN 3141218.98/12.981

5 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS Quizas 1 45 51 LOS TIGRILLOS Cumbias Con Garra Vol. 4 UNIVERSAL LATINO 064385111.98/18.981 WEAMEX 49161/WARNER LATINA 112.98 CDI

6 MANA Revolucion De Amor 52 53 INTOCABLE A Suenos WARNER LATINA 48566110.98/18.981 EMI LATIN 3774519.98/15.981 [N]

8 JUANES Un Dia Normal 2 48 45 LOS ORIGINALES DE SAN JUAN 20 Grandes Exitos SURCO 017537JUNIVERSAL LATINO 116.98 CDI [N] UNIVISION 310063/UG 19.98/13.981

10 SELENA Ones 4 59 65 59 MARC ANTHONY Libre EMI L AT I N 42096116.98 CD) COLUMBIA 84617 /SONY DISCOS (I1 98 00/11.98'

7 JAGUARES El Primer Instinto 58 57 LOS CAMINANTES 20 Exitazos- Nuestras Canciones 40 RCA 96656/BMG LATIN (14.98 CDI SONY DISCOS 84224 19.98 EQ/13.981 VARIOUS ARTISTS Arcoiris Musical Mexicano Vol. 2 Ill 61 63 67 AVENTURA We Broke The Rules UNIVISION 310090/U6111.98/15.96) PREMIUM LATIN 12000/) &N 113.98 CDI

12 HECTOR & TITO A La Reconquista 62 55 61 RAMON AYALA Y SUS BRAVOS DEL NORTE 20 Exitos Gigantes Vol. 2 VI 450571/U6 (14.98 CDI [N] Il FREDDIE 185018.98/13.98) 13 11 LIBERACION Historia Musical ROCIO DURCAL En Concierto: Inolvidable DISA 727029/U618.98/11981[N] ARIOLA 96610/BMG LATIN 113.98 CD) 14® 10 CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA Perdoname Mi Amor 60 63 CARLOS VIVES Dejame Entrar FONOVISA 88237(998/13.88) [N] © 61 EMI LATIN 3595619.98/15.981 [N] 29 BELINDA Silvana: Complices Al Rescate 65 64 60 LOS BUKIS Greatest Hits CO IN ARIOLA CDI 92579/BMG LATIN 19.98 ® FONOVISA 616618.98/12.98) 13 LUPILLO RIVERA Amorcito Corazon 66 54 47 ALEJANDRO SANZ MTV Unplugged 16® SONY DISCOS 87537 18.98 E0/13.88) [N] WARNER LATINA 41541110.98/17.981 [N] 17 Ea 15 VARIOUS ARTISTS Arcoiris Musical Mexicano © b7 62 55 VARIOUS ARTISTS Puras Cumbias Sonideras UNIVISION 310073/UG (11.98/15.98) MOCK & ROLL 950410/LIDERES 16.98/11.981

68 66 62 LOS TERRIBLES DEL NORTE 20 Corridazos FREDDIE 7185117.98/13.98)

49 BELINDA Mariana: Complices Al Rescate 18 69 32 14 CHUY VEGA Mas De Lo Que Merecias ARIOLA 92568 /BMG LATIN 19.98 CDI UNIVISION 310078NG (9.98/13.98) [N]

19111 12 VICTOR MANUELLE Le Preguntaba A La Luna 12 70 71 65 GUARDIANES DEL AMOR Lo Mejor De Guardianes Del Amor 30 SONY DISCOS 84663116 98 EQ CDI ARIOLA 83144/BMG LATIN 17.98/11.98)

LOS ANGELES DE CHARLY Bonita Mujer 10 71 73 68 JOSE ALFREDO JIMENEZ Las 100 Clasicas Vol. 1 27 FONOVISA 5066519.98/13.98) [N] ARIOLA 79005/BMG LATIN 118.98 CO)

THALIA Thalia 61 50 GRUPO MANIA Latino 21 EMI LATIN 39753110.98/11.98) [N] UNIVERSAL LATINO 018980 19 981 il 17 LOS RAZOS Dandole Vuelo A La Hilacha 12 THE LATIN ALL -STARS Exitos Latinos: Latin Hits RCA 96788/BMG LATIN 112.98 CD) [N] ST CLAIR 6462(898 CO) 18 JENNIFER PENA 4 Libre 70 74 LOS ANGELES AZULES Historia Musical UNIVISION 31005388519.99/13.98) [N] RISA 727014/UG (8.98/13.98) [N] 20 CHAYANNE Grandes Exitos RUBEN BLADES Mundo 37 SONY DISCOS 84667 (18.98 EO/16.58) [N] COLUMBIA 84625/SONY DISCOS 16.98 EO/16.98) 22 SIN BANDERA o Sin Bandera 12 SONY DISCOS 84806116 98 EQ CO) [N]

20 CRISTIAN Grandes Hits 13 TROPICAUSALSA ALBUMS REGION7w_ . ARIOLA 95787/BMG LATIN (1698 CDI [N]

38 MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS Mas De Mi Alma LAS KETCHUP VICTOR MANUELLE LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE EON0VISA 0527110.98/16.98) [N] LAS KETCHUP (SHAKETOWWCOLUMBIA /SONY DISCOS) LE PREGUNTABA A LA LUNA (SONY DISCOS I LA REINA DEL SUR (FONOVISA 24 LOS TEMERARIOS Una Lagrima No Basta GILBERTO SANTA ROSA 2 VARIOUS AFG SIGMA 0529/FONOVISA110.98/16.961 SHAKIRA ARTISTS

GRANDESEXITOS (SONY DISCOS ) VICEVERSA (SONY DISCOS I ARCOIRIS MUSICAL MEXICANO VOL 2 ( UNIVISION MG) 26 VICENTE FERNANDEZ o2 Historia De Un Idolo Vol.1 SONY DISCOS 84185110.98 EQ/1698) [N] LUIS MIGUEL 3 MONCHY & ALEXANDRA 3 UBERACION

MIS BOLEROS FAVORITOS (WARNER LATINA 1 CONFESIONES._ (J &N /SONY DISCOS) HISTORIA MUSICAL IDISA /UGI 23 VARIOUS ARTISTS 15 Postales De Amor 11 OO ERES 9504151798/13.98) KUMBIA KINGS 4 JERRY RIVERA 4 CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA

ALL MIXED UP. LOS REMIXES (EMI LATIN I VUELA MUY ALTO IARIOLABMG LATIN) PERDONAME MI AMOR IFONOVISA ) 54 LA ONDA A Toda Onda 31 .' LATIN 3909918.98/12.98) ENRIQUE IGLESIAS S MARC ANTHONY 5 WPILLO RIVERA OUIZAS 32 34 30 GILBERTO SANTA ROSA o Viceversa (UNIVERSAL LATINO) LIBRE (COLUMBIA /SONY DISCOS) AMORCITO CORAZON (SONY DISCOS ) SONY DISCOS 84781 16.98 E0/16.981 [N] MANA 6 AVENTURA 6 VARIOUS ARTISTS WE BROKE THE RULES LATIN /J &N) DE I 33 31 25 VARIOUS ARTISTS La Hora Sonidera REVOLUCION AMOR ( WARNER LATINA (PREMIUM ARCOIRIS MUSICAL MEXICANO ) UNIVISION /1.10I C SA 724840/UG 17.98/1398) JUANES 7 CARLOS VIVES 7 BEUNDA 34 30 28 LOS ACOSTA Historia Musical: 30 Pegaditas UN DIA NORMAL (SURCO /UNIVERSAL LATINO) DEJAME ENTRAR (EMI LATIN) MARIANA COMPLICES AL RESCATE (ARIOLA /BMG LATIN) Ill SA 727026/U5 (8.98/13.981 [N] SELENA 8 GRUPO MANIA 8 LOS ANGELES DE CHARLY

ONES LATIN 1 LATINO (UNIVERSAL LATINO) BONITA MUJER HOT SHOT DEBUT (EMI (FONOVISA )

JAGUARES 9 RUBEN BLADES 9 LOS RAZOS LIMITE Soy Asi 3`. EL PRIMER INSTINTO (RCA /BMG LATIN) MUNDO /SONY DISCOS) OANOOLE VUELO A LAHILACHA (RCA /BMG LATIN) UNIVERSAL LATINO 0663 7318.98/13.98) (COLUMBIA

VARIOUS ARTISTS 2002 Latin Grammy Nominees HECTOR & TITO 10 SPANISH HARLEM ORCHESTRA 10 JENNIFER PENA GRAMMY 49152/WARNER LATINA (10.98/18.981 A LARECONQUISTA IVI /UGI UN GRAN DIA EN EL BARRIO (ROPEADOPE /AG) LIBRE )UNIVISION /UGI

SOUNDTRACK 19 BEUNDA 11 CELIA CRUZ 11 LOS TEMERARIOS EQ CD) SONY DISCOS 84951 115.98 SILVANA: COMPLICES AL RESCATE ( ARIOLA /BMG LATIN) LA NEGRA TIENETUMBAD (SONY DISCOS) LINA LAGRIMA NO BASTA (AFG SIGMA/FONOVISA)

VARIOUS ARTISTS Las 30 Cumbias Mas Pegadas THALIA 12 TITO NIEVES 12 VICENTE FERNANDEZ DISA 727015NG 18.98/1398) THALIA (EMI LATINI MUY AGRADECIDO (WEACARIBE /WARNER LATINA) HISTORIA DE UN )DOLO VOL I (SONT DISCOS I

LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA o Jugo A La Vida 10 CHAYANNE 13 TONO ROSARIO 13 VARIOUS ARTISTS UNIVERSAL LATINO 018816(8.98/13.981 [N] GRANDES EXITOS (SONY DISCOS ) TONO EN AMERICA (WEACARIBE/WARNER LATINA) 15 POSTALES DE AMOR ILIDERES LOS TEMERARIOS Historia Musical SIN BANDERA 14 VARIOUS ARTISTS 14 LA ONDA SA 727024NG 18.98/1198) SUPER BACHATAZOS 2003 (J &N /SONY DISCOS) SIN BANDERA (SONY DISCOS I ATODAONDA (EMI LATINI VICENTE FERNANDEZ o Historia De Un Idolo Vol.2 2 NY DISCOS 84282 (10.98 E0/15.98) [N] CRISTIAN 15 CELIA CRUZ 15 VARIOUS ARTISTS GRANDES HITS ( ARIOLA BMG LATIN) HITS MIX (SONY DISCOS I LA HORA SONIDERA IDISA /UGI LOS RAZOS Puros Madrazos 32 RCA 96653/BMG LATIN (11.98 CD) MARCO ANTONIO SOUS 16 ELVIS CRESPO 16 LOS ACOSTA DE MI ALMA MONOVISA) URBANO (SONY DISCOS) HISTORIA MUSICAL 30 PEGADITAS IDISANGI JESSIE MORALES: EL ORIGINAL DE LA SIERRA Ranchero Y Mucho Mas 29 UNIVISION 310865/ÚG 19.98/1398) VARIOUS ARTISTS 17 VARIOUS ARTISTS 17 UNTIE

, LATIN NOMINEES (GRAMMY /WARNER LATINA) RUMBA FLAMENCO SOY ASI LATINO I BANDA EL RECODO No Me Se Rajar GRAMMY IPUTUMAY01 (UNIVERSAL FONOVISA 8622819.98/13.98) [N] SOUNDTRACK 18 EL GENERAL 18 VARIOUS ARTISTS JOAN SEBASTIAN & PEPE AGUILAR Los Grandes 45 EL CLON (SONY DISCOS) EL GENERAL DE FIESTA (MOCK & ROLL /SOFTY DISCOS) LAS 30 CUMBIAS MAS PEGADAS IDISA /UGI MUSART 2804 /BALBOA 17:.8/12.98) FONOS NAZARIO 19 LUIS VARGAS/ANTONY SANTOS 19 LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA PANCHO BARRAZA Las Romanticas De Pancho Barraza 46 ACUSTICO ISONY DISCOSI MANO A MANO IUNIVISION NGI JUGO A LA VIDA (UNIVERSAL LATINO I MUSART 2713/BALBOA (5.98 CD) A.B. QUINTANILIA Y LOS KUMBIA KINGS ANDY MONTANEI LOS TEMERARIOS +IIIN, LOS 100 DE ANDY IAJI HISTORIA MUSICAL (DISA 'Ir, EDNITA NAZARIO o Acustico IEMI LATIN ) SONY DISCOS 84956116.98 EQ CDI [N] A.B. QUINTANILLA Y LOS KUMBIA KINGS Shhh! wbums with the greatest sales gains this week Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIAS cer:ülcaucn lot net shipment of I mil- 10 following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi- platinum level. For boxed sets, and double EMI LATIN 2974519.98/14.981 .1 units (Platinum). RIM certification for net shipment of million units (Diamond). Numeral .aunts with a running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIM multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. RIM Latin awards: O Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units(Orol. Certfica- labels, lists. Tape prices GISSELLE En Alma, Cuerpo Y Corazon 32 110n of 200,000 units IPIatino). C.' Certification of 400,000 units IMulh- Platinol. `Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA are suggested Pacesetter indicates biggest percentage growth. ARIOLA 96164/BMG LATIN 114.88 CO) traded E4 and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are protected from wholesale picas. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit increase. Heatseeker Impact shows albums removed from Heatseekers this week. Pi] indicates pag or present HealseekerAdB. © 2002, VNU Business Media. Inc and Nielsen SoundScar. Inc AIR rights reserved.

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40 29 24 ANGEL DE AMOR Mana 9 6 S 7 LAS VIAS DEL AMOR BANDA EL RECODO 25 VEINTE ANOS POLO URIASY SU MAQUINA NORTENA FHER,A.GONZALEZ (FHER,A.GONZALEZI WARNER LATINA FONOVISA FONOVISA 6 5 TE SOLTE LA RIENDA LUPILLORIVERA - EL CELULAR LOS HURACANES DEL NORTE alk 39 29 QUEDO TRISTE EL JACAL Ramon Ayala Y Sus Bravos Del Norte 28 SONY DISCOS FONOVISA RAYALA,F MARTINEZ IJ.G.MARTINEZ) FREDDIE 7 11 ASEREJE LA ONDA 29 FIJI TAN FELIZ ADAN CHALINO SANCHA 40 40 SI NO FUERA POR TI Jon Secada 9 38 EMI LATIN COSTAROLA /SONY DISCOS B 6 EL DOLOR DETUPRESENCM JENNIFER PENA 26 24 POR UN MINUTO OETUAMOR LOS ANGELES DECHARLY o E ESTEFAN JR..J.SECADA,A.PENA ID MARCO) CRESCENT MOON /SONY DISCOS UNIVISION FONOVISA 45 48 EL AMOR NO TIENE EDAD El Coyote Y Su Banda Tierra Santa 40 9 9 NO DUE NO CONTROL 40 NO SE LO DIGAS A ELLA INTACTO o J A.LEDEZMA (R.AMPAROI EMI LATIN EMI LATIN a DISA 10 15 COMER ABESOS LOS TEMERARIOS 30 31 ACABALLO JOSE MANUEL FIGUEROA 44 35 33 AMOR DE INTERNET Socios Del Ritmo 23 FONOVISA UNIVERSAL LATINO L A. RUIZ IG.ESTRADAI IM 11 8 CAPRICHO MALDITO LOS RIELEROS DEL NORTE - DE UNO Y DE TODOS LOS MODOS PALOMO FONOVISA 4 DISH QUE ME QUEDES TU Shakira 45 12 12 011E00 TRISTE EL JACAL RAMON AYALA Y SUS BRAVOS DEL NORTE EL AMOR NO ACABA DUELO r S - MEBARAK R.,LF.00HOA(S.MEBARAK R.,LF.00HOA) EPIC /SONY DISCOS o FREDDIE Q UNIVISION MI DERROTA Beto Y Sus Canarios 2 46 13 13 AY! PAPACITO (UY! DADDY( LIMITE 33 28 DESAIRES BANDA TIERRA BLANCA LATINO LA SIERRA o G PARCIA IM.RUBALCAVA) DISH UNIVERSAL 14 16 EL AMOR NOTIENEEDAD EL COYOTE Y SU BANDA TIERRA SANTA 34 21 ESTOY SUFRIENDO GERMAN LIZARRAGA 47 41 43 ESCLAVO DE TU PIEL Ricardo Castillon ^z 41 EMI LATIN DISA C OE WALOEN,C.NASI IG. CARBALLO R,CASTILLON,A.MASTROFRANCESCO,V MASTROFRANCESCO) FONOVISA 15 18 MI DERROTA BETO Y SUS CANARIOS 35 30 ASEREJE LAS KETCHUP DIOS SONY DISCOS QUE BONITA PAREJA Joan Sebastian 46 16 10 AMOR DE INTERNET SOCIOS DEL RITMO - QUE BUENA SUERTE BANDA EL LIMON _ .I.SE BASTIAN ISSEBASTIANI MOZART /BALBOA IM Q MUSIMEX /SONY DISCOS QUE DIOS SE APIADE DE MI Lourdes Robles 49 17 17 CORAZON CHIQUITO ADOLFO URIASY SU LOBO NORTENO - UN MONTON DEESTRELIAS GRUPO MOJADO PLATINO I ONOVISA FONOVISA J L PILOTO IJ.LPILOT01 LATIN WORLD o 18 19 ENTRA EN MI VIDA SIN BANDERA - NINAYMUJER LIBERACION 47 46 CORAZON CHIQUITO Adolfo Dries Y Su Lobo Norteno '4 46 SONY DISCOS DIOS 0' A LIBIAS ILURIASI PLATINO /FONOVISA 23 ERES IMPOSIBLE DE OLVIDAR CUISILLOS DE ARTURO MACIAS 38I 34 POR LAS DAMAS CARDENALES DE NUEVO LEON t MUSART BALBOA DISE Compiled from a national sample of airplay supplied by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems' Radio Track service. A panel of 100 stations (39 Latin Pop, 17 Tropi al /Salso. 22 NOCHES ETERNAS NICO FLORES SU BANDA PURO MAZATLAN LACUCARACHA KUMBIA KINGS 55 Regional Mexican) are electronically monitored 24 hrs. a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by Audience Impressions.4l Records showing an increase in udience RCA /BMG LATIN 0 EMI LATIN over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. A record which has been on the chart for more than 20 weeks will generally not receive a bullet, even if it reg- isters an increase in audience. Greatest Gainer indicates song with largest audience growth. If two records are tied in audience size, the record being played on more stations is placed first. Records below the top 20 are removed from the chart after 26 weeks. 4 Videoclip avaliability. ©2002, VNU Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved.

!BI.LBOARD NOVMEBER 30, 2002 www.billboard.com 33 www.americanradiohistory.com Mambrú Is An Argentine Ppstar' BY MARCELO FERNANDEZ BITAR finally won chcse English- language BUENOS AIRES -A pop group songs by such acts as the Beatles, seems to be giving new meaning to Queen, Bob Marley, and Whitesnake. Notes.. a traditional Latin nursery rhyme. "Our choices definitely [contributed Now, "Mambrú" is not only the to] the final direction of the band," STRATEGIC MOVES: With the release and an MBA. "I prefer to think out- name of a warrior in a childish ditty Milton says. "Wc are [not] Backstreet of his fifth solo project, In Person: side of the box, which means devel- but the name of the new five -mem- Boys look -alikes and have wide musi- Live at Blues Alley (Nov. 26), key- oping my own marketing strate- ber boy band that was formed dur- cal tastes. And though we didn't even board player Marcus Johnson is gies." The impetus for Johnson's ing the second edition of Argentine know each other then, that explains poised to dispel two popular notions do- it- yourself ethic came while he TV talent search Popstars. why we have bolded so well." about jazz. The first is that live jazz was studying for his Master's and Pablo, Tripa, Geronimo, Milton, Afo Verde, AcIR director at BMG albums do not sell; the second is that simultaneously pursuing a record- and Emanuel were chosen from a and n usical director of the contemporary jazz musicians must ing contract. "I was signed to a total of 4,000 contestants after three Popstars projects, says, "While the stick to an established format, focus- record label, but I didn't get the months of tryouts and eliminations casting was still taking place, we ing more on repetitive melodies and guidance necessary to be a success- that aired weekly to 2 million viewers "We are moving a number of units already had 9516 of the repertoire less on group improvisation. ful artist," he recalls. "The deal fell on national TV network Telefe. that is [otherwise] unheard -of these composed. But I suddenly saw that through, and I promised to put Barely a month since its name was days in Argentina," says Hugo Piombi, some contestaits [were singing] myself on the right side of the desk announced, Mambrú is a phenome- director of the music division at RGB. more rock-oriented songs, so I called so I would never have to be that vul- non. Its eponymous BMG Argentina "The formula is interesting, because RGB president Gustavo Yankelevich nerable again." debut album certified gold (20,000 the project receives a great deal of and told him thit we would have to Among Johnson's strategies for units) upon its Oct. 16 release; two buzz from the very first tryouts, and change the bane's musical direction success is knowing his audience and weeks later, it had moved 45,000 units an incredible fan base is ripe when the and that it seemed that the winners knowing what they want to hear. more. The band's first live concerts band is finally formed." would probable not be top -notch "When an artist changes their clas- sold out, and more dates were added Any comparison with Bandana ends dancers but grey t singers with char- sic sound to get on the radio, they for a total of five shows at the 3,200 - there: Mambrú has a completely dif- isma and personality. Fortunately, he sacrifice their career because their seat Gran Rex Theater. ferent musical identity, which has was open-minder audience knows they put out some- Almost exactly one year ago, the forced the musical masterminds be- Piombi adds, ' Many people have a thing shoddy and manufactured," he Popstars formula proved to be the hind the project to rewrite the reper- preconceived notion that pop bands says. "In macro- economic terms, the perfect scheme for new entertain- toire to fit its pop /rock attitude. rely on [miming to prerecorded music industry is in competition ment group RGB, BMG Argentina, An example occurred during one tracks]. But Mambrú has proved with everything- sports, movies, and TV Channel 9, when girl band of the last phases of the contest, through the TV show that they are books, whatever -and if we stop giv- Bandana sold 160,000 units of its where the 40 finalists were asked to the true thing. And their fans value ing the people what they want, they debut album and set an all -time choose a song to record in a studio. that credibility." will look for satisfaction elsewhere. record by playing 74 consecutive While most opted for covers of ro- Each member of Mambrú admits Jazz has fallen by the wayside be- concerts at the Gran Rex Theater. mantic Latin songs, the five that that they had mix ed feelings about the Further, Johnson's modus oper- cause the industry is concentrating contest, but the:, became more en- andi intrinsically refutes the notion on 10- to 19- year-olds, whereas it is thusiastic when they saw that the that an artist cannot take control of the people age 25 and up who actu- trickle -down se ections were sug- every aspect of their career. As ally earn the money, and we've AméricaLatina... gesting that the j ary was not looking founder and president of the Wash- ignored them as consumers." for a generic po ) boy band. Before ington, D.C. -based Marimelj Enter- In order to regain its footing, being chosen, 'Jeronimo was so tainment Group, Johnson heads his Johnson says the music industry In Honduras: Spanish sister trio Las Ketchup (Billboard, Nov. 23) has focused that he even turned down a own record label, Three Keys Music, needs to pool its resources and focus ruffled religious feathers in the Central American state of Honduras tempting offer to perform in the Mex- for which he records. Three Keys on new strategies for success. "We with its triumphant nonsense hit "Aserejé." Religion teachers in the ican production of Les Misérables. stands for what Johnson says are the wasted hundreds of millions of dol- city of San Pedro Sula are claiming that the song is "satanic" and that Mambrú's debt it album features 11 three keys to his success- spiritual- lars to fight Napster," he says, "and the real message in the senseless title is "a ser hereje" ( "be a heretic "), songs. All but one -an original piece ity, artistry, and strategy. His com- once we got rid of it, there were a which indeed sounds similar in Spanish. Moreover, the argument is that by Alejandro Lem er--were composed pany recently received financial whole bunch of other file- sharing the song's hero, Diego, is the devil, and the line "Diego tiene chulería" by Verde, Pablo Durand, and Fernan- backing from BET founder Robert entities waiting to take its place. The (which loosely translates as "Diego is a sharp cat ") actually means do Lopez Rossi (Natala Oreiro, Ban- L. Johnson, enabling Marimelj to industry could have taken that hun- "Lucifer was a beautiful angel." Sony Music executive Cristina Vázquez dana). The recording schedule was build its own recording complex and dred million and commissioned a says the idea of a satanic link is laughable. HOWELL LLEWELLYN hectic -with a ra :.e against the clock to establish a music -publishing arm. study to develop a new model to take to reach retail when the five winners Recorded live at Washington, us beyond the established, outdated In Mexico: The ninth Festival Música por la Tierra (Music for the Earth), were announced on TV. D.C., club Blues Alley, In Person method of doing business." an ecology -themed event that raises funds and awareness for marine Not coincidenta ly, the Mambrú con- documents Johnson's explosive, In 1995, while still pursuing his preservation, will be held Nov. 21 -24 at Huatulco beach. Featured acts cert playlist includes a medley of covers improvisation- charged live show. degrees, Johnson sold his CDs out of this year include Aleks Syntek, El Tri, Elefante, Panteón Rococó, Salón featured on the album Taller Popstars Released at the request of members the back of his car and at his gigs. Victoria, Los Tetas, and Miguel Ríos. Agustín Pumarejo, director of en Vivo (Live Popstars Workshop) and of his audience who expressed inter- Going into 2003, his business has Biosphera Entertainment-which puts together the event -says that another medley o popular Argentine est in a live recording, it features grown, but his strategy continues to next year he plans to stage a 10th -anniversary edition in Long Beach, pop /rock songs by ;.os Fabulosos Cadil- songs from Johnson's previous four reflect that early take-it-to- the -peo- Calif., which will feature Latino and English -language bands. lacs, Charly Garcia. Soda Stereo, Cala- discs. In addition to drawing atten- ple ethic. As part of his marketing TERESA AGUILERA maro, and Paez. "The idea was to in- tion to his own catalog, it functions plan, Johnson employs street teams clude classics, so tle audience [could] as a sampler for the Three Keys ros- to practice what he terms "guerilla In Argentina: After a nine -album relationship with EMI, pop/reggae act sing along," Tripa says. This month, ter, prominently featuring perform- marketing," handing out flyers pro- Los Pericos released their new album, Desde Cero (From Zero), Nov. 13 with Bandana in he midst of its first ances by saxophonist Jaared, whose moting his releases at local jazz on Universal Music. The album's first cut is "Complicado y Aburrido" promotional tour of Spain, Mambrú is Hang Time was released in October, clubs. Further, he insists that every

(Complicated and Bored), a cover of Brazilian band Raimundos. Spe- doing the same in . argentina. and vocalist YahZarah, whose debut artist signed to the label have their cial guests include Mimi Maura and Ciro Pertusi (of punk -rock act As for the name's origin, accord- is expected in early 2003. Other own long -term strategy for success Attaque 77) . .. New label Show Records has launched with Sobrao en ing to Verde, Yan celevich was look- Three Keys artists include pianist and that they are willing to work to Swing (Too Much Swing), the debut album by Cuban singer Carlos ing for something that conveyed the Bobby Lyle, whose label debut, Joy- build their career over the long -term Manuel. Intense airplay of the salsa single "El Fin de Semana" (The idea of facing a bz the with the best - ful, bows Nov. 26, and saxophonist rather than expect instant stardom. Weekend) indicates that it has become an unexpected hit ... A surprise equipped army. "And the name Michael Lington, whose Everything "Everyone in the industry is on success on the Argentine sales chart is the local version of Bossa Beat- 'Mambrú' seemed perfect, even after Must Change was released in Octo- equal footing right now, because les, an exquisite 2001 album of English and Portuguese Beatles covers checking the historical origin of the ber. Three Keys (formerly known as sales are down no matter how large by Brazilian legend Rita Lee. Lideres Entertainment Group has seen the nursery rhyme, because the band is Marimelj) is distributed through your label is or how big a name an set reach gold status (20,000 units sold) and heavy airplay in one month. great and their lìve performances are Lightyear/WEA. artist is," Johnson says. "It's all Lee, singer with '60s cult group Mutantes, will perform Nov. 23 at the astonishing. They have already faced "I've never been one to listen to about strategy and building a new 7,000 -seat Luna Park arena. MARCELO FERNANDEZ BITAR the crowd and the critics, and they what people tell me to do," says model to reach an audience and are winning." Johnson, who holds a law degree keep them for years to come."

34 www.billb )ard.com BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 30, 2002 www.americanradiohistory.com Allairs Emerges As Upstate Newyork Destination Studio

BY CHRISTOPHER WALSH amps: Crown Studio Reference 1 Monitor.. SHOKAN, N.Y. -A Sept. 21 party at and 2, and Bryston 9B for the high - Allaire Studios, an immense, yet se- frequency portion. It's a very nice - SURROUNDED: As the fourth annual by Bob Marley & the Wailers. Live at cluded three -room recording facili- sounding monitor." Surround Conference and Showcase Ronnie Scott's includes a live per- ty, gave its owners and management McKenna also lists some of the approaches, there is mounting evi- formance video, a video interview with an opportunity to showcase one of Great Hall's complement of outboard dence that multichannel audio is final- the late Mayfield, liner notes, and pho- the most spectacular destination stu- equipment, including the recent ly making an impact on the con- tos; The Best of the Early Years dios in the industry. Located in Glen addition of 16 Neve 1081 channel sciousness of consumers. The includes liner notes and photos. Both Tonche, a 1924 estate high in the amplifiers. "In addition," he says, Surround Conference, of which Bill- include the MLP layer and a Dolby Dig- Catskills overlooking the Ashokan "there will probably be another eight board is a sponsor, will be held Dec. 13- ital 5.1- channel playback. Reservoir, Allaire has already hosted to 10 outboard devices. [Clients] are 14 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly On the SACD side, recent releases its share of critically and commer- not locked into using the SSL as a Hills, Calif. include Ray Brown, Monty Alexander cially successful projects, including front end." The numbers, often cited in this col- and Russell Malone, Ray Brown's final David Bowie's Heathen and Norah Also upcoming at Allaire, which umn, are impressive. Still more com- recording, and LAGQ Latin by the Los Jones' Come Away With Me, as well features the equally grand Neve pelling is the depth of enthusiasm Angeles Guitar Quartet, both on as Tim McGraw's upcoming Tim 8068 -equipped studio and Pro Tools/ expressed by artists upon their first Telarc. These are hybrid SACDs, McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors. Mackie D8B- equipped Project Stu- surround sound experience. Last week, playable on both SACD and standard Allaire's Sept. 21 event, part of the dio, is likely to be a Merging Tech- I spent a few hours in the New York CD players. The former is required for Woodstock Film Festival (Phish nologies Pyramix digital audio work- offices of Dolby Laboratories with Al the full sonic benefits of the format, bassist Mike Gordon's documentary, Solid State Logic 9000 J Series con- station for DSD recording, editing, Jourgensen and Paul Barker of Min- but the discs' forward compatibility Rising Low, was premiered here), sole and will soon include a Pro and mastering for Super Audio CD. istry, recent converts to surround. makes them attractive to a much also afforded guests a look at Al- Tools HD system. The Great Hall's control room will Their Feb. 18, 2003, release, Animosi- wider audience: the millions of con- laire's newest, grandest, and most - Allaire's John Storyk/George Augs- also feature a DLP projector and tisomina, will be featured on the DVD - sumers who have not upgraded to an majestic studio, the Great Hall. As purger design- representing the drop -down screen for mix -to- picture. Audio format (Silverline) as well as CD SACD player and home theater. this month comes to an end, the highly respected designers' first col - With construction all but complet- (Sanctuary). Great Hall will host its first session, laboration-is only one aspect of the ed, Allaire is a self -contained retreat. Consider the sonic assault of this with Berklee College of Music String facility's uniqueness, studio manager The peaceful, rural atmosphere of ferocious outfit, forceful in 2- channel Department Chair Matt Glaser. Mark McKenna says. "The Augspurg- Ulster County, which has long attract- stereo, coming from all sides. The four- A stunning 35- foot -by -50 -foot er monitors are not typical," McKen- ed artists and stressed -out city song demonstration in Dolby's in- space with 45 -foot cathedral ceil- na says of the SSL control room's sur- dwellers alike, now has another desti- house theater was convincing enough. ings, the Great Hall at Allaire is eas- round- monitoring system. "They're nation for professional audio record- But even more satisfying was Jour - ily one of the commercial recording four by 12 with a horn, as well as sub - ing. "It's a low- stress environment," gensen and Barker's excitement over industry's largest rooms. Five adja- woofers. We're certainly taking a lot McKenna says. "That's one of the the opportunity to present their music cent iso booths supplement the of care with that system. We were very things that happens being in this in a new and far more effective medi- main tracking space. The ample particular about choosing equaliza- area -people let their guard down um. Jourgensen, upon learning of the control room features an 80 -input tion for it. We have really hefty power when they're up here." format's possibilities, mixed the album at the 5.1 Entertainment Group's stu- dios in West Los Angeles. (The 5.1 Entertainment Group licenses content NOVEMBER 30 from Sanctuary Records for 5.1 re- 2020: BiIboard PRODUCTION CREDITS mixing and delivery on its DVD -Audio as DVD SACD's labels, such Silverline.) Might -Audio adopt BILLBOARD'S NO. 1 SINGLES (NOVEMBER 23, 2002) In recent weeks, many new DVD- hybrid option? "We strongly support a Audio and Super Audio CD (SACD) change in the DVD -A specifications to CATEGORY HOT 100 R &B COUNTRY RAP MAINSTREAM ROCK titles have crossed this desk. From the enable DVD players to distinguish TITLE LOSE YOURSELF WORK IT SOMEBODY LIKE YOU WORK IT YOU KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT Warner Music Group, Neil Young's between the CD and the DVD layer," A- tisr,' Eminem/ Missy "Misdemeanor" Keith Urban/ Missy "Misdemeanor" Nirvana/ Producer Eminem Elliott/ D. Huff, K. Urban Elliott/ A. 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BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 30, 2002 www.billboard.coln 35 www.americanradiohistory.com qii ;1 TIRS &PUBLISHERS Peermusic Canada Acquires Song Corp. Publishing Catalog BY JIM BESSMAN ing grown up with all this music, &MUSÎCTM Peermusic Canada has enlarged it's, `Oh, my God! I can't believe I get the already sizable holdings of ven- to work these people and hopefully erable independent music- publish- get them further releases in films VERGES SURGES: As Universal Music I've been writing for him ever since. ing company Peermusic with the and other outlets.' " Publishing Group (UMPG) world- So he's been my boss all the way." purchase of the publishing catalog Calling the Tragically Hip his wide president David Renzer pro- Verges' big career break came of the Song Corp., one of Canada's favorite band, Quinlan adds that claims, "Troy Verges is a classic pub- when Faith Hill cut his "Love Is a largest and most important music - Peermusic Canada's acquisition of lishing success story." Sweet Thing" on her 1999 Breathe publishing caches. the group's prestigious catalog "puts album; her new follow -up, Cry, The acquisition of Toronto -based us on the map by itself." includes his "This Is Me" and Song Corp.'s publishing assets had But Song Corp.'s repertoire rep- "Stronger." Verges says he generally been held up for more than a year resents many music genres besides doesn't target songs to particular following the company's bankrupt- rock, Quinlan notes. Its attainment singers but relies on Universal's song - cy and was finalized with the ap- by Peermusic Canada "revolution- pluggers to get them out there. proval of the Ontario Superior Court izes" the company, he says, adding, "My point person is Whitney of Justice. "One of the things we're trying to do Williams, who was working as a sec- Included in the completed deal up here now is make sure everyone retary when I started as an intern," are Song Corp.'s Attic Music Pub- knows that the deal is not just for he says. "Now she's one of the cre- lishing, the Music Publisher, and the Tragically Hip -even though ative directors." Roll Music catalogs, which contain they're the flagship." Verges is now bent on keeping the complete repertoire of leading Spanberger notes that Peermusic Williams supplied with good songs, Canadian rock group the Tragically Canada's deal to acquire Song Corp. and while he played in such Nash- Hip, as well as such top Canadian be Canadian standards. The Tragi- took "18 months of hard work, be- ville bands as the well- received Evin- songwriters as Jane Siberry, Dean cally Hip alone is one of the most cause it was the first bankruptcy in rudes, he no longer harbors his own McTaggart, John Capek, Eddie successful and popular bands in Canadian history involving musical performing- artist ambitions. Schwartz, Odie Blackmon, and Lee Canadian history. It's very important compositions. So we had to deal with Verges, who got his start intern- "I enjoy singing but not on a com- Aaron. Also included are works from for us and for the Canadian music a lot of lawyers and courts in setting ing in the tape library at UMPG mercial level," he says. But he does the bands Big Wreck, the Watch- business that ownership [of Song precedent, and it was a more difficult Nashville VP /GM Pat Higdon's aspire both to produce and -in a men, Teenage Head, A Foot in Cold Corp.'s music- publishing assets] transaction than we envisioned in the Patrick Joseph Music (which even- nod to his Louisiana Cajun her- Water, and Fludd. stays in Canada." beginning. But we're thrilled it tually became part of UMPG) while itage -learn to play the Acadian - Peermusic Canada manager Nev- worked out in our favor, and hope- enrolled in Belmont University's brand accordion built by renowned ille Quinlan calls the Song Corp. fully it won't happen to other Cana- school of music business, was named Cajun accordionist/manufacturer acquisition "huge for us. It basical- dian companies in the future." both BMI songwriter of the year and Marc Savoy that was his college ly makes us a player in Canada, with Peermusic Canada is now corn - Nashville Songwriters Assn. Inter- graduation present. songs from three decades of Canadi- mitted to paying the back royalties national writer of the year during the Renzer, meanwhile, cites the an musicians -all of whom we know owed to Song Corp. writers who Country Music Assn. (CMA) Awards "icing on the cake" of Verges' success in Canada and who have interna- have suffered on account of the week festivities. Additionally, Verges story: Higdon's placement of Verges' tional hits as well. For me, just hav- acquired company's bankruptcy. collected BMI performance awards songs outside the Nashville country for Martina McBride's "Blessed," market, including a No. 1 pop hit in which was nominated for CMA song Holland with Marco Borsato & Sita, of the year, Jessica Andrews' "Who I a new song for Celine Dion's next Am," Lonestar's "With Me," and album, and songs on Latin pop star 's "I Would've Loved Paulina Rubio's current album. You Anyway." "It was a crazy week," says the COSTELLO'S CHESNUT: Nashville dazed 29-year -old Verges, who moved songwriting legend Jerry Chesnut, "Before it went bankrupt, Song to Tennessee from Louisiana. "I was collared during cocktails at the Nov. 3 Corp. was considered the leading born in Baton Rouge [La.] but grew Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame indie publisher in Canada, with up in Shreveport [La.], playing in all induction ceremony, was kvelling some of the greatest Canadian writ- kinds of rock bands. But when it was over Elvis Costello's concert the week ers and bands ever," Peermusic USA time to go to college, I didn't know before at the Ryman Auditorium. president/C00 Kathy Spanberger what to do, so I came to Nashville "I've seen the other Elvis, but says. "The acquisition basically because the music industry was here." Costello is the best performer I've ever makes Peermusic the largest indie Apprenticing with Higdon, Verg- seen," Chesnut said. Of course, Costel- publisher in Canada, and its value es' three years of making tape copies lo made a big production of Chesnut's for us is in its great repertoire of would pay off handsomely. presence at the Ryman, pointing out local songs: That's why we have "It was really a great job for some- the big man in the cowboy hat at the offices all over the world -to work one finding his voice as a songwriter, front of the stage and introducing him with local talent." because the best songs in town came to an unknowing audience as the Founded in 1928 by the legendary in every day -and I was the guy who writer of George Jones' hit "A Good Ralph S. Peer and still privately listened to all of them and cataloged Year for the Roses," which Costello owned by the Peer family, Peermusic them," Verges explains. "Matraca covered on his 1981 album Almost has offices in 26 countries. The cost Berg, Tim Mensy, Gary Harrison- Blue and immediately delivered live in of Peermusic Canada's purchase of all those writers were there, so it was front of its esteemed tunesmith. Song Corp., which was founded in a real good learning experience." By the way, Wayland Holyfield, 1946, is said by the company to be On the verge of his graduation in chairman of the Nashville Songwrit- Lends Support. Award -winning songwriter Hal David and his wife, in seven figures. Songwriter 1996, Verges informed Higdon that ers Foundation's board of directors the chaired the Writer, the Singer, the Song, an event that Eunice (both seated), he was looking for a publishing deal. and MC of the event, had the even- "It's very significant for us," Span - took place Oct. 28 in Hollywood to benefit the educational programs of the "I told Pat he needed to find a new ing's best quip: "Behind every suc- berger continues. "Although a lot of Music Center's Blue Ribbon fundraising arm and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. before cessful is an astonished the songs have traveled well outside Pictured standing are ASCAP president John LoFrumento and his wife, Barbara. tape guy, and a couple weeks songwriter of Canada, many are considered to graduation he offered me a deal -and mother -in- law."

36 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 30, 2002 www.americanradiohistory.com n a land best known for rugby and sheep, New Zealand -with a few notable exceptions-has made little more than a murmur on the global music stage. But that's all changing. The renaissance began about The Billboard Spotligh- two years ago and, as 2002 Auc1and draws to a close, New Zealand music is going from strength to strength. The most recent figures com- piled by the Recording Indus- try Assn. of New Zealand (RIANZ) show that local reper- toire made up more than 8' of total music sales, compared with 6% in the previous year. More importantly, there has never been more international activity by New Zealand artists and record companies.

From the majors, artists as diverse as Bic Runga, Che Fu, Anika Moa, Pacifi- er, Salmonella Dub, D4, Zed and Hay - ley Westenra have all made inroads into overseas markets. The independent scene in New Zealand is also thriving. Established Indies such as Wildside and Pagan/

Antenna wilt 'Hue to uncover fresh Strength of Local Music Scene Sets talent, while a new generation of labels, including Kog Transmissions, Mai Music, Dawn Entertainment, Intergalactic and Round Trip Mars, Stage for International Breakthrough are offering a new side of New Zea- land music to fans in international ter- ritories. By John Ferguson Continued on page 42

BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 30, 2002 37 www.americanradiohistory.com [Ike every other music market much higher-that is still a sig- in the world, New Zealand nificant loss of revenue. has been hit hard by piracy, New Zealand In a survey of music buyers t lie unauthorized duplication conducted by research company of music via downloads, file - Market Pulse International in sharing and CD- burning. But the August on behalf of RIANZ, Recording Industry Assn. of New almost 20% of those polled Zealand (RIANZ) is fighting admitted they had burned a back -and is even taking an music disc -with 3% of those say- international lead with its inno- ing that they had done so in vative "Burn & Get Burnt" cam- order to sell it. That equates to paign. some 10,000 Kiwis who have at Burn And Get Burnt some time burned a music CD BACKED BY ARTISTS for profit. Last November, leading New Roger Harper, chief executive Zealand artists joined forces with RIANZ's Anti- Piracy Campaign of the 25 -unit CD Store /Planet- RIANZ to launch the local indus- Jack chain, has no doubt that ille- try's first anti -piracy campaign, Gains Global Attention gal burning is harming sales. "It's under the banner Burn & Get definitely made an impact, but it's Burnt. With the distinctive logo By John Ferguson impossible to quantify," he says. appearing on CD cases, all point- "There's no question that we are of-sale material and music compa- campaign has inspired other ter- began to realize that CD- burning losing sales, and the results of ny advertising, the aim was to edu- ritories to explore similar initia- is depriving them of revenue. RIANZ's research suggest that cate the public that music piracy - tives, following a presentation he And, if a little country like New burning is fairly common behav- particularly through the use of CD made at an anti -piracy summit of Zealand could get these acts ior." burners -is illegal. the International Federation of together, maybe others could as One year later, even the most the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) well." THE LONG HAUL optimistic music exec would con- in June. He believes that the rea- The difficulty comes in quanti- Burn & Get Burnt was design- cede that CD- burning is still son Burn & Get Burnt has struck fying the campaign's success. ed primarily as an educational prevalent. But, if the flames of a chord, both in New Zealand and There are no official statistics initiative, and O'Neill Joyce is piracy haven't been extinguished, with other international industry about the level of piracy in New confident that the message is get- some small fires have been bodies, is because it has been Zealand, but RIANZ maintains it ting across. But now attention is stamped out. More importantly, backed by the artists themselves, is costing the industry more than switching to enforcement - the New Zealand public is waking with leading local musicians such NZ$90 million (US$43 million) a because of the size of the country, up to the fact that downloading as Neil and Tim Finn, Che Fu, Bic year. there is no industry- funded anti - free music or burning discs is Runga and Dave Dobbyn publicly O'Neill Joyce points out that piracy force and music piracy is hurting local and international lending their support to the cam- O'Neill -Joyce there are a million blank CDs low on the priority list of the New artists. paign. sold in the market each month. Zealand police. However, O'Neill - RIANZ CEO Terence O'Neill - "I would like to think the new Zealand initiative," says O'Neill - Even if only 20% of those are Joyce believes police attitudes are Joyce is also heartened by the fact U.S. artist -driven campaign has Joyce. "Here, the more we talked being used for illegal copying- slowly changing. In 2003, he is that the New Zealand industry's at least been inspired by the New about it, the more the local artists he believes the percentage is Continued on page 45

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www.americanradiohistory.com ANTI -PIRACY CAMPAIGN the poll also showed that nearly in five New Zealanders still 7 one believe it is legal to burn music looking to initiate one case a for personal use. month against illegal operators to The RIANZ message remains: send a clear message to music If you copy CDs, you'll get your "New Zealand has a real opportu- pirates that they will not be im- fingers burnt. "We're in it for the nity, like Jamaica did with reggae, mune from prosecution. long haul," says O'Neill Joyce. to establish a new music form. It's In the meantime, the Burn & "I'm driving this for the industry a combination of the Maori three - Get Burnt campaign will continue as CEO of RIANZ, but I am chord strum and the lovely, untu- because there is still work to clo. someone who got into the indus- tored harmonies that Polynesians The association has alre :RI\ invest- try by starting an independent use. If we can harness that with an ed NZ$400,000 (US$191,588) in record company back in 1968. innate pop consciousness, I think the campaign and a further For a lot of my life, I have been it could be huge." NZ$200,000 (US$383,176) has involved with and investing in The independent sector re- been earmarked for 2003. performers and musicians. I'm mains a key source of New Zea- Although the Market Pulse passionate about it -and I have land talent and is also making its International survey showed the no sympathy at all for the guys voice heard in other areas, as campaign has raised awareness, who are ripping off the artists." well. Last year, labels and distrib- utors formed Independent Music New Zealand (IMNZ), a trade body designed to provide a voice for the interests of New Zealand independent recording labels and distributors. At present, it is ONE looking at a number of initiatives, including the establishment of an independent music chart, which it hopes to launch in 2003. IMNZ chairman Bernie Griffen, GOOD TURN whose company, Global Routes, is a key distributor for a number of local labels, believes the indie sec- DESERVES tor is in excellent health. "I think it's really strong at the moment," Medran Strip magazine he says. "We've seen a huge and www.medianstrip.com growth curve in the last three ANOTHER years, but I think it can get even stronger." Pubi shed by The idea of an independent Media Sauce Ltd chart has also been welcomed at PO Box 34 -628 retail. Sean Coleman, managing Birkenhead, Auckland director of New Zealand's largest New Zealand specialist music chain, Sounds, says, "I like the idea of an indie chart because it gives indies a lot more credence in the market- place. And there are titles out there that sell better than chart product." However, Sounds and other retailers are also keen to see changes in the RIANZ chart, which is heavily weighted toward radio airplay, and hope a new, TASMAN WESTSIDE more sales -oriented chart can be e x c e l l e n c e in p r i n t launched next year. That aside, the industry is unit- ed in the belief that New Zealand DESIGN, FILM Sc PLATEMAKING music has never been stronger - and that at long last it can make an N.Z Music has never been stronger. It's partly because MULTICOLOUR PRINTING impact internationally. The final DIE -CUTTING, FOILING, EMBOSSING word goes to Jeremy Eade, lead N.Z Radio has never been stronger. Healthy competition singer of Flying Nun act Garage - for listeners has lead to out there' performance. land, which has enjoyed some suc- cess in the U.S. and the U.K. Eade For instance, N.Z time spent listening' figures and is a member of the New Zealand Music Industry Commission, share of the ad dollar are second around the world another government-funded body only to the USA. Not bad for a country of less than formed two years ago to coordi- 4 trillion people! nate activities in the music sector. While he remains frustrated about Growth of N.Z Music will be close to 50% during some of the industry's practices, he has no doubt that the country has 2002, due to close co- operation between the music

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France Takes Tax -Rate Lead New Classification Rules Other EU Governments, Bodies Support Stance On Record -Sales Tax For Oz Labels, Retailers BY EMMANUEL LEGRAND ment." He also expressed the wish Goods or services on Appendix H PARIS -The French government's that the issue could be dealt with are eligible for a reduced VAT rate, BY CHRISTIE ELIEZER saying to parents is [that] retailers have recent stance in calling for a lower during 2003, before the scheduled although it remains at the discretion SYDNEY-Next year, teenage con- agreed not to sell these Level 3 record- rate of VAT (value -added tax, or sales enlargement of the EU. (Ten coun- of each member state whether to sumers in Australia will have to flash ings to under -18s." tax) on prerecorded music is receiv- tries, mainly from Eastern Europe, apply the lower rate. But Rony their IDs when they buy CDs. In March, the Australian govern- ing support from other governments are scheduled to join the existing EU points out that the EC has always An updated Labelling Code of Prac- ment's Standing Committee of Attor- and music- industry representatives members in early 2004.) preferred measures of fiscal harmo- tice, effective April 1, neys General requested across the European Union (EU). During the council meeting, EU nization, with a similar rate adopt- 2003, will see some re- that the music industry's In a Nov. 11 speech to the Council Commissioner of Culture Viviane Red- ed by all EU countries, rather than leases banned from sale existing voluntary La- of the EU in Brussels, French minister ing noted that tax matters must be different sets of rates. to under-18s. Devised by belling Code of Practice of culture and communication Jean- discussed with member states' finance Aillagon claims the lower VAT rate the Australian Record be amended after con- Jacques Aillagon announced that the ministers. But the newly elected Ger- would have an impact on pricing and Industry Assn. (ARIA) sumer complaints that VAT issue is now of "prime impor- man government's minister of cul- lead to higher sales -compensating and the Australian some titles were not tance" to the French government. The ture, Christina Weiss, has supported for a loss in fiscal revenue -at a time Music Retailers Assn. appropriate for sale to council comprises ministers repre- France's call. Weiss says that works of when legitimate sales are being erod- (AMRA) in consultation minors. Among the al- senting each EU member state. Al- art and books are already subject to a ed by piracy. He also believes that this with regulator the Office bums cited as problem- though there is only one council, its reduced "cultural goods" 7% VAT rate would incite labels to take more risks of Film & Literature atic by the committee in Germany and that she is in favor of Classification (OFLC), it were titles by Eminem, extending this to CDs. may be the first of its Tori Amos, , Not surprisingly, record -industry kind in a major market. and Marilyn Manson, reaction to the French move is pos- The new regulations plus local acts Machine itive. French labels body SNEP's replace a previous vol- Gun Fellatio and Regur- director general, Hervé Rony, says: untary code, which split gitator. ARIA came up "It is a good thing that someone like product into two categories, a "gener- with the idea of introducing a Level 3 Léotard is in charge -he really is a al" level and a "restricted" level (R), category to accommodate more political heavyweight." carrying a warning sticker. The new extreme releases, believing that not Frances Moore, the International one has three categories- moderate everything on the previous Level 2'R" Federation of the Phonographic (level 1), strong (2), and high (3) -de- list should be restricted to over -18s. Industry's Brussels -based regional pending on the level of Peach and AMRA ex- director for Europe, says: "The sex, drugs, and violence ecutive officer Ian Har- French have been superb from the references in lyrics. AR IA vey agree that parental ARIA CEO concerns about know- beginning [of the VAT campaign]." Stephen Australian Record IndustryAssociation Léotard, she adds, will be able to Peach rejects the idea ing a record's content "speak, at a level of peers, to member that this is tantamount are justified. If the mu- composition varies, with the ministers states and take the issue to the high- and invest in new music trends. to censorship. "The code is down to sic industry had not adopted a cooper- changing according to the specific est level. He has experience on cul- According to Aillagon, "For the parental control and discretion," Peach ative stance, there were fears that the topic (finance, culture, agriculture) ture, VAT, and finance issues; he will countries that decide to lower VAT, the insists. "We've used the language and attorneys general may have intro- discussed at each meeting. act as a catalyst and open doors, but impact Ion] fiscal revenue will be very criteria of movie classifications. The duced a "pre- check" system, similar At the Nov. 11 meeting, Aillagon we are aware it's going to be a diffi- limited, if not void, in the best cases." difference is, a cinema cannot let an to that applied to movies and videos invited his colleagues on the coun- cult task." Moore is also "heartened" under -18 patron into an R -rated here. Record companies could have cil to back a proposal to lower VAT by the reaction of Weiss. Additional reporting by Leo Cendro- movie, even if a parent agrees the child had to pay a fee in the region of rates on music. He also announced Predictably, the response from the wicz in Brussels and Wolfgang can view it. With the CD, the parent $1,000 Australian ($570) for the the appointment of a high- ranking EC tax affairs department was more Spahr ,'n Hamburg. can buy it for their children. All we're OFLC to check each CD release. politician, former minister of cul- lukewarm. (The EC is the executive Labels' marketing schedules could ture François Léotard -who in 1987 body of the EU.) A department also have faced disruption. was instrumen- spokesman says: "We welcome the ARIA members will be responsible tal in lowering French contribution to the debate, for the classification and labeling of France's VAT as we welcome all contributions. Our all CDs manufactured and/or dis- rate from 33.33% review of the directive will examine tributed by them in Australia. Music to 21 % -as the whether it is worth proposing mod- retailers will be responsible for country's envoy ifications. But it is too early to say if ensuring that Level 3 CDs are not to the European we will propose a change in the VAT sold to under -18s and labeling any Commission (EC) and EU member levels on records." CDs they directly import for sale. states, with the task of promoting France is now taking the politi- AMRA will also provide training France's position on VAT. A VAT cal lead on an issue that has been materials for retailers to use to reduction would require the unani- long debated in that country. Its ensure their staff understands and mous agreement of all 15 EU mem- first governmental move was made implements the new system. An bers, and Léotard is scheduled to July 24, when an official request Ombudsman will report back to the embark shortly on a visit to each of was submitted to Frits Bolkestein, OFLC at the end of 2003 on the ef- them to push the French case. the European commissioner re- fectiveness of the new code. Aillagon stressed that a reduction sponsible for tax affairs, asking for Harvey doubts consumers will in VAT would "preserve and develop prerecorded music to be registered respond negatively to providing iden- European music industries" that in Appendix H of the EU's existing tification in music stores: "They have been made "fragile" by physical VAT Directive, which is due to be seem comfortable about it in other and online piracy. A lower tax rate, he revised in early 2003. According to environments like cinemas and Turkish Delight. Sony Music Turkey managing director Melih Ayraçman recent- said, could bring CD prices in Europe the EC, "The French proposal will nightclubs." As yet, decisions have ly celebrated the 10th anniversary of his joining the company in that role. To not been made about the type of below the 15 -euro ($15.12) mark. Ail - be part of that [review]. However, mark the event, Sony Music Europe president Paul Burger hosted a surprise might face retailers lagon called Léotard's appointment a we cannot say anything at this mo- celeb -ation for Ayraçman at LDndon restaurant Camden Brasserie. Pictured, penalties that sign of the "strategic importance of ment which might prejudge the from left, are Ayraçman and Burger. who fail to stick to the code, which this issue for the French govern- results of that review." ARIA will supervise.

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www.americanradiohistory.com NETHERLANDS NORWAY Edited by Nigel Williamson ISTICHTING MEGATOP 100)11/18/02 WERDENS GANG NORWAY/ 11/18/02 Music SINGLES SINGLES 1 DILEMMA Media NELLY FEATURING KELLY ROWLAND UNIVERSAL ASEREJE/THE KETCHUP SONG 2 DIRRTY LAS KETCHUP COLUMBIA CHRISTINA AGUILERA FEATURING REDMAN RCA DILEMMA 3 ASEREJE/THE KETCHUP SONG NELLY FEATURING KELLY ROWLAND UNIVERSAL Music Pulse.. LAS KETCHUP COLUMBIA EUROCHART 8 HEY SEXY LADY ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID SHAGGY FEATURING BRIAN & TONY GOLD MCA T.A.T.U. INTERSCOPE FLYING HIGH: London-based duo Turin the gypsy dialect Caló) on indie La KUT MAROKKANEN ? ?! I'M GONNA GETCHA GOOD! K, RAYMZTER VIRGIN SHANIA TWAIN MERCURY Brakes is set to follow its Mercury Fabrica De Colores /Satelite and Eurocharts are compiled by Music ALBUMS DIRRTY Music Prize -nominated debut album Seville's Mártires del Compás with CHRISTINA AGUILERA FEATURINGREDMAN RCA & Media from the national singles 1 The Optimist with a second, as -yet- Empaquetado al Vacio (Vacuum THE BEST OF 1990 -2000 ISLAND ALBUMS and album sales charts of 18 Euro- 2 NORAH JONES untitled LP early in 2003 via Source. Packed) on Warner Spain. Ojos de COME AWAY WITH ME BLUE NOTE BJORN EIDSVAG pean countries. TALT COLUMBIA - played this fall's Womex 3 FRANS BAUER In the meantime, the two acoustic Brujo, which DICHT BIJ JOU S3M U2 based singer /songwriters warmed up festival in Essen, Germany, reached 4 ANDREA BOCELLI THE BEST OF 1990 -2000 ISLAND SENTIMENTO UNIVERSAL CLASSICS & JAZZ NEW PEARL JAM for the album release with an exten- No. 40 on the Spanish album charts PINK RIOT ACT EPIC MISSUNDAZTOOD ARISTA sive U.K. tour, an intimate gig at the with its self -produced and -published LEONARD COHEN & MEDIAI 11/20/02 (MUSIC THE ESSENTIAL LEONARD COHEN COLUMBIA album. A ramshackle mix of hippie EMINEM philosophy and scratch hip -hop, Bari 8 MILE SOUNDTRACK INTERSCOPE ASEREJE/THE KETCHUP SONG is enjoying success because it is not LAS KETCHUP COLUMBIA DILEMMA 53 IGLU 11/14/02 another New Flamenco-style attempt NELLY FEATURING KELLY ROWLAND UNIVERSAL to court commercial success by los- DIRRTY SINGLES NEW ZEALAND CHRISTINA AGUILERA FEATURING REDMAN RCA ASEREJE/THE KETCHUP SONG ing dignity. Mártires de Compás has DIE ANOTHER DAY LAS KETCHUP COLUMBIA MADONNA WARNER BROS. NEw FFNINTERNOLL2 known Spanish chart success before, KENT RCA MARIE (RECORD PUBLICATIONS LTD.) 11/18/02 and the group's Andalucian approach JOHNNY HALLYDAY MERCURY ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID TA.TU. INTERSCOPE DER STEUERSONG LAS KANZLERN) SINGLES to flamenco is less radical. Mártires DIE GERD SHOW WARNER STRATEGIC MARKETING DILEMMA NELLY FEATURING KELLY ROWLAND UNIVERSAL ASEREJE/THE KETCHUP SONG toured the U.S. and Latin America in UNBREAKABLE LAS KETCHUP COLUMBIA WESTLIFE RCA DIE ANOTHER DAY 2000 and 2001, and Warner is putting I'M GONNA GETCHA GOOD! MADONNA WARNER BROS. THE TIDE IS HIGH (GET THE FEEUNG) SHANIA TWAIN MERCURY ALBUMS ATOMIC KITTEN VIRGIN faith in the group's contemporary hip - RIEN QUE LES MOTS (TI AMORE) HELLSTROM DILEMMA UMBERTO TOZZI & LENA KA EAST WEST HAKAN hop/flamenco style.HOWELL LEWELLYN DET AR SA JAG SOUR OFT VIRGIN NELLY FEATURING KELLY ROWLAND UNIVERSAL DREAMER/GETS ME THROUGH ROBYN HEAVEN 077Y OSB0URNF EPIC NEW DON'T STOP THE MUSIC RCA DJ SAMMY & VANOU FEATURINGDO SHOCK ELVIS PRESLEY SEEKERS SELL -UP: In a first for the ELVIS 3041 HITS RCA ROUND ROUND SUGABABES ISLAND top of London's landmark BT Tower Australian music industry, the Seek- 23 ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID HANS MARTIN TA.TU. INTERSCOPE LANDET DOR SOLEN EJ GAR NER FRITUNA ALBUMS (which has been closed to the public ers have put their back catalog of 21 TU ES MON AUTRE LARA FABIAN & MAURANE POLYDOR THE BALLAD HITS CAPITOL NEW for 30 years), and a new single, "Long songs and performance and video THE BEST OF 1990 -2000 ISLAND COME INTO MY WORLD KYLIE MINOGUE PARLOPHONE 2 BLINDSPOTT Distance," which debuted at No. 22 on rights for sale. Analysts suggest bids PREMIER GAOU BUNDSPOTT CAPITOL the U.K. singles chart. The forthcom- could reach $10 million Australian MAGIC SYSTEM SONO/NEXT 3 NIRVANA OBJECTION (TANGO) NIRVANA GEFFEN ing album, produced by Tony Hoffer ($5.6 million). The vocal -harmony SHAKIRA EPIC AVRIL LAVIGNE (Beck, Supergrass), heralds a harder outfit had global hits in the 1960s with LET GO ARISTA MARKETING RESEARCH) 11 /19/02 _L g IIFPUNIELSEN Girl," "," 5 EMINEM sound for the pair. "We are excited "Georgy U2 SINGLES 8 MILE SOUNDTRACK INTERSCOPE THE BEST 0E1990-2000 ISLAND about the album, because we have and "." Its last 1 RIGHT HERE NEXT TO YOU PHIL COLLINS JON CAPITOL pushed ourselves a lot," the band's 011y album, 1997's Future Road (EMI), TESTIFY FACE VALUE/EAST WEST/WEA 3 2 ASEREJE/THE KETCHUP SONG In WESTUFE LAS KETCHUP COLUMBIA Knight says. "Acoustic folk -based went platinum (70,000 units). UNBREAKABLE -THE GREATEST HITS VOL 1 SAICA 4 DILEMMA PORTUGAL music is only one side of us. The record March, the quartet will embark on its NIRVANA NELLY FEATURING KELLY ROWLANI) UNIVERSAL NIRVANA GEFFEN 7 DIRRTY has new sonic elements, and we re- final tour through Australia. It occa- CRAIG DAVID CHRISTINA AGUILERA FEATURING REDMAN RCA SUCKER THAN YOUR AVERAGE WILDSTAR IPDRTUGAL/AFP)1(/19/02 corded it almost entirely live. There are sionally reunites for shows, but singer ä S DIE ANOTHER DAY SANTANA MADONNA WARNER BROS. has a SHAMAN ARISTA SINGLES moments of serenity and beauty sit- jazz career, ELVIS PRESLEY ALBUMS ELECTRICAL STORM ting alongside funked -up, angry bassist runs a bed and ELVIS 3041 HITS RCA 1 U2 U2 ISLAND PEARL JAM THE BEST OF 1990-2000 ISLAND moments." CHRISTOPHER BARRETT board establishment, guitarist Keith HERE I AM RIOT ACT EPIC 2 TV-2 BRYAN ADAMS A&M Potger runs a furniture importing HERBERT GRÖNEMEYER PAKANTENAFSMAT/BRAENDBART CAPITOL MENSCH EMI 3 ROXETTE WHENEVER, WHEREVER SWEET REVENGE: The release last company in Perth, and main song- PINK THE BALLAD HITS CAPITOL SHAKIRA EPIC MISSUNDAZTOOD ARISTA NEW WESTLIFE THE GAME OF LOVE month of the soundtrack to Polish film writer resides in Bali. UNBREAKABLE -THE GREATEST HITS VOL 1 RCA SANTANA FEATURING MICHELLE BRANCH ARISTA CHRISTIE EUEZER PA SLAGET 12 Zemsta (The Revenge) has spawned a -.' LETS DANCE 2 RECART/EMI I AM MINE PEARL JAM EPIC hit single, "Oj Kot," recorded by top ALBUMS Polish artists including Maryla Rodow- SEEKING SANCTUARY: Released in Ire- U2 icz, Ryszard Rynkowski. Grzegorz land with minimal fanfare, Autama- THE BEST OF 1990 -2000 ISLAND COMMON CURRENCY Markowski, and Andrzej Piaseczny. ta's debut album, My Sanctuary (Left - LAS KETCHUP HIJAS DEL TOMATE COLUMBIA The comedy, directed by Academy hand Records), is a quiet, low -key A weekly scorecard of albums simultaneously attaining top 10 chart status 3 NEW' PEARL JAM Award Andrzej Wajda, is triumph of soulful electronica. The in three or more leading world markets. RIOT ACT EPIC -winning MADREDEUS & FLEMISH RADIO ORCHESTRA based on a 19th- century play by Alek- brainchild of Dublin -based studio wiz- Repertoire owner: B. BMG, E: EMI, I: Independent, S: Sony, U: Universal, W: Warner EUFORIA CAPITOL sander Fredro. It was scored by Woj- ard Ken McHugh, Autamata combines NIRVANA NIRVANA GEFFEN ciech Kilar, the Cracow -born compos- abstract ambient dance grooves like ARTIST USA JPN UK GER FRA CAN SPN AUS ITA NTH er who created soundtracks for such the delicious "Fragments" with star movies as Francis Ford Coppola's performances from special guest a ARGENTINA Dracula and Roman Polanski's Sev- vocalists Carol Keogh (formerly of CRAIG DAVID enth Gate. Polanski appears in Zems- ethereal Irish band the Plague Mon- Slicker Than Your Average (B/W) ICAPIF) 11/19/02 ta singing a folk song called "Kot Kot" keys) and Cathy Davy, both of whom 10 10 Wajda says. largely in their ALBUMS "I'm so glad he agreed," remain unknown The soundtrack album went straight native Ireland. By drafting musicians NIRVANA MAMBRÚ 10 MAMBRÚ BMG NirvE;na(U) to the top five of the Polish charts. to play violin and cello, McHugh has 2 NEW', JOAQUIN SABINA PEARL JAM DIMELO EN LA CALIF BMG ROMEK ROGOWIECKI added an organic element to the Riot Act (S) 3 N U2 programmed beats and rhythms. In THE BEST OF 1990 -2000 ISLAND PINK FLAMENCO TAKES THE RAP: Tradi- keeping with the eclectic nature of the 5 3 JOAN MANUEL SERRAT MIsHnde,'o: :: 1 VERSOS EN IA BOCA BMG tional flamenco continues to score record, there is even a pastiche of wil- ELVIS PRESLEY 9 4 DIEGO TORRES frequent commercial success in lowy Irish chanteuse Enya on "Little Elvis 3E01 Hits (B) UN MUNDO DIFFERENTE RCA Spain. Yet the search continues to Green Man." McHugh is planning a SANTANA 6 RITA LEE 10 7 BOSSA N BEATLES UDERES Sh :IrTn.l''.. explore new paths down which fla- series of multimedia performances to LOS NOCHEROS menco can travel and expand toward promote his Autamata project, which SOUNDTRACK LOS NOCHEROS EN VIVO EN EL TEATRO COLON EMI 1 8 Mié (U) ELVIS PRESLEY new audiences without losing its is slated for eventual U.K. and inter- U2 ELVIS 3041 HITS RCA essence. livo groups with interesting national release. He also plans to use 1 The Best Of 1990 - 2000 (U) SHAKIRA GRANDES EXITOS EPIC hip-hop /flamenco fusions are causing his independent Lefthand label to WESTLIFE 6 SKAY BEILINSON a buzz: Barcelona's Ojos de Brujo with release music by other artists. The Unbreakable: Greatest Hits Vol 1(B) MAR DE LOS SARGADOS DBN A TRAVES DEL Bari (which means "damn good" in NICK KELLY

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www.americanradiohistory.com Furtado, Mitchell, Nickelback Among , Winners At Canada's SOCANAwards N EWSLINE Eminem was the biggest winner at the MTV Europe BY LARRY LeBLANC ence of Joni Mitchell, who received Achievement Award. Goodwyn has Music Awards Nov. 14 in Barcelona. The Inter - TORONTO -With three wins, Cana- the William Harold Moon Award, fronted Montreal -based rock band scope/Universal artist took trophies for best album dian singer /songwriter Nelly Furtado recognizing her contribution in April Wine since 1969. (The Eminem Show), best hip -hop artist, and best was the big winner at the 12th annu- bringing international attention to A special achievement award was male singer. Kylie Minogue, Linkin Park, and Red al Society of Composers, Authors, and Canada through her music through- presented to Claudette Fortier for her Hot Chili Peppers each won two awards. A total of Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) out the course of her career. contributions to Canada's music 25 awards were presented, including 10 regional Awards, held Nov. 18 here. Fighting back tears at the begin- industry during her 25 -year career of honors; all are voted on by the public. MTV claims DreamWorks/Universal artist Fur - ning of her acceptance speech, championing the rights of music cre- that 13 million votes were cast this year. To mark tado -who did not attend the cere- Nonesuch /Warner Music artist ators and publishers. Fortier is the for- the 10th anniversary of the awards in 2003, the net- mony held at the Art Gallery of Mitchell then humorously led the mer GM of the Montreal -based Soci- work is considering a change in format. MTV Net- Ontario in Toronto -was honored audience through her emergence as ety for Reproduction Rights of works Europe president/CEO Brent Hansen says, for her compositions "I'm Like a a songwriter while in her teens in Authors, Composers and Publishers in "I'll look at it from the bottom up. I don't want the show to be one of those Bird" and "Turn Off the Light" in the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. "I've Canada and is currently its copyright things where you know what you're going to get." LARS BRANDII pop music category and received an always said I'm getting out of the and business -development advisor. international achievement award for music business," Mitchell conclud- Writers earning international Japan's Avex Group of music -related companies recorded a half-year loss for "I'm Like a Bird." (Both titles are ed. "Recently, I said it again. Well, achievement awards were Steven the first time in its history between March and September 2002. Tokyo - published by Nelstar Publishing.) I'm still here." Page and Ed Robertson for "Pinch based Avex announced a first -half net loss of 1.3 billion yen ($10.6 million), The event, hosted by country Speaking to Billboard, Mitchell Me," performed by their band Bare - compared with a net profit of 390 million yen ($3.2 million) for the same singer Paul Brandt and attended by recalls that her career took a corn- naked Ladies; Naoise Sheridan for period in 2001. Sales, however, were up 7.3% to 36.8 billion yen ($301 mil- 200 industry figures, honored those "Young," co- written with Steven lion). For Avex Inc., the group's core company, first -half sales were down Canadian songwriters and publish- McEwan and Craig Wiseman and from 20.7 billion yen ($169.3 million) in 2001 to 19.2 billion yen ($157 ers whose songs received the most performed by Kenny Chesney; and million), giving a net loss of 1.2 billion yen ($9.8 million). The company says radio airplay in 2001, as well as Gilles Godard for "That's the Kind of it expects better results for the whole year to March 2003, because of strong SOCAN members whose complete Mood I'm In," co- written with releases. As well as the Avex Inc. labels (with such imprints as Avex Trax, repertoire achieved the highest Richard Giles and Tim Nichols and Avex Tune, and Cutting Edge), the group includes music -publishing, con- number of performances in their performed by Patty Loveless. cert- promotion, nightclub -management, artist -management, and audio - respective categories during 2001. software distribution companies. STEVE McCLURE One of the evening's highlights MOST-PERFORMED SONGS OF 2001 was an emotional speech by SOCAN Timeless 1970s songs by song- The European branch of the Global Entertainment Retail Assn. president Gilles Valiquette, who writers Terry Jacks, Ken Tobias, Kim (GERA) has a new member, the Belgian Entertainment Retail called on music creators to unite in Berly, and the late James Leroy cap- Assn. (BERA). GERA Europe now represents retailers in the order to protect their copyrights in tured this year's SOCAN Classic U.K., France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium through the face of the "democratization of Awards. These honors recognize their respective national organizations. BERA currently has technology in the marketplace." songs that reached the 100,000 - only three members, the three biggest music retailers in the Valiquette said, "One way to do this airplay mark on Canadian radio dur- country- Sonica, Free Record Shop (FRS) Belgium, and FNAC, is to value this organization. We are merciai downturn following her ing 2001. Jacks won for his Canadi- jointly claiming more than 50% of music sales nationally but aims to recruit SOCAN. We need SOCAN. But SO- 1979 Asylum Records album Mingus, an hit "Concrete Sea" (Gone Fishin' other Belgian music merchants. FRS Belgium managing director and BERA CAN needs us, too." a collaboration with late jazz bassist Music), Leroy for "Touch of Magic" president Serge Couvreur says joining GERA Europe will enable the group to Charles Mingus. "I was advised not (Martintown Music /Snowberry Mu- "liaise Belgian issues with the European point of view." TOM FERGUSON MITCHELL OVER THE MOON to do that album," the 1995 Billboard sic), Tobias for "Dream No. 2" and Furtado was among the handful Century Award honoree said. "I was "Give a Little Love" (both Abovewa- U.K. indie labels body the Assn. of Independent Music (AIM) has formed a con- of celebrity no -shows at the event. told I'd lose radio support. What did ter Publishing/Gloosecap Music Pub- sortium with nine European content, telecommunications, and technology Others included rockers Nickelback that have to do with making music? lishing/Pangaea Music), and Berly companies to try to develop a commercial solution for distributing music via and Wave, country singer Carolyn I'd do it again." for "Minstrel Gypsy" (Open Wagon mobile phones. Through its new -media unit Musicindie, AIM has linked with Dawn Johnson, and rapper Kardinal Another highlight was the accept- Music/Peermusic Canada). mobile-phone maker Nokia, wireless operator Vodafone, and Greek music - Offishall. But the event did not lack ance of singer /guitarist /producer The most -performed Canadian pop TV channel MAD TV, among others, for the two -year project, called Musical. star power -not least for the pres- Myles Goodwyn of the National songs during 2001 were Furtado's Partly funded by the European Commission, Musical aims to develop pilot "I'm Like a Bird" and "Turn Off the schemes to learn what consumers want from wireless music services and to Light" and "," co- written by determine the most realistic business models. JUUANA KORANTENG Ben Dunk and Dave Thomson, per- formed by Wave, and published by The public prosecutor in Athens has pressed charges BMG Music Publishing Canada. against 11 police officers who were conducting an anti - The most -performed Canadian piracy raid on a warehouse in the Greek capital and country songs were "Complicated," against a local broadcaster who covered the operation. written and performed by Carolyn The charges relate to a 1993 law that says accused Dawn Johnson (EMI Music Publish- criminals may be videotaped only with their consent ing Canada); "Followed Her Around," or upon being proved guilty. The police officers were co- written by Jimmy Rankin and charged for allegedly facilitating the videotaping of the Gordie Sampson (No Such Music/ operation. Commercial TV channel Alter was charged Song Dog Music) and performed by for airing the tape. International Federation of the Rankin; and "Downtime," co- written Phonographic Industry Greece GM Ion Stamboulis by Johnson and Phillip Coleman says, "After it's finally begun getting through to (EMI Music Publishing Canada/Blue- authorities that CD piracy is a crime that should be punished, we have this inci- water Music Canada) and performed dent that takes us back to where we started." MARIA PARAVANTES by Jo Dee Messina. Arena Victory for Warner /Chappell. Sony Music Australia vocalist Tina Arena has The most -performed Canadian rock Tokyo-based Label Mobile, an online ring -tone provider, has joined Japanese signed a new three -year publishing deal covering Australia and New Zealand song was "How You Remind Me," telecommunications company KDDI in launching a new service, Music Direct with Warner /Chappell Australia. She was previously with EMI Music Publish- written by Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeg- From the Record Companies, which will be available through cell phones in ing. Arena, who is negotiating a new deal for international publishing outside er, Ryan Peake, and Ryan Vikedal December. The service will feature 15- to 30- second -long excerpts from 15 Australasia, is currently recording new tracks for the European version (due in (Warner/Chappell Music Canada) and Japanese record companies' current single releases, which can be downloaded early 2003) of her recent album Just Me, prior to writing her next album with performed by Nickelback. to cell phones either for listening or for use as ring tones. Each song excerpt partners in the U.K. and Nashville. Arena, who co -wrote her 1995 international The most Canadian will sell for between 80 and 100 yen (66 cents -83 cents); 300 clips will initially hit "Chains," has had material recorded by other international acts, including -performed Avex, Jo Dee Messina and LeAnn Rimes. Pictured signing the deal in Sydney, from urban song was "Money Jane," co- be available. Labels taking part include Sony, Victor Entertainment, left, are Warner /Chappell Music Australia creative manager Fifi Jones, Arena, written by and Toshiba -EMI, Universal, and BMG Funhouse; the first five of those companies and Warner /Chappell Music Australia managing director Adam Lang. Sean Paul (Warner /Chappell Music jointly established Label Mobile in July 2001. STEVE McCLURE Canada) and performed by Offishall.

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BY PAUL SEXTON is you have [a number of] songs you ment in check. "Exactly," he says. Danish Music Scene LONDON -October's International can sing along with and [some] "That's why it's `Licks' and not `Years.' " BY CHARLES FERRO stations supported the initiative to a Federation of the Phonographic you've never heard." (Forty Licks Max Hole, senior VP of marketing COPENHAGEN -The organizers of far lesser degree. National market Industry (IFPI) Plat- and A &R at Universal Play Danish Day, the Oct. 31 event leader P3's programming policy inum Europe Award Music International, that promoted the domestic music already requires it to play around certifications represent- oversaw that company's scene here, are looking to repeat 40% local repertoire. ed a particularly broad negotiations with EMI, the experience. Danish TV stations scheduled a church of music -not ABKCO, and the Stones The initiative was coordinated by modest amount of extra music- relat- merely among modern - that led to the comple- the Danish Music Information Center ed programming to tie in with the day artists -from Norah tion of Forty Licks, but (MIC) -which operates under the event but gave substantial coverage to Jones to Nelly. Among he says: "The turning aegis of Denmark's Ministry of Cul- a curtain -raiser for the actual day, an the 11 discs shipping 1 point for the best -of was ture -and authors' rights body Oct. 29 conference titled "Play Dan- million or more units definitely Jagger speak- KODA. According to MIC director Bir- ish -A Conference on Danish Music were albums containing ing to [ABKCO founder] git Bergholt, "The goal was to raise and Identity." Staged in Copenhagen recordings from the Allen Klein directly." awareness of our own musical culture, by MIC and KODA, the conference fea- 1960s and the pre -rock- Other compilations background, and identity tured four key speakers 'n'roll mid -'50s. figuring in the October in a global cultural land- addressing issues relating The latter disc, My list were Bryan Adams' scape where it can be dif- to popular, traditional, Way: The Best of Frank The Best of Me (A &M), ficult to recognize our folk, and classical music. Sinatra (Reprise/Warner which hit 2 million heritage. Danish music is Most of the 125 partici- Music International shipments, and Duran not the same today as it pants represented vari- [WMI]), moves up to Duran's Greatest (EMI), was just 10 years ago, ous music -related organ- triple -platinum in the IFPI survey. The reaching 1 million. Italian superstar given the global scope izations, and mainstream durable 24 -track retrospective achieves registered a rela- of cultural integration." topics were largely eclip- this on the fifth anniversary of its re- tively rare platinum entry for a live Bergholt says plans are sed by discussions of var- lease and just as WMI releases an album, as Eros Live (Ariola) fol- already being made for a ious niche genres. The upgraded, 46 -track double -CD version. lowed the 2 million European ship- repeat of the initiative, conference was capped lino more all -time giants win Plat- ments logged last December by his though next year's event by a Q&A forum, with a inum Europe discs, as the current Stilelibero set. will have a different, as- panel including Interna- Rolling Stones and Elvis Presley com- Jones' Come Away With Me (Par- yet- unspecified angle. tional Federation of the pilations mount the winners' ros- lophone/Blue Note), Nelly'sNellyville, The day was intended to Phonographic Industry trum-in Presley's case, for the sec- and Bon Jovi's Bounce (Mercury) all raise the profile of all facets of Danish Denmark chairman/EMI Music presi- ond month in a row. The Stones' won their first IFPI recognition for 1 music, whether performed by domes- dent Michael Ritto and DR director of Forty Licks (Virgin/ABKCO/Decca) million shipments each, while Red tic or international talent, giving par- music policy Eik Frederiksen. proved a timely certification, coincid- Hot Chili Peppers soared to 2 million ticular exposure to Danish -language Torben Ravn, radio promoter at ing with the 40th anniversary of the with By the Way (WMI). material. Broadcasters were urged to Sony Music, reflects that Play Dan- Stones' first -ever studio recordings Finally, Santana has made a swift play as much Danish music as possi- ish was "a good initiative." But he Oct. 26, 1962, in North London. start in the stern task of following ble, and promoters at venues across adds, "What was needed was local/ Elvis 30 #1 Hits (RCA) accelerates ifpi the six -times Platinum Europe sta- the country were encouraged to add commercial radio stations to fully 2 million European hav- to shipments, PLATINUM EUROPE tus of the group's previous multi- Danish acts to their lineups. participate-but they have budget ing reached 1 million last month. The million- selling album, Supernatur- "It's important to bolster belief in demands and tend to play interna- hugely successful compilation is not al. The follow -up, Shaman (Arista), Danish music and the industry, along tional music [which is subject to the King's first to win an IFPI award: 1,000,000 reached its first 1 million within with Danish -language lyrics, as op- lower performing- rights rates]. It's The Essential Collection went Euro- IN RECO6nRWN Or SALES IN EXCESS OF ONE MILLION days of release, having entered the posed to some of the Danish -tinted great P3 supported it, but I still wish pean platinum in 1998. The Stones Italian and Swiss charts at No. 1 and English -language material with shod- they'd played some more tracks you made their previous appearances immediately reached the top 10 in dy language," Universal A &R director don't normally hear; new acts." among these honors in 1996, when contains four new Stones recordings nine other European countries. Claus Lund Petersen comments. `Plus, Petersen insists that the day "il- both Stripped and Voodoo Lounge made in Paris in spring 2002.) Carlos Santana describes the new it was done on a broad scale and hit all lustrated what we can do in diverse reached 1 million shipments. Mick Jagger adds, "I thought it was album as "very vast. In fact, there is media. I think it should be a quarterly genres, so listeners /viewers realize "Compilation albums are very a good time to put out this kind of no framework [for it]. When the event-or at least twice a year." what is out there, instead of the 10 acts good for the CD format," notes record. We've got a lot of stuff for an [World Trade Center] towers went On Oct. 31, the state -owned Dan- or so that get heavy play. It's valuable Rolling Stones drummer Charlie album that could come afterwards." down, I knew I had to step up to the ish Broadcasting Corp. (DR) gave to expose new genres and raise aware- Watts, putting his trademark diffi- But for all the excitement of reaching plate and write some music to bring over most of the day's airtime to Dan- ness of the history of Danish music." dence toward record marketing on a new generation of fans with Forty unity and harmony." ish music on its flagship national top Bergholt concludes, "Given the hold at least for a moment. "To carry Licks, Keith Richards considers it More Platinum Europe informa- 40 /public service radio station P3, al- press coverage, I'd say we reached you through 70 minutes. what's great important to keep the nostalgia ele- tion is available at ifpi.org. though the country's commercial our goals." APRA Reports Record Income Results In 2001/2002

BY CHRISTIE ELIEZER tralian ($8.55 million), setting another record. APRA also manages the Australasian Mechan- ed an annual increase in license fees of SYDNEY -The Australasian Performing Altogether, $85.6 million Australian ($48.7 ical Copyright Society (AMCOS); the joint rev- $600,000 Australian ($342,000) from the gov- Right Assn. (APRA) posted record results for million) was distributed to APRÁs enue of the two bodies totaled $121 ernment-run ABC TV and radio network and the year ended June 30, 2002. 33,404 composer, songwriter, and million Australian ($68.9 million). collected $1 million Australian ($570,000) in At its annual general meeting Nov. 8 in Syd- publisher members and its over- AMCOS' 200 publisher members fees from the pay -TV sector. The body also ney, APRA reported that gross revenue from seas affiliates. The figure was received $17.4 million Australian secured $1 million Australian in license fees Australia and New Zealand had reached a $82.7 million Australian ($47.1 ($9.9 million) from the collection from businesses using music -on -hold. record high of $100 million Australian ($57 million) in 2000/2001. of mechanical royalties, down from APRA also raised its fee rate for New Zealand million), up from $96.7 million Australian Brett Cottle, CEO of the 76- $18.8 million Australian ($10.6 mil- commercial radio stations, which previously ($55.1 million) in the 2000/2001 period. The year -old collection society, says: lion) in the previous term. paid 2.3% of gross advertising revenue for FM international success of Australasian bands, "Of our 18 streams of revenue, 15 Operating on a low cost ratio of stations and 2% for AM formats. APRA took films, and TV series meant that more than $16 went up. Given that many corn - 14.87 %, APRA has been aggres- the dispute to arbitration. As a result, since million Australian ($9.3 million) in gross rev- panies in the entertainment in- sive in finding new sources of July, Kiwi stations with music formats have enue came from overseas sources -up from dustry are [finding] it hard, this income in recent times. During had to pay APRA 2.6% of gross advertising rev- the previous year's figure of $15 million Aus- was an unexpected result." the 2001/2002 period, it negotiat- enue and talk stations a flat 1 %.

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LONDON -No man is an island, music sales have dropped in value nor is any product manager, A&R 5.1 %. "I'd like to say I'm surprised, exec or marketing VP. That's the but I'm not," says Burger, who message emanating from the stresses, "Our chart share is higher multinational major labels in than it's ever been in singles and Europe as they aim to reverse the albums." trend of tumbling sales. One key For this European Quarterly strategy: creating clearer channels report, Billboard spoke to senior of communication and cooperation executives with European respon- between their regional offices. sibility at each of the five multina- TALENT The latest global sales figures tional major labels about the steps SWEDEN'S HOMEGROWN from IFPI, the International Fed- they've taken to sell music in tough eration of the Phonographic times and how those efforts are paying off. HELPS STABILIZE MUSIC SALES GREAT MUSIC FROM ANYWHERE Performers And Producers Give Country International Impact The chart- topping success across Europe of RCA's Elvis: 30 #1 Hits BY JEFFREY DE HART is a prime example of BMG's efforts with Anglo-American reper- STOCKHOLM -While music sales in key European markets dropped more than , in the first half of this toire, to clearly "prioritize what we year, Sweden is holding its own. In a global business climate threatened by online piracy and CD- burning, see as potentially big sellers," says executives here express optimism about the fourth quarter, the coming year and beyond. Tim Bowen, COO, BMG Europe. Western European markets saw a 7.5% drop in sales value and a 7.4% drop in units during the first six The Elvis campaign, he says, "was months of 2002, according to figures released in October by the International Federation of the Phono- extremely well -focused and en- graphic Industry (IFPI). However, the IFPI's report singled out the strength of Sweden, a market known sured the album went to No. f in for the international appeal of its artists, writers and producers. According to half-year figures from Gram - 17 countries." mofon Leverantörernas Förening-or GLF, the Stockholm -based affiliate of the IFPI -music shipments in BMG Europe's appointment in Sweden rose 2.3% in value and 11% in units (see sales box, page EQ -4). July of Yoel Kenan as senior VP of What's clear is that Sweden's efforts to develop homegrown acts for the global market have helped main- Sony's Burger marketing was aimed at ensuring tain local sales this year as well. "immediate and clear communica- "We had a dramatic downfall last year compared to other markets in Europe, which have had their decreases Industry, heap more misery on an tion between the repertoire owner kicking in this year," says Gert Holmfred, MD of Universal Music Sweden. "The question is, will the market industry still reeling from a 5% and seller," says Bowen. "We've increase in volume in the last three months of 2002, as it did last year ?" drop in worldwide record sales last seen that operate extremely well New third -quarter figures show total sales volume up 1.9% but sales value down 3.3 %. Fourth- quarter year. In the first half of 2002, sales with Pink and Avril Lavigne," he sales should benefit from the traditionally strong slate of releases from both international stars and local of recorded music worldwide fell says, while new projects from artists -the latter seen as the source of the market's strength for the first half of 2002. 9.2% in value, while unit sales Christina Aguilera, the Foo Fight- "The overall prospects for the Swedish market clearly remain encouraging," says Mattias Wachtmeister, dropped 11.2 %. In Europe, overall ers and Santana should see similar A &R director for Warner Music Sweden. "From an A &R point of view, Sweden is a fertile breeding ground sales fell in value by 7.5% and by payoffs. "It's totally important that for performing artists, as well as producers. The overall feeling is that this is where tomorrow's international 7.4% in units. the guy who sells a record in Bel- superstars are being groomed." "It's a tough market-it's never gium, for example, is close to the Wachtmeister suggests that Sweden is following international trends in returning to a quest for "real" artists. And been more difficult to make guy providing the artists or parts of the key word would be "guitar" as opposed to "dance." "We will also continue to exploit the opportunities brought money," acknowledges Sony Music the advertising in New York. This to us by our rich catalog," he says, "with a focus on bringing older consumers back to the music market." Entertainment Europe president applies to all artists. That's the Executives debate whether the industry's focus should fall on older fans (the majority of record buyers in Swe- Paul Burger. In the U.K., where Anglo- American approach." den are age 35 or older) or pull in younger buyers. "I am a bit worried about the business way of `thinking depth of repertoire traditionally With European repertoire, BMG young,' as most records produced are for 16-year- olds," says Marie Ledin, MD of Anderson Records. "We tend ensures strong results, recorded Continued on page EQ 10 Continued on page EQ-4

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EQguide LONDON-Around Europe, Sanctuary, VP of international mar- ary with the single "Love on the there's plenty of new talent peep- keting and promotion Julian Wall is Run" on the new M imprint, ing out from behind the curtain, relishing the first studio album from formed by Warner /Chappell Music waiting for a big debut in the first Morrissey since 1997's Maladjusted. creative director Mike Sault. An quarter of 2003. "We had a pretty A newly recorded live album from album follows in the spring, with VUSIC & VEDIA EUROCHART good year [in 2002] with breaking Souxsie & the Banshees is also on contributions from Jewel and new acts," says Max Hole, senior tap for early 2003 release, he notes, Bryan Adams, the latter already VP of marketing and A &R at Uni- to help "further establish the label's closely associated with Chicane via TOP 20 SINGLES versal Music International, who position as a force to be more than his vocals on the U.K No. 1 single

(Jan. 1 to Nov. 9, year-to -date) singles out English pop -dance reckoned with." "Don't Give Up." breakthrough Sophie Ellis Bextor Liverpool band Space sold an 1. Shakira, "Whenever Wherever/ among domestic signings. "But estimated 800,000 copies of its Suerte" (Epic/Columbia) there are certainly some new debut album, Spiders, during a hot 2. Eminem, "Without Me" (Inter - artists we're going to be focusing chart period for the band between scope) on delivering in the first quarter, 1996 and 1998, when it also racked 3. Las Ketchup, "Asereje/The especially [Russian female duo] up U.K. top -10 singles with "You Ketchup Song" (Columbia) T.A.T.U., who've already broken and ," 4. Nickelback, "How You Remind in Eastern Europe. There are "Avenging Angels" and "The Bal- Me" (Roadrunner) some countries that haven't start- lad of Tom Jones," featuring Cerys 5. Mad'House, "Like a Prayer" ed yet that will really push them. I Matthews, then of Catatonia. The (BioNarious) was hoping we'd get a Sting album group has now signed to Mutant, 6. Pink, "Get the Party Started" ill the first quarter, but I think it's a new label formed by their pro- (Arista) more likely to be April or May." t:A.7: U. ducer Stephen Lironi and manag- 7. Shakira, "Underneath Your At press time, many other label er Mark Cowley, and will return Clothes" (Epic /Columbia) release schedules for the period had Danish pop duo Junior Senior - early in 2003 with the album Sub- 8. Robbie Williams & Nicole vet to come into sharp focus. But whose track, "Move Your Feet," on urban Rock 'n' Roll. Kidman, "Somethin' Stupid" Source is relishing a sophomore indie Crunchy Frog, led to not A new name on the indie scene (Chrysalis) release from melodic modern rock- one but two deals with majors -is via the ever -cutting -edge Fierce 9. Bratisla Boys, "Stach Stach" ers Turin Brakes, whose debut set, now set for new -year expansion Panda is the Rain Band. The (M6 Int.) The Optimist, won a Mercury Music into the U.K. The song was Manchester -based outfit, fronted 10. Tiziano Ferro, "Perdono" (EMI) Prize nomination and went on to licensed to Capitol in the U.K., by singer Richard Nancollis, has 11. Elvis vs. JXL, "A Little Less sell 200,000 copies in the U.K. while Universal, which has rights been turning heads at recent live Conversation" (RCA) alone, according to the label. Vir- elsewhere, has targeted Holland, shows, including dates with 12. Enrique Iglesias, "Hero" (Inter - gin, parent to the Source, has Italy, France and Germany as its Hut/Virgin's the Music, and their scope) launched an "early awareness" ini- early priorities. A British release is debut album follows a recent dou- 13. Anastacia, "Paid My Dues" Shakira tiative on the band's turinbrakes. due on Jan. 13, followed by anoth- ble -sided single, "The World Is (Epic) com site, which contains a "hidden "' er single and then the album D -D- Ours" and "The Runaways." 14. Kylie Minogue, "Can't Get You 6. Nickelback, Silver Side Up CD- ROM -driven contest only acces- Don't Stop the Beat. The group's The Chieftains are aiming for a Out of My Head" (Parlophone) (Roadrunner) sible to those with a copy of The Junior describes the track as "sim- March release of the DVD version 15. Sophie Ellis Bextor, "Murder on 7. Enrique Iglesias, Escape (Inter- Optimist. The upcoming set is pro- ple and extroverted." of their momentous Sept. 30 con- the Dancefloor" (Polydor) scope) duced by Tony Hoffer, whose cred- Indie label Flying Sparks, the cert at the famous Ryman Audito- 16. Avril Lavigne, "Complicated" 8. Pink, M!zzundaztood (Arista) its include Beck, Supergrass and company behind the success of rium in Nashville, with which they (Arista) 9. Red Hot Chili Peppers, By the Air. Apart from Turin Brakes, 56- year -old singer- songwriter launched their current RCA Victor

17. Afroman, "Because I Got High" Way (Warner Bros.) new -year priorities at EMI include Gordon Haskell, has a second album, Down the Old Plank Road. (Universal) 10. Alicia Keys, Songs In A other baby acts such as Athlete, single from his current album, "Ten years ago, we did the Another 18. Indochine, "J'ai Demande a la Minor (J) Audio Bullies and Norwegian Shadows on the Wall, due early next Country album, and it got us two Lune" (Columbia) 11. Soundtrack, The Lord of the band Kings Of Convenience, plus year. MD Ian Brown is also excit- Grammys," says Chieftains leader 19. Mark Lavoine & Christine Rings /The Fellowship of the a sophomore set from singer - ed about Songs From the Gutter, the and producer Paddy Moloney. "I Marocco, "J'ai Tout Oublie" Rings (Reprise) songwriter Ed Harcourt. Mike new album by feisty 23- year -old, had about five tracks left over, and (Mercury) 12. Kylie Minogue, Fever (Par - Allen, VP of international for EMI, Oxford -born Thea Gilmore. The I'd been adding one or two since, 20. Star Academy, "La Musique" lophone) says the quarter will also feature new album has been released on always with the intention of bring- (Island) 13. Norah Jones, Come Away With albums from heavy hitters such Gilmore's own Shameless label as ing out another country album." Me (Blue Note) as Massive Attack and Mel C, the a joint venture by Flying Sparks BMG Europe senior VP of mar- TOP 20 ALBUMS 14. Moby, 18 (Mute) former Spice Girl, whose first solo and Hot. Gilmore's new album keting Yoel Kenan is looking (Jan 1. to Nov. 9, year-to -date) 15. Alanis Morissette, Under Rug set, Northern Star, was a major Euro- delivers on the promise of her toward first- quarter releases by Swept (Maverick /Warner Bros.) pean seller. previous releases, Burning Dorothy Annie Lennox, Dido, German 1. Shakira, Laundry Service/Servi- 16. Bruce Springsteen, The Rising Swedish label Playground's and The Lipstick Conspiracies. It's alternative rockers cio de Lavaderia (Epic /Columbia) (Columbia) most valuable players in the first already winning considerable and Finnish rock act HIM. Also on 2. Anastacia, Freak of Nature (Epic) 17. Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory quarter of 2003 include the U.K. media acclaim, both for the schedule are a debut set by 3. Celine Dion, A New Day Has (Warner Bros.) Teenage Idols, described by Play- Gilmore's original material and British pop newcomer Sarah and a Come (Columbia/Epic) 18. Elvis Presley, Elvls: 30 #1 Hits ground's John Cloud as "garage - her cover of Bob Dylan's "I sophomore release on Dave Bates' 4. Eminem, The Eminem Show (RCA) rock- soul -punk," pop act Nicole Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine." db label by singer -songwriter Tom (Interscope) 19. Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to Lacy and double- platinum -sell- At WEA, British dance act McRae, whose self-titled debut in 5. Robbie Williams, Swing When the Head (Parlophone) ing rock act the Ramsus. Chicane (writer -producer Nick 2000 was nominated that year for You're Winning (Chrysalis) 20. , Britney (Jive) At the offices of "major indie" Bracegirdle) will return in Janu- the Mercury Music Prize.

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SWEDEN'S TALENT mainstream artists, which is a neg- exports thus far in 2002 are Abba Continued from page EQ I ative development for independent (including the new Universal com- SWEDEN'S TOP 10 ALBUMS record companies and developing pilation The Definitive Collection), the (January- September 2002) to forget we have older people who acts." As a result, he says, "Retailers Hives, (both Burning are very interested in music, and are more careful regarding initial Heart releases and both top -10 hits 1. Kent, Vapen & Ammunition (RCA) they are willing to spend their orders. In the long run, we will suf- in Australia) and A *Teens (Stock- 2. Magnus Uggla, Klassiska Mästerverk (Columbia) money on artists and albums." fer even more if media and retail holm Records), with others on the 3. Various, Melodifestival 2002 (Mariann Grammofon) Torgny Sjöö, MD of indie Play- won't help with developing acts." rise, such as Soundtrack Of Our 4. Tomas Ledin, Hela Vagen (Anderson) ground Music Scandinavia, says, "It Lives (Warner, Universal in the 5. Weeping Willows, Into the Light (Grand RecordingsNirgin) has become more difficult to break U.S.) and Lambretta (Universal). 6. The Real Group & Eric Ericson, Stämning (Virgin) new artists. The last year's focus on One aspect of the business that 7. Helen Sjöholm, Visor (Mono) TV- advertised records has pro- has yet to be affected by stagnant 8. Sophie Zelmani, Sing and Dance (Columbia) duced a backlash for the whole sales is touring, perhaps because it 9. Benny Andersson, Benny Andersson's Orkester (Mono) industry. Marketing costs exceed is becoming more event-driven and 10. Caesars Palace, Love For the Streets (DoloresNirgin) the income of various projects, and, targeted at a 35 -plus demographic. as a result, there is less investment A few tours dominated the circuit Source: GLF in new music and developing acts." this summer (which had some of A good portion of sales volume thus the best weather on record in 100 far in 2002 has come from mid - years), including Tomas Ledin, SWEDISH MUSIC SALES and low -price catalog product Magnus Uggla and Kent, all acts (January-June 2002) heavily advertised on TV. that had album releases timed with Those results have been possible the tours. Also, the addition of Total shipments, in volume, rose 11%, to 12.7 million units. due to the depressed price of Mondo and , two mid -sized Total shipments, in value, rose 2.3 %, to 657.8 million kronor ($69.2 media time. "At the same time the venues in Stockholm, should give million). market has been flat, we have had Stockholm's live scene a boost. CD album shipments, in volume, rose 9.1 %, to 10.1 million units. a media recession in Sweden," says However, fear still looms over CD album shipments, in value, rose 1.2 %, to 607.7 million kronor Jonas Siljemark, CEO of Bonnier Sophie Zelmani promoters. "The touring business ($63.9 million). Amigo Music Group. "Thanks to hasn't so far been hit by the Music -related DVD shipments, in volume, rose 189.2 %, to 56,000 that, the labels managed to sell a Ultimately, however, it is the decreases or a demoralized mar- units. lot of records on TV by actively music that gets the public into the ket," says Holmfred, "but among Music -related DVD shipments, in value, rose 16.3 %, to 6.7 million repackaging catalog and going to stores. "Swedish consumers are the promoters and agents is the kronor ($705,000). TV to sell to the 40 -plus market. music lovers and, when good music feeling that they will be hit by this If the media recession had not turns up, the Swedish consumer soon as well." Shipments of other formats, including cassettes, singles and LPs, each happened, then we would have goes buying," Holmfred says. "We decreased more than 15% in volume and value. had a small decline." have seen proof of that several A TAXING PROBLEM times during the year. Releases by Looking ahead, Swedish music Source: GLF SELL, SELL, SELL Eminem, Kent, Anastacia and executives agree on two basic prob- Retailers, in turn, have had their Shakira show that there is still lems they jointly face, one global share of turmoil, with buyouts, new quantity to get out of the Swedish and one local: online piracy and the AIRWAVES EVOLVE IN SWEDEN management, inner -city store clos- market. That puts pressure on Swedish sales tax. "We need to make progress on solutions for Following the long domination of the airwaves by state -run radio, home- copying and illegal piracy," commercial broadcasters have earned equal footing with their state -owned says Dag Häggqvist, MD of Gazell counterparts -and, in some cases, may have even surpassed them. Swedish Records and chairman of GLF, the pop stations that report their playlists regularly to Billboard's sister publica- Swedish IFPI group. "We need to tion, Music & Media, include the state -run P5 and P3 in Stockholm and com- get sympathy and respect for the mercial stations RIX FM, NRJ /Energy and Power Hit Radio, each in Stock- artists and the legal product. That holm, and Hit FM 94.2 in Bromma. is something we are going to work However, like other commercial stations around the world, the playlists very hard on." of the commercial outlets in Sweden vary little from a top -20 format, making Anderson Records' Marie Ledin it difficult for labels to get new artists played. Universal Music MD Gert says the challenge is to make more Holmfred sees commercial radio in Sweden more akin to a "jukebox" than a people interested in buying music, tool to promote new music and artists. rather than downloading it. "To In the view of Marie Ledin, MD of Anderson Records, "The most interest- succeed, the business has to under- ing radio station that began broadcasting this year is the Metro station that stand the next generation of distri- broadcasts only Swedish music. It will be interesting to follow and see if peo- bution -such as cell phones and ple find the station." -Jeffrey De Hart computers -and buying new and old songs, building up libraries of tracks as well as albums. The DVD behind -the -scenes and concert sharing business has destroyed the market will explode in Sweden footage; we just have to learn how market on the Net." ings and new stores in the suburbs. Swedish A &R to make good prod- within the next year." to package it." He suggests making On the sales tax issue, Häggqvist The stores are getting bigger but ucts and to launch interesting Ledin also points to the sales bonus material available on full - at GLF points out that the tax for fewer in number. Retailers hope to artists." model offered by paperback books, price product, then deleting it on books and magazines was lowered capitalize on events like the Kent's RCA album, Vapen & which have recently found their mid -price releases. to 6% on Jan. 1 and has led to a Swedish Hit Music Awards, which Ammunition, leads the list of Swe- way into grocery stores with great Siljemark agrees with Ledin massive increase in book sales, far is being coordinated with a yearly den's top 10 albums for the first success. "Do the same with the about new technology but doesn't greater than the industry antici- retail sales meeting in November, three quarters of 2002, according to albums," she says. "Have a best- see it as having an immediate pated. Yet the sales tax on CDs in addition to events like the the GLF (see sidebar). Outside the selling album sold in cheaper pack- impact. "When G3 mobile phones remains at 25 %. "It is a rather Swedish Grammis award show. top 10, other strong -selling Swedish aging six months after its release, are in use, music sales will in- involved political matter that is con- In the struggle to lure con- albums are by the Ark (Virgin), in food stores, at train stations and crease," he says. "G3 was supposed nected with the European Union," sumers, retailers are forced to the Hives (Burning Heart), Super- airports." to start next year, but the phone he says. `Although it's complex, we ignore niche acts. "We are facing a natural (Warner), Sven Ingvars and "We have to do nice packaging companies have huge infrastruc- feel we have a good argument that concentrated ownership of media Vikingarna (both on Frituna/EMI), with added value," Siljemark con- ture costs, so it won't get [there] music should be treated as a cul- outlets and retailers," Sjöö Thaström (MNW), Elsa finder (Vir- curs. "It's not so difficult for the for three years, maybe four. That tural expression, like books. There observes, but that means "more gin) and Nicke & Nilla (Universal). record industry to do that and give business will generate income is no reason why we should be dis- and more focus on the major and Among the best -selling Swedish it to the consumer. We have before the Internet does. The file- criminated against."

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EURO STRATEGIES Papa Dee Continued from page EQ 1 has established an A&R committee. The Scandinavian top reggae artist chaired by BMG Europe president Thomas Stein, to identify those acts with significant potential outside their home markets. Sweden's Kent, Denmark's Outlandish and France's Rubensteiner are among those gaining a regional push as a result. "Our European A &R sources should not be left without an ability to get international exploitation of their music, if it is right," says Bowen, who notes that BMG has increased its market share and is on track to do so again BMG's Bowen Warner's Albertini Bosson next year. "We can get great music World -wide hit "One i a million" from anywhere." ment on domestic repertoire," have seen very real progress in explains Burger. The U.K. was the France, where our company is now singerlsongwriler TARGETING MARKET latest region to split this way, on getting to the critical mass, with "CLUSTERS" Sept. 30, following similar changes over 12% market share," he says. Sony Music Europe has under- in Germany and the Netherlands. "In Sweden, we have completed gone many structural changes over Sony has also renewed its outside an important joint venture with the past 12 months, which Burger A &R deal with Independiente in S56 Recordings to go alongside says involves "clustering" territo- the U.K., and has "refocused our in -house A &R commitment ries to share resources more effec- efforts through S.I.N.E. to create a and are on the verge of putting in tively. "We are in the process of cre- manageable roster of labels to work place a new concept and team to ating very close cooperation with with," he says. "And we've com- oversee the region. In the U.K., we Germany and -GSA is pletely restructured strategic mar- have plans to further increase our much more of a real cluster -and keting in London with Wolf Urban A &R presence and add to the ros- we've created a Nordic cluster with [president of strategic marketing, ter and repertoire sources at our a head of Nordic. We've done SME]." Last month, Sony Music disposal. Satirnine restructuring in terms of market- Europe reorganized its regional "One important and ongoing ing and promotions in Benelux last marketing staff, in line with local part of our strategy within Warner The latest female rock explosion year and Germany, Italy and the offices, to better market music by Music Europe has been to success- U.K. this year." genre. fully improve our regional and Burger says the company is global marketing network in order focusing on A &R. "We have very A &R INVESTMENT to increase global sales," says For further info, contact: strong Anglo -Saxon repertoire and Paul -Rene Albertini, who was Albertini. "With support from the Jear Hsiac Wernheim, email: intl @mnw se, tel: 46 8 630 36 34 are trying to improve European appointed president of Warner company's central operations, this (Music Network, Textilvagen 7,120 30 Stockholm, Sweden A &R and marketing of that reper- Music International on Oct. 1, says has resulted in more sales for toire." To accomplish this, Sony is an investment in A &R and mar- Linkin Park, Red Hot Chili Peppers separating domestic and interna- keting has already paid dividends. and Laura Pausini, with still more tional repertoire in several territo- "We have invested substantial sales to come this year from Maná, RUNIC NETWORK ries. "It allows us to galvanize resources locally in domestic A&R David Gray and Craig David." opportunities for artist develop- and already in the last year we Continued on page EQ 12

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EURO STRATEGIES also created an additional A &R "We modify constantly," says Continued fini page EQ 16 source." Hole. "But we have strong interna- UNIVERSAL LEADS IN EURO MARKET SHARE tional A &R here [in London], and Throughout the region, we have SALES STILL THERE sometimes the records aren't quite The Recording Industry In Numbers 2002 yearbook, issued consistently increased the sales of According to Max Hole, senior right, so we alter it, remix, try a dif- Oct. 17 by the International Federation of the Phonographic global releases, while continuing to VP of marketing and A &R at Uni- ferent video. I'm determined to Industry (IFPI), contains for the first time regional and global invest significantly in local talent," versal Music International, the way break Ronan Keating in South market -share information. Here are the 2001 market -share says Albertini. "All this has been to buck the downward sales trend is America," he points out, "so we're figures for Europe: done while also addressing very simple. "The best strategy is make doing local duets with `When You strongly our cost base. and the re- better records, as Eminem has Say Nothing at All' with local stars." Universal -26.5% organization that has taken place proved," he says. "When you get a Another strategy that Hole says Indies-21.1°/0 has us want, is is unquestionably made more great record that people sales "paying off" lending resources EMI- 17.8% efficient. The moves involving are still there in a big way, which is to those territories that need them. Sony -13.3% Warner/Chappell Music publishing encouraging to us." Even so, Uni- "Where we're looking to try to Warner -11.4% and Warner Music Europe affiliates versal is able to rely on an interna- break non -U.K., non -U.S. origin BMG -8.9% have led to greater synergy and sav- tional marketing structure that has acts, we're doing a certain amount ings, but, more importantly, have been in place for four years. ofjoint- venturing. Often the prob- On a worldwide basis, the combined 2001 market share of independent labels exceeds that of any single multinational company. The IFPI reports that indies claim 28.9% of the global music market, followed by Universal (23.5 %), Sony (14.7 %), EMI (13.0 %), Warner (11.8 %) and BMG (8.2 %).

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I \. "LU. "["they] are signed to the Aya Ohi; JVC Victor Entertainment, Russian country, which has more limited resources than the U.K. and SeungDoo Park; Dreambeat Inc., \iucrican companies, so Interscope in the U.S. have joint -ventured with Stuart Watson; Zomba International Records Group Universal Russia to make a stronger record and image, and it's breaking and Gavin Robertson; Musicindie Ltd. everywhere," says Hole. The act's single, "All the Things She Said," your making annual music has made an impact on the Music & for contributions towards our Media's Eurochart Hot 100 Singles export seminar on November 21 in Stockholm a success. chart. "As a generalization, we're up Urzizlersal's Hole The theme this year was "Doing Business with Asia" and against it," adds Hole, "but last year both France and the U.K. grew, ness," says Allen. "It's important for your expert was greatly appreciated! and UMI is gaining market share identifying objectives and means generally this year in a falling mar- we're better resourced to meet ket." them -and artist development benefits greatly from looking across SPEED OF INFORMATION both sides of the business." On Feb. 8, EMI Recorded Music In essence, de Buretel says this CEO Alain Levy unveiled a new means, "not only selling the artist label structure that gives EMI two inside their country but also out- independent creative units in each side." A clear example of where this To keep presently updated on country -Capitol and Virgin - has worked, he says, is with Belgian operating under one corporate singer Helmut Lotti, whose album, the Swedish music scene, visit umbrella. A single EMI executive My Tribute to the King, has resided on for each territory reports to Musk & Media's European Top 100 Emmanuel de Buretel, chairman Albums for the past three months. www. --.com of EMI Recorded Music Continen- Lotti started his career on Universal, tal Europe. "Everyone said the new but now releases product on EMI your gateway to Swedish music! system would be more rigid, but I everywhere in Europe except Bel- - say it's just faster," says de Buretel. gium. "With Lotti, we have extend- As a consequence, he says there is ed his success in more countries than "increased speed of information with Universal," says de Buretel. between creative local and creative Allen adds: "The other big change international and marketing local has been the overlying new global and marketing international." marketing structure reporting o In the U.K., Mike Allen, EMI VP directly to [EMI Recorded Music 112 T of international, has already seen vice chairman] David Munns. This [MUSIC SWEDEN. the advantages. "The benefit to me, puts the company on a common EXPORT MUSIC SWEDEN (ExMS) AB in terms of presenting Virgin U.K. agenda, which means a greater BOX 27 327 SE -1012 54 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN TEL. +46 - 8 783 88 00 FAX +46 - 8 783 95 10 and Capitol U.K. artists and proj- sense that we're pulling in the same e-mail exms @stim.se Web site http: / /www.exms.com ects to the European region, is that direction on the same issues at the we're able to look with a better same time and [has a] huge impact overall perspective across the busi- on artist development."

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Bankruptcy Plagues DataPlay Tower's U.S. Arm Now Carries Chapter 11 Filing Casts Doubt On Company, Format's Viability The Majority Of Its Business BY BRIAN GARRITY and STEVE TRAIMAN took part in a $55 million funding round for NEW YORK- DataPlay, a highly touted new DataPlay, and its chairman/CEO, Robert Hig- BY ED CHRISTMAN Sales in the just -completed fiscal year were digital -music storage technology that retail- gins, later joined the DataPlay board. NEW YORK -In completing its sale of the down from the prior year's total of $1.08 bil- ers and labels have been viewing as a possi- DataPlay's last capital infusion ($55 million) Tower Japan operation to the financial firm lion, but the loss was smaller than the $90.3 ble replacement format for the cassette, came in June 2001, and with a lack of addi- Nikko Principal Investments Japan Oct. 11, million recorded in that year. Same -store appears to be dead on arrival after the com- tional funding and massive start -up costs, the Tower Records sold off the most profitable sales were down 3.5% worldwide. pany filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reor- company struggled with money problems part of its company. In looking at operations, Tower posted a ganization last month. throughout the summer. Chief marketing offi- According to its 10 -K Securities and gross profit for the year of 29.6 %, up from Boulder, Colo. -based DataPlay Inc. -which cer Pat Quigley exited in July, and DataPlay Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, the the 28.8% generated in the previous year. counts Universal Music Group (UMG) and sacked half its remaining staff in August, cit- Japanese chain reported an operating profit The increase was attributed to the company's Trans World Entertainment among its finan- ing a lack of new cash. of $15.6 million on sales of $372 million in wholesale operation, its Internet business, cial backers -filed the motion in U.S. DataPlay hardware and the year ended July 31. In the previous fiscal and the video rental product category. Mean - Bankruptcy Court in blank media have been at year, the Japanese chain posted profits of while, selling, general, and administrative Denver in mid -October, retail since late August. $11.3 million on sales of $365.1 million. In expenses held steady in both years at about shutting down opera- EMI Global /Classic and contrast, the U.S. operation, which includes 27.1 %, according to the SEC filing. tions and eliminating its iRiver America have Bayside Entertainment Distribution, report- staff of 120 after failing been selling a DataPlay ed an operating loss of $23.2 million on sales STILL RESTRUCTURING to secure $50 million in 1 - Dieal device at such stores of $553.3 million in its most recent fiscal The document noted that Tower has com- needed financing. Media as Circuit City and year, while having an operating loss of $53.8 pleted two phases of a three -part restructuring Best Buy. Prices million on revenue of $611.6 million in the plan aimed at returning the company to BMG /DATAPLAY DEBUT ' range from $299 to prior year. profitability. As part of that, Tower paid , The move came only one 1 $349 for player /re- involuntary termination benefits for 509 week after the first DataPlay \ ,+ corder models. Ima- SHOULDERING THE WEIGHT employees last year and 170 employees in releases from BMG Enter- tion, the main me- With the sale of the Japanese operation and 2000, which means it let go some 679 tainment hit stores. The dia supplier, is also in the move to close or turn its remaining inter- employees during that time. It recently major -which has been "high the market with a three -pack of blank national stores into franchise arrangements, announced that it has continued to lay off on [the format] since day one," discs at $29.95 or $10 per disc. the company's U.S. opera- employees, with the corn - according to BMG Distribution senior director "We feel like a race car at the starting line tion will now comprise an pany expected to be down of new media Kevin Clement -has shipped 13 without any fuel," DataPlay senior VP for mar - overwhelming majority of another 82 employees by prerecorded titles from Arista, RCA Nashville, keting and business development Todd Oseth its business and must meet year's end. and Jive to Virgin Megastores, Tower Records, told Billboard shortly before the company's its heavy debt obligation. Tower also closed nine Borders Books & Music, Value Music Concepts, bankruptcy filing. As of July 31, Tower's parpar- stores last year, while and others. Titles include albums by Pink, ent, MTS, carried a nega opening five and relocat Usher, Adema, Sarah McLachlan, OutKast, Avril THE NEXT CASSETTE? tive net worth of $40.8 mil- vim ing two. In the previous Lavigne, Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, 'N Industry hopes were high for the format. lion, while its long -term eaus, year, it closed 23 stores. Sync, Britney Spears, R. Kelly, and Aaron Carter. Potentially seen as a portable music carrier debt load was noted as It also sold its two frames/ All the titles currently in the market carry a replacement for the cassette, the quarter-sized $312.2 million. art gallery stores and $15.98 suggested retail price; most include recording/playback media can hold up to the As of Oct. 11 -with the closed a number of book music videos, discographies, bios, cover art and equivalent of five CDs or nearly 11 hours of sale of the Japan operation and the refi- stores, leaving the chain with three stand - liner notes, photos, and links to MP3 files. nancing of its revolving credit facility Bill- alone book stores at year's end. artist Web sites. The CD -size IRivermaintainsthatthetech- board estimates that Tower's long -term debt With the sale of the Japanese chain, package fits all existing retail nology can still fulfill that role. totaled about $200 million. Of that, $61.1 Tower's store count stood at 119 units on fixtures and has the DataPlay "Consumers still have the capa- million was on the new revolver with CIT July 31, of which 103 were in the U.S. and 16 logo prominently displayed on bility to create their own Data - Business Credit Group, leaving cash avail- in four other countries. But phase three of the front, with the coin -sized Play library disks from their own ability at that time of $13.9 million. The the company's restructuring plan is to close disc showing through a cutout CD collection and MP3 down - total revolver called for $110 million avail- or turn its remaining U.K., Ireland, and Sin - on the back. loads," a company spokesperson ability, contingent on the remaining $35 gapore stores into franchises. But the entire future of Data- says. "We still see it as a viable million being raised by a syndication of the Retail sales represented 96% of net rev - Play is now in serious doubt in portable music carrier replace - loan to other banks. enue, which means that Tower's wholesale the wake of its bankruptcy filing. ment for the cassette." In addition to a $20 million reserve (Bill- operation had about $40 million in sales. In Technology creator Steve Volk is One of the promising features board, Nov. 23), the revolving credit facili- looking at the company by product line, continuing a search for about of the technology was the fact ty requires Tower to maintain a cash avail- music sales were 83.5% of volume last year, $40 million -$50 million to fund that consumers could buy a Are- ability level of $15 million. Net cash down from 86.3% in the previous year; video a full retail launch, while seek- - recorded title, and the media provided by operating activities was $3.4 sales grew to 11% of total sales from 9.8% in ing a buyer for the technology. PACANO also would come with two or million this year vs. $44.7 million last year. the previous year, and other products, like DataPlay raised an estimated three other catalog albums As of July 31, Tower had $37.3 million in books and magazines, accounted for 5.5% of $120 million since it was launched in 1998. locked onto the same disc. The consumer would cash and cash equivalents. sales, up from 3.9% the year before. Representatives at BMG and the other labels then go back to the retailer's Web site to pur- In the current fiscal year, Tower's interest In another significant trend, Tower says its that announced plans to release DataPlay chase the additional content, which would be payments to service its debt load are expect- advertising and marketing expenditures last titles -UMG and EMI -say they are now tak- available at a significantly lower price. The bal- ed to be about $18.5 million, including a Nov. year were $14.1 million, up from $10.3 mil- ing a "wait- and -see attitude" to its position on ance of disc space could be used to store a con - 1 payment of $5.2 million on its $110 mil- lion the year before and $9.1 million the year the format. sumer's own CDs or downloaded MP3 files. lion in debentures, which come due in May before that. It is unclear how those numbers Other DataPlay partners are already feeling While the future of DataPlay is in doubt, Best 2005. In addition, the company says it ex- will be affected in the current year, with the the pinch from the company's collapse. Trans Buy entertainment VP Joe Pagano noted prior pects capital expenditures to be about $8.5 closure of the Tower Pulse! magazine. World Entertainment says it will take a third- to the company's collapse that the market that million in its current year. In other developments, Tower disclosed quarter, after -tax charge of $5.3 million, or 13 DataPlay promised to target is real and still For the year, Tower posted a net loss of that it is involved in a lawsuit with Chili - cents per share, as it writes down its investment needs to be addressed. "The current portable $57.2 million on sales of $982.8 million. That mark, which filed a breach -of- contract claim in the company. The retailer says the charge music carrier is about 25 years old and has loss includes $14.2 million in inventory against Tower and is seeking $2.6 million in should result in a net loss of 34 cents -36 cents served us well," he notes. "But we have to devel- write -downs and a restructuring and asset damages. Tower had hired Chilimark to ex- per share for the quarter. Last year, Trans World op a replacement for the cassette." impairment charge of $21.8 million. plore its refinancing options.

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"As soon as they had the winner, try still opting for cumbersome the label was able to dupe the CDs and overnight shipments and the other get them into stores without anything half FTPing audio files through the ever leaking," Overington says, noting Session Singer. Faith I lilt and AOL Music wild blue yonder of the unsecured that material passed through desktops executive director of music industry relations Evan Harrison prepare for her recent Sessions @AOL taping. Hill's Internet, the process of producing Records, Virgin Records America, in seven cities, from Los Angeles to Sessions @AOL interview launched Nov. 1. an album can be downright harrow- Sterling Sound, and film production Waterville, N.C., home of the Sono - ing, to say the least. house MOS Sync. press duplication facility. DMOD president/CEO Mark Over - "There's a lot of downtime in music Atlantic, the first Warner Music ington says, "Most people we talk to and video production: people sitting Group label to give DMOD a spin, just feel that 80% of the content leaks out around waiting for a FedEx to come, green lighted the installation of DMOD Listen Cuts More Rhapsody Deals [over the Internet] during the pro- a plane to arrive," Overington says. for the A &R review and approval Gateway, Optimum Will Carry Music -Subscription Service duction process, specifically at the "And in the music space, a lot of process and is considering wider usage end when it is ready for duplication." recording happens at night. Now of the technology throughout the com- BY BRIAN GARRITY free month of the Gateway Rhap- when the tracks are finished early in pany. According to Atlantic VP of A &R NEW YORK -Listen.com has sody service. A demonstration SECURE AND USER-FRIENDLY the morning, the artist can just operations Gloria Gabriel, work on the forged a pair of distribution of the service will come in- But while the importance of a DMOD them over to the label execu- label's new Brandy and Craig David deals for its Rhapsody subscrip- stalled on the PCs; it will also secure environment cannot be over- tives, and they're waiting when the albums using DMOD yielded the seam- tion service. be shown at the 300 -plus Gate- stated, DMOD's user-friendliness is executive gets into the office." less transfer of uncompressed 24 -bit In its most recent pact, the way retail stores. what is sealing the Boston -based RCA Records' highly publicized abil- files and pristine audio comparisons. company is team- In other Listen company's recent string of deals ity to bringAmerican Idol: The Search "We want to implement it imme- ing with computer news, the compa- with music and film companies, fora Superstar darling Kelly Clarkson's diately with almost all of our artists," maker Gateway on RHAP SOOY ny has entered DIGI TaL MUSC SERVICE including Atlantic Records, RCA single "Before Your Love/A Moment Gabriel says. a co- branded ver- into a deal to dis- Hand in glove with security and sion of Rhapsody that will come tribute Rhapsody through Opti- ease of use is the potential cost sav- pre -installed on all of its consumer mum Online, the broadband arm ings per project. desktop PCs. of cable giant Cablevision. The DI RECTORI ES MOS Sync president Bernie Laramie Gateway is the first PC maker co- branded service, known as Billboard says, "As we begin to use the Internet to offer the Rhapsody music Optimum Online Rhapsody, is i and digital technology, we have a won- service. The deal also marks the available at optimumonline.net. THE DEFINITIVE SOURCE FOR INDUSTRY INFORMATION derful opportunity to become more first distribution pact between a The deal, the latest in a string organized, more efficient, and more computer maker and one of the of broadband distribution al- INTERNATIONAL BUYER S GUIDE: Jam-packed with key personnel secure at the same time." current crop of music- subscrip- liances for Rhapsody, gives Lis- and other information about every major and independent record company, tion services. ten marketing access to more video company, music publisher. digital music company and seller of products TIMELY AND COST -EFFICIENT Buyers of Gateway desktop PCs than 680,000 Cablevision broad- and services for the entertainment industry worldwide. A powerful tool. $165 "If the technology can streamline will also receive a coupon for one band subscribers. the process to the point where they can TALENT & TOURING INTERNATIONAL GUIDE: The leading source get the product to market faster, that's for those who promote or manage talent. Lists talent. booking agencies, facil- a says. ities, services and products worldwide. $135 significant benefit," Overington "Time to market is key." AUDARENA INTERNATIONAL GUIDE: Complete and detailed data During production on Virgin act the on thousands of facilities worldwide plus a Facility Buyer s Guide listing Exies' new album, for example, "instead services and supplies. $99 of sending a four -piece band to DISTRIBUTION: The Handleman Co. director of publicity; and Tari Nashville to sit around waiting for a promotes Paul Ignasinski to director Christman, previously associate for INTERNATIONAL LATIN MUSIC BUYER S GUIDE: The most accu- piece to be done, the band was able to of merchandise planning and analysis Global Traders Imports, to sales rate reference source available on the Latin Music marketplace. Business -to stay in L.A. and get ready for an upcom- in Troy, Mich. He was urban/altema- associate. They are based in Thou- business contacts in 20 countries. $109 ing tour," says Dean Serletic, Virgin tive buyer. Handleman also names sand Oaks, Calif. RECORD RETAILING DIRECTORY: The essential tool for those senior director of A&R. "The cost sav- Mike Davis as hardware /network Lucille Deane is named director who service or sell products to the retail music community. Detailed infor- ings are thousands of dollars per day architect of advanced Web technolo- of video marketing and product mation on thousands of independent. chainstore and online operations on a recording budget." gies and Matt Tililchen as senior Web development for Koch Vision in across the USA. $209 Virgin also employed DMOD for the developer. They were, respectively, Port Washington, N.Y. She was upcoming debut album by pop artist programmer/analyst for Ford Motor director of marketing for USA THE RADIO POWER BOOK: The ultimate guide to radio and record pro- Stacy Rico, who recorded with an Co. and developer for Computer Deci- Home Entertainment. motion. Detailed information about every major radio station. record label assortment of producers. sions International. 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www.americanradiohistory.com Moviso Offers Prepaid Ring-Tones Card BY BRIAN GARRITY says. "Consumers do not purchase tours, and new album releases." NEW YORK -Moviso, a mobile - music in a vacuum: They buy the Each prepaid card gives con- phone services business owned by CD, T- shirt, and tickets in one sumers credit for three ring tones. Vivendr Universal Net USA, has place, and ring -tone cards are a Moviso has a catalog of more than launched a new prepaid phone card great offering for that purpose. We 2,000 licensed ring tones, and they offering that is designed to allow expect to see these cards sell along- are available at Moviso's consumer consumers to buy ring tones. side existing music products and site, yourmobile.com. Track.. Initial distribution for the cards will included in retail promotions, The card is ready for use imme- be through more than 1,000 wireless - including holiday gift packs, artist diately after purchase. HOLIDAY MUSINGS: We are moving I mean that record -store chains carrier stores and 150 Wherehouse into prime time, the holiday selling nowadays lose money for the first Music stores na- season. This is the time of year that nine months of the year and are tionwide this will make or break many a compa- dependent on the fourth quarter to month. The prod- Report Predicts More Declines ny. You know it's a tough year when take them into the black for the ucts will be avail- you look at the current release year. This year, let's all pray that able in up to 5,800 BY LARS BRANDLE just to record companies but to "all schedule and see the labels dropping comes true yet again. But even if it participating 7- LONDON- Global music sales will those involved in the process." all of their big guns into the market does, I am willing to bet your last Eleven stores na- continue to decline in value for at The report predicts that online and the discounters dropping their dollar that it won't begin with Black tionwide in Janu- least two years before returning to sales of traditional and digital prod- drawers with loss -leader pricing, yet Friday, which, with the way things ary 2003. Prepaid growth in 2005, according to a uct will increase through 2007 but you still wonder if the consumer will are going at music retail, is appear- cards are $4.99 new survey by research firm Infor- will account for no more than 6.5% show up and buy CDs. ing to be a misnomer. More likely, each and available ma Media. of total sales. The report also claims The good news is you can't give Black Friday this year will be Red on most handsets The report, "Global Music Indus- that online sales have "been exag- burnt CDs as Christmas presents. Friday for music merchants. from AT &T, Cingular Wireless, and T- try: Facts and Forecasts," predicts gerated and will not prove to be the The bad news is you can give CD That's because every retailer Mobile. that the global business will be worth industry's long -term savior." burners. That's why more than ever knows that every other merchant Universal Music & Video Distri- $31.1 billion this year, down 7.2% Sales of digital music during the before, the first quarter of next year and their brother will have adver- bution (UMVD) and Delconn from 2001. The figure will drop below next five years will also increase but will tell us a lot about the short -term tising that features the $9.99 price Wireless will handle sales and dis- $30 billion in 2004, driven down by will remain "a niche sector." By future of the music industry. First, point in some way, shape, or form. tribution for the prepaid ring - online file sharing and CD copying. 2007, digital sales are expected to Jan. 15 or so will be the first witch- That began two years ago, when tone cards. The author of the report, Simon account for 1.2% of the global total. ing hour, when product payment Best Buy shocked music retail right "Prepaid ring -tone cards are a Dyson -a senior analyst at the Lon- North America is expected to comes due for holiday product. after minimum -advertised pricing logical and complementary exten- don- based firm-says that "urgent take the greatest share of digital There are a couple of accounts on was eliminated by the Federal Trade sion to a retailer's current music action" must be taken to limit unau- sales by 2007. The Asia- Pacific everybody's watch Commission by hold- and entertainment product line," thorized downloading and copying, region will be No. 2, with the lion's list, and people will ing a $9.99 sale for UMVD senior VP of marketing and noting that the warning applies not share of sales in Japan. be holding their the first five hours of artist development Cliff O'Sullivan breath until pay- °BËST Black Friday. On the ments are made. On rebound last year, top of that, past his- \ BUY most chains saw the tory suggests the like- $9.99 point coming lihood of a January and figured out a way surprise -the account that you did- to get it into their advertising too - n't suspect was in trouble is all of a all of which brings us to this year. with sudden in a quagmire. Already, we have seen Best Buy Are you Moreover, there is widespread start the price war in July (Retail speculation that this may be the Track, Billboard, July 27), going ri¢Ylt -STOP? year when those independent mer- first and often to the $9.99 price chants who are struggling -not to point. It did that until September, AEC is the place to be be confused with those indie when its weak second -quarter .ë stores who are excelling -look at results apparently made it rethink The most experienced sales staff in the industry the industry's future and decide its music pricing strategy: It backed that they don't like the writing way from that price point to Competitive Pricing they see on the wall, give up the embrace the more sane loss- leader ghost, and look for another way to pricing of $10.99 and $11.99. But ()ver. 245,0(X) titles on CI) alone earn a living. the other merchants who don't care Beyond that, the first quarter his- about the music industry -like Complete selecion of DVl) and VHS torically has given the industry an Wal -Mart and Kmart -apparently indication of how a configuration decided to hold Best Buy's feet to Largest selection of accessories from any on-_--stop shift is playing out. Unfortunately, the fire for starting the music price with the cassette album already war in the first place and continue Award \\ inning vveekly Magazines ZpE?d and Zbush! under 5% of sales, the configuration to pile on the $9.99 pricing. shift the industry will be measuring Last week, Target re- entered the gElectronic orders with our wi -'' ` disc: and online with this time will be the impact of fray with most of its advertised hit burned CDs (from the new CD titles at $9.99 -with the exception Our 'Iï.irn-Key Retail we:)site 5olution burners) on album sales, which will of George Harrison's new album, give us a preview of how album sales which was $8.99. Ouch! And un- will hold up for next year. fortunately, that's where I fear we are heading for Black Friday. New Accounts Call: RED ON GREEN: But let's not get Since every merchant who's pay- ahead of ourselves. Let's talk about ing attention knows that every 800-63 -9082 Black Friday, the day after Thanks- advertisement will feature the . Fax: 954- 340 -7641 giving that is labeled as such $9.99 price point for the Thanks- or visit us on the web at: because traditionally it's the day giving weekend, will one of the www.aent.com when consumers flock to stores to discounters try to shoot music begin their holiday buying spree, merchandisers in the foot by dis- making it the day that retailers tinguishing itself with $8.99 pric- FL Road. Atlanta move from red ink to black. ing and in one fell swoop not only AEC locations: CD One Stop. Bethel. CT Bassin Distributors. Coral Springs, Abbey LA Philadelphia Los Angeles (31 Sacramento Thousand Oaks .. Madison San Diego Charlotte In the past decade, that has been turn Black Friday into Red Friday Chicago Milwaukee Denver Columbus Nashville (2) Tampa/St. Pete Lake Tahoe Woodland. CA more true for music retailers than but also set the price tone for the any other segment of retail. By that holiday selling season?

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AOL BROADBAND BOWS RADIO: currently available only in the munications firm will provide AOL has launched a radio service for U.K., allows users to learn the interactive voice response (IVR) broadband customers. Broadband name of a song and its artist when services to support the major's Radio @AOL, which features CD- an audio sample is "grabbed" with new mobile "listening parties." Tri- quality sound and commercial -free a mobile handset. After dialing als began last month. Users can lis- stations, is available only to users of Shazam's four -digit number, the ten to 30- second audioclips of AOL 8.0 software. Other product service responds with a message tracks prior to an album's release Money features include artist information containing the song's details. by dialing up an IVR line. The Shazam will now highlight Ama- phone number will be promoted LIQUID LOOKS AHEAD: With its pro- board members, including company zon in its short messaging service through radio, TV, and print med- posed merger with Alliance Enter- founder Victor Shear, have agreed signals and on its Web site, where ia, as well as through store displays tainment now dead (Billboard, Nov. to tender their shares, which repre- AoLmusIc links will allow customers to buy and stickered singles. Current 23), Liquid Audio is considering go- sent 20% of those outstanding. The the identified track or album di- releases from Brooklyn Bounce, ing private, merging with another purchase price is a 26% premium and album art from the track the rectly from the e- tailer. A Shazam Crazy Town, and Oli P are the first firm, or recapitalizing or liquidating over InterTrust's Nov. 12 closing user is currently playing, as well as page on the Amazon site explains to be featured. itself, president/CEO Gerald Kearby share price of $3.37. When the deal a preview of artists to be played how to use the service. said upon announcing the compa- closes early next year, Sony and within the next half hour. AOL VH1.COM OFFERING ALBUM STREAMS: ny's third -quarter results. Philips together will have majority Broadband senior VP of program- PALM GETS REAL: RealNetworks Vhl.com will stream several new al- control of InterTrust. ming Shawn Hardin says the offer- has struck a deal with Palm Inc. bums in their entirety this month. Earlier this year, InterTrust li- ing is a "key example of how we're that will allow users of the hand- Currently available on the site is Fat censed its DRM software to Sony for differentiating the AOL Broadband held manufacturer's newest device Joe's Loyalty (Atlantic) and Jay -Z's use in its consumer media products service" from its dial -up service. to store and play digital -music The Blueprint 2: The Gift and the and services (Billboard Bulletin, May In other AOL news, James de files. Beginning next month, own- Curse (Roc- a- Fella/Def Jam). Fans 24). The digital -rights management Castro is exiting as president of ers of the Palm Tungsten T hand- who purchase the releases through firm swung to a third -quarter prof- AOL Interactive Services, a post he held will be able to download the vhl.com receive free shipping it on higher revenue, thanks to fees held for seven months. A veteran RealOne Player software for free throughout this month. Other al- from that licensing deal. Sales were radio exec, de Castro served as from the Seattle -based company's bums to be featured on the site this $8.8 million, up from $1.9 million CEO of AMFM prior to joining Web site. The application will month include Craig David's Slick- in the same period last year. Net AOL. His team at the online com- allow for the transfer and organi- er Than Your Average (Wildstar/ income was $5 million, or 5 cents pany will now report to vice chair- zation of both RealAudio and MP3 Atlantic), Erick Sermon's It Ain't per share, vs. a net loss of $16.9 mil- man Ted Leonsis. files with the mobile devices. Addi- Safe (J Records), Matchbox Twen- lion, or 18 cents per share. tionally, the Milpitas, Calif. -based ty's More Than You Think You Are AMAZON, SHAZAM STRIKE DEAL: Palm will begin shipping the Real - (Atlantic), Snoop Dogg's Paid Tha YAHOO SELLS STATIONS: United Sta- Amazon.co.uk. has stuck a deal to One software with select Palm Cost to Be Tha Boss (Capitol), and tions Radio Networks has bought become the exclusive online retail hand -helds, according to a com- the Roots' Phrenology (MCA). Kearby says, "We are maintaining Launch Radio Networks, the syndi- partner for Shazam, the London - pany statement. our operations with a core staff of cated music and entertainment news based music- recognition company. FULLPLAY GETS LOUD(EYE): Fullplay 31 employees while pursuing strate- arm of Yahoo. Launch will continue The agreement gives Shazam's SONY GOES MOBILE: Sony Music Media Systems, which provides pre- gic alternatives that will deliver to operate under that name and is business a full range of services, Entertainment Europe is launch- view stations and related software to maximum value to Liquid Audio expected to maintain its editorial, allowing consumers to identify ing a mobile -phone music service retailers, has entered a licensing shareholders." affiliate relations, and advertising songs they hear, then purchase in Germany through an alliance deal to use the streaming -music During the period, Liquid posted staffs in New York, Los Angeles, and them. Shazam's flagship service, with Vodafone U.K. The telecom- sample service of Loudeye. Fullplay a net loss of $686,000, or 3 cents per Nashville. The syndication operation -which provides preview stations share, vs. a net loss of $6.1 million, is separate from Launch's online to Trans World Entertainment -is or 27 cents per share, in the same music portal, which continues to be also attempting to expand the reach period last year. Revenue from part of Yahoo. Launch has 12 format- of its software interface technology, licensing and services totaled driven services. United provides in part by using Loudeye samples. $101,000 -vs. $1.28 million one music and information to 4,000 U.S. Loudeye's catalog features clips of 3 year ago -but the firm earned $7 radio stations. THE HOTTEST million songs from more than million from the sale of its intellec- 250,000 CDs. tual- property assets to Microsoft XM SEEKS SUBS, CASH: XM Satellite Loudeye chief technology officer (Billboard Bulletin, Oct. 1). The Radio reports strong subscriber Joel McConaughy says, "Music sam- company had $81.4 million in cash growth for the third quarter but is GIRLS ONLINE ples have proven to be a key driver of at the end of the quarter. showing little progress in its efforts 0 PLAYBOY CD sales for the major online retail- to raise funds. ers, and Fullplay's [services] extend MYPLAY PUSHES STOP: Digital - In the third quarter, XM added that reach directly to the point of sale." music locker service Myplay will 64,836 subscribers, for a total of In related news, Trans World has cease operations Dec. 13. A message 201,544. Net loss widened to $114.7 completed the rollout of 12,000 posted on the Web site tells users to million, or $1.26 per share, from a Fullplay Web- connected audio and download all files in their lockers loss of $70.8 million, or $1.14 per video sampling stations in its FYE before they are deleted. Myplay has share, in last year's third quarter. mall -based stores. The kiosks allow already stopped accepting new cus- Sales were $5.6 million, vs. $1,000 shoppers to scan the bar code of any tomers (Billboard Bulletin, Nov. 11). one year ago. CD to access 30- second clips of every Bertelsmann's BeMusic unit -which XM is negotiating with General song on the disc. With movies and includes Myplay, record club BMG Motors to convert up to $200 mil- games, shoppers can view trailers Direct, and e- tailer CDnow -has lion in payments it owes the car - and game demos. The kiosks also been making cuts (Billboard Bul- maker into debt and convertible make recommendations, alerting letin, Oct. 31). A BeMusic spokesper- securities, contingent upon certain shoppers to new releases and best son declined to comment. changes to XM's capital structure sellers based on genre. and the securing of at least $200 See what Playboy's Cyber Club members have been keeping to "The ability to sample content is INVESTING IN INTERTRUST: Sony million in financing. Meanwhile, XM themselves! Playboy's Cyber Girls. Navigate your way through a key deciding factor that turns cus- Corp. of America and Royal Philips is cutting costs to make its remain- in revealing footage as we give you intimate access to these hot and tomers' interest into purchases," Electronics have teamed with undis- ing $84.3 million cash last investors to purchase digital - through the end of first -quarter sultry Internet ingenues. FYE VP of marketing Mark Hogan closed says. "From the customer feedback rights management firm InterTrust 2003. The firm has cut 80 jobs, leav- PLAYBOY we've already received, we expect Technologies for $4.25 per share, or ing 400 employees. HOME ENTERTAIN. VIDEO the [listening and viewing station] $453 million. 02002 Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. www.playboy.com technology to have a positive impact InterTrust's board has unani- Additional reporting by Matthew on sales." mously approved the deal, and all Benz and Chuck Taylor in New York.

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` Sales data compiled by Siamese Cat; Caillou; and w i1 Nielsen Chinese VideoScan Real Wheels. The initiative is known 'I 12 VH1- STORYTELLERS: MATCHBOX TWENTY IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT IM4 matchbox twenty 19.98/24.99 Ñ Ú as the Warner Bright Kids Collection. c) TITLE PROGRAM SUPPLIER & NUMBER i Baby Tunes The addition of Looney 25 MORNING VIEW SESSIONS EPIC MUSICVIDE45ONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT 54199 Incubus 14.9ó/19.98 NUMBER ' 23 Weeks At Number! to the Bright Kids Collection, Marti - 1 DARRIN'S DANCE GROOVES VENTURA DISTRIBUTION 10499 14.98

2 THE METHOD PILATES: TARGET SPECIFICS CURRENT WELLNESS 840 12.98 noff says, is a significant element for 26 THE DERNITIVECOLLECTION MCA MUSICVIDEO/UNIVERSALMUSIC& VIDEO DIST 18146 Abba 24.98 OVO 4 METHOD -AU IN ONE CURRENT WELLNESS 906 1298 retailers, who "will have a full pre- 3 LESLIE SANSONE: HIGH CALORIE BURN GDODTIMES HOME VIDEO 430210 9.95 6 DENISE AUSTIN: MAT WORKOUT BASED ON THE WORK OF J.H. PILATES ARTISAN HOME ENTERTAINMENT 10152 14.98 school marketing section." Full -color 35 LIVE IN PARIS EAGLE VISION/PIONEER ENTERTAINMENT I9012 Diana Krall 19.98/24.98 5 LESUE SANSONE: SUPER FAT BURNING 000DTIMES HOME VIDEO 530210 9,95 in 7 PILATES FOR DUMMIES ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT 10948 999 merchandisers are available various 9 LESUE SANSONE: GET UP& GET STARTED G00DTIMES HOME VIDEO 330210 9.95 configurations. A DVD version of the 31 THE UP IN SMOKE TOUR EAGLE VISION/RED DISTRIBUTION 30001 Various Artists 19.95/23.97 4, 8 THE METHOD PILATES: PRECISION TONING CURRENT WELLNESS 572 1298 ' 11 PILATES: BEGINNING MAT WORKOUT GAIAM VIDEO 1231 14,98 series is also expected at a later date. 10 THE CRUNCH: TAE BOXING WORKOUTS ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT 10813 14.98 John Thrasher, VP of video for the 36 LIVE FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS. 'ENC WIC MOONY nocErurrinBnRiO Stevie Ray Vaughan And DoubleTrof!e 14.95/19.97 -ri 13 PILATES YOGA TWO -PACK ARTISAN HOME ENTERTAINMENT 61294 19.98 12 CRUNCH: FAT BURNING YOGA ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT 11947 999 West Sacramento, Calif. -based Tower, LESLIE SANSONE WALK THE WALK 000DTIMES HOME VIDEO 1790 24.98 3$ PLATINUM COLLECTION MERCURY RECORDS/UNIVERSAL MUSIC & VIDEO 01ST170258 ShaniaTWain 24.98 DVD ` 14 YOGA FOR BEGINNERS COLLECTION GAIAM VIDEO 1070 17.98 says that Warner's strategy of taking 15 'S GETUP AND DANCE! ARTISAN HOME ENTERTAINMENT 60214 '' 9,98 an existing franchise and putting a new 19 BASIC YOGA FOR DUMMIES ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT 11586 999 VIEW FROM THE VAULT VOL 3 MONTEREY HOME VIDEO 347962 Grateful Dead 24.95/24.95 UVING YOGA 5-PACK GAIAM VIDEO 369080 39.95 spin on it should lead to strong sales. 16 CRUNCH: PICK YOUR SPOT PILATES ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT 12273 9.95 "Generally, you want something that's , 420 FIRM PARTS: SCULPTED BUNS, HIPS & THIGHS GOODTIMES HOME VIDEO 20156 9.95 not quite what you see on television," 40 37 DEUCE EPIC MUSIC VIDEO /SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT 54199 Korn 14.98/19.98 IRMA gold cerlification for sale of 125,000 units or a dollar volume of $9 million at retail for theatrically released programs, 25,000 units and $1 for million at suggested retail for norr heat ical tides. !> IRMA platinum certification for sale of 250,000 units or a dollar volume of $18 million at retail for he says. "If it's exactly like it, there's o RIAA gold cert. for sales of 25,000 units for video singles; RIM gold cert. for sales of 50,000 unes for SF or LF videos. A RIRA platinum cert 100,000 SF or LF videos; gold for 25,000 unes for SF or LF theatrically released programs, or 50,000 units or $2 million at suggested retail for nontheatricel tides. 02002, VNU Business Media, Inc. and sales of 50,000 unes for video singles; RIA/ platinum cert. for sales of unes for . RIM cert for LF videos certified prior to April 1, 1991. ©2002, 1/NU Business Nielsen VideoScan Inc. All rights reserved. not much incentive to buy." videos certified nor to April 1, 1991; RIAA platinum cert for 50,000 unes SF or Media, Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan Inc. All rights reserved.

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& 1 SPIDER-MAN LABEUDISTRIBUTING LABEL NUMBER Performers s á Tobey Maguire 2002 PG -13 24.95 COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 06188 Kirsten Dunst DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA -YA SISTERHOOD P002 1 1 Week AtNumberl PG -13 22.98 NUMBER A WARNER HOME VIDEO 22827 Ellen Burstyn MONSTERS, INC. 2 SPIDER-MAN (PAN & SCAN) Tobey Maguire 4 Bill 2001 G 24.99 PG-13 28.95 WALT DISNEY HOME ENTERTAINMENT/ BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 23967 John C rnan COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 06190 Kirsten Uunst 7 THE SANTA CLAUSE 1994 PG 14.95 WALT DISNEY HOME ENTERTAINMENT/BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 77603 Tim Allen SPIDER -MAN ( WIDESCREEN) Tobey Maguire 1 PG-13 28.95 COWMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 09E61 Kirsten Dunst 2 SCOOBY-DOO Freddie Prinze Jr. 2002 PG 24.95 WARNER HOME VIDEO 22436 Sara Michelle Geller 3 SUM OF ALL FEARS Ben Affleck R 29.99 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL Henry Thomas PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 337224 Morgan Freeman 3 1982 PG 22.98 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO 60729 Dee Wallace DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD (WIDESCREEN) Sandra Bullock BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (SPECIAL EDITION) PG -13 26.98 6 Animated 1991 G 24.95 . WARNER HOME VIDEO 23308 Ellen Burstyn WALT DISNEY HOME ENTERTAINMENT/BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 25125 MR. DEEDS 5 Adam Sandler 2002 PG -13 22.95 BAND OF BROTHERS Ron Livingston COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 6000807 NR 119.98 HBO HOME VIDEO/WARNER HOME VIDEO 99205 SPY KIDS (PAN & SCAN) Antonio Banderas 1 2001 PG 24.99 I WALT DISNEY HOME ENTERTAINMENT/BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 23538 Alan Cumming DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA -YA SISTERHOOD (PAN & SCAN) Sandra Bullock PG -13 26.98 1 WARNER HOME VIDEO 228V SPIDER -MAN: THE ULTIMATE VILLAIN SHOWDOWN Ellen Burstyn Animated 2002 NR 14.99 BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 26088

MONSTERS, INC. Billy Co ris RAPUNZEL 8 G 29.99 8 Barbie 2002 NR 19.95 WALT DISNEY HOME ENTERTAINMENT/BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 23968 John GOOdman ARTISAN HOME ENTERTAINMENT 12978 POWERPUFF GIRLS-MOVIE 7 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (SPECIAL EDITION) Animated The Powerpuff Girls 2002 PG 22.95 G 29.95 WARNER HOME VIDEO 323016 WALT DISNEY HOME ENTERTAINMENT/BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 24962 SEA STORIES Spongebob Squarepantsc,,uare 2002 NR 12.95 NICKELODEON VIDEO HOME 6 MR. DEEDS (WIDESCREEN) Adam Sandler /PARAMOUNT ENTERTAINMENT 875623 PG -13 27.95 COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 07822 Winona Ryder 102 DALMATIANS 2000 G 14.99 WALT DISNEY HOME ENTERTAINMENT/ BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 21639 Glenn Close E.T. THE EXTRA - TERRESTRIAL (WIDESCREEN) Henry Thomas 4 PG 29.95 DARRIN'S DANCE GROOVES UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO 22257 Dee Wallace Damn Henson 2002 NR 14.98 RAZOR 8 TIENENTURA DISTRIBUTION 10499 SPIDER -MAN: THE RETURN OF THE GREEN GOBLIN Nicolas Cage 11 10 WINDTALKERS R 26.98 Animated 2002 NR 14.99 MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT 1004026 Adam Beach BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 28126 VEGGIE TALES: STAR OF CHRISTMAS Ve ieTales 2002 NR 14.95 9 MR. DEEDS (FULL SCREEN) Adam Sandler WARNER HOME VIDEO 17029 gg PG -13 27 95 COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 00008 BLACK HAWK DOWN Hartnett 13 Josh 2001 R 14.95 COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 07133 Ewan McGregor 5 E.T. THE EXTRA - TERRESTRIAL (LIMITED COLLECTOR'S ED.) Henry Thomas PG 29.95 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO 22256 THE SCORPION KING Dee Wallace 10 The Rock 2002 PG-13 22.98 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO 89929 Kelly Hu 18 LEFT BEHIND II: TRIBULATION FORCE Kirk Cameron MOVE TO THE MUSIC NR 29.95 Dora 2002 NR 12.95 CLOUD TEN PICTURES 753 NICKELODEON VIDEO/ PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 875633 The ExMC..Explorer BABY MOZART SCOOBY-DOD (PAN & SCAN) Freddie Prinze Jr. Animated 2000 NR 14.99 14 PG 26.95 WALT DISNEY HOME ENTERTAINMENT/BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 61799 WARNER HOME VIDEO 21498 Sara Michelle Geller CHRISTMAS! 22 Dora The Explorer 2002 NR 12.95 Spongebob Squarepants NICKELODEON VIDEO /PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 876683 SEA STORIES NR 19.99 NICKELODEON VIDEO /PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 875624 awJ BAND OF BROTHERS Ron Livingston 1840 NR 109.98 HBO HOME VIDEO/WARNER HOME VIDEO 99106 SCOOBY-DOD (WIDESCREEN) Freddie Prinze Jr. 15 PG 2895 POWER RANGER WILD FORCE: LIONHEART WARNER HOME VIDEO 23430 Sara Michelle Geller Power Rangers 2002 NR 14.95 WALT DISNEY HOME ENTER1AINMESOTIOUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 26656 THE SANTA CLAUSE (FULL FRAME -SPECIAL EDITION) Tim Allen HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE 12 PG -13 29.99 20 2001 PG 24.99 WALT DISNEY HOME ENTERTAINMENT/BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 27947 ,. WARNER HOME VIDEO 21331

GRIM gold cert. or sales of 50,000 units or $1 million in sales at suggested retail. RIM platinum cert for sales of 100,000 units or S2 milli n in sales at suggested retail. The Powerpuff Girls IRMA gold certifie bon for a minimum of 125,000 units or a dollar volume of $9 million at retail for theatrically released programs, or of at I ast 25,000 units and $1 million at POWERPUFF GIRLS -MOVIE PG 26.98 WARNER HOME VIDEO 23016 suggested retail fo nontheatrical titles. IRMA platinum certification for a minimum sale of 250,000 units or a dollar volume of $18 million at retail for theatrically released pro- grams, and of at le st, 50,000 units and $2 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. © 2002, VNU Business Media, Inc. and Nielsen VideoScan. All rights reserved. TRUMPETS FADE Frank Whaley WHEN R 14.95 HBO HOME VI DEONVARNER HOME VIDEO 97480 NOVEM200B2ER 39 ,,,d* Al Pacino g,b INSOMNIA (WIDESCREEN) 16 R 26.98 WARNER HOME VIDEO 23307 Robin Williams TOP VIDEO RENTALS..

Top Video Rentals is based on transactional data, provided by the N T ' SPIDER -MAN (LIMITED COLLECTOR'S EDITION) Tobey Maguire sc ' ' " 13 PG -13 49.95 Video Software Dealers Assn., from more than 12,000 video rental COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 100E9 K!rs en unst 3 stores. CO Ñ TITLE Principal iE STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION-THE COMPLETE FIFTH SEASON Patrick Stewart NR 13999 LABEUDISTRIBUTING LABEL & NUMBER Performers cl PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 81344 Jonathan Frakes 5

..t...5.- 1 P2f, 2 Weeks At Number l Tim Allen NUMBER THE SANTA CLAUSE (WIDESCREEN-SPECIAL EDITION) PG 29.99 17 HOME ENTERTAINMENT/BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 27574 WALT DISNEY 1 SPIDER-MAN Tobeyyt Marnguire p6-13 COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 06188 Kirsten Dunst EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS (WIDESCREEN) David Arquette THE SUM OF ALL FEARS Ben Affleck 11 PG -13 26.98 2 PG -13 WARNER HOME VIDEO 23309 PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 337223 Morgan Freeman MR. DEEDS Adam Sandler STAR WARS: EPISODE II-ATTACK OF THE CLONES (WIDESCREEN) Ewan McGregor 3 PG -13 PG 29.98 COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 6000877 Winona Ryder FOXVIDEO 2005539 Natalie Portman SECRETS -YA SISTERHOOD Sandra Bullock DIVINE OF THE YA p6 -13 WERE SOLDIERS Mel Gibson WARNER HOME VIDEO 22827 Ellen Burstyn WE R 29.99 25 PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 340024 Al Pacino R 4 INSOMNIA WARNER HOME VIDEO 22aä Robin Williams THE SCORPION KING (WIDESCREEN) The Rock 20 PG -13 26.98 Not Listed R UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO 21800 Kelly Hu BLING BLING YORK ENTERTAINMENTNENTURA DISTRIBUTION Iä

ENOUGH Jennifer Lopez S WINDTALKERS Nicolas Cage R 22 PG -13 27.95 COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 60008361 MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT 1004073 Adam Beach Freddie Prinze Jr. SCOOBY-DOD PG (DELUXE Jim Larrey WARNER HOME VIDEO 22436 HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS EDITION) PG 29.98 Sara Michelle Geller UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO 21424 Jennifer Lopez ENOUGH pG -13 COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 08361 THE X- FILES: SEASON SIX DVD COLLECTION NR 149.98 FOWmEO2005301 R 9 PANIC ROOM COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 07317

THE SCORPION KING (FULL FRAME) The Rock CHANGING LANES Ben Affleck R 21 PG -13 26.98 11 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO 22401 Kelly Hu PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 334367 Samuel L. Jackson MURDER BY NUMBERS Sandra Bullock THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING ( WIDESCREEN) 15 R 30 PG -13 29.95 WARNER HOME VIDEO 22764 Ben Chaplin NEW UNE HOME ENTERTAINMENT /WARNER HOME VIDEO 5542 Ian cKellen EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS David Arquette 12 PG -13 JAMES BOND DVD GIFT SET WARNER HOME VIDEO 22309 28 PG 124.95 MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT 1103903 13 The Rock THE SCORPION KING pG -13 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO89929 Kelly Hu LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (PAN & SCAN) Elijah Wood 33 THE PG 13 29.95 MONSTERS, INC. Billy Crystal NEW LINE HOME ENTERTAINMENT/WARNER HOME VIDEO5413 Ian McKellen $ WALT DISNEY HOME ENTERTAINMENT/ BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 23967 John Goodman G Jodie Foster LIFE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT PANIC ROOM R 27.96 16 p6-13 26 PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 06457 Fo8VIOEO 2005389 Edward Burns HIGH Ashley Judd 14 CRIMES P6-13 Wesley Snipes FOVVIDE02005144 Morgan Freeman R 29.95 82 29 BLADE 2 HOME VIDEO 5554 NEW LINE HOME ENTERTAINMENT/WARNER Frankie Muniz - 17 BIG FAT LIAR PG INIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO 60760 Amanda Bynes RAPUNZEL Barbie 31 NR 19.95 ARTISAN HOME ENTERTAINMENT 12950 THE ROOKIE Dennis Quaid G ,, 10 .';ALT DISNEY HOME ENTERTAINMENT /BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 61936

BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF Samuel Le Bihan WERE SOLDIERS Mel Gibson R 24 R 26.98 18 WE UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO 22115 Vincent Cassel PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 340024

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7 MELLY, DILEMMA SHANIA TWAIN, I M GONNA GETCHAGOODI EMINEM, LOSE YOURSELF SANTANA THE GAME OF LOVE Showbiz.. MISSY EWOTT, WORK IT 2 LEANN RIMES, UFE GOES ON MISSY EWOTL WORK IT NO DOUBT, UNDERNEATH IT AU. 504 BOYZ. TIGHT WHIPS 3 DIXIE CHICKS, LANDSLIDE 3 COPSE WHEN THE LAST TIME 3 SHANIA TWAIN, I'M GONNA GETCHA GOOOI H2O FILM FESTIVAL The hip -hop cul- the Nov. 16 panel "By Any Means ASHANTI, BABY 4 FAITH HILL CRY 4 JENNIFER LOPE. JENNY FROM THE BLOCK 4 MADONNA, DIE ANOTHER DAY JA RULE, THUG LOVIN' 5 RASCALFLATTS, THESE DAYS SEAN PAUL GIMME THE LIGHT 5 PINK. FAMILY PORTRAIT ture is big business, and the film Necessary" about how independent LL' ROMEO, TRUE LOVE 6 TOBY KEITH, WHO'S YOUR DADDY 6 FOO FIGHTERS, ALL MY LIFE 6 MATCHBOX TWENTY DISEASE industry is increasingly incorporating movies can get distribution outside COMMON, COME CLOSE TO ME TRAVIS TRITT, STRONG ENOUGH TO BE YOUR MAN PUDDLE OF MUDD, SHE HATES ME 7 JOHN MAYER, YOUR BODY IS A WONDERLAND a SNOOP DOGG,FROM THA CHUUUCH TO DA PALACE 6 MONTGOMERY GENTRY, MY TOWN TLC. GIRL TALK 0 JOHN RZEZNIK, I'M STILL HERE IJIM'S THEME) the way hip -hop works to reach audi- of movie theaters. Panelists includ- 9 BENZINO, ROCK THE PARTY STEVE AZAR, WAITIN ON JOE LL COOL J, LUV U BETTER 9 NIRVANA, YOU KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT ences-particularly young people ed executives from Digital Holly- ta EVE SATISFACTION 7C KEITH URBAN, SOMEBODY UKE YOU 10 SANTANA. THE GAME OF LOVE 1B DIXIE CHICKS, LANDSLIDE - u B21( WHY !LOVE YOU it REBECCA LYNN HOWARD, FORGIVE 11 KELLY ROWLAND, STOLE 11 MARIAN CAREY, THROUGH THE RAIN hungry for urban culture. This was wood, urbanentertainment.com, and I2 DRU HILL I SHOULD BE 12 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, LONESOME DAY 12 FAT JOE CRUSH TONIGHT 12 CREED, DON'T STOP DANCING one of the prevalent themes of the rapentertainment.com. 13' FAT JOE CRUSH TONIGHT 13 GEORGE STRAIT, SHE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH A SMILE 13 AUDIOSLAVE COCHISE 13 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, LONESOME DAY 14 JENNIFER LOPEZ JENNY FROM THE BLOCK 14 CLEDUS T JUDD, IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE A GUY 1L ERICK SERMON. REACT 14 JENNIFER LOPEZ JENNY FROM THE BLOCK first Hip -Hop Odyssey (H20) Film Panelist William Keys, Film Move-

I iá ERICK SERMON FEAT. RE REACT 19 TERRI CLARK, JUST WANNA BE MAD 15 KORN, ALONE I BREAK 15 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, LIKE I LOVE YOU Festival, held Nov. 13 -17 at the Bronx ment director of acquisitions, says, 16 JAHEIM, FABULOUS It TRACE ADKINS, CHROME 16 MADONNA. DIE ANOTHER DAY Hi FAITH HILL CRY

17 LL COOL J. LUV U BETTER 12 DARRYL WORLEY, FAMILY TREE 17 MARAH CAREY, THROUGH THE RAIN 17 RED HOT CHIU PEPPERS, ZEPHYR SONG (N.Y.) Museum of the Arts. "In terms of hip -hop, the corporate 18 JAY-2, S BONNIE & CLYDE 16 TAMMY COCHRAN, LIFE HAPPENED 16 SUM 41, STILL WAITING /6 SHERYL CROW, SOAK UP THE SUN side of the [entertainment] business 19. TONI BRAXTON, HIT THE FREEWAY 19 JENNIFER HANSON, BEAUTIFUL GOODBYE 1! JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, UKE I LOVE YOU 19 NORAH JONES, DON'T KNOWWHY

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by Silvio Pietroluongo, Mina! Patel, Wade Jesse Counter.. Minded.. HAND OFF: One rap album passes The Billboard best -selling rap act in Nielsen SoundScan's FLATTS' FIRST: It's been more than four years least reach that rank within four weeks of 200's crown to another, as Jay -Z bows at No. 1 11 -year history. The only rapper to have sold since a duo or group has hit No. 1 for the first charting. "Hot" was No. 11 in its fourth week, with 545,000 units, ending the two -week run more is Eminem, whose three solo albums time on Hot Country Singles Si Tracks, but while "Dilemma" made it to No. 8 in its third by the soundtrack to Eminem's 8 Mile. The have tallied 20.1 million units to date. Jay -Z Rascal Flatts ends that drought as "These week and jumped to No. 3 in week No. 4. Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse becomes the now leads Beastie Boys by a minuscule 0.2% Days" gains With its quick ascent on both R &B/Hip- fifth album of Jay -Z's career to bow at No. 1, margin, but two of the Boys' nine albums 361 detections Hop Singles Sr Tracks and the Hot 100, "Air" more than has been scored by any other rapper. arrived before SoundScan set up shop. and replaces could possibly be the next challenger to each In second place in that race is DMX, who has Another notable rapper, Missy Elliott, Keith Urban's of the current No. 1 songs. It's still a few seen each of slams the biggest week of her career, as "Somebody weeks away, however, as both "Work It" by his first four Under Construction opens with 259,000 - Like You" (1- Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott and Eminem's albums debut good for No. 3 on The Billboard 200 and No. 2) after a six- "Lose Yourself" continue to gain listener at No. 1 -the 2 on Top R&B/Hip -Hop Albums. The opener week reign on impressions and are approaching record - only act of any eclipses that of her third album, Miss E . . . top. The last setting audience numbers atop the R &B/Hip- genre to do so So Addictive, which entered the big chart at time a group Hop and Hot 100 lists, respectively. in the history No. 2 last year on a 251,000 -unit week. earned its ini- A double -sided 12 -inch vinyl of "Dilemma" of The Bill- Although Elliott retains her "Misdemeanor" tial appear- and "Air Force Ones" debuts on Hot 100 Sin- board 200. nickname on "Work It" -which tops Hot ance atop this gles Sales at No. 17 and moves 45 -6 on R &B/ Eminem has R &B /Hip -Hop Singles & Tracks -she has chart came in August 1998, when Dixie Hip -Hop Singles Sales. Since both titles are also been fea- dropped that handle from her album credit, Chicks spent two weeks at No. 1 with on the Hot 100 and R &B/Hip -Hop chart, sales tured on four thus her shorter listing on our album charts. "There's Your Trouble." points from the single are linked with the albums that started at No. 1, counting 8 Mile Rascal Flatts' feat sweetens the party for track with the most cumulative airplay, and the set released last year by D12. NOT LIKE THE OTHERS: Although the sales of Lyric Street staffers, who also celebrate the which in this case is "Dilemma." Blueprint 2- Jay -Z's sixth No. 1 on Top special editions are typically linked to the company's second No. 1 on this chart since R &B /Hip -Hop Albums -does not beat his albums from which they emerge, that is not the the label opened its doors on Music Row in PHIL R UP: Phil Collins earns his eighth solo largest sales week. That distinction belongs case this week for those from U2 (Nos. 27 and summer 1997. Aaron Tippin's "Kiss This" No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart (and to The Dynasty Roc La Familia, which began 34 on The Billboard 200) and Shakira (Nos. 112 became Lyric Street's first No. 1 in October 11th overall, including his output with Gene- with 558,000 units in 2000. The new album's and 149). In each case, the special packages 2000, reigning for two weeks. sis), as "Can't Stop Loving You" jumps 3 -1. opener is 28% larger than that of his previous were not merged because their titles were Although "These Days" is the trio's first No. "You" gains 130 detections, upping its weekly solo album, but The Blueprint faced a signif- unique from 1 radio hit, those Rascals came close twice total to 1,842 spins. That is the most detections icant handicap, being one of the albums that those of the before. Their debut single, "Prayin' for Day- that a Collins hit the market on Sept. 11, 2001. In the pre- standard re- light," stopped at No. 3 in July 2000; "I'm tune has gen- vious year, the Brooklyn -bred rapper pulled lease. U2's lim- Movin' On" peaked at No. 4 this past April. erated in a 15.2% of The Dynasty's first -week sales from ited -run The Elsewhere, a bit of British aristocracy one -week span the New York metro area, while that market Best of 1990- touches Hot Country Singles Si Tracks, as Tim since the chart only accounted for 12.9% of the first Blue- 2000 & B- McGraw's cover of Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" switched to print's opener -a dip that seemed reasonable, Sides, which opens at No. 59. Elton's classic 1971 composi- Nielsen Broad- given the events of that fateful week. hit the chart tion enters country territory with unsolicited cast Data Sys- On closer inspection, it turns out that as last week at album play from McGraw's Tim McGraw & the tems in 1993. Jay -Z's fame spreads nationally, his home No. 3, also Dancehall Doctors set, due Nov. 26. This includes market has accounted for a smaller percent- stands alone any weekly to- age of first -week sales with each succeeding because it carries 14 extra tracks. A list of cri- FLYING HIGH: Referring to the brand of Nike tal accumulat- album since his first in 1996, when Gotham teria explaining when special issues will or will sneakers (not the presidential airplane), "Air ed by his last accounted for 29.9% of the 43,500 copies that not be linked with the original album can be Force Ones" by Nelly Featuring Kyjuan, Ali & No. 1, the 19 -week chart -topper from 1999, placed Reasonable Doubt at No. 23 on the big requested from either Nielsen SoundScan's Murphy Lee slam -dunks its way into the top "You'll Be in My Heart." An increase in the AC chart. The New York metro area accounted Cynthia Jackson (cynthia @soundscan.com) or 10 of the Hot R&B/Hip -Hop Singles & Tracks panel size from around 70 in 1999 to this week's for 24.5% of In My Lifetime's first -week sales me (gmayfield @billboard.com). chart, jumping 11 -8 with a 15% audience 86 helps explain some of the spin differential. in 1997, 22.1% for those of Hard Knock Life increase. With his third consecutive top 10 in 1998, and 17% of the 1999 opener for Life FIVE INTO 10: For the fifth time this year, five from Nellyville, following "Hot in Herre" and COUNTRY ROCK: With more than 2,500 copies and Times of S. Carter. new albums enter inside the top 10, with Pearl "Dilemma" (which featured Kelly Rowland), sold, the young Universal South label collects Between Blueprint sets, Jay -Z made two Jam (No. 5, 166,000), TLC (No. 6, 143,000), Nelly is the third artist to three -peat this year its second No. 1 on Top Country Singles Sales more visits to the charts: MW Unplugged, and 3 Doors Down (No. 8,115,000) joining the with singles from the same album. The other with `Picture," Kid Rock's duet with Allison which arrived just before Christmas last year aforementioned Jay -Z and Missy Elliott. two are Ashanti and Ludacris. From her epony- Moorer. Currently in its first year of opera- and sold 144,000 in its first week, and The As dreary a year as 2002 has been for album mous release, Ashanti took "Foolish," "Happy," tion, Universal South spent five weeks atop Best of Both Worlds, his collaboration with sales, the week's new arrivals represent a rare and "Baby" to the chart's top 10. From his Word that chart this summer with "The Impossi- R. Kelly, which started with 244,000 earlier upbeat stat, as there have been only two other ofMouf release, Ludacris' "Roll Out (My Busi- ble" by Joe Nichols. this year. The former peaked at No. 31 on the years in The Billboard 200's history-1998 ness)," "Saturday (Oooh! O000h!)," and "Move "Picture" also debuts at No. 5 on Hot 100 big chart, the latter at No. 2. and last year -when there were as many as B * * *h" all spent time in the top 10 in 2002, Singles Sales and No. 91 on The Billboard Hot five weeks in which five or more new titles while a fourth track, "Area Codes," also from 100. For its Hot 100 ranking, points from sales STEPS AHEAD: The handsome opener for his reached the top 10. With still more big guns that album, hit that part of the chart in 2001. of the single have been combined with both new album yields Jay -Z a career total of 15.8 waiting in the holiday selling season's wings, On The Billboard Hot 100, "Air Force Ones" radio versions of the track: Rock's duet with million units, which pushes him a rung the top 10 could see more bountiful weeks rises 23 -12, making it Nelly's third straight Moorer and his earlier pairing with Sheryl ahead of Beastie Boys to become the second- before this year concludes. track following "Hot" and "Dilemma" to at Crow (Singles Minded, Billboard, Nov. 16).

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NEW 1 CRAZY TOWN Darkhorse 120 169 155 23 NEW FOUND GLORY Sticks and Stones 4 COLUMBIA 85647 /CRG 16.98 Eß/12.981 DRIVE -THRU 112916 /MCA 11998 CDI

(Just Listen) 1 126 104 -34 CELINE DION 2 A New Day Has Come 1 172 141 116 28 MUSIQ Juslisen ® DEF SOUL 586772' /IDJMG 02.98/18981 EPIC 86400(1298 E0/18.90) Forgive 29 122 111 100 12 EVE Eve -olution 6 173 152 133 "10 REBECCA LYNN HOWARD 1702881 1 198/18.98) RUFF HABEAS 493381' /INTERSCOPE (1298/1898) MCA NASHVILLE 123 90 61 8 BECK Sea Change 8 174 146 153 14 NICKEL CREEK This Side 18 DGC/GEFFEN 493393/INTERSCOPE (18.90 CD) SUGAR HILL 3941 (18.98 CO)

2 124 120 123 29 GEORGE STRAIT The Road Less Traveled 9 179 161 35 VARIOUS ARTISTS Now 9 1 MCA NASHVILLE 17022011198/18.981 e UNIVERSAL/ EMI /ZOMBA/SONV 584408/UMRG 112.98/19.981 125 91 50 5 TRACY CHAPMAN Let It Rain 25 200 196 3 VARIOUS ARTISTS A Windham Hill Christmas 176 ELEKTRA 62803/EEG 118.98 CDI W INDHAM HILL 11651 /RCA VICTOR (18.98 CDI 126 86 46 S DAVE HOLLISTER Things In The Game Done Changed 10 177 139 101 7 ISYSS The Way We Do 55 MOTOWN 010747 /UMRG 112.98/18.981 ARISTA 14731 (1298/19981 127 51 - -2 MS. JADE Girl Interrupted 51 78 145 - 39 BRAD PAISLEY Part II 31 BEAT CLUB 493442' /INTERSCOPE (18.98 CD) ARISTA NASHVILLE 67880/RLG 111.98/17.981

1 Loose Screw 179 128 107 79 r <9 KENNY G Paradise 9 NEW PRETENDERS (1 7.98 COI ARISTA 14738 12.98/18.981 ARTEMIS 751153

129 103 78 7 Floetic 19 -, 80 172 134 17 TRUSTCOMPANY The Lonely Position Of Neutral 11 DREAMWORKS 450313/INTERSCOPE(1798 CD) GEFFEN 493312/INTERSCOPE 11298 CD) 130 79 38 3 TOO SHORT What's My Favorite Word? 38 181 158 121 4 DAVID BOWIE Best Of Bowie 70 SHORT /JIVE 41816/ZOMBA 111.98/17.981 EMI 4I929NIRGIN 118.98 COI

138 125 21 PLAY Play (EP) 74 82 150 118.29 BIG TYMERS Hood Rich 1 ® MUSIC WORLD /COLUMBIA 86607/CRG (838 EQ CD) MONEY /UNIVERSAL 860997NMRG CD) [MI CASH 118.98 132 99 70 6: JURASSIC 5 Power In Numbers 15 - 83 140 2 MARK WILLS Greatest Hits 140 INTERSCOPE 493437' (18.98 CD) MERCURY (NASHVILLE) (70313111 .98/18.98) ii84 115 8 The Lost Tapes 10 (ED 149 124 53 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS 3 Escape 2 153 NAS INTERSCOPE 493148 112.98/18.98) ILL WILL/COLOMBIA 85275' /CRG 112.98 Eß/18 98) 134 121 141 37 THE WHITE STRIPES White Blood Cells 61 185 167 109 ,4 ANNE MURRAY Country Croonin' 109 THIRD MAN 27124'N2/18.98 COI (M( STRAIGHTWAY 39779 /19.98/19.981 135 61 2 TRICK PONY On A Mission 61 186 115 2 BJORK Greatest Hits 115 WARNER BROS. (NASHVILLE) 48736/WRN (1298/18981 ELEKTRA 62787 /EEG 11198 COI 136 109 77 8 SOUNDTRACK Sweet Home Alabama 46 787 163 128 56 INCUBUS 2 Morning View 2 HOLLYWOOD 162364118.98 CO1 IMMORTAL85227' /EPIC 11298 E0/18.981

137 108 - = s'2 PAUL SIMON The Paul Simon Collection: On My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Goin' 108 188 165 138 20 CHICAGO The Very Best Of Chicago: Only The Beginning 38 WARNER BROS. 73774/WARNER STRATEGIC MARKETING 118.98 CO) RHINO 76170 (24.98 COI 138 128 119 [3 KORN Untouchables 2 189 161 129 13 DIAMOND RIO Completely 23 IMMORTAL61488' /EPIC 11298 EQ/18.98) ARISTA NASHVILLE 67046/RIG (11.98/17.98/ 139 122 96 ' 6 HEATHER HEADLEY This Is Who I Am 38 7;tí7 195 200 79 SOUNDTRACK Shrek 28 RCA 6937619.98/1398) DREAMWORKS 450305/INTERSCOPE 112.98/18.981

140 124 105 16 AMERIE All I Have 9 194 164 49 - MERCYME Almost There 67 RISE/COLUMBIA 85959/CRG Ell CDI © 11298 INO/WORD 86133/WARNER BROS.116.98 COI (M] 141 101 57 4 FIELD MOB From Tha Roota To Tha Toota 33 192 174 135 12 OAKENFOLD Bunkka 65 MCA 113051' 118.98 CDI MAVERICK 18201NJARNEfl BROS. 110.98 CDI CM 144 114 62 MICHAEL W. SMITH A Worship 20 193 171 151 8 TRAVIS TRITT Strong Enough 27 Eß/18.991 REUNION 10025/ZOMBA 111.98 /17981 COLUMBIA INASHVILLE196660/SONVINASHVILLE1112.99 143 106 56 3LW A Girl Can Mack 15 194 177 159 13 SEETHER Disclaimer 92 NINE LIVES 86200'/EPIC (18.98 EQ CD) WINDUP 130681998 CDI

144 118 84 1:18 THE VINES Highly Evolved 11 195 178 162 59 JIMMY EAT WORLD Jimmy Eat World 31 ENGINEROOM 37527* /CAPITOL (17.98 CD) DREAMWORKS 450334' /INTERSCOPE 117.98 COI

142 127 404 TIM MCGRAW 3 Greatest Hits 4 196 170 145 51 LUDACRIS 3 Word Of Mouf 3 CURB 7797811298/18.98) DISTURBING THA PEACE/OEF JAM SOUTH 586446`IIDJMG 11298/1998) 2 9 146 123 97 18 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND Busted Stuff 1 197 175 - 61 TOBY KEITH 2 Pull My Chain RCA 68117 (1198/18.981 OREAMWORKS I NASHVILLE 1450297/INTERSCOPE (12.98/18.981 147 113 75 9 VARIOUS ARTISTS Ludacris Presents Disturbing Tha Peace: Golden Grain 6 198 159 120 `9 NATALIE COLE Ask A Woman Who Knows 32 DISTURBING THA PEACE/DEF JAM SOUTH 063205' /IDJMG 11298/18.98) VERVE 589774NG 11298/18.981

148 134 110 - 9`;-;, VARIOUS ARTISTS Disneymania: Superstar Artists Sing Disney ...Their Way! 61 NEyp 1 JOHN TESH Christmas Worship 199 WALT DISNEY 860785 118.98 COI GARDEN CITY/WORD 34595/WARNER BROS. 117.98 00) Blue Wild Angel: Live At The Isle Of Wright 200 149 112 85 SHAKIRA 3 Laundry Service 3 C) NEW 1 gR.vg, EPIC 63900 (1298 E0/18.981 EXPERIENCE HENDRIX 113006' /MCA 12198 COI 150 133 - WILLIE NELSON & FRIENDS Stars & Guitars 133 LOST HIGHWAY 170340/UME (18.98 CO)

Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIAA certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi -platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and /or tapes. RIAA Latin awards: o Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro). A Certification of 200,000 units ( Platino). ,'Certification of 400,000 units (Multi -Platino). *Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EQ, and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. Greatest Gainer shows charts largest unit increase. Pacesetter indicates biggest percentage growth. Heatseeker Impact shows albums removed from Heatseekers this week. [M] indicates past or present Heatseeker title. © 2002, VNU Business Media, Inc., and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

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1 7 Weeks AtNumberl NUMBER ;` NUMBER 1 /GREATEST GAINER "L 1 Week At Number 1 2 DELBERT o MCCLINTON Room To Breathe Sp2 4 VARIOUS ARTISTS IMI CMG/PROVIDENT 86078/WORD WOW Christmas NEW WEST6042 1 1 MICHAEL W. SMITH REUNION 10074 /PROVIDENT Worship Again 2 1 STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble '- LEGACY 86423/EPIC 3 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS EMI CMG /PROVIDENT/WORD /SPARROW 9776 /CHORDANT WOW Hits 2003 3 4 SHEMEKIA COPELAND Talking To Strangers 4 3 VARIOUS ARTISTS INTEGRITY 82336AR0R0 iWorship: A Total Worship Experience ALLIGATOR 4887 5 6 MICHAEL W. SMITH REUNION I0025/PROVIDENT Worship 8 TAB BENOIT & JIMMY THACKERY Whiskey Store 0 6 8 5 MERCYME INO/M2.0 COMMUNICATIONS 86218/WORD Spoken For TELARC BLUES 83559/TELARC 7 6 8 LIFEHOUSE OREAMWORKS 450377/ CHORDANT Stanley Climbfall 5 3 ROY ROGERS Slideways EVIDENCE26121 4L HOT SHOT DEBUT 16 7 ETTA JAMES Love Songs o .. JOHN P. KEE & NEW LIFE VERITY 43200/PROVIDENT [N] Blessed By Association CHESS 112496/MCA Q 10 14 ; JUMPS SPARROW 1992/CHORDANT All The lime In The World 7 6 TYRONE DAVIS Love Line 10 7 7 ATLANTIC83496'NVORD MALACO 7514 P.O.D. Al Satellite ó 9 DELBERT MCCLINTON Nothing Personal IQ11 11 MERCYME INO%133NVOR0 EH] Almost There NEW WEST 6024 20 - JOHN TESH GARDEN CITY34595NVORD Christmas Worship 9 - JEFF PITCHELL Heavy Hitter 13 9 10 KIRK FRANKLIN GGSPO CENTRIC 70037/PROVIDENT The Rebirth Of Kirk Franklin PYRAMID 90211 /ORPHEUS 14 12 12 MARY MARY COLUMBIA/INTEGRITY82273/WORD Incredible 5 JOE BONAMASSA So k's Like That 15 15 15 VARIOUS A7 INTEGRITY 61001/TIME LIFE - MEDAUST 60101 ARTISTS So gs 4 Worship - Shout To The Lord is 12 ETTA JAMES & THE ROOTS BAND Bumin' Down The House D 22 28 JUMPS SPARROW 0440/ CHORDANT All The Joy In The World PRIVATE MUSIC 11633/RCA VICTOR 17 14 13 FRED HAMMOND VERITY43197 /PROVIDENT Speak Those Things: POL Chapter 3 WILLIE CLAYTON Last Man Standing AD 21 26 SELAH CURB78720/WORD [N] Rose Of Bethlehem N'ZONE 2056 19 17 16 NICHOLE NORDEMAN SPARROW 1934 / CHORDANT [N] Woven & Spun 10 JOHN MAYALL AND THE BLUESBREAKERS Stories EAGLE 59669/RED INK 20 18 17 AMY GRANT WORD- CURB/WARNER BROS.86211/WORD Legacy...Hymns & Faith 13 JOHN LEE HOOKER & MUDDY WATERS Winning Combinations 21 13 21 RANDY TRAVIS WORD-CURB/WARNER BROS. 86236/WORD Rise And Shine UNIVERSAL SPECIAL PRODUCTS 112646/UMRG 16 9 SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER SOUINT-CURB /REPRISE86010/WORD Divine Discontent 15 DEBORAH COLEMAN Soul Be It 19 23 ESSENTIAL 10668/PROVIDENT BLIND PIG 5079 THIRD DAY Come Together ,! 29 - NICOLE C. MULLEN WORD -CURB 86213/WORD [N] Christmas In Black And White 25 22 POINT OF GRACE WORD- CURBNVARNER BROS. 86240NVORD Girls Of Grace 26 38 PLUS ONE ATLANTIC83570/WORD Christmas NOVEMBER 30 VARIOUS ARTISTS ESSENTIAL I0693/PROVIDENT City On A Hill: Its Christmas lime 2002 TOP REGGAE ALBUMS TM Billboard 28 33 ZOEGIRL SPARROW0546 /CHORDANT [N] Mix Of Life Sales data compiled by 31 34 NEWSBOYS SPARROW 1846/ CHDRDANT Thrive IN Nielsen 23 24 YOLANDA ADAMS ELEKTRA62690/WORD Believe FOREFRONT2587 /CHORDANT l . SoundScan 32 30 REBECCA ST. JAMES Worship God ARTIST IMPRINT& NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Title 33 31 JOY WILLIAMS REUNION 10059/PROVIDENT [N] by surprise

24 25 HEZEKIAH WALKER & THE LOVE FELLOWSHIP CRUSADE CHOIR VERITY 43176/PROVIDENT [N) Family Affair II: Live At Radio City Music Hall g, NUMBER 1 `': 1 Week At Number l 8 SEAN PAUL 34 30 37 NEWSBOYS SPARROW 0547 / CHORDANT Newsboys Remixed _.... 2 HARDNP/ATLANTIC 83620 /AG 35 27 27 TRIN -I -TEE 5:7 B- RITE /GOSPOCENTRIC 70038/PROVIDENT The Kiss

1 36 SHAGGY Lucky Day 35 - STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN SPARROW 1770/CHORDANT Declaration - BIG YARD 113070' /MCA 37 38 18 BILL & GLORIA GAITHER AND THEIR HOMECOMING FRIENDS SPRING HOUSE2413/CHORDANT Let Freedom Ring: Live From Carnegie Hall 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS Reggae Gold 2002 40 29 VARIOUS ARTISTS HILLSONG AUSTRALIA 82318/INTEGRITY VP 1679' Blessed 3 BEENIE MAN Tropical Storm RELIENT K GOTEE 2842/CHORDANT [N] The Anatomy Of The Tongue In Cheek SHOCKING VIBESNP 1313%/VIRGIN SUPERCHICK INP0P1257 /CHORDANT[N] Last One Picked 5 UB40 The Very Best Of UB40 n- VIRGIN50525 4 KYA -PI Me U Want CARIBBEAN GOLD 0821 NOVZ B. 6 VARIOUS ARTISTS Reggae Pulse: The Heartbeat Of Jamaica zR3° SANCTUARY 80293 .. TOP GOSPEL ALBUMSTM 9 BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS Legend (Deluxe Edition) ,i. Sales data compiled by TUFF GONG /ISLAND 586714/I0JMG W k o Ati Nielsen 3 12 WARRIOR KING Virtuous Woman VP 1648' V4 SoundScan VARIOUS ARTISTS Ragga Dancehall Anthems 2002 5 ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Title GREENSLEEVES 400%

r NUMBER 1 /GREATEST GAINER -Of 1 Week At Number 1 `] + 7 SHAGGY Mr. Lover Lover (The Best Ot Shaggy...Part 1) VIRGIN 11823 O 26 - JOHN R. KEE & NEW LIFE VERITY 43200/ZOMBA(NJ Blessed By Association 10 VARIOUS ARTISTS Diwali: Greensleeves Rhythm Album #27 I 1 1 KIRK FRANKLIN GUSPO CENTRIC70037/ZOMBA The Rebirth Of Kirk Franklin GREENSLEEVES 727 a 2 2 MARY MARY COLUMBIA82273/CRG Incredible 11 DAMIAN "JR. GONG" MARLEY Halfway Tree MOTOWN 014742/UMRG 3 3 FRED HAMMOND VERITY43197 /ZOMBA Speak Those Things: POL Chapter 3

13 SIZZLA Ghetto Revolution 4 4 YOLANDA ADAMS ELEKTRA6269a/EEG Believe I : GREENSLEEVES 11269 b 5 5 HEZEKIAH WALKER & THE LOVE FELLOWSHIP CRUSADE CHOIR VERITY43176/ZOMBA (N] Family Affair II: Live At Radio City Music Hall 14 ; VARIOUS ARTISTS Jamdown Records -5th Anniversary 7 6 6 TRIN -I -TEE 5:7 B- RITE/GOSPO CENTRIC 7003820MBA The Kiss 1 JAMDOWN 50067 $ 7 7 KAREN CLARK-SHEARD ELEKTRA62767/EEG 2nd Chance 9 8 10 SHEKINAH GLORY MINISTRY KINGDOM001 [N] Praise Is What I Do Iii 11 8 THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA REAL WORLD 12793NIRGIN rut Higher Ground R 3D ZMS 41 9 9 SMOKIE NORFUL EMI GOSPEL20374 [N] I Need You Now Billboard TOP WORLD ALBUMS T 12 10 15 : JUANITA BYNUM SHEKINAH INTERNATIONAL I 662 Behind The Veil: Morning Glory 2

- W Sales data compiled by a - 13 11 DOTTIE PEOPLES ATLANTA INT L 10279 Churchin' With Dottie 41. Nielsen 3 27 25 JEFF MAJORS NOS 87022 MUSIC ONE Sacred 4 You ÿ Soundscan 15 12 17 VARIOUS ARTISTS EMI CHRISTIANNVORDNERITY43188/ZOMBA WOW Gospel 2002 ARTIST IMPRINT G NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL Title g 16 16 18 DONALD LAWRENCE & THE TRI -CITY SINGERS CRYSTAL ROSE 20360/EMI GOSPEL [N] Go Get Your Life Back

8 Weeks At Number l 17 PACE INTEGRITY/VVORD 86644 /EPIC Shake The Foundation o- t NUMBER 1 -g 14 12 JOE 1 THE CHIEFTAINS Down The Old Plank Road/The Nashville Sessions ilin 21 21 GOSPEL GANGSTAZ NATIVE am Exodus -' RCA VICTOR 63971 19 18 20 NORMAN HUTCHINS Jon263 [N] Nobody But You 4 SOUNDTRACK Frida 23 13 ISRAEL AND NEW BREED INTEGRITY GOSPEL86755/EPIC Real DECCA 474150 /UNIVERSAL CLASSICS lgil 21 20 19 KIRK WHALUM SQUINT- CURB/WORD 86233/WARNER BROS. The Gospel According to - Chapter ll 3 BAHA MEN Greatest Movie Hits Jan S -CURVE 42945/CAPITOL 22 15 14 MAURETTE BROWN CLARK AIR GOSPEL 10277/ATLANTA INT L By His Grace

2 SINEAD O'CONNOR Sean -Nos Nua 23 17 16 LUTHER BARNES ATLANTA INT'L 10278 Come Fly With Me HUMMINGBIRD 79724NANGUARD 24 24 26 MICHELLE WILLIAMS MUSIC WORLD/COLUMBIA86432/CRG Heart To Yours 5 5 ISRAEL KAMAKAWIWO'OLE Alone In Iz World BIG BOY 5907 /MOUNTAIN APPLE COMPANY 23 22 23 DORINDA CLARK -COLE GOSPO CENTRIC 70033/ZOMBA [N] Dorinda Clark -Cole 6 VARIOUS ARTISTS Red Hot + Riot- Music & Spirit 26 19 22 DOUG & MELVIN WILLIAMS BLACKBERRV1631 /MALACO Duets MCA 113075' 27 28 27 MARVIN SAPP VERITY43192/ZOMBA [N] I Believe 7 CESARIA EVORA The Very Best Of Cesaria Evora 33 33 CECE WINANS WELLSPRING GOSPEL 51026 /SPARROW CeCe Winans BLUEBIRD 63984/RCA VICTOR/BMG HERITAGE DEITRICK TYSCOTNERITY43195/ZOMBA Lost And Found 9 SOUNDTRACK Monsoon Wedding 29 25 24 HADDON MILAN 35981 in 34 35 THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA REAL WORLD 50918NIRGIN [N] Spirit Of The Century 13 YOUSSOU N'DOUR Nothing's In Vain 31 32 29 DR. CHARLES G. HAYES & THE COSMOPOLITAN WARRIORS MEEK 4020 Rise & Sing Forever ATLANTIC 7 %54 I, EASTERN MICHIGAN GOSPEL CHOIR DOROHN 73722 Get To The Concept 3 11 PILAR MONTENEGRO A Desahogo AMEN 1504 In UNIVISION 310026/UG [N] 33 28 THE SHEPHERDS Trilogy: Live Augusta, GA 1 10 SOUNDTRACK Amelie 34 a 30 THE CANTON SPIRITUALS VERITY43169/ZOMBA [N] Walking By Faith I/ VIRGIN 10790 itn 32 THE EMMANUELS DOROHN79981 Meet The Emmanuels 8 Move It Like This 2 BAHA MEN 36 31 PASTOR KEITH SMITH MEEK 4019 Old Time Churchin': Let's Have Church S- CURVE 37980/CAPITOL 37 34 BISHOP T.D. JAKES DEXTERITY SOUNDS 20334/EMI GOSPEL Woman Thou Art Loosed: Worship 2002-Run To The Water... The River Within 3 JOHN MCDERMOTT /ANTHONY KEARNS /RONAN TYNAN The Very Best Of The Irish Tenors ' MUSIC MATTERS 9021 36 40 39 THE WINANS WARNER BROS 78280 /RHINO The Very Best Of

ORCHESTRA BAOBAB Specialist In All Styles + ' HOT SHOT DEBUT +- RID CIRCUIT/NONESUCH 79E485/AG 34 GEORGIA MASS CHOIR SAVOY7129 /MALACO I Owe You The Praise SALIF KEITA Moffou ELEKTRA62629 /EEG The Experience - I:CA 016906 4C YOLANDA ADAMS

1 RIAA for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America IRIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of million units (Platinum). certification tapes. RIAA Latin awards: c Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro)_ A Certification of 200,000 units (Platinol. A' Certification of 400.000 symbol indicates album's multi -platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and /or albums removed from Heatseekers this week. ]N] indicates past or present Heatseeker title. © 2002, VNU Business Media, Inc., and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved. units (Multi- Platino). 'Asterisk indicates LP is available. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit increase. Heatseeker Impact shows

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9 WeeksAtNumberl 1 Week At Number .1Z-t'' 7 HOT SHOT DEBUT Week At Number 1 NUMBER ''<- NUMBER i I =g= l':12t. NUMBER I I HOT SHOT DEBUT =.t_:1 ìe 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS A° That's What I Call Christmas! Now JOHN R KEE & NEW LIFE Blessed By Association JIM JOHNSTON Wald Wrestling Entertainment Presents: WWE Anthology (Soundtrack) o EMI/ZOMBA/SONY /UNIVERSAL 58562011Mß9 CD) 119.98 VERITY 43200/ZOMBA 11188/17.981 SMACK DOWN! 8832/KOCH 12498C

2 2 ALAN JACKSON Let It Be Christmas 2 1 THE USED The Used 2 2 1 LIL JON & THE EAST SIDE BOYZ Kings Of Crunk ARISTA NASHVILLE 67062/RLG 111.98/17.981 e REPRISE 48287/WARNER BROS. 111.98 CD) BME 2370/TVT 113.98/17.981 -S- =$_ Shangri -La "TEST GAINER :$' GREATEST GAIN R .$- 3 1 - INSANE CLOWN POSSE The Wraith: PSYCHOPATHIC/03 9912/RIVIERA 11998 CDI 5 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER A2 Christmas Extraordinaire 1i Santa Clause Lane AMERICAN 1225(I7 98 CDI - o GRAMAPHONE BUENA VISTA 860066/WALT DISNEY 11298 CO) -$, $ I GREATEST GAF(ER 3 KENNY G Wishes 4 8 8 JOE NICHOLS Man With A Memory 5 2 LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE La Reina Del Sur ARISTA 14753112.98/18 981 Q o UNIVERSAL 170285 /1798) FONOVISA 50666 (1498 CDI SOUTH 11198 5 4 VARIOUS ARTISTS WOW Christmas 5 1 BADLY cDRAWN BOY Have You Fed The Fish? 5 WORD /EMI CMG /PROVIDENT 86078/WARNER BROS. 121.98 CDI - S 4 LOUIE DEVITO N.Y.C. Underground Party ARTISTDIRE 01066. 117.M CD) - DEE VEE 0004/MUSICRAMA 11998 CD) HOT SHOT DEBUT 13 13 SELAH Rose Of Bethlehem 6 3 BOSTON Corporate America CURB 78720 111.98 CDI - o ARTEMIS 751142 117.98 CDI CO - BARRY MANILOW A Christmas Gift Of Love CONCORD /COLUMBIA 86976 /CRG 112.98 EO/18981 7 7 2 THE DONNAS Spend The Night 6 4 NICKEL CREEK This Side ATLANTIC 83567./AG BCDI 7 ^'s SUGAR HILL 3941 (18.98 CD) 7 VARIOUS ARTISTS The Time -Life Treasury Of Christmas: Holiday Memories o TIME LIFE 18857 (1918 CD) 8 5 4 SUGARCULT Start Static PRETENDERS Loose Screw ULTIMATUM 076673/ARTEMIS 113.98 CO) _ ARTEMIS 751153 11798 CD) 8 6 KIDZ BOP KIDS Kidz Bop Christmas RAZOR & TIE 8905619.98/13.98) 9 6 5 OK GO OK Go 15 22 VARIOUS ARTISTS Children Sing For Children: 25 Christmas Songs CAPITOL 33724 (998 CDI UNITED AUDIO 10991/UNITED MULTIMEDIA 1498 CD) 8 VARIOUS ARTISTS Happy Holidays 0 UNITED AUDIO 10801 (198 COI 10 6 NICHOLE NORDEMAN Woven & Spun 10 10 9 6 EVA CASSIDY Imagine SPARROW 51934 116.98 CDI 9 CELINE DION A° These Are Special Times BLIX STREET 10075 116.95 CDI o 550 MUSIC 69523 /EPIC 111.98 EO/17.98) 4 3 JUANES A Un Dia Normal 11 11 7 3 DA HEADBUSSAZ Dat's How It Happen To'm SURCO 017532/UNIVERSAL LATINO 11698 CO) MINDS LEVEL 11 10 BROOKS & DUNN It Won't Be Christmas Without You FE/HYPNOTIZE 3602/STREET 110.9817981 ARISTA NASHVILLE 67053/RL9111.98 /1798) 12 14 7 SIMPLE PLAN No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls 12 10 8 SUGARCULT Start Static LAVA 83534/AG 14 BARBRA STREISAND Christmas Memories (7.9811.981 ULTIMATUM 076673/ARTEMIS 11398 COI [MI ® COLUMBIA 85920/CRG 11298 E0/18 .98) 27 - NICOLE C. MULLEN Christmas In Black And White 13 8 39 DOLLY PARTON Halos & Horns e WORD -CURB 86213/WARNER BROS. 11790 CO) BLUE EYE 3946 /SUGAR HILL 110.98 /18.981 13 11 VARIOUS ARTISTS A Windham Hill Christmas W INDHAM HILL 11651 /RCA VICTOR 118.98 CDI 14 12 11 BWB Groovin' 14 13 18 DEFAULT The Fallout WARNER BROS. 48011 CDI 18 MARTINA MCBRIDE White Christmas (1898 TVT 2310 11198 COI [NI RCA (NASHVILLE) 67654 /RLG 11098/1698) o 16 41 - 50 CENT Guess Who's Back? 15 17 12 DELBERT MCCLINTON Room To Breathe FULL CLIP 11998 CO) 15 12 ELVIS PRESLEY White Christmas ® NEW WEST 6042 11798 COI RCA 67959111.98/17.981 OPETH Deliverance S6 11 7 KHIA FEATURING DSD Thug Misses 0 KOCH 8437 (17.98 CDI DIRTY DOWN 751132/ARTEMIS 11738 COIN] 17 VARIOUS ARTISTS The Time -Life Treasury Of Christmas o TIME LIFE 18800119.98 CDI i0. Life 25 24 ZOEGIRL Mix Of 17 14 9 TRANSPLANTS Transplants ® 16 BING CROSBY White Christmas SPARROW 40546 (998 CDI HELLCAT 80446' /EPITAPH 116.98 CDI MCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS 731143/MCA (3.98/6.981 18 28 - THE HAPPY BOYS Dance Party (Like Its 2003) 18 16 33 50 CENT Guess Who's Back? ROBBINS 75034 C0) 18 13 ANNE MURRAY What A Wonderful Christmas 118.98 FULL CLIP 2003' 116.98 CDI [M] STRAIGHTWAY 20335 (19.98 CDI 19 9 - HECTOR & TITO A La Reconquista OPETH Deliverance A2 VI 450571/UG CO) 23 HARRY CONNICK, JR. When My Heart Finds Christmas (14.98 ® KOCH 8437 11798 MIN] Q COLUMBIA 57550 /CRG (1198 Ea/17.98) 20 26 22 BREAKING (BENDJAMIN Saturate 20 12 5 VARIOUS ARTISTS Reggae Gold 2002 24 JOHN TESH Christmas Worship HOLLYWOOD VP 1679. 19.98116981 o GARDEN CITY/WORD 34595/WARNER BROS_ 11738 COI 21 19 9 THIEVERY CORPORATION The Richest Man In Babylon 21 21 14 THIEVERY CORPORATION The Richest Man In Babylon 21 CHARLOTTE CHURCH Dream A Dream EIGHTEENTH STREET LOUNGE 060' /CAROLINE 116.98 COI EIGHTEENTH STREET LOUNGE 060' /CAROLINE 116.98 COI [M] ® SONY CLASSICAL 8946311298 EU/I8.98) 22 24 17 EMERSON DRIVE Emerson Drive 22 20 17 AIMEE MANN Lost In Space 30 TRANS -SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Christmas Eve And Other Stories DREAMWDRKS (NASHVILLE) 450272/INTERSC0 PE 18.98/14.981 SUPEREG0007 /UNITED MUSICIANS 117.98 CDI e LAVA/ATLANTIC 92736/AG 111.98/17.98) 23 15 - LAURA PAUSNII From The Inside 23 18 - DAVID CROSSSM] Shut Up, You Fucking Baby! ED 20 BURL IVES Rudolph The Red -Nosed Reindeer ATLANTIC 48655/AG 111.8 CD) SUB POP 590 11998 CD) MCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS 322117 /MCA (998 CDI 24 32 21 JOY WILLIAMS by surprise 24 24 21 CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA Perdoname Mi Amor 24 19 FRANK SINATRA, DEAN MARTIN & SAMMY DAVIS JR Christmas With The Rat Pack REUNION 10059/ZOMBA 117.98 CO) FONOVISA 86237 (9.98/13.98) [HI CAPITOL 42210 112.98/17.98/ 25 17 10 = HEZEKIAHWAl1DR6THE LOVE FELLOWSHIP CRUSADE CHOR Fanly Affair II: live At Radio City Music Had 25 25 16 SINEAD O'CONNOR Sean -Nos Nua 31 VARIOUS ARTISTS A Peaceful Christmas VERITY 43176/ZOMBA 111.98/17981 HUMMINGBIRD 79724NANGUARO (1998 CDI o TIME LIFE 18858117.98 CDI 26 20 27 SOMETHING CORPORATE Leaving Through The Window 26 26 20 INTERPOL Turn On The Bright Lights 26 22 HILARY DUFF Santa Clause Lane DRIVE -THRU 112887/MCA (1498 CDI MATADOR 545' 1998 CDI [et'] BUNA VISTA LT DISNEY 112.9eCD) 27 18 - Shut Up, You Fucking Baby! 27 19 13 YING YANG TWINS Alley: The Return Of The Ying Yang Twins 27 15 B2K Santa Hooked Me Up (EP) SUB POP 590 11998 CDI COLLIPARK/IN THE PAINT 8375/KOCH 12.98/17.981 EPIC 85856(8 98 EO CD) A3 28 35 - MARIO FRANGOULIS Sometimes I Dream 28 23 19 DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most 32 KENNY G Faith: A Holiday Album SONY CLASSICAL 89805 11398 ED CO) VAGRANT 354 11498 CDI [MI o ARISTA 19090112.98/18.981 29 29 16 LIBERACION Historia Musical ¡j GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR Yanqui U.X.O. 37 VINCE GUARALDI A Charlie Brown Christmas DISA 727029/UG (8.98/13.981 Q CONSTELLATION 024' 11498 COI [MI FANTASY 8431 (1098/1598) 30 22 15 CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA Perdoname Mi Amor 30 30 24 STEVE EARLE Jerusalem 30 26 VARIOUS ARTISTS Children Sing For Children: 25 Christmas Songs FONOVISA 86237 (998/13.98) E- SOUAREO 751147 /ARTEMIS 11798 CDI UNITED AUDIO 10991 /UNITED MULTIMEDIA 14.98 COI 31 23 14 INTERPOL Turn On The Bright Lights 31 22 10 PAVEMENT Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe 31 27 JUMPS All The Joy In The World MATADOR 545. 19.98 CD) MATADOR 10557 118.98 CDI SPARROW 4044019.98 CDI 32 30 19 THE HAPPY BOYS Trance Party (Volume Two) 32 32 29 DISTILLERSAPH Sing Sing Death House ®- MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER A5 A Fresh Aire Christmas ROBBINS 75038 (1798 CD) n7secD1[M] AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 1988 (15.98 COI 33 21 12 DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most 33 31 27 ANI DIFRANCO So Much Shouting /So Much Laughter 33 25 SELAH Rose Of Bethlehem VAGRANT 354 11098 CD) RIGHTEOUS BABE 029 12598 CDI CURB 78720111.98 CDI C' GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR Yanqui U.X.O. 34 29 23 JOAN OSBORNE How Sweet It Is 34 40 MARIAH CAREY A° Merry Christmas CONSTELLATION 024. (1998 COI WOMANLY HIPS 9365 /COMPENDIA (I798 CO) COLUMBIA 64222 /CRG 111.98 ED/17.98/ RELIENT K The Anatomy Of The Tongue In Cheek 35 33 11 VARIOUS ARTISTS TV Guide: 50 All -Time Favorite TV Themes 35 36 VARIOUS ARTISTS All-Time Greatest Christmas Records GOTEE 72842/1298 CD) TVT 1940 (17.98 CO) CURB 7735114.98/7.981 e 50 SUPERCHICK Last One Picked 47 50 ARTISTS Ultra.Trance:1 41 DEE MESSINA 36 - 36 VARIOUS 36 JO A Joyful Noise INPOP 71257 116.98 CDI ULTRA 1138 (21.98 CO) CURB 78755 118.98 CDI 34 25 12 STONES 12 Stones 34 36 GLORY MINISTRY Praise Is What I Do CARRERAS- (MERCURIO) The Three Tenors 37 37 SHEKINAH 37 34 DOMINGO -PAVAROTTI Christmas WIND-UP 13065 11298 CDI KINGDOM 001 (11.98/17.98/ [MI SONY CLASSICAL 89131 112.98 E0/18981 43 TRANS- The 38 36 - TOBYMAC Momentum 38 28 15 B -LEGIT Hard 2 B-Legit 38 SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Christmas Attic FOREFRONT 25294 117 98 COI SICK W ID' IT/IN THE PAINT 8322/KOCH 112.98117.981 LAVA/ATLANTIC 83145/AG 11I38/17.981 3 OURS Precious 27 26 HAGAR AND THE WABORITAS Not 4 Sale 28 LEE The Season For Romance 39 < - 39 SAMMY 39 ANN WOMACK DREAMWORKS 450373/INTERSCOPE 114.98 CDI CABO WABO 3315/33RD STREET 117.98 CDI MCA NASHVILLE 170289111.98/18.981 38 Christmas Favorites STEVE TYR This Time Of The Year LOS ANGELES DE CHARLY Bonita Mujer 40 COLUMBIA 8TYCRG (1898 ED CD) FONOVISA 50665 (9.98/13981 [M] EMI -CAPITOL SPECIAL MARKETS 57729(2.98/3.981 Earth Mud 41 33 ALAN JACKSON Honky Tonk Christmas NICOLE C. MULLEN Talk About It 41 35 25 CHRIS ROBINSON New ;b WORD86127/WARNER BROS. 11198/17.981 REDLINE 70009 117.98 CD) ARISTA 18736 16.98 CD) III] BACK Tell Your Friends 42 39 NICOLE C. MULLEN Christmas In Black And White 42 ` 33 32 FINCH What Is It To Burn 42 49 - TAKING SUNDAY All DRIVE -THRU 860991 /MCA (12.98 CDI VICTORY 176 11298 CO) WORD -CURB 86213/WARNER BROS. 117.98 CD) MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER A5 Christmas 43 38 30 DISTILLERS Sing Sing Death House ISRAEL KAMAKAWIWO'OLE Alone In Iz World - HELLCAT 80441' /EPITAPH (1128 CDI CD BIG BOY 5901 /MOUNTAIN APPLE COMPANY 117.98 CDI o AMERICAN 1984 CO) GRAMAPHONE (15.98

44 29 BING CROSBY White Christmas 44 . 40 29 BEBO NORMAN Myself When I Am Real BUCK HOWDY Skidaddle! LASERLIGHT 1544413.98/698) ESSENTIAL 10691/ZOMBA (17.98 CD) 0 PRAIRIE DOG 407 113.98 CDI

MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER A4 Christmas In The Aire 45 ` ZOEGIRL Life 45 38 42 FLOGGING MOLLY Drunken Lullabies - SPARROW 51828 11698 CO) SIDE ONE DUMMY 71230. 113.98 CO) [MI o AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 1995 (15.98 CDI 46 48 VARIOUS ARTISTS Disney's Christmas Collection 3 / 18 LUPILLO RIVERA Amorcito Corazon 46 37 - DJ MARK FARINA Mushroom Jazz 4 225 116.98 WALT DISNEY 860887 14.9817.M1 SONY DISCOS 87537 (8.98 E0/13.98) OM CO) [MI 47 35 PLUS ONE Christmas NO SECRETS No Secrets 47 45 - VARIOUS ARTISTS Ultra.Chilled 03 ULTRA 1145 (21.98 CD) ATLANTIC 83570/AG 117.98 CD) JIVE 41781/ZOMBA (17.98 CD) 48 46 VARIOUS ARTISTS City On A Hill: Its Christmas Time SARA GROVES All Right Here 48 44 46 VARIOUS ARTISTS Vans Warped Tour 2002 Compilation ESSENTIAL 10693/ZOMBA 117.98 CDI SPONGE/INO/WORD 86219/WARNER BROS. (17.98 CO) SIDE ONE DUMMY 71233 16.98 CDI 49 49 THE CARPENTERS Christmas Portrait 39 39 SMILEZ & SOUTHSTAR Crash The Party MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS Mas De Mi Alma A&M 215173/UNIVERSAL 110.98/14.98) ARTISTDIRECT 01030 111.98/17.981 0 FONOVISA0527 110.98/16.981 [M] 50 44 VARIOUS ARTISTS Radio Disney Holiday Jams 2 CLEDUS T. JUDD Cledus Navidad 50 43 THE STREETS Original Pirate Material WALT DISNEY 860988 112.98 CO) MONUMENT 86744/SONY (NASHVILLE) 117.98 ED CO) VICE 93181 /ATLANTIC 112.98 COI

All Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa collections, including new ones and those released in eadier years, are eligible to ripped, on CO p Holiday Albums. The Heatseekers chart lists the best -selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who I ave never appeared in the top 100 of The Billboard 200. If a Heatseekers title reaches that level, it and the aces subsequent albums are immediately ineligible to appear on the Heatseekers chart Top Independent Albums are current titles hat a e sold via independent distribution, including those that are fulfilled via major branch distributors. Albums with the g eatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIM) certification for net shipment of 500,100 album units ( Gold). RIM certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIAA certification for ne shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi -platinum level for boxed sets, and double albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIM multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. RIM Latin awards: o Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro). A Certification of 200,000 units (Platino). A' Certifcalon of 400,000 units (Multi- Platino). "Asterisk indicates vinyl LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EQ and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. Greatest Gainer Shows chart's largest unit increase. De indicates pastor present Heatseeker tide. © 2002, VNU Business Media, Inc., and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc All rights reserved.

BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 30. 2002 www.billboard.com 67 www.americanradiohistory.com NOVEMBER 30 NOV2E00M52ER 30 TOP 2002 Billboard INTERNET ALBUM SALES. Billboard TOP SOUNDTRACKSM Sales data and internet sales reports compiled by L Nielsen Sales data compiled by w x SoundScan w Nielsen 3 ó á 3 u, SoundScan : ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Title I iñ ti I TITLE IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL

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2 U2 ISLAND 634380/IDJMG /INTERSCOPE The Best Of 1990 -2000& B -Sides 27 1 1 8 MILE SHADY 493508` /INTERSCOPE

PEARL JAM EPIC 86825- 5 Riot Act n WORD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS: WWE ANTHOLOGY (JIM JOHNSTON) SMACK DOWN! 81332/KOCH 3 ANDREA BOCELLI PHILIPS 470400 Sentimento 20 3 2 AMERICAN IDOL: GREATEST MOMENTS RCA 68141 8 . ROD STEWART J sums It Had To Be You ... The Great American Songbook 17 4 3 BROWN SUGAR FOX113028` /MCA 5" 5 SANTANA ARISTA14737 Shaman 10 ® © I!- HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS ATLANTIC 83574/AG 6 ELTON JOHN ROCKET/UTV063478 /UME Greatest Hits 1970 -2002 12 Jo 5 LIZZIE MCGUIRE BUENA VISTA 860791/WALT DISNEY 7 9 SOUNDTRACK SHADY4935m` /INTERSCOPE m BMile 2 7 6 O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? 16 LOST HIGHWAY /MERCURY 170069/IDJMG

8 11 NORAH JONES A2 BLUE NOTE32088/CAPITOL [HI Come Away With Me 23 8 4 !' SPIDER -MAN ROADRUNNER/COLUMBIA 86407/IDJMG /CRG

9 TONY BENNETT & K.D. LANG RPM/COLUMBIA86734 /CRG A Wonderful World 52 9 7 SWEET HOME ALABAMA HOLLYWOOD 162364

10 10 THE ROLLING STONES A3 ABKC013378NIRGIN Forty Licks 22 DIE ANOTHER DAY WARNER BROS. 48348 11 16 BUCK HOWDY PRAIRIE DOG 407 Skidaddle! - 1, 10 SHREK DREAMWORKS450305/INTERSCOPE 12 4 DAVID GRAY ATO 68154/RCA A New Day At Midnight 35 12 8 MOULIN ROUGE A2 INTERSCOPE 493035

13 U2 ISLAND 063361 /IDJMG /INTERSCOPE The Best Of 1990 -2000 34 13 9 A WALK TO REMEMBER EPIC86311 14 ® ELVIS PRESLEY A2 RCA 68079' Elvis: 30 #1 Hits 21 ID 15 DISNEY'S LILO & STITCH WALT DISNEY 860734 15 JOHNNY CASH AMERICAN/LOST HIGHWAY 063339` /UME American IV: The Man Comes Around 109 15 13 YU- GI.OH!: MUSIC TO DUEL BY DREAMWORKS 450406 /INTERSCOPE

16 17 DIXIE CHICKS A3 MONUMENT /COLUMBIA86840` /CRG Home 14 16 12 SCOOBY-DOO LAVA/ATLANTIC 83543/AG

17 7 - JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE4182320MBA Justified 4 17 14 ' COYOTE UGLY A3 CURB 78703

18 23 JAMES TAYLOR COLUMBIA63584/CRG October Road 101 16 11 XXX UNIVERSAL 156259/UMRG A8 19 22 FLEETWOOD MAC REPRISE 73775/WARNER BROS The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac 63 Ca 21 GREASE POLYDOR/UNIVERSALB25095/UMRG 20 3 DOORS DOWN REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL0643 % /UMRG Away From The Sun 8 4GSs 24 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING REPRISE 48110/WARNER BROS. 21 ,-]I- TLC ARISTA 14780 3D 6 CD FRIDA SECCA 474150/UNIVERSAL CLASSICS 22 ERIC CLAPTON OUCK/REPRISE48374/WARNER BROS. One More Car, One More Rider Live On Tour 2001 102 22 17 QUEEN OF THE DAMNED WARNER SUNSET /REPRISE 482B5/WARNER BROS.

<23 13 NIRVANA DGC /GEFFEN493507/INTERSCOPE Nirvana 16 23 23 BIG IDEA'S JONAH -A VEGGIETALES MOVIE BIG IDEA35014

'r 24 _. BARRY MANILOW CONCORD /COLUMBIA B6976/CRG A Christmas Gift Of Love 71 24 20 I AM SAM V227119 :25 6 Ell TORI AMOS 1PICa6412 Scarlet'sWalk 50 25 19 PROVIDENCE MCA NASHVILLE 170302

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America (RIM) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIM certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIAA certification for net shipment o 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi- platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and /or tapes. RIAA Latin awards: O Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro.) A Certification of 200,000 units (Platino). A Certification of 400,000 units (Multi -Platino). `Asterisk indicates vinyl available. IX] indicates past or present Heatseeker title © 2002, VNU Business Media, Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

NOVEMBER 33' 2002 Billboard

Chart Codes: Classical (a) Electronic (EA) Internet (LNI) Latin: Regional Mexican (RMA) NB/Nip-Hop Catalog (RBI) Hot too Airplay (HA) Country Singles Sales (CSS) Latin: Regional Meximn (RMS) Rap Tracks (RP) Rankings from biweekly -ALBUMS- Classical Crossover (00 Gospel (GA) Jazz at) Latin: Tropical/Salsa (TSA) Reggae (RE) Hot too Singles Soles (HSS) Dance/Club Play (DC) Latin: Tropical7Solsa (TSS) Mainstream Rock (RO) charts are listed in ital- The Billboard 200 (Bzoo) Contemporary Christian (CC) Heatseekers (HS) Cantempomry jazz (q) New Age (NA) World Music (WM) Adult Contemporary (AC) Dance/Soles (DS) Pa B Hip -Hop (RBH) Modern Rock (MO) ics during a chart's Bluegrass (BG) Country (CA) Holiday (HOL) Latin Albums (LA) Pop Catalog (PCA) -SINGLES- Adult Top 40 (A4o) Hot Latin Tracks (LT) R &B Hip -Hop Alrploy (RA) Top 40 Tracks (T4o) unpublishedweek. Blues (BL) Country Catalog (CCA) Independent (IND) Latin: Latin Pop (LPA) R &BMip -Hop (RBA) Hot too (Htoo) Country (CS) Latin: Latin Pop (CAS) R88 Hip -Hop Singles Sales (RS)

12 Stones: HS 37 Banda Tierra Blanca: RMS 33 Cam'ron: Bzoo 165; RBA 62; Htoo 7; HA 7; RA 21; RBH 21; Bing Crosby: HOL 17,44; PCA 23 2002: NA to Patricia Barber:/Z14 RP 9; RS 57; Too 6 David Cross: HS 27; IND 23 Fabolous: Htoo 93; HSS 73; RA 74; RBH 7o; RS 35 2Pac: RBC 3, 4, 6, 7; RA 32; RBH 34; RP 24 Luther Barnes: GA 23 The Canton Spirituals: GA 34 Sheryl Crow: 8200 110; A40 14. 30; AC 7; CS 48; CSS 1; DC Ralph Falcon: DC 18 DC 15; 5 3 Doors Down: B200 8; INT zo; Htoo 65; HA 63; MO 54; Pancho Barraza: LA 46 Blu Cantrell: 35 Htoo 91; HSS DJ Mark Farina: EA 13; IND 46 RO1 Cecilia Bartoli: CL 5 Cardenales De Nuevo Leon: RMS Celia Cruz: TSA 11, 05; LT 22; TSS 2, 23 39 Fat Joe: Bzoo 31; RBA 11; Htoo 97; HSS 49; RA 48; RBH 31W; B2oo 143; RBA 55 Nikie Batey: HSS 35; RS 51 Mariah Carey: HOL 34; AC 19 Cuisillos De Arturo Macias: RMS 09 48; RS 18 3rd Stores: RBA 5o Beanie Sigel: RA 6o; RBH 61; RS 48, 68 Vanessa Carlton: B200 108; A40 11, 29; AC 3; Htoo 42, 78; Cheo Feliciano: LT 22; TSS 2 504 Boyz: RBH 79 The Beatles: PCA to HA 45;140 39 -D- Vicente Fernandez: LA 29, 41; RMA 12 5o Cent: HS 55; IND 18; RBA 57; Htoo 68; HA 67; HSS 68; Beck: B200 123 The Carpenters: HOL 49 Da Farm RBA 65 Field Mob: Bzoo 041; RBA 27; RA 5o; RBH 49 RA 17; RBH 18; RP 15;RS25 Daniel Bedingfield: DC 22; H1oo 31; HA 35; 74014 Jose Cameras: CL 6; HOL 37 Da Headbussaz: IND 1o; RBA 43 Jose Manuel Figueroa: RMS 3o Beenie Man: RBA 87; RE 4; HSS 48; RBH too; RS 46 Aaron Carter: Bzoo 153 Dashboard Confessional: HS 33; IND 28 Finch: HS 42 _A_ Belinda: LA 15,18; LPA 11; RMA 7; LPS 35; TSS 12 Deana Carter: CS 34 Miles Davis: RBC 21 Five For Fighting: AC 6 Aaliyah: RBA 53; Htoo 36, 55; HA 33, 55; RA to, 18; RBH Tony Bennett: B2oo 52; INT 9; /Z t, to Nick Carter: Bzoo 96 Sammy Davis Jr: HOL 24 Fleetwood Mac: Bzoo 63; INT 19 10,59 Tab Benoit: BL4 Brandon Casey: Htoo 14; HA 17; HSS 4; RA 35; RBH 25; RS Tyrone Davis: BL 7 Renee Fleming: CL 2 Abba: PCA 35 Benzino: Him 82; HSS 6o; RA 31; RBH 28; RP 20; RS 37 2; 140 13 Taylor Dayne: DC 4o Floetry: 8200 129; RBA 23; RBH 89 RS Belo Y LT 46; 15 Brian Casey: H1oo 14; HA 17; HSS RBH 25; RS 2; Deep Forest: DC Above The Law: HSS 51; 74 Sus Canarios: RMS 4; RA 35; 34 Flogging Molly: IND 45 AC/DC: PCA 38 Sophie Ellis Boston DC 39; H55 62 T4o 13 Default IND 14; RO 35 Nico Flores Y Su Banda Puro Mazatlan: RMS 20 LA RS Johnny Cash: CA 14; CCA to; INT 15; Def Leppard: PCA 3o Los Acosta: 34; RMA 16 B.I.: 26 820o tog; PCA 43 Luis Fonsi: LPS 19; LT 31; TSS 39 Bryan Adams: AC 24 Big "C ": HSS 19; RS 8 Butch Cassidy: RBH 90 Jack DeJohnette: /Z23 Foo Fighters: 8200 41; H1oo 51; HA 5o; MO 1; RO 7 Yolanda Adams: CC 3o; GA 5, 40; RBA 68 Big Tymers: B200182; RBA 63; H100 75; HA 75; RA 52; Eva Cassidy: IND 10 Kevin Denney: CS 44 Julia Fordham: DC 13 Trace Adkins: CA 48; CS 29 RBH 51; RP22 Cassius: DC 9 Devin: RBA 64 Radney Foster: CS 6o Aerosmith: Bzoo 166; HSS 75 Bilai: RBH 77; RS 61 Ricardo Castillon: LPS 31; LT 47; TSS 37 Louie DeVito: Bzoo 106; EA 1; IND 5 Fourplay: C) 6 Pepe Aguilar: LA 45 Bjorfo 8200186; EA 2,16 Ceevox: DC 47 Diamond Rio: B200189; CA 27; CS to, 55; H100 48; HA 47 Mario Frangoulis: CX 3; HS 28 Christina Aguilera: B200 7; H10o 39, 69; HA 37, 72; 140 Ruben Blades: LA 75; TSA 9 Steven Curtis Chapman: CC 36 Dido: DS to Kirk Franklin: CC 13; GA z; RBA 58 15,33 Johnny Blanco: RBA 80 Tracy Chapman: 8200 125 Mi DiFranco: IND 33 Freekey Zekey: Htoo 7; HA 7; RA 21; RBH 21; RP 9; RS 57; Alabama: CCA 25 B- Legit: IND 38; RBA 75 Cheyenne: LA 24; LPA 13; LPS 8; LT 13 Celine Dion: B200 121; HOL lo; PCA 7, 36; AC 9, 20 140 6 Alberto Y Roberto: LPS 40; LT 26 Mary J. Bilge: RBC 18; HSS 38; RA 65; RBH 65; RS 1.9 Cher: DS 9,12 The Dirty South Divas: IND 16; HSS 16; RS 20 Russ Freeman: CI 25 Ali: H1oo 12; HA it; RA 8; RBH 8; RP 6; T4o 36 The Blind Boys Of Alabama: GA to, 3o Kenny Chesney: B2oo 37; CA 7; CCA 5; PCA 17; C513, 20; Dirty Vegas: EA 9 Freeway: RA 6o; RBH 61; RS 48 Alive: DC 17 Blindside: RO 24 Htoo 74; HA 71 Distillers: FIS 43; IND 32 Mannie Fresh: RBH 87 Gary Allan: CA 30; CS 23 Andrea Bocelli: Bzoo zo; CL t; CX 4; INT 3 Mark Chesnutt: CS 47 Disturbed: B2oo 55; PCA 19; Htoo 6o; HA 58; MO 5; RO 6 Fulanito: TSS 38 Chevelle: 74; MO RO Dixie Chicks: Bzoo 14; CA 1; CCA 2, 4; INT 16; PCA 8,14; John Midis: CL 3 Joe Bonamassa: BL to B2oo 64; H1oo 77; HA 8; 8 Nelly Furtado: RA 63; RBH 64; RS 49 Kamin Allyson: /Z8 Bon Jovi: B200 91 Chicago: Bzoo 188 A4o 22; AC 17; CS 3; CSS 3; H1oo 16; HA 13; HSS 44 Herb Alpert: Q 21 Bond: CX 1, 8 The Chieftains: CA 44; WM t DI Geoffe: EA 24 _0- Amber: DC 27; DS 23 Bone Thugs -N- Harmony: B200 62; RBA 18; RBC 14 Choppa: RBH 97 D I Sammy: EA 5; AC 25; D5 8; H1oo 43; HA 46; T4o 22 Kenny G:13200 48,128; CI 2, 3; HOL 4, 28; PCA 42; RBA Amene: B2oo 140; RBA 36; RA 26, 58; RBH 26, 58 Boo: H1oo 75; HA 75; RA 52; RBH 51; RP 22 Charlie Christian: /Z 22 D I Shadow: DS 5; HSS 54 82, 83;HSS13 Tori Amos: B200 5o; INT 25; A4o 20 Boogie: HSS 45; RS 41 Charlotte Church: CX 6; HOL 21; PCA 27 Do: AC 25; DS 8; Htoo 43; HA 46; T4o 22 Warren G: RA 64; RBH 63 Anastacia: AC 3o Pat Boone: HSS 20 Cinder: RO 36 Dolce: DC 16 Peter Gabriel: Bzoo 158 Los Angeles Azules: LA 74 Born Predators: HSS 53; RS 15 Eric Clapton: B200 102; INT 22 Placido Domingo: CL 6, 7; HOL 37 Bill & Gloria Gaither: CC 37 Los Angeles De Chatty: IND 40; LA 20; RMA 8; RMS 28 Boston: Bzoo 119; IND 6 Maurette Brown Clark: GA 22 The Donnas: HS 7 lames Galway: 0(14, 15 Anny: DC 37 Chris Botti: C/ 23 Terri Clark: CS 14; Htoo 7o; HA 68 Don Won: RS 63 Gang Starr: HSS 40; RBH 94; RS 32 Marc Anthony: LA 59; TSA 5; DS 18; 755 6 David Bowie: B200181 Dorinda Clark -Cole: GA 25 Will Downing: C/ 8 Marvin Gaye: RBC 19 Area 3o5: LPS 21; LT 16; TSS 5 Box Car Racer: MO 34 Karen Clark -Sheard: GA 8 Dr. Ore: RBC 24 El General: TSA 18 Ricardo Arjona: LPS 1; LT 2; TSS 13 B o y z I I Men: RBA 95; RBH 88 Kelly Clarkson: A4o 31; AC 4; Htoo 22; HA 26; HSS 2; T4o Dru Hill: RA 24; RBH 27 Georgia Mass Choir: GA 39 Duelo: RMS 32 Aroma: RMS 22 Michelle Branch: Bzoo 9o; Aya 1,15; AC 5; H1oo 5, 61; HA 26 Ghostface Killah: H5S 40; RS 34 Daniel Ash: DC 32 5, 65; HSS 33: LPS 39; T40 3, 34; TSS 18 Willie Clayton: BL 12 Hilary Duff: HOL 26; HS 3 Vince Gill: CCA 24; CS 36 Ashanti: Bzoo 61; RBA 33; H1oo 24; HA 23; HSS 61; RA 1t; Brandy: DS 6; HSS 72; RS 6o Clipse: 8200 8o; RBA 29; Htoo 21; HA 22; H55 37, 57; RA Rocio Durcal: LA 63 Ginuwine: H1oo 44, 50, 97; HA 42. 49; HSS 49; RA 12, 48; RBH it, 78; RS 30 Toni Braxton: H1oo 86; H55 65; RA 38; RBH yo; RS 31 9; RBH 9; RP7; RS 28, 45 RBH 13, 48; RS 18; T4o 32 HS Tammy CA 52 Rodney Atkins: CS 39 Breaking Benjamin: 2o; MO 37 Cochran: -E- Gisselle: LA 49; LPS 33; TSS 24 Audioslave: Htoo 73; HA 69; MO 9; RO 5 Michael Brecker: /Z13 Kellie Coffey: CA 55; AC 16; CS 26 Steve Earle: CA 53; IND 3o Philip Glass: CL u Audiovent: RO 33 Jim Brickman: NA 6, 9; AC 13 Coldplay: 8200 72; PCA 45; A4o 26; MO 29 Eastern Michigan Gospel Choir: GA 32 Dana Glover: A4o 24 Authority Zero: MO 33 Sarah Brightman: CX 9 Natalie Cole: Bzoo 1.98;/Z 3; RBA 81 Steve Edwards: DC 9 Godsmack: R016 Automagic: DC 19 Brooks & Dunn: Bzoo 164; CA 21, 40; CCA 16; HOL 11; CS Nat King Cole: HOL ço Eliane Elias: /Z zo Godspeed You Black Emperor. HS 34; IND 29 3; RBA 2; 2; HA Avant: RBA 78; RA 54; RBH 54 16 Deborah Coleman: BL 15 Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott: Bzoo Htoo Brian Gold: RS 67 Aventura: LA 61; TSA 6 Bobby Brown: H1oo 57; HA 61; H55 24; RA 16; RBH 17; RP Phil Collins: B200 30; PCA 16; Apo 40; AC t 2; HSS 14; RA 1; RBH 1; RP 1; RS 13 ;T404 Tony Gold: RS 67 Ramon Ayala Y Sus Bravos Del Norte: LA 62; LT 41; RMS 14; RS 7 John Coltrane: /Z9 Chris Emerson: AC 26 Good Bad Ugly: RS 56 12 Norman Brown: 0 9 Common: Htoo 13; HA 12; HSS 38, 70; RA 3, 65; RBH 3, Emerson Drive: CA 5o; HS 22; CS u; CSS 9; H1oo 63; HA Good Charlotte: Bzoo 38; MO 12 Steve Azar: CA 68; CS 32 Keon Bryce: RBH 86 65; RS 19, 23 59 Gospel Gangs-taz: GA 18 Joe Budden: RBH 84 Conjunto Primavera: HS 3o; IND 24; LA 14; RMA 4; LT 9; Eminem: Bzoo 9; PCA 3, u; RBA 9; RBC t, 2; Htoo 1, 79; Gotti: H1oo 75; HA 75; RA 52; RBH 51; RP 22 HA 1; HSS 36; MO 15; RA 6, 56, 7o; RBH 7, 56, 72; RP -8- Los Bukis: LA 65 RMS 2 Glenn Gould: CL 4 B210 HOL 27; RBA 49, 92; Htoo 67; HA 64; RA 20, 53; RBH Busta Rhymes: Htoo 88; HSS 29; RA 27; RBH 29, 91; RP Harry Connick, Jr.: HOL 19; /Z6, 24; PCA 26 3 ;RS47;T4o1 Gov't Mule: RO 40 LT 32; RMS 9 The Emmanuels: GA 20, 53 19; RS 12, 52 Control: 35 Amy Grant: CC zo BL 3 e-n: DC 47 Baby: H000 85; HSS 55; RA 33; RBH 33; RP 18; RS 22 bwb: C/ 4; HS 14 Shemekia Copeland: David Gray: Bzoo 35; INT 12 CA 56 Bacilos: LPS 13; LT 19; TSS 15 Juanita Bynum: GA12 Ferry Corsten: DC 33 Bill Engvall: Al Green: RBC 12 NA 2, 7; PCA HSS 74 Badly Drawn Boy: HS 5 Tracy Byrd: CA 61; CS 46 Deborah Cox: Bzoo 76; RBA 14; DC 2; RBH 92; RS 58 Enya: 37; Vivian Green: B200 93; RBA 16; RA 51; RBH 52 Erykah Badu: Htoo 13; HA 12; HSS 7o; RA 3; RBH 3; RS 23 El Coyote Y Su Banda Tierra Santa: LT 43; RMS 14 Faith Evans: RBA 76; RBH 88, 96 Lee Greenwood: CSS 4 HA 36, 6o; HSS 6; RA Baha Men: WM 3,12 Crazy Town: B2oo 120; MO 31; RO 32 Eve: Bzoo 122; RBA ço; H1oo 3o, 62; Andy Griggs: CS 35 HSS 23, 41; RBH 24, RP 1206; RS 4; T4o 23 Anita Baker: RBA 88 Caddillac Tah AKA Tah Murdah: RBH 78 Creed: Bzoo 73: PCA 15.49; A40 4; Htoo 15; HA 14; 39: Josh Groban: Bzoo 32; AC 11 Jessica Eve: DC 5o Bob Baldwin: C/ 17 Chris Cagle: CS 49 12;RO22;T409 Sara Groves: HS 48 Cesaria Evora: WM 7 Banda El Limon: RMS 36 The Calling: Ayo 12; HSS 47 Elvis Crespo: TSA 16 Grupo Mania: LA 72; TSA 8; TSS 16 LPA 15; LPS LT TSS 7 The Exies: RO 26 Banda El Recodo: LA 44; LT 23; RMS 5, 24 Los Caminantes: LA 6o Cristian: LA 26; 3; 4; Grupo Mojado: RMS 37 68 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 30, 2002 www.americanradiohistory.com NOVZ730 Billbwrd ARTIST I N D EXiM (continued)

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I CC Gilberto Santa Rosa: LA 32; TSA 2; LPS 36; LT 22, 29; TSS Vince Guaraldi: HOL 29; PCA 48 k.d. lang: 8200 52; NT 9; /Z Newsboys: 29, 34 U2: Bzoo 27, 34; I NT 1,13 Guardianes Del Amor: LA 7o Lasgo: DS 13; Hioo 80; 14o 38 Nia: RBA 86 2, 9,17 UB4o: RE 5 GusGus: DC 25 The Latin All -Stars: LA 73 Joe Nichols: CA 33; HS 4; CS 37; CSS 7 Antony Santos: TSA 19 UGK: RBA 84 Vic Latino: EA 18 Nickelback: Bzoo 151; RO 12 Alejandro Sanz: LA 66 Uncle Kracker: B200 160; A4o 6; Hloo 59; HA 66;14o 29 -H- Avril Lavigne: B200 n; A4o 3, 23; AC 18; Hioo 17, 23; HA Nickel Creek B200 174; BG 3; CA 23; CCA 17; IND 7 Marvin Sapp: GA 27 Underworld: EA 22; DC 14 Deitrick Haddon: GA 29 16, 21; T4o 7,12 Tito Nieves: TSA 12; LT 22; 155 Scarface: Bzoo 152; RBA 30, 48; RBH 86; RS 68 Union Station: BG 4; CA 32 Charlie Haden: /Z13 Donald Lawrence & The Tri -City Singers: GA 16 Nirvana: B200 16; INT 23; Hioo 45; HA 43; MO 2; RO 3 LaTocha Scott: RA 62; RBH 67 Keith Urban: B200 7o; CA 11; CS 2, 57; H1oo 25; HA 24 LA LPS LT Sammy Hagar: I N D 39; RO 37 Layo & Bushwacka!: DC zo The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: BG 6; CA 46 Joan Sebastian: 45; 32; 48 Adolfo UriasY Su Lobo Norteno: LT so; RMS 17 : CL 13 Lectroluv: DC 3o Nivea: Hioo 14; HA 17; HSS 4; RA 35; RBH 25; RS 2, 65; Jon Secada: LPS 28; LT42; TSS 40 Polo Urias Y Su Maquina Nortena: RMS 25 Daryl Hall John Oates: AC 12,15 Murphy Lee: Hioo 12; HA n; RA 8; RBH 8; RP 6; 14o 36 140 13 Secret Garden: NA 12 The Used: B200 170; HS 2; MO 21 Anthony Hamilton: Hioo 32; HA 29; RA 22; RBH 22; RP n; Gerald Levert: B2oo 92; RBA 21; RA 4o; RBH 37 No Doubt: Bzoo 67; A40 2; Hioo 3; HA 4; T40 Seether: 8200194; MO n; RO 14 Usher: DS 7; RS 75 T4o 31 La Ley: LP515; LT 3o; TSS 28 Nichole Nordeman: CC 19; HS io Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band: PCA 24 Fred Hammond: CC 17; GA 4; RBA 94 Liberation: HS 29; LA 13; RMA 3; RMS 38 N.O.R.E.: HSS 67; RA 36; RBH 42; RP 17; RS 39 Selah: CC 18; HOL 33; HS 6 -u- Jennifer Hanson: CS 31; CSS 2; HSS 43 Lifehouse: Bzoo 161; CC 7; Mo 18; Hioo 84 Smokie Norful: GA n Selena: LA 9; LPA 8 lan Van Dahl: DS 22 The Happy Boys: EA 7, 10; HS 18, 32 Lil' Fate: RBH 86 Bebo Norman: HS 44 Erick Sermon: Hioo 41; HA 4o; HSS 27; RA 14; RBH 14; RP Vanessa -Mae: CL 9 HAWK.: RBA 99 Lit' Flip: B200 99; RBA 22; RA 73; RBH 75 No Secrets: HS 47; HSS 58 lo; RS 17 Luis Vargas: TSA 19 Dr. Chartes G. Hayes & The Cosmopolitan Warriors: GA 31 Lit Genius: RS 54 The Notorious B.I.G.: RBC 11,15; RS 69, 71,73 Sev: HSS 34 Phil Vassar: CA 63; Hioo 98 Hayseed Dixie: BG 15 Lit Jon & The East Side Boyz: B2oo 49; IND 2; RBA 10; RA Nueva Era: TSS 29 Shade Sheist: RA 64; RBH 63 Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble: BL 2 RBA RE RS Heather Headley: 8200 139; RBA 35; DC 42; RA 45; RBH 75; RBH 74 Shaggy: Bzoo 54; 26; 2,11; 67 Chuy Vega: LA 69; RMS 21 44 Lil' Mo: Hioo 38; HA 38; T4o 18 -o- Shakira: Bzoo 112, 118, 149; LA 3; LPA 2; LPS 27; LT 45 Angelo Venuto: DS 20 Hector & Tito: HS 19; LA 12; LPA io Lit' Tykes: RS 63 Paul Oakenfold: 8200 192; EA 3; DC 1o; Hioo 83 Sham: RBH 91; RS 52 The Vines: B200 144; MO 27 Jimi Hendrix: Bzoo zoo Lil Wayne: RBA 79 The Oak Ridge Boys: CA 69 Shawnna: RBH 86 Carlos Vives: LA 64; TSA 7 Faith Hill: Bzoo 15; CA 2; CCA 14; A4o 27; AC 2; CS 40, 45; Limite: LA 35; RMA 17; LT 36; RMS 13 Sinead O'Connor: IND 25; WM 4; DC 4 SheDaisy: CA 66 Hioo 54; HA 54 Lode Line: NA 8 OK Go: HS 9; MO zo Duncan Sheik: A4o 39 -W- Pat Hodges: DC 36 Aaron Lines: CS 22 Old & In The Gray: BG 13 Shekinah Glory Ministry: GA 9; IND 37 Kristine W: DC 24 Dave Holland Big Band: /Zi8 Linkin Park: Bzoo 111; PCA 9 La Onda: LA 31; RMA 14; LT zo; RMS 7; TSS 31 Blake Shelton: CA 49; CS 25 The Waiters: PCA 44; RBC 9; RE 8 Dave Hollister: B200 126; RBA 28; RBH 8o Johannes Linstead: NA 14 Ono: DC 46 The Shepherds: GA 33 Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir: Steve Holy: CS 3o German Lizarraga: RMS 23, 34 Oobie: RA 75; RBH 74 Shifty Shellshock: DC 10; Hioo 83 CC 33; GA 6; HS 25; RBA 91 Hoobastank: A4o 34; MO 25; RO 3o LL Cool J: Bzoo 45; RBA 13; Hioo 4; HA 3; HSS 63; RA 2, Opeth: HS 16; IND 19 The Sicilians: OS zo Tamara Walker: AC 29 John Lee Hooker: BL w 58; RBH 2, 58; RP 2; RS 38; T40 24 Orchestra Baobab: WM 14 Sigur Ros: Bzoo 162 The Wallflowers: B200 75; A4o 35 Whitney Houston: Hioo 94; HSS 59; RA 43; RBH 38 London Philharmonic Orchestra: CL 3 Los Originales De San Juan: LA 58 The Silk Road Ensemble: CX 11 Warrior King: RE 9 Rebecca Lynn Howard: 8200 173; CA 22; CS 17; Hioo 95 London Symphony Orchestra: CX 5 Joan Osborne: IND 34 Beverly Sills: CL 15 Dinah Washington: DC 31 Buck Howdy: IND 44; INT n Lonestar: CA 43; CS 24 Kelly Osbourne: HSS 22 Paul Simon: 8200137; AC 28 Kim Waters: Q 14 Los Huracanes Del Norte: RMS 26 Loon: Hioo 5o, 86; HA 49; HSS 65; RA 38; RBH 40; RS 31; The Osborne Brothers: CSS io Simple Plan: HS 12 Latanza Waters: DC 8 Norman Hutchins: GA 19 140 32 Oscar G: DC 18 Frank Sinatra: HOL 24 Muddy Waters: BLi4 Angel Lopez: 155 34 0 -Town: Bzoo 28; T40 35 Sin Bandera: LA 25; LPA 14; LPS 7, 30; LT 3; RMS 18; T55 Russell Watson: CX 2,13 -1- Jennifer Lopez: DS 2; Hioo 6; HA 6; HSS 28; RA 28; RBH Our lady Peace: B2oo 154; A40 17; H1oo 72; T4o 40 3o WC: B200 46; RBA 7; Hioo 81; RA 46; RBH 45, 9o; RP 21 Ice Cube: RBH 90 3o; RS 66; T4o 5 Ours: HS 39 Daryle Singletary: CS 5o Weebie: RBH 95 Enrique Igtesias: Bzoo 133; LA 6; LPA 5; AC 8; LPS i8, 20; Lord Of The Drumz: DC 43 Sixpence None The Richer: CC 22; A4o 19 Kirk Whalum: C/ iz; GA 21 Sizzla: RE 14 LT 28, 33; TSS 33 Lost Witness: DC 44 -p- Karyn White: DC 11 io: DS 15 Patty Loveless: BG 7, 9; CA 59 Petey Pablo: RBH 85 Smilez & Southstar: HS 49; RBA 73 The White Stripes: B2oo 134; MO 28 Mx: RA 71; RBH 71 Ludacris: Bzoo 196; RBA 77; RA 29, 69; RBH 31, 69, 86; Joe Pace: GA 17 Anthony Smith: CS 41 Who Da Funk: DC 5o ncubus: 8200187 RP 13; RS 59, 62 Brad Paisley: B200 178; CA 24; CS 19 Keely Smith: g19 Widelife: DC 48; DS 21 ndia: TSS 4 Lynyrd Skynyrd: PCA 5o Palomo: RMS 31 Michael W. Smith: B2oo 58, 142; CC 2, 5 Doug Williams: GA 26 ndiaArie: B2oo 51; RBA 19; Hioo 92; RA 34; RBH 36 Laszlo Panaltex: DC 6 Pastor Keith Smith: GA 36 John Williams: CX 5 nfamous 2.0: RA 29; RBH 31; RP 13; RS 59 -M- Papa Roach: RO 38 Snoop Dogg: Hioo 87; HSS 3o; RA 39; RBH 35; RS 21 Joy Williams: CC 32; HS 24 nsane Clown Posse: 8200 68; IND 3 Yo-Yo Ma: CL 8; CX Dolly Parton: BG 5; CA 35; IND 13 Socios Del Ritmo: LT 44; RMS 16. Melvin Williams: GA 26 ntacto: RMS 29 Mack 10: RBH go Pastor Troy: RBA 44; RA 66; RBH 68; RS 50 Marco Antonio Solis: IND 49; LA 27; LPA 16; LPS 16, 22; LT Michelle Williams: GA 24 nterpol: HS 31; IND 26 Mad Lion: R5 64 Sean Paul: B20o 26; RBA 8; RE 1; Hioo 8; HA 8; HSS n; 25 Patrick Williams' New York Band: CCA 24 ntocable: LA 55, 57; LT 7; RMS i Madonna: A4o 25; DC 1; DS 1; Hioo 10; HA 18; HSS 1; T4o RA 5; RBH 5; RP 4; RS 11; 14o 21 Shauna Solomon: DC 21 Mark Wills: B200 183; CA 25; CS 12;1-1100 58; HA 57 Los Invasores de Nuevo Leon: LA 54 8 Laura Pausini: HS 23; DC 38; DS y; HSS 50 Soluna: HS5 64 Cassandra Wilson: /Z 16 Iry Gotti: RBH 78 Jeff Majors: GA 14; RBA 67 Luciano Pavarotti: CL 6; HOL 37 Something Corporate: HS 26 Bridgette Wilson -Sampras: CS 43 Israel And New Breed: GA zo Mana: LA 7; LPA 6; LPS 25, 26; LT 38, 4o Pavement: IND 31 Spacefunk: DC 26 The Winans: GA 38 Isyss: Bzoo 177; RBA 37; Hioo 71; HA 70; HSS 21; RA 67; Barry Manilow: Bzoo 71; HOL 6; INT 24 P. Diddy: Hioo 5o, 67, 85, 93; HA 49, 64; HSS 55; RA zo, Spanish Harlem Orchestra: TSA to CeCe Winans: GA 28 RBH 62; RS 24 Aimee Mann: IND 22 33; RBH 20, 33; RP 18; RS 22; 140 32 Spliff Star: Hioo 88; HSS 29; RA 27; RBH 29, 91; RP 19; RS Mario Winans: Hioo 5o; HA 49;14o 32 Burl Ives: CCA 8; HOL 23; PCA 31 Mannheim Steamroller: HOL 3, 32, 43. 45; PCA 2 Gary Peacock: /Z 23 12,52 George Winston: NA 4 Victor Manuelle: LA 19; TSA 1; LPS 34; LT 14; TSS 1 Pearl Jam: B200 5; INT z; Hioo 96; HSS 9; MO 18; RO 9 Spontaneous: RS 7o Lee Ann Womack: CA 41, 42; CCA 18; HOL 39; CS 42 -J- Mario: 8200 159; RBA 56; Hioo loo; RA 37; RBH 41 Jennifer Pena: LA 23; RMA lo; LPS 12; LT 5; RMS 8 Bruce Springsteen: Bzoo loo; Poo 36; HSS 52 Stevie Wonder: Bzoo 94; RBA 46 Alan Jackson: B200 36, 44; CA 6, 9; CCA 12, 15; HOL 2, 41; Bob Marley: PCA 44; RBC 9; RE 8 Dottie Peoples: GA 13; RBA 97 SR -71: MO 19 Wayne Wonder: RA42; RBH 46 14 Static Revenger: DC CS 8; Hloo 64; HA 62 Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley: RE 13 Murray Perahia: CL 49 Darryl Worley: CA 45; CS 33 Janet Jackson: HSS 48; RBH loo; RS 46 Brad Martin: CS 56 Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: B2o0 115; PCA 32; RO 27 Terry Steele: HSS 25; RS 16 Jackyl: RO 39 Dean Martin: HOL 24 Pieces Of A Dream: C/ 10 Tommy Shane Steiner: CS 43 -X- Jadakiss: H1oo 6; HA 6; HSS 21; RA 28; RBH 30; RS 24, 55; Angie Martinez: Hioo 38; HA 38; HSS 66; RBH 93; RS 33; Pink: B200 33; A4o 28; D511; Hioo 40; HA 48; T4o 20, 27 Stereo Fuse: A4o 33 Xzibit: B200 84; RBA 31; RA 47; RBH 43; RP 23 140 5 118 Pink Floyd: PCA 39 Rod Stewart: Bzoo 17; INT 4; AC 27 Jagged Edge: Hioo 93 Mary Mary40: CC 14; GA 3; RBA 71; RBC 10 Pinmonkey: CA 64; CS 54 Rebecca St. James: CC 31 -y- LT RA RBH 66 Jaguares: LA lo; LPA 9 Masque: C/ 19 Alexandre Pires: LPS 17; 34 Angie Stone: 68; `faire: LPS 23; LT 39; TSS 35 Jaheim: Bzoo 24; RBA 5, 69; Hioo 53; HA 51; RA 15; RBH Master P: RBH 95, 97 Jeff Pitchell: BL 9 Stone Sour: 8200 87; Hioo 56; HA 56; MO 4; RO 4 Yanou: AC 25; D5 8; H1oo 43; HA 46; 140 22 CCA 20, 22; CS 4; 15 matchbox twenty: Ayo 7; Hloo 37; HA 39; 140 19 Play: B200 131; HSS 69 George Strait: 8200 124; CA 16, 31; Yasmeen: HSS 41; RS 34 Bishop T.D. Jakes: GA 37 Keiko Matsui: Cl 7 Mus One: CC 26; HOL 47 Hioo 33; HA 28 Yeah Yeah Yeahs: HSS 18 Bob James: C/ 24 Dave Matthews Band: B2oo 39, 146; A4o 8, 38 P.O.D.: Bzoo 169; CC lo The Streets: IND 5o YingYangTwins: IND 27; RA 57; RBH 57 Boney James: C) 13 John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers: BL 13 Point Of Grace: CC 25 Barbra Streisand: HOL 12; PCA 13 YoungBloodZ: RBH 99 Etta James: BL 6,11 John Mayer: B200 40; A40 5, 13; AC 14; Hioo 29; HA 3o; Stephane Pompougnac: EA17 The Strokes: MO 3o Young M.C.: HSS 23; RS 9 Jana: DS 19 T4o 16 Carlos Ponce: LPS 37 Styles: Hioo 6, 99; HA 6; RA 28; RBH 30; 140 5 Yukmouth: RBA 66 Tim Janis: NA n Maysa: C/ 18 Elvis Presley: 8200 21; CA 3; HOL 15; I NT 14; PCA 5, 21 Sugarcult: HS 8; IND 12; MO 36 Al Jarreau: Cl 5; RBA 96 Martina McBride: B2oo 78; CA 12; CCA 6; HOL 14; PCA zo; Pretenders: Bzoo 179; IND 8 Sum 41: MO 16 -z- Keith Jarrett: /Z 23 CS 18, 35, 52; Hloo 90 Project Pat: RBA 72 Superchicle CC 4o; HS 36 Zero 7: EA 25 Ja Rule: HA BL IND 15 2o; HA zo; MO 3; RO 2; Superchumbo: DC 3 Hioo 57; 61; HSS 24; RA 16; RBH 17; RP i ; RS Delbert McClinton: i, 8; CA 39; Puddle Of Mudd: Bzoo 6o; Hloo Zoegid: CC 28; EA 6; HS 17, 45 7 Nicole J. McCloud: DC 23 140 37 Keith Sweat: RBA 7o Jay-Z:13200 1; RBA 1; RBC 5; Hioo n; HA io; HSS 15; RA 7, Donnie McClurJdn: RBC 8 Sweet Inspirations: DC 36 6o; RBH 6, 61, 76; RP 5; RS 5, 48, 68; 140 28 Neal McCoy: CS 53 System Of A Down: B200 95; Hioo 76; HA 73; MO 13, 24; Jazzanova: DS 25 John McDermott: WM 13 Queen: PCA 28 RO n, 17 Jazze Pha: RBH 87 Reba McEntire: CA 75; CCA 23 : Bzoo 97; MO lo; RO 18 Waylon Jennings: CA 7o Tim McGraw: Bzoo 145; CA 18, 34; CCA 21; CS 7, 59;11100 Milly Quezada: TSS 19 -T- Jewel: DC 12; D5 i4 47; HA 45 Domingo Quinones: TSS 36 Taking Back Sunday: IND 42 Jose Alfredo Jimenez: LA 71 Brian McKnight: Bzoo 103; RBA 34 A.B. Quintanilla Y Los Kumbia Kings: LA 48; LPA 20; LPS 38 Taltb Kweli: RBH 77; RS 61 Jimmy Eat World: B200 195; A4o 9; MO 22 Brad Mehldau: /Z 25 Tank: 8200 83; RBA 17; RA 72; RBH 73, 87 -SOUNDTRACKS-- Mile: Bzoo 2; INT 7; RBA 3; STX 1 Joe: RA 68; RBH 66; RS 55 Kinito Mendez: 155 26 -R- Taproot: Bzoo 85; MO 17; RO 13 Amelie: WM 11 Elton John: Bzoo 12; I NT 6 Steven Mercurio: HOL 37 RA: RO 28 Tateeze: Hioo 75; HA 75; RA 52; RBH 51; RP 22 American Idol: Greatest Moments: B200 65; STX 3 Carolyn Dawn Johnson: CA 67; CS 27 MercyMe: B200 157,191; CC 6, n Rabanes: TSS lo TAT.U.: HSS 8 Big Idea's Jonah Veggietales Movie: STX 23 Jack Johnson: 8200104; A4o 32; MO 4o Jo Dee Messina: CA 36; HOL 36 Racket City: RS 42 James Taylor. Bzoo 101; INT 18; PCA 18; AC 23 -A Brown Sugar: Bzoo 77; RBA 20; STX 4 Syleena Johnson: RA 59; RBH 59, 91; RS 52 Metallica: PCA 4o, 41 Rae & Christian: DC 31 Tela: RBA 93 El LA 37; LPA 18 Jim Johnston: Bzoo 13; IND i; STX z M-Factor: DC 41 Rampage: RBH 91; RS 52 Telepopmusilo EA 12 Clon: Ugly: CCA PC4 47; STX 17 Sabrina Johnston: DC 3o Luis Miguel: LA 4; LPA 3; LPS 11; LT 21;155 27 Rascal Flatts: 13200 25; CA 4; CCA 1; PCA 4; CS 1; Hioo 26; Los Temerarios: LA 28, 40; RMA ii, 20; LT 35; RMS io Coyote n; Donell Jones: RBA 61 Kyrie Minogue: DC 29 HA 25 The Temptations: RBC 25 Die Mother Day: B200156; STX 10 Disney's Lilo & Stitch: STX 14 Norah Jones: Bzoo 23; C/ 1; I NT 8; A4o io; AC 22; H100 52; Ismael Miranda: LT 22; 155 2 Los Razos: IA 22, 42; RMA 9 ChaleeTennison: CS 58 Down From The Mountain: BG 10 HA 52; T4o 25 Moby: EA 14 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bzoo 89; A40 z1; Hioo 49; HA 53; Los Terribles Del Norte: LA 68 21 Sir Charles Jones: RBA 74 Monchy & Alexandra: LA 51; TSA 3; TSS 21 MO 6, 23; R015, 21 John Tesh: Bzoo 199; CC 12; HOL zo; NA 13 Finding Forrester: /Z Frida: STX 21; WM 2 Jordi: LPS 14; LT 27 Jane Monheit:/Z7 Redman: Hioo 41, 69; HA yo, 72; HSS 27; RA 14; RBH 14; TG4:HSS 7; RBH 98;RS3 Grease: STX 19 Juanes: HS 11; LA 8; LPA 7; LPS 4, 10; LT 6,15;155 25 Andy Montanez: TSA zo RP lo; RS 17;140 33 JimmyThackery: BL4 Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets: B2oo 81; Cledus T. Judd: CA 57, 65; HS 5o Ricardo Montanen LPS 6; LT 8; TSS n Joshua Redman:/Z15 Thalia: LA 21; LPA 12; LPS 9; LT 11; ISS 14 STX 5 Jumps: Bzoo 168; CC 9, 16; HOL 31 Pilar Montenegro: LA 5o; WM to Relient K: CC 39; HS 35 Tha Rayne: Hioo 53; HA 51; RA 15; RBH 15 I Am Sam: STX 24 Jurassic 5: 6200132; RBA 59 John Michael Montgomery: CA 6o; CS 21 The Riddler: EA 23 Theory Of A Deadman: RO 20 lacked Up: RBA98 J -Zone: RS 72 Montgomery Gentry: Bzoo 155; CA zo; CS 6; Hioo 46; HA Los Rieleros Del Norte: LT 37; RMS n Thick Dick: DC 8 Lizzie McGuire: Bzoo 82; STX 6 44 Andre Rieu: CX 12 Thicke: HSS io The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring: -K- Allison Moorer: A4o 30; CS 48; CSS 1; Hioo 91; HSS 5 LeAnn Rimes: B200 114; CA 15; Mo 37; AC lo; CSS 5, 6 Thievery Corporation: EA 8; HS 21; IND 21 STX zo Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole: IND 43; WM 5 Jessie Morales: El Original De La Sierra: LA 43 Lee Ritenour: C/16 Third Day: CC 23 Anthony Kearns: WM 13 Morcheeba: DC 28 Jerry Rivera: LA 53; TSA 4; LPS 24; LT 18; TSS 8 Los Tigres Del Norte: 820o 88; IND 4; LA 1; RMA 1; LT 12; Mamma Mia!: PCA 46 WM John P. Kee: Bzoo 163; CC 8; GA 1; HS i; RBA 38 Craig Morgan: CS 51 Lupillo Rivera: HS 46; LA 16; RMA 5; LT 24; RMS 6 RMS 3 Monsoon Wedding: 8 Salif Keita: WM 15 Mos Del: DS 5; HSS 54; RBH 96 Bob Rivers: CA 62 Los Tigrillos: LA 56 Moulin Rouge: STX 12 0 Brother, Where Art Thou ?: 8200 105; BG 2; CA 13; STX 7 Toby Keith: 8200 29.197; CA 5, 29; CCA 9; PCA 33; CS 5; Brandy Moss -Scott: HSS 32; RS14 Chris Robinson: IND 41 Timbaland: RA 63; RBH 64; RS 49 Providence: STX 25 Hioo 35; HA 32 Mr. Ball: RA 57; RBH 57 Lourdes Robles: LPS 29; LT 49; TSS 32 Justin Timberlake: B200 4; INT 17; RBA 6; DC 45; D5 3; Queen Of The Damned: STX 22 Kelis: I-155 66; RBH 93; RS 33 Mr. Cheeks: HSS 46; RS 43 Rockell: DS 16 Hioo 18; HA 19; HSS 39; RBH 82; RS 53; T4o 10 -DOO: STX 16 R. Kelly: RBC 13; Hioo 66; HSS 3; RA i9; RBH 16, 81; RS Mr. Dibbs: RS 44 Daniel Rodriguez: CX 7 Tin Hat Trio: /Z 11 Scooby STX Keplyn: RBA 89 Ms. Jade: B2oo 127; RBA 32; RA 63, 66; RBH 64, 68; RS Roy Rogers: BL 5 Aaron Tippan: CA 72 Shrek: B200 190; io Spider-Man: Bzoo 113; STX 8 Las Ketchup: Bzoo 117; LA 2; LPA 1; Hioo 89; LPS 2; LT 1; 49. 50 The Rolling Stones: 1320o 22; INT io; RO 34 TLC: Bzoo 6; INT 21; RBA 4; Hioo 28; HA 31; HSS 71; RA RMS35;TSS3 Modvayne: RO 19 Linda Ronstadt: CA 51 25; RBH 23; RS 29:T40 3o Sweet Home Alabama: B200 136; STX 9 A Walk To Remember: STX 13 Alicia Keys: Hioo 3o; HA 36; HSS 6; RA 41; RBH 39; RP 16; Nicole C. Mullen: CC 24; HOL42; HS 13, 41 The Roots: HSS 56; RBH 83; RS 40 tobyMac: HS 38 XXX: STX 18 RS 4; T40 23 The Mullet Men: DC 49 Tono Rosario: TSA 13; TSS 22 Too Short: B200 130; RBA 25 By: 15 Khia: IND i6 Murk: DC 24 Kelly Rowland: 820047; RBA 24; DS 24; Hioo 9, 27; HA 9, 27; Total: RS 64 Yu- Gi -Oh!: Music To Duel STX Kid Rock: Bzoo 74; PCA 34; A40 3o; CS 48; CSS 1; Hioo Anne Murray: 8200185; CA 26; CCA 7; HOL 18; PCA 25 HSS17; RA13,61; RBH12,60; RP 8; RS 6;14011,17 Toya: Hioo 7; HA 7; RA 21; RBH 21; RP 9; RS 57; T4o 6 91; HSS 5 Musiq: Bzoo 172; RBA 41; Hioo 19; HA 15; HSS 56; RA 4, Royksopp: EA 20; DC 7 Transplants: IND 17 -VARIOUS ARTISTS- Kidz Bop Kids: Bzoo 86,107; HOL 8 44; RBH 4, 47, 83; RS 40 Rozelly: RBA 65 Trans- Siberian Orchestra: HOL 22, 38; PGA 29 -et The Bitfboetre 200 D.D. Klein: DC 17 Anne -Sophie Mutter: CL 12 Paulina Rubio: LPS 5; LT lo; TSS 20 Trapt: RO 29 Disneymania: Superstar Artists Sing Disney ...Their Beyonce Knowles: 11; HA HSS RA 7; RBH Mystikat: RA RS RA Randy Travis: CC Hioo io; 15; 6; 29; RBH 31; RP 13; 59 Ruff Endz: 49; RBH 5o CA 38; 21; CSS 8 Way!: 148 RP 5; RS 5;14o 28 Tammy Rugged: Hioo 5o; HA 49; 140 32 Faith Trent: DC 5 Iry Gatti Presents The Remixes: 57 Korn: B200 138; MO 38; RO 23, 25 Run -DMC: RBA 54 Trick Daddy: B200167; RBA 42; RA 62; RBH 67 iWorship: A Total Worship Experience: 98 Krakowski: Jane AC 13 Naam Brigade: RBA go John Rzeznik: A4o 16 Trick Pony: B20o 135: CA 17, 54: CS 28 Ludacris Presents Disturbing Tha Peace: Golden Diana Krell: 116; RA Bzoo 66;/72, 4 Nappy Roots: Bzoo RBA 47; Hioo 32; HA 29; 22; Trina: RBA 52; RA69; RBH 69; RS 62 Grain: 147 Alison Krauss: BG 4; CA 32 RBH 22; RP 11; T4o 31 _s- Trin -i -tee 5:7: CC 35; GA 7 Now lo: 53 Alison Krauss + Union Station: B200 BG 1; CA Narae: RS CA CCA 19; CS 15 59; lo HSS 26; io Sacarlo: Hioo 38; HA 38; T4018 Travis Tritt: 8200193; 28; Now 9: 175 RBH Krazy: 95 Nas: Bzoo 184; RBA 45; RBC 17, 20; DS 2; HSS 28; RA 30; Sade: RBC 23; DS 17 TRUSTcompany: B200 180; MO 26, 32; RO 31 The Time -Life Treasury Of Christmas: Holiday Kmmb HSS RS 41 RBH RP RS Los De LA 19; LT 17; RMS 4 Snatcha: 45; 32; 25; 66 Ryuichi Sakamoto: CX 10 Tucanes Tijuana: 39; RMA Memories: 79 Kumbia Kings: EA 4; LA 5; LPA 4; RMS 40 Nashom:DC19 Saliva: B200 19; MO 7; RO io Tanya Tucker: CA 71; CS 38 Totally Country Vol. 2:43 Kya -PI: RE 6; RS 54 Nate Dogg: Hioo 81; RA 46, 64; RBH 45, 63; RP 21 Joe Sample: C/22 Shania Twain: CCA 3; PCA 12; AC 21; CS 9; Hloo 34; HA 34 Totally Hits 2002: More Platinum Hits: 42 Kyjuan: Hioo 12; HA RA 8; RBH RP 6; LA LPA 19; LPS 15; LT 3o; 28 RMS 27 Twista: RBC 22 n; 8; 14o 36 Ednita Nazarlo: 47; ISS Man Chalino Sanchez: A Windham Hill Christmas: 176 Youssou N'Dour: WM 9 Sandman: HSS 42; RS 27 Ronan Tynan: WM 13 WOW Christmas: 56 -L- Nelly: 820o 18; RBA 15; RBC 16; HA 9,11; HSS 10; INT 5; 1; AC 5; HA 5; HSS Steve HS 40; 5, 12 Hioo 9,12; Santana: Bzoo Mo Hioo 5; Tyrell: /Z WOW Hits 2o03: 69 Lady Saw: A4o 2; Hioo 3; HA 4; T4o 2 17; RA 8, 13; RBH 8, 12; RP 6, 8; RS 6; T40 11, 36 33; 195 39; T40 3; TSS 18 Tyrese: RA 55; RBH 55 Rachael Lampa: EA 19 Willie Nelson: B2oo 150; CA 19, 58; CCA 13 Juetz Santana: Hioo 7; HA 7; RA 21; RBH 21; RP 9; RS 57;

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IF I COULD GO! ANGIE MARTINEZ FEATURING LIL' MO & SACARLO NOVEMBER 3:, II ELLKTRA/EEG 30 i °22 ADULT TOP 40 TRAC Billboard ADULT CONTEMPORARY Billboard DISEASE L MATCHBOX TWENTY Airplay monitored by 1g Airplay monitored by x ATLANTIC e W Nielsen Nielsen 3 Broadcast Data 3 Broadcast Data FAMILY PORTRAIT Tly ÿ Systems Systems PINK ARISTA TITLE IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL Artist ., S TITLE IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL Artist GIMME THE LIGHT 1 Ill NUMBER 1 Week At Number SEAN PAUL -`! sY`d -= NUMBER 1 ' ;` 2 Weeks At Number 1 BLACK SHADOWIO HARO IRP/ATWETIC 1 THE GAME OF LOVE ARISTA Santana Featuring Michelle Branch 9 3 CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU ATLANTIC Phil Collins e I HEAVEN t, 4 UNDERNEATH IT ALL INTERSCOPE No Doubt Featuring Lady Saw 9 i. -.? 1 CRY WARNER BROS. Faith Hill 4 - DJ SAMMY & YANOU FEATURING 00 3 2 COMPLICATED ARISTA Avril Lavigne 9 ROBBINS l' 3 2 A THOUSAND MILES A &M/INTERSCOPE Vanessa Carlton 4 3 WIND-UP I GANGSTA LOVIN' ONE LAST BREATH Creed 9 EVE FEATURING ALICIA KEYS 4 A MOMENT LIKE THIS RCA Kelly Clarkson 4 ® 5 YOUR BODY IS A WONDERLAND AWARE/COLUMBIA John Mayer 9 RUFF RYDERSANTERSCOPE 5 THE ARISTA Featuring Michelle Branch GAME OF LOVE Santana 9 LCD 6 IN A LITTLE WHILE LAVA Uncle Kracker I LUV U BETTER LL COOL J 6 SUPERMAN (IT'S NOT EASY) AWARE/COLUMBIA Five For Fighting 7 DISEASE ATIANrIC matchbox twenty 9 9 GO UER JAM AOJMG 8 8 WHERE ARE YOU GOING RCA Dave Matthews Band 9 17 8 SOAK UP THE SUN A& INTERSCOPE Sheryl Crow 9 I DON'T KNOW WHY '- 9 THE MIDDLE DREAMWORKS Jimmy Eat World 9 NORAH JONES ;L 8 7 HERO INTERSCOPE Enrique Iglesias 4 BLUE NOTE MRGIN 12 DON'T KNOW WHY BLUENOTE/VIRGIN Norah Jones 9 I A LIKE THIS MOMENT . 9 9 A NEW DAY HAS COME EPIC Celine Dion 4 10 A THOUSAND MILES A&WINTERSCOPE Vanessa Carlton 9 KELLY CLARKSON RCA 11 LIFE GOES ON CURB LeAnn Rimes 9 14 WHEREVER YOU WILL GO RCA The Calling 9 I JUST LIKE A PILL 11 x-11 12 TO WHERE YOU ARE 1&YREPRIS( Josh Graban 9 NO SUCH THING AWARE/COLUMBIA John Mayer 9 )' PINK 13 SOAK UP THE SUN A&MnNTERSCOPE Sheryl Crow 9 ARISTA 1.12 10 DO IT FOR LOVE ARISTNRCA'BMG HERITAGE Daryl Hall John Oates I 15 GOODBYE TO YOU MAVERICK/WARNER BROS. Michelle Branch 9 '03 BONNIE 8, CLYDE 16 YOU WINDHAMHIWRCAVICTOR Jim Brickman Featuring Jane Krakowski .LAY -Z FEATURING BEYONCE KNOWLES 17 WALT OISNEV/HOLLYWOOD CO I'M STILL HERE (JIM'S THEME) John Rzeznik 4 ROC a-ReII NEFJAMADJMG 3'4 3 NO SUCH THING AWAREJWLUMBIA John Mayer 9 16 SOMEWHERE OUT THERE COLUMBIA Our Lady Peace 9 I IN A LITTLE WHILE UNCLE KRACKER 21 FOREVER FOR YOU U WATCH Daryl Hall John Oates Ill 18 SPIN DREAMWORKS Lifehouse 9 LAVA 19 BREATHE YOUR NAME suuINT/CURB/REPRISE Sixpence None The Richer 9 i 6 15 WHEN YOU LIE NEXT TO ME BNA Kellie Coffey 9 I GIRL TALK 20 A SORTA FAIRYTALE EPIC Tori Amos 9 TLC 19 co LANDSLIDE MONUMENT/COLUMBIA Dixie Chicks 9 ARISTA I® 21 THE ZEPHYR SONG WARNERBROS. Red Hot Chili Peppers 9 I a COMPLICATED ARISTA Avril Lavigne 9 PO' FOLKS 25 MONUMENT/COLUMBIA Dixie Chicks ® LANDSLIDE 9 NAPPY ROOTS FEATURING ANTHONY HAMILTON 17 THROUGH THE RAIN MONARNISLAND/IDJMG Mariah Carey 4 ATLANTIC 23 SK8ER BOI ARISTA Avril Lavigne 9 I I NEED A GIRL (PART TWO) 14 I'M ALIVE EPIC Celine Dion 9 I® 28 THINKING OVER DREAMWORKS Dana Glover 9 P. DIDDY 8 GINOWINE

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MY OLD MAN (Mike Curb, BMI /Diamond Storm, STINGY (W.B.M. Music, SESAC /Babyboy's Little, Chart Codes: Hot wo Singles (Hioo); Hot R &B Hip/Hop Singles (RBH); Hot Country Singles (CS) and Hot Latin Tracks (LT). BMI /Curb, ASCAP), WBM, CS 39 SESAC /Noontime South, SESAC /Black Baby, MY TOWN (Single Track, BMI /Gottahaveable, SESAC /Jason's Lyrics, SESAC/Chrysalis, ASCAP/Naked TITLE (Publisher - Chart, Position. Licensing Org.) Sheet Music Dist., BMI /Songs Of Windswept Pacific, BMI), WBM, CS 6; Htoo Under My Clothes, ASCAP), WBM, Htoo 44; RBH 13 46 STOLE (BMG Songs, ASCAP /tittle Engine, ASCAP /Big '03 BONNIE & CLYDE (Carter Boys, ASCAP /Ye World, Nasty, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP), H L /WBM, Htoo 9; RBH Caboose, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP /Sonic Graffiti, ASCAP), ASCAP /Universal, ASCAP /Controversy, ASCAP/WB, 12 .N. HL, Htoo 27; RBH 6o I Bystander, ASCAP) Htoo 96 ASCAP /Suge, ASCAP /Songs Of Universal, BMI/Joshua's A DIOS LE PIDO (Peermusic III, BMI /Camaleon, BMI) AM MINE (Innocent NEXT BIG THING (Vinnie Mae, BMI /Chad Jensen, THE STREETS (Base Pipe, ASCAP /Scott Storch, I BELIEVE (Acuff -Rose, BMI /Write On Music, BMI), HL, Dream, BMI /EMI April, ASCAP), HL /WBM, Hioo 11; RBH 6 LT 15 BMI /Stairway To Bitner's, BMI /Songs Of Windswept Pacif- ASCAP /TVT, ASCAP /Nate Dogg, BMI) H1oo 81; RBH 45 19 SOMETHIN' (EMI April, ASCAP /Sea Gayle, DIRRTY (Xtina, BMI /Dayna's Day, BMI /Warner- Tamer- CS 55 ic, BMI /Little Blue Box, ASCAP), WBM, CS 36 STRONG ENOUGH TO BE YOUR MAN (Post Oak, BMI) ASCAP /Careers -BMG, BMI), HL, CS iz; Htoo 58 lane, BMI /Funky Noble, ASCAP /WB, ASCAP /lahgae I CARE 4 U (Virginia Beach, ASCAP/Mass Confusion, NO LETTING GO (Greensleeves, PRS) RBH 46 CS 15 8 MILE (Eight Mile Style, BMI) RBH 72 Joints, SESAC /Universal, SESAC /Ostaf, BMI /Jasper ASCAP /WB, ASCAP /Irving, BMI), HL /WBM, Hioo 36; RBH NO ME ENSENASTE (World Deep, BMI/Sony/ATV SUENA (Ser -Ca, BMI) LT 7 Cameron, BMI), WBM, Hioo 69 10 Latin, BMI /Blueplatinum, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Discos, DISEASE (EMI Blackwood, BMI /Bidnis, BMI/Jagged I'D LOVE TO LAY YOU DOWN (Music City Music, ASCAP) LT 11 w ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP), HL, CS so AERIALS (Sony /ATV Tunes, ASCAP /Ddevil, ASCAP), Edge, BMI), HL, Hioo 37 NO QUE NO (Rodali, BMI) LT 32 TAKE YOU HOME (Media Noche,ASCAP /Ul Masiell's, I DROVE ALL NIGHT (Sony /ATV Tunes, ASCAP), HL, CS HL, Hioo 76 EL DOLOR DE TU PRESENCIA (Rubel, ASCAP /Univer- NOTHIN' (Off Da Yelzabulb, BMI /The Waters Of BMI /Dade Co. Project Music, BMI /Issy & Nemo Tunes, AIR FORCE ONES (BMG Songs, ASCAP /Jackie Frost, sal Musica, ASCAP) LT 5 54 Nazareth, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI /Chase Chad, ASCAP) RBH 93 IF I COULD GO! (Angie Martinez, ASCAP /Mo Loving, ASCAP /Universal, ASCAP /Da Bess, ASCAP/D2 Pro, DONDE ESTARA MI PRIMAVERA (Crisma, SESAC) LT ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP /Squish Moth, BMI/Warner- TALKIN'TO ME (Damrich, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI) ASCAP /Cyphercleff, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP /Lil ASCAP /Young Dude, ASCAP /Sam Swap, ASCAP/Tarpo, 25 Tamerlane, BMI), HL/WBM, RBH 42 RBH 26 Masiell's, BMI), HL, i-1100 38 ASCAP), HL Hioo 12; RBH 8 DONTCHANGE (EMI April, ASCAP /Touched By jazz, NOTHINS FREE (TVT,ASCAP) RBH 74 TE AMO TANTO (Lideres, ASCAP) LT 39 IGNITION (Zomba, BMI / R.Kelly, BMI), WBM, Hum 66; ALL MY LIFE (M.J. Twelve, BMI /EMI Virgin Songs, ASCAP /Nivrac Tyke, ASCAP/Universal, ASCAP /Soulchild, TE SOLTE LA RIENDA (BMG, BMI) LT 24 RBH 16 sum BMI /Living Under A Rock, ASCAP /Flying Fingers, ASCAP /I ASCAP /Tetra Grammaton, ASCAP /fesse Jaye, ASCAP), ®- TE VAS (Rubet, ASCAP /Universal Musica, I JUST WANNA BE MAD (EMI April, ASCAP /Didn't Have Love The Music, BMI /Universal, ASCAP), HL, HL /WBM, Hioo 19; RBH 4 OH YEAH! (Money Mack, BMI) H1oo 75; RBH 51 ASCAP /z000 Amor, ASCAP/Universal- PolyGram Latin, To Be, ASCAP /Mosaic, BMI /Hold lack, BMQ, HL, CS 14; Hioo 51 DONT KNOW WHY (Beanly, BMI /Sony /AN Songs, ON A MISSION (WS, ASCAP /Beechtree, ASCAP /Old ASCAP) LT 31 Hioo 7o ALMOST HOME (Triple Shoes, BMI /Magic Mustang, BMI), HL, Hioo 52 Desperados, ASCAP /N2D, ASCAP), WBM, CS 28 THERE'S NO LIMIT (Deanaling, ASCAP /PBI, I'M GONNA GETCHA GOOD! (Universal -Songs Of Poly - BMI /Sufferin' Succotash, ASCAP) CS 51 DON'T MESS WITH MY MAN (Babyboy's Little, ONE DAY CLOSER TO YOU (EMI Full Keel, ASCAP /Warner- Tamerlane, BMI), WBM, CS 34 Gram International, BMI /Loon Echo, BMI /Out Of Pocket, AMERICAN CHILD (EMI April, ASCAP /Vassarsongs, SESAC /Noontime South, SESAC /EMI April, ASCAP /Them ASCAP /Blakemore Avenue, ASCAP /April Blue, THESE DAYS (Gottahaveable, BMI/Songs Of ASCAP /Zomba, ASCAP), WBM, CS 9; Hioo 34 ASCAP /BMG Songs,ASCAP /Mrs. Lumpkins Poodle, Damn Twins, ASCAP /Air Control, ASCAP /WBM, SESAC), ASCAP /Dannasongs, BMI /Ensign, BMI /EMI April, Windswept Pacific, BMI /Sony /AN Tree, BMI /Songs Of I'M NOT BREAKIN' (CDB, BMI/Wooley Swamp, ASCAP), HL, Hioo 98 HL/WBM, Hioo 14; RBH 25 ASCAP), HL, CS 27 Terecel, BMI /Rondor, PRS /Irving, BMI), HL /WBM, CS t; BMI /Careers -BMG, BMI /Lingle, BMI), HL, CS 3o AMOR DE INTERNET (EMI Blackwood, BMI) LT 44 DONT SAY NO, JUST SAY YES (Tuff Huff, BMI /Zomba, ONE LAST BREATH (Tremonti, BMI/Stapp, Htoo z6 IN A LITTLE WHILE (Gaje, BMI /Warner-Tamerlane, EL AMOR NO TIENE EDAD (Arpa, BMI) LT BMI /Grindtime, BMI), WBM, RBH 54 BMI /Dwight Frye, BMQ H1oo 15 THIS IS MY PARTY (Desert Storm, BMI) RBH 7o 43 BMI /Chunky Style, ASCAP /Seven Peaks, ASCAP), ANGEL DE AMOR (EMI April, ASCAP /Big Cojones, DO THAT... (Money Mack, BMI /Bubo, ASCAP /That's ONE MAN (Tank 1176, ASCAP /Black Fountain, ATHOUSAND MILES (Songs Of Universal, HL /WBM, Htoo 59 ASCAP) LT 4o What's Up, ASCAP/Bubba Gee, BMI /Noontime South, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP), HL, RBH 73 BMI /Rosasham, BMI), WBM, Hioo 42 I NEED A GIRL (PART TWO) (Marsky, BMI /Janice ARE WE CUTTIN' (Pastor Troy, BMI /Virginia Beach, SESAC / W.B.M., ASCAP) Htoo 85; RBH 33 ONE OF THOSE DAYS (Shek'em Down, BMI /Hitco THUG HOLIDAY (First N' Gold, BMI /Trick N' Rick, Combs, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI /Justin Combs, ASCAP ASCAP/WB, ASCAP /WhoselseitgonB, ASCAP), WBM, RBH South, ASCAP /Buttaphly 2Phly Muzicc, /Classic BMI /FNG 75, BMI /Who Wrote That Music, BMI/Juicy ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/Donceno,ASCAP/Hot Heat, ASCAP 68 MIN E Music South, ASCAP /Music Of Windswept, /DAS., Tyme, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP /Air Control, ASCAP), HL ASCAP/Jesse Jaye, ASCAP /Harmony Smurf, BMI), HL, ASCAP /Ground Breaking, ASCAP/Sony/ATVTunes, ASEREJE (Sony /AN Discos, ASCAP) LT 2o EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER (EMI April, RBH 67 Hioo 5o ASCAP / Bovina, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP), HL /WBM, BMI Of Universal, ASEREJE (Sony /ATV Latin, BMI/Shaketown, BMI) LT1 ASCAP /Blue Eno Soul, ASCAP /Yoruba Peoples Music, THUG LOVIN' (Slavery, /Songs IN THE NAME OF LOVE (Zomba, BMI /R.Kelly, BMI), Htoo 94; RBH 38 /Dl Irv, BMI /Soldierz Touch, ASCAP /Black Bull, AT THE END OF THE DAY (WB, ASCAP /Kelodies, ASCAP), HL RBH 52 BMI WBM, RBH 81 ORDINARY DAY (Songs Of Universal, BMI /Rosasharn, ASCAP /lobete, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP), HL Htoo ASCAP/Sony/ATVCross Keys, ASCAP /Onaly, ASCAP), EN NOMBRE DE LOS DOS (EMOA, ASCAP) LT 14 57; I SHOULD BE... (ADS Music Writers, ASCAP) RBH 27 BMI), WBM, Htoo 78 RBH 17 HL /WBM, CS 26 ENTRA EN MI VIDA (Sony /ATV Discos, ASCAP /Peer- IT'LL GO AWAY (March Family, BMI /Maleah, BMI /EMI THUGZ MANSION (Universal, ASCAP /Black Hipsanic, AY! PAPACITO (UY! DADDY) (Iron Tigga, BMI /Warner- music III, BMI) LT 3 April, ASCAP /Sea Gayle, ASCAP), HL CS 44 ASCAP/BMG Songs, ASCAP /Aurelius, ASCAP /Tappy Tamerlane, BMI) LT 36 ERES MI RELIGION (Tulum, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP) I -p- WANT MY BABY BACK (Sony /AN Tree, BMI /Gold PARADISE (LL Cool J, ASCAP /Sony /AN Tunes, Whyte's, BMQ RBH LT 38 34 Watch, BMI /Wenonga, BMI /NEZ, BMQ, HL CS 47 ASCAP / ENOT, ASCAP/EKOP, BMI /Sony /AN Songs, TIGHT WHIPS (LP Boyz, BMI) RBH 79 ESCLAVO DE TU PIEL(Fersal, BMI /No Limitations, I WISH YOU'D STAY (EMI April, ASCAP /Sea Gayle, BMI /Mi Suk,ASCAP/Third Palm, BMI / Jobur, BMI /Top 'TIL NOTHING COMES BETWEEN US (Curb Congrega- BABY (Pookietoots, ASCAP/Soldierz Touch, ASCAP /DI BMI /Universal -Musica Unica, BMI /Fonomusic, BMI) LT47 ASCAP), HL, CS 19 Bound, BMI), HL RBH 58 tion, SESAC /Monkids, SESAC /Lil- Stratton, SESAC /Hope- Irv, BMI /N -The Water, ASCAP/Stilt N -The Water, ES POR AMOR (World Deep, BMI /Sony /AN Latin, PERDONAME MI AMOR (Seg Son, BMI) LT 9 N -Cal, BMI /Rebecca Marshall, ASCAP), HL CS 21 BMI /Baeza, ASCAP/Universal, ASCAP), HL, Htoo 24; RBH BMI /PSO Ltd., ASCAP) LT 34 PICTURE (Thirty Two Mile, BMI /Warner -Tamerlane, TINY DANCER (Universal -Songs Of PolyGram Interna- 11 ES POR TI (Peermusic Ill, BMI /Camaleon, BMI) LT 6 JENNY FROM THE BLOCK (Chocolate Factory, BMI), WBM, CS 48; Hioo 91 tional, BMI) CS 59 THE BABY (Coburn, BMI /Zomba, ASCAP /Eye On The EVERYDAY ANGEL (Universal- PolyGram International, ASCAP/Tunesmith, BMI /Jaedon Christopher, THE PLEDGE (Aurelius, ASCAP /DI Irv, BMI /Blunts, TODO MI AMOR [THE ONE YOU LOVE] (Songs Of Uni- Ball, ASCAP /Bigger Picture, ASCAP), WBM, CS 25 ASCAP /St. Julien, ASCAP),WBM, CS 6o ASCAP /Sony /AN Tunes, ASCAP /Nuyorican, Guns And Funs, ASCAP /Pookietoots, ASCAP) RBH 78 versal, BMI/Macadoo, BMI /Sony/ATV Songs, BMI /Songs BABY DO THOSE THINGS (Big Bert, BMI /Songs Of EVERY RIVER (Mighty Nice, BMI/Wait No More, BMI /Sony Songs, BMI /BMG Songs, ASCAP /Zomba, PO' FOLKS (Nappy Roots, BMI /Tarpo, ASCAP) Htoo OfTerecel, BMI) LT to Windswept Pacific, BMI /E.D. Duz -It, BMI /RoyiSon, BMI /Bluewater, BMI /Universal -PolyGram International, /AN ASCAP /EMI Unart, BMI /EMI April, ASCAP /Justin Combs, 32; RBH 22 TONIGHT I'M GONNA LIT GO (Zomba, BMI /Greg Cham, BMI /Broken English, BMI /Prodigal Son, ASCAP /Green Wagon, ASCAP /Universal -Songs Of Poly - ASCAP /lae'wons, ASCAP /Paniro's, ASCAP), HL /WBM, POR MAS QUE INTENTO (Kike Santander, BMI) LT 29 ASCAP /Nikeeya, ASCAP /Dunn Ruff Muzique, BMI /Drano's, BMI /Universal- PolyGram International, Gram International, BMI /Door Number One, BMI), Hioo 6; RBH 3o PRACTICE LIFE (Sony /ATV Tree, BMI /Mo Fuzzy Dice, ASCAP /Acuff -Rose, BMI /Warner-Tamerlane, BMI /T'Ziah's, ASCAP /Oh! God, ASCAP) RBH 80 HL /WBM, CS 16 ASCAP ASCAP BMI), HL CS JOHN J. BLANCHARD (Almo,ASCAP/Music Of /Famous, /Almo, 35 BMI /Ramp, BMI/ Killa 4, ASCAP /Dutty Nigga, ASCAP), H L BEAUTIFUL (Stuck In The Throat, ASCAP /Famous, Windswept, ASCAP /Songs Of Bud Dog, ASCAP), PRAYER (Mother Culture, ASCAP /WB, ASCAP), WBM, RBH 91 ASCAP), H L, H100 39 rrFmr Hioo 6o TRADE IT ALL (EMI April, ASCAP /Them Damn Twins, BEAUTIFUL GOODBYE (Acuff -Rose, BMI/Sony/ATV HL/WBM, CS 41 FABULOUS (Divine Mill, ASCAP /WB, ASCAP /Fingaz EL PROBLEMA (Sony /ATV Discos, ASCAP / Arjona ASCAP /D. Brusco, ASCAP /Desert Storm, BMI /Mr. Manat- Tunes, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys, ASCAP /Drivers Ed, Goal, ASCAP /lahgae Joints, SESAC /Universal, Musical, ASCAP) LT 2 ti, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI /Duro, BMI /Air Control, ASCAP /Worley World, ASCAP), HL CS 31 SESAC /Miss Mary's, BMI /Warner-Tamerlane, BMI /EMI ASCAP), HL H1oo 93 BEAUTIFUL MESS (Songs Of API, BMI /Monkey C, THE KETCHUP SONG (HEY HAH) (Sony /AN Latin, April,ASCAP), HL /WBM, Htoo 53; RBH 15 TU FORMA DE SER CUMBIA (Copyright Control) LT 26 BMI /Songs Of Nashville DreamWorks, BMI /Affiliated, BMI /Shaketown, BMI) Htoo 89 FALL INTO ME (Universal -MCA, ASCAP /Halhana, QUE BONITA PAREJA (Vander, ASCAP /Edimusa, TU NO SOSPECHAS (Ventura, ASCAP) LT 27 BMI /Chrysalis, ASCAP /Creative Artist Agency, ASCAP /EMI ASCAP /WB, ASCAP /Platinum Plow, ASCAP), WBM, CS it; ASCAP) LT 48 TU SABES BIEN (Don Cat, ASCAP) LT 3o Blackwood, BMI /Shane Minor, BMI), HL /WBM, CS to; Htoo 63 QUE DIOS SE APIADE DE MI (Piloto, ASCAP /Universal Htoo 48 FAMILY PORTRAIT (Pink Panther, ASCAP /EMI April, LA CHICA SEXY (Flamingo, BMI) LT 17 Musica, ASCAP) LT 49 BEAUTIFUL (YOU ARE) (Armacien, BMI /Only Real -Ucare ASCAP /Scott Storch, ASCAP /TVT, ASCAP), HL Hioo 40 LANDSLIDE (Welsh Witch, BMI /Sony /ATV Tree, BMI), QUEDO TRISTE EL JACAL (Maitre, BMI) LT 41 Muzic, BMI /EMI Blackwood, 71 UNDERNEATH IT ALL (World Of The Dolphin, BMI /E One, BMI) RBH FAMILY TREE (Chuck Wagon Gourmet, HL CS 3; Htoo 16 QUE ME QUEDES TU (Aniwi, BMI /Sony /AN Latin, BLOW YOUR WHISTLE (Zomba, ASCAP /Universal, ASCAP /Eligible, ASCAP /BMG Songs, ASCAP /Kumbaya, ASCAP /Famous, ASCAP), HL/WBM, CS LA REINA DELSUR (TN Ediciones, BMQ LT 12 BMI /F.I.P.P., BMI Azulado, BMI) LT 33 /Sonido 45 ASCAP), HL /WBM, Hioo 3 ASCAP /Money Mack, BMI), WBM, RBH 85 FEEL IT BOY (EMI Blackwood, BMI /The Waters Of LA SALSA VIVE (Piloto, ASCAP /Universal Musica, QUIZAS (EMI April, ASCAP /Enrique Iglesias, ASCAP UNUSUALLY UNUSUAL ('NB, ASCAP), WBM, CS 24 BOTHER (EMI April, /Music That Music, Nazareth, BMI /EMI April, ASCAP /Chase Chad, ASCAP), ASCAP /Sir George, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) LT 22 ASCAP /Apollinaire, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI) LT 28 UP & DOWN (IN & OUT) (Deborah Cox, BMI /EMI ASCAP), HL Hioo 56 LAS VIAS DEL AMOR (LGA, BMI) LT 23 HL RBH too Blackwood, BMI /EMI April, ASCAP /Flyte Tyme, BRAID MY HAIR (Nyrraw, ASCAP /EMI April, FLOETIC (Jewel, ASCAP /Wells, ASCAP/Universal, LATELY (BEEN DREAMIN "BOUT BABIES) (Designer, erwRM. ASCAP /Uncle Bobby, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI), HL, ASCAP /Minneapolis Guys, ASCAP /Ji Branda, ASCAP /Who ASCAP /jatcat, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP /Touched By Jazz, SESAC/ Brentwood -Benson, SESAC /Songs Of Lehsem, RAINING ON SUNDAY (Almo, ASCAP /Original Bliss, Htoo too; RBH 41 Knows, BMI), HL, RBH 92 ASCAP /Jay-Qui, ASCAP /No Gravity, ASCAP), HL, RBH 89 SESAC /Regie Hamm, SESAC), HL, CS 46 ASCAP /Universal-PolyGram International, ASCAP /St. BREAK YOU OFF (Grand Negaz, BMI /Careers -BMG, LET LIVE (Tank 1176, ASCAP /Money Mack, FOCUS (Copyright Control) RBH 84 ME Julien, ASCAP), HL CS 57 err taw BMI/Killah Stealth, BMI /ONE CRC, BMI /Benjamin Kenney, FOREVER EVERYDAY (Sony/AN Cross Keys, BMI /Bubba Gee, BMI /Noontime Tunes, BMI /Warner- REACT (Erick Sermon, ASCAP/Zomba, ASCAP /Funky ASCAP / Soulchild, ASCAP /Universal, ASCAP /Baby Blues, VIRGINITY (Notting Hill, SESAC /Young Rano, ASCAP/Drivers Ed, ASCAP /Worley World, ASCAP/Devon's Tamerlane, BMI /Black Fountain, ASCAP /EMI April, Noble, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP /F.O.B., ASCAP), WBM, Htoo ASCAP), HL RBH 83 SESAC /Put It Down, SESAC /Notting Dale, ASCAP/T. Scott Farm, ASCAP), HL /WBM, CS 42 ASCAP), HL /WBM, RBH 87 41; RBH 14 BROKENHEARTSVILLE (House Of Hubbell, Style, SESAC) RBH 98 FORGIVE (EMI April, ASCAP /Tennessee Colonel, LIKE I LOVE YOU (Tennman Tunes, ASCAP /Zomba, THE RED (Loeffler, ASCAP) Htoo 77 ASCAP /Acuff-Rose, BMI ASCAP), HL CS 37 VUELA MUY ALTO (World Deep, BMI/Sony/ATV Latin, /Blakebird, ASCAP /ICG, ASCAP /Big Tractor, ASCAP /Ice Trey, ASCAP), ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP/Chase Chad, ASCAP/The RED RAG TOP (Acuff -Rose, BMI /Sony /AN Songs, BROWN SUGAR (EXTRA SWEET) (Janice Combs, BMI) LT 18 HL /WBM, CS 17; Htoo 95 Waters Of Nazareth, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI), BMQ, HL CS 7; Hioo 47 BMI /Chyna Baby, BMI /Medina Sound, BMI /Empire Inter- FROM THA CHUUUCH TO DA PALACE (My Own Chit, HL/WBM, Hioo 18; RBH 82 RELAX YOUR MIND (Brown Lace, BMI /Hitco, national, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI), HL, RBH 96 BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI /The Waters Of Nazareth, LITTLE THINGS (Universal -MCA, ASCAP /Universal, BMI /Songs Of Windswept Pacific, BMI /Penn. State, -w- B R RIGHT (First N' BMI Trina, Gold, /Ms. BMI /Bgates BMI /Chase Chad, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP /Zomba, ASCAP /Big Elk, ASCAP/Don Williams, BMI /Gold & Iron, BMI /Urban Legendz, BMI /World Of Flowers, ASCAP /Hitco WAITIN' FOR THE DI (Pen Skills, BMI /Jazzmen, Muzik, ASCAP /Ludacris, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP), HL BMI), BMI /R.Kelly, BMQ, HL /WBM, Hioo 87; RBH 35 ASCAP /Warner-Tamerlane, BMI/Wang Out, South, ASCAP/Music Of Windswept, ASCAP /Pinnacle BMI /Warner -Tamerlane, BMI /Houdah, BMI /Zomba, RBH 69 FUNNY (Divided, BMI /Universal, BMI /Smoobie, BMI/Sony /AN Songs, BMI /Key z My Heart, BMI /WB, Songs, ASCAP/ Famous, ASCAP /lobete, ASCAP /EMI April, WBM, RBH 77 BUMP, BUMP, BUMP (Zomba, BMI /R.Kelly, BMI), ASCAP/Leumelf, ASCAP) RBH 37 ASCAP), HL /WBM, H1oo 92; RBH 36 ASCAP), HL, RBH 88 WAITIN' ON JOE (MAS Venture, BMI /Misterssippi, WBM, Hioo 67; RBH zo LONESOME ROAD (Warner- Tamerlane, BMI/16o9 ROCK IT (One Up, BMI) RBH 95 BMI) CS 32 BY MYSELF (ColliPark, BMI /Da Crippler, BMI /EWC, .G.- Songs, ASCAP /Music Of Windswept, ASCAP /Chatawa, ROCK THE PARTY (BigT -Rock, BMI /Marsky, BMI/lan- WAKE UP (Divine Mill, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP /Fingaz BMI) RBH 57 ASCAP), WBM, CS 58 ice Combs, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI /EMI April, Goal, ASCAP/Nate Dogg, BMI /Ebalastin, ASCAP /EMI THE GAME OF LOVE (Keepin' It Real How 'Bout You, LOSE YOURSELF (Eight Mile Style, BMI /Ensign, BMQ, ASCAP /Justin Combs, ASCAP /Hot Heat, ASCAP), HL, Htoo April, ASCAP/Warren G, ASCAP /National League, erro BMI /Warner- Tamerlane, BMI/Future Furniture, ar HL Hioo 1; RBH 7 82; RBH 28 ASCAP /Stone City, ASCAP /Mtume, BMI /Universal, BMI), C ASCAP /EMI April ASCAP), HL/WBM, Hioo 5 CADILLAC PIMPIN' (Drugstore, ASCAP /Swole, ASCAP) A LOT OF THINGS DIFFERENT (Sony RUB ME THE RIGHT WAY (Curb, ASCAP /Blue Tattoo, HL RBH GANGSTA LOVIN' (Takin' Care Of Business, BMI) Hioo /AN Tree, /WBM, 63 RBH BMI /Mr. Bubba, BMI /Acuff-Rose, BMQ, HL CS 13; Htoo ASCAP/Sixteen Stars, BMI /John Ramey, BMI), HL/WBM, WANKSTA (221, ASCAP /Hidden Scrolls, ASCAP/5o 99 30; RBH 39 CAPRICHO MALDITO (Arpa, BMI) LT 37 CS 56 Cent, ASCAP) Hioo 68; RBH 18 GIMME THE LIGHT (Dutty Rock, ASCAP /Black Shad- 74 CARALUNA (Warner-Tamerlane, BMI) LT 19 LOVE OF MY UFE (AN ODE TO HIP HOP) (Ugmoe, THE WAY WE BALL (Lucky, BMI) RBH 75 ow, BMI /TWR, BMI /EMI April, ASCAP), HL Hioo 8; RBH 5 CHING, CHING (Nelstar, SOCAN/Mawga Dawg, ASCAP /Universal -PolyGram International, ASCAP /BMG -sir WHATA BEAUTIFUL DAY (Mark Hybner, ASCAP /Uni- GIRL TALK (Butterman's Land, BMI /Guccizm, SOCAN/Sony/ATV Canada, SOCAN /Worldwide West, Songs, ASCAP/Divine Pimp, ASCAP/Tribes Of Kedar, versal, ASCAP /Lanark Village Tunes, ASCAP), WBM, CS ASCAP /Universal, ASCAP /Kandacy, ASCAP /Air Control, SATISFACTION WB, ASCAP /Ain't Nuthin' Goin' On But 49 SOCAN /Virginia Beach, ASCAP /WB, ASCAP/whodahellel- ASCAP /Jake & The Phatman, ASCAP /Universal, Fun Rockwell, WHAT WE DO (Efartooee, ASCAP /F.O.B., ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP /U.N.I., ASCAP /Max -Hill, king, ASCAP /Universal ASCAP / Blondie seitsgonB, ASCAP /757, ASCAP), HL /WBM, RBH 64 ASCAP /Jajapo, ASCAP /Songs Of Universal, BMI /Sense- ASCAP), H1oo RBH ASCAP /Carter Boys, ASCAP /Shakur Al -Din, ASCAP /Hitco ASCAP /Smooth C, BMI /Songs Of Windswept Pacific, WBM, 62; 24 CHOPPA STYLE (LP Boyz, BMI) RBH 97 less, BMI /Fox Film, BMI /TCF, ASCAP), HL/WBM, Hioo 13; HATES ME (WB, ASCAP Music, South, ASCAP /Unichappell, BMI /Alexscar, BMI /EMI April BMI /Grunge Girl, ASCAP), HL/WBM, Htoo 28; RBH 23 SHE /Puddle Of CHROME (Songs Of Windswept Pacific, BM I/Yellow RBH 3 ASCAP /Stereo Supersonic, ASCAP), WBM, Hioo zo ASCAP), HL RBH 61 GOODBYE TO YOU (I'm With The Band, ASCAP/WB, Desert, BMI /My Life's Work, BMI /Almo,ASCAP), THE LUCKIEST MAN IN THE WORLD (Chrysalis, SHE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH A SMILE (Cal IV, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO ABOUT IT (Mosaic, BMI /EMI ASCAP), WBM, Hioo 61 HL /WBM, CS 29 ASCAP /Silver-7o3, ASCAP /Universal, ASCAP /Lanark Vil- ASCAP / Larga Vista, ASCAP /Sony/AN Tree, BMI /Big Yel- April, ASCAP /Sea Gayle, ASCAP), HL CS 43 THE GOOD STUFF (BMG Songs, ASCAP /Mrs. Lump - CLEANIN' OUT MY CLOSET (Ensign, BMI /Eight Mile lage Tunes, ASCAP), WBM, CS low Dog, BMI), HL, CS 4; Hioo WHEN I'M GONE (Escatawpa, BMI /Songs Of Univer- kins Poodle, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane, BMI /Makeshift, 53 33 Style, BMI), HL Hioo 79; RBH 56 LIN U BETTER (LL Cool I, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tunes, SICK OF BEING LONELY (Kuntry Slim, BMI /Two Four sal, BMI) Hioo 65 BMl), HL /WBM, CS zo COCHISE (Disappearing One, ASCAP/LBV Songs, ASCAP /Chase Chad, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP /The Fifteen, BMI /Bubba Gee, BMI /Noontime Tunes, WHEN THE LAST TIME (Terradome, ASCAP /GenMarc, GOOD TIMES (lobete, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP), HL, BMI /Simmering T, BMI /Me 3, BMI) H1oo 73 Waters Of Nazareth, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI), HL, Hioo BMI /Pride And Joy, BMI /Black Toney Montana's, ASCAP /The Waters Of Nazareth, BMI /EMI Blackwood, Hioo 99 COME CLOSETO ME (Songs Of Universal, BMI /Sense- RBH BMI /Warner -Tamerlane, BMI), WBM, RBH BMI /Chase Chad, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP), HL Hioo zi; GOTTA GETTHRU THIS (Reverb, BMI BMI) 4; 49 less, BMI /The Waters Of Nazareth, BMI /EMI Blackwood, /Universal, SINGLE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE (State Of Mind RBH 9 Htoo 31 BMI), HL RBH 65 wee wee Muzik, ASCAP /Hitco South, ASCAP /Music Of Windswept, WHEN THE UGHTS GO DOWN (Songs Of Windswept GROWING PAINS (DO IT AGAIN) (EMI April, Rai COMER A BESOS (ADG, SESAC) LT 35 ASCAP / Kandacy, ASCAP /Air Control, ASCAP /EMI April, Pacific, BMI /Gottahaveable, BMI /BMG Songs, ASCAP /Ludacris, ASCAP /P. King, ASCAP /Copyright Con- MADE YOU LOOK (III Will, ASCAP /Zomba, ASCAP /EMI COMPLICATED (Warner-Tamerlane, BMI /Hollylodge, ASCAP /I. Boyd, ASCAP /C.SiILs, ASCAP), HL/WBM, Hioo ASCAP /Mrs. Lumpkins Poodle, ASCAP/Universal, trol /Warner-Tamerlane, BMQ, HL /WBM, RBH 86 April, ASCAP /Salaam Remi, ASCAP), HL /WBM, RBH 32 BMI /Rainbow Fish, BMI /Mr. Spock, BMI/WB, ASCAP /Tix, 71; RBH 62 ASCAP /Memphisto, ASCAP), HL, CS 45 GUESS WHAT (Zomba, BMI /R.Kelly, MAKE IT CLAP (T'Ziah's, BMI /Dutty Nigga, BMQ, WBM, RBH SI NO ESTAS (Rubet,ASCAP /Universal Musica, WHERE WOULD YOU BE (Castle Street, ASCAP ASCAP /Ferry Hill, ASCAP / Avril Lavigne, ASCAP /Almo, ASCAP /Cyphercleff, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP), HL Hioo /Mr. 59 ASCAP /z000 Amor, ASCAP /Universal-PolyGram Latin, Noise, BMI/We Make Music, BMI /Warner-Tamerlane, ASCAP), HL/WBM, H1ooz3 88; RBH 29 ASCAP) LT 16 BMI), WBM, CS 18; Hioo 90 CONCRETE ANGEL (Universal -Songs Of PolyGram MAN TO MAN (Sony /ATV Tree, BMI /Magic Knee, earH- SI NO FUERA POR TI (Estefan, ASCAP) LT 42 WHO'S YOUR DADDY? (TokecoTunes, SW) CS 5; International, BMI /HopeChest, BMI /Glitterfish, BMI) CS BMI), HL CS 23 HALFCRAZY (Soulchild, ASCAP /Universal, SI TUVIERA QUE ELEGIR (Hecho A Mano, ASCAP /EMI Hloo 52 A MEMORY LIKE I'M GONNA BE (Cousin Mike, 35 CONNECTED FOR LIFE ASCAP /Nivrac Tyke, ASCAP/Tetra Grammaton, April, ASCAP /Songs Of Castillo, BMI /Universal -Musica WHY I LOVE YOU (Kharatroy, ASCAP /Nine Houses, (Money Mack, BMI /Lester Bud, BMI /Murrah, BMI), WBM, CS 38 ASCAP /EMI -Unart Unica, BMI) LT 8 ASCAP /Strange Motel, ASCAP /David McPhersongs, BMI), BMI /Gangsta Boogie, ASCAP /WB, ASCAP /Paper Route Catalog, BMI /EMI April, MENTIROSO (EMI April,ASCAP/Enrique Iglesias, Muzik, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP /Universal, ASCAP), ASCAP /Touched Bylazz, ASCAP /Zomba, ASCAP /Jazz Mer- SK8ER BOl (Almo, ASCAP /Avril Lavigne, HL, RBH 53 ASCAP /Hey Chubby, ASCAP) LT 33 HL /WBM, RBH 90 chant, ASCAP), H L /WBM, RBH 47 ASCAP /Warner -Tamerlane, BMI / Hollylodge, BMI/Rain- WORK IN PROGRESS (EMI April, ASCAP /Tri- angels, MI DERROTA (Edimonsa, ASCAP) LT 46 bow Fish, BMI /Mr. Spock, BMI /W B, ASCAP/Tix, ASCAP), HL CS 8; H1oo 64 CORAZON CHIQUITO (Elzaz, BMI) LT 5o HASTA QUE VUELVAS (Peer Intl., BMI) LT 21 MISS YOU (Naked Under My Clothes, CRUSH TONIGHT (Joseph Cartagena, ASCAP /Jelly's HEAVEN (Irving, BMI /Adams Communications, ASCAP /Ferry Hill, ASCAP), HL /WBM, Hioo 17 WORK IT (Mass Confusion, ASCAP /Virginia Beach, ASCAP /Chrysalis, ASCAP /October Eighth, BMI /Noontime SKILLS (Ill Kid, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP /Gifted Pearl, tars, ASCAP /Shelly's House, SESAC /Gold Daddy, BMI /Almo, ASCAP /Testatyme, ASCAP), HL Hioo 43 ASCAP /WB, ASCAP), WBM,111oo 2; RBH 1 Tunes, BMI /Warner- Tamerlane, BMI), WBM, H1oo 55; RBH ASCAP), HL, RBH ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP /Marvelous Things Of Music, HE IS (Spiders & Rice, ASCAP /Jam Carver, ASCAP) 94 t SOMEBODYLIKE YOU (Coburn, BMI /Ten Ten, ASCAP /Po Folk, BMI /Hand In My Pocket, ASCAP /Music Of RBH 44 A MOMENT LIKE THIS (BMG Scandinavia, -y- BMI /W8, ASCAP /Dylan Jackson, ASCAP), WBM, CS 2; Windswept, ASCAP /Black Fountain, ASCAP), HL/WBM, HEY MA (Killa Cam, BMI /Next Level Groove, YOU HIDE BEAUTIFUL (Lights Of Denver, STIM /Sony/ AN Timber, SESAC /Sony /AN Tree, BMI), HL, Htoo 25 CANT Hioo RBH 48 ASCAP /lobete, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP /Libren, ASCAP), ASCAP /Famous, ASCAP /Music Of Windswept, 97; H1oo 22 SOMEONE TO LOVE YOU (Cori Tiffani, BMI/Sony/ATV CRY (Warner- Tamerlane, BMI /Potty Mouth, BMI /EMI HL Hioo 7; RBH 21 ASCAP /Songs Of Bud Dog, ASCAP), HL/WBM, CS 22 MORE THAN A WOMAN (Eddie F., ASCAP /Sharay's, Songs, BMI), HL, RBH 5o Blackwood, BMI), WBM, CS Hioo HIT THE YOU KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT (End Of Music, BMI /EMI 40; 54 FREEWAY (The Waters Of Nazareth, BMI /EMI ASCAP /WB, ASCAP /I Want My Daddy's Records, SOMETHING (EMI Blackwood, BMQ, HL Htoo 8o CUANDO ME MIRAS ASI (EMI April, ASCAP) LT 4 Blackwood, BMI /Donceno, ASCAP), HL, Hioo 86; RBH 40 ASCAP /lahgae Joints, SESAC /Southern Boy, ASCAP), SOMEWHERE OUT THERE (Under Zenith, Virgin Songs, BMI), HL, Htoo 45 YOUR BODY IS A WONDERLAND HOVI BABY (EMI April, ASCAP /Carter Boys, WBM, RBH 66 SOCAN /Sony /AN Canada, SOCAN), HL H1oo 72 (Specific Harm, ASCAP), CLM, Hioo 29 ASCAP /F.O.B., ASCAP/ECAF, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs, BMI), MOVE B***H (Ludacris, ASCAP /EMI April, SPIN (G- Chills, BMI /Songs Of DreamWorks, DIE ANOTHER DAY (WB, ASCAP /Webo Girl, HL, RBH 76 ASCAP /Block Off Broad, BMI /The Braids, ASCAP /Zomba, BMI /Aniello, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI), CLM /HL Htoo Y TU TE VAS (WB, ASCAP) LT 13 ASCAP /i000 Lights, BMI /Warner-Tamerlane, BMI), WBM, HOW YOU GONNA ACT LIKE THAT (Zovektion, ASCAP /Copyright Control), HL /WBM, RBH 31 84 Hioo to ASCAP /BMG Songs, ASCAP /First Avenue, ASCAP / Demis MULTIPLY (Hennessey For Everyone, BMI /VOCO, STARRY EYED SURPRISE (Mute, BMI /Universal UK, eraz- DILEMMA (Warner- Tamerlane, BMI/BMG Songs, Hot Songs, ASCAP /E Two, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP), HL, BMI /Alexra, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI /EMI April, ASCAP /Shifty Shell, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP /Carlin, THE ZEPHYR SONG (Moebetoblame, BMI /Warner- ASCAP /Jackie Frost, ASCAP /Suga Shack, ASCAP /Phat RBH 55 ASCAP), HL RBH 43 ASCAP /WB, ASCAP /Warner-Tamerlane, BMQ, HL H1oo 83 Tamerlane, BMI), HL /WBM, Hioo 49

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CORAZON ESPINADO (FEAT. MANA) ARISTA SANTANA 1 1 1 121 7 5 5 Virginity 32 19 24 I Don't Really Know 57 45 29 Grindin' 2 2 TG4 (TU.G /A &M/INTERSCOPEI BRANDY MOSS -SCOTT (HEAVENLY TUNES('- CLIPSE (STAR TRAK/ARISTAI BAILAMOS INTERSCOPE ENRIQUE IGLESIAS 2 182 8 7 11 All The Things She Said 33 23 5 The Game Of Love 58 55 That's What Girls Do COMO LA FLOR EMI LATIN SELENA 3 3 3 140 TA.TU. ONTERSCOPE) SANTANA FEAT. MICHELLE BRANCH (ARISTA) NO SECRETS JIVE LA BAMBA WARNER BROS LOS LOBOS 4 5 4 200 9 6 6 I Am Mine .34 25 4 Same Old Song m 61 all The Star Spangled Banner PEARL JAM (EPIC) SEV (INTERSCOPE) WHITNEY HOUSTON ( ARISTA) BIDI BIDI BOM BOM EMI LATIN SELENA 5 4 5 168 10 9 5 When I Get You Alone 35 33 5 It Just Happened 60 39 Ill Rock The Party CLAVADO EN UN BAR WEA LATINA MANA 6 6 6 122 TRICKE NUAMERICA/INTERSCOPE) NIKIEBATEY (MS BENZINS SURRENDER/ELEKTAA'EEG 11 13 The Light 1 Lose Yourself 65 Baby LOS TOROS BAND 7 7 104 8 Gimme - QUIZAS SI, QUIZAS NO POLYGRAM 8 m m SEAN PAUL (BLACK SHADOW/2 HARDNP/ATLANTIC( EMINEM (SHADY/INTERSCOPE) ASHANTI(MURDER INC /AJMADJMG) RAYANDO EL SOL WEA LATINA MANA 8 9 7 12 10 4 Don't Stop Dancing 37 28 16 When The Last Time 62 46 `` Murder On The Dancefloor CREED IND-UP CLIPSE STAR TRAK/ARISTA SOPHIE EWS BEXTOR (UNIVERSAL/UMW ME CAI DE LA NUBE BMG RECORDS CORNELIO REYNA 9 8 7 72 ® 40 2 Auld Lang Syne (Freedom Mix) 38 37 2 Come Close To Me 63 63 14 Lev U Better LA CUMBIA DEL GARROTE UNIVERSAL RECORDS LOS DEL GARROTE 10 10 9 100 KENNYG (ARISTA) COMMON FEAT. MARY J. BUSE (MCA) LL COOL J (SEF JAM/IDJMG) 14 11 4 Work It m 48 9 Like I Love You 64 54 16 For All Time INDIE MISSY MISDEMEANOREWOTT DHEGOLOMIND/ELEKTIWEEG JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE itiiiiik SOLUNA (DREAMWORKSI ® - 1 '03 Bonnie & Clyde 40 18 2 Skills 65 52 Hit The Freeway JAY -Z FEAT BEYDNCE KNOWLES IROCA-FEUA/DEFJAM/IDJMGI GANG STARR (RAP- A- LOT/VIRGIN) TONI BRAXTON FEAT. LOON (ARISTA) HOW YOU REMIND ME ROADRUNNER NICKELBACK 1 1 1 41 58 2 Play It 41 26 18 Blue Jeans Take You Home 3 Wit Q - NEVER AGAIN ROADRUNNER NICKELBACK 2 3 39 0 THE DIRTY SOUTH DIVAS DIRTY DOWNIVARLOCK YASMEEN MAGIC JOHNSON/MCA ANGIE MARTINEZ FEAT. KEUS ELEKTRA/EEG TOO BAD ROADRUNNER NICKELBACK 3 2 2 39 m - 1 Dilemma/Air Force Ones m 44 2 Ahh Dee Ahh m - Full Mode NELLY IFS' REEL/UNIVERSAL/UMW SANDMAN (LO END) ' ^' -:` S O.R.E. (DEE JAM/IDJMG) LEADER OF MEN ROADRUNNER NICKELBACK 4 4 4 51 18 13 2 Machine 43 32 " 4 Beautiful Goodbye m - 1 Wanksta FOLSOM PRISON BLUES SUN ENTERTAINMENT JOHNNY CASH 5 5 6 134 YEAH YEAH YEARS OUCH AND GO JENNIFER HANSON (CAPITOL (NASHVILLE 50 CENT G -UNIT /SHADY /INTERSCOPE 19 12 5 Shady 44 41 15 Long Time Gone 61 Us Against The World BAD MOON RISING FANTASY CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL 6 8 7 72 m - BIG 'C' ISOUTHPAW/1(ESI DIXIE CHICKS (MONUMENT/EMNI PLAY (MUSIC WORLD /COLUMBIA) THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA BLUE HAT CHARLIE DANIELS BAND 7 7 8 51 m 35 2 Under God - 1 Oxygen 110 - 11 Love Of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop) FOX/MCA) 0 . FEAT. BOOGIE &DI ERYKAH BADU FEAT. COMMON PAT BOONE HE GOLD LABEL KRUMBSNATCRA (OVERNIGHTSENSATIOWD BREATHE ROADRUNNER NICKELBACK 8 6 5 51 21 16 26 Day + Night 46 34 47 Lights, Camera, Action! 71 70 4 Girl Talk HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN? FANTASY CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL 9 9 9 77 ISYSS FEAT. JADAKISS (ARISTA) MR. CHEEKS (UNIVERSAWMRGI TLC (ARISTA)

DOWN ON THE CORNER FANTASY CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL 10 10 10 79 22 17 14 Papa Don't Preach 47 50 32 Wherever You Will Go 72 59 12 Full Moon KELLY OSBOURNE (EPIC THE CAWNG RCA BRANDY (ATLANTIC 23 14 9 Heatseeker 48 22 6 Feel It Boy 73 60 ;; This Is My Party

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72 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 30, 2002 www.americanradiohistory.com I don't want to be diffused." Davis In Terms of the J acquisition were RCA & i:YEAR-TO-DATE SALES not disclosed, although Davis de- fines it as "very fair." At the time it Billboard 200 was formed, sources valued the label As New Peak Position YTD Total at $170 million (Billboard Bulletin, Artist & Title Label Sales Sales (Weeks At No. 1) Aug. 25, 2000). J's biggest success RCA Chief 1. Elvis Presley, Elvis 30 #1 Hits RCA 1.5 million 1.5 million 1(3) has been the debut from Alicia Keys, 2. Dave Matthews Band, Busted Stuff RCA 1.5 million 1.5 million 1(1) Songs in A Minor, which has sold 5.4 Continued from page 1 3. Alicia Keys, Songs in A Minor 1 1.3 million 5.4 million 1(3) million albums, according to Niel- 7 4. Busta Rhymes, Genesis 1 649,000 1.3 million sen SoundScan. and [former RCA president Jack 5. Christina Aguilera, Stripped RCA 618,000 618,000 2 The move brings Davis complete- Rovner] were very instrumental in 6.The Strokes, Is This It RCA 780,000 780,000 33 ly back into the BMG fold, which, believing in and breaking the band. 7.The Calling, Camino Palmero RCA 498,000 767,000 36 Schmidt -Holtz says, is where he 1 457,000 9 As managers and artists, you don't 8. Mario, Mario 457,000 belonged all along. "I feel that we're have any control over what corpora- 9. Dave Matthews Band, Everyday RCA 427,000 3.4 million 1(2) righting a wrong, and we're glad to tions do with their executives or why 10. Angie Stone, Mahogany Soul 1 403,000 719,000 22 have Clive back in the family," he the moves are made, but if it can't says. "We've opened a new and a be Bob, it couldn't be anyone better good chapter." than Clive. He's the creative genius CURRENT CHARTING ALBUMS For his part, Davis, 69, says he's of all creative geniuses." "loved every minute" of the past sev- But the whirlwind moves -the Sales Total Billboard 200 eral years, despite the turmoil. "I Artist & Title Label This Week Sales This Week latest in a series of changes during loved the last year at Arista; I loved the past two years -have left some 1. Christina Aguilera, Stripped RCA 119,000 618,000 7 all the years at Arista. I loved that managers and artists reeling. "Dave 2. Rod Stewart, It Had to Be You ... The Great American Songbook 1 73,000 337,000 17 opportunity to form an unprece- Matthews Band has enjoyed a long, 3. Elvis Presley, Elvis 30 #1 Hits RCA 63,000 1.5 million 21 dented major label and that Alicia positive relationship with Bob Jam- 4. 0-Town, 02 1 52,000 52,000 28 Keys entered at No. 1. I count my ieson, and we hold him in very high 5. David Gray, A New Day at Midnight ATO /RCA 38,000 110,000 35 blessings. To have someone like Rolf regard," the band's manager, Coran 6. Dave Matthews Band, Live at Folsom Field Boulder Colorado Bama Rags /RCA 35,000 145,000 39 say, As part of our future, we're look- Capshaw, says. "The ongoing series 7. Foo Fighters, One by One Roswell /RCA 34,000 256,000 41 ing to the continued growth ofJ and of changes that we have endured at 8. Soundtrack, American Idol: Greatest Moments RCA 23,000 390,000 65 also entrust you with the growth of 76 BMG are stunning to us." 9. Deborah Cox, The Morning After 1 18,000 54,000 RCA' is incredibly gratifying." The Strokes' Jr. 10. Heather Headley, This Is Who I Am RCA 11,000 92,000 139 In other BMG news, Schmidt - says, "On our first [album], we've Holtz confirms that he expects the already had three presidents. We are Source: Nielsen SoundScan. acquisition of Zomba, valued at $3 bil- lion, to be completed at the year's end. hoping for the best. We signed because Charts do not include titles released by RCA Label Group Nashville, which outgoing RCA Music Group (RMG) chairman Bob Jamieson oversaw. of he was But despite rumors to the contrary, Jack Rovner, and then when Incoming RMG chairman Clive Davis will only oversee RCA and 1 Records. gone, it was sad. [The change] comes he stresses that Zomba label Jive will at a rather nice time if it's going to hap- not be folded into Arista or RCA. "I'm pen. It's the end of our tour, and we are town Manhattan. Davis will remain it very professionally. I and my team million copies, respectively, accord- quite confident that we'll have a deal writing the other half of the next based in J's offices. "For Charles and would like it if Bob stayed." ing to Nielsen SoundScan. by the end of the year. BMG stands on record. It gives [Davis] time to organ- myself, it seemed the perfect oppor- Jamieson tells Billboard, "I'm "I have no interest in [running] three creative pillars: RCA Group ize his thing by the time we go to him tunity to reinvigorate the label that open to opportunities within BMG any of that," Davis says of the oth- under Clive, Arista, and Jive/Zomba." to record our new album next year." already has Christina, the Strokes, and will help Clive and [BMG COO] er imprints formerly under Jam- } Foo Fighters, and Dave Matthews Michael [Smellie] in any way during ieson. "For me, this is quite a siz- Additional reporting by Jill Kipnis `KEEPING IN SHAPE' Band. BMG is betting on me to in- the transition." able plate and responsibility, and and Keith Caulfield in Los Angeles. The Davis move comes as BMG crease RCA's market share. We want continues to redefine itself in a world to make sure we have two top teams SHIFTING STRUCTURE of declining music sales. "I have to and two thriving, vital artist rosters." It's been a year of changes for think how to broaden and create a His first order of business, Davis Jamieson. In March, BMG Enter- new creative power for BMG," says, "is to bring home every record tainment eliminated its BMG North BMG Takes Artist-Friendly Schmidt -Holtz says. "I feel very fine on both labels. I have to make sure America structure, which Jamieson even under difficult circumstances, no beat is lost on the existing rec- had overseen as president /CEO of but that doesn't mean I can [rest] on ords that are out. Then it's to sit BMG North America (Billboard, Stance With Royalty Policy my laurels. We have to keep BMG in down and really familiarize myself March 23). In that realignment, very efficient shape. The major point with [RCA's] music and A &R staff." Jamieson became chairman of the BY ED CHRISTMAN more transparent [the royalty pay- s, How can we bring our company on While acknowledging that "we newly reformed RCA Music Group, NEW YORK- Responding to artist ment process]," BMG VP of legal definitely want an efficient compa- which comprised RCA, BMG Cana- unrest regarding antiquated in- and business affairs Jim Cooper- ny," Davis says there are "no plans" da, RCA Label Group Nashville, RCA dustry business practices by elimi- man says. "It is clear that there is to combine any label functions or Victor Group, strategic marketing nating standard deductions on roy- some confusion regarding how roy- cut staff or artist rosters. BMG Special Products, and BMG alty payments, BMG is positioning alties are calculated, and [artists] The move comes at a time when Heritage. At the same time, Rovner itself as the artist -friendly major. would like more clarity." RCA has a strong presence on The was ousted as president of RCA. In order to accomplish Jay Rosenthal, a law- Billboard 200, with such acts as In the years prior to those moves, this, BMG is switching its yer for the firm of - Aguilera (No. 7), Elvis Presley (21), BMG was roiled with changes in its royalty payment from er, Corcoran, & Rowe in David Gray (35), and Foo Fighters senior ranks. In November 2000, being based on the sug- Washington, D.C., who (41). J is currently surging with Rod BMG chairman Michael Dornemann gested list price to that of represents artists, says, "I Stewart (17), 0 -Town (28), and Deb- and president/CEO Strauss Zelnick the wholesale cost and am pleased that BMG orah Cox (76). were ousted, to be replaced by corn - doing away with stan- has recognized that In terms of overall U.S. market pany veteran Rudi Gassner. But dard deductions: the there are artist/label share, according to Nielsen Sound - Gassner died the next month, never free -good allotment, the issues to address. I am Scan, RCA Records has a year-to- assuming his role as president/CEO packaging costs, and the not convinced that their date current album share of 2.15 %, (Billboard, Jan. 2, 2001). Instead, the technology costs. proposal in any way re- compared with 1.27% for J Records. post went to Schmidt- Holtz, who While the change, solves these outstanding Overall share (which includes cata- then reorganized North America which takes place next issues." log) year to date for RCA is 1.89% under Jamieson. year, is retroactive, it is Music Managers For - and 0.8% for J. With the exception of RCA, the not designed to alter the actual um -U.S. president Barry Bergman Jamieson's dismissal as RMG BMG units that formerly reported to money paid to artists. says, "We are in favor of any policy the creative side to a very strong and chairman will not mean his de- Jamieson will now report on an in- The changes apply to online which makes royalty accounting vigorous situation? I talked to Clive parture from the company, Schmidt - terim basis to Smellie. That includes sales as well. Last month Univer- more transparent and believe that and said, `J is great and wonderful, but Holtz hopes: "I [asked] him to stay RCA's Nashville operation, which sal Music eliminated such deduc- switching to a wholesale method of you can do more.' In bringing both here. His first reaction is positive, saw success this year with such titles tions from its online-business accounting is less subjective, espe- entities together, it's a quantum leap." but when you talk about a decision as Kenny Chesney's No Shirt, No model but did not look at the phys- cially on sales outside of America. Davis says the two labels will con- like we made [Nov. 19], you say, `Bob, Shoes, No Problem and Martina ical -goods world. We look forward to seeing how this tinue to operate independently and sleep a little bit, digest your disap- McBride's greatest hits, which have "We want to simplify and make will be enacted in practice." maintain their separate offices in mid- pointment and frustration.' He took scanned 1.6 million copies and 1.3

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www.americanradiohistory.com The search for such traditional role of music in enough to put these deals together and get Labels Hitching matches appears to be their marketing efforts someone else to pay for the advertising, I heating up. Burwick ob- through a series of new ini- would want to make sure my clients are serves, "Over the last year tiatives. Sony, its artist part of that." Stars To Global or so [the music industry] Celine Dion, and Daimler - has become more aggres- Chrysler recently an- NOT FOR EVERY ARTIST sive in teaming with other nounced a multi -year part- But there are managers who say the ar- Consumer Brands marketers." nership in which the singer rangements are not for everyone. "For Continued from page 1 In the case of Sony and will be featured in print, some artists, that's fantastic," Hertz says. Pepsi, starting next sum- broadcast, and Web adver- "But I'm sure some artists wouldn't be among others. "As companies start taking mer in the U.S., radio ads tisements for Chrysler cars interested in having any advertiser associ- sides [via alliances], here's the problem: If a for Pepsi products will (Billboard, Nov. 16). ated with their marketing efforts." client gets an offer from another soda com- feature "sneak previews" Last year, Toyota en- Borman adds, "We tend to generalize pany, is Sony going to block that because they of songs by key Sony acts tered into broad alliances and look at these opportunities as a huge have a deal with Pepsi ?" prior to their debut at with Warner Music Group opportunity to push our product and push Sony and Pepsi executives say their new radio; Pepsi will also (WMG) parent AOL Time our business forward. And it's true. I alliance does not preclude other marketers sponsor a series of music - Warner and Universal Mu- believe that they do that, but only in a from seeking sponsorship and endorsement TV specials that will in- sic Group (UMG) parent general sense. Once you bring it down to deals with individual acts on Sony's labels, clude performances by Vivendi Universal (VU) to an individual, case -by -case basis, you'll and Pepsi is not blocked from doing deals established and emerging promote its cars. Music find it doesn't apply to more than a small with other labels. But managers claim that Sony artists. Additionally, Some artists figures heavily into both group of artists." remains to be seen. co- branded point- of -pur- pacts. For example, Warn- EMI Recorded Music North America In the Sony /Pepsi alliance, no money chase displays offering wouldn't be er artist Phil Collins is executive VP Phil Quartararo says that is exchanging hands, and artists are not Pepsi products and Sony bowing his latest single as as result, broad -based alliances being paid to participate in the program. CDs will be installed in interested in having through a new Toyota between labels and marketers are "not Pepsi and Sony have agreed to pay for the high- traffic areas of non - any advertiser commercial. And music quite as simple or as cookie -cutter as promotions from their existing market- music retail outlets, in an opportunities under the one might believe." ing budgets. effort to drive impulse associated with VU- Toyota deal include He says that while strategic alliances are Pepsi has a long history of tie -ins with purchasing. the creation of cus- a natural progression of relationships the music industry, having employed Internationally, Pepsi their marketing tomized CD compilations between marketers and labels, creating the celebrity spokespeople from Michael Jack- and Sony will collaborate focusing on a variety of right fit between an artist and a product son to Britney Spears. But with fewer on co- branded marketing efforts.' retail, marketing, and dis- outweighs the goals of creating convenient synergies among large corporations. superstars to choose from, marketers are initiatives in the vein of -KEN HERTZ tribution programs, as having a tough time picking individual acts Pepsi's sponsorship of well as first -look opportu- He says, "People are becoming more ag- for sponsorship deals. "The difficult thing Shakira's worldwide tour. nities for the use of UMG gressive about having these broad shotgun today vs. 15 years ago is the market is As part of that deal, Pepsi fountain drinks at music tracks and film titles in Toyota relationships in place, but at the end of much more fragmented," says Dave Bur - international Pizza Hut and Taco Bell advertising and marketing. the day it is going to be much more wick, senior VP /chief marketing officer of restaurants feature Shakira's image and In other sectors, companies are using important to get the right artist with the Pepsi North America. come packaged with a CD -ROM. music as a way to spur consumer adoption right consumer." As a result, advertisers are increasingly Sony Music Entertainment chairman/ of new technology. Michael Nash, VP of new Indeed, labels and marketers still need looking for broad -based exposure via al- CEO Thomas Mottola says the deal with media at WMG, is overseeing a broad pro- artists' approval before their content can be liances with labels, rather than hitching Pepsi is the product of an increasingly motional and content alliance between the used in a given campaign. "When you are their brand to a specific artist. competitive entertainment landscape: label and AT &T Wireless. He says the expo- engaging an artist and putting an artist brand Burwick says the deal with Sony reflects "Right now, there's a multitude of enter- sure value of such pacts is huge. next to a brand marketer, you ultimately have that strategy and that the tainment media compet- "It's proved to be a pret- to engage that artist and alliance is more about ing for consumers' atten- ty successful formulation," that manager," says one building interest in new tion- ranging from films he says. "At this point major -label veteran who music in general than to TV and the Internet - we're well over 120 million has negotiated broad -based about creating associations and as a result, music impressions through print, alliances with brand mar- between Pepsi and individ- companies have to go to in -store collateral, the pub- keters. "So you're still ual acts. He says, "It's more greater lengths than ever lication they put out, and going to be negotiating on of a case of `music brought before to generate excite- through newspaper adver- a one -by -one basis to use to you by Pepsi' than ment about their artists tisements. We've had three their likeness, their image, someone like Shakira and their projects." different artists that have their music in a particular singing a Pepsi jingle." On the flip side, music been heavily promoted campaign." Where does that leave tie -ins are becoming an through newspaper ads." That is why some man- the individual artists, who ever -more crucial element agers argue that the best have long enjoyed rev- of branding and advertis- WHO BENEFITS? fit for such promotions enue from their sponsor- ing strategies for mar- In the right situation, may be in mass -market ship deals? Managers say keters, and some con- such deals can be a win for pop music, where the it is unknown whether sumer brands, as a result, marketer, label, and artist focus is on quick impres- corporate alliances will are expanding the role of alike. Marketers get a sions. A source says, "The compromise acts' ability music in their promotion- strong carrier of their mes- record labels need those to forge one -off deals with al campaigns. sage, while labels, facing disposable pop hits -the brand marketers. `The difficult thing AOL Music executive di- slumping sales and strained `It is going to be big blips on the screen - Hertz says only time will rector of marketing Scott promotion budgets, benefit to keep the money rolling tell. "There's a lot of differ- today vs. 15 years Richman says, "Some from having a third party much more in. So these are perfect ent cooks in every one of ago is the market is brands represent a lifestyle subsidize their marketing. important to get the alliances for labels for these kinds of decisions, as much as they represent The artists, in some cases, those kinds of projects." and everyone is always much more a literal product, and in receive additional revenue right artist with the AOL Music's Richman concerned that everyone that lifestyle, music is a opportunities. says the business is in- else has a mixed agenda." fragmented.' key component." As these scenarios play right consumer' creasingly moving in that Mottola says the drawing out, it remains uncertain direction. "These corpo- These concerns aside, -PHIL QUARTARARO, -DAVE BURWICK will be chosen rate and sponsorship deals, Hertz and other man- PEPSI NORTH AMERICA power of advertisers and how acts EMI RECORDED MUSIC agers call such deals the sponsors to music is the under broad corporate they used to call it 'alter- wave of the future. Gary depth of the connection alliances, whether they will native marketing' or 'non- Borman -manager of Faith Hill, Lones- that consumers feel. "Music is the original be able to opt out, and under what circum- traditional marketing,' but now it's primary tar, and other top acts -says these deals fire starter -it has the power to move peo- stances they will get paid. marketing for an artist. This is now part of are a necessity for the industry. "The ple in a way that can't be rivaled by any other Managers say that if a campaign includes how labels and artists and managers con- record industry is reaching out and look- form of communication." likeness and image, payment to the artist template setting up a record." ing for new partnerships and new ways of would most likely be required. If it is sim- Quartararo adds, "The bigger story is creating impressions and awareness for MUSIC DRIVES AUTO ADVERTISING ply the inclusion of a track in a commer- that we have all become more sophisticat- ed as an industry in how we reach our con- music product. I think it's very smart," In addition to soft -drink makers, a num- cial, payment may not be required. -goods busi- he says. "Music is so integrated into our ber of automobile manufacturers- includ- Most managers will be attracted by the sumer, and what the packaging us is more access and better it's a win -win if you make the ing Toyota Motor Corp., DaimlerChrysler, promotional value of the corporate deals. ness brings culture; past." right matches." and Volkswagen- likewise are expanding the One manager says, "If the labels are savvy research than we've had in the

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17 18 19 20 21 .22 23 . 24 25 .26 27 .28 29 30 31 .32 33 34 35 .. 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 i44 45 eat 46 47 48 E D I ackT E D C H U C K T A Y L O R BY 49 50 .. . 51 52 53 .. 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 . 66 ... 67 ..... Electric Bill Clive Davís: Wcll- 3choolcd 68 69 70 . Philadelphia's Electric Factory hosted MTV's $2 Bill show .. by Matt Gaffney Nov. 2 with Foo Fighters. Here, Electric Factory booker `SATURDAY NIGH'! FEVER' Geoff Gordon, left, helps the band's Dave Grohl strike a Across 46 She infamously 18 Straight, as a drink 1 Soothing music ripped up a picture of 23 Hawaii's Mauna suitable pose. provides it the pope on "SNL" 25 CBS sitcom 7 They give out 49 To be, to Celine Dion 27 No. 5 hit for twenties 50 Make one's decision 11 Shot from Lennox 51 Manchuria -born 28 World's only re- Lewis conductor maining superpower 14 Blondie hit "_ 54 Jay -Z's music 29 Country where Or Another" 56 Lasso Wyclef Jean 15 Duke Ellington's 61 Be the composer was born "Take Train" 62 "SNL" star who 30 Get of 16 Cranberries hit sings "Idiot (throw out) to My Family" Boyfriend" 31 " Shy" 17 Janis Ian song she 65 Big coffee holder 32 Prefix with science performed as the 66 Fine or transmitter first -ever musical 67 Baseball situation 33 Have scruples guest on "Saturday 68 Palindromic hit by 34 -Magnon Night Live" ABBA 37 Once around 19 Body part The 69 Lee and Folds the track Stones mention 70 Animals noted for 40 Madonna posed in "Angie" their playfulness with one in her Davis,Tisch dean Mary Schmidt Campbell, and 1 artist Mario. From left: l artist Deborah Cox, Clive 20 Rapper's homies book "Sex" 21 Lang. of some Down 41 Give a lousy Clive Davis has long been numerous musical genres, the Ricky Martin songs 1 Daytime show album review

schooled in turning musical recording studio process, A &R, 22 I -0 links 2 Shania Twain's 43 The Silhouettes' vision into industry success. Arid marketing, and promotion. Parti- 24 Eponymous R &B "I'm Holdin' only hit debut album of 1998 Love (To Save 45 Battle of the Bands a now he's given his name to one. cipants will also devise viable per- 26 Instrument whose My Life)" hopeful Mamma Knows Best 1 Earlier this month, Davis en- formance image for a selected cre- I mouthpiece tea- 3 Elvis Costello's 47 Part of NKOTB Composers and ABBA founders Benny Andersson and dowed $5 million to New York Uni- ative artist. 1 tures a double reed " Than Zero" 48 Rip off another Björn Ulvaeus were recently awarded a gold record for 28 Number of dollars 4 Knocks the socks artist versity to establish the Clive Davis Mary Schmidt Campbell, dean 500,000 copies sold of the Decca cast recording of Broad- "SNL" facetiously off of 51 Masterwork of Department of Recorded Music, a of Tisch, notes, "Clive Davis has offered The Beatles 5 Unsophisticated classical music way hit Mamma Mia! The CD, which features the original four -year Bachelor of Fine Arts pro- acquired a legendary reputation to reunite on the crowd 52 Actor Mostel who London cast, has sold more than any other cast recording in played Tevye in "Fid- gram within NYU's Tisch acclaimed for spotting and developing new show in 1976 6 Survivor's "_ of America during the past two years. In addition to its nation- 34 Record store the Tiger" dler on the Roof" School of the Arts. musical talent. His leadership and (Tower and Sam 7 Letters on 53 Wilson and Peebles al tours, Mamma Mia! is currently playing in seven produc- "My parents died when I was a golden ear have changed the busi- i Goody, for example) many faxes 55 Grant and Tan tions around the world, with an eighth opening in Las Vegas teenager, and I never would have ness of contemporary music for- ° 35 In (at heart) 8 Eden's Crush's 57 Belinda Carlisle's Nov. 25 at Mandalay Bay and a ninth in Japan in December. 36 Member of E's band "What's Good 4 " "Should ever. We are grateful to have him gotten through college or law 38 Mike of country or 9 The Luniz's You In ?" school without financial assis- as a partner." Duke of reggae "Jus & U" 58 Healing plant tance," the brand -new chairman of The endowment will initially 39 Tastes of medicine 10 City Dionne War- 59 Band's trip

J 41 Athletic shoe brand wick wanted direc- 60 Noted new wave the RCA Music Group says. "This is fund four or five professorships and 42 R.E.M. album "_ tions to backup group A Portrait Of Sharon provide for a way that I can give assistance of Time" 11 Billy of "My Life" 63 Tina's ex Sharon Osbourne, the strong mother figure on MTV's run- back to the educa- students that are 43 Hair stuff for new 12 Horovitz or Yauch 64 Fighters I a lways of The Beastie Boys away hit reality series The Osboumes, gets the Lifetime tel- tional and academic 6 accepted into the wave singers 44 React to a sad song 13 Switzerland's capital evision Intimate Portrait treatment, launching Nov. 25, community." program. Davis ad- loved school, The solution to this week's punie can be found on page 46. which includes footage record- After attending mits with a chuckle ed since she was diagnosed PS 161 in Brooklyn, Educ ation that, yes, he will be as having colon cancer. Davis graduated Phi opens vi stas. pleased to take a turn Among others inter- Beta Kappa from NYU as an occasional Mark Parisi viewed are Tommy Lee, in 1953 and from guest lecturer, add- VM SOIS by Sony Music executive VP Harvard Law School in 1956. "I ing, "I would invite everybody from Michele Anthony, and always loved school," he says. "It the music community to partici- vil 5 Nlrn//S? members of the family, prepared me for unexpected oppor- pate. This is ours in the record TrIE'RE 1J my work ethic. world to give back." including husband Ozzy. tunities and instilled I 6aCK... Education opens vistas." At a recent NYU gala announc- Davis joined the Dean's Council ing the new program, more than ,-_-__ at Tisch several years ago and helped 500 student hopefuls from around ft/V.. formulate a music- business course the country gathered, as J Records . , with a visiting professorship in the artists Deborah Cox and Mario per- L /, late '90s. That led to the develop- formed, showcasing the fruits of 11 A- ment of an entire department. Davis Davis' well -schooled knowledge says, "Except for a couple programs (see picture, above). "Nothing gives 1===:1 ,_ specifically for musicians, there was you a better feeling than looking at really nothing anywhere in the these students and seeing their E p T1` country for those who have a pas- visions and dreams and knowing 5 sion to make their career in the that you provided an opportunity í; music business -the way they have for them," Davis says. "This is very - Ct 0 for the film industry." emotionally rewarding." The program will guide students i CHUCK TAYLOR _ through the history and culture of 5/ ér offthemark.corn ®

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