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ADVERTISEMENT Sony's Varied Units Add Up To One Strong Firm Global Focus, Recent Label Realignments Paying Off Should Elevate • BY MELINDA NEWMAN 's "Let's Talk About Love" cess is very broad-based," says (550 Music) stands at No. 3. Thomas D. Mottola, president/C00 of Verve, Others — globally, act Among the other Sony acts experi- . "These locally. That popular bumper sticker releases represent five different gen- • BY DOMINIC PRIDE

LONDON—The Verve's interna- tional career is poised for another boost with the band's triple win at SONY" this year's Brit Awards, held Feb. 9 at the POLLY ANTHONY GELB MOTTOLA IENNER GLEW Arena. Girl foursome could be the slogan for Sony Music res and come from new, developing, will Entertainment. The tremendous suc- and established artists." BILLBOARD EXCLUSIVE also consolidate their formidable cess many divisions of the company Sony executives say the seeds of the domestic position thanks to the are experiencing is the result of sev- current success were planted in 1993, show, watched by more than 10% eral years of development and, more encing success on The when Mottola added president/C00 of of the British population. recently, realignments at many of the include Savage Garden (Columbia) at Sony Music Entertainment (SME) to Virgin U.K. president Paul Con- labels. No. 8, (Columbia) at No. 10, his title, putting him in charge of the roy, who chairs the British Phono- This issue, Sony claims the top three (Columbia) at No. 18, music division's worldwide operations. graphic Industry's Brits commit- positions on The Billboard 200 for the and (Columbia) at (He retained his title of president of (Continued on page 16) first time since January 1994. The No. 31. Sony Music, the U.S. division of SME.) "" soundtrack (Sony Classical "It's incredible having the No. 1, No. (Continued on page 75) /Sony Music Soundtrax) remains at No. 2, and No. 3positions and five of the 1for the fifth week in arow, while Pearl top 10 records in America, but what's New Gun-Control Jam's "Yield" (Epic) debuts at No. 2and even more gratifying is that our suc - Local Approach Organization Wins Boosts Bottom WB Expects To Industry Support Line At P'Gram BY JEFF CLARK-MEADS • BY PAUL VERNA 'Light ' Up Intl Markets NEW YORK—Motivated by the plight MI BY LARRY FLICK teamed with pioneer William LONDON—A greater emphasis oil of gun-violence victims—including his Orbit for a collection that sews local repertoire is hying cited hy Poly- own brother, who was wounded in a NEW YOI(K—Is the \‘orld ready for intense, soul-searching words into highly publicized incident atop the aspiritually enlightened edgy electronic/dance Time Warner's Music Arm Posts Madonna? The numerous instrumentals. The result Sharply Lower Earnings ... Page 5 pre-release radio and is abrave, visionary effort FAX Internet leaks of with the commercial Gram as one reason for its increased "," the lead single potency needed to finally sales and profits in 1997. Company GOOD WORKS from the pop chameleon's elevate president/CEO Main Levy says that new /Warner beyond its current status (Continued on page 84) Bros. , "Ray Of as alimited hipster move- Empire State Building ayear ago— Light," certainly hint that ment into atrue mass- Daniel Gross has joined with partner she may be embarking on MADONNA appeal attraction. RETAIL TRACK Talmage Cooley to form PAX, anon- her most successful mu- "My intention was to profit organization devoted to ending sical voyage to date. make arecord that I'd enjoy listen- Alliance Still Has gun violence. Furthermore, they're With its worldwide release slated ing to," Madonna says of her first stu- actively seeking the support of the for March 3, the album is unarguably dio set since 1994's "Bedtime Sto - ANumber Of Options entertainment and fashion industries her most adventurous. She has (Continued on page 83) PAGE 56 4. (Continued on page 83)

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ABRA M OORI- THE BABATUNDE O LATUNJI TABERNACLE CHOIR JOHN M ELLEN( .\MP ALBUM NOTES GARY CHAPMAN N INE INC H NAil S POLKA JOHN LigE , A NDR.iE CROUCH THE , FRANK VA NKC.VIC D AVID E CARO:. ('1 MBALA (PRS) FRIE>.as PETER SIAMPFEI 1111- ( 11 ii R VOCAL JOE SATR1ANI BILLY VERA .LET EvE II PArn Siirii ERIC VON Sc ILMIDT \RN HINIs II ,_.,,._ At 65, Jewel's Ready For Retirement 131toed Music Group ITWON'T BE LONG before LeAnn Rimes' "How Do I askit on "" is now an ingrained pa Live" (Curb) is the longest-running single for titles cur- of American culture, and the latest incarnation of the fra1 AN UPDATE ON BI3NIG EVENTS & HAPPENINGS rently on the Hot 100. Slipping 3-4, it's in its 36th chart chise is the film "" and its soundtrack, , week. But that makes it amere youngster compared with which debuts on The Billboard 200 at No. 27. The first the senior title on the list. Jewel sets anew high-water Blues Brothers album, "Briefcase Full Of Blues," was No.: mark, as her two-sided hit, "Foolish Games"/"You Were 1in 1979, and the soundtrack to the first Blues Brothers Music & Media Expands Meant For Me" (Atlantic), falls 42-47 in its 65th chart movie peaked at No. 13 in 1980. The current album is the week. The single, which has been on the Hot 100 without first Blues Brothers release to appear on Universal; all Role In London Music Week interruption since 1996, shattered previous were issued by At- the longevity record four weeks ago. lantic. Music & Media is to present the form for European talent to be It is now dangerously close to ending International Pavilion at U.K. trade exposed to music and radio profes- its unprecedented run, as records LOOKING FOR A NEW HIT: In a fair London Music Week '98, re- sionals in the U.K. Part of M&M's that have been on the chart longer reversal of ' label fleeting the magazine's increasing brief over the years has been—and than 20 weeks are removed when fortunes, has gone from commitment to the international continues to be—to identify, sup- CHART they fall below No. 50. MCA to Atlantic and has her first music community, port and report on the European That gives the Alaskan-born BEAT,. Hot 100 entry in just over four years, The Music & Media Interna- music scene. This is also what we singer the possibility of logging as "Off The Hook" debuts at No. 83. tional Pavilion will bring together plan to do on the occasion of Lon- another week or two on the chart, but by Fred Bronson Watley made her Hot 100 debut with all the non-U.K. national stands at don Music Week." her longevity record will " To The Bank" in January London Music Week (LMW), which Music & Media associate pub- stand for some time to come. To put 1979 as amember of Shalamar. takes place in the capital between lisher Marc Gregory comments, this single's impressive chart run into historical perspec- April 28-30. "We are delighted to be tive, "Foolish Games"/"You Were Meant" has been on the AND THE OSCAR GOES TO: Only two of the five Delegates from over ' I fj '',J r-' presenting the Interna - Hot 100 exactly 6.5 times longer than the life span of the songs nominated for best original song by the Academy 40 countries are ex- J) --) -I tional Pavilion at Lon- Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love" and "Penny Lane," both of of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have appeared on pected to attend LMW , 1 -if1 ,I , . don Music Week. It is a which had 10-week runs. the Hot 100—so far. The most successful is Diane War- this year, and over 300 . / il ' j _L./ J.--- . natural extension of In awild coincidence, there is another single hitting its ren's "How Do ILive" (from "Con Air"), which peaked at companies have al- our activities and 65th chart week at the same exact time as Jewel. On the No. 2for LeAnn Rimes. and David Zip- ready confirmed their presence. reflects the truly international na- German chart, Wolfgang Petry's medley of his greatest pel's "Go The Distance" (from "Hercules") just managed Countries with national stands in ture of today's . Mu- hits, "Die Laengste Single Der Welt" (Ariola), falls 16-17 to reach the top 30. By next week, there will be athird the International Pavilion include sic & Media has been reporting on in week 65. The title, which translates to "The Longest Oscar nominee on the Hot 100. James Homer and Will Canada, Germany and Holland. the pan-European record and radio Single In The World," doesn't refer to how long the record Jennings' "," recorded by Celine Other countries such as France, businesses for 14 years, and so it is has been on the chart, but to its actual running time of 30 Dion for "Titanic," is expected to easily debut at No. 1. Austria, , Denmark and fitting that we are able to offer minutes. Ihave albums that are shorter than that. Based on one day of sales, the Dion single enters the U.K. "are in the process of international delegates the op- Chart-Track list at No. 5and should also be No. 1in packaging their presence in Lon- portunity of meeting and doing BLUES ON BLUES: It's been just over 16 years since Britain next week. The "Titanic" soundtrack, in pole posi- don," according to the convention's business in this way. We look for- the Blues Brothers appeared on the Billboard album tion in the U.S. for afifth week, also ascends to the top international marketing manager ward to welcoming all international chart. "Best Of The Blues Brothers" made its debut two of the U.K. album chart, where it is the first primarily Gerd Leonhard, whose company visitors to London in April." months before the death of John Belushi. What began as instrumental score soundtrack to head the list in history. Music Workz handles international London Music Week '98 is orga- booking for LMW. nized by London's Business Design Leonard explains, "The interna- Centre, and includes an exhibition tional side of the LMW is growing area and conferences, plus show- and will become more and more im- cases in London clubs and venues. - — portant. LMW is the place where Public top 40 broadcaster BBC Ra- MIA 1E 1r 1/11/Alcia N-11 1.ne I z_lr IJ#I IIC» 40:% NI IL/ SIC S. 41%. glZ»I 11- people can meet the rest of the dio 1is the event's radio partner, world." and will transmit many of the eon- Music & Media editor -in-chief certs scheduled to take place dur- Emmanuel Legrand says, "London ing the convention. -•wrorkwqr--1-it:» -csiek -a- `10" SIM we -omen- caliv @Rum IL_ IL seat_ us, @Env' Music Week provides aproper plat- 1LJ ra MT 942\2- SS 4111L 2- 9 ILJ ZVI IIC111 NM /Mar

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ALBUMS 66,982,000 72,405,000 (UP 8.1%) CASSETTE 15,633,000 13,643,000 (DN 12.7%) The changes continue in Bill- motion coordinator, has been named SINGLES 12,170,000 11,776,000 (DN 3.2%) OTHER 150,000 153,000 (UP 2%) board's marketing department. Mi- special events coordinator. Demo ehele Jacangelo Quigley is promot- will work closely with Quigley on ed to special events Billboard's four con- director with respon- ferences. ICIMI ALB 2.11 MVO 131111K112:22-.S9 LP ra is -sr 942IL 2- 1E9 SJIL 2- ES SAIL 2- S9 sibility for Billboard's .., Demo, a Carnegie 11-11 II 9 WS EMIL THIS WEEK "TIE* I9 VW four annual confer- Mellon University 7 enees. Quigley joined graduate, joined Bill- 13,767,000 11,622,000 2,145,000 Billboard in 1990 as b .A board's sales and 11L-JILST IE z_eLmirir Wi 11-41\ ST WEEK. assistant to the asso- DUDLEY DEMO marketing depart- elate publisher and ment in 1995 after a 12,866,000 10,854,000 2,012,000 was named advertising ser- stint with American Express. w-mekre tail um c a-BA:Lea 2-2411\ re «ME vices manager in 1991. Quig- Billboard's classified de- ley joined Billboard's market- partment has grown with the UP 7% UP 7.1% UP 6.6% ing department in 1997 as I addition of Tracy . publicist/special events assoei- Walker will be selling classi- 111- 11-11 ZS WEEK -Wee I9 WEEK 7- 1-11 I9. WE E11.11L 111E119 7 11997 119130 7 ate. She has worked on as- „.: fied advertisement to West peets of Billboard's contemn- WALKER Coast clients. She joins Bill - 12,700,000 10,417,000 2,283,000 ces over the last several years. board from Blair Television C11-21411LINIIIIIM 1.-4 "Nape 18-84eLea 4t3i rE Quigley received her bachelor's where she was the administrative degree from State manager. Walker received her bach- UP 8.4% UP 11.6% DOWN 6% University in marketing. elor's degree in radio, television Also in the marketing depart- and film from the University of ment, Phyllis Demo formerly pro- . VE-111111:1-11-Cb- otaanE -rarrat. SIOLILIES 1511! IECIOIM FIL2111P111-111C 2111E113 lam

11E1119 7 1919 gab Billboard's 1998 International Latin Music Conference & Awards 119 9 7 113198 Biscayne Bay Marriott, Miami, Fla. •April 5-7, 1998 NORTHEAST 2,885.000 3,218,000 (UP 11.5%) SOUTH ATLANTIC 8,970,000 10,324,000 (UP 15.1%) Billboard's Fifth Annual Summit MIDDLE ATLANTIC 7,341,000 8,355,000 (UP 13.8%) SOUTH CENTRAL 6,821,000 8,163,000 (UP 19.7%) Chicago Marriott Downtown, Chicago •July 8-10, 1998 Billboard/Airplay Monitor Radio Seminar & Awards E. NORTH CENTRAL 8,941,000 9,833,000 (UP 10%) MOUNTAIN 3,631,000 4,181,000 (UP 15.1%) Pointe Hilton at Tapatio Cliffs, Phoenix, Ariz. •Sept. 17-19, 1998 W. NORTH CENTRAL 3,531,000 4,085,000 (UP 15.7%) PACIFIC 9,080,000 10,450,000 (UP 15.1%)

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86 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 Spree.com Tries Twist In Online Retailing Sixpence Leads Squint's Music Site Offers Profit-Sharing Incentive For Links Distrib. Deal With ADA • BY CATHERINE APPLEFELD OLSON new partnerships to get the widest Many other Internet sites offer simi- selection, particularly imports and lar incentive programs, but few let • BY DEBORAH EVANS PRICE single from the project, "Kiss Me," WASHINGTON, D.C.—The crowded hard-to-find items," Roncalli says. partners share profits for alifetime of is slated to be released to triple-A online music retail community is To stand out from the pack, purchases. NASHVILLE—Start-up label radio on Monday (16), and plans call about to have even less elbow room. Spree.com has been cultivating tar- "We can select particular music Squint Entertainment has signed a for apush to other formats as well. Spree.com—a multifaceted Internet geted customer-service offerings genres or artists and gear [them] distribution agreement with the Prendergast describes the cut as a site that sells books, flowers, coffees, through its other merchandise lines. toward the personality of the [out- Alternative Distribution Alliance "great, multi-format pop song." teas, and other gifts—is adding music Those include apersonal shopper- side] site," Roncalli says, noting that (ADA), aWEA company. The first The album was produced by Tay- to its retail mixture. type function and a service that the is aboon for companies, project released under the deal is lor and features mixes by Bob Clear- Thornton, Pa.-based Spree.com reminds visitors via E-mail of upcom- individuals, and nonprofit organiza- Sixpence None The Richer's self- mountain. launched its site in September 1997. ing important dates. tions that want to sell music but titled Squint debut. This is Sixpence's third release, Lance Romani, VP of business devel- For its music store, Spree.com also don't want to bother building the "ADA was our first choice," says following two critically acclaimed opment, says the company's diversi- will provide in-house reviews and a back-end business structure. "We Squint VP/GM Steve Taylor, an albums on R.E.X., one of which, fied business model has let its rev- section that highlights titles its critics build it for them for free. It adds "This Beautiful Mess," netted the enue grow at arate of more than feel deserve special mention. Coming value to their site, and they make 1996 Dove Award for best alterna- 100% per month. The concept of soon is achance for the site's visitors money from it," he says. tive/ album. adding music product to existing to post their own reviews. "We want to Spree.com is particularly interest- s in Funded by Gaylord Entertain- complementary merchandise lines add alittle interactivity, which is some- ed in partnering its music store with — ENTERTAINMENT ment, Squint is amodern rock record has lately piqued the interest of sev- thing alot of other music sites have radio stations. "We want to be their e- label and film company with offices eral online vendors, most recently the overlooked," says Dave Kirschner, commerce solution," Roncalli says. in and Nashville. Pren- Internet book goliath .com music product line manager. "For example, if aradio station has a artist/producer/filmmaker who dergast, aformer VP of internation- (Billboard, Jan. 31). But what Roncalli and Kirschner Web site and would like to sell music, launched Squint in September. "We al and director of artist development "If we were only in music, I'd be a see as their primary distinction—and not only can they now play music on looked over the landscape and felt at Zoo, is based in the L.A. office. little concerned because it would be a traffic-builder—is the company's the station [site], but we will build this was the company most wired The Nashville division comprises tough market," Roncalli says. "But profit-sharing program. For no their commerce area and link it from into our style of music, and they had executive director of marketing and because of the other product lines we charge, Spree.com will create brand- their Web site to their own branded an amazing computerized system for artist development Dave Palmer, have, we are alittle different, and we ed third-party home pages for other store [within Spree.com]." tracking sales down to the very store communications manager Jay will differentiate ourselves in some organizations or individuals; these With afirm foothold in Internet ... We felt like it was acompany that Swartzendruber, and marketing unique categories." home pages can exist on Spree.com's retailing, Roncalli says, Spree.com could build it at the grass roots." manager Tiffany Long. The label's Pricing for Spree.com's music Web site or on other sites that link will add at least four more online Squint VP Stephen Prendergast roster consists of Sixpence, the In- product is on par with most other back to Spree.com's music store. stores in 1998. Coming within the next agrees. "We felt we needed to devel- syderz, and Taylor. World Wide Web music sites. CDs sell Among Spree.com's existing partners four months will be aconsumer elec- op credibility for our artists from the Taylor is a former member of for about $12; cassettes sell for about are the National Hockey League, the tronics store and an outlet that sells ground up, and that MCA band Chagall Guevara, which $9. Valley Media in Woodland, Calif., astrology site AstroNet, and Monu- theatrical and sell-through video sector sometimes allows you to do he describes as being on the "bleed- is providing the site's fulfillment ser- ment Interactive Marketing. titles. Those stores will be followed by that more effectively than coming at ing edge. We were out and gone six vice. Spree.com also sells concert An entity whose Web site feeds an online tobacconist and astore sell- it from amultinational," he says. "To months before Nirvana broke videos, and it will add other music- traffic to Spree.com will receive 10%- ing pet supplies. get into those mom-and-pop accounts through," he says. He's also released related merchandise in coming 29% of the revenues of all Spree.com Thus far, the company's funding and those specialty accounts, you solo albums; produced other acts, months. "We are going to try to forge purchases resulting from its referrals. has come solely from the pockets of really sometimes need an indepen- including Virgin/StarSong group the its founder, but Roncalli says dent who has the time and expertise, Newsboys; and directed several Spree.com is eyeing an initial public who is basically dealing in that area music videos and ashort film. He's 'S PROFILE SKY-ROCKETS offering. most of the time and, at the same won two Billboard (C'odithi Heil jiymi jauge 1.1) time, has the capability of selling a Awards, as well as Telly, Addy, and large quantity of records. ADA has Dove accolades. chamberlain on afew tracks. "There set their sights on DreamWorks, al- proven they could do that last year Squint's first film, "Saint Gimp," are two or three straight acoustic though several other labels were inter- with the Squirrel Nut Zippers and begins pre-production in April. Tay- songs, and the rest have anumber of ested. before that with Better Than Ezra." lor co-wrote the script with produc- different instruments," Smith says. "I didn't want to meet with all of FREE IRIMA Sixpence None The Richer's album er/cinematographer Ben Pearson DreamWorks' interest in Smith them," Smith says. "I liked [Waronker WEB SITE! was released to the mainstream and describes the film as a"drama stems from A&R executive Luke and Wood], so Iwent with Dream- music market through the ADA Feb. that doesn't fit into any specific Wood and label co-principal Lenny Works. Ihave seen people involved in 10. (The album previously went to the genre." Waronker. When Wood, then an A&R/ bidding wars, and it's abummer." Christian Booksellers Assn. market Prendergast says Squint is cur- marketing executive at Geffen, first Smith, who supported himself by via Word, which will handle Squint rently in negotiation with interna- heard "Roman Candle," Smith's 1994 digging ditches and installing insula- product in that sector.) tional distributors to release product solo debut released by the Portland- tion prior to signing with BMG Music The album was serviced to college abroad. Distribution plans for the based Cavity Search label, he was so Publishing three years ago, says his radio Jan. 20. The first mainstream film division of Squint are pending. moved that he tracked down Smith's move from to Dream- home number and called him. "I was Works shouldn't be cause for concern absolutely floored by it," he recalls. for indic purists. "Some people go After making the move to Dream- around weeping about big corpora- RIAA WARILY WATCHING STATE BILLS Works, Wood continued to follow tions, but Idon't care," he says. "I've It's true: Disc Makers will put your (( 'on/ oill pugc 10) Smith's career. "I'd see him every time been on indie labels and amajor label music on the Internet Underground he played in L.A., but it didn't seem like before, and people at Virgin and Kill Music Archive (IUMA). • In Virginia, Democratic Rep. Confronted with so many obscenity Iwould have the opportunity to work Rock Stars were real nice." It's big: IUMA is the hottest Web spot Dwight Jones from Richmond has definitions, the music industry would with him, since he was signed to Virgin The signing of Smith is acoup for for independent musicians. Over 15,000 asked the state retirement system to have no choice but to not distribute [as amember of ]." DreamWorks. "We have been very people aday visit IUMA. present astudy that would consider any recordings with even ahint of Separately, Waronker also became careful in terms of the amount of rec- It's yours: lb you make CDs, cassettes, the issue of divesting investment controversy in that marketplace. afan of Smith, after being introduced ords we put out and the amount of peo- or 12" vinyl records with Disc Makers. funds from companies that own labels • In Pennsylvania, Republican to his music by Schnapf and Rothrock. ple we sign. We still have avery small Call Disc Makers that release recordings advocating Rep. Thomas Armstrong of Columbia "It was when we just started Dream- roster," says Waronker. "Elliott is today for a the use of drugs, alcohol, or violence. has introduced H.B. 739, also acom- Works," Waronker recalls. "They men- clearly an artist that we not only love complete brochure. • In South Dakota, Republican munity standards bill. The RIAA and tioned how good he was and played me but we are proud of, and he represents Sen. Alan Aker has introduced S.B. others will present testimony at a some stuff, and it really stood out, but something that is really important to DISC MAKERS 177, a"community standards" bill. hearing Wednesday (18) there. then they told me he was under con- us, and that's great songwriting and a www.discmalcer s.com/iuma 1-800-468-9353 Many conservative politicians are The RIAA had been expecting a tract. Iasked them to turn it off, be- unique, singular approach." employing such bills to outflank fed- spate of state skirmishes in this elec- cause it was frustrating." eral and state obscenity laws. tion year. To educate lawmakers, it Waronker, however, kept in touch In South Dakota, for example, the will be working closely with local with Smith through his manager, Mar- B BPI COMMUNICATIONS •Chairman Gerald S. Hobbs •President & CEO: John B. Babcock Jr. Ex- provision would possibly allow as First Amendment groups and retail- garet Mittleman, an independent A&R ecutive Vice Presidents: Robert J. Dowling. Martin R. Feely. Howard Lander •Senior Vice Presidents: many as 373 counties and municipal- ers, many of which are members of source for BMG Music Publishing and Georgina Challis, Paul Curran, Mark Dacey, Ann Haire. Rosalee Lovett •Vice President: Glenn Hef- fernan •Chairman Emeritus: W.D. 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the latest generation of music buyers accounted for 84% of PolyGram's rev- Levy defines the three key territo- 3ETWEEN THD is unimpressed by Anglo-American enue. ries in the region as Japan, Hong acts' historic superstar status and For 1997, Levy says, PolyGram's Kong, and and comments, "By that predicting sales of international music division increased sales by 8% far the most substantial market is BULLETS. artists' new albums has become "more in total, in local currency terms, com- Japan, where we have done very well, dangerous than astrology." pared with aglobal market growth of but the market is not in great shape. ( PolyGram's sales were up 16.9% in 3%. Taiwan is fairly healthy. by Geoff Mayfield 1997 compared with 1996, to $5.49 bil- While profits were bolstered by had aterrible fourth quarter but has lion, with income from operations up PolyGram's 18 months of global re- seen some improvement so far this 11.1% at $593 million, the company structuring, sales were enhanced by year. If Ilook at these three markets, DIVING FOR PEARLS: In practically any other February week since announced Feb. 11. Levy says the the company's substitution of local Ido not go into panic mode, but Ido 1992, an opening week of 358,500 units would cinch an album debut at No. 1 fourth quarter of 1997 was arecord product for albums by international not say everything is fine. on The Billboard 200. But, that unlikeliest of chart-toppers, the soundtrack for the company, with sales up 22.5%, superstars. "The rest are so small and the price from the cultural phenomenon known as "Titanic," represents formidable compared with the same period in "U.S. and U.K. established acts do of music is so cheap, it does not make competition. Thus, 's handsomely promoted "Yield" must settle 1996, at $1.9 billion, and income from not represent as much as they used much difference what happens." for second place, as the "Titanic" album secures its stranglehold—and actu- operations up 17.5% at $316 million. to," Levy comments. "This leads to In tandem with the rising promi- ally manages a5,000-unit gain over the prior week's sales (588,000 units). Within those fourth-quarter totals, unpredictability." He says it is no nence of local product, Levy notes, Since May 1991, when The Billboard 200 adopted SoundScan data, the music division sales grew by 22% and longer the case that the next album the company's global performance in only February chart topper besides "Titanic" to have aFebruary week larg- operating profit by 19%, according to from asuperstar will sell well simply 1997 was rooted in a"broad mix of er than "Yield's" was "All Eyez On Me," adouble-album by the late 2Pac, the company, although music division because the last album did. Younger international and local repertoire and which opened with more than 565,500 pieces in the March 2, 1996, Billboard. figures are not broken out. However, music buyers are indifferent to many alongstanding strategy of developing As indicated by its big opening week, awareness of the new Pearl Jam globally and annually in '97, music artists' sales history and standing, business in both." album was high. Lead track "Given To Fly" nails down its fifth week at No. Levy asserts. "This makes budgeting During the year, 38 PolyGram al- 1on Mainstream Rock Tracks and has been No. 3for six straight weeks on more dangerous bums sold more than 1million copies, Modern Rock Tracks. Since the album's release, another song, "In Hiding," than astrology." compared with 34 in 1996. Of last has received enough unsolicited airplay to secure adebut at No. 33 on Main- Changes Are In contrast, he year's 38, 11 were from local artists. stream Rock. And, I'd love to know how much Epic spent on television adver- argues, local acts Music division president Roger tising. During the weekend that preceded "Yield's" Feb. 3street date, it Eyed At U.S. can reach prof- Ames comments, "International seemed like Isaw smartly crafted teaser ads on both broadcast and cable itability "very artists remain extremely important. outlets every time Iturned the tube on. quickly." But because PolyGram has always Obviously, the title falls far short of the record-breaking 950,000 units that Label Polydor "Local reper- been extremely strong in local reper- ushered in "Vs." in '93 or the 877,000 units that "" fetched in the toire and regional toire, it helps us make the transition." 1994 week when CDs and cassettes of that title became available. However, Changes are coming to Polydor, repertoire has be- LEVY Part of that transition, says Ames, "Yield" is almost on par with the 366,500 units that "No Code" sold when it but its demise is not among them. come key. A U.S. is coming to terms with arelatively debuted atop The Billboard 200 in the Sept. 14, 1996, issue. That's the word from PolyGram or U.K. artist needs aworldwide base flat market. Though Levy predicts music division president Roger to exist. A local artist can be prof- global growth of 3%-5% annually in TALE OF TWO LADIES: Two solo acts who have emerged as success sto- Ames, commenting on speculation itable locally." coming years, Ames says that if Poly- ries in the early weeks of 1998 come from the house that Bugs Bunny built. about the fate of the U.S. label. Not only can amillion-selling album Gram wants to create growth, it will One of them, Celtic explorer Lorenna McKennitt, proves that patience can "There's no intention to fold Poly- by alocal artist be "vastly, vastly "have to take it from our competitors." pay off. The other, Paula Cole, illustrates the "timing is everything" maxim. dor," he tells Billboard. "The inten- profitable," Levy says, it is far cheap- He adds that there are no plans for The ascension of both also serves as an important reminder: Although tion is to strengthen the relationship er to break an act on anarrower stage further business diversification. ever-tightening playlists and increased format fragmentation have sent the between Polydor and [sister Poly- than the global market. On apersonal note, Ames says that music industry scrambling for more than adecade to find avenues besides Gram label] A&M, but we're not There is also the potential for those he is happy in his post and that "I radio to break hits, the airwaves remain the shortest path to pay dirt. quite ready to announce that." local artists to expand later to awider, wouldn't be doing it otherwise." He Harpist/vocalist/composer McKennitt first dented Billboard's charts in Sources say that several possi- international audience, and Levy cites counters industry speculation that he 1992, when "The Visit" appeared on Heatseekers and, to her horror, Top bilities are being discussed. One as a prime example Italian tenor has found his role less than satisfying. New Age Albums (in 1994, Billboard began including Celtic fare, including scenario has the Polydor promotion , who last year broke In 1997, PolyGram says its biggest- McKennitt's, on Top World Music Albums). Prior to her current "The Book department being shuttered, with through on the pan-European stage selling album was Hanson's "Middle Of Secrets," which bullets this issue at No. 21 on The Billboard 200, the only A&M assuming its duties and cer- and in the U.S. market. Of Nowhere," with 8.4 million copies, other McKennitt album to appear on the big chart was "The Mask And Mir- tain other label functions. A num- Levy states, "It is very important followed by Bocelli's "Romanza" (6.8 ror," which stalled at No. 143. ber of Polydor promotion staffers to manage the world on aregional million), 's "Pop" (5.5 million), Her new album debuted at No. 60, with more than 20,000 copies sold in indicated that they would soon be basis." 's "Review" (4.5 million)— its first week; then its sales declined for the next seven weeks. It began to seeking new employment. In 1997, PolyGram showed sales in- claimed to be Japan's biggest ever turn around in December, when "The Mummers' Dance" began to infiltrate As for Polydor president Nick creases in all regions of the world, album—and 's "Come multiple radio formats. It debuted on in the Dec. 20 issue, the Gatfield, sources suggest that he is according to the company. On Over" (4 million, prior to Euro- same week it first reached the triple-A list in sister publication Rock Air- headed for new duties at PolyGram In Europe, sales rose 14.5% to pean release in 1998). play Monitor. A week later, it made its way onto Modern Rock Tracks. Music Publishing, which has been $2.79 billion, and operating income The company cites the highlights of Initial support for the song came from the , Denver, Portland, Ore., without apresident since David rose 23.9% to $384 million. In North the '98 release schedule as the Los Angeles, and markets and spread quickly. The song is still grow- Simone's departure last fall. America, sales were up 25.4% at $1.36 40th-anniversary album, ing, bulleting at No. 6on Adult Top 40 and at No. 17 on Modern Rock while The status of Polydor's roster billion, while operating loss was stat- along with albums from the Blue- holding at No. 2on triple-A. It also debuts at No. 30 on Adult Contempo- has apparently yet to be deter- ic at $10.4 million. In the Far East, tones, Riehie Sambora, All Saints, rary. mined, but one scenario has A&M including Japan, sales were up 11.5% Pulp, and Barry White in the first Impressively, sales gains for McKennitt's album, the last on her current performing certain marketing and at $862 million, while operating quarter and, later in the year, new Warner Bros. contract, have exceeded the overall market's pace in every promotion functions for Tonic, income rose 1.2% to $123.3 million. In releases from Jimmy Page & Robert week since the start of December. Fretblanket, and Code Red. the rest of the world, sales were up Plant, Kiss, Boyzone, The rekindling of Cole's "This " is the result of overlapping events: her PolyGram executives in the U.S. 19% at $473.7 million, and operating and , Joan Osborne, attention-getting spate of Grammy nominations, amulti-market TV ad cam- had no comment on the specula- income rose 47.1% to $85 million. , Jonny Lang, Tonie, and paign, the use of her "I Don't Want To Wait" on WB's hot TV show "Daw- tion, and Ames declined to discuss Levy admits that the Asian mar- Hanson, along with compilations from son's Creek," and the launch of her newest radio track, "Me." details of any pending changes. kets are going through a"crisis" but Dire Straits and Paul Weller. When Cole got nods in several key categories, she became one of those A source within the company declines to say how PolyGram would rare cases when Grammy nominations affect The Billboard 200 (Between notes that Polydor is coming off have performed in the region had it PolyGram reports in Dutch guilders. the Bullets, Billboard, Jan. 31). Warner Bros. sought to capitalize on the two hugely successful years in not been bolstered by its success in The exchange rate used in this story attention with aGrammy-keyed TV ad; it ran in , Chicago, Los Ange- which it broke Tonic, engineered a Japan. is 2.02 guilders to the dollar. les, New York, Nashville, and and spiked sales in each mar- Bee Gees comeback and revivals ket. for Abba and "Grease," and kicked Even if you only watch your local WB outlet enough to catch syndicated in with two successful compilations, McLACHLAN AT TOP OF JUNO NOMINEES "Seinfeld" reruns—which are carried on the network's stations in both L.A. "Pure " and "Pure Disco 2." (Continued from page 14) and New York—frequent promos for "Dawson's Creek" had to put "Wait" "Polydor/A&M had avery good in your brain. The song was also adopted as the theme for what has quickly year," Ames says. "Nick Gatfield Top single: "The Sound Of' by Jann Top producer: Peter Cardinalli and become the fledgling WB's highest-rated show, even as it continued to build had acouple of very big acts, and Arden (A&M), "Drinking In L.A." by Ian Thomas, Core Hart, Arnold Lanni, at adult contemporary radio (she holds at No. 4on our AC chart). we were very happy with that." Bran Van 3000; "Dark Horse" by Pierre Marchand, Michael Philip and Cole's Feb. 7"Saturday Night Live" stop should spike next issue's chart. Concludes Ames, "We continue to Amanda Marshall (Epic); "Building A . She also visits Feb. 17 and will likely explode after she examine the overall structure of the Mystery" by Sarah McLachlan (Nett- Best video: "A Little Love" by Paul sings at the Grammys' Feb. 25 telecast. Meanwhile, she holds at No. 51 on U.S. companies, and we will contin- werk); "Clumsy" by Brandt, directed by Tim Hamilton The Billboard 200, her album's highest rank since the May 31, 1997, issue. ue to strengthen our structure." (Columbia). (WEA/Reprise); "Gasoline" by Moist, Top new solo artist: Lhasa (Audio- directed by Javier Aquilera (EMI HEARTS AFIRE: Tour ads lift Yanni (53-44, a23% increase), while adult This story was prepared by Craig gram), Dayna Manning (EMI Music), Music); "" by Holly MeNarland, contemporary success for aJohn Tesh track with James Ingram (19-16 on Rosen in Los Angeles, Jeff Clark- Holly MeNarland (Universal), directed by Lisa Mann; "Everything Is the AC list) helps Tesh's album double its sales and win the big chart's Pace- Meads in London, and Sky (Iron Music), Tariq (EMI Music). Automatic" by Band, setter (122-70). Tesh will also benefit shortly from aFeb. 7QVC cable shot Schlager, editorial director of Bill- Top : Jann Arden, directed by Bill Morrison (Dark- and stops on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" (Feb. 12) and "Live With board Bulletin, in New York Sarah McLachlan and Pierre Mar- town/A&M); "Pearly White" by Junk- Regis & Kathie Lee" (Feb. 13). Both men and Jim Brickman (a re-entry at chand, Dean MeTaggart, Odds, David house, directed by Tony Pantages No. 192 with a39% gain) stand to capitalize on Valentine's Day shopping. Tyson. (Columbia).

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es," which has sold 2million units in from your mind after you hear it. what they call "teenage- ." ie U.S., according to SoundScan. That's the mark of asmash. Clearly, Fresh from the rigors of 1996's "" film and soundtrack, Madonna 'his album is reflective of where Iam American pop radio needs Madonna." The Lady Is AMaverick my life right now—in terms of my So does the rest of the world, appar- has also found comfortable new vocal isical interests and in terms of my ently. "Frozen" has had "fantastic" Madonna Keeps Active Hand In Label ground between the theatrical de- rsonal beliefs. Ifeel like I've been early support across Europe, accord- mands of that project and the more lightened, and that it's my responsi- ing to Jon Uren, marketing director, NEW YORK—Despite the demands electronic groups with widespread casual vibe of her early recordings, showcasing afluid, flexible range that's lity to share what I've learned so far U.S. labels, for Warner Music Europe. of preparing "," Madon- potential. "Baxter reminds me of Air, executed to haunting effect. "Training ith the world." The single has been A-listed at BBC na maintains ahands-on presence at but with alittle bit of aSneaker Pimps It appears much of the world is clam- Radio 1in the U.K. and hit the airplay Maverick Records, the Warner vibe. Lucy Nation is kind of like Por- my voice has opened me up immeasur- oring to hear the results. The Singa- charts in France, the , and Bros.-distributed label she runs with tishead, but with alot of interesting ably, and it's allowed me to do things pore Madonna Link, an unofficial, fan- Germany in its first week after aJan. Freddy DeMann and . twists. I'm really excited about where with my voice that Inever thought operated World Wide Web site, began 23 release. "I asked for the record company," they're both coming from musically." were possible," she says. offering an unauthorized snippet of The project's retail forecast is equal- she says. "I'm not going to be invisible Baxter's first album is tentatively "I'm so proud of the way the album "Frozen" Jan. 23. The site has received ly bright, with Jonathan Rees, head of or simply phone in my partnership. due in the spring, while Lucy Nation came out," Madonna adds. "But for a moment after Ifirst finished it, I more than 140,000 hits. rock and pop for the HMV chain in the There's no honor or satisfaction in has just entered the studio and will There have also been approximately U.K., describing its prospects as "very palming off the work on someone else." likely release asingle before the end cringed. Ithought, What have Idone?' adozen leaks of "Frozen" on top 40 positive." Even during sessions for her new of the year. Emotionally and sonically, it went in radio around the U.S. since Jan. 26. Tim Devin, GM of in album, Madonna had daily contact Maverick's biggest success to date such adifferent territory for me." WKTU New York is among those sta- New York, wholeheartedly agrees. with the label, approving every act has been , whose Orbit is equally pleased with the set's results, primarily because tions that played "Frozen" to rabid lis- "Quite frankly, Ican't wait for it. The signed. Among the most recent ros- "" has moved more Madonna "wasn't at all interested in tener response. anticipation surrounding this album is ter additions with which she's than 12.8 million units, according to "The phones blew up," says assistant amazing. The industry needs an excit- involved are apair of Swedish acts: SoundScan. It has also scored with compromising or watering down" the electfonic textures of his productions. PD/GM Andy Shane, adding that the ing, mega-star release, and this will fill Baxter and Lucy Nation. . station has continued sneaking the sin- that important void." She describes both as cutting-edge LARRY FLICK If anything, he says, she "insisted upon gle on the air in advance of its official That's precisely how Phil Quar- purity in the , which worked astonishingly well with her pop airplay date of Thursday (19). "For the tararo, president of Warner Bros. days we haven't had it on, people have (U.S.), views "Ray Of Light." "What The creative seeds for "Ray Of admiration for Orbit's catalog of songs at the core." been calling nonstop begging to hear it" Madonna does that's so admirable is Light" were planted last year, when recordings put him at the top of her Of those songs, both are irreversibly Erik Bradley, music director at that she always manages to land on the Madonna phoned Orbit and asked if he wish list of collaborators. "I love the stuck on the title cut—the likely single follow-up to "Frozen"—which is a WBBM (B-96) Chicago, witnessed sim- cusp of what we call contemporary mu- was interested in co-writing afew haunting, trance-like quality of his ilar listener response when his station sic," he says. "In 1998, every estab- songs. "I've been afan of all kinds of records. I've also always found some- euphoric, deliciously over-the-top an- them that builds from apercolating leaked "Frozen" Feb. 7. "People are lished artist faces the dilemma of main- for many years, and I thing melancholy about his music. trance-disco groove into acollision going crazy for it," he says. "It's acom- taining their importance and relevance. wanted to incorporate that sound into Since I'm attracted to that sound, and pelling record that you can't shake Madonna never fails to be relevant." my music," she says, adding that her since Itend to write alot of sad songs, course of futuristic keyboards and we seemed like agood match." assaulting metal riffs. "It's totally out Upon introduction, Orbit handed of control," she says, laughing. "The Madonna atape of five instrumental original version is well over 10 minutes NEW GUN-CONTROL ORGANIZATION WINS INDUSTRY SUPPORT tracks. "It basically was asketchbook long. It was completely indulgent, but (Continued from page I) of fantastic ideas," she says. "Every Iloved it. It was heartbreaking to cut it down to amanageable length." to raise awareness of the problem. Matt, was wounded atop New York's Ireferred them to Peter Mensch of Q- track was so inspiring. Itook them and So far, PAX's board of advisers Empire State Building by agunman Prime and John Scher of Metropolitan gave them structure." The sprawling, unedited version of includes such high-profile industry fig- who also shot and killed Danish musi- Entertainment Group." Among the first songs to evolve from "Ray Of Light" is already earmarked ures as Metropolitan Entertainment cian Christoffer Burmeister, aguitarist Although the Empire State Build- that tape was "Swim," aguitar-driven for inclusion on "Veronica Electroni- Group CEO John Scher, ICM World- in Matt Gross' band, the Bushpilots. ing shooting had personal resonance electro- odyssey on which Madon- ca," acompilation of single and wide head of music Jon Podell, Prior to starting PAX, Daniel Gross for Schlesinger, he says other people na meditates on the perils of bad karma album outtakes, due in the fall. actor/director Griffin Dunne, Qwest was apartner at advertising firm J. without adirect connection to the and its ongoing effect on the world at "Veronica Electronica" is also a potential stage persona that Madonna Records president Mark Persaud, and Thompson. Cooley held sever- Gross family have been equally moved large. "It gave me shivers the first time is toying with as she ponders hitting Persaud Bros. Inc. president Mike Per- al positions in finance and trading on by it. Iheard it," Orbit says. 'We both knew the road for her first concert trek since saud. Among the organization's spon- Wall Street before venturing on his "When people hear the personal side we were onto something special." sors and contributors are designer own in 1993 as awriter, director, and of how they formed this organization, From there, the two decided to guide 1993's Girlie tour. Unlike that eye-pop- ping spectacle, she says she'd like to do Calvin Klein, actor Alec Baldwin, Broad- photographer. it's hard to ignore it," says Schlesinger. the overall production of "Ray Of Light" way Video, Home Box Office, Dave Cooley says PAX "Everybody seems to be touched by it." together. In addition to the five songs something "totally scaled down" this time, with aset list culled exclusively Matthews, Zero Hour Records, Time will steer clear of a Fiona Bloom, publicist at New York she wrote with Orbit, Madonna collabo- from "Ray Of Light," "Bedtime Sto- Warner Cable, and MTV Networks. political agenda, independent label Zero Hour and A&R rated with veteran pop tunesmith Rick ries," and 1992's "Erotica." If she de- Other supporters include fashion instead focusing on director at the Zero Hour urban start- Nowels, Nellee Hooper protégé Marius designer Donna Karan and WHTZ what he regards as up imprint 3-2-1, says the new label will De Vries, and Patrick Leonard, with cides to tour, it won't happen until late (Z100) New York, atop 40 station a" sense" launch with acompilation that will ben- whom she created such early hits as summer/early fall. owned by Chancellor Media, which has issue. efit PAX. "Live To Tell" and "Open Your Heart." Until then, she'll test live waters with several European TV performances, anationwide portfolio of 99 stations, "One of the "We were looking for acharity to Leonard co-wrote "Frozen." including other major New York out- SCHLESINGER things that's critical work with on the project, which is After locking themselves away in the including agig on the U.K.'s "National lets. At press time, the exact involve- to what we're trying called 'Connected,'" explains Bloom. studio for six months "like apair of Lottery Live" show Saturday (21), as ment of these organizations and indi- to do is make gun violence the defining "When Iheard about PAX, it sounded mad scientists," as Orbit puts it, they well as her first U.S. club date in more than 10 years. On Saturday (14), she'll viduals had yet to be finalized. social and cultural issue that it deserves like something we'd want to be apart emerged with ahigh-concept collection PAX will officially be launched with to be," he says. "You have asituation of. So Italked to [Zero Hour founder] that combines cutting-edge under- take the stage of New York's Roxy a press conference Feb. 23 and a where the overwhelming majority of Ray McKenzie about it, and we had a ground club elements with pure pop nightclub for aperformance of three tunes from the album. founder's party Feb. 28; both events Americans are in favor of ending this meeting with Dan and Talmage." melodies and agenerous slathering of will happen in New York. nonsense, ending this epidemic of gun Bloom says plans are under way for Gross says he and Cooley turned to violence. But it's alatent majority, and artists from "Connected" to perform at the music, entertainment, and fashion people don't have the resources and the PAX's launch, and the label will pro- NRM PRESIDENT MUNDORF RESIGNS communities because of their abilities inspiration to be able to act out on their mote PAX in its ads and literature. (Continued from page 10) to raise mainstream awareness of concerns about the issue." Other key music industry links to were $5.7 million, up 14% from the $5 social issues. Artists and executives in the music PAX are Mike Persaud of Los Ange- in 1991 he was senior VP of operations. million in the previous period. "The music industry, as we know, industry have been meeting with les-based urban music marketing firm At the time, Mundorf was said to have NRM has been riding high for can be really influential in galvanizing PAX's principals to explore ways to get Persaud Bros. Inc. and his brother, left because he disagreed with the di- asocial movement behind [a] cause," involved. Adam Schlesinger, song- Mark Persaud, president of Quincy rection that Paul David, founder and months, setting the pace among music says Gross. "When you look at how writer and performer with Atlantic Jones' Qwest Records. owner of Music, had mapped merchants with its comparable-store music has been leveraged to benefit Records acts Fountains Of Wayne and "I see this as avery important cause, out for the chain. Before joining NRM, sales gains of 12.6% for the quarter. For other causes—anything from Amnesty Ivy, is achildhood friend of Matt Gross' and I'm doing anything Ican to get Mundorf worked at Alpha Enterpris- the 39-week period that ended Dec. 27, International to to AIDS to from their hometown of Montclair, N.J. PAX up and running," says Mike Per- es, amusic accessories/security manu- 1997, the chain reported net income of $1.19 million, or 24 cents ashare, up Rock the Vote—there are few cultural "I was on an airplane in Germany sand. "I want to make sure the urban facturer. considerably from the $100,000 in net opportunities to make aprofound when Iheard about Matt being shot," music audience is aware of everything In reporting a17.2% increase in net statement that are more impactful than Schlesinger recalls. "Even though they PAX is doing, especially in light of the earnings for its fiscal third quarter, income, or 2cents ashare, posted dur- music has the potential to be. didn't mention Matt by naine, they said gun violence that has occurred on a which ended Dec. 27, 1997, NRM had a ing the corresponding period the year before. Earnings before interest, taxes, "One morning in the '80s," Gross adds, it was aNew York musician working high-profile level in the past year." net income of $2.88 million, or 60 cents depreciation, and amortization for the "everyone awoke not knowing what the with aDanish guy, so Ijust knew it had Persaud adds that he plans to per share, as compared with the $2.46 word 'amnesty' even meant and went to to be him." Coincidentally, Cooley is a encourage other prominent African- million, or 51 cents ashare, it generat- first three quarters of the chain's fiscal year showed avast improvement over bed saying, We have to free political friend of Ivy singer Dominique American executives and youth orga- ed in the prior fiscal year. cash flow in the prior period, $5.8 mil- prisoners.' If you talk about acause that Durand, so it seemed inevitable that nizations to support FAX at both the Total sales for the quarter were $41.7 lion vs. $3.5 million, an increase of deserves to have that kind of promi- Schlesinger would hook up with PAX. corporate and grass-roots levels. million, up 16% from the $36 million the 56.3%. NRM's stock, traded on the - nence in the fabric of America's con- "They called me and asked some PAX can be reached at 212-677-1124; chain posted in its third quarter of fis- daq exchange, closed at 5'/2 cents a sciousness, it's definitely gun violence." questions about people to talk to in the its E-mail address is pax.org@mind- cal 1997. Earnings before interest, In February 1997, Gross' brother, music business," Schlesinger says. "So spring.com. taxes, depreciation, and amortization share on Feb. 11. f3f? 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149 156 19 LUTHERLV 68220/EPIC VANDROSS (1098 E0/17.981 • ONE NIGHT WITH YOU - THE BEST OF LOVE VOLUME 2 44

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136 105 25 CLINT BLACK • RCA (NASHVILLE) 67515/RLG (10.98/16.98) NOTHIN' BUT THE TAILLIGHTS 43

137 130 126 71 TOOL • FREEWORLD 31087* (10.98/16.98) AENIMA 2

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140 142 121 93 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND A' RCA 66904 ((0 98/16 98) CRASH 2

153 153 31 LILA MCCANN ASYLUM 62042/EEG (10.98/16.98) II LILA 86

142 143 132 24 COLLIN RAYE • THE BEST OF COLLIN RAYE - DIRECT HITS EPIC (NASHVILLE) 671393/SONY (NASHVILLE) (10.98 EO/16.98) 33

(143) 160 151 22 AMY GRANT • A&M 540760 (10.98/16.98) BEHIND THE EYES 8

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146 123 108 24 OASIS à EPIC 68530 (10.98 E0/16.98) BE HERE NOW 2

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148 134 136 20 ELTON JOHN ROCKET 536266/A&M (11.98/17.98) THE BIG PICTURE 9

149 129 106 56 • WORK 67903/EPIC (10.98 E0/16.98) TRAVELING WITHOUT MOVING 24

150 119 130 42 VARIOUS ARTISTS • POLYDOR 535877/A&M (10.98/16.98) PURE DISCO 83

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* * * No. 1* ** 53 48 46 11 VARIOUS ARTISTS • IN THA BEGINNING...THERE WAS RAP 15 Cf) 1 1 9 SOUNDTRACK A' SONY CLASSICAL 63213 (10.98 EQ/17.98) 5weeks at No. 1 III AN IC 16 PRIORITY 50639* 111.98/17.98) 54 52 57 24 TRISHA YEARWOOD 1 2 (SONGBOOK) A COLLECTION OF HITS 4 ** * HOT SHOT DEBUT ** * MCA NASHVILLE 70011 (10.98/16.98) ( 2 ) NEW II› 1 PEARL JAM EPIC 68164* 110.98 EQ/16.98) Y II I () 2 55 54 53 21 AELEKTRA 62064NEEG (10.98116.98) WHEN DISASTER STRIKES... 3 ( 3) 2 2 12 CELINE DION A' 550 MUSIC 68861/EPIC (10.98 E0117.98) LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE 1 56 57 60 13 MYSTIKAL • BIG BOY/NO LIMIT 41620/JIVE (10.98/16.98) IIII UNPREDICTABLE 3

4 3 3 14 • VIRGIN 45111 (11.98/17.98) SPICEWORLD 3 57 50 44 40 HANSON A° MERCURY 534615 (11.98 EQ/17.98) MIDDLE OF NOWHERE 2

( 5) 4 4 21 •' LAFACE 26043/ARISTA (10.98/16.98) MY WAY 4 58 49 47 13 ENYA PAINT THE SKY WITH STARS — THE BEST OF ENYA REPRISE 46835/WARNER BROS. (11.98/17.98) 30 6 5 6 49 MATCHBOX 20 eLAVNADANTIC 92721/AG (10.98/15.98)M YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU 5 (F) 66 74 100 CELINE DION Am 550 MUSIC 67541/EPIC (10.98 EQ/17.98) 1 7 6 5 26 BACKSTREET BOYS A' JIVE 41589 (10.98/16.98) BACKSTREET BOYS 4 60 58 56 36 TIM MCGRAW A' CURB 77886 (10.9F3/16.98) EVERYWHERE 2 (JD 7 8 43 SAVAGE GARDEN • COLUMBIA 67954 (10.98 EQ/16.98) SAVAGE GARDEN 7 61 56 62 14 JAY-Z • ROC-A-FELLKDEF JAM 536392`,MERCURY (10 98 EQ 16.98) IN MY LIFETIME, VOL. 1 3 9 9 15 15 MASEe BAD BOY 73017*/ARISTA (10.98/16.98) HARLEM WORLD 1 62 60 84 42 MARY J. BLIGE A' MCA 11606* (10.98/16.98) SHARE MY WORLD 1 (l) 14 13 11 WILL SMITH ACOLUMBIA 68683* (10.98 EO/17.98) BIG WILLIE STYLE 10 63 62 67 14 SAMMY KERSHAW • MERCURY (NASHV(LLE) 536318 (10.98 EQ/17.98) LABOR OF LOVE 62 11 12 16 14 SHANIA TWAIN A' MERCURY (NASHV(LLE) 536003 (10.98 E0/16.98) 2 (64) 64 65 47 AEROSMITH • COLUMBIA 67547 (10.98 EQ/16.98) NINE LIVES 1 CHUMBAWAMBA REPUBLIC 53099/UNIVERSAL (10.98/16.98) TUBTHUMPER 12 8 7 20 A' 3 () 78 68 10 ANDREA BOCELLI • PHILIPS 539207 (10.98/16.98) elE ROMANZA 44 1 ,)- 20 BRIAN MCKNIGHT • MERCURY 536215 (10.98 E0/6.98) ANYTIME 28 20 13 66 59 55 15 VARIOUS ARTISTS • ARISTA 18988 (10.98/16.98) ULTIMATE DANCE PARTY 1998 38 SPICE GIRLS •' VIRGIN 42174* (10.98/16.98) SPICE 14 10 11 53 1 (1) 68 64 24 DAYS OF THE NEW • OUTPOST 30004/GEFFEN (10.98/16.98) MI DAYS OF THE NEW 54 PUFF DADDY & THE FAMILY A' BAD BOY 73012NARISTA (10.98/17.98) NO WAY OUT 15 11 18 29 1 (ITO 75 90 6 STONECREEK 67731/EPIC (10.98 E0/16.98)21 UNCLE SAM 68

** * GREATEST GAINER* ** 69 61 49 74 FIONA APPLE A2 CLEAN StATE/WORK 67439/EPIC (10.98 EO/16.98) El TIDAL 15 (16) 28 35 34 K-C) & JOJO • MCA 11613*(10.98/16.981 LOVE ALWAYS 16 ** * PACESETTER * ** 17 15 12 22 LEANN RIMES A' YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE — INSPIRATIONAL SONGS (70) 122 - 2 JOHN TESH GTSP 539804 (10.98/17 981 GRAND PASSION 70 CURB 77885 (10.98/16.98) 1 WYCLEF JEAN FEAT. REFUGEE ALLSTARS WYCLEF JEAN PRESENTS THE CARNIVAL FEAT. REFUGEE ALLSTARS 16 18 17 19 21 MAR IA1-1 CAREY A' COLUMBIA 67836 (10.98 E0/17.981 BUTTERFLY 1 71 69 71 33 A RUFFHOUSE 67974*/COLUMBIA (10.98 EO/16.98) 21 SOUNDTRACK A LAFACE 26041/ARISTA (10.98/16.98) SOUL FOOD 19 13 9 4 72 67 70 22 BLINK 182 • CARGO 11624/MCA (10.98/16.98) II DUDE RANCH 67

20 YOUNG BLEED ALL IHAVE IN THIS WORLD, ARE MY BALLS AND MY WORD 10 73 74 76 47 THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. A' BAD BOY 73011NARISTA (19.98/24.98) LIFE AFTER DEATH 16 10 3 NO LIMIT 50738'PRIORITY 110.9816.98) 1 74 63 59 32 SOUNDTRACK A' COLUMBIA 68169* (10.98 E0/17.98) MEN IN BLACK—THE ALBUM 1 (2D 22 23 19 LOREENA MCKENNITT QUINLAN ROAD 46719/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) THE BOOK OF SECRETS 21 75 76 77 32 • CAPITOL 55229 (10.98/15.98) OK COMPUTER 21 (ir) 24 25 13 LSG • EASTWEST 62125/EEG (10.98/16.98) LEVERT.SWEAT.GILL 4 C) 83 86 20 OUR LADY PEACE COLUMBIA 67940 (10.98 EQ/16.98)11111 CLUMSY 76 23 21 22 12 A' ELEKTRA 62126NEEG (10.98/16.98) RELOAD 1

JOHN MELLENCAMP • 24 18 17 11 GARTH BROOKS A' CAPITOL (NASHVILLE) 56599/CAPITOL NASHVILLE (10.98/16.98) SEVENS 1 77 65 61 12 MERCURY 536738 (11.98 EQ/17.98) THE BEST THAT ICOULD DO 1978 -1988 33

C) 27 40 5 SOUNDTRACK • ATLANTIC 83058/AG (10.98/17.98) GREAT EXPECTATIONS: THE ALBUM 25 78 70 63 80 SUBLIME • 3 GASOLINE ALLEY 11413/MCA (10.98/16.98) SUBLIME 13

26 19 14 4 THE LOX BAD BOY 73015*/ARISTA (10.98/16.98)MM MONEY, POWER & RESPECT 3 (A) 86 81 18 EVERCLEAR • CAPITOL 36503* (10.9W15.98) SO MUCH FOR THE AFTERGLOW 33

()I NEW > I SOUNDTRACK UNIVERSAL 53116 (10.98/17.981 BLUES BROTHERS 2000 27 80 80 80 14 B.B. KING MCA 11711 (10.98(17.981 DEUCES WILD 73

28 23 30 19 THE VERVE • VC/HUT 44913NIRGIN (10.98/16.98) URBAN HYMNS 23 81 77 85 62 A ISLAND 524306 (10.98/16.981 Zi DRU HILL 23 (82 ) 133 169 3 29 26 21 25 FLEETWOOD MAC A' REPRISE 46702/WARNER BROS. (10.98/17.98) THE DANCE 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS BEST OF LOVE — 16 GREAT HITS MADACY 6806 (9.98/15.98) 82 ERYKAH BADU • KEDAR 53109*/UNIVERSAL (10.98/16.981 LIVE 30 31 29 12 4 NAS ESCOBAR, BROWN, AZ AND NATURE 83 73 79 16 FOXY THE FIRM — THE ALBUM AFTERMATH 901361INTERSCOPE (10.98/17.98) 1 31 25 20 13 BARBRA STREISANDe COLUMBIA 66181 (10.98 EQ/17.98) HIGHER GROUND 1 84 72 58 22 VARIOUS ARTISTS• ESPN PRESENTS: JOCK JAMS VOLUME 3 23 32 29 27 18 JANET • VIRGIN 44762 (11.98/17.98) 1 TOMMY BOY 1214 (12.98/17.98) 85 71 83 14 VARIOUS ARTISTS POLYGRAM TV 555120/POLYDOR (10.98/17.98) PURE DISCO 2 71 33 33 31 44 • ELEKTRA 62012NEEG (10.98/16.98)1M THIRD EYE BLIND 31 86 81 75 11 VARIOUS ARTISTS TOMMY BOY 1234 (12.98/17.98) MN PARTY TO GO 98 50 34 30 26 30 • INTERSCOPE 90142 (10.98/16.98) IME FUSH YU MANG 19 87 79 66 13 OZZY OSBOURNE A EPIC 67980 (10.98 EQ/17.98) THE OZZMAN COMETH 13 CI) 40 36 19 CREED • WIND-UP 13049 (10.98/16.98) CM MY OWN PRISON 35 88 84 69 33 SUGAR RAY A LAVA/ATLANTIC 83006/AG (10.98/15.98) FLOORED 12 36 34 41 104 JEWEL e ATLANTIC 82700*/AG (10.98/15.98)0B PIECES OF YOU 4 89 82 72 33 ROBYN * RCA 67477 (10.98/16.98) 121 ROBYN IS HERE 68 37 32 24 22 AQUA A' MCA 11705110.98/16.98) AQUARIUM 7 (90) NEW 111. 1 SOUNDTRACK MAVERICK 46840/WARNER BROS. (11.98/17.98) THE WEDDING SINGER 90 38 37 32 30 SARAH MCLACHLAN A' ARISTA 18970 (10.98/16.98) SURFACING 2 91 90 113 28 JOE • JIVE 41603* (11.98/16.981 ALL THAT IAM 39 39 43 13 AND MAGOO • BIACKGROUNDIATLANTIC 92772/AG (9.98/15.98) WELCOME TO OUR WORLD 35 13 82 91 100 37 GOD'S PROPERTY FROM KIRK FRANKLIN'S NU NATION A GOD 'S PROPERTY 3 MARCY PLAYGROUND • CAPITOL 53569 (10.98/15.981MM MARCY PLAYGROUND 40 36 38 12 34 B-RITE 90093/INTERSCOPE (10.98/16.98) 41 38 39 8 VARIOUS ARTISTS THE SOURCE PRESENTS HITS — VOLUME 1 38 93 89 82 12 LED ZEPPELIN •ATLANTIC 83061/AG (19.98/24.98) BBC SESSIONS 12 POLYGRAM Tv 536204 (8.98/17.98) (p) 103 110 51 JONNY LANG A A&M 540640 (10.98/16.981 Ni LIE TO ME 44 42 41 33 12 KENNY G A ARISTA 18991 (10.98/17.98) KENNY G GREATEST HITS 19 95 94 - 2 CARMAN SPARROW 51640 (10.98/16.98) MISSION 3:16 94 43 35 54 20 BOYZ II MEN A' MOTOWN 530819* (11.98/17.98) EVOLUTION 1 96 87 78 32 PRODIGY A' XL MUTE/MAVERICK 46606/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) THE FAT OF THE LAND 1 (44) 53 50 14 YANNI VIRGIN 44981 (11.98/17.98) TRIBUTE 21 97 85 88 84 THE WALLFLOWERS A' INTERSCOPE 90055 (10.98/16.98)w BRINGING DOWN THE HORSE 4 45 43 48 24 MASTER PA' NO LIMIT 50659NPRIORITY (10.98/16.98) GHETTO D 1 ( 98) 127 146 7 CHICO DEBARGE KEDAR 53088NUNIVERSAL (10.98/16.98) LONG TIME NO SEE 86 46 44 34 34 SOUNDTRACK • WORK 68166/EPIC (10.98 EO/17.98) MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING 14 99 93 93 83 LEANN RIMES IV CURB 77821 (10.98/15.98) BLUE 3 47 42 37 21 BROOKS & DUNN A THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION 4 ARISTA NASHVILLE 18852 (10.98/16.98) 100 8R_ ...,RR 9 BRYAN ADAMS A&M 540831 (10.98/17.98) MTV UNPLUGGED 88 48 45 42 11 2PAC •' AMARU 41630*/JIVE (19.98/24.98) R U STILL DOWN? [REMEMBER MEJ 2 (l01) 107 109 38 FOO FIGHTERS • ROSWELL 55832*/CAPITOL (10.98/16.98) 10 49 47 51 17 GREEN DAY REPRISE 46794(WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) NIMROD. 10 102 97 98 40 MEREDITH BROOKS • CAPITOL 36919 oo.98n5.98) BLURRING THE EDGES 22 50 46 45 21 • CAROLINE/550 MUSIC 67762*/EPIC (10.98 EO/16.98 1 42 II» 113 118 6 QUEEN PEN LIL' MAN 90151*/INTERSCOPE (10.98/16.98) CM MY MELODY 103 51 51 52 53 PAULA COLE • IMAGO 46424/WARNER BROS. (10.98/15.9811BI THIS FIRE 33 104 96 97 17 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY eATLANTIC (NASHvIllE) 83060/AG (10.98116.98) GREATEST HITS 33 C) 55 73 24 MARTINA MCBRIDE • RCA (NASHVILLE) 67516/RLG (10.98/16.98) EVOLUTION 52 105 95 87 11 SUBLIME • GASOLINE ALLEY 11714/MCA (10.98/16.98) SECOND-HAND SMOKE 28

C IAlbums wi h the greatest sales gains this week. • Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500 000 album units. A RIAA certification for shipment of 1 million units, with multiplatinum titles indicated by a numeral following the symbo .For boxed sets, and double albums with a running tiene that exceeds two hours, the RIM multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes *As erisk 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 percentage growth. Heatseeker Impact shows albums removed from Heatsee kers this week. MI indicates past or present Heatseeker title. 1998, Billboard/BPI Communications, and SoundScan, Inc.

80 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 SONY INTERNATIONAL HAS 'BIG' AMBITIONS (Continued from page 76)

biggest question mark," says Bowlin. largest markets in Asia. Indonesia is a somewhat affordable to the average "Our business is basically untouched huge problem. is ahuge person because so much of the [sales] right now by Taiwan; it's one of our problem, but music still tends to be in Asia is cassette."

STILL ON TOP DOWN UNDER A country where Sony remains SONY'S VARIED UNITS famously in the lead is Australia. Sony (Contra aed jiyna page 70 is the longtime market leader there by Theda Sandiford-Waller out of asomewhat desultory period and consistently among the corpora- into an era of breaking new acts and tion's strongest performing affiliates taking its flagship artists to new worldwide. ARE U JIGGY? Has the whole world gone jiggy? If you listen to the radio heights, says its president, Allen But- Helmed by inexhaustible CEO/chair- or go to clubs, it is hard to avoid getting jiggy. The slang term "jiggy" has ler. man Denis Handlin ("the only one been used in New York hip-hop underground circles for ayear now, but with Butler acknowledges that the past thing more important than chart posi- two jiggy songs out, Jerry Seinfeld incorporating the hip-hop vernacular on few years have been flat for his com- tions is oxygen"), the Australian oper- "Seinfeld," and Ricki Lake devoting an entire show to it, you know the term pany, as they were for all country ation, with its aggressive approach, has gone mainstream. music labels. Yet he points to the THE KINLEYS UNCLE SAM maintains amarket share of 24.17%, Next issue, look for Will Smith's "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" (Columbia) to hit recent successes of the label's newer which rose to 29% in January. For the the Hot 100. The song has 29 million audience impressions and is ranked at artists, such as the Kinleys and the week ending Saturday (14), it had four No. 27 on Hot 100 Airplay. Street-date violations force the single to enter Dixie Chicks, as well as to the reinvig- perfect example of aU.S. signing who of the top five albums and the No. 1sin- Hot R&B Singles aweek early at No. 42 because it scanned enough units in orated Wade Hayes. has experienced more success outside gle. According to Australian Record R&B core stores to land at No. 50 on R&B Singles Sales. If the single had Last year, Sony was No. 5among the U.S. than within. According to Industry Assn. figures, Sony dominat- scanned enough to reach the 75-position Hot 100 Singles Sales list, "Gettin' country labels in the number of chart- Ayeroff, she has sold more than 5mil- ed chart share in 1997, with eight Jiggy Wit It" would have bowed at No. 38 on the Hot 100. But the single ed singles and albums. lion records worldwide. King broke in chart-topping albums. scanned only 2,400 units prior to street date, which is below the 5,000 units "This year has started off bigger Japan; she has only recently begin to With aprofit margin that has risen it usually takes to reach Hot 100 Singles Sales' floor. By the way, the single's than any year in the past four," Butler experience mainstream success in the 978% between 1993 and 1997, accord- B-side is "Men In Black," which was previously unavailable as asingle. says. "Our plan this year is to increase U.S. via "I Say A Little Prayer," fea- ing to Handlin, the company is aiming Smith isn't the only one gettin' jiggy. At No. 30 on the Hot 100, the Lox's our business by 20%." tured on the soundtrack to "My Best at repeating the U.S. success of Sil- "If You Think I'm Jiggy" (Bad Boy/Arista) was the first jiggy record to hit On this issue's Hot Country Singles Friend's Wedding," issued on Work verchair (4 million global sales for its the charts. The song is only getting airplay on 15 monitored stations but man- & Tracks chart, the following Sony Group/Sony Music Sonndtrax. two albums) and with aged to move 37,000 units at retail. Of those scans, 13% were in New York, acts are featured within the top 50: Despite the slow build in the U.S., direct signings Monique Brumby, followed by Chicago, with 6% of the total units sold. Collin Raye, Wade Hayes, the Dixie King says the label has been nothing Jebediah, Human Nature, CDB, and Hot 100 Singles Spotlight has gotten so many calls and E-mails from inquir- Chicks, the Kinleys, Patty Loveless, but encouraging. "They could have Rick Price. It has inked six local acts ing minds trying to decipher the meaning behind jiggy that Idecided to ask and Sons Of The Desert. signed me and then wanted me to be in recent months, and partnerships afew radio programmers across the country to defme the term. KYLD San Butler added two new labels to the like all these other artists, but they've with indie labels Mushroom, Roadrun- Francisco's "Jazzy" Jim Archer says it means "stylish or off the hook." existing Columbia and Epic labels been behind me 100%," she says. ner, and V2 are also poised to pay div- WPOW Miami's Phil Jones asks, "Doesn't it mean fly?" KDWB Minneapolis' under the Sony umbrella last year. "They have never pressured me about idends. Rob Morris translates "gettin' jiggy wit it" as "getting down with it." KGGI Monument is intended as ahome for what Iwant to do; they just give me Riverside, Calif.'s Diana Laird agrees with Morris' assessment but adds, "It's edgy modern country, like the Dixie the room to do it." an attitude." WZLM Cleveland's Dave Eubanks says he thinks it means Chicks and Gil Grand. Lucky Dog will Work's roster stands at 20 artists, "freaky" and adds with achuckle, "I hope it's something sexual." Considering spotlight heritage acts like Johnny five fewer than Harris and Ayeroff say the diversity of opinions, Iasked the jiggy purveyors themselves. Smith says, PayCheck. they expected to have at this point. "Jiggy refers to aplayer, a baller, or someone who is handling their business," At Epic, Butler says, "Collin is our Releases are forthcoming from Dan while Bad Boy's Groovey Lou say jiggy refers to "ghetto-style sharpness." flagship artist, [and] Patty, with her Penn, Canadian artist Esthero, and What do you think? E-mail your answers to the address below. Grammy nominations, continues to be new signee Mighty Blue Kings. With a an industry favorite." At Columbia, few artists' records selling in the mil- TITANIC TEMPO TREATMENT: Besides wanting to debut at No. 1, the is acorner- lions and the remaining acts still devel- most likely reason the commercial release of Celine Dion's "My Heart Will stone. The total company roster for all oping with smaller numbers, Ayeroff Go On" (550 Music) was delayed until now probably has to do with timing the four labels now numbers 22 artists. says, "I think we need abetter middle release to coincide with the announcement of the Academy Award nomina- The Kinleys say they made avery class, so to speak. We need some tions Feb. 10. Although 550 Music is planning uptempo remixes, Interhit/Pri- deliberate decision in signing with 300,000-400,000 sellers. I'd like to take ority has beaten Sony to the punch. Interhit's dance mixes of "My Heart Will Sony. "We had gotten very good Heather Nova to agold record. It's a Go On" by U.K. dance cover act Deja Vu arrived at retail Feb. 10, so it is responses from several labels," says matter of growing careers." likely that two versions of the song will chart on the Hot 100 next issue. Jennifer Kinley. "So we had achoice. Exclusive Concert Reviews Audience impressions of "My Heart Will Go On" are at 116 million listen- But Sony felt like afamily from the THE NEXT 10 YEARS Steve Earle In April, Mottola ce.ebrates his 10th ers from airplay at 230 monitored stations. Dion's lead on Hot 100 Airplay is first. We felt at home." Tramps, N.Y. so huge, the difference between No. 1and the No. 2title, Savage Garden's anniversary with Sony."I feel like I'm "Truly Madly Deeply" (Columbia), is 34 million listeners. APPLE ADAY FOR WORK GROUP just starting," he says. "The first 10 Ben Folds Five The Work Group's co-presidents, years really just got us to aplace The Palace, Hollywood ThedaSanderd-Waller can be reached via E-mail at thedaebillboardconi Jordan Harris and Jeff Ayeroff, went where we're in aglobal position to Pee Shy into 1997 with something to prove. dominate the charts and have areally Brownies, N.Y. "The success of Jamiroquai and Fiona diverse roster of artists all over the Apple were so crucial to us last year in world. We have what Iconsider the our development and identity," says best management team in the U.S. and Exclusive Album Reviews HOT UHT Harris. "We've broken artists who will internationally." Bob Weir/Rob Wasserman have long, long careers, [and] without Many of Sony's top execs, including "Live" BUBBLING UNDER SINGLES the resources of Sony, we couldn't Ienner, Ilberman, Glew, and Anthony, (GDCD) have done it ... Three years is avery have been at the company for close to . . , Susan Tedeschi w ..... -,5 „e LI g short time to be having this kind of adecade or more. 'Just Won't Burn' TITLE ,,, TITLE success. That's part of the reason we "When you have areally stable man- M- 3 ARTIST (IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL) (lone-Cool) ,1 n 3 ARTIST (IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL) 11 felt Sony was the right home for us, agement team, it's really easier in tErs RIDE SAND AND WATER i. — i 14 7 13 because of the strength of its domes- some ways to continuously build and Lizard '' •••• -,..,,- ..,:. 7E.'S C.N"tE ER Gi.(llVERCURI BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN (REPRISE) tic and international companies." grow because you have stability," says 'Jesus Lizard' 2 3 8 THE NOTE 15 11 18 DANCE HALL DAYS •,.LE ,1 WANG CHUNG (GEFFEN) Apple's 1996 debut, "Tidal," has Michele Anthony, who joined Sony in (Jetset) been certified by the Recording Indus- 1990 and is now executive VP of SME. 3 12 5 WISHFUL THINKING 16 13 6 HOW DO ILIVE Cheeky Monkey DUNCAN SHEIK (ATLANTIC DEBRA MICHAELS (ROBBINS) try Assn. of America (RIAA) for sales "You're not starting at square one "Four Arms To Hold You' 4 8 4 SILLY 17 — 2 of more than 2million units in the U.S., every three or four years." TARAI (MOTOWN) RITI2DL.tcE.iiTs.1".JASON NE VINS (SM,) E/PROFILE) (Big Deal) while Jamiroquai's "Travelling With- 5 9 2 HANDLE uR BIZNEss M.O.P. (RELATIVITY) 18 — 1 YeMAticERutvgz.7.) out Moving," which had asimilarly Assistance in preparing this story was slow build, has sold more than 1mil- provided by Taylor and Ed News Updates Twice Daily 6 10 3 JUST AMEMORY 19 18 27 BLOCK ROCKIN' BEATS 7MILE (CRAVE) THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS (ASTRALWERKS/CAROLINE) lion in the U.S., also according to the Christman in New York, Chet Flippo Hot Product Previews 7 _ 1 WANNA 13 LIKE AMAN RIAA. in Nashville, and Doug Reece in Los 20 4 3 SIMONE JAY (VUNIRGIN) JD FEAT. (SO SO DEF/COLUMBIA) The newest kid on the Sony block, Angeles. Every Monday 8 5 6 MEMORIES 21 17 11 PLEASE LIL SUZY (METROPOLITAN) U2 (ISLAND) the Los Angeles-based Work Group was formed in 1995. It switched to Anew Billboard Challenge begins 9 16 30 EVEN FLOW 22 19 14 SHOWDOWN PEARL JAM (EPIC) EA-SKI FEAT. MONTELL JORDAN (RELATIVITY) Group last year. It sees every Thursday. 10 14 35 ALIVE 23 20 11 WALKUP ON THE SUN its role in the Sony family as repre- This week's champ is repeat-winner PEARL JAM (EPIC) SMACK (UNDER THE COVER) FOR THE RECORD senting the West Coast. 'We had to be Jim Sanches of Sacramento, Calif. oN AND ON 24 — 1 MEGALOMANIAC able to put ourselves in competition The incorrect release date for 11 6 2 LONGPIGS (MOTHER/ISLAND) KMFDM (WAX TRAXIJTVT) with other West Coast-based labels "Motown 40 Forever" appeared in 25 _ 9 DISSIDENT 15 3 NUMBER ONE News contact: Julie Taraska 12 ALEXIA (POPULAR) PEARL JAM (EPIC) like Geffen, Capitol, Warner Bros., and astory in the Feb. 14 issue. The cor- Virgin," Harris says. rect release date is Tuesday (17). jtaraskaebillboard.com GET READY TO BOUNCE Bubbling Under lists the top 25 singles under No. 100 13 21 2 BROOKLYN BOUNCE (EDEL AMERICA) which have not yet charted. The Work Group's Diana King is the

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* * * No. 1 * * * 50 49 42 26 NO TENGO DINERO • LOS UMBRELLOS 42 K.BAGER,M.PFUNDHELLER (M.HADJIDAKIS.A.AGAMI,R.BALMORIANJBALMORIAN) IC) (D) (VI (X) FLEX/EM) 58663NIRGIN NICE & SLOW • 2 weeks at No. 1 • USHER i C -) 1 2 5 J.DUPRI U.DUPRI,M.,U.RAYMOND,B.CASEY) (C) (D) LAFACE 24290/ARISTA 51 de 37 12 32 FLAVORS • ALANA DAVIS 37 E.TUTON (A.DIFRANCO) (0(D) ELEKTRA 64129/EEG TOGETHER AGAIN • • JANET 2 2 1 10 1 J.JAM,T.LEWIS,J.JACKSON (J.JACKSON,J.HARR)S III,T.LEWIS,R.ELIZONDO, JR.) (C) (D) (T) (V) (X) VIRGIN 38623 (1) 54 54 7 BURN • MILITIA 52 E.DEAN (D.SILAS,J.SMITH,E.DEAN) (C) (0) (T) RED ANT 119006 MADLY DEEPLY • • SAVAGE GARDEN 3 4 4 12 TRULY 1 C.FISHER (D.HAYES,D.JONES) (C) (D) (V) COLUMBIA 78723 53 55 52 12 GOING BACK TO CALI • THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. 26 EASY MO BEE (C.WALLACE,O.HARVEY,R.TROUTMAN) (C) (D) (T) (X) BAD BOY 79131/ARISTA HOW DO ILIVE A' • LEANN RIMES 4 3 3 36 2 C.HOWARD,W.C.RIMES,M.CURB (D.WARREN) (C)(D) (T) (V) (X) CURB 73022 32 54 52 48 16 BREAKING ALL THE RULES • SHE MOVES A • PUFF DADDY & THE FAMILY (FEAT. THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. & ) THE BERMAN BROTHERS (C.BERMAN,F.BERMAN,J.COPLAN,M.DEXTER) IC) (D) (T) (X) GEFFEN 19415 5 5 5 12 2 RIABRENCE.DANGELETTIES.031,IBS,STEVE J. (0.800ELSTANSHELDAMORRISIDEVANEY.C.WAUJCEM.BETHAS.COMBS,RJAMIDICE) 10 010)0080 80Y191389/11STA 55 53 49 19 SOCK IT 2 ME • • MI SSY "MISDEMEANOR" ELLIOTT FEAT. DA BRAT 12 IDON'T EVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN • • UNCLE SAM 6 TIMBALAND (M.ELLIOTT,T.MOSLEY,W.HART,T.BELL,S.HARRIS) (C) (D) (M) (T) (X) EASTWEST 64144/EEG 0, 6 6 16 N.MORRIS (N.MORRIS) (c) (DI STONECREEK 78689/EPIC ALL IDO • SOMETHIN' FOR THE PEOPLE C) NEW > 1 56 A SONG FOR MAMA • • BOYZ II MEN A.MCCLINTON,SOMETHIN' FOR THE PEOPLE (A.MCCLINTON,J.YOUNG,R.HOLIDAY) (CI (D) WARNER BROS. 17282 CD 7 8 11 7 BABYFACE (BABYFACE) (C) (D) (V) MOTOWN 860720 57 56 53 16 - AT THE BEGINNING • RICHARD MARX & DONNA LEWIS 45 (1) 8 16 13 NO, NO, NO • • DESTINY'S CHILD 8 THORN (L.AHRENS,S.FLAHERTY) (CI (D) ATLANTIC 84037 W.JEAN,V.HERBERT,R.FUSARI (V.HERBERT,R.FUSORI,M.BROWN,C.GAINES) (CI (D) (11 (X) COLUMBIA 78618 ONE MORE NIGHT AMBER CI 62 62 19 58 ( 9 )10 _ ? TOO MUCH • SPICE GIRLS 9 THE BERMAN BROTHERS (KAMA,A.CREMERS,F.BERMAN,CH.BERMAN) (T) (X) TOMMY BOY 786* ' ABSOLUTE (SPICE GIRLS,WATKINS,WILSON) (C) (D) VIRGIN 38630 SAY YOU'LL STAY KAI 0 59 59 10 59 WHAT YOU WANT • MASE (FEATURING TOTAL) (i.ii) 16 24 4 10 T.BISHOP,B.SALEMAN (T.BISHOP) (CI (D) (X) TIDAL WAVE 19419/GEFFEN N.MYRICK (M.BETHA,K.SPIVEY,N.MYRICK,S.COMBS,C.MAYFIELD) (C) (D) BAD BOY 79141/ARISTA 60 61 60 19 IF I COULD TEACH THE WORLD • • BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY 27 9 12 12 D.J.U-NEEK (BONE,D.J.U-NEEK) (CI (D) RUTHLESS 6344/RELATIVITY 11 HOW'S IT GOING TO BE • THIRD EYE BLIND 9 S.JENKINS,E.VALENTINE,R.KLYCE (S.JENKINS,K.CADOGAN) (C) (D) ELEKTRA 64130/EEG 61 63 57 13 THE MEMORY REMAINS • METALLICA 28 YOU MAKE ME WANNA... A • USHER B.ROCK,HETFIELD,ULRICH (HETFIELD,ULRICH) (C) (D) ELEKTRA 64126/EEG 12 12 10 27 2 J.DUPRI (J.DUPRI,M.SEAL,U.RAYMOND) (c)(D)(11 (x) LAFACE 24265/ARISTA JUST CLOWNIN' • WC FROM WESTSIDE CONNECTION 62 60 56 11 56 13 10 9 7 DANGEROUS 0 • BUSTA RHYMES 9 WC,CRAZY TOONES (W.CALHOUN,K.GILLIAM) (C) (D) (T) PAYDAY/FFRR 570043/ISLAND R.SMITH (T.SMITH,R,SMITH,H.STONE,F.STONEWALL,A.COLON,LDERMER) (CI (DI (M) (T) (X) ELEKTRA 64131/EEG © 71 71 8 AIN'T THAT JUST THE WAY LUTRICIA MCNEAL 63 IDON'T WANT TO WAIT • PAULA COLE 14 13 15 17 11 D.BENN,J.LAROSSI,D.PAPALEXIS,R.YAO3U13 (G.LARSON,S.PHILLIPS,B.BELLAND) (C) (D) (X) CRAVE 78764 P.COLE (P.COLE) (CI (D) (V) IMAGO 17318/WARNER BROS. 64 58 12 DON'T BE STUPID (YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU) • SHANIA TWAIN 40 KISS THE RAIN • BILLIE MYERS 15 64 C) 18 20 16 RILANGE (S.TWAIN,R.J.LANGE) (CI (DI (V) MERCURY (NASHVILLE) 568242 D.CHILD (B.MYERS,E.BAZILIAN,D.CHILD) (C) (D) UNIVERSAL 56140 0, 65 65 8 WHAT IF ISAID • ANITA COCHRAN (DUET WITH STEVE WARINER) 65 SWING MY WAY • K.P. & ENVY) (1) 23 23 9 16 J.E.NORMAN,A.COCHRAN (A.COCHRAN) (C) (D) (V) WARNER BROS. (NASHVILLE) 17263 MAZO (M.O.JOHNSON,J.HALL) (C) (D) (MI (T) (X) EASTWEST 64135/EEG C) 87 _ 2 ROMEO AND JULIET • SYLK-E. FYNE FEATURING CHILL 66 GONE TILL NOVEMBER • WYCLEF JEAN 17 15 22 3 15 G.BAILLERGEAU,V.MERRITT (JOHN,WARNER JR.,WINBUSH,MOORE) (C) (D) (T) RCA 64973 W.JEAN (N.JEAN) (c) (D) (MI IT) (X) RUFFHOUSE 78752/COLUMBIA FATHER • LL COOL J 61 67 63 17 I'M NOT A PLAYER • BIG 57 (Ti) 19 19 4 18 MINNESOTA (C.RIOS,M.RICHARDSON,K.GAMBLE,L.HUFF) (CI (D) (T) LOUD 64910/RCA POKE & TONE U.T.SMITH,J.C.OLIVIER,S.BARNES,G.MICHAEL,G.OVERBIG) (C) (D) DEF JAM 568332/MERCURY CD 68 68 14 • BARENAKED LADIES 68 TUBTHUMPING • CHUMBAWAMBA 6 19 11 7 24 G.MACKILLOP IS PAGE) (C) (D) (V) REPRISE 17290 CHUMBAWAMBA (CHUMBAWAMBA) ID) (T) REPUBLIC 56146/UN(VERSAL

SHOW ME LOVE • • ROBYN 69 66 64 19 • 44 20 14 11 15 7 D.POP,M.MARTIN (ROBYN,M.MARTIN) (C) (D) (T) (V) (X) RCA 64970 D.FOSTER (H.PERDEW,A.SPOONER) (C) (D) ARISTA 13428 NOTHIN' MOVE BUT THE MONEY • FEAT. DMX & BLACK ROB WE'RE NOT MAKING LOVE NO MORE • • DRU HILL CD NEW 1 MIC GERONIMO 70 21 21 18 11 13 N.MYRICK (M.MCDERMON,N.MYRICKLSIMMONS,R.ROSS) (C) (T) (X) BLUNT 4939/TVT BABYFACE,D.SIMMONS (BABYFACE) (C) (D) LAFACE 24295/ARISTA

SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT/CANDLE IN THE WIND 1997 A" • ELTON JOHN 1 LOLLIPOP (CANDYMAN) • AQUA 23 22 17 13 20 71 69 61 11 C.THOMASG.MARTIN (E.JOHN.B.TAUPIN) (C) (D) (V) ROCKET 568108/A&M JJAMDELGADO,S.RASTED,C.NORREEN (S.RASTED,C.NORREEN,LNYSTROM,R.DIF,HARTMANN,LANGHOFF) (CI (D) (T) MCA 55410 20 THEY LIKE IT SLOW • H-TOWN 72 72 66 35 * ** GREATEST GAINER/ SALES * * * D.CONNER (D.CONNER,S.CONNER,D.JACKSON) (C) (D) (T) RELATIVITY 1642 (ID 30 40 ii DEJA VU [UPTOWN BABYI • LORD TARIQ & PETER GUNZ 23 73 74 73 17 SD GOOD • DAVINA 60 IONS ID FAGEN.W.BECKER) (C) (D) (T) (X) CODEINE 78755/COLUMBIA DAVINA (DAVINA,LEWIS) (C) (D) (T) LOUD 65303/RCA MY BODY• • LSG 4 24 20 14 17 74 70 70 11 WHAT IF • REBA MCENTIRE 50 DELITE (D.ALLAMBY,LBROWDER,A.ROBERSON) (C) (D) EASTWEST 64132/EEG R.MCENTIRE,D.MALLOY (D.WARREN) (CI (D) (V) MCA NASHVILLE 72026 LOVE YOU DOWN • INOJ 25 26 26 3 75 73 67 9 ROXANNE '97 -PUFF DADDY • & 59 n C.ROANE 1M RILEY) (T) (X) SO SO DEF 78801/COLUMBIA IC) (D) THE POLICE,S.COMBS,STEVIE 1,1-DUB (STING,FULL FORCE,U.F.T.O.,G.REDD,J.CROSBY) (M) (T) (X) MM 582449* * * * HOT SHOT DEBUT * * * ® 76 86 3 SEND MY LOVE/SEND ONE YOUR LOVE BORN JAMERICANS 76 S.REMI (S.WONDER) (CI (D) DELICIOUS VINYL 71903 ARE YOU JIMMY RAY? • JII\.V.5 •-•,, NEW > 1 26 1 STRAWBERRIES • SMOOTH C.FITZPATRICK U.RAY,C.FITZPATRICK) (C) (D) (T) (X) EPIC 78816 0 NEW 77 LALEXANDER,PROF. T. (LALEXANDER,T.ROLBERT,ICARTER,P.RUSHEN,L.DAVIS,F.WASHINGTON) (CI (D) PERSPECTIVE 587596/MM 27 24 17 17 17 JI.PDAOTINO,LLOEB (LLOEB) • LISA LOEB 2 IF INEVER STOP LOVING YOU 78 (c)(D) GEFFEN 19416 0 82 P.MCMAKIN (D.KEES,S.EWING) • DAVID KERSH (C) (D) (V) CURB 73045 ALL MY LOVE 00 41 3 T.RILEY (S.CARTER,T.RILEY,L.WALTERS) • QUEEN PEN FEATURING ERIC WILLIAMS 28 (C) (D) LIU MAN 97023/INTERSCOPE 79 81 84 9 4, 3, 2, 1 • LL COOL J FEAT. METHOD MAN, REDMAN, DMX, CANIBUS AND MASTER P 75 E.SERMON (J.T.SMITH,E.SERMON,R.RUBIN,A.YAUCH,A.HOROVITZ,R.NOBLE,C.SMITH,E.SIMMONS) (T) DEF JAM 56832194ERCURY

* * * GREATEST GAINER/ AIRPLAY * * * 80 80 75 11 TUCK ME IN • KIMBERLY SCOTT 58 e TOO CLOSE •''' E.PHILLIPS (E.PHILLIPS) (Cl (D) (T) (X) LONGEVITY 78686/COLUMBIA 45 _ , 29 6....- - KAYGEE,D.LIGHTY (K.GIST,D LIGHTY.R.L.HUGGAR,R.BROWN.R.A.FORD,DMILLER,J.B.MOORE.K.WALKER) (C) (D) ARISTA 13456 c) 92 _ 2 LIFE IN MONO MONO 81 M.VIRGO IM.VIRGO,J.BARRY) (T) (X) ECHO 568285*/MERCURY 30 .1r,,,,a, 47 3 IF YOU THINK I'M JIGGY • THE LOX 30 , DGREASE (S.JACOBSJPHILLIPS,D.STYLES,D.BLACKMON,R.STEWART,CAPPICED.HITCHINGS) (C) (DI BAD BOY 79)15/ARISTA 4 ICAN LOVE YOU BETTER • DIXIE CHICKS 82 77 85 77 P.WORLEY,B.CHANCEY (KOSTAS,P.B.HAYES) (C) (D) MONUMENT 78746 19 49 1 72 3 AM IDREAMING • OL' SKOOL [FEATURING & XSCAPE1 31 K.SWEAT (S.DEES) (CI (D) KEIA 56163/UNIVERSAL OFF THE HOOK • JODY WATLEY 1C11) NEW > 1 83 m.PENDLETON (C.PENDLETON,C.LUCAS,D.FLOYD) (C) (D) (T) (V) ATLANTIC 84071 32 25 21 17 FEELSO GOOD • • MASE 5 DANGELETTIE,S.COMBSOLEBELLR.BELLG.BROWN,R.MICKENS,D.SMITH,D.THOMAS,R.WESTFIELO,L.DERMER) (CI (D) BAD BOY 79122/ARISTA 84 75 74 18 YOU'RE NOT ALONE • OLIVE 56 R.TAYLOR-FIRTH,T.KELLETT (T.KELLETT,R.TAYLOR-FIRTH) (CI (D) (7) (X) RCA 64999 ® 38 39 4 MAKE EM' SAY UHH! • MASTER P FEAT. FIEND, SILKK THE SHOCKER, MIA X, & MYSTIKAL 33 KLC (MASTER P,FIEND,SILKK THE SHOCKER,MIA X,MYSTIKAL) (c) (D) (T) NO LIMIT 53302/PRIORITY CD 89 5 IN A DREAM ROCKELL 85 34 o 2 SWEET SURRENDER • SARAH MCLACHLAN J.TUCCI,B.BROWN (R.TAYLOR-WEBER) (C) (T) (X) ROBBINS 72012 p_ 28 P.MARCHAND (S.MCLACHLAN) (C) (D) ARISTA 13453 86 88 80 4 THE CITY IS MINE • JAY-Z FEATURING 80 T.RILEY (S.CARTER,T.R(LEY,K.GAMBLE,L.HUFF,G.FREY,J.TEMPCHIN) (T) ROC-A-FELUVDEF JAM 5680551MERCURY 35 27 27 20 HEAVEN • NU FLAVOR 27 G.ST.CLAIR (R.LUNA,F.PANGELINAN,J.CENICEROS) (CI (D) (T) (V) (X) REPRISE 17408 87 83 78 14 I'M AFRAID OF AMERICANS • 66 D.BOWIE (D.BOWIE,B.ENO) (T) (X) VIRGIN 38618* 36 31 . 28 34 SEMI-CHARMED LIFE • • THIRD EYE BLIND 4 S.1 ENKINS (s.JENKINs) (c) (D) ELEKTRA 64I73/EEG YOUNG, SAD AND BLUE • LYSETTE 88 85 82 7 75 29 37 29 29 4 ARE U STILL DOWN • JON B. CARLOS,DADA (L.TITI,B.TILLMAN,C.THORNTON) (C) (D) (T) FREEWORLD 34277 T.SHAKUR (JON B.,T.SHAKUR,JOHNNY J) (C) (D) YAB YUM 78793/550 MUSIC 89 84 92 3 TIC TIC TAC FRUIT DE LA PASSION 84 38 33 30 35 QUIT PLAYING GAMES (WITH MY HEART)• • BACKSTREET BOYS 2 MICHAEL A.,P.GALATI (B.LIMA) (CI (T) (X) AUREUS 4I4/WARLOCK M.MARTIN,K1UNDIN (M.MARTIN,H.CRICHLOW) (c) (D) (T) (V) JIVE 42453 (1) 91 _ 2 THE DAY THAT SHE LEFT TULSA (IN A CHEVY) • WADE HAYES 90 are,51 _ 2 YOU'RE STILL THE ONE • SHANIA TWAIN 39 D.COOK 1M D. SANDERS,S.DIAMOND) (CI (D) COLUMBIA (NASHVILLE) 78745 R.J.LANGE (S.TWAIN,R.J.LANGE) (C) (D) (V) MERCURY (NASHV(LLE) 568452

ALL FOR YOU • SISTER HAZEL 91 86 79 12 YOU KNOW MY STEEZ • GANG STARR 76 40 35 34 33 11 DJ PREMIER (K.ELAM,C.MARTIN) (CI (D) (T) NO0 TRYBE 38624NIRGIN P.EBERSOLD (K.BLOCK,SISTER HAZEL) (CI (D) UNIVERSAL 56135 c, 95 95 3 THEN WHAT • CLAY WALKER BODY BUMPIN' YIPPIE-YI-Y0 92 CI NEW> 1 E.ROBINSON (F.DAVIS,E.GRAY,M.GRAY) • PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT 41 J.STROUD,C.WALKER (R.SHARP,IVEZNER) (0(D) (V) GIANT (NASHVILLE) 17262/REPRISE (NASHVILLE) (C) (D) AGM 582444 cp, NEW> i SO LONG (WELL, WELL, WELL) • PHAJJA IKNOW WHERE IT'S AT • ALL SAINTS 93 01 44 46 4 42 K.K. JACKSON,LIL RICK (K.K.JACKSON,R.WHITE,E.ROBERSON) (C) (D) WARNER BROS. 71308 K.GORDON,C.MCVEY,M.FIENES (K.GORDON,S.LEWIS,W.BECKER,D.FAGEN) (C) (D) (V) LONDON 570112/ISLAND IWONDER IF HEAVEN GOT A GHETTO • 2PAC 67 94 79 76 11 t ile 37 25 16 SPICE UP YOUR LIFE • • SPICE GIRLS 18 R.STANNARD,M.ROWE (SPICE GIRLS,R.STANNARD,M.ROWE) IC) (D) (T) VIRGIN 38620 SOULSHOCK,KARLIN (T.SHAKUR,L.GOODMAN,M.MCDOWELL,R.TROUTMAN,LTROUTMAN) (T) AMARU 42500/JIVE

MO MONEY PROBLEMS A • THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. (FEAT. PUFF Y & MASE) 95 93 83 14 L-L-LIES • DIANA KING 71 44 # 36 30 MO DADD i STEVIE J.,S.COMBS (C.WALLACE,S.JORDAN,M.BETHA,B.EDWARDS,N.RODGERS) (C) (D) (I) (X) BAD BOY 79100/ARISTA A.MARVEL (D.KING,A.MARVEL,A.ROMAN) (C) (D) (T) (X) WORK 78698 JEALOUSY se 39 33 13 IWILL COME TO YOU 0 • HANSON 9 96 96 89 4 89 N.KATZMANN,J.ZIMMERMANN U.ZIMMERMANN,N.KATZMANN) (C) (D) (T) DANCIN' MUSIC 572158/ISLAND S.LIRONI (LHANSON,T.HANSON,Z.HANSON,B.MANN,C.WEIL) IC) (D) (T) (V) (X) MERCURY 568132 97 99 88 GIVEN TO FLY PEARL JAM 5 THA HOP KINSU 88 46 4000 32 5 21 B.O'BRIEN,PEARL JAM (M.MCCREADY,E.VEDDER) (C) (D) (V) EPIC 78797 DANNY D (J.MARRS) (C) (T) (X) BLUNT 4417/TVT FOOLISH GAMES/YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME • • JEWEL 41 de 38 65 2 98 97 87 4 TUBTHUMPING CHUCKLEBUTT 87 B.KEITH,P.COLLINS (JEWEL,S.POLTZ) (c) (D) ATLANTIC 87021 A.MARANO (CHUMBAWAMBA) (C) (T) (X) UNDER THE COVER 977 BLESSID UNION OF SOULS C) 48 — 2 LIGHT IN YOUR EYES 48 99 98 93 15 DON'T STOP THE MUSIC • PLAYA 73 EMOSIA (E.SLOAN,T.SIMS) (C) (D) (V) CAPITOL 58670 TIMBALAND (T.MOSLEY,8.8USH,S.GARRETT,J.PEACOCK,S.STEWART,LSIMMONS,A.YARBROUGH,LEWS) (C) (DI IT) DEF JAM 571680/MERCURY

MY LOVE IS THE SHHHI A • SOMETHIN' FOR THE PEOPLE FEAT. TRINA & TAMARA 4 600' 40 31 26 100 100 94 20 LOVE GETS ME EVERY TIME • • SHANIA TWAIN 25 SOMETHIN FOR THE PEOPLE (1.13AKER,M.L.WILSON,J.YOUNG,T.POWELLSAUCE,R.HOLIDAY) (C)(D)(T) WARNER BROS. 17327 R.J.LANGE (S.TWAIN,R.J.LANGE) (C) (D) (V) MERCURY (NASHVILLE) 568062

O Records with the grea est airplay and sales gains this week. Greatest Gainer/Sales and Greatest Gainer/Airplay are awarded, respectively, for the largest sales and airplay increases among singles below the top 20. •Videoclip availability. • Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. • RIAA certification for sales of 1million units, with additional million indicated by anumeral following the symbol. Catalog number is for cassette single. *Asterisk indicates catalog number is for cassette maxi-single; regular cassette single unavailable. (C) Cassette single availability. (D) CD single availability. (M) Cassette maxi-single availability. (T) Vinyl maxi-single availability. (V) Vinyl single availability. (X) CD maxi-single availability. 01998, Billboard/BPI Communications and SoundScan, Inc.

78 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 Billboard. FEBRUARY 21, 1998 HOT 100 A-Z Billboard. TITLE (Publisher - Licensing Org.) Sheet Music Dist. 51 32 FLAVORS (Righteous Babe, BM)) 79 4, 3, 2, 1(LL Cool .1, ASCAP/Def Jam, ASCAP/Erick Sermon, ASCAP/Zomba, ASCAP/Zo So, ASCAP/Brooklyn Dust, ASCAP/Funky Noble, ASCAP/Timber Trace, ASCAP) WBM Hot 100 Singles Sales. Hot 100 Airplay. 63 AIN'T THAT JUST THE WAY - (MCA Duchess, Compiled from anational sample of airplay supplied by Broadcast Data Systems' Radio Track service. Compiled from anational sample of POS (point of sale) equipped retail stores and rack outlets which report 337 stations are electronically monitored 24 hours aday, 7days aweek. Songs ranked by gross impres- BMI/MCA-On Backstreet, ASCAP) HL number of units sold to SoundScan, Inc. This data is used in the Hot 100 Singles chart. SoundScan® sions, computed by cross-referencing exact times of airplay with A bitron listener data. This data 40 ALL FOR YOU (Music Corp. Of America, BMI/Cheriy, BMI/Crooked HL is used in the Hot 100 Singles chart. Chimney, (nc., BMI) 1111 181 56 ALL IDO (Bleu Joli, BMI/Junkie Funk, BMI) 28 ALL MY LOVE (Lil Lu Lu, BMI/EMI Blackwood, o o o o BMI/Donril, ASCAP/Zomba, ASCAP/Queen Pen, TITLE L.( TITLE ASCAP/Funky Mama, ASCAP) HL/WBM TITLE TITLE 31 AM IDREAMING (Irving, BMVLijesrika, BMI) HL/WBM 5 ARTIST (IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL) ARTIST ((MPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL) ARTIST (IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL) ARTIST (IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL) 37 ARE USTILL DOWN (Sony/ATV, BMINab Yum, FOOLISH GAMES BMVVibzelect, BM/Music Corp. Of America, BMVJoshua's IKNOW WHERE IT'S AT 33 31 44 3 * * NO. 1 * * 38 JEWEL (ATLANTIC) Dream, BMVBMG, ASCAP/Black Hipanic, ASCAP) HL * * NO. 1 * * ALL SAINTS (LONDON/ISLAND) MY HEART WILL GO ON 26 ARE YOU JIMMY RAY? (MCA, ASCAP/Songs Of CD 1 NICE & SLOW BREAKING ALL THE RULES 10 4 TOO MUCH USHER (LAFACE/ARISTA) 4wks at No 1 39 35 14 ED CELINE DION (550 MUSIC) 4wks at No. 1 46 SPICE GIRLS (VIRGIN) PolyGram BMI) SHE MOVES (GEFFEN) 57 AT THE BEGINNING (TCF, ASCAP) WBM IF ICOULD TEACH THE WORLD TRULY MADLY DEEPLY ONE HEADLIGHT 5 BEEN AROUND THE WORLD (Jones, ASCAP/RZO, 2 2 12 BEEN AROUND THE WORLD 19 2 15 ao 39 60 PUFF DADDY &THE FAMILY (BAD BOY/ARISTA) 40 40 BONE THUGSN-HARMONY ',RUTHLESS/RELAT(VITY) SAVAGE GARDEN (COLUMBIA) THE WALLFLOWERS (INTERSCOPE) BM1/Careers-BMG, BMI/Big Life, PRS/BMG, PRS/Big Poppa, 3AM LUV 2LUV U ASCAP/Justin Combs, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP) HL 3 3 in TOGETHER AGAIN THE ONE IGAVE MY HEART TO 3 18 41 44 7 41 37 21 MATCHBOX 20 (LAVA/AT(.ANTIC) TIMBALAND AND WG00 (8LACKGROUNO/ATLANTIC) 41 BODY BUMPIN' YIPPIE-YI-Y0 (Smelzgood, ASCAP) '" JANET (VIRGIN) (BLACKGROUND/ATLANTIC) 54 BREAKING ALL THE RULES (Shark Media, BM(/Warner- WALKIN' ON THE SUN IWANT YOU BACK cp 4 iç IDON'T EVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN THE MEMORY REMAINS 4 31 51 3 42 38 13 SMASH MOUTH ONTERSCOPE) 'N SYNC (RCA) Tamerlane, BMI/Humassive. ASCAP) WBM " UNCLE SAM (STONECREEIVEPIC) METALLICA (ELEKTRAXEG) 68 BRIAN WILSON (Treat Baker, SOCAN/WB, ASCAP) WBM HEAVEN NO, NO, NO DON'T BE STUPID (YOU KNOW ILOVE YOU) AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME 38 18 52 BURN (Chop -Shop, BMI/AA, BM)/Can IKick It, ASCAP) 5 6 13 43 39 12 6 17 BACKSTREET BOYS (JIVE) 43 NU FLAVOR (REPRISE) DESTINY'S CHILD (COLUMBIA) SHANIA TWAIN (MERCURY (NASHV)LLE)) 86 THE CITY IS MINE (Lil Lu Lu, BMI/EM) Blackwood, YOU MAKE ME WANNA... WHAT WOULD HAPPEN BMINIamer-Tamerlane, BM(/Donril, ASCAP/Zomba, ASONG FOR MAMA BURN 8 26 44 48 11 6 5 11 44 42 5 USHER (LAFACE/ARISTA) MEREDITH BROOKS (CAPITOL) ASCAP/Red Cloud, BMI/Night River, ASCAP) HL/WBM BOYZ II MEN (MOTOWN) MILITIA (RED ANT) 13 DANGEROUS (T'Ziah's, BMI/7_adiyah's, BMI/Longitude, MY LOVE IS THE SHHH! 9 A FATHER WHAT IF ISAID 30 IDON'T WANT TO WAIT 45 41 20 45 43 7 9 PAULA COLE (IMAGO/WARNER BROS.) SOlk1HIR FM NE PEOPLE FMI IRMA HAMRA MARNER BRE6 BMI/Warner-Tamerlane, BMVArmacien, BM)) WBM ' LL COOL J(DEF JAM/MERCURY) ARTA CORM (DUG MTH SIPE IHRNER (MAHER BROS. INASIIVILIL 90 THE DAY THAT SHE LEFT TULSA (IN ACHEVY) FLY HOW BIZARRE 7 36 HOW DO ILIVE NO TENGO DINERO 7 34 46 43 44 (Starstruck Writers Group, ASCAP/Mark D., 46 48 25 SUGAR RAY (LAVA/ATLANTIC) OMC (HUH!/MERCURY) ASCAP/Diamond Three, BMI/Seven Summits, BMI) HL LEANN RIMES (CURB) LOS UMBRELLOS (FLEVEMWIRGIN) TUBTHUMPING FEEL SO GOOD 23 DEJA VU [UPTOWN BABY] (MCA, BMI) HL DANGEROUS GIVEN TO FLY 5 23 47 42 22 9 8 6 47 41 5 9 CHUMBAWAMBA (REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL) MASE (BAD BOY/ARISTA) 64 DON'T BE STUPID (YOU KNOW ILOVE YOU) (Songs Of BUSTA RHYMES (ELEKTRA/EEG) PEARL JAM (EPIC) PolyGram BMI/Loon Echo, BMI/Zomba, ASCAP) WBM TOGETHER AGAIN MY BODY WHAT YOU WANT 32 FLAVORS 10 17 47 12 12 4 48 46 6 JANET (VIRGIN) 48 LSG (EASTWEST/EEG) 99 DON'T STOP THE MUSIC (Virginia Beach, ASCAP/Blazilicious, MASE (FEAT. TOTAL) (BAD BOY/ARISTA) ALANA DAVIS (ELEKTRA/EEG) ASCAP/Herbilicious, ASCAP/Cavilicious, ASCAP/Taking Care Of SHOW ME LOVE TIME OF YOUR LIFE (GOOD RIDDANCE) YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME Business, BMIAVB, ASCAP) WBM 11 10 3 GONE TILL NOVEMBER 49 36 15 11 12 ao 49 65 WYCLEF JEAN (RUFFHOUSE/COLUMBIA) ROBYN (RCA) GREEN DAY (REPRISE) JEWEL (ATLANTIC) 18 FATHER (LL Cool .1, ASCAP/Del Jam, ASCAP/Slam UWell, ALL MY LIFE GIVEN TO FLY ASCAP/Jelly's Jams, ASCAP/Chappell, ASCAP/Morrison Leahy, aD 13 8 SWING MY WAY SWEET SURRENDER 17 10 52 8 60 2 K-CI & JOJO (MCA) PEARL JAM (EPIC) ASCAP/Twelve And Under, BMI/Jumping Bean, BM)) HL K.P. 8. ENVY) (EASTWEST/EEG) e SARAH MCLACHLAN (ARISTA) 32 FEEL SO GOOD (Second Decade, BMI/Warner- SHOW ME LOVE WHAT YOU WANT TOO MUCH LOLLIPOP (CANDYMAN) 12 22 51 4 Tamerlane, BMI/Foreign Imported, BMI) WBM © 17 2 51 47 11 ROBYN (RCA) 54 MASE (FEAT. TOTAL) (BAD BOY/ARISTA) SPICE GIRLS (VIRGIN) AQUA (MCA) 47 FOOLISH GAMES/YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME (Wiggly Tooth, HOW DO ILIVE LIGHT IN YOUR EYES ASCAP/Polio Boy, BM/Third Story, BMI/WB, ASCAP) WBM WE'RE NOT MAKING LOVE NO MORE THEY LIKE IT SLOW 13 30 52 50 10 14 11 11 52 49 20 LEANN RIMES (CURB) BLESSID UNION OF SOULS (CAPITOL) 46 GIVEN TO FLY (Jumping Cat, ASCAP/Innocent DRU HILL (LAFACE/AR(STA) H-TOWN (RELATIVITY) THE MUMMERS' DANCE IKNOW WHERE IT'S AT Bystander, ASCAP) DEJA VU [UPTOWN BABY] WHAT IF 18 10 53 56 4 20 5 53 11 LOREENA MCKENNITT (QUINLAN ROADAVARNER BROS.) ALL SAINTS (LONDON/ISLAND) 53 GOING BACK TO CALI (Big Poppa, ASCAP/Justin Combs, a LORD TAM) &PETER GUNZ (CODEINE/COLUMBIA) REBA MCENTIRE (MCA NASHVILLE) ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/B Mo EZ, ASCAP/Saja, BMVSongs IF YOU COULD ONLY SEE NO TENGO DINERO IF YOU THINK I'M JIGGY ROMEO AND JULIET 14 42 60 12 01 Lastrada, BMI/Rubber Band, BM) HL/WBM ED 19 3 2 TONIC (POLYDOR/A&M) 54 LOS UMBRELLOS (FLEX/EMVVIRGIN) THE LOX (BAD BOY/ARISTA) SYLK-E, FYNE FEATURING CHILL (RCA) 17 GONE TILL NOVEMBER (Sony/ATV Tunes, HOW'S IT GOING TO BE NO, NO, NO ASCAP/Tete San Ko, ASCAP) HL AM IDREAMING JUST CLOWNIN' 17 15 15 71 5 CD 16 3 55 11 THIRD EYE BLIND (ELEKTRA/EEG) DESTINY'S CHILD (COLUMBIA) 35 HEAVEN (0.C.D., BMI) OL'SKOOL (FEAT. KEITH SWEAT &LOUPE) (KEINUNIVERSAL) WC FROM WESTSIDE CONNECTION (PAYDAY/FERRASIAND) SWING MY WAY 4 HOW DO ILIVE (Realsongs, ASCAP) WBM MAKE EM' SAY UHH! SAY YOU'LL STAY 10 KISS THE RAIN 73 2 (X 21 4 56 8 (B) 20 BILLIE MYERS (UNIVERSAL) e K.P. & ENVY, (EASTWEST/EEG) 11 HOW'S IT GOING TO BE (3 EB, BMI/Cappagh, MASTER P(NO LIMIT/PRIORITY) KA) (TIDAL WAVE/GEFFEN) BMI/EMI Blackwood, BM)) HL IDO BACK TO YOU 14 17 MY BODY I'M NOT A PLAYER 19 16 16 57 53 82 ICAN LOVE YOU BETTER (Songs Of PolyGram 19 57 15 LISA LOEB (GEFFEN) 9 BRYAN ADAMS (A&M) " LSG (EASTWEST/EEG) BIG PUNISHER (LOUD/RCA) BMI/Polygram I nt' I,ASCAP) HL SEMI -CHARMED LIFE BEEN AROUND THE WORLD 6 IDON'T EVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN ARE U STILL DOWN ROXANNE '97 PUFF DADDY REM IX 20 19 47 67 7 20 15 4 58 51 THIRD EYE BLIND (ELEKTRAIEEG) PUFF DADDY &THE FAMILY (BAD BOY/ARISTA) (Vanderpoo(, BMI/Ensign, BMI) HL JON B. (YAB YUW550 MUSIC) STING 8. THE POLICE (MM) 14 IDON'T WANT TO WAIT (Hingface, BMI/Ensign, BM)) HL NICE & SLOW RAPPER'S DEUGHT TOO CLOSE STRAWBERRIES 22 10 59 59 10 Cr 27 2 (1) USHER (LAFACE/AR(STA) ERICK SERMON, KEITH MURRAY& REDMAN (PRIORIT() 27 IDO (Furious Rose, BMI/Music Corp. Of America, DM)) HL NEXT (ARISTA) SMOOTH (PERSPECTIVE/A&M) 60 IF ICOULD TEACH THE WORLD (Ruthless Attack, BRICK MY FATHER'S EYES BODY BUMPIN' YIPPIE-YI-Y0 IF INEVER STOP LOVING YOU 25 11 ASCAP/Mo Thug, ASCAP/Keenu, BMI) 65 2 BEN FOLDS FIVE (550 MUSIC) e (REPRISE) 0 — 1 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT (A&M) DAVID KERSH (CURB) 78 IF INEVER STOP LOVING YOU (Acuff-Rose, BMI) WBM PUSH 32 FLAVORS 30 IF YOU THINK MUGGY (Shook Louchion, ASCAP/Jae'wons, (D 25 I ALL MY LOVE LIGHT IN YOUR EYES 23 21 38 61 58 8 67 2 MATCHBOX 20 (LAVA/ATLANTIC) ALANA DAVIS (ELEKTRA/EEG) ASCAP/Paniro's, ASCAP/Justin Combs, ASCAP/EMI Au* - QUEEN PEN FEAT. ERIC WILLIAMS (Ut' MANANTERSCOPE) BLESSID UNION OF SOULS (CAPITOL) Blackmon, ASCAP/Music Of Unicef, ASCAP/Full Reel, ASCAP) HL BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY ALL MY LOVE SPICE UP YOUR LIFE ICARE 'BOUT YOU 28 17 69 4 24 18 16 62 53 25 THE VERVE (VC/HUT/VIRGIN) QUEEN PEN FEA). ERIC WILLIAMS ()IU HANINTERSCOPE) 42 IKNOW WHERE IT'S AT (Copyright Control, BMVCopyright SPICE GIRLS (VIRGIN) MILESTONE (LAFACE/ARISTA) Control, ASCAP/MCA, ASCAP/SPZ, BMI) HL ALL FOR YOU CLUMSY HOW'S IT GOING TO BE WHAT ABOUT US 24 41 63 61 9 87 I'M AFRAID OF AMERICANS (Tintoretto, BM(/Upala, 25 23 12 63 57 26 25 SISTER HAZEL (UNIVERSAL) OUR LADY PEACE (COLUMBIA) THIRD EYE BLIND (ELEKTRA/EEG) TOTAL (LAFACE/ARISTA) smezo, BMI) QUIT PLAYING GAMES (WITH MY HEART) AT THE BEGINNING 67 I'M NOT APLAYER (Let Me Show, ASCAP/Joe BUILDING A MYSTERY 26 23 40 63 11 26 24 13 IWILL COME TO YOU 24 BACKSTREET BOYS (JIVE) 64 RICHARD MARS & DONNA LEWIS (ATLANTIC) Cartegena, ASCAP/Jelly Jams, ASCAP/Old Nigga HANSON (MERCURY) e SARAH MCLACHLAN (ARISTA) Spirituals, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane, BMI) WBM GETTIN' JIGGY WIT IT TOUCH, PEEL AND STAND INVISIBLE MAN 30 12 65 64 15 C) 34 2 YOU'RE STILL THE ONE 30 WILL SMITH (COLUMBIA) DAYS OF THE NEW (OUTPOST/GEFFEN) 85 IN A DREAM (Rocks, ASCAP) SHANIA TWAIN (MERCURY (NASHV(LLE)) e 98 DEGREES (mOTOwN) 45 IWILL COME TO YOU (Jam N' Bread, ASCAP/Heavy SOMETHING MOUT THEM...010LE IN DIE WIND1997 SOCK IT 2ME 32 AND CANDY 70 4 DAMMIT (GROWING UP) Harmony, ASCAP/Dyad, BMI) WBM 28 22 20 66 56 19 OE 15 ELTON JOHN (ROCKET/A&M) MISSY *MISDEMEANOR' OMIT FEAT. 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Botha, ASCAP/Total's Thing, Chappell, ASCAP/Hitquarterz, ASCAP) 43 SPICE UP YOUR LIFE (Full Keel, ASCAP/Windswept ASCAP/Justin Combs, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/Nash DON'T LET GO (LOVE) 58 ONE MORE NIGHT (Shark Media, BMI/Warner 9 3 9 4 SEASONS OF LONELINESS 22 23 33 Pacific, ASCAP/Polygram ASCAP) HI./WBM Mack, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane, BMI) HL/WBM ` BOYZ II MEN (MOTOWN) (EASTWEST/EEG) Chappell, BMI) WBM 77 STRAWBERRIES (New Perspective, ASCAP/Zomba, 91 YOU KNOW MY STEEZ (EMI April, ASCAP/)II Kid, 38 QUIT PLAYING GAMES (WITH MY HEART) (Zomba, EVERYTHING TO EVERYONE DREAMING OF YOU ASCAP/Fe-Mac, ASCAP/Baby Fingers, ASCAP/Love- ASCAP/Gifted Pearl, ASCAP) HL 10 10 3 23 16 6 EVERCLEAR (CAP(TOL) SELENA (EMI LATIN/EMI) ASCAP/Creative, ASCAP/Megasongs, ASCAP) WBM Ly-N-Divine, ASCAP/Freddie Dee, BM)) 12 YOU MAKE ME WANNA... (EM) April, ASCAP/So So Del, 66 ROMEO AND JULIET (Mike's Rap, BMI/EMI Virgin, 34 SWEET SURRENDER (Sony/ATV Songs, BMI/Tyde, MI) HL ASCAP/Slack A.D., ASCAP/U.R. 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BMI/EMI Blackwood, BM)) HL DONNA LEWIS (ATLANTIC) BMI/G.I., BMI) for more than 20 weeks and have dropped below the top 50. 76 SEND MY LOVE/SEND ONE YOUR LOVE (Black Bull,

BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 77 Sony Intl Has 'Big' Ambitions Major Builds Its Mkt., Chart Share Globally Sony Classical Enjoying The Titanic

This story was prepared by Jeff any of the majors in the country. Clark-Meads in London from reports Leusehner cites the key international Success Of Hit Film's Soundtrack by Steve McClure in Tokyo; Wolf- acts as Dion, Pearl Jam, Carey, Mar- III BY MELINDA NEWMAN of left field. It was exactly the kind of as abehind-the-counter premium to gang Spahr in Hamburg; Rend Bou- tin, Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Will recording we've been pursuing. be given away with purchase of ton in Paris; Christie Eliezer in Mel- Smith, Bob Dylan, Savage Garden, NEW YORK—The Titanic may have "Sony Classical is really benefiting Kenny G's "Greatest Hits" album.) bourne, Australia; and Melinda Wes, Oasis, and Babyface, as well as sunk in 1912, but there is no iceberg in from how Sony is set up globally," Retailers see no end in sight at Newman in New York. the soundtrack to "Titanic." sight for the soundtrack to the hit Gelb continues. "I report to [Sony record store cash registers. "As long Local product performance has been movie of the same name. Music International chairman] Mel as the movie's strong at the box office, In Europe, the world's largest rec- underpinned by Run-D.M.C. and Jason Three months after its release, the Merman, and the wonderful thing is we probably won't see decline at ord market, part of Sony Music Enter- Nevins, Sabrian Setlur, DJ Quicksilver, Sony Classical/Sony Music Soundtrax all the managing directora from the retail. It's still going strong at Har- tainment's secret is its ability to make Kosmonova, Poetry 'n' Motion, Tank, title has sold more than 9.2 million affiliated companies report to Mel. mony House," says Dave Levesque, the big even bigger. Selig, Jam & Spoon, Badesalz, Freud- units worldwide, according to Sony, Mel has been very careful that when the chain's senior music buyer. Senior VP of Europe Richard Ogden eskreis, Thomas D., and Space Frog. making it one of the top-selling scores Sony Classical has a record that Not surprisingly, Sony Classical is says the company is Grooming local in music history and agenuine phe- shows it has potential to sell in signif- planning asoundtrack sequel (Bill- never content with repertoire is exact- nomenon. Adding to its luster, on Feb. icant numbers, to make sure the board, Feb. 7). According to Gelb, it just one Platinum ly how Sony Music 10, the James Homer score was nom- entire Sony network is tuned into it will come out in late summer or early Europe Award— International pres- inated for best dramatic score in the immediately and has trained me and fall to coincide with the home video recognizing 1million ident Bob Bowlin , one of 14 nomina- my staff to communicate in advance release of the movie. sales across the con- wants each territo- tions garnered by the movie. ("My the news of our [priorities]." tinent—per album. ry to develop. Heart Will Go On," written by Homer Sony Music Europe senior VP NEW COMPOSITION He notes that in "Over the past and and performed by Richard Ogden says the company is Homer plans to compose anew 1996, the company years, we've Celine Dion, was nominated for best using similar sales techniques across piece for the sequel that will tie ILBERMAN handled Europe's BOWLIN emphasized that song from amotion picture.) the whole continent. Posters, cinema together all the movie's themes. "I second-, third-, every one of our In the U.S. ads, TV campaigns will be writing anew 20- to 30-minute fourth-, and seventh-biggest albums: record companies should be in local alone, the album (except in France), piece which brings back all the emo- Celine Dion's "Falling Into You," Oasis' music, and it takes time for that to bear has sold 2.8 mil- and the Dion single tions from the film," he says. "Any- "(What's The Story) Morning Glory?," fruit," says Bowlin. "What you're see- lion units, accord- are what is driving thing Ido can't be too far afield from the ' "The Score," and Michael ing is hits coming out of virtually every ing to Sound- the record for- the themes and the feel of the movie." Jackson's "HIStory: Past, Present And country in the world, and many of them Scan. It has been ward, he says. Homer says he'd also like to include Future—Book 1," respectively. having an effect on the world market." atop The Bill- The soundtrack on the sequel some of the Irish dance "When we get abig record, we are The Cologne, Germany-based com- board 200 for five is so enchanting music featured in the movie, as well as extremely good at making it avery big pany's market share for the fiscal year weeks, making it that even artists "Nearer My God To Thee," which is record," says Ogden. "Between those stood at 15.8% at the end of January, the first primari- HORNER who appear on it SISSEL performed by members of the ship's albums, we've sold atotal of 26 million up about 3.5% from the same point 12 ly instrumental can't get enough. orchestra as the Titanic sinks. records." months ago. In January, Sony account- score since 1981's "Chariots Of Fire" "Usually Inever listen to anything To promote the home video, origi- He says Sony's ability to do this is ed for 25.9% of the singles chart, mak- to hit No. 1(Billboard, Jan. 24). It is that I'm part of, but Ihad to listen to nal soundtrack, and sequel, Horner based on treating the whole of Europe ing it the country's most successful sin- also No. 1in anumber of countries it again after seeing the movie," says plans to perform his work in anum- as one market and keeping internal la- gles company, and 22% of the album around the world, including Australia, Sissel, aMercury artist whose vocals ber of cities. bel rivalries to aminimum. "We take chart, placing it at No. 3. Austria, Canada, France, Malaysia, are featured on the soundtrack. Retailers think the sequel is asure opportunities together," he says. "So , Switzerland, and Taiwan. For Horner, the reaction to his bet "If it follows the trends of other when we are given an opportunity, LEADING IN JAPAN "I can't think of ascore soundtrack music has been overwhelming. "The soundtrack sequels, it will be suc- we're able to make maximum use of it." In the world's largest non-U.S. na- that's ever been this successful. It's fact that this has such ahuge market cessful but not in the [same] degree," The strategy extends to Sony world- tional market, Japan, Sony Music En- surpassed everyone's wildest imagi- effect is something Ihaven't quite says McClemens. wide. The worldwide operations report tertainment (Japan) (SMEJ) is still the nations," says Scott Levin, director grasped," he says. "The kind of work Although the sales of "Titanic" are directly to Thomas D. Mottola, presi- country's No. 1record company, de- of marketing for Minneapolis-based Ido is so introspective, and suddenly certainly enough to sustain Sony dent/C00 of Sony Music Entertain- spite recent setbacks. Its label groups retailer Musicland. "It's created alot the whole music element of this movie Classical, the label has far more on its ment, generally through Sony Music (Sony Records, Epic/Sony, Ki/oon of excitement in our stores." has blossomed into an entity unto slate. Coming up are releases from International chairman Mel Ilberman. Sony, Antinos Records, Tristar Rec- No one is more excited than Sony itself. I've never had this much feed- Andreas Vollenweider, Yo-Yo Ma, "We know how other music compa- ords) have atotal market share of Classical president Peter Gelb, who back before. Peter Gelb and [Sony and violinist Joshua Bell, as well as a nies work, and they don't work that 17.9%, according to trade paper . took over worldwide responsibility for Music Soundtrax executive VP] Glen number of movie scores. way," says Ilberman. "When Tommy In the last few years, SMEJ's tradi- the division in 1995. He predicts glob- Brunman really kept at it, putting In fact, Gelb wants nothing less appointed me head of international, I tional strength in domestic repertoire al sales will hit at least 15 million, al- together the whole soundtrack and than to expand the realm of classical still kept arole in the U.S. company. has been seriously eroded, culminating though most observers consider that supporting me when Iwanted to do music to include not only new classical Tommy pushed me to do that so Iwas in the loss last August of its biggest estimate very conservative, given how something that might not be quite as composers but also pop acts like Joe in both worlds. What's most important Japanese act, pop trio Dreams Come strong the movie continues to be. commercial." Jackson—whose last album, asong is that we keep the lines of communi- True, to America. "The success of the film was the suite called "Heaven And Hell," was cation open constantly." Under the leadership of Shigeo greatest marketing advantage that SINGLE PLANS released on Sony Classical—and Another strand of Sony's European Maruyama, appointed to the post of any company could have to piggyback On Feb. 10,550 Music/Sony Classi- Michael Bolton, who just released an success, according to Ogden, is the CEO in October, the company is taking their strategy with," says Thomas D. cal/Sony Music Soundtrax put out a album of arias on the label. The label company's open-mindedness. "What an aggressive stance aimed at regain- Mottola, president/C00 of Sony Music commercial single for Dion's "My also remains the home of the Leonard other companies would have sold near- ing its leading role in finding and devel- Entertainment "So we had the oppor- Heart Will Go On," the end theme to Bernstein and Vladimir Horowitz cat- ly 3million [copies of 's oping domestic talent. tunity not only to market the 'Titanic' the movie that is featured, in slightly alogs, as well as current classical "(Uno, Dos, Tres) Maria" single]— SMEJ is setting up five new labels, soundtrack with the movie, but we had different versions, on both the sound- superstars like Ma. sung in Spanish—in Europe? Who else each of which will spotlight the talents 'My Heart Will Go On' on Celine Dion's track and on Dion's current album, "Our value is also that in the last has done that before?" of an individual producer. new album and the soundtrack simul- "Let's Talk About Love." The song is two years, we have turned Sony Clas- Ogden says that further evidence of Komuro, who has played akey role in taneously. We knewwe had something backed with "Rose," atrack with vocal- sical into amodest profit center," says Sony's broad-mindedness about what the phenomenal success of indie label big by the reaction to Celine's song, izing by Sissel featured on the sound- Gelb, "which is extraordinary given makes ahit is Wes' "Alane," which, Avex, and Takeshi Kobayashi, best- and we had the opportunity to really track and heard throughout the movie. that it was asignificant loser while it despite being sung in the African lan- known for his work with pop acts Mr. co-market it all together." A second single, "Southampton," was centered in Hamburg." guage of Bantu, was ahit last year Children and My Little Lover, are Although its previous best seller was will go to U.S. radio March 10. (In an across Europe, including in the U.K., a among the producers SMEJ has the soundtrack to "Immortal Beloved," effort to capitalize on the "Titanic" Assistance in preparing this story was market known for its impenetrability signed. which has sold some 1million units, craze, Arista has released to radio an provided by Dylan Si£gler and Chuck for artists not in English. Virgin Entertainment Japan man- Gelb says the success of "Titanic" is instrumental version of "My Heart Taylor in New York and Dominic European market-share figures for aging director Mike Inman gives exactly what his label has been gear- Will Go On" by Kenny G. The CD sin- Pride in Landon. 1997 are not yet available. However, SMEJ high marks for the way it mar- ing up for. "This one didn't come out gle is being serviced to retail accounts Billboard's pan-European sister publi- kets product. "They certainly take a cation Music & Media has released fig- more aggressive approach on back-cat- ures for shares of its charts during the alog pricing," Inman notes. "In terms year; Sony took 15.6% of the album of Japanese artists' product, their SONY'S VARIED UNITS chart in '97, placing third, and 14.2% of prices are better than alot of other (Continued from preceding page) the singles chart, placing fourth. companies." Dion, who moved from Epic to 550 didn't want to see adeal in their eyes, it asmall company," says Anthony. In Europe's largest market, Ger- For foreign repertoire, SMEJ has a when the new label launched, says feel- or hard work and money. Ijust want- "Our goal is that at the end of our fifth many, Sony is reaping thé benefits of a campaign called Flash Price, in which ing valued and appreciated from day ed to see faith, trust, and belief." full year, in September 1999, we'd like two-year restructuring. According to domestically pressed foreign albums one has been crucial to her global suc- Ginuwine is now seeing that same to have amaximum of 40 artists on the Joehen Leuschner, company president sell for 2,000 yen ($16) for two months cess. support. "They've let me take my label ... We need to sign afew more in the German-speaking territories, the after release before going back up to "When we went to Sony, Iwanted to music around the world," he tells Bill- urban acts." Right now, the label's ros- fiscal year ending March 31 will be the the regular price of 2,300 yen ($18.40). trust the people Iwas going to work board minutes before performing in ter stands at approximately 25. company's best. In the rest of Asia, Sony is being with," she says. "So when Istarted to Germany. "I can't tell you how much A combination of international and affected by poor economic conditions. meet Tommy and Polly and [550 GM] they've backed me." SONY NASHVILLE REGROUPS local successes has given Sony Music "Korea is the place where you have the John Doelp and Dave Glew and their "I'd like to see [550] grow from a Sony Music Nashville is emerging Germany the greatest growth rate of (Continued on page 79) wives and husbands and friends, I revenue standpoint, but I'd like to keep (Coilh,1 iied on page 79)

76 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21. 1998 SONY'S VARIED UNITS ADD UP TO ONE STRONG FIRM (Continued front page I) first single, "Are You Jimmy Ray?," is One of Mottola's first moves was to No. 26 on the Hot 100 this issue. knock down the borders of the music Many of the changes were already in division. "Previously, the company was Sony Dominates Latin America Market motion by the time Anthony became like most other record companies: label president, especially in the R&B There was very much aU.S. company Local A&R, Integration Of Labels Key To Success arena. Ron Sweeney, president of black and an international company," says music for Epic Records Group, "was Bob Bowlin, president of Sony Music al BY JOHN LANNERT which the managing directors really ther across the globe, especially if they sing in English. given amandate to build the urban International. "What Tommy and work together, so we are able to do a music department," [Sony Music Inter- One of the first record companies to lot on aregional basis." "In this day and age, what we see is says Epic Records national chairman] enter Latin American markets in the Welzer points to the cooperation of much alevel playing field and Group chairman Mel Ilberman did '60s (then as CBS), Sony has main- labels in Latin America and Spain as that pretty much any artist can come Dave Glew. [was to make] us tained its sales leadership in most an example of that teamwork. from anywhere and cross over," says In addition to the one company" (see Latin American territories since. In 1996, Sony broke Spanish pop/ Michele Anthony, Sony Music Enter- label's direct sign- story, page 76). Still, Frank Welzer, president of dance diva Mónica Naranjo in Latin tainment's executive VP. ings and an existing For Mottola, Sony Latin America, says Sony's America one year before she hit in As Sony Latin America exports its deal with Immortal that was the only Latin American operations have in her own country. Conversely, in the artists to other international mar- Records, Sweeney way to achieve the recent years taken on an even past two years, Sony Spain has ex- kets, Sony's English-language artists has overseen new WYCLEF JEAN MICHELE ANTHONY success he envi- greater importance in Sony Music's panded the sales presence of Puerto are also eyeing Latin America as a deals with Razor sioned for the com- overall organization. Rican pop star Ricky Martin (Bill- virgin territory to be cultivated. Sharp Records, Ruthless Records, pany. "When you have abig, multibil- "We are no longer an outpost," board, Feb. 14) and Colombian Welzer says British rock group Oasis has announced that it will tour Stonecreek, and Untertainment. lion-dollar, multinational corporation, says Welzer. "Latin America is ac- singer/songstress Although neither Anthony nor Glew and it doesn't have one reporting counting for ahigher and higher per- Shaldra. Latin America this year. Aerosmith, would comment, Epic is also expected structure, you get turf problems," says centage of total worldwide sales of Moreover, says which has toured the region before, is Mottola. "In making aone-world situ- Sony. This has been asteady trend Welzer, Sony's going down south as well. to soon announce adeal with former Motown president Andre Harrell. ation, there's no more breakdown in for the past four or five years." artists from Latin "Traditionally, our artists were Uncle Sam, on the way of having a Bob Bowlin, president of Sony Mu- America, such as never really urged to go down to Epic through separate interna- sic International, agrees. "Latin Martin and Shald- Latin America," says Welzer. "Now, Stonecreek, is tional unit. All the America is agreat area for us. We ra, have attracted we are known as aterritory that can presidents and continue to dominate that market, notice from other break English-speaking pop or rock enjoying his first blush of success chairmen of the and that market continues to grow WELZER Sony companies in acts in Latin America, so now the companies here in for us in rather impressive figures." the U.S., Europe, [English-language] labels are urging with the hit single "I Don't Ever Want America communi- The most recent figures from the and Asia, where their product has artist managers to explore Latin To See You Again," cate daily, weekly, International Federation of the Pho- been released. America." monthly with all of nographic Industry peg Latin Amer- Sony's domestic non-Latino com- Among Sony Latin America's pri- at No. 6 on this ority acts to bring to the internation- issue's Hot 100. He DION HARRIS the managing ica as a$2.5 billion record market, panies have expressed interest in directors [in other and Sony says it can claim a23% English-language product from the al table in the next few months are already feels the Chilean torch singer Myriam global machinery. "Without astrong territories]." share of that. band Fey and teenage pop vocal The results of such thinking are Welzer says Sony's increased sales group MDO, the latter of which is Hernández and Argentina's 17-year- label behind you, it's like singing in an auditorium that holds 50,000 people, obvious. The "Titanic" soundtrack is in Latin America can be attributed to signed to Sony Latin America's U.S. old folk siren Soledad. Welzer says and you don't have amicrophone," he No. 1in at least eight other countries its success in the development of lo- Latin division, Sony . Emilio Estefan Jr. Will produce says. "You need astrong microphone, besides the U.S.; according to Sony, it cal A&R departments, which exploit Additionally, Martin plans to Soledad's first pop-flavored album, and Sony is aworldwide microphone." has sold 9.2 million albums worldwide homegrown talent, and the integra- record an album in English, as does slated to ship in October. (see story, page 76). tion of the region's various Sony la- Jr. "People in the music business are 550 MUSIC HITS IT Where it isn't No. bels. Welzer says Columbia is slated to always looking for the next big BIG 1, in many cases "We have been the most successful release an English/Spanish album by thing," says Welzer. "And it could Dion is. Her "Let's company in terms of local A&R in hip-hop/salsa group DLG in March. very well come from Latin America." Although offi- Talk About Love" Latin America, and we are stepping A growing acceptance for artists cially formed four album has sold 4 up the pressure in that area," says with good songs, no matter their ori- Assistance in preparing this story years ago, Glew million units in the Welzer. "And we have what Ilike to gin, should help spread the success of was provided by Melind,a Newnzan in says, Epic Records U.S., according to call a'seamless' organization, in Sony's Latin American artists fur- New York. Group label 550 Music really SoundScan, and it sprang to life when KING AYEROFF has passed the 15 million mark glob- it solidified its A&R staff two years ago. "I see the bench- ally, according to Sony. • Carey started her own label, through areal metamorphosis." In goes on in the street and what goes on According to Sony, Mariah Carey's Crave Records, presided over by Rick addition to aslew of new A&R people, in South America. That's pretty mark as our signing Ben Folds Five," Glew says. "It hadn't been astand- "Butterfly" is at 8million worldwide, Bisceglia. Ienner made anumber of new deals, incredible to know you can have a alone company until the last few years. while Jamiroquai's "Travelling With- •Sony assumed total ownership of such as with the and record out here and in , and they out Moving" (Work Group) is at 6.2 Relativity, installing industry vet Sal Jermaine Dupri. both get that same push." It was [previously] mainly amarket- million, and Oasis' "Be Here Now," a Licata to guide the labeVindie distrib- Most recently, the label has signed a Mentioning tracks such as Wyclef ing company." relative disappoint- ution company. deal with producer Rick Rubin, who Jean's "Gone Till November," rhyth- But now, Ben Folds Five's "What- ever And Ever Amen" has gained gold ment in the U.S. for •Although Sony Music's third-quar- brings his American Recordings, for- mic top 40 KKFR Phoenix (Power 92) Epic Records, is at ter operating profits were down due to merly distributed through WEA, to the PD Bruce St. James praises Colum- certification. R&B artist Ginuwine has 6million. release cycle changes and increased label as aWest Coast-based imprint. bia's ability to nurture projects. "When hit platinum with his "Ginuwine With the interna- artist development costs, Mottola says Although Ienner would not com- you're dealing with Sony, everything The Bachelor" album; its worldwide tional operation the division will set anew record when ment, it looks like American will also is the next Mariah Carey," says St. sales are at 2million. And anumber of moving in adirec- the fiscal year ends March 31. be the home of asoundtrack to the TV James. "They push alittle harder." the label's artists are also experienc- tion he liked, Mot- All the while, Sony keeps its eye on series "South Park?! ing global success. tola turned his developing new artists, such as Fiona Columbia has had tremendous suc- EPIC LOOKS TO THE FUTURE "Ben Folds Five has sold more than 200,000 units in Japan and is also doing BUTLER focus to the inter- Apple, Savage Garden, and Uncle cess this past year with superstars like The home of some of the world's nal structures of Sain. Retailers say few companies set Streisand, Bob Dylan, and James Tay- biggest recording acts, from Michael well in Europe," says label president Anthony. "550 has gone beyond my the U.S. companies. up arecord like Sony does. lor. "I don't think we ever took these Jackson to Pearl Jam, Epic is in aperi- wildest expectations." Other artists on "Around three years ago, we began "Their developing-artist program is artists for granted," says Ienner, "but od of rebuilding. As Mottola says sim- redefining, reinventing, and regener- one of the most admirable in the busi- maybe we just juiced it up alittle bit ply, "Polly's mandate is to give Epic a the roster include Jon B., Des'ree, and Deep Forest. ating [ourselves] as acompany," Mot- ness," says John Grandoni, director of more [for them]." new focus." Of course, no other 550 Music artist tola says. "We were very specific about purchasing at Carnegie, Pa.-based It has also broken new acts like Our The label has its first hit of '98 with has succeeded on the global scale of what we did, and Ithink we're seeing National Record Mart. Lady Peace and Savage Garden, Pearl Jam's "Yield." According to Celine Dion. Already at 15 million, the results of that right now." At acommercial high, Sony Music is whose self-titled debut has sold more SoundScan, it has sold 359,000 units. Among the changes Mottola over- also at acritical peak. It got 87 Gram- than 2.5 million units worldwide. Epic has also recruited new A&R Dion's current album, "Let's Talk About Love," is expected to surpass the saw: - my nominations this year, arecord for Upcoming are the debut album from staffers expected to build the label's worldwide sales of 25 million for 1996's • Columbia revamped its A&R the company. Epic artist Babyface led Destiny's Child, an album from the late rock and pop rosters. Kaz department, recruiting high-profile all nominees with eight. , and new releases from Utsunomiya, who has astrong back- "Falling Into You." 'We've only start- ed with this album," says Glew. "We A&R execs from around the industry. ' , Stab- ground in publishing, joined the label have massive television appearances, •Polly Anthony was named presi- COLUMBIA SETS NEW MISSION bing Westward, the Fugees' Lauryn last year from Virgin Records. Former dent of Epic Records, in addition to For Columbia Records Group chair- Hill, and Soul Asylum. VH1 senior VP of programming Lee and we won't even be going for the next official single until the summer." retaining the title of president of 550 man and Columbia Records president With sales of more than 14 million Chesnut came on board in January. Dion's current single, the "Titanic" Music. She replaced Richard Griffiths, (U.S.) Don leaner, the time came afew worldwide, the Fugees, on Columbia "Lee's hiring sent amessage to the theme "My Heart Will Go On," has who left in September, and Epic began years ago to take ahard look at the Records Group's Ruffhouse label, have creative community that Epic needs to reached more than 105 million broad- amajor restructuring label. He saw it wasn't living up to its truly benefited from the company's create and develop the pop side," says •Mottola wooed former Virgin co- potential. worldwide approach. "Their global Anthony. "Lee will give us an edge in cast listeners, setting arecord for the largest audience ever monitored in presidents Jordan Harris and Jeff "So Iempowered alot of people to reach is incredible," says the Fugees' an area where, frankly, we didn't have Billboard's Broadcast Data Systems Ayeroff into the Sony fold. There they bring in more music, because we were Wyclef Jean, who also has a solo much strength." era. launched the very successful Work trying to grow the company and yet record out on Ruffhouse/Columbia. Epic is already showing its muscle (Continued on next page) Group. stay consistent," he says. "We went "Someone like Donnie knows what at pop with new artist Jimmy Ray. His 75 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY21,1998 FOR WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 8, 1998 Music Video PROGRAMMING Billboard Video Monitor. THE MOST-PLAYED CLIPS AS MONITORED BY BROADCAST DATA SYSTEMS "NEW ONS" ARE REPORTED BY THE NETWORKS (NOT BY BDS) FOR THE WEEK AHEAD

8 Anita Cochran, What If ISaid 3 Green Day, Time Of Your Life DirecTV Gets 'In Tune' With 9 Dixie Chicks, ICan Love You Better 4 Matchbox 20, 3 AM 10 Bryan White, One Small Miracle 5 Rolling Stones, Saint Of Me 11 Neal McCoy, If You Can't Be Good 6 Metallica, The Unforgiven II 12 Sammy Kershaw, Love Of My Life 7 Celine Dion, My Heart Will Go On ITO 13 Trace Adkins, Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone t 8 Janet, Together Again Music; CMT, ZMusic Move 14 hours daily 14 Reba McEntire, What If 9 Marcy Playground, Sex And Candy MUSIC FIRST 1899 9th Street NE, 15 Michael Peterson, Too Good To Be True 10 Mariah Carey, Breakdown Washington, D.C. 20018 Continuous programming1 16 John Michael Montgomery, Angel In My Eyes 11 Aerosmith, Pink 1515 Broadway, NY, NY 10036 NEW DIRECTV SHOW: "In Tune," ONTHE MOVE: Nashville-based 17 John Anderson, Takin' The Country Back 12 Sarah McLachlan, Sweet Surrender 1Wyclef Jean, Gone Till November 18 Clay Walker, Then What t 13 Fat Boy Slim, Going Out Of My Head DirecTV's new weekly music series, director Michael McNamara has 2 Mase, What You Want 1 Celine Dion, My Heart Will Go On 19 Sawyer Brown, Another Side t 14 Busta Rhymes, Dangerous 3 K-Ci & Jojo, All My Life 2 Sarah McLachlan, Sweet Surrender which was to bow Feb. 13, is "more joined Flashframe Films ... Bonfire 20 Toby Keith, Dream Welkin' t 15 Ice Cube, We Be Clubbin 4 Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz, Deja Vu 3 Janet, Together Again 21 Gary Allan, It Would Be You t 16 Wyclef Jean, Gone Till November than just atypical music show," says Films has signed director Chris 5 Smooth, Strawberries 4 Savage Garden, Truly Madly Deeply 22 The Kinleys, Just Between You And Me t 17 Our Lady Peace, Clumsy 6 Immature, Extra Extra 5 Matchbox 20, 3 AM host Wendy Walsh. "We're like a Burns Graeme Joyce has joined 23 Jo Dee Messina, Bye, Bye t 18 Daft Punk, Around The World 7 Mariah Carey, Breakdown 6 Billie Myers, Kiss The Rain 24 The Mavericks, To Be With You t 19 The Notorious BIG., Sky's The Limit visual version of an 'insider' music the director roster at X-Ray Produc- 8 Destiny's Child, No, No, No 7 Lisa Loeb, 1Do 25 Tracy Byrd, I'm From The Country t 20 K-Ci & Jojo, All My Life 9 01' Skool, Am IDreaming 8 Smash Mouth, Welkin' On The Sun magazine. We interview experts in tions ... William Coleman and 26 Matraca Berg, Back In The Saddle t 10 Mary J. Blige, Seven Days 21 Backstreet Boys, As Long As You Love Mn 9 Meredith Brooks, What Would Happen 27 Daryle Singletary, The Note t the music industry, which gives our Madonna Wade-Reed have left Spi 11 Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Beep Me 911 22 Jimmy Ray, Are You Jimmy Ray? 10 Sugar Ray, Fly 28 Paul Brandt, A Little In Love 23 , Torn 11 Paula Cole, IDon't Want To Wait 12 JD Feat. Da Brat, The Party Continues viewers more information besides Productions. Coleman is working on 29 David Lee Murphy, Just Don't Wait Around 24 Usher, Nice 8, Slow 13 Usher, Nice & Slow 12 Chumbawamba, Tubthumping 30 Bellamy Brothers, Catahoula 25 Ben Folds Five, Brick artist interviews." Addict's "Monster Side" clip with 14 Timbaland And Magno, Luv 2 Luv U 13 Fleetwood Mac, Landslide 31 Kris Tyler, What A Woman Knows 26 Savage Garden, Truly Madly Deeply 15 The Lox, If You Think I'm Jiggy 14 Paula Cole, Me The half-hour "In Tune" airs at 8 Tony Kaye & Partners U.K. director 32 The Lynns, Woman To Woman 27 Everclear, IWill Buy You A New Life 16 Jay-Z, The City Is Mine 15 Mariah Carey, Breakdown 33 JC Jones, One Night 28 Fiona Apple, Never Is A Promise p.m. ET Fridays and is produced by Mike Lipscombe. 17 The Notorious Sky's The Limit 16 Rolling Stones, Saint Of Me 34 Clint Black, Something That We Do 29 Third Eye Blind, How's It Going To Be 18 SWV, Rain 17 Third Eye Blind, How's It Going To Be Tri-Crown Productions (The Eye, Rodd Houston has exited his posi- 35 Rhett Akins, Better Than It Used To Be 30 Creed, My Own Prison 19 K.P. & Envyi, Swing My Way 18 Shawn Colvin, Sunny Came Home 36 Delbert McClinton, Sepding Me Angels 31 Oasis, All Around The World Billboard, Dec. 20, 1997). Taped in tion as head of video production at 20 Next, Too Close 19 The Wallflowers, One Headlight 37 Wynonna, When Love Starts Talkin' 32 LSG, My Body 21 Somethin' For The People, All 1Do 20 Third Eye Blind, Semi-Charmed Life Los Angeles, "In Tune" reaches Tommy Boy Records. He has been 38 Chely Wright, Just Another Heartache 33 Foo Fighters, My Hero 22 LL Cool J, Father 21 Alana Davis, 32 Flavors 39 Chris Cummings, The Kind Of Heart That Breaks 34 Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz, Deja Vu approximately 3.3 million U.S. house- replaced by Mark Hason, also from 23 Salt-N -Pepa, Gitty Up 22 Harry Connick, Jr., Let's Just Kiss 40 Mila Mason, Closer To Heaven 35 Bob Dylan, Not Dark Yet 24 Elusion, Reality 23 Bryan Adams, Back To You 41 David Kersh, If INever Stop Lovin' You 36 Bryan Adams, Back To You holds through the DirecTV satellite the label's video production depart- 25 Brian McKnight, Anytime 24 Ben Folds Five, Brick 42 Martina McBride Yam Brickman, Valentine 37 LL Cool 1, Father service and was developed by Warn- ment Tagere Southwell segues 26 Jody Watley, Off The Hook 25 Shania Twain, You're Still The One 43 Great Divide, Never Could 38 Duncan Sheik, Wishful Thinking 27 , A Rose Is Still A Rose 26 Duncan Sheik, Barely Breathing 44 Tracy Lawrence, One Step Ahead Of The Storm 39 Smash Mouth, Why Can't We Be Friends 27 Matchbox 20, Push er Bros. Pay-TV, Cable & Network from ' R&B radio pro- 28 Janet, Together Again 45 Kevin Sharp, There's Only You 40 Alana Davis, 32 Flavors 29 Queen Pen, All My Love 28 Savage Garden, IWant You Features. motion department to the label's 46 Paul Brandt, What's Come Over You 41 Mack 10, Only In California 29 LeAnn Rimes, How Do ILive 30 2Pac, IWonder If Heaven Got AGhetto "Each episode has a video promotion depart- 47 Melodic Crittenden, Broken Road 42 Crystal Method, Keep Hope Alive 30 Loreena McKennitt, The Mummers' Dance 48 Shania Twain, Love Gets Me Every Time 43 Loreena McKennitt, The Mummers' Dance 31 Jimmy Ray, Are You Jimmy Ray? different theme," says ment, where she is now ** NEW ONS** 49 Brad Hawkins, We Lose 44 Az, Nus, Nature And Dr, Den, Phone Tap 32 Natalie Imbruglia, Torn 50 Kenny Chesney, Thats Why I'm Here 45 Mase, What You Want Walsh, who is also aco- working with local/ LSG, Curious 33 Sister Hazel, All For You 46 Radiohead, Karma Police 34 Spice Girls, Too Much Sylk E. Fyne, Romeo & Juliet tIndicates Hot Shots host of "How'd They Do regional urban music 47 Billie Myers, Kiss The Rain Rufus Blaq, Out Of Sight 35 Paula Cole, Where Have Al The Cowboys Gone? 48 Mase, Feel So Good That?" on the Learning shows as video promo- John Tesh &James Ingram, Give Me Forever 36 The Verve, Bitter Sweet Symphony ** NEW ONS** 49 Uncle Sam, IDon't Ever Want To See... Tami Hert, If You Were Mine 37 Madonna, Express Yourself Channel. "So far, we've tion manager. 50 Dekones, My Own Summer 38 David Bowie, Girl Jungle Brothers, Jungle Brothers Chris Knight, Framed THE 39 No Doubt, Don't Speak taped episodes focusing Keith Harling, Papa Bear ** Indicates MTV Exclusive 40 Fiona Apple, Criminal , Bang, Bang, Bang on movie soundtracks, V H 1 PROGRAM 41 Marcy Playground, Sex And Candy Shania Twain, You're Still The One , rock, PULLED: When VH1 ** NEW DNS** 42 Chantal Kreviazuk, Surrounded 43 Robyn, Show Me Love and easy listening. A lot EYE abruptly canceled the Madonna, Frozen 44 Imani Coppola, Legend Of A Cowgirl The Verve, Bitter Sweet Symphony 45 Bob Dylan, Not Dark Yet of music shows are documentary "Before Roni Size, Brown Paper Bag Continuous programming MUM ..... 46 Duncan Sheik, Wishful Thinking programming LSG, Curious geared to the Gen X They Were Rock Stars" 47 Terence Trent D'Arby, Wishing Well 2806 Opryland Dr., Master P, Make Em"Say Uhh! crowd, but we're target- (originally scheduled to Nashville, TN 37214 48 U2, IStill Haven't Found What... muse Mk-1,1101r 49 Richard Marx, Don't Mean Nothing ing a more mature, air Feb. 3), speculation 50 , Steam 1 Shania Twain, Don't Be Stupid upscale audience." abounded over why the 2 Wade Hayes, The Day That She Left Tulsa Continuous programming 3 Trisha Yearwood, Perfect Love t 1515 Broadway, NY, NY 10036 ** NEW ONS** network would termi- 4 Brooks & Dunn, He's Got You Madonna, Frozen ETWORKS MOVE: nate the program. The 5 Mindy McCready, You'll Never Know 1 Puff Daddy Si The Family, Been Around The World N Tonic, Open Up Your Eyes 6 Deana Carter, Did IShaw My Legs For This? 2 Will Smith, Gettin' Jiggy Wit It The music video chan- most common rumor 7 Lila McCann, IWanna Fall In Love Radiohead, Karma Police nels owned by Gaylord by Carla was that some of the , Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Entertainment (CMT high-profile artists fea- Hay A SAMPLING OF PLAYLISTS SUBMITTED BY International and Z tured in the special NATIONAL & LOCAL MUSIC VIDEO OUTLETS FOR Music Television) have weren't pleased to know THE CLIP LIST,. THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 21, 1998. moved to anew address: 1Gaylord that moments from their past would Y RI E Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz, Deja Vu Los Umbrellos, No Tengo Dinero Drive, Nashville, Tenn. 37214. CMT be revealed on national TV Wyclef Jean, Gone Till November

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Z Music's Spice Girls' audition tapes: an early new phone number is 615-316-6170, interview with David Bowie (when Continuous programming Continuous programming Continuous programming 1221 Collins Ave 1515 Broadway Hawley Crescent and the new fax number is 615-316- he was known as Davey Jones), with Miami Beach, FL 33139 New York, NY 10036 London NW18TT 6171. him talking about being mistaken for AMERICA'S NO, 1 VIDEO NEW Natalie Imbruglia, Torn Three hours weekly The move comes in the midst of agirl; Sheryl Crow as ablond back- Janet, Together Again 216 W Ohio news that CM'r International will end up singer for ; and Celine Dion, My Heart Will Go On Dance Hall Crashers, Mr. Blue Oasis, All Around The World Chicago, IL 60610 its European satellite feed March 31 aprepubescent Alanis Morissette Stubborn All-Stars, Pick Yourself Up Will Smith, Gettin' Jiggy Wit It BOX TOPS The Devlins, Heaven's Wall , Angels Sarah McLachlan, Sweet Surrender and that the network plans to expand singing at atalent search. The special James lha, Be Strong Now Aqua, Dr. Jones Big Wreck, The Oaf its presence in Latin America and the also reportedly includes rare child- Usher, Nice & Slow Cool For August, Walk Away Run DMC, It's Like That Fat, Numb Puff Daddy& The Family, Its All About The Benjamins Wyclef Jean, Gone Till November (Remix) The Verve, Lucky Man Natalie Imbruglia, Torn Asia-Pacific region (Billboard, Feb. hood photos of such folks as Madon- Spice Girls, Too Much Audio Adrenaline, Some Kind Of Zombie Chumbawamba, Amnesia Lunachicks, Don't Want You 14). CMT's U.S. operation, which na and . , Beep Me 911 Seven Day Jesus, Butterfly All Saints, Never Ever Fu Manchu, Evil Eye Salt-N -Pepa, Gitty Up LSG, Curious Gaylord sold to CBS last year, is still Anouk, Nobody's Wife Air, Sexy Boy A VH1 spokesman declines to K-Ci & Jojo, All My Life Fleetwood Mac, Landslide Young Deenay, Walk On By Ivy, I've Got A Feeling located at 2806 Opryland Drive in comment on whether any artists put Mariah Carey, Breakdown God Lives Underwater, From Your Mouth Die Tutee Hosen, Pushed Again Holly Cole, I've Just Seen A Face Nashville. pressure on VH1 to cancel the pro- Luniz F/Redman, Hypnotize Aretha Franklin, A Rose Is Still A Rose Gianluca Grignani, Baby Revolution Marcy Playground, Sex 8r Candy Uncle Sam,1Don't Ever Want To See You Again Mono, Life In Mono Giorgia, Un A More Da Favola Full On The Mouth, People Mover gram's airing, saying only that it was Queen Pen, All My Love The Rhapsody, Igor Sublime, Badfish NEW MTV EXEC? Although no an "internal decision." He confirms Eric Sermon, Keith Murray &Redman, Rapper's Delight Sweetbox, Everything's Gonna Be Alright Kacy Crowley, Hand To Mouthville Mary J. Blige, Seven Days Backstreet Boys, All IHave To Give official statement had been made at that "some footage will be edited 01' Roo', Am IDreaming Espen Lind, When Susannah Cries press time, sources have confirmed from the original version of the show, SWV, Rain Usher, You Make Me Wanna WC, Just Clownin' that MTV will be naming Ken and we're going to air the revised Puff Daddy &The Family, Been Around The World R44E Benson to a high-ranking pro- version at a later date." The Lost Boyz, What's Wrong TV FOR U-NOT THEM -738 gramming position. Benson is cur- spokesman adds that he did not know Brian McKnight, Anytime Continuous programming The Lox, If You Think I'm Jiggy 299 Queen St West rently PD at top 40 station KKRZ what footage would be cut, and anew Destiny's Child, No, No. No (Part II) , M5V225 1/2-hour weekly Portland, Ore. air date has not been set. Elusion, Reality 46 Gifford St All Saints, IKnow Where It's At Days Of The New, Shelf In The Room (new) Brockton, MA 02401 The Notorious 13.I.G., Sky's The Limit Foo Fighters, My Hero (new) Wyclef Jean, Gone Til November Mase, What You Want (new) Hum, Commn' Home The Firm, Phone Tap The Lox, If You Think I'm _him (new) 10 hours daily David Bowie, I'm Afraid Of Americans Wyclef Jean, Gone Til November fRemix) Metallica, The Unforgiven 11 (new) 909 Third Avenue Space Monkeys, Sugar Kane PRODUCTION NOTES Chico Debarge, Love Still Good Everclear, IWill Buy You A New Life (new) New York, NY 10022 Fu Manchu, Evil Eye Weeping Tile, Can't Get Off (new) Lunachicks, Don't Want You NEW Gandarvas, Watching The Girl (new) Alana Davis, 32 Flavors Super Deluxe, All IWanted Aqua, Dr. Jones Destiny's Child, No, No, No Our Lady Peace, Clumsy , LOS ANGELES Plaza Hotel. Sarah McLachlan, Sweet Surrender Mya, It's All About Me Nine Inch Nails, Wish Everclear, IWill Buy You A New Life Aqua, Lollipop Natalie Imbruglia, Torn KMFDM, Megalomaniac Paul Hunter lensed the Mack 10 Feo Fighters, My Hero Janet, Together Again Nine Inch Nails, Wish Powerman 5000, Organizized Immature, Extra Extra clip "Only In California," which fea- NEW YORK Bryan Adams, Back To You Our Lady Peace, Clumsy , Sunday Shining Los Umbrellos, No Tengo Dinero Spice Girls, Too Much All Saints, IKnow Where It's At James Iba, Be Strong Now tures guest appearances by Ice Coolbone's "Use Me" was direct- Luke, Raise The Roof Savage Garden, Truly Madly Deeply Big Wreck, The Oaf In Vivo, Naked Playa, Cheers 2 U Cube and Snoop Doggy Dogg. ed by Marc Smerling. The clip fea- Marcy Playground, Sex And Candy Dar Williams, What Do You Hear In These Sounds Shift, In Honor Of Myself The Presidents Of he United Sbtes, Yideo Killed The Pak Rick James made "Turn It Out," Robyn, Show Me Love Finley Quaye, Sunday Shining Supergrass, Late In The Day tures cameos by John Forte of the Turnia, Imagination Busta Rhymes, Dangerous K.P. & Envyi, Swing My Way Tonic, Open Up Your Eyes his first video in several years, Refugee All Stars and actor , Everything Is Automatic K-Ci & Jojo, All My Life with director gobi at the Park Richard Roundtree.

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he virile boys of Blink 182 are girl crazy To cel- he invoked the spirit of the past to recall what it is like "We are in this for good times and music. We write ebrate this fascination with the opposite sex, to be in love. "But I'm working on that right now" simple songs," he says. "In fact, the best songs are Tthey have written two jump-around pop punk Peddling universal emotions through Hoppus' inno- the ones that just happen immediately and sponta- songs, including "Dammit (Growing Up)," No. 12 on cent scream, Tom Delonge's snappy , and Scott neously. If you work on asong for weeks and weeks, this issue's Modern Rock Tracks. Raynor's energetic drumming, as well as through the you're forcing it. For `Dammit,' Iwas sitting at home ""Dammit' is about when you break up with some- plucking the guitar when amoment of inspiration hit. In only 10 minutes, Iwrote the lyrics and music." one, and then you see them all over town with some- 'It really hurts one new," bassist/vocalist Mark Hoppus says. "It real- when you aren't Although Hoppus could take credit for the hit, he ly hurts when you aren't the person feeling the love, the person feeling extends the responsibility to include his bandmates, the love, but you explaining that all the songs on the album "Dude but you have to act like it's cool to save face." have to act like it's The next three-chord rant from the trio cool to save face.' Ranch" are ateam effort. —Mork Hoppus, Blink 182 "Every song has its own creation story. Sometimes is "Josie," which describes the other end of the spec- 111. I à HITS! trum of boy/girl emotions. someone comes to practice with acomplete song. "It is also about acommon feeling that everyone can band members' beach-boy good looks and stage antics Other times we only have ariff, and we hammer out understand, which is being stoked on agirl. That's the is obviously the group's calling card. But that doesn't the right words. Mostly, we screw around until inspi- side Iprefer to be on," says Hoppus, who admits that mean they have worked hard at perfecting the craft. ration hits. There is no band prima donna." IN Billboard® FEBRUARY 21, 1998 Billboard® FEBRUARY 21, 1998

Modern Rock Tracks Tm TOKIO Mainstream Rock Tracks,. Week of January 25, 1998 TRACK TITLE ARTIST e2, z TRACK TITLE ARTIST 5 5 5 50 ALBUM TITLE (IF ANY) IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL 50c:,:.,z ALBUM TITLE (IF ANY) IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL „ _, , O Together Again / O Only If /Enya * * *No. 1* * * * * * No. 1* * * O Change The World /Babyface GIVEN TO FLY 5weeks at No. 1 PEARL JA M SEX AND CANDY 9weeks at No. 1 • MARCY PLAYGROUND 8 1 1 1 17 Featuring Eric Clapton 1 i i YIELD EPIC MARCY PLAYGROUND CAPITOL TIM EO FY OU RLIFE (GOODRID DANCE) • GREEN DAY @ /Kamasutra Featuring THE UNFORGIVEN II • META LLI CA 2 2 13 6 12 2 NIMROD REPRISE 10 5 RELOAD ELEKTRA/EEG TASTE OF IN DIA AEROS MITH 3 3 3 8 GIVEN TO FLY PEARL JA M 0 Tubthumpini /Chumbawamba 3 3 4 11 YIELD EPIC NINE LIVES COLUMBIA BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY • TH EV ERVE 0 Freedom /Robert Miles Featuring 3 AM 20 CI 4 4 20 4 2 2 17 • MATCHBOX URBAN HYMNS VC/HUTNIRGIN Kathy Sledge YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU LAVA/ATLANTIC 7 7 12 CLU MSY • OUR LADYPEACE Be The Man /Celine Dion 4 3 26 MY OWN PRI SON • CREED 0 O 5 CLUMSY COLUMBIA MY OWN PRISON WIND-UP OAll Around The World /Oasis 6 5 5 16 HOW'S IT GOING TO BE • THIRD EY EB LIN D 5 31 TOUCH ,PEEL AND STAND • DAYSOF THENE W 6 6 THIRD EYE BLIND ELEKTRAIEEG Gettin Jiggy Wit It/ Will Smith DAYS OF THE NEW OUTPOST/GEFFEN BRICK • BEN FOLDSFIV E Back To You /Bryan Adams SEX AND CAN DY • MARCYPLAY GROU ND 7 6 6 14 CD 8 II 10 WHATEVER AND EVER AMEN 550 mum MARCY PLAYGROUND CAPITOL O Madazulu /Deep Forest MY HERO • FOO FIGHTERS 11 6 C I 7 8 11 TI ME OF YOUR LIFE (GOOD RIDDA NCE) • GREEN DAY (7) ii THE COLOUR AND THE SHAPE ROSWELUCAPITOL O All Night All Right /Peter Andre Featuring NIMROD REPRISE TOUC H, PEEL AND STAND • DAYSO FTHE NEW Coolio BLU EO N BLACK KENNY WAYN ES HEPH ERD BAND 9 8 9 22 DAYS OF THE NEW OUTPOST/GEFFEN 10 11 14 5 (3 Truthfully /Lisa Loeb TROUBLE IS... REVOLUTION MY OWN PRISON • CREED CI 13 12 13 Pink /Aerosmith 0 9 10 13 THE OAF (MY LUCK IS WASTED) • BI GWRECK MY OWN PRISON WIND-UP O IN LOVING MEMORY OF .. ATLANTIC O Feel So Good /Mase EVERYTHING TO EVERYONE • EVERCLEAR 10 10 24 SHELF IN THEROOM • DAYSO FTHE NEW 11 SO MUCH FOR THE AFTERGLOW CAPITOL (13 My Heart Will Go On /Celine Dion 12 13 8 C I DAYS OF THE NEW OUTPOST/GEFFEN DAMMIT (GROWING UP) • BLINK 182 118 Got It All Together /Workshy © 12 13 20 10 13 18 5 SUNSHOWER CHRI SCORN ELL DUDE RANCH CARGO/MCA GREAT EXPECTATIONS THE ALBUM ATLANTIC 93 The Tree Knows Everything ¡Adam F 3 20 8 19 AM • MATC HBOX WASH IT AWAY BLACKLA B 13 9 YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU LAVA/ATLANTIC Featuring Tracy Thorn 13 10 7 17 YOUR BODY ABOVE ME DGC/GEFFEN WASH IT AWAY BLACKLAB 93 Smack My Bitch Up /Prodigy ® 14 16 9 CLUMSY • OUR LADY PEACE YOUR BODY ABOVE ME DGC/GEFFEN 10 15 17 11 O rm A Tree /Imani Coppola CLUMSY COLUMBIA ALL AROUND THE WORLD • OASIS 16 21 5 SAINTO FME • TH ER OLL ING STONES CD BE HERE NOW EPIC O Rewind /London Electricity 17 21 7 C I BRIDGES TO BABYLON VIRGIN 63 A Song For Mama /Boys II Men * * *A IRPOWER* * * BACK ON EARTH • OZZY OS BOURNE Where Broken Hearted People Go! 16 14 9 17 O THE OZZMAN COMETH EPIC IWILL BUY YOU AN EW LIFE • EVER CLEAR 20 26 3 Brains Beat Beauty SHE SAID COLLE CTIVE SOUL ® SO MUCH FOR THE AFTERGLOW CAPITOL 17 16 18 8 "SCREAM 2" SOUNDTRACK DIMENSION/CAPITOL O Stepping Stones/ G. Love And Special 9 THE MUMMERS' DANCE • LOREENÁ MCKENNITT CD 18 18 • * * *A IRPOWER* * * THE BOOK OF SECRETS QUINLAN ROAD/WARNER BROS Sauce 63 IDo /Lisa Loeb MY HERO • FOO FIGHTERS * * *A IRPOWER* * * 21 22 4 C I THE COLOUR AND THE SHAPE ROSWELUCAPITOL KARMA POLICE RADIOHEA D Spam /Save Ferris CI) 21 24 15 THE GIRL ILOVE LED ZEPPELIN OK COMPUTER , CAPITOL 93 Still A Thrill /Sybil 19 18 12 15 BBC SESSIONS ATLANTIC BRIMFUL OF ASHA • CORNERSHOP O Given To Fly /Pearl Jam . 19 17 17 15 WHEN IWAS BORN FOR THE SEVENTH TIME LUAKA BOP/WARNER BROS. EV ER LONG • FOO FIGHTERS Spice Up Your Life /Spice Girls 20 20 19 27 THE COLOUR AND THE SHAPE ROSWELUCAPITOL WALKIN' ON THE SUN • SMASH MOUTH 20 15 14 32 CgII If You Love Me! THE MEMORY REMAINS • METALLI CA PUSH YU MANG INTERSCOPE 21 19 15 14 O IFeel Love /Soul II Sou RELOAD ELEKTRA/EEG SUNSHOWER • CHRIS CORNELL CI 24 29 4 GREAT EXPECTATIONS THE ALBUM ATLANTIC 93 Every Nation /Red Hot 9+13 All Stars 3 WALK AWAY • COO LFOR AU GUST ICI 24 34 GRAND WORLD WARNER BROS. BEAUTIFUL DISASTER • 31 1 O Let's Get Started /All Saints © 23 23 11 ALMOSTH ONEST • MEGADETH TRANSISTOR CAPRICORN/MERCURY 23 22 20 20 O Yozorano Mukou /Smap CRYPTIC WRITINGS CAPITOL TORN • NATALIE IMBRUGLI A 29 — 2 SU LLI VAN CARO LI NE'SS PINE 10 LEFT OF THE MIDDLE RCA Fantasy Island /M People 24 23 27 8 MONSOON HOLLYWOOD o 26 30 5 BRIAN WILSON • BARENAKED LAD IES O Sweet Sweet Surrender /Samantha Cole ROCK SPECTACLE REPRISE BITT ER SWEET SYMPHONY • TH EVERVE O lime To Say Goodbye Mon Te Partiro) / 28 36 3 C I URBAN HYMNS VC/HUTNIRGIN MOUTH • BUSH 19 15 18 Sarah Brightman 25 "AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS" SOUNDTRACK TRAUMMNTERSCOPE/HOLLYWCOD DAM MIT (GROWIN GUP) • BLI NK 182 CD 29 31 5 Sunchyme/ Dario G DUDE RANCH CARGO/MCA THE OAF (MY LUCK ISWAS TED) • BIG WR ECK 10 27 31 3 SLOW RIDE • KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAN D IN LOVING MEMORY OF... ATLANTIC O Wish ISang Like Manzi) Gaye /Newtone 27 26 29 22 TROUBLE IS... REVOLUTION SWEET SURRENDER • SARAH MCLACHLAN (i) She's A Good Girl /Sleeper 27 22 20 16 SURFACING ARISTA BOTHS IDES NOW SAMMY HAGAR 28 25 23 18 WHY CAN 'T WE BE FRIENDS • SMASH MOUTH O Roxanne '97 (Puff Daddy Remix)/ Sting & MARCHING TO MARS THE TRACK FACTORY/MCA ® 31 33 4 FUSH YU MANG INTERSCOPE The Police WALKI N' ONTHE SUN • SMASH MOUTH 29 27 28 24 DEADWE IG HT • BECK PUSH YU MANG INTERSCOPE 22 16 €21 Say What You Say ICade Coffey 29 25 "A LIFE LESS ORDINARY" SOUNDTRACK LONDON/ISLAND 2 IWILL BUY YOU ANEW LIFE • EVERCLEAR 9) Remember /Repercussions • 39 JA NE SAYS • JANE' SADDICTION C I SO MUCH FOR THE AFTERGLOW CAPITOL 30 30 28 11 KETTLE WHISTLE WARNER BROS. 93 Theme / BLACK SEVENDUST CD 32 30 7 TUBTHUMPING • CHUM BAWAM BA 93 Metal Blue America /Ken Ishii SEVENDUST TIT 32 27 23 31 TUBTHUMPER REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL €9) Tsuyoku Hakanai Monotachi /Cocco FORTY SIX & 2 TOO L 32 30 25 15 © 36 40 3 SU NDAY SHI NI NG • FINL EYQU AYE AENIMA FREEWORLD (fi) Ami Tsuite /Shikao Supa MAVERICK ASTRIKE 550 MUSIC YIELD 93 After 12, Before 6/ Sam Salter CD .1 IN HI DING PEARL JAM THE WAY FASTBALL NEW ' EPIC C1 NEW ' 1 ALL THE PAIN MONEY CAN BUY HOLLYWOOD 93 Flip The Switch /The Rolling Stones IAM AP IG TWO OPEN UP YOUR EYES • TONIC ® NEW 1 VOYEURS NOTHING/INTERSCOPE 33 34 20 €(1 INever Loved You Anyway/ Ol LEMON PARADE POLYDOR/A&M USE THE MAN MEGAD ET H Selections can be heard on (1) NEW ' 1 C) 35 36 5 GOODBYE SAVE FER RIS CRYPTIC WRITINGS CAPITOL IT MEANS EVERYTHING STARPOOUEPIC "Sapporo Beer Tokio dot 100"

TORN CREED GO ING OUT OF MY HEAD • FATBOY SLI M every Sunday 1PM-5 PM on ® NEW > I 36 34 32 6 MY OWN PRISON WIND-UP BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY ASTRALWERKS/CAROLINE AENEMA • TOOL J-WAVE/ 81.3 FM in TOKYO ® 36 39 20 ® 39 _ 2 COMIN' HOME • HUM AENIMA FREEWORLD DOWNWARD IS HEAVENWARD RCA WITHOUT EXPRESSION JOHN MEL LENCAM P WAIT HUFFAMOOSE 38 31 26 13 — 2 THE BEST THAT ICOULD DO 1978-1988 MERCURY C 1 40 WE'VE BEEN HAD AGAIN INTERSCOPE 39 35 33 13 MOUTH • BUS H ROYAL OIL • THE MIGHTY MI GHTY BOSSTONES 81.3F(11 J-UJAUE 11 « NAMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS" SOUNDTRACK TRAUMA/INTERSCOPE/HOLLYWOOD 39 28 25 LET'S FACE IT BIG RIG/MERCURY le,D NEW > 1 MY FATHER'SEYES ERIC CLAPTON HITCHIN' ARIDE • GREEN DAY Station information available at 40 38 35 24 PILGRIM REPRISE NIMROD REPRISE http://www.j-wave.co.jp Compiled from anational sample of airplay supplied by Broadcast Data Systems' Radio Track service. 108 Mainstream rock stations and 81 modern rock stations are electroorcally rrronrtored 24 Doors aday. 7days aweek. Songs ,flKOd 09 number or oetect,005 °Tracks showing an increase in detectIons over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. Airpower awarded to those records which attain 800 detections (Mainstream Rock) or 1,100 detections Modern Rock) for the first time. • VKlecclip availabildy 1998, Billboard/BPI Communications.

73 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 Radio PROGRAMMING

5 ARegular Club Gig On TV's 'Ally McBeal Sheetz Hangs The Helps Vonda Shepard's Career Take Off S EARCHING HER SOUL: By the er into her character. He wants to other better than we do. She can be shy, Competition Out To Dry age of 14, folk-rock singer/songwriter express her soul and conscience but she's good friend material." DICK SHEETZ HAS more than a erman. "We've got characters on the Vonda Shepard knew what she want- through my voice. David is abrilliant Shepard, born in New York and quarter century of radio experience show, but we try not to let them occu- ed to do with her life. man, I'll say that" Shepard's connection raised in Southern California, hit the under his belt. Most of that was spent py too much time, because we have "Be ascientist," she says. "I loved with Kelley traces back to her friend- performance road at an early age, when in the But he didn't Howard Stern and John Boy and Billy astronomy. It was aworld Icould have ship with actress Michelle Pfeiffer, her mother left the family and she and see alot of change until he came to [in the market]. We want to be music- lived in for the rest of my life." whom she met some 15 years ago. three sisters had to be raised by their Orlando, Fla., two years ago. intensive, but you need some enter- Given the fact, however, that the 34- "She had come to aclub where Iwas father. Sheets started out as PD of album tainment; these guys provide that" year-old has dedicated the last 20 years singing in Los Angeles. She was just "Writing was adeep, personal out- rock WDIZ in the winter of '96. At The other area of change came in to being astar instead of searching beginning to take off, so Ididn't really let," she says. "At the age of 14, Iwasn't that time, crosstown WHTQ was play- the music. WJRR initially became a them out, she concedes, "I guess I'll sing doing it because Iwanted to be astar. ing classic rock, while WJRR was clone of the old WDIZ, with a'70s-to- for now" It was arelease to sing what Ithought." modern. At WDIZ, Sheetz says, "it '90s music mix that didn't sit well with Which is not aflippant statement for She began playing clubs in Los was my feeling that the station was WJRR's previous listeners. "We an artist who has endured her share of Angeles and by 18 had gotten serious extremely unfamiliar noticed that we could struggles. After anumber of frustrat- about pursuing arecord deal. Shepard at that point in time. never grow 25-54, but ing false starts in the 1980s, Shepard formed bands here and there, then And that alot of the Billboard we had a constant almost threw in the towel. But with alit- finally made asolo demo tape and sent standard program- audience sitting there tle encouragement and along overdue AM it unsolicited to anumber of major ming things hadn't staring at us, 18-34, break, she now not only has aweekly labels. To her surprise, she got abite been applied. BROADCASTER wondering what the singing gig before millions of people but from Warner Bros. "I started making OFTHE WEEK hell we were doing," is part of the season's freshest new hit, At the age of 24, she was placed in the some changes musi- Sheetz says. "We did a "Ally McBeal," created, produced, and dregs of "artist development" for four cally. Iput on amorn- 700-song test and a written by David E. Kelley for Fox. by Chuck Taylor • years until other labels showed interest; ing team that was real full perceptual study Besides singing the theme song, then Warner signed her. And released music-intensive. In in August. And what "Searchire My Soul," Shepard appears know who she was," Shepard explains. nothing. four months, our num- we found was that we in nearly every episode as the band "One night after we'd gotten really In the meantime, she recorded aduet bers grew two full are an 18-34 station, singer at the cast's favorite after-work close, she and her husband [then "thir- with Dan Hill, "Can't We Try" which shares. And Ithink and that there was nightclub (referred to in the script as tysomething's" Peter Horton] invited became his second top 10 single and her that maybe [WJRR huge polarity between Regatta). me to dinner; Iknew they were actors, first hit. It peaked at No. 6on Bill- owner] Paxson saw the styles of music The songs that Shepard sings are so Iwas expecting to go to this starv- board's Hot 100 in 1987. that success and said, that we were attempt- directly tied to the melodramatic mis- ing actors' home. Iwalked in and said, "It was amagical feeling to hear my 'Hey, if you can't beat DICK SHEET/ ing to play and that we givings endured (or pursued) by lead 'Wait aminute. Did they come into an voice on the radio," Shepard says. "I had 'em, buy 'em.' They Program Director needed to get focused. character McBeal, played by Golden inheritance or something?" my record deal, but Ihad to make some were looking for We had to find the WJRR On ando, Fla. Globe-winning actress Calista Flock- Pfeiffer and Shepard remained tight money. This allowed me to tour for another property in songs that were the through the years, and, in time, Shep- months. Ireally thought my solo career this market anyway. least offensive to each ard met Pfeiffer's second husband was going to take off. Much to my dis- They came in. They other and make afor- (whom she married in 1993)—David may, it didn't." said, 'Hey, we're buying you. That's mat And that format ended up being Kelley. "He told me, 'I've been abig fan Finally, Warner Brod released asin- the way it is.'" an 18-34 '90s-based format with some of yours for years,' "says Shepard. gle for her composition "Don't Cry, Sheets had ahistory of new owners '80s sprinkled in. And the '80s songs Fast-forward to last year: Kelley Eileen," aimed at AC radio. Soon after coming in and bringing their own peo- that are in there are the ones that are (who had created "Chicago Hope" and its release, however, the label stopped ple. But when he met with Paxson nonpolarized." "Picket Fences") was developing his promoting it. "I wanted to release director of programming Alan Mason, Here's arecent sample hour on new show, and acall comes to Shepard. another single, the most commercial he was assured he was in with the new WJRR: , "Wicked "He was alittle nebulous. He said that song I've ever written. But they owner. "But he didn't tell me what he Garden"; Days Of The New, "Touch, he wanted me to be part of the music of changed their minds and released a had in store for me," Sheets says. "As Peel & Stand"; Metallica, "The Unfor- the show. 'She's alawyer, but she might more poppy song instead." It stiffed. it turned out, when Icame over for my given II"; Queensryche, "Silent Lucid- sing. Can you act?' he asked. Ihad no "I was pissed off, very disillusioned first meetings, Iwas told, 'We're ity"; Live, 'All Over You"; Pearl Jam, SHEPARD idea just how much of arole Iwas going by it all. Ithought when you got signed going to blow up 'DIZ, and we want "Given To Fly"; Tonic, "If You Could to have. Iwas just happy he was going to amajor label, it kept going and you you to program 'JRR. And we would Only See"; Offspring, "Gone Away"; hart. (The show also picked up that tro- to put acouple of songs in." then made another album." Four like you to make it what 'DIZ was." Feo Fighters, "My Hero"; Smashing phy for best comedy this year.) In a In fact, she had no idea how serious months later, the label dropped her. As it has been for many duopoly-era Pumpkins, "Disarm"; , sense, Shepard's music is the heart and Kelley was until she got acall from She then signed with Reprise, which PDs, programming his former com- "Another Brick In (Part II)"; soul of McBeal's emotions. wardrobe, asking her to come down to also failed to treat her as apriority act. petitor took some adjustment, he says. and Caroline's Spine, "Sullivan." "It's been agreat opportunity for me the studio for afitting. "They said, And then, "I couldn't get anything Then there was the issue of eliminating The 1998 WJRR is flying amazing- to use all sides of my voice, especially `We're going to get anice big closet of going. There were no Sarah McLach- the set of calls with the most rock her- ly well after one book. 'Any time you the soul side," she says. "Some of my clothes for you.'" lans then, no Sheryl Crows out there. itage in the market. The decision to do something like this, you know you're own sides are introspective and don't An average week for Shepard now No one wanted to know about afemale blow up WDIZ, rather than WJRR, was going to have washout from the base always show off my vocal capabilities. consists of heading into the studio every singer/songwriter in 1992." made by company CEO Bud Paxson. audience, and then you're going to This gives me an arena to go crazy" week or so with alist of songs Kelley After another year working small "I have ahuge amount of respect for rebuild," Sheetz says. "Well, we've Within the next couple months, fans has chosen to include in upcoming clubs, Shepard said she grew anxious Bud Paxson," Sheetz says. "But Iwill already rebuilt. We're back to the level of both Shepard and the show will have episodes. "He gives me notes about the about her career and contemplated say, as an outside observer, it comes that Ron and Ron were at when we the chance to relive their favorite musi- tempo, and Itake my band in, do four finding anew line of work. "But I down to pride of ownership ... He took them off." Even more telling is a cal moments from "Ally McBeal" with songs, and [produce and] mix them in couldn't even fathom doing anything owned 'JRR, and he didn't own 'DIZ. rise in 25-54 numbers. "The reason the release of asoundtrack in May. one 17- or 18-hour day. Ilove it, though else. It was all adead end. But from It's obvious that 'DIZ was the wrong they've gone up, in my mind, is because Shepard's camp is currently negotiat- it's really hard work," she says. that place, something sat one to blow up at this point in time, when people come to anew music radio ing the deal with anumber of labels, Then there's the time she spends on down at the one day, and Istart- because it had the heritage. It already station and they're 25-plus, they're not including Sony, Mercury, and Repub- the set, often acting as aliteral back- ed writing about that feeling, and from was what we are now" coming there to hear classic rock." lic/Universal. Word is expected any day. drop in the frequented club, singing the it, Iwrote my next album, 'Good Eve," Sheetz says he was prepared for Looking forward to the rest of '98, The album will feature songs sung by songs that match McBeal's weekly cri- .her third, available on Malibu, Calif.- rival WHTQ to benefit from WDIZ's Sheetz says, "We've got some more Shepard and used in the program, sis. Shepard says she has been made to based VesperAlley Records. departure. "But ... we worked with it, growing to do. But we haven't done a including her own compositions and any feel like an integral element in the cast's Shepard is now looking nowhere but and we've come to the point now where marketing campaign yet, because you number of remakes tailored to the mes- synergy forward. In addition to the soundtrack 'JRR is superseding WHTQ in alot of don't want to market the product until sage of aparticular episode. The first "There is an amazing connection project, she is working on her next demos and doing well." WJRR was up it's right So we're working on getting single, taken from Shepard's "The Rad- between us all and agreat respect. It album, which she hopes will be ready by 3.9-4.3 in the fall, putting the station the morning-show product right Along ical Light" (1992), is the full-length ver- feels like afamily" she says. "We all the summer. One single is already slat- back to its 12-plus level of ayear ago. about spring, we should be in good sion of the theme song, which heads to went to the Gidden Globes together in a ed: aduet with Emily Saliera, one-half The first step in that rebound was shape to throw up our billboards and do top 40 and AC radio sometime in April, limo, and we were all hugging and of Indigo Girls, with whom Shepard the departure of regional morning what we want to do with TV ... The depending on when a label deal is laughing. They include me like I'm one has toured. On Feb. 28, meanwhile, she hosts Ron Diaz and Ron Bennington [time spent listening] has already gone struck. A video for the track was shot of them, even though I'm not on camera premieres on PBS' Austin City Lim- after athree-year stint. On Sept 5, up big. Bee se of the change, the cume last November in New York. as much." its." they did their last show at WJRR. On is up. We've zeroed in to where we need "People now connect my voice with As to her relationship with show soul "It's so exciting. I'm happier than I've Sept. 8, Sheetz had their replace- to be. We're aimed at the right area. [McBeal], which is kind of fun. The mate Flockhart, Shepard says, "I love ever been," she says. "I feel like I'm ments on the air. Now we need to get the marketing out songs that David chooses describe pret- her; she's adorable. Ithink sometimes • finally reaping the rewards of my hard Sheetz paired afternoon host Crash there, increase audience size, and life ty clearly what she's feeling, sometimes we look at each other and giggle, work. It all leads to this point, and it all with Larry the Cable Guy and Dick- will be good. MARC SCHIFFMAN quite literally, so I'm allowed to - because we're supposed to know each makes sense now"

72 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 FEBRUARY 21, 1998 Radio Adult Contemporary PROGRAMMING ,2 () ciz TITLE ARTIST KKGO Finds Youth-Skewed 'Romantic' Hit ie _ie <-,,e Wo IMPRINT & NUMBER/PROMOTION LABEL * * * No. 1* ** Crossover Show Combines Readings With Classical 1 1 i ii MY HEART WILL GO ON • CELINE DION 550 MUSIC ALBUM CUT 4weeks at No. 1 • BY DOUG REECE and the subsequent music, reads an show and stickering the album with SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT • ELTON JOHN excerpt from alove letter written by notice of its relationship to the program, 2 2 2 25 ROCKET 568108/A&M LOS ANGELES—Fusing poetry with Claude Debussy, followed by the com- BMG will also support the artist during 3 3 3 18 AT THE BEGINNING • RICHARD MARX & DONNA LEWIS ATLANTIC 84037 . Prokofiev, love letters with Liszt, Mona poser's famed "Clair De Lune." atour this spring. IDON'T WANT TO WAIT • PAULA COLE Golabek's "The Romantic Hours" pro- The show has also revealed itself to The Hilton hotel chain, which spon- 4 4 6 21 IMAGO 17318/WARNER BROS. gram on classical outlet KKGO here be asignificant vehicle for drawing sors the program, has also offered its 5 5 4 19 THE GIFT JIM BRICKMAN FEAT. COLLIN RAYE &SUSAN ASHTON WINDHAM HILL ALBUM CUT was anear-instant hit during its three- audiences outside of the typical classi- support. In addition to placing copies of C I 11 14 6 TRULYCOLUMBIA MADLY 78723 DEEPLY • SAVAGE GARDEN month trial run last year. cal demographic. acassette sampler of the album in its "We all know there is aneed to pull rooms, the chain will offer weekend-get- HOW DO ILIVE • LEANN RIMES What's more, the show is about to 7 6 5 32 CURB 73022 take center stage during amassive push in young audiences to this music, which away packages as part of the label's 9 OH HOW THE YEARS GO BY retail and radio promotion. Cl;1 9 12 MERCURY ALBUM CUT VANESSA WILLIAMS that included the launch of "The Ro- has typically had an upscale, rarified audience," says Go- Roy Lindau, VP/GM of Concert Mu- LOVING YOU KENNY G mantic Hours" album on BMG Classics C I 8 10 13 ARISTA ALBUM CUT Feb. 10 and national syndication via the labek. "We got such sic Network, says he expects that the THE BEST OF LOVE • MICHAEL BOLTON Concert Music Network in March. a wonderful re- show will not only break down the 10 7 7 17 COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT For Golabek, who has long held a sponse from young- stereotypes surrounding classical mu- AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME CD 14 20 5 JIVE ALBUM CUT • BACKSTREET BOYS "secret fantasy" to host anighttime er people when the sic programming but will finally bring QUIT PLAYING GAMES (WITH MY HEART) • BACKSTREET BOYS radio show during her career as acon- show started, it was to the format aprofile-raising national 12 10 8 30 JIVE 42453 cert pianist—but who hardly has the obvious we had personality. SO HELP ME GIRL • GARY BARLOW 13 13 11 22 ARISTA 13428 sort of established name that normally touched anerve." "Classical music radio needs more PROMISE AIN'T ENOUGH • DARYL HALL JOHN OATES accompanies such high-fanfare pro- The show is in national personalities," Lindau says. 14 12 9 25 PUSH ALBUM CUT jects—these are good times. GOLABEK part an effort to "The trend in other formats toward (D 15 15 10 BACK TO YOU • BRYAN ADAMS A&M ALBUM CUT The program's unique formula of compensate for a [syndicated host] programming has segueing into each musical piece with lack of lyrical context and introduce lis- proven very marketable with listeners ** * AIRPOWER* ** teners to classical artists in avery per- and advertisers, and we want to make GIVE ME FOREVER (I DO) JOHN TESH FEAT. JAMES INGRAM brief, romantic excerpts from various 4 C I19 23 GTSP ALBUM CUT/MERCURY poems and love letters gets credit from sonal and non-threatening manner, she it work in classical." TAKES A LITTLE TIME • AMY GRANT Golabek, programmers, and label exec- says. While it is still unknown how many 17 16 16 28 A&M ALBUM CUT utives credit for all the attention. This audience-widening aspect of the of Concert Music Network's 30 affiliates HEY GIRL • BILLY JOEL will pick up the program, KKGO began 18 18 17 16 COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT "I was voraciously obsessed with the show also plays into BMG's tie-in. LIGHT IN YOUR EYES BLESSID UNION OF SOULS love lives of various composers, and David Kuehn, VP of A&R and mar- airing the one-hour show, appropriate- (i) 20 22 11 CAPITOL 58670 when Iused to tow; Ifound that if Ihad keting for BMG, says the label expects ly enough, Feb. 14. HOW COULD AN ANGEL BREAK MY HEART • TONI BRAXTON WITH KENNY G Though "The Romantic Hours" 20 17 13 15 LAFACE ALBUM CUT/ARISTA astory to tell, the audience was much to break the artist outside of tradition- more primed to hear their work," says al classical audiences. In fact, he says, proved to be ahuge draw during atrial — 2 iliftprESCÎJMI CUT • FLEETWOOD MAC C I23 Golabek. the album could be the label's most pop- run last year, KKGO PD Blanton Al- 2 ;12R1L'FFtri5S62T 5-2LTHE ONE • SHANIA TWAIN spaugh says that fme-tuning during its () 26 — "The Romantic Hours" album typi- ular title in '98. interim month, which includes shorten- 2 BECOME 1 • SPICE GIRLS fies what an average hour of the pro- "This is much more lifestyle-orient- 23 22 21 25 VIRGIN 38604 gram sounds like, with Golabek reading ed than classical," says Kuehn. "We're ing Golabek's spoken-word segments, TELL HIM • BARBRA STREISAND -CELINE DION 24 21 18 18 from the Bible's sensuous "Song Of looking at it for amainstream audience, has made the show even stronger. 550 MUSIC/EPIC ALBUM CUT/COLUMBIA However, Golabek says, the program I DO • LISA LOEB Solomon." The poem then fades into because really this is the perfect way to 25 27 5 25 GEFFEN 19416 Jacques Ibert's "Rome-Palermo." introduce people to classical in avery is still taking shape. She is considering On another track, Golabek, who also easy-to-listen-to way. It's not intended adding humorous love stories, as well as tries to maintain athread of common- for the core classical audiences." experimental new music, to the "Ro- Adult Top 40 ality between her interlude readings In addition to radio spots around the mantic Hours" mix. ***No. 1* ** 3 AM • MATCHBOX 20 (D 1 2 16 LAVA ALBUM CUT/ATLANTIC 2weeks at Na 1 AN EAGER BONADUCE HITS NEW YORK WALKIN' ON THE SUN • SMASH MOUTH (Continued from page 69) 2 2 1 24 INTERSCOPE ALBUM CUT MY5 HEART WILL GO ON • CELINE DION Also to his advantage is that his is a circuit in the '80s as the embodiment of about working not only afternoons at cp 5 8 6 50 MUSIC ALBUM CUT friendly show—little attitude, no insults achild star gone bad, thanks to his well- WLUP but also as morning-show host CD 6 7 13 TRULY MADLY DEEPLY • SAVAGE GARDEN COLUMBIA 78723 tossed out to callers—more like apart- publicized run-in with atransvestite at the company's AC WKQI. The dou- IDO • LISA LOEB nership between the morning team and prostitute and other sensationalistic ble-duty gig worked—in fact, his 5 3 4 16 GEFFEN 19416 its hot AC audience, he says. distractions. Aside from aseason as arrival in the Motor City was the lead 0 9 12 10 THEQUINLAN MUMMERS' ROAD ALBUM CUT/WARNERDANCE BROS. • LOREENA MCKENNITT "It's friendly because I'm really host of the syndicated talk show story on the local TV news, over a IDON'T WANT TO WAIT • PAULA COLE happy to be here. With Howard Stern— "Danny!," his career then ran dry. General Motors strike. 7 7 6 31 IMAGO 17318/WARNER BROS. and God bless him, there's no way not "A lot of people ask why Igot out of Within ayear, Bonaduce was doing TUBTHUMPING • CHUMBAWAMBA television. Ididn't get out—I couldn't so well in Detroit, with acume of 8 4 3 20 REPUBLIC 56l46/UNIVERSAL to say he's the king—he is so bitter. FLY • SUGAR RAY What makes him that way? He's got the get ajob," he says. more than 650,000 12-plus, that he 9 8 5 27 LAVA ALBUM CUT/ATLANTIC best job, agreat wife, lots of money. Just That is, until he got an offer to was moved to Detroit full time. ALL FOR YOU • SISTER HAZEL work on-air at WEGX Philadelphia, With the station now folded into 10 10 9 43 UNIVERSAL 56135 settle down. If someone is listening to his foray into radio. "It was by neces- Chancellor's 99-station empire, the IF YOU COULD ONLY SEE • TONIC me, Idon't want to be mean to them. I 11 11 11 34 POLYDOR ALBUM CUT/A&M respect the listeners." sity and by accident," he admits. move to New York serves as high From there, he moved on to KKFR praise for the personality, who now C I 13 14 15 KISSUNIVERSAL THE 56140 RAIN • BILLIE MYERS It's atemperament that likely is stoked by the fact that throughout his Phoenix (where he met and married says he's committed to broadcasting ARISTA 13453 • SARAH MCLACHLAN 19 12 10 14 SWEET SURRENDER entire life, Bonaduce has been aiming to his wife, Gretchen, who now appears for good. frequently on-air), then returned to "There was one day that proved to HOW'S64130/EEGIT GOING TO BE • THIRD EYE BLIND get affectionate notice from one brand 14 15 15 ELEKTRA JO of audience or another. WEGX in 1991 as sidekick for the me I'd be doing radio for the rest of TIME OF YOUR LIFE (GOOD RIDDANCE) CD 16 16 9 REPRISE ALBUM CUT • GREEN DAY His introduction to show business, of morning show. my life," Bonaduce recalls. "Disney SEMI-CHARMED LIFE • THIRD EYE BLIND He was next lured to Chicago by tried very hard to get me to quit radio 16 15 13 42 course, came via his ubiquitous role as ELEKTRA 64173/EEG Danny Partridge on the revered '70s Larry Wert, then GM of WLUP (the to do a talk show. I told them 10 19 24 8 BRICK550 MUSIC ALBUM CUT • BEN FOLDS FIVE TV show "The Partridge Family," some- Loop)—now president/GM of Chica- absolutely not. It proved to me it was- BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY • THE VERVE thing he still cautiously embraces 25 go NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV—who, n't about a paycheck anymore, (11) 23 28 9 VC/HUT ALBUM CUTNIRGIN years later. ironically, had been impressed by his because the TV check was alot big- PUSH • MATCHBOX 20 ger." 19 18 18 33 LAVA ALBUM CUT/ATLANTIC "Outside, it probably gets mentioned quick wit on one of those '80s talk ONE HEADLIGHT • THE WALLFLOWERS several times aday, but in the radio in- shows. Bonaduce worked the Bonaduce admits that he still has 20 20 20 53 INTERSCOPE ALBUM CUT dustry, it comes up only acouple times overnight shift there and eventually his eye on TV for the future. He 32 FLAVORS • ALANA DAVIS already has agame show in develop- 21 17 19 13 aweek," he says. "Industry insiders conquered afternoon kive. ELEKTRA 64129/EEG ment, along with voice-overs on acou- WHAT WOULD HAPPEN • MEREDITH BROOKS know that I'm abroadcaster now, not "I worked there with great joy. CI 22 25 10 CAPITOL ALBUM CUT some freak show from 'The Partridge Larry Wert took abig chance on me, ple of upcoming VH1 documentaries. SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT • ELTON JOHN from being the sidekick of amorning In addition, he's narrated two 23 21 17 22 ROCKET 568108/A&M Family' I'm not going to deny it, but I don't want to do it in excess either. I zoo type of show to the host of an episodes of A&E's popular "Biogra- ** * A IRPOWER* ** never want to think it's something I overnight talk show," Bonaduce says. phy" 35 _ 2 TORN • NATALIE IMBRUGLIA "They didn't come in and run ratings But, he stresses, none of this will (24) RCA ALBUM CUT have to do instead of something Iwant happen without radio alongside. "In a SURROUNDED • CHANTAL KREVIAZUK to do." .down my throat. They let me grow on 24 21 17 25 COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT The rest of Bonaduce's pre-radio my own." year, Ihope to be sitting right here," Compiled tom a national sample nI airplay su Ys In late 1996, he approached then he says. "I just bought ahouse Ican't stations are electronically monitored 24 hours aday, 7days aweek. Songs ranked by number of detections. (J Tracks showing an increase in detections over career was abit more infamous, as he the previous week, regardless of hart movement. Airpower awarded to songs which attain 400 adult contemporary detections on 700 adult top 40 detections Evergreen COO Jimmy de Castro afford. Ibetter be sitting here." for the first time. c1998, Billboard/BPI Communications. worked his way through the talk-show 71 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 Radio PROGRAMMING

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Cops! Don lmus of the syndicated "Imus In The Morn- WZEW triple-A .5 .4 1.3 1.7 3.4 WBBW sports 1.1 - - 1.0 WYBB cis rock 3.5 3.0 7.2 3.9 2.5 ing," right, attempts to look cozy alongside agent Rock Newman, left, WMXC AC 4.5 5.1 4.3 4.6 3.1 WIM( oldies .9 - .7 - 1.0 WNST AC 1.4 1.7 2.6 2.8 1.8 and Joel Hollander, VP/GM of WFAN New York. The three were attending Hollan- WWRO cls rock 3.8 3.6 4.1 3.1 3.0 WM11 oldies .4 - .4 1.0 WTUA religious 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.8 WDWG country 3.5 2.9 2.9 3.6 2.7 WNIR N/T .4 - .4 - 1.0 der's Achievement in Radio award ceremony, sponsored by the UJA-Federation. WWBZ/WHBZ RH oldies 1.1 2.3 1.3 2.0 1.7

70 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 se RADIO• PROMOTIONS• NETWORKS •SYNDICATIONmmi •AIRWAVES• MUSIC VIDEO•VIDEO MONITOR An Eager Bonaduce Hits New York Jock Arrives In Town On Chancellor's WBIX

MI BY CHUCK TAYLOR the world, and I'm not there yet. But I'll try real hard, and Ithink Ican do it. I've NEW YORK—When new WBIX (Big already done the hardest part—I got to 105 FM) New York morning host Danny New York." Bonaduce got to town in mid-January, And what about the fear? "Every- he was so eager to get the show on the body kept wanting me to be scared be- road that he jumped his start date by a fore I got here," Bonaduce says. good two weeks, launching Feb. 2. "They'd say, 'I know you're nervous,' Since that time, with equal parts con- and I'd say, 'No, I'm'not.' I'd been to fidence and fear, the 38-year-old jock, this city 50 times before—I'd fly in, do who was promoted by the Chancellor aTV show, go to my favorite bar [the Station Affair. WBMX (Mix 98.5) Boston recently held the inevitable Monica mega-machine from Duplex, acabaret bar in the West Vil- Lewinsky look-alike contest, in honor of first lady 's recent is to mornings at WKQI lage]—so Ifelt OK. Beantown. Contestants were judged on resemblance and creativity of outfit The (Q95-5) Detroit, has "But once here, Irealized it really is BONADUCE best look-alike, Cheryl Moisan, won $1,000. Above, a contestait is compared already begun stir- adifferent kind of city. Every day, Igo, with the real thing; below, asuspiciously familiar panel of judges. ring the melting pot 'Is this bit too unsophisticated for New to hit the mike ahead of schedule left of New York's five Yorkers?' I'm very comfortable with the show without aproducer or àdeldck, boroughs. bright people [Bonaduce's IQ was in the or news, traffic, and weather folk. So far, "I feel nation's top 1% as akid], but in my head, Among the station's first moves to pretty damn good," he says in his everyone is really smart, makes aton of hype the new morning show, in fact, was trademark nail-and-razor-blade money, dresses really well, and goes to host auditions for some of the posi- voice. "Not good enough to be cocky but down the street tions—no radio experi- confident enough that I'm not going in alimo. Idon't ence necessarily to get fired." want them to required—at Caro- Frenetic and perfectionistic in be- look down at me line's Comedy Club, tween his on-air bits, Bonaduce is pain- or be bored." where the show fully aware that the audience here is Even so, in broadcast live Feb. like none other in the country. He real- conversations 11. Bonaduce insists izes he has something to prove. with listeners, that contracts would "I know I'm not one of the big ones in Bonaduce ad- come out of the spec- radio yet," he says. "New York is the mits, he is tacle, adding that the undisputed heavyweight champion of already catch- chance to handpick ing apositive his staff is quite a vibe. "It seems plus. in a lot of "When Iwas in Christian Broadcasters Call For Unity towns, you Detroit, it was really have to pretend like you're spooky at first. They from there to fit in—to know on your had hired the entire cast of players Contacts, Communication Focus Of NRB Convention first day all the intersections and the without me ever meeting them," he • BY DEBORAH EVANS PRICE radio and Christian record companies. Panelists cited other situations in sports teams. People in New York don't says. "I walked into the radio show with Panelists fielded questions on avariety which working with mainstream com- seem to care where you're from; they an empty host's chair. It worked out, but WASHINGTON, D.C.—Strengthening of topics, including how stations could panies provided opportunities for Chris- just care if you can do the job. at first, it was very hard to jibe. No one partnerships was arecurring theme at get better service from labels and how tian radio. "A lot of cities like to say they're the knew anybody, and everyone had dif- sessions aimed at Christian radio dur- they could work with promoters when For example, Pederson cited acon- best in the world, but New York seems ferent agendas." ing the 55th annual National Religious artists are in town for concerts. cert sponsored by the Target chain in to believe it. People know you're here On his side, Bonaduce knows radio. Broadcasters (NRB) Convention, held The hottest subject broached during which aChristian air personality intro- because you want to be, and you believe Frequently casting an on-the-spot intel- Jan. 31-Feb. 3at the Sheraton Wash- the session was the question of whether duced the show. that, too," he says. lectual spin, he is keenly aware of what ington March 14-17. mainstream ownership of Christian Attendees also expressed interest in One thing that's making Bonaduce's bits might work, things he should and The convention, which drew 4,650 labels was diluting the message in receiving more information on Christ- new gig more of achallenge than its shouldn't say (and who should), and how attendees, is ever-increasing in breadth. Christian music. Though that issue ian artists to share with listeners, espe- sheer newness is the fact that he's fly- to interact with listeners. According to the NRB, 1,240 stations might seem passé to the Nashville rec- cially on artists whose personal prob- ing solo at the moment. His insistence (Continued on page 71) identified themselves as full-time reli- ord community, most of whom have lems have jeopardized their Christian gious in 1997, a30% increase since 198'7. been operating under mainstream own- music careers. Stations were urged to Of those stations, 66% are commercial. ership for afew years, it was aprime develop adialogue with label reps and This year's theme at NRB was source of concern to radio personnel. to read Christian music publications. "Declaring Christ," and the convention One attendee told of an independent "We have tried to deal with these covered avariety of topics. Sessions artist who said he turned down amajor- issues head on and give our readers newslinew ranged from noncommercial "boot label deal because he was asked to make information they need," said Styli. camps" to seminars on the Federal his music less overtly religious. In aforum later that day called "Why DAB STILL AT STANDSTILL IN U.S. In the ever-stagnant quest for digital audio Communications Commission, focus Breeden and Styli said they haven't Is Working In This Industry No Longer broadcasting (DAB) in the U.S., the Consumer Electronics Manufacturers groups, and utilizing the Internet. seen the content of Christie music Fun ... Or Is It Just Me?" station per- Assn. has examined nine proposed technologies and concluded that the only One of the best-attended sessions change under mainstream ownership. sonnel held an open dialogue. one viable as an advanced radio system here is Eureka-147, the European- was titled "Why Can't We All Work "It would be ludicrous to think acom- Among the list of concerns was developed technology that U.S. proponents have consistently shunned. Around Together?" The panel was moderated pany that has paid $100 million for a strengthening relationships with the rest of the world, DAB is already in active testing—utilizing Eureka-147. by Wayne Pederson, executive VP at Christian would want it to churches, local nonprofit organizations, Northwestern College Radio, and fea- stop making Christian music," Breeden and others in their communities. "Our WORLD RADIO DEBUTS. Beginning in June, World Radio, anew public radio tured Frank Breeden, president of the said. "[Executives at. these labels are station tries very hard to be part of the network, will launch service over satellite from WRVG Georgetown College Gospel Music Assn.; John Styli, presi- saying], 'I bought you because Ibelieve community," says Steve Cross, VP/GM Public Radio in Georgetown, Ky. The entity will offer more than 100 hours of dent/publisher of CCM Communica- in what you're doing and want you to at WABS Arlington, Va. He said his sta- music, news, and information programming aweek, targeted to profession- tions; Wendell Gafford, PD at KBHL keep doing it.' Just like it would be ludi- tion has aperson on staff whose sole als age 25-54. Osakis, Minn.; and Anita Lustrea, crous to pe $100 million for abluegrass responsibility is to work with local music director for Chicago-based label, then try to turn it into arap label. churches. FRIENDLY SKIES. Beginning in March, WHTZ (Z100) New York night-shifter Moody Broadcasting Network. We are what we are. They have bought Next year's NRB Convention will be Kid Kelly's longtime syndicated "Backtrax USA" will be heard on all United The discussion focused on strength- into the fact that this is an important held Jan. 30-Feb. 2in Nashville at the Airlines flights. ening relationships between Christian commodity in our culture." Opryland Hotel.

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disgruntled Mother Gooseberg, who the script. As in the best of "Flint- ENTER*ACTIVE AUDIO BOOKS decides to relinquish her kingdom of stones" fodder, Fred's in the hot seat. BY DOUG REECE BY TRUDI MILLER ROSENBLUM GENF e\L. contrary little girls and broken eggs This time he's trying to not ruin his after she is inundated with complaints daughter's big day, but he's finding www.luakabop.com THE STREET LAWYER from her once-loyal subjects. Jack and himself in trouble— Luaka Bop Records By John Grisham IM IDIA Jill are whining about high medical bills and in debt. The story is classic "Flint- With the bandages coming off after some Read by Michael Beck EDITED BY EILEEN FITZPATRICK incurred due to constant tumbling; the stones" kitsch, and it's loads more fun extensive cosmetic surgery, the Luaka Bop ODD Audio

Crooked Man is worried that his name than the live-action Rosie O'Donnell/ site is looking sharp and ready for its 6 hours (abridged), $27.95 HOME VIDEO is giving him abad rep; Humpty Dump- John Goodman film. In April, Warner close-up. Finally, the artistic vision seen in ISBN 0-553-479mo BY CATHERINE APPLEFELD OLSON ty wants to change his name; etc. True will release four additional "Flint- the label's eclectic roster, ranging from the To call Grisham's latest novel "a suspense- to its classic roots, the entire script is stones" tapes containing two classic techno-Indian pop of Cornershop to the ful legal thriller with asocial conscience" weirdo-cool rock of Luaka founder David STRICTLY SPEAKING set to rhyme and infused with atoe-tap- episodes each, at asuggested price of may sound like acontradiction, but that Byrne, is carried over to the Internet. The West Mann Communications pin' beat. "Mother Goose" also features $12.95. description fits it exactly. Within this excit- content is quite ordinary, with the excep- 45 minutes, $14.95 the voices of Denzel Washington, ing, fast-paced tale is athoughtful treatise LESLIE NIELSEN'S STUPID LITTLE GOLF VIDEO tion of some great artist mixes, but the lay- Kudos to the creators of this unusual Jimmy Smits, and Salt 'N Pepa. HBO is on homelessness and the sad fact that %Minstar Home Entertainment out and design make this site acharmer. documentary, which manages to present releasing three other entries in the many, including the well-to-do, manage to 50 minutes, $19.98 as acompelling subject series—"," "The Golden ignore the desperate poverty in our midst. Here's avideo that really can be judged HIPHOPSITE.COM without being offensive and educational Goose," and "The Pied Piper," which The book also examines the philosophical by its cover. While Nielsen's previous www.hiphopsite.com without trying to conform. The S&M each boast celebrity participation. question of alife well-lived: Is success "Bad Golf Made Easier" and "Bad Golf The hip-hop genre has been stuck while community couldn't have asked for a measured in material worth, in personal My Way" provided some chuckles, this others have raced ahead to create asolid better spokeswoman than the delightful IYABBA DABBA DO! contentment and job satisfaction, or in third retread is just plain superfluous, presence on the World Wide Web. Howev- Mistress Karen, a20-something domina- Warner Home Video one's contribution to society? And amaz- 90 minutes, $14.95 even for the most self-degrading of er, the genre has finally taken agiant step trix who looks like the girl next door. ingly, it does so in the context of an utterly "Flintstones" fans old and new will golfers. Nielsen returns to the green to with the establishment of this site, which She hosts this journey into the world of riveting, can't-put-it-down nail-biter. Attor- delight in this full-length roller coaster discuss and dissect his favorite topic of is by far the most all-encompassing gener- whips, chains, and leather with the ney Michael Brock makes $100,000 annual- of Stone Age antics. The plot of this lat- late—how to at least look good while al hip-hop site created to date. As close to charisma and poise of aTV news anchor. ly at the Washington, D.C., law firm of est Warner feature, which first aired on playing bad golf. Under the watchful adefinitive genre site as one could hope While it leaves few stones unturned in & Sweeney, with an eye on an even- ABC in 1993, revolves around the gaze of agaggle of onlookers and afam- for, HipHopSite.Com incorporates all the the areas of , "hardware," cyber tual partnership that will earn him more impending nuptials of the grown-up ily of sneering deer, he delves into such Web site standards, such as mailing lists, S&M, fashion, and just about every than $1 million per year. Sure, he works 80 Pebbles and Bamm Bamm. (Viewers tidbits as proper golf-course attire, album reviews, and more links than you'll other aspect of this subculture's hours aweek, has no time for apersonal will note that in afeat that could be golf-cart etiquette, and the various ever need, with afresh, innovative flavor. lifestyle, the cleverly filmed tape is life, and rarely sees his wife, with the achieved only in the wonderful world of facial expressions that best complement The inclusion of DJ playlists, culled from about as disturbing as aPG movie. A result that his marriage is crumbling—but animation, the kids have matured, but each swing. In one ridiculous segment, radio stations across the nation, along soundtrack by hardcore Arthouse he's shooting up the ladder of success, and their parents look exactly the same as he demonstrates aseries of strokes by with an online store that peddles mix Records acts Replikator, Burning Truck that's all that matters to him. Brock's out- when they made their way into living hitting, in succession, abaked potato, a tapes, vinyl, and CDs, is anice touch. and Prime Mover provides asubtle look changes when ahomeless man bursts rooms nearly 40 years ago!) This mari- Swedish meatball, adumpling, and a Unsigned artists can even submit demos background for the primarily grainy into the firm and takes him and other tal theme has been touched upon in fried egg around the fairway. He does to the site, which are subsequently black-and-white footage and interview attorneys hostage. He doesn't want to kill many aclassic "Flintstones" program, score points with some jokes, but the uploaded in RealAudio. Except for its segments. Contact: 213-651-3500. them; he just wants them to acknowledge but this time it's infused with loads of concept as'a whole is getting tired. cumbersome and sometimes buggy frame that with all their big bucks, they don't current sociopolitical humor for those Maybe it's time for Nielsen to find a layouts, HipHopSite.Com is awinner. ERIC CLAPTON: LIVE IN PARK give adime to the poor. The gunman is who choose to read alittle more into new hobby. Warner Reprise Video killed by police, but Brock can't get the 90 minutes, $19.98 event out of his mind. He begins to explore Eric Clapton was right at home during the problem of homelessness and leaves his performance at the free mega-con- the firm to work as alegal aid lawyer, help- cert in the summer of 1996 in London's ing the indigent. But the story doesn't end Hyde Park. This commemorative video ON *STAGE there. Curious about astrange statement makes anice collector's item both for the gunman made, Brock does some inves- the 150,000 fans who were present and tigating and discovers that Drake & those who couldn't attend. Clapton's Sweeney had committed covert, illegal acts BLUES BROTHERS 2000 Morton) is head of the state police. office chairs and dance on their desks portion of the concert—which also fea- that directly harmed the homeless. Armed Directed by like Broadway hoofers performing on tured performances by Bob Dylan, the Elwood needs $5,000 to buy a new with astolen file, he sets out to uncover Who, Alanis Morissette, and other Produced by John Landis, Dan Aykroyd, and Leslie Bluesmobile and decides to visit opening night. Belzberg the truth and punish the firm with ahighly notables—pays tribute to the glory Cabel, whom he regards as his semi- Floyd, also returning from the Written by John Landis and Dan Aykroyd publicized lawsuit, but at the same time, R&B days with loose-enough-to-get- half brother, and ask for the money. original, and Wilson are joined by the firm is out to bring him down with lost-in renditions of many of his classic Starring Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, J. Evan Bonifant, and Joe Morgan Buster lifts his wallet, they buy Lang, who wails away on guitar and criminal charges and disbarment for steal- tunes and several rollicking covers of , in wide release Feb.6 the car, Cabel puts out awarrant for sings with an inviting gravel-filled ing the file. The question of which side will songs by Elmo James and B.B. King. In the 18 years since "The Blues Elwood's arrest, and the first of voice. It's an exciting performance destroy the other first becomes atense Clapton's new studio album is due in chess game. Michael Beck does amar- Brothers" first appeared on the big many hot pursuits and car crashes is that prompts cheers and applause March; it should further fuel this velous job as reader, portraying Brock's screen, much has changed, but in this under way. from the audience. video's fires at retail. growing social awareness and personal sequel, much remains the same. The film shifts into high gear when Once the band members, who all PAUL McCARTNEY AND CARL PERKINS: MY feelings as well as bringing the other char- The exception, of course, is the Elwood gathers his old bandmates return for this encore, are assem- OLD FRIEND acters to life with avariety of authentic absence of the late John Belushi, the just like in the original. bled, Elwood, plus new additions Miramar Entertainment voices, from ahomeless female drug addict 45 minutes, $19.95 addition of John Goodman, and a But this time, viewers are treated Buster and Mighty Mack (Goodman), to aSpanish-speaking secretary to a The title of this made-for-TV special is gigantic list of all-star musicians that to more all-star cameos and some hits the road to play in a battle-of- Boston attorney. This title is also available taken from alittle ditty Perkins shines through the demolition-derby excellent production numbers that the-bands contest in New Orleans in an unabridged version read by Frank Muller. whipped up for McCartney in 1993 atmosphere. have been jacked up a few notches run by Queen Moussette (Erykah after he spent aweek with the former Just like the original, the film (see story, page 46). Badu). THE DADDY CLOCK Beatle and his family in the West opens outside a prison, but this time Aretha Franklin, who reprises her Along the way, the band is pursued By Judy Markey Indies. Perkins' recent death renders Elwood (Aykroyd) is being released role, belts out a souped-up version of by Cabel and approximately 500 cops. Read by David Collacci and Susan Encksen the song—and the sentiment behind Nova it—even more heartfelt, and it ratchets after serving time for a string of "Respect" in a Mercedes-Benz show- But at a lively rival meeting with 3 hours (abridged), $17.95 felonies committed in the first movie. room, but the number is outdone by on the pulpit, Cabel is up the collectibility factor of this tape. ISBN 1-56100-991-1 Sadly, he waits and .waits for his Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett, and "converted" to the blues and joins the The video finds McCartney—who's In this quirky, amusing romantic comedy, heavily into tributes these days, having brother Jake (Belushi's character) to teen blues sensation Jonny Lang, band. the male and female protagonists take recently hosted "The Real Buddy Holly pick him up in the Bluesmobile. who give new meaning to the Pickett Once in New Orleans, the Blues turns telling their sides of the story with Story"—chewing the fat with Perkins Finally the warden (, who tune "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)." Brothers Band is out-souled by the alternating chapters. Fittingly, there are backstage before McCartney's concert played the prison clerk in the origi- The number takes place at Ed's Gator Boys. two narrators, one male and one female, several years back in Perkins' home nal) comes out and tells him that his Love Exchange, a warehouse filled The reason is obvious, as the Gator who take on the roles. Charlie is a44- state of Tennessee. Although their con- brother is dead. with middle-aged phone-sex opera- Boys are a who's who of legendary year-old sportswriter who longs to be a versation is clearly somewhat staged, father but doesn't even have aromantic Crushed but of course deter- tors. The operators spin around on musicians who are normally assem- McCartney makes for adeferential relationship. Lacy, asingle mom of acol- mined "to get the band back togeth- bled for a final jam session on aVH1 interviewer, while Perkins is agracious lege-bound daughter, is awoman in his special. subject. Their dialogue waxes almost er," he begins to assemble the band office. Lacy has no desire for another maudlin on Perkins' rise to fame at Sun and makes some familiar stops along Members include B.B. King, Bo baby, so she rules out any romantic pos- Studios and the influence his music had the way. Diddley, Eric Clapton, Clarence sibility between them, but they become not only on but on awhole First up is the orphanage, where Clemons, Billy Preston, good friends, and she tries to help him emerging class of rock'n'rollers. Sister Mary Stigmata (Kathleen Washington Jr., Lou Rawls, Travis achieve his goal. Lacy provides asympa- MOTHER GOOSE: A RAPPIN' AND A RHYMIN' Freeman) has been promoted to Tritt, Jimmie Vaughan, Isaac Hayes, thetic ear and helps him write personal FAIRY TALE Mother and asks Elwood to mentor a and . ads. But none of the women he meets seem as intelligent, kind, and in sync HBO Kids Video young ruffian named Buster. She also The final performances of "How with Charlie as Lacy. When Lacy acci- 35 minutes, $9.95 delivers the sad news that his semi- Blue Can You Get" and "New This animated, hip-hoppin' nursery dentally gets pregnant, the plot thickens, adopted father and the orphanage's Orleans," and "Checkin' Up On My and tough choices must be made. It all rhyme makeover—one of HBO's "Hap- "Blues Brothers 2000" features janitor (played in the original by Cal- Baby" with the Blues Brothers Band, works out happily, of course. It's alight- pily Ever After" series—is pure delight 16-year-old blues artist Jonny Lang, from start to finish. Whoopi Goldberg loway) has died, but that his illegiti- are the film's finest moments. hearted listen, and the readers sound left, and Dan Aykroyd. adopts the voice and character of the mate son, Cabel Chamberlain (Joe EILEEN FITZPATRICK like they're having fun with their parts.

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Well, the wave of toothy potential teen yourself inspired to dive headfirst into LEE ROY PARNELL All That Matters Anymore idols continues with the onset of Code "Everlasting Love." (3:39) AC Red, awildly videogenic quartet valiantly PRODUCERS: Lee Roy Parnell, the Hot Links Already Home (3:42) striving to build abridge between the KIMBERLY SCOTT Don't Leave Me Alone WRITERS: L.R. Parnell, G. Nicholson PRODUCERS: John Leventhal, Marc Cohn (3:58) light funk of the Backstreet Boys and the PUBLISHERS: Songs of PolyGram International/Lee Roy WRITERS: M. Cohn, J. Leventhal PRODUCERS: SoulShock, Karlin harmonic romance of Boyz II Men. "This Parnell, BMI; Gary Nicholson, ASCAP PUBLISHERS: Museum Steps/Lev-A-Tunes, ASCAP SEIDITEC)\GIS BY LARRY FLICK Is Our Song" is asimplistic as it gets, WRITER: not listed Arista 3098 (c/o EIMG) (CD promo) Atlantic 8419 (cassette single) which would almost seem to guarantee at PUBLISHER: not listed •Equal parts poignant poet and road- It has been far too long since Cohn, the REMIXERS: Manny Marroquin, SoulShock least minor top 40 interest. The song com- house rebel rouser, Parnell is one of man behind the hits "Walking In Mem- POP Columbia 5843 (c/o Sony) (cassette single) bines prom-night lyrics with waltz-like country music's true treasures—and, by phis" and "frise Companion," has offered a Die-hard R&B fans, pay close attention! MADONNA Frozen (no timing listed) beats. The lads perform with technical far, one of its most underrated artists. new recording. This peek into his forth- Kimberly Scott is on the rise. The fol- PRODUCERS: Madonna, , Patrick Leonard competence but could use abit more soul. This beautiful ballad is the best cut on coming album, "Burning The Daze," shows low-up to her debut hit, "Tuck Me In," WRITERS: Madonna, R Leonard Perhaps astronger song would inspire a his current album, "Every Night's A that he's sharpened his already-potent tal- "Don't Leave Me Alone" contains arap- PUBLISHERS: We Girl/No Tomato, ASCAP more exciting round of vocals. Saturday Night." An introspective piece ent for empathetic lyrics. He's also goosed REMIXERS: , Stereo MCs, William Orbit like soft beat accompanied by that finds Parnell examining his rela- his performance style from quietly intro- MaverickANamer Bros. 5431 (cassette single) an enigmatic church organ sound. All of SAMANTHA COLE Without You (4:01) tionships and priorities, the song is spective to forcefully bluesy. He works sur- The first glimpse into "Ray Of Light," this gives the single acontinuous, sus- PRODUCERS: , Richard Marx filled with great lines, as in the verse prisingly well with the chugging pace of the pop chameleon's first studio set in penseful beat that is hard to ignore. So WRITERS: D. Foster, R. Marx, S. Cole "I've seen my children grow away from this track, which is etched with brassy three years, is astunning foray into the keep on listening. PUBLISHERS: 143/Peer/Chiboy/Wixen/Samantha me/Knowing Iwas not thé best Dad that horns and loose-wristed electric guitar realm of electronica. Paired with produc- Cole/EMI-Blackwood, BMI/ASCAP Icould be/But they were only mine to (4:03) lines. In all, asingle that will pleasantly er William Orbit, one of the genre's Universal 1221 (c/o Uni) (cassette single) * PLAYA Cheers To You be set free/In apicture much too big for jolt loyalists while giving AC and triple-A undisputed pioneers, she delivers a Cole's crystalline, almost angelic voice PRODUCERS: Timbaland us to see/Now as the years keep slip- programmers an essential new playlist recording that underground purists and has the potential to enrich souls and WRITERS: S. Garrett, T. Mosley PUBLISHER: not listed ping by/I keep on trying to even up the addition. unwavering popsters will equally bring alistener to tears. This single's Def Jam 212 (cassette single) score/They just keep giving me their applaud. In fact, this single, with its lush, heartbreaking lyrics represent atrue Another sect. of the Missy/Timbaland love/That's all that matters anymore." string-sewn melody and insinuating reflection of the artist's soul; her R&B assault crew, Playa take astab at This song will deeply resonate with any- ROCK TRACKS blend of high-tech keyboards, could almost-invisible connection with her lis- being the "next big thing" in male one who has come to understand what SEMISONIC Closing lime (3:49) finally elevate electronica beyond its cur- teners is painfully apparent. What groups. Utilizing Timbaland's trade- truly matters in life. As Parnell sings PRODUCER: Nick Launay rent status as ahipster movement into makes this single so great is the beauti- mark beats-per-minute musical style as "All that matters anymore is feeling WRITER: D. Wilson the mass-appeal cash cow that the indus- ful, peace-loving tone of the piano lines, an incidental backdrop, the trio allows that I've finally come to know my own PUBLISHER: not listed try desires. Fresh from the vocal which are wonderfully accompanied by its perfectly harmonized vocals to sell soul," listeners will know they've not MCA 4117 (e/o Uni) (CD promo) demands of "Evita," La M has found a the limber, soft guitar and the melodic its tale to the ladies. They gratefully just been given adose of ear candy but Semisonic preview their new set, "Feeling comfy new ground between the theatri- voices of the chorus. "Without You" is a thank the women in their lives for leav- instead are hearing aquality artist Strangely Fine," with an instantly memo- cal demands of that project and the more fine playlist addition. ing past hurts behind and having deliver agreat song. rable rock ditty. Yeah, the band swaggers casual vibe of her past pop efforts, show- with all of the drum-and-guitar bravado ALEXIS Feel My Love (6:341 enough faith in them to start anew, and casing afluid, flexible range that's exe- MATT KING AWoman's Tears mot) needed to make the grade at rock radio. PRODUCER: D.J. Juanito "Cheers To You" brings delicate smiles cuted to haunting effect here. "Frozen" PRODUCER: Gary Morris But the core of "Closing Time" is pure pop WRITER: not listed to listeners' faces that are sure to turn also finds the artist reunited with tune- WRITERS: M. King, J. Hargrove, M. Christian with asticky chorus that will have you PUBLISHERS: Alexis/Cynthia/Fat Baby/WB, ASCAP to full-fledged blushes as the guys smith Patrick Leonard, with whom she PUBLISHERS: Rocking K./Warner-Chappell, ASCAP; Groove Nation 9801 (cassette single) develop their songwititing talent. singing along before the end of your first penned early hits like "Live To Tell." Logrhythm, BMI What starts out as afamiliar dance beat listen. This could be the jam that estab- Judging from the song's taut hook and Atlantic 8425 (CD promo) surprisingly turns out to be arelentless, lishes Semisonic as the top 40 heroes they cinematic lyrics, they still have aconsid- The charm of this ballad is in King's enigmatic bass sound that may remind COUNTRY deserve to be. erable amount of chemistry. In all, aglo- affecting vocal performance. Artist- listeners of being in avirtual-reality TOBY KEITH Dream Walkin' (3:56) rious preview into what could be Madon- turned-producer Gary Morris shows a * MICHELLE MALONE My Green Thumb (4:02) PRODUCERS: Toby Keith, James Stroud Mario Brothers video game. The rhyth- deft touch at the controls, as this stripped- PRODUCER: Michelle Malone na's most satisfying and successful WRITERS: T. Keith, C. Cannon • mic drum sounds perform an excellent down production is aperfect vehicle for WRITER: M. Malone project to date. PUBLISHERS: Songs of PolyGram International/TOKECO job of keeping up with the bassline, mak- King's evocative vocal. The sweet PUBLISHERS: Strange Bird Songs/Ensign, ASCAP Tunes/Wacissa River/CMI, BMI DAVINA Come Over To My Place (3:55) ing one feel like this single is chaotically and tender harmonies add to the impact. Velvel 79703 (CD cut) Mercury 177 (c/o PolyGram) (CD promo) PRODUCER: Devine unique. The song itself is well-written, as evi- If you missed the opportunity to examine Keith follows up his duet with Sting WRITER: D. Bussey denced by its killer hook: "Not aman alive Malone's lip-smackin' collection "Beneath BILLIE MYERS Kiss the Rain (4:30; with another solid offering. Penned by PUBLISHER: Devine, BMI is stronger than awoman's tears." All in The Devil Moon" upon its release last PRODUCER: Desmond Child Keith and highly respected and super- Loud/RCA 65423 (Uri BMG) (cassette single) all, astrong outing that should enhance year, here's another chance to embrace WRITERS: B. Myers, E. Bazilian, D. Child successful Music Row writer Chuck After cultivating asolid, ardent R&B audi- King's presence on country radio. one of the nearly lost treasures of '97. "My PUBLISHER: not listed Cannon, "Dream Walkin' "boasts a ence, Miss Thing is ready for abig pop Green Thumb" shows the tireless trouba- Universal 1185 (c/o Uni) (cassette single) strong melody buoyed by tasty guitar breakthrough. The second single from the dour pumping up the beat to aradio- The gripping, acoustic sounds of the licks. The lyrics are very visual, and imminent album "Best Of Both Worlds" DANCE friendly rock pace while flexing her voice track's mood-setting guitar makes the pal- Keith delivers awinning performance sports alanguid bassline and aquietly tick- FUNKY GREEN DOGS Until The Day (8:15) and guitar to sweet, Sheryl Crow-like pable echoes of Billie Myers' voice really with his full-throated country baritone ing hip-hop beat. Unlike too many of her PRODUCERS: Ralph Falcon, Oscar Gaetan effect. It's way smarter than anything stand out. In fact, the chaotic, ever-sure exploring every lyrical nuance. This has contemporaries, Davina doesn't attack her WRITER: R. Falcon you'll encounter on the airwaves right now echo full of Myers' emotions charmingly all the elements radio loves and should words as if she has to prove herself as a PUBLISHER: Murk, ASCAP but has enough accessibility to warrant reaches the audience and has alasting be abig hit with programmers and audi- diva for all times. Rather, she shows how REMIXERS: Superchumbo, , Club 69, Low effect. The drum beats wonderfully com- widespread acceptance. Be among the much of adiva she is by simply letting the ences alike. Pass plement the compelling guitar sounds. first to join the party. song's emotional tone guide her. As a Twisted America 55424 (e/o MCA) 112-inch single) This wonderful single, written by the result, she cruises through "Come Over 'lb The act that set clubland ablaze with * UNION Old Man Wise (4:18) artist with producer Desmond Child and My Place" with the laid-back finesse of a "Fired Up!" and "The Way" returns with PRODUCER: not listed Eric Bazilian, is full of depth, emotion, and NEW & seasoned veteran. That will help her another intense, tribalistic anthem. Pro- WRITER: not listed musical clarity—all of which will soon attract mature listeners in addition to the NOTEWORTHY ducers Ralph Falcon and Oscar Gaetan PUBLISHER: not listed catch the world's attention. It allows no kiddies (who are agiven). continue to prove that they're quite adept Mayhem 124 (CD Promo) room for failure. CHRIS BRAIDE If lHadn't Got You (4,15) at merging edgy underground rhythms At long last, alittle something for old- * JAMIROQUAI High Times (3:511 PRODUCERS: Chris Braide, David A. Stewart with atraditional pop melody. Pamela school metal-heads who are weary of PRODUCERS: Jay Kay Al Stone Lilith-era troubadours and post- R&B WRITERS: C. Braide, C. Difford Williams remains adiva for the new gen- WRITER: not listed PUBLISHERS: SPZ, BMI; EMI-Virgin, ASCAP eration, ripping through the song with poseurs. Lead by ex-Kiss guitarist Bruce 111> CECE WINANS Well, Alright no timing listed) PUBLISHER: not listed REMIXER: Ian Stanley harsh authority and adeep, throaty range Kulick and momentary Motley Crue PRODUCER: Keith Crouch REMIXERS: Roger San. hez, Jay Kay, Al Stone, D. Mack, Atlantic 8433 (cassette single) that brims with masculine swagger. It's an screamer John Corabi, Union happily WRITERS: J. Smith, K. Crouch, C. Winans Zenza Sunship Promising young newcomer Braide interesting blend of voice and groove, plows through this air guitarist's dream as Work 5543 (c/o Sony) (cassette single) PUBLISHERS: Dango/Edwardfunk/Handz, ASCAP; Little bolts outta the box swinging hard— if it's still 1985. That will suit the countless Pooky's Music, BMI complemented by remixes that cover a If you're afan Jamiroquai's recent MTV and he does so with some heavy-duty members of the Beavis & Butt-head gen- Pioneer Music Group 4441 (c/o Atlantic) (cassette single) wide range of club styles. The best of the hits, ya ain't heard nothin' yet. "High assistance. He's penned this percolat- eration just fine. You're not likely to hear After more than 10 years as one of the bunch is provided by Club 69, who nicely Times" shows the band at its funky best. ing, funk-induced pop ditty with ex- this tune on rock radio, despite its killer leading figures of gospel music—period- enhance the hook while giving the groove The track jiggles with aclassic soul sound, Squeeze tunesmith Chris Difford and hook and super-tight instrumentation. ically flirting with secular listeners— afew nifty twists. For amore left-field juiced with enough electronic flavor to produced it with former However, drive past your local pizza shop Winans is positioning herself for afull vibe, investigate Superchumbo's trippy, keep it from sounding quaint. M•ontman member Dave Stewart. Not bad, eh? or any place where suburban 16-year-olds transition into the R&B/pop main- jungle-spiked interpretation. Jay Kay has perfected his The good news is that he's not congregate, and there's apretty good stream. On this first offering from her inflections while also honing an individual dwarfed by the input of his collabora- 111. AIR Sexy Boy (10:201 chance you'll hear it---and other cuts from fab new album, "Everlasting Love," she style that demands to be heard in alive tors. Rather, they complement what's PRODUCERS: Air the band's fun eponymous debut—blasting comes on like asage Faith Evans, serv- setting. "High Times" comes in avariety of clearly aprodigious talent. He brings WRITERS: J.B. Dunckel, N. Goldin from car stereos. Contact: 212-226-7272. ing asurprisingly loose vocal that's rife remixes, carefully designed to attract the clever language to the song, as well PUBLISHER: not listed with diva spice. Lyrically, "Well, interest of popsters, hardcore jeep cruis- as aboyish—yet notably soulful— REMIXERS: Etienne De Crecy & the Flower Pistols, Cassius * TODD THIBAUD That Wasn't Me (3:441 Alright" wisely eschews the occasionally ers, and clubheads. Given the solid quality vibe to his performance. It'll be easy Astralwerks 3098 (c/ocaroline)(12-inch single) PRODUCER: Kevin Salem heavy-handed posturing of Winans' past WRITER: T. Thibaud of each version, this mission should be for critics and programmers to knock The new darlings of the electronics circuit recordings while maintaining amildly PUBLISHER: not listed. accomplished with relative ease. off comparisons to , deliver asingle that aims to transfer their spiritual, always optimistic tone. All the Doolittle 8019 (CD Promo) but that's just being lazy. An open- European success into stateside turntable CODE RED This Is Our Song 13:161 while, producer Keith Crouch kicks a Deft, droll, and adarn good roadhouse eared listen to this multi-format props. "Sexy Boy" strobes with skittling PRODUCERS: Nicky Graham, Deni Lew credible jeep groove that should tickle rocket; "That Wasn't Me" is an irresistible smash-in-waiting will reveal an enig- beats and quirks sometimes squeaky, key- WRITER: Lew, Graham, Hector the fancy of kids. If you were among the nugget from Boston favorite Thibaud's matic artist with whom others will board licks. None of the remixes has the PUBLISHER: not listed many introduced to this fine artist on much-praised new album, "Favorite Waste eventually be compared. An intrigu- strength of the album version, but DJs will Polydor 00605 (cassette single) 's "Waiting To Exhale" gravitate toward the 10-plus-minute Cas- Of Time." With his rust-tinged vocals and Uh-oh, is anyone else fearful of drown- ing prelude to the artist's full-length hit "Count On Me," investigate this win- sius version, if only for its solid breaks and tight sense of drama, he's agifted song- ing in an ocean of cutie-pie boy groups? debut, "Life In A Minor Key" ning effort. After one spin, find interesting chord progressions. writer who romps with heart. A find. Con- tact: 888-472-4209.

EC PICKS (lio•): New releases with the greatest chart potential. CRITICS CHOICE (*): New releases, regardless of potential chart action, which the reviewer highly recommends beca use of thei r musical mer it. NEW AND NOTEWORTHY: Highlights new an d SHIGL U• developing acts worthy of attention. Cassette, vinyl or CD singles equally appropriate for more than one format are reviewed in the category with the broadest audience. All releases available to radio and/or retail in the U.S. are eligible for review. Send copies to Larry Flick, Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036. Country singles should be sent to Deborah Evans Price, Billboard, 49 Music Square W., Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Contributors: Doug Reece (L.A.), Shawnee Smith (N.Y.)

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nival bender. Abujamra is astrong SPOTLIGHT SPOTLIGHT SPOTLIGHT songwriter and witty arranger whose Brazilian roots can't be concealed amid %.,41111% the eccentric vocals, unexpected breaks, swo W ILL ACKERMA N and exotic instruments that he employs. bine p Standout tracks include the offbeat EITE 13•V PA. Li N./ E Afro-Brazilian pop of "Martim Parango- ALB JVS pnalaill la," the Arabic tonalities and Caribbean pulse of "0 Mundo," the catchy, heavy- POP metal-infused Brazilian melody "Lee-0- LEE FELDMAN Dua," and the Portuguese reggae/rap Living It All Wrong theme "Oxala Meu Pai." PRODUCER: Roger Peltzman Pure/Mercury 003642540 A regular of such downtown New York CLASSICAL haunts as the Knitting Factory, Fez, and * JOHN LUTHER ADAMS: Clouds Of Forgetting, CB's Gallery, pianist/composer/per- Clouds Of Unknowing former Lee Feldman excels at the kind Apollo Chamber Orchestra, Joann Falletta of jazzy pop songcraft that made a PRODUCER: Paul Zinman JULES SHEAR BYRON STINGILY WILL ACKERMAN household name out of Randy Newman. New World 80500 Between Us The Purist Sound Of Wind Driven Rain Among Feldman's trademarks are ahint As the label for the Recorded Anthology PRODUCERS: Stewart Lerman, Jules Slew PRODUCERS. various PRODUCER: Will Ackerman of irony in the lyrics, complex but mem- High Street 10352 Nervous 20226 Windham Hill 01934-11250 of American Music, New World Records orable melodies, and sparse arrange- Acclaimed singer/songwriter/per- After gathering aloyal club following Windham Hill Records founder has documented the work of some of ments (piano, bass, and drums, with the former Jules Shear delivers an album as the front man of pioneering house Will Ackerman now runs the label America's most interesting composers occasional horn) that allow the songs to that breathes fresh air into what's music act Ten City, Stingily is ready to Imaginary Road, but as an artist for years. Its latest entry is "Clouds Of shine through. The album was releas.ed become atired formula: the duets break out into the mainstream. His he's still amaster of the "Wind- Forgetting, Clouds Of Unknowing," a independently and eventually picked up album. What sets Shear's project first solo effort is aseamless, meticu- ham Hill sound" he pioneered. shimmering piece for chamber orchestra by Mercury, setting the stage for this apart from higher-profile efforts of lously assembled album that gives "Sound Of Wind Driven Rain" has by Alaskan composer John Luther underground artist to be heard by a recent years is the earnestness of the underground loyalists areason to the familiar earmarks of earlier Adams. Influenced by the ambient wider audience. Highlights include the matchups and the fact that all the smile while also providing several Ackerman albums, with plaintive, astringencies of Morton Feldman, title track, "Fragments Falling," "Car- songs are new, original compositions tunes with asolid, radio-conscious melancholy melodies flowing over Adams has penned acontemplative evo- olyn," and "We Now Have Time," all of rather than recycled classics. Shear's tone. Most notable is his revision of a finger-picked trellis of arpeg- cation of the vast, stark landscape of the which are good candidates for college collaborators include such kindred Sylvester's classic "You Make Me Feel gios. In addition to the usual Great North. The dynamic shifts in this and triple-A airplay. spirits as Paula Cole, , (Mighty Real)," destined to reach a accomplices—violinist Charlie music are ever so subtle, as if they were wide new audience thanks to Stingily's Bisharat, oboist Paul McCand- etched in white on white. But once the ANNE SCIOLLA, BRIAN KOVACH , Rob Wasserman, and rich falsetto and avibrant, hi-NRG less, and bassist Michael Man- listener's perspective shifts, the Apollo Jerome Kern: Lost Treasures . Among the album's many highlights are "On These backing track. Just about every dance ring—is Ugandan musician Chamber Orchestra under the astute PRODUCER: Matthew H. Phillips producer of merit contributes to the Samite, whose soaring voice lifts Joann Falletta begins to sound like some Centaur 2371 Wheels Again" (featuring Suzzy Arctic gamelan. New World is racked by Standing charmingly on their own, but Roche), "Restaurant Scene" (Susan set, starting with David Morales, Mau- Ackerman's "Hawk Dreaming" into asoulful hymn. Yet even Ack- various distributors in the U.S., includ- also indicating the master of musical Cowel), and "Who's Dreaming Who" rice Joshua, and Masters at Work. ing Albany Music and Bayside. theater and film Kern would become, (Cash), but virtually any track offers However, the spotlight wisely never erman's solo pieces, like "Uncon- potential for exposure at triple-A, col- sways far from Stingily, who has ditional," have that timeless are 24 of his songs, composed as early * BRUCKNER: Missa No. 2, Te Deum, Psalm 150 fege, and folk outlets. For Shear, aleft grown into amasterful, soulful belter introspection that has made his as 1906 through 1913. Soprano Anne Gâchinger Kantorei Stuttgart/Bach-Collegium turn that opens new creative avenues. with immense star power. music so enduring. Sciolla and pianist Brian Kovach are Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling ingratiatingly up to the task, making no PRODUCER: Richard Hauck concessions to modernity so they can Hiinssler Classics 6047 Earle—and also to John Prine, not to acoustic guitar approach, with its folkie Knight's songs are rich with the transport the listener to the style of the Moved by Bruckner's Te Deum, Gustav mention "Nebraska"-era Bruce Spring- overtones, and laced this production imagery of his native rural Kentucky period. Even those who know lots of Mahler once characterized the work as steen—will be inevitable. Knight and with ablistering set of sidemen featur- and are alive with its people. The Kern may be surprised to learn he could "for the tongues of angels, for seekers his producers wisely eschewed the solo ing Richard Bennett on electric guitar. farmer in "House And 90 Acres" comes also write apolished lyric, as evidenced after God, for tortured hearts, and for to life just as surely as the loser does in by two songs presented here. A total flame-chastened souls." That's pretty "William." Knight's expressive, gritty delight. Distributed by Qualiton. much it in anutshell. Likewise, Psalm voice perfectly matches his dark tales. 150 is ahallelujah in the grandest style. CHRISTINE ANDREAS VITAL REISSUES ® The Mass in E Minor is amore subtle, Love Is Good LATIN solemn affair but still blessed by Bruck- PRODUCER: Martin Silvestri FRANK ZAPPA See You," asoulful beauty with a ner's divine muse. A world-renowned After 9 92018 Cucamonga tangled, crackling guitar solo that LOS TEMERARIOS expert in choral music, particularly Currently starring in "The Scarlet Pim- REISSUE PRODUCER: Gary Tanenbaum must have been by FZ himself. Como Te Recuerdo Bach, conductor Helmuth Rilling revels pernel" on Broadway, Christine Del-Fl 71261 PRODUCER Adolfo Angel Alba DAVID AMRAM in the contrapuntal profundities here, Andreas is abig-voiced musical theater Frank Zappa made amodest living Fonovisa 0515 The Manchurian Candidate and his choristers and soloists sing like, star who can convey touching intimacy, in the early 1960s with his musi- The first studio album for the label from PRODUCER. Robert W Stern well, angels. The German Hânssler an important asset in arecording. She cian/engineer associate Paul Buff, Los Temerarios contains all the familiar Premier Recordings 1059 Classics is distributed in the U.S. by is also daring—perhaps abetter word is running asmall studio in the South- ingredients that have made this Mexi- Composer/arranger/French horn Collegium Records in Omaha, Neb. "confident"—in the varied nature of her ern Californian town of Cucamonga. can group so popular over the years— player David Amram's soundtrack program: show tunes, contemporary Zappa and Buff combined their romantic lyrics, sweet musical back- to the 1962 political thriller "The songs, and one lovely ballad, "Love Is bizarre sensibilities and recording drops, and the caressing delivery of Manchurian Candidate" is alost GOSPEL Good," that requires her to sing in innovations on aseries of singles for lead vocalist Gustavo Angel Alba. The gem of the era's third-stream SALT OF THE EARTH French. Two fine, rarely heard songs the Donna and Original Sound leadoff single, "Por Que Te Conocí," movement, which strove for acon- Happy Hour are "Love Don't Need A Reason," with a labels, including acampy novelty 45 which already has reached No. 1on the fluence of jazz and "serious" music. PRODUCER: Gloster Williams melody by , and the Sammy from alocal horror-movie TV host; Hot Latin Tracks chart, could be fol- apair of period-piece Buff instru- Featuring such soloists as Paul lowed by the country-flavored "Bella CGI 51416 1328 Cahn/Jimmy Van Heusen oldie "All My Veteran artist/producer/arranger mentals; two awful love songs of the Horn and Harold Land, its jazz Pero Mala," the lilting cumbia "Yo Tomorrows." On her first solo album, Gloster Williams delivers the third type that Zappa would forever lam- tributary surges with soulful Quiero Ser Feliz," and the gently - Andreas offers the kind of showcase album by his most recent brainchild, the poon; and two surf-rock instrumen- smarts, recalling Charles Mingus ing ballad "Estaba Solo." that skillfully makes acase for her all- 17-voice ensemble Salt Of The Earth. tals—a snippet of one would torn up (in whose band Amram had played). around vocal foundation. Distributed by The songs are strong, the production on FZ's epochal "We're Only In It The wrenching, elegiac title theme Touchwood. Contact: 212-977-7800. tight, and the sound athoroughly origi- For The Money" album. Of further reaches across to its "classical" WORLD MUSIC nal amalgam of gospel, praise & wor- interest to Zappaphiles is the chug- side, which is haunted by disso- * KARNAK ship, pop, and R&B. Williams and his COUNTRY ging boogie-rock of "World's Great- nant, eerily twisting harpsichord PRODUCER: Andre Amiamra and woodwind passages. Amram's talented protégés turn that eclecticism * CHRIS KNIGHT est Sinner" and "How's Your Bird?" Tinder 42850842 to their favor, perfectly melding diversi- (featuring Zappa and future Mother score keeps pace with the film's Those who think Brazilian music is all PRODUCERS: Frank Liddell, Greg Droman ty with continuity. Standouts run from Decca 70007 Ray Collins); two gorgeously brainwashed-assassin plot, its post- smooth sambas and Bahian beats should more traditional fare like "0 Give Chris Knight is probably the most origi- arranged, deep-groove R&B tracks hypnotic suggestions coming in the meet Karnak leader Andre Abujamra, Thanx" to the totally convincing adult nal writer to hit Nashville since Steve attributed to Mr. Clean (with FZ on form of martial snare cues and whose oddball world music combo clev- R&B touch of "I Feel A Praise Comin' Earle, and it will be interesting to see all instruments); and the manic military bands revved wildly erly confounds genres in away that sug- On" and "Glad About It." what becomes of him. Comparisons to Zappa/Collins tune "Every Time I out of control. gests 3Mustaphas 3on aweeklong Car-

S• SPOTLIGHT: Releases deemed by the review editors to deserve special attention on the basis of musical merit and/or Billboard chart potential. VITAL REISSUES: Rereleased albums of special artistic, archival, and commercial interest, and outstanding collee- ALBUM ntions of works by one or more artis:s. PICKS (II.): New releases predicted to hit the top half of the chart in the corresponding format. CRITICS CHOICES (*): New releases, regardless of chart potential, highly recommended because of their musical merit.MUSIC TO MY EARS (n): New releases deemed Picks which were featured in the "Music To My Ears" column as being among the most significant records of the year. All albums commercially available in the U.S. are eligible. Send review copies to Paul Vema, Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036. Send country albums tri Chet Flippo, Billboard, 49 Mus,c Square W., Nashville, TN 37203.Send Latin albums to John Lannert, 1814 Fern Valley Road, Louisville, KY 40219. Other contributors: Iry Lichtman (Broadway/cabaret/N.Y.); Brad Barn- barger (classical/N.Y.); Steve Graybow (jazz/N.Y.): Deborah Evans Price (contemporary Christian/Nashville); Gordon Ely (gospel); John Diliberto (new age).

BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 63 Billboard. To FEBRUARY 21, 1998 Home Video MERCHANTS 8( MARKETING Video R I 1 TM WarnerVision Says 'I Do' To Flintstones COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE RENTAL REPORTS. CHART STONE-AGE WEDDING BELLS: the channel weekdays and on Saturdays ON WEEK WEEK Cartoon icons star in a and also runs on TNT and TBS. Label Principal TITLE (Rating) movie called "The Flintstones: IYabba LAST WKS. THIS Distributing Label, Catalog Number Performers I I I Dabba Doh" which hits home video KIDBITS: Here's another item sure to * * * No. 1* * * April 7via Warner Bros. Family En- tickle the fancies of boomer parents Jodie Foster tertainment. The 92-minute, clamshell- and their children. Rhino Home Video 1 1 6 CONTACT (It) '' Warner Home Video 15041 Matthew McConaughey packaged feature carries asuggested is releasing alimited-edition collectors' Mel Gibson retail price of $14.95. item: aMonkees metal lunch box con- 2 3 5 CONSPIRACY THEORY (R) Warner Home Video 15091 Julia Roberts Four other Flintstones titles are by Moira McCormick taining a110-minute video compilation John Travolta being repromoted and rereleased on 3 2 13 FACE/OFF (R) Paramount Home Video 330553 of four episodes from the '60s TV Nicolas Cage the same date, at $12.95 each. A num- Stoney Curtis" and "Ann Margrock series. Each episode was picked by a 4 10 3 THE GAME (R) PolyGram Vjdeo 4400478353 ber of promotions are on tap, including Presents"; and "The Flintstones: different member of "the Prefab Four." Sean Penn free on-pack stickers and "a surprise Bye Babies," with "Little They are "Hitting The High Seas," fea- Vanessa Williams 5 6 3 SOUL FOOD (R) FoxVideo 4493 bit of newspaper publicity," says Warn- Bamm-Bamm" and "The Most Beauti- turing "Daydream Believer"; "The Vivica Fox erVision Family Entertainment direc- ful Baby In Bedrock." Frodis Caper," with special guest Tim Touchstone Home Video Nicolas Cage 6 4 9 CON AIR (R) tor of marketing Dan Capone. All five cassettes will be cross-trail- Buckley; "Monkees Vs. Machine," fea- Buena Vista Home Entertainment 10484 John Cusack In "I Yabba Dabba Doh" Fred Flint- ered on other Warner Home Video kids' turing "Last Train To Clarksville" and MY BEST FRIEND'S Columbia TriStar Home Video Julia Roberts 7 5 9 stone and get them- releases. Capone says the Cartoon Net- WEDDING (PG -13) 82723 an appearance by Stan Freberg; and selves in all kinds of trouble, as they work will be running its own promos. "Fairy Tale." The release date is March New Line Home Video 8 8 3 MONEY TALKS (R) concoct a series of moneymaking Warner Home Video N4608 Charlie Sheen "The Flintstones" continues to air on 17 at asuggested list of $39.95. schemes to pay for the wedding of Peb- Touchstone Home Video Tim Robbins 9 17 2 NOTHING TO LOSE (R) bles and Bamm-Bamm. Fred and Bar- Buena Vista Home Entertainment 10440 Martin Lawrence Billboard, FEBRUARY 21, 1998 ney try to get rich quick in "Rock Miramax Home Entertainment Ben Affleck 10 7 11 CHASING AMY (R) Buena Vista Home Entertainment 12581 Joey Lauren Adams Vegas," in which they become en- ' meshed with the criminal element. Laurence Fishburne 11 36 2 EVENT HORIZON (R) Paramount Home Video 334823 Sam Neill The feature originally aired on ABC as aprime-time special in 1993. "Turn- Top Kid Video TM MGM/UA Home Video Laurence Fishburne 12 11 4 HOODLUM (R) Warner Home Video 906282 Tim Roth er released it very minimally to home COMPILEC FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF video while the Turner/Time Warner RETAIL STORE SALES REPORTS.

New Line Home Video Michael Meyers CHART

13 9 16 AUSTIN POWERS (PG -13) AGO Warner Home Video N3965 Elizabeth Hurley merger was taking place, between De- ON WEEK of

cember 1996 and January 1997," says Price TITLE 14 14 4 FIRE DOWN BELOW (R) Warner Home Video 14914 Steven Seagal Capone. "There were only 3,000 units WKS. THIS 2 WKS. List Release Suggested Label, Distributing Label, Catalog Number Year I I I Jennifer Aniston in the marketplace. But since the merg- 15 16 3 PICTURE PERFECT (PG -13) FoxVideo 4805 Kevin Bacon er was completed, we've been going * * * No. 1* **

New Line Home Video Martin Sheen through the Warner Bros. cartoon cat- 1 1 180 SLEEPING BEAUTY • 16 12 6 SPAWN (R) 1959 26.99 Warner Home Video N4610 Michael Jai White alog to figure out which had the most Walt Disney Home Video/Buena Vista Home Entertainment 9511 , Hollywood Pictures Home Video John Cusack consumer demand and potential for suc- THE JUNGLE BOOK: 30TH ANNIVERSARY 17 15 16 GROSSE POINT BLANK (R) 2 3 149 1967 26.99 Buena Vista Home Entertainment 10040 cess. on video. We looked at their popu- Walt Disney Home Video/Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0602 Columbia TriStar Home Video Tommy Lee Jones larity, [recognition] ratings, and the pos- 3 7 3 HERCULES & XENA: THE BATTLE FOR MT. OLYMPUS 18 13 11 MEN IN BLACK (PG -13) 1997 19.98 82453 Will Smith sibility of merchandising tie-ins." Universal Studios Home Video 83568 Jack Lemmon BELLE'S MAGICAL WORLD 19 22 5 OUT TO SEA (PG -13) FoxVideo 6105 According to Capone, research indi- 4 11 3 1997 22.99 Walter Matthau cated that the Flintstones "would be Walt Disney Home Video/Buena Vista Home Entertainment 12546 Hollywood Pictures Home Video POOH'S GRAND ADVENTURE 20 NEW G.I. JANE (R) Demi Moore just the sort of clamshell-packaged 5 4 25 1997 24.99 Buena Vista Home Entertainment 10441 Walt Disney Home Video/Buena Vista Home Entertainment 16030 video movie that we could make abig THE LAND BEFORE TIME V: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND Sandra Bullock splash with." The franchise had already 6 2 7 1997 19.98 21 18 10 SPEED 2: CRUISE CONTROL (PG -13) FoxVideo 6100 Universal Studios Home Video 83187 Jason Patric spawned a1994 hit live-action movie, MARY-KATE & ASHLEY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY Columbia TriStar Home Video and Flintstones merchandise continues 7 8 21 1997 12.95 22 19 15 THE FIFTH ELEMENT (PG -13) Dualstar Video/WarnerVision Entertainment 82403 Gary Oldman to sell briskly. Sales reportedly topped BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: THE ENCHANTED CHRISTMAS $40 million in 1996—and that's not even 8 5 11 1997 26.99 23 23 2 'S WISHMASTER (R) Live Home Video 60456 Walt Disney Home Video/Buena Vista Home Entertainment taking into account licensed consumer ROMY &MICHELE'S HIGH Touchstone Home Video Mira Sorvino MARY-KATE & ASHLEY: OUR MUSIC VIDEO 24 20 13 products like Bayer Flintstones Chew- 9 13 21 1997 12.95 SCHOOL REUNION (R) Buena Vista Home Entertainment 10438 Lisa Kudrow Dualstar Video/WarnerVision Entertainment 53357 able Vitamins and . Universal Studios Home Video Kevin Sorbo CATS DON'T DANCE 25 NEW > KULL THE CONQUEROR (PG -13) A national advertising campaign tar- 10 6 23 1997 19.98 83357 Warner Home Video 96473 geting family publications will kick off Harvey Keitel THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME 26 NEW CITY OF INDUSTRY (R) Orion Home Video 4060 in April, with full-page ads in issues of ii 9 49 1996 26.99 Stephen Dorff Walt Disney Home Video/Buena Vista Home Entertainment 7955 Family Fun, Disney Adventures, Columbia TriStar Home Video BARNEY: IT'S TIME FOR COUNTING 27 32 3 BUDDY (PG) Rene Russo 12 17 3 1997 14.95 , Parenting, and People. A Barney Home Video/The Lyons Group 2022 marketing effort targeting kids ages 5- Walt Disney Home Video 28 24 10 GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE (PG) Brendan Fraser 13 10 211 BAMBI 1942 26.99 Buena Vista Home Entertainment 11774 12 will include advertising on May Walt Disney Home Video/Buena Vista Home Entertainment 942 Universal Studios Home Video Christopher McDonald school lunch menus, distributed in mid- GOOSEBUMPS: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DUMMY III 29 37 3 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER (PG) 14 19 3 1997 14.98 83357 Janine Turner April, which will reach more than 4mil- FoxVideo 4399 Miramax Home Entertainment lion school-age children in 35 states. FUN AND FANCY FREE 30 28 10 OPERATION CONDOR (PG -13) Jackie Chan 15 12 29 1947 26.99 Buena Vista Home Entertainment 12687 Capone, who says this is the first Walt Disney Home Video/Buena Vista Home Entertainment 9875 school-menu promotion he's done at ANASTASIA SING ALONG 31 NEW 8HEADS IN ADUFFEL BAG (R) Orion Home Video 4317 Joe Pesci 16 14 9 1997 12.98 Warner (he has worked at companies FoxVideo 4804

Miramax Home Entertainment including Turner and Disney), notes CREATURE COMFORTS 32 31 29 SLING BLADE (R) Billy Bob Thornton 17 15 13 1997 14.98 Buena Vista Home Entertainment 10487 that this approach, when partnered BBC Video/FoxVideo 701 2 with consumer print ads, reaches both THE LION KING 33 21 6 187 (8) Warner Home Video 15432 Samuel L. Jackson 18 18 129 1994 26.99 kids and parents directly. "We don't Walt Disney Home Video/Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2977 Universal Studios Home Video need to advertise to tell kids who Fred SWAN PRINCESS: ESCAPE FROM CASTLE MOUNTAIN 34 25 19 LIAR LIAR (PG -13) Jim Carrey 19 16 21 1997 19.96 83330 Flintstone is," he adds, "but we do need Warner Family Entertainment/Warner Home Video 98033 to let them know that the videos are WINNIE THE POOH: UN-VALENTINE'S DAY 35 NEW STAR MAPS (R) FoxVideo 6104 Douglas Spain 20 23 3 1997 14.99 available. For titles with this kind of kid Walt Disney Home Video/Buena Vista Home Entertainment Dimension Home Video appeal, reaching them right where they ARTHUR'S CHICKEN PDX 36 38 2 THE PROPHECY II (R) 21 NEW 1998 12.98 Buena Vista Home Entertainment 12870 Jennifer Beals are is so effective." Random House Home Video/Sony Wonder 49429 Meg Ryan Stickers for the four other animated 37 27 14 ADDICTED TO LOVE (R) Warner Home Video 15252 22 25 161 1992 24.99 Matthew Broderick titles are included with each "I Yabba Walt Disney Home Video/Buena Vista Home Entertainment 1662 Miramax Home Entertainment Ewan McGregor RUGRATS: DR. TOMMY PICKLES 38 NEW > BRASSED OFF (R) Dabba Do!" package. The cassettes, in 23 21 3 Buena Vista Home Entertainment 10486 Tara Fitzgerald 1997 12.95 packaging, run 50 Nickelodeon Video/Paramount Home Video 839013 Columbia TriStar Home Video - ARTHUR'S NEW PUPPY 39 35 18 ANACONDA (PG -13) minutes each, with two episodes per 24 NEW 81753 Ice Cube 1998 1298 title. They are "The Flintstones: Random House Home Video/Sony Wonder 49427 Jarres Belushi CINDERELLA 40 NEW> GANG RELATED (R) Orion Home Video 4318 Bedrock 'N Roll," featuring "Girls' 25 22 247 1950 26.99 Walt Disney Home Video/Buena Vista Home Entertainment 410 Night Out" and "The Twitch"; "The • ITA gold certification for aminimum of 125,000 units or adollar volume of $9 million at retail Flintstones: 's Two Tales," with • ITA gold certification for aminimum of 125,000 units or adollar volume of $9 mil ion at etail for theatrically released programs, or of at least 25,000 units and $1 million at suggested retail for or theatrically released programs, or of at least 25,000 units and $1 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. 0 ITA platinum certification for aminimum sale of 250,000 units or adollar "Dino Disappears" and "Dino Goes Hol- nontheatrical titles. 0 ITA platinum certification for aminimum sale of 250,000 units or adollar volume of $18 million at retail for theatrically released programs, and of at least, 50,000 units and lywood"; "The Flintstones: Hooray For volume of $18 million at retail for theatrically released programs, and of at least, 50,000 units and $2 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. CD 1998, Billboard/BPI Communications. Hollyrock," with "The Return Of $2 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. 01998, Billboard/BPI Communications.

62 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 Home Video FEBRUARY 21, 1998 MERCHANTS 8( MARKETING

To p VIdeo Sales .. Cable, Net Don't Reduce COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE SALES REPORTS. CHART ON WEEK of WEEK ao Rentals, Report Says c Price Label Principal ..c. TITLE n, List Release Suggested Year LAST WKS. THIS Distributing Label, Catalog Number Performers cc I I THE SURVEY SAYS: The con- lion in 1995, Alexander reports. It * * * No. 1* * * sumer survey presented at the recent estimates total sell-through expendi- Vanessa Williams Video Software Dealers Assn. tures at $9.3 billion in 1997, down 1 2 4 SOUL FOOD FoxVideo 4493 Vivica Fox 1997 R 19.98 (VSDA) Regional Leaders Confer- from $10.4 million in 1996 and $9.7 Julia Roberts billion in 1995. 1997 PG-I3 14.95 ence appears to have dispelled some 2 1 9 MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING Columbia TriStar Home Video 82723 Dermot Mulroney myths that have been blamed for the The report attributes the decrease MEN IN BLACK Columbia TriStar Home Video 82453 Tommy Lee Jones 1997 PG-13 15.95 slide in video rentals. The VSDA to the lack of amajor children's/fam- 3 3 11 Will Smith commissioned the survey, which was ily title in the the fourth quarter, the Walt Disney Home Video Kevin Zegers 9 6 AIR BUD 1997 PG 29.99 conducted by Yankelovich Partners high-volume period for mass mer- 4 Buena Vista Home Entertainment 12587 Michael Jeter of Norwalk, Conn. chants. In 1997, the holidays were For several years, the trade has loaded with adult releases, such as 5 7 14 THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK Universal Studios Home Video 83098 JReicffhGaordIdAbtltuemnborough 1997 PG-I3 22.98

complained that other leisure-time "Batman & Robin," "The Lost World: Dimension Home Video Neve Campbell 6 4 9 SCREAM 1996 R 19.99 activities, including cable and the Jurassic Park," "Men In Black," "My Buena Vista Home Entertainment 10499 Internet, have siphoned off business. Best Friend's Wedding," and "Liar 7 13 2 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER Universal Studios Home Video 83357 Christopher McDonald1997 PG 19.98 Yet the survey revealed that the best Liar." Janine Turner renters are As aresult, HANSON: TULSA, TOKYO AND 1997 NR 19.95 consumers who the big chains 8 8 12 THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE PolyGram Video 4400479233 Hanson also watch alot reported lower 9 15 154 SLEEPING BEAUTY • - Walt Disney Home Video Animated 1959 G 26.99 of TV, go to the SHELF video sales Buena Vista Home Entertainment 951 1 movies, buy from October Epic Music Video Rage Against 10 6 10 1997 NR 19.98 videos, and TALK to December. Sony Music Video 19V50160-3 The Machine surf the Net. by Eileen Fitzpatrick In 1996, by SPICE GIRLS: ONE HOUR OF 11 11 14 Warner Home Video 363553 Spice Girls 1997 NR 14.95 The exception comparison, GIRL POWER is the group of "Toy Story," 12 29 2 GARTH LIVE FROM CENTRAL PARK Orion Home Video 10119 Garth Brooks 1997 NR 19.95 consumers "Oliver & Com- with direct satellite systems. pany," "The Nutty Professor," a 13 5 10 GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE Walt Disney Home Video Brendan Fraser 1997 PG 22.99 The VSDA survey indicated that "Wizard Of Oz" repromotion, and the Buena Vista Home EnteEntertainment 11774 38% of consumers who said they reissue of Warner Home Video's Playboy Home Video 14 10 3 PLAYBOY'S GIRLS NEXT DOOR Various Artists 1997 NR 19.98 went to the movies more often in 1997 "Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Universal Music Video Dist. PBV0823 THE JUNGLE BOOK: Walt Disney Home Video than in 1996 also rented more videos. Factory" were better-suited to mass 15 30 104 Animated 1967 G 26.99 30TH ANNIVERSARY Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0602 Only 26% said they rented less. merchants. HERCULES Walt Disney Home Video About one-third of heavy television 16 NEW > Animated 1997 G 26.99 Buena Vista Home Entertainment 9123 viewers were heavy video consumers, TRIMARK ON DVD TRAIN: Tri- ANDREA BOCELLI: TIME FOR as were four out of 10 tape pur- mark Home Video will enter the 17 19 6 ROMANZA PolyGram Video 4400553973 Andrea Bocelli 1997 NR 24.95 chasers. Even frequent users of the DVD market with the release of World Wide Web were as likely to "Eve's Bayou" on March 24, simulta- 18 27 3 BUDDY Columbia TriStar Home Video 21602 Rene Russo 1997 PG 14.95 frequent their local video store as neous with the VHS release. "Eve's 19 20 3 BELLE'S MAGICAL WORLD Walt Disney Home Video Animated 1997 NR 22.99 surf the Net, Yankelovich concluded. Bayou" will contain behind-the- Buena Vista Home Entertainment 12546 "The report was optimistic," says scenes footage and ashort film, "Dr. HERCULES & XENA: THE BATTLE 20 25 4 Universal Studios Home Video 83568 Animated 1997 NR 19.98 Mike Kelley, VSDA Washington Hugo," made by director Kasi Lem- FOR MT. OLYMPUS state chapter president. "It's good to mons. 21 14 4 PLAYBOY'S COMPLETE MASSAGE Playboy Home Video Various Artists 1998 NR 19.98 know that the entertainment uni- The company plans to release Universal Music Video Dist. PBV0806 verse is expanding, and that nothing about 20 titles this year, all at $24.98 18 14 STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT Paramount Home Video 32797 Patrick Stewart 1996 PG 14.95 is being sacrificed. That's anice piece list. Others scheduled include "Kama 22 of news." Sutra: A Tale Of Love" and "Another Others attending the VSDA meet- 9/12 Weeks," which will be released in 23 12 19 LIAR LIAR Universal Studios Home Video 83330 Jim Carrey 1997 PG-13 22.98 ing agreed the survey shattered com- April. Later this year, Trimark will monly held perceptions. "It shows ship "Sprung," "Star Kid," "Meet 24 24 23 FLEETWOOD MAC: THE DANCE • Warner Reprise Video 3-38486 Fleetwood Mac 1997 NR 19.98 that expanding forms of entertain- Wally Sparks," "Box Of Moonlight," 25 17 10 NINE INCH NAILS: CLOSURE lnterscope Video Nine Inch Nails 1997 NR 24.98 ment don't have adetrimental impact "Cube," "Chairman Of The Board," Trimark Home Video 6734 on video," says Universal Studios and titles from the "Leprechaun" and 26 28 11 YANNI: TRIBUTE Virgin Music Video 77849 Yanni 1997 NR 24.95 Home Video VP of publicity Maria "Warlock" series. LaMagra. "That was not the case in Meanwhile, Trimark has signed a 27 16 4 SLING BLADE BuenaMiramax Vista Home Home Entertainment Entertainment 10487 Billy Bob Thornton 1996 R 19.99 previous studies." distribution deal for 12 titles from Nu The Yankelovich survey didn't Image, including "Redline" with WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S Leonardo Dicaprio 28 26 25 FoxVideo 8737 1996 PG-13 14.98 cover price influences or what factors Rutger Hauer; "The Peacekeeper" ROMEO & JULIET Claire Danes drive consumers; this omission didn't starring Dolph Lundgren; "Top Of 29 23 7 PLAYBOY'S SEX ON THE BEACH Playboy Home Video Various Artists 1997 NR 19.98 concern attendees. "It's asnapshot The World" starring Dennis Hop- Universal Music Video Dist. PBV0826 per; and "Sante Fe" with Lolita SPICE GIRLS: GIRL POWER!-LIVE study, and you can't be too quick to 30 NEW > IN ISTANBUL Virgin Music Video 92111 Spice Girls 1998 NR 19.98 judge the finding," says Kelley, "but Davidovich. TRILOGY-SPECIAL Mark Hamill it's asuperb start." 31 21 99 FoxVideo 0609 1997 PG 49.98 "Start" is the operative word here; TITANIC TAPES ON RISE: EDITION

VSDA VP of communications and National Geographic's "Secrets Of RE-ENTRY GREASE•• Paramount Home Video 1108 John Travolta 1978 PG 14.95 32 Olivia Newton-John marketing Cathy Scott says the The Titanic: Collector's Edition" was trade group is using Yankelovich the top-selling video at Borders 33 33 3 LOVE JONES New Line Home Video Larenz Tate 1997 R 19.98 Warner Home Video N4310 Nia Long Partners for another survey. "We're Books & Music during December THE LAND BEFORE TIME V: going out again next month to con- 1997, according to distributor Warn- 34 31 7 Universal Studios Home Video 83187 Animated 1997 G 19.98 THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND centrate on [direct broadcast satel- er Home Video. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: THE Walt Disney Home Video lite]," she notes. Meanwhile, Wal-Mart and its sis- 35 36 13 Animated 1997 NR 26.99 ENCHANTED CHRISTMAS Buena Vista Home Entertainment One question Yankelovich will be ter company, Sam's Club, have dou- 22 16 BATMAN & ROBIN Warner Home Video 16500 George Clooney 1997 PG-13 22.97 asking concerns consumers' home bled their initial orders for the title, 36 video usage before and after buying now National Geographic's best sell- adirect broadcast satellite dish. er at those chains. The 70-minute 37 34 12 BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD DO AMERICA Paramount Home Video 332503 Animated 1996 PG-13 14.95 documentary is priced at $14.95 and 39 12 PLAYBOY'S SORORITY GIRLS Playboy Home Video Various Artists 1997 NR 19.98 SELL-THROUGH DIP: After features footage from the 1986 expe- 38 Universal Music Video Dist. PBV0813 years of steady growth, sell-through dition to the sunken ship by Robert MGM/UA Home Video Natalie Wood 39 32 29 WEST SIDE STORY • 1961 NR 14.95 dropped slightly in 1997, says a Ballard. Warner Home Video M305295 Richard Beymer report from New York-based re- Last month, A&E Home Video 40 35 15 CREATURE COMFORTS BBC Video Animated 1997 NR 14.98 search firm Alexander & Associates. dropped the price of its four-tape FoxVideo 7012 U.S. purchase volume dropped to "Titanic" box set to $39.95 to take • RIAA gold cert for sales of 50,000 units or $1 million in sales at suggested retail. A RIAA platinum cert, for sales of 100,000 units or $2 million in sales at suggested 657 million units in 1997, compared advantage of the success of the film retail. • ITA gold certification for aminimum of 125,000 units or adollar volume of $9 million at retail for theatrically released programs, or of at least 25,000 units and $1 with 735 million in 1996 and 682 mil- "Titanic." million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. 0 ITA platinum certification for aminimum sale of 250,000 units or adollar volume of $18 million at retail for theatrically released programs, and of at least, 50,000 units and $2 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. E1998, Billboard/BPI Communications.

BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 61 Home Video MERCHANTS £if. MARKETING Marketing Art Videos AChallenge Category Gets Boost From Sister Wendy Series • BY ANNE SHERBER ships with performers, PolyGram is Although Homevision has vacated able to re-promote titles when acon- the performing arts category, it does NEW YORK—The eponymous star cert tour or anew CD draws the pub- remain perhaps the biggest supplier of "Sister Wendy's Story Of Paint- lic's attention. of fine arts videos. Homevision ing" is short and heavy, has adecid- PolyGram has agood deal more in recently released two additions to its ed overbite, and wears anun's habit. its special interest catalog than the "" photography She's certainly an figure to arts, so the supplier can concentrate series: "Richard Avedon: Darkness invigorate avideo category that has marketing fire on aBocelli title. For And Light" and "Horst P Horst: 60 always had to struggle to connect others—a diminishing number—the Years And Still In Vogue." with its audience. arts are their bread and butter. McGuire believes that still makes Spawning A Record. HBO Home Video celebrates abestseller, "Todd McFar- But Sister Wendy, who belongs to Kultur in West Long Branch, N.J., sense for Homevision. "Fine arts is lane's Spawn." It won platinum certification from the International Recording asilent order when she is not expli- has been releasing awide assort- adifferent situation for us," he says. Media Assn.. which awarded plaques to and Terry Fitzgerald, president of enter- cating the great paintings of the ment of arts titles since 1980. Pres- "I don't have the kind of competition tainment, publishing, and icensing of Todd McFarlane Productions. Shown, world, has gone along way toward ident Dennis Hedlund says the as performing art. And we have a from left, are HBO's Preston Lewis, marketing director; Cynthia Rhea, marketing doing just that for cassettes about growth of sell-through has been a more dominant position because we VP; McFarlane; Fitzgerald; and Bob Cowan, national director of sell-through. the arts. She's what any marketer mixed blessing. Lower prices attract started earlier." prays for: aphenomenon capable of buyers, but increased volume hasn't reinvigorating the market. aided revenue. Burton Cromer, marketing senior "Years ago we used to be able to VP for BBC Video, says sales of the get $100 for an opera," Hedlund $99.98 five-volume boxed set, re- recalls. "Now it's $29.99, and ballet Warner Negotiates For 11th-Hour leased by 20th Century Fox Home is between $19.95 and $29.95." Sales Entertainment in September, are on average 5,000 pieces per release, he track to exceed in six months what estimates. 'Advocate' Fix; Remembering Brief "Sir Kenneth Clark's Civilisation" has sold in the last four years. Cro- RETAIL GROWTH DEVILISHLY RISKY: Warner Home Video had accom- DVD. We knew him for aportion of that time, the 15 years mer declines to give exact figures Hedlund says the business has plished what trade observers thought impossible in the cur- when he served as executive VP of the International Tape but estimates volume at 25,000 units. changed in other ways as well. rent rental market. Assn. (The organization has since been renamed the Inter- Three of the programs are also avail- "Twenty years ago, we would do The studio was ready to deliver an estimated 450,000 national Recording Media Assn. to include the digital for- able individually. about 80% of sales by mail order. copies of "The Devil's Advocate," amiddling theatrical re- mats that burgeoned in the time after his retirement, but "This is one of our few forays into Now 65% comes through retail, lease with domestic box-office sales of $60 million. Now it's still known as the ITA.) special interest," notes Cromer. "Sis- mostly record shops," including the Warner must consider the improbable: postponing retail Taking over from founder Larry Finley, Brief saw the ter Wendy is unique. The production Musicland Group's Sam Goody and delivery for at least amonth and re-jiggering its Profit Plus ITA through atumultuous period when home video of the program is just stunning. It Suneoast Motion Picture Co. chains marketing campaign. Copyright is the culprit. emerged as amultibillion-dollar business. Hollywood em- has that extra element that made it and Trans World Entertainment's Sculptor Frederick Hart went to aVirginia court seek- braced the ITA as atrade forum before casting its lot with ahybrid between afactual program Coconuts units. ing an injunction to stop release of the movie. Hart claims the Video Software Dealers Assn. and an entertainment program. Sis- Direct response, meanwhile, has that his work in Washing- But ITA seminars, one ter Wendy is agreat storyteller." shrunk to 20%, with schools and ton, D.C.'s National Cathe- during Thanksgiving week Fox Home Entertainment veered libraries accounting for most of the dral depicting God's cre- in New York, another in into fine arts programming by virtue remainder. Kultur maintains amail- ation of man has been March in some posh of its association with BBC Video. It ing list of some 200,000 customers. re-created in "Advocate" as Southwestern watering wasn't always that singular an event. Hedlund notes that "Sister figures writhing erotically hole, were the places to In home video's earliest days, virtu- Wendy" benefits the entire category. under demonic control. On PURE learn the skinny about cas- ally every vendor, many of the stu- The real challenge is to find and Feb. 10, Judge T.S. Ellis sette activity from the tape dios, tried the genre. Most dropped release programming that garners agreed to give the parties manufacturers and dupli- out for lack of sufficient consumer similar attention. Hedlund thinks 48 hours to settle the mat- THIS cators gathered there for interest. he's got ahot prospect in develop- ter before enjoining re- tennis, golf, and alot of ment. lease until atrial, set to by Seth Goldstein good talk. They gath- AN UPHILL BATTLE Kultur, which in 1990 released 13 begin March 16, is finished. ered—and they still do. PolyGram Video, though, through hours of lectures by conductor/com- Unless adeal is struck, Warner faces damages, arecall, Brief was the genial, knowledgeable, witty host of the best its corporate ties to music labels, poser Leonard Bernstein, is assem- and the unprecedented task of editing out the offending (in every sense of the word) party in the business. The remains active in the performing bling aboxed set of the maestro's sculpture. quotes the studio as stat- gatherings have been ahigh-tech "heads up" since this arts arena. The company has had renowned "Young People's Con- ing the delay will cost $16 million. reporter began attending in 1976. success with "The 3Tenors In Con- certs." The package, acompilation of Worse, retailers would have to reorder, and sources doubt And just in ease your sources weren't talking, Brief had cert 1994," asignificant crossover the Bernstein Foundation's choices that the numbers for aless-erotic "Advocate" would be as aquiver full of quips, one-liners, and bluish (maybe alittle hit, and most recently the concert of the series' best concerts, will eon- high. One executive wonders why the studio took the risk, Jewish) jokes that filled the news void. Shaking hands with video of Andrea Bocelli, an Italian tain 10 cassettes at asuggested list heightened when Hart suffered astroke that moved the Brief was like getting zapped by one of those palm buzzers: tenor widely touted as the successor price of $349.95. hearing to aweek before street date. His answer: Warner alittle shock, alot of laughs. When the ITA Convention to . doesn't have much choice except to play hardball. next convenes March 18-21 in Dana Point, Calif., the assem- But, cautions Sal Scamardo, Poly- ACQUISITION PUSH Last year was atheatrical wasteland for Warner, and bled will remember Brief and miss him deeply. Our condo- Gram's director of specialty pro- Hedlund is nothing if not deter- $60 million titles are scarce. The fourth installment of Prof- lences go to his wife, Rosalie, an ITA stalwart who ran the gramming, marketing classical prod- mined. Last summer, he bought the it Plus includes "L.A. Confidential" and "Breaking Up," spouse programs, and his children, Andy and Judy. uct is an uphill battle, even with the performing arts library of Chicago- MGM Home Entertainment's "Red Corner," and HBO help of sister companies Philips based Homevision, known for its Home Video's "Don King: Only In America," made for pay DVDOINGS: It's show time. The DVD Video Group (DVG) Music Group and Deutsche Gram- video collection. Homevision senior TV. "L.A. Confidential," with nine Academy Award nomi- sponsors aSt. Patrick's Day breakfast during the Nation- mophon. Timing, he says, is every- VP of sales Jeff McGuire attributes nations and a$40 million gross, has the best prospects; it al Assn. of Recording Merchandisers Convention March thing. the decision to divest to several fac- ships April 14 on cassette and DVD. 14-17 in San Francisco, with adiscussion to follow. DVG The Bocelli cassette, for instance, tors. "The audience is not growing," Neither format is mentioned in the recap of Time Warn- chairman Emiel Petrone delivers astate-of-the-industry was mated to the singer's concert he maintains, blaming the lack of er's fourth quarter and 1997, an "all-time record perfor- report on DVD's first anniversary. Tower's Russ Solomon tour and PBS. Many public-TV sta- classical music education on shrink- mance," says the company. It's an odd omission because, moderates apanel including Warren Lieberfarb of Warn- tions broadcast aBocelli appearance ing budgets in public schools. More- while Time Warner has never broken out sales figures, the er Home Video, Paul Culberg of Columbia TriStai; Paul during their widely promoted pledge over, acquiring quality product was home video business or the success of aparticular title has Brindze of Divx Entertainment, Mike Fidler of Sony, weeks. PolyGram was able to take proving increasingly difficult. always been worthy of amention. Warner Bros. did regis- Steve Nickerson of Toshiba, Rusty Osterstock of Pana- advantage of the opportunity, deter- "The major international compa- ter $601 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depre- sonic, Brad Anderson of Best Buy, and Jack Eugster of mined in part by Bocelli's schedule. nies started to leverage their rela- ciation, and amortization, 10% ahead of 1996, "despite lower the Musicland Group. Remember to wear green... Mar- Arts programming "is street-date tionships with the top talent, like domestic theatrical results." ket rearcher Infotech predicts sales of 10 million DVD sensitive in the sense that you're Pavarotti and Domingo," McGuire players worldwide by the end of 2000. Based on ayear's working toward an announcement or says. "Rather than relying simply on AGOOD MAN GONE: The home entertainment indus- results, such extrapolations can be dangerous. Demand building toward an event," Scamar- their music rights, they started con- try lost apiece of its soul and alot of its sense of humor below that level translates as failure to corporate honchos do notes. "It's sensitive only in the structing contracts to include video." with the death of Henry Brief Feb. 9at age 73. Brief's who only know what they read. DVD spent all of 1997 liv- series of events that occur around PolyGram in particular exerted "a career spanned the 40 years, from stereo recordings to ing down spurious sales projections of 1million units. the artist." Because of its relation- significant presence," he says.

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Fontainebleau Hilton Resort &Towers, Fort Laud- sionals Golf Tournament, sponsored by the Los Push Stars and Ellis Paul and is pres- and PD for Radio Tropica and erdale, Fla. 954-563-4444. Angeles chapter of the National Academy of Re- ident of Black Wolf Records. WKAQ-FM, San Juan, , FEBRUARY March 8, 10th Annual Tamika Awards, Avery cording Arts and Sciences for MusiCares, Valencia and WSKQ-AM and WADO-AM New Feb. 12-15, 10th Anniversary Folk Alliance Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York. 718-978- Country Club, Valencia, Calif. 310-293-3777, MARRIAGES York. Conference, Cook Convention Center, Holiday Inn 7494. extensions 214/224. Angie Turner to Oran Thornton, Crowne Plaza, Memphis. 202-835-3655. March 12, 14th Annual Communications March 25, Real Stories: Groups, ASCAP Bldg., Dec. 26 in Springfield, Mo. Bride is a Tim Kelly, 35, of injuries sustained Feb. 14-17. Exciting Talent And Entertainment Awards Dinner, Sheraton Washington Hotel, New York. 914-354-4154. Myrrh Records artist. Groom is a in acar accident, Feb. 5in Kingman, For The Campus Market Convention, sponsored Washington, D.C. 202-463-8970. March 26, How To Sell Yourself To The Music producer/songwriter. Ariz. Kelly was the guitarist for by the National Assn. for Campus Activities, Indi- March 14-16, Emerging Artists &Talent In Industry, seminar sponsored by Ann Johns Ruck- CMC recording act Slaughter. The anapolis. 803-732-6222. Music Conference, Desert Inn Resort and Casino, ert and the Learning Annex, New York. 212-371- DEATHS group just finished anew live album Feb. 18, Entertainment Fellowship Dinner, . 702-837-3636, www.eat-m.com. 0280. Roger Stevens, 87, of pneumonia, that will now be dedicated in Kelly's CBS Studios, Los Angeles. 818-909-0841, exten- March 14-17, 40th Annual National Assn. Of March 26-27, BrabiCamp2,Coleman Center, Feb. 2in Washington, D.C. Stevens memory. The band's first album, sion 3. Recording Merchandisers Convention, San Fran- New York. 516-593-5494. was founding chairman of the "Stick It To Ya," went double-plat- Feb. 19, How To Sell Yourself To The Music Kennedy Center and served as its inum, while the follow-up, "Stick It Industry, seminar sponsored by Ann Johns Ruck- chairman for 27 years. He was also Live," went platinum. Slaughter won ert and the Learning Annex, Mechanics Institute, founding chairman of the National an American Music Award in 1991 New York. 212-371-0280. GOOD WORKS Endowment for the Arts, which he for best new metal band. Kelly is sur- Feb. 19-22, Wintergrass, Sheraton Tacoma helped establish. Before he moved to vived by his parents, Bill and Fran; Convention Center and First Baptist Church, Taco- Washington, Stevens produced more sisters Nancy and Diane; and broth- ma, Wash. 206-926-4164. SWAP MEET: The MA: Awinter semiformal to benefit the than 250 Broadway plays and musi- er Brian. Feb. 20-22, Infotainment '98: Los Angeles, Swap Meet, sponsored by KGSR and Kristen Ann Carr Fund and Fight cals. In an earlier career in real Hilton Business Center, Loyola Maiymount Univer- KROX Austin, Texas, will be held Sun- Against Sarcoma will be held Feb. 28 at estate, he formed asyndicate in 1951 Nick Webb, 43, of pancreatic cancer, sity, Los Angeles. 310-642-7658. day (15) at the Austin Music Hall to ben- the Supper Club in New York. This that purchased the Empire State Feb. 5in London. Webb was afound- Feb. 21, Developing ALucrative Music efit AIDS Services of Austin. Live year's event, which includes dinner, Building. ing member of the Grammy-nomi- Career, Studio 122 at the Boston Center for Adult music will be provided by Alana Davis, dancing, and asilent auction, is co- nated smooth jazz group Acoustic Education, Boston. 617-267-4430. Fastball, Reckless Kelly, and Dexter chaired by and Junior Hernandez, 34, of aheart Alchemy. At the time of his death, he Feb. 25, 40th Annual Grammy Awards, Radio Freebish. Contact: Jody Denberg or Patti Scialfa-Springsteen. Sponsors of attack, Feb. 4in New York. Hernan- was working on the act's 10th album, City Music Hall, New York. 310-392-3777. Jyl Tamar Hershman-Ross at 512- the event include Natalie Merchant, dez hosted aSpanish-language morn- "Positive Thinking," which is sched- Feb. 25, Real Stories: Video, ASCAP Bldg, New 832-4000. Brick Wall Management, BMG Enter- ing program for WSKQ (Mega 97.9) uled for a May release on GRP York. 914-354-4154. tainment International, and Automatic New York, the market's third-high- Records. Webb is survived by his Feb. 25-28, Country Radio Seminar, Nashville SINGING GOD'S PRAISES: The Productions. Contact: Marilyn Laver- est-rated station, according to Arbi- wife, Kay, and his daughter, Alexan- Convention Center, Nashville. 615-327-4487. Boys Choir Of Harlem will perform ty or Seth Cohen at 718-522-7171. tron, where he worked since 1993. dra. Feb. 25-March 1, Noise Pop Festival, Bottom Saturday (21) at the Wiltern Theater in of the Hill, San Francisco. 213-845-1210. Los Angeles in ashow that benefits the Feb. 26, The Rhythm &Blues Foundation United Negro College Fund. Contact: Ninth Annual Pioneer Awards Ceremony, Sher- Greg Johnson at 818-508-4519. SECRET SALES WEAPON. aton New York Hotel &Towers, New York. 212-222- / 7 Your competitors have a 9400. 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RETAIL TRACK (Continued from page 56) realize an estimated $70 million from very optimistic if no acceptable suit- VP of marketing Rick Bleiweiss, and and other little things that make it easy that sale, then the revolver banks could or comes along, then the banks will others hit the road, each working at a for both retailers and consumers in force aliquidation sale of the one-stop choose to back astand-alone plan." different store in the Coalition of Inde- dealing with the company's product." inventory, which now consists largely of In fact, sources suggest, Ogilvie has pendent Music Stores (CIMS) network. Cohen says that based on his experi- major-label product. Since many of the come forward with an offer of $100 mil- Barry LeVine, VP of marketing at ence working in arecord store, he wants holders of the bank debt are probably lion to buy the Alliance One-Stop Group, BMG, reports that the experience to have buttons made that say "It's the distressed investors who bought in at a and one member of the creditors' com- worked out "unbelievably well." The bins, stupid." discount, the amount received from the mittee calls that "a good starting place" CIMS network comprises 29 companies LeVine notes that BMG staffers found label sales and inventory liquidation but says that if that offer isn't improved with 67 stores, and BMG staffers hit all themselves working in record stores might satiate their appetite, Iargued. or other offers aren't better, the stand- but two of the coalition companies. "Our thanks to aconversation that took place Weisman insisted that the banks alone plan would be the way to go. team of people did everything from between John Kunz, owner of Waterloo would rather have equity in the company checking in ashipment to filling in bins, Records & Video in Austin, Texas, and than hold aliquidation. In fact, he added, IHAVE BEEN COVERING the music BMG Distribution president Peter interacting with customers, and ringing Jones, president of BMG, at the Nation- if any potential investors or buyers for retail, sales, and distribution beat for Jones is put through the paces, taking up sales," LeVine reports. "It was an al Assn. of Recording Merchandisers fall Alliance come forward and the amount eight years, and one thing Ihave inventory and upstocking, at Waterloo eye-opener for us. We came back with conference. "Kunz and Jones got into a being tendered isn't large enough, the learned is that there will always be a Records &Video in Austin, Texas. He anumber of realizations." discussion where John felt the answers banks are prepared to forgo doing adeal dichotomy between music merchants worked at the store for acouple of The most important discovery for were obvious if you hung out in the re- and would instead back astand-alone and label executives. Sometimes it is days in an effort to get in touch with BMG was "the power of selling out of tail environment for alittle bit," LeVme plan. Needless to say, Ileft that lunch loud and ugly, but more often than not it the retail front lines. the bin, as opposed to endcaps and other says. "So he told Jones to to the skeptical of Weisman's assertions. is simply amatter of two groups of pro- positions," LeVine states. "But there street, and Pete being the person he is But Iwas wrong. fessionals just disagreeing on how busi- were all kinds of observations brought took him up on it right that second." Ihave since had conversations with ness should be done, each coming at an more label executives would do: They back by staffers that will impact how LeVine says that BMG plans to have two key players in the bank group, and issue from its own perspective. worked in record stores for aweekend. BMG conducts business going forward, staffers work in stores on an annual both insist that it is prepared to take Recently, the national staff at BMG In December, president Peter Jones, from the comments on our packing slip, basis. In June, it hopes to place staffers equity in Alliance. In fact, one says, "I Distribution did something that Iwish senior VP of sales Rick Cohen, senior to graphic presentation on packaging, in stores that are apart of urban coali- tions and, after that, to have staffers spend aday or two at chain stores. BUY CYCLES (Continued from page 53) Ryuichi Sakamoto album. And many people with CD-ROM access is the 35- ie, 18.9%; the lowest is the Northeast, choices are narrowed to video channels, INDEPENDENTS (Continued from preceding page) labels are now providing links from 44 group—for both males and females, 5.9%. 17.2% are MTV watchers, 12.5% VH1. their ECDs to various online sites. about 15%. Suburbanites have the highest rate Asked where they tend to shop for old Tedeschi was reared in the Boston For many record companies, the Those identified as white make up of CD-ROM access, at 54.9%. For city music, one out of four says large chains. blues scene; such familiars as saxo- ECD is still in an experimental stage, 85.8% of people with CD-ROM access. dwellers, it's 27.6%, and for rural folk, Next, at 13.3%, is discount department phonist Gordon Beadle and harp play- promoted as aspecial product for an For blacks it's 7.8%, which gives some 17.5%. stores. er Annie Raines augment her band on aces most enthusiastic fans rather than indication why the ECD hasn't made a Strategic also correlates CD-ROM As for specific shopping locations, the album. as mass-market software that can ap- big dent in the R&B market. access with the radio formats that peo- music purchasers who are CD-ROM- "Boston is ahome for me," the viva- peal to anyone interested in buying the Of all those surveyed, 17.7% have a ple listen to the most. The highest cat- savvy are more likely to choose Wal- cious performer says. "It's agreat album. college degree, but of all the people egory is rock, at 23.1%. Next is top 40, Mart/Sam's Club (8.4%) and Best Buy community. People really love the Strategic polled consumers in ran- with CD-ROM access, college grads at 16.1%. Country comes in at 11.7%, (8.3%) than other chains. blues." dom phone calls about their computer are 23.7%. and R&B at 5.2%. When rock is broken Some observers believe that the DVD Tedeschi, who shares management access and their use of such services as Looking at income, you can see that out into its subgenres, modern rock will overshadow and eventually kill the with teen blues phenom Jonny Lang, E-mail and the Internet. They also the $50,000475,000 group has the high- leads with 7.4% (classic is 5.6%; active, market for enhanced CDs. With its has another guitar prodigy, 18-year-old asked about access to CD-ROM drives, est CD-ROM rate (16.3%), while house- 3.2%). ability to store much more data, the Sean Costello, as her current partner. which can give labels alook at the holds making that much money are What cable TV channels do those DVD could be the music format of the "We met down in Memphis in '94 for demographics of the market for only 11.2% of the population. with CD-ROM access watch? USA is future, they say. Others maintain, how- the National Blues Competition and enhanced CDs. The region that has the highest per- named by the most people (62.3%), and ever, that the DVD will be most effec- played alot of the same festivals," she As for age, the highest percentage of centage of CD-ROM access is the Pacif- ESPN scores second (61.5%). When the tive as amovie format. says. "Sean is actually my favorite gui- tarist." 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58 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 Merchants 8( Marketin Toomey, Thomson Hit 'Off' On Simple Machines

PULLING THE PLUG: Jenny England that evidently demonstrated (Brothers Looking Hard Upon Nega- in Port Washington, N.Y., will distrib- Toomey and Kristin Thomson, gui- that his madness is still in full effect. tive Thoughts) .. .DRG Records in ute. tarist/vocalists for the Washington, Thunderclap Newman hit the U.S. New York has signed an exclusive mar- D.C., band Tsunami, are shutting off top 40 in 1969 with "Something In The keting agreement with Collector's FLAG WAVING: Singer/guitarist the juice on Simple Machines, the re- Air," perhaps the only song about Choice Music. Collector's Choice, Susan Tedeschi growls into action on spected indie label they have been armed revolution that may properly be which specializes in upper-demo reis- her attention-getting Tone-Cool Rec- operating since the beginning of the described as wistful. The group's Pete sue product, will release titles by Doris ords bow, "Just Won't Burn," which hit decade. Townshend-produced follow-up album Day, the Four Freshmen, Jane Fro- stores Feb. 10. man, Walter Brennan, and Jaye P. Now living in Atlanta, the 27-year- The label partners have managed to by Chris Morris offered some even more unusual mate- accomplish quite abit in the space of rial (like the unnerving nine-minute Morgan in April. Koch International (Continued on next page) nine years. "The Trouser Press Guide suite "Accidents"), which was sparked To '90s Rock" put the label's achieve- and certainly not whimpering. On by the uncanny combination of drum- ment in anice nutshell: "That apair of March 27-29, Simple Machines will mer Speedy Keen's wobbly vocals, young women could rise to the top of mount afarewell festival in D.C. that Andy Newman's dense barrelhouse the straight-edge, terminally macho will feature performances by 21 bands, piano, and the late Jimmy McCul- D.C.-area indie heap is nothing short including Tsunami, the Grifters, Ver- loch's lyrical guitar work. Unique stuff of amazing." sus, Grenadine, and "a couple of huge indeed. LESS Toomey says the label isn't folding ones we're keeping secret," Toomey Touchwood will soon issue "Hard On because business is bad. "We had all says. Love," an album by glam god Marc kinds of exciting plans that got hi- Bolan that has never seen American jacked when the label got successful," WEIRD AND WONDERFUL: New release. A label spokeswoman says the York-based Touchwood Records has reception for the Brown and Newman TASTE she maintains. Simple Machines has kept up afull made its entry into the reissue field titles has the label looking seriously at complement of releases, by Tsunami with acouple of our favorite eccentric other licensing agreements. Good and other regional punk and pop acts, and elusive albums of the late '60s. show. since 1990. Its longevity is all the more Touchwood has licensed the self-titled MORE remarkable when one considers that 1968 debut by the Crazy World Of QUICK HITS: New York-based Tsunami's heavy touring schedule kept Arthur Brown and "Hollywood Select Records has made an exclusive Toomey and Thomson out of the office Dream" by Thunderclap Newman, distribution pact with M.S. Distribut- for months at astretch. Finally, the from Track Records, 's origi- ing in Hanover Park, Ill. The label, FILLING•LOW PRICES 'GREAT SERVICE time came when the imprint had to be nal U.K. label. noted for its hip-hop hits by UTFO, the •WEEKLY SPECIALS •EXCELLENT FILL shuttered if the bandmates wanted to Brown is best-known for his de- Real Roxanne, and Kid 'N Play and COMPACT OISCS/CASSETTESNIDEOS/VINYU concentrate on other artistic avenues. ranged "Fire," aNo. 2U.S. hit in 1968, its releases by phone-insult aces the CO SINGLES/CASSETTE SINGLES/CO-ROM/ "We've planned to close the label for and for his pyromaniacal stage act, in Jerky Boys, will begin the new ACCESSORIES over ayear now," Toomey says. "We which the loony vocalist would leap with the April release of ask about FREE NEXT DAY DELIVERY knew we wouldn't be doing this label about the stage in aflame-spouting a single by rap act B.L.H.U.N.T. 0•899• DISC (3472) forever... Idon't think there's that headdress. His album is apsychedelic much more we can learn." joy, thanks to the high-powered play- Simple Machines' acts aren't being ing of organist Vincent Crane (later left high and dry by the closure: Ac- of Atomic Rooster) and such loopy cording to Toomey, the groups own performances as the original "New their masters, and "a lot of the records Spontaneous Apple Creation" and a left over will be sold by [D.C. label] crazed cover of Screamin' Jay PACIFIC COAST Dischord and [Chicago-based] South- Hawkins' "I Put A Spell On You." The ern." reissue is well-timed: Brown just came The label plans to go out with abang out of along retirement for ashow in 45 WEST EASY STREET, SIMI VALLEY, CA 93065

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BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21. 1998 57 Merchants 8( Marketin e-.1 1'614elo \ \ À • • 1 Alliance's Fate May Not Hinge SOUTHWEST WHOLESALE On Finding An Equity Investor \ e (r/ ,41 ,te d or 00 / ) • ASTHE SEARCH for equity spon- although Idon't consider myself among 0 sors in Alliance Entertainment Corp. those naysayers, Iagreed with that (AEC) moves into high gear, sources say assessment because the banks behind that the Blackstone Group, the compa- the company's revolving credit facility : o e ll t o ny's financial adviser, which replaced are secured. They are owed $185 mil- o Salomon Brothers, is waiting to see lion and another $50 million from the

1%111111 which of the interested parties steps DIP loan. o forward with aproposal. Among the (DIP loans are more formally known parties talking with Alliance, according as debtor-in-possession loans, which is cassette C° to those sources, are Apollo Advisors new credit supplied to acompany that and A.C. , both of which were con- has just filed for Chapter 11. Such loans 029 10A sidering invest- are secured and VAG 3AD V00000 DeDli, ing in the firm get precedence MORE \ prior to its Chap- Sig Sad Voodoo Paddy e 99 in payment ls 9. ter 11 filing last schemes of reor- ,. zs 10.59 CAUG1-11" UP, July, and Bain RETAIL ganized compa- Soundtrack (Sno op, Lo st Soyz) GIGGLES ° Capital, all based nies over pre - QJ LAZ, Cruzin' in New York petition debt, 6. 929 TRACK 09 (Billboard Bul- by Ed Christman even secured (and Sales GOV"1" MULE, Doee .19 1029 letin, Feb. 11). amounts. So in M11.11-1Ps, Militia ..19 10.5 9 Also said to be this case, the 0125001. interested is a first $235 million An COMING AgMANI) VAN Y-IELDEN Chicago-based investment firm known collected from Alliance would be ear- Prices good week of as Chilrnark Partners, which once upon marked for the banks that supplied the atime was sniffmg around Camelot Mu- DIP loan and the revolver.) Feb. 23th-27th sic, and Bruce Ogilvie, aformer AEC Weisman argued that if the company executive who sold the Abbey Road one- didn't get an equity offer that the banks MORE stop to the company. like, the banks could choose to convert NEW ACCOUNTS CALL: Eric Weisman, chairman/CEO for their secured debt to equity and back a the company, declined to comment on stand-alone plan for Alliance, which, he SILLY 800-275-4799 SOU WEST the situation. A week earlier, Weisman pointed out, is exactly what happened had sat down with Retail Track to dis- in the Camelot Music Chapter 11 pro- UNSURPASSED SERVICE! WHOLESALE cuss that very topic, the search for equi- ceedings. Iretorted that Camelot's COMPUTERIZED CATALOG ty sponsors. At alunch in New York, he banks weren't secured. INTERNET FULFILLMENT r•eords & tapes began the conversation by asking me If both the labels are sold and an equi- what the industry was saying about the SONGS WEEKLY MAILER 6775 Dingle Road ty sponsor is found, the banks would GREAT IMPORT SELECTION Houston, Texas 77092 future of Alliance. Itold him that some have to find away to appease the music of Alliance's naysayers believe that the EXCELLENT FILLS 713/460-4300 manufacturers if the new company is Fax: 713/L60-1480 company would be liquidated if the com- going to have access to trade credit. On OVER 170,000 SELECTIONS www.neosoft.cornl—sww pany wasn't able to find both an equity the other hand, Iargued, if only the POSTERS & PROMOS sponsor and someone to purchase its labels are sold, but no satisfactory equi- labels, Castle Communications and ty offer comes forward, Alliance could Concord Jazz. Ifurther said that (Continued on page 58) (

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56 BILLBCARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 Billboard FEBRUARY 21, 1998 LENNON LEGEND: Merchants 8( Marketin IN HIS OWN WORDS

Top Pop® Catalog Albums .. HI FREQUENCY USES LOCAL LEGWORK COMPILED FROM ANATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE AND RACK SALES Vc (Continued from page 53) REPORTS COLLECTED, COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY SoundScan . o lc radio station, KAZR, when station promotion." Further, he adds, focus, ARTIST MIMI TITLE i, 15 IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUD. LIST PRICE,' — — P- L' staffers spotted him handing out along with building agreat team copies of the group's cassette sam- and offering labels afresh perspec- * * NO. 1 * * pler outside a Megadeth show. "It tive on marketing, has been the METALLICA A''' METALLI CA 1 1 ELEKTRA 61113./EEG (10.98/16.98) 6weeks at No. 1 339 drew their attention and led to the driving force of the company's suc- station giving it atry," he says. cess. "We'll hammer out ideas and SOUNDTRACK A' GREASE 2 5 POLYDOR 825095/A&M (10.98/17.98) 246 offer strategies that blend in with Establishing an artist's long-term BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS A' LEGEND credibility is also an essential part the label's game plan." 3 6 TUFF GONG 846210'/ISLAND (10.98/17.98) 451 of the company's game plan. "Tonic "They take nothing for granted PINK FLOYD A" DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 4 4 CAPITOL 46001./EMI -CAPITOL (9.98/15.98) 1090 already had a large core of fans when it comes to their work," says FLEETWOOD MAC A' GREATEST HITS before they hit it big on the radio," Jordan Schur, president of Los 5 2 WARNER BROS. 25801 (9.98/16.98) 287 says Vos, adding that Hi Frequen- Angeles-based Flip Records, who BEASTIE BOYS A' LICENSED TO ILL "If you get truly inspired 332 cy's job was to reinforce the band's hired the company to help promote 6 3 DEF JAM 527351/MERCURY (7.98 EQ/11.98) and something cernes through CELINE DION A' you, like songs or poetry, then street presence. Without that solid and Cold (signed both 7 18 550 MUSIC 57555/EPIC (10.98 EO/16.98) 200 street recognition, he says, record to A&M and the indic). While the BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BANDA' GREATEST HITS it's part of your experience... sales can drop quickly because radio label has its own street reps, Schur 8 8 CAPITOL 30334*/EMI -CAPITOL (10.98/15.98) 172 you can't lie in ycur work." will soon lose interest, and agroup says that Hi Frequency comple- PINK FLOYD Ae THE WALL —John Lannon 9 10 COLUMBIA 36183* (15.98 E0/31.98) 462 will not be able to develop without a ments its team. "As a company, ELTON JOHN An GREATEST HITS core base of fans. they have cultivated aspecial rela- 10 9 ROCKET 512532/A&M (7.98/11.98) 412 Another key service the company tionship with us and have taken our VARIOUS ARTISTS A' JOCK JAMS VOL. 1 11 7 TOMMY BOY 1137 (10.98/15.98) 133 offers labels is its "eyes and ears" street promotion to alot of places METALLICAA5 • ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL package. For instance, with the it wouldn't otherwise go while mak- 12 12 ÉLEKTRA 60812/EEG (10.98/16.98) 410 Squirrel Nut Zippers' album "Hot," ing it feel as if we'd done it our- GUNS N' ROSES AI° APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION 350 field reps visited music stores to do selves." 13 14 GEFFEN 24148 (6.98/11.98) SARAH MCLACHLAN A' FUMBLING TOWARDS ECSTASY stock checks and report any prob- In addition, Schur continues, the 14 11 18725/ARISTA (10.98/15.98) MI 176 lems concerning sale pricing, prod- company thoroughly documents all A" BAT OUT OF HELL uct positioning, displays, or listen- its work, providing photos, written 15 — CLEVELAND INTL 34974'/EPIC (7.98 EQ/11.98) 218 ing stations. comments, and detailed summaries. ALAN JACKSON A3 THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION 16 15 ARISTA NASHVILLE 18801 (10.98/16.98) 120 On Imagine: "One of the best parts of the pro- Vos states that one main reason LYNYRD SKYNYRD A SKYNYRD'S INNYRDS/THEIR GREATEST HITS "That should be credited as a he started the company is he recog- motional groundswell they helped 17 17 MCA 42293 (7.98/12.98) 147 Lennon/Ono song, nized that as labels continued to build for Limp Bizkit and Cold is FLEETWOOD MAC A'' RUMOURS because the lyric and the 18 13 WARNER BROS. 3010 (7.98/15.98) 162 downsize, they would turn more to that it was natural, nothing was concept came from Yoko... JIMMY BUFFETT A' SONGS YOU KNOW BY HEART it was rit out of force-fed, and they really helped independent marketers to break 19 16 MCA 5633* (7.98/11.98) 364 her book Grapefruit" new bands and handle essential kids discover the music for them- ALANIS MORISSETTE An JAGGED LITTLE PILL tasks. At the same time, he notes, selves." 20 20 MAVERICK 45901/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) RI 137 Bruce Henderson, senior direc- EAGLES A6 HELL FREEZES OVER competition within the marketplace 21 19 GEFFEN 24725 (12.98/17.98) 167 was on the rise, which meant labels tor of artist development for Virgin A' THE ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE would require additional manpower Records, agrees, "It was a good 22 24 MCA 10829 (10.98/17.98) 213 to ensure that their artists are experience using an outside com- SHANIA TWAIN Al° THE WOMAN IN ME 23 21 MERCURY (NASHVILLE) 522886 (10.98 EQ/16.98) 154 heard above the fray. In essence, he pany to help with our tour market- VAN MORRISON A' THE BEST OF VAN MORRISON says, the stage was set for acompa- ing." The label brought in Hi Fre- 24 22 POLYDOR 841970/A&M (10.98/17.98) 370 ny like Hi Frequency as labels quency after the release of the PEARL JAM A' TEN — EPIC 47857' (10.98 1Q/16.98111M 256 started dedicating more resources Sneaker Pimps' first album, "Be- 25 SUBLIME • 40 OZ. TO FREEDOM coming X," and the start of their On Whatever Gets You than ever before to connect direct- 26 23 GASOLINE ALLEY 11474/MCA (7.98/12.98)1M 64 Thru The Night: ly with consumers. first U.S. tour. CELINE DION A UNISON 29 "Elton did the harmony and "As an outsource, we're avery "We had so many acts on tour at 27 — EPIC 46893 (7.98 EO/11.98) played piano on it. He said, that time that Ifelt the Sneaker A" GREATEST HITS 'Will you do Madison Square cost-effective way of building afol- 28 25 WARNER BROS. 3113* (7.98/11.98) 381 ?I lowing for aband," says Vos, adding Pimps deserved the type of extra TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS A' GREATEST HITS Garden with me the record's number one?' Ididn't think that approximately 85% of the com- attention that Hi Frequency was 29 26 MCA 10813 (10.98/17.98) 207 it had the chance in hell. pany's work comes from such major able to provide," recalls Henderson. JOURNEY A' JOURNEY'S GREATEST HITS 30 29 COLUMBIA 44493 (9.98 EQ/15.98) 434 A year later he came back and labels as A&M, Capitol, MCA, Poly- While other independent marketing METALLICA A." RIDE THE LIGHTNING says,`Okay it's time to pay dor, Interscope, and Columbia. reps, he observes, are often content 31 27 MEGAFORCE/ELEKTRA 60396/EEG (10.98/16.98) 362 your dues'." Barely in its second year, the com- to just put posters outside of con- AEROSMITH A' BIG ONES 32 34 GEFFEN 24716 (12.98/17.98) 78 pany, according to Vos, has already cert venues, "their reps went strate- STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE A GREATEST HITS played a role in helping to break gically further, targeting the right 33 39 EPIC 66217* (10.98 EQ/17.98) 41 eight gold or platinum acts—Seven restaurants, bars, and boutiques— AC/DC A" BACK IN BLACK 203 Mary Three, Everclear, Radiohead, anyplace they could get the word 34 28 ATLANTIC 92418/AG (10.98/16.98) METALLICA A' Tonic, Megadeth, Squirrel Nut Zip- out on Sneaker Pimps." 35 30 ELEKTRA 60439/EEG (10.98/16.98) 379 pers, Colvin, and Blues Traveler. Hi Drawing a comparison between SOUNDTRACK A' TOP GUN Frequency's most recent projects the start-up of Hi Frequency and 36 33 COLUMBIA 40323 (7.98 E0/11.98) 254 On Woman: include Sneaker Pimps and Limp the bands it helps break into the MASTER P GHETTO'S TRYING TO KILL ME "It's the sort of 80's version of 37 35 NO LIMIT 50696'/PRIORITY (10.98/16.98) 11 marketplace, Vos notes that his 2- 'Girl' to me. It's for Yoko, out it's Bizkit. PINK FLOYD A COLLECTION OF GREAT DANCE SONGS to all women." According to Vos, Hi Frequency's year-old company began with little 38 — COLUMBIA 37680 (10.98 E0116.98) 17 annual growth exceeds 50%, with more than a shoestring budget, a AEROSMITH A3 AEROSMITHS GREATEST HITS 271 revenue this year topping $1 million. $125 used computer, an old fax/ 39 43 COLUMBIA 57367 (7.98 E0/11.98) 2PAC A ME AGAINST THE WORLD He says he expects the company to phone machine, and a one-room 40 40 INTERSCOPE 50609'/PRIORITY (10.98/16.98) 105 double its number of reps within the office. A KIND OF BLUE next year. "Since day one," says Vos, "We feel a great love for the 41 49 COLUMBIA 64935 (7.98 E0/11.98) 13 music we help promote," says Vos. STEVE MILLER BANDA' GREATEST HITS 1974-78 "our plan has been to stay focused 42 36 CAPITOL 46101/EMI -CAPITOL (7.98/11.98) 336 on what we do best, and that's street "It's agreat feeling to see it grow." NO DOUBT A8 TRAGIC KINGDOM 43 32 TRAUMA 92580*/INTERSCOPE (10.98/16.98)M 110 ERIC CLAPTON A' TIME PIECES - THE BEST OF ERIC CLAPTON MUZIC.COM 44 41 POLYDOR 800014/A&M (7.9W11.98) 301 SADE A' • BEST OF SADE (Continued from page 53) 45 38 EPIC 66686* (10.98 E0/17.98) 120 ',V.: Beal 0, Jot, Lonno Forrester Research, calls this vision when they do invest in an artist, they BILLY JOEL Ae GREATEST HITS VOL. I& II 46 — COLUMBIA 40121* (15.98 E0/28.98) • 218 premature, saying that the success of are best positioned to take them to a 20 tracks scaniing his DEF LEPPARD A VAULT — GREATEST HITS 1980-1995 such artists as Ani DiFranco is an national or international level. Folks 47 42 MERCURY 528718 (10.98 10/16.98) 72 entire sola career anomaly in aworld dominated by nec- knock them for not knowing more SANTANA Az GREATEST HITS essary and entrenched business sys- about the Internet, but they do know 48 37 COLUMBIA 33050 (7.98 EQ/11.98) 76 What Becomes a _eeend Most: CELINE DION A' CELINE DION Win alimited-edition Lemon Legend tee-shirt tems. their business. 49 — EPIC 52473 (10.98 EO/16.98) 88 if your entry is chosen in our upcoming random "Record companies are venture cap- "Businesses like this are going to BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY A' E. 1999 ETERNAL drawing. To enter, just fax Pis strip, along with italists," says Hardie. "They roam the remain on asmall scale in the foresee- 50 — RUTHLESS 5539'/RELATIVITY (10.98/15.98) 122 your name and mailing address, to 21.3.692.1294 by Friday, Muth 6. able future," he. adds. "If they champi- Catalog albums are 2-year-old titles that have fallen below No. 100 on The Billboard 200 or reissues of country looking for different things to No duplicate entries Please, on small, unknown artists, they aren't older abums. Total Chart Weeks column reflects combined weeks title has appeared on The Billboard invest in, and they have the big infra- 200 and Top Pop Catalog Albums. • Recording Industry Assn. Of America (R)AA) certification for sales structure, the sophisticated manufac- going to make money, and major labels of 500,000 units. A RIAA certification for sales of 1million units, with multimillion sellers indicated by turing and distribution systems, as are not ready to get involved [in digi- anumeral following the symbol. *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 equiva- ©1998 EMI-Capitol well as the relationships with retail- tal downloading] for awhole host of lent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. 1M indicates past or present Heatseeker title. ers, radio, and promoters, so that legal and other issues." ©1998, Billboard/BPI Communications, and SoundScan, Inc.

BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 55 Merchants & Marketin 2nd Hand Wants To Be The 1st In Vinyl newsline Eight-Store Chicago Merchant Now Area's Oldest Chain • BY STEVE TRAIMAN BIL_ILE3C— )AF2E) Currently, the product mix is approx- SEAGRAM reports that cash flow (earnings before interest, taxes, amor- imately 75% CDs and 25% tapes, with tization, and depreciation) for its Universal Studios division increased CHICAGO—Jim Mayhercy opened the ETA IL._ Mayhercy noting that "cassettes are 33% in the second quarter that ended Dec. 31, 1997, to $199 million, com- first 2nd Hand Tunes in 1976 after IS COMING SOON TO very much in demand but very hard to pared with the previous year. The company cites the strong home video working at avariety store and noticing A STORE NEAR YOU! buy. It's another format that seems to performance of "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" and improved results that used records were among the best- be on the way out before its time. We from its television and music units. selling items. Today he and partner as from major chains like Wal-Mart; were very glad to see some positive Revenue for slipped to $451 million in the quar- Daina Jaras have seven outlets here and and more direct selling by labels efforts by the industry last year and ter from $465 million, while cash flow rose to $47 million from $45 mil- one in Milwaukee. Those stores include through mail order and the Internet. hope they continue." (He is referring to lion. For the filmed entertainment unit, cash flow increased to $113 mil- what he claims are the last two all-vinyl Despite the increased competitive the International Recording Media lion from $65 million as revenue rose to $1.07 billion from $999 million. outlets in the metropolitan area, the environment, Mayhercy and Jaras say Assn.-sponsored "Hey .... Where'd You first launched in December 1989 (Bill- they believe that they've managed to Hide The Cassettes?" promotion.) has joined David Bowie as the latest Wall Street-backed board, Jan. 6, 1990). survive and prosper for some very sim- Audiovisual product is carried in all rocker, securing aloan of more than $10 million backed up by royalties Used CDs, tapes, and vinyl albums ple reasons. outlets, but the chain's Mid-north store from his catalog, sources say. and 45s still make up about two-thirds First, 2nd Hand Tunes is the oldest has the strongest inventory of the mate- The 10-year loan, from Nomura Capital Entertainment Finance, is the of annual volume. All the stores are and most established chain left in Chica- rial. At that store, approximately 12,000 first announcement of royalty-backed financing since the Bowie bond active buyers of collections from aded- go, and, they say, very well-known. Sec- sale and rental VHS, laserdisc, and deal in early 1997. Nomura, which declined comment on the Stewart loan, icated customer base that has expanded ond, if sales at one or two stores suffer, DVD movies are available, as well as plans to make other similar entertainment loans and sell them to secu- over 22 years with very little formal other locations can make up for the lost platform (Sony, Nintendo, and Sega) rities firms, which will package them into asset-backed bonds for advertising. While each store has acom- volume. Third, the chain has knowl- and PC computer games. investors. One source says that Nomura has made other loans to enter- puter for customer searches, the chain edgeable managers who know what to In terms of genre, rock represents tainers but that these, unlike the Stewart deal, are not part of the bond relies on akey cadre of managers with buy and what to sell and at what prices. approximately 50% of the chain's busi- program. avariety of music knowledge. "They lit- Meanwhile, management has played ness, soul 20%, classical and jazz each The $55 million Bowie bonds were sold by Fahnestock & Co. to Pru- erally have their respective store inven- arole in sustaining the chain's viability. 10%, and other genres the remaining dential Insurance. It was also announced recently that Charles Koppel- tories at their fingertips and in their It ensured store managers kept in- 10%. Pricing is competitive, with most man has made adeal with Prudential to create CAK Universal Credit heads," Mayhercy says. ventories under control—the biggest used CDs going for $7-$8 and tapes $2- Corp., which says it may loan up to $1 billion in its first year to copy- A World Wide Web site, www.2nd. challenge last year—as more people $3. New product is typically $3 under right owners, with the rights as collateral. com, was launched last year by GM wanted to sell than buy. Also, the in- suggested retail—$12.98 or $7.98 for a Scott Robinson, who also is manager of ventory in each outlet is tailored to its $15.98 list CD or $10.98 list tape, for NEWS CORP. reports that operating income from its 20th Century Fox the flagship CD store in Chicago's Mid- neighborhood location, giving 2nd Hand example. For new products, key dis- film and video division fell 20% in the second quarter that ended Dec. north neighborhood. Plans for the site Tunes more variety than other area tributors include Abbey Road, Valley 31, to $60 million. But the company says results exceeded Wall Street are likely to shake things up for the music retailers. (Continued on page 59) estimates, in part because of the success of the low-budget film "The chain in apositive way this year, partic- le„ Full Monty." Profits from the blockbuster movie "Titanic" will show up ularly with its eclectic customer base of in the second half of the fiscal year, the company says. area high school, college, and young adult sellers and buyers who are very NATHAN MUCHNICK INC., aPhiladelphia retailer, has filed another class- much into the Internet. 2nd Hand Tee NEw.USED 2nd Had Tou action suit against the major music distributors, charging CD price fix- Mayhercy got into the record store ing. The suit was filed Jan. 28 in U.S. District Court for the Southern business after graduating from Antioch District of New York. In December 1997, former Philadelphia retailer College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where Third Street Jazz and Rock Holding Corp. also filed aCD price-fixing he participated in afive-year work- suit against the majors. study program and came out with one goal. "I always wanted to own my own K-TEL INTERNATIONAL reports net income of $438,000 in the second fiscal business," he recalls. "After seeing how quarter, which ended Dec. 31, compared with profit of $1.75 million in the well used records sold at my first job, I same period the year before. But $850,000 of the previous-year income was took some savings and agood used clue to recovery of legal expenses from aU.K. entertainment company. Quar- record collection and opened my first terly net sales rose 36% to $23.2 million. Operating income fell to $578,000 2nd Hand Tunes." in the quarter from $1.79 million on account of "investments we have made Jaras joined the company two years in our direct response and online businesses," the company says. later, in 1978, straight out of college with abusiness degree and alifelong NATIONAL RECORD MART (NRM) reports that sales from stores open at love of music. "I was looking for aniche least ayear rose 22.4% (to $8.1 million) in January from the same month in the music business that would be the year before. The big gain "reflects record sales" of the "Titanic" interesting and profitable," she says. 2nd Hand Tunes' CD location in suburban Evanston, Ill., caters to nearby North- soundtrack, the company says, adding that NRM's national market share ".Jim had run an ad for amanager for a western University. (Photo: Steve Traiman) on that particular release was 4%. new store in the newspaper. Ianswered it, got the job, thought the business was NATIONAL ASSN. OF RECORDING MERCHANDISERS says that the artist agreat idea, and we've been partners lineup for the 40th Anniversary Banquet ever since." EXECUTIVE TURNTABLE March 17 at the 1998 annual convention At one time, 2nd Hand Tunes had in San Francisco will include Brian stores in Cleveland and Miami, which RETAIL. Camelot Music in North McKnight of Motown, Fiona Apple of the have since closed. But the chain is still Canton, Ohio, promotes Jack K. Work Group, Randy Travis of Dream- the Chicago area's largest local chain Rogers to executive VP/C00 and Works Nashville, and Bryan White of with the demise of Rose Records, Lee Ann Thorn to CFO/treasurer. Asylum. Dick Clark will be the host. The among others. "The peak of our busi- They were, respectively, executive 1997 merchandiser and supplier of the year awards will be given out dur- ness was from 1992 to 1994," Jaras VP/CFO and VP/treasurer. ing the banquet. observes. "Used CDs held up better Zany Brainy in Wynnewood, Pa., than vinyl and were more marketable promotes Keith C. Spurgeon to at that time. Hardly anyone sold used chairman and Thomas G. Vellios BEK CDs, and new ones were more expen- to president. Spurgeon will contin- sive—before the arrival of Best Buy and ue his responsibilities as CEO. Vel- Vergne, Tenn., promotes Donnie Circuit City. lios was executive VP Daniel to senior VP of finance and LIFT® Then, in 1995, the music business in administration/CFO. He was VP/ general took adive, and there was hard- MANUFACTURERS. Bang & Olufsen CFO. Systems with future. ly any profit in selling new CDs, so a America Inc. in Mount Prospect, number of chains added used CDs to Ill., promotes Ole Bek to presi- HOME VIDEO. Ron Lehman is pro- ...the ultimate in Listening Systems. their inventory. dent. He was managing director of moted to director of special mar- "In recent times, it has been harder international distribution develop- kets at Republic Pictures in Los ...the ultimate in Multimedia Merchandising. to make aliving in this business," Jaras ment. Angeles. He was national account ...the ultimate in Homesystems. continues. Among the reasons cited are manager. the fact that most consumers have al- DISTRIBUTION. BMG Distribution ready converted their collections from in New York names Amy Basler CHILDREN. Children's Television Visit our website at: www LIFTonline.com vinyl to CD; there hasn't been much director of alternative marketing. Workshop in New York names email us at: [email protected] music that has really excited the buying She was director of marketing and Sharon Lyew director of music or call us at: 1-800-543-8269 for free color brochures. public; increased competition from artist development at Freeworld. publishing. She was president at newly started used-CD stores, as well Ingram Entertainment Inc. in La PT Music Inc.

54 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 Merchants Marketin • RETAILING•DISTRIBUTION•DIRECT SALES•HOME VIDEO•ENTER*ACTIVE•ACCESSORIES Muzic.com Assembles Cyber-Tools Hi Frequency Uses Local Site Offers Search Engine, Downloadable Songs Legwork For Marketing • BY DOUG REECE N2K does, some JamTV does, some Klopps Blues Band, on the group's Sy • BY FRANK DiCOSTANZO recognition and raise on-site expo- Ultimate Band List does, and at the Records. sure for artists by staying focused LOS ANGELES—San Francisco- heart of it all, we think of ourselves as a "It was really the first time I had NEW YORK—Bring Ron Vos aband on their local area. "It's really the based software and Internet technolo- software and Web publishing company" gone through all the machinations of that seeks exposure, an album wait- best way to connect with the con- gies company muzic.com (www.muzic. The company also plans on rolling being an indie artist and really lived ing to be sold, or aconcert hall that sumer," says Vos. He adds that reps corn) is hoping that computer users out various industry-specific software that life," says Bennett. "It helped me needs to be filled, and he'll take it work with service and retail busi- can't get too much of agood thing, as it programs throughout the year. New appreciate the idea of giving the artist straight to the people. nesses, setting up displays, posting prepares to roll out its new music-spe- World Wide Web publishing software the ability to use all these tools and The 33-year-old founder of Hi fliers to announce tour dates, and cific site. developed for specifically for artists, technologies that exist now" Frequency, amusic marketing com- combing high-traffic locations to When the site bows Friday (20), it for example, is in the works. "This is for empowering anybody pany that takes a grass-roots spread the word. will feature amusic-specific search Still, the megalopolitan ambitions of that wants access to cyberspace and approach to independent marketing Non -music engine that the company claims will be the site will not be matched by its de- the cybermarket," adds Bennett. "We and street promotion, tries to leave stores—such as the most comprehensive of its kind, cidedly underground feel. want to put all the [software] tools to- no stone unturned when it comes to skate, surf, and with live events, music news, audio and Partner Herbie Herbert, former gether in one place and not necessarily spreading the word about the latest snowboard video streaming, merchandise such as manager of such acts as Journey and be exclusive in what we provide." rock, alternative, or trip-hop music. shops; clothing/ band T-shirts and posters, and approx- the Steve Miller Band, says the site will Digital downloading from the site Launched in January 1996, the shoe stores; tat- imately 400 digitally downloadable also target lesser-known artists as a can be facilitated though Liquid Audio's privately held company, which too and piercing tracks for sale. service providing aone-stop forum for MusicPlayer or AT&T's A2B player. spearheads targeted promotions for parlors; cafes, "When we first started approaching promoting, selling, and distributing While most of the music industry has labels, has a network of 61 part- coffeehouses, people for money, we went though all the their music and merchandise. It's some- viewed the advent of digital download- time field representatives (most bars, and restau- channels that every start-up, home- what similar to the tack taken by such ing with varying measures of skep- recruited from college campuses) rants; and tobac- brew goes through," says company co- sites as the Internet Underground ticism, speculation, and fear; muzic.com who cover more than 50 markets co accessories/"head" shops—play founder Brian Villanueva. "Everyone Music Archive. is optimistic about this arm of its busi- across the U.S. akey role as vehicles to expose new just shook their heads because they According to Bennett, his interest ness. Based in Chapel Hill, N.C., Hi music. thought we were attempting to do too and eventual pairing with partners Vil- As part of the promotion for the site, Frequency was founded by Vos with "Of course, the promotion has to much, when as far as we were con- lanueva and Steven Dax Lee developed muzic.com paired with Liquid Audio to Jay Faires of Mammoth Records, match the musical style of the cerned, it was just everything we need- after his experiences as amanager and, offer afree, exclusive digital download- who has an equity stake but is not artist," says Vos, noting that these ed to do to survive. It's some things more important, amember of the Sy ing of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts sin- involved in the company's day-to- retailers are provided with signage gle "Fetish," which will be up until the day operations. Including Vos, Hi and CDs for in-store play and give- site's launch date (Billboard Bulletin, Frequency has afull-time staff of aways. "We'll also set up enter-to - Jan. 21). six: three field representatives/ win contests for premium items like Other material available at its start event coordinators, acomputer sys- T-shirts, autographed albums, and date will be adigital-download-only tems specialist, and an accountant. posters." album by Mad Professor and inter- "We get results because our field "For artists like Sneaker Pimps views with artists such as Kurt Cobain, reps are not only dedicated to their and Shawn Colvin," explains Vos, Smashing Pumpkins, and Jerry Garcia. work, but are also very knowledge- "we visited upscale beauty salons The cost of each downloadable single able about their local markets and and boutiques, whereas with Limp will range from 50 cents to $2. know where to reach aband's poten- Bizkit, our reps sought out the BY IDOINI JEFFREY Bennett estimates that artists will be tial fan base," says Vos. young, harder-edged high school able to establish apresence on the site Whether it is handing out promo- kids going directly to the places LABELS ARE enthusiastically with digital download capabilities, tional materials at aconcert venue, they hang out." looking for ways to get hip with the video and audio streaming, text infor- getting album and cassette sam- With developing A&M artists Fat computer generation. Most of the New Media Usage By mation, and other functions for a few plers into stores, or rubbing elbows and Cold, he adds, reps took to fol- activity is on the Internet. But some thousand dollars, in addition to ayet - with the hipster crowd and gener- lowing radio vans and handing out still see promise in the hybrid con- Active Record Buyers to-be-decided monthly hosting fee. ating word-of-mouth, Vos empha- cassette singles to kids at aradio Clients also have the option of fulfilling sizes, "we never forget that every- station giveaway. In fact, he claims, figuration known as enhanced CD Females Males (ECD). orders traditionally by themselves or thing we do must eventually lead to Hi Frequency's rep in Des Moines, CD-ROM 39.1% 42.1% The ECD, which is played on a with the help of muzic.com. the sale of an album or ticket." Iowa, was responsible for Cold's sin- computer's CD-ROM drive, was, at Internet 25.7% ... 32.8% Bennett and Villanueva say they To that end, he explains, Hi Fre- gle, "Give," being added to amajor its introduction afew years ago, tout- E•Mail .25.7% ... 30.1% hope to work with more record labels quency's reps help build name (Continued on page 55) ed as the possible successor to the Online Service 16.6% ... 21.2% in the future. They suggest that tradi- tional retailers could benefit from in- audio CD. Its added value was in pro- Use None of Above ... 8.9% .... 5.7% viding video, graphics, and text, as store CD-burning kiosks, which tap No PC 47.5% ... 48.1% well as music. Besides hearing an into such sites as muzic.com.

album's length of music, fans could An active buyer has purchased three or more "I think there have been alot of suc- watch videos, read about the band, recordings in a6-month period cess stories over the last three or four and listen to snippets of interviews years without major help from the rec- with the members. ord labels," says Villanueva. "Look at Price was the issue for awhile. -Nee- e,..e(1•("eice% bands like Phish, which are supported How much would the consumer be by such astrong international commu- willing to pay for the extras? Most nity, or Moe, which doesn't really get labels figured out pretty quickly that fans, do. But how is it spreading radio play but always sells out venues. people didn't want to pay much more beyond that? It's very possible in the next few years than for the regular CD. Labels have not given up on the that barriers will fall and allow bands So now the price is right, and the configuration, but it seems as if they and artists to operate as an indepen- content is, too. But the market still have scaled down their expectations dent business. has not taken off. One problem may for it. For some artists—in R&B, for "We're about the artists and taking be that the message is not getting example—labels say it doesn't make some of the pomp and circumstance out out. economic sense. Enhanced-CD pro- of the industry," he adds. "We're trying Mike Lane, an executive with con- jects are undertaken now on an act- to make this amore normal business sumer polling firm Strategic Record by-act basis. Sony Classical, for and abusiness that anyone can get Hi Frequency's full-time staff, from left, are Joel Wesley, events coordinator; Research, says, "ECDs are made, instance, is promoting aCD Extra involved in." Sherman Jordian, accounting; Kelly Watson, director of personnel; Ron Vos, and people don't hear about them. (its name for the ECD) for the new However, Mark Hardie, senior ana- president/owner; Rich Robin, systems manager; and Joby Brown, field staff The kids in the know, the hardcore (Continued on page 58) lyst for the Cambridge, Mass.-based coordinator. (Continued on page 55)

BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 53 International Canada

REPORT PROLONGS JAPAN'S FIXED PRICES I( 'Willi, ned from page 48) Barenaked Ladies Close In On U.S. minority-interest titles as well as Inman, publicly say the system is million-sellers. doomed. "We are unhappy with the report, "Saihan is an unfair trade practice 'Brian Wilson' Boosts Reprise Band's Profile which concluded there is not an ade- that's been abandoned in other mar- • BY LARRY LEBLANC stations on `The Old Apartment' following week," Divney says, "includ- quate basis for continuing the sys- kets along time ago, and there will throughout the life of the record, which ing WPOY in Philadelphia and WHFS tem and that the system should be more pressure on Japan to abandon TORONTO—Support at U.S. modern was almost ayear." in Washington, D.C.... Now we're at 65 studied with aview to its abolition," it in the future," Inman says. "But rock and top 40 radio for aseven-year- As Reprise executives pondered the modern rock stations on 'Brian Wilson' says Recording Industry Assn. of it's very comfortable for people to old Barenaked Ladies song has provid- next single from "Rock Spectacle," and closing in on 1,000 spins." Adds Japan chairman Hiroshi Takano in have fixed pricing because they can ed adramatic career turnaround for the WDCG Raleigh, N.C., WPLT Detroit, Fitzgerald, "After Q101 hit the record, astatement. keep their nice fat margins. act. and WKSE Buffalo, N.Y.—all of which and 99X went with it ... sales blew up." Takano adds that the industry has "I have to say that if saihan is The Canadian act's single "Brian Wil- had supported `The Old Apartment"— Says Alex Luke, PD at WKQX: been doing its part to introduce a abolished—and it will be abol- son" is from its 14-month-old album began to play "Brian Wilson." "We then "Around Christmastime, we started more flexible pricing regime by lim- ished—it will probably affect us "Rock Spectacle," an enhanced CD of saw huge sales moves in those markets, talking about bands that had afollow- iting the fixed-price term to two quite negatively, because it will wipe live performances released worldwide ing and were generating interest in years, introducing adiverse price out a load of margin that we now Nov. 19, 1996, on Nettwerk/Reprise. Chicago with little or no radio airplay. range for releases, and holding dis- comfortably have," Inman adds. The single has helped set up astrong And Barenaked Ladies fell under that count sales of product returned by "But Ihave to be realistic and say foundation for the group's upcoming banner. They've always had aloyal fol- retailers. that in this day and age, saihan is studio album, slated for worldwide lowing here, and [adding "Brian Wil- Privately, however, many in the prehistoric." release July 7. son"] was more giving anod to the band industry say the current trend The FTC panel urges the parties According to SoundScan, "Rock than to the song. Once we put it on, it toward deregulation means saihan involved to discuss the issue further, Spectacle" has sold 346,000 units in the started getting requests, and [the will eventually be done away with. so exactly when the system will be U.S. "Brian Wilson" is No. 68 on the album] began to sell like crazy" Some, like Virgin Entertainment abolished remains unclear. Hot 100 Singles chart, No. 24 on the The label plans to service avideoclip Japan managing director Mike Modern Rock Tracks chart, and No. 40 for the single in March. The single will on the Adult Top 40 chart. BARENAKED LADIES be serviced to pop radio in March as The group's co-singer/guitarist well, according to Fritschi. AQUA DOMINATES DANSK GRAMMYS Stephen Page says the album has given BNL, formed in the fall of 1988 by its Barenaked Ladies—often referred to (( ited from page 49) and that helped us to decide on 'Brian prime songwriters, Page and co-vocar- as BNL—a "second chance." Wilson,' "says Fritschi. The album ist/guitarist Ed Robertson, also includes tional album. Hanson (PolyGram) EMI-Medley's premier rock "We feel that we're on the verge of track and anew studio version, record- drummer Tyler Stewart, bassist Jim was the winner in the best new band, D:A:D, won best Danish rock breaking this band big this year," says ed in Seattle, were serviced to top 40, Creeggan, and keyboardist Kevin international act category. album for "Simpatico." Anders Rich Fitzgerald, executive VP/GM of AC, triple-A, modern rock, and roots Hearn. The group is recording its next EMI-Medley's Laubek took best Bliehfeldt, vocalist for Mega Reprise Records U.S. "Radio and TV music stations in September 1997. album with Susan Rogers at Arlyn Stu- female vocalist, and the prestigious Records act Big Fat Snake, took the have never gotten them. They just During the second-to-last week of dios in Austin, Texas. BNL, booked by best Danish album went to her best male vocalist award. thought it wasn't right for them. In the 1997, modern rock WKQX (Q101) Little Big Man, is set to participate in "Ducks And Drakes" set; she also For the second year in a row, last 60 days, however, the band's image Chicago added the record, and WNNX the 1998 H.O.R.D.E. tour, slated to start garnered best songwriter awards. Jacob Haugaard, amember of the has changed. [Industry] people are now (99X) Atlanta had, as Divney says, "a July 10. That lineup is also expected to "I was delighted that she won," says saying, 'We want to be involved." phenomenal call-out research story" include H.O.R.D.E.'s founding band, EMI-Medley promotion exec Lis- The 13-track "Rock Spectacle" fea- "We then picked up 15 to 18 adds the Blues Traveler, and artist Ben Harper. beth Bruhn. "I've been working tures sparkling live versions of tracks with Randi since the beginning. from the band's previous albums: "Gor- They were three of the best awards don" (released worldwide in July 1992); you can win, and Ihope it will draw "Maybe You Should Drive" (1994); and BNL's Formula For Success: ALot DE some attention to her." "Born On A Pirate Ship" (1996). Among Laubek's album was recognized the gems on "Rock Spectacle" are by the critics but sold less than "What A Good Boy," "If I Had Work And An Eyebrow-Raising Name 10,000 units. EMI-Medley says that $1,000,000," "Jane," "When IFall," TORONTO—The Barenaked Ladles' Santa Fe, N.M.; and Denver. Laubek is working on afollow-up, "The Old Apartment," and "Shoe Box." single "Brian Wilson" was first The recent sales surge of "Rock which will have some songs in Eng- According to Page, "Rock Spectacle" released in August 1991 on aself - Spectacle"—Barenaked Ladies' lat- lish. was intended as astopgap for the U.S. titled five-song cassette EP that also est album, which includes alive ver- Sorten Muid, a Sony-Pladekom- market while the band prepared its featured the tracks "Be My Yoko sion of "Brian Wilson"—has affected pagniet group, was nominated in next studio recording, originally due Ono" and "I'm In Love With A "Gordon" in the U.S.; the latter has eight categories for its fusion of last year. "[The performances] cap- McDonald's Girl." sold 352,000 units to date. medieval folk songs and techno tured alot of the energy that the studio The project failed to attract much Despite its tepid U.S. reception, music. The act won in anew catego- records haven't," Page says. "We've attention until the band, popularly "Gordon" topped the Canadian retail ry, best techno album, as well as the LAUBEK been on the road straight for the past known as BNL, was prohibited from album chart in Canadian trade The awards for best album cover and year. Our tour was supposed to finish performing here in acity-sponsored Record within two weeks of its best production. "It was great to Danish parliament who was elected last May. We took three months off and New Year's Eve concert because release and eventually sold 950,000 win, especially the best production on aquirk, won in the best enter- went out for the entire summer and a then-Mayor June Rowlands consid- units, according to Ron Morse, mar- award," says Sorten Muld's Martin tainment album category, this time good portion of the fall." ered its name sexist. The resulting keting manager, Warner Music Cana- Ottosen, who describes his role in for "Helt Kinesisk" (It's Greek To The band's manager, - media coverage made the group a da. the band as "musical architect." Me). hnsed Terry McBride of Nettwerk Man- household name nationwide. The band's second album, "Maybe "We're happy about that, because Nominees and the winners in the agement, says the strategy for the Boosted by airplay of its tracks on You Should Drive," was released we made the whole album ourselves. 28 categories are chosen by atwo- band's career is based on the template MuchMusic and at modern rock, worldwide in August 1994 on Sire Our music is anew way of exploit- part Grammy committee jury of he used for Sarah McLachlan, whom he album rock, top 40, and even country Records. The album has sold 265,000 ing the possibilities of technology. I 2,500 musicians and 90 persons in also manages. "`Rock Spectacle' is radio stations, the cassette made copies in Canada, according to Morse; think the renewal of music will come the media or with a professional about [setting up] the band's next Canadian music history as the first in the U.S., it has sold 194,000 units, through the use of technology, connection to Danish music. Each album," he says. He adds that promot- indic release to reach gold status according to SoundScan. which we use as instruments half of the jury has equal influence ing "Brian Wilson" will help set up the (50,000 units); it eventually sold In summer 1995, during sessions instead of simply [as] filler sound." on the choices made. first single from the Barenaked Ladies' 75,000 units (Billboard, Jan. 11, 1992). for the album "Born On A Pirate next album in the way that McLachlan's Barenaked Ladies then entered a Ship," the group's original key- "Possession" single set up the single music contest at modern rock CFNY boardist, Andy Creeggan, left. Just "Building A Mystery" from "Surfac- Toronto and won $100,000 Canadian. afterward, the band fired its manag- ing." The group used the money to finance er, and Terry McBride of Nettwerk http://wvrw.billboard.com Eric Fritschi, artist development its first album, "Gordon," and subse- Management came aboard. McBride manager for Reprise Records U.S., says quently signed aworldwide deal with immediately pulled back the release the label approached "Rock Spectacle" . of "Born On A Pirate Ship" from as agreatest-hits record that would give Some sources say the band's car- October 1995 to spring 1996. He spent FOR SOUND SAMPLES.h the label achance to revisit songs from toonish image hindered its ability to the next five months getting the band "Gordon" and other previous releases. develop astrong base of support for focused and setting up the album. Hear free musical samples from the hottest With the introduction of "Rock Specta- "Gordon" among skeptical American "Born On A Pirate Ship," the first cle," Fritschi says the label shipped a radio programmers. However, the Barenaked Ladies recording on titles on the major Billboard albums charts live version of "The Old Apartment," band did moderately well at modern Reprise, has sold 199,000 units in the originally on "Born On A Pirate Ship," rock stations in markets close to the U.S., according to SoundScan. In Provided by the Musk Previews Network in and "re-attacked modern rock [radio]." U.S.-Canadian border—such as Buf- Canada, Morse says it has sold 125,000 Bob Divney, VP of alternative pro- falo, N.Y., and Detroit—and in such units. •Real Audio •WAV •MPEG motion for Reprise Records U.S., says pockets as Phoenix; Tucson, Ariz.; LARRY LeBLANC "We ended up having 40 modern rock

52 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 HITS OF THE WORLD

MUSIC EUROCHART 02/21/98 &MEDIA SPAIN (AFYVE/ALEF MB) 02/04/98 GL THIS LAST 1111S LAST WEEK WED( SINGLES WEEK VAUD( SINGLES 1 5 MY HEART WILL GO ON CELINE DION EPIC/COLUM 1 1 TORN NATALIE IMBRUGLIA RCA RIA 2 3 EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT SWEETBOX MUSIC PULSE 2 1 TOGETHER AGAIN JANET JACKSON VIRGIN DANCE NET/BMG 3 2 TORN NATALIE IMBRUGLIA RCA 3 5 BARBIE GIRL AQUA UNIVERSAL THE LATEST MUSIC NEWS FROM AROUND THE PLANET 4 4 IT'S LIKE THAT RUN-D.M.C. VS. 4 7 RESCUE ME BELL BOOK & CANDLE ARIOLA PROFILE 5 2 BREATHE MIDGE URE ARIOLA EDITED BY DOMINIC PRIDE 5 3 DOCTOR JONES AQUA UNIVERSAL 6 4 CANDLE IN THE WIND 1997 ELTON JOHN MER- JIVE 6 NEW ALL I HAVE TO GIVE BACKSTREET BOYS CURY NEVER EVER ALL SAINTS LONDON 7 6 7 8 COSAS DE VIDA/CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT INDIA: Cornershop's breakthrough single, "Brimful Of Asha," is expected to be atop five U.K. 8 10 ANGELS ROBBIE WILLIAMS CHRYSALIS YOU EROS RAMAllOTTI & RCA 9 NEW ALANE WES SAINT GEORGE/COLUMBIA entry after its Monday (16) release (Billboard, Feb. 7). That song is atestament to the rich lega- 8 NEW WHEN SUSANNAH CRIES ESPEN LINO UNIVERSAL 10 7 VIVO PER LEI ANDREA BOCELLI & HELENE 9 6 GIVEN TO FLY PEARL JAM EPIC cy of legendary Indian singer Asha Bhonsle, responsible for some of the Hindi film world's best SEGARA 'DOT 10 NEW MY OH MY AQUA UNIVERSAL songs. Now in her fourth decade in the music business, Bhonsle is reinventing herself with a ALBUMS ALBUMS crossover into the pop firmament. She has a current release on PolyGram India, "We Can Make SOUNDTRACK TITANIC SONY CLASSICAL 1 3 SOUNDTRACK TITANIC SONY CLASSICAL It," aduet with teen popsters Code Red. The track showcases her versatility, previously seen in 2 2 CELINE DION LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE EPIC/COLUM 2 1 ALEJANDRO SANZ MAS WEA her collaboration five years ago with Boy George. NYAY BHUSHAN RIA 3 4 CELINE DION LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE COLUMBIA 3 NEW PEARL JAM YIELD EPIC 4 2 MONICA NARANJO PALABRA DE MUJER EPIC 4 3 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA LEFT OF THE MIDDLE RCA U.K.: Few bands have undergone such an acrimonious demise as the Stone Roses. But after gui- 5 6 AQUA AQUARIUM UNIVERSAL 5 5 AQUA AQUARIUM UNIVERSAL tarist John Squire helmed his new group the Seahorses to plat- 6 5 ETERNAL THE BEST OF EMI 6 4 THE VERVE URBAN HYMNS HUT/VIRGIN inum status (300,000 units) here with their debut album, "Do It 7 NEW ERA ERA MERCURY 7 7 BACKSTREET BOYS BACKSTREET'S BACK VIRGIN 8 6 EROS DOD 8 8 DEVIL CAME TO ME DOVER SUBTERFUGE RECORDS Yourself" (Geffen), his former friend and Roses front man Ian 9 7 JANET JACKSON THE VELVET ROPE VIRGIN 9 9 THE CORRS oRo Brown is also off to astrong start with his solo endeavors. "My 10 8 SPICE GIRLS SPICEWORLD VIRGIN 10 RE JARABE DE PALO LA FLACA VIRGIN Star," the first single from Brown's debut Polydor set, "Unfin- ished Monkey Business," has already enjoyed top five domestic MALAYSIA (RIM) 02/10/98 PORTUGAL (Portugal/AFP) 02/10/98 success since its U.K. release Feb. 2. Signed to PolyGram world- THIS LAST 1MS LAST wide, Brown is negotiating to secure aNorth American release. WEEK WEB( ALBUMS WEIEK MB( ALBUMS Brown tells Pulse: "I loved my time in the Roses ... but life's

1 1 SOUNDTRACK TITANIC SONY CLASSICAL 1 2 SOUNDTRACK TITANIC SONY CLASSICAL about staying happy" He played guitar, keyboards, and drums CELINE DION LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE SONY MUSIC 2 2 2 NEW PEARL JAM YIELD EPIC on the album and used all his former bandmates except Squire. "Corpses," the set's second U.K. 3 3 SITI NURHALIZA CINDAI SUWAH ENTERPRISE PAUL SEXTON 3 1 EXCESSO EU SOU AQUELE MERCURY single, will be released March 16. 4 6 ZIANA ZAIN BEST OF ZIANA ZAIN amc 4 9 PASSARO SONHADOR FAFA DE BELEM COLUMBIA 5 4 VARIOUS ARTISTS DOUBLE TROUBLE 2 woo FINLAND: The angular, melodic rock group Don Huonot continued its breakthrough at the Finnish 5 6 CELINE DION LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE COLUMBIA 6 9 SAVAGE GARDEN SAVAGE GARDEN SONY music industry's annual Emma Awards, held Jan. 31 in Helsinki. Don Huonot's album "Hyvââ 6 3 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA LEFT OF THE MIDDLE RCA 7 5 RAIHAN SYUKUR WARNER MUSIC Yiitâ Ja Huomenta" (Good Night And Good Morning), its first for BMG Finland's new Terrier 7 7 THE VERVE URBAN HYMNS EMI 8 7 BACKSTREET BOYS BACKSTREET'S BACK FORM label, has gone platinum (40,000 units). They won best band, best album, and best song for the hit 8 4 DEMIS ROUSSOS 34 CANCOES GLOBO/MERCURY RECORDS "Riidankylvâjâ" (Fightstarter). Their producer, Kalle Chydenius, was named best producer. 9 8 SPICE GIRLS SPICEWORLD EMI 9 5 ANDREA BOCELLI ROMANZA POLYDOR Terrier's good run continued with anew signing, the self-described "love metal" band H.I.M., 10 10 VARIOUS ARTISTS ROMANCE: VOL. 2 EMI 10 8 DANIELA MERCURY FEIJAO COM ARROZ EPIC which won best new band and best debut album (for "Greatest Lovesongs, Vol. 666"). Other win- ners at the televised show were more established and less rock-orientated names: Kaija Koo SWEDEN (GLF) 02/06/98 DENMARK (IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research) 02/06/98 (best female vocalist), Jan i Sillanpâii (best male vocalist), Anna Eriksson (best new female vocal- NIS LAST THIS LAST ist), and Sami Saari (best new male vocalist). ANTTI ISOKANGAS WEEK MEEK SINGLES MEK WEIEK SINGLES 1 1 TORN NATALIE IMBRUGLIA RCA 1 1 TORN NATALIE IMBRUGLIA emh GERMANY: Leading the German chanson revival is the young Berlin performer Tim Fischer. On 2 2 NOBODY'S WIFE ANOUK DINO MUSIC/HMG 2 2 PRINCE IGOR THE RAPSODY FEATURING WARREN 3 3 PRINCE IGOR THE RAPSODY FEATURING & SISSEL POLYGRAM Feb. 1 he closed asold-out two-week stint at Berlin's midsized Bar G & SISSEL MERCURY 3 3 THIS IS HOW WE PARTY S.O.A.P SONY/PLADECOMPAG- Jeder Vernunft. A charismatic performer with androgynous good 4 NEW TURN BACK TIME AQUA UNIVERSAL NIET looks, his repertoire includes 1920s art songs, some new material, 5 NEW IT'S LIKE THAT RUN-D.M.C. VS. JASON NEVINS 4 4 IT'S LIKE THAT RUN-D.M.C. VS. JASON NEVINS MNW ILR PROFILE/MS and the occasional pop ballad. Fischer's meticulous interpretations 6 7 EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT SWEETBOX 5 5 NEVER EVER ALL SAINTS LONDOMPOLYGRAM are sometimes accompanied by extravagant facial and body gestures. FORGIVEN SPACE BROTHERS POLYGRAM RCA 6 7 He has already stamped his signature on prewar gems from the likes 7 4 I WILL COME TO YOU HANSON MERCURY 7 6 SORTI DE L'ENFER INFERNAL FLEX RECORDS/EMI 8 6 AMENO ERA MERCURY 8 RE NOBODY'S WIFE ANOUK mac DENMARK of Friedrich Hollaender and Georg Kreisler. The works of 9 5 TOGETHER FOREVER (THE CYBER PET SONG) 9 9 BABY CAN IHOLD YOU TONIGHT BOYZONE POLY- poet/playwright Bertolt Brecht also come into Fischer's repertoire, DAZE EPIC DOR/POLYGRAM as do texts from the late R.W. Fassbinder with music 10 NEW NEVER EVER ALL SAINTS LONDON 10 8 CANDLE IN THE WIND 1997 ELTON JOHN POLY- GRAM from his longtime soundtrack collaborater, Peer Raben. Fischer was ALBUMS discovered in a small Hamburg theater in 1989; word spread quick- 1 1 ERIC GADD GREATEST HITS STRAWBERRY/WARNER ALBUMS 2 2 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA LEFT OF THE MIDDLE RCA 1 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES— ly, and Fischer was soon embraced by Berlin audiences. He has since toured France and North 3 8 CORNELIS VREESWIJK GULDKORN FRAN MASTER A TRIBUTE SONY/PLADECOMPAGNIET Africa. His latest album on EMI, "Aus Blauem Glass" (Out Of Blue Glass), was released last CEES MEMOARER METRONOME/WARNER 2 2 D.A.D. SIMPATICO EMI-MEDLEY fall. Also on EMI are "Tim Fischer Live" and the double CD "Lieder Eines Armen" (Songs Of 4 4 ERA ERA MERCURY 3 NEW ERA ERA POLYGRAM OWEN LEVY 5 3 SARAH BRIGHTMAN TIMELESS EASTWEST/WARNER 4 3 JANET JACKSON THE VELVET ROPE VIRGIN A Poor Man). 6 5 ANOUK TOGETHER ALONE DINO MUSIC/BMG 5 4 BACKSTREET BOYS BACKSTREET'S BACK VIRGIN 7 9 MAGNUS UGGLA KARAOKE COLUMBIA 6 NEW SOUNDTRACK TITANIC SONY CLASSICAL SOUTH AFRICA: The sheer power and beauty of Gloria Bosman's voice has captured the atten- 8 NEW SOUNDTRACK TITANIC SONY CLASSICAL 7 5 SPICE GIRLS SPICEWORLD VIRGIN 9 RE ENYA PAINT THE SKY WITH STARS—THE BEST OF 8 8 CELINE DION LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE SONY tion of music buyers here. Over the past year, this Xhosa-speaking 24-year-old has enthralled ENYA WEA/WARNER 9 6 DAZE SUPER HEROES SONY audiences with her exhilarating live performances of soulful jazz standards, gospel classics, and 10 7 AQUA AQUARIUM UNIVERSAL 10 7 AQUA AQUARIUM UNIVERSAL MUSIC even opera. Yet her devoted live audiences are in for asurprise with the work Bosman recorded last year in the small Chameleon Cowboy Studio in the heart of Johannesburg. Collaborating (Verdens Gang ) 02/05/98 FINLAND (Radiomafia/IFPI Finland) 02/09/98 NORWAY with Chameleon Cowboy's Adrian Levi and Dean Hart, Bosman crafted 12 songs that show- MIS LAST THIS LAST case her voice in adifferent style. She sings mostly in Zulu, and the tracks are both sophisticat- %WEEK MEEK SINGLES MD( WEB( SINGLES 1 1 POP-MUSIIKKIA NEUA BARITONIA POKO ed and dreamy, incorporating elements of R&B, trip-hop, and South African traditional styles in 1 1 PERFECT DAY VARIOUS ARTISTS EMI 2 3 MY HEART WILL GO ON CELINE DION 2 3 NOBODY'S WIFE ANOUK amc amanner that stamps Bosman as one of the freshest, most progressive artists in Johannesburg. COLUMBINSONY 3 10 IT'S LIKE THAT RUN-D.M.C. VS. JASON NEVINS 3 6 IT'S LIKE THAT RUN-D.M.C. VS. JASON NEVINS "I want people to listen to this work without any preconceived ideas about music genres." says MNW SMILE/SMD-MUSIKKI Bosman. It's unconfirmed whether Chameleon Cowboy Records will release the tracks as afull- 4 2 SING UP FOR THE CHAMPIONS MANCHESTER 4 4 ALL AROUND THE WORLD OASIS HELTER length album or as an EP. DIANE COETZER UNITED NORSKE GRAM SKELTER/SONY 5 5 BURNIN' CUE UNIVERSAL 5 8 TORN NATALIE IMBRUGLIA RCNBMG 6 7 NEVER EVER ALL SAINTS POLYGRAM 6 NEW PIIKKILANKAA DON HUONOT TERRIER/BMG DENMARK: Anni Ringgaard was one of two girls named Anni in her grammar school. To avoid 7 4 SUPER HERO DAZE SONY 7 2 ICE RASMUS EVIDENCE/WARNER 10 PRINCE IGOR THE RAPSODY FEATURING WARREN confusion, her teachers called her "Anni One." AnniOne is now both her stage name and the title 8 6 TORN NATALIE IMBRUGLIA amo 8 G & SISSEL DEF JAM/MERCURY/POLYGRAM of her debut album for Sony-Pladecompagmiet, which released Ringgaard's first single, "Heav- 9 9 DJ QUICKSILVER PLANET LOVE SONY 9 9 GIVEN TO FLY PEARL JAM EPIC/SONY 10 8 PRINCE IGOR THE RAPSODY FEATURING WARREN enly Soundmachine," in October 1995. Two more singles and afew years later, "AnniOne" reached 10 5 TAVAROIDEN TAIKAMAAILMA YUP MERCURY/POLY- G & SISSEL POLYGRAM GRAM the shelves in mid-January. In the interim, two other singles, "Lovers For A While" and "Sweet ALBUMS ALBUMS Little Secrets," got extensive airplay and raised aquestion among listeners: "Who is she?" The 1 1 JANIS JOPLIN THE VERY BEST OF JANIS JOPLIN 1 1 APULANTA SINGLET 1993-1997 LEVY/YHTIO album is acollection of personal musical vignettes; the rock singer/songwriter depicts a wide SONY 2 2 SOUNDTRACK TITANIC SONY CLASSICAL/SONY emotional range. "AnniOne" was produced by Finn Verwohlt and AnniOne's partner, Bjarne 2 4 ERA ERA Poi:tor:Am 3 5 CELINE DION LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE SONY 4 3 THE SINGLES—ROUGH AND TOUGH Nygaard Nielsen, who plays avariety of instruments on the album. Ringgaard composed most 3 6 DOORS BEST OF WARNER AND DANGEROUS 94-98 CLUB TOOLS/K-TEL 4 2 CELINE DION LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE SONY of the music and collaborated with Jakob Eriksen from the band Shirtsville on lyrics. Jesper 5 4 ERA ERA POLYGRAM 5 8 BILL WHELAN RIVER DANCE WARNER 6 NEW PEARL JAM YIELD &wimp« Mattson, who backed the Danish duo One Two, plays bass, and Mokoto Sakamoto, who has 6 10 THE VERVE URBAN HYMNS VIRGIN 7 6 DAZE SUPER HEROES EPIC/SONY played with Neneh Cherry and Bernard Butler, is on drums. CHARLES FERRO 7 NEW BJORN AFZEUSLI TANKAR VID 50 NORSKE GRAM 8 10 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA LEFT CF THE MIDDLE 8 5 AARON CARTER AARON CARTER EDELPITCH RCA/BMG 9 NEW ANOUK TOGETHER ALONE cimc 9 8 ANOUK TOGETHER ALONE DINO/BMG 10 9 EROS RAMAZZOTTI EROS ape 10 NEW YUP OUTO ELAMA MERCURY/POLYGRAM

51 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 HITS OF THE f*e WORLD JAPAN (Dempa Publications Inc.) 02/16/98 GERMANY (Media Control) 02/10/98 U.K. (Chart-Track) 02/09/98 FRANCE (SNEP/IFOP/Tite-Live) 02/07/98 7111S LAST MIS LAST THIS LAST ills LAST WEEK 'WEEK SINGLES PEEK WEB( SINGLES WEEK WEEK SINGLES PAM WEEK SINGLES 1 2 YOZORA NO MUKOU SMAP VICTOR 1 1 DOCTOR JONES AQUA UNIVERSAL 1 1 MY HEART WILL GO ON CELINE DION COLUMBIA 1 2 THE REASON CELINE DION COLUMBIA 2 NEW KYUKON THE YELLOW MONKEY FUN HOUSE 2 3 ALANE WES EPIC 2 NEW ALL IHAVE TO GIVE BACKSTREET BOYS JIVE 2 3 TOGETHER AGAIN JANET JACKSON VIRGIN 3 1 WINTER FALL L'ARC-EN-CIEL KI/OON/SONY 3 2 IT'S LIKE THAT RUN-D.M.C. VS. JASON NEVINS 3 5 NEVER EVER ALL SAINTS LONDON 4 NEW SASURAI TAMIO OKUDA SONY 3 1 VIVO PER LEI ANDREA BOCELLI & HELENE 4 3 GETTIN' JIGGY WIT IT WILL SMITH COLUMBIA 5 3 ASHITA GA KIKOERU J-FRIENDS JHONNY'S ENTER- SEGARA POLYDOR 5 NEW MY HEART WILL GO ON CELINE DION COLUMBIA 4 4 TEPOIETHER AGAIN JANET JACKSON VIRGIN TAINMENT 4 7 CASANOVA ULTIMATE KAOS DANCE POOL 6 2 YOU MAKE ME WANNA ... USHER ARISTA/LAFACE 5 5 TORN NATALIE IMBRUGLIA RCA 6 5 ROMANCE PENICILLIN FASTWESI JAPAN 5 4 SAVOIR AIMER FLORENT PAGNY MERCURY 7 NEW 'S THEME CLEOPATRA WEA 7 NEW KOHOJYO TO HATASHI NO JIJY0 NANAOE AIKAWA 6 6 WALK ON BY YOUNG DEENAY wcri 8 8 ANGELS ROBBIE WILLIAMS CHRYSALIS 6 13 EMMENE MOI ALLAN THEO EMI CUTTING EDGE 7 7 DOCTOR JONES AQUA UNIVERSAL 9 NEW LE DISQUE JOCKEY ENCORE SUM 7 5 HASTA SIEMPRE NATHALIE CARDONE COLUMBIA 8 4 ROCKET DIVE HIDE WITH SPREAD BEAVER UNI- a NEW ALL IHAVE TO GIVE BACKSTREET BOYS JIVE/MOTOR 10 10 HIGH LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY WILD CARD/POLYDOR 8 6 MEET HER AT THE LOVE PARADE DA HOOL DANCE VERSAL VICTOR MUSIC 11 4 MULDER AND SCULLY CATATONIA BLANCO Y NEGRO POOL 9 6 FACE THE CHANGE EVERY LITTLE THING AVEX TRAS 9 8 PUSHED AGAIN DIE TOTEN HOSEN EASTWEST 12 NEW MEET HER AT THE LOVE PARADE DA HOOL MANI- 10 NEW INOCHI NO BETSUMEI MIYUKI NAKAJIMA PONY 9 14 MON PAPA A MOI EST UN GANGSTER STOMY 10 9 ANGELS ROBBIE WILLIAMS EMI FESTO CANYON BUGSY COLUMBIA 11 12 WHEN SUSANNAH CRIES ESPEN LIND UNIVERSAL 13 NEW POSITIVA/EMI 11 8 1/3 NO JYUNJYO NA JYONETSO SIAM SHADE SONY DESIRE B.B.E. 10 17 TORN NATALIE IMBRUGLIA RCA 12 11 ONE MINUTE THE BOYZ EASTWEST 14 12 TOGETHER AGAIN JANET JACKSON VIRGIN 12 NEW NAGAI AIDA KIRORO VICTOR 11 NEW ALARMA 666 POLYGRAM 13 NEW FINE COLORDAY MEGUMI HAYASHIBARA KING 13 10 TOO MUCH HEAVEN NANA MOTOR 15 9 BAMBOOGIE BAMBOO VC RECORDINGS 12 12 JE T'AIME LARA FABIAN POLYDOR 14 10 PROMISE KOHMI HIROSE VICTOR 14 20 AMENO ERA MERCURY 16 NEW WISHING ON A STAR JAY-Z FEATURING GWEN 13 9 PRINCE IGOR THE RAPSODY FEATURING WARREN 15 7 MORNING COFFEE MORNING MUSUME ONE UP 15 14 IN MY BED DRU HILL MERCURY DICKEY NORTHWESISIDUBMG G & SISSEL ISLAND MUSIC 16 15 TO THE MOON AND BACK SAVAGE GARDEN 17 14 ALL AROUND THE WORLD OASIS CREATION 14 8 JE ZAPPE ET JE MATE PASSI 16 20 BAD LUCK ON LOVE TOHKO PONY CANYON COLUMBIA 18 NEW IT STARTED WITH A KISS HOT CHOCOLATE FMI 15 18 LA FIESTA PATRICK SEBASTIAN POLYDOR 17 11 HERON TATSURO YAMAHITA WARNER MUSIC JAPAN 17 16 DIE LAENGSTE SINGLE DER WELT WOLFGANG 19 NEW HIDEAWAY '98 DE'LACY DECONSTRUCTION 18 12 HITOTSU DAKE MII-10 KOMATSU 20 15 16 NEW JE SERAI LA WORLDS APART EMI PETRY ARIOLA SYLVIE SAINT ETIENNE HEAVFNLY AMFMURA 0 TOWN RECORD 17 10 CE QUE JE SAIS JOHNNY HALLYDAY MERCURY 18 18 YOU MAKE ME WANNA ... USHERARIOLA 19 ALBUMS NEW CALOGONS NO THEMA CALOGONS KVOON SONY 18 15 BARBIE GIRL AQUA UNIVERSAL 19 NEW ONE MORE SONG THE KELLY FAMILY EMI 20 NEW TSUYOKU HAKANAI MONOTACHI COCCO VICTOR 1 12 SOUNDTRACK TITANIC SOUNDTRACK 19 11 LAURA NON C'E NEK WEA 20 NEW COSE DELLA VITA/CAN'T STOP THIS EROS 2 13 IAN BROWN UNFINISHED MONKEY BUSINESS 20 16 COME INTO MY LIFE GALA SCORPIO/POLYGRAM ALBUMS RAMAZZOTTI & TINA TURNER ARIOLA POLYDOR 1 181920 AVE% TRAX 3 4 PEARL JAM YIELD EPIC ALBUMS 2 2 T.M. REVOLUTION TRIPLE JOKER ANT1NOS RECORDS ALBUMS 4 1 THE VERVE URBAN HYMNS HUT/VIRGIN 1 1 SONY CLASSICAL 3 7 SOUNDTRACK TITANIC SONY CLASSICAL 1 2 SOUNDTRACK TITANIC SONY cLAssIcAL SOUNDTRACK TITANIC 5 3 ALL SAINTS ALL SAINTS LONDON 4 3 SHAZNA GOLD SUN AND SILVER MOON LIMITED 2 1 1NTERCORD 2 2 JOHNNY HALLYDAY CE QUE JE SAIS POLYGRAM PUR MAECHTIG VIEL THEATER 6 8 AQUA AQUARIUM UNIVERSAL EDITION BMG JAPAN 3 4 ANDREA BOCELLI ROMANZA POLYDOR 3 3 CELINE DION LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE COLUMBIA 7 18 CATATONIA INTERNATIONAL VELVET BLANCO Y 5 5 TRF WORKS—THE BEST OF TRF AVES TRAS 4 MERCURY 4 NEW PEARL JAM YIELD EPIC NEGRO 6 FLORENT PAGNY SAVOIR AIMER 6 NEW COMPLEX BEST COMPLEX TOSHIBA EMI 5 3 FANTAISIE MILITAIRE BARCLAY 5 13 ERA ERA MERCURY 8 10 VARIOUS ARTISTS ULTIMATE CLUB MIX '98 POLY 7 4 TOSHINORI YONEKURA IPIONEER LOS 6 9 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA LEFT OF THE MIDDLE RCA GRAM TV 6 NEW PEARL JAM YIELD SONY 8 6 KOHMI HIROSE RHAPSODY VICTOR 7 5 SOUNDTRACK COMEDIAN HARMONISTS EMI 9 5 ROBBIE WILLIAMS LIFE THRU A LENS CHRYSALIS 7 7 CELINE DION LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE COLUMBIA 9 13 SHANZA GOLD SUN AND SILVER MOON ORDINARY 8 4 ARIOLA 10 7 LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY POSTCARDS FROM HEAVEN 8 NEW BUSTA FLEX BUSTA FLEX WEA EDITION BMG JAPAN BELL BOOK & CANDLE READ MY SIGN WILD CARD/POLYDOR 10 11 GLAY REVIEW—BEST OF GLAY PLATINUM 9 6 EROS RAMAZZOTTI EROS ARIOLA 9 5 ANDRE RIEU VALSES PHILIPS/POLYGRAM 11 NEW 11 10 ENYA PAINT THE SKY WITH STARS—THE BEST OF 10 8 CHRIS REA THE BLUE CAFE EASTWEST VARIOUS ARTISTS IN THE MIX '98 VIRGIN/EMI 10 8 LARA FABIAN PURE POLYDOR 12 2 ENYA WEA JAPAN 11 7 JANET JACKSON THE VELVET ROPE VIRGIN RADIOHEAD OK COMPUTER 11 15 JANET JACKSON THE VELVET ROPE VIRGIN 13 17 TRULY—THE LOVE SONGS 12 8 SIAM SHADE SIAM SHADE IV-ZERO SONY 12 15 AQUA AQUARIUM UNIVERSAL 12 17 POETIC LOVER AMANTS POETIQUES M6 INTER/SONY 13 ME/TOWN 12 X-JAPAN BALLAD COLLECTION POLYDOR 13 12 WOLFGANG PETRY NIE GENUG ARIOLA 13 13 ERA ERA MERCURY 14 14 CELINE DION LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE EPICISONY 14 6 PROPELLERHEADS DECKSANDDRUMSAND- 14 10 THE CORRS TALK ON CORNERS EASTWEST 14 9 EMMA SHAPPLIN CARMINE MEO EMI 15 9 HIDEKI KAJA TEA POLYSTAR ROCKANDROLL WALL OF SOUND 15 14 ANDRE RIEU STRAUSS & CO. POLYDOR 15 10 PASSI LES TENTATIONS w 16 NEW YNGWIE JOHANN MALMSTEEN CONCERTO SUITE 15 NEW GOLDIE SATURNZ RETURN LONDON 16 11 SPICE GIRLS SPICEWORLD VIRGIN 16 16 FOR ELECTRIC GUITAR AND ORCHESTRA IN EFLAT 16 11 CELINE DION LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE EPIC LOUISE ATTAQUE LOUISE ATTAQUE ATMOS. 17 16 WOLFGANG PETRY ALLES ARIOLA MINOR OP 1-MILLENNIUM PONY CANYON 17 NEW NINA SIMONE BLUE FOR YOU—VERY BEST OF PHERIOUE/SONY 17 NEW HEKIRU SHIINA BABY BLUE EYES SONY 18 NEW WES WELENGA EPIC GLOBAL TV 17 14 BJORK HOMOGENIC VIRGIN 18 16 TOMOMI KAHALA STORYTELLING PIONEER LDC 19 18 THE ROLLING STONES BRIDGES TO BABYLON VIR- 18 NEW WILL SMITH BIG WILLIE STYLE COLUMBIA 18 12 WILL SMITH BIG WILLIE STYLE COLUMBIA 19 17 MAX MAXIMUM ll AVES TRAS GIN 19 14 TEXAS WHITE ON BLONDE MERCURY 19 18 WORLDS APART DON'T CHANGE EMI 20 15 RYUICHI KAWAMURA LOVE VICTOR 20 17 LENNON LEGEND EMI 20 NEW USHER MY WAY ARISTA 20 RE PASCAL OBISPO SUPERFLU SONY

CANADA (SoundScard 02/21/98 NETHERLANDS (Stichting Mega Top 100) 02/14/98 AUSTRALIA (ARIA) 02/15/98 ITALY (Musica eDischi/FIMI) 02/09/98 ills LAST MIS LAST NIS LAST THIS LAST 'WEBt WEEK SINGLES W133( WEEK SINGLES WEEK MEEK SINGLES WEEK mix SINGLES 1 1 CANDLE IN THE WIND 1997/SOMETHING ABOUT 1 2 MY HEART WILL GO ON Ct LINE DION EPIC/SONY 1 1 TOGETHER AGAIN JANET JACKSON VIRGIN 1 2 TAKE ME UP RALPHI ROSARIO TIME/SELF THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT ELTON JOHN MER- 2 3 2 15 MY HEART WILL GO ON CELINE DION COLUMBIA AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME BACKSTREET BOYS CURY 2 1 COME INTO MY LIFE GALA Do IT YOURSELF LIBERATION/SONY 2 2 BEEN AROUND THE WORLD PUFF DADDY & THE 3 2 IT'S LIKE THAT RUN-D.M.C. VS. JASON NEVINS 3 7 TORN NATALIE IMBRUGLIA RCA/BMG RICORDI 3 7 TORN NATALIE IMBRUGLIA BMG FAMILY (FEAT. THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. & MASE) 4 10 FEEL IT THE TAMPERER FEATURING MAYA 4 1 DOCTOR JONES AQUA UNIVERSAL ARISTA 4 3 TORN NATALIE IMBRUGLIA BMG TIME/SELF 5 5 TOGETHER AGAIN JANET JACKSON VIRGIN 3 5 IWILL COME TO YOU HANSON MERCURY 5 4 NEVER EVER ALL SAINTS MERCURY 6 6 YOU SEXY THING T. SHIRT WEA/WARNER 5 6 PEACE BLACKWOOD A&D/BMG RICORDI 4 3 AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME BACKSTREET BOYS 6 7 COSE DELLA VITA EROS RAMAZZOTTI & TINA 7 10 WALKIN' ON THE SUN SMASH MOUTH INTER. 6 NEW MY HEART WILL GO ON CELINE DION SONY JIVE/ZOMBA TURNER BMG SCOPE/UMA 7 5 TOGETHER AGAIN JANET JACKSON VIRGIN 5 8 SPICE UP YOUR LIFE SPICE GIRLS VIRGIN 8 8 IT'S LIKE THAT RUN-D.M.C. VS. JASON NEVINS 6 4 MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS THE NOTORIOUS 7 6 MY LOVE IS THE SHHH! SOMETHIN' FOR THE 3 DOCTOR JONES AQUA UNIVERSAL MDS B.I.G. (FEAT. PUFF DADDY & MASE) ARISTA PEOPLE WARNER 9 4 STAY SASH! FMNNO COLORS 9 4 TUBTHUMPING CHUMBAWAMBA EMI 7 6 TOGETHER AGAIN JANET JACKSON VIRGIN 8 5 BABY DON'T GO CLOSE II YOU EPIC 10 11 WALKIN' ON THE SUN SMASH MOUTH 10 9 DA YA THINK I'M SEXY? N-TRANCE FEATURING 8 19 IKNOW WHERE IT'S AT ALL SAINTS LONDON/ISLAND 9 9 I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU SOLID HARMONIE ZOMBA UNIVERSAUINTERSCOPE ROD STEWART FESTIVAL 9 16 TOO MUCH SPICE GIRLS VIRGIN 10 8 AYOHEE ANDRE VAN DUIN DINO 11 8 HABLAME LUNA BASIC CONNECTION EMPANO COL- 10 7 GIVEN TO FLY PEARL JAM EPIC 11 12 TOO MUCH SPICE GIRLS VIRGIN 11 13 WOORDEN ZONDER WOORDEN DE KAST CNR ORS 11 10 NO, NO, NO DESTINY'S CHILD SONY 12 20 GETTIN' JIGGY WIT IT WILL SMITH COLUMBINSONY 12 NEW CLOSE THE DOOR REGINA DO IT YOURSELF 12 13 DON'T BE STUPID (YOU KNOW ILOVE YOU) SHA- MUSIC 13 11 COCO JAMBOO MR. PRESIDENT WEA/WARNER 13 13 DEEPER SERIOUS DANGER RESHAPE NIA TWAIN ',Amur« 12 NEW ALL IHAVE TO GIVE BACKSTREET BOYS ZOMBA 14 15 ALL CRIED OUT ALLURE EP.C/SONY 13 9 FEEL SO GOOD MASE ARISTA 13 10 TELL HIM BARBRA STREISAND & CELINE DION 15 14 PUSH MATCHBOX 20 EASTWEST/WARNER 14 14 BAMBOOGIE BAMBOO VIRGIN/TIME

14 11 MY LOVE IS THE SHHH! SOMETHIN' FOR THE COLUMBIA 16 17 DID IT AGAIN MUSHROOM/SONY 15 12 AMNESIA CHUMBAWAMBA EMI PEOPLE WARNER BROS. 17 16 HOW DO ILIVE TRISHA YEARWOOD MCNUMA 14 12 FOOLISH GAMES JEWEL WARNER 16 NEW STELLAR FUNK JESTOFUNK LEVEL ONE/SONY MUSIC 15 15 SKY'S THE LIMIT THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. (FEA- 18 18 SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK 15 18 AIN'T GOT NO/I GOT LIFE NINA SIMONE BMG 17 9 SINGIN' IN MY MIND BOYS R US 24 RECORDS/DIG IT TURING 112) ARISTA TONIGHT/CANDLE IN THE WIND 1997 ELTON 18 16 MEDIA/SELF 16 11 ALANE WES EPIC MORE GIN LEMON GIGI D'AGOSTINO 16 12 ANGEL JOEE POPULAR JOHN MERCURY/POLYGRAM 19 NEW HISTORY REPEATING PROPELLERHEADS FEATUR- 17 17 QUIT PLAYING GAMES (WITH MY HEART) BACK- 17 14 ALL CRIED OUT ALLURE EPIC 19 19 PASH KATE CEBERANO musunoomrsom ING SHIRLEY HASSEY wALL OF SOUND STREET BOYS JIVE/ZOMBA 18 16 EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT SWEETBOX 20 13 IWILL COME TO YOU HANSON MERCURY/POLYGRAM 20 NEW ALL AROUND THE WORLD OASIS EPIC 18 14 I'LL BE MISSING YOU PUFF DADDY & FAITH BMG EVANS (FEATURING 112) ARISTA ALBUMS 19 17 NOBODY'S WIFE ANOUK DING ALBUMS 19 NEW GONE TILL NOVEMBER WYCLEF JEAN COLUMBIA 1 NEW PEARL JAM YIELD EPIC/SONY 20 20 ANGELS ROBBIE WILLIAMS EMI 1 20 18 POPHEART U2 ISLAND 2 1 SOUNDTRACK TITANIC SONY CLASSICAL 1 CELINE DION LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE COLUMBIA 3 2 MATCHBOX 20 YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU 2 NEW PEARL JAM YIELD EPIC ALBUMS ALBUMS EASTWEST/WARNER 3 3 SOUNDTRACK TITANIC SONY CLASSICAL 1 1 SOUNDTRACK TITANIC SONY CLASSICAL 1 4 CELINE DION LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE commori 4 5 CELINE DION LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE EPIC/SONY 4 2 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA LEFT OF THE MIDDLE RCA 2 NEW PEARL JAM YIELD EPIC 2 6 EROS RAMAZZOTTI EROS BMG 5 4 BACKSTREET BOYS BACKSTREET'S BACK LIBERA 5 NEW GRIGNANI G CAMPI DI POPCORN POLYGRAM 3 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS 2 WCU/WARN- 3 2 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA LEFT OF THE MIDDLE BMG TION/SONY ER 6 5 AQUA AQUARIUM UNIVERSAL 4 7 ERA ERA MERCURY 6 3 SPICE GIRLS SPICEWORLD VIRGIN 4 3 CELINE DION LETS TALK ABOUT LOVE EPIC 7 4 ENYA PAINT THE SKY WITH STARS—THE BEST OF 5 5 JANET JACKSON THE VELVET ROPE VIRGIN 7 6 AQUA AQUARIUM UNIVERSAL 5 4 SPICE GIRLS SPICEWORLD VIRGIN ENYA WEA 6 3 ANOUK TOGETHER ALONE DING 8 7 SAVAGE GARDEN SAVAGE GARDEN 6 5 VARIOUS ARTISTS WOMEN & SONG wcri 8 7 POOH THE BEST OF POOH COD ROADSHOW/WARNER 7 6 AQUA AQUARIUM UNIVERSAL 7 1 RENE FROGER HOME AGAIN DING MUSIC 9 NEW ALMAMEGRMA LINGO RCA 9 13 REGURGITATOR UNIT EASTWEST/WARNER 8 9 SAVAGE GARDEN SAVAGE GARDEN COLUMBIA 8 NEW SOUNDTRACK TITANIC SONY CLASSICAL 10 11 JEWEL PIECES OF YOU EASTWEST/WARNER 10 6 THE VERVE URBAN HYMNS VIRGIN 9 8 BACKSTREET BOYS BACKSTREET'S BACK 9 8 PAUL DE LEEUW LIEF EPIC 11 9 SPICE GIRLS SPICE VIRGIN 11 8 EROS RAMAZZOTTI EROS 000/BMG RICORDI JIVE/ZOMBA 10 15 ALL SAINTS ALL SAINTS MERCURY 12 10 MIDNIGHT OIL 20,000 WATT RSL—THE MID- 12 9 ROBBERTO VECCHIONI ROBERTO VECCHIONI 10 7 VARIOUS ARTISTS MUCH DANCE 1997 POLYGRAM 11 NEW PEARL JAM YIELD EPIC 11 10 ANDREA BOCELLI ROMANZA PHILIPS/POLYGRAM NIGHT OIL COLLECTION COLJMBINSONY STUDIO COLLECTION EMI 12 10 FEATURING RY COOD- 13 MUSH- 12 12 SHANIA TWAIN COME ON OVER MERCURY 8 KYLIE MINOGUE IMPOSSIBLE PRINCESS 13 20 PROZAC+ ACIDOACIDA EMI ER BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB MUNICH ROOM/SONY 13 13 BRYAN ADAMS UNPLUGGED Am 14 NEW C.S.I. LA TERRA LA GUERRA UNA QUESTIONE PRI- 14 11 MATCHBOX 20 YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU 13 9 ANDREA BOCELLI ROMANZA POLYDOR 14 18 THE WHITLAMS ETERNAL NIGHTCAP mos VATA BLACKOUT/POLYGRAM LAVAMTLANTIC 14 12 JEWEL PIECES OF YOU WARNER 15 15 THE CORRS TALK ON CORNERS EASTWEST/WARNER 15 14 MICHELE ZARRILLO CAMORE VUOLE IMMORE RTI 15 NEW 16 14 JANET JACKSON THE VELVET ROPE VIRGIN VARIOUS ARTISTS MASSIVE DANCE HITS 3 15 18 GOLDEN EARRING NAKED 11 CNR 16 11 ELISA PIPES & FLOWERS SUGAR/UNIVERSAL POP/WEA 17 NEW RADIOHEAD OK COMPUTER EMI 16 11 SPICE GIRLS SPICEWORLD VIRGIN 17 10 16 17 SARAH MCLACHLAN SURFACING rerrwERK 18 19 THE VERVE URBAN HYMNS VIRGIN BACKSTREET BOYS BACKSTREET'S BACK JIVENIR. 17 13 AQUA AQUARIUM UNIVERSAL 17 15 WILL SMITH BIG WILLIE STYLE COLUMBIA 19 12 JOHN MELLENCAMP THE BEST THAT ICOULD DO 18 18 16 JANET JACKSON THE VELVET ROPE VIRGIN 20 DE KAST NIETS TE VERLIEZEN CNR MERCURY/POLYGRAM 18 12 JANET JACKSON THE VELVET ROPE VIRGIN 19 14 SPICE GIRLS SPICE VIRGIN 19 14 BARBRA STREISAND HIGHER GROUND COLUMBIA 20 16 ENYA PAINT THE SKY WITH STARS—THE BEST OF 19 13 SPICE GIRLS SPICEWORLD VIRGIN 20 NEW THE VERVE URBAN HYMNS VIRGIN 20 16 GUUS MEEUWIS & VACANT SCHILDERIJ wvs mum ENYA WENWARNER 20 18 BRYAN ADAMS UNPLUGGED MM

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50 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 International Aqua Dominates Dansk Grammys

• BY CHARLES FERRO Green Award and Danmarks newsline Radio's P3 Listeners Award, both COPENHAGEN—A heroes' wel- based upon popular vote. BMG ENTERTAINMENT INTERNATIONAL has bought Danish indie Replay Rec- come for Aqua at the Dansk Gram- The break should also free up I•ds and named Replay co-owner/manager Henrik Bodtcher managing direc- my Awards has closed the first Universal's resources to concentrate tor of BMG Denmark. Bodtcher replaces Lars Toft, chapter in the group's globe-con- on the label's first local signing, who last year became managing director of new com- quering history. YouKnowWho, which was pushed pany unit BMG Classics Europe (Billboard, Dec. 6, The 2,500-strong crowd at the KB onto the back burner when Aqua's Eel:1%4 1997). Since 1993, Replay has been part of media Hallen here gave Aqua an unprece- career began boiling. The band is group Metronome; BMG intends to continue ties by dented standing ovation as the four currently repolishing material on creating anew joint-venture label with Metronome. members of the band approached its debut album for an international the stage for the first of their five SORTEN MULO release. MTV ASIA is bolstering its operations in the region with the creation of sev- awards at the show, Feb. 7. The Grammy show was the eral posts. Sandra Fairelough, previously director of advertising sales at While it was without a doubt been around the world two or three biggest to date, at alarger venue MTV, becomes VP of advertising sales for MTV Networks Asia; Yvonne Kao Aqua's homecoming, new acts such times, but it's a fantastic sign of with more live acts, increased TV is leaving her post as director of UFO Radio in Taipei, Taiwan, to become as Sorten Muid also registered in the recognition to be accepted in our coverage, and extravagant stage director of advertising sales for MTV Taiwan; and Kenny Kwok, formerly a public's consciousness, garnering home country." settings. The event featured live member of the founding committee of European/Chinese entertainment three wins for its classical/techno Aqua nabbed statuettes for best performances by Aqua, Doky Broth- channel CNE, is joining MTV as its Hong Kong-based account director. mélange. Danish-language singer/ video, for "Barbie Girl"; best new ers, Eros Ramazzotti, Eternal, Eric Meanwhile, Janet Eng has been appointed director of marketing for MTV songwriter Randi Laubek also rose Danish act; best Danish band; best Gadd, Ibens, Juice, Lois, Nikolaj Asia. She joins from terrestrial broadcaster STV12. in status thanks to her three awards. pop album, for "Aquarium"; and best Koppel, Michael Learns To Rock, GEOFF BURI'EE Aqua's nonstop promo touring single, for "Barbie Girl," not sur- and Sorten Muid. will soon come to an end, freeing up prisingly. These performances should allow SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (JAPAN) (SMEJ) will in early March set up the group to work on anew record The awards were Universal Music EMI-Medley to exploit the exposure asul)si(liary to operate amusic TV channel, the company announced Feb. 6. and do some long-overdue domestic Denmark's first. Besides bolstering for Ibens and Juice, as both acts are Tentatively named SME TV Inc., it will broadcast via the digital platform gigs. the bottom line of that company and young and have logged successes operated by PerfecTV Corp. and Japan Sky Broadcasting Co. (JSkyB). Sony Tears streamed down vocalist Universal Music International, sales with their debut albums. It was a Corp. has a25% stake in JSkyB, which is set to merge with PerfecTV in Lene Nystrom's cheeks as she tried of the band's records appear to have surprise for many to see Bjork and to express her thanks when she and caused asignificant in the Gadd on hand to receive their best STEVE McCLURE her bandmates accepted the first country's balance of payments. international vocalist awards. award. "We've received awards from alot Best international single went to BRITISH MUSIC RIGHTS, the umbrella entity representing the Alliance of "This tops anything we have ever of countries, but this is something No Doubt's "Don't Speak" (Univer- Composer Organisations, the Music Publishers Assn., the Mechanical Copy- accomplished," said co-front man that we can really put into perspec- sal), and "OK Computer" by Radio- right Protection Society, and the Performing Right Society (PRS), has Rene Dif. "We had never anticipated tive," Nystrom said after the show head (EMI) won for best interna - appointed Sir Alastair Hunter to the new post of chairman, effective Feb. 9. what would happen to us. We've Aqua also grabbed the Tuborg (Continued on page 52) Ihinter, the U.K.'s former consul general in New York and Dusseldorf, Ger- many, is already an external director of PRS.

POLYGRAM RUSSIA'S Boris Zosimov has stepped down as GM after four 'ears in the post. Il is successor is Gedrus Kimkevikus, head/co-owner of Wings Completes Its Takeoff In Asia Lithuania-based Bomba-M, which distributes PolyGram product. He assumed LONDON—This time last year, Paul signed its first artists. teenage quartet from Hong Kong that the post Feb. 10. Zosimov will remain chairman of the board of PolyGram Ewing was raising money in Asia to That debut release was aChristmas Ewing says combines a"" fla- Russia but will divest some of his 49% stake in the company. He tells Bill- launch an independent music company album, "Gloria," by American gui- vor with adash of Radiohead, and board that the move is to allow him to pursue other projects, including the there. He's glad he's not doing it this tarist Frederick Clarke, recorded in Thumb, an Australian trio in the launch of aRussian service for MTV, aproject with which he has been asso- year. the U.S. and licensed by Ewing direct- mold whose lineup in- ciated for several years. ERKIN TOUZMOHAMMED The region's financial turmoil has ly from the musician. "It sold quite cludes Ewing's two sons. forced Asian entrepreneurs in every well, from what Iunderstand," says Wings handles its own distribution NATIONAL U.K. ROCK STATION Virgin Radio increased its reach by 23% in business to postpone or scrap start-up Anders Nelsson, managing director of and marketing in Hong Kong; its oper- the fourth quarter of last year, according to Radio Joint Audience Research or expansion plans. Ewing, former VP Media Bank, acompeting independent. ations there are under the direction of figures released Feb. 6. The growth followed Virgin's hiring in October of DJ and regional director for Warner Mu- Next up from Wings is an album by GM McVicar Wong. Elsewhere in Chris Evans, whose Ginger Media Group bought the station from Richard sic Southeast Asia, says he is able to Canadian jazz/AC combo Monsoon, Asia, releases go through anetwork of Branson in December (Billboard Bulletin, Dec. 9, 1997). Virgin's overall mar- proceed with his fledgling Wings Mu- obtained from Attic Music Group in independents: Forward Music in Tai- ket share rose from 2.9% to 3.3% in the quarter. Market share for public sic Entertainment because the ground- Toronto. Attic president Al Mair has wan, Singapore, and Malaysia; PT. national pop station BBC Radio 1continued to fall, dropping from 10.1% to work—including financing—had al- been touting the trio since 1996, and Aquarius Musikindo in Indonesia; and 9.9%. Improved listening figures at its local stations helped the BBC's over- ready been completed. (The identity of Ewing—who likens its style to that of Seoul Records in . all market share rise, however, from 47.5% to 47.9%. Wings' backers is apoint of interest Kenny G, who enjoys widespread pop- In Thailand, Ewing expects to link JONATHAN HEASMAN and speculation in industry circles in ularity in Asia—says his label will pro- with the new venture being formed by Hong Kong, partly because Ewing de- mote the release in Hong Kong and Wasana Silipikul, formerly managing SONY MUSIC INDEPENDENT NETWORK EUROPE (SINE) says it has signed a clines to reveal them.) Taiwan during March and April. director of Warner Music's affiliate (leal wil hJulian Palmer, former head of the U.K. "The Asian situation has certainly New to the Wings roster are song- there. (Silipikul sold her D-Day and office oi Island imprint 4th & B'way. The pact will affected us," Ewing says. "Has it writer Ah Tong, who has written Muser companies to Warner while be with Palmer's new label, tentatively named Disco frightened us? No." The company, with material for Chinese pop icon Faye Ewing was regional chief.) In the Volante. SINE is also "having active conversations offices in Hong Kong and apayroll of Wong, and Lulu, aTokyo-based Chi- Philippines, Wings is working on firm- with several European labels" to join its distribu- seven, has issued its first album and nese singer. Also signed are Cry, a ing up alicensee. tion network, according to aspokesman. The company recently inked pacts "We're concentrating on developing with Belgium's Double T and German dance indie Yo Mama. newer acts," says Ewing, "although the money would be there if major acts MEDIA SONGS, the publishing arm of Brescia, Italy-based dance/pop indie were to become available. Obviously, Media lecords, has signed afour-year subpublishing deal with Warner/Chap- we aim to keep operating costs to a pell Music Italiana. The pact is for exploitation of Media repertoire in the sensible level [in the current business U.S., Latin America, and the Far East outside Japan. Media GM Gianfran- climate] and try to be as smart as we co Bortolotti says that the deal will cover new songs and part of the compa- can. And because we're an indie, we ny's back catalog, which includes hits from pop/dance acts Capella, 49ers, don't have to get permission from 101 and Clock. Media Songs will continue to manage its own publishing inter- people to do something." ests in Europe and Japan. MARK DEZZANI Ewing is pragmatic about condi- tions in Asia, calling on his 24 years of U.K. DRUM' N' BASS STAR Goldie will lend his production skills to David experience in the region. "I've seen it Bowie's next album and will co-star with him in the forthcoming movie go from no music market, when there "Everybody Loves Sunshine," which is based on street culture in Goldie's was 100% piracy, to the size of busi- hometown of Manchester, England. Bowie guests on Goldie's second album, ness today. What we're going through "Saturnz Return" (London), which entered the U.K.'s official Chart Infor- now is what the U.K. was going mation Network chart at No. 15 on its release in the territory Feb. 2. Goldie through in the '80s. Life goes on, and also reveals that acollaboration with jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is in the Classical Platinum. Austrian Prime Minister Viktor Klima presents Al Bano Car- people still like music. The problems pipeline and that he is teaming with Val Kilmer and Josh Evans for afilm pro- risi with aplatinum award marking 60,000 sales of his "Concerto Classico" are quite serious, but Asia will come ject called "Blessed." SALLY STRATTON album. Pictured, from left, are Warner Music Eastern Europe president Manfred back with avengeance. People here Lappe; Klima's wife, Sonja Klima; Carrisi; Klima; and Warner Music Austria are resilient." deputy managing director Manfred Wodara. ADAM WHITE

BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 49 riliernafTHE LATEST NEWS AND VIEWS FROM AROUND orla THE WORLD Australia's Brashs Crashes Gov't Report Prolongs Music Chain In Receivership; Sale Possible Japan's Fixed Prices • BY CHRISTIE ELIEZER debts of $150 million. At the time, the of the month will determine if credit la BY STEVE McCLURE import foreign repertoire, for two chain had 170 stores and areported lines are to be extended. "It'd be a years after the release date (Bill- MELBOURNE, Australia —Brashs, 20% market share. tragedy if Brashs crumbles, because TOKYO—Japan's controversial board, Dec. 20, 1997). Australia's biggest music retail chain, is In early 1996, Japanese consumer they've played alarge role in Australian resale price-maintenance system "The idea that there is aneed to in the hands of receivers for the second electrical company Daiichi Corp. bought music culture," says Denis Handlin, has been given a reprieve by an restrain price competition between time in four years, with debts of $80 mil- a49% stake for $7.5 million. Ong and chairman/CEO of Sony Music here. advisory panel to the government's record stores by means of the RPM lion Australian ($53.6 million). Daiichi Corp. injected afurther $40 mil- "But some astute person can see that Fair Trade Commission (FTC). system lacks persuasive power," the Trading will continue, with no imme- lion. Brashs have some outstanding locations, A recent report by the FTC's report states. "It's hard to imagine diate job losses expected for the 2,000- The last reported result showed a and it just needs some significant Committee on Government Regula- that retailers would introduce cut- person staff in the national chain's 105 loss of $15.7 million in the fiscal year changes and [a return to] their core tions and Competition Policy found throat price competition that would outlets. By March 7, its administrators, that ended in September 1996. The business to turn it around again." that while there are compelling rea- take them below the break-even accountancy firm KPMG, will recom- chain had forecast sales of $360 million The immediate effect of Brashs' sons to put an end to the system, level. mend an overhaul or for the same year. decline will be reflected in the charts. immediate abolition would cause "Japan is the only country in the sale. Says KPMG representative Lindsay Says an executive at another label, problems. world with an RPM system for Brashs KPMG is keen Maxsted, "Brashs unfortunately has "Chains like Sanity and JB aren't The resale price-maintenance music, and it is unlikely there will not to split up the incurred significant trading losses over online, so they're not part of the elec- (RPM) system, known as saihan in be serious problems if the system is company, which the last 12 months, and the sharehold- tronic chart collation process. Brashs Japanese, enables Japanese labels to abolished," the report says. began trading 90 years ago. Already ers' equity has been exhausted." make all the difference in charting set the retail prices of domestically But the panel says the system one prospective buyer, CD/consumer A creditors' meeting before the end music that is new and different." pressed product, including non- should not be done away with electronics chain JB Hi-Fi, has indicat- overnight, because manufacturers ed its interest. The company's joint and retailers need more time to pre- managing director, Richard Bourous, pare for the post-saihan era. indicates that if JB buys Brashs, it will South Koreans Make Copyright 'Contact' "And we must not ignore the role retain staff but ax unprofitable out- the system has played in terms of lets—a process current management New Filin First To Acquire Permission For Foreign Tracks protecting and introducing valuable has been engaged in during the last 12 cultural works," the report contin- months. I BY CHO HYUN-JIN So far, the soundtrack album, track album's six international tracks ues, echoing one of the main argu- The Asian currency crisis, already released here by PolyGram Korea Ltd. are "The Look of Love" by Dusty ments of the pro-saihan lobby. blamed for a6% drop in job advertise- SEOUL, South Korea—The South Sept. 10, 1997, has sold close to 600,000 Springfield, "With A Girl Like You" by The saihan system, which the ments in Australia in January, is also Korean movie "The Contact" has made copies, an impressive figure consider- the Troggs, "Pale Blue Eyes" by the FTC had originally hoped would be attributed to Brashs' woes. Brashs' history by becoming the first domestic 'ng soundtrack albums for domestic Velvet Underground, "Yesterday Is abolished this year, will thus remain majority shareholder, Singapore-based film in which foreign music is used with films usually sell Here" by , "A Lover's Con- in place for the foreseeable future, businessman Ong Beng Seng, has been the permission of the original rights less than 10,000 certo" by Sarah Vaughan, and Bach's as the FTC is likely to accept the divesting some of his many Australian holders. PolyGram units. In fact, Minuets in G major and G minor (BWV panel's conclusions. investments in recent weeks—includ- Before the Copyright Protection Act soundtrack albums 114 and 115), performed by Gustav Officially, Japanese record com- ing fashion stores and hotels—due to was revised in July 1996, South Korean are something of a Leonhardt. panies, publishers, and retailers rising interest rates in Singapore. movie companies were virtually free to rarity in the South Korean market. PolyGram Korea manager Chi Soon- support saihan, saying that it nur- Ong bought a51% stake in the music use all international repertoire without The movie "The Contact," directed Hwan says PolyGram helped the tures music culture by making it retailer in July 1994 for $40 million; permission; they also didn't have to pay by Chang Yoon-Hyun, has enjoyed both movie's producers contact the relevant economical for labels to release Brashs had gone into voluntary ad- royalties for material recorded before critical and commercial success since it music publishers after the film execu- (Continued on page 52) ministration two months before with 1987. premiered Sept. 13, 1997. The sound- tives approached the label for permis- sion to use the six foreign tracks. "More domestic movies will be using Parliament Targets international repertoire on soundtracks Boosted By Virgin, EMI Passes Warner from now on," Chi predicts. U.K. Predatory Pricing "It is common to have songs per- formed by international artists in Kore- LONDON—The upper chamber of the Music In 1997 Italian Market Share an movies. but 'The Contact' is the first U.K.'s Parliament, the House of Lords, movie to use such songs in asoundtrack has backed amove to outlaw so-called BY MARK DEZZANI success to aslate of strong international became managing director three years under authorization," says the album's predatory pricing. releases backed by agrowing roster of ago and last year registered aturnover producer, Cho Young-Wook. To promote The Lords' approval of an amend- MILAN—EMI Music overtook Warn- successful local signings. of 70 billion lira ($40 million). "We will the album, Cho and the movie company ment to the U.K.'s Competition Bill has er Music as the record company with "Although Virgin is regarded as a have abig push on signing more new Myung Film distributed sample singles been precipitated by concern over a the biggest share of the Italian charts 'trend' label, we are really aquality la- local acts this year," Clary promises. to music retailers. They also responded price war in the newspaper industry. in 1997. bel with avery strong roster of main- "The new album from Italian electro- to requests from music television view- Members of both houses of Parliament The upward move was mainly due to stream pop signings," says Clary. rock band Ustmamo, Stard-Ust,' has ers by producing avideo for "A Lover's are concerned that News Corp. is using an impressive performance from EMI's "Amongst our best sellers in 1997 were already gone gold [50,000 copies] after Concerto," which is used as the movie's its dominant position in the British Virgin Music Italy, which more than Janet Jackson, George Michael, Spice just two weeks of release." main theme. market to squeeze out less profitable doubled its 1996 market share. Girls, and the The 1996 market leader, Warner "Perfect planning is the core of the rival titles by selling its own papers at The figures, supplied by Italy's major Backstreet Boys. Music Italy, lost 2.68% of its share, success of 'The Contact,' "says movie rock-bottom prices. labels' body, FIMI, are based on the top "The trend ar- accounting for 19.01% of the charts in critic Oh Dong-Jin. "The movie's pro- However, if the amendment to the 25 positions on the weekly FIMI/ tists, such as the 1997. PolyGram Italy overtook Sony ducers spent some 18 months on plan- Competition Bill passes through Par- Nielsen album chart during 1997. The Verve, Skunk EMI Music Italy to move into third place, ning marketing strategies for the movie. liament, the concept of predatory pric- statistics exclude compilations and are Anansie, Massive taking a15.40% share; Sony garnered "The timing of the movie's release ing in all fields would be outlawed. An considered areference rather than an Attack, and Chem- 14.93%. BMG registered aslight drop was also perfect," adds Oh. "The char- indic record retailer would then be able actual comparison of revenue for each ical Brothers, also sell well here in Italy, to 13.39%, although its 1996 figure acters depicted in the movie were to take legal action if its business was company. and our local signings registered excel- included Universal Music, which set earnest and down-to-earth, at atime being adversely affected by cheaper EMI Music Italy's share rose from lent results, with Marina Rei going dou- up its own distribution last year. when society was depressed and con- prices in nearby megastores. 15.84% in 1996 to a table-topping ble-platinum [200,000 units] for her sec- In its first year handling its own fused due to the economic slowdown The Competition Bill will now go 23.25% in 1997. Virgin Music Italy ond album, 'Donna,' and Nicol° Fabi also distribution, Universal took a7.08% and the upcoming presidential election. back to the House of Commons for scored an 11.01% share, up from 4.92% scoring double-platinum for his debut share of the charts. In addition to its And the music used in the movie was final approval, and it is thought unlike- in 1996. album, 'Il Giardiniere.'" own labels, Universal distributes the kind that fans might have heard, but ly that the Lords' amendment will sur- Virgin Music Italy managing direc- According to Clary, Virgin Italy has Sugar Music, one of Italy's largest they didn't know who composed or per- vive intact tor Riccardo Clary attributes his label's doubled its revenue each year since he independents. formed the songs." JEFF CLARK-MEADS

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GETTING THE BLUES ALL OVER AGAIN (Continued front preceding page) 5789,' "he says. "We really tried to Blues Brothers Band joined for the he could see how Wolpert could for film-editing purposes. The final right EQ for each one," Goldberg pull the tempo on that one back in movie's finale on "New Orleans." view the situation as overwhelming. mixes—a stereo mix for the sound- says. "Jeff came up with amethod the sessions from where we play it For that piece, engineer Jeff "It was like a mass overdub," he track release and a multichannel he called `checkerboarding'—we onstage. But what happens with a Wolpert first tracked the Blues says. "But onstage I wasn't worried mix for the film on DA-88—were as did acomposite reel to two-track lot of those songs is, they breathe. Brothers' version of "New Orleans" about it abit. Being there gave me peripatetic as the Blues Brothers from all the vocal slave reels, with They may end up at the same at McClear-Pathé in Toronto. Then the chance to conduct right and do themselves: "Love Light" was done each successive line on [alternate] tempo that they started at, but he played the tapes back at anear- terrific cues. I knew that as long as at McClear-Pathé; "How Blue Can tracks. Then I patched it to during the song the pulse moves in by film soundstage and had the we got to tape, we could sort every- You Get" was finished at Sound On between 10 and 12 faders, which and out. 'Midnight Hour' was 'Gator Boys play along to the Blues thing out later." Sound. The finale, "New Orleans," let us put separate EQ on the always agood example of that: the Brothers' tracks; the live sound The recording was taken from was done at New York's Hit Facto- vocals that needed it. And then we 1 and 3 beats are always dead-on, was handled by Westbury Sound the two analog multitracks and ry; with 32 vocalists, it was the muted all the others as each line but the 2and 4are alittle delayed. and recorded on 48 tracks each of transferred to 24 tracks in a24 -bit most complex mix of all. was sung. It was an amazing pro- You can't do that with a drum analog and digital by Toronto - Digidesign Pro Tools system. "Every line had a different ject from the beginning right machine." based LiveWire Recording. Six- From there, a pre-mix was made singer, and we had to have the through the end." The film's coup de grace was a teen Audix microphones were set battle of the bands between the up on stage for vocals alone; the Blues Brothers Band and the instrument mies seemed innumer- Louisiana 'Gator Boys—an act that able. "There were so many open included B.B. King, Dr. John, Steve mies on stage it was ridiculous," PRODUCTION CREDITS Wolpert recalls. Winwood, Eric Clapton, Wilson BILLBOARD'S NO. 1SINGLES (FEBRUARY 14, 1998) Pickett, Charlie Musselwhite, the Shaffer, who was onstage in a late Junior Wells, Isaac Hayes, and dual role as the band leader for the CATEGORY HOT 100 R&B COUNTRY MODERN ROCK MAINSTREAM ROCK Bo Diddley. Both the 'Gators and the 'Gator Boys and the house MC, says TITLE NICE &SLOW NICE &SLOW JUST TO SEE YOU SEX AND CANDY GIVEN TO FLY Artist/ Usher/ Usher/ SMILE Marcy Playground/ Pearl Jam/ Producer Jermaine Dupri Jermaine Dupri Tim McGraw Jared Kotler, John Woz- Brendan O'Brien (Label) (LaFace/Arista) (LaFace/Arista) B. Gallimore, T. McGraw niak (Epic) AUDIO TRACK (Curb) (Capitol) (Continued from preceding page) NASHVILLE OTHER LOCATIONS RECORDING KROSSWIRE STUDIO KROSSWIRE STUDIO LOUD RECORDING SABELLA RECORDING Studio X STUDIO(S) (Atlanta, GA) (Atlanta, GA) (Nashville, TN) STUDIOS (Seattle, WA) OF GRACE overdubbed a SOUND TECHNIQUES INC. Engineer(s) Phil Tan Phil Tan Chris Lord-Alge (Roslyn, NY) Nick DiDia POINT Jim Sabella, Ken Gioia Word Records project at Sound (STI) in Boston hosted , Emporium with Brown Banister aka from "," producing and Steve Bishin and for Sony Music's "!" RECORDING DDA AMR 12 DDA AMR 12 SSL 4000E/G Neve 8068 MKIII SSL 6000G Hank Nirider engineering. Also at project; Brian Dunton engineered CONSOLE(S) Sound Emporium, Miranda Jackson with Shawn Bradley assisting. Also RECORDER(S) Sony APR 24 Sony APR 24 Mitsubishi X850 Studer A80 Studer A27 cut a Royalty Records album with at STI, Stefano Capobianco fin- producer R. Harken Smith and ished a 10-song indie project with MASTER TAPE Ampex 499 Ampex 499 Ampex 467 Ampex 456 Ampex 456 engineers Clark Schleicher and producer/engineers Ted Paduck and John Skinner; Dan Tyler and Char- Tom Richards ... At Coast Record- MIX DOWN STUDIO LA CO CO STUDIO LA CO CO LOUD RECORDING SABELLA RECORDING SOUTHERN TRACKS lie Craig both worked on self-pro- ing in San Francisco, ubiquitous pro- STUDIO(S) (Atlanta, GA) (Atlanta, GA) (Nashville, TN) STUDIOS (Atlanta, GA) (Roslyn, NY) Brendan O'Brien ducer/engineer pro- Engineer(s) Phil Tan, Jermaine Dupri Phil Tan, Jermaine Dupri Chris Lord-Alge duced projects, with Matt Andrews Ken Gioia, Jim Sabella engineering; and duced Capricorn/Mercury act Box overdubbed for Ark 21 with produc- Set's label debut, with John Pater- CONSOLE(S) SSL 4064+ w/Ultimation SSL 4064+ w/Ultimation SSL 4000E/G Neve 8068 MKIII SSL 4064G+ er Greg Brown and engineers Peter no engineering and Ann Marie Coleman and Andrews. Scott assisting. At the Sound Kitchen, At Music Lab Recording Studio in RECORDER(S) Studer A827 Studer 4827 Mitsubishi X850 Studer 480 Studer 827 mixed aJive Records album with Jacksonville Beach, Fla., Athens, producer/engineer David Z and Ga.-based modern rock quintet Trin- assistant Todd Gunnerson; Larry ket worked on tracks for its RCA MASTER TAPE Ampex 499 Ampex 499 Ampex 467 Ampex 456 Ampex 456 Stewart worked on a Windham Hill Records debut; local pop-rock duo project with producer Michael Swirl —featuring twin siblings MASTERING POWERS HOUSE OF POWERS HOUSE OF MASTERING LAB MASTERDISK RODNEY MILLS' Omartian, engineer Terry Christ- Kenny and Denny Scott—worked Engineer SOUND SOUND Greg Calbi MASTERHOUSE ian, and assistant Gunnerson; Peter on an upcoming Mercury Records Herb Powers Herb Powers Rodney Mills Frampton mixed aself-produced project; and local acts Slack Season project with Eric Stuart engineer- and 60 Grit, as well as Huntsville, ing and Gunnerson assisting; Rebec- Ala., quartet Fluid, worked on CD/CASSETTE BMG BMG UNI EMI-LTD Sony ca Lynn Howard mixed a Rising recording projects. MANUFACTURER Tide project with producer Steve Fishell, engineer Greg Droman, Please send material for Audio Track © 1998, Billboard BPI Communications, Hot 00, R&B & Country appear in this teature each time; Mainstream Rock, Modern Rock, Rao, Adult Contemporary, Club Play, and Dance Sales rotate weekly. and assistant Tim Coyle; and Gary to Paul Verna, Pro Audio/Technology Alan mixed a Decca album with Editm; Billboard, 1515 Broadway New Mark Wright producing, Droman York, N.Y. 10036; fax: 212-536-5358; engineering, and Coyle assisting. E-mail: PVernaffi'biliboarcl.cam.

Metal Revolution. Revolution recording act Kilgore Smudge worked at Castle Oaks Studios on its sophomore album, "A Search For Reason." Shown at the sessions in the back row, from left, are producer Ed Stasium, Kilgore drummer Bill Southerland, and bassist Steve Johnson. In front, from left, are vocalist Jay Berndt and guitarist Mile Pelletier.

BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 47 Studio Action ARTISTS 8( MUSIC Getting The Blues All Over Again The Challenge of Re-Creating 22 R&B Classics

• BY DAN DALEY material in about a week. That's of the drums that contribute alot about the same rate they did it in to the overall sound of those For "Blues Brothers 2000," the [the recording studio] Muscle records. They get covered up by long-awaited sequel to the classic Shoals back then." other instruments in the mix, but film "The Blues Brothers," sound- Shaffer left it to Goldberg to they're still there, and they defi- track producer and choose afacility in which they could nitely have an effect on the way the recording engineer Harvey Gold- emulate the original records' final record sounds. berg sought to recapture the raw sounds. "The "People try so hard now to sepa- simplicity of the classic music that sound of the rate sounds, by either taking SemisonIc Gets Mixed Up With Clearmountain. MCA recording act Semison- drives the movie. records that everything direct, like with drum ic worked with renowned mixing engineer Bob Clearnnountain on its upcoming However, to achieve that, they make up this machines and synths, or by doing album for the label. Shown at Clearmountain's Mix This! Studio in Pacific Pal- had to use every technological and movie comes every part as an overdub," Gold- isades, Calif., standing from left, are bassist/vocalist John Munson, vocalist/gui- strategic advantage available, from from Muscle berg says. "But Itell you, there's tarist Dan Wilson, and drummer/keyboardist Jacob Slichter. Seated is Clear- running 96 tracks of analog and Shoals, which nothing like having everyone play- mountain. digital audio to reassembling the was avery tight- ing together in the same room at original Blues Brothers Band, sounding, mid- the same time." which recorded in the late '70s and GOLDBERG sized room," Goldberg chose 's early '80s. Many of that band's explains Gold- Sound On Sound Recording for its members also made the original berg. "Finding that and recreating ambient but compact main record- R&B records on which both films that sound is something of alost art ing room and large glassed-in iso- are based. these days, even in aplace like New lation booth. Meanwhile, Shaffer "We had one other thing that York. You have to use alot of baf- once again assembled the Blues was like [classic R&B] sessions, newslinew fling and muting of the room ambi- Brothers Band, including Steve too," Goldberg says. "We wound up ence, yet still let the instruments Cropper on guitar, bassist Donald recording 22 songs in eight days— have some ring and be able to "Duck" Dunn, and Matt "Guitar" NEW YORK HAUNT THE CHINA CLUB has reopened in anew location at 268 W. two and a half records' worth of breathe. In fact, it's the overtones Murphy. The ensemble was aug- 47th St. with astate-of-the-art JBL sound-reinforeement system, according mented by Blues Brothers Band to astatement from JBL. The system features two four-cabinet stacks of JBL and "Saturday Night Live" alum- Sound Power 225-9 double cabinets—each with apair of 15-inch speakers and nus Leon Pendarvis, Blues Broth- a4-inch compression driver—on either side of the 18-foot-radius stage, which ers Band road drummer Steve is alarger version of the original club's stage. Above the dancefloor, four more AUDIO TRACK Potts, "Late Show With David Let- Sound Power SP225 cabinets are hung in a90-degree coverage configuration, terman" drummer Anton Fig, sax and four JBL 212-A Single-12 are used for rear fill. The speakers are pow- player Lou Marini, trombonist Tom ered by 12 JBL MPX 1200 amplifiers; a48-input Soundcraft Series 5console "Bones" Malone, and trumpeter handles both front-of-house and monitor mixes. NEW YORK salve; and Will Smith remixed his Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin. track "Miami" for Columbia Records "Some of these musicians were ATLANTA POSTPRODUCTION HOUSE SYNCHRONIZED SOUND has gone all ATM.A.W.—the studio formerly with engineer Norty Cotto and the same guys who played on those Fairlight with the installation of two MFX3 digital audio workstations and known as Bass Hit—DJ Spooky cut assistant Monsalve. [original] records, so that took one FAME digital audio production system. The purchase marks the latest tracks for an Outpost/Geffen project care of a lot of the sound," Gold- expansion of the studio, which opened in 1992 with asingle 350-square-foot with engineer Dan Yashiv; Luther LOS ANGELES berg says. "So Iwanted to record suite and 4tracks of digital audio recording and has since grown to three Vandross worked on aVirgin project the tracks as close to the way they audio suites that occupy a6,000-square-foot space. "This massive physical with the Masters at Work produc- POLYDOR act Fiddler's Green were originally done as possible, expansion required acomparable upgrading of the post facility's technologi- tion team, engineer Dave Darling- worked in Studio A at Sound Image which meant recording the band cal capabilities," says aFairlight statement. ton, and assistants Oscar Monsalve in Van Nuys on its next release with playing together. Iput the horn and Paul Nasser; Mariah Carey producer Jim Crichton, engineer section into the large iso booth and NAG RECORDING IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIF., has purchased aSolid State mixed her Columbia Records track John Henning, and assistant Chris set up everyone else in the studio. Logic SL 9000 Jseries console in anew room, Studio C, that is being designed "Rooftop" with producer David Morrison. At Sound Image's Studio There was some bleed—there had to accommodate music mixing, music recording, and sound-to-picture mix- Morales, engineer Steve Barkan, B, Rick Springfield worked with to be with everyone playing that ing. The customized console will have 72 inputs in an 80-frame configuration; and assistant Monsalve; Morales also producer/engineer Bill Drescher. close together. Iput as many blan- furthermore, the board is custom-painted black to complement the studio's produced aSpice Girls recording for And SPV recording act Saga also kets as possible on top of the piano Gothic decor. NRG owner Jay Baumgardner says that he has been so busy Virgin with Barkan engineering and worked at Sound Image on amix of and baffles around the guitar lately he has been forced to turn away clients. "We are so busy," he says. "We Monsalve assisting; Fleetwood Mac its 20th anniversary double-live amps, but bleed was part of the know having the SL 9000 in our third studio will help us meet these growing remixed "Landslide" for Warner album with Crichton, Henning, and original sound. But we were also demands." Bros. with producer Ted Ottaviano, Morrison. making a contemporary record Studio C is being designed by Grace Gayman with architectural acoustics engineer Barkan, and assistant Mon- (Continued on next page) that would be played on THX film by George Newborn of Studio 440. NRG's other rooms also have distinctive sound systems and put onto CDs, motifs: A is art deco, and Bis Moroccan. "We try to make all the studios dif- so [the bottom] had to be tight as ferent," says Baumgardner. "Our clients really love working in acreative well. The trick was to add fidelity, atmosphere." Among NRG's clientele is Sean "Puffy" Combs, Green Day, but not at the expense of feel and Aaron Neville, Sheryl Crow, Johnny Cash, , the Fugees, No Doubt, spontaneity." , and White Zombie. The tracks went down quickly. Shaffer had the band play each LOS ANGELES-BASED GEORGE MASSENBURG LABS (GML ) has appointed HHB rehearsal pass at avery low vol- Communications as its exclusive U.K. distributor for GML's line of high-end ume, getting them to save their equalizers, dynamics processors, and peripherals. Audio Intervisual Design energy for the takes to Quantegy president Jim Pace, who oversees GML distribution internationally, says, 456 analog tape at 30 inches per "HHB has an excellent reputation, and we are particularly impressed by the second on a Studer A800. "The company's professionalism and commitment to technical excellence." HHB challenge to me was that Inever sales director Steve Angel adds, "GML and HHB are companies with simi- had achance to get the level exact- larly high standards, and we are naturally delighted to represent the GML ly set before recording," says Gold- range here in the U.K. We look forward to servicing existing GML customers berg. "But there was no way Iwas and to introducing new customers to GML designs." going to ask them to do another The GML product line includes the 8200 Parametric EQ, the 9500 Master- pass for my benefit—this stuff is ing EQ, the 8202/8204 Mie Preamp, and the 8900 Limiter/Compressor. Besides all about feel. If there was a level those products, HHB will be introducing the 9550 Digital Dynamic Noise Fil- problem, I'd find a way to deal ter, which is designed for the restoration of old and damaged recordings. The Heart Of Rock'n'roll Is The Blues. House of Blues recording artist Jim with it later." A multiple Grammy and TEC Award winner, Massenburg has produced Belushi booked Laughing Tiger Studios in San Rafael, Calif., to add tracks by Tempo was a key ingredient for and engineered albums for Linda Ronstadt, Little Feat, Lyle Lovett, 10,000 harmonica legend Charlie Musselwhite and pop rocker Huey Lewis to Belushi's these songs both then and now, Maniacs, Aaron Neville, Toto, and Earth, Wind & Fire, among others. As an upcoming solo album. Glen Clark produced, and An Rios engineered. Shown, stresses guitarist Cropper. "A good equipment designer, Massenburg is credited with originating the paramet- from left, are Belushi, Musselwhite, Lewis, and Clark. example is [Eddie Floyd's] '634- ric equalizer. (Continued on next page)

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Making Beautiful Music Together THE HOT 100 NICE & SLOW •Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, Usher Raymond, Brain Casey •So So Def/ASCAP, Slack A.D./ASCAP, UR IV/ASCAP, Them Damn Twins/ASCAP

Songwriters Maiorino & Sarnoff An Unusual Pair HOT COUNTRY SINGLES & TRACKS Your Love," while actively promoting JUST TO SEE YOU SMILE •Mark Resler. Tony Martin •Music Corp. Of America ,BMI, Glittedish/BMI, • BY IRV LICHTMAN After the encouragement afforded Hamstein Cumberland BMI. Baby Mae BMI by the Wilson recording, the pair went their diverse catalog of material in domestic and foreign markets. HOT R&B SINGLES NEW YORK—On paper, the song- about exposing its talents via ASCAP NICE & SLOW •Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, Usher Raymond, Brain Casey •So So Def/ASCAP, writing team of Pat Maiorino and and Songwriters' Hall of Fame show- And to help them along, they have Slack A.D./ASCAP, UR IV/ASCAP, Them Damn Twins/ASCAP created afavorite music publishing tool Andrew Sarnoff is as unlikely apair- cases in Los Angeles and New York, HOT RAP SINGLES ing as one can imagine. song contests, and festivals in all cate- of late—a collection of their songs on DEJA VU (UPTOWN BABY) •, •MCA/BMI apublisher CD demo, "Songs Of PA. In reality, they've been creating songs gories of music—R&B, country, inspi- HOT LATIN TRACKS for more than adecade, operating their rational, jazz, and pop. Billboard's own Systems, Inc., 14 Original Demos." MY HEART WILL GO ON •James Homer, Will Jennings •Famous/ASCAP, Blue Sky Rider Songs/BMI ASCAP-cleared publishing operation, song contest saw them gain second- Sarnoff, who now lives in Manhattan, PA. Systems Inc. in New York. place winner status for their R&B song has studied at the Eastman School of Maiorino is the lyricist and Sarnoff "Through My Tears," which Clint Music, earned abachelor's degree of is the composer, but Maiorino is a Holmes performed on national TV. music from Hofstra University, and did mother of eight grown-up kids who Still writing within abroad spec- postgraduate work with composer Elie DRG Resurrects LP Gems On CD; lives with her husband in Massapequa trum of genres, the team's most recent Siegmeister. He is also aprofessional on New York's Long Island. Sarnoff, important release is from Martha organist, choir director, and computer ASCAP Picks Up King Speech several decades her junior, is also a Wash's new album on Logic/BMG, specialist. Long Island native—and it was on a "The Collection," on which their Maiorino's lyric skills comes by way Long Island Rail Road commuter car "Catch The Light," interestingly, of alongstanding bent for poetry and WELCOME BACK, OLD BUD- recorded 1)y the Mood Swings. The where their careers as creative part- makes two appearances in two differ- short-story writing. In addition to her DIES: Some show music goodies long announcement of the decision by the ners begin. ent productions. For Maiorino, the song professional career, she donates her gone from the LP scene are making estate of the late civil-rights leader to "As abudding songwriter in the mid- is "perhaps the first of its kind, meld- time to the care of children in her com- their first appearance on CD, with join the performance right group '80s, Inoticed that Pat was reading a ing 'hot' dance and inspirational into munity. New York-based DRG Records han- comes during Black History Month, document with aheading that read the the mainstream." Apart from her work with Sarnoff, dling distribution. notes ASCAP president/chairman American Guild of Authors and Com- They also have upcoming songs on a Maiorino, with Mercedes Hall, co- Starting in April, DRG will distrib- Marilyn Bergman. posers [now known as the Songwriters new album by Mercedes Hall, aproject wrote lyrics to the title track of Chico ute the first of several composer Guild of America]. Iintroduced myself produced by Steve Skinner, Andre Fis- O'Farrill's Grammy-nominated "Pure salutes that appeared on the Walden CHAN TO BMG HONG KONG: Jol- and discovered we were both headed to , and Barry Eastmond. The album Emotion." She recently co-wrote mate- label in the early '50s and are much- land Chan has joined BMG Music the AGAC's offices in New York." is now being shopped. rial with producer Eve Nelson and sought-after LPs in their original Publishing Hong Kong as managing On that trip to Manhattan, Maiorino Currently, Maiorino and Sarnoff are Bernadette O'Reilly for the debut form. Harbinger now owns the music director. Chan, who reports to David read Sarnoff some of her lyrics, and about to publish on sheet music anew album by Billy Crawford on V2 in the series, the first release of which Loiterton, regional VP of BMG Music Sarnoff says their songwriting philoso- "country wedding" song, "Give Her Records. will be (at adecidedly non-collectible Publishing Asia, replaces Clarence phies were of asimilar bent. He took price) aHarold Arlen program that Hui, who resigned the post due to some lyric sheets from her, and the col- originally appeared as a two-LP health reasons but stays on as direc- laboration was in effect under way. "He release. In months to come, other tor and continues to operate his own had set my words to beautiful music," works—including the music of publishing catalogs, Stardust and Maiorino later discovered. Rodgers and Hart, Jerome Kern, Fried Rice, administered by BMG In addition, the new writing team got George Gershwin, , and Music. Chan will be responsible for all-important encouragement as new Arthur Schwartz—will once again BMG Music's local repertoire, act as writers from anumber of music exec- make it to the bins. liaison to the company's new China utives, including the then president of DRG owner office, and build the guild, songwriter Ervin Drake. Hugh Fordin is ahigher Hong In 1987, two of their songs were also the owner Kong profile in recorded by Nancy Wilson and Bran- of '50s masters the production Words &Music TM from the Her- music library ford Marsalis on aGrammy-nominat- They're Gonna Be In Pictures. Bob Leone, right, projects director of the Song- itage label, and, business. He ed album, "Forbidden Lover," released writers' Hall of Fame, is shown sharing some good news with songwriters Barri under the DRG (Ef., , has spent the on Columbia Records. That in itself McPherson and Mark Schoenfeld after hearing that their screenplay and sound- banner, he's re- last 12 years as was prestigious enough for the team to track score for "Music Boy" have been assigned to Mud Pony Productions and leased two other a composer, collaborate that year on their own pub- that Disney has afirst-look deal to release the film. by Iry Lichtman lishing company. historic early- producer, and LP-era releases. A& R manager " Performs His Own with PolyGram Records' Hong Kong Songs" has now been augmented by office, receiving many platinum and songs that Lerner and Burton Lane gold sales awards. wrote for an unproduced MGM film musical, "Huckleberry Finn," with HIS SONGBOOK: Original Cast etgINGi Emy. sow Lane performing all but one of the six Records is offering "The Music Of songs, including the affecting ballad Brad Ross—Little By Little/The "TIME AFTER TIME" Jane." "Time After Time" was ahit tive thing. That's how it came to be on "When You Grow Up You'll Know." Times," which contains 13 songs with Written by and for Lauper in. 1984, peaking at No. the record." Other performers include singer Kay melodies by Brad Ross, whose lyric collaborators are Joe Keenan, Ellen Robert Hyman 1on both Billboard's Hot 100 and Hart says she first heard the song Ballard and jazzist Billy Taylor. DRG when she was in seventh grade. She has also combined "Comden & Green," Greenfield, Hal Hackady, and Char- Published by Relia Music AC charts. lie Kondek. Performers include Corp./Dub Notes Music has been alongtime fan of Lauper's originally a 12-incher, with "It's "I stumbled across the arrange- songwriting. Though the song was Always Fair Weather," aformer 10- Andrea IVIarcovicci, Lucie Arnaz, ment when Iwas learning the gui- originally amainstream pop hit, Hart incher on which lyricist/librettists Faith Prince, Phillip Officer, and Sometimes asong will be so famil- taz" Sarah Hart says. "I was felt it worked well on her Betty Comden and Adolph Green Nancy Dussault. All profits from the iar in one genre of music, people learning this open-D tuning. record. perform songs from their Broadway sale of the album benefit Broadway miss the opportunity to realize its Iwas playing songs Iknew, "For me, being aChrist- shows and "It's Always Fair Weather," Cares. His musical "The Times" potential in another market. How- and Ijust kind of stumbled ian, and this kind of being the MGM musical with music by earned Ross and Keenan aRichard André Previn. Rodgers award. even when it comes to the Cyndi over the song. Ithought, aChristian record, the 'That might be kind of lyrics really took on anew On the newly minted release front, Ross operates Bradstunes Music in Lauper hit "Time After Time," pretty' meaning. It fit in perfectly in April DRG is releasing the current New York. Sarah Hart saw the tune as aper- "I played it one night at the with what we were doing with Off-Broadway revue "The Show Goes fect fit with the self-penned cuts on Bluebird Cafe [in Nashville], and the record," she says. "A lot of On—A Portfolio Of Theatre Songs" PRINT ON PRINT: The following her new album. A gifted the guy who produced my record times, people think if it doesn't say by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. are the best-selling folios from Hal singer/songwriter who is enthusi- happened to be at the show. He came Jesus or God, there's nothing Chris- Leonard Corp.: astically received in both Christ- up to me and said, 'You've got to put tian or sacred or spiritual about it, MOVING ADDITION: Dr. Martin 1. Mariah Carey, "Butterfly" but on it is that God created Luther King Jr.'s moving and historic 2. Tonic, "Lemon Parade." ian venues and mainstream clubs that on your record.' So we talked about it and decided what instru- everything good and beautiful, and I "I Have A Dream" speech may not be 3. Indigo Girls, "1,200 Curfews." like New York's Bitter End, Hart ments we wanted to use and how we can hear 'Time After Time' and Ican alyric, but it's now part of ASCAP- 4. Offspring, "Ixnay On The covered the sang on her Sovereign- wanted the arrangement to be more say that is abeautiful, deep song, and cleared repertory with its inclusion as Hombre." ty International release "Goodbye laid-back like aballad and areflec- it's very spiritual to me." part of the song "Spiritual High" as 5. No Doubt, "Tragic Kingdom."

BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 45 Artists & Music Stars Light Up At AMA Broadcast The 25th annual , held Jan. 26, honored the past year's key players in contem- porary music. A star-studded cast of performers, presenters, and award recipients graced the stage at the awards ceremony, which aired on ABC-TV. Alabama accepts the trophy for Supergfoup Boyz II Men accept the favorite country group. Shown, from award for favorite soul/R&B group. left, are band members Teddy Gentry, Shown, from left, are group members Mark Herndon,. Jeff Cook, and Randy Michael McCary, Wanya Morris, Owen. Nathan Morris, and Shawn Stockman.

Babyface proudly accepts the awards for favorite pop/rock artist and favorite soul/R&B male artist. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are present- ed with the award for favorite rap/hip- hop group. They also served as award presenters. Shown, from left, are Layzie Bone with son Jeremy, Krayzie Bone, Wisn Bone, Bizzy Bone, and Flesh-N-Bone.

Lee Ann Womack picks up the trophy for favorite new country artist.

Mary J. Bilge displays the award she Erykah Badu receives the trophy for Reba McEntire, who performed at the was presented when her album favorite new soul/R&B art•st at the American Music Awards show, is pre- "Share My World" was named favorite awards show. She also served as an sented with the award for favorite soul/R&B album. Blige was also afea- award presenter. country female artist. tured performer at the awards show. Nancy Sinatra accepts the Award of Merit on behalf of her father, . The award was presented by .

Julio Iglesias accepted the award for favorite Latin artist, left, and was congratulated by friends and family after the awards George Strait, one of the award presenters, took home the trophy for favorite show, right. Shown, clockwise from top left, are Jorge Pino, VP/GM of Sony Latin; Isabel Iglesias. Julio's daughter; Julio country male artist. In addition, his 'Carrying Your Love With Me" was named Iglesias; Oscar Llord, VP/GM of Sony Discos; Jorge Melendez, VP of finance and operations at Sony Discos; and produc- favorite country album. er Tony Renis.

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Y Y , w Z COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORES AND RACK TIMING COULD BE BIG BOOST FOR 'LEGACY' Lu là.1 o e e SALES REPORTS COLLECTED, COMPILED. AND PROVIDED BY SoundScan. (Coutinaedjivin page 15) ARTIST 1 1 1111 1 TITLE they're out there. That definitely sets blue one day, John—a huge Christine places musically. But Fleetwood Mac eb IMPRINT & NuMBER DISTRIL3UTING LABEL MeVie fan, as it turns out—called seems to be the one thing we had in the stage." * * * No. 1* * * In other words, nobody's worried Fleetwood at home and asked to cut common. There's Fleetwood Mac, and HARRY CONNICK, JR. COLUMBIA 68787 13 weeks at No. 1 that "Legacy" might compete with "Don't Stop." ("Just having him be that there's ." (I) 1 13 TO SEE YOU "The Dance," Fleetwood Mac's plat- unjaded about doing something like Most of the artists on "Legacy" (1) 3 24 imi ui.:E 233/GRP MI LOVE SCENES inum 1997 reunion album. Fleetwood, this and energized is fantastic," Fleet- stay true to the original album's spir- SOUNDTRACK 3 in aphone interview from his sister's wood says.) He also recalls veteran it. However, in addition to matchbox 2 12 MALPASO 46829/WARNER BROS. MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL home near Cornwall, England, says producer Phil Ramone's uncharacter- 20, there are some exceptions—the ROYAL CROWN REVUE WARNER BROS. 46125 4 4 74 that Richard Dashut, who co-pro- istic case of nerves upon reviewing his Corrs totally reinterpret "Dreams," MUGZY'S MOVE 5 5 17 ROYAL CROWN REVUE SURFDOG 44003/ULG duced 1977's "Rumours," which went production work on British singer Tal- and Tallulah, who is also signed to CAUGHT IN THE ACT -LIVE! on to sell more than 17 million copies lulah's version of "Oh Daddy." ("He's Fleetwood's record label, turns "Oh DIANA KRALL 6 6 100 in the U.S. alone, came up with the Daddy" into asoul song. 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"And ["Legacy"] will turn out, going, 'I'm so nervous because this said licensing issues prevented such CHARLIE HADEN & PAT METHENY 12 12 50 in my opinion, to have areal life of its song is so important and Iloved the decisions. VERVE 537130 BEYOND THE MISSOURI SKY (SHORT STORIES) own. original so much.' In actual fact, it was At press time, Flom said Lava ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG 13 15 24 "I'm totally thrilled with the way quite charming. Isaid, 'Phil, this hadn't yet come up with aspecific VERVE 53790 THE BEST OF ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG ON VERVE 14 14 18 JOE HENDERSON VERVE 539046 the album has turned out. 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BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 43 Billboard FEBRUARY 21, 1998 Artists 8( Music TOP CLASSICAL ALBUMS TM

Compiled from anational sample of retail store and rack sales reports collected, compiled, and provided by iiiiIII CHART Neticett ON WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE LAST THIS WKS. IMPRINT & NUMBER (SUGGESTED LIST PRICE OR EQUIVALENT) I I I KEEPING * * No. 1 * * that criterion, Barton is the most deserving, having unveiled 1(1) 1 3 MICHAEL BOLTON MY SECRET PASSION — THE ARIAS some sun-drenched songs by bel canto totems Rossini, Belli- SONY CLASSICAL 63077 (10.98 E0116.98) 2 weeks at No. 1 ni, and Donizetti for Decca. My pick for best contemporary ANDREA BOCELLI 2 2 12 PHILIPS 53312 (10.98 EO/16.98) VIAGGIO ITALIANO SCORE composition was also difficult to discern, since Danish com- poser Per Norgárd's acrid Symphony No. 5on Chandos was 3 3 13 Yo-Yo MA PIAllOLLA: THE SOUL OF THE TANGO SONY CLASSICAL 63122 (10.98 EQ/16.98) by Bradley Bambarger an inspired nominee. But the honor should go to John Adams CECILIA BARTOLI/JAMES LEVINE for his New World tone poem "El Dorado." The piece comes 4 4 21 AN ITALIAN SONGBOOK LONDON 455513 (10.98 EQ/16.98) from adark-hued Nonesuch disc that also features Adams' 5 5 19 LUCIANO PAVAROTTI PAVAROTTI'S GREATEST HITS-THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE: The Grarnmys don't have the sublime reanimations of Busoni's "Berceuse Elegiaque" and LONDON 458800 (19.98 E0/31.98) impact in classical music that the more focused and astute Liszt's "La Lugubre Gondola." (1) 9 4 DON CAMPBELL CHILDREN'S GROUP 84291 (8.98/15.98) THE MOZART EFFECT-VOLUME 1 Gramophone Awards do (Billboard, Nov. 9, 1996). Yet any cel- ebration of the cream of classical music is agreat thing, and PAST MASTER: Russian violinist David Oistrakh 7 7 13 CECILIA BARTOLI/ANDREA BOCELLI A HYMN FOR THE WORLD DG 457355 (10.98 EQ/16.98) it's always fun to ruminate on the relative merit of the nomi- inspired wonder even among his peers, and thanks to a LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (FOSTER) nees (see Billboard, Jan. 24, for the complete list). growing catalog of reissues, we can hear at least some of 8 6 20 PAUL MCCARTNEY'S STANDING STONE MPL/EMI CLASSICS 64842 (10.98/15.98) Some favorites: In the producer of the year category early- the golden tone and depth of spirit they must have experi- 9 8 56 ANDRE RIEU THE VIENNA ILOVE music pioneer Wolf Erichson gets my nod. Erichson revo- enced. BMG Classics released afive-CD boxed set of Ois- PHILIPS 528786 (10.98 EQ/16.981 lutionized the way we hear trakh's Melodiya recordings MA/MEYER/O'CONNOR 10 10 73 APPALACHIA WALTZ SONY CLASSICAL 68460 (10.98 EQ/16.98) music from the Classical era late last year, and it was a ISALONISTI and before with his first peri- find—with aclassic Tchai- 11 11 3 LONDON 458382 (10.98 EQ/16.98) AND THE BAND PLAYED ON od-instrument recordings in kovsky concerto and some (1), VARIOUS ARTISTS the early '60s, and he has con- thrilling chamber music with NEW THE CLASSIC LOVE ALBUM DG 453848 (16.98 EQ) tinued to bear the standard in pianist Sviatoslav Richter HILARY HAHN M RE-ENTRY SONY CLASSICAL 62793 (10.98 EO/16.98) PLAYS BACH the '90s as he nears retirement among the highlights. Now the (Billboard, Dec. 6, 1997). The British label Testament—dis- VANESSA-MAE 14 13 21 ANGEL 56483 (10.98/15.98) CLASSICAL ALBUM 2: CHINA GIRL creative force behind Sony tributed by Harmonia Mundi ERICHSON (iy) NEW> DON CAMPBELL Classical's Vivarte imprint, in the U.S.—has released four OISTRAKH THE MOZART EFFECT-VOLUME 2 CHILDREN'S GROUP 84292 (8.98/15.98) Erichson helmed some won- prime Oistrakh discs. derful albums last year, including dises of Beethoven's Piano Testament has been reissuing some great old EMI catalog Concertos Nos. 4and 5with Jos van Inunerseel on fortepi- over the past few years, such as the Hollywood String Quar- TM TOP CLASSICAL CROSSOVER ano and Vivaldi concertos with cellist Anner Bylsma. Also, tet series and atwo-disc set of unpublished live recordings by * * NO. 1 * * Erichson's classic '70s work on his label SEON began to see pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. The label has done cip 1 20 SARAH BRIGHTMAN & THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TIME TO SAY GOODBYE reissue in '97 via apeerless Sony budget series. another laudable job with its Oistrakh material, as the mid- NEMO STUDIO/ANGEL 56511 (16.98 CD) 110 7weeks at No. 1 ; For best classical album, the field is rather low-watt (Esa- '50s mono performances bloom on CD. The most compelling C) 3 16 LONDON PHILHARMONIC (SCHOLES) KASHMIR: SYMPHONIC LED ZEPPELIN Pekka Salonen's disc of Bernard Herrmann's landmark album features atrio of sonatas by Prokofiev, Szy- POINT MUSIC 454145 (10.98 EQ/17.981 film scores for Sony should have been in the running for more manowski, and Karen Khachaturian, although the other 3 2 7 SOUNDTRACK NONESUCH 79460-2117.98) KUNDUN (PHILIP GLASS) than just an engineering award). Still, Yo-Yo Ma's advocacy discs are recommended, too: the first Prokofiev concerto plus of new American music deserves atrophy, so his Sony album C:), 5 15 ARIA some encores on one, Beethoven and Mozart sonatas on ASTOR PLACE 14009 (16.98) ARIA premiering concertos by Christopher Rouse, Leon another, and the Schubert Octet with Tartini's "Devil's Trill" 5 7 4 JAMES GALWAY Kirchner, and Richard Danielpour gets my vote. My picks Sonata on athird. RCA VICTOR 63110 (9.98/15.98) GREATEST HITS-VOLUME 3 4 in the orchestral and choral categories both go to young Aus- Those with the Oistrakh bug can also turn to apast pair JOHN WILLIAMS/ITZHAK PERLMAN 6 28 CINEMA SERENADE trian conductor Franz Welser-Mtist far his dry-eyed yet of reissues. One, the hit Deutsche Grammophon Originals 6 SONY CLASSICAL 63005 (10.98 EO/16.98) warmhearted EMI albums featuring Korngold's Symphony two-disc set, teams three Bach concertos and the 7 9 63 SOUNDTRACK PHILIPS 454710 (10.98 EQ/16.98) SHINE in F Sharp and Brucluler's F Minor Mass. As for operas, Beethoven "Romances" with the Brahms and Tchaikovsky William Christie's definitive account of Rameau's jewel É 8 8 8 SOUNDTRACK concertos. Another is aShostakovich album in Carlton THE TANGO LESSON SONY CLASSICAL 63226 (10.98 EQ/16.98) "Hippolyte Et Aricie" for Erato is outstanding. Classics' "BBC Radio Classics" line, with Oistrakh lighting OTTMAR LIEBERT The award for best instrumental performance with orches- up the composer's first concerto. You can also see Oistrakh 9 10 23 SONY CLASSICAL 63105 (10.98 EQ/16.98) LEANING INTO THE NIGHT tra should go to Ma again for his playing on "Premieres," perform via two videotapes from Kultur; both "In Perfor- VARIOUS ARTISTS 10 4 19 DIANA PRINCESS OF WALES-BBC RECORDING OF THE FUNERAL although piano poet Richard Goode makes it close with his mance" and "Remembering A Musician" feature rare LONDON (10.98/17.98) robust Mozart concertos on Nonesuch. The instrumental footage from Russia of Oistrakh playing pieces by Debussy, SOUNDTRACK C ¡I RE-ENTRY RCA VICTOR 68757 (9.98/15.98) BRASSED OFF! soloist of the year is Sony pianist Murray Perahia for his Shostakovich, and Bach, among others. JOHN WILLIAMS/YO-YO MA comeback gem of Handel and Scarlatti (although pianist 12 n 19 SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET SONY CLASSICAL 60271 (10.98 EQ/16.98) Pierre-Laurent Aimard's rendering of Ligeti's Etudes in M ORE HIGH KULTUR: Beyond the above-mentioned 13 13 56 THE TALIESIN ORCHESTRA (SAYRE) : THE MUSIC OF ENYA Sony's "Complete Ligeti Edition" is awfully impressive). The David Oistrakh titles, Kultur has more great classical INTERSOUND 3566 (15.98) chamber music honor is an easy choice: the Kronos Quartet music videos on its backlist. Now the firm has acquired LONDON SYMPHONY (WILLIAMS) 12 56 for its deeply moving "Early Music: Lachrymae Antigua" on 14 RCA VICTOR 68746 (21.98/34.98) STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE PMI/Home Vision's sizable performing arts catalog, Nonesuch. For best small ensemble performance, the topcan- which includes scores of opera and dance videos. The 15 15 15 JOE JACKSON HEAVEN & HELL SONY CLASSICAL 60273 (10.98 EQ/16.98) didate is again conspicuous: Musica Antigua Köln for its West Long Branch, N.J.-based Kultur also just inked a

0 Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. • Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certifi- Archiv set of rarely heard Baroque gambols, "Chaconne." deal to distribute the Royal Opera House-Covent Gar- cation for sales of 500,000 units; • RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units with each additional mil- A tougher choice comes with the vocal soloist category, as den's capacious video library. Among the several tapes lion indicated by a numeral following the symbol. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time that exceeds two hours, the RIM multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. *Asterisk indicates it features super-mezzos Cecilia Bartoli and Anne Sofie now out is astrong Verdi "Otello" featuring Placido vinyl available. 153 indicates past or present Heatseeker title. Classical Midline compact discs have a whole- von Otter as well as star soprano Renée Fleming. With all Domingo, Kin iTe Kanawa, and Sergei Leiferkus under sale cost between $8.98 and $12.97. CDs with a wholesale price lower than $8.98 appear on Classical Budget. (0 1998 Billboard/BPI Communications and SoundScan, Inc. the performances divine, it comes down to repertoire. By Sir Georg Solti.

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1VARIOUS MOZART IN THE MORNING PHILIPS 1 VARIOUS ROMANCE AND ROSES • INTER- 2 VARIOUS MOZART FOR YOUR MIND PHILIPS SOUND 3 VARIOUS THE GREATEST OPERA SHOW ON 2 VARIOUS TEN YEARS OF SUCCESS NAXOS EARTH LONDON 3 RRSO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MUSIC OF 4 VARIOUS PACHELBEL CANON RCA vicToft THE BEATLES MADACY Clinton Budget Calls For NEA Funding Boost 5 VARIOUS ONLY CLASSICAL CD YOU NEED 4 JOHN BAYLESS BEATLES'S GREATEST HITS RCA VICTOR • BY BILL HOLLAND intervened after House Republicans the Humanities, which is much less con- INTERSOUND 6 VARIOUS MOZART FOR MEDITATION PHILIPS attempted in the summer to gut the troversial. 5 VARIOUS MOZART-GREATEST HITS REFER- 7 VARIOUS BEETHOVEN-GREATEST HITS soNv WASHINGTON, D.C.—The belea- controversial arts endowment (Bill- ENCE GOLD The president's budget package also CLASSICAL guered National Endowment for the 6 VARIOUS FAVORITE MOZART MADACY board, June 28, 1997). gives public TV broadcasters $450 mil- 8 VARIOUS MOZART-GREATEST HITS SONY 7 VARIOUS BEETHOVEN, GREATEST HITS REF. Arts (NEA) got major administration In the end, Congress handed the lion over the next five years to make the CLASSICAL ERENCE GOLD support in the 1999 budget plan Presi- NEA $98 million in 1997, afigure only switch to digital high-definition tech- 9 VARIOUS MOZART AT MIDNIGHT PHILIPS MADACY 8 VARIOUS PIANO BY CANDLELIGHT dent Clinton submitted to Congress slightly smaller than the $99.5 million nology; this will let them keep up with 10 VARIOUS BEETHOVEN AT BEDTIME PHILIPS 9 VARIOUS 20 CLASSICAL FAVORITES MADACY Feb. 2—a request for $136 million, a$38 budgeted in the two previous years. 11 VARIOUS GERSHWIN-GREATEST HITS SONY commercial broadcasters. All stations 10 VARIOUS VIVALDI: FOUR SEASONS MADACY million hike over what Congress gave CLASSICAL The Smithsonian Institution and its will eventually have to make the switch 12 CARRERAS-DOMINGO-PAVAROTTI TENORS 11 VARIOUS THE ONLY OPERA CD YOU'LL EVER the NEA last year. museums were earmarked in the Clin- from analog to digital TV. During the ON TOUR SONY CLASSICAL NEED RCA VICTOR The funding boost, insiders say, is ton budget for $419 million. The Smith- transition, broadcasters will air pro- 13 VARIOUS MORE MOZART FOR YOUR MIND 12 VARIOUS THE BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM IN probably acase of the administration sonian now sponsors anational reper- grams on both channels. When 85% of PHILIPS THE WORLD EMI CLASSICS employing a"more is less" strategy. tory jazz orchestra similar to the one at U.S. homes have digital TV, broadcast- 14 VARIOUS BRIDE'S GUIDE TO WEDDING 13 JOHN WILLIAMS SPANISH GUITAR MUSIC Most here expect afight this year as New York's Lincoln Center; it also has ers must surrender their analog chan- SONY CLASSICAL MUSIC ANGEL Republicans again try to dismantle the arecordings division. Congress also got nels. These channels will then be auc- 15 VARIOUS BEETHOVEN-GREATEST HITS RCA 14 VARIOUS BAROQUE FAVORITES LASERLIGHT agency. Last year's funding request was an administration request for $136 mil- tioned by the federal government, with VICTOR 15 VARIOUS THE BEST OF MOZART LASERLIGHT also $136 million. That fall, the Senate lion to fund the National Endowment for proceeds going into the public coffers.

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NOTAS (Conlin ned from page 36) The conference is scheduled to take Unlike the usually quick-shuffle- Tierra, another Chicano soul group first disc, featuring soul, R&B, and Trópico Hecho Mujer." In March, place April 5-7 at the Biscayne Bay tempoed beach music, Chicano soul is that scored big in 1980-81 with an R&B funk covers of material by James León will be taping anew novela for Marriott in Miami. anchored in ballad-driven, cheek-to- ballad cover of the Intruders' "To- Brown, Wilson Pickett, Kool & the Televisa, "El Club De Las Mujeres cheek love songs. There was plenty of gether." Malo's smart rendition of its Gang, and Tower Of Power. The Engañada," and later this year she FHER SIGNS ON: Maná member soul in such '60s Chicano soul favorites hit "Suavecito" with the gritty-voiced eponymous set also contains two self- plans to write her autobiography, Alex González, who is scheduled to as Thee Midniters and Cannibal & Arcelio Garcia is atasty counterpart penned tracks. Promotion for the al- which is tentatively titled "La Tesori- deliver the keynote address April 6at the Headhunters, but there were very to the original classic featuring the bum will include daily shows at to Y Sus Virtudes." Billboard's Latin Music Conference, few Latino qualities in the music until caramel-light baritone of the song's Parador 19, aresort club in Punta Del Upcoming shows in will be joined by the band's emotive the emergence of El Chicano and composer, Richard Bean. Este, Uruguay. include concerts by Fonovisa's famed front man/songwriter Fher. The two Malo in the '70s. There are even acouple of Chicano Fonovisa has put out aseries of folk- ballad group Los Temerarios (Feb. 23, will discuss how the group made it as a Nonetheless, East L.A. music fans, soul tracks on the diverse and enter- lore reissues of stars from the '70s, Foro Sol), EMI's Spanish rocker Latin rock act and why their music has many of whom are low-rider enthusi- taining "lAy Califas! Raza Rock Of The such as Chango Nieto, Carlos Torres Enrique Bunbury (Feb. 27, Metropol- such great appeal. asts, are nothing if not fanatically '70s & '80s." Released on Zyanya/ Vila, Victor Velásquez, and Uru- itan), Ariola/BMG pianist Raúl di Bla- loyal. That's why West Coast labels Rhino, this collection, oddly enough, guayan troubadour Alfredo Zitarrosa. si (Feb. 28, Auditorio Nacional), and BICOASTAL SOUL: Like beach like Rhino and Thump continue to contains R&B tracks from San Fran- Also featured in the series are two Warner's hot balladeer Alejandro music, its musical cousin from the crank out compendiums of soulful cisco's pre-eminent '70s soul crews famous albums recorded by Sandra Sanz (March 7, Metropolitan). Southeastern Atlantic seaboard, Chi- grooves. Cold Blood and Tower Of Power. Mihanovich for Microfón Argentina Pop/rap act Caló has signed with cano soul is at its essence an offshoot Rhino's recently shipped three-vol- Indeed, Tower Of Power's evergreen in the early '80s—"Puerto Pollensa" Azteca Music. of heartfelt soul music imbued with a ume series titled "Brown Eyed Soul" ballad "You're Still A Young Man," also and "Soy Lo Que Soy" healthy dollop of nostalgic and often offers amagnificent sample of R&B featured on the set, is astaple for Reggae act Lumumba has dropped CHART NOTES: "Por Que Te misty-eyed romance. balladry from the '50s and '60s from beach music fans, too. its second album, "Rakes Y Cultura," Conocí" by Fonovisa's Los Temerar- And like beach music, Chicano soul African-American and West Coast Maybe East L.A. is not so far from for Todos Tus Muertos Discos, distrib- ios has been disqualified from this is less aclearly defined musical genre Chicano acts. After taking in atrio of the eastern Carolinas after all. uted by DBN. issue's Hot Latin Tracks chart for than an open-minded attitude that has aching romantic entries by Thee Mid- invalid plays. embraced many R&B songs and artists niters, surely the group's famed front ARGENTINA NOTAS: Cañada Dis- MEXICO NOTAS: Singer/actress popular only in specific markets. Gen- man, Willie Garcia, has to be consid- cos, areference to León Gieco's home- Laura León, who starred in hit tele- Assistance in preparing this column eral Johnson of '70s soul/funk act ered one of the best R&B torch spe- town of Cariada Rosquin, is anew label novelas "Dos Mujeres Un Camino" was provided by Teresa Aguilera in Chairmen Of The Board is ahero of cialists around. created by the folk/rock artist and his and "El Premio Mayor," will be busy Mexico City Marcelo Fernandez Bitar beach music. Likewise, Brenton Wood There are even acouple of tracks by manager's company, Abraxas, with dis- this year. Known as "La Tesorito," in Buenos Aires, Pablo Márquez in is still avirtual superstar in East Los Billy Stewart ("Sitting In The Park") tribution by EMI. The label's first re- León has just released her latest Santiago, Chile, and Enor Paiano in Angeles, where '60s soul and R&B- and Leon Haywood ("It's Got To Be lease, by pop/rock act Los Tipitos, album on Melody, titled "El Fuego Del São Paulo, Brazil. drenched '50s ballads reign over Mex- Mellow") that are huge favorites sports contributions from Claudia ican-rooted music. All of these ex- among the beach music faithful. Puyó, guitarist Carlos Garcia López, tremely fine singers are just pleasant Thump's "Latin Legends Live" is a and Gieco. memories in most of the rest of the double-CD set sporting spirited live Classic rock group Los Super Billboard FEBRUARY 21, 1998 U.S. takes of hits by Malo, El Chicano, and Ratones has signed adeal with EMI Argentina after four albums with indic imprint Barco Discos. 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commented that U2 put on agreat set. WKS. ARTIST TITLE LAST THIS AGO WEEK WEEK 2 WKS. The morning following the concert, Bruni and Rio's CHART IMPRINT/PROMOTION _ABEL PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) municipal officials accused each other of causing the chaos * * * No. 1* ** surrounding the show. U2 front man issued apub- 0 2 7 5 CELINE DION • MY HEART WILL GO ON lic apology, adding that he hoped the São Paulo shows 550 MUSIC/EPIC/SONY 1week at No.1 W.AFANASIEFF,LHORNER UsHORNER,WJENNINGS) would be better. (1) 5 _ 2 RICKY MARTIN • VUELVE SONY DISCOS SONY R.ROSA,K.C.PORTER (IDE VITA) Bono's wishes came true. The sellout concerts Jan. 30- ALEJANDRO SANZ • CORAZON PARTIO 10 9 10 5 31 at São Paulo's Morumbi Stadium were well-organized WEA LATINA E.AUFFINENGO,M.A.ARENAS (A.SANZ) by John Lannert and well-received. The steady hand of Bruni's partner in INDIA • MI MAYOR VENGANZA C I 8 8 5 RMM I.INFANTE (R.BARRERA) São Paulo, veteran promoter César Castanho, helped 5 6 11 4 OLGA TANON EL FRIO DE TU ADIOS U 2'S 'SPECIAL' ADVENTURE: There was trauma, smooth the proceedings. Castanho handled negotiations WEA LATINA 0.TANON (Y.MONROUZEAU) ANA GABRIEL • A PESAR DE TODOS then triumph, for U2 as the Irish rock superstars swung with São Paulo's local government. 6 7 5 16 SONY DISCOS/SONY A.GABRIEL (A.GABRIEL) through and São Paulo, Brazil, as part of Most of the estimated 180,000 people on hand for the JUAN GABRIEL 0 12 14 5 ARIOLA/BMG ASI FUE their PopMart tour. Undoubtedly, the Brazilian leg of the São Paulo shows sang along with the group, whose mem- J.GABRIEL U.GABRIEL) 8 1 2 12 ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ FEAT. • EN EL JARDIN band's worldwide jaunt will be remembered for many bers were visibly pleased with the audience's enthusiasm. SONY DISCOS/SONY E.ESTEFAN JR. (K.SANTANDER) years to come. Tickets for the Rio and São Paulo shows averaged $55 9 3 6 23 ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ • SI TU SUPIERAS Things got off to amost rocky start in Rio. Even before each. SONY DISCOS/SONY E.ESTEFAN JR.,K.SANTANDER (K.SANTANDER) C I 19 16 3 MARC ANTHONY SI TE VAS the show there, concert promoter Franco Bruni, who had "This was avery special week, one Icertainly will not RMM A.PENA,M.ANTHONY (P.FERNANDEZ) never promoted abig-name music show before, was having forget," said Bono in an interview with MTV Brasil, one of 11 11 3 10 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS LLUVIA CAE problems negotiating concert-related services, such as the sponsors of the concerts. While again apologizing for FONOVISA R.PEREZ-BOTIJA (E.IGLESIAS,R.PEREZ-BOTIJA) MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS ME VAS A HACER LLORAR security and transit, with Rio's city government. the show in Rio, Bono noted that he wanted to launch U2's C I14 12 5 FONOVISA M.A.SOLIS (M.A.SOLIS) Rio's city fathers denied Bruni usage of Maracaná Sta- next tour in Brazil at Maracaná. 13 10 4 11 LUIS MIGUEL CONTIGO (ESTAR CONTIGO) dium for the concert. Maracanà had been announced as WEA LATINA L.MIGUEL (B.SILVETTI,S.RIERA IBANEZ) CRISTIAN • LO MEJOR DE MI the concert locale. CONFERENCE UPDATE: As activities surrounding 14 15 18 24 ARIOLA/BMG R.PEREZ (R PEREZ) U2 nearly canceled the Rio date but finally accepted the Billboard's ninth annual International Latin Music Con- VICTOR MANUELLE Cs 20 - 2 SONY DISCOS/SONY EL AGUILA new site—Jacarepaguá, aracetrack where Indy car races ference pick up steam, several prominent industryites NOT LISTED (PUBLIC DOMAIN) 16 17 13 6 LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE CON QUE DERECHO take place. have been confirmed for panels. FONOVISA E.HERNANDEZ,LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE (D.VITE) The band's problems were not over, however. The logis- Following is alist of executives slated to participate in * * * GREATEST GAINER* * * tics of the Rio performance Jan. 27 were abysmal. There the panels. 2 MANA C I35 WEA LATINA COMO DUELES EN LOS LABIOS was no plan to organize the flow of vehicles to and from "Inside The Studio": Charles Dye, studio manager of , FHER,A.GONZALEZ (FHER) 3 LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA the racetrack, which resulted in atraffic jam so huge that the Gentleman's Club. 0 24 32 EMI LATIN HACEMOS BONITA PAREJA G.FELIX (M.QUINTERO LARA) approximately 10,000 of the 95,000 persons who report- "Where's The Talento?": Oscar Llord, VP/GM of Sony 10 26 37 3 DOMINGORMM QUINONES SI PUDIERA VOLVER A VERTE edly had purchased tickets were unable to reach the venue. Discos. C.SOTO.D.OUINONES (R.MONCLOVA) Lines to the entrance of the site were so long that many "Scanning The Benefits": David Massry, president of 0 GRUPO LIMITE SENTIMIENTOS 21 29 4 POLYGRAM LATINO J.CARRILLO (A.VILLAREAL) people spent the whole concert waiting to get in. Inside Ritmo Latino; Fernando Ramos, GM of Casa De Los 21 16 38 12 BANDA ARKANGEL R-15 VOY A PINTAR MI RAYA the venue, the lighting was poor, the toilets filthy, and the Tapes; Mike Shalett, COO of SoundScan; and Geoff May- LUNA/FONOVISA A.DE LUNA (J.NAVARRO) trash bins nonexistent. field, director of charts for Billboard. le,:p 31 17 3 DAYANARA JERIGONZA TROPIX E.REYES (DAYANARA,E.REYES,M.D1URDES) Nonetheless, most people able to catch the performance (Continued on page 40) 23 13 CRISTIAN • SI TU ME AMARAS 9 11 ARIOLA/BMG R.PEREZ (R.PEREZ) LUIS MIGUEL • POR DEBAJO DE LA MESA 24 RE-ENTRY 23 WEA LATINA L.MIGUEL (A.MANZANERO) CD 25 _ 2 GISSELLE FEATURING SERGIO VARGAS PERDONAME, OLVIDALO RCA/BMG B.CEPEDA (J.GABRIEL) 26 18 15 13 PEDRO FERNANDEZ DESPACITO POLYGRAM LATINO H.PATRON (1.A.11MENEZ) 27 23 20 6 JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ FEAT. 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ROY D. MERCER ***No. 1* ** HOW BIG'A BOY ARE YA? VOLUME 3 34 38 38 34 16 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 21144 17.98/12.981m 1 1 2 14 SHANIA TWAIN A < MERCURY 536003 (10.98 EO/16.98) 5weeks at N. 1 COME ON OVER 39 39 31 27 LEGACY 65183/SONY (9.98 EQ/13.98) THE BEST OF JOHN DENVER LIVE 8 LEANN RIMES 2 2 1 22 A< YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE — INSPIRATIONAL SONGS 1 CURB 77885 (10.98/16.98) 40 43 41 72 CLINT BLACK A RCA 66671/RIG (10.98/16.98) THE GREATEST HITS 2 SEVENS 3 3 3 11 GARTH BROOKS A' CAPITOL 56599/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 110.98/16.981 1 41 36 33 4 RHETT AKINS DECCA 70001/MCA NASHVILLE (10.98/16.98/11M WHAT LIVIN'S ALL ABOUT 33 BROOKS & DUNN A THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION 2 MILA MASON ATLANTIC 83059/AG (10.98/16.9811M THE STRONG ONE 40 4 4 4 21 ARISTA NASHVILLE 18852 (10.98/16.98) 42 40 40 3 PAM TILLIS ARISTA NASHVILLE 18836 (10.98/16.981 GREATEST HITS 6 * ** G REATEST GAINER * ** 43 42 37 36 ROY D. MERCER 6 8 24 MARTINA MCBRIDE • RCA 67516/RLG (10.98/16.98) EVOLUTION 5 HOW BIG'A BOY ARE YA? VOLUME 1 43 (5) 44 45 43 40 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 54781 (9.98/15.98) (m TRISHA YEAR WOOD à. (SONGBOOK) A COLLECTION OF HITS 1 6 5 6 24 MCA NASHVILLE 70011 (10.98/16.98) * ** P ACESETTER* ** 7 5 36 TIM MCGRAW A' CURB 77886110.9W16.981 EVERYWHERE 1 (-4-S) 55 56 12 RICKY SKAGGS ROUNDER 0801 (9.98/14.98) BLUEGRASS RULES! 45 8 8 7 14 SAMMY KERSHAW • MERCURY 536318 (10.98 EQ/17.98) LABOR OF LOVE 7 46 47 46 36 ROY D. MERCER HOW BIG'A BOY ARE YA? VOLUME 2 46 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 54782 (9.98/15.98) ni 83 LEANN RIMES A5 CURB 77821 (10.98/15.98) BLUE 1 9 10 9 47 44 44 69 KEVIN SHARP • 143/ASYLUM 61930/EEG (10.98/15.98)1ffl MEASURE OF A MAN 4 11 17 r JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY • ATLANTIC 83060/AG (10.98/16.981 GREATEST HITS 5 10 10 48 46 45 66 REBA MCENTIRE A MCA NASHVILLE 11500 (10.98/16.98) WHAT IF IT'S YOU WADE HAYES WHEN THE WRONG ONE LOVES YOU RIGHT 9 CHELY WRIGHT MCA NASHVILLE 70003 (10.98/16.98) Ma LET ME IN 11 9 2 COLUMBIA 68037/SONY (10.98 E0/16.981 49 48 42 22 25 12 12 13 42 GEORGE STRAIT A' MCA NASHVILLE 11584 (10.98/16.98) CARRYING YOUR LOVE WITH ME 50 49 50 43 SAWYER BROWN CURB 77883 (10.98/16.981 SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD 8 DEANA CARTER A' DID ISHAVE MY LEGS FOR THIS? 2 51 50 47 26 LORRI E MORGAN BNA 67499/RLG (10.98/16.981 SHAKIN' THINGS UP 9 13 14 11 75 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 37514 (10.98/15.981MM 51 48 20 MARK CHESNUTT DECCA 70006/MCA NASHVILLE (10.98/16.98) THANK GOD FOR BELIEVERS 25 14 13 23 28 CLINT BLACK • RCA 67515/RLG (10.98/16.98) NOTHIN' BUT THE TAILLIGHTS 4 52 52 49 28 BLACKHAWK ARISTA NASHVILLE 18837 (10.98/16.98) LOVE & GRAVITY 8 15 17 2 DIXIE CHICKS MONUMENT 68195/SONY (10.98 EQ/16.98188 WIDE OPEN SPACES 15 53 VARIOUS ARTISTS LILA AMAZING GRACE 2 — A COUNTRY SALUTE TO GOSPEL 40 18 15 34 LILA MCCANN ASYLUM 62042/EEG Ma 8 54 53 51 18 SPARROW 51583110.98/15.98) COLLIN RAYE • THE BEST OF COLLIN RAYE — DIRECT HITS 4 55 59 53 93 MINDY MCCREADY A RNA 66806/RIG 19.98/15.98) NM TEN THOUSAND ANGELS 5 17 15 12 24 EPIC 67893/SONY (10.98 E0/16.98) 54 52 34 LONESTAR BNA 67422/RLG (10.98/16.98) CRAZY NIGHTS 16 18 16 14 67 ALAN JACKSON A' ARISTA NASHVILLE 18813 (10.98/16.981 EVERYTHING ILOVE 56 56 54 56 BILL ENGVALL • WARNER BROS. 46263 (10.98/16.981Na HERE'S YOUR SIGN 5 CD 21 16 16 TRACE ADKINS CAPITOL NASHVILLE 55856 (10.98/16.98) BIG TIME 7 57 ALABAMA • RCA 67426/RIG (10.98/16.98) DANCIN' ON THE BOULEVARD 5 20 19 17 20 BRYAN WHITE • ASYLUM 62047/EEG (10.98/16.98) THE RIGHT PLACE 7 58 57 62 44 59 58 55 13 JOHN DENVER RCA 66837 (23.98/29.98) THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN COLLECTION 50 LEANN RIMES•2 UNCHAINED MELODY/THE EARLY YEARS 1 21 20 19 52 CURB 77856 (10.98/15.98) 60 61 57 44 WYNONNA CURB 11583/MCA NASHVILLE 110.98/16.981 COLLECTION 9 23 22 44 CLAY WALKER • GIANT 24674/WARNER BROS. 110.98/16.981 RUMOR HAS IT 4 61 60 60 76 TRAVIS TRITT • WARNER BROS. 46304 (10.98/16.98) THE RESTLESS KIND 7 23 22 18 16 WYNONNA • CURB 53061/UNIVERSAL (10.98/16.98) THE OTHER SIDE 5 & UNION STATION • 62 62 61 46 SO LONG SO WRONG 4 24 24 21 30 MICHAEL PETERSON REPRISE 46618/WARNER BROS.110.98/16.9811121 MICHAEL PETERSON 17 ROUNDER 0365 (9.98/15.98) 28 30 10 ANITA COCHRAN WARNER BROS. 46395 (10.98/16.98) 11111 BACK TO YOU 25 63 64 63 98 BRYAN WHITE • ASYLUM 61880/EEG (10.98/15.981 BETWEEN NOW AND FOREVER 7 26 25 24 20 THE KINLEYS EPIC 67965/SONY (10.98 E0/16.981110 JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME 22 64 67 64 32 CHRIS LEDOUX CAPITOL NASHVILLE 52775110.98/16.981 LIVE 26 77 ALABAMA RCA 66848/RLG (4.98/9.98) SUPER HITS 47 aD 35 38 14 MINDY MCCREADY BNA 67504/RLG (10.98/16.981 IF IDON'T STAY THE NIGHT 12 65 63 65 28 27 27 39 LEE ANN WOMACK • DECCA 11585/MCA NASHVILLE (10.98/15.981180 LEE ANN WOMACK 9 66 65 67 94 GEORGE STRAIT A' MCA NASHVILLE 11428)10.98/16.98) BLUE CLEAR SKY JOHN DENVER MATRACA BERG A CELEBRATION OF LIFE/THE LAST RECORDINGS 16 RE-ENTRY 7 SUNDAY MORNING TO SATURDAY NIGHT 64 29 26 20 12 RIVER NORTH 161360 (10.98/16.98) RISING TIDE 53047 (10.98/16.98) 30 30 32 30 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 67498/RLG (10.98/16.98) IWILL STAND 10 68 70 68 95 BROOKS & DUNN •2 ARISTA NASHVILLE 18810 (10.98/15.981 BORDERLINE 31 29 26 30 DIAMOND RIO ARISTA NASHVILLE 18844 (10.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS 8 69 69 58 29 SHERRIE AUSTIN ARISTA NASHVILLE 18843 110.98/16.981MM WORDS 41 32 32 35 15 NEAL MCCOY ATLANTIC 83057/AG (10.98/16.981 BE GOOD AT IT 23 70 68 70 60 ,MARK CHESNUTT • DECCA I1529/MCA NASHVILLE (10.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS 18 33 31 25 33 TOBY KEITH MERCURY 534836 (10.98 E0/16.98) DREAM WALKIN' 8 71 71 66 78 TY HERNDON 41> EPIC 67564/SONY (10.98 EQ/15.98) LIVING IN A MOMENT 6 AARON TIPPIN DELBERT MCCLINTON ONE OF THE FORTUNATE FEW 15 72 73 72 35 GREATEST HITS...AND THEN SOME 17 34 33 29 18 CURB 53042/RISING TIDE (10.98/16.981 RCA 67427/RIG (10.98/16.981 35 34 28 19 PATTY LOVELESS EPIC 67997/SONY (10.98 E0/16.981 LONG STRETCH OF LONESOME 9 73 74 73 46 TRACY LAWRENCE • ATLANTIC 82985/AG (10.98/16.981 THE COAST IS CLEAR 4 36 41 39 85 TRACE ADKINS A CAPITOL NASHVILLE 37222 (10.98/15.98)1Z DREAMIN' OUT LOUD 6 RE-ENTRY 67 SAMMY KERSHAW • MERCURY 528893 (10.98 EO/16.98) POLITICS, RELIGION AND HER 17 37 37 36 35 NEAL MCCOY e ATLANTIC 83011/AG (10.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS 5 RE-ENTRY 75 KENNY CHESNEY • BNA 66908/RIG (10.98/15.98)M ME AND YOU 9

°Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. • Recording Industry Aun. Of America (RIM) certification for sales of 500,000 units. A R M certificat on for sales of million units, with multimillion sellers indicated by a numeral following the symbol. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running ime that exceeds two hours, the RIM multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. *Asterisk indicates LP is axai able. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EQ, and all other CD prices, are equivalen prices, which ae projected from wholesale prices. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit increase. Pacesetter indicates biggest percentage growth. Heatseeker Impact shows albums removed from Heatseekers this week. IBM indicates past or present Heatseeker title. © 1998, Billboard/BPI Communications, and SoundScan, Inc. COMPILED FROM ANATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE AND RACK SALES REPORTS COLLECTED, COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY SoundScan* &IIbd6 Top Country Catalog Albums. FEBRUARY 21, 1998 1111 Ill ce rrc „.„ co LLI u., w ARTIST TITLE ARTIST TITLE W L., F— e IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUGGESTED LIST PRICE OR EQUIVALENT FOR CASSETTE/CD) F2 e C)Lj IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUGGESTED LIST PRICE OR EQUIVALENT FOR CASSETTE/CD)

ALAN JACKSON Ak 3 ARISTA NASHVILLE 18801 (10.98/16.98) 8weeks at No. 1 THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION 120 14 14 PATSY CLINE • MCA NASHVILLE 4038 (7 98/12.98) THE PATSY CLINE STORY 173

2 2 SHANIA TWAIN Am MERCURY 522886 (10.98 M16.98)118 THE WOMAN IN ME 157 15 17 GEORGE STRAIT A' MEA NASHVILLE 5567 (7.98/12.981 GREATEST HITS 597 3 3 PATSY CLINE A' MCA NASHVILLE 12 (7.98/12.98) 12 GREATEST HITS 568 16 18 VINCE GILL A' MCA NASHVILLE 11047 (10.98/15.98) WHEN LOVE FINDS YOU 188

4 5 GARTH BROOKS •' 2 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 93866/EMI-CAPITOL (9.98/13.98) NO FENCES 358 17 16 GARTH BROOKS A' CAPITOL NASHVILLE 90897/EMI-CAPITOL (9.98/13.98) GARTH BROOKS 358 THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND A3 EPIC 38795/SONY (7.98 E0/11.981 A DECADE OF HITS 426 5 6 18 19 REBA MCENTIRE A' MCA NASHVILLE 10906 (10.98/15.98) GREATEST HITS VOLUME TWO 223 6 , JR. • CURB 77638(6.98/9.98) GREATEST HITS, VOL. 1 193 19 22 • EPIC 40776/SONY (5.98 EQ19.98) SUPER HITS 351 8 TIM MCGRAW •5 CURB 77659 (9.98/15.98) NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON 203 20 15 JOHN DENVER • RCA 12195 (10.98/16.981 JOHN DENVER'S GREATEST HITS, VOLUME 2 34 8 4 JOHN DENVER • RCA 10374 (10.98/16.98) JOHN DENVER'S GREATEST HITS 17 21 20 ALABAMA A RCA 66410 (10.98/15.98) GREATEST HITS VOL. III 167 9 9 • COLUMBIA 64184/SONY (5.98 E0/9.98( SUPER HITS 183 22 GEORGE STRAIT •5 MCA NASHVILLE 11263 (39.98/49.98) STRAIT OUT OF THE BOX 118 10 10 CHARLIE DANIELS • EPIC 64182/SONY (5.98 E0/9.98) SUPER HITS 164 23 21 GARTH BROOKS •" CAPITOL NASHVILLE 96330/EMI-CAPITOL (10.98/15.98) ROPIN' THE WIND 206 11 11 GEORGE STRAIT As MCA NASHVILLE 10651 (10.98/15.981 PURE COUNTRY (SOUNDTRACK) 281 ROY ORBISON COLUMBIA 67297/SONY (5.98 E0/9.98) SUPER HITS 23 12 13 GEORGE STRAIT A3 MCA NASHVILLE 42035 (7.98/12.981 GREATEST HITS VOLUME 2 519 24 110 13 12 TRAVIS TRITT A WARNER BROS. 46001110.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS — FROM THE BEGINNING 121 25 24 VINCE GILL • MCA NASHVILLE 11394 (10.98/16.98) SOUVENIRS Catalog albums are 2-year-old titles that have fallen below No. 100 on The Billboard 200 or reissues of older albums. Total Chart Weeks column reflects combined weeks title has appeared on and Top Country Catalog. • Recording Industry Ass,. Of America IRIAA) certification for sales of 500000 units. A RIM celification for sales of 1mil. ion unds, with mal imillion sellers indicated by anumeral following the symbol. 'Asterisk indicates vinyl LP is available. Most tape prices, and CO prices for BMG and WEA labels are suggested list .Tape prices marked [CI, and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. MI indicates past Heatseeker title. 1998, Billboard/BPI Communications and SoundScan. Inc.

BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 35 Country ARTISTS 'Sq. MUSIC

RUSSIA'S BLUEGRASS PIONEERS (Continued front page dl)

anniversary celebration at Moscow's tunities at the publications and radio prestigious Russia Concert Hall, • programs that particularly cites the group's lead cater to the Euro- singer, Irina Surina. "She's incredi- Russian ethnic ble, with atypically Russian beauty audience also and allure that exudes sex but is also served by Gad- non-threatening," he says. "She has fly's two Kare- aclassic voice, but everyone in the lian band is schooled and all are great Ensemble albums. technically. Misha [guitarist Michael In early March, Venikov] is world-class and as good SURINA the label will ser- as most Nashville players." vice the album to The other group members are fid- folk and bluegrass radio venues. It dler/vocalist Sergei Mosolov, upright will also seek campaigns with retail bassist Alexei Aboltynsh, drummer listening posts and co-op advertis- Dmitri Krichevsky, and George Pal- ing, in addition to regular advertis- mov, who plays and har- ing in publications like "Dirty monica and sings. Linen" and "Performing Song- writer." "It's going to be achallenge," says Cantor, "so the most important thing is to get people aware. We know the band has fans from their previous releases. And fans of the different music styles they represent are always looking for twists and turns COUNTRY RADIO SEMINAR agenda highlights include... on those styles—like bluegrass fans who stretch their limits with Béla •Managing Through Consolidation •Radio Group Heads Fleck & the Flecktones. So they have a small head start. Already •uPay.for Play"' and other issues •Pioneering Country Radio Sales Research through afew Internet mentions, I'm getting alot of E-mails and DJ •Stephen Covey's Leadership Center inquiries, despite the fact that they KUKURUZA haven't had an album here in five years. So Iknow there's abase." One problem for Gadfly and Plus... "It's not real American bluegrass, Kukuruza is that the band has no but acoustic music that is very close U.S. tour plans. Kukuruza had pre- •All new trade show to it and country-folk and electric viously been booked by Nashville country," says Palmov. "Usually bluegrass promoter Keith Case but •New Faces, Super Faces [bluegrass] bands in Russia play is now booker-less. some mix—not like in the States, "They're awesome, and we had a •Great Showcases where they play only bluegrass." blast both in terms of success with Palmov says the band learned the the dates and in personally connect- •3 artist taping sessions genre in the late '70s and early '80s ing with the band—who are wonder- through bluegrass tapes, albums, ful to work with," says Case, who set and songbooks. He says another edu- up three Kukuruza U.S. tours. "But cational source was "our fantasy," it was very hard bringing so many because at the time the band didn't people from overseas and support- have any resources to learn how to ing them on the road with expensive play afive-string or to learn motor homes on the long runs they about unusual instruments like the did here. But they thrilled audiences dobro. everywhere." The band has since evolved into Cantor agrees that travel costs the more eclectic mix of material are "a big hurdle" but hopes that and stylings represented in "End- "Endless Story" and its airplay will less Story." Palmov says that in addi- spur interest in getting afew major tion to the previously noted covers, shows to anchor asummer tour, thus the band's new recordings also furthering the band's opportunities include "Old Cabby's Song," a for trade and media exposure. Lip- famous tune from '20s Soviet jazz ton even suggests that ahigh-paying pioneer Utesov (in whose orchestra appearance at Russian comic Yakov Palmov's father played ), and Smirnov's club in Branson, Mo., the traditional Russian party sing- might help subsidize aU.S. tour. along "Hey Freezing Frost..." "Irina makes her own clothes, and To capitalize on Kukuruza's Russ- it's like avariety show with costume ian identity in America, Cantor is changes!" notes Lipton of Kuku- looking at special promotional oppor- ruza's potential in Branson.

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34 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 COMPILED FROM ANATIONAL SAMPLE OF AIRPLAY SUPPLIED BY BROADCAST DATA SYSTEMS' RADIO TRACK SERVICE. 164 COUNTRY STA- TIONS ARE ELECTRONICALLY MONITORED 24 HOURS ADAY, 7DAYS A Billboard WEEK. SONGS RANKED BY NUMBER OF DETECTIONS. FEBRUARY 21, 1998 H o 1' &WM o OT COUNT 1-- o E .E TITLE ARTIST tc.I i- 111 (O TIT LE ARTIST L.' ea ujo es nc6' 3 PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT &NUMBER/PROMOTION LABEL Q, PRODUC ER( SO NGWRIT ER) IMPRINT &NUM BE R/PR OMOTION LABEL CLOSER TO HEAVEN • MILA MASON 39 41 12 39 ** * No. 1* * * B.M EVI S(A MAY O,B.LUTHER) ATLANTI CALBUM CUT JUST TO SEE YOU SMILE 6weeks at bk. 1 TIM MCGRAW TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE • MICHAEL PETERSON 1 1 1 29 42 47 4 40 B.GALLIM ORE,T.M CG RAW (M.NESLER ,T.MA RTIN) CURB ALBUM CU T R.E.ORRALL,J.LE0 (M PETERSON,G.PISTILLI) REPRISE ALBUM CUT WHAT IF ISAID • ANITA COCHRAN (DUET WITH STEVE WARINER ) YOU 'LL NEVER KNOW • MINDY MCCREADY 5 7 16 2 41 42 6 41 ED J.E.NORMAN,A.COCHRAN (A. COCHRAN) (C)(D )(V) WARNER BROS. 17263 c), D.MALLOY (K.RICHEY,ANGELO) (C I(D) (V) BNA 65394 IWANNA FALL IN LOVE • LILA MCCANN IT 'S NOT OVER MARK CHESNUTT (FEAT .VINCE GILL AND ALISON KRAUSS ) 3 3 22 3 42 34 35 11 34 ED M.SPIR O(M. SPIRO,B.BROCK) ASYLUM ALBUM CUT M.WRI GHT (L.KINGSTON,M.WRIGHT) (V) DECCA 72032 YOU 'VE GOT TO TALK TO ME LEE ANN WOMACK YOU 'RE STJLL THE ONE • SHANIA TWAIN 6 9 17 4 52 58 5 43 MWRIGHT (J.0'HARA) (V) DECCA 72023 R.J.LAN GE (S.TWAIN,R.J.LAN GE) (C)(D )(V) MERCURY 568452 IMAGINE THAT DIAMOND RIO LEAVING OCTOBER SONS OF THE DESERT 4 46 49 6 44 4 4 17 M.D.CLUTE,DIAMOND RIO (D. GEORGE ,J.TIRRO,B.WHIT E) (V) ARI STA NA SHVILLE 13091 J. SLAT E,D.J OHN SON (D.WOMACK,T.DOUGLAS) EPI CALBUM CUT LOVE OF MY LIFE • SAMMY KERSHAW TAKIN 'THE COUNTRY BACK • JOHN ANDERSON 2 2 18 2 47 52 6 45 K. STEG ALL (K STEGALL,D.HILL) (C I(V) MER CURY 568140 K.STEGALL (C.WRIGHT,M. STUART) (V) MERCURY 568796 ROUND ABOUT WAY GEORGE STRAIT SAY WHEN LONESTAR 9 10 9 7 48 57 4 46 T.BR OWN, G.STRAIT (S.DEAN,W.NANCE) MCA NASHVILL EAL BUM CUT D.COOK,W,WILSON (P.NEL SO N,L. BOO NE,J.RI CH) (C I(D) (V) BNA 65395 I'M FROM THE COUNTRY • TRACY BYRD SHE'S GONNA MAKE IT GARTH BROOKS 8 57 64 3 47 11 14 7 A.REYN OLD S(K.BLAZY,K.WILLIAMS,G.BROOKS) CAPITOL ALBUM CUT/CAPITOL NASHVILL E T.BR OWN (M.BROWN,R.YOUNG,S.WEBB) (C I(D) (V) MCA NASHVILLE 72040 DON 'T BE STUPID (YOU KNOW ILOVE YOU ) • SHANIA TWAIN PUT YOUR HEART INTO IT • SHERRIE AUSTIN 7 6 15 6 56 72 4 48 R.J.LANGE (S.TWAIN.R.J.LAN GE ) (CI ID) (V) MERCURY 568242 E.SEAY,W.RAMB EAUX (S.AU ST)N,W.RAMB EAUX) (CI (D) (V) ARI STA NASHVILL E13083 LITTLE RED RODEO COLLIN RAYE SHE'S GOT THAT LOOK IN HER EYES • ALABAMA 12 11 11 10 67 2 49 C.RAYE,P.WORLEY,B.J.WALKER,JR. (C.BLACK,P.VASSAR,R.M.B OURKE) EPIC ALBUM CUT D.COOK,ALABAMA (R.OWEN,T.GENTRY) RCA ALBUM CUT JUST ANOTHER HEARTACHE • CHELY WRIGHT NOTHIN 'BUT THE TAILLIGHTS CLINT BLACK 40 39 14 19 15 11 50 40 13 (v) MCA NASHVILLE 72025 J. STROUD.C.BLACK (C BLACK.S.WARINER) (C)(D )(V) RCA65350 T.BROWN (E HILL,M.D. SANDERS) A CHANCE KENNY CHESNEY WHAT IF • REBA MCENTIRE 13 13 20 12 51 45 33 10 23 B. CANNON,N.WILSON (D.DILL ON,R.P ORT ER) (V) BNA 64987 R.MCENTIRE,D.MALL OY( D.WARR EN) (C) (D) (V) MCANA SHVILL E72026 ON THE SIDE OF ANGELS LEANN RIMES BROKEN ROAD • MELODIE CRITTENDEN 13 8 8 20 4 54 56 6 52 W.C.RIMES (G.BURR,G.HOUSE) CURB ALBUM CUT/MCG (I) B.GALLIMORE,S.SMITH (M.HUMMON,B. E.BO YD,J.HANNA) ASYLUM ALBUM CUT ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS TONIGHT LORRIE MORGAN BETTER THAN IT USED TO BE • RHETT AKINS 15 15 16 14 58 59 5 53 J.STROUD,L.MORGAN (S.L ONGACRE,R.GILES) (V) BNA 65333 IC J.STROUD (M.D. SANDERS,N.THRA SHER) (V) DECCA72036 HE 'S GOT YOU • BROOKS & DUNN CONNECTED AT THE HEART RICOCHET 15 5 2 69 67 3 54 10 19 D. COO K,K.BROOKS,R.DUNN (R.DUNN,T.M CBRIDE) (V) ARISTA NASHVILLE 13101 R.CHANCEY,E.SEAY (S.EWIN G,D.KE ES ) COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT THE DAY THAT SHE LEFT TULSA (IN A CHEVY) • WADE HAYES SHAME ABOUT THAT SARA EVANS 48 19 21 17 16 55 50 48 7 o D.COOK (M.D. SANDERS, S.DIAMOND) (C) (D) COLUMBIA 78745 P.ANDERSON (S.EVAN S,J.O'HARA) (C)(V) RCA65324 ONE SMALL MIRACLE • BRYAN WHITE CHEATIN 'ON HER HEART JEFF CARSON 56 17 16 17 13 16 61 60 5 B.J.WALKER,JR.,K.LEHNING (B.ANDERSO N, S.WARIN ER) ASYLUM ALBUM CUT C.HOWARD (M.D. SANDERS,P.HOWELL) CUR BAL BUM CUT/M CG ICAN LOVE YOU BETTER • DIXIE CHICKS IT WOULD BE YOU • GARY ALLAN 57 18 22 18 64 2 (I) 18 P.WORLEY.B.CHANCEY (KOSTAS,P.B.HAY ES ) (CI (D) MONUMENT 78746 M.WRI GHT,B.HILL (K.ROBB IN S,D.OG LESBY) DECC A ALBUM CUT SOMEBODY WILL RIVER ROAD IF INEVER STOP LOVING YOU • DAVID KERSH 58 51 53 51 20 25 12 19 9 P.MCMAKIN (D.KEES,S.EWING) IC) (D)(V) CUR B73045 S.HENDRICKS.G.NICHOL SO N(W.AL DRI DGE ,B.CRI SLER, S.D.JONES) CAPITOL NASHVILLE AL BUM CUT TO BE WITH YOU • THE MAVERICKS COME SOME RAINY DAY WYNONNA 71 74 59 20 17 18 11 17 3 R.MALO,D.CO OK (R.MALO,J.HOUSE) (CI (D) (V) MCANASHVILLE 72035 B.MAHER (B.MCGRATH,B.KIRSCH) CURB ALBUM CUT/UNIVER SAL THAT DOES IT JASON SELLERS 60 59 46 13 46 ** * AIRPOWER ** * C.FARREN U.SELLERS,A.CUNNINGHAM) (C)(V) BNA 65322 PERFECT LOVE • TRISHA YEARWOOD 21 31 6 21 ** * HOT SHOT DEBUT ** * T.BROWN,T.YEARWOOD (S.RUSS ,S.SMITH) (V) MCA NAS HVI LLE 72034 WAKE UP AND SMELL THE WHISKEY DEAN MILLER 61 JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME • THE KINLEYS NEW > 1 22 27 22 G.BR OWN (D.MILL ER,13.1AM ES ) CAPITOLNASHVILL EALBUM CUT cp 10 R.ZAVITSON,T.HASELDEN,P.GREEN E(H.KINL EY,R. ZAVITSO N,J.KINLEY,D.ZAVITSON) (CI (D)E PI C78766 ANOTHER SIDE • SAWYER BROWN A HOUSE WITH NO CURTAINS ALAN JACKSON 62 62 2 62 30 36 5 23 M.MILLER,M.MCANALLY (M.A.MILLER) CURB ALBUM CUT K.STEGALL (A.JACKSON,J.M CBRI DE) (V) ARISTA NASHVILLE 13070 STEP RIGHT UP • CACTUS CHOIR THEN WHAT • CLAY WALKER 63 66 63 5 62 27 34 10 24 M.BRI GHT,T.SHAPIRO (T.HALLER) (C)(D) (V) CURB 56098/UNIVERSAL J.STROUD,C.WALKER (R. SHARP,J.VEZNER) (CI (D) (V) GIANT 17262/REPRISE THERE'S ONLY YOU • KEVIN SHARP LONELY WON 'T LEAVE ME ALONE • TRACE ADKINS 64 49 43 13 43 36 39 6 25 C.FARREN (S.EWING,D,KEES) 143 ALBUM CUT/ASYLUM S.HENDRI CKS (M. DANNA,J.A.SWEET) CAPITOL NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT BACK IN THE SADDLE • MATRACA BERG BYE ,BYE • JO DEE MESSINA 68 2 65 33 37 6 26 E.GORDY,JR. (M.BERG,S.LYNCH) (V) RISIN GTIDE 65409 B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (P VASSAR,M.BOURKE) CURB ALBUM CUT ALL THAT MATTERS ANYMORE LEE ROY PARNELL VALENTINE • MARTINA MCBRIDE WITH SPECIAL GUEST ARTIST JIM BRICKMAN 73 2 66 37 44 8 27 CD L.PARNELL,THE HOT LINKS (L.R.PARNELL, G.NI CHOLSO N) ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT D. SHEA (J.BRICKMAN,J.KU GE LL) ICI(D) (V) RCA 64963 SENDING ME ANGELS • DELBERT MCCLINTON 67 65 65 7 65 A BROKEN WING • MARTINA MCBRIDE 1 G.NICHOLSON,E.GORDY,JR.,D.MCCLINT ON(J.WILLIAM S,F.MILLER) (V) CURB 56050/RISING TIDE 28 25 16 24 M.MCBRIDE,P.WORL EYU .HO US E,S.HOGIN,P.BARNHART) (CI (D) (V) RCA 64963 WHAT A WOMAN KNOWS • KRIS TYLER THE NOTE • DARYLE SINGLETARY 68 53 45 16 45 31 32 16 29 T.BROWN,E.GORDY,JR. (K.TYL ER,D. CHILD, G.BURR) (C) (D) (V) RISING TIDE 56051 D.JOHN SO N,J.H OBBS (B.MOORE,M.RAY) (C) (D) (V) GIANT 17268/R EPRI SE TWO PINA COLADAS GARTH BROOKS ANGEL IN MY EYES • JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY 74 73 10 50 30 26 12 21 4 A.REYNOLDS (S.CAMP,B.HILL, S.MA SO N) CAPITOL ALB UMCUT/CAPITOL NASHVILLE C.PETOCZ (B.DALY.T.MULLINS) ATLANTIC ALBUM CUT A WOMAN 'S TEARS MATT KING NEW > 1 70 IF YOU CAN 'T BE GOOD (BE GOOD AT IT ) • NEAL MCCOY G.M ORRI S(M.KING,J.HARGROVE,M.CHRISTIAN) ATLANTI CAL BUM CUT 31 24 24 19 22 KLEHNING (T.SEALS,B.MILLER) ATLANTIC ALBUM CUT IDON 'T WANT NO PART OF IT SMOKIN 'ARMADILLOS RE-ENTRY 2 71 STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU TRAVIS TRITT 23 cD, C.HOWARD,M.T. BARN ES (K.FOLLE SE,M.T.BARNES) CURB ALBUM CUT/MCG 32 23 23 14 D.WAS,T.TRITT (T.TRITT) WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT FROM THIS MOMENT ON SHANIA TWAIN WITH BRYAN WHITE 61 BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND ME ALAN JACKSON RE-ENTRY 6 R.J.LANGE (S.TWAIN,R.J.LAN GE ) MER CURY ALBUM CUT 28 20 20 2 33 K.STEGALL (H.ALLEN,C.CHAMB ERLAIN) (V) ARISTA NASHVILLE 13106 ONE NIGHT • JC JONES 61 LONGNECK BOTTLE GARTH BROOKS 73 63 61 6 34 32 29 14 1 E.GORDY,JR.,S.FISHELL (L. STOREY,R.CARNE S,J.CARNE S) (C I(D) (V) RISING TIDE 56054 A.REYNOLDS (S.WARINER,R.CARNES) (V) CAPITOL 19851/CAPITOL NASHVILLE OF COURSE I'M ALRIGHT ALABAMA 22 I'M SO HAPPY ICAN 'T STOP CRYING TOBY KEITH WITH STING 74 RE-ENTRY 19 (V) RCA 64965 35 2 D.COOK,ALABAMA (B .KIRSCH) 35 26 20 J.STROUD,T.KEITH (STING) (CI (D) (V) MER CURY 568114 DID ISHAVE MY LEGS FOR THIS? • DEANA CARTER 25 TO HAVE YOU BACK AGAIN PATTY LOVELESS 75 RE-ENTRY 16 C.FARREN (D. CARTER,R.HART) (Cl (D)(V) CAPIT OLNA SHVILLE 58672 44 51 36 4 E.GORDY,JR. (A.R OBOFF,A.ROMAN) EPI CALBUM CUT DREAM WALKIN ' • TOBY KEITH 4 37 0 Records showing an increase in detections over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. Airpower awarded to those records which 43 50 (V) MERCURY 574950 J. STROUD,T.KEITH (T.K E)TH,C.CANNON) attain 3000 detections for the first time. Titles below the top 30 are removed from the chart after 20 weeks. •Videoclip availability. Catalog num- JUST DON 'T WAIT AROUND TIL SHE'S LEAVIN ' • DAVID LEE MURPHY 38 38 38 15 37 ber is for cassette single, or vinyl if cassette is unavailable. (C) Cassette single availability. (D) CD single availability. (M) Cassette maxi-single avail- T.BROWN (D.L.MURPHY) (V) MCANA SHVILL E72024 ability. (T) Vinyl maxi-single availability. (V) Vinyl single availability. (X) CD maxi-single availability. e 1998, Billboard/BPI Communications.

COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE AND RACK SALES REPORTS COLLECTED, COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY SoundScans Billboard Top Country Singles Sales. FEBRUARY 21, 1998

>— o US w es CO CO cc, e e e cv TITLE IMPRINT &N UMBER/DI STRI BUTIN GL ABE L ARTIST TITLE IMPRINT &NUM BE R/ DISTRIBUTING LABEL ARTIST ** *No. 1** * 14 14 11 41 IT 'S YOUR LOVE A CURB 73019 TIM MCGRAW (WITH ) SOMETHING THAT WE DO RCA65336/RL G CLINT BLACK 1 1 1 36 HOW DO ILIVE A CUR B73022 29 weeks at No. 1 LEANN RIMES 15 12 12 13 16 15 13 17 DID ISHAVE MY LEGS FOR THIS?C APITOLNASHVILLE 58672 DEANA CARTER ED 2 17 3 YOU 'RE STILL THE ONE MERCURY 568452 SHANIA TWAIN NEW > 1 YOU 'LL NEVER KNOW BNA 65394/RLG MINDY MCCREADY 3 3 2 13 DON 'T BE STUPID (YOU KNOW ILOVE YOU )MERCURY 568242 SHANIA TWAIN 19 20 22 A BROKEN WING/VALENTINE RCA 64963/RLG MARTINA MCBRIDE ED 4 3 12 WHAT IF ISAID WARNER BROS 17263 ANITA COCHRAN (DUET WITH STEVE WARINER ) 19 17 14 20 THE REST OF MINE CAPITOL NASHVILLE 58680 TRACE ADKINS 5 5 4 11 WHAT IF MCA NASHVILL E72026 REBA MCENTIRE 20 21 22 5 JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME EPIC 78766/SONY THE KINLEYS ED 7 15 3 IF INEVER STOP LOVING YOU CURB 73045 DAVID KERSH 21 18 16 15 I'M SO HAPPY ICAN'T STOP CRYING MERCURY 568114 TOBY KEITH WITH STING 6 5 11 ICAN LOVE YOU BETTER MONUMENT 78746/SO NY DIXIE CHICKS 22 20 18 18 WHAT IF IDO BNA 64990/RLG MINDY MCCREADY CO 9 10 THE DAY THAT SHE LEFT TULSA (IN A CHEVY)CO LUMBIA 78745/SONY WADE HAYES 23 23 23 88 THE LIGHT IN YOUR EYES/BLUE CURB 76959 LEANN RIMES 9 8 4 THEN WHAT GIANT 17262/WARN ERB ROS . CLAY WALKER NEW > 1 NOTHIN' BUT THE TAILLIGHTS RCA 65350/RLG CLINT BLACK 16 24 15 • LOVE OF MY LIFE MERCURY 568140 SAMMY KERSHAW o 25 22 19 20 WHEN LOVE STARTS TALKIN' CURB 56095/UNIVERSAL WYNONNA 11 11 10 9 THE NOTE GIANT 17268/WARNER BROS DARYLE SINGLETARY 12 10 7 24 YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE • CURB 73027 LEANN RIMES 0 Records with the greatest sales gains this week. • Recording Industry Assn. of America certification for sales of 500,000 units. • RIM certification for sales of 1 million units, with multimillion titles indicated by a numeral following the symbol. © 1998, Billboard/BPI LOVE GETS ME EVERY TIME • MERCURY 568062 SHANIA TWAIN 13 13 6 20 Communications and SoundScan, Inc.

BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 33 Country ARTISTS & MUSIC

MOORER COULD HITCH RIDE ON 'HORSE' (Continued from preceding page) will be released separately on Dis- with the book," he says. Weigand says audiences and that it is going to part- ney's Hollywood label. the label may premiere the album ner with Disney on its advertising. Nelson says her responsibility is to with aguitar pull showcase featuring "We are looking at targeting the movie serve the filmmaker's vision, yet be some of the artists on the project. "We trailers," Weigand says. "We are also mindful of creating arecord that will are targeting this tentatively for looking at tags on their print and TV do well in the marketplace. She says March 17," he says. ads ... There's also agreat opportu- they've accomplished those goals, and According to Weigand, in-store air- nity for us to promote this soundtrack Bissell agrees. "There are alot of songs play will be akey element in the mar- when the home video release comes by Wade Jessen that are very in tune with the story," keting campaign to get consumers out. We'll be tying into that." Bissell says. "It's not just 'Here's a familiar with the music. "We are Tom Demalon, music buyer for SOMETHING TO BRAG ABOUT: Following aFeb. 6performance on "The bunch of western songs.' The songs fit going to make sure we have price and Tower Nashville, says it's hard to pre- Tonight Show With ," Martina McBride collects our Greatest Gain- in with the feeling of the film." positioning and that it's available, dict how the soundtrack will do. er purse on Top Country Albums for "Evolution," which has an increase of The first single is Moorer's "A Soft especially around the release of the "Soundtracks are real hit and miss," approximately 3,000 scans. That title rises 6-5 on the country chart and 55- Place To Fall," and it will be released movie. We are also looking at doing Demalon says. "I hate ordering those, 52 on The Billboard 200, and Ron Howie, VP of sales at Nashville's RCA March 17. "I sent atape to John Bis- some movie screenings-tying in with because for every 10 of those that Label Group, says there's more to this story than McBride's shot on the Leno sell, Kathy Nelson, and Patrick both radio and retail." come out, nine of them do nothing or show. "This is acombination of the huge impact 'A Broken Wing' has made at Markey," Brown says. "They heard He says that the label is in discus- are mediocre sellers, and the 10th one radio, not to mention the timing of [releasing] the follow-up track. We segued her voice and went crazy for it and put sion with several theater chains about hits. And it doesn't always correlate very quickly into 'Valentine,' and we're sitting side-by-side at Nos. 27 and 28 her in the film." marketing the project to moviegoing to how well the movie does either." with those songs. Cumulatively, we got 4,669 spins this week on those songs." The project is giving Moorer's ca- "Valentine," with Jim Brickman, and "A Broken Wing" collected acombined reer aboost. "With Allison Moorer 40 million audience impressions at country radio, and with a899-spin increase, performing and being on camera in "Valentine" shows the largest airplay gain of any title on Hot Country Singles the film, alabel couldn't ask for abet- & Tracks for asecond consecutive week, rising 19-18 on Top Country Singles ter way to launch anew artist," says Soundtrack Weighted Toward Sales. Hinton. "'A Soft Place To Fall' not Although "Evolution" moves 24,000 units, McBride's career-high sales were only helps set up the soundtrack, I rung during Christmas week '97, when that set scanned more than 44,000 think it's going to be the cornerstone Western-Influenced Music units. to launch avery important career." Moorer co-wrote the song with Gwil Following are the songs on "The knew that Iknew Joe. BEAN BLOSSOM TIME: Ricky Skaggs is celebrating his most successful Owen and performs the tune in a Horse Whisperer" soundtrack: "I met with Kathy, Patrick, John, album in nearly adecade, as "Bluegrass Rules!" (Rounder) swipes Paceset- barn-dance scene in the movie. "I'm 1. "Cattle Call," Dwight Yoakam. and Redford in ," Brown ter honors with a50% sales hike, rising 55-45 on Top Country Albums. Skaggs' amazed," she says. "Nobody gets this 2. "A Soft Place To Fall," Allison continues. "They had certain artists new package is acollection of reworked bluegrass classics, and he performed kind of opportunity. You couldn't Moorer. they wanted, like Dwight Yoakam, two of those songs on TNN's "Prime Time Country" Feb. 5. dream this up. It's such an honor for 3. "South Wind Of Summer," Hill , Don Edwards, the me to be involved." Country Flatlanders. Flatlanders, and then Isuggested BORN TO BOOGIE: As of last spring, Hot Country Singles & Tracks hadn't Edwards, an artist on the Colorado 4. "Still ILong For Your Kiss," Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, seen asix-week No. lin nearly 20 years, but Tim McGraw (With Faith Hill) Springs, Colo.-based Western Jubilee Lucinda Williams. , and George Strait. broke that dry spell when "It's Your Love" (Curb) held that slot for ahalf- Recording Co. roster, also performs 5. "Dream River," the Mavericks. "When you make arecord like this, dozen consecutive weeks beginning in the June 7, 1997, issue. This issue, in the film. "Don's part in the film has 6. "Slow Surprise," Emmylou Har- you can slant it totally toward the hip despite a205-spin decline, McGraw wears that crown for asecond time as kept growing," says Bissell, adding ris. angle or you can make it totally main- "Just To See You Smile" takes asixth week atop our airplay list. With spins that Redford and all involved in the 7. "Big Ball's In Cowtown," Don stream. We wanted to make it alittle detected at each of our 164 monitored stations, "Just To See You Smile" movie have been impressed with Walser. bit of western music, which is what stacked up 5,876 plays, 271 spins ahead of the No. 2title, Anita Cochran and Edwards' acting and singing talents. 8. "Leaving Train," Gillian Welch. Don Edwards and Don Walser are— Steve Wariner's "What If ISaid" (Warner Bros.), which shows an increase MCA Nashville VP of sales and 9. "Cowboy Love Song," Don Ed- real legitimate western music. Then of 264 detections. That track is airing on 163 stations, while the No. 3title, marketing Dave Weigand says in mar- wards. we wanted to show how western Lila McCann's "I Wanna Fall In Love" (Asylum), increases by only 36 plays keting the soundtrack, the label plans 10. "Me And The Eagle," Steve music has influenced country music but is detected at 164 stations, making next issue's No. 1vigil abit more to explore synergies with the film. Earle. and folk music. That's why we tied in intense than usual. "We're going to partner with Disney 11. "Whispering Pines," Iris Strait from the mainstream world; "Just To See You Smile" is the third release from McGraw's "Everywhere" on amassive consumer advertising DeMent. Dwight, who straddles both the set, which scans 21,000 units to hold at No. 7on Top Country Albums. campaign," he says. "They'll be pro- 12. "Red River Valley," George mainstream and folk/rock world; and moting the movie, and we are going to Strait. then bring in Gillian, Lucinda, and C HUG-A-LUG: Dean Miller's "Wake Up And Smell The Whiskey" takes try to piggyback on alot of their MCA Nashville president Tony the Mavericks and showed how west- Hot Shot Debut ribbons at No. 61 on Hot Country Singles & Tracks with air- advertising to promote the sound- Brown says that putting together the ern music has influenced all kinds of play at 53 monitored stations. New airplay (more than six spins) is detected at track. As they are promoting the film, MCA soundtrack was very much a country-styled music." KHEY El Paso, Texas; KMDL Lafayette, La; KTTS Springfield, Mo.; KUZZ we can promote the soundtrack." democratic process, with everyone Brown says the movie features a Bakersfield, Calif.; WBBS Syracuse, N.Y.: and WHYL Harrisburg, Pa. Weigand says MCA plans to market contributing their ideas. "John Bissell mixture of old standards like Strait's "Wake Up And Smell The Whiskey" is the third single from Miller's self- the release to the mainstream coun- and Patrick Markey work with version of "Red River Valley" and titled set, released in August '97, and Capitol Nashville VP of sales Bill try audience, as well as to western [Robert] Redford, and they had an Yoakam's "Cattle Call" and songs Kennedy says he's hoping this track wil: spur the album into visibility on Bill- music aficionados. "We are also idea of what they wanted the sound- that were written specifically for the board's sales charts. "The only analogy Ican think of is what's happening exploring different opportunities with track to be like. They wanted me to film, such as the Flatlanders and with the Anita Cochran album, and we certainly hope this song will make accounts like Barnes & Noble, Bor- get Joe Ely to put the Flatlanders Welch cuts. that same kind of difference." ders, Media Play, and others that sell back together, and Kathy [Nelson] DEBORAH EVANS PRICE books. We are going to try to tie in

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THAT MATTERS ANYMORE (Songs Of PolyGram 54 CONNECTED AT THE HEART (Acuff-Rose, BMI) WBM Sky, ASCAP) WBM BMIMB, ASCAP) HL 64 THERE'S ONLY YOU (Acuff-Rose, BMI) WBM Intl, 13MI/Lee Roy Parnell, BMI/Gary Nicholson, ASCAP) 16 THE DAY THAT SHE LEFT TULSA (IN ACHEW) 3 IWANNA FALL IN LOVE (M. Spiro, BMVFlidden Words, 17 ONE SMALL MIRACLE (Sony/ATV Songs, BMI/Mr 59 TO BE WITH YOU (EMI Blackwood, BMVRumbalo, HL (Starstruck Writers Group, ASCAP/Mark D., ASCAP/Dia- BMVAcuff-Rose, BMI) WBM Bubba, BMI/Steve Warner, BMI) HL BMI/Sony/API Songs, BMI/Raul Malo, BMI/Taylor Rose, 30 ANGEL IN MY EYES (Reynsong BM VKnob Twister, mond Three, BMVSeven Summits, BMI) HL 50 JUST ANOTHER HEARTACHE (New Haven, BMI/Music 13 ON THE SIDE OF ANGELS (Red Brazos, BMI/liouse- BMI) HL ASCAP) HLAAIBM 75 DID ISHAVE MY LEGS FOR THIS? (Polygram Intl, Hill, BMI/Starstruck Writers Group, ASCAP/Mark D., notes, BMI/Gaiy Burr, ASCAP/MCA, ASCAP) HIMBM 36 TO HAVE YOU BACK AGAIN (Almo, ASCAP/Anwa. 62 ANOTHER SIDE (Travelin' Zoo, ASCAP) ASCAP/Door Number Two, ASCAP/Millermoo, BMI) HL ASCAP/MCA, ASCAP) HUWBM 21 PERFECT LOVE (Starstruck Angel, BMI/Missoula, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/Romanesque, ASCAP/Annotation, 65 BACK IN THE SADDLE (August Wind. BMI/Longitude, 9 DON'T BE STUPID (YOU KNOW ILOVE YOU) (Songs Of 22 JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME (We've Got The Music, mew Blackwood, BMI/Singles Only, BMI) HL ASCAP) WBM BMVGreat Broad, BMI/The Night Rainbow, ASCAP/Matan- PolyGram Intl, BM/Loon Echo, BMI/Zomba, ASCAP) BMI/Songs Of PolyGram Intl, BMVTazmaraz. BMI/For The 48 PUT YOUR HEART INTO IT (Reynsong, BMI/Bayou Boy, 40 TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE (Wamer-Tamerlane, zas, ASCAP) HL/WBM WBM Music, ASCAP/Polygram Int'l, ASCAP) HL BMI) HL BMVMilene, ASCAP) WBM 53 BETTER THAN IT USED TO BE (Starstruck Writers Group, 37 DREAM MALKIN' (Songs Of Po)yGram Intl, BMI/Tabuco 38 JUST DON'T WAIT AROUND TIL SHE'S LEMIN' (Old 7 ROUND ABOUT WAY (Tom Collins, BMI/Still Working For 69 TWO PINA COLADAS (Foreshadow, BMI/CMI, ASCAP/MCA, ASCAP/Rio Bravo, BMI) HL Tunes, BMI/Wacissa River, BMI/CMI, BMI) HL Desperados, ASCAP/N2 D, ASCAP) The Man, BM VO-Tex, BMI) FILMBM BMI/Shawn Camp, BMI/Good, ASCAP) 33 BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND ME (Cobum, BM/Ten Ten, 72 FROM THIS MOMENT ON (Songs Of PolyGram Intl, 1 JUST TO SEE YOU SMILE (Music Corp. Of America, 46 SAY WHEN (Sony/API Tree, BMI/Terilee, BMI/Sony/ATV 27 VALENTINE (Brickman Arrangement, SESAC/Swimmer, BMVSongs Of PolyGram BMVColt-N-Twins. BM) BMI/Loon Echo, BM/Zomba, ASCAP) WBM BMVGlitterfish, BMVHamstein Cumberland, BMI/Baby Cross Keys, ASCAP) HL SESACAMI April, ASCAP/Doxie, ASCAP) HL/WBM HUWBM 15 HE'S GOT YOU (Sony/ATV Tree, BMVShowbilly, Mae, BMI) HI/WBM 67 SENDING ME ANGELS (Howilin' Hits, ASCAP/His 61 WAKE UP AND SMELL THE WHISKEY (Sony/ATV Tree, 52 BROKEN ROAD (Careers-BMG, BMVFloyd's Dream, BMI/Wamer-Tamerlane, BMI/Constant Pressure, BMI) 44 LEAVING OCTOBER (Emdar, ASCAP/Texas Wedge, Majesty, ASCAP/Jerr, ASCAP/Frankie Miller, ASCAP) WBM BMI/Longitude, BMVAugust Wind, BMVCoyote Moon, BMVJeff Diggs, BMVBug, BMI) HL FUMBM • ASCAP/Womacute Conceptions, ASCAP/Full Keel. 55 SHAME ABOUT THAT (Sony/ATV Songs, BM/Magic BM) 28 ABROKEN WING (Sony/ATV Tree, BMI/Sam's Jammin', 23 AHOUSE WITH NO CURTAINS (WB, ASCAP/Sony/ATV ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree, BM) Ht./WBM Knee, BMI) HL 68 WHAT AWOMAN KNOWS (Atlantic, BMI/Paint 8, Primer, BMI/Suffer In Silence, BMI) HL Tunes, ASCAP/Mill Village, ASCAP) HL/WBM 10 LITTLE RED RODEO (EM) Blackwood, BMI/Flybridge, 8 SHE'S GONNA MAKE IT (Careers-BMG, BMI/A Hard BMI/EMI April, ASCAP/Desmobile, ASCAP/Gary Burr, 26 BYE, BYE (EMI April, ASCAP/Phil Vassar, ASCAP/Rory 18 ICAN LOVE YOU BETTER (Songs Of PolyGram Intl, BMVPhil This, BMI/Rory Bourke, BMI) HL Day's Write, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys, ASCAP/Kim ASCAP/MCA, ASCAP) HL Bourke, BMI) HL BMI/Polygram Intl, ASCAP) HL 25 LONELY WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE (MHO, BMI/Ensign, Williams, ASCAP/Major Bob. ASCAP/No Fences, ASCAP) 2 WHAT IF ISAID (Warner-Tamerlane, BMVChenowee, 12 ACHANCE (Acuff-Rose, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys. 71 IDON'T WANT NO PART OF IT (Careers-BMG, BMI/loes Cafe, BMI) HL HL/WBM BMI) WBM ASCAP) HL/WBM BMI/Breaker Maker. BM/island Bound. ASCAP/Famous. 34 LONGNECK BOTTLE (Steve Warner. BMI/P SO Limited, 49 SHE'S GOT THAT LOOK IN HER EYES (Maypop. BMI) 51 WHAT IF (Rea)songs, ASCAP) WBM 56 CHEATIN' ON HER HEART (Starstruck Writers Group, ASCAP) ASCAP/Songs Of Peer, ASCAP) HL WBM 70 AWOMAN'S TEARS (Rocking K, ASCAP/Warner Chap- ASCAP/MCA. ASCAP/Square West, ASCAP/Howlin' Hits, 19 IF INEVER STOP LOVING YOU (Acuff-Rose, BMI) WBM 6 LOVE OF MY LIFE (EMI Tower Street. BMVLittle Cayman, 58 SOMEBODY WILL (Rick Hall, ASCAP/Watertown. pell, ASCAP/Logrhythm. BMI) ASCAP/HD-I, ASCAP) HL/WBM 31 IF YOU CAN'T BE GOOD (BE GOOD AT IT) (Irving. BMI/EMI Blackwood. BMI/lf Dreams Had Wings, ASCAP) ASCAP/BMG, ASCAP) HUWBM 41 YOU'LL NEVER KNOW (Mighty Nice. 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32 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21 1998 Countr Moorer Could Hitch Ride On 'Horse' MCA Sdtk. Also Features Edwards, Yoakum • BY DEBORAH EVANS PRICE based on the novel of the same name. Brown served as an executive produc- The film was originally slated for a er of the soundtrack, along with NASHVILLE—The marriage be- Christmas release and was moved Patrick Markey, Bissell, and Nelson. tween music and film has become in- back to Memorial Day weekend. The Brown says Nelson initiated MCA's creasingly successful the last few set features awide range of talent, involvement. "She and Iworked to- years, in terms of sales and sound- from George Strait and Dwight gether for 10 years at MCA when she tracks' ability to boost artists' careers. Yoakam to Moorer was head of soundtracks, and we're MCA Nashville has great expectations and well-known good friends," Brown says. "We've for the April 7release of "The Horse cowboy crooner worked on alot of films together, [in- Whisperer," hoping that the multi- Don Edwards cluding] '8 Seconds,' and she got me Just Call Him Lance. MCA Nashville has teamed up with Lance Snacks as cor- artist project not only will enjoy brisk (see sidebar, page to do the 'Con Air' thing with Trisha porate sponsors of the Phoenix Racing Team for the 1998 NASCAR Busch sales, but also will help break the 32). Edwards and [Yearwood] on 'How Do ILive.' " Grand National Series. MCA artist David Lee Murphy will appear with the team label's newcomer Allison Moorer. Moorer also "The Horse Whisperer" is aTouch- and with driver Jeff Purvis. Shown, from left, are MCA Nashville VP of marketing Titled "The Horse Whisperer: appear in the stone film, and though it might seem and sales Dave Weigand, MCA Nashville chairman Bruce Hinton, Murphy, Songs From And Inspired By The film. natural that Nelson would have used a Purvis, and Lance Inc. director of consumer marketing Henry Pully. Motion Picture," the album features EDWARDS "For everyone another Disney company (Nashville's music from the Robert Redford film, involved, it was a Lyric Street Records) to release the labor of love and, hopefully, aproper soundtrack, she says it was amatter mirror to the film," says John Bissell, of timing. "We started the project over who served as music supervisor for a year ago, and at that time, we didn't the movie along with Kathy Nelson, even have aNashville label," she says. Walt Disney Motion Picture Group's "When we made the deal, we thought Kelllor Helps Raise Money For Hall president of music. "Hopefully, the the album and movie were coming out quality of the album will bring in a at Christmas. Also I worked at MCA broad audience." 10 years, and I knew what to expect Of Fame; Brisk Tix Sales For Strait MCA Nashville chairman Bruce from them and I knew I'd get it." Hinton says he thinks the album will She says that in the future Lyric GARRISON KEILLOR has been named honorary chair- 's recent Country Steps In for First Steps ben- be widely embraced. "I've had a Street will definitely be considered, man of the Country Music Hall of Fame's $15 million cap- efit concert raised more than $80,000 for First Steps, which chance to see aportion of the film in but that in releasing asoundtrack, ital campaign. Keillor, who derived the inspiration for "A aids physically challenged children ... Trisha Yearwood avery rough edit stage, and, Ican tell filmmakers often know which artists Prairie Home Companion" from the , will and Big House have been nominated in the country album you, it will be one of the important they want on an album, and that some- be in Nashville April 7for the official launch of the "Bring- of the year category for the Irish Recorded Music Awards. films of the year," he says. "With the times necessitates going to the label ing America's Music Home" campaign. The awards show is March 17 in Dublin. honest western feel of the picture, the with those acts. In the ease of "The "This is amuseum that tells so much about ordinary more stripped-down, acoustic Horse Whisperer," Nelson says, there American people and our sorrows and delights," says Keil- PEOPLE: Angee Jenkins Smith becomes VP of public- approach of the music is going to be will also be an album of the film score, lor of the Hall of Fame. "Every time I go there, I'm re- ity at MCA Nashville. She had been VP of publicity for pop the perfect mesh." composed by Thomas Newman, which minded of my own past and my family's. Now, the hall has music at MCA in Los Angeles ... Kent Earls is named MCA Nashville president Tony (Continued on next page) about burst out of its old quarters and needs aspace where associate director of creative services for MCA Music Pub- it can do its job. If you are going to donate to just one cap- lishing in Nashville. He had been at Affiliated Publishers ital fund drive this year, this would be the one." Inc.... Kristi Brake is named senior manager of mar- The hall is scheduled to move in late 1999 to anew keting at Mercury Records here. Russia's Bluegrass Pioneers 130,000-square-foot facility Gaylord Entertain- in downtown Nashville. ment's Communications Group senior VP, Carl Bring Their `Story' To America ON THE ROAD: George Kornmeyer, is promoted Strait sold 46,000 tickets in to president of the Com- • BY JIM BESSMAN and offbeat projects," Cantor says one day for his touring fes- Nashville munications Group as well he had heard parts of Kukuruza's tival's March 14 date in Sun as of CMT International. NEW YORK—Hailed as Russia's top last two albums as well as aperfor- Devil Stadium in Tempe, He replaces David Hall, country band, Kukuruza, which has mance on the "Mountain Stage" pub- Ariz. The show includes Se7pie who is now at CBS. graced the Grand Ole Opry stage in lie radio program. Tim McGraw, John Amy Macy is upped to Nashville and extensively toured the "The interesting thing," notes Michael Montgomery, TM senior director of sales U.S., is returning to domestic retail "Mountain Stage" house band gui- Faith Hill, Lee Ann and marketing at the via the Gadfly Records album "End- tarist Michael Lipton, "is that Rus- Womack, Asleep At The by Chet Flippo RCA Label Group ... less Story." sians in general want to be like Wheel, and Lila McCann. Entertaitment lawyer F. The March 24 release—Kuku- McCann, now a high school Casey Del Casino has ruza's first here since "Crossing sophomore, goes to school during the week and plays shows opened his own firm, F. Casey Del Casino, PC., on West Borders" for Sugar Hill in 1993— C3FiCHIGHL. on weekends. Festival sponsors include Nokia, Chevy End Avenue. His clients include Billy Dean and Max T. commemorates the bluegrass band's trucks, and Wrangler. Barnes. 10th anniversary, which it celebrat- ed in 1996. Self-released in Russia GARTH BROOKS is donating seven days of earnings ON THE SCENE: Brady Seals has reunited with for- that year, the album offers new from his "Sevens" album to Oprah Winfrey's Oprah's mer manager Burt Stein. The latter's Gold Mountain Man- material and aretrospective of the Angel Network. Brooks' two-hour NBC special "Garth: agement also represents and Seals' co-pro- band's previous five releases. The Ireland & Back" airs at 8p.m. EST March 4. The show was ducer Rodney Crowell, among other artists. Seals also has album includes covers of Willie Nel- taped last May at concerts at Dublin's Croke Park. Mean- formed his own publishing company, Gypsy Outfit Music son's "Crazy," Paul Anka's "It while, as reported in the Feb. 9Billboard Bulletin, atrade- (ASCAP). Doesn't Matter Any More," Leonard mark-infringement suit against Brooks has been set for Billy Dean is writing songs with former Bread leader Cohen's "Bird On A Wire," and trial May 12. Rapper Warren G filed the suit, alleging that David Gates. Trisha Yearwood's hit "That's What Brooks' use of the initial "G" in marketing was an in- Kim Richey will host An Evening of I Like About You." fringement. Also, Brooks will both host and perform on Feb. 23 at New York's Bottom Line. Presented by Nash- Also included on "Endless Story" "Saturday Night Live" Feb. 28. ville's Bluebird Cafe, the show will feature performances are versions of Russian traditional Americans. But in bluegrass, as in RCA's Thompson Brothers Band is one of the "break- by Richey, Pam Tillis, Raul Malo, Lee Roy Parnell, and and jazz fare by Kukuruza, whose everything else over there, they through artists" selected by the National Assn. for Campus Dean Dillon. Shows will be at 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. name is the Russian word for corn. miss acouple things which makes Activities. The group will play the Breakthrough Artists "I don't think of them as country what they do more interesting. In Showcase on Tuesday (17) at the organization's convention ON THE RECORD: Earl Thomas Conley has returned or bluegrass or Russian or tradi- Kukuruza's case, what they add to in Indianapolis. More than 2,000 college-campus talent buy- to recording. His "Perpetual Emotion" album on Inter- tional, but aunique juxtaposition of the proficiency of American blue- ers are expected to attend the convention ... The original sound is set for release April 28. Also at Intersound, Teddy styles," says Mitch Cantor, president grass is an incredibly deep emotion members of Restless Heart—Larry Stewart, Greg Jen- Gentry is producing an album for former Alabama tour- of the DNA-distributed Vermont which has been there for thousands nings, John Dittrich, and Paul Gregg—will reunite for a ing group member Tim Briggs. That set is due March 31. indie label Gadfly. "They go seam- of years and makes the band really performance at the RCA Label Group's General Jackson Merle Haggard's lead guitarist, Redd Volkaert, has a lessly from one style to the next, and special." Showboat show Feb. 26 during Country Ratio Seminar. The solo album due March 17 on HighTone Records. The set is it sounds different—but at the same Lipton, who also played with group will tour later this year. called "Telewacker," after his 1953 Fender Telecaster. time it's Kukuruza." Kukuruza at its massive 10th Always on the lookout for "unique (Continued on page 34)

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22 25 28 6 SANDMAN PLAYLAND 53294/PRIORITY THE BLUEBOY 21 8 8 5 THE WORST (T) TOMMY BOY 436 • ONYX + WU -TANG CLAN

23 26 25 7 THE WIGGLY WORLD II NOISE TRAXX IMPORT/PRIVATE LIFE MR JACK FEAT BRENDA EDWARDS 22 15 20 33 THINGS JUST AIN'T THE SAME (T) (X) ARISTA 13381 • DEBORAH COX

24 19 15 10 GET MOVIN' MAW 017/STRICTLY RHYTHM BLUE TRAIN 23 17 13 37 FREE (T) (X) STRICTLY RHYTHM 12528 • ULTRA NATE

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C) 31 39 3 HIGH TIMES WORK 78781 JAMIROQUAI 0 41 47 6 JEALOUSY (T) DANC1N' MUSIC 572159/ISLAND KIM SANDERS

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29 24 16 12 SPICE UP YOUR LIFE VIRGIN 38620 • SPICE GIRLS (D RE-ENTRY 9 MARIA (T) (X) COLUMBIA 78352 • RICKY MARTIN

30 13 9 12 CIRCLES KING STREET 1070 • KIMARA LOVELACE CI 39 28 17 I'M AFRAID OF AMERICANS (T) (X) VIRGIN 38618 • DAVID BOWIE

(1) 34 42 3 ICY LAKE JELLYBEAN 2534 DAT OVEN 10 37 12 12 YOU KNOW MY STEEZ (T) NO0 TRYBE 38624NIRGIN • GANG STARR

IC) 37 49 3 THIS IS HOW MY DRUMMER DRUMS FFRR/LONDON 570067/ISLAND DJ ICEY 31 23 33 4 MEET HER AT THE LOVE PARADE (T) (X) TWISTED 55417/MCA HANS

C) 44 - 2 RESCUE ME OVUM/RUFFHOUSE 78609/COLUMBIA JAMIE MYERSON (FEATURING CAROL TRIPP) 32 16 16 14 IT'S RAINING MEN...THE SEQUEL (T) (X) LOGIC 52864 • MARTHA WASH FEATURING RUPAUL

34 33 34 6 IKNOW EMPIRE STATE/EIGHTBALL 54234/LIGHTYEAR BRUTAL BILL 10 RE-ENTRY 2 YOU ONLY HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME (T) (X) ARIOLA DANCE 53603/BMG HANNAH JONES

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37 27 19 12 SHOE WAS ON THE OTHER FOOT MCA PROMO PATTI LABELLE 36 26 24 3 LAST NIGHT ADJ SAVED MY LIFE (T) OVUM/RUFFHOUSE 78575/COLUMBIA • SYLI( 130 38 29 26 10 IT'S RAINING MENTHE SEQUEL LOGIC 52864 • MARTHA WASH FEATURING RUPAUL C) 48 19 3 SECRET STUDIO (T) TWISTED 55412/MCA DROP OUT 39 42 50 3 MEET HER AT THE LOVE PARADE KOSMO IMPORT DA HOOL 38 22 35 6 HOW DO ILIVE (T) (X) BOBBINS 72020 DEBRA MICHAELS

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(1), Titles with the greatest sales or club play increases this week. Power Pick on Club Play is awarded for the largest point increase among singles below the op 20. Greatest Gainer on Maxi-Singles Sales is awarcled for the largest sales increase among singles anywhere in the top 50. *Videoclip availability. Catalog number is for vinyl maxi-single, or CD maxi-single if vinyl is unavailable. On Sales chart: (M) Cassette maxi-single availability. (T) Vinyl maxi-single availability. (X) CD maxi-single availability. © 1998, Billboard/BPI Communications.

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to the set's title track and "Bullet especially with Skye's vocals. There nate avenues for bringing Morchee- will be serviced with the set's first Right now, Morcheeba is patiently Proof," respectively. Also contributing is only so much sweetness you can ba's new music to the widest possible single, "Let Me See," March 31. awaiting the imminent birth of Ed- their talents are vocalist Spikey T. take." audience. "We'll definitely be going for adds wards' second child. Once she has re- (Jah Wobble and Bomb The Base) and Although John Loken. GM of China "Since we can't depend solely on at triple-A stations like the Mountain covered, the band will begin the first Jason Furlow, the rapper from the (U.S.), may phrase that sentiment dif- radio and video, we'll be utilizing a [KMTT] in Seattle, as well as for- leg of its three-pronged stateside tour seminal New York underground hip- ferently, he couldn't agree more. variety of direct-marketing tech- ward-thinking stations like Live 105 schedule. In April, it will begin a hop outfit New Kingdom. "With `Big Calm,' they are broaden- niques, like getting the music played [KITS] in San Francisco," Loken three-week headlining club trek, "We just grab people and beg them ing and refining their sound, which is in boutiques, hair salons, coffee shops, says. "Morcheeba seem tailor-made which will likely be followed by astill- to come into the studio to make our always what you want to see on a upscale hotels, and on in-flight airline for VH1. While their music is per- to-be confirmed slot in one of the sum- songs sound better," Ross says with a band's second album. Of course, that programming," he says. "Additionally, ceived as soothing and calm, it has a mer's key outdoor festivals. "And laugh. "Actually, the songs are usual- does not necessarily mean that it's a street teams will be handing out two- definite cutting-edge feel that the then," says Loken, "we'll bring them ly done, and then we bring other peo- straight-to-radio-type record." track cassettes [with "The Sea" and VH1 viewer would be interested in. back in the fall to play small theaters. ple in to get adifferent vibe. We like Because of this, Loken is well aware the title cut]." It's challenging music without being By this point, we should be well into to get acertain dichotomy going, of the importance of exploring alter- That said, radio and video outlets offensive." the third single." 30 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 Dance ARTISTS 8( MUSIC Epidrome Compilation Lays Foundation For Hits

ENTER THE EPIDROME: The wait of trend-conscious remixes from Vic- for the first fruit from Epic's new tor Calderone (who is asplit second dance imprint, Epidrome Records, is Dauce. away from being the hottest remixer in finally over. With the multi -act collec- the world), Mousse T., Prince Quick tion, "Welcome To The Epidrome," due TRAX Mix, and Trouser Enthusiasts. Pre- in stores March 3, the label is off to a Li pare to gag with utter . stellar start. by Larry Flick The richly varied set—which whisks N THE MIX: Soul Solution part- the listener off on ajourney that starts ners Bobby Guy and Ernie Lake, with fluffy pop/house fodder and cruis- terpretation of "Rhythm Of Love" by Brian "B.T." Transeau, and Junior es into dark trance dubs—provides a DJ Company, as well as the wrig- Vasquez are among the prominent desperately needed change of pace gling, salsa-spiced "Fiesta" by the elubland figures contributing their from the glut of so-called "super hits" Sun Club, which has earned a rhythm perspective to an album on compilations currently clogging the healthy bit of DJ attention since its which abatch of Elton John's pop hits market. Rather than trot down that promo-only 12 -inch release in Novem- are reconstructed into dance and jeep same tired ol' creative road, executive ber. tracks. There is no confirmed retail producer (and Epidrome head) Frank For those who require a splash of date for the project, which will be Ceraolo has opted for a track listing familiarity in their compilations, there's issued on Rocket Records. The final Feel The Funk. The latest musical gem to rise from the plush San Francisco filled with potential hits and rare aspanking new version of "Plastic lineup of producers and remixers is club scene is Tom, Dick & Harry, a quartet that blends melodic elements of clas- items. In fact, we're willing to crawl Dreams" by Jaydee, Sash's rightly also still being solidified. sic soul and Anglo-pop with underground-savvy trip-hop beats. The group's de- out on a limb and declare this one of the revered revision of "Oxygene 10" by The idea to revamp material from but disc, "The Blue Album," ships Tuesday (17) on the local indie Tripek Rec- more relevant albums of its kind to Jean-Michel Jarre, and the hotly the artist's plush catalog was triggered ords, and it's been gathering props from the underground in an advance tickle our ears in recent months. sought-after (but previously un- by the positive word-of-mouth for a pressing for nearly two months, most notably for the midtempo shuffler "Pennies "There aren't any songs here that released) uptempo remix of Skunk homemade Vasquez remix of "Rocket From Heaven" and the fluid live jam "100% Fat." The set includes guest appear- have been already churned out on 14 Anansie's modern rock radio hit Man" that the producer has been spin- ances by Phil Upchurch, Peter Horvath, and Norbert Sachel. Pictured, from left, albums," Ceraolo says. "My goal was "Brazen (Weep)." The latter track is ning for his club audiences. are bandmates Jon Waters, Stephen Burke, Craig Garvey, and Nor Pacholuk. to uncover noteworthy material that the album's first commercial single. It's If you're afan of pop hits reborn as you've never heard anywhere else. And asolid way to officially open aproject dance anthems, then you are undoubt- you're not going to find these songs that requires your immediate attention. edly salivating for a springy cover of anywhere else later on, because we're Celine Dion's mega "My Heart Will Morcheeba Embarks On Excursion turning down all licensing requests." WHILST WE HAVE EPIC on the Go On." Interhit steps forward with a Among the set's numerous high- brain, we're also pleased to report that competent rendition of the power bal- lights is "Happiness," afave U.K. im- pop chanteuse-turned-dance diva Glo- lad by U.K. act Deja Vu. It's good fun, Into 'Big Calm' For China/Sire Set port by Kama Sutra featuring the gor- ria Estefan has completed her long- though we have not completely aban- • BY MICHAEL PAOLETTA During these many months, the geous, unmistakable vamps of club promised collection of dance anthems. doned hope that the folks at 550 Music members of the tightly knit act have legend Jocelyn Brown. Given an A late-April/early-May release date is will go ahead and remix Dion's grand NEW YORK—On Morcheeba's realized that while they may not ample dose of energy and commitment being eyed for the eponymous album, original àla the recent "How Do I sophomore set, "Big Calm," due agree with the "trip-hop" label that from Epic's pop promotion depart- which was helmed by hubby Emilio Live" by LeAnn Rimes. March 17 on China/Sire, the U.K. has been slathered on them, they do ment, this could easily become one of Estefan, with production input from BMG's rambunctious li'l dance label, trio ventures into a more sophisti- recognize and appreciate its bene- the larger rhythm/crossover hits of the Tony Moran and WyclefJean, among Ariola Records, just got alittle more cated musical landscape that owes fits. spring. At this point, the track is devel- several others. competitive by adding promoter Justin more to the sounds of Gram Parsons "To begin with, it did help us get oping adeservedly ardent following at Clubheads get to preview the project Early to its ranks. Although Early is a and early Eagles than it does to Por- arecord contract, arecording stu- the stateside club level and will be ripe early next month, when the single relative newcomer to the scene, he tishead. dio, a world tour, and the press on for mainstream picking in about a "Don't Let This Moment End" is made quite abit of noise last year at Produced by the band with Pete our side," says guitarist/keyboardist month. issued. In its original form, the song is the helm of his own indie company, Norris, "Big Calm" Rosa. "So, Ican't Described by Ceraolo as a"labor of asweeping, string-laden anthem that placing seven singles at the top of Bill- finds bandmates say that Ihate it love" that was in development over a sounds like it was plucked from aDJ board's Hot Dance Music/Club Play and siblings Paul from the bottom of year and ahalf, "Welcome To The playlist circa 1977. Not surprisingly, La chart. Early is now director of nation- and Ross Godfrey the heart, because Epidrome" is riddled with highlights, Glo delivers a performance that gives al club promotion for Ariola, and his incorporating their obviously it's done a including remixer Paul Andrews' wannabes areason to pause and take initial projects will include "Oye Mi own personal tastes: lot for us as a band. previously unavailable deep-house in- notes. The track will benefit from apile Gente" by Ralph Anthony and "What Paul is afunk/hip- In that sense, it's The Child Needs," the gorgeous forth- hop junkie, while great. We kind of coming single by Hannah Jones. Ross is partial to came in through the country and blues. back door, which Wafting throughout helped us out. And this clever funky - now we're in the Billboard. Doge folk landscape is the MORCHEEBA position to do what- dreamy presence of ever we like." H T singer Skye Edwards, who stylishly Strangely enough, for aband that adds an organic soulfulness to the many consider an integral part of mix. the electronica movement, it's inter- lee46414 "We approached the new album in esting to note its lack of interest in FEBRUARY 21.1998 a very natural way—a way that we electronic -based instruments. probably would've wanted to do the "Oh, we use aHammond organ— CLUB PLAY first album," explains Ross. "Other that's about it," states Ross flatly. 1. I'M LEAVIN' LISA STANSFIELD ARISTA than joining the trip-hop bandwag- "While we sample same things, 2. HAPPY TOWA TEl ELEKTRA on with a very sparse electronic first there is no computer-generated 3. THE REAL BASS BROOKLYN BOUNCE EDEL AMERICA album, we knew that there was stuff. We do use an analog synth, but 4. MIRACLE OLIVE RCA enough organic stuff and good song- it's not being sequenced. We actual- 5. LOVE IS SO NICE URBAN SOUL writing on it to build up to a second ly play the instruments and then KING STREET one." sample it that way. It's definitely What A Pair Of Dolls. Under the guise of DollsHead, budding diva Sierra Swan, Since its critically lauded 1996 from the heart. None of it is sampled left, and musician Graham Edwards have concocted aunique sound that com- debut, "Who Can You Trust?," the from other records, except the odd bines elements of electronic dance and guitar-driven modern rock. The act's MAXI-SINGLES SALES group has kept abusy schedule. Not break. Most of it is Paul playing the sterling Refuge/MCA debut, "Frozen Charlotte," has already spawned a turntable 1. TOO CLOSE NEXT ARISTA only has it toured extensively, it also drums." smash with "It's Over, It's Under," which also appears on the soundtrack to "The 2. MAMBO ANGELINA UPSTAIRS 3. ARE YOU JIMMY RAY? JIMMY RAY produced nine tracks on David That said, "Big Calm" has the Jackal." Other key cuts on the album include the richly atmospheric "Perfect Byrne's most recent album, "Feel- band joined by ahandful of invigo- Day" and "New Creation," with its jittery, breakbeat-fueled pop hook. Both cuts, 4. STAY IN LOVE MONA LISA STREETBEAT ings," and recorded the George rating guests—starting with DJ like much of the album, are offset by Swan's quirky yet poetic words. When pon- 5. HIGH TIMES JAMIROQUAI WORK Gershwin/Du Bose Heyward classic Swamp of Beck fame and current dering her method of songwriting, the daughter of veteran rocker "Summertime" for the forthcoming U.K. club jock du jour, DJ 1st says, "I just write on a whim. Usually, I don't consciously even know what I'm Breakouts: Titles with future chart potential, AIDS fund-raising album "Red Hot Rate—who add their turntable skills going after until I read it back and it becomes clear to me. Intending to be clever based on club play or sales reported this week. + Gershwin." (Continued on next page) is not the right way to be clever."

BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 29 Billboard. FEBRUARY 21, 1998 R&B SINGLES A-Z Billboard, FEBRUARY 21, 1998

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BLIGE (MCA) iel ni ,,, BM° A TOO CLOSE 69 3 BURN 59 50 I SEND MY LOVE/SEND ONE YOUR LOVE NEXT (ARISTA) 54 GOING BACK TO CALI (Big Popp, ASCAP/Justin Combs, 21 17 18 MY BODY MILITIA (RED ANT) LOG (EASTWEST/EEG) ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/B Mo EL, ASCAP/Saja, BM 1/Tongs Of Y BORN JAMERICANS (DELICIOUS VINYL) 45 ii GETTIN' JIGGY WIT IT 22 18 Lastrada, BMVRubber Band, BM» HL/WBM WE'RE NOT MAKING LOVE NO MORE 68 A TWO WRONGS ae MIARMEXHACÁR[EMONEIHUGSM-HARMONY)103LUMBIA) WILL SMITH (COLUMBIA) 22 19 11 e 12 GONE TILL NOVEMBER (Sony/AN Tunes, ASCAP/Tete San DRU HILL (LAFACE/ARISTA) Y (COLEMAN/R&D PRODUCTIONS/PRODIGY) Ko, ASCAP) HL 23 17 17 TYRONE . 66 16 IN HARM'S WAY BURN CD _ i GET AT ME DOG ERYKAH BADU (KEDAR/UNIVERSAL) BEBE WINANS (ATLANTIC) 61 HANDLE UR BIZNESS (Blind Man's Bluff, ASCAP/Rapid Fire, 22 8 am MILITIA (RED ANT) ' DMA FEAT. SHEEN FROM THE LOX (DEE JAMAIERCUR11 ASCAP) Ple7:\ on 9 A ROSE IS STILL A ROSE (1) 71 9 ONLY IN CALIFORNIA 62 HEAVEN (0.C.D., BM)) °457 1 STRAWBERRIES (1) 60 9 JUST BECAUSE - ARETHA FRANKLIN (ARISTA) ` »IL 10 FEJT. ICE CUBE AND &NOY' OCGGY CCGG (PRIORPY) — 32 ICARE 'BOUT YOU (Sony/ATV Songs, BMVECAF, BMVFox laud SMOOTH (PERSPECTIVE/A&M) SHAQUEEN (MIGHTY) DEJA VU [UPTOWN BABY] Film, BMI) WBM 25 25 15 M GT SO LONG (WELL, WELL, WELL) 63 55 19 IF ICOULD TEACH THE WORLD LORD TABU& PETER GUNZ (CODEINE/COLUMBIA) — 1 WASHINGTON (SI_AS/MCA) 3 I DONT EVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN (Vanderpool, 36 21 10 PHAJJA (WARNER BROS.) BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY (RELATIVITY) BMVEnsign, BMI) HL A DREAM 26 21 18 15 GOOD GIRLS rig 51 9 NOTHIN' MOVE BUT THE MONEY MARY J. SLIDE (ARISTA) 64 52 60 IF ICOULD TEACH THE WORLD (Ruthless Attack, ASCAP/Mo e 6 A.M. (WE BE ROLLIN') JOE (JIVE) - MC GERONIMO FEAT. 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(YAB YUM/550 MUSIC/EPIC) Designee, BMI) HL/WBM SHOW ME LOVE WC FROM WESTSIDE CONNECTION (PAYDAY/FFRR) LATHUN FEAT. DA BRAT (SO SO DEF/COLUMBLA) 71 66 15 46 IN MY BED (Hitco, BMV13rown Lace, BMVLongitude, ROBYN (RCA) MI LET'S RIDE go 1 24 HRS. TO LIVE BM 1/Zomba, BMVStacegoo, BMVAamer-Tameriane, fl) 68 2 en 52 2 OFF THE HOOK 18 BABY YOU KNOW ImÀ IrCNITIIJORDAN FEAT. MASTER P&SUN 1}1E SHOCKER CUM) MASE (FEAT. THE LOX, BLACK ROB& MO (BAD BOY)ARLSTA) 72 62 BMVBoobie-Loo, BMI) WBM iel JODY WATLEY (ATLANTIC) THE O'JAYS (GLOBAL SOUUFREEWORLD) OM‘ e) 39 9 ALL IDO a) 1 IMAGINATION 41 IWONDER IF HEAVEN GOT AGHETTO (Joshua's Dream, SOMETHIN' FOR THE PEOPLE (WARNER BROS.) BMVMusic Corp. Of America, BMVSaja, BAD/Songs Of 35 30 12 GOING BACK TO CALI 73 58 32 UP JUMPS DA BOOGIE bawd (QWEST/WARNER BROS.) THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. 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(BAD BOY/ARISTA) 55 ROUANNE '97 - PUFF DADDY REMIX (EMI Blackwood, 14 TOO CLOSE (Naughty, ASCAP/Do What IGotta, ASCAP/Uh, Oh, ASCAPArving, BMI) WBM BMVMagnetic, PRS/ADRA, BMVKadoc, BMVMokojumbi, ICAN LOVE YOU DON'T LEAVE ME ASCAP/Copyright Control, ASCAP/Neutral Gray, ASCAP/Pure 3 1 2 16 15 20 8 MY BODY (Toni Robi, ASCAP/2000 Watts, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) MARY J. BLIGE (MCA) BLACKSTREET (INTERSCOPE) BMV1Namer-Tamerlane, BMI) HL/WBM Love, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) 34 MY LOVE IS THE SHHH! (Onichappel), BMVJunkie Funk, 63 SADDLE YOU UP OHR, BMVEast Pointe, BMI) 97 TOO GONE, TOO LONG (Rea(songs, ASCAP) WBM 4 5 8 FOR YOU OTHERSIDE OF THE GAME BMVTam-Cat, BM 1/Ruts, BMVSix Continents, BMI) HL 17 21 7 65 SAY YOU'.11 STAY (Gorgeous Clamour, BMI) 56 TUCK ME IN (Philesto, BMI) KENNY LATT)MORE (COLUMBIA) ERYKAH BADU (KEDAR/UNIVERSAL) 99 NEVER WANNA LET YOU GO (BOL, ASCAP) 64 SEND MY LOVE/SEND ONE YOUR LOVE (Black Bull, 69 TWO WRONGS (2 Unique, BMI) 1 NICE &SLOW (So So Del, ASCAP/Slack AD, ASCAP/BMG 5 3 3 THE LOVE SCENE HONEY ASCAP/Jobete, ASCAP) WBM 94 WE GETZ DOWN (Ramp, BMVDonril, ASCAP/Zomba, 18 11 2 JOE (JIVE) MARIAH CAREY (COLUMBIA) Songs, ASCAP/U.R. IV, ASCAP/Them Damn Twins, ASCAP/EMI 86 SHOWDOWN (Ski &CMT, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tunes, ASCAP/All Seeing Eye, BMVPolygram )nternational, April, ASCAP) HL ASCAP/Wmen, BMI) BMVCameo-Five, BMI) NEXT LIFETIME UP JUMPS DA BOOGIE 6 6 16 19 22 4 2 NO, NO, NO (3 Boyz From Newark, ASCPP/Promiscuous, 78 SHOW ME LOVE (Heavy Rotation, BkAt/Cheiron, ASCAP/BMG, 11 WE'RE NOT MAKING LOVE NO MORE (Sony/AN Songs, ERYKAH BADU (KEDAR/UNIVERSAL) MASCO AND TIMBAL/IND (BIACKGRO(JND/ATLANTIC) ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/Wamer-Tamertane, BMI/Sang Melee, ASCAP) HL BMVECAF, BMVFox Film, BM» WBM NEVER MAKE A PROMISE BMI/Ms. Mary's, BMVMilkman/Nitty &Capone, BMI) WBM 59 SILLY (Rosebud, ASCAP) 7 2 2 20 13 48 NO DIGGITY 23 WHAT ABOUT US (Virginia Beach, ASCAP/Mass Confusion, 31 NOTHIN' MOVE BUT THE MONEY (Paniro s, ASCAP/Jaa'wons, DRU HILL (ISLAND) BLACKSTREET (FEAT. DR. DRE) (INTERSCOPE) 37 SOCK IT 2ME/THE RAIN (SUPA DUPA FLY) (Mass ASCAP/Wamer Chappell, ASCAP) WBM ASCAP) Confusion, ASCAPAArginia Beach, ASCAP/Nickel Shoe, WHAT YOU WANT THE SWEETEST THING G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T. 4 (M. Botha, ASCAP/Total's Thing, 8 4 14 21 16 11 29 OFF THE HOOK (Zany, ASCAP/BMG, ASCAP/Wamer Chappell, BMVWadud, BM ViNamer-Tamerlane, 13M1/Thrown' Tantrums, REFUGEE fflP ALLSTARS FIAT. 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(BAD BOY/ARISTA) 24 — 58 YOU KNOW MY STEEZ (EMI April, ASCAPAII Kid, ASCAP/Gifted Seeing Eye, ASCAP/Cameo-5, ASCAP) 83 THE STONE GARDEN (Psycho Realm, ASCAP/Music Of The Pearl, ASCAP) HL 67 PHENOMENON (LL Cool 1, ASCAP/Def Jam, ASCAMustin ASCENSION (DON'T EVER WONDER) I'LL BE MISSING YOU Mask, ASCAP/Hits Form Da Bong, ASCAP/BMG, ASCAP) 20 YOU MAKE ME WANNA... (EMI April, ASCAP/So So Def, 12 17 50 25 8 4 Combs, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/Ausar, BMIAnterior, BMI) MAXWELL (COLUMBIA) PUFF DADDY& FA/TH EVANS (FEAT 112) (PAD BOY/ARISTA) 25 STRAWBERRIES (New Perspective, ASCAP/Zomba, ASCAP/Slack AD., ASCAP/U.R. BA, ASCAP/BMG Songs, ASCAP) FILANBM ASCAP/Fe-Mac, ASCAP/Baby Fingers, ASCAP/Love-ly-N- HL 13 — 1 Ye) Recurrents are tit es which have appeared on the Hot RN Singles 80 A REAL LADY (SOMETIMES I'M A BITCH) (Pride And Joy, Divine, ASCAP/Freddie Dee, BMI) BRIAN MCKeelleEAT. 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ALL MY LOVE • QUEEN PEN FEATURING ERIC WILLIAMS 17 67 65 67 17 S.COMBS,R.LAWRENCEPHENOMENON U.T.SMITH,S.COMBS,R.LAWRENCE,S.MCKENNEY,W.WITHERS) M DEF JAM 568081/MERCURY•LL COOL J 16 10 17 22 3 T.RILEY (S.CARTER,T.RILEY,LWALTERS) (CI (D) LIU MAN 97023/INTERSCOPE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY THE FAMILY STAND 63 TOGETHER AGAIN • •JANET 8 68 63 63 3 THE FAMILY STAND (P.LORD,V.J.SMITH) (C) (D) EASTWEST 64166/EEG 18 14 11 11 J.JAM,TIEWIS,JJACKSON (JJACKSON,J.HARRIS III,T.LEWIS,R.ELIZONDO, JR.) (C) (D) (T) (V) (X) VIRGIN 38623 (1) 77 59 A TWO WRONGS •HEAT 57 (1) 19 19 A MAKE EM' SAY UHH! •MASTER PFEAT. FIEND, SILKK THE SHOCKER, MIA X, &MYSTIKAL 19 " D.RUCKER,Ell (W.EDLEY.J.E.HAFTDEN,E.TERRELL,W.HARRISON,M.COLEMAN,EQ) ICI COLEMAN/R&D PRODUCTIONS 72629/PRODIGY ' KLC (MASTER P,FIEND,SILKK THE SHOCKER,MIA X,MYSTIKAL) (C) (D) (T) NO LIMIT 53302/PRIORITY 70 1 TEAR DA CLUB UP '97 •THREE 6 MAFIA YOU MAKE ME WANNA... A •USHER 0 70 81 6 D.J.PAULJUICY JIGANGSTA 800,CRUNCHY EILACK,LORD INFAMOUS,JUICYJ,D.J.PAUL,C.KINCCA) (T) RELATIVITY 1657' 20 18 17 27 J.DUPRI (J.DUPRI,M.SEAL,U.RAYMOND) (C) (D) (T) (X) LAFACE 24265/ARISTA 21 ALL IDO •SOMETHIN' FOR THE PEOPLE 71 71 66 12 JUSTKOOL 7 (S.PEARCE,T.WILSON,M.RAPLEY)BECAUSE (C) (T) (X) MIGHTY 0001 62 o NEW" 1 A.MCCLINTON,SOMETHIN' FOR THE PEOPLE (A.MCCLINTON.J.YOUNG,R.HOLIDAY) (C) (DI WARNER BROS. 17282 •SHAQUEEN 7 BABY YOU KNOW THE O'JAYS 34 BEEN ARMS THE WORLDIIT'S NI ABOUT THEEN141116 A •PUFF DADDY& THE FAMILY (FEAT. THE NOTORIOUS BIG. &MASE) 72 56 55 18 J.LITTLE III (J.LITTLE III,K.SWEAT,E.NICHOLAS) (CI (D) GLOBAL SOUL 34278/FREEWORLD 22 22 18 12 RIMMENCLDRGELERILSCOMEIS,SIBIEJ.IMILLSTROXIAMIORSIS,LEORACWALLKEAKIXAMISALORBICE) (018111100 MCI 79110FRISTX WHAT ABOUT US • •TOTAL 4 0 NEW > 1 6A.M. (WE BE ROLLIN') •NADANUF 73 23 16 16 26 TIMBALAND,M.ELLIOTT (7.MOSLEY M ELLIOTT) (C) (D) (T) (X) LAFACE 24272/ARISTA M.LITTLE,LHARRIS ILHARRIS,FLUTTLEM.STANDIFER,D.PHILPOTAGRIFFIN,RCHIAREW) IC) ID) REPRISE 17278PNARNER BROS. 3 IF YOU THINK I'M JIGGY •THE LOX 21 74 68 61 13 THA HOP KINSU 55 24 21 21 D.GREASE (S.JACOBS,J.PHILUPS,OSTYLESABLACKMON,R.STEWART,C.APPICE,D.HITCHINGS) ICI (D) BAD BOY 79115/ARISTA DANNY D )J.MARRS) (CI ID (X) BLUNT 4417/7VT 25 69 STRAWBERRIES •SMOOTH 75 J.VON (C.HENRY,J.VON) C) NEW 1 LALEXANDER,PROF. T(LALEXANDER T.ROLBERT,J.CATTER P.RUSHEN LOW SF.WASHINGTON) ICI ID) PERSPECTIVE 587596/A&M 69 72 12 I'M THINKING ICI (D) (T) CMC MUSICC• 0106/TOUCHWOOD CARL HENRY BURN •MILITIA 26 L-L-LIES •DIANA KING 67 0 28 26 8 EDEAN (D SILAS J.SMITH E.DEAN) (CI (D) IT) RED ANT 119006 76 81 78 14 A.MARVEL (D.KING,A.MARVEL,A.ROMAN) (C) (01 (T) (X) WORK 78698/EPIC

4, 3, 2, 1 •LL COOL JFEAT. METHOD MAN, REDMAN, DMX, CANIBUS AND MASTER P 0 27 31 9 E.SERMON U.T.SMITH,E.SERMON,R.RUBIN,A.YAUCHAFICAMTZ,R.NOBLE,C.SMIDLE.SIMMONS) (T) DEF JAM 568321'/MERCURYTYMERCURY 24 77 74 65 16 NAUGHTYMOURN BY YOU NATURE TIL (A.CRISS,K.GIST,V.BROWN) IJOIN YOU •NAUGHTY (C) (D) (T) TOMMY BY NATURE BOY 7427 24 BUTTA LOVE • •NEXT 4 78 75 70 15 SHOW ME LOVE • •ROBYN• 44 28 23 20 25 KAYGEE,D.LIGHTY,LALCONDER,PROF. T. ILALEXANDER,T.TOLIERT,R.LHUGGARACLOWERS,D.UGHTY) ICI (D) (T) (X) ARISTA 13407 D.POP,M.MARTIN (ROBYN,M.MARTIN) (C) (D) (T) (V) (X) RCA 64970 ® 33 _ 9 OFF THE HOOK •JODY WATLEY 29 INFATUATION •LAURNEA 37 ' M.PENDLETON (C.PENDLETON,C.LUCAS,D.FLOYD) (C) (0) (T) (V) ATLANTIC 84071 79 73 69 17 J.J.ROB)NSON U.J.ROBINSON) (C) (D) (X) TAB TUN 78708/EPIC SO LONG (WELL, WELL, WELL) •PHAJJA 30 NEW 1 AREAL LADY (SOMETIMES I'M AB!T@H) 80 0 30 32 11 (.K. JACKSON,LIL' RICK (K.K.JACKSON,R.WHITE,E.ROBERSON) IC) (D) WARNER BROS. 17308 0 > UNCLE JAMZ,E-BO,G.WES (S.JOHNSON,E.BOBO,G.WESTMORELAND) IC) IT) (X) ALL• D'MEKA NET 2288 ** * GREATEST GAINER/ SALES ** * 81 79 71 11 SO FLY •MYRON 53 7 31 H.HICKS,S.BROWN (M.DAV(S) (C) (D) (T) ISLAND 572178 — NOTHIN' MOVE BUT THE MONEY •MIC GERONIMO FEAT. DMX &BLACK ROB 0 46 ' N.MYRICK (M.MCDERMON,N.MYRICK,E.SIMMONS,R.ROSS) (C) (T) (X) BLUNT 4939/TVT 0 99 99 20 IMMA ROLLA •MR. MONEY LOC 61 E.COSTON,M.CITY (MR. 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DA BRAT 4 TIMBALAND (M.ELLIOTT,TMOSLEYXHART,T.BELL,S.HARRISAPEEBLES,B.MILLF.R,DIRYANT) (C) 101(1.0 10 00 EASIWEST 64I44/EEG 88 72 64 19 DJ KEEP PLAYIN' (GET YOUR MUSIC ON) • YVETTE MICHELE 36 38 34 30 22 EVERYTHING •MARY J. BLIGE 5 FULL FORCE (FULL FORCE,LGEORGE III) (C) (D) (T) LOUD 64985 JJAKT.LEWIS (1.HARRIS 111,T.LEWIS,R.EI,H.NAKAMURAT.BELL,LCREED,J.BROWN,F.WESLEY) ICI (D) (1) (X) MCA 55353 89 83 82 10 00H AHH 00H •WATAZ 81 39 35 33 17 IN HARM'S WAY • BEBE WINANS 20 C.STOKES,C.CUENI (C.STOKES,K.ASKEW,C.CUEN I) (C) (D) FULLY LOADED 4041 R.LAWRENCE (B.WINANS,R.LAWRENCE,M.BELL-BYARS) (C) (D) ATLANTIC 84035 CD 93 ___ 2 I'M IN LOVE • SYLVIA SIMONE FEATURING C.L. SMOOTH 90 H.L.FRIERSON JR. (H.L.FRIERSON JR.) (C) (T) (X) HFAC 0028 ** * GREATEST GAINER/AIRPLAY .*** 91 GET IT WET 62 C I49 _ 2 ROMEO AND JULIET •SYLK-E. FYNE FEATURING CHILL 40 60 92 18 THE LEGENDARY TRAXSTER (,MS. MNE) (C) (D) (T) CREATOR'S WAY/BIG BEAT 98001/ATLANTIC•TWISTA G.BAILLERGEAU,V.MERRITT (JOHN,WARNER JR.,WINBUSH, MOORE) (C) (D) (T) RCA 64973 92 67 73 5 THE WORST • ONYX + WU-TANG CLAN 64 41 26 23 11 IWONDER IF HEAVEN GOT AGHETTO •2PAC 14 LATIEF (C.SMITH,C.WOODS,F.SCRUGGS,K.JONES,T.TAYLOR,A.LONG) (71 TOMMY BOY 436* SOULSHOCK,KARLIN (T.SHAKUR,LGOODMAN,M.MCDOWELL,R.TROUTMAN,LTROUTMANXT) AMARU 42500*/JIVE 38 42 RISE •VERONICA 1 GETTIN' JIGGY WIT IT •WILL SMITH 93 78 •75 19 JELLYBEAN,D-MOET (A.MOODY,JOYA,M.THOMPSON) (C) (0) (T) KOLA. 341031 CD NEW > POKE &TONE (W.SMITH,S.J.BARNES,B.EDWARDS,N.RODGERS,J.ROBINSON) (CI (DI (V) COLUMBIA 78804 94 92 91 a WE GETZ DOWN •RAMPAGE •67 - T.RILEY (R.MCNAIR,T.R)LEY,LBLAO(MON,N.LEFTENANT,C.SINGIETON,T.JENKINS) (C)(D) (M) CD CO ELEKTRA 64137/EEG 43 39 36 17 SODAVI GOODNA (DAVINALEWIS) (C) (D) CD• LOUD DAVINA 65303 23 THE BREAKS • NADANUF FEATURING KURTIS BLOW 58 GET AT ME DOG t ope X FEATURING SHEEK FROM THE LOX 44 95 96 95 18 NEW > 1 BARMY (R.FORD,111.,R.SIMMONSJ.B.MOORE.K.WALXER,LSIAITH.R.STERUNGAGRIFFINJASTANDIFER) (C)(1)1M REPRISE 17310AVARNER BRC6. 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(SJORDAN,K.GREENE) (C) (D) (T) CRAVE• 78733 NEVER WANNA LET YOU GO • ABSOLUTE 51 THEY LIKE IT SLOW • H-TOWN 99 91 93 20 48 42 35 21 12 J.WALKER (C.GREEN,C.WARD,LMAXWELLB.CASEY,J.WALKER) (C) (D) DEF JAM 574925/MERCURY D.CONNER (D.CONNER,S.CONNER,D.JACKSON) (C) ID) (T) RELATIVITY 1642 CLOSER CAPONE -N- NOREAGA 63 THE CITY IS MINE • JAY-Z FEATURING BLACKSTREET 40 100 - 88 96 17 49 40 40 8 S.SNEED (V.SANTIAGO,S.ANDERSON,L.vANDBoss,R.wYATT,JR.,C.RERRIN) (Cl It» (T) PENALTY 7214/TOMMY BOY T.RILEY (S.CARTER,T.RILEY,K.GAMBLE,LHUFF,G.FREY,J.TEMPCHIN) IT) ROC-A-FELUVDEF JAM 568O55/MERCURY O Records w*th the greatest airplay and sales gains this week. Greatest Gainer/Sales and Greatest Gainer/Airplay are awarded, respectively, for he largest sales and airplay inc eases among singles below the top 20. •Videoclip availability. •Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. A RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units, with additional million indicated by a numeral following the symbol. Catalog number is for cassette single. *Asterisk indicates catalog number is for cassette maxi-single; regular cassette single unavailable. (C) Cassette single availability. (D) CD single availability. (M) Cassette maxi-single availability. (T) Vinyl maxi-single availability. (V) Vinyl single availability. (X) CD maxi-single availability. © 1998, Billboard/BPI Communications and SoundScan, Inc.

BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 27 R&B When the show hits the road, MONTELL JORDAN • (Continued from page 22) the music Indus-by turns to,r. range of music, and at this point we're trying to establish being awell-round- LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT: After stirring up asignificant buzz with ed artist that people can appreciate," the premier reference uide. abreakout in its hometown of Chicago, Public Announcement's "Boby he says. -. •• - -- --. -- --- • Bumpin' Yippie-Yi-Yo" (A&M) finally hits Hot R&B Singles at No. 13 The 13-track album, on which Jor- and scores the Hot Shot Debut medallion for the highest entry on that dan served as writer and co-writer, is chart. For those who don't remember, the group provided background ablend of funk, pop, and gospel, along o EINTERNATIONAL TALENT i vocals for R. Kelly, who introduced himself to the masses as R. Kelly with sultry piano solos and instru- & Public Announcement in 1991 with the "Born Into The 90's" set on mentation. With influences including & TOURING DIRECTORY Jive. That album featured two ghetto-love ballads, "Honey Love" and Curtis Mayfield, Ronald Isley, and "Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)," both of which hit the apex of Hot R&B Sin- , Jordan is hopeful that gles in 1992. Public Announcement's first post-Kelly single has sold his audience will see different sides of more than 10,000 units at R&B core stores, earning the No. 10 spot on his music and that he can introduce our Hot R&B Singles Sales list. At radio, the song posts an 18% increase some of his young fans to veteran in listener impressions, which translates into 2million new listeners; artists. total listeners stand at 12.2 million. On Hot R&B Airplay, the tune moves "It's not a'filler' album," he says. 43-32, with 11 new supporters on board and play on 66 outlets on our "It's awork Ican be proud of. I'm an 1: Billboard.199g R&B panel of 104 Broadcast Data Systems (BDS)-monitored stations. artist who is helping to uplift soul and IIIii %ITV a ristilii p virri I IIlfill.A.L NT 4 399 R&B music rather than contributing to its demise." TALENTsiTtiERING HEAVYWEIGHT CONTENDER: Currently, the BDS heavyweight Jordan also has plans to write and belt for the biggest audience on Hot R&B Airplay belongs to Usher's produce for other artists through his "You Make Me Wanna ..." (LaFace/Arista), which stands at 52.3 mil- production company. He wrote Debo- lion listeners. However, the 3% growth by Brian McKnight's "Anytime" rah Cox's "Nobody's Supposed To Be DIRETI1ORY (Mercury) puts the slim crooner within striking distance of that record Here," as well as songs for Peter with 50.8 million. McKnight, who's been No. 1on Hot R&B Airplay for Andre, 98 Degrees, and the rapper E- three weeks, continues to reap the benefits as his album, also titled Ski. "Anytime," reigns supreme for asecond week on this issue's Top R&B The video for "Let's Ride," shot at , Albums; it picks up 15% in sales. As McKnight capitalizes with anon- Los Angeles' House of Blues, isn't "a , commercially available hit, "All My Life" by crooners K-Ci & JoJo big production," Jordan says. "I've . le ....— (MCA) seems to be following in those same footsteps. That track zooms never been avideo-friendly artist; I've ,t. _ 8-4 on Hot R&B Airplay and has 37.6 million listeners this issue, an been more radio-friendly, but this is a increase of more than 20%. As aresult, their "Love Always" set earns very stylish, fashion-detailed video." the chart's third-largest increase at 49% and moves 9-5 on Top R&B The videoclip was serviced to BET Albums. Feb. 10. The label also plans to service the clip to MTV and "The Soul Of : VH1." The video, directed by Joseph . , NOT ALL BAD: Although Brian McKnight and K-Ci & JoJo reap Khan, will also be serviced to the Box album-sales spurts while having singles not available at retail, that trend and local video outlets. e..-„„ does not always work, nor does releasing acommercial single mean los- ing album sales. As testimony, Will Smith's "Big Willie Style" (Colum- ON THE ROAD _ bia) springs 22-9, scoring the Greatest Gainer cup on Top R&B Albums As part of his marketing campaign, ; for his 94% sales boost. Smith's radio hit "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" hit stores Jordan already has aheavy perfor- ".- Feb. 10; however, premature sales at core accounts force that song onto mance schedule. In New York, he par- Hot R&B Singles at No. 42 and Hot Rap Singles at No. 19. That tune ticipated in the 27th annual NBA All- ranks at No. 60 on Hot R&B Airplay but could rebound after the label Star activities Feb. 8and hosted a services a new Jermaine Dupri-produced remix to stations on Tuesday party with Russell Simmons and Phat rróm the newest acts to the hottest venues, promoters, suppliers (17). The video, which is No. 2on MTV's R&B playlist, received 26 plays Farm. and equipment manufacturers, Billboard's 1998 International for the week ending Feb. 8and is shown on pay-per view with every Jordan was to perform at Urban Talent & Touring Directory is the only worldwide directory order of "Men In Black." Network on Saturday (14) in Palm to the entertainment industry Finally, everything you need to Smith's single is the second "Jiggy" song to chart; the other to bran- Springs, Calif., and Feb. 24 at the dish that slang term is "If You Think I'm Jiggy" by the Lox (Bad House of Blues in Los Angeles. He book talent, promote tours, and take care of business is in one Boy/Arista), at No. 9on Hot Rap Singles. (For adetailed explanation of headlines the pre-Soul Train Awards single, easy-to-use reference source! the word liggy," see Hot 100 Singles Spotlight, page 79.) party Feb. 26 and will be apresenter at the Soul Train Awards Feb. 27. On Get over 17,000 listings in the U.S. and 22 countries worldwide! March 14, he'll perform at the Nation- 6/Agents & Managers vSound & Lighting Services al Assn. of Recording Merchandisers i/Venues i/Clubs i/Hotels VInstrument Rentals Convention in San Francisco. In-store appearances and listening t/Staging & Special Effects VSectirity Services HOT ROM posts at retail stores are planned as 6/Charter Transportation 6/Merchandisers part of the campaign for the album. BUBBLING UNDER SINGLES Track dates for radio are also being Save time, save worry and make money — planned. 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WKS TITLE IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL 1 1 1 1 1 11 ARTIST LAST 2 CHART AGO WEEK WKS. WEEK QUEEN BEES ON A SWARM: It D. describes as "a mixture of Redman THIS seems the major labels have yet to meets Rage Against The Machine," DEJA VU [UPTOWN BABY) • LORD TARIQ & PETER GUNZ learn the lesson first taught them by a is slated for alate-'98 release. The 6 o 4 9 (C) (D) (T) (X) CODEINE 78755/COLUMBIA 1week at No. 1 burgeoning rap collective called Wu- group is also working on music for the FATHER • LL COOL J 2 1 1 5 , Tang Clan back in 1993. The group soundtrack to Spike Lee's forthcom- (C) (D) DEF JAM 568332/MERCURY ing Touchstone Pictures film "He Got 3 3 7 DANGEROUS • • BUSTA RHYMES was forced to put out its first single, (D "Protect Ya Neck," independently Game." (C) (D) (MI (T) (X) ELEKTRA 64131/EEG GONE TILL NOVEMBER • WYCLEF JEAN "We're the first rap group to record 2 2 4 after having numerous label doors 4 (C) (D) (MI (T) (X) RUFFHOUSE 78752/COLUMBIA music for an entire soundtrack, not just slammed in its face. Now, the group's 0 6 4 10 SWING MY WAY • KR & ENVYI management company, Wu-Tang Man- one song," says Chuck D. "Like Isaac (C) (D) (M) (TI (X) EASTWEST 64135/EEG agement, is throwing its chips behind Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx. Hayes doing Shaft." C) 5 7 5 . WHAT YOU WANT • MASE (FEATURING TOTAL) (C) (D) BAD BOY 79141/ARISTA another rap group shunned by the He will award Kool Here aHip-Hop The movie, slated for release May 1, 0 8 8 5 : MAKE EM' SAY UHH! • MASTER PFEAT. FIEND, SILKK THE SHOCKER, MIA X, &MYSTIKAL industry. Pioneer Award at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. is about ahigh school basketball play- (C) (D) (T) NO LIMIT 53302/PRIORITY The act, alternately known as in the Bronx (accepted as the birth- er with family problems who must 8 7 5 12 BM MIXICIIIEWOOKTIEBBIRDIERIMINS A • Filfr MY d111E FAMILY (DI THE NOT011101.68.481Z0 (C) (D) (T) (X) BAD BOY 79130/ARISTA Venom, the Five Deadly Venoms, or place of hip-hop), give $1,000 honorar- choose between college and the pros. 9 9 9 4 IF YOU THINK I'M JIGGY • THE LOX just the DVs, consists of five women: iums and awards to 10-15 hip-hop pio- The soundtrack is still in negotiations. (C) (D) BAD BOY 79115/ARISTA neers, and showcase graffiti arts at the Chuck D. is also working with Poly- BURN • MILITIA rap vet Finesse (half of Uptown Rec- 0 10 11 8 ords' sister duo Finesse & Synquis); legendary Roxy nightclub. Several live Gram's catalog label, Chronicles, to re- (C) (D) (T) RED ANT 119006/MERCURY Lin Que (previously Isis, amember of performances are scheduled through- lease the "Public Enemy Archives" * * *G REATEST GAINER* * * series. The premiere reissue in the six- NOTHIN' MOVE BUT THE MONEY • MIC GERONIMO FEA-. DbAX & BLACK ROB out the week, as well as workshops on 20 — 2 1E) (C) (T) (X) BLUNT 4939f1VT breaking, graffiti, and DJ'ing. In-store volume catalog, to be titled "Bring The JUST CLOWNIN' • WC FROM WESTSIDE CONNECTION 11 10 11 appearances at Spinderella's She Noise 2000," will include an industrial 12 (C) (D) (T) PAYDAY/FFRR 570043/ISLAND Things Beauty Salon in Queens and megamix of classic PE cuts, afew un- I'M NOT A PLAYER • BIG PUNISHER 13 12 12 17 Wu-Tang Wu-Wear retail store in Stat- released tracks, and liner notes writ- (C) (DI (T) LOUD 64910/RCA 2 , en Island are also planned. In addition, ten by Harry Allen. Other volumes are 10 16 — (RC0I(D M1E0'0) RACAN64D9J7U3 LIET • SYLK-E. FYNE FEATURING CHILL scheduled to be released periodically alive roundtable discussion on police GOING BACK TO CALI • THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. 15 14 14 12 brutality is slated to be broadcast on until 2002, with the final set contain- (C) (D) (TI (X) BAD BOY 79131/ARISTA WQHT (Hot 97) New York's "Street ing added-value offerings, such as 16 13 13 17 FEEL SO GOOD • • MASE (c) (D) BAD BOY 79122/ARISTA Soldiers" program. For further infor- enhanced CD or DVD capabilities, ROXANNE '97 -PUFF DADDY REMIX • STING & THE POLICE 17 15 15 10 mation and an official events schedule, according to Chuck D. (M) IT) (X) MM 582449* contact Meridian Entertainment at YOU KNOW MY STEEZ • GANG STARR 18 17 16 13 973-266-1351. MUSIC LOVERS: Mom-and-pop (C) (D) (T) NO0 TRYBE 38624NIRGIN FIVE DEADLY VENOMS GETTIN' JIGGY WIT IT • WILL SMITH (ii NEW 1 shop Musiclovers in South Orange, (C) (D) (V) COLUMBIA 78804 BLACK SUPERMEN: Recording al- N.J., is closing due to the death of one HANDLE UR BIZNESS M.O.P. 20 18 — 2 the Blackwatch Movement), who bums is no longer the only forte of of the owners, Gretchen Friedman. (C) (D) (T) RELATIVITY 1664 SEND MY LOVE/SEND ONE YOUR LOVE BORN JAMERICANS joined the collective in January; N- Above The Law. In addition to record- 19 24 3 21 (c) (D) DELICIOUS VINYL 71903 Tyce ("Black To The Point" and "Hush, ing tracks for "Legends," which N THE SHELF: Proceeds from 19 32 17 6 Hush Tip"); Champ MC; and new- streets Feb. 24, the trio—Hutch, sales of the compilation "Hip Hop TWO(CI COLEMAN/R&D WRONGS PRODUCTIONS 72629/PRODIGY • HEAT GET AT ME DOG • DMX FEAT. SHEEK FROM THE LOX comer J-Boo. KMG, and DJ K-oss—is working on Coast 2Coast" will benefit local char- NEW 1 () (M) (X) DEF JAM 568523"/MERCURY The collective is produced by Storm the first project for its indic label, ities. The Priority Records release is a (I) 26 20 JICUI(STTIIXB)MECIGAHTY1.16000E • SHAQUEEN and Russell "Russ Prez" Pressley. Black Owned Entertainment, writing cooperative effort with WQHT-FM 13 - 1 (Hot 97) New York and KMEL-FM IF ICOULD TEACH THE WORLD • • BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY The two-year work-in-progress has screenplays, and developing clothing 25 22 19 19 - given rise to the group's first single, lines for men and women. (Power 106) San Francisco. The Hot (C) (D) RUTHLESS 6344/RELATIVITY BACKYARD BOOGIE • MACK 10 21 "Bomb Threat." The track is being "We're trying to spread the love out 97-sponsored Hip Hop Has Heart 26 23 27 (C) (D) (T) PRIORITY 53282 issued to select mix shows and DJs here," says Hutch of the group's out- Foundation and the Power 106-spon- NOT TONIGHT A • LIU KIM FEAT. DA BRAT, LEFT EYE, MISSY ELLKITT &ANGIE MARTINEZ 27 31 27 34 through Wu-Tang's Protect Ya Neck side endeavors, which includes produc- sored Knowledge Is Power Foundation (C) (D) (M) (T) (X) UNDEAS/TOMMY BOY 98019/AG MOURN YOU TIL IJOIN YOU • NAUGHTY BY NATURE 28 29 22 16 Records. tion work for Aftermath Entertain- will receive aportion of the proceeds. (C) (D) (T) TOMMY BOY 7427 Although the rap world has seen its ment, SicWidIt, and Black Market. The set was released Jan. 13 and fea- UP JUMPS DA BOOGIE • • MAG 00 AND TIMBALAND 29 25 21 32 - share of artist collaborations, what sets "There's not alot of major network- tures music from Master P, BLACK- (C) (D) BLACKGROUND/ATLANTIC 98018/AG THA HOP KINSU the DVs apart is that the group plans ing out here on the West Coast like street, , Wu- 30 28 18 13 (C) (T) (X) BLUNT 44170.V7 to function as afemale collective inde- there is in the East. So we're just try- Tang Clan, and Too $hort. IMMA ROLLA • MR. MONEY LOC C) 42 41 20 pendent of any male overseers. ing to hook up with everybody and (C) (T) (X) LOC-N-UP 70310 bring that spirit back and spread the Assistance in preparing this column THE STONE GARDEN THE PSYCHO REALM "Just because we're under Wu-Tang 32 37 29 5 Management doesn't mean we're wealth like Eazy-E instilled in us." was provided by Julie Taraska, news (C) (D) (T) (X) RUFFHOUSE 78773/COLUMBIA MAN • QUEEN PEN FEAT. TEDDY RILEY 33 27 26 19 under Wu-Tang. This is us," says N- Signed to Ruthless Records for editor of Billboard Online. . (C) (D) (T) LIE MAN 97020/INTERSCOPE Tyce. more than seven years, the group THE PARTY CONTINUES ( ) NEW > I, (T) SO SO DEF 78786`/COLUMBIA • JD FEATURING DA BRAT "Everybody here is asoloist," adds signed with Tommy Boy after Eazy- SHOWDOWN • E-A-SKI FEATURING MONTELL JORDAN 35 33 25 Lin Que. "We're already molded, so no E's death. 14 ICI (D) (T) RELATIVITY 1643 one's saying 'OK, kick it like this.' [Our "It ain't Ruthless without Eazy-E," 9 4, 3, 2, 1 *II COOL JFEAT. METHOD MAN, REDMAN, DMX, CANIBUS AND MASTER P 36 24 32 collective styles] are what make says Hutch. "It didn't make no sense (T) DEF JAM 56832P/MERCURY OFF THE BOOKS THE BEATNUTS FEAT. BIG PUNISHER &CUBAN LINK hanging out with people who didn't 37 30 34 23 Venom." (C) (T) (X) RELATIVITY 1646 really know what we were doing. We The DVs are bucking the trend of 38 35 30 37 I'LL BE MISSING YOU A' • PUFF DADDY & FAITH EVANS (FEAT. 112) sexually explicit lyrics and polished, was really already off the label before (M) (T) (X) BAD BOY 79097'/ARISTA heavily sampled production, opting to Eazy-E got sick, but he was our homey 39 39 35 18 G ET IT WET • TWISTA (C) (D) (T) CREATOR'S WAY/ATLANTIC 9800I/AG hit listeners with raw lyrical skill so we stuck it out." THE WORST • ONYX + WU -TANG CLAN 40 23 28 5 fueled by original and diverse hardcore "Legends," the group's second set (13 TOMMY BOY 436* tracks. They've also got afew tricks up for Tommy Boy, offers listeners a WE GETZ DOWN • RAMPAGE 41 40 33 9 their sleeve with some yet-to-be-re- wider musical variety than what was (C) (D) (MI (T) (X) ELEKTRA 64137/EEG THE BREAKS • NADANUF FEATURING KURTIS BLOW 42 45 38 vealed new members. on its previous sets and the trademark 18 (CI (D) IT) REPRISE 17310/WARNER BROS. "We're looking to take over the G-funk sound of West Coast hip-hop. ONE STEP KILLAH PRIEST 43 34 — 2 industry like 'Pinky And The Brain," "It's the same music that we've done (T) GEFFEN 22308' WHAT INEED • CRAIG MACK says Champ MC. "We're just trying to in the past," says Hutch. "It's lyrically 44 43 45 16 (C) (D) (T) STREET LIFE 78I49/ALL AMERICAN put anew female rap group on the on point, but we're using alittle Indian IMISS MY HOMIES • • MASTER P FEAT. PIMP C AND THE SHOCKER 45 41 36 25 map." music and to show [that] our (CI (D) (T) NO LIMIT 53290/PRIORITY CLOSER • CAPONE -N- NOREAGA Their album, currently untitled, is musical influences have matured." 46 36 40 17 (C) (D) (T) PENALTY 7214/TOMMY BOY The trio executive-produced the set slated for summer release. Distribu- AVENUES • REFUGEE CAMP ALL STARS FEAT. PRAS (WITH KY-MAN I) 47 38 31 23 tion is still being negotiated. and will direct the videos for the pro- (C) (D) IT) (X) ARISTA 13411 MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS A • THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. (FEAT. PUFF DADDY &MASE) ject. 0 RE-ENTRY 27 (C) (D) (T) (X) BAD BOY 79100/ARISTA MAKING HISTORY: Veteran rap- HOW DO U WANT IT/CALIFORNIA LOVE A' • 2PAC (FEAT. KC AND JOJO) 0 RE-ENTRY 62 per/political activist KRS-One is lay- BELIEVE THE HYPE: Public In The Spotlight. K-Ci & JoJo recent- (C) (DI (M) (1) (X) DEATH ROW/INTERSCOPE 854652/ISLAND Enemy is working on "Resurrection," IT'S LIKE THAT • RUN-D.M.C. VS. JASON NEVINS ing the groundwork for the first Hip- ly filmed the videoclip for their single CI RE-ENTRY 2 (CI (T) (X) SM:)E 9065/PROFILE Hop Appreciation Week. Slated for an album that will reunite the group "All My Life." Directed by Lara May 19-24, the week will highlight all with its original producers, the Bomb Schwartz, the video was filmed in a O Records with the greatest sales gains this week. •Videoclip availability. • Recording Industry Assni-iation aspects of hip-hop culture with activi- Squad— Hank Shocklee, Terminator variety of New York locations. Shown of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. • RIM certification for sales of 1 million units. Catalog ties in the New York area. X, Gary G-Wiz, Carl Ryder, Eric no. is for cassette single. *Asterisk indicates catalog number is for cassette maxi-single: cassette single unavailable. filming onstage at a New York club are (C) Cassette single availability. (D) CD single availability. (M) Cassette maxi-single availability. (T) Vinyl maxi-single At press time, KRS-One is sched- "Vietnam" Sadler, and Keith Shock- K-Ci, left, and JoJo. availability. (V) Vinyl single availability. (X) CD maxi-single availability. 1998, Billboard/BPI Communications, uled to hold speaking engagements in lee. The set, which PE founder Chuck and SoundScan, Inc.

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ON Q (=D 66 52 13 PEGGY SCOTT-ADAMS MISS BUTCH 4005/MARDI GRAS (9.9W14.981 CONTAGIOUS 49 WKS ARTIST TITLE a A LAST 2 WEEK WEEK CHART THIS AGO WKS, IMPRINT 8. NuMBER ,DISTRIBuTING LABEL (SUGGESTED LIST PRIG:10R EQUIVALE NT ETA CASSETTE Ow ó_ al I I I 50 46 54 33 PATTI LABELLE MCA 11642 (10 98/16 98) FLAME 10 * * * No. 1* ** ** * P ACESETTER ** * 4 BRIAN MCKNIGHT* MERCURY 536215 (10.98 60/16.98) 2weeks at No. 1 ANYTIME 1 C I I 20 (Si) 83 85 16 SALT-N -PEPA • RED ANT/LONDON 828959'/ISLAND (10.97/17.98) BRAND NEW 16 1 3 YOUNG BLEED 1 2 NO ma 50; .. • PRIORITY (10.98/1A6L.9 L811HAVE IN THIS WORLD, ARE MY BALLS AND MY WORD (ID 0 so 61 11 TINHTEERsWcoHpEIS90P1E1R1 S110.98/ 16.98) SONGBOOK VOLUME ONE - THE SONGS OF BABYFACE 27 4 3 21 USHER à LAFACE 26043/ARISTA (10.98/16.981 MY WAY C I 1 19 54 51 89 MASTER P • NO LIMIT 53978./PRIORITY (10.98/16.981 ICE CREAM MAN 3 4 3 5 THE LOX BAD BOY 730151ARISTA (10.98/16.98) MONEY, POWER & RESPECT 2 MI 1 54 51 50 25 SOUNDTRACK • ARISTA 18975 (10.98/16.981 MONEY TALKS - THE ALBUM 6 9 34 K-CI & JOJO • MCA 11613* 110.98/16.98) LOVE ALWAYS 5 (ID 10 55 44 - 2 GP WU MCA 11587 (10.98/16.981m DON'T GO AGAINST THE GRAIN 44 6 5 6 LSG à EASTWEST 62125/EEG (10.98/16.981 • LEVERT.SWEATeILL 2 13 56 55 49 19 SOUNDTRACK à' DEATH ROW 53509NPRIORITY112.98/19.98) GANG RELATED - THE SOUNDTRACK 1 7 6 16 MASE à' BAD BOY 73017./ARISTA (10.98/16.98) HARLEM WORLD 1 7 CD 59 66 12 5TH WARD BOYZ RAP-A-LOT/N00 TRYBE 45117/VIRGIN (10.98/15.98) USUAL SUSPECTS 26 8 5 21 SOUNDTRACK 1 LAFACE 26041/ARISTA 110.98/16.991 SOUL FOOD 1 7 10 57 57 70 GINUWINE à 550 MUSIC 67685/EPIC (10.98 E0/16.98) Ma GINUWINE... THE BACHELOR 14

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(1) 22 20 II WILL SMITH • COLUMBIA 68683' (10.98 E0/17.981 BIG WILLIE STYLE 9 60 62 48 8 .__ICE CrUBE PRIORITY 5(037 (10 98/16 981 FEATURING...ICE CUBE 32

10 10 9 14 MTSTIKAL • BIG BOY/NO LIMIT 41620/JIVE (10 98/16.981 Di UNPREDICTABLE 1 61 50 44 13 LUNIZ NO0 TRABE 44939/VIRGIN (10.98/16.981 LUNITIK MUZIK 8

11 8 8 13 _FRYKAH ...... _.._RAnn _ _A KEDAR 53109'/UNIVERSAL (10 9816 9B LIVE 1 62 58 53 21 MACK 10 • PRIORITY 50675* (10.98/16.981 BASED ON A TRUE STORY 5

12 11 17 43 MARY J. BLIGE A.' MCA 11606* (10.98/16.98) SHARE MY WORLD I 63 63 59 16 BIG BUB KEDAR 53074'/UNIVERSAL (10.9806.981R TIMELESS 15

13 12 11 13 TIMBALAND AND MAGOO • BLACKGROUND/ATLANTIC92772•1G19.98/15.98) wELCOME TO OUR WORLD 9 64 64 73 15 BEBE WINANS ATLANTIC 83041/AG (10.98/16.98) BEBE WINANS 36

65 47 56 20 14 14 15 21 MARIAH CAREY à' COLUMBIA 67835 (10.98 E0/17.98) BUTTERFLY 3 SOMETHIN' FOR THE PEOPLE THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL 33 WARNER BROS. 46753 (9.98/15.98) ma (i3) 16 18 24 MASTER P à . NO LIMIT 50559./PRIORITY (10.98/16.98) GHETTO D 1 10 67 65 28 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY A3 RUTHLESS 6340/RELATIVITY (19.98/23.98) THE ART OF WAR 1 16 13 12 15 JAY-Z • ROC-A-FELLNDEF JAM 536392NMERCURY (10.98 E0116.98) IN MY LIFETIME, VOL. 1 2 67 65 67 67 MAKAVELI A' DEATH ROW 900391INTERSCOPE (10.98/16.9811 THE DON KILLUMINATI :THE 7 DAY THEORY 17 18 14 12 2PAC à' AMARU 41630*/.11VE (19.98/24.98) R U STILL DOWN? [REMEMBER ME) 1 ' 68 61 60 ..„,inç 2PAC A' DEATH ROW/INTERSCOPE 524204NISLANO (19.98/24.981 ALL EYEZ ON ME 18 17 13 18 JANET • VIRGIN 44762 (11.98/17.9EO THE VELVET ROPE 2 1 69 68 96 10 0 29 29 12 CHICO DEBARGE KEDAR 53088NUNIVERSAL (10.98/16.98) LONG TIME NO SEE 14 TRICK DADDY DOLLARS SLIP-N-SLIDE 2790/WARLOCK110.98/15.98) BASED ON ATRUE STORY 68 71 62 33 20 21 24 28 JOE • JIVE 41603* (11 98/16.981 ALL THAT IAM 4 TWISTA CREATOR'S wAYATLANTiC 927571AG (10.98/15.981R ADRENALINE RUSH 13 71 52 39 7 SOUNDTRACK ABAND APART/MAVERICK 46841./WARNER BROS. (11.98/17.981 JACKIE BROWN 28 21 15 19 30 PUFF DADDY & THE FAMILY A' BAD BOY 73012NARISTA (10.98/17.981 NO WAY OUT 1 CD RE-ENTRY 12 HOT BOYS CASH MONEY 9614 (10.98/17.9811R GET IT HOW U LIVE!! 22 19 16 22 BUSTA RHYMES à ELEKTRA 62064*/EEG (10.98/16.981 WHEN DISASTER STRIKES... 137

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* * * HOT SHOT DEBUT* * * 94 89 69 11 VARIOUS ARTISTS TOMMY BOY 1234 (12.98/17.98) MTV PARTY TO GO 98 46

(42) NEW > I VARIOUS ARTISTS THUMP 9960 (10.98/15.98) OLD SCHOOL FUNK II 42 95 95 99 22 MR. SERV-ON NO LIMIT 50717'1/PRIORITY (10.98/16.98/ MP LIFE INSURANCE 5

43 41 40 14 KAREN CLARK-SHEARD ISLAND 524397 (10.98/17.98)M FINALLY KAREN 28 96 91 90 32 MIA X • NO LIMIT 50705NPRIORITY (10.9806.981 UNLADY LIKE 2

44 45 47 19 97 70 80 14 MIC GERONIMO BLUNT 493011-VT (10.98/16.981M VENDETTA LUTHER VANDROSS • ONE NIGHT WITH YOU - THE BEST OF LOVE VOLUME 2 17 20 LV 68220/EPIC (10.98 E0/17.983) CD RE-ENTRY 37 A RAP-A-LOT/N00 TRYBE 427991VIRGIN (10.98/16.98) THE UNTOUCHABLE 1 0 48 58 51 TRU A' NO LIMIT 50660NPRIORITY (12.98/18.98) TRU 2 DA GAME 2 0 RE-ENTRY 44 SILKK NO LIMIT 50591*/PRIORITY (10.98/16.98) THE SHOCKER 6 ® 56 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS WESTCOAST TRIPPIN' - AWOL KILLA COMPILATION 46 AWOL/N00 TRYBE 45440/VIRGIN (9.98/14.98) 100 96 - 2 GEORGE HOWARD GRP 9902 (16.98 CD) MIDNIGHT MOOD 96

°Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. • Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for shipment of 500,000 album units • RIAA certification for shipment of 1million units, with multiplatinum titles indicated by anumeral following the symbol. For boxed sets, and double albums with arunning tme that exceeds two hours, the RIM multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. *Asterisk indicates LP is avilable. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked Et), 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 percentage growth. Heatseeker Impact shows albums removed from Heatseekers this week. El indicates past or present Heatseeker title. ©1998, Billboard/BPI Communications, and SoundScan, Inc. IT1 OF I) 1111111.1 Includes the hit singles "YOU KNOW MY STEEZ" and "ROYALTY." IN STORES 3/31

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• BY ANITA M. SAMUELS Jordan's hits have spanned the pop, Others who worked on the project R&B, and rap charts, which has made are J Dub of Noontime and Teddy LOS ANGELES—Montell Jordan's it difficult for fans to categorize him. Bishop, who produced "Let's Ride." appeal to his female fans is the key ele- "After [the hit single] 'This Is How We Rapper Redman lends his expertise on ment in DefJam/Def Soul's marketing Do It,' people didn't think he could do the song "Anything & Everything." plans for his third album, "Let's Ride," it again," says , senior VP Jordan's own company, Mo' Slang Pro- due March 31. of Def Jam. "People still doubt him as ductions, did about 80% of the produc- At least seven black women's hair atrue R&B artist, but this album will tion work, says the artist. magazines are already planning con- put astamp of approval production- orir•À tests. In addition, hair stylists were and image-wise on him." WELL-ROUNDED EFFORT um a 1 serviced with full-length advances of Jordan's first album, 1995's "This Is Jordan says that the music on this Leading Man. Usher, right, talks with video director Hype Williams during the the album for play at their salons. The How We Do It," has sold 1.2 million album is wide-ranging. "I'm not pi- video shoot for Usher's single "Nice &Slow" in Paris. The video, filmed in October, label will also target promotions at hair copies, according to SoundScan, geonholed into one category. We did a showcases Usher as the leading man in an adventurous and romantic story line. shows. spawning asingle (Continued on page 26) The album is of the same name what Jordan calls that sold 1mil- the "progression lion copies. Jor- of a story that dan became the gets better with first Def Jam Former Brand New Heavy Has Brand-New Bag; time." artist to hold the "The lyrical No. 1spot on the content has be- Hot 100 Singles Grammy Tour Explains Music Biz For Students come more pro- chart for seven found; my vocal weeks. abilities are fo- In 1997, he fol- YOU GO, GRRRL: N'Dea Davenport has inked an inter- attendance between Jan. 26 and May 1, compared with its cused, and more lowed up with national deal with V2 Records. The former lead diva of the 1997 figures, will win aprivate concert by aColumbia mature," Jordan "More ..." That Brand New Heavies was previously signed with Delicious recording artist. says. "The pro- album's first sin- Vinyl Records. Her deal is thought to be an integral part duction is better, MONTELL JORDAN gle, "I Like," was of V2's agreement with Delicious Vinyl to distribute and THE PRODUCER, NOW KNOWN AS ARTIST: Jer- and Ithink the also featured on market the label's product (Billboard Bulletin, Feb. 10). maine Dupri, sometimes known as "JD," will join the topics spoken on the "Nutty Pro- Davenport, who was the Brand New Heavies' writing and growing ranks of producer-cum-recording artists. "Life have more substance." fessor" soundtrack and sold 476,000 production force, is recording asolo album. In addition to In 1472," Dupri's solo venture, features aslew of guest So far, the first single, "Let's Ride," copies, according to SoundScan. Two her own compositions, it will feature her renditions of Neil artists such as Mariah Carey, Usher, Da Brat, Mase, featuring Master F: has already gar- subsequent singles from "More. ."— Young's "Old Man" and Bobby "Blue" Bland's "Save Snoop Doggy Dogg, and Too $hort. JD's first single, nered more than 700 spins at radio, "What's On Tonight" and "Fallink"— Your Love." "The Party Continues," is already creating an industry according to Broadcast Data Systems. also made the Hot R&B Singles and Davenport, who is also an instrumentalist, produced interest. Dupri is enjoying success with his production , president/co-owner of Def Hot 100 charts and sold 608,000 and some of the album's tracks with Daniel Lanois, who co- efforts on Usher's "Nice & Slow," which is dominating Bill- Jam Recordings, says it's agood indi- 361,000 copies, respectively. produced one of the songs, and board's Hot 100 Singles, Hot cation that the record will have longevi- "I'm coming off abig pop audience," . R&B Singles, and Hot R&B ty. Cohen adds that Def Jam expects 80 he says. "A lot of people were still con- Davenport says V2 has "the Singles Sales charts. stations to play the record. fused on 'More ...,' but I'm establish- potential to take music to a The "It's one of the biggest urban add ing who Iam." new level in crossing over to RANDY'S MOODS: Like weeks in the history of Def Jam," he For his new album, Jordan elected the new millennium." She adds Rhythm warm Alaga Syrup over home- says. The track will be released com- to work with Master P on both vocals that V2 accepts artists as "peo- made biscuits, Randy Craw- mercially March 10. and production; Master P's production ple that really have acreative and the ford's voice whets the appetite. R&B WGCI Chicago PD Jay Alan company, Beats by the Pound, served platform [and who] want to do Blues Her latest Blue Moon/Atlantic says "Let's Ride" will be the biggest as part of Jordan's camp of producers. something different and want T. effort, "Every Kind of Mood— record in his city. Jordan is also well- "Master Padded flavor to the record," to contribute musically and Randy, Randi, Randee," show- received in Memphis. Says WHRK Jordan says. culturally" by Anita M. Samuels cases the singer's definitive Memphis music director Eileen Na- Says Liles, "The combination of vocal range. thaniels, "This one will really work. Master P and Montell Jordan will be GRAMMY EDUCATION: Although avariety of string Monte]] will win with this one." well-received. Ireally like the record." The annual Grammy in the Schools tour visited Los Anke- arrangements and piano stylings complements Crawford les high school music students Feb. 10 at the University of on the 15-track album, her voice stands on its own as an Southern California. Among the artists on hand with instrument, The sultry message-getting ballad "Bye Bye" National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences is the first single. (NARAS) president/CEO Michael Greene were Kenny Lattimore and A11-4-One. HIGHER HEIGHTS: MJJ Music, adivision of Sony The tour is designed to educate young people about Music, has named Komeka Freeman product manager. career opportunities in the music industry. The tour, which Formerly artist development representative, black music will hit college campuses, will reach an estimated 15,000 division, at PolyGram Records, Freeman will be based in students in the Los Angeles area. The 16-city education- the Los Angeles office of MJJ Music. Freeman will work al program began Jan. 6at Boston's Berklee College of on marketing strategies for all MJJ Music releases, includ- Music and ends Feb. 24 in New York. Greene says NARAS ing those from Rebbie Jackson, 3T, and Tatyana Ali. expects 20,000 students to participate nationwide. Three Los Angeles students will be selected to join 36 others MERITORIOUS IMAGES: The NAACP Image Awards from around the country to perform with the National honored Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds with the enter- Grammy High School Jazz Band & Choir Feb. 24, the night tainer of the year award Saturday (14) at the Pasadena before the Grammys, in New York. (Calif.) Civic Auditorium. Hall of Fame winners included "Music is an overwhelming field," says Lattimore. Nancy Wilson and the Isley Brothers. The show was "Many don't know how to exploit their talents and how the hosted by Gregory Hines and Vanessa L. Williams and industry works. It's agreat learning experience." featured performances by Boyz H Men, Kirk Franklin With God's Property, and the Neville Brothers. BACK TO SCHOOL: The Box, Columbia Records, Media One, and R&B KKBT (the Beat) Los Angeles helped kick RIGHT ON THE MARK: On his latest release, "This off "I ATTEND," anationwide school attendance cam- Time Around" (Bullseye Blues), Otis Clay demonstrates paign. The program began Feb. 10 at Centennial High the soul that's the foundation of great R&B music. The Audience With The Queen. While promoting his new DV8/A&M album, "Unti- School in Los Angeles. Columbia recording artists Des- album showcases ahost of musicians who mix keyboards, tled," Billy Porter opened two shows for Aretha Franklin Dec. 3-4 at Chicago's tiny's Child and Kimberly Scott, and Jagged Edge par- drums, and B-3 organ with astellar horn section, including House of Blues. Shown backstage at the House of Blues are Porter, left, and ticipated in the program. The participating school in each , trombone, and baritone and tenor sax. It's awel- Franklin. area that records the largest percentage-point increase in come change from the familiar tracked music of the '90s.

22 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 FOREVER IN H ARM.ONY. FOREVER IN O UR H EARTS.

CARL W ILSON 1946-1998 BILLBOARD'S H E ATSE E KE RS ALBUM CHART 1 1 • COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPL(OF RETAIL STORE AND RACK SoundScan® SALES REPORTS COLLECTED, COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY 1 11 11 11 The Heatseekers chart lists the best-selling titles by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the ON top 100 of The Billboard 200 chart. When an album reaches this level, the album and the artist's subsequent albums are immedi- ately ineligible to appear on the Heatseekers chart. All albums are available on cassette and CD. *Asterisk indicates vinyl LP is FEBRUARY 21, 1 w ARTIST 1998 available. ('J Albums with the greatest sales gains. e 1998, Billboard/BPI Communications. LAST

WEEK TITLE CHART IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUGGESTED LIST PRICE OR EQUIVALENT FOR CASSETTE/CD) [WKS. l

* * * NO. 1 * * * 26 20 6 AVALON SPARROW 51639 (10.98/15.98) A MAZE OF GRACE (I) 1 8 QUEEN PEN LIU MAN 9015P/INTERSCOPE (10.98/16.98) MY MELODY STD 30 3 CHERRY POPPIN' DADDIES M010 53081/UNIVERSAL (12.98 CD) ZOOT SUIT RIOT CD 2 7 BILLIE MYERS UNIVERSAL 53100 (10.98/16.98) GROWING PAINS 28 21 14 KAREN CLARK-SHEARD ISLAND 524397 (10.98/17.98) FINALLY KAREN (i) 3 58 BARENAKED LADIES REPRISE 46393/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) ROCK SPECTACLE 29 23 15 NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHOIR FEAT. JOHN P. KEE NEW LIFE 43108NERITY (10.98/16.981 STRENGTH la) 4 19 NEXT ARISTA 18973 (10.98/15.981 RATED NEXT (X) 28 32 LIMP BIZKIT FLIP 90124/INTERSCOPE (8.98/12.98) THREE DOLLAR BILL, Y'ALL 5 5 2 DIXIE CHICKS MONUMENT 68195/SONY (NASHVILLE) (10.98 E0116.98) WIDE OPEN SPACES 31 29 16 ROY D. MERCER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 21144 (7.98/12.98) HOW BIG'A BOY ARE YA? VOLUME 3 6 7 40 ALLURE TRACK MASTERS/CRAVE 67848/EPIC (10.98 EO/16.98) ALLURE (X) 38 3 FATBOY SLIM ASTRALWERKS 62031CAROLINE (16.98 CD) BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY 7 8 8 ALANA DAVIS ELEKTRA 62112/EEG (10.98/16.98) BLAME IT ON ME 33 26 2 MARY LOU LORD WORK 67574/EPIC (7.98 EO/13.98) GOT NO SHADOW 8 12 20 ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ SONY DISCOS 82446/SONY (9.98 E0/14.98) ME ESTOY ENAMORANDO (M) 42 3 BIG WRECK ATLANTIC 83032/AG (10.98/15.98) IN LOVING MEMORY OE.. 9 9 20 CORNERSHOP LUAKA BOP 46576/WARNER BROS. ()0.98/15.981 WHEN IWAS BORN FOR THE 7TH TIME GI) 40 2 C) NEW I> LOS TEMERARIOS AFG SIGMA 0515/FONOVISA COMO TE RECUERDO JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ WITH LOS PANCHOS SONY DISCOS 82635/SONY (8.98/14.981 INOLVIDABLE

36 34 6 ROADRUNNER 8863 (10.98/15.98) C) NEW I> GOLDIE FFRR/LONDON 828983/ISLAND (16.98 CD) SATURNZRETURN COAL CHAMBER COAL CHAMBER 37 27 4 RHETT AKINS DECCA 70001/MCA NASHVILLE (10.96/16.98) WHAT LIVIN'S ALL ABOUT 12 10 44 DAFT PUNK SOMA 42609WIRGIN (10.98/16.981 HOMEWORK 38 32 3 13 13 20 SOMETHIN' FOR THE PEOPLE WARNER BROS. 46753 (9.98/15.98) THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL MILA MASON ATLANTIC (NASHVILLE) 83059/AG (10.98/16.98) THE STRONG ONE 39 14 11 4 DJ SHADOW MO WAX/FFRR 540867*/LONDON (10.98/16.98) PREEMPTIVE STRIKE 33 4 STEVE GREEN SPARROW 51638 (10.98/15.98) THE FAITHFUL C) NEW I> (X) 16 23 SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS PERSPECTIVE 549029/A&M (10.98/16.98) TIME FOR HEALING KRISTIN HERSH THROWING 10429/ (16.98 CD) STRANGE ANGELS

16 14 30 MICHAEL PETERSON REPRISE (NASHVILLE)46618/WARNER BROS. (NASHVILLE) 110.98/16.98) MICHAEL PETERSON 41 31 79 JACI VELASQUEZ MYRRH/WORD 67823/EPIC (10.98 EO/15.98) HEAVENLY PLACE

(ID 19 6 ANITA COCHRAN WARNER BROS. (NASHVILLE) 46395 (10.98/16.98) BACK TO YOU 42 41 15 WILL DOWNING MERCURY 536350 (10.98.E0116.98) INVITATION ONLY

18 17 20 THE KINLEYS EPIC (NASHVILLE) 67965/SONY (NASHVILLE) (10.98 EQ/16.98) JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME 43 37 13 BIG BUB KEDAR 5307e/UNIVERSAL (10.98/16.98) TIMELESS .

25 6 SEVENDUST NT 5730 (10.98/16.98) SEVEN DUST 44 35 50 SNEAKER PIMPS CLEAN UP 42587/VIRGIN (10.98/15.98) BECOMING X

leXI 22 11 SARAH BRIGHTMAN &THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA NEmo sumo 56511/ANGEL (16.98CD) TIME TO SAY GOODBYE 45 43 12 SAM SALTER (AFACE 26040/ARISTA (10.98/15.98) IT'S ON TONIGHT

21 6 2 HUM RCA 67446* (10.98/16.98) DOWNWARD IS HEAVENWARD 46 45 10 ROY D. MERCER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 54781 (9.98/15.98) HOW BIG'A BOY ARE YA? VOLUME 1

22 18 39 LEE ANN WOMACK DECCA 11585/MCA NASHVILLE (10.98/15.98) LEE ANN WOMACK IC) RE-ENTRY CHANTAL KREVIAZUK COLUMBIA 67926 (7.98 E0/11.98) UNDER THESE ROCKS AND STONES

23 15 2 GP WU MCA 11587 (10.98/16.98) . DON'T GO AGAINST THE GRAIN C) RE-ENTRY BUJU BANTON GERMAIN 2068*/VP (9.98/14.98) INNA HEIGHTS 24 24 15 BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB WORLD CIRCUIT/NONESUCH 79478/AG (17.98 CD) BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB 49 44 2 AIR SOURCE 6644 ./CAROLINE (16.98 CD) MOON SAFARI

(X) 36 24 IMPULSE! 233/GRP (16.98 CD) DIANA KRALL LOVE SCENES 50 39 2 DARYL COLEY WITH THE NEW GENERATION SINGERS REUNION CHOIR VERITY 43024 LIVE IN OAKLAND - HOME AGAIN

BILLBOARID'S WEEKLY CC>VERAGE F HT PROSPECTS FR THE HEATSEEKERS CHART • BY DOUG REECE

PASTICHE POP: You can released by Audiogram Rec- Angelic Muse. Rykodisc create songs for "Voyeurs," his porn director Chi Chi LaRue. add Capitol's Bran Van 3000 to ords in the act's home country released the stunning sopho- vision for the album-to be the growing number of quirky, last year to awarm critical and more album "Strange Angels" by released March 10 on Trent FEELING RIGHT: Columbia everything-but-the-kitchen- commercial welcome. former Throwing Muses member Reznor's Nothing label under hard rock outfit Clutch will be sink bands taking modern rock So far, the success of the Kristin Hersh Feb. 3. Alongside the band name Two-was abit providing free admission for radio by storm. band's first single in the U.S., cuts from acts like Soul Cough- far afield sonically from its cur- several lucky female guests Specializing in afusion of "Drinking In L.A.," shows ing and Ani DiFranco, acut from rent state, he admits. throughout its Ladies Night in rock, hip-hop, and various and strong signs of mirroring that that album, "Shake," will appear A chain of fluidly synchro- Cambodia '98 tour. The number reception. on an Americans for Radio Diver- nized events, which began with For the week ending Feb. 6, sity benefit album, tentatively set Halford looking for studio Broadcast Data Systems de- for release in early May by No space in New Orleans to record tected 36 modern rock stations Alternative Records. the album, brought him to on the song. Reznor's studio. Ron Bunce, PD at heavy- After checking out the facil- REGIONAL HEATSEEKERS NO.ls rotation supporter KWOD ities, Halford casually left demo Sacramento, Calif., tapes with the Noth- reports that the MOUNTAIN NORTHEAST ing principal. Mille Myers, Growing Pains song has garnered Barenaked Ladles, Rock Spectociej "Trent called me top five phones at Who's Who. Similar to his up and offered me a the station for the Here's The Drill. Reprise self-titled debut, DJ EAST NORTH CENTRAL deal, but he also had past three weeks, Barenaked Ladles, Rock Spectacle act Drill Team will play in Honda's second set for some ideas after living reacting in dayparts Texas March 18-April 5, Relativity, "HII," due March with the tapes for a across the board then move to Boston, 24, features avariety of while about taking the with female and where it will play residen- guests. De La Soul, KRS- MIDDLE ATLANTIC songs to another place male listeners. The WEST NORTH CENTRAL Queen Ny Melody cies in the city and outlying One, the Beatnuts, Keith musically," says Hal- song's hipness quo- 11111le Myers, Growing Pains areas April 8-26, to be fol- Murray, and members of ford. "I wasn't expect- tient, he adds, has so •-•%. 4 lowed by asimilar pattern the Pharcyde and the X- SOUTH ATLANTIC ing that, and I far kept away the April 28-May 12 in the Ecutioners are joined by Queen Pon, lify Melody couldn't grasp what modern AC stations. PACIFIC Chicago metro area. This several other artists. DJ Los Tomeradot, Como N Recuerdo he was trying to sug- The track has month, the band, whose Honda will begin amajor- gest until Iwent back also prompted some album "Hope And Dream market tour accompanied SOUTH CENTRAL to New Orleans and other responses. Explosion" bows March 24, by album collaborators Dbde Chicks, Wide Open Spaces he presented sort of a "We have had plays West Coast dates, and Missin' Linx in blueprint of what he some curiosity calls, including aFeb. 23 Stop at March, the same month a was interested in people asking if it the Viper Room in Los clip for "On The Mic" is doing. Angeles. was produced by Beck or if he "It was the seed of what delivered to video outlets. THE REGIONAL ROUNDUP was involved somehow But as turned out to be alight-years- far as we're concerned, this is Rotating top 10 lists of best-selling titles by new and developing artists. away version of 'Voyeurs' that of free passes handed out will sundry samples, the nine mem- avery original song that hap- WEST NORTH CENTRAL MIDDLE ATLANTIC without, we would have never change with each venue on the bers of the -based act pens to borrow from alot of dif- 1. Billie Myers Growing Pains 1. Queen Pen My Melody truly realized the vision of tour, which begins Wednesday artfully ping-pong from ragga ferent sounds," says Bunce. 2. Dixie Chicks Wide Open Spaces 2. Beenie Man Many Moods Of Moses 3. Allure Allure 3. Next Rated Next where we could go with these (18) at the Palladium in Worces- to rave, R&B to rap, with 4. Michael Peterson Michael Peterson 4. Billie Myers Growing Pains 5. The Kinleys Just Between You And Me songs," he adds. ter, Mass. Also on the bill are shades of rock and roots color- MEETING OF THE MINDS: 5. Alana Davis Blame It On Me 6. Anita Cochran Back To You 6. GP Wu Don't Go Against The Grain Fans will get ataste of the Limp Bizkit and Sevendust. ing in between. When Rob Halford, former 7. Somethin' For The People This Time It's Personal 7. Barenaked Ladies Rock Spectacle 8. Lee Ann Womack Lee Ann Womack 8. Allure Allure new sound from aforthcoming Clutch's Columbia debut, "The The band's album, "Glee," Judas Priest front man, 9. Aluna Davis Blame It On Me 9. Sevendust Sevendust clip for album single "I Am A Elephant Riders," produced by bows here March 10. It was teamed with John Lowery to 10. Next Rated Next 10. Cornershop When IWas Born For The 7Th Tune Pig," directed by infamous Jack Douglas, bows April 14.

20 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21. 1998 Artists 8( Music

CARL WILSON, 51, DIES (Continued from page 13)

Leaf notes that during this period, Carl acted as his eldest brother's right hand on the production side: "He was in the studio with Brian most closely in '65-'67, through the 'Pet Sounds'- 'Good Vibrations' era. He was atrust- ed ear that Brian could turn to." Carl's standing within grew as Brian's drug and emo- tional problems burgeoned. In 1967-68, Carl was the lead voice on such Hot 100 Singles chart entries as 'Wild Honey" (No. 31), "Darlin'" (No. 19), and T HE A GONY "Friends" (No. 47). In 1969, Carl made his debut as a producer and handled lead vocal chores on the group's breathtaking cover of the Ronettes' 1966 single "I Can ." The song, which took an audi- ble cue from Brian's Phil Spector-influ- enced productions, spent 10 weeks on the Hot 100 Singles chart, climbing to No. 24. Carl's influence continued to be felt after the Beach Boys segued to Reprise ancrthen their own Brother imprint. He offered sparkling lead vocal work on "It's About Time" (on "Sunflower," 1970), "Long Promised Road" and the rerecorded "Surf's Up" (on "Surfs T HE E CSTASY Up," 1971), "Marcella" and "All This Is That" (on "Carl And The Passions/So Tough," 1972), and "The Trader" (on "Holland," 1973). "Holland" featured and Ricky Fataar, for- mer members of the South African group Flame; Carl had produced their 1970 album on Brother. Carl soldiered on with the Beach Boys through the '70s, but he became impatient with the band's increasing orientation as aoldies act in the wake of 19'74's smash "Endless Summer" com- pilation and 1976's popular but poorly reviewed "15 Big Ones," aset brim- ming with cover tunes. During this period, Brian's participation in the T HE N UMBER group was sporadic at best 212-5à-t453 SOLO EFFORTS Discomfort with the group's inability to move forward creatively helped cat- alyze Carl's solo career. He recorded two albums for Chicago producer James William Quercio's Caribou Records: 1981's "Carl Wilson," which he supported with asolo tour, and 1983's "Youngblood." Although these sets From the highest highs to the deepest FORMAT received praise for Carl's lovely vocal LI Send me Best Spots of 1997, 50 spots for $225 . work, they failed commercially: "Carl E 3/4 NTSC E 314" PAL sighs, from the gentle reminder to the Send me Best Spots of 1996 and 1997, 2reels, 50 spots each for $325. Wilson" logged only two weeks on Bill- E VHS NTSC E VHS PAL board's Top LPs & Tapes chart, peak- hard sell — advertising simply doesn't NAME, TITLE: ing at No. 185, while "Youngblood" failed to chart. However, "Heaven," a get any better than this. The editors of COMPANY. song from the '81 solo debut, went on to ADDRESS. become astaple of Beach Boys concerts. Adweek have spent countless hours Despite Brian's continuing absence CITY: STATE. COUNTRY POSTAL CODE and Dennis' drowning death in Decem- combing through the past year's TV spots PHONE. FAX ber 1983, Carl rejoined the Beach Boys fold and stayed on into aperiod of in order to produce a reel of the finest O CHECK ENCLOSED FOR TOTAL S D BILL ME yo# renewed vitality. He witnessed Brian's LI CHARGE MY AMEXNISA/MC ACCT# EXP return to the band for the 1985 Caribou advertising around. So order Adweek's album "The Beach Boys" and played a SIGNATURE. key role in their commercial rebirth. In Best Spots of 1997, and experience the `Add $.5/keel for U.S. Shipping. Add $20/reel for international airmail shipping. 1989, Carl sang the vocal hook on Or if you prefer, include your FEDEX account number above.

"Kokomo," asong drawn from the best that advertising has to offer. Make all checks payable to: ADWEEK'S BEST SPOTS. New York orders add 8.25% sales tax. soundtrack to the film "Cocktail"; it NI orders shipped outside the U.S. require prepayment. became the Beach Boys' first No. 1sin- ADWEEK'S BEST SPOTS, 1515 Broadway, New York, bP/ 10036 OF THE YEAR gle in 22 years. FAX Orders to 212-536-5354 or call: 212-536-6453 He continued to tour valiantly with the Beach Boys following his diagnosis with cancer last year, although he was sometimes forced to perform in achair. Wilson is survived by his wife, Gina, and two sons from aprevious marriage, Jonah and Justyn. Funeral services were held Feb. 10 at Westwood Unit- ed Methodist Church in Los Angeles. 19 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 Artists 8( Music

VAN HALEN REVS UP WITH NEW VOICE (Continued from page .1,;) Alex Van Halen and bassist Mike in Los Angeles. The band will then There will also be 15,000 copies of a Anthony round out the quartet. travel to New York March 17 to visit limited-edition collector's set, which Van Halen says, "When Gary first MTV, Howard Stern, and other broad- will sell for $29.98. The CD is in atin showed up, there was no question about Continental Drift7M casters. box, and the package includes adeck of his talent to me, so it wasn't like an "There will be atremendous amount cards that can be made into ahouse and audition. Ijust wanted to know if it was of publicity and alot of consumer adver- an Eddie Van Halen guitar pick. fun to be around the guy, if he was nor- tising, including aTV campaign with Tower's Demalon anticipates the re- UNSIGNED ARTISTS AND REGIONAL NEWS mal or if he suffered from LSD—which Wal-Mart," says Carl Scott, senior VP lease faring well. "I bought it like I E EDI T E ID BY EL IINC. A NEWI\A A N is lead-singer disease." of artist relations and artist develop- would ausual Van Halen record," he As has been well-documented, the ment at Warner. The label's push at says. "They have amajor core audience band has asomewhat turbulent 20-year retail will include listening posts, adver- which is real solid." ATHENS, GA.: Given achoice between style and substance, Athens-based band history. Tempers flared again when tising with key retailers, window dis- Scott says the label's international Seven Foot Politic would opt for both. Drawing on the smooth sounds of big- Roth returned to record some new plays, light boxes, counter cards, and division also plans to heavily promote band swing, the attitude of Southern , and the high energy of Jamaican tracks for agreatest-hits album in other point-of-purchase materials, as the album as the band tours abroad. ska, 7FP churns out blue-collar anthems 1996, after Hagar's departure. "I was well as promo items, including acan- "We're going to put all our guns behind with a retro flair. "I've never owned azoot very clear to him—`You're not in the nonball paperweight. this," he says. "It's agreat record." suit or a'57 Bel-Air, so Iguess Ican't band, and you're not going to be,' "says write about that," singer/guitarist Jona- Van Halen. than Callicutt says in reference to his Things came to ahead at the 1996 SEMISONIC'S 'FEELING FINE' ON MCA SET weighty lyrics. "At the base, we write the (Continued from preceding page) MTV Awards, when Van Halen said he best songs we can about our experiences. had no plan to tour behind the great- ed in giving Semisonic asecond chance. already reacting very positively in cities They may end up with aswing or arock- est-hits package, due in part to trouble The band received limited play for "If I like Chicago, Atlanta, or Boston, but abilly feel, but all that's the fun part of it." with his hip. (He has since lost 25 Run" and "Down In Flames," although they just go crazy for them in Min- The band's reputedly spirited live shows pounds and quit drinking and is eau- "EN.T." fared better. It reached No. 30 neapolis," Orescan says of the band, have been aserious draw at clubs from SEVEN FOOT POLITIC ' tiously optimistic that he will be OK on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart which is published by WB Music to Florida. Valena Vego, without surgery.) and was included on the soundtrack to Corp./Semidelicious Music (ASCAP) booking agent at Athens' 40-Watt Club, "Dave's whole vibe changed," Van "The Long Kiss Goodnight." and Warner-Tamerlane Publishing says 7FP is one of the area's most popular groups, selling out the 700-capacity Halen recalls. "He turned to me and "I thought the first album was genius, Corp/S as in Sam Music (BMI). club for the past year and often outdrawing national acts. Its 1996 self-titled said, 'You fucldn' better not talk about and Iam excited to see how the new one One supportive independent retailer debut album (on Atlanta-based Desafinado Records) has sold well at local record your hip.' Ialmost decked him right [does], says Laurie Gail, music director is Down in the Valley, afive-store chain stores and received significant airplay on local college and modern rock stations. there. Thank God for Scotty Ross, our at modern rock WFNX Boston. "I can't based in Golden Valley, Minn. 7FP set out to introduce itself to the rest of the U.S. last year by servicing col- tour manager; he grabbed my hand say they blew it up last time, but we gave Audio/video buyer Chris Wester ex- lege stations nationally, appearing on compilations and embarking on acoast- right before it went. I'm surpiiised them aton of support" pects "Feeling" to do well, as up-and- to-coast tow. This year, the act expects to play 200 shows, mostly on the East nobody got apicture of it." To stroke programming interest, coming bands like Semisonic are the Coast. 7FP is finishing up anew, to-be-self-released album. To couple the band's Still Van Halen says he's not sorry Semisonic, which is managed by JGM chain's bread and butter. raw, live energy with studio quality, the set was recorded at the 40-Watt during Roth came back temporarily. "I don't and booked by Monterey Peninsula "Semisonic consistently toured off hours. Contact Kick Ass Entertainment at 404-467-4700. BRUCE BUCKLEY regret anything," he says. "I'm here Artists, played the Gavin Seminar Feb. through town and had aton of radio today because of the mistakes I've 5. Also planned is aMarch 4industry play, which translated into sales success DETROIT: With nearly unbearably clever songwriting and lots of vocals, guitars, made. You learn from them." showcase at New York's Mercury for us," says Wester. "We will definite- and attitude, the Atomic Numbers resemble nothing so much as apunlçy ver- Eddie Van Halen co-produced "Van Lounge. Following the record release, ly give the new album alot of respect. sion of . "We'd rather be Squeeze," protests Tim McHugh, Halen III" with longtime friend Mike the band will tour North America. Ihave them slated as one of the top sell- front man/songwriter for the group. The band, which settled into its lineup in Post, and they recorded the album at To gain retail interest., MCA will sup- ers for the first quarter. They are November '96, has put out aseven-song Eg "Flying Machine," that's achieved Van Halen's 5150 Studios in Los Ange- ply postcards, posters, and in-store lumped in with the likes of Van Halen, critical success, with "So Cool" being voted one of the best songs of 1997 by Ann les. "He was so encouraging," Van play copies. According to Paul Orescan, Pearl Jam, and Eric Clapton." Arbor, Mich.'s Current magazine. Of the 55 Midwest college stations serviced, Halen says. "He just let it flow. He was MCA Records VP and marketing di- But Wester feels the success wasn't the EP received regular airplay on about wonderful to work with." rector (U.S.), budgets have been pro- completely linked to hometown appeal. 30. Besides playing Detroit, the group has The band members have always writ- vided for further regional promotions "The hometown connection probably done shows in Wisconsin and Illinois with ten the group's albums together, but like listening parties, as MCA sees fit. helped them, although the label always old pals the Verve Pipe. The band also this time was different."[Gary's] lyrics "As aregion becomes more support- presented them as another major-label includes drummer Matt Alijan, guitarist inspired me to write the melodies and ive, our teams have been directed to signing," he says. "We just assumed the Zach Shipps, and bassist Jeff Hupp. all the music, which never in the last 12 come up with campaigns that they rest of the country liked them as much While they consider themselves pop afi- records did that happen. It was always think will help make this asuccess to as our customers did." cionados, they defer to Bruce Brodeen, music first, squeeze amelody out of it, the end," Orescan says. Unfortunately for the band the first who operates Not Lame Records, apower and then write lyrics," says Van Halen. The album will be available at the time around, the press was more inter- pop label. "The Numbers are classic The album features afirst for the special developing-artist price of $12.98 ested than the purchasing public. This ATOMIC NUMBERS with amodern edge," he says. group: Van Halen singing lead vocals for CD and $8.98 for cassette. Orescan time, Wilson hopes the band can build "They are right up there with Velvet on "How Many Say I." "They forced adds, "The lower prices make it more upon the slim base created by the first Crush, Superdeluxe, This Perfect Day, me," he says of his turn at the micro- appealing for the Semisonic fan and the album. and the Odds... It's well-constructed, propulsive, and Iwish there had been phone. "Don't be shocked when you first-time buyer who has only heard "The first record told people who we more than seven songs on the CD. Icouldn't get enough!" Contact Jane Leong hear the vocal. Isound like across be- `Closing Time.'" are and started to branch out to places at J. Francis Associates at 773-296-6442. KAREN KOSKI tween Tom Waits and ... Orescan suspects the region with the like Boston, Chicago, and New York," I've got apretty low voice. We added most interest will probably be the Wilson says. "The second has to contin- KNOXVILLE, TENN.: "Jerry Lee Lewis meets Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers some harmonies, so when Ido it live I'm band's hometown and surrounding ue the spread. But we don't mind hav- at Dollywood" just about sums up the Appalachian roots-heavy swagger pop of not alone." cities. ing the largest following in Minnesota. Shinola. Nashville/Knoxville club scene regulars, Shinola's members are lead Van Halen, always astrong live act, "It was the first advance of the year In the end, the [hometown fans] are the vocalist/songwriter Brian Waldschlager, co-writer/multi-instrumentalist will kick off aworld tour April 10 in that MCA sent to retailers. Buyers are people who were there all along." Richie Owens, lead guitarist Bob Ocker, bassist Mark Brooks, and drummer Auckland, New Zealand, marking the Bob Grander. Besides aslot on the 13th Nashville Entertainment Assn. Extrav- band's first tour to that country, as well aganza Wednesday (18), the band has opened for Webb Wilder, Lucinda as to Australia, another new frontier for Williams, and Great Plains. It recently played as the backing band on Dolly the group. Parton's upcoming album. The Parton connection is all in the family, as Owens "Then we're coming back to the is acousin of Dolly's. "We love this area States, probably do ahandful of shows because of all the converging influences," on the East Coast, then do Europe, he says. "You've got blues to the south, folk then back to the States, then do Japan to the west, and rock to the north. It all and South America and Mexico," says comes together in our music in aSouth- Van Halen. ern crossroads." The band's album "What Van Halen notes that the group will Else Could It Be" is being readied for be adding early material back into its early spring release and shines with such repertoire. "Sammy didn't really want tracks as roclçabilly-edged "Take A Ride," to sing the old stuff, whereas Gary is acoustic charmer "Red Clay And Lime- totally open," he says. stone," and upright-bass-slapping "Right The first single, "Without You," goes SHINOLA Winning Twosome. Holly Cole and Jeb Loy Nichols meet and greet Capitol and Now" Waldschlage&'s vocals yodel and to radio Wednesday (18). The album Blue Note executives following their performances at New York's Westbeth The- croon in all the right places, while Owens will premiere via the Album Network ater. The two will be touring together through March. Shown, from left, are Tom alternates on adizzying array of lap steel, electric and acoustic guitar, bouzou- radio syndicator March 12. Rock and • Evered, GM of Blue Note; Michael White, director of marketing for Capitol; Bruce ki, and dobro. The band has received airplay on WYCQ and WKDF, both in active rock stations will hold contests Lundvall, president of Blue Note; manager Danny Kahn; Cole; Nichols; and Tom Nashville, as well as WDUX Knoxville. Up next are tours of the Southeast and with winners attending an album-re- Berry and Cherie Sinclair, Alert Music Management. West Coast. Contact Indian Gap Music at 615-834-1888. SANDRA SCHULMAN lease party March 12 at Billboard Live

18 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 Artists 8( Music Semisonic's 'Feeling Fine'

On MCA Set THE S OC IETY OF • BY CARRIE BELL IFIVIWEPORTER & COMPOSERS

LOS ANGELES—Dan Wilson of Semi- &LYRICISTS sonic knew only one thing going in to Minneapolis' Seedy Underbelly studio proudly announce to record the band's sophomore effort: Nothing. "We didn't want aplan. Ihad this strongly held conviction that the record couldn't be made in the conventional The 3rd Annual assembly-line fashion," says Wilson, guitarist/vocalist for the Minnesota alterna-rockers. "So we made very few Film & TV Music Conference demos, recorded things backward like laying down lyrics first, and felt free to change things over and over again. Of course, it caused us to waste alot of time figuring out what we wanted to 9 9 do." When: Saturday, March 28, 1998 • 1 After three months, Semisonic emerged with "Feeling Strangely Fine," an intimate collection of 12 tracks scheduled for a March 24 Where: DGA Theatre Complex release on MCA Records. "As back- FILM &TV MUSIC ward as the process was, Iam very 7920 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90046 • • • • SEMISONSIC , 1 CONFERENCE happy with how the album came out," Wilson says. "I can enjoy listening to it, which is nearly afirst." Wilson is quick to point out that the Don't miss out on the most distinguished gathering of filmmakers and television executives as change doesn't mean the band was well as film and television music artists. Past participants have included Jerry Goldsmith, unhappy with its 1996 debut, "Great Divide," which has sold 47,500 copies, James Cameron, Roland Joffe, Marilyn & Alan Bergman and David Foster, among many others. according to SoundScan. "The lyrics are really important to FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: (213) 525-2130 me," he says. "I feel like Ipoured my heart out on the last record, but all we www.hollywoodreporter.com heard was [that] the texture was amaz- ing or the guitar samples are cool. That stuff is all frosting. This time I wanted to be experimental to keep us disoriented, so it wasn't about craft or creating neat sounds but about letting the soul come through and getting a REGISTRATION FORM good vibe between musicians." - The vibe resulted in aquieter album, Register now for the 1998 Film & TV Music Conference. which Wilson describes as an "after- hours record" or "music that is like only Registration deadline is March 13th, 1998. The general registration fee is $150 or $95 for SCL members. one person talking in your ear." Both descriptions are fully embodied in the NAME first single, "Closing Time," which goes COMPANY TITLE to modern rock, triple-A, and main- stream rock radio Feb. 23. MCA will ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP service clubs with the single, and a music video is in the works. The song PHONE FAX E-MAIL includes apiano part played by bassist John Munson and strings arranged and ARE YOU A CURRENT SCL MEMBER ? YES CI NO CI conducted by drummer Jake Slichter. HAVE YOU ATTENDED OUR PREVIOUS FILM & TV MUSIC CONFERENCES? YES El NO 3 "I wanted to write agreat last song to send people out reeling from perfor- METHOD OF PAYMENT- 3 AMEX 3 VISA 3 M/C 3 CHECK (Made payable to ) mances," Wilson says. "When you're ACCT# EXP. DATE SIGNATURE saying goodbye, they have the rest of their night to live. It's an end that starts anew beginning. If you want to get deeper, Iwas thinking about being Send all registration forms to: Event Dept., The Hollywood Reporter, 5055 Wilshire Blvd., L.A., CA 90036-4396 born. You are leaving the womb but entering life." Radio programmers seem interest- (Continued on next page)

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BRIT AWARDS SHOULD ELEVATE THE VERVE, OTHER ACTS (couti,,,,dfroat page 1) tee, says that this year the show body," and Tom Jones and Williams' ready to buy the album." first time by Eagle Rock Entertain- The Verve, playing adate for a achieved the balance of old and new well-received medley of hits from "The All Saints took home two awards, ment. For the second year, ABC will charity for the homeless at London's acts its producers had always sought. Full Monty." British single and British video (direct- air the show in the U.S., with , were present via a This year, retailers were pleased that The day after, retailers were already ed by Sean Ellis), for "Never Ever." A MuchMusicUSA telecasting the show live linkup for its song "Lucky Man." the show featured many acts that noting heightened interest in artists performance of that song and the on national cable later. Japan's Fuji- Prime Minister Tony Blair gave were not past their sales peak; stores who won or who performed. Most of group's tearful acceptance were two of TV has bought the program, and Eagle Elton John aFreddie Mercury Award reported increased sales for the likes the nominated acts are featured on the the show's most memorable moments. Rock has confirmed deals for most of for his charity work with "Candle In of Stereophonics, which won the new- "Brit Awards '98" double-CD sampler. The Verve won for British group Scandinavia, Latin America, and key The Wind 1997" via aprerecorded comer award. Performing artists, no- Phil Penman, trading manager of and British album for "Urban Hymns" Southeast Asian territories, with most acceptance. Best international new- Entertainment U.K., which supplies broadcasters expected to air the show comer eels had Spinal Tap accept its product to national chain Woolworth's, within three weeks of the event. award with ataped appearance, while says the sampler is bought primarily Most of the winners were on hand to U2 showed footage from its PopMart by "people who listen to it in conjunc- accept their prizes, including V2's first tour. tion with the awards. It seems to do Brits winner, Stereophonics (best Brit- While the show has become asuc- virtually identical business for us year ish newcomer); (internation- cessful domestic marketing vehicle for on year." al male); Spice Girls (special award for the U.K., Brits chairman Conroy says The quality of an act's perfor- top-selling British act worldwide); that next year, if he is re-elected to the mance at the Brits has abearing on Fleetwood Mac (outstanding contri- post, "there's lots of things we might THE VERVE sales, notes Penman, citing Williams ALL SAINTS bution); and Bjork (best international change. We're even thinking of mov- this year and Alanis Morissette two female), who deemed herself a"grate- ing it out of London—to Birmingham tably Finley Quaye, Shola Ama, and years ago as good examples, as well and shared the best producer credit ful grapefruit." or one of the other major cities." Robbie Williams, are also among as Skunk Anansie's poorly perceived with Youth and Chris Potter. Despite Dealers expect Fleetwood Mac's those tipped to see the most gains version of "Teenage Kicks" last year. not accepting its awards in person, the catalog, particularly "Rumours," to Assistance inpreparing this story was from the Brits in the domestic market. "That did virtually nothing for band felt immediate gains the next return to the U.K. albums top 100 as a provided by Jeff Clark-Meads, Mark At home, the show, produced by them," he says. day, even before the program was result of its stirring greatest-hits per- Solomons, and Christian Lorenz, Carlton TV and Initial Film & TV, With adifferent profile from that of aired. "Before the TV show, the whole formance, which drew most of the music business and talent editor of went out in atwo-hour edit in prime Woolworth's, HMV with its 105 town- Brits press coverage was enough to audience, young and old, to their feet. Music & Media time Feb. 10 on the national ITV net- and city-center stores is seeing adif- make people go out and buy it on the work. The awards ceremony itself "was ferent interest from its buyers, who are strength of it," says Entertainment the best show we've ever done," says already familiar with acts like the U.K.'s Penman. executive producer Lisa Anderson. Ini- Verve. Chain spokesman Gennaro International sales are also likely to tial estimates indicate that the broad- Castaldo says that "for the big per- benefit in weeks to come. Orgie amusement , cast attracted an average audience of formers, the chances are that you can Agostinho, international marketing bu BOXSCORE . 6.6 million viewers, compared with 9.2 see their albums double in sales." manager for the Virgin Music Group, siness .TOP 10 CONCERT GROSSES million in 1997. This marks the third Quaye and the Stereophonics are al- says, "A lot of European territories Gross Attendance ARTIST(S) consecutive year of falling TV ratings ready seeing increases, as well as All pay attention to the Brits. We get the Venue Date(s) Ticket Price(s) Capacity Promoter for the Brits. Malcolm Gerrie, execu- Saints. "'The Full Monty' soundtrack prime-time TV exposure, which will PATTI 15891.11 St. James Theatre lac. 13-24 $9119.998 17,835 Chesapeake tive producer of the show for Initial is also flying out as well," he says. bring in people who would not normal- New York $64.50/$19.50 19.404, Concerts 12 shows Film & TV, was unavailable for com- Castaldo notes that sales during the ly come across the Verve." ment after the broadcast. weekend of Saturday (14) could radi- While strengthening the band's U.S. Live performances included British cally affect the week's chart positions image, the show will not necessarily male solo artist winner Quaye with as people make amental note to buy translate to massively increased sales YANN) MCI Center Jan. 31 $860,300 14,993 Danny O'Donovan Washington, DC. "Sun Is Shining"; Texas and Wu-Tang performers' records. "With All Saints, there, says Agostinho. "I don't think &75/839.50 sellout Cascade Concerts Clan's Method Man with "Say What there could be people who have been the Brits will have an enormous effect." You Want"; British female solo winner happy buying the single, and with [the In the international marketplace, Ama with "You Might Need Some- act] stealing the show, they may be the show is being syndicated for the ELTON JOHN Jan. 28 $142,116 17,852 Universal Concerts Dallas $49.50/$39.50/ sellout 827.50

Politics, Rock Prove Uneasy Mix At Brits ILUINI Palace of Auburn Feb 4 $669.350 13.023 Danny O'Donovan Hills 865/839.50 sellout Cascade Concerts II BY DCMINIC PRIDE Phonographic Industry have person- round," he said. Auburn Hills, Mich. ally expressed the body's regret over Virginia Bottomley, who held the LONDON—The value of the the evening's events, and EMI equivalent of Smith's position in the British music industry to the coun- Europe president/CEO Rupert Perry previous government, attended and 981191 Marine Midland Feb. 7 try's rulers was underscored at the has said, "No music company can con- commented, "The pop industry is a $661,437 11,939 Danny O'Donovan Arena 865/839.50 sellout Cascade Concerts Brits Awards this year, when at trol the political views of its artists, great success story. It's part of our Buffalo, N.Y. least 80 politicians attended the but we wish to sincerely apologize" to image round the world." show. Prescott and his guests. She says the Brits is "one of the Deputy Prime Minister John The incident is thought to be unlike- events of the year at Westminster. THE ARTIST Prescott, Culture Secretary Chris New Arena lan. 22 $565.262 11,114 Bill Graham ly to unduly sour relations between the Tickets are keenly sought after." LARRY GRAHAM & Oakland, Calif $55/835 12,000 Presents Smith, and government and the The press here have used the pub- GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION Defense Secre- industry, which licity surrounding the Brits to attack tary George have been steadily the Labour government for trying to Robertson were improving through- attract the youth vote. However, the YANNI Coiivocation Centre, Feb. 6 all present, while $553,696 11%5 Danny O'Donovan out the '90s. government's links with the industry Cleveland State 865439.50 sellout Cascade Concerts Prime Minister •Smith, whose run deeper than that: Creation Rec- University Cleveland Tony Blair was cabinet post gives ords founder Alan McGee has been featured in the him responsibility named to a"music industry task show via a for all other art force" to put forward proposals to en- AEROSMITH Rupp Arena Feb 2 $388.113 15,387 Belkin Prods. recorded presen- SMITH forms, sports, PRESCOTT hance the value of music and the busi- Lexington, By. 037.50/825422,50 18,338 tation to Elton media, and such ness. Michael Levy, who recently sold John. His wife, Cherie Blair, was pre- issues as the National Lottery, told his M&G/Wired operation to BMG, sent at the ceremony. Billboard he enjoyed the Brits was recently appointed to the House ' Yet the dangers of politicians rub- because "it's very useful. We get the of Lords and has helped the dialogue AEROSPAITH Greensboro Coliseum Jan. 31 $387.420 13.399 Cellar Door bing shoulders with rock'n'rollers chance to see, in one place, virtually between labels and government. KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD Greensboro, N.C. 835425 13,948 was also brought into sharp relief all the best in British music. It's a On Feb. 12, Prescott asked for an when Danbert Nobacon, drummer of chance to show support for the indus- official apology from the band. Its "anarchist" band Chumbawamba, try." London-based management, Doug emptied an ice bucket over Prescott Speaking before the Prescott/ice Smith Associates, would not com- YANNI Ervin J. Nutter Feb. 3 $372,012 10,147 Danny O'Donovan in asupposedly political gesture. bucket debacle, Smith was asked ment as to how it would advise the Center. $50435 sellout Cascade Concerts A dispute was still running between Wright State whether it was appropriate for politi- band, which was at the time in Japan. University Prescott and the group as Billboard cians to be among musicians with An earlier statement from the Dayton, Ohio went to press, with the deputy prime their often notorious behavior: "I group said the gesture was apolitical minister demanding an apology. would rather some rock'n'roll rub off statement, calling it a"wanton act of Copyrighted and compiled by Amusement Business, a publication of Billboard Music Group. Senior representatives of the British on the politicians than the other way agit-prop." Boxscores should be submitted to: Marie Ratliff, Nashville. Phone: 615-321-4295, Fax: 615-321-0878. For research information and pricing, call Marie Ratliff, 615-321-4295.

16 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21. 1998 Artists 8( Music Van Halen Revs Up With New Voice Gary Cherone Fronts 'III' Set On Warner • BY DEBORAH EVANS PRICE "because he's amusical soul mate ... Finally we have someone who is on the NASHVILLE—Few bands have man- same page, reading the same book, aged to survive one lead-singer change, same paragraph, same sentence. Ireal- let alone two. Van Halen will see if it ly look at it as the circle is complete. I can beat the odds with "Van Halen III," really feel that we could not have made Sweet Mysteries Of Life. RCA recording act Mysteries Of Life meet with label the group's first album with third lead this record with anyone else." execs following the band's performance at New York's Mercury Lounge. Shown. singer Gary CheYone. The Warner Cherone, recommended by Van from left, are Dennis Oppenheimer, Performance Group Management; band Bros. release comes out March 17. Helen's manager, Ray Danniels, joined members Kenny Childers, Jake Smith, and Dave Lawrence; Dave Loncao, VP of Not surprisingly, the label is stress- the band after the tumultuous depar- promotion and field development at RCA; Franz Fleischli, A&R manager at RCA; ing the "band" aspect of Van Halen. ture in 1996 of Hagar (the group says LonPaul Ellrich, band member; Jack Rovner, executive VP/GM of RCA; Cliff "It's agroup record," says Warner he jumped, Hagar says he was pushed), O'Sullivan, VP of marketing for RCA; Bob Jamieson, president of RCA; and Bros. president Steven Baker. "There's who had replaced original lead singer David Fitch, VP of sales for RCA. Seated is Kaja Gulu, manager of product mar- David Lee Roth in 1985. Drummer anew lead singer, but it's obviously a VAN HALEN keting for RCA. Van Halen album." (Continued on page 18) Also, Baker is quick to point out that Eddie Van Halen's guitar prowess has mer lead singer] Sammy [Hagar]," De- always been amajor part of the band's melon says. "So it wasn't anything success, and that continuity is astrong drastic. It sounded like the last couple selling point. "People will hear this and of Van Halen records." know they are getting the maximum "Whether people accept Gary or This Year's Grammy Picks: Who Van Halen," he says, "what they've not, to me, first you have to please always liked about it, plus more sur- yourself. It has to be inspired," says prises creatively" Van Halen. "I think this is the deepest Should Win And Who Probably Will Tom Demalon, music buyer at Tower record we've made lyrically and musi- Records in Nashville, agrees that the cally. DUST OFF THAT TUX AND HAND ME THE she must be doing something right. I'm rooting for album is not amajor departure for the "I feel like I've been waiting over 20 ENVELOPE: It's time for my annual Grammy pre- Hanson. band. "Gary sounds real similar to [for- years for Gary" Van Halen continues, dictions. After taking over New York's Madison Best male pop vocal performance: Not aparticu- Square Garden in 1997, this year's awards ceremony, larly exciting category this year, reflecting what a slated for Feb. 25, moves back to the much cozier con- tough time male solo artists are having in the mar- fines of Radio City Music Hall. And, given the ongo- ketplace now. Even though Elton John's "Candle In Timing Could Be Big Boost ing feud between the National Academy of Recording The Wind 1997" is the top-selling song of all time, Arts and Sciences (NARAS) and New York Mayor most voters will justifiably discount it because it's an Rudy Giuliani, this may be the last Grammy Awards old, old song. The Grammy goes to "Every Time I For Lava/Atlantic's 'Legacy' show we see in these parts for awhile. The following Close My Eyes" by Babyface. are my picks for who's taking home aGrammy. I've Best pop album: Fleetwood Mac and James Tay- • BY STEVE KNOPPER "Legacy" due March 17, has afew stated where my personal choice differs from whom lor will split the sentimental, geezer vote. Jamiro- commercial sure things in its favor. Ibelieve the voters will pick. quai, despite having sold millions In late 1996, when be- First, it's atribute to one of the most Album of the year: There is of recorde, is still unknown to the gan stitching together "Legacy: A successful records of all time. Second, the remote possibility that the older Grammy voters. It's acoin Tribute To Fleetwood Mac's 'Ru- its lineup has what you might call sales oft-nominated Babyface may win toss between Cole's "This Fire" mours,' "Fleetwood Mac itself hadn't power: Elton John bounces through this award for "The Day." Not and Sarah McLachlan's "Sur- "Don't Stop"; Jewel, matchbox 20, and only did he put out avery pleas- facing," with the Grammy going Shawn Colvin take gloomy looks at ant record, but he is one of the to Cole. "You Make Loving Fun," "Never most beloved contemporary fig- Best rock album: Even Going Back Again," and "The Chain," ures in the music industry. How- though it tanked in the States respectively; and the Cranberries and ever, I'll eat my hat if Bob Dylan compared with previous U2 Duncan Shiek lovingly reproduce "Go doesn't win for "Time Out Of by Melinda Newman albums, "Pop" by U2 will take Your Own Way" and "Songbird," Mind." It's the best record he's home the Grammy. My vote goes respectively. made in years, all the critics to "The Colour & The Shape" by The Cranberries song will be the loved it (some even more than they loved fellow nom- Foe Fighters. inee "OK Computer" by Radiohead), and Dylan's hos- Best R&B album: Babyface is probably unstop- MATCHBOX 20 first radio cut, to be followed by the Corrs' take on "Dreams." pitalization last year with aheart infection scared the pable in this category, meaning that "The Day" will Finally, Fleetwood Mac—whose bejeezus out of everyone. He should win, and he will. win. However, it wouldn't surprise me if it's a close been heard from in years. Then, with- drummer, , is the Song of the year: There's absolutely no way Diane call between "The Day" and Erykah Badu's "Badu- out warning, the long-dormant super- executive producer of "Legacy"—has Warren isn't walking away with this one for "How Do izm." star band reunited for one of last year's just completed ahugely successful, ILive." First, it was ahit for two artists, LeAnn Best female country vocal performance: Given biggest-selling albums and tours. but totally inadvertent, marketing Rimes and Trisha Yearwood, in two genres—pop that Rimes' version of "How Do ILive" has been a "I think there was alittle serendip- campaign for the album. "This is the and country, respectively—at the same time, and major pop hit, it's very weird that it's nominated as a ity involved there," says Jason Flom, right time for this record," says Vicki Rimes' version is still near the top of the chart. It's country song here, setting up agrand competition be- president of Lava and asenior VP at Marshall, marketing manager at the also aballad, which the NARAS voters are suckers tween her and Yearwood, who's nominated for the . "But we were well Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Borders for. And, most important, Warren has been lobbying same song. They both lose to Deana Carter for "Did into it by the time they got back togeth- Books & Music. "The five members like crazy for this—she's been everywhere lately, on IShave My Legs For This?" My pick is "The Trouble er and started setting all those atten- have been quiet for awhile, and now awards shows, at charity events, everywhere but With The Truth" from Patty Loveless. dance records." (Continued on page 43) handing out doughnuts at my local A&P. My favorite Best male country vocal performance: Neither song of the bunch is R. Kelly's "I Believe ICan Fly." Johnny Cash nor Willie Nelson, both of whom are Record of the year: No obvious choice in this one. nominated here, got alick of country airplay, sending l'aula Cole has seven nominations; Shawn Colvin is a clear message to programmers that many of us astrong NARAS supporter; Sheryl Crow sells the think they're making abig mistake by not playing most records; and Kelly supplies the power ballad so pioneers who are still making extremely viable many voters crave. I'm shooting in the dark and say- music. Now that everyone can feel good about doing ing the Grammy goes to Colvin for "Sunny Came the right thing by nominating these acts, the Gram- Home." In terms of pure recordmaking craft, "Mmm- my goes to George Strait for "Carrying Your Love bop" by Hanson is my clear winner. With Me." New artist of the year: You could hear the jaws Best country instrumental performance: OK, I dropping when Spice Girls weren't nominated in this admit I'm including this category because not only category, given the fact that they are the biggest new does it have great music, it has the coolest titles— DESERVES act to hit the U.S., if not the world, in years. But from Asleep At The Wheel's "Fat Boy Rag" to (my clearly in an effort to give the category some credi- personal favorite of all the Grammy nominees) Lee ANOTHER. bility (remember ?), they were shut out. Roy Parnell's "Mama, Screw Your Wig On Tight." My hunch is that voters who aren't particularly aware Asleep At The Wheel tends to win anything for which • - of the five strong acts nominated here will toss their it is nominated, but I'm going with the lovely "Smokey sigiugE vote to Cole because even if they don't know her stuff, Mountain Lullaby" from Chet Atkins and Tommy Gallagher Te Soma nr %%MIMI Wow mar « they figure she got nominated for seven Grammys, so Emmanuel.

BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 15 Artists 8( Music McLachlan At Top Of Juno Nominees Our Lady Peace Also Has Four Award Bids • BY LARRY LeBLANC da, according to Nettwerk president second time that the Juno Awards cer- Terry McBride, who is also McLach- emony has been held outside of TORONTO—Nettwerk Productions lan's manager. The album is No. 38 on Ontario; it was previously held in Van- singer/songwriter Sarah McLachlan The Billboard 200 this issue. couver in 1991. and Columbia Records pop alternative Our Lady Peace has been nominat- Juno Awards will be presented in 36 band Our Lady Peace lead the pack of ed in the top group category; its album categories. Following is apartial list of nominees for the 27th annual Juno "Clumsy" is nominated in both the top nominees: Awards with four nominations each. album and best-selling album, foreign Top group: Big Sugar (A&M), Blue The awards ceremony is slated for or domestic, categories, and in the top Rodeo (WEA), Great Big Sea (WEA), March 22 at General Motors Place in single category for its title track. Our Lady Peace (Columbia), the Tea Vancouver. "Clumsy" was released in Canada Party (EMI Music). Vancouver-based McLachlan has Jan. 21, 1997; topped the SoundScan Top female: Jann Arden (A&M), been nominated for top female vocalist Canada album chart the week of Terri Clark (Mercury), Loreena and top songwriter (with co-writer release; and became the No. 4-selling Pierre Marchand). In addition, her album in Canada in 1997, according to Nettwerk album "Surfacing" has been SoundScan. The album has been certi- nominated for top album, and "Build- fied multi-platinum in Canada for sales ing A Mystery" has been nominated as of 700,000 units to date. The album is Playing Around. Members of Capitol act Marcy Playground, taking abreak dur- top single. No. 76 on The Billboard 200 this issue. ing the soundcheck for their Knitting Factory gig in New York, show off the Heat- Coupled with the media blitz of her Shania Twain, Leahy, Jann Arden, seekers T-shirts awarded to tnem when their self-titled album hit No. 1on the 35-date tour last year in and Bran Van 3000 each received three Heatseekers album chart. The group, which wraps up its successful tour March North America, the success of "Sur- nominations. The newcomer categories McKennitt (Quinlan Road/WEA), 23 in New York, appears on "Late Show With David Letterman" March 25. Pic- facing," released worldwide July 15, offer some of the greatest suspense this Sarah McLachlan (Nettwerk), Shania tured, from left, are band members Dan Rieser, John Wozniak, and Dylan Keefe. 1997, has elevated McLachlan to super- year, with Lhasa, Dayna Manning, Twain (Mercury). (Photo: Chuck Pulin) star status in Canada. To date, the Holly McNarland, Amy Sky, and Tariq Top male: Paul Brandt (WEA/ album has sold 627,000 units in Cana- competing for the best new solo artist Reprise), Bruce Cockburn (True crown. Battling it out for best new North), John McDermott (EMI Music), group are Age Of Electric, Bran Van Bruno Pelletier (Artiste), Roch Voisine 3000, Leahy, and Wide Mouth Mason. (R.V. International). Crash Kills Austrian Hitmaker "It's been another banner year [for New group: Age Of Electric (God's Canadian music internationally]," says Teeth Ethel!), Bran Van 3000 (Audio- II BY ELLIE WEINERT ing to management. His worldwide himself, but he was not a one-hit Lee Silversides, president of the Cana- gram), Leahy (Virgin), Wide Mouth follow-up hits included "Jeanny," wonder. He should be remembered dian Academy of Recording Arts and Mason (WEA). MUNICH—Industry colleagues "Vienna Calling," "The Sound Of as atrue rock'n'roll star. He went all Sciences, co-producer of the event with Top country group or duo: Cindy have reacted with shock and sadness Musik," and "Coming Home (Jean- out; for him there was no in between, CBC-TV. Church with Ian Tyson (Stony Plain), to the untimely death Feb. 6 of ny, Part 2)." nothing mediocre." He adds that Canada's industry "is the Cruzeros (Cruzaroo), Farmer's Johann 1151z1, aka Falco, in an auto- "His contribu- Falco had just completed anew thriving, and the creative community is Daughter (Stubble Jumper), Prairie mobile accident in the Dominican tion to the music album, "Out Of The Dark," and it will exuding an air of confidence which Oyster (Arista), Thomas Wade and Republic. Falco died from head world was that his be released by EMI in Cologne at comes with our artists climbing up the Wayward (Peg Music). injuries sustained when the jeep in creativity brought the end of this month. Peter Burtz, world stage and making their presence Top country female: Terri Clark which he was traveling struck abus new inspiration to managing director of the EMI label felt." (Mercury), Beverley Mahood (Spin), while passing. He was 40 years old. many musically, as in Germany, says, "It is very sad that Confirmed to perform at this year's Shirley Myers (Stony Plain), Shania "He was aunique and extreme well as visually Falco had worked to find his new ceremony are McLachlan, Twain, Twain (Mercury), Michelle Wright personality in every way. He often with his videos," style for two years and was extreme- Arden, Our Lady Peace, Diana Krall, (Arista). spoke of himself as acandle burning says Bork. "He ly proud of this new album. We and Leahy. Two further acts and ahost Top country male: Julian Austin at both ends," says longtime manag- FALCO was ahead of his believe that it is ahigh-class album." will be announced at alater date. Addi- (Vik), Paul Brandt (WEA/Reprise), er Horst Bork. time and was the In 1982 Falco recorded his first tionally, Victoria, British Columbia- Charlie Major (Vik), Jason McCoy Austrian-born Falco scored aNo. first to apply rap and hip-hop to the hit, "Der Kommissar," which was born David Foster will be inducted into (Universal). 1hit in the U.S. and U.K. with "Rock German language. He paved the way No. 1in Germany and went platinum the Juno Hall of Fame. Top album: "Surfacing," Sarah Me Amadeus," atribute to compos- and made German-language music there (500,000 units sold). The fol- Returning to lead the program for McLachlan (Nettwerk); "Creature," er Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, on popular abroad." lowing year, the song made Bill- the seventh year is the production team Moist (EMI Music); "Clumsy," Our A&M in 1986. It was the first record- Dutch brothers Rob and Ferdi board's Dance/Disco chart, peaking of executive producer John Brunton, Lady Peace (Columbia); "Come On ing sung in German to top the Bill- Bolland produced and co-wrote many at No. 10, and an English-language director Joan Tosoni, and co-producers Over," Shania Twain (Mercury); Kiss- board charts. The album "Falco 3" of Falco's biggest hits. Says Ferdi version by the British group After Martha Kehoe and Sue Brophy, all of ing Rain," Roch Voisine (R.V. Interna- peaked at No. 3in the U.S. and sold Bolland, "It is such apity that such a The Fire on Epic reached No. 5on Insight Productions here. tional). 4million copies worldwide, accord- gifted guy had such little faith in Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. This year's event will mark only the (Continued on page 84)

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14 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 USIC POP • ROCK • R8(.13fi • RAP • DANCE • COUNTRY • LATIN • CLASSICAL • JAll • PRO AUDIO Carl Wilson, 51, Played Capitol S'track Boosts Elliott Smith Indie Artist Gets An Oscar Nom, DreamWorks Interest

Key Beach Boys Role • BY CRAIG ROSEN 1, the title has been making consistent in afriend's warehouse space on 8- la BY CHRIS MORRIS of 35 entries on the Hot 100 Singles sales strides. This issue, it re-enters track," he says. "I didn't have any idea chart—including 13 top 10 songs and LOS ANGELES—Critically acclaimed The Billboard 200 at No. 194. that they would be playing in abig LOS ANGELES—Carl Wilson, who three No. 1hits—that the band would singer/songwriter Elliott Smith has no A remixed version of "" movie theater. Ididn't have any idea possessed what writer David Leaf score during seven years at Capitol. illusions that his "Miss Misery" will be was just serviced to modern rock radio, that Matt Damon and Minnie Driver calls "one of the most beautiful and Brian Wilson is acknowledged as named best original song when the and such influential stations as WHFS would be making out with one of my spiritual voices in rock'n'roll," also the Beach Boys' creative force dur- envelopes are opened at the Academy Washington, D.C., and WNNX (99X) songs in the background." filled acritical, yet often overlooked, ing their '60s heyday, and it was Awards March 23, but that's all right Atlanta are already playing the track. Van Sant, who had met Smith when creative slot in the Beach Boys, the Dennis Wilson's fun-in-the-sun with Smith because, in asense, he has Says Capitol Records president/ they both were living in Portland, then band he co-founded with his brothers lifestyle that already won. requested that the singer write asong in the early '60s. inspired their The former mem- specifically for the film. Wilson, 51, died Feb. 6 in Los name and earliest ber of Portland, "["Miss Misery"] isn't anarrative Angeles of complications from lung subject matter. Ore.-based alterna- about what happens in the movie," says cancer. The singer/guitarist, whose Yet beyond his tive rock act Heat- Smith. "It's an impressionistic sort of illness was diagnosed last spring, had contributions to miser, who has thing." also been suffering from brain cancer. the group's lay- recorded three The placement of Smith's songs in Musician Van Dyke Parks, who ered vocal har- independently the coming-of-age drama has earned collaborated with the Beach Boys on monies, Carl Wil- released solo them comparisons with Simon & Gar- the legendary unreleased album WILSON son played an albums, is finaliz- SMITH L.WARONKER funkel's contributions to "The Gradu- "Smile," recalls Wilson as amusician equally crucial ing a deal with ate." It's acomparison that Smith isn't of exceptional capabilities. role in the band's chemistry. DreamWorks and is already at work CEO (U.S.) Gary Gersh, "We're going completely comfortable with, but "Carl was aterrific songwriter," "In terms of the band, Carl was the on his major-label debut. to use this platform of the Oscar nom- accepts as acompliment. Parks says. "He was agreat athlete anchor," says Leaf, author of "The The fact that the song he wrote inations to drive the track to radio. We "" isn't the only on the guitar. He had an amazing ear Beach Boys & The California Myth." specifically for 's Oscar- think it's ahit record—a left-field hit album quietly benefiting from the ex- ... He had musical savvy, and his "From the very beginning, he was the nominated "Good Will Hunting" is up that will appeal to alarge cross section posure. "Either/or," Smith's third solo music had discipline and form. It was one who was responsible for the live against such commercial favorites as of people, yet you need aplatform with album, released in 1997 by the Olym- rational as well as rhapsodic." shows." 's "How Do ILive" and which to do that." pia, Wash.-based Kill Rock Stars label, Carl Wilson was born Dec. 21, Parks agrees. "The first time I and Will Jennings' "My Gersh predicts that the track will has sold more than 15,000 copies, 1946, in Hawthorne, Calif., the bed- heard Carl lead that group, every Heart Will Go On" is reason enough for pick up stations over the coming weeks according to SoundScan, with more room community outside Los Ange- aspect of their sound was consid- celebration. and "will build big-time leading into than 20% of those sales coming in 1998. les where the Wilson family made its ered," he says. "The whole experi- "I know Iwon't win," says the soft- the Oscars." "His stuff has sold really well in this home for several years. He was the ence of the recording was re-created, spoken Smith. "Nobody knows who the To bolster Capitol's efforts, avideo area," says Terry Currier, owner of youngest of three brothers: Brian but with the urgency of anear-miss. hell Iam." That will change, as it's like- for the track, to be directed by Smith's two Music Millennium stores in Port- was born in 1942 and Dennis in 1944. The standard they created in perfor- ly that Smith will be invited to sing the friend Ross Harris and incorporating land. "It has taken abig giant jump Carl began taking guitar lessons as mance was of the highest caliber." song during the Oscar telecast. "It's footage from "Good Will Hunting," will with all the publicity surrounding astudent at Hawthorne High School. Carl didn't record his first lead totally bizarre," he says. "It's going to be delivered to MTV and VH1 by early 'Good Will Hunting." As alark, Brian asked his youngest vocal until 1965, when "Girl Don't be Celine Dion, I'm going to sing, then March. In addition, the label has In fact, "either/or," which was atop brother to join him, Dennis, and their Tell Me" appeared on "Summer Michael Bolton! It's going to be com- bought TV and radio advertising for five seller at Music Millennium upon its cousin, Mike Love, in an impromptu Days (And Summer Nights!!)," but pletely surreal, but Ithink it will be a the soundtrack and is staging acoupon release last February, has jumped back group at aschool talent show. The his singing would become an increas- total kick." promotion with General Cinema, which into the stores' top 10. reluctant Carl was coaxed into the ingly prominent part of the Beach The publicity surrounding Smith's will give consumers adiscount for the Meanwhile, Smith is at work on his appearance after Brian dubbed the Boys' sound by the following year. Oscar nomination—he is the only com- soundtrack. new album, tentatively titled "Grand ensemble Carl & the Passions, a He took the lead role on the glorious poser who both wrote and sang anomi- In hopes of paving the way for Mal," at Sunset Sound studio in Los moniker that would reappear in the "God Only Knows," atop 40 single in nated song this year—will probably kick Smith's major-label debut, which is ex- Angeles with producers title of a1972 Beach Boys album. 1966 and akey track on the classic his career, as well as the "Good Will pected this summer, DreamWorks has and , the Bongload Rec- It was this foursome, along with album "Pet Sounds." He also shared Hunting" soundtrack, into high gear. vowed to offer support to Capitol in its ords principals who produced Brian's friend Al Jardine, who named vocals with Love on the ground- The CapitoVMiramax album, which efforts to break "Miss Misery." "either/or" and Beck's "Loser." themselves the Beach Boys and breaking, dazzlingly complex "Good contains six tracks by Smith, as well as It was only after director Van Sant So far, the sessions have spawned 17 recorded "Surfin' "in 1961. Issued by Vibrations," which rose to No. 1and portions of 's Oscar- placed four songs from Smith's previ- tracks, with Smith handling most of the the X label, rereleased by its Candix spent 14 weeks on the Hot 100 Sin- nominated score, has sold more than ous recordings in "Good Will Hunting" instrumentation; guests include Beck subsidiary, and ultimately rerecord- gles chart. 280,000 copies since its December re- that the singer/songwriter became drummer and multi- ed for Capitol, "Surfin' "led to arun (Continued on page 19) lease, according to SoundScan. With actively involved in the soundtrack. instrumentalist , who played the exception of the week ending Feb. "Most of those songs were recorded (Continued on page 85)

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Another player familiar with its writ. This month, VSDA and Ad- the marketplace." National Record Mart (NRM) is not additional 14 outlets. the transactions says that the vanstar Communications announced In fact, the convention has suffered expected to have an impact on the $15 At the same time that Mundorf's investors will probably go ahead with the creation of ajoint venture, Home defections: Warner Home Video did million to $20 million in funds that the departure was announced, NRM the deal. Video Entertainment Events (HVEE), not exhibit last July in Las Vegas, and retail chain is now in the process of announced the following promotions: Mundorf was unavailable for com- to own, organize, and conduct confer- other, smaller vendors have threatened raising through aprivate placement. George Balicky, VP of advertising, to ment. ences, trade shows, and seminars. to pull out of an event many consider According to sources, Mundorf re- senior VP of merchandising; John Teitelbaum, who will assume HVEE will focus on all aspects of unwieldy and unfocused. Three years signed Feb. 10, one day before the Grandoni, director of purchasing, to Mundorfs responsibilities pending a home entertainment, including those ago, VSDA moved the event to Dallas, board of directors for the 150-unit, VP of purchasing; Mike Stephenson, search for asuccessor, says that he is that have been outside VSDA's cover- which prohibited adult displays and Carnegie, Pa.-based chain was to director of marketing, to VP of mar- sorry to see Mundorf leave. "Over the age, says Jeffrey Eves, unpaid chair- kept away several thousand attendees. meet to vote on the deal, which was keting; and Steve Zimmerman, direc- last two years, Ilearned alot about man of the venture. Eves continues as Two years ago, after the Los Ange- put together by the New York-based tor of store operations, to VP of store things Ididn't know through him," VSDA president. HVEE is pointed les edition ended, VSDA began "a very investment bank of Rodman & Ren- operations. Teitelbaum says. overseas as well. quiet exploration" of alternatives, says shaw. He is said to be returning to The funds from the private place- Mundorf joined the chain in Jan- "We believe there are opportunities" Eves. It eventually narrowed alist of Camelot Music, where he worked for ment, which will take the form of mid- uary 1996 as executive VP/CEO and in Europe, South America, and the 10 show-management candidates to 23 years until he resigned in Septem- term subordinated debentures, are was promoted to president ayear Pacific Rim, he adds, plus regional five, four of which submitted bids. ber 1991 (Billboard Bulletin, Feb. 12). being supplied by two institutional later. events in the U.S. Eves expects to have Advanstar's was judged the best, and The resignation also comes one day investors, which had already agreed Mundorf's reported move back to three or four projects under way in in October, VSDA agreed to negotiate after NRM issued its third-quarter to go forward with the deal, pending Camelot was prompted by the desire 1998. HVEE's prime responsibilities with no one else. results, showing a17.2% improve- approval by the chain's board of direc- to spend more time with his family, are management of the annual VSDA Eves says the arrangement is unusu- ment in earnings (Billboard Bulletin, tors. But like most deals of this type, it who live in Canton, Ohio, sources Convention and the East Coast Video al but not unique. The American Book- Feb. 11). likely contains a"materiality clause," say. Mundorf had been commuting Show (ECVS), held every October in sellers Assn. struck a50/50 deal with Bill Teitelbaum, chairman of the which allows investors to review the from his home to his workplace in Atlantic City, N.J. "Nothing will take Reed Elsivier, which later took total company, declines to comment on the deal if amaterial change occurs, Pittsburgh. away from the main events," he control of that convention. Now, Eves private placement but says that the according to individuals familiar with When Mundorf left Camelot Music promises. notes, "we have access to resources departure will not affect NRM's the private-placement market. (Continued on page 83) The deal gives VSDA ahalf owner- that simply didn't exist in the past." ship in ECVS, which has grown signif- icantly in attendees and exhibitors. Eves says there are already plans to de-emphasize the adult video section at RIAA, Retailers Warily Eye ECVS and bring it more in line with the interests of VSDA membership. Porn titles currently account for 30%-40% of the Atlantic City displays Pending State Legislation but only 10% of the retail trade, he esti- II BY BILL HOLLAND ation of the voluntary, industrywide mates. "Adult is ," Eves says. "It's parental-advisory label by the Record- important to the business. However, we WASHINGTON, D.C.—Six states are ing Industry Assn. of America (RIAA). don't want to overexaggerate it." now considering restrictive legislation That decision came after high-profile VSDA had run 16 consecutive shows, affecting sound recordings, and more industry criticism by—among others— each more involved than the last, and could be on the way. the National Parent Teacher Assn.; Al the association thought it was time to Throughout the country, state legis- Gore, then aTennessee senator; and shift the burden. Advanstar, which latures are debating new bills that tar- Gore's wife, Tipper, one of the co- publishes 70 trade magazines, runs 100 get retailers who sell minors albums founders of the Parents' Music Re- events worldwide. Under contract with with parental-advisory labels. Other source Center. HVEE, it will take over what Eves bills include provisions about materi- For example, this month Georgia describes as the "back-room opera- al—including sound recordings—that lawmakers voted to pass abill intro- tions" of the VSDA Convention, free- could be "harmful to minors" and duced by Democratic state Rep. Ver- ing the staff to improve the program. judged "patently offensive" when mea- non Jones out of aHouse committee. If Advanstar provides its services at sured by local contemporary commu- passed into law, this bill would forbid a cost. "Any profits are at the back end," nity standards. retailer from selling any sound record- says Eves, adding that the convention These two types of legislation are ing with aparental-advisory label to a has been "our 800-pound gorilla," bud- this year's models for the lawmakers minor. Retailers could be subject to a geted at $2 million to $3 million annu- Clearly Platinum. Capitol Records artist Meredith Brooks was recently present- who have been introducing such bills fine and amisdemeanor conviction ally. "For four months ayear, every- ed with aRecording Industry Assn. of America-certified platinum award for her for more than adecade. Most of these (Billboard, Feb. 7). thing stops, and we go into convention solo debut, "Blurring The Edges." The album earned Brooks two Grammy nomi- bills, however, have been defeated by The bill, H.B. 1170, passed out of com- mode. Quite frankly, it's too large for industry and grass-roots lobbying. mittee despite the testimony of key us." nations. Pictured, from left, are Lori Leve, manager; Perry Watts-Russell, VP of A&R for Capitol; Brooks; and Gary Gersh, president/CEO of Capitol. Yet these bills continue to be intro- state legislative and RIAA officials, who, It has also thrown the association out duced each year, despite the 1985 ere- along with retailers, are now working to prevent the legislation being passed by the state's House and Senate. "The bill takes avoluntary program Simitar Series Of Hits Compilations Ready For Retail meant to provide guidance to parents and turns it into the basis for convicting la BY IAV LICHTMAN ductions under an exclusive arrange- Besides serving as executive pro- While the CDs and cassettes will somebody of acrime," says Joel Fla- ment they made with Simitar in early ducers for "The Number One's," Goff carry list prices of $12.98 and $6.98, tow, the RIAA's VP of government NEW YORK—In delivering to Simi- 1997 (Billboard Bulletin, April 28, and Greener, as part of the arrange- respectively, Goff adds that wholesale affairs and artist relations. tar Entertainment the first titles in a 1997). The pair previously were man- ment with Simitar, can give sales and pricing should let retailers sell the line Similar bills are being introduced in new series documenting 30 years of aging partners in another software marketing assistance to Simitar on to consumers at about $9.98 for each state capitols: multi-genre hits, executive producers company, Entertainment; both their own projects and on those CD. •In Washington state, alawmaker Sam Goff and Richard Greener are there they produced CDs culled most- they're not directly involved in. Goff says that despite the series' has introduced a"harmful to minors" telling major retail accounts that it's ly from licensing deals with major Goff says there's little incentive name, not all the songs included nec- bill, described by the RIAA as over- time to freshen up their oldies-but- labels. Their new company, Resource these days to deliver compilations that essarily hit No. 1 on the charts. broad and ambiguous in its definition goodies inventory. Media Distribution, is in Englewood delve back into the '40s and '50s. "They Among the dozens of artists spread of what constitutes sexually explicit The first eight titles in the line— Cliffs, N.J. just don't work anymore at retail," he throughout the various titles—which material. called "The Number One's" and culled 'We're telling accounts not to com- says. "That demo doesn't draw enough carry such subtitles as "Classic The RIAA is working with an from original master recordings—are plain to manufacturers about aging consumers to stores, so it's become an Rock," "Hot In The '60s," "Soul On activist group, the Joint Artists and now being solicited. Goff and Greener compilation series but to take out 'your area best suited for direct mail." By Fire," and "Lovin' Feelings"—are Music Promotion Political Action Com- say 14 will be available by the time the old and tired stuff and replace it with contrast, "The Number One's" series Foreigner; the Doobie Brothers; Yes; mittee, to combat the legislation. National Assn. of Recording Merchan- abrand-new line, one with songs not in sticks to atime frame reaching back Daryl Hall & John Oates; Minnie •In Tennessee, Democratic Sen. disers Convention gets under way in everybody's compilations," says Green- about three decades. Riperton; the Isley Brothers; Step- Roscoe Dixon from Memphis has intro- March in San Francisco. The aim to is er. "There's atendency for many retail- To house the line, which has auni- penwolf; the Four Seasons; Elvis duced S.B. 3034, abill that would make to have at least 25 in the catalog by ers to just leave the old stuff around. fied packaging design with separate Presley; the Lovin' Spoonful; Chic; Al it amisdemeanor for aretailer to sell a year's end. We've also promised them that we'll be color schemes, the company is offering Wilson; Atlantic Starr; Earth, Wind minor "any material" that carries a The compilations, with 16 tracks following up 'The Number One's' series countertop/floor displays that can ac- & Fire; LaBelle; and Harold Melvin parental-advisory label. each, are Goff and Greener's first pro- with new series ideas." commodate 40 CDs or 80 cassettes. & the Blue Notes. (Continued on page 85) 10 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21 1998 tt WHAT TA • •

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• BY SETH GOLDSTEIN announce their entrance into the business. liked him. You could always call him to No. 1ON THIS WEEK'S UNPUBLISHED CHARTS Under him, the ITA flourished as a exchange jokes." Meanwhile, Brief turned NEW YORK—Henry Brief, akey executive forum for high-tech developments in audio the ITA spring seminars into aplatform for at the Recording Industry Assn. of Amer- and video. "Henry was instrumental in the discussion of key issues at Southwestern BLUES ica (RIAA) and the International Record- midterm development of ITA," says Alfred resort hotels, where golf and tennis broke * BLUES BROTHERS 2000 • SOUNDTRACK • UNIVERSAL ing Media Assn. (ITA), died Monday here Markim, a longtime member who was down barriers. Attendance increased, CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN of complications from cancer. He was 73. active in prerecorded drawn as much by media celebrities whom * YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE -INSPIRATIONAL SONGS Brief was executive director of the videocassette duplication Brief secured as keynoters. LEANN RIMES • CURB RIAA for 19 years before joining the ITA and marketing on his "He was able to reach key people and get GOSPEL as second-in-command to founder Larry VidAmerica label. "After them to speak," says John Hollands, for- * GOD'S PROPERTY Finley. After Finley retired, Brief served he took over from Larry, merly with Sony and now aconsultant. GOD'S PROPERTY FROM KIRK FRANKLIN'S NU NATION •B-RITE as executive VP for 15 years. He contin- he helped build the orga- The ITA has continued to attract its core KID AUDIO ued as aconsultant to the ITA and was an nization into agood part constituency of tape manufacturers and * DISNEY CHILDREN'S FAVORITE SONGS VOLUME I VARIOUS ARTISTS •WALT DISNEY editor for the trade magazine Replication of what it is today." duplicators that made home video possible. News. Brief guided the ITA Brief, who left the ITA in 1994, received the THE BILLBOARD LATIN SO The assignment brought his career full BRIEF through "a very rocky Vision Fund of America's first Lifetime * ME ESTOY ENAMORANDO •ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ • SONY DISCOS circle. Years earlier, he had been TV/radio/ period," Markim recalls. Achievement Award in 1995. high fidelity editor for the trade newspaper "The Betamax/VHS wars were being He was appreciated as much for his quick MUSIC VIDEO Home Furnishings Daily. fought," sometimes putting hardware man- wit as for his knowledge. Introducing him- * GIRL POWERI LIVE IN ISTANBUL • SPICE GIRLS •VIRGIN MUSIC VIDEO Brief's tenure at the ITA marked the ufacturer members at loggerheads. For self to celebrated cabaret singer Bobby evolution of home entertainment from the REGGAE several years, ITA meetings were often Short, he said. "Mn Short, meet. Mr. Brief." * INNA HEIGHTS •BUJU BANTON • GERMAIN first VCRs to amultibillion-dollar prere- ground zero for confrontations about copy- Survivors include his wife. Rosalie; ason, corded videocassette industry and the right and the First Sale doctrine. Andy; and adaughter, Judy. Plans for a WORLD MUSIC arrival of DVD. Hollywood executives used "Henry worked things out," Markim memorial service in New York will be * THE BOOK OF SECRETS • LOREENA MCKENNITT • QUINLAN ROAD the ITA's twice-yearly seminars to says, and with asense of humor. "People announced at alater date.

6 BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 21, 1998 Has Rough 4th Qtr. Billboard. 40% Drop In Contrast To Time Warner's 18% Gain Editor in Chief: TIMOTHY WHITE • BY CHUCK TAYLOR ate weathered a40% dive in its music the source. "And you simply can't push MI EDITORIAL division's earnings. these things out any faster than an artist Managing Editor: SUSAN NUNZIATA Deputy Editor: Iry Lichtman NEW YORK—Warner Music Group's According to figures released Feb. 10, of that stature will deliver them." News Editor: Marilyn A. Gillen the company reports earnings before He also notes that the failure to break Director of Special Issues: Gene Sculatti; Dalet Brady, Associate Director; steep drop in fourth-quarter earnings Porter Hall, Special Issues Coordinator stands in sharp contrast to parent Time interest, taxes, depreciation, and amorti- an artist in 1997 on the level of 1996 Bureau Chiefs: Craig Rosen (L.A.), Chet Flippo (Nashville), Bill Holland (Washington), John Lannert (Caribbean and Latin America) Warner's soaring overall performance. zation of $1.6 billion overall for the quar- worldwide sensation Alanis Morissette, Art Director: Jeff Nisbet; Assistant: Raymond Carlson ter, up from fourth-quarter 1996's $1.4 signed to Maverick, had an impact on the Copy Chief: Bruce Janicke; Assistant: Elizabeth Renaud While Time Warner posted an 18% in- Copy Editors: Lisa Gidley, Carl Rosen crease in overall fourth-quarter 1997 billion. For music, however, quarterly numbers. Senior Editors: Melinda Newman, Talent (N.Y.), Ed Christman, Retail (N.Y.) Senior Writers: Chris Morris (L.A.), Bradley Bambarger (N.Y.) earnings, the entertainment conglomer- earnings were $174 million, down from "If you look at the differences between R&B Music: Anita M. Samuels, Editor (L.A.); Assistant: Shawnee Smith (N.Y.) $290 million in the same quarter in '96. 1997 and 1996, half of that is accounted Country Music/Nashville: Deborah Evans Price, Associate Editor Dance Music: Larry Flick, Editor (N.Y.) For full-year 1997, the music division for in sales of Alanis Morissette," he says. Pro Audio/Technology: Paul Verna, Editor (N.Y.) Merchants & Marketing: Don Jeffrey, Editor (N.Y.) showed earnings of $550 million, down "Time Warner did not have that sort of Home Video: Seth Goldstein, Editor (N.Y.), Eileen Fitzpatrick, Associate Ed. (L.A.) 26% from $744 million in 1996 (Billboard breaking new artist in 1997. They're Radio: Chuck Taylor, Editor (N.Y.) Heatseekers Features Editor: Doug Reece (L.A.) Lundvall Adds Bulletin, Feb. 11). blessed with Jewel and Paula Cole and Music Video: Carla Hay, Editor (N.Y.) Editorial Assistant: Carrie Bell (L.A.) Time Warner attributes the music divi- lots of others, but Alanis was selling 24 Administrative/Research Assistant: Dylan Siegler (N.Y.) sion's downward spiral to adifficult year million [albums worldwide]. That's amaz- Special Correspondent: Jim Bessman Angel To Duties Contributors: Catherine Applefeld Olson, Fred Bronson, Kevin Carter, for music retailers, with a number of ing." Lisa Collins, Janine Coveney, Larry LeBlanc, Moira McCormick, David Nathan, Phyllis Stark, Steve Traiman, Heidi Waleson NEW YORK—It's to be more than "all chain closings and bankruptcy filings; it For this year and 1999, the forecast International Editor in Chief: ADAM WHITE that jazz" for , president of also cites aloss in revenue from albums looks brighter, according to Harold International Deputy Editor: Thom Duffy International Music Editor: Dominic Pride Blue Note Records, who is taking on addi- that were not completed in time for antic- Vogel, an analyst at the New York-based International News Editor: Jeff Clark-Meads ipated fourth-quarter release. Cowen & Co. "Last year seems to have International Associate Editor: Mark Solomons tional responsibilities as chief of EMI German Bureau Chief: Wolfgang Spahr Music's U.S. classical wing, Angel Records, Officials at Time Warner were unavail- ended with ashrinkage of retail reduction Japan Bureau Chief: Steve McClure Far East Bureau Chief: Geoff Burpee with the new title of president of jazz and able for comment at press time. Howev- of inventory adjustments, so Idon't think Contributing Editor: Paul Sexton classics for Capitol Records (Billboard Bul- er, an industry source who wished to that factor is going to be something to • CHARTS & RESEARCH letin, Feb. 9). Lundvall had also previous- remain anonymous says, "Any time you worry about in 1998," he says. Director of Charts: GEOFF MAYFIELD Chart Managers: Anthony Colombo (Mainstream Rock/New Age) ly held the title of East Coast GM of Los have asituation in any business where the Vogel also says that Warner's bottom Ricardo Companioni (Dance), Datu Faison (Hot R&B Singles/Top R&B Albums/Rap/Gospel/Reggae), Steven Graybow (Adult Contemporary/Adult Top Angeles-based Capitol. retail environment is affected by finan- line was affected last year by the spate of 40/Jazz/Blues/Studio Action), Wade Jessen (Country/Contemporary Christian), Lundvall, who will continue to report to cial woes, it has an impact all though the organizational changes the company John Lannert (Latin), Mark Marone (Modern Rock), Geoff Mayfield (Billboard 200/Heatseekers/Catalog), Jan Marie Perry (World Music), Theda Sandiford- Gary Gersh, president/CEO of Capitol, re- industry." underwent in the U.S. and with its devel- Waller (Hot 100 Singles), Marc Zubatkin (Video/Classical/Kid Audio) opment of its international presence— Chart Production Manager: Michael Cusson places Steve Murphy, who ran the opera- Among key label artists whose product Assistant Chart Production Manager: Alex Vitoulis tion for seven years and who has just was delayed from possible release in '97's again, something he assumes will not be Archive Research Supervisor: Silvio Pietroluongo Administrative Assistants: Joe Berinato (N.Y.), Mary DeCroce (Nashville) joined Buena Vista Publishing, U.S. book fourth quarter are Madonna, Eric Clap- repeated in '98. • SALES division of the Walt Disney Co. ton, Seal, Van Halen, Don Henley, and For 1999, Vogel predicts, "presumably Advertising Directors: Pat Jennings (East); Lezle Stein (West) Although EMI had yet to officially Rod Stewart—all with global presences— all of the major artists will have delivered National Advertising Manager (Video/New Media): Judy Yzquierdo New York: Kara DioGuardi, Adam Waldman announce Lundvall's appointment at dead- and U.S.-focused acts like A11-4-One, their albums; the question is whether Nashville: Lee Ann Photoglo L.A.: Jill Carrigan, Dan Dodd line, it is understood that Lundvall is in Brandy, and Anita Baker. growth will continue at the same pace Advertising Coordinators: Evelyn Aszodi, Erica Bengtson place and holding meetings on the restruc- "The reason the slippage was so signif- that Ianticipate it will in 1998—probably Advertising Assistants: Hollie Adams, Candace Gil Classified: Jeff Serrette, Tracy Walker turing of Angel. Lundvall is about to name icant was the number of artists who tra- not. Their presumption is that they will Associate Publisher/Intl.: GENE SMITH aGM for the operation. ditionally sell well worldwide" who did have enough momentum to be up 15% in U.K/Europe: Christine Chinetti, Ian Remmer 44-171-323-6686 Asia-Pacific: Publicitas, 65-338-2774 (Singapore); It is further understood that the fate of not have product ready for release, says 1999 over 1998." Alex Ho, 852-2527-3525 (Hong Kong) Australia: Linda Matich 612-9450-0880. Fax: 612-9450-0990 Angel's year-old pop imprint, Guardian Japan: Aki Kaneko, 213-650-3171 Records, has been all but sealed: It will Italy: Lidia Bonguardo, 39+(0)362+54.44.24 France: Francois Millet, 33-1-4549-2933 likely be dropped, with afew of its half- Latin America/Miami: Marcia Olival 305-864-7578. Fax: 305-864-3227 Mexico/West Coast Latin: Daisy Ducret 213-782-6250 dozen acts, most notably Joan Baez, ex- Jamaica: Marcia Frith-Kohler 876-974-1245 pected to move to other labels within EMI. • MARKETING Under Murphy, Angel continued to mar- Promotion Director: PEGGY ALTENPOHL Marketing Manager: Gayle Lashin ket newly minted and budget reissue clas- Promotion Coordinator: Phyllis Demo sical product from its U.K. parent, but it Senior Designer: Melissa Subatch Special Events Director: MAUREEN RYAN also bid strongly for crossover dollars and Publicist/Special Events: Michele Jacangelo Quigley made successful bids for anumber of Circulation Director: JEANNE JAMIN European Circulation Manager: Sue Dowman (London) Broadway cast albums, including "Crazy Group Sales Manager: Jennifer Schulties For You," "Passion," and the revival of Circulation Promotion Account Manager: Trish Daly Louw Circulation Sales Manager: Michael Soto "Carousel." The label also embarked on an Circulation Assistant: Andrea Irish extensive reissue program of cast albums • PRODUCTION Director: MARIE R. GOMBERT from the Capitol vaults and those from Advertising Production Manager: John Wallace EMI's U.K. setup. Associate Advertising Production Manager: Lydia Mikulko Advertising Production Coordinator: Cindee Weiss While Lundvall has not been directly in- Editorial Production Manager: Terrence C. Sanders Associate Editorial Production Manager: Drew Wheeler volved in classical product in amore than Specials Production Editor: Marcia Repinski 35-year career in the business, he is con- Associate Specials Production Editor: Marc Giaquinto Systems/Technology Supervisor: Barry Bishin sidered well-versed in all kinds of music PGD's Humanitarian. The T.J. Martell Foundation recently selected Jim Caparro, presi- Composition Technicians: Susan Chicola, Moda Manliclic, Anthony T. Stallings and held an overall position of responsibil- Directories Production Manager: Len Durham dent/CEO of PolyGram Group Distribution, as the recipient of the foundation's 23rd annual Classified Production Assistant: Gene Williams ity at CBS Records (now Sony Music), Humanitarian Award. He will be presented the award May 7at abanquet at the New York • NEW MEDIA which included avaunted catalog of classi- Hilton. On hand for the announcement, from left, are James F. Holland, professor at Mount Editorial Director: KEN SCHLAGER cal performances. He also has adeep-seat- Billboard Bulletin: Michael Amicone (Managing Editor), Carolyn Horwitz Sinai Medical Center and scientific chairman of the T.J. 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