NOVEMBER 17, 2001 Music Volume 19, Issue 47 £3.95 Michael Jackson's Invinci- ble (Epic) goes straight in at number one on this week's European Top 100 Media Albums chart . e taller it41010 radio M&M chart toppers this week Radio faces biggest slump for decade Eurochart Hot 100 Singles by Emmanuel Legrand across [the whole of] Europe will be However, Neuville remains cau- KYLIE MINOGUE down by 0.5%, and that's an opti-tiouslyoptimisticfor2002. He Can't Get You Out Of My Head PARIS- The European radio industrymistic estimate," says Main Neu-explains: "For a start, 2002 will (Parlophone) is on course for its worst year since the ville, managing directorof Frenchcompare to a very bad year, 2001, European Top 100 Albums recession at the beginning of the '90s. independentmediaconsultancyso it should not be too difficult to do MICHAEL JACKSON According toestimates,Europe's Anima. better. We also see that consumer Invincible three biggestmarkets-the UK, Neuville says that 2001 wasspending in Europe doesn't seem to France and Germany-will all see neg- (Epic) affected by the slump in dotcombe too affected so far, and this ative growth in advertising revenues and telecoms advertising expendi-should bring back some confidence European Radio Top 50 for 2001. tures. He also says that the badto advertisers. And last but not MICHAEL JACKSON In its most recent Status Report,economic situation in the US hasleast, there are a few major events You Rock My World pan-European sales house IP antici-affected European media in thatsuch as the Winter Olympic Games (Epic) pates that radio's advertising revenuesUS companies facing tough marketand the football World Cup that for 2001 as a whole will be down 6% in conditions at home have cut downare likely to be supported by mas- European Dance Traxx the UK, 9% in France and 5% in Ger-on all expenditures, including thatsive advertising and sponsorship KYLIE MINOGUE many, while Spain and Italy are alsoof theiraffiliatesin Europe, ainvestments." Can't Get You Out Of My Head expected to report negative figures. move whichhashitcompany *Radio's recessionary gloom deep- (Parlophone) "Overall,I thinkthefigureadvertising budgets. ens-see full report on page 9. Inside M&M this week EMI ensures McCartney's FreedomMidemNet 2002 RADIO'S INTERNET DISAPOINTMENT by Adam Howorth stage. We weren't going to stop them unveils line-up With many big radio groups busy as the show was in their honour. And downgrading their Internet pro- LONDON- No-one will ever forgetthe encore was the firemen [singing] LONDON- Foritsthirdedition, jects,it seems that online radio where they were on September 11. on stage again!" MidemNet 2002 has undergone a major services have, by and large, failed Sir Paul McCartney was on board The following day, Baker reports revamp in order to reflect the recent to capture the public's imagination. a passenger flight preparing to take-that "the phones at [McCartney's US changes that have taken place in the Julia Koranteng reports for this off .from New York's JFK airport continued on page 37 online sector, according to its organis- month's M&M Online. Pages 11- when he saw the Twin Towers on ers Reed Midem Organisation (RMO). 12 fire. The international music online con- His response some five weeks lat- ference and awards event will take GALLIC GLORY er was an emotional performance at place on January 19, 2002 in Cannes, a Alone amongst continental Euro- the Madison Square Garden benefit day prior to the opening of the interna- pean music markets at concert (October 20) and a pledge to tional music trade fair Midem. the moment, France is donate the proceeds of his new sin- This year's MidemNet theme will enjoying a positive gle, From A Lover To A Friend (Par- be"TheMusicRevolution's New growth in music sales. lophone/EMI), to the families of the Tune-Creating Change, Adapting to M&M's France Spotlight emergency services involved in the Change," and the conference will com- talks to label executives rescue operation. prise a series of keynote speeches, andshowcases thecountry's "Paul heard Bush and Blair talk Q&A sessions, panels, case studies hottestnewtalent,including about an 'attack on the freedom of and product presentations. Shakedown (pictured).Pages13- democracy', so he wrote a song about "Our goal is to concentrate more on 16 the whole thing," explains long-time what we are really experiencing today McCartney spokesman, Geoff Baker. with music on the Internet," says THE YEAR DANCE CHILLED But there was to be an unexpected MidemNet conference manager Steph- In a fairly low-key year for dance twist in the plot. ane Gambetta. "We therefore have set music compared to recent years, The song in question, Freedom, up panels which willanalyse the 2001 has seen a massive growth in was "put into the set and about half Paul McCartney prospects for 2002." the firemen in the crowd came on continued on page 37 AALLEONso I3EGIN THE MASSIVE EUROPEAN HIT SINGLE. OVER 300,000 COPIES ALREADY SOLD HOT VIDEO IS le NEW EUROPEAN NETWORK PRIORITY TOP 10 EUROPEAN BREAKER CHARTS STILL CLIMBING! TOP 20 EUROPEAN DANCE CHARTS SINGLE OUT NOW. ALBUM EARLY 2002. TOP 40 EUROPEAN SINGLE CHARTS III Sony Music www.sonymusic.fr www.sonymusiceurope.com AmericanRadioHistory.Com NEWS that wasn't bad enough, then came the US terrorist Music attacks of September 11. Advertisers who were already apprehensive became Media Upfront even more conservative in their spending, especially the by Emmanuel Legrand, Music & Media editor -in -chief European branches of US companies. Call M&M on: tel (+44) 207 420 6005 Radio has endured recessions before, of course, includ- fax (+44) 207 420 6016 It's a tough time to be in the radio business. A few weeksing one at the beginning of the 1990s, and has often made back we asked if the music industry was recession -proof.a quick recovery. So far, indicators point to 2002 being bet- For direct lines dial +44 207 420, Well, it seems the radio industry certainly isn't. ter than 2001, buoyed by such events as the Winter followed by the required extension The recent figures for radio display advertising inOlympic Games and the World Cup. Publisher: Ron Betist (ext. 6154) Europe's main markets reveal a massive slump in expen- Meanwhile, radio groups are cutting costs, freezing Editor-in-chieE Emmanuel Legrand (6155) Director of operations: Kate Leech (6017) ditures, as reported in our front page story this week. their expansion plans, reviewing all Editorial The effects of this downturn are being felt on a dailytheir activities (with online businesses Deputy editor: Jon Heasman (6167) basis. Capital Radio's profits this year are expected tobeing the first to be hit), and waiting News editor: Gareth Thomas (6162) drop by 25%, the RTL Group's radio operations are simi- for the better days to return. Features/specials editor. Steve Adams (6160) Music editor: Adam Howarth (6161) larly affected, and the GWR group has recently been But if the current situation lasts Reporter: Siri Stavenes Dove (6163) forced to renegotiate its debt with some of its lenders.longer than a few months, there is no Charts8cresearch These are just a few examples in a long list of sickly radio doubt that it will leave the weaker Charts editor: Raul Cairo (6156) patients at the moment. groups (where regulation permits) Charts researchers: Menno Visser (6165), Beverley Evans (6157) The year 2000 was an exceptional vintage for radio even more vulnerable to take-over and Production advertising, but 2001 saw the market adjusting to the newpave the way for yet further consolida- Production & art co-ordinator: Mat Deaves (6110) situation created by the demise of online companies. As iftion of the sector. Correspondents Austria: Susan L. Schuhmayer - (43) 1 334 9608 Music & Media values its readers' opinions-you can e-mail the editor -in -chief at: [email protected] Belgium: Marc Maes - (32) 3 568 8082 Classical/jazz: 'Terry Berne - (34) 91 474 4640 Dance: Gary Smith - (33) 49172 4753 Denmark: Charles Ferro - (45) 3369 0701 Finland: Jonathan Mander - (358) 503 527384 French listening rises at work, in the car France: Joanne Shore: (33)14735 7042 Millane Kang (artist profiles) - (33) 14887 1599 by Joanna Shore points rise in three years. The most years to 59.3%. Germany: Gesa Birnkraut - (49) 4101 45930 Italy: Mark Worden - (39) 02 4802 4127 pre-programmed stations on car radios Mediametrie's figures also include The Netherlands: Menno Visser - (44) 207 420 6165 PARIS - The French are consumingare: CHR network NRJ(25.5%); gold listening to radio via the Internet, New Media: Juliana Koranteng - (44) 208 891 3893 Norway: Kai R. Lofthus - (47) 918 21 208 more radio in the car and at work, station Radio Nostalgie (21.4%); and which has increased slightly. Some 4% Spain: Howell Llewellyn - (34) 9 1593 2429 according to new research from the full service RTL (18.3%). of those surveyed said they have lis- Sweden: Johan Lindstrom - (46) 8 470 3730 country's official radio ratings organi- The amount of time spent listeningtened to radio online -700,000 more Sales and Marketing sation Mediametrie. at work has also increased. Medi- than the year before. International sales director: The survey, carried out betweenametrie director of radio Arnaud de Director of music programming at Ron Betist (UK, USA) - (31) 299 420274; September 2000 and June 2001, also Saint -Roman believes this may be dueNostalgie, Didier Raynal, says: "We mobile: (31) 653 194133 Sales executives: Patrick Jansen (Benelux & shows that France has gained five mil- to a rise in employment as well as "an have made great strides in recent years Scandinavia) - (31) 299 420274 lion new radio listeners over the past increase in the amount of audio avail-as far as our audience numbers are Francois Millet (France) - (33) 145 49 29 33 Lidia Bonguardo (Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal) 10 years, although the time the aver- able at the workplace." concerned, and we know there are - (39) 031570056, age person spends listening to the radio Although still dominant, the per- many people on the Internet who listen Olav Bjerke (Germany) - (49) 221 868005 has remained largely the same.