'I " No. IN BILLBOARD WEEK THIS WEEK WEEK THIS WEEK THIS WEEK VOLUME 111 NO. 10 THIS WEEK THIS BTHIS THE BILLBOARD 200 110 * ...BABY ONE MORE TIME BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE TOP OF THE NEWS dra Pires' self -titled album, set for PROGRAMMING German release this month, fea- European Union officials con- 91 The fall Arbitrons show a CLASSICAL 47 6 tures her powerful voice. * ARIA - THE OPERA ALBUM ANDREA BOCEW PHWPS sider formulating a tough multi- rise for news /talk radio and national attack on piracy. declines for AC and country. CLASSICAL CROSSOVER MERCHANTS h MARKETING 47 * TIME TO SAY GOODBYE 77 Plenty of music -related 93 The Modern Age: Garbage SARAH BRIGHTMAN E. LONDON SYMPH. ORCH. NEMO STUDIOS ARTISTS MUSIC merchandise was on hand at the pays homage to the Pretenders 8 Executive Turntable: Alexan- "Special." COUNTRY 40 American International Toy Fair. on P WIDE OPEN SPACES DIXIE CHICKS MONUMENT dra Beeman is promoted to VP of * Recent marketing at SMV/Sony Wonder. 77 Buying Trends: reports show Amazon.com is still A HEATSEEKERS 24 14 Owsley's debut album * NO PLACE THAT FAR SARA EVANS RCA an online high -flyer. recalls a time when melody ruled 80 Retail Track: Russ Pillar B pop music. JAZZ 46 leaves the online company Prodi- * JAZZ FOR A RAINY AFTERNOON VARIOUS ARTISTS 32 JAZZ 14 The Beat: Garth Brooks' u gy to head U.S. Megastore oper- upcoming album will serve as a ations at Virgin Entertainment. M JAZZ / CONTEMPORARY 46 prequel soundtrack for the film S * FROM O WITH LOVE QUINCY JONES OWEST 'The Lamb.' 81 Declarations of Indepen- dents: New indie Omplatten finds NEW AGE 20 Boxscore: The Rolling BLONDIE: P. 35 46 early success by reissuing late - * DESTINY JIM BRICKMAN WINDHAM HILL Stones gross more than $4 mil- '60s discs by Brazil's Mutantes. lion in Calif. Anaheim, in Ghana. POP CATALOG 83 83 Sites + Sounds: MW Asia METAWCA METAWCA ELEKTRA 22 Continental Drift: Los Ange- * 34 The Rhythm Section: With revamps its World Wide Web site. les brings Cuban -based Celeste Silkk The Shocker's latest, No her -produced 85 Home Video: Companies R&B 30 flavor to self CD. Limit earns its first top 10 hit on * DA NEXT LEVEL MR. SERV-ON NO UMfT scout the American International Hot R &B Singles & Tracks. Toy Fair for ideas for new video REVIEWS & PREVIEWS THE HOT 35 Dance Trax: As No Exit' and TV properties. 100 108 * ANGEL OF MINE MONICA ARISTA makes a grand entrance, Blondie 86 Shelf Talk: Fox's lawsuit regains its rightful place on the against Hollywood Entertainment ADULT CONTEMPORARY 92 dancefloor. 94 AlrWaves: Not all of ANGEL SARAH MCLACHLAN WARNER SUNSET now includes allegations of * today's top-rate radio hits have 37 Country: Mandy Barnett's accounting discrepancies. quality videos to match. ADULT 92 second release, 'I've Got A Right TOP 40 87 Child's Play: The animat- * ANGEL SARAH MCLACHLAN WARNER SUNSET To Cry, contains the last work of 95 Music Video: The MVPA ed 'Batman Beyond' is poised famed producer Owen Bradley. establishes new rules for its annu- COUNTRY for a strong home video debut. 38 43 Latin Notas: Olga Tañón al video awards. H * NO PLACE THAT FAR SARA EVANS RCA the Hope will receive Spirit of FEATURES O DANCE / CWB PLAY Award at Billboard's sixth annual T * (YOU GOT ME) BURNIN' UP 36 76 Update /Lifelines: Marcus CEVIN FISHER TOMMY BOY SILVER LABEL Latin Music Awards. Johnson will perform at the first in 44 Pro Audio: The unveiling of S DANCE / NUM-SINGLES SALES 36 a sedes of events to benefit the * BELIEVE CHER WARNER BROS. the DVD Audio spec has yet to Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey. I gather much industry attention. 112 Between the Bullets: N HOT LATIN TRACKS 43 46 Jazz/Blue Notes: The G * NUNCA TE OLVIDARE ENRIQUE IGLESIAS FONOVISA Sales dip on The Billboard 200, Branford Marsalis Quartets but prepare for TLC and L R &B 'Requiem' features its final work Eminem's upcoming debuts. * HEARTBREAK HOTEL 32 24 Popular Uprisings: Drea E with the late Kenny Kirkland. WHITNEY HOUSTON FEAT. FAITH EVANS & KELLY PRICE ARISTA sees her "Dream° come true with 1 13 This Week's Billboard Songwriters & Publishers: S RAP the release of her WB debut. 48 Online * IT AIN'T MY FAULT 2 29 BMI introduces a new outreach NO UMIT Reviews & Previews: TLC, 89 Classified SILKK THE SHOCKER FEATURING MYSTIKAL 25 plan to educate business owners. Blondie, the Latin Playboys, and ROCK / MAINSTREAM ROCK TRACKS 1 14 Market Watch 93 Malaco Records' 30 -year retro- INTERNATIONAL * HEAVY COLLECTIVE SOUL ATLANTIC 1 14 Chart Beat: Sarah spective share the spotlight. 49 Music television in Japan McLachlan and Sara Evans each ROCK / MODERN ROCK TRACKS 93 28 R &B: As more FM radio undergoes radical changes. score a No. 1. EVERY MORNING SUGAR RAY LAVA * stations embrace R &B oldies, 74 Hits of the World: Britney 114 Homefront: Billboard two formats emerge. bows at the top in Ireland. TOP 40 TRACKS 94 Spears introduces the new Music & Mar- BELIEVE CHER WARNER BROS. Deeds: * 29 Words & The 75 Global Music Pulse: San- keting one -day seminar. fusion -based hiplite genre is a hit TOP VIDEO SALES 86 * MULAN WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO V I DVD SALES 86 * SNAKE EYES PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO

E KID VIDEO 87 O * MULAN WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO Biz's Dangerous Overspending Is DriveD By Fear S RENTALS 87 BY MIKE MENA misses. A company is in business to cre- Quite simply, we've been spending * THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY FOXVIDEO For a business full of executives with ate interest in a product, market it effec- money foolishly. If you spend $2 million huge egos and renegade self-images, the tively, and reap the benefit of that effort promoting and marketing a record, then of with a successful sales campaign. merely going platinum with it isn't No. 1 ON THIS WEEK'S UNPUBLISHED CHARTS record industry has its share conser- vative decision -makers who are fright- I have no problem with that. I have enough. Easy to understand. So why are BLUES ened of making changes necessary to we disregarding that fact? Feat WANDER THIS WORLD JONNY LANG ARM Costly promotions like flying a band * save the business. `We are afraid that if we don't As mergers and downsizing continue on tour from Providence, R.I., to Seattle CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN to be the modus operandi and quarterly say yes to every demand of make little sense. Yet if a radio station * THE NU NATION PROJECT KIRK FRANKLIN GOSPO CENTRIC / INTERSCOPE performances are emphasized, both the businesses that support asks for it, we oblige. Don't blame radio. artists and label staffers are being strick- We're the ones who say yes. GOSPEL us, they will ruin us' * THE NU NATION PROJECT KIRK FRANKLIN GaSPO CENTRIC en with the syndrome known as "this Why? We are afraid that if we don't say better hit or else." Mike Mena, a a former VP of A &R at the EMI yes to every demand of the businesses KID AUDIO This has resulted in compromised Records Group, is president of Combustion that support us, they will ruin us. If we * MULAN READ-ALONG WALT DISNEY product and a musical staleness that indi- Records, a Los Angeles -based indie label. don't say yes to radio stations, they'll stop and THE BILLBOARD LATIN 50 cates things will only get worse before taking our calls stop playing our * COSAS DEL AMOR ENRIQUE IGLESIAS FONOVISA they get better. earned a paycheck from the music indus- records. If we don't spend a certain This is not a debate of art vs. com- try for the duration of my career. It's the amount of money on co -op, stores won't MUSIC VIDEO merce: A business is supposed to make way we have conducted our business that support us. * 'N THE MIX WITH 'N SYNC 'N SYNC BMG VIDEO money, and hits are certainly better than I have a problem with. (Continued on page 23) REGGAE * STRICTLY THE BEST 21 VARIOUS ARTISTS VP Commentaries appearing on this page serve as a forum for the expression of views of general interest. The opinions offered here are not necessarily those of WORLD MUSIC Billboard or its management. Commentaries should be submitted to Commentary Editor Marilyn A. Gillen, Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036. * ROMANZA ANDREA BOCELLI PHILIPS

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