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JULY 14, 2001 LATIN NOTAS (Coil 'I from page 64) THE Billboa reported previously in Billboard Bul- B i I I rd. Latí Ili Billboard's 2002 letin, Carlos Sánchez has been COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE. MASS MERCHANT, AND INTERNET SALES REPORTS COLLECTED, COMPILED AND PROVIDED BY appointed managing director of Uni- Ñw vi á versal Music Argentina, reporting to L. ó ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL TITLE Marcelo Castello Branco, president of Universal Music Brazil and South- ---loll No. 1 Iwo-

INTERNATIONAL ern Cone. Sánchez was previously 1 2 MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS FONOVISA 0527 4 weeks at No. I MAS DE MI ALMA 5 ®

president of Universal Music Latino. 2 4 53 UNIVERSAL LATINO 543319E PAULINA The announcements were made 5 18 A.B. QUINTANILLA Y LOS KUMBIA KINGS EMI LATIN 29745 SHHH! by Jesús López, new chairman of 0 Universal Music Latin America/ - --11111 HOT SHOT DEBUT LATIN MUSIC Iberian Peninsula, who also took ® NEW GRUPO BRYNDIS .., >A -: ;a, ® HISTORIA MUSICAL ROMANTICA over his post July 1. 5 3 4 CRISTIAN ARIOLA 85324 /BMG LATIN ® AZUL 6 6 20 LUPILLO RIVERA SONY DISCOS 84276 Elj DESPRECIADO IN MEMORY OF CRUZ: commemorated the 7 7 32 VICENTE FERNANDEZ SONY DISCOS 84185 ® HISTORIA DE UN IDOLO VOL. 1 BUYER'S GUIDE 8 1 2 EL ORIGINAL DE LA SIERRA 976D0INNIVERSAL LATINO ® HOMENAJE A CHALINO SANCHEZ sixth anniversary of founder Cruz Lizárraga's death with a massive 0 8 7 ' JACI VELASQUEZ SONY DISCOS 84289 MI CORAZON concert, staged by label Fonovisa at 10 9 45 AZUL AZUL ', sonry Dls: os sl iHo ® EL SAPO Your the end of June, at Estadio Teodoro One Stop Guide to -"0111111 GREATEST GAINER Mariscal in Mazatlan, México -the city that's been home to the band 11 18 3 PEPE AGUILAR _ 61UoAR1 2oO3EC CLBC,A LO MEJOR DE NOSOTROS the Latin Music Market since its creation in 1938. Other per- CI 16 7 ROCIO DURCAL ARIOLA 85478/BMG LATIN ENTRE TANGOS Y formers included Banda Espuela 13 11 14 CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA FONOVISA 6104 ® ANSIA DE AMAR de Oro, los Rieleros del Norte, 14 10 4 MANU CHAO VIRGIN 10321® PROXIMA ESTACION...ESPERANZA and Laura Flores. 15 12 18 A' SONY DISCOS 84300 LA HISTORIA

S99 Brothers Germán, Alfonso, and 16 13 15 BANDA EL RECODO FONOVISA 6102 ® CONTIGO POR SIEMPRE... Joel Lizárraga, all members of el 11 15 2 BANDA MACHOS WEAMEX 88304/WEA LATINA LA REUNION Recodo and sons of Lizárraga, also 18 17 42 RCA 69323/BMG LATIN MI REFLEJO

announced the creation of a music 19 19 14 SELENA EMI LATIN 32119 LIVE, THE LAST CONCERT -HOUSTON, TEXAS FEBRUARY 26, 1995 school that will provide free in- 20 20 11 LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA - LINwERSAL LATINO 9500a2)LIDERES 32 CORRIDOS LIDERES-SOLAMENTE FRITOS

-...... struction to students interested in 21 21 30 RAMON AYALA Y SUS BRAVOS DEL NORTE FREDDIE 71815 EN VIVO..EL HOMBRE Y SU MUSICA is the banda genre. Construction 22 23 32 VARIOUS ARTISTS AN 82754 /SONY DISCOS BACHATAHITS 2001 in expected to start August, with 23 14 3 PUYA MCA 112362 UNION B opening planned for next d the school SONY DISCOS/WEA LATINA 86679 NO. 1 UN ANO DE EXITOS * 24 22 20 VARIOUS ARTISTS of INTERNATIONAL year. The name of the institution, 25 25 10 WEA LATINA 86821 SUENO REPETIDO 1 course, will be Escuela Musical 31 11 EL CHICHICUILOTE LIDERES 950054 12 CHICHICUILOTAZOS CON BANDA Cruz Lizárraga. In other Fonovisa 26 O 21 27 35 LOS ANGELES DE CHARLIE FONOVISA 6096 ® UN SUENO news, the label is planning a pay - */ti` IIJIfUN per -view concert Sept. 26 featuring 28 32 4 CACHAITO LOPEZ NONESUCH 79630/AG CACHAITO Marco Antonio Solis. It is set to 29 28 8 EL GENERAL MOCK & ROLL 950102 /LIDERES EL GENERAL IS BACK MUS$UC take place at New York's Madison 30 26 18 INTOCABLE EMI LATIN 31412 14 GRANDES EXITOS Square Garden. 31 33 54 JOAN SEBASTIAN A MUSART 2280 /BALBOA ® SECRETO DE AMOR BUYER'S GUIDE PASSINGS: Amalia Mendoza, CI 42 17 JERRY RIVERA O ARIOLA 82955/BMG LATIN El RIVERA , one of the great Mexican singers and 33 29 4 SON BY FOUR SONY DISCOS 84463 SALSA HITS one of the three señoras who per- 34 24 62 THALIA A EMI LATIN 26232 mg formed on the Las Tres Seño- 35 37 30 A ARIOLA 80227BMG LATIN ® ABRAZAME MUY FUERTE 4t- ras. Produced by Juan Gabriel in 36 35 32 INTOCABLE A EMI LATIN 23730 ma ES PARA TI 1995, the album featured Mendoza, 37 30 6 GRUPO MOJADO FONOVISA 6123 NO ES DESEO ES NECESIDAD

Lola Beltrán, and Lucha Villa, 38 47 2 LIBERACION DISA 28999 25 ANIV. VOL. I Y II widely the three most considered 39 38 16 TIGRILLOS WEAMEX 87412ANEALATINA QUE LO BAILE BIEN popular female ranchero stars of all 40 41 86 RAW 83580/SONY DISCOS DESDE UN PRINCIPIO - FROM THE BEGINNING time. All three were big supporters of Gabriel's music. The album was 41 34 11 VARIOUS ARTISTS ARIOLA 84338 /BMG LATIN BILLBOARD LATIN MUSIC AWARDS 2001 the last recorded by Mendoza, who, 42 44 15 GUARDIANES DEL AMOR ARIDLY 85144/BMG LATIN LO MEJOR DE GUARDIANES DEL AMOR in her 50 -year career, popularized 43 36 43 OV7 O SONY DISCOS 83967 III CDOO Over 3,000 listings from 19 countries: hits like "Amarga Navidad." 44 45 7 ATERCIOPELADOS ARIOLAJBMG LATIN 80899 /ARISTA GOZO PODEROSO 45 39 21 440 0 KAREN 930237/UNIVERSAL LATINO ® COLECCION ROMANTICA IN BRIEF: On the eve of the re- 46 40 40 GIPSY KINGS NONESUCH 79541/AG VOLARE! VERY BEST OF THE GIPSY KINGS record company executives, music lease of her first English -language 41 50 68 SHAKIRA A SONY DISCOS 83775 ® MTV UNPLUGGED album, Shakira is poised to 48 43 3 VICO -C EMI LATIN 33576 VIVO publishers, wholesalers and distribu- become the first artist featured in 49 RE -ENTRY HUEY DUNBAR SONY DISCOS 84297 mD YO SI ME ENAMORE an all- Spanish special on MTV. 50 46 39 CHAYANNE A SONY DISCOS 84098 23 SIMPLEMENTE tors, latin music radio stations in the Shakira's performance on MTV POP TROPICAL /SALSA REGIONAL MEXICAN Unplugged -the album that won her a Grammy last February -will 1 MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS J &N /SONY 1 GRUPO BRYNDIS VISA HISTO- U.S., clubs, artists, managers, agents, FONOVISA MAS DE MI ALMA DISCOS BACHATAHITS 2001 RIA MUSICAL ROMANTICA air on MTV in the U.S- in the corn- 2 PAULINA RUBIO UNIVERSAL 2 CACHAITO LOPEZ NONE- 2 LUPILLO RIVERA SONY DIS- LATINO PAULINA SUCH /AG CACHAITO COS DESPRECIADO ing months, the channel has con- & FERNANDEZ SONY DISCOS songwriters and much more! 3 A.B. 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