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M MUSICrMUNLIMITED O N YIAHOO ! www.americanradiohistory.com SAVE THE BATE: ems Billb.aral SEPTEMBER 17, 2005 DAncE music summIT VOLUME 117, NO. 38 Union Sq.Jare Ballroom, NYC bil boardeverts.com ON THE CHARTS KOMI ALBUMS PAGE ARTIST / TITLE UPFRONT KANYE WEST / 5 News THE BILLBOARD 200 46 LATE REGISTRATION NICKEL CREEK / 15 Legal Matters TOP BLUEGRASS 56 WHV SHOULD THE HRE DIE? 16 Global YO -YO MA/THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE / 70P CLASSICAL '= 61 `r '" SILK ROAD JOURNEYS.: BEYOND THE HORIZON 18 The Indies TOP CLASSICAL CROSSOVER r 61 0 / 19 Retail Track BROOKS & DUNN / 20 Making The Brand TOP COUNTRY 56 HILLBILLY DELUXE GORILIAZ / 22 On The Road, Boxscore TOP ELECTRONIC F 59 DAYS DEMON 24 Touring KANYE WEST / TOP INTERNET 62 LATE REGISTRATION 25 Digital Entertainment TOP MICHAEL NUBLE / JAZZ 61 IT'S TIME 26 Q&A: Joe DiMuro HERBIE K / TOP CONTEMPORARY JAZZ 61 POSS IOILITIES COVER STORY SHAKIRA / TOP LATIN 58 FUACION ORAL VOL. 1 30 BLUNT'S U.S. DEBUT. Rising GKGO/ TOP HEATSEEKERS OH NO European star James Blunt hopes GREEN DAY / as TOP POP CATALOG 62 INTERNATIONAL $UPERKITSI to build organic groundswell KANYE WEST / he enters U.S. market. TOP R&B/HIP -HOP 53 LATE REGISTRATION WILLIE NELSON / HIGHLIGHTS TOP REGGAE 53 COUMRYMAN 10 REGGAETÓN REMIXES are TOP SOUNDTRACKS 62 NO DIRECTION HOME THE SOUNDTRACK must -have touches for new @1 SINGLES PAGE ARTIST / TITLE music from Shakira, R. Kelly, THOMAS ADULT ROB / Ricky Martin and Jay -Z. CONTEMPORARY 51 LONELY NO MORE KELLY CLARKSON / ADULTDULT TOP 40 51 BEHIND THESE HAZEL EYES 14 RAY CHARLES is back on the HOT 57 BROOKS DONO new -release schedule with a COUNTRY PL AY SOMETHING COUNTRY CIIRRIE UNDERW000 / collection of duets and a boxed COUNTRY SINGLES SALES 57 INSIDE YOUR HEAVEWINOEPENDENCE DAY SHAPE: UK / set from Rhino. HOT DANCE CLUB PLAY ; 59 BACK TO BASICS THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS FEATURING HOT DANCE AIRPLAY - 27 POPKOMM: The European trade 59 BUSTA RHYMES / DON'T CHA KANYE WEST FEATURING JAMIE FOCI / confab undergoes a makeover at its HOT DIGITAL SONGS 51 GOLD DIGGER new home in Berlin. KANYE WEST FEATURING JAMIE FOXX / HOT 100 50 SOLD DIGGER MARINH CAREY / 32 THE MUSIC UPFRONT: Billboard HOT 100 AIRPLAY 51 SHAKE IT OFF presents a day for brands and bands THE PUSSYCAT HOT SINGLES SALES 52 DOLLS FEATURING BUSTA RHYMES / DONT CHA to bond on Sept. 13 in New York. SHAKIRA FEATURING ALEJANDRO SAM / HOT LATIN SONGS 58 A TORTURA MI'SI(' / MODERN ROCK 51 FEEL GOOD INC 36 Higher Ground, THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS FEATURING POP 100 52 BUSTA RHYMES / DONT CHA Latin Notas HAREM POP 100 AIRPLAY " 37 Nashville Scene 52 SHAKE IT OFF BOW WOW FEATURING CIARA / 38 Words & Music, R HOT &B/HIP HOP 55 LIKE YOU BOW WOW FEATURING CIARA / BeatBox HOT R &B /HIP HOP AIRPLAY 54 LIKE YOU 40 Global Pulse, THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS FEATURING R&B/HIP HOP SINGLES SALES ` 54 BUSTA RHYMES / DON'T CHA Rhythm & Blues CHARLIE WILSON / R &B /ADULT 54 CHARLIE LAST NAME: WILSON 42 Jazz Notes 54 MARIAN CAREY / 43 Reviews RHYTHMIC SHAKE D OFF Cil VIDEOS PAGE TITLE DEPARTMENTS 4 Opinion TOP DVD SALES 63 SIN CITY THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE: 45 Over The Counter TOP VHS SALES 63 THE BEST OF GORDON 45 Market Watch VIDEO RENTALS 63 THE RING 2 46 Charts GAME RENTALS 63 PS2: MADDEN NFL 2006 65 Marketplace 69 Backbeat THIS WEEK ON .blz ARTIST /TIRE 70 Inside Track, DELBERT MCCLINTON / TOP BLUES #1 COST OF LNING Executive Turntable CASTING CROWNS / TOP CHRISTIAN #1 uFESONc #1 THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS FEATURING TOP DANCE SALES BUSTA RHYMES / DON'T CHA ABM I :. YOLANDA ADAMS / TOP #1 CONNECT! Spain's BEBE raises eyebrows as GOSPEL DAY BV DAY Sept. 26 her debut album nabs five Latin JIM EMNEA / TOP INDEPENDENT #1 Moscone West HARLEM'OIARY OF A SUMMER m cca Grammy Award nominations. San Francisco JIMERICKMAN / See page 35. TOP NEW AGE #1 billboardevents.com Photo. Franck Danielson /Wirelmage.com KANYE WEST FEATURING JAMIE FOXX I HOT RINGTONES #1 GOLD DAGGER ('(1\ U.K. artist JAMES BLUNT CELTIC WOMAN / »Find out what top execs from EA Mobile, MForma, TOP WORLD #1 CELTIC WOMAN. surveys a New York street scene Verizon Wireless, Napster, T- Mobile, Sprint Nextel, MTV EAGLES / as he ponders his entry into the TOP MUSIC VIDEO - #1 Networks and other leading companies are planning for FAREWELL TOUR LIVE FROM MELBOURNE U.S. market. KANTE WEST FEATURING JAMIE FORK / the mobile entertainment future. They will all be at Photo: Phil Knott HOT VIDEOCLIPS #1 GOW DIGGER MECCA 2005, the official CTIA Mobile Entertainment Content, Commerce & Applications Conference. www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard EXECUTIVE EDITORS KEN SCHLAGER TAMARA CONNIFF EDITORIAL FEATURES EDITOR: Marc SchIffman - 16- 654 -4708 MUSIC EDITOR: Melinda Newman - 325-2287 SENIOR NEWS EDITOR: Bill Werde 554 4680 EDITORIALS COMMENTARY LETTERS BUREAU CHIEFS: Lelia Cobo er0s, Bill Holland Washington. DC ) N 202 -833 -8692. Melinda Newman 228- Phyllis Stark - 6'.5- 321 -4284 SPECIAL FEATURES EDITOR: Thorn Duffy 16 -651 : BILLBOARD.COM EDITOR: Barry Jeckell .- -654 -' SENIOR EDITORS: Ed Christman -654 Gail Mitchell (R &B) 323 -525 -2289. Ray Waddell ( Tearing) 615 -321 -4245 STAFF EDITORS: Antony Bruno (Digital /Mobile) 325 -'- -2306. Susan Butler (Legal /Publishing) 646- 654 -4646, Brian Garrity (Business) 646- 654 -4721, Michael Paoletta (Brand Marketing) 646 -654- 4726. 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BIZ /KATRINA Catherine Applefeid Olson, Dan Ouellette, Tony Sanders, Bram Teltelman, Christa Titus, During the last week, I have watched the tax -incentive programs from the state of Steve Tralman, Anastasia Tsioulcas events unfold in New is we Orleans and along est need tragic, and need to let our Louisiana, and now it is time to give back GLOBAL the Gulf Coast, and my heart has been government know that this is absolutely in a meaningful way. Above and beyond LONDON: EMMANUEL LEGRAND w Chef/Global Editor) 011-44 - 207-420 -6155. Tom Ferguson -44 -207- 420 -6069. breaking from what I've seen. My wife and unacceptable. donations, however, something even Lars Brandie ' " I-44- 207 -420 -6068 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU CHIEFS: Christie Ellezer (Australia). Larry LeBlanc (Canada), I have been sick with worry for all the rel- The lucky people have evacuated to stay greater is required: commitment. Steve McClure -n: - Wolfgang Spahr (Germany) CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Sam Andrews, Juliana Koranteng, Paul Sexton atives and friends we have down there and with friends, relatives or in shelters scat- The one thing I am certain of is that the for the countless strangers suffering tered around the region. It is shocking to people of New Orleans love their city, and CHARTS & RESEARCH DIRECTOR OF CHARTS /SENIOR ANALYST: GEOFF MAYFIELD (L Al through unimaginable hardship and loss. think that the people of New Orleans are they will come back to rebuild. It is our ob- CHART MANAGERS: Bob Allen =- - .score. Nasnv Ile). Keith Caulfield (Pop Catalog, Soun.r We started to make lists of all the peo- now being called "refugees," and there is Compilations- I Anthony Colombo (Mainstream Rock. Modern Rock. Spotlight Pecafr' Ricardo Companions . - Mary DeCroce (Kid Aud 1 Raphael George _Masskai). - .. r, we (Rs-- Wade Jensen crass. Country. Christian. Gospel. Geoff Mayfield ple know in and around New Orleans talk of people living in camps for many SII Patrick McGowan (Adult Contempr, Gordon Murray : r: t, ; 1 I. j, Silvio Pietroluongo so that we could check in with each of months because the city is uninhabitable. ) I aril I mop 100 by - Paul Pomfret - or Ire Wond, London) CHART PRODUCTION MANAGER: Michael Casson them to find out if they were safe and if As I searched for something I could ASSOCIATE CHART PRODUCTION MANAGER: Alex Vitoulis there was something we could do to help. do to help in the face of what seems like ARCHIVE RESEARCH: 646 -654 -4633 Fortunately, we have heard from the ma- a hopeless situation, I began to think of INTEGRATED SALES, EVENTS & BRAND MARKETING jority of our friends, but some are still what resources I could martial to make ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/INTERNATIONAL: GENE SMITH MIDWEST ADVERTISING DIRECTOR: Scott Fowler 312 -583 -5649 missing, and all I can do is pray that they a difference.