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DAVID ADELSON Vice President/Editor At Large 6 ALBUMS KAREN GLAUBER Mases "Harlem World" rules the universe with a#1 bow, Senior Vice President while Dave Matthews Band's live album debuts at #2 and TODD HENSLEY Vice President/Sr. Broadcast Editor Chumbawamba tubthumps into the Top 10. JOE FLEISCHER Vice President/Senior Editor JON O'HARA 28 DIALOGUE General Manager Principle Management guru and U2 mentor Paul McGuinness finds his pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, only to discover ROY TRAKIN Senior Editor HITS' own bon vivant Danny "Strawberry" Fields sitting on MARK PEARSON top of it. Retail Editor RICKY LEIGH MENSH e "Puffy" Combs wants Mix Show Editor 33 POST MODERN ean Bad Boy Entertainment to MIKE MURPHY Ivana gets some parenting tips from British au pair Louise Special Projects "Whole Lot of Shaking Going On" Woodward. grow into aFortune 500 com- GARY JACKSON pany. Are you doubting him? Senior JAMZ Editor 61 ROCK This week, Combs & Bad Boy KANDACE TAYLOR Days of the New and Creed mark Active Rock's resurgence reclaim the #1 album spot with Senior Jamz Editor Mase, adding to an already in- JIMMY BARNES while HITS' Extreme Rawk Editor Jimmy "Stuporman" Barnes Rock Broadcast Editor scales tall buildings in asingle bound. credible '97 which has packed ED BROWN Combs' own multi-platinum Broadcast Editor monster and the huge Notori- NASTY-NES RODRIGUEZ 67 JAMZ Rap Editor Bad Boy/Arista rapper Mase doesn't "Feel So Good" at all after ous B.I.G. tribute. It's atorrid JULIA TRAINOR (and profitable) pace that's Adult Post Modern Editor talking to JAMZ' human sexual experiment Simon "Petri Dish" Glickman. causing folks in the music and TAMI PACKLEY •DIANA D'AMATO film industries to stand back Research Editors and make room for Daddy. JENNI REDDINGTON Director of Retail Marketing Mase's aces at MPS, Chumbawamba thumps ANNA OSBORN tubs at REQUESTS and POP MART's Billy Bored Retail Coordinator POP SIMON GLICKMAN wonders, if Jacor buys Nationwide, why ALEXA JOY SHERMAN can't they buy him, while Ray Dio returns to take Associate Editors a look at how Top 40 is positioned for the fourth JIMMY STEWART •FREDDIE VASQUEZ CELENE CLAUSE quarter push. Meanwhile, the only thing WAVELENGTH is Research Assistants positioned for can't be repeated in afamily magazine. LEISA ST. JOHN Office Manager RANDI RASKIND •JOCELYN DEAL 100 MPS 110 POP MART Art Direction REBECCA ESMERIAN 104 POP PLAYS 114 WAVELENGTH Editorial Design BRIAN LINDSEY 108 REQUESTS Art Operations MICHAEL ALLEN Computer Operations SCOT!' KILLAM ON THE COVER Facility Manager 11 FRONT PAGE 84 TOP TENS CA Records pop sensa- BILL TREADWAY Distribution Manager 18 NEAR TRUTHS 88 BREAKOUTS Mtions Aqua mark their Top Ten album, "Aquarium," and COLOR WEST 20 LETTERS &T. TIMES 92 RERAP Lithography smash "Barbie Girl" single by 23 WHEELS & DEALS 94 EARPICKS discovering something rotten, 14958 Ventura Blvd. not in Denmark, but on the Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 83 IN ¡HA MIX (818) 501-7900 cover of this fish wrap. VI. E-RATERS OUR PICKS TO BREAK FROM OUTSIDE TOP 40 • CHOSEN BY THE HITS EDITORIAL BOARD DAYS OF THE NEW • OUTPOST O LOREENA McKENNITT • QR/wB • 5 Lw 7 2W 9 3W 1 LW 1 2W 3 3W album: DAYS OF THE NEW album: THE BOOK OF SECRETS track: THE MUMMERS' DANCE track: TOUCH, PEEL AND... Days of explosion! 588k saturate the APM action, huge marketing campaigns street as LP zooms past Gold with a 255k continue to react at retail. Over 300k out. 5-day! More massive retail jumps put Big sales at M'Iand, W'house, #49-43 album at #50 nationally. #1 Active Rock N'bury, #31 Penny debut. #1 Requests Most Played for 10 straight weeks. Top at KMTT, VVXRV. Huge at WXPN, CIDR, 10 Most Played at PoMo. Video rages KINK. Nick Batt/DNA re-mix shipping to w/19 Heavy MTV spins. On tour. Mgmt: radio soon (did S. Vega's 'Tom's Diner"). Victor Somogyi, Rick Smith/Wild Justice Mgmt: Loreena McKennitt. COL/CRG THE VERVE • VIRGIN • IMANI COPPOLA • 2 LW 2 2w 2 3W 6 LW 4 2W 5 3W album: URBAN HYMNS album: CHUPACABRA track: BITTER SWEET... track: LEGEND OF A... PoMo dominator perfectly set up for First week LP sales rage at the indie level 11/11 Top 40 target. #1 CIMX; #2 as commercial single continues to respond KROQ; massive at WHFS, KZON, KITS, to Top 20 Pop spins, huge video play. WFNX, 99X, WXRK. Sales stay hot with Adds include KHMX, WMDC Giant at 231k out. 18 Heavy MTV Buzz Clip WPLL, KTMX, KFMB, KKLQ, KHOM, spins, #1 at M2. S/0 tour starts in At- KLLC. MTV Stress, VH1 Med, big at Box. lanta at presstime. R.Stone, Spin features Out w/Jamiroquai late Nov. Mgmt: hitting. Mgmt: Jazz Summers, Tim Parry. David Sonenberg/DAS Comm. Ltd. BUNK 182 • CARGO/MCA CORNERSHOP • LUAI<ABOP/WB • -c 3 Lw 3 2w 4 3W 10 LW 12 2W 15 3W album: DUDE RANCH album: WHEN IWAS BORN... track: DAJVIMIT (GROWING UP) track: BRIMFUL OF ASHA Action starts to spread from W. Coast PoMo action still brimming over in key stronghold. Big sales at Camelot, M'Iand, markets as sales react. #34-25 Penny, #52-39 W'house. PoMo still raging as #40-20 Moby, thanks to huge KROQ, cut rips into Active Rock. Adds include Y107 spins. Big at KTCL, KITS, WHFS, WEDG, WOXY, KIOZ, KRAD. MTV KOME, CIMX, WENZ, XHRM, KNDD. Active, big at Box. Radio shows, club 10 MTV Heavy Buzz Clip spins, M2, dates start mid-Nov. MTV sports special added at Box. On tour. Xlnt. press. 51k 11/7&8. 170k out. Mgmt: Rick DeVoe. out. Mgmt: Renée Lehman/Oasis Prod. USA LOEB • GEFFEN MARCY PLAYGROUND • CAPITOL o9 Lw 11 2W 13 3W 4 LW 5 2W 8 3W album: FIRECRACKER album: MARCY PLAYGROUND track: IDO track: SEX & CANDY Big Pop radio action, single sales PoMo radio smash! #1 XHRM. Top 10s: continue ahead of 11/11 LP release. KROQ, KNDD, WENZ, KOME, 91X, 356k in preorders. Adds include Y100, KNRK, WKDF, 99X, WHFS. Top 15s: KDWB, WBEJ, KISN. Huge play: KYSR, KITS, KTCL, WFNX. Huge SD, Atlanta WSTR, KKLQ, WPU, WPST, KALC. APM sales joined by Birmingham, led by #1 spins: KFOG, KBCO, KINK, WRLT. trend indie action at Magic Platter. MTV Video delivering at presstime. On promo Active, M2. On tour. KROQ Loveline tour. Mgmt: Janet Billig/Manage This! 11/25. Mgmt: Chris Blake Mgmt. November 7, 1997 ';j3e,Ze ià htn.:*,rt uit ii •Ír ii VIBE-RAT RS OUR PICKS TO BREAK FROM OUTSIDE TOP 40 • CHOSEN BY THE HITS EDITORIAL BOARD G. LOVE & SPEC. SAUCE • OKEH/EPIC BEN FOLDS FIVE • 550 MUSIC • DEBUT DEBUT album: YEAH, IT'S THAT EASY album: WHATEVER AND... track: STEPPING STONES track: BRICK PoMo radio simmers and first week sales Sensitive new cut from Chapel Hill piano react for Philly-via-Boston blues-funksters' trio builds big PoMo radio story, third LP. #1 WFNX. Big play: WENZ, reigniting LP. 213k out, 150k sold. XHRM, WRLG, 99X, WBCN, WPLY, Crossing to Pop radio early Dec. Early KTCL, WBRU. Video in production. On adds include WPLY. Video accepted at S/O tour. Xmas shows soon. Comedy MTV, added at M2. On tour weravis. Central "Viva..." 11/22. 100k out. PBS "Sessions" 11/8 with Beck. Mgmt: Mgmt: Jonathan Block/Major Music. Alan Wolmark, Peter Felstead/CEC. e OUVE • RCA ID CHANTAL KREVIAZUK • coVcRG 11 LW 9 2W 10 3W DEBUT album: EXTRA VIRGIN album: UNDER THESE ROCKS... track: YOU'RE NOT ALONE track: SURROUNDED Added at VH1! Sales continue to react to Canadian chanteuse surrounds radio big Top 40, PoMo radio spins. Huge at with multi-format action for new cut from KROQ, WFNX, KTCL, XHRM, KVVOD, debut LP. Pop adds include WPLL, KBBT, WPLT. #2 KACD. Large play at WPRO, KFMB, KYSR. APM Top 10 at CIDR. Big WBBM, KRBE, WXKS, WWZZ, WXXL, requests. Video added at M2, Box. On KKLQ. Video also on M2, Box. Promo promo tour. Xmas shows to include Lilith dates include NY shows 11/7 at Virgin, performance. 45k shipped. Mgmt: Chris ÍA SOBs. Mgmt: New State Entertainment. Kerr/PAM Artist Mgmt, Inc. SPACE MONKEYS • CHINGON/INT ALANA DAVIS • ELEI<TRA/EEG 14 Lw 15 2W 16 3W DEBUT 16 LW album: THE DADDY OF THEM... album: BLAME IT ON ME track: SUGAR CANE track: 32 FLAVORS Buzzing into orbit as LP hits at presstime Multi-format flavor continues as big LP re- with 50k.