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COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF AIRPLAY SUPPLIED BY BROADCAST Z DATA SYSTEMS' RADIO TRACK SERVICE. 98 STATIONS ARE ELEC- Levi'vpv vi t- TRONICALLY MONITORED 6 AM TO 12 MIDNIGHT, 7 DAYS A WEEK ARTIST w á w 3 5 = TITLE ing the Jan. 25 shooting. He later was released. I- .-] N ¢ 3 (7 IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) Ventura, a beloved figure in merengue circles during No. 1 his 30 -year career, left his label, Sony Discos, last year .- JERRY RIVERA ESE 1 1 1 8 after assuming his post as mayor. SONY DISCOS 3 weeks S No. 1 R.SANCHEZ SA.JAEN,W PAZ) Sources in the Dominican Republic feared the vio- ENRIQUE IGLESIAS NUNCA TE OLVIDARE Notas 2 2 5 5 lence could on 26, when FONOVISA R.PEREZ-BOTIJA ([IGLESIAS) TM escalate Jan. elections were held for the top offices of the DML, which is endowed GREATEST GAINER 5 6 SHAKIRA TU with an annual budget believed in J 8 by John Lannert to be excess of $100 r SONY DISCOS S.MEBARAK,L.MENDEZ (S. MEBARAK,D.O'BRIEN)- million. ® 4 9 4 OLGA TANON WITH CRISTIAN CASTRO ESCONDIDOS The DML, whose local chapters elect the delegates WEA LATINA R.PEREZ (R.PEREZ,M.ABAROA) TIRANOS DEL NORTE CREI These 3 3 12 VENTURA UNDER SIEGE: days, Johnny to its general assembly, often acts as an influential ® SONY DISCOS J.MARTINEZ (C.MONGE) Ventura, mayor of Santo Domingo, Dominican Repub- political action committee provides significant MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS SI TE PUDIERA MENTIR that 10 6 3 © FONOVISA B.SILVETTI (M.A.SOLIS) lic, probably wishes he were back onstage enjoying his financial and administrative support for the country's CHAYANNE DEJARIA TODO 7 7 2 14 status as one of merengue's most revered performers. cities and towns. SONY DISCOS ESTEFANO (ESTEFANO) VICENTE FERNANDEZ ME VOY A QUITAR DE EN MEDIO First off, Ventura was attacked by federal police offi- Fortunately, no new outbreaks of violence took place 8 6 7 29 SONY DISCOS P.RAMIREZ (M.MONTERROSAS) cers on Jan. 23. The incident, in which Ventura wasn't during the elections. The Santo Domingo police force FRANKIE NEGRON PRINCESA 9 8 10 7 seriously hurt, sparked a second confrontation Jan. 25 took over the city, barricading the congressional build- WEACARIBE/WEA LATINA S.GEORGE (E.GONZALEZ) TE VAS that turned violent when police opened fire on a group ings and the city's main access points. CI 16 16 3 EMI LATIN K.SANTANDER ( K.SANTANDER) of opposition senators and representatives from Ven- Ventura's party -whose majority candidate theo- VICTOR MANUELLE QUE HABRIA DE 11 11 14 23 SIDO MI tura's Dominican Revolutionary Party. retically had more votes-made strident allegations of SONY DISCOS O.ALFANNO (O.ALFANNO) JUAN GABRIEL CON BANDA EL RECODO ADORABLE MENTIROSA 12 14 15 6 Four lawmakers and three journalists were wound- electoral fraud. However, Amable Aristy -Castro -a ARIOLA/BMG LATIN J.GABRIEL (J.GABRIEL) LIMITE LA PARTE ed in the clash, in which police sprayed the crowd with candidate of the DLP-led coalition -was sworn in as 13 12 12 17 OTRA DEL AMOR RODVEN shotgun pellets. One received 14 pellet /POLYGRAM LATINO J.CARRILLO,G.PADILLA (ALAZAN) senator wounds, secretary general of the DML. GRUPOMANIA COMO 14 15 13 9 BAILA while two others were seriously beaten. Presiding over the swearing -in ceremony was Blan- SONY DISCOS O.SERRANO,B.SERRANO (O.SERRANO) LOS TEMERARIOS COMO TE RECUERDO Both incidents took place in front of the headquar- co Fernández (no relation to the president), minister 15 13 18 21 FONOVISA A.A.ALBA ( A.A.ALBA) ters of the Dominican Municipal League (DML), a fed- of the Department of the Interior and Police; he is the CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA NECESITO DECIRTE 16 19 23 4 erally funded mayors' association that has been the official with legal authority to swear in DML officers. FONOVISA J.GUILLEN (R.GONZALEZ MORA) LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA ESPEJEANDO 11 NEW 1 object of a power struggle between Ventura's party, It was Blanco's troops who were said to have opened EMI LATIN G.FELIX (M.QUINTERO LARA) JUAN LUIS GUERRA 440 MI PC which controls 63% of the DML's local chapters, and a fire on Ventura's party members. 18 9 4 11 KAREN /CAIMAN J.L.GUERRA ( J.L.GUERRA) coalition led by President Leonel Fernández, flag - Sources in the Dominican Republic say the election LA 19 20 22 24 CONTRA CORRIENTE bearer of the Dominican Liberation Party (DLP). result has caused disbelief and outrage among ordi- RMM A.CUCCO PENA (O.ALFANNO) LOS MISMOS QUE BONITO 20 18 33 15 Ventura denounced the shooting as a "vulgar ter- nary Dominican citizens. EMI LATIN LOS MISMOS (M.E.CASTRO)

rorist" act and blamed it on Fernández, whom he It might be time for Ventura to roll out a fund -rais- MILLY WITH ELVIS CRESPO PARAADAR TEE 21 23 17 22 alleged gave the orders to shoot. Ventura was held by ing merengue show to launch a grass -roots protest of QUEZADA MI VIDA LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE ASI COMO TU 22 36 - - 10 local police inside the DML headquarters building dur- (Continued on page 68) FONOVISA LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE,E.HERNANDEZ (I.RAMIREZ) ENRIQUE IGLESIAS ESPERANZA 23 21 20 21 FONOVISA R.PEREZ -BOTIJA (E.IGLESIAS,C.GARCIA ALONSO) PEDRO FERNANDEZ SIN VERTE 24 34 21 12 RODVEN/POLYGRAM LATINO H.PATRON (H.ESTRADA) KARIS TUS OJOS SON 25 30 19 14 EMD /BMG LATIN L.CDRPORAN,E.MONTANEZ (R.ARMANDO DEL VALLE) TONO ROSARIO ASI FUE 26 27 24 11 WEACARIBE/WEA LATINA TROSARIO,P.MATEO ( J.GABRIEL) Y SUS BALAS DE PLATA 21 29 35 6 PRISCILA SOBREVIVIR[ FONOVISA TPAIZ (D.FEKARIS,FPERREN) FEY NI 28 22 28 5 TU NI NADIE SONY DISCOS J.R.FLOREZ (M.ABLANEDO) SANZ 29 40 20 ALEJANDRO CORAZON PARTIO - WEA LATINA E.RUFFINENGO,M.A.ARENAS (A.SANZ) MICHAEL SALGADO MI 30 37 5 CHATITA - JOEY /SONY DISCOS J.S.LOPEZ ( J.S.LOPEZ) PEPE AGUILAR DIRECTO AL CORAZON 31 25 30 23 MUSART /BALBOA P..AGUILAR (FATO) CRISTIAN DESPUES 32 24 26 8 DE TI...QUE? ARIOLA/BMG LATIN R.PEREZ ( R.PEREZ) MICHAEL STUART NINA 33 33 29 14 BELLA RMM A.FERNANDEZ IYENRIQUEZ) RICKY 34 28 2 MARTIN CORAZONADO - SONY DISCOS K.C.PORTER,R.ROSA (R.ROSA,K.C.PORTER,L.GOMEZ ESCOLAR) CHARLIE ZAA AMORES 35 26 32 3 SONOLUX/SONY DISCOS C.ZAA (J.BACA FLORES,A.PULIDO) BANDA MAGUEY QUIERO VOLVER RE -ENTRY 19 CI RCA/BMG LATIN E.SOLANO (E.SOLANO)

31 39 34 17 SHAKIRA CIEGA, SORDOMUDA SONY DISCOS S.MEBARAK,L.MENDEZ (S.MEBARAK,E.SALGADO) GISSELLE DAME UN BESO 38 17 11 12 ARIOLA/BMG LATIN J.VALDEZ (J.NUNEZ) FRANKIE NEGRON AGUA PASADA 39 31 37 18 WEACARIBE/WEA LATINA S.GEORGE (G.FRANCISCO) JOSE FELICIANO QUE TRISTEZA 40 RE -ENTRY 2 RODVEN /POLYGRAM LATINO R.PEREZ (A.MANZANERO)

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1 SHAKIRA SONY DISCOS 1 JERRY RIVERA SONY DISCOS 1 TIRANOS DEL NORTE SONY TU ESE DISCOS CREI 2 OLGA TANON WITH CRISTIAN 2 FRANKIE NEGRON 2 JUAN GABRIEL CON BANDA EL RECO- CASTRO WEA LATINA ESCONDIDOS WEACARIBE/WEA LATINA PRINCESA DO ARIOwBMG LATIN ADORABLE... 3 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS FONO- 3 VICTOR MANUELLE SONY 3 LIMITE RODVEN/POLYGRAM VISA NUNCA TE OLVIDARE Discos QUE HABRIA... LATINO LA OTRA PARTE... 4 JERRY RIVERA SONY DISCOS 4 SHAKIRA SONY DISCOS 4 MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS ESE TU FONOVISA SI TE PUDIERA... 5 CHAYANNE SONY DISCOS 5 GRUPOMANIA SONY DISCOS 5 CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA DEJARIA TODO COMO BAILA FONOVISA NECESITO DECIRTE 6 CARLOS PONCE EMI LATIN 6 JUAN LUIS GUERRA 440 6 LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA TE VAS KAREN /CAIMAN MI PC EMI LATIN ESPEJEANDO 7 VICENTE FERNANDEZ SONY 7 MARC ANTHONY RMM 7 LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE Discos ME VOY A QUITAR... CONTRA LA CORRIENTE FONOVISA ASI COMO TU 8 TIRANOS DEL NORTE SONY 8 OLGA TANON WITH CRISTIAN 8 PRISCILA Y SUS BALAS DE DISCOS CREI CASTRO wEA LATINA ESCONDIDOS PLATA FONOVISA SOBREVIVIRE 9 ALEJANDRO SANZ WEA LATI- 9 KARIS EMD/BMG LATIN 9 VICENTE FERNANDEZ SONY NA CORAZON PARTIO TUS OJOS SON DISCOS ME VOY A... 10 FEY SONY DISCOS 10 MILLY QUEZADA WITH ELVIS CRE- 10 LOS TEMERARIOS FONOVISA REYES RECORDS NI TU NI NADIE SPO SONY DISCOS PARA DARTE... COMO TE RECUERDO 11 SONY Discos 11 TONO ROSARIO 31 MICHAEL SALGADO JOEY/SONY CORAZONADO WEACARIBE/WEA LATINA ASI FUE DISCOS MI CHATITA CD'S - CASSETTES - DVD'S & MUSICAL VIDEOS 12 CHARLIE ZAA SONOLUX/SONY 12 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS FONO- 12 LOS MISMOS EMI LATIN DISCOS AMORES VISA NUNCA TE OLVIDARE QUE BONITO 140 NW, 22 Avenue, Miami, Florida 33125 * Tel,; (305) 541 -6686 / Fax: (305) 642 -2785 13 MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS 13 MICHAEL STUART RMM 13 BANDA MAGUEY RCA/BMG FONOVISA SI TE PUDIERA... NINA BELLA LATIN QUIERO VOLVER E -MAIL reyesrecords a worldnet.aff.net WEB -SITE reyesrecords.com 14 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS FONO. 14 GISSELLE ARIOLA/BMG LATIN 14 INTOCABLE EMI LATIN x VISA ESPERANZA DAME UN BESO HURACAN TODO EN MUSICA EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN MUSIC 15 CRISTIAN ARIOLA/BMG LATIN 15 FRANKIE NEGRON WEACARIBE/WEA 15 LOS TEMERARIOS FONOVISA MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED DESPUES DE TI...QUE? LATINA AGUA PASADA ES ELLA LA CAUSA O Records showing an increase in audience over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. A record which has been on the chart for more than 20 weeks will not receive a bullet. even if it registers an increase in detections. Greatest Gainer indicates song with largest audience growth. A two records are tied in audience size, the record being played on more stations Is placed lest. Records below the top 20 are removed from the chart after 26 weeks. ® 1999 Billboard/BPI Communications, Inc.

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