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We get bogged down so ./ciniic .II(IU,"\on surveys tion, and survival. Beginning at age that we become a number, and we artists cold execs about the 18 as half of the Judds, with mom fall in some kind of a category. I am ever-changing role of u'('lnen "You Naomi, through her solo career and really trying to tell people: are in the (mum' In/ISic. two children, Wynonna's life has already special." FORMATS weaved a path that has known I learned a lesson a few years 11 Top 40 Keith Naflaly; Part 2 many heartaches, joys, and love. ago. I had been working so hard Top 40 Profile: Peach Union, Now, she has reunited with Judds towards that level of success that Part 2 producer Brent Maher and found a everybody strives for, and when I 13 Go Chart new label home at Curb/Universal got pregnant and went home, I Records, and she exudes happiness learned more during that time than 14 Jazz On Z Corner Book Notes and confidence. when I was on a bus cruising to the and next gig. I learned that everything Catalina Capers Success can be traumatic. that I have and need in this life is 15 Smooth Jazz & Vocals People think that only failure really already within me. 17 Gavin Americana TM is devastating, but success I recently sold 5,000 tickets for a KNEW Satellite Switch can scatter you and make you concert, but my passion is such that 18 Adult Contemporary extremely vulnerable to the ways of I'll go out there and sing from my inside A/C Elton john's the world. It's a constant struggle toenails, whether there are 5,000 or Tribute to Diana for an artist to be both a heart per- 50,000 people. This show was in a 22 Country Wynonna son and a head person. somewhat depressed area, where Country Notes Saluting People assume that after you've ly be a statement for women and money is tight. The people who Special People gotten a couple of Number One for a lot of people. I was told, "No; could afford to, came, and we 49 Rap won life rocked; we a It will records and some awards, it will never be a single, and it had blast. go Like That! Reflect, Respect, is just perky. Well, that was really down as a very humbling day for won't be played on country radio." aiul Represent hard. I'd spent ten years on a bus And I remember going home feeling Ms. Wynonna because I'll probably Rap Profile: 111hoRidas with my mother. It was a long, hard really down and hurt. I went on to remember that day more than I 44 College CAf/iii' road for me, and I was very rebel- watch it win a Grammy (with Eric would a sell-out crowd. 46 Urban Landzcape lious. I have always been the one to Clapton) a year later. That was hard. Sometimes when you get to a cer- Urban On-line What 's try and figure out how to get To me it's not about the numbers; tain point and you're fat and happy, Next? around the "No." it's about vision, and that it's impor- you start feeling safe. I'm not there 52 Gavin Rocks Hard Kopy Whether you're a millionaire or a tant that we dare to dream. It's hard yet. I think my best work is happen- new artist getting a five percent roy- for a person who's looking at the ing right now, because I'm really Iltn'(1//ii alty rate, your biggest challenge will bottom line to understand that. hungry and at a crossroads. The Rock Profile: h 11/ / )11 be to convince people that you At 33, I have had many experi- Other Side is the title for my new 54 Alternative have the right to fail, and that you ences and I've had many failures, album because that's where I am Static I/III ,'i 1 , ,r, l', n, _' deserve the opportunity to take and you learn more from your fail- right now. I'm on the other side of 55 A' Album Adult Alternative risks. When I recorded "Change the ures than your successes. I would all the crap that was going on a few /x/c)/.,tr,r World," I was five months pregnant rather fail on my own terms than years ago. and, needless to say, I was The greatest advice I ever got feeling succeed on yours. NEXT WEEK very emotional and uncertain. Success is not a destination; it's a from my mom that I impart to young In the Pines That song was a real treasured state of mind. I rely on that every artists starting out is this: Never let Americana heads to New piece for me. T thought it could real - day. So many artists feel like the them tell you who you are. GAVIN Hampshire, for its jì,st-et ersolo outing. Editor Rob Bleetstein First Words runs down the itineai ' and pm/Iles those who'll c'nterain Barbie may not be the greatest example of the progress of on advice from her mom, "Never lot tht' t t napes. women in the latter part of the twentieth century, but the sub- them tell you who you are." ject still makes for a catchy pop tune. And we're proud to note GAVIN highlighted the riso of female that, just a few weeks after being the first to introduce the performers across the musical spec- , Putttnirt.l mil group Aqua to US radio on the front cover of GAVIN, "Barbie trum earlier this year, and while this VIN M Gavin-I15h Girl" has hit the number one spot in tho singles sales chart. may be a fairly recent phenomenon ;aviv is pultlishc,l íU week, ;I year on Friday Of We can pick 'em and when we do, we're delighted to tell the for rock and pop, credit Is due to ,reel. Sul,. rìplìon R.u, . <i_S h n SU Lsues or SIMII world about them. country as a format, which, along with urban, has h a :S i..ur. .ul,., i tit n1 .in,l , ii, ulalion Intluirie,.' I,nri IN r rr \II rights lu any or all "l'ire nos The great thing about Barbie Is that kids can Impose an imagi- always attracted and fostered talented women. cunIt ul Ihi', I,uhh,.nl,n .Ire ro<crvetl. nialeriais may not he nary identity on the doll according to their own mood and per- trpn,d i, cJ ut ,Im I, aw o Ghoul the puhlihrr'. sonality. The groat thing about the women featured In this pei'ttu..ir n1 pi _Al ',Ci 1997 GA\'I N, \Ilürr Elrcmun 1 i,terlul ad Gump Issue is that nobody would dare Impose anything on them-It's I 11 Second Street, San Pitti, .il clear from their forthright answers that they are successful David Dalton, nnia "t 1115, lSA through being who they are. As Wynonna says above, passing CEO //// Miller Freeman A United News & Media company FINI GAVIN SEPTEMBER 12, 1997 www.americanradiohistory.com L "A lot of you all ain't gonna be here next year... The music business is fickle. Here today, gone today:" GAVIN -Chris Rock, HU MTV Music Video Awards Chancellor Names Top Guns 'Barbie Girl' Raises Chancellor Media Corpora- Figenshu, who will over- Boston and later became tion is acting fast. see Chancellor's interests in Senior Vice President of With its Evergreen merger Chicago, Philadelphia, Radio for Pyramid Broad- Hopes for Fall Sales closing on September 5, the Detroit, Washington, D.C., casting, overseeing several newly -combined company markets. Barely a month after gracing Jackson, and a November announced its senior man- George Toulas is in charge the cover of GAVIN as an release, still untitled, from agement regional operating of operations in the Dallas, artist guaranteed to break, Celine Dion. Spice Girls will team to oversee its 99 sta- Houston, Minneapolis -St. Aqua has hit Number One in he out with tions in 21 markets, including their Paul, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, sales with its second several executives recruited fe U.S. album Denver, Cincinnati, Sacra- debut single, by then. from other companies. mento, and Orlando. "Barbie Girl." Bob Dylan's Bill Figenshu (from Viacom At Chancellor Broadcast- Radio), John Madison With new album is (from ing, Toulas was Sr.