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sue 543 $6.00 May 19, 1997 Volume 11 HANSON WINNERS EARPICKS BREAKOUTS ILDCARD HANSON Mercury EN GUE EW/EEG COUNTING CROWS DGC SHERYL CROW A&M THIRD EYE BLIND Elek/EEG TIW SPROCKET Col/CRG BEE GEES Poly/A&M See P. e 14 For Details SHERYL CROW A&M INDIGO GIRLS Epic JON BON JOVI Mercury MEREDITH BROOKS Capitol JON BON JOVI Mercury BOB CARLISLE Jive COUNTING CROWS DGC STEADY MOBB'N Priority SISTER HAZEL Universal M.M. BOSSTONES Mercury HOT NEW RELEASES AALIYAH ALISHA'S ATTIC BABYFACE COLLECTIVE SOUL EN VOGUE 4 Page Letter I Am, I Feel How Come, How Long Listen Whatever Bel/MI/MI G 98021 Mercury N/A Epic N/A AtI/Atl G 84006 EW/EEG N/A JAMIROQUAI JONNY LANG PAUL McCARTNEY MASTA P Virtual Insanity Lie To Me The World Tonight If I Could Change WORK N/A A&M N/A Capitol N/A NI/Priority 53273 REAL Mc SHADES STEVE WINWOOD I Wanna Come (With You) Serenade Spy In The House Of Love Arista N/A Motown 3746-32062-2 Virgin N/A 117-- World Party It Is Time THE ENCLAVE 936 Broadway new york.n.y 10010, www.the-enclave.com May 19, 1997 Volume 11 Issue 543 $6.00 DENNIS LAVINTHAL Publisher LENNY BEER VIBE-RATERS 4 Winning Ticket Editor In Chief Hanson are in the middle of somewhere and Meredith Brooks TONI PROFERA moves to the edge while the debuting Sammy Hagar and Executive Editor Supergrass grow. DAVID ADELSON Vice President/Managing Editor KAREN GLAUBER MOST POWERFUL SONGS 6 Senior Vice President Spice Girls just want to have fun at #1 over runner-up Mary J. TODD HENSLEY Blige while fellow teen idols Hanson are "mmm" good to Vice President/Sr. Broadcast Editor "bop" with a#5 debut. JOE FLEISCHER Vice President/Senior Editor DIALOGUE 46 JON O'HARA General Manager D.C.'s second most powerful Hilary, RIAA President/C00 Hilary Rosen, holds forth on the state of the music industry ROY TRAKIN Senior Editor before busting HITS' notorious bootlegger Tina "Lewis &" MARK PEARSON Clarke for selling pirate Richard Clayderman eight-tracks at a Retail Editor Staten Island flea market. RICKY LEIGH MENSH With the Top Ten bow of Mix Show Editor POST MODERN 55 MIKE MURPHY "Middle of Nowhere," the Special Projects The Verve Pipe goes to the top of the class, Meredith Brooks debut album from new teen GARY JACKSON and Sneaker Pimps are abitch, while Ivana's Spite Girls are idols Hanson, Mercury Senior JAMZ Editor available for weddings, bat mitzvahs, track dates and the President Danny Goldberg KANDACE TAYLOR occasional summer radio fest. Senior Jamz Editor has launched one of the JIMMY BARNES ROCK 85 most impressive youth Rock Broadcast Editor Most Requested The Offspring's tops, Megadeth's Most Added campaigns since the days of ED BROWN Broadcast Editor and Sammy Hagar's the big man on campus as metal iceman JFK. Meanwhile, his savvy, JENNIFER NORWOOD Jimmy "Are We Not Men?" Barnes' Stanley Cup runneth over. grass-roots approach is Rap Editor breaking the hard-working KEITH CHAGNON JAMZ 91 Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Director of Retail Marketing Veteran radio programmer and music scheduling software and just to prove he covers JENNI REDDINGTON guru Earl Boston gets down in the cyberspace between the Retail Coordinator all ends of the political ears of JAMZ's towering bald guy Gary "How's The Weather TAMI PACKLEY spectrum, Goldberg's got Up There?" Jackson. JULIA TRAINOR Jon Bon Jovi's Most Added CAERI BERTRAND solo record headed for Top Research Editors ALBUMS 116 JIMMY STEWART Spice makes nice at #1, while George Strait cools his 40 mass appeal. Of course, FREDDIE VASQUEZ bootheels at #2 and younguns Hanson turn up from the that was all before he was CELENE CLAUSE "middle of nowhere" with aTop Ten bow. hit with the scandal of Research Assistants HITS Contentsgate. LEISA ST. JOHN Office Manager Hitsbound 32 RANDI RASKIND Top Tens 110 Faith in Blind. JOCELYN DEAL It's Blige's "World." Art Direction REBECCA ESMERIAN Requests 40 Breakouts 114 Editorial Design "Bop" pops. Teen work. BRIAN LINDSEY Art Operations Earpicks 50 MICHAEL ALLEN On The Cover Computer Operations Crow's feat. SCOTT KILLAM Mercury cover pubes Facility Manager Hanson learn what "Middle BILL TREADWAY Front Page 11 Post Toasted 55 of Nowhere" really means Distribution Manager with this HITS appearance, COLOR WEST Near Myths 22 In 'Tha Mix 107 which marks their Top Ten Lithography Letters & Mugs 24 Rerap 112 14958 Ventura Blvd. debut on both the album Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Wheels & Deals 27 Wavelength 122 and MPS charts. (818) 501-7900 , I ",e, ! I , e • 4„ ' - fe-learfe. ete VIB -RAT RS OUR PICKS TO BREAK FROM OUTSIDE TOP 40 • CHOSEN BY THE HITS EDITORIAL BOARD O HANSON• MERCURY JONNY LANG • A&M 7 LW 7 2W 13 3W album: MIDDLE OF NOWHERE album: LIE TO ME track: MMMBOP track: LIE TO ME Gold on arrival! Huge first week at retail, Album shipped Gold! Major jumps: #9 nat'l. debut. #3 Most Played Top 40, #49-22 Best Buy, #41-27 Target, #64- panel closed. 650k shipped. 22 Heavy 40 B'buster. 12 MTV spins, up at VH1. MTV Buzz Clip; 21 VH1 Large spins; #2 Crossing Rock to Hot Adult, adds: KALC, Pop Video on The Box. Features in Time, WLUP. #1 WKZQ, #2 KLOS. #12 Most Newsweek. Thousands show up for mall Played APM. #1s: KMTT, KXPT. appearances. Mgmt:Christopher Sabec, Aerosmith tour June. Letterman 6/24. Stirling Mcllwaine/Triune Music Group. Mgmt: James Klein/Blue Sky Artists. MEREDITH BROOKS • CAPITOL THIRD EYE BLIND • ELEKTRA/EEG • o 10 LW 10 2W 12 3W album: BLURRING THE EDGES album: THIRD EYE BLIND track: BITCH track: SEMI-CHARMED LIFE Huge first week at retail as LP takes full Huge gains at major accts. as LP looks to advantage of radio, MTV support. #21 have really turned the corner. Closing natl. debut! #6 S'berries, #7 Hastings, multi-format radio attack. Added at KPLZ, #14 Musicland, #11 Best Buy. Adds: WT1C, KKRZ, B97, y 100. 15 Stress MW WBL1, KMXV, KIIS as Top 40 panel starts spins. On VH1 Custom, M2 and The to close. Still Top 5 Most Played PoMo. Box. "Losing A Whole Year" going to 15 MN Stress, 21 VH1 XL spins. Touring PoMo radio. 165k out with 15k 5-day. now. Mgmt: Lori Leve Mgmt. On tour. Mgmt: Eric Godtiand Mgmt. SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS • MAMMOTH MATCHBOX 20 • LAVA/ATL/ATL G e • • 2 LW 2 2W 2 3W 9 Lw 9 sw 9 3W album: HOT album: YOURSELF OR... track: HELL track: PUSH Continuing to sell like hell—shipped Sales way up smasharooni! Over Gold! #29-25 B'buster, #13-10 Where- 420k shipped, massive 163k 5-day. Top house, #38-25 S'berries. Mod. Adult 40 date 6/9. PoMo hot with #1 KTBZ; adds: WXPT, WLNK, #4 WPLY, #7 Top 10s: WEND, KDGE, KNRK, 99X, KWOD. PoMo adds: VVVVCD, KPNT. KWOD, WAQZ. Rock Top 5s: WIYY, 22 Heavy MTV Buzz Clip spins. Details KEGL, WZTA. APM building. Active feature soon. Letterman 6/4. HORDE MTV, Added VH1. On tour, radio shows Tour booked. Mgmt: Mike Renault/E.S.P. soon. Mgmt: Lippman Entertainment. JAMIROQUAI • WORK GROUP TONIC • POLYDOR • o o 2W 3W LW 2W 3W 3 Lw 3 3 8 8 8 album: TRAVELLING ... album: LEMON PARADE ..50›..r. track: VIRTUAL INSANITY track: IF YOU COULD... Sales continue to gain as big PoMo e Sales keep growing. Top 40 responding radio base gets ready to cross to Top 40. to acoustic version. KXPK adds as PoMo Added WPLY, WHYT. LP up at all major closes. #1s: KPNT, WENZ. Top 10 accts., 21k 5-day, 549k shipped. Added Most Played PoMo, and Top 5 at Active at VH1; 20 Heavy MTV spins. Sold-out Rock. Big major retail jumps. 325k tour kicks off at presstime. Lena 5/16, shipped, huge 25k 5-day. 7 MTV Active Conan 6/4. WHFS, 0101 Pests soon. spins. Verve Pipe tour thru summer. Mgmt: Kevin Simpson. Mgmt: Sheila Scott/Jealous Dogs. I . •t ._ 'Trzteilfie:>e ,Wele -rev:-.,i ee• ../ VIBE-RAT ERS OUR PICKS TO BREAK FROM OUTSIDE TOP 40 • CHOSEN BY THE HITS EDITORIAL BOARD SAMMY HAGAR • TRACK FACT./MCA e ABRA MOORE • ARISTA AUSTIN DEBUT 15 Lw16 2W album: MARCHING TO MARS album: STRANGEST PLACES Per, track: LITTLE WHITE LIE track: FOUR LEAF CLOVER Big buzz in front of hugely anticipated LP Magically delicious with adds at VH1, debut. Major kick-off in Cabo. #1 Most M2 and on 120 Minutes! Continuing to Played and Requested Active Rock. #1s: cross to PoMo from huge ARM radio WBAB, KUFO, WRCX, KEGL, KUPD, base. 0101 adds, spinning on WRLG, WRIF. MTV, M2 adds. Comedy Central, 99X, KWOD, WENZ, KLZR, WBRU, MTV Loveline, H. Stern all on 5/21, lop 10 at APM. LP hits 5/20 with 100k. Letterman 5/23. Shipping 350k, hits Radio shows begin 5/16. Lillith tour in street 5/20. Mgmt: Gary Stamler Mgmt. July. Mgmt: Tim Neece Mgmt. BLUR • CLEAN UP/VIRGIN GOD'S PROPERTY • B-RITE e • C )h W 11 2W lo 3W DEBUT 16 LW album: BLUR album: GOD'S PROPERTY... track: SONG 2 track: STOMP Sales moving so fast, they're a blur! Crossing all genres, Gospel to Hip-hop to #102-62 W'house, #78-68 Musicland, Pop. Features platinum Kirk Franklin. Look #60-52 Best Buy, #57-29 S'berries. for MN to make move soon. On BET, PoMo panel closed! Breaking Active The Box.